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| 5401 | No entry on Find a Grave. | Allin, Jack J. (I2521)
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| 5402 | No history of Vermilion county would be complete without the record of Spencer Cline, who for many years assisted materially in the improivement and upbuilding of the county as a representative of its agricultural interests. He was born in Kentucky, August 13, 1812, and was of German and Scotch extraction. His parents, John D. C. and Catherine (Shumate) Cline, came to this county in 1829, when the work of progress and improvement had scarcely been begun and often would attend the Indian meetings here. The father was a potter by trade and frequently made trips as far north as Wisconsin in order to dispose of his wares. He also traveled along the Sangamon river, selling his goods. Spencer Cline acquired his education in the schools of his native state and when a young man of seventeen accompanied his parents to Vermilion county, where he lived until called to his final rest. He assisted in the arduous task of developing a new farm and the hardships and trials incident to life on the frontier became familiar to him through actual experience. He was married in 1840 and then began farming and stock-raising on his own account, living on section [25], Blount township - the old homestead on which his parents had lived and died. The house which still stands here is now about seventy-two years old and in it the widow of our subject is yet living and expects to spend her remaining life here. After coming to Illinois Spencer Cline knew no other home. On the 8th of October, 1840, he wedded Rachel Shephard, who was of Scotch lineage and a daughter of Louis and Celia (McCreary) Shephard, both natives of Burke county, North Carolina. Mrs. Cline was born in the same state, December 24, 1819, and attended school there. Subsequently her parents removed to Terre Haute, Indiana, where she continued her education, remaining there until she reached womanhood. She was eighty three years of age in December, 1902, and is one of the honored pioneer ladies, whose memory forms a connecting link between the primitive past and the progressive present. Spencer Cline assisted in clearing the old home farm. The land here was entered by his father from the government and not a furrow had been turned or an improvement made upon the place. All of the pioneer conditions of Vermilion county were familiar to Mr. and Mrs. Cline. Danville contained but two stores and a Baptist church when Mrs. Cline came to Vermilion county. The milling was done at Covington, Indiana, and the country was all covered with timber or stretched away as an unbroken prairie for miles. The meals were largely cooked in great iron pots or kettles which were hung from the crane that extended over the fire place. Bread and pies were baked in a skillet which, was covered over and then coals placed upon it The johnny cake, a frequent article of food at that time, was baked upon a board placed before the fire. Mrs. Cline still has in her possession an old timepiece called a spring clock, which is more than seventy years old. Unto our subject and his wife were born ten children, seven of whom reached mature years, while three are now living: David C.; Lewis, who married Eliza Demoss and had five children, their home being in Blount township; and Margaret, the wife of John P. Stuckey, by whom she had nine children, seven of whom are yet living. Mr. Cline was called to his final rest March 27, 1893, at the age of seventy-nine years and five months. He was long a consistent member of the Christian church and Mrs. Cline has been a member of the church for about forty years. She is still living in the old log-cabin home and has twenty acres of ground around her place. This is largely planted to blackberries, pears, peaches and apples and the sale of her fruit brings her a good income. In the early days she spun and wove her own clothing, spinning wheels being used extensively in the time of her girlhood, but as the years passed and cities grew and brought with them the ready made materials from the factories and looms of the east. Her husband, Mr. Cline, was at one time a member of a party that walked to Chicago to help dig the cellar for the first brick house erected in that city. He frequently made trips to Chicago with ox teams and returned with salt and provisions. David C. Cline, who still lives upon the old homestead, where he was born September 12, 1854, in the log house in which his grandparents and his father lived and died, pursued his education in the district schools and from an early age he assisted in the work of the home farm. He continued to attend the schools in the winter months until eighteen years of age, after which he was allowed the privilege of attending throughout the year until he attained his majority. Since that time he has given his attention exclusively to agricultural and horticultural pursuits and is now engaged in the raising of all kinds of fruit and vegetables for the city markets. In this lie has been quite successful, establishing a large trade, and his business has brought to him a comfortable income. In politics he is independent, voting not for party but for men and measures, and for nine years he has served his district as school director. Text from: The Past and Present of Vermilion County, Illinois, 1903. Pages 1117-1118. | Cline, Spencer (I3)
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| 5403 | no record after 1850 census | Milliner, Vally (I4522)
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| 5404 | no records found after 1860 census | Fletcher, Milton (I4458)
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| 5405 | Not listed with family in the 1850 or 1860 US census | Newbrough, Benjamin Franklin (I82)
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| 5406 | not to be confused with his cousin Thomas Shumate | Shumate, Thomas (I4659)
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| 5407 | Note from Find a Grave "The Fithian Hardware Company, of which Mr. Gritten is president and treasurer, has long been recognized as one of the substantial business houses of Vermilion County. Mr. Gritten has ranked among the highly successful business men of Fithian for a number of years and is a member of one of the oldest families of this section. He was born in Pilot Township, May 4, 1884, the son of Thomas L. and Martha (Shank) Gritten. Thomas L. Gritten was born on a farm in Pilot Township, the son of Labon E. Gritten, who came to Vermilion County during the early days and settled on a farm southeast of Penfield. The Gritten homestead was government land and was purchased at twenty-five cents per acre. Thomas L. Gritten became a substantial citizen of Bixby, where he owned and operated a blacksmith shop for many years. In 1890 he began the operation of a sawmill and thresher at Collison, Illinois, which he owned unitl 1904. He then rented a farm near Hope, Illinois, where he remained until the time of his death in 1906. His widow later married John Watson, and now lives near Danville, Illinois. To Mr. and Mrs. Gritten the following children were born: Earl, the subject of this sketch; Maude, married Henry Baatz, lives at Bennington, Indiana; Ollie married William Pate, lives at Catlin, Illinois; Samuel, lives at Bismark, Illinois; Thomas A., lives at Danville; Myrtle, married Fay Wilson, lives in Chicago, Illinois; and Orville, lives at Fithian. Earl Gritten received his educaiton in the public schools of Bixby and Collison. He worked in his father's sawmill and early in life became an expert in threshing work. He owned and operated threshers at Hope, Illinois, until 1922, at which time he removed to Fithian. He had served as justice of the peace at Hope from 1912 until 122 and as highway commissioner of Pilot Township for one term. On January 10, 1924, Mr. Gritten became associated with the Price-Plotner Hardware Company, Fithian, as manager. This business was later incorporated as the Fithian Hardware Company and Mr. Gritten became president and treasurer. His daughter, H. Lorraine Plotner, is vice president and bookkeeper. The Fithian Hardware Company are dealers in hardware, furniture, radios, plumbing and heating fixtures, and are also widely known dealers in farm implements. During the seaon of 1929, the firm sold twenty-one McCormick-Deering threshers, which represented a total of eleven carloads. Mr. Gritten was secretary and treasurer of the Illinois Brotherhood of Threshermen for five years. One of his responsiblities was the publication of "The Illinois Thresherman", a fine monthly paper devoted to their interests. The son of a thresherman, Mr. Gritten has operated engines and threshers for years; consequently his trade appreciates the sound, practical help, advice and service he is able to render through the Fithian Hardware Company, under which name he conducts a constantly growing business. In 1904 Mr. Gritten was united in marriage with Miss Minnie Vinson, of Newtown, Illinois, the daughter of William and Hulda (McHenry) Vinson. Mr. Vinson died May 27, 1925, and his wife died July 7, 1909. Both are buried at Emberry, Illinois. To Mr. and Mrs. Gritten three children were born: (1) H. Lorraine, a graduate of Joliet Township High School, married in 1926 to Cleo Keith Plotner, lives at Fithian; (2) Vinson, a graduate of Oakwood Township High School, married to Wintress Douglas September 21, 1929, associated in business with his father; and (3) Mervin, a student at Oakwood Township High School. Mr. Gritten is a Republican and held the office of mayor of Fithian during 1925 and 1926. He is a member of the Methodist Church and is affiliated with Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, Collison Lodge No. 713, Danville Consistory, and Modern Woodmen of America. "Gritten's Grit", a monthly publication, sponsored by Mr. Gritten, is a further example of his unceasing interest in the local merchant and farmer." - History of Vermilion County, Illinois, Volume 2, 1930, Pages 963-965 | Gritten, Francis Earl (I2432)
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| 5408 | Note from Find a Grave Frank P. Fairchild, was born at Fort Davis, Texas in 1884 to Fletcher and Pearl Fairchild and came to Coconino County at the age of three years. Frank was named for both his grandfathers, Franklin and Perry. Frank, lived until Oct. 24th 1957. As a young man. He worked as a cowhand for the CO Bar Ranch and later, he spent some of his life as a deputy sheriff, following his fathers profession. He was deputy Sheriff under Thomas E. Pulliam and Bill Dickinson. Frank married Rosamond O. Black, on the 23rd of Apr. 1913 in Flagstaff, Coconino, Az. At the time of his death he was married to a woman named Lillian. He had a daughter, Grace who's married name was Gilmore, who at the time of his death had two children, Linda and Allan Gilmore. Frank was listed on his step-mother Mary's obituary in December 1949 as living in Miami. Mr. Fairchild also was a state penitentiary guard at Florence for two years and spent 15 years as captain of the outside guards at the Inspiration Copper Mine where he lived until a year before he died, then he moved to Phoenix. Mr. Fairchild died at his home, 3523 W. Portland, Phoenix AZ. Funeral services were held at 11:A.M. in Mortensen Kingsley Mortuary, 1020 W. Washington, Phoenix AZ. He was buried in Greenwood Memorial Park. | Fairchild, Frank Perry (I2405)
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| 5409 | Note from Find a Grave He was a member of Company C, 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division and was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in North Korea on June 6, 1951. Awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal and the Korean War Service Medal. | Goodner, Gerald W. (I3242)
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| 5410 | Note from Find a Grave Sarah Ann Gritton was born 16 May 1852 in Indiana to William Wesley Gritton and Amelia Ann Cox. She married Milton Lee 31 December 1868 in Vermilion County, Illinois. Sarah divorced Milton in October of 1883 in Vermilion County, Illinois. The marriage produce seven known children; Luna Belle who married Eli Filmore Martin; Mary F.; Joseph M.; John Wesley who married Mary Jane Smith; Iona S. who married William Dickinson, Milton and Henry E. Sarah second married Jesse Thatcher in Vermillion County, Illinois 25 January 1884. They also apparently divorced. Sarah married James Humble in Vermilion County 15 October 1892. She died in Jefferson County, Illinois 31 August 1941. After her eldest daughter Luna Belle died at the early age of 26, Sarah helped raise her four children. | Gritton, Sarah Ann (I497)
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| 5411 | Note from Find a Grave text from Part 3: Benjamin Wakins of Mercer County, Kentucky. By Jon E. Huffman, 2008. See full document: http://www.so-ky.com/books/mcgee/mcgee-index.htm http://www.so-ky.com/books/mcgee/part-three.pdf page 523-525. 27. SALATHIEL VANBUREN "S. V."5 HAWKINS (FRANCIS "FRANK"4, BENJAMIN3, BENJAMIN2, JOHN1) was born in 1831 in near Salvisa, Mercer County, Kentucky, and died November 02, 1921 in Mercer County, Kentucky. He married EMMA E. GRITTON abt. 1873 in Mercer County, Kentucky. She was born November 1847 in state of Kentucky, and died March 20, 1918 in Mercer County, Kentucky. S. V. Hawkins died at his home in Mercer County on November 2, 1921. He died at the old Hawkins home place, the same house where he was born 90 years earlier Obituary of S. VAN Hawkins (The Harrodsburg Herald, Friday, November 11, 1921) Mr. S. Van Hawkins, a venerable and highly respected gentleman of the Salvisa section, died last Thursday at the ripe old age of 91 years and eight months. He was a splendid, old-time gentleman, and has been a useful citizen. His funeral was held at the residence conducted by Rev. W. D. Moore and Rev. Ackerman, and the interment was in the Hebron cemetery. He is survived by two sons, Prof. Claude Hawkins, of Wilmore, and Mr. C. J. Hawkins, of Salvisa. | Hawkins, Salathiel Vanburen (I2161)
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| 5412 | Note from Find a Grave: Gospel preacher listed in Preachers of Today, Vol. 1, 1952, 241. Moss--Grover Moss, minister of the gospel for nearly fifty years, passed away at his home in Danville, Ill., September 11, 1969, after a long illness. He was born near Danville on February 7, 1688 and married Shiloh Royse, November 3, 1909. They would have celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary this November. Their children are Mrs. Howard (Hazel) Claypool, Route 5, Danville, Illinois; A. A. Moss, Bradenton, Florida; Ben F. Moss, Nashville, Tennessee and T. Wess Moss, Dothan, Alabama, Two children and two sisters preceded him in death. He was baptized early in life by Charles Thomas Cook. Brother Moss had served as minister of churches In Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky and South Carolina. He had held meetings in twelve states. The funeral was conducted at the East Park Church of Christ, Danville, Illinois, by Nyal D. Royse, Professor of Education at Harding College. Nyal D. Royse is a nephew of Brother Grover Moss. Frank Binford, the local minister In Danville assisted in the service. Burial was in the cemetery near to the place where he was born. [Nyal D. Royse, Gospel Advocate, Oct. 30, 1969, 707]. He was baptized by gospel preacher Charles Thomas Cook. | Moss, John Grover (I3130)
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| 5413 | Note from Find a Grave: Mabel Goldie Pearl Allison was born in Danville Illinois and was the daughter of Charles F Allison and Violetta Johnson. Mabel first married Walter Paige Perry, her sister's Nellie's husband, when Nellie died young leaving two young sons. Mabe was the sister of my grandfather, Harry John Allison. I remember her as a boisterous loud endearing woman who quite dominated my British raised mother when she visited us in Illinois. Aunt Mabe would carry her wallet, glasses, and tissues right at her neckline being held in place by her corset. As a nine-year old little girl I found her quite fascinating and fun. She reminded me of the "Unsinkable Mollie Brown". Bio, full name, & birth place contributed by Susan Allison Wiegner. | Allison, Mabel Pearl "Goldie" (I4138)
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| 5414 | Note from Find a Grave: Sallie (Sarah) Ann Riley is the daughter of Balis Riley and Elizabeth R. Phillips. She married Merrit M. Gritton 21 May 1847 in Mercer County, Kentucky. Between 1855 and 1857 Sallie, Merrit and children Elizabeth Jane, George William, James, Susan Mary and Charles L. moved to Monroe County, Missouri. Four more children born in Missouri were John McGee, Louella, Thomas E. and Adelia Alice. | Riley, Sallie Ann (I2606)
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| 5415 | Note from Marjorie Block 3200N / 1370E - is the road where Cora Gritton's house stood. Cora walked south & knoll to school 2200N / 1400E a school house stood here LKH note: Is this the location of the house near Indianola? | Gritton, Cora Belle (I307)
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| 5416 | Note from Marjorie Block 3200N / 1370E - is the road where Cora Gritton's house stood. Cora walked south & knoll to school 2200N / 1400E a school house stood here LKH note: Is this the location of the house near Indianola? | Gritton, John Franklin (I287)
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| 5417 | note of Find a Grave: John P. Stucky served in Company I. 155th Illinois Infantry, and in Company H. 71st Illinois Infantry in the Civil War. He was a resident of Rantoul, IL when he enlisted at the age of 30 at Danville, IL. in Company I, 155th IL Infantry, for one year, on Feb 23, 1865. He was a native of Richland Co., Ohio and a farmer by occupation. He was 5'8" tall with light hair, blue eyes, and fair complexion. The regiment moved to Kentucky where they guarded blockhouses on the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad. He was discharged at Murfreesboro, TN on Sep 4, 1865. He is shown in the 1870 census of Newcomb, Champaign Co., IL age 35 with his wife Margaret age 21 and two sons Steven 2 and Francis 6 mos. On March 25, 1882 John received and Army Invalid Pension which he received for life and his wife Margaret received an Army Widows Pension on Sep 16, 1919 following his death. In 1900 John is shown in Mahomet, IL as 64 years old born in Jan 1836 married for 32 years with his wife Margaret age 53 born Jan 1847 in Illinois . She had 9 children with 7 still living. Living with them were their sons Edward Age 20 and William age 12. In the 1910 census John age 74 with wife Margaret age 63 and son Francis age 41 were living in Mahomet, IL. John died Sep 9, 1919 in Mahomet age 84 the son of James Stucky and Margarett Peterson. A government headstone was placed in Rosedale Cemetery. At the age of 15, he was residing in the Eastern Department of Grant Co., WI. and at 22 he was living in Champaign Twp. Champaign Co., IL. Prior to serving in the 155th IL Infantry he had served 3 months in Co. H. 71st IL Infantry from July 19, 1862 to Oct 29, 1862. | Stuckey, John Preston (I36)
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| 5418 | Note on Ancestry family tree of edyebookwalter1. Cora's mother died when she was just 10 months old. When she was 16 months old, she went to live with the Tillotson family. She was never formally adopted and did not inherit anything. https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/109564866/person/120072624415/facts | Poulter, Cora Amanda "Mandy" (I4363)
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| 5419 | Note on Find a Grave 8th Tennessee Infantry Company D | Smith, Adon (I4413)
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| 5420 | Note on Find a Grave Daughter of James Hunt and Mary Catherine Tobin. Her first husband was John Fletcher Fairchild (1851-1899). She married second William Chesley Hart (1879-1949). She was mother to ten children. She was step-mother to Frank Perry and Anna Pearl Fairchild children of her first husband John Fletcher Fairchild whom she raised after the death of their mother. With her husband John Fletcher Fairchild she had Catherine, Mabel Etta, Mary Helen, and John Fletcher Jr Fairchild Another daughter Madeline Fairchild was born after John Fletcher's death - her father is unknown, and then she had Stella Mae, Lewis Edmund, and Edith Wilma Hart with her husband William Chesley Hart. | Hunt, Mary Catherine (I2402)
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| 5421 | Note on Find a Grave Daughter of William W. McKay and Sarah Anne Crume,(unmarried). Savannah married Cornelius Marteness and had 2 children, George & Emily, before he passed away. She then married Azariah F. Gritten and had 6 more children before he passed away. Not known by anyone is the fact that she married again, very late in life at age 54 to Daniel "Don" Randall. That marriage didn't last and they went their separate ways. However, they never did any official name changes and her death certificate shows Gritten as her last married name. Savannah was a hard working woman who survived through the worst of times. | Crume, Savannah Ellen (I4203)
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| 5422 | Note on Find a Grave m1. Elizabeth Phillips, on 23 Dec 1824, in Mercer Co., KY. m2. Ellen Houchens, on 13 Mar 1837, in Mercer Co., KY. | Riley, Balis (I3037)
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| 5423 | Note on Find a Grave William Curl d. at son's, John Curl's home, Adams Twp., Champaign Co, OH, 88 yrs., Farmer, s/o pb Jeremiah & Mary (McGreary) Curl, md. 1 Mar 1776, Hampshire Co., VA to Sarah Brown b. 9 p.m., 20 Feb. 1758, Moorefield, Hampshire Co., VA (now Hardy Co., WV), d. 18 Aug. 1826, Pleasant Twp., Clark Co., OH, bur. Asbury Methodist Church Chapel Cem., Pleasant Twp., Clark Co., OH, d/o Thomas & Mary (???) Brown. Issue: Mary, Jeremiah, Rachel, Elizabeth, Thomas, Nancy, Sarah, William W., Charity, Isaac, and John. DAR Library: CURLE, WILLIAM Ancestor #: A028706 Notice: FUTURE APPLICANTS MUST PROVE CORRECT SERVICE Birth: 9- -1754 VIRGINIA Death: 1-19-1841 LOGAN CO OHIO Comments: 1) PAYMENT PREV. ACCEPTED WAS FOR DUNMORE WAR-1774. SEE DATA/CF JZ/8-98 Residence: 2) County: Hardy Co State Virginia | Curl, William (I3814)
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| 5424 | Note on Find a Grave - no stone. Hopedale Times- Review January 20 1931. Passing of Mrs. Clara Yeazel Last Monday After a two weeks illness with heart trouble and complications, Mrs. William Yeazel died at her home here at 6:45 p.m. Monday, Jan. 19, 1921, age 76 years. Clara Black was born at Sandyville, Ohio, Jan. 1, 1855, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Black. She was united in marriage to William Yeazel at Bloomington on Jan. 29, 1892, who proceeded her in death Aug. 22, 1923. She leaves to mourn her departure, four sisters, Mrs. W. C. Anderson, Bulford, Iowa; Mrs. D. W. Floyd, Herrington, Kan., and Mrs. C. W. Hawk and Mr. H. F. Lowe of Hopedale; also one brother, Harvey W. Black of Pittsburg, Kan. She also leaves numerous other relatives and a host of friends to mourn her passing. Funeral services were held at 2:00 Wed. afternoon at the M. E. church in charge of the pastor, Rev. Arthur Jern. Burial was at the Orendorff cemetery. | Black, Clara (I3501)
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| 5425 | Note on Find a Grave for her first husband John DeMott John DeMott is not buried here. The marker at Old Mud Meetinghouse is just a memorial. John DeMott is actually buried near his wife Anna (Cozine) in the Cove Spring burial ground, in the Banta/DeMott Family Graveyard Located in a field south of DeMott house house at Cove Springs. (near the Mercer/Boyle line about two miles south of Harrodsburg on US 127.) (1967) The cemetery was abandoned and grown up in weeds before 2005. carolyn leonard (#47319116) | Cozine, Antjie (I2250)
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| 5426 | Note on Find a Grave: About her son, August Emmanuel Block: August Emmanuel Block was born March 5, 1837, In Province, Posen, Germany. His mother died when he was about 2 years of age. In May of 1855, at the age of 18 years he left Germany from Hamburg for America. | Unknown, Unknown (I4727)
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| 5427 | Note on Find a Grave: Blandinsville Star-Gazette, page 1 Thursday, December 5, 1929 MRS. ISAAC RAY FUNERAL HELD HERE Residents of Blandinsville were shocked to hear of the sudden death of Mrs. Isaac Ray at her home in Keokuk last Saturday. Mrs. Ray was a lifelong citizen of this community and made her home for many years in the west part of town where she raised her fine family of children. Since the death of her husband Mrs. Ray has made her home in Keokuk. Her death last Saturday came as the result of a fall, and the body was brought to Blandinsville for interment. Funeral services were held at the Methodist church here on Monday after noon, Rev. S. L. Myers officiating. Following is the obituary which was read at the services: Jeanette May Sell, daughter of Caleb and Eliza Sell, was born at St. Mary's Prairie, Ill., on April 9, 1860 and departed this life at Keokuk, Iowa on November 30, 1929 at the age of 69 years, 7 months and 21 days. Her mother died with she was 13 years of age. Shortly after her mother's death the family moved to Blandinsville where she and her older sister helped their father care for the younger children. Early in life she united with the Presbyterian church. She was a great Bible student and when unable to attend church she would always read her Bible. She has always lived a Christian life and was a faithful and loving wife and mother. On February 9 [19], 1884 at Macomb, Ill., she was united in marriage to Isaac Ray, who preceded her in death on November 9, 1922. To this union ten children were born, six of whom died in infancy. A daughter, Alta Ray Merrit [sic], died on July 29, 1929 at Scottsbluff, Nebraska. Since the death of her husband she has made her home with her son and daughter in Keokuk, with the exception of the last six months which she spent in Scottsbluff caring for the two small children of her daughter who passed away in July. She had been home in Keokuk only one day when death claimed her. She leaves to mourn her death one daughter and two sons: Mrs. Lenna Mills and Clarence T. Ray of Keokuk and Fred Lucien Ray of St. Louis; four grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Alice Fife and Mrs. Viola Craig; and one brother, Cassius Sell, all of Blandinsville. Besides her immediate family she leaves several nieces and nephews and a host of friends. | Sell, Jeannette May (I4687)
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| 5428 | Note on Find a Grave: Blandinsville Star-Gazette, page 1 Thursday, September 30, 1909 Sell Caleb Riley Sell was born in Davidson County, North Carolina, Dec. 31, 1829, and died in the Peoria State Hospital, Sept. 27, 1909, aged 79 years, 8 months, and 26 days. When nine years of age he with his father's family come [sic] to Illinois, and settled in Schuyler County, where he grew to Manhood [sic], and when in Marh [sic], 1852, he was married to Eliza E. Graham, who preceded him to the beyond in 1873. To this union were born eight children, four sons and four daughters, two of the sons dying in infancy. The living are: Cassius Sell, Mrs. Viola Craig and Mrs. Jeannette Ray, of Blandinsville; Mrs. Amy Danielson, of Glendale, Cal.; Mrs. Alice Fife, of Galesburg, Ill.; and Lews [sic] Sell, of Topeka, Kans[.] In 1875, Mr. Sell, with his children, moved to Blandinsville, where he continued to live until a few weeks ago when because of failing health he was taken to the hospital. He never united with any church, but believed in Christianity, and lived such a life of rectitude and uniform kindness as could have made him welcome in any church in the community. Besides the children named above he leaves sixteen grandchildren, four great-grand children [sic], two brothers[,] one in Oklahoma and one in Iowa, and many friends who mourn his death. The funeral was held Wednesday morning from the residence of his son-in law [sic] J. C. Craig, conducted by Rev. S. L. Clark. Interment was in the South Cemetety [sic]. | Sell, Caleb Riley (I4688)
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| 5429 | Note on Find a Grave: Blandinsville Star-Gazette, page 7 Thursday, March 3, 1904 Our Aged People. Last Week's Macomb By-Stander codtained [sic] half-tone cuts of Mr. and Mrs. James J. Ray, our most worthy townspeople. They are each 84 years old and both are natives of Kentucky, where, November 8, 1837, they were married, Mrs. Ray's maiden name being Farris. They emigrated to this state in 1848, settling at Warsaw, but after a residence of eleven years returned to Kentucky, where at the outbreak of the war Mr. Ray enlisted in the 19th Ky. Inf., serving almost three years. In 1869 the family returned to Illinois, and, with the exception of two years spent in the state of Washington, Blandinsville has been their home. Their children are Thomas, Isaac and Mrs. Belle Leffler. The sons are respected citizens of this village, the daughter being a resident of Idaho. Eighty-four years seems a long, long life, and 66 years of married life is seldom granted. That this worthy old couple may yet have many years of happiness in store is the wish of their many friends and in this the Star Gazette joins. The write-up in the By-Stander--the source from which our in information is gathered--was by Mr. Henry Harmon, and excellently done. ∼ The Ray family is not found in either Hancock or McDonough County in the censuses of 1850 and 1855. Obituaries for two sons, Thomas (born 1851) and Isaac (born 1853), stated they were born in Hire Township (which wasn't yet named at that time.) That location does not jibe with the chronology outlined in the above article. Locations included in Mary Jane's obituary also do not match the above article: "In 1848 she moved with her husband from Kentucky to the neighborhood of Blandinsville, Ill., where they lived until they moved to this city in 1856." The distance between Warsaw, Hancock County, and Hire Township, McDonough County, is the full breadth of Hancock County. Excerpted from James' obituary, "Deceased with his wife came to Illinois in 1848, settling near Blandinsville. Here he remained until 1859 when he went back to his native state...."∼ The Macomb Journal, page 9 Thursday, January 17, 1907 BLANDINSVILLE (Clipped from Star-Gazette.) James J. Ray, a pioneer of this city, is reported seriously ill at the home of his son, Isaac Ray. ∼ Colchester Independent, page 1 Thursday, January 17, 1907 James J. Ray. James J. Ray, an old and highly esteemed resident of this county died Sunday morning at six o'clock, at the home of his son, Isaac, in Blandinsville, from old age and general debility, aged 87 years and 28 days. ∼ Blandinsville Star-Gazette Ray. James Ray, one of the pioneers of Blandinsville passed away Sunday morning at the residence of his son, Isaac Ray of this city at the advance age of 87 years and 28 days, after an illness of a few weeks, although he had been in declining health for the past year or two. James J. Ray was born Dec. 16, 1819 in Washington County, Ky. He was the eldest of a family of six children and his parents being in limited circumstances, he was compelled to commence at an early age to support himself. In the fall of 1836 [sic], he was united in marriage to Miss Mary Jane Farris of his native state. To this union have been born, 9 [sic] boys and 5 girls, all having been called to the great beyond, except one son, Isaac, of this city with whom the deceased has been living and who has so kindly looked after and cared for this father in his declining years. The wife preceeded [sic] the deceased in death, passing away the 3rd day of last May. Deceased with his wife came to Illinois in 1848, settling near Blandinsville. Here he remained until 1859 when he went back to his native state and when the civil war broke out between the north and the south he enlisted in the service of the Union and for the [large portion of the page torn away] | Ray, James J. (I4713)
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| 5430 | Note on Find a Grave: Date of birth calculated from date of death and age at death, 70y 5m 22d, from the tombstone inscription. This renders an ambiguous date due to uneven days in calendar months. She married George Ray in March of 1819 in Nelson County, Kentucky. | White, Dorcus (I4716)
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| 5431 | Note on Find a Grave: Mary Jane Ray was born in Kentucky Feb. 26th, 1820; and died at her home in Blandinsville, Illinois, May 3rd, 1906, aged 86 years, 2 months and 7 days. In 1837 she was married to James J. Ray, and to this union eleven children were born, Isaac and Tom now live in Blandinsville. The other children preceded their mother to death, Almira in 1842, Dorcas in 1744 [sic], William W. in 1845, George W. in 1849, Sarah Ann in 1857, John in 1864, James J. Jr. in 1876, Martha J. in 1881, and Ara Belle Lefler in 1905. In 1848 she moved with her husband from Kentucky to the neighborhood of Blandinsville, Ill., where they lived until they moved to this city in 1856. She was converted to God and united with the old New Hope Baptist church in the year 1852; and when the old church burned down she united with the Blandinsville Baptist church as one of her charter members in 1870. Those who knew her best called her good, and through her many sorrows and trials she displayed a christian's character and patience. Those left to mourn are her aged husband, her two sons Isaac and Tom, her grand children [sic] and a host of relatives and friends. Funeral services were held from the home Saturday morning, May 5, at 10 o'clock, the Rev. W. M. Perry officiating. She was laid to rest in the South cemetery. ∼ The posted news item was published in The Macomb Daily By-Stander in February 1904, rather than 1901. | Farris, Mary Jane “Polly” (I4714)
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| 5432 | note on Find a Grave: Son of William Henry Lee and Sarah Crockett. One large gravestone marks the graves of Squire Edward and wife Fannie Sowders Lee at Gordon Cemetery on the west side of Lake Vermilion. The inscription reads: "Weep not dear children Disturb not my rest My Saviour has called me He thought it best." There is a persistent Lee Family Legend that Squire is a third cousin of General Robert E. Lee. Squire was a Lincoln supporter and strong Union man during the Civil War. Squire seemed to disapprove of his distant cousin's betrayal of the Union. Squire is thought to have destroyed evidence connecting him with the Virginia Lees. Although the Legend remains unproven, the family resemblance is striking. Lees Had Ties To Land of Lincoln Squire Lee of Blount Township, Gen. Lee Were 3rd cousins by Larry Weatherford, The Commercial-News, Danville, IL, August 26, 2012 In 1829, just one year before Tom Lincoln, his wife and children made that now-famous move to Illinois, a man named William Henry Lee settled with his family here in Vermilion County. Both family names would soon be marked indelibly into the history books of America. There were a lot of Lees on the early census rolls of Vermilion County. By 1860, William Henry Lee’s son, Squire Edward Lee, was a well-known and respected landowner and farmer with a family of his own. It was an election year, and Squire Edward voted for Tom Lincoln’s son, Abraham, who had spent a good deal of time in Vermilion County himself over the past 20-some years. Little did either family know that this Western state they were calling home would one day be known as the “Land of Lincoln.” Or that one of the most respected officers in the United States Army, a third cousin of Squire Edward Lee, would soon lead the forces of a new Army for the Confederate States of America in what Lincoln would call a “great Civil War.” Squire was Lee’s first name, not a title, even though the Lees were about as close to titled gentry as you could come in America. His line of the Lee family included two signers of the Declaration of Independence, an attorney general of the United States, two governors, and the Revolutionary War hero who would make the famous statement at George Washington’s funeral: “First in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen.” Those were just some of the renowned Lee family members. The most famous Lee relative was just beginning to achieve his fame. Among his achievements, Robert E. Lee had been a hero of the Mexican War, engineered the port at St. Louis, MO, and had led the capture of John Brown at Harper’s Ferry. When southern states started to secede, Robert E. Lee chose to turn down an offer to be the commander of the Union forces. He then resigned his post in the U.S. Army, and accepted a commission in the new Confederate States Army. Most of Lee’s immediate family went along with his decision and followed him into the service of the South. That choice didn’t come without some division in the Lee family. Not only did Squire Edward Lee support the Union while living in Illinois, but many of Lee’s other cousins and family members in Virginia also aligned with the Union. One would even become a rear admiral in the U.S. Navy. Squire Edward Lee’s homestead and the majority of his land holdings were in Blount Township near what is now Hungry Hollow Road past Woodbury Hill. He lived there with his wife, Fanny, and their children. Other farmland he owned was near Catlin. It is doubtful that Squire Edward let his friends and neighbors know that he was related to Robert E. Lee, since he was living in the home state of the commander-in-chief of the Union forces. Some of Squire’s descendants believe he tried to hide that fact because he was living in northern territory. They have wondered about their relationship to the famous Lee family for many years, and some say the records were intentionally made unclear on the lineage. Descendants of another William Henry Lee who also had moved to Vermilion County in 1829 could not establish a tie to the famous Lee family. They even tried DNA testing, and found that they were not related to Robert Edward or Squire Edward Lee. Even though the records were somewhat muddy as to the relationship of Squire Edward to Robert E. Lee, my friend and fellow researcher, Alan Woodrum, and I were on the track of what one descendant had called a “silver bullet” that tied Squire to the famous Lee family. Third cousins: While I was poring over books and genealogy information on the Lee family, Alan e-mailed to let me know that he had found the connection. As we had thought, it was on the Richard Henry Lee side of the family. Rather than second cousins as the oral family history had indicated, Robert Edward and Squire Edward were third cousins. Squire’s mother was Sarah Crockett Lee. So, as you might expect, the family history has it that she was related to frontiersman, Congressman and hero of the Alamo, Davy Crockett. That has yet to be proven. Squire Lee died on May 4, 1880. He and several of his family members are buried in the Gordon Cemetery near Lake Vermilion. Posted with approval of Larry Weatherford, October 19, 2014 | Lee, Squire Edward (I393)
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| 5433 | Note on Find a Grave: When Isaac was born the townships in McDonough County had not yet been named. ∼ Blandinsville Star-Gazette, page 1 Thursday, November 16, 1922 Death of Isaac Ray Blandinsville people were shocked on Thursday morning by the news that Isaac Ray was dead. He had been ailing for many months and on Wednesday went to Macomb to consult a doctor. When he came home he went to bed and Mrs. Ray went to his bedside from time to time to look after his comfort. At one o'clock she asked him and he replied that he did not want anything. When she went again to his bed at four o'clock he was cold in death[.] Isaac Ray was one of our best and most useful citizens, known and esteemed by all the neighbors and friends among whom his busy and useful life was spent. He was born in Hire township on December 11, 1853 and was at the time of his death aged 68 years, 10 months and 11 days. when a child of five years he moved with his parents to Kentucky where he lived until 23 years old when he returned to Blandinsville. He was married to Miss Jeannette Sell in Blandinsville in 1884, and they have made this their home the remainder of his life. He followed the occupation of Mason [sic], bricklayer, and cement worker and was a master of his trade whose handiwork forms part of a great part of the buildings in Blandinsville. Ten children were born to these loving parents, but six of them were called away in infancy or early life and two sons and two daughters are left to mourn the death of an honored and beloved father. They are: Clarence and Mrs[.] Fred Mills of Brewster, Minn[.], Lucien of Rushville, Ill[.], Alta of Rushville, Neb. There is one granddaughter Berniece Mills. Isaac Ray was an honest upright man, fair and manly in every walk of life. He was quiet and unassuming, kindly and generous to everyone and industrious and dependable in his business. He was an honored useful citizen, a lifelong and faithful member of the Baptist church with which he united in early life and he was a consistent follower of its teachings. An indulgent and provident father, a loving husband and a generous and faithful friend, he passes away loved and mourned by a host of friends by whom he will long be held in kindly remembrance. Funeral services were held in the Baptist church at 2:00 p[.] m[.] on Saturday, November 11, the Rev, E[.] F. Peterson officiating, and he was laid to rest in the South cemetery. ∼ Card of Thanks We wish to express our thankful appreciation of the kindness and sympathy extended to us in our deep sorrow occasioned by the sickness and death of our beloved husband and father Isaac Ray. Mrs. Isaac Ray and Children. | Ray, Isaac (I4686)
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| 5434 | Note on Find a Grave: 75Y 3M m: John Shoup Birth year estimated from age at DOD. Originally buried in William "Billie" Dunning cemetery. Remains from the 342 known graves and the Dunning cemetery gate were moved to Englewood about 1979 to make way for the Lakes projects. The cemetery was "recreated" in Englewood as shown in photo at right. Most of the graves are marked with a standard marker, altho a few of the original tombstones were moved and placed here. Many graves are marked as "unknown". | Springgate, Orpha (I4444)
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| 5435 | Note on Find a Grave: 81Y 2M 26D m: Orpha Birth year estimated from age at DOD. Originally buried in William "Billie" Dunning cemetery. Remains from the 342 known graves and the Dunning cemetery gate were moved to Englewood about 1979 to make way for the Lakes projects. The cemetery was "recreated" in Englewood as shown in photo at right. Most of the graves are marked with a standard marker, altho a few of the original tombstones were moved and placed here. Many graves are marked as "unknown". | Shoup, John (I4446)
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| 5436 | Note on Find a Grave: As a young man of twenty years, my Great, Great Grandfather, David Cosat, son of the Reverend Jacob Cosat, set out from Mercer County, Kentucky and settled in the new state of Illinois. In 1835 he purchased and homesteaded 80 acres in what was to become Blount Township of Vermilion County. He wed Nancy Traux in 1836 and fathered twelve children, six of whom lived to adulthood. A successful farmer, in 1849 he acquired additional lands, bringing his total holdings to 235 acres. In 1886 David passed to his reward and was buried alongside his wife in Fairchild Family Cemetery about 2 miles from the original 1835 Cosat homestead. Fairchild Cemetery is now part of the Illinois Nature Preserve. | Cosat, David (I155)
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| 5437 | Note on Find a Grave: August Emmanuel Block was born March 5, 1837, In Province, Posen, Germany. His mother died when he was about 2 years of age. In May of 1855, at the age of 18 years he left Germany from Hamburg for America. The voyage on the sailing vessel lasted 7 weeks. He came by way of the St. Lawrence River, stopping at Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where he for the first time saw American Indians. Thence on to Detroit, MI from which he came west and crossed Lake Michigan to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and then on to Whitewater, Wisconsin. Here he worked on a farm for a while. He had relatives in Wisconsin by the name of Block. In the winter of 1855-1856 he came to Champaign, Illinois, and that winter worked on the Illinois Central Railroad south from Champaign, III, This was a severely cold winter with much snow. In 1857, his father, William Block, and the other members of his family came to America and settled south of Sidney, Illinois. On March 7, 1858, he was married to Charlotta Dorothea Klinger who had come over from Province Posen, Germany in 1857. In those early days ox teams were practically the only means of transportation, so the young couple walked from Sidney to Champaign where they were married by an English minister and August's half brother, Fred Block and wife Cristina, who lived in Champaign were witnesses. In their early married life they lived near Sidney, III., and later at Oconee, III., where he again worked on the Illinois Central Railroad. They returned to Sidney early in 1860 and located on a farm of 40 acres in Section 33, town 18, Range 10, which he had purchased from his father. Here they built their first home. Crude as it was, yet it answered the purpose for a time. Later he purchased 40 acres in the northwest corner of the same section, one-half mile west of the original forty. And still later he and his half-brother, John F. Block, purchased in partnership 40 acres across the road from his home. This acreage was in Section 28, on the north side of the road. This land was afterward divided and he received the East 20 acres. By the time of his death, through thrift and industry he had acquired quite a sizeable acreage of land. During the intervening years, he and his wife, being industrious, farmed both their own and rented land. And as their original buildings weren't sufficient for their increased requirements, a new and larger barn was built in 1874 - and a new, larger, and more comfortable house in 1876. This home, located 3 miles south of Sidney, III., was bounded on the west and south by a beautiful orchard, making this a beautiful and desirable home. All of their children were born here except the first two. August E. Block was one of the founders of the neighborhood church (St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church). Now this same church is known as The United Church of Christ. August E. Block was one of the trustees for a number of years. In the year 1884 he and his wife donated an acre of land to the church and the present church building was built the same year. It is locally known as the Block Church. In March, 1897, August and Charlotta Block retired from farming after selling their farming equipment in a private sale. They moved to Sidney into a home they had previously purchased and continued to live there for some time. Charlotta passed away in Sidney on April 19, 1913. August passed away June 3, 1919, at the home of his daughter Martha Block Hartzig -- three miles from his farm home. (Taken from notes written by Ella Malinda (nee Block) Erb in 1962.) | Block, August Emmanuel (I4725)
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| 5438 | Note on Find a Grave: Caroline (Jach)Duby Milender. W/O 1 John Duby 2nd To Benjamin L. Milinder Parents John & Caroline Jach | Jach, Caroline (I4539)
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| 5439 | note on Find a Grave: Chester "Rollie" Yeazel was born to Adam and Sarah Yeazel in Homer. In 1915, he married Sophia Cordella Hedges in Fairmount, and they had two sons: Howard and Harold Yeazel. Rollie and Sophia lived in the Center Point area for 27 years, starting in 1918 and were members of the Center Point Church where he served as a deacon and Sunday School superintendent. They moved to Fairmount on March 6, 1945 and he entered public office in 1949, serving as Fairmount Mayor until 1968, including a short time in the early 1960s when he initially didn't seek re-election, but was asked to return after the winning candidate stepped down shortly after election. Improvements under Rollie Yeazel to the town of Fairmount included the installation of the water system and water treatment plant in 1951 at a cost of $135,000 that was raised through municipal and revenue bonds, new signals and gates for the railroad crossing and natural gas that was pumped in from the Sidell area. After he stepped out of public office, he took up the hobby of caning furniture. Contributor: LISA DAVIS (50366112) | Yeazel, Chester Rolla "Rollie" (I472)
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| 5440 | Note on Find a Grave: Children were: James McCluer/McClure born abt 1834 in Missouri Margaret Jane Avaline McCluer/McClure, born 17 February 1836 in Illinois Mildred McCluer/McClure, b. abt 1838 in Illinois John H. McCluer/McClure, b. 3 February 1840 Robert McCluer/McClure, b. 29 January 1843 in St.Louis, MO Inscription Wife of James McCluer. | Springgate, Lydia (I4442)
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| 5441 | Note on Find a Grave: Civil War Company I 15th Regiment Iowa infantry Corpl John Wesley Cramer John Wesley Cramer is buried in Allison Cemetery with other family members. John enlisted as a private on November 10, 1861 at the age of 19. He was assigned with Co. I. 15th Iowa Infantry. He reenlisted on December 21, 1863. He was captured by the Confederates on July 22, 1864 near Atlanta, Georgia and was held at Andersonville Prison until September 23, 1864. We missed the familiar face of John W. Cramer who two days before, to the sound of the muffled drums, took his last march to the grave. Mr. Cramer was commander of the Jennings Post G.A. R. The funeral sermon was preached by the Rev. John Langley of Fremont. There was a large attendance at the funeral. Dresden Star July 18, 1891 | Cramer, John Wesley (I86)
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| 5442 | note on Find a Grave: Civil War record for William Berryman Estes Pvt Co A 91 Illinois US Inf Residence: Montgomery Co. Illinois, Age 20, Hght 5'81/2, Hair Brown, Eyes Blue, Compl. Fair, Single, Farmer Joined 11 Aug 1862 in Litchfield Il Muster out 12 Jul 1865 in Mobile, Alabama. He was married on 22 November 1892 to Amanda Jane Fairchild Duncan. | Estes, William Berryman (I2395)
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| 5443 | note on Find a Grave: Clara I Gritton the daughter of Levi Gritton and Mary E. Russell; 1st married Marion Lewis Lambert, July 22, 1903, in Muscatine, Iowa, they separated in 1924; two daughters, Zella Fae & Velma Mae Lambert; Clara Lambert 2nd marriage was to a Bert Boyles on 2 March 1939, in Muscatine. | Gritton, Clara J. (I2351)
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| 5444 | note on Find a Grave: Daughter of Aden Smith (1827-1888) and Lucinda Fox Smith (1828-1930); Wife of Samuel L. Reece; children: William H. Reece, 1875-1948, Ida B. Reece, 1877; Charles Milburn Reece, 1879-1932 | Smith, Penelope (I4416)
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| 5445 | Note on Find a Grave: Daughter of Rice Milner and Sarah Oda. Lucinda's death certificate records her maiden name Milender. She married Richard Fletcher in 1837. | Milliner, Lucinda (I4455)
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| 5446 | Note on Find a Grave: Elizabeth married Milton P Waples in Danville, Illinois on January 10, 1856. They had 3 children, Edward Milton, Ella, and Emma. After Milton's death in 1861, Elizabeth married William P Rice on September 27, 1867 in Danville, Illinois. They had 3 children, William, Alda, and Wintress. Elizabeth divorced William Rice and married Samuel Kaufman on December 7, 1894 in Lawrence, Arkansas. | Thoroughman, Elizabeth (I75)
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| 5447 | Note on Find a Grave: George Nasalroad was born abt 1793 in Pendleton Co. Wva. He was s/o Frederick Neselrod 1st & Elizabeth Fullmer. He married Phebe Ann Coffman 12 March 1822. in Pendleton Co. Wva. she was born dau of Michael Coffman. she was born Jan 1794 in Pendleton Co, Wva. They were noted have 11 children. George died in Vermillion Clinton Co Indiana abt 1852. I have no name area for his cemetery. Phebe Ann Coffman. wife of George was noted to have died at the age of 101 Yrs old. Eastern Kansas. she was buried also unknown name cemetery. Marriage record was found on West Virginia Division of Culture and History. Births,Marriage.and Deaths. | Neselroad / Nasalrod, George (I1765)
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| 5448 | Note on Find a Grave: Grace had four children: Ruth I., Mildred L., Virgil R. and Viola. She married Robert on February 27, 1907. | Cramer, Grace (I1148)
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| 5449 | Note on Find a Grave: Hans was 91 years old and was the son of Denmark natives Jorgen "George" Johansen Aakjaer and Margrethe "Margaret" Cathrine Hinrichsen. At the age of 36, he was married on November 25, 1914 in Bozeman, Gallatin County, Montana to 34 year old Minnie B. Weaver, daughter of Jacob B. Weaver and Missouri McDonald (Marriage information taken from Montana, U.S. County Marriages: 1865-1987 and California Death Index: 1940-1997). | Aakjar, Hans Johansen (I2625)
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| 5450 | note on Find a Grave: He was married to Miss Clara Gritton on July 22, 1903, in Muscatine. They had two daughters, Mrs. Velma Philips of Muscatine and Miss Fae Lambert, living at home, and a twin sister, Mrs. Felix Vanatta of Eliza, Ill. The couple separated in 1924. Taken from Marion's obituary - Muscatine Journal And News Tribune Newspaper Archives November 16, 1936 Page 2 | Lambert, Marion Lewis (I2353)
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