When dad came home she told him, and he said “Well, you could have given the baby some milk.”The gypsies were very clever, and one time they took some money from Clarence Henderson’s dad. He was sitting in the yard when they came by. While one was telling his fortune the other was stealing the money. Part of that money was a dollar bill that had been signed my Clarence’s brother Monroe. It was the first dollar issued by the bank where Monroe was president. Tip Henderson had that dollar in a long, snap-top purse that he had rolled up in his pocket, and this gal got it.I remember it well, because I was picking blackberries that day. We got word that they had stolen the money from Mr. Henderson, and I said “Let’s get out of here. We don’t want to run into them.” We went down to one of the neighbors and got the whole story. Of course, things traveled fast then. We didn’t have radios, or too many telephones, but somebody going down the road would tell the next neighbor, and they would go on to the next one. The whole countryside knew in a very short time that Tip Henderson had had some money stolen by gypsies.It was funny. The gypsies went by the constable’s house, and he had already gotten the word. They were going to beg from him, but he arrested them right there.Until another day, God Bless!Thanks to the 79 people who have commented on our articles. We have enjoyed hearing from everyone.
Pat and Marion Russell McLeansboroTimesLeader.com I’d like to share more of my great-aunt Sylvia (Cottingham) Deem’s memories with you. On summer day mother was ironing under the shade of the backyard maple trees. A small horse-drawn wagon stopped in front of our house and the occupants, a lady and two small children, alighted from the wagon and walked to where mother was working. The lady proceeded to tell a sad story about her circumstances, saying her husband had abandoned her and their two small children and she had no financial means of support. She said a neighbor, Mr. Johnson, whom we knew, had offered to let her live in a house on his farm, rent free, and she was asking some of the good people in the neighborhood to give her some chickens or anything they could spare to help her establish a home. Mother’s heart was touched, and she caught four nice fat hens and gave them to her along with some of my outgrown clothes. After thanking mother profusely, the visitors left, going back in the direction from which they had come. About four o’clock that afternoon we were surprised to see that wagon with the same women and children as riders passing our house as the horse was being urged along at a fast a pace; and in the back of the wagon, in full view, was a large crate completely filled with chickens. We soon learned that she belonged to a band of gypsies camped at the fairgrounds near McLeansboro. Roving groups of gypsies, traveling in covered wagons were common at that time. They would make camp wherever they could, roam the countryside and with great stealth and cleverness beg or steal. I was deathly afraid of gypsies as I had head that they would steal small children and take them away with them. True or false? I never knew. One day the folks went to town, and they left me at home alone. I looked out the front door, and I was almost sure I saw a covered wagon coming from the west toward our house. I thought “Oh, what am I going to do? What am I going to do? I closed the door, and ran down through the field just as hard as I could go. We had some split rail fences then, and I got in the corner of one. It wasn’t too far from the road and I was where I could see the road. When the vehicle came along I could see it was just a buggy with dust all over the top of it. After that time with the chickens, my dad said, “Don’t you give anything. If the gypsies come here don’t give them on thing.” Later another bunch came along and stopped right in front of the house. They pulled right up in the yard. They had a baby and they wanted to know if they could get some milk for it. Mother said, “No, I’m sorry, we can’t give you anything.” From the McLeansboro Times-Leader Newspaper When dad came home she told him, and he said “Well, you could have given the baby some milk.” The gypsies were very clever, and one time they took some money from Clarence Henderson’s dad. He was sitting in the yard when they came by. While one was telling his fortune the other was stealing the money. Part of that money was a dollar bill that had been signed my Clarence’s brother Monroe. It was the first dollar issued by the bank where Monroe was president. Tip Henderson had that dollar in a long, snap-top purse that he had rolled up in his pocket, and this gal got it. I remember it well, because I was picking blackberries that day. We got word that they had stolen the money from Mr. Henderson, and I said “Let’s get out of here. We don’t want to run into them.” We went down to one of the neighbors and got the whole story. Of course, things traveled fast then. We didn’t have radios, or too many telephones, but somebody going down the road would tell the next neighbor, and they would go on to the next one. The whole countryside knew in a very short time that Tip Henderson had had some money stolen by gypsies. It was funny. The gypsies went by the constable’s house, and he had already gotten the word. They were going to beg from him, but he arrested them right there. Until another day, God Bless!Thanks to the 79 people who have commented on our articles. We have enjoyed hearing from everyone. Pat and Marion Russell, you may call us at:618-231-7110.
The Mt. Vernon Register-News, Tuesday, November 22, 1949 FUNERAL FOR T. OTTO FOX AT 2 WEDNESDAY Rites at Myers Chapel for Retired Manage of Telephone Company. Funeral services for T. Otto Fox, retired manager of the Illinois Bell Telephone Co. here, will be held at 2:00 p. m. Wednesday at Myers Chapel. The Rev. Bayne Wilson, pastor of the First Methodist church, will officiate and burial will be in Oakwood cemetery. The body will remain at Myers Chapel, where his many friends may call at any time until the funeral hour. Mr. Fox died at 3:40 p. m. yesterday at his home, 712 north 12th street, at the age of 68 years, three months and 15 days. Mr. Fox. who retired as local manager of the telephone company May 1. 1946 after 38 years of loyal service, had been failing in health for some time. His retirement came 38 years to the day from May 1, 1908 when he entered the service of the company as a lineman. After only a few years of faithful and efficient service. Mr. Fox was made plant chief and on June 1, 1920 was promoted to the position of local manager. He served in that position until September 1. 1945 when ill health forced him to take a year's sick leave. He was succeeded by Lawrence Collins, who became acting local manager and assumed the position as manager upon the retirement of Mr. Fox. Employees and officials of the company -all good friends of Mr. Fox- attended a farewell party in his honor on June 21, 1946. At that meeting Lawrence Collins, the new manager, told how Mr. Fox had hired him in 1922 when he was 16 years of age. He praised Mr. Fox as "a fine man to work for and a conscientious, loyal servant of the company." Mr. Fox had been a well liked resident of Mt. Vernon for 50 years. He was born August 6, 1881 near Elkton, in Washington county the son of Matthew and Eliza (Bledsoe) Fox. In 1918 he was married, in Nashville. Ill., to Octavia Wells, who survives. Mr. Fox was a member of the First Methodist church and was a life member of the Telephone Pioneers of America. Besides his wife, he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Lloyd Starr of Mt. Vernon and Mrs. Carroll Coile of Saybrook, Ill.; two brothers. Grover M. Fox of South Bend, Ind. and Carl M. Fox of Woodriver, Ill.:; two sisters. Mrs. Ollie Rohde of Farmer City, Ill. and Mrs. Pearl Johnston of Chicago; two grandchildren and two great grandchildren. A son. John Robert Fox, preceded him in death on October 7, 1937.
The Mt. Vernon Register-News, Monday, December 14, 1959 Arthur Foster Of Dix Dies At Age Of 75 Years Arthur C. Foster died at 8:10 a.m. yesterday at his home in Dix. He was 73 years, four months and 14 days old. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the Osborn Funeral Home in Dix with the Rev. Orlando Brakemyer officiating. Burial will be in Oakwood cemetery in Mt. Vernon. The body will lie in state at the Osborn Funeral Home where friends may call at any time. Mr. Foster was born in Belle Rive on July 29, 1884, the son of Frank E. and Nettie A. (Bennett) Foster. On Jan. 1, 1909, he was married to Martha Anna Boyles, who died Nov. 13, 1943. On June 19, 1950 he was married to Ruth Farquer Shepard who survives. Other survivors include two sons, Murland and Waldo Foster of Dix; a step-son Don Shepard of Boonville, Mo.; a daughter, Mrs. Helen Altiere of Joliet; a sister Mrs. Guy Summers of Mt. Vernon; seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother, a sister, two grandsons and one great-grandson. Mr. Foster owned and operated the Foster Sinclair Service Station at Oakland and Salem Road for over 30 years before he retired. He was a member of the Pleasant Grove Methodist Church for 45 years.
The Mt. Vernon Register-News, Monday, October 25, 1948 Nellie Foster Dies at Age 68 Mrs. Nellie Moore Foster, of 519 Main street, died at 7:05 a. m. today at Good Samaritan Hospital. Her age was 68 years, four months and 17 days. Mrs. Foster was employed for seven years as dietitian at the state hospital in Lincoln, Ill. before her health failed in March of this year. She was employed for 15 years at the Howard and Casey Co. here. Funeral services will he held Wednesday at 2:00 p. m. at the Pulley Funeral Home. Edwin Hayden will officiate and burial will be in Oakwood cemetery. The body will remain at the Pulley Funeral Home, where friends may call after 10 a. m. Tuesday. Mrs. Foster was born January 8, 1880 in Mt. Vernon, the daughter of Jerry and Mary (Flint) Moore. In 1900 she was married, in Mt. Vernon, to George Foster, who preceded her in death in 1918. She was n member of the Central Church of Christ and of the Royal Neighbors. Surviving are two sons, Art Foster of Mt. Vernon and Clarence Foster of New Orleans, La.; a twin brother, Ed Moore of Mt. Vernon; a sister, Mrs. Madie Fischer of Mt. Vernon; and four grandchildren.
The Mt. Vernon Register-News, Monday, September 12, 1949 Add Flannigan Dies at Age 50 Add Ray Flannigan, of 719 Lamar Avenue, died at 7:35 a. m. Sunday at Koch Hospital, in Koch, Mo. His age was 50 years, eight months and three days. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 10 a. m. at St. Mary's church, with Father James Burke officiating, and burial will be in Oakwood cemetery. The body will remain at the home, 719 Lamar, where friends may call at any time until the funeral hour. Mr. Flannigan was born January 8, 1899, the son of Monroe M. and Virginia A. (Mabry) Flannigan. He was married December 26, 1922 to Jacueline Thomas, who preceded him in death in 1942. Mr. Flannigan was a member of the Catholic church. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Virginia Flannigan; two sisters, Mrs. Ted Scott and Mrs. Jack Newby of Mt. Vernon; and two brothers, Lehman Flannigan of Mt. Vernon and Fred Flannigan of Evansville, Ind.
The Mt. Vernon Register-News, Tuesday, December 27, 1949 Rites Toddy for Mrs. Flannigan Mrs. Virginia Annie Flannigan died at 4:30 a. m. Sunday at her home, 719 Lamar Ave., at the age of 79 years, seven months and 16 days. Funeral services were held at Myers Chapel at 2:00 p. m. today, with the Rev. Owen Post and the Rev. Thos. Harper officiating, and burial followed in Oakwood cemetery. Mrs. Flannlgan was born May 9, 1870 near Thompsonville, in Franklin county, the daughter of John H. and Mary E. (Brown) Mabry. On December 29, 1887, she was married, at Parrish, Ill., to M. M. Flannigan, who preceded her in death in 1944. She was a member of the 15th street Church of God and the Royal Neighbors of America. Surviving are two sons, Lehman of Mt. Vernon and Fred of Evansvllle; two daughters, Mrs. Beulah Scott and Mrs. Lorene Newby of Mt. Vernon; a sister, Mrs. Sally Puckett of Mt. Vernon; three brothers, T. H. Mabry of West Frankfort and Charley and Neal Mabry of Mt. Vernon; six grandchildren and one great grandchild. One grandson, Cleo Flannigan, was reared by Mrs. Flannigan.
Sorry he is Leonard Davis and his father would be Thomas M. Davis. ---------- Original Message ---------- From: Mary via <iljeffer@rootsweb.com> To: iljeffer@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ILJEFFER] Marriage Lookups Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 17:47:07 GMT Leonard Davis, 1889 f. Thomas M. Leonard m. Matilda Wiggins married JCI in 1917 to Leona Goddard, 1894 f. C. D. Goddard m. Amanda Bumpus ---------- Original Message ---------- From: Lonnie Fink via <iljeffer@rootsweb.com> To: "iljeffer@rootsweb.com" <iljeffer@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [ILJEFFER] Marriage Lookups Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 13:17:13 -0400 Hi Mary, Thanks! Too many surnames names to ask , but here is one! Can you check for the marriage of Leona Lucy Goddard b 1893 md Thomas Leonard Davis b ca 1892 md Abt may 6 1917 definitely before 1920. Thanks Lonnie fink Lonfink@comcast.net > On Sep 23, 2014, at 9:39 PM, iljeffer-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > Message: 5 > Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 01:24:52 GMT > From: "Mary" <zandz@juno.com> > Subject: [ILJEFFER] Marriage Lookups > To: iljeffer@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <20140923.202452.4077.0@webmail06.dca.untd.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 > > I have the Marriage Book 1900 - 1922 checked out and can do a lookup for a few days. > > Mary > ____________________________________________________________ Visit the Jefferson County web site at: www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~iljeffer/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ____________________________________________________________ The #1 Worst Carb Ever? Click to Learn #1 Carb that Kills Your Blood Sugar (Don't Eat This!) http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3131/5424557e4eca9557e0f08st02duc Visit the Jefferson County web site at: www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~iljeffer/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Leonard Davis, 1889 f. Thomas M. Leonard m. Matilda Wiggins married JCI in 1917 to Leona Goddard, 1894 f. C. D. Goddard m. Amanda Bumpus ---------- Original Message ---------- From: Lonnie Fink via <iljeffer@rootsweb.com> To: "iljeffer@rootsweb.com" <iljeffer@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [ILJEFFER] Marriage Lookups Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 13:17:13 -0400 Hi Mary, Thanks! Too many surnames names to ask , but here is one! Can you check for the marriage of Leona Lucy Goddard b 1893 md Thomas Leonard Davis b ca 1892 md Abt may 6 1917 definitely before 1920. Thanks Lonnie fink Lonfink@comcast.net > On Sep 23, 2014, at 9:39 PM, iljeffer-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > Message: 5 > Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 01:24:52 GMT > From: "Mary" <zandz@juno.com> > Subject: [ILJEFFER] Marriage Lookups > To: iljeffer@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <20140923.202452.4077.0@webmail06.dca.untd.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 > > I have the Marriage Book 1900 - 1922 checked out and can do a lookup for a few days. > > Mary > ____________________________________________________________ Visit the Jefferson County web site at: www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~iljeffer/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ____________________________________________________________ The #1 Worst Carb Ever? Click to Learn #1 Carb that Kills Your Blood Sugar (Don't Eat This!) http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3131/5424557e4eca9557e0f08st02duc
Betty I'm pretty sure his name is Davis from the following transcription of a newspaper clipping on ancestry: Highlight of the evening was a "This Is Your Life" program honoring Mrs. Leona Davis, in appreciation of her outstanding christian service to her home and to her church. (Note: Logan Street Baptist Church is mentioned under the photo above the article) The program was opened by the presentatino of a corsage of white carnations from Mrs. Davis' grandchildren. Events in her early life were related by: her brothers, Roy Goddard and Kirby Goddard, of St. Louis, Mo.; school-mates Zola Estes and Estelle Donaldson; Mina Smith, a sister-in-lay and Nera Bennett, a member of the first Sunday school class taught by Mrs. Davis.... (note: blurried and hard to read the rest of the paragraph). Events in family life were unfolded by the children: Mrs. Wilma Ruth Jenkins, L. Noel Davis, Mrs. Faye Reynolds, Mrs. Norma Lee Huffstutler, Mrs. Betty Martin, and Mrs. Marie Goddard, a sister-in-law. Source: Mt. Vernon Register-News, May 16, 1956 page 7 posted on ancestry.com I think this obit of a son also confirms the surname of Davis: Mt. Vernon Register-News January 8, 2007 Leonard Noel Davis, 86, of Mt. Vernon died at 4:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 5, 2007, at Missouri Baptist Hospital in St. Louis. He was born June 9, 1920, in Mt. Vernon, son to Thomas Leonard Davis and Lucy Leona (Goddard) Davis. On June 1, 1947, he married Freda Burns in Mt. Vernon, and she survives. Mr. Davis attended Field Grade School and Mt. Vernon Township High School. He also graduated from the University of Illinois with a bachelor of science degree in architectural engineering. He worked at Mt. Vernon car Shops for two years in the early 1940s and served in the U.S. Navy for two years during World War II. Mr. Davis worked for Wilson and McCoy Architectural Firm early on and later opened his own private practice, which ran from 1957 to 2004. He was a member of American Institute of Architects and designed many churches and schools throughout Illinois. He taught night classes at Rend Lake College and Southeastern Junior College in the mid-1970s. He also taught architecture at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale for 11 years in the School of Technical Careers from 1979 to 1990. He was a member of the Logan Street Baptist Church for 77 years and twice served as interim music director. He enjoyed playing the guitar and the French horn. In recent years, he worked as a consultant for P.E. Cross. He also designed and built set scenery and wrote music for the King City Theater Company. He was also very interested in genealogy. Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. today at Logan Street Baptist Church in Mt. Vernon with the Rev. Mike Steed officiating. Interment location has yet to be disclosed. In addition to his wife, Mr. Davis is survived by three sons, Robert Davis and Rod Davis, both of Mt. Vernon, and Roger Davis and wife Judith of Campbellsville, Ky.; two daughters, Michele Parks and husband Shawn and Teresa Davis-Brown and husband Jim Brown, both of Mt. Vernon; three sisters, Faye Reynolds of Mt. Vernon, Betty Arnold and husband Clyde of Carbondale and Norma Lee Huffstutler and husband Murvel of Cary; and grandchildren Eden and Elise Davis of Louisville, Ky., and Bythe Lee, Bethaney Brown and Joshua Parks, all of Mt. Vernon. He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Wilma Ruth Jenkins Highsmith. Memorials may be given to the Logan Street Baptist Church and will be accepted at the funeral home. > On September 25, 2014 at 12:25 PM "elvis500@frontier.com via" > <iljeffer@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > > Is he Leonard Davis or Davis Leonard? All the other names are listed first > name first > > > On Thursday, September 25, 2014 12:49 PM, Mary via <iljeffer@rootsweb.com> > wrote: > > > > Leonard Davis, 1889 > f. Thomas M. Leonard > m. Matilda Wiggins > married JCI in 1917 to > Leona Goddard, 1894 > f. C. D. Goddard > m. Amanda Bumpus > > ---------- Original Message ---------- > From: Lonnie Fink via <iljeffer@rootsweb.com> > To: "iljeffer@rootsweb.com" <iljeffer@rootsweb.com> > Subject: Re: [ILJEFFER] Marriage Lookups > Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 13:17:13 -0400 > > Hi Mary, > > Thanks! > > Too many surnames names to ask , but here is one! > > Can you check for the marriage of Leona Lucy Goddard b 1893 md Thomas Leonard > Davis b ca 1892 md Abt may 6 1917 definitely before 1920. > > > > Thanks > > Lonnie fink > Lonfink@comcast.net > > > On Sep 23, 2014, at 9:39 PM, iljeffer-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > > > Message: 5 > > Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 01:24:52 GMT > > From: "Mary" <zandz@juno.com> > > Subject: [ILJEFFER] Marriage Lookups > > To: iljeffer@rootsweb.com > > Message-ID: <20140923.202452.4077.0@webmail06.dca.untd.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 > > > > I have the Marriage Book 1900 - 1922 checked out and can do a lookup for a > > few days. > > > > Mary > > ____________________________________________________________ > > Visit the Jefferson County web site at: > www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~iljeffer/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > ____________________________________________________________ > The #1 Worst Carb Ever? > Click to Learn #1 Carb that Kills Your Blood Sugar (Don't Eat This!) > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3131/5424557e4eca9557e0f08st02duc > > Visit the Jefferson County web site at: > www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~iljeffer/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > Visit the Jefferson County web site at: > www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~iljeffer/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message
I have Lucy Leona Goddard married to Thomas Leonard Davis but I could be wrong. Lucy Leona d/o Cass Douglas Goddard and Amanda Bumpus. Mary, you provided the info on Lucy Leona Goddard's birth: 1893 GODDARD, Lucy Leona, female, white, child #2, born Moores Prairie Twp., 08 Jun 1893; f. Cass Douglas GODDARD, age 32, born Jefferson Co., IL, farmer; m. Mandy Almedy BUMPUS, age 25, born Jefferson Co., IL; attendant Mrs. E. E. ADDISON; dated at home 01 Jul 1893. [267] Source: Mary Z. - email from zandaz@juno.com dated 10/12/2009 Sandy > On September 25, 2014 at 12:25 PM "elvis500@frontier.com via" > <iljeffer@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > > Is he Leonard Davis or Davis Leonard? All the other names are listed first > name first > > > On Thursday, September 25, 2014 12:49 PM, Mary via <iljeffer@rootsweb.com> > wrote: > > > > Leonard Davis, 1889 > f. Thomas M. Leonard > m. Matilda Wiggins > married JCI in 1917 to > Leona Goddard, 1894 > f. C. D. Goddard > m. Amanda Bumpus > > ---------- Original Message ---------- > From: Lonnie Fink via <iljeffer@rootsweb.com> > To: "iljeffer@rootsweb.com" <iljeffer@rootsweb.com> > Subject: Re: [ILJEFFER] Marriage Lookups > Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 13:17:13 -0400 > > Hi Mary, > > Thanks! > > Too many surnames names to ask , but here is one! > > Can you check for the marriage of Leona Lucy Goddard b 1893 md Thomas Leonard > Davis b ca 1892 md Abt may 6 1917 definitely before 1920. > > > > Thanks > > Lonnie fink > Lonfink@comcast.net > > > On Sep 23, 2014, at 9:39 PM, iljeffer-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > > > Message: 5 > > Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 01:24:52 GMT > > From: "Mary" <zandz@juno.com> > > Subject: [ILJEFFER] Marriage Lookups > > To: iljeffer@rootsweb.com > > Message-ID: <20140923.202452.4077.0@webmail06.dca.untd.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 > > > > I have the Marriage Book 1900 - 1922 checked out and can do a lookup for a > > few days. > > > > Mary > > ____________________________________________________________ > > Visit the Jefferson County web site at: > www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~iljeffer/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > ____________________________________________________________ > The #1 Worst Carb Ever? > Click to Learn #1 Carb that Kills Your Blood Sugar (Don't Eat This!) > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3131/5424557e4eca9557e0f08st02duc > > Visit the Jefferson County web site at: > www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~iljeffer/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > Visit the Jefferson County web site at: > www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~iljeffer/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message
Hi Mary, Thanks! Too many surnames names to ask , but here is one! Can you check for the marriage of Leona Lucy Goddard b 1893 md Thomas Leonard Davis b ca 1892 md Abt may 6 1917 definitely before 1920. Thanks Lonnie fink Lonfink@comcast.net > On Sep 23, 2014, at 9:39 PM, iljeffer-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > Message: 5 > Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 01:24:52 GMT > From: "Mary" <zandz@juno.com> > Subject: [ILJEFFER] Marriage Lookups > To: iljeffer@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <20140923.202452.4077.0@webmail06.dca.untd.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 > > I have the Marriage Book 1900 - 1922 checked out and can do a lookup for a few days. > > Mary > ____________________________________________________________
Thelma Pauline Ellis, 94, of Mt. Vernon, Illinois passed away at 7:30 P.M. on Monday, September 22, 2014 at Residential Living Center in Mt. Vernon, Illinois. Thelma was born on Saturday, December 6, 1919 in Mt. Vernon, Illinois the daughter of the late Thomas P. and Eunice (Skelton) Morlan. She married Loren Carl Ellis on September 16, 1938 and he preceded her in death on June 4, 2010. Surviving family members include her son: Loren Clifton "Tom" Ellis and wife Judy of Calle…Tortosa Cathedral City, California; grandson: Brendan Ellis and wife Susan of San Jose, California; granddaughter: Marcie Kowalczyk and husband Aaron of Boise, Idaho; great granddaughter: Maikai Ellis; 2 great grandsons: Mateo and Campbell Kowalczyk; several nieces and nephews also survive. Her parents, husband, infant daughter: Janie Kay Ellis, brother: Tom Morlan, the two sisters: Edith Eater and Irene Lynn preceded her in death. Graveside service will be Monday at 2 p.m. at Bethel Memorial Cemetery in Mt Vernon, Illinois Rev. Bob Deitz, officiating.
Is he Leonard Davis or Davis Leonard? All the other names are listed first name first On Thursday, September 25, 2014 12:49 PM, Mary via <iljeffer@rootsweb.com> wrote: Leonard Davis, 1889 f. Thomas M. Leonard m. Matilda Wiggins married JCI in 1917 to Leona Goddard, 1894 f. C. D. Goddard m. Amanda Bumpus ---------- Original Message ---------- From: Lonnie Fink via <iljeffer@rootsweb.com> To: "iljeffer@rootsweb.com" <iljeffer@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [ILJEFFER] Marriage Lookups Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 13:17:13 -0400 Hi Mary, Thanks! Too many surnames names to ask , but here is one! Can you check for the marriage of Leona Lucy Goddard b 1893 md Thomas Leonard Davis b ca 1892 md Abt may 6 1917 definitely before 1920. Thanks Lonnie fink Lonfink@comcast.net > On Sep 23, 2014, at 9:39 PM, iljeffer-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > Message: 5 > Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 01:24:52 GMT > From: "Mary" <zandz@juno.com> > Subject: [ILJEFFER] Marriage Lookups > To: iljeffer@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <20140923.202452.4077.0@webmail06.dca.untd.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 > > I have the Marriage Book 1900 - 1922 checked out and can do a lookup for a few days. > > Mary > ____________________________________________________________ Visit the Jefferson County web site at: www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~iljeffer/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ____________________________________________________________ The #1 Worst Carb Ever? Click to Learn #1 Carb that Kills Your Blood Sugar (Don't Eat This!) http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3131/5424557e4eca9557e0f08st02duc Visit the Jefferson County web site at: www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~iljeffer/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Larry Benton Roberts, age 62, of Mt. Vernon, passed away at 2:59 p.m. Wednesday, September 24th, 2014, at his home, of natural causes. He loved the outdoors, bow hunting, and fishing, and was a Nascar Fan and a blood donor. He worked for Black and Son Construction. A Graveside Funeral Service for Larry Roberts will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, September 27th, at Paradise Cemetery in Salem, Illinois, with Ralph Swarthout officiating. Visitation will be held Friday, September 26th, from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Osborn Funeral Home in Dix. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, and will be received at the service, or by mail to Osborn Funeral Home, P.O. Box 130, Dix, Illinois 62830. Online condolences may be made and viewed at www.osbornfuneralhomeinc.com. Larry Roberts is survived by one brother, Gary Roberts and wife Sheri of Mt. Vernon; one sister, Betty Hogshead and husband Tommy of Mt. Vernon; Two aunts, Wilma Roberts of Iuka and Bonny Young of Plano; One uncle, Ralph Halfacre and wife Margie of Iuka; And several nieces, nephews, and cousins. Larry Roberts was born on February 11, 1952, in Harrisburg, Illinois, the son of Benton and Thelma (Halfacre) Roberts. He graduated from Mt. Vernon Township High School in 1970. He was preceded in death by his parents, and one sister, Bernice Adams.
Virginia Louise Finley, 86 of Johnsonville, IL died at 11:30AM Tuesday, September 23, 2014 at her home. She was a homemaker and a member of Wells Chapel Church and the Ladies Aid and enjoyed crafting. Virginia is survived by a daughter Brenda (Ron) Heifner of Johnsonville, IL; two grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Funeral services for Virginia Finley will be 12:00PM Friday, September 26, 2014 at Wells Chapel Church. Burial will be in Wells Chapel Cemetery. Visitation will be 10:00AM until time of funeral service on Friday at the church. Memorials may be given to Wells Chapel Cemetery and will be accepted at Hosselton Funeral Home.
Lonnie, I forgot to ask you how you determined Harvey Milton Fuqua was a brother to Charles? He's not in the 1850 census with the family. In 1900 census in Beaver Twp, HCI, he states he doesn't know what year he was born nor how old he is. Sandy > On September 23, 2014 at 1:12 AM Lonnie Fink via <iljeffer@rootsweb.com> > wrote: > > > Sandy, > > Charles Fuqua is not the only one whom is elusive. His children, siblings, and > parents are also. > I've found Charles only in the 1850 Stewart co.,Tn and 1870 JCI census. > He is the son of John & Permelia Ross Fuqua. Them only in the 1840/1850 > census. > > Of the five children of Charles only Della Fuqua Bryant Sweetin Sheridan have > I found known grandchildren of Charles, unless you want to consider Maude > Crider as a dau of Cora Fuqua Crider. :) > > Charles's brother > Harvey Milton Fuqua md Martha Springer 1874HCI lived and died there in 1912. > His son John M Fuqua owned the store in JCI. > Zenobia Bumpus d/o Dallas & Bertha Campbell Bumpus mentions the Fuqua store > and him raising his Tittle niece after the fire, In her old audio cassette > version of the family history (full of starting and stopping clicks ). > > > Lonnie fink > Lonfink@comcast.net > > > On Sep 22, 2014, at 10:17 PM, iljeffer-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > > > Message: 6 > > Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 23:44:32 GMT > > From: "Mary" <zandz@juno.com> > > Subject: Re: [ILJEFFER] Charles Fuqua/Fugua > > To: sandy@whalen-family.org, iljeffer@rootsweb.com > > Message-ID: <20140922.184432.18987.2@webmail09.dca.untd.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 > > > > FUQUAY, CHARLES MOORE, HESTER E 1876-04-18 03B 0266 FRANKLIN Co. IL > > > > ---------- Original Message ---------- > > From: Sandy Bauer via <iljeffer@rootsweb.com> > > To: iljeffer <iljeffer@rootsweb.com> > > Subject: [ILJEFFER] Charles Fuqua/Fugua > > Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 12:53:41 -0700 (MST) > > > > I'm totally confused about this guy, Charles Fuqua/Fugua. He obviously spent > > some time around Jefferson County as he married and divorced in the county. > > > > First we have a marriage in 1865 to Nancy S. Bigham > > > > FUGUA, CHARLES E BIGHAM, NANCY S 1865-03-15 003 JEFFERSON > > > > Carol Bigham submitted this info about the family: > > > > > > NANCY LEAN BIGHAM and CHARLES E FUGUA had the following family: > > > > CORA3 FUGUA was born in Jefferson Co IL 1866. > > > > DAVID FUGUA was born in Jefferson Co IL 1868. > > > > MARY FUGUA was born in Jefferson Co IL 1869. > > > > 1880 Census Jefferson Co IL, Mary is living with her Aunt Martha Catharine & > > Ransom Moore. > > > > > > > > Next we have this marriage to Sarah Frances Parrish > > > > FUQUA, CHARLES PARRISH, SARAH 1878-09-07 006 0033 0150 JEFFERSON > > > > And we see a divorce for him the same month but I cannot find any marriage > > to > > someone named Hester, > > > > Fuqua, Charley vs. Hester Fuqua Sep 1878 > > > > Fuqua, Charley vs. Hester Fuqua Feb 1877 > > > > > > I cannot find a single census record for him anywhere around JCI, FCI, HCI > > or > > WCI. I've tried various spellings for his last name but no luck. > > > > > > There is a photo of a grocery store ran by John M. Fuqua on the JCI website: > > > > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~iljeffer/photos/photos.htm > > > > This WW I draft registration may be the same man: > > > > John Matheus Fugua 07 Apr 1875 W Jefferson, > > IL > > > > > > This may be him and his parents in the 1880 census in Beaver Creek Twp, > > Hamilton > > Co, IL > > > > Milton Fugua age 28 > > > > Martha age 23 > > > > John M. age 5 > > > > Sarah J. age 10 months > > > > Anymore know more about this Charles E. Fuqua? > > > > > > > > Sandy > > Visit the Jefferson County web site at: > > www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~iljeffer/ > > Visit the Jefferson County web site at: > www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~iljeffer/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message
The Mt. Vernon Register-News, Monday, January 9, 1950 Nellie O. Fields Dies at Age 49 Mrs. Nellie O. Fields, of 226 S. 17th street, died at 2:10 a. m. today at Good Samaritan Hospital. Her age was 49 years, four months and six days. She was the widow of Hardy M. Fields. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2:00 p. m. at Myers Chapel, with the Rev. Ross Partridge officiating, and burial will be in Oakwood cemetery. The body will remain at Myers Chapel, where friends may call at any time after 10 a. m. Tuesday. Mrs. Fields was born in Hamilton county on September 3, 1900, the daughter of W. T. and Minnie E. (Winkler) Cates. On February 6, 1920 she was married to Hardy M. Fields, who preceded her in death June 16, 1945. Mrs. Fields was a member of the Park Avenue Baptist church. She is survived by one son, J. H. Fields, at home; three sisters, Mrs. Ray Kelly of Ronnie and Mrs. Elzina Giles and Mrs. Clyde Leffler of Mt. Vernon; and two brothers, Charles V. Cates of Centralia and Homer Cates of Mt. Vernon.
Thanks for posting this Sandy. I didn't know that she had passed, she and her husband both so young. Cindy Ford Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android
Anyone know if her father was the son of Augustus A. "Gus" Medders (1870-1952) and Maggie Arlena Pasley (1871-1940) ? I show they had a son named William B. b Jun 1896 according to 1900 census for Dodds Twp, JCI. Sandy > On September 24, 2014 at 12:37 PM "elvis500@frontier.com via" > <iljeffer@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > > Kathryn "Kat" Kincaid, age 91, of Mount Vernon, Illinois passed away > Wednesday, September 24, 2014 at her home in Mount Vernon, Illinois. “Kat” was > a waitress at Jones Snack Bar and was a homemaker and member of Lebanon > Missionary Baptist Church. > > Funeral Service will be held at 10:00 A.M. Saturday, September 27, 2014 at > Lebanon Missionary Baptist Church in Jefferson County, Illinois with Reverend > Gary Davenport presiding. Visitation will be from 5 to 8:00 P.M. Friday, > September 26, 2014 at Lebanon Missionary Baptist Church in Jefferson County, > Illinois. Interment at Hams Grove Cemetery in Jefferson County, Illinois. For > those who wish, memorials may be given to the Lebanon Missionary Baptist > Church in Jefferson County, Illinois and will be accepted at the funeral home > or mailed to Hughey Funeral Home, P.O. Box 721, Mount Vernon, Illinois 62864. > Arrangements have been entrusted to the care of Hughey Funeral Home where you > may call (618) 242-3348 or visit www.hugheyfh.com for further information and > to send condolences. > > Kathryn Kincaid is survived by 2 daughters - Karen Meador of Mount Vernon, > Illinois, June A. Simmons of Carmi, Illinois; 5 grandchildren - Greg Martinez > and wife Stacy of Mount Vernon, Illinois, Krista Payne and husband Rob of > Mount Vernon, Illinois, Aaron Askew and wife Becky of Murphysboro, Illinois, > Danny Simmons and wife Jackie of Metropolis, Illinois, David Simmons and wife > Jeannie of Carmi, Illinois; 15 great grandchildren - Trey and Justin Martinez, > Cody, Clay and Reece Payne, Dylan, Ashley, Cayden, Noah and Wyatt Askew, > Braxton Gill, Sarah Simmons, Stephanie Smallman, Shane and Meckenzy Simmons; 4 > great great grandchildren - Hallie, Brody and Summer Smallman and Remmington > Askew. > > Kathryn Kincaid was born on Wednesday, June 6, 1923 in Mount Vernon, Illinois > to William Bryan & Jennie Myrtle (Chambers) Medders. She married Verner Neil > Kincaid on May 17, 1941 and he preceded her in death on November 2, 1990. Her > parents, her husband, one brother: Glen Medders and one son-in-law: Melvin > Meador preceded her in death. > Visit the Jefferson County web site at: > www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~iljeffer/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message