Okay, so John A. Logan is a very common name in Southern IL and that is why he is sometimes John A. and sometimes John L. Bob -----Original Message----- From: Sandy Bauer via <iljeffer@rootsweb.com> To: iljeffer <iljeffer@rootsweb.com> Sent: Fri, Aug 22, 2014 6:30 pm Subject: Re: [ILJEFFER] John A. Uselton 1868 1959 I found two old posts from family members and one states his name was John A. Logan Uselton. John is actually buried at West Salem, not "New" Salem as indicated in the first post below. These two guys are sons of the two of the children of John and Sarah. "John and Sarah Uselton were my grandparents. They farmed in Mt. Vernon, Illinois. My mother, Bessie Francis married Thomas Dewey Richardson. She had five children. I was born Sept 15 1928. My mother died in 1976. Grandpa was born July 23, 1867 in Jefferson County, Ill., which is where Mt. Vernon is located.He died March 16, 1959. He's buried in New Salem cemetery in Mt. Vernon.I have names of his other children, if you're interested in communicating further..." "John A. was my grandfather he had 2 sons Sam & John William who was my father I was born in Mt Vernon on March 25,1930 Dad and mother both passed email me direct [1]jrulmt@aol.com live in Florida have pictures and other info to share are you a brother to Forest. Cousin Joe" From census records, WW I and WW II draft cards, death records, etc I've got the family as follows: John A. Logan Uselton b 23 Jul 1868 d 16 Mar 1959 married Sarah Etta Wininger b 6 Sep 1873 d 25 Feb 1944, d/o Isaac Wininger and Anna Radcliff. Children: 1. Samuel b 20 Jan 1892 (must have died before 1959 as he is not mention in his father's obit). his children: Mabel, George, Ethel, Pauline and Dorothy 2. John William b 10 Apr 1894 d Jan 1983 his children: Orla Eugene, Joseph R. (post above), John Harrison, Vada Fay, Barbara Ann 3. Anna Belle b 2 May 1895 d 21 May 1974 m. Harry Edward Coberly 2 Aug 1913 4. Edith b abt 1899 m. Frank Coberly her children: Wanda L, Irene, Marrella 5. Bessie Frances b abt 1901 m. ? Ramsey/Rumsey (according to her father's obit) m. 2nd? Thomas Dewey Richardson according to her son's posting her children: Forrest B., Mildred L., Harold E., Joseph T. (post above) 6. Lucy Ethel b 15 Feb 1904 d 6 Nov 1962 m. Gilbert Page b 24 Apr 1903 d 19 Jun 1954 m. aft 6 Jan 1920 her children: Lorraine and Rose Pearl 7. daughter b 13 Jul 1906 (birth record from Lonnie Fink below) d. before 1910 census 8. Josephine b 7 Mar 1908 m. Adam Spurlock her child: Peggy Sandy On 8/22/2014 3:35 AM, Lonnie Fink via wrote: Sandy, 1910/1920/1940 Sarah's death record gives his middle initial as A 1930 no initial. Birth of his children in 1906/1908 JCI gives "A" and place of birth Williamson co,IL. USELTON, __________, f., w., child #8, born Dodds Twp., 13 Jul 1906; f. John A. USELTON, born Williamson Co., IL, age 36, farmer; m. Sarah WININGER, born Oran ge Co., Ind., age 30; filed 03 Aug 1906. [193] USELTON, Josephine, f., w., child #8, born 07 Mar 1908; f. John A. USELTON, age 37, born IL; m. Sarah WINNINGER, age 34, born IL; filed 18 Mar 1908. Lonnie fink [2]Lonfink@comcast.net On Aug 22, 2014, at 3:00 AM, [3]iljeffer-request@rootsweb.com wrote: Hmm, marriage index shows he didn't marry Sarah until 1891 and it does show his middle initial as "L": USSELTON, JOHN L WINNINGER, SARAH E 1891-07-28 00E 0440 GALLATIN On 8/20/2014 11:02 AM, rwlmn via wrote: Note: His memorial stone lists his middle initial as L. and his birth year as 1 869 The Mt. Vernon Register-News, Monday, March 16, 1959 John Uselton Dies At Age 90 At Nursing Home John A. Uselton of 1729 Jefferson died at 9:15 a. m. today at the Setzekorn Nur sing Home, where he had lived for the past year. He was 90 year seven moths and 23 days old.. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. The body is at Myers Funera l Service. Mr. Uselton was born July 23, 1868 in Gallatin county, the son of Mr . and Mrs. John L. Uselton. In Gallatin county, in 1889, he was married to S Visit the Jefferson County web site at: [4]www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~iljeffer/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [5]ILJEFFER-request@roots web.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the b ody of the message -- Sandy (Whalen) Bauer [6]sandy@whalen-family.org References 1. mailto:jrulmt@aol.com 2. mailto:Lonfink@comcast.net 3. mailto:iljeffer-request@rootsweb.com 4. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~iljeffer/ 5. mailto:ILJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com 6. mailto:sandy@whalen-family.org 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