Henry H "DARDEN"* married Mary LEACH 26 Nov 1857 JCI *it is clearly DA... in handwritten JCI marriage register :-), SRJ > -----Original Message----- > From: iljeffer-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:iljeffer- > bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Sandy Bauer via > Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2014 11:09 AM > To: iljeffer@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ILJEFFER] Edith M Levall Bailey 1899 1974 > > One more tidbit of info. Lucretia's death record shows her mother's > maiden name was Leach. > > > Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947 > > Name: Lucretia Levall > [Lucretia Dirden] > Birth Date: 10 Mar 1863 > Birth Place: Ill > Death Date: 30 Jan 1938 > Death Place: MT Vernon, Jefferson, Illinois > Burial Date: 1 Feb 1938 > Burial Place: MT. Vernon, Jefferson, Illinois > Cemetery Name: Oakwood > Death Age: 74 > Occupation: Housekeeping > Race: White > Marital Status: W > Gender: Female > Street address: 1116 S 13th > Residence: MT. Vernon, Jefferson, Ill. > Father Name: H. H. Dirden > Father Birth Place: Tenn. > Mother Name: Mary Leach > Mother Birth Place: Ill. > Comments: Length of residence where death occurred: 36y > FHL Film Number: 1818551 > > ...

Can't seem to decide how to spell the name from 1860, 1870 and 1880 census. I think this might be him and first wife and 1st child in 1850 census too: 1850 census Hickman Co, TN - Henry H. Durden 28 M Laborer TN Mary W. 25 F TN Eleader E. 5 F TN Lucy A. 3 F TN (living next to him is William Darden age 23 and wife Mary and daughters Rachel C. age 2 and Abitha age 5/12) 1860 census T3SR3E Jefferson Co, IL - 16 Jun 1860 Post Office: Mt. Vernon Henry H. Derden 37 M Farmer TN Mary 20 F IL Lucy A. 12 F TN James 10 M TN Jacob J. 5 M TN Jane 1 F IL 1870 census T4R3E Jefferson Co, IL - 9 Jul 1870 Post Office: Spring Garden Henry Derden 48 M W Farmer TN Mary 38 F W IL James 20 M W IL Jacob 15 M W IL Cyntha 12 F W IL Lucretia 9 F W IL William 4 M W IL 1880 census Mt. Vernon, Jefferson Co, IL - 24 Jul 1880 Henry H. Durden W M 56 TN TN TN (Wood Sawyer - Severe cold) Mary M. W F 40 Wife IL AL Don/t know Cynthia J. W F 21 Dau IL TN IL Wm. Henry W M 14 Son IL TN IL Cora E. W F 8 Dau IL TIN IL Rosa Lynch W F 6 Boarder IL IL Don't know On 8/28/2014 4:42 PM, Sheldon Jones wrote: > Henry H "DARDEN"* married Mary LEACH 26 Nov 1857 JCI > > *it is clearly DA... in handwritten JCI marriage register > > :-), > SRJ > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: iljeffer-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:iljeffer- >> bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Sandy Bauer via >> Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2014 11:09 AM >> To: iljeffer@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [ILJEFFER] Edith M Levall Bailey 1899 1974 >> >> One more tidbit of info. Lucretia's death record shows her mother's >> maiden name was Leach. >> >> >> Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947 >> >> Name: Lucretia Levall >> [Lucretia Dirden] >> Birth Date: 10 Mar 1863 >> Birth Place: Ill >> Death Date: 30 Jan 1938 >> Death Place: MT Vernon, Jefferson, Illinois >> Burial Date: 1 Feb 1938 >> Burial Place: MT. Vernon, Jefferson, Illinois >> Cemetery Name: Oakwood >> Death Age: 74 >> Occupation: Housekeeping >> Race: White >> Marital Status: W >> Gender: Female >> Street address: 1116 S 13th >> Residence: MT. Vernon, Jefferson, Ill. >> Father Name: H. H. Dirden >> Father Birth Place: Tenn. >> Mother Name: Mary Leach >> Mother Birth Place: Ill. >> Comments: Length of residence where death occurred: 36y >> FHL Film Number: 1818551 >> >> ... > > -- Sandy (Whalen) Bauer sandy@whalen-family.org

Sure spelled their name various ways when they married: GORDAN, CAMPBELL H DURDEN, CYNTHIA 1882-03-28 006 0041 JEFFERSON ADDISON, RICHARD H DURDEN, ELEANDER E 1857-08-13 002 0002 JEFFERSON BURTON, RICHARD H DURDEN, LUCY 1864-05-15 003 JEFFERSON WININGER, WILLIAM DURDEN, LUCY A 1893-11-14 012 JEFFERSON GRIFFEN, G W DARDEN, MARY C 1875-05-11 006 0039 JEFFERSON PERRIN, HERBERT A DIRDEN, CORA E 1895-09-24 012 JEFFERSON And the boys spelled with "A" and "I" except for one girl Mary C. DIRDEN, JACOB E MOORE, SPICEY 1872-10-26 003 00194 JEFFERSON DIRDEN, WILLIAM H THOMPSON, AMELIA 1888-02-04 006 0026 JEFFERSON DARDEN, HENRY H LEACH, MARY 1857-12-26 002 0066 JEFFERSON DARDEN, JACOB L BOOK, MARY M 1873-12-22 003 0202 JEFFERSON On 8/28/2014 4:42 PM, Sheldon Jones wrote: Henry H "DARDEN"* married Mary LEACH 26 Nov 1857 JCI *it is clearly DA... in handwritten JCI marriage register :-), SRJ -----Original Message----- From: [1]iljeffer-bounces@rootsweb.com [[2]mailto:iljeffer- [3]bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Sandy Bauer via Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2014 11:09 AM To: [4]iljeffer@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ILJEFFER] Edith M Levall Bailey 1899 1974 One more tidbit of info. Lucretia's death record shows her mother's maiden name was Leach. Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947 Name: Lucretia Levall [Lucretia Dirden] Birth Date: 10 Mar 1863 Birth Place: Ill Death Date: 30 Jan 1938 Death Place: MT Vernon, Jefferson, Illinois Burial Date: 1 Feb 1938 Burial Place: MT. Vernon, Jefferson, Illinois Cemetery Name: Oakwood Death Age: 74 Occupation: Housekeeping Race: White Marital Status: W Gender: Female Street address: 1116 S 13th Residence: MT. Vernon, Jefferson, Ill. Father Name: H. H. Dirden Father Birth Place: Tenn. Mother Name: Mary Leach Mother Birth Place: Ill. Comments: Length of residence where death occurred: 36y FHL Film Number: 1818551 ... -- Sandy (Whalen) Bauer [5]sandy@whalen-family.org References 1. mailto:iljeffer-bounces@rootsweb.com 2. mailto:iljeffer 3. mailto:bounces@rootsweb.com 4. mailto:iljeffer@rootsweb.com 5. mailto:sandy@whalen-family.org