5 Jun 2012 I am attaching a picture of Francis Marion Stout, 1823-1907 — My 2nd Great Grandfather. Owner of the Stout Pottery and the F. M. & I. N. Stout (his 2nd son) Mercantile Store in Ripley. He owned 800 acres in Ripley/Cooperstown and it was passed down to each of his family. He was a […]
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Family of Allen Alexander and Lucy Batson of Brown County IL 12 Jul 2012 We have found the parents of Margenia ‘Margaret’ and Nancy Catherine Alexander. Also thanks to the 1840-1850-1860 Census – Allen Alexander of TN married Lucy Batson of TN, daughter of John Batson of GA, TN & finally Brown County, Illinois Nine
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William F. L. Holtkamp, son of Rev. and Christine Telljohn Holtkamp, was born in Debois [Dubois] county, Indiana December 20, 1863, and passed away May 7, 1946 in Quincy, Illinois, at the age of 82 years, four months and 17 days. He was married to Miss Frances Neeland in 1910. She preceded him in death.
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Neosho Times, April 7th, 1887 A Sad Death Wellington Benton, an old and esteemed gentleman of Neosho and Neosho township was accidentally shot and instantly killed on Thursday evening at about 6PM. He had been out hunting with his son, Dr. Benton and J. M. Pardy in the Dr.’s spring wagon and a driver was
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Violet M. Test Mt. Sterling, Illinois: Violet M. Test age 94 of Jacksonville, Illinois and formerly of Mt. Sterling passed away at 3:40 a.m. Saturday, June 17, 2006 at Prairie Village Health Care Center in Jacksonville. She was born December 2, 1911 in Brown County, Illinois the daughter of Frank M. and Priscilla Worthington Bond.
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Obituary (I have the clipping, but newspaper unknown) Thomas Jefferson McWane was born at Massie’s Mill, Nelson county, Virginia on the 17th of January, 1838. At the time of his death, December 18, 1930, he had reached the venerable age of 92 years, 11 months and 1 day. He was of Scotch-Irish descent, one of
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Death Certificate for Thomas S. Miller
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Obituary for Thomas William Miller, son of Thomas S. and Sarah Miller Obituary for Thomas Miller
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Brown County Democrat Saturday, March 6, 1880 Died at Ripley, Feb. 29th, 1880 of Lung fever, Timothy D. Benton, in the 48th year of his age. T. D. Benton was a native of Brown County, having been born at Ripley and spending the greater part of his life in the immediate vicinity of his birth.
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Death Certificate for Sarah Catharine (Ammerman) Miller
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