A history of Johnson County, Illinois, Part 29

Author: Chapman, Leorah May Copeland, Mrs. P. T. Chapman
Publication date: 1925
Publisher: [Herrin, Ill. : Press of the Herrin News]
Number of Pages: 516


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BENSON


James Monroe Benson was born in Sangamon County, Ill., 1822, and came to this county from Gallatin. His characteristic of kind- ness and his loyality to the church is mentioned in another chapter.


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He married Celinda, daughter of William Slack and settled on a farm in Tunnel Hill Township where they lived most all their married lives of more than fifty years.


This farm is now owned by their grandson, J. D. Benson. Their children were N. J. (2), who received his elementary education in the county schools and later graduated from the Louisville Medical College. He practiced his profession in this county many years; he also served for a time as assistant physician at the Southern Illinois Hospital for the Insane at Anna. He now resides in Vernon, Indiana, where he has a large field of work. He married Mrs. Emma (Beal) Cole. Margaret (2) married John Carson. The children were Maud (3), who married Dr. William Whitenberg. She died leaving George (4), who resides in Stillwater, Okla. Cora (3) married Frederick Nave of Franklin County, and died leaving Helen (4). Alonza G. (2) is a scientific farmer and fruit grower of Tunnel Hill Township. He married first Sidney (see Chapman); second Mary Rendleman. The children are Robert (3), Franklin (3) and Charles (3). James N. (2) is a farmer of Bloomfield Township and his modern residence situated on an eminence one and one half miles north of Vienna is surrounded by very beautiful views characteristic of this county, making it one of the most desirable locations in the community. He married Elizabeth (see Chapman). Their sons served in the World War; E. C. in the Quartmaster's Department and is a Lieutenant in the Reserve Corps. J. D. trained for Air service at Champaign, Ill.


BOYT


Buckey Boyt came to this county with at least part of his family. He had a daughter who married Smith Webb of Tunnel Hill 'TowLi- ship. His son, Felix was born in Tennessee 1811 and married Eliza- beth Simmons. The children were Mary (2), who married Duke Smith. He operated a tan yard at Vienna for some time; later they emoved to Texas, with their family except their son, Andrew (3), who married Belle, daughter of H. T. Bridges, of this county. The children were Clarence (4) and Bessie (4); neither of whom reside in the county. Washington (2) married Mahala McGowan. The chil- dren were William (3), who lives in Missouri. Washington (2) married second Ann, daughter of Dr. A. P. Stewart. Mr. Boyt was circuit clerk of the county and he and Mrs. Boyt were both teachers. They removed to Missouri years ago; Allen (2) married Julia Morgan. The children were Julia E. (3), who married Ed. F. Morton. The children were James (4), who is a resident of Decatur, Ill .; Mary (4) at home. Ed. Boyt (3) was for many years one of Vienna's most successful business men. He married Bertie Bratton, (see Chapman). He died in the prime of life. Allen (2) married second Anna Dunn. The


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children were Eva (3), who married Walter Slack. Their children are Tullis (4), Donald (4), Lowell (4) and Christine (4). Allen Boyt served in the Civil War and was a farmer living in the Morgan neighborhood for several years. He moved to Vienna and engaged in the livery business, which he conducted until he was made deputy sheriff. He was shot by some unknown party while preforming the duties of that office. Elizabeth (2) married Beverly Bradley. The children were Amanda (3), who married Mr. Smith of this county; Mollie (3) married Joseph Walker and lived in Marion, Ill .; Carmelia (2) married John S. Crum. Their children were Dolly (3), Ulysses (3), (see Crum). John (2) left the county when a young man, marrying and settling in the west. Nancy Malvina (2) married Calvin Corbit. The children are Daisy (3), who married Edward Boston and lives in Union County. John M. (3) married Ida Gore, resides at Pekin, Ill. Sibyl (3) married E. A. Williams (see Carter). Emma (2) married Thomas Hogg and their children are Lelia (3), who married Edward Seawright and has one child. Bessie (3) married Mr. McConnell; they have one child. These families live in Chicago, Ill. Winifred (3) married Guerin Blackburn and resides at Marion Ill. Felix Boyt came to this county some time before the Civil War, about 1850, settling in Tunnel Hill Township. He was a carpenter and joiner and was quite a useful citizen in the frontier country. He opened the farm now owned by Mrs. Royster. He was a resident of Vienna for thirty years, a mason and one of the charter members of the Christain Church of this place. His wife, Aunt Betty, as she was called was loved by all who knew her and lived some years after her husbands death. They outlived all their children and spent their last days in the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Morton, their grand- children who with Ed Boyt, a grandson made their declining years very pleasant.


BRATTON


Dr. George Bratton was one of the most prominent and success- ful physicians who ever practised in this county. His father, James Bratton, was a native of Adams County, Ohio. Jacob who emigrated from Pennslyvania to that state, was the father of James. Dr. Bratton was born in Adams County, Ohio and received his primary education at Burlington Academy and Hillsboro College. He gradu- ated from the latter institution at the age of seventeen, returning to Burlington, he began the study of medicine under Dr. Camillus Hall. He attended lectures at the Western Reserve Medical College, Cleve- land, and later entered Starling Medical College at Columbus, Ohio, graduating at the age of twenty. Under the laws of Ohio he could not receive a medical diploma at that age. . He then entered a medical college of Philadelphia, Pa., and graduated from that institu-


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tion in 1853, and at once took up the practice of medicine in Vienna. His field of work was very large and he was recognized by the pro- fession as one of the leading physicians of his time. He remained in active practice until the year of his death, 1899. No one needing medical attention ever applied to Dr. Bratton in vain, no night was too dark, stormy or cold, for him to hurry to the lowest hovel to relieve suffering. Dr. Bratton was married in 1858 to Elizabeth J. the daughter of David Y. and Lucretia (Chapman) Bridges, belonging to the earliest families of this county. Mrs. Bratton died in 1919, leaving two daughters (see Chapman.)


BRAZEL


George Brazel's name was connected with the early courts and business interests of the county. He was given as an attorney here and owned land in the county, also lot No. 46 in Vienna in 1824. His name appears on the list of school patrons of the first free school district, 1825. There was a mill located somewhere in the western part of the county known as Brazel's Mill, but if any of his descendants remain in this locality, it is not known.


BRIDGES


The founder of this Bridges family was William of England; his son was Francis. James D. was the son of Francis and Henry T. was the son of James D. He came here when he was thirteen years old. He followed the trade of blacksmith and wagon maker, and resided in and near Vienna most all his life. He was a quiet, but exempliary citizen, and served as justice of the peace many years; was a charter member of the Odd Fellows Lodge, a mason, a republi- can and a Presbyterian, while this church was an active organization here, but later joined the Christian Church. He married Mary Carter. 1852, who lived to be almost ninety years old. The children were Belle (2), who married Andrew Smith (see Boyt); Vesta (2) married Isaac Hogg and had James (3), who resides in Metropolis; James (2) grew up in this county, but went to Oklahoma, where he married and his family still reside; William (2), the youngest also went to Oklahoma where he married and died a young man, leaving a family. Harry T. (2) is a young man and has made a place for himself in the business world, not only of Vienna, but is known as editor and publisher of the Vienna Times. He worked for W. H. Gilliam as an assistant on this paper for several years, and at the death of Mr. Gilliam, bought the paper. He is issuing a first class country news- paper, which is appreciated by his readers. He has, like his father, been a justice of the peace for several years. He is a public spirited, wide awake citizen and lends his aid to all forward movements. He is especially interested in education. He married Cena Brooks, and


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their children are Mabel (3), Harry T. Jr., (3), Royce (3) Francis (3), Lucille (3), James (3) and Marion (3).


From the best information, John was the name of the founder of the Bridges family in this county, that came here from North Carolina about 1810, settling on the west side of the county (settle- ment referred to by Peck). He followed farming and also kept a general store and became quite wealthy for that time. His children were Alfred (2) Col. D. Y. (2), John (2), Celia (2), Abbie (2). Alfred (2) was born 1799. He served in the Seminole War in Captain Andrew's Company. He owned property in Vienna and held office here in the early times. He married Elizabeth, who was born 1805, and their children were Edith (3), Mary (3), James (3), John H. (3), Green (3) and Calvin (3). Edith (3) married Franklin Smith who was a prominent business man of Vienna for many years. They had no children, but their home was always open to those who needed one. Mary (3) married John Sanders and had children Samuel (4), Edith (4), Mary (4), Ann (4), Sheridan (4), William (4). Edith (4) married ried John Perry and had Mamie (5), Thomas (5), Herman (5). Mamie (5) married John Sharp of this county. Herman (5) resides in Philadelphia and Thomas (5) in Paragould, Ark. Samuel (4) married Millie Shoemaker. The children were Bertha (5), who lives in Peoria, Ill. and William (5), who married Lena. They have two children and live in Arvada, Wyoming, where he is cashier of a bank. Mary (4) married Frank Burnett, 1879. The children were Nellie (5), who married George Pickard, their children are Frank (6), Phillip (6) and Raymond (6). Edith (5) married Dr. G. K. Farris. Mary (4) married second John E. Hunsaker, 1885, and their children were Paul (5) and Lawrence (5), married Jessie Barnett and has Paul (6). Ann (4) married Thomas Perry. She had Clyde (5), who married Ethel Batts and resides at Senneth, Mo. Mona (5) married Charles Bray and lives in Flint, Mich. Sadie (5) married Coke Browning and resides in Senneth, Mo. Sheridan (4) married Jennie Neal. The children ar Frank (5), Phillip (5), Raymond (5). William (4) mar- ried Ella Williams. Their children are Edith (5), who married a Mr. Hutchinson, of Senneth, Mo., and Loueva (5). James J. (3) married Eliza Gibbs; their children were Augustus (4), who married Izora Wise. The children were James (5), who married Mary Bellemy and has James (6). Charles (5) who married Ella Simmons; their children are Francis (6), Agustus (6), Elizabeth (6) and Charles (6). John H. (3) married Pop Elkins; their children were Alfred (4), who was accidently killed and Dallas 4, who married Anna McCuan. Green (3) married Mahala Hacker; the children were Edith (4). Green (3) marreid second Martha and their children were India (4), who married a Mr. Campbell and moved to Cincinnati, Ohio. Calvin


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(3) married Adeline Bagget; the chlidren were Anna 4, George (4), Frank (4), Logan (4), Alfred (4), Ida (4), Edith (4), Calvin (4) and Young (4). Anna (4) married Frank Ramey and had Zora (5) who married George Jones, and Nanny (5) who married a Mr. Mathis; Logan (4) married Dora (see Harvick), Alice (4) married Frank Dunn and lives in Metropolis, Ill .; Ida (4) married Frank Simmons, they moved to Missouri; Edith (4) married William Birch and has children Ethel (4), who married Charles Burris and has Gene- vieve (6), Lois May (6); Alice (5) is married and resides in the west; Ralph (5), Earl (5), Agnes (5), married Guy Worrell.


Col. D. Y. Bridges (2) was a prominent business man of Vienna from 1840 to 1857. He served in the 16th and 17th sessions of the State Legislature, and was a merchant here and dealt in tobacco, making many trips to New Orleans as did all the merchants of that time to market their produce. He removed from Vienna to what is now the H. Ragains place, having had a modern residence built on the site now occupied by Mr. Ragains residence. He married Lu- cretia (see Chapman); Abbie (2) married Thomas (see Gore); John (2) entered land in this county in 1830, the east 1% of S. W. 1/4 of Section 29 township 12, range 2 East. His children were David Y. (3), born 1878, John (3) (Wint). Lucretia (3), Abbie (3), Malinda (3), Elizabeth (3), Lavina (3) and Catherine (3). David Y. (3) married Lucy King and they had Laura (4), who married a Mr. Baggly and lives in Texas, Charles (4) who married Flora, daughter of Peter Gore and had Mana (5), Mona (5), Charles (5). Lucretia (3) married Frank Henard, their children were Alice (4), Ellen (4), Carrie (4), Lula (4), Abbie (4), George (4) died soon after reaching manhood; Everet (4), William (4). Alice (4) married Dr. C. A. C. Parker, they had Marie (5), Eva (5), Charles (5), Edith (5), Zillah (5). Marie (5) married Harvey Hinkle, children Loren (6) Leland (6), Harverett (6); Eva (5) married Ollie Holshouser; children Wanda (6), Hazel (6), Paul (6), Herald (6); Charles (5) married Ivy Peeler, children James M. (6), Jack (6); Edith (5) married Hammond White and had Mary Alice (6); married second Lewis Tanner. Zilla (5) married Russell Lee and has Karleen (6). Ellen (4) married Etheldred Jones (see West). William (4) married Tempy Sitters lives in Union County. Carrie (4) married Frank Betts and had Amel (5); married second Frank Nobles. Lula (4) married Charles Johnson. Abbie (4) married A. McIntire. Everett (4) married Sarah Smith. Abbie (3) married James W. Gordon; they had children Berneta (4), Joseph (4) Etta (4) Ann (4), Mary (4), Fanny (4), John (4), Ruth (4). Berneta (4) married William Miles; they had Raymond (5), Lovi (5) Joseph (5). Etta (4) married John Adams, children Olin (5), Herman (5), Mabel (5), Joseph (5), Lindel (5), Allison (5), Eva (5).


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Joseph (4) married Siddie Kerley. They have Clarence (5), Homer (5) Ernest (5). Ann (4) married Wiley Pender; they had Rosa (5), James (5), Joseph (5). Mary (4) married Elsworth Adams; children Willis (5), Benjamin (5), Ray (5), John (5), Clarence (5). John (4) married Rosa Barringer, children Sibyl (5), Malby (5), Dimple (5), Myra (5), Georgia (5), Ralph (5). Fanny (4) married William Miles, they had Arlie (5) James (5), Frank (5). Ruth (4) married Thomas Cochran, they have Sylvia (5) and Edgar (5). Joseph Pender (5) married a Miss Simmons, they had Sibyl (6), James (6), Joseph (6), Anna (6), Baby (6). Mrs. Abbie Gordon, her daughter, Ann, grandson, Joseph and his wife died within ten days during the "flu" epidemic of 1918, leaving the five small children of Joseph Pender (5), (James W. Gordon married second Mrs. Mary Penrod). Malinda (3) married William Ragsdale and had Elizabeth (4) who married Thomas Isom; Grant (4) married Matilda Stokes; Samuel (4) "Bunk" married Agusta Keller; Rose (4) married Barney Gore; Belle (4) married Mr. Bishop; Elijah (4) married Josie Smith; Lily (4) married Walter Bishop; Dave (4) married first Daisy Murray, second Ethel Davidson; Willis (4) married Tillie Hogue; Elmer (4) married Cora Pearce and third Joyce Ussery; Oscar (4). John (3) married first Caroline Gore and had John D. (4), who married Mary Fane, they had Ernest (5), Ellen (5), Pearl (5) Dovey (5); Ida (4) married B. M. Adams, of Cache Township, their children were Barney (5), Almus (5) Homer (5). John (3) married second Sarah Ragains and they had David C. (4), Josephine (4), Laura (4), Narvisa (4), Suda Belle (4). David G. (4) married Airy McGinnis and they had Edna (5), who married Frank Keisler; Josephine (4) married Warner Ferguson and had Jewell (5); Laura (4) married Melvin Jones, (see West) Narvisa (4) married William Bradley and they had Gladys (5) who died in young womanhood; Suda B. (4) married Claude Cooper. Melvina (3) married Crawford (Tuck) Ragsdale; Elizabeth (3) married Robert Hennard; Catherine (3) married Garth Pender. Celia (2) married John Oliver, who served the county as treasurer in the twenties. and as judge in the sixties. He took an active part in public affairs during his entire life. They had children, William (3), Alfred (3) James (3), David (3), John (3), Elizabeth (3) Dorcas Jane (3). William (3) married Susan Short and they had Benton (4), Mariah (4), Nancy (4), John (4) James (4). Benton (4) married Minerva Pearce and they had Anna (5), who married Charles Mozley. Alice (5) married Mark Crowder. Mariah (4) married John Eldridge and removed to Texas. Nancy (4) married William Arnett and had Charles (5). They also moved to Texas. John (4) married Sarah Harvel and their children were Cora (5) who married Jeff Rogers and had Estelle (6). Rosa (5) married Andrew Thomas and had


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Ruby (6), Oliver (6), Frank (6) Glena (6). Lily (5) married Edward Bellemy. Lura (5) married George Dunn. Margaret (5) not married. James (3) was one of our foremost farmers living west of Vienna for many years. He married Avaline (see Smith), Alfred (3) married Mariah Slack. David (3) married Tabitha Hogg and their children were Richard (4), who married a Miss Moore and had David (5). Alonzo (4) married Toby Stubblefield. Georgia Ann (4) married a Mr. Edwards, Samuel (4); Elizabeth (3) married Louis Wise; Dorcas J. (3) married Stanley Toller, children Cordelia (4) and George (4). Both died without issue.


BROWN


R. W. Brown came from Tennessee here in 1853. He was a farmer and a well known citizen in this county for many years. He married Mary Ann Peterson, and their children were Ellen, who married Green, (see Thacker); George, married Kate (see McFat- ridge) ; Owen, married first a Miss Reed, and they had Charles; he married second Ida Stanley and their children are Cecil, who married Elbert True of Marion, Ill .; Neoma, Morris and Audry; A. I. married Geneva (see Whiteaker). Reuben Brown was a brother to R. W. and a farmer of Elvira Township. He married Malinda Thompson and they had Alice (2) who married J. J. (see Robertson); Ursula (2) married Douglas Rose and has Claud (3); William (2) married Elizabeth Jenkins. These three families reside in Buncombe. Jeffer- son (3) married Kate, widow of George Brown and they had Guy (4), Reuben (4), Walter (4), Ray (4), Clyde (4), Ruth (4), all of Massac County. Richard (2) died in California; Ruth (2) married J. R. Edwards and lives in Colorado.


James Brown came to this county about 1820 from North Caro- lina where he was born in 1788, and settled in what is now Cache Township. He married Elizabeth, sister to Rix Carter, also a native of North Carolina. The children were Samuel T. (2), Wilson (2), Edward S. (2), Allen B. (2), Mary (2), Amanda (2), Ella E. (2). Samuel T. (2) was a farmer, born 1825, within a mile of where he died, having lived in that neighborhood all his life. He married Amanda Dubois, and they began life together in a log cabin. Samuel T. was a successful farmer, a justice of the peace for thirty years, and a member of the M. E. Church fifty-three. Their children were Angeline (3), James M. (3), Joy (3), married Aliced Whitacre, Wilson B. (3), Mary A. (3), Samuel T. Jr., (3), John M. (3), Alonz V. (3), Ella E. (3), Amanda (3). Angeline (3) married Dr. P. D. (see Mul- key); James M. (3) married Viola, and Samuel T. (3) married J. see Smith) Samuel (3) who resides at West Vienna and John M. (3), who resides west of Vienna about two miles are progressive and suc-


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cessful farmers; John M. (3) married first Ellen Enos, their children are Edith (4), who married Oel (see Simpson) Blanch (4) married Orba Davidson and their son is John Billy (5); John M. (3) married second Lella Mackey, and their children are Waldron (4) and Vir- ginia (4); John M. (3) married third Mrs. Carrie (Beauman) Porter; Mary A. (3) married Frank (see Carter), married second James Enos; Wilson (2) married Cassandra Gore; Edward S. (2) married a Miss Thomas and they had children Mrs. Juda Missenhammer (3); Owen Bruner (3), Norman (3), Morgan (3), Leroy (3) and Cassandra (3); Allen Bainbridge (2) married Miss Sidwell and had Joseph (3), the artist, and Ann (3). Mary (2) married Joel Dubois, children James (3), Betty (3) married Dr. Owen (see Peterson); Cora (3) married a Mr. Bolan moved out of the county; Amanda (2) married D. M. Jones, children Bernice (3) married Benj. Holsnouser; Charles (3) married a Miss Groner; Ellen F. (2) married Frank Wilhelm their children were Curtis (3), Vida (3), Loren (3).


BURNETT


The ancestor of the Burnetts of this county was William, a native of New Jersey. He emmigrated to Ohio in 1802, being one of the first six families to settle in Trumbull County, that state. His wife's name was Mary Walker. John the next in line was two years old when his father came West, where he was reared and married in 1823, Harriet Merry, a native of Ohio, being the first white child born in Hartford Township, Trumbull County, 1801. Their children were Julia (2), Charles M. (2), Asahel (2), Martha (2), Frank (2), Mary (2), Wm. (2), Wellington (2). Asahel (2) born 1829, educated in the village school and also a higher school of Portage, Ohio, and be- gan teaching in his native state at the age of sixteen years, for which he received eighteen dollars a month and boarded "around." He con- tinued this work for a few years but decided to come to Illinois in 1853. It appears that he was the first of his family to come here, and settled on the farm where he died. It is located about four miles east of Vienna in Bloomfield township. He farmed in the summer and taught school in the winter for twenty-six years and was County Examiner under J. S. Whittenberg. He married Didamie Robertson, 1854. One child, Marcus L. (3), who married Sarah Connelly. They had Asahel Breeze (4), Chloe (4), Sadie (4), Earl (4). Chloe (4) married Wiley Holt and has Gladys (5); Sadie (4) married Walter Sharp, and has Sylvia (5); Earl (4) married Blance Rhodes. Charles M. (2) was born in 1827, and came to this county in 1862. He was a business man of Vienna for many years and was noted for his beautiful horses and his good care of them. He married Margaret Henry in Ohio and their children were Frank (3), Fred (3),


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Helen (3), John (3). Frank (3) married Mary Sanders (see Bridges) ; Fred (3) was born in Ohio, 1854, and was a successful business man of Vienna for many years. He married Betty Fields and their children were Cora M. (4) who married D. W. (see Chapman); Fred (4) mar- ried Velma Strickland and their children are Fred (5) and Margaret (5). Helen (3) married Preston (see Bain); John (3) married Alice Lambert and their children were Charles (4), Frank (4) and Ted (4). Mary (2) married Jesse Davis, a contractor and builder of Vienna. Wellington (2) was a physician of Massac County, living at New Columbia, Ill., in the seventies.


CALHOUN


Three Calhoun brothers, Jacob, Zachariah and George, came to this county from Tennessee about 1850. Their father, George came from North Carolina to Tennessee in an early day. The maiden name of his wife was Patsy Julian, a native of Georgia. They lived on a farm in Tennessee most all their lives, the mother coming to this county when very old. They reared five sons and one daughter; Jacob J. (1), born about 1803, married Rebecca McCall, daughter of Thomas, whose wife was a Miss Gilmore, about 1825. They removed to this county in 1852, settling on land near Belknap. Their original home is now enclosed in Charles Marshall's barn. Their children were William (2), James F. (2), Thomas H. (2), Charles D. (2), George J. (2), Mary A. (2), Frances (2), Susan (2), Mary (2), Rebecca C. (2), Elizabeth (2). William (2) married Mary Rhodes, they had Samuel (3), Betty (3), Robert (3), Franklin (3), and Susan (3). This family removed to Arkansas. James F. (2) married Mary Helm. The children were Charles (3), Jacob J. (3), who married Belle Henderson. Cynthia (3), married David L. Stewart; Susan (3) married Isaac N. Evans, Thomas J. (3) and George W. (3). James F. (2) married second, Francis Reid and their children were Allen (3), Manorah (3), Martha (3), who married Polk Ballard and Lizzie (3). Thomas H. (2), born in Williamson County, Tennessee, 1831, married Mary Robin- son, their children were Alice (3) who married Pink Thornton and lives near Goreville. William (3) married Julia Jones. Francis (3) married Charles Grissom. James A. (3) married Miss Toler; Jacob (3) married Miss Terry; Susan E. (3) married William Furgus; Charles R. (3) married Delia Osborne; George B. (3) married Eva Campbell. Charles D. (2) married Ditha Johnson. They had Albert (3), who married Lizzie Cox; Sula (3), married Thomas Hurst; Amanda (3) married Roy Henderson; Julia (3), Frank (3) married Miss Jones; Samuel (3) married Spicy Burns, Josephine (3) and Rosa (3). George J. (2) married Martha Dunn and their children are Priula (3), married Mary Henderson; Edward (3) married May




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