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Johnson; Zachery T. (3) married Francis Mayard; he is a physician of Pope County; Sarah E. (3) married J. F. Gillespie; John H. (3) married a Miss Harper; Frank (3), Walter (3), Allen (3), no know- ledge. Mary A. (2) married James Robinson, their children are Hugh (3), Phoebe (3) married John Spicer; Sarah (3) married Mark Whiteaker; William (3) no knowledge; Charles (3) married May Cover; Francis (2) married William C. Allen and had Belle (3), who died in youth; Susan (2) married William Moore and had Douglas (3) who married Lizzie Johnson, Joseph (3), and Jeptha (3); Fannie (3) married John Rathar; Lizzie (3) married James Ore. Martha (2) married William Ring and they had William (3) married Miss Thorn- ton, George (3) married Miss Mulinax, Jane (3) married Millington (see Smith), Alice (3), Francis (3). Rebecca Cumi (2) married James Venable, the children were John (3), Orril (3), Lizzie (3), Thomas (3). this family removed to Missouri. Sarah (2) married George Lovelace and their children were Olis B. (3) married Sula Betts and Georgia A. (3). Sarah (2) married second Isaac Lovelace and had Isaac (3), who married Julia Bratton. Elizabeth (2) married John Murrie (2) and had Johin (3). Zach. (1), another brother settled in the southeast part of the county, 1850 and had William Hayes (3), Petaway (3), John (3), Mary (3), Lucy (3) and two other daughters whose names are not known. Lucy (3) married Dr. Young of Metropolis. Mary (3) married a Mr. Cryder. George (1), the other brother settled in Elvira Township and had Joseph Julian (2), William (2), Martha (2), Amanda (2). Joseph J. (2) married Mary Parker, they had Julian (3), Heber (3), Loubeth (3). Julian (3) died in young manhood; Heber (3) married Doria Beggs, they have Gay (5), Edna (5), Josepii (5), Fay (5), Ludine (5), Fondle (5) and Robert (5). Loubeth (3) married Nathaniel Boomer. William (2) never married; Martha () had Ivy who married Mr. Nipper. Amanda (2) married Willis Lingle and resides in Union County. George (1) married second Mrs. Ann (Ward) Copeland.
CARLTON
John W. Carlton is a son of W. B. who came to this county in 1840 from Middle, Tennessee and was born on the Pedee River, Nortn Carolina. He married first Miss Hight and had one son, Dr. Lewis W. Carlton. After her death he married Sarah E. Throgmorton and had Harvey (2), Henry (2), Joseph (2), Edward (2) Ambrose (2), J. W. (2) Addy (2), Edward (2) married Neoma (see Farris) and is cashier of the first National Bank of Coulterville, Ill. Ambrose (2) married Clara Davis who died, leaving Gretel, a young daughter, who also died in 1924, and Billy about ten years old. Addy (2) married Wirt Lindsey and has Joseph (3); J. W. (2) married Mattie (see Veach). He followed teaching with farming until 1916 when he
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was elected circuit clerk and was so efficient that he was reelected in 1920 and again in 1924. He and family are republicans and estimable citizens of the county seat.
CASEY
Levi Casey came to this county in 1808 and settled in Bloom- field Township, near a spring, which has been known for many years as Casey's Spring. Himself, his wife and ten children came by ox cart from Tennessee. He was said to be a native of Ireland and was a brother of Zadoc Casey, who was at one time Lieutenant Gov- ernor of Illinois and presided in the Constitutional Convention of 1848. Levi (1) married Mary Sherrell in East Tennessee about 1780. Their children were Polly (2), who married Squire Choate, they resided in Massac County many years, being the founders of the Choate family in that county. J. M. Choate, a prominent business man of Metropolis who has recently (1923) disappeared on a trip from the west, and of whom no trace can be found is a descendant of theirs. Rachel (2) married Mr. Elms; Patsy (2) married a Mr. Clark; Belvia (2) married a Mr. Ritta; Susanna (2) married John Goddard; another daughter married a Mr. Goddard; and another daughter married a Mr. Fisher and still another, a Mr. Latham; Susanna (2) and John Goddard lived in Williamson County, near old Sulphur Springs and reared a large family, namely George W. (3), W. G. (3), Randolph (3) and John (3), who lives near New Burnside, Nancy (3) married W. J. Cavitt of Tunnel Hill; Rebecca (3) married Dr. Russell Williams and resided in Hamilton County; Rachel (3) married Obe. Rich. There were two sons in the first Levi Casey's family, Randolph (2) who was born in Tennessee, 1796, and was the fifth child, the other brother, twelve years when he came to this county, died at the age of eighteen. Family tradition says, he was the first person buried at Casey Springs Cemetery, 1816, which is one of the oldest buring grounds of the county. Randolph (2) married Mary Graves in Johnson County, 1818. Their children were Hiram (3), Rebecca (3), Sarah (3), Rachel (3), D. M. (3), A. J. (3), Green R. (3). Hiram (3) married Derinda Hightower. The children were George (4), Levi B. (4), Fred (4), Julia (4), Susan (4) and Rachel (4). Hiram (3) died in 1865 while serving in the 120th Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Of his children, George (4) died in young manhood; Levi B. (4) married Angeline Norma. They had four sons, Randolph (5) who married Louisa Rushing; Daniel W. (5) married Rina Webb; Dr. W. N. E. (5) is now a resident of Tacoma, Wash., and Dr. Levi B. (5), who practiced medicine for many years in Marion, Ill., and was well known in this county. Rebecca (3) married John G. Sparks, moved to California in 1850, later to Oregon, where he served as Internal Revenue Collector for that section of the
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Northwest under President Lincoln. Sarah (3) married John W. Howerton, (see Howerton), Rachel (3) married Green Lowery. Levi B. (4) and Angeline also had daughters, Mary Ann (5) who married Jackson Hewitt and Nancy (5) who married William R. (see Webb). Levi B. Casey (4) was said to be a man of commanding appearance, six feet, two inches tall and of a find physique. He was Captain of Company D., 31st Illinois Infantry, Logans regiment, and was killed at Vicksburg, June, 1863. He is buried at the Graves Cemetery, four miles north of Vienna, on the old Marion road. Randolph (2) spent. his life as a farmer. He never went to school a day in his life and learned to read after he was forty years old. He became a great reader and was well informed on the history of this government and acquired a good geographical knowledge of this country and the world at large. He was a great student of the Bible, a republican and after 1860 a member of the Christian Church. D. M. Casey (3) son of Randalph, resides in 'T'allequah, Okla., and they have four sons and one daughter. A. J. Casey (3) died leaving three children. Green R. (3) married Lucinda Perkins in 1873. Their children were W. R. (4) who resides in Oklahoma; F. M. (4) living near Creal Springs; George V. (4) of Golconda, Ill .; T. L. (4) also of Oklahoma and Ward (4) who resides with his parents. Mrs. Alice (Casey) Bell (4) lives near Tunnel Hill, Minnie (Casey) Hodge (4) resides at Heartly, Texas; Ida (Casey) Yandell (4) resides at Carterville, Ill. There is now in the possession of Green R. Casey (3), a burr that was used in a hand mill and brought to this county from Ten- nessee by Levi Casey in 1808, also his spectacle case. Levi Casey died in 1842 and was buried at Metropolis. Randolph (2) removed to Williamson County about four years after his marriage, to a place called Old Sulphur Springs and resided there until 1853, when he returned to this county and entered land under the "bit" act. He first resided on the James Whitehead old place, now known as the Centralia Fruit Farm. He moved in 1857 to the farm where J. B. Cavitt now resides, living there until his death, 1874, and is buried at the Goddard Cemetery. Randolph Casey (2) married Manerva Alexander, and had one child, Mrs. R. G. Simmons (3).
CARSON
Hiram Carson was a first resident of Tunnel Hill Township. He served as sheriff of the county and also filled other stations of trust in the county and neighborhood. His widow, Nancy, now past ninety years old, and Frank, a son, reside on the old home place. Mrs. Carson was formally married to a Mr. Jackson and had a son, Reuben, who married Jane Simmons, and they had Cordia who married Joseph Murrie and Essie who married Frank Carter. Only
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three of Mrs. Carson's children are now living, beside Frank, they are Samuel, Jerome, who lives at Kankakee, Ill., and Casey, who resides in California. Pleansant married Lillie Morris and died leaving one son and a daughter.
CARTER
Amos Carter is an old resident, coming here from Tennessee. He served in the Civil War and is a loyal member of the Grand Army Post. He still operates his farm although eighty-six years old. He is well preserved mentally and physically, and always appears to be ยท on the sunny side of life. He married Sarah Turley and has Grant who married Eva Carlton, they are residents of Carbondale. James who married Julia Stewart died several years ago leaving a family his widow later married Ezekiel Ingersol of Carbondale; Miss Jennie is an employee of the government and resides in Washington.
Vincent was the ancestor of the large Carter family residing in this county and many who have emigrated from it. He was born in North Carolina in 1803 and later came to Tennessee with his parents, where he followed farming till 1850, when with his wife and children he settled on a farm in Vienna Township. He married Elizabeth Rose in Tennessee, and their children were John (2), Frank (2), Mary (2), Lucy B.(2), Sabra W.(2), J. H.(2), Eliga (2), Tennesseee E. (2). John (2) was a farmer of this county and married Martha Neatherly, 1854; their children are W. H. (3), and Mary E. (3). W. H. (3) married Josephine Verhines. The children were W. H. (4), Frank (4), Martha (4), Arista (4), Dola (4), Guy (4), Eva (4). W. H. (4) married Emma Murrie. The children were Merritt (5), Ivy (5), Ethel (5). W. H. (4) married second Mrs. Norah (Comer) Rhodes. The children were Otto (5), Norine (5), Frank (4) married Essie Jackson. Martha (4) married John Dill, a prominent business man of Carbondale and a native of this county. They have John Jr. (5). Arista (4) married Lyons Randle. Dola (4) married Rex Cook. Frank M. (2) married Charlotta Bridges and had Alice (3), Elizabeth (3), Martha (3), Belle (3). Belle (3) married Robert Verhines and had Robert (4), Harvey (4) and Lily (4), who married William Keltner, he died leaving Robert (5); she married second Mr. Chitty. Elizabeth (3) married Maxwell Caudle and had Ira (4) and Ralph (4). Alice (3) married R. R. Ridenhower in 1882 and had R. R. Jr. (4), who married Essie Jackson and had Kimber (5); married second Pearl Veach. Martha (3) married Samuel Jobe and had Nettie (5), who married Mr. Hopkins, of Little Rock, Ark. F. M. (2) married second Matilda (Fairless) Clayton and had Suda, (3), who married Eugene Ausbrooks of this county; he married
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third Mrs. Mary Farris and had Obie (3). Mary (2) married H. T. (see Bridges). Lucy (2) married James Card, 1878, who was of Scotch ancestry, but for two generations his family had lived in Ireland, where James was born in 1832. He was a blacksmith by trade, he was a useful and esteemed citizen of our county for many years. He served in the Civil War and was at Antitem 1862. He was a member of the Baptist Church and a Republican. They had Lula (3) who married Isaac Hook, children Robert (4), James (4), Herbert (4) and Katherine (4). Sabra W. (2) married A. D. Williams, a farmer of Bloomfield and had Etha (3), William (3), E. A. (3), Bertha (3), Elizabeth (3), G. C. (3). Etha (3) married John R. Parker and their children were Ada (4), who married John Beggs and lives in Marion. The children were Jaunita (5), Effie (5), John Jr., (5). Abe (4) served in the World War, where his hearing was badly injured. He learned shoe repairing in a vocational training school and now operates an electric shoe shop in Vienna. He married Gertrude Arnett and has Loretta (5) and Wilda (5). William (3) married Victoria Crowder; children, Essie (4) married Mr. Jobe; Fay (4) married Howard Beals. E. A. (Buck) (3) married Sibyl Corbitt. The children were Calvin (4), Lucy (4) who married James Hutchinson of Goreville and Hattie (4). G. C. (Dink) (3) married Edna Schagenlaugh and has one daughter. Elizabeth (3) married W. L. Darter. The children were Arthur (4), Coba (4). She married second Joshua Gray. The children were Ward (4), Nettie (4), Gussie (4). James H. (2) was born in Giles County, Tenn., 1844. He came with his parents to this county and was left an orphan at an early age, he was reared by his brother-in-law. H. T. Bridges, from whom he learned the blacksmith trade. He enlisted in the 6th Ill. Cav., at the age of 17, was wounded and discharged, he reen- listed in the 120 Co. K. He was the third person to enlist from this county and served during the remainder of the Civil War and was promoted to a Lieutenancy. He was elected sheriff of this county, 1872 and to the State Legislature in 1878. On retiring from office he entered the mercantile business which he followed till his death. He was a very successful business man and took a great interest in the community and its betterment. He married first Eliza Card- well and had James H. Jr. (3) who is in business in Cairo, Ill. He married Myrtle Hankins. They have Wallace (4), Phillip (4), June (4), James (4), John (4) and Elizabeth Rose (4). James H. (2) married second Amanda Belle (see Harvick) 1875. Tennessee E. (2) married Hugh Wallace, who was a blacksmith of our town, they re- sided here many years. They had one daughter, Maggie, who married J. F. Francis. They live in Springfield, Ill. Eliza (2) died when a young woman.
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CAVITT
W. J. Cavitt is an old resident of Tunnel Hill Township. He came to this section in 1854 from Tennessee, settling first in William- son County but later coming to this. He married Nancy Jane God- dard. The children were J. B. (2), J. G. (2), W. W. (2), Susan (2) Mary (2), R. A.(2) and J. C.(2). J. B. (2) married Martha Johnson; she is the mother of seventeen children as follows: O. S. (3), J. H. (3), Eva (3), J. R.(3), W. J.(3), R. R.(3), Adah (3), Mary B. (3), Maud A.(3), S. D. (3), B. A. (3), C. B. (3), Dimple (3), Helen (3), Minnie (3), B. F. (3), one died in infancy. J. G. (2) married first Mary Miles. The children were Agustus (3), Byron (3), Ramond (3), Oma (3), Anna (3). He married second May Laughlin and they have Ruth (3), W. W. (2) married Susan Vinson, second Miss Neely; he has Walter (3), Groover (3), Cora (3), Siddie (3),, Thomas (3), George (3), Clyde (3), Ruby (3), William (3). Susan (2) married Amos Webb, they had Pearl (3). Mary (2) married Ira Dalton; they had Bessie (3), Ella (3), Joseph (3), Willis (3), Jessie (3). Dr. R. A. (2) married Maud Martin, they have Waldo (3) and May (3). J. C. (2) married Minerva Webb. They have Nancy (3), Beulah (3), Allen (3), Daniel (3), Mary Evalins (3).
CHAPMAN
Daniel Chapman of English ancestry was born in Westchester County, New York 1756 and married Lucretia Finch, also of New York, born in 1769. They were married 1788. He served in the war of the Revolution and lived in that state until about 1818, when he came to Southern Illinois. The children were all born in New York and are as follows: Elizabeth (2) born 1789, Sally (2) born 1791, Samuel Jackson (2) born 1794, Lucretia (2) born 1796, Solomon (2) born 1798, Daniel (2) born 1800, Hiram (2) born 1802, Amanda (2) born 1804, Permelia (2) born 1806, Washington (2) born 1808, Warren (2) born 1810. Elizabeth (2) married David Hayward in Peru, N. Y., after her death he married Lucretia (2) 1813. Their children were William Joseph (3) born 1813, Henry Chapman (3) born 1815, Betsy Adeline (3) born 1817, Benjamin Franklin (3) born 1819, Amanda Melvina (3), born 1824, Hiram Finch (3), born 1826, Lucretia Maria (3) born 1828, Samuel Jackson (3), born 1830, all in Essex County. B. F. Hayward (3) came to this county on a visit when a young man and married Vienna Reynolds. She died and he married his cousin, Elizabeth, daughter of Solomon Chapman. While living here he served in the Mexican War. He moved to Nebraska with his family about 1858. He died 1894. Lucretia (3) married Mr. Severance and had one son, Frank (4) who resides in Buffalo, N. Y. and is connected with the Buffalo Historical Society. He married
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Lena L. Hill and they have Hayward (5), Mildred (5) and Edith (5). Mrs. Lucretia Severance (3) visited in this county, 1903. A son of David and Lucretia Hayward was elected to the United States Senate from Nebraska about 1810, but died before he took his seat. Sally (2) married William Boardman Donaghy and had William B. (3) and Elizabeth (3). Sally (2) married second John Shoemaker and had one son, John Chapman (3) born 1826; William B. (3) married first Miss Jones; second Miss Canady and had Sarah (4), who married a Mr. Edwards and had Mary 5, who married William Meeks and lives near Morehouse, Mo. W. B. (3) married third Ann Vanderbilt and had William B. (4), born 1850. who married Miranda Jane Scott, born 1851; their children were William B. (5) born 1874, Maud (5) born 1877, Minnie (5) born 1880, Flora (5) born 1882, John M. (5) born 1884, Nellie M. (5) born 1887. W. B. (5) married Elizabeth Cruse 1903 and they had Dorothy Elizabeth (6) born 1904; William B. (6) born 1906; Maud (5) married J. P. Miller 1904 and has William Glen (6); Minnie (5) married J. R. Weirick 1905 and has Dorothy Margaret (6) born 1907, Joseph Ray (6) born 1907, Donaghy (6) born 1913; Flora (5) married Manuel Smith 1903 and has Myra (6) born 1907; John (5) married Effie C. Plater 1906 and they have John (6) born 1910, Joe Milton (6) born 1913; Nell M. (5) married Roy O. Osbourn 1912. Elizabeth (3) married Allen Jones and had William D. (4) who removed to Salina, Kan. John Chapman Shoemaker (3) married Mahala Stevenson 1850, and had Mary Virginia (4) born 1851, Emma Ann (4) born 1855. Mary Virginia (4) married Joseph C. Strawn and had Virginia C. (5) born 1879, and John C. S. (5) born 1880; Virginia C. (5) married Horace Gwin; John C. S. (5) married Serena McGwin 1908 and they had Mary Elizabeth born 1910; Emma Ann (4) married George C. Pearson and had Emma Virginia (5) born 1876, John C. S. (5) born 1878; George Albert (5) born 1879; Edith (5) born 1880. Emma V. (5) married Robert N. Fulton 1906 and had Mary (6) born 1908, Edith Newcomb (6) born 1910; Fred Harmon (6) born 1912, Alice Virginia (6) born 1914, Catherine (6) born 1915, John Robert (6) born 1917; John C. S. (5) married Harriet C. Bugbee, 1906 and had John Shoemaker (6) born 1912 and Margaret Ann (6) born 1914, Edwin Albert (6) born 1917; George Albert (5) married Wilhemina Harvey, 1909 and they had George Albert (6) born 1911; Edith (5) married Obie Jay Smith 1902 and had George Pearson (6) born 1904, Obie J. Jr. (6) born 1907. This branch of the family reside in and near Indianapolis, Ind. Samuel Jackson (2) married Elizabeth Jackson and had children Louisa (3) born 1824, Lucretia (3) born 1826, Ursula Agusta (3) born 1828, Franklin J. (3) born 1830, Jerome B. (3) born about 1832. Louisa (3) married Hiram Borin and had
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Franklin (4), Elanor (4), Samuel (4), Grant (4). Franklin (4) mar- ried Miss Timmons and had Mark (5), Ruth (5), and other children. This family lives at Caledonia, Pulaski County and belong to the Borin family settling there before 1813. Elanor (4) married Harry Mertz and had Dora (5), George (5), Elberta (5). This family lives in Carbondale. Grant (4) married Belle Jones of this county and had Martha (5) who married Dr. Harbdrecht, of Chicago, Ill. Grant re- sides in St. Louis. Lucretia (3) married David Young Bridges and had Elizabeth Jane (4) born 1841, John Samuel (4) born 1843, Ursula (4) born 1847, Franklin Alonza (4) born 1849; Lucretia (3) married second David Ragains and had Lucretia (4) born 1864, Kitty (4) born 1867, Charles J. (4) born 1870. Elizabeth J. (4) married Dr. George Bratton, children Charles Meggs (5) born 1859, accidently killed by a train when a young man, 1880; Florence Ursula (5) born 1871, William Harvey (5) born 1874, Agusta Alberta (5), born 1877, Florence Ursula (5) married Charles H. Gray and has Nellie (6) born 1890 who married Joseph Cannon of Los Angeles, Calif .; Harvey (5) married Cora Johnson and had George (6), who lives in Los Angeles, Calif .; Alberta (5) married Ed. Boyt 1903; John S. (4) mar- ried Mary Brush, they had Mary E. (5) born 1867, Lean (5) died in young womanhood, Abigal L. (5) born 1878, Charles G. (5) born 1880. Mary E. (5) married Dr. E. J. Malone, of Sikeston, Mo. and has Charles L. (6), Wm. B. (6) John Raymond (6), Alberta (6). Charles L. (6) married Ida M. Ramsey; W. B. (6) married Ruth M. Reed and has William Bridges (7), Daniel Elias (7); John R. (6) married Vesta D. O'Brien and has Mary Ethel (7). Abigal L. (5) married John A. Davis and has John (6), Hal (6), and Charles (6). Charles G. (5) is married and resides in Chicago; Ursula (4) married Lyman Miller 1865 and had George D. (5) who died in young manhood; Elizabeth (5), Jose- phine (5), Franklin (5) and Lyda (5). Elizabeth (5) is a teacher; Josephine (5) is a business woman and both live in Greely, Colo. Franklin (5) is married and has George (6), Robert (6), Elizabeth (6), Josephine (6). Lyda (5) married Mr. Fitchell and has Benjamin (6), George (6) and lives in Denver, Colo. A. Franklin (4) married Julia M. Brush, they had Daniel Young (5) born, 1873, Ella Althia (5) born 1875 is a missionary in Japan; Rollin Eugene (5) born 1878, Albert Franklin (5) born 1881, Charlotte (5) born 1889. Daniel Y. (5) married Bessie Buck and has Harry Buck (6) born 1889. Rollin E. (5) married Anna Brimer 1898 and has Julia Agatha (6) born 1904, Rollin (6) born 1906, Albert F. (6) born 1908, Venita (6) born 1910, Julia A. (6) married William Ashley (6). Albert F. (5) married Alola Howder, 1908 and has Alola May (6) born 1909, Rollin H. (6) born 1911, Albert F (6) born 1914, Martin H. (6) born 1916, Donald (6) born 1918. This family resides in Chicago; Charlotte E. (5)
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married Herbert C. Day, 1914 and has Virginia Elizabeth (6) born 1916. Lucretia (4) married Henry Whittenberg and has Madge (5), Marion (5), Lloyd (5), Daniel (5), Franklin (4), John (5) and Thos. (5) marion (5) married Vada Betts, has Charles (6), Martin (6), Mary (6). Lloyd (5) married Ruby Betts. He died and leit three children. Madge (5) married Ira Cox, they have several chil- dren and reside in Carbondale. Kitty (4) married Milford Rebman, a first class farmer, living three miles west of Vienna. Charles J. (4) married Mary Lee 1893, children Raymond (5) born 1894, Lyndal (5) born 1898, Daniel (5) born 1906, Marian (5) born 1914, Lyndal (5) married Ernest Mathis. They have Louise (6). Ursula A. (3) married Samuel Hess 1847 and had Jerome B. (4) born 1849, William (4) born 1851, died 1900; Samuel Jackson Chapman (4) born 1853 Agusta Alberta (4) born 1856, Franklin J. (4) born 1857, Alexander Lyman (4) born 1860, Herbert Ross (4) born 1862, George D. (4) born 1864, U. S. Grant (4) born 1867, died 1897; Jerome B. (4) married first Josie Gillespie and had Maud (5), who married W. D. Deans and they had Harold (6) and Leslie (6); Jerome (4) married second Jane Shearer and had Ona (5) who married William Rhodes of Union County. They reside in N. M. S. J. C. (4) married Catherine West, they had Maud (5), Homer E. (5) born 1888, Chloe Inez (5) born 1890, Graca Lee (5) born 1892, Bernice L. (5) born 1894, S. J. C. Jr. (5) born 1897, Urban (5) born 1900. Chloe I. (5) married E. E. Webber of Marion, Ill. Grace L. (5) married Mr. Dodge of New York City, died 1924; S. J. C. Jr. (5) married Wilma Harris. This family have most all left the county; Augusta A. (4) married H. M. Ridenhower Jr. and had Agusta Ursula (5) who married Raymond Sperry, 1907 and has Lorraine (6), Robert E. (6). Alexander L. (4) married Flora J. Spann 1886 and had Everett Lyman (5) born 1881, George Raymond (5) born 1890, Hallene (5) born 1893, Samuel Spann (5) born 1895, Mildred (5) born 1903. Everett L. (5) married Madge Wilson and lives in Harrisburgh, George R. (5) married Emma Lawrence and has George Raymond Jr. (6), Halene (5) married Ernest Williams; Mildred (5) married Monroe L. Veach and has Lora Josephine (6). Herbert R. (4) married Mary Hall, they had Nadine (5) born 1900, Marian Marlo (5) born 1902, Vivian Rose (5) born 1904, died 1918; Lucille (5) born 1906. Nadine (5) married William Davis. Marian M. (5) married Frank Smith. Kranklin J. (3) married Elizabeth Ann Price of Caledonia 1850, they had Florence A. (4) 1851; Florence A. (4) married Bassett B. Brownly 1874 and had Catherine (5) born 1875 who married Agustus Jennings 1895 and died about 1920. They lived in Indianapolis Ind. where Mrs. Brown- lee still resides. Franklin J. (3) married second Mary C. Stewart, of Metropolis, Ill., born 1836, married 1852, they had Louisa Borin (4)
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