January 16th

Birthdays:

1660 Mary Loomis daughter of Thomas & Hanna (Fox) Loomis.  She died in 1695.

1846 Rebecca Ward in Indiana the daughter of Erwin Ward, died 1926.  She married 1) James Fitzgerald ca. 1867 and they divorced ca. 1907.  They had 8 children.  She married 2) Stewart Fitzgerald in 1908.

1890 Nettie Lathrop in Illinois daughter of George & Rosa (Petty) Lathrop.  She died in Olney, Illinois in 1936.

1912 Walter Courtright son of Stokely & Gladys (Fields) Courtright.  He died in 1987.

Tonia McKinney

1928 Wanita Colclasure in Fairfield, Illinois daughter of John & Georgia (Arnold) Colclasure, died 1997 in Fairfield, Illinois.  She married 1) Charles Schryer and 2) ? Underwood.  She had 5 children.

Tonia McKinney daughter of Dannie & Kay (Hall) McKinney

Donna Lathrop daughter of Mervin & Thelma (Coil) Lathrop

Happy anniversary to . . . 

1851 Uriah Payne & Margaret Clark in Ohio.  Margaret was the daughter of Cornelius & Elizabeth (Lambert) Clark.  Uriah served as a captain during the Civil War.  They died in Lawrence County, Ohio,  Uriah in 1906 and Margaret in 1907.

1851 Joseph Smith & Sarah Davis.  Joseph was the son of James & Elizabeth (Tewalt) Smith.  They lived in Clay County, Illinois and had 4 children. 

1938 Arthur Johnson & Hallie Harper in Mt. Vernon, Illinois.  Arthur was the only son of Lee & Jennie (Robertson) Johnson.  Arthur and dad became good friends when dad went to work in Belle Rive.  We learned a lot of family history from them and they allowed us to copy several photos.  They had 2 daughters.  Hallie died in Belle Rive in 1998 and Arthur died in Mt. Vernon in 2003. They are buried in the Belle Rive cemetery.