January 1st

Happy birthday to:

1664 Elizabeth Loomis, daughter of Thomas & Mary (Judd) Loomis in Windsor, CT.

1721 Samuel Lathrop son of Samuel & Deborah (Crow) Lathrop.  He married Elizabeth Bishoop and died Aug. 20, 1754.

1782 Isaac Goodnight, the posthumous child of Hans Michael & Mary (Landis) Goodnight.  His father was killed by Indians in Boyle Co., KY 1781.  Isaac moved to Allen County, Kentucky where he died in 1869.

1800 Charles Robert Morehead Sr. in Fauquier Co. VA son of Turner & Mary Ann (Hooe) Morehead.  Charles married Fanny Warder in 1824 and they had 15 children.  He died Nov. 5, 1880.

1800 David Robertson VA, living in Ohio by 1820, married Rebecca Clark June 14, 1821 in Galliopolis, Ohio.  Moved the family to Jefferson County, Illinois in 1845 to Macoupin County by 1860 and returned to Wayne County by 1870.  He died October 15, 1872 and was buried at Mt. Zion / Farnsworth Cemetery.

1837 Zadoc Casey Maulding son of Andrew & Hester Ann (Hopkins) Maulding.  He was named for Zadoc Casey the founder of Mt. Vernon, Illinois.  He died Nov. 10, 1906 in Jefferson Co., IL.

1880 John Newton Robertson son of John Dewitt & Theresa (Herman) Robertson.  John was murdered by Sioux Indians in Oklahoma Feb. 10, 1910.

Happy Anniversary to:

1880 Clarissa E. Austin md. Benjamin F. Webber in Wayne Co., IL

1903 Edward Everett Bryan md. Jessie McKnight

1907 Morton Butler md. Mary Anna Robertson at her father’s home in Wayne Co., IL. 

Morton & Mary Anna with daughter Ruth ca. July 1908

1910 James Henry Smith md. Albertdenia Christina Miller