January 28th

Just birthdays today:

1739 Jonathan Janes son of Jonathan & Irene (Bradford) Janes.

Lonnie & Anna (Erkman) Wheeler ca. 1904

1883 Lonnie Wheeler in White Co. IL son of William & Rebecca (Taylor) Wheeler, died 1956 in Wayne City, IL.  His family ran a sawmill in the river bottoms in White County.  They used a portable train and track to get in and get the logs out.  Lonnie married Anna Erkman in 1904 in White County, IL.  They had 2 children.  On March 27, 1956 he was hit by a train in Wayne City and died.

1944 Verna Ward in Bluford, IL daughter of Harold & Opal (Wollitz) Ward, died 2012.  She is buried in Mt. Zion / Farnsworth Cemetery.

Arthur Shaw son of Herbert & Gertie (Lathrop) Shaw.  We are cousins on both sides of the family.

Bernard Chapman son of Bernard & Mabel (Davis) Chapman.