February 10th

Birthdays:

1604/05 Anne Lake baptized in Essex, England, daughter of John & Elizabeth (Sandell) Lake.

1702 Benjamin Moss in Wallingford, CT, son of John & Martha (Lathrop) Moss

Leonard Cagle Gurley

1823 Leonard Cagle Gurley, in North Carolina, the son of William & Polly Gurley, died 1870 in Wayne Co. IL.  The family migrated from North Carolina to Tennessee circa 1830 and to Pope Co. Illinois ca. 1838.   Leonard married 1) Nancy Warren in Massac Co. IL.  They had moved to Wayne Co. IL ca. 1851 where Leonard bought property in Berry Twp.  They had 6 children.  Leonard ran a store, a gathering place for the farmers in the vicinity.  Men would box for entertainment.  During one match, Leonard was apparently beating his opponent when the man pulled a knife and cut him severely in the abdomen.  There was no doctor nearby, so Nancy was said to have cleaned the wound and sewed it up.  It was said that complications of this wound caused his premature death at age 47.  He was frequently away from home, making trips to St. Louis for goods for the store.  He also ran a steam saw and grist mill on his farm. After Nancy’s death, Leonard married 2) Susannah Morehead in Massac Co., IL in 1857.  The couple had five children and divorced ca. 1868 when Leonard returned home to find Susannah in a barn loft with another man. In 1869 shortly after the birth of their daughter Alice, Leonard & Susannah remarried in Clay Co. IL.  Leonard had a posthumous son, Leonard Cagle Jr. born in 1871.  Another family story is that Leonard liked to drink and when drunk would through money into the stove and laugh saying that he could easily make more money.  Leonard is buried in Bailey Cemetery not far from where he lived.

1854 Angeline Colclasure, daughter of Warren & Sarah (Spiker) Colclasure, died 1886 in Clay Co. IL age 32.  She married William Golden in 1882 in Clay Co.

Rick Lathrop, son of Glen & Yvonne (Wolfe) Lathrop.  A talented musician among other things.

Jacob Shaw son of Dennis & Judy Shaw

James Marple son of Robert & Geraldine Marple

Anniversaries: 

1743 Samuel Lathrop & Elizabeth Bishop.  Samuel was the son of Samuel & Deborah (Crow) Lathrop.  He died 1754 at age 33.  In the 1765 estate distribution, his wife is called Elizabeth Witter.  Five children, Samuel, Thomas, Simeon, Susannah and Elizabeth are listed.