1692 Henry, Richard
& Thomas Stevens baptized, sons of Henry & Elizabeth (Gallop) Stevens.
1848 Louis Comfort
Tiffany, an artistic cousin
1854 Mary Fitzgerald
in IL, daughter of James & Elizabeth (Taylor) Fitzgerald. She married Henry Toliver and died in 1923.
1891 Mamie Erkman in
Carmi, IL, daughter of John & Mary (Wiegele) Erkman. The family moved to Saline Co. IL
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| Cora Baldrige Gurley |
1909 Cora Baldridge
in Jefferson Co. IL daughter of George & Phoebe (Lane) Baldridge, died 1982
in Wayne City, IL. She married 1) Lyman
Gurley in 1928. They had no children. She married 2) Clarence Miller in 1969. Cora and Lyman lived with and cared for
Lyman’s parents J.R. & Lou Gurley on the Gurley farm just west of Wayne
City, now in the city limits. Her home
was the meeting place for Gurley relatives whenever they came to town. Mom spent many summers there growing up. I spent a lot of time there growing up as
well. Clarence always called me
sis. His granddaughter Donna and I met
at their home when we were six. We ended
up in the same high school class and were very good friends.
Keisha Roach
daughter of Kendall & Amy (Ledet) Roach
Happy Anniversary to You . . .
1856 William
Dove & Martha Rainwater in Pulaski Co. KY.
William was the son of John & Jane(?) (Beasley) Dove in Casey Co.
KY. Martha was born in 1839 the daughter
of William & Mary (Rayburn) Rainwater.
They had two children in Pulaski County prior to the Civil War. William enlisted in Co. D of the 3rd
Kentucky Infantry (Union) and mustered in as a private Jan. 1, 1862 in
Columbia, KY for 3 years. The battle of
Mill Springs was fought near Somerset on Jan. 19, 1862. William deserted at Camp Green, KY Mar. 13,
1862. He went home to Pulaski
County. He moved with the Rainwaters to
Brown Co. IN to get the family out of harms’ way. Once the family was settled, William moved
his family to Minnesota where he got work as a sawyer. In 1864 he rejoined the Union army, enlisting
in Co. L, 1st Minnesota Heavy Artillery.
The regiment was deployed to Chattanooga, TN as occupation troops. They
mustered out in 1865. He and Martha had two more children before Martha’s death
in Brown Co. IN in 1869. Mom and I
visited Brown Co. several years ago. It
is a very hilly, heavily forested area, not unlike Pulaski Co. and a good place
to hide out during the war. Thanks to
Cindy Withrow for “the rest of the story.”
Her husband is a descendant of Martha Rainwater and had the Rainwater
family stories handed down. We’ll pick
up this story in August.
1925 Gustav
Mick & Florence Brewe. Gustave was
the son of Rudolph & Anna (Smith) Mick.
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