Sunday, February 3, 2013

February 3rd

Birthdays:

1663 Sarah Loomis in Connecticut the daughter of Lt. Samuel & Elizabeth (Judd) Loomis.  She married John Bissell in 1689.
Andrew & Hester (Hopkins) Maulding

1676 Mary Hodges daughter of Capt. Henry & Esther (Gallop) Hodges

1817 Andrew Maulding in Union Co. KY son of Ennis & Fanny (Crissel) Maulding, died 1879 Wayne Co. IL.  He married Hester Ann R. Hopkins in 1834.  They had 9 children.  They are buried at Olive Branch Church.

1851 Albert Lathrop in Richland Co. IL son of Henry & Rachel (Laws) Lathrop, died 1923 in IL.  In 1876 he married Otelia Hostettler in Richland Co.  They had 9 children.  After marriage, Albert came to his present place, buying 200 acres, but has since added to his holdings until he now owns 945 acres in Lawrence County and 540 acres in Arkansas.  He has made all of his improvements and has a beautiful home.  He has cleared about 400 acres and converted his land into valuable property.   According to the Lawrence County, Illinois History, the Lathrops are justly numbered among the most reliable and substantial people of their locality and their friends are almost without number.  They have a nice family of young people, all of whom have turned out well, and they have every reason to be satisfied with what they have accomplished.

1862 Robert Miller in Moores Vinyard, IN son of William & Jane (Edwards) Miller

1887 Edna Gentle daughter of Ezekiel & Andromeda (Wright) Gentle

1894 Norman Rockwell, died 1978, 20th century American painter

1907 Henry Bond in Silver Plume, CO son of John & Laura (Stanton) Bond, died 1981 Palisade, CO.  He married Lula Robertson in Glenwood Springs, CO in 1925.  They had 4 children.

Gina Lathrop daughter of Darryl & Margaret (Tocco) Lathrop

Grant Summers son of Duane & Leslie (Hoe) Summers

Anniversaries:

1558/59 John Lake & Elizabeth Lone, Runwell, Essex, England.  This was John’s first marriage.  Elizabeth died in March 1559.

1649 Deacon John Loomis & Elizabeth Scott in Windsor, CT.  John was born 1622 in England, the son of Joseph & Mary (White) Loomis, died 1688 Windsor, CT.  He sailed from England with his parents on the Susan & Ellen in 1638.  After their arrival in Boston, the family settled first in Dorchester, MA for a year and then moved to Windsor CT.  In 1643 John was granted 40 acres.  In 1652 John & Elizabeth moved with their two sons to Farmington, CT.  They returned to Windsor in 1660.  They had 13 known children. 

1921 William Zeller & Ludean Beal 

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