February 5th

Birthdays:

1857 Elizabeth Draper in Johnson Co. IN, daughter of Oliver & Phoebe (Harbert) Draper.  She died in Johnson Co. before 1888.

1857 Mary Lathrop daughter of Henry & Rachel (Laws) Lathrop.  She died in October 1857.

1893 Martha Withrow in Sallisaw, OK daughter of Franklin & Mary Emma (Dove) WIthrow, died 1977 Tulsa, OK.  Martha married Dock Rogers in 1913 and they had 8 children.  She later married ? McPeters.

1903 Lawrence Fitzgerald in Louisville, IL, son of Madison & Lillian (Halberstadt) Fitzgerald, died 1984 Iola, IL.  He married 1) 1923 Vida Land in Terre Haute, IN, 2) 1929 Vaudeth Pemberton and 3) 1964 Alma Bostic.  He had 5 children.

Dorothy Lathrop daughter of Dennis & Mabel (Petty) Lathrop

Arthur Courtright son of Stokely & Gladys (Fields) Courtright

Helen Thomason daughter of Loren Thomason

Danny Smith son of Cleo & Lorna (Shoemaker) Smith

Mervin Keen son of Clyde & Dorothy (Shaw) Keen

Jason Mast son of Bill & Amy (Lathrop) Mast

Anniversaries:

1674 John Bradford & Mercy Warren in MA.  John was the son of Major William & Alice (Richards) Bradford.

1824 Simon Cornwell & Mary Wolfe in Orange Co. IN.  This family is extremely difficult to sort out. 

1852 Richards Brooks & Elizabeth Marshall.  Richard Brooks the son of Caleb & Suannah (Porter) Brooks was born ca. 1809 in Virginia or Ohio.  Elizabeth Marshall was his second wife.  They had one daughter Philena born in Indiana in 1854.

1966 Gary Laughlin & Lee Marvel, they have 3 children.

1946 Clifford Ralston & Mary Petty Lawrenceville, IL.  The couple have 3 children.