March 12th

Birthdays and Baptisms: 

1597/98 Margaret Lake baptized in Essex, England, the daughter of John & Elizabeth (Sandell) Lake.  Margaret was buried July 24, 1598 at Runwell, Essex, England.

1650 Benjamin Joy in Boston, MA the son of Thomas & Joan (Gallop) Joy

1713 Jonathan Janes in Lebanon, CT the son of William & Abigail (Loomis) Janes.  There are at least four Jonathan Janes

1812 Henry Morehead in Muhlenberg Co. KY the son of Armistead & Anne (Morgan) Morehead.  He married Tabitha Sullivan and they had 8 children.  About 1842 Henry moved his family to Massac County, probably to land left to him by his grandfather Charles Morgan.  Henry died about 1855.

1871 David Robertson in Illinois, son of John Dewitt & Parthena (Gore) Robertson.  He died in 1946 in Wayne Co. IL and is buried in Pin Oak Cemetery.

Pete Downey

1876 Lida Bell Speer in Kentucky, the daughter of Charles & Anna (Runyon) Speer.  She died in 1894 at the age of 18.

Ruth Valencia wife of Stephen Lathrop

Brian Seevers son of William & Phyllis (Lathrop) Seevers

Pete Downey son of Chuck & Marilyn (Shelton) Downey

Anniversary:

1905 John Richardson & Maggie Dugan in Wayne Co. IL.  John born 1883 in Jefferson Co. IL was the son of Edward Hasten & Amanda (Gentle) Richardson.  Maggie was born in Wayne Co. IL in 1887 the daughter of Augustus & Mary (Terry) Dugan.  The couple had five children.