March 15th

The Ides of March!  

Is this a good day to have a birthday?  It wasn't a great day for Ceasar!!

1652 Samuel Steele in Connecticut the son of John & Mercy (Warner) Steele.  He died in 1710.

1678 Josiah Rockwell in Windsor, CT the son of Samuel & Mary (Norton) Rockwell.  He married Rebecca Loomis in 1713 and died in 1742.

1828 Oliver Draper in Decatur Co. IN the son of Thomas & Catherine (Harbert) Draper. 

1880 William Speer in Kentucky, the son of Charles & Anna (Runyon) Speer

1880 Pearl Fitzgerald son of William H.H. & Emily (Smith) Fitzgerald

Reda Withrow in Hutchinson, KS the daughter of William & Doracy (Ogden) Withrow

Betty Withrow in Payson, OK the daughter of Tillman & Susie (Hale) Withrow

Roscoe, unidentified, Grant & Albert Lowell Lathrop

Albert Lathrop son of Forrest & Mildred (Shelton) Lathrop

Anniversaries:

1792 Jacob Goodnight & Elizabeth Hoover in Kentucky.  Jacob born ca. 1767 in Mecklenberg Co., NC the son of Hans Michael & Mary (Landis) Goodnight.  He moved with his parents to Lincoln Co., KY ca. 1777.  He and Elizabeth had 7 children.  Elizabeth died in 1820 and Jacob died 1843 in Lincoln Co. KY.

1842 Abram Hardin & Elizabeth Sherwood in Washington Co., IN.  Abram was the son of John & Mary Ellen (Colclasure) Hardin born in 1820.  He died in 1849 in Clay Co. IL

1883 Martin Hendy & Mary Colclasure in Clay Co. IL.  Martin was born in 1859 Crawford Co. IL and died 1948 in Clay Co. IL.  Mary was the daughter of William & Arabelle (Dean) Colclasure.  She was born in 1863 in Clay Co. IL and died 1906 in Clay Co. IL.  They had one son.

1906 Amos Robertson & Lillie White at Pin Oak Church in Wayne Co. IL.  Amos was born in 1881 in Alton, IL the son of John Dewitt & Theresa (Herman) Robertson.  Lillie was the daughter of Joseph & Allee (Barker) White.  She was born in 1884.  The couple had 2 children and lived in Fairfield, IL.