March 7th

Happy, happy birthday . . .

1797 Elizabeth Johnson daughter of Benjamin & Abigail (Roberts) Johnson in Richland, PA and died ca. 1876 in Pennsylvania.  She married Samuel Foulke and had 4 children.  

1823 William Smith in Frederick Co. VA son of James & Elizabeth (Tewalt) Smith.  William died 1905 in Clay Co. IL.  He married Clarinda Benefield in 1846.  They had 9 children.

1825 Daniel Carpenter, son of William & Hannah (Clark) Carpenter in Lawrence Co. OH.

1851 Louisa Probst in Germany, the daughter of Andrew & Sophia Probst.  She died in 1923 in White Co. IL and is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery in Evansville, IN.  She was grandma Fredericka’s sister and very difficult to find.  She married 1) John Dietz in Posey Co. IN, 2) Jacob Wener in Posey Co. IN and 3) Henry Harre in White Co. IL.  She had no known children.

1911 Gladys Dulaney in Douglas Co. IL the daughter of William & Ida (Lathrop) Dulaney.

Loren Shaw

1913 Delores Smith daughter of John & Effie (Montoney) Smith.  She married Cassie Hunt and they had two children.  Delores died 1943 in Gary, IN and is buried in Dillman Cemetery in Clay Co. IL.

Loren Shaw son of Herbert & Gertie (Lathrop) Shaw.  Loren is related to the Robertson’s through Herb and the Lathrop’s through his mother.  He is JoAnn Schmidt’s uncle.

JoAnn Schmidt daughter of Lloyd & Lucille (Shaw) Schmidt

Donald Curtis son of Jerry & Debra (McAllister) Curtis 

Anniversary:

1886 Elmer Colclasure & Florence Henderson in Clay Co. IL.  Elmer was the son of Jacob & America (Auspach) Colclasure born 1864 in Clay Co. IL.  Florence was born in 1868 in Clay Co. IL.