1827 Clarinda
Benefield in Huron, IN the daughter of Robert & Elizabeth (Blair)
Benefield. She died in Clay Co. IL in
1902.
Anniversaries
1816 William Lewis
& Susan Colclasure in Orange Co. IN.
William was born 1784 in NC the son of Richard & Lydia (Field)
Lewis. He moved to Indiana ca.
1813. Susan, the daughter of Abraham
& Abigail (Dennen) Colclasure was born 1792 in either Kentucky or Indiana. They moved to Clay County, Illinois about
1818. They had eight children. William died in 1844 and Susan in 1854 in
Clay Co.
1836 John Gentle
& Mary Frances Parrish in Putnam Co. IN.
John was born 1816 in Washington Co. IN and died 1874 in Jefferson Co.
IL as a result of injuries received in a wagon accident. He was the son of William & Elizabeth
(Shepherd) Gentle. John was a farmer and
a member of the Masons. Mary Frances was
born in 1819 in Davidson/Rowan Co. NC the daughter of Ezekiel & Temperance
(Perry) Parrish. She lived to be 85, dying in 1905 in Jefferson Co. IL. Her
mother moved her family to Putnam Co., IN after Ezekiel’s death in 1829. John & Mary Frances moved quite
often.
- 1840 – Parke Co. IN
- 1850 – Vermilion Co. IL
- 1854 – possibly in Indiana
- 1855 - 1860 – Wayne Co. IL
- 1862 – Edgar Co. IL
- 1870 – Jefferson Co. IL
See John Gentle post
Feb. 6, 2013. See Mt. Olive Church on
wiki.
1941 Gale Bourland
& Marie Gentle in Cape Girardeau, MO.
Gale died in 1972. Marie was born
1916 in Bluford, IL the daughter of Calvin & Grace (Whitlatch) Gentle and
the great granddaughter of John & Mary above. The couple lived in Woodlawn, IL where they
operated Bourland’s Service Station. Marie
also woked as a cook at Woodlawn grade school.
They had three children. Gale and
Marie are buried in the Woodlawn / Odd Fellows Cemetery in Woodlawn, IL.
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