Thursday, April 25, 2013

April 25th

Birthdays:

1625 Joanna Rockwell in England the daughter of William & Susanna (Capen) Rockwell.  She came with the family to New England on the Mary & John in 1630.

1825 Joseph Colclasure in Indiana the son of John & Rachel (Galbraith) Colclasure.  He married Salina Spiker and died 1899 in Clay Co. IL.



1895 Horacia Wilson in Hamilton Co. IL to Thomas & Mary (Butler) Wilson.  He married Blanch (?) ca. 1920.  He died in Kell, IL in 1984.

1909 Maurine Matney in Kansas City, KS the daughter of Orville & Louisa (Brown) Matney 

Dorothy Withrow daughter of Tillman & Susie (Hale) Withrow 

Tracy Garrison daughter of Gary & Jean (Hartleb) Garrison 

Anniversaries:

1717 Nathaniel Lathrop & Ann Backus.  Nathaniel was born 1693 the son of Samuel & Hannah (Adgate) Lathrop.  Ann was born in Norwich, CT in 1695.  They settled first on the Namussuck farm, which Nathaniel’s great-grandfather had owned in New London. In 1735 they sold out and moved to Norwich.  He participated in the Louisbourg expedition and was commissioned lieutenant on Dec. 12, 1745.  Ann died in 1761 and Nathaniel in 1774 in Norwich, CT.

1884 Walter Fields & Belle Dora Spry in Louisville, IL.  Walter was born in 1851 and died after 1920.  Belle Dora / Belle Zora was born in 1864 in Columbus, IN the daughter of Daniel & Susan (Brooks) Spry.  She married 1) Samuel Oliver in 1881 in Louisville, IL.  He died in 1882.  She married Walter second.  They had one daughter. Belle Dora died in 1918 in Louisville, IL.

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