May 24th

Birthdays:

1587 William Lathrop baptized in England son of Thomas & Mary (Salte) Lathrop

1709 Hannah Bradford daughter of Joseph & Anne (Fitch) Bradford

1838 Frances Morehead daughter of Charles & Fanny (Warder) Morehead.  She died in 1859.

1892 Katherine Erkman the daughter of John & Catherine (Burkhardt) Erkman.  She married John Bruner and died in 1969.

Clara Wren daughter of Albert & Della (Robertson) Wren

Isabell Fitzgerald the daughter of Bryan & Nina (Rogers) Fitzgerald

Vicki Oliver daughter of Warren & Lyndal (Boyd) Oliver

Christal Shaw the daughter of Lavern & Freda (Shields) Shaw 

Anniversaries:

Ethel & Elston Gurley

1938 Elston Gurley & Ethel Hunt.  Elston born 1895 Macoupin Co., IL the son of J.R. & Lou (Speer) Gurley.  He married 1) Golda Lathrop and had two children.  They divorced in 1938 just prior to his marriage to Ethel.  Ethel was the daughter of Aaron & Cena (Miller) Hunt born 1911 in Wayne Co., IL.  She and Elston had no children.  Elston died 1969 Fairfield, IL and is buried in Thomason Cemetery in Wayne City, IL.  Ethel died in Albuquerque, NM in 1997 and is buried with Elston in Thomason Cemetery.  

1973 Mark Garrison & Lynn Densmore.  Mark was the son of Hasten & Bernice (Stone) Garrison.  The couple have at least one daughter.

1997 Justin Hall & Tammy Lang.  Justin born 1972 in California the son of Kenneth & Dorothy (Celaya) Hall.  Justin and Tammy have four children.  He died 2007 in Bondville, IL and is buried in Garrison Cemetery, Hamilton Co., IL.