July 7th

Happy Birthday:

1836 – Thomas Austin in Tennessee the son of Larkin & Sarah (Young) Austin.  He was the husband of Eleanor Robertson.  Thomas died 1908 and is buried in Salem / Mateer Cemetery in Wayne Co., IL.

1851 – Charlotte Lathrop the daughter of Levi & Louisa (Draper) Lathrop in Indiana.  She died 1899 in Lawrence Co. IL.

 

1904 – Viola Jackson in Mill Shoals, IL.  The daughter of Gilbert & Amanda (Rodgers) Jackson, she married Russell Erkman in 1940.  She died in Fairfield, IL in 1983.  She is buried in Maple Hill Cemetery there.

1923 – Hester Robertson daughter of Amos & Lula (Cravens) Robertson in Grand Valley, CO.  She died in Grand Junction, CO in 2000 and is buried in Palisade Municipal Cemetery in Palisade, CO.

1939 – Tommy Colclasure in Clay City, IL the son of Clyde & Lola (Lee) Colclasure.  He died 2011 in Mattoon, IL.  He is buried in Willow Branch Cemetery in Rinard, IL.

James Withrow son of Tillman & Susie (Hale) Withrow

Phyllis Ayers daughter of John & Alice (Richardson) Ayers

Marriage:

1979 – John Soltau & Denise Porter in Berkeley, MO.  Denise is the daughter of Eshmal & Betty (Lathrop) Porter.  The couple have one son and divorced in 1995.