Monday, August 26, 2013

August 26th

Birthdays: 

1780 John Runyon son of John & Rachel (Hyde) Runyon. 

1868 ? Maulding son of Cloyd & Elizabeth (Schell) Maulding.  He died on Sept. 6th 1868.

1908 Ortha Robertson the daughter of Amos & Lula (Cravens) Robertson in Grand Valley, CO.  She died 1955 in Rifle, CO and is buried in Rose Hill Cemetery there.

1924 Rilla Cook in Clay Co. IL the wife of Charles Oliver 


Patty Robertson daughter of Laland & Vivian (Morger) Robertson

Charles Schmidt son of Lloyd & Lucille (Shaw) Schmidt

Larry Talbert son of Charles & Helen (Thomason) Talbert

Marriages:

Bernard & Zella Lathrop
1956 Bernard Lathrop & Zella Merritt at the Methodist parsonage in Wayne City, IL.  Bernard the son of Joel & Louisa (Dove) Lathrop was born in 1914 in Wayne Co. IL.  Zella was born 1914 in Piggott, AR, the daughter of J.H. & Bessie (Baker) Merritt.  Bernard’s brother Raymond was eating supper with Zella and her father several nights a week.  He told Bernard about it and Bernard starting going with him and he ended up with Zella.  Raymond accused Bernard of stealing his girl.  This was Bernard’s second marriage and they had no children.  Bernard died at his home in Wayne Co. IL in 1984.  Zella died in Mt. Vernon, IL in 1986.  They are buried in Mt. Zion / Farnsworth Cemetery in Wayne Co. IL.


1961 Tommy Colclasure & Betty Laughlin in Rinard, IL. Tommy born 1939 in Clay Co. IL was the son of Clyde & Lola (Lee) Colclasure.  He and Betty have two children.  Tom worked as a machinist for General Electric.  He died 2011 in Mattoon, IL and is buried in Willow Branch Cemetery in Rinard, IL.

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