October 4th

Lots of birthdays!

1817 Lydia Clark daughter of Samuel & Phebe (Sayre) Clark

1890 Henry Erkman see marriages below.

1916 Helen Robertson in Grand Valley, CO the daughter of Amos & Lula (Cravens) Robertson.  She died in San Bruno, CA in 1988.

Mary Withrow daughter of William & Doracy (Ogden) Withrow

Dorothy Hall daughter of Leland & Wilma (Erkman) Hall.  She married Darrell Smith.

Roger Keen son of Clyde & Dorothy (Shaw) Keen.  He married Carolyn Johnson and they have two children.

Jeffrey Hall son of Wayne & Shirley (?) Hall

Gordon Romanas son of William & Gaynell (Oliver) Romanas

Kyle Petty son of Jeremy & Angel (Marple) Petty

Anniversaries . . . 

1805 James McGrew & Mary Colclasure in Henry Co. KY.  Mary born 1786 in Washington Co. IN the daughter of Jacob & Elinor (Dennen) Colclasure.  She died in Clay Co., IL in 1871.

1841 Benjamin Draper & Elizabeth Wheeling in Johnson Co., IN.  Benjamin Draper the son of Thomas & Catherine (Harbert) Draper was born in Dearborn Co. IN in 1818 and grew up in Decatur Co., IN.  He moved to Johnson Co. in 1840.  Elizabeth born 1821 in Henry Co., KY was the daughter of William & Elizabeth (Vanhorn) Wheeling.  They moved back to Decatur Co., IN in 1841.  The couple had 13 children and returned to Johnson Co., IN in 1858. 

1942 Henry Erkman & Essie Hilliard in Cape Girardeau, MO.  Henry Erkman born 1890 in White Co., IL was the son of Jacob & Fredericka (Probst) Erkman.  This was his fourth marriage to his third wife.  Essie was born in 1914.  They spent most of their marriage in the northwest where Henry worked for Kaiser Shipyards on the Columbia River in Portland, OR.  They had no children.  Henry ran the pool hall in Wayne City, IL for a time.