December 4th

Birthdays:

1651 Mary Gallop daughter of Samuel & Mary (Philips) Gallop

1718 Lt. Ezra Lathrop the son of Samuel & Deborah (Crow) Lathrop.  He died in 1760.

1773 Absalom Hunt the son of John & Esther (Harper) Hunt in Shenandoah Co., VA.  He died in Bath Co., KY in 1841.  Absalom is buried in Crain Cemetery in Fleming Co., KY.

1842 Emily Rose in Lawrence Co., OH the daughter of Lewis & Margaret (Lambert) Rose.  She died in 1920 in Lawrence Co. OH and is buried in Aid Cemetery there. 

1935 Dorothy Withrow the daughter of Elmer & Alice (Martindale) Withrow in Wright City, MO.

Bill Lathrop standing
on Lathrop Street

1936 Bill Lathrop in Wayne Co., IL the son of Albert & Grace (Butler) Lathrop.  He was a school teacher and farmer.  He died at home in 2007.

1937 Robert Robertson son of Laland & Vivian (Morger) Robertson in Rankin, IL.  Robert ran the Robertson Lumber Company in Sims, IL.  He died in Evansville, IN in 1999 and is buried in Oak Valley Church Cemetery, Geff, IL.

Gale Rainwater in Jefferson Co. IL the son of Earl & Lucile (Reese) Rainwater

Marriages:

1729 Joseph Ogle & Sarah Winters in New Castle Co., DE.  Joseph born 1707 in New Castle, DE was the son of Thomas & Mary (Crawford) Ogle.  Sarah was born in 1729.  They had five children.  Joseph died  in Frederick Co., MD in 1756  and Sarah died there in 1784.

1804 Ennis Maulding & Fanny Crissel in Logan Co., KY.  Ennis the son of Ambrose & Peggy (?) Maulding was born ca. 1783.  Fanny was the daughter of Andrew & Mary (Miller) Crissel.  They moved from Kentucky to Hamilton Co., IL in 1819.  A son of Ambrose, settled west of present McLeansboro.  Ennis Maulding served as supervisor on some of the early trails, such as the Carmi-Kaskaskia, that coursed through this county.  He represented this county in the State Senate 1830-1834.  Ennis later removed to Wayne County, Illinois where he built a mill on the Skillet Fork, north of present Wayne City.  The place was on early maps designated as Maulding's Mill.  They had four children.  Fanny died ca. 1820 and Ennis died ca. 1843 in Wayne Co., IL. 

1837 James Cooper & Elizabeth Hinkle in Shelby Co., KY.  Elizabeth born ca. 1817 was the daughter of Charles & Susannah (March) Hinkle.

1845 Solomon Edwards & Mary Parks in Muskingum Co., OH.  Solomon the son of Jacob & Mary (Porter) Edwards was born 1820 in Ohio.  Mary born 1822 in Ohio was the daughter of Thomas & Elizabeth (Ogle) Parks.  They had 11 children.  The family moved to Bartholomew Co., IN ca. 1848 then to Knox Co., MO ca. 1857.  Solomon moved his family back to Clay Co., IL in 1869.  By 1880 they had moved to Ottawa Co. KS where Solomon died before 1900.  Mary lived with her daughter Virginia in Nuckolls Co., NE in 1900 and then moved to Delphos, KS where she died in 1908.  

1879 Stephen Golden & Mathilda Annis in Clay Co., IL.  Stephen was born in Illinois in 1858 the son of Elias & Mary (Colclasure) Golden.  Mathilda was born in 1861 in Illinois. 

1910 Bill Smallwood & DeEtta Withrow in Sequoyah, OK.  DeEtta the daughter of Franklin & Mary (Dove) Withrow was born 1888 in Lakeville, MO.  They had four children and divorced ca. 1921.  DeEtta married 2) Bert Damon who died in 1940.  She remarried Bill in 1950 who died in 1960 in Sequoyah, OK.  DeEtta died in 1975.

1923 Guy Crumbacher & Thelma Knicely in Tennessee.  Guy was born in Wayne Co., IL the son of Albert & Ollie (Trotter) Crumbacher.  The couple had at least two children.  Guy died in Phoenix, AZ in 1990.