In Memoriam February 20th

1704 William Bradford age 79 in Kingston, MA.  He was born in Plymouth, MA in 1624 the son of Gov. William & Alice (Carpenter) Bradford.  He married 1) ca. 1652 Alice Richards 2) 1673 Mary Fitch and 3) after 1676 Mary Wood.  William had fifteen children:  Thomas, Alice, Hannah, Meletiah, Mary, Sarah, Israel, Ephraim, David Hezekiah, John, William, Mercy, Samuel and Joseph.  He became a major in the colonial militia, was wounded in the Great Narragansett fight in 1675, served as representative and eventually became deputy governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.  He is buried at Burial Hill in Plymouth, MA.

 

1930 John Colclasure in Clay Co., IL age 72.  He was born in 1857 the son of Warren & Sarah (Spiker) Colclasure.

2003 John Robertson age 84 in Colorado.  The son of Amos & Lula (Cravens) Robertson was born in 1919.  He married Evelyn Rippenhoff in Colorado in 1955.  He is buried in Sunset View Cemetery in Eagle, Colorado.