In Memoriam March 5th

1724 Sgt. Thomas Leffingwell in Norwich, CT the son of Lt. Thomas & Mary (White) Leffingwell at age 73.  He was born in Saybrook, CT in 1659.  Thomas married Mary Bushnell in Norwich in 1672 and they had ten children: Deborah, Thomas, Elizabeth, Anne, Mary, Zerviah (see below), John, Abigail, Benajah and Hezekiah. 

1770 Zerviah (Leffingwell) Bushnell age 83 in Norwich, CT the daughter of Sgt. Thomas & Mary (Bushnell) Leffingwell.  She was born 1686 in Norwich and married her cousin Captain Benajah Bushnell there in 1709.  They had at least three children: Elizabeth, Benajah and Zerviah.  She is buried in the Christ Episcopal Church in Norwich, CT.

1868 Elizabeth (Taylor) Fitzgerald in Illinois age 46.  She was born in either North Carolina or Kentucky in 1822 and married James Fitzgerald ca. 1841 in Illinois.  They had six children: Stewart, James, William, Nancy, John (see below) and Mary.

1892 John Fitzgerald age 41 the son of James & Elizabeth (Taylor) Fitzgerald born in Illinois in 1851.  He married Margaret Gumbaugh in 1868 and had at least two daughters: Ida and Maude.

1945 Mary (Fee) Barnes died at her home on North Twelfth street, Lawrenceville, Illinois, Monday morning, after several months of illness.

She was born Mary Fee, the daughter of John H. and Elvira (Lathrop) Fee on February 2, 1875, in Petty Township, Lawrence County, Illinois, making her age 69 years and one month at death.

Mrs. Barnes grew to womanhood in the vicinity of her birth and spent practically all of her life in Lawrence county. She was married to Otto H. Barnes in 1901 and a few years later they moved to Lawrenceville where they continued to make their home.

The husband and four sons survive the deceased. The sons are Warren Barnes, Chicago, Illinois, Homer P. Barnes, Lexington, Kentucky, A. Lowell Barnes, Des Plaines, Illinois; and Carl Barnes, Albuquerque, New Mexico. She is also survived by two brothers, Carl Fee of Olney, Illinois and Arthur Fee of Lawrenceville, Illinois.

Mrs. Barnes was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Lawrenceville and was regular in her attendance and active in the religious services of the church.

During her young womanhood Mrs. Barnes taught music and throughout her life was vitally interested in good music. One of her greatest joys was to have friends in her home for an evening of music and singing.

Her kindly and friendly disposition made for her a large circle of warm and true friends who will miss her greeting smile. Several years ago she suffered a broken hip which entailed much suffering until she was able to discard her crutches, yet with all this she continued to meet her acquaintances with a smile and a word of cheer, asking after the health and welfare of their families.

Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at the Presbyterian church with Rev. H. W. Owen, her former pastor, in charge. Burial was in the Lawrenceville cemetery.

Lawrence County News, March 8, 1945

1986 Curtis Lewis age 90 born 1895.  He married Zula Wilkin in 1916 and they had at least one son Elvin.  Curtis is buried at Shouse Chapel, Clay Co., IL.