Genealogies from Clay, Effingham, Richland, and Wayne Counties in Illinois
| Title | Wes and Jane Cannon, | |
| Short Title | Wes and Jane Cannon, | |
| Author | Wes and Jane Cannon | |
| Call Number | none | |
| Repository | Carl Wayne Gray | |
| _ITALIC | Y | |
| Source ID | S3119 | |
| Text | > Hello, > I got back from Richland Co. IL. courthouse and this is what I found. > Ada Dunham wed Birtle VanMeter (Marriage records > spelling)12-24-1901 dau. of Ira Dunham & Phoebe (a different spelling) > son of Jason VanMeter. Florence Dunham wed Ellery Broughton 10-27-1895 > dau.of Ira Dunham & Phebe Renfro & G/dau of Sarah Knowles (this > is the grandmother that raised my Grandma Mabel and was so mean to > her, I guess because Grandma was born > about 15 days after they were wee wed)(she had to get in on it and where > ever she had Ada buried???) son of B. F. Broughton & Nancy Wheeler. I > am not sure if is a error or what but I wrote it down Ann D. Behner > wed John M. Metz 3-31-1879. Eliza J. Behymer wed John Philipps > 8-27-1863. Henrietta """ wed George McClure 12-16-1869. Mary A. """ > wed W.H. Taylor 4-18- > 1861 dau. of N. Behymer. Mary J. """ wed Martin V. > Grubb 8-10-1871. Phebe Behymer wed John Norris 2-8- 1875. Renfro's > Betsa J. wed Ruben Wrighght 10-18-1866. > He maybe the one that wed Mary A. Swingo 10-26-1872. > Harriett """ wed Timothy Gray 11-7-1867. Josephine "" > wed Ira Linsy Dunham 12-25-1870. Myrtle """ wed Charles F. Haynes > 9-21-1913 (in the book it said James another typype error) Dau. of C. F. > Renfro & Maggie Rodgers. Phebe E. """ wed Ira L. Dunham 10-8- 1877. > Rebecca A. """ wed Fredrick Gray 11-30-1873. > Emily " frow wedJames I. Jones 10-15-1876. Caroline ""frow wed Charles > E. Lowe 7-4-1880 (firecracker day) > dau. of Isaac Renfro & Charity Behymer son of Hardin Lowe & Sarah > Crow. > G/Grandma Ada Dunham VanMatre died abt 1905 with child and TB weather > related. Phebe was 35 and Ira was 45 when Ada was born. Charity had Ia > B. and Ada in 1900 cenus and shortly there after Ada was Wed and > had passed before 1910 census were taken. I need to go back to our > College and look in the cesus since I have this looked up and with > everyone's help they have gave me. I use one website for all I want to > copy and I saw names that others might be looking for. I some times > can put things together by typing it out. Thank You Everyone, Jane --- renfrosk@murlin.com wrote: > I will try sending this to your genealogy address. I have a hotmail > account, however, my office computer doesn't tell me when I receive > e-mail. So I use my murlin address instead. I will try and find > Isaac's parents tonight, unless we have storms. You mentioned your > great grandmother Ida Rennfro Dunham dieing early, her mother Pheby > also died young too. According to the 1900 Census Ada was shown as Ida > E Dunham born Aug 1883 in IL. Of course the information is as good as > who gave it to the census taker. This is the only census that I found > Ada in. I found another sister Florence born in 1879, who married > Elery Broughton on Oct 27, 1895. > Evidently she died young too because he was married to someone else in > 1900. Since you mentioned census records, is there aany that I can copy > and send to you? It appears that Isaac Renfro died before 1880, as I > was able to locate Charity in both 1880 & 1900. She was a good 10-15 > year younger than him. I haven't checked for her in 1900 as she would > have been around 80 years old. > > I will advise what I find out in my database at home on Isaac's > parents. > > | |
| Linked to Individuals: 1 |
Dunham, Ada | |
| Linked to Families: 6 |
Family: Colclasure, Douglas Lee / Tobin, Frances A. Family: Stanfield, David Lincoln / Darr, Patsy Lou Family: Ritter, Lorenzo James / Burrell, Katherine Grace Family: Garmes, Richard / Stout, Mary Family: Clair, Louis / Stout, Clarice Family: Wood, S. J. / Jones, Geraldine | |
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