Person Page 734

Benjamin Patrick was born on 9 August 1777 in Voluntown, New London Connecticut. He and Rosannah were married on 22 April 1817 in Ross County, Ohio. He died on 20 October 1843, at age 66, in Sunbury, Delaware County, Ohio. He was buried in Sunbury Memorial Park, Sunbury, Delaware County, Ohio.

Benjamin Patrick

Birth: Aug. 9, 1777
Voluntown
New London County
Connecticut, USA
Death: Oct. 20, 1843
Sunbury
Delaware County
Ohio, USA

Benj Patrick
Died October 20, 1843
In the 68th Yr of His Age.

War of 1812.


Family links:
Parents:
Jacob Patrick (1733 - 1819)
Zeruah Maxwell Patrick (1740 - 1835)

Siblings:
Joshua Patrick (1762 - 1842)*
Jacob P. Patrick (1764 - 1850)*
Mary Patrick Flower (1765 - 1848)*
Matthew Patrick (1768 - 1822)*
Benajah Patrick (1770 - 1777)*
Spencer Phypps Patrick (1773 - 1852)*
Elizabeth Patrick (1775 - 1777)*
Benjamin Patrick (1777 - 1843)
Joseph Patrick (1778 - 1862)*
Shepard Patrick (1779 - 1863)*
Susan Patrick Rosecrans (1783 - 1871)*
Norman Patrick (1785 - 1874)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial:
Sunbury Memorial Park
Sunbury
Delaware County
Ohio, USA

Created by: Family Huntress
Record added: Dec 04, 2010
Find A Grave Memorial# 62528781.

Mary Margaret Garrott was born on 20 December 1859 in Brookston, White County, Indiana. She and Charles B. Hitchings were married. She died on 2 December 1947, at age 87, in Bloomingdale, Van Buren County, Michigan. She was buried in Prairie Home Cemetery, Climax, Kalamazoo County, Michigan.

Sarah Jane Bushong, daughter of Samuel Bushong and Margaret Andrews:

1880 Federal Census: Indiana
Prairie Township, ED 185, White County
Enumerated 19 & 21 June 1880
Page 342D
Lines 41-50, HH 281/291

HOUSEHOLD
Joseph Garrott White/Male/49/Married/Farmer/OH/Delaware/Maryland
Sarah J. Garrott White/Female/41/Wife/KeepingHouse/IN/OH/OH
Mary M. Garrott White/Female/20/Dau/Single/IN
Laura C. Garrott White/Female/18/Dau/Single/IN
Cora Ellen Garrott White/Female/10/Dau/IN
Elda Jane Garrott White/Female/8/Dau/IN
Addie M. Garrott White/Female/5/Dau/IN
Minnie Bell Garrott White/Female/2/Dau/IN
Flora V. Garrott White/Female/4mos/BornFeb/IN
Nathaniel Goldsbery White/Male/49/Cousin/Single/Tinner/IN/IN/IN. Mary Margaret Garrett Hitchings
.
Birth: Dec. 10, 1859
Brookston
White County
Indiana, USA
Death: Dec. 2, 1947
Bloomingdale
Van Buren County
Michigan, USA


Family links:
Spouse:
Charley B. Hitchings (1857 - 1932)*

Children:
Grace Estelle Hitchings Newcomb (1883 - 1962)*
Roy G. Hitchings (1885 - 1962)*
Ethel May Hitchings Snyder (1888 - 1958)*
Lena Viola Hitchings Brotherton (1890 - 1964)*
Ralph Clair Hitchings (1894 - 1973)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial:
Prairie Home Cemetery
Climax
Kalamazoo County
Michigan, USA

Created by: ambs
Record added: Dec 31, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 46172330.

Laura Catherine Garrott was born on 26 May 1862 in White County, Indiana. She and John Walter Hitchings were married on 14 February 1883. She died on 25 August 1953, at age 91, in Jasper County, . Indiana. She was buried in Weston Cemetery, Rensselaer, Jasper County, . Indiana.

Her married name was Laura Catherine Hitchings. Sarah Jane Bushong, daughter of Samuel Bushong and Margaret Andrews:

1880 Federal Census: Indiana
Prairie Township, ED 185, White County
Enumerated 19 & 21 June 1880
Page 342D
Lines 41-50, HH 281/291

HOUSEHOLD
Joseph Garrott White/Male/49/Married/Farmer/OH/Delaware/Maryland
Sarah J. Garrott White/Female/41/Wife/KeepingHouse/IN/OH/OH
Mary M. Garrott White/Female/20/Dau/Single/IN
Laura C. Garrott White/Female/18/Dau/Single/IN
Cora Ellen Garrott White/Female/10/Dau/IN
Elda Jane Garrott White/Female/8/Dau/IN
Addie M. Garrott White/Female/5/Dau/IN
Minnie Bell Garrott White/Female/2/Dau/IN
Flora V. Garrott White/Female/4mos/BornFeb/IN
Nathaniel Goldsbery White/Male/49/Cousin/Single/Tinner/IN/IN/IN. Laura Catherine Garrett Hitchings

Birth: May 26, 1862
Brookston
White County
Indiana, USA
Death: Aug. 25, 1953
Rensselaer
Jasper County
Indiana, USA

Mrs. Laura Catherine Hitchings, widow of John W. Hitchings, who observed the ninety-first anniversary of her birth on May 26, and a resident of the Rensselaer area since 1889 and of the city proper since 1920, died at the family home at 206 S. Front Street at 12:20 o'clock this morning.

The death of one of the city's few nonagenarians came in the wake of a general decline extended over a four year period. Her health began to slowly break soon after she suffered a hip fracture resulting from a fall at her home in 1949.

Mrs. Hitchings was born northeast of Brookston in White county on May 26, 1862, a daughter of Joseph Garriott and Mary Elizabeth Garriott. It was in that home she was married to John W. Hitchings on February 14, 1883, The couple spent their first five years in Illinois, after which they moved to Newton county, remaining there for one year before moving to Jasper county. Until thirty-three years ago they lived southwest of Rensselaer, after which they came to Rensselaer to spend their remaining years. Mr. Hitchings passed away September 16, 1952. She was a member of the Universalist church.

Mr. and Mrs. Hitchings became the parents of four children, three of whom survive. The surviving children are Orville Hitchings of Rensselaer, Ray Hitchings of Jordan township and Mrs. William Johnson of Morocco. Other immediate survivors are nine grandchildren and fifteen great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Bertie, who passed away in 1917, one brother and six sisters.

The funeral services will be held from Jackson Funeral Chapel at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon. The Rev. Earl Moore of Dayton, former Methodist church pastor here, will officiate. Interment will be at Weston cemetery.

Family links:
Spouse:
John Walker Hitchings (1860 - 1952)*

Children:
Orville Edgar Hitchings (1883 - 1973)*
Ada May Hitchings Johnson (1886 - 1979)*
Bertie Hitchings Branson (1888 - 1918)*
Ray Elmer Hitchings (1895 - 1984)*

*Calculated relationship

Note: Age 91

Burial:
Weston Cemetery
Rensselaer
Jasper County
Indiana, USA

Maintained by: Barbara Warren
Originally Created by: Angie Robinson
Record added: Aug 18, 2010
Find A Grave Memorial# 57312527
Laura Catherine Garrett Hitchings
Added by: Steve & Sue


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- Barbara Warren
Added: Jan. 24, 2016.

Cora Ellen Alice Garrott was born in 1869 in Indiana. She and William T. Alkire were married. She died in 1951, at age ~82. She was buried in IOOF Brookston Cemetery, Brookston, White County, Indiana.

Her married name was Cora Ellen Alice Alkire. Sarah Jane Bushong, daughter of Samuel Bushong and Margaret Andrews:

1880 Federal Census: Indiana
Prairie Township, ED 185, White County
Enumerated 19 & 21 June 1880
Page 342D
Lines 41-50, HH 281/291

HOUSEHOLD
Joseph Garrott White/Male/49/Married/Farmer/OH/Delaware/Maryland
Sarah J. Garrott White/Female/41/Wife/KeepingHouse/IN/OH/OH
Mary M. Garrott White/Female/20/Dau/Single/IN
Laura C. Garrott White/Female/18/Dau/Single/IN
Cora Ellen Garrott White/Female/10/Dau/IN
Elda Jane Garrott White/Female/8/Dau/IN
Addie M. Garrott White/Female/5/Dau/IN
Minnie Bell Garrott White/Female/2/Dau/IN
Flora V. Garrott White/Female/4mos/BornFeb/IN
Nathaniel Goldsbery White/Male/49/Cousin/Single/Tinner/IN/IN/IN. Cora Alice Garrott Alkire

Birth: 1869
Death: 1951


Burial:
IOOF Brookston Cemetery
Brookston
White County
Indiana, USA
Plot: A-55

Created by: cfenters
Record added: Sep 12, 2010
Find A Grave Memorial# 58543074. Cora Alkire
United States Census, 1910
Name Cora Alkire
Event Type Census
Event Date 1910
Event Place Prairie, White, Indiana, United States
Gender Female
Age 42
Marital Status Married
Race White
Race (Original) White
Relationship to Head of Household Wife
Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Wife
Birth Year (Estimated) 1868
Birthplace Indiana
Father's Birthplace Ohio
Mother's Birthplace Indiana
Sheet Letter B
Sheet Number 1
Household

Birthplace
William Alkire Head M 67 Indiana
Cora Alkire Wife F 42 Indiana
George W Alkire Son M 4 Indiana. Cora E Alkire
United States Census, 1930
Name Cora E Alkire
Event Type Census
Event Date 1930
Event Place Brookston, White, Indiana, United States
Gender Female
Age 60
Marital Status Widowed
Race White
Race (Original) White
Relationship to Head of Household Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Head
Birth Year (Estimated) 1870
Birthplace Indiana
Father's Birthplace Ohio
Mother's Birthplace Indiana
Sheet Letter B
Sheet Number 1
Household

Cora E Alkire Head F 60 Indiana
George W Alkire Son M 24 Indiana
Minnie Garrott Sister F 53 Indiana.

Elda Jane Garrott was born on 5 April 1872 in White County, Indiana. She died on 13 November 1923, at age 51, in Brookston, White County, Indiana. She was buried in IOOF Brookston Cemetery, Brookston, White County, Indiana.

Sarah Jane Bushong, daughter of Samuel Bushong and Margaret Andrews:

1880 Federal Census: Indiana
Prairie Township, ED 185, White County
Enumerated 19 & 21 June 1880
Page 342D
Lines 41-50, HH 281/291

HOUSEHOLD
Joseph Garrott White/Male/49/Married/Farmer/OH/Delaware/Maryland
Sarah J. Garrott White/Female/41/Wife/KeepingHouse/IN/OH/OH
Mary M. Garrott White/Female/20/Dau/Single/IN
Laura C. Garrott White/Female/18/Dau/Single/IN
Cora Ellen Garrott White/Female/10/Dau/IN
Elda Jane Garrott White/Female/8/Dau/IN
Addie M. Garrott White/Female/5/Dau/IN
Minnie Bell Garrott White/Female/2/Dau/IN
Flora V. Garrott White/Female/4mos/BornFeb/IN
Nathaniel Goldsbery White/Male/49/Cousin/Single/Tinner/IN/IN/IN. Stone photo present

Elda Jane Garrott

Birth: 1872
Death: 1923


Burial:
IOOF Brookston Cemetery
Brookston
White County
Indiana, USA


Created by: Donald Miller
Record added: Mar 04, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 66486286. Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011
Birth, Marriage & Death
Name Elda Jane Garrott
Birth 5 Apr 1872 - Indiana
Death 13 Nov 1923 - Brookston, White, Indiana, USA - Age: 51
Gender Female
Race White
Marital Status Single
Father Joseph Garrott
Mother Sarah Jane Bushong.

Adda M. Garrott was born in 1875 in Indiana. She died in 1895, at age ~20, in Indiana. She was buried in IOOF Brookston Cemetery, Brookston, White County, Indiana.

Sarah Jane Bushong, daughter of Samuel Bushong and Margaret Andrews:

1880 Federal Census: Indiana
Prairie Township, ED 185, White County
Enumerated 19 & 21 June 1880
Page 342D
Lines 41-50, HH 281/291

HOUSEHOLD
Joseph Garrott White/Male/49/Married/Farmer/OH/Delaware/Maryland
Sarah J. Garrott White/Female/41/Wife/KeepingHouse/IN/OH/OH
Mary M. Garrott White/Female/20/Dau/Single/IN
Laura C. Garrott White/Female/18/Dau/Single/IN
Cora Ellen Garrott White/Female/10/Dau/IN
Elda Jane Garrott White/Female/8/Dau/IN
Addie M. Garrott White/Female/5/Dau/IN
Minnie Bell Garrott White/Female/2/Dau/IN
Flora V. Garrott White/Female/4mos/BornFeb/IN
Nathaniel Goldsbery White/Male/49/Cousin/Single/Tinner/IN/IN/IN. Stone photo present name is Adda

Addie May Garrott

Birth: 1874
Death: 1895


Burial:
IOOF Brookston Cemetery
Brookston
White County
Indiana, US

Created by: Donald Miller
Record added: Mar 04, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 66486285.

Minnie Bell Garrott was born in June 1877 in Indiana. She died in 1950, at age ~73. She was buried in IOOF Brookston Cemetery, Brookston, White County, Indiana.

Sarah Jane Bushong, daughter of Samuel Bushong and Margaret Andrews:

1880 Federal Census: Indiana
Prairie Township, ED 185, White County
Enumerated 19 & 21 June 1880
Page 342D
Lines 41-50, HH 281/291

HOUSEHOLD
Joseph Garrott White/Male/49/Married/Farmer/OH/Delaware/Maryland
Sarah J. Garrott White/Female/41/Wife/KeepingHouse/IN/OH/OH
Mary M. Garrott White/Female/20/Dau/Single/IN
Laura C. Garrott White/Female/18/Dau/Single/IN
Cora Ellen Garrott White/Female/10/Dau/IN
Elda Jane Garrott White/Female/8/Dau/IN
Addie M. Garrott White/Female/5/Dau/IN
Minnie Bell Garrott White/Female/2/Dau/IN
Flora V. Garrott White/Female/4mos/BornFeb/IN
Nathaniel Goldsbery White/Male/49/Cousin/Single/Tinner/IN/IN/IN. Minnie Bell Garrott

Birth: 1877
Death: 1950


Burial:
IOOF Brookston Cemetery
Brookston
White County
Indiana, USA


Created by: Donald Miller
Record added: Mar 04, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 66486290.

Flora Viola Garrott was born on 2 February 1880 in Indiana. She and Lionel W. Myers were married. She died in 1944, at age ~64, in White County, Indiana. She was buried in IOOF Brookston Cemetery, Brookston, White County, Indiana.

Her married name was Flora Viola Myers. Sarah Jane Bushong, daughter of Samuel Bushong and Margaret Andrews:

1880 Federal Census: Indiana
Prairie Township, ED 185, White County
Enumerated 19 & 21 June 1880
Page 342D
Lines 41-50, HH 281/291

HOUSEHOLD
Joseph Garrott White/Male/49/Married/Farmer/OH/Delaware/Maryland
Sarah J. Garrott White/Female/41/Wife/KeepingHouse/IN/OH/OH
Mary M. Garrott White/Female/20/Dau/Single/IN
Laura C. Garrott White/Female/18/Dau/Single/IN
Cora Ellen Garrott White/Female/10/Dau/IN
Elda Jane Garrott White/Female/8/Dau/IN
Addie M. Garrott White/Female/5/Dau/IN
Minnie Bell Garrott White/Female/2/Dau/IN
Flora V. Garrott White/Female/4mos/BornFeb/IN
Nathaniel Goldsbery White/Male/49/Cousin/Single/Tinner/IN/IN/IN. Stone photo present

Flora Viola Garrett Myers

Birth: 1880
Death: 1944


Burial:
IOOF Brookston Cemetery
Brookston
White County
Indiana, USA

Created by: Donald Miller
Record added: Mar 01, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 66358199.

John Walter Hitchings was born in February 1860 in Washington, Newton County, Indiana. He and Laura Catherine Garrott were married on 14 February 1883. He died on 16 September 1952, at age 92, in Jasper County, . Indiana. He was buried in Weston Cemetery, Rensselaer, Jasper County, . Indiana.

John Walker Hitchings

Birth: 1860
Newton County
Indiana, USA
Death: Sep. 16, 1952
Jasper County
Indiana, USA


Family links:
Parents:
John Combs Hitchings (1825 - 1886)
Mary Elizabeth Swigget Hitchings (1829 - 1917)

Spouse:
Laura Catherine Garrett Hitchings (1862 - 1953)

Children:
Orville Edgar Hitchings (1883 - 1973)*
Ada May Hitchings Johnson (1886 - 1979)*
Bertie Hitchings Branson (1888 - 1918)*
Ray Elmer Hitchings (1895 - 1984)*

Siblings:
Joseph Hitchings (1849 - 1925)*
Lucy C. Hitchings Shafer (1851 - 1925)**
Sarah E. Hitchings Camblin (1854 - 1937)*
Charley B. Hitchings (1857 - 1932)*
John Walker Hitchings (1860 - 1952)
Robert Combs Hitchings (1863 - 1934)*
William E. Hitchings (1866 - 1938)*
Edna Hitchings (1871 - 1872)*

*Calculated relationship
**Half-sibling

Note: Age 92

Burial:
Weston Cemetery
Rensselaer
Jasper County
Indiana, USA


Maintained by: Barbara Warren
Originally Created by: Angie Robinson
Record added: Aug 18, 2010
Find A Grave Memorial# 57312523.

Lionel W. Myers was born on 10 November 1878 in White County, Indiana. He and Flora Viola Garrott were married. He died on 18 November 1952, at age 74, in Indiana. He was buried in IOOF Brookston Cemetery, Brookston, White County, Indiana.

Lionel W Myers

Birth: 1878
Death: 1952


Burial:
IOOF Brookston Cemetery
Brookston
White County
Indiana, USA

Created by: Donald Miller
Record added: Mar 01, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 66358213.

Charles B. Hitchings was born in June 1857 in Newton County, Indiana. He and Mary Margaret Garrott were married. He died on 3 January 1932, at age 74, in Climax, Kalamazoo County, Michigan. He was buried in Prairie Home Cemetery, Climax, Kalamazoo County, Michigan.

Charley B. Hitchings

Birth: Jun., 1857
Newton County
Indiana, USA
Death: Jan. 3, 1932
Climax
Kalamazoo County
Michigan, USA


Family links:
Parents:
John Combs Hitchings (1825 - 1886)
Mary Elizabeth Swigget Hitchings (1829 - 1917)

Spouse:
Mary Margaret Garrett Hitchings (1859 - 1947)

Children:
Grace Estelle Hitchings Newcomb (1883 - 1962)*
Roy G. Hitchings (1885 - 1962)*
Ethel May Hitchings Snyder (1888 - 1958)*
Lena Viola Hitchings Brotherton (1890 - 1964)*
Ralph Clair Hitchings (1894 - 1973)*

Siblings:
Joseph Hitchings (1849 - 1925)*
Lucy C. Hitchings Shafer (1851 - 1925)**
Sarah E. Hitchings Camblin (1854 - 1937)*
Charley B. Hitchings (1857 - 1932)
John Walker Hitchings (1860 - 1952)*
Robert Combs Hitchings (1863 - 1934)*
William E. Hitchings (1866 - 1938)*
Edna Hitchings (1871 - 1872)*

*Calculated relationship
**Half-sibling

Burial:
Prairie Home Cemetery
Climax
Kalamazoo County
Michigan, USA

Created by: ambs
Record added: Dec 31, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 46172329.

William T. Alkire was born on 13 February 1843 in Tippecanoe County, Indiana. He and Cora Ellen Alice Garrott were married. He died in 1911, at age ~68. He was buried in IOOF Brookston Cemetery, Brookston, White County, Indiana.

Cora Alkire
United States Census, 1910
Name Cora Alkire
Event Type Census
Event Date 1910
Event Place Prairie, White, Indiana, United States
Gender Female
Age 42
Marital Status Married
Race White
Race (Original) White
Relationship to Head of Household Wife
Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Wife
Birth Year (Estimated) 1868
Birthplace Indiana
Father's Birthplace Ohio
Mother's Birthplace Indiana
Sheet Letter B
Sheet Number 1
Household

Birthplace
William Alkire Head M 67 Indiana
Cora Alkire Wife F 42 Indiana
George W Alkire Son M 4 Indiana. William T. Alkire

Birth: Feb. 13, 1843
Tippecanoe County
Indiana, USA
Death: 1911

W. T. ALKIRE was born in Tippecanoe County Ind., February 13, 1843, and was married in White Co County to Miss Rebecca J., daughter of Samuel and Nancy Ramey, and a native of White County. The year after his marriage, he settled on his present farm on Section 28, this township, within a half mile of Brookston, and comprising 600 acres. He deals in live stock, and ships from 100 to 150 shorthorn and graded cattle per annum, and about 200 hogs; he has eighteen to twenty horses, and his staple farm product is corn, of which he raises from 5,000 to 6,000 bushels per year; of hay, he raises from 100 to 150 tons, chiefly for feed on the farm. He has a fine dwelling, and his farm buildings are convenient and commodious. Mr. Alkire is a member of the Christian Church, and their two children, Reed C. and Edward F., are both attending the academy at Brookston.

Source: COUNTIES OF WHITE AND PULASKI, INDIANA, HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL, Published by F.A. Battey & Co, Chicago, 1883, pg 261

(Thanks to contributor, Lorie Ehrlich Amick, for submitting the above information!)

Family links:
Children:
Reed Case Alkire (1867 - 1958)*
Edward F. Alkire (1870 - 1948)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial:
IOOF Brookston Cemetery
Brookston
White County
Indiana, USA
Plot: A55

Created by: cfenters
Record added: Sep 12, 2010
Find A Grave Memorial# 58543508. First wife was Rebecca Ramey, and she died in 1893.

Caroline Graham was born on 17 November 1851. She and Francis Bushong Adams were married. She died on 6 August 1932, at age 80.

Her married name was Caroline Adams. Stone photo present

Caroline Graham Adams

Birth: Nov. 17, 1851
Death: Aug. 6, 1932

TAMPICO TORNADO
Thursday, August 18, 1932

OBITUARY

Mrs. Caroline Graham ADAMS, aged 81 years, died Saturday afternoon, August 6, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. E. LONG, on Reed street., Sheffield, after a week's illness.

Mrs. ADAMS became ill at the home of her son Robert ADAMS and was taken to Sheffield Sunday, July 31. She lapsed into unconsciousness Tuesday morning from a heart attack.

Caroline ADAMS was the daughtrer of James and Mary A. Sterling GRAHAM. She was born in Ithaco, New York, March 17, 1851. She came to Illinois where seven years of age with her parents. They came to Sheffield by train, then by oxteam to Fairfield Township where the greater part of her life was spent.

She was married to Francis ADAMS on March 28, 1872 in the Episcopal church in Princeton, Mr. ADAMS died Sept. 23, 1894; a son James W. died in 1927 in Blytheville, Ark.; one daughter, Ollie, died in infancy.

She leaves to mourn her loss, five children, Charles F., who is critically ill in a hospital in St. Louis, Mo., Mary E. and Mrs. Isabel LONG of Sheffield, Robert B. and William S, ADAMS of Tampico; and one brother, A. J. GRAHAM of Tampico; there are 21 grandchildren.

Mrs. ADAMS has spent most of the later years with her daghter in Sheffield . She was an episcopalian in faith and one of the honorary members of the Sheffield Woman;s Club.

Funeral services were held at the W. E. LONG home in Sheffield , Aug. 8 at 10 o'clock, the Rev. Fr. MADDOX of St, Judes Episcopal church in Tiskilwa officiating.

Fred Scheythe sang "Lead Kindly Light" and "Rock of Ages." Burial was in Greenville-Fairfield Cemetery.

Thank you to Tampico for providing this obit.


Burial:
Greenville-Fairfield Cemetery
New Bedford
Bureau County
Illinois, USA

Created by: Wendy McIntosh
Record added: Apr 25, 2014
Find A Grave Memorial# 128540404.

Robert Broomfield Adams was born on 20 July 1886. He died on 28 November 1971, at age 85. He was buried in Saint Mary's Cemetery, Tampico, Whiteside County, Illinois.

Robert Broomfield Adams

Birth: Jul. 20, 1886
Death: Nov. 28, 1971

From: genealogytrails.com/ill/whiteside/obitA2.html

ROBERT BROOMFIELD ADAMS , 85, Chairman of the Board of the Tampico National Bank, died unexpectedly at his home Sunday afternoon. (28 Nov 1971) Funeral rites will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday in St. Mary's Catholic Church, Tampico, with the Rev. Eugene Parker officiating. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery, Tampico. There will be visitation at the Schmitt Chapel after seven o'clock this evening and a rosary will be said in the chapel at 8 p.m. Robert Broomfield Adams was born July 20, 1886 in the New Bedford area, the son of Frank and Caroline Adams. He received his education in the Burden School and was united in marriage with Vera Foley, June 2, 1915, in St. Mary's. Mr. Adams was a lifetime resident of this area. He was a charter member of the Bureau County Farm Bureau and had served as a board member of Swanson School. He farmed in Fairfield Township for many years until retiring in 1951, when he and his wife moved to Tampico. Surviving are his wife and one daughter, Mary, at home; five sons, Eldon, Herbert and Charles of Tampico, Bernard of Columbia, Mo., and James of Webster Groves, Mo.; 25 grandchildren; seven great grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. Isabelle Long of Sheffield. He was preceded in death by his parents, two daughters, one grandson, three brothers and two sisters.

Contributed by Melva L. Taylor - The Daily Gazette, Sterling-Rock Falls, Illinois November, 29, 1971 - Monday, pg 1

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From: Find A Grave contributor Jul Adams-Watkins

Please add Vera and Robert's other children to the list of Children:
Robert Eldon Adams 1916-2000, Bernard Francis 1917-1993, James Leo 1919-2013, Herbert Joseph 1922-1999

submitted by Granddaughter of Robert Broomfiel Adams
Jul Adams-Watkins

Family links:
Spouse:
Vera E Foley Adams (1892 - 1982)

Children:
Veronica Eleanore Adams (1921 - 1923)*
Herbert J. Adams (1922 - 1999)*
Charles W Adams (1927 - 2013)*
Mary C Adams (1929 - 2004)*
Dorothy I. Adams (1931 - 1950)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial:
Saint Mary's Cemetery
Tampico
Whiteside County
Illinois, USA

Created by: Kurt Johnson
Record added: Aug 19, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 75173895.

Joseph Willie Buckler was born on 13 July 1916. He and Geneva Mae Bushong were married. He died on 4 April 1993, at age 76. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia.

Joseph Willie Buckler
BIRTH 13 Jul 1916
DEATH 4 Apr 1993 (aged 76)
BURIAL
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA
PLOT Sec: 13, Site: 8215-1
MEMORIAL ID 49223033 · View Source

Gravesite Details
AR United States Army

Family Members
Parents
Photo
James Albert Buckler
1886–1937

Photo
Agnes Esther Grey Buckler
1894–1957

Spouse
Photo
Geneva Mae Bushong Buckler
1921–2011

Siblings
Photo
Myrtle Leona Buckler Williams
1918–1977

Photo
Thomas Joseph Buckler
1920–1979

Photo
Mary Frances Buckler Taylor
1921–1975

Children
Photo
Nancy Jean Buckler
1944–1944

Bonnie May Buckler
1953–1957

Photo
Joseph William Buckler
1974–2001


Created by: John C. Anderson
Added: 5 Mar 2010
Find a Grave Memorial 49223033.

Mr. Platt was born. He and Ernestine Bushong were married. He died.

Mr. Chisa was born. He and Billie Bushong were married. He died.