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BRYANT, Alpheus |
1 Apr 1814 |
29 Mar 1889 |
74y 11m 13d |
(Alpheus Bryant's tombstone shows he was born |
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Apr.11, 1814, but his biography on page 754 of |
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"History of Morgan County, Illinois, 1878" shows he |
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was born April 11, 1812 in Middlebury, Addison Co., |
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Vermont. He gave up farming there about 1847 and |
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went to Worcester, Massachusetts, where he was |
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engaged in making iron work on cotton machines. In |
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1852 he farmed in New York state, then went to |
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Wisconsin. In 1860 he came to Morgan County, Ill. |
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On May 26, 1861 he married Hannah Weeks, widow |
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of Washington weeks.) |
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BRYANT, Hannah |
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1 Feb 1890 |
78y 11m 24d |
Wife of A. Bryant |
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(Miss Hannah Mansfield was born at Laurel Hill, Pa. |
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At age 2 years she moved with her parents to Ohio |
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where she lived until age 19 years, at which time she |
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moved to Indiana.She came to Morgan County, Ill. |
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in 1831 during the summer following the "big
snow". |
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Her first husband was Orvil Bushnel and her second |
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husband was Washington Weeks. At the time of her |
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death she was the widow of Alpheus Bryant. Among |
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her children were Orvil Bushnel, born in 1837, and died |
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of wounds received during service in the Civil War; |
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William Weeks, born Feb. 4, 1842; John L. Weeks, |
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born Dec. 1, 1847; George W. Weeks, born Nov. 4, |
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1842; John L. Weeks, born Dec. 1, 1847; George W. |
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Weeks, born Nov. 4, 1850; Thomas J. Weeks, born |
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Jan. 14, 1853; and Benjamin Franklin Weeks, born |
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Nov. 8, 1853. Hannah's death certificate is not |
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recorded in the Morgan County Court House.) |
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HUDDLESON, John |
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10 Feb 1871 |
51y 1m 3d |
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MANSFIELD, Edward |
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11 Apr 1878 |
44y 4m 22d |
(His tombstone was erected by his wife, Sarah L. |
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Mansfield. His death certificate is not recorded in the |
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Morgan County Court House. Page 27 of "Atlas Map |
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of Morgan County, Illinois, 1872"shows that he was |
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born in Warren County, Indiana and came to Morgan |
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County, Ill. In 1837.) |
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WEEKS, Lena M. |
__ Mar 1878 |
18 Apr 1878 |
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Dau of T.J. & Mabel L. Weeks |
WEEKS, Margaret E. |
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23 Aug 1869 |
23y 6m 16d |
Wife of J. L. Weeks |
WEEKS, Raymond T. |
2 Jan 1879 |
30 Jul 1878 |
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Son of T.J. & Mabel L. Weeks |
WEEKS, Washington |
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29 Jan 1858 |
57y 11m 15d |
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