Photos of Jasper County
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Post Card Photo addressed to Neal Cohoon at R.F.D.#2 B.25. Shobonier,
IL --
Charlie Kirby on left facing us-
Pete Cohoon middle and back -&-
Carl Cohoon right and front driving -- Yale IL depot
Many thanks to Fred Cohoon for this picture
Source # 71
HAYS FAMILY
contributed by Source #6
John C. & Ada Woodall Hays
Funeral Procession of John C. Hays
Here's some background on John Collins HAYS - submitted by contributed by Source #6
b. 29 June 1844 in Switzerland County, IN
d. 11 March 1939 at the age of 94 yrs., 8 mo., 3 days - Buried Riverside Cemetery in Newton
Wives: (1) Mary
Jane Arnold m. in 1873. She d. August 1878.
(2) m. 6 Oct 1880 Ada Alice Woodall (b. Dec 1862)
Occupation: Blacksmith
for 45 years. Retired in 1905.
Parents: born
in Delaware
Civil War service: Served
in Co. D, 93rd Regiment Indiana Volunteers; also served in Co. I. 93rd Regiment Indiana Volunteers. Discharged
1 Aug 1865. Disabled by measles which he contracted in Mississipi in December 1862, resulting in disease
of the throat, lungs and heart. His grandson, John Robert Hays said that he had 7 brothers who all fought
for the south and were never heard from again.
Children From 1st wife:
John C. Hays
Children from 2nd wife:
Harvey Woodall Hays, Arthur E. Hays, Walter Abraham Hays, Harry Francis Hays
Related family names: Deckard, Kissinger, Goodenough, Killoren, Hall
Children of Sampson & Sarah Dulgar
Contributed by Source #23
KIRKHAM FAMILY
contributed by Source #21
Arthur Garfield Foster
born May 3, 1881 Jasper Co, IL; Died January 29, 1933 Cloverdale, Oregon. Buried in Oretown Cemetery in Oregon
near his father, William Foster
Lola Kirkham
b. January 21, 1885 in Wheeler, IL. Died September 1964, Illinois.
Buried in Wheeler Cemetery, Jasper County, IL
Arthur Garfield Foster & Lola Kirkham
June 21, 1904 Wedding Picture
Used with permission of Linda Kirkham Walton
Photo by C.L. Foster
Nancy Jane (Scott) Kirkham and Jonathan Kirkham at home c. 1900 in Newton, IL
Used with permission of Linda Kirkham Walton
Henry was born 12 Jul 1823 in Harrison County, Indiana and died 24 Nov 1907 in North Muddy Township, Jasper County, IL.
His wife was Malissa Jane Cuppy. She was born 27 Sep 1832 in Perry Township in Lawrence County, IL. She died 22 Mar 1927 in Jasper County.. They were married 13 Jan 1853 in Sullivan County, Indiana.
Their chilren were twins William Emery Kirkham and John Marion Kirkham, Mahala Ann Lloyd Kirkham, Fieldon Rice Cuppy Kirkham, and Stacy Jane Kirkham.
Used with permission of Linda Kirkham Walton
Henry Kirkham and his wife Jane.
These are officers of the First National Bank in Newton, c. 1905 or so
Clockwise from the Top Left: J.M. Hicks, J. Cummins, C.D. Kendall, T.G. Love
and in the middle is the President of the bank, E.W. Hersh . This is from Kim's family pictures.
JONES Family
Picture taken c. 1899
Location: about 2 miles west of Brockville, IL
(Reading Right to Left) Iva, Sarah (mother), Lena, Tillman (father), Bessie and Mary
Contributed by Bessie Jones' grand-daughter, Louiese Kemp (Source#54)
On the back of the picture it says the following----
TAKEN AUG 1909 BY HARRY WISEMAN FOR THOMAS KELLY - FOREMAN OF SECTION 10 OF CH &
D R.R WILLOW HILL
Grover Crenshaw is in this picture (with the blue mark above his head)
[Contributed to Genealogy Trails by Rhonda]
These are a group of men who went 'fox hunting' about 1950. All the information about the picture has been given
by a daughter of one of the men. It was the ORREN MOUSER residence - SW of Oblong,IL.
FRONT-L to R (kneeling) CLAY SEMPSROTE - PARM SNYDER - CHESTER SEMPSROTE - HENRY BAILEY - KEITH HOLT - JUNIOR BURKE
- EARN ROBERTS - WILSON BAKER - ORREN LEGGITT
Standing L of truck: JIM BOYD - ALDEN LEGGITT - GENE HARRIS
In Truck: JIM HOLT - CECIL LEGGITT - SAM ALLEN - ED LEFEVER
Standing right of truck: ANDREW LEFEVER - CLAUDE PING - LEONARD JOHNSON - CHLORIS IKEMIRE - CLARENCE SHEW - EULAN
ATEN and GENE LAWS
If you look close all they caught was a fox and a coyote. The daughter who had the information about the picture
said it was only a 3-legged coyote!
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