Related Families-Page 2a
Frank Kraushaar Sr.
Continued from Related Families Page 2-1 information about the descendants of Frank Kraushaar Sr. who was my mother's grandfather on her father's side (My great grandfather). Frank Kraushaar Sr. was born about 1836 in Prussia, Germany. He came to America and settled in the Jersey County, Illinois area in about 1860. He and his wife Julia were listed in the Jersey County, IL 1860 census for Richwood Township. The Kraushaar name is misspelled Krausse or Crouser in some of the old census and other records. The 1860 census said he was a shoemaker. He later became a farmer in the Fieldon, IL area. He died in Sept. 1879 on his farm near Fieldon, English Township, Jersey County, IL. He married Julia Anna Albert. She was born about 1842 in Prussia, Germany. She died about 1900 on farm near Fieldon, IL. They had 9 children--Frank Kraushaar Jr., Joseph Kraushaar, John Kraushaar, Charles Kraushaar (my mother's father), Anna Kraushaar, Rosa Kraushaar, Mary C. Kraushaar, Josephine Kraushaar, and Elizabeth Kraushaar. After my great grandfather Frank Kraushaar Sr's death his wife Julia (Albert) Kraushaar remarried to William Weisner 5-19-1881 and they had 2 daughters, half sisters to my mother's father, Catherine Weisner and Lena Weisner.
(6) Frank and Julia (Albert) Kraushaar's daughter Rosina (Rosa) C. Kraushaar was born 6-17-1860 near Fieldon, English Township, Jersey County, IL, died 6-11-1928 in English Township, Jersey County, IL, married Bernard (Barney) F. Freand 11-19-1879 (sometimes spelled Freund or Friend). He was born 8-5-1857 and died 5-31-1930 in English Township, Jersey County, IL. Both are buried in Lax Cemetery in English Township. They had 10 children-Wilhelmena Freand, John Freand, Henry Freand, Lewis Freand, Viola Freand, Anna Freand, Clara Margaret Freand, Fannie Freand, Mary Freand, and Elizabeth Freand.
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(1a) Bernard and Rosa (Kraushaar) Freand's daughter Wilhelmena "Mena" Freand was born 3-5-1889 in English Township, Jersey County, IL, and she died in 1970 in Jersey County, IL at the age of 81. She married Andrew "Judd" Foster 11-7-1906 and they lived in Jerseyville, IL, and they had 4 children-2 daughters, Mrs. Trulbia White, Mrs. Helen Pritchard, and a son Truman Foster (1908-2001) all of Jerseyville, IL, and another son who preceded her in death.
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(2a) Bernard and Rosa (Kraushaar) Freand's son John M. Freand was born 9-24-1878 in English Township, Jersey County, IL, and died 3-1-1958 in Jersey County, IL. He is buried in Lax Cemetery in English Township. He married Lena Wieneke 6-25-1908, and they had a son Walter Freand. He later married Theresa T. Timpe born 10-16-1903, died 4-11-1948, the daughter of William and Laura (Giel) Timpe. They had these children-Ray H. Freand, Edward W. Freand, Carl L. Freand, Imogene M. Freand, Leroy H. Freand (deceased), died 11-26-1993, married Bernice A, Bridges 1-9-1947, Mildred M. Freand, and John Freand jr. who married Mary Lois (Newman) Griffin 2-7-1946. She was born in 1924, died 1-5-1972. She was the daughter of Walter Newman and Mrs. Oscar Frazer. They had these childen-Judy Freand who married Edward Hall of Godfrey, IL, Victoria (Freand) Cohill of Leweston, ID, Emery Grivvin and John Thomas Freand jr. of Oakhurst, OK, Eugene E. Freand of Idaho, Lee Roy Freand, and Gregory Lynn Freand.
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(3a) Bernard and Rosa (Kraushaar) Freand's son Henry M. Freand was born in 1897 in English Township, Jersey County, IL, and died in 1972 in Jersey County, IL. He married Martha Mae Burch born 4-1-1911, and died 9-4-2005. They were married 4-2-1932. She was the daughter of Jacob and Emeline (Dunham) Burch and they lived in Kane, IL.
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(4a) Bernard and Rosa (Kraushaar) Freand's son Lewis A. Freand was born 4-6-1895 in English Township, Jersey County, IL, and died 5-6-1971 in Jersey County, IL. He married Ellen M. Burch 4-8-1918 the daughter of Jacob and Emeline (Dunham) Burch and lived in Jerseyville, IL. They had these children-George L. Freand married Barbara A. Storey 1-2-1953, Nellie Freand, Ruby L. Freand married John H. Bailey 4-27-1933, and Frederick Freand (deceased), died 8-19-1997. He married Tracy (or maybe Tacy) Scott 3-10-1945. She was born in 1925 in Fieldon, Jersey County, IL, and died 4-23-1989 at Jersey Community Hospital in Jerseyville, IL. She was the daughter of Jim and Elizabeth (Smith) Scott. They had 4 children-Frederick Freand, Ronnie Freand, Michael Freand, and and Rosie (Freand) Woelfe all of Jerseyville, IL.
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(5a) Bernard and Rosa (Kraushaar) Freand's daughter Viola Freand was born in 1904 in English Township, Jersey County, IL, and died in 1985 in Jersey County, IL. She married Arnold L. Freer Sr. 11-5-1936 and lived in Godfrey, IL, and she had a stepson Arnold L. Freer Jr. of Godfrey, IL.
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(6a) Bernard and Rosa (Kraushaar) Freand's daughter Anna Freand was born 12-13-1886 in English Township, Jersey County, IL, and died 3-19-1953 in Jersey County, IL. She married Otto F. "Pete" Biederman 12-15-1906 and they lived in Jerseyville, IL. They had 4 children-Mrs. Lovie Leona (Biederman) Krause born 6-8-1912 in Jersey County, IL, and died 5-23-2004 in Jersey County, IL. She married Clarence George Krause and they had a daughter Rosemary Krause who married Hubert H. Ringhausen and lives in Jerseyville, IL. Other children of Otto and Anna (Freand) Biederman were Gladys (Biederman) Watts, and Edna Biederman who married Lewis Ballard and they all live in Jerseyville, IL, and a son Leo Biederman of Jerseyville, IL.
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(7a) Bernard and Rosa (Kraushaar) Freand's daughter Clara Margaret Freand was born in 1893 in English Township, Jersey County, IL married Alonzo Vincent Keown 7-3-1913 and they had 2 daughters-Florence Oletha Keown (1917-1919) who died in infancy, and Geneva (Keown) Koenig born 5-7-1923 near Kane, IL, died 9-5-2003 in Jerseyville, IL, married George Washington Koenig 3-31-1951 and they had a son George William Koenig. Alonzo and Clara (Freand) Keown are both buried in Lax Cemetery in English Township.
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(8a) Bernard and Rosa (Kraushaar) Freand's daughter Fannie Christina Freand born in 1891 in English Township, Jersey County, IL, died in 1916 in Jersey County, IL. She was married 6-26-1913 to Thomas Edward Keown (1888-1968). They are both buried in Lax Cemetery in English Township. Thomas and Fannie (Freand) Keown had a son Hershel H. Keown born in 1915 and died in 1917. He is buried in Lax Cemetery in English Township, Jersey County, IL.
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(9a) Bernard and Rosa (Kraushaar) Freand's daughter Mary Kate Freand was born in 1883 in English Township, Jersey County, IL. She died 8-6-1948 in Jersey County, IL. She is buried in Oak Grove Cemetery in Jerseyville, IL. She married Joseph Otto Dunham. He was born in Jersey County, IL. He died 2-18-1962 in Jersey County, IL. He is buried in Oak Grove Cemetery in Jerseyville, IL. He was the son of Hugh Dunham (1844-1926) and Martha Ann (Seago) Dunham and they had 9 children-Edward Dunham, Otis Dunham, Lester Dunham, Robert Dunham, Lillie Dunham, Imogene Dunham, Ruth Dunham, Marjorie Dunham, and Nina Dunham.
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(1aa) Joseph Otto and Mary (Freand) Dunham's son Edward Dunham was born 10-19-1910 in Greene County, IL, and died 4-12-1983 near Fieldon, Jersey County, IL. He married Hazel Devening 10-12-1932. She was born 7-3-1912 in Fieldon, Jersey County, IL, and died 6-6-2006 in Jerseyville, Jersey County, IL. She was the daughter of Lee and Kate (Hamilton) Devening. They lived near Fieldon, IL. They had 4 children-Joseph Dunham of Jerseyville, IL, Ralph Dunham of Jerseyville, IL, Faye (Dunham) Lavey of Fieldon, IL, and Deborah Dunham who married Steven Haag, the son of Michael and Donna (Collins) Haag of Jerseyville, IL. (Steven Haag is the grandson of Eva (Westfall) Haag, my father's half sister.)
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(2aa) Joseph Otto and Mary (Freand) Dunham's son Otis Dunham born 10-17-1915 in Greene County, IL, and died 5-12-2006 in Jersey Community Hosptal in Jerseyville, IL. He married Lola Mae Talley 9-30-1935, the daughter of George and Gertrude (Parker) Talley and they lived near Delhi in Jersey County, IL. They had 6 children-Anna Dunham who married Glenn Cain, the son of Archie and Lorene (Declue) Cain and they live in Jerseyville, IL, Kenneth Dunham of Fieldon, IL, Richard Dunham of Kane, Il, Melvin Dunham of Jerseyville, IL, Carl Dunham of Jerseyville, IL, and Thomas Lee Dunham (deceased) born 4-7-1949 in Jersey County, IL, and died 6-7-2005 at Christian Hospital Northeast in St. Louis County, MO. He was married to Elizabeth and they had a daughter Lisa Dunham who married Francis Snead and they live in Richmond, VA.
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(3aa) Joseph Otto and Mary (Freand) Dunham's son Lester Barney Dunham was born in Greene County, IL, and died 11-29-1965 at age 52 at Jersey Community Hospital in Jerseyville, IL. He married Armeda Talley, the daughter of George and Gertrude (Parker) Talley. They lived in the Fieldon, IL area. They had 9 children-James Dunham (deceased) of Godfrey, Eugene Dunham of Shipman, IL, Gerald Dunham of Delhi, IL, John Dunham of Jerseyville, IL, Larry Dunham of Kane, IL, Irene Dunham married Ray Anderson and they live in Canton, IL, Nina (Dunham) Wiebel (deceased) of Perryville, MO, Clara Dunham married Tom Stierly and they live in McCluskey, IL, and Frank L. Dunham born 4-7-1934 in Greene County, IL, died 5-14-2006 at Boyd Memorial Hospital in Carrollton, IL. He married Marjorie J. Hinderhan 7-27-1954 in Alton, IL. She died 9-2-1999. They lived in Eldred, IL. They had 8 children-Dennis Dunham of Eldred, IL, Russell Dunham of Eldred, IL, Ricky Dunham of Norris, IL, Dale Hinderhan of Liverpool, IL, Mary Dunham married Donald Gilbert of Carrollton, IL, Jane Dunham married Robert Gilbert of Carrollton, IL, Susan Dunham married Aron Weid of Eldred, IL, and Marilyn Hinderhan of Eldred, IL.
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(4aa) Joseph Otto and Mary (Freand) Dunham's son Robert W. Dunham was born 2-2-1919 in Greene County, IL, died 7-14-2004 in St. Charles, MO. He married Mable Kraushaar (deceased), died 8-4-1999, the daughter of Otto and Adeline (McCartney) Kraushaar. They lived in Alton, IL. They had 11 children-Robert Dunham of Pontoon Beach, IL, Ronald Dunham of Alton, IL, Hank Dunham of Bethalto, IL, Tim Dunham of Godfrey, IL, Pat Dunham of Thibodaux, LA, Carol Dunham who married a Stout of St. Genevieve, MO, Pamela Dunham who married Gene Harrison of Alton, IL, Trebe Dunham who married Denny Bradfisch of Hardin, IL, Lisa Dunham who married Kevin Cheatham of O'Fallon, MO, Erma Rose Dunham who died 9-26-1970 in infancy, and Roger Dunham (deceased), died 1-20-1988 at age 42, married Judy Chipman 10-12-1968, and they had 2 children-A. C. Dunham and Tiffany Dunham.
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(5aa) Joseph Otto and Mary (Freand) Dunham's daughter Lillie May Dunham was born in 1902 and died 10-13-1995 in Jersey County, IL. Her burial was in Oak Grove Cemetery in Jerseyville, IL. She married Benton G. Mundy. He was born in Greene County, January 22, 1901, a son of the late John T. and Anna Belle (Crawford) Mundy. He died 11-13-1957 in Jersey County, IL. His burial was in Oak Grove Cemetery in Jerseyville, IL. Benton G. Mundy and Lillie May (Dunham) Mundy were the parents of 4 daughters-Mrs. Alonzo Cochran, Lulu Belle Mundy married Hugh Snell, Betty Mundy married Gilbert Turner, and Rebecca Mundy.
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(6aa) Joseph Otto and Mary (Freand) Dunham's daughter Imogene Dunham was born in 1905 in Greene County, IL, and died 12-27-1988 at Alton Memorial Hospital in Alton, IL. She married Harold Burch 4-19-1924. He was born 5-7-1902 in Litchfield, Montgomery County, IL, and died 10-25-1972 in Jersey Community Hospital in Jerseyville, IL. He was the son of Perry and Mollie (Armstrong) Burch. They lived in Jerseyville, IL, and they had 2 children-Martha Burch who married Mason Brown and lives in Kansas City, KS, and William D. Burch of Oak Ridge, TN.
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(7aa) Joseph Otto and Mary (Freand) Dunham's daughter Ruth Audrey Dunham was born 3-21-1926 in Fieldon, Richwood Township, Jersey County, IL, and she died 7-5-2006 in Jerseyville, Jersey County, IL. She is buried in Fieldon Cemetery. She married John W. Russell 5-18-1946. He died 8-20-1999. They lived in Jerseyville, IL. They had a son John Gregory Russell, and he and his wife Nyla Russell live in Havre, Mont. They have 2 children-John Gregory Russell Jr, and Charise Russell who married Adam Oser of Erie, PA. They had these children-Colton Oser, Allyson Oser, and Jaden Oser (deceased).
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(8aa) Joseph Otto and Mary (Freand) Dunham's daughter Marjorie Dunham married Leslie Green and lives in Payson, Ariz.
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(9aa) Joseph Otto and Mary (Freand) Dunham's daughter Nina Dunham died 8-16-1988 at Jersey Community Hospital in Jerseyville, IL at age 80. She married William Chester Green. He died in 1971, and they lived in Jerseyville, IL. They had a son David Green who lives in Carrollton, IL.
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(10a) Bernard and Rosa (Kraushaar) Freand's daughter Elizabeth Freand was born in 1885 in English Township, Jersey County, IL. She married William B. Gyer 11-11-1903.
(7) Frank and Julia (Albert) Kraushaar's daughter Mary C. Kraushaar was born 3-23-1870 near Fieldon, English Township, Jersey County, IL, died 4-29-1956 at Watson Nursing Home in Jerseyville, IL. (Her obituary said she was born in 1867, but census records seem to indicate she was born in 1870) She married John H. Dunham 2-27-1918. He was born in 7-15-1867 near Fieldon, English Township, in Jersey County, IL, and died 3-14-1920 in Jersey County, IL. He was the son of Benjamin Franklin Dunham (1839-1916) and Selinda C. (Gibbs) Dunham. They are both buried in the Fieldon Cemetery, in Fieldon, IL. I don't know how many children they had or the names of their children, but her obituary said she was survived by 2 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren.
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Frank & Julia (Albert) Kraushaar's daughter Mary C. (Kraushaar) Dunham's obituary - Mrs. Mary C. Dunham, died 04-29-1956. Mary C. Dunham, 89 years, 1 months, 6 days, of Jerseyville died April 29, at Watson Nursing Home where she had resided for quite some time. Mrs Dunham was a daughter of the late Frank & Julia (Albert) Kraushaar, and was born in Jersey County, March 23, 1867. She is survived by 1 sister, Mrs. Anna Carroll of Jerseyville, 2 grandchildren and 4 g-grandchildren. Her husband, John Dunham, preceded her in death. Visitation was from Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in Jerseyville. Funeral services were held at St. Francis church. Requiem mass was celebrated by Fr John J. Clancy and interment was in Fieldon cemetery.
(8) Frank and Julia (Albert) Kraushaar's daughter Josephine Kraushaar was born in 1873 near Fieldon, English Township, in Jersey County, IL. She married Albert V. Hughes 7-10-1892. I don't have any other information about Josephine.
(9) Frank and Julia (Albert) Kraushaar's daughter Elizabeth (Lizzie) Kraushaar was born in 1868 near Fieldon, English Township, Jersey County, IL. She may have never married. She was listed in the 1910 census for English Township, Jersey County, IL, but not in the 1920 Jersey County, IL census or any other later census records that I could find. She may have died sometime between 1910 and 1920. I don't have any other information about Elizabeth.
My mother Lovie (Kraushaar) Westfall's grandfather Frank Kraushaar Sr. (1836-1879) committed suicide in Sept. 1879 at the age of 43, when her father Charles Kraushaar was only 4. His wife and children found his body in the woods on their farm after he hadn't come home for several days.
My mother's grandmother Julia (Albert) Kraushaar remarried to William Weisner 5-19-1881 after her first husband Frank Kraushaar Sr's death. They had 2 daughters-Catherine Weisner and Lena Weisner. She died a few years before my mother was born of breast cancer my mother told me. My mother was born in 1904, so her grandmother must have died about 1900. My mother didn't mention knowing of her grandmother's remarriage.
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(10) My grandfather Charles Kraushaar's half sister Catherine (Kate) Weisner was born in 1881 and died 10-26-1937. She was the daughter of William and Julia (Albert) Kraushaar Weisner. Catherine Weisner was born near Fieldon, English Township, Jersey County, IL, and died in Jerseyville, Jersey County, IL. She married first Asa N. Norris. He died in 1904 at age 28 of Typhoid Fever at his home near Fieldon, English Township, Jersey County, IL.
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Catherine (Weisner) Norris's first husband Asa Norris's obituary - Jerseyville Republican 15 September 1904: Asa Norris, 28 years old, died of typhoid fever at his home ten miles northwest of city. Buried from family home. Rev. I. D. Crawford.
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Asa and Catherine (Weisner) Norris had 2 daughters-Christena Rosa Norris and Anna Norris.
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(1a) Asa and Catherine (Weisner) Norris's daughter Christena Rosa Norris was born 10-4-1904 in Jerseyville, IL, and died 3-11-1983 in Jerseyville, IL. She married Walter A. Kirchner 5-28-1927 in Jerseyville, IL. He was born 6-24-1900 in Jersey County, IL, and died 2-4-1992 in Sunset Home in Quincy, IL. He was the son of Charles and Alvena (Hooper) Kirchner. Walter and Christena (Norris) Kirchner had a daughter Ruth Evelyn Kirchner who married Howard Leland Walls 6-17-1949 and they live in Decatur, IL. Walter and Christena (Norris) Kirchner are both buried in Oak Grove Cemetery in Jerseyville, IL.
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Asa and Catherine (Weisner) Norris's daughter Christena R. (Norris) Kirchner's obituary - Christena R. (Norris) Kirchner, 79 , of Jerseyville died 11-3-1983. Her funeral services were conducted Saturday afternoon at the First Baptist church with the Revs. V. Clay Noah, Jr. And John Wilson officiating. Burial was in Oak Grove cemetery. She died at 4:15 am on 3 November 1983 at Washington Christian Village, Washington, Illinois. She was born 4 October 1904 in Jerseyville, daughter of the Late Asa and Catherine Weisner Norris.
She is survived by her Husband, Walter A. Kirchner whom she married 28 May 1927 in Jerseyville; one daughter, Ruth Walls of East Peoria; and two grandsons. She was preceded in death by three sisters and one brother. The First Baptist church of Jerseyville of which she was a member was named as a memorial. Gubser Funeral Home arrangements.
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Christena R. (Norris) Kirchner's husband Walter A. Kirchner's obituary - Walter A. Kirchner died 02-04-1992. Unknown newspaper, 4 February 1992: Quincy - Former Jerseyville resident, Walter A. Kirchner, 91, died at 5:45 am today, 4 February 1992 at Sunset Home in Quincy. He was a retired self-employed painter. Born on 24 June 1900 in Jersey County, he was the son of the late Charles Henry and Alvena (Hooper) Kirchner. On 28 May 1927 in Jerseyville, he married the former Christena R. Norris. She died 3 November 1983.
Surviving are a daughter, Ruth E. Walls of Decatur, Georgia, two grandchildren; and two great great grandchildren. Graveside services was conducted at noon Thursday at Oak Grove cemetery in Jerseyville. The Revs. Leland and David Walls officiated. Memorials may be made to the First Baptist church of Jerseyville, where he was a member, or to the Sunset Home, 418 Washington St., Quincy, Illinois 62301. Gubser Funeral Home in Jerseyville is in charge of arrangements.
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(2a) Asa and Catherine (Weisner) Norris's other daughter Anna Norris was born 10-8-1901 in Jersey County, IL. She died in a tragic automobile accident 10-14-1922 at age 18. She was buried at Oak Grove Cemetery in Jerseyville, IL.
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Asa and Catherine (Weisner) Norris's daughter Anna Norris's obituary - Miss Anna Norris, 18 years of age, was instantly killed at eight-thirty o'clock Saturday evening in Jerseyville when an automobile in which she was riding collided with a horse and spring wagon driven by James Waters and Harvey Munde. The two young men are not residents of Jerseyville, but have been employed by Richard Voorhees, a farmer in Jersey County. Miss Norris was riding with her fiance, Russell Campbell, and was on her way to Whitehall where she and Campbell were to have been married Sunday afternoon. They were going to the home of Campbell's cousin, where the marriage ceremony was to have been performed.
A heavy misty rain was falling that evening and Campbell's vision through the windshield was blurred so that he could not see the approaching horse and rig. The ordinances of the city of Jerseyville do not compel the owner of a rig to have lights, and it was impossible for Campbell to see the wagon. The horse was picked up by the front of Campbell's automobile and thrown on top of the car, the weight of the animal crushing the windshield, which caused the fracture of Miss Norris' skull just above the nose.
Campbell escaped with only minor injuries, but he was rendered unconscious for several minutes. After regaining consciousness Campbell picked the girl up in his arms and carried her into the home of Mrs. Elizabeth Voorhees, where medical aid was summoned, but to no avail. The occupants of the wagon were thrown from the right, but neither was injured. The horse was severely cut and bruised and three shoes were torn from its feet. Campbell was taken from the scene of the accident to the home of his aunt in Jerseyville where he is said to be in a critical nervous condition.
The coroner's inquest was conducted by Dr. B. M. Brewster of Fieldon, Sunday morning and the jury returned a verdict of death caused by a fractured skull. Miss Norris was the daughter of Mrs. Henry Shults, of Jerseyville, and she made her home with her mother and stepfather in the northeast part of the city. The engagement of Miss Norris and Campbell was known by her family and friends, but her immediate family was not aware of the fact that the girl had left home that evening for Whitehall, where she was to have been married the following day.
Miss Norris was an employee of the International Shoe Company in Jerseyville and just a few ours preceding her death she had completed payment on furniture for her new home. She is survived by a sister, Miss Christine Norris, her mother, step-father and a half brother.
Campbell and four Companions, Anthony Vahle, Edward Krueger, Leslie Bridges and Leo Tuchy, all of Jerseyville, have spent the summer in North Dakota in the harvest fields and Campbell and Vahle returned to Jerseyville only a few days before the accident. Campbell was 21 years of age and was the son of the late Charles Campbell, a prominent farmer of English township, Jersey County. The death of Miss Norris is the third in the Shults family within less than six months. In April, Mr. and Mrs. Shults lost twin daughters, nine months of age. Their deaths were due to pneumonia.
The funeral of Miss Norris will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the Baptist church of which she was a member. Rev. Joseph Jenkins will officiate and the interment will be in Oak Grove cemetery beside the Shults twins, half sisters of the deceased. The automobile accident Saturday night is the first in Jersey County that has resulted in a fatality, a record that probable surpasses every other county in the state of Illinois.
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After her first husband Asa Norris's death Catherine married Henry Albert Shults who was born 2-4-1869, and died 12-31-1954.
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(1a) Henry Albert and Catherine (Wiesner) Norris Shults's son William Henry Shults was born 9-14-1914. He married Ethel M. Boomer. William Henry Shults died 11-6-1974. His wife remarried to Walter E. McGowen. His wife Ethel M. (Boomer) Shults McGowen, 82, died at 5:05 p.m. Friday, Aug. 23, 2002, at Jersey Community Hospital in Jerseyville. She was born Nov. 28, 1919, in Jersey County to Roy and Delia Ione (Gettings) Boomer. She married William Henry Shults Oct. 10, 1935, in Jerseyville. He died November 6, 1974. She married Walter E. McGowen Oct. 20, 1978, in Jerseyville. William and Ethel Mae (Boomer) Shults had 2 daughters-Patricia Louise Shults, and Shirley Shults.
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William Henry Shults's wife Ethel M. (Boomer) Shults McGowen's obituary - Ethel M. (Boomer) McGowen, 82, died at 5:05 p.m. Friday, Aug. 23, 2002, at Jersey Community Hospital in Jerseyville. She was born Nov. 28, 1919, in Jersey County to Roy and Delia Ione (Gettings) Boomer. She married William Henry Shults Oct. 10, 1935, in Jerseyville. He died in November 1974. She married Walter E. McGowen Oct. 20, 1978, in Jerseyville. He survives. A homemaker, she was a member of Peace United Church of Christ in Jerseyville.
In addition to her husband, surviving are a daughter and her husband, Pat and Jim Rench of Jerseyville; three stepsons and their wives, Gene and Becky McGowen of Brighton, Mike McGowen and Tim and Tonya McGowen, all of Jerseyville; four grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; six stepgreat-grandchildren; and four sisters and their husbands, Violet and Wilbert Fraley, Inez and Joe French, Naomi and Charles Webster, all of Jerseyville, and Eva McIntire of Rosewood Heights. Besides her parents and first husband, preceding her in death was a daughter, Shirley Schnieder. Visitation was from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at Gubser Funeral Home in Jerseyville, where services took place at 11 a.m. Tuesday. The Rev. Wilbur Cain officiated. Burial was at Oak Grove Cemetery in Jerseyville. Memorials may be made to Charity Christian Church Building Fund, Alzheimer's Disease Research or Peace United Church of Christ.
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Ethel M. (Boomer) Shults McGowen's husband Walter E. McGowen's mother Pearl M. (Russell) McGowen Gowling's obituary - Pearl M. Gowling, 87, of Jerseyville died April 16 at Greenwood Manor nursing home. She was born December 27, 1895 in Kansas, daughter of Reuben & Martha (Hand) Russell. Her husband, Lyman Gowling, died November 21, 1977 and she was also preceded in death by her first husband, Ed McGowen who died January 8, 1962. Surviving are 2 sons, Walter E. McGowen and Lawrence McGowen of Hardin; 3 daughters, Gladys Ames of Peoria, Opal Priest and Dorothy Timpe of Jerseyville; 9 grandchildren; 15 g-grandchildren; 3 g-g-grandchildren. Visitation was at Jacoby Brothers funeral home in Jerseyville. Funeral service was from Gospel Assembly church April 19 with Rev Clyde Shaw officiating. Burial was in Oak Grove cemetery.
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(1aa) William and Ethel Mae (Boomer) Shults's daughter Patricia Louise (Shults) Rench's obituary - Patricia Louise (Shults) Rench, 60, died at 9:10 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 9, 2003, at Jersey Community Hospital after a four-year fight with ovarian cancer. She was born Nov. 17, 1942, in Jerseyville to William H. Shults and Ethel Mae (Boomer) Shults McGowen. A 1960 graduate of Jersey Community High School, she began working at Rudolph's Department Store in Jerseyville, where she and her future husband both worked. After her marriage, she elected to stay home and care for her family. She enjoyed traveling, was an avid reader, reading a book a day, and especially enjoyed decorating, a hobby that was enhanced by assisting her daughter at the Red Rooster in Jerseyville.
She married James K. Rench Dec. 28, 1963, in Waterloo and they have shared and enjoyed 39 years of marriage. In addition to her husband, surviving are a daughter, Penny Rench of Jerseyville; a nephew and his wife, Robert and Bev Schneider of Jerseyville; and her mother-in-law, Lois Rench of Hillsboro. She was preceded in death by her parents and a sister, Shirley Schneider. Her burial was at Oak Grove Cemetery in Jerseyville.
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Patricia Louise (Shults) Rench's husband James K. Rench's father Earl "Barney" Rench's obituary - Died 09-07-1982. Earl "Barney" Rench, 58, of Hillsboro, formerly of Jerseyville died unexpectedly at 1:40 pm August 7 at the Hillsboro area hospital. Rench, who lived in Jerseyville from 1954-1975 was born January 6, 1924, south of Greenville, the son of Clifford & Myrtle (Hill) Rench. He married Lois M. (brown) Rench, April 20, 1949 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. He was a truck driver for the North Shore Central truck lines of Litchfield. Rench was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion in Hillsboro and a member of Teamsters Local 525, Alton. He was a veteran of WWII, serving in Italy. He is survived by his wife Lois, 3 sons, James of Jerseyville, Kevin and Mark of Hilsboro; 1 daughter Mrs. Sharon Young of Pana; 1 sister Iola Thacker of Greenville and 2 grandchildren, Penny Rench of Jerseyville - incomplete.
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(2aa) William and Ethel Mae (Boomer) Shults's daughter Shirley Shults is deceased. She died 6-18-1978 and is buried in Oak Grove Cemetery in Jerseyville, IL. She married Robert E. Schneider 10-10-1955 and they had a son Robert Schneider who is married to Bev and lives in Jerseyville, IL.
William Shults and his wife Ethel Mae are both buried in Oak Grove Cemetery in Jerseyville, IL.
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Catherine and Henry Albert Shults also had twin daughters who died in infancy, Marie Florence Shults and Maurita Fay Shults both born 7-20-1921 and both died at 9 months of age on the same day of pneumonia 4-23-1922. Henry Albert Shults and Catherine (Weisner) Norris Shults and their twin daughters and son and Catherine's daughters from her first marriage to Asa Norris are all buried in Oak Grove Cemetery in Jerseyville, IL.
(11) My grandfather Charles Kraushaar's half sister Lena Weisner was born in 1883 near Fieldon, English Township, Jersey County, IL. She died in 1943 in Jersey County, IL. She is buried at Gunterman Cemetery, Richwood Township, Jersey County, IL. She was the daughter of William and Julia (Albert) Kraushaar Weisner. She married George Devening 2-10-1903. He was the son of Frederick and Mary (Thurston) Devening. He was born 8-23-1880, Richwood Township, Jersey County, IL. He died 1-10-1936 in Jersey County, IL. George and Lena (Weisner) Devening had a son Pearl Devening, born 9-30-1906 near Fieldon, Jersey County, IL and died 6-6-1968 on his farm near Fieldon, Jersey County, IL. He married Agnes Bernice Goshorn born 5-4-1908 in Bluffdale, IL, died 6-25-1974 at St. John's Mercy Hospital in St. Louis, MO. She was the daughter of Nicholas and Gertrude (Combes) Goshorn. Pearl and Agnes (Goshorn) Devening had 3 children-Charles J. Devening of Tacoma, Wash, Lena Devening who married Henry Goeman of Fieldon, IL, and Joan Devening married Terry Irvin of Centralia, IL.
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George and Lena (Weisner) Devening's son Pearl Devening's obituary - Pearl Devening, 61 years, 8 months, 6 days, a farmer of the Fieldon area, was found dead at his home by a neighbor on June 6, 1968. Mr Devening's wife is a patient at Green Lawn Nursing Home in Jerseyville and he had been living alone. Visitation and services were from Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in Jerseyville. Rev. Leonard Todd, former pastor of Christ United Church of Christ in Fieldon, officiated and burial was in Gunterman cemetery in Richwood Township. Mr Devening was a son of the late George & Lena (Weisner) Devening, and was born in Jersey County September 30, 1906. Surviving are his wife, 1 son, sgt Charles J. Devening of Fayetteville, NC; 2 daughters, Mrs. Henry Goeman of Fieldon and Mrs. Paul W. Long, of Route 4, Jerseyville, and 10 grandchildren.
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Pearl Devening's wife Agnes Bernice (Goshorn) Devening's obituary - Agnes Bernice Devening, 66, of Fieldon died June 22, 1974 at St. John's Mercy Hospital. Born May 4, 1908 in Bluffdale she was the daughter of Nicholas & Gertrude (Combes) Goshorn. Her husband Pearl Devening died in 1968. Visitation and funeral were held at Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in Jerseyville. Rev. Leonard Todd officiated. Burial was in Gunterman cemetery. Survivors are 1 son, Charles Devening of Tacoma, Washington; 2 daughters, Mrs. Henry (Lena) Goeman of Fieldon and Mrs. Terry (Joan) Irvin of Centralia; 12 grandchilddren; 8 g-grandchildren and 1 brother William Goshorn of Summerville, SC. Her parents, husband, 2 brothers, and 2 sisters preceded her in death.
There are some related Kraushaar family members I have been unable to identify. I'm sure they are related to my mother, but I haven't been able to find the information to establish how they are related. I have listed their names below and what information I have about them.
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Lena Kraushaar born in 1903, died in 1936, married Andrew Hetzel 9-12-1922. She is buried in the Fieldon Cemetery in Richwood Township, Jersey County, IL.
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Lesnic Franklin Kraushaar born in 1894 in Jersey County, IL.
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Jane Kraushaar married Oscar Skates 11-5-1923 Jersey County, IL.
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Ruth Kraushaar married Charles C. Harmon 5-28-1928 in Jersey County, IL.
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Onice E. Kraushaar born in 1900, died in 1966, buried in Fieldon Cemetery, Richwood Township, Jersey County, IL.
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Betty J. Kraushaar died 4-13-1993. She is buried in Oak Grove Cemetery in Jerseyville, Jersey County, IL.
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Elma Kraushaar married Estel Myers 10-27-1959 in Jersey County, IL.
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Bonita Kraushaar graduated in 1949 from Jerseyville High School in Jerseyville, Jersey County, IL.
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