Selected Families and Individuals


Alvie F. Hunt was born in 1885. He died in 1930. He was buried in Indian Point Cem., Menard Co., IL. He married Lottie Kathleen (Kate) Eden about 1910.

Lottie Kathleen (Kate) Eden [Parents] was born on 9 Jul 1883 in KY.. She died on 12 Nov 1953 in TX. The cause of death was cancer of the bowel, diffuse. She was buried in Indian Point Cem., Menard Co., IL. She married Alvie F. Hunt about 1910.

Living in Athens, IL at time ofher father's death; widow at time of death.
Have her death certificate and obituary


Alfred E. Jones was born about 1889 in KY. He married Margret T. Eden about 1910.

Living in Menard Co., IL on 1920 census at ED 92, p. 3

Margret T. Eden [Parents] was born in Jun 1886 in KY.. She died before 1968. She married Alfred E. Jones about 1910.

Listed on the 1930 census in Athens, Menard Co., IL, ED 65, p. 5
Living in Athens, IL at time of both parents' deaths; in Ohio at death of
sister Kate

They had the following children:

  M i Brode B. Jones was born about 1912 in IL.
  F ii Helen G. Jones was born about 1914 in IL.
  M iii Louis M. Jones was born about 1915 in IL.
  M iv Eric E. Jones was born about 1917 in IL.
  M v Alfred T. Jones was born about 1920 in IL.
  M vi Joseph H. Jones was born about 1922 in IL.
  M vii Robert T. Jones was born about 1927 in IL.
  F viii Pansy L. Jones was born about 1929 in IL.

Albert Joseph Eden [Parents] [scrapbook] "Ab" was born 1 on 1 Nov 1891 in Grange City, Fleming Co., KY. He died on 10 Feb 1971 in Athens, Menard Co., IL. He was buried on 11 Feb 1971 in Hall Cemetery, Athens, IL. He married Edith Pearl Hayden on 10 Oct 1917 in Menard Co. IL. Albert was employed as coal miner.

Information on Albert J. Eden and family provded by his son John R. Eden in 2011(resides in Petersburg IL)
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Died at 10:30 a.m. at Americana Nursing Center in Athens. Obit appears in
Illinois State Journal, Springfield, Thurs., Feb. 11, 1971

Edith Pearl Hayden was born on 28 Sep 1896 in near Indian Point, IL. She died on 7 Apr 1976 in Springfield, IL. She was buried on 9 Apr 1976 in Hall Cemetery, Athens, IL. She married Albert Joseph Eden on 10 Oct 1917 in Menard Co. IL.

Mott & Henning Funeral Home, Athens, IL conducted services - have obit.

They had the following children:

  M i Albert Glen Eden was born on 19 Apr 1918. He died on 26 Jun 2003.
  M ii Charles William Eden was born on 11 Apr 1919. He died on 18 Jul 2005.
  M iii Eugene Edward Eden was born on 3 Nov 1920. He died on 24 Aug 1998.
  M iv Robert Lee Eden was born on 20 Dec 1923. He died on 14 May 2011.
  M v John Richard Eden was born on 22 Nov 1933.
  M vi Floyd Owen Eden was born on 9 Oct 1937.

Ernest Simpson Eden [Parents] [scrapbook] was born 1 on 27 Jun 1894 in Fleming Co., KY. He died 2 on 15 Dec 1968 in Springfield, Sangamon Co., IL. He was buried on 17 Dec 1968 in Hall Cem., Athens, Menard Co., IL. He married 3 Mildred Marie Pierceall on 30 Mar 1918 in Menard Co., IL. Ernest was employed as carpenter.

Have his death certificate

Mildred Marie Pierceall was born on 19 Dec 1899. She died in Feb 1979 in Athens, Menard Co., IL. She married 1 Ernest Simpson Eden on 30 Mar 1918 in Menard Co., IL.

They had the following children:

  M i Emory M. Eden was born on 9 Dec 1919. He died in Dec 1978 in Hennepin, Putnam Co., IL.

Living in Hennipen, IL in 1968 at time of father's death
  M ii H. William Eden was born about 1923 in IL.
  M iii James E. Eden was born about 1926 in IL.

Living in Marion, IL in 1968 at father's death
  F iv Betty Eden.

Emmett E. Armstrong was born 1 on 1 Oct 1888 in Hillsboro, KY. He died on 8 Feb 1975 in San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX. He was buried in Waverly East Cem., Waverly, IL. He married 2 Willa Mae Eden on 13 Jan 1920 in Springfield, Sangamon Co., IL.

Listed on the 1930 census at Petersburg, Menard co., IL, ED 65, p. 7B

Willa Mae Eden [Parents] was born on 22 Jul 1897 in Grange City, KY. She died on 8 Oct 1966. She was buried in Waverly East Cem., Waverly, IL. She married 1 Emmett E. Armstrong on 13 Jan 1920 in Springfield, Sangamon Co., IL.

Living in Waverly, IL at her sister Kate's death

They had the following children:

  M i Homer L. Armstrong was born about 1921 in Iowa.

Living in San Antonio, TX in 1975 at time of father's death.
  M ii Carl E. Armstrong was born about 1923 in IL.

Living in Wood River, IL in 1975 at time of father's death.
  M iii Earl E. Armstrong was born about 1926 in IL.

Living in Mesquite, TX in 1975 at his father's death

Moses Snedigar was born in 1805 in KY.. He died after 1880. He married Janetta Gregory on 24 Dec 1873 in Bath Co., KY.

Other marriages:
Trumbo, Elizabeth

Listed on the 1880 census of Wyoming, Bath Co., KY, p. 274A

Janetta Gregory [Parents] was born about 1833 in KY. She died after 1880. She married Moses Snedigar on 24 Dec 1873 in Bath Co., KY.

They had the following children:

  M i Elias Snedigar was born on 31 Jan 1875. He was buried in family graveyard on White Oak Creek, Bath Co., KY.

Thomas H. Bennett was born on 9 Jun 1810 in Bradford Co., PA. He died on 12 Jun 1888 in Menard Co., IL. He was buried in Old West Cem., Athens, IL. He married Viana (Vian) Johnson on 28 Aug 1849 in Bath Co., KY.

Appear on the 1880 census of Menard Co., IL. Twnsp 17N, R7W, 3rd PM
Tombstone indicates "Co 1, KY Cavalry"

Viana (Vian) Johnson [Parents] was born on 30 Jan 1827. She died on 13 Jan 1908 in Athens, Menard Co., IL. She was buried on 15 Jan 1908 in Old West Cem, Athens, IL. She married Thomas H. Bennett on 28 Aug 1849 in Bath Co., KY.

Cause of death: dropsy (cardiac). Have death certificate and obituary.
Funeral at 11 o'clock at the Methodist Church. Rev. George Edds of
Petersburg, IL. officiated. (Illinois State Journal, Jan. 15, 1908)

They had the following children:

  M i John Emerson Bennett was born in Jul 1850. He died on 14 Aug 1936.
  M ii William Riley Bennett was born on 1 Feb 1853. He died on 26 May 1922.
  M iii Samuel Marshall Bennett was born in 1857. He died on 19 May 1934.
  M iv Jesse Bennett was born about 1860 in KY..
  F v Mary Bennett was born about 1860 in KY.

Living in Owingsville, Bath Co., KY on 1860 census - living next door to
Vian's mother and stepfather.
  M vi James Thomas Bennett was born on 22 Dec 1862. He died on 8 Sep 1941.
  M vii Curran M. Bennett was born about 1866. He died on 19 Jul 1927.

Samuel Crain [Parents] was born in 1816 in KY. He died 1 on 17 Jan 1887 in Wyoming, Bath Co., KY. He married Sarah Johnson on 25 Nov 1836 in Bath Co., KY.

Listed on the 1860 census at Owingsville, Bath Co., KY, p. 65 - all children at home except son John
Listed on the 1880 census at Wyoming, Bath Co., KY p. 278

Sarah Johnson [Parents] was born about 1820 in KY. She died after 1890. She married Samuel Crain on 25 Nov 1836 in Bath Co., KY.

Sarah was alive on the Special Veterans 1890 Census in Wyoming, Bath Co., KY

They had the following children:

  F i Elizabeth R. Crain was born about 1838 in KY.
  M ii John T. Crain was born on 1 Nov 1839. He died on 4 Jan 1905.
  F iii Sarah Jane Crain was born on 20 Apr 1844. She died on 10 Jul 1890.
  F iv Viann Isabelle Crain was born about 1848. She died after 1880.

James Crain.

He had the following children:

  M i Samuel Crain was born in 1816. He died on 17 Jan 1887.

John Emerson Bennett [Parents] was born in Jul 1850 in KY. He died on 14 Aug 1936. He was buried in Oak Hill Cem., Buckhart, IL. He married Belle Amanda Crain in 1875 in Ohio. John was employed as insurance.

Listed on 1880 census at Cooper, Sangamon Co., IL, p. 280
Residing in Breckinridge, IL in 1908 according to his mother's will.
Residing in Cooper Twp., Sangamon Co. on 1900 census of IL
Obit says he came to IL at age 30 and 5 years later married Belle Crain of
Fleming Co., KY

Belle Amanda Crain [Parents] was born on 24 Jul 1855 in Flemingsburg, Fleming Co., KY. She died on 30 Mar 1941 in Breckinridge, IL. She was buried in Oak Hill Cem, Buckhart, Sangamon Co., IL. She married John Emerson Bennett in 1875 in Ohio.

They had the following children:

  F i Lula Bennett was born about 1877. She died on 30 Dec 1952.
  F ii Nora Bennett was born about 1879 in IL.
  F iii Stella Bennett was born in Apr 1884. She died on 4 Dec 1972.
  F iv Myrtle Bennett was born in Feb 1886 in IL.
  M v Thomas G. Bennett was born in May 1888 in IL.
  F vi Bonnie Bennett was born in Aug 1889 in IL.

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