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Note for: James Thompson, - Index

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SOURCE: (1) Family Group Record of John Lincoln and Harriet Hulse
provided by Larry Rettinger, 9208 Robins Nest Lane, Austin, TX 78729.
(2) IGI, 1988 Edition, Version 2.16, CD ROM examined at Allen Co Library,
Ft Wayne, IN.

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Note for: Issac Lincoln, 24 OCT 1691 - 15 JAN 1771 Index

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SOURCE: (1) "Genealogical Dictionary of New England," Savage, James,
Vol III. Genealogical Publishing 1969.
MARRIAGES: (1) The Lincoln Kinsman. Bound Volumes 1-39 July 1938
through December 1941. Vol 1. Examined at the Allen County Public
Library, Fort Wayne, indiana.

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Note for: Seth Athey Sommerville, 22 JUN 1893 - 1987 Index

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     Seth married Rose Bonnie Fultz on Jun 22, 1915 and they had three children Beatrice (b. Nov 19, 1915), Josephine (b. Nov 29, 1917), and Leona (b. 1919). I have talked to Josephine and Leona and their nephews Ralph Frank and Carolyn Phillips. It seems that after Rose and Seth were married, they moved to Ottumwa and later Keokuk. Seth and Bonnie were divorced about six years later and Josephine went to live with her uncle George F Sommerville in Keosauqua. During this time Seth worked as a barker for Barium and Baileys circus. He also took up bootlegging for a living and because of this ended up in jail a couple of times. Bonnie was also living the wild and dangerous life in Chicago. She was the girl friend of a Chicago gangland mobster. When Josephine was about 9 years old, the two oldest children went to live with their father in Detroit for a year. By this time Seth had temporarily cleaned up his act. A year later the girls ended up back with their mother in Detroit. During the time Josephine was being cared for by George Sommerville, Josephine and Virginia Pickett, who were cousins, used to play together and spend the night together when they were girls.

Seth attended Geo. Sommerville's funeral in 1977 and was living in Atlanta GA at the time. He was living in Marshalltown in 1917 and living in Des Moines in 1918. He moved to Atlanta after the death of Claira in 1935 and married Mertis in 1936.

Indexed as Sat A. Summerville
Polk Co., Iowa
Des Moines Township
Des Moines City
Ward of City : 3 '
19th of January 1920
Enumeration District : 114
Page : 119
Sheet: 13 B
Ancestry Image : 26
819 Seventh Street
60 115 Summerville, Seth A. Head R M W 25 M IA VA VA Dishwasher Soda Fountain
        Rose Wi
        Beatrice Dau F W 4 2/
        Josephine Dau F W 2 3/12 S IA IA IA

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Note for: Sarah Lincoln, 29 JUL 1694 - 7 JUL 1754 Index

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SOURCE: (1)IGI 1984, Massachusetts
DEATH DATE & MARRIAGE: (1) The Lincoln Kinsman. Bound Volumes 1-39
July 1938 through December 1941. Vol 1. Examined at the Allen County
Public Library, Fort Wayne, indiana.

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Note for: (unknown) Mueler, - Index

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This guy showed up on Dad's note.
This couple stayed in Germany.

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Note for: William Campbell, 7 JAN 1793 - 14 SEP 1859 Index

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Birth date and place derived from Lavina Campbell obit and grave marker age along with John McCabe book.

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Note for: William Spurgeon Bunch, AUG 1887 - MAY 1937 Index

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Murdered in Huntsville Al.

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Note for: Crete Sommerville, 27 MAY 1897 - 10 SEP 1899 Index

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Her grave marker dates are May 1897 - Sep 1899.

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Note for: Charles Morrison, 25 MAY 1858 - 1939 Index

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There is an obit for Charles Morrison

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Note for: J Raymond Smith, - Index

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Lived in Parsons KA it says in Lorin Smith Obit

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Note for: Earl H Smith, - Index

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Lived in San Antonio, TX it says in Lorin Smith Obit.

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Note for: Zula Smith, - Index

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Lived in Centralia, IL according to Lorin Smith Obit.

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Note for: James Pickett, 13 OCT 1817 - 16 DEC 1902 Index

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In any case James Pickett married Belinda Cooley , whose father Asahel Cooley deeded 100 acres of land to the young couple, on Dec 21, 1840. They built a house on this property and farmed the land. The house is still there in Van Buren Co near Cantril, IA and was known as "The Old Pickett Place". It was purchased for $1.25 an acre and was sold after the death of Leroy S. Pickett in 1915.

James Pickett served in the Mexican War and in the Civil War. He and son Asahel enlisted in the 2nd Iowa Infantry on May 1, 1861 and some time later James was promoted to the rank of Wagoner. In March of 1862 the 2nd fought bravely at the Battle of Shiloh and later at the siege of Corinth. James was wounded in one of these battles and discharged from the military for a disability on Sep 30, 1862. Asahel fought on until the end of the War.

James and Belinda had four children: Asahel Cooley Pickett born in 1842, married in 1866 to Sarah Emily Friend, James McKendree Pickett born in 1847 and married on Aug 23, 1877 to Elvira Sarah Willson, Leroy Samuel Pickett born in 1844, never married, and Josephine Pickett born in 1859, married nee Bushong. James and Belinda along with their two children, Asahel and Leroy, moved to Van Buren, Co, Iowa from Athens Co, Ohio in 1844.
In 1855, James, Belinda, Asahel, Young James, and Leroy, crossed the plains to California in a Covered Wagon. The trip took 6 months. After a year in California, Belinda and the children were to return to Iowa on a ship called the "Yankee Blade" which sailed out of San Francisco. However, they were shipwrecked near Santa Barbara and lost everything they had, including a bag of gold worth $1,000. Later they tried the trip again, and this time were successful. Josephine was born after their safe return to Iowa in 1859.

Obit in the Keosauqua Democrat

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Note for: Rose Marie Fultz, 24 JUL 1898 - Index

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Known as Bonnie.
Could have been born in Harpers Ferry.

Living in Des Moines at the time of her father's death

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Note for: Belinda Cooley, 16 SEP 1823 - 17 MAY 1898 Index

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There is a diary of Belinda's trip West. There are also pictures of her. The birth and death dates come from the photos of her. According to the Paul Pickett letter, Belinda is desended from Benj. Cooley III 1617 - Aug 17, 1684 married Sarah Colton at Springfield Mass.

James and Belinda settled in Van Buren Co, IA on Sep 17, 1845 after the immigration from Athens Co, OH. They lived in Jackson TWP and belonged to the Methodist Church. Their political persausion was Whig and Democrat.

Obit in the Keosauqua State Line Democrat.