Having gone down the rabbit hole that is ancestry.com over the last year I have accumulated a mountain of information about those that came before me. This is where all that information will be shared.
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Lucy Tetterton
Lucille Tetterton Hoots was my 3x great grandmother. Her daughter Maude Hoots Thompson/Eken was the mother of my great grandmother, Margaret Thompson Myers/Hounihan who was the mother of my paternal grandmother, Clema Myers Starr. Lucy was born 26 July 1860 in Alsey, Illinois. Alsey is in Scott County. It is 22 miles southwest of Jacksonville,……
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The Harmons- Keokuk Pioneers
John Harmon John Harmon, Chris’s 4x great grandfather died 12 Jul 1893 in Keokuk, Iowa. His obituary tells the tale: Death of a Pioneer – ObituaryDAILY GATE CITYThe Venerable John Harmon is called to his reward.Another of Keokuk’s venerable citizens has been called to his reward. John Harmon died at 3:30 o’clock yesterday morning at……
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Keokuk and Kahoka graves
Leroy Harmon and Emma (Lowder) Harmon – 3x great grandparents – parents of Alice (Harmon) Kelly (wife of Lorenzo Kelly)- son Freeman “Lee Kelly”- father of Henry Kelly and John Harmon, father of Leroy – 4x great grandfather Graves in Buena Vista Mound Cemetery in Keokuk, Iowa = 40°23’16.5″N 91°26’40.5″W off Valley Rd by the……