Wayne County
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DANIEL SMITH Civil War Veteran
Daniel Smith
son of John R. and Mary “Polly” (Myers) Smith, was born April 12, 1844.
He enlisted as a private in the Civil War of 1861, September 11th, 1862, at the
age of 18 years. Serving 2 years 9 months and was discharged at the close of
the war in 1865. He was a member of Co. D. 110th Ill. Volunteers. He fought in
the battles of Perryville, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge and Lookout Mountains where he was injured. Daniel was also a participant in the March with General Sherman
to the Sea. Unlike his father who was considered the biggest man in the county Daniel was small in stature as the picture below demonstrates. He weighed only
seventy-six pounds when he enlisted in the Civil War. Daniels favorite song was
“Marching Through Georgia” in later years he would ask a niece to play the song
on a old pump organ, and he would march around the room.
On October 7, 1867 Daniel was united in marriage to Mary Harshbarger the daughter of William and Emily (Brown) Harshbarger. The Harshbarger family links back to a Revolutionary War Hero Captain Oliver Brown and to a passenger on the Mayflower Degory Priest.
Mary Harshbarger Smith a Ruth Lemp Picture
3 Generations of Daniel Smith’s Descendants
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First Generation
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Born on 12 Apr 1844.
Religion: Baptist.
Occupation: Farmer.
Military Service: Civil War Private Co. D. 110th Il.
Died in Orel Township, Wayne County, Il. On 8 Mar 1927, he was 82.
Buried in Olive Branch Cemetery, Wayne City IL.
Death cert. #: 0960027 Orel Twp., Wayne Co. Il.
On 7 Oct 1867 when Daniel K. was 23, he married Mary M. HARSHBARGER3,2, daughter of William HARSHBARGER (1820-1894) & Emily J. BROWN (1824-1889).
Born on 8 Jan 1847 in Wayne County IL,.
Died in Arrington Twp., Wayne Co., IL on 20 Mar 1917, she was 70.
Buried in Olive Branch Cemetery, Wayne City IL.
Death cert. #: Death Cert# 0043349 Arrington Twp., Wayne Co. Il. OBIT
They had the following children:
2 i. Gregg (1868-1949)
Ellen, Born in 1870.
Died in 2 years 2 months 27 days on 18 Sep 1872, she was 2. Buried in Olive Branch Cemetery, Wayne Co. Il.
Emma2,
Born on 11 May 1873. Emma
Died in Orel Twp, Wayne County, Il. on 26 Jan 1945, she was 71.
Buried in Olive Branch Cemetery, Wayne Co. Il.
Death Cert# 0007663 Orel Twp., Wayne Co. Il.
3 iv. Dovie (1876-1934)
4 v. William Oscar (1879-1920)
5 vi. Sara (1882-)
6 vii. Grover K. (1885-1962)
7 viii. Adda (1888-1919)
8 ix. Roscoe Conklin (1891-1954)
Second Generation
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Gregg SMITH4, Born on 7 Jun 1868. Gregg
Died in McLeansboro, Hamilton Co. IL. on 25 Jan 1949, he was 80.
Buried in Olive Branch Cemetery, Wayne Co. Il.
Death cert. #: 0001554 Hamilton Co. IL. OBIT
On 5 Mar 1892 when Gregg was 23, he first married
Harriet DAILEY.
Born on 21 Jun 1872.
Died on 14 Jan 1914, she was 41.
Buried in Olive Branch Cemetery, Wayne Co. Il.
They had the following children:
i. Almon. Born on 25 Dec 1891.
Died on 2 Apr 1892 in Died at 6 months.
Buried in Olive Branch Cemetery, Wayne City IL.
9 ii. Laura Etta (1895-)
Mary Etta. Born on 30 Jul 1893.
Died on 25 May 1910, she was 16.
Buried in Olive Branch Cemetery, Wayne Co. Il.
iv. Dorothy Marie. Born on 14 May 1895. Dorothy Marie married Harvard BROWN.
v. Roman Frank. Born on 3 Aug 1901. Roman Frank died in Mar 1985, he was 83. Roman Frank married Hazel GARRISON.
10 vi. Noland Edward (1906-1979)
11 vii. Muriel Sylvia (1909-)
On 18 Aug 1917 when Gregg was 49, he second married Myrtle CLARK, daughter of Jevis John CLARK (1868-1964) & Adda Clara HALL, in Wayne City. Born on 1 Oct 1893 in Wayne City. Myrtle died in McLeansboro IL Hamilton County on 7 Mar 1989, she was 95.
They had the following children:
12 i. Juanita (1919-)
13 ii. Clyde Daniel (1927-)
Born on 18 Mar 1876.
Died on 9 May 1934, she was 58.
Buried Olive Branch Cemetery, Wayne Co., Il.
Dovie first married Layfayette McCOY5 Dovie second married
William Walter MAYBERRY.
Born in 1878. William Walter
Died in Orel Township, Wayne County, Il. on 12 Feb 1931, he was 53.
Buried in Olive Branch Cemetery, Wayne Co. Il.
Death Cert# 0960174 Orel Township, Wayne County, Illinois.
They had the following children:
14 i. Fred (1899-1982)
ii. Frank. Born on 26 Apr 1901. Frank died on 16 Aug 1974, he was 73. Frank married Viola KENNEDY5.
iii. Barney2. Born in 1904. Barney died in 1953, he was 49. Buried in Olive Branch Cemetery, Wayne City IL.
iv. Clyde R.2. Born in 1907. Clyde R. died in 1945, he was 38. Buried in Olive Branch Cemetery, Wayne City IL.
Born on 15 Aug 1879.
Died in Crouch Twp., Hamilton Co. Il on 17 Feb 1920, he was 40.
Buried in Olive Branch Cemetery, Wayne City IL.
Death Cert# 0006571 Crouch Twp., Hamilton County, Il.
On 26 Dec 1902 when William Oscar was 23, he married Daisy TROTTER7.8,6
Born on 28 Dec 1844.
Died on 1 Feb 1956, she was 111.
Buried in Olive Branch Cemetery, Wayne Co. Il.
They had the following children:
Vern7. Born abt 1904.
Grace7. Born
in 1905. Grace died in 1963, she was 58. Buried in Olive Branch Cemetery, Wayne County IL. Grace married Rosier PEER, son 
of A. Douglas Stephen PEER
(1861-1932) & Effie OSBORN (1859-1928). Born on 13
Aug 1906. Rosier died in Eldorado, Saline Co. Il. in Jan 1975, he was 68.
iii. Ruby7. Born in 1906. Buried in Olive Branch Cemetery, Wayne City IL. Ruby married Orville TURNER. Born in 1903. Orville died in 1972, he was 69. Buried in Olive Branch Cemetery, Wayne City IL.
iv. Mike7.
v. Rowan. Rowan married Nettie RICHARDS.
Born on 8 May 1917.
Died in Luxemburg, Germany on 21 Jan 1945, he was 27.
Buried in Olive Branch Cemetery, Wayne County IL.
Served in the military.
5. Sara SMITH, Born on 19 May 1882. Sara married Martin KINGSTON.
They had the following children:
i. Julia. Julia married Fred BRUCE.
ii. Marie. Marie married Bill HARLIN.
iii. Charley. Charley died in died as a teenager.
Grover K. SMITH9,10,7,11,12,
Born on 18 Feb 1885 in Wayne County, Illinois.
Died in Memorial Hospital, Wayne Co. IL on 20 Apr 1962, he was 77.
Buried on 22 Apr 1962 in Olive Branch Cemetery, Wayne Co. IL.
OBIT 1910 Census 1920 Census 1930 Census Family Pictures1 Family Pictures 2
On 12 Sep 1905 when Grover K. was 20, he first married Lochie JONES13,9,11,12,7, daughter of Isaac Newton (Squire) JONES (1860-1943) & Rozella ESTES (1858-1913), in Opdyke, Jefferson Co. IL.9
Born on 25 Sep 1888 in Jefferson Co. Opdyke, IL.
Died in Jefferson Memorial Hospital, Mt Vernon, Jefferson County, IL on 10 Apr 1954, she was 65.
Buried in Olive Branch Cemetery, Wayne City IL.. OBIT
They had the following children:
15 i. Sylvia Hazel (1906-1992)
16 ii. Daniel Kirby (1907-1988)
17 iii. Guy Raymond (1912-1982)
18 iv. Alma (1915-1991)
20 vi. Clay Isaac (1910-1945)
Grover K. second married Nigel PETTIJOHN.
Adda SMITH9,
Born on 26 Dec 1888 in Wayne City, Wayne County IL.
Died in Robertson, Crawford Co. Il on 26 Dec 1919, she was 31.
Buried in Olive Branch Cemetery, Wayne Co. Il.
Death Cert# 0043237 Crawford Co. Il.
Adda first married Walter R. JONES9, son of Isaac Newton (Squire) JONES (1860-1943) & Rozella ESTES (1858-1913).
Born on 24 Jul 1883.
Died on 17 Aug 1913, he was 30.
Buried in Olive Branch Cemetery, Wayne City IL.
Occupation: Farmer.
They had the following children:
21 i. Muriel Catherine (1910-2002)
22 ii. Dessie Bernice (1905-1995)
23 iii. Ethel Blanche (1908-1995)
24 iv. Howard (1912-1968)
On 29 Apr 1914 when Adda was 25, she second married Almon GOOD, son of William Hiram GOOD (1822-) & Esther RAWLING (-1906), in Wayne County, Illinois.
Born on 12 Aug 1873 in Wayne County, Illinois.
Died in Wayne County, Illinois on 17 Nov 1963, he was 90.
Buried in Olive Branch Cemetery, Wayne Co. IL.
They had the following children:
Leland (Almon)14. OBIT
Born in 1918.
Died in Pear Harbor aboard the Arizona on 7 Dec 1941, he was 23.
Buried in on the ship Arizona.
Occupation: Navy.
Read Leland’s Letters
George. Born in 1916. George died in 1919, he was 3.
Buried in Olive Branch Cemetery, Wayne City IL.
Rosco Conklin SMITH15,2,
Born on 5 Feb 1891 in Wayne County IL.
Died in Wayne County IL on 9 Nov 1954, he was 63.
Buried in Olive Branch Cemetery, Wayne Co. Il.
On 11 Jun 1911 when Rosco Conklin was 20, he married Nellie SHELL16,17,18,19,15, daughter of Marcus L SHELL (1857-1941) & Ellen Kitturie TERRY (1868-1908), in Wayne Co IL.
Born on 3 Mar 1894 in Wayne County, IL.
Died in Fairfield Memorial Hospital, IL on 30 Jan 1975, she was 80.20
Buried in Olive Branch Cemetery, Wayne County IL.
They had the following children:
25 i. Herman Eugene (1926-)
Goldia.
Born on 27 Apr 1912.
Died on 24 Apr 1983, she was 70.
Married Howard ROBINSON.
Born on 9 Apr 1908.
Died on 24 Apr 1983, he was 75.
Glen E.15.
Born on 21 May 1915 in Hamilton County, Illinois.
Died Wayne County on 4 Jan 2004, he was 88.
Buried 5 Jan 2004 in Olive Branch Cemetery, Wayne County, Il. Occupation: Farmer and Carpenter.
Religion: member Long Prairie Missionary Church.
Military Service: WWII.
On 8 Sep 1948 when Glen E. was 33, he married Elouise E. JONES15.
iv. Imogene. Born on 8 Jun 1921.Imogene married Glen JACKSON.
v. Lucille15. Born 3 Nov 1923.Lucille married Charles YOUNGBLOOD.
vi. Maxine15. Born 25 Nov 1917. Maxine first married Earl PILCHER.
Maxine second married Guy RAWLS.
1. OBITUARY, Daniel Smith, 3-23-1927.
Daniel Smith son of John R. and Mary Smith, was born April 12, 1844, and departed this life March 8, 1927, age 82 years, 10 months and 26 days. He enlisted as a private in the Civil War of 1861, September 11th, 1862, at the age of 18 years. Serving 2 years 9 months and was discharged at the close of the war in 1865. He was a member of Co. D. 110th Ill. Volunteers. He fought in the battles of Perryville, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge and Lookout Mountains and was in the March with General Sherman to the Sea. October 7, 1867, he was united in marriage to Mary Harshbarger, who preceded him in death March 20th 1917. To this union were born five girls and four boys, six of whom are still living: Gregg, Ellen, Emma, Dovie, Oscar, Sarah, Grover, Addie and Rose. Ellen, Addie and Oscar preceded him to death. He leaves to mourn their loss six children, thirty-six grandchildren and twenty great-grandchildren, besides many other relatives and a host of friends. Uncle Dan was a good neighbor a loving father and was loved by all who know him. He bore his sufferings with patience and expressed his willingness several times to go where he would be at rest. He was born and has lived in this community all his life and is known and respected by all and his advice to his children was to always do right.
A precious one from us is gone,
A voice we loved is stilled.
A place is vacant in our home
that never can be filled.
May we all meet him in heaven is our prayer. Funeral was conducted by Elder F. M. Lappin and internment in Olive Branch Cemetery
3-23-1927
2. 1910 IL Orel Twp. Wayne Co., sheet 12 b Ed 132.
line 76 272 / 293 Smith, Daniel
Daniel Head MW 66 M1 43y IL NC Tenn. Farmer
Mary A wife FW 64 M1 43y 9/8 Il Va. Va.
Emma daughter FW 35 S
Ross son MW 19 S
Mayberry Dovie daughter 32 M1 10 4/4 live
Barney Grandson 5 S
Clyde Grandson 3 S
3. Wayne County Record, April 5, 1917 p. 3 c.3, Fairfield.
SKILLET FORK NEWS
(Intended for last week)
Mrs. Dan Smith of Frog Island was buried last Tuesday. (Mary Harshbarger SMITH)
4. Times-Leader, February 3, 1949.
born June 7, 1868 died January 25 1949, in his home in McLeansboro; son of Daniel and Mary Harshbarger Smith. Lived in Ellis Mound and McLeansboro for past 13 years. Married Hattie Daily January 15 1914; 7 children 2 died infant son and Mary died at 16 leaves 5 children Mrs. Laura Ballard of Peoria, Mrs. Dorothy Brown of Gibson City, Mrs. Muriel Rich of Wayne City, Frank Smith, and Nolan Smith both of Wayne City, Married Myrtle Clark August 18, 1917 2 children Mrs. Juanita Murta and Clyde Daniel Smith.
5. Dorman Wright, SMITH FAMILY IN WAYNE COUNTY ILLINOIS.
6. Times, February 26, 1920.
Born August 15, 1879 died February 17, 1920 son of Daniel and Mary M. Smith 1 of 9 children; his sibs Gregg Allen is dead, Emma, Devoy (Dovie) Sarah, Grover, Addie is dead; Ross. Married Miss Daisy Trotter, December 26, 1902. 6 children Vern, Grace, Ruby, Mike, Rowan and Lowell interred at Olive Branch Legacy of Kin 1920-95 p.193
7. 1910 Census Orel Twp Wayne Co. Il. Ed132 10 A, t624 Roll 332 Page 305 dist 15
219/ 220 Smith
Oscar head 34 M1 7Y
Daisy Wife 25 M1 7y 4 /4
Vern son 6
Grace daughter 5
Ruby daughter 3
Mike son 6/12
Grover (Head) 25 married 1 4y farmer own farm
Lochie wife 21 M1 4y 2/2
Hazel daughter 3
Kirby son 2
9. Ruth Lemp, Descendants of Francesco Estes.
10. WAYNE COUNTY PRESS, APRIL 23, 1962 P. 7 C.3.
Grover K. Smith, 77, of Dahlgren, died at 12:30 p.m. Friday at Memorial Hospital. He was the father of Mrs. Alma Marshel and Mrs. Bonnie Rayburn, of Fairfield; and Kirby Smith, of Wayne City. Funeral services were held Sunday from the Olive Branch church, with Rev. H. H. Mayberry officiating. Internment was in the church cemetery. Richardson Funeral Home was in charge. He was born in Wayne County February 18th 1885, the son of Daniel and Mary Harshbarger Smith. In 1905 he married to Lochie Jones, who died in 1954. Later he married Nigel Pettijohn, who survives. In addition to his wife, he is survived by two sons; three daughters; two step-sons; one step-daughter; 30 grandchildren; and three step-grandchildren.
Times Leader
April 26, 1962
GROVER K. SMITH
Born February 18, 1885 Wayne County. Died April 20, 1960 Hospital in Fairfield; son of Daniel & Mary Harshbarger Smith. Married Lochie Jones September 1905 died 1954. Married Nigel Pettijohn. Leaves wife; 2 sons Kirby Smith of Wayne City Raymond Smith of Dahlgren; 3 daughters Mrs. Hazel Lane of Dahlgren, Mrs. Alma Marshel of Fairfield & Mrs. Bonnie Rayburn of Fairfield 2 step-sons Maurine Wayne Petttijohn of U. S. Army & David Lee Pettijohn of Pontiac. (see 1988-224 Kirby Smith) Legacy of Kin II p. 803 1962-175
11. 1920 Census Orel Twp., Wayne Co., Il., Roll T625-413 page 9b
Smith
Grover (Head) 34
Lochie wife 31
Silva H. daughter 13
Daniel son 12
Isaac son 9
Ray son 7
Alma daughter 4
Daniel (Head) 75
Emma daughter 46
Dovey daughter 43
Mayberry Ronnie grandson 15
12. 1930 Census Orel Twp. Wayne co. Il, Roll T626-567 page 3A
Smith
Grover (Head) 45
Lochie wife 41
Clay son 20
Raymon son 17
Alma daughter 14
Bonnie daughter 4
Jones Isaac N. (father in law) 69
13. Obituary, 7-15-1954.
Lochie Smith, County Resident, Died at age 65
Funeral services are to be today at 2 p.m. from the Olive Branch Missionary Baptist Church for Mrs. Lochie Smith, 65, a Wayne County resident who died at 1 p.m. Saturday in Jefferson Memorial Hospital in Mt. Vernon. The Rev. H. H. Mayberry will officiate, assisted by the Rev. Oakley Miller. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The daughter of I. N. and Rosella (Estes) Jones, she was born in Jefferson County September 25, 1889. She married to Grover Smith and the couple had five children. Survivors besides her husband are two sons, Kirby Smith of Wayne City and Raymond Smith of Dahlgren, three daughters, Hazel Lane of Dahlgren, Alma Marshall of Fairfield and Bonnie Rayburn of Wayne City; four brothers, Guy Jones and Herman Jones of Harvey, J. L. Jones of Chicago and C. E. Jones of Henrick: one sister Mrs. C. R. Austin of Harvey; 26 grandchildren and five great grandchildren. A son Clay Smith preceded her in death. Mrs. Smith spent most of her life in Orel Township. She was a member of the Olive Branch Church. The body remained at Richardson Chapel in Wayne City until the funeral hour.
OBITUARY
Lochie Smith, the daughter of I. M. and Rozella (Estes) Jones, was born near Opdyke, Jefferson County Illinois. She departed this life July 10, 1954 at Jefferson Memorial Hospital, Mt. Vernon, IL. at age 65 years, nine months and fifteen days. She was united in marriage to Grover Smith, September 12, 1905, to this union six children were born. She is survived by her husband, three daughters and two sons. The children are Hazel Lane, Dahlgren, Alma Marshel, Fairfield; Bonnie Rayburn, Wayne City; Kirby Smith, Wayne City; Raymond Smith, Dahlgren. Also surviving are one sister and four brothers. Edna Austin and Guy Jones, Harvey; J. L. Jones, Chicago; Carl Jones, Henrick, and Herman Jones, Harvey. Also 25 grandchildren, one step grandchild, three great grandchildren and many other relatives and friends. One grandson, Gene Lane, is in the U. S. Air Force in Germany. Preceding her in death were her father and mother, one son, Clay Smith, two brothers, Walter and Warner Jones, and one great grandchild Randall Leroy Rayburn. She professed faith in Christ at an early age and joined Olive Branch Missionary Baptist Church where she remained a faithful member. She always liked to attend church but due to failing health in the last years of her life she was unable to do so. She enjoyed good health until the last few years, when she became ill. All was done for her that medical science and loving hands could do. She was a loving wife and mother and had many friends. She will be sadly missed by her loved ones and friends, for to know her was to love her.
14. RECORD, UNKNOWN 1941.
OFFICIAL NAVY CASUALTY LIST
FIRST LIST OF WAR RELEASED MONDAY NAMES LELAND GOOD
Leland Good, Wayne City, was among the first total of 142 Illinois youth killed in the war. He was named Monday night by the War Department in its first official casualty list of the war. Next of kin was notified after Good was killed while serving his country and the incident was reported by this newspaper. This week the Navy Department listed officially for the first time, the Illinois casualties which include all actions since Pearl Harbor. Good was a first-class seaman. (Served on the Arizona)
15. REGISTER-NEWS ONLINE, Monday January 5, 2004.
Glen E. Smith, 88, of Route 1, Wayne City, died 3:03 a.m. January 4, 2004, at Fairfield Memorial Hospital. He was a retired farmer and carpenter. He was born May 21, 1915, in Hamilton County, he was a son of Ross and Nellie (Shell) Smith. He married Louise Jones on September 8, 1948 and she survives in Wayne City. Services will be held 1 p.m. Tuesday at Richardson Funeral Home in Wayne City with Rev. Leland Gaienany officiating. Burial will be in Olive Branch Cemetery. Mr. Smith was a member of the Long Prairie Missionary Church, the Fairfield VFW and the Fairfield American Legion. He was a veteran of World War II. In addition to his wife, survivors include a brother Herman Smith and two sisters, Maxine Pelcher and Lucille Youngblood, all of Wayne City.
16. Wayne County Press, 1974.
Mrs. Nellie Smith, 80 of Keens, died at 12.55 p.m. Thursday at Fairfield Memorial Hospital. Funeral services were held at 2p.m. today at the Richardson Funeral Chapel in Wayne City. Burial will be in Olive Branch Cemetery. Mrs. Smith was born in Wayne County on March 3, 1894, the daughter of Marcus and Ellen (Terry? Cary) Shell. In 1911 she married Ross (Roscoe) Smith, who proceeded her in death in 1954. Survivors include two sons Glen and Herman Smith both of Wayne city; four daughters Mrs. Golda Robertson, Mrs. Maxine Pilcher, Mrs. Lucille Youngblood, all of Wayne City and Mrs. Imogene (Jackie) Mordic, Fairfield; eight grandchildren and three great grandchildren; two brothers, Bernie Shell Mt. Vernon. Floyd Shell, McLeansboro; one sister Junie Shell, Wayne City; two half brothers Raymond Shell and Roy Shell both of Muncie Indiana; and two half sisters, Mrs. Bertha Preist, Carmi and Mrs. Esther Favors, Muncie Indiana.
Additional Information;
Born on 8 Aug 1820 in Laurence County, Ohio.
Died in Wayne Co IL on 31 May 1894, he was 73.
Buried in Mt. Zion (Farnsworth) Cemetery.
Occupation: Deacon, Long Prairie Baptist Church, Wayne County, Illinois.
On 5 Aug 1841 when William was 20, he first married Emily J. BROWN daughter of George BROWN (1792-1828) & Lucy Minerva GILLET (1804-1892), in Ironton, Lawrence County, OH.
Born on 16 Jul 1824 in Lawrence Co. Ohio.
Died in Wayne County IL, on 3 Aug 1889, she was 65.
Buried in Zion (Farnsworth) Cemetery.
TIMES, February 11, 1932.
Died February 3, 1932 home in Northern part of Hamilton County, brother to Abram Peer who married Elizabeth Gammon. Interred I. O. O. F. McLeansboro. (death Certificate Hamilton Co. Bk. 4, no 5519, born May 3, 1861 in Illinois; son of Abram and Elizabeth Gibson; married Effie Peer) Legacy of Kin p. 324 1932-122
TIMES, August 30, 1928.
Born June 18 1859, Jefferson Co. Il. Died August 6, 1928, home in Ellis Mound; daughter of Volony & Elizabeth Osborn. Married Douglas Peer December 26, 1886 of Ellis Mound 8 children Ruth is dead. 7 survive; Dr. Homer Peer of Urbana; Bessie Peer of Ellis Mound; Mrs. Minnie Nunley & Gertie Hargeraves of East St. Louis; Grace, Rosier & Hobart, at home. Interred I.O.O.F. McLeansboro
Legacy of Kin p. 278 1928-84
Wayne County Press, July 31, 1913 p1, Fairfield.
died about 1:30 Sunday afternoon after an illness of several months with dropsy and enlargement of the liver. She was buried in Opdyke, Tuesday. The Rebecas conducted their services at the home Monday afternoon while the M. P. L. held theirs at the cemetery. The funeral service was conducted by Elder W. A. Mayberry. None of Mrs. Jones sons reached here before her death. Walter and Jacob of Paxton and Guy of Chicago came Sunday night and Carl arrived from Prophetstown Monday night.
Register News, June 1,.
ISAAC N. JONES, WAYNE CITY, DIES
(Special to the Register-News)
Wayne City, IL. June 1, 1943
Isaac N. (Squire) Jones, 82, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Grover Smith, six miles south of Wayne City, Monday afternoon. Funeral services will be held at Olive Branch Church at 2 p.m. and burial will follow in the Opdyke Cemetery.
Mr. Jones a retired farmer and Carpenter, spent most of his life in the vicinity of Wayne City. The body will be brought to his daughter’s home where friends may call up until the time of the funeral hour. Mr. Jones is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Grover Smith of Wayne City and Mrs. Charles Austin of Harvey, ILL.; and four sons Guy of Harvey, ILL. Jake of Chicago, Carl of Herrick, ILL and Herman who is somewhere oversees with the U. S. Army.
Civil War Private Co. D. 110th Il. Illinois Civil War detail Report. "Daniel Smith, Pvt Co. G 110 Il US Inf
Personal Characteristics
Residence Wayne Co., Il Age 18 Height 5' 41/2" Hair Light Eyes Black Complex fair marital status Single Occupation Farmer
Service Record
Joined Aug 13, 1862 Where Wayne Co., Il. By Whom Cpt. Day period 3 years Mustered in Sept 11, 1862 Where Camp Anna, Il.
Mustered out June 6, 1865 Where Washington, DC by Lt. Scroggs.".
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