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The Familytomb is a genealogy site dedicated to the history of the Behen, Ash, Dillon, Lambeth,Sappington,Fitzjerrell,Bryant,Hays and Allied families.
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Unknown Ash Photos
he two photos were stored with photos of Elijah and Mary nee Wallis Ash’s children Sylvester and Jesse. I think these may be photo’s of the other two sons Jackson and Elijah Jr. and their wife’s. Jackson married Nancy Gunn and...
Unknown Photo Thursday
This photo is one of the unlabeled photos given to me by members of the Ash family. Shipler Photography took the photo in Salt Lake City, UT. Shipler’s was in business as early as 1890 in Salt Lake City and continued in business for several de...
Unknown Photos
As with most families we all have our share of unlabeled photographs. Genealogist all know how frustrating this can be and a near impossible problem to fix, especially when dealing with photos from the 1880’s. Needless to say anyone who could ide...
Cass/Bluegrass Cemetery
As promised here is the report from the Cass/Bluegrass Cemetery in Montgomery County, IL. The Cass Cemetery is located on private property and deep in the woods. The cemetery is a good ½ to ¾ of a mile hike, it is very overgrown and many of the...
Ash’s to Ash’s
We just returned from Montgomery County, Illinois where we revisited two family cemeteries. Three years ago we visited the Roberts Cemetery just outside of Honey Bend, IL and the Cass/Bluegrass Cemetery. When we last visi...
Nancy and Richard Sappington
I went to the New Salem Baptist Church and Cemetery yesterday to see the Sappington graves. It is quite ironic my family is buried there since I have driven past the church and cemetery hundreds of times never thinking I had family buried ...
Alfred G. Dillon-History
From the: 1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co pg 546 Alfred G. Dillon, farmer and stockman, proprietor of a splendid farm of 280 acres in Windsor Township, Henry County, is a member of one of the old pioneer families ...
