Re: MARY A< (CARUTHERS / CROTHERS / CARRUTHERS) WALKER
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MARY A< (CARUTHERS / CROTHERS / CARRUTHERS) WALKER
James Keltz, Sr. 1/20/12
Perhaps we can share information.
I need to identify a "foster child" of James Madison and Betsy Highsmith who lived in Crawford County, IL.James was born in 1851 and died in 1926.In his obituary, it lists a foster child they had raised from infancy - Mrs. Allen Carruthers.
My gg grandmother, Martha Ellen Cox Thomas, born in Crawford County in 1854, became the guardian of Ahijah Highsmith in 1858 - after her father's death.
I believe that she had an illegitimate child in 1880 and that this may have been the girl who grew up to be Mrs. Allen Carruthers.
I'm happy to share any information that I have.Thanks.
Susie Jernigan
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