Re: Clay county lynching
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Clay county lynching
Donald Osborne 3/09/02
Maybe this would also be the explaination for a missing gggreat grandfather that we can't seem to locate any information on at all.It is like he dropped off the face of the earth or something.His name was Merrell Wheat, Sr. and he was the father of Merrill Wheat, Jr.Merrill Jr.'s mother was Martha Carter Persinger and we can find no record of a marriage between Martha and Merrell Sr. anywhere.We have no information at all on Sr.Merrill Wheat, Jr. was raised by his Aunt Fanny Brooks,which is also a mystery.His grandmother was Sarah Carter, who married William Brooks, Jr.They were in the Ingraham and Bible Grove, Clay County, IL areas.What year does this "legendary lynching" happen?Curious..............
Teresa Dix
distant granddaughter of Clay Co., IL relatives