Re: Elizabeth Jenkins-Coles County, IL
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Elizabeth Jenkins-Coles County, IL
Barth Jenkins 10/30/09
Not answers to your questions, but maybe of interest:
From The History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas, Pulaski, Phelps and Dent Counties, Missouri, published by The Goodspeed Publishing Co. in 1889
Marshfield, The County Seat
The ilibberd House, owned by L. S. Campbell, was burned in October, 1879, and on November 13 Johnson’s livery stable and J. S. McQuerter’s dwelling were destroyed. Later, that month, Timothy O’Calah an’s dwelling, three miles out on the Hazelwood road, was destroyed, and in February, 1880, Mrs. Crossley’s dwelling was burned.
The fire of September 12, 1882, originated in Mrs. Crossley’s restaurant, and resulted in the destruction of an entire block