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From: "Ruth Ragsdale" <>
Subject: Re: [ILKNOX-L] Death or Cemetery Lookup--Samuel VIRTUE in Abingdon
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 14:38:20 +0100


Deaths in Knox County are not recorded before 1878 and there is no gravestone listing in

Cedar township for Samuel Virtue

Ruth
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>From: "Sydney H. Stephens" <>
>To:
>Subject: [ILKNOX-L] Death or Cemetery Lookup--Samuel VIRTUE in Abingdon
>Date: Mon, Aug 13, 2001, 3:26 PM
>

>Hi List,
>
>I am trying to find a death record, cemetery record, and/or obituary for
>Samuel VIRTUE who was born about 1785 in (Donegal?), Ireland. He may be the
>subject of the following news article:
>
>>From Knoxville Journal, Tuesday, 1 October 1850:
> Married on the 22nd, by Elkanah Moore, Esq., Mr. Samuel Virtue to Mrs.
>Rebecca Rambo, all of Brush Creek Precinct. We are informed the happy
>couple are over 70 yrs. of age and have been married three times. (Knox
>Co. Illinois Gen. Society Quarterly, Vol 7, p77)
> [Rebecca NEWTON Rambo was born about 1780 and was previously married to
>Joseph RAMBO.]
>
>The lastest census that I can find for Samuel VIRTUE is 1860 where he was
>living with his son, John VIRTUE, and his family in the City of Abingdon on
>31 July 1860. Samuel was about 78 years old then, so I assume that he died
>within a few years of the census.
>
>Is there someone on the list with a death or cemetery index that can help
>me? I would like to order a copy of his obit, but need the death date
>first.
>
>Also would like to check church records. His children were members of the
>M.E. Church. Is/was there a M.E. Church in Abingdon? I found the
>following, but wasn't sure if it is the right church:
>
>United Methodist Church-Abingdon,
>401 North Washington Street, Abingdon, IL 61410
>(309) 462-3444
>
>Thanks very much for your help!
>
>Sydney Stephens
>Washougal, WA
>
>
>
>

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