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From: "Linda Laffey" <>
Subject: Re: [ILWABASH] Coffee Cemetery
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 15:24:07 -0500
In-Reply-To: <004801c77c75$11912050$6901a8c0@T43Thinkpad>


Scott,
Thanks so much for your help. That Laura A. Fisher is indeed my great
grandmother. I kind of doubt that the Harriett Thompson listed is her
mother. I had looked at the cyberdrive databases, but had not checked the
listings after 1916, assuming my Harriett had died long before that, but
assuming is not the best thing to do in genealogy!
The Harriet Degan Thompson I'm looking for was born 11 Nov 1827. She then
disappears from the censuses,leaving her children with other relatives. I
will certainly send for Harriett's death certificate to verify my
assumption, or if I'm lucky, she will turn out to be my Harriett! I'll
discover she and her husband Andrew Thompson left their children and ran off
to discover gold in the Yukon prior to 1860, and they left a fantastic pile
of money that has never been claimed...etc etc...
Thanks again.
Linda Laffey

-----Original Message-----
From:
[mailto:]On Behalf Of Scott Bosecker
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 3:08 PM
To:
Subject: Re: [ILWABASH] Coffee Cemetery


Linda,

There is a Laura A. Fisher, died 14 Feb 1942, in the Illinois Statewide
Death Index, 1916-1950 which may be accessed on-line at
http://www.ilsos.gov/GenealogyMWeb/idphdeathsrch.html . There were 24
Fishers listed in Wabash County in this database.

There is a Harriett Thompson, died 13 Jan 1919 - Wabash County, in this
database as well.

Scott Bosecker

----- Original Message -----
From: "Linda Laffey" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 10:10 AM
Subject: [ILWABASH] Coffee Cemetery


> I'm wondering if anyone in Wabash County would be willing to photograph,
> digital or regular, some gravestones for me in the Coffee Cemetery if they
> are still legible? I'm looking for my great grandmother Laura Ann
> Fisher's
> grave, any other Fishers buried there (perhaps her brother Henry R.
> Thompson), any other Thompsons buried there. Her father was Andrew
> Thompson
> and her mother was Harriet Degan and I've been unable to find where the
> two
> of them are buried or even when they died.
>
> Or if you have any info about these families to share, I would very much
> appreciate it. Or just tell me how to find Coffee Cemetery (Coffee Creek
> Christian Church Cemetery I think?), and I'll make a pilgrimage from St.
> Louis this spring to find the graves...
>
> Is there someone at the church or cemetery I could contact about burials
> there?
>
> Thank you so much.
> Linda
>
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