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The Notebooks of Sarah Reeves Douglas
Written Circa 1920-1934, Adams County, Wisconsin 
Transcribed and Edited by J. T. Elderkin

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ARTNZ - John Arntz died June 12, 1928, 52 years of age.
ATCHESON - Mrs. Estella Atcheson died January 15, 1927. Her maiden name was Estella Norse of New Haven.
BACON - Frances, death, see Frances Cummings.
BANNISTER - Bertha Bannister died August 6, 1924.
BANNISTER - Brayten Bannister died September 11, 1924 being 61 years old the 20th of past March.
BANNISTER - Mamie Bannister, child of Oswin E. Bannister and Bertha Lovina Bannister, born July 1879.
BANNISTER - Mamie Bannister died January 1881.
BANNISTER - May, death, see May Best.
BANNISTER - Oswin E. Bannister and Bertha Lovina Reeves married October 28, 1878.
BANNISTER - Oswin Bannister is 67 years old the 15th of July 1924.
BANNISTER - Sarah Alice Bannister, child of Oswin E. Bannister and Bertha Lovina Bannister, born February 1881.
BANNISTER - Sarah Alice, marriage, see Will Pace.
BANNISTER - Winnie Adelia Bannister, child of Oswin E. Bannister and Bertha Lovina Bannister, born December 26, 1886.
BANNISTER - Winnie Adelia, marriage, see George Rifenberrick.
BARBER - Willie, marriage, see Robert Ray Crothers.
BATES - first name not given, marriage, see Frances Oakes.
BEMENT - Belle Bement and Jesse Edmonds married [date not given].
BEMENT - Benjamin Bement [died?] December 13, 1919.
BENNETT - Mrs. Nancy Bennett died March 11, 1922, age 91 years, 3 months, 9 days.
BENNETT - Sydney Bennett died suddenly March 3, 1930.
BEST - Etta Best died July 17, 1916.

BEST - May Best’s home burned February 23, 1923, her husband dying at the same time.
BEST - May (Bannister) Best died November 30, 1924, being 65 years old the 24th past April.
BICKLY - Abbie Bickly aged 73 years, February 6, 1927.
BILLINGS - Ronald Billings was buried July 26, 1928.
BINLEY - Carrie Binley died June 2, 1914.
BONNELL - Bertha, death, see Bertha Graves.
BONNELL - David Bonnell died 1902.
BONNELL - Mrs. Marilla Bonnell died 1913.
BORK - Mrs. [illegible] Bork died February [?] 3, 1931.
BRICKEY - Hulda, death, see Hulda Dember.
BRINLEY - George Brinley, husband of Corrie [or Carrie?] Douglas died the forepart of June 1923.
BUD - Bud Reeves, child of Herbert A. and Eliza Reeves, born April 16, 1898.
CARSLEY - Aaron, marriage, see Susan Oakes.
CHAMPLAIN - Benjamin Champlain died February 15, 1927.
CHESEBRO - Ada K., death, see Ada Smith.
CHURCHIL - Mrs. Harrison Churchil died 1927.
COLBURN - Andy Colburn died March 30, 1924.
COLBURN - Chester William Colburn, son of William H. and Libbie A. Colburn, born September 27, 1908.
COLBURN - Della Colburn in Dakota, June 1916.
COLBURN - Edwin Colburn died June 30, 1922. [Another entry says 1921.]
COLBURN - Elsie May Colburn, child of Harvey B. and Martha Adell Colburn, born December 27, 1889.
COLBURN - Elsie Colburn in Dakota July 1917.
COLBURN - Elsie May Colburn and Fred Schoff married January 30, 1918.
COLBURN - (Mrs.) Elvira Colburn, Harvey's mother, died June 15, 1921. [See Mrs. Sherman Colburn]
COLBURN - Frank Colburn died January 1, 1930.
COLBURN - Harvey Bradley Colburn and Martha Adell Reeves married July 19, 1885.
COLBURN - Harvey & Della [Colburn]’s house burned March 30, 1926.
COLBURN - Henry Albert Colburn, son of William H. and Libbie A. Colburn, born August 21, 1897.
COLBURN - Henry Albert Colburn and Rachel Bessie Neff [married], October 30, 1919.
COLBURN - John Sherman Colburn, son of William H. and Libbie A. Colburn, born January 10, 1899.
COLBURN - John Sherman Colburn died January 5, 1926.
COLBURN - Joyce Isabelle Colburn, daughter of William H. and Libbie A. Colburn, born August 23, 1903.
COLBURN - Joyce Isabelle Colburn and Stover [?] Cramer married October 5, 1926.
COLBURN - Libbie Amanda (Douglas) Colburn died November 2, 1921.
COLBURN - Maybelle Elvira Colburn, daughter of William H. and Libbie A. Colburn, born August 25, 1912.

COLBURN - Maybelle Elvira Colburn and Harvey Kruger were married June 11, 1930, by Elder Robinson.
COLBURN - Owen Douglas Colburn, son of William H. and Libbie A. Colburn, born July 22, 1910.
COLBURN - Owen Colburn was married to Lizzie [surname not given], July 1929.
COLBURN - Mrs. Sherman Colburn died June 15, 1922. [See Harvey Colburn's mother]
COLBURN - Wayen [Wayne?] Colburn, son of William H. and Libbie A. Colburn, born May 7, 1920.
COLBURN - Wayen Colburn died May 17, 1920.
COLBURN - William Henry Colburn and Libbie Amanda Douglas married May 31, 1896.
COOK - Elsie Cook and Martin Heitman were married September 23, 1931.
COOK - Grace, marriage, see Cecil J. Douglas.
CORWING - Elizabeth, death, see Elizabeth Ketcham.
CRAMER - Stover [?], marriage, see Joyce I. Colburn.
CROTHERS - Carl Francis Crothers, child of John W. and Julia Maroe Crothers, born September 19, 1882.
CROTHERS - Carl Francis Crothers and Fannie Emma [surname not given] married January 21, 1901.
CROTHERS - Carl Francis Crothers died April 27, 1920.
CROTHERS - (Mrs.) Cordelia Crothers died summer 1919.
CROTHERS - Fern Adell Crothers, child of Carl F. and Fannie Crothers, born February 26, 1908.
CROTHERS - Gladys Irene Crothers, child of Carl F. and Fannie Crothers, born July 15, 1905.
CROTHERS - Howard Anson Crothers, child of John W. and Julia Maroe Crothers, born December 24, 1878.
CROTHERS - Howard Anson Crothers died December 26, 1897.
CROTHERS - Jim Crothers died May 1919.
CROTHERS - Jim Crothers of Wisconsin died 27 of November 1927.
CROTHERS - John W. Crothers and Julia Maroe Reeves married March 31, 1878.
CROTHERS - Johnnie Crothers 67 years old 16 August 1923.
CROTHERS - Libbie (Crothers) [surname illegible, possibly Miley, q.v.] died March 3, 1930, from pneumonia.
CROTHERS - Maroe and Johnnie [Crothers] back in west 1914-1915.
CROTHERS - Maroe & Johnnie [Crothers] bought their crypts in a mausoleum spring, 1926. [Another entry states that the mausoleum was in Compton, California].
CROTHERS - Maroe & Johnnie [Crothers] came July 20, 1926, and started on return home trip August 10, 1926.
CROTHERS - Max Aubrey Crothers, child of Carl F. and Fannie Crothers, born June 26, 1903.
CROTHERS - Robert Barber Crothers, child of Robert Ray & Willie Crothers, born May 12, 1913.
CROTHERS - Robert Ray Crothers, child of John W. and Julia Maroe Crothers, born August 26, 1880 [another entry lists
August 25].
CROTHERS - Robert Ray Crothers and Willie Barber married February 21, 1906.
CROTHERS - Mrs. Sam Crothers died August 3, 1931.
CROTHERS - Vera Hazel Crothers, child of Carl F. and Fannie Crothers, born October 17, 1901.
CROTHERS - Willie Crother's father died the last part of November 1930 of Heart Trouble.
CUMMINGS - Art, mother-in-law, see entry under Ned Wood.
CUMMINGS - Clifford Werner Cummings was born July 3, 1900, was killed in an auto crash June 30, 1925.
CUMMINGS - Fannie (Fowler) Cummings died October 20, 1930.
CUMMINGS - Frances (Bacon) Cummings died January 15, 1916. Born March 21, 1850.
CUMMINGS - Goodridge, marriage, see Sophia Douglas.
CUMMINGS - Joseph, marriage, see Angeline Oakes.
CUMMINGS - Libbie Cummings died March 13, 1922.
CUMMINGS - Norman Cummings was born 1852 and died September 25, 1923, from Stroke.
CUMMINGS - Tom Cummings after losing two daughters in August 1923 came out on a short visit about Thanksgiving, had a stroke, got somewhat better, fell December 21 then had a hard stroke December 24 and died December 27, 1923.
CUMMINGS - Verna Cummings, wife of Bert Cummings, died April 6, 1927.
CUMMINGS - Viola, death, see Viola Pierce.


 

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