David Noble Thrush

David was a coal miner who was born 1828 in Ohio, and for many years lived in Green County, Wisconsin. The family followed the coal and eventually settled west of Peoria, Illinois.

Patrick & Dulsena Trainer

Patrick emigrated from Down County, Ireland in the mid-1800s, settling in Jackson County, Ohio. He fought in the Civil War, and fathered 9 children. He died in 1875.

Charles Leonard Deming

Charles was a native New Yorker, born in Morris sometime in September, 1827. Father to Wilburn Birdsall, he survived his spouse Hannah Stenson by 15 years.