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William Harrison CHILDRESS
(1831–1900)
Mary Elizabeth MONTGOMERY
(1836 –1876)
James Albert PETTY
(1828 –1861)
Mary Ann HUFFMAN
(1830 –1861)
Robert Andrew CHILDRESS
(1863 –1949)
Lucinda M. PETTY
(1855 –1936)
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Florence Elizabeth CHILDRESS
(1891–1977)

 

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1. James Ozrow BECK

2. Fred Kurtz EAGLETON

Florence Elizabeth CHILDRESS 1
  • Born: 5 November 1891, Loudon Township, Fayette County, Illinois, USA
  • Marriage (1): James Ozrow BECK on 27 November 1912 in prob Illinois, USA
  • Marriage (2): Fred Kurtz EAGLETON in 1949 in prob Illinois, USA
  • Died: 12 October 1977, Shelbyville, Shelby County, Illinois, USA at age 85
  • Buried: 15 October 1977, Bowling Green Township, Fayette County, Illinois, USA
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bullet  Death Notes

Shelby County Memorial Hospital

bullet  Burial Notes

Buchanan Cemetery

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bullet  Recorded Events in Her Life

  • She has conflicting birth information of 15 November 1891. Alt. Birth Per Dave Clellan

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  • She was buried at the Buchanan Cemetery in Bowling Green Township, Fayette County, Illinois, USA in 1947.
  • Her obituary was published in an unknown newspaper in 1977 in Illinois, USA.

    Mrs. Florence Eagleton, 85 Dies

       Florence Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Andrew and Lucinda Petty Childress was born in Fayette Co. Nov. 5, 1891 and passed away in Shelby Co. Memorial Hospital, Shelbyville, Il Oct. 12, 1977 after an extended illness.
       On Nov. 27, 1912 she was united in marriage to James Ozrow Beck and to this union one son and three daughters were born. Mr. Beck preceded her in death.
       In June of 1949 she was married to Fred Eagleton who also preceded her in death.
    She leaves a son, Cale Beck of Herrick; three daughters, Mrs. Velva Henderson of Herrick, Mrs. Kathleen Spreckelmeyer of Decatur and Mrs. Ruth Turner of Shelbyville.
       Three sisters and two brothers preceded her in death.
       Mrs. Eagleton was an active member of the Kaskaskia Church of the Bretheren, and the oldest member of the congregation.
       Her entire life has been spent in this vicinity [Loudon Township, Fayette County, Illinois] where she is well known.
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Florence married James Ozrow BECK, son of James Ephraim BECK Jr. and Sarah Jane LOWE, on 27 November 1912 in prob Illinois, USA. (James Ozrow BECK was born on 27 September 1878 in Shelby County, Illinois, USA,2 died on 12 May 1947 in Bowling Green Township, Fayette County, Illinois, USA 3 and was buried in 1947 in Bowling Green Township, Fayette County, Illinois, USA.)


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Florence next married Fred Kurtz EAGLETON, son of Morris M. EAGLETON and Mary E. SPRINGER, in 1949 in prob Illinois, USA. (Fred Kurtz EAGLETON was born on 4 June 1885 in Crawford County, Illinois, USA,4 5 died on 8 January 1969 in Shelbyville, Shelby County, Illinois, USA 4 and was buried in 1969 in Loudon Township, Fayette County, Illinois, USA.)


bullet  Marriage Notes

May 1949 (Fred's obituary) or June 1949 (Florence's obituary)

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bullet   Sources   bullet

  1. Kirsty M. Haining.
  2. Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls. Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, DC), James E. Beck Sr. and James Beck Jr. households, Dry Point Township, Shelby County, Illinois, USA.
  3. Illinois Statewide Death Index (1916 –1950).
  4. Rootsweb.com, Social Security Death Index.
  5. Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls), M. M. Eagleton household, Loudon Township, Fayette County, Illinois, USA.


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