Moweaqua, Shelby Co., IL.
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BANKS, COFFMAN, DAUGHTRY, HEINMAN, JACKSON, KAUTZ, KEIM, LAMB, NOLING, PRESCOTT, RILEY, RETTIG, SPARLING, SCHNEIDER / SNYDER, STACY, TAYLOR, WEAKLY
Celia RETTIG NOLING, Jan. 19, 1901 - Jan 13, 1975
Comment: Celia Rebecca RETTIG, Daughter of Lewis F. RETTIG & Henrietta A. PRESCOTT,
Wife of Richard N. NOLING
Richard N. NOLING, Jan. 23, 1895 - Oct. 13, 1959
Comment: Husband of Celia R. RETTIG
Military Marker
Richard N. NOLING, ILLINOIS, PVT 310 Railhead DET QMC, World War I, Jan 23 186 - Oct. 13 1959
Comment: Diffrent Birth year from above.
Ezekiel PRESCOTT, Died June 28, 1900, Aged 80 Ys. 10 Ms. 20 Ds.
Comment: *** Ezekiel "Zeke" PRESCOTT, Son of Moses STACY & Helena Rogers PRESCOTT,
Husband of Mary E. TAYLOR, m. 16 Jul 1853 (*** see bottom of page)
Mary E. PRESCOTT, Apr. 12, 1831 - Jan. 24, 1920
Comment: Mary Elizabeth TAYLOR
Cledith M. PRESCOTT, May 26, 1903 - Aug. 6, 1988
Comment: Daughter of John A. PRESCOTT & Gertrude M. JACKSON
Irene E. PRESCOTT, Oct. 19, 1899 - Apr. 8, 1966
Comment: Daughter of John A. PRESCOTT & Gertrude M. JACKSON
DAUGHTER, Mary L. PRESCOTT, Mar. 28, 1902 - Mar. 28, 1902
SON, Ezekiel PRESCOTT, Dec. 3, 1900 - Mar. 20, 1902
MOTHER, Gertrude JACKSON PRESCOTT, Jan. 15, 1882 - Dec. 29, 1961
FATHER, John A. PRESCOTT, July 10, 1874 - June 21, 1958
Comment: Son of Ezekiel PRESCOTT & Mary E. TAYLOR
Husband of Gertrude M. JACKSON, m. 1 Oct 1896
Ethel H. PRESCOTT, Oct. 6, 1900 - Feb. 12, 1977
John E. PRESCOTT, Mar. 26, 1905 - Aug. 15, 1964
Comment: Son of John A. PRESCOTT & Gertrude M. JACKSON,
Husband of Ethel H. ?
MILITARY MARKER
John E. PRESCOTT, ILLINOIS CSP USNR World War II, March 26 1905 - Aug 15 1964
Samuel RILEY, 1834 - _ _ _ _ ,
Comment: No death date
Eliza J. RILEY, His Wife, 1836 - 1914
Jacob RETTIG, Born Sep. 26, 1822 - Died Feb. 2, 1893
Comment: Husband of Christina R. HEINMAN m. 1852
Christina R. RETTIG, Born Apr. 15, 1832 - Died Oct. 6, 1905
Comment. Christina "Rachel" HEINMAN
Lewis F. RETTIG, may 16, 1859 - Jan. 4, 1921
Comment: Lewis Franklin RETTIG, Son of Jacob RETTIG & Christina R. HEINMAN
Husband of Henrietta A. PRESCOTT, m. 11 Apr 1894
Henrietta Agnes RETTIG, July 11, 1865 - Sept. 20, 1954
Comment: Henrietta Agnes PRESCOTT, Daughter of Ezekiel PRESCOTT & Mary E. TAYLOR
Esther Belle , Feb. 17, 1896 - Oct. 17, 1897
Comment: Next to parents, Daughter of Lewis F. RETTIG & Henrietta A. PRESCOTT
Margaret Marie, Dec. 15, 1904 - May 27, 1906
Comment: next to parents, Daughter of Lewis F. RETTIG & Henrietta A. PRESCOTT
Marie Hellen RETTIG, Jan. 7, 1901 - Feb. 6, 1998, Married Apr. 12, 1922
Comment: Marie Hellen KEIM, Daughter of Nicholas KEIM & Cynthia BANKS,
Wife of Samuel F. RETTIG
Samuel Franklin RETTIG, Jan. 25, 2895 - Feb. 26, 1983
Comment: Son of Lewis F. RETTIG & Henrietta A. PRESCOTT
MILITARY MARKER
Samuel F. RETTIG, SGT US ARMY World War I Jan 25 1895 - Feb 26 1983
W. H. SPARLING M.D. , Jan. 15, 1849 - Apr. 3, 1916
Comment: Doctor in Moweaqua
Mary L. SPARLING, Mar. 24, 1853 - Oct. 29, 1934
SNYDER
Michael SCHNEIDER, Born at Hogh-Einid Rhine, Bacaria Germany, Oct. 1812
Died Sep. 5, 1896
Margaret KAULTZ, Born at Ispringen Baden Germany March 21, 1811 Died at Moweaqua, IL.
Nov. 1, 1892
Comment: This is a very large stone with the above inscription. According to the "Moweaqua Remembers" The Moweaqua Bicentennial Committee, Moweaqua, IL. 1976 book, Michael SCHNEIDER was the founder of Moweaqua, IL . He selected the present site of Moweaqua to become a town in 1852. He married Margaret KAUTZ abt. 1833, They had 7 children who changed the spelling of their name to "SNYDER"
Michael E. SNYDER, Apr. 1, 1839 - Apr. 9, 1912
FATHER, William J. SNYDER, 1842 - 1928
MOTHER, Eliza A. SNYDER, 1847 - 1925
Valentine SNYDER Jr., 1844 - 1909
Lilian SNYDER, 1858 - 1921
Margaret E. SNYDER, July 10, 1857 - Dec. 16, 1927
Luella May SNYDER, 1869 - 1937
Clarence E. SNYDER, 1872 - 1935
Grace L. SNYDER, July 13, 1875 - May 25, 1973
William R. SNYDER, 1877 - 1956
Roy V. SNYDER, Oct. 15, 1881 - Sept. 21, 1956
Grace Garnet SNYDER, 1886 - 1951
Theodore T. SNYDER, 1853 - 1917
Comment: Husband of L. Elen DAUGHTRY, m. 25 Dec 1883
L. Ellen SNYDER, 1856 - 1933
Comment: L. Ellen DAUGHTRY
J. Raymond SNYDER, 1884 - 1945
Comment: same stone w/ Theodore & L. Ellen SNYDER
Ralph W. SNYDER, 1876 - 1958
Comment: Ralph Waldo SNYDER, Husband of Lulia C. COFFMAN, m. 7 Sep 1899
Lulia C. SNYDER, Died at Portland, ME. September 3rd, 1924
M'Lisse Irene SNYDER, 1911 - 1970
C. Ted WEAKLY, Sept. 11, 1889 - May 19, 1946
Elva m. WEAKLY, July 30, 1895 - April 4, 1972
Taken from "Moweaqua Remembers"
Ezekiel PRESCOTT was born in the east and was known as Ezekiel Prescott STACY. But, after a violet fight with his father he left home and forswore his father's name retaining his mother's family name. The PRESCOTT name can be traced back to Sir. Jess PRESCOTT who served Queen Bess in England.
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