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Family/Spouse: Male MATTISON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Note: Changed his name from Mattison when he left Chetaqua Co., NY and moved to Knox Co., IL. There is an old deed on which he signed his name Mattison. Also spelled Mattison in Samuel Winegar's will. The first Mattisons were Danish seamen who settled near Providence, RI in 1640.
William married Sophronia WINEGAR in 1834 in Washington Co., NY. Sophronia was born on 25 Jan 1810 in Fort Ann, Washington, NY; died on 26 Nov 1881 in Corning, Adams, IA; was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Corning, Adams, IA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Family/Spouse: Moses GILBERT, Jr. Moses (son of Moses GILBERT, Sr and Rosella MADISON) was born in 1822 in Fort Ann, Washington, NY; died in 1892 in Union Cemetery, Guy Mills, Crawford, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Aurelia married Silas SMITH on 19 Feb 1850 in Ellery, Chatauqua, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Aurelia married George Eric BOOSTROM on 25 Aug 1862 in Knox Co., IL. George was born on 18 Feb 1834 in SWEDEN; died on 5 Nov 1906 in IL; was buried in Ontario Cemetery, Galesburg, Knox, IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Phoeba married Orrin Clark FERRIS on 4 Nov 1859 in Knoxville, Knox, IL. Orrin was born on 29 Aug 1825; died on 25 Jul 1899 in IL; was buried in Hope Cemetery, Galesburg, Knox, IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
William married Lavinah E. DOYLE on 3 Jan 1870 in Woodhull, Henry, IL. Lavinah was born in 1850 in CANADA; died on 24 Mar 1933. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Note: Mountain lion hunter - Gold miner - Rancher
Family/Spouse: Eliza THOMAS. Eliza was born on 18 Mar 1842 in Knox Co., IL; died on 22 Jun 1890 in Mountain View Cemetery, Rapid City, Pennington, SD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Family/Spouse: Lucia DUNN. Lucia was born in 1849 in NY; died on 4 Aug 1937 in Centralia, Lewis, WA; was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Centralia, Lewis, WA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Robert married Emily Jane SOPER on 25 Nov 1869 in Knoxville, Knox, IL. Emily (daughter of Septimus SOPER and Alvina HEWITT) was born on 1 Apr 1851 in Ontario, CANADA; died on 26 Dec 1932 in Corning, Adams, IA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Family/Spouse: Gilbert D. JONES. Gilbert was born on 2 Jul 1867; died on 28 Jan 1919. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Family/Spouse: Bert D. PIERCE. Bert was born on 11 Oct 1873; died on 18 Apr 1928. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
William married Dora PELL on 8 Jun 1899 in Corning, Adams, IA. Dora was born on 12 Dec 1877 in Corning, Adams, IA; was buried in 1957 in Forest Hill Cemetery, Mt. Etna, Adams, IA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
William married Edith Mae WILSON on 1 May 1916. Edith was born on 28 Aug 1886 in Lincoln Township, Union, IA; died on 21 Feb 1937 in Creston, Union, IA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Family/Spouse: SADIE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Family/Spouse: Joseph O. EVANS. Joseph was born on 30 Apr 1875 in Brooks, Adams, IA; died in 1950; was buried in 1950 in Oak Hill Cemetery, Corning, Adams, IA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Florence married Harry C. SENFF on 11 Oct 1900. Harry was born in 1881; died in 1945 in Corning, Adams, IA; was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Corning, Adams, IA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
John married Mary Lucinda CRAMTON on 19 Dec 1922. Mary (daughter of James W. CRAMTON and Minnie MOOSE) was born on 1 Jun 1888 in Madison, Lake, SD; died on 29 May 1990 in Hemet, Riverside, CA; was buried in Pleasant View Cemetery, Carthage, Miner, SD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Family/Spouse: Lulu Maude COOK. Lulu was born on 13 Jan 1886; died on 10 Mar 1915 in Carthage, Miner, SD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Family/Spouse: Ada BELLE. Ada was born on 1 Jun 1881; died on 31 Mar 1922 in Carthage, Miner, SD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Robert married Una WEBB on 28 Sep 1905 in Corning, Adams, IA. Una was born on 24 Apr 1887 in Lone Pine, New Brunswick, CANADA; was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Corning, Adams, IA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Emma married Fred LaRue KENNON on 24 Apr 1910 in Corning, Adams, IA. Fred (son of Frederick Albert KENNON and Clara Edith Daisy LARUE) was born on 1 Sep 1889 in Corning, Adams, IA; died on 18 May 1977 in Red Oak, Montgomery, IA; was buried on 21 May 1977 in Evergreen Cemetery, Red Oak, Montgomery, IA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Jessie married Eunice Jane KENYON in Mar 1920 in Corning, Adams, IA. Eunice was born on 21 May 1900 in Brooks, Adams, IA; died on 15 Jun 1977 in Kansas City, Wyandotte, KS; was buried in Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery, Ft. Leavenworth, Leavenworth, KS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Obituary: Morning Sun, Pittsburg, KS Retired U.S. Navy Captain Randall F. Kennon, 80, of 2602 S.Taylor, died at 2:30 a.m., Sunday, Jan. 24, 1993, at his home. He had been ill the past year. Mr. Kennon was born Jan. 13, 1913, in Red Oak, Iowa the son of Fred LaRue and Emma Madison Kennon. He attended schools in Red Oak. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served 30 years retiring Jan. 1, 1959, with the rank of captain. He was at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941 when it was bombed by the Japanese. A pilot in the Navy Air Force, he participated in the Battle of Midway and in 1942 was ordered to Guadalcanal. He was awarded the usual air medals, but his most treasured was a Unit Citation he received from Admiral William F. "Bull" Halsey for locating the Japanese forces coming down the slot at Guadalcanal. When he was selected for test pilot*school, he was four classes ahead of John Glenn and Alan Sheppard, who later became astronauts. He was promoted to lieutenant commander while he was attending this school. After retiring in 1959 he came to Pittsburg and attended Kansas State Teachers College, now Pittsburg State University, graduating with a bachelors of science degree in accounting. He stayed on the staff at PSU for five years. He also, was employed at the Army Ammunition Plant at Parsons where he retired in 1974. He married Phyllis E. Armstrong Jan. 18, 1946, in Kansas City, Mo. Membership was in the Sigma Tau Fraternity, the Melrose Masonic Lodge No. 602 and, Consistory in California, Mirza Shrine in Pittsburg, a former member of the Lions Club and a member of the Silver Eagle Association. Survivors include the wife, of the home; one son, Fred L. Kennon of Overland Park; three daughters, Donna M. Cory of Plattewood, Mo., M. Susan Pierce of Shawnee, Kan., and Karen J. Kiss of Piqua, Ohio; one brother, Maurice Kennon of Stanton, Iowa; one sister, Patricia Kugler of Inavale, Neb., and five grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two sisters. Services will be 10:30 a.m.Tuesday at the Brenner Chapel with Dr. Wayne Black of the First Christian Church officiating. Flag-folding services conducted by Jimmie Friend and Ben Moore of the Benjamin A. Fuller Post No. 64 of the Pittsburg American Legion will follow the services. The body; will be cremated and the cremains will be buried at a later date in the National Cemetery at Fort Scott. The family will receive friends, from 7 to 8 p.m. today in the Brenner Chapel with masonic services by the Pittsburg Masonic Lodge No. 187 at 7:30 p.m. Friends may call at the Brenner Mortuary, 114 E. Fourth St., Pittsburg, after 2 p.m. today. Buried: Find A Grave e-Memorial
Randall married Rose Roberta SOLKOLOFF before 1935, and was divorced on 25 Oct 1945 in Red Oak, Montgomery, IA. Rose was born about 1916 in NY; died in 1948 in NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Randall married Phyllis Esther ARMSTRONG on 31 Dec 1945 in Kansas City, Jackson, MO. Phyllis was born on 12 Aug 1916; died on 27 Sep 2009. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Note: Audrey was a collector of almost anything! She purchased an old drive-in bank in the late 1970's, she took great pride in showing off the teller window. Buried: Find A Grave e-Memorial
Audrey married Charles Milton SMITH on 21 Jun 1938 in Red Oak, Montgomery, IA. Charles (son of Joseph Grover SMITH and Reba WEST) was born on 21 Jan 1915 in Liberty, Clay, MO; died on 24 Dec 1986 in Red Oak, Montgomery, IA; was buried on 29 Dec 1986 in Evergreen Cemetery, Red Oak, Montgomery, IA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
DNA: MKM Buried: Find A Grave e-Memorial
Maurice married Bertha Mildred ASKEY on 16 May 1939 in Rock Port, Atchison, MO. Bertha (daughter of Henry Franklin ASKEY and Alice Dean CARROLL) was born on 23 Mar 1921 in Grant, Montgomery, IA; died on 17 Oct 2006 in Red Oak, Montgomery, IA; was buried on 21 Oct 2006 in Evergreen Cemetery, Red Oak, Montgomery, IA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Note: Joined their son, Mike in breeding and training greyhound dogs for racing. Buried: Find A Grave e-Memorial
Patricia married Howard Wayne KUGLER on 8 Apr 1944 in Oakland, Alameda, CA. Howard (son of Frank Riley KUGLER and Anna W. WHITMERS) was born on 28 Jul 1922 in Arvada, Jefferson, CO; died on 9 Jan 2004 in Franklin, Franklin, NE; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Superior, Nuckolls, NE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Charles married Beverly SHIMEK on 15 Apr 1971 in Denver, Denver, CO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Barbara married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]