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Enson M CHILCOTE [Parents] was born in 1804 in PA. He married Mary Robertson on 20 Sep 1827 in Stark Co, OH.

Other marriages:
McGraw, Ann Elizabeth

The children listed for this gentleman may not all be his or else he had several wives. They are placed here because of the proximity of their residences but several of them recorded Ireland as their mother's birthplace while Nathan was the only to say MD. Vincent and John were the only two actually listed in the household with him and Ann.

Residences & events:

1860 His whereabouts this year is unknown but he was not in IL with the rest of the family yet.

2/18/1869 N Okaw Twp, Coles Co, IL. He gave estray notice for a cow, Jesse Ellis was the serving Justice. (This item may not belong to him, the notice has only E for the first name.)

1870 Newman Twp, Douglas Co, IL. At census time he was a farmer with property = $500/100. He and Ann had 2 sons at home and next door was son James and family.

Mary Robertson died about 1840. She married Enson M CHILCOTE on 20 Sep 1827 in Stark Co, OH.

Enson remarried in 1841.

They had the following children:

  M i Joshua M CHILCOTE was born in 1831. He died about 1900.
  M ii James R CHILCOTE was born in 1834. He died in 1880/1883.

Enson M CHILCOTE [Parents] was born in 1804 in PA. He married Ann Elizabeth McGraw on 17 Jun 1841 in Perry Co, OH.

Other marriages:
Robertson, Mary

The children listed for this gentleman may not all be his or else he had several wives. They are placed here because of the proximity of their residences but several of them recorded Ireland as their mother's birthplace while Nathan was the only to say MD. Vincent and John were the only two actually listed in the household with him and Ann.

Residences & events:

1860 His whereabouts this year is unknown but he was not in IL with the rest of the family yet.

2/18/1869 N Okaw Twp, Coles Co, IL. He gave estray notice for a cow, Jesse Ellis was the serving Justice. (This item may not belong to him, the notice has only E for the first name.)

1870 Newman Twp, Douglas Co, IL. At census time he was a farmer with property = $500/100. He and Ann had 2 sons at home and next door was son James and family.

Ann Elizabeth McGraw was born in 1818 in MD. She married Enson M CHILCOTE on 17 Jun 1841 in Perry Co, OH.

They had the following children:

  M i Nathan B Chilcote was born in Oct 1843.
  M ii Robert CHILCOTE was born in 1849 in OH.

Residences & events:

1870 Camargo, Douglas Co, IL. The census taker found him living with the wealthy Murdock family as a farm laborer and no property. A few doors down the road was his mother. The Murdocks founded the Murdock Coal Co still doing business in the 1980s.)
  M iii Vincent D CHILCOTE was born in 1855.
  M iv John CHILCOTE was born in Dec 1858.

Vincent D CHILCOTE [Parents] was born in 1855 in OH. He married Amanda E Davis on 29 May 1881 in Newman Twp, Douglas Co, IL.

Amanda E Davis was born about 1861. She married Vincent D CHILCOTE on 29 May 1881 in Newman Twp, Douglas Co, IL.


John CHILCOTE [Parents] was born in Dec 1858 in OH. He married Jane (Chilcote) in 1897.

Residences & events:

1900 Murdock Twp, Douglas Co, IL. At census time John, a farmer, had living in his house a daughter from a previous marriage, his bride of 3 years, and 2 farm laborers, one of which was recorded as a son-law (?) at age 20, named Frank.

Jane (Chilcote) was born in Nov 1859 in IN. She married John CHILCOTE in 1897.

She had no children by the time she was age 40.

They had the following children:

  F i Rubie O CHILCOTE was born in Aug 1890 in IL.

Jane was not Rubie's mother but is placed here until her natural mother can be determined.

James R CHILCOTE [Parents] was born in 1834 in OH. He died in 1880/1883 in Douglas Co, IL. He married Martha L Tyler on 9 Jul 1865 in Edgar Co, IL.

Residences & events:

1870 Newman Twp, Douglas Co, IL. His occupation recorded in the census was carpenter. He had a young wife, 2 small daughters and property = $300/150. His parents were living next door.

1880 Newman Twp, Douglas Co, IL. He and Martha had a family of 4 children by census time. James was a farmer. Living in the same area were brothers, Jess, Joshua, and Nathan.

Martha married cousin, Jesse Chilcote, in 1884.

Martha L Tyler was born in Jul 1841 in IN. She married James R CHILCOTE on 9 Jul 1865 in Edgar Co, IL.

Other marriages:
CHILCOTE, Jesse M

They had the following children:

  F i Clara F CHILCOTE was born on 15 Jul 1866.
  F ii Sarah A\J CHILCOTE was born on 15 Jul 1868 in IL.

If Mormon records are correct, Sarah and Robert were twins born in 1873.
  M iii Robert A CHILCOTE was born on 15 Jul 1870 in IL.

His birth year, according to Mormon records, was 1873.
  M iv Moses CHILCOTE was born in 1879 in IL.

Frank Brown.Frank married Clara F CHILCOTE on 23 Mar 1886 in Douglas Co, IL.

Clara F CHILCOTE [Parents] was born on 15 Jul 1866 in Newman Twp, Douglas Co, IL. She married Frank Brown on 23 Mar 1886 in Douglas Co, IL.

Mormon files have her birth year as 1873 but if she married in 1886 she would have been only 13 at that time.


William C KEY [Parents] was born in Dec 1887 in IL. He died in 1927 in Arcola, Douglas Co, IL. He was buried in Arcola Cem, Arcola, Douglas Co, IL. He married Jennie R (Key).

His birth year is 1888 on his gravestone.

Jennie R (Key) was born in 1894. She died in 1942 in Arcola, Douglas Co, IL. She married William C KEY.


Denzel William Rowbury was born on 17 Jan 1911. He married Viola Mabel HARRELL on 17 Nov 1938.

Viola Mabel HARRELL [Parents] was born on 30 May 1914. She married Denzel William Rowbury on 17 Nov 1938.

They had the following children:

  F i Sharon Ann Rowbury was born on 25 Oct 1939.
  F ii Janul Rowbury was born on 5 Mar 1941.

Eldon Jay Anderson was born on 28 May 1940. He married Sharon Ann Rowbury on 11 Oct 1958.

Sharon Ann Rowbury [Parents] was born on 25 Oct 1939. She married Eldon Jay Anderson on 11 Oct 1958.

They had the following children:

  F i Anna Monique Anderson was born on 21 Apr 1959.
  F ii Renee Martine Anderson was born on 16 Mar 1962.

Thomas Franklin Matteson was born on 29 Dec 1939. He married Janul Rowbury on 10 Nov 1968.

Janul Rowbury [Parents] was born on 5 Mar 1941. She married Thomas Franklin Matteson on 10 Nov 1968.

They had the following children:

  F i Wendy Lynn Matteson was born on 3 Oct 1966.
  M ii Kenneth Franklyn Matteson was born on 10 Nov 1968.

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