Person:Caleb Vernon (1)

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Caleb Vernon
b.Mar 1817 OH (30 mi from Cincinnati, Warren Co., OH)
d.Aft 1900 prob Mercer Co., ILL (On 1900 census living in Millersburg, Mercer Co., IL age 83)
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  • H.  Caleb Vernon1817 - Aft 1900
  • W.  Nancy Walston1830 - Aft 1900
m. 6 Jul 1847
  1. Sarah E. (d.y.) Vernon1848 - 1851
  2. Marion Vernon1849 - 1945
  3. Araminta (d.y.) Vernon1851 - 1854
  4. Frances (Frankie) Alice Vernon1854 - 1895
  5. Jacob (d.y.) Vernon1857 - 1858
  6. James B. VernonAbt 1858 - Aft 1870
  7. Kate VernonAbt 1861 - Aft 1880
  8. Grant VernonAbt 1864 - Aft 1870
  9. Philip Vernon1866 - Aft 1900
  10. Florence M (d.y.) Vernon1869 - 1880
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Name[1] Caleb Vernon
Gender Male
Birth[2] Mar 1817 OH (30 mi from Cincinnati, Warren Co., OH)
Other[5] 1817 1857
Marriage 6 Jul 1847 St. Louis, St. Francois Co., MOto Nancy Walston
Other[6] 1847 m. Nancy Walston1850 census
Other[7] 1850 1890
Other[8] 1856 sold 20 A. in Mercer Co to Levi M. Walston of Mercer Co.1900
Other[9] 1860 43, Nancy 29Fact 7
Other[10] 1870 52, Nancy 38, 4 ch, & mother in law Phebe Walston, Mercer Co IL1850 census
Other[11] 1880 Fact 9
Other[12] 1900 res: Millersburg, Mercer Co., IL1870 Census
Death[3] Aft 1900 prob Mercer Co., ILL (On 1900 census living in Millersburg, Mercer Co., IL age 83)
Burial[4] Duncan Cem, Sec 21 NW of Millersburg, Mercer Co., IL
Reference Number 4251

[Walston GEDCOM.FTW]

c. 1817 - Caleb Vernon was born.

According to his bio in the History of Mercer Co., from 1817-1821 he lived in Ohio. In 1831, in Indiana. Then came to Galena, IL, to work in the lead mines.

1847 July 6 - Caleb, about 30, married Nancy Walston, about 16, in St. Louis, St. Francois Co., MO. She was the daughter of Levi Moore Walston and Phebe Rude.

1849 - daughter Marion was born in MO, per census records.

1850 census -

1856 March 14 - Caleb Vernon and Nancy, his wife, for the sum of $35. quit claimed to Levi M. Walston (her father) 20 acres of the NW corner of the NW qrtr of Section 20 T15N R4W. In 1857, Levi and his wife Phebe sold 8 1/2 acres of this land to David W. Noble for $85.

1860 census - Millersburg, Mercer Co., IL Vernon, Caleb 43 Nancy 29 (b. 1831) IL Marion 10 MO Alice 7 (b. 1853)... this is Frances Alice Vernon, called Frankie. b. IL James B. 2 yrs. (b. 1858) b. IL

1866 Jan 27 - Nancy's father Levi Moore Walston died. Apparently her mother then went to live with Nancy and her husband and lived with them until her death.

1870 census - Duncan Twp, Millersburg p.o., Mercer Co., IL, pg 169 Vernon, Caleb 52 b. OH Nancy 38 b. IL (c. 1832) Marion 20 b. MO Frankie A. 15 b. IL Kate 9 b. IL Grant 6 b. IL Philip 4 b. IL Florence 6 1/2 mo (b. Jan 1870) James 12 b. IL WALSTON, Phebe 65 b. KY (this is Nancy's widowed mother)

1879 March 6 - Nancy's mother Phebe (Rude) Walston died, probably at the home of Nancy and Caleb Vernon.

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1894 - Bessie Walston, Philip Walston's daughter, came to live with her grandparents James and Catherine Lloyd. She visited often with her Aunt Nancy Vernon who lived across the street.


1900 census - Millersburg, Mercer Co., IL, page 115, dwelling 222. Vernon, Caleb 83 and wife Nancy 69 lived next door or across the street from James A. & Catherine LLOYD. Nancy says her father (Levi Walston) was born in NC and her mother born in KY. Nancy Vernon born June 1830, age 69, in Illinois. Married 53 years. Mother of 12 children/5 living in 1900.

References
  1. ↑ Walston GEDCOM.FTW.

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  2. ↑ Walston GEDCOM.FTW.

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  3. ↑ Walston GEDCOM.FTW.

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  4. ↑ Walston GEDCOM.FTW.

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  5. ↑ Walston GEDCOM.FTW.

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  6. ↑ Walston GEDCOM.FTW.

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  7. ↑ Walston GEDCOM.FTW.

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  8. ↑ Walston GEDCOM.FTW.

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  9. ↑ Walston GEDCOM.FTW.

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  10. ↑ Walston GEDCOM.FTW.

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  11. ↑ Walston GEDCOM.FTW.

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  12. ↑ Walston GEDCOM.FTW.

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