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Facts and Events
| Name[1] |
Littleberry Senter |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[2][5] |
Abt 1822 |
Sumner, Tennessee, United States |
| Marriage |
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Wayne, Illinois, United Statesto Mila _____ |
| Military[6] |
From 1862 to 1863 |
Wayne, Illinois, United StatesMilitary Militia Muster |
| Death[3] |
Abt 1875 |
Wayne, Illinois, United States |
| Burial[4] |
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Wayne, Illinois, United StatesBunker Cemetery (aka Indian Prairie Cemetery) |
References
- ↑ Family and Personal History manuscript written by granddaughter Florence Della Senter.
Also in the genealogy of D. Ferrier, Jr. by Fred Ferrier, Jr., 2 Nov 2001. RootsWeb where he uses the spelling, "Littleberry Senter."
- ↑ Wayne County, Illinois, Military Census Records of 1862.
The muster roll gives his age as 40 (1862-40=1822. The US Census of 1860, however, gives his age as 40 (1860-40=1820).
- ↑ Florence Della Senter manuscript "Family and Personal History".
Florence is Littleberry's granddaughter. Also Lorane Bevia SENTER Sutphin, "My Senter Branches," Family Genealogy compiled December 1989. Sutphin is great granddaughter to Littleberry. Also there is correspondence from Wendy JACOBS, from Dec 1998 to July 2001. Wendy Jacobs is descended from Richard Senter and Elizabeth Hunt via their son Littleberry Senter through his daughter Sarah Ann who was Jacobs great-grandmother.
- ↑ Cemetery Headstone, Bunker Cemetery, Wayne County, Illinois.
- ↑ NOTES ON FIRST NAME SPELLING
This individual's first name receives a number of spellings from different sources. I have found Lilleberry, Lillebury, Little Berry, Littebury (Illinois Public Land Sale Record, Wayne County, 21 Apr 1852), Littlebury (1860 Census, Wayne County, Il) and Berry (Military Census, Wayne County, Il 1862). The Family History mms. by Florence Della SENTER Jones-Schonstrom has his name spelled Lilleberry. My Senter Branches by Lorane Bevia SENTER Sutphin has his name spelled Little Berry. Wayne County land records give his name as Littebury and Berry. Despite family member spellings of Lilleberry and Little Berry, Littleberry is the most frequently used spelling in official documents which I have adopted for this genealogy. A number of documents have been found giving different spellings such as Lilleberry, Lillebury, Little Berry, Littebury and Berry. A possible clue exists on his headstone which is engraved, "L B Senter". I prefer to retain the "Littleberry" spelling as given by Ferrier above. I remember my mother and aunts always pronounced his name as though it were one word - Littleberry.
- ↑ NOTES ON MILITARY SERVICE
According to the Wayne County land records, he received a total of 160 acres of "military bounty land" in 1851/52, ten years before the Civil War (1861-1865). He, along with James Senter, Richard Senter and Sandy Senter, probably served as volunteers in the Mexican War of 1846-48. Source: Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales for Wayne County, County Land Abstract Book, Vol 154, pages 190 and 203.
- NOTES ON MIGRATION
We can know that Littleberry was in Wayne County, Illinois by 1852. On 21 April 1852, he purchased 160 acres of land in Wayne Township, Section 23, Range 02N, Meridian 06E 3, Section 24, Range 02H, Meridian 06E 3 and Section 24, Range 02N, Meridian 06E 3. As a military veteran, he used military bounty land warrants instead of cash for payment.
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