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William A. ASHWORTH [Parents] was born on 23 Sep 1873 in North Okaw Township, Coles County, Illinois. He died on 6 Jun 1959 in North Okaw Township, Coles County, Illinois. He was buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Cooks Mill, Coles County, Illinois. He married Mary Eleanor FEARS on 25 Dec 1898 in Cooks Mills, Coles County, Illinois.

Mary Eleanor FEARS [Parents] was born on 22 Jul 1878 in Cooks Mills, Coles County, Illinois. She died on 23 Feb 1959 in North Okaw Township, Coles County, Illinois. She was buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Cooks Mill, Coles County, Illinois. She married William A. ASHWORTH on 25 Dec 1898 in Cooks Mills, Coles County, Illinois.

They had the following children:

  F i Eliza Pauline ASHWORTH was born on 28 Jan 1900. She died on 17 Jan 1975.
  F ii Sylvia Miriam "Babe" ASHWORTH was born on 10 Aug 1903 in North Okaw Township, Coles County, Illinois. She died on 20 Dec 1983 in Mattoon, Coles County, Illinois.
  M iii William Fears ASHWORTH was born on 2 Dec 1913. He died on 11 May 2004.

L. A. ASHWORTH.L. married Elisa RICE.

Elisa RICE.Elisa married L. A. ASHWORTH.

They had the following children:

  M i William A. ASHWORTH was born on 23 Sep 1873. He died on 6 Jun 1959.

Charles William FINLEY [Parents] was born in 1881 in Cooks Mills, Coles County, Illinois. He married Sylvia Mae FEARS on 8 Aug 1906 in Coles County, Illinois.

Sylvia Mae FEARS [Parents] was born on 26 Mar 1880 in Arthur, Douglas County, Illinois. She died on 6 Jun 1959 in Humboldt, Coles County, Illinois. She was buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Cooks Mill, Coles County, Illinois. She married Charles William FINLEY on 8 Aug 1906 in Coles County, Illinois.

They had the following children:

  M i Charles FINLEY , Jr. was born in 1914. He died on 19 Feb 1976.
  F ii Eleanor FINLEY was born on 14 Feb 1917. She died on 18 Feb 1987.

Thomas P. FINLEY.Thomas married Martha COVERT.

Martha COVERT.Martha married Thomas P. FINLEY.

They had the following children:

  M i Charles William FINLEY was born in 1881.

Amos RICE.Amos married Sarah COMPTON.

Sarah COMPTON.Sarah married Amos RICE.

They had the following children:

  M i Job C. RICE was born in 1840.

George MOORE [Parents] was born in 1828 in Ohio. He married Rebecca Olive FEARS on 11 Mar 1891 in Humboldt, Coles County, Illinois.

Rebecca Olive FEARS [Parents] was born on 7 Dec 1852 in Vigo County, Indiana. She married George MOORE on 11 Mar 1891 in Humboldt, Coles County, Illinois.


Newton MOORE was born in 1805 in Ohio. He died in Adams County, Ohio. He married Rebecca BURKET.

Rebecca BURKET was born in 1810 in Ohio. She died in Adams County, Ohio. She married Newton MOORE.

They had the following children:

  M i George MOORE was born in 1828.
  M ii Hosea MOORE was born in 1841 in Ohio.
  M iii Thomas N. MOORE was born in 1845.
  M iv James W. MOORE was born in 1846.
  M v William B MOORE was born in 1850.
  F vi Adeline MOORE was born in 1853 in Ohio.

Jessie SHIELDS.Jessie married MARRS.

MARRS. married Jessie SHIELDS.

They had the following children:

  M i Andrew J. SHIELDS was born in 1855.

J. M. HARDEN.J. married Susan VANSICKLE.

Susan VANSICKLE.Susan married J. M. HARDEN.

They had the following children:

  M i Charles E. HARDEN was born in 1863.

William M. FEARS [Parents] was born in 1790 in Virginia. He died in 1854 in Fulton County, Kentucky. He married Mary (Polly) DOUGLASS on 29 Sep 1809 in Grainger County, Tennessee.

Mary (Polly) DOUGLASS [Parents] was born in 1798 in Tennessee. She died about 1835 in Rutherford, Gibson County, Tennessee. She married William M. FEARS on 29 Sep 1809 in Grainger County, Tennessee.

They had the following children:

  F i Mary Ann (Malissie) FEARS was born in 1810. She died in 1860.
  M ii Ebenezer B. FEARS was born in Feb 1814. He died on 14 Jan 1847.
  M iii William (Bill) FEARS was born in 1815. He died in 1887.
  M iv Pryor FEARS was born on 22 Oct 1817. He died on 2 Mar 1887.
  F v Alsie FEARS was born in 1819 in Rutherford County, Tennessee.
  M vi John Daniel FEARS was born in 1821 in Rutherford County, Tennessee.
  M vii James FEARS was born in 1825.
  F viii Sarah Jane FEARS was born in 1827 in Rutherford County, Tennessee.
  M ix Josiah Wilson "Wilkes" FEARS was born in 1834. He died in May 1902.
  F x Frances "Fanny" FEARS was born on 23 Aug 1825. She died on 14 Sep 1910.
  F xi Melissa FEARS was born in 1832.

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