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Henry County Illinois
Photo Album
Our ancestors were not just names and dates, they were real people with distinct features, personalities and interests.  Keeping with that, we've begun a photo gallery of people and places related to the history and genealogy of Henry County Illinois.


 
The Thomas MARTIN family 
circa 1948 Muscatine IA

Left to right: 
Back Row
Thomas b. 1910 Kewanee IL
Harold b. 1908 Kewanee IL
Thomas Sr b. 1870 Kewanee IL
John b. 1898 Kewanee IL
William b. 1909 Kewanee IL

Front Row L to R
Elizabeth b. 1924 IA
Kenneth  b 1920 Harrison Co MO
Vesta b. 1915 Lamoni IA
Cecil Benton b. 1922 Harrison Co Mo
Myrtle b. 1903 Kewanee IL
Arthur Floyd b. 1913 Lamoni IA
Alice Mae b. 1906 Kewanee IL
Eugene Everett b. 1916 Harrison Co MO

not pictured are daughter Lorene b.1918
in Harrison Co MO died Aug 1948
and Thomas' s wife Alice WOODWARD
born 1879 in Kewanee and died 1941

It is believed this photo was for a birthday celebration for Thomas Sr. in Sept 1948 (he died Oct 1949)

Contributed by Susie Martin-Rott 
 

ALICE and ELIZABETH MARTIN

Looks like a mother and Daughter? 
Nope, these are SISTERS...
daughters of Thomas Martin & Alice Woodward
Alice Mae Martin b. 29 March 1906 Kewanee IL
m1 Earl Everett Nordyke (div)
m2 Glen Yotter
died 16 Aug 1991 in Lone Tree, Johnson, IA
buried Oak Ridge Cemetery, West Liberty IA

the cute little tyke is the youngest MARTIN child,
Elizabeth, born 1924 in MO 

Photo probably taken in Lamoni IA 
or Cainsville MO

Contributed by Susie Martin-Rott 
and Mary Hamilton Singleton



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