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Birth: May 26, 1856
Hillsboro
Montgomery County
Illinois, USA
Death: Sep. 24, 1940
Kingman
Kingman County
Kansas, USA
Frances Jane Stroud was born 26 May, 1856 in Hillsboro, Ill. to James and Margaret Groves Stroud. They moved through Iowa to Cassville, Barry Co. Missouri where Frances Jane 21, married John Franklin Thornton 18.They had 2 daughters Minnie b. 1877 in Cassville and Lillian b. 1879 in Indian Territory (Rowland, Okla.). Shortly after Lillian's birth, John Thornton contacted Typhoid Fever. Frances Jane took her 2 infant daughters to live with her parents,in Fayetteville, Ark. Frances Jane married 2nd Benjamin Truhitt. Their daughter Lotta Maude Truhitt was born 15 Mar.1882. Frances Jane married 3rd John Yeager. they moved to Belmont, Kingman Co. Ks.They had 4 children,
two died as infants and are buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Belmont, Kingman Co. with their father, John Yeager, who died 14 Jan. 1907. Harry Clyde Yeager b. 15 Apr 1888 married Georgia Weltmer and John Bert b. 16 Aug. 1891 married Beulah Wilson. Frances Jane Yeager died at Kingman Ks. Buried in Walnut Hill Cem. Stone reads 1856-1940
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Spouses:
John Yeager (1828 - 1907)
John Franklin Thornton (1860 - 1906)*
Children:
Minnie Belle Thornton Ellis (1877 - 1944)*
Lillian Mae Thornton Downey (1878 - 1960)*
Maude T. Truhitt McBride (1882 - 1968)*
Guy Yeager (1886 - 1886)*
Burial:
Walnut Hill Cemetery
Kingman
Kingman County
Kansas, USA
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