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- [S200] Sharon Lemkuil, Genealogical research, Email on 15 September 2008 to J. Mark Fiegenbaum.
A transcription supplied by Sharon Lemkuil of an obituary for Rev. John E. Williams. Sharon reported that the obituary had appeared in the Oregon Sentinel, Volume 12, Issue 3; 20 June 1948.
"Surviving beside his widow are ...three sisters, Mrs. Jeff Triplett...of Lewiston...."
Sharon Lemkuil identifies this sister as Ella Florence Williams. In correspondence on 25 August 2008, Sharon identified Ella's husband as Jefferson Davis Triplett.
- [S200] Sharon Lemkuil, Genealogical research, Email on 15 September 2008 to J. Mark Fiegenbaum.
"Mathew’s father dies when he is "a lad" and at 20 years old he travels down the Ohio River by home-made houseboat with his sister and brother-in-law (names unknown) to Shawneetown, Gallatin County IL, where he works to buy 140 acres of government opened land. The Luther’s are also buying land here. He meets and marries Elizabeth Putman Luther, a daughter of Solomon Luther who can be traced back to the Luther family of Strasbourg Germany...."
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