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His medal has the same sections as the internet version but in a different order.
Maybe it depended on who made the medal.
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Internet version.
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After their elopement was annuled, each one married somebody else.
Joshua Lovett (1833-1917)
1860 census - age 27, farmer - Russell Township - Macon - MO
His is the second family listed, wife Lucinda 26 & 4 children. What were the abbreviations for
Joshua and his brother John? Jno or Jnr? (James would be Jms, William would be Wm, etc.)
1870 census - age 37, farmer - Russell Township - Macon - MO
- wife Lucinda 36, 3 more children
1880 census -age 47, farmer - White Township - Macon - MO
- wife Lucinda 46, 3 more children 1887 Lucinda died.
Meanwhile Martha R. Sharp (1836-1896) is married with children in TN.
1860 - Ledford Parrot 29, Martha R. 24, Henry 1
1870 - Ledford Parrot 39, Martha R. 34, Henry 11, George 10, Rubin 8
1880 - the internet census index for that year says she and her husband Ledford Parrott were living with
son Henry but the wrong census page comes up.
*1890 census.
A fire destroyed most of the records for this year. We might have found Joshua
and Martha together. She died before 1897.
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Photos courtesy of Henry Larson
- Research and census pages courtesy of Dwyn Larson dwyn@ancestorpages.com
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