Charles Belden Churchill Jr. married his First cousin Louisa Eliza Hurlburt. Charles Jr was the son of Charles Belden Churchill Sr, b 1795. Louisa Eliza Hurlburt was the daughter of Mary Churchill Hurlburt. Charles Sr and Mary were brother and sister, children of Levi and Ruth Merrils Churchill.
Louisa was the daughter of John and Mary Churchill Hurlbut of Boonville. She was the second in a family of fourteen children. They lived about three-fourth a mile from Boonville, in a log cabin. The farm must have been near the Charles Belden Churchill I farm as she indicated in an interview in 1905 that she knew Charles Belden II, her husband, from the time she was an infant. As a young woman she taught four "terms" of school and was paid $1.25 per week. Both Louisa and Charles are buried in the Greenwood Cemetery in Canton, Illinois.
FROM: Rambler's Rerun's, Courtesy of The Fulton County Historical Society, Wednesday, August 4, 1971, The Fulton County News, provided by Nicki Fox, transcribed by Judith Churchill.
December 28, 1905--Although she will be fourscore and six years of age on Christmas Day, Mrs. Louisa E. Churchill, widow of Charles Belden Churchill [Jr.], of Joshua Township, is still quite active, with mind and memory fairly well preserved for a lady of her years. Her maiden name was Hurlburt and the Hurlburts and Churchills were prominently connected with the pioneer history of Fulton County.
"I was born," she said, "in Boonville, Oneida County, N. Y., December 25, 1819, and if I live till Christmas I will be 86 years of age. I am next to the oldest child of a family of 14 children--seven boys and seven girls--all of whom grew to manhood and womanhood. I am the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Hurlburt, both pioneers of New York. My late husband was born in Oneida County, New York and I knew him almost from the day of my birth. Wild fruit grew in abundance in my native county and state and during the berry season I picked and sold small fruit. I got five cents a quart for strawberries and three cents a quart for blackberries and other kinds of berries. I walked three-fourths of a mile to Booneville to sell them. We used to have some arctic winters in York state and I woke up many mornings and found my bed covered with snow. I attended school three-fourths of a mile from our cabin home and often had to wade through the deep snow to get there. They taught school every day in the week then, including Saturdays and I never missed a day. I attended school until I secured what was called a good education in those days, and then I taught four terms, in a rude log building. My salary was only $1.25 a week. When I came west I came to Peoria and visited a while with my uncle, Ashbell Hurlburt. He was proprietor of a hotel in Peoria, called the Hurlburt House. Later I came to Canton and on November 26, 1850 married in Lewistown to Charles B. Churchill [Jr.], whom I had known from infancy. We went to keeping house on the first real estate my husband ever owned. It consisted of 160 acres about 2 1/2 miles west of Canton. He bought this land in 1842. A good house was erected on the farm in 1852 and a barn in 1851. the house is now occupied by Frank Owens and family. We worked hard and were economical and in time became the owners of 550 acres of land. From 1850 up to the time of his death Mr. Churchill was actively engaged in farming and his labors were crowned with success. In 1875 he built the Churchill House in Canton. His father, Charles B. Churchill, Sr., was born in New England parish, Hartfort County, Connecticut, in 1784 and died in Canton Township in 1877, at the age of 96 years. We took care of Grandfather and Grandmother Churchill as long as they lived.
"I am the mother of seven children, only three of whom are living: Mrs. Sarah J. Palmer, Galesburg; Mrs. F. S. Marr, Canton, and Mrs. N. H. Churchill, Joshua Township. I used to spin yarn and do all the knitting for our family. I used to make $200 worth of cheese annually, right here in Fulton County. When I didn't make cheese I made butter, so that the income from my cows was over $200 a year."
"Yes, I know something about the shakes or fever and ague. Some autumns were remarkable for the abundance of rainfall, and it was then that the people had the severest attacks of this terrible western scourge. When you were attacked by the shakes, you would be compelled to take to your bed, where the greater part of the day was spent in energetic shaking. When you were in the middle of your contortions you didn't care whether you lived or died, in fact you would a little rather die."
Mrs. Churchill, notwithstanding her great age, manifests an intelligent interest in local affairs. She is held in the highest esteem by all who know her. She, like all the pioneer women of Fulton County, is generous, kind and thoughtful for the welfare of others, and has many warm personal friends who delight to do her honor.
Louisa was the daughter of John and Mary Churchill Hurlbut of Boonville. She was the second in a family of fourteen children. They lived about three-fourth a mile from Boonville, in a log cabin. The farm must have been near the Charles Belden Churchill I farm as she indicated in an interview in 1905 that she knew Charles Belden II, her husband, from the time she was an infant. As a young woman she taught four "terms" of school and was paid $1.25 per week. Both Louisa and Charles are buried in the Greenwood Cemetery in Canton, Illinois.
FROM: Rambler's Rerun's, Courtesy of The Fulton County Historical Society, Wednesday, August 4, 1971, The Fulton County News, provided by Nicki Fox, transcribed by Judith Churchill.
December 28, 1905--Although she will be fourscore and six years of age on Christmas Day, Mrs. Louisa E. Churchill, widow of Charles Belden Churchill [Jr.], of Joshua Township, is still quite active, with mind and memory fairly well preserved for a lady of her years. Her maiden name was Hurlburt and the Hurlburts and Churchills were prominently connected with the pioneer history of Fulton County.
"I was born," she said, "in Boonville, Oneida County, N. Y., December 25, 1819, and if I live till Christmas I will be 86 years of age. I am next to the oldest child of a family of 14 children--seven boys and seven girls--all of whom grew to manhood and womanhood. I am the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Hurlburt, both pioneers of New York. My late husband was born in Oneida County, New York and I knew him almost from the day of my birth. Wild fruit grew in abundance in my native county and state and during the berry season I picked and sold small fruit. I got five cents a quart for strawberries and three cents a quart for blackberries and other kinds of berries. I walked three-fourths of a mile to Booneville to sell them. We used to have some arctic winters in York state and I woke up many mornings and found my bed covered with snow. I attended school three-fourths of a mile from our cabin home and often had to wade through the deep snow to get there. They taught school every day in the week then, including Saturdays and I never missed a day. I attended school until I secured what was called a good education in those days, and then I taught four terms, in a rude log building. My salary was only $1.25 a week. When I came west I came to Peoria and visited a while with my uncle, Ashbell Hurlburt. He was proprietor of a hotel in Peoria, called the Hurlburt House. Later I came to Canton and on November 26, 1850 married in Lewistown to Charles B. Churchill [Jr.], whom I had known from infancy. We went to keeping house on the first real estate my husband ever owned. It consisted of 160 acres about 2 1/2 miles west of Canton. He bought this land in 1842. A good house was erected on the farm in 1852 and a barn in 1851. the house is now occupied by Frank Owens and family. We worked hard and were economical and in time became the owners of 550 acres of land. From 1850 up to the time of his death Mr. Churchill was actively engaged in farming and his labors were crowned with success. In 1875 he built the Churchill House in Canton. His father, Charles B. Churchill, Sr., was born in New England parish, Hartfort County, Connecticut, in 1784 and died in Canton Township in 1877, at the age of 96 years. We took care of Grandfather and Grandmother Churchill as long as they lived.
"I am the mother of seven children, only three of whom are living: Mrs. Sarah J. Palmer, Galesburg; Mrs. F. S. Marr, Canton, and Mrs. N. H. Churchill, Joshua Township. I used to spin yarn and do all the knitting for our family. I used to make $200 worth of cheese annually, right here in Fulton County. When I didn't make cheese I made butter, so that the income from my cows was over $200 a year."
"Yes, I know something about the shakes or fever and ague. Some autumns were remarkable for the abundance of rainfall, and it was then that the people had the severest attacks of this terrible western scourge. When you were attacked by the shakes, you would be compelled to take to your bed, where the greater part of the day was spent in energetic shaking. When you were in the middle of your contortions you didn't care whether you lived or died, in fact you would a little rather die."
Mrs. Churchill, notwithstanding her great age, manifests an intelligent interest in local affairs. She is held in the highest esteem by all who know her. She, like all the pioneer women of Fulton County, is generous, kind and thoughtful for the welfare of others, and has many warm personal friends who delight to do her honor.
Charles Belden Churchill Jr. married his First cousin Louisa Eliza Hurlburt. Charles Jr was the son of Charles Belden Churchill Sr, b 1795. Louisa Eliza Hurlburt was the daughter of Mary Churchill Hurlburt. Charles Sr and Mary were brother and sister, children of Levi and Ruth Merrils Churchill.
Louisa was the daughter of John and Mary Churchill Hurlbut of Boonville. She was the second in a family of fourteen children. They lived about three-fourth a mile from Boonville, in a log cabin. The farm must have been near the Charles Belden Churchill I farm as she indicated in an interview in 1905 that she knew Charles Belden II, her husband, from the time she was an infant. As a young woman she taught four "terms" of school and was paid $1.25 per week. Both Louisa and Charles are buried in the Greenwood Cemetery in Canton, Illinois.
FROM: Rambler's Rerun's, Courtesy of The Fulton County Historical Society, Wednesday, August 4, 1971, The Fulton County News, provided by Nicki Fox, transcribed by Judith Churchill.
December 28, 1905--Although she will be fourscore and six years of age on Christmas Day, Mrs. Louisa E. Churchill, widow of Charles Belden Churchill [Jr.], of Joshua Township, is still quite active, with mind and memory fairly well preserved for a lady of her years. Her maiden name was Hurlburt and the Hurlburts and Churchills were prominently connected with the pioneer history of Fulton County.
"I was born," she said, "in Boonville, Oneida County, N. Y., December 25, 1819, and if I live till Christmas I will be 86 years of age. I am next to the oldest child of a family of 14 children--seven boys and seven girls--all of whom grew to manhood and womanhood. I am the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Hurlburt, both pioneers of New York. My late husband was born in Oneida County, New York and I knew him almost from the day of my birth. Wild fruit grew in abundance in my native county and state and during the berry season I picked and sold small fruit. I got five cents a quart for strawberries and three cents a quart for blackberries and other kinds of berries. I walked three-fourths of a mile to Booneville to sell them. We used to have some arctic winters in York state and I woke up many mornings and found my bed covered with snow. I attended school three-fourths of a mile from our cabin home and often had to wade through the deep snow to get there. They taught school every day in the week then, including Saturdays and I never missed a day. I attended school until I secured what was called a good education in those days, and then I taught four terms, in a rude log building. My salary was only $1.25 a week. When I came west I came to Peoria and visited a while with my uncle, Ashbell Hurlburt. He was proprietor of a hotel in Peoria, called the Hurlburt House. Later I came to Canton and on November 26, 1850 married in Lewistown to Charles B. Churchill [Jr.], whom I had known from infancy. We went to keeping house on the first real estate my husband ever owned. It consisted of 160 acres about 2 1/2 miles west of Canton. He bought this land in 1842. A good house was erected on the farm in 1852 and a barn in 1851. the house is now occupied by Frank Owens and family. We worked hard and were economical and in time became the owners of 550 acres of land. From 1850 up to the time of his death Mr. Churchill was actively engaged in farming and his labors were crowned with success. In 1875 he built the Churchill House in Canton. His father, Charles B. Churchill, Sr., was born in New England parish, Hartfort County, Connecticut, in 1784 and died in Canton Township in 1877, at the age of 96 years. We took care of Grandfather and Grandmother Churchill as long as they lived.
"I am the mother of seven children, only three of whom are living: Mrs. Sarah J. Palmer, Galesburg; Mrs. F. S. Marr, Canton, and Mrs. N. H. Churchill, Joshua Township. I used to spin yarn and do all the knitting for our family. I used to make $200 worth of cheese annually, right here in Fulton County. When I didn't make cheese I made butter, so that the income from my cows was over $200 a year."
"Yes, I know something about the shakes or fever and ague. Some autumns were remarkable for the abundance of rainfall, and it was then that the people had the severest attacks of this terrible western scourge. When you were attacked by the shakes, you would be compelled to take to your bed, where the greater part of the day was spent in energetic shaking. When you were in the middle of your contortions you didn't care whether you lived or died, in fact you would a little rather die."
Mrs. Churchill, notwithstanding her great age, manifests an intelligent interest in local affairs. She is held in the highest esteem by all who know her. She, like all the pioneer women of Fulton County, is generous, kind and thoughtful for the welfare of others, and has many warm personal friends who delight to do her honor.
Louisa was the daughter of John and Mary Churchill Hurlbut of Boonville. She was the second in a family of fourteen children. They lived about three-fourth a mile from Boonville, in a log cabin. The farm must have been near the Charles Belden Churchill I farm as she indicated in an interview in 1905 that she knew Charles Belden II, her husband, from the time she was an infant. As a young woman she taught four "terms" of school and was paid $1.25 per week. Both Louisa and Charles are buried in the Greenwood Cemetery in Canton, Illinois.
FROM: Rambler's Rerun's, Courtesy of The Fulton County Historical Society, Wednesday, August 4, 1971, The Fulton County News, provided by Nicki Fox, transcribed by Judith Churchill.
December 28, 1905--Although she will be fourscore and six years of age on Christmas Day, Mrs. Louisa E. Churchill, widow of Charles Belden Churchill [Jr.], of Joshua Township, is still quite active, with mind and memory fairly well preserved for a lady of her years. Her maiden name was Hurlburt and the Hurlburts and Churchills were prominently connected with the pioneer history of Fulton County.
"I was born," she said, "in Boonville, Oneida County, N. Y., December 25, 1819, and if I live till Christmas I will be 86 years of age. I am next to the oldest child of a family of 14 children--seven boys and seven girls--all of whom grew to manhood and womanhood. I am the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Hurlburt, both pioneers of New York. My late husband was born in Oneida County, New York and I knew him almost from the day of my birth. Wild fruit grew in abundance in my native county and state and during the berry season I picked and sold small fruit. I got five cents a quart for strawberries and three cents a quart for blackberries and other kinds of berries. I walked three-fourths of a mile to Booneville to sell them. We used to have some arctic winters in York state and I woke up many mornings and found my bed covered with snow. I attended school three-fourths of a mile from our cabin home and often had to wade through the deep snow to get there. They taught school every day in the week then, including Saturdays and I never missed a day. I attended school until I secured what was called a good education in those days, and then I taught four terms, in a rude log building. My salary was only $1.25 a week. When I came west I came to Peoria and visited a while with my uncle, Ashbell Hurlburt. He was proprietor of a hotel in Peoria, called the Hurlburt House. Later I came to Canton and on November 26, 1850 married in Lewistown to Charles B. Churchill [Jr.], whom I had known from infancy. We went to keeping house on the first real estate my husband ever owned. It consisted of 160 acres about 2 1/2 miles west of Canton. He bought this land in 1842. A good house was erected on the farm in 1852 and a barn in 1851. the house is now occupied by Frank Owens and family. We worked hard and were economical and in time became the owners of 550 acres of land. From 1850 up to the time of his death Mr. Churchill was actively engaged in farming and his labors were crowned with success. In 1875 he built the Churchill House in Canton. His father, Charles B. Churchill, Sr., was born in New England parish, Hartfort County, Connecticut, in 1784 and died in Canton Township in 1877, at the age of 96 years. We took care of Grandfather and Grandmother Churchill as long as they lived.
"I am the mother of seven children, only three of whom are living: Mrs. Sarah J. Palmer, Galesburg; Mrs. F. S. Marr, Canton, and Mrs. N. H. Churchill, Joshua Township. I used to spin yarn and do all the knitting for our family. I used to make $200 worth of cheese annually, right here in Fulton County. When I didn't make cheese I made butter, so that the income from my cows was over $200 a year."
"Yes, I know something about the shakes or fever and ague. Some autumns were remarkable for the abundance of rainfall, and it was then that the people had the severest attacks of this terrible western scourge. When you were attacked by the shakes, you would be compelled to take to your bed, where the greater part of the day was spent in energetic shaking. When you were in the middle of your contortions you didn't care whether you lived or died, in fact you would a little rather die."
Mrs. Churchill, notwithstanding her great age, manifests an intelligent interest in local affairs. She is held in the highest esteem by all who know her. She, like all the pioneer women of Fulton County, is generous, kind and thoughtful for the welfare of others, and has many warm personal friends who delight to do her honor.
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