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Christopher Columbus Ainsworth

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Christopher Columbus Ainsworth

Birth
Woodbury, Washington County, Vermont, USA
Death
6 Nov 1877 (aged 46)
Momence, Kankakee County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Momence, Kankakee County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
Plot
Lot 326 grave 3
Memorial ID
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He was a former Town Assessor and Justice of the Peace in Momence. He married in VT and had lived in Momence for nearly 20 yrs.

Known children: Heman Lester Ainsworth (1858-1907),Ellen Frances "Ella" McConnehy Brunton (1863-1950), Elon H. Ainsworth (1865-1868), Anna Ainsworth (ca. 1868- ca. 1878), Henry Elmer Ainsworth (1871-1956), Mary Belle Young (1873-1932), Albert H. Ainsworth (1874-), Franklin C. Ainsworth (ca. 1876-) and Altena May Thurston (1878-1964).
~In Momence, Ill., Nov. 6, 1877, Christopher C. Ainsworth, aged 46, formerly of Woodbury, Vt.
(The Caledonian, St. Johnsbury, VT, Mar. 15, p. 3)

At his residence near the state line in Momence, on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 1877, C.C. Ainsworth, aged 36 years and 9 months. Mr. Ainsworth was born in Woodbury, Vt., and he lived in that place until 1859, when he moved to Momence. Mr. A., though owning and running a farm, was not a very robust constitution, and so he devoted a good portion of his time to teaching, and he was teaching school when he took his last sickness. He was widely known and much respected, was a good neighbor, and kind husband and father. He leaves a wife and five children. (The Momence Reporter, Nov. 15; and credit Karen Peterson from Bill Peterson's newspaper collection)
He was a former Town Assessor and Justice of the Peace in Momence. He married in VT and had lived in Momence for nearly 20 yrs.

Known children: Heman Lester Ainsworth (1858-1907),Ellen Frances "Ella" McConnehy Brunton (1863-1950), Elon H. Ainsworth (1865-1868), Anna Ainsworth (ca. 1868- ca. 1878), Henry Elmer Ainsworth (1871-1956), Mary Belle Young (1873-1932), Albert H. Ainsworth (1874-), Franklin C. Ainsworth (ca. 1876-) and Altena May Thurston (1878-1964).
~In Momence, Ill., Nov. 6, 1877, Christopher C. Ainsworth, aged 46, formerly of Woodbury, Vt.
(The Caledonian, St. Johnsbury, VT, Mar. 15, p. 3)

At his residence near the state line in Momence, on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 1877, C.C. Ainsworth, aged 36 years and 9 months. Mr. Ainsworth was born in Woodbury, Vt., and he lived in that place until 1859, when he moved to Momence. Mr. A., though owning and running a farm, was not a very robust constitution, and so he devoted a good portion of his time to teaching, and he was teaching school when he took his last sickness. He was widely known and much respected, was a good neighbor, and kind husband and father. He leaves a wife and five children. (The Momence Reporter, Nov. 15; and credit Karen Peterson from Bill Peterson's newspaper collection)


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