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Nora Ellen <I>Grubaugh</I> Watson

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Nora Ellen Grubaugh Watson

Birth
Fayette County, Illinois, USA
Death
15 Sep 1968 (aged 93)
Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Saint Elmo, Fayette County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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Nora Ellen Grubaugh was born in 1874 in Loudon, Fayette, IL to Joseph Allen Grubaugh and Mary Elizabeth Cameron. She was the 3rd child of 10 born to this couple. Nora married James W. Ashton on 13 Nov 1892 in Fayette County, IL. They had four children - Cora Ashton (b.1893), Harry Ashton (b.1894), Mary Ashton (b.1902) and Louise V. Ashton (b.1906). Nora indicates in both the 1910 and 1920 census that she is widowed, but James appears to be very much alive -living in Salem, IL in 1910, marrying Winnie in about 1915 and living in Macon, IL in 1920, 1930 and 1940. It's likely he just abandoned the family and Nora considered him dead. James actually died in 1944. Nora married Alfred Russell Watson on 1 Mar 1921. They didn't have any additional children. Alfred died in 1942 and Nora never married again. She died in 1968.


Obituary, Oct. 3, 1968

Passed away

Mrs. Nora E. Watson, 93, Decatur, passed away Saturday, Sept. 28. She was born in Fayette County, Oct. 19, 1874, the daughter of Joseph and Mary Cameron Grubaugh. She was married to James Ashton who passed away. Later she married Russell Watson, who also preceded her in death. She moved from the St. Elmo area twenty years ago.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Mary Stradley, and a brother, Homer Grubaugh, both of Decatur; nine grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren. Three sons, two daughters, three brothers and five sisters preceded her in death.
Funeral services were at 10 am Tuesday in the Moran Funeral Home in Decatur and gravesdie service at 12:30 pm at the Maplewood Cemetery in St. Elmo where she was buried.
Nora Ellen Grubaugh was born in 1874 in Loudon, Fayette, IL to Joseph Allen Grubaugh and Mary Elizabeth Cameron. She was the 3rd child of 10 born to this couple. Nora married James W. Ashton on 13 Nov 1892 in Fayette County, IL. They had four children - Cora Ashton (b.1893), Harry Ashton (b.1894), Mary Ashton (b.1902) and Louise V. Ashton (b.1906). Nora indicates in both the 1910 and 1920 census that she is widowed, but James appears to be very much alive -living in Salem, IL in 1910, marrying Winnie in about 1915 and living in Macon, IL in 1920, 1930 and 1940. It's likely he just abandoned the family and Nora considered him dead. James actually died in 1944. Nora married Alfred Russell Watson on 1 Mar 1921. They didn't have any additional children. Alfred died in 1942 and Nora never married again. She died in 1968.


Obituary, Oct. 3, 1968

Passed away

Mrs. Nora E. Watson, 93, Decatur, passed away Saturday, Sept. 28. She was born in Fayette County, Oct. 19, 1874, the daughter of Joseph and Mary Cameron Grubaugh. She was married to James Ashton who passed away. Later she married Russell Watson, who also preceded her in death. She moved from the St. Elmo area twenty years ago.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Mary Stradley, and a brother, Homer Grubaugh, both of Decatur; nine grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren. Three sons, two daughters, three brothers and five sisters preceded her in death.
Funeral services were at 10 am Tuesday in the Moran Funeral Home in Decatur and gravesdie service at 12:30 pm at the Maplewood Cemetery in St. Elmo where she was buried.

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