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Emanuel Grubb Argo

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Emanuel Grubb Argo

Birth
Clermont County, Ohio, USA
Death
18 Sep 1918 (aged 80)
Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Clinton, DeWitt County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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married Sarah Sandusky Parker 15 Nov 1860 De Witt Cty, IL
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OBT
Clinton, Sept. 19.—E. G. Argo, aged 81 years, prominent Dewitt county
citizen for 79 years, died in a hospital in Jacksonville Thursday. Mr. Arggo was one of the wealthiest residents of Clinton. For many years he had been identified with the State bank here. The body was brought to Clinton this morning. Mr. Argo came to Clinton with his
parents. His father owned the land upon which the Illinois Central station and much other valuable city property is located.

Decatur, IL Review Sept 19, 1919 p5


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Emanuel G. Argo, He and his brother Samuel spent one year in McKendree College at Lebanon, St. Clair County, He remained under the parental roof until after his marriage
Later he purchased the farm from his father and it remained his home for several years. He next bought a tract of one hundred and forty acres in association with his brother Samuel and divided the property, receiving seventy acres as his share.
On the 15th of November, 1860, Mr. Argo was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Sandusky Parker, who was born on Darby Plains in Ohio, her parents being Abraham and Ann (Gideon) Parker, natives of Virginia and Ohio respectively.

Unto Mr. and Mrs. Argo were born eight children, the record of whom is as follows: Florence, who is the wife of Perry Hughes, of Clinton, and has a daughter, Ruth; George G., assistant cashier in the State Bank of Clinton, who wedded Miss Leonora Rose, now deceased; Charles C., who was formerly a farmer and is now a carpenter of Clinton and who married Miss Lillian Dale Miller, by whom he has one son and two daughters-Leslie, Ina and Edna; John Jason, who is a resident of Peoria; Eliza Ann, who lives in Lexington, Cleveland county, Oklahoma, and is the wife of John L. Graham, by whom she has three children-William Argo, Arthur J. and Catharine Graham. Catharine, who now keeps house for her father and is the widow of J. C. Gray, a civil engineer; Minnie Nixon, the wife of Horace J. Flack, who is employed in the stock yards at Chicago by Armour & Company; and one who died in infancy. The wife and mother passed away on the 17th of July, 1909, at the age of sixty -five years, eleven months and fifteen days.

married Sarah Sandusky Parker 15 Nov 1860 De Witt Cty, IL
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OBT
Clinton, Sept. 19.—E. G. Argo, aged 81 years, prominent Dewitt county
citizen for 79 years, died in a hospital in Jacksonville Thursday. Mr. Arggo was one of the wealthiest residents of Clinton. For many years he had been identified with the State bank here. The body was brought to Clinton this morning. Mr. Argo came to Clinton with his
parents. His father owned the land upon which the Illinois Central station and much other valuable city property is located.

Decatur, IL Review Sept 19, 1919 p5


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Emanuel G. Argo, He and his brother Samuel spent one year in McKendree College at Lebanon, St. Clair County, He remained under the parental roof until after his marriage
Later he purchased the farm from his father and it remained his home for several years. He next bought a tract of one hundred and forty acres in association with his brother Samuel and divided the property, receiving seventy acres as his share.
On the 15th of November, 1860, Mr. Argo was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Sandusky Parker, who was born on Darby Plains in Ohio, her parents being Abraham and Ann (Gideon) Parker, natives of Virginia and Ohio respectively.

Unto Mr. and Mrs. Argo were born eight children, the record of whom is as follows: Florence, who is the wife of Perry Hughes, of Clinton, and has a daughter, Ruth; George G., assistant cashier in the State Bank of Clinton, who wedded Miss Leonora Rose, now deceased; Charles C., who was formerly a farmer and is now a carpenter of Clinton and who married Miss Lillian Dale Miller, by whom he has one son and two daughters-Leslie, Ina and Edna; John Jason, who is a resident of Peoria; Eliza Ann, who lives in Lexington, Cleveland county, Oklahoma, and is the wife of John L. Graham, by whom she has three children-William Argo, Arthur J. and Catharine Graham. Catharine, who now keeps house for her father and is the widow of J. C. Gray, a civil engineer; Minnie Nixon, the wife of Horace J. Flack, who is employed in the stock yards at Chicago by Armour & Company; and one who died in infancy. The wife and mother passed away on the 17th of July, 1909, at the age of sixty -five years, eleven months and fifteen days.



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