h/o Adah Louisa Oaks married: 11 Oct 1876, Warren County, Illinois
f/o Forrest Gilbert Tinkham and Ralph Darrell Tinkham
h/o Mary Alice Hickman Pape married: 07 Feb 1912, Warren County, Illinois
siblings: Sarah Amelia Ann Tinkham Barnett, Erastus Warren D. Tinkham, Ophelia Cassandria Harriet Tinkham Barnett and Orlando Benjamin Tinkham
George W. Tinkham, one of Kirkwood's better known citizens, died suddenly while sitting on the porch of his home last Sunday about noon. He was alone at the time of his death although he wife had conversed with him but a few minutes before on her return from church.
Mr. Tinkham was the son of Ransom and Cordelia Tinkham and was born Oct. 4, 1853 on the old Tinkham farm, two miles southwest of Kirkwood. He was married on Oct. 11, 1876 to Adah L. Oakes and two children were born to this union, namely, Forrest G. and Ralph B. Tinkham. Mrs. Tinkham died in 1902 and on Feb. 7, 1912 Mr. Tinkham was married to Mrs. Mary A. Pape, who with the two sons mentioned survive him. The deceased is also survived by two sisters, Mrs. Ophelia Barnett and Mrs. Sarah Barnett and by three grandchildren. Funeral services were held in the United Presbyterian Church at Kirkwood with interment in the Kirkwood Cemetery.
Stronghurst Graphic, July 27, 1923
h/o Adah Louisa Oaks married: 11 Oct 1876, Warren County, Illinois
f/o Forrest Gilbert Tinkham and Ralph Darrell Tinkham
h/o Mary Alice Hickman Pape married: 07 Feb 1912, Warren County, Illinois
siblings: Sarah Amelia Ann Tinkham Barnett, Erastus Warren D. Tinkham, Ophelia Cassandria Harriet Tinkham Barnett and Orlando Benjamin Tinkham
George W. Tinkham, one of Kirkwood's better known citizens, died suddenly while sitting on the porch of his home last Sunday about noon. He was alone at the time of his death although he wife had conversed with him but a few minutes before on her return from church.
Mr. Tinkham was the son of Ransom and Cordelia Tinkham and was born Oct. 4, 1853 on the old Tinkham farm, two miles southwest of Kirkwood. He was married on Oct. 11, 1876 to Adah L. Oakes and two children were born to this union, namely, Forrest G. and Ralph B. Tinkham. Mrs. Tinkham died in 1902 and on Feb. 7, 1912 Mr. Tinkham was married to Mrs. Mary A. Pape, who with the two sons mentioned survive him. The deceased is also survived by two sisters, Mrs. Ophelia Barnett and Mrs. Sarah Barnett and by three grandchildren. Funeral services were held in the United Presbyterian Church at Kirkwood with interment in the Kirkwood Cemetery.
Stronghurst Graphic, July 27, 1923
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* George W. Tinkham * ~ Son of Ransom Tinkham and Cordelia ForwoodTinkham ~ Father of Forrest Gilbert and Ralph D. Tinkham~ Grandson of Benjamin Tinkham and Anna Grey / Gray Tinkham
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