Dialander's parents were Sarah (maiden name unknown) and Anderson Thacker, who were both born in Virginia and arrived in Pope county, IL in about 1840.
Her first child was John Albard Rude, born 23 Nov 1851. According to John's marriage record to Mary Alice Renfro (her maiden name was Patton) in 1910, in Union county, KY, his father was Hutchison "Hutch" Martin Rude (1822-1894), who married Martha Ann Keith 15 Sep 1851, about two months before John was born. Whether Dialander and Hutch Rude ever married is unknown.
Dialander married George Washington Womack (1820-1880) on 27 Nov 1854 in Pope county, IL. Her name is listed as 'Dialander THACKER' on the marriage document. Dialander and George's daughter Sara was born in 1855. George had previously married Dorcas Ann Stephens in Sep 1845 in Pope county, IL and later married Mary Alice Ward in Jul 1863 in Franklin county, IL.
The 1860 census shows Dialander, her children John (8 y/o) and Sara (5 y/o), along with David Suits (age 2) and Lydia Suits (9 months), living with her husband Josiah Suits (1807-abt. 1871) in Elizabethtown, IL. The Hardin county courthouse burned in 1884 and again in 1921, so records of their marriage must have been lost to fire. Dialander and Josiah's children: David Suits (1858-1938); (he married Josephine Spivey in Feb 1881, then Rosa Simms after Josephine died), Lydia Ann Suits (1860-1948); (she married Garland Paul Watters in about 1878), France Suits (1862-late 1880's), Nancy Suits (1867-1956); (she married her sister Lydia's stepson, Joseph Allen Waters, in Sep 1885), and Josiah Suits Jr. (1869-1918); (he married Josephine Goolsby in 1890)...Josiah Suits Jr., his wife Josephine, and at least one of their children, Clara Suits (1899-1918) died during the Spanish Flu Epidemic of 1918 in Parma, MO, where they lived at the time.
Josiah Suits Sr., whose exact place of burial is unknown but believed to be near Central Cemetery, was previously married to Jane H. Thompson. They married in about 1838, probably in Warren county, Pennsylvania. He and Jane had 6 children, and most of them were born in Kentucky: Catherine Suits, Elizabeth B. Suits, Lafayette Suits, William Belknap Suits, John Harrison Suits and Anna Josephine Suits. According to the 1850 census, he was living with them in Deerfield, Warren county, PA. After the couple separated, Jane and the children relocated to Lafayette, Wisconsin, where her parents lived.
Regarding the spelling of her name:
Dialander's name is spelled a different way on nearly every document found in public records. Census reports in which she appeared all say that she could not read or write, and so it is possible that she was unable to spell her own name. The one document that we can point to, know that she was actually present in an official capacity when it was made and that she would have been able to tell the clerk how to spell her name, if she'd been able to, or agree to the spelling, is her marriage record to George Womack: D-i-a-l-a-n-d-e-r.
Also, her daughters Lydia Ann and Nancy married men from the same family and yet their last names were spelled Watters and Waters, repectively, on their own grave markers, which is the reason for the different spellings of their last names on Dialander's marker.
Her original headstone has been missing for many years--the base, imprinted SUITS, remained, but the upright tablet portion is gone. Surviving 2nd and 3rd great-grandchildren assume that it fell over and broke and replaced it with a granite plaque on April 12, 2023.
Her first child was John Albard Rude, born 23 Nov 1851. According to John's marriage record to Mary Alice Renfro (her maiden name was Patton) in 1910, in Union county, KY, his father was Hutchison "Hutch" Martin Rude (1822-1894), who married Martha Ann Keith 15 Sep 1851, about two months before John was born. Whether Dialander and Hutch Rude ever married is unknown.
Dialander married George Washington Womack (1820-1880) on 27 Nov 1854 in Pope county, IL. Her name is listed as 'Dialander THACKER' on the marriage document. Dialander and George's daughter Sara was born in 1855. George had previously married Dorcas Ann Stephens in Sep 1845 in Pope county, IL and later married Mary Alice Ward in Jul 1863 in Franklin county, IL.
The 1860 census shows Dialander, her children John (8 y/o) and Sara (5 y/o), along with David Suits (age 2) and Lydia Suits (9 months), living with her husband Josiah Suits (1807-abt. 1871) in Elizabethtown, IL. The Hardin county courthouse burned in 1884 and again in 1921, so records of their marriage must have been lost to fire. Dialander and Josiah's children: David Suits (1858-1938); (he married Josephine Spivey in Feb 1881, then Rosa Simms after Josephine died), Lydia Ann Suits (1860-1948); (she married Garland Paul Watters in about 1878), France Suits (1862-late 1880's), Nancy Suits (1867-1956); (she married her sister Lydia's stepson, Joseph Allen Waters, in Sep 1885), and Josiah Suits Jr. (1869-1918); (he married Josephine Goolsby in 1890)...Josiah Suits Jr., his wife Josephine, and at least one of their children, Clara Suits (1899-1918) died during the Spanish Flu Epidemic of 1918 in Parma, MO, where they lived at the time.
Josiah Suits Sr., whose exact place of burial is unknown but believed to be near Central Cemetery, was previously married to Jane H. Thompson. They married in about 1838, probably in Warren county, Pennsylvania. He and Jane had 6 children, and most of them were born in Kentucky: Catherine Suits, Elizabeth B. Suits, Lafayette Suits, William Belknap Suits, John Harrison Suits and Anna Josephine Suits. According to the 1850 census, he was living with them in Deerfield, Warren county, PA. After the couple separated, Jane and the children relocated to Lafayette, Wisconsin, where her parents lived.
Regarding the spelling of her name:
Dialander's name is spelled a different way on nearly every document found in public records. Census reports in which she appeared all say that she could not read or write, and so it is possible that she was unable to spell her own name. The one document that we can point to, know that she was actually present in an official capacity when it was made and that she would have been able to tell the clerk how to spell her name, if she'd been able to, or agree to the spelling, is her marriage record to George Womack: D-i-a-l-a-n-d-e-r.
Also, her daughters Lydia Ann and Nancy married men from the same family and yet their last names were spelled Watters and Waters, repectively, on their own grave markers, which is the reason for the different spellings of their last names on Dialander's marker.
Her original headstone has been missing for many years--the base, imprinted SUITS, remained, but the upright tablet portion is gone. Surviving 2nd and 3rd great-grandchildren assume that it fell over and broke and replaced it with a granite plaque on April 12, 2023.
Dialander's parents were Sarah (maiden name unknown) and Anderson Thacker, who were both born in Virginia and arrived in Pope county, IL in about 1840.
Her first child was John Albard Rude, born 23 Nov 1851. According to John's marriage record to Mary Alice Renfro (her maiden name was Patton) in 1910, in Union county, KY, his father was Hutchison "Hutch" Martin Rude (1822-1894), who married Martha Ann Keith 15 Sep 1851, about two months before John was born. Whether Dialander and Hutch Rude ever married is unknown.
Dialander married George Washington Womack (1820-1880) on 27 Nov 1854 in Pope county, IL. Her name is listed as 'Dialander THACKER' on the marriage document. Dialander and George's daughter Sara was born in 1855. George had previously married Dorcas Ann Stephens in Sep 1845 in Pope county, IL and later married Mary Alice Ward in Jul 1863 in Franklin county, IL.
The 1860 census shows Dialander, her children John (8 y/o) and Sara (5 y/o), along with David Suits (age 2) and Lydia Suits (9 months), living with her husband Josiah Suits (1807-abt. 1871) in Elizabethtown, IL. The Hardin county courthouse burned in 1884 and again in 1921, so records of their marriage must have been lost to fire. Dialander and Josiah's children: David Suits (1858-1938); (he married Josephine Spivey in Feb 1881, then Rosa Simms after Josephine died), Lydia Ann Suits (1860-1948); (she married Garland Paul Watters in about 1878), France Suits (1862-late 1880's), Nancy Suits (1867-1956); (she married her sister Lydia's stepson, Joseph Allen Waters, in Sep 1885), and Josiah Suits Jr. (1869-1918); (he married Josephine Goolsby in 1890)...Josiah Suits Jr., his wife Josephine, and at least one of their children, Clara Suits (1899-1918) died during the Spanish Flu Epidemic of 1918 in Parma, MO, where they lived at the time.
Josiah Suits Sr., whose exact place of burial is unknown but believed to be near Central Cemetery, was previously married to Jane H. Thompson. They married in about 1838, probably in Warren county, Pennsylvania. He and Jane had 6 children, and most of them were born in Kentucky: Catherine Suits, Elizabeth B. Suits, Lafayette Suits, William Belknap Suits, John Harrison Suits and Anna Josephine Suits. According to the 1850 census, he was living with them in Deerfield, Warren county, PA. After the couple separated, Jane and the children relocated to Lafayette, Wisconsin, where her parents lived.
Regarding the spelling of her name:
Dialander's name is spelled a different way on nearly every document found in public records. Census reports in which she appeared all say that she could not read or write, and so it is possible that she was unable to spell her own name. The one document that we can point to, know that she was actually present in an official capacity when it was made and that she would have been able to tell the clerk how to spell her name, if she'd been able to, or agree to the spelling, is her marriage record to George Womack: D-i-a-l-a-n-d-e-r.
Also, her daughters Lydia Ann and Nancy married men from the same family and yet their last names were spelled Watters and Waters, repectively, on their own grave markers, which is the reason for the different spellings of their last names on Dialander's marker.
Her original headstone has been missing for many years--the base, imprinted SUITS, remained, but the upright tablet portion is gone. Surviving 2nd and 3rd great-grandchildren assume that it fell over and broke and replaced it with a granite plaque on April 12, 2023.
Her first child was John Albard Rude, born 23 Nov 1851. According to John's marriage record to Mary Alice Renfro (her maiden name was Patton) in 1910, in Union county, KY, his father was Hutchison "Hutch" Martin Rude (1822-1894), who married Martha Ann Keith 15 Sep 1851, about two months before John was born. Whether Dialander and Hutch Rude ever married is unknown.
Dialander married George Washington Womack (1820-1880) on 27 Nov 1854 in Pope county, IL. Her name is listed as 'Dialander THACKER' on the marriage document. Dialander and George's daughter Sara was born in 1855. George had previously married Dorcas Ann Stephens in Sep 1845 in Pope county, IL and later married Mary Alice Ward in Jul 1863 in Franklin county, IL.
The 1860 census shows Dialander, her children John (8 y/o) and Sara (5 y/o), along with David Suits (age 2) and Lydia Suits (9 months), living with her husband Josiah Suits (1807-abt. 1871) in Elizabethtown, IL. The Hardin county courthouse burned in 1884 and again in 1921, so records of their marriage must have been lost to fire. Dialander and Josiah's children: David Suits (1858-1938); (he married Josephine Spivey in Feb 1881, then Rosa Simms after Josephine died), Lydia Ann Suits (1860-1948); (she married Garland Paul Watters in about 1878), France Suits (1862-late 1880's), Nancy Suits (1867-1956); (she married her sister Lydia's stepson, Joseph Allen Waters, in Sep 1885), and Josiah Suits Jr. (1869-1918); (he married Josephine Goolsby in 1890)...Josiah Suits Jr., his wife Josephine, and at least one of their children, Clara Suits (1899-1918) died during the Spanish Flu Epidemic of 1918 in Parma, MO, where they lived at the time.
Josiah Suits Sr., whose exact place of burial is unknown but believed to be near Central Cemetery, was previously married to Jane H. Thompson. They married in about 1838, probably in Warren county, Pennsylvania. He and Jane had 6 children, and most of them were born in Kentucky: Catherine Suits, Elizabeth B. Suits, Lafayette Suits, William Belknap Suits, John Harrison Suits and Anna Josephine Suits. According to the 1850 census, he was living with them in Deerfield, Warren county, PA. After the couple separated, Jane and the children relocated to Lafayette, Wisconsin, where her parents lived.
Regarding the spelling of her name:
Dialander's name is spelled a different way on nearly every document found in public records. Census reports in which she appeared all say that she could not read or write, and so it is possible that she was unable to spell her own name. The one document that we can point to, know that she was actually present in an official capacity when it was made and that she would have been able to tell the clerk how to spell her name, if she'd been able to, or agree to the spelling, is her marriage record to George Womack: D-i-a-l-a-n-d-e-r.
Also, her daughters Lydia Ann and Nancy married men from the same family and yet their last names were spelled Watters and Waters, repectively, on their own grave markers, which is the reason for the different spellings of their last names on Dialander's marker.
Her original headstone has been missing for many years--the base, imprinted SUITS, remained, but the upright tablet portion is gone. Surviving 2nd and 3rd great-grandchildren assume that it fell over and broke and replaced it with a granite plaque on April 12, 2023.
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