VASHTI (LEWIS) DRURY
Vashti was the daughter of Mary "Polly" (Willits) and Caleb Lewis. She married William Drury, the son of Edward and Jane (Burns) Drury, on 7/1/1840, in Wayne County, Indiana before migrating to New Boston, Illinois where they became very prominent citizens of Mercer County.
Vashti was a popular name in her family, she had an Aunt, at least two cousins and possibly a niece all with the name "Vashti". Vashti is also a well known name in Mercer County as she and William had a college in Aledo named after them. After the college closed it was first used as a Military Academy and is now known as "Vashti Villiage", an assisted living facility.
FAMILY INFO
William and Vashti (Lewis) Drury had one son:
Edward S. Drury, b. abt 1857.
He married Fannie F. Garard 5/3/1877 in Mercer County, and they had a son named Clair, b. abt 1878.
Vashti's father Caleb Lewis served as a member of the Indiana legislature a number of times.
Both of her parents are buried in the Franklin Cemetery, Washington Twp., Wayne Co., Indiana.
VASHTI'S SIBLINGS:
Leah Viney, b.1824, d.1886, m. Harrison Scott
Sarah, b.1826, d.1898, m. Dickson Hurst
Mary Jane, b.1830, d.1897, m. Thomas Leland Ferguson
William, b.1832, b.?, m. Sarah Jane Finch
Maria, b.1835, d.1906, m. Elijah Hurst
John M., b.1838, d.?
Melissa A., b.1841, d.?
Minerva, b.1844, d.1917, m. Hiram L. Jones
Levi, b. 1847, 1847 (NOTE: There is a Levi Lewis buried with Vashti & William b. 1820, d. 1847)
Vashti was the daughter of Mary "Polly" (Willits) and Caleb Lewis. She married William Drury, the son of Edward and Jane (Burns) Drury, on 7/1/1840, in Wayne County, Indiana before migrating to New Boston, Illinois where they became very prominent citizens of Mercer County.
Vashti was a popular name in her family, she had an Aunt, at least two cousins and possibly a niece all with the name "Vashti". Vashti is also a well known name in Mercer County as she and William had a college in Aledo named after them. After the college closed it was first used as a Military Academy and is now known as "Vashti Villiage", an assisted living facility.
FAMILY INFO
William and Vashti (Lewis) Drury had one son:
Edward S. Drury, b. abt 1857.
He married Fannie F. Garard 5/3/1877 in Mercer County, and they had a son named Clair, b. abt 1878.
Vashti's father Caleb Lewis served as a member of the Indiana legislature a number of times.
Both of her parents are buried in the Franklin Cemetery, Washington Twp., Wayne Co., Indiana.
VASHTI'S SIBLINGS:
Leah Viney, b.1824, d.1886, m. Harrison Scott
Sarah, b.1826, d.1898, m. Dickson Hurst
Mary Jane, b.1830, d.1897, m. Thomas Leland Ferguson
William, b.1832, b.?, m. Sarah Jane Finch
Maria, b.1835, d.1906, m. Elijah Hurst
John M., b.1838, d.?
Melissa A., b.1841, d.?
Minerva, b.1844, d.1917, m. Hiram L. Jones
Levi, b. 1847, 1847 (NOTE: There is a Levi Lewis buried with Vashti & William b. 1820, d. 1847)
VASHTI (LEWIS) DRURY
Vashti was the daughter of Mary "Polly" (Willits) and Caleb Lewis. She married William Drury, the son of Edward and Jane (Burns) Drury, on 7/1/1840, in Wayne County, Indiana before migrating to New Boston, Illinois where they became very prominent citizens of Mercer County.
Vashti was a popular name in her family, she had an Aunt, at least two cousins and possibly a niece all with the name "Vashti". Vashti is also a well known name in Mercer County as she and William had a college in Aledo named after them. After the college closed it was first used as a Military Academy and is now known as "Vashti Villiage", an assisted living facility.
FAMILY INFO
William and Vashti (Lewis) Drury had one son:
Edward S. Drury, b. abt 1857.
He married Fannie F. Garard 5/3/1877 in Mercer County, and they had a son named Clair, b. abt 1878.
Vashti's father Caleb Lewis served as a member of the Indiana legislature a number of times.
Both of her parents are buried in the Franklin Cemetery, Washington Twp., Wayne Co., Indiana.
VASHTI'S SIBLINGS:
Leah Viney, b.1824, d.1886, m. Harrison Scott
Sarah, b.1826, d.1898, m. Dickson Hurst
Mary Jane, b.1830, d.1897, m. Thomas Leland Ferguson
William, b.1832, b.?, m. Sarah Jane Finch
Maria, b.1835, d.1906, m. Elijah Hurst
John M., b.1838, d.?
Melissa A., b.1841, d.?
Minerva, b.1844, d.1917, m. Hiram L. Jones
Levi, b. 1847, 1847 (NOTE: There is a Levi Lewis buried with Vashti & William b. 1820, d. 1847)
Vashti was the daughter of Mary "Polly" (Willits) and Caleb Lewis. She married William Drury, the son of Edward and Jane (Burns) Drury, on 7/1/1840, in Wayne County, Indiana before migrating to New Boston, Illinois where they became very prominent citizens of Mercer County.
Vashti was a popular name in her family, she had an Aunt, at least two cousins and possibly a niece all with the name "Vashti". Vashti is also a well known name in Mercer County as she and William had a college in Aledo named after them. After the college closed it was first used as a Military Academy and is now known as "Vashti Villiage", an assisted living facility.
FAMILY INFO
William and Vashti (Lewis) Drury had one son:
Edward S. Drury, b. abt 1857.
He married Fannie F. Garard 5/3/1877 in Mercer County, and they had a son named Clair, b. abt 1878.
Vashti's father Caleb Lewis served as a member of the Indiana legislature a number of times.
Both of her parents are buried in the Franklin Cemetery, Washington Twp., Wayne Co., Indiana.
VASHTI'S SIBLINGS:
Leah Viney, b.1824, d.1886, m. Harrison Scott
Sarah, b.1826, d.1898, m. Dickson Hurst
Mary Jane, b.1830, d.1897, m. Thomas Leland Ferguson
William, b.1832, b.?, m. Sarah Jane Finch
Maria, b.1835, d.1906, m. Elijah Hurst
John M., b.1838, d.?
Melissa A., b.1841, d.?
Minerva, b.1844, d.1917, m. Hiram L. Jones
Levi, b. 1847, 1847 (NOTE: There is a Levi Lewis buried with Vashti & William b. 1820, d. 1847)
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