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John M. Savoree Sr.

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John M. Savoree Sr.

Birth
Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana, USA
Death
28 Mar 1953 (aged 73)
Paris, Edgar County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana, USA GPS-Latitude: 39.4267686, Longitude: -87.3707282
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A Large man with a fondness for limberger cheese . He was a railroad detective among other things and worked for the Big 4. He was a crackshot with a pistol and once won a pair of nickel plated 45's in a match lighting contest. He also supposedly knocked out John L Sullivan when John L travelled the country in his later years taking punches for money.

When he moved from Terre Haute to Paris he was working as a watchman on the railroad.When he retired from the Railroad he ran the City Landfill

h/o Ida M Vangunty 2-25-1897 Vigo County,IN
h/o Katie Stewart 9-19-1898 Clark County,IN
h/o Caroline Nickloye 1906 Vincennes,IN
h/o Daisy Cornwell 6-5-1915 Vigo County,IN
h/o Mabel Gertrude Pritchett 10-2-1917 Vigo County,IN


Katie Stewart Born 7-16-1878 Terre Haute,IN Died 7-1971
d/o Ben & Marsetta (Andrews) Stewart

Caroline Nickloye Born 1878 Priceton,IN Died 8-1962 Houston,TX
d/o Ernest & Anna (Mathews) Nickloye

Daisy Cornwell Born 1874 Newton
d/o Ezra & Isabelle (Rhoads) Cornwell

Children of JOHN SAVOREE and KATIE STEWART are:
i. MARIE SAVOREE, b. 27 May 1902.
ii. MARGARET L SAVOREE, b. 5 Jan 1900; d. 5 Jun 1976; m. (1) HAROLD SHAFER; m. (2) LOU SHAFFNER.
Notes for HAROLD SHAFER:
A Terre Haute Policeman shot to death in a bar in Taylorville Indiana
FRED SAVOREE II, b. 1 Sep 1905; d. Jul 1947, Vigo,Co.,IN

Child of JOHN SAVOREE and CAROLINE NICKLOYE is:
JOHN M SAVOREE IV, b. 2 Jan 1912, Indiana; d. 17 Apr 1975, Paris,Edgar County,IL.

Child of JOHN SAVOREE and GERTRUDE PRICHETT is:
MARY ALICE SAVOREE, b. 1924; d. 23 Nov 1977
A Large man with a fondness for limberger cheese . He was a railroad detective among other things and worked for the Big 4. He was a crackshot with a pistol and once won a pair of nickel plated 45's in a match lighting contest. He also supposedly knocked out John L Sullivan when John L travelled the country in his later years taking punches for money.

When he moved from Terre Haute to Paris he was working as a watchman on the railroad.When he retired from the Railroad he ran the City Landfill

h/o Ida M Vangunty 2-25-1897 Vigo County,IN
h/o Katie Stewart 9-19-1898 Clark County,IN
h/o Caroline Nickloye 1906 Vincennes,IN
h/o Daisy Cornwell 6-5-1915 Vigo County,IN
h/o Mabel Gertrude Pritchett 10-2-1917 Vigo County,IN


Katie Stewart Born 7-16-1878 Terre Haute,IN Died 7-1971
d/o Ben & Marsetta (Andrews) Stewart

Caroline Nickloye Born 1878 Priceton,IN Died 8-1962 Houston,TX
d/o Ernest & Anna (Mathews) Nickloye

Daisy Cornwell Born 1874 Newton
d/o Ezra & Isabelle (Rhoads) Cornwell

Children of JOHN SAVOREE and KATIE STEWART are:
i. MARIE SAVOREE, b. 27 May 1902.
ii. MARGARET L SAVOREE, b. 5 Jan 1900; d. 5 Jun 1976; m. (1) HAROLD SHAFER; m. (2) LOU SHAFFNER.
Notes for HAROLD SHAFER:
A Terre Haute Policeman shot to death in a bar in Taylorville Indiana
FRED SAVOREE II, b. 1 Sep 1905; d. Jul 1947, Vigo,Co.,IN

Child of JOHN SAVOREE and CAROLINE NICKLOYE is:
JOHN M SAVOREE IV, b. 2 Jan 1912, Indiana; d. 17 Apr 1975, Paris,Edgar County,IL.

Child of JOHN SAVOREE and GERTRUDE PRICHETT is:
MARY ALICE SAVOREE, b. 1924; d. 23 Nov 1977


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