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Esther Maurine CROXTON
F, b. Aug 27, 1923, d. Mar 20, 2000, #18668

Last Edited

Dec 9, 2006

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More About ESTHER MAURINE CROXTON:
Address (Facts Pg) 1: March 2000, Box 54, Littleton, Schuyler
Co., Illinois
61452-0054
Address (Facts Pg) 2: September 2003, 330 S. Liberty St.,
Rushville, IL 62681
Living: February 2003
Phone (Facts Page) 1: April 2000, 309-257-2241
Phone (Facts Page) 2: September 2003,217-322-2848
Reference 1: March 22, 2000, The Rushville Times, March 22,
2000, page 17,
column 5
Reference 2: February 05, 2003, The Rushville Times, February 5,
2003, page 11,
column 4
Reference 3: April 02, 2003, The Rushville Times, April 2, 2003,
page 13,
column 3
Residence 1: Bef. February 2003, Littleton, Illinois
Residence 2: February 2003, Rushville, Illinois
2. EstherVaughn Abbott, 'The Childhood of My Sons'.
Sterling was stationed at Clovis, New Mexico when I finished my
first year
as schoolteacher and we decided as soon as I could get to New
Mexico we would
be married. My brother, Maurice,in the Air Force and stationed
at Laredo,
Texas, was home on a furlough, sowhen he, his wife Doris, and 2
year old son
left to drive back I went alongand from Laredo I took a train
to New Mexico.
Sterling's mom, brothers Keith 15, Eldon 12, and Shirley 8
wanted to be at our
wedding and they were to join us at Clovis for the big event.
Sterling looked
high and low for sleeping quarters for them; but at an Army town
during the war
extra rooming quarters were scarce as hen's teeth so he wrote
and told them not
to come.
I had-arrived at Clovis on May 29th and the next day being
Memorial Day
and. the soldiers being on holiday, we thought the 30th would be
an ideal
wedding day. It was late in the evening when I had arrived and
stores were
closed. Sterling had the rings laid back at the jewelry store
so the first
problem waswe couldn't get the rings (the store keeper had even
left town on a
1 day holiday). We decided we could get around that problem by
using the ring
of the couple that was to stand up with us and get our own
later. Our friends,
Mervin and Jean Schasker were from Freeport, Illinois, and in
the Air Force
too. They had a car so we decided to drive to Roswell, New
Mexico (around 100
miles) and be married there. We made the drive but of course
found the
courthouse closed because of the holiday, so couldn't get our
license. After
one or two of such incidents we gave up on getting married that
day and
returned to Clovis, crossing over some of the most desolate
ranch land I have
ever seen. We held our breath all the way because gas rationing
and tire
rationing which meant we only had the 4 tires on the car (no
spare and gas
stations were few and far between in that desolate area. Curfew
for the
fellowswas 15 till 11 p.m. and you better not be late or you
would be
restricted to camp for a week or maybe two. I think they barely
made that
curfew.
The next evening we again encountered frustrating incidents. It
was
around 6 p.m. before Sterling and Mervin got in from camp and
all stores,
courthouse, etc. were closed. However we prevailed on the
jeweler to open the
store and get the rings and the lady judge to let us come to her
home to get
the license. The minister said it was prayer meeting night but
he would marry
us afterwards if we so desired. We so desired. So at
approximately 10:30 p.m.
onMay 31st, a very shy young girl and a handsome soldier became
man and wife
in the Methodist Church with Mervin and Jean Schasker as
witnesses. We made a
hurried exit from the church to a small hamburger place for the
curfew hourwas
near at hand and the soldiers had to be off the streets.
The next evening when my new husband came to our room (a small
room in a
small hotel he had a telegram from his mother saying she and the
3 youngest
would arrive in Clovis on the 4 a.m. train. You can imagine the
anguish we
went through, we thought they weren't coming and here we were
alre

Married Name

VAUGHN

Birth*

Aug 27, 1923

Huntsville, Schuyler Co., IL

Marriage*

May 31, 1944

Clovis, NM, Principal=Sterling Eugene VAUGHN

Death*

Mar 20, 2000

Family

Sterling Eugene VAUGHN b. May 10, 1920, d. Feb 5, 1982

Children

Living VAUGHN+

Margaret Cumberworth
F, #20071

Last Edited

Aug 14, 2007

Marriage*

Principal=Sir John Bussy

Family

Sir John Bussy d. May 8, 1494

Child

Sir Edmund Bussy+ b. Oct 21, 1422, d. Oct 2, 1539 or Oct 2, 1540

Abigail CUMMINGS
F, b. 1716, d. 1743, #8017

Father

John CUMMINGS b. 1682, d. 1759

Mother

Elizabeth Adams d. 1759

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May 4, 2005

Marriage*

Principal=Samuel READ

Married Name

READ

Birth*

1716

Death*

1743

Family

Samuel READ b. 1711

Child

Thomas READ+ b. 1732/33

Abraham Cummings¹
M, b. circa 1663, d. before Aug 9, 1707, #8624

Father

John Cummings d. 1700

Mother

Sarah HOWLETT b. circa 1639, d. 1700

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Jan 16, 2006

Birth*

circa 1663

Marriage*

Feb 28, 1686/87

Woburn, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, Principal=Sarah Wright

Death*

before Aug 9, 1707

Family

Sarah Wright b. Feb 25, 1669/70, d. Dec 25, 1752

Child

Eleazer Cummings+ b. Apr 9, 1704, d. before Dec 17, 1745

Citations

Birth: ABT. 1663 in Topsfield, Essex Co., MA ¹ ² Death: BEF. 9 AUG 1707 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., MA ¹ Event: Reference # C7-M7 Residence: 1680 Dunstable & 10 years at Woburn, MA.

Adelia Maria Cummings
F, b. May 12, 1843, #1102

Father

Joseph S. Cummings b. Feb 24, 1796

Mother

Ann Prescott b. Sep 24, 1801

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Charts

Descendant Chart for Sir Richard De Prestcote

Relationship

4th cousin 6 times removed of Richard Prescott Bale.

Relationship

4th cousin 7 times removed of Alexander Prescott Bale.