John was born near Fiatt and lived in the Fiatt neighborhood all but a year or two of his life. About one month before John was born, the famous Pony Express between Sacramento, California and St. Joseph, Missouri for U. S. Mail delivery was established April 3, 1860. Mail had been delivered on horseback many years earlier but not on so grandiose a scale. There were eight riders and one hundred ninety relay stations; the riders changing horses every ten miles. The service was discontinued October 24, 18 61 when the first transcontinental telegraph line was completed. The symbol of the horse and rider has hung in Post Offices throughout the United States ever since (reorganization of the Postal Department in 1971 will replace this symbol with one of an eagle). Closer home(Canton, Parlin and Orendorff established the P & O Plow Company.
John probably first attended school in Buckhart Township southwest of Canton since his parents lived there for a time (probably between 1866 and 1868 and 1869). He was listed in the roll of pupils at the Fiatt Brick School in March 1874. Before marriage, John and his brother Doc (Alexander) purchased a farm southeast of Fiatt (in section 33) where they farmed and batched. This farm was John's home for the rest of his life.
In December of 1887 John married Mary Manion, the daughter of Martin and Elizabeth Manion. Besides farming, John operated a thresher machine in the neighborhood for many years. After his death, Mary and Doc moved to Cuba. Doc died in 1936 and Mary continued living in Cuba until her death in 1943. All three are buried in the Fiatt Cemetery.
John was born near Fiatt and lived in the Fiatt neighborhood all but a year or two of his life. About one month before John was born, the famous Pony Express between Sacramento, California and St. Joseph, Missouri for U. S. Mail delivery was established April 3, 1860. Mail had been delivered on horseback many years earlier but not on so grandiose a scale. There were eight riders and one hundred ninety relay stations; the riders changing horses every ten miles. The service was discontinued October 24, 18 61 when the first transcontinental telegraph line was completed. The symbol of the horse and rider has hung in Post Offices throughout the United States ever since (reorganization of the Postal Department in 1971 will replace this symbol with one of an eagle). Closer home(Canton, Parlin and Orendorff established the P & O Plow Company.
John probably first attended school in Buckhart Township southwest of Canton since his parents lived there for a time (probably between 1866 and 1868 and 1869). He was listed in the roll of pupils at the Fiatt Brick School in March 1874. Before marriage, John and his brother Doc (Alexander) purchased a farm southeast of Fiatt (in section 33) where they farmed and batched. This farm was John's home for the rest of his life.
In December of 1887 John married Mary Manion, the daughter of Martin and Elizabeth Manion. Besides farming, John operated a thresher machine in the neighborhood for many years. After his death, Mary and Doc moved to Cuba. Doc died in 1936 and Mary continued living in Cuba until her death in 1943. All three are buried in the Fiatt Cemetery.
Gravesite Details
BROTHER: Jerry Logan Churchill, Minnesota died circa 1951, first wife buried in Cuba Cemetery.
Family Members
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Chancey W Churchill
1851–1852
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Mary Almina Churchill Jones
1852–1920
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Charles Hubert Churchill
1855–1944
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Chester Douglas Churchill
1857–1857
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Alexander H. Churchill
1858–1936
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Robert Ingersoll "R. I." Churchill
1862–1950
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George Washington Churchill
1865–1865
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James Churchill
1866–1866
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Leonard Franklin Churchill
1867–1949
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Daniel Webster Churchill
1870–1949
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Jerry Logan Churchill
1872–1951
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Dollie Belle Churchill Ash
1875–1957
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Grace Blanche Churchill Stuckey
1879–1960
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