h/o Susannah "Susan" Gray.
Birth: reportedly in Missouri, (son Samuel's death certificate has Illinois)
Census: 1870, age 23 Jackson township, Greene county, Missouri with wife & one child.
Census: 1880, age 33 Columbus, Cherokee county, Kansas with wife & five children.
Removed to Jasper county, Missouri during the year his wife died, mother of five of his eight children.
Census: 1910, age 62 Springfield, Greene county, Missouri widowed, at 325 1/2 south Campbell street, renting, occupation musician.
Death: at 68 years of age of a cerebral hemorrhage, Death Certificate
Father: Samuel C. French b: about 1827 New York.
Mother: Nancy Jane Garrett b: about 1829 Kentucky. (noted as Mary on some death certificates)
Marriage: Susannah "Susan" Gray b: about 1850 Illinois
Married: 17 MAY 1868 Lawrence county, Missouri.
3 children were born to this union
Samuel Calvin French b: 14 APR 1870
Rolla, Phelps county, Missouri
John French b: about 1871
Lulu French b: about 1874
He married again after Susan died, to Mary Jane Francis and she is the mother to five of his children.
Obituary:
CARTHAGE EVENING PRESS
DECEMBER 16, 1915
J. T. FRENCH, 67 , DEAD
Paralysis Fatal to Man Who Had Resided Here 40 Years
J. T. French, 67 years old, who had made his home in and near Carthage for about 40 years, died at 11 o'clock last night. Paralysis was the cause of death. He suffered two strokes. He had been in extremely poor health for a long time.
S. C. French of this city is a son.
Seven other children, all of whom are grown, also survive.
Graveside services were conducted by Rev. J. W. Trowbridge.
Prepared in part by Bill Boggess.
h/o Susannah "Susan" Gray.
Birth: reportedly in Missouri, (son Samuel's death certificate has Illinois)
Census: 1870, age 23 Jackson township, Greene county, Missouri with wife & one child.
Census: 1880, age 33 Columbus, Cherokee county, Kansas with wife & five children.
Removed to Jasper county, Missouri during the year his wife died, mother of five of his eight children.
Census: 1910, age 62 Springfield, Greene county, Missouri widowed, at 325 1/2 south Campbell street, renting, occupation musician.
Death: at 68 years of age of a cerebral hemorrhage, Death Certificate
Father: Samuel C. French b: about 1827 New York.
Mother: Nancy Jane Garrett b: about 1829 Kentucky. (noted as Mary on some death certificates)
Marriage: Susannah "Susan" Gray b: about 1850 Illinois
Married: 17 MAY 1868 Lawrence county, Missouri.
3 children were born to this union
Samuel Calvin French b: 14 APR 1870
Rolla, Phelps county, Missouri
John French b: about 1871
Lulu French b: about 1874
He married again after Susan died, to Mary Jane Francis and she is the mother to five of his children.
Obituary:
CARTHAGE EVENING PRESS
DECEMBER 16, 1915
J. T. FRENCH, 67 , DEAD
Paralysis Fatal to Man Who Had Resided Here 40 Years
J. T. French, 67 years old, who had made his home in and near Carthage for about 40 years, died at 11 o'clock last night. Paralysis was the cause of death. He suffered two strokes. He had been in extremely poor health for a long time.
S. C. French of this city is a son.
Seven other children, all of whom are grown, also survive.
Graveside services were conducted by Rev. J. W. Trowbridge.
Prepared in part by Bill Boggess.
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