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Betty Jeane Gilkison

Female 1926 - 2013  (87 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Betty Jeane Gilkison was born on 31 Oct 1926 in Catlin Township, Vermilion County, Illinois (daughter of Charles Mortimer Gilkison and Clara Goldie Eaton); died on 27 Nov 2013 in Champaign, Champaign County, Illinois; was buried in Danville National Cemetery, Vermilion County, Illinois.

    Notes:

    Betty Jeane "Jeanie" Gilkison Carson Berry passed on Nov. 27, 2013, at Carle Foundation Hospital in Champaign.

    She was born at home on Oct. 31, 1925 in Catlin Township to Charles Gilkison and Clara Goldie (Eaton) Gilkison.

    In 1947, she married Wallace Eugene Carson. He passed away in 1991. She married Gene Berry. He preceded her in death. She was also preceded in death by her parents; three siblings, Richard Gilkison, Ruth Roberts and Joe Gilkison and her daughter, Carol Lynn (Carson) Taylor.

    Surviving are her children, Christopher "Kit" Carson, Bruce Carson, John Carson, Judy (Carson) Frye, Bill Carson and Joe Carson; 19 grandchildren and many great-grandchildren

    Full obituary can be found in the Champaign, Illinois News-Gazette published Dec. 8, 2013


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/121398111/betty-jeane_carson-berry

    Betty married Wallace Eugene Carson in 1947. Wallace was born on 15 Aug 1922 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 27 May 1991; was buried in Danville National Cemetery, Vermilion County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Charles Mortimer Gilkison was born on 4 Dec 1900 in Indianola, Vermilion County, Illinois (son of William Isaac Gilkison and Sarah Adeline "Addie" Cox); died on 1 Jun 1967 in Georgetown, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1930, Georgetown, Vermilion County, Illinois
    • Census: 1940, Georgetown, Vermilion County, Illinois

    Notes:

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65910374/charlie-m_-gilkison

    Charles married Clara Goldie Eaton on 11 Nov 1922 in Covington, Fountain County, Indiana. Clara (daughter of George Eaton and Betty Tucker) was born on 18 Mar 1901 in Sidell, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 24 May 1972; was buried in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Clara Goldie Eaton was born on 18 Mar 1901 in Sidell, Vermilion County, Illinois (daughter of George Eaton and Betty Tucker); died on 24 May 1972; was buried in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65910353/clara-goldie-gilkison

    Children:
    1. 1. Betty Jeane Gilkison was born on 31 Oct 1926 in Catlin Township, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 27 Nov 2013 in Champaign, Champaign County, Illinois; was buried in Danville National Cemetery, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    2. Ruth Gilkison was born on 20 Sep 1927 in Fairmount, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 25 Jan 2001; was buried in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    3. Charles Richard Gilkison was born on 13 Mar 1935 in Georgetown, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 4 Feb 1995 in Riverside County, California; was buried in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    4. Joseph Mortimer Gilkison was born on 22 Jan 1939 in Georgetown, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 26 Nov 2001; was buried in Madden Cemetery, Miller County, Missouri.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  William Isaac Gilkison was born on 13 Aug 1871 in Rowan County, Kentucky (son of Sanford Lewis Gilkison and Rosannah Sarah Hedges); died on 10 Aug 1960 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1900, Carroll, Vermilion County, Illinois
    • Census: 1910, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois
    • Census: 1920, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois
    • Census: 1930, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois

    Notes:

    MHR note: Willie Gilkison was a strong and long-enduring young man and could cut (with a knife) and shock 1000 socks of corn when 50 was an ordinary man's work. He could lift a horse weighting 100-1100 lbs by crawling under and grasping one fore and one hind leg. He once lifted his cousin, John Hedges, onto the coal house by taking John's wrists in one hand and the slack of John's pants in the other. John was only 10 or 15 pounds lighter than Willie.


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65910446/william-i._a.-gilkison

    William married Sarah Adeline "Addie" Cox on 15 Feb 1900 in Fairmount, Vermilion County, Illinois. Sarah (daughter of John Henry Cox and Mary Elizabeth Ratcliff) was born on 3 Feb 1882 in Counts Cross Roads, Carter County, Kentucky; died on 5 Aug 1958 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Sarah Adeline "Addie" Cox was born on 3 Feb 1882 in Counts Cross Roads, Carter County, Kentucky (daughter of John Henry Cox and Mary Elizabeth Ratcliff); died on 5 Aug 1958 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois.

    Notes:

    MHR note: Addie fell and broke her hip in May 1958. She left 3 brothers: Charles Cox, Portsmouth, Ohio; Lewis Cox, Bluffton, Indiana; and William Cox, Daytona Beach, Florida. Addie had lived in Vermilion County, Illinois since she was 12 years old and in Catlin Township for 51 years. She belonged to the Catlin Church of Christ.

    Names of parents and grandparents of Addie come from a page in the back of the Hedges Reunion Book. Also the names and birth dates of her six children.

    MHR gives Addie's parents names: John Henry Cox and Mary Elizabeth Ratefill.


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65910424/addie-gilkison

    Children:
    1. 2. Charles Mortimer Gilkison was born on 4 Dec 1900 in Indianola, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 1 Jun 1967 in Georgetown, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    2. Cena Lois Gilkison was born on 24 Oct 1902 in Indianola, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 17 Apr 1986 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York; was buried in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    3. Sanford Lewis Gilkison was born on 11 Jul 1904 in Indianola, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 12 Dec 1987; was buried in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    4. Iris Rose Gilkison was born on 2 Mar 1907 in Indianola, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 13 Jul 1988 in Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Oakridge Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    5. Miriam Lucille Gilkison was born on 24 Apr 1909 in Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 15 May 1991 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    6. Dorothy Nell Gilkison was born on 18 May 1911 in Indianola, Vermilion County, Illinois; died in Feb 1995 in Crofton, Anne Arundel County, Maryland; was buried in Parklawn Memorial Garden, Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland.

  3. 6.  George Eaton was born on 15 Aug 1872 in Fairmount, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 9 Nov 1931 in Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Davis Cemetery, Fairmount, Vermilion County, Illinois.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1920, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois

    Notes:

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54425203/george-eaton

    George married Betty Tucker. Betty was born in 1873 in Illinois; died in 1942; was buried in Davis Cemetery, Fairmount, Vermilion County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Betty Tucker was born in 1873 in Illinois; died in 1942; was buried in Davis Cemetery, Fairmount, Vermilion County, Illinois.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54425207/bettie-eaton

    Children:
    1. 3. Clara Goldie Eaton was born on 18 Mar 1901 in Sidell, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 24 May 1972; was buried in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Sanford Lewis Gilkison was born on 2 Jan 1834 in Farmers, Rowan County, Kentucky (son of William Gilkison and Unknown Fawin); died on 10 Feb 1884 in Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Siloam Cemetery, Bluestone, Rowan County, Kentucky.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: farmer
    • Census: 1870, Cross Roads, Rowan County, Kentucky
    • Census: 1880, Cross Roads, Rowan County, Kentucky

    Notes:

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39193024/sanford-lewis-gilkison

    Sanford married Rosannah Sarah Hedges on 31 Jan 1860 in Farmers, Rowan County, Kentucky. Rosannah (daughter of William Ribelin Hedges and Malinda Russell Cassity) was born on 1 Nov 1835 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 27 May 1924 in Jamaica, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried on 30 May 1924 in Siloam Cemetery, Bluestone, Rowan County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Rosannah Sarah Hedges was born on 1 Nov 1835 in Fleming County, Kentucky (daughter of William Ribelin Hedges and Malinda Russell Cassity); died on 27 May 1924 in Jamaica, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried on 30 May 1924 in Siloam Cemetery, Bluestone, Rowan County, Kentucky.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1910, Farmers, Rowan County, Kentucky

    Notes:

    MHR note: A red-headed M. E. preacher (one of the Ohio cousins) had a charge near the William Ribelin Hedges home and proposed to Rosanna when a widow. She called him her father's 2nd cousin.


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39193083/rosannah-sarah-gilkison

    Children:
    1. Lillian Mayfield Gilkison was born on 26 Oct 1860 in Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 16 Feb 1922 in Bradley, Kankakee County, Illinois; was buried in GAR Cemetery, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois.
    2. Pembroke Rousseau "Rous" Gilkison was born on 8 Oct 1864 in Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 6 Jan 1931 in Bluestone, Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Siloam Cemetery, Bluestone, Rowan County, Kentucky.
    3. Mary Frances "Fannie" Gilkison was born on 7 Apr 1866 in Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 31 Aug 1886 in Bluestone, Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Siloam Cemetery, Bluestone, Rowan County, Kentucky.
    4. 4. William Isaac Gilkison was born on 13 Aug 1871 in Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 10 Aug 1960 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    5. Thaddeus "Mortimer" Gilkison was born on 7 Aug 1878 in Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 27 Oct 1955 in Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois; was buried in St. Marys Cemetery, Highland Park, Lake County, Illinois.

  3. 10.  John Henry Cox was born in 1851 in Kentucky (son of William Cox and Delsena Armstrong); died on 25 Jan 1931 in Scioto County, Ohio; was buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1880, Carter County, Kentucky

    Notes:

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/121711344/john-h-cox

    John married Mary Elizabeth Ratcliff on 24 Sep 1873 in Carter County, Kentucky. Mary was born about 1852 in Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Mary Elizabeth Ratcliff was born about 1852 in Kentucky.
    Children:
    1. 5. Sarah Adeline "Addie" Cox was born on 3 Feb 1882 in Counts Cross Roads, Carter County, Kentucky; died on 5 Aug 1958 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois.


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