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Asa Danforth

Male 1779 - 1830  (51 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Asa Danforth was born on 6 Apr 1779 in Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts; died on 22 Jul 1830 in Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts.

    Asa married Hannah Walker on 27 Nov 1806. Hannah (daughter of Eleazar Walker and Catherine "Caty" Carpenter) was born on 12 Jun 1785 in Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts; died on 3 Jun 1823. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Asa Hamilton Danforth  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 Jun 1813 in Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts; died on 29 Nov 1890.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Asa Hamilton Danforth Descendancy chart to this point (1.Asa1) was born on 4 Jun 1813 in Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts; died on 29 Nov 1890.

    Asa married Catherine Ariana Rupert on 25 Feb 1839 in Pekin, Tazewell, Illinois. Catherine (daughter of Henry S. Rupert and Naomi Henkel) was born on 3 Dec 1819 in Point Pleasant, Macon, Virginia; died on 4 Feb 1901 in Washington, Tazewell, Illinois; was buried in Glendale Cemetery, Washington, Tazewell, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 3. Henry Rupert Danforth, Mayor of Washington, Illinois  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 3 Nov 1842 in Washington, Tazewell, Illinois; died on 20 Jun 1910 in Washington, Tazewell, Illinois; was buried on 22 Jun 1910 in Glendale Cemetery, Washington, Tazewell, Illinois.


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  Henry Rupert Danforth, Mayor of Washington, Illinois Descendancy chart to this point (2.Asa2, 1.Asa1) was born on 3 Nov 1842 in Washington, Tazewell, Illinois; died on 20 Jun 1910 in Washington, Tazewell, Illinois; was buried on 22 Jun 1910 in Glendale Cemetery, Washington, Tazewell, Illinois.

    Notes:

    From his Find a Grave page (citation details below): "Henry attended Lombard College in Galesburg, IL. Along with his uncle, George W. Danforth, they built the town of Danforth, IL. and had a banking business there. He built the Danforth Bank and Danforth Hotel in Washington and also had a lumber company here. Besides being a successful businessman he also served as the Mayor of Washington."

    Note that the Wikipedia page for Danforth, Illinois calls the town's founder "George M. Danforth", citing Henry Gannett's 1905 The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States, which also calls him "George M. Danforth." From the evidence of Find a Grave, and also the town records of Norton, Massachusetts, this is an error both in Gannett's book and on Wikipedia. At https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40947601/george-walker-danforth, we find a page for an uncle of Henry Rupert Danforth whose gravestone at Glendale Cemetery in Washington, Illinois clearly reads "GEORGE W. DANFORTH 1807-1882". The page states that his middle initial W stood for "Walker". and that he was born 5 Sep 1807 in Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts, a son of Asa Danforth and Hannah Walker. And indeed the town records of Norton show a George Walker Danforth born 5 Sep 1807, "ch. Asa and Hannah".

    Henry married Mary Elizabeth Wenger on 2 Nov 1865. Mary (daughter of Dr. Elias Wenger and Eliza Jane Smith) was born on 15 Nov 1843; died on 11 Jan 1930; was buried in Glendale Cemetery, Washington, Tazewell, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 4. Herman Wenger Danforth  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 15 Jun 1872 in Danforth, Iroquois, Illinois; died on 8 Aug 1949 in Danforth, Iroquois, Illinois; was buried in Glendale Cemetery, Washington, Tazewell, Illinois.


Generation: 4

  1. 4.  Herman Wenger Danforth Descendancy chart to this point (3.Henry3, 2.Asa2, 1.Asa1) was born on 15 Jun 1872 in Danforth, Iroquois, Illinois; died on 8 Aug 1949 in Danforth, Iroquois, Illinois; was buried in Glendale Cemetery, Washington, Tazewell, Illinois.

    Herman married Louise W. Leonard on 18 Oct 1905 in Pekin, Tazewell, Illinois. Louise (daughter of Frederick Leonard and Mary Lou Turner) was born in 1883 in Illinois; died in 1959 in Illinois; was buried in Glendale Cemetery, Washington, Tazewell, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 5. Herman Leonard Danforth  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 19 Apr 1913 in Washington, Tazewell, Illinois; died on 30 Mar 1973.


Generation: 5

  1. 5.  Herman Leonard Danforth Descendancy chart to this point (4.Herman4, 3.Henry3, 2.Asa2, 1.Asa1) was born on 19 Apr 1913 in Washington, Tazewell, Illinois; died on 30 Mar 1973.

    Notes:

    Lieutenant (JG), US Naval Reserve, WWII.

    His ashes were scattered at sea by the US Navy.

    Herman married Ruth Marie Gelpi in Nov 1944 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana. Ruth (daughter of Dr. Maurice Joseph Gelpi and Ruth Marie de Grange) was born on 10 Jan 1926 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana; died on 16 Dec 2000 in Scottsdale, Maricopa, Arizona. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 6. (Private)  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 6

  1. 6.  (Private) Descendancy chart to this point (5.Herman5, 4.Herman4, 3.Henry3, 2.Asa2, 1.Asa1)


 

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