Patoka Area Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Music
John Ballance son of Anna Ballance Jones and his fiancée visited Patoka with great uncle Melvin Belcher. Ballance performed his self written song God Still Lives recorded by the Smith Brothers Quartet. Also noted are Murray College students and multiple family visits from Trudy Missouri Colfax Indiana Vernon and surrounding towns during reunions and local Fall Festival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ballance
Anna Ballance Jones
Patoka
Melvin Belcher
God Still Lives
Smith Brothers Quartet
Murray College
Laurence Baker
Colfax
Salem
Bakers
Tom Brooks
Carrigan Township Delinquent Lands Tied to Relatives in St Louis Visit
A fragmented report shows residents of Carrigan Township tied delinquent lands to family ties. The piece lists names including Bert H. Ashton and Berthel Sanders, describes trips to Patoka and Alton for reunions, and notes various land descriptions and personal visit details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berthel Sanders
Carlinville
Lanham
Earl Anderson
Alton
John Lanham
Clifford Lyons
Don Sanders
Craig
Aretha Sanders
Boulder
Genevieve Gaddy
David
Edgar Swaggler
Shattuc
Dean Sanders
Paula
Stephen
Carlyle
Bertham Sanders
Carl
Patoka
Wayne Lanham
Iam
Charles Sanders
Larry
Sharon
Centralia
Also Mentioned on This Page
Everett Peacock
Trudy, Mo
Ted Meador
Gilbert Brown
Alice Bernius
Don
Carrigan Township
Myrtle Smith
St Louis
Loyd Belcher
Bert H. Ashtone
Bert H. Ashton
Robert G. Hopkins
Margaret Smith Foster
Erwin Hagenman
Clara Beesley
Clarabel
Dwight Briscoe
Leon E. Gardner
Pita Cde
Joseph Villiger
John Nattier
John Nattier E
Carl Harper
Jimmy McNicol
Dennis Feather
Peoria
John Nattiey
Fred R. Kleystueber
Erma Sanders
Joy Defend
Dick Feathey
The
Farm Bureau
Donald Harring Kristal
Berthal Sanders
Wittie Edwards
Bolder
Ferrin
Fred R. ‘Kleystueber
Joan W. Shaffer
Eereres
James Padbury
Vee A Lee SS
Henry Meredith
Fred F. Chausee
Edwin L. Ticknor
S. L. Ticknor
S. L. Ticknoy
Roger Yarbrough
Nattier Langenfeld
Teresa J
Sherry L. Troop
Clara
William Simpkins
Artie Rogier
William Simpkins Singer
Langenfeld
Singer William Simpkins
ICRR
Clara Langen
OHS
Senso
Ben Thalman
Toulme
Toga
LaRoy Academy of Beauty Culture
Sybil Edington
Francis Baker
A, Ilinois
Vandalia
Ill
Paul Logan
Lila
Beauty Shop
Lila Slater
Alma
E Og” Country Life
Purina
Tim
Monon
Knox
Checker Board
Patoka Elevator CO
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