Father: Allen Etherton 
(1850/IL - 1908)
Born: Sunday, May 16, 1886 in Pomona, Jackson County, Illinois
Died: Friday, March 22, 1935 in Grand Tower, Jackson County, Illinois
Buried: Walker Hill Cemetery, Jackson County, Illinois
Lived: 48 years 10 months 6 days
Father: Allen Etherton (1850/IL - 1908)
Mother: Sarah Jane Lipe (1854/IL - 1927/IL)
Brother: John W. Etherton ♂ (1871/IL - 1873/IL)
Brother: Harvey Etherton ♂ (1873/IL - 1874/IL)
Brother: Wilburn Etherton ♂ (1875/IL - 1877/IL)
Sister: Dora L. Etherton ♀ (1880/IL - 1881/IL)
Sister: Ardell Etherton ♀ (1882 - 1883)
Sister: Eva Ann Etherton Inman Nausley Solomon+ ♀ (1889/IL - 1986/TX)
Brother: Hollis Theodore Etherton ♂ (1892 - 1901)
Brother: Willis Allen Etherton+ ♂ (1895/IL - 1952/MO)
Brother: Aron Etherton ♂ (1897/IL - )
Name: Melvin Baxter Pirtle (1883/IL - 1943/MO)
Place: Jackson County, Illinois
Son: Jean Pirtle ♂ (1906/IL - 1911)
Son: Lloyd Allen Pirtle ♂
(1908/IL - 1992/MO)
Son: Walter Oran Pirtle ♂ (1911/IL - 1998)
Son: Woodrow Harry Pirtle+ ♂ (1912/IL - 1983/IL)
Son: Norman Virgil Pirtle+ ♂ (1919/IL - 1958/CA)
Son: James Melvin Pirtle+ ♂ (1922/IL - 2012/GA)
Descendant of 4 war veteran(s)/patriot(s) (see details).
Jonesboro Illinois Gazette Selected Obituaries
Melvin Pirtle & Mattie Etherton Certificate of Marriage, 1905
Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947, Mattie Pirtle, 1935
Walter Pirtle Certificate of Birth, 1938
Melvin Pirtle Certificate of Death, 1943
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