Born: Friday, May 6, 1853 in Murphysboro, Jackson County, Illinois
Buried: Etherton Cemetery, Jackson County, Illinois
Lived: 45 years 9 months 26 days
yDNA: R-FT442596 (inferred)
Father: Andrew Jackson Etherton 
(1822/TN - 1878/IL)
Mother: Lydia Luvisa Waller (1819/IL - 1895/IL)
Sister: Mary Jane Etherton Hanson ♀ (1843/IL - )
Brother: William Carroll Etherton+ ♂ (1844/IL - 1909/IL)
Brother: Maximilian C. Etherton+ ♂ (1846/IL - 1886/IL)
Sister: Matilda Ellen Etherton Crawshaw+ ♀ (1848/IL - 1905/IL)
Sister: Juanita Etherton ♀ (1850 - 1850)
Sister: Luvisa A. Etherton Hunsaker+ ♀ (1855/IL - 1942/MO)
Sister: Maria Emma Etherton Spence Hinchcliff+ ♀ (1860/IL - 1936/IL)
Sister: Sarah Frances Etherton Hagler Spence+ ♀ (1861/IL - 1946/IL)
Sister: Mahala Etherton ♀ (1863 - )
Name: Lydia Ellen Spence (1854/IL - 1937/IL)
Place: Jackson County, Illinois
Son: William Jackson Etherton+ ♂ (1878/IL - 1949/CO)
Son: Joseph Edward Etherton+ ♂ (1879/IL - 1964/CO)
Son: Bennie P. Etherton ♂ (1881 - 1883)
Daughter: Lulu May Etherton Wise ♀ (1883/IL - 1964/IL)
Daughter: Minnie Luvisa Etherton Dillinger+ ♀ (1885/IL - 1972/IL)
Daughter: Lydia Etherton ♀ (1887/IL - 1888)
Daughter: Grace Myrtle Etherton Ambrose ♀ (1891/IL - 1969)
Son: Benjamin Frank Etherton ♂ (1893/IL - )
Daughter: Mary Francis Etherton Palmer+ ♀ (1893/IL - 1986/MO)
Daughter: Lenora Etherton Moody ♀ (1895/IL - 1982/IL)
Son: Alonzo Elsworth Etherton+ ♂
(1897/IL - 1982/IL)
Occupation: Farmer.
Joseph Edward Etherton Certificate of Birth, 1879
Maximillian Etherton Last Will & Testament, 1886
Lydia Etherton Certificate of Birth, 1887
Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900
Illinois Deaths, 1916-1947, Lydia Etherton
Joseph Etherton Delayed Record of Birth, 1953
Mary Frances Etherton Record of Birth, 1953
Minnie Luvisa Etherton Certificate of Birth, 1954
A Genealogical History of 3 Pioneer Families of Jackson County, Illinois
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