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I received the following e-mail from William Carroll Etherton on May 23, 1997.
I am the fifth generation of Thomas Jefferson Etherton (brothers Samuel, Micajah thru Tenn) to Illinois. The family settled south of Murphysboro Illinois and the Three Grandfathers are buried in a family cemetery east of route l27 off the remants of a town still marked Etherton. My father and grandfather are buried in Oakland Cementary Carbondale Illinois. All three of us served Presdiency in The Carbondale National Bank from l889 to my retirement in l980. My generations begins with Thomas Jefferson Etherton, Tom Etherton Jr., James Marcus Etherton, James Everett Etherton and myself ( William C. Etherton) I have two sons James William Etherton and Justin Edward Etherton. I have always been fascinated with the Etherton genealogy which becomes a can of worms from England to Virginia and the early west. I am the fifth generation of Thomas Jefferson Etherton who with brothers Micajah and Samuel came to Illinois from Tenn in early l850. Tom Sr and his family settled on a ridge south of Murphysboro Illinois. Thomas Jefferson Sr, Thomas Jr, William Carroll Etherton (my Great Grandfather), James Marcus Etherton ( my Grandfather. Thom Sr, Jr and William Carroll are buried in a family cemetary on the ridge east of RT 127 south of Murphysboro Illinois with a sign still indicating a small community Etherton. My Grandfather was a farmer, school teacher and a banker. He served the Presidency of the Carbondale National Bank, Carbondale Illinois from l905-l938 followed by my father l938-l968 and myself to l980. My father James Everett Etherton Married Jullia Rachel Mitchell in l9l9 and two chidren William Carroll Etherton 10/21/1919 and Annabel Lee ( Bergman) 9/24/29.
I received the following e-mail from William Carroll Etherton on May 28, 1997.
My mother and father were married Oct 21 l9l8 and I came along a year later Oct 2l l9l9. My mother and father are both buried in Oakland cementary Carbondle Ill. along with my Grandfather & Grandmother, a plot apart. I have pictures of William Carroll, Jefferson Etherton, James Marcus, James Everett, and myself William Carroll. My mother and father were married in Carbondale ILL Oct 21 l9l8.
I received the following e-mail from William Carroll Etherton on June 3, 1997.
I advised of oneerror. We were all Presidents thru the years of The Carondale National Bank (not the First National).
I received the following e-mail from William Carroll Etherton on June 3, 1997.
One correction. Helen and I were married in Atlantic City, NJ during WW II (not Carbondale Ill ).
Type: e-mail
Date: 1997-06-03
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