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census says Feb 1850; b: Harrison Twp Carroll Co OH; d: Lawrence Co IL; s/of Jacob Earnst (ca 1827 OH) & Sarah C Miller (ca 1828 OH); m: 12 May 1888 Richland Co IL Mary Elizabeth Stivers (Mar 1866 IL; d/of Aaron Stivers (ca 1826 KY-3 May 1888 Olney) & Cecilia J Heath (ca 1830 NC); res: 1870-1900 German-Richland Co IL; ch: Sylva Ellen (13 Jun 1893 IL-Jan 1973 buried Sumner Cem m: Harry Wright) & Rosa B. (Jun 1898 IL-1995 St Louis MO m: 2 Oct 1916 Lawrence Co IL James M. Martin)
US Army WWII; age 68; b: IL; d: Bicknell - Knox Co IN; s/of Verner David Earnest* & Minnie Chlowe*; never m:
age 1m; b: Bridgeport; d: Lawrenceville; s/of Steward Earnest* & Minnie Scott*
age 1m; b: Lawrence Co IL; d: Bridgeport; d/of Steward Earnest* & Minnie Scott*
age 28; b: Wabash; d: Bridgeport; d/of Jacob Turner* & Margaret Eckiss*; m: Verner David Earnest*
age 61; b: Barry-Jasper Co IL; d: Isabelle Co MI; d/of Conard Scott (1842 OH-24 Apr 1896 AR) & Elizabeth Hill (2 Jan 1847-1892 Jasper Co IL); m: Steward Earnest*; res: 1940 Pike Co IL w/son Everett
age 62; b: OH; d: Bridgeport; s/of Jacob Earnst & Sara Miller; m1: 8 Nov 1888 Lawrence Co IL Julia Bogard (-by 1900); m2: 12 Dec 1901 AR Minnie Scott*; res: 1900 Lawrence twp - Lawrence Co IL 1910 Bridgeport; ch: Verner David (28 Oct 1890 Oblong Crawford Co IL-Dec 1981 Pike Co IL) & Everett Albert (4 Nov 1903-Apr 1988 Pike Co IL) & Grace L J (1903 AR) & Flossie L M (1905 IL) & Clement J C (1908 IL) & Mary M (1910-2010 m: Gerald E Groff) & infant male* (28 Aug 1917) & Mable* (28 Aug 1917) & Steward D* (1 Mar 1923)
age 91; b: Oblong-Crawford Co IL; d: Vincennes IN; s/of Steward Earnest* & Julia A Bogard*; m1: 25 Sep 1914 Lawrence Co IL Minnie Chlowe Turner*; m2: by 1930 Hazel Hedge King; res: 1910-30 Bridgeport 1942 Chester IL; ch: Charles L* (16 May 1918) & Helen F (ca 1922) & Vernon David (1923); King stepch: May L & Edward