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US Army WWII; b: IL d: Mt Carmel; s/of Otto Homer McNew (15 May 1873 Jefferson Co IL-2 Jun 1955 Mt Vernon) & Clara Belle Farlow (1 Sep 1872 Jefferson Co IL-16 Jan 1956 Mt Vernon); res: 1920 Spring Garden - Jefferson Co IL 1930-42 Mt Vernon - Jefferson Co IL; sisters: Lela Joy (25 Apr 1900 Jefferson Co IL-11 May 2000 Mt Carmel m: Ira S. Gilley both buried Rose Hill Cem) & Hazel (25 Dec 1902 Jefferson Co IL-10 Dec 1984 Chicago IL m: 1922 Philadelphus Bledsoe; m2: 1934 Ithial Hertenstein) & Sarah (1904 Jefferson Co IL).