Mary Landrum

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Error alert: The reference says Mary died in "Jefferson County CT," but there was never a county by that name in Connecticut. Also, Connecticut is a long way from where Mary lived. I believe this is a typographical error and it should be Jefferson County, Tennessee.

Mary married Nicholas Hayes Duncan on 15 Jul 1822. Nicholas was born in 1797 in , Jefferson Co., Tennessee, USA; died on 20 Sep 1840. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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When Rebecca lived in Tennessee, she was harrassed by the slave-owner predecessors of the KKK. Her husband disappeared from the story and Rebecca was given a cart and an ox team to make the trek to Illinois.

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Rebecca married James Duncan Cox in 1858 in , Jefferson Co., Tennessee, USA. James was born in 1832; died in 1889 in , , Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The following is from a family history manuscript written by John Judson Monroe

It has always been a visible source of pride, at least to the juvenile element of the family that she [Sarah Cox] "goes straight back to John Sevier", the Tennessee pioneer. And there have been among the elders those sufficiently intrigued by the sound of an historical name to investigate the matter. Their findings substantiate the claim. All of this only proves that Sarah Cox was a tiny woman, who claimed as much credit for herself as for the grasshopper plague in bringing John Judson back to Illinois.
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Sarah was called "little grandma" by some of her grandchildren to distinguish her from their other grandmother.

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Sarah died at the old home place.

Sarah married John Judson Monroe on 28 Sep 1881 in , Jefferson Co., Illinois, USA. John (son of James Munro) was born in 2 Feb 1860-14 Feb 1860 in , Jefferson Co., Illinois, USA; died in 1928 in Saint Louis, St. Louis (city), Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The following was written by John Judson Monroe

My father met my mother in the classroom. Hearkening to her words of wisdom, he sat humbly at her feet. She was the teacher. he was a country boy getting away from the cows and the pasture.

A number of years after that, they were married. Their union knotted two ropes from whose lengths hung a good many strands of different texture. ...

My father, James Oliver, was the oldest of a family of eight. He led the typical farmer-boy's life of the time, working at home and in the fields, and going to school. Upon graduation from Ewing Academy, he attempted to place himself teaching country school. But, though he raised his age from 17 to 19, the lie did him no good. He entered Ewing Cgortingerollege. After two years, my mother's wise words turned his steps toward Illinois College and what everlasting fame he was to acquire during his lifetime.
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James was the oldest of a family of eight. He led the typical Illinois farm boy's life of the time, working at home in the fields, and going to school. He went to grammer school in a country school where his father taught at one time. He later had another teacher, Fredericka Koch, with whom he fell in love and subsequently married.

His wife's full name was Fredericka Juliana Sophia Louisa Christina "Frida" Koch. She had so many names because when she was born, many of her mother's neighbors wanted to be god-mothers, so she was named after each of them.

After graduation from Ewing Academy, he attempet to get a job as a teacher in a country school. But, though he raised his age from 17 to 19, the lie did him no good. He entered Ewing College, but after two years he began studying at Illinois College.

James bought the Collinsville Herald newspaper in 1917. He served as a Senator in the Illinois State Legislature most of the time from 1930-1962.

The Karl Monroe letter says James was born in Spring Garden, Illinois.

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James married Fredericka Juliana Sophia Koch on 6 Jan 1912 in Bowling Green, Pike Co., Missouri, USA. Fredericka (daughter of August Koch and Elizabeth Habermaas) was born on 17 Jun 1885 in East Saginaw, , Michigan, USA; died on 1 Sep 1945 in Highland, Madison Co., Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]