Husband: James Alvin KITCHELL
Birthdate:13 Aug 1824
Birthplace: Palestine, Crawford County, Illinois
Death date: 27 Jan 1860
Place of death: Palestine, Crawford County, Illinois
Burial: Palestine Cemetery, Palestine, Crawford Co., IL
Father: James Harvey KITCHELL (1798-1862)
Mother: Nancy GILL (1802-1877)

Marriage date: 21 May 1850
Marriage place: Palestine, Crawford County, Illinois

Wife: Sarah Elizabeth MAUZY
Birthdate:30 May 1832
Birthplace: Palestine, Crawford County, Illinois
Death date: 15 Jan 1892
Place of death: Palestine, Crawford County, Illinois
Burial: Palestine Cemetery, Palestine, Crawford Co., IL
Father: Richard H. MAUZY M.D. (1809-1834)
Mother: Adeline Virginia JANNEY (1806-1892)

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Gertrude KITCHELL
Sex: F
Birthdate: 11 Mar 1853
Birthplace: Palestine, Crawford County, Illinois
Death date: 26 Oct 1853
Place of death: Palestine, Crawford County, Illinois
Burial: Palestine Cemetery, Palestine, Crawford Co., IL
Marriage date:
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Child No. 2: Richard Harvey KITCHELL
Sex: M
Birthdate: 21 Sep 1854
Birthplace: Palestine, Crawford County, Illinois
Death date: 24 Aug 1885
Place of death: Palestine, Crawford County, Illinois
Burial: Palestine Cemetery, Palestine, Crawford Co., IL
Marriage date: 20 Oct 1875
Marriage place: Palestine, Crawford County, Illinois
Spouse's name: Amanda LACKEY (1854-1949)

Child No. 3: Garvin KITCHELL
Sex: M
Birthdate: 4 Sep 1857
Birthplace: Palestine, Crawford County, Illinois
Death date: 26 Aug 1933
Place of death: Palestine, Crawford County, Illinois
Burial: Palestine Cemetery, Palestine, Crawford Co., IL
Marriage date: 13 Apr 1887
Marriage place: Crawford County, Illinois
Spouse's name: Ida M. CURRY (1871-1931)

Child No. 4: James Alvin "Allie" KITCHELL Jr.
Sex: M
Birthdate: 5 Aug 1860
Birthplace: Palestine, Crawford County, Illinois
Death date: 20 Jun 1863
Place of death: Palestine, Crawford County, Illinois
Burial: Palestine Cemetery, Palestine, Crawford Co., IL
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Documentation:
---1. Sarah Elizabeth MAUZY Kitchell has a second marriage with more children to
her brother-in-law Edmond Courthouse HASKETT in 1869 after his first wife
Emeline KITCHELL Haskett died. Emeline was a sister to James Alvin KITCHELL.
---2. Yes, James Alvin KITCHELL Jr. is born after his father's death. James
Alvin Sr ran a thorn in his hand and died of blood poisoning and pneumonia in
early 1860 leaving his wife pregnant with their last child, "Little Allie" who
also died at a young age.
---3. b.dates and d.dates have been checked with Palestine Cemetery records and
Kitchell Family History books passed through the family and Census records.
---4. Marriage date and place was checked with records in the Crawford County
Courthouse in Robinson, IL in 1997 and also are posted on the Illinois Statewide
Marriage Index 1763-1900 on the web site for Illinois Secretary of State at
http://www.ilsos.gov/GenealogyMWeb/marrsrch.html
---5. James Alvin KITCHELL was a merchant of general mercantile in Palestine, IL
and Sarah's widowed mother, Adeline JANNEY Mauzy, lived with her throughout her
married life. Sarah's sister Mary also lived with them. Mother Adeline and
daughter Sarah Elizabeth died two days apart in Jan 1892 in the same house at
101 S. Pike Street, Palestine, IL.