Inez Briggs's maternal grandfather, according to Civil War enlistment records, was born around this time. Source: Ancestry Heritage Quest.
According to the 475-D lot card, Inez Briggs's maternal step-grandfather was likely born around this time. However, his headstone notes that his birth year is 1833.
If Jane's birth date on her headstone and her pension file information is correct, it means that she was only 12 years old when she was married to a 17-year-old Amos. Source: National Archives Catalog.
David Rothrock is married to Sarah Henderson around 21 years old. Source: Family Search.
Amos McClure, Jane, Philander (Mary's older brother), and Mary appear on the census. Source: Family Search.
Within Jane's pension file, there are 3 dates listed for Amos's death; the 13th, 14th, and 16th of September 1864. The causes of his death were credited to "inflamation of lungs + Erypipelas," and he is buried in Delta Center Cemetery, section O. Source: Delta Township Burial Search, National Archives Catalog.
An exact date for their move is unknown, though we know that Jane was still considered single when this occurred because she was able to transfer her pension. Source: National Archives Catalog.
Granted in the city of Chicago, David leaves his first marriage. According to John Binder and William Willard, Sarah was not present in court. Source: Chicago Genealogist, The Inter Ocean.
Delbert is Inez's younger half-brother, and according to Graceland Cemetery's records, he was 6 months and 14 days old when he died from cholera infantum. However, his death certificate (pictured above) says he died from inanitions. Photo courtesy of John Binder.
Originally, Delbert was buried in a single grave, #3082, section 3, which is in the middle of the large, empty-looking field behind Eternal Silence and before the prairie section.
Sophia, John Clarke's first wife, is granted a divorce from John "on the ground of cruelty and desertion." Source: The Chicago Daily Tribune.
Ten days after Sophia divorces John, he enters into his second marriage with Mary, who is 17 years younger than him. This is also her second marriage. Source: Wisconsin Historical Society.
In Chicago, David Rothrock, Jane Rothrock, Philander McClure, and Inez Briggs appear at the same address in the census without John and Mary. Source: Family Search.
Contrary to her ghost story, Inez Briggs died at home from diphtheria. She was 2 months shy of her 7th birthday, but the death certificate and the interment record at Graceland both rounded up. Photo courtesy of John Binder.
Originally owned by Benjamin F. Quimby, he conveyed the lot to David Rothrock and John Clarke for the purpose of Inez's burial. Benjamin F. Quimby's own grave is located just a tad southeast of David's.
On this day, Mary authorized the removal of Delbert from his spot in grave 3082 section 3 & John bought two child graves for lot 475 D. Both were buried on the same date.
According to her obituary, Jane Rothrock died at 1 PM, and Graceland's records say that the cause of death was Brights disease. Source: Chicago Daily Tribune.
Within the interment records, his cause of death is listed as pneumonia.
On this date, John, Mary, and their daughter Beatrice were recorded in the census. Source: Family Search.
In this census, only Mary and Beatrice seem to be living in Los Angeles, and John's death certificate confirms that he did not move to California. In both the 1900 and 1910 censuses, it is recorded that Mary has only birthed 1 child, and the 1 child is alive. Source: Family Search.
According to his death certificate, John suffered from acute nephritis for 5 days at St. Joseph's Hospital. Source: Family Search, Chicago Tribune.