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- From FindaGrave:
MARITAL HISTORY
bef 1824— He married Annis Bentley, most likely in New York; they were the parents of 1 known child together:
– Tracy Henry
1839— He married Martha Frothingham in Jo Daviess County, IL; they were the parents of 6 children together (links below).
DATE OF BIRTH
Died: Sep 23 1875
Aged: 75y 1m 13d
Source: tombstone
CALCULATED BIRTH DATE USED ABOVE ? Derived from the death date in combination with the age at death in years, months & days. An identical date resulted when using the calendar month method, or the (more common) 30-day month method.
NEWSPAPER DEATH NOTICE
The Illinois Monitor (Freeport IL)
Saturday, Oct 9 1875
(running a reprint from the Lanark Gazette)
Died, at Elkhorn Grove, Sept. 23, Mr. Alvah Dains, of heart disease. Mr. Dains was one of the old settlers of Carroll county, and was deputy sheriff during the time that Carroll county was absorbed in Jo Daviess county.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Alvah Dains was born in Cortland county, N.Y., in October, 1800. His great-grandfather, who came to America direct from Ireland, met his death while gallantly fighting in the battle of Bunker Hill, being wounded so seriously that he could not be taken from the field alive. Alvah Dains was a tanner and furrier and also undertook boot and shoe making as well as carpentering. In fact he was a man who could profitably turn his hand to most anything. He was thus well equipped for life in a pioneer settlement and come to Carroll county, in 1837, where two years later he married Miss Martha Frothingham, of Worthington, O., the ceremony being performed by John M. Owens, a justice of the peace, from Mt. Carroll. Alvah Dains secured 160 acres of government land, by entry, and continued to reside on it until the time of his death, in October, 1877. His widow survived him many years, she passing away at Battle Creek, Mich., May 11, 1894. To them the following children were born: William A., Eliza, David, Florence, David M., and Mary E., the last named being the wife of John Bohner, who is a farmer living near Clarksville, Ia. The two survivors of the family are its youngest and oldest members.
SOURCE: Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Carroll County, Vol. II, Munsell Publishing Company, 1913, p. 766.
From Illinois Genealogy Trails
Contributed by Carol Parrish
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1800 - 1875 (75 years)
