Luther Pinkerton

Notes:

Location of birth and marriage not confirmed.

Luther Pinkerton farmed in North Palmyra Township, Macoupin County, Illinois.
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Reference:
Beverly G. Martin family group sheets, 1994, 6HUSp5.

Luther married Amy Henshaw Abt 1890, , MaCoupin, Illinois. [Group Sheet]

1. Helen Pinkerton

Notes:

David W. Pinkerton served in Company B, 122nd Illinois Infantry Regiment and
was mustered out at Mobile, Alabama 15 July 1865. He participated in the
following battles: Trenton, Tennessee, where he was captured and imprisoned
for eight months; Tupelo, Missippi, 14 July 1864; and Blakely, Alabama 9 April
1865.

By occupation, David W. Pinkerton was a farmer, fruit grower, and bee keeper.

Location of death and burial is not confirmed.
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Reference:
Beverly G. Martin family group sheets, 1994, 6HUSp4-5.

David married Mary Abigail Crum 1869. Mary (daughter of Eli Crum and Mary Robnet) was born 10 May 1846; died 17 Aug 1887. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
Beverly G. Martin family group sheets, 1994, 6HUSp5.

Notes:

May have been born in Ohio.

Henry B. Pinkerton was a soldier in the Black Hawk War, from which he returned
unhurt. He and his wife, Jane, moved to Iowa in the fall of 1843, but returned
to Illinois in 1848 and settled on the farm which Jane (Huskey) Pinkerton had
inherited. This farm was located in Section 32, North Palmyra Township.
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Reference:
Beverly G. Martin family group sheets, 1994, 6HUSp3.

Henry married Jane H. Huskey 19 Jun 1835, , MaCoupin, Illinois. Jane (daughter of James M. Huskey and Rhoda Reagan) was born 6 Dec 1816, , Perry, Alabama; died 10 Dec 1895, , MaCoupin, Illinois; was buried , MaCoupin, Illinois. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Died near Palmyra, buried in Hollingsworth Cemetery in North Palmyra Township.
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Reference:
Beverly G. Martin family group sheets, 1994, 6HUSp3.

Notes:

Farmer of South Palmyra Township, Macoupin County, Illinois.
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Reference:
Beverly G. Martin family group sheets, 1994, 6HUSp5.

Eli — Mary Robnet. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
Beverly G. Martin family group sheets, 1994, 6HUSp5.

Notes:

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Reference:
Robert Casey, robert@rcasey.net, http://www.rcasey.net/bryan/brystart.htm, 1 Juanuary 2001.

David — Celia Barnes. [Group Sheet]

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Reference:
Robert Casey, robert@rcasey.net, http://www.rcasey.net/bryan/brystart.htm, 1 Juanuary 2001.

Notes:

James Huskey came to Sevier County, Tennessee in 1805. He moved to Perry County, Alabama in the fall of 1816. He sold his farm and slaves (9 miles from Mobile Alabama) and came to Illinois, alone, in 1832 and then he returned to Alabama and brought his wife and 10 children back to Illinois with him by wagon train in March, 1834. In the spring of 1834 he settled on Section 5 near the present residence of Thomas Joiner. He built his first brick house in the spring of 1835 opposite the Thomas Joiner House. In 1836 James built the Methodist church building on his property. The neighbors provided the pews. At one time there was a large membership at this church.

Between the years 1834 and 1840 James Huskey purchased a total of 2,218.28 acres of land, 1,617.26 acres in Bird Township, Macoupin County, Illinois and 601.02 acres in South Palmyra Township, Macoupin County, Illinois mostly during the years 1834 and 1835. He purchase this land from the U. S. Government at the rate of $1.25 per acre.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 2a.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 425.
Beverly G. Martin family group sheets, 1994.

James married Rhoda Reagan 1813, Sevier County, Tennessee. Rhoda (daughter of Timothy Reagan and Elizabeth Trigg) was born 20 Mar 1796, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 10 Oct 1855, Bird Township, MaCoupin, Illinois; was buried , MaCoupin, Illinois. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 2a.
Beverly G. Martin family group sheets, 1994.