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Madison Lee and Margret E. McDow Coonrod Timeline
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1822 Madison "Matt" Lee Coonrod is born in Wayne Co. Il.

1826 Margret E. McDow is born (future wife of Matt)

1829 Family moved from Wayne Co Il. to Green Co Il. Lived in a Cabin.
Madison is 7 years old.

1832 The Blackhawk war (1831-1832) Henry, George, Jefferson, 
John and Woolery Coonrod fight the indians. 

1835 Federal land sale purchase of 40 acres is recorded for Madison.
Madison is 13 years old

1835 Father Stephan adds 120 acres, (3 adjacent 40 acre parcels) and 
builds a big house and moves family in.

1846 Mexican War (1846-1848)

1847 Greenfield Argus: Madison L Coonrod, and 3d Lieutenant Jefferson Coonrod 
were on the original muster roll of the Greenfield Independent Calvary, 
Mormon War and called out durring the trouble at Fort Massac and disbanded 
in 1847.

1850 Sometime before 1850 Madisons Grandfather George dies. He is
not in the 1850 Census.

1852 Daughter Mary Jane is born (not sure about this)

1854 Son William B. Coonrod is born.

1856 Daughter Selina is born

1858 Daughter Mary Jane dies and is buried in Oakwood.

1858 Son Ellis A. Coonrod is born

1859 Son Herbert Coonrod is born and later is listed as a farmer.

1860 Census shows that children are: William, Selina, Ellis A
Herbert

1862 **Son Thomas Jefferson Coonrod is born**. 

1862 The Civil War Begins. Coonrods fight on both sides.
The Confederate Coonrods move to Fannin Texas.
Matt Coonrod is 40 years old.

186x Daughter Maggie is born (not sure)

186x Daughter Alice A. is born (not sure)

1865 The Civil War ends in November 1865

1866 Madison Lee Coonrod dies(Nov 7,1866) and is buried in Oakwood Cemetery.

18xx Margret E. Coonrod marries Mr. Finley

18xx Fanny B. Finley and George Westley Finley are born

1872 Father Stephan dies of Small Pox and is buried in Oakwood.

1874 Son William B. Coonrod died and is buried in Oakwood.

1876 The White Hall Register:
Daughter of Madison Coonrod, Alice A. Coonrod dies on the 25th, of 
consumption and is buried in Oakwood. Her brother (Herbert or Ellis)
died a short time since of the same disease.

1879 Mother Candis Lee Coonrod dies and is buried in Oakwood.

1879 Margaret E Coonrod Finley dies in Cherokee county Kansas

1884 Son Thomas Jefferson married Ida Irene Clark in Illinois.

1884 Thomas and Ida Irene Coonrod move to Wichata Ka.

1885 Brother Stephan M Coonrod dies

1888 Brother George W. Coonrod dies

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