Individual Details

Shelby Co IN marriages:
Rachel Carney to Francis M. St. John 20 Jan 1856

1860 Census. Wayne Co, IL, Hh 1284 - next to sister Martha & her husband Ezra Banker
F. M. St. John, 26, b. OH
Rachel, 23, b. OH
Cordelia, 4, b. IN (appears to have been Cordelious, male)
Christopher 10 months, b. IL
David Lewis, 21, b. IL

1870 Census, Clay City, Standford Twp, Clay Co, IL, Hh 155
Francis M. St. John, 38, Farmer. b. OH
Rachel, 39, b. OH
Webster, 14, b. IL
Columbus, 10, b. IL
Emma, 8, b. IL
Alonza, 4, b. IL

1880 Census. Clay Co, IL, Hh 85
Francis M. St. John, 48, Widower, b. OH, Farmer
Cordellis, 22, son, b. IN
Christopher C., 19, son, b. IL
Emma E., 18, dau, b. IL

On FindAGrave:
Cordelious Webster St. John, b. 29 Dec 1857, d. 20 Feb 1937, Kansas City, Jackson Co, MO. He is buried St Joseph Memorial Park, Buchanan Co, MO. Married Sarah Jane Harper, 1881.
Emma Etta St. John, b. 22 Oct 1862, d. 7 Mar 1942, Cisne, Wayne Co, IL. Married 1881 to John H. F. Pittman; married 2nd to Jonathan Allen McCormick, 1936.
Christopher Colum St. John, b. 22 Oct 1863, Clay Co, IL; died 31 Mar 1924, Wayne Co, IL

Rachel St. John was in the Census Mortality Schedule, 1880. Wayne Co, Illinois. She was 44, married, born in Ohio and had died in May of 1880 of a lumbar abscess. She had been a resident of the county for 22 years. John Bowman was the attending physician.

St. John remarried to Armantha Blacklidge prior to the birth of a son Clinton (1883-1965) See FindAGrave #31461218.


Christopher Columbus St. John, died 31 Mar 1924, Bedford Twp, Wayne, IL, age 64. Born 22 Oct 1859, Clay, IL. Father Francis M. St. John, b. Indiana; mother Rachael Carney, b. Ohio. Farmer. Buried 1 Apr 1924.

Birth	1835	Ohio
Marriage	20 Jan 1856	Shelby County, Indiana - Francis M. St. John
Death	May 1880	Wayne County, Illinois

Spouse

Francis M. St. John (1831 - 1910)

Father	MICHAEL CARNEY (1795 - 1870)
Mother	HENRIETTA MILLS (1805 - 1860)
Sibling	John Valentine Kearney (1832 - 1896)
Sibling	Julia A. CARNEY (1839 - 1868)
Sibling	Minerva CARNEY (1844 - )
Sibling	Malisa CARNEY (1844 - )