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Descendants of Zenas H. Vernor

Generation No. 2

2. CHRISTIANA AUGUSTA⁴ VERNOR (ZENAS H.³, HENRY², WILLIAM¹) was born August 18, 1837 in Nashville, Illinois ⁴, and died December 21, 1910. She married REV. JOHN LEEPER March 30, 1854. He was born October 18, 1827, and died July 7, 1906 ⁵.

Children of CHRISTIANA VERNOR and JOHN LEEPER are:

	i.		CORNELIA F.⁵ LEEPER, b. July 20, 1860; d. December 7, 1909; m. THOMAS HOOPES⁶; d. Unknown.
	ii.		WILLIAM Z. LEEPER, b. July 1, 1863; d. April 18, 1864 ⁷.
	iii.		MARTHA M. LEEPER, b. February 14, 1865; d. August 14, 1919⁷; m. FAY K. WALLAR⁸; d. Unknown.

3. GEORGE W.⁴ VERNOR (ZENAS H.³, HENRY², WILLIAM¹) was born October 23, 1839 in Nashville, IL, and died March 12, 1915. He married MARTHA A. MITCHELL February 12, 1860 in Washington County, Illinois, daughter of JOHN MITCHELL and SUSAN HUNT. She was born 1837 in Tenessee, and died 1928.

Notes for GEORGE W. VERNOR:
George Vernor is a popular figure in several published histories of Nashville and Souther Illinois. Below are excerpts from three histories:

1. From a 1979 Washington County history by Helen A. Smith (herself a descendant of Gerge Vernor):

"George Vernor read law in the office of his uncle Amos Watts and was admitted to the bar in 1860, at the age of 21. He and Amos Watts formed a law partnership, which was disbanded eight years later when he was elected Master in Chancery. In 1877 he was elected County Judge which office he held until 1902. At that time he formed a law practice with his nephew Framk M. Vernor, who died about 1910. He continued to practice law until his death in 1915 at the age of 75.

"(George Vernor was) a distinctive looking gentleman with snow white hair, who dressed in a style that may have seemed eccentric, but which seemed perfectly normal to me, his granddaughter. He was a familiar figure in his silk hat, Prince Albert coat, white starched vest and carrying a gold headed cane...His funeral in 1915 was held in the courtroom of the Court House, where he had sat on the bench for so many years."

2. Additional details appear in " A History of Southern Illinois" by George Washington Smith, published 1912:

"Judge Vernor acquired his education prior to the inauguration of the public school. As a youth he took up the study of law with his uncle, Amos Watts, at that time state's attorney of the county...(Judge Vernor) associated with Judge Watts politically as well as professionally, and had his political tendencies greatly strengthened and his talent for organization and campaign work brought to the point of perfection. He possessed a belief in Democratic policies and principles that have ever received his support, and his faith was well known. Notwithstanding this he was elected in 1877. He inherited an extra year from the action of the Legislature changing the date of the election during his term, and in 1882 succeeded himself. He was chosen again in 1886, in 1890 defeated his Republican opponent again, as well as in 1894 and 1898, and retired from office in 1902 with a quarter of a century of public service to his credit and the longest continuous service in the history of the county.

3. An 1879 history of Washington County adds that Judge Vernor "cast his first vote for Stephen A. Douglas in 1860, and has remained a staunch Deomcrat ever since. He is not a member of any particular church, but inclines to the M.E. Church, as it was the religion of his honorable parent..."

Children of GEORGE VERNOR and MARTHA MITCHELL are:

	i.	KATIE MILDRED⁵ VERNOR⁹, b. 1861; d. 1866.
	ii.	MARTHA HARRIET VERNOR, b. June 16, 1863; d. December 10, 1880.
9.	iii.	ZENOS H. VERNOR, b. 1865; d. 1892, St. Louis.
10.	iv.	DANIEL HATTON VERNOR, b. December 27, 1868, Nashville, Illinois; d. May 14, 1940.
	v.	LEWIS VERNOR¹⁰, b. 1869; d. Unknown.
11.	vi.	ALICE VERNOR, b. February 24, 1870; d. July 14, 1942.
	vii.	DIEDERICH VERNOR, b. 1873; d. 1920.
	viii.	EDGAR VERNOR, b. 1876; d. 1926.
	ix.	DELLA VERNOR, b. 1879; d. 1880.

4. DANIEL HATTON⁴ VERNOR (ZENAS H.³, HENRY², WILLIAM¹) was born April 21, 1842 in Nashville, IL, and died September 3, 1864. He married LOUISE J. MITCHELL. She was born in Nashville, IL, and died Unknown.

Child of DANIEL VERNOR and LOUISE MITCHELL is:

DANIEL⁵ ZENAS, b. 1864; d. 1888; m. CAROLINE PFEFFER; d. Unknown.

5. FRANCIS MARION⁴ VERNOR (ZENAS H.³, HENRY², WILLIAM¹) was born October 12, 1844 in Nashville, IL, and died March 1, 1913 in Salem, Illinois (East Lawn). He married MARTHA CAROLINE WATSON 1867. She was born November 19, 1844 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and died April 14, 1906 in Salem, Illinois (East Lawn).

Children of FRANCIS VERNOR and MARTHA WATSON are:

12.	i.	FRANCIS (FRANK) MARION VERNOR⁵ JR., b. November 6, 1869, Nashville, Illinois; d. February 9, 1912.
	ii.	VIRGINIA THATCHER VERNOR¹⁰, b. November 9, 1867, Nashville, IL; d. November 15, 1919.
13.	iii.	WILLIAM WATSON VERNOR, b. January 23, 1872, Nashville, IL; d. November 23, 1942.
	iv.	RICHARD ENLOE VERNOR, b. January 23, 1872, Nashville, IL; d. 1912; m. MATI SMART; d. Unknown.
	v.	LAURA H. VERNOR, b. July 18, 1874, Nashville, IL; d. Abt. 1893.
14.	vi.	CASSIUS JOESEPH VERNOR, b. May 16, 1878; d. 1923.
15.	vii.	CAROLINE MARTHA VERNOR, b. May 23, 1879, Nashville, IL; d. May 6, 1957.

6. DR. RICHARD ENLOE⁴ VERNOR (ZENAS H.³, HENRY², WILLIAM¹) was born December 19, 1846 in Nashville, IL, and died April 4, 1922. He married MARY CATHERINE CULLEY December 12, 1878 in Elkton, IL, daughter of WILLIAM CULLY and MARY MACKEANEY. She was born May 5, 1856 in Washington Falls, New York, and died 1957 in Nashville, IL (Vernor).

Notes for DR. RICHARD ENLOE VERNOR:
A nine paragraph biographical sketch of Dr. R. E. Vernor appears a history of Washington County published in 1979. An excerpt:

"Dr. R. E. Vernor studied medicine and for about twenty years practiced in Elkton (IL). He was a faithful, and conscientious man, and many times wroked day and night. He was assisted by his wife Mary Culley Vernor, who often cared for wounds...Dr. R. E. Vernor had a wide territory to care for, and the strains of this, and extra duties of World War I affected his health, and he died of a stroke in 1922."

Children of RICHARD VERNOR and MARY CULLEY are:

16.	i.		ENLOE VASSALLO⁵ VERNOR, b. November 24, 1879, Elkton, Illinois; d. Unknown, Muskegee, OK.
	ii.		ROSCOE C VERNOR, b. February 24, 1881, Elkton, Illinois; d. July 27, 1964; m. (1) FLORANCE SCHAFFER; b. March 5, 1900; d. Unknown; m. (2) LYDIA BOLANDER, September 11, 1883; b. September 11, 1883, Haubestat, Indiana; d. September 10, 1949.

Notes for ROSCOE C VERNOR:
Roscoe was originally buried at Vernor cemetery, but was later moved to St. Paul Evangelical, presumably to be with his second wife. His first wife, Lydia, is buried at the Bernor Cemetery. Roscoe and Lydia had no children.

Notes for LYDIA BOLANDER:
According to Don & Ethel Vernor's notes, Lydia's siter was "Mrs. W.C. Graham".

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iii.

VILAS VERNOR, b. January 15, 1886, Elkton, IL; d. August 20, 1970.

7. LAURA HARRIET⁴ VERNOR (ZENAS H.³, HENRY², WILLIAM¹) was born February 13, 1853, and died March 29, 1906. She married SYDNEY MOORE October 10, 1876. He was born October 10, 1849, and died May 14, 1886.

Children of LAURA VERNOR and SYDNEY MOORE are:

ORCINITH⁵ MOORE, b. May 21, 1877; d. Unknown.

Notes for ORCINITH MOORE:
During a visit to the Vernor Cemetery in the early 1990's, I was told by the Watts (who own property nearby) that Orcinith (also spelled Crcenith) was struck by lighting. He was one week away from his tenth birthday.

ii.

SYDNEY MOORE, b. May 15, 1886; d. November 21, 1914; m. P. J. REIDEBERGER; d. Unknown.

8. JOHN H.⁴ VERNOR (ZENAS H.³, HENRY², WILLIAM¹)¹¹ was born 1854, and died 1929. He married ELIZABETH "LIZZIE" ERNST February 25, 1886, daughter of WILLIAM ERNST and GERTRUDE SAYER. She was born 1866, and died 1946.

Children of JOHN VERNOR and ELIZABETH ERNST are:

	i.		DORA J.⁵ VERNOR, b. January 14, 1887; d. Unknown.
	ii.		GERTRUDE LOUISE VERNOR, b. March 26, 1890; d. Unknown; m. THOMAS CARSON; b. 1891; d. 1963.
	iii.		JOHN H. VERNOR, JR., b. July 6, 1892; d. October 15, 1967; m. MARY J. SCHNEIDER; b. April 28, 1893; d. April 1, 1972.
	iv.		AUGUSTA THERESA, b. October 2, 1894; d. Unknown.
	v.		MARY ELIZABETH VERNOR, b. July 29, 1897; d. Unknown.
	vi.		ZENAS H. VERNOR, b. March 11, 1900; d. December 29, 1960; m. VIVIAN ROESCH; b. 1903; d. 1982, Nashville, Illinois.
	vii.		ANNA ELIZABETH VIVIAN, b. March 21, 1903; d. Unknown.

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