Bothwell, Henry C.

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• Reference Number: BOTH.H002
• _FGRAVE: 24103911

Family/Spouse: Myers, Mary C.. Mary (daughter of Myers, Jacob and Gorham, Eleanor) was born in 1849 in Ohio; died on 18 May 1928 in East St. Louis, St. Clair County, Illinois; was buried in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Bothwell, Infant Son died on 23 Dec 1873; was buried in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois.
2. Bothwell, Infant Son died on 27 Dec 1871; was buried in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois.
3. Bothwell, Lucy was born in Oct 1872 in Illinois; died on 29 Sep 1953; was buried in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois.
4. Bothwell, Mary Ada was born on 8 Sep 1883 in Illinois; died on 29 Jan 1969 in Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina; was buried in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois.

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• Occupation: Merchant
• Reference Number: BOTH.J003
• _FGRAVE: 24130705

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J.K. Bothwell, merchant, Clay City, was born in what is now Vinton, then Athens, County, Ohio, April 20, 1815, and is a son of James and Charlotte (Potter) Bothwell.

The father was born in Ireland, his parents being of Scotch-Irish descent, and came to this country in 1792. The mother was a native of Pennsylvania. Subject was the fifth of nine children, of whom six are now living. The subscription schools of his native county furnished subject his means of education.

He helped on the home farm until twenty-two years of age, and then in 1840 he came to Clay County, settling in the old town of Maysville, on Section 19. Here he first turned his attention to farming, but in 1846 he embarked in business with Morris Brissenden. In 1862, he came to Clay City, and began business for himself. In 1880, he associated with him his son N. C. Bothwell. The firm now carry a stock of about $8,000.

In this county, February 22, 1846, Mr. Bothwell was married to Miss Mary Ann Brissenden, a daughter of John and Elizabeth Brissenden. Both parents were natives of England and early settlers in this county. Mrs. Bothwell was born in August, 1820, and is the mother of seven children, of whom four are now living—H.C., J.H., J.K. and Florence. In politics, he gives his support to the Republican party.

Excerpt from "History of Wayne and Clay Counties, Illinois 1884 "

James married Brissenden, Mary Ann on 22 Feb 1846 in Clay County, Illinois. Mary (daughter of Brissenden, John and Mee, Elizabeth) was born on 23 Aug 1821 in Edwards County, Illinois; died on 16 Jul 1898; was buried in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: BRIS.M007

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• Reference Number: BOTH.J001
• _FGRAVE: 55643582

James married Potter, Charlotte on 6 Dec 1810. Charlotte was born on 22 Jan 1788 in Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania; died in 1875 in Vinton County, Ohio; was buried in Old McArthur Cemetery, McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: POTT.C002
• _FGRAVE: 66614572

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Charlotte was the daughter of John Potter & Rachel Thompson Potter; she married James Bothwell on Dec 06, 1810 in New Geneva, Pennsylvania. Charlotte & James were the parents of: Mariah (born Feb 13, 1812), Rachel (b June 15, 1813), Catherine (b Jan 15, 1815), John Thompson (b Sept 25, 1816), James Kimble (b Apr 20, 1818), Alexander William (b May 30, 1820), Ezra (Zara Costen)(fag#55643767) (b Apr 17, 1822), George Benson (b Feb 28, 1824), Ezra Potter (b Nov 03, 1825), Samuel Hagan (b June 18, 1827), and Henry Clay (b Dec 13, 1833).

According to an obituary her year of birth is 1798:
"Mrs. Caroline Bothwell, the oldest person and oldest resident of this county, died at the residence of her son, Ezra P. Bothwell, in McArthur, at 12 o'clock Saturday, in her eighty ninth year. She was born in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, in January, 1798, was the daughter of John Potter, and was married to James 1810, with whom she had lived in the State of Maryland until 1814, when they moved to this county, sixty-one years ago.
Her husband died in 1861. She lived to see her fifth generation, and was the mother of eight sons and three daughters."

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• Reference Number: BRIS.J005

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Born Wood Church, County of Kent, England; emigrated in 1819

John married Mee, Elizabeth on 28 Oct 1820. Elizabeth was born on 7 May 1797 in Ruddington, Rushcliffe Borough, Nottinghamshire, England; died on 23 Dec 1870 in Illinois; was buried in Albion Cemetery, Albion, Edwards County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: MEE.E001

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• Reference Number: BOTH.A002
• _FGRAVE: 94626205

Alexander married Hagen, Catherine. Catherine was born in 1758 in Wales; died on 11 Mar 1806 in New Geneva, Fayette County, Pennsylvania; was buried in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: HAGE.C003
• _FGRAVE: 94626077