REV. SAMUEL MCCORKLE ASTON
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BLOCK 11
LOT : 11
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September 16, 1912
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CENTRAL BLOCK
MILLIKIN-AUSTON MAUSOLEUM
LOT : 1
GRAVE # ?
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Rev. Samuel McCorkle Aston
b. October 8, 1800
Wilson County, Tennessee
d. November 7, 1856
near Mt. Zion, Macon County, Illinois
buried: November 1856
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FATHER
Alexander Ginges "Alec" Aston
(1748-1853)
MOTHER
Anna Alice "Ann" Braley
(1767-1833)
MARRIED
Hetty Bartlett
(1803-1886)
November 12, 1823
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CHILDREN
with Hetty
Henry A. Aston
(1827-?)
Anna Bernice "Annie" (nee-Aston) Millikin
(1836-1912)
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Samuel was a Cumberland Presbyterian minister from Tennessee.
He was at one time paster of the church in Clarkstown, Pennsylvania.
This is where his family met the Millikin family.
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Rev. S.M. Aston died on Monday the 17th at his residence
three miles South east of Decatur, of Lung Fever. He came
to this county from Pennsylvania about two years ago and
had charge of Mt. Zion congregation, and a man of learning
and decided ability, aged 58 years, I have been personally
acquainted with the deceased for 15 years, and knew his
death will be much regretted throughout the Churches of
the Presbyterian order.
Illinois State Chronicle
27 NOV 1856
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