This memorial is dedicated to my great grandmother Angeline Moore Duckworth. She was the daughter of Thomas J. Moore and Lucy Jane Davis the forth child of five. Angeline's mother passed away shortly after the birth of the youngest child Marion.
Angeline married Justus Duckworth on February 28, 1883 at her maternal grandfather Henry Davis home place in North Okaw Twp, Coles County, Illinois. She was sixteen and Justus was twenty-three.
Angeline was bilingual, her third great grandfather Johannes Braun immigrated from Palatinate, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, in October 20, 1752 on the Duke of Wirtenburg. Angeline taught all her children German and when she or the kids didn't want Justus to know what they were talking about they would talk in German.
The German language was not passed on in my side of the family.
Angeline's sixth child Eligha enlisted into the Army on June 5, 1917. On July 4, 1918 Eligha died at the battle of Le Hamel, France and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
Angeline was the mother of Willie, Walter, Belle, Charlie, Eligha, Grace Maggie,Howard, Angeline,
Glenard and Flossie
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Her obituary

Mrs. Justus Duckworth

Mrs. Justus Duckworth, age 78, formerly of Ullin, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Frank Dillingham, 636 34th Street, in Cairo this morning, after an illness of several months.
She is survived by her daughter, Mrs. Frank Dillingham; three sons Walter Duckworth of Perks, Ill., H.C. Duckworth of Melrose Park Ill., and Glenard Duckworth of North Little Rock, Ark.; 21 grandchildren; 17 great grand-children and other relatives. Mrs Duckworth was a member of the Baptist Church of Ullin. Her husband preceded her in death on May 28, 1940. The remains are at the Berbling Funeral Home, where friends may call after 10 a.m. Sunday. Funeral services will probably be held Monday afternoon at the Baptist Church in Ullin, but definate arrangements will be announced later.
Interment will be in the family lot in the Ullin Cemetery. Berbling Funeral Services is in Charge of arrangements.