Catherine M. "Kitty" McPherson died 8 Sep 1880 in Sparks Hill, IL. Kitty was born 24 Oct 1812 in Boone County, KY, the eldest child of Robert Nathaniel and Janet "Jennie" McClure - McPherson. She married Joel Coghill on 27 Feb 1837 in Gallatin Co., KY.
Kitty came to IL with her family, her parents, and most of her brothers and sisters and their families, on a flatboat down the Ohio River in 1852. They landed in Shawneetown and purchased the land in Sparks Hill before ever seeing it. She endured many hardships as a pioneer, the worst being the losses of 9 of her 13 children.
Kitty is survived by her husband, 3 daughters, Hannah Jane Davis, Martha Taylor Tinsley, and Sarah M. Stone, and 1 son; John W. Coghill; sisters Martha Love and Margaret Miles, and brothers Thomas and Robert Nathaniel Jr.
She was preceded in death by her parents, 9 children, sisters Elizabeth "Jane" Brownfield, Ellen Alcorn, Nancy Alcorn, Harriett Burton, and Sarah Sparks and a brother Mark McPherson.
Kitty came to IL with her family, her parents, and most of her brothers and sisters and their families, on a flatboat down the Ohio River in 1852. They landed in Shawneetown and purchased the land in Sparks Hill before ever seeing it. She endured many hardships as a pioneer, the worst being the losses of 9 of her 13 children.
Kitty is survived by her husband, 3 daughters, Hannah Jane Davis, Martha Taylor Tinsley, and Sarah M. Stone, and 1 son; John W. Coghill; sisters Martha Love and Margaret Miles, and brothers Thomas and Robert Nathaniel Jr.
She was preceded in death by her parents, 9 children, sisters Elizabeth "Jane" Brownfield, Ellen Alcorn, Nancy Alcorn, Harriett Burton, and Sarah Sparks and a brother Mark McPherson.
Catherine M. "Kitty" McPherson died 8 Sep 1880 in Sparks Hill, IL. Kitty was born 24 Oct 1812 in Boone County, KY, the eldest child of Robert Nathaniel and Janet "Jennie" McClure - McPherson. She married Joel Coghill on 27 Feb 1837 in Gallatin Co., KY.
Kitty came to IL with her family, her parents, and most of her brothers and sisters and their families, on a flatboat down the Ohio River in 1852. They landed in Shawneetown and purchased the land in Sparks Hill before ever seeing it. She endured many hardships as a pioneer, the worst being the losses of 9 of her 13 children.
Kitty is survived by her husband, 3 daughters, Hannah Jane Davis, Martha Taylor Tinsley, and Sarah M. Stone, and 1 son; John W. Coghill; sisters Martha Love and Margaret Miles, and brothers Thomas and Robert Nathaniel Jr.
She was preceded in death by her parents, 9 children, sisters Elizabeth "Jane" Brownfield, Ellen Alcorn, Nancy Alcorn, Harriett Burton, and Sarah Sparks and a brother Mark McPherson.
Kitty came to IL with her family, her parents, and most of her brothers and sisters and their families, on a flatboat down the Ohio River in 1852. They landed in Shawneetown and purchased the land in Sparks Hill before ever seeing it. She endured many hardships as a pioneer, the worst being the losses of 9 of her 13 children.
Kitty is survived by her husband, 3 daughters, Hannah Jane Davis, Martha Taylor Tinsley, and Sarah M. Stone, and 1 son; John W. Coghill; sisters Martha Love and Margaret Miles, and brothers Thomas and Robert Nathaniel Jr.
She was preceded in death by her parents, 9 children, sisters Elizabeth "Jane" Brownfield, Ellen Alcorn, Nancy Alcorn, Harriett Burton, and Sarah Sparks and a brother Mark McPherson.
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