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Druzilla <I>Jenkins Musselman</I> Faircloth

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Druzilla Jenkins Musselman Faircloth

Birth
Madison County, Indiana, USA
Death
14 Apr 1911 (aged 73)
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Kellogg, Jasper County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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sec. 4, row 6
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Druzilla is the 11th (& final) child of Thomas Jenkins and Nancy Ann (Stafford) Jenkins. She was born a little over 5 months after her father died while traveling from WV to IN. Druzilla went by several nicknames: Druse and Drusey.
Druzilla was married twice. Her first husband was A. Fielding Musselman. They married about 1850 and had at least 3 children: an infant daughter that died at birth, Lucy Musselman, who died as a child and is buried in Westfield Cemetery in Poweshiek Co., IA, and James K. Polk Musselman.
Druzilla's second husband was Martin Van Buren Faircloth. They married on Oct. 16, 1861 in Yadkinville (Yadkin Co.), NC. Drusey and Martin had 10 children together: Nancy (Faircloth) Sherman, Mary Louisa (Faircloth) Weir, Jacob Thomas Faircloth, Elizabeth (Faircloth) Benson, Bartholomew Faircloth, Ida May (Faircloth) Benson, Harriett (Faircloth) Benson, Joshua Faircloth, Josephine (Faircloth) Crownsea, and Addison Faircloth.
Druzilla lived with her oldest daughter, Nancy Sherman & her family, in Chicago (Cook Co.), IL after Martin passed away.

Inscription: "Mother" - OSSW Martin and Addison.
Druzilla is the 11th (& final) child of Thomas Jenkins and Nancy Ann (Stafford) Jenkins. She was born a little over 5 months after her father died while traveling from WV to IN. Druzilla went by several nicknames: Druse and Drusey.
Druzilla was married twice. Her first husband was A. Fielding Musselman. They married about 1850 and had at least 3 children: an infant daughter that died at birth, Lucy Musselman, who died as a child and is buried in Westfield Cemetery in Poweshiek Co., IA, and James K. Polk Musselman.
Druzilla's second husband was Martin Van Buren Faircloth. They married on Oct. 16, 1861 in Yadkinville (Yadkin Co.), NC. Drusey and Martin had 10 children together: Nancy (Faircloth) Sherman, Mary Louisa (Faircloth) Weir, Jacob Thomas Faircloth, Elizabeth (Faircloth) Benson, Bartholomew Faircloth, Ida May (Faircloth) Benson, Harriett (Faircloth) Benson, Joshua Faircloth, Josephine (Faircloth) Crownsea, and Addison Faircloth.
Druzilla lived with her oldest daughter, Nancy Sherman & her family, in Chicago (Cook Co.), IL after Martin passed away.

Inscription: "Mother" - OSSW Martin and Addison.

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