NOTE 1: Flora Bell SUTTON – Born in 1875 (Tombstone shows date of birth as April 9, 1870) in Johnson, Ripley Co., IN - She was one of nine children, the daughter of George W. SUTTON (b. 1837; d. 1905 / buried in Evergreen Cemetery, 7 miles south & west of Alliance, Box Butte County, NE) and Elzina SPRAGUE (b. 1840; d. 1917 / buried in Evergreen Cemetery, 7 miles south & west of Alliance, Box Butte County, NE). Siblings include Carrie W. (who married Robert W. Westley in 1887), Laura E. (possibly Ellen) (who married John W. Lawrence in 1890), George Jr. (who married Arrabel Frazier in 1893), Emma (who married Albert P. Smith in 1912, and Josephine (who married Albert Spickler in 1914). The family moved to Box Butte Co. about 1886. / M. 20 Sept. 1893 [Her date of marriage – according to Charles Sutton (Box Butte Queries p 2) – is 1891.] / D. /***/***/***/***/***/ NOTE 2: Info Below
Taken from The Pound and Kester Book:
Resides at Alliance, Nebraska.
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Married LEWIS MERIDETH HAWKINS September 20, 1893; daughter of GEORGE BELL and ELZINA SPRAGUE.
Children of LEWIS HAWKINS and FLORA SUTTON are:
i. LURA MAY(9) HAWKINS, b. May 02, 1895;
ii. MYRTLE BELL HAWKINS, b. January 25, 1897;
iii. MABEL ARELLIA HAWKINS, b. March 14, 1899;
iv. LEROY EARL HAWKINS, b. February 03, 1901; d. February 27, 1901;
// ***** // ***** // Record of Marriage: Hawkins, Lewis M. - Sutton, Flora B. - Recorded in: Box Butte County, Nebraska Marriage Book: A - Year: 1893 - Page or License #: 349 - Source: From Box Butte County Marriage Books A through D, as indexed by Cynthia Monroe. Contributed to the USGenWeb Nebraska Archives December, 1997, by Liz Lee (lleedlee@btigate.com). Found online at MARRIAGES 1887-1914; SURNAMES A-I; BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ne/boxbutte/mar001.txt // ***** // ***** // Photo of tombstone available online at http://nebraskagravestones.org/view.php?id=57540
