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Peter Jackson Ecord
26 Jan 1835 – 6 Jan 1910
| Birth | 26 Jan 1835 |
| Death | 6 Jan 1910 |
| Cemetery | Keller Cemetery Lovington , Moultrie County , Illinois , USA |
| Added by | janet donner on 11 Aug 2008 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21342736 |
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Son of ISAAC and ELIZABETH HEARNE PARKER ECORD . Married NANCY H. WELTON RHODES on Feb. 26, 1865 in Moultrie County,Illinois. Her first husband died in the Civil War and she had 4 children when marrying Peter. DAILY REVIEW NEWSPAPER(DECATUR) 1/1/1910 DEATH OF A MAN NEVER IN DEBT PETER ECORD OF LOVINGTON HAD ALWAYS PAID AS HE WENT! LOVINGTON: JAN 6: PETER J ECORD, AGED 74, DIED AT HIS HOME FIVE MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE CITY WEDNESDAY EVENING. HE HAD BEEN ILL ABUT TWO WEEKS. A WIFE AND TWO DAUGHTERS, MRS. ED POISEL OF SULLIVAN AND MRS. A. J. MYERS OF LOWE TOWNSHIP, SURVIVE HIM. MR. ECORD WAS BORN IN PICKAWAY COUNTY, OHIO, IN 1835, AND CAME TO ILLINOIS IN 1854, AND FOR THE PAST THIRTY FIVE YEARS RESIDED ON THE FARM WHERE HE DIED. HE WAS A CHARTER MEMBER OF LOVINGTON LODGE NO 593, I. O. F. AND FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS HAS BEEN A MASON. THE FUNERAL WILL PROBABLY BE IN CHARGE OF THE LOCAL MASONIC LODGE. A PECULIAR TRAIT OF MR. ECORD WAS THAT HE NEVER ALLOWED HIMSELF TO BE IN DEBT, ALWAYS MAKING IT A POINT TO PAY CASH FOR EVERYTHING HE PURCHASED. THANKS TO JANET DONNER for this obit!!!
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- Eleanor Elizabeth Ecord Ater 1833–1922 FaG
- John A. Ecord 1839–1844 FaG
- James Clement Ecord 1845–1925 FaG
- Mary Minerva Ecord Dix 1851–1916 FaG
- Oscar Phillips Ecord 1858–1927 FaG
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