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Laura G. Givens born 12 or 14 Sep 1847 , Indiana, USA and died May 1935 , California, USA [1] (note conflicting birth dates no source found-if 83 at death and birth is Sep she would have been 84 so born 1847 not 1848)
Cremation 22 May 1931 Greenwood, San Diego, San Diego, CA and buried Fairmont Cemetery, Denver, Denver, CO [2]
She married 30 Jan 1879 Abingdon, Knox, Illinois, USA [3] to William (Nesbit) Nesbitt a widower.
1850 Census Perry Township, Monroe, Indiana, USA [4]
1870 Census 7 Jun 1870 Cedar Township. Knox, Illinois [5]
1880 Census 11 JUL 1880 Jackson, Madison, IA. [6]
1900 Census 11 JUN 1900 36-Pct, Hessie, Boulder, Colorado. [7]
1910 Census 20 Apr 1910 13-WD Denver, Denver, CO. [8]
1920 Census 3 Jan 1920 Cedar Township Abingdon First, Knox, Illinois [9]
living with brother Strauther Givens.
1930 Census 7 Apr 1930 San Diego, California [10]
Thales H. Givens, deceased, a former resident at Abingdon, and a pioneer settler of McDonough County, Ill., of 1854, as well as a gentleman honored and respected for his sterling worth and integrity by all who became acquainted with him, was born near Richmond, Ky., Sept. 20, 1822.
He was the son of James and Martha (Miller) Givens, and moved with his parents to Monroe County, Ind., while yet in childhood. The grandfather died in Knox County at the residence of his son, in 1867. The grandmother died ten years prior in Monroe County, Ind. There our subject was reared to the occupation of a farmer. He served a regular apprentiship at cabinet-making and subsequently at the carpenters' trade, acquired his education and lived there developing into manhood.
It was in that State and county that he was united in marriage with Miss Julia Carter, in 1842. She was born November 8, 1854. She was a daughter of John Carter and was born in that part of Virginia, which at the present time is known as West Virginia. She died Jan. 9, 1874.
The union of the parents of Mr. Givens, of this notice, was blessed by the birth of ten children, five sons and five daughters, and of whom the elder five were born in Indiana, and the younger, in Illinois. Seven of the ten children are yet living:
Strawther, has a biographical notice in another part of this work ; Araminta H., is living at Abingdon; Walter E., died in infancy ; Laura, is the wife of W. G. Nesbit, of Evans, Col.; Newton, died in infancy; Florence, is the widow of Dr. Livy Hatchett, and resides at Abingdon; Clara A., died in infancy; Thales E., married Miss Olive A. Lesh, and resides in Indian Point Township, and of whom a biographical notice is given in this work; Dora F., is serving in the capacity of head book-keeper in the wholesale house of Shaver & Dows, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; and Hattie M., is the wife of William A. Jones, of Abingdon. Thales H. Givens removed with his family to McDonough County, this State, in 1854, and was there engaged in the honorable calling of an agriculturist, together with that of stock-raising, until April, 1865. He then came to Abingdon, and subsequently engaged in his former occupation in Cedar Township, adjacent 10 the city. In 1872,in company with his eldest son, Strawther, and Mr. J. M. Dawdy, under the name of the Union Bank of Abingdon, they began business. Mr. Givens, nevertheless, continued his farming and stock-raising up to the time of his death, which occurred April 23, 1882. He was a gentleman of considerable ability, strictly honest and upright in all his dealings and was prominently identified with the educational interests of Abingdon, as well as of other places in which he had formerly resided. He took an active part in support of the Abingdon College and aided very materially in prolonging its existence. The present Abingdon College was constructed and built under his supervision. He was an honored member of the Christian Church and in his politics, an active worker for the success of the Democratic party. [11]
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