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Victor Thurm Family
Victor Thurm driving a team of oxen (note horse harness instead of yoke). Probably in Grafton about 1886. Children are listed as Louis Thurm and either Hattie Thurm (Dabbs) or sister Martha Thurm (Franz). Victor and his wife Agnes Helling Thurm and their daughters were from Saxony area of Germany and came to the area about 1883. Hattie was married to Oscar Dabbs and lived in later years on Rt 16 east of Jerseyville. Martha was married to Charles Franz of Grafton and their farm is now part of the park. Martha is my grandmother. Victor and family are buried at Rosedale and Martha and Charles at Hartford Cemetery. – Mike Mourning.
Photo contributed by Mike Mourning.
Louis Thurm was a nephew. The 2 children in the photo are Hattie and luis
Actually,Mike, the graves of Victor and Agnes Thurm, and Charles and Martha Franz are pretty close to each other in Hartford Cemetery! They are up against the western fence line. Agnes Rosetta Franz-Ward-Statham is my grandmother.