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LITTLE PAUL AND GERTY
“He was glad to be in old LeClaire. It was there that he got his
start in life. It was there that he married the wife of his youth;
it was there that he had buried his children.”—Governor Samuel Van
Sant, The Van Sants, The Davenport Democrat, October 2, 1901, page
7.
1870
Federal Census, LeClarie City, County of Scott
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Surname |
Given
Name |
Age |
Occupation |
Birth
place |
| Van Sant |
S. R. |
26 |
Boat Builder |
Illinois |
| Van Sant |
Ruth |
22 |
Keeps House |
Pa |
| Van Sant |
6/12 |
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- |
Iowa |
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Photos by Bob Jones |
Little Paul,
son of S. R. & Ruth Van Sant, died August 8, 1870, aged 7 months and
24 days. Inscription reads “Sleep on Sweet Paul and take thy
rest. God calls away when he thinks best.”
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Daily
Gazette, Thursday Morning, August 11, 1870, page 4.
DIED.
VANSANT.-in
LeClaire, August 8th, at 9 ˝ p.m., Paul Van Sant, infant
son of Samuel M. and Ruth R. Van Sant, aged 8 months. (Rock
Island papers please copy.)
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Gertie Van Sant
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Photos by Bob Jones |
Gertie,
Daughter of S. R. & Ruth Van Sant, died November 9, 1872, aged 1
year, 9 months, 16 days.
Inscription
reads “We loved our little Gertie and would like her to stay.
But our Father’s will be done she shines in endless day.”
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The
Daily Gazette, Wednesday Morning, November 27, 1872, page 3.
DIED
VAN SANT.—At
LeClaire, on the 9th Inst., Gertrude, daughter of Capt.
S. R. and Ruth Van Sant, aged 22 months.
Rock Island
papers please copy.
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