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Mary Ellen Scherer Hammond tells the story that Loephus (Uncle Losf) was sent to Alcatraz for 24 yr. for "selling dumbwaiters without a patent." She says he got religion in jail and preached and played music on streetcorners in New York City after he got out of prison.

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Shown in several places by either Philip or Melanchthen

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In 1868, Levi moved from Franklin Co., OH, to Bond Co., IL, near Smithboro. See article on the death of Levi Borror in Borror's Corners No. 7, Oct. 1989.

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Reported to have lived in Bond Co. Illinois, per 1897 Reunion.

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Only one of Solomon Borror's children living in Ohio at time of 1897 Reunion.

On March 9, 1864, Bud Borror and his partner, Madison Ford, embarked for the gold fields of Virginia City, Montana Territory. They were gone for two and a half years. The diary they kept has been reprinted in Borror's Corners.

His father Solomon died shortly after he returned and he bought the family farm from his brothers and sister. He married Melissa West and had six children. He is buried in Concord Cemetery west of his farm.

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He died at Camp Chase, Ohio, before Jan. 1865, after enlisting in the Civil War.

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Reported to have lived in northern Indiana, per the 1897 Reunion.

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It is believed that Elizabeth Seeds Borror died in June 1838 giving birth to Elizabeth, the sixth child of Absalom.

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Harriet died as a youg woman.

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Moved to Pickaway County, OH, after her marriage.

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William Martin Borror died in infancy.

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Walked from Pendleton Co. VA with his brother John to Montgomery Co. Illinois, in the days before railroads. They made their living working as farm hands for several years.

Alfred bought 80 acres of land, south of Witt, for which he paid $7.00 an acre. He earned the money by splitting rails at the rate of 50 cents per hundred. It took a day's hard work to split a hundred rails. The land was all in timber, which he cleared and built a log house. He married Miss Margaret Hightower who had come there with her parents from Tennessee.

They had fourteen children of whom seven or eight grew to adulthood.

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Henry S. Borror was born in a log cabin on East Fork Shoal Creek in Montgomergy Co., IL.

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Seattle, WA

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Portland, OR

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Portland, OR