The Depledge Family

DEPLEDGE, Elizabeth 12 Nov 1828 5 Oct 1901 Wife of Jonathan DePledge L1 DEPLEDGE, Jonathan 17 Aug 1884 88y 4m 29d L1 Birth date calculated from above record of burial.

Employed as a gamekeeper on the Wentworth Estate.

PLAT BOOK OF MORGAN COUNTY ILLINOIS, 1894

JONATHAN DEPLEDGE was a native of Yorkshire, England, born in March, 1796. He was the third son of William and Sarah Depledge, who had a family of thirteen children. Jonathan entered the English army, and was engaged under the Duke of Wellington, at the battle of Waterloo. Soon after he received an honorable discharge, returned home, and for twenty years was game keeper for Lord Fitz Williams, at W___ House. He was married at the age of twenty to Miss Jane Robinson, of London, who lived only about two years after her marriage. He was again, married, to Miss Ann Miller. With her he lived about twenty years, until her death, having but one child. In 1843, with his daughter, he came to New Orleans, and soon after to St. Louis, from there to Morgan county, where he bought a farm seven miles north of Jacksonville, where he lived about four years; from there he went to Naples, and then to Meredosia. He was married to his present wife (formerly Miss Elizabeth Gray, of England) in May, 1850. Mr. D. and his wife are active members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Politically, he is a republican, and during the war was a supporter of the Union cause. He commenced in business with about four hundred pounds in money. He has been successful, having devoted his attention to farming. He is a good man, and a public spirited citizen. 1894 Index