Ed Washburn and Ecora Highfill Bundy were married in Clark County, Illinois on April 2nd, 1899 - 124 years ago today!
They were the parents of 9 children, including my great grandfather, Foster Washburn.
While this was the first marriage for Ed, Ecora was married once before, to Hiram J. "John" Bundy in Clark County on March 1, 1896. John died a tragic death on June 18, 1897 when he drowned in Big Crick while washing a wagon. The couple had lost a baby in 1896, and Ecora was about 8 months pregnant when John died. Their daughter, Eliza Jane Bundy, was born July 12, 1897, just a few weeks after her father died.
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