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Hannah Webster, born March 14, 2000, reaches out to her
great-grandmother,
Anna McCullough, born October 12, 1901. Hannah was born 99
years after
her great-grandmother. Hannah is sitting in the lap of her mother,
Anna (McCullough) Webster, born April 15, 1965.
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Anna
M. (Franke) McCullough was born in Newton, Illinois, the daughter of
Dr. and Mrs. W. E. Franke. She will celebrate her 100th birthday
with her daughters, Roseanne Judd from Rochester, NY, and Kathleen
McCullough in Lincoln where she presently lives. The family
gathering will include eight grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.
She lived most of her life in Newton, with her husband, Francis T.
McCullough, who died in 1992. Anna moved to Lincoln in 1994 and
presently lives at 405 Lincoln Avenue with Kathleen.
Anna
enjoys attending mass at Holy Family Church, taking care of her
potted flowers on the front porch, and watching Sammy Sosa and the
Chicago Cubs on TV. She writes letters to her relatives and Newton
friends almost every day and receives many letters in return. After
her children married and left Newton, she wrote local news part-time
for The Mentor-Democrat and the Newton Press. The staff at the
newspaper celebrated her last day of work with a birthday party and
cake on her 80th birthday when she retired.
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Anna (Fisher) Franke was born, Sep. 26, 1869, in Newton, IL, the
daughter of Captain Neil and Anna (McGill) Fisher.
Anna died Oct. 14, 1954, age 85.
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Anna (McGill) Fisher was born, May 2, 1842 in Ireland, the
daughter of Thomas and Catherine (McCloskey) McGill. Anna, age 4,
arrived in the U.S. with her mother, brother, James and sister,
Mary, in 1846. Anna died Feb. 18, 1923, age 79.
Anna (McGill) Fisher's mother, Catherine McGill, born in
Ireland in 1800, died in Newton in 1885, age 85.
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