Re: Cyrus Family Lineage
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Cyrus Family Lineage
John Obert 3/23/01
John Matthew Cyrus, b. 9 Nov 1838, Houston Twp., Adams Co., Illinois, d. 4 Feb 1874, Franklin, St. Mary's Parish, Lousiana. Married, 4 Jun 1872, Emma A. Maertz. He was the son of Henry Arnols Cyrus and Athaliah G. Ruddell. He was a Civil War veteran, a Capt. in Company E, 50th Illinois Infantry. He has an impressive stone in the Woodland Cemetery where he is buried with his wife's family. [Information originally from Mrs. Otillia (Maertz) Durant, through her sister, Mrs. Catherine O. Masts, 296 Hope St. 33, Santa Barbara CA 93105, and thence from Lynn Cyrus to John A. Mahey]This is part Nimrod CYRUS line out of Stokes Co., NC and Virginia.