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Female Viola Rennels Click to view Viola Rennels in the family tree

Viola was born on September 4th, 1864 in Coles Co., Hutton Twp., IL.  Viola's father was Edmund Rennels and her mother was Angeline Davis.  Her paternal grandparents were James+ Rennels and Mary+ Connelly; her maternal grandparents were Bluford Gatliff Davis and Mary Jane Edwards. She had four brothers and six sisters, named Henry Lincoln, William Riley Sigel, Rama Sheridan, Tella, Lua J., Sarah Ella, Lilly B., Effie, Ida Pearl and Lydia Alice.  She was the third oldest of the eleven children. She had three half-sisters named Mary Ann, Sarah Effis and Melvina Jane.  She died at the age of 98 on February 20th, 1963 in Coles Co., Charleston, IL.  She was buried in Roselawn Cemetery, Charleston, Coles, IL.


Viola's family with Levi Kennard Bell

‌Viola and Levi Kennard were married in a religious ceremony on January 1st, 1888 in Hutton Twp., Coles, IL.


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