TORNADO
March 18, 1925 Shortly After 3 p.m.
139 Killed, 300 Injured
FRANKLIN COUNTY ILLINOIS

Taken from the newspaper.
MRS. SARAH AIDLOTT [Sarah Aydlott, Boner cem, Frank tp bk p 15]
MARGARET ARM
BERTHA MAY BARNES
EARL BARNES
RAYMOND BAYS
J. H. BEAN
MRS. VIRGIE V. BELL [Boner cem, next to Louie Bell. Frank tp bk p 30]
FRED BIGGS
MARGUERITE BIGGS
MRS. BIGGS
JOHN BLACK
GEORGE BOZANIC
DUSHANKA BOZEVICH
BILLIE JEAN BROWN
FRANCES "JESSIE" BROWN
JESSIE BROWN
JISSUT BROWN
WAYNE BROWN
BULTKA BABY
MRS. FRED BURBANK [EUPHEMIA BURBANK, Frankfort tp cem bk, p 37 -Fairview cem]
C. E. BURNS
OLA BURTON
INFANT OF OLA BURTON
MRS JOE BUTLER
CHARLES CAMPBELL
MRS. CHARLES CAMPBELL
JEANNETTE CAMPBELL
JOE CAMPBELL
RUTH CAMPBELL
VIRGIL CAMPBELL
L. J. CARLTON
CHURCH [CHILD]  [pg 52 Denning cem bk has a Mary Ellen Church d. 1925 age 10]
MRS. E. G. CLARK
ASA CRAMER
JEFF DAVIS
MRS. JEFF DAVIS
CHARLES DEATON
MRS. FLORA DIXON
FRANK DONNOR
MRS. MINNIE DONNOR
G. W. DOWNING
MARY ESTES
MRS. CHARLES FISHER
JOHN FORD
MISS LOREN FORD
MRS. NORA FORD
WALTER GILBERT
MARION GORDON
WESLEY GUNTER JR.
MRS. MAGGIE HAMMONDS
ANDREW HANCOCK
LOUDEAN HAND
MRS. NELL HAND
C. L. HICKS [M&OF Cem, Benton, IL.  #2973
MRS. C. L. HICKS [GRACE G. HICKS, #2974, M&OF Cem, Benton, IL]
HARRY HILL
JACOB HOLLAND
ELIZABETH HOWARD
GERTRUDE HUNTER
ANNA LOU JOHNSON OF PLUMFIELD
ANNA KARNES
KENNETH KARNES
LORENE KARNES
ORDEL KARNES
RANDALL KARNES
MRS. TIM KARNES
VIVIAN KARNES
NANN KELLEY
JESTINE KOCHROIR
ELMER LEWIS
MRS. STANLEY LOLOVIK [ANNIE LILOVAC - Denning cem bk pg 73, has picture]
MRS. FRANZISK MANCHURA
J. A. MASON
JAMES McGOWAN
FRANK McLELLEN
MRS. FRANCES MEKOTA
CANTREL UDEL MUNDAY
MORGAN MUNDAY
BESSIE NEIBEL
HATTIE NEIBEL
WILLIAM NORRIS
NOVOTNEY
MRS. JOHN OAKS
EDWARD M. OGDON  [DENNING cem bk pg 71, age 3] 
IDA E. OGDON     [Wife of Powell E. Ogden]   [Denning cem bk pg 71]
MALCOLM OGDON
WALTER LEROY OGDON  [Denning cem bk pg 71, age 6]
NOLA OLLER
----- OSTROKI
ANNA OSTROSKI
R. OWSLEY
WILMA PATILLA
JOE JOE PLESCOVICH
STEVE PLESCOVICH
MRS. AMELIA PONOVICH
HOMER POWELL
MRS. VIOLET POWELL OF VIENNA
FRANK PRITCHETT
MARSHALL RAMSEY JR.
FRANK RAZOR   (NOT CERTAIN)
INFANT OF C. P. REED
MRS. MARSHALL F. REMLEY
GERALDINE REMLEY
T. C. RITINGS
INFANT OF T. C. RITINGS
MRS. CORA ROBERTS [Mrs. Joe]
JOSEPH ROBERTS JR. [Frankfort Twp Cem bk v.2, p 37 - Fairview cem.]
LEROY ROBERTS [son of Joe & Cora]
G. L. RUSSELL
MRS. JANE SANDERS
STELLA SCOTT
ANTHONY SHEMANSKY
MRS. MAGGIE SHOPINSKY
M. E. SILKWOOD
MRS. WALTER SMITH
ANDY SOLCATCH
FRED SOWERBY
ELIJAH STAGNER 
FRED LUVERN STAGNER JR. [ch. of Logan & Sylvia][East Fork cem, p. 77]
THOMAS WILLIAM STAGNER [ch. of Logan & Sylvia] [East Fork cem, p. 77]
CLARENCE SULLIVAN
BEN SUMMERS
LULA SUMMERS
MRS. FRED TAYLOR
GERALDINE TAYLOR
HAROLD LEIGH THOMAS
GIRL AT TITSWORTH HOME
BONNIE WAMPLER
MRS. RALPH WAMPLER
JOE WATSON       [pg 52 Denning cem bk]
PEARL WATSON  [pg 52 Denning cem bk]
NORA EDITH WHITTINGTON
MRS. JAMES WILLIAMS
TEKLA ZISKONSKI
BROWN ZUKOSKIA
UNIDENTIFIED MAN
UNIDENTIFIED MAN
UNIDENTIFIED GIRL
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN
From Sue Hastings:
The tornado victims in our family were

Margaret Crawford    (My Great-Grandmother)
1-23-1880    3-20-25

Martha Braden       (Margaret's daughter)
10-10-04    3-18-25

Roy Braden            (Martha's son)
3-24-21    3-18-25

Wilma Braden           ( Martha's daughter)
2-17-20    3-20-25

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