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1 | Subj: Hi Megan remember me? Date: 11/11/2001 12:32:38 PM Eastern Standard Time From: UttER@webtv.net (Edna) To: spuddled@aol.com When I last wrote to you I stated that Thomas Maxson's wife's name was probably Jane Long. I have since found their marrage recorded in Champaigne County Ohio which states her last name to be Martin.....Jane Martin. Thought youmight like to change it in your database....thanks ...edna | Martin, Jane (I37175)
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2 | 1888 LIVINGSTON COUNTY PORTRAITS AND BIOS CONRAD MUNZ CONRAD MUNZ, WHOSE FARM IS LOCATED ON SECTION 25, AND IS CONSIDERED THE F INEST IN THE TOWNSHIP OF PLEASANT RIDGE, WAS BORN IN THE CANTON OF THUR GAN, SWITZERLAND, ON THE 29TH OF APRIL, 1841. THIS CANTON IS IN THE NOR THEASTERN PART OF SWITZERLAND, AND IS SEPARATED FROM BADEN BY THE RIVER R HINE. IT HAS AN AREA OF 270 SQUARE MILES, AND A POPULATION OF ABOUT 100 ,000, OF WHOM FOUR-FIFTHS ARE PROTESTANTS. THE SURFACE IS UNDULATING AN D FERTILE, AND THE COUNTRY IS WATERED BY THE THUR, THE SITTER AND MURG R IVERS. AGRICULTURE, SPINNING AND WEAVING ARE THE CHIEF OPERATION OF THE I NHABITANTS. THE PARENTS OF MR. MUNZ WERE JACOB AND ELIZABETH (ALTWEGG) M UNZ, WHO WERE NATIVES OF SWITZERLAND. THE FATHER WAS BORN ON THE 4TH OF S EPTEMBER 1812, DIED JUNE 21, 1858. HE WAS BY OCCUPATION A FARMER AND WI NE DEALER, AND ACHIEVED CONSIDERABLE REPUTATION FOR THE VINTAGE OF HIS W INES. THE MOTHER WAS BORN IN SWITZERALND JULY 29, 1822, AND DIED JAN. 3 , 1861. THEY WERE BOTH DEVOTED TO ZEALOUS CHRISTIAN WORK. THE NAMES OF T HE CHILDREN WERE AS FOLLOWS: CONRAD, JACOB, IDA, EMIL, ANNA, JOHN AND W ILHELMINA, TWO OF WHOM DIED IN INFANCY. MR. MUNZ CAME TO AMERICA IN 1873, AND LANDED IN NEW YORK OCTOBER 28. HE C AME ALMOST IMMEDIATELY TO LIVINGSTON COUNTY, AND PURCHASED 120 ACRES OF L AND, TO WHICH HE HAS ADDED FORTY ACRES. HE HAS ERECTED A FULL COMPLEMEN T OF FARM BUILDINGS, ALL OF WHICH ARE CONSTRUCTED WITH A VIEW TO COMFOR T AND BEAUTY. HE HAS PUT IN OVER 30,000 TILES AND HAS, THEREFORE, A MOS T COMPLETELY DRAINED FARM. TAKING ITS APPOINTMENTS THROUGHOUT MR. MUNZ H AS AS FINE A FARM AS THERE IS IN PLEASANT RIDGE TOWNSHIP, AND HE HAS RE CENTLY PURCHASED 104 ACRES OF VERY EXCELLENT LAND NEAR FAIRBURY, LIVING STON COUNTY. AUGUST 29, 1871, MR. MUNZ WAS MARRIED IN SWITZERLAND TO CATHERINE BLUME R, WHO WAS BORN FEB. 2, 1849. TO THEM HAVE BEEN BORN THE FOLLOWING CHIL DREN: FRIEDA, ANNIE, DAVID, PAUL, JONATHAN AND CONRAD. TWO CHILDREN DIE D IN INFANCY. MR. AND MRS. MUNZ ARE BOTH MEMBERS OF THE OMISH CHURCH, I N WHICH CHURCH THEY WERE BOTH RAISED. MR. MUNZ IS AN ENTERPRISING CATTLE GROWER, AND RAISES A CONSIDERABLE NU MBER OF HORSES, BUT DOES NOT MAKE ANY PRETENSION TO CULTIVATING BLOODED H ORSES, HE HAS ON HIS FARM A LARGE VINEYARD, AND EACH YEAR MANUFACTURES F ROM SIX TO EIGHT BARRELS OF WINE. MR. MUNZ PROCURED THE PAPERS WHICH MA DE HIM A FULL CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES ONLY ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO. HE H AS NOT TAKEN A VERY ACTIVE INTEREST IN POLITIES, CARING NOTHING FOR OFF ICE-HOLDING, AND THE ONLY OFFICIAL POSITION HE HAS CONSENTED TO HOLD WA S THAT OF SCHOOL DIRECTOR, FOR WHICH HE WAS EMINENTLY FITTED BY EDUCATI ON. IN HIS NATIVE COUNTRY MR. MUNZ RECEIVED A HIGH EDUCATION, AND WHILE I N THAT COUNTRY HE WAS ENGAGED MOST OF THE TIME AS BOOKKEEPER AND CLERK I N A LARGE SILK AND DAMASK FACTORY, A POSITION WHICH REQUIRED CONSIDERAB LE KNOWLEDGE OF BUSINESS. AT ONE TIME IN SWITZERLAND HE WAS QUITE WEALT HY, BUT REVERSES OVERTOOK HIM WHICH SWEPT AWAY THE GREATER PORTION OF H IS FORTUNE. HE IS NOW ONE OF MOST ENTERPRISING AND SUBSTANTIAL MEN OF T HE TOWNSHIP IN WHICH HE RESIDES, AND ENJOYS THE CONFIDENCE OF EVERYBODY W HO KNOWS HIM. CONRAD MUNZ, SR., AN ESTEEMED CITIZEN, PASSES WAS NINETY YEARS OF AGE - WAS FOR MANY YEARS IDENTIFIED WITH BUSINESS I NTERESTS OF FAIRBURY. CONRAD MUNZ, SR., ONE OF FAIRBURYS HIGHLY ESTEEMED CITIZENS, AND WHO F OR YEARS HAD BEEN IDENTIFIED WITH THE BUSINESS INTERESTS OF THIS COMMUN ITY, PASSED AWAY MONDAY EVENING AT 9:30 OCLOCK AT HIS HOME, 546 SOUTH F IFTH STREET, OF UREMIC POISONING, FOLLOWING AN ILLNESS OF TWO WEEKS. HE W AS AGED 90 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AND 16 DAYS. FOR 58 YEARS MR. MUNZ HAD BEEN A RESIDENT OF LIVINGSTON COUNTY, AND FOR 4 3 YEARS HAD RESIDED AT FAIRBURY. MOST OF THE YEARS SPENT AT FAIRBURY WE RE ON HIS FARM AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF THE CITY. HE WAS A MAN OF ABILITY A ND ENERGY, AND THE MORE THAN TWO SCORE YEARS SPENT HERE WERE YEARS OF A CTIVITY FOR HIM IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT FOR MANY YEARS HE WAS INCAPAC ITATED BY THE AMPUTATION OF ONE OF HIS LEGS. HE STARTED THE GROWING OF S ORGHUM ON HIS LAND AFTER MOVING TO FAIRBURY, AND IN 1889 BUILT A PLANT F OR THE MANUFACTURE OF MOLASSES, EQUIPPING IT WITH MODERN MACHINERY, AND E NLARGING IT IN 1895. IN 1907 HIS PLANT BURNED, BUT MR. MUNZ REBUILT AGA IN USING MORE MODERN MACHINERY, AND TURNING OUT THOUSANDS OF GALLONS OF M OLASSES YEARLY, AND GIVING EMPLOYMENT TO MANY PEOPLE. ANOTHER ENTERPRIS E WHICH MR. MUNZ DEVELOPED WAS THE MUNZ SAND AND GRAVEL PIT, WHICH HAS B EEN FOR SEVERAL YEARS PAST OPERATED BY HIS SON, CONRAD MUNZ, JR. AT ONE T IME HE EXPERIMENTED ON THE RAISING OF TOBACCO ON QUITE A LARGE SCALE, B UT IT NOT PROVING A PROFITABLE VENTURE WAS DISCONTINUED. MR. MUNZ WAS WELL INFORMED MAN, BROAD IN HIS VIEWS, AND ALWAYS CONSIDER ATE OF HIS FELLOWMEN. A GOOD CITIZEN AND A KIND FATHER, HE WILL BE MISS ED IN THE COMMUNITY AND HOME. MR. MUNZ WAS BORN IN SULGEN, SWITZERLAND, APRIL 29, 1841, SON OF JACOB A ND ELIZABETH ALTWEG MUNZ, AND THE OLDEST OF A FAMILY OF NINE CHILDREN, A LL OF WHOM HAVE PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH. HE RECEIVED HIS EDUCATION IN HIS N ATIVE COUNTRY, AND THERE AT AZMOZ ON AUGUST 29, 1871, WAS UNITED IN MAR RIAGE TO CATHARINA BLUMER. IN 1873, MR. AND MRS. MUNZ AND DAUGHTER, FRE DIA, NOW DECEASED, CAME TO AMERICA, SETTLING ON A FARM NEAR FORREST. MR S. MUNZ PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH SEVERAL YEARS AGO. THE FOLLOWING CHILDREN S URVIVE: ANNA AND LYDIA, AT HOME; MRS. KATHERINE GUTWEIN, OF FRANCESVILL E, IND.; MRS. ESTHER RAPP, OF HIGHLAND PARK; DAVID, PAUL, JONATHAN AND C ONRAD, JR., OF FAIRBURY. THERE ALSO SURVIVE 22 GRANDCHILDREN. THE FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD YESTERDAY MORNING FROM THE CHRISTIAN APO STOLIC CHURCH, AND WERE LARGELY ATTENDED. THE REV. MARTIN STEIDINGER OF FICIATED, AND INTERMENT WAS IN GRACELAND CEMETERY. | Munz, Conrad (I132)
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3 | ADDIE HONEGGER 1893 - 1983 ADDIE HONEGGER, 90, DIES FRIDAY AT FAIRVIEW HAVEN ADDIE HONEGGER, 90, FORREST, DIED AT 3 P. M. FRIDAY, SEPT. 23, 1983 AT F AIRVIEW HAVEN COMPLEX, WHERE SHE HAD BEEN A RESIDENT FOR FIVE YEARS. SH E HAD BEEN ILL A MONTH. HER FUNERAL WAS AT 1 P. M. SUNDAY AT FORREST APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN CHURCH , CHURCH MINISTERS OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN NORTH APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN C EMETERY. SHE WAS BORN JAN. 6, 1893, AY FORREST, A DAUGHTER OF EDWARD AND BERTHA H AAB HONEGGER. SURVIVING ARE THREE BROTHERS, FRANK, SAM AND PAUL, ALL OF FORREST; AND F OUR SISTERS, PERCEDA HONEGGER, ELLA HONEGGER, KATHRYN HONEGGER AND NATH ALIA HONEGGER, ALL OF FAIRBURY. THREE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS PRECEDED HER IN DEATH. MISS HONEGGER LIVED IN PEORIA 50 YEARS, MOVING TO FAIRBURY FIVE YEARS A GO. | Honegger, Addie (I92041)
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4 | April 10 1940 Columbus Franklin Ohio SD 12 ED 93-194 Sheet 6B Grand St. 1440 246 R 45.00 No Peterson Arthur T Head M W 41 M No H4 Illinois New Y ork New York Yes 60 Drug Salesman Durst [?] Pharmical [?] PW 52 2600 No ---Verna Wife F W 42 M No H4 Ohio New York New York No No No No H 0 0 N o ---William C Son M W 23 S Yes C3 Ohio Cleveland Ohio No No No No S Civi l Engineer United States Government GW 36 900 No | Peterson, Arthur Dewey (I141666)
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5 | April 11 1930 Chicago Cook Illinois Enum 16-1284 Sup 4 Austin Blvd. 653 Fulton Howard Head R 65 R M W 32M 29 no yes Illinois Illinois Illin ois yes Chief Clerk Can Co. w yes yes WW ---Elva Wife-H F W 27 M 24 no yes Illinois Illinois Illinois yes none ---Richard Son M W 1 8/12 S no Illinois Illinois Illinois none April 13 1940 Berwyn Cook Illinois SD 28 ED 16-5 Sheet 15A Clinton Avenue 3737 311 O 9000 Fulton Howard Head M W 42 M no H1 Illinois same house y es - - - - 44 Clerk Office Can Manufacturing PW 52 3500 no ---Elva x Wife F W 37 M no C1 Illinois same house no no no no H 0 0 no ---Richard Son M W 11 S yes 5 Illinois same house ---Wesley Son M W 9 S yes 3 Illinois same house | Fulton, Howard William (I142713)
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6 | April 11 1930 Kansas City Jackson Missouri Enum 48-51 Sup 5 Sheet 17A Gillham Road 2529 186 249 Stewart Grace Head R 32.50 No F W 37 M 17 No yes New York U ited States England yes none Fill William Son M W 18 S yes yes New Yor k New York New York yes none ---Madelyn R daughter F W 16 S yes yes New York New York New York yes n one Christison Charles C Uncle-in-law M W 52 S no yes Kansas Illinois Swede yes Carpenter House repair O yes No Peola Leo Boarder M W 28 S no yes New York Canada -French Spain yes Dec orator House finishing O yes Smith-Stewart Lyman Son M W 3 6/12 S no Missouri Kansas New York none | Bates, Grace Lillian Maude (I143029)
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7 | April 14 1930 Chicago Cook Illinois Enum 16-2562 Sup 7 Sheet 8A W 65 Street 4743 72 [?] 97 Songer Lawrence Head R $55 R no M W 24 M 22 no y es Kansas Iowa Kansas yes Inspector Factory W yes no ---Goldie Wife-H F W 24 M 22 no yes Kansas Kansas Kansas yes none ---Lloyd Son M W 6/12 S no Kansas Kansas Kansas yes none | Songer, Lawrence Lloyd (I142935)
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8 | April 14 1930 Coyville Wilson Kansas Enum 103-26 Sup 12 Sheet 2B 45 48 Hull Everett head O 1300 R no M W 31 [33?] M 24 no yes Iowa Iowa I owa yes President Bank W yes yes WW ---Alta Wife-H F W 30 M 23 No yes Illinois Pennsylvania New York yes no e ---Selma Lee daughter F W 1 11/12 S no Kansas Iowa Illinois none April 6 1940 Fredonia Wilson Kansas SD 3 ED 103-14 Sheet 3A Twelfth 302 49 R 13 no Hull Everett Head M W 42 M No C1 Iowa R Wilson Kansas no y es - - - - 40 Clerk Post Office GW 52 1400 no ---Alta x Wife F W 40 M no C2 Illinois R Wilson Kansas no no no no no H 0 0 n o ---Selma Daughter F W 11 S yes 6 Kansas R Wilson Kansas no ---Dwayne Son M W 4 S no 0 Kansas March 1 1957 Fredonia Wilson Kansas Everett Hull 132 No 7th 59 Dwayne Hull 132 No 7th 21 Alta Hull 132 No 7th 57 | Hull, Everett Whitney (I143104)
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9 | April 15 1940 Lakin Kearny Kansas SD 7 ED 47-6 Sheet 6A South Grade School 123 R 15 No Hull Arthur Wynn Head M W 32 M No C5 Kansas Eureka Greenwoo d Kansas No No No No Yes - Manual Training Teacher Public School GW 36 1 080 No ---Vera x Wife F W 28 M No C1 Kansas Fredonia Wilson Kansas No No No No N o H 0 0 No ---Loren Son M W 1 S No 0 Kansas | Hull, Arthur Wynn (I143118)
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10 | April 16 1930 Lamar Barton Kansas Enum 6-7 Sup 15 Sheet 17A North First Street 205 [?] 481 491 [household of Robert Barth] Hitchcock Melvin roomer M W 26 M 22 no yes Missouri Missouri Missouri y es Salesman grocery store w yes no ---Bessie roomer wife F W 19 M 16 no yes Missouri Indiana Indiana yes n one ---Louema [?] roomer daughter F W 0/12 S no Missouri Missouri Missouri n one Rawlings Mattie Roomer Mother-in-law F W 50 wd 16 no yes Indiana Indian a Indiana yes none May 3 1940 Lamar Barton Missouri SD 6 ED 6-7 Sheet 14A Walnut 407 339 R 12.50 Hitchcock M E Head M W 34 M 8 Missouri Lamar Barton Mis souri yes yes 64 Clerk Retail Gro. 52 1040 no Hitchcock Bessie R wife F W 29 M 10 Missouri Lamar Barton Missouri Hous ewife yes Hitchcock Lou Emma Daughter F W 10 S S 5 Missouri Lamar Barton Missouri S | Hitchcock, Melvin Edward (I143127)
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11 | April 1930 Springfield Sangamon Illinois Enum 84-12 Sup 21 Sheet 8A North Grand E 1302 160 159 Peterson Harry W Head O 3000 R No M W 32 M 29 No Yes Illin ois Illinois Illinois yes Draftsman tractor plant W yes no ---Lucille Wife-H F W 26 M 22 No Yes Illinois Kentucky Illinois yes non e April 9 1940 Springfield Sangamon Illinois SD 21 ED 84-11 Sheet 3BEast N orth Grand Avenue1302 61 O 3000 No Peterson Harry Head M W 42 M No C1 I llinois Same House yes - - - - 40 Draftsman Plow Manufacturer PW 8 275 n o---Lucille x Wife F W 36 M no H4 Illinois Same House no no no no H 0 0 y esWillis Essie L Lodger F W 11 S yes 4 Illinois Same Place Stauffer May della Lodger F W 9 [?] S no 0 IllinoisPeterson Ibbie Mother F W 72 Wd n o Illinois Same Place | Peterson, Harry William (I141665)
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12 | April 2 1930 Phoenix Maricopa Arizona Enum 7-17 Sup 2 Sheet 1A N Central Ave. 613 7 7 Olson Clifford C Head R 45.00 R No M W 31 M 26 yes yes New York S weden Sweden 56 06 0 yes Office Manager Refrigeration Service W yes yes W W ---Carrie C wife-H F W 27 M 22 no yes Kansas Kansas Kansas yes Dress Ma king own shop O yes Stewart Lyman M Bro-in-law M W 29 M 23 no yes Kansas Kansas Kansas yes C arpenter Building W No 3 No ---Joseph W Bro-in-law M W 17 S no yes Kansas Kansas Kansas yes none Hawkins Roy D Lodger M W 26 S no yes unknown Kansas Kansas yes Barber B arber shop W yes no April 12 1940 San Francisco San Francisco California SD 5 ED 38-391 She et 3A Irving St. 2314 85 No 50.00 No Olson Clifford Head M W 42 M No H4 Colorado Same Ho use No Yes - - - - 55 Own Shop Cleaning & Dyeing Own Shop E 52 0 Ye s ---Carria x Wife F W 37 M No H4 Kansas Same House No Yes - - - - 25 Cle aning & Dyeing Husbands Shop PW 52 1040 No | Olson, Clifford Cornelius (I143021)
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13 | April 2 1930 Phoenix Maricopa Arizona Enum 7-17 Sup 2 Sheet 1A N Central Ave. 613 7 7 Olson Clifford C Head R 45.00 R No M W 31 M 26 yes yes New York S weden Sweden 56 06 0 yes Office Manager Refrigeration Service W yes yes W W ---Carrie C wife-H F W 27 M 22 no yes Kansas Kansas Kansas yes Dress Ma king own shop O yes Stewart Lyman M Bro-in-law M W 29 M 23 no yes Kansas Kansas Kansas yes C arpenter Building W No 3 No ---Joseph W Bro-in-law M W 17 S no yes Kansas Kansas Kansas yes none Hawkins Roy D Lodger M W 26 S no yes unknown Kansas Kansas yes Barber B arber shop W yes no April 16 1940 Phoenix Maricopa Arizona SD 20 ED 15-31 Sheet 13A Main Avenue 560 277 R 14 No Stewart Lyman Head M W 39 M no 9 Kansas Same place No y es - - - - 48 Carpenter Construction Co. PW 36 720 No ---Mary x Wife F W 25 M No 8 Kansas Same place No No No No No H 0 0 No | Stewart, Lyman Marion (I143018)
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14 | April 2 1930 Phoenix Maricopa Arizona Enum 7-17 Sup 2 Sheet 1A N Central Ave. 613 7 7 Olson Clifford C Head R 45.00 R No M W 31 M 26 yes yes New York S weden Sweden 56 06 0 yes Office Manager Refrigeration Service W yes yes W W ---Carrie C wife-H F W 27 M 22 no yes Kansas Kansas Kansas yes Dress Ma king own shop O yes Stewart Lyman M Bro-in-law M W 29 M 23 no yes Kansas Kansas Kansas yes C arpenter Building W No 3 No ---Joseph W Bro-in-law M W 17 S no yes Kansas Kansas Kansas yes none Hawkins Roy D Lodger M W 26 S no yes unknown Kansas Kansas yes Barber B arber shop W yes no | Stewart, Joseph W. (I143019)
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15 | April 2 1940 East Lansing Ingham Michigan SD 6 ED 33-7 Sheet 1A Orchard 324 3 O 7075 [?] No Tabor E Cecil Head M W 33 M yes C5 Kentucky Same Pl ace No Yes - - - - 40 Instructor Mich State Col GW 52 2100 Yes ---Violet S x Wife F W 29 M No C3 Kansas Same Place No No No No No H 0 0 N o ---Jane C Daughter F W 6 S Yes 0 Michigan Same place No ---Edward D Son M W 3 S No 0 Michigan | Tabor, Elbert Cecil (I142999)
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16 | April 2 1940 Plainfield Union New Jersey SD 6 ED 20-81 Sheet 1B Kenyon 918 25 O $9000.00 No [household of Jane Roberts] Featherston Gladys Roomer F W 33 S Yes C4 Kansas Yes 52 1600 Yes | Featherston, Gladys Mildred (I142940)
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17 | April 20 1940 Detroit Wayne Michigan SD 15 ED 84-1023 Sheet 16B Cherrylawn 191 R 43 Steidner Martin head M W 26 M No H4 Illinois same place no yes - - - - 4 2 finish adjuster office equipment factory PW 52 1500 yes ---Evelyn x wife F W 26 M no H4 Illinois same place no no no no no H 0 0 N o ---Nancy Lou daughter F W 2 S No 0 Michigan ---Olive mother F W 44 Wd No H4 Illinois same place No No No No No H 0 0 N o | Steidner, Martin Jr. (I142884)
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18 | April 21 1930 Lyndon Osage Kansas Enum 70-23 Sup 10 Sheet 5A 128 134 McDaniel Glenn B Head O 2200 no M W 32 M 25 no yes Kansas Kansa s Kansas yes Merchant retail Hardware O yes yes WW ---Wilma L wife-H F W 31 M 24 no yes Kansas Kansas Kansas yes none April 10 1940 Lyndon Osage Kansas SD 4 ED 70-24 Sheet 6A 134 O 3500 no McDaniel Glenn Head M W 42 M no C4 Kansas same place no y es - - - 70 Salesman Hardware OA 52 0 yes ---Wilma L x Wife F W 41 M no C4 Kansas same place no no no no no H 0 0 n o ---Barry Glenn Son M W 9 S yes G4 Kansas same place | McDaniel, Glenn Baxter (I142987)
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19 | April 24 1930 Junction Twp. Osage Kansas Enum 70-11 Sup 10 Sheet 10A 218 219 Featherstone Harold Head R R yes M W 26 M 26 No Yes Kansas Kans as Kansas yes Farmer Gen Farming E yes no 180 ---Bonnie wife F W 21 M 21 No Yes Kansas Illinois Kansas yes none Dickerhoof Ira Laborer M W 24 S no yes Kansas Maryland Kansas yes Labor er Farm yes no May 4 1940 Junction Twp Osage Kansas SD 4, ED 70-12A 140 Featherston Harold Head M W 36 M No H4 Kansas Same house yes - - - - 6 0 Farmer Farm OA 52 0 yes 2 ---Bonnie x wife F W 31 M No H4 Kansas Same house no no no no H 0 0 yes ---Bobbie Son M W 9 S yes 3 Kansas Same house ---Roy Son M W 7 S yes 0 Kansas Same house | Featherston, William Harold (I142941)
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20 | April 24 1930 Wichita Sedgwick Kansas Enum 87-75 Sup 9 Sheet 40A South Spruce 621 1085 1146 Spring Alonzo R Head O 3250 R No M W 29 M 23 [?] No Yes K ansas Kansas Kansas yes Stove Dep't Gasoline & Lamp Factory Y Yes N o ---Sadie M Wife-H F W 29 M 23 [?] No Yes Kansas Kansas Kansas Yes None ---Joy A Daughter F W 4 S No Kansas Kansas Kansas None ---Jacqueline M [?] Daughter F W 1 [?] S No Kansas Kansas Kansas None ---Cleytus M Daughter F W 3/12 S No Kansas Kansas Kansas None April 10 1940 Wichita Sedgwick Kansas SD 9 ED 107-57A Sheet 1A North St. Francis 808 2 R 20 Spring Alonzo R Head M W 38 M no 8 Kansas Same House yes - - - - 4 0 assistant foreman wholesale & mfg. stove & lamp factory PW 52 1 712 no ---Sadie wife F W 39 M No H1 Kansas Same House no no no no H 0 0 no ---Joy Daughter F W 14 S yes 8 Kansas Same House no no no no S 0 0 no ---Jacqueline Daughter F W 11 S yes 6 Kansas Same House ---Cleytus Daughter F W 10 S yes 4 Kansas Same House ---Thomas Son M W 7 S yes 1 Kansas Same House | Spring, Alonzo Robert (I142965)
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21 | April 25 1910 Decatur Macon Illinois Sup 10 Enum 109 Sheet 16B West Eldorado 1086 335 342 Kellington Edward Head M W 36 M1 8 Illinois Illinois Illin ois English Bycycle Retail dealer OA yes yes O F H ---Eva wife F W 28 M1 8 0 Illinois Illinois Illinois English none yes y es January 9 1920 Decatur Macon Illinois Sup 11 Enum 135 Sheet 9B West Decatur 903 218 239 Kellington Edward Head R M W 46 wd yes yes Illinois England E glish Illinois yes Dealer Sporting Goods Em ---Alpha Neice F W 24 S yes yes Illinois Illinois Illinois yes none ---Evelyn Daughter F W 5 S yes Illinois Illinois Illinois none Hale Charles R Lodger M W 49 M yes yes Illinois Illinois Illinois yes F armer Unemployed April 5 1930 Decatur Macon Illinois Enum 58-22 Sup 22 Sheet 3A West Macon 706 56 62 Kellington Edgar A Head O 5000 R M W 55 M 21 no yes Illinois E gland Illinois yes Machinist Bumper Factory w no 5 no ---Alice M Wife-H F W 50 M 25 no yes Michigan England England yes none Turner Crescy E Step-Son M W 20 S yes yes Illinois Illinois Illinois ye s Music Teacher Music 0 yes no Kellington Evelyn Daughter F W 15 S yes yes Illinois Illinois Illinois y es none Reynolds Eva J Lodger F W 55 D no yes Illinois Ohio Ohio yes Drapery Ma ker Department Store W yes April 20 1940 Decatur Macon Illinois SD 19 ED 58-32B Sheet 5A W Macon Street 706 121 R 800 Kellington Edgar Head M W 64 M no 8 Illinois Same House y es - - - - 30 Carpenter Repair Man PW 45 585 no Alice M x Wife F W 60 M No C2 Michigan Same House No No No No H 0 0 n o | Kellington, Edgar R. (I142882)
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22 | April 26 1910 Stanton Miami Kansas Sup 2 Enum 139 Sheet 5A 106 108 Ruff Jasper E head M W 30 M1 9 Indiana Ohio Indiana English Fa mer General farm oa yes yes R F 106 ---Cora wife F W 30 M1 9 1 1 Kansas Indiana Illinois English none yes y es ---Rolland son M W 7 S Kansas Indiana Kansas none yes Williams James Cousin M W 28 S Kansas Indiana Indiana English Farm Lab orer working out W no 0 yes yes ---Ralph C Cousin M W 16 S Iowa Indiana Kansas English none yes yes January 19 1920 Paola Miami Kansas Sup 2 Enum 141 Sheet 15A W Wear St [?] 503 353 417 Ruff Jasper E Head O F M W 40 M yes yes Indiana Ohio India a yes none ---Cora Wife F W 40 M yes yes Kansas Indiana Illinois yes none ---Rolland Son M W 16 S no yes yes Kansas Indiana Kansas yes Salesman H ardware Store W April 24 1930 Pleasanton, Linn, Kansas Enum 54-11, Sup 11, Sheet 8B Main 923 1/2 232 245 Ruff Jasper E Head R 16 No M W 50 M 21 no yes Indiana Ohio Ohio ye s Proprietor Hardware E yes no ---Cora Wife-H F W 50 M 21 no yes Kansas Indiana Illinois yes Book kee per Hardware W yes April 2 & 4 1940 Rich Twp., Anderson, Kansas; SD 8, ED 2-16, Sheet 1 A 10 O 500 yes Ruff Elroy J x Head M W 60 M No 8 Indiana R Anderson Kans as yes - - - - 60 Farmer Gen Farming OA 52 0 yes 10 Ruff Cora Wife F W 60 M No 8 Kansas R Anderson Kansas No No No No H 0 0 n o Ruff Jenet Mother F W 94 Wd no 8 Indiana R Paloa Kansas No No No No U | Ruff, Jasper Elroy (I143082)
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23 | April 27 1910 Jackson Anderson Kansas Sup 2 Enum 23 Sheet 7A 95 99 Stewart John head M W 41 M2 Virginia Pennsylvania Virginia Englis h foreman Section W yes yes R F h ---Martha J Wife F W 29 M2 7 2 2 Kansas Illinois Sweden English none ye s yes ---Edna daughter F W 6 S Kansas Virginia Kansas English None yes yes ye s ---Jessie daughter F W 2 S Kansas Virginia Kansas None Smith Lyman Step son M W 9 S Kansas Virginia Kansas English none yes ye s yes ---Carrie Step daughter F W 7 S Kansas Virginia Kansas English None yes y es yes Stewart Jessie Brother M W 20 S Missouri Pennsylvania Virginia English S ection hand Section W yes yes January 4 1920 Kansas City Jackson Missouri Sup 5 Enum 32 Sheet 5B Circle Ave. 2130 96 107 Stewart John Head R M W 50 M yes yes Virginia Virginia Virg inia yes laborer [illegible industry] W Martha wife F W 39 M yes yes Kansas Kansas Kansas yes none Edna daughter F W 15 S yes yes yes Missouri Kansas Kansas yes Jessie daughter F W 12 S yes yes yes Missouri Kansas Kansas yes Nelly daughter F W 9 S yes yes yes Kansas Kansas Kansas yes Joseph son M W 8 S yes yes yes Kansas Kansas Kansas yes Esther daughter F W 11/12 S no no no Missouri Kansas Kansas yes | Stewart, John William (I143015)
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24 | April 27 1910 Ozark Barton Missouri Sup 13 Enum 29 Sheet 10B 250 261 Hickcock Bert head M W 32 M1 8 Kansas Iowa unknown English Mine Coal W yes 15 yes yes O F H ---Jennie Wife F W 24 M1 8 4 3 Missouri Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Engli sh none yes yes ---Melvin son M W 5 S Missouri Kansas Missouri none ---Zelma daughter F W 4 S Missouri Kansas Missouri none ---Mary daughter F W 1 S Missouri Kansas Missouri none January 28 1920 Leroy Twp. Barton Missouri Sup 13 Enum 30 Sheet 12A Fm 155 156 Hitchcock Bert Head R M W 42 M yes yes United States United S tates United States yes Farmer General farm oa 104 ---Jennie wife F W 32 M yes yes Missouri Pennsylvania Pennsylvania yes n one ---Melvin son M W 15 S Bwf [?] no yes yes Missouri United States Missou i yes Miner Coal Mine W ---Zelma daughter F W 13 S yes yes yes Missouri United States Missouri y es none ---Mary daughter F W 11 S yes yes yes Missouri United States Missouri y es none ---Fred son M W 6 S yes yes yes Missouri United States Missouri none ---Mabel daughter F W 4 1/12 S Missouri United States Missouri none ---Wayne son M W 2 0/12 S Missouri United States Missouri none April 19, 21, 1930 Leroy Barton Missouri Enum 6-9 Sup 15 Sheet 5B 107 109 Hitchcock Bert Head O Yes M W 53 M 24 No Yes Kansas Iowa Iowa y es Farmer Farm O Yes 106 ---Mary Wife H F W 52 M 23 No Yes Kansas Kansas Kansas Yes None ---Fred Son M W 17 S No Yes Missouri Kansas Missouri Yes Laborer Farm N P Yes ---Mabel Daughter F W 14 S No Yes Missouri Kansas Missouri Yes None ---Whayne Son M W 12 S Yes Yes Missouri Kansas Missouri Yes None ---Margaret Daughter F W 10 S Yes Yes Missouri Kansas Missouri Yes None | Hitchcock, Melvin Isaac Burton (I143125)
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25 | April 27 1910 Springfield Sangamon Illinois Sup 12 Enum 120 Sheet 12BNo th Fourteenth Street930 256 256 Peterson Frank O Head M W 48 M1 14 Ill inois Swed Sweden Swed Sweden English Moulder Foundry W No 0 yes yes R H - --Ibbie Wife F W 42 M1 14 2 2 Illinois Kentucky Illinois English none y es yes---Harry Son M W 12 S Illinois Illinois Illinois English None yes y es yes---Arthur Son M W 11 S Illinois Illinois Illinois English None ye s yes yes January 2-3 1920 Springfield Sangamon Illinois Sup 13 Enum 124 Sheet 2A East North Grand Avenue1302 36 36 Peterson F. O. Head O M M W 57 M yes y es Illinois Sweden Swedish Sweden Swedish Yes Shipping Hand Paper Compa y W---Ibbie Wife F W 51 M yes yes Illinois Kentucky Illinois yes Seams tress At Home OA---Harry W Son M W 22 S Yes Yes Illinois Illinois Illin ois Yes Draftsman Foundry W April 12 1930 Springfield Sangamon Illinois Enum 84-87 Sup 21 Sheet 10B E N Grand2101 189 199 Peterson Frank O Head O 2500 M W 68 M 33 no yes I llinois Sweden Sweden yes Grocer Own Store O yes Ibbie Wife-H F W 6 2 M 28 no yes Illinois Kentucky Illinois | Peterson, Frank Oscar (I141664)
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26 | April 28-29 1910 Chelsea Butler Kansas Sup 8 Enum 6 Sheet 5B 99 102 Hull Arthur B Head M W 35 M1 3 Kansas Illinois Illinois English F armer General farm OA yes yes R F 90 ---Emma R Wife F W 21 M1 3 1 1 Kansas Illinois Illinois English none ye s yes ---Arthur W Son M W 2 S Kansas Kansas Kansas none January 29-30 1920 Clifton Wilson Kansas Sup 103 Enum 226 Sheet 14A Fm 111 111 Hull Arthur B Head O M M W 45 M yes yes Kansas United States U ited States yes Farmer General 111 ---Emma Ruth Wife F W 30 M yes yes Kansas Pennsylvania Illinois yes non e ---Arthur Wynn Son M W 12 S yes yes yes Kansas Kansas Kansas yes none ---Karl B Son M W 7 S yes Kansas Kansas Kansas None ---Katherine Ruth Daughter F W 2 11/12 S Kansas Kansas Kansas none April 25 1930 Clifton Wilson Kansas Enum 103-6 Sup 12 Sheet 7A 9 9 Hull A.B. Head O R yes M W 56 M 32 no yes Kansas Illinois Illinois y es Farmer Farm O yes no 104 ---Emma R Wife-H F W 41 M 18 no yes Kansas Pennsylvania Illinois yes no e ---Carl O Son M W 17 S yes yes Kansas Kansas Kansas yes none ---Catherine R Daughter F W 13 S yes yes Kansas Kansas Kansas yes none Kimberlin Leety Lee Boarder F W 9 S no Colorado Kansas Kansas none | Hull, Arthur Blalock (I143116)
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27 | April 29 1940 Pittsburg Crawford Kansas SD 3 ED 19-24B Sheet 16A North Taylor 806 347 R 9 No Hitchcock Fred E x Head M W 26 M No 8 Missouri Same plac e yes - - - - 56 Glass Cuttery Automobile Wrecking Station PW 52 692 No ---Lula R Wife F W 21 M No 8 Missouri Same place No No No No H 0 0 No ---Jerry A Son M W 3 S No 0 Kansas ---Virginia M Daughter F W 1 S No 0 Kansas | Hitchcock, Fred Ernest (I143128)
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28 | April 3 1930 Denver Denver Colorado Enum 16-237 Sup 3 Sheet 4A Monroe Street 1069 80 81 Dufva Oliver J Head O $11,000 R No M W 32 M 21 No Yes Colora do Colorado Colorado yes Salesman Western Union W Yes Yes WW ---Bessie I Wife-H F W 31 M 19 No Yes Illinois Illinois Illinois Yes No e Doty Loren E Son Step M W 7 S 7 Yes Colorado Illinois Illinois None Patterson Emma R Mother-in-Law F W 62 M 24 No Yes Illinois Illinois Ill inois Yes None April 9 1940 Denver Denver Colorado ED 16-145 SD 1 Sheet 12A Monroe Street 1069 274 O 8000 No Dufva Oliver x head M W 42 M no 8 Colorado Same Plac e no yes - - - 44 commercial representative Western Union PW 52 2172 ye s ---Bessie wife F W 43 M no 7 Illinois Same Place no no no no no H 0 0 y es ---Laurine Eugene son M W 17 S yes H3 Colorado Same Place no 0 0 no ---Norman Dale son M W 9 S yes 3 Colorado Same Place no ---La Verne E daughter F W 7 S yes 1 Colorado Same Place no ---Donald L son M W 6 S no 0 Colorado Same Place no Patterson Emma R mother in law F W 72 Wd no 6 Illinois Same Place no no n o no no OA 0 0 yes | Christison, Emma Retta (I87842)
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29 | April 3 1930 Denver Denver Colorado Enum 16-237 Sup 3 Sheet 4A Monroe Street 1069 80 81 Dufva Oliver J Head O $11,000 R No M W 32 M 21 No Yes Colora do Colorado Colorado yes Salesman Western Union W Yes Yes WW ---Bessie I Wife-H F W 31 M 19 No Yes Illinois Illinois Illinois Yes No e Doty Loren E Son Step M W 7 S 7 Yes Colorado Illinois Illinois None Patterson Emma R Mother-in-Law F W 62 M 24 No Yes Illinois Illinois Ill inois Yes None April 9 1940 Denver Denver Colorado ED 16-145 SD 1 Sheet 12A Monroe Street 1069 274 O 8000 No Dufva Oliver x head M W 42 M no 8 Colorado Same Plac e no yes - - - 44 commercial representative Western Union PW 52 2172 ye s ---Bessie wife F W 43 M no 7 Illinois Same Place no no no no no H 0 0 y es ---Laurine Eugene son M W 17 S yes H3 Colorado Same Place no 0 0 no ---Norman Dale son M W 9 S yes 3 Colorado Same Place no ---La Verne E daughter F W 7 S yes 1 Colorado Same Place no ---Donald L son M W 6 S no 0 Colorado Same Place no Patterson Emma R mother in law F W 72 Wd no 6 Illinois Same Place no no n o no no OA 0 0 yes | Dufva, Oliver Justin (I142461)
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30 | April 3 1930 Kansas City Jackson Missouri Enum 48-19 Sup 5 Sheet 3B Pennsylvania Street [illegible address] 26 62 Burk Joseph Head R no M W 31 M 24 no yes Virg inia Virginia Virginia English yes [unsure of occupation] Contarctor O y es no ---Jessie Wife F W 23 M 16 no yes Kansas Virginia Kansas English yes no e [next page] 1224 25 62 Burk Margaret Daughter no F W 4 S no no Missouri Virginia Ka sas English no none ---Joseph Son M W 5 S no no Missouri Virginia Kansas English no none April 10-4 1940 Kansas City Jackson Missouri SD 4 ED 116-252 Sheet 5A Hardesty Ave 1408 110 R 20 Burke Joseph M Head M W 42 M No 8 Virginia Same place no n o yes - - - 48 Superintendent Pipe Construction Project GW 52 1500 No ---Jessie x Wife F W 32 M No H2 Kansas Same place no yes - - - - 21 Pow er Machine Operator Garment Factory PW 40 800 No ---Joseph M Jr. Son M W 15 S No H1 Missouri Same place no yes - - - - 3 5 Paper Hanger Helper Private Contractor PW 0 0 No ---Margaret Daughter F W 13 S Yes 8 Missouri Same place no | Burke, Joseph M. (I143025)
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31 | April 3 1940 Anthony Harper Kansas SD 11 ED 39-1A Sheet 2A N Springfield 520 27 R 40 No [household of Floyd Droz] Featherston Hazel x Lodger F W 24 S No C4 Kansas R Osage Kansas yes - - - - 4 8 Kindergarten teacher Grade school GW 36 850 No | Featherston, Hazel Aline (I142943)
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32 | April 6 1940 Decatur Macon Illinois SD 19 ED 58-11 Sheet 4B E Division St. 305 89 O 2500 No Evans Everette x Head M W 37 M no H4 Illinois Same Pla ce yes no no no Ot 40 owner Honey Business OA 52 0 yes ---Olivia wife F W 36 M No H4 Illinois Same Place no no no no H 0 0 no ---Mary Lou daughter F W 7 S yes 2 Illinois Same Place | Evans, Everett Virgil (I142863)
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33 | April 7 1930 San Francisco San Francisco California Enum 31-260 Sup 6 S heet 12A Octavia Street 643 123 334 Kowal Stephen Head R 25 R no M W 27 M 26 no yes Massachuset ts Poland New Hampshire yes Mechanic Automobile W yes no ---Nellie Wife-H F W 21 M 20 no yes Kansas Virginia Kansas yes none ---Marion J daughter F W 1/12 S no California Massachusetts Kansas none [three lodgers] April 15 1940 Sonoma Sonoma California SD 1 ED 49-59 Sheet 7B 235 R 14 No Kowal Steven x Head M W 34 M No H3 Massachusetts Same Place Y es - - - - 48 Cook State Institution GW 52 1500 Yes ---Nellie Wife F W 29 M No H1 Kansas Same Place No No No No H 0 0 No ---Marian Daughter F W 10 S Yes 3 California Same Place No | Kowal, Steven (I143027)
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34 | April 8 1930 Decatur Macon Illinois Enum 58-22 Sup 22 Sheet 8B S Crea 444 193 226 Bradfield Samuel J Head O 9000 R M W 35 M 25 no yes Illinoi s Illinois Illinois yes Asst. Cashier Bank w yes yes WW ---Edna Wife-H F W 29 M 19 no yes Illinois Illinois Illinois yes none ---Bernice A Daughter F W 7 S yes Illinois Illinois Illinois none ---Audrey Daughter F W 3 S no Illinois Illinois Illinois none April 29 1940 Decatur Macon Illinois SD 19 ED 58-32A Sheet 6A S Crest [?] 444 161 O 7500 no Bradfield Samuel J Head M W 45 M No C2 Illinois Same H ouse no yes - - - - 48 Cashier National Bank PW 52 4200 yes ---Edna x Wife F W 39 M No C2 Illinois Same House no no no no no H 0 0 n o ---Bernice A Daughter F W 18 S yes C1 Illinois Same House no no no no n o S 0 0 no ---Audrey Daughter F W 13 S yes 8 Illinois Same House no | Bradfield, Samuel J. (I142708)
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35 | April 8 1930 Decatur Macon Illinois Enum 58-64 Sup 22 Sheet 3BN 34th St eet Between William St. Road and Wabash Rail Road665 68 68 Slayback Ra lph K Head O $2200 No M W 38 M 29 no yes Illinois Ohio Pennsylvania yes B ass finisher Brass factory w no 11 yes ww---Bessie L Wife-H F W 28 M 1 9 no yes Illinois Ohio Illinois yes none---Bertha M Daughter F W 6 S no I llinois Illinois Illinois None---Lois L Daughter F W 2 11/12 S No Illin ois Illinois Illinois None May 20 1940 Long Creek Macon Illinois SD 19 ED 58-53 Sheet 23B512 O 230 0 No Slayback Ralph Head M W 48 M No 8 Illinois R no yes - - - common l aborer Service [?] Construction GW 48 550 yes---Bessie wife F W 38 M no 6 I llinois R no no no no H 52 0 no---Bertha daughter F W 16 S yes H1 Illin ois R No No No No H 52 0 no---Lois daughter F W 13 S yes 7 Illinois R | Slayback, Ralph K. (I142346)
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36 | April 8 1940 Clifton Wilson Kansas SD 3 ED103-6 Sheet 3A 49 O 750 no Hull Emma x head F W 51 wd no 8 Kansas same house no no no n o H 0 0 yes | Wynn, Emma Ruth (I143117)
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37 | April 8 1940 Decatur Macon Illinois SD 19 ED 58-31 Sheet 4A 532 87 R 600 Gray Lena x Head F W 67 Wd No 6 Illinois Same Place no no n o no H 0 0 yes William Son M W 47 Wd no 4 Illinois Same Place yes - - - - 8 Farm Ha d Farm House PW 20 280 yes Carl H Son M W 27 Wd No H1 Illinois Same Place no yes - - - Laborer P ark Watcher [?] 16 192 no Donald D Son M W 4 S No - Illinois | Baker, Lena Leota (I141681)
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38 | April 9 1940 Springfield Sangamon Illinois SD 21 ED 84-11 Sheet 3BEast N orth Grand Avenue1302 61 O 3000 No Peterson Harry Head M W 42 M No C1 I llinois Same House yes - - - - 40 Draftsman Plow Manufacturer PW 8 275 n o---Lucille x Wife F W 36 M no H4 Illinois Same House no no no no H 0 0 y esWillis Essie L Lodger F W 11 S yes 4 Illinois Same Place Stauffer May della Lodger F W 9 [?] S no 0 IllinoisPeterson Ibbie Mother F W 72 Wd n o Illinois Same Place | Pledger, Elizabeth Isabelle (I141662)
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39 | August 5 1870 Valley Brook Twp., Osage, Kansas Page 30 215 284 Robert E. Adams 34 M " [W] Farmer Illinois x [MC21] Jane Adams 27 F " Housekeeper Illinois Martha E. Adams 9/12 F " Kansas Oct June 14 1880 Junction Twp Osage Kansas Page 14 Sup 2 Enum 33 119 126 Adams Robert W M 44 x [married] Farmer Ill Ky Ky ---Jane W F 36 wife x Keeping house Ill Ky Ky ---Martha E W F 11 Daughter x [single] at home x [school] Kansas Ill Il l ---Alfred F W M 10 Son x x Kansas Ill Ill ---Andrew W M 5 Son x x Kansas Ill Ill ---Sarah E W F 2 Daughter x Kansas Ill Ill 1885 Junction Twp. Osage Kansas Page 30 176 R. A. Adams 49 M W 1 [married] " [Farmer] Ill " [Ill] Jane " 41 F W 1 " " M. E. " 14 F W 1 [single] Kan K x [school] A. F. " 12 M W 1 " " x Andrew " 10 M W 1 " " x S. E. " 8 F W 1 " " x Joseph " 4 M W 1 " " Edith " 8M F W 1 " " June 12 1900 Junction Twp., Osage Kansas Sup 4 Enum 119 Sheet 7A 117 120 Adams Robert A Head W M Jan 1836 64 M 33 Illinois Kentucky Kent ucky Farmer yes yes yes O M F 104 ---Jane Wife W F Nov 1843 56 M 33 10 4 Illinois Kentucky Kentucky yes y es yes ---Alfred F [T?] Son W M Jan 1872 28 M 0 Kansas Illinois Illinois Farme yes yes yes R F 105 ---Alice E D in law W F Mar 1873 27 M 0 0 0 Illinois Illinois Illinois y es yes yes May 2 1910 Junction Twp. Osage Kansas Sup 4 Enum 100 Sheet 6B 109 109 Adams Robert A Head M W 79 M1 42 Illinois Kentucky Kentucky Eng lish Farmer General Farm OA Yes Yes O F F 100 ---Jane Wife F W 67 M1 42 11 4 Illinois Kentucky Kentucky English None Y es Yes January 10, 12, 13, 1920 Junction Twp. Osage Kansas Sup 4 Enum 108 Shee t 3A Fm 47 47 Adams Robert A Head O F M W 84 M yes yes Illinois Kentucky Ken tucky yes Farmer Farm OA 47 ---Jane Wife F W 75 M Yes Yes Illinois Kentucky Kentucky Yes None | Adams, Robert Alexander (I141655)
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40 | August 6 1860 Harp DeWitt Illinois [entry faint and difficult to read] Landers Slatten 45 M Farm 10000 Ky Mary " 42 [?] F " x [can't read/write] Sarah A " 4 F Ill David Blalock 11 M " x [school] Edward " 9 M " x Eliza " 18 F " x Richard " 16 M x | Blalock, Eliza Ann (I143097)
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41 | August 6 1860 Harp DeWitt Illinois [entry faint and difficult to read] Landers Slatten 45 M Farm 10000 Ky Mary " 42 [?] F " x [can't read/write] Sarah A " 4 F Ill David Blalock 11 M " x [school] Edward " 9 M " x Eliza " 18 F " x Richard " 16 M x | Blaylock, David (I143099)
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42 | BENEDICT MOSER GAVE UP BATTLE OF LIFE TUESDAY DIED AFTER A LINGERING ILLNESS; CAUSE, OLD AGE INFIRMITIES FUNERAL HELD TODAY SIX WEEKS ILLNESS OF PNEUMONIA RESULTED IN THE DEATH OF BENEDICT MOSER, A N AGE 1 AND RESPECTED CITIZEN OF MORTON, DEATH CLAIMING HIM AS A VICTIM O N TUESDAY MORNING. FOR MORE THAN A YEAR HE HAD BEEN FAILING IN HEALTH, D UE HIS ADVANCED YEARS AND HE WAS UNABLE TO WITHSTAND THE ATTACK OF PNEU MONIA, WHICH SEIZED HIM. THE DECEDENT WAS BORN IN ALSACE, FRANCE, MARCH 18, 1840. AT THE AGE OF T EN YEARS HE CAME TO THIS COUNTRY AND SETTLED IN OHIO, COMING FROM THERE T O MORTON WHERE HE ENGAGED IN FARMING, DEVOTING THE BEST YEARS OF HIS LI FE TO THAT VOCATION. AT THE AGE 23 YEARS HE WAS MARRIED TO VERENA STEIN ER OF WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO, AND HE BROUGHT HIS WIFE WITH HIM TO ILLINOIS. HIS WIFE PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH SEVERAL YEARS. HE LEAVES AS SURVIVORS 6 C HILDREN, JOHN OF ROANOKE, CHRIS OF FORREST, NOAH OF TREMONT, LEO OF THI S PLACE, MRS. SARAH WIELAND OF DEER CREEK, AND MISS LYDIA AT HOME, BESI DE 42 GRANDCHILDREN AND 1 GREAT GRANDCHILD. THE FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD FROM THE APOSTOLIC CHURCH THIS AFTERN OON AT 1:30. BURIAL WILL BE IN THE APOSTOLIC CEMETERY. | Moser, Benedict (I49547)
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43 | C. EDMUND BACH 1910 - 1993 C. EDMUND BACH C. EDMUND BACH, 83, OF NEW SMYRNA BEACH, FLA., FORMERLY OF FAIRBURY, DI ED FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1993, AT HALIFAX MEDICAL CENTER, DAYTONA BEACH, F LA. HE WAS CREMATED. INURMEMT WILL BE AT 11 A.M. SATURDAY AT GRACELAND CEME TERY, FAIRBURY. THE REVEREND KENNETH TYLER WILL OFFICIATE. MR. BACH WAS BORN AUG. 30, 1910, IN FAIRBURY, A SON OF J. N. AND LYDIA V ON TOBEL BACH. HE MARRIED PAULINE ANGLIN JUNE 13, 1936, IN MEMPHIS, TEN N. SHE SURVIVES. ALSO SURVIVING ARE ONE SON, CHARLES EDMUND, GREENDALE, WIS.; ONE DAUGHT ER, LYDIA SUE BACH, LONG ISLAND, N.Y.; TWO SISTERS, KATHRYN HANNA, MOBI LE, ALA.; AND CAROLYN MOHAR, MINONK; TWO BROTHERS, INCLUDING HIS TWIN C . EDWARD BACH, FAIRBURY, AND J. N. BACH, FORREST; AND THREE GRANDCHILDR EN. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY THREE BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. MR. BACH GRADUATED FROM FAIRBURY TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL IN 1928 AND ATTEN DED ANTIOCH COLLEGE IN YELLOW SPRINGS, OHIO. HE WAS EMPLOYED BY MONROE CALCULATING MACHINE CO. IN MEMPHIS, TENN., AN D ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., AND MANPOWER FRANCHISE IN DECATUR AND SPRINGFIELD. H E RETIRED IN 1975. | Bach, C. Edmund (I53577)
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44 | Census Tracking: * 1870 - Columbus, Chenango Co., NY * 1880 - Columbus, Chenango Co., NY | Spicer, Addie M. (I46022)
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45 | December 10 1850 Clinton Dewitt Illinois 423 428 Landers Slatten 35 M Waggoner 4000 Ky Rachel 42 F Ky William F 19 M Waggoner Ills x [attended school] Reuben 11 M Ills James 8 M Ills Timothy 6 M Ills Peter Despane 38 M Carpenter Ky Benjamine F 7 M Ills William 5 M Ills Nancy Hampton 7 F Ills August 6 1860 Harp DeWitt Illinois [entry faint and difficult to read] Landers Slatten 45 M Farm 10000 Ky Mary " 42 [?] F " x [can't read/write] Sarah A " 4 F Ill David Blalock 11 M " x [school] Edward " 9 M " x Eliza " 18 F " x Richard " 16 M x July 11 1870 Stanton Miami Kansas Page 1 8 8 Slatten Landers 55 M W Farmer 3700 900 Kentucky x [MC21] ---Mary 54 F W Keeping House Kentucky x [can't write] [next page] Slatten Sarah A 13 F W At Home Illinois x [school] Wood Landers 12 M W Illinois x June 12 & 14 1880 Jackson Twp Monroe Missouri Page 13 Sup 5 Enum 52 102 116 Slatten Landers W M 65 x [married] Farmer Kentucky Va Va ---Mary W F 63 Wife x Keeping house x [can't write] Kentucky Va Va | Slatten, Landers (I78682)
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46 | December 12 1850 Dewitt Illinois 483 488 Nehemiah Clifton 60 M farmer 1600 NC Margaret 61 F NC Emily Slatten 15 F Ills | Slatten, Emily (I79980)
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47 | December 12 1850 Dewitt Illinois 495 500 Thomas Blaylock 44 M farmer NC Mary 32 F Ky Eliza 8 F Ills x [can't read/write] Richard 7 M Ills x David 1 M Ills | Blalock, Thomas K. (I143096)
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48 | ELDER GEORGE M. MANGOLD 1822 - 1894 ZION'S HARP HYMNAL CREATOR, BURIED IN GRACELAND CEMETERY, FAIRBURY. ON JANUARY 1, 1847, FROEHLICH OPENED A MEETING OF THE BRETHREN FOR ELEC TION OF THE FOLLOWING ELDERS: JOHN DIEBOLD, GEORGE MICHAEL MANGOLD, FRI EDRICH PFAFF TO TAKE CARE OF THE RAPIDLY ORGANIZED CONGREGATIONS IN STR ASBURG, BISCHWILLLER, REICHSHOFFEN, GUMBRECHTSHOFEN, WERDEN, NIEDERBRON N, MOUTERHOUSE, BAERRENTHAL, ZINSWILLER, RAPPERTSWILLER, KEHL, MULHOUSE , AVRICOURT AND BERANGE. JOHN DIEBOLD, ESPECIALLY, SERVED AS A FAITHFUL P IONEER IN ALSACE FOR 50 YEARS UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1896. A YEAR BEFORE FROEHLICH'S DEATH THE MEETING HAD TO BE HELD OUTSIDE STRA SBURG SO THAT ON MARCH 31, 1856, BROTHER KLEIN OF OBERBRONN WAS INSTALL ED IN GUMPRECHTSHOFEN AS ELDER AND ON APRIL 1, 1856 BROTHER GUNST IN BI SCHWILLER. GEORGE MANGOLD EMIGRATED TO THE U. S. A. AFTER FROEHLICH'S DEATH. IT WA S HIS COMMISSION TO PREPARE THE ZION'S HARP USING THE FORMER CHRISTIAN H ARMONICA WHICH INCLUDED 182 HYMNS USED BY THE ASSEMBLIES OF EVANGELICAL B APTISTS. ______________ AFTER HIS EMIGRATION TO AMERICA AROUND 1878, HE NO LONGER WAS SERVING A S AN ELDER FOR THE CHURCH. NOT MUCH IS KNOWN ABOUT HIM WHEN HE SERVED A S AN ELDER. HE IS KNOWN MORE FOR HIS LABORS ON THE ZION'S HARP HYMNAL, H E WROTE TWENTY-SIX SONGS FOR THE BOOK. IT IS UNCERTAIN WHERE HE LIVED WHEN HE ARRIVED IN ILLINOIS. HE MAY HAVE L IVED IN ROANOKE OR GRIDLEY FOR A TIME, BUT MUST HAVE ALSO LIVED IN THE F AIRBURY AREA AT THE END OF HIS LIFE, BECAUSE HE IS BURIED IN THE OLD CH URCH SECTION OF GRACELAND CEMETERY, IN FAIRBURY. | Mangold, George Michael (I55743)
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49 | ELDER MICHAEL ZIMMERMAN 1820 - 1913 1889 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM OF WOODFORD CO. IL. REV. MICHAEL ZIMMERMANN, ONE OF THE MOST PROSPEROUS AND BEST KNOWN GERM AN FARMERS OF MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP HAS BEEN A CITIZEN OF THIS COUNTY SIN CE JANUARY, 1849. HIS PRESENT ESTATE CONSISTS OF 490 ACRES OF LAND, WHI CH IS DIVIDED INTO THREE DIFFERENT FARMS, EACH ONE BEING WELL SUPPLIED W ITH WATER, A GOOD RESIDENCE AND OTHER FARM BUILDINGS, AND NEARLY ALL OF T HE LAND IS UNDER A GOOD STATE OF CULTIVATION. HIS FIRST PURCHASE CONSIS TED OF 100 ACRES, WHICH WAS ONLY SLIGHTLY IMPROVED, AND ITS PRESENT FIN E CONDITION IS OWING TO HIS INDUSTRY, ENERGY, AND BUSINESS MANAGEMENT. B ESIDES ABUNDANCE OF GOOD WATER AND GRASS LAND, FITTED TO SUPPORT FINE S TOCK, HE HAS ALSO AN ABUNDANCE OF TIMBER, WHICH SUPPLIES SHADE AND LUMB ER FOR ALL NECESSARY BUILDINGS. MR. ZIMMERMANN CAME TO ILLINOIS IN FEBR UARY, 1848, AND RENTED A SMALL PLACE SOUTH OF WASHINGTON, IN TAZEWELL C OUNTY, FOR ONE YEAR. BUT IN THE SUCCEEDING AUTUMN OF THE SAME YEAR HE G AVE IT UP, AND REMOVED TO MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP, THIS COUNTY, TO THE PLAC E WHERE HE NOW RESIDES. BEFORE COMING TO THIS STATE, HAD RESIDED IN OHI O, SPENDING NINE YEARS OF HIS LIFE IN BUTLER COUNTY, THAT STATE. OUR SUBJECT WAS BORN IN GERMANY, SEPT. 27, 1820, IN THE STATE OF BADEN. H IS FATHER, ANDREW ZIMMERMANN, WAS ALSO A NATIVE OF BADEN, WHERE HE WAS B ORN IN 1793, AND TWO YEARS AFTER COMING TO AMERICA, HE DEPARTED THIS LI FE AT HIS HOME IN BUTLER COUNTY, OHIO, JAN. 13, 1811. ANDREW ZIMMERMANN W AS LEFT AN ORPHAN IN HIS EARLY YOUTH, BUT FRIENDS TOOK CARE OF THE CHIL D, AND REARED HIM CAREFULLY, TEACHING HIM SCIENTIFIC FARMING, AS FOLLOW ED BY THE GERMAN OF THOSE DAYS. WHEN ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR A FAMILY HE MA RRIED MISS FANNIE MILLER, A NATIVE OF BADEN, AND MEMBER OF A GOOD GERMA N FAMILY. THE FRUIT OF THIS UNION WAS FIVE CHILDREN, FOUR SONS AND ONE D AUGHTER. BEING CONSTANTLY IN RECEIPT OF NEWS FROM AMERICA, AND LEARNING F ROM FRIENDS HOW MUCH MORE PROFITABLY FARMING COULD BE CARRIED ON IN THE U NTIED STATES THAN IN THEIR NATIVE COUNTRY, THEY MADE UP THEIR MINDS TO E MIGRATE. SO WITH THEIR FIVE CHILDREN THEY SET OUT ON THEIR JOURNEY TO T HE NEW WORLD. AT HAVRE THEY EMBARKED IN A SAILING-VESSEL BOUND FOR NEW Y ORK CITY, WHERE THEY LANDED AFTER A FAIRLY PROSPEROUS VOYAGE OF THIRTY- ONE DAYS ON THE GOOD SHIP "RONLY." IN ORDER TO SECURE MEANS TO PAY THEI R PASSAGE AND INCIDENTAL EXPENSES, THEY WERE OBLIGED TO BORROW MONEY, W HICH AMOUNTED TO SOME $365, AND TO PAY THIS DEBT, IT WAS NECESSARY FOR T HEM ALL TO WORK, AS SOON AS LOCATED WHERE WORK BECAME POSSIBLE AND PROF ITABLE. BEING HONEST, INDUSTRIOUS AND ECONOMICAL, AND PROVIDENTIALLY BL ESSED WITH HEALTH AND STRENGTH, ALTHOUGH THE TIMES WERE VERY HARD, THEY S UCCEEDED TO THEIR GREAT GRATIFICATION, IN PAYING OFF EVERY CENT OF THIS , TO THEM. LARGE DEBT. THE DEATH OF MR. ZIMMERMANN TWO YEARS AFTER LOCA TING IN BUTLER COUNTY, OHIO, LEFT THE MOTHER AND FIVE CHILDREN STILL PO OR, BUT OUT OF DEBT AND WITH SOME COMFORTS AND CONVENIENCES GATHERED AR OUND THEM, AND ABLE TO FACE THE WOULD WITH CHEERFUL COURAGE, OUR SUBJECT, WHO WAS THE ELDEST OF THE FAMILY, WAS AT THE TIME OF HIS F ATHER'S DECEASE, TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE, AND, BEING WELL SECONDED BY T HE YOUNGER CHILDREN, WAS OF GREAT HELP TO HIS MOTHER, WHO WAS A WOMAN F ULLY CAPABLE OF MANAGING THE BUSINESS AFFAIRS CONNECTED WITH THE FARM. B ETWEEN THEM THEY SECURED ENOUGH MONEY TO EMIGRATE TO THE LAND OF PROMIS E, WHICH WAS IN THOSE DAYS SYNONYMOUS WITH THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. OUR S UBJECT ALSO TOOK WITH HIM TO THE NEW HOME A WIFE, WHO WAS A LADY WELL-F ITTED FOR THE DUTIES AND TRAILS OF PIONEER DAYS. THEIR JOURNEY WAS NOT M ADE IN THE USUAL STYLE OF WAGONS AND HORSES, BUT WAS PERFORMED BY TAKIN G THE LONGER BUT MORE COMFORTABLE WATER ROUTE, WHICH EMBRACED A TRIP TO C INCINNATI, THENCE ON THE OHIO TO ST. LOUIS, THEN UP THE ILLINOIS RIVER T O PEORIA, WHERE THEY LEFT THE WATER, AND MADE THE REST OF THE JOURNEY W ITH TEAMS. MR. ZIMMERMANN WITH TRUE FILIAL REGARD TOOK ESPECIAL CARE OF HIS MOTHER F ROM THE TIME OF HIS MARRIAGE, AND WHEN HE HAD SECURED A HOME OF HIS OWN I N ILLINOIS, HE AND HIS EXCELLENT WIFE APPORTIONED THE MOST COMFORTABLE P LACE FOR HER USE, WHICH SHE RETAINED UNTIL CALLED UPON TO LEAVE THE SCE NE OF LIFE'S CHANGES, AND MEET HER HUSBAND IN THE OTHER WORLD. HER DEAT H IN 1850, AT THE AGE OF FIFTY-FIVE YEARS, LIFE A CHAIR VACANT IN MICHA EL ZIMMERMANN'S HOME, BUT THE MEMORY OF GRANDMA WILL EVER BE CHERISHED B Y HER LOVING CHILDREN AND THEIR LITTLE ONES. MR. AND MRS. ANDREW ZIMMER MANN WERE BOTH CAREFULLY EDUCATED IN THE MENNONITE CHURCH, AND WERE FAI THFUL TO THEIR EARLY TRAINING IN LIFE AND DEATH. MR. ANDREW ZIMMERMANN H AD OCCUPIED THE PLACE OF PASTOR IN THAT CHURCH, AND WAS WIDELY KNOWN AM ONG THE MEMBERS OF THAT DENOMINATION AS AN INTELLIGENT, UPRIGHT MAN, AN D A KIND, AFFECTIONATE HUSBAND AND FATHER. OUR SUBJECT WAS WELL EDUCATED IN GERMANY, BEING ESPECIALLY FLUENT IN HI S NATIVE LANGUAGE, AND THE MENTAL DISCIPLINE BE ACQUIRED IN HIS THOROUG H, SEVERE COURSE OF STUDIES DURING HIS ATTENDANCE IN THE GERMAN SCHOOL, M ADE HIM AS APT SCHOLAR, WHEN IT BECAME NECESSARY FOR HIM TO ACQUIRE KNO WLEDGE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. MRS. ZIMMERMANN, WHOSE MAIDEN NAME WAS C ATHERINE NAFFZINGER, OPENED HER INFANT EYES ON BOARD A VESSEL BOUND FOR A MERICA. THE PARENTS, PETER AND BARBARA (BECK) NAFFZINGER, HAD LEFT THEI R HOME IN THE RHINE PROVINCE OF BYRON, AND EMBARKED IN 1826 ON A SAILIN G-VESSEL AND AFTER ESCAPING ALL THE DANGERS OF THE MIGHTY DEEP, WERE SA FELY LANDED AT THEIR DESTINATION, PHILADELPHIA, PA. ALTHOUGH THE ORIGIN AL INTENTION OF MR. AND MRS. NAFFZINGER HAD BEEN TO GO TO CANADA, THEY W ERE SO MUCH PLEASED WITH THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, THAT THEY CONCLUDED T O REMAIN THERE, BUT AFTER RESIDING THERE SOMETIME, THEY WERE INDUCED TO G O TO BUTLER COUNTY, OHIO, IN WHICH PLACE THEY LOCATED AND REMAINED SEVE RAL YEARS, PROSPERING FAIRLY WELL. BUT IN 1844, BEARING GLOWING ACCOUNT S OF THE FORTUNES TO BE MADE IN ILLINOIS, THEY CONCLUDED TO SELL OUT, A ND REMOVE TO THE NEWER COUNTRY. THEY FIRST LOCATED AT SPRING BAY, THIS C OUNTY, MAKING THEIR HOME WITH AN ELDER SON WHO HAD PROCEDED THEM. THE M OTHER OF MRS. ZIMMERMANN BADE FAREWELL TO THE SCENES OF LIFE, AT THE HO ME OF A YOUNGER SON IN TAZEWELL COUNTY, ILL., HAVING LIVED FIVE YEARS O VER THE ALLOTTED THREE-SCORE YEARS AND TEN. MR. NAFFZINGER SURVIVED FOR A N UMBER OF YEARS, AND AT LENGTH DEPARTED FROM HIS EARTHLY TENEMENT, AT TH E HOME OF HIS SON, PETER, IN MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP, BEING NEARLY NINETY-S EVEN YEARS OLD. THEY WERE WORTHY MEMBERS OF THE MENNONITE CHURCH DURING L IFE. MR. NAFFZINGER HOLDING THE OFFICE OF AN ELDER. MRS. CATHERINE ZIMMERMANN CAME TO BUTLER COUNTY, OHIO, WHEN A MERE CHIL D, AND WAS REARED AND EDUCATED IN THAT PLACE, LEARNING NOT ONLY WHAT BO OKS COULD TEACH, BUT ALSO RECEIVING A GOOD PRACTICAL TRAINING IN DOMEST IC LIFE AND FARM WORK. SHE HAS BEEN OF GREAT ASSISTANCE TO HER HUSBAND I N MAKING AND IMPROVING THEIR HOME, AND HAS BECOME THE MOTHER OF TWELVE C HILDREN, THREE OF WHOM ARE DECEASED, NAMELY: CATHERINE, WHO DIED WHEN T HREE YEARS OLD; ELIZABETH DIED WHEN ABOUT TWO YEARS OLD; AND JACOB, WHO L IVED TO BE A FINE LAD OF THIRTEEN YEARS. THOSE SURVIVING ARE: ANNA, WIF E OF JOHN WITZIG, A FARMER RESIDING ON THE LINE BETWEEN LIVINGSTON AND M CLEAN COUNTIES; BARBARA IS THE WIFE OF JOHN RAMSEYER, A FARMER LIVING I N MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP; JOHN MARRIED A LADY NAMED MISS CATHERINE SCHROCK , AND MAKES HIS HOME ON A FARM IN KANSAS TOWNSHIP; LYDIA IS THE WIFE OF A BRAHAM RICGERBERGER, AND LIVES ON A FARM IN MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP; CHRIST IAN MARRIED MISS MARTHA MINKOSIWITZ, AND LIVES ON A FARM IN MONTGOMERY T OWNSHIP; HANNAH, JOSHUA, CALEB, AND LILLIE, ARE STILL UNDER THE PARENTA L ROOF. ALL THE FAMILY OF MR. AND MRS. ZIMMERMANN ARE INTELLIGENT, ENER GETIC AND SELF-SUPPORTING; IDLENESS BEING CONSIDERED A VICE, AND INDUST RY A VIRTUE. MR. AND MRS. ZIMMERMANN ARE AMONG THE MOST PROMINENT MEMBE RS AND LIBERAL SUPPORTERS OF THE NEW MENNONITE CHURCH, TO THE SPIRITUAL N EEDS OF WHICH MR. ZIMMERMANN MINISTERS, HOLDING THE OFFICE OF AN ELDER, A ND BEING WELL QUALIFIED FOR THE POSITION BY HIS GENERAL INTELLIGENCE AN D SCRIPTURAL KNOWLEDGE. ________________ MICHAEL ZIMMERMAN MICHAEL ZIMMERMAN, DIED AT HIS HOME IN CONGERVILLE, WOODFORD COUNTY, FR IDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 7, AT 7:00 O'CLOCK, AGED 92 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AND 1 0 DAYS. HE WAS BORN IN BADEN, GERMANY, SEPT. 19, 1820, COMING TO THIS COUNTRY I N 1839 WITH HIS PARENTS. THEY WERE ON A SAILING VESSEL AND WERE 31 DAYS C OMING OVER. THEY SETTLED IN BUTLER COUNTY, OHIO. HERE HIS FATHER DIED I N 1841. HE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO MISS CATHERINA NAFFSINGER IN 1845, SHE WAS B ORN ON THE OCEAN. IN 1848 HE CAME TO ILLINOIS, SETTLING IN TAZEWELL COU NTY, WHERE THEY LIVED ONE YEAR. FROM THERE THEY MOVED TO CONGERVILLE, W HERE HE HAD LIVED UP TO THE TIME OF HIS DEATH. TWELVE CHILDREN WERE BOR N TO THIS UNION, THREE DYING IN INFANCY. NINE ARE NOW LIVING - MRS. ANN A WITZIG, OF GOODFIELD, ILL.; MRS. BARBARA RAMSEYER, KAMKAMLIN, MICH.; J OHN ZIMMERMAN, CARLOCK, ILL.; MISS LYDIA RINKERBERGER, STEVENS, MINN.; C HRIS ZIMMERMAN, OF THIS CITY; MISS HANNAH HOHULIN, OF GOODFIELD; JOSHUA Z IMMERMAN, MILFORD, IND.; CALEB ZIMMERMAN, CONGERVILLE, ILL.; MRS. LOUIS H OLLIGER, OF EUREKA. HE LEAVES SEVENTY GRANDCHILDREN AND THIRTY-SIX GREA T GRANDCHILDREN, AND HIS WIFE WHO IS 87 YEARS OLD. THE FUNERAL WAS HELD FROM THE GERMAN APOSTOLIC CHURCH IN CONGERVILLE, A T 10:00 O'CLOCK WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE GRAVE SITE OF ELDER MICHAEL ZIMMERMAN IF YOU WERE LOOKING FOR THE GRAVE OF MICHAEL AND HIS WIFE CATHERINE, YO U WOULDN'T FIND THEM IN THE CONGERVILLE APOSTOLIC CEMETERY. YOU WOULD F IND THEM ALONG WITH MICHAEL'S MOTHER AND SOME OF THEIR CHILDREN IN A EA RLY MENNONITE / APOSTOLIC PRAIRIE CEMETERY NEAR CONGERVILLE. THIS CEMET ERY, CALLED LANTZ / ZIMMERMAN CEMETERY, IS LOCATED IN SEC. 23, IN THE E AST PART OF MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP, WHICH IS IN WOODFORD COUNTY, IN A COW P ASTURE, UP ON A HILL. WHAT STONES REMAIN, ARE SINKING IN THE GROUND AND I S OVERGROWN WITH TALL GRASS. THE CEMETERY WAS STARTED WHEN A MEMBER OF THE ZIMMERMAN FAMILY DIED. TH EY, OWNING THE FARMLAND IT WAS LOCATED ON, STARTED BURYING FAMILY MEMBE RS THERE IT WAS TRADITION AT THAT TIME TO BURY THEIR DEAD ON THE HOME P LACE. IN FACT, MRS. MICHEAL ZIMMERMAN DID NOT WANT TO BE BURIED THERE, B UT HER HUSBAND DID, SO IN ORDER TO BE BURIED BY HER HUSBAND, SHE TOO WA S BURIED THERE. SHE WANTED TO BE BURIED IN THE CONGERVILLE APOSTOLIC CE METERY. THERE ARE MORE GRAVES HERE, BUT NO MARKERS AND NO KNOWN RECORDS OF THE C EMETERY. THE CEMETERY IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE LANTZ CEMETERY, ALTHOUGH THE P EOPLE IN THE VICINITY KNOW IT BY THE NAME ZIMMERMAN. CATHERINE ZIMMERMAN, MICHAEL'S WIFE, WAS THE LAST PERSON TO BE BURIED I N THE CEMETERY, IN MAR. 9, 1919. | Zimmerman, Micheal (I50004)
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50 | GEORGE BACH 1904 - 1992 GEORGE BACH GEORGE H. BACH, 88, DIED AT 10:05 A.M. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1992 AT HIS H OME IN FORREST. HIS FUNERAL WAS AT 10 A.M. TUESDAY AT THE APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF F ORREST. MINISTERS OF THE CHURCH OFFICIATED. BURIAL WAS IN NORTH APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN CEMETERY, RURAL FORREST. VISITATION WAS MONDAY AT CULKIN-DIGGLE FUNERAL HOME, FORREST, AND ONE H OUR BEFORE THE SERVICE AT THE CHURCH. HE WAS BORN FEB. 13, 1904, IN PLEASANT RIDGE TOWNSHIP, RURAL FORREST, T HE SON OF PETER AND LENA SCHARLACH BACH. SURVIVING ARE ONE SISTER, MARIE SCHROF, FORREST; AND ONE BROTHER, REUBE N BACH, FAIRBURY. TWO BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH. HE FARMED HIS ENTIRE LIFE IN PLEASANT RIDGE TOWNSHIP, RURAL FORREST, WH ERE HE WAS RAISED AND EDUCATED. | Bach, George H. (I50139)
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