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| MAJORVILLE CEMETERY HANCOCK COUNTY, ILLINOIS |
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| Author - Marcia Farina |
| Anna E. Denison, also known as Ann, daughter of In 1889 Ann became the second wife of widower Isaac Stambaugh. That seems to have been the correct spelling of his name, even though Ann's tombstone bears the surname Stanbough. According to the information Isaac provided on the Board of Health document when he and Ann married, he was the son of John Stambaugh and Catherine "Ham" (further research indicates it was Hamm). He was born in York County, Pennsylvania, about 1828 and the family moved west, spending time in both Ohio and Iowa before being counted in Schuyler County, Illinois, in 1850. Isaac was married first to Elizabeth J. Klepper on March 16, 1852, in Schuyler County. They established their home in Hancock County and had at least five children together between approximately 1853 and 1869. Elizabeth died in 1888. The following spring, Isaac, 60, took for his second wife the spinster Ann Denison, who was then a bit over 50. Charles J. Scofield performed the ceremony at Carthage on the 28th of March, 1889. Witnesses were P. D. Williams and Ada Allen. Ann's age was shown as 50 on the marriage license, but on the Board of Health document, her age at next birthday was entered as 52. It appears that Isaac and Ann individually signed the latter form. Isaac's signature does read Stambaugh, Ann's less legible handwriting shows a different spelling. Ann went to live with Isaac and at least two of his unmarried adult children on the Stambaugh farm in Pilot Grove Township. Their time together was brief; Isaac died in 1901, after which the Stambaugh children, Jacob and Luella, remained on the home farm. We lose track of Anna until 1920, at which time she was residing with her sister and brother-in-law, Sarah and Daniel Ebert. From The News of Fountain Green, the Majorville column by Mabelle Campbell, April 14, 1926: On Frdiay [sic], April 9th at 11 o'clock the funeral of Mrs. Ann (Dennison) Stanbaugh was held at Majorville. Burial in our cemetery. Rev. H. M. Bloomer of Macomb conducted this funeral which was well attended by friends of this good woman. Many were kept away on account of bad roads. Mrs. Stanbaugh has made her home with her sister, Sarah (Dennison) Ebert and husband for many years, and being of such a kind, loving and helpful disposition she will be greatly missed in this home. |
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enumerated November 13, 1850, dwelling #143 John Stambaugh, 44, male, farmer, value of real estate 1200, born PA
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enumerated June 28, 1860, dwelling #1653 Isaac Stanbough, 32, male, farmer, value of real estate 1000, value of personal estate $250, |
enumerated July 24, 1860, dwelling #3330 John Denison, 45, male, farmer, value of real estate 1000, value of personal estate 500, born PA
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enumerated July 16, 1870, dwelling #126 Stambaugh, Isaac, 41, male, white, farmer, value of real estate 3500, value of personal estate 1000, born PA, male citizen of the U.S. aged 21 or more
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enumerated June 13, 1870, dwelling #17 Dennison, John, 61, male, white, farmer, born PA, male citizen of the U.S. aged 21 or more
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enumerated June 3, 1880, dwelling #48 Stanbaugh, Isaac, white, male, 52, married, farmer, born PA, both parents born PA
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enumerated June 3, 1880, dwelling #12 Dennison, John, white, male, 70, married, born PA, father born Ireland, mother born PA
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enumerated June 13-14, 1900, dwelling #157 Stambaugh, Isaac, head, white, male, Dec 1828, 71, married for 12 years, born PA, both parents born PA, farmer, months not employed - 0, could read, write and speak English, owned his farm home free of mortgage, farm schedule 114 Ann, wife, white, female, Sept 1836, 63 [2nd digit over-written], married for 12 years, mother of 0 children, born PA, both parents born PA, could read, write and speak English Luella [perhaps a middle initial, L or S], daughter, white, female, Sept 1857, 42, single, born IL, father born PA, mother born IN, servant - house, months not employed - 0, could read, write and speak English Jacob P, son, white, male, Aug 1869, 30, single, born IL, father born PA, mother born IN, farm laborer, months not employed - 0, could read, write and speak English |
enumerated January 20, 1920, dwelling #221, farm Ebert, Daniel, head, owned his home free of mortgage, male, white, 78, married, could read and write, born PA, both parents born PA, spoke English, [no occupation shown] Sarah, wife, female, white, 78, married, could read and write, born PA, both parents born PA, spoke English Annie, sister, female, white, 65, widow, could read and write, born PA, both parents born PA, spoke English |
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