| Page content last modified: | May 17, 2007, amended street name in the 1920 census transcription, corrected page number in the 1930 census transcription, added Harley's date of birth.
July 8, 2005, added death information for Ruth Conboy. July 4, 2005, added link to Winset Abel Dunham. December 12, 2004, added 1911 reference to surname McClelland/McClellan. June 9, 2004, added photo, text based on 1900 and 1910 census listings. |
| HANCOCK COUNTY, ILLINOIS FAMILIES NEWS MEMORABILIA |
ca. 1865 - 1947
 
Ruth married The son of Joshua Dunham and Matilda Nelson, William was born in Pike County, Illinois. The date of birth on his tombstone at Glade City Cemetery, Blandinsville, McDonough County, Illinois, is September 21, 1851, although other records strongly suggest that he was born two or three years later. He died May 16, 1922, and was buried next to his first wife. In 1900, Ruth was located in St. Mary's Township, Hancock County, with her two children, Chloe and Harley. Also in Ruth's home at that time was her uncle, Charles Kimball Way. In 1910 Ruth was living in Carthage, Hancock County. In that census year she was named as Ruth E. McClelland, married twice, duration of current marriage 6 years. In 1911 Ruth's brother, Charles, died; she was named in his obituary as Mrs. Ruth McClellan of Carthage. When Ruth's father died in November of 1915, she was named in his obituary as Mrs. Ruth Conboy of Davenport, Iowa. In the 1920 Federal Census, she was listed as Ruth Grable and was living in Plymouth, St. Mary's Township, Hancock County. By 1930 she had resumed using the name Conboy. She was still in Plymouth as of 1945, when Louisa Sammons Shields died. State of Illinois death records indicate that Ruth Conboy died in Limestone Township, Peoria County, Illinois, on November 4, 1947; this may have been at the county hospital. We do not know where Ruth was buried. Barely a month later Chloe Dunham Bell passed away, also in Peoria County. The children of Ruth E. Sammons and William O. Dunham were:
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enumerated June 17, 1870, dwelling #121 Sammons, James, 35, male, white, farmer, value of real estate 2500, value of personal estate 800, born IL, male citizen of the U.S. aged 21 or more
enumerated June 13, 1880, dwelling #92 Samon, James, white, male, 44, married, farmer, born IL, father born "Te Va", mother |
enumerated June 6, 1900, dwelling #358 Dunham, Ruth E, head, white, female, Oct 1865, 34, divorced; mother of 2 children, both living; born IL, both parents born IL, keeps boarding house, months not employed - 0, could read, write and speak English, rented her home Cloe M, daughter, white, female, May 1890, 10, single, born IL, both parents born IL, at school for 8 months, could read, write and speak English Harley E, son, white, male, Jan 1892, 8, single, born IL, both parents born IL, [no schooling indicated], could read, write and speak English Way, Charles K, uncle, white, male, Jan 1842, 58, married, age at first marriage - 28, born IL, both parents born IL, landlord, months not employed - 0, could read, write and speak English |
enumerated April 15, 1910, dwelling #29, 619 Main McLelland, Ruth E, head, female, white, 44, married (2nd) for 6 years; mother of 2 children, both living; born IL, both parents born IL, spoke English, hotel proprietor, board and room, working on own account, could read and write, rented her home Dunham, Clo, daughter, female, white, 19, single, born IL, both parents born IL, milliner, apprentice, employee, whether out of work on April 15, 1910 - no, number of weeks out of work during 1909 - 20, could read and write Harley E, son, male, white, 18, single, born IL, both parents born IL, spoke English, could read and write, attended school after Sept. 1, 1909 Parker, Charles, boarder, male, white, 62, single, born IL, father born MO, mother born MD, spoke English, section hand, railroad, employee, whether out of work on April 15, 1910 - no, number of weeks out of work during 1909 - 0, could read and write |
enumerated January 26, 1920, dwelling #134, Summer ? Street Grable, Ruth, head, owned her home free of mortgage, female, white, 54, married, could read and write, born IL, both parents born IL, spoke English Dunham, Harley, son, male, white, 28, married, could read and write, born IL, both parents born IL, spoke English, blacksmith, shop, working for wages Bessie, daughter-in-law, female, white, 27 [it looks like 27 written over 29], married, could read and write, born IL, both parents born IL, spoke English
enumerated April 1930, dwelling #101, Virginia Street Conboy, Ruth, head, owned her home, home value 3500, owned a radio, female, white, 64, divorced, could read and write, born IL, both parents born IL, spoke English Douglas, Sarah, boarder, did not own a radio, female, white, 75, widow, could not read or write, born Arkansas, father born Arkansas, mother born OH, spoke English Jackson, Clarence, lodger, did not own a radio, male, white, 26, single, could read and write, born IL, both parents born IL, spoke English, cashier, bank, whether a veteran of the U.S. military or naval forces mobilized for any war or expedition - no |
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