Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameWilliam Weese 
Birth2 Sep 1864, Posey Co, IN
Census23 Jun 1900, Hawthorne Twp, White Co, IL
Memoroll#350, pg 17
Census7 Jan 1920, Princeton, Gibson Co, IN
Memoroll#433, pg 6
Census16 Apr 1940, Princeton, Gibson Co, IN
Memoroll#1046, pg 12
Death8 Oct 1940, Princeton, Gibson Co, IN
BurialBig Prairie Cem, Epworth, White Co, IL
Misc. Notes
Son of Daniel Wease and Mary Ammon
Listed as William Wease in 1870 and on his marriage license and William Weese everywhere else.
Listed as a farm merchant (35, IL) with his wife Emma in 1900 census for White Co, IL, with his son William (6), the only one of their 3 children living after 10 yrs of marriage.
By 1920 they had moved to Indiana, where he was a retired grain dealer (55) with wife Emma (53), daughter Margery (13, IL) and Catherine (7, IN).
Still there in 1940, widowed at age 75, with his daughter Catherine and husband Earl Downey.
Listed as William Wease in 1870 and on his marriage license and William Weese everywhere else.
Listed as a farm merchant (35, IL) with his wife Emma in 1900 census for White Co, IL, with his son William (6), the only one of their 3 children living after 10 yrs of marriage.
By 1920 they had moved to Indiana, where he was a retired grain dealer (55) with wife Emma (53), daughter Margery (13, IL) and Catherine (7, IN).
Still there in 1940, widowed at age 75, with his daughter Catherine and husband Earl Downey.
Spouses
Birth1 Apr 1865, Illinois
Death8 Mar 1932, Princeton, Gibson Co, IN
Burial11 Mar 1932, Carmi, White Co, IL
FatherRichard H. Downs (1824-1901)
MotherJulia Ann Vaught (1831-1905)
Misc. Notes
Referred to as Elizabeth, Emma or Emily, and Eunice L. Downs.
Resided in Epworth, White Co, IL and census records there in 1870 and 1880 before her marriage.
Listed as Emma L. Weese (63, IL) in 1930 census for Princeton, IN, first married at age 23, with husband William (65, IN) and daughters Marjorie L. (23, IL) and Katherine S. (17, IN).
Resided in Epworth, White Co, IL and census records there in 1870 and 1880 before her marriage.
Listed as Emma L. Weese (63, IL) in 1930 census for Princeton, IN, first married at age 23, with husband William (65, IN) and daughters Marjorie L. (23, IL) and Katherine S. (17, IN).
Marriage4 Jan 1890, White Co, IL