Iowa Family Group Sheet for the John DETWILER Family

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Submitted by: Anna LEBLANC
Email address: leblancr@qwest.net
 

Husband: John DETWILER
Birthdate: abt. 1827          1.
Birthplace: PA                 2.
Death date: 1890
Place of death: Wamego, Pottawatomie County,  KS
Father: unknown
Mother: unknown

Marriage date: 25 Apr 1846
Marriage place: Boone County, IL   3.

Wife: Nancy WADE
Birthdate: abt 1826
Birthplace: Upper Canada
Death date: 1909
Place of death: Wamego, Pottawatomie County,  KS
Father: Bryant WADE
Mother: Nancy KITCHEN

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Zenas DETWILER   11.
Sex: M
Birthdate: Jul 1847     4.
Birthplace: Illinois
Death date: 1928
Place of death: Wamego, Pottawatomie County,  KS
Marriage date: abt 1878        5.
Marriage place: Prob. Kansas
Spouse's name: Augusta E. DRANE

Child No. 2: Ida J. DETWILER
Sex: F
Birthdate: abt 1850
Birthplace: Illinois         6.
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Child No. 3: Inez F. DETWILER
Sex: F
Birthdate: abt 1852
Birthplace: Illinois       6.
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Child No. 4: Alta F  DETWILER
Sex: F
Birthdate: abt. 1855
Birthplace: Illinois    6.
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Child No. 5: Alice E DETWILER
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Birthdate: abt 1857
Birthplace: Iowa     7.
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Child No. 6: Eddie A. DETWILER
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Birthdate: 19 Jan 1860
Birthplace: Vinton, Benton County, Iowa    7.
Death date: 5 Feb 1861
Place of death: Vinton, Benton County, Iowa       8.
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Child No. 7: Edna A. DETWILER
Sex: F
Birthdate: 19 Jan 1860
Birthplace: Vinton, Benton County, Iowa    7.
Death date: 23 Jan 1861
Place of death: Vinton, Benton County, Iowa    8.
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Child No. 8: Z E DETWILER
Sex: M
Birthdate: abt 1861
Birthplace: Vinton, Benton County, Iowa   9.
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Child No. 9: Della May DETWILER
Sex: F
Birthdate: abt 1864
Birthplace: Iowa         9.
Death date: 29 Sep 1877
Place of death: Wamego, Pottawatomie County,  KS   10.
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Documentation:
1. 1850 census Illinois, Ogle County, Brooklin Township
taken November 1, 1850, microfilm 442,911, page 102
2. William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas - published 1883
Pottawatomie County, Part 6, Biographical Sketches - Rock Creek Township
3. MARRIAGES OF EARLY SETTLERS OF POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY, AS RECORDED IN
WILLIAM G. CUTLER's "HISTORY OF THE STATE OF KANSAS
4. 1850 census Illinois, Ogle County, Brooklin Township taken November 1, 1850,
microfilm 442,911, page 102  1900 census, Kansas, Pottawatomie County,
City of Wamego: ED 154 microfilm roll 1,240,495 p242
5.  1900 census, Kansas, Pottawatomie County, City of Wamego: ED 154 microfilm roll 1,240,495 p242
6.  1856 Iowa State Census
7. 1860 census Iowa: Benton County: Taylor Township, Vinton PO, film 803,311 p. 103
8.  obituary Vinton Eagle, Wednesday January 30, 1861
9.  1870 census Iowa: Benton County: Taylor Township, Vinton PO, film 545,875  p.288
10. extract of death notices found at library in Wamego KS
11.  Zenas Detwilar fought in the Civil War before moving to Kansas.
Later he became postmaster of Wamego KS, where his photo hangs (behind
the counter) in the post office today.