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 1829 - 1906 (77 years)
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Name |
Charles Benson Morey |
Birth |
13 Jan 1829 |
Butler City, Ohio |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
16 Mar 1906 |
Waterton, Ill. |
Burial |
Elmwood, Ill. |
Person ID |
I57844 |
Cecilie Family |
Last Modified |
24 Aug 2003 |
Family |
Mary Ann Pugh, b. 8 Oct 1824, Butler Co, Ohio d. 27 Jun 1910 (Age 85 years) |
Marriage |
12 Jun 1853 |
Peoria, Ill |
Family ID |
F21368 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
22 Feb 2009 |
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Notes |
 Charles Benson Morey at age 76 (1905) |
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Moved to Potose, Missouri at age 10, then to Newburg, Ill in 1852. Had about 200 acres in Brimfield Twp, Peoria Co., Ill in 1860. Lived adjacent to Robert Marshall.
Census: 1880 Elmwood, Peoria, Illinois page 396a | Name | Relation | Age | Birthplace | Occupation | Father's B-place | Mother's B-place | C. B. Morey | self | 52 | OH | Agr. Implement Dlr | PA | PA | Mary A. Morey | wife | 55 | Oh | Keeping House | OH | OH | Charles Hoffman | Grandson | 9 | IL | At School | OH | OH | Fredrick Mitts | other | 24 | Can | Wagon Maker | Eng | Can |
Moved to Elmwood, Illinois in 1889. It is said that he dug the first grave in Elmwood Cemetery many years before he was buried there.
He had a sister, (Mrs. Jane Ritchie) who, in 1906 was living in Des Moines, Iowa.
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