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Charles Burr HOWELL
(1787 –1846)
Peggy COMPTON
(1795 –1844)
Eliza E. HOWELL
(1816 –1888)

 

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1. Willard CENTER

Eliza E. HOWELL 3
  • Born: 1 May 1816, Kentucky, USA 4 5
  • Marriage (1): Willard CENTER on 14 April 1836 in Edgar County, Illinois, USA 1 2
  • Died: 5 February 1888, Mattoon Township, Coles County, Illinois, USA at age 71
  • Buried: 1888, Mattoon, Coles County, Illinois, USA

bullet   Other names for Eliza were Eliza CENTER,4 Eliza E. CENTER 6 and Eliza HOWELL.

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bullet  Burial Notes

Dodge Grove Cemetery, Plot: SEC.: 2, Div.:, Grv. Spc.: 49s1/2

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bullet  Recorded Events in Her Life

  • She appeared on the 1840 US Federal Census in 1840 in Clark County, Illinois, USA.

    Free White Persons - Males - Under 5:       2
    Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29:       1
    Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29:       1
    Persons Employed in Agriculture:       1
    Free White Persons - Under 20:       2
    Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:       2
    Total Free White Persons:       4
    Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves:       4
  • She had a residence on 3 April 1841 in Marshall Township, Clark County, Illinois, USA.
  • She appeared on the 1850 US Federal Census on 30 September 1850 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA.

    Willard Center       45
    Mrs. Center       36
    Georg W Carter       14
    Ira Center       10
    Margaret Center       8
    John Center       5

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  • She appeared on the 1860 US Federal Census on 26 July 1860 in Marshall Township, Clark County, Illinois, USA. 4

Willard Center        54      New York     carpenter
Eliza Center       43      Kentucky
George Center       22      Illinois     carpenter
Margaret Center       17      Illinois
John Center       14      Illinois
Mary Center        9      Illinois
Joseph Center        5      Illinois
Fanny Center       4.12      Illinois


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  • She appeared on the 1870 US Federal Census on 23 July 1870 in Mattoon Township, Coles County, Illinois, USA. 5

Willard Center     65     abt 1805     New York     Carpenter
Eliza Center       55     abt 1815     Kentucky     Keeping House
Mary Center        19     abt 1851     Illinois     At Home
Joseph Center      15     abt 1855     Illinois
Fannie Center      11     abt 1859     Illinois


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  • She appeared on the 1880 US Federal Census on 19 June 1880 in Mattoon Township, Coles County, Illinois, USA. 6

Eliza E. Center       64     Keeping House
Maggie Center       37     Dressmaker
Joseph H. Center       24     Conductor RR
Fanny C. Center       20     At Home


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Eliza married Willard CENTER, son of Ebenezer CENTER and 1st wife UNK, on 14 April 1836 in Edgar County, Illinois, USA.1 2 (Willard CENTER was born about 1805 in New York, USA,4 5 died on 10 December 1876 in Mattoon Township, Coles County, Illinois, USA 6 and was buried in 1876 in Mattoon, Coles County, Illinois, USA.)

bullet  Recorded Events about their Marriage


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bullet   Sources   bullet

  1. Illinois State Archives and the Illinois State Genealogical Society, Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763 –1900, Database. Springfield, Illinois : Illinois State Archives (http://www.ilsos.gov/isavital/marriagesrch.jsp), Willard Center-Eliza Howell marriage, 14 April 1836, Edgar County, Illinois.
  2. Jordan Dodd and Liahona Research, comp, Illinois Marriages, 1790 –1860 [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: Salt Lake City, Utah: Family History Library microfilms of County Court Records, Illinois), Willard Center and Eliza Howell marriage on 14 May 1836 in Edgar County, Illinois.
  3. Kirsty M. Haining.
  4. Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Records of the Bureau of the Census, National Archives, Washington, DC), Willard Center household, Marshall Township, Clark County, Illinois, USA.
  5. Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Ninth Census of the United States, 1870, NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls; and Minnesota Census Schedules for 1870, NARA microfilm publication T132, 13 rolls. Records of the Bureau of the Census, National Archives, Washington, DC), Willard Center household, Mattoon Township, Coles County, Illinois, USA.
  6. Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls. Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, DC), Eliza E. Center household, Mattoon, Coles County, Illinois, USA.


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