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William LIKENS
(Abt 1806-After 1844)
Jane THOMPSON
(1811-After 1870)
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William Ranson LIKENS
(1845 –1908)

 

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1. Mary CURTIS

2. Mary Rosette WHITE

William Ranson LIKENS 2
  • Born: 7 September 1845, Ohio, USA 3 5
  • Marriage (1): Mary CURTIS about 1865 1 2
  • Marriage (2): Mary Rosette WHITE on 28 December 1876 in Warren County, Iowa, USA 3 4
  • Died: 2 May 1908, Iowa, USA at age 62 6 7
  • Buried: 1908, Harrison Township, Benton County, Iowa, USA 7

bullet   Other names for William were William LIKENS 3 and William R. LIKENS.8

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bullet  Burial Notes

Bear Creek Cemetery

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bullet  Recorded Events in His Life


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  • Gallery: William Likens' veteran's star next to his gravestone in Bear Creek Cemetery, in Harrison Township, Benton County, Iowa, USA.
  • He has conflicting birth information of 7 September 1835 and Pennsylvania, USA. 7
  • He has conflicting birth information of 7 September 1845 and Iowa, USA. 9

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  • He appeared on the 1900 US Federal Census on 13 June 1900 in Harrison Township, Benton County, Iowa, USA. 3

Census (13 June 1900) — Harrison Township, Benton County, Iowa, USA

Name; Relation; Race; Gender; Birth Month and Year; Age; Marital Status; Number of Years Married; Mother of How
Many Children; Number of Children Still Living; Birthplace; Father's Birthplace; Mother's Birthplace; Occupation
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Likens William   Head*   W   M   Sept 1845   54   M   24         Ohio       Unknown    Unknown   Farmer
------ Mary      Wife    W   F   Apr  1855   45   M   24  3  2   Iowa       New York   Indiana  
------ Delbert   Son     W   M   Aug  1882   17   S              Nebraska   Ohio       Iowa      Farm laborer
  *Owns farm, free
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Source Citation:  Year: 1900; Census Place: Harrison, Benton, Iowa;
                  Roll: T623 417; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 12.

  • He worked as a farmer on 13 June 1900 in Harrison Township, Benton County, Iowa, USA. 3

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  • He was buried at the Bear Creek Cemetery in Harrison Township, Benton County, Iowa, USA in 1908.
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William married Mary CURTIS about 1865.1 2 (Mary CURTIS was born about 1850 in Pennsylvania, USA 1.)


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William next married Mary Rosette WHITE, daughter of Ozias Preston WHITE and Julia Ann CALKINS, on 28 December 1876 in Warren County, Iowa, USA.3 4 (Mary Rosette WHITE was born on 16 April 1855 in Benton, Benton County, Iowa, USA,3 5 6 7 8 10 11 died on 10 September 1925 in Vinton, Benton County, Iowa, USA 8 12 13 and was buried on 12 September 1925 in Harrison Township, Benton County, Iowa, USA 7.). The cause of her death was Pulmonary tuberculosis; Hemiplegia.

bullet  Recorded Events about their Marriage


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bullet   Sources   bullet

  1. Kirsty M. Haining, Estimated date. Estimates are based off of known event dates (birth dates, christening dates, marriage dates, graduation dates, retirement events, death dates, etc.) from the lives of the individual's immediate ancestors or descendants. Women are estimated to be roughly 20 years older than the birth of the first child; men are about 5 years older than their wives; siblings are estimated at 2 years apart.
  2. Kirsty M. Haining.
  3. Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls), William Likens household, Harrison Township, Benton County, Iowa, USA.
  4. FamilySearch Historical Record Collections, Iowa, County Marriages, 1838 –1934, database, entry for William Likens and Mary R. White marriage in Warren County, 28 Dec 1876, Bk C p 51 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJZW-T4X : 22 October 2016), Film no. 1034029, Folder no. 004310078, Image no. 931.
  5. Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910. NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls. Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, DC), Dell Likens household, Jefferson Township, Buchanan County, Iowa, USA.
  6. Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910. NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls. Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, DC), Pearl Brody household, West Polk Street, Vinton, Vinton Township, Benton County, Iowa, USA.
  7. Cemetery Database, http://www.interment.net/data/us/ia/benton/bearcreek/bearcreek.htm.
  8. Edmund West, comp, Family Data Collection - Individual Records [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000).
  9. 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), Madison County Poor Farm (S. F. Guiberson, Overseer), Douglas Township, Madison County, Iowa, USA.
  10. 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), Ozias White household, Jefferson Township, Buchanan County, Iowa, USA.
  11. Edmund West, comp, Family Data Collection - Births [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001).
  12. Edmund West, comp, Family Data Collection - Deaths [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001).
  13. Death Certificate (digital or paper copy of official death record privately held by Kirsty M. Haining).
  14. Obituary.


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