Halsey, Sallie B.

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• Reference Number: HALS.S001
• _FGRAVE: 21587081

Sallie married Wilkin, Michael on 6 Sep 1855 in Hardin County, Ohio. Michael was born on 26 Jul 1831 in Virginia; died on 25 Apr 1892 in Clay County, Illinois; was buried in Wells Cemetery, Wayne County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: WILK.E004
• _FGRAVE: 23094632

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Ella E. eldest child of Michael and Sallie Wilkin was born in Wyandotte Co., Ohio, October 19th, 1856—Departed this life on Wednesday April, 16, 1930. She having reached the age of 73 years, 5 months and 27 days.

When but a girl of twelve years of age, she emigrated with her parents to Clay City, Ill., and settled on a farm south east of Clay City and for 61 years she has not lived very far away from Clay City. The last 32 years of her life was spent at the homestead where she passed away.

She was united in marriage to E. W. Shoup May 10th, 1874 and to this union one daughter and son were born.

In early life she accepted her lord and became a member of the M. E. church south, but later transferred her membership to the U. B. church at Harmony, she has been a loyal supporter of the church.

Her husband was taken from her by death over five years ago. She has been blessed with good health except the last eight years. Her health declined very rapidly in the last three months. It was only a very few days that she was compelled to lie in bed.

She leaves to mourn her departure, two children, Mrs. Elmer Staley of Clay City, Ill., and W. E. Shoup of Illiopolis, Ill. Seven grandchildren, ten great grandchildren, two brothers, Chesney and Jay Wilkin, both near Clay City, besides a host of relatives and friends.

Farewell then, mother, sister, grandmother and sister in Christ. We hope to meet in the judgement day.

[Source: "Pictures and Biographical Sketches of the Business Men of Clay City 1930 Obituaries" by the Clay County Advocate Press]

Family/Spouse: Shoup, Edmund N.. Edmund (son of Shoup, Thomas and Powell, Eliza Ann) was born on 24 May 1851; died on 29 Oct 1924; was buried in Kneff Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Farmer
• Reference Number: WILK.W001

Family/Spouse: Evans, Martha E.. Martha (daughter of Evans, James Edward and Wayman, Mary E.) was born in 1864 in Indiana; died on 14 Jan 1929; was buried in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Retired Farmer
• Reference Number: WILK.A001
• _FGRAVE: 100738387
• Funeral: Shiloh Methodist Church,

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He had spent almost his entire life in Wayne county.

Family/Spouse: Barnes, Mary Emma. Mary (daughter of Barnes, David and Brummet, Sarah E.) was born on 20 Jan 1868 in Brown County, Indiana; died on 28 Jun 1953 in Clay City, Clay County, Illinois; was buried in Wells Cemetery, Wayne County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: SHOU.S001

Stella married Staley, Elmer Elsworth on 15 Jul 1894. Elmer (son of Staley, Andrew Jackson and Fuller, Caroline) was born on 9 Aug 1866 in Wayne County, West Virginia; died on 22 Aug 1937 in Stanford Township, Clay County, Illinois; was buried in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Farmer
• Reference Number: WILK.C001
• _FGRAVE: 24103690

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Charles Wilkin, 81. of Monticello and formerly of Clay City, died Saturday at the Kirby Hospital in Monticello.

Graveside funeral rites were held at the Clay City cemetery.

A native of Clay City, the deceased was married to Jennie C. Patterson on April 12, 1913 at Clay City. His wife preceded him in death.

He is survived by a son, Glenn, Monticello; daughters, Mrs. Don (Edna) Bails, Charleston; Mrs. Robert (Irene) Van Rheeven, Freeport; brother, J. C., Lewistown, Mont.; five grandchildren; five great-grandchildren.

Taken from the Olney Daily, Olney, IL, September, 1971.

Family/Spouse: Patterson, Jennie Cecile. Jennie was born on 11 May 1891 in Ohio; died on 4 Aug 1947; was buried in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: WILK.I002

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• Reference Number: WILK.N001
• _FGRAVE: 131825554
• Funeral: Hosselton Funeral Home, Cisne, Wayne County, Illinois

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Mrs. Atteberry was a housewife. She was a member of the Enterprise United Methodist Church.

Died:
Nellie C. Atteberry, 89, the widow of William Atteberry, both of whom lived around Enterprise many years, died Tuesday in Memorial Hospital.

Mrs. Atteberry had been a resident of Way-Fair Restorium for the last four years. Her condition began to decline Tuesday morning and she was admitted to the hospital.

Nellie married Atteberry, William Jonathon in Dec 1910. William was born on 18 Oct 1889 in Wayne County, Illinois; died on 13 Jul 1967 in Cisne, Wayne County, Illinois; was buried in Laird Cemetery, Enterprise, Wayne County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: WILK.G004
• _FGRAVE: 17195753

Family/Spouse: Toliver, Iris Glenn. Iris (daughter of Toliver, W. and SOULES, Maud O.) was born on 27 May 1892 in Clay City, Clay County, Illinois; died on 4 Aug 1957 in Clinton County, Indiana; was buried in Bunnell Cemetery, Frankfort, Clinton County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: WILK.V003
• _FGRAVE: 114646556
• Funeral: Cardascio Funeral Home, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois
• Military Service: World War I, United States Army

Family/Spouse: Holman, Hazel Mollie. Hazel (daughter of Holman, Fidelis and ?, Stella) was born on 28 Apr 1894 in Clay County, Illinois; died on 21 Feb 1976 in Olney, Richland County, Illinois; was buried in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Virgil married Fout, Mary Catherine 'Katie' on 25 Sep 1920. Mary (daughter of Fout, W. H. and Young, Susan) was born on 25 Sep 1901 in Mount Erie, Wayne County, Illinois; died on 9 Apr 1927 in Zif Township, Wayne County, Illinois; was buried in Wells Cemetery, Wayne County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: WILK.L005
• _FGRAVE: 20550896

Family/Spouse: Fout, Grover Cleveland. Grover (son of Fout, W. H. and Young, Susan) was born on 3 Jun 1894 in Wayne County, Illinois; died on 28 Aug 1946 in Olney, Richland County, Illinois; was buried in Wells Cemetery, Wayne County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: STAL.H001

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• Reference Number: STAL.L002
• _FGRAVE: 22929456

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Leora Pearce, 93, Flora, IL, died June 15, 1990 at Flora Nursing Center.

She was born October 26, 1896, the daughter of Elmer and Stella Shoup Staley. She married Lynn Pearce Sept. 19, 1915 at Harmony Methodist Church in rural Flora. He preceded her in death. She was a homemaker.

She was a member of the Harmony Methodist Church, Rebekah Lodge in Clay City, Past Noble Grands, Clay County Hospital Auxiliary, Farm Bureau Extension, and American Legion Auxiliary.

Surviving is a son, Trevor Pearce; two daughters, Gennell Doris and Juanita Crackel; a sister, Ella Ballinger; 11 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and two step-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, two daughters, and two brothers.

Funeral services were held at Hosselton, Bookhout, Engelmeier Funeral Home with burial in Floral Garden of Memories in Flora.

Leora married Pearce, Lynn A. on 19 Sep 1915 in Harmony Methodist Church, Flora, Clay County, Illinois. Lynn was born on 22 Nov 1894; died in Dec 1983; was buried in Floral Garden of Memories Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: STAL.L003
• Military Service: World War II, Sergeant, 159th AACS Squadron, United States Army Air Forces

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Buried:
Plot: Veterans, 16 1 10

Family/Spouse: Babcock, Pauline L.. Pauline (daughter of Babcock, Gilbert Franklin and Bingham, Sarah C.) was born on 12 Jun 1915 in Illinois; died on 24 Feb 1980 in Shelton, Mason County, Washington; was buried in Shelton Memorial Park, Shelton, Mason County, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: STAL.E003
• _FGRAVE: 67196340

Family/Spouse: Gibbs, Carroll C.. Carroll (son of GIBBS, Charles Edwin and Nichols, Edna May) was born on 12 Nov 1906 in Illinois; died on 1 Feb 2002; was buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ella married Ballinger, William H. in 1942. William was born in 1906; died in 1982. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: WILK.E002
• _FGRAVE: 59770950

Family/Spouse: Bails, Donald George Andrew. Donald was born in 1909; died in 1998. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: WILK.R001
• _FGRAVE: 35107441

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He was born February 11, 1912, in Clay City, Illinois, and attended Little Jeff High School in Jefferson, In. He was a lifelong farmer, retiring when he was 86 years old.

On March 27, 1935, he married Edith S Elkins in Frankfort, and she survives.

Mr Wilkin was a member of Forest United Methodist Church and a longtime member of Farm Bureau. He enjoyed watching and playing baseball.

Robert married Elkins, Edith Susan on 27 Mar 1935 in Frankfort, Clinton County, Indiana. Edith (daughter of Elkins, Earl Bertus and Crose, Myrtle Edith) was born on 19 Nov 1915 in Stockwell, Tippecanoe County, Indiana; died on 13 Mar 2009 in Wesley Manor Health Care Center, Frankfort, Clinton County, Indiana; was buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Frankfort, Clinton County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: WILK.M003
• _FGRAVE: 20531585

Family/Spouse: Baughman, Harold Frances. Harold was born on 12 Dec 1915 in Brownstown, Fayette County, Illinois; died on 31 Oct 1986 in Wayne County, Illinois; was buried in Wells Cemetery, Wayne County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Walker, Arnold Gale 'Dale'. Arnold was born on 7 Aug 1918 in Illinois; died on 23 Dec 1945 in Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois; was buried in Wells Cemetery, Wayne County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: WILK.G003
• _FGRAVE: 100712623

Family/Spouse: Yohe, Mary Elizaabeth. Mary was born on 17 Dec 1925; died on 21 Nov 1983; was buried in Scott Cemetery, Mount Erie, Wayne County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: WILK.B002
• _FGRAVE: 126553839

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Beatrice Cailteux, age 88, of Clay City, Illinois passed away Tuesday, March 18, 2014 at Good Samaritan Regional Health Center in Mt. Vernon, Illinois.

Beatrice was born on August 18, 1925 in Wayne County to Virgil and Mary Katherine (Fout) Wilkin. She married Davie Cailteux on March 15, 1950. He preceded her in death on October 10, 2002.

Beatrice was known to all her family and others as "Peach". She helped on the family farm and enjoyed gardening, flowers, and taking drives with Davie.

She is survived by her daughters: Barbara (Donnie) Sneed, Brenda Cailteux, Donna Russell and friend Bob Plew, Dorothy (Mike) Wilson; a son: Dale Cailteux; six grandchildren: Vanessa Sneed, Leslie Sneed, Keith (Rachel), Nathan Wilson, Courtney Cailteux and Shelby Cailteux; along with several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, a sister (Mary Ann Baughman), a brother (Jim Wilkin), and a granddaughter (Lexi Cailteux).

A graveside service for Beatrice Cailteux was held at Clay City Cemetery, Clay City.

Visitation was held at Frank & Bright Funeral Home, Flora.

Family/Spouse: Cailteux, David Eugene 'Davie'. David (son of Cailteux, Francis Leopold 'Frank' and Franklin, Bonnie) was born on 2 Jan 1927 in Clay County, Illinois; died on 10 Oct 2002 in St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital, Effingham, Effingham County, Illinois; was buried on 12 Oct 2002 in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]