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Edwin Horace Heacox

Birth
Lisbon, Kendall County, Illinois, USA
Death
26 Apr 1945 (aged 76)
Orlando, Orange County, Florida, USA
Burial
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Extract from the 1880 Census:
Name: Edwin Heacox
Age: 11
Estimated birth year: 1869
Birthplace: Illinois
Race: white
Sex: male
Relationship to head-of-household: son
Home in 1880: Nettle Creek, Grundy, Illinois
Marital status: single
Father's birthplace: New York
Mother's birthplace: Illinois
Occupation: attending school
Siblings living at home: Lily (age 9), Francis (7), Clara (5), and Frederick (3)
Census place: Nettle Creek, Grundy, Illinois; Roll: T9_209; Family History Film: 1254209; Page: 279.4000; Enumeration District: 4; Image: 0563
Date: 8 Jun 1880

Extract from the 1900 Census:
Name: Edwin Heacox
Age at last birthday: 31
Date of birth: Jul 1868
Birthplace: Illinois
Race: white
Sex: male
Relationship to head-of-house: head
Home in 1900: Nettle Creek, Grundy, Illinois
Marital status: married
Number of years of marriage: 2
Able to read, write and speak English: yes
Father's birthplace: New York
Mother's birthplace: Pennsylvania [sic]
Home owned or rented: rented
Farm or home: farm
Occupation: farmer
Months not employed: 0
Census place: Nettle Creek, Grundy, Illinois; Roll: T623 304; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 54
Date: 1 Jun 1900

Extract from the 1930 Census:
Name: Edwin H Heacox
Age: 60
Estimated birth year: 1870
Birthplace: Illinois
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1930: Deering, McHenry, North Dakota
Address: Third Avenue
Marital status: widower [sic - wife's listing states divorced]
Age at first marriage: 26
Education: able to speak English
Education: able to read and write
Father's birthplace: United States
Mother's birthplace: United States
Military service: no
Rent/home value: owns home; value $1000
Owned a radio: yes
Occupation: mail carrier
Industry: U.S. Mail
Salary or wage worker: wages
Census place: Deering, McHenry, North Dakota; Roll: 1737; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 13; Image: 691.0
Date: 8 Apr 1930

Extract from the 1940 Census:
Name: Edwin Heacox
Age: 70
Estimated birth year: 1870
Birthplace: Illinois
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: nephew
Living with: Rilla Bentley age 73
Home in 1940: Orlando, Orange, Florida
Address: 1816 Cornell Avenue
Marital status: widower
Highest grade of school completed: college 2 years
Place of residence in 1935: Deering, Mchenry, North Dakota
Resident on farm in 1935: no
Occupation: unable to work
Has other income of more than $50: yes
At work during week of March 24-30: no
Seeking work: no
Census place: Ward 3, Orlando, Election Precinct 16A, Orange, Florida
Date: 4 Apr 1940

Mr. Heacox was a resident of 1816 Cornell Street, Orlando, FL when he died at Florida Sanitarium, where he had been four months, of carcinoma of the stomach.
He was a retired mail carrier. He was divorced from Jessie Heacox at the time of his death. His parents were Charles E Heacox, of Rome, NY and Harriet Adelaide David, of Lisbon, IL. Informant of record was Mrs. Allie D Bentley of the same address. No services were held in Orlando and Mr. Heacox was cremated. Source: Carey Hand Funeral Home Records, Orlando, Florida Register Volume 29 April 27, 1944 - April 24, 1945, p. 596.

Obituary from the "Kendall County Record" of Yorkville, Illinois dated 14 May 1945:
Edward Heacox
The ashes of Edward Heacox [sic] were brought to Morris from Orlando, Fla., where funeral services were held at the Davis Funeral Home, Wednesday afternoon, the Rev. Ivan Obenschain, formerly of Morris and Rev. M. S. Tope officiated, burial was in the Lisbon Cemetery.
Surviving are four children, Mrs. Gladys Hoefer and Mrs. Olive Hoefer both of Sioux City, Iowa, Mrs. Ernestine Milne of Rapid City, South Dakota, and Eugene Heacox, of Oakland, California, now in the Armed Forces, and a step-son William Heacox somewhere in the Pacific with the Navy, and one brother, Dr. Frank Heacox and a sister, Mrs. Rosabel Robinson.

He married (1) Edna Florence Rose 9 Dec 1897 in Grundy County, Illinois. Edna left Edwin for the hired man.
He married (2) Jessie Adelia Stansberry 22 Oct 1913 in Minot, McHenry, North Dakota.
Extract from the 1880 Census:
Name: Edwin Heacox
Age: 11
Estimated birth year: 1869
Birthplace: Illinois
Race: white
Sex: male
Relationship to head-of-household: son
Home in 1880: Nettle Creek, Grundy, Illinois
Marital status: single
Father's birthplace: New York
Mother's birthplace: Illinois
Occupation: attending school
Siblings living at home: Lily (age 9), Francis (7), Clara (5), and Frederick (3)
Census place: Nettle Creek, Grundy, Illinois; Roll: T9_209; Family History Film: 1254209; Page: 279.4000; Enumeration District: 4; Image: 0563
Date: 8 Jun 1880

Extract from the 1900 Census:
Name: Edwin Heacox
Age at last birthday: 31
Date of birth: Jul 1868
Birthplace: Illinois
Race: white
Sex: male
Relationship to head-of-house: head
Home in 1900: Nettle Creek, Grundy, Illinois
Marital status: married
Number of years of marriage: 2
Able to read, write and speak English: yes
Father's birthplace: New York
Mother's birthplace: Pennsylvania [sic]
Home owned or rented: rented
Farm or home: farm
Occupation: farmer
Months not employed: 0
Census place: Nettle Creek, Grundy, Illinois; Roll: T623 304; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 54
Date: 1 Jun 1900

Extract from the 1930 Census:
Name: Edwin H Heacox
Age: 60
Estimated birth year: 1870
Birthplace: Illinois
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1930: Deering, McHenry, North Dakota
Address: Third Avenue
Marital status: widower [sic - wife's listing states divorced]
Age at first marriage: 26
Education: able to speak English
Education: able to read and write
Father's birthplace: United States
Mother's birthplace: United States
Military service: no
Rent/home value: owns home; value $1000
Owned a radio: yes
Occupation: mail carrier
Industry: U.S. Mail
Salary or wage worker: wages
Census place: Deering, McHenry, North Dakota; Roll: 1737; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 13; Image: 691.0
Date: 8 Apr 1930

Extract from the 1940 Census:
Name: Edwin Heacox
Age: 70
Estimated birth year: 1870
Birthplace: Illinois
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: nephew
Living with: Rilla Bentley age 73
Home in 1940: Orlando, Orange, Florida
Address: 1816 Cornell Avenue
Marital status: widower
Highest grade of school completed: college 2 years
Place of residence in 1935: Deering, Mchenry, North Dakota
Resident on farm in 1935: no
Occupation: unable to work
Has other income of more than $50: yes
At work during week of March 24-30: no
Seeking work: no
Census place: Ward 3, Orlando, Election Precinct 16A, Orange, Florida
Date: 4 Apr 1940

Mr. Heacox was a resident of 1816 Cornell Street, Orlando, FL when he died at Florida Sanitarium, where he had been four months, of carcinoma of the stomach.
He was a retired mail carrier. He was divorced from Jessie Heacox at the time of his death. His parents were Charles E Heacox, of Rome, NY and Harriet Adelaide David, of Lisbon, IL. Informant of record was Mrs. Allie D Bentley of the same address. No services were held in Orlando and Mr. Heacox was cremated. Source: Carey Hand Funeral Home Records, Orlando, Florida Register Volume 29 April 27, 1944 - April 24, 1945, p. 596.

Obituary from the "Kendall County Record" of Yorkville, Illinois dated 14 May 1945:
Edward Heacox
The ashes of Edward Heacox [sic] were brought to Morris from Orlando, Fla., where funeral services were held at the Davis Funeral Home, Wednesday afternoon, the Rev. Ivan Obenschain, formerly of Morris and Rev. M. S. Tope officiated, burial was in the Lisbon Cemetery.
Surviving are four children, Mrs. Gladys Hoefer and Mrs. Olive Hoefer both of Sioux City, Iowa, Mrs. Ernestine Milne of Rapid City, South Dakota, and Eugene Heacox, of Oakland, California, now in the Armed Forces, and a step-son William Heacox somewhere in the Pacific with the Navy, and one brother, Dr. Frank Heacox and a sister, Mrs. Rosabel Robinson.

He married (1) Edna Florence Rose 9 Dec 1897 in Grundy County, Illinois. Edna left Edwin for the hired man.
He married (2) Jessie Adelia Stansberry 22 Oct 1913 in Minot, McHenry, North Dakota.

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