Person:Cortez Nowlin (1)

C.(Cortez) D.(Dewey) Nowlin^S11, Maroa, Dies. Well Known, Throughout County.

C.D. Nowlin, one of Maroa's most prominent citizens and known throughout Macon county, died at 6:45 o'clock Sunday evening (10 May 1931) at his house in Maroa. He would have been 61 years old in July. He had been in failing health for the last two years and for some time it was known there was little chance of recovery. He had served as city clerk in Maroa a number of terms. He also was employed for a few years in the county recorder's office in Decatur and when Circuit Clerk Coral Taylor passed away Mr. Nowlin was appointed to fill the unexpired term. He was later employed in Decatur clothing stores and was probably known to more people in Decatur than in his home town. In his younger days he attended Brown's Business college in Decatur. Mr. Nowlin was born in Morgan County July 28, 1870. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. J.(Jonathan) B.(Blasdel) Nowlin and came with his parents to Macon County when he was three years old. He and Miss Minnie B.(Belle) Jump were married in Maroa in 1893. Mr. Nowlin was engaged in farming until 1912 when he retired and moved to Maroa and has since resided here. He moved back to Maroa in 1914 but rode back and forth to and from Decatur attending to his duties here until 1915 when he resumed the management of his farm. During the World war he was a member of the Macon county registration board during the draft period. He was a member of the Methodist church in Maroa and a member of the official board of the church. Mr. Nowlin was a Thirty-Second Degree Mason. He was a member of Maroa lodge No. 454, A. F and A. M., Maroa chapter No. 192, R. A. M.; Clinton commandery No. 66 Knights Templar; the Consistory in Bloomington; Ansar Shrine, Springfield; Rose Acacia chapter No. 266; O.(Order of) E.(Eastern) S.(Star) Maroa and Magdala shrine No. 18, White Shrine of Jerusalem, Clinton. He is survived by his wife and three children, Mrs. Cecil A. Wilson (Alice), Decatur; Mrs. Clayton Rogers (Gladys), Maroa; and Oscar Nowlin, a student at the University of Illinois. He also leaves his father, J. B. Nowlin, Farmer City; a brother, S.(Silas) R.(Reuben) Nowlin, Decatur, and two sisters, Mrs. A.(Albert) G.(Grant) Curry, Holdredge, Neb. and Mrs. Emma Applegate, Farmer City. There are four grandchildren…..Besides the many friends and relative from Decatur and Farmer City who attended the funeral, others from a distance were S. (Samuel) C. (Curtis) Jump (brother of Cortez' wife) of Freeport, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. (sic) Curry (Albert Grant Curry and Martha Louise Nowlin Curry), of Holdredge, Nebr., Dr. R. (Ralph) E. (Everett) Curry of Sycamore, Ill., and Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Jessup (he married Mary Ann Allison whose maternal grandfather was Bivens T. Jump; Bivens is the father of Cortez' wife), Mr. Allison and Mrs. Emma Preston of Buckingham."

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Edmund West (compiler). Family Data Collection - Births (not a reliable source). (Ancestry.com Operations Inc).

   Nowlin, Cortez Dewey; Father: Nowlin, Jonathan Blasdel; Mother: Sykes, Jane Elizabeth; Birth Date: 28 July 1870 City: Jacksonville; County: Morgan State: IL

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Illinois, United States. Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947.

   Name:Cortez D. Nowlin
   Birth Date:28 Jul 1870
   Birth Place:Morgan Co , Illinois
   Death Date:10 May 1931
   Death Place:Maroa, Macon, Illinois
   Burial Date:13 May 1931
   Burial Place:Maroa, Macon, Ill.
   Cemetery Name:Maora
   Death Age:60
   Occupation:Retired
   Race:White
   Marital Status:M
   Gender:Male
   Residence:Maroa, Ill.
   Father Name:J. B. Nowlin
   Father Birth Place:Dearborn Co., Indiana
   Mother Name:Jane H. Sykes
   Mother Birth Place:Dearborn Co, Indiana
   Spouse Name:Minnie B. Nowlin
   FHL Film Number:1653759

3. ↑ ^3.0 3.1 Edmund West (compiler). Family Data Collection - Individual Records (not a reliable source). (Ancestry.com Operations Inc).

   Cortez Dewey Nowlin; Birth: 28 July 1870-- Morgan, Jacksonville, IL; Death: 10 May 1931 -- Maroa, IL; Spouse:  ; Parents: Jonathan Blasdel Nowlin, Jane Elizabeth Sykes

4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Macon, Illinois, United States. 1910 U.S. Census Population Schedule
   Household Members: Name Age Court D Nowlin 39 Minnie Nowlin 35 Alice E Nowlin 14 Gladys M Nowlin 9, 1910.

   Name: Court D Nowlis
   [Court D Nawlis]
   Age in 1910: 39
   Estimated Birth Year: abt 1871
   Birthplace: Illinois
   Relation to Head of House: Head
   Father's Birth Place: Indiana
   Mother's Birth Place: Ohio
   Spouse's Name: Minnie
   Home in 1910: Austin, Macon, Illinois
   Marital Status: Married
   Race: White
   Gender: Male

5. ↑ Edmund West (compiler). Family Data Collection - Deaths: [database on-line] (not a reliable source). (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001)
   1931.

   Nowlin, Cortez Dewey; Death Date: 10 May 1931 City: Maroa; County: State: IL

6. ↑ Illinois, United States. Statewide Death Index, 1916-1950
   1931.

   Nowlin, Cortez D; Sex/Race - M/W; Age - Unk; Cert # - 0580083; Death Date - 1931.05.10; County - Macon; City - Maroa

7. ↑ Cortez D Nowlin household, in Macon, Illinois, United States. 1920 U.S. Census Population Schedule
   1920.

   Name: Cortez D Nowlin
   Home in 1920: Maroa, Macon, Illinois
   Age: 49 years
   Estimated birth year: abt 1871
   Birthplace: Illinois
   Relation to Head of House: Head
   Spouse's name: Minnie B
   Father's Birth Place: Indiana
   Mother's Birth Place: Ohio
   Marital Status: Married
   Race: White
   Sex: Male
   Home owned: Own
   Able to read: Yes
   Able to Write: Yes
   Image: 390
   Household Members: Name Age
   Cortez D Nowlin 49
   Minnie B Nowlin 44
   Gladys Nowlin 19
   Oscar J B Nowlin 8

8. ↑ Cortez D Nowlin household, in Macon, Illinois, United States. 1930 U.S. Census Population Schedule
   1930.

   Name: Cortez D Nowlin
   Home in 1930: Maroa, Macon, Illinois
   Age: 59
   Estimated birth year: abt 1871
   Birthplace: Illinois
   Relation to Head of House: Head
   Spouse's name: Minnie B
   Race: White
   Household Members: Name Age
   Cortez D Nowlin 59
   Minnie B Nowlin 55
   Oscar J B Nowlin 18

9. ↑ Cortez D Nowlin household, in Macon, Illinois, United States. 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule
   4 Jun 1900.

   enumerated as a farmer

   Name: Cortez D Nowlin
   [Hasley D Nowlin]
   Age: 29
   Birth Date: Jul 1870
   Birthplace: Illinois
   Home in 1900: Austin, Macon, Illinois
   [Macon]
   Race: White
   Gender: Male
   Relation to Head of House: Head
   Marital Status: Married
   Spouse's Name: Winnie B Nowlin
   Marriage Year: 1893
   Years Married: 7
   Father's Birthplace: Indiana
   Mother's Birthplace: Ohio
   Household Members:
   Name Age
   Cortez D Nowlin 29
   Winnie B Nowlin 25
   Alice E Nowlin 5
   Olie A Jones 18
   Arthur House 17

10. ↑ Jonathan B Nowlin household, in Macon, Illinois, United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    4 Jun 1880.

    Name: Cortez D. Nowlin
    Age: 9
    Birth Year: abt 1871
    Birthplace: Illinois
    Home in 1880: Austin, Macon, Illinois
    Race: White
    Gender: Male
    Relation to Head of House: Son
    Marital Status: Single
    Father's Name: Jonathan B. Nowlin
    Father's Birthplace: Indiana
    Mother's Name: Jane E. Nowlin
    Mother's Birthplace: Ohio
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    Jonathan B. Nowlin 38
    Jane E. Nowlin 35
    Elenor E. Nowlin 16
    Martha L. Nowlin 14
    Emma J. Nowlin 12
    Cortez D. Nowlin 9
    Silas R. Nowlin 5
    Jant A. Nowlin 1
    Silas E. Nowlin 14
    John D. Jarris 19

11. ↑ Maroa Cemetery, in Find A Grave.

    Cortez Dewey Nowlin