Person:Ida Ratcliff (1)

"In 1867 in Dawson [Amaziah Ratcliff] wedded Permelia Shankland, who died in 1875, leaving three children: Ida, the wife of Edward Pierce, a business man of Buffalo, Illinois; Effie, the wife of Samuel Huckleberry of Springfield; and Anna, the wife of Edward Crane, of Dawson." {Biography of Amaziah Ratcliff, Past and Present of the City of Springfield and Sangamon County Illinois', 1904, <http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilsangam/1904/ratcliff.htm>}

 Ida M. Ratcliff married Edgar M. Pierce in 1888 in Sangamon Co.
 In the 1910 census for Rochester, Sangamon Co., Illinois, Edgar M. Pierce is 45 Indiana 'salesman - medicine co', married once for 21 years; with Ida M. 43 IL with 2 of 2 children living; children are Herbert L. 15; and Arthur T. 13.
 In the 1920 census for Springfield, Sangamon Co., Illinois, Ida May Pierce is 52, married; living with sons Herbert L. 25 'delivery - retail grocery'; and Arthur T. 23 'meat-cutter - butcher shop' and their wives.
 There is a death record for Ida May Pierce, died 1922 in Springfield, Sangamon Co.

1. ↑ Illinois State Library. Illinois Statewide Death Index, 1916-1950. (<http://www2.sos.state.il.us/genealog>).