Person:Levi Ashburn (3)

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Levi Joseph Ashburn
 
m. 9 Dec 1875
  1. Olive Ashburn1878 - 1895
  2. Effie Ashburn1879 - 1905
  3. Minnie R Ashburn1882 -
  4. Levi Joseph Ashburn1884 -
  5. Jesse A Ashburn1887 -
  6. Amanda E Ashburn1890 -
  7. Eva Ashburn1893 - 1896
  8. Ada A Ashburn1894 -
  9. Tom AshburnAbt 1902 -
  • HLevi Joseph Ashburn1884 -
  • WMyrtle _____Abt 1890 - Bef 1940
m. Abt 1908
  1. Lula AshburnAbt 1908 -
  2. Bonnie AshburnAbt 1909 -
  3. Merville AshburnAbt 1911 -
Facts and Events
Name[2] Levi Joseph Ashburn
Gender Male
Birth[2] 16 Sep 1884 Illinois, United States
Census[3] 1900 Avena Township, Fayette, Illinois, United StatesLiving with parents as a schoolboy, on a farm owned by his father.
Marriage Abt 1908 to Myrtle _____
Census 1910 Avena, Fayette, Illinois, United Stateswith Myrtle _____
Residence 1918 Assumption, Christian, Illinois, United Stateswith Myrtle _____
Census 1920 Stonington, Christian, Illinois, United StatesLiving in a rental property.
with Myrtle _____
Census 1930 Prairieton, Christian, Illinois, United StatesLiving in a rental property on a farm.
with Myrtle _____
Residence[1] From 1935 to 1940 Prairieton, Christian, Illinois, United StatesLiving in the same house as in 1940 census.
Census[1] 1940 Prairieton, Christian, Illinois, United States
Occupation[1][2] Farmer.

WWI registration

Name: Levi Joseph Ashburn
Permanent Home Address: Assumption, Christian, Illinois
Age: 33
Date of birth: September 16, 1884
Race: White
Citizenship: Native born
Present occupation: Farming
Employer's name: Hiram Bilysu (sp)
Place of business: Route 1, Moweaqua, Shelby, Illinois
Nearest relative: Myrtle Ashburn, Assumption, Christian, Illinois
(signed Levi Joseph Ashburn)
Registrar's Report
     12-6-6-C
     Medium height, grey eyes, black hair, no disabilities
Registrar: George W Adams, Sep 12, 1918

1940 Census, Prairieton Township

Ashburn was living alone, a widower, in a rental property on a farm, working as a farmer on his own account. He had an 8th grade education and had been born in Illinois. He had lived in the same house as census registered since at least 1935.

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Prarieton Township, in Christian, Illinois, United States. 1940 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    Sheet 1A, household 4, row 9, 2 Apr 1940.

    "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9MB-7H7H?cc=2000219&wc=QZXR-TSW%3A790104501%2C791313101%2C791374201%2C791374202 : accessed 22 August 2022), Illinois > Christian > Prairieton Township > 11-23 Prairieton Township > image 1 of 19; citing Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012.

  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Serial number 3232, Order number A2102, in United States. Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. (Washington, D.C.: National Archives Microfilm Publication M1509, 1987-1988)
    12 Sep 1918.

    "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-G1WR-1KP?cc=1968530&wc=9FCZ-829%3A928312901%2C928877001 : 17 October 2019), Illinois > Christian County; A-Hilbert, John > image 246 of 3593; citing NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

  3. Avena Township, in Fayette County Genealogical & Historical Society (Vandalia, Illinois). 1900 census, Fayette Co., Il. (Vandalia, Illinois: Fayette County Genealogical Society, 19--]-)
    11 Jun 1900.