Person:Tella Pyles (1)

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Tella Jane Pyles
b.22 Jul 1872 Brown, Indiana, United States
d.10 Nov 1940 Oblong, Crawford, Illinois, United States
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  • H.  Selby (add)
  • W.  Tella Jane Pyles1872 - 1940
m. Bef 1902
  1. Evert SelbyAbt 1894 -
  2. Orvil SelbyAbt 1896 -
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m. 20 Feb 1902
  1. Paul H. Ferguson1904 -
  2. Irvin E. FergusonAbt 1907 -
  3. Noble Lawrence Ferguson1908 - 1980
  4. George Nathan FergusonAbt 1911 - 2001
  5. Robert D. Ferguson1913 - 2004
  6. Milo Delore Ferguson1914 - 1969
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Name[1][6] Tella Jane Pyles
Alt Name[2] Sarah J Pyles
Alt Name[3] Tell Jane Pyles
Gender Female
Birth[1][5][6] 22 Jul 1872 Brown, Indiana, United States
Marriage Bef 1902 to Selby (add)
Marriage 20 Feb 1902 Brockville, Jasper, Illinois, United Statesto David Ferguson
Census From 1910 to 1930 Willow Hill Township, Jasper, Illinois, United StatesOn a farm. Continuity of the period is a speculation.
with David Ferguson
Census[7] From 1935 to 1940 Willow Hill, Jasper, Illinois, United Statesliving in the village in an owned home.
Death[5][6] 10 Nov 1940 Oblong, Crawford, Illinois, United States
Burial[5] 12 Nov 1940 Willow Hill Township, Jasper, Illinois, United States
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1940 Census (Willow Hill Village)

All household members are white. Living in an owned home worth $1000; lived in the same place 5 years earlier. 

(Head) Tell Ferguson, 65 year old widow born in Illinois.  She has an 8th grade education.
(Son) Evert Selby, 47 year old divorced male born in Illinois.  He has an 8th grade education, and is working, but work not defined.
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Willow Hill Village, Willow Hill Township, Jasper, Illinois, in Jasper, Illinois, United States. 1920 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration)
    Sheet 4, page A, family 101, lines 21 to 28, ABT 7 JAN 1920.

    Notes that her parents were both born in Indiana.

    Source citation: "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9R6G-WL9?cc=1488411&wc=QZJ5-MMB%3A1036473701%2C1036852001%2C1040115301%2C1589332542 : 10 September 2019), Illinois > Jasper > Willow Hill > ED 114 > image 7 of 10; citing NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

    1920 census transcription - see Family:David Ferguson and Tell Pyles (1)

  2. ↑ Willow Hill Village, Willow Hill Township, Jasper, Illinois, in Jasper, Illinois, United States. 1930 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration)
    sheet 3B, house 100, family 84, rows 65 to 71, 16 Apr 1930.

    Indicates that both of her parents were born in Indiana. The name given here, Sarah J, is a presume aweful mangling of her unusual name.

    "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GR42-V7C?cc=1810731&wc=QZFS-ZF4%3A648807601%2C649742401%2C651960301%2C1589282372 : 8 December 2015), Illinois > Jasper > Willow Hill > ED 16 > image 6 of 8; citing NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002).

    1930 census transcription - see Family:David Ferguson and Tell Pyles (1)

  3. ↑ Johnson, Ronald M.D. Death Certificate for Milo Ferguson 1969
    1 AUG 1969.
  4.   Tell Pyles Ferguson, in Find A Grave.

    buried with her first husband (Calvin Selby)

  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Tell Ferguson, in Illinois, United States. Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947.

    born 22 Jul 1872 in Brown Co., Indiana
    died 10 Nov 1940 in Oblong, Crawford, Illinois
    widowed housewife
    buried 12 Nov 1940 in Willow Hill Twp, Jasper, Ills.
    parents: Nathan Pyles and Susan Crail
    spouse: David Ferguson

  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Paul H. Ferguson to Dorothy Joan Bodman (Marriage Licence Application), in Indiana, United States. Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019
    Fountain, 1952-1955, volume 36, page 255., 13 NOV 1953.

    "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9XF-K8B3?cc=1410397&wc=Q83F-CWY%3A962973101%2C1067903202 : 21 January 2016), Fountain > 1952-1955 Volume 36 > image 161 of 343; Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis.

  7. ↑ Willow Hill Village, Willow Hill Township, supervisor's district 23, enumeration district 40-19, in Jasper, Illinois, United States. 1940 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    Sheet 5B, family 125, 8 Apr 1940.

    "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89MB-H8SW?cc=2000219&wc=QZXR-1JC%3A790104501%2C793307501%2C803107301%2C803107302 : accessed 8 January 2023), Illinois > Jasper > Willow Hill Township, Willow Hill > 40-19 Willow Hill Township, Willow Hill Village > image 10 of 10; 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.

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