Person:William Mapes (5)

Watchers
m. Bef 1854
  1. William Calvin Mapes1854 - 1940
  2. Merinda Mapes1857 - 1907
  3. Racheal Mapes1859 -
  4. Alvarado J. Mapes1862 - 1925
  5. unnamed Mapes1870 - 1870
m. 14 May 1883
  1. Jesse Mapes1888 -
m. 5 Jul 1890
  1. Eunice E. Mapes1892 - 1957
  2. Marion S. Mapes1897 - 1948
Facts and Events
Name William Calvin Mapes
Gender Male
Birth[1] 12 Aug 1854 Flatrock, Henry, Ohio, United States
Marriage 14 May 1883 Tyrone Twp., Kent, Michigan, United Statesto Sarah Jemima Walker
Marriage 5 Jul 1890 Moorland (township), Muskegon, Michigan, United Statesto Alzarta 'Alta' L. Ostrander
Death[2][3] 1 Jul 1940 Orofino, Clearwater, Idaho, United States
Burial[4] Teakean Cemetery, Teakean, Clearwater, Idaho, United States

In 1894 he lived in Tyrone Twp., Kent County, Michigan; 1900, Everett, Newaygo County, Michigan; 1910, Ahsanka, Nes Perce County, Idaho; 1920 and 1930, Teakean, Clearwater County, Idaho.

Obituary

PIONEER RESIDENT DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS.

William Mapes, 85, a pioneer resident of Freeman creek area near Dent died at the Orofino hospital of complications Monday at 7 a.m. exactly 10 years after the death of his wife and on the 50th anniversary of his wedding. He had been confined to the hospital 95 days and had suffered illness about two years, according to County Coroner, George Blake.

  One of the first residents of the Freeman creek area, Mapes settled permanently on a ranch there in 1904. He had been in the vicinity several years prior to homesteading.
 Survivors are his daughter, Mrs. Eunice Carey of Freeman creek and a son, Marion Mapes of Orofino.
 Funeral services were held at Teakean at 1 p.m. Wednesday with the Rev. Groseclose officiating. Burial was in the Teakean Cemetery. Pall bearers were John Lind, Bill Brown, Tom Walker, L. Schleifer, Walter Huffman and Grover Groseclose.
 Source: Clearwater Tribune (Orofino, Idaho) Thursday, July 4, 1940, page 8
References
  1. Compiler: County Clerk Grand Rapids MI. Kent County Michigan Marriages.

    Book 8, page 10.
    Record includes ages, places of birth. Witnesses were William's mother and step-father.

  2. Idaho Death Index, 1890-1962.

    Record includes birth date and parents names.
    Through Ancestry.com

  3. Clearwater Tribune (Orofino, Idaho).

    Thursday, July 4, 1940, page 8

  4. Find A Grave.