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Edward Mountjoy
(Abt 1795-)
Nancy Phillips
(Abt 1800-)
Steven Arnspiger
(Abt 1800-1847)
Catharine Howser
(Abt 1807-1847)
George C. Mountjoy
(1825-1904)
Amanda T. Arnspiger
(1832-1907)
Ida Alice Mountjoy
(1862-1944)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. John Samuel Dowdy

Ida Alice Mountjoy 3 4 5 6 7 8

  • Born: 26 August 1862, Atlanta, IL 1 3 5 7 8
  • Marriage (1): John Samuel Dowdy on 10 February 1886 in Atlanta, IL 1 2 3
  • Died: 11 October 1944, Atlanta, IL at age 82 1 8
  • Buried: After 11 October 1944, Atlanta, IL 8
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bullet  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1870 US Census in Eminence Township, Logan, IL on 28 June 1870. 6

1870 US Census
Page 10, Dwelling 74, Family 75
Eminence Township, Logan County, Illinois
Ida Montjoy..8..IL
(Living with parents.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 26 Aug 1862, then her age should have been 7 instead of 8.
.

• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Mount Hope Township, McLean, IL on June 1880. 7

1880 US Census
Page 6C, Roll 0229
Mount Hope Township, McLean County, Illinois
Ida Mountjoy..Dau..17..IL
(Living with parents.)
.

• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Atlanta, IL on 11 June 1900. 3

1900 US Census
Sheet 14A, District 24, Dwelling 304, Family 317
Atlanta, Logan County, Illinois
Fourth Street; house owned, no mortgage
Married 13 years
Ida A. Dowdy..Wife..Aug 1862..37..IL..Milliner..1/1
(Living with husband and son.)
.



• She was buried after 11 October 1944 in the Atlanta Cemetery in Atlanta, IL.

Memorial ID 102092858
Plot 3442
. 8


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Ida married John Samuel Dowdy on 10 February 1886 in Atlanta, IL.1 2 3 (John Samuel Dowdy was born in April 1864 in Kentucky,3 died on 7 November 1949 and was buried after 7 November 1949 in Atlanta, IL.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Atlanta, IL on 11 June 1900. 3

1900 US Census
Sheet 14A, District 24, Dwelling 304, Family 317
Atlanta, Logan County, Illinois
Fourth Street; house owned, no mortgage
Married 13 years
John S. Dowdy..Head..Apr 1864..36..KY
Ida A. Dowdy..Wife..Aug 1862..37..IL.Milliner..1/1
Merlin Dowdy..Son..Aug 1888..11..IL
Jerosive(?) Mountjoy..Boarder..Jan 1878..22..IL..Millernery(?)
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Sources


1 James E. Thomas, World Family Tree Vol. 013, Ed. 1, Tree #2790 (Brøderbund Software, Inc., Release date: August 14, 1997).

2 Dr. W.W. Houser, Genealogy of the Houser, Rhorer, Dillman, Hoover Families (1910), page 78.

3 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Atlanta, Logan County, Illinois, enumeration district (ED) 24, sheet 14A, dwelling 304, family 317, John Samuel Dowdy and Ida Alice Mountjoy; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 05 Oct 2009); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623.

4 Jo Arnspiger, "Descendents of George Heinrich Ernstberger" (http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jarnspiger; Updated: 2005-02-07 02:45:02 UTC (Mon)).

5 Dr. W.W. Houser, Genealogy of the Houser, Rhorer, Dillman, Hoover Families (1910), page 77.

6 1870 U.S. census, population schedule, Eminence Township, Logan County, Illinois, p. 10, dwelling 74, family 75, George C. Mountjoy and Amanda T. Arnspiger; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 03 Oct 2009); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593.

7 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Mount Hope Township, McLean County, Illinois, p. 6C, George Mountjoy and Amanda Arnspiger; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 7 Oct 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 0229.

8 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 29 Oct 2018); memorial page for Ida Alice Mountjoy Dowdy (26 Aug 1862\endash 11 Oct 1944), Find A Grave Memorial no. 102092858, citing Atlanta Cemetery, Atlanta, Logan County, Illinois, USA


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