George David Atteberry ^{2 4 5 6 7 8 9}

  Noted events in his life were:

• He has alternate birth date of 16 December 1861 and a birth location of , Logan County, IL.

This birth year appears on his gravestone.
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• He appeared on the 1870 US Census in Eminence Township, Logan, IL on 30 June 1870. ⁷

1870 US Census
Page 17,18, Dwelling 120, Family 122
Eminence Township, Logan County, Illinois
Geo Atteberry..11..IL
(Living with parents.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 16 Dec 1862, then his age should have been 7 instead of 11.
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• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Eminence Township, Logan, IL on 4 June 1880. ⁸

1880 US Census
Page 239A, District 48, Dwelling 51, Family 54, Roll 0227
Eminence Township, Logan County, Illinois
George Atteberry..Other..18..IL..Farm Laborer
(Living with brother, Frank, at the home of their married aunt, Margaret Arnspiger, and her family.)

NOTE - Their parents had moved to Champaign County, Illinois about 100 miles away around 1872 and for some unknown reason, these two older boys at age 10 and 12 were left with their aunt. Around 1885 the parents and the rest of the family moved from Champaign County, Illinois to Nebraska. Both George and Frank would eventually move to Nebraska by 1890 but it appears that between 1870 and 1890 they both had only limited contact with their family.

If his birth date was 16 Dec 1862, then his age should have been 17 instead of 18.
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• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Eminence Township, Logan, IL on 13 June 1900. ⁴

1900 US Census
Sheet 7B, District 32, Dwelling 131, Family 132
Eminence Township, Logan County, Illinois
farm owned, with mortgage
married 13 years
George Atteberry..Head..Dec 1863..36..IL..Farmer
(Living with wife and 4 children.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 16 Dec 1862, then his age should have been 37 instead of 36.
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• He appeared on the 1920 US Census in Eminence Township, Logan, IL on 5 January 1920. ⁵

1920 US Census
Sheet 2A, District 71, Family 35, Roll 383
Eminence Township, Logan County, Illinois
Farm owned, no mortgage
George D. Atteberry..Head..58..IL..Farmer
(Living with wife and 3 sons.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 16 Dec 1862, then his age should have been 57 instead of 58.
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• He was buried after 10 November 1948 in the Mountjoy Cemetery in Atlanta, IL.

Find A Grave Memorial #51330164
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George married Emma Jane Shields, daughter of John Shields and Mary Rhoads, on 23 October 1887 in , Logan County, IL.^{1 2 3 4 5} (Emma Jane Shields was born in December 1868 in Illinois,^{3 4 5 11} died on 20 February 1920 in Atlanta, IL ¹² and was buried after 20 February 1920 in Atlanta, IL ^{11 12}.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Eminence Township, Logan, IL on 13 June 1900. ⁴

1900 US Census
Sheet 7B, District 32, Dwelling 131, Family 132
Eminence Township, Logan County, Illinois
farm owned, with mortgage
married 13 years
George Atteberry..Head..Dec 1863..36..IL..Farmer
Emma Atteberry..Wife..Dec 1868..31..IL..4/4
Myrtle Atteberry..Dau..June 1899..10..NE
Robert Atteberry..Son..Jan 1890..9..NE
Lessie Atteberry..Son..Oct 1892..7..NE
John Atteberry..Son..Oct 1897..2..IL
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• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Eminence Township, Logan, IL on 5 January 1920. ⁵

1920 US Census
Sheet 2A, District 71, Family 35, Roll 383
Eminence Township, Logan County, Illinois
Farm owned, no mortgage
George D. Atteberry..Head..58..IL..Farmer
Emma J. Atteberry..Wife..51..IL
Robert T. Atteberry..Son..29..NE..Farmer
Albert L. Atteberry..Son..27..NE..Laborer, Farm
George M. Atteberry..Son..17..IL
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