Catharine Swartz ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10}

  Death Notes:

According to a note on the FindAGrave.com memorial page, there was an obituary published in the Shelbyville Democrat on March 1, 1923 for Mrs. Jacob Eversole, stated that she had died at the home of her son, Dave Eversole, Monday [January 23, 1923]. These facts do not reconcile with the official date of death of 26 Feb 1923 which appears on her gravestone and the official death record which was recorded in the database on FamilySearch.org, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947".

Name: Katherine Eversole
Event Date: 26 Feb 1923
Event Place: Ridge Twp., Shelby, Illinois
Gender: Female
Age: 88
Birth Date: 16 Mar 1834
Birthplace: Ohio
Father's Name: Henry Swartz
Father's Birthplace: Penn.
Mother's Name: Berry
Mother's Birthplace: Penn.
Occupation: Housewife
Residence Place: Ridge Township
Burial Date: 27 Feb 1923
Cemetery: Glenwood
Digital Folder Number: 4008060
Image Number: 2381
GS Film number: 1557110
Reference ID: cn 4

Citing this Record:
"Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3Z6-B4D : accessed 11 June 2015), Katherine Eversole, 26 Feb 1923; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,557,110.
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  Noted events in her life were:

1. Alt. Birth, 1833, Fairfield, Ohio, United States. ⁵

2. Alt. Birth, 1835, Ohio, United States. ² This birth year was referenced by her age of 45 on the 1880 US Census.

3. 1850 US Census, 12 September 1850, Berne Township, Fairfield, Ohio, United States. ⁵ 1850 US Census
Page 443, Roll 677, Dwelling 166, Family 178
Berne Township, Fairfield County, Ohio, United States
Catharine Swartz..16..OH
(Living with parents.)

4. 1860 US Census, June 1860, Berne Township, Fairfield, Ohio, United States. ⁶ 1860 US Census
Page 102, Family 755
Berne Township, Fairfield County, Ohio, United States
Catharine Eversole..26..OH
(Living with husband and 2 children.)

5. 1870 US Census, 6 June 1870, Berne Township, Fairfield, Ohio, United States. ⁷ 1870 US Census
Page 20, Family 152
Berne Township, Fairfield County, Ohio
Catharine Eversole..35..OH..Keeping House
(Living with wife and 7 children.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 16 Mar 1834, then her age should have been 36 instead of 35.

6. 1880 US Census, 28 June 1880, Ridge Township, Shelby, Illinois, United States. ² 1880 US Census
Page 218D, District 196, Dwelling 29, Family 29, Roll 0251
Ridge Township, Shelby County, Illinois
Catharine Eversole..Wife..45..OH..Keeping House
(Living with husband and 10 children.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 16 Mar 1834, then her age should have been 46 instead of 45.

7. 1900 US Census, 16 June 1900, Ridge Township, Shelby, Illinois, United States. ³ 1900 US Census
Sheet 7B, District 121, Family 133
Ridge Township, Shelby County, Illinois, United States
Married 45 years
Catherine Eversole..Wife..Mar 1835..65..OH..10/10
(Living with husband and 2 sons.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 16 Mar 1834, then her age should have been 66 instead of 65.

8. 1910 US Census, April 1910, Ridge Township, Shelby, Illinois, United States. ⁴ 1910 US Census
Sheet 10B, District 173, Family 235
Ridge Township, Shelby County, Illinois, United States
Katherine Eversole..Wife..76..OH
(Living with husband.)

9. 1920 US Census, January 1920, Ridge Township, Shelby, Illinois, United States. ⁸ 1920 US Census
Sheet 1A, District 213, Family 2
Ridge Township, Shelby County, Illinois, United States
Catherine Eversole..Mother..85..OH..Widowed
(Living with married son, George, and his family.)

10. Obituary: unknown, February 1923. ¹⁰ Katherine Swartz was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry Swartz and she was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, March 16, 1834. She married Jacob Eversole in Ohio. To this union ten children were born. Those surviving were Mrs. Jake Small, Neodosha, KS.; Mrs. Emma Fritz, Decatur, Ill.; Mrs. Fred Bare, Bethany, Ill.; Clinton Eversole, Rock Island, Tex.; Mrs. Preston Hunter, Findlay and David, John and Grant Eversole, all living in the vicinity of Westervelt. Mr. Eversole died in 1913. She was also survived by several grandchildren and two sisters, Mrs. Jacob Bruner, living in Ohio and Mrs. Sofia Wagner, Decatur. She was a member of the United Evangelical Church at Westervelt. The services were conducted from the home of her son, Dave Eversole, conducted by Rev. I. E. Holtzman, past of that church. Burial was in Glenwood Cemetery.

(Source: unknown)
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11. Cemetery: Glenwood Cemetery, 27 February 1923, Shelbyville, Shelby, Illinois, United States. ^{9 10} Find A Grave Memorial #79977643

Catharine married Jacob Miller Eversole, son of David Eversole and Elizabeth Miller, on 20 March 1856 in Fairfield, Ohio, United States.^{1 2 3 4} (Jacob Miller Eversole was born on 29 June 1833 in Fairfield, Ohio, United States,^{2 3 7 11} died on 18 September 1913 in Shelby, Illinois, United States ¹¹ and was buried after 18 September 1913 in Shelbyville, Shelby, Illinois, United States ¹¹.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. 1860 US Census, June 1860, Berne Township, Fairfield, Ohio, United States. ⁶ 1860 US Census
Page 102, Family 755
Berne Township, Fairfield County, Ohio, United States
Jacob Eversole..27..OH
Catharine Eversole..26..OH
Clinton Eversole..3..OH
John C. Eversole..1..OH
Rebecca Swartz..14..OH

2. 1870 US Census, 6 June 1870, Berne Township, Fairfield, Ohio, United States. ⁷ 1870 US Census
Page 20, Family 152
Berne Township, Fairfield County, Ohio
Jacob Eversole..36..OH..Farmer
Catharine Eversole..35..OH..Keeping House
Clinton Eversole..13..OH..Attending School
John Eversole..11..OH..Attending School
Emma Eversole..9..OH..Attending School
Ella Eversole..7..OH
Grant Eversole..5..OH
David Eversole..3..OH
Martha Eversole..1..OH

3. 1880 US Census, 28 June 1880, Ridge Township, Shelby, Illinois, United States. ² 1880 US Census
Page 218D, District 196, Dwelling 29, Family 29, Roll 0251
Ridge Township, Shelby County, Illinois
Jacob M. Eversole..Self..46..OH..Farmer
Catharine Eversole..Wife..45..OH..Keeping House
Clinton Eversole..Son..23..OH..Laborer
John C. Eversole..Son..21..OH..Laborer
Emma F. Eversole..Dau..19..OH..At Home
Ella Eversole..Dau..16..OH..At Home
Henry G. Eversole..Son..14..OH..At Home
David S. Eversole..Son..12..OH..At Home
Mattie Eversole..Dau..10..OH..At Home
William Eversole..Son..8..OH
Anna Eversole..Dau..6...OH
George Eversole..Son..4..IL

4. 1900 US Census, 16 June 1900, Ridge Township, Shelby, Illinois, United States. ³ 1900 US Census
Sheet 7B, District 121, Family 133
Ridge Township, Shelby County, Illinois, United States
Married 45 years
Jacob M. Eversole..Head..Jun 1833..66..OH..Farmer
Catherine Eversole..Wife..Mar 1835..65..OH..10/10
Wm. Eversole..Son..Apr 1870..30..OH..Farmer
George W. Eversole..Son..May 1876..24..IL..Farmer
Walter A. Howard..Laborer..Jun 1833..16..IL..Farm Laborer
Chester S. Wiley..Laborer..Mar 1884..16..IL..Farm Laborer

5. 1910 US Census, April 1910, Ridge Township, Shelby, Illinois, United States. ⁴ 1910 US Census
Sheet 10B, District 173, Family 235
Ridge Township, Shelby County, Illinois, United States
Jacob Eversole..Head..77..OH
Katherine Eversole..Wife..76..OH