hmtl5 Bud D. Renfro b. 5 Jun 1872 Glasgow, Barren County, Kentucky d. 24 Oct 1919 Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois: Gritton Genealogy

Bud D. Renfro

Male 1872 - 1919  (47 years)


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  • Name Bud D. Renfro 
    Born 5 Jun 1872  Glasgow, Barren County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Census 1900  Buckhart, Christian County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910  Oakwood, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [1
    Died 24 Oct 1919  Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Buried Spring Hill Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    • https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/79659018/bud-d_-renfro

      Block 19A.

      Bud D. Renfro b.1872 d 24 Oct 1919 also has his name on the RENFRO headstone in Newtown Hebron Cemetery where his wife Bertha and their infant son are buried. The photograph on Find a Grave shows his name and birth year but a blank space for death date.
    Person ID I265  Gritton
    Last Modified 27 Feb 2024 

    Family 1 Lily Bonnett,   b. 25 May 1874, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Oct 1952  (Age 78 years) 
    Children 
     1. Virgil Oran Renfro,   b. 31 Oct 1908, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Dec 1981, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
    Last Modified 6 Jul 2019 
    Family ID F140  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Bertha M. Wolf,   b. 1883, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1910  (Age 27 years) 
    Children 
     1. Infant Son Renfro,   b. 1906,   d. 1906  (Age 0 years)
     2. Susie Mae Renfro,   b. Abt 1897, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Rachael Renfro,   b. Abt 1909, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1919  (Age 9 years)
    Last Modified 6 Jul 2019 
    Family ID F549  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1900 - Buckhart, Christian County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1910 - Oakwood, Vermilion County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 24 Oct 1919 - Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Spring Hill Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 
    • LKH note:

      The 1900 US census has a record for a Bud D. Renfro (b.June 1872, Kentucky) living with Patrick & Ellen Doyle in Buckhart, Christian County, Illinois. He is listed as a servant and as widowed.

      The 1910 US census has a record of Bud Renfro (b.1873, Kentucky) as a widowed head of household with Mae Renfro age 13 and Rachel Renfro age 6 months as his daughters. and with Alice Noff age 17 as sister-in-law.

      So far I have found no other records for Mae, Rachel or for Alice Noff.
      [4, 5]
    • 10 October 1919.. Will Records Book M, 1991-1922. Vermilion County, Illinois. Page 66.
      Last Will and Testament of Bud Renfro.
      I, Bud Renfro, being of sound and disposing mind and memory do hereby make, publish and declare this to be my last will and testament, viz:-
      First: I will and direct that all my just debts be paid.
      Second: I hereby give, devise and bequeath unto my wife Tillie Renfro the sum of Two Hundred Dollars, the same to be in full of her claims of all kind _ against my estate.
      Third: I hereby give, devise and bequeath unto Susie May Davis, my daughter, and Oren V. Renfro my son all of my estate of every kind and character (except said Two Hundred Dollars to my said wife) share and share alike, among my said children equally.
      Fourth: I hereby nominate Z. S. Saylor of Oakwood executor of this my will and I do hereby expressly revoke and declare void all former wills by me made.
      Fifth: I hereby appoint John Saylor legal guardian for my son Oren V. Renfro.
      In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal to this my last will this 10th day of October 1919.
      Bud Renfro (SELA)
      The foregoing will consisting of one page was subscribed, sealed, published and declared by Bud Renfro as and for his last will and testament in our presence and in the presence of each other, hereunto subscribed our names as attesting witnesses hereto each of us believing said testator at said time of signing said will to be of sound mind acting freely and of his own accord.
      Charles Knox.
      Robert P. Meade.
      State of Illinois, Vermilion County, |SS.
      In the probate court of said county.
      In probate, November term, A.D. 1919.
      Personally appeared in open Court Charles Knox and Robert P. Meade subscribing witnesses to the annexed Instrument in Writing, purporting to be the last Will and Testament of Bud Renfro late of the said County, deceased, who, being duly sworn according to law, do depose and say each for himself, that they were present and saw the said Bud Renfro sign the said Instrument in Writing in their presence, and that they believed the said Testator to be of sound Mind and Memory, of lawful age, and acting voluntarily at the time of signing the same, and that they then and there at the request of said Testator and in his presence attested and signed the said Instrument in Writing as attesting witnesses thereto.
      Robert P. Meade.
      Charles Knox.
      Subscribed and sworn to in Open Court, this 19th day of November A.D. 1919, before me
      Thos. J. Dale
      Clerk of the Probate Court
      Will filed October 16, 1919.
      Admitted to probate November 19, 1919.
      [5, 6]
    • "Bud D. Renfro, one of the best-known farmers and respected residents of Oakwood Township, died at the St. Elizabeth Hospital in this City yesterday morning, Oct. 24, 1919, following a long and severe illness with sarcoma of the head. Death, which occurred at 7:45 o'clock, came as a welcome relief to more than four months of intense suffering. Mr. Renfro was removed to the local hospital for treatment three weeks ago.
      Bud D. Renfro was a native of Kentucky, and was born June 5, 1872. He came to this state when a young man, and for the past 11 years had resided on a farm on rural route 3, north of Oakwood. He was a successful farmer and a good citizen, and the news of his death, while not unexpected, came as a distinct shock to his many friends throughout the community in which he lived.

      The deceased is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lillian Renfro, one daughter, Mrs. Mae Davis, of Fairmount, and one son, Virgil, who resides at home. He also leaves three brothers, Joseph, Thaddeus and Charles Renfro, who resides [sic] in Kentucky.

      The body was removed from the hospital to the Callahan and Callahan undertaking establishment and prepared for burial, and this afternoon will be taken to the late home, where the funeral services will be held Monday morning at 10 o'clock. The interment will be made in Springhill Cemetery, this City. Mr. Renfro was a member of the Masonic and I.O.O.F. orders, and the Oakwood lodges probably will attend the services in a body, and have charge of the services at the grave." DANVILLE PRESS, 25 Oct. 1919, p. 1. (Obituary provided by William Rasmussen)

      Find a Grave note:
      He has an cenotaph in Newtown Hebron Cemetery.
      [2, 3]

  • Sources 
    1. [S7] Illinois, Deaths and stillbirths index, 1916-1947.

    2. [S2] Find a Grave.

    3. [S17] Obituary.

    4. [S89] census records.

    5. [S87] LKH note, Linda Kay Hedges.

    6. [S44] Will and probate record.