hmtl5 Charles Milton Cessna b. 20 Jan 1869 Homer, Champaign County, Illinois d. 25 Dec 1928 Shawswick Township, Lawrence County, Indiana: Gritton Genealogy
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Charles Milton Cessna

Male 1869 - 1928  (59 years)

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  • Name Charles Milton Cessna 
    Birth 20 Jan 1869  Homer, Champaign County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1900  Vance Township, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [1] 
    Death 25 Dec 1928  Shawswick Township, Lawrence County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Burial GAR Cemetery, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I3586  Gritton
    Last Modified 29 Feb 2024 

    Father William Cessna,   b. 7 Nov 1822, Medford County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 May 1908, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Mother Lucina Marten,   b. 23 Apr 1835, Pickaway County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Feb 1919, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Family ID F1506  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Stella Z. Witherspoon,   b. 21 Oct 1873, Patoka, Gibson County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Feb 1943, Montpelier, Williams County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Family ID F1837  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Jul 2019 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 20 Jan 1869 - Homer, Champaign County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1900 - Vance Township, Vermilion County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 25 Dec 1928 - Shawswick Township, Lawrence County, Indiana Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - GAR Cemetery, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Death Comes To Charles Cessna
      Prominent Farmer Succumbed to Pneumonia Christmas Night
      Charles Milton Cessna, 59 years old, prominent farmer residing on the Williams road eight miles southwest of Bedford, died Christmas night at 10:55 o'clock at his home following an illness since Saturday from pneumonia.
      The deceased was a native of Illinois having been born at Homer on January 20, 1869. He was a son of William and Lucinda Martin Cessna.
      He is survived by the widow, two sons, Charles Russell Cessna, of South Charleston, Ohio and William H. Cessna of this county; two daughters, Mrs. Howard Morrison, of Homer, Ill., and Mrs. Harry J. Finch, of Metz, Mo., two sisters, Mrs. martin Current, of Chicago, Ill., Mrs. H.H. Price of Danville, Ill.; three half sisters and one half brother.
      He belonged to the Methodist Episcopal church and was a member of the masonic and Modern Woodmen lodges.
      Definite funeral arrangements have not been made but it is thought that the body will be taken back to his former home in Home, Illinois but burial.
      [2, 3]

  • Sources 
    1. [S89] census records.

    2. [S2] Find a Grave.

    3. [S17] Obituary.


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