Lucina Marten
1835 - 1919 (83 years)-
Name Lucina Marten Born 23 Apr 1835 Pickaway County, Ohio 
[1, 2] Gender Female Died 17 Feb 1919 Homer, Champaign County, Illinois [1, 2] Buried 19 Feb 1919 GAR Cemetery, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois [1, 2] - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96766960/lucina-cessna
Block 4, Lot 29, Space 5
Person ID I3580 Gritton Last Modified 1 Mar 2024
Family William Cessna, b. 7 Nov 1822, Medford County, Pennsylvania , d. 25 May 1908, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois (Age 85 years) Children 1. Rose Cessna, b. Abt 1866, Indiana 2. Charles Milton Cessna, b. 20 Jan 1869, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois , d. 25 Dec 1928, Shawswick Township, Lawrence County, Indiana (Age 59 years)3. Mary Cessna, b. 27 Oct 1872, Vance Township, Vermilion County, Illinois , d. 25 May 1946, Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois (Age 73 years)Last Modified 7 Mar 2024 Family ID F1506 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96766960/lucina-cessna
-
Event Map 
Born - 23 Apr 1835 - Pickaway County, Ohio 
Died - 17 Feb 1919 - Homer, Champaign County, Illinois 
Buried - 19 Feb 1919 - GAR Cemetery, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
: Address
: Location
: City/Town
: County/Shire
: State/Province
: Country
: Not Set
-
Notes - "A Homer Pioneer Called By Death - Mrs. Lucina Martin Died Monday After A Several Weeks Illness - Homer, Ill., Feb. 20.—Mrs. Lucina Martin Cessna, a pioneer resident of this vicinity, died at her home here on Monday after an illness extending over several weeks. Mrs. Cessna was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, on April 22, 1835.
She was first married to Edgel Meiser who died many years ago. She was married on Jan. 29, to William Cessna and resided until 1868 near Burbon, in Marshall county, Indiana, when they came to Champaign County, Illinois, moving to Vermilion county a year later. They retired from the farm in 1907 and Mr. Cessna died in 1908. She is survived by two step-daughters, Mrs. Wallace Yeazel and Mrs. Ellen Tibbetts of Homer, and one step son, William Cessna, of Adrian, Mich.
She is also survived by three daughters, Mrs. Martin Current, of Danville; Mrs. H. H . Price, of Homer and Mrs. J. F. Carter, of Prescott, Wash., and one son, Charles Cessna, of Bedford, Ind.
The funeral service was held at the late home on Wednesday afternoon by Rev. J. A. Biddle. The body was laid at rest at the G. A. R. cemetery." - Danville Morning Press, Special to the Press, Friday, February 21, 1919, p 7, Transcribed by the Homer Historical Society (Obituary provided by Raymond Cunningham)
[1, 2, 3]
- "A Homer Pioneer Called By Death - Mrs. Lucina Martin Died Monday After A Several Weeks Illness - Homer, Ill., Feb. 20.—Mrs. Lucina Martin Cessna, a pioneer resident of this vicinity, died at her home here on Monday after an illness extending over several weeks. Mrs. Cessna was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, on April 22, 1835.
-
Sources