James Ephraim "Eph" Alsip
1875 - 1956 (80 years)-
Name James Ephraim "Eph" Alsip - son of Richard Alsip and Minerva Charlotte Stringfield [1]
Born 24 May 1875 Maroa, Macon County, Illinois 
[1, 2, 3] Gender Male Census 1900 Loda, Iroquois County, Illinois Died 13 Mar 1956 Norwich, Chenango County, New York [1, 3] Buried Pine Ridge Cemetery, Loda, Iroquois County, Illinois [1, 3] Person ID I1121 Hedges Last Modified 18 May 2024
Family Ida Venon Cogswell, b. 25 Nov 1875, Rowan County, Kentucky , d. 12 Mar 1954 (Age 78 years) Married 23 Nov 1892 Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois [2] Children 1. Ray Alsip, b. 30 Jul 1893, Allerton, Vermilion County, Illinois , d. 28 Mar 1896, New Boston, Bowie County, Texas (Age 2 years)2. Eugene Robert Alsip, b. 2 Aug 1895, Wheeler, Wheeler County, Texas , d. 15 Jun 1996, Ionia, Ionia County, Michigan (Age 100 years)+ 3. Celia Ellen Alsip, b. 19 Jan 1898, Garland City, Miller County, Arkansas + 4. Icephine Kathleen Alsip, b. 15 Jul 1900, Loda, Iroquois County, Illinois , d. 31 Jan 1988, San Bernardino County, California (Age 87 years)5. Orville James Alsip, b. 3 Sep 1902, Everly, Clay County, Iowa , d. 9 Feb 1998, Norwich, Chenango County, New York (Age 95 years)+ 6. Richard John Alsip, b. 18 Apr 1904, Loda, Iroquois County, Illinois , d. 12 Feb 1973, Loda, Iroquois County, Illinois (Age 68 years)+ 7. Lois Mayfield Alsip, b. 4 Jun 1905, Loda, Iroquois County, Illinois , d. 4 Jun 1957 (Age 52 years)8. Ralph Benjamin Alsip, b. 19 Aug 1907, Loda, Iroquois County, Illinois , d. 26 Jan 2005, Plant City, Hillsborough County, Florida (Age 97 years)Last Modified 3 Mar 2021 Family ID F644 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 24 May 1875 - Maroa, Macon County, Illinois 
Married - 23 Nov 1892 - Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois 
Census - 1900 - Loda, Iroquois County, Illinois 
Died - 13 Mar 1956 - Norwich, Chenango County, New York 
Buried - - Pine Ridge Cemetery, Loda, Iroquois County, Illinois = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - James Alsip, 82, Dies March 13 in New York
Funeral Services Sunday at Ford-Baier Home
James (Eph) Alsip, 82, of Loda died at 3:30 Tuesday afternoon, March 13, 1956 at the Norwich Memorial hospital in Norwich, N.Y., where he had been a patient for a month. Mr. Alsip was spending the winter months in the East and had expected to return to Loda sometime in February when he became ill.
The body was shipped from New York to the Ford-Baier funeral home in Paxton, where services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 18. Rev. Farris Roberts, pastor of the First Methodist church in Loda, officiated. Burial was in the Loda Pine Ridge cemetery with Masonic graveside rites.
Pallbearers were Robert Currie, Chester West, Fred Nordstrom, Ferd Marshall, Louis Caspers and Addison Goodell.
Mrs. Arthur Aikman, vocalist, was accompanied at the organ by Mrs. Russell Drechsler.
Burial was in Loda’s Pine Ridge cemetery.
Mr. Alsip was born May 24, 1873 near Odgen. Most of his life was spent at Loda where he farmed for a number of years. He was a member of A. Jonas Lodge #316 A.F.A.M. of Loda.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Ida. Surviving are four sons, Richard of Loda, Gene of Lohrville, Ia., Ralph of Middleburg, N.Y., and Orville of South New Berlin, N.Y. Also surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Celia Wellman of South New Berlin, N.Y., Mrs. Lois Bradley of Potomac and Mrs. Icephine Clem of Long Beach, Calif., and several grandchildren.
The Paxton Record, Paxton, Illinois. Thursday, 22 March 1956, page 1.
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- James Alsip, 82, Dies March 13 in New York
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