John Thomas Firebaugh and Clara Maria Wagner

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Husband John Thomas Firebaugh [5203] ¹

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      Born: 17 Jun 1880 - , Ogden, Champaign, IL ²
 Christened:
      Died: 24 Jan 1920 - , Field, Jefferson, IL ^{2 3 4 5} Cause of Death: "the 1920's flu epidemic"
     Buried: 1920 - Oakwood Cemetery, Mt. Vernon, Jefferson, IL ²
    Married:

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Wife Clara Maria Wagner [5162] ^{1 6}

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      Born: 13 Feb 1882 - , Ogden, Champaign, IL ^{2 7 8}
 Christened: 29 Jul 1882 - St. Peters Evangelical Church, , Champaign, IL ⁹
      Died: 12 Mar 1921 - At Home, Mt. Vernon, Jefferson, IL ^{2 5 8 10} Cause of Death: "the 1920's flu epidemic"
     Buried: Mar 1921 - Oakwood, Mt. Vernon, Jefferson, IL ^{2 8}

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Father: Peter Johannes Wagner [3442] (1856-1923)
Mother: Anna Caroline Loeffler [5167] (1855/1859-1881) ¹

More records for this person:
Obituary ¹¹
Other references ¹²

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Children

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1 M Oral Montell "Buddy" Firebaugh [5275] ⁴

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      Born: 1901 - , of Field, Jefferson, IL ^{13 14 15}
 Christened:
      Died: 18 Jul 1945 - , Chicago, Cook, IL ¹⁵
     Buried:

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2 M Carroll A. Firebaugh [5276] ⁸

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      Born: Abt 1903 - , of Field, Jefferson, IL ¹³
 Christened:
      Died: Bef 2000
     Buried:

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3 M Emil Cletus Firebaugh [5277] ⁸

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      Born: 31 Mar 1907 - , of Field, Jefferson, IL ^{2 13 14 16}
 Christened:
      Died: 30 Jan 1988 - , Mount Vernon, Jefferson, IL ^{2 16}
     Buried: 1988 - Oakwood Cemetery, Mt. Vernon, Jefferson, IL ²

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4 M Clinton Wagner Firebaugh [5278]

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      Born: 4 Dec 1910 - , of Field, Jefferson, IL ^{2 8 16 17}
 Christened:
      Died: 14 Mar 2000 - , Mount Vernon, Jefferson, IL ^{2 16}
     Buried: 2000 - Mount Vernon Memorial Gardens, Mount Vernon, Jefferson, IL ²
Spouse: G. Pauline Fellinger [5888] (1918-2012) Marr: 19 Jun 1943 - , Mt. Vernon, Jefferson, IL ²

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5 M Dale C. Firebaugh [5279] ⁸

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      Born: 2 Apr 1915 - , of Field, Jefferson, IL ^{17 18}
 Christened:
      Died: 30 Oct 2014 - Pleasant Meadows Christian Village, Chrisman, Edgar, IL ¹⁹
     Buried:

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6 M Kelly J. Firebaugh [5280] ^{8 20}

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      Born: 24 Jan 1919 - , of Field, Jefferson, IL ^{16 17 21}
 Christened:
      Died: 28 Dec 2000 ^{16 21}
     Buried: 2000 - Hillcrest Memorial Park Cem, Sandoval, Marion, IL ²¹
Spouse: Alliene Hart [7057] (1921-1997)

1 B269. Ogden, Illinois Centennial, 1870-1970, p. 67-68 (by Ogden County Historical Committee, 1970; a copy available on the internet at https://archive.org/details/ogdenillinoiscen00slsn).

2 CM076. Find-A-Grave (cemetery records) as contributed by the public; published on the internet at http://www.findagrave.com/.

3 A203. Illinois Deaths, 1916-1950 (index) (Index at Family Tree Legends, online at http://www.familytreelegends.com/records/).

4 N208. Ogden Courier (IL), (newspaper) published in Ogden, IL. A copy is online at http://ccha.tufl.org/ccha/pdf/02450002/0245000221031801.pdf, 1920 (in Clara Wagner Firebaugh's obituary).

5 "Dale Firebaugh, Obituaries, Commercial News," (Obituaries); published online at http://www.commercial-news.com/obituaries/dale-firebaugh/article_fda1a378-9c11-5ad7-aec3-4c419151c465.html, 2014, in Dale Firebaugh's obituary.

6 N208. Ogden Courier (IL), (newspaper) published in Ogden, IL. A copy is online at http://ccha.tufl.org/ccha/pdf/02450002/0245000221031801.pdf, 1923 (in Peter J. Wagner's Obituary).

7 C90. United States Federal Census, year 1900.

8 N208. Ogden Courier (IL), (newspaper) published in Ogden, IL. A copy is online at http://ccha.tufl.org/ccha/pdf/02450002/0245000221031801.pdf.

9 M269. "Illinois Births and Christenings, 1824-1940" (database) entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled records; published on the internet at https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1676968.

10 A203. Illinois Deaths, 1916-1950 (index) (Index at Family Tree Legends, online at http://www.familytreelegends.com/records/), Shiloh Town, Jefferson Twp, IL.

11 N208. Ogden Courier (IL), (newspaper) published in Ogden, IL. A copy is online at http://ccha.tufl.org/ccha/pdf/02450002/0245000221031801.pdf, 1921 March 18, page 1. "Mrs. C. Firebaugh Died Early Today
Had Influenza Some Time Ago and Tuberculosis Developed -- Will be Buried Tomorrow -- Former Ogden Resident.
Mrs. Clara Firebaugh, widow of John P. Firebaugh, died this morning at 7 o'clock at her home on the Richview road at what is known as the Galbrath farm. Death was due to tuberculosis. Mr. Firebaugh died January 24, 1920.
Funeral services will be held at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at First Christian church, conducted by the pastor, the Rev. Orville Hawkins, and burial will follow at Oakwood.
Mrs. Firebaugh suffered an attack of influenza a little more than a year ago and never recovered form the effects of the disease, tuberculosis developing. She and he husband were sick at the same time with influenza, and he died, and her condition was such that it was deemed best to not tell her of his death until three weeks later.
Mrs. Firebaugh was an excellent christian woman and held in the highest esteem and respect by all who knew her.
She was for many years a member of the Christian church but had not changed her membership from the Donoho Prairie, (Marion county) church to the Mr. Vernon church, but attended the church here when health permitted.
She had been unable to speak above a whisper the last nine months.
She is survived by the following named children: Oral, Carroll, Emil, Clinton, Dale and Kelly.
The children's ages range from 3 to 19 years.
Mrs. Firebaugh is survived by her father, Peter Wagner, and two brothers, Charles and Elmer Wagner, at Ogden, Illinois.
She was born at Ogden, but had lived in Mt. Vernon nineteen years.
She was 39 years old. -- Mt. Vernon News of last week."

12 Peter J. Wagner, Will and Probate Records, 1923 (Champaign County, L) (summary abstact) by Champaign County Historical Archive; available online by http://ccha.tufl.org/ccha/records/02010000/0201000023061501.htm.

13 C91. United States Federal Census, year 1910.

14 C93. United States Federal Census, year 1930.

15 M247. "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947" (database) published on the internet by familysearch.org at https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1438856.

16 A020. Social Security Death Index, kept by the US Government, published on the internet and CDROM.

17 C92. United States Federal Census, year 1920.

18 "Dale Firebaugh, Obituaries, Commercial News," (Obituaries); published online at http://www.commercial-news.com/obituaries/dale-firebaugh/article_fda1a378-9c11-5ad7-aec3-4c419151c465.html.

19 "Dale Firebaugh, Obituaries, Commercial News," (Obituaries); published online at http://www.commercial-news.com/obituaries/dale-firebaugh/article_fda1a378-9c11-5ad7-aec3-4c419151c465.html, 1 Nov 2014.

20 "Dale Firebaugh, Obituaries, Commercial News," (Obituaries); published online at http://www.commercial-news.com/obituaries/dale-firebaugh/article_fda1a378-9c11-5ad7-aec3-4c419151c465.html, 2014, brother's obituary.

21 CM090. BillionGraves.com Website (cemetery records, with tombstone photos) contributed by the public; published on the internet at http://billiongraves.com/pages/.

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