John William Bourne (1859 - 1883)

Born 23 Mar 1859 in Preble, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Died 21 Mar 1883 at age 23 in Somerville, Butler, Ohio, United States

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Biography

JOHN WILLIAM BOURNE, son of Ezra Bourne and Mary DeCamp, was born in 23 March 1859 Preble County, Ohio.

1870 U. S. Federal Census ^[1]
28 July 1870
Butler County, Ohio
Milford Township
Oxford
313-324
Bourne, David, 37, male, white, farmer, Real Estate $1200, Personal Property $775, b OH
Bourne, Ezra, 41, male, white, farmer, Real Estate $1000, Personal Property $775, b OH
Bourne, John, 11, male, white, attending school, b OH

His brother, Benjamin F. Bourne, was residing with their maternal grandmother, aunts and uncles in 1870.

1870 U. S. Federal Census ^[2]
Preble County, Ohio
Somers Township
Eaton
16 August 1870
253-251
DeCamp, Hannah, 74, female, white, keeping house, b NJ
DeCamp, Eli P., 50, male, white, carpenter (journeyman), b NJ
DeCamp, Jane H., 55, female, white, helps mother, b NJ
DeCamp, Harriett, 35, female, white, helps mother, b OH
DeCamp, John, 46, male, white, works on farm, b OH
Born/Bourne, Benjamin F., male, white, attending school, b OH

John is said to have committed suicide 27 March 1883; bur: Somerville Cemetery (aka Old Presbyterian Cemetery & Village Cemetery), Somerville, Butler County, Ohio [1970, located behind an old red brick church] ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ 1870 U. S. Federal Census
2. ↑ 1870 U. S. Federal Census
3. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #68960027

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCLS-1QT : 11 November 2020), John W Bourne in entry for Ezra Bourne, 1860.
• 1860 US Census, Milford Township, Butler County, Ohio - Page 99
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6K8-WVM : 3 January 2021), John Bourne in entry for David Bourne, 1870.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ1X-4SK : 13 November 2020), John W. Bourne in household of Ezra Bourne, Butler, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district ED 24, sheet 159C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,996.
• "Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6VM-MZG : 4 November 2020), John N. Bourne, 1883.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 05 January 2021), memorial page for John W. Bourne (1 Apr 1858–21 Mar 1882), Find A Grave: Memorial #68960027, citing Somerville Cemetery, Somerville, Butler County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by Jetta McQuiston (contributor 46925865) .