Carey Fiscus (1870 - 1957)

Born 12 Jul 1870 in Spencer, Indiana

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah Edna (Winklepleck) Fiscus — married 18 Oct 1891 in Owen County, Indiana

Descendants

Biography

Cary was born on 12 July 1870 in Spencer, Indiana to Wesley & Elizabeth (Hubbell) Fiscus.^{[citation needed]}

In 1880, Cary was 9 years old. He and his parents and his eight siblings were living in Jefferson Township, Owen County, Indiana.^[1]

He married Sarah "Sally" Winklepleck on 18 Oct 1892 in Owen County, Indiana.^[2]

In 1900, Cary and Sarah were still living in Jefferson Township, Owen County, Indiana. They had four children -- Leonard (8), Ora M. (7), Roy A. (4) and Irvin R. (1).^[3] Roy was a twin to Paul who died in infancy.

The family moved to Urbana, Illinois in Apr 1904 to a house on S. Walnut Street.^[4]

At the time of the 1920 Census, Cary and Sarah were living at 110 East Park St. in Champaign, Illinois with four of their children -- Ray (22), Ervin ("Irbin") (20), Raymond (15) and May ("Mae") (14). They also had two roomers livings with them: Hiram Wilsey, age 60, and George Garrison, age 50.^[5]

On 15 Oct 1929, their son Raymond died at the age of 25.

In 1940, Cary was 70 years old, widowed and living in Urbana, Illinois with his daughter "Mae," her husband Harold, and their 13-year-old daughter, Lois.^[6]

Cary died on 3 Jul 1957 at the age 86.^{[citation needed]} He is buried in Mount Olive Cemetery in Mayview, Illinois.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHSS-WKV : 13 January 2022), Carrie Fiscus in household of Wesley Fiscus, Jefferson Township, Owen, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
2. ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XXFV-8LZ : 31 December 2021), Cary Fiscus and Sarah Winklepleck, 13 Oct 1891; citing Owen, Indiana, United States, Marriage License, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 004170558.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSS8-3YN : 12 January 2022), Carry Fiscus, 1900.
4. ↑ Urbana Daily Courier, 8 April 1904, Local Briefs, p. 8 . (http://idnc.library.illinois.edu, search for "Cary Fiscus") : accessed 12 Jul 2022 by J. Ricketts
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJ9B-LPR : 1 February 2021), Cary Fiscus, 1920.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWWZ-HM4 : 8 January 2021), Cary Fiscus in household of Harold Gauble, Urbana, Champaign, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 10-30, sheet 1B, line 62, family 20, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 765.
7. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22672207/cary-fiscus : accessed 13 July 2022), memorial page for Cary Fiscus (12 Jul 1870–1957), Find A Grave: Memorial #22672207, citing Mount Olive Cemetery, Mayview, Champaign County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by David Godwin (contributor 46806482) .

See also:

• Lovell, Rosemary (Faulk). Owen County Cousins (J. G. Hauser, Inc., 1977) For repository information see: WorldCat, entry for Cary Fiscus, p. 624