Alonzo Ayers was born in December 1851 in Preble Co., Ohio. Alonzo is the son of William Ayers and Sarah McKinstry.
1860 census -- Salem Twnp., Knox Co., Illinois, USA
Wm H Ayres, age 33, male, , cooper, $0 real estate, $50 personal property, born Ohio; Sarah Ayres, age 33, female, , born Ohio; Alonzo J Ayres, age 8, male, , born Ohio, attended school; George W Ayres, age 7, male, , born Indiana, attended school; Alitha Ayres, age 5, female, , born Illinois; Sarah E Ayres, age 2, female, , born Illinois; Mary C Ayres, age 4/12, female, born Illinois[1]
1870 census -- Okaw Twnp., Coles Co., Illinois, USA
William Ayers, age 44, male, white, farm laborer, $0 real estate, $500 personal property, born Ohio; Sarah Ayers, age 43, female, white, keeping house, born Ohio; Alonzo Ayers, age 18, male, white, born Ohio, attended school; George Ayers, age 16, male, white, born Indiana, attended school; Ollie Ayers, age 14, female, white, born Illinois, attended school; Sarah Ayers, age 11, female, white, born Illinois, attended school; Mary Ayers, age 9, female, white, born Illinois; William Ayers, age 7, male, white, born Illinois.[2]
He married Eliza Mewhinney 22 July 1877 in Vigo Co., Indiana.[3]
1880 census -- Lost Creek Twnp., Vigo Co., Indiana, USA
Alonzo Ayers, white, male, age 27, married, laborer, born Illinois, father born Illinois, mother born Illinois; Eliza Ayers, white, female, age 24, married, keeping house, born Indiana, father born Indiana, mother born Indiana; Mary Ayers, white, female, age 1, single, at home, born Indiana, father born Indiana, mother born Indiana.[4]
1900 census -- Lost Creek Twnp., Vigo Co., Indiana, USA
Alonzo J Ayers, head, white, male, born Dec 1851, age 48, married 23 years, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Indiana; grocery keeper, own mortgaged house; Eliza A Ayers, wife, white, female, born July 1856, age 43, married 23 years, 3 children/2 living, born Indiana, father born Indiana, father born Ohio, mother born Indiana; Mary E Ayers, daughter, white, female, born Aug 1878, age 21, single, born Indiana, father born Ohio, father born Indiana; Sarah E Ayers, daughter, white, female, born Feb 1885, age 15, single, born Indiana, father born Ohio, mother born Indiana, at school, attended school; Charles Young, boarder, white, male, born 1859, age 41, single, born Indiana, father born _____, mother born _____, section hand.[5]
1910 census -- Seeleyville, Vigo Co., Indiana, USA
Alonzo J Ayers, head, male, white, age 58, married 32 years, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio, merchant ice cream parlor, own mortgaged house; Eliza A Ayers, wife, female, white, age 53, married 32 years, 3 children/1 living, born Indiana, father born Ohio, mother born Indiana; Mary E Ayers, daughter, female, white, age 31, single, born Indiana, father born Ohio, mother born Indiana; Manford L Latta, grandson, male, white, age 5, single, born Indiana, father born Indiana, mother born Indiana; Mary Albert Latta, granddaughter, female, white, age 1, single, born Indiana, father born Indiana, mother born Indiana; [6]
1920 census -- Seelyville, Vigo Co., Indiana, USA
Alonzo J Ayers, head, own free, white, male, age 68, married, born Ohio, father born US, mother born US, freight agent railroad; Eliza A Ayers, wife, white, female, age 63, married, born Indiana, father born Ohio, mother born Indiana; Mary E Ayers, daughter, female, white, age 41, single, born Indiana, father born Ohio, mother born Indiana; Manford A Latta, granddaughter, white, female,, age 15, single, attended school, born Indiana, father born Indiana, mother born Indiana; Mary A Latta, granddaughter, female, white, age 11, single, attended school, born Indiana, father born Indiana, mother born Indiana;[7]
1930 census -- Seeleyville, Vigo Co., Indiana, USA
Alonzo J Ayers, head, own $1200, white, male, age 78, married, first married @26, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio, laborer coal mine; Eliza A Ayers, wife, white, female, age 73, married, first married @21, born Indiana, father born Ohio, mother born Indiana; Mary E Ayers, daughter, female, white, age 51, single, born Indiana, father born Ohio, mother born Indiana, post mistress post office; Mary A Latta, granddaughter, female, white, age 21, single, born Indiana, father born Indiana, mother born Indiana, teacher public school[8]
He died 12 July 1932 in Seeleyville, Indiana.[9]
He is buried in HIghland Lawn Cemetery in Terre Haute, Indiana.[10]
Sources
↑ "United States Census, 1860," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MXHH-9BV : accessed 17 Oct 2014), Alonzo J Ayres in household of Wm H Ayres, Salem Township, Knox, Illinois, United States; citing "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," Fold3.com; p. 88, household ID 584, NARA microfilm publication M653; FHL microfilm 803195.
↑ "United States Census, 1870," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M64V-KHH : accessed 17 Oct 2014), Alonzo Ayers in household of William Ayers, Illinois, United States; citing p. 1, family 3, NARA microfilm publication M593, FHL microfilm 000545696.
↑ "Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/27J5-DJ3 : accessed 17 Oct 2014), Alonzo J Ayres and Eliza J Mewhinney, 22 Jul 1877; citing Vigo County; FHL microfilm 001392540.
↑ "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MHSG-4Y4 : accessed 17 Oct 2014), Alonzo Ayers, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, United States; citing sheet 237A, NARA microfilm publication T9.
↑ "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M99F-DJ8 : accessed 17 Oct 2014), Alonzo J Ayers, Lost Creek Township, Vigo, Indiana, United States; citing sheet 14A, family 291, NARA microfilm publication T623, FHL microfilm 1240409.
↑ "United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MKRQ-PFN : accessed 17 Oct 2014), Alonzo J Ayres, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 180, sheet 2B, family 39, NARA microfilm publication T624, FHL microfilm 1374397.
↑ "United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MF4P-6LB : accessed 17 Oct 2014), Alonzo J Ayers, Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana, United States; citing sheet 1A, family 6, NARA microfilm publication T625, FHL microfilm 1820467.
↑ "United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X417-CJN : accessed 17 Oct 2014), Alonzo J Ayers, Seelyville, Vigo, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0052, sheet 6A, family 130, NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 636.
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147091310/alonzo-j-ayers: accessed 15 August 2023), memorial page for Alonzo J. Ayers (28 Dec 1851–12 Jul 1932), Find A Grave: Memorial #147091310, citing Highland Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by: Find a Grave.
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