Died
at about age 91
in Ida Grove, Ida, Iowa, United States
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Biography
Persis was the daughter of Francis Dwight Babcock and Persis Delaney Sears. [1] She was raised in Corwin, Ida, Iowa before 1900. [2] They moved to Ida Grove, Ida, Iowa before 1910. [3] They returned to Corwin, Ida, Iowa before 1920. [4] Her parents both died in the 1920s. Persis lived with her sister Bertha and family.[5] In 1940 she lived with her sister, Nellie and her family. [6] Persis attended college for 2 years and worked in a laboratory. She did not marry. She died in 1977 [7] and is buried in Ida Grove Cemetery, Ida Grove, Ida, Iowa. [8]
↑ Year: 1900; Census Place: Corwin, Ida, Iowa. Page: 17; Enumeration District: 0043; FHL microfilm: 1240437. United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
↑ Year: 1910; Census Place: Ida Grove Ward 3, Ida, Iowa; Roll: T624_406; Page: 17B; Enumeration District: 0048; FHL microfilm: 1374419. United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
↑ Year: 1920; Census Place: Corwin, Ida, Iowa; Roll: T625_492; Page: 20B; Enumeration District: 57. United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
↑ Year: 1930; Census Place: Ida Grove, Ida, Iowa; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0004; FHL microfilm: 2340394. United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.
↑ Year: 1940; Census Place: Hampton, Franklin, Iowa; Roll: m-t0627-01161; Page: 61B; Enumeration District: 35-30. United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2014.
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