Lois (Church) Oakes (1812 - 1876)

Born Jun 1812 in Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Francis Oakes — married 12 Oct 1838 in Medina County, Ohio, United States

Died 8 Oct 1876 at age 64 in Richfield, Summit, Ohio, United States

Biography

Lois Church was born in June 1812 in Amherst, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Samuel Church and Elizabeth Cowles. She married Francis Oakes on October 12, 1838, in Medina County, Ohio. They were farmers ad had six children during their marriage.

Lois died on October 8, 1876, in Richfield, Summit County, Ohio, at the age of 64.

Records

Year: 1838. Ohio County Marriage Records, 1774-1993. Medina County, Ohio. Film Number: 000423817. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.

Name: Lois Church; Gender: Female

Marriage Date: 12 Oct 1838

Marriage Place: Medina, Ohio, USA

Spouse: Francis Oakes

Year: 1850; Census Place: Brecksville, Cuyahoga, Ohio; Roll: M432_673; Page: 143A; Image: 479.

Name: Lois Oakes; Age: 38

Birth Year: abt 1812; Birthplace: Massachusetts; Gender: Female

Family Number: 2820

Household Members:

Francis Oakes 55 (Farmer, $5400 Real Estate Value)

Lois Oakes 38

Charlotte Oakes 9

Mary Oakes 7

Sarah Oakes 5

Rosabuil Oakes 2

Martin Burtley 28 (nephew)

Year: 1860; Census Place: Brecksville, Cuyahoga, Ohio; Roll: M653_954; Page: 274; Family History Library Film: 803954.

Name: Louis Oaks; Age: 47

Birth Year: abt 1813; Gender: Female; Birth Place: Massachusetts

Post Office: Brecksville; Dwelling Number: 556; Family Number: 537

Household Members:

Francis Oaks 45

Louis Oaks 47

Elizabeth Oaks 20

Mary Oaks 17

Sarah Oaks 14

Ada Oaks 10

Eva Oaks 1

Markus Bartlett 14 (nephew)

Year: 1864. U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; Series Number: T288. National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Name: Louisa Church

Relation to Head: Child

Father: Samuel C Church

Date Filed: May 21, 1864

Year: 1870; Census Place: Brecksville, Cuyahoga, Ohio; Page: 34B; Family History Library Film: 552686.

Name: Lois Oakes; Age in 1870: 57

Birth Year: abt 1813; Birthplace: Massachusetts

Dwelling Number: 178

Race: White; Gender: Female

Post Office: Brecksville

Occupation: Keeping House

Inferred Spouse: Francis Oakes

Household Members:

Francis Oakes 55

Lois Oakes 57

Eva Oakes 12

Ada Oakes 20

Charles Bartlett 20 (farm laborer; nephew)

U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.

Name: Lois Oakes: Maiden: Church

Birth Date: Jun 1812

Birth Place: Massachusetts, United States of America

Death Date: 3 Nov 1876

Cemetery: Brecksville Cemetery

Burial or Cremation Place: Brecksville, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States of America

Spouse: Francis Oakes

Children: Eva May Oakes

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Sources

• Year: 1838. Ohio County Marriage Records, 1774-1993. Medina County, Ohio. Film Number: 000423817. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.

• Year: 1850; Census Place: Brecksville, Cuyahoga, Ohio; Roll: M432_673; Page: 143A; Image: 479.

• Year: 1860; Census Place: Brecksville, Cuyahoga, Ohio; Roll: M653_954; Page: 274; Family History Library Film: 803954.

• Year: 1864. U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; Series Number: T288. National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

• Year: 1870; Census Place: Brecksville, Cuyahoga, Ohio; Page: 34B; Family History Library Film: 552686.

• Find A Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/232518426/lois-oakes