John Keyes Failing (1850 - 1935)

Born 30 Mar 1850 in Washington Co., Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah E (Stout) Failing — married 31 Aug 1876 in Paris, Edgar, Illinois

Died 27 Dec 1935 at age 85 in Waukegan, Lake, Illinois

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Biography

John Keyes Failing was buried in Paris, Edgar, Illinois.

From Margaret Birney Pittis' book, "The Hout Family:"

"While his father was in the Civil War, at the age of twelve he began work in a lumber mill and continued for three years. He saved enough money to go to Coshocton High School for two years, and then taught in Coshocton County, O., for two years. He went to Illinois and taught for two years, then attended Illinois State Normal Univ. two years. He was a teacher for fifty-four years. One son, and an adopted daughter."

Sources

• "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQR3-V8W : 27 December 2014), John Keys Failing, 27 Dec 1936; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,766,274.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4Z7-61P : 12 April 2016), John K Failing in household of Morris Failing, Somerset, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family 249, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXND-XH9 : 22 August 2017), John K Failing, Oakland, Coles, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 49, sheet 93C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0183; FHL microfilm 1,254,183.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDNK-Y7X : accessed 15 December 2017), John K Failing, Wallace, Franklin, Arkansas, United States; citing ED 49, sheet 9B, line 67, family 163, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 62; FHL microfilm 1,820,062.

• Failing, John Keyes. "[1]." Gillespie, Binning, Wheelock & Other Family Pages. Accessed 15 Dec 2017.

• Pittis, Margaret Birney, The Hout Family Cleveland, OH: Self-published (1952). Page 548.