Elmer French (1876 - 1971)

Born 6 Apr 1876 in Portland Arch, Fountain, Indiana, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mabel Claire (Roberts) French — married 10 Sep 1899 in New Market, Indiana

Husband of Lillie Mae (Kinkead) French — married 27 Jun 1905 in Indiana, United States

Descendants

Died 9 Jun 1971 at age 95 in Ladoga, Montgomery, Indiana, United States

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Biography

Elmer was born in 1876. He passed away in 1971.

Elmer was born on his Uncle Simon LaBaw's farm in Fountain County, Indiana. His father James French and mother Alice LaBaw's marriage ended abruptly when Elmer was approximately 18 months old (~1878) and he was raised by his mother (Alice LaBaw) and step-father Henry Douglas. He attended school at New Market and attended the New Market Christian Church.

Elmer worked as a farmer most of his younger life and also did fence building. He worked for R.R. Donnelly and Sons starting during the WWII years and worked there until about 1951.

The family lived in Putnam County (Carpentersville, New Maysville, and Roachdale) from about 1907 to 1921 when they moved to the Ladoga area. In 1931, they moved to Mace where they lived until 1963 except for a short time in Linnsburg.

Elmer died at the Ladoga Golden Manor Nursing Home and his funeral was conducted at Perkins Funeral Home in Ladoga with burial in the New Ross Cemetery.

Sources

• Personal family geneology;
• "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," Elmer E French, 27 Jun 1905; citing Montgomery, Mendocino, California, United States, Marriage, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 101245296.
• "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007,"Elmer E French, 10 Sep 1899; citing Montgomery, Mendocino, California, United States, Marriage, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 101245294.
• "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," Elmer E French in entry for Howard E Webb, 7 Apr 1928; citing Montgomery, Mendocino, California, United States, Marriage, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 101245306.
• "United States Census, 1910," Elmer French, Jackson, Putnam, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 105, sheet 12B, family 299, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 375; FHL microfilm 1,374,388.
• "United States Census, 1920", Elmer French, 1920.
• "United States Census, 1900," Elmer French in household of Louis W Reynolds, Washington Township Judson town, Parke, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 70, sheet 9A, family 199, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,396.
• "United States Census, 1930," Elmer French, Clark, Montgomery, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 5, sheet 6A, line 30, family 152, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 620; FHL microfilm 2,340,355.
• "United States Census, 1940," Elmer E French, Walnut Township, Montgomery, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 54-36, sheet 1B, line 41, family 12, 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 1080.
• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 19 December 2018), memorial page for Elmer Edgar French (6 Apr 1876–9 Jun 1971), Find A Grave Memorial no. 39780162, citing New Ross Cemetery, New Ross, Montgomery County, Indiana, USA.