David Jesse Hepworth (1919 - 1997)

Born 9 Dec 1919 in Hammond, Lake, Indiana, United States

Ancestors

Died 22 Jul 1997 at age 77 in Rome, Oneida, New York, United States

Biography

David, third son of Samuel Hepworth and Edna Wilder, was born 9 December 1919 in Hammond, Lake County, Indiana.^[1][2] His young family included his parents Sam (age 26, farmer) and Edna (23), David Jesse (one month), and his older brothers Samuel "Eugene" (4) and Daniel Ralph (2).^[3]

His family was constantly on the move as the 1930 census reveals.^[4] At that time they were living in Washington, Morgan County, Indiana. The household included his Michigan-born parents Samuel (age 37, laborer) and Edna (34), David Jesse (10, b. Indiana), and his siblings Samuel "Eugene" (14, b. Michigan), Daniel Ralph (12, b. Michigan), Nola Grace (8, b. Michigan), Mary Omega (7, b. Michigan), Hazel Selina (5, b. Wisconsin), Daisy M. (3, b. Michigan), a two-year-old brother (b. Michigan) and newborn sister (b. Indiana).^[4]

Before 1935 he and his parents had moved again to Pentwater, Pentwater Township, Oceana County, Michigan.^[5][6] Living together there in 1940 were Samuel (47, laborer) and his wife Edna (43), Hazel (15), and her siblings Nola (18), Mary (17), Daisy (13), a brother (11) and three sisters (ages 10, 6 and 5).^[6]

Between 1935 and 1940 David moved out on his own. In 1940 he (age 22) was working as a farmhand for and living with the Harry Rigterink family in Overisel Township, Allegan County, Michigan.^[5]

David was still single when he enlisted in the Michigan National Guard on 15 October 1940.^[7] His record shows that he had a grammar school education.^[7] He was a private in the United States Army during World War II.^[2]

Some time after this he married Marguerite Denslow, daughter of Walter Henry Denslow and Cora Sullivan.^[8] They, too, had a large family.

David died 22 July 1997 in Rome, Oneida County, New York,^[1] and was buried in nearby Lee at Evergreen Cemetery.^[2]

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Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} United States Social Security Death Index, database, FamilySearch (19 May 2014), David J Hepworth, 22 Jul 1997; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} David Hepworth buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Lee, Oneida, New York, United States of America (Find A Grave: Memorial #16445207 retrieved 27 July 2019). His headstone is engraved with full birth and death dates.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} United States Census, 1920, database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 27 July 2019), David Hepworth in household of Sam Hepworth, Hammond Ward 5, Lake, Indiana, United States; citing ED 67, sheet 3B, line 88, family 66, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 445; FHL microfilm 1,820,445.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} United States Census, 1930, database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 27 July 2019), Household of Sameul Hepworth, Washington, Morgan, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 21, sheet 1A, line 36, family 6, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 619; FHL microfilm 2,340,354.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} United States Census, 1940, database with images, FamilySearch (14 March 2018), David Hepworth in household of Harry Rigterink, Overisel Township, Allegan, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 3-30, sheet 6B, line 57, family 121, 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 1721.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} United States Census, 1940, database with images, FamilySearch (14 March 2018), Household of Samuel Hepworth, Pentwater, Pentwater Township, Oceana, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 64-18, sheet 1A, line 5, family 1, 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 1805.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2} United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, database, FamilySearch (5 December 2014), David J Hepworth, enlisted 15 Oct 1940, Holland, Michigan, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} United States Census, 1930, database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 27 July 2019), Margaret Denslow in household of Walter S Denslow, Schuyler, Herkimer, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 55, sheet 11A, line 27, family 238, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1442; FHL microfilm 2,341,177.