Edward Rouse (1825 - 1910)

Born 18 Mar 1825 in Scioto County, Ohio,

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Died 6 Apr 1910 at age 85 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois

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Biography

"Edward Rouse, Danville, farmer, was born in Scioto county, Ohio, on the 18th of March, 1825, and is a son of Reason and Martha (Olehy) Rouse. His father dying when he was five years old, his mother, with six small children, removed to Danville township in the fall of 1830. In the following March she died and left her family to be cared for and reared by friends. Five were taken back to Ohio, and while on the return trip the oldest child, a girl, was stricken down and died soon after reaching the destination.

Two years later the surviving members returned to Danville, since which time the subject of this sketch has resided within five miles of the city. He was married on the 4th of October, 1846, to Minerva Martin. He has been school trustee, supervisor, and a prominent member of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry. He was a director in the Vermilion County Association, having head-quarters at Danville, after the business was put into the hands of an assignee.

Mr. Rouse is the father of eleven living children : Martha Ann., Dennis H., Susan, John B., Rosan, Mary Ann, Rebecca Ann, Julia Ann, Minerva Ann, Sarah Ann, Edward Austin. He owns two hundred and twenty acres of land, worth $9,000, and is a democrat in politics." - History of Vermilion County, Illinois, by H.W. Beckwith, 1879 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68034506

Sources

"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M85Q-TVC : 9 November 2014), Edward Rouse, Vermilion county, part of, Vermilion, Illinois, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXCZ-27P : 30 December 2015), Edward Rouse, 1860.

"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6WL-XMV : 17 October 2014), Edward Rouse, Illinois, United States; citing p. 5, family 31, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,784.

"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXKP-T5R : 14 July 2016), Edward Rouse, Newell, Vermilion, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 218, sheet 533C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0255; FHL microfilm 1,254,255.

"Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQ4V-F53 : 27 December 2014), Edward Rouse in entry for Sussan Rouse, 02 Feb 1919; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,562,095.

"Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQF8-7HX : 27 December 2014), Edward Rouse in entry for Minerva Ann Adams, 14 May 1935; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,754,576.

"Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQNH-NSD : 27 December 2014), Edward Rouse in entry for Sarah Ann Long, 18 Sep 1934; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,712,120. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 24 October 2020), memorial page for Edward Rouse (18 Mar 1825–6 Apr 1910), Find a Grave Memorial no. 68034506, citing Spring Hill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by Lesa Epperson (contributor 46576986) .