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Age 60; He died Mineral Ridge of suicide, from Boone Co Dem 16 Apr 1897
He married Eveline Sebring (d/o John & Catherine Ann [Coe] Sebring) 25 Mar 1869. They were the parents of nine, including: Alice Mae, Albert John, Alma E., Elizabeth Ann, Stella M., Edith Belle, and Lucy K. Sebring.
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Great-grandson of Fulkard Sebring (1745 - 1822) Revolutionary War veteran. Pennsylvania, PVT (Private) Bucks County PA Militia. Fulkard Sebring and his descendants lived, generation after generation, along the banks of Big Walnut Creek (also called the Gehenna or Big Belly) near the boundary line between Delaware and Franklin Counties, on land that is now under water. Burial: Red Bank Cemetery Delaware County Ohio, USA
GrandSon of Obadiah and Esther Bailey (Sutton) Sebring.
"Iowa Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XVH4-PWP : 12 December 2014), John Jerome Sebring, 14 Apr 1897; citing Dodge Twp., Boone County, Iowa, reference P. 239; FHL microfilm 1,034,317.
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDJK-DBF : 12 April 2016), John J Sebring, Iowa, United States; citing p. 5, family 32, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,877.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDKR-WCQ : 17 August 2017), Jerome Sebring, Dodge, Boone, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district ED 2, sheet 29D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0328; FHL microfilm 1,254,328.
"Iowa State Census, 1885," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HHDG-G6Z : 3 April 2016), John J Sebring, Boone, Des Moines, Boone, Iowa; citing p. 10, 1885, State Historical Society, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,021,443.
"Iowa State Census, 1895," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VTSN-J23 : 30 June 2016), John J Sebring, Boone, Iowa, United States; citing p. 22, 1895, State Historical Society, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,020,332.
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