hmtl5 James Ephraim "Eph" Alsip b. 24 May 1875 Maroa, Macon County, Illinois d. 13 Mar 1956 Norwich, Chenango County, New York: Hedges Genealogy

James Ephraim "Eph" Alsip

Male 1875 - 1956  (80 years)


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  • Name James Ephraim "Eph" Alsip 
    • son of Richard Alsip and Minerva Charlotte Stringfield [1]
    Born 24 May 1875  Maroa, Macon County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Census 1900  Loda, Iroquois County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 13 Mar 1956  Norwich, Chenango County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Buried Pine Ridge Cemetery, Loda, Iroquois County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Person ID I1121  Hedges
    Last Modified 18 May 2024 

    Family Ida Venon Cogswell,   b. 25 Nov 1875, Rowan County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Mar 1954  (Age 78 years) 
    Married 23 Nov 1892  Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
     1. Ray Alsip,   b. 30 Jul 1893, Allerton, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Mar 1896, New Boston, Bowie County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 2 years)
     2. Eugene Robert Alsip,   b. 2 Aug 1895, Wheeler, Wheeler County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jun 1996, Ionia, Ionia County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 100 years)
    +3. Celia Ellen Alsip,   b. 19 Jan 1898, Garland City, Miller County, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location
    +4. Icephine Kathleen Alsip,   b. 15 Jul 1900, Loda, Iroquois County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Jan 1988, San Bernardino County, California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
     5. Orville James Alsip,   b. 3 Sep 1902, Everly, Clay County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Feb 1998, Norwich, Chenango County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 95 years)
    +6. Richard John Alsip,   b. 18 Apr 1904, Loda, Iroquois County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Feb 1973, Loda, Iroquois County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
    +7. Lois Mayfield Alsip,   b. 4 Jun 1905, Loda, Iroquois County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Jun 1957  (Age 52 years)
     8. Ralph Benjamin Alsip,   b. 19 Aug 1907, Loda, Iroquois County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jan 2005, Plant City, Hillsborough County, Florida Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 97 years)
    Last Modified 3 Mar 2021 
    Family ID F644  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 24 May 1875 - Maroa, Macon County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 23 Nov 1892 - Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1900 - Loda, Iroquois County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 13 Mar 1956 - Norwich, Chenango County, New York Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Pine Ridge Cemetery, Loda, Iroquois County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • James Alsip, 82, Dies March 13 in New York
      Funeral Services Sunday at Ford-Baier Home
      James (Eph) Alsip, 82, of Loda died at 3:30 Tuesday afternoon, March 13, 1956 at the Norwich Memorial hospital in Norwich, N.Y., where he had been a patient for a month. Mr. Alsip was spending the winter months in the East and had expected to return to Loda sometime in February when he became ill.
      The body was shipped from New York to the Ford-Baier funeral home in Paxton, where services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 18. Rev. Farris Roberts, pastor of the First Methodist church in Loda, officiated. Burial was in the Loda Pine Ridge cemetery with Masonic graveside rites.
      Pallbearers were Robert Currie, Chester West, Fred Nordstrom, Ferd Marshall, Louis Caspers and Addison Goodell.
      Mrs. Arthur Aikman, vocalist, was accompanied at the organ by Mrs. Russell Drechsler.
      Burial was in Loda’s Pine Ridge cemetery.
      Mr. Alsip was born May 24, 1873 near Odgen. Most of his life was spent at Loda where he farmed for a number of years. He was a member of A. Jonas Lodge #316 A.F.A.M. of Loda.
      He was preceded in death by his wife, Ida. Surviving are four sons, Richard of Loda, Gene of Lohrville, Ia., Ralph of Middleburg, N.Y., and Orville of South New Berlin, N.Y. Also surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Celia Wellman of South New Berlin, N.Y., Mrs. Lois Bradley of Potomac and Mrs. Icephine Clem of Long Beach, Calif., and several grandchildren.
      The Paxton Record, Paxton, Illinois. Thursday, 22 March 1956, page 1.
      [3, 4]

  • Sources 
    1. [S6] Find a Grave.

    2. [S2] Mary Hedges Reiner.

    3. [S9] Obituary.

    4. [S87] Newspaper article.