Charles Milton Cessna
1869 - 1928 (59 years)-
Name Charles Milton Cessna Born 20 Jan 1869 Homer, Champaign County, Illinois 
[1, 2, 3] Gender Male Census 1900 Vance Township, Vermilion County, Illinois Occupation farmer [1] Died 25 Dec 1928 Shawswick Township, Lawrence County, Indiana [2, 3] Buried GAR Cemetery, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois [2] - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85195036/charles-milton-cessna
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Person ID I3586 Gritton Last Modified 29 Feb 2024
Father William Cessna, b. 7 Nov 1822, Medford County, Pennsylvania , d. 25 May 1908, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois (Age 85 years) Mother Lucina Marten, b. 23 Apr 1835, Pickaway County, Ohio , d. 17 Feb 1919, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois (Age 83 years) Family ID F1506 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Stella Z. Witherspoon, b. 21 Oct 1873, Patoka, Gibson County, Indiana , d. 20 Feb 1943, Montpelier, Williams County, Ohio (Age 69 years) Last Modified 6 Jul 2019 Family ID F1837 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 20 Jan 1869 - Homer, Champaign County, Illinois 
Census - 1900 - Vance Township, Vermilion County, Illinois 
Died - 25 Dec 1928 - Shawswick Township, Lawrence County, Indiana 
Buried - - GAR Cemetery, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - Death Comes To Charles Cessna
Prominent Farmer Succumbed to Pneumonia Christmas Night
Charles Milton Cessna, 59 years old, prominent farmer residing on the Williams road eight miles southwest of Bedford, died Christmas night at 10:55 o'clock at his home following an illness since Saturday from pneumonia.
The deceased was a native of Illinois having been born at Homer on January 20, 1869. He was a son of William and Lucinda Martin Cessna.
He is survived by the widow, two sons, Charles Russell Cessna, of South Charleston, Ohio and William H. Cessna of this county; two daughters, Mrs. Howard Morrison, of Homer, Ill., and Mrs. Harry J. Finch, of Metz, Mo., two sisters, Mrs. martin Current, of Chicago, Ill., Mrs. H.H. Price of Danville, Ill.; three half sisters and one half brother.
He belonged to the Methodist Episcopal church and was a member of the masonic and Modern Woodmen lodges.
Definite funeral arrangements have not been made but it is thought that the body will be taken back to his former home in Home, Illinois but burial.
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