1844 - 1919 (~ 74 years)
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Name |
Ira Horton Locey [1, 2] |
Born |
Sep 1844 |
Carlyle, Clinton, Illinois [2, 3, 4, 5] |
Gender |
Male |
Census |
1850 |
Dist. 68, Clinton, Illinois [3] |
Residence |
1850 |
Dist. 68, Clinton, Illinois [3] |
With father Taylor Locey, a step-mother, five siblings, etc. |
Census |
1860 |
Clinton Co., Illinois [6] |
Carlyle P.O. |
Occupation |
1860 |
Clinton Co., Illinois [6] |
Farmer |
Residence |
1860 |
Clinton Co., Illinois [6] |
With parents A T and Elizabeth Locey, four siblings and a farm hand |
Census |
1870 |
Twp. 1N Range 2W, Clinton, Illinois [7] |
Occupation |
1870 |
Twp. 1N Range 2W, Clinton, Illinois [7] |
Farmer |
Residence |
1870 |
Twp. 1N Range 2W, Clinton, Illinois [7] |
With wife Matilda F (Nichols) and eight children |
Residence |
1878 |
Durham, Butte, California [8] |
Census |
1880 |
Durham, Butte, California [5] |
Enumeration District 12 |
Occupation |
1880 |
Durham, Butte, California [5] |
Merchant |
Residence |
1880 |
Durham, Butte, California [5] |
8 Goodspeed St
With wife Matilda F (Nichols), four children and a boarder |
Census |
1900 |
Maxwell Twp., Colusa, California [4] |
Enumeration District 3-6 |
Occupation |
1900 |
Maxwell Twp., Colusa, California [4] |
Laborer |
Residence |
1900 |
Maxwell Twp., Colusa, California [4] |
With six children |
Census |
1910 |
Williams Twp., Colusa, California [9] |
Enumeration District 2-25 |
Occupation |
1910 |
Williams Twp., Colusa, California [9] |
Farmer, Grain farm |
Residence |
1910 |
Williams Twp., Colusa, California [9] |
Williams & Maxwell Rd
With son Ira H Locey Jr |
Died |
16 Mar 1919 |
Woodland, Yolo, California [2] |
- Chico Record,
Tuesday morning, March 18, 1919:
"First General Store Keeper at Durham Dies.
I.H. Locey, who established the first general mercantile store in Durham, in the '70s, passed away at Woodland Sunday, at the age of almost seventy-five years. His remains were brought here, and interment and services will be held at 1:30 this afternoon in the Durham cemetery, on the Durham-Oroville road. Deceased was born in Carlisle, Ill, in 1844, and came to California in 1874, locating in Durham. He conducted a store there until 1894, when he moved to Colusa Junction. Of recent years he had lived at Woodland. Surviving him are six sons and a daughter, all of whom have moved away from Butte county."
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Buried |
18 Mar 1919 |
Durham, Butte, California [2] |
- Plot B-275
Durham Cemetery
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Ira Horton Locey (1844 - 1919) - Find A Grave Memorial Includes headstone photo and obituary transcript.
Maintained by: Adriana
Originally Created by: Laural N. D.
Record added: Apr 14, 2008
Find A Grave Memorial# 26013586 |
Notes |
- 1993 Durham Post Office Open House Program: Ira H. Locey served as Postmaster from 21 July 1878 to 29 July 1891.
- 1886-87 McKenney Business Directory: Listing of Durham notes it to be "a thriving town on the SP Co's. Oregon Div., 6 miles from Chico. It has post, and telegraph facilities, good hotel accommodations and a population of about 250 ... I.H. Locey, Genl Mrcht, Postmaster and flour mill."
- 1881 McKenney City & County Directory: "Durham, a station on the California and Oregon Railroad, 18 miles northwest of Oroville ... Ira H Locey, teacher."
- Not found in index to Yolo Co., California estate cases (23 Mar 2016)
Not found in index to Butte Co., California probate orders (5 Jan 2018)
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Person ID |
I1696 |
Wm L Gann Ancestors |
Last Modified |
5 Jan 2018 |
Family 1 |
Matilda Florence Nichols, b. 24 Feb 1842, Wade Twp., Clinton, Illinois , d. 12 Nov 1882, Durham, Butte, California (Age 40 years) |
Married |
13 Aug 1865 |
Clinton Co., Illinois [1] |
Family ID |
F409 |
Group Sheet |
Family 2 |
Emma Shelly, b. 1855 - 1856, California , d. 16 Sep 1894, Chico, Butte, California (Age 38 years) |
Married |
31 Mar 1884 |
Chico, Butte, California [10] |
- From Butte County Marriage Records on file at the Recorder's Office in Oroville, California:
Ira Horton Locey, age 39, married Emma Shelly, age 28, both of Durham; March 31, 1884 in Chico; Book D, Page 105. [10]
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Family ID |
F1087 |
Group Sheet |
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Sources |
- [S14600] Illinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763 - 1900, Illinois Secretary of State, (online database).
- [S40191] Find a Grave, Jim Tipton, founder, (http://www.findagrave.com), Memorial# 26013586 (Reliability: 2), 21 Apr 2011.
- [S34621] 1850 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), fam. 602, p. 270A, Dist. 68, Clinton, Illinois (Reliability: 2), 02 Aug 2010.
- [S34623] 1900 United States Federal Census, United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900), fam. 137, p. 9, ED 3-6, Maxwell Twp., Colusa, California (Reliability: 2), 21 Apr 2011.
- [S34622] 1880 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005), fam. 1, p. 14, ED 12, Durham, Butte, California (Reliability: 2), 19 Apr 2010.
- [S40178] 1860 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), fam. 637, p. 89, Clinton Co., Illinois (Reliability: 2), 21 Apr 2011.
- [S34634] 1870 United States Federal Census, United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), fam. 3, p. 1, Twp. 1N Range 2W, Clinton, Illinois (Reliability: 2), 21 Apr 2011.
- [S40219] California, Voter Registers, 1866-1898, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Collection Number: 4 - 2A; CSL Roll Number: 8; FHL Film: 976454 (Reliability: 3), 16 May 2012.
- [S40176] 1910 United States Federal Census, United States Department of Commerce, (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1910), fam. 96, p. 6B, ED 2-25, Williams Twp., Colusa, California (Reliability: 2), 21 Apr 2011.
- [S40191] Find a Grave, Jim Tipton, founder, (http://www.findagrave.com), Memorial# 26013585 (Reliability: 2), 21 Apr 2011.
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