Born in Richardson County, Nebraska, United States
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Cleon Leroy Iliff
— married
25 Dec 1911 in Dawson, Richardson, Nebraska, United States
[children unknown]
Died
at age 56
in Richardson County, Nebraska, United States
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Biography
Flora was born in 1889 in Nebraska. Her parents were Leander Ellis Bacon and Emma Theresa Cowan. In 1900, the family was living in Nemaha Precinct, Richardson, Nebraska.[1] The household included:
Leeander E Bacon Head M 45 Wisconsin
Emma U Bacon Wife F 47 Missouri
Pearl J Bacon Daughter F 16 Kansas
Grace E Bacon Daughter F 14 Nebraska
Myrtle E Bacon Daughter F 12 Nebraska
Flora Bacon Daughter F 11 Nebraska
Bessie A Bacon Daughter F 9 Nebraska
Leander Bacon Son M 7 Nebraska
Fannie H Bacon Daughter F 5 Nebraska
Licenius C Bacon Father M 85 New York
By 1910, the family was living in Grant, Richardson, Nebraska.[2]
Flora married Cleon Leroy Iliff around 1911 when they were both 22.
By 1930, Cleon and Flora, had a household in Porter, Richardson, Nebraska. They had six children at home, as well as Cleon's mother living with them.[3] The census stated that he and Flora were both 22 at the time of their marriage. Cleon was a farmer. The household included:
Cleon L Iliff Head M 40 Nebraska
Flora Iliff Wife F 40 Nebraska
Bernice H Iliff Daughter F 17 Nebraska
Doris M Iliff Daughter F 14 Nebraska
Donald H Iliff Son M 12 Nebraska
Gordon E Iliff Son M 10 Nebraska
Wilnan G Iliff Daughter F 8 Nebraska
Wallace C Iliff Son M 8 Nebraska
Ella Iliff Mother F 65 Nebraska
The family was still in Porter, Nebraska, in 1940.[4]
Flora passed away in 1946. Burial was in the Heim Cemetery, Dawson, Richardson County, Nebraska.[5]
↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3B1-LN6 : accessed 23 April 2019), Flora Bacon in household of Leeander E Bacon, Nemaha Precinct, Richardson, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 148, sheet 6B, family 111, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,938.
↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLHM-GX4 : accessed 23 April 2019), Flora Bacon in household of Leander E Bacon, Grant, Richardson, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 169, sheet 4B, family 86, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 854; FHL microfilm 1,374,867.
↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQ28-8J8 : accessed 23 April 2019), Flora Iliff in household of Cleon L Iliff, Porter, Richardson, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 21, sheet 3B, line 68, family 65, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1291; FHL microfilm 2,341,026.
↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9ML-MZ7 : 15 March 2018), Flora Iliff in household of Cleon Iliff, Porter Election Precinct, Richardson, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 74-22, sheet 3A, line 3, family 43, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2262.
↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 23 April 2019), memorial page for Flora Bacon Iliff (19 Dec 1889–22 Jan 1946), Find A Grave: Memorial #81716710, citing Heim Cemetery, Dawson, Richardson County, Nebraska, USA ; Maintained by Patti Filley (contributor 46992416) .
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3B1-LN6 : accessed 9 January 2021), Flora Bacon in household of Leeander E Bacon, Nemaha Precinct, Richardson, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 148, sheet 6B, family 111, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,938.
"Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2Z2-BB3F : 28 November 2018), Cleon Iliff and Flora Bacon, 25 Dec 1911; citing Marriage, Dawson, Richardson, Nebraska, United States, Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln; FHL microfilm 2,022,086.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9ML-MZ7 : 6 January 2021), Flora Iliff in household of Cleon Iliff, Porter Election Precinct, Richardson, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 74-22, sheet 3A, line 3, family 43, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2262.
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