Flora (Bacon) Iliff (1889 - 1946)

Born 19 Dec 1889 in Richardson County, Nebraska, United States

Wife of Cleon Leroy Iliff — married 25 Dec 1911 in Dawson, Richardson, Nebraska, United States

Died 22 Jan 1946 at age 56 in Richardson County, Nebraska, United States

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]

Flora (Bacon) Iliff is buried in the Heim Cemetery.

Sources

1. ↑ "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.
2. ↑ "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.
3. ↑ "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.
4. ↑ "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.
5. ↑ 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.