Cleon Leroy Iliff (1889 - 1975)

Born 3 Sep 1889 in Dawson, Richardson, Nebraska, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Flora (Bacon) Iliff — married 25 Dec 1911 in Dawson, Richardson, Nebraska, United States

Husband of Esther Agnes (West) Iliff — married 2 Jun 1946 in Richardson, Nebraska, United States

Died 2 Apr 1975 at age 85 in Dawson, Richardson, Nebraska, United States

Biography

Cleon was born in 1889 in Nebraska. His parents were William Sherman Iliff (1866-1895) and Ella (Wetmore) Iliff (1864-1944). By 1900, he was living with his widowed mother, Ella, and siblings in Grant Precinct Dawson village, Richardson, Nebraska.^[1] They were still there in 1910.^[2]

About 1911, Cleon married Flora Bacon.

Cleon registered for the WWI draft in 1917. He was a married farmer with 2 children by that time. He was described as tall, with medium build, gray eyes and brown hair.^[3]

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.^[4] 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.^[5]

Cleon married Esther West in 1946.

Cleon passed away in 1975.^[6] Burial was in the Heim Cemetery, Dawson, Richardson County, Nebraska.^[7]

Cleon 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-RWF : accessed 23 April 2019), Cleon L Iliff in household of Ella Iliff, Grant Precinct Dawson village, Richardson, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 142, sheet 12A, family 214, 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-BQH : accessed 23 April 2019), Cleon L Iliff in household of Ella Iliff, Grant, Richardson, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 169, sheet 5B, family 106, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 854; FHL microfilm 1,374,867.
3. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:29JK-BZS : 13 March 2018), Cleon Iliff, 1917-1918; citing Richardson County, Rock County, Saline County, Nebraska, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,711,768.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQ28-8JZ : accessed 23 April 2019), Cleon L Iliff, Porter, Richardson, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 21, sheet 3B, line 67, family 65, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1291; FHL microfilm 2,341,026.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9ML-MZQ : 15 March 2018), Cleon Iliff, Porter Election Precinct, Richardson, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 74-22, sheet 3A, line 2, 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.
6. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J5HW-CJ9 : 20 May 2014), Cleon Iliff, Apr 1975; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
7. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 23 April 2019), memorial page for Cleon Iliff (3 Sep 1889–2 Apr 1975), Find A Grave: Memorial #81716618, 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-RWF : accessed 9 January 2021), Cleon L Iliff in household of Ella Iliff, Grant Precinct Dawson village, Richardson, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 142, sheet 12A, family 214, 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-BBST : 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-MZQ : 6 January 2021), Cleon Iliff, Porter Election Precinct, Richardson, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 74-22, sheet 3A, line 2, 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.
• "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2Z2-Y551 : 28 November 2018), Cleon Leroy Iliff and Esther Agnes West, 02 Jun 1946; citing Marriage, Richardson, Nebraska, United States, Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln; FHL microfilm 2,022,088.
• History of Richardson County Nebraska its people industries and institutions wikitree page
• Heim Cemetery, Dawson, Nebraska wikitree page
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLS-9K66 : 16 June 2020), Cleon Iliff, 1975; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81716618/cleon-iliff.