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- 1870 Washington, Decatur County, IN Census
Jordon Abott 42 b. IN
Sarah Abott 47 b. OH
Margart Abott 14 b. IN
Rebeca Abott 12 b. IN
Ellen Abott 9 b. IL
Isora E Abott 4 b. IN
Jessie Levisord 25
Matilda Levisord 18
Laura Levisord 1
(The family name should be Levsay instead of Levisord. Matilda is the daughter of Jordon and Sarah.)
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1880 Census from Ancestry: Walker Township, Rush County, Indiana
Roll T9_308 ... Page 128 ... ED 85 ... Image 393 ... sheet 24 ... line 6 ... household 218 ... family 225
Jesse Levsay 37
Matilda Levsay 28
Laura L. Levsay 11
William H. Levsay 9
Margaret A. Levsay 2
Jesse Levsay is 37 - born in Tennessee. His father was born in North Carolina and his mother in Tennessee. His occupation is farming. Wife Matilda is 28 - born in Indiana as were both of her parents. Her occupation is keeping house. Daughter Laura L. is 11 - born in Indiana. Son William H. is 9 - born in Indiana. Daughter Margaret A. is 2 - born in Indiana. Also living in the home: John Rozell is 28 - born in Indiana as were both of his parents. His occupation is laborer. He is single and listed as boarder.
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1900 Census from Ancestry: Lagro Township, Wabash County, Indiana
Roll T623_410 ... Page 7B ... ED 117 ... Image 14 ... sheet 7B ... line 77 ... household 161 ... family 165
Jesse Levsay 56
Matalda Levsay 48
Jesse Levsay 19
Mataldia Levsay 14 (Josephine Matild)
Zacharis Levsay 12
Jorden Levsay 10
Sherman Levsay 7
Jesse Levsay is 56 - born October 1843 in Tennessee. His father was born in North Carolina and his mother in Tennessee. His occupation is farmer. Wife Matalda is 48 - born August 1851 in Indiana. Her father was born in Indiana and her mother in Pennsylvania. They have been married 31 years. She was mother of 11 children with 9 children living. Son Jesse, Jr. is 19 - born January 1881 in Indiana. His occupation is farm laborer. Daughter Mataldia is 14 - born October 1885 in Indiana. Son Zacharis is 12 - born April 1888 in Indiana. Son Jorden is 10 - born April 1890 in Indiana. Son Sherman is 7 - born June 1892 in Indiana.
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1910 Census from Ancestry: Wabash, Ward 4, Noble Township, Wabash County, Indiana
Roll T624_386 ... Page 7A ... ED 158 ... Image 464 ... sheet 7A ... line 26 ... household 162 ... family 166
Jesse Levisay 67
Matilda Levisay 58
Jesse Levisay 28
Zackariah Levisay 22
Jordon Levisay 20
Sherman Levisay 18
Jerdon Abbott 84 Father-in-law
Effie Miller 17 Granddaughter
Jesse Levsay (indexed as Jesar Levisay) is 67 - born in Tennessee. His father was born in North Carolina and his mother in Tennessee. His occupation is own income. Wife Matilda is 58 - born in Indiana. Her father was born in Indiana and her mother in Ohio. They have been married 43 years. She was mother of 11 children with 9 children living. Son Jesse is 28 - born in Indiana. His occupation is laborer - street work. Son Zackanah is 22 - born in Indiana. His occupation is laborer - steam railroad track. Son Jordon is 20 - born in Indiana. His occupation is laborer - street work. Son Sherman is 18 - born in Indiana. His occupation is waiter - restaurant. Also living in the home: Jerdon Abbott is 84 - born in Indiana as were both of his parents. He has his own income. He is a widower and listed as father-in-law. Effie Mille is 17 - born in Indiana as were both of her parents. Her occupation is snapper - hat factory. She is single and listed as granddaughter.
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1920 Census from Ancestry: Wabash, Ward 2, Noble Township, Wabash County, Indiana
Roll T625_472 ... Page 1B ... ED 193 ... Image 946 ... sheet 1B ... line 59 ... household 16 ... family 16
Jesse Levesay 37
Matilda Levesay 68 [67] Mother
Zacharia Levesay 31
Matilda Levesay is 67 - born in Indiana as were both of her parents. She is a widow and listed as mother living in the home of Jesse Levesay.
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1930 Census from Ancestry: Peru, Ward 3, Peru Township, Miami County, Indiana
Roll 618... Page 4A ... ED 18 ... Image 712 ... sheet 4A ... line 45 ... household 90... family 95
Francis I Rozell 59
Margaret A Rozell 49 [50]
Charles J Rozell 22
Margaret J Rozell 19
Esther A Rozell 16
Matilda Lersay 78 Mother-in-law, Widow
Matilda Levsay (indexed as Lersay) is 78 - born in Pennsylvania. Both of her parents wee born in Indiana. She is a widow and listed as mother-in-law living in the home of Frank I. and Margaret W. Rozell.
(I think her place of birth should be Indiana instead of Pennsylvania.)
From the Wabash Plain Dealer in Wabash, Indiana ... Thursday, December 26, 1935
Mrs. Matilda Levsay, 84, died this noon at 12:15 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Dan Waite, Manchester Avenue, following an illness of four years. She had been bedfast the past five weeks.
Matilda Abbott was born to Jordan and Sarah Abbott in Illinois on August 1, 1851. She was married to Jesse Levsay, soldier in the Civil War, who preceded her in death 25 years ago. For 50 years she had been a resident of this community.
Surviving are the following children: Mrs. Ben Waite, Wabash, Mrs. Laura Hayden, Wabash, Mrs. Margaret Bennett, Peru, Mrs. Josephine Carl, Kalamazoo, Michigan, Jesse Levsay, Wabash, Jordan Levsay, Muskegon, Michigan, Bill Morgan, Morgan County, and Sherman Levsay of Wabash County. One sister, Vera Bidwell of Lagro, and a brother, Loy Kramer of Morgantown, survive, also a great many grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
The body was taken to the Jones Funeral Home, funeral arrangements pending word fro relatives.
(I think the above obit has some errors in it.)
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From the Wabash Plain Dealer in Wabash, Indiana ... Friday, December 27, 1935
Funeral services for Mrs. Matilda Levesay will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ben Waite, on Manchester Avenue.
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From Find-a-grave:
Matilda Abbott Levsay
Birth: Aug., 1851 in Rush County, Indiana, USA
Death: Dec. 26, 1935 in Wabash, Wabash County, Indiana, USA
Daughter of Jordan & Sarah Abbott; siblings - Laura, Izora and Joseph.
Family links:
Spouse: Jesse McCain Levsay (1842 - 1911)
Burial: Falls Memorial Gardens in Wabash, Wabash County, Indiana, USA
Plot: Sec H, lot 51, sp. 2, blk 416
(This cemetery is just Falls Cemetery - not Falls Memorial Gardens.)
Burial: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=39865930
Source for all above: Linda Thompson, Wabash, IN 2009
Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011
Name: Carline Mitaldi Levsay
[Carline Mitaldi Abbott]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 84
Birth Date: 1 Apr 1851
Birth Place: Indiana
Death Date: 26 Dec 1935
Death Place: Wabash, Wabash, Indiana, USA
Marital Status: Widow
Spouse: Jesse Levsay
Father: Jordan Abbott
Mother: Sarah Cramer
Informant: Mrs. Ben Waite (Daughter)
Matilda Abbott Levsay
BIRTH Aug 1851
Rush County, Indiana, USA
DEATH 26 Dec 1935 (aged 84)
Wabash, Wabash County, Indiana, USA
BURIAL Falls Cemetery
Wabash, Wabash County, Indiana, USA
PLOT Sec H, lot 51, sp 2
MEMORIAL ID 39865930 ? View Source
Daughter of Jordan & Sarah Abbott; siblings - Laura, Izora and Joseph.
Family members:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39865930/matilda-levsay
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