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Note: Margaret went by her middle name of Emma. She attended the Kehler School located on the Roaring Branch Road about six miles from Liberty.
1884 - Sept. 11 - Emma and William's marriage date was found in Presbyterian Church Records, Arnot, PA.
1900 - June 4 - census - Wellsboro:
Will Champaign, b. Jan. 1861, age 39, married 15 yrs., b. PA, dad b. Canada, mom b. PA, insurance agent
Margaret E., wife, b. Nov. 1859, age 40, mother of 4 with 4 living, b. PA
Nellie, daughter, b. Jan. 1886, age 14
William E., son, b. Jan. 1888, age 12
Margaret L., daughter, b. April 1898, age 2
George S., son, b. Feb. 1900, age 3/12
1908 - Tioga County Directory:
Wm E. Champaign (Emma), postmaster & Insurance Agency Office over Graves & Mathers on Main St.,
O (own home) 25 Meade St.
1910 - April 20 - census - Wellsboro:
William E. Champaign, age 49, one marriage, married 26 yrs., occupation unreadable, b. PA, dad b. Canada (French), mom b. PA
Emma, wife, age 50, one marriage, mother of 5 with 5 living
Nellie, daughter, age 24, single, teacher
Wm. Earl, son, age 22, single
Margaret L., daughter, age 12
George S., son, age 10
Alice A., daughter, age 7
1918 - October 21 - Monday - Gazette & Bulletin - Williamsport, PA - Wellsboro news - Word has been received by Mrs. W. E. Champaign, of Meade Street, that her son, Lieut. Earl Champaign, has been wounded in France, but is doing very well in base hospital no. 47. No details as to the nature or degree of the wounds or how it occurred was given.
1920 - January 8 - census - 25 Meade St. - Wellsboro Borough:
Wm E. Champaign, age 59, b. PA, dad b. Canada, mom b. PA, agent at ? Insurance
Emma, wife, age 60
Louise, daughter, age 21, single
Nellie, daughter, age 33, single, teacher at public school
George S., son, age ?, single
1930 - April 12 - Meade St. - Wellsboro:
Emma Champaign, wife, age 70, 1st married at age 34
William Champaign, head, age 69, 1st married at age 23, b. PA, parents b. Fr. Canada, salesman of insurance
George Champaign, son, age 30, b. PA, salesman of insurance
1934 - Aug. 15 - Wed. - The Agitator - Wellsboro:
Esteemed Wellsboro Woman Had Been in Poor Health for Some Time.
Mrs. Emma Neal Champaign, aged 74 years, 5 months, 12 days, wife of Hon. William E. Champaign, died yesterday afternoon about 2 o'clock at her home, 28 Meade street, after a long period of failing health. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home. Rev. Orrin G. Cocks, D. D., pastor of the Presbyterian church, of which Mrs. Champaign had been a long and faithful member, officiating; burial in the Wellsboro cemetery. Mrs. Champaign was married Sept. 11, 1884, at Arnot, to William E. Champaign, who survives. Their golden wedding date would have been next month. Mr. and Mrs. Champaign have been esteemed residents of Wellsboro for 45 years, coming here from Gaines, where they resided for several years. Five children were born to them. Wm. Earle, who was killed in action in France Nov. 13, 1918; Alice, who died March 15, 1919; Nellie , a member of the faculty of the Jersey City, N.J., school; George, of Wellsboro, and Louise, wife of Charles A. Snyder, of Patton, Pa. A grandson, born yesterday to Mr. and Mrs. Snyder, also survives, besides two sisters, Mrs. Angie Lewis, of Wellsboro, and Mrs. Anna Ellison, of Blossburg. Mrs. Champaign was a devoted wife and mother, active in church, American Legion and social affairs and was most highly esteemed by all who knew her. She was a member of the Wellsboro Chapter, D.A.R.
1937 - July 1 - Thurs. - Wellsboro Gazette:
W. E. Champaign, Long Active Here Dies on Thursday
William E. Champaign, youngest son of a Pine Creek lumberman, who lived to represent his county in the halls of the legislature at Harrisburg, and to be the trusted agent of business concerns in many quarters of the United States, died at his home on Meade street Thursday afternoon. He was 76 years old. Funeral services Saturday afternoon were conducted at Evans funeral home by the Rev. Orrin G. Cocks, D. D., minister of the Presbyterian Church. Interment was in Wellsboro cemetery. Born in Cedar Run, Lycoming county, January 3, 1861, William Ellis Champaign was the youngest son of Peter Champaign and Hannah Sechrist Champaign. His formative years he spent on Elk Run, this county, assisting his father, who was well known as a lumberman-contractor. In early life, he became postmaster at Gaines, then a thriving lumber town, and moved to Wellsboro in 1889. Here, a natural bent for politics and a jovial, democratic, disposition resulted in his election in 1895 as Sheriff of Tioga County. His term was marked by the successful solution of a puzzling murder case. Shortly after the conclusion of his term as Sheriff, in 1889, he was sent to Harrisburg, for two terms as Representative in the General Assembly from Tioga County. During the presidencies of Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft , Mr. Champaign was postmaster at Wellsboro. He was first appointed in February of 1907, and re-appointed in February, 1911. He completed his term with a year to spare under the administration of Woodrow Wilson. Lumbering, which he learned as a youth in Gaines and Elk townships of this county, and insurance, were William E. Champaign's chief business interests . For several years he was representative in Mississippi and Louisana of the Southern Lumber Company, but the greater part of his business career was given over to the representation of the Travelers' Insurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut. It was as this company's agent that he came to Wellsboro in 1889, and it was as state agent for that company that he went for a short time in 1892 to Vermont, returning by preference to Wellsboro. During the World War, he served at the Embarkation Hospital in Newport News, Va., as Associate Field Director for the American Red Cross. "Uncle Billy" Champaign, as he was affectionately known to two younger generations of Tioga county people, was for many years a leader in community affairs. he supported civic enterprises, and was an ardent Republican . He was a member of the IOOF and of the Masonic bodies, and was an early member of Tyoga Country Club. His wife, Emma Neal Champaign, died August 14, 1934. Surviving are two daughters, Miss Nellie Champaign, of Jerse y City, N. J.; and (Louise) Mrs. Charles A. Snyder, of Patton; a son, George, of Wellsboro, and a granddaughter, Carol Louise Snyder, of Patton. A daughter, Alice, died in 1919 and a son, W. Earle Champaign died November 11, 1918, in France. For him is named the Wellsboro post of the American Legion.
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