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Marriage: Children:
  1. Barbara Luseba August: Birth: 12 JAN 1886 in Ogle Co., IL. Death: 18 JAN 1964 in Freeport, Stephenson Co., IL

  2. Ruth Hazel August: Birth: 10 JUL 1892 in Egan, Leaf River Twp., Ogle Co., IL (lived in Orangeville, Stephenson Co., IL in 1939). Death: 18 APR 1962 in Freeport, Stephenson Co., IL

  3. Kenneth August: Birth: ABT 1906 in IL (adopted-lived in Rockford, IL in 1939). Death: 9 JUN 1957 in Winnebago Co., IL


Sources
1. Title:   Morris August obituary
2. Title:   1870 Mt. Morris Twp., Ogle Co., IL census
3. Title:   1880 Leaf River Twp., Ogle Co., IL census

Notes
a. Note:   Morris lived with his mother and step-father, John Kramer according to the 1870 and 1880 Ogle Co., IL census records.
  Obituary
  MORRIS AUGUST, ORANGEVILLE
  Morris August, 80, died Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at a hospital in Freeport, after an illness of several days. He was born April 2, 1859 at Covington, Ky., and came to Stephenson County in 1868. He had made his home for many years with his daughter, Mrs. Walter Hoffmeister, Orangeville.
  Surviving are Mrs. Hoffmeister, and one other daughter, Mrs. Elmer Yeoman, Dakota, and an adopted son, Kenneth August, Rockford. Other surviving relatives are: Mrs. Anna Emery, Bridgeport, Conn., a sister; Mrs. Lena Fogle, Leaf River, and Mrs. Mary Bearman, Mt. Morris, half-sisters, and a half-brother, Louis Kramer, Leaf River; four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren also survive. His wife and a half-sister preceded him in death, the former having died in 1929.
  Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the Hoffmeister home and at 2 o'clock at the Rock Grove Evangelical Church. Rev. E. O. Fehr, Rev. T. L. Suehr will officiate. Burial will be in the Dakota Cemetery.
  Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947 Name: Morris M. August Birth Date: 2 Apr 1859 Birth Place: Covington, KY Death Date: 7 May 1939 Death Place: Freeport, Stephenson, Illinois Burial Date: 9 May 1939 Burial Place: Dakota Township, Step., Ill. Death Age: 80 Occupation: Farmer Race: White Marital Status: W Gender: Male Residence: Rock Garden, Stephenson, Ill. Mother Name: Barbara Ernest Spouse Name: Orilla FHL Film Number: 1819833


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