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Note: 1910 census: with his parents in Fayette Co., Illinois WWI Draft Registration Card: Clarence H. Wantland; Macon, Illinois, born July 19, 1887, Fayette Co., Illinois; farming, employed by W. A. Arnold; wife and one child; tall, brown hair, brown eyes
1920 Census: Clarence H. Wantland, 31, mechanic garage; wife Velma C., 23; Ralph, 3 1/2; Harold, 1 1/2; living in Macon, Macon Co., Illinois (film T625_385, p2A, ED 164, 2-3 Jan)
1930 census: Clarence H. Wamtland (sic), 42, proprietor gas station; wife Velma C., 34; R. Ansley,13; Harold E.,12; living in Macon, Macon Co., Illinois (film T626_539, p6A, 14 Apr)
note: neighbor of sister, Maude Wantland Brown, her husband John Brown works in gas station.
1940 Census: Catherine Eglin, owns home, 44, divorced, assistant auditor city government, 1939 income $1020; son Delbert Eglin, 22, no occupation; Clarence Wantland, rents $20, 52, divorced, 4 yrs. high school, steam supervisor auto parts mfgr, 1939 income $179; living at 1857 E. William in Decatur, Macon Co., Illinois (film T627_844, ED58-27, p4B, 4 Apr)
note: Clarence later married Catherine Eglin.
WWII Draft Registration Card: Clarence Harry Wantland; 1857 E. William, Decatur, Illinois; 54, born 19 Jul 1887, Fayette Co., Illinois; contact Ansley Wantland, Cooksville, Illinois; unemployed; 5"11", 155 lbs.; brown eyes, gray hair, light compexion; 27 Apr 1942.
1955 U. S. City Directory: Clarence H. Wantland, 805 Elm, Decatur, Illinois; deputy County Sheriff; wife Cath. I.;
Clarence was raised on a farm of his parents in Otego Twp., Fayette Co, working as a farm laborer. As a young man (1910-1914), he moved to Macon Co., Illinois and worked as a clerk for the Illinois Central Railroad freight house in Decatur. While working as a hired hand on the farm of William Arnold and Florida Hall Arnold, he met and married their niece, Velma Hall (who was raised by the Arnolds after Velma's mother died of childbirth).
Clarence and Velma resided in rural Prairie Home (elevator town near Moweaqua), Moweaqua, and Macon, Illinois. Clarence was a farmer near Macon; Then in Macon, he operated the Ford Garage, service station, and ice business. Around 1935 he became a Macon Co. deputy sheriff. About 1945 he was a quard (for one year) and a parole officer (for about 3 years) at Statesville Prison in Joliet, Illinois. Afterwards he again was a Macon Co. deputy sherrif and in later years, a bank guard.
After his divorce and remarriage, Clarence resided in Decatur, Illinois until his death. Cause of death was complications from a stroke and heart failure. As a boy of twelve, he was run over by a horse drawn plow, severely lacerating his right leg. Medical inattention permitted infection which reoccurred periodically throughout his life, including at his terminal illness. (His son Ralph Wantland had told me on numerous occasions that Clarence's mother Josephine had packed the leg wound with a poultice containing manure)
------ The family lived in town, but for about a year in the 20's/30's, the family lived in a rented farm house near Macon. (oral conversation with Ralph Wantland, 2003)
Decatur Herald and Review, October 18, 1966:
C. H. Wantland
Clarence H. Wantland, 78, of 805 W. Elm St. died at 11:45 a.m. Monday in St. Mary's Hospital, where he had been a patient since July 2.
Mr. Wantland was born July 19, 1887, in Fayette County, a son of Disbro and Josephine Wolsey Wantland. He moved to Decatur from Macon 30 years ago.
He was a deputy sheriff before his retirement. He is survived by his wife, Catherine; two sons, Ralph Ansley of Urbana and Harold of Peoria; one stepson , Dalbert Elgin of Beloit, Wis.; two sisters, Mrs. John (Maude) Brown of Macon and Mrs. Clem (Nellie) Freeman of Decatur; and five grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in Brintlinger's, where friends may call from 4 to 9 p.m. today. Burial will be in Graceland Cemetery.
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