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Family
Marriage: Children:

  1. Clara Wantland: Birth: 2 Oct 1885 in Otego Twp., Fayette Co., Illinois. Death: 18 Apr 1887 in Otego Twp., Fayette Co., Illinois

  2. Clarence Harry Wantland: Birth: 19 Jul 1887 in Otego Twp., Fayette Co., Illinois. Death: 17 Oct 1966 in Decatur, Macon Co., Illinois

  3. Lewellyn Lawrence Wantland: Birth: 22 Jun 1890 in Otego Twp., Fayette Co., Illinois. Death: 6 Jan 1960 in Paris, Edgar Co., Illinois

  4. Maude Della Wantland: Birth: 26 May 1893 in Otego Twp., Fayette Co., Illinois. Death: 18 Sep 1985 in Decatur, Macon Co., Illinois

  5. Glen McKinley Wantland: Birth: 31 May 1896 in Otego Twp., Fayette Co., Illinois. Death: 2 May 1962 in Decatur, Macon Co., Illinois

  6. Ina Rachel Wantland: Birth: 6 Mar 1901 in Otego Twp., Fayette Co., Illinois. Death: 18 Dec 1925 in Vandalia, Fayette Co., Illinois

  7. Nellie May Wantland: Birth: 29 Aug 1909 in Otego Twp., Fayette Co., Illinois. Death: 1 Apr 1995 in Youngtown, Maricopa Co., Arizona


Sources
1. Title:   Death Certificate, Illinois, Morgan Co., Jacksonville
2. Title:   Marriage License, Missouri, St. Louis, #12186

Notes
a. Note:   Probate: Fayette Facts, p. 119. Box 231, Pack 5 Rachel Woolsey, Guardianship of infant heirs. 10 Nov 1883 .
 D. A. Newman petitioned for the guardianship of Josie Woolsey age 14 on 15 Dec 1882. Her father was living, but she had no legal guardian. She had ca. $50 coming from the estate of her mother Rachel A. Woolsey. Josie had selected Newman. Wilson Campbell and James M. Tinker signed the bond. Delmar Newman petitioned the court to hand of the personal property she had coming, which was needed for keeping house. She had a cow, a sewing machine, bed and bedding, etc. Later Disbro Wantland (her husband) petitioned the same. Property was from her brother Llewellyn Morton. Final report was 10 Dec 1886, when she received $45. She signed as Josie Wantland.
  Josephine inherited the farm in Otega Twp. from Lewellyn Morton after his death (communication from Nellie Wantland Freeman to Ralph A. Wantland). Lewellyn had inherited the farm from his mother, Rachel Ford Morton Woolsey.
  1920 Census: Josephine Wantland, 52, widowed, farmer; Ina 18; Nellie 10; living on farm in Wilberton Twp., Fayette Co., Illinois (film T625_367, ED 97, sheet 13B, 20 Jan)
 living close to daughter Maud Wantland Brown and John Brown.
  1930 Census: Josephine Wantland, 61, inspector shoe factory; Nellie M. 20, registrar high school; living in Vandalia, Fayette Co., Illinois (film T626_515, p8B, ED 25, 12-14 Apr)
  1940 Census: Josephine Wantland, 71, widowed, ; Nellie Wantland, 30, 2 yrs. of college, grade teacher public school, 1939 income $800; living at 1333 W. Johnson St. in Vandalia, Fayette Co., Illinois (film T627_801, ED26-27, sheet 14B, 24 Apr)
  WWII Draft Registration Card: Glenn McKinley Wantland, 1333 West Johnson St., Vandalia, Illinois; 45, born 21 May 1896, Vandalia, Illinois; unemployed painter; notify Josephine Wantland, same address; 5'10", 160 lbs; 27 Apr 1942
  Resided with daughter, Nellie May Wantland Freeman in Decatur from 1943 until 1948. Intitutionalized in Jacksonville Hospital with dementia.
 My father, Ralph Wantland, told me that (circa 1950) he went to the hospital with his father, Clarence. Dad stayed at the car and when Clarence returned, he was upset because his mother did not recognize him.
  Decatur Review, April 2, 1951
 WANTLAND RITES
 Funeral services for Mrs. Josephine Wantland, 82, of 337 North Jasper Street who died at 9 pm Saturday will be held Tuesday in Hunter funeral home, Vandalia, with burial in Vandalia. Friends may call at Brintlinger's funeral home until 9 pm Monday.

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