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- Amelia was born and raised on a farm near Pekin, Illinois, just west of the present day Sommer Seed Company located on Route 9. She lived with brother Joseph Ringenberg near Mackinaw, Illinois per 1880 census. After the death of her husband, John R., Amelia moved to live with her daughter, Ida, in Davenport, Iowa. According to her obituary, Amelia suffered with heart disease. However, she also was a resident of the St. Elizabeth Asylum, Davenport, Iowa as insane according to the 1930 census.
Children of AMELIA RINGENBERG and JOHN WHISLER are:
i. IDA SYBILLA 7 WHISLER, b. 04 Dec 1891, Tazewell County, Illinois; d. Abt. 1955, Davenport, Scott County,
Iowa; m. EDWARD J. FISCHER; b. Abt. 1872, Wisconsin; d. Aft. 1930, Iowa.
Notes for IDA SYBILLA WHISLER:
Lived in Mackinaw, Illinois per the 1915 Tazewell County Directory.
More About IDA SYBILLA WHISLER:
Residence 1: 1920, Davenport, Scott County Iowa census, p. 6b
Residence 2: 1900, Mackinaw, Tazewell County, Illinois census, p. 6b
Residence 3: 1910, Mackinaw, Tazewell County, Illinois census, p. 11A, #332
Residence 4: 1930, Davenport, Scott County Iowa census, p. 6B, district 29
Notes for EDWARD J. FISCHER:
No issue.
More About EDWARD J. FISCHER:
Residence 1: 1930, Davenport, Scott County Iowa census, p. 6B, district 29
Residence 2: 1920, Davenport, Scott County Iowa census, p. 6b
20. ii. SUSIE EMELINE WHISLER, b. 08 Jun 1896, Minier, Little Mackinaw Twp., Tazewell County Illinois; d. 26
Jul 1989, Rock Island, Rock Island County Illinois.
iii. EMERY JOSEPH WHISLER, b. 14 Apr 1898, Elm Grove Twp. Tazewell County Illinois; d. 11 Oct 1918,
France.
Notes for EMERY JOSEPH WHISLER:
Emery Joseph Whisler attended the Mackinaw schools. He was a barber by trade and was employed at a Barber shop in Deer Creek, Illinois and engaged to a local girl, Glady Phillips also of Deer Creek at the time of his enlistment. He enlisted in the National Guards March 20, 1917, and was sworn into the Regular Army in July the same year. He did guard duty in this country for nearly a year, going to France the early part of 1918. Official notice of his death did not reached his mother at Davenport, Iowa until February 2, 1919.
Private 1st class, Emery died October 11, 1918, from wounds received in battle October 10, 1918, near Consenroge, France. He was buried in the American plot of the French cemetery "Glorieux" Verdun, Meuse, France. After his death, the Mackinaw VFW was named in his honor, The Emery Whisler Post. Also in the Mackinaw village park is a small monument in his honor. The village Mackinaw would hold a Memorial Day parade that ended with services held for the deceased veterans of all wars, and a service held at the grave of
Private Emery. Taps would be blown, volleys fired and flowers placed on the grave by his sister, Jessie
Whisler Dorward-Unsicker.
More About EMERY JOSEPH WHISLER:
Burial: Mackinaw Cemetery, Mackinaw, Illinois
Obituary: 1918, Obituary, unknown source
Residence 1: 1900, Mackinaw, Tazewell County, Illinois census, p. 6b
Residence 2: 1910, Mackinaw, Tazewell County Illinois census, p. 11b
Tombstone: 1918, Mackinaw Cemetery, Mackinaw, Illinois
21. iv. JESSIE AMELIA WHISLER, b. 10 Sep 1901, Little Mackinaw Twp., Tazewell County, Illinois; d. 17 Jul 1981,
Eureka, Woodford County, Illinois.
v. JOHN EUGENE WHISLER, b. 16 Sep 1907, Mackinaw, Tazewell County, Illinois; d. 13 Apr 1928, Peoria,
Peoria County, Illinois.
Notes for JOHN EUGENE WHISLER:
John lived with his sisters Susie Hasty and Jessie Dorward. He worked as a farm hand and for a period of time he worked for the George Dorward farms of Woodford County Illinois. He contracted pneumonia which was the cause of his death and before antibiotic treatments were available. He was a member of the Mackinaw Christian Church and is buried next to his mother in the Mackinaw Cemetery, Mackinaw, Illinois. [3]
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1862 - 1931 (68 years)
