1900 Arcola, Douglas Co, IL. The census taker recorded his occupationa s city street laborer. He and Levina had been married 13 years with5 c hildren, all living.
1/5/1920 Arcola City, Douglas Co, IL. At census time William was 67y ears old and retired. He owned the family home, free of mortgage.The f amily was listed in strange order: son Walter, 28, barber inpublic ho ps; wife Lavina, 50; widowed daughter Susie Terhune, 30,clerk in a dry g oods store; and sons Warren, 21, and Edward, 17, bothclerks in a groce ry store.
His tombstone has his birthdate as 1853.
