Wease, Geneva Dell

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• Occupation: Homemaker
• Reference Number: WEAS.G001
• _FGRAVE: 63967555
• Funeral: Frank & Bright Funeral Home, Flora, Clay County, Illinois

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Geneva Dell Lents, 91, of Clay City, IL died at 8:20 AM Sunday, January 9, 2011 at Richland Memorial Hospital in Olney, IL.

She was born April 5, 1919 in Clay City, IL to Oscar & Della (Yauch) Wease. She married Earl A. Lents on November 21, 1936 in Clay County, IL. He preceded her in death on June 30, 1957. She later married John Lents who preceded her in death in 2002.

She was a homemaker and a member of Bethlehem Christian Church. Geneva enjoyed sewing and making dolls for her grandchildren.

She is survived by her children: Karen Marlow & husband Phillip of Dix, Carol Raley & husband Ronald of Rinard, Rena Thomas & husband Don of Flora, Donna Given of Mauldin, SC, Noma Monical & husband Robert of Flora, Cheryl Hampton & husband Bill of Flora, Terry Lentz & husband Geoffrey of Houston, TX, and Richard Lents & wife Tina of Bridgeport; 31 grandchildren, 48 great-grandchildren, 7 great-great-grandchildren, and 1 great-great-great-grandchild.

She was preceded in death by her parents, both husbands, a son (Dale Eugene Lents), 4 sisters, and 1 brother.

Private funeral services will be held at Frank & Bright Funeral Home with burial in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, IL.

Memorials may be made to Clay County Cancer Support Group.

Funeral:
Private funeral services will be held at Frank & Bright Funeral Home with burial in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, IL.

Geneva married Lents, Earl Aloyisius on 21 Nov 1936 in Clay County, Illinois. Earl (son of Lents, Charles Ernest and Cole, Gertrude Alice) was born on 2 Apr 1907 in Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois; died on 30 Jun 1957 in Olney, Richland County, Illinois; was buried in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Lents, K.L.
2. Lents, C.R.
3. Lents, Rena Mae was born on 25 Jul 1940 in Clay County, Illinois; died on 16 Aug 2021 in Flora, Clay County, Illinois; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois.
4. Lents, Dale Eugene was born on 7 Oct 1941 in Clay County, Illinois; died on 2 Jun 1962 in Elizabethen Bay, Norfolk, Virginia; was buried on 8 Jun 1962 in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois.
5. Lents, D.
6. Lents, Noma Lee was born on 27 Feb 1944 in Clay City, Clay County, Illinois; died on 22 Jan 2011 in Flora Gardens Care Center, Flora, Clay County, Illinois; was buried on 25 Jan 2011 in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois.
7. Lents, C.D.
8. Lents, T.L.
9. Lents, R.E.R.

Geneva married Lents, John R. on 28 May 1958. John (son of Lents, Charles Ernest and Cole, Gertrude Alice) was born on 15 Jul 1924 in Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana; died on 14 Oct 2002 in Good Samaritan Hospital, Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois; was buried on 15 Oct 2002 in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Farmer, Laborer at odd jobs
• Reference Number: WEAS.O001
• _FGRAVE: 18363825

Oscar married Yauch, Della Louise on 29 Aug 1895 in Richland County, Illinois. Della (daughter of Jauch, Jacob and Hasler, Margaret 'Margret') was born on 1 Oct 1879 in Claremont, Richland County, Illinois; died on 19 Mar 1937 in Clay City, Clay County, Illinois; was buried on 21 Mar 1937 in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: YAUC.D001
• _FGRAVE: 18363815

Notes:

Justice of the Peace L.A. Mitchell performed the wedding ceremony. Dellah died at "the Sullens place" north of Clay City, Illinois. There is also a tombstone in the Leonard/Snyder Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois which has her name on it. One of the two tombstones shows her date of birth as 1876, the other shows that she was born in 1879. There is another tombstone in the North Freedom Cemetery, Olney, Richland County, Illinois which shows a Della Yauch who died on 15 February 1876. Need to investigate this Della to see if there is any relationship.

Birth:
Della's headstone says she was born in 1876. Oscar and Della's newer headstone says she was born in 1879. There is also a Della Yauch, born and died in 1876.

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• Occupation: Farmer
• Reference Number: WEAS.J002
• _FGRAVE: 21853163

John married Mead, Emma Alice. Emma was born on 13 Mar 1858 in Illinois; died on 17 Nov 1943; was buried in Leonard Cemetery, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: MEAD.E001
• _FGRAVE: 21179002

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• Occupation: Farmer
• Reference Number: JAUC.J001
• _FGRAVE: 31826244
• Military Service: American Civil War, Private, Company D, 108th Ohio Infantry
• Immigration: 1846

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The German spelling of his last name was "Jauch"

Jacob allegedly in 1858, came to the United States as a stow-away on the ship Arlington. I have not yet documented this fact.

Jacob Yauch came to the United States in 1858 from Wurtemburg (Wittenberg) Germany, as a stow-away on a ship, having no fee for his passage. He was 19 years old & soon volunteered to serve in the Civil War with the Co. D. 108th Ohio Infantry.

His unit was overrun in 1862 at Hartsville, TN but he managed to survive the tragic ordeal.

Returning home he met & married a young Swiss girl, Margaret Hasler, who was 19 at the time. She was born in Canton Berne, Switzerland and had come to America with her family at the age of two.

Jacob took up farming as a livelihood settling in Richland County, IL near the Glenwood neighborhood.

Jacob worked hard on his farm for his family which eventually grew to eight children. He & Margaret's first six children were girls; Elizabeth, Rose, Della, Sarah (Sally), Della again, & Lillie Mae. There were then two sons John & Jacob born.

Jacob and Margaret lost four children in infancy including the first "Della", thus accounting for their naming another daughter Della in 1879.

Jacob died in 1899 at the age of 60. He was buried in Hanna Cemetery in Richland County where he has a military marker.

Margaret lived on until 1927, dying at the age of 78. She is also buried in the Hanna Cemetery.

(Published in Hometown Journal, Piecing Together the Past, by Rena Lents Thomas)

Immigration:
Jacob allegedly in 1858, came to the United States as a stow-away on the ship Arlington. I have not yet documented this fact.

Jacob married Hasler, Margaret 'Margret' on 11 Oct 1868 in Richland County, Illinois. Margaret (daughter of Hasler, Christian and Kummer, Elizabeth) was born on 19 Sep 1849 in Gsteigwiler, Canton Berne, Switzerland; died on 29 Jan 1927; was buried in Hanna Cemetery, Noble, Richland County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Housewife
• Reference Number: HASL.M001
• _FGRAVE: 25165351

Notes:

Margaret Hasler was born in Canton Berne, Switzerland.

She came to America with her family at the age of two.

She was 19 when she married Jacob Yauch.

Margaret & Jacob's family eventually grew to eight children. She & Jacob's first six children were girls; Elizabeth, Rose, Della, Sarah (Sally), Della again, & Lillie Mae. There were then two sons John & Jacob born.

Jacob and Margaret lost four children in infancy including the first "Della", thus accounting for their naming another daughter Della in 1879.

Birth:
According to the research done by Julius Billeter, Margaritha was born on September 28th, 1849. Other sources, including her obituary, show she was born on September 19th, 1849. Her tombstone only shows the years 1849 - 1927

According to the 1900 Noble, Richland County Census, Margaret was born in September 1850 in Germany. The census shows both her parents were born in Germany.

Her tombstone has the Americanized spelling of "Margret" Yauch.

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• Reference Number: JAUC.C001

Christian married Mueller, Anna on 22 Apr 1834 in Schwenningen am Neckar, Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Anna (daughter of Müller, Andreas and Schlenker, Barbara) was born on 1 Feb 1811 in Schwenningen am Neckar, Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; was christened on 1 Feb 1811 in Schura, Schwenningen am Neckar, Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: MUEL.A001

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• Occupation: Brick Layer
• Reference Number: HASL.C001
• _FGRAVE: 71373493

Notes:

Christian and his family came to America in either 1851 or 1852. They settled for a while in Taylor Township, Greene County, Indiana, then later moved to a farm near Claremont, Richland County, Illinois. Christian became a naturalized United States Citizen on 27 October 1868.

Christian married Kummer, Elizabeth on 21 Feb 1845 in Gsteigwiler, Canton Berne, Switzerland. Elizabeth was born on 1 Apr 1827 in Krattigen, Kanton Berne, Switzerland; died on 27 Jan 1872 in Claremont, Richland County, Illinois; was buried in Brian Cemetery, Sumner, Lawrence County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: KUMM.E001
• _FGRAVE: 71373238

Notes:

Came to America in either 1851 or 1852. Settled in Taylor Township, Greene County, Indiana, later moved to a farm near Claremont, Richland County, Illinois. 1900 census shows her parents were from Pennsylvania.