Ryker, Jesse Eugene Jr.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Wood Worker
• Reference Number: RYKE.J001
• _FGRAVE: 35636154
• Funeral: Hosselton-Bookout-Engelmeier Funeral Home, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois
• Military Service: World War II, Seaman First Class, United States Navy

Notes:

Jesse Ryker, Jr., 64, Noble, died December 11, 1989 at Burgin Manor, Olney.

Mr. Ryker was born March 14, 1925, in Clay City, the son of Jesse and Lucy Wease Ryker, Sr. He married Dorothea Davis, Feb. 21, 1948 in clay City and she survives.

He was a retired woodworker, a member of Clay City Baptist Church, a World War II veteran and a member of the Olney American Legion.

Surviving are his wife, Dorothea; six sons, David, Douglas, Donald, Doran, Lee, Darren; five daughters, Diane Barrett, Donna Kirts, Mylene Earp, Deanna Kuhl, Frances Richey; and 18 grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

Private services were held at Hosselton, Bookhout, Engelmeir Funeral Home with burial in the Clay City Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to the Clay City Baptist Church Building Fund.

(Published Olney Daily Mail)

Military Service:
Entered active service on july 6, 1942. Completed boot camp at Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Illinois. Assigned to or served aboard, in turn, the Brooklyn-Class Light Cruiser USS Savannah CL-42, the Battleship USS Iowa BB-61, the Edsall-CClass Destroyer USS Sturtevant DD-239, and Naval Supply Depot, Navy 926 (Guam, Mariana Islands). Honorably discharged as a Seaman First Class on February 27, 1946 at the Naval Personnel Separation Center, Great Lakes. Earned The American Campaign Medal. European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, and The WWII Victory Medal.

This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.

Source: https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=2277345

Jesse married Davis, Dorothea Marie on 21 Feb 1948 in Clay City, Clay County, Illinois. Dorothea (daughter of Davis, Francis William 'Frank' and Owen, Gladys Mae) was born on 16 Jun 1928 in Flora, Clay County, Illinois; died on 23 Oct 2009 in Flora, Clay County, Illinois; was buried on 26 Oct 2009 in Elmwood Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Ryker, D.M.
2. Ryker, P.D.D.
3. Ryker, Donald Edward 'Donnie' was born on 27 Jul 1952 in Olney, Richland County, Illinois; died on 11 Apr 2017 in Chandler, Lincoln County, Oklahoma; was buried on 17 Apr 2017 in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois.
4. Ryker, Doran Eugene 'Pete' was born on 10 Aug 1953 in Flora, Clay County, Illinois; died on 19 Apr 2021 in Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Lake City, Columbia County, Florida.
5. Ryker, D.L.
6. Ryker, C.D.
7. Ryker, D.C.
8. Ryker, D.M.
9. Ryker, M.A.
10. Ryker, F.E.
11. Ryker, D.W.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Laborer
• Reference Number: RYKE.J002
• _FGRAVE: 24056837

Jesse married Wease, Lucille May 'Lucy' on 29 Jun 1919. Lucille (daughter of Wease, Oscar and Yauch, Della Louise) was born on 15 Sep 1898 in Indiana; died on 12 Apr 1967; was buried in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: WEAS.L001
• _FGRAVE: 24056843

Notes:

Birth:
The 1940 census shows she was born in Illinois.

F. married ?, A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 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]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 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.

Other Events and Attributes:

• 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]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: MEAD.E001
• _FGRAVE: 21179002

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

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]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 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.