John Milton FOLGER
1834 - 1908 (73 years)-
Name John Milton FOLGER Birth 23 Jun 1834 Union, Indiana 
Gender Male Census 1870 Indianola, Warren, Iowa [1] Census 1880 Indianola, Warren, Iowa [2] Census 1900 Joliet, Will, Illinois Death 25 May 1908 Burial Oakwood Cemetery, Joliet, Will, Illinois [3] Person ID I11384 bmds Last Modified 29 May 2015
Father Paul Worth FOLGER, b. North Carolina Mother Mary Cartwright SMITH, b. North Carolina Family ID F4733 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Sarah Ann HOLLAND, b. 27 May 1835, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio d. 24 Dec 1918, Joliet, Will, Illinois (Age 83 years) Marriage 4 Oct 1855 Age at Marriage John : 21 years old | Sarah : 20 years old. Children 6 daughters 1 
. Ella K. FOLGER, b. Abt 1861, Indiana d. 17 May 1946, Los Angeles, California (Age 85 years)2 . Emma B. FOLGER, b. Apr 1863, Indiana d. Aft 1920 (Age > 58 years)3 . Ida C. FOLGER, b. Sep 1866, Iowa d. 27 Apr 1935, Los Angeles, California (Age 68 years)4 . Sallie D. FOLGER, b. Sep 1868, Iowa d. Aft 1940 (Age > 73 years)5 . Florence A. FOLGER, b. Jan 1874, Iowa d. Aft 1940 (Age > 67 years)+ 6 . Frances FOLGER, b. 1899, Illinois d. 29 Oct 1965 (Age 66 years) [Adopted]Family ID F4725 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Birth - 23 Jun 1834 - Union, Indiana 
Census - 1870 - Indianola, Warren, Iowa Census - 1880 - Indianola, Warren, Iowa 
Census - 1900 - Joliet, Will, Illinois 
Burial - - Oakwood Cemetery, Joliet, Will, Illinois Pin Legend 
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Notes - FOLGER, J. M., painter and writing teacher; he was born June 23, 1834, in Union, Indiana; his parents moved to Rush, Indiana, in 1837; there he grew to manhood, and was educated in the common schools; he learned his trade in Rushville, Indiana; he came to his county in May, 1857, and settled in this town, and went to work at his trade, which he has followed during the summers since; he being a professor of penmanship, he teaches writing during the winter; he is the author of Folger’s System of Penmanship, which is soon to be published; he has taught forty-three terms in this town during the last tewnty years, and ten classes in drawing; he enlisted August 13, 1862 in Company D, 34th Iowa Infantry; he was promoted to Hospital steward in May, 1863, and served to December 22, 1864, when he was discharged for generad disability, caused by exposure while in the line of duty; he was married October 4, 1855, to Miss Sarah A. Holland, who was born May 27, 1835, in Dayton, Ohio; they have a family of five childrend living; Ella K., Emma B., Ida C., Sallie D. and Flora; one son, John P., died in infancy.
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Sources - [S22] 1870 US Census, Household of John M. Folger.
John M. Folger | age: 36 | bp: Indiana | Occup: Painter
- [S18] 1880 US Census.
John M. Folger | age: 46 | bp: Indiana | occup: House and Sign Painter
- [S5] Find A Grave, → Memorial ID 78442229.
- [S18] 1880 US Census.
- [S22] 1870 US Census, Household of John M. Folger.