Individual Details
Rufus MENTZER
(26 Feb 1828 - 16 May 1905)
Events
| Birth | 26 Feb 1828 | Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States |  | ||
| ChildParent | | ||||
| Census | 1860 | a 30 year old trader born Massachusetts and was listed as Rufus Mentzer - Henry, Illinois, United States | | ||
| Military | Jun 1863 | | |||
| Land-Sold | 14 Aug 1866 | Henry, Illinois, United States |  | | |
| Census | 15 Jul 1870 | a 40 year old grain dealer born Massachusetts and was listed as Rufus Mentzer - Aledo Mercer Township, Mercer County, Illinois | | ||
| Census | 5 Jun 1880 | as a 51 year old male implement dealer born in Massachusetts who was listed as Rufus Mentzer - Aledo, Merco County, Illinois | | ||
| Residence | Abt 1895 | Fort Morgan, Morgan, Colorado, United States | | ||
| Residence | 1901 | Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States | | ||
| Death | 16 May 1905 | | |||
| Burial | May 1905 | Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States | | ||
| Marriage | Eliza _____ | |
Families
| Spouse | Eliza _____ ( - ) |
| Child | Herbert MENTZER (1854 - ) |
| Child | Laura E. MENTZER (1860 - ) |
| Child | Arthur MENTZER (1869 - ) |
| Father | Phillip Andrew MENTZER (1793 - 1845) |
| Mother | Orinda MILES (1798 - 1861) |
| Sibling | William Andrew MENTZER (1816 - 1889) |
| Sibling | Agnus MENTZER (1817 - 1900) |
| Sibling | Cyrus MENTZER (1817 - 1892) |
| Sibling | John MENTZER (1820 - 1864) |
| Sibling | Orinda MENTZER (1822 - 1859) |
| Sibling | Charles Lewis MENTZER (1824 - 1868) |
| Sibling | Hannah Augusta MENTZER (1830 - 1900) |
| Sibling | Abigail MENTZER (1833 - 1834) |
| Sibling | Sarah A. MENTZER (1835 - 1900) |
| Sibling | George MENTZER (1838 - 1912) |
Notes
Land-Sold
being the undivided one half of lots three, four, five, six and nin in block 4 in Blishes addition to the town of Kewanee to George Scott for $300Endnotes
1. Vital Records of Stow Massachusetts to the year 1850 (: , 1911)
2. Duncan, L. Wallace and Chas F. Scott, History of Allen and Woodson Counties, Kansas (Iola, Kansas: Iola Register, 1901), "George Mentzer" p. 680-681 (George Mentzer Notebook). Hereinafter cited as History of Allen and Woodson Counties, Kansas.
3. 1860 U.S. Census, Henry County Illinois, , ; digital images, (: accessed ).
4. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau, Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865), Rufus Mentzer, 5 Jun 1863; digital image, viewed online November 2016. Original Source: National Archives.
5. Henry County, Illinois. Book 38, page 514 (George Mentzer Notebook).
6. 1870 U.S. Census, Mercer County Illinois, , ; digital images, (: accessed ).
7. 1880 U.S. Census, Mercer County, Illinoise, population schedule, Aledo, Mercer County, Illinois, ED 177, page 10, household 97, Rufus Mentzer; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online November 2016); NARA.
8. Biography (author unknown), , (Doc. #: Mentzer.KS.018).
9. Biography (author unknown), , (Doc. #: Mentzer.KS.018).
10. Adnrew Mentzer Lineage , 1930), (Mentzer.MA.011).
11. Biography (author unknown), , (Doc. #: Mentzer.KS.018).
12. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online November 2016), memorial for Rufus Mentzer (1829-1905), Find a Grave Memorial no. #13468449, created by Eric Crow, citing Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Denver County, Colorado;, Rufus Mentzer.
13. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online November 2016), memorial for Rufus Mentzer (1829-1905), Find a Grave Memorial no. #13468449, created by Eric Crow, citing Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Denver County, Colorado;, Rufus Mentzer.
14. 1860 U.S. Census, Henry County Illinois, , ; digital images, (: accessed ).