Individual Details
Judge William Wallace "The Squire" WILMERTON
(2 May 1822 - 26 Nov 1908)
Events
| Birth | 2 May 1822 | Burlington, Burlington, New Jersey, USA |  | ||
| Marriage | 10 Dec 1849 | Rock Island, Rock Island, Illinois, USA - Rhoda Ann KELSEY |  | ||
| Residence | 1860 | Township 15 N 2 W, Preemption, Mercer, Illinois, USA | | ||
| Residence | 1870 | Preemption, Mercer, Illinois, USA | | ||
| Residence | 1880 | Preemption, Mercer, Illinois, USA | | ||
| Residence | 1900 | Preemption, Mercer, Illinois, USA | | ||
| Death | 26 Nov 1908 | Preemption, Mercer, Illinois, USA | | ||
| Burial | Nov 1908 | Preemption, Mercer, Illinois, USA | | ||
| Illness | in his last years | a mental illness | | |
Families
| Spouse | Rhoda Ann KELSEY (1824 - 1894) |
| Child | Louisa WILMERTON (1850 - 1912) |
| Child | Frank WILMERTON (1854 - 1922) |
| Child | William Wallace WILMERTON II (1861 - 1936) |
| Father | Fenimore WILMERTON (1784 - 1823) |
| Mother | Permila VAN KIRK (1797 - 1865) |
| Sibling | Richard Fenimore WILMERTON (1812 - 1891) |
| Sibling | Griffith WILMERTON (1817 - 1837) |
| Sibling | John Fenimore WILMERTON (1816 - ) |
| Sibling | Rachel WILMERTON (1819 - 1850) |
Notes
Birth
William's father, Fenimore, died in 1823 when William was about a year and a half old. On May 5, 1825, Paul F. and Rebecca Wilmerton (William's grandparents) were appointed guardians of their son Fenimore's five children, Richard, Griffith, John, Rachel, and William, all under 14 years of age. When Paul and Rebecca died in 1829, William went to live with the Charles Stokes family, where he remained until adulthood. In 1842, at the age of twenty, he moved to Preemption, Illinois.Death
He was a believer in Christian Science. Funeral services were held at the Davenport Christian Science Chapel. He was cremated at the Davenport, Iowa crematorium.Illness
On 12 June 1906, Wilmerton was declared insane and Thomas J. Medill was appointed conservator of his estate.Endnotes
1. Early American Marriages: Midwest Region, www.ancestry.com.
2. New Jersey Marriages, 1678-1985, FamilySearch.org.
3. Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census.
4. Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census.
5. Ancestry.com, History of Mercer and Henderson Counties together with biographical matter, statistics, etc. gathered from matter furnished by The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT; Date: 2005.
6. Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census.
7. Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census.
8. Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census.
9. FindaGrave.com.
10. Wilmerton v. Wilmerton et al, (Circuit Ct App, Seventh Cir), January 4, 1910, 100 C.C.A. Reports, 176 Fed 896.