Individual Details
William George Eilers
(14 Jun 1864 - 1 Mar 1923)
Children-Fred and Emma Jean
[Monticello Express, Thu, Feb 4, 1904, Monticello, Iowa]
Dr. Inglis' frisky horse put his feet through a plate glass window of Eilers & Bolton's store, last Friday morning. The doctor was driving down First street in a cutter when the horse became frightened at a passing train. He was soon beyond the doctor's control and instead of taking the center of the street, veered to the left and rushed into the Eilers & Bolton store window. No damage was done to the doctor or the horse.
(Oct 10 1907)
Mr. Wm. G. Eilers went North, last Monday. He conducted a cloak sale in ne of the towns on the Calmar line.
Iowa State Gazetteer and Business Directory, Volume 14 [R. L. Polk & Co., 1908-1909]
Monticello
Eilers & Bolton (Wm G Eilers, Frank B Bolton), general store
Events
Families
Spouse | Cora Belle Houser (1867 - 1915) |
Child | Fred Leslie Eilers (1889 - 1974) |
Child | Imogene Eilers (1900 - 1924) |
Spouse | Sarah E. Stoddard (1880 - ) |
Father | Honorable Gerhardt "Garret" Eilers (1837 - 1906) |
Mother | Margaretha (Margaret) Jacobs (1842 - 1905) |
Sibling | Anton "Tony" Eilers (1861 - 1920) |
Sibling | Henry E. Eilers (1862 - 1940) |
Sibling | Paul Gerhard Eilers MD (1878 - 1958) |
Notes
Baptism
baptism from St. John's Evangical Lutheran Churchhttp://www.rootsweb.com/~iajones/churches/stjohns/baptism.htm
1864 August 7 Wilhelm Georg Eiler
Census
24 187 187 Farwell Betsey Sycamore St. 81 F W NY N N25 Farwell Julia 50 F S OH N N
26 Bedwell Chas. F. 32 M S Crockery Dealer Jones Co., IA N N Militia, Voter
27 Eilers Wm 19 M S Jones Co., IA F N Militia
Marriage
Eilers Wm G, Houser Cora B, 09/06/1887, Monticello, 2299, 281, Monticello, Monticello.Eilers Wm G,parents: Eilers Gerhard, Jacobs Margaretta
Houser Cora B parents: Houser J H, Starks Matilda
Monticello Express September 29, 1927
William G Eilers and Cora Houser were married on the 6th, by Rev. J. T. Blanchard. Mr. and Mrs. Eilers are now deceased.
Census
5 216 228 Eilers William G 29 M M Jones Iowa F F Merchant Ger Ref6 Eilers Cora B 25 F m " N N Presbyt
7 Eilers Fred L 5 M S " F N
8 Seebee Fay 16 F S U S A N N Methodist
Census
Monticello Township, Monticello City, Ward 1, SD 5, ED 58, sheet # 2.31, 32
Eilers, William G. Head, WM June 1865, 34, Married 12 yrs. Iowa, Ger, Ger,
Merchant Dry Goods
Cora B. Wife, WF, June 1867, 32, M 12, 2 children born, 1 living. Iowa, Ger, Ger.
Fred L. Son, WM, Nov 1890, 10 yrs, Iowa, Iowa, Iowa at school.
Census (family)
William D Eilers M 52y, married, IASarah Eilers F 38y, wife, married, IL
Death
Death of William G. Eilers.Word was received last Thursday of the death of William G. Eilers, at Minneapolis. Mr. Eilers was the son of the late Gerhard.Eilers; an old-time citizen of Lovell township. Mr. Eilers was a resident of Monticello for many years, where he was engaged in the dry goods business, successively a member of the firm of Hicks & Eilers and Eilers & Bolton. He sold his interests here a number of years ago in the dry goods store, which is now operated by. W. A, Beery. Mr. Eilers was twice married. By his first wife now deceased, he had two children, Fred Eilers, of Cedar Rapids, and Mrs. Imogene Boss, of Monticello. Henry Eilers, brother, and Grant Eilers, nephew of the decedent, went to Minneapolis to attend the funeral. During the last several years of his life, Mr. Eilers was totally blind.
William G. Eilers was born in Monticello, Iowa, fifty-seven years ago. His boyhood was spent on his father's farm near Monticello. He attended the public schools for a number of years, but at an early age assumed a position with G. W. and G. L. Lovell. Later he entered the store of Charles Bidwell, where he remained until young manhood, and then entered the dry goods business in Monticello as hereinbefore stated, under the firm name of Hicks & Eilers. About fourteen years ago, Mr. Eilers went to Minneapolis and held a responsible position with the Donaldson Dry Goods company.
In 1910 Mr. Eilers married Miss Sarah E. Stoddard who survives him. Mr. Innes, who conducted his funeral writes, "Mr. Eilers had not been in good health for some years. Yet he was not idle and worked until near tho end. He was taken sick about a week ago with what seemed to be pneumonia. He was removed to the Abbot hospital and gradually grew worse. The final diagnosis was that his illness was sleeping sickness. He died at the hospital last Thursday afternoon." Mr. Eiler's was a good business man, industrious and capable. He had the faculty of making friends and holding them. Mr. Eilers was a member of the Presbyterian church of Monticello, Iowa. The funeral services were conducted Saturday afternoon by his former pastor, J. W. Innes, of Minneapolis, at 2 p. m. at the Lakewood chapel. Interment was made at the Lakewood cemetery of Minneapolis.
Henry Eilers says that Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Samels were very kind and attentive during the last illness and funeral of his brother.
Endnotes
1. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1900 census.
2. St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Sand Hill/Monticello , Jones Co., Iowa GenWeb online [http://iowajones.org/churches/LuthStJohns.htm], accessed 2002 -2008.
3. 1885 State Census, Iowa, Jones Co. Ln=Line Number Dw=Dwelling number Fm=Family number Tw=Township Rn=Range Se=Section Loc=Location M=Marital status Fa=Father (Native/Foreign) Mo=Mother (Native/Foreign) (transcribed by Don Thomson for Rootsweb http://www.rootsweb.com/~iajones/census/85castle.htm 2002).
4. Jones Co. Iowa marriage books, online.
BOOK D 1877-1884 :: BOOK E 1884-1891 :: BOOK F 1891-1898 (USGenWeb
5. "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, Family Search, (https://familysearch.org: accessed 30 December 2013), Wm G Eilers and Miss Cora B Houser, 1887.
6. 1895 Iowa State Census. Castle Grove Township PAGES 44-67 + 931 Monticello Township PAGES 463-490 Monticello City PAGES 494-515, PAGES 516-537 Scotch Grove PAGES 753-776 (transcribed by Joanne Wilken http://www.rootsweb.com/~iajones/census/census.htm 2002), PAGES 516-537.
7. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1900 > IOWA > JONES > 1-WD MONTICELLO Series: T623 Roll: 440 Page: 121 .
8. "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992," database, Family Search (https://familysearch.org: accessed 30 December 2013), W. G. Eilers and Sarah E. Stoddard, 14 Dec 1910.
9. "Death of William G. Eilers.," Monticello (Iowa) Express, 8 March 1923; Ross & Elizabeth Baty Public Library (http://batypl.newspaperarchive.com : accessed 16 February 2011), Newspaper Digital Archives.