Harry H. Mooberry1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 3730, (1894 - 1965)
FatherMilton Mooberry4,5,6 (28 Apr 1858 - 24 May 1930)
MotherLydia R. Mooberry4,7,8 (3 Feb 1872 - 21 Mar 1955)

Key Events:

Birth: 16 Nov 1894, Groveland Twp., Illinois9,10,11
Marriage: 27 Nov 1918, Washington, Illinois, Viola May Oetzel (4 Oct 1898 - 26 Apr 1949)12,13,14
Marriage: about 1955, Irma Neumann (24 Aug 1909 - 15 Jun 1994)15,16
Death: 3 Nov 1965, Peoria, Illinois12,17,18
Burial: Mooberry Cemetery, Tazewell Co., Illinois19
ChartsDescendants of Jakob and Anna Katharina Glebe
Selected Descendants of William and Elizabeth Mooberry (#1)
Selected Descendants of William and Elizabeth Mooberry (#2)

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     Harry H. Mooberry was born on 16 Nov 1894 in Groveland Twp., Illinois.9,10,11
     He appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Groveland Twp., Tazewell Co., Illinois, in the household of his parents, Milton Mooberry and Lydia R. Mooberry.5 He appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Groveland Twp., Tazewell Co., Illinois, in the household of his parents.6
     Harry registered for the draft for World War I on 5 Jun 1917, while living at Morton, Illinois, reporting he was a self-employed farmer in Groveland Twp.2
     Harry married first Viola May Oetzel, daughter of Adam Oetzel and Caroline Glabe, on 27 Nov 1918 in Washington, Illinois.12,13,14
     Harry and Viola May Oetzel appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Groveland Twp., Tazewell Co., Illinois, on Bloomington Rd., enumerated 6 Jan 1920, reporting they rented their home.20 Apparently his parents lived nearby, as they are listed as the second household preceding.21
     Harry and Viola appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Groveland Twp., Tazewell Co., Illinois, enumerated 30 Apr 1930, reporting that they did not own a radio. Their children Orville, Glen, Buford and Donna were listed as living with them.4
     Harry and Viola appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Groveland Twp., Tazewell Co., Illinois, enumerated 18 Apr 1940, reporting that they owned a home valued at $3,000, and that the family had lived in the same house in 1935. Their children Orville, Glen, Buford and Donna were listed as living with them.22
     He was working on the home farm in 1910, at age 15, and a farmer on his own by 1920. In the 1940 census he reported he had worked 70 hours the last week of March.23,24,25,22 He registered for the draft for World War II on 27 Apr 1942, while living at Groveland, Tazewell Co., Illinois, reporting he was a self-employed farmer in Groveland.26
     He considered farming as his principal occupation, reporting in the 1950 census he had worked 50 hours the prior week. But he was also vice-president of First National Bank in East Peoria by 1937. He continued in that position until at least 1958.27,28
     His wife died on 26 Apr 1949 in Peoria, Illinois.29,30
     Harry appeared on the 1950 Federal Census of Cloverdale, Tazewell Co., Illinois, on Pleasant Hill Rd., enumerated 13 Apr 1950, reporting he lived on a farm. His son Glen and his wife Dorothy E. Ropp, his son Buford, and his daughter Donna and her husband George Daniel Crumrine, were listed as living with him.31
     Harry married second Irma Neumann, daughter of Charles Neumann and Louise Krause, about 1955. She was the widow of Robert Bremer.15,16
     Harry died on 3 Nov 1965 in Peoria, Illinois, at age 70.12,17,18 He was buried in Mooberry Cemetery, Tazewell Co., Illinois, next to his first wife.19

Children:
     Children with Viola May Oetzel:

  • Orville Milton Mooberry32,22,33 (6 Mar 1920 - 2 Dec 2013)
  • Glen Elmer Mooberry32,22,34 (24 Apr 1922 - 17 Apr 1999)
  • Buford Lee Mooberry32,22,31 (4 Feb 1924 - 7 Oct 2012)
  • Donna Mae Mooberry32,22,31 (17 Sep 1927 - 10 Jan 2016)

Children:
     There were no children with Irma Neumann

Citations

  1. [S3844] Milton Mooberry household, 1900 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois, shows name as Harry Mooberry.
  2. [S3888] Harry H. Mooberry, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.
  3. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 33694797, Harry H. Mooberry, includes tombstone photo showing same.
  4. [S54] Pound, Glabe Family.
  5. [S3844] Milton Mooberry household, 1900 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois.
  6. [S3843] Milton Mooberry household, 1910 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois.
  7. [S3844] Milton Mooberry household, 1900 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois, shows him as the son of her husband and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  8. [S3843] Milton Mooberry household, 1910 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois, shows him as the son of her husband and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  9. [S3889] Harry H. Mooberry, Selective Service Registration Card, World War II, Fourth Registration, shows date and township.
  10. [S3888] Harry H. Mooberry, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, shows date, town, and state.
  11. [S3844] Milton Mooberry household, 1900 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois, shows month, year, age 5, and state.
  12. [S54] Pound, Glabe Family, shows date, town, and state.
  13. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 33694797, Harry H. Mooberry and memorial # 33694813, Viola May Mooberry, include photo of joint tombstone.
  14. [S3875] Harry Mooberry household, 1930 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois, shows married, with is first marriage at age 24 and hers at 21.
  15. [S3474] Polk's Peoria City Directory, 1955, pg 488, shows him with no spouse; 1956, pg 535, shows his wife as Irma.
  16. [S3890] The Peoria Journal Star, 16 Jun 1994, shows she married him after her first husband died in 1949.
  17. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 33694797, Harry H. Mooberry, shows date and includes tombstone photo showing year.
  18. [S1000] "Social Security Death Index," Ancestry.com, record for Harry Mooberry, Soc. Sec. No. 338-14-6921, shows month and year.
  19. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 33694797, Harry H. Mooberry, includes photo of joint tombstone.
  20. [S3860] Harry Mooberry household, 1920 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois.
  21. [S3859] Milton Mooberry household, 1920 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois.
  22. [S3887] Harry H. Mooberry household, 1940 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois.
  23. [S3843] Milton Mooberry household, 1910 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois, shows occupation as home, industry as farm.
  24. [S3860] Harry Mooberry household, 1920 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois, shows occupation as farmer, industry as general farm, and that he employed others.
  25. [S3875] Harry Mooberry household, 1930 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois, shows occupation as farmer, industry as farm.
  26. [S3889] Harry H. Mooberry, Selective Service Registration Card, World War II, Fourth Registration.
  27. [S3474] Polk's Peoria City Directory, 1937, pg 336, and 1958, pg 531, show position, with similar entries in available intervening issues.
  28. [S13185] Harry H. Mooberry household, 1950 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois, shows occupation as farmer and industry as farm.
  29. [S54] Pound, Glabe Family, shows date, city, and state.
  30. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 33694813, Viola May Mooberry, shows date and includes tombstone photo showing year.
  31. [S13185] Harry H. Mooberry household, 1950 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois.
  32. [S3875] Harry Mooberry household, 1930 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois.
  33. [S7292] Orville Mooberry obituary, Peoria Journal Star.
  34. [S3892] The Pantagraph, 18 Apr 1999.