William Herbert Marrs (1882 - 1962)


Born: 16 February 1882 in Camargo, Jasper County, Illinois
Died: 7 January 1962 in Chicago Heights, Illinois
Buried: 10 January 1962 in Kerns Cemetary, Gila, Jasper County, Illinois


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Father: William Henry Marrs b.1842
Mother: Elizabeth Anna (Grissom) Marrs b. 1843

Wife

Eva Ethel (Myers) Marrs
b.1890
Married: 22 November 1908

Children
Bessie Edith Vesta (Marrs) Hedrick b. 1909
Oda Herbert Marrs b. 1911
Fredrick William Marrs b. 1914
Omer Charles Marrs b. 1916
Claude Franklin Marrs b. 1919
Asa David Marrs b. 1922
Oscar Dale Marrs b. 1924


From Odd Fellow's Orphans' Home Lincoln, Illinois
Roster of residents for the year ending August 31, 1928

Oscar Dale Marrs, b. September 23, 1924, Hidalgo, entered home-April 19, 1928 (age 3)
Omer Marrs, b. October 6, 1916, Hidalgo, entered home-June 4, 1927 (age 10)
Claude Marrs, b. March 20, 1919, Hidalgo, entered home-June 4, 1927 (age 8)
David Marrs, b. February 3, 1922, Hidalgo, entered home-June 4, 1927 (age 4)

( from http://www.iltrails.org/il_orphan_oof.htm)