Kent County MI Archives Obituaries.....Wadsworth, Franklin Niles June 1, 1950 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Debra Crosby http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00010.html#0002467 October 31, 2020, 4:37 am Grand Rapids Press Sun Jun 3, 1950 pg 6 Funeral Services Held For F. N. Wadsworth Funeral services were held Saturday morning at the Alt mortuary chapel for F. Niles Wadsworth, 79, of 334 National ave., NW, native of Kendallville, Ind., and resident of Grand Rapids the last 15 years, who died Thursday night at Butterworth hospital after a long illness. Burial was to be in Kendallville. Mr. Wadsworth was a locomotive engineer 40 years for the Pennsylvania railroad and retired 20 years ago. He was a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen, the Loyal Order of Moose No. 88 at Kalamazoo and Porter lodge No. 131 at Fort Wayne, Ind. Surviving besides his wife Amanda, is a stepdaughter, Mrs. Doris Ponder of Omaha, Neb. Additional Comments: Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952 Name: F Niles Wadsworth Event Type: Death Event Date: 01 Jun 1950 Event Place:Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, US Gender: Male Age: 79 Marital Status: Married Birth Date: 28 Nov 1870 Birthplace: Kendalville, Indiana Birth Year (Estimated): 1871 Father's Name: Elihu Wadsworth Mother's Name: Margaret Schneider Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1968 Name: F Niles Wadsworth Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 10 Aug 1940 Event Place: Cook, Illinois, United States Gender: Male Age: 69 Birth Year (Estimated): 1871 Spouse's Name: Amanda J Lighty Spouse's Gender: Female Spouse's Age: 63 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1877 1940 Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan Niles Wadsworth 69 Indiana single Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952 Name: Leone K Voss Event Type: Death Event Date: 08 Oct 1934 Event Place: Tallmadge, Ottawa, Michigan, United States Gender: Female Age: 71 Marital Status: Widowed Birth Date: 31 Oct 1862 Birthplace: Kendellville, Indiana Birth Year (Estimated): 1863 Father's Name:William F Wadsworth Mother's Name: Margaret S Snyder 1930 Kalamazoo, Michigan Leone Voss Head Female 66 Indiana divorced H Kenneth Voss Son Male 46 Michigan F Niles Wadsworth Brother Male 59 Indiana Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952 Name: Emma C Wadsworth [Emma C Purches] Gender: Female Race: White Marital status: Married Husband: F. Niles Wadsworth Death Age: 58 Birth Date: 25 Mar 1870 Birth Place: New York Death Date: 26 Jul 1928 Death Place: Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA Father: Alvin A Purches Mother: Melinda Westfall File Number: 006360 1920 Kalamazoo Michigan H Kenneth Voss Head Male 38 Michigan Leone K Voss Mother Female 58 Indiana divorced 1920 Kalamazoo, Kalamazo, MI Franklin Niles 49 Head IN OH NY Railroad [Wadsworth] Emma C Niles 49 Wife NY NY NY [Wadsworth] Margaret Niles 79 Mother NY Germany Germany IN OH NY [Wadsworth] New York, County Marriage Records, 1847-1849, 1907-1936 Name: F Niles Wadsworth Gender: Male Age: 44 Birth Date: abt 1870 Marriage Date: 31 Aug 1914 Marriage Place: Otsego, New York, USA Father: Wm F Wadsworth Mother: Margaret Snyder Spouse: Emma C Purchase Film Number: 001021799 1910 Kalamazoo Ward 5 Kalamazoo Michigan Franklin N Wadsworth 39 Head IN OH NY railroad Margaret Wadsworth 70 Mother NY Germany Germany George K Isbell 47 Sister IN OH NY married 2, seamstress [Leona] 1910 Richfield Otsego New York Emma Purchase 40 Head Flora Purchase 35 Sister 1900 Grand Rapids Ward 11, Kent, Michigan Franklin Wadsworth 29 Nov 1870 IN OH NY Fireman RR Margaret Wadsworth 60 Jan 1840 NY Germany Germany mother 1900 Saginaw Ward 1, Saginaw, Michigan John Mc Leod 52 Christina Mc Leod 45 Dwight Isbell 37 Jul 1862 NY NY OH Brakeman boarder Leone K Isbell 37 Oct 1862 IN OH NY boarder 1900 Richfield, Otsego, New York Melinda Purchase 57 Sep 1842 NY NY NY widow Emma C Purchase 30 Mar 1870 NY NY NY Flora E Purchase 25 Oct 1874 NY NY NY Clara M Purchase 21 Feb 1879 NY NY NY Catharine Westfall 77Aug 1822 NY NY NY mother widow Maria Westfall 55Aug 1844 NY NY NY sister 1880 Kendallville, Noble, Indiana Maggie Wadsworth 40 NY Hesse D Hesse D dressmaker Leona K Voss 17 IN OH NY daughter dressmaker married Frank Wadsworth 9 IN OH NY son 1880 Richfield, Otsego, New York Dewitt C. Purchase 67 NY NY NY Eliza Purchase 67 NY NY NY Alvin A. Purchase 40 NY NY NY Linda M. Purchase 38 NY NY NY Emma C. Purchase 10 NY NY NY Flora E. Purchase 6 NY NY NY Clara M. Purchase 1 NY NY NY 1870 Richfield, Otsego, New York Alvin A Purchase 30 Malinda Purchase 28 Emma Purchase 2/12 Perry Miller 18 [for others in family see also Kalamazoo, MI, Marion Co. IN, St. Louis, MN] Submitter is not related and has no further information. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/kent/obits/w/wadswort10255gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 5.2 Kb