Jepson, Frank

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• Biography: 1911; History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin Page 0849

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FRANK JEPSON, who owns and operates an excellent farm of 100 acres located in section 31, Deer Creek township, is a native of Outagamie county, having been born December 29, 1861, the second of a family of four children. At the age of eighteen years he was employed as water boy of a construction gang on what is now the Chicago & Northwestern Railway, and for thirteen years continued in railroad construction work, then purchasing the place where he now lives, where he has resided ever since. He has a finely improved tract, ninety acres being under cultivation, and has three modern barns, the first, 36x56 feet built in 1893; the second, 36x58 feet, in 1895, and the third, 20x60 feet, built in 1908. He built a large and comfortable frame dwelling house in 1892, and the whole farm bears evidence of excellent management. He does general farming and stock raising and markets dairy products, hogs and cattle, as well as sugar beets. He handles Short Horn cattle, milks about ten cows, and raises Poland-China hogs. In 1883 Mr. Jepson married Miss Edna Pelton, of Fond du Lac, who died in January, 1889, leaving three daughters. The eldest, Clara A., married Casper Daggett, and is now living in Seymour; Bessie H. married Charles McLeod, and is now living in Shawano and has two children; and the youngest, Vesta P., married Ernest Timmreck and is now living in Maple Creek township and has one child. In October, 1890, Mr. Jepson was married to Mary Calkins, born January 28, 1868, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Hutchison) Calkins, natives of New York State who were married in Outagamie county. Mrs. Calkins died in 1886, while Mr. Calkins, who is seventy-three years old, is still surviving and makes his home at Mattoon. Mr. and Mrs. Jepson have had eight children, of whom the eldest, Iva P., died in infancy, while the others are living at home, namely: Ada M., Evva A., Lester R., Harold H., Leonard F., Isla L. and Calla V. Mr. Jepson is a Republican in his political views and has served three years as township treasurer and as a member of the school board for ten years. He and his family are consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of Welcome, Wisconsin.

Frank married Pelton, Edna Abt 1883. Edna was born 18 Jul 1864; died 16 Jan 1889; was buried , Old Maple Creek Cemetery, Maple Creek, Wisconsin, USA. [Group Sheet]

Frank married Calkins, Mary Abt Oct 1890. Mary (daughter of Calkins, Henry and Dey, Sarah Melvina) was born 21 Jan 1868; died 5 Oct 1961; was buried , Graceland Cemetery, Clintonville, Wisconsin, USA. [Group Sheet]

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• Other Info or Events: Aft 1902

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married a Daggett

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• Other Info or Events: Aft 1903

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Married to a McLeod

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• Other Info or Events: Aft 1905

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Married to a Timmreck

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• Birth - Church Record: 4 Apr 1894

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Birth - Church Record:
Name: Ada Mabel Jepson
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 8 Apr 1894
Birth Place: Dear Creek, Outagamie, Wisconsin
Father: Frank Jepson
Mother: Mary Calkins
FHL Film Number: 1305138

Ada married Sommers, Arthur 24 Apr 1917, Phillips, Phillips, Montana, USA. Arthur was born 16 Mar 1889; died 15 May 1969; was buried , Woodlawn Cemetery, Shawano, Wisconsin, USA. [Group Sheet]

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• Birth - Church Record: 8 Jul 1896
• Other Info or Events: Aft 1914

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Birth - Church Record:
Name: Eva Amber Jepson
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 8 Jul 1896
Birth Place: Deer Creek, Outagamie, Wisconsin
Father: Frank Jepson
FHL Film Number: 1305139

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married to a VanLoan

Name: Eva Jepson
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Year: abt 1896
Birth Place: Rearcreek, Wisconsin
Marriage Date: 21 Oct 1919
Marriage Place: Menominee, Menominee, Michigan, USA
Age: 23
Residence Place: Rear Creek, Wisconsin
Father: Frank Jepson
Mother: ??Ary Calkins
Spouse: Roman S Van Loon
Record Number: 524
Film: 145
Film Description: 1919 Kent - 1919 Ogemaw

Erva — VanLoon, Roman. Roman was born Abt 1895; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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WWI Draft Registration Card:
Name: Lester Ray Jepson
Birth: 18 Feb 1899
Residence: Not Stated, Outagamie, Wisconsin
Other: Outagamie County

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• Obituary: 14 Apr 2006; APC

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Obituary:
Isla Schilleman, age 99, passed away Wednesday, April 12, 2006, at Prairie Homes in Menasha. Isla was born the daughter of Frank and Mary (Calkins) Jepson on Nov. 9, 1906, in Bear Creek, WI. She married Orvin Uvaas in 1949. He preceded her in death in 1968. She married Ivern Schilleman in 1979. He preceded her in death August 8, 2000. After finishing High School in Bear Creek, and completing one year of Teacher's Training, Isla taught in one room, rural schools for five years. She then attended the University of Wisconsin, graduating with a major in Dietetics. She worked at the University of Wisconsin Hospital until World War II, at which time she was commissioned a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force Hospitals Medical Dept. After the war, Isla accepted a position of Chief Dietitian for Theda Clark Hospital. She retired after 12 years, but continued to serve as a volunteer for the hospital's auxiliary services. Isla was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Neenah.
Survivors include the following two nieces: Suzanne (Brad) Peterson, Williamstown, Vermont; Betty Lou (Thomas) Leonard, Lebanon, Oregon; step-son, Donald (Marjorie) Schilleman, Appleton; step-daughter, Elaine (William) Pawlak, Punta Gorda, FL, step-grandson, Thomas (Kathleen) Uvaas, Fergus Falls, MN, great-nephew, Robert (Mary) Rabideau, Germantown, seven step-grandchildren, 17 step-great-grandchildren, three step-great-great-grandchildren.
Besides her two husbands, Isla was preceded in death by three brothers, Lester, Harold and Leonard, three sisters, Ada, Evva and Calla, three half-sisters, Clara, Bessie and Vesta, two step-sons, James and Ethan Uvaas and other nieces and nephews.
A Funeral Service for Isla will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 15, 2006, at First United Methodist Church, Neenah, with Rev. Gordon Lind officiating. Interment will take place in Graceland Cemetery, Clintonville. Relatives and friends may call on Saturday at the church from 10 a.m. until the time of services.
Thank you to the loving staff of Prairie Homes. You gave our Isla a caring home these last four years. The family will be forever grateful. Also to Theda Care Hospice for making her passing peaceful.
WESTGOR FUNERAL HOME
205 W. Doty Ave.
Neenah 920-722-7151
The Post - Crescent; Appleton, Wis. [Appleton, Wis]14 Apr 2006: C.5

Ida married Schilleman, Ivern Abt 1979. Ivern was born 19 Aug 1903, Gillett, Oconto, Wisconsin, USA; died 8 Aug 2000, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA; was buried , Graceland Cemetery, Clintonville, Wisconsin, USA. [Group Sheet]