Hillbillies & Vikings

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James Ira Denbow

1873 - 1954 (80 years)

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Name	James Ira Denbow
Birth	9 Dec 1873	Lewisville, Monroe, Ohio, USA
Gender	Male
Marriage Groom	1893
	Witness Role: Principal: [F292] ...of (parents not known) Witness Role: Bride: [I2839] Ava LEVADA Witness Role: Groom: [I1201] James Ira DENBOW
Living	1930	Center Twp., Monroe, Ohio, USA [1]
	Shows Ira (Uncle Harry) living with his widow mother, sans wife. Probably after divorce or separation.
		1930 U.S. Census Ohio, Monroe Keywords: Picture
Name	Harry Denbow [2]
Occupation	Monroe, Ohio, USA At Home [2]
	a Wildcat Oil Driller
Death	25 Apr 1954	Woodsfield, Monroe, Ohio, USA [2, 3]
	Death Certificate says he died of prostatic cancer; however, my personal memory is that he had been climbing an oil derrick at age 80 and slipped and broke his back. I personally saw him on his death bed, laying on a couch, with his back supposedly broken. I was told that he contracted pneumonia and died from pneumonia about a week or so after I last saw him. His sister Cora was taking care of him. I have no way to reconcile this contradictory information.
		DC James Ira Denbow 1954 Keywords: Picture
Origins
Patriarch & Matriarch	John Denboe, b. Abt 1610, England d. 27 Nov 1704, Cecil, Maryland, USA (Age ~ 94 years) (5 x Great Grandfather) Sarah Wheatley, b. Abt 1780 (2 x Great Grandmother)
Person ID	I1201	Hillbillies & Vikings
Last Modified	10 Mar 2025

Father	James Tanner Denbow, b. 15 Jan 1847, Monroe, Ohio, USA d. 6 Oct 1928, Woodsfield, Monroe, Ohio, USA (Age 81 years)
Mother	Sarah Catherine Rose, b. 14 Sep 1853, Monroe, Ohio, USA d. 24 Nov 1931 (Age 78 years)
Marriage	12 Feb 1871	Monroe, Ohio, USA At Home
	Witness Role: Bride: [I4836] Sarah Catherine ROSE Witness Role: Groom: [I4837] James Tanner DENBOW Witness Role: Minister: [I6217] A. H. ROACH
Family ID	F291	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Ava Levada, b. 1873

Marriage 1893

Witness Role: Bride: [I2839] Ava LEVADA
Witness Role: Groom: [I1201] James Ira DENBOW

Children

1. James Denbow, b. 1900

Family ID F292 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 10 Mar 2025

Event Map

Occupation - a Wildcat Oil Driller - - Monroe, Ohio, USA

= Link to Google Earth
Photos
Uncle Harry Mug
Keywords: Picture

Uncle Harry 3
Keywords: Picture

Documents
DC James Ira Denbow 1954
Keywords: Picture

Notes

Research Note:
Title: Uncle Harry Divorce
Type: Tasks
For Person: Record: "James Ira DENBOW"
Date: January 4, 2019
Status: open
Designed: January 4, 2019
Planned: January 4, 2019
Last Edited: January 4, 2019

Task Description
Status
Date Completed
Scan his divorce papers, and enter as a source.

Person: Record: "James Ira DENBOW"

Reference Carl Jón Denbow. "James Ira Denbow". Hillbillies & Vikings. https://jonandjohn.org/getperson.php?personID=I1201&tree=tree1 (accessed April 28, 2025).

[S287] 1930 U.S. Census Monroe County Ohio (Sarah & James Ira Denbow).
[S1] Carl Jón Denbow, Personal knowledge of Carl Jón Denbow.
[S286] Certificate of Death for James Ira Denbow.

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