JOHN LEVEL AND ANNA SCOTT


by JANE A. LEAVELL

GENERATION 1

JOHN LEVEL was born about 1790 in Virginia, USA. He died about 1872 in Hancock County, Indiana, USA. He married ANNA SCOTT. She was born about 1790 in Pennsylvania, USA. She died about 1852 in Decatur County, Indiana, USA.

Notes for John Level:
1850, Worth, Hancock Co., Indiana
John Level, 60, VA, farmer, $1000 in real property
Anna Level, 60, PA
Samuel Level, 18, OH
Solomon Level, 23, OH
Abraham Level, 19, OH
Phoebe Level, 4, IN

LAVELLE FRANCIS LEE tree at http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/28420173/person/12041312039 says John died 1852 in Henry County, Indiana.

John Level and Anna Scott had the following children:
2......i.....THOMAS JEFFERSON LEVEL was born on 08 Dec 1807 in Pennsylvania, USA. He died on 22 Nov 1895 in Vinton, Benton, Iowa, USA.
…..ii.....SUSAN LEVEL was born on 01 Mar 1809 in Butler County, Ohio, USA. She died on 07 Nov 1863. She married NATHANIEL DAWSON. He was born about 1828 in North Carolina, USA. He died on 15 Aug 1901.
I.....ii.....ROBERT LEVEL was born about 1810.
3......iv.....LIDDIE LEVEL was born on 30 Nov 1817 in Pennsylvania, USA. She died on 15 May 1893 in Montgomery County, Indiana, USA.
…..v.....SAMUEL LEVEL was born about 1822 in Butler County, Ohio, USA.

Notes for Samuel Level: Is this he?
Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Fond Du Lac, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin; Roll: 1425; Family History Film: 1255425; Page: 230B; Enumeration District: 42; .
John P. Hunter...36...Maine...keeps meat market
Amanda H. Hunter...36...Maine
Georgia Hunter...13...Maine
Samuel Level...53...single...OH...wood dealer...boarder
Mary Mogan...18...Wisconsin, Ireland, Ireland...hired help
4.....vi.....SOLOMON LEVEL was born about 1827 in Ohio, USA. He married NAOMI FRENCH on 24 Dec 1850 in Decatur County, Indiana, USA. She was born about 1829 in Ohio, USA.
5.....vii.....ABRAHAM LEVEL was born about Dec 1831 in Butler County, Ohio, USA. He died on 28 Jul 1909 in Raysville, Henry, Indiana, USA. He married (1) ELIZA DORVALL on 29 Mar 1855 in Rush County, Indiana, USA. She was born about 1836 in North Carolina, USA. He married (2) LOUISA ?. She was born about 1830 in North Carolina, USA. She died before 1894.

GENERATION 2

2. THOMAS JEFFERSON LEVEL (John)
was born on 08 Dec 1807 in Pennsylvania, USA. He died on 22 Nov 1895 in Vinton, Benton, Iowa, USA. He married ABAGAIL REDDINGTON on 26 Sep 1849 in Greensburg, Decatur, Indiana, USA. She was born on 28 Nov 1830 in Franklin County, Indiana, USA. She died on 16 Jul 1918 in Benton County, Iowa, USA.

Notes for Thomas Jefferson Level:
Is this he?
1850 - Canton, Stark, Ohio
Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Canton, Stark, Ohio; Roll: M432_730; Page: 532; Image: 411.
Thos. Leavell...48...PA...farmer
Eliza Leavell...36...PA
Jasper Leavell...4...OH
Harriet A. Leavell...under one year...OH
Thos. Leavell...80...PA...farmer
Eliza Leavell...80...
Rebecca Hough...?...
next door to:
William Leavell...52...PA...farmer...
Eliza Leavell...48...PA...
William Leavell...11...OH
Thomas Jones...17...OH
Eliza Jones...15...PA

1870 Havana, Mason, Illinois (11 July 1870)
Thomas Level, 62, PA, farmer, $200 property
Abigail Level, 40, IN
Mary S. Level, 20, IN
Level, Abraham Level, 17, IN
Johnny Level, 14, Iowa
Martha Level, 12, Iowa
William Level, 10, Iowa
Samuel Level, 5, Iowa
Frank Level, 3, Iowa
Abijah Level, 2/12, IL

1880 Census Place Trenton, Henry, Iowa
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Thomas Level...Self...M...Male...W...72... OH...Laborer...OH, OH
Abigail Level...Wife...M...Female...W...55...OH...Keeping House...OH, OH
Samuel Level...Son...S...Male...W...15...IA...Laborer...OH, OH
Benjamin Level...Son...S...Male...W...13...IA, OH, OH

1910 - Vinton Ward 2, Benton, Iowa
Abigal Level...91...IN, Vermont, Vermont...widow...
John Level...50...Iowa, PA, IN...widowed...laborer

1915 - Taylor, Benton, Iowa
John Level...54...IA, PA, IN...farmer...earned $200 last year...in Iowa 54 years...read/write

Thomas Jefferson Level and Abagail Reddington had the following children:
….i.....MARY S. LEVEL was born about 1850 in Indiana, USA.
….ii.....JOHNNY LEVEL was born on 18 Apr 1851. He died on 10 Mar 1938 in Taylor Township, Benton, Iowa, USA. He married SARAH A. TODD on 07 Apr 1882 in Benton County, Iowa, USA.

Notes for Johnny Level:
1900 - Taylor, Benton, Iowa
Stephen E Chapin 45
Catharin Chapin 43
Frank Chapin 16
Edith Chapin 13
Fred Chapin 11
Hasle Chapin 2
Charls Skemp 77
John Level 42...IL, OH, IL...farm laborer
In 1900 living with his widowed mother; he's a widower, too.

1915 - Taylor, Benton, Iowa
John Level...54...IA, PA, IN...farmer...earned $200 last year...in Iowa 54.years...read/write

6.....iii.....ABRAHAM JACOB LEVEL was born on 02 Jan 1853 in Indiana, USA. He died on 11 Nov 1939. He married (1) MARY ELIZABETH KIZER on 03 Feb 1874 in Mount Auburn, Benton, Iowa, USA. She was born on 08 Jan 1855 in Iowa, USA. She died on 20 Nov 1897. He married (2) NANCY BROWN MURPHY on 14 Dec 1898.
…..Iv.....ANNELIZA LEVEL was born on 09 Sep 1854 in Mount Pleasant, Henry, Iowa, USA. She died on 25 Jun 1855 in Mount Pleasant, Henry, Iowa, USA.
…..v.....MARTHA LEVEL was born about 1858 in Iowa, USA.
7....vi....WILLIAM LEVEL was born about 1859 in Henry County, Iowa, USA. He married FRANCES MAE HARVEY on 04 Oct 1883 in Vinton, Benton, Iowa, USA. She was born on 23 Sep 1864 in Daviess County, Indiana, USA. She died on 08 Sep 1938 in Alden, Hardin, Iowa, USA. …..Vii.....SAMUEL LEVEL was born on 21 Jun 1865 in Mount Pleasant, Hanover, Jamaica. He died on 28 Oct 1898.
8.....viii.....BENJAMIN FRANKLIN LEVELLE was born on 03 Mar 1867 in Henry County, Iowa, USA. He died on 20 Sep 1940. He married MARY MAY DAUBAUGH on 27 Oct 1889.
….Ix.....ABIJAH LEVEL was born in 1870 in Havana, Mason, Illinois, USA.

3. LIDDIE LEVEL (John) was born on 30 Nov 1817 in Pennsylvania, USA. She died on 15 May 1893 in Montgomery County, Indiana, USA. She married EMANUEL BURK on 11 Feb 1838 in Butler County, Ohio, USA, son of Alexis Burk and Mary Elizabeth Lengenfelter. He was born on 18 Jan 1816 in Butler County, Ohio, USA. He died on 10 May 1876 in Montgomery County, Indiana, USA.

Notes for Liddie Level: Source Citation: Year: 1840; Census Place: Reiley, Butler, Ohio; Roll: 380; Page: 38; Image: 82;
Family History Library Film: 0020160.
Name: Emmanuel Burk
Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Reiley, Butler, Ohio
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 2
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 4
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 4

Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Coal Creek, Montgomery, Indiana; Roll: M432_161; Page: 471B; Image: 510. Emanuel Burk...34...OH...farmer...$11000
Lydia Burk...38...PA
John Burk...11...OH
Electius Burk...10...OH
Elizabeth Burk...9...OH
Georg W Burk...8...OH
Phebe E Burk...6...IN
Emanuel Burk...4...IN
Letitia Burk...3...IN

Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Coal Creek, Montgomery, Indiana; Roll: M653_283; Page: 343; Image: 347; Family History Library Film: 803283.
Emanuel Burk...43...OH...farmer...$7000 real estate...$1000 personal
Lydia Burk...42...PA
Alexis Burk...20...OH
Elizabeth Anne Burk...19...OH
George W Burk...17...OH
Phebe E Burk...16...IN
Emanuel Burk...14...IN
Lydia J Burk...12...IN
Charlotte Burk...9...IN
Nelson Burk...7...IN
Barbara Burk...3...IN

Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Coal Creek, Montgomery, Indiana; Roll: M593_345; Page: 60A; Image: 123; Family History Library Film: 545844.
Emanuel Burk...55...OH...farmer...$600
Lydia Burk...54...PA
June Emanuel Burk...24...IN...farmer
Charlotte Burk...19...IN
Nelson Burk...17...IN
Barbara A Burk...13...IN
next door to:
Geo. W. Burk...28...OH...farm laborer
Susan Burk...21...IN
Francis M. Burk...1...IN...male

Emanuel Burk and Liddie Level had the following children:
….i.....JOHN L. BURK was born about 1839 in Ohio, USA.
…..ii......ALEXIS BURK was born on 14 May 1840 in Ohio, USA. He died on 12 Apr 1861 in Coal Creek, Montgomery, Indiana, USA.
…..iii..... ELIZABETH ANN BURK was born on 15 May 1841 in Ohio, USA. She married ? KIFER.
9.....iv.....GEORGE W. BURK was born on 14 Jun 1842 in Ohio, USA. He died on 14 Jun 1886 in Logansport, Cass, Indiana, USA. He married SUSAN A. THOMAS on 01 Aug 1867 in Montgomery County, Indiana, USA. She was born about 1849 in Indiana, USA.
…..v.....PHEBE E. BURK was born on 03 Dec 1843 in Ohio, USA. She died on 18 Jan 1905 in Roachdale, Putnam, Indiana, USA. She married ALBERT M. BURK on 19 Mar 1867 in Montgomery County, Indiana, USA. He was born in May 1847 in Indiana, USA.

Notes for Phebe E. Burk:
Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Franklin, Putnam, Indiana; Roll: T623; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 74.
Albert M. Burk...53...May 1847...IN, OH, OH...married 33 years...teamster
Phebe Burk...56...Dec 1843...OH, OH, OH...married 33 years...4 children, 3 living
…..vi.....EMANUEL BURK was born on 21 Mar 1846 in Coal Creek Township, Montgomery, Indiana, USA. He died about 1871. He married RACHEL HAYES on 23 Oct 1870 in Montgomery County, Indiana, USA. .
….vii.....LYDIA JANE BURK was born on 05 Sep 1847 in Coal Creek Township, Montgomery, Indiana, USA. She married ? BRANNON.
10.....viii.....CHARLOTTE BURK was born on 20 Feb 1851 in Montgomery County, Indiana, USA. She died on 10 Jul 1936 in Muncie, Delaware, Indiana, USA. She married ANTHONY WAYNE KEELY on 15 Nov 1874 in Montgomery County, Indiana, USA, son of James Keely and Mary A. McKee. He was born on 15 Apr 1853 in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA. He died on 01 May 1929 in Hartford City, Blackford, Indiana, USA.
…..ix.....NELSON A. BURK was born on 19 Nov 1852 in Coal CreekTownship, Montgomery, Indiana, USA. He died on 27 May 1885.
…..x.....BARBARA A. BURK was born about 1856 in Coal Creek Township, Montgomery, Indiana, USA. She died on 06 Oct 1914. She married GARRETT BALDWIN. He was born on 26 Jul 1852 in Wayne County, Indiana, USA. He died on 09 Jun 1900 in Wayne County, Indiana, USA.
Notes for Barbara A. Burk:
Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Union, Montgomery, Indiana; Roll: T623; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 110
Garret Baldwin...47...July 1852...IN, OH, IN...married 17 years...teamster
Barbara A. Baldwin...43...Nov 1856...IN, OH, PA...1 child, 0 living
4. SOLOMON LEVEL (John) was born 27 Jun 1827 in Ohio, USA and died 05 Sep 1887. He married NAOMI FRENCH on 24 Dec 1850 in Decatur County, Indiana, USA. She was born Sep. 9, 1825 in Ohio, USA and died Nov. 6, 1901 Indiana. Both are buried in Antioch Cemetery, Decatur County, Indiana, USA. See pictures of their tombstones at http://findagrave.com. James Stone, in The House of Stone at http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/12562939/person/-231139126, claims Ida is the daughter and Frank Edgar is the son of Solomon and Naomi, although one census lists them as grandchildren.

Notes for Solomon Level:
MARRIAGE:
Last Name: LEVEL
First Name: SOLOMON
Spouse- Last Name: FRENCH
Spouse- First Name: NAOMI
County: DECATUR
Date: 12-24-1850

A Solomon Level enlisted 15 December 1862/1 as a private in Indiana; he lived in Smyrna. He was in A Company 68th Inf. Reg. IN and mustered out on 5 July 1865.

1870 census - 1870 - Marion, Decatur, Indiana
Soliman Level...42...farmer...OH
Naoma Level...43...OH
John Level...18...IN
Jas. S. Level...15...IN
Nancy Level...13...IN
Minerva Level...11...IN
Ferona Level...8...IN
Henrietta Level...4...IN
Hazel L. Level...1...IN
Anna Level...8...PA

1880 - Marion, Decatur, Indiana
Solomon Level...53...OH, PA, PA...farmer
Leona Level...54...OH, PA, PA
Alice Level...18...IN, OH, OH
Henrietta Level ...14...IN, OH, OH
Elizabeth Level...11...IN, OH, OH
Ida Level...3...IN, OH, OH
Frank Level...2...IN, OH, OH

Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Marion, Decatur, Indiana; Roll: T623_366; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 55.
Naoma Level...73...Sept 1826...OH, PA, PA...widowed...9 children, 7 living
John Level...48...Sept 1851...IN, OH, OH...day laborer
Ida Level...22...Nov 1877...IN, IN, IN...granddau
Floyd Level...14...June 1885...IN, IN, IL...grandson

Solomon Level and Naomi French had the following children:
11…..i.…..JOHN WILLIAM LEVEL was born in Sep 1851 in Indiana, USA.
12.….ii.....JAMES SAMUEL LEVEL was born on 04 Aug 1855 in Indiana, USA.
…..iii.....NANCY LEVEL was born about 1857 in Indiana, USA.
13....iv.....MINERVA ANGELINE LEVEL was born on 26 May 1859 in Indiana, USA. .
…..v...... ALICE FERONA LEVEL was born about 1862 in Indiana, USA. Is this she?
Sophrona Levell (daughter of Solomon Levell and Naomi French) died date unknown. She married John William Redelman, son of Balthasar H. Redelman and Rosina Hessler.

Children of Sophrona Levell and John William Redelman are:
…... +Ferdinand Joseph Redelman, Sr., b. September 28, 1881, Greensburg, Indiana, d. December 28, 1958, Kouts, Indiana.
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/d/u/t/James-Dutton-MO/WEBSITE-000 1/UHP-0221.html
…..vi.....HENRIETTA LEVEL was born about 1866 in Indiana, USA.
…..vii.....HAZEL L. LEVEL was born about 1869 in Indiana, USA.
.....viii.....IDA M. LEVEL was born 20 Nov 1877 in Indiana, USA. In a 2016 email, Jim Stone, the creator of "The House of Stone" website, wrote "Ida May Level was their grand daughter. She was the daughter of Nancy Ellen Level and William Myers." But note the parents she listed in marriage records.

Original data: Indiana, Marriages. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
Name: Ida M. Levell
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Age: 26
Birth Date: 1876
Birth Place: Indiana
Marriage Date: 23 Nov 1902
Marriage Place: Marion, Indiana
Father: Solman Levell
Mother: French
Spouse: Frank L. Bixler
FHL Film Number: 413542
Reference ID: pg198rn498

Indiana, Marriages, 1780-1992. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
Name: Ida M. Bixler [Ida M. Levell]
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 30 Apr 1906
Marriage Place: Marion Co., Indiana
Father: Solomon Levell
Mother: Naomi French
Spouse: Walter M. Lillard
FHL Film Number: 499386
Reference ID: p299

"Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFQJ-84Y : accessed 17 March 2016), Raymond Marshall Aldridge and Ida May Lillard, 28 Aug 1926; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 1,940,619.
Name Raymond Marshall Aldridge
Birth Date 21 Nov 1886
Birthplace Tipton, Ind.
Spouse's Name Ida May Lillard
Spouse's Birth Date 20 Nov 1877
Spouse's Birthplace Greensburg, Ind.
Event Date 28 Aug 1926
Event Place Hancock County, Indiana
Father's Name Marshall A. Aldridge
Mother's Name Sarah Allison
Spouse's Father's Name Wm. Myers
Spouse's Mother's Name Nancy Ellen Levell
Race White
Marital Status Divorced
Spouse's Race White
Spouse's Marital Status Divorced

14.....ix.....FRANK EDGAR LEVEL was born 20 Apr 1878 Indiana and died October 1947. Was he, like his sister Ida, actually the grandchild of Solomon and Naomi? He married MARY THERESA TEWELL, who is buried in Saint Johns Cemetery, Loogootee, Martin County, Indiana, USA. On 20 Apr 1878 in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, he married CORA VIRGINIA FIDDICK, b. 17 Oct 1888 Hendricks, IN, d. 25 Oct 1965 in Madison, Dane, Wisconsin, USA after the death of her third husband Frank Zurney.

5. ABRAHAM LEVEL (John) was born about Dec 1831 in Butler County, Ohio, USA. He died on 28 Jul 1909 in Raysville, Henry, Indiana, USA. Tombstone in Raysville Christian Cemetery, Henry County, Indiana gives dob and death date and adds "Co. G, 42nd Ind. Vol. Inf." He married (1) ELIZA DORVALL on 29 Mar 1855 in Rush County, Indiana, USA. She was born about 1836 in North Carolina, USA. He married (2) LOUISA ?. She was born about 1830 in North Carolina, USA. She died before 1894. Tombstone in Raysville Christian Cemetery, Henry County, Indiana gives dob and death date and adds "Co. G, 42nd Ind. Vol. Inf." There's a tombstone there for Sarah L. Level, born 1832 and died 1892, inscribed "Wife of A. Level."

Notes for Abraham Level:
On 3-29-1855, Abram Level married Dorvell, Eliza in IN, Rush Co. per RUSH CO. IN MARRIAGE RECORDS 1822-1862

Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Wayne, Henry, Indiana; Roll: M653_266; Page: 492; Image: 492; Family History Library Film: 803266.
Abraham Level, 25, Iowa...laborer...$100 real estate...$50 personal
Eliza Level, 24, NC
Sarah E. Level, 1, IN

1870 - Wayne, Henry, Indiana
Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Wayne, Henry, Indiana; Roll: M593_323; Page: 272; Image: 550.
Abraham Level...36...OH...carpenter...$300 property...$100 personal
Eliza Level...37...NC...housekeeper

1880 - Raysville, Henry, Indiana
Abram Level...52...OH, VA, VA...carpenter
Louisa Level...50...NC, NC, NC...keeping house
Lizzie Level...9...IN...dau

1894 ENUMERATION OF HENRY COUNTY, IN VETERANS

Name .....P.O. .....Township .....Widow .....Son .....Daughter
Leavel, Abraham .....Raysville .....Wayne ..... ..... .....
http://www.hcgs.net/1894vetcensus.html

ENLISTED MEN OF COMPANY B, 42nd INDIANA VOLUNTEERS has a Private Abraham Leavell, residing in Granville, who was drafted Sept 26, '64 and mustered out June 18, '65; him?

1900 - Wayne, Henry, Indiana
Abraham Level...Dec 1835...64...OH, OH, OH...widowed...head...carpenter

INDIANA DEATHS
Name: Abraham Level
Date: 28 Jul 1909
Location: Raysville
Age: 79 Yr
Gender: Male
Race: White
Source Location: County Health Office, New Castle
Source Notes: The source of this record is the book CSS-5 on page 19 within the series produced by the Indiana Works Progress Administration.

Abraham Level and Eliza Dorvall had the following child:
…..i.....SARAH E. LEVEL was born about 1859 in Henry County, Indiana, USA.

Abraham Level and Louisa ? had the following child:
…..ii.....LIZZIE LEVEL was born about 1869 in Indiana, USA.

GENERATION 3

6. ABRAHAM JACOB LEVEL (Thomas Jefferson, John)
was born on 02 Jan 1853 in Indiana, USA. He died on 11 Nov 1939. He married (1) MARY ELIZABETH KIZER on 03 Feb 1874 in Mount Auburn, Benton, Iowa, USA. She was born on 08 Jan 1855 in Iowa, USA. She died on 20 Nov 1897. He married (2) NANCY BROWN MURPHY on 14 Dec 1898.

Notes for Abraham Jacob Level: At findagrave.com see photo of tombstone shared by Abraham J. Levell and Mary E. Levell in Bear Creek Cemetery, Brandon, Benton County, Iowa, USA
Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Harrison, Benton, Iowa; Roll: 326; Family History Film: 1254326; Page: 189C; Enumeration District: 029;
Abraham Level..27...IN, OH, OH...farmer
Mary E. Level...25...IA, IN, IN
Alta L. Level...5...IA, IN, IA
Jose Jona Level...3...IA, IN, IA
Charles Level...2...IA, IN, IA
Stella M. Level...1...IA, IN, IA

Ancestry.com. Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
1885--Benton--Harrison
Abram J Level...32...IN...farmer
Mary Level...30...
Alty Level...10...
Josephine Level...8...
Charley Level...6...
Stella Level...5...
Frederick Level...3...
Lenna Level...1...

Iowa State Census 1895
Name: Abram J. Level
Age: 42
Race: W
Birthplace: Ind
Residence: Jefferson, Buchanan

In Iowa City, Iowa, in 1905 an Abraham Levell was sent to the insane asylum.

Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Twelve Mile Lake, Emmet, Iowa; Roll: T624_399; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 89; Image: 1517.
Charley Levell...31...IA, IN, IA...married 8 years...farmer, general
Clara Levell...24...IA, Scotland, IA...3 children, 3 living
Edith Levell...7...IA, IA, IA
Wilford Levell...6...IA, IA, IA
Lumbert Levell...4...IA, IA, IA
Robert Levell...21...IA, IN, IA...brother...laborer
Aberaham Levell...57...IN, IN, IN...father...laborer

1920 - Milwaukee Ward 5, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Roy Cox...35...KS, IL, Wisc...policeman...rents
Cora Cox...33...IA, IN, IA
Mabel Cox...15...Wisc
Madeline Cox...13...Wisc
Earl Cox...9...Wisc
Abram Levell ...66...father-in-law...widowed...IN, OH, IN...can read/write
Schurley Levell...24...brother-in-law...single...IA, IN, IA...factory clerk

Unsourced newspaper obituary:
Abraham J. LaVelle, 86 died on November 21, 1939 at 3 p.m. at a local hospital after an extended illness. The funeral services will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Christian Church, Brandon, the Rev. Otis Ball, officiating, with burial in the Bear Creek Cemetery. Born in Indiana, Brandon, the Rev. Otis Ball, officiating, with burial in the Bear Creek Cemetery. Born in Indiana, January 8, 1853, a son of Thomas and Abigail Lavelle, he came to this country at the age of twelve with his parents, who located on a farm near Brandon, where he grew to manhood. He married Mary Elizabeth Kizer February 20, 1874, who died November 19, 1897. Mr. LaVelle was the father of 12 children, nine of whom are still living. He was a lifelong member of the Christian Church. He farmed near Brandon until his retirement some years ago. The surviving children are Mesdames George Steckman, Brandon; Roy (?) Cox, blurry city; Josephine Southworth, Albany, Oregon; Stelling Cushing, Rockford, Illinois; Orris Burkholder, Brandon; Fred LaVelle, Vinton; Fred, city; Charles, Esterville; Shirley, Chicago; one brother, Benjamin, Eagle Grove; 34 grandchildren and 42 great grandchildren.

Abraham Jacob Level and Mary Elizabeth Kizer had the following children:
15.....i.....ALTA DOWA LEVELL was born on 13 Jan 1875 in Benton County, Iowa, USA.
16..... ii.....ALMA JOSEPHINE LEVELL was born on 06 Nov 1876. She married (1) JAMES ALBERT on 07 Sep 1892. He was born in Jun 1869 in Iowa, USA. He died about 1922. She married (2) ? SOUTHWORTH.
17.....iii.....CHARLES A. LEVELL was born on 05 Apr 1878 in Benton County, Iowa, USA. He died on 07 Feb 1968 in Jackson County, Minnesota, USA. He married CLARA ?. She was born about 1886 in Iowa, USA.
18.....iv.....STELLA MAE LEVELL was born on 07 Oct 1879 in Brandon, Buchanan, IA, USA. She died on 02 Jul 1974. She married CHARLES EDWARD CUSHING on 25 Dec 1897 in Vinton, Benton, Iowa, USA. He was born on 13 Aug 1876 in Boone, Boone, Iowa, USA. He died on 12 Feb 1939.
….v.....ROSEY LEVELLE was born on 10 Feb 1881. She died in Apr 1881.
19.....vi.....FREDERICK ALVIN LEVELL was born on 06 Dec 1882 in Vinton, Benton, Iowa, USA. He died on 28 Oct 1960 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA. He married LETTA M. CLARK on 09 Feb 1903 in Waterloo, Blackhawk, Iowa, USA. She was born about 1885 in Iowa, USA.
20….vii.....LENNA BELLE LEVELL was born on 06 Dec 1883. She died in Mar 1979. She married (1) WILLIAM BAHME. She married (2) ORIS BURKHOLDER.

Notes for Lenna Belle Levell:
In 1900 census at age 16 with sister Alta
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=53963884 claims EMMA (1885--1934) was wife of ORIS BURKHOLDER (1880--1947) and shows a tombstone with those names and dates. Her parents were Abraham LeVelle and Elizabeth Kizer.
Burial for Emma and Oris: Brandon Cemetery, Brandon, Buchanan County, Iowa, USA
But a family tree at ancestry.com claims Oris married EMMA CROFT, born abt. 1886, and the 1910 census and 1930 show his wife Emma R. was born in IA with a father born IL and mother born England. I don't think she's Lenna Belle Levell.
21.....viii.....CORA ANNETTE LEVELL was born on 21 Feb 1886 in Iowa, USA. She married ROY A. COX on 05 Aug 1903. He was born about 1884 in Kansas, USA.
22.....ix.....BENJAMIN FRANKLIN LEVELLE was born on 26 Dec 1887 in Harrison, Benton, Iowa, USA. He died on 12 Sep 1979 in Ava, Douglas, Missouri, USA. He married MARY IRENE HAYMAKER on 10 Jan 1912 in Vinton, Benton , Iowa, USA. She was born on 09 Aug 1892. She died on 19 Sep 1969 in Vinton, Benton, Iowa, USA. 23......x.....ROBERT J. LEVELLE was born on 29 Apr 1889 in Benton County, Iowa, USA. He died on 22 Nov 1916. He married ELLA LYNCH on 10 Apr 1910 in Estherville, Emmett, Iowa, USA. She was born about 1891 in Iowa, USA. She died on 01 Jul 1971 in St Augustine, St Johns, Florida, USA. …..xi......LLOYD LEVELLE was born on 14 Aug 1890. He died on 09 Oct 1894. …..xii.....SCHURLEY LATELLE LEVELLE was born on 12 Aug 1895. He died on 29 Mar 1966 in Cook County, Illinois, USA. He married VIVIAN CHAMPION about 1922.
Notes for Schurley LaTelle LeVelle:
Ancestry.com. Iowa, Births and Christenings Index, 1857-1947 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Name: Schurley L Levell
Birth Date: 12 Aug 1895
Birth Place: Harrison Township, Benton, Iowa
Father's Name: Abram J Levell
Father's Birth Place: Indiana
Mother's Name: Mary Elizabeth Kizer
Mother's Birth Place: Iowa
FHL Film Number: 987631

Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Roll: 497; Page: 5B; Image: 312.0; Family History Library Film: 2340232. April 4, 1930
Schurley Levell...34...IA, IA, IA...clerk, Post Office...married at 27
Levinia Levell...25...England, England, England...married at 18
Sherley Levell...4 4/12...Wisconsin, Iowa, England...dau
Phylis Levell...2 7/12...IL, IA, England...dau
Virginia Levell...1 8/12...IL, IA, England...dau

WORLD WAR II DRAFT REGISTRATION CARD
Name: Schurley L Levell
Racine
Birth Date: 12 Aug 1895
Birth Place: Benton County, Iowa
Race: White
Person who knows his address: Lavinia Levell
Employer: U. S. Post Office, Van Buren and Canal

Name: Schurley L Levell
Death Date: 29 Mar 1966
Death Location: Cook County, IL
File Number: 619130
Archive collection name: Cook County Genealogy Records (Deaths)
Archive repository location: Chicago, IL
Archive repository name: Cook County Clerk

SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH INDEX
Name: Schurley Levell
SSN: 349-20-8646
Last Residence: 60614 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States of America
Born: 12 Aug 1895
Died: Mar 1965
State (Year) SSN issued: Illinois (Before 1951)

…..xiii.....LAMONT LEVELLE was born on 20 Nov 1897. He died on 24 Nov 1897.

7. WILLIAM LEVEL (Thomas Jefferson, John) was born about 1859 in Henry County, Iowa, USA. He married FRANCES MAE HARVEY on 04 Oct 1883 in Vinton, Benton, Iowa, USA. She was born on 23 Sep 1864 in Daviess County, Indiana, USA. She died on 08 Sep 1938 in Alden, Hardin, Iowa, USA.
Notes for William Level:
William worked in the logging camps in Oregon during the 1880`s and later. He was born about 1859 in Benton County, Iowa, and lived there until leaving for Oregon about 1884. He married Frances Harvey in October 1883 in Benton County, Iowa. Frances Mae Harvey/Doolittle was the daughter of Oscar Harvey and Jamimma Graham but was raised from infancy by Augustus and Sarah Doolittle. The Doolittles had a Whiteside County, IL connection. William and Frances had a daughter, Maude Mae Level. Maude Mae Level was born in Sterling, Whiteside County, IL on October 12, 1884. According to LaDonna Whipple, this family is connected to Abigail Redington and Thomas Level, son of John Level and Anna Scott. Contact her at jvwhip at iowatelecom.net
Is this him?
1880 Census Place...Eden, Benton, Iowa
Name ...Relation...Marital Status...Gender...Race...Age...Birthplace...Occupation...Father's Birthplace...Mother's Birthplace
Wheeler MARKHAM ... Self ... M ... Male ... W ... 43 ... MASS ... Farmer ... MASS ... MASS
Marila MARKHAM ... Wife ... M ... Female ... W ... 43 ... MASS ... Keeps House ... MASS ... MASS
Rosa M. DAUGHTERTY ... Other ... S ... Female ... W ... 12 ... IOWA ... At School ... MO ... ---
William LEVEL ... Other ... S ... Male ... W ... 20 ... IOWA ... Farm Laborer ... --- ... ---
Or this?
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace James GUILLIAMS Self M Male W 35 IN Farmer VA VA
Lear GUILLIAMS Wife M Female W 34 IN Keeping House PA PA
Kalita GUILLIAMS Son S Male W 9 IA IN IN
Llewellyn GUILLIAMS Son S Male W 4 IA IN IN
William LEAVELL ...Other...S ...Male ...W... 18... IA... Farm Hand... IN... IN
Roda CLEMMENS Other S Female W 14 IA Servant IN IN
Source Information:
Census Place Udell, Appanoose, Iowa
Family History Library Film 1254326
NA Film Number T9-0326
Page Number 629A

William Level and Frances Mae Harvey had the following child: 24.....i.....MAUDE MAE LEVEL was born on 12 Oct 1884 in Sterling, Crawford, Illinois, USA. She died on 29 Jul 1943 in Hampton, Franklin, Iowa, USA. She married THOMAS HUTCHINSON WATT on 20 Mar 1901 in Hamilton County, Iowa, USA. He was born on 23 Sep 1872 in Modena, Stark, Illinois, USA. He died on 11 Mar 1961 in Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa, USA.

8. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN LEVELLE (Thomas Jefferson Level, John Level) was born on 03 Mar 1867 in Henry County, Iowa, USA. He died on 20 Sep 1940. He married MARY MAY DAUBAUGH or DONBAUGH on 27 Oct 1889. He married IDA MAE MANCLE on 21 Sep 1914 in Franklin, Hampton, Iowa. Sources include SCHMITZ FAMILY TREE at http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/19528919/person/18014129358

Notes for Benjamin Franklin LeVelle:
Posted by Susan Herring on Fri, 22 Jan 1999
Looking for relatives of Thomas Roy LAVELLE of Waterloo, Iowa. The information that I do know is that his father was Benjamin Franklin LAVELLE that was married to a Mae DONBAUGH, both of Waterloo, Iowamn. Thomas Roy LAVELLE died in Covington, Oklahoma in 1932. He was married to Kate Bell ROSS. [NOTE: Waterloo is in Black Hawk County, Iowa.] Ben was born March 03, 1867 in Henry Co. IA to Abigail Redington and Thomas Level (born 1807 in Pennsylvania). Ben died September 20, 1940.

Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: La Porte, Black Hawk, Iowa; Roll: 417; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 3; FHL microfilm: 1240417
Benjamin Level...32...May 1868...IA, IN, IN...married 10 years
Mary Level...28...May 1872...IA, PA, PA...
Roy Level...9...Feb 1891...IA, IA, IA
Bert Level...8...Apr 1892...IA, IA, IA
Pearl Level...6...Aug 1893...IA, IA, IA
Ethel Level...4...Feb 1896...IA, IA, IA

Source Citation: Year: 1920; Census Place: Clarion, Wright, Iowa; Roll: T625_519; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 202; Image: 662.
Benjamin F Le Vell...53...IA, USA, USA
Ida M Le Vell...41...Wisconsin, MO, Wisc
Ernest J Weeks...23...Neb, Neb, Wisc...stepson
Maudie E Weeks...17...Neb, Neb, Wisc...stepdau
Harry N Weeks...13...Neb, Neb, Wisc...stepson
Frank B Lee...53...Wisc, Mich, Mich...widowed...boarder

Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Eagle Grove, Wright, Iowa; Roll: 691; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 10; Image: 694.0; FHL microfilm: 2340426.
B T La Velle...63...IA, OH, OH...farmer...married at 23
Ida La Velle...55...Wisc, Wisc, Wisc...married at 15
Mary Carter...32...Neb, Neb, Wisc...stepdau

Benjamin Franklin LeVelle and Mary May Daubaugh had the following children:
….i.....THOMAS LEROY LEVELLE, b. Feb 1891 Iowa. He died about 1932 in Covington, Garfield, Oklahoma, USA. He married KATE BELL ROSS .

WORLD WAR I DRAFT REGISTRATION CARD
Thomas Roy Levelle
Upland, Nebraska
born February 11, 1891 in Brandon, Iowa
bricklayer for Charles L. Johnson in Upland, Nebraska
wife and child
was private for one year in Iowa National Guard
white, tall, medium build, blue eyes, brown hair

I'm not finding a Thomas Leroy Levelle with a Kate Ross. Could this be him?
Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Lincoln Ward 3, Lancaster, Nebraska; Roll: T624_850; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 0065; Image: 394; FHL microfilm: 1374863.
Roy Level...20...IL, IA, IA...married one year...laborer, personal home
Mary Level...18...IA, Nebraska, IA...1 child, 1 living
Frank Level...2...Neb, IL, IA

Source Citation: Year: 1920; Census Place: Douglas, Converse, Wyoming; Roll: T625_2026; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 35; Image: 8.
Thomas R Lavelle...29...IA, IA, IA...bricklayer, building...rents home...can read/write
Maude Lavelle...28...Nebraska, Nebraska, Nebraska...restaurant manager
Frank Lavelle...11...Nebraska, IA, Nebraska

….ii......BERT LEVELLE, b. 7 Apr 1892 Iowa, d. 28 Apr 1960 Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA. He married ELIZABETH CHALMA ENGLAND on 24 Jan 1912 in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, USA.
Source Citation: Year: 1920; Census Place: Waterloo Ward 3, Black Hawk, Iowa; Roll: T625_478; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 25; Image: 883. May 29, 1920
Nancy Bell...41...IA, PA, PA...widowed...Domestic, private house
Bernice Bell...13...IA, IL, IA...dau
Lewis Bell...9...IA, IL, IA...son
Grant Cole...46...PA, PA, PA...divorced...lodger...carpenter, house
Bert Levelle...26...IA, USA, USA...nephew...married...fireman, steam railroad
Elizabeth Levell...28...TN, KY, TN
Francis L Levelle...6...Nebraska, IA, TN...male...nephews
Clarence B Levelle...5...IA, IA, TN...male...nephews
Retha Levelle...3 10/12 ...Nebraska, IA, TN...female...niece

Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma; Roll: 1934; Page: 20B; Enumeration District: 78; Image: 1105.0; FHL microfilm: 2341668
Bert Lavelle...37...IA, IA, IA...married at 19...brick mason, building
Elizabeth Lavelle....39...TN, KY, TN...married at 21...
Francis L Lavelle...17...Nebraska, IA, TN
Clarence B Lavelle...15...IA, IA, TN
Reatha M Lavelle...14...Nebraska, IA, TN

….iii......ELSIE PEARL LEVELLE, b. 18 Aug 1893 Iowa, d. 05 Oct 1975 Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada. Although ancestry.com has photos labeled "Elsie Pearl Levelle," other records suggest her name was VIRGINIA PEARL LEAVELL.
Ancestry.com. Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007.
Name: John J Harding
Marriage Date: 12 Sep 1918
Marriage Location: Jackson, Missouri
Marriage County: Jackson
Spouse Name: Pearl V Lavelle

per familysearch.com:
Groom's Name: Louis D. Cox
Groom's Birth Date: 1886
Groom's Birthplace: Memphis, Mo.
Groom's Age: 38
Bride's Name: Virginia Lavelle Harding
Bride's Birth Date: 1893
Bride's Birthplace: Goldfield, Iowa
Bride's Age: 31
Marriage Date: 03 Sep 1924
Marriage Place: Sheldon, O'Brien, Iowa
Groom's Father's Name: George Cox
Groom's Mother's Name: Marguret Rule
Bride's Father's Name: Benjamine F. Lavelle
Bride's Mother's Name: Mary Dauenbough
Groom's Race: White
Groom's Marital Status:
Groom's Previous Wife's Name:
Bride's Race: White
Bride's Marital Status:
Bride's Previous Husband's Name:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M02596-6
System Origin: Iowa-EASy
Source Film Number: 1433428
Reference Number: p 213 cn 5069

Ancestry.com. Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Jan. 1, 1925
Louis Cox...38...IA
Virginia Cox...30...IA
Mary V Harding...6...IA
Betty J Harding...2...IA
The above is all that shows on the scanned original, yet ancestry.com's transcription has this:
Name: Virginia Cox [Virginia Lavelle]
Birth Year: abt 1895
Birth Place: Iowa
Gender: Female
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Census Date: 1 Jan 1925
Residence State: Iowa
Residence County: O'Brien
Locality: Sheldon
Relation to Head: Wife
Mother: Mary Dauenbaugh
Mother's Birthplace: Iowa
Father: Ben F Lavelle
Father's Birthplace: Iowa
Marriage Place: Iowa
Spouse Name: Louis Cox
Roll: IA1925_1868
Line: 4
Where did the parents' names come from? They're not on that page

25….iv.....ETHEL ZELMA LEVELLE, b. 7 Feb 1896 Iowa, d. 5 May 1980 Grants Pass, Josephine, Oregon, USA. She m. HARRY EUGENE CONDIT, b. 30 May 1892 Nebraska, d. 26 Jun 1918 Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska. Sons Harry Eugene Condit and David B. Condit.

9. GEORGE W. BURK (Liddie Level, John Level) was born on 14 Jun 1842 in Ohio, USA. He died on 14 Jun 1886 in Logansport, Cass, Indiana, USA. He married SUSAN A. THOMAS on 01 Aug 1867 in Montgomery County, Indiana, USA. She was born about 1849 in Indiana, USA. Notes for George W. Burk: Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Coal Creek, Montgomery, Indiana; Roll: 300; Family History Film: 1254300; Page: 212A; Enumeration District: 090; Image: 0084. June 5, 1880 George Burk...40...OH, OH, OH...works on farm Susan Burk...31...IN, OH, OH John Burk...9...IN, OH, IN..son...whooping cough Electius Burk...7...IN, OH, IN..son... William Burk...3...IN, OH, IN..son...whooping cough Bertha Burk...7m...IN, OH, IN...dau...whooping cough George W. Burk and Susan A. Thomas had the following children: …..i.....FRANCIS MARION BURK was born about 1867 in Coal Creek, Montgomery, Indiana, USA. He died on 17 Aug 1876 in Coal Creek, Montgomery, Indiana, USA. …..ii.....JOHN BURK was born about 1871 in Coal Creek, Montgomery, Indiana, USA. …..Iii.....ELECTIUS BURK was born about 1873 in Indiana, USA. ….Iv.....WILLIAM JACKSON BURK was born on 25 Aug 1875 in Indiana, USA. He died about 1879 in Coal Creek, Montgomery, Indiana, USA.

10. CHARLOTTE BURK (Liddie Level, John Level) was born on 20 Feb 1851 in Montgomery County, Indiana, USA. She died on 10 Jul 1936 in Muncie, Delaware, Indiana, USA. She married ANTHONY WAYNE KEELY on 15 Nov 1874 in Montgomery County, Indiana, USA, son of James Keely and Mary A. McKee. He was born on 15 Apr 1853 in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA. He died on 01 May 1929 in Hartford City, Blackford, Indiana, USA. Notes for Charlotte Burk:

Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Coal Creek, Montgomery, Indiana; Roll: 300; Family History Film: 1254300; Page: 216B; Enumeration District: 090; Image: 0093.
Antony Keely...27...IN, OH, OH...farmer
Charlotte Keely...29...IN, OH, PA
Worthie Keely...3...IN, IN, IN...dau

Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Licking, Blackford, Indiana; Roll: T623; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 23.
Antony W Keely...48...Apr 1852...IN, OH, OH...married 25 years...brickmason
Lottie Keely...49...Feb 1851...IN, OH, PA...married 25 years...3 children, 3 living...farmer
Fred Keely...19...Sept 1880...IN, IN, IN
William Keely...16...Oct 1883...IN, IN, IN

Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Hartford Ward 1, Blackford, Indiana; Roll: T624_340; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 0009; Image: 1256; FHL Number: 1374353.
Anthony W. Keely...51...IN, OH, OH...brickmason, house Lottie Keely...59...IN, IN, PA
Barbara Baldwin...53...IN, IN, PA...widowed...sister-in-law

Source Citation: Year: 1920; Census Place: Hartford Ward 1, Blackford, Indiana; Roll: T625_423; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 9; Image: 415.
Anthony Keeley...66...IN, OH, OH...brickmason, house
Lottie Keeley...68...IN, OH, PA
buried in IOOFCemetery, Hartford City, Blackford County, In

Notes for Anthony Wayne Keely: Ioof Cemetery, Blackford County

Anthony Wayne Keely and Charlotte Burk had the following children:
…..i......WORTHIE KEELY was born about 1877 in Indiana, USA.
…..ii.....FRED KEELY was born in Sep 1880 in Indiana, USA.

Notes for Fred Keely:
Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Hartford Ward 2, Blackford, Indiana; Roll: T624_340; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 0010; Image: 1295; FHL Number:1374353.
Ford Keely...29...IN, IN, IN...laborer, glass factory
Sophia S. Keely...28...IN, IN, OH...married 3 years...1 child, 0 living

Source Citation: Year: 1920; Census Place: Hartford Ward 1, Blackford, Indiana; Roll: T625_423; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 9; Image: 436.
Fred Keeley...39...IN, USA, IN...laborer, glass
Sophia Keeley...38...IN, IN, OH
Melvin Keeley...7...Mich, IN, IN

Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Hartford City, Blackford, Indiana; Roll: 578; Page: 9A; Image: 113.0; Family History Library Film: 2340313.
Fred Keeley...49...IN, IN, IN...laborer, glass factory
Sophia Keeley...48...IN, IN, OH...laundress, hospital

WORLD WAR II DRAFT REGISTRATION CARD
Fred Keely (no middle initial)
1022 North Monroe, Hartford City, Blackford, IN
wife Sophie, same address
self-employed
born Sept. 21, 1880 Montgomery County, IN

.....iii.....WILLIAM KEELY was born in Oct 1883 in Indiana, USA.

11. JOHN WILLIAM LEVEL (Solomon, John) was born in Sep 1851 in Indiana, USA. He m. SUSAN MCCONNELL, b. 24 Jul 1858 Quincy, Adams, Indiana, died 8 July 1896.

1880 - Greensburg, Decatur, Indiana
J. William Level ...28...IN, IN, IN...laborer
S. E. Level...21...Illinois, Ireland, Ireland...keeping house
C. E. Level...10M...IN, IN, IL...son

Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: Greensburg Ward 1, Decatur, Indiana; Roll: T625_429; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 67; Image: 871.
John Level...66...IN, OH, PA...divorced...rents...can read/write...laborer, common labor

12. JAMES SAMUEL LEVEL (Solomon, John) was born on 04 Aug 1855 in Indiana, USA. He died on 28 Feb 1939. He married ELIZA HEREL on 23 Sep 1875 in Decatur County, Indiana, USA. She was born in Mar 1852 in Indiana, USA. Samuel Levell (Aug 4, 1855--Feb 28, 1939) is buried in Rodney Cemetery, Westport, Decatur, Indiana.

Notes for James Samuel Level:
Name: James S. Level
Spouse Name: Eliza Herel
Marriage Date: 23 Sep 1875
Marriage County: D ecatur
Source Title 1: Decatur County, Indiana
Source Title 2: Marriage Records 1852 - 1878 [Books H thru K]
Source Title 3: Compiled by Ruth M. Slevin Part I - Grooms Part II
Book: K
OS Page: 324

Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Marion, Decatur, Indiana; Roll: 273; Family History Film: 1254273; Page: 394B; Enumeration District: 60; Image: 0617. June 15, 1880
Samuel Level...24...IN, OH, OH...laborer
Eliza Level...28...IN, OH, OH...
Nora Level...3...IN
Ward Level...4M...IN

Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Marion, Decatur, Indiana; Roll: T623_366; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 55.
1900 - Marion, Decatur, Indiana
Samuel Level...Aug 1855...44...IN, OH, OH...farmer, general
Eliza Level...March 1852...48...IN, OH, OH...10 kids, 6 living
Anna Level...April 1884...16...IN, IN, IN
Johnie Level...Oct 1887...12...IN, IN, IN
Frank Level...Feb 1892...8...IN, IN, IN
Robert Level...Nov 1896...4...IN, IN, IN

Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Washington, Decatur, Indiana; Roll: T624_345; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0012; Image: 829; FHL Number: 1374358.
Samuel Level...55...IN, OH, OH...laborer, farm
Eliza Level...58...IN, OH, OH
Robert Level...14...IN, IN, IN
see William Edward McKell family tree at ancestry.com
(http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/10661370/person/-582652327)

James Samuel Level and Eliza Herel had the following children:
26…..i.....NORA ELIZABETH LEVEL was born on 27 Oct 1876 in Marion, Decatur, Indiana, USA. She died on 25 Sep 1952. She married GEORGE FULTZ on 26 Mar 1895 in Decatur County, Indiana, USA. He was born on 07 Jul 1874 in Westport, Decatur, Indiana, USA. He died on 03 Feb 1957.
….ii.....WARD LEVEL was born in Feb 1880 in Marion, Decatur, Indiana, USA. 27…..iii.....MARY LEVEL was born on 17 May 1882. She died on 30 Sep 1966. She married EDWARD FREDERICK SELKE, who was b. 22 Jun 1884 in Batesville, Ripley, IN and d. 28 Jan 1964 Richmond, Wayne, IN. Four children. There's a Mary M. Selke in South Park Cemetery, Greensburg, Decatur, Indiana with dates 1882 and 1966; she shares a tombstone with Esta M. Selke, 1890--1972.
28.....iv.....ANNA R. LEVEL was born on 25 Apr 1884 in Marion, Decatur, Indiana, USA.
29.....v.....JOHN LEVEL was born on 01 Oct 1887 in Indiana, USA. He died on 23 Apr 1930 in Marion, Decatur, Indiana, USA.
…..vi.....FRANK HARRELL LEVEL was born on 22 Feb 1892 in Indiana, USA. He died on 20 Feb 1932. He married BERNICE KINSER 06 Oct 1920 in Monroe County, Indiana, USA, daughter of Wesley Frank Kinser and Creggie Stephenson. She was born on 05 Nov 1888 in Indiana, USA and died 01 May 1950. See findagrave.com for photo of their shared tombstone in Plot: Sec I, Lot 82 of Rose Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, Monroe, Indiana, USA. GPS (lat/lon): 39.16568, -86.54815.

Notes for Frank H. Level:
Name: Frank H Levell
Marriage County: Monroe
Birth Date: 22 Feb 1892
Gender: Male
Father Name: Jas S
Mother Name: Eliza Harrell
Source Title 1: Monroe County, Indiana
Source Title 2: Index to Supplemental Record Marriage Transcript 1
Source Title 3: W. P. A. Compiled by Indiana Works Probress Admini
Book: 17
OS Page: 434

Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Bloomington, Monroe, Indiana; Roll: 619; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 9; Image: 262.0.
Frank H Levell...40...IN, IN, IN....married at 30...salesman, publication...$15,000
Bernice K Levell...40...IN, IN, IN...married at 30
Creggie Kinser...64...IN, KY, IN...widowed...married at 19...female
Stella M Rouse...33...VA, MD, MD...teacher, public school

vii. ROBERT ONGE LEVEL was born on 05 Nov 1895 in Greensburg, Decatur, Indiana, USA. He died on 25 Apr 1975 in New Castle, Henry, Indiana, USA.
Notes for Robert Onge Level:
WORLD WAR I DRAFT REGISTRATION
Name: Robert Ouge Level
County: Decatur
State: Indiana
Birthplace: Greensburg, Indiana;United States of America
Birth Date: 5 Nov 1895
Race: Caucasian (White)
farmer, not employed
apprentice seaman at Indianapolis, Naval oath taken
tall, slender, grey eyes, light brown hair
FHL Roll Number: 1493138

Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: Prairie, Henry, Indiana; Roll: T625_438; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 77; Image: 67.
Eddward Sulkey...35...IN, IN, IN...farmer, general
Mary Sulkey...37...IN, IN, IN
James Sulkey...12...IN, IN, IN
Otto Sulkey...7...IN, IN, IN
Robert Levell...23...IN, IN, IN...single...servant...laborer, farm

Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: New Castle, Henry, Indiana; Roll: 593; Page: 15B; Enumeration District: 18; Image: 103.0.
Maud E. Hudelson...62...IN, KY, IN...widowed...$5000
Carrie Ellis...58...IN, KY, IN...sister...single
Robert O. Levell...33..IN, IN, IN....lodger...podiatrist, independent

WORLD WAR II DRAFT
Name: Robert Onge Levell
Birth Date: 5 Nov 1895
Birth Place: Greensburg, Indiana
Residence: Plaza Hotel, New Castle, Henry, Indiana
Race: White
Relative: Mrs. Mary Sulke, 2103 Pearl St., Anderson, Indiana
podiatrist, closed office

SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH INDEX
Name: Robert Levell
SSN: 304-28-5848
Last Residence: 47362 New Castle, Henry, Indiana, United States of America
Born: 5 Nov 1895
Died: Apr 1975
State (Year) SSN issued: Indiana (Before 1951)

13. MINERVA ANGELINE LEVEL (Solomon, John) was born on 26 May 1859 in Indiana, USA. She died on 23 May 1923 in Belleville, St Clair, Illinois, USA. She married HENRY ANDERSON LENTZ, son of Vincent J. Lentz and Margaret Jackson. He was born on 05 Dec 1860 in Loogootee, Martin, Indiana, USA. He died on 17 Feb 1938 in Belleville, St Clair, Illinois, USA.

Notes for Minerva Angeline Level:
Sources include Paskero Family Tree at http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/16809734/person/423883461 and Fields Family Tree at http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/14458991/person/794848323

Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: East St Louis Ward 5, St Clair, Illinois; Roll: T624_322; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 120; Image: 587.
Anderson Lints...48...married 27 years...IN, IN, IN...carpenter
Minervie Lints...49...married 27 years, 10 children, 7 living...IN, IN, IN
Ursula Lints...29...IN, IN, IN (age pretty illegible)
Novanie Lints...20...IN, IN, IN...bookkeeper
Merrie Lints...17...IN, IN, IN...printer
Ellard Lints...14...IN, IN, IN...driver
Emmit Lints...12...IN, IN, IN...sells paper

Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: East St Louis Ward 5, St. Clair, Illinois; Roll: T625_404; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 156; Image: 1083.
Anderson Lentz...59...IN, KY, KY...car inspector, steam railroad
Minerva Lentz...60...IN, OH, OH
Ursula Lentz...34...IN, IN, IN...office girl, doctor's office
Norenis Lentz...30...IN, IN, IN...stenographer, doctor's office
Ellard Lentz...24...IN, IN, IN...none
Emmet Lentz...21...IN, IN, IN...printer, printing office

Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: East St Louis, St Clair, Illinois; Roll: 556; Page: 17A; Enumeration District: 54; Image: 819.0.
Anderson Lentz...69...IN, KY, KY...widowed...married at 21 years...laborer, packing co.
Ursula Lentz...44...IN, IN, IN...single...none
Ellard Lentz...34...IN, IN, IN...single...none
Rose Mary Lentz...15...IL, IN, MO...grandchild, father: Ellard

Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: East St Louis, St Clair, Illinois; Roll: 556; Page: 17A; Enumeration District: 54; Image: 819.0.
Anderson Lentz...69...IN, KY, KY...widowed...married at 21 years...laborer, packing co.
Ursula Lentz...44...IN, IN, IN...single...none
Ellard Lentz...34...IN, IN, IN...single...none
Rose Mary Lentz...15...IL, IN, MO...grandchild, father: Ellard

Ancestry.com. Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Name: Henry Anderson Lentz
Birth Date: 5 Dec 1860
Birth Place: Indiana
Death Date: 17 Feb 1938
Death Place: E St Louis, St Clair, Illinois
Burial Date: 21 Feb 1938
Burial Place: Belleville, St. Clair, Illinois
Cemetery Name: Mt. Carmel County
Death Age: 77
Occupation: Carpenter
Race: White
Marital Status: W
Gender: Male
Residence: East St. Louis, St. Clair, Illinois
Father Name: Vincent A. Lentz
Mother Name: Margaret Jackson
Spouse Name: Marvel Lentz
Comments: 32 years at this place
FHL Film Number: 1818554

Henry Anderson Lentz and Minerva Angeline Level had the following children:
30.....i.....MARY ETHEL LENTZ was born on 17 Jan 1883 in Washington, Daviess, Indiana, USA. She died on 08 Sep 1955 in Washington, Daviess, Indiana, USA.
…..ii.....MATTIE LENTZ was born on 22 Jul 1884 in Loogootee, Martin, Indiana, USA.
…..iii......URSULA ESTELLA LENTZ was born on 20 May 1885 in Martin County, Indiana, USA. She died on 01 Sep 1965 in Belleville, St Clair, Illinois, USA.
31…..iv.....HENRY IVAN LENTZ was born on 22 Jan 1887 in Martin County, Indiana, USA. He died in Aug 1968 in Rock Island, Rock Island, Illinois, USA. Or did he? Ancestry.com. Cook County, Illinois Death Index, 1908-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008, says an Ivan Lents died 16 Jan 1962, Cook County, IL. He m. FLORA NORINE STEEL on 13 May 1907 in Marion County, IN.
…..v.....NOVANIS LENTZ was born on 06 Nov 1889 in Martin County, Indiana, USA. She died on 01 May 1959 in Belleville, St Clair, Illinois, USA.
32…..vi.....MERRICK VINCENT LENTZ was born on 14 Dec 1892 in Daviess County, Indiana, USA. He died on 28 Jul 1945 in Collinsville, St Clair, Illinois, USA. World War I card Registration State: Illinois; Registration County: St Clair; Roll: 1614589; Draft Board: 2 has Merric V. Lentz born 14 Dec 1892 Loogootee, Indiana; printer at Wilson Printing Copany; wife and child. Medium height, slender, gray eyes, dark hair. He married HELEN GASKILL, born abt. 1904. Two daughters.
…..vii.....JOSEPH ELLARD LENTZ was born on 29 May 1896 in Daviess County, Indiana, USA. He died on 17 Jul 1957 in Belleville, St Clair, Illinois, USA.
33…..viii.....JAMES EMMETT LENTZ was born on 24 Jan 1898 in Loogootee, Martin, Indiana, USA. He died on 21 Mar 1973 in Maryville, Madison, Illinois, USA. He married LORETTA KENNEDY, daughter of Thomas Kennedy and Ellen Bridget Roche. She was born on 01 Aug 1902 in Muncie, Delaware, Indiana, USA. She died on 01 Jul 1985 in Belleville, St Clair, Illinois, USA. Children: James E. Lentz, John Lentz, Thomas H. Lentz.

15. FRANK EDGAR LEVEL (Solomon, John) was born 20 Apr 1878 Indiana and died October 1947. He married MARY THERESA TEWELL, who is buried in Saint Johns Cemetery, Loogootee, Martin County, Indiana, USA. On 20 Apr 1878 in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, he married CORA VIRGINIA FIDDICK, b. 17 Oct 1888 Hendricks, IN, d. 25 Oct 1965 in Madison, Dane, Wisconsin, USA after the death of her third husband Frank Zurney.

Obituary from the Martin County Tribune, Loogootee, Feb. 22, 1907
Died of Consumption
.....Mrs. Ruth Ann Tewell a well known and highly respected lady, of this city, died at her home Monday morning after a lingering illness of consumption.
....She was a widow, her husband, Chas. Tewell, being killed by a train near this place several years ago.
.....She leaves six children, 3 boys and 3 girls. They are Mrs. Theresa Levell, Shinola, IL, Ethel, Sadie, Frank, Henry, and George of this city.
.....The remains were laid to rest in St. John's cemetery Wednesday morning after high mass at St. John's Catholic church by Rev. T. O'Donaghue.

Mary Theresa Tewell Levell is buried in Saint Johns Cemetery, Loogootee, Martin County, Indiana, USA; at findagrave.com see tombstone photo

34.....i.....NAOMI MARIE LEVELL

GENERATION 4

15. ALTA DOWA LEVELL (Abraham Jacob Level, Thomas Jefferson Level, John Level)
was born on 13 Jan 1875 in Benton County, Iowa, USA. She died about 1955 in Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, USA. She married KEITH PETERS. He was born in May 1871 in Scotland.

Notes for Alta Dowa Levell:
Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Harrison, Benton, Iowa; Roll: 417; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 12; FHL microfilm: 1240417.
Keith S Peters...29...May 1871...Scotland, Scotland, Scotland...married 6 years...farm laborer
Allie I Peters...25...Jan 1875...IA, Wisconsin, IA...married 6 years...3 children, 1 living
Ora Peters...1/12...April 1900...IA, Scotland, IA
Clarence Antesdel...21...June 1878...IL, PA, PA...boarder...farm laborer
Lennie B Level...16...Dec 1883...IA, Wisconsin, IA...female...sister-in-law

Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Post Falls, Kootenai, Idaho; Roll: T624_225; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0175; Image: 438; FHL microfilm: 1374238.
Keith Peters...38...Scotland, Scotland, Scotland...salesman, hardware
Alta Peters...35...IA, WS, IA
Ara Peters...10...IA, Scotland, IA...dau
Letha Peters...4...Idaho, Scotland, IA...dau
Josephine Albert...32...IA, Wisconsin, IA...widowed...dressmaker, at home...sister
Goranoa Albert...16...IA, IA, IA...dau

Source Citation: Year: 1920; Census Place: Twin Falls Ward 2, Twin Falls, Idaho; Roll: T625_295; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 256; Image: 594.
Keith S Peters...49...Scotland, Scotland, Scotland...manager, building something or other
Alta Peters...46...IA, IN, IA
Viola Peters...20...IA, Scotland, IA
Letha F Peters...14...Idaho, Scotland, IA

Keith Peters and Alta Dowa Levell had the following children:
…..i.....FAYE PETERS.
…..ii.....ORA PETERS was born in Apr 1900 in Harrison, Benton, Iowa, USA.
…..iii.....LETHA PETERS was born about 1906.

16. ALMA JOSEPHINE LEVELL (Abraham Jacob Level, Thomas Jefferson Level, John Level) was born on 06 Nov 1876. She married (1) JAMES ALBERT on 07 Sep 1892. He was born in Jun 1869 in Iowa, USA. He died about 1922. She married (2) ? SOUTHWORTH. (Or did she?)

Notes for Alma Josephine Levell:
Ancestry.com. Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
1895 Harrison, Benton County, Iowa
James Albert...25...
Joshephine Albert...18..
Niva Albert...1

Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Jefferson, Buchanan, Iowa; Roll: 420; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 45; FHL microfilm: 1240420.
James Albert...30...June 1869...IA, Germany, Indiana...married 8 years...farmer
Josie Albert...24...Nov 1875...Iowa, Indiana, Iowa
Neva L Albert...7...Sept 1892...IA, IA, IA

Widowed and living with sister Alta in 1910 census

Is this she? The Nebraska listing makes it unlikely:
Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Eugene, Lane, Oregon; Roll: 1946; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 36; Image: 767.0; FHL microfilm: 2341680.
John E. Southworth...62...NY, NY, NY...married at 22...merchant, retail grocery
Alma J. Southworth...53...IA, Nebraska, Nebraska...married at 17...clerk, retail grocery

James Albert and Alma Josephine Levell had the following child:
…..i.....NEVA L. ALBERT was born in Sep 1892 in Iowa City, Wright, Iowa, USA.

17. CHARLES A. LEVELL (Abraham Jacob Level, Thomas Jefferson Level, John Level) was born on 05 Apr 1878 in Benton County, Iowa, USA. He died on 07 Feb 1968 in Jackson County, Minnesota, USA. He married CLARA GRAY. She was born 25 Feb 1886 in Benton County, Iowa, USA and married (2) GUST ANDERSON, b. 26 Jul 1890 Estherville, Emmet, Iowa, USA. She died 22 Dec 1962 and was buried in East Side Cemetery, Estherville, Emmet, Iowa, USA.

Notes for Charles A. Levell:
Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Harrison, Benton, Iowa; Roll: T623; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 12
Charley Level...21...Apr 1879...IA, IL, IA...single...servant...farm laborer (for Horn family)

Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Twelve Mile Lake, Emmet, Iowa; Roll: T624_399; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 0089; Image: 1521; FHL microfilm: 1374412.
Charley Levell...31...IA, IN, IA...married 8 years...farmer, general
Clara Levell...24...IA, IN, IA...married 8 years...3 children, 3 living
Edith Levell...7...IA, IA, IA
Wilford Levell...6...IA, IA, IA
Lumbert Levell...4...IA, IA, IA
Robert Levell...21...IA, IN, IA...brother...farmer
Abraham Levell...57...IN, IN, IN...father...farmer...widowed

WORLD WAR I DRAFT REGISTRATION CARD
Name: Charles A Levell
Route 6, Estherville
County: Emmet
State: Iowa
farmer
relative: Mrs. Clara Levell
Birth Date: 5 Apr 1879
Race: White
medium height/build, blue eyes, light b hair
FHL Roll Number: 1643085

Source Citation: Year: 1920; Census Place: Estherville, Emmet, Iowa; Roll: T625_489; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 94; Image: 125.
Charls Levall...39...IA, IA, IN...rents...farmer, general
Clara Levall...34...IA, IA, England
Erdth Levall...17...IA, IA, IA...dau
Willford Levall...15...IA, IA, IA...son
Lumbert Levall...13...IA, IA, IA...son

Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Emmet, Emmet, Iowa; Roll: 651; Page: 2A; Image: 941.0; Family History Library Film: 2340386.
Charley A Levell...50...IA, IN, IA...farmer, general
Clara B Levell...44...IA, KY, IA
Lambert L Levell...24...IA, IA, IA...farmer, general...son
Myrtle I Levell...20...Wyoming, IL, IA...daughter-in-law
Robert L Levell...2...IA, IA, WY...grandson
Bonnie L Levell...1...IA, IA, WY...granddau

SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH INDEX
Name: Charles Levell
SSN: 475-42-4436
Last Residence: 51334 Estherville, Emmet, Iowa, United States of America
Born: 5 Apr 1879
Died: Feb 1968
State (Year) SSN issued: Minnesota (1956)

Ancestry.com. Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001.
Name: Charles A. Levell
Birth Date: 5 Apr 1877
Death Date: 7 Feb 1968
Death County: Jackson
Mother's Maiden Name: Kizer
State File Number: 003853
Certificate Number: 003853
Certificate Year: 1968
Record Number: 1697608

Received from Jodi Levell (jlevell at cox.net) on 10/4/2013, taken from Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, December 22, 1962
MRS. GUS ANDERSON DIES AT 76
…..Mrs. Gus (Clara Bell) Anderson, 76, longtime Emmet County resident, died at 4 :46 a.m. today at Holy Family hospital. Mrs. Anderson was admitted yesterday for surgery but had been in failing health for a year and a half.
…..She was born Feb. 25, 1886 in Benton County, Iowa, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Gray. Mrs. Anderson has lived in Emmet County since 1906.
…..She was married on Dec. 4, 1929 to Gus Anderson at Fairmont.
…..Mrs. Anderson is a longtime member Of First Presbyterian Church.
…..Survivors include her husband, one daughter, Mrs. Bill (Edith) Blair of New Virginia; two sons, W. W. (Mike) Levell of Spirit Lake and L. L. (Lum) Levell of Estherville, nine grandchildren; 17 great-grandchidren and one brother, Clarence Gray of Brandon.
…..She was preceded in death by her parents, one sister and four brothers.
…..Funeral services will be held Monday at First Presbyterian Church with a family service at 1 :30 p.m. and church service at 2 p.m. The Rev. James K. Lyon will officiate. Burial will be in East Side Cemetery.
…..Friends may call at Standin Fuhrman !Funeral Home from Sunday until l1 a.m. Monday when the body will be taken to the church to lie in state. The casket will not be opened following the service.

Charles A. Levell and Clara Gray had the following children:
35…..i......EDITH FLORENCE LEVELL was born 03 Dec 1903 in Independence, Buchanan, Iowa, USA.
…..ii.....WILFORD LEVELL was born 7 March 1904 in Vinton, Benton, Iowa, USA and died 12 Aug 1993 in Santa Fe, Monroe, Missouri. He married AGNES LOUISE FEGNER 12 June 1927. She was b. 13 Feb 1907 in New Berlin, Sangamon, Illinois and d. 11 Jul 1989 Estherville, Emmet, Iowa.

(, Estherville, IA, July 13, 1989)
Agnes Levell
...Spirit Lake - Services for Agnes Louise Levell, 82, will be held Friday at 10 a.m. at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Spirit Lake, with Father Clair Boes officiating. Interment will be in St. Patrick's Catholic Cemetery, Estherville. She died Tuesday, July 11, 1989 at Holy Family Hospital.
...Friends may call at Henry-Olson-Fuhrman Funeral Home, Estherville, after 4 p.m. Thursday. Parish rosary will be prayed at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
...She was born Feb. 13, 1907 at New Berlin, Ill., the daughter of Simon and Frances (Winkler) Feger. She graduated from Emmet Consolidated School. On June 12, 1927 she was united in marriage with W.W. (Mike) Levell at Pocahontas. The couple farmed north of Superior following their marriage. She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church.
...Survivors include her husband, Mike, rural Spirit Lake; one brother, Carl Feger, Spirit Lake and many nieces and nephews.
...She was preceded in death by her parents; seven brothers and one sister.

Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, August 14, 1993)
Mike Levell
...Spirit Lake - Services for W.W. (Mike) Levell, 89, of rural Spirit Lake, will be held Monday at 10:30 a.m. at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Spirit Lake with Father Albert O. Grendler officiating. Interment will be in St. Patrick's Cemetery at Estherville. He died Thursday, Aug. 12, 1993 at home at Santa Fe, Mo.
...Friends may call at Henry-Olson-Fuhrman Funeral Home in Estherville from 4-8 p.m. Sunday. Parish vigil service will be at 5 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
...He was born March 7, 1904 at Vinton, the son of Charles and Clara (Gray) Levell. He attended rural Emmet County Schools. He lived and farmed most of his life northwest of Superior. On June 12, 1927 he was united in marriage with Agnes Feger at Pocahontas. Following retirement he continued to live on the farm. He was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church at Spirit Lake.
...Survivors include one brother, L.L. (Lum) Levell, of Petersburg, Minn.; many nieces and nephews; a brother-in-law, Carl Feger of Spirit Lake and sister-in-law, Mrs. Walter Feger, of Estherville.
...He was preceded in death by his wife Agnes on July 11, 1989; his parents and a sister.

36…..iii.....LUMBERT LEANDER LEVELL was born 23 Feb 1906 in Gruver, Emmet, Iowa, USA.

18. STELLA MAE LEVELL (Abraham Jacob Level, Thomas Jefferson Level, John Level) was born on 07 Oct 1879 in Brandon, Buchanan, IA, USA. She died on 02 Jul 1974. She married CHARLES EDWARD CUSHING on 25 Dec 1897 in Vinton, Benton, Iowa, USA. He was born on 13 Aug 1876 in Boone, Boone, Iowa, USA. He died on 12 Feb 1939.

Notes for Stella Mae Levell:
Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: La Porte, Black Hawk, Iowa; Roll: 417; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 3; FHL microfilm: 1240417.
Charles Cushing...24...Aug 1875...IA, OH, IN...married 3 years...farm laborer
Stella M Cushing...20...Oct 1879...IA, IA, IA...married 3 years...2 children, 2 living
Leona C Cushing...2...Oct 1897...IA, IA, IA...dau
Thalma Cushing...1...Apr 1899...IA, IA, IA...dau

ILLINOIS DEATHS & STILLBIRTHS
Name: Charles Edward Cushing
Birth Date: 13 Aug 1875
Birth Place: Boonr, Iowa
Death Date: 18 Feb 1939
Death Place: Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois
Burial Date: 21 Feb 1939
Burial Place: Burritt, Winnebago, Ills
Death Age: 63
Occupation: Labner, General
Race: White
Marital Status: M
Gender: Male
Residence: Rockford, Winnebago, Ills
Father Name: Samuel Cushing
Father Birth Place: Unobtainable
Mother Name: Sarah Funk
Mother Birth Place: Unobtainable, Penn
Spouse Name: Stella Cushing
FHL Film Number: 1819607

Charles Edward Cushing and Stella Mae Levell had the following children:
…..i......LEONA CHRISTINE CUSHING was born on 25 Oct 1897 in Wallingford, Emmet, Iowa, USA.
…..ii......THELMA LEA CUSHING was born on 01 Apr 1899 in Wallingford, Emmet, Iowa, USA.
…..iii......BERNICE FAYE CUSHING was born on 14 Sep 1900 in Wallingford, Emmet, Iowa, USA.
…..Iv......DOLE WESTON CUSHING was born on 07 Jul 1904 in Wallingford, Emmet, Iowa, USA.
…..v.....AUDREY BURNS CUSHING was born on 28 Jun 1906 in Wallingford, Emmet, Iowa, USA.
…..vi.....LEMENA CLETTA CUSHING was born on 04 Feb 1911 in Wallingford, Emmet, Iowa, USA.
…..vii.....DONALD C. CUSHING was born on 29 Jan 1917 in Wallingford, Emmet, Iowa, USA.

19. FREDERICK ALVIN LEVELL (Abraham Jacob Level, Thomas Jefferson Level, John Level) was born on 06 Dec 1882 in Vinton, Benton, Iowa, USA. He died on 28 Oct 1960 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA. He married LETTA MARIETTA CLARK on 09 Feb 1903 in Waterloo, Blackhawk, Iowa, USA. She was born about 1885 in Iowa, USA.
Notes for Frederik Alvin Levell:
Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Richland, Dickinson, Iowa; Roll: T624_396; Page: 18A; Enumeration District: 0042; Image: 1460; FHL Number: 1374409.
Fred Levell...28...IA, OH, IA...married 7 years...farmer
Letta Levell...25...IA, OH, OH...married 7 years...3 children, 2 living
Vernon Levell...2...IA, IA, IA
Oliva Levell...8/12...IA, IA, IA

WORLD WAR I DRAFT REGISTRATION
Name: Frederick Alvin Levell
County: Palo Alto
State: Iowa
Birth Date: 22 Feb 1882
self-employed tiler
relative: Lettie Levell, same address
Race: White
medium height, slender, blue eyes, brown hair
FHL Roll Number: 1643218

Source Citation: Year: 1920; Census Place: Walnut, Palo Alto, Iowa; Roll: T625_505; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 200; Image: 712.
Fred Y Levelle...39...IA, OH, IA...laborer, tile factory
Letta Levelle...35...IA, OH, OH
Vernon Levelle...12...IA, IA, IA...son
Oleva Levelle...10...IA, IA, IA...dau
Merle Levelle...8...IA, IA, IA...son
Wilma Levelle...4...IA, IA, IA...dau
Lucy Clark...75...OH, USA, USA...widowed...mother-in-law

Frederick Alvin Levell and Letta M. Clark had the following children:
…..i.....LETHA LEVELLE was born about 1905 in Iowa, USA.
…..ii.....VERNON CLARK LEVELLE was born on 19 Jun 1907 in Spirit Lake, Dickinson, Iowa, USA. He died on 21 May 1986 in Cedar Falls, Blackhawk, Iowa, USA. He married MAUREEN B. O'CONNER. She was born on 24 Jun 1913. She died on 18 Nov 2008 in Cedar Falls, Blackhawk, Iowa, USA.
…..iii.....OLEVA M. LEVELLE was born about 1910 in Spirit Lake, Dickinson, Iowa, USA.
…..iv.....MERLE ALFRED LEVELLE was born on 08 May 1911 in Wallingford, Emmet, Iowa, USA. He died on 27 Jan 1997 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA.
…..v.....WILMA LEVELLE was born about 1916 in Iowa, USA.

21. CORA ANNETTE LEVELL (Abraham Jacob Level, Thomas Jefferson Level, John Level) was born on 21 Feb 1886 in Iowa, USA. She married ROY A. COX on 05 Aug 1903. He was born about 1884 in Kansas, USA.
Notes for Cora Annette Levell:
Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Roll: 2596; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 279; Image: 801.0; FHL microfilm: 2342330.
Roy A Cox...46...KS, KS, Wisconsin...married at 19...detective, city police dept.
Cora A Cox...44...IA, IA, IA...married at 17
Earl E Cox...19...WS, KS, IA...clerical work, wholesale druggist

Roy A. Cox and Cora Annette Levell had the following children:
…..i.....MABEL COX was born about 1905 in Wisconsin, USA.
…..Ii.....MADELINE COX was born about 1907 in Wisconsin, USA.
…..iii.....EARL COX was born about 1911 in Wisconsin, USA.

22. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN LEVELLE (Abraham Jacob Level, Thomas Jefferson Level, John Level) was born on 26 Dec 1887 in Harrison, Benton, Iowa, USA. He died on 12 Sep 1979 in Ava, Douglas County, Missouri, USA. He married MARY IRENE HAYMAKER on 10 Jan 1912 in Vinton, Benton, Iowa, USA. She was born on 09 Aug 1892. She died on 19 Sep 1969 in Vinton, Benton, Iowa, USA.

Notes for Benjamin Franklin LeVelle:
Sources include J. B. Kahl Family Tree at http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/10270627/person/6045195241

1920 census Deer Creek, Otter Tail, Minnesota
Frank B. Leval...32...Iowa, Indiana, Iowa
Irene M. Leval...27...Iowa, Indiana, Iowa
Leonard F. Leval...5 1/12...Iowa
Lola B. Leval...3 9/12...Iowa
Dorothy T. Leval...1 7/12...Iowa

Is he the 12-year-old Frank Level, born Iowa, a lodger in 1900 - Jefferson, Buchanan, Iowa living with Delbert Albert, 55, and Frank Emmings, 32?

9-19-1969
Florida resident dies at Vinton hospital
.....Mrs. Mary Irene Levelle, 79, of Island Grove, Fla., died this morning at Virginia Gay hospital where she had been a patient three weeks. She became ill while visiting relatives in Vinton.
.....She was born August 9, 18illigebile, at Vinton, a daughter of Michael and Sarah Harrison Haymaker, and married Benjamin Franklin LaVelle on January 10, 1912, at Vinton. A former resident of Vinton and Cedar Rapids, she moved to Florida six years ago.
.....In addition to her husband, she is survived by four sons, Leonard of Cedar Rapids, Marvin of Center Point, Marion of Germantown, N. Y., and Wilford of Fellismere, Fla.; four daughters, Mrs. Ben (Mary June) Miller of Walker, Dorothy Levelle of Island Grove, and Mrs. Russell (Della) Walthart of Independence; one sister, Mrs. Bert (Lola) Farwell of Vinton; 30 grandchildren, and 13 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by three brothers.
.....Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Wesley United Methodist church , with Rev. Robert P. Phillips officiating. Burial will be in Cox Cemetery, Urbana.
.....Friends may call at the Fry and Holland Funeral Home after 10 a.m. Sunday.

September 15, 1979
Tennessee--Frank Levelle, 91, of Ava, MO, a former Vinton resident, died at his home Wednesday.
.....He was born Dec. 26, 1887 in Benton Co., a son of Abraham and Mary Elizabeth Kizer Levelle. He was married January 10, 1912 to Mary Irene Haymaker, who preceded him in death Dec. 19, 1969.
.....Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Russell (Della) Walthart of Independence, Mrs. Clifford (Lola) McKinley of Walker, Mrs. Ben (Mary June) Miller of Vinton, and Dorothy LeVelle of Ava; three sons, Leonard of Belle Plaine, Billy J. of Ava, and Marion of New York; 33 grandchildren, 41 great-grandchildren, and one sister, Cora Cox of Crescent Beach, Fla. He was preceded in death by one son.
.....Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Murdoch Chapel in Center Point, with Rev. Joe Jones officiating. Burial will be in Cox Cemetery south of Urbana.

Benjamin Franklin LeVelle and Mary Irene Haymaker had the following children:
…..i.....LEONARD F. LEVELLE was born on 16 Nov 1914 in Iowa, USA. He died on 28 Jul 2007 in Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, USA.
…..ii.....LOLA BERNIECE LEVELLE was born on 26 Mar 1916. She died on 19 Oct 2003 in Walker, Linn, Iowa, USA. She married CLIFFORD HOFFMAN MCKINLEY on 02 Aug 1938 in Independence, Buchanan, Iowa, USA. He was born on 09 Jul 1917 in Benton County, Iowa, USA. He died on 24 Jun 2001 in Walker, Linn, Iowa, USA. Five children.
…..iii.....DOROTHY I. LEVELLE was born on 16 May 1918 in Iowa, USA. She died on 26 Nov 2006 in Ava, Douglas, Missouri, USA.
37......iv.....MARVIN DONALD LEVELLE was born on 23 Feb 1922 in Puposky, Beltrami, Minnesota, USA. He died on 27 Jul 1974 in Alachua County, Florida, USA. He married SHIRLEY JEAN BENSON. She was born on 11 Aug 1931 in Walker, Linn, Iowa, USA. She died on 18 Jan 1989 in Center Point, Linn, Iowa, USA.
…..v.....MARION CHARLES LEVELLE was born on 18 Feb 1924 in Blackduck, Beltrami, Minnesota, USA. He died on 22 Sep 1998 in Quasqueton, Buchanan, Iowa, USA.
.....vi.....MARY JUNE LEVELLE was born 01 Oct 1925 in Eugene, Lane, Oregon, USA; married JOHN BENTON MILLER 23 Sep 1946 Vinton, Benton, Iowa.
.....vii.....DELLA LEVELLE married RUSSELL WALHART.

23. ROBERT J. LEVELLE (Abraham Jacob Level, Thomas Jefferson Level, John Level) was born on 29 Apr 1889 in Benton County, Iowa, USA. He died on 22 Nov 1916. He married ELLA LYNCH on 10 Apr 1910 in Estherville, Emmett, Iowa, USA. She was born about 1891 in Iowa, USA. She died on 01 Jul 1971 in St Augustine, St Johns, Florida, USA.

Notes for Robert J. Levelle:
Iowa State Census, 1915, Emmett, Estherville
Robert J. Lavelle 26, born Iowa (father born PA, mother born IA), 8 years of school, white, married, can read/write, clerk, total earnings 1914 $700

(Vindicator and Republican, Estherville, IA, November 22, 1916)
Two Young Men Killed
Robert Levelle and Frank S. Hanna Meet Death While Digging Sewer Ditch
Ground Caves on Them
Frightful Accident Occurred on North Sixth Street This Forenoon
.....Two of Estherville's young men, Robert Levelle and Frank S. Hanna, met a frightful death this forenoon about half past eleven while they were digging a sewer on North Sixth street near the home of Warren Pullen. The earth caved in on them and they were smothered to death before they could be rescued. When help reached them they were standing erect but life was extinct. Death was doubtless almost instantaneous. The ditch was about eight feet deep where they were.
.....The bodies were removed and taken to Warren Pullen lot where they were left until the families were notified of the awful accident.
.....Mr. Levelle leaves a wife and three small children and Mr. Hanna was only recently married to Miss Hattie Strait. Both victims of the accident were young men about twenty-five years of age.
.....The bereaved families have the sincere sympathy of the entire community in their affliction.

. (Estherville Enterprise, Estherville, IA, November 22, 1916)
.....R. J. Levell was born April 29, 1889, in Benton county, Iowa. He came to his death in Estherville, Iowa, Nov. 22, 1916, at the age of 27 years, 6 months and 23 days. He came to Emmet County eleven years ago, and for the last five years has resided in Estherville. On April 10, 1910 he was united in marriage to Miss Ella Lynch of this city. To this union three children were born, the youngest being less than three weeks old at the present time.
.....Besides his wife and family, he leaves to mourn his untimely death a father, four brothers and five sisters. Three of the brothers, Charles, Fred and Frank, reside at Wallingford. The fourth, Shirley, lives at Fort Bliss, Texas. One sister, Mrs. Stella Cushing, also lives at Wallingford. Two sisters, Mrs. K. S. Peters and Mrs. William Bahne, live at Spokane, Washington. Another, Mrs. Fred Burk, resides at Brownsville, Oregon and still another, Mrs. Will Cox, at Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
.....The family and relatives have the sympathy of the entire community in this dark hour.
.....The funeral service was held at the Christian Church, conducted by the minister, Rev. J. S. Coffin, Saturday afternoon at two o'clock. The remains were laid to rest in Oakhill cemetery

Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: Hinckley, Pine, Minnesota; Roll: T625_849; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 73; Image: 825.
F E Lynch...57...Wisconsin, PA, NY...farmer, general
Anna Lynch...55...Germany, Germany, Germany...wife
Erven Lynch...22...Iowa, Wisconsin, Germany...son...clerk, railroad
Emma Lynch...17...Iowa, Wisconsin, Germany...dau
Maizie Lynch...13...Iowa, Wisconsin, Germany...dau
Daisy Lynch...13...Iowa, Wisconsin, Germany...dau
Elle Levelle...29...Iowa, Wisconsin, Germany...widowed...dau...saleslady, general store
Aleen Levelle...7...IA, IA, IA...grandau
Raymond Levelle...4 0/12...IA, IA, IA...grandson Robert Levelle...4 2/12...IA, IA, IA...grandson

Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota; Roll: 1090; Page: 2A; Image: 5.0; Family History Library Film: 2340825.
Carl E Anderson...32...married at 26...Minnesota, Sweden, Sweden...brewmaster, creamery
Elen M Anderson...35...IA, IA, Germany...married at 29
Margie Anderson...5...MN, MN, IA...dau
Carl E Anderson...3 8/12...MN, MN, IA...son
Carl E Anderson...3 8/12...MN, MN, IA...son
Erleen Levelle...16...IA, IA, IA...stepdau...nurse girl, private family

Robert J. Levelle and Ella Lynch had the following children:
…..i.....EILEEN LAVELLE was born on 02 Oct 1912 in Iowa, USA. She died on 01 Sep 2000 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA. She married JOHN MATHEW WETTERGREN.

Notes for Eileen LaVelle:
SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH INDEX
Name: Eileen M. Wettergren
SSN: 468-09-9409
Last Residence: 47304 Muncie, Delaware, Indiana, United States of America
Born: 2 Oct 1912
Died: 1 Sep 2000
State (Year) SSN issued: Minnesota (Before 1951)
National Cemetery Administration. U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006
Name: Eileen M Wettergren
Service Info.: SGT US ARMY AIR FORCES
Birth Date: 2 Oct 1912
Death Date: 30 Sep 2000
Relation: Wife of Wettergren, John Mathew
Interment Date: 10 Oct 2000
Cemetery: Ft. Snelling National Cemetery
Cemetery Address: 7601 34th Avenue, South Minneapolis, MN 55450
Buried At: Section K Site 1776
…..ii.....RAYMOND LAVELLE was born on 09 Sep 1914 in Iowa, USA. He died on 04 Dec 1991 in Muncie, Delaware, Indiana, USA.
…..iii.....ROBERT LAVELLE was born on 07 Nov 1916 in Iowa, USA. He died on 03 Feb 2001 in Muncie, Delaware, Indiana, USA. He married ? DOWLING.

24. MAUDE MAE LEVEL (William, Thomas Jefferson, John) was born on 12 Oct 1884 in Sterling, Crawford County, Illinois, USA. She died on 29 Jul 1943 in Hampton, Franklin, Iowa, USA. She married THOMAS HUTCHINSON WATT on 20 Mar 1901 in Hamilton County, Iowa, USA. He was born on 23 Sep 1872 in Modena, Stark, Illinois, USA. He died on 11 Mar 1961 in Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa, USA.
Thomas Hutchinson Watt and Maude Mae Level had the following child:
…..i.....ARLENE LOUISE WATT.

25. ETHEL ZELMA LEVELLE (Benjamin Franklin Levelle, Thomas Jefferson Level, John Level), b. 7 Feb 1896 Black Hawk County, Iowa, d. 5 May 1980 Grants Pass, Josephine, Oregon, USA. She m. HARRY EUGENE CONDIT, b. 30 May 1892 Nebraska, d. 26 Jun 1918 Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska. She married Pratt Lewis Sharp but by 1940, Ethel was divorced from Pratt Sharp. Burial: Plot: Block: 93 Lot: 3 Grave: 1, Blair Cemetery, Blair, Washington County, Nebraska, USA.

TRIBUNE, July 4, 1918
.....The body of Henry Condit of Winner, S.D., was shipped to Pierce's undertaking establishment Thursday and after the arrival of relatives and others the body was taken to the home of his grandmother, Mrs. L. McEvers, of this city. Mr. Condit was struck by lightning during a thunder storm on his way home with the cattle last Tuesday. He leaves to mourn his death a young wife and two little sons.
.....The family were farming near Winner. In his boyhood days the deceased was well and favorably known in this vicinity. The funeral services were held at the Latter Day Saints Chapel Friday afternoon and were in charge of Elder J.A. Baker of Mo. Valley, who preached a most comforting sermon to the bereaved family. Rev. John B. Williams of the Christian church gave a very touching opening prayer and Rev. A.R. Jones of the Congregational church closed the exercises at the grave.
.....The bereaved parents of both husband and wife, their sister and other relatives were here to attend the last sad rites and all left for their homes Saturday. The music for the services was furnished by a quartette composed of Rev. Jones and Rev. Williams, Miss (?) Myfanwy Jones and Mrs. J.P. Jensen, with Mrs. Grace Rathmann at the organ. The sympathy of the community goes out to the sorrowing relatives in their great bereavement.
Children of HARRY EUGENE CONDIT and ETHEL ZELMA LEVELLE:
.....i.....HARRY EUGENE CONDIT, b. 23 Apr 1914 Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska; d. 15 Mar 2002 Arlington, Snohomish, Washington.
.....ii.....DAVID BENJAMIN CONDIT, b. 25 Feb 1916 Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska; d. 04 Mar 2008 Wickersburg, Maricopa, Arizona, USA.

26. NORA ELIZABETH LEVELL (James Samuel, Solomon, John) was born on 27 Oct 1876 in Marion, Decatur, Indiana, USA. She died on 25 Sep 1952. She married GEORGE FULTZ on 26 Mar 1895 in Decatur County, Indiana, USA. He was born on 07 Jul 1874 in Westport, Decatur, Indiana, USA. He died on 03 Feb 1957. They had six children. They share a tombstone in Rodney Cemetery, Westport, Decatur, Indiana; see findagrave.com photo (52994863)

27. MARY MAY LEVELL (James Samuel, Solomon, John) was born on 17 May 1882. She died on 30 Sep 1966. She married EDWARD FREDERICK SELKE, who was b. 22 Jun 1884 in Batesville, Ripley, IN and d. 28 Jan 1964 Richmond, Wayne, IN. Four children. There's a Mary M. Selke in South Park Cemetery, Greensburg, Decatur, Indiana with dates 1882 and 1966; she shares a tombstone with Esta M. Selke, 1890--1972. Although she's listed as "widowed" in the 1940 census, maybe she was embarrassed to say "divorced." Edward shares a tombstone with wife Lucille Maude in Earlham Cemetery, Richmond, Wayne, Indiana; buried as Edward Frederick Sulkey.

28. ANNA R. LEVELL (James Samuel, Solomon, John) was born on 25 Apr 1884 in Marion, Decatur County, Indiana, USA. She died on 19 Oct 1932. She married HENRY JOHN GERHARD SELKE on 30 Mar 1904 in Decatur County, Indiana, USA. He was born on 10 Jul 1880 in Indiana, USA. He died on 11 Mar 1962 in Greensburg, Decatur, Indiana, USA. H. J. Selke, wife Annie R., and son Wm. Rollin Selke share a tombstone in South Park Cemetery, Greensburg, Decatur, Indiana, USA; see a photo at findagrave.com

Notes for Anna R. Level:
WORLD WAR I DRAFT
Name: Henry John Selke
708 West Sheridan, Greensburg
County: Decatur
State: Indiana
Birth Date: 10 Jul 1880
Race: White
Employer: Railroad
Contact: Mrs. Anna R. Selke, same address
FHL Roll Number: 1493139

Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: Greensburg Ward 3, Decatur, Indiana; Roll: T625_429; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 70; Image: 940.
Henry J Selke...39...IN, IN, IN...own home...can read/write...laborer, railroad
Anna R Selke...36...IN, IN, IN...can read/write
Dorthy M Selke...14...IN, IN, IN...dau
Beulah R Selke...8...IN, IN, IN...dau
Anna L Selke...4...IN, IN, IN...dau
Robert H Selke...2...IN, IN, IN...son

Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Greensburg, Decatur, Indiana; Roll: 580; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 16; Image: 1015.0; FHL microfilm: 2340315
Henry Selke...49...IN, IN, IN...married at 23...lever man, steam railroad
Anna R. Selke...44...IN, IN, IN...married at 18
Louise Selke...15...IN, IN, IN
Robert Selke...12...IN, IN, IN
Donnell Selke...10...IN, IN, IN

Source Citation: Year: 1940; Census Place: Greensburg, Decatur, Indiana; Roll: T627_1035; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 16-19. Address: 311 South Broadway
Henry J. Selke...59...IN...8th grade education...leverman, steam railroad...owns home worth $2500...income: $1700...married 8 years
Ersie Selke...50...IN...8th grade education...married 8 years

WORLD WAR II DRAFT REGISTRATION
Name: Henry John Selke
Birth Date: 10 Jul 1880
Birth Place: Ripley County, Indiana
Residence: 311 S. Broadway, Greensburg, Decatur, Indiana
Race: White
Contact: Mrs. Esla M. Selke, same address
work: New York Central Railroad, switchtower, Greensburg, Decatur, IN

HENRY JOHN GERHARD SELKE and ANNA R. LEVEL had the following children:
…..i..... DOROTHY MARIE SELKE was born on 24 Aug 1905. She married WILLARD G. KENNEDY. He was born 15 April 1892 Iroquois County, Illinois, USA. He died on 11 Mar 1949 in New Castle, Henry, Indiana, USA.

Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: New Castle, Henry, Indiana; Roll: 593; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 22; Image: 237.0; FHL microfilm: 2340328
Willard G. Kennedy...37...IL, IN, IN...salesman, automobile
Dorothy M. Kennedy...24...IN, IN, IN
John L. Kennedy...5...IN, IL, IN
Willard G. Kennedy...1...IN, IL, IN<

Source Citation: Year: 1940; Census Place: New Castle, Henry, Indiana; Roll: T627_1052; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 33-18. 131 North 11th St.
Willard G. Kennedy...47...IL...8th grade education...automobile salesman...owns home worth $1500...income $2400
Dorothy M. Kennedy...34...IN...8th grade education
John Leroy Kennedy...15...IN
Willard G. Kennedy...11...IN

.....ii.....BEULAH SELKE (BLANCHE SELKE?), born about 1912 in Greensburg, Decatur, Indiana, USA.
…..iii.....WILLIAM ROLLIN SELKE was born on 19 Sep 1909 in Greensburg, Decatur, Indiana, USA. He died on 26 Aug 1911 in Greensburg, Decatur, Indiana, USA.
…..iv.....ANNA LOUISE SELKE was born on 01 Mar 1915 in Greensburg, Decatur, Indiana, USA. She died on 24 Jan 1937 in Greensburg, Decatur, Indiana, USA. Buried in South Park Cemetery, Greensburg, Decatur, Indiana, USA.
…..v. ROBERT SELKE was born on 05 Jan 1918 in Greensburg, Decatur, Indiana, USA. He died on 13 Sep 1933 in Greensburg, Decatur, Indiana, USA.
.....vi.....DONALD ALBERT SELKE, born about 1920 Greensburg, Decatur, Indiana, USA. He died on 31 Aug 2011 in Redding, Shasta, California, USA.
…..vii.....PAUL EDWARD SELKE was born on 02 Jul 1921 in Greensburg, Decatur, Indiana, USA. He died on 28 Sep 1921 in Greensburg, Decatur, Indiana, USA and was buried in South Park Cemetery, Greensburg, Decatur, Indiana, USA.

29. JOHN M. LEVEL (James Samuel, Solomon, John) was born on 01 Oct 1887 in Indiana, USA. He died on 23 Apr 1930 in Marion, Decatur, Indiana, USA. He married ANNIE ROSANA HULL, daughter of Oliver Hull and Sarah D. French. She was born on 21 Apr 1888 in Jackson, Ripley, Indiana, USA. She died on 11 Jun 1974. Tombstone in Union Flat Rock Cemetery, Osgood, Ripley, Indiana, has them as John M. Levell and Rosanna Levell.
Notes for John Level:
1920 - Jackson, Ripley, Indiana
Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: Jackson, Ripley, Indiana; Roll: T625_462; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 159; Image: 60.
John Level 32...IN, IN, IN...farm laborer, general farm
Anna Level 31...IN, IN, IN...
Emma J Level 4 11/12...IN, IN, IN...
Edgar A Level 12...IN, IN, IN...
Oliver S Level 10...IN, IN, IN...

1930 census - Marion, Decatur, Indiana
John Levell 42...IN, IN, IN...married at 20...quarry
Anna Levell 42...IN, IN, IN...married at 19...
Edgar Levell 22...IN, IN, IN...son
Oliver Levell 20...IN, IN, IN...son
Emmo Levell 12...IN, IN, IN...son
Wayne Levell 7...IN, IN, IN...son
Daisey Levell 3 1/12...IN, IN, IN...dau
Samuel Levell 74...IN, OH, OH...father

UNION FLAT ROCK CEMETERY, RIPLEY COUNTY, INDIANA
Levell, Bryon Eugene 10/10/1938 1/10/1990 Korean page 33 row 4 lot 59
Levell, Clifford A8/30/1958 8/25/1972 s/o Emmo J Levell page 33 row 4 lot 57 Disintered 8/23/2003 to Sanders Cemetery, Daleville, IN
Levell, Dallas E 1914 1919 s/o John & Rosanna Levell page 35 row 5 lot 40
Levell, Edcar A 1907 8/13/1995 s/o John & Rosanna Levell page 33 row 4 lot 58
Levell, Emmo J 1/13/1918 9/10/1990 s/o John & Rosanna Levell WW II page 33 row 4 lot 57 Disintered 8/23/2003 to Sanders Cemetery, Daleville, IN
Levell, Florence 5/11/1936 2/12/1942 d/o Edcar & Eva Levell page 33 row 4 lot 58
Levell, John M 10/1/1887 4/23/1930 WW I page 35 row 5 lot 40
Levell, John M 12/14/1949 2/21/1950 s/o Emmo J Levell page 33 row 4 lot 57 Disintered 8/23/2003 to Sanders Cemetery, Daleville, IN
Levell, Oliver S 1909 4/23/1930 s/o John & Rosanna Levell page 35 row 5 lot 40
Levell, Rosanna 4/21/1888 6/11/1974 w/o John M Levell page 35 row 5 lot 40
Levell, Willard C6/15/1921 7/4/1921 s/o John & Rosanna Levell page 35 row 5 lot 40
Levell, Eva Mae 1906 1/17/1982 w/o Edcar Levell page 33 row 4 lot 58

"Oliver Hull m. Sarah, d/o Jonathan and Eunice Bowers French, in 1884. Their children were: Walter b. 1885 (m. Ona Kaster); Frank b. 1887 d. at age 2; Rosanna b. 1888 (m. JOHN LEAVELL); Benjamin b. 1889 (m. Altha Russell); Charles b. 1892 d. in infancy; Selma b. 1893 (m. Charles Woods); Daisy b. 1901 (m. Lester Tucker); Arlie b. 1905 (m. Lewis Jayne); Alva b. 1910 (m. Zelma Davis); Oliver lived most of his life on a hilly farm south west of the Flat Rock community, in Jennings County. He was a farmer and also ran a sorghum mill for many years. The name, Hull, is believed to have originated in Yorkshire, England, where the city named Hull is a seaport on the river named Hull. There are still a lot of Hulls in Ripley County, and about 2% of all Americans have this surname, or about one in every 5, 000. Being a common name does not make it any less honorable or important, it does however, indicate they have been prolific."
http://216.239.33.100/search?q=cache:8eTEn-PM6J8C:home.sprintmail.com/~johnamyers/rhull.ht m+Levell+family+Indiana&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
See marriages of Ripley Co. IN on the MISCELLANEOUS LEAVELL DATA page.

John Level and Annie Rosana Hull had the following children:
42.....i.....EDGAR A. LEVELL was born on 07 Aug 1907. He died on 13 Aug 1995 in Madison County, Indiana, USA. He married EVA MAE PETTINGER. She was born in 1906. She died on 17 Jan 1982.
…..ii.....OLIVER S. LEVELL was born in 1909 in Indiana, USA. He died on 23 Apr 1930.
…..iii.....DALLAS E. LEVELL was born in 1914 in Indiana, USA. He died in 1919.
43.....iv.....EMMO J. LEVELL was born on 13 Jan 1918 in Indiana, USA. He died on 10 Sep 1990.
…..v.....WILLARD C. LEVELL was born on 15 Jun 1921 in Indiana, USA. He died on 04 Jul 1921.
…..vi.....WAYNE LAMOINE LEVELL was born on 13 Dec 1922 in Decatur County, Indiana, USA. He died on 09 Feb 1990 in Daleville, Delaware, Indiana, USA. He married EILEEN MAY PICKETT on 06 Apr 1946 in First Baptist Church, Anderson, Madison, Indiana, USA. She was born on 24 Feb 1926 in Columbia Township, Jennings, Indiana, USA.

Notes for Wayne Lamoine Levell:
WORLD WAR II ARMY ENLISTMENT
Name: Wayne L Levell
Birth Year: 1922
Race: White, Citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Indiana
State of Residence: Indiana
County or City: Ripley
Enlistment Date: 18 Jan 1943
Enlistment State: Kentucky
Enlistment City: Louisville
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: Grammar school
Civil Occupation: Farm hands, general farms
Marital Status: Single, with dependents
Height: 66
Weight: 128

SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH INDEX
Name: Wayne L. Levell
SSN: 311-16-6463
Born: 13 Dec 1922
Died: 9 Feb 1990
State (Year) SSN issued: Indiana (Before 1951)

From findagrave.com:
Eileen Mae Levell
(February 24, 1926 - February 1, 2009)
.....Daleville...Eileen Levell, 82, longtime resident of Daleville, passed away at her resident after a courageous battle with COPD. She was born in Jennings County, IN, the daughter of Robert and Zelma Pickett. She was married to Wayne L. Levell who proceeded her in death.
.....Survivors include two daughters: Mrs. Randall (Gaynell) Rowe of Daleville and Donna Ehle of Daleville, grandchildren: Mrs. Carrie Jo (Walters) Yoder of Daleville, Donna S. Ehle of Santa Fe, NM, and John T. Ehle of Anderson, Great grandchildren: Loren Elizabeth Yoder, Sarah Rose Yoder, Stephanie Kate Yoder and Ayden James Ehle, and a very special friend: Bernice Morgan of Anderson, sisters: Evelyn Hull and Maxine Young.
.....Beside her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by brothers: Elvin and Larry Pickett.
.....Funeral services will be held on Wednesday at 1:00 PM at Ballard and Sons Funeral Home, 8212 South Walnut Street, Daleville.
.....Burial will follow at East Maplewood Cemetery in Anderson.
.....Friends may call at the funral home on Tuesday from 3-8 PM.
.....Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association

30. MARY ETHEL LENTZ (Minerva Angeline Level, Solomon Level, John Level) was born on 17 Jan 1883 in Washington, Daviess, Indiana, USA. She died on 08 Sep 1955 in Washington, Daviess, Indiana, USA. She married FREDERICK WILIFORD FIELDS on 18 Oct 1904 in Shoals, Martin, Indiana, USA. He was born on 19 Feb 1885 in Indiana, USA; died on 28 Apr 1961 in Breese, Clinton County, Indiana, USA.

Year: 1920; Census Place: Washington, Daviess, Indiana; Roll: T625_428; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 24; Image: 387. Date: January 9, 1920
Fred Fields...35...IN, IN, IN...home mortgaged...laborer, railroad shop
Ethel Fields...36...MO, IN, IN
Bernard F Fields...14...IN, IN, MO...son
James T Fields...12...IN, IN, MO...son
Vincent G Fields...9...IN, IN, MO...son
Charles A Fields...7...IN, IN, MO...son
Mary N Fields ...4 2/12...IN, IN, MO...dau
Joseph E Fields...2 4/12...IN, IN, MO...son

Children of Frederick Wiliford Fields and Mary Ethel Lentz:
.....i.....BERNARD FRANCIS FIELDS, born 8 July 1905 Indiana, married MARY OLIVE GRIDER on 26 Jul 1926 in Washington, Daviess, Indiana, USA. She was b. 16 Oct 1907. "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org

Year: 1940; Census Place: 16th Street, Washington, Daviess, Indiana; Roll: T627_1034; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 14-24B. May 2, 1940
Bernard Fields...34...IN...rents home/$12...8th grade education...trucker...income $550
Olive Fields...33...IN...8th grade education
Tommy Fields...12...IN
James Fields...9...IN
Bennie Fields...8...IN
Jack Fields...4...IN
Mary L Fields...7/12...IN
James Grider...58...IN...6th grade education...widowed...miner...income $950...father-in-law
Laughlin Grider...30...IN...high school, 4 yr...steam nails iron store
44.....ii.....JAMES FLOYD FIELDS was born on 14 Nov 1907 in Daviess County, Indiana, USA. He died in Dec 1982 in Washington, Daviess, Indiana, USA. He married ESTHER LORENA RAY. She was born on 18 Nov 1911 in Daviess County, Indiana, USA. She died on 14 Oct 1997 in Bedford, Lawrence, Indiana, USA.
.....iii.....VINCENT G. FIELDS, b. 23 Jan 1910, d. 25 Sep 1990, buried in Section A, Saint Johns Cemetery, Washington, Daviess, Indiana, USA per findagrave.com
.....iv.....CHARLES A. FIELDS, b. abt. 1913, d. 10 Jun 1984 Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, USA.
.....v.....MARGARET N. FIELDS, b. 07 Oct 1915 Indiana.
.....vi.....JOSEPHINE FIELDS, b. abt 1918 Indiana.

34. NAOMI MARIE LEVEL (Frank Edgar, Solomon, John) was born 06 Mar 1905 Chenoa, McLean, Illinois, USA and died 15 Jun 1990 in Drayton Plains, Oakland, Michigan, USA. On 20 Mar 1922 in Marion County, Indiana, she married DURWOOD SOUTH YOUNG, born 03 Jun 1899 in Swallowfield, Franklin, Kentucky, USA and died 04 Jan 1972 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. Census records show three daughters and two sons.

GENERATION 5

35. EDITH FLORENCE LEVELL (Charles, Abraham Jacob Level, Thomas Jefferson Level, John Level)
was born 03 Dec 1903 in Independence, Buchanan, Iowa, USA and died 14 Sep 1983 in Osceola, Clarke, Iowa, USA. She married WILLIAM C. BLAIR on 17 Nov 1920 in Estherville, Emmet, Iowa, USA. He was born 1899 and died 1988. Edith and William share a tombstone in Mable Hill Cemetery, Osceola, Clarke, Iowa.

Received from Jodi Levell (jlevell at cox.net) on 10/4/2013, taken from an unidentified newspaper :
Edith Blair Dies Sept.14
…..Edith Florence Blair, 79, of rural New Virginia died Wednesday, September 14, at the Clarke County Hospital in Osceola. Services were held Saturday, September 17 at the Kale Funeral Home in Osceola at 11 a.m. Interment was in the Maple Hill Cemetery in Osceola.
…..Edith Florence Blair was bom December 3, 1903 in Independence, Iowa to Charles Levell and Clara Bell Grey. She attended Estherville schools, marrying William C. Blair on November 27, 1920 in Estherville. Six children were bom to this union.
…..Surviving relatives include: husband, William of New Virginia; daughter, Evelyn Bartholomew and husband, Everitt of Sterling, Colorado; son, Kenneth W. Blair and wife, Helen of Osceola; daughter, Joan Martin and husband, Warren E. of Sterling, Colorado; son, Max and wife, Marilyn of New Virginia; 14 grandchildren; 23 great grand-children; and two brothers, Lumbert Levell of Jackson, Minnesota and Mike Levell of Spirit Lake.
…..She was preceded in death by her parents; one son, William (Billy); one daughter, Geraldine in infancy and three grandchildren.

Children of EDITH LEVELL and WILLIAM BLAIR include:
.....i.....G. JOANN LEVELL, b. 21 Mar 1932 Osceola, Clarke, Iowa, and died 29 Mar 1996 Sterling, Logan, Colorado, USA. She married WARREN E. MARTIN on 26 Jun 1954 in Sterling. He was born 16 Jul 1927 and died 30 Jun 2001. They share a tombstone in Riverside Cemetery, Sterling, Logan, Colorado, USA.

Per findagrave.com
.....G. Joann Martin, 63, of Sterling died March 29, 1996 at her home.
.....Visitation will be from noon to 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 2 at Chaney-Walters Funeral Home. Graveside services will be 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 3, at Riverside Cemetery with the Rev. Gregory. Fitch officiating.
Mrs. Martin was born March 31, 1932 to William and Edith (Levelle) Blair in Osceola, Iowa, where she grew up and graduated from high school. She later moved to Sterling.
.....She married Warren "Mike" Martin on June 26, 1954 in Sterling. They moved to McCook, Neb., for two years and then back to Sterling, where she has resided since. She was assistant manager of the Komac Paint Store for 12 years.
.....She is survived by her husband; a son, Bill of Sterling; a daughter, Ten Strohmeyer and husband Bryan of Sterling; two brothers, Kenneth Blair and wife Helen, and Max and wife Mary, all of Osceo la; in-laws, Maurice and Mary Stice of Cherokee, Okia., and G. Joann Marty and Coleen Martin of Houston, Texas; and numerous nieces and nephews.
.....She was preceded in death by a, son, Kelly Blair Martin; a brother, Bill Blair; a sister, Evelyn Bartholomew; a nephew, Tim Bartholomew; and a sister-in-law, Marilyn Blair.

Also per finadagrave.com
…..Warren E. "Mike" Martin, 73, of Sterling, died Saturday, June 30, 2001 in Sterling.
…..A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, July 5, at Chaney-Reager Funeral Home with William Jeffers officiating. Military rites will be by American Legion Post No. 20. Inurnment will be at Riverside Cemetery.
…..Mr. Martin was born on July 16, 1927 to Ryle C. Martin Sr. and Goldie (McIntosh) Martin in Crawford, Neb. Mike graduated from Bear Creek High School in Denver in 1945. He enlisted in the U.S. Merchant Marines and later in the U.S. Navy and served in Japan. He then enlisted in the U.S. Air Force.
…..On June 26, 1954 he married Joann Blair in Sterling. He was the manager of Sherwin Williams paint store for several years. He went to Saudi Arabia to oversee the building of two amusement parks. Mike was a Wal-Mart greeter and enjoyed helping the elderly.
…..He enjoyed remodeling his home, gardening and fishing. He was a member of the VFW Post No. 3541, American Legion Post No. 20 and was a former member of the Masonic Lodge and a former City Council member.
…..Mr. Martin is survived by a son, Bill Martin of Sterling; a daughter, Ten Strohmeyer and husband Bryan of Sterling; a sister, Mary Elizabeth Stice of Cherokee, Okla.; and special friends, Devie, Sarah and Ash ley Miller and Peg Tennant, all of Sterling.He was preceded in death by his parents; a son, Kelly Martin; his wife, Joann in 1996; and two brothers, Ryle C. Martin Jr. and Donald M. Martin.

36. LUMBERT LEANDER LEVELL (Charles, Abraham Jacob Level, Thomas Jefferson Level, John Level) was born 23 Feb 1906 in Gruver, Emmet, Iowa, USA and d. 17 Aug 1998 Jackson, Jackson, Minnesota, USA. He married MYRTLE STADE.

MINNESOTA DEATH INDEX
Name: Lumbert Leander Levell
Birth Date: 23 Feb 1906
Birth City: Gruver
Birth State or Country: Iowa
Death Date: 17 Aug 1998
Death County: Jackson
Death City: Jackson
Mother's Maiden Name: Gray
State File Number: 1998-MN-021691

Received from Jodi Levell (jlevell at co?x.net) on 10/4/2013, taken from a funeral home handout:
…..LUMBERT (LUM) LEANDER LEVELL was born on the 23rd of February, 1906, in Gruver, Iowa, the son of Charles and Clara (Gray) Levell. As a youth, he attended country school in rural Emmet County, Iowa. Lum was united in marriage to Myrtle Stade on February 17, 1927, in Estherville, Iowa. After marriage, they lived and farmed in Emmet Township, Emmet County, Iowa. In 1939, they moved to a farm in Petersburg Township, Jackson County, Minnesota. Myrtle passed away on August 20, 1992. Lum continued to live on the farm until becoming a resident of the Good Samaritan Center in Jackson on June 25, 1998.
…..Lum was a member of the Union State Line Church in Petersburg, Minnesota. His lifelong hobbies were hunting, fishing, and trapping. He also enjoyed feeding the deer at his farm every winter.
…..Lum passed away on Monday, August 17, 1998, at the Good Samaritan Center in Jackson at the age of 92 years, 5 months, and 25 days. He is survived by one son, Robert Levell and his wife Ardyce of Dolliver, Iowa; three daughters, Bonnie Brown of Johnston, Iowa, Darlene and her husband Carlyle Stender of Lakefield, Minnesota, and Nancy and her husband Harold Hansen of Lakefield, Minnesota; ten grandchildren, sixteen great-grandchildren, five step-grandchildren, and seven step-great-grandchildren.
…..Lum was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Myrtle; one brother, W.W. (Mike) Levell; and one sister, Edith Blair.
…..Blessed be the memory of Lumbert (Lum) Leander Levell.

Children of LUMBERT LEVELL and MYRTLE STADE include:
.....i.....Robert Lee Levell, born 28 Aug 1927, d. 21 Apr 2012, both in Estherville, Emmet, Iowa. He married NORA AMANDA BERGE. Both are buried in Palestine Cemetery, Dolliver, Emmet, Iowa, USA.

Fairmont Sentinel, April 23, 2012
.....DOLLIVER, Iowa - Services for Robert Lee Levell, 84, of Dolliver, Iowa, will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Trinity Lutheran Church, Estherville, Iowa. Interment will be in Palestine Lutheran Cemetery, Dolliver.
.....Levell died Saturday, April 21, 2012, at Avera Holy Family Health, Estherville. Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Tuesday at Henry-Olson Funeral Chapel, Estherville
.....Robert Lee Levell, son of Lumbert and Myrtle (Stade) Levell, was born Aug. 28, 1927, in rural Estherville, Iowa. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War.
.....Survivors include his children, Bob Levell Jr. of Prescott Valley, Ariz.; Judy Gosch of Gruver, Iowa; Peg Mason of Estherville, Iowa; Mary Sampson of Phoenix, Ariz.; Jodi Levell of Cave Creek, Ariz.; 10 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; sisters, Darlene Stender of Lakefield and Nancy Hanson of Lakefield; step-children, Ann Stephenson of Jackson; David Pell of Petersburg; Brian Pell of Sioux Falls; Kenny Pell of Petersburg; Joe Pell of Jackson; 10 step-grandchildren; and one step-great-grandchild.

Per JK Levell at findagrave.com memorial #117846049
Daughter of Norwegian immigrants Johannes (John) & Martha (Makebakken) Berge. Was born on family farm near Dolliver, Iowa. She married Robert Lee Levell Sr on her parents 25th wedding anniversary. To this union was born 5 children Robert, Judy, Peggy, Mary and Jodi. She taught school at the Quastad school and Ayrshire School District until married. She was Emmet County Homemaker of the Year and was active in Palestine Lutheran Church her entire life. She was also involved in 4-H and vacation Bible School. Her hobby was to bake and decorate cakes for the children, neighbors and church members. She also loved to sew and knit. She passed away due to commplications of breast cancer.

37. MARVIN DONALD LEVELLE (Benjamin Franklin, Abraham Jacob Level, Thomas Jefferson Level, John Level)
was born on 23 Feb 1922 in Puposky, Beltrami, Minnesota, USA. He died on 27 Jul 1974 in Alachua County, Florida, USA. He married SHIRLEY JEAN BENSON. She was born on 11 Aug 1931 in Walker, Linn, Iowa, USA. She died on 18 Jan 1989 in Center Point, Linn, Iowa, USA.

Marvin Donald LeVelle and Shirley Jean Benson had the following child:
.....i.....LARRY DONALD LEVELLE was born on 25 Mar 1955 in Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, USA. He died on 24 Jun 2005 in Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, USA. At findagrave.com see photo of tombstone in Urbana Memorial Cemetery, Urbana, Benton, Iowa, USA.

Notes for Larry Donald LeVelle: http://www.obitsforlife.com/obituary/233242/LeVelle-Larry.php
.....Larry "Trapper Donald LeVelle, 50, of 5701 Gordon Court N.W., died Friday, June 24, 2005, in his home, following an extended illness. Services: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 29, 2005, at Urbana Christian Church, Urbana, by the Rev. Thomas Felts. Burial: Urbana Cemetery. Friends may call from 4-9 p.m. Tuesday at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Center Point.
.....Survivors include a daughter, Holly (Eric Love) LeVelle of Palo; a son, Eric (Elizabeth Steele) LeVelle of Yankton, South Dakota; grandchildren, Ford Hodges, Hannah LeVelle, Brandon Love, Maxwell Strawn and Julia LeVelle; four brothers,nTerry (Teri) LeVelle, Kevin (Kim) LeVelle and Kelvin LeVelle, all of Cedar Rapids, and Kelly (Sharon) LeVelle of Center Point; two sisters, Cathy LeVelle and Karen LeVelle, both of Cedar Rapids, his grandmother, Frances Benson of Urbana; his former wife, Shirley Smith Fitzpatrick of Cedar Rapids; and many aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews.
.....His father, Marvin LeVelle in 1974, his mother, Shirley LeVelle in 1989; grandparents, Leland Benson and Frank and Mary LeVelle; and a grandson, Cheyenne Parish, preceded him in death.
.....He was born March 25, 1955, in Cedar Rapids, to Marvin Donald and Shirley Jean Benson LeVelle. In 1974, he married Shirley Smith. They later divorced. He served with the U.S. Army; was a member of the Brothers of the Vietnam Vets Motorcycle Club; and was baptized at the New Creation Church in Cedar Rapids. Trapper loved motorcycles and his grandchildren.
.....A memorial fund has been established.
42. EDCAR A. LEVELL (John Level, James Samuel Level, Solomon Level, John Level) was born on 07 Aug 1907 in Decatur County, Indiana, USA. He died on 13 Aug 1995 in Anderson, Madison, Indiana, USA. He married EVA MAE PETTINGER. She was born in 1906. She died on 17 Jan 1982. They share a tombstone in Union Flat Rock Cemetery, Ripley County, Indiana.

Notes for Edcar A. Levell:
The Greensburg Times, Fri, 18 Aug 1995
.....Edcar A. Levell, 88, Anderson Ind., died at 1 a.m., Sunday, Aug. 13, 1995, at Anderson Health Care Center.
.....Born Aug. 7, 1907, in Decatur County, he was the son of John and Roseanna (Hull) Levell. He married Eva Pettinger on Oct. 19, 1927, and she preceded him in death. He was a former resident of Greensburg and a retired farmer and carpenter.
.....He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Charles (Laurene) Gray of Greensburg, and Mary Darlene Reed of Henderson, Ky.; four sons, Lester H. Levell of Chesterfield, Ind., Edward and Wendell Levell, both of Osgood, and Norman Lovell of Daleville, Ind.; one sister, Daisy Lewellyn of Daleville; 28 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.

SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH INDEX
Name: Edcar A. Levell
SSN: 311-10-8791
Last Residence: 46017 Anderson, Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Born: 7 Aug 1907
Died: 13 Aug 1995
State (Year) SSN issued: Indiana (Before 1951)

Edcar A. Levell and Eva Mae Pettinger included the following children:
…..i.....ANNA LAURENE LEVELL was born on 01 Aug 1928. She died on 29 Mar 2004. Notes for Anna Laurene Levell:.burial: page 77 row 26 lot 53 of Union Flat Rock Cemetery, Osgood, Ripley County, Indiana, USA.
47.....ii.....LESTER HOOVER LEVELL, born 19 Oct 1929 Ripley County, IN; d. 16 Oct 2015 IN. On 02 May 1953 he married RUTH PARKER. Burial: Saunders Cemetery, Daleville, Delaware, Indiana, USA.
48.....iii.....EDWARD MARSHALL LEVELL was born on Jul. 19, 1931, was a corporal in the U.S. Army in Korea, and died December 9, 2006. He shares a tombstone with wife Dorothy J. Bartlett in Union Flat Rock Cemetery, Osgood, Ripley, Indiana. She was born 21 February 1935 in Shelby County, IN, and died 19 Dec 2015 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, OH.
…..iii.....FLORENCE M. LEVELL was born on 11 May 1936. She died on 12 Feb 1942 and was buried in Union Flat Rock Cemetery, Osgood, Ripley, Indiana.
.....iv.....BYRON E. LEVELL was born on 10 Oct 1938 in Greensburg, Decatur, Indiana and died 10 January 1990 in Everett, Snohomish, Washington. He was a Vietnam veteran and was buried in Union Flat Rock Cemetery, Osgood, Ripley, Indiana
.....v.....NORMAN LEVELL, born 09 Sep 1933 Ripley County, IN; d. 13 Aug 1995 St. Vincent's Hospital, Anderson, Madison, Indiana, USA. Burial: Sunderland Cemetery, Daleville, Delaware, Indiana, USA. Wives: Mary Dugger and Corina Watters-Hubble.

43. EMMO J.LEVELL (John Level, James Samuel Level, Solomon Level, John Level) was born on 13 Jan 1918 in Indiana, USA. He died on 10 Sep 1990. Levell, Emmo J 1/13/1918 9/10/1990 s/o John & Rosanna Levell WW II page 33 row 4 lot 57 Disintered 8/23/2003 to Sanders Cemetery, Daleville, IN. (Why was he moved?) Who was his wife?

Notes for Emmo J. Levell:
WORLD WAR II ENLISTMENT
Name: Emmo J Levell
Birth Year: 1918
Race: White, Citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Indiana
State of Residence: Indiana
Enlistment Date: 8 Dec 1942
Enlistment State: Indiana
Enlistment City: Indianapolis
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: Grammar school
Civil Occupation: Semiskilled construction occupations, n.e.c.
Marital Status: Single, with dependents
Height: 64
Weight: 123

SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH INDEX
Name: Emmo J. Levell
SSN: 304-18-7731
Born: 13 Jan 1918
Died: 10 Sep 1990
State (Year) SSN issued: Indiana (Before 1951)

Emmo J. Levell had the following children:
.....i.....BILLY JOE LEVELL, b. 18 Jan 1945 in Anderson, Madison, Indiana, USA; d. 18 Oct 1997 in Warsaw, Kosciusko, Indiana, USA. Burial: Saunders Cemetery, Daleville, Delaware, Indiana, USA.
…..ii.....JOHN M. LEVELL was born on 14 Dec 1949. He died on 21 Feb 1950.
…..iii.....CLIFFORD J. LEVELL was born on 30 Aug 1958. He died on 25 Aug 1972.

30. JAMES FLOYD FIELDS (Mary Ethel Lentz, Minerva Angeline Level, Solomon Level, John Level) was born on 14 Nov 1907 in Daviess County, Indiana, USA. He died in Dec 1982 in Washington, Daviess, Indiana, USA. He married ESTHER LORENA RAY. She was born on 18 Nov 1911 in Daviess County, Indiana, USA. She died on 14 Oct 1997 in Bedford, Lawrence, Indiana, USA.

James Floyd Fields and Esther Lorena Ray had the following child:
…..i.....RICHARD RAY FIELDS was born on 02 Aug 1932 in Washington, Daviess County, Indiana, USA. He died on 29 Mar 2000 in Linton, Greene, Indiana, USA. He married MARY CATHERINE WILSON. She was born about 1934. She died in Mar 1957 in Washington, Daviess, Indiana, USA.

GENERATION 6

47. LESTER HOOVER LEVELL (Edcar A., John M., James Samuel, Solomon, John) was born 19 Oct 1929 in Ripley County, Indiana, USA and died 16 Oct 2015. On 02 May 1953 he married RUTH PARKER.

Published in The Star Press on Oct. 20, 2015
Lester Hoover Levell, 85
CHESTERFIELD - Lester H. Levell, 85, resident of Chesterfield, died Friday, October 16, 2015 at St. Vincent's Regional Hospital in Anderson after an extended illness. He was born in Ripley County, Indiana to Edcar and Eva Levell on October 19, 1929. He served in the U.S. Army from March 1951 to February 1953 in Germany. He married Ruth Parker on May 2, 1953. He was self employed owning Lester H. Levell and Sons Building and Remodeling and was a member of the American Legion and Westside Baptist Church of Muncie. He enjoyed antiquing and travelling.
.....He is survived by his wife Ruth; children, Rebecca (Sam) Jackson of Amboy, Gerald (Debi) of Lakeland, FL, Susan (George) McKinley of Ft. Wayne, Brenda (Dennis) Parkhurst of Anderson, Kevin (friend, Kathy) of Alexandria and Anita (Bob) Lilly of Elwood; grandchildren, David Jackson, Todd (Abby) Jackson, Chay Levell, Nathan Philpot, Aaron Levell, Jacob Bivens, Brandon Parkhurst, Charlotte Cloud, Clayton Levell, Lindsay Lilly, and Wyatt Lilly, three great-grandsons; a brother, Wendell and a sister, Mary Reed.
.....He was preceded in death by a son, Jay Level; his parents; his siblings, Wilberta Robins, Laurene Gray, Norman, Edward, Florence, and Byron.
.....A celebration of his life will be 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, October 21, 2015 at Ballard and Sons Funeral Home, 8212 South Walnut Street, Daleville with Pastor Larry Waters officiating. Burial will follow in Saunders Cemetery, Daleville. Friends may call from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.A very special thank you to Dr. Eddy, Dr. Ong, the Cancer Unit at St. Vincent's and Westside Baptist Church in Muncie. Online guestbook at www.ballardandsons.com. The Ballard family is honored to celebrate the life of Lester with family and friends.
Child of LESTER HOOVER LEVELL:
.....i.....JAY PATRICK LEVELL b. 11 Jan 1957, Shelbyville, Shelby, Indiana, USA; d. 30 May 2014 48. EDWARD MARSHALL LEVELL (Edcar A., John M., James Samuel, Solomon, John) On 19 Jul 1931 he married DOROTHY J. BARTLETT. He was a corporal in the Army in the Korean War. They are buried in Union Flat Rock Cemetery, Ripley County, Indiana, USA; visit findagrave.com to see photo of their shared tombstone.

At findagrave.com is this unsourced transcript of her obituary:
Dorothy J. Levell, 80, of Versailles passed away Saturday, December 19, 2015 at the Christ Hospital in Cincinnati. She was born near Shelbyville on February 21, 1935 the daughter of Charles and Anna Stafford Bartlett. She was married to Edward Levell on November 25, 1952 and he preceded her in death on December 9, 2006. Survivors include four sons Kelly (Lorna) Levell and Bradley Levell both of Batesville, Jeff Levell of Versailles, and Duane (Jamie) Levell of Dillsboro; one daughter Denise (Warren) Bates of Versailles:13 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren, and 2 great-great-grandchildren. She was also preceded in death by her parents, her son Edward Marshel Lovell II,and 12 brothers and sisters. Mrs. Levell was a homemaker and a former member and president of the Napoleon VFW. She enjoyed reading, crocheting, and had been a long time collector of salt and pepper shakers. Dorothy’s wishes were to be cremated. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, January 2, 2016 at 11am at the Flat Rock Baptist Church near Osgood with Ray West officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will begin at 10am. Memorials may be given to the Flat Rock Baptist Church or cemetery in care of the Stratton-Karsteter Funeral Home, Versailles.


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