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Homer Franklin Aspinwall

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Homer Franklin Aspinwall

Birth
Florence, Stephenson County, Illinois, USA
Death
23 Feb 1919 (aged 72)
Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.2824586, Longitude: -89.6639105
Plot
Oak Knoll - SE Corner - Row 6
Memorial ID
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Husband of:
1. Emma M Sheetz
2. Jane Clingman

Children with Emma:
• Laura Grace Aspinwall 1879 – 1939
• John Ray Aspinwall 1881 – 1934

1900 United States Federal Census Florence, Stephenson, Illinois
• H A Aspinwall 53
• Emma Aspinwall 47
• Grace Aspinwall 20
• John Aspinwall 18

Homer Aspinwall was born to John Aspinwall (1807-1889) and Lucy Shumway (1813-1883) in Stephenson County, Illinois 7 miles west of Freeport on November 15, 1846. His father had suffered. His parents being in poor circumstances, he was compelled to earn his own living at the early age of seven years.

Homer attended public school and Freeport High School while helping on the family farm, then worked as a clerk in a wholesaling store, returning to the family farm again after two years of clerking. Florence Township.

An advocate of modern farming machinery, Aspinwall successfully developed his farm and became a prominent local citizen.[

Aspinwall was elected tax assessor for Florence Town and held a variety of other minor offices there. He later elected to the county board of supervisors, where he served a four-year term. Aspinwall was a delegate to the 1880 Republican National Convention, supporting former President Ulysses S. Grant. In 1892, Aspinwall was elected to the Illinois Senate as a Republican. He served two four-year terms in the legislature. In 1896, Aspinwall campaigned for William McKinley.[

At the outbreak of the Spanish–American War in 1898, Asprinwall helped to raise a regiment and offered to serve as lieutenant colonel. However, the unit was not deployed, and instead, McKinley appointed Aspwinwall a captain and assistant quartermaster. He was tasked with overseeing the SS Manitoba transport ship, formerly of the Atlantic Transport Line. The ship transferred 12,000 servicemen over the course of the conflict. With the war over, Aspinwall was mustered out in February 1899, returning to his final Senate term

Aspinwall married Emma M. Sheetz on December 18, 1874. They had a son, John Ray, and a daughter, Grace.
Husband of:
1. Emma M Sheetz
2. Jane Clingman

Children with Emma:
• Laura Grace Aspinwall 1879 – 1939
• John Ray Aspinwall 1881 – 1934

1900 United States Federal Census Florence, Stephenson, Illinois
• H A Aspinwall 53
• Emma Aspinwall 47
• Grace Aspinwall 20
• John Aspinwall 18

Homer Aspinwall was born to John Aspinwall (1807-1889) and Lucy Shumway (1813-1883) in Stephenson County, Illinois 7 miles west of Freeport on November 15, 1846. His father had suffered. His parents being in poor circumstances, he was compelled to earn his own living at the early age of seven years.

Homer attended public school and Freeport High School while helping on the family farm, then worked as a clerk in a wholesaling store, returning to the family farm again after two years of clerking. Florence Township.

An advocate of modern farming machinery, Aspinwall successfully developed his farm and became a prominent local citizen.[

Aspinwall was elected tax assessor for Florence Town and held a variety of other minor offices there. He later elected to the county board of supervisors, where he served a four-year term. Aspinwall was a delegate to the 1880 Republican National Convention, supporting former President Ulysses S. Grant. In 1892, Aspinwall was elected to the Illinois Senate as a Republican. He served two four-year terms in the legislature. In 1896, Aspinwall campaigned for William McKinley.[

At the outbreak of the Spanish–American War in 1898, Asprinwall helped to raise a regiment and offered to serve as lieutenant colonel. However, the unit was not deployed, and instead, McKinley appointed Aspwinwall a captain and assistant quartermaster. He was tasked with overseeing the SS Manitoba transport ship, formerly of the Atlantic Transport Line. The ship transferred 12,000 servicemen over the course of the conflict. With the war over, Aspinwall was mustered out in February 1899, returning to his final Senate term

Aspinwall married Emma M. Sheetz on December 18, 1874. They had a son, John Ray, and a daughter, Grace.


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