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Surnames: STITH, LOWE, PAPINCHOCK, ROGERS
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Family of William Riley Stith
WILLIAM RILEY STITH was born January 20, 1879 in Cumberland Co., Illinois. He married
STELLA LOWE on May 8, 1908, in Vigo Co., Indiana. She was born 1890 in Martinsville, IL.
Notes for WILLIAM RILEY STITH:
WPA Index, Vigo Co., Marriage Records.
WPA Index, Vigo Co., Birth Records.
Stith, Evaline L William Stella Lowe Vigo F 17 Dec 1918
Stith, Marg P Wiltham Stella Low Vigo F 09 Dec 1916
Stith, Thelma I Wm R Stella Lowe Vigo F 28 May 1909
World War I Draft Registration Card
Registered, Terre Haute, Vigo Co., Indiana
Full name, date of birth, and physical description.
1910 Census, Ward 7, Terra Haute, Harrison Twp., Vigo Co., Indiana, e.d. 173, sheet 7A-B,
p. 200
21 April 1910, renting 1405 Grand Ave.
149-149
44. Stith William, head, M W 31, married [2] 1 yr; b. IL; parents b. OH; mother b. IL; Box
Maker, Box Factory
45. ------- Stella, wife, F W 20, married [1] 1 yr, 1 child born, 1 living; b. IL; parents
b. IL
46. ------- Thelma, daughter, F W 11/12, single; b. IN; parents b. IL
47. Lowe Lucinda, Mother in Law, F W 60, widowed, 10 children born, 6 living; b. IL;
parents b. OH
48. ------- Albert, Brother in Law, M W 22, single; b. IL; parents b. IL; Laborer, Glass
Factory
49. Jones Archie, Brother in Law, M W 34, widowed; b. IL; parents b. IL; Teamster, At
Large
50. ------- Della, Neice, F W 5, single; b. IN; parents b. IL
51. Jones George, Nephew, M W 7, single; b. IN; parents b. IL
1920 Census, Precinct D, Terra Haute, Harrison Twp., Vigo Co., Indiana, e.d. 155, sheet
7A, p. 295
5 January 1920, renting 2026 North 4th St
139-143
30. Stith William R, head, M W 40, married; b. IL; father b. OH; mother b. IL; Laborer,
City
31. ------- Stella, wife, F W 30, married; b. IL; parents b. IL
32. ------- Thelma, daughter, F W 10, single; b. IN; parents b. IL; attended school
33. ------- Harold, son, M W 8, single; b. IN; parents b. IL; attended school
34. ------- Albert, son, M W 6, single; b. IN; parents b. IL; attended school
35. ------- Margaret, daughter, F W 3, single; b. IN; parents b. IL
36. ------- Evelyn, daughter, F W 1, single; b. IN; parents b. IL
1930 Census, Ward 6, Terra Haute, Harrison Twp., Vigo Co., Indiana, e.d. 84-35, sheet 13A,
p. 268
9 April 1930, renting 1901 North Second [or Third?] Street at $12.50 monthly; did not own
a radio
330-372
35. Stith William, head, M W 51, married 1st at age 29; b. IL; father b. IL; mother b. IN;
Laborer, Own Contractor
36. ------- Stella, wife, F W 40, married 1st at age 18; b. IL; parents b. IL
37. ------- Harold, son, M W 19, single; b. IN; parents b. IL; attended school
38. ------- Albert, son, M W 15, single; b. IN; parents b. IL; attended school
39. ------- Margaret, daughter, F W 13, single; b. IN; parents b. IL; attended school
40. ------- Lucenda, daughter, F W 11, single; b. IN; parents b. IL; attended school
This census record is indexed as "Scoth" by
Ancestry.com. Presumably, Evelyn in
the 1920 Census and Lucenda in the 1930 Census are one and the same.
WILLIAM RILEY STITH and STELLA LOWE had the following known children:
i. THELMA IRENE STITH, b. May 28, 1909, Terre Haute, Harrison Twp., Vigo Co., IN; d.
August 1944.
ii. HAROLD STITH, b. 1912.
iii. ALBERT STITH, b. 1914.
iv. MARGARET PAULINE STITH, b. December 9, 1915, Terre Haute, Harrison Twp., Vigo Co.,
IN; m. JAMES LEROY ROGERS, July 7, 1934, Terre Haute, Vigo Co., IN; b. March 1, 1913,
South Bend, IN.
v. EVELYN STITH, b. December 17, 1918.
Generation No. 2
2. THELMA IRENE STITH (WILLIAM RILEY) was born May 28, 1909 in Terre Haute, Harrison
Twp., Vigo Co., Indiana, and died August 1944. She married PHILIP MICHAEL PAPINCHOCK
January 7, 1928, in Terre Haute, Vigo Co., Indiana, son of NICK PAPINCHOCK and ANNA
PETROSKY. He was born January 11, 1904, in Diamond, Parke Co., IN.
Notes for THELMA IRENE STITH:
Obituary: PAPINCHOCK THELMA IRENE 44/08/23 35 02 TRIB
Child of THELMA STITH and PHILIP PAPINCHOCK is:
i. PATRICIA ANN PAPINCHOCK, b. October 26, 1928; m. JACK EDMUND PFRANK, August 10, 1947,
Terre Haute, Vigo Co., IN; b. January 21, 1926, Terre Haute, Harrison Twp., Vigo Co., IN.