Ira Augustus Shotts1

#22906, (5 March 1854 - 20 March 1914)

Family

Louisa Frances Rusk b. 1862, d. 1934
Children 1.Elihu Shotts4 (1881 - 1951)
 2.Johanna Shotts5 (1886 - 1964)
 3.Robert L Shotts6 (1894 - 1951)
 4.Ralph Shotts7 (1898 - 1978)
 5.Ruth Pauline Shotts8 (1898 - 1971)
 6.Mabel G Shotts9 (1903 - 1966)
Birth*5 March 1854He was born on 5 March 1854 at IndianaG.1 
Marriage*14 October 1880He married Louisa Frances Rusk, daughter of Edward Rusk and Caroline Mahan, on 14 October 1880 at Montgomery Co., IndianaG.2 
12 June 1900He and Louisa Frances Rusk appeared on the census of 12 June 1900 at Shelby Twp., Tippecanoe Co., IndianaG.3 
Death*20 March 1914He died on 20 March 1914 at Tippecanoe Twp., Tippecanoe Co., IndianaG, at age 60.1 

Citations

  1. [S1672] Indiana Death Certificates 1899-2011/2017, Indiana State Board of Health, Death Certificates, 1900–2011, No. 258, Reg. No. 33. Ira Agustus [sic], b. Montgomery Co. IN 5 Mar 1854, son of Andrew Shotts, b. Germany, and Nancy Seever, b. US; farmer, husb. of Louisa Shotts; d. Tippecanoe Twp., Tippecanoe Co. IN, 20 Mar 1914, age 60y 15d, lobar pneumonia; inf. Joseph H Russell; bur. Cairo Cemetery, 22 Mar 1914, online Ancestry.com.
  2. [S198] Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941 [database], Jordan Dodd, Liahona Research and Works Progress Administration, compilers, online Ancestry.com, Ira A Shotts and Louisa F Rusk, marr. Montgomery Co. 14 Oct 1880; citing WPA Record, Book 9, p. 457.
  3. [S5] 1900 U.S. Federal Census. Michael (46), b. IN Mar 1854, parents b. IN, day laborer; Louis [sic] F (36), b. IN Jul 1863, parents b. IN, 4 children, all living; marr. 21 yrs.
  4. [S1672] Indiana Death Certificates 1899-2011, Death No. 4055, Local No. 186 (delayed). Elihu Shotts, b. Montgomery Co. IN 3 Nov 1881, son of Ira Shotts and Louisa Rusk; marr., farmer, res. Rural Rt. 2, Kawana, Fulton Co. IN; d. at res. 16 Jan 1951, age 69, self-inflicted gunshot wound of chest; inf. Mrs. Zella Shotts, res. Kawana IN; bur. Grass Creek Cemetery, Grass Creek IN, 19 Jan 1951.
  5. [S1672] Indiana Death Certificates 1899-2011, State No. 33729, Local No. 64-585. Johanna Wills, b. IN 10 Sep 1964, dau. of Ira A Shotts and Louisa Rusk; wid., res. Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co. IN; d. Scott Nursing Home, Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co. IN, 10 Sep 1964, age 78, chronic myocarditis; inf. Ralph Shotts, res. Brookston IN; bur. Grass Creek Cemetery, Grass Creek IN.
  6. [S1672] Indiana Death Certificates 1899-2011, Death No. 2856, Local No. 65. Robert L Shotts, b. Tippecanoe Co. IN 25 Apr 1894, son of Ira L [sic] Shotts and Louiza Rusk; marr., City Transit bus driver, res. 411 North 4th Street, Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co. IN; d. Home Hospital, Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co. IN, 31 Jan 1951, age 56, cardiac dilation and pulmonary endema; inf. Mrs. R L Shotts, res. Lafayette IN; bur. St. Boniface, Lafayette IN, 5 Feb 1951.
  7. [S1672] Indiana Death Certificates 1899-2011, State No. 78-0334440. Ralph Shotts, b. IN 6 Aug 1898, son of Ira A Shotts and Eliza F [sic] Rusk; retired farmer, marr., res. 622 S. Main St., Monticello IN; d. White Co. Memorial Hospital, Monticello, White Co. IN, 13 Sep 1978, age 80, acute pulmonary embolism; inf. Mrs. Pearl Shotts, same res.; bur. Riverview Cemetery, Monticello IN, 15 Sep 1978.
  8. [S1672] Indiana Death Certificates 1899-2011, State No. 71-0433192, Local No. 71130. Ruth Pauline Galvin, b. IN 6 Aug 1898, dau. of Ira Shotts and Lousia [sic] Clawson [sic]; wife of Frank Garvin, res. Chalmers, Big Creek Twp., White Co. IN; d. Leslie N. H., Buck Creek, Tippecanoe Co. IN, 11 Nov 1971, age 73, cardiac arrhythmia; inf. Frank Garvin, husband, res. Battleground IN; bur. Cairo Cemetery, Brookston IN.
  9. [S1672] Indiana Death Certificates 1899-2011, State Se. No. 66-31302, Local No. 66-600. Mabel G Curtis, b. Lafayette IN 29 Nov 1903, dau. of Ira Shotts and Louisa Rusk; wid., res. Otterbein, Benton Co. IN; d. St. Elizabeth Hospital, Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co. IN, 28 Aug 1966, age 62, carcinoma of pancreas; inf. Mrs. Richard J Halsema; bur. Tippecanoe Mmeory Ga., West Lafayete IN, 31 Aug 1966.