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William Rhodes Lacey was born on 4 Aug 1909 in Peoria, Illinois
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4,5,6,7 He appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Peoria, Peoria Co., Illinois,
G in the household of his parents, Arthur Clay Lacey and Alice Elizabeth Graham.
16 William married first Florence L. Theobald, daughter of Charles C. Theobald and Margaret Elizabeth Miller, about 1926.
8 William and Florence appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Peoria, Peoria Co., Illinois, at 204 Mount St.
G, enumerated 3 Apr 1930, reporting they were renting their home, for $28 per month, and owned a radio. They were apparently renting from his parents, who were listed with their other children in the same building, shown as owners. Their children Billy and Arthur were listed as living with them.
17 William and Florence were divorced before 1939.
9 William married second Leila R. Copeland, daughter of Ishmael Copeland and Emma C. Wymore, on 4 Apr 1939 in Davenport, Iowa
G, with John J. McSwiggin, justice of the peace, officiating.
10,11,12 William and Leila appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Peoria, Peoria Co., Illinois, at 610 Third
G, enumerated 8 Apr 1940, reporting they were renting their home, for $20 per month. Each reported they had lived in the same city in 1935.
18 He was a truck driver, for a produce company in 1930. By 1940 he was driving for a lumber company. That year he reported he had worked 48 hours the last week of March, and 36 weeks the prior year, earning $1,080.
19,20,21 He was a truck driver at a construction company by 1950.
22 William and Leila appeared on the 1950 Federal Census of Peoria, Peoria Co., Illinois, at 221 Fourth
G, enumerated 18 Apr 1950, reporting they lived in a home that was not on a farm.
23 William married third
Phyllis Wilora Grosenbach, daughter of
William Henry Grosenbach and
Laura Angelina Glabe, on 13 Jun 1951 in Bloomington, Illinois
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13 William died on 30 Oct 1968 in Washington, Illinois
G, at age 59.
13,14 He was buried in Springdale Cemetery, Peoria, Peoria Co., Illinois
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