Phineas T. Remster ²

   FamilySearch ID: LJ5V-GQB.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1900 in Hoopeston, Vermilion, IL. ⁴ The 1900 census recorded owning a home: Phineas Remster, farmer, 38, born Nov 1862, living with wife Sarah, 34, Aug 1866; Robert, 6, Aug 1894; Pearl, 4, Sep 1896; Ora, 1, Aug 1899. The parents were born in Indiana their children in Illinois. Everyone's parents were born in Indiana except Phineas' father in New Jersey. Sarah was married for 9 years to Phineas and she had birthed 3 children, all alive in 1900. Also in the home is servant Martha Lingley, 19, Dec 1881, born in Indiana.

2. Newspaper: Journal and Courier: death of Phenious Remster, 18 Apr 1932, Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN. ³ Earl and C. E. Brown received word this week of the death of their cousin, Phenious Remster, who died Tuesday at his home in Lebanon. Mr. Remster was 65 years of age and was born in Shawnee township. Fountain coun ty. Funeral services were held Friday at Lebanon and burial was made at Hoopeston.

Phineas married Sarah S. Rusk, daughter of Josiah Rusk and Malinda Brown, on 12 Jan 1891 in Vermilion, Illinois.¹ (Sarah S. Rusk was born on 24 Aug 1866 in Shawnee Township, Fountain, IN,⁵ died on 12 May 1910 ⁵ and was buried in Lovejoy Township: Floral Hill Cemetery, Iroquois, IL ⁵.)