Ira Gillman FUGARD

  General Notes:

Photo: Light use of chalk brought out the engraving on this stone for Ira Gillman Fugard, 1850-1926, at Newton Union Cemetery in Newton, Jasper County, Iowa. The stone for his wife, Rachel "Anna" (Allum) Fugard, 1850-1928, matches his.

Photo from Shirley Allum Hudlicky (taken by Shirley in 1965)



1850 BIRTH of Ira Gillman Fugard

Ira's middle name is sometimes found "Gilman"

1856 CENSUS, Iowa State Census, Jasper County, Newton Township (no specific date) ("Ira," age 6, born in Ohio, is with his parents)

1860 CENSUS, Iowa, Jasper County, Newton Township, P. O. Newton (July 16) ("Ira," age 9, is with his parents) ("Fergan" in some census indexes)

1870 CENSUS, Iowa, Jasper County, Buena Vista Township, Newton ("Ira," age 19, "Farmer," is in the household of his parents)

In 1870, the Fugard family is next door to Sarah Louisa (Allum) Blanton, her husband and newborn 9-month-old son Arthur. Sarah was a daughter of Thomas and Matilda Allum. See "Sarah Louisa Allum" for additional information. Also nearby to Fugard in 1870 was John Supler Allum, his wife and family.

1880 CENSUS, not with parents

1881 MARRIAGE of Ira Gillman Fugard and Rachel Anna Allum on March 24 in Jasper County, Iowa at the John Supler Allum home (the bride's elder brother) by Rev. H. P. Dyer


See "Rachel Anna Allum" for additional information



This page was posted in March, 2006, updated in 2011

Ira married Rachel Anna ALLUM, daughter of Jonathan ALLUM and Ellisabeth SUPLER, on March 24, 1881 in Jasper County, Iowa. (Rachel Anna ALLUM was born on December 22, 1850 in Graysville, Greene County, Pennsylvania, died on May 11, 1928 in Newton, Jasper County, Iowa and was buried on May 14, 1928 in Newton Union Cemetery, Newton, Newton Township, Jasper County, Iowa.)