Harry Earl Cueno

(October 28, 1890 - September 17, 1942)
Harry Earl Cueno|b. Oct 28, 1890\nd. Sep 17, 1942|p38.htm|Fred Cueno|b. Jun, 1850\nd. May 2, 1937|p1490.htm|Alice Kemerer|b. Sep 30, 1858\nd. Nov 17, 1931|p1491.htm|||||||Daniel Kemerer|b. 1816|p2421.htm|Anna M. Bauman|b. Oct 18, 1816\nd. May 9, 1894|p2422.htm|
Harry Cueno
     Harry Earl Cueno was born on Tuesday, October 28, 1890 in the farm home in Zwingle, Jackson County, Iowa, son of Fred Cueno and Alice Kemerer.2,3,4,5

According to the US census of June 13, 1900, Harry was living at home with his parents in Otter Creek Township, Jackson County, Iowa. He was 9 years old and was at school.4

According to the US census of 1910, Harry was living at home with his parents in Otter Creek Township. He was 19 years old.6

Harry married Ruby Loretta Lenhart, daughter of Joseph Rush Lenhart and Elizabeth Willamenia Hachmann, on April 11, 1917.7
Ruby and Harry Cueno
Wedding Portrait


He was helping Emmet and Grace Smith to put up corn on their farm. The hay wagon wheel went into a little hole or rut and tipped wagon, Harry fell off. He severed his spinal cord in the wagon accident. He lived about three months more..

Harry Earl Cueno died on September 17, 1942 in Zwingle at age 51.7 He was laid to rest on Saturday, September 19, 1942 in the Harmony United Reform Church Cemetery in Zwingle, Jackson County, Iowa.5 Funeral services for Harry were hed on the morning of Saturday, September 19, 1942 at the Harmony United Reform Church Cemetery of Zwingle, with the Rev. C. Edward Holyoke of Maquoketa officiating. Surviving him was his wife, Ruby; two sons, Frederick and Eldon; and two brothers Wilbur and Sterling, both of Zwingle. His parents preceded him in death.5

Children of Harry Earl Cueno and Ruby Loretta Lenhart

  • Fred Cueno + descendants b. 28 Mar 1918, d. 16 Dec 2005
  • Eldon LeRoy Cueno (living)

Citations

  1. [S60] Interview with Grace (Lenhart) Smith (Dubuque, Iowa), by Susan J. Noyes, 1990 and various telephone conversations prior to 1999.
  2. [S126] 1900 US Census, US Census Search, Heritage Quest Online, 1900 Iowa, Jackson, Otter Crk; Series: T623 Roll: 438 Page: 139.
  3. [S3] Compiled by Doug & Gloria Lenhart with contributions by Grace Elda (Lenhart) Smith / Harriet Deahl / and other family members, "1998 Lenhart Family Reunion Notes", Washington State Department of Health (1998) Some portions recorded in Irvin Public Library, Irvin, Penn. Hereinafter cited as "1998 Lenhart Reunion."
  4. [S126] 1900 US Census, US Census Search, Heritage Quest Online, 1900, Iowa, Jackson, Otter Creek, Series: T623 Roll: 438 Page: 139.
  5. [S244] Harry Cueno Obituary, Unidentified newspaper clipping, Jackson County, Iowa area, Sept 1942. Hereinafter cited as Obituary - Cueno, Harry.
  6. [S129] 1910 US Census, US Census Search, Heritage Quest Online, 1910, Iowa, Jackson Co, Otter Crk Twp, Series: T624 Roll: 407 Page: 179.
  7. [S3] Compiled by Doug & Gloria Lenhart with contributions by Grace Elda (Lenhart) Smith / Harriet Deahl / and other family members, "1998 Lenhart Family Reunion Notes", Washington State Department of Health (1998) Some portions recorded in Irvin Public Library, Irvin, Penn: FGS. Hereinafter cited as "1998 Lenhart Reunion."
 


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