- Ida May Dye was born in November 1862 in Vermilion Co., Illinois. some family trees list her middle name as Mayfield. Her father deserted the family in 1877 when she was age 15, and she is listed as Ida Dye, age 18, a servant in the household of Harvey Sandusky, on the 1880 census of Carroll Twp., Vermilion Co., IL. Ida married James Robert McMillan on Nov 29, 1891 in Carroll Twp., Vermilion Co., Illinois and they had 6 sons. James had been a hired hand, also in the household of Harvey Sandusky. James & Ida are on the 1900 census of Danville, Vermilion Co., IL. James died sometime between 1900 to 1910, and Ida is listed as widowed with the children on the 1910 census of Danville, Vermilion Co., IL. In 1906, Ida had gone to stay with her sister, Thea Etta "Ettie" (Dye) Bone, when Ettie became ill and died. On February 27, 1911, Ida remarried her widowed brother-in-law, Simon Newton Bone. Ida moved from Illinois to Kansas sometime between 1910 to 1920, and Simon & Ida are listed on the 1920 census of Creswell Twp., Cowley Co., KS. Ida's son Webb also married Simon & Thea's daughter Mary. Simon & Ida moved from Kansas to Ohio sometime between 1920 to 1930, and they are listed on the 1930 census of Caesar Creek, Greene Co., Ohio. Simon died on January 18, 1939 in Xenia, Greene Co., Ohio. Ida is listed as widowed on the 1940 census of New Jasper, Greene, Ohio, and the census states she was also living there in 1935. Ida May Dye McMillan Bone died 8 Oct 1948.
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