Eliza Green Dunavan

GRANDMA DUNAVAN’S DEATH
She Had Resided at Denton, Texas, for Sixteen Years

Mrs. Eliza G. Dunavan died last Wednesday night at the residence of her son, N. H. Dunavan, on West Oak street. Funeral services were held at the family residence yesterday afternoon at 3 o’clock. The interment was at the Odd Fellows cemetery. Mrs. Dunavan was eighty-two years of age.

“Grandma Dunavan had lived here sixteen years and was well known and universally loved.

“You could not say too much of her sweet disposition and kindly nature,” said a friend to us, “She was one of the sunshiniest and most lovable of women I ever knew.” Elder J. B. Cole conducted the funeral services.¹

Eliza Green Dunavan was born in Licking county, Ohio, September 26, 1814, the oldest child of John and Barbara (Grove) Green. She married William Lair Dunavan November 6, 1831, in Rutland township, La Salle county. He was born November 9, 1808, in Licking county. They farmed in Rutland for many years, but in 1880 they moved to Denton, Texas, where William died May 3, 1889. Eliza died October 28, 1896.

They had nine children:
Albert F. (1832-1913
Emma L. (1834-1905) married Benjamin Hite
John (1836-    )
Elizabeth (1838-1916) married Cyrus Debolt
James William (1840-1906)
Rachel (1845-1856)
Celestia (1847-1847)
Jesse C. (1854-1880)
Noah H. (1856-1922)

1. Denton (Tex.) Chronicle, November 6, 1896, p. 2, col. 6

Barbara (Trumbo) Jackson

Mrs. Barbara Jackson, 97 Years Old, is Elected Head of 75 Club

Mrs. Barbara Jackson, 97 years old, of Dayton, today was elected temporary president of the Republican-Times “75 club,” an organization composed of residents of La Salle county who are upwards of 75 years of age.

Under the rules previously announced, the oldest member of the club is declared head of the organization, so Mrs. Jackson will have that honor until someone older than 97 is reported.

Mrs. Jackson was born September 19, 1829, in Licking county, Ohio, but came to La Salle county at the age of one year, and has lived here ever since. Her only living descendant is one child.

Others received into the “75 club” today are:

Mrs. Annie Hayer, 75 years old, R. 60, Seneca, who was born September 26, 1851, in Miller township, and who during her entire lifetime has been a resident of La Salle county. She has 16 living descendants, six children and ten grandchildren.

Mrs. Katherine Hess Brown of Dayton, 89 years old, born July 1, 1837, in Brock’s Gap, Virginia. She has been a resident of La Salle county for 75 years. Her living descendants are five in number, two of them being children, two grandchildren and one great grandchild.

Mrs. Belinda Jones, 86 years old, of Millington, claims La Salle county for 75 years. Her living descendants are five in number, two of inside the county line, although part of her yard is in Kendall county. She was born January 1, 1841, in Norway, Europe, and has lived in La Salle county 80 years. She has three children.

Everett Angell, 78 years old, 707 First avenue, Ottawa. He was born January 28, 1848 in Vermillionville, and has been a life-long resident of this county.

A. C. Baldwin of Deer Park township, 78 years  old. Mr. Baldwin was born in that township, and has always resided there. He has five children and 18 grandchildren.

Mrs. Anna J. Flanagan, 76 years old, who resides at 439 Fourth avenue, was born in South Ottawa, April 1, 1850, and this city has always been her home. She has four children, two grandchildren, and two great grandchildren.

For the convenience of other 75ers who have not as yet sent in their names, the membership application blank is herewith republished. Clip it out and mail it to “75 club,” in care of the Republican-Times. Membership is free to all who are eligible.¹

1. The Ottawa Daily Republican Times, October 4, 1926, p. 2.

The funeral services of Cyrus Hoag, which were conducted by Henry Parr, were held at the home of his parents in Serena, at 10 A. M., Thursday, Oct. 17. The sermon being preached by Rev. Hilster, of Sheridan.

Only a few months ago one could have seen a bright young man, just in the bloom of youth, bidding the last farewell to parents, to brothers and sisters, and as he boards the train, he casts one lingering look upon the faces of his friends and companions from whom he is carried far away to try the stern realities of western life. If the veil of futurity could have been lifted, and one could have read the pages of a few coming months, we would have hardly believed that one so vigorous in health, in so short a time, with scarcely a moment’s warning, would be brought back cold in death.

Although the family had been informed of his illness, no serious thoughts were entertained until Monday morning, when a telegram was received, informing them that he was rapidly growing worse. Mrs. Hoag commenced making preparations at once, intending to take the first train. But ere it arrived the second message was received saying that Cyrus was beyond all earthly help.

He had crossed the dark river of death and entered, we trust, the bright haven of rest, where there is one bright summer always and storms do never come. One, and the most consoling thought, is that he was known as one whose character was beyond reproach, and was respected by all who knew him. Our eulogy is too feeble to give due honor to his memory, but those who knew him well say they never knew him to do a wrong act. Notwithstanding the short notice there was a long procession which followed the remains to its last resting place in Dayton cemetery.

Were we to offer an epitaph we might write —-
“Breath soft ye winds, ye waters gently flow,
Shield them ye trees, sweet flowers round them grow;
Ye sons of men in silence pass them by,
For ‘neath this sod our loved asleep doth lie.”

At the time of his death he was 22 years, 6 months and 6 days old.¹

Cyrus Hoag was the son of Charles H. and Mary (Wells) Hoag who married November 5, 1857, in La Salle County. They are also buried in the Dayton Cemetery.

1. Ottawa Republican, 25 Oct 1889, p. 4.

DIED
At their residence in Rutland, on the 29^th ult., Mrs. REBECCA TRUMBO, wife of Matthias Trumbo.

Thus, one more of the early settlers of this part of the state, has closed a long and useful life. Thirty-five years ago they settled on the place where they have since lived, and where she died, and is buried.

They had their share of the hardships and privations of a new country. But through them all she had been brought and she came down to her grave in a good old age. She was born in the Shenandoah Valley in the state of Virginia, in 1794, and removed with her parents to Ohio in 1811 So that she had passed through the early settlement of two of what was then known as Western States. Her last illness was a lingering one, attended with much bodily pain.

But for nearly fifty years her trust and confidence had been alone in the finished work of her Redeemer, and a religion whose virtues she had illustrated so eminently by a strong faith and a meek and quiet spirit afforded her abundant consolation and support in her last sickness and in the prospect of death.

On the last day of May a large concourse of people gathered at the old family residence to sympathize with the afflicted husband, the bereaved children, and a large circle of kindred, and to pay their last tribute of respect to one that many of them had long known and that all respected and loved. The Rev. Z. Colman improved the occasion in some remarks from the very appropriate passage in Job 5

“Thou shall come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in his season.”

We learn that it is probable a much fuller sketch of this excellent woman’s life, will appear in a different form with the sermon delivered at her funeral.¹

If the fuller sketch ever did appear, it was not published in the Free Trader, so perhaps this additional information will be of interest.

Rebecca Grove was born September 15, 1794, in Shenandoah county, Virginia, the daughter of John and Barbara (Lionberger) Grove. She went to Licking county, Ohio with her parents and there married Matthias Trumbo on March 5, 1818. Seven children, John, Lavina, Isabella, the twins, Eliza & Elias, Barbara, and Elizabeth, were born to them in Ohio. They moved to Rutland township, La Salle county, Illinois, where their last child, Elma Ann, was born in 1838,

Rebecca was related to a great many of the Green/Grove families of early La Salle county. Her sister Barbara was the wife of John Green. Her daughter Isabella was the first wife of Jesse Green, son of John. Her daughters, Nancy (married David Shaver), and Emma (married Rezin Debolt) and her sons David and Joseph were all early residents of Rutland township.

Rebecca died on May 29, 1865 and Matthias on November 20, 1875, . They are both buried in the Trumbo cemetery in Rutland township.

1.  Ottawa (Illinois) Free Trader, June 10, 1865, p. 3, col. 4

VETERANS OF 1812
(From the Ottawa Free Trader, Oct. 3d, 1874)

On the occasion of the La Salle County Soldiers’ re-union at Ottawa, Sept. 29th, when the picnic festivities, speeches, songs, music, greetings &c., had concluded six of the veterans of the war of 1812 were conveyed in carriages to the Clifton Hotel for supper prior to leaving for their respective homes. As usual, the “ubiquitous photographer, Bowman,” was on hand to secure the shadows of these time honored subjects, and accordingly in less time than we can write it, had the group arranged on the porch of the hotel, and secured an elegant stereoscopic view of the entire number as follows:–

Commencing on the left in standing position, is Perry Pedicord, of Marseilles, aged 81; sitting to his left is Mathias Trumbo, of Rutland, aged 97; to his left stands Judge A. W. Cavarly, of Ottawa, aged 81; to his left in front is seated Capt. James Reed, of Utica, aged 99; standing in the rear to the left is Jacob Stroop, of Ottawa, aged 81; and to the extreme right is seated William Meader, of Port Byron, aged 91. All are residents of this county except Mr. Meador. Their general health and prospects of living to a good old age is excellent, save the tottering steps and failing eyesight of Mr. Meador.

The likenesses are all good, and much better than could be expected, considering the lateness of the hour, to produce an almost instantaneous picture. Mr. B. informs us that he will furnish copies for the album or stereoscope at 25 cents each.

Published by W. E. BOWMAN, Portrait and Landscape Photographer, Ottawa, Ills.

This text appeared on the front page of the Free Trader, but the picture was only available from Mr. Bowman’s studio. Luckily, one of my ancestors came up with the 25 cents needed to acquire a copy so that I can show  it here. The connection to Dayton and the Green family is Mathias Trumbo, the father of Jesse Green’s first wife, Isabella. He was also the uncle of Mary Jane Trumbo, wife of Isaac Green, and Oliver Walcott Trumbo, husband of Rebecca Green; Isaac and Rebecca being children of John Green.

Two-year-old Jennie Cullen died in Dayton February 21, 1881 and is buried in the Dayton Cemetery. She is not related to anyone in the cemetery. The Cullen family lived in the area for only a few years, but luckily Jennie appeared in the 1880 census in Ottawa. From that entry we discover that her parents were Thomas and Emma Cullen and she had two older sisters, Josie and Hattie. Following these facts led to this account of the Cullen family.

Thomas Cullen was the son of Patrick Cullen and Bridget Finnell, immigrants from Ireland. He was born in New York in October 1852 and married Emma Schuyler in New York in 1874.  In late 1879 or early 1880 they moved from New York to Ottawa, Illinois.

In 1880 Thomas gave his occupation as “working in  glass factory”. This was probably the Ottawa Glass Company, a plate glass company, which opened on April 1, 1868.  In January 1880, the Ottawa Free Trader reported that “The Ottawa Glass Co has 140 hands, 20 are blowers.” At this time there was also a bottle factory in Streator, another place Patrick may have worked, as his son Frank was born in Streator.

A number of family members worked in the glass industry. By 1900 the family has moved to Covington, PA, where Thomas is now a glass gatherer. His 18 year old son Frank is working as a glass cutter, and daughter Josephine is married to a glass blower.

In 1910 the family is living in Roulette, PA, where Thomas and son William are both glass workers, probably at the Fairchance Glass Works.  Son Frank is working as a glass cutter in Putnam, PA.

Thomas and Emma had nine children:
Josephine (1875-1918) married Edward Cauffeld
Harriet (1876-1928) married Ezra S. Cochran
Jennie (1879-1881)
Frank (1882-1946) married Grace Sullivan
Carrie (1886-1956) married 1st William Sheldon; 2nd Oren Verne Tippen
William Roy (1887-1940) married Edith May Hutchinson
Margaret Agnes (1889-1967) married Hollis A. Clark
James Andrew (1891-1962) married Ruth Getman
Mary (1895-1942) married Gordon Legacy

Elvira Ford is another example of an isolated burial in the cemetery. There are no other Fords and no indication that she is related to any of the others. She arrived in Dayton with her husband by June of 1850 and appeared in the census in Dayton with her husband and daughter, but died shortly thereafter.

Elvira was born about 1826 in New Hampshire, the daughter of Solomon and Jane (Willoughby) Hall. On April 13, 1846 she married Calvin F. Ford in Lowell, Massachusetts. He was born September 25, 1820, in Maine, the son of Isaac and Charlotte (Heselton) Ford. Elvira and Calvin had one child, Mary Jane, born June 30, 1847, in Maine.

They came to Dayton by 1850, where Calvin was working as a miller, At that time he owned no land.  Apparently Calvin wrote home to tell of opportunities in the west. William Crompton, who was married to Calvin’s sister, moved to Freedom township, La Salle county, with his wife and family.

Elvira died January 9, 1852, in Dayton and was buried in the Dayton cemetery.

On November 11, 1852, Calvin married Martha Crompton, the sister of William Crompton. Martha was born December 7, 1805, in Industry, Maine, the daughter of Samuel and Martha Crompton. Martha was unmarried and had been living with her sister’s family in New Sharon, Maine in 1850. When her brother William moved to Illinois, Martha came with him.

In the early 1850s Calvin, Martha, and Mary Jane moved to Union township, Black Hawk county, Iowa. By 1860 he owned land worth $5000.

Martha died on June 29, 1863 and on May 12, 1864, Calvin married Lois Maria Gilkey.

By 1870 Calvin, Lois, and Mary Jane had moved into Cedar Rapids, where Calvin was selling agricultural implements. His real estate was valued at $2500. In 1880 the family was back in Union township, where Calvin died on October 23. He was buried in the neighboring Gerholdt Cemetery.

In 1882, at age 35, Mary Jane Ford married Frank A. Butler. They had one child, Fred, born in 1884. Mary Jane (Jennie) died August 15, 1925, and is also buried in the Gerholdt Cemetery.

MRS. BROWN, 91, DAYTON RESIDENT PASSES AWAY

As the larger part of the world celebrated the advent of a new year at 1 o’clock yesterday morning death ended the career of Mrs. Katherine Hess Brown, aged 91, wife of William Morrell Brown and a well known Dayton resident. A fall four years ago greatly impaired Mrs. Brown’s health and had since made is necessary for her to go about in a wheel chair but her final illness dates to a cold she contracted the day after Christmas.

Funeral services are to be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o’clock from the family home in Dayton and burial will be made in the Ottawa Avenue cemetery.

Mrs. Brown was one of the oldest residents in this part of the country and was greatly beloved by all who knew her. She was born July 1, 1837 in Rockingham county, Virginia but came to La Salle county with her parents in 1850. Her girlhood was spent on the farm north of Ottawa which is commonly known as the “Ells farm”.

Her marriage to William M. Brown took place on May 10, 1871. The family resided for many years on a farm near Dayton township after which they moved into Ottawa and resided here for two years. Twenty years ago they moved to Dayton where they have since resided.

Mrs. Brown is survived by her husband and two sons, Wells Brown of Ottawa and Frank A. Brown of Dayton.¹

DEATH PARTS, THEN REUNITES DAYTON COUPLE

Death, which separated Mr. and Mrs. William Morrell Brown on New Year’s, when Mrs. Brown died at her home in Dayton, joined the couple this morning, when Mr. Brown, aged 91, died after an illness of a few days duration.

Mr. and Mrs. Brown had been married fifty-eight years, and both were 91 years of age at their deaths.

Funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock tomorrow afternoon at Gladfelter’s chapel. Ottawa Commandery of the Masons will be in charge. Rev. George C. Fetter, pastor of First Baptist church, will preach the sermon. Interment will be in Ottawa Avenue cemetery.

Mr. Brown was born May 22, 1837, in the east, and came to Dayton when a young man. He was united in marriage with Miss Katherine Hess May 10, 1871. Following their marriage, they made their home on a farm near Dayton for a quarter of a century, when they retired from farming life and moved to Ottawa. For five years they resided there and then moved to Dayton, where they made their home.

Mrs. Brown died at 1 o’clock New Year’s morning and the next day Mr. Brown became unconscious and died without regaining consciousness. He had not been ill, but it is thought that the shock of his wife’s death was too great for him.

He is survived by two sons, Wells Brown of Ottawa and Frank Brown of Dayton. A third son, Lester, died 25 years ago. Two grandchildren, Everett and Stanley Brown and two great-grandchildren, Edward and Mary Katherine Brown and two sisters, survive.²

Although both obituaries list their marriage date as 1871, they were actually married in Livingston county, Illinois on May 10, 1870.

1. Ottawa Daily Republican Times,  January 2, 1929, p. 2.
2. ibid, January 14, 1929, p. 7.

Photos courtesy of Rand James.

The house where Charles Green was born. His room was the top window on the right.¹

Charles Green was born August 4th, 1858, in Dayton, the sixth child and fourth son of David and Mary (Stadden) Green. He may have been injured in his youth, as the 1880 census lists him as crippled.

As a young man he produced a semi-monthly newspaper called the Dayton Enterprise, He had a small printing press and he was editor, reporter, printer, and publisher. Unfortunately, only one copy survives, but it is issue #4, so the paper ran for at least 2 months. It advertised that he would print cards, bill heads, letterhead, envelopes, tickets, and the like, with reduced rates for quantity.

In April 1879 Professor Newbury, a music teacher from Hinkley, Illinois, held a week long music class in Dayton, ending with a concert. The class was then organized into a Musical Union, with Charles Green as the leader. Charles later also organized and led a Glee Club, in addition to giving private lessons. His efforts were appreciated by all of Dayton:

DAYTON, Dec. 24, 1879 – Dayton, unlike many western towns, is blest with a number of good things, and one of the good things is the Musical Union, which was organized last spring by Prof. Newbury, and has since been conducted by our esteemed fellow citizen, Mr. Chas. Green. We also have a Glee Club in Dayton. And all feeling a high appreciation of Mr. Green, determined to make that feeling manifest by giving him a benefit. Hence a concert was agreed upon and given last Friday evening, which was well attended, not only by the village people, but by many from the country. All were well pleased with the entertainment and expressed a desire to come again. We certainly have good reason for anticipating a bright future for Charlie in his wisely chosen field of labor, knowing as most of us do that he is in a very large degree self-made in his profession. May success crown your every noble effort, friend Charles.²

In addition to leading the choral groups, he taught both vocal and instrumental classes, for children as well as adults. Charles was also active in the Literary  Society, appearing in the plays they put on and willing to take a side in one of their debates. He supported the Library Association, serving as its secretary.

In 1882 he was elected town clerk of Dayton. He also went into business with his brother John, purchasing an interest in the Dayton Tile Works. A few years later they rented the old flour mill and fitted it up with new machinery,

He married Etta M. Skinner in DeKalb county, Illinois, on November 25, 1885. She was born February 14, 1865 in Leland, the daughter of Charles and Matilda Skinner. They had three children:

Guy, born October 25 1886 in Dayton, died April 22 1912, in Napa, California
Caroline, born February 25, 1891 in Benicia, California; died August 31, 1955 in San Rafael, California
Wilbur, born June 18, 1896 in Vallejo, California; died January 22, 1976 in Sonoma, California

Guy and Carrie with Charles’ mother, Mary Stadden Green

In 1889 the family moved to California, settling in Vallejo where Charles continued his musical profession. He taught music in the public schools, led the choir in the Baptist church, as well as continuing to give private lessons. He also had a sideline in tuning pianos. As his family grew, his income from music may have needed augmenting. He got a civil service job as a clerk in the Office of the General Storekeeper at the Mare Island Navy Yard in Vallejo. However, this did not put an end to his musical activities, as he continued leading the Baptist choir and offering private lessons.

The children married and moved away to other parts of California, but Charles and Etta remained in Vallejo, where she died in January 1936 and Charles in July of that same year.

Jan 1936 GREEN–In Vallejo, Solano County, January 19, 1936, Etta Skinner Green, wife of Charles Green, mother of Wilbur Allen Green of San Francisco and Caroline Green of Vallejo, grandmother of Cheryl Green Kennedy and Helen Marie Green of San Francisco, great-grandmother of Robert Emmett Kennedy of Vallejo, and sister of Mrs. Sadie Dickens of Wyanett, Ill., and Mrs. Mary Keyes of Manchester, Iowa; a native of Leland, Ill., aged 70 years. Funeral services were held in the Vallejo Episcopal Church to-day, with interment in the Masonic and Odd Fellows Cemetery.³

GREEN—In Vallejo, California, July 24, 1936, Charles Green, dearly beloved husband of the late Etta Skinner Green; devoted father of Wilbur Allen Green of San Francisco, Caroline M. Green of Vallejo, and the late Guy Green; loving grandfather of Cheryl Green Kennedy of Vallejo, and Helen Marie Green of San Francisco; devoted great grandfather of Emmett Kennedy of Vallejo, and beloved brother of William S. Green of San Francisco and Ella Riley, Leland, Illinois. A native of Dayton, Illinois, age 77 years. Funeral services to which friends and acquaintances are invited, will be conducted at the Ascension Episcopal Church on Monday, July 27, 1936, at 11 o’clock A. M. Interment in Masonic and Odd Fellows’ Cemetery. Friends may call at the Funeral Home.⁴

1. You may wonder how I know which room belonged to Charles. My great-aunt Maud, who was eight years younger than Charles and knew him well, told me about his printing the newspaper in what was, at the time she told me, my sister’s bedroom.
2. Ottawa Free Trader, December 27, 1879, p. 8, c. 2.
3. Vallejo [California} Evening News, January 20, 1836, p. 8, c. 8.
4. Vallejo Evening News, July 24, 1936, p. 3, c. 1.

Our old friend and neighbor, Chas. H. Hoag, passed away peacefully at his home in Serena last Friday Morning, Sept. 2d. All his children were present except one daughter, Mrs. Clara Fread. Mr. Hoag was born in Delaware county, N. Y., May 18, 1821. He obtained his education in his native state and at the age of 21 came to Illinois. Before permanently locating he spent four years in Michigan, going to that state in 1845, and stopping in St. Joseph county, where he was married in 1847 to Miss Helen Robinson. They came to La Salle county two years later, by wagon, and settled on a rented farm in Dayton township. In 1853 he purchased his present home, and three years later his wife died. Of this union three children were born — Mary, wife of Leonidas Fread, and William, both deceased, and Mrs. Clara Fread, now living in California. Mr. Hoag’s second wife was Miss Mary Wells, who died in 1891. Their children were Lincoln, of Chicago, George, who died in Texas, Lillie, the wife of Walter Carted, now living in Yorkville, Cyrus, who died in Kansas in 1889, Franklin, Alvin, Adams, who married Josephine Beckwith, and Maude, The wife of C. B. Stockham. He leaves also eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Mr. Hoag retained his faculties to the last, and it was a pleasure to hear him recount incidents relating to his long life. His death breaks the link connecting us with the sturdy pioneer past, which has made our country what it is. Last Sunday we laid him to rest in the Dayton Cemetery among the departed loved ones.¹

1. Ottawa Republican Times, 8 Sep 1904, p7.

Miss Fraine

The entire community of Dayton turned out yesterday to pay honors to Miss Emma C. Fraine of Dayton, a teacher for 50 continuous years in the rural schools of La Salle County. Miss Fraine received 600 residents of the community and former students in a reception held from 2 to 5 in the Dayton clubhouse

She will terminate her teaching career at the end of the current school year At present she is a teacher in the Dayton school The club was decorated with numerous bouquets of gold colored flowers in low bowls The refreshment table was covered with a gold and white cloth and arranged with a huge tiered wedding cake. Gold and white tapers completed the arrangement.

The chief entertainment of the afternoon for the one-time pupils of the Dayton School was trying to identify themselves in scores of pictures which Miss Fraine has taken through the years and which were on display The school house was opened for inspection and numerous ex-students of Miss Fraine showed their children or grandchildren where they were taught to read and learned the golden rule.

Miss Fraine is well known throughout Dayton and the surrounding community. She was born in the house in which she is residing. Her parents were early settlers, coming here from the village of Alsace, France, about the year 1875. Miss Fraine attended the elementary schools and the high school which was then taught in Dayton.

In 1902. Miss Fraine embarked on her teaching career which carried her over a span of a half century and through many changes in the educational field. She first taught in a rural school north of Earlville, later going to the Waltham Township School to teach. She then taught in the Kleiber School north of Ottawa and in Grand Ridge During this time she furthered her own education by taking summer courses at DeKalb.

It was in 1907 that she was assigned to teach the primary grades in the two-room Dayton School and has continued in that capacity ever since — a total of 45 years.

Mrs. R. P. Schmidt assisted as general chairman of yesterday’s affair and Mrs. Donald Ainsley and Mrs. E. H. Charlier the decorating committee. Others assisting included Mesdames Art Thorson, H. M. McGrogan, Stanley Thorson, Robert Ohme, Nicholas Parr, W. O. Calhoun, Charles Poole, Bernard Hackler, Mildred Summins, Charles Clifford, Clara Matthews, Sylvia Murphy, Glen Morris and Dominic DeBernardi.

Those who assisted In the receiving line were Mrs. Schmidt, Mrs. James Trent, a teacher at the school, Mrs. Oakley Esmond, Mrs. Barney Nogay, Mrs. Clarence Duffy and Mrs. Donald Ainsley. Girls assisting included Sharon Newton, Dorothy Ohme, Shirley Walleck, Mary Gantz, Nancy Ohme and Candace Clifford.

Those presiding at the silver tea and coffee services were Mrs. Edward Beard, Mrs. Trent, Mrs. Ruth Green, Mrs. George Poole, Mrs. Sara Green, Mrs. Vincent McGrath, Miss Ida Chamberlin, Mrs. Irma Fraine and Mrs. Mildred Summins.

A program was presented by Miss Ida Chamberlin’s students. They were Monica Fosse, Beverly Lowery, Evelyn Meyers, Barbara Edgcomb, Charlotte Treat, Howard Hampton, Donald Meyers.¹

1. The (Ottawa) Daily Republican Times, 19 May 1952, p. 10, cols. 4-6.

Dayton Items

We are pained to announce the sad news of the death of Frankie, the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Trumbo. Frankie was about seven years of age, very bright and quick of intelligence, with many winning ways and greatly beloved by her parents, sister, relatives and friends, to whom her death is a sad blow and the untimely ending of a beautiful life full of hope and promise.

She had been ill for some time past, and, altho’ hopes have been established of her recovery, and the parents were thinking of taking her to a milder climate, yet she slowly and steadily failed, and last Saturday morning, about eight o’clock, she breathed her last in the presence of the bereaved family and friends.

The funeral services, which were quite largely attended, took place in the residence at two o’clock P. M. Sunday. Rev. J. Straub, of Marseilles, conducted the services and made a few appropriate and touching remarks. The choir – Mrs. H. B. Williams, Mrs. C. B Hess, Wm. S. Davis, and Chas. Green – sang “Waiting and Watching,” and “Safe in the Arms of Jesus,” two beautiful and appropriate songs.

The pall-bearers were A. W. Ladd, Jesse Makinson, Henry Geduldig, and Wm. Dunnavan. As the earth closed over the last sad remains of little Frankie many tears were shed, but all found consolation in the thought that she was not gone from us forever, but only “gone before.” “Only a few more trials, only a few more tears,” and then we shall join her in that happy land above.¹

1. The Ottawa Republican, Friday, March 14, 1884, p. 8, col. 6.