Sunday, October 28, 2018

Diphtheria


Died, at his residence, three miles north of Roberts, Sunday evening, Jan. 25th, John McDonald. John was a young man of about twenty seven, just entering upon life when the destroyer in the shape of diphtheria laid him low. He leaves a brother, two sisters and a circle of friends to mourn his death. So passed from our midst one who was the very embodiment of health and vigor surely, "thou hast all seasons for thine own", Oh! death.

--Paxton Record.  29 January 1880.

--Paxton Record.  12 February 1880.

North Lyman

--Paxton Record.  12 February 1880.

12 February 1880

--Paxton Record.  12 February 1880.

Sunday, October 14, 2018

Phipps - Woodrow & Fairley - Bunker Weddings

--Paxton Record.  29 March 1888.

McNeil - Hummel Wedding

--Paxton Weekly Record.  20 April 1893.

Hunt - Yackee Wedding

--Melvin Transcript.  30 September 1898.

Kenward - Gullett Wedding

--Paxton Weekly Record.  24 February 1898.

Woodruff - Squires Wedding

--Melvin Transcript.  17 June 1898.

Woodard - Iler Wedding

--Paxton Weekly Record.  20 October 1898.

Saturday, October 13, 2018

Samuel John Tapp

  
--Portrait and Biographical Record of Ford County, Illinois.  Lake City Publishing.  Chicago.  1892.  Pages 352-353
 
--Buried Lyman Township Cemetery.  My Photos.

The article states her name as Louisa Thompson.  But FAG states Harriet L. "Hattie" Thompson Tapp.  Middle name maybe Louisa?

Colteaux, Squires, Waldschmidt

From James Lossing:

Seeing on the blog the newspaper clipping of Wilfred Colteaux, I thought I would send these pictures of him in 1927 when their family was visiting Roberts people in California. I think the Colteaux family visited several times before they came to California to live for a while. 
In the long picture of the Roberts Reunion at Brookside Park, Wilfred is seated eighth from the left. His mother is seated third from the right and his sister seventh from the right. His father, John Colteaux is standing in the back fourth from the right. (Below)


The picture below must have been taken that same day because John is wearing the same clothes.  (Below)


The first picture below is with the Waldschmidt and Squires families.  Left to right Edna Colteaux behind Jeannette, Henry, Sadie, and Norman Waldschmidt in a column, Clara Vivian Squires, her parents Mae and Clarence (C. O.), Sarah Jane Ridge Squires (widow of Philip Squires), Wilfred and Glenn Squires.  Sadie Waldschmidt and Mae Squires are Wakelin sisters.

The second picture must have been takin in 1927 also.  It looks like another get together of Roberts people.  Wilfred is on the right in front, and his mother and sister are also sitting in front. Three of the Wakelin sisters are there: Genevieve Weaver, Sadie Waldschmidt, and Della Lossing.

--James Lossing.  Email.  October 2018.

Sunday, October 07, 2018

Charles O. Hayes

 


--Portrait and Biographical Record of Ford County, Illinois.  Lake City Publishing.  Chicago.  1892.  Pages 338-339.