EARLY DAYS IN THE TOWN OF LYMAN
by Bela Foster
Continuing . . .
Emma Eppelsheimer married Henry Ruedger, son of John Ruedger and early settler of Lyman Township. He was a Civil War veteran and came here from near Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ruedger lived in Thawville, where they conducted a general merchandise store. Mr. Ruedger was accidently killed in Gilman by a train. They had two sons and four daughters. Mrs. Ruedger married Mr. H. B. Wait and they live in Harvey....
George Eppelsheimer Jr. married Ruby McNaught, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. McNaught, who lived in the northweast corner of Lyman on what was known as the John Allen farm. Mrs. Ruby (McNaught) Eppelsheimer was one of my pupils in the Martson district. She like her school mate Zerelda (Lesch) Eppelsheimer, was a model pupil. Roy McNaught, only son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. McNaught, was killed in Texas during the World War. He was in training as an aeroplane pilot.
As I see the daughters of Mr. and Mrs. George Eppelsheimer I am reminded of the McNaught girls, when they were small. They have three sons. Their first born is deceased. They live on the McNaught home place.
Sylvia Eppelsheimer married Lamar Lachenmeyer. They live at Thomasboro in Champaign County. They have two children, a boy and a girl. Amelia Eppelsheimer married Harry Olson of Thawville. They live on a farm a few miles from Thawville. They have four sons and one daughter. One son is deceased....
Louis Eppelsheimer married a Miss LaBare of Loda. They have three sons. They live in Michigan. Stanley, the youngest of the George Eppelsheimer family lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Elizabeth Eppelsheimer, Philip's older sister married Joseph Adams of Weston, McLean County. They had three children, two sons and one daugher. Katherine, the younger sister of Philip Eppelsheimer, married Levi Pfaat, son of Peter Pfaat, who was one of the Lyman's early settlers. He lived in the southeast quarter of section twenty-two when I first knew him. Later he bought the Peter Gose store and ran the business for a few years and then moved to Kankakee, where he died.
Levi Pfaat and Herman Felwock ran a meat market here for a few years. Mr. and Mrs. Pfaat had three daughters. The family have all passed on except one daughter.
Louis Eppelsheimer, youngest brother of Philip and George Eppelsheimer moved to Gilman when a young man and engaged in the sale of agricultural implements. He is deceased and his widow lives in St. Paul, Minnesota.
--Roberts Herald. 1 April 1936. Bela Foster.
by Bela Foster
Continuing . . .
Emma Eppelsheimer married Henry Ruedger, son of John Ruedger and early settler of Lyman Township. He was a Civil War veteran and came here from near Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ruedger lived in Thawville, where they conducted a general merchandise store. Mr. Ruedger was accidently killed in Gilman by a train. They had two sons and four daughters. Mrs. Ruedger married Mr. H. B. Wait and they live in Harvey....
George Eppelsheimer Jr. married Ruby McNaught, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. McNaught, who lived in the northweast corner of Lyman on what was known as the John Allen farm. Mrs. Ruby (McNaught) Eppelsheimer was one of my pupils in the Martson district. She like her school mate Zerelda (Lesch) Eppelsheimer, was a model pupil. Roy McNaught, only son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. McNaught, was killed in Texas during the World War. He was in training as an aeroplane pilot.
As I see the daughters of Mr. and Mrs. George Eppelsheimer I am reminded of the McNaught girls, when they were small. They have three sons. Their first born is deceased. They live on the McNaught home place.
Sylvia Eppelsheimer married Lamar Lachenmeyer. They live at Thomasboro in Champaign County. They have two children, a boy and a girl. Amelia Eppelsheimer married Harry Olson of Thawville. They live on a farm a few miles from Thawville. They have four sons and one daughter. One son is deceased....
Louis Eppelsheimer married a Miss LaBare of Loda. They have three sons. They live in Michigan. Stanley, the youngest of the George Eppelsheimer family lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Elizabeth Eppelsheimer, Philip's older sister married Joseph Adams of Weston, McLean County. They had three children, two sons and one daugher. Katherine, the younger sister of Philip Eppelsheimer, married Levi Pfaat, son of Peter Pfaat, who was one of the Lyman's early settlers. He lived in the southeast quarter of section twenty-two when I first knew him. Later he bought the Peter Gose store and ran the business for a few years and then moved to Kankakee, where he died.
Levi Pfaat and Herman Felwock ran a meat market here for a few years. Mr. and Mrs. Pfaat had three daughters. The family have all passed on except one daughter.
Louis Eppelsheimer, youngest brother of Philip and George Eppelsheimer moved to Gilman when a young man and engaged in the sale of agricultural implements. He is deceased and his widow lives in St. Paul, Minnesota.
--Roberts Herald. 1 April 1936. Bela Foster.
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