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Obituaries were submitted by Judy Simpson unless otherwise noted.
HAGGARD (child)
January 1, 1897
Clinton Public
A little girl of Ed HAGGARD, of Harp township, died Monday. The disease was thought to be diphtheria. This is the second daughter of Mr. Haggard who has died in the last month.
HAINES (child)
March 30, 1865
Clinton Public
Killed by a Colt.—On Wednesday of last week, a son of O. P. HAINES, aged 11 years, was kicked by a colt, fracturing his skull so that the brains protruded. He died the next day.
Henry HAINES
February 3, 1888
Clinton Register
Henry HANES [HAINES], of Creek township, aged 35 years, died Wednesday of typhoid fever, after an illness of only four days. He leaves a family.
--------------------February 4, 1888
Decatur Daily Republican
Henry HAINES died near Maroa on Wednesday, aged 35 years.
Note: From the Illinois Statewide Death Index, Pre-1916:
HAINES, HENRY 1888-02-01 CREEK TWP
36 YR M DE WITT
Mrs. Henry C. HAINES
February 10, 1888
Clinton Public
H. C. HAINES, who lived on a rented farm in Creek township, near Shiloh Church, died the latter part of last week of typhoid-pneumonia, and the first of this week his wife died of the same disease. They left a family of helpless children totally unprovided for.
Note: From the Illinois Statewide Marriage Index:
HAINES, HENRY LINVERT, SARAH C. 1876-04-22
DE WITT
Note: From the Illinois Statewide Death Index, Pre-1916:
HAINES, SARAH 1888-02-06 CREEK TWP
30 YR F DE WITT
Joseph HAINES
February 17, 1888
Clinton Register
Joseph HAYNES [HAINES], of Creek township died Sunday, of lung fever, aged ten years. Only a few days before, Mrs. Henry HAINES, whose husband's death was reported two weeks ago, died of the same disease. One of their children [Fannie] died the follow[ing] day after its mother's death.
Note: Joseph Haines was not ten years old when he died, he was 74. He died February 12, 1888, not 1889, as listed in the death index. He may have been the father of Henry Haines.
Note: From the Illinois Statewide Death Index, Pre-1916:
HAINES, JOSEPH 1889-02-12 CREEK TWP
74 YR M DE WITT
Oliver P. HAINES
July 5, 1912
The Clinton Register
An Aged Pilgrim Called to Rest.
Clinton Citizen Ends Life’s Journey
at Four Score and Six Years.
Two weeks ago last Tuesday O. P. HAINES was taken sick at his home on South Madison street. He would not admit he was sick but said he was only tired. This was no doubt true. His supply of energy had become exhausted and he was really not really sick, but tired. He grew weaker as the days passed, and rest everlasting came to him last night about 9 o’clock when his tired soul was released from activities of life and his spirit took its flight.
Oliver P. Haines was born near Woodstock, Ohio, April 6, 1826, and lived 86 years, 4 months, and 9 days. March 31, 1851, he was married to Miss Eva McCUMBER, who for over sixty-one years had been his constant companion. In 1855 they came to Illinois, locating in Clinton, where they lived until 1866, when they bought forty acres in Texas township, two and a half miles southeast of Clinton, which was their home for forty-two years. In January 1908 they moved to Clinton, where they have since lived.
Mr. Haines was one of the most jovial of men. He always kept before him the bright side of life and was as a ray of sunshine to those who saw only the dark side. He had no enemies and counted all as his friends, to whom he was always ready to give assistance and encouragement which was always to be found in the cheerfulness which was full of hope and assurance that all would be for the best.
He is survived by his wife and a daughter, Mrs. J. B. STEVENS, of Clinton, the son William dying several years ago, the former being only four months older than her husband.
Funeral services will be held at the residence tomorrow at 2:30, at the home, conducted by Rev. J. E. Hart. Burial at Woodlawn Cemetery.
Submitted by Kathy Walkup
Jacob B. HALDEMAN
March 8, 1901
Clinton Register
Since last fall J. B. HALDEMAN had been a sufferer from cancer of the face, but as it was what is termed bone cancer, it was impossible to benefit him by surgical skill. Several weeks ago he was confined to his bed, and gradually grew weaker until Saturday evening when death ended his suffering.
Jacob B. Haldeman was born in Cumberland county, Pa., Jan. 26, 1826, where he grew to manhood. He came to Illinois is 1850, living in Scott county two years, before coming to Clinton, which had since been his home. After coming to this city he and S. R. POWELL conducted a milling business, and built the grist mill that so long stood near where the depot now stands. After about two years Powell sold his interest to T. C. BERGER, who sold to Wm. HAYNIE. The firm of Haldeman & Haynie continued until 1874, sixteen years, when Haldeman bought Haynie's interest and took his son Charles as his partner for nearly two years. From 1876 to 1883 Mr. Haldeman conducted the business when he sold out to Wm. Haynie, his former partner. Since that time he has not engaged in business. He owned a fine property in Clinton besides a farm or two which enabled him to live in comfort without active work. The first office he ever held was in 1885 when he was elected alderman, and was twice reelected.
In 1854 he was married to Miss Catherine ONSTOTT, of Waynesville. Three children were born to them, only one of whom, Charles, is living, his mother dying in 1870. Mr. Haldeman's second marriage was to Miss Mary SHURTLEFF. Of this marriage one child, Mrs. Gertrude KELSEY, and her mother survives. Deceased was a member of the Presbyterian church. Politically he was a Republican, but never was active in politics. Funeral services were held at the residence on East Main Street Wednesday at 2:30, conducted by Rev. S. C. BLACK. Interment in Woodlawn.
Submitted by Bob Halsey
Aaron HALL
August 9, 1889
Clinton Public
Killed by a Wagon.
Yesterday afternoon, about two o'clock, Aaron HALL, a little fellow aged nine years and three months, was riding on a load of oats. His older brother was sitting on the front seat with the driver and Aaron was sitting at the back part of the wagon with his feet over the end board. When the team was passing John BLUE's house, a little west of Mr. Hall's house, the boy started to walk on the oats from the rear to the front of the wagon. When he was about half way to the front he fell from the wagon and the hind wheels passed over his stomach and bowels. The horses were stopped in a second and his brother and the driver went to his assistance. They picked the boy up and he walked a few steps and then complained that he was too sore and weak to go any farther. He was carried to his home and in less than ten minutes from the time the accident occurred Aaron was dead.
Aaron Hall was the son of Samuel and Sarah Hall. He was born in this city on the 7th of May, 1880, and was nine years and three months old. Sam Hall has had his share of life's afflictions, though he bears all with the best grace possible. For years one or more of his family have always been on the sick list, and for more than four months he was laid up himself so that he could not earn a cent. This last affliction completely unnerves poor Sam. He has the sympathy of everybody.
Achsah (ELY) HALL
February 5, 1909
Ames Review
Mrs. Greenberry W. HALL.
Achsah ELY was born in Claybourn county, Tennessee, September 17, 1820. With her parents she moved to Illinois when about 16. At the age of 17 she professed her faith in Christ.
On November 19, 1840, she was married to G. W. HALL in DeWitt county, Illinois. To this union were born seven children; two sons and five daughters, only one whom, Mrs. Mollie BOWLES of this city, survives her. Her husband G. W. Hall died December 31, 1856, leaving her a widow, which she chose to remain.
She moved from Illinois to Kansas and from Kansas to Oklahoma about 15 years ago. After her children married she and her brother lived together till about five years ago death took him from her and she has made her home with her daughter, Mrs. J. A. BOWLES, till Wednesday, February 3, 1909, when death claimed her also.
She leaves a space of time from birth till death covering 88 years, 4 months and 16 days, and so full of good deeds that they could not be enumerated or remembered.
She lived a consistent Christian life for nearly 72 years, setting the beautiful example before her children. She saw them honored and gathered in part the fruits of a well-spent life, but they have now gone to obtain the crown for faithfulness and a life of joy forever.
The funeral service was held in the Ames Christian church today, Elder J. D. MORGAN preaching the sermon, and the remains were laid to rest in the Lacey cemetery.
Submitted by Donnie Fowler
Albert HALL
July 27, 1906
Paper Unknown
Former Clinton Man Dead.
Albert HALL, who was born in DeWitt county nearly 60 years ago, and went to Fresno, CA., 21 years ago, died there last week. He was married to Miss Mildred VOGEL who with four children survive him. He was a brother of Austin HALL, of this city. His wife is a daughter of Jacob VOGEL, formerly of Clinton. The remains were cremated at Oakland, CA.
Submitted by Unknown
Benjamin Franklin HALL
September 20, 1895
Clinton Public
Benjamin Franklin HALL was born in Hallsville, Ross County, Ohio, August 23, 1850, moved to Illinois with his parents in 1865. Was married to Miss Ann M. MISKELLY December 16, 1875, there being born to them three sons and three daughters, who survive him. He was sick one year with diabetes, complicated with spinal trouble. He died peacefully at his home east of the city, on Tuesday, September 17, 1895, in the presence of his wife, children and friends, who did all they could to soothe him in his dying hour. Deceased was a farmer all his life. He was sober, industrious and upright in his dealings. The funeral took place from his late home on the 17th inst. There was a large attendance, Rev. MacArthur officiating. Remains were buried in Woodlawn cemetery. The family extends thanks to all the friends who kindly assisted them in their affliction.
Bettie (BARNETT) HALL
December 5, 1890
Clinton Public
Mrs. Bettie HALL, wife of Mr. William HALL, who lives near Hallsville, died last Wednesday, after a brief illness. Mrs. Hall was the daughter of Robert BARNETT.
Mrs. Caleb HALL
February 10, 1898
Clinton Register
Death of Mrs. Mary Hall.
Mrs. Mary HALL died at the residence of her son-in-law, A. J. MORROW, Feb. 3, aged 82 years and 4 days. The funeral services were held at the residence on Sunday afternoon, Feb. 5, conducted by Elder Hite. The interment was at Woodlawn cemetery.
Mary Hall was born near Richmond, Virginia, on the 30th day of January, 1806. When 4 years old she moved with her parents to Bourbon county, Kentucky, where she was married to Caleb HALL on the 20th day of March, 1824. They moved to DeWitt county (then Macon county, Ill.) Nov. 1831. There were born to them five children, Susan E., William C., Eliza J., Robert F., James M., the two first being in Bourbon county, Kentucky. Her husband died at LeRoy, McLean county, Illinois, on the 19th of Oct., 1839, she having lived a widow over 48 years. She had but two children survive her, Eliza J., wife of A. J. Morrow, of this city, with whom she had lived many years, and James M., her youngest child. She had five grandchildren living and one dead. She attached herself to the Christian church in Bourbon Co., Ken., about the year 1830, having lived a Christian life nearly 60 years.
Catherine (ALLEN) HALL
January 31, 1908
Clinton Register
DEATH OF A CHRISTIAN MOTHER.
Mrs. Catherine Jane HALL, wife of Amos C. HALL and daughter of Justus and Martha ALLEN, was born in Ohio December 8, 1840. The family came to Vermilion county, Illinois, and settled near the present village of Homer when she was about twelve years of age. In her twentieth year she was married to Andrew J. HAYES. A daughter by this marriage died at the age of eighteen.
Some years after the death of Mr. Hayes she was united in marriage with Amos C. Hall, June 30, 1887. They established a good home in Hallsville in 1888 and resided there about three years. They lived in St. Louis four years, a year in Sedalia, in Parsons, Kansas, two different times, returning to Hallsville now and then, until their return last May with the intention of finishing their earthly pilgrimage among their old time friends and neighbors. Her strength had been on the decline for some years, her final sickness, however, was only a week's duration. She departed this life Friday, January 24, at the age of 67 years, 1 month and 21 days.
One brother Abraham ALLEN of Hallsville and one sister, Mrs. Laura MCLAUGHLIN of Potomac, Illinois, survive her.
She confessed the Savior and was baptized by T. T. Holton in 1889 and continued a member of the church to the end of her pilgrimage. She was a woman of wonderful energy and industry. She looked well to the ways of her household and did not eat the bread of idleness.
The funeral services took place at the Hallsville Christian church Monday afternoon January 27. The memorial sermon was preached at her request by T. T. Holton of Bloomington from the text, "Show us the Father and it Sufficeth. " The choir of the Christian church sang most tenderly several beautiful and consoling songs. There were present a great number of relatives and friends of the family and there was much sympathy shown to Mr. Hall who in his old age is left wifeless. At the close of the services the body was interred in the McCliman's cemetery.
Submitted by Unknown
Charles HALL
April 26, 1895
Clinton Public
Charles HALL, an old citizen of this county, died in the village of DeWitt last Saturday, and on Sunday his remains were brought to Clinton and buried in Woodlawn. Mr. Hall came from Ohio to this county before the war, and till the later years of his life followed the avocation of farming.
Darius HALL
October 31, 1879
Clinton Public
Death of Darius Hall.
At midnight, one week ago last night, Darius HALL, one of the oldest citizens in this county, passed from time into eternity. Had he lived but a little over twenty-four hours longer he would have seen his eightieth birthday. More than fifty years ago he came from Kentucky and settled in Barnett township, where at one time he was the possessor of large tracts of land. Uncle D., as he was familiarly called, was a man of quiet habits and of a genial nature. In his relations with his friends and neighbors he was always pleasant and affable. His easy disposition was often taken advantage of, and the result of which was his farms passed from his control into the hands of strangers. As the years were closing in upon him he moved to this city and engaged in the milling business. This did not prove to be a profitable speculation and a few years ago he abandoned the mill, which now stands idle. The vigor of his life was gone, but fortunately he had saved enough to make his declining years comfortable. Uncle D. was a staunch Republican in politics. In 1876 he was elected to the office of coroner in this county, and in 1878 he was re-elected. Till a few weeks ago his kindly old face could be seen every day on our streets, and he had a pleasant word for everybody he met. On last Sunday he was buried at Old Union Cemetery. The order of Freemasons, of which he was a very old member, attended the funeral, besides which a very large number went from this city. The funeral services were conducted by Eld. HOLTON, of the Christian Church, of which Uncle D. had been a member since his youth, after which the closing ceremonies at the grave were under the charge of his Masonic brethren.
Elias HALL
November 2, 1888
Clinton Public
Elias HALL died very suddenly a little after midnight on last Friday night. On Friday afternoon he was in town with his daughter for the purpose of buying a new stove, and while they were at the store his daughter noticed that he turned very pale and suddenly became feeble. She went to the drug store and got him some medicine, and then started home with him. By the time he reached home he was unconscious, and they helped him into the house and sent for a doctor. He never recovered consciousness again, and he died a little after midnight. The cause of his death was apoplexy. Mr. Hall was born in Ross county, Ohio, in the year 1823, and at the time of his death he was sixty-five years, one month and seven days old. He was married in Ohio, and in 1851 he came to this county and bought what is known as the MASON farm, less than three miles north-east of Clinton. He was a stalwart and healthy-looking man, and gave promise of many years of active life. He was the father of ten children, six boys and four girls, eight of whom were born in this county. One of his sons is in the real estate business in Fresno, California, with Jake VOGEL and Gus LISENBY. The other members of his family that are living are here in the vicinity of Clinton. His wife died about six years ago. Recently he bought Henry DIECKHOFF's farm, north-east of Clinton, and was fitting it up as a home for himself and daughter. Three of Mr. Hall's brothers are residents of this county. He was buried last Sunday in Woodlawn Cemetery, the Rev. W. A. HUNTER conducting the services.
Mrs. Elias HALL
April 20, 1883
Clinton Public
Death entered the household of Mr. Elias HALL on last Saturday, and took from the home circle a kind and affectionate wife and mother. For eleven weeks Mrs. Maria HALL had been confined to her bed with neuralgia of the stomach, and during her long sickness she suffered intense pain. She was a woman still in the prime of life, being only forty-two years old. She was the mother of ten children, six boys and four girls, all of whom survive her.
Eliza (THORNLEY) HALL
October 16, 1891
Clinton Public
Death of Mrs. Eliza E. Hall.
For nearly fifty years, Mrs. HALL was a resident of this county. She was born in Ohio, and when she was less than twelve years of age her parents came to this county and were among the very early settlers. Her father was Morton THORNLEY, one of the pioneers of DeWitt County. On last Tuesday, after a most painful illness, she breathed her last in the home to which she went a happy bride forty years ago. Her disease was cancer of the stomach and it was most virulent in its action. The doctors think it may have begun eighteen months ago, but it was only last spring that she felt the first real symptoms of pain from it. The cancer began at the pit of the stomach and extended to her mouth. After Mrs. Hall’s death, her family consented to an examination in the interest of medical science and also for their own satisfaction, when Dr. Wright, assisted by Drs. McLEAN, CAMPBELL and Dora TYLER, performed the operation. They pronounced it cancer of the most virulent type.
Mrs. Hall was the mother of seven children, six of whom survive her. Forty years ago she was married to Jonathan R. HALL. Her husband in his day was one of the prominent men of this county, and from 1869 to 1873 filled the office of County Judge. The Judge died in February, 1875. On the fifth of last May Mrs. Hall had reached sixty-one years of age. She was buried last Wednesday in the cemetery on the home farm by the side of her husband and the child who had preceded her to the better land. At the request of the family Eld. HOLTON will prepare a sketch of the life of Mrs. Hall, which will appear in next week's PUBLIC.
--------------------October 23, 1891
Clinton Public
Eliza Ellen Hall.
Eliza Ellen THORNLEY was born in Ohio, May 5, 1830. She died at her residence near Hallsville, Tuesday, October 13, 1891, aged sixty-one years five months and eight days. She was married to Jonathan R. HALL March 30, 1848. They worked together hand in hand nearly twenty-seven years. Judge Hall died in February, 1875. For more than sixteen years sister Hall had lived at the old home, in honorable, upright and lonely widowhood. Seven of their children lived to grow up to manhood and womanhood. Wm. Hall, the oldest, resides in the neighborhood; Rosa, the wife of Samuel SUMNERS, has her home in Clarion, Iowa; George is on a farm not far from Kenney; Mahlon, resides near the town of Maroa; Mollie, the wife of John IRWIN, lives in the vicinity of Hallsville; and Luther has been the constant companion of his mother on the old farm during the long years of her widowhood. Della, the youngest, the beloved wife of David BARTLEY, died in 1888, and went away to the home above.
Of the Thornley family, sisters and brothers of the deceased, there remain living: Lucy Ann HALL, wife of Thomas HALL, of DeWitt Co.; Susan BAKER and Mary WALKER, both of California; Enoch THORNLEY, of Kenney; and Morton THORNLEY, of Kansas.
Sister Hall took down very sick about the first of August. She had been in failing health however for many months before. Her daughter Rosa came from her home in Iowa and tenderly ministered to her mother the last four weeks of her life. The other children were constantly present, or in easy reach, going and coming as they could be of service. The physicians were skillful and untiring, and the neighbors assiduous in their attentions. So that everything possible was done for the relief of the suffering patient. She had made all her arrangements, having anticipated death for some time, and was resigned to the will of God, and passed away to the presence of her Redeemer without a murmur. She became a member of the Christian Church at Old Union in her young womanhood, and was a valued and efficient member of that great and noble congregation until she united with the new organization at Hallsville, where she had her membership at the time of her death. She was a devoted wife and mother, a constant reader of the Bible, and a woman of strong religious convictions.
At her request her former pastor, T. T. HOLTON, of Tallula, who had known her for twenty years, conducted the funeral services at the old home, on the Wednesday afternoon following her death. “Nearer, My God, to Thee,” at her request, was beautifully and impressively sung, along with other of her favorite hymns by the dear Christian singers of Hallsville. Almost the entire community came out in memory of the dead and in sympathy with the living.
Those were good times twenty years ago when Judge Hall was living with his family about him and the fire burned brightly upon the hospitable hearthstone. Although the departed father was missed, it was still home. With the death of the mother the last link is broken, the light goes out upon the hearthstone, and silence reigns in the old familiar places. A few more years and all will be gone. If those that linger yet for a brief season upon these stormy shores desire it, they can all meet again in the Father's house on high. There are no words to tell the infinite gladness and fortune of such a consummation. —T. T. Holton, Tallula, October 19, 1891.
Emma (WINSLOW) HALL
August 31, 1917
Farmer City Journal
Mrs. Emma Susan HALL died on Tuesday evening at 6 o'clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles BATESON, in the northeast part of the city where she resided. Her age was 82 years, 7 months, 14 days. The funeral was conducted at the late home, Thursday forenoon by Rev. W Percy HONN, and burial took place in the McCord cemetery.
Deceased was born October 4, 1835, in Mahonia County Ohio, being a daughter of Jeremiah and Clarissa WINSLOW. At the age of 7 she came to Illinois with her parents. On November 15, 1854, she was married to B.A. DAY and to them were born 5 children, two of whom survive—Mrs. Emma BELFORD of Clinton and Mrs. BATESON. She was married on August 31, 1871, to John JOHNSON who died July 30, 1893. On February 15, 1905, she was married to James HALL who died in 1911.
From early womanhood she was a member of the Christian church and all knew her to be a kind neighbor and faithful mother.
Submitted by Clara Jaramillo
Enoch HALL
October 23, 1896
Clinton Public
Enoch HALL, son of Thomas D. and Lucy A. HALL, was born Jan. 14, 1872, and died Oct. 17, 1896, at 12:15 o'clock, aged 24 years, 9 months and 3 days. He was the youngest of seven children—four brothers: Cyrus F., William F., Jonathan R., and Curtis; two sisters: Mrs. D. M. KEMP and Miss Lavinia. Two of his eldest brothers, Cyrus and William have preceded him to the better land. Jonathan being in the West, there are but one brother, sisters, father and mother present to represent the family circle.
He was joined in marriage with Etha May BARNETT on March 13, 1892. Four children were the result of this union. They are Harrold E. and Edna May (twins), Edmund D. and Mame Irene. All survive him except Edna, who died in infancy. He united with the Christian church in Hallsville in 1891 and has been rightfully known, having done all he could in defending the right, and having conversed very frequently on many religious topics.
During the long hours in the sick-room with his lone sister he would enter on pleasant discussions representing his views of a spiritual life. One year ago was the beginning of his suffering, but it was not until later that his troubles became of an alarming nature. He was given earnest and efficient attention, but the six long, weary months of suffering were borne with patience. He often expressed his willingness to go, saying, "Oh, if I could rest." He was a member of the I. O. O. F. of Clinton. Funeral services were held in the Christian church in Clinton on Monday at 11 a.m., conducted by Rev. L. B. PICKERILL.
Erastus Franklin HALL
January 1, 1897
Clinton Public
Held in High Esteem.
Erastus Franklin HALL, son of John F. and Mary C. HALL, was born in Allen county, Ohio, May 7, 1877, and died at the home of his uncle, Michael ROBINSON, northeast of Birbeck, December 29, 1896, aged 19 years, 7 months and 22 days. His disease is said to have been abscess of the liver. He suffered much during the past seven months, but bore his affliction with great fortitude and unflinching courage. It is said he was never known to utter a profane word in his life. He professed the religion of Christ and united with the M. P. church in 1890. He attended church and Sabbath school when he had an opportunity and as long as he was able to do so. The large attendance at his funeral, and the deep feeling manifested by both old and young, demonstrated that he held the esteem and affection of the people of the community. The funeral services were held in the Birbeck church at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, December 30, conducted by Rev. Thos. KELLEY. The remains were deposited in the Wilmore cemetery to await the summons of the resurrection.
George HALL
June 9, 1899
Clinton Public
DIED AT THE COUNTY FARM
Geo. Hall falls From a Porch and Expires
Suddenly
Geo. Hall, who, with his faithful white dog, were familiar figures on the streets of Clinton until last winter, when they were sent to the county farm, died very suddenly Wednesday morning. He came down stairs looking strangely, when his companions asked him if he was sick. He answered, “yes,” went out on the porch and sat down on the bench. He tumbled off the bench and died in a few moments. Up to that time he had been in his usual health.
Henry Parker HALL
May 31, 1895
Clinton Public
Life Work Well Done.
Henry Parker HALL, son of Aquilla P. HALL and wife, nee BUCHANAN, was born in Bourbon Co., Dec. 15, 1827. After the death of his father, the family came to this neighborhood in October, 1840. W. HALL, the oldest brother, died soon afterwards. Cassandra P. HALL, a sister, wife of Henry BOWLES and mother of Hugh BOWLES, died in 1847. The three younger members of the family are Adaline MEECHEM, of Hallsville; Thomas D. HALL, of Clinton; and Aquilla HALL, of Peyton, Colorado. Their mother died in 1858. Bro. Hall was married to Louircey J. MORROW, daughter of Elder William MORROW and Maria (HILDRETH) MORROW, May 24, 1849. There were two children born to them, a little boy dying in infancy and Mary E. HALL, who survives her father, and is in our prayers and sympathies today. His wife died Oct. 6, 1861, at the age of thirty-five years, so that he was a widower more than thirty-three years. For the last fifteen years he made his home with his sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Meechem. Since some time in January he was in poor health, and for the last two months was confined to his bed. He died on Monday, May 27, 1895, at two o'clock in the afternoon, apparently without pain and in peace and quietness, his age being 67 years, 5 months and 12 days. He will be buried at the Old Union Cemetery beside his wife and near to his mother, and other members of the family, relatives and friends.
Bro. Hall was a member of the Church of Christ at Old Union and is remembered as a devoted Christian. In those days when his mind was clear and his strength firm, he had his name and place with God's people. Against him no charge rested and his character is without a stain. Since sometime in 1858 [1888?] his mind was more or less clouded, yet even in this affliction, it may be said, he was a harmless and good man. He always wanted to have his work and do his part, and would have been offended if not permitted to be useful. He had his own room and was in all respects one of the family. He had good friends in his conservators, Alexander BARNETT, and more recently, W. O. ROGERS. He was in no way slighted or neglected. In all his needs and sickness he had the most tender and affectionate consideration. He shall have no slight in his funeral and burial. Considering it all and all, there is a great reason for us to feel that the best has been done, and that all is well with our departed brother.
Ida Belle HALL
October 13, 1889
Paper Unknown
Miss Ida Belle, daughter of Henry HALL, died at her father's home, near Latham, Logan county, Ill., on Sunday 13th inst. She was buried on the 14th, Revs. D. MacARTHUR and P. REYNOLDS of Clinton officiating.
John HALL
February 25, 1875
Clinton Public
John HALL, late Probate Judge of this county, died at his residence at Hallsville, on Tuesday morning, aged forty-seven years. The deceased was seized some weeks ago with a spinal complaint, which affected his brain. From the first his recovery was deemed doubtful. Judge Hall was an active business man. Besides running a large farm and dealing heavily in stock he was connected with a store at Hallsville. He was one of the leading men in securing the construction of the I. B. & W. Railway through this county, and as a compliment to him by the company, Hallsville station was named for him. He served one term as county Judge, being elected by the Democratic party in 1870. Judge Hall was a member of the Masonic lodge in this city, which organization attended the funeral services yesterday afternoon at Hallsville.
Mahlon HALL
November 5, 1909
Clinton Register
FORMER RESIDENT DIED IN MINNESOTA.
Member of a Prominent DeWitt
County Family Is Brought To The Place Of Birth For Burial.
Mahlon HALL was born near Hallsville, DeWitt county, Illinois, Nov. 21, 1858, and died Oct. 30, 1909. He is the son of Judge Jonathan R. and Eliza Ellen (THORNLEY) HALL. Of this family were nine children, five of whom are living, three brothers, William HALL, a resident of Hallsville; George W., of Canada; and Luther J., who resides on the home place. Two sisters, Rosilia, wife of S. W. SUMMERS, of Clarion, Iowa, and Mary A. IRWIN, of Hallsville; Ella D. BARTLEY, the youngest in the family, died in November 1888.
His parents as well as grand parents lived on the home place one half mile south of Hallsville where Mahlon R. grew to manhood and who was favorably known and grew up under the influence of religious parents. He was married to Miss Mary HARKRADER several years ago. Two children, Clifford and Preston, were the blessings of this union. He moved to Nebraska a few years ago in the eagerness for a new home, from thence to Red Lake Falls, Minn., where he died Oct. 30, 1909.
His parents were among DeWitt county's first and prominent citizens. His grandparents, Mahlon HALL and family and Reuben THORNLEY and family came to Illinois and settled in Barnett and Tunbridge township, respectively, before the county was organized in 1839.
The family arrived with the remains Wednesday morning and funeral services were held at the Hallsville Christian church yesterday afternoon, conducted by Rev. T. T. Holton, of Bloomington. Burial in the McClimans cemetery.
Maholn Reed HALL
Friday, October 20, 1899
Clinton Register
MAHLON REED HALL.
Biography of a Former Resident of DeWitt
County.—
His Father Laid Out the Town of Hallsville.
Of Mahlon R. HALL, who died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. S. L. WALLACE, in Lincoln, the Courier of that city contained the following:
Mahlon Reed Hall was born near Old Cane Ridge, Bourbon county, Ky., a neighborhood famous for some of the early struggles and triumphs of that body of religious people known as Christians and Disciples of Christ. There, as a little boy, he heard some of the grand and strong men of God who preached the gospel in that day. He was the son of Mahlon HALL and Hannah Reed HALL, and the date of his birth was July 15, 1824. His father was twice married, his first wife being Casandra PARKER. There were eleven children born to them, most of whom are remembered by the older citizens of DeWitt county. Their names were: Darius HALL, of Clinton, known as "Uncle D.," Parker Aquilla HALL, Caleb HALL, Ambrose HALL, father of Amos HALL, a former resident of this city, now residing in St. Louis; Henry Harrison HALL, Dixon HALL, Elizabeth who became the wife of Alenander [sic] BARNETT, a prominent farmer and for a long time county surveyor of DeWitt county; Eliza A., who married McCarty HILDRETH; Polly Ann, and one daughter who died nameless in infancy. The children of the second wife are as follows: James Maston HALL, father of James M. HALL, of Hallsville; Susanna S., the wife of Bentley MILLS, a citizen well known in Central Illinois during his lifetime; Mahlon Reed HALL, the subject of this sketch, and the youngest, Jonathan Reed HALL, who was for several times county judge of DeWitt county, and who laid out and named the town of Hallsville.
All of these children were born in Kentucky. With such a family as this, of good, substantial Kentucky stock, well suited to pioneer life and enterprise, the parents went to DeWitt county in the fall of 1830. It was during the following winter that the great snow fell, covering the whole country to an average depth of nearly three feet. This was a great trial to a family newly come to the country and with but little opportunity to prepare for an ordinary winter. They endured the awful cold of December 20, 1836, and experienced all the hardships and difficulties that confronted the pioneers of that time. Mahlon Reed Hall was but little past his 22d year when on the 26th of November, 1846, he was united in marriage to Marena Jane McDEED, of Lafayette, Ind. There were born to them eight children: Geo. W. HALL, of Pawnee, Kan.; Hanna Frances HALL, wife of Samuel L. WALLACE, of this city; Mahlon Francis HALL, of Florence, Col.; John Jefferson HALL, Albert Wiley HALL who died in infancy; Jonathan Reed HALL, of Peyton, Col.; Wm. Hayden HALL, of Kansas City, Mo., and Eleanor May HALL, who died in Nebraska at the age of 16.
Uncle Reed was a man that worked very hard in his early manhood. He was successful in business and for many years owned and lived on a fine and well improved farm of some 400 acres south of Beason. For sometime he was largely engaged in shipping stock to Eastern markets. It was while on his way to Pittsburg with a heavy shipment, sometime in 1873, that the caboose was thrown from the track and finally overturned. Greatly bruised and unconscious, he was carried to friends in Indianapolis. He never fully recovered from this almost fatal accident.
Submitted by Sheryl Byrd
--------------------October 20, 1899
Clinton Public
WAS AN OLD SETTLER.
The Late M. R. Hall Identified with Early History
of DeWitt County.
Mahlon Reed HALL, who died at Lincoln last week, was among the earliest settlers of DeWitt county. He was born near Old Cane Ridge, Bourbon county, Ky., in 1824. His father was twice married, his first wife being Casandra PARKER. There were eleven children born to them, most of whom are remembered by the older citizens of DeWitt county. Their names were: Darius HALL, of Clinton, known as “Uncle D.,” Parker Aquilla HALL, Caleb HALL, Ambrose HALL, father of Amos HALL, a former resident of Lincoln, and now residing in St. Louis; Henry Harrison HALL, Dixon HALL, Elizabeth HALL, who became the wife of Alexander BARNETT, a prominent farmer and for a long time county surveyor of DeWitt county; Eliza A., who married McCarty HILDRETH; Polly Ann, and one daughter who died nameless in infancy. The children of the second wife are as follows: James Maston HALL, father of James M. HALL, of Hallsville; Susanna S., the wife of Bentley MILLS, a citizen well known in Central Illinois during his lifetime; Mahlon Reed HALL, the subject of this sketch, and the youngest, Jonathan Reed HALL, who was for several times county judge of DeWitt county, and who laid out and named the town of Hallsville.
The parents went to DeWitt county in the fall of 1830. It was during the following winter that the great snow fell, covering the whole country to an average depth of nearly three feet. This was a great trial to a family newly come to the country and with but little opportunity to prepare for even an ordinary winter. They endured the awful cold of December 20, 1836, and experienced all the hardships and difficulties that confronted the pioneers of that time. Mahlon Reed Hall was but little past his 22d year when on the 26th of November, 1846, he was united in marriage to Marena Jane McDEED, of Lafayette, Ind. There were born to them eight children: Geo. W. HALL, of Pawnee, Kan.; Hannah Frances HALL, the wife of Samuel L. WALLACE, of Lincoln; Mahlon Francis HALL, of Florence, Col.; John Jefferson HALL; Albert Wiley HALL, who died in infancy; Jonathan Reed HALL, of Peyton, Col.; Wm. Hayden HALL, of Kansas City, Mo.; and Eleanor May HALL, who died in Nebraska at the age of 16.
Uncle Reed was a man who worked very hard in his early manhood. He was successful in business and for many years owned and lived on a fine and well improved farm of some 400 acres south of Beason.
The funeral sermon was preached by Elder T. T. HOLDEN, at Lincoln, and in speaking of his personal acquaintance with Mr. Hall, said:
“I first met him in the fall of 1871. He was then an elder in the Christian church at Old Union, a congregation of some 300 members. He became a member of the church in early life, and along with his brothers and sisters did good service in the work of the Master. Having attended the funerals of three of his brothers, and having visited in his family, and met him under so many conditions and circumstances, I feel prepared to say that I was greatly attached to him, and that I counted him one of the true men among the many I have known.”
Submitted by Judy Simpson
Ruth (SPENCER) HALL
December 1978
Paper Unknown
(Obituary Extract)
Name: Ruth HALL
Born: 09/20/1895 in Harp Township
Died: 12/28/1978
Parents: William and Sarah (DOTY) SPENCER
Married:
Alvin "Bud" HALL (preceded her in death 02/13/1948)
Survivors: one brother:
Ray SPENCER; one sister: Mrs. Bessie MILLER, of Douglas, GA., preceded in death
by one brother and five sisters.
Funeral: 12/30/1978 Herington-Calvert Funeral
Home
Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery
Sarah (ELLINGTON) HALL
August 19, 1958
Paper Unknown
MRS. SARAH HALL, LIFELONG RESIDENT OF CLINTON, DIES.
(Obituary Extract)
Name: Sarah Elizabeth (ELLINGTON) HALL
Age: 98
Born: August 13, 1860, Barnett township, DeWitt Co., IL
Parents: David and
Eleanor (Jenkins) ELLINGTON
Spouse: Richard I. HALL, m. October 20, 1878
Memberships/Affilliations: Clinton Christian Church
Died: August 19, 1958,
12:30 p.m., at the home of Mrs. Mable SMITH, 402 Eat Main Street.
Survivors:
Son, Harry HALL, Illinois City, IL; daughter, Mrs. Mable SMITH; also 26 grandchildren
and 20 great great grandchildren. Her husband and four
daughters preceded her
in death.
Funeral Arrangements: Herington Funeral Home
Note: The three daughters that had died were: Hilma Helen (Hall) Pate, Flora Marie (Hall) Bannerman, and Ethel (Hall) McGowan.
Submitted by Helen Pate Ross
Mrs. Thomas HALL
April 12, 1895
Clinton Public
Mrs. Mary HALL died at the home of her son, Thomas HALL, at Lane on Wednesday, at the ripe age of seventy-eight years, six months and twenty-three days. The last two and a half years of her life were full of suffering, which was borne with Christian resignation. She was a native of New Jersey. At the age of thirty-seven years she became a Christian and united with the Baptist Church. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Clinton at the time of her death. Her husband, Rev. Thomas HALL, died in 1865. The funeral took place from the Christian Church at Lane. A large number of friends and neighbors attended, which was conducted by Rev. D. MacARTHUR.
Thomas D. HALL
May 12, 1899
Clinton Public
Thomas D. HALL was born near Paris, in Bourbon county, Ky., January 6th, 1833, and died May 7th, 1899, aged 66 years, 4 months and 1 day. He was one of a family of eight children, six of whom lived to be grown, viz: William Franklin, Henry P., Cassander Bowles, Adaline Meachum, Thomas D. and Aquilla P., two having died in infancy. Only two are now remaining of the home circle—one sister, Mrs. Harrison MEACHUM and one brother, Aquilla P. HALL, who lives in Colorado and was unable to be present.
Mr. HALL, at the age of seven years, came to Illinois in 1840 with his parents and was a resident of the state for 59 years. He was married to Lucy Anne THORNLEY December 8th, 1853. Seven children blessed this union, five sons and two daughters, viz: Cyrus F., William F., Anna, (wife of D. M. KEMP), Jonathan R., Curtis, Lavinia, and Enoch; three sons, Cyrus F., William F. and Enoch having preceded him to the better land. Of the four living, three were with him during his sickness, Jonathan being absent in Idaho. He was a member of the Christian church, having united with the church when quite young at “Old Union” during Revs. J. C. RUCKER’s and Wat BOWLES’ union meetings. After the removal of Old Union church to Midland City, he united with the Hallsville church. Two years after their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Hall bought a farm eight miles west of Clinton, and for the 44 remaining years of his life this was his home except one year they lived in Clinton. He was a quiet man and a good citizen, a man of noble principle and a sincere Christian. His influence was always for good.
The funeral services were held at his late home Wednesday at 10 o’clock, conducted by W. A. HUNTER at the request of the deceased and owing to family acquaintance and personal friendship. A very large company of the friends and neighbors gathered at the home, and after the services, accompanied the remains to Clinton for interment. Multitudes knew “father Hall” and to know him was to love him. The bereft wife and family have many friends who mourn with them and also hope for a glad meeting in “Our Father’s house.”
William HALL
April 22, 1910
Paper Unknown
AGED RESIDENT DEAD.
William HALL died on Tuesday evening, April 19, at 4:45 o'clock at the home of his son, William L. HALL, five miles southwest of the city, aged 85 years, 5 months and 18 days. Kidney trouble, combined with the infirmities of age, caused his demise. The funeral was conducted Thursday forenoon at the late home by Rev. C. W. Conover and burial took place in the Greenleaf cemetery.
Mr. Hall was born in Tennessee Nov. 1, 1824. He grew to manhood in that state, married Nancy J. PALMER and enlisted for the preservation of the union in the First Tennessee regiment. Shortly after the close of the war, in which deceased bore a most honorable part, the family came to Illinois and located in the community southwest of this city. For a number of years Mr. and Mrs. Hall lived on what was known as the old vineyard, about a mile southwest of town. Mrs. Hall passed away about four years ago, after which the aged husband made his home with the children here and in Missouri.
Four sons and six daughters were born to the couple, of whom two daughters and a son preceded them to the other shore. The survivors are Mrs. Louisa TIDBALL of Pawnee Minn.; Mrs. Melvina NEWBERRY and Mrs. Catharine NEWBERRY of Benton City, Mo.; J. A. HALL, Mrs. Joseph EDWARDS and W. L. Hall of this vicinity.
Submitted by Trish Couture
William Lloyd HALL
1978 or 1979
Paper Unknown
(Obituary Extract)
Name: William Lloyd HALL, 79 of Crest View Nursing Home;
retired farmer
Born: March 4, 1899 in Clinton
Died: Thursday at 3:20
p.m. at the Dr. John WARNER Hospital
Parents: Nelson and Susie (Best) HALL
Married: Sallie FARLEY in 1924 in Clinton; Sallie died May 27, 1959
Survivors: two sons, one daughter, one brother, one sister, seven grandchildren
and two great-grandchildren
Preceded in death by four brothers and two sisters.
Funeral at 1:30 p.m. at Herington-Calvert Funeral Home
Rev. Winston
ZASTROW officiating
Burial in Mausoleum Park Cemetery, Clinton
Submitted by Debbie Champion
A. L. HAM
August 22, 1884
Clinton Public
A. L. HAM, a traveling man for Ulrich at Decatur, committed suicide in a hotel in Decatur on Tuesday night by shooting himself through the heart with a revolver. Ham was $500 short in his accounts with his firm, which he was not able to make up, so he concluded to raise the money by his death. He had an insurance policy on his life for $5000, and he left a letter for his wife urging her to pay the Ulrich claim. Ham was well known to the business men of this city, as he had been selling goods here for a number of years.
Lydia (ROWLAND) HAMMAR
June 18, 1886
Clinton Public
Mrs. Lydia HAMMAR, the daughter of Mr. E. W. ROWLAND, whose death at Red Cloud, Neb., was recently announced in THE PUBLIC, was born in Pennsylvania forty-one years ago. She came with her father to McLean county in 1859, and was married in Bloomington. She moved with her family to Red Cloud in 1873. At the age of twelve years she united with the Presbyterian Church. She leaves a husband and five children.
Johnson HAMMOND
January 27, 1899
Clinton Public
Death of an Old Soldier.
W. H. Oglevee received a telegram on Saturday [telling] that his cousin, Johnson HAMMOND, of Leroy, Ill., died Saturday morning and was buried there on Monday afternoon. Mr. Hammond had lived in Leroy over 30 years, was 60 years old, served as mail agent during President Arthur's and Harrison's terms as president, was mail agent from Leroy to West Lebanon, Ind., and from Gilman to Springfield, Ill. Mr. Hammond had many acquaintances in Clinton. He served in the army in Co. B., 98th Reg. O. V. I.; was severely wounded at Chickamauga, and soon afterward was discharged. He leaves a widow, two sons and two daughters to mourn his loss.
Mrs. Lavina HAMMOND
September 11, 1891
At the residence of her son-in-law, Mr. C. P. RICHARDS, Mrs. Lavina HAMMOND departed this life last Tuesday afternoon, aged seventy-six years, eight months and five days. She was born in Gambier, Ohio, January 3, 1815, and was married in Knox County, Ohio, September 8, 1835. She was the mother of thirteen children, four of whom died in early childhood. One son died in the army in 1863. Her daughter Susan died about six years ago. When they first came to this county they lived on a farm near Wapella, and on Sunday, February 15, 1864, while her husband was returning to his home from attending church in Wapella he died very suddenly. Her husband was an earnest member of the M. E. Church and for years had been licensed as a local preacher. Mrs. Hammond was converted and united with the M. E. Church when she was but fourteen years old, and for more than sixty-two years she was faithful to her religious vows. Seven children are left— Mrs. C. P. RICHARDS, Mrs. L. ELY, Mrs. H. E. DUNCAN, John F. and Charles HAMMOND. She also leaves thirty-four grand children and fourteen great grand children. She was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery on Wednesday afternoon, the funeral services being held in the M. E. Church, conducted by Dr. REED.
Note: She was married to John F. Hammond and her maiden name was Garberson.
Gilbert HAND
August 20, 1886
Clinton Public
BY HIS OWN HAND.
Gilbert Hand Enters the Unknown World and All for
a Trifling Defalcation
Clinton was startled yesterday afternoon, about half-past four o'clock, by the report that Gilbert HAND had committed suicide at his home in the south part of town. When the word first came no one would believe it, for he was about the last man in the world that one would think of as being guilty of such an act, but Mr. Charles McCUDDY immediately came driving up on the square in search of a doctor and confirmed the story. Who could have dreamed that Gil. Hand, one of the most light-hearted and jolliest of men would have taken his own life! It is hard yet to realize that the poor fellow lies at his home this morning stiff and cold in death, when less than twenty-four hours ago he was in the full enjoyment of life and health, and with that bodily vigor that would reasonably insure a long life. But even those who are apparently the most light-hearted and free from care may have a canker in their heart that will incite them to a rash act.
Gilbert Hand has been a resident of this city for a number of years. When he first came here he was employed as a clerk in the hardware store of Hand & Lisenby, and he remained with that firm till they retired from business. After that he accepted an agency for two cooperative life insurance companies doing business in Bloomington and was successful. The profits of an agent are great, and the writing of only a few policies each week brought him a handsome income. Gil Hand was adapted to the business; he had a genial, sunny temper, and he had carefully studied the best methods of presenting the advantages of life insurance. Through his efforts the Bloomington cooperative companies did a large business in this city and county. Nearly two years ago he substantially abandoned the cooperative companies and began business for the Phoenix, of Hartford, Conn., a regular life insurance company. At first he began on a salary of $100 a month, but the amount of business he accrued not being sufficient to justify the payment of a regular salary he continued to work on commission. To depend merely upon the income for work done for a regular life insurance company in a small city is a precarious living at the best, for while the commissions are large when an agent does secure a policy, there are few who can be induced to insure their lives on account of the amount of premiums they are required to pay down. Where twenty men will insure in a cooperative company because of its cheapness, it is hard to find one man who is willing to invest in a permanent life company even if he knows it is more reliable. This Gil Hand found to be the case. Unfortunately for him, instead of paying over all the cash he received for the little business he did have, he appropriated some of the company's money to his own use. At the beginning of this year, he was behind a couple of hundred dollars, and when Mr. W. S. SWYMMER, of Chicago, the general agent in the west of the Phoenix, came to enforce settlement, Gill Hand promised to get everything square within a few weeks. Mr. Swymmer felt perfectly easy in the matter, as he had confidence in Hand, and besides that his bond was good for more than ten times the amount owed the company. His bondmen were Gus LISENBY and Frank BURROUGHS. Matters drifted on and Hand did not settle up and was getting a little more in arrears all of the time. Mr. Swymmer received a letter from Clinton which caused him to become more aggressive in demanding a settlement, but he could not accomplish anything. He made one or two visits here, and every time Hand promised to make matters straight when he should receive money that he expected.
Finally Mr. Swymmer came to this city on Wednesday and had another interview with Hand. He advised Hand to secure the company in some way, tell his bondsmen the strait he was in, and then go to work and get business enough to pay the small amount he was short. Mr. Swymmer also had an interview with the bondsmen, and of course to save themselves from loss they were anxious to have the matter fixed up. Hand told Mr. Swymmer that he would go to Decatur on Wednesday and get the money from his sister and the next day would have everything straight. He went down to the depot, and instead of going to Decatur he went to Bloomington. Indeed there was no necessity for him to go to Decatur, for the sister he said he was going to see was then in Clinton and had been at Hand's house for some time on a visit. Yesterday morning Hand came back from Bloomington. There was a large crowd at the depot when the train came in, and instead of getting off, he rode as far as the Wabash depot. From there he rode up as far as his house with Ed ALLYN. He did not come up town during the day, but remained at home.
When the afternoon train came in from Decatur, Mr. Swymmer was at the depot to meet him. Not seeing him there Mr. Swymmer came back to the square and then walked down toward Hand's house. Hand was sitting at the door when he saw Mr. Swymmer approaching the house, and he told his wife to receive him while he went into another room to put on his coat, so as to be presentable. By the time Mr. Swymmer reached the house, and while he was talking to Mrs. Hand, he heard the report of a pistol. The chickens in the yard fluttered around, and he thought that some boy in the neighboring yard had been shooting at them. Mrs. Hand then started to call her husband. Not finding him in the house, she went out in the back yard and kept calling for him. All at once she rushed frantically back to Mr. Swymmer and shrieked: "My God, Gilbert has shot himself."
Mr. Swymmer hurried out into the yard and there he found the poor fellow laying dead on the ground. The shrieks of Mrs. Hand and of Miss Hand attracted the attention of Mr. McCuddy, who was driving past the house in his buggy, and he went in and saw the terrible sight. With all haste, Mr. McCuddy came up town for a doctor. It was too late. The fatal shot had proved instantaneous in its effects. Lying beside Mr. Hand on the ground was a new revolver, which he had evidently bought in Bloomington, for he did not own one before. Being a left-handed man Mr. Hand fired the ball into his left temple, just by the ear.
He could not face Mr. Swymmer after all the promises he had made him. He could not raise the money, and he was too proud to tell his wife or sister of the difficulty he was in. That he intended to commit suicide there is no doubt, for in his pocket were two two-ounce bottles of chloroform. The coming of Mr. Swymmer only hastened his end. Some four weeks ago while in conversation with Captain McGraw, Mr. Hand said that he knew a large, healthy man who was in financial difficulties who was contemplating suicide, and he asked Capt. McGraw what he thought of a man who would commit such an act. The Captain told him that a man must be crazy who would think of such a thing. It is evident that for weeks Mr. Hand had been contemplating the act of yesterday afternoon, and yet one to meet him would never dream that such a thought ever entered his head. At the revival meeting in the Methodist Church on Tuesday night Mr. Hand was present with his wife. He sang the hymns and seemed to enjoy the meeting. All at once he stopped singing, dropped his hand to his side and seemed to be buried in deep thought. A lady friend thought this an indication that Mr. Hand was seriously impressed with the services, and talking with another lady after the services said she hoped it would end in his conversion. Probably he was then contemplating the act he was so soon to commit.
Yesterday afternoon Mrs. and Miss Hand were invited to a tea party at Mrs. DeLEVIS' to meet a number of lady friends. Mr. Hand prevailed upon them not to go, saying that he did not feel well. The poor fellow did not want to be left alone for a moment. He had a happy home and a kind and affectionate wife. There was nothing but the paltry sum of $367.87 to incite him to put an end to his life. Had he the courage to have told his wife and sister his troubles they could have relieved him, for Miss Hand has means of her own. He buried his sorrows in his own breast and brooded over them till he became maddened at his own foolishness in using funds that did not belong to him. He had friends enough who would have helped him had he made known his troubles. Poor Gil lacked the courage to tell of the mistake he had made.
The coroner held an inquest last night, and the verdict of the jury was that he died by his own hand. His brothers have been telegraphed for, and as soon as they arrive arrangements will be made for the funeral.
This morning Mrs. Hand received a letter, dated at Bloomington, which was written by her husband. In it he told her that he intended to commit suicide; that his life was ruined and that he could never again face anybody with disgrace resting upon him. He told her that out of the proceeds of his life insurance to pay the claim against him and release his bondsmen from all responsibility, and that she was to entrust Gus Lisenby with the settlement of her business, as he would act for her best interest. This letter would indicate that he intended to kill himself while in Bloomington, but the impulse to see his wife once more evidently restrained him for the time being.
Gil Hand had three policies of insurance on his life, amounting to over $7000. Two of them are in the Bloomington companies and one in the Matoon Masonic association. His home is mortgaged in the Clinton building association, and he is in arrears for eight months interest and principal.
--------------------August 27, 1886
Clinton Public
Brad and John HAND came to Clinton last Saturday to attend the funeral of their brother Gilbert. John left for his home in Beaver Dam, Wis., the first part of this week, but Brad is yet in town settling up his brother's affairs. When he goes to his home in Kansas, Mrs. Gilbert HAND will accompany him.
Frederick HANGER
February 22, 1878
Clinton Public
Old Father Time has gathered a goodly harvest within the past few days in Clinton, not less than three old citizens having been called from time to eternity. The first to answer the summons was Frederick HANGER, who died on last Friday evening. For the past two years Mr. Hanger was an invalid, but his family had great hopes that he would eventually recover. A few days before his fatal sickness he was full of hope for the future and was busy in arranging plans for the comfort of himself and family.
Mr. Hanger came from Ohio to this county in 1869, but for many years prior to that time he was an extensive landholder here. In 1854 he made his first investment in land in this county, and for years kept adding farm to farm. At one time he owned several fine farms in Nixon and DeWitt townships. Between five and six years ago he came to Clinton to live, having traded a farm with Dr. Hunt for the house lately occupied by the deceased. Mr. Hanger was only sixty-nine years of age at the time of his death. He was born in Ross county, Ohio, on the 13th of January, 1809, and on the 21st of November, 1836, was married to Nancy TAYLOR, who now survives him. Thirty years ago he joined the Christian Church at West Liberty, Ohio. Mr. Hanger was genial and kind in his nature, and was always ready to lend a helping hand to those in trouble. In politics he was an ardent Republican.
Mr. Hanger leaves a wife and three children to mourn their loss. His only daughter is the wife of the Hon. James WALKER, of Bellefontaine, Ohio.
Mrs. Frederick HANGER
November 20, 1891
Clinton Public
Mrs. Nancy HANGER died at her home in this city on Wednesday morning, aged seventy-nine years, one month and twenty-nine days. She was the widow of Frederick HANGER who died in this city many years ago. Mrs. Hanger was a native of the State of Virginia, but in her girlhood days her parents moved to Ohio, where she was married to Frederick Hanger, and where all her children were born. She leaves two sons and one daughter. The Hanger family moved from West Liberty, Ohio, to Clinton in 1872, although Mr. Hanger came here about 1867 and bought land. For nearly two years Mrs. Hanger was a great sufferer from cancer, and when death came to her last Wednesday morning it was a great blessing. She will be buried this afternoon in Woodlawn Cemetery.
Note: Her maiden name was Nancy Taylor.
Michael HANLEY
December 16, 1892
Clinton Public
Michael HANLEY was formerly a citizen of Wapella township. He owned a farm which he sold about three years ago, when he moved his family to Missouri where he bought another farm. Mr. James TIERNEY, of Clinton, was a brother-in-law of Hanley’s, and last week he received a telegram to hurry to Missouri, that Hanley was dying. He got there to be at the bedside of his friend before death ended his mortal career. The body was brought back to Wapella and buried last Wednesday. Mrs. HANLEY and her children will come back to Wapella to live.
Samuel HANLEY
July 14, 1899
Clinton Public
Death of Samuel Hanley.
County Clerk HICKMAN received a telegram Tuesday night notifying him of the death of Samuel HANLEY, an insane patient at the Livingston county farm, aged about 48 years. Samuel Hanley was sent to the asylum from Waynesville in 1893, his insanity being caused by being kicked in the head by a horse. He leaves surviving him a wife, living at Waynesville, to which place the body will be shipped for burial.
Mrs. Alexander HANNA
October 20, 1899
Clinton Public
Mrs. Alexander Hanna Dead
Was a daughter of William Bolin, one
of the First Officers of DeWitt County
Mrs. Alexander HANNA died Saturday at her home in Heyworth, aged 70 years. Her maiden name was Exerzene BOLIN and was born in Maryland in 1829, being a daughter of William BOLIN, who settled in DeWitt county in 1838 and served one term as treasurer and two terms as sheriff of this county. She was married to Alexander HANNA in 1869. Most of her life was spent in Long Point until six years ago, when her husband moved to Heyworth to reside.
She leaves surviving her a husband, no children having blessed their home. She had six half-brothers and half-sisters, of whom two, Mrs. Wm. OLIVER and Mrs. DeSPAIN, are dead. Those surviving are: Dr. J. A. BOLIN, of Philadelphia, Pa.; Frank BOLIN, of Bloomington; Mrs. Cyhenus SHORT, of Wapella; and Mrs. LAKE, of McLEAN. Funeral was held Monday at Long Point church, conducted by Rev. M. F. INGRAHAM, of Wapella. Interment in Long Point cemetery.
Note: From the Illinois Statewide Marriage Index:
HANNAH, ALEXANDER BOLIN, ERXZENE
03/09/1869 DE WITT
Submitted by Judy Simpson
--------------------October 20, 1899
Clinton Register
DEATH OF MRS. HANNA.
Mrs. Alexander HANNA died at her home in Heyworth Oct. 14, aged 70; she was born in Maryland and was a daughter of Wm. BOLIN, who was one of the early settlers of this county. She was married in 1839, and her husband survives her. To them no children were born. Dr. J. A. BOLIN, of Philadelphia, Frank BOLIN, of Bloomington, Mrs. LAKE, of McLean and Mrs. SHORT, of Wapella, are brothers and sisters of the deceased.
Funeral services were held Monday at Long Point church conducted by Rev. Ingraham, of Wapella. Burial was in the cemetery near that church.
Submitted by Sheryl Byrd
Della (ENOS) HARP
February 20, 1914
Clinton Register
DIED AFTER SHORT ILLNESS.
At the Warner hospital at 4:30 Wednesday afternoon, Mrs. Wm. HARP, Jr., died after but six days illness of acute appendicitis. Previously Mrs. Harp had suffered two slight attacks of the same disease, but recovered each time after a short illness. Friday night came the final and fatal attack, and on Wednesday morning she was taken to the Warner hospital. She lived but a few hours after being taken to the hospital.
Remains were taken to the Oakman chapel and prepared for burial, being taken to the home on Thursday morning.
Deceased, whose maiden name was Della C. ENOS, was the daughter of M. C. ENOS, and was about thirty years of age. She was a member of the Christian church and also of the Rebekah degree.
Besides the husband, she leaves one son, Wayne, aged 7 years, her father, M. C. Enos, two brothers and three sisters, Henry, of Harp township; Mrs. Mattie TUGGLE, of Prairie Center; Mrs. Bessie GANO, of Alberta, Canada; Frank and Sallie, residing with their father.
Jasper HARP
October 20, 1899
Clinton Public
The Death of Jasper Harp.
Brother of Milligan Harp, of
Clinton—
Lived in DeWitt County 64 years.
Jasper HARP, for sixty-four years a resident of DeWitt county, died Sunday at the HUFFMAN residence, 10 miles northeast of Clinton, of kidney trouble. He was born in this county and continued to reside here with the exception of a few years spent in the west. At the time of his death he was aged sixty-four years. Mr. Harp leaves surviving him a wife and several children and Milligan HARP, a brother, residing in Clinton, and Marion HARP, another brother, at Kankakee.
Funeral services were held at the residence, interment at the Wilmore cemetery near Birkbeck. Several times before his death Mr. Harp expressed the peculiar request that no hearse be used to take his remains to the cemetery. His wish was carried out and an open vehicle was used to take his body to its last resting place.
Submitted by Judy Simpson
--------------------October 20, 1899
Clinton Register
DEATH OF JASPER HARP.
Jasper HARP, brother of Milligan HARP, of this city, died Sunday at his home in Wilson township, aged 64. His wife and five children survive him. He was born in DeWitt county and had lived here most of his life. The funeral was held at the home Tuesday, and the interment was in the Willmore cemetery near Lane.
Submitted by Sheryl Byrd
Lizzie HARP
November 12, 1909
Clinton Register
DEATH OF MISS HARP.
Miss Lizzie HARP died Sunday morning at her home in Kankakee of anemia, being sick only a short time. Deceased was the daughter of Milligan HARP, and was born in Clinton forty-one years ago. Her mother died a few years ago and she had since kept house for her father. Last summer they went to Kankakee, where Preston HARP, her brother, lived, to make their home. The father and son are the only members of the family living. She was a member of the M. E. church and the Court of Honor. The remains arrived on the Daylight Special Tuesday and services were held in the M. E. church, conducted by Rev. Flagge. The father being an old soldier the W. R. C. and G. A. R. attended the services in a body. Burial was in Woodlawn cemetery.
Thomas HARP
March 13, 1891
Clinton Public
Death of Thomas Harp.
On the 14th day of February, 1824, Thomas HARP was born in the State of Tennessee, and died of pneumonia at his home farm, two miles east of Clinton, on last Sunday evening, aged sixty-seven years and two months. Sixty years or more of his life was spent in this county for his father moved here from Tennessee about the year 1830. Tyree HARP, the father of Thomas, was one of the first settlers in what is now Harp township, and after his death the township, when organized, was given his name. Shortly after the breaking out of the Mexican War Thomas Harp enlisted in Captain Daniel NEWCOMB’s company, which was principally raised in this county, which company was assigned to the regiment commanded by Colonel Richard J. OGLESBY. Mr. Harp had a warm spot in his heart for “Uncle Dick,” and although he was a straight-out Democrat an old personal friend of his said the other day that “ whenever Dick Oglesby was a candidate for Governor Tom Harp always voted for him.” After the close of the Mexican War, Mr. Harp filed a claim under his soldier’s warrant for a quarter section of what has since been his home farm. His brother William, who was also a soldier in that war, took an adjoining section, part of which is now owned by Mr. William FULLER and part by E. G. ARGO.
About the year 1850, Thomas Harp and Miss Elizabeth WANTLING were united in marriage, and to them five children were born, four of whom are still living.
At the time of his death Thomas Harp owned over one thousand acres of land, between four and five hundred of which was his home farm and the balance is in Harp township. All of this land, with the exception of the quarter section he got on his Mexican War land warrant and forty-eight acres that he received from his father’s estate, he accumulated by years of patient toil and industry. His estate must be worth between $60,000 and $70,000, for his home farm alone will readily sell for $75 an acre. He was a careful business man and always managed to owe but as little as possible. He rarely sold any grain from his farm but was oftener a buyer, and he made his money principally by raising horses, cattle and hogs for the market. In all his business transactions he was the soul of honor, and after an acquaintance of nineteen years with him and with his daily life the PUBLIC never heard a man speak of Thomas Harp except in praise of his integrity. The only public office he ever aspired to was that of member of the board of education of the Clinton school district, and for this only that he might have an oversight of the school that was located on part of his farm. In politics he was a straight Democrat and was never known to wander off after strange political gods.
Tyree Harp had nine children, and now the only surviving members of that family are Mrs. Garrison WRIGHT and Simeon HARP. Simeon now lives in Kansas. There are probably less than fifty people now living in this county who were here when Tyree Harp’s family first made their home in Harp township. But few in this county of Thomas Harp’s old comrades of the Mexican War survive. They are rapidly answering the last roll call.
One little incident will show how the early settlers of this county are falling by the wayside. In December, 1848, about one month after the election of General Zachariah TAYLOR to the Presidency, Jacob HARROLD, who owned the farm in Harp township now occupied by Thomas NIXON, had a shucking bee to which the young Democrats of the neighborhood were invited. Neighborhoods then included far more territory than they do nowadays, for the county was but sparsely settled. At that shucking bee there was present Simeon LISENBY, James LISENBY, Monroe THOMPSON, Drury THOMPSON, Tilmon LANE, Berry SMALLWOOD, and William FULLER. Of the number only Tilmon Lane and William Fuller are now living.
On Tuesday afternoon Thomas Harp was followed to Woodlawn Cemetery by a large number of his old friends. The funeral services were held at his home farm and were conducted by Rev. W. A. HUNTER. His sickness was of so short duration that the announcement of his death was a surprise.
Note: From Illinois Statewide Marriage Index:
HARP, THOMAS WANTLAND, ELIZABETH 02/22/1855
DE WITT
Mrs. Thomas HARP
November 22, 1895
Clinton Public
After a lingering illness of more than five weeks, Mrs. Elizabeth HARP, residing two miles east of Clinton, departed this life Monday morning at eight o'clock. She had been in apparent good health when on returning from a visit to her daughter, complained of not feeling well, yet thought it was only a slight chill. She grew worse on the following day and the family physician was called. He pronounced the case typhoid fever, but thought her illness would be of short duration. She was getting along as well as could be expected until a week ago, when she became partially paralyzed, and all realized that the end was near. She was patient in her intense suffering, always having a word of kindness for all who called to see her.
Elizabeth WANTLAND was one of a family of seven children, of whom but three, Mrs. JOLLY and Charles WANTLAND, of Hoisington, Kas., and Henry WANTLAND, of Lane, survive. She was born in Richmond, Jefferson county, Ohio, August 7, 1835, was united in marriage with Thomas HARP February 22, 1855, since which time they had resided in Clintonia and Harp townships. The husband died February 8, 1891.* All will remember him as a member of the Clinton board of education, and quite an influential citizen throughout the county. She leaves four children to mourn her loss: Mrs. Harry GATCHELL, William H., Mrs. Wilder WILSON, and Melvin P; one daughter, Mary, died several years ago. The high esteem in which [the] deceased was held by friends and neighbors was surely manifested by the vast number who assembled to pay the last tribute of respect to a kind friend and loving mother. She was a woman of perfect character, in whom all the higher womanly qualities were blended. She was kindness itself, always gentle, considerate and just. Her charitableness is well known and many, who have felt it, bless her memory. She was a sincere Christian, having united with the Methodist church at an early age, but at the time of her death she was a member of the Christian church.
Funeral services were conducted at the residence on Wednesday at ten o'clock a.m., by Rev. W. A. HUNTER. Interment at Woodlawn.
Note: Her husband died March 8th, not February 8th.
William J. HARP
November 26, 1886
Clinton Public
Death of a Veteran of the Mexican War.
William J. Harp, an Old Citizen
of DeWitt County, Gone to His Rest.
One by one the old citizens of DeWitt county are passing away and a new generation with new names are taking their places. Tyre and Joseph HARP, both natives of Tennessee, came to Illinois in 1829, and for a year lived in Morgan county. In 1830 they moved to Big Grove (now Waynesville) and lived there till the fall of 1832, when they located in this township which took the name of Harp when it was laid out. Tyre Harp, the father of the family of that name now living in this county, was a farmer and a miller in Tennessee. Six of his children were born before he left his native state—James, Leah (wife of Garrison WRIGHT), William J., Alexander, Thomas and Simpson. Two of the other children who were born after coming to Illinois were Rhoda, wife of John A. JACKSON, and Almira Jane, widow of George PAYNE. Tyre HARP was the father of eleven children, eight of whom are living. He died in 1840 on the farm he located in Harp township, which embraced about six hundred acres. Tyre Harp was a soldier in the war of 1812 and served under General Jackson.
William J. HARP, the third born of Tyre Harp's family, died at his home in the village of Lane, on Monday morning, November 22. He was born in Overton county, Tennessee, on the 19th of September, 1819, and at the time of his death he was sixty- seven years, two months and three days old. He was but a lad when his parents came to DeWitt county, and for over fifty-six years he was a resident of this county.
When war was declared with Mexico in May, 1846, Col. E. D. BAKER got permission from President Polk to organize the Fourth Regiment of Illinois volunteers. Three of the Harp boys—William J., James and Thomas— enlisted under Captain Daniel NEWCOMER, in Co. F, which was recruited in this county. On the 18th of July, 1846, the company was mustered in, and after one year of hard service, in which the regiment took part in several important engagements, they were mustered out in the latter part of June, 1847. Thirteen members of the company died in the service, and the remainder came home nearly all broken down in health, and never after could they be called stalwart men.
Four years after his return from the Mexican war, William J. Harp was united in marriage to Miss Betsy Ann JACKSON, a daughter of Henry JACKSON, who was then a farmer near the Harp homestead. Jackson went to Washington territory a year or two after the marriage of his daughter, and is yet a resident of that territory. By this marriage William J. Harp had one son born to him, William H., who is now living in Waynesville township. Thirty years ago last Saturday, the first Mrs. Harp died. On the same day, thirty years later, William J. Harp was seized with the fatal sickness which terminated his life last Monday morning. In 1860 he was married to Anna WISEGARVER, daughter of George B. WISEGARVER, who now lives in Champaign Co. By his second wife he became the father of five children, two of whom are yet living. His second wife died in 1871. For a third time he was married, in 1873, to Mrs. Elizabeth PRIEST, a niece of Mr. Charles HANGER, Sen. By this union one child was added to the Harp family.
Until 1872 Mr. Harp was able to attend to the management of his farm but in that year he had a severe attack of rheumatism which later resulted in a shock paralysis. This completely unfitted him for all manual labor. A few years ago he sold his farm in Harp township and bought the George Scott farm in Creek township. During the past year he was in very poor health, and one night a couple of months ago he took a severe cold which settled on his lungs. Last Saturday morning this developed into congestion, and in the afternoon he became unconscious, in which condition he remained till his death. His funeral took place on Tuesday afternoon, at the Rose Cemetery, near Lane.
Fanny (NORTH) HARPER
August 17, 1911
Shelton Clipper (Shelton, Nebraska)
Farmer's Wife Dies Suddenly.
Mrs. S. D. HARPER died suddenly Monday at her home 4½ miles southeast of Shelton of heart failure, her death resulting in about 2 hours after the attack. Mrs. Harper was in the yard when she was stricken and fell to the ground. Mr. HARPER was at the barn and was called by a daughter who had seen the mother fall. He immediately ran and picked her up and carried her into the house and placed her on a bed. Word was sent to the home of Thomas ELLIS nearby and from there a telephone message was sent for Dr. E.L. SMITH of Shelton. The physician immediately went out but could do nothing to relieve the woman and she died at 8:30. She was conscious up to within about 5 minutes of her death. Mrs. Harper had been in apparently good health and had not complained of not feeling well, so that her death was wholly unexpected. She leaves a husband and 7 children in ages from 3 to 15 years. The funeral was held at the home yesterday afternoon, the remains being interred in the Wood River Cemetery.
The deceased was 38 years of age, having been born in DeWitt County, Illinois, April 6, 1873, a daughter of John and Sarah (PROVIN) NORTH. She was married at Clinton, Illinois Jan. 26, 1893 to Samuel D. HARPER and they came to Nebraska Feb. 25, 1893, locating at Wood River. They have resided in this vicinity ever since. She was held in the highest esteem by all who knew her, and her sudden and unexpected death was a great shock to all her friends.
Note: From the Illinois Statewide Marriage Index:
HARPER, SAMUEL D. NORTH, FANNY J. 01/26/1893
DE WITT
Submitted by Unknown
Mrs. Harry HARPSTER
December 18, 1896
Clinton Public
Death of Mrs. Harry Harpster.
Mrs. Lizzie HARPSTER died at the home of F. L. HARPSTER, Friday morning at 6 o'clock, of lung trouble. She had been sick for six months. She was born in this state on March 15, 1867, and was married to her bereaved husband, Harry W. HARPSTER, on January 13, 1892. Two sisters and three brothers survive her. Funeral services were held at F. L. Harpster's today (Saturday) at 2:30 p.m., Rev. J. A. KUMLER officiating. Interment in Woodlawn.
Deceased was a patient sufferer, not a word of complaint escaping her lips, but she always appeared cheerful and hopeful. She is deeply mourned by a large circle of acquaintances.
Samuel K. HARRELL
November 21, 1884
Clinton Public
Sudden Death of Samuel K. Harrell.
This morning our citizens were startled by the sad news that Samuel K. HARRELL was dead. Yesterday he was about town as usual, and last night, at nine o'clock, he left McHenry and & Bailor's store and went home. About three o'clock this morning Mrs. HARRELL was awakened by his heavy snoring and breathing. She tried to awaken him, and failing in this she attempted to turn him over on his side. Not succeeding in this Mrs. Harrell got out of bed and tried to raise her husband's head from the pillow, in the hope that she could arouse him from his stupor. Mr. Harrell's neck and body were quite rigid, and this so alarmed his wife that she ran across the street to George MOORE's house to have him go for a physician. By the time Mrs. Harrell got back to her house her husband was dead. The coroner held an inquest this morning, and the jury returned a verdict that the cause of Mr. Harrell's death was paralysis of the heart. Some of the older physicians of the city think the symptoms indicated apoplexy.
Samuel K. Harrell took rank as one of the oldest citizens of Clinton. But six of those now living were in Clinton when he first came here in 1849. Those are Judge McGRAW, Dr. WARNER, C. H. MOORE, Dr. GOODBRAKE, Geo. W. GIDEON, and Mrs. Harrell, whose maiden name was Mary GRAY. At the time of the breaking out of the Mexican war Mr. Harrell was working at the carpenter trade in Decatur. He enlisted in Co. C, Fourth Illinois Infantry, commanded by Col. E. D. BAKER. The captain of his company was H. PUGH, and one of the lieutenants was Gen. R. J. OGLESBY. Mr. Harrell served his term of enlistment, one year, having participated with his regiment in many of the memorable battles of that war. After the war he came back to Decatur to follow his trade. Work being dull, he came to Clinton in 1849 to work on a mill, which was then being built by Wiltz ALLEN on Salt Creek, where the Illinois Central bridge now spans that stream. From that time on he made Clinton his home, and here he was married to Mary Gray, daughter of Mr. Miles GRAY, one of the early settlers of Clinton. Shortly after his return from Mexico Mr. Harrell was made a Master Mason in Decatur, and when he came to Clinton he became one of the charter members of DeWitt Lodge, which was organized in this city in 1850. Ten years later he, with others, formed Goodbrake Chapter, R.A.M., and he has been closely identified with those bodies from their organization down to the hour of his death. For nearly thirty years he filled the office of tyler, and old Masons say that things about the lodge did not look natural unless "Sam" was at the door. For a number of years he represented his ward in the city council, and made an able and efficient officer.
In his daily life Samuel K. Harrell was a quiet and unobtrusive man. Everybody respected him for his kind and genial disposition. He had no ambition to make wealth, but was content with letting every day take care of itself. No one dreamed from his appearance that the lamp of life would be so suddenly quenched. He was but sixty-three years old. He leaves no family excepting a wife. The funeral services will probably take place on Sunday afternoon, and will be in charge of his Masonic brethren.
James HARRIS
August 14, 1891
Clinton Public
Death of James Harris.
Twenty-three years ago James HARRIS came to Clinton, and here he lived till last Sunday morning when he was transferred by death to the life beyond. He was born in Butler County, Ohio, and at the time of his death he was seventy-one years and fourteen days old. Mr. Harris was a tailor by trade, and for a great many years he was engaged in the merchant tailor business in Liberty, Indiana. General BURNSIDES, when a lad, served his apprenticeship in Mr. Harris’s shop, and at the time he was sent to West Point Military Academy he was still working for Mr. Harris. Mr. Harris was compelled to change his avocation in life on account of his health, and when he first came to Illinois, about twenty-five years ago, he settled in Edgar County and engaged in the hog business, which was an unfortunate venture for him, for he lost about $7000. Two years later he came to Clinton, and all of the old citizens will remember his life onward. For a number of years he was street commissioner, and a few years ago he was township collector for one year. He was an earnest Republican and an honest man.
Mr. Harris was married twice and was the father of nine children. His only surviving daughter, Laura, is living in DeWitt and is married to Mr. C. E. PEARSON. His son, Walter, is a promising young man who is a fireman on the Illinois Central road and is working industriously for promotion to an engineership. He leaves to his widow a home in Lawndale and $3000 life insurance.
Phoebe (WINSLOW) HARRIS
February 22, 1906
Paper Unknown
Mrs. Phoebe R. HARRIS died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. B. KUHN, in this city, yesterday morning, February 21, 1906, at two o'clock, aged 73 years, 8 months, and 6 days. She had been sick for several weeks and had suffered greatly during the past few weeks of her illness.
The funeral services will be held at the M. E. church in Prairie City this afternoon at 3 o'clock. Rev. A. MEAD in charge. The internment will be in the Prairie City cemetery.
Phoebe R. WINSLOW was born in New York state, and came to Illinois when about 9 years old, settling near Bloomington. There she was married to Wm. NEWBERRY in 1850. Mr. Newberry died in 1856. Two children were born to this union, one of whom died in infancy, the other a son living now in Waverly, ILL. In 1857, deceased was married to John E. Harris at Cherry Grove, ILL. To them were born six children, one of these dying in infancy; another was Mrs. Eugene BUTLER, who died at her home in Prairie City about 18 years ago. The others are living and are Mrs. J. D. McMAHON, of Auburn, ILL., Mrs. J. B. KUHN, of Bushnell; Mrs. C. C. BELLVILLE, of Prairie City; Chas. A. HARRIS, of Donaldson, Illinois.
Submitted by Clara Jaramillo
Harrold HARRISON
August 18, 1893
Clinton Public
Drowned in a Cistern.
In the rear of Sackett & Lemen's furniture store is a cistern that is covered over with loose boards. From this cistern a number of people get their supply of soft water, and it is no uncommon thing for them to leave it uncovered. This neglect was probably the cause of the sorrow that fills the heart of Mrs. Rose K. HARRISON, the milliner, for she mourns the death of her beloved boy, Harrold.
After dinner on Wednesday Harrold got permission of his mother to go over to Mrs. MAGILL's yard to play on the grass and under the shade of the trees. Every day when the weather was fine the little fellow spent the greater part of the time out of doors with other children and his absence caused no uneasiness. About half-past six in the evening, Harrold not returning, Mrs. Harrison went out to look for him. Not hearing anything of him she became uneasy, and meeting Mr. A. J. LATIMER, she asked him if he had seen Harrold, as often the boy went to Mr. Latimer's house and spent part of the day with his children. Just about that time little Harrold's hat was found near the cistern above spoken of, and Mr. Latimer at once thought that the boy could not be far from the hat. He made an excuse and sent Mrs. Harrison over to the school yard, telling her that a number of children were playing there, and when she had gone Mr. Latimer and Steve HUNSLEY and Officer BOTKIN, with a hook from the engine-house, made a search in the cistern. Harrold was lifted out dead, and by this time the mother had returned and when she saw the lifeless body of her drowned baby her grief brought tears from the eyes of men unused to weep.
Harrold had probably been in the cistern all afternoon. It holds about two hundred barrels and had over six feet of water. The supposition is that he was trying to draw water from the cistern with a can to which a string was fastened, and in reaching over he lost his balance and fell in head foremost.
Harrold was about six years old and was a bright-eyed, beautiful boy. He was the pride of his mother, and words of comfort to her are not of much avail in this her dark hour of life. The funeral services will be held this afternoon, conducted by Rev. W. A. HUNTER.
Abigail HARROLD
September 18, 1891
Clinton Public
Sudden Death.
Mr. E. B. HARROLD with his wife, daughter Abbie and his sister were in Chicago, stopping at the Palmer House, having come up from Fort Worth, Texas, to escape the hot weather. Miss Abbie was in the enjoyment of perfect health, but last Monday afternoon she was stricken down with heart disease and at five o'clock in the evening she was a corpse. What a terrible blow to the afflicted parents. They had but two daughters, one of whom is the wife of Dr. BARNES, of Fort Worth. Miss Abbie was living with her parents, and was the pride and light of the home circle. She was about twenty-three years of age, and was born on the home farm in Wapella township. Her remains were taken by her afflicted parents to Fort Worth for burial. At Bloomington the funeral party was met by Mr. W. B. CARLE and Miss ALEXANDER, Mrs. Harrold's sister, who accompanied them to Fort Worth. Mr. and Mrs. Harrold have the sympathy of their friends in this county in their sad bereavement.
Note: According to the 1870 census, E. B.'s name was Ephraim and his daughter's name was Abigail.
Abyram HARROLD
January 4, 1895
Clinton Public
Mustered Out.
Another old soldier has answered the last roll call on this earth, and Hoke SMITH will have the unspeakable pleasure of erasing the name of a brave defender of his country against treason from the pension roll. Abyram HARROLD was born in Indiana, on the 7th of October, 1838, and on last Sunday he died at the home of W. G. PAGE, in Harp township, aged fifty-six years. Abyram Harrold enlisted in the Eighty-fourth Indiana Infantry in August, 1862, and served his country faithfully and well till May 1865, when he was discharged on account of physical disability. He came to this county many years ago and made his home with the Page family in Harp township. On account of ill health he was able to do but little work, but with his small pension he was able to keep body and soul together, not having a family to provide for. When he got beyond helping himself the Page family gave him all the attention in their power. He got so helpless that Will Page had to lift him as though he were a child. The Pages and their neighbors were veritable Samaritans in caring for the old soldier, and Dr. BISHOP did all in his power to relieve him. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Rhodam THRASHER, and Abyram Harrold was laid to rest in the old DeWitt Cemetery.
Alfred HARROLD
August 3, 1900
Clinton Register
Alfred HARROLD, of Harp township, died Aug. 1, after a two weeks illness. He was a son of Eli HARROLD, who moved to this county in 1840. He was married to Eliza BABB and ten children were born to them, four of whom with the wife are living. They are George and Amos HARROLD and Mrs. Allen TUGGLE, of Harp township, and Mrs. Wm. WADDEL, of Iowa. Funeral services were held at the residence in Harp township at 1 o'clock today, conducted by Rev. R. THRASHER. Burial in DeWitt cemetery.
Andrew B. HARROLD
July 21, 1899
Clinton Public
Mrs. A. J. LATIMER received the sad intelligence last Friday that her father, Andrew B. HARROLD, died July 8th at his home in Maple City, Kan., aged about 57 years. He was here visiting recently and on his return home was taken ill and never recovered. Andrew Harrold was born on a farm west of Wapella in 1842, and was a son of Mitchell HARROLD. In 1860, he was united in marriage to Miss Ella SEELY. At the outbreak of the civil war he enlisted in company F, First Illinois, and served through the war in that company. After returning home, he continued to reside west of Wapella until about 17 years ago, when he moved to Kansas. During his long residence in this county he was known as one of our best citizens. He was kind and indulgent to his family, and as a citizen was honored and respected by all. He leaves surviving him one brother and two sisters residing at Bloomington — J. P. HARROLD, Mrs. John CLARK and Mrs. Z. T. CARTMILL. Deceased also leaves to mourn his demise seven children—Mrs. A. J. LATIMER, Clinton; Mrs. Frank HASTINGS, Arkansas City; and Mrs. John ATKINS, Ned, Fred, William and Rose HARROLD, all at Maple City, Kan.
Mrs. Eli HARROLD
February 26, 1892
Clinton Public
Mrs. Sarah Jane HARROLD, wife of Eli HARROLD, died on Thursday afternoon, at three o'clock, at her residence at Harrold's Point. She had been sick for some time. Her age was sixty-six years. Funeral on Saturday morning, at ten o'clock.
Frank E. HARROLD
September 23, 1925
Decatur Review
CLINTON SHOCKED BY HARROLD DEATH.
Clinton, Ill., Sept. 23—DeWitt county is shocked at the tragic death of one of its most prominent and well-known men, Frank E. HARROLD, which occurred some time Tuesday evening when he shot himself at the old home near DeWitt. Mr. Harrold had been engaged in the banking business in Decatur for the last several years but maintained a summer home on the Harrold farm, west of DeWitt, and drove out for a few days' stay and week-end visits quite often.
Mr. Harrold arrived at the farm Tuesday afternoon and talked a few moments with Homer BISHOP, who operates the farm and who was at that time getting ready to come to Clinton. It was the custom of Mr. Harrold to talk over farm and business matters with the Bishops and when they returned home they started looking for the former, as his car remained in the yard nearby.
Finally Mr. Bishop knocked on the door of the cottage and receiving no response he became alarmed and called two neighbors, E. J. LUCAS and James WALTERS, who assisted him to enter the building. It was then found that Mr. Harrold had used a gun and the bullet had entered the head, killing him instantly.
Coroner R. E. NESBIT was called and impaneled a jury which was composed of T. B. HARDIN, Homer Bishop, O. R. PRICE, E. J. Lucas, C. R. WILSON and C. S. WEBB, who returned the verdict as follows:
"Frank Harrold came to his death from a gunshot wound in the right temple, probably inflicted by his own hand, with suicidal intent."
Frank E. Harrold was born in Harp township Jan. 6, 1873, and spent his early life on the farm, moving to Clinton when he was elected circuit clerk and which office he held for twelve years. At the expiration of his third term of office he moved to Decatur, where he had since been cashier of the Farmers State bank.
(See news article)
Submitted by Sheryl Byrd
Isam HARROLD
February 24, 1893
Clinton Public
It used to be that a man was old at fifty years, and when he reached threescore years and ten it was considered a miracle. Nowadays a man does not reach his prime till he has reached the sixtieth milestone, and save for a little stiffening in the knees he is better fitted for the battle of life than he was thirty years before. Isam HARROLD was one of those vigorous, active old men. Although nearly fourscore years he took interest in his home and all the affairs surrounding it. As the result of a bad cold, consumption set in, and at the age of seventy-eight years and four months he died at his home at Harrold’s Point, on last Monday.
Sixty years ago he came to this county with his parents. He was born in Grayson County, Virginia, October 23, 1814. Fifty years ago Isam Harrold bought a quarter section of land from the government, and on this he spent his life. He bought other pieces of land in the same neighborhood, but gave a home to each of his children when they began life for themselves. He was married in 1840, and after rounding out the golden anniversary his faithful wife died in September, 1890. Seven children were born to them, six of whom are living.
In his younger days Isam Harrold was a Whig, but when the Republican party was organized he became a member of it, and cast his last vote for President Harrison. He filled the offices of assessor and of collector in Wapella township, but beyond that he had no desire to hold office. He belonged to a family that has made a name in DeWitt County. On Wednesday he was buried in the family graveyard near the home where he lived for threescore years.
Mrs. Isam HARROLD
September 12, 1890
Clinton Public
Mary A. HARROLD, wife of Isam HARROLD, died on September 5, in her 72d year. Her remains were laid to rest in the Crum Cemetery. She leaves a husband, one son and five daughters, and a large circle of friends to mourn her death. Her maiden name was LISENBY. They were married in 1840, and settled in what is known as Harrold’s Point. On last April they celebrated their golden wedding.
Mr. & Mrs. William HARROLD
May 1, 1914
Clinton Register
NOT SEPARATED IN DEATH.
Wm. Harrold and Wife Have One
Funeral Service and Sleep in One Grave.
Last Saturday, J. J. HARROLD of this city received word that his brother William had died at his home in Ludlow, Mo., that day, his companion for half a century having preceded him in death on Wednesday, in which the death angel was kind, the aged couple being separated but three days. Advanced age with attending complications is given as the cause of the death of the husband, while the death of the aged wife was hurried by pneumonia.
Funeral services were held at Ludlow on Sunday, and both sleep side by side in one grave. Both were born and grew up in this county where they lived until after their marriage. At the time of their death each had reached the age of 78 years. Mr. Harrold was a stock raiser and buyer and followed this calling near DeWitt until the close of the Civil war, when they emigrated to Kansas, a few years later going to Missouri, where Mr. Harrold purchased a farm which he owned at the time of his death, renting it out but continuing in the stock business and retaining the residence. Both were well known in this vicinity, having visited here a number of times, the last occasion being two years ago. They had since suffered a decline in health. J. J. Harrold of this city visited them six weeks ago while on his return from Florida.
Wm. HARROLD and wife, Mary HARROLD, nee NORTH, were the parents of three children, all living in the vicinity of Ludlow, Nellie, Mrs. Lida GRAHAM and James HARROLD. Also 7 grandchildren and Mr. Harrold leaves the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. Isaac LAFFERTY, Mrs. Arcadia PAGE and Adrian HARROLD, all of the vicinity of DeWitt and J. J. Harrold, of Clinton.
Note: From the Illinois Statewide Marriage Index:
HARROLD, WILLIAM NORTH, MARY ANN 09/21/1858
DE WITT
Thomas HART
December 1, 1899
Clinton Public
Death of Thomas Hart.
Thomas HART, a prominent farmer living three miles northwest of Clinton, died Sunday, Nov. 26, of heart trouble, aged 42 years. Thomas Hart was born on the 8th day of April, 1857, in Longford county, Ireland. Came to DeWitt county in 1866 with his parents, James and Catherine HART, and settled in Clintonia township, where he had since resided. He was married on Dec. 27, 1883, to Miss Anna TIERNEY, only daughter of John and Martha TIERNEY. He leaves his wife and five children, four boys and one girl—John, Frank, Thomas, Joseph and Irene. Also six brothers and one sister—John, Matthew of Springfield, William, Michael, Peter, P.J., and Mrs. W. B. BARRY of Springfield, and his mother. Mr. Hart was a member of the Wapella woodmen; having $3,000 Insurance, and of the Court of Honor, having $2,000 in that order. Last July he suffered a sunstroke, and had been troubled with his stomach ever since. Dr. WILCOX attended him and did all in his power to aid him.
High Mass was sung at the services held in St. John’s church by Fr. M. A. DOOLING last Tuesday to the memory of the late Thomas Hart. The church was crowded, showing the need of a more commodious building. Mr. Hart was a worthy citizen, whose death has left a void in this county difficult to fill. Friends from Springfield, Bloomington and other places attended the funeral. The floral designs were beautiful. Remains were buried in Woodlawn cemetery.
Submitted by Judy Simpson
--------------------December 1, 1899
Clinton Register
THOMAS HART.
Last July Thomas HART, a prominent farmer three miles northwest of Clinton, suffered a sun stroke, and never fully recovered from its effects. For a few days he was confined to his bed, and died Sunday, aged 42 years.
Thomas Hart was born April 8, 1857, in Longford county, Ireland. Came to DeWitt county in 1866 with his parents, James and Catherine HART, and settled near Clinton, where he had since resided. He was married Dec. 27, 1883, to Miss Anna TIERNEY, only daughter of John and Martha TIERNEY. He leaves his wife and five children, four boys and one girl, John, Frank, Thomas, Joseph, and Irene. Also six brothers and one sister, John, Matthew, of Springfield, William, Michael, Peter, P. J., and Mrs. W. B. BARRY, of Springfield, and his mother. Mr. Hart was a member of the Wapella Woodmen; having $2,000 insurance in that order. He was honorable in all his dealings and had the goodwill of all his neighbors who were pained by the news of his death.
Funeral services were held at St. John's church Tuesday at 9:30, conducted by Father Dooling, a very large audience being present. Interment was in Woodlawn.
Submitted by Sheryl Byrd
Arlie (GIBSON) HARTSOCK
April 9, 1915
Clinton Register
A YOUNG MOTHER IS CALLED.
Mrs. Bert Hartsock Passes Away Following
Illness of Nine Weeks.
Mrs. Bert HARTSOCK passed to eternal rest at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George L. GIBSON, north of Lane, at 10:15 Tuesday morning after an illness of nine weeks of blood poison. Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at 10 o'clock from the Gibson home, Rev. Louis HILL of Decatur officiating. Burial in Woodlawn. Her death was a sad blow to her many friends and relatives, but especially so to the young husband and their two small children. Claire and Louise, aged four and six years. Although so young in years, the four-year-old daughter seemed to realize keenly her great loss, and sat on the porch at the home for hours sobbing convulsively and refusing to be consoled.
Arlie GIBSON was born in DeWitt county twenty four years ago and was married to Bert Hartsock at the age of eighteen. Two children, both living, were born to them. She also leaves, besides her husband and parents, eight brothers and sisters, as follows: Mrs. Andrew WHITEHEAD, of Clinton; Mrs. Robert WHITEHEAD, of DeWitt; Mrs. Fred JACKSON, of Osborn, Iowa; Misses Mildred and Edith GIBSON, at home; Vernon GIBSON, of Lane; Robert GIBSON, at home; and Mrs. Homer TRUMMELL, of Oklahoma City, Okla.
Note: Bert Hartsock's full name was Herbert Leslie Hartsock.
Emily (JAMES) HARTSOCK
August 31, 1906
Clinton Register
ANOTHER MOTHER GONE TO REST.
Stricken With Paralysis and Lived
Three Days—
Came to DeWitt County Over Forty Years Ago.
Wednesday morning of last week Mrs. Emily HARTSOCK was stricken with paralysis at her home on South Center street. She was unconscious and remained so, excepting a few hours, death coming to her about 8 o'clock Saturday morning.
Her maiden name was Emily James and she was born July 25, 1834, near Bellbrook, O., where she was married to Geo. HARTSOCK Sep. 31, 1852. In 1862 they came to Illinois and located in Texas township, southeast of Clinton, which was their home until about seven years ago when her husband died. A year later she came to Clinton. She is survived by the following children: Emerson, who resides in Lane; Edwin, near Dayton, O.; William, near Lane, who occupies the old homestead; Mae and Ralph, at home. She is also survived by a sister, Mrs. Lydia SLOAN, of Ashton, O., and two brothers, B. F. JAMES, of Bellbrook, O., and John JAMES, of Seattle, Wash.
She was loved by all who knew her and was always ready to assist those in need. She was kind to all her friends and they were pained to learn of her death. Her life was a busy one and the world is better for her having lived in it.
Funeral services were held at the residence Monday at 2 o'clock, conducted by Rev. N. M. Rigg. Burial in Woodlawn cemetery.
George HARTSOCK
December 29, 1899
Clinton Public
PROMINENT FARMER DEAD.
George Hartsock Expired
Suddenly at His Home Near Clinton.
George HARTSOCK, a prominent and well-to-do farmer, 3½ miles southeast of Clinton, died about four a.m. Wednesday, after an illness lasting but a few minutes. Deceased was in Clinton the day before his death and appeared in his usual health when he retired in the evening. About 3 o’clock in the morning he awoke the family, complaining of severe pains near his heart. An effort was made to relieve the pain but he expired within a half hour. He was conscious up to the time of his death, and although he suffered much pain, for a short time, was resting easy when he breathed his last. His sudden death was a severe blow to the family, who regarded his illness but a temporary ailment.
George Hartsock was born on a farm in Greene county, Ohio, Jan. 1, 1829,1 and had he lived until next Monday would have reached his 71[st] year. After he had grown to manhood, he continued to reside on the home farm, and in 1853 was united in marriage to Miss Emily JAMES. In 1862 he moved to Illinois and settled in Texas township, where he continued to reside until his death, with the exception of one year when he lived in Clintonia township.
Deceased is the last of a family of 11 children to pass away and leaves surviving him a wife and six children: Emerson of Creek township, Edward in Ohio, William H. of Creek township, and Charles M., Miss Mary and Ralph residing at home. Mr. Hartsock was a representative farmer of Texas township and a Democrat. He was held in high esteem by all who had the pleasure of his acquaintance. He was devoted to his family and was not ambitious to enter public life. He served one term as supervisor.
The funeral of the late George Hartsock was held at the late home, three miles southeast of Clinton on today at 11 o’clock a.m. The services will be conducted by Rev. James Alvin CLARK, of Neenah, Wis., formerly pastor of St. Paul’s Universalist Church of this city. Interment at Woodlawn.
Note: George was born January 21, 1829, was married in September 1852, and his surviving daughter's name was May, not Mary.
James Edwin HARTSOCK
August 3, 1928
Clinton Journal and Public
Former Local Resident Dies in Ohio City.
James Edwin HARTSOCK, a former resident of Clinton, died at his home near Dayton, Ohio, August 1, according to word received here yesterday. Deceased was born March 31, 1857, near Bellbrook, Ohio, and moved to Illinois when quite young. he was married to Minnie R. WELD and they had two children, George and Helen. Thirty years ago the family moved back to Ohio where they had since resided. Besides his wife and children he leaves three brothers, Charles, Will and Ralph HARTSOCK, and one sister, Miss May HARTSOCK, all of Clinton. He was a member of the Knights Templar at Dayton. Funeral services will be held in Dayton, Friday afternoon.
William H. HARVEY
February 24, 1893
Clinton Public
On last Sunday, in the city of Bloomington, William H. HARVEY, a printer, died. His former home was in Farmer City, and there he was buried on Tuesday afternoon. He was a member of the Typographical Union of Bloomington, and an escort of twenty members accompanied the remains to Farmer City.
HARWOOD (infant)
February 14, 1879
Clinton Public
Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey HARWOOD enjoyed for a few days only the presence of their first born. The child died Tuesday afternoon.
Chauncey HARWOOD
March 2, 1894
Clinton Public
On the 26th of April, 1857, Chauncey HARWOOD was born in Columbia County, Wisconsin, and when Chauncey was nine years old, his father, H. H. HARWOOD, came to Clinton and has made his home here since that time. Chauncey was educated in our public schools, and when he was sixteen years old, he graduated in the high school course and had the honor of being valedictorian of his class. After graduating, he taught one term of school in the Elm Grove district and then got a situation as clerk in the freight office in this city under James RASBACH, who was station agent for the Illinois Central. In 1877, Chauncey Harwood and Miss Clara PHILLIPS were united in marriage. One babe was born to them, who died in infancy. Chauncey made a good record in the freight office in this city and was promoted to a better paying position in the Illinois Central office in Chicago. The Santa Fe road offered him a better place in Kansas City, and Chauncey and his wife moved there. Then came the great boom in Kansas City when fortunes in real estate were made in one week and lost in the next, and Chauncey began dabbling in real estate and making a little money, till finally he gave up his position with the Santa Fe company and branched out in the real estate business. In those days speculation ran high and fortunes were made and lost. At one time