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Obituaries were submitted by Judy Simpson unless otherwise noted.
YATES, Mary J.
February 21, 1913
Clinton Register
AGED WOMAN DIES.
At about 3 o'clock Wednesday morning occurred the death of Mary Johanna YATES at the home of her daughter, Mrs. O. T. COATES, on West North street. Deceased was taken ill with pneumonia on Thursday of last week, being sick but five days. Remains were taken to Roodhouse, Ill., where funeral services were held and interment made. Deceased came to Clinton with her husband from Green county about 18 months ago and had been making their home with Mrs. Coates. Besides her husband she leaves two daughters, Mrs. Coates, of Clinton, and Mrs. Ella TAYLOR, of Granite City. Deceased was aged about 73 years.
Submitted by Judy Simpson
YEAMANS, James P.
December 18, 1891
Another Old Veteran Gone.
The subject of this sketch, James P. YEAMANS, was born in Sangamon County, Illinois, March 4, 1841, and came with his parents to Clinton, Illinois, December 1, 1846, where he lived and grew up to manhood. At the first call for volunteers he enlisted in grand old Co. E, Twentieth Illinois Infantry, served three years, and then re-enlisted and served until the close of the war. Soon after his discharge, he was married to Mattie PATTERSON and moved to Maysville, DeKalb County, Mo., where he resided eighteen years. He then moved to Texas County, Mo., and lived there six years, when he again moved back to DeKalb County and purchased a farm, on which he lived until December 7th, 1891, when God called him to join the Grand Army on the Eternal Shore. He professed religion at the age of eighteen and lived a true and faithful Christian life, loved and respected by all who knew him.
He leaves a wife and four children living. Six children have blessed their home; one daughter, Mary, died at the age of twelve years, and the second daughter, Bessie, was called home just three weeks before her father, aged eighteen years. He leaves a father and mother living in Denver, Colorado, also four brothers and two sisters. He was a member of Harvey Post, G. A. R., at Maysville, Mo., and was laid to rest by his old comrades December 9th, 1891.
His funeral was preached by Rev. SMART, of the M. E. Church, from the text, "Let us die the death of the righteous; let my last end be like His." About three hundred citizens and friends marched to the cemetery, led by the Post and the grand old flag, where the last tribute of love and respect was paid to a departed brother, father and husband. His sickness was of short duration, being pleurisy of the heart. God grant that we may all die the death of the righteous, and that our last end may be like his.—E. B. YEAMANS
Submitted by Judy Simpson
YOCUM, Lincoln
January 25, 1901
Clinton Register
Lincoln YOCUM died at his home near Waynesville Monday of pneumonia, aged about forty years, his wife and three children surviving him. She is a daughter of William STOREY, who lives near Waynesville. Funeral services were held Wednesday.
Submitted by Judy Simpson
YOUNG, Mattie (WARRICK)
March 6, 1914
DIED IN PRIME OF LIFE
Mrs. L.R. Young Succumbed To Attack of Peritonitis
After Illness of Two Months.
Mrs. L.R. YOUNG died at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William WARRICK, on south Mulberry street at 8:30 Wednesday morning after an illness of about two months of peritonitis. She died in the home where she was born. From the time where she was first taken ill there was little hope entertained for her recovery. Mattie Bell YOUNG, was born in Clinton June 19, 1878, and at the time of her death she had reached the age of 35 years, 7 months, 12 days. She attended the Clinton public schools until ill health compelled her to discontinue her studies. October 21, 1899, she was united in marriage to L.R. YOUNG. Besides the husband and parents, deceased leaves three brothers and two sisters; Thos., Grovar and Fred WARRICK, and Mrs. K.C. SNELLING, of Clinton, and Mr. and Mrs. H. H. CALDWELL of Decatur. Mrs. YOUNG was a member of the First Christian church of this city and her death coming so early in life causes sorrow among the members of the church as well among her neighbors and friends. Funeral services will be held at the Christian church at 2:30 this afternoon, conducted by Rev. E. GILLAND of Normal, a former pastor and Rev. Ralph V. CALLAWAY, resident pastor, assisting. Interment was at Woodlawn.
Submitted by Judy Simpson
ZIEGLER, Charles
February 14, 1908
Clinton Register
DEATH OF JACOB ZIEGLER'S BROTHER.
Chas. A. ZIEGLER died in Bloomington Tuesday at the home of his sister, Mrs. F. C. BOHRER, aged 55. He was born in Brown County, Ohio, October 1, 1852. His parents moved to Illinois settling on a farm near Bloomington. He lived there until he moved to Iowa where he lived fifteen years, returning to Clinton ten years ago, and for awhile lived in Clinton before returning to Bloomington, which had since been his home.
He is survived by three sisters [and two brothers], as follows: Mrs. F. C. BOHRER, Bloomington; Mrs. Louisa KLANK, Farmer City; Jacob ZIEGLER, near Clinton; Mrs. LOWENTROUT and Louis ZIEGLER of Spokane, Washington. Funeral was held in Bloomington yesterday at 1:30.
Submitted by Judy Simpson
ZEIGLER, Henry
February 24, 1899
Death of Henry Ziegler
A Former Resident of DeWitt County Dies
at Fonda, Iowa
Henry ZIEGLER died Saturday at his home near Fonda, Iowa, after an illness of nearly six months. He was brother of Hon. Jacob ZIEGLER, of this city, and until 1887 occupied one of Judge WELDON’s farms east of Clinton. Deceased was born in Germany sixty-six years ago and at the age of eighteen emigrated [sic] to this country, making his home with an uncle at Marysville, Ky. After a residence of five years in Kentucky he moved to Bloomington, Illinois, where he was united in marriage to Martha Jane SHIELDS, who died in 1873. The result of their union was six children, three boys and three girls. They are Mrs. Emma HARTSOCK, Clinton; Mrs. Rose McFAIL, Jersey City, NJ; Henry ZIEGLER, Clinton; Jacob ZIEGLER and Mrs. Mary WEBBER, Fonda [Iowa]; and Arthur ZIEGLER, Hoskins, Neb. His second marriage was in Clinton in 1875 to Mrs. Josephine SMALL. She died in 1887. Deceased leaves surviving him two brothers and four sisters, Jacob ZIEGLER, Clinton; Charles ZIEGLER, Fonda [Iowa]; Mrs. H. KUNTZ, Des Moines, Iowa; Mrs. L. KLAUNK, Farmer City; Mrs. Kate HAYNIE, Springfield, and Mrs. L. LOWENTROUT, Bloomington. Funeral was held Monday at his late home. None of the family from here attended owing to a delay in the message announcing his death, it reaching them Monday afternoon.
Submitted by Judy Simpson
ZIEGLER, Jacob Sr.
May 28, 1897
AT A RIPE OLD AGE.
JACOB ZIEGLER, SR., DIES, AGED 96 YEARS.
Father of Honorable Jacob Ziegler Departs This Life at the Home of His Daughter.
Jacob ZIEGLER, Sr., died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Louis LOWENTROUT, 603 West Market street, Bloomington, Saturday [May 22, 1897], at the advanced age of 96 years. He had enjoyed excellent health up to Thursday, when he stumbled on a stairway and fell, breaking his shoulder blade and two ribs. He was also internally injured. The accident compelled him to take his bed, and he failed rapidly until death ensued. His son, Hon. Jacob ZIEGLER, of near this city, was telegraphed for immediately after the accident occurred and was at his father's bedside when the latter died.
Mr. Ziegler was born in Bavaria, Germany, in September, 1801. As a lad he saw Napoleon and his armies as they moved backward and forward through that section of Europe, and related many anecdotes of those troublous times. He was married in 1829. In 1852 he emigrated to America and settled in Ohio. In 1858 he removed to Normal township, and settled on a farm 2½ miles northwest of Bloomington, where he lived until five years ago. He then moved to Normal to live with his children. His wife died in 1895. They raised ten children, nine of whom survive. They are: Mrs. Louis LOWENTROUT and Mrs. Fred BOHRER, of Bloomington; Jacob ZIEGLER, Jr., of this city; Mrs. KLANK, of Farmer City; Henry and Charles ZIEGLER, of Fonda, Ia.; Mrs. Kate HENNE, of Springfield; Mrs. Henry KUNCH, of [DesMoines], Ia., and Louis ZIEGLER, of Spokane, Wash. Mrs. HAZENWINKLE, of Storm Lake, Ia., another daughter, died two years ago. A sister of deceased also in Germany.
Mr. Ziegler was a devout member of the Lutheran church and a man who was held in the highest esteem by all who knew him. Funeral services were held from the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Lewis Lowentrout, on Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment at Bloomington cemetery.
Submitted by Bob Halsey
ZIEGLER, Jacob Jr.
August 27, 1927
The Decatur Review
J. ZIEGLER OF CLINTON, DIES
Wealthy Land Holder, Ill Only Short
Time.
Clinton. Aug. 27.—Jacob ZIEGLER, 83, prominent DeWitt county farmer and one of the most extensive land holders in the community, died at his farm home near here at 9 o'clock Saturday morning. He had been seriously ill only a few days. He is survived by his wife and one son, J. Frank ZIEGLER, who has been actively engaged in managing the Ziegler estate for the last few years.
HIS LIFE.
Jacob Zielger was born in the province of Permanse, Bavaria, Germany, Nov. 14, 1844, the son of Jacob and Louisa (GEBHART) ZIEGLER, and was one of a family of eighteen children. He came from a long line of the same family and was the fifth Jacob Ziegler. When he was eight years of age the family came to America, embarking on a French sailing vessel from Havre, France, and spent forty-two days on the water before landing at New York city.
For the first five years after their arrival in this country they farmed in Brown county, Ohio, then moved to Illinois and settled on a farm purchased by the father in what is now Normal township of McLean county. Mr. Ziegler continued to reside on the farm with his parents until he was twenty-six years of age.
He attended school in Germany and Ohio but in Illinois he was required in assisting to make the living for a large family in a more or less primitive manner. Mr. Ziegler often delighted in telling of his experience in getting his first pair of boots, when his father gave him a load of corn, should he husk it and haul it to Bloomington.
CHEAP CORN.
The corn was to sell at ten cents per bushel, the proceeds to be used in purchase of the boots and any surplus was to be invested in flour and coffee. Having purchased the boots, they were stolen from him before he reached home, but a later attempt succeeded and he received a most prized pair of boots.
In 1870 he made arrangements with his friend, the late Judge David DAVIS of Bloomington, to rent an 1,800 acre farm in DeWitt county. Judge Davis had been an intimate of Abraham Lincoln, had presided in the DeWitt county circuit court when Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas practiced law there, and always made the trip riding across the low, boggy country between Bloomington and Clinton on horseback.
Riding in company with two other prominent barristers of the day, at one time, the theory was advanced by one that at some future date a railroad would connect the two cities but the idea was scouted by the third who called attention to the swamps that were miring down the horses and who predicted that a railroad would sink out of sight in that territory. These gentlemen carried their legal papers inside the tall silk hats they always wore.
SMALL CAPITAL.
With but $200 in capital to start, Mr. Ziegler undertook the management of the huge DeWitt county tract, and for eleven years raised stock and grain. Then Cholera wiped out a herd of 600 hogs, but undismayed by this setback he kept on and in 1881 purchased the 320 acre farm just across the Texas township line southeast of Clinton which he converted into one of the most attractive farm homes in Illinois. Other land was later acquired in Missouri and other states and added to his vast estate.
He was married Dec. 20, 1877, to Annie Elizabeth SIMPSON, and two children were born to the union. Wilfred I. ZIEGLER, who farmed his father's land, died during the influenza epidemic in 1918. J. Frank Ziegler, the only living son, was for a time assistant farm advisor of Macon county, then manager of the Warner-Bell-Mettler estates with headquarters in Clinton, and in the fall of 1926 accepted the management of a 10,000 acre tract in Wisconsin. The widow also survives.
Although born in Germany the land of his adoption became the fatherland to Mr. Ziegler, and he was foremost in local politics and community endeavors to advance to moral and material welfare of his country.
TO STATE LEGISLATURE.
In 1889, he was elected to the state legislature and served two years in the House of Representatives. He was Republican county central committeeman for many years. Present State Senator, Francis [should be Florence, not Francis] Bohrer of Bloomington, is a niece of Mr. Ziegler and her father, former-Governor, Joseph M. [should be W. for Wilson] Fifer, was one of his closest friends. [Florence Fifer Bohrer was the first woman state senator in Illinois.]
Mr. Ziegler was one of the leaders in organizing the Weldon Springs Chautauqua in 1901 and was on active committees during the entire period that chautauquas were conducted at the popular resort. Thereafter, through friendship with Lincoln Weldon of Bloomington, owner of the park, he had been park manager and saw to it that repairs were kept up and picnickers were accorded every comfort and convenience. The work building the masonry about the springs was performed by Mr. Ziegler, who is thus leaving a monument to himself in the delights of Weldon Springs.
Mr. Ziegler's home farm lies immediately north of the Weldon Springs park.
For fifteen years he served as president and superintendent of the DeWitt county fair and through his efforts there was built at the fair grounds a waterworks system before the city of Clinton enjoyed a similar benefit.
He was a member of St. Paul's Universalist church of Clinton, of DeWitt Lodge No. 84, A. f. & A. M., Goodbrake Chapter No. 59, R. A. M., and Clinton Commandery No. 66, Knights Templar.
Besides his widow and one son, J. Frank Ziegler of Clinton, he leaves two grandchildren, Betty and Billy, and the following sisters and brothers:
THE CHILDREN.
Mrs. Louise PLANK, Farmer City; Mrs. Kathryn HENNEE and Eva McNALL of Spokane, Wash.; and Mrs. Redericka KUNSCH of Sapulta, Oklahoma.
One of the prized possessions of Mr. Ziegler was the coat of arms of the Zeigler family, dating back into the sixteenth century, which sets out that the name comes from Franken, where the name was called Zigler.
The shield is of silver, on which is a black clad man with a bow and arrow, which appears to grow out of a red and silver wall and conveys the idea of symbolizing the strong intellect of the Progenitor.
"ZIEGLER STEIN."
On the helmet, and directly above the crown of nobility appears an arm holding a red tile stone with the words "Ziegler Stein," whence the family derives the name, according to explanation given by Mr. Ziegler in his life time. A brick is seen to have indicated early endeavors of the family, and situated between an open pair of wings in silver and precious stones symbolizes the prosperity of the family. The coverlet and helmet is silver and black and silver and red, symbolizing high esteem and courage. The symbol is signed in the Liebmacherschen collection.
There is on file in the cathedral of Worms, Germany, Mr. Ziegler has often times stated, a document stating that Peter Ziegler befriended Martin Luther in a financial way in 1643 and saved him from his enemies by this service in the years he was reforming the Catholic church. Funeral arrangements have not yet been announced.
Submitted by Judy Simpson
ZIEGLER, Jacob Jr.
August 28, 1927
The Decatur Review
ZIEGLER RITES AT ST. PAUL'S CHURCH.
Knights Templar to Escort Body.
Clinton, Aug. 27.—Funeral services for the late Jacob Ziegler, whose death occurred Saturday morning at 9:30 o'clock in his home three miles southeast of Clinton near Weldon Springs, will be Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in St. Paul's Universalist church, Dr. B. G. Carpenter of Chicago officiating. Grave services will be in charge of DeWitt Lodge No. 84, A. F. & A. M., with Clinton Commandery No. 66, Knights Templar, acting as escort. Pall bearers will be selected from the Masonic fraternity. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery.
Submitted by Judy Simpson
ZEIGLER, Jacob Jr.
September 1927
JACOB ZEIGLER FUNERAL RITES HELD MONDAY
Last rites for the late Jacob ZEIGLER, prominent DeWitt county farmer who passed away at his home east of Clinton Saturday morning (Aug. 27), at [?] o'clock. Rev. Dr. CARPENTER of Peoria officiated. Services were conducted from St. Paul's church Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.
The church was filled to overflowing with friends of the deceased and the scores of bouquets of flowers gave evidence of the esteem in which this aged man was held by his friends. The choir of the Universalist church sang while the following men, all members of the Masonic lodge, officiated as pallbearers: Frank LEWIN, J. E. JOHNSON, Ray PARKER, Harry CLINE, Claude FUNK (of Bloomington), C. L. ZANIES, H. B. SCHMITH and Fred ANDERSON. Interment was in Woodlawn cemetery.
The flowers were in charge of Mrs. Charles ZANIES, assisted by Mesdames Elmer KILLOUGH, Charles ARGO, Charles LAFFERTY, Rolia T. INGHAM, Frank LEWIN, F. OSTERANDER and Misses Bess MADDOX and Nellie HARTSOCK.
The following out-of-town people attended the funeral. Ex-Governor and Mrs. PIFER, Eugene FUNK, Mr. and Mrs. D. FUNK, Lincoln WELDON, J. A. BOHER and son, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis BOHER, Mr. and Mrs. John BOHER, Mr. and Mrs. Guy HILTON, Mrs. Phil WOOD, Mr. and Mrs. Guy WHIPPLE of Bloomington; Mrs. Lafayette FUNK of Shirley; Dean H. W. MUMFORD and J. C. SPELLER of the University of Illinois; Robert DRAKE, leading scoutmaster of Champaign and three of the leading scouts; Mr. and Mrs. John ROLOFSON and daughter of Champaign; Mr. and Mrs. W. E. PETARD, Mr. and Mrs. KELLINGTON, William STARR and Roy ESHELMAN of Decatur, and Mrs. Emma COBLISH of West Virginia.
Note: His name was often spelled Ziegler instead of Zeigler. His parents' obituaries, which are also listed here, show the name Ziegler.
Submitted by Debbie Champion
ZIEGLER, Louisa (HULL)
September 16, 1887
Mrs. Louisa Josephine Ziegler
On Thursday of last week Mrs. Henry ZIEGLER died, and on Saturday afternoon she was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery. Mrs. Ziegler was born in Madison County, Ohio, May 3, 1838, and came with her family to this city in 1852. She was married to Mr. Henry ZIEGLER in 1874. Her father, William HULL, was for a number of years collector of taxes in Clintonia township. She was the sister of Mrs. R. H. PHARES and Mrs. Wm. MITCHELL, and of George A. HULL, of Heyworth. Mrs. Ziegler had been an invalid for three years.
Submitted by Judy Simpson
ZIEGLER, Hon. Jacob
April 5, 1895
Death of the Mother of Hon. Jacob Ziegler
From the Bloomington Pantagraph of last Monday we learn that Mrs. ZIEGLER, mother of Hon. Jacob ZIEGLER, of this county, died at her home in Bloomington on Sunday evening [March 31, 1895], at the advanced age of eighty-four years. The direct cause of her death was cancer, a disease with which Mrs. Ziegler had been afflicted for years. Her husband, who survives her, is ninety-two years old, and they were probably the oldest couple in Central Illinois. Mrs. Ziegler was a native of Germany, where she was married and her older children were born. The family came from Germany in 1857 and located on land near Bloomington. Nine children and her aged husband are left to mourn the death of wife and mother. Mrs. Ziegler was a member of the German Lutheran Church in Bloomington, and in all the duties of life combined the rarest Christian character and womanly traits.
Note: Her maiden name was Louisa Salomea GEBHARDT.
Submitted by Judy Simpson
ZIMMERLIN, Lily (SWEARINGEN)
February 15, 2004
Clinton Daily Journal
(Obituary Extract)
Name: Lily (Swearingen) Zimmerlin
Born: June 14, 1911 in Wapella.
Died:
Feb. 9, 2004 at Millington Health Care center in Millington, Tenn.
Parents:
Wiley Franklin SWEARINGEN and Edith Lillian WILSON.
Married: John P. ZIMMERLIN.
Survivors: Survivors include one niece, Anita M. BLARICHER of Hornesby, Tenn.;
and one great-neice, Merle BALLARD of Atoka, Tenn.
Funeral: 11 a.m. Friday
at Calvert Funeral Home in Clinton, with Rev. Richard GRAY officiating.
Burial:
Heyworth.
Submitted by Sheryl Byrd
ZIMMERMAN, Mrs. M. V.
November 14, 1890
Our worthy brother, M. V. ZIMMERMAN, editor of the Farmer City Journal, has been called to pass through the deep waters of affliction this week. On last Tuesday morning, after a brief illness of only four days, Death summoned from his home the beloved wife of his young manhood and the sharer of his joys and sorrows in maturer years. Almost without warning the bright hopes of his life have been shattered, and his soul goes out in agony that his home life has lost its only charm. Words of consolation in such an hour as this are mere empty sounds to his stricken heart. We had not the pleasure of an acquaintance with Mrs. Zimmerman, but from friends who knew her in Farmer City we learn that she was a lovable woman, kind and gentle in her life, and ever seeking to do good unto others. She was a lady of fine musical talent and her cultivated voice lifted up the souls of others as she sang the sweet songs of Zion in the sanctuary or in the homes of affliction and sorrow. May the Father of all sustain Bro. Zimmerman through this the saddest experience of his life.
Submitted by Judy Simpson
ZORGER, Hulda (JOHNSON)
July 12, 1928
The Clinton Journal and Public
Aged Clinton Resident Dies on Wednesday
Mrs. Hulda ZORGER, aged resident of Clinton, passed away at her home 204 West Main street, Wednesday morning at 1:10 o'clock after an illness dating over a period of four years. Mrs. Zorger suffered a stroke of paralysis four years ago and had been an invalid ever since.
Hulda JOHNSON, daughter of Alice and Eason JOHNSON was born in North Lewistown, Ohio, Sept. 23, 1841, being 87 years old at the time of her death. When she was 18 years old, she came here with her parents and Clinton had since been her home. On Feb. 16, 1899, she was married to Charles K. ZORGER, of Clinton. No children were born to this union. Mr. ZORGER died June 17, 1919. She leaves to mourn her loss one sister and one brother, Mrs. Emma KIRK and Joseph E. JOHNSON, both of Clinton. Deceased was a member of the Universalist church of Clinton and also of the Fin de Cycle and McCorkle clubs of this city.
Funeral services will be conducted from the Universalist church Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, in charge of Rev. LINTON, of Marseilles, Ill., former pastor of the church. Mrs. Mae TUGGLE and Mrs. Maude SHUEMAKER will furnish the music and the pallbearers will be L. O. WILLIAMS, Edward WADE, Charles SCOTT, Thomas CACKLEY, Smith FULLER, Charles HARTSOCK, Frank McCUDDY and Fred HILL. Interment will be made in Woodlawn cemetery.
Submitted by Judy Simpson
ZORGER, Jacob
September 16, 1910
Clinton Register
FATALLY INJURED IN RUNAWAY.
Jacob Zorger Died Thursday
the Result of His Horse Becoming Frightened at Automobile.
Jacob ZORGER died Thursday night at the home of his brother, Charles ZORGER, death resulting from injuries received in a runaway Tuesday, when a horse he was driving became frightened at an automobile. He never regained consciousness after the accident and at no time was there hope of his recovery.
Mr. Zorger was returning from his farm southeast of Clinton Tuesday evening, and when near the McCuddy place the horse became frightened at an automobile driven by C. S. LAFFERTY and became unmanageable. Mr. Zorger was thrown violently to the ground, alighting on the right side of his head. His collar bone was fractured and the base of his skull was fractured, the latter injury being the direct cause of his death. Mr. Lafferty went immediately to the assistance of the injured man who was brought to his home in Clinton.
The horse driven by Mr. Zorger was 24 years old but was not considered safe to drive on account of its fear of automobiles. The animal had been in the hands of a horse breaker about a month ago, and the unfortunate man had since been driving it and frequently had difficulty to control the horse when meeting automobiles, but had always been successful until the accident Tuesday.
Jacob Zorger was born March 30, 1828, at Yorkstown, York County, Pennsylvania. After spending the early part of his life in the place of his birth, he came to Illinois at an early date and settled in DeWitt county, which had since been his home. He was successful in business and farming and accumulated considerable property, being the owner of about 800 acres of DeWitt county land at the time of his death. He was probably one of the best known stock and grain men in the county and despite his advanced age was daily engaged in looking after his stock and farming interests.
Deceased was unmarried and made his home with his brother, Charles Zorger. The funeral will be held at St. Paul's Universalist church Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock, conducted by Rev. A. H. Laing. Interment in Woodlawn.
Submitted by Judy Simpson
ZORGER, Margaret (MILLER)
July 12, 1918
ONE OF WELDON’S OLDEST PIONEERS PASSES AWAY FRIDAY EVENING
Mrs. Margaret Zorger Passes Away after Long Illness
FUNERAL SUNDAY
MORNING
Last Friday evening at about five o’clock death claimed one of Weldon’s oldest pioneers, when Mrs. Margaret ZORGER passed to her reward, after a long illness. She had been ill at different times for years past, but her condition was more serious the past few months. Last week she became worse and it was soon seen she could not long survive, and the children were summoned home. All were at her bedside at the final hour, except her son, Stephen, of Thayer, Kansas, who is afflicted with paralysis.
The funeral services were held at the family residence Sunday morning at 11:00 o’clock, conducted by Rev. O. W. LOUGH, assisted by Rev. A. D. MOON. Appropriate music was furnished by selected choirs. Many of the selections were old-time songs, which were her favorites. Interment was in the Weldon cemetery. As she was widely known, the attendance was quite large, many coming from a distance.
Margaret MILLER was born August 27, 1834, in DeWitt county. On June 1, 1854, she was united in marriage with Jacob Zorger at Decatur, Ill. For a number of years they resided at Monticello, where he conducted the big mill, and then moved to the Weldon Springs farm, near Clinton. After a number of years residence there they moved to Weldon. Mr. Zorger died about twenty years ago. The home is situated on 68 acres in the north part of town. Nine children were born as a result of this union, four of them dying. The five surviving children are: Stephen, of Thayers, Kansas; Dr. W. H. of Champaign, Il.; Mrs. Cicero LANE, of Danville, Ill.; Mrs. William L. MILLER, of Decatur, Ill., and Mrs. May GALE, of Weldon, Ill. She early joined the M. P. church of Weldon and she and her husband were earnest workers in that church for many years. It was her regret that infirmities would not permit her to attend church the past few years. Besides the children, John MILLER and sister, Mrs. Maggie ROBERTS, were raised by Mr. and Mrs. Zorger, they being their nephew and niece.
Submitted by Judy Simpson
ZORGER, Martha
April 2, 1886
Mrs. Martha ZORGER, wife of Mr. Charles K. ZORGER, died at her home in this city yesterday morning, aged forty-nine years and one month. For the past eighteen months she has been a sufferer from Bright's disease, and for the last three weeks of her life she was confined to her bed. Mrs. Zorger was born in Virginia and till 1865 she lived in the South. During the war she lived in East Tennessee. At the close of the war she came to this county to her uncle, the late James WILLMORE of Harp township. Fourteen years ago she was married to C. K. Zorger, and about two years ago the family moved to Clinton and purchased Captain NORTH's house.
Submitted by Judy Simpson
ZOULOFF, Conrad
August 8, 1879
Conrad ZOULOFF, a McLean county German, committed suicide the other night by hanging himself in the cell of the calaboose, where he was locked up for drunkenness. He was fifty-five years old and unmarried.
Submitted by Judy Simpson