Cox, Paul (Rev.) - 1946

BERTHA MAE LOUCKS WEDS C. A. HACKENBERRY

Mr. Charles Arthur Hackenberry, of Blandburg, formerly a Corporal in the U. S. Army, and Miss Bertha Mae Loucks, of 535 Stewart Street, were united in marriage at 5:00 p.m., January 7, at the home of Rev. Paul Cox in Bellwood.

The bride was attired in a powder blue dress with black accessories and wore a corsage of pink roses.

The young couple spent a few days honeymoon in Harrisburg and Cumberland, Md.
~ Bellwood Bulletin, 24 Jan 1946, Page 1, Column 1

The Church Invites You

[Church announcements include service times, Baptism times, Bible class information, club and group meetings.  I just wanted to document the church itself and the pastor in charge during this time period.]

Logan Valley Presbyterian Church - Rev. H. Paul Cox, pastor

Logan Valley Baptist Church – Rev. George W. Meadows, pastor

Olivet Baptist Church, Levi H. Goehring, pastor.

Bellwood United Brethren Church- Rev. M. O. Mickey, Minister

The Sunshine Bible Class will meet on Thursday evening, January 31, at the home of Mrs. Cora Caswell.

Methodist Church – Rev. H. T. Covert, Minister.

~ Bellwood Bulletin, 24 Jan 1946, Page 2, Columns 2, 3 & 4

Round About Our Town

Recent out of town guests at the home of Rev. and Mrs. Paul Cox were Miss Mildred Eisenhower, R.N. a supervisor at the Lancaster General Hospital, Rev. Cletis Meyers and two sons, Mr. A. Steel of New Enterprise and Rev. E. Angeny of Huntingdon.
~ Bellwood Bulletin, 04 Apr 1946, Page 1, Column 1

Hackenberry, Bertha Mae [Loucks] - 1946

BERTHA MAE LOUCKS WEDS C. A. HACKENBERRY

Mr. Charles Arthur Hackenberry, of Blandburg, formerly a Corporal in the U. S. Army, and Miss Bertha Mae Loucks, of 535 Stewart Street, were united in marriage at 5:00 p.m., January 7, at the home of Rev. Paul Cox in Bellwood.

The bride was attired in a powder blue dress with black accessories and wore a corsage of pink roses.

The young couple spent a few days honeymoon in Harrisburg and Cumberland, Md.
~ Bellwood Bulletin, 24-Jan-1946, Page 1, Column 1

Hackenberry, Charles Arthur - 1946

BERTHA MAE LOUCKS WEDS C. A. HACKENBERRY

Mr. Charles Arthur Hackenberry, of Blandburg, formerly a Corporal in the U. S. Army, and Miss Bertha Mae Loucks, of 535 Stewart Street, were united in marriage at 5:00 p.m., January 7, at the home of Rev. Paul Cox in Bellwood.

The bride was attired in a powder blue dress with black accessories and wore a corsage of pink roses.

The young couple spent a few days honeymoon in Harrisburg and Cumberland, Md.
~ Bellwood Bulletin, 24-Jan-1946, Page 1, Column 1

Calderwood, Georgeanna [Bryan] - 1946

Round About Our Town

Pvt. Calvin Calderwood, of 423 E. Walton avenue, Altoona, husband of the former Georgeanna Bryan, of Bellwood, was recently discharged from the Army after serving for a year, of which 7 months was spent in the South Pacific.
~ Bellwood Bulletin, 24-Jan-1946, Page 1, Column 1

 You can visit the memorial page for Georgeanna [Bryan] Calderwood.

Calderwood, Calvin - 1946

Round About Our Town

Pvt. Calvin Calderwood, of 423 E. Walton avenue, Altoona, husband of the former Georgeanna Bryan, of Bellwood, was recently discharged from the Army after serving for a year, of which 7 months was spent in the South Pacific.
~ Bellwood Bulletin, 24-Jan-1946, Page 1, Column 1

 You can visit the memorial page for Calvin Calderwood.

Church, Isabel [Payne] - 1860

1860 mortality schedule recorded between 01-Jun-1859 and 31-May-1860.

Name: Isabel Church
Age: 39
Sex: Female
Month of Death: December
State of Death: Virginia
Cause of Death: Consumption
Occupation: Housekeeper

~ Hancock County Tennessee 1860 Mortality Schedule

 You can visit the memorial page for Isabelle [Payne] Church.

Byrd, Henry - 1860

1860 mortality schedule recorded between 01-Jun-1859 and 31-May-1860.

Name: Henry Byrd
Age: 51
Sex: Male
Month of Death: May
State of Death: Tennessee
Cause of Death: Drowned
Occupation: Landlord

~ Hancock County Tennessee 1860 Mortality Schedule

Dunn, Blair - 1946

 Round About Our Town

Blair Dunn has asked that we inform our readers of his willingness to aid in the clothing drive.  Persons who have clothing to contribute may drop them off at Dunn’s Grocery, on Main street, or call Mr. Dunn who will be glad to stop for them on his rounds.
~ Bellwood Bulletin, 24-Jan-1946, Page 1, Column 1

 

 

 Round About Our Town

Mrs. Elsie Dunn, of East Fifth street, who suffered a paralytic stroke last June and had been bedfast for many months, is now able to sit up on a chair part of the time. Her many friends wish her a speedy return to health again. Mrs. Dunn is the mother of grocer Blair Dunn.
~ Bellwood Bulletin, 14-Feb-1946, Page 1, Column 1

 

You can visit the memorial page for Blair Walter Dunn.

Slep, Rev. & Mrs. - 1946

Round About Our Town

Rev. Eugene Slep, former pastor of the Logan Valley Presbyterian church was in town to help officiate the last rites for Richard Hirsch.  Rev. and Mrs. Slep, who accompanied him here, are now residents of Greensburg.
~ Bellwood Bulletin, 24-Jan-1946, Page 1, Column 1

Slep, Eugene Gilland (Rev.) - 1946

Round About Our Town

Rev. Eugene Slep, former pastor of the Logan Valley Presbyterian church was in town to help officiate the last rites for Richard Hirsch.  Rev. and Mrs. Slep, who accompanied him here, are now residents of Greensburg.
~ Bellwood Bulletin, 24-Jan-1946, Page 1, Column 1

 You can visit the memorial page for Rev. Eugene Gilland Slep.

Hirsch, Richard H. - 1946

Round About Our Town

County Commissioner Milton S. Emigh was in town Thursday to attend the funeral of Richard Hirsch.
~ Bellwood Bulletin, 24-Jan-1946, Page 1, Column 1

Round About Our Town

Rev. Eugene Slep, former pastor of the Logan Valley Presbyterian church was in town to help officiate the last rites for Richard Hirsch.  Rev. and Mrs. Slep, who accompanied him here, are now residents of Greensburg.
~ Bellwood Bulletin, 24-Jan-1946, Page 1, Column 1

FUNERAL SERVICES HELD FOR RICHARD H. HIRSCH

Richard H. Hirsch, one of Bellwood’s most outstanding citizens, died of a heart condition on Monday, January 21, at his home on South First Street.  he had been in failing health for the past several months and only recently returned from a check-up in an Altoona hospital.

The deceased was a son of Edward and Margaret (Henry) Hirsch, was born at Siglerville, Mifflin county, on February 28, 1884.  When a mere youth he came to Bellwood and was engaged by the late G. A. Jamison as clerk in a grocery store on Main street.  Later the grocery store was sold and the owner established a furniture store which later merged into the Bellwood Furniture company, where Richard found employment.  He was with the company for many years and upon the death of G. A. Jamison, was made manager of the firm, and through his energy and ability as a salesman the company soon attained a prominent place in the business affairs of the boruogh <sic>.

Mr. Hirsch was a thorough and capable business man and paid close attention to the affairs of the company which he represented.  He was foremost in the civic affairs of the community and gave liberally of his time and attention for the good of the town.

He will be missed in the town, and especially in the store of the Bellwood Furniture company.  He was of a cheerful disposition and his sunlit countenance made sunshine in shady places.  His friends were many, not alone in the community, but elsewhere, and they will sorrow with the bereaved ones.

His going is an irreparable loss to the town.

He was united in marriage with Ethel Strunk, who survives with two daughters, Mrs. D. M. Sunderland, of 2611 Quail avenue, Altoona, and Norma Jean Hirsch, at home; one son, Thomas A. Hirsch, of 412 S. Second street, Bellwood, who recently returned from army service; one grandson, Richard Hirsch, and on foster son, Jack Kustaborder, at home.  Also surviving are two sisters, Mrs. R. R. Woomer, of 1805 Adams ave., Tyrone, and Mrs. George Powley, of Vail.

Mr. Hirsch was educated in the public schools of Milroy, and since becoming a citizen of the borough, was a member of the First Methodist church and the Lions Club.  He served on the borough council from 1925 to 1934 and was president of that organization from 1928 to 1932, and gave the borough a progressive administration.

Largely attended funeral services were held in the First Methodist church Thursday afternoon, in charge of the pastor, Rev. H. T. Covert, who paid a touching tribute to the memory of the departed.  The floral offerings were many and beautiful.

Interment was made in the Logan Valley cemetery.

Green be the turf above thee,
    Friend of our better days,
None knew thee but to love thee,
    None named thee but to praise.
~ Bellwood Bulletin, 24-Jan-1946, Page 1, Columns 5 & 6

NOTICE

The meeting of the Lion’s Club planned for Thursday, January 24, has been postponed until next Thursday, January 31, in order that the members may be present at the funeral services of a deceased member, Richard H. Hirsch.
~ Bellwood Bulletin, 24-Jan-1946, Page 1, Column 6


Third Ward Alderman
In the midst of life we are in death.  And the places that know us now will soon know us no more.  And it seems very so.  Once again the Grim Reaper has rode in our midst, and took with him the soul of our friend and long time acquaintance, Richard H. Hirsch, to the “Beautiful Isle of Somewhere”.

Long years ago I met him, our meeting ripened into an acquaintance closely followed with a blossom into friendship, which had kept so along the many years, and further brightened as the years came and went.

“Dick” as we all knew him, was to me, a real friend, and I have at times wondered as to its coming about.  Well there was one thing, on his part – the manly feeling of his big heart, that couldn’t be kept hid, and when we met, that gentlemanly smile that seemed to fasten on him, just would not let go, and it made me feel better by having met him and by being in his company.  Dick’s legion of friends wil <sic> sit and ponder, wondering why, but some time we’ll understand.

Out little community has suffered a loss long to be felt.  His uprightness of heart, rectitude of conduct, super business manner and his acts and manners of a man among men, will long be thought of by some of us who are left to mix and mingle, in the social and business places where he once trod.

By the hut of the peasant, where poverty weeps,
    And nigh to the towers of the king,
Close, close to the cradle where infancy sleeps,
    And joy loves to linger and sing,
Lies a garden of light, full of Heaven’s perfume,
    Where never a tear-drop is shed
And the rose and the lily are ever in bloom—
    ‘Tis the land of the beautiful deead. <sic>
Not a charm that we know ere the bound’ry <sic> was crossed,
    And we stood in the valley alone;
Not a trait that we praised in our dear one is lost—
    They have fairer and lovelier grown
As the lilies burst forth when the shadows of night
    Into bondage at daybreak are led,
So they bask in the glow by the pillar of light
    In the land of the beautiful dead.
--Longfellow
“They’re passing away, those dear old friends,
    Like a leaf on the current cast,
With never a break in the rapid flow,
We watch then as, one by one,
They go into the beautiful past.”

To his loved ones, our little community says “deepest sympathy”.
--The Alderman
~ Bellwood Bulletin, 24-Jan-1946, Page 2, Column 2

Round About Our Town

At a special meeting of the board of directors of the Bellwood Furniture company, held in the office Friday evening, Mr. Thomas A. Hirsch was elected manager of the affairs of the company, succeeding his {late?-paper smeared} Richard H. Hirsch, [smudged paper] and James Mathers treasurer and secretary.
~ Bellwood Bulletin, 31-Jan-1946, Page 1, Column 1


HIS WORK IS FINISHED
Composed and written in memory of Richard H. Hirsch.
by F. H. Kustaborder, Jr.

A nicer man you could not find
Who always was so good and kind,
His helping hand he loved to lend
To all and be a loyal friend.

His work was cherished by young and old.
Wherever his duty could unfold.
He labored long and labored hard
And for that deserves high regard.

The company he so ably manned
To serve the public he always planned
He did his duty and did it well,
As only mortal tongue can tell.

The town he loved to call his own
Was where he loved to have his home.
But now he has gone to a lovelier place
And no more will we see his smiling face.

For God called him to His home on high
Never more to roam.
That’s His promise in His Holy Word
Of a more and beautiful home.

And now if we begin each day with God
And kneel at night with Him in prayer
And do according to His word.
We will meet with Him up there.
~ Bellwood Bulletin, 31-Jan-1946, Page 2, Column 1

 You can visit the memorial page for Richard H. Hirsch.

Emigh, Milton S. - 1946

Round About Our Town

County Commissioner Milton S. Emigh was in town Thursday to attend the funeral of Richard Hirsch.
~ Bellwood Bulletin, 24-Jan-1946, Page 1, Column 1

Bland, John K. - 1946

Round About Our Town

Mr. and Mrs. Wellington Bland, of Harrisburg, are guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John K. Bland on S. Second street.
~ Bellwood Bulletin, 24-Jan-1946, Page 1, Column 1

Bland, Wellington - 1946

Round About Our Town

Mr. and Mrs. Wellington Bland, of Harrisburg, are guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John K. Bland on S. Second street.
~ Bellwood Bulletin, 24-Jan-1946, Page 1, Column 1

Butry, Lavicy - 1860

1860 mortality schedule recorded between 01-Jun-1859 and 31-May-1860.

Name: Lavicy Butry
Age: 60
Sex: Female
Month of Death: August
State of Death: Tennessee
Cause of Death: Palsey
Occupation: Housekeeper

~ Hancock County Tennessee 1860 Mortality Schedule

Brotherton, Wiley - 1860

1860 mortality schedule recorded between 01-Jun-1859 and 31-May-1860.

Name: Wiley Brotherton
Age: 1
Sex: Male
Month of Death: June
State of Death: Tennessee
Cause of Death: Bowel Inflammation
Occupation: None

~ Hancock County Tennessee 1860 Mortality Schedule

Greenwald, (Rev. Dr.) - 1881

Our Neighbors.--
Last Sunday the Rev. Dr. Greenwald, pastor of the church of the Holy Trinity, Lancaster, celebrated the 50th anniversary of his ministry in the Lutheran denomination.
~ The Lititz Record, 21-Oct-1881, Page 2, Column 3

Leib, John - 1881

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE

Tobacco.--The U.S. Tobacco journal says: “Our market has dwindled down to a mere shadow compared with its greatness during the past six weeks.  The cause lies in the stiffness of holders, and, to a certain extent, decrease of fine wrapper lots.  Prospective buyers stand aghast at the figures that are being asked for fine goods, and even with the absolute certainty of no return to lower prices for a long time to come, they are loth <sic> to succumb to the inevitable.  No new feature was apparent during the week which might tend to change the market.  The reports from the country are more positive daily that the ’81 crop, as a whole will not exceed that of ’80; Pennsylvania again claims to have raised the “finest” of all crops that ever her soil produced.  At any rate, so far as can be judged now, the ’81 crop is, if not a success, not a failure”.

The dullness of the local market compares with that of the general.  Buyers are pursuing the even tenor of their ways, looking out for chances and buying when they can.

We have to record the following local sales: Mr. J. H. Stauffer purchased of Peter Steif, 1 acre at 10 cents round; of D. D. Burkholder, 4 ½ acres at 27, 10, 5 and 5 cents; of John S. Nicely, 4 acres at 32, 15, 8 and 3 cents; of Andrew Kauffman, 2 acres at 30, 12, 8 and 3 cents; of Henry Eaby, 2 ½ acres at 30, 15, 8 and 3 cents; of Christian Leeking, ½ acre at 25, 12, 5, and 5 cents; of Elias Buch, 1 ½ acres at 25, 8 and 3 cents; of John Leib, 2 acres at 27, 10 and 3 cents.
~ The Lititz Record, 21-Oct-1881, Page 2, Column 2

Buch, Elias - 1881

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE

Tobacco.--The U.S. Tobacco journal says: “Our market has dwindled down to a mere shadow compared with its greatness during the past six weeks.  The cause lies in the stiffness of holders, and, to a certain extent, decrease of fine wrapper lots.  Prospective buyers stand aghast at the figures that are being asked for fine goods, and even with the absolute certainty of no return to lower prices for a long time to come, they are loth <sic> to succumb to the inevitable.  No new feature was apparent during the week which might tend to change the market.  The reports from the country are more positive daily that the ’81 crop, as a whole will not exceed that of ’80; Pennsylvania again claims to have raised the “finest” of all crops that ever her soil produced.  At any rate, so far as can be judged now, the ’81 crop is, if not a success, not a failure”.

The dullness of the local market compares with that of the general.  Buyers are pursuing the even tenor of their ways, looking out for chances and buying when they can.

We have to record the following local sales: Mr. J. H. Stauffer purchased of Peter Steif, 1 acre at 10 cents round; of D. D. Burkholder, 4 ½ acres at 27, 10, 5 and 5 cents; of John S. Nicely, 4 acres at 32, 15, 8 and 3 cents; of Andrew Kauffman, 2 acres at 30, 12, 8 and 3 cents; of Henry Eaby, 2 ½ acres at 30, 15, 8 and 3 cents; of Christian Leeking, ½ acre at 25, 12, 5, and 5 cents; of Elias Buch, 1 ½ acres at 25, 8 and 3 cents; of John Leib, 2 acres at 27, 10 and 3 cents.
~ The Lititz Record, 21-Oct-1881, Page 2, Column 2

Leeking, Christian H. - 1881

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE

Tobacco.--The U.S. Tobacco journal says: “Our market has dwindled down to a mere shadow compared with its greatness during the past six weeks.  The cause lies in the stiffness of holders, and, to a certain extent, decrease of fine wrapper lots.  Prospective buyers stand aghast at the figures that are being asked for fine goods, and even with the absolute certainty of no return to lower prices for a long time to come, they are loth <sic> to succumb to the inevitable.  No new feature was apparent during the week which might tend to change the market.  The reports from the country are more positive daily that the ’81 crop, as a whole will not exceed that of ’80; Pennsylvania again claims to have raised the “finest” of all crops that ever her soil produced.  At any rate, so far as can be judged now, the ’81 crop is, if not a success, not a failure”.

The dullness of the local market compares with that of the general.  Buyers are pursuing the even tenor of their ways, looking out for chances and buying when they can.

We have to record the following local sales: Mr. J. H. Stauffer purchased of Peter Steif, 1 acre at 10 cents round; of D. D. Burkholder, 4 ½ acres at 27, 10, 5 and 5 cents; of John S. Nicely, 4 acres at 32, 15, 8 and 3 cents; of Andrew Kauffman, 2 acres at 30, 12, 8 and 3 cents; of Henry Eaby, 2 ½ acres at 30, 15, 8 and 3 cents; of Christian Leeking, ½ acre at 25, 12, 5, and 5 cents; of Elias Buch, 1 ½ acres at 25, 8 and 3 cents; of John Leib, 2 acres at 27, 10 and 3 cents.
~ The Lititz Record, 21-Oct-1881, Page 2, Column 2

 You can visit the memorial page for Christian H. Leeking.

Eaby, Henry - 1881

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE

Tobacco.--The U.S. Tobacco journal says: “Our market has dwindled down to a mere shadow compared with its greatness during the past six weeks.  The cause lies in the stiffness of holders, and, to a certain extent, decrease of fine wrapper lots.  Prospective buyers stand aghast at the figures that are being asked for fine goods, and even with the absolute certainty of no return to lower prices for a long time to come, they are loth <sic> to succumb to the inevitable.  No new feature was apparent during the week which might tend to change the market.  The reports from the country are more positive daily that the ’81 crop, as a whole will not exceed that of ’80; Pennsylvania again claims to have raised the “finest” of all crops that ever her soil produced.  At any rate, so far as can be judged now, the ’81 crop is, if not a success, not a failure”.

The dullness of the local market compares with that of the general.  Buyers are pursuing the even tenor of their ways, looking out for chances and buying when they can.

We have to record the following local sales: Mr. J. H. Stauffer purchased of Peter Steif, 1 acre at 10 cents round; of D. D. Burkholder, 4 ½ acres at 27, 10, 5 and 5 cents; of John S. Nicely, 4 acres at 32, 15, 8 and 3 cents; of Andrew Kauffman, 2 acres at 30, 12, 8 and 3 cents; of Henry Eaby, 2 ½ acres at 30, 15, 8 and 3 cents; of Christian Leeking, ½ acre at 25, 12, 5, and 5 cents; of Elias Buch, 1 ½ acres at 25, 8 and 3 cents; of John Leib, 2 acres at 27, 10 and 3 cents.
~ The Lititz Record, 21-Oct-1881, Page 2, Column 2

Kauffman, Andrew - 1881

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE

Tobacco.--The U.S. Tobacco journal says: “Our market has dwindled down to a mere shadow compared with its greatness during the past six weeks.  The cause lies in the stiffness of holders, and, to a certain extent, decrease of fine wrapper lots.  Prospective buyers stand aghast at the figures that are being asked for fine goods, and even with the absolute certainty of no return to lower prices for a long time to come, they are loth <sic> to succumb to the inevitable.  No new feature was apparent during the week which might tend to change the market.  The reports from the country are more positive daily that the ’81 crop, as a whole will not exceed that of ’80; Pennsylvania again claims to have raised the “finest” of all crops that ever her soil produced.  At any rate, so far as can be judged now, the ’81 crop is, if not a success, not a failure”.

The dullness of the local market compares with that of the general.  Buyers are pursuing the even tenor of their ways, looking out for chances and buying when they can.

We have to record the following local sales: Mr. J. H. Stauffer purchased of Peter Steif, 1 acre at 10 cents round; of D. D. Burkholder, 4 ½ acres at 27, 10, 5 and 5 cents; of John S. Nicely, 4 acres at 32, 15, 8 and 3 cents; of Andrew Kauffman, 2 acres at 30, 12, 8 and 3 cents; of Henry Eaby, 2 ½ acres at 30, 15, 8 and 3 cents; of Christian Leeking, ½ acre at 25, 12, 5, and 5 cents; of Elias Buch, 1 ½ acres at 25, 8 and 3 cents; of John Leib, 2 acres at 27, 10 and 3 cents.
~ The Lititz Record, 21-Oct-1881, Page 2, Column 2

Nicely, John S. - 1881

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE

Tobacco.--The U.S. Tobacco journal says: “Our market has dwindled down to a mere shadow compared with its greatness during the past six weeks.  The cause lies in the stiffness of holders, and, to a certain extent, decrease of fine wrapper lots.  Prospective buyers stand aghast at the figures that are being asked for fine goods, and even with the absolute certainty of no return to lower prices for a long time to come, they are loth <sic> to succumb to the inevitable.  No new feature was apparent during the week which might tend to change the market.  The reports from the country are more positive daily that the ’81 crop, as a whole will not exceed that of ’80; Pennsylvania again claims to have raised the “finest” of all crops that ever her soil produced.  At any rate, so far as can be judged now, the ’81 crop is, if not a success, not a failure”.

The dullness of the local market compares with that of the general.  Buyers are pursuing the even tenor of their ways, looking out for chances and buying when they can.

We have to record the following local sales: Mr. J. H. Stauffer purchased of Peter Steif, 1 acre at 10 cents round; of D. D. Burkholder, 4 ½ acres at 27, 10, 5 and 5 cents; of John S. Nicely, 4 acres at 32, 15, 8 and 3 cents; of Andrew Kauffman, 2 acres at 30, 12, 8 and 3 cents; of Henry Eaby, 2 ½ acres at 30, 15, 8 and 3 cents; of Christian Leeking, ½ acre at 25, 12, 5, and 5 cents; of Elias Buch, 1 ½ acres at 25, 8 and 3 cents; of John Leib, 2 acres at 27, 10 and 3 cents.
~ The Lititz Record, 21-Oct-1881, Page 2, Column 2

Steif, Peter - 1881

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE

Tobacco.--The U.S. Tobacco journal says: “Our market has dwindled down to a mere shadow compared with its greatness during the past six weeks.  The cause lies in the stiffness of holders, and, to a certain extent, decrease of fine wrapper lots.  Prospective buyers stand aghast at the figures that are being asked for fine goods, and even with the absolute certainty of no return to lower prices for a long time to come, they are loth <sic> to succumb to the inevitable.  No new feature was apparent during the week which might tend to change the market.  The reports from the country are more positive daily that the ’81 crop, as a whole will not exceed that of ’80; Pennsylvania again claims to have raised the “finest” of all crops that ever her soil produced.  At any rate, so far as can be judged now, the ’81 crop is, if not a success, not a failure”.

The dullness of the local market compares with that of the general.  Buyers are pursuing the even tenor of their ways, looking out for chances and buying when they can.

We have to record the following local sales: Mr. J. H. Stauffer purchased of Peter Steif, 1 acre at 10 cents round; of D. D. Burkholder, 4 ½ acres at 27, 10, 5 and 5 cents; of John S. Nicely, 4 acres at 32, 15, 8 and 3 cents; of Andrew Kauffman, 2 acres at 30, 12, 8 and 3 cents; of Henry Eaby, 2 ½ acres at 30, 15, 8 and 3 cents; of Christian Leeking, ½ acre at 25, 12, 5, and 5 cents; of Elias Buch, 1 ½ acres at 25, 8 and 3 cents; of John Leib, 2 acres at 27, 10 and 3 cents.
~ The Lititz Record, 21-Oct-1881, Page 2, Column 2

Corraz, Nettie - 1881

What Will Mamma Say?

Nettie Corraz went to play with her three little brothers and two other children on Indian Hill, Monday afternoon.  She would have been 10 years old next Sunday.  Indian Hill is not high, but its top affords a fine outlook upon Moffat’s pond and Ridgewood, N. J.  when the six children got tired of playing on the hill hey went down to play on the trestlework.  There is no structure above the rails, and no footpath beside them, but there is opportunity for an agile person to take refuge from the single track when a train passes on the projecting ends of the ties which are only three or four feet above the shallow water beneath them, and for the most of the way the trestlework is built over dry ground.

Mr. Wakeman, a neighbor, saw the children, and ordered them off, and Mrs. Morris, another neighbor, sent special word to the children that the train which leaves Montclair at 5:05 o’clock would come along and kill them all unless they went away.  They were near the south end of the bridge.  At 5:08 the train thundered along through the cut, around the curve, and down on the bridge.  The engineer saw the children, put on the brakes, and reversed his engine, but it was impossible to stop the train suddenly on such a grade.

All the children except Nettie and her brother George, who is about 4 years old, scrambled out on the ends of the ties.  She saw that he could not be trusted to cling to the ties, and that he must be dropped through between the ties to the dry ground beneath.  The little fellow was afraid and clung to the timbers.  This delayed her only a few seconds, but she did not have even a second to spare.  It is doubtful even whether she pushed him clear through.  He was found afterward alive and well on the ground beneath, but he says he touched the cars when they went over him.  When she sprang away toward the end of a tie it was too late.  Her body was beyond the track, but her left leg was severed at the thigh and the other crushed below the knee.

The train was brought to a stop a moment afterward, and the engineer, with tears in his eyes, helped pick her up.  She did not lose consciousness.

“Oh, I’m killed!” she exclaimed.  “What will mamma say?”  She died one hour after the accident.
~ The Lititz Record, 21-Oct-1881, Page 1, Column 5

Musser, W. H. - 1946

Round About Our Town

W. H. Musser, who has been confined to his home for several days recently because of illness, is again able to be about.
~ Bellwood Bulletin, 24-Jan-1946, Page 1, Column 1

Brewer, Lucinda - 1860

1860 mortality schedule recorded between 01-Jun-1859 and 31-May-1860.

Name: Lucinda Brewer
Age: 3 weeks
Sex: Female
Month of Death: December
State of Death: Tennessee
Cause of Death: Morticat
Occupation: None

~ Hancock County Tennessee 1860 Mortality Schedule

Boland, Dicy - 1860

1860 mortality schedule recorded between 01-Jun-1859 and 31-May-1860.

Name: Dicy Boland
Age: 60
Sex: Female
Month of Death: August
State of Death: Virginia
Cause of Death: Consumption
Occupation: Spinster

~ Hancock County Tennessee 1860 Mortality Schedule

Bigs, G. W. - 1860

1860 mortality schedule recorded between 01-Jun-1859 and 31-May-1860.

Name: G. W. Bigs
Age: 1 week
Sex: Male
Month of Death: June
State of Death: Tennessee
Cause of Death: HIves
Occupation: none

~ Hancock County Tennessee 1860 Mortality Schedule

Baldwin, Annis - 1860

1860 mortality schedule recorded between 01-Jun-1859 and 31-May-1860.

Name: Annis Baldwin
Age: 26
Sex: Female
Month of Death: October
State of Death: Tennessee
Cause of Death: Child fever
Occupation: Housekeeper

~ Hancock County Tennessee 1860 Mortality Schedule

Baldwin, Annis - 1860

1860 mortality schedule recorded between 01-Jun-1859 and 31-May-1860.

Name: Annis Baldwin
Age: 26
Sex: Female
Month of Death: October
State of Death: Tennessee
Cause of Death: Child fever
Occupation: Housekeeper

~ Hancock County Tennessee 1860 Mortality Schedule

Baker, Charles - 1860

1860 mortality schedule recorded between 01-Jun-1859 and 31-May-1860.

Name: Charles Baker
Age: 73
Sex: Male
Month of Death: June
State of Death: Virginia
Cause of Death: Cancer
Occupation: Farmer

~ Hancock County Tennessee 1860 Mortality Schedule

Wolfe, Blair - 1946

Round About Our Town

The many friends of Mr. Blair Wolfe, of Chambersburg, a resident of North Fourth street, this borough for many years, will regret to learn that he suffered a slight stroke one day last week.  From the latest information available he is doing as well as can be expected.  He is a retired engineer of the P.R.R. company, and when a resident of the borough, took an active part in religious and civic affairs, at one time being a member of the school board, Blaine’s <sic> many friends in Bellwood are trusting that he will soon be restored to good health.
~ Bellwood Bulletin, 24-Jan-1946, Page 1, Column 1

Cox, Clara [Turnbaugh] - 1946

Round About Our Town

Pfc Harlan E. Cox arrived at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Cox, 526 Lowther street.  He is honorably discharged from the U. S. Army after serving in England and France.  He was in the service for 34 months, 27 of which were spent in the European Theatre of War.
~ Bellwood Bulletin, 24-Jan-1946, Page 1, Column 1

You can visit the memorial page for Clara [Turnbaugh] Cox.

Cox, Earl R. - 1946

Round About Our Town

Pfc Harlan E. Cox arrived at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Cox, 526 Lowther street.  He is honorably discharged from the U. S. Army after serving in England and France.  He was in the service for 34 months, 27 of which were spent in the European Theatre of War.
~ Bellwood Bulletin, 24-Jan-1946, Page 1, Column 1

You can visit the memorial page for Earl R. Cox.

Cox, Harlan E. - 1946

Round About Our Town

Pfc Harlan E. Cox arrived at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Cox, 526 Lowther street.  He is honorably discharged from the U. S. Army after serving in England and France.  He was in the service for 34 months, 27 of which were spent in the European Theatre of War.
~ Bellwood Bulletin, 24-Jan-1946, Page 1, Column 1

You can visit the memorial page for Harlan E. Cox.

Storm, Clarence Shaffer "Frizzy" - 1946

Round About Our Town

Clarence Storm (Frizzy), aged 34, of 338 S. Second street, was treated for a fracture of the fibula of the right leg.  He was injured at his work in the Altona <sic> shops.  Mr. Storm is confined to his home and invites his friends to visit him there.
~ Bellwood Bulletin, 24-Jan-1946, Page 1, Column 1

You can visit the memorial page for Clarence Shaffer "Frizzy" Storm.

Cherry, Margaret Ann "Peggy" - 1946

Round About Our Town

Peg Cherry, well known young lady of Gospel Hollow, celebrated her 19th birthday very quietly at her home last Monday.
~ Bellwood Bulletin, 24-Jan-1946, Page 1, Column 1

Round About Our Town

Peg Cherry, daughter of Roy Cherry, had the pleasure of taking an airplane ride last Friday afternoon.  She got quite a thrill in getting an air view of the famous little village of Bellwood.
~ Bellwood Bulletin, 31-Jan-1946, Page 1, Column 1

Round About Our Town

Peg Cherry, who met with an accident while driving her father's milk truck on the streets of Altoona last September, and who was a patient in the Altoona Hospital for seven weeks at that time, was admitted to the same hospital last Saturday where she will spend the next couple of weeks undergoing treatments on her injured left leg.
~ Bellwood Bulletin, 07-Feb-1946, Page 1, Column 1

 You can visit the memorial page for Margaret Ann "Peggy" Cherry.

Swisher, Charles J. - 1946

 Round About Our Town

Charles J. Swisher, Bulletin editor and publisher, spent the past week-end visiting his wife and son in Six Mile Run, Penna.
~ Bellwood Bulletin, 24-Jan-1946, Page 1, Column 1

Round About Our Town

Editor Charles J. Swisher was a visitor in Six Mile Run over the week-end, where he spent an enjoyable few days with his wife and small son.
~ Bellwood Bulletin, 14-Feb-1946, Page 1, Column 1

Driscoll, Mr. - 1946

Round About Our Town

Mrs. J.  J. Driscoll and son Johnnie, who have been making their home with Mrs. Driscoll’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Pickens while her husband was serving with the Army overseas, left last Wednesday for Camden, New Jersey, where they expect to make their future home.  Mr. Driscoll received his discharge recently.
~ Bellwood Bulletin, 24-Jan-1946, Page 1, Column 1

Pickens, R. A. - 1946

Round About Our Town

Mrs. J.  J. Driscoll and son Johnnie, who have been making their home with Mrs. Driscoll’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Pickens while her husband was serving with the Army overseas, left last Wednesday for Camden, New Jersey, where they expect to make their future home.  Mr. Driscoll received his discharge recently.
~ Bellwood Bulletin, 24-Jan-1946, Page 1, Column 1

Driscoll, Johnnie - 1946

Round About Our Town

Mrs. J.  J. Driscoll and son Johnnie, who have been making their home with Mrs. Driscoll’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Pickens while her husband was serving with the Army overseas, left last Wednesday for Camden, New Jersey, where they expect to make their future home.  Mr. Driscoll received his discharge recently.
~ Bellwood Bulletin, 24-Jan-1946, Page 1, Column 1

Driscoll, J. J. (Mrs.) - 1946

Round About Our Town

Mrs. J.  J. Driscoll and son Johnnie, who have been making their home with Mrs. Driscoll’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Pickens while her husband was serving with the Army overseas, left last Wednesday for Camden, New Jersey, where they expect to make their future home.  Mr. Driscoll received his discharge recently.
~ Bellwood Bulletin, 24-Jan-1946, Page 1, Column 1

Campolongo, Charles - 1946

Round About Our Town

Mr. Charles Campolongo, for fifty years employed in the maintenance of way department of the P.R.R. company, first as a trackman, and later as a division foreman, has been placed on the retired list.  Mr. Campolongo is one of our well known and esteemed citizens and will spend his retirement in a leisurely manner.  He resides in a cozy home on the hill section of the borough.
~ Bellwood Bulletin, 24-Jan-1946, Page 1, Column 1

Bonnett, Richard E. - 1858

Bedford County, ss.
Aa <sic> an the Orphans' Court held at Bedford, in and for the County of Bedford, on the 16th day of November, A. D., 1857, before the Judges of the said Court—

The petition of FR. JORDAN, ESQ., administrator de bonis non of Richard E. Bonnett, late of Hopewell Township, deceased, was read and filed setting forth, that as administrator aforesaid, he filed an account, which was confirmed by this Court on the 15th of February, 1856, showing a balance of $1762.20 in his hands, that the said sum was distributed by an Auditor, whose report was confirmed by this Court on the 1st of September, 1856, since which time he has out the whole of said balance according to said Auditor’s Report and the decree of the said Court thereupon and praying to be discharged from his office as administrator, as aforesaid—

Whereupon, On Motion of A. King, Esq., the Court grant a Rule upon the heirs of Richard E. Bonnett and upon all persons interested, to be and appear at our next Court and show cause if any they have, why the said Fr. Jordan should not be discharged from his office as administrator aforesaid.

By the Court, In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court at Bedford, the 19th day of November, A. D., 1857.

D. Washabaugh, Clerk.

Jan. 8, 1858.
~ Bedford Inquirer, 08-Jan-1858, Page 3, Column 3

Washabaugh, D. - 1858

Bedford County, ss.
AT an Orphans' Court held at Bedford, in and for the County of Bedford. on the 16th day of November, A. D. 1857, before the Judges of the said Court—

The petition of FR. JORDAN, ESQ., one of the Executors of Philip Compher, deceased was read and filed setting forth that Letters Testamentary were issued on the 18th of November, 1853, to petitioner and Alexander Compher, on the estate of said deceased, that he filed an account of his administration, which was confirmed by this Court, no assets have come to his hands since, that his co-Executor being residuary legitee, is the proper person to settle up said estate, and praying to be discharged his office as Executor aforesaid.

Whereupon, On Motion of A. KING, ESQ., the Court grant a Rule upon the heirs and all other persons interested in said estate to be and appear at an Orphans' Court to be held at Bedford, in and for said County, on the 2nd Monday, 8th day of February, next, and show cause if any they have, why the said Fr. Jordan, Esq., should not be discharged from his office of Executor, as aforesaid.

By the Court, In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court at Bedford, the 19th day of November, A. D., 1857.

D. WASHABAUGH, Clerk.

Jan 8, 1858.
~ Bedford Inquirer, 08-Jan-1858, Page 3, Column 3
~ Bedford Inquirer, 15-Jan-1858, Page 3, Column 5


Bedford County, ss.
Aa <sic> an the Orphans' Court held at Bedford, in and for the County of Bedford, on the 16th day of November, A. D., 1857, before the Judges of the said Court—

The petition of FR. JORDAN, ESQ., administrator de bonis non of Richard E. Bonnett, late of Hopewell Township, deceased, was read and filed setting forth, that as administrator aforesaid, he filed an account, which was confirmed by this Court on the 15th of February, 1856, showing a balance of $1762.20 in his hands, that the said sum was distributed by an Auditor, whose report was confirmed by this Court on the 1st of September, 1856, since which time he has out the whole of said balance according to said Auditor’s Report and the decree of the said Court thereupon and praying to be discharged from his office as administrator, as aforesaid—

Whereupon, On Motion of A. King, Esq., the Court grant a Rule upon the heirs of Richard E. Bonnett and upon all persons interested, to be and appear at our next Court and show cause if any they have, why the said Fr. Jordan should not be discharged from his office as administrator aforesaid.

By the Court, In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court at Bedford, the 19th day of November, A. D., 1857.

D. Washabaugh, Clerk.

Jan. 8, 1858.
~ Bedford Inquirer, 08-Jan-1858, Page 3, Column 3

King, A. - 1858

Bedford County, ss.
AT an Orphans' Court held at Bedford, in and for the County of Bedford. on the 16th day of November, A. D. 1857, before the Judges of the said Court—

The petition of FR. JORDAN, ESQ., one of the Executors of Philip Compher, deceased was read and filed setting forth that Letters Testamentary were issued on the 18th of November, 1853, to petitioner and Alexander Compher, on the estate of said deceased, that he filed an account of his administration, which was confirmed by this Court, no assets have come to his hands since, that his co-Executor being residuary legitee, is the proper person to settle up said estate, and praying to be discharged his office as Executor aforesaid.

Whereupon, On Motion of A. KING, ESQ., the Court grant a Rule upon the heirs and all other persons interested in said estate to be and appear at an Orphans' Court to be held at Bedford, in and for said County, on the 2nd Monday, 8th day of February, next, and show cause if any they have, why the said Fr. Jordan, Esq., should not be discharged from his office of Executor, as aforesaid.

By the Court, In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court at Bedford, the 19th day of November, A. D., 1857.

D. WASHABAUGH, Clerk.

Jan 8, 1858.
~ Bedford Inquirer, 08-Jan-1858, Page 3, Column 3
~ Bedford Inquirer, 15-Jan-1858, Page 3, Column 5


Bedford County, ss.
Aa <sic> an the Orphans' Court held at Bedford, in and for the County of Bedford, on the 16th day of November, A. D., 1857, before the Judges of the said Court—

The petition of FR. JORDAN, ESQ., administrator de bonis non of Richard E. Bonnett, late of Hopewell Township, deceased, was read and filed setting forth, that as administrator aforesaid, he filed an account, which was confirmed by this Court on the 15th of February, 1856, showing a balance of $1762.20 in his hands, that the said sum was distributed by an Auditor, whose report was confirmed by this Court on the 1st of September, 1856, since which time he has out the whole of said balance according to said Auditor’s Report and the decree of the said Court thereupon and praying to be discharged from his office as administrator, as aforesaid—

Whereupon, On Motion of A. King, Esq., the Court grant a Rule upon the heirs of Richard E. Bonnett and upon all persons interested, to be and appear at our next Court and show cause if any they have, why the said Fr. Jordan should not be discharged from his office as administrator aforesaid.

By the Court, In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court at Bedford, the 19th day of November, A. D., 1857.

D. Washabaugh, Clerk.

Jan. 8, 1858.
~ Bedford Inquirer, 08-Jan-1858, Page 3, Column 3

Compher, Alexander - 1858

Bedford County, ss.
AT an Orphans' Court held at Bedford, in and for the County of Bedford. on the 16th day of November, A. D. 1857, before the Judges of the said Court—

The petition of FR. JORDAN, ESQ., one of the Executors of Philip Compher, deceased was read and filed setting forth that Letters Testamentary were issued on the 18th of November, 1853, to petitioner and Alexander Compher, on the estate of said deceased, that he filed an account of his administration, which was confirmed by this Court, no assets have come to his hands since, that his co-Executor being residuary legitee, is the proper person to settle up said estate, and praying to be discharged his office as Executor aforesaid.

Whereupon, On Motion of A. KING, ESQ., the Court grant a Rule upon the heirs and all other persons interested in said estate to be and appear at an Orphans' Court to be held at Bedford, in and for said County, on the 2nd Monday, 8th day of February, next, and show cause if any they have, why the said Fr. Jordan, Esq., should not be discharged from his office of Executor, as aforesaid.

By the Court, In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court at Bedford, the 19th day of November, A. D., 1857.

D. WASHABAUGH, Clerk.

Jan 8, 1858.
~ Bedford Inquirer, 08-Jan-1858, Page 3, Column 3
~ Bedford Inquirer, 15-Jan-1858, Page 3, Column 5

Compher, Philip - 1858

Bedford County, ss.
AT an Orphans' Court held at Bedford, in and for the County of Bedford. on the 16th day of November, A. D. 1857, before the Judges of the said Court—

The petition of FR. JORDAN, ESQ., one of the Executors of Philip Compher, deceased was read and filed setting forth that Letters Testamentary were issued on the 18th of November, 1853, to petitioner and Alexander Compher, on the estate of said deceased, that he filed an account of his administration, which was confirmed by this Court, no assets have come to his hands since, that his co-Executor being residuary legitee, is the proper person to settle up said estate, and praying to be discharged his office as Executor aforesaid.

Whereupon, On Motion of A. KING, ESQ., the Court grant a Rule upon the heirs and all other persons interested in said estate to be and appear at an Orphans' Court to be held at Bedford, in and for said County, on the 2nd Monday, 8th day of February, next, and show cause if any they have, why the said Fr. Jordan, Esq., should not be discharged from his office of Executor, as aforesaid.

By the Court, In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court at Bedford, the 19th day of November, A. D., 1857.

D. WASHABAUGH, Clerk.

Jan 8, 1858.
~ Bedford Inquirer, 08-Jan-1858, Page 3, Column 3
~ Bedford Inquirer, 15-Jan-1858, Page 3, Column 5

Diehl, George - 1858

MARRIED.

On Tuesday, the 29th ult., by the Rev. Joseph Correl, Mr. J. E. Black, of Napier, Tp., and Miss Mary L., daughter of Mr. George Diehl, of Friends Cove.
~ Bedford Inquirer, 08-Jan-1858, Page 3, Column 3

Black, Mary L. [Diehl] - 1858

MARRIED.

On Tuesday, the 29th ult., by the Rev. Joseph Correl, Mr. J. E. Black, of Napier, Tp., and Miss Mary L., daughter of Mr. George Diehl, of Friends Cove.
~ Bedford Inquirer, 08-Jan-1858, Page 3, Column 3

Black, J. E. - 1858

MARRIED.

On Tuesday, the 29th ult., by the Rev. Joseph Correl, Mr. J. E. Black, of Napier, Tp., and Miss Mary L., daughter of Mr. George Diehl, of Friends Cove.
~ Bedford Inquirer, 08-Jan-1858, Page 3, Column 3

Correll, Joseph (Rev.) - 1858

MARRIED.

On Tuesday, the 29th ult., by the Rev. Joseph Correl, Mr. J. E. Black, of Napier, Tp., and Miss Mary L., daughter of Mr. George Diehl, of Friends Cove.
~ Bedford Inquirer, 08-Jan-1858, Page 3, Column 3

Benedict, F. (Rev.) - 1858

MARRIED.

On Thursday, the 31st ult., by the Rev. F. Benedict, Mr. Andrew Reighart and Miss Sarah
~ Bedford Inquirer, 08-Jan-1858, Page 3, Column 3

Reighard, Sarah A. [Whetstone] - 1858

MARRIED.

On Thursday, the 31st ult., by the Rev. F. Benedict, Mr. Andrew Reighart and Miss Sarah Whetstone, both of Bedford Tp.
~ Bedford Inquirer, 08-Jan-1858, Page 3, Column 3

You can visit the memorial page for Sarah A. [Whetstone] Reighard.

Reighard, Andrew J. - 1858

MARRIED.

On Thursday, the 31st ult., by the Rev. F. Benedict, Mr. Andrew Reighart and Miss Sarah Whetstone, both of Bedford Tp.
~ Bedford Inquirer, 08-Jan-1858, Page 3, Column 3

You can visit the memorial page for Andrew J. Reighard.

Anderson, Manda - 1860

1860 mortality schedule recorded between 01-Jun-1859 and 31-May-1860.

Name: Manda Anderson
Age: 5
Sex: Female
Month of Death: June
State of Death: Tennessee
Cause of Death: Brain Inflammation
Occupation: none

~ Hancock County Tennessee 1860 Mortality Schedule

Anderson, James - 1860

1860 mortality schedule recorded between 01-Jun-1859 and 31-May-1860.

Name: James Anderson
Age: 82
Sex: Male
Month of Death: September
State of Death: Virginia
Cause of Death: Old Age
Occupation: Farmer

~ Hancock County Tennessee 1860 Mortality Schedule

Austin, Ruth Inez - 1990

Ruth Inez Austin

“I was arrested for assault in New York during the garment workers' strike. But the judge released me when he learned about my crime. I hit a policeman with my muff.”

That was close to 80 years ago, and Ruth Austin was living up to a family tradition of social activism. Her parents' house in upstate New York had been a station on the Underground Railroad, and her family was part of the large underground movement helping Black people escape from slavery into Canada.

Before she started swinging her muff, she already had directed her activism toward the needs of immigrants by working for the Immigrants Protection League and as a special investigator with the Consumers League. At the time of the garment workers' strike she was teaching at Lenox Hill, a settlement house for immigrants on the upper east of New York City.

She was an activist and an early feminist. Because language textbooks for foreigners were almost exclusively formulated for men, she wrote Lessons English for Foreign Women, published in 1913. Although some chapters, like "A Day's Work in a Cigar Factory," concede a woman's place in pre-World War I America, the book shows so much compassion for the immigrant woman's situation and makes such a generous use of poetry by women for women, to supplement the lessons, that it could well be regarded as a feminist classic.

Her early biography sparkles with accomplishments, even though she suffered a severe physical handicap. Her hearing was so seriously impaired that a specialist told her when she was a girl that she should plan for a quiet life on the family farm. She must not have heard him.

“A handicap is awful but you can outlive it," she says at 102, she still watches lips as she listens and, with two hearing aids, seems to catch everything that is said—and some things that aren't.

Most of her career in social work was at Gads Hill in southwest Chicago, where she started in
1914 and continued through 1947. She still is on the Board of Directors. Gads Hill was a large educational and recreational neighborhood center in industrial Chicago and served immigrants from a wide assortment of ethnic backgrounds. This was AJ Capone's territory at a time when, as she says, “he had everything," including the respect of many immigrants whose well-being he defended. In the eyes of Capone's men, Ruth Austin must have been doing the right thing, for they evidently once offered her some retroactive protection. "I was knocked down and my purse was stolen. The next day they [the assailants] were found floating in the river.”

Ruth Austin is an unsung American heroine. It was Jane Addams at Hull House in Chicago who received most of the public attention and acclaim, winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931, but Ruth Austin's impact on Chicago immigrant life is in many ways comparable. An instigator of the theory that recreation is one of the best forms of therapy for the handicapped, she is recognized by serious students in the field today. "Play as medium," she says modestly.

Ruth Austin lives alone in a ninth-story apartment in Portland, Oregon. Even though the longtime woman friend who moved here with her has died, her apartment does not sag with the dreariness of a lonely person. "Oh, I have had a gorgeous life," she says.

Ruth Austin's only regrets are in what has been lost in the kind of community work to which she dedicated her life: "Old settlement workers have been engulfed by caseworkers. The old intimacy has been lost. If you asked a boy what he knew about Jane Addams, he would say, 'She likes pie.' There was that kind of intimacy.”

Ruth Austin says she owes her longevity to wide reading, curiosity, and an involvement with life. Her more than 50 years of social service dance, smile, and act their story through the ethnic artwork on her walls. The art reflects several ethnic traditions of the people she served.

~ One Hundred Over 100, Moments with One Hundred North American Centenarians by Jim Heymen, Photographs by Paul Boyer, Copyright 1990, Fulcrum Publishing, 350 Indiana Street, Golden, Colorado, pages 6 & 7.

You can visit the memorial page for Ruth Inez Austin.

Cavalli, Mr. - 1868

Business and Financial Statistics of The “Magic City”, Cheyenne!

Article No. 9

One story frame, 12x18, Paint Shop, J. Masterson owner, Ayres & Cavalli occupants, cost unknown.
~ Cheyenne Leader, 03-Jan-1868, Page 4, Column 3

Ayers, Mr. - 1868

Business and Financial Statistics of The “Magic City”, Cheyenne!

Article No. 9

One story frame, 12x18, Paint Shop, J. Masterson owner, Ayres & Cavalli occupants, cost unknown.
~ Cheyenne Leader, 03-Jan-1868, Page 4, Column 3

Masterson, J. - 1868

Business and Financial Statistics of The “Magic City”, Cheyenne!

Article No. 9

One story frame, 12x18, Paint Shop, J. Masterson owner, Ayres & Cavalli occupants, cost unknown.
~ Cheyenne Leader, 03-Jan-1868, Page 4, Column 3

Harvey, A. C. - 1868

Business and Financial Statistics of The “Magic City”, Cheyenne!

Article No. 9

One story frame, 20x30, Keg House, A. C. Harvey owner and occupant-cost $750.
~ Cheyenne Leader, 03-Jan-1868, Page 4, Column 3

McDaniels, J. (Prof.) - 1868

Business and Financial Statistics of The “Magic City”, Cheyenne!

Article No. 9

One frame building, 20x66, not yet entirely completed-addition on the south side, 12x40,-addition on the north side, 18x40. This building is occupied as an Art Museum, Prof. J. McDaniels, owner and proprietor. It has cost, thus far, $10,000. It is finely furnished inside with two elegant bars, and is the most popular place of amusement in the city.
~ Cheyenne Leader, 03-Jan-1868, Page 4, Column 3

Lee, P. H. - 1868

Business and Financial Statistics of The “Magic City”, Cheyenne!

Article No. 9

One story frame, 10x44, City Saloon, Copeland, owner and occupant-also occupied by P. H. Lee, as residence-cost, -  {not listed}
~ Cheyenne Leader, 03-Jan-1868, Page 4, Column 3

Copeland, Mr. - 1868

Business and Financial Statistics of The “Magic City”, Cheyenne!

Article No. 9

One story frame, 10x44, City Saloon, Copeland, owner and occupant-also occupied by P. H. Lee, as residence-cost, -  {not listed}
~ Cheyenne Leader, 03-Jan-1868, Page 4, Column 3

Ruth, William - 1868

Business and Financial Statistics of The “Magic City”, Cheyenne!

Article No. 9

One story frame, 18x50, Clothing House, William Ruth, owner and occupant-cost, $3,000.
~ Cheyenne Leader, 03-Jan-1868, Page 4, Column 3

Cohen, H. M. - 1868

Business and Financial Statistics of The “Magic City”, Cheyenne!

Article No. 9

One story frame, 16x24, H. M. Cohen, Pawn Broker, owner and occupant-cost, $1,500.
~ Cheyenne Leader, 03-Jan-1868, Page 4, Column 3

Schneider, G. - 1868

Business and Financial Statistics of The “Magic City”, Cheyenne!

Article No. 9

One story frame, 16x40, Saloon, G. Schneider, owner and occupant-cost $1,000.
~ Cheyenne Leader, 03-Jan-1868, Page 4, Column 3

Doherty, M. J. - 1868

Business and Financial Statistics of The “Magic City”, Cheyenne!

Article No. 9

One story adobe, 16x24, Clothing Store and Pawnbroker's Shop, M. J. Doherty, owner and occupant-cost $2,000.
~ Cheyenne Leader, 03-Jan-1868, Page 4, Column 2

Quaintance, L. - 1868

Business and Financial Statistics of The “Magic City”, Cheyenne!

Article No. 9

One story and a half frame, 16x24, Grocery, L. Quaintance owner and occupant-cost $800.
~ Cheyenne Leader, 03-Jan-1868, Page 4, Column 2

Bon, Stephen Sr. - 1868

Business and Financial Statistics of The “Magic City”, Cheyenne!

Article No. 9

One story frame, 20x20 Shoe Shop, S. Bon, owner and occupant, also occupied by Drs. Bedell & Veirs-cost $300.
~ Cheyenne Leader, 03-Jan-1868, Page 4, Column 2

You can visit the memorial page for Stephen Bon, Sr.

Corlett, W. H. - 1868

Dedication of the Public School House.
Everyone who takes an interest in the welfare of our young and growing city, will be pleased to learn that the first school house of the city is now completed, and will be opened on Monday, the 6th inst., as a free school, for the training of the young idea, under the charge of M. A. Arnold, Esq.

On Sunday evening the new Hall will be dedicated, with the following ceremonies to the cause of Free Education.

Music. Opening exercises – Dr. D. W. Scott. Music. Essay: “Enterprize” - Dr. Geo. H. Russell. Music. Dedicatory Address: “Free Education” - W. H. Corlett, Esq. Music. Closing Remarks – Rev. G. Anon(?). Music. Benediction.

All interested are cordiall <sic> invited to attend. Ladies are requested to come early, to secure good seats.
~ Cheyenne Leader, 03-Jan-1868, Page 4, Column 2

Scott, D. W. (Dr.) - 1868

Dedication of the Public School House.
Everyone who takes an interest in the welfare of our young and growing city, will be pleased to learn that the first school house of the city is now completed, and will be opened on Monday, the 6th inst., as a free school, for the training of the young idea, under the charge of M. A. Arnold, Esq.

On Sunday evening the new Hall will be dedicated, with the following ceremonies to the cause of Free Education.

Music. Opening exercises – Dr. D. W. Scott. Music. Essay: “Enterprize” - Dr. Geo. H. Russell. Music. Dedicatory Address: “Free Education” - W. H. Corlett, Esq. Music. Closing Remarks – Rev. G. Anon(?). Music. Benediction.

All interested are cordiall <sic> invited to attend. Ladies are requested to come early, to secure good seats.
~ Cheyenne Leader, 03-Jan-1868, Page 4, Column 2

Arnold, M. A. - 1868

Dedication of the Public School House.
Everyone who takes an interest in the welfare of our young and growing city, will be pleased to learn that the first school house of the city is now completed, and will be opened on Monday, the 6th inst., as a free school, for the training of the young idea, under the charge of M. A. Arnold, Esq.

On Sunday evening the new Hall will be dedicated, with the following ceremonies to the cause of Free Education.

Music. Opening exercises – Dr. D. W. Scott. Music. Essay: “Enterprize” - Dr. Geo. H. Russell. Music. Dedicatory Address: “Free Education” - W. H. Corlett, Esq. Music. Closing Remarks – Rev. G. Anon(?). Music. Benediction.

All interested are cordiall <sic> invited to attend. Ladies are requested to come early, to secure good seats.
~ Cheyenne Leader, 03-Jan-1868, Page 4, Column 2


Mr. M. A. Arnold is to have charge of the public school here.  As to his capabilities, we have yet to witness a trial of them, but believe that he is fitted for his responsible duty.  At any rate he has our warmest sympathies in his new field of labor.  We were a “teachist” once, ourself, and appreciate the solemn and responsible nature of the calling.  We may from time to time drop in and see how our school progresses, and tell our readers thereof.
~ Cheyenne Leader, 06-Jan-1868, Page 4, Column 1

Myers, John - 1868

Before Judge Lorimer, Police Magistrate, this morning:
D. L. Jackson – arrested by officer Miller, pleaded guilty to King Alcohol – fined $5 and costs. Went to jail.

John Myres – arrested by same officer – same offense; pleads guilty and is fined $5 and cost. Went his way to the calaboose with a view of being boarded at the expense of the city. {Myers?}
~ Cheyenne Leader, 03-Jan-1868, Page 4, Column 2

Jackson, D. L. - 1868

Before Judge Lorimer, Police Magistrate, this morning:
D. L. Jackson – arrested by officer Miller, pleaded guilty to King Alcohol – fined $5 and costs. Went to jail.

John Myres – arrested by same officer – same offense; pleads guilty and is fined $5 and cost. Went his way to the calaboose with a view of being boarded at the expense of the city. {Myers?}
~ Cheyenne Leader, 03-Jan-1868, Page 4, Column 2

Campbell, Mr. - 1868

Railroad Accident – We learn, from Mr. Campbell, the gentlemanly agent in the depot of the U. P. R. R. Co., that an accident occurred to the eastern bound passenger train, which left this morning at seven o'clock. Two cars were run off the track and badly smashed up. One young man – a news boy – had his collar bone badly broken. The extent of the damage is not yet known. We will give full particulars in to-morrow's issue.
~ Cheyenne Leader, 03-Jan-1868, Page 4, Column 2

{ I did not see anything in 'to-morrow's' issue, but I will try to find more information if possible. }

Moria, Jose - 1868

Horse Stealing – Jose Moria, a Mexican, who claims to have a squaw and several picaninies, was this morning brought before U. S. Commissioner Bartlett, charged with horse stealing; and the evidence justified in ordering him to appear before the District Court for a final hearing.
~ Cheyenne Leader, 03-Jan-1868, Page 4, Column 2

Milburn, William Henry (Rev.) - 1868

Miss Anna E. Dickinson lectured at South Bend, Ind., under the auspices of the Y. M. C. A., on Monday evening, December 23d. Subject--”Breakers Ahead”. Rev. W. H. Milburn, the “Blind Preacher”, will deliver the next lecture in the course on Thursday evening, January 2d.
~ Cheyenne Leader, 03-Jan-1868, Page 2, Column 1

You can visit the memorial page for Rev. William Henry Milburn.

Dickinson, Anna E. - 1868

Miss Anna E. Dickinson lectured at South Bend, Ind., under the auspices of the Y. M. C. A., on Monday evening, December 23d. Subject--”Breakers Ahead”. Rev. W. H. Milburn, the “Blind Preacher”, will deliver the next lecture in the course on Thursday evening, January 2d.
~ Cheyenne Leader, 03-Jan-1868, Page 2, Column 1

NEWS ITEMS.

Mrs. Ella Davis Rockwood, who lectured in Boston recently, promises to be a formidable rival of Anna Dickinson.
~ Cheyenne Leader, 04-Jan-1868, Page 2, Column 1

Smith, Morgan Lewis (Gen.) - 1868

General Morgan L. Smith, before he went as Consul to the Sandwich Islands, got a divorce from his wife and married a new one. The first wife declares he succeeded through fraud, and is seeking to have the divorce case tried over. All of which is embarrassing to the new wife.
~ Cheyenne Leader, 03-Jan-1868, Page 2, Column 1

You can visit the memorial page for General Morgan Lewis Smith.

Weed, Thurlow - 1868

Thurlow Weed promises to write a book of political reminiscencees <sic> after the next Presidential election, with the assistance of some two thousand letters which have been preserved and indexed by his daughter. These letters are from all the leading Whig statesmen and Republican politicians of the last thirty or forty years.
~ Cheyenne Leader, 03-Jan-1868, Page 2, Column 1

You can visit the memorial page for Thurlow Weed.

Bronze Statue_Largest - 1868

By Telegraph!

Reported Expressly for the Daily Leader.

Munich has the largest bronze statue in the world. It represents the protectress of Bavaria with a huge lion by her side, and is sixty-three feet high.
~ Cheyenne Leader, 03-Jan-1868, Page 1, Column 3

Reynolds, Elizabeth [Sidwell] - 1808

Gray – Reynolds
03/16/1808 – Jacob Gray, son of Joseph (deceased) and Ann Gray of Little Britain at Eastland Meeting married Elizabeth Reynolds, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Reynolds of Little Britain.
~ Little Britain Monthly Meeting, 1752-1900: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

 You can visit the memorial page for Elizabeth [Sidwell] Reynolds.
Other information for Elizabeth [Sidwell] Reynolds, or see below:

Reynolds, Henry - 1808

Gray – Reynolds
03/16/1808 – Jacob Gray, son of Joseph (deceased) and Ann Gray of Little Britain at Eastland Meeting married Elizabeth Reynolds, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Reynolds of Little Britain.
~ Little Britain Monthly Meeting, 1752-1900: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

You can visit the memorial page for Henry Reynolds.
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Reynolds, Elizabeth - 1808

Gray – Reynolds
03/16/1808 – Jacob Gray, son of Joseph (deceased) and Ann Gray of Little Britain at Eastland Meeting married Elizabeth Reynolds, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Reynolds of Little Britain.
~ Little Britain Monthly Meeting, 1752-1900: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

You can visit the memorial page for Elizabeth [Reynolds] Gray.
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Gray, Ann - 1808

Gray – Reynolds
03/16/1808 – Jacob Gray, son of Joseph (deceased) and Ann Gray of Little Britain at Eastland Meeting married Elizabeth Reynolds, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Reynolds of Little Britain.
~ Little Britain Monthly Meeting, 1752-1900: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Gray, Joseph - 1808

Gray – Reynolds
03/16/1808 – Jacob Gray, son of Joseph (deceased) and Ann Gray of Little Britain at Eastland Meeting married Elizabeth Reynolds, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Reynolds of Little Britain.
~ Little Britain Monthly Meeting, 1752-1900: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Gray, Jacob - 1808

Gray – Reynolds
03/16/1808 – Jacob Gray, son of Joseph (deceased) and Ann Gray of Little Britain at Eastland Meeting married Elizabeth Reynolds, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Reynolds of Little Britain.
~ Little Britain Monthly Meeting, 1752-1900: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

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Allen, Mary - 1860

1860 mortality schedule recorded between 01-Jun-1859 and 31-May-1860.

Name: Mary Allen
Age: 41
Sex: Female
Month of Death: October
State of Death: Tennessee
Cause of Death: Childbirth
Occupation: Housekeeper

~ Hancock County Tennessee 1860 Mortality Schedule

Wright, Ebenezer - 1860

1860 mortality schedule recorded between 01-Jun-1859 and 31-May-1860.  Items marked with an * are defined at the end.

Name: Elenezer {Ebenezer?} Wright
Age: 59
Sex: Male
Month of Death: January
State of Birth: Massachusetts
Cause of Death: Stroke

~ Carroll County Tennessee 1860 Mortality Schedule

Wiley, Harriet - 1860

1860 mortality schedule recorded between 01-Jun-1859 and 31-May-1860.  Items marked with an * are defined at the end.

Name: Harriet Wiley
Age: 24
Sex: Female
Month of Death: June
State of Birth: Tennessee
Cause of Death: Flux

~ Carroll County Tennessee 1860 Mortality Schedule

Wiley, Elester - 1860

1860 mortality schedule recorded between 01-Jun-1859 and 31-May-1860.  Items marked with an * are defined at the end.

Name: Elester Wiley
Age: 4
Sex: Female
Month of Death: June
State of Birth: Tennessee
Cause of Death: Flux

~ Carroll County Tennessee 1860 Mortality Schedule

Wilson, Margarite A. - 1860

1860 mortality schedule recorded between 01-Jun-1859 and 31-May-1860.  Items marked with an * are defined at the end.

Name: Margarite A. Wilson
Age: 4 months
Sex: Female
Month of Death: April
State of Birth: Tennessee
Cause of Death: Small Pox

~ Carroll County Tennessee 1860 Mortality Schedule

Williams, Nathan - 1860

1860 mortality schedule recorded between 01-Jun-1859 and 31-May-1860.  Items marked with an * are defined at the end.

Name: Nathan Williams
Age: 70
Sex: Male
Month of Death: March
State of Birth: Virginia
Cause of Death: Fever

~ Carroll County Tennessee 1860 Mortality Schedule

Williamson, Virginia - 1860

1860 mortality schedule recorded between 01-Jun-1859 and 31-May-1860.  Items marked with an * are defined at the end.

Name: Virginia Williamson
Age: 21
Sex: Female
Month of Death: April
State of Birth: Tennessee
Cause of Death: Pneumonia

~ Carroll County Tennessee 1860 Mortality Schedule

You can visit the memorial page for Virginia [Carter] Williamson.

Williamson, Sarah Adaline - 1860

1860 mortality schedule recorded between 01-Jun-1859 and 31-May-1860.  Items marked with an * are defined at the end.

Name: Sarah A. Williamson
Age: 18
Sex: Female
Month of Death: August
State of Birth: Tennessee
Cause of Death: Spine Disease

~ Carroll County Tennessee 1860 Mortality Schedule

You can visit the memorial page for Sarah Adaline Williamson.

Watson, Nancy - 1860

1860 mortality schedule recorded between 01-Jun-1859 and 31-May-1860.  Items marked with an * are defined at the end.

Name: Nancy Watson
Age: 9
Sex: Female
Month of Death: November
State of Birth: Tennessee
Cause of Death: Croup*

Croup - Laryngitis, diphtheria, or strep throat.

~ Carroll County Tennessee 1860 Mortality Schedule

Warren, Lafayette - 1860

1860 mortality schedule recorded between 01-Jun-1859 and 31-May-1860.  Items marked with an * are defined at the end.

Name: Lafayette Warren
Age: 11
Sex: Male
Month of Death: March
State of Birth: Tennessee
Cause of Death: Typhoid

~ Carroll County Tennessee 1860 Mortality Schedule

Walker, Jonathan - 1860

1860 mortality schedule recorded between 01-Jun-1859 and 31-May-1860.  Items marked with an * are defined at the end.

Name: Jonathan Walker
Age: 52
Sex: Male
Month of Death: September
State of Birth: North Carolina
Cause of Death: Thrown

~ Carroll County Tennessee 1860 Mortality Schedule

Trion, Martha J. - 1860

1860 mortality schedule recorded between 01-Jun-1859 and 31-May-1860.  Items marked with an * are defined at the end.

Name: Martha J. Trion
Age: 23
Sex: Female
Month of Death: April
State of Birth: Tennessee
Cause of Death: Typhiod

~ Carroll County Tennessee 1860 Mortality Schedule

Tosh, Elenden - 1860

1860 mortality schedule recorded between 01-Jun-1859 and 31-May-1860.  Items marked with an * are defined at the end.

Name: Elenden Tosh
Age: 3
Sex: Male
Month of Death: March
State of Birth: Kentucky
Cause of Death: Pneumonia

~ Carroll County Tennessee 1860 Mortality Schedule

Thomas, Susan R. - 1860

1860 mortality schedule recorded between 01-Jun-1859 and 31-May-1860.  Items marked with an * are defined at the end.

Name: Susan R. Thomas
Age: 10 months
Sex: Female
Month of Death: February
State of Birth: Tennessee
Cause of Death: Hives

~ Carroll County Tennessee 1860 Mortality Schedule

Taylor, William - 1860

1860 mortality schedule recorded between 01-Jun-1859 and 31-May-1860.  Items marked with an * are defined at the end.

Name: William Taylor
Age: 70
Sex: Male
Month of Death: May
State of Birth: North Carolina
Cause of Death: Dropsy*

Dropsy - Edema (swelling), often caused by kidney or heart disease.

~ Carroll County Tennessee 1860 Mortality Schedule

You can visit the memorial page for William Taylor.

Taylor, John - 1860

1860 mortality schedule recorded between 01-Jun-1859 and 31-May-1860.  Items marked with an * are defined at the end.

Name: John Taylor
Age: 30
Sex: Male
Month of Death: October
State of Birth: North Carolina
Cause of Death: By Wagon

~ Carroll County Tennessee 1860 Mortality Schedule

Holy Eagle, James - 1990

James Holy Eagle

My grandfather, his name is Iron Horse. He was with the Indians when they wiped out Custer," says James Holy Eagle.

On his living room wall hangs a painting by French artist Guy Simon picturing him and Sitting Bull. From the ceiling hang streamers with the six sacred colors of the Sioux: red, blue, green, yellow, black, and white.

James Holy Eagle is the oldest Sioux Indian—"a peaceful man," says his granddaughter, "because he worked on all the treaty issues." In 1975, he met with President Gerald Ford to talk about broken Indian treaties and claims to land taken from the Indians—a meeting that drew a favorable written response from Ford, though little action. In honor of his age and place in Sioux history, South Dakota has declared a Chief Holy Eagle Day.

“It's not the same being an Indian as it used to be," says Holy Eagle. "In the old days was a whole lot better. Right now in this town if I see an Indian and if he don't know me he goes right on. Before that, when you see an Indian come, you shake hands and talk. In the olden days all Indians was the same as related."

In those good old days, he once stopped to talk with an old Indian couple at a favorite meeting place--"down by the crick"--a place called Mother Butler’s. Holy Eagle had been raised by his
stepmother Alice Lone Bear. But the old woman of the couple thought that his real mother's name was Good Woman, who was of the family of Sitting Bull.  The man of the couple had known his father, Iron Horse, and had also fought in the battle that killed Custer.

“I asked the old man, I said, 'Grandfather, I know when the Indians fought Custer. I know you were there. Grandfather, I want to know who killed Custer.’ He said, 'I was the youngest one, and at that time they were fighting over there on horseback and guns were going smoking, and I can't tell you who killed Custer.' That's what he told me. He don't know. Years ago after that, somebody told me he heard Rain-in-the-Face killed Custer."

James Holy Eagle was 12 when he started attending a Bureau of Indian Affairs boarding school at Pine Ridge and later, in 1912, started attending Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania. He studied to become a printer and distinguished himself as a cornet soloist and as a right guard on the football team.

“I got there and learned it was just the same as college. I worked in a printing office, and I played football. We played football against all the white kids over there--Yale, Harvard--you know. We had the best football and track team.

"That's where James Thorpe went. He went to the Olympics. That James Thorpe is an all-around man. He's just as big as I am."

Holy Eagle broke his shoulder in a game against Yale and still has a protruding bone from the injury, but he graduated at the top of his class in 1916 and was hired as a band director and boys' advisor at the Indian school in Greenville, California. When World War I broke out, he enlisted and was sent to Camp Dodge. Irving Berlin was there too. "Our band played a lot of the songs he composed.”

But Holy Eagle remembers the 1918 flu as well as he remembers Berlin. "I had the flu, not too bad, and I had to drive a coach to haul the soldiers to the hospital. Many died. The flu picked out anybody.”

When he left the army in 1919 to manage his aunt's ranch on the reservation near Merriman, Nebraska, he found that many people there had died of the flu too. He worked the ranch, but, as he says, "Printing was my main trade." He found a job in the print shop in Martin, South Dakota. He married in 1922 and had three sons, all of whom enlisted in the military. Besides his work on the ranch and as a printer, he has been a mechanic. In the devastating 1972 flood in Rapid City, South Dakota, he lost many of his possessions. Today he lives by himself in a modest apartment in Rapid City.

"He is a very happy man," says his granddaughter. "He likes men visitors, but he prefers the company of women.

He also likes to be playful.

"You know why Indians wear feathers on their head?" he asks. "To keep their wig wam." He laughs.

"I got white man's teeth, " he says, and laughs again, showing them.

Every morning and night he prays and sings a song in Lakota. "We all should put God first," he says. "It seems like it helps you to go through the day and night.”

"How did I get so old? Well, I tell you--don't worry, that's one thing. Sometimes I'll get hungry, and it don't worry me. I don't worry. Worry will get you old quick."

~ One Hundred Over 100, Moments with One Hundred North American Centenarians by Jim Heymen, Photographs by Paul Boyer, Copyright 1990, Fulcrum Publishing, 350 Indiana Street, Golden, Colorado, pages 4 & 5.

You can visit the memorial page for James Holy Eagle.

Zieske, Della Lucinda [Vandiver] - 1990

Della Zieske

Della Zieske lives alone in a wind-tattered little house that sits close to the beach on a large sand spit projecting into Discovery Bay on Washington's Olympic Peninsula. Waters here insist on a year-round temperature of about 45 degrees, cold enough to turn a person into flotsam in fewer than 15 minutes. Seagulls, clams, and salmon love the cold water and foggy beaches. So does Della; she landed a 17-pound salmon a few months after her 100th birthday.

“I try not to catch them any bigger than I can carry.” She is 5 feet tall. Two fishing poles twice her height hang on her kitchen wall. The hooks are shiny and the lines neatly wound. The rest of the house has the abandon of an 11-year-old's room: unfinished projects are strewn everywhere.

“I'm not a good housekeeper. I have too much work to do." A National Geographic lies facedown on the table, the makings of cinnamon rolls clutter the counters, and a large unfinished quilt is suspended like an umbrella over most of her small living room. Her work does not include shooing a long-haired cat from the kitchen counter or cutting off a fledgling tree that has snaked up through a crack in the floor.

As the room temperature starts dropping toward that of the water outside, she relights her small wood stove, wrapping the kindling in newspaper as her "surefire" way of getting it started. With both hands she lifts a rusty gaff hook from a nail near the refrigerator. She's not using it to land a large fish this time but to drag in pieces of firewood.

“I couldn't live in a nursing home. They'd make me keep my room clean. I live here so I can do as I please. People visit me, and when they leave, it's all mine.”

The last of her four husbands died more than 30 years ago. "I've had some offers since then, but I wouldn't want to live with an old man, and a young man wouldn't want to live with me. So this is just fine.”

"I have some regrets. I divorced one of my husbands. He swore at his parents. I told him I wasn't going to be married to anyone who curses his parents.”

And that was that. She left him and never returned. But years later, while living with her next husband, she learned that her divorce had not been a legal one. "I was terrible. I was a bigamist. But we all have something to live down.”

"People always want to judge, but I'll tell you how I judge a person. Just ask him what he thinks of his neighbors. If somebody doesn't like his neighbors, you know there's something wrong with him, not the neighbors.”

"But you don't want to hear an old lady babbling on. Let me give you some blackberry jam I made. Now where did I put it?"

Della was a nurse for nearly 50 years, but she doesn't talk about health much. A pack of cigarettes and a half-filled ashtray have their places among the projects on her kitchen table.

"Oh, I didn't start smoking until I was 50, and most of the time I'm so busy I forget about them.”

"But I don't know how I got so old. I really don't know how this happened. I guess longevity runs in the family. My mother lived to be old. And I've never liked sweets. When I was a little girl, I gave my Christmas candy to the other kids. I never drank much either. But there's another thing. Luck. My third husband and I were walking along the street one winter. It was almost Christmas, and I stopped to look at some colored lights. He was just a few feet ahead of me when a car skidded on the ice and killed him. It could have been me, but it wasn't.”

Della has left a few pieces of newspaper on top of the stove. They start to smolder. She turns and brushes the glowing paper to the floor with a stick. There aren't any smoke alarms in this house, but she doesn't seem worried. The cat doesn't look worried either. They seem to be ready for whatever comes and against any odds—like that little tree easing up through the floor.

~ One Hundred Over 100, Moments with One Hundred North American Centenarians by Jim Heymen, Photographs by Paul Boyer, Copyright 1990, Fulcrum Publishing, 350 Indiana Street, Golden, Colorado, pages 2 & 3.

You can visit the memorial page for Della Lucinda [Vandiver] Zieske.

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Taylor, Francis - 1860

1860 mortality schedule recorded between 01-Jun-1859 and 31-May-1860.  Items marked with an * are defined at the end.

Name: Francis Taylor
Age: 12
Sex: Female
Month of Death: June
State of Birth: Tennessee
Cause of Death: Chill*

Congestive Chills - Malaria or malaria with diarrhea

~ Carroll County Tennessee 1860 Mortality Schedule