Memorial for Captain Edward Ross-Lewin Fort Wayne Resident
Captain Edward Ross-Lewin 75 an Irish born Fort Wayne resident died Sunday at 1025 Rivermet Avenue from pneumonia after a brief illness. A Civil War veteran and former custodian of city school buildings he lived in Fort Wayne since 1870s, survived by wife and two daughters. Funeral Wednesday at 2 PM from daughter’s home, private interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward
Ross-Lewin
Fort Wayne
Rivermet Avenue
Ross- Lewin
Columbia Avenue
Mr. Ross-Lewin
Ireland
Cochrane & Humphrey
Olds Wagon Works
Union Veteran Legion
D B. Kehler
Lafayette
Jennie Markey
Frank L. Markey
Michigan Avenue
Death of Mrs Constance Carnahan in Indianapolis
Mrs Constance Carnahan wife of Robert H Carnahan formerly of this city died at the family home in Indianapolis at 34 after prolonged illness. Born and raised here she married eleven years ago and is survived by three sons, her mother Mrs Adeling Lumbard, a sister Mrs E H Olds and a brother Frank S Lumbard. She was active in Episcopal church work and known as a gracious hostess. Remains to be brought to Fort Wayne for funeral and interment. arrangements pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constance Carnahan
Robert H. Carnahan
Indianapolis
Atterbury
Pennsylvania Railroad
Minnie Hoffman
Carnahan
Hed
Olds
Sidney C. Lumbard
Mr. Carnahan
Adeling Lumbard
E. H. Olds
Frank S. Lumbard
Reverend William H Grogs Dies in Fort Wayne
The Rev William Harry Grogs D D Ph D pastor of the First Christian church at Oak Harbor Ohio died at 420 am Monday in Joseph hospital Fort Wayne from blood poisoning that began as carbuncle He was 60 and had recently left his duties for a rest visit with his brother Charles T Gross of the National Furniture company at 117 Hasties
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Harry Grogs
First Christian Church
Oak Harbor
Joseph Hospital
Fort Wayne
Charles T. ‘Gross
National Furniture’ Company
Hasties
Death claims Francis A. C. Parker at 74 in Hicksville Ohio
Francis A. C. Parker, long time Allen County resident, died Saturday at his Hicksville home at 74 years 11 months 25 days. Born December 22 1831 in Prebie County Ohio he moved to Indiana as a child. He married twice first to Jane Arney and later Elvina Madden. eight and two children survived along with a brother sister sixteen grandchildren and one great grandchild. Surviving children include John Parker Fort Wayne Mrs Scott Tilbury Fort Wayne Mrs Sam Comparelle Mrs Bruce Crowl Bert Parker Mrs Grace Greenawalt and Harriet Parker. He served in the 91st Indiana Volunteers from 1863 to war’s end and joined the Hicksville United Brethren Church in 1889 under Rev A E B Gaff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis A. C. Parker
Allen County
Hicksville
Mr. Parker
Prebie County
Indiana
Jane Arney
Elvina Madden
Hicksville United Brethren Church
A. E B. Gaff
John Parker
Scott Tilbury
Fort Wayne
Sam Comparelle
Bruce Crowl
Bert Parker
Grace Greenawalt
Harriet Parker
Decker, longtime Allen Co resident, dies at 89
John C. Decker died at 7 am Sunday at 1012 High street after a long life as a farmer in Abbot township before moving to Fort Wayne ten years ago. Native of Pennsylvania, he was 89 years 8 months and 165 days old. Survived by wife, five children Alfred of Chicago Oliver Decker Mrs W H Goudy and Mrs Alonzo Huffman of Fort Wayne and Mrs B F Goudy of Springfield IL, ten grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Funeral Wednesday at 10 am from his home, Oak Grove cemetery interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chaville
Pine Flats
Oak Harbor
John E. Thompson
Tyrone
O. C. Mutschler
Lancaster
Alfred Pierson, Jr
Newburyport, Mass
Charlotte Gross
John E. Gross
Cherry Mills
End of the Grand Army of the Republic
John C. Decker
Allen County
High Street
Mr. Decker
Pennsylvania
Aboit Township
Fort Wayne
aAlfred Decker
Chicago
Oliver Decker
W. H. Goudy
Alonzo Huffman
B. F. Goudy
Springfield
Oak Grove Cemetery
Charles A Lowe dies after nine day illness at 33
Charles A Lowe aged 33 died of jaundice at 8:30 Sunday at his sister Mrs Thomas Fleming's home 202 North Barr Street He was born in St Joseph township and worked for Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction He leaves three sisters Mrs Mary Payton Mrs Fleming and Miss Nannie Lowe Hudson and two half brothers John and Abraham Fratenburs Funeral services Tuesday at 2 pm from the residence with Rev A K Zartman officiating Interment Parker Cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Lowe
Thomas Fleming
North Barr Street
Mr. Lowe
St. Joseph Township
Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction Company
Mary Payton
Fleming
Nannie Lowe
Hudson
Death of Whicker Pioneer at 6 Years Old
William H. Whicker aged 6, a pioneer resident of Whitley county, died at 4 40 p m Saturday at the home of his son in law F Fisher 1386 Buchanan street after months of ill health. A native of Green county Ohio he moved to Indiana in early life and remains were sent to C E Whicker in Coesse for funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Whicker
Whitley County
F. Fisher
Buchanan Street
Mr. Whicker
Green County
Ohio
Indiana
C. E. Whicker
Coesse
Melvina Preble Dies at 68 in Fort Wayne Home
Melvina Preble wife of Darius Preble died Saturday at age 68 from complications at the family home 2420 Nelson street. Born in Whitley county she leaves six children M Swan and Mrs George Griswold of Wallen Mrs Edward Griswold of California G W Preble of Indianapolis M Preble of Fort Wayne and J W Preble of Chicago a sister Mrs Hilmira Mosher of Columbia City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvina Preble
Darius Preble
Nelson Street
Whitley County
M. Swan
George Griswold
Wallen
Edward Griswold
California
G. W. Preble
Indianapolis
Va. M. Preble
Fort Wayne
J. W. Preble
Chicago
Hilmira Mosher
Columbia City
Fort Wayne Pioneer Charles Bornemann Dies at 87
In his home at 918 Harrison street Charles Bornemann longtime German resident of Fort Wayne died Wednesday at age 87. Atty seven years in the same house he was well known among older residents of the city he came from his native Jaran a to fort wayne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison Street
Charles Bornemann
Fort Wayne
Bornemann
Jana
Festfulness of retired life noted in obituary
The deceased Mr Bornemann is survived by one daughter Mrs Sophia Lade, with whom he resided. He was a member of St Johns Reformed Church. Funeral services are planned for Friday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bornemann
Sophia Lade
St. John’s Reformed Church
Death of Fort Wayne Resident Ellen Hayes at 85
Mrs Ellen Hayes aged 85 died Friday at her home 405 Dawson street after a long illness. One of Fort Wayne’s oldest residents she came to the city with her husband Thomas Hayes about 50 years ago. Survivors include nieces Mrs Margaret Golden and Mrs Ellen Woulfe, nephew Dennis Hayes yardmaster for the Wabash, grand nephews John Woulfe and Policeman Joseph Golden, and others from the Hayes and Kiley families. She was a devout member of St Patrick's Catholic church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Hayes
Dawson Street
Hayes
Fort Wayne
Thomas Hayes
Margaret Golden
Melita Street
Ellen Woulfe
Brackenridge Street
Dennis Hayes
The
Mrs Pauline Wienhoft Dies After Cancer Operation
Mrs Pauline Wienhoft aged forty five wife of Theodore Wienhoft died Saturday afternoon at 12:10 in the Lutheran hospital after being brought from Elkhart for cancer surgery last Tuesday. The operation was successful but she could not recover. Surviving husband and three children. Interment in Elkhart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline Wienhoft
Theodore Wienhoft
Xeutheran Hospital
Death of Pleasant township farmer John Harber at 58
John Harber aged fifty eight a lifelong Pleasant township resident died at his home a mile and a half north of Sheldon Friday evening after an extended illness. He was a well known farmer in the county. Funeral Monday at 9 30 from his residence and 10 from St Aloysius Catholic Church on the Bluffton road. He is survived by his wife two brothers and four sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Harber
Pleasant Township
Sheldon
Harber
St. Aloysius Catholic Church
Bluffton Road
Mr. Harber
Death of Seven-Year-Old Albin Blank Jr on Leesburg Road
Albin Blank Jr aged 7 years 3 months died Friday afternoon at the family home on Leesburg road near the Standard Oil works from congestion of the brain. Father is foreman at Wayne Knitting mills. Funeral Sunday at 2 pm from the residence with interment at Concordia cemetery Rev William Moll officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albin Blank, Jr
Leesburg Road
Standard Oil Works
Wayne Knitting Mills
Corcordia Cemetery
William Moll
Death of Isaac Cope Former Monroeville Resident
Isaac Cope died at 3 Wednesday morning at the county asylum. He is described as a veteran soldier. A son and a daughter live at Decatur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Cope
Monroeville
County Asylum
Decatur
Sovine Charles E dies in Allen county at 73
Charles E Sovine resident of Allen county for sixty years died at 3 this morning at his brother Frederick Sovine’s home in Eel River township. He was blind since age four and had lived with his brother for 26 years. Born in Switz erland and came to America in 1836, moving to Fort Wayne in 1846, survived by one brother Fred. Funeral Friday at 9 from Frederick Sovine’s home, Lindenwood interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Sovine
Allen County
Frederick Sovine
Eel River Township
Mr. Sovine
Switzerland
America
Buffalo
N. Y
Fort Wayne
Levine
Fred Sovine
Lindenwood
Clara Mery Lacklin Dies at 13 of Tuberculosis
Clara Mery Lacklin daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Lacklin of 211 East Leith street died Tuesday morning from tuberculosis aged 13. Funeral services Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the African Methodist Episcopal church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Mery Lacklin
Charles Lacklin
East Leith Street
M. E
Death of Emmett Pancake An Eight Days Old Son
Emmett Pancake infant son of Mr and Mrs Emmett Pancake of 1306 Eliza Street died early Tuesday morning at the family home from exhaustion. Funeral arrangements to be announced later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmett Pancake
Eld
Eliza Street
Funeral Services for Jerry Shoaff in Fort Wayne
Funeral services for the late Jerry Shoaff of Fort Wayne, recently killed in a California accident, will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at the family home 614 Center Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schoaff
Jerry Shoaff
Fort Wayne
California
Center Street
Reverend Campbell to Lead Bethany Pres byterian Service
Rev J W Campbell of Bethany Presbyterian Church will officiate and both the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and the Fort Wayne Lodge of the Fraternal Order of Eagles will handle the services, sharing duties and arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Campbell
Bethany Presbyterian Church
Brotherhood of Railway
Fort Wayne
Every Inch a Man—Edmund W Booth Addresses State Convention
Close to one thousand men gathered at Majestic theater as Edmund W Booth of the Grand Rapids Press delivered a stirring sermon on character over mere strength. He urged purity, self control, decision, and faith, praising Lincoln and urging sympathy, Christ, and a firm resolve to live by divine standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund W. Booth
Grand Rapids
Majestic Theater
Grand Rapids Press
T. H. Walbridge
Toledo
Jesus
Christ
Napoleon
Abraham Lincoln
Ineswer
Sargecond A Gentle Call To Help In A New Way
A brief note emphasizes that Sargecond is the chief aid to Denee in a new approach and urges action to assist others. The message frames the effort as a collective duty and personal contribution to welfare.
NEW STATE OFFICERS OF INDIANA Y M C A
The Indiana Young Men's Christian Association elected officers for the coming year at the Saturday session. Switzer of Lafayette was named president with Dickey, Emmons, Howe, Young, Nitsche and Wallick in key posts. The convention heard sermons on evangelism and the Mikado's Army, and commended railroad and local organizers for their efforts. Evansville and South Bend requested the 1907 gathering, to be decided later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Association
George W. Switzer
D. D
Lafayette
Sol C. Dickey
Indianapolis
C. D. Emmons
Fort Wayne
W. D. Howe
Bloomington
Earl Young
Anderson
W. F. Nitsche
South Bend
John F. Wallick
Mr. Switzer
Logansport
M. E. Church
Dickey
Winona Assembly
Emmons
Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction Company
Howe
Indiana University
Young
Anderson Association
Nitsche
South Bend Tribune
Wallick
Western Union Telegraph Company
Booth
Association
Christ
Helm
Mikado’s Army
Young Christian Workers of the
Young Men’s Christian Association
Committee On
Indiana Young Men's Christian Association
Railroad Young Men's Christian Association of
First Presbyterian Church of
Indiana Union Traction Company
Bass Car Wheel Works
Perfection Biscuit Company
Bowser Oil Tank Works
Ie Mogge
Mern, Jr
Harris
Davies
Switzer
H. T. Sell
Plymouth Congregational Church
W. W. Helm
Indiana
Japan
Peck
Pennsylvania Railroad
Russell
Lake Shore
Young Men's Christian Association
Evansville
City School Board Sets June 14 Closing Date
The city school board fixed June 14 as the closing date for the next school year. This date is one week earlier than previously used and marks the official end of the term.
Miner Siege Halts Work As Gunman Hides In Mine
In Linton Indiana Louis Shulley or Shully shot a man during a card game and fled to the Tower Hill mine. Three hundred miners cannot work as guards guard the mouth and authorities plan to smoke him out. Pump failure risks flooding the mine and company losses loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linton
Ind
Louis Shully
William Watson
Tower Hill
Shulley
Saloonkeeper Sells Whisky to ThirteenYearOld Lad
A thirteen year old boy used his mother's money to buy a half pint of whisky from a saloon on West Main street. Detective Soliday and officers recovered the boy and a confession, but the seller was not on duty. The lad, who rented a horse and buggy and traveled to New Haven, obtained the liquor by forcefully opening a drawer in Eureka hall with a poker. The boy hid part of the bottle, and his mother discovered the remaining whisky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Main Street
Soliday
New Haven
Eureka Hall
Arsenic Poisoning Mystery In Auburn Family
After weeks of inquiry by physicians and chemists arsenic poisoning is blamed for sickness in the Wait family of Auburn New York The father William F Wait remains dangerously ill at City hospital son Bryan once Yale graduate is partly paralyzed and may not recover Victims include a son in law Harvey Clements Mrs Wait and household staff Foodstuffs showed arsenic traces detectives presume overdoses but no culprit has been found Nye and Wait carpet makers are prominent in the city
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
N. Y
William F. Wait
Wait
City Hospital
Bryan
Yale
Harvey Clements
Gloversville
Wait House
Nye and
Hanna School Sold From Board Sale to Philip Wyss
The Hanna school property was sold at a regular school board meeting to Philip Wyss for 6000 dollars after higher bids fell short of 4700. Wyss plans to improve the property with new buildings. The board set Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday schedules, closing Wednesday afternoon for Thanksgiving and resuming Monday morning, with Christmas break ending the afternoon of December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanna
Philip Wyss
Notice to Defendants in Quiet Title Suit Indiana Case
State of Indiana Allen County. William H. J. Werling sues Alexander James McDonald et al in Superior Court for action to quiet title. Unknown spouses and heirs of several named defendants, nonresidents cited. Defendants must answer by January 21, 1907 or default. Attest W. A. Johnson. C. W. Kuhne attorney for plaintiff. W-27-3t
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Indiana
Allen County
William H. J. Werling
Alexander James McDonald
State of
Indiana
Eliza H. Townley
Daniel W. Mathias
Emma Mathias
John C. Mathias
Rebecca A. Mathias
Robert W. Townley
Abby T. Williams
Jonas W. Townley
Orvilla R. Townley
Samuel Loveall
Nancy Loveall
W. A. Johnson
C. W. Kuhne
Quiet Title Action In Superior Court 1906
John William Flesher sues William H. Morton and others in the Superior Court for 1906 to quiet title to real estate. The notice names Ad Roe Jeremiah F Schell Jacob Ream J F Schell Loan and Investment Co Thomas Johnson Mrs Thomas Johnson and F Schell as heirs creditors administrators and devisees. The court by order gives notice to the defendants of the action and authority of the Clerk W A Johnson seal appears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Indiana
Allen County
John William Flesher
William H. Morton
State of
Indiana
Ad Roe
Jeremiah F. Schell
Jacob Ream
J. F. Schell
Thomas Johnson
W. A. Johnson
W. Kuhne
Aity
Quiet Title Action in Indiana Quiet Title Case 1906
State of Indiana Allen County Fred Weibel versus John H Archer et al in Superior Court November Term 1906 action to quiet title and reveal nonresidents of Indiana defendants including Jeremiah Hillyard Charles G Ewing Henry C Cramer and William Lee Ferguson with unknown spouses and heirs. Court orders defendants to appear January 6 1907 to answer or demur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Indiana
Allen County
Fred Weibel
John H. Archer
State of
Indiana
Towit
Jeremiah Hillyard
Charles G. Ewing
Henry C. Cramer
William Lee Ferguson
JO Ohneon
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EARTH
R. H. Carnahan
Parker
Lowe
Preble
Wienhoft
COPE
Sovine
West
Mr. Booth
Skully
New York
Hanna School
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