1916 Necrologist Report

1916 Necrologist Report

(Transcribed and copyrighted June 27, 2001, by Lawrence B. Peet, Joliet, Illinois. Permission granted to copy for non-commercial use only. All in Italics, block type and upper case surnames are added to or modified from the original by the transcriber.)

(The 1916 Old Settlers’ Association Necrology Report, as prepared by Estelle M. Castle, printed in the Joliet Evening Herald-News, October 7, 1916, transcribed by Lawrence B. Peet.)

Pioneers’ Necrology List For 1915-16 By Estelle M. Castle

During the year from October, 1915, to October this year, the ranks of the pioneers of Will county have been visibly thinned. Two years ago there were recorded 114 deaths from within and outside the membership of the Will County Pioneers Association. Last year 227 was the number, and this year 433.

To the younger generation these pioneers have, in their lifetime, offered examples of integrity and stability that have given character to the community life of Will county.

As necrologist, I present the following, as near a complete list as was available, of the settlers called to their eternal reward.

1915

Sept. 30, 1915 – Mrs. Elizabeth KRIPPS, 64 years old, at her home, 307 Ross street. A resident of Joliet for forty-five years.

Sept. 30, 1915 – Mrs. Mary E. CORBETT, in Chicago, many years a Joliet resident.

Oct. 1, 1915 – William REITZ, Sr., of Joliet, 73 years old.

Oct. 2, 1915 – Mrs. J. E. ELFRINK, 79 years old, wife of Rev. J. B. ELFRINK of Peotone.

Oct. 2, 1915 – Daniel T. ZIMMERMAN, 75 years old, pioneer resident of Joliet. He died at his home in Plainfield.

Oct. 3, 1915 – Mrs. Chester H. MARSHALL, 74 years old, in Marley.

Oct. 3, 1915 – Wenzle ERNST, Joliet. 68 years old.

Oct. 3, 1915 – Henry C. SHAW, 55 years old, of Pittsburgh. He was vice president of A. Garrison Foundry company of Pittsburgh, and a former draftsman at the Illinois Steel company.

Oct. 5, 1915 – Miss Anna PRIOR, of Lockport, 62 years old, at Wesley hospital, Chicago, following an operation.

Oct. 6, 1915 – Mrs. Eva Rudd WILLIAMS, 52 years old, at her home, 132 Abe street, Joliet.

Oct. 7, 1915 – Mrs. Elizabeth J. RUSSELL, 92 years old, at her home, 808 (possibly 308) North Broadway, Joliet.

Oct. 7, 1915 – Mrs. Ida PATRICK, 65 years old, at the home of her brother George McCLESTER, in Plainfield.

Oct. 7, 1915 – Mrs. Bertha SPECKMAN, 51 years old, in Kankakee. She was a Joliet resident thirty-five years.

Oct. 9, 1915 – John CLAUS, 66 years old, in Crete, where he had been a resident forty years.

Oct. 9, 1915 – Anna EBERHART, 55 years old, of Manhattan, at Silver Cross hospital. (See November 8, 1915 – L.B. Peet)

Oct. 9, 1915 – John B. ROBERTS, former Joliet resident well-known in railroad and Masonic circles. He died at his home in Ogden, Utah.

Oct. 11, 1915 – Mrs. Lavina FROST, pioneer of Joliet, at her home 134 Willow avenue.

Oct. 11, 1915 – Dr. Emil HAASS, 88 years old, in Frankfort. He practiced medicine in Will county sixty years.

Oct. 11, 1915 – Mrs. Levi HARTONG, 80 (possibly 90) years old, at Plainfield. Resident of that place since 1865.

Oct. 11, 1915 – Mrs. Theodore BECKER, 71 years old. Resident of Crete fifty years.

Oct. 11, 1915 – William CORRIE, 69 years old, at Gosport, Indiana. He was an old resident of Joliet.

Oct. 11, 1915 – Mrs. Minerva BILL, 87 years old, at Fitzgerald, Georgia. Burial in Plainfield.

Oct. 12, 1915 – Newton RICHARDS, 64 years old, at his home, 114 Union street. Member of pioneer family and lifelong resident of Joliet.

Oct. 12, 1915 – James EGAN, 68 years old, in Joliet.

Oct. 14, 1915 – Mrs. Ellen Casey DUNCAN, 86 years old, in Chicago. Wife of Robert DUNCAN, one of Joliet’s earliest merchants, who conducted a store more than sixty years ago where the Loughran building now stands.

Oct. 16, 1915 – Mrs. Mary MURPHY, 70 years old, in Troy.

Oct. 16, 1915 – Mrs. Sarah VAN VLECK, in Mahomet, Illinois, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. O. PEARMAN. Burial in family lot in Oakwood cemetery, Joliet.

Oct. 17, 1915 – Mrs. David GALLAHER, 60 years old, at Silver Cross hospital.

Oct. 17, 1915 – Mrs. Catherine McLENNON, in Chicago, an old resident of Joliet.

Oct. 17, 1915 – George F. SMITH, former Plainfield resident, died suddenly in New York city. Burial in Daytona, Florida, where he was residing.

Oct. 18, 1915 – Mrs. Catherine MURPHY, 78 years old, at her home in Wilmington.

Oct. 18, 1915 – Mrs. Henry HESS, 46 years old, at her home in Frankfort. Death was due to shock from death of her father, Dr. Emil HAASS, October 11.

Oct. 19, 1915 – Will WHITE, former Joliet resident, died at his home in Lewiston, Montana.

Oct. 19, 1915 – Word was received of the death of Mrs. Ella S. NICCOLS, at Eugene, Oregon. She was a native of Joliet.

Oct. 21, 1915 – Edward McGUIRE, in LaSalle hospital. Burial in family lot in Mt. Olivet cemetery.

Oct. 23, 1915 – Mrs. Anna WOOD, aged 66 years, at her home in Joliet.

Oct. 23, 1915 – Mrs. Agnes HUTTON, 90 years old, at the home of her son in Lockport.

Oct. 25, 1915 – Joseph LEAHNER, 67 years old, native of Joliet.

Oct. 26, 1915 – Michael BOUCHER, an old resident of Joliet, at his home, 103 North Broadway.

Oct. 27, 1915 – George ACKER, 85 years old, in Joliet.

Oct. 27, 1915 – Mrs. Elizabeth WILLIAMS, 63 (possibly 68) years old, at her home in South Chicago street, Joliet.

Oct. 27, 1915 – Francis G. BENNIT, 87 years old, at his home 202 Fifth avenue. Father of Mrs. Richard VILET.

Oct. 27, 1915 – Mrs. Ida B. LEONARD, 50 years old, wife of F. B. LEONARD, at her home, 204 Herkimer street. Mother of Dr. John LEONARD.

Oct. 28, 1915 – Mrs. Nancy BROCKWAY, 89 years old, pioneer of Will county, at the home of her daughter in Peotone.

Oct. 29, 1915 – Mrs. Frances LANG, 67 years old, in Chicago. Wife of M. G. LANG, former superintendent of saddlery department at the prison.

Oct. 30, 1915 – Mrs. Mary DRAEGER, 70 years old, at Sherburn, Wisconsin. She was a former resident of Peotone.

Oct. 30, 1915 – Mrs. Mary McCANNA, 53 years old, of Joliet, at St. Joseph’s hospital.

Oct. 31, 1915 – Henry CRAWFORD, 54 years old, former Peotone resident in Los Angeles.

Oct. 31, 1915 – Mons PAULSON, 79 years old, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Robert GLASGOW, Caton Farm.

Oct. 31, 1915 – Mrs. Johanna FOGARTY, of Joliet, 75 years old, from fall at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Helen O’BRIEN, in Chicago.

Nov. 2, 1915 – John KIRK, 57 years old, a resident of Joliet for thirty-eight years, at his home in Gary.

Nov. 2, 1915 – Mrs. R. M. MURRAY, of Joliet, 67 years old.

Nov. 2, 1915 – George MOSS, many years a Plainfield resident, at his home following a stroke of paralysis.

Nov. 3, 1915 – Mrs. Frank BAIRD, at her home in Custer Park.

Nov. 4, 1915 – Michael STANTON, 53 years old, Joliet, at St. Joseph’s hospital.

Nov. 4, 1915 – George SIEGEL, 81 years old, Joliet.

Nov. 4, 1915 – Mrs. Edward G. MINNEMEYERS, of Chicago. Fifteen years ago she was a Joliet resident.

Nov. 4, 1915 – Anton WALTHOUSEN, 74 years old, Wilton Center.

Nov. 6, 1915 – Mrs. Hester MORRISON, 75 years old, at her home in Grover street, Joliet. Widow of the late Robert MORRISON.

Nov. 6, 1915 – Mrs. S. G. WRIGHT, of Gardner, former Braidwood resident.

Nov. 7, 1915 – John KAYSER, 61 years old, a resident of Joliet since 1855.

Nov. 7, 1915 – John MILLIGAN, 57 years old, Joliet. Died from injuries received in railroad wreck.

Nov. 7, 1915 – Rudolph JOLLIFF, 61 years old, Joliet.

Nov. 7, 1915 – H. Hen SMITH, 53 years old, “father” of the “safety-first” movement. Died from a stroke of apoplexy.

Nov. 7, 1915 – W. J. MALCOLM, 54 years old, at Higby, Mo. He was a former Braidwood resident.

Nov. 7, 1915 – Mrs. Peter O’BERN, 59 years old, Wilton.

Nov. 8, 1915 – Mrs. Anna EBERHART, Manhattan, 86 years old. She was the widow of the late Ben EBERHART. (see October 9, 1915 – L. B. Peet)

Nov. 8, 1915 – John H. KAUFMAN, prominent Steger merchant.

Nov. 5, 1915 – Mrs. Sarah MILLETT AURELIUS, wife of Thomas AURELIUS, Sr., of Joliet, at Silver Cross hospital following an operation.

Nov. 9, 1915 – Charles P. FOOTE, 55 years old, Chicago. Many years a Joliet resident.

Nov. 10, 1915 – The funeral of Mrs. Caroline JACKLIN, former Lockport resident, who died in Fresno, California, was held in Chicago.

Nov. 10, 1915 – Mrs. Alvira WOOD, 67 years old, Crete. She was ill for nine years.

Nov. 11, 1915 – Mrs. C. W. EFNER, 75 years old, Joliet.

Nov. 11, 1915 – Mrs. George W. McCUNE, 75 years old, Wilmington.

Nov. 11, 1915 – Mrs. Mary Emma NELSON, of Wilmington, 78 years old.

Nov. 12, 1915 – Mrs. Lois HEINTZLEMAN, 69 years old, Joliet.

Nov. 13, 1915 – John F. BANNON, 87 years old. A resident of Joliet sixty years.

Nov. 13, 1915 – Mrs. Nancy A. POLHAMUS, 79 years old. Highland Park, Illinois. Formerly of Joliet.

Nov. 16, 1915 – Norah McCRAY, 76 years old, Joliet.

Nov. 17, 1915 – James TRESIZE, aged 72 years, Joliet.

Nov. 17, 1915 – August HANSON, pioneer resident of eastern Will county, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Charles BRUGGEMAN, in Frankfort.

Nov. 17, 1915 – John RUELLE, Sr., 63 years old, South Wilmington.

Nov. 18, 1915 – Robert SCOTT, Kinsnan, Ohio, many years a Plainfield resident.

Nov. 18, 1915 – Mrs. Martha L. HAMMOND, 73 years old, Joliet. Wife of Seneca HAMMOND. (The ink is bad and the film is scratched – possibility of her age being 78 years. – L. B. Peet)

Nov. 18, 1915 – Frank DAVIDSON, 77 years old, Joliet. Retired steel mill man.

Nov. 21, 1915 – Mrs. Jenny INGERSOLL, aged 68 years, Lockport. Pioneer of Homer township.

Nov. 21, 1915 – John LAUTERBACH, 69 years old, Joliet.

Nov. 23, 1915 – Mrs. Martha BANNON, 52 years old, at St. Joseph’s hospital.

Nov. 23, 1915 – Henry H. NEWTON, 61 years old, at Libson, former Plainfield merchant. (possibility of the name being “Lisbon,” Ill., as I’ve never heard of “Libson.” – L. B. Peet)

Nov. 23, 1915 – Mrs. Cornelia SULLIVAN, pioneer of Braidwood.

Nov. 25, 1915 – Mrs. Bessie RILEY, Chicago. 80 years old, former Joliet resident.

Nov. 26, 1915 – Emery PLATTS, 75 years old, in Plainfield, where he had resided since 16 years of age.

Nov. 26, 1915 – Mrs. Vincent BANYARD, 71 years old, Wilmington.

Nov. 27, 1915 – John W. HAYS, Plainfield pioneer, at Milwaukee.

Nov. 27, 1915 – John HEATER, 74 years old, resident of Joliet and member of Bartleson Post (G. A. R.).

Nov. 29, 1915 – John EILERS, (possibly ELLERS), 80 years old, at Peotone. He was a Will county resident since 1871.

Nov. 30, 1915 – Joseph HAUSSER, 60 years old, Joliet.

Nov. 30, 1915 – Mrs. James G. ELWOOD, 75 years old, wife of Captain Elwood.

Nov. 30, 1915 – Charles A. SALBER, (possibly SAIBER), 52 years old, at Trinidad, Colorado. Former Braidwood man.

Nov. 30, 1915 – Mrs. M. F. COUGHLIN, 86 years old, Wilmington.

Dec. 1, 1915 – Daniel SOLLY, Lockport.

Dec. 2, 1915 – Sidney L. WEBSTER, 67 years old, at Wilmington. He was the Chicago & Alton’s oldest engineer.

Dec. 2, 1915 – Mrs. Dwight BROADRICK, 82 years old, at Shawmut, Montana. An early settler of Wilton Center.

Dec. 3, 1915 – Victor CASWELL, 52 years old, Joliet.

Dec. 3, 1915 – Mrs. Mary MILLS, 64 years old, at Wilmington.

Dec. 3, 1915 – George WALTON, 59 years old, pioneer Joliet printer.

Dec. 4, 1915 – Mrs. William KIRSTEIN, 51 years old, Manhattan Pioneer.

Dec. 4, 1915 – William PELKEY, Sr., 78 years old, Joliet.

Dec. 5, 1915 – Albert L. BOWEN, in St. Louis. Son of a Joliet pioneer mayor.

Dec. 6, 1915 – Mrs. Rosana COX, 78 years old, Joliet.

Dec. 6, 1915 – Mrs. Ellen Noonan CULL, Joliet.

Dec. 6, 1915 – F. B. JESSUP, Chicago, former Wilmington resident.

Dec. 7, 1915 – Barbara OTTAWITZ, 55 years old, Joliet.

Dec. 7, 1915 – Mrs. Eliza J. CHAPMAN, 95 years old, at Forest Park. Burial in Chapman cemetery.

Dec. 8, 1915 – Mrs. Mary Elizabeth COLESBY, pioneer of Channahon.

Dec. 8, 1915 – Mrs. Bridget LACY, pioneer of Lockport.

Dec. 8, 1915 – Mrs. Isabelle ALLAN, 58 years old, resident of Will county since 1873 (possibly 1878), died in South Wilmington.

Dec. 10, 1915 – William RATHBUN, Joliet, 63 years old, at St. Joseph’s hospital, following injuries received at explosion that wrecked the J. D. STRUTZEL garage.

Dec. 10, 1915 – James MURPHY, 107 years old, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. H. FORAN, Joliet.

Dec. 11, 1915 – Dr. Manning FISH, in Chicago, 53 years old. Member of a pioneer Joliet family.

Dec. 11, 1915 – Mrs. Katherine MUNCH, 89 years old, Joliet.

Dec. 13, 1915 – Mrs. Ingri Catherine JOHNSON, 60 years old, Joliet. (given name might possibly be “Ingrl” – L. B. Peet)

Dec. 13, 1915 – John GHIGHERI, resident of Braidwood thirty-five years.

Dec. 14, 1915 – Joseph PAULES, 74 years old, Wilmington.

Dec. 14, 1915 – John T. ALEXANDER, 75 years old, Elwood, died at Mt.Clemens, Michigan.

Dec. 14, 1915 – Mrs. Edith REED, of Monee, died in Chicago.

Dec. 15, 1915 – John G. ANTRIM, 69 years old, Joliet.

Dec. 15, 1915 – Bonde PETERSON, 55 years old, Joliet.

Dec. 15, 1915 – Martin GARDNER, 59 years old, Plainfield.

Dec. 15, 1915 – Mrs. Corwine Serbert WILLARD, in Chicago, formerly of Wilmington.

Dec. 16, 1915 – Henry CORP, 78 years old, New Lenox. Sexton of the New Lenox cemetery.

Dec. 16, 1915 – Mrs. John JOVEY, (possibly JOVOY), 68 years, in Lockport, where she resided sixty-eight years.

Dec. 17, 1915 – John RODGER, 70 years old, Joliet. Pioneer railroad man.

Dec. 17, 1915 – Mrs. Ruel WILLARD, Chicago, former Wilmington resident.

Dec. 17, 1915 – Platt McCLOUD, 78 years old, at Bird’s Bridge.

Dec. 17, 1915 – Mrs. Mary A. STOOS, 77 years old, suddenly in Joliet.

Dec. 18, 1915 – Edward F. FLOOD, 86 years old, Chicago. Formerly of Joliet.

Dec. 18, 1915 – A. W. BRIGGS, at Fresno, California, prominent Joliet pioneer.

Dec. 18, 1915 – Mrs. Luke ENGLISH, in Braidwood.

Dec. 19, 1915 – Mrs. Elizabeth G. HUTTON, 70 years old, Joliet.

Dec. 20, 1915 – Luke ENGLISH, 77 years old, died twenty-three hours after his wife.

Dec. 20, 1915 – Mrs. Mary J. PICKEL, 75 years old, Joliet. Widow of George F. PICKEL, civil war veteran.

Dec. 20, 1915 – William GAFFNEY, 59 years old, suddenly in Joliet.

Dec. 20, 1915 – Nelson St. GEORGE, oldest pioneer resident of Channahon township; found dead at his home.

Dec. 20, 1915 – Mrs. Joseph A. GODFREY, 65 years old, in Joliet, following a stroke of paralysis.

Dec. 21, 1915 – Jacob T. PHILLIPS, Plainfield, 79 years old. He was the driver of the first street car in Joliet.

Dec. 22, 1915 – Mrs. Ellen MORAN, 85 years old. Joliet.

Dec. 21, 1915 – Rev. Herman F. MOORE, 54 years old, Joliet, at Evanston hospital, following operation.

Dec. 22, 1915 – Mrs. Thomas TUCKER, Sr., at Chicago Heights, formerly of Monee.

Dec. 23, 1915 – Mrs. Henry BLACKMAN, 80 years old. She was an early settler of Joliet.

Dec. 24, 1915 – Frank KELLY, 94 years old, in Joliet where he resided for fifty years.

Dec. 24, 1915 – J. H. LANFEAR, 78 years old, at Homer.

Dec. 24, 1915 – John R. THOMPSON, formerly of Lockport, at Lincoln, Nebraska.

Dec. 25, 1915 – M. A. MEAD, 70 years old, civil war veteran, Joliet.

Dec. 25, 1915 – Miss Helen DEAN, 80 years old, Joliet.

Dec. 25, 1915 – James KAZAR, at Aurora, former Will county resident.

Dec. 26, 1915 – Mrs. Mary MILLER, Joliet.

Dec. 27, 1915 – Miss Mary WOODRUFF, at Rochester, New York, former Joliet teacher.

Dec. 27, 1915 – Mrs. Amelie Kelm YANKE, 60 years old, Joliet.

Dec. 29, 1915 – R. W. KILLMER, 94 years old, Joliet. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity for fifty-six years.

Dec. 29, 1915 – Mrs. Fred CAPPELMAN, 82 years old, Frankfort.

Dec. 30, 1915 – Mrs. David HEINTZELMAN, 69 years old, Joliet.

Dec. 30, 1915 – Mrs. James H. MURRAY, 68 years old, Lockport.

Dec. 30, 1915 – John DONOVAN, 68 years old, Joliet.(possibly 63 years old. – L. B. Peet)

Dec. 31, 1915 – Peter PFEIFFER, 67 years old, resident of Frankfort for fifty years.

Dec. 31, 1915 – Mrs. David EARL, resident of Braidwood for forty years.

1916

Jan. 1, 1916 – Robert TAYLOR, 53 years old. Twenty-five years and employe Moore Stove Works.

Jan. 2, 1916 – Daniel N. BRUCE, Elwood resident for forty years.

Jan. 2, 1916 – Mrs. Thomas CONNOR, 70 years old, Braidwood resident forty years.

Jan. 3, 1916 – Mrs. Margaret GAY, 88 years old, resident Lockport forty years.

Jan. 5, 1916 – Mrs. Henry HARNENING, 72 years old. A Crete pioneer.

Jan. 5, 1916 – Samuel D. CHANEY, 58 years old. Joliet philanthropist.

Jan. 5, 1916 – A. J. CLAUS, 75 years old, Steger.

Jan. 6, 1916 – Mrs. Annetta PUDDICOMBE, wife of Richard PUDDICOMBE, Joliet.

Jan. 7, 1916 – Samuel P. CASE, resided in Wilton twenty-five years.

Jan. 9, 1916 – Ira J. KANAGY, 61 years old, an old Plainfield resident.

Jan. 9, 1916 – John McMANUS, 88 years old, in Chicago; formerly of Wilmington.

Jan. 9, 1916 – James P. MURPHY, 94 years old, Joliet’s “Uncle Jimmy.”

Jan. 9, 1916 – Ernestine Caroline ROTHER, 69 years old, Plainfield.

Jan. 10, 1916 – Mrs. Elizabeth McCARTHY, 85 years old, Joliet.

Jan. 10, 1916 – Mrs. Ellen GILLETT, 73 years old, at her home in New Lenox.

Jan. 10, 1916 – Henry T. STEIN, 79 years old, Joliet. Formerly a pioneer of New Lenox.

Jan. 10, 1916 – Mrs. Margaret PATON, 72 years old, Joliet.

Jan. 10, 1916 – Mrs. John GAYLORD, an old resident of Plainfield.

Jan. 10, 1916 – Mrs. Morgan GREEN, 76 years old, Plainfield.

Jan. 10, 1916 – Fred BATTERMAN, of Crete.

Jan. 12, 1916 – Mrs. Julia WEBB, 61 years old, fifty years a Joliet resident.

Jan. 13, 1916 – Martin GALLAGHER, 53 years old; a lifelong resident of Lockport and Joliet.

Jan. 13, 1916 – SIMEON W. LULL, 84 years old, pioneer Joliet Merchant.

Jan. 14, 1916 – G. E. JARVIS, Joliet clothing merchant for forty years.

Jan. 15, 1916 – Mrs. Augusta ENDELL, 71 years old, Joliet.

Jan. 15, 1916 – Amselm KARL, 71 years old, Joliet.

Jan. 15, 1916 – Henry WARD, 84 years old, Wilmington.

Jan. 15, 1916 – James McKAIG, 74 years old, Joliet.

Jan. 16, 1916 – Eaton A. WYLIE, 61 years old, Joliet.

Jan. 16, 1916 – Mrs. John KLOSS, (possibly KLOSE), 68 years old, lifelong Mokena resident.

Jan. 16, 1916 – Mrs. Sarah BERARD, 82 years old, Joliet.

Jan. 16, 1916 – Joseph HEBERT, 69 years old, Joliet.

Jan. 17, 1916 – Mrs. Margaret POWERS, 65 years old, resident of Joliet forty-five years.

Jan. 17, 1916 – “Grandma SHAW,” 92 years old, Peotone.

Jan. 19, 1916 – Miss Elizabeth CUSHING, Joliet. Sister of Dr. M. CUSHING.

Jan. 20, 1916 – Mrs. Margaret JAMES, 74 years old, Wilmington.

Jan. 21, 1916 – William H. ROSS, 74 years old, Joliet.

Jan. 21, 1916 – Mrs. Margaret WOHLGEMUTH, 79 years old, Lockport.

Jan. 22, 1916 – P. A. ERICKSON, Swedish Republican leader.

Jan. 23, 1916 – George SMITH, 62 years old, Joliet.

Jan. 23, 1916 – Mrs. Elizabeth HAY, 74 years old, Joliet.

Jan. 24, 1916 – Mrs. F. B. EMERY, 68 years old, (possibly 63 years old L. B. Peet) Des Moines, Iowa, formerly of Joliet.

Jan. 26, 1916 – Richard WALSH, Manhattan pioneer farmer.

Jan. 27, 1916 – Mrs. Emily MORGAN, 74 years old, Plainfield Pioneer.

Jan. 28, 1916 – Mrs. Marie MUELLER, 73 years old, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. E. S. MUNROE, Joliet.

Jan. 28, 1916 – Mrs. Jessie Codding HOLDEN, Los Angeles, formerly of Lockport.

Jan. 28, 1916 – Harry FRENCH, 79 years old, Custer.

Jan. 29, 1916 – Charles ACHENBACH, 58 years old. (possibly 53 years old – L. B. Peet) Cigar manufacturer.

Jan. 31, 1916 – Mrs. Eunice KEEN, 88 years old, at North Platt, Nebraska; pioneer of Joliet.

Jan. 31, 1916 – Mrs. Justine HARTMAN, 73 years old, Beecher.

Jan. 31, 1916 – Miss Leonora M. NOTT, 72 years old. Wilmington teacher and librarian for over thirty years.

Feb. 1, 1916 – Mrs. Minnie C. KING, 72 years old. Mother of Samuel KING.

Feb. 3, 1916 – Michael KEELEY, 82 years old, Wilmington.

Feb. 3, 1916 – Dr. Adrian L. MOODY, 61 years old, Chicago, formerly of Lockport and Joliet.

Feb. 3, 1916 – Mrs. John SCHULER, 73 years old, lived in Lockport forty-seven years.

Feb. 4, 1916 – Charles R. BACKUS, 77 years old, Joliet.

Feb. 5, 1916 – John SWEEDLER, 96 years old, pioneer of Jackson.

Feb. 5, 1916 – Mrs. David PADEN, 76 years old, pioneer of Braidwood.

Feb. 6, 1916 – Mrs. Catherine ROTH, 61 years old, Joliet.

Feb. 8, 1916 – Mrs. Margaret VOHIT, 98 years old, in Blue Island; Mokena pioneer.

Feb. 8, 1916 – Peter SWANSON, 79 years old, Manhattan.

Feb. 12, 1916 – John KILLEY, 91 years old. Lived on the farm where he died since 1839.

Feb. 13, 1916 – Mrs. Sophronia HAMLIN, 82 years old. Joliet resident thirty-eight years.

Feb. 13, 1916 – Mrs. Mary McHALE, 68 years old, lived thirty years in Joliet.

Feb. 14, 1916 – Frank H. GATES, 56 years old. Joliet.

Feb. 14, 1916 – Mrs. Anna L. STEARNS, 59 years old. Niece of the late Jacob A. HENRY.

Feb. 15, 1916 – Mrs. Margaret KETTERING, 74 years old, Monee.

Feb. 15, 1916 – Thomas CAIN, 90 years old, at his home in Manhattan.

Feb. 15, 1916 – C. P. BRIDGE, at Elkhart, Indiana. Native of Elwood.

Feb. 16, 1916 – David HEINTEZLMAN, ( HEINTZELMAN ?), 76 years old, Joliet.

Feb. 16, 1916 – Francis J. DEVINE, Joliet.

Feb. 16, 1916 – John CAMPBELL, 83 years old, in Kansas; native of Wilmington.

Feb. 16, 1916 – Mrs. Mary Tiffany MURRAY, Los Angeles; pioneer of Plainfield.

Feb. 17, 1916 – Mrs. Mary Ann RICHARDS, 94 years old, 75 years a Joliet resident.

Feb. 18, 1916 – Mrs. Moses MAUTE, 74 years old. Frankfort pioneer.

Feb. 18, 1916 – Fred MILLER, 76 years old, pioneer farmer, Plainfield.

Feb. 19, 1916 – Mrs. Emmeline KNAPP, 76 years old, Chicago; pioneer of New Lenox.

Feb. 20, 1916 – Mrs. N. S. BEEDY, 78 years old, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles GOODSPEED, Joliet; Peotone pioneer.

Feb. 24, 1916 – J. Fred WILCOX, 69 years old, Joliet ; founder of Spot Cash.

Feb. 25, 1916 – David R. MONTEITH, 79 years old, Wilmington.

Feb. 29, 1916 – Mrs. Gene FINLEY, 77 years old, prominent resident of Wilmington.

Feb. 28, 1916 – Mrs. John VAN HORN, 77 years old, pioneer teacher of Plainfield.

Mar. 3, 1916 – Mrs. Rosa STERN, 68 years old, wife of L. STERN.

Mar. 3, 1916 – John MONAHAN, 73 years old, resident of Joliet for forty years.

Mar. 3, 1916 – Mrs. Katheryn L. DUBRIDGE, 80 years old. A Peotone resident for fifty -seven years.

Mar. 4, 1916 – Mrs. Elizabeth KOCH, 66 years old , lifelong resident of Mokena.

Mar. 7, 1916 – Mrs. Virginia A. HOUSE, Chicago, widow of George H. HOUSE, prominent Joliet attorney, and the daughter of the late Uriel OSGOOD.

Mar. 9, 1916 – Mrs. John EFFTING, 56 years old, native of Lockport.

Mar. 10, 1916 – William ROBERTS, 86 years old, a veteran employe of G. A. DUCKER company. (Born in England; survivor of the “Charge of the Light Brigade,” in the Crimean War; buried in the Ducker family plot at Oakwood Cemetery, Joliet. – L. B. Peet)

Mar. 14, 1916 – Mrs. Dora TILSY, 78 years old, pioneer of Homer.

Mar. 15, 1916 – Dr. Thomas D. BAIRD, 65 years old, in Colorado, formerly assistant physician at the penitentiary.

Mar. 16, 1916 – William DEUTSCHE, 90 years old, one of the first settlers in Monee.

Mar. 19, 1916 – Mrs. Amelia C. LAMPHIER, Homer resident sixty years.

Mar. 21, 1916 – Jacob GLOOR, civil war veteran and one of Monee’s oldest citizens.

Mar. 21, 1916 – D. N. SHIPMAN, civil war veteran, Joliet.

Mar. 21, 1916 – Mrs. William VICKERS, pioneer of Braidwood.

Mar. 24, 1916 – Martin WILLIAMS, civil war veteran and prominent citizen of Steger.

Mar. 25, 1916 – Philip M. QUINN, Chicago, formerly of Lockport.

Mar. 26, 1916 – Mrs. Elizabeth SCHNEIDER, 69 years old, Joliet.

Mar. 27, 1916 – Mrs. Johanna O’MARA, 74 years old, Joliet.

Mar. 27, 1916 – Phillip Harvey McGINNIS, 70 years old; a resident of Joliet for fifty years.

Mar. 27, 1916 – James STILLWELL, civil war veteran and Joliet pioneer.

Mar. 28. 1916 – Jacob BUMP, 73 years old, a lifelong resident of Homer.

Mar. 30, 1916 – Frank J. KNOWELS, Chicago, formerly of Lockport.

Mar. 31, 1916 – Mrs. E. WATKINS, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles ARMAGAST, 902 Third avenue, Joliet.

April 2, 1916 – Mrs. O. B. SADLER, at San Pedro, California, formerly of Joliet.

April 3, 1916 – Rev. William Henry BURNS, D. D., 75 years old, former pastor of Ottawa Street M. E. church and presiding elder of the Joliet district.

April 4, 1916 – Dr. J. J. BRINKERHOFF, 47 years old. Native of Will county, died in Minooka.

April 6, 1916 – Mrs. W. G. WILCOX, 56 years old, lifelong resident of Joliet.

April 6, 1916 – Watson TWINING, 68 years old, elder of Willow Avenue Presbyterian church since its organization. He came to Green Garden in 1851.

April 7, 1916 – Frank WALTER, 67 years old, lifelong resident of Will county. Joliet attorney and resident of Lockport township high school board.

April 10, 1916 – Hugh G. DuBIEN, civil war veteran, 78 years old, member o Bartleson Post, G. A. R.

April 10, 1916 – Mrs. Mary VOLLMER, 54 years old. Joliet resident for 35 years.

April 10, 1916 – Salem REED, 65 years old, Manhattan.

April 12, 1916 – Miss Carrie HYLAND, 81 years old, at Naperville, came to Plainfield in 1855.

April 13, 1916 – Dr. G. M. PEAIRS, 50 years old, surgeon Illinois Steel Co.

April 13, 1916 – James W. PATTERSON, 65 years old, supervisor and ex-postmaster of Braidwood.

April 15, 1916 – Mrs. Ernestine HORATH, 70 years old, 43 years a Joliet resident.

April 15, 1916 – Christopher GERLACH, 82 years old, at West Lockport, pioneer of Homer.

April 16, 1916 – Mrs. Joseph VINSON, San Antoinia, Texas, pioneer of Joliet.

April 17, 1916 – Miss Ann KAVENEY, 71 years old, Wilton.

April 18, 1916 – Mrs. William R. KUHN, 55 years old, lifelong resident of Joliet.

April 18, 1916 – Thomas HAYDEN, 73 years old, Wilmington.

April 18, 1916 – Miss Veronica ADLER, 70 years old, native of Joliet.

April 18, 1916 – John ANDERSON, 63 years old. Joliet resident 46 years. Former assistant supervisor and highway commissioner and one of Joliet’s first Swedish-American residents.

April 20, 1916 – Thomas B. SMITH, 67 years old, Chicago, veteran of the civil war, formerly of Joliet.

April 20, 1916 – Frederick GATTER, 80 years old, resident of Frankfort for 50 years.

April 21, 1916 – Mrs. Salome JOHNSTON, 76 years old, pioneer of Joliet.

April 22, 1916 – David E. BUTTS, in New Orleans, formerly of Joliet. Brother of Mrs. Adelia B. MACK.

April 23, 1916 – Mrs. Caroline SCHMIDT, 95 years old, Joliet resident for 45 years.

April 24, 1916 – Capt. Robert E. ORR, 60 years old, former supervisor of Will county.

April 24, 1916 – Katherine Margaret MATTES, 76 years old, Mokena, one of the oldest settlers of New Lenox township.

April 24, 1916 – Mrs. Jane P. SIMONDS, 88 years old. A Joliet resident for 65 years.

April 26, 1916 – Mrs. Sarah KIRKHAMP, 57 years old, Rockford, Joliet resident.

April 27, 1916 – Mrs. Samuel EUSTON, Montana, pioneer of Wilmingtomn.

April 27, 1916 – John H. BARNES, 54 years old, lived in Joliet 30 years, buried in Homer.

April 27, 1916 – Mrs. Charles SHEPLEY, 87 years old, Wilmington resident 40 years.

April 28, 1916 – John SEMMLER, (could be SOMMLER), 71 years old; a resident of Will county for 50 years.

April 29, 1916 – Michael TRAINOR, 53 years old; veteran railroad conductor; born in Joliet.

April 30, 1916 – Mrs. Rachael REID, 82 years old; 30 years a Joliet resident.

May 3, 1916 – Mrs. Stella COWING, wife of Judge COWING, Joliet.

May 4, 1916 – Mrs. Abbie HUBBARD, died in Ottawa, pioneer of Plainfield.

May 5, 1916 – Ephraim WEST, 74 years old, Channahon resident 71 years.

May 5, 1916 – Clinton QUIMBY, 43 years old, lifelong resident of Wilmington. (possibly, 48 years old. – L. B. Peet)

May 6, 1916 – Ernest BALLER, 63 years old, Joliet township.

May 6, 1916 – Mrs, Christina SHAFFNER, 93 years old; children’s friend and known as the “be happy” woman; Joliet.

May 9, 1916 – William CHERRY, and old and honored member of the Knights of Pythias of Braidwood.

May 9, 1916 – Mrs. Bridget Ann TIERNEY, 80 years old, Joliet.

May 11, 1916 – Jonathan S. McDONALD, 87 years old, resident of Lockport 80 years; veteran of the civil war and founder of Lockport Phoenix.

May 13, 1916 – David KOHL, 69 years old, Joliet; Will county resident 61 years.

May 13, 1916 – James VENNER, luived in Channahon for 45 years.

May 14, 1916 – Patrick MURPHY, 80 years old, Homer township.

May 16, 1916 – Miss Anna SLEESNER, a Mokena resident many years.

May 17, 1916 – Miss Florence MESSENGER, 76 years old; pioneer of Homer.

May 18, 1916 – George KARCH, Long Beach, California, 70 years old; pioneer of Frankfort.

May 18, 1916 – Mrs. Frances Breese VAN FLEET, wife of Victor D. Van Fleet, Joliet.

May 20, 1916 – Mrs. Joseph POMATTO, 68 years old, Braidwood resident 35 years.

May 24, 1916 – Mrs. Mary WHITE, 72 years old, Wilton Center; resident of Wilton since 1854.

May 24, 1916 – John CRAWFORD, Manhattan; pioneer of Wilton Center.

May 29, 1916 – Miss Jane COYNE, 68 years old; pioneer of Lockport.

May 29, 1916 – Mrs. Elizabeth BEDFORD, 91 years old; lived in Channahon 65 years.

May 31, 1916 – Hugh McCABE, 71 years old, Joliet.

May 31, 1916 – Mrs. Edward SHANAGEES, in Chicago; a Wilmington pioneer.

June 1, 1916 – Teresa Hausser STEINER, 57 years old; lifelong Joliet resident.

June 1, 1916 – Albert MAPPS, 66 years old, Joliet.

June 2, 1916 – Mrs. Lodema BRANDIN, 85 years old, Joliet.

June 3, 1916 – George LEE, 84 years old, Joliet.

June 8, 1916 – Frank CLARE, 48 years old; lifelong resident of Joliet; former city collector.

June 10, 1916 – John ALTHOUSE, 91 years old; lived at Albany, Oregon; pioneer of Wilmington.

June 14, 1916 – Mrs. Bridget FOLLEN, 84 years old, Joliet; resident of Channahon for 61 years.

June 14, 1916 – Joshua BUSH, 71 years old; a civil war veteran, ex-postmaster of Wilmington, Will county resident 69 years.

June 16, 1916 – H. H. AYERS, Binghampton, New York; many years a Will county resident.

June 17, 1916 – Jurgen ELLERS, 79 years old; resident of Will county for 51 years.

June 18, 1916 – Mrs. George ALEXANDER, 75 years old, Wilmington; lived in Channahon 55 years.

June 20, 1916 – Mrs. Judith BARRON, 74 years old, pioneer of Plainfield.

June 22, 1916 – Royce Oliver WHEELER, Joliet.

June 23, 1916 – Mrs. Mary E. KLINEFELTER, 70 years old, Chicago, Joliet pioneer.

June 29, 1916 – Mrs. Pauline GROSS, 68 years old, Joliet.

June 30, 1916 – Miss Julia WELCH, 90 years old, Naperville; pioneer of Plainfield.

July 1, 1916 – William C. LAYFIELD, 62 years old, Chicago, Joliet pioneer.

July 4, 1916 – Mrs. Luna LARNARED, 82 years old, Lockport resident 54 years. Widow of Dr. E. A. LARNARED.

July 8, 1916 – Mrs. Nancy McCONNELL, Rock Falls, Iowa, 90 years old. Formerly of Wilmington.

July 8, 1916 – Mrs. August BECKER, 82 years old. Pioneer of East Monee.

July 12, 1916 – August SCHULTZ, 81 years old. New Lenox pioneer and civil war veteran.

July 13, 1916 – Edward McCANN, 74 years old, Joliet.

July 13, 1916 – Gen. P. C. HAYES, 83 years old. Pioneer newspaper man of Joliet and an officer of the civil war.

July 15, 1916 – Mrs. G. W. BIEBER, 65 years old, Joliet.

July 16, 1916 – Mrs. Jacob WIENMANN, 62 years old, Joliet.

July 16, 1916 – James M. LEE, 70 years old. Civil war veteran and twenty-five years Rockdale resident.

July 17, 1916 – Mrs. Mary Burke MOONEY, 65 years old. Hanston, Kansas, formerly of Joliet.

July 17, 1916 – Clement R. THOMPSON, 66 years old, Joliet resident.

July 17, 1916 – Kassmer DOMAGALA, 72 years old, South Wilmington, pioneer of Will county.

July 19, 1916 – George ABBOTT, Sr., 87 years old. Prominent pioneer of Joliet.

July 20, 1916 – Mrs. Margaret I. ANDERSON, 73 years old. Lansing, Michigan. Joliet.

July 20, 1916 – Mrs. Sybil N. STILES, 84 years old. Aurora, lived in Lockport many years.

July 23, 1916 – S. N. TATRO, 80 years old, Joliet.

July 23, 1916 – Mrs. Caroline MAUER, 80 years old. A Joliet resident 60 years.

July 23, 1916 – A. G. RANDALL, 74 years old. At Elkhart, Indiana. Pioneer of Channahon.

July 23, 1916 – Charles McNABB, 74 years old. Joliet.

July 24, 1916 – Mrs. Jacob GROSS, 58 years old. Lived all her life in Frankfort and Peotone.

July 26, 1916 – Captain Egbert PHELPS, 80 years old. Founded the Will County Historical Society, and organized the Joliet Public Library, with which he was connected 40 years.

July 26, 1916 – Jacob JUDWICH, 61 years old. Joliet.

July 28, 1916 – Henry FRANK, Long Beach, California. Pioneer of New Lenox and civil war veteran.

July 29, 1916 – Mrs. John M. BRAGOW, 75 years old. Plainfield pioneer. Sister of Attorney James FLANDERS, Joliet.

July 30, 1916 – William Stewart CAMERON, 83 years old. At the home of his daughter, Mrs, William Bruce, Lockport road.

July 30, 1916 – Fred KOENNING, 73 years old. Lived in and near Peotone for forty-four years.

July 30, 1916 – Mrs. Mary BURKE, 78 years old. Lived practically all her life in Joliet.

July 30, 1916 – Joseph Aldolphus OBRECHT, 67 years old. Joliet. Member of Joliet Commandery, No. 4, Knights Templar.

Aug. 1, 1916 – Mrs. John HORAN, 96 years old. One of the oldest of Braidwood pioneers.

Aug. 2, 1916 – Frederick ROTHLISBERGER, 70 years old, of Lockport township.

Aug. 5, 1916 – Mrs. Mary BOWERS, of Joliet.

Aug. 6, 1916 – Solomon WILLIAMS, 83 (possibly 88) years old. A pioneer railroad man. In active service as railroad engineer more than fifty years.

Aug. 9, 1916 – William CROWLEY, 70 years old. Veteran policeman. Joliet resident twenty-four years.

Aug. 9, 1916 – Charles Eli TUCKER, 81 years old. Chicago Heights. Many years a Will county farmer.

Aug. 10, 1916 – Mrs. Catherine HARTONG, 62 years old. Joliet.

Aug. 10, 1916 – Mrs. Lucy GODFREY, 79 years old. At Fort Smith, Arkansas. Pioneer of Lockport.

Aug. 12, 1916 – Mrs. Jacob P. WERNER, Married in Joliet 55 years ago, and in the same house all her married life.

Aug. 12, 1916 – Miss Phoebe DENSMORE, in Detroit. Formerly of Joliet. Member of the Dr. James LEWIS family for forty-five years.

Aug. 14, 1916 – Walter W. TALCOTT, 72 years old. Joliet.

Aug. 14, 1916 – Charles H. GILMAN, 58 years old. Joliet.

Aug. 18, 1916 – James GORDON, Wilmington and Joliet pioneer.

Aug. 18, 1916 – Mrs. Mary MILLER, 71 years old. Joliet.

Aug. 19, 1916 – Mrs. Margaret CUMMINGS, 77 years old. Forty years a Joliet resident.

Aug. 19, 1916 – Mrs. Hannah LEWIS, 76 years old. Lockport.

Aug. 19, 1916 – Mrs. Matilda McGINNIS, 69 years old. Formerly of Joliet.

Aug. 20, 1916 – Michael GRABER, 80 years old. Joliet.

Aug. 21, 1916 – William MAHONEY, Joliet.

Aug. 22, 1916 – Lyman Beecher RAY, 85 years old. Joliet. Former Lieutenant Governor. Father of Mrs. C. W. JORDAN.

Aug. 24, 1916 – Mrs. May KRITS, Early settler of Braidwood.

Aug. 24, 1916 – Dexter S. HOLDEN, 81 years old. Lockport pioneer and veteran of the civil war.

Aug. 25, 1916 – Charles STOWELL, 77 years old. Mazon, Illinois. Pioneer of Braidwood.

Aug. 28, 1916 – Mrs. Lucena J. VAN DYKE, Joliet, Plainfield Pioneer.

Aug. 25, 1916 – Mrs. Cora S. ROBBINS, 60 years old. Pioneer of Manhattan.

Aug. 26, 1916 – David SPAULDING, 75 years old. Joliet.

Aug. 28, 1916 – Frank L. ROCKEY, 69 years old. Joliet pioneer.

Aug. 28, 1916 – Mrs. Caroline V. FULLER, widow of Eugene C. FULLER, Civil war veteran.

Aug. 29, 1916 – Joseph C. STEVENSON, 59 years old, Joliet.

Aug. 29, 1916 – Mrs. Plethymal L. BRUNSON, 91 years old. Joliet. Settled in Lockport 54 years ago.

Aug. 30, 1916 – Mrs. Mary STEWART, 62 years old. Joliet.

Aug. 30, 1916 – Mrs. Carl HOFF, 81 years old. Pioneer of Peotone.

Aug. 31, 1916 – Mrs. Sophia BIRKEY, 63 years old. Joliet. Prominent on Women’s Relier Corps.

Sept. 1, 1916 – Mrs. Lydia ROBERTS, Ogden, Utah. Widow of John R. ROBERTS, formerly of Joliet.

Sept. 2, 1916 – Mrs. Adrine OLSON, 73 years old. Crete.

Sept. 3, 1916 – Mrs. William J. STEWART, 76 years old. Pioneer of Wilmington.

Sept. 5, 1916 – Samuel SPANGLER, 58 years old. Manhattan. Life-long resident of Will county.

Sept. 6, 1916 – John STEEN, 69 years old. Braidwood pioneer.

Sept. 9, 1916 – Susan Begley McDONALD, Lockport pioneer.

Sept. 9, 1916 – Michael MAHER, 78 years old. Wilmington.

Sept. 10, 1916 – Samuel L. FULTON, 70 years old. Mokena township. Supervisor many years.

Sept. 12, 1916 – John McGREGOR, 79 years old. Joliet.

Sept. 14, 1916 – Mrs. Thomas CORNELL, 79 years old. Monticello, Minn. Pioneer of Homer.

Sept. 15, 1916 – Mrs. Dorothea KUHLMAN, Crete pioneer.

Sept. 17, 1916 – John MATHER, 88 years old. Joliet. Resident 45 years. One of the first leaders of Central Presbyterian choir. Civil war veteran.

Sept. 18, 1916 – Joseph BREEN, 57 years old. Joliet township.

Sept. 20, 1916 – Herman H. ARENTZ, 64 years old. Prominent resident and merchant of Lockport.

Sept. 20, 1916 – Alvin R. BLY, 73 years old. At his home in Joliet.

Sept. 24, 1916 – John STEPHEN, 77 years old. Joliet Pioneer.

Sept. 25, 1916 – Mrs. Elizabeth EDER, 73 years old. Resident of Will county for fifty years.

Sept. 25, 1916 – Mrs. Sylvia HAYES, 58 years old. Lockport.

Sept. 25, 1916 – Robert CARR, 69 years old, Terre Haute. Old settler of Braidwood.

Sept. 26, 1916 – Mrs. H. S. BETHEL, 96 years old. (possibly 86 years old – L. B. Peet) Lived at Bethel home west of Plainfield, 57 years.

Sept. 27, 1916 – Mrs. Rebecca BYRD, 82 years old. Joliet.

Sept. 28, 1916 – Angus B. MORRISON, 62 years old. Veteran blacksmith of Joliet.

Sept. 30, 1916 – Mrs. Mary M. GARDNER, 67 years old. Pioneer resident of Lockport.

Oct. 3, 1916 – Mrs. Ruth HARRADON, 98 years old. Lived in Joliet many years.

Oct. 3, 1916 – Charles M. MOULTON, 73 years old. Wilmington. Alton conductor for thirty years.