FindAGrave shows her as a daughter of Walter S. MACE and Mary E. FULLER, as do Vermont Death Records. Her mother's maiden name on those records are indexed as FULLEN, but the handwriting on the original does appear to be FULLER.
Robert W. Mach, 72, of rural Pleasant Dale, Nebraska, passed away on January 15, 2021. He was born on January 21, 1948 in Santa Monica, California to Henry and Melva (Spinar) Mach. He was preceded in death by his father Henry and niece Melissa. Robert is survived by his mother Melva, sister Janet (John) of El Paso, and cousins. Cremation, no services at this time. Kuncl Funeral Home in Crete has been entrusted with the arrangements.
(Courtesy Dennis Belohlavy, from the Kuncl Funeral Home)
Mrs. Anna Schultz, 74, 1616 1/2 Washington St., died at her home at 9:50 p.m. yesterday after an illness of three weeks.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Root Funeral Home with the Rev. Leonard A. Ziemer, pastor of St. Paul Lutheran Church, officiating. burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home tomorrow and Saturday.
A resident of the city for 50 years, Mrs. Schultz was born in Cassville, Wis., Jan. 28, 1887, the daughter of Peter and Amelia Jessup (sic) Machalleck. On June 20, 1908 (sic), she was married here to Harry F. Schultz, who preceded her in death. She was a cook and packer at Smith Bros. Cough Drop factory for 23 years.
Surviving are a son, Victor C., this city; a daughter, Mrs. Juanita Biederstadt, this city; six grandchildren; a brother, George Machalleck, this city, and a sister, Mrs. Barbara Everett, Niles, Mich.
(Schultz, Anna Mar 23, 1961 Mich City News Disp pg 7 col 1)
Mrs. Augusta Frances Dietrich, 54, died at 7:15 this morning at her home, 119 E. Ninth St. She had been ill a long time. Mrs. Dietrich was born Nov. 5, 1884, in Hamburg (sic), Germany, the daughter of Peter and Amelia Machalleck. Fifty-three years ago she came to this country and on November 1907, was married in Dubuque, Ia., to Claude V. Dietrich who survives. Others surviving include one daughter, Bernice, at home, and the following brothers and sisters: George Machalleck, this city; Joseph Machalleck, Niles, Mich.; Mrs. Anna Schultz, this city; Mrs. Barbara Everett, Niles and Mrs. Joseph Kamm, North Buena Vista, Ia. Mrs. Dietrich was affiliated with St. Mary's of the Immaculate Conception parish. Funeral arrangements will be announced Friday.
At the time of the 1930 Federal Census, she was a widow in Niles Township, Berrien County, Michigan
Everrett, Barbara age 37 Born Wisc Parents born in Germany Waitress, Restaurant Everrett, Ivin age 19 Single born in Indiana Father born in Ohio, mother born in Wisconsin
BARBARA EVERETT
Barbara Everett, 94, of 211 Broadway, Niles, died at 6 a.m. Saturday in the her home following a brief illness.
Born Nov. 29, 1888, in Cassville, Wis., she had lived in the area since 1920 coming from Michigan City, Ind. She married Clyde Everett in 1908 at Michigan City. He preceded her in death in 1929.
Surviving are a son, Virgil A. Everett of Pontiac, four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren
Services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday in the Halbritter Funeral Home. The Reverend John Steffey of St. Mary;s Catholic Church will officiate. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, at the funeral home. A rosary will be held at 7 p.m. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.
(Niles Daily Star, Monday, 18 March 1856, p. 2: Courtesy of Sandra Sauceda)
Sandra Sauceda emailed "I could not locate him in the 1920 census. At the time of the 1930 census, he was listed as a "roomer" in the home of George and Virginia Blessing. He was shown as age 37, born in the United States of German parents, and a Contractor, Decorating. He lived only two households away from his sister and brother-in-law Augusta and Claude Dietrich.
M - Surnames at Greenwood Michigan Township 153 Tilden Avenue Phone (219) 873-1521 La Porte County, Indiana
I tried to get a copy of his death certificate from the Indiana Department of Health, but they could not find one on file."
Joseph Machalleck, 67, of 105 North 15th Street, retired New York Central Railraod engineer, died at 6:45 p.m. Saturday in the Sunnybrook Nursing Home at Roseland, Ind., following an illness of about 23v3n months.
Machalleck was born Oct. 25, 1888, in Cassville, Wis., and moved to Niles in 1921 from Michigan City, Ind. He was a member of the Brotherhood of Railroad Engineers.
Survivors are his wife, Ella; two sons, John and Robert Machalleck, both of Niles; six grandchildren; a brother George Machalleck, of Michigan City, Ind., and two sisters, Mrs. Anna Schultz, of Michigan City, and Mrs. Barbara Everett, of Niles.
Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Pifer Funeral home here with the Rev. Theodore Laesch, pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.
(Niles Daily Star, Monday, 16 January 1956: Courtesy of Sandra Sauceda)
World War I Draft Registration
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Name: Joseph Machalleck
Event Type: Draft Registration
Event Date: 1917-1918
Event Place: La Porte County no 1, Indiana, United States
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 25 Oct 1888
Birthplace: Cassville, Wisconsin, United States
Nationality: United States
Affiliate Publication Title: World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards
Affiliate Publication Number: M1509
GS Film number: 1653558
Digital Folder Number: 005250680
Image Number: 04007
Collection: Joseph Machalleck, "United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
At the time of the 1920 La Porte County, Indiana census, his family was listed as follows:
1920 Census
Indiana, La Porte, Michigan City
ED 157
624-67-79
Machallack, Joseph 34 Wisc Germany Germany
" , Ella 35 Indiana Germany Germany
" , John 3 5/12 Indiana Wisconsin Indiana They appeared be sharing a home with Joseph's sister and brother-in-law, Barbara and Clyde Everett.
1930 Census
Michigan, Berrien County, Niles City, Second Ward
Enumerated 8 Apr 1930
ED 16-37 SD 12 Sheet 6B
214-147-161
Machalleck, Joseph Head Rent $35 age 41, married at 27, Born in Wisc Parents both born in Germany Engineer Railroad
Machalleck, Ella M age 41 Born in Indiana, both parents born in Germany
Machalleck, John F. age 13 Born in Indiana Father born in Wisconsin Mother born in Indiana
Machalleck, Robert P age 9 Born in Indiana Father born in Wisconsin Mother born in Indiana
Her marriage license to Joe Kamm shows her to be the daughter of Peter Machalleck and Anna Fesky?. Perhaps she was Peter's daughter and Amelia Jesse's step-daughter?
Her obituary as published in the Dubuque TELEGRAPH-HERALD, reads as follows:
Mrs. Joseph Kamm
Mrs. Joseph (Mary) KAMM, 66, of North Buena Vista, died at 6 p.m. Friday at Mercy Hospital after an illness of three days.
The funeral will be held Monday morning from the Didesch funeral home to Sacred Heart church, where the funeral mass will be offered at 9 a.m.
Mrs. Kamm was born in Germany Sept. 20, 1881, and came to the United States 63 years ago. She was formerly a resident of Cassville, Wis., but made her home at North Buena Vista for the past 34 years.
She was married Jan. 21, 1913, and was a member of the Immaculate Conception church at North Buena Vista.
Surviving are her husband; a daughter, Mrs. Frank (Charlotte) EHLERS, Dubuque; two grandsons, Jerome and Dale EHLERS; two brothers, George MACHALLECK, Michigan City, Ind, and Joseph MACHALLECK, Niles, Mich; and two sisters, Mrs. Barbara EVERRETT, Niles, Mich., and Mrs. Annie SCHULTZ, Michigan City, Ind.
Mrs. Kamm was preceded in death by her parents; a daughter, Dorothy, one sister and one brother.
Peter MACHALLECK, formerly a resident of Cassville, died at the Grant county asylum August 21, after a week's illness. Deceased's wife and daughters Mary, Ann and Barbara, and sons Joe and George live at Michigan City, Ind. One daughter, Mrs. Claude Dietrich lives in Cassville; she and her husband and Mrs. Alfred Dietrich and Miss Millie Bossert went to Lancaster Thursday to attend the funeral held that afternoon. Interment was in the asylum cemetery. (Cassville Index, 8-21-1907: Obituary and Index information courtesy of Mrs. LaVon Hall).
1900 Census
Wisconsin, Grant County, Cassville Town
Enumerated 15 Jun 1900
SD 2 ED 26 Sheet 12A
245-247
Machalleck, Belin Head W M May 1854 46 M 20 Germany Germany Germany 1885 15 Wood Chopper
Machalleck, Mildred Wf W F Jun 1852 48 M 20 7/6 Germany Germany Germany 1885 15
Machalleck, Agusta Dtr W F Nov 1884 15 S Germany Germany Germany 1885 15
Machalleck, Anna Dtr W F Jan 1887 13 S Wisc Germany Germany At School
Machalleck, Joseph Son W M Oct 1889 10 S Wisc Germany Germany At School
Machalleck, Barbara Dtr W F Nov 1890 9 S Wisc Germany Germany At School
Machalleck, George Son W M Sept 1893 6 S Wisc Germany Germany At School
His final benefit payments, according to the SSDI were in Vero Beach, Florida. However, the Obituary Daily Times shows that he died in St. Joseph, Michigan, referencing both the Treasure Coast Palm news in Florida, and the PJ paper in Florida.
"Eddie", of Zavalla, passed away at his residence.
Born to Vera (Hnatek) and Tom Lewis Machann he had resided in Zavalla for the past thirty years.
He served in the US Navy during World War II, and retired from Ameripol Synpol in Port Neches.
He previously served on the Zavalla City Council and was a deacon of the First Baptist Church of Zavalla.
Survivors include his wife of sixty-one years, Edna Machann; sons, Dwaine Machann and wife Linda, Randy Machann and Greg Machann and wife Melissa; grandchildren, Leslie Westbrook, Mitch Machann, Holly West, Mandy Moore, Leah Machann, Julian Machann, Adrienne Machann, Olivia Machann, Ty Locker and Tim Locker; ten great-grandchildren; and sister, Bernice Kirksey.
He was preceded in death by his parents and sister, Ruby Carroll.
He lived with his parents, Albert C and Ceanie Sue MACHEL, in Wichita County, Texas at the time of hte 1930 and 1940 census enumeration. His father was shown as born in Russia, to German speaking parents also born in Russia. His mother was born in Tennessee. His father was born ca 1884, and emigrated to the US in 1890. He was employed both in 1930 and 1940 as a Postman for the US Postal Department. His mother was born ca 1889. Only two children were in the home at the time of both enumerations, Albert, born ca 1920 and Paul, born ca 1923, both in Texas. Ceanie's maiden name appears to have been RAWLS, based on the 1900 Haywood County, Tennessee census.
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K37N-1Z6
Name: Everett Lee Machen
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 02 Feb 1953
Event Place: Three Rivers, Live Oak, Texas, United States
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Birth Date: 27 Dec 1905
Birthplace: Lampasas, Texas
Father's Name: William Henry Machen
Mother's Name: Ada Lee Spears
Certificate Number: 9545
GS Film number: 2113847
Digital Folder Number: 005145326
Image Number: 03206
Collection: Everett Lee Machen, "Texas, Deaths (New Index, New Images), 1890-1976"
When he registered for the draft during World War I, he was a resident of Sandia, Jim Wells County, Texas. He was working for himself as a Farmer, and his nearest relative was Ethel Machen. He was of medium heighth and stout.
When he registered for the draft during World War I, he was a resident of Sandia, Jim Wells County, Texas. He was working for himself as a Farmer, and his nearest relatives were his wife and children. He was of medium heighth and slender with brown eyes and hair.
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K36F-FHC
Name: Katherine Ellen Miller
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 14 Sep 1971
Event Place: Alice, Jim Wells, Texas, United States
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Widowed
Birth Date: 27 Aug 1887
Birthplace: Lampasas, Texas
Father's Name: William T Machen
Mother's Name: Phoebe Ann Carter
Cemetery Restland Memorial Park Dallas Texas
Certificate Number: 65952
GS Film number: 2223316
Digital Folder Number: 005145915
Image Number: 01292
Collection: Katherine Ellen Miller, "Texas, Deaths (New Index, New Images), 1890-1976"
When he registered for the draft during World War I, he was a resident of Sandia, Jim Wells County, Texas. He was working for himself as a Farmer, and his nearest relatives were his wife and child. He was tall and thin, with brown eyes and hair.
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDJD-N28
Name: Lawrence Oren Machen
Event Date: 22 Jun 1960
Event Place: Charlotte, Atascosa County, Texas
Gender: Male
Race (Original): White
Age (Formatted): 67 years 10 months 6 days
Birth Year (Estimated):
Birth Date: 16 Aug 1892
Birthplace: Texas, U.S.A.
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: W.T. Machen
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Phoebe Carter
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Carpenter
Residence Place: Charlotte, Atasiosa, Texas
Cemetery (Original): City
Burial Place: Charlotte, Texas
Burial Date: 23 Jun 1960
Informant's Name (Original):
GS Film number: 2116267
Digital Folder Number: 4166548
Image Number: 2175
Reference ID: 33410
Collection: Lawrence Oren Machen, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976"
When he registered for the draft during World War I, he was a resident of Sandia, Jim Wells County, Texas. He was working for himself as a Farmer, and his nearest relative was Lois Machen. He was of medium heighth and build, with brown eyes and black hair.
1910 Census
Texas, Nueces County, Sandia PO JP No 3
Enumerated 28 May 1910
SD 15 ED 108 Sheet 17A Stamepd 249
276-307
Machen, Henry Head M W 34 m1 Tx La Miss Farmer
Machen, Ada Wf F W 34 m1 15 4/3 Tx Tx Tx
Machen, Grady Son M W 13 S Tx Tx Tx
Machen, Lillian Dtr F W 8 S Tx Tx Tx
Machen, Everett Son M W 4 S Tx Tx Tx
Curtis,, Madurine Tx Niece F W 6 S Calif Tx Tx
McCaew Walter Boarder m W 21 S Tx US US Laborer Farm Laborer
277-308
Machen, William T head M W 59 m1 Ala NS US Farmer
Machen, Pheobe Wf F W 52 m1 36 9/7 Miss Miss Fl
Machen, Kittie Dtr F W 22 S Tx Ala Miss
Machen, Lawrence Son M W 17 S Tx Ala Miss Farmer
Machen, Amentine Dtr F W 12 S Tx Ala Tx
Machen, Oscar Head M W 25 m1 Tx Ala Miss Farmer
Machen, Lois Wf F W 26 m1 1/1 Tx Tx Tx
Matchen, Mildred Dtr F W 9/12 S Tx Tx Tx
Matchen, Joe Head M W 20 m1 Tx Ala Miss Farmer
Matchen, Inez Wf F W 17 m1 2/12 O O Miss Miss Miss
Saldano, Amado Laborer M W 46 m1 Mexico/Sp Mexico/Sp Mexico/Sp Farm Laborer
Saldano, Anjstean Son M W 14 S Mexico/Sp Mexico/Sp Mexico/Sp Farm Laborer
Ramirez, Pedro Labore m W 18 S Mexio.Sp Mexico/Sp Mexico/Sp Farm Laborer
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Name: William Henry Machen
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 05 Nov 1958
Event Place: Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas, United States
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Birth Date: 06 Dec 1875
Birthplace: , Texas
Father's Name: W T Machen
Mother's Name: Phoebe Ann Carter
Certificate Number: 64053
GS Film number: 2115622
Digital Folder Number: 005145575
Image Number: 00680
Collection: William Henry Machen, "Texas, Deaths (New Index, New Images), 1890-1976"
1900 Census
Texas, Lampasas County, Precinct 1
Enumerated 12 Jun 1900
SD 4 ED 102 Sheet 9B
138-139
Machen, Wm T Head W M Feb 1851 49 M 26 Ala SC SC Farmer
Machen, Phoeba A Wf W F Feb 1858 42 M 26 9/7 Miss Miss Fl
Machen, Jno. L Son M M Nov 1881 18 S Tx Ala Miss At School
Machen, Oscar L Son W M Spet 1885 14 S Tx Ala Miss At School
Machen, Catherine E Dtr W F Aug 1887 12 S Tx Ala Miss At School
Machen, Joseph O Son M W Feb 1889 10 S Tx Ala Miss At School
Machen, Lawrence O Son M W Aug 1892 7 S Tx Ala Miss At School
Machen, Armentine Dtr W F Feb 1898 2 S Tx Ala Miss
Carter, Sarah M Mother-in-law W F Oct 1834 65 Wd Fl SC SC
139-140
Machen, W. Henry Head W M Dec 1873 24 M 5 Tx Ala Miss Farmer
Machen, Ada L Wf W F Nov 1875 24 M 5 2/1 Tx Tx Tx
Machen, Wm. Grady Son M W Dec 1879 2 S Tx Tx Tx
Engle, A. Thos. Boarder W M Mch 1874 26 S Tx Germany Tx Farm Laborer
1910 Census
Texas, Nueces County, Sandia PO JP No 3
Enumerated 28 May 1910
SD 15 ED 108 Sheet 17A Stamepd 249
276-307
Machen, Henry Head M W 34 m1 Tx La Miss Farmer
Machen, Ada Wf F W 34 m1 15 4/3 Tx Tx Tx
Machen, Grady Son M W 13 S Tx Tx Tx
Machen, Lillian Dtr F W 8 S Tx Tx Tx
Machen, Everett Son M W 4 S Tx Tx Tx
Curtis,, Madurine Tx Niece F W 6 S Calif Tx Tx
McCaew Walter Boarder m W 21 S Tx US US Laborer Farm Laborer
277-308
Machen, William T head M W 59 m1 Ala NS US Farmer
Machen, Pheobe Wf F W 52 m1 36 9/7 Miss Miss Fl
Machen, Kittie Dtr F W 22 S Tx Ala Miss
Machen, Lawrence Son M W 17 S Tx Ala Miss Farmer
Machen, Amentine Dtr F W 12 S Tx Ala Tx
Machen, Oscar Head M W 25 m1 Tx Ala Miss Farmer
Machen, Lois Wf F W 26 m1 1/1 Tx Tx Tx
Matchen, Mildred Dtr F W 9/12 S Tx Tx Tx
Matchen, Joe Head M W 20 m1 Tx Ala Miss Farmer
Matchen, Inez Wf F W 17 m1 2/12 O O Miss Miss Miss
Saldano, Amado Laborer M W 46 m1 Mexico/Sp Mexico/Sp Mexico/Sp Farm Laborer
Saldano, Anjstean Son M W 14 S Mexico/Sp Mexico/Sp Mexico/Sp Farm Laborer
Ramirez, Pedro Labore m W 18 S Mexio.Sp Mexico/Sp Mexico/Sp Farm Laborer
1880 census
Texas. Brown County, ED No. 26
Enumerated 22 Jun 1880
Page 15C SD 4 ED 26 Stamped 434
117-123
Matchen, William T W M 33 Fasrmer Ala SC SC
Matchen, Phelee C W F 23 Wf Keeping House Miss Fl Fl
Matchen, William H W M 4 S At Home Tx Ala Miss
Matchen, Columbus F W M 1 Son At Home Tx Ada Miss
Carter, Sarah M W F 45 Mother-in-law Asst Housekeeper Fal NC NC
Carter, Marshal M W M 14 Bro-in-law Farm Laborer Tx Miss Fl
1900 Census
Texas, Lampasas County, Precinct 1
Enumerated 12 Jun 1900
SD 4 ED 102 Sheet 9B
138-139
Machen, Wm T Head W M Feb 1851 49 M 26 Ala SC SC Farmer
Machen, Phoeba A Wf W F Feb 1858 42 M 26 9/7 Miss Miss Fl
Machen, Jno. L Son M M Nov 1881 18 S Tx Ala Miss At School
Machen, Oscar L Son W M Spet 1885 14 S Tx Ala Miss At School
Machen, Catherine E Dtr W F Aug 1887 12 S Tx Ala Miss At School
Machen, Joseph O Son M W Feb 1889 10 S Tx Ala Miss At School
Machen, Lawrence O Son M W Aug 1892 7 S Tx Ala Miss At School
Machen, Armentine Dtr W F Feb 1898 2 S Tx Ala Miss
Carter, Sarah M Mother-in-law W F Oct 1834 65 Wd Fl SC SC
139-140
Machen, W. Henry Head W M Dec 1873 24 M 5 Tx Ala Miss Farmer
Machen, Ada L Wf W F Nov 1875 24 M 5 2/1 Tx Tx Tx
Machen, Wm. Grady Son M W Dec 1879 2 S Tx Tx Tx
Engle, A. Thos. Boarder W M Mch 1874 26 S Tx Germany Tx Farm Laborer
1910 Census
Texas, Nueces County, Sandia PO JP No 3
Enumerated 28 May 1910
SD 15 ED 108 Sheet 17A Stamepd 249
276-307
Machen, Henry Head M W 34 m1 Tx La Miss Farmer
Machen, Ada Wf F W 34 m1 15 4/3 Tx Tx Tx
Machen, Grady Son M W 13 S Tx Tx Tx
Machen, Lillian Dtr F W 8 S Tx Tx Tx
Machen, Everett Son M W 4 S Tx Tx Tx
Curtis,, Madurine Tx Niece F W 6 S Calif Tx Tx
McCaew Walter Boarder m W 21 S Tx US US Laborer Farm Laborer
277-308
Machen, William T head M W 59 m1 Ala NS US Farmer
Machen, Pheobe Wf F W 52 m1 36 9/7 Miss Miss Fl
Machen, Kittie Dtr F W 22 S Tx Ala Miss
Machen, Lawrence Son M W 17 S Tx Ala Miss Farmer
Machen, Amentine Dtr F W 12 S Tx Ala Tx
Machen, Oscar Head M W 25 m1 Tx Ala Miss Farmer
Machen, Lois Wf F W 26 m1 1/1 Tx Tx Tx
Matchen, Mildred Dtr F W 9/12 S Tx Tx Tx
Matchen, Joe Head M W 20 m1 Tx Ala Miss Farmer
Matchen, Inez Wf F W 17 m1 2/12 O O Miss Miss Miss
Saldano, Amado Laborer M W 46 m1 Mexico/Sp Mexico/Sp Mexico/Sp Farm Laborer
Saldano, Anjstean Son M W 14 S Mexico/Sp Mexico/Sp Mexico/Sp Farm Laborer
Ramirez, Pedro Labore m W 18 S Mexio.Sp Mexico/Sp Mexico/Sp Farm Laborer
The daughter of Donald H MACKINTOSH and Barbara BAYLES of Whitman, Nebraska. She earned her B.S. from the University of Nebraska in Home Economics Education. She first taught at Palisades and Hayes Center, Nebraska, moving to a position in Milligan in 1979. (Milligan, p 351-352). In April 1987 she was diagnosed with a brain tumor in Rochester, Minnesota. She continued teaching in the Milligan Public School until the Spring of 1990. She passed away in Lincoln, Nebraska at the age of 34 years on July 9, 1990. She is buried at the Bohemian National Cemetery south of Milligan.......As of 2008, her parents lived in Holton, Kansas (Milligan Update, 1988-2008, p. 203).
Abraham Macklemore (was) settled on the banks of the Roanoke River, just across the Virginia-North Carolina line following its establishment by the Byrd Commission in 1728. (James L. McLemore, III, p 36). He appeared to have married first the daughter of Abraham EVANS, who owned land near Richard WASHINGTON and who devised land to Abraham Macklemore, presumably his son-in-law. However, EVANS' daughter apparently died childless not too long after her father, leaving Macklemore disinherited of his 70 acre devise, but free to marry, about 1720, his second wife Mary YOUNG. (James L. McLemore, III pp. 37 - 38).
There are some deed records in Bertie County, North Carolina (from which Northampton County was formed in 1741) for Abraham. This is further evidence that their (Abraham and James) earlier deed records may have been in Prince George and thus may not have survived. Besides all of James' lands, Abraham may have already owned some of his lands as well (perhaps acquired while it was still part of Virginia) by the time the first North Carolina deed involving him was recorded. This deed, dated August 11, 1730, was from Abraham Macklemore to William Person for two acres on Stonehouse (or Beaver Dam) Creek in Northwest Parish of Bertie Precinct (Bertie Deed Book C, p 354). This land was probably cut from land he already owned, but he shortly thereafter acquired a sizeable tract of 625 acres from Barnebee MACKINNE, a former Isle of Wight County, Virginia resident. This plantation was located in Northwest Parish of Bertie County (where both men claimed residence), on the North side of the old Morratock River, on the old COUNTRY (not county) line, which formed the northern boundary line of the property. This was obviously a reference to the old colonial boundry before the 1728 survey moved it northward. Five years later, he purchased 100 acres on "Pigeons Ruste Creek" on Morratock River, at "old country line", from Anthony GANT of Edgecombe, by deed dated May 8, 1734 (Bertie Deed Book D, p, 155). (James L. McLemore, III, pp 40-41).
Abraham's Will was signed 4 Jan 1735 and lists three children Atkins, Young and William in addition to his wife Mary. Original Will on file in NC State Archives.
Dated 4 Jan 1735, Nov Ct 1736
"... being weak in body ..."
Son Atkin macklemore - Negro Judey, to possess said Negro at the age of twenty-one and not before. Sons Young Macklemore and William - Negro Joan, but if either of my two youngest sons dies before the age of twenty-one the other will inherit his share. Son Atkin - 200 acres belonging to my upper plantation. Son Young - my manner plantation after my wife's decease. Rest of estate to my wife (unnamed).
Ex. Wife
Wit: William Gillim, William Clanton, Joseph Brady
(Probate indicates Mary Macklemore was the executrix named in the will).
(Extract courtesy of Mark Freeman)
The following information about Abraham was posted to the McLemore GenForum by Gayle Zent in January, 1999:
The second son was Abraham, his will was written in 1736, 3 yrs after his brother's will was written. He left 200 acres of upper plantation , a manor plantation, helped lay out Warren Co NC & became a wealthy landowner. We have records in 1778 that enters 500 & then 200 acres in Biredie Co to Abraham. He was a commisioner in the county of Warrenton in 1779 & he had a gun factory during the Revolutionary War.
And this was posted at http://www.unsolvedancestry.com/awards.asp:
Abraham could have been married to an Evans, daughter of Abraham Evans and Elizabeth Lucas before 1719. "Abraham Evans wrote his will in 1708, died (and his will was probated) in 1712, in which he willed 70 acres to Abraham Macklemore, and the heirs of his body (meaning on condition that he have children [implied by his wife, Evans' daughter]). Abraham had no children by her, so he lost the land, and instead moved to NC with his brother, and either after or more likely before doing so he married as his second wife Mary Young, mother of his three sons." - Mary Young (Abraham's wife) may be related to an earlier Mary (Cary) Young, daughter of John Cary of Surry Co. VA.
(Medical):Two descendants of Abraham, both men still bearing the McLemore surname, participated in the MORRISON DNA Study.
http://www.geneticcousins.com/morrison/
The main purpose of this study was to prove that the immigrant founders of this family in America, James Macklemore and Abraham Macklemore, were brothers. If brothers, then the y-DNA of the direct male descendants of both men would match. However, Instead of proving that all McLemore men? at least those that can trace their ancestry back to an early southern McLemore forebearer---share the same DNA, it appears that we have AT LEAST two distinct yDNA groups, with three more potential distinct yDNA McLemore lines. The first group of McLemore DNA is the largest, with ten members, in the R1b1a2 haplogroup. Two of the nine can trace their lines back to Abraham Macklemore, the husband of Mary Young and probable brother of James Macklemore. Another member (m268) can trace himself back to Moses McLemore b. ca. 1738 who is thought to be a son of Wright McLemore, grandson of William Macklemore, and great-grandson of immigrant James McLemore, thought to be the brother of Abraham. If both these members are correct in their paper trails, and if Amos can be indeed be proven to be a great-grandson of James Macklemore, then the assumption that James and Abraham have a common paternal ancestor is likely correct as descendants of both men share the same yDNA. The R1b1 DNA haplogroup, is the most common in Western Europe.
He was probably named for his Uncle, Charles GILLIAM of Prince George County. (James L. McLemore, III, p 40)
Charles inhertied from his father the westernmost or upstream portion of the island (with some land on the south shore). This may have destined him for a life as a frontiersman. In 1730 he and his brother John (in Carolina for a visit?) witnessed a deed in Bertie Precinct, and in 1746 he is shown in Brunswick County, Virginia, deed as a Granville County Carolinia. There are no other references that can be clearly identified as referring to this Charles, and this may further then to indicate he was a frontiersman. A trader named Charles McLemore was known to have been living among the Cherokee Indians between 1754 and 1762, where he often served the colonial authorities as an interpreter. This may have well been our Charles, the son of James and Fortune. If so, then the only known children of this Charles would be the half Cherokee "Scotch Chiefs", John and Robert (Robin) McLemore for whom McLemore's Cove, Tennessee is named. (James L. McLemore, III, p 46).
Various internet sources, none of which I know to be proven, show that Charles married Quatsey Wolf. It is further shown, again unverfied, that son Robin married So-Kinney Smith.
Robert McLemore Butler (now deceased) noted that Sally McLemore b. 1779 and Peggy McLemore b. 1777 were daughters of Robert (Robin) McLemore, according to New Hanover County, NC records.
A biblical name. He was probably named for a McLemore Uncle. (James L. McLemore, III, p 40).
He was devised, under his father's Will, 80 acres on Peahill Creek which also fell in Northhampton County north of Roanoke. He seems to have remained there for some time. Two references can be found relating to him in July 1746. However, within about eight years, he is found serving in the Granville County Militia across the Roanoke. His son, Ephraim Jr, was only about 16, and hence probably too young to serve. He also witnessed the sale of land in Granville County in 1762, and bought two tracts himself, one of 250 acres and one of 110 acres (James L. McLemore, III, pp. 46, 47).
During the same period of time that Ephraim Jr was living in Surry County (1784-1787), an Ephraim McLemore lived in Northampton County with 10 members of his family. This likely was the elder Ephraim, still alive and living in his old homeplace, having reached the advanced age of between 70 and 75. If so, this is the last reference that can be ascribed to him. He left no will. There is also the less likely possibility that this was Ephraim Jr, living in Northampton, but operating his holding as far west a Surry County. (James L. McLemore, III, p 48).
Both James and (brother?) Abraham Macklemore settled on the banks of the Roanoke River, just across the Virginia-North Carolina line following its establishment by the Byrd Commission in 1728. Just what had the Macklemores been doing, just where they had been located, during the period from Mun. Macklemore's importation in 1681 to the 1732 repatent of the James Macklemore patent following his removal to North Carolina, has long been a matter of inquiry and dispute. Without further record, we may never know for sure. (James L. McLemore, III, p 36). It is assumed that James and Abraham were immigrants, but it is possible they were born on U.S. soil to an unknown progenitor, possibly even Mun. Maklemore.
Mun. Macklemore is the earliest recorded family member in the Americas. His relationship to James and Abraham is unknown. Although it has been speculated he might be the father of James Macklemore he is more likely an uncle or cousin, based on their projected ages.
James began having his children while still in Virginia. It is probable that all six (known) children were born prior to James' 1714 patent adjoining Richard Washington. (James L. McLemore, III, p 40).
Will, dated 7 Feb 1733/4 Bertie Co., NC: (Extract courtesy of Mark Freeman)
" ... being sick and weake of body ..."
Son William Macklemore - plantation formerly laid off for George Mosley. Son James Macklemore - plantation where I now live, and the land from the line formerly laid off to Mosley to the riverbank. Son Charles Macklemore - rest of the land from the riverbank to the head. Son Ephraim Macklemore - 70 or 80 acres on Peehill Creek on the upper side of the first branch of the creek. Sons William and James - cattle each. Daughter Margery Macklemore and son Charles Macklemore - cow and calf each. Sons William, James, Charles, and Ephraim - sows and pigs each. Remaining estate to my wife Fortain Macklemore for her lifetime with reversion to my said children.
Ex. wife
Wit. John Doyle, Abraham Macklemore, Thomas Roberson
Most of James' children moved along the edge of the frontier in north central North Carolina in the early to mid 18th century, and their families are not as easily traced. Some speculation is therefore involved in the following outline of their activities. A careful review of the last will and testament of James Macklemore can aid the reader in understanding the early subsequent history of his sons. As we shall see shortly, the oldest two boys, William and John, had grown to manhood while the family lived in Virginia, and remained there to start families.
William, either due to being the oldest son or stronger ties to his father, was left land by his father. John, already firmly established with land of his own--and being a younger son---was left money instead. James left most of his land to be divided among his three younger sons, and by devising oldest son William with them as well, he preordained that the descendants of the younger three, plus descendants of William, would be Carolinians (at least initially), and that John's posterity would comprise the Virginia branch of the family. (James McLemore, III, p 46).
Inherited land from his father on Peahill Creek on the north side of the Roanoke River, in what would become Northhampton County. He also got some land on the island between his brothers William and Charles (James L. McLemore, III, p 46). Based on the migration patterns of his children, he is probably the ancestor of the Georgia and Alabama McLemore families. (James L. McLemore, III, p 50).
James Jr. began his independent productive life on the lands devised him by his father on Peahill Creek. As James MACLIMER, he witnessed a deed from Walther LASHLEY of Viriginia to (his sons?) Patrick and William LASHLEY dated August 17, 1737, and recorded in Bertie County. The following year, 1738, he married Nancy JONES of the same county. He witnessed deeds in Bertie County (as James MACKLIMORE in 1740, and after Northampton County was formed in 1741, in that county as well (in 1751 and 1753), indicating that he was still living on Peahill Creek. The last of these was the deed from Atkins MACLAMORE to his brother Young.
On May 9, 1755, James MACLAMORE was granted a patent for 612 acres in Northampton County, North Carolina, and within a few days conveyed 340 acres of this tract, located on Lizzard Creek at Spring Branch, to Jesse GILLIAM (May 20, 1755). He held onto the rest until 1758, when he conveyed 172 acres , located on "Jesse Gillham's Spring" to Marquess RAWLINGS, a Brunswick County, Virginia tailor. (Northhampton Deed Book 2, p. 445). By computation, this left him with about 100 acres of patented land, plus his homeplace inheritied from his father. However, this was the last reference to him in Northampton County.
He may have taken an oath in Granville County in 1770.
(James L. McLemore, III, pp 48, 49).
Robert McLemore Butler cites the following from "North Carolina Revolutionary Soldiers, Sailors, and Patriots & Descendants" Vol II:
James McLemore (R-PAT-NC) c 1718-1800 m. Nancy Jones
Grew to manhood in Virginia, and was left cash, not land, under his fathers will. His family remained in Virginia. (James L. McLemore, III, p 46).
Probably named for Fortune's father....He was apparently born about 1698 to 1700, but could have been born as much as three or four years earlier. Unlike his siblings, however, he remained where he was born, in Albemarle Parish of Surry County (later Sussex County), Virginia, ending his days only a few miles southwest of the location of his father's abandoned 1714 land patent. He did not follow his parents and their other children into North Carolina, although it appears he may have acquired some property or other interests in South Carolina later in his life. Accordingly, John is known as the founder of the Virginia family, though one son also started a South Carolina line, and several grandsons also migrated southward and westward into North Carolina, Tennessee and Alabama to start lines of their own. (James L. McLemore, III, p 54).
A John MACKMORE is referenced on a November 13, 1713 patent issued by George WYCHE, but it is not known if this is our John Macklemore. The first certain reference to our John Macklemore was a patent issued to him on New Year's Eve, 1725 (March 24, 1725/6). This was for 150 acres of new land astride the county line between waht was then Surry and Isle of Wight Counties, on the south side of Nottoway River, on the north side of Three Creeks, on the east side of "the Great Ready Branch" (Patent Book 12, p. 441). He paid fifteen shillings for this land....he would have been required to be at least twenty-one....(therefore) would have been born not later than March 1704/5 (James L. McLemore, III, pp. 54-55).
In addition to the 1725 patent described above, he witnessed a deed in 1730 in Bertie County, North Carolina, along with his brother Charles, apparently while on a visit to his family there. On May 21, 1746, the Surry County Court entered an order that he be paid 150 pounds of tobacco as a witness fee for appearing in a matter then before the court (Surry County Order Book, 1744-1749, p. 174). (James L. McLemore, III, p. 56).
Will of John MacLemore
(As transcribed by Mark Freeman)
Will Book B, p. 108. "In The name of God Amen. I John Macklemore of Nottoway Parish in the County of Southhampton being of sound sense & memory do make this writing my last will & testament in form & manner following.
Imprimis I give & bequeth to my son John Macklemore one pound current money.
Item: I give & bequeath to my son Burrell Macklemore one pound current money.
Item: I give & bequeath to my son Joel Macklemore the land & plantation I now live on containing two hundred and fifty acres be the same more or less, I say I give the said land to my said son Joell & to his heirs forever.
Item I give to my Daughter Sarah Macklemore one pound current money.
Item I give and bequeath to my Daughter Lydia Macklemore one feather bed & furniture, one cow & calf & one sow & piggs.
Item I give the use of the following articles to my loving wife during her natural life and at her decease to my son Joell (that is to say) one feather bed & furniture, two cows & calves, and one sow & piggs, and one bay horse.
Item I give and bequeath to my son Joell Macklemore, after my debts & funeral charges be paid, the rest and remainder of my estate of all kinds whatsoever and I do constitute & appoint my son Joell my sole executor of this my last will & testament as witness by hand this 17th day of March 1758.
Witness: Edmund Pate, Abraham Wiggins, Joshua Nicholson, Jr.. In a Court held for Sussex County the 19th day of February 1767 the last Will & Testament of John Macklemore decd. was presented into Court by Faithy widow & relic of the said John and the said Faithy declared that she would not accept receive or take the lagacy or legacies to her given or bequeath'd by the said Will or any part thereof & did renounce all benefit & advantage which she might claim by the said Will which declaration on her motion is recorded. And thereupon on the motion of the said Faithy (Joell Macklemore the Executor in the said Will named being out of the Country) who made oath as the law directs and the said Will being proved by the oaths of Abraham Wiggins & Joshua Nicholson, Jr., two of the witnesses thereto & ordered to be recorded. Certificate is granted her for obtaining letters of administration of the Estate of the said Jo. Macklemore with the will annexed, giving security whereupon she with Joshua Nicholson & Charles Gilliam her securities entered into and acknowledged their bond for her due administration of the said estate. Exd. Teste: A. Claiborne, CSC.
John Macklemore made his mark, "J", on the will.
Faith Macklemore filed the household inventory, which consisted mostly of household furniture, etc. (Sussex Will Book B, p. 113). She also filed her accounting signed by her "Faithy V Macklemore" and recorded September 15, 1768 (Sussex Will Book B, p. 217). In it she showed a distribution of one pound current money to each of John's two older sons, John Jr. and Burrell, and also a similiar distribution to Thomas Clifton, the neighbor [and brother-in-law] of John Jr. (James L. McLemore, III, p. 58). John Macklemore Sr. may have also died owning property in South Carolina, as his nephew Richard McLamore was appointed on December 23, 1767 as administrator of the estate of John McLamore in that province, and following Richard's death in 1771, John's son Joel took over in his place. Indeed, when John's will was admitted to probate in Sussex County, Virginia, his widow Faithy had to qualify as administrator, since Joel, the named Executor, was "out of the country" (outside Virginia) at the time, and hence was probably in South Carolina helping to take care of matters there.
In an 1986 letter to Rudy Leverett, Jim McLemore (the author) indicates that Simon TURNER was a witness to the will of John McLemore, Sr.
Two descendants of John and Faith son Burwell, and one descendant of their son Joel, have tested their yDNA and are matches. They are all members of the E1b1 Haplogroup, which is rare in Western Europe.
Edwin Holcombe indicates this branch of the McLemore family most closely match a number of members of a Hooper family.
The Scotch had a rather strict custom for naming their children; the oldest son was generally named for the father's father. On this basis, James Macklemore's father would have been named William, and this is supported by the fact that William is the only name duplicated by Abraham in naming his own sons. (James L. McLemore, III, p 39).
William received a portion of the Mosley patent (as his inheritance from his father), which included a part of the island as well as land on the south side of the river, and these lands were apparently the farthest east or downstream. These lands on the island and on the south bank of the Roanoke fell into Edgecombe County when it was formed in 1741. It was the luck (or misfortune) of these early McLemores that they always seemed to end up near or right on political boundary lines; so although the modern researcher's physical task of tracing the records is made more difficult, it has nevertheless aided him in following the seperate family lines to know that, though close together, they fell into different jurisdictions and can be traced generally in separate counties. (James L. McLemore, III, pp 46, 47).
At least three sons have been tentatively ascribed to him, though he left no will so absolute proof is lacking. His oldest surviving son was named Wright, who was probably born not later than 1713, as he was probably at least twenty-one when he was granted a land patent in 1734. The other two sons were William Jr. and Richard, whose birth dates are unknown, but who were both apparently born before 1729 (perhaps considerably before). Other than the devises granted him by his father's will, there are no references which can be positively ascribed to William MACLEMORE Sr. He is believed to have settled initially in Virginia, near the area where his parents had lived before moving to the Roanoke River, because at least two of his sons had connections there---Wright in Isle of Wight County and Richard appeared close to the Virginia McLemore's in South Carolina. (James L. McLemore, III pp 50, 51).
Probably did not survive more than a year after the probate of his father's will, however, as William was not mentioned in the deed, dated February 8, 1736/7, from Mary Macklemore, Abraham's widow, to her other two sons Atkins and Young. (James L. Macklemore, III, p 43).
Probably the Charles McLemore who was a member of the Granville County Militia in the 1763 and 1769 muster lists thereof. He died childless. (James L. McLemore, III, p 50).
Her FindAGrave memorial page, created by Tony Sivo and maintained by Beckie Saar Leone, states that her Obit appeared in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram on Jan 5, 2009.
"She was born in Fort Worth on July 24, 1924 and was a retired graphics processor at General Dynamics....died on Jan 2, 2000.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Virgil, in July, 1999.
She was survived by a sister; brother-in-law; and 2 nephews."
It also has a photo of her grave marker, which was inscribed Jim Maclin McLemore, 1924-2000, "Altho her name was Jim, She was a Her not a Him."
Her great-granndaughter, Jennifer Fawley, emailed in May 2012 that Agnes's maiden name was MacMahon. On the California Death certificate of daughter, Dorothy, it was shown as MACK.
An Illinois death certificate was not located for Agnes Hyde, nor was information as to her maiden name listed on FindAGrave.
I was unable to find either an Agnes E. MacMahon or Agnes E. Mack, born ca 1873 in Illinois on either the 1880 or 1900 census index prepared by Ancestry.
The only Agnes E. of the correct age in that area as 1800 or 1900 was Agnes E. DUFFY, born Nov 1873 in Illinois, living in the household of the widowed Ellen Duffy of Elgin, Kane County, Illinois. Ellen Duffy was born in Nov 1843 in Illinois to Irish parents. On the 1910 and 1930 census records, Agnes E. Hyde reports her father born in England, and her mother in Ireland/South Ireland. According to the Illinois Death Certificate for Ellen Duffy, she was shown as a daughter of Pliny Lathrop Fox and Laura Riddell. Other children listed with Ellen on the 1900 census were Mary, James, Katie, Sudie and Edward, plus Eliza Dyer, a niece. It may be that Ellen Duffy was married twice, first to a MacMahon (or Mack?), and later to a Duffy. Or it might be that Agnes Duffy herself was married to a MacMahon before she married Bert Hyde. It is more likely that Agnes E. Duffy and the Agnes E. who married Bert Hyde are two different people, both living in or around Kane County, and both born in the same year, simply by chance. Granddaughter Sharon Hyde is not familar with the DUFFY name or family, so it is likely this family is not related to Agnes E. Mc???, the wife of Bert Hyde.
Volume 17 of the STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST, published on September 6, 1954, reported that Albert and Ann MacPhail were both graduated at Ann Arbor, Ann with a B.A. Degree and Albert as M.D. Albert was an intern at St. Lawrence Hospital in Lansing.
Volume 20 of the same periodical reported that Dr. and Mrs. Albert MacPhail and son, Alan, 15 months old, returned from Germany in late May, 1957. The MacPhails were in Europe for 21 months while Albert was serving his two-year tour of duty with the Army Medical Corps. They had moved to St. Louis, Mo. and were to be there for three years while Albert specialized in Radiology at City Hospital.
The STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST, dated September 5, 1960, Volume 23, reported that he had begun the practice of Radiology in Flint. He did his specialty training in St. Louis, Mo. under the direction of Dr. LeRoy Sante. Dr. MacPhail, his wife Ann, and three children are now living in Westgate Park, Flint.
The 1966 issue of the same periodical reported he had recovered from a serious auto accident and was again working as a radiologist in Flint.
Obituary
Albert Angus MacPhail, MD, 82, of East Orleans, died Thursday, October 11, 2012 at home. He was the husband of Ann (Arthur) MacPhail. He is survived by his children , Alan Angus MacPhail and his wife Kim (Fagerquist) MacPhail of Evanston, IL; Laura Susan MacPhail and her fiance Russell Tanzer of Salem, MA; and Brian Andrew MacPhail and his wife Janet (Feurt) MacPhail of Chicago, IL. He had five grandchildren, Megan Ann, Rory Alan, and Kevin Edward, James Albert, and Alexander Clark.
He was born in Detroit, MI and was raised in Cass City, MI by his parents Angus MacPhail and Lillian (Striffler) where he was an Eagle Scout. After receiving a bachelors degree from Michigan State University, he went on to medical school at the University of Michigan. After completing a medical internship he in Radiology at St. Louis City Hospital. He entered a group practice of Radiology in Flint, MI in 1960, where he and Ann raised their children. He became Chair of the Department of Radiology at St. Josephs Hospital. He was a Fellow in the American College of Radiology. He also served as President of the Genesee County Medical Society and the Michigan Radiological Society. He became a private pilot and enjoyed traveling with his family to many places around the country where a favorite pastimes were backpacking, canoeing, and cross-country skiing. He was also a member of the Durkee Lake s Land Company where the family spent many happy days exploring the lakes and streams of Northern Michigan. A sailor who loved exploring the Great Lakes, and equally | the waters of Pochet Inlet and Pleasant Bay | he was a member of the Mackinac Island Yacht Club and the Northport, MI Yacht club. In 1980, Al and Ann moved to East Orleans, MA where he continued to practice until 1994 when he retired. On the Cape, they loved birdwatching, sailing the waters of Pleasant Bay, and beaches. He was an active volunteer for Nauset Neighbors, where he could be counted on for help with computers (one of his most passionate hobbies), and transportation. His services will be private. Memorial contributions may be made to the Massachusetts Audubon Society, Kiva.org, or Doctors without Borders. For online condolences please visit nickersonfuneralos.com
Published in The Cape Codder from October 17 to October 24, 2012
Cass City Chronicle
Volume 37, Number 27.
Friday, September 25, 1942.
Well Known Mortician of Thumb Died Here
Angus MacPhail Came to Cass City from Argyle in 1920 to Enter Business
Angus MacPhail, for 22 years a funeral director in Cass City, passed away at his home on North Seeger St. on Saturday night, Sept. 19, after a four-day illness. He had been in poor health for several months.
Born in Argyle Township, Sanilac County, he came to Cass City in early manhood to assist Alex McKenzie, pioneer funeral director here. Mr. MacPhail entered the undertaking business for himself in 1920. He was a member of the National Funeral Directors' Association, the Michigan Funeral Directors' Association and the Thumb of Michigan association. He served as president of the last named society. He was also a member of Tyler Ledge, F. & A. M., at Cass City.
Funeral services were conducted at the Douglas Funeral Home on Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock by Rev. Dudley Mosure, pastor of the Methodist Church, Rev. Stanley P. Kirn, pastor of the Evangelical Church, and Rev. Geo. Hill of North Branch, a former Methodist minister here. Mr. Hill delivered the sermon. Burial was in Elkland Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Myron Fancher, Imlay City; Geo. Dwelley, Carsonville; Alvin McAlpine, Bad Axe; Herman Winkle, Pigeon; Clarence Mayhew, Elkton; and Elmer Pomeroy, Crosswell; and other members of the Thumb Funeral Directors' Association served as honorary pallbearers. Business houses in Cass City were closed during the funeral hour.
Friends and relatives of the family came from many points in the state to attend the services and the funeral cortege to the cemetery was one of the largest ever witnessed here.
Besides the widow, the former Lillian Striffler, whom he married in 1914, Mr. MacPhail leaves a son, Albert; two brothers, John MacPhail of Detroit and Alex MacPhail of Argyle; and three sisters, Mrs. Jennie McBride and Miss Cassie MacPhail of Argyle and Mrs. Mary Vennix of Alger.
(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, February 2008)
Margaret Pearl's first cousin Franklin Meade McWethy, who wrote "Three Score and Ten" in December 1970 (a family history) described Joe Macy as "one of the nicest people I ever met." (from his FindAGrave memorial page)
1900 Census
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M9LG-51R
Name: Alva Maddix
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1900
Event Place: ED 100 Union Township Birmingham town, Van Buren, Iowa, United States
Birth Date: Aug 1867
Birthplace: Missouri
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Father's Birthplace: Ohio
Mother's Birthplace: Missouri
Race: White
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 11
Marriage Year (Estimated): 1889
Mother of how many children:
Number of Living Children:
Immigration Year:
Page: 1
Sheet Letter: B
Family Number: 21
Reference ID: 77
GS Film number: 1240462
Digital Folder Number: 004120125
Image Number: 00214
Collection: Alva Maddix, "United States Census, 1900"
When he registered for the draft during the First World War, he was a resident of Stockport, Van Buren County, Iowas, and worked as a section foreman for the C.B. and I Railroad. His nearest relatives was listed as Annie Maddix, also of Stockport. He was of medium heigth and build, with blue eyes and brown hair.
1880 Census
Iowa, Van Buren County, Birmingham
Enumerated 19 Jun 1880
Page 30 SD 1 ED 26 Sheet 381
243-252
Maddix, John T W M 36 Flowering Miller Ohio Ohio Ohio
Maddix, Lizze B W F 34 Wf Keeping House Mo Tenn Tenn
Maddix, Minnie L Alvy L W M 12 Son At Home Mo Ohio Mo
Maddix, W F 11 Dtr At Home Mo Ohio Mo
Maddix, Endimyon C W M 7 Son Mo Ohio Mo
Said by Wynema McGrew to be the son of Jesse MADDOX and Lucinda GIBSON. On the 1850 census, his occupation was farming. On the 1860 census, in Robertson County, John A. McGrew was living with them. He was still listed a a farmer at the time of that census. Juanita Johnson. a great granddaughter, says that Benjamin married Henrietta Smith after Mary June died.
1850 Census
Texas, Robertson County, Precinct 4
Enumerated 3 Nov 1850
Stamped 235
108-108
Benjamin W. Madox 20 M Farmer Ga
Mary J Madox 17 F Miss
109-109
Elizabeth McGrew 56 F $22,220 Ga
[Texas, Robertson County, Precinct 1]
John T. McGrew 28 M Farmer 1111 Mississippi
Elizabeth M Barton 6 F Texas
110-110
Thomas McGrew 26 M farmer 640 Miss
Lucretia McGrew 17 F Ala
Alfred Hicke 55 M Farmer 1486 Miss
1860 Census
Texas, Robertson County, Precinct 2
Enumerated 19 July 1860
Page 60
435-435
B W Maddox 25 M Farmer 3000 8950 Ga
Mary Maddox 25 F Housekeeper Miss
Sarah Maddox 6 F Tx
Jesse Maddox 4 M Tx
John A. McGrew 19 M Cattle minder 4550 2395 Tx
There is also a FindAGrave Memorial Page for Earnest Woodrow Maddox, but with a date of death of 1 Jan 1990, presumably in error. The date of birth is the same, 2 Dec 1912.
His burial is marked with a stone slab, not engraved, and paper marker, which is shown on the FindAGrave website, but too small to read. Perhaps this accounts for the incorrect date of death. The stone slab next to him is unmarked, as is a dirt grave next to the unmarked slab. One of the unmarked graves may be for his first wife, Ruby, who can be found enumerated with him at the time of the 1940 Rapides Parish, LA census. Earnest was a farm laborer. FindAGrave links him to Earnest Maddox, Jr., whose obituary shows him as a son of Earnest and Ruby Maddox.
Name: Layton Maddox
Death Date: 28 Dec 1936
Death Place: El Paso, El Paso, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 62 years 7 months 10 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 18 May 1874
Birthplace: Mchenry, Kentucky
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Emma Maddox
Father's Name: Eugena Maddox
Father's Birthplace: Unknown
Mother's Name:
Mother's Birthplace: Unknown
Occupation: Minister
Place of Residence: El Paso, Texas
Cemetery:
Burial Place: Restlawn
Burial Date: 29 Dec 1936
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2117028
Digital Film Number: 4166729
Image Number: 00003519
Reference Number: cn 59352
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
At the time of the 1870 federal census, 16 year old Sarah was living in the home of J O Maddox, age 46, and born in Georgia. Other members of that household were Myra, 26 F W born in Mississippi, Pinkney 5 F, Thomas 3 M, and Joseph 2 M. The younger household members were born in Texas, as was Sarah. As Sarah was the last member listed in the household (as opposed to be listed chronologically with the other minors in the home) it appears that she was likely not a child of J. P. Maddox, but likely related in some other fashion as they shared the same last name.
The following information is from a family group sheet done by Ms. Bernice Jump on the 14 of Jan 1995:
Obituary of Sarah Cassels, Victoria Advocate, April 25, 1885.
Mrs. Sarah Cassels, wife of Mr. J.W.Cassels, died on Saturday April 11, 1885 at her home on Perdido, this county, of pneumonia. The relatives have our sincere sympathy in their sore affliction.
Sarah was known to her family and friends as Sade. Information was taken from papers that Juanita Johnson had worked on. She got her information from Bible records, census 1850, legal records and other research.
Wynema McGrew shows that he married Lola Mattie York.
At the time of the 1920 federal census, a Tolephus Maddox, M, age 58, born in Texas, was living in Carter County, Oklahoma in a home with wife, Myrtle J, age 30, born in Oklahoma, Hellen Land F 4 years old, born in Texas, Orvil E. Coley M 16 Born Oklahoma, and William P Coley, age 11, born in Oklahoma.
On the image of her Tennessee Death Certificate at Ancestry.com, she is shown as Mrs. Bell Dora Hall of Jonesboro, Route 4, Washington County, Tennessee. She was widowed and aged 18 years and 5 months at the time of her death. Her parents were listed as John Madin and Mary Ellis, both born in Tennessee. (The transcription on ancestry instead lists them as John Mahan and Mary Telly). Certificate number 9694. The Tennesse Deaths and Burial index instead lists her parents as John Mahn and Mary Ellis.
FindAGrave shows him as a son of Frances Madison and Minnie Eberhardt. When he registered for the draft during the first World War, he was single, and farming for himself in Geneva, Nebraska. He was of medium heighth and build, with light blue eyes and black hair.
1920 Census
Nebraska, Fillmore, MadisonTwp
Enumerated 14 Jan 1920
SD 4 ED 38 Sheet 4B
93-93
Hlina, Steve Hd M W 55 M 1871 Na 1877 Bohemia Bohemia Bohemia Farmer
Hlina, Kirkava Wf F W 56 M 1888 Na 1877 Bohemia Bohemia Bohemia
Hlina, Eddie Son m W 20 S Neb Bohemia Bohemia Farmer
Hlina, Willie Son M W 17 S Neb Bohemia Bohemia Farmer
Hlina, Ella Dtr F W 16 S Neb Bohemia Bohemia Servant Home
Hlina, Bertha Dtr-in-law F W 21 Wd Neb Mo Iowa
Hlina, Helen Granddtr F W 1 9/12 S Neb Neb Neb
94-94
Madison, Clarence Hd M W 26 M Neb Iowa Ill Farmer General Farm
Madison, Mary Wf F W 32 M Neb Bohemia Bohemia
Madison (sic), Alice Dtr F W 6 S Neb Neb Neb
1930 Census
Nebraska, Fillmore, Madison Twp
Enumerated April 10, 1930
ED 30-22 SD 11 Sheet 2A Stamped 125
32-32
Madison, Clarence Hd M W 37 M26 Neb Mo Mo Farmer General Farm
Madison, Mary Wf F W 43 M 18 Neb Czech Czech
Madison, Alice Drt F W 16 Neb Neb Neb
Madison , Effie Dtr F W 8 S Neb Neb Neb
Madison, Evelynn Dtr F W 6 S Neb Neb Neb
Effie L. Miller age 85 of York died Tuesday, September 11, 2007 at York. She was born November 30, 1921 in rural Fillmore County, NE to Clarence and Mary (Hlina) Madison. In May of 1953, she was united in marriage to Rex Miller at Fairbury, NE. Effie was a member of the First United Methodist Church in York She enjoyed playing cards, sewing, cooking, gardening and especially enjoyed her grandchildren.
Left to cherish her memory are Rex Miller of York, four daughters, Barbara Mason of York, Mary and her husband Bob Fessler of Sutton, NE, Julie Miller of Carson City, NV, and Vicki and her husband Dale Stilwell of York, six grandchildren, Tim Mason of Lincoln, NE, Todd and his wife Betty Mason of Firth, NE, Darin Fessler of Lincoln, Tracy Fessler of Crete, NE, Jessica and her husband Josh Ericson of Aurora, NE, Jacob Stilwell of York, two great-grandchildren Jacob and Emily Mason of Firth. Also surviving is a sister Evelyn Elznic of Exeter, NE, one niece, two nephews, aunts and cousins. Preceding her in death were her parents, son Richard Beck, three brothers, Frankie, Jimmie and Leo, and one sister Alice Peterson.
Funeral services were held Friday, September 14, 2007 at the Metz Chapel in York with LeRoy Hoyer officiating. Burial followed at the Arborville Cemetery near Polk, NE. Memorials may be directed to the First United Methodist Church in York or the donor's choice.
A Funeral Service for Evelyn will be held on Thursday, January 6, 2022 at 10:30 a.m. at Farmer Funeral Home in Exeter, Nebraska. Kim Dunker will preside over the Funeral Service.
A Graveside Service will take place in the Exeter Cemetery following the Funeral Service.
Public visitation will be held on Wednesday, January 5, 2022 from 1:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. with family present from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Farmer Funeral Home in Exeter.
In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the family.
Evelyn Elznic was born December 1, 1923 to Clarence and Mary Hlina Madison near Burress, Nebraska. She passed away January 1, 2022 in Fairmont, Nebraska at the age of 98 years and 1 month.
She attended school at District 21 in Burress. In 1943 the best thing happened - she married Clarence Elznic. To this union they were blessed with a daughter, Sheila, their pride and joy. They lived on the family farm south of Exeter all of their married life where they worked and farmed together until Clarence passed away on July 9, 1975. She remained on the farm until June of 1978 when she moved to Exeter.
Throughout the years, she worked for the National Youth Administration in Fairbury, at Marsh Produce candling eggs, and in food service at the Exeter Public School. She also enjoyed working at the Maryland Caf? and the City Caf?. In addition, she worked in the office at Styskal Irrigation and for the last fourteen years before she retired at the Community Care Center of Exeter. Evelyn entered Country Reflections Assisted Living in Fairmont on February 15, 2015 and remained there until November 26, 2021 when she entered the Fairview Manor.
Evelyn enjoyed spending time with her granddaughters and great grandchildren. She could also be found at the Exeter Senior Center, playing cards or bingo in her free time. She also liked bowling, traveling, and going to the casinos. Her family enjoyed playing cards with her and her homemade pies.
Evelyn was preceded in death by her parents; husband Clarence; brother Leo; sister Effie Miller; half-sister Alice Peterson; half-brothers James and Frank Janda; and great grandson Seth McKay.
Survivors include her daughter, Sheila (Don) Crays; grandchildren, Stephanie (Kirk) Jensen, Linda (Grant) McKay and Clara (Tim) Grace; great grandchildren Cody, Casey (Rileigh) and Jessica Jensen, Bailey McKay, Kane, Weston, Xavier and Blaze Grace; and many other relatives and friends.
(Courtesy of Dennis Belohlavy, from Farmer & Son Funeral Home)
FindAGrave shows him as the son of David and Elizabeth Peake MAGEE (likely in error).
Era Leader 12-27-1928
Adolphus M. Magee died Wednesday at the residence of his sister,
Mrs. Mary Magee, age 70 years, 2 months, of age, and is survived
by 3 sisters, Mrs. Bankston of Baton Rouge; Mrs. Brashier of
Slaughter; Mrs. J.J. Stringfield of Franklinton; 2 brothers, R.E.
of Zona, and J.H. Magee of Mellville. Interment was in the Ellis
cemetery by the side of his brother, H.W. Magee.
1860 Census
Mississippi, Pike County, P. O. Box Holmesville
Enumerated 26 July 1860
Page 148
1082-1082
Henry Magee 27 M Farmer 5300 500 Miss
Louiser Magee 25 F Miss
Jacob A. Magee 2 M Miss
Andrew WM? Magee 1 M Miss
Sarah A. Magee 1/12 F Miss
1870 Census
Louisiana, Washington County, Third Ward, P O Franklinton
Enumerated 11 July 1870
Page 1 Stamped 229
1-1
Magee, Elbert 40 M W Treasurer 500 400 La
Magee, Louisa 35 F W Keeping House Miss
Magee, Alinir 12 M W Miss
Magee, Dolphin 11 M W La
Magee, Alace 10 F W Miss
Magee, Florence 8 F W Miss
Magee, Willis 6 M W La
Magee, Aebit 2 M W La
Magee, Roser 9/12 M (sic) W La
1880 Census
Louisiana, Washington County, Third Ward
Page 22B SD 1 ED 195
190-191
Magee, E. L M W 50 Farmer La Ga Ga
Magee, E M W F 46 Wf Keeping House Miss Miss Miss
Magee, Dolphus W M 21 Son At Home La La Miss
Magee, Florence W f18 Dtr La La Miss
Magee, O K W M 12 Son La La Miss
Magee, Rosa W F 10 Dtr La La Miss
Magee, Emma W F 8 La La Miss
Magee, Jno W M 6 Son La La Miss
Magee, Mary W F 4 Dtr La La Miss
Magee, Robert E W M 2 Son La La Miss
Magee, William W M 18 --- La La Miss
J. B. Cowell W M 24 --- Carpenter Mo Mo Mos
Shown as Aliner on the 1870 census. Maybe Eliner? Elbert?
From FindAGrave:
Era Leader 12-21-1939
Jacob E. Wood, 82 years old, died at his home in New Orleans on December 15th of a heart attack. He was born and reared in Washington Parish. Survivors are his 7 children, Mrs. Myra Goodbee, Mrs. Josie Forrester, and Mrs. Myrtle Tolar, Wiley, Robert, and Willie Wood of New Orleans, Houston Wood of Kingsville, Tx., and a large number of grandchildren and other relatives.
His wife, the late Emma Jones Wood, preceded him in death by about 5 years. Interment was in the Ellis cemetery.
FindAGrave also notes that he was the husband of Emma Jones, son of Morgan E. and Mary Simmons Wood (parents likely in error).
1900 Census
Mississippi, Marion County, Ball
Enumerated 22 Jun 1900
SD 6 ED 80 Sheet 9A Stamped 107
153-154
Magee, William W Head W M Dec 1842 56 m 33 Miss Miss Miss Farmer
Magee, Mary A Wf W F Dec 1839 60 m 33 6/5 Miss Miss Miss
154-154
Magee, Wesley Head W M Nov 1878 21 m 2 Miss Miss MIss
Magee, Lullou Wf W F Mar 1873 22 M 2 1/1 Miss Miss Miss
Magee, William C Son W M Jan 1899 1 S Miss Miss Miss
A military marker at his gravesite shows he served with Company E, 33 Mississippi Infantry, C.S.A. Said by Shannon Albritton Gorman to be a namesake son of William Willis Magee Jr and Saran Brown Fortenberry.
1870 Census
Mississippi, Pike County, Township 3 Range 10 E, PO Summit
Enumerated 4 Aug 1870
Page 11
69-70
Magee, William 27 M W Farmer $--- $175 Miss
Magee, Mary Ann 31 F W Housekeeper Miss
Magee, Clifton 2 M W Miss
Magee, Sarah M 3/12 F W Miss
1880 Census
Mississippi, Pike County, Beat No. 2
Page 14 SD 3 ED 38 Stamped 370
Enumerated 14 Jun 1880
193-124
Magee, William W W M 38 Laborer Miss Miss Miss
Magee, Mary Ann W F 41 Wf Keeping House Miss Miss Miss
Magee, Joseph W. C. W M 12 Son Laborer Miss Miss Miss
Magee, Sarah M W F 10 Dtr Laborer Miss Miss Miss
Magee, Luther W M 5 Son Miss Miss Miss
Magee, Westly W M 1 Son Miss Miss Miss
1900 Census
Mississippi, Marion County, Ball
Enumerated 22 Jun 1900
SD 6 ED 80 Sheet 9A Stamped 107
153-154
Magee, William W Head W M Dec 1842 56 m 33 Miss Miss Miss Farmer
Magee, Mary A Wf W F Dec 1839 60 m 33 6/5 Miss Miss Miss
154-154
Magee, Wesley Head W M Nov 1878 21 m 2 Miss Miss MIss
Magee, Lullou Wf W F Mar 1873 22 M 2 1/1 Miss Miss Miss
Magee, William C Son W M Jan 1899 1 S Miss Miss Miss
Obituary, copied from her FindAGrave memorial page, created by Jennifer Craig:
Ernest Arther Mahaffey, youngest child of James Arthur and Caldona Strow Mahaffey, was born on a farm northeast of Hebron, January 9, 1903, and spent his entire life farming in this area. He passed away July 10, 1963 at a local hospital following a lingering illness. He was 60 years 6 months of age.
On June 3, 1928, Ernest was united in marriage to Gladys Powell of Powell, Nebr. This union was blessed with five children now living, one son and four daughters. He was a devoted husband and father.
Preceding him in death were his parents, one brother James, and one infant son. He leaves to mourn his passing his wife Gladys, his children; Lois (Mrs. Daryl Ream), Luree (Mrs. Ernest Marschman, Jr.), Larry, Linda and Lulu all of Alexandria. Five granchildren, Nancy, Donna, and Blaine Ream, Terry and Monte Marschman. His sisters Mrs. Bessie Wassom of Hebron, Mrs. Ulah Higel of Bruning and Mrs. Gladys Wassom of Hebron. Besides many other relatives and friends.
Funeral services were held on Friday, July 12, 1963 at 2pm at Montgomery-Tibbetts-Cotter chapel with Rev. John L. Pettit officiating. Pallbearers were Clark Apley, Roy Marsh, Carl Nystrom, John Bright, Charles McKenzie, and John Murell. Interment was in the Fairbury Cemetery.
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VBK4-76T
Name: Howard Mahurin
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1940
Event Place: Council House Township, Ottawa, Oklahoma, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 22
Marital Status: Single
Race (Original): White
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Son
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Birthplace: Oklahoma
Birth Year (Estimated): 1918
Last Place of Residence: Same House
District: 58-9
Family Number: 189
Sheet Number and Letter: 11A
Line Number: 16
Affiliate Publication Number: T627
Affiliate Film Number: 3321
Digital Folder Number: 005454662
Image Number: 00193
Collection: Howard Mahurin in household of Arthur P Mahurin, "United States Census, 1940"
Cass City Chronicle
Friday, November 2, 1917
Vol. 13, No. 27.
Page One
Mrs. Harry Young
City Saddened by Death of Business Man's Companion
Cass City was saddened Modnay when it hear of the premature death of Mrs. Harry Young at one o'clock that morning. Mrs. Young had been very ill for several weeks from a complication of diseases. All that human skill could possibly do was done, a city specialist and four other doctors having been in attendance.
Miss Bertha Maier, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Maier, was bon in Cass City August 28, 1886, and has spent her entire life in this village. On Feb. 12, 1905, she was united in marriage with Harry Young, proprietor of the Cass City Meat Market.
Mrs. Young was of a quiet and retiring nature which led her to hide her best qualities from public gaze, but they were revealed to those who enjoyed her acquantance. Her devotion to those she loved would make a bright chapter in any life. She was a member of the Evangelical church and of Venus Rebekah Lodge.
Mrs. Young is survived by her sorrowing husband, parents, one sister, Miss Laura Maier, and two brothers, Fred and Edward. One sister, Maude, preceded her in death.
The funeral was held Wednesday afternoon at the residence with Rev. J.W. Hamblin in charge of the services. Relatives present from out of town were Robt. and Theodore Young of Tilsonburg, Ont., and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Young and Mrs. Jas. Cutting and daughter, Viola, all of Detroit.
(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, January 2008)
1910 Census
Michigan, Tuscola County, Elkland Twp, Cass City Village
Enumerated 21 April 1910
SD 8 ED 113 Sheet 6A Stamped 137
Main Street
148-148
Young, Harry Hd M W 31 M2 Canada English England/English England/English Butcher Own Shop
Young, Bertha Wf F W 21 M1 0 0/0 Canada English Germany/German New York/English
Cass City Chronicle
Friday, April 16, 1948
Vol. 42, Number 51.
Page One
Well Known Photographer Died Here Saturday
Edward G. Maier, 64, well known as a photographer in Cass City, passed away Saturday night in his home on East Third St., where he had been ill, for about six weeks. Funeral services were held at the Douglas Funeral Home on Tuesday afternoon, conducted by Rev. John Safran, pastor of the Methodist Church, and interment was made in Elkland cemetery. He is survived by a sister, Miss Laura Maier, and a brother, Fred Maier, both of Cass City.
Mr. Maier was born in Cass City June 19, 1883. Following his education in the public school here, he was employed for several years as a marble cutter by Hill & Parent, monument dealers, and then went to the Photo School of Engraving at Essingham, Ill. After his graduation from that school, he entered business with his father, Jacob Maier, in the photo studio, and after the death of the elder Maier, he conducted the photographic business here for many years. Because of failing health, he disposed of the business in June, 1946, to Fritz Neitzel.
(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, February 2008)
Fred worked as a butcher, from 1924 to 1941 with his brother-in-law, Harry Young, and from 1941 to 1956 in partnership with Jim Gross.
Cass City Chronicle
Thursday, January 17, 1963
Fred Maier Dies in Local Hospital
Fred W. Maier, 74, retired businessman, died early Monday in Cass City Hospital, where he had been a patient for several weeks.
Son of the late Jacob and Fannie Striffler Maier, he was born in Cass City July 13, 1888. He and Miss Fern Cooley of Cass City were married Aug. 29, 1938, in Lafayette, Ohio.
Surviving are his widow; one sister, Miss Laura Maier of Cass City, and two cousins, Joseph and Ward Benkelman of Cass City.
Funeral services were to be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the Douglas Funeral Home with the Rev. James Braid officiating. Burial was to be in Elkland cemetery.
(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, February 2008)
It appears that the Jacob Maier who married Fannie Striffler in Cass City, Michigan was also a near neighbor of the Benkelmann family while still in G?ppingen, W?rttemberg. Kathy Brandt Bonnell, who has transcribed the G?ppingen area parish registers, shows a Jakob Maier born on 18 Sept 1853 in Donaukreis, W?rttemberg, Germany. This Jakob was a namesake son of Jakob Maier born in Gro?s??en and Sophia Krapf of Salach. Both Gro?s??en and Salach are slightly southeast of G?ppingen. Jacob's 1925 obituary shows he was born in Klein Eislingen, Wuertenberg, Germany, on Sept. 17, 1853. Kleineislingen is just north east of Gro?s??en, straight east of G?ppingen. Due to the near exact birthdate, and the close proximity to G?ppingen, and the connection of both the Krapf and Benkelmann families to the Maier's in Michigan, it appear likely this is the same Jakob. This has not been proven however.
Cass City Chronicle
Cass City, Michigan
Friday, January 23, 1931
"Thirty-five years ago: January 24, 1896"
At the Evangelical church, the following Sunday School officers have been elected for the ensuing year: Supt., Mrs. Lena SCHWEGLER; ass't supt., Mrs. Mary BENKELMAN; sec., J. MAIER; treas., Adam BENKELMAN; librarian, Miss Lillie STRIFFLER; ass't librarian, Miss Maud MAIER; organist, Miss Martha STRIFFLER; ass't organist, Oscar LENZNER.
Cass City Chronicle
Friday, March 13, 1925
Vol. 20, No. 44.
In Business here 45 Years
Jacob Maier Passed Away Tuesday at Age of 71 Years.
Opened a Photo Studio here in 1880 Which He Conducted Continuously Since That Date
Jacob Maier, who has held the honor of being in business in Cass City the greatest number of consecutive years, passed away at his home on Third street early Tuesday morning, at the age of 71 years. He has been in business her continuously from 1880 to 1925, a period of 45 years.
Mr. Maier has been in failing health for over a year, but was actively engaged in his photograph gallery until shortly before the holidays. He made his last visit to his place of business two weeks previous to his death and was confined to his bed but a week. Death was caused by Bright's disease.
Funeral services were held at the family residence Thursday afternoon, conducted by Rev. I.W. Cargo, and interment was made in Elkland cemetery. Local business houses closed during the funeral hour.
Jacob Maier was born in Klein Eislingen, Wuertenberg, Germany, on Sept. 17, 1853. He came to the United States as an orphan at the age of 16 years. His first residence was at Gardenville and Lancaster, N.Y., where he was employed as a carpenter. Later he was employed in Buffalo and Philadelphia and he came to Cass City in 1876.
In April, 1879, he was united in marriage with Miss Fannie Striffler. That year, he returned for a short period to Lancaster, N.Y, where he learned the first principles of the art of photography and on New Years Day in 1880, he opened up a photograph studio in Cass City. He has served the public here continuously since that date.
Mr. Maier is survived by his widow and three children, Edward, Fred and Laura Maier, all of Cass City. Two daughters preceded the father in death.
(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, January 2008)
Volume 14 of the STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST, dated September 3, 1951, reported that his family regularly corresponded with his niece, Fanny Sauter in Scheer Adana, Germany, about 25 miles from the Black Forest.