He farmed the N1/2 of Lot 13, Concession 9 in St. Vincent Twp.
Dufferin (MB) Leader 29 Mar 1900: E. Williams, who came from Ontario last fall and has resided in town during the winter, has bought the A.R. Ruth farm at Barnsley and has taken possession.
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He had been suffering for a number of years from a diseased arm, which took a bad turn and ended in his death. He never married. In 1879 he advertised in the Meaford (ON) Monitor, offering his service in enlarging photographs.
Owen Sound (ON) Times 1 Jun 1877 St. Vincent Township Council minutes: orders to pay - Toronto Hospital, maintenance of Judson Williams $12; 22 Jun 1877 orders to pay, Toronto Hospital, for J. Williams $12.
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After his mother's death in 1841, Solomon, his father, sister Susan Leavens, and brother Hiram went up to St. Vincent Twp, Grey Co. ON. He worked for John Williams as a bailiff when John was a magistrate.
At the time of the 1861 Census, Solomon and his wife and family lived in a 1 1/2 story log home and he was a clerk. By 1870 they had moved to Fort Madison IA where in 1880 he was a clerk in a saw mill. He is buried in Foster Cemetery.
Colorado Genealogist Vol. 28 (1967) #2, p.32-33: Foster Home Stage Stop ... [The grave markers] will soon disappear as cattle are being run into the yard and even into the old home itself. The home is over 100 years old and was built on the banks of the El Rio Florido (now the Apishapa) River. It is located a few miles east of Aguilar. Originally a stage station owned by James Allen Foster, it also served as the first post office for the settlement that soon grew around it. ... The stage arrivals were usually heralded by rifle shots fired into the air by the four men who rode the hacks as guards against Indian attacks. The area around the Foster home was attacked frequently by Indians.
In 1873 a railroad line was established near the stage station and the population of the bustling settlement gradually began to move upward on the Apishapa River toward the San Antonio Plaza settlement below where the town of Aguilar stands today. ... The town of Apishapa was platted during the early 80's. Lots were sold and several houses and business enterprises were established there. ... When the town was depopulated, Foster bought all of the D & R.G. company holdings, sold the buildings he had purchased and turned the land into pasture for his cattle. ...
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He was a typesetter in 1880, a printer in 1910 and a printer in a newspaper office in 1920. When he died he was a printer and worked for Optic Publishing Co., Las Vegas NM.
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He resided in Carlin NV where, in 1910, he was a car foreman at the S.P.R.R. Shops and, in 1920, he owned and operated a grocery store.
William Linebarger (Georgia's father?) moved to Carlin NV from Missouri to work for the railroad in 1878 and around 1900 opened a grocery store in connection with William Raines. Linebarger, an aggressive business man, ran the Railroad Hotel. Linebarger and John W. Scott later formed a partnership in the grocery store business. In 1969 Scott's Grocery Store conducted business from a modern building.
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His occupations included clerking in a store and cashiering at the depot.
Obituary: "Edward S. Scott, son of Mr. and Mrs. E.J. Scott of this city [Las Vegas, NM], died suddenly of heart failure on Christmas Day at the home of his wife's mother, Mrs. Anna DeWitt, in Amarillo, Tex. Mr. Scott had been in poor health for the past five years. He was stricken with paralysis last May. He had been feeling unusually well for ten days before his death, and on Christmas Day, enjoyed his dinner with his family. He was exceptionally well and cheerful. After the meal he followed his wife to the kitchen and at the door was stricken with heart failure, and fell, expiring instantly.
"Mr. Scott was a patient sufferer all through his sickness. He was married to Miss Mamie DeWitt on December 24, 1908, at Amarillo Texas. He is survived by his wife, and two sons, Edward, aged 6 years, DeWitt, aged 15 months; his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. E.J. Scott of this city, and one brother, J. William Scott of Carlin, Nevada.
".... Mr Scott was in the employ of the Charles Ilfeld company for a long time before he left Las Vegas. He attended high school here and later finished his education at Wichita Falls, Texas. For some time he was chief rate clerk for the Santa Fe railroad out of Amarillo, but had to resign on account of poor health.
"The old friends of the Scott family remember "Eddie" as a boy. He had many manly traits of character that showed that he would be successful and popular when he reached maturity. His after life fully measured up to his friends' expectations. The death of Mr. Scott caused sorrow to many a Las Vegan." from unknown newspaper in scrapbook of Mamie (DeWitt) Scott Roberts, his widow (posted on Ancestry by Carol Hammond).
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She was married, second, to Arthur Roberts. He was born circa 1883 in Kansas. He was a carpenter. They were living in Las Vegas NM in 1920.
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From left, Josie, Addie, Lena (sitting front), Arthur, Fred Ward
Military: He served as a private in Co. D of the 12th Kansas Infantry during the Civil War. He enlisted on 6 Sep 1862 at Lane KS and was discharged on 30 Jun 1865 at Little Rock AR. In his pension claim he states that
the deafness and catarrh of which he complains were first contracted while in the military service of the U.S. when he was a private under Gen. Banks during the Red River Expedition un 1864, that the deafness was caused by the heavy canonading which injured the drum of the ears, that the catarrh was due to exposure during said Expedition, ... That to the best of his knowledge and belief he contracted Rheumatism during the summer of 1864 due to exposure, ...
He was a wool carder at Lane, Franklin Co. KS in July 1869 with his brother and had land 150 miles southwest of Lane, KS bought under homestead. The family was thinking of moving there, per a letter in July 1869 written by his father.
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Arthur worked for the Rio Grande Railroad. He was a mailman on the mail car and for most of his life was based out of Denver. He may have started in New Mexico or near Trinidad CO. Arthur was a Mason in Denver.
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Arthur and Marjorie met in Arizona wher her family was living. She worked at the mail window at the railroad station in Clinton, AZ. She was called "Martha."
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In 1910 she was living in Las Vegas NM with her aunt, Selina (Aldrich) Scott and working in a book bindery.
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Wichita (TX)Daily Times, 13 Jul 1908: John M. Hursh, who lives about a mile and a half south of town, suffered a heavy loss from a hail storm which swept over a district about eight miles long and a half mile wide early Sunday morning. Mr. Hursh's cotton was stripped almost as clean as a bone of its leaves and smaller branches, and he is ready to sell his crop at a low figure.
Wichita (TX) Daily Times 31 Jul 1908: J. M. Hursh returned last night from Fort Worth, where he had been attending the State Grand Lodge of the A.O.U.W.
obituary: Wichita (TX)Daily Times, 4 Nov 1910: Mr. Hursh's Funeral at 10 Am Tomorrow / Services will be held at Christian Church in this City/ His Death Was Sudden / Well Known Citizen of Wichita County Fell Dead While Driving Home In Wagon
The funeral of John Hursh, who died suddenly from heart failure yesterday evening will be held at the Christian Church at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. Rev. Hamlin will preach the funeral sermon, after which the Masonic fraternity, of which the deceased was a member, will take charge of the service. The interment will be in the Riverside cemetery.
Mr. Hursh died about seven o'clock yesterday evening as he was driving to his country home a few miles from the city, after a trip to town in a farm wagon. His brother, Frank Hursh, and his son, John Hursh, better known as "Bumps" were with him. Mr. Hursh was driving and his brother and son were in the rear end of the wagon, with their backs turned toward him, when they heard a noise, and looking to the front, saw Mr. Hursh lying on his back on the floor of the wagon, with the lines still clutched in his hands. They ran forward and lifted him up, but he gave no sign of life.
This happened near the residence of Mr. Haynes, and the team was stopped and the lifeless body was carried into the house, where all the methods known to the household to restore animation were tried, while a physician was being summoned and until he could arrive, but without effect. It is believed Mr. Hursh was dead when he fell to the floor of the wagon, and heart failure is believed to have been the cause of his death.
Mr. Hursh, who would have celebrated his 53rd birthday on Nov. 6, had he lived, was one of the best known citizens of Wichita County, having resided in Wichita Falls for eighteen years. He was a native of Iowa and lived in Springfield, Mo., and in Colorado, before coming to Wichita Falls, where for a number of years he was engaged with his brother-in-law in the hardware business under the firm name of Kerr & Hursh, which business was recently sold to the Noble Hardware Company. He was a candidate before the democratic primaries last year for the nomination for tax assessor. John Hursh was a man of sterling honesty, and if he had an enemy in the world, none have ever known his identity.
Wichita (TX) Daily Times 4 Nov 1910: All Masons are hereby notified to meet at the Masonic Hall at 9 o'clock a.m. Saturday, Nov. 5, 1910, for the purpose of attending the funeral of Brother J.M. Hursh, which will take place from the Christian church, corner Ninth and Lamar.
Wichita (TX) Daily Times 5 Nov 1910: The funeral of the late J.M. Hursh, who died very suddenly Thursday evening at 6 o'clock as he in company with his son and brother were driving home in a wagon, took place this morning at 11 o'clock, from the Christian church, Rev. R.R. Hamlin, pastor of the Christian church, assisted by Rev. Lowrance, pastor of the Southern Presbyterian church, conducting the religious service at the church, which was attended by a large number of friends.
At the conclusion of the service at the church, the Masons, of which deceased was an honored member, took charge and escorted the remains to the Riverside cemetery, and interred them with all honors that could be conferred by that order.
Deceased was in his 53rd year at his death and for the past eighteen years had been a citizen and business man of this city. He leaves surviving him a wife and five children, an aged mother, one brother and two sisters.
J.M. Hursh was regarded by all as one of the best citizens of Wichita Falls and Wichita county, and had served this city in the capacity of city councilman for several terms. Before moving to this city he resided at Iowa Park and was of the city officials for the greater part of his residence there.
By his death his family is not only bereft of a loving husband and a kind and affectionate father, but the community an upright and honorable citizen. He was not only a Mason, but also a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, and the Order of Maccabees.
Wichita (TX) Daily Times 23 Nov 1910: Exactly nine days after the death certificate was signed, W.H. Bachman, record keeper for the local tent of the Knights of Maccabees, paid to Mrs. John Hursh $3,000, in settlement of insurance carried by her husband in that order.
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In 1917 he was a machinist at Wichita Falls (TX) Motor Co.
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In 1917 he was a machinist at the Wichita Motor Factory. He was a Corporal in the U.S. Army during World War I. He and his sister Christine owned a printing company in Las Vegas NM.
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In 1944 she was working at Williams bakery in Eugene OR. Her husband was a dairy farmer and timber truck driver.
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He was a carpenter. He married, second, Marie Haber. She died in 1980 in Sacramento CA.
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He was a member of World War I Barrcks No. 33.
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She lived in Arizona from 1955 to 1989, when she moved to Junction City. She worked as head housekeeper at Camp Richardson on Lake Tahoe for about 10 years. During the winter, she lived in Phoenix AZ and worked at the Biltmore. She had no children.
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He was a logger at a sawmill about 24 miles west of Oakland OR and fell from a rolling log into a pond where he drowned. He served in World War II.
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Since shortly after their marriage in 1828, her parents had gradually migrated from Ellisburg NY, near the eastern shore of Lake Ontario, around to the south of the lake and then around the western tip of the lake to Toronto. The family moved again, on what proved to be the last leg of the journey. This journey was by wagon train to St. Vincent Township. It is said that Catherine walked most of the way. At the end of their journey the family settled on land west of the future town of Meaford. It is here that Catherine spent the remainder of her childhood.
Catherine, though quiet and retiring, was considered wise and shrewd and always interested in her neighbors. She had a sewing machine and helped with family sewing. She provided a basic education for the children, although she down-played her ability, largely because she had been taught in the evenings by her own father. She must have done fairly well, for many of her children became teachers. At the age of 85 she drove a number of miles over the prairie to vote.
When the family first came to Saskatchewan there were no schools. The first teaching of neighborhood children was done in the York home by daughter Ella, then in her late teens. The first school buildings were built of logs by volunteer labor. The Touchwood school opened in 1895. The teacher in 1897 and '98 was another York daughter, Elizabeth. She introduced the phonic system of teaching which was reported to be the up-to-date method. Daughters Verna and Maude also taught at the Touchwood school.
Christian Monthly Review, Vol. 7, No. 8, August 1922, p. 22: (transcribed by Myrna Perry)
Obituary
Mrs. Frederick York was born in Connecticut in 1835; was married to Mr. York about 1859. Bro. and Sister York lived in the vicinity of Meaford, Ont., Canada, for about fifty-three years, and will be remembered by many of the aged brothers and sisters in Christ, and the preaching brothers who long ago preached in Meaford when the late Brothers D. L. Latin, Jas. Trant [sic], Chas. Jay, Brother and Sister P. Elford, Alonzo Smith, Sister Laycock, and many others that cannot here be mentioned lived.
Bro. Frederick York and his wife moved to Saskatchewan, Canada, thirty-two years ago, near to Goutchwood [sic] Hills.
Bro. York died at the age of eighty-nine in March, 1920. Sister York died at the age of eighty-seven July 9th, 1922, and her funeral service was conducted by the writer July 11th. The writer knew both personally and loved them for their works sake.
The surviving members of the family are--Mrs. Jos. McGill, Mrs. W. H. Campbell, Miss E. York, Mrs. D. M. McIvers, all of Carman, Manitoba; Mrs. F. L. Constantine, Cranbrook, B. C.; Mr. J. H. W. York, Oakland, Cal., and Stanley F., of High River, Alberta.
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He was married, first, on 16 or 26 Jun 1845, to Louisa Hallock. She died in March 1854. They had four children: William Price Mallory (father of Amy); Martha Mallory (she may have been the sister of Wilson rather than his daughter); Wyatt Mallory and Lydia Mallory. William and Martha were taken by their maternal grandparents after their mother's death and eventually went to Wisconsin. Lydia was raised in the York family.
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She died in childbirth and had no living children.
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He was a farmer. He was married, second, on 3 Mar 1885 at St. Vincent Twp, Grey Co. ON, to Maria Permilia Ann Belfry. They had children.
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