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[born 9/4/1860 -- about 1937?]
OLD MILLBURN RESIDENT DIES
William A. Bonner, 77
Lifelong Figure in Lake County
Taken by Death.
William A. Bonner, 77, a lifelong resident of the Millburn vicinity of
Lake county, died last night at his home in Millburn.
Mr. Bonner was born on a farm near Millburn on Sept. 4, 1860, the
son of James and Margaret Bonner, pioneer settlers from Scotland, and
he lived on the farm of his birth, until 11 years ago when he moved to
a small home in the village of Millburn.
In 1922, Mr. Bonner married Minetta Denman McGuire, who survives him.
He also leaves two step children, Ralph D. McGuire of Millburn and Mrs.
Lloyd Atwell of Lake Villa; one brother, James H. Bonner; two sisters,
Mrs. Mina Gilbert, Waukegan, and Mrs. Elizabeth Stewart, Gurnee, and
several nieces and nephews.
The body will rest at the home from tomorrow afternoon until the
services at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Millburn Congregational church. Burial
will be in the family lot in Millburn cemetery.
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We are sorry to record the death of Mrs. T. McGuire, nee Minnie
Crawford, who died at her home in Ellsworth, Minn. Mrs. McGuire
was brought up in Newport and was dearly beloved by all who knew
her. She leaves a husband and son besides her parents and brothers
and sisters. The bereaved ones have the heartfelt sympathy of all.
Her remains were brought to the Mill Creek cemetery, where they
were interred on Tuesday of this week.
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Struck by Lightning.
During the thunder shower, on Sunday afternoon, the barn of
H. D. Hughes' farm near Loon Lake, was struck by lightning and
burned to the ground. We append a graphic description of the
affair, as written by "Hughy" himself:
We were sitting in the basement of the barn, at about five
o'clock, milking the cows, Jessie, Smith, Harold and I. Kenneth
had just been sent to the house to put down the windows, where
little Ruby was alone, to prevent the rain, which, had already
commenced falling, from coming in. Alex, as we afterward found
out, was up in the stable at the east end of the barn. We heard an
explosion. I can't call it anything else. It was not thunder.
Imagine an egg as big as the universe, with a shell a half of a
mile thick, exploding close to your right ear, and you have the
sound, as near as I can describe it, not the sharp crack of a
rifle, or the dead boom of dynamite, or the roar of cannon, or the
roll of thunder, but the round "pop" so peculiar to the fire ball
of a roman candle, or the last of a sky rocket - only it was a
very large pop. Jessie jumped and screamed, the boys jumped, the
cows jumped and I jumped. "Well Jessie, that's the closest one we
ever hear." "Yes, I wonder if it struck anything?" "No, I guess
not." "I believe I smell something." "I smell something burning."
"I don't, but may be you better look out and see." "It's the barn!
Turn out the cows!" In an instant every hand was on a stanchion
lock, and in half the time it takes to write one of these lines,
fifteen cows were started for the door, rushed out and Smith shut
the door for fear they might try to come in out of the rain, as
there was no smoke or fire so far in the basement. Then every hand
grabbed a milk can or pail, and started for the north door. The
wind being in the north west we got all the cans, pails, and the
milk wagon jerked out; then all ran in the horse stable and
carried out the harnesses. As I came out of the stable door I met
Lewis Savage. "Have you got `em all?" "I guess so." And then the
neighbors dropped in one or two at a time, from every direction,
till almost every family for a mile around was represented, and
some coming from so far as the village of Antioch. Almost the
universal first question was: "Is anybody hurt?" Everybody seemed
to know we would be in the barn milking, at that time. But, thank
God, nobody was hurt. It could not have been more than a half
minute from the time the barn was struck, till the smoke rolled
out, and the roar commenced. One barn, 30x48, was almost full of
oat straw; another, 32x50 was pretty well filled in the bays with
new and old hay; another, 20x44 was empty; and the fire fiend
seemed to cover the whole business at once, and consumed things
very rapidly. The wind-mill on the top of the barn went over with
a crash, the roof fell in, the bays of hay, eight feet above the
basement floor, went down bodily to the ground, looking like great
masses of rock, heated "one seven times hotter" than was
necessary. Now, at 4 o'clock a.m., they are pretty well gone.
Kenneth, having put down the windows, was looking out, and
saw the smoke. "Oh its the barn,' he shouted. Ruby said to him:
"Go and tell mamma and the folks;" but "mamma and the folks' just
then came out of the barn door all right, but Alex did not know
what had happened or come out of the upper stable till we had
carried everything out. "Was you scared, Alex?" "No, I heard the
noise but I wasn't scar't any."
All things considered we think we have been very fortunate.
The barn and most of the contents was covered by insurance in the
Millburn Insurance Company. And the fact has been brought back to
our minds again, that we live in the best neighborhood in the
world.
Thanking all our friends, and the good Lord in particular, I
remain,
Yours,
H. D. Hughes.
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[can't tell if this is one of our Dodge family or not]
At about five o'clock last Sunday evening one of the oldest
and most respected residents of Waukegan and Lake County passed to
her eternal home. After a linger illness of paralysis, Mrs.
Harriet S. Getty passed away a the residence of her son-in-law Mr.
G. B. Watrous at the advanced age of eighty-three years. Mrs.
Getty was the wife of Adam Getty, now deceased, and spent her
earlier years in New York, thence removing to this county and
since residing here. The deceased was the mother of Mrs. G. B.
Watrous, and Mrs. Wm. B. Dodge, of this city and was well known as
a lady of strong character and a lovable disposition.
The funeral occurred on Tuesday afternoon from the house
Rev. W. E. Toll officiating and the remains of the deceased were
interred in Oakwood cemetery.
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With regret we recall the death of one of Rosecran's young ladies.
After a brief illness of two weeks, Miss Marthia Murrie passed
into the better land on Saturday evening, July first. Marthia was
loved by all who knew her and she had a large number of relatives
and friends who followed her remains to their last resting place
at Mount Rest on July third. We will miss Marthia in every turn,
at every place where we were accustomed to meeting her. We will
miss her in the X society of which she has been a member for three
years and secretary and treasurer for three or four terms. She
will be missed in the Sunday school and church of which she was a
member and most of all she will be missed in her home where she
was the only daughter and the only sister. Let us not mourn too
much, dear friends, what is our loss is her gain; our dear Marthia
is not dead but sleepeth.
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RECEIVE WORD OF MRS. LAMB DEATH
Word has been received by friends here of the death of Mrs. Hannah
Loring Smith Lamb, Oct. 3 at the home of her sister-in-law, Mrs.
Thadeus Smith in West Los Angeles, Cal.
Mrs. Lamb was born in Milburn, Ill., April 13, 1845, and lived the
greater part of her life in that vicinity. In January, 1911, she
was married to Nohum Lamb of Gurnee. After his death the
following year she went to California where she has made her
home.
She has many friends who will remember her. Her father, George E.
Smith, was one of Millburn's early settlers.
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GEORGE M'CREDIE DIES AT SAND LAKE
George McCredie, a lifelong resident of Lake county, succumbed at
the home of his sister, Mrs. W. H. Miller, Sand lake, yesterday
afternoon. He was born 78 years ago, May 12, 1860, on a farm near
Millburn. Besides his sister, he leaves several nephews and
nieces. Funeral arrangements will be announced tomorrow in the
New-Sun death notices.
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[some time in 1940]
Daughter of Pioneer Lake County Family
in Millburn Area Is Dead
Mrs. Elizabeth Bonner Stewart,
Born Christmas Day in 1851, Succumbs.
Daughter of a pioneer Lake county family and a resident of the
county all of her life, Mrs. Elizabeth Bonner Stewart, 88, died
yesterday afternoon at the home of her son-in-law and daughter,
Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Ames of Gurnee.
Mrs. Stewart was born on the old Bonner homestead south of
Millburn on Christmas day of 1851. She spent her entire life in
the Millburn vicinity except for a few years of residence in Lake
Forest. Twenty years ago she went to make her home with her
daughter.
Her marriage to Peter W. Stewart took place on July 4, 1877. Mr.
Stewart died on Jan. 28, 1910.
Surviving besides Mr. and Mrs. Ames are a granddaughter, Ruth E.
Ames; a sister, Mrs. Mina Gilbert of Waukegan and 22 nieces and
nephews. Mrs. Stewart was a sister-in-law of Mrs. Eliza Bonner of
Millburn. Mrs. Bonner married Mrs. Stewart's brother, the late J.
H. Bonner, and Mrs. Stewart married Mrs. Bonner's brother.
Services will take place on Sunday at 2 p. m. in Millburn church
of which Mrs. Stewart was a member for many years. The Rev.
Raymond A. Eusden of Newton, Mass., will be in charge, and he will
be assisted by the Rev. Melvin L. Frank, pastor of the church.
Burial will be in Millburn cemetery.
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[some time in 1935]
AGED MILBURN PHYSICIAN DIES
Dr. Homer E. Jamison, 77,
Dead After Practicing Medicine for 42 years.
Dr. Homer Eugene Jamison, 42 years a physician, who practiced
medicine in the Milburn vicinity for 40 years, one of the longest
records in Lake county, passed away at 5 p. m. Saturday at the
family home in Milburn. He was 77 years old.
Dr. Jamison had been in poor health for the past several years,
although he had still managed to be moderately active in his
profession. He was born on August 6, 1858, in Brighton township
Kenosha county. His parents went to that district from New York
state in the early 1850's.
For several years the Jamison family resided on a farm near
Libertyville and the younger Jamison, who had obtained his early
schooling in that neighborhood, went to Chicago where he studied
medicine and was graduated from the College of Physicians and
Surgeons.
Not long after graduation he was married to Miss Emma Ranyard.
She passed away in 1890. In 1893 he was married to Miss Mattie
Davis, who survives him.
He practiced medicine for one year in Chicago, followed by a year
in Antioch, after which he set up a practice in Millburn which he
maintained until the time of his death.
Organized Phone System
He was one of the organizers of a private telephone system in the
Millburn vicinity years ago. This line is still in operation, the
exchange switchboard being located in Dr. Jamison's home in
Millburn.
Survivors beside Mrs. Jamison are two daughters. Mrs. George
White of Antioch and Miss Doris Jamison, who resides at the
Millburn family home; a brother, George of Cherry Valley, Ill.;
and a sister, Mrs. Will Seazey of Granada, Colo.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. tomorrow from the home
with interment to be in Milburn cemetery. Services at the
cemetery will be in charge of the Masonic lodge of Antioch a
fraternal organization in which Dr. Jamison had been active.
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[some time in 1937]
HOLD FUNERAL FOR GEORGE EDWARDS, PIONEER, DEAD AT 92
Resident of County Since 1846;
Is Survived by Widow, 6 Children
Funeral services for George Edwards, one of Lake County's oldest
pioneers, were held Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock at the
White and Tobin funeral home in Waukegan. Interment was in the
family lot at Hickory cemetery.
Mr. Edwards died at his Millburn home at 11 o'clock Sunday
morning. He had suffered a stroke on June 9 from which he never
recovered.
He was born in Kenosha Dec. 3, 1844, and two years later came with
his parents to Newport township, to the land taken from the
government. He has lived in Lake county since that date.
He was married to Ella M. Sanborn, who survives him, on Jan. 8,
1879, of which union eight children were born; Earl who died in
January, 1934; Bert of Antioch township; Mabel who died in
girlhood; Frank of Millburn; Mrs. Cora Erwin of Waukegan; Mrs. Eva
Alling of Millburn; Warren of Newport township, and Roy of
Waukegan, He also leaves seventeen grandchildren and four great
grandchildren, one brother, Charles, of Russell, and one sister,
Miss Alice Fenelon of Grayslake.
Told of Prairie Fire
Many are the stories Mr. Edwards told of the incidents of pioneer
days. He told of seeing an exhibition plowing march when sixteen
yoke of oxen were hitched together to break the land. As a small
child he watched his parents plow around the buildings to save
them from a prairie fire which swept across the farm. He went
with his parents in a covered wagon to Missouri in 1857 but they
did not stay, as Mr. Edwards, Sr., was a strict abolitionist and
was not made welcome in a slave state. Returning seven months
later, they purchased the farm next adjoining which the family
still owns.
In Millburn Since 1923
Mr. and Mrs. Edwards lived in the vicinity of Hickory most of the
married live, moving to Waukegan in 1913, and in 1923 they
purchased the home in Millburn where they have lived since.
Mr. Edwards was active physically and mentally until two months
ago. He read the daily newspapers and was keenly alive in the
changing times.
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[some day in May, 1930]
CLARENCE BONNER OF MILLBURN DIES
Clarence E. Bonner, 59, died of a heart attack this morning at his
farm home near Millburn. Mr. Bonner was born near Millburn on
Aug. 22, 1878, and spent his lifetime in that vicinity. His wife,
Lucy Trotter Bonner, died Sept. 14, last.
Surviving are one daughter, Jean, and three brothers, William,
Gordon and Robert Bonner. Announcement of services will appear in
the News-Sun tomorrow.
The Rev. Samuel Holden will read services for Clarence E. Bonner,
59, at the home near Millburn on Monday, May 30, at 10:30 a. m.
Internment, Millburn cemetery. Body will rest at home from Sunday
morning until time of funeral.
