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ILLINOIS GENEALOGY EXPRESS |
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Source: Jackson Citizen Patriot - Jackson, Michigan Dated: April 23, 1887 He died in the Poor House. C. W. WASHBURN, for years a noted character in Peoria, Ill., died at the county poor-house, Thursday morning. The deceased started life with brilliant prospects. He was a gifted orator. He served in the Mexican war, and was in Col. INGERSOLL's regiment in the civil war. He was a candidate for the state senate in 1854, being beaten by but a few votes. Drink and general worthlessness finally reduced him so that he sought an asylum in the county poorhouse several years ago. |
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Source: Kalamazoo Gazette - Michigan Dated: Sept. 1, 1894 PEORIA LAKE MYSTERY. The Truth Will Never Be Known Why This Pair Died. There was a mysterious fatality on Peoria lake at a late hour the other night. Harry McCOY and Miss Josie COLWELL lost their lives. The accident is shrouded in mystery and it is probable the full details will never be known. Mr. McCOY came to Peoria a few years ago from Jacksonville and had been employed in the office of his brother-in-law, W. H. MILLER, an architect. Recently he commenced keeping company with Miss COLWELL, who has been a resident of the city for less than a year, coming from Wyoming, Ill. Last Monday evening they went for a ride on the lake, securing a skiff from the boat yard of Capt. Bill York about 8 o'clock in the evening. They wee in the best of spirits and that is the last time they were seen alive. About 10 o'clock a Mrs. BERRY, who resides on the river bank, was aroused by hearing some one quarreling in a boat. She listened for a time and looked out on the bright moonlight waters. She could see the boat and the people in it and plainly heard the angry words of a woman. She retired and a few minutes later when the quarreling had ceased she looked out. The boat was still there, but it was empty. She called to a neighbor, Charles SWEET, who rowed to the boat. He found in it two hats, one a man's and the other a woman's, and near by a chair-back with the man's coat on it. These were towed to shore and soon identified as McCOY's. It was not until morning that the woman was found to be Miss COLWELL, who, during her residence here, had borne an untarnished reputation and had never previously kept company with any one. A reward was at once offered for McCOY's body, but it was not until afternoon that it was found. A few hours later Miss COWELL's body was found about 100 yards away. Her apparel showed signs of a struggle and it is supposed the accident occurred while she was fighting for her honor. She was about 20 years of age and a beautiful woman. Her parents are poor, and since her residence in Peoria she had been employed, as a stripper at a cigar factory, all the employes of which dragged the river for her body. |
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| Source: Kalamazoo Gazette - Michigan Dated: Aug. 8, 1896 NEWS IN BRIEF. Mrs. Mary E. CAMPBELL, who was run down on State street, Peoria, by a truck wagon, died of her injuries. |
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| Source: Grand Rapids Press - Mich. Dated: Jan. 5, 1910 DIED OF PELLAGRA Disease Fatal to Two Patients in the Peoria Asylum. (By Associated Press) Peoria, Ill., Jan. 5 - Suffering of pellagrous mania Mrs. Valentine HERMAN, a patient at the state asylum, escaped scantily clad, dying later of exposure. She was found sitting beneath a tree in the orchard frozen almost to death. She was one of the first pellagra victims found in the Peoria asylum. Mrs. Anna Klingenmyer, sixty-five years old, at one time one of the wealthiest women in Illinois, died today at Peoria Asylum of pellagra. She had been afflicted with the disease for a year. |
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| Source: Duluth News - Tribune - Minn. Dated: Oct. 24, 1916 DIED STANDING UP. PEORIA, ILL. - Oct. 23 - H. H. MOON, 35, a prominent farmer living near Trivoli, Ill, was found dead in his garage Sunday. The body was standing erect against the wall. The automobile engine was running and the garage was filled with gas. |
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| Source: Plain Dealer - Cleveland, Ohio Dated: July 17, 1871 Spirit of the Morning Dispatches. Obituary. Hon. E. N. POWELL, one of the oldest and best citizens of Peoria, Ill., died suddenly on Saturday. He was formerly judge of the court. His funeral took palce on Sunday afternoon, and was largely attended. |
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| Source: Times Picayune - Louisiana Dated: March 5, 1929 DEADLY BEVERAGE BOUGHT IN CHICAGO Same Liquor Believed Sent to Other Cities in State (By The Associated Press) Peoria, Ill., March 4. - The fifteenth victim of poisonous bootleg liquor distributed in Peoria over the week-end died tonight, and a coroner's inquest was held in abeyance to await the death or recovery of others who imbibed the tainted alcohol. State's Attorney Henry E. PRATT announced tonight that Maurice MANSFIELD, arrested as the local distributor of the liquor, had admitted he imported fifty gallons from a Chicago bootleg syndicate but refused to name his source. Lance HITZ, 55 years old, farmer, was the fifteenth to die. Seven other deaths were reported during the day. The seven other deaths reported today, attributed to the liquor, were Marsh EASLEY, 60, and Andrew HEATON, 65, Vermont, Ill., stock raisers; Mrs. Catherine GAREY of Wesley City, a Peoria suburb; Edward BALDWIN, Peoria; Harold HEIPLE and Charles HOLLAND of Washington, a small town near Peoria, and Ben TEEL, 60, of Vermont. Edward BAILEY of Peoria, believed to have been the companion of Mrs. GAREY when she was stricken, himself is in a Peoria hospital, blind and in a critical condition. Edward HANRAHAN of Burlington, Iowa, also is in the hospital seriously ill, and several other victims are receiving hospital treatment. Reports said scores of other Peorians are ill at their homes. Coroner Investigates Coroner William ELLIOTT
is conducting an investigation but has postponed the inquest until he
receives reports from Professor George C. ASHLAND, chemistry
expert at Bradley college, Peoria, who is analyzing liquor taken from
the vital organs of several of the victims. |
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| Source: Plain Dealer - Cleveland, Ohio Dated: Feb. 13, 1938 NEWSPAPER EXECUTIVE DIES PEORIA, ILL, Feb. 12 - (AP) - Clarence EYSTER, 55, chairman of the board of managers of the Peoria Star, died today of a heart ailm |
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