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- FORMER LOCAL MAN CLAIMED BY DEATH
- Charles Backenstoe Succumbs Thurs. Morning in Madison;
Buried in Beloit
- Charles W. BACKENSTOE, 69, a former Evansville resident,
died at the home of his
- daughter, Mrs. Floyd E. BALLARD, Madison, early Thursday
morning. Short funeral services were held at the grave in Oakwood
cemetery, Beloit, at 4 p.m. Friday with the Rev. H. A. Studebaker
officiating.
- A fomer employee of the Baker Manufacturing Company, Mr.
BACKENSTOE was
- well known in Evansville. He was a former deacon and Sunday
school superintendent of the Second Congregational church in
Beloit and for many years was a foreman at the plant of the Yates-American
Machine company there. He was a member of the Fraternal Reserve
and Modern Woodman lodges.
- Mrs. BACKENSTOE died six years ago and a year afterwards
Mr.
- BACKENSTOE went to Madison to live with his daughter.
Survivors include his daughter, Mrs. Floyd E. BALLARD,
Madison; two sons, Glenn and Harold both of San Jose, Calif.;
and four sisters, Mrs. Lizzie ENSIGN and Mrs. Mary MAGEE,
Beloit; Mrs. Lee HOISINGTON, Montford; and Mrs. George
RICHARDSON, Vermillion, So. Dak. [p. 1, col. 5]
Courtesy of Ruth Ann Montgomery.
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- PIONEER RESIDENT CLAIMED BY DEATH
- Mrs. I. H. Brink Succumbs Friday After a Lingering Illness;
Buried here Sunday
- Mrs. I. H. BRINK, 88, pioneer resident of Evansville
and vicinity died in her home at
- 19 West Church street at 1 a.m. Friday following a lingering
illness. She had been an invalid for the past five years.
- Mrs. BRINK, formerly Miss Chloe E. HILL, was
born in North Orwell, Bradford
- county, Pa., Sept. 23, 1841 and at the age of 14 moved with
her parents to Argyle, Wis., where she grew to young womanhood.
She was married there to Isaac H. BRINK in April 1861
and moved with her husband to Evansville in 1867. Since that
time Mr. and Mrs. BRINK have made their home in this vicinity
celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary here in 1911.
- Mrs. BRINK was a member of the Eastern Star and attended
the Methodist church.
- She was preceded in death by her husband who died in Nov.
1920 and three sons, Charles, Frank, and George. She is survived
by one son, Jay Brink, this city; a daughter, Mrs. R. M. CARSON,
Evansville; four grandchildren, Stanley BRINK, Detroit,
Mich.; Mrs. Nira B. FAULKNER, Wichita Falls, Tex.; Leighton
CARSON, Monroe; and Emory CARSON, Oshkosh; and
three great grandchildren.
- Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Sunday in the home,
the Rev. G. C. Saunderson
- of the Methodist church officiating. Burial was made in Maple
Hill cemetery with Bert BAKER, M. T. VANDERBILT,
J. F. WADDELL, F. S. LEWIS, W. S. SPRATLER,
and C. D. DOOLITTLE as pallbearers.
- Among those from out-of-town who attended the services were
Leighton CARSON,
- Monroe; Emory CARSON, Oshkosh; Frank HIGGINS
and Mr. and Mrs. F. H. DUGDALE, Madison; Mr. and Mrs.
U. G. MILLER and Mrs. Ella PEACH and son, Glenn,
Edgerton; Mr. and Mrs. Delbert SMITH and Mrs. Evaline
HUBBARD, Brooklyn; Mr. and Mrs. T. J. PATTON, Whitewater;
and Mrs. Ellen SCOTT and Gale HAWLEY, Argyle. [pp.
1 & 8]
-
- Courtesy of Ruth Ann Montgomery.
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