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- Thomas Irwin PLACE, Milton jewler,
died Friday night, Jan. 19, in the hospital at
- Monroe where he had been taken to be
near his nephew, H. Merton PLACE following an operation
in the Wisconsin General hospital, Madison.
- At his request, his boyhood friend,
Wm. H. CRANDALL, Milton, undertaker, had
- the funeral which was held at 2:30
p.m. Monday in the S.D.B. church, Rev. Carrol L. HILL
officiating and being assisted by Dr. Edwin SHAW. The
college quartet composed of Bernhardt WESTLUND, Paul SAYRE,
Ivan RANDOLPH and Herbert CROUCH, sang two selections.
Mrs. Robert RANDOLPH presided at the organ. Active pallbearers
were members of the village board, D. N. INGLIS, R. L.
HULL, Henry OCHS, Homer GREEN, J. R. DAVIDSON,
and Wm. D. BURDICK. Honorary bearers were F. H. HOLMES,
village president; W. E. ROGERS, village clerk; Miles
RICE, village treasurer; and E. L. BARNES, supt.
of the water department.
- Among those attending the funeral were
a group of Edgerton friends; Gus SEEGER,
- Milwaukee; Frank BURDICK, Beloit;
Mr. and Mrs. Merton PLACE, Richard, Helen and Robert PLACE,
Monroe; Mr. and Mrs. Sam SWADESH and Phillip PLACE
of Madison.
- T. I. PLACE, as he was best
known, was born March 9, 1861, near Alfred, N. Y.,
- the son of Phillip and Emma PLACE.
While attending school he also entered the jewelry store of Ames
A. Shaw, Alfred, to learn the art and business of a jeweler.
In 1884 he graduated from school and also from Mr. Shaw's shop
and purchasing the necessary tools and a small outfit, he came
to Milton and established the business which he continued 55
years, thus becoming the dean of businessmen of the village.
- For a short time he was in partnership
with Henry BURDICK whose sister Lena he
- married Dec. 8, 1889. Both Henry and
Lena contracted tuberculosis and died shortly after Lena's marriage.
- On Nov. 17, 1891, he married Miss Katherine
MAXSON, daughter of Horatio
- MAXSON
and sister of the late W. B. MAXSON of Milton. She died
June, 1929. Since then T. I. has lived by himself in the home
over his store.
- He is survived by eight nephews and
two nieces of his own family and by two nephews
- and two nieces of his wife Katherine.
- He was a life-long member of the Seventh
Day Baptist church and a member of the
- local church during his residence here.
- He was elected to the village board
in 1918 and ten years later was elected village
- president, a position he held several
years. [Thursday, p. 1]
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- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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