Information for Aldis Franklin Pillsbury
20 December 1847 - 7 March 1913
From The Caldwell Tribune
14 March 1913 - p. 8
Contributed by Dennis McIndoo



NOTE - There are mass errors on the obituary of
Aldis Pillsbury.  There is an obituary on 14 March 1913
that a 15 year old girl, Addie F. Pillsbury, died and was buried
in the Roswell Cemetery.  I could find no evidence that there
was a daughter named Addie born to David Franklin Pillsbury.
This includes looking for a Death Certificate, census, and
 a search on Ancestry.com.

There is a lot of evidence that the person mentioned is actually
Aldis Franklin Pillsbury who died on the same date mentioned
in the "Addie" Pillbury obituary that seems to be in error.  The
Idaho Death Certificate shows he was a son of David Franklin Pillsbury. 
The obituary shown below was in the same newspaper two pages away on the
same date.  Even in this obituary it mentions an August Pillsbury,
 which to add to the confusion, does sound like Aldis.  If anyone has further
 evidence  to help with all this confusion please contact us. 
Obituary transcribed as published.

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    August (sic-Aldis?) Pillsbury of Big Bend, died last Thursday after an illness of six days. Mr. Pillsbury was sixty five years of age.  He came here from New York ten years ago.  The funeral was held in the Baptist church last Saturday afternoon, Rev. Lawrence officiating. 

(Also mentioned on the same page is the following...)

    The G. A. R. of Parma attended the funeral of Mr. August (sic-Aldis?) Pillsbury last Saturday.



Below is the obit that seems to be in error


   Addie F. Pillsbury, the little 15-year-old daughter of David Pillsbury, passed away last Friday of pneumonia.
    The little girl was ill only one week.  She was buried at Roswell on Sunday, the funeral arrangements being under the direction of the Platt-Peckham company


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