Hamilton County
Assorted obits

Nellie M. Torrent Stever
Submitted by Maryjane Honner
July 10, 2000

Amherstburg Echo
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada

22 March, 1889

STEVER, - At Cincinnati, Ohio, on Tues. March 12th, Nellie M., wife of Mr. D. M. Stever, of Muskegon, Mich., and daughter of Mayor Torrent, of Muskegon, aged 24 yrs. Deceased was a second cousin to Edward W. Honor, of Malden and Capt. Thomas Honor of Detroit.

(Submitter Note: Honor family also spelled the name as Honner).


Mattie Staten James
Submitted by Ann E. Robinson
June 27, 2000

JAMES
Mattie, (nee Staten), beloved wife of the late Albert James, dear mother of Albert N. James, sister of Mrs. Russell (Annabelle) Robinson and Mrs. Betty Phelps, grandmother of three grandchildren.  Thursday, October 12, 1978, in her 88th year.  Former resident of Cheviot.  Relatives and friends are invited to attend Funeral Mass at St. Martin Church on Saturday, October 14 at 9 A.M.  Vitt and Stermer Funeral Home, Cheviot in charge of arrangements.


William M. Ferris
Pam Mumford
January 11, 2001
The Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Sunday, October 18, 1914
WM. M. FERRIS DIES SUDDENLY
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He was Oldest Native Voter in County and Prominent in Church Work.
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William Marsh Ferris, aged 85, oldest native born voter of Hamilton County and a man who saw the first steam locomotive enter Cincinnati, died suddenly yesterday afternoon at his residence, 3414 Shady Pines, Hyde Park.
Mr. Ferris was the son of Isaac Ferris and the grandson of Ebenezer Ferris, who first preached in the original Duck Creek Baptist Church, the oldest institution of its kind west of the Alleghanies.  Mr. Ferris' father also was a preacher of the Duck Creek Church.  Mr. Ferris was born in the old homestead, 2990 Linwood Road, October 5, 1829.  During his youth the entire business district of Cincinnati was below Pearl Street.  When in his early twenties Mr. Ferris started in partnership with his brother John and began the Ferris Hame Manufacturing Company, which for years operated in Linwood, and later changed its name to the J. A. DeArmond Manufacturing Company. Following in his father's and grandfather's footsteps, Mr. Ferris took an active interest in the Duck Creek Baptist Church, now the Baptist Church on Erie Avenue, Hyde Park.  After serving for more that a half century as a deacon in that institution, Mr. Ferris was made a permanent deacon.  This honor was bestowed on him some ten years ago, shortly after he retired form active business.
An honor of which Mr. Ferris felt proud was the fact that in all his years he never voted any place but in Precinct C of the First Ward.  His father, too, always voted in that same precinct. Last Friday, Mr. Ferris walked by himself to the voting place and registered.
 That night he was taken suddenly ill.  Dr. Dixon of Hyde Park was summoned and ordered the aged man to bed.  His decline was very rapid, and at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon he succumbed.  Acute indigestion is given as the cause of his death.
He served as a home guard for 100 days during the war of 1861-1865.  Less than two weeks ago at the birthday reception in his honor, Mr. Ferris recalled reminiscences of early days and repeated the tales told him by his grandfather.
Four children, ten grandchildren and five great-grandchildren survive him. The children are Mrs. Anna B. Green, Dr. E. S. Ferris of Columbus, Ohio, F. W. Ferris of Cincinnati, and Mrs. Dell Sorber of Hot Springs, New Mexico.


Mrs. Anna F. Green
Pam Mumford
January 11, 2001
The Cincinnati Enquirer Tuesday, September 26, 1944
MRS. ANNA F. GREEN

Services Tomorrow for Founder of Loan Company
Services will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the George H. Rohde funeral home for Mrs. Anna Belle Ferris Green, one of the founders of the Hyde Park Building and Loan Co.  Burial will be in Mt. Washington Cemetery. Mrs. Green, who was 89 years old, died Sunday at her home, 4118 Schenck St., Deer Park, after an illness of three months.  She was an active member of Walnut Hills Christian Church.  Her father, William M. Ferris, helped to settle the East End, where the old Ferris homestead still is standing on Linwood Road.
She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Grace Molloy; a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Julia Green; a granddaughter-in-law, Mrs. Lida Molloy; two grandsons, Willard and Francis Green; a granddaughter, Mrs. Betty Klee; a sister, Mrs. Dell Sorder, Hot Springs, New Mexico, and seven great-grandchildren.


Parker Fillmore
Pam Mumford
January 11, 2001
NEW YORK TIMES JUNE 6, 1944
PARKER FILLMORE
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Author, Former Banker Long a
  Director of MacDowell Group
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Parker Fillmore of 434 East Eighty-fourth Street, author, who was for many years a director of the Edward MacDowell Association, died yesterday of a heart attack while visiting friends in Amherst, Va., according to word
received by relatives here last night.
Born in Cincinnati sixty-six years ago, he graduated from the University of Cincinnati and then taught for three years, 1901-1904, in Government schools in the Philippines.  During the next fourteen years he was a member of W. H.
Fillmore & Co., bankers in Cincinnati.
Among Mr. Fillmore's writings are "The Hickory Lamb," "Czechoslovak Fairy Tales," "The Laughing Prince," "Mighty Mikko," "The Wizard of the North," and "The Stuffed Parrot."  He was secretary of the executive committee of the Allied Members of the MacDowell Colony at Peterborough, New Hampshire.
He leaves a widow, the former Louise Dutton, and a daughter Rose.


Hannah Fillmore
Pam Mumford
January 11, 2001
Enquirer December 20, 1974

HANNAH FILLMORE
Services for Miss Hannah Lockwood Fillmore, 73, 6946 Murray Avenue, Mariemont, will be held at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the Thomas Funeral Home, Madisonville, with burial in Greenlawn Cemetery, Milford, Ohio.  Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. today.
Miss Fillmore died Wednesday at the Clermont Nursing Home, Milford.  Born and raised in Terrace Park, Ohio, she was graduated from the University of Cincinnati, where she majored in physical education.  She was supervisor of elementary physical education for the Cincinnati Public Schools for a number of years, later going into kindergarten work and teaching at Highlands School on Eastern Avenue.
She was a lifelong member of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), an active member of the Walnut Hills Christian Church and the Nature Center, an officer of Delta Kappa Gamma, women's honorary education organization, and on the board of the Cincinnati Retired Teachers Association.  Her father, the late Fred A. Fillmore, composed many hymns for the Christian Church and was associated with the former Fillmore Brothers on Elm Street, which was a publishing house of church and band music.
Miss Fillmore leaves one sister, Mrs. Everett Bradley, Detroit, Michigan; one brother, Millard, Pompano Beach, Fla., and several nieces and nephews.  The family has asked that memorial contributions be sent to a favorite charity.


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