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).
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 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.
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.
Author, Former Banker
Long
a
Director of
MacDowell
Group
___________
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
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.
©2000 by Tina Hursh