Letitia (Tish) Counts taken when she was 16.
Do you think she could be unidentified person
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Karen Counts
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Tish Counts 1892 Autograph Fan
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108 Silver Street Girls
Mary
Mary
Florence
Myrle
Glacy (?)
Zee
Chloe
Tish
(these names written vertically on fan with 108 Silver Street Lebanon
below written horizontally)
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Karen Counts
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Mary Tatem Cumberland, Tenn
Mary Hughes Tenn. Don't forget the "soup house"
Lebanon, O. (maybe is says song?)
July 18 group photographed Lebanon, O.
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Karen Counts
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Monday Eve
Jig dance by
Tennessee Girls
180 Silver St.
Lebanon O.
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Karen Counts
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Mr. Smith
Texas
Lebanon Normal
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Karen Counts
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Never forget the jolly times we've had at "108 Silver" St.
Lebanon O. Florence Penn
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Lebanon, O July 1892
Stealing plums. ha ha.
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Miss Counts, I am not going to forget you T, you must sometimes
think of me, Ala Kericodle, Tenn (not at all sure of the
signature of this person)
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I'd grin from ear to ear. University boarding house.
Will B -
Char R -
Will F -
May 22, 1892
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Mr. (?) Feldman Chillicothe Aug 24
Mary Tatem Cumberland, Tenn
Mary Hughes Tenn. Don't forget the "soup house" Lebanon, O.
(maybe is says song?)
July 18 group photographed Lebanon, O.
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Obituaries appeared in unidentified newspapers. Obituaries were cut out and pasted inside cover of Bible that belonged to Jennie (Counts) Heath. “Jennie Heaths Book - Bought 1884. “ Jennie was Letitia’s sister.
Transcribed March 18, 2015 by Nancy English Bleil (August 10, 1943 - ) great-granddaughter of Jennie (Counts) Heath.(Italics in obituaries added by Nancy English Bleil
Letitia "Tish" Counts ( June 1, 1870 – July 5, 1895)
HONORED
IN DEATH
The Sad Loss That Richmond Dale and Vicinity Have Experienced
in
Miss Letitia Counts’ Death
Her death was the result of typhoid fever, and among her acquaintances in this city, at least, there was no thought that death was threatening, hence the word of her decease came with a severe shock.
Miss Counts was most respected and beloved in society circles, and the following preamble and resolution, submitted by the committee of Clifton Lodge, No. 208, Daughters of Rebakah, of which society she was an honored member and one of the foremost officers, will indicate the estimation in which she was generally held. The committee’s report reads:
To Clifton Lodge, No 268, Daughters of Rebekah, I. O. O. F. (Independent Order of Odd Fellows):
We, your committee, do respectfully offer the following in memory of the death of sister Letitia Counts of this Lodge.
Sister Counts was a charter member of Clifton Lodge, No 268, I. O. O. F. (Independent Order of Odd Fellows) instituted June 27, 1889, and departed this life July 5, 1895.
She was a member of the degree staff and an active member of the order, having filled the various stations with honor and distinction. Just prior to her death, she was filling the chair as financial secretary.
The funeral services were held at the M. E. church and were conducted by Rev. Marriott, she having been an active member in Sunday school and church work. After this, the funeral services were concluded at the grave (Caldwell Cemetery, Richmond Dale, Ross County, Ohio), by the members of our order, which was a fitting close to a faithful, exemplary life.
WHEREAS, it has pleased Almighty God to take from our midst, by the hand of death, our beloved Sister, Letitia Counts, that in her death we have sustained a loss, and her family a kind and affectionate daughter and sister, who has passed the portals of this lodge to join the Grand Lodge above.
RESOLVED, That we extend to the friends of our deceased sister our sincere sympathy in this, their great loss and sorrow, praying that our Father in Heaven administer comfort and consolation to their stricken hearts.
RESOLVED, That our charter and secretary’s chair bed raped in mourning for a period of thirty days.
RESOLVED, That we cause a copy of these resolutions to be placed on the minutes of this lodge, a copy to be furnished in one county paper, a copy to the Bundle of Sticks, and a copy be furnished to the members of the bereaved family.
Ettie A. O’Dell
Perry D. Brown.
Very Largely Attended The funeral services of the late Miss Letitia Counts were held at RIchmondale Sunday, in the M. E. church, under the auspices of the Richmondale Chapter of Daughters of Rebecca, I. O. O. F. (Independent Order of Odd Fellows) of which the deceased was secretary. Rev. Marriot preached the funeral sermon.
The procession that followed the body of the deceased to her last resting place, was a large one, and amply attested the love, admiration and respect felt by the community for one who, in life, was made up of those characteristics which make a perfect woman.
Those from the city, who attended the sad services, were Mr. and Mrs. G. W. C. Perry, Dr. Chas. Miesse, Mr. and Mrs. Austin Herman, Misses Reppa Larimore, Ella Rupel, Mary Larimore, Mrs. Mary Butler, Dr Samuel Dunlap and Mr. Will Schlegel.
Miss Letitia Counts, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Counts, of Richmond Dale, died Friday morning (July 5, 1895) of last week, after a brief illness of typhoid fever. Miss Counts was a teacher in the Richmond Dale schools, and was 22 years of age at the time of her death (born June 1, 1870). The funeral was held on Sunday, at the M. E. church at Richmond Dale, Rev. Marriot officiating.
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