THAYER, Fred A.
ST. CLOUD TRIBUNE January 26, 1922 pg. 3
FRED A. THAYER
Fred A. Thayer, of Thompsonville, Conn, who has been
spending the past six winters here with Mr. Albert Dougherty,
who is a personal friend of his, died suddenly Monday afternoon,
January 23rd, at 4:30 o’clock.
Mr. Thayer and Mr. Manning had spent the afternoon on
the lake in a boat fishing, and he had returned and shut off the
engine when he dropped over dead.
Mr. Thayer was born in Massachusetts and was 78 years
old; was a member of the Free and Accepted Masons at
Thompsonville, Conn. He enlisted in the Civil War in 1862 in the
United States Signal Corps, form [sic] Providence, R. I.; was
wounded while in service; was mustered out at Ft. Leavenworth,
Kansas in 1866.
Mr. Thayer was a widower, and is survived by four
children: two sons, one at Columbus, Ga., and one in Connecticut
with whom he made his home when in the north; one sister at
Plainville, Mass.
Mr. Thayer formerly lived in Maine and owned a farm
there. The son of the deceased arrived from Columbus, Ga. on
Wednesday, and accompanied the remains to Thomasville, Conn.,
for interment.
THOM, J. C.
ST. CLOUD TRIBUNE, August 12, 1926, pg. 2
COMRADE J. C. THOM
Word has been received of the death of Comrade J. C.
Thom at Glendale, Minn., on August 3rd.
Comrade Thoms has a winter home in this city, and with
his wife has spent several winters here, where he has made many
friends, who will join with the Tribune in extending sympathy to
the bereaved wife.
While here he fell from the roof of his home, causing an
injury to his side which later developed into a cancer,
necessitating an operation. His age, which was 86, was against
his recovery.
THOMAS, J. Albert
ST. CLOUD TRIBUNE, January 24, 1918, pg. 4
J. ALBERT THOMAS
J. Albert Thomas was born in Medina county, Ohio, June
2, 1843; died at his home in St. Cloud, Florida, January 21,
1918, at 9 o'clock p. m., at the age of 74 years, 7 months and
17 days. Death was caused by cerebral hemorrage.
Deceased was left motherless at the age of 9 years, and
then helped his father care for the home. Soon after the death
of his mother his father moved the family to Iowa, and settled
in Benton, Benton County, where Albert grew to manhood.
At the outbreak of the Civil war he enlisted in the
service of his country in Company D, 8th Iowa Infantry, and
served his full term and received an honorable discharge from
the service.
He married Miss Delilia Leamer, in Benton, Iowa, July 5,
1863. They continued to live in Iowa until 1877, and then moved
to Nebraska, where most of his active life was spent.
Four years ago he moved to St. Cloud, Florida, to spend
his declining days away from the ice and snow. Here he greatly
enjoyed his retired life, living in peace in his fine bungalo
[sic] on Pennsylvania avenue. He took great delight in fishing,
and was following his favorite pastime with his friends last
Saturday when he complained of feeling badly, and the stroke
came on rapidly, and by the time they reached home he had lost
the use of his limbs, and sank continually until the end came.
He is the last of his father's family and leaves only
his wife to mourn his loss. A sister, of Mrs. Thomas, with her
husband, Mr. and Mrs. Meister, have arrived to assist her in her
terrible grief.
Mr. Thomas was a member of the Masons, of the Eastern
Star, and was Patron of the Eastern Star last year, and was a
member of the G. A. R.
He was converted and joined the Methodist Episcopal
church three years ago, and has been a faithful and consistent
member since. He was a trustee of the church and helped in the
work of the church, as few men have ever done. His place will be
hard to fill. A princely man has gone.
The funeral service was held from the Livingston Mission
Methodist Episcopal church in St. Cloud, Thursday, January 24,
1918, at 3 o'clock p. m.
Rev. H. Bowen, the pastor, had the services in charge.
The choir assisted and sang the songs of Faith.
The body was prepared by C. E. Carlson and shIpped on
the evening train for interment in Iowa, where rest the loved
members of his family who have preceded him into the Great
Eternity.
THOMPSON, John Henry
ST. CLOUD TRIBUNE, February 26, 1920
JOHN H. THOMPSON PASSES AWAY FEBRUARY 20
John H. Thompson passed away on Friday afternoon,
February 20, after a lingering illness of nephritis, at his home
on Carolina avenue, this city. The funeral was conducted Sunday
afternoon at 2:30 in the Methodist church by Rev. J. B.
Westcott, with interment at New Brunswick, N. J., to which place
the remains were shipped by Eiselstein Brothers, who had charge
of the funeral arrangements.
Mr. Thompson numbered as one of the early settlers in
St. Cloud, was a member of the G. A. R., and had lived a devout
Christian life, bing a trustee of Livingston Methodist church up
to the time of his death. He had a host of friends here who
extend their sympathy to the bereaved relatives. He was 74 years
of age when the end came.
Miss Mabel Dalrymple, a granddaughter, had been
attending Mr. Thompson's bedside for several weeks, and was the
only relative present at the time of his death.
A TRIBUTE TO JOHN HENRY THOMPSON
John Henry Thompson and I came to St. Cloud about the
same time, and during these past ten years we were neighbors.
Part of the time I shared my roof with him, ate the same food
from the same board and we exchanged the history of our lives
both in the army and out, and each had ample opportunity to know
much of the other's private lives. Although circumstances have
been against him in many ways, enough to sour the disposition of
most men under similar circumstances, a cloud never appeared to
cross his sunny disposition; he never complained of his lot. He
once said to me: "My hopes are anchored; I accept God's
dispensations: I am an instrument of His hands."
John Henry Thompson was an unassuming son of toil. He
had no opportunity in youth. Had he been wealthy I might be
charged with "toadying" and despise myself for while the man has
been worthily successful is entitled to credit and honor, it
should be for his worthy example and nor for ducats. As he was
poor in worldly goods it gives me great pleasure to pen this
humble tribute. He income was small - a pensioner- but he fitted
his wants to his means and was successful in wrestling a portion
for the soil. (2 lines unreadable) dise on earth, as an invalid
and died from the malady he brought with him, he stands as an
example of thrift and frugality to the average laboring man of
today.
John Thompson was not a learned man. I cannot therefore
be charged with worshipping [sic] at the feet of Gamaliel [SIC].
His opportunities through life were limited, but he was guided
by good, common sense that led him to accept the teachings not
of the vicious, but of the good people as instructors and
leaders, which led him into the church. Herein is glory, I never
knew a more conscientious man, true to his vows. We differed on
many subjects - frequently cast divergent ballots - but it was
evident, whether correct or not, it was a matter with him of
judgment based on conviction.
We sing and orate of the powerful and those we designate
as great, but too often overlook and forget the _____
foundations of society, the underlying characters of men and
women upon which our social fabric and national security is
builded, and must depend.
F. F. H. POPE
THORNDIKE, John L.
ST CLOUD TRIBUNE, 4 Nov 1915
In Memoriam
John L. Thorndike
John L. Thorndike was born in 1836 in Pittsfield, N. H.
He volunteered when the nation called for soldiers and was a
member of the 101st Illinois. He married in 1859 in the state of
Illinois, in which state he had spent most of his life. He was a
progressive and prosperous farmer. He came to St. Cloud, Fla.,
in 1911 and erected a fine residence on Pennsylvania avenue. He
passed away Friday nght, October 29, and his body was shipped to
Jacksonville, Ill., accompanied by his daughter, Mary M.
Thorndike.
Funeral services were held in Carlson's chapel Saturday
afternoon.
Mary M. Thorndike desires to express her thanks to the
many friends who so kindly assisted her in the trying ordeal of
the death of her father.
TOMLINSON, Oscar J.
ST. CLOUD TRIBUNE April 20, 1922 pg. 8
OSCAR J. TOMLINSON, died on April 7th at the age of 80
years; was born in Vermont, the body shipped to Richmond Vermont
on the 11th. Funeral services were conducted in the G. A. R.
hall under the direction of the Masonic Order and the G. A. R.,
the sermon being preached by Rev. Wm. Landiss of the Methodist
church.
TOOL, Eugene T.
ST. CLOUD TRIBUNE, September 13, 1917, pg. 5
ANSWERED LAST ROLL CALL
Comrade Eugene Tool, who is well known to many people in
St. Cloud, departed this life on Sept. 4 at Murdock, Neb., the
Tribune being favored with the following information concerning
his life and death:
Eugene T. Tool was born in Emaus, Lehigh county, Pa., on
March 30, 1843, and passed away on Sept. 4, 1917, aged 74 years,
five months and four days. He was converted at the age of 23
years and retained his religious faith to the end of his long
eventful life. He lived first in Pennsylvania, then in Illinois,
Iowa, and finally in Murdock, Neb. He served three terms in the
Civil War and was honorably discharged at his close.
He leaves his wife and five children, also eleven
grandchildren, to mourn his loss. Interment took place at
Calahan, from the Evangelical Church at Murdock, Rev. Maze, of
Le Mars, Iowa, presided, assisted by Rev. Schwab and Rev.
Harris, of the local churches.
Comrade Tool had lived in St. Cloud for a shot [sic]
time, going from here to Nebraska, where he always kept in touch
with the Wonder City through the Tribune. The sympathy of the
community goes out to the bereaved family.
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VIERS, Sidney
ST. CLOUD TRIBUNE November 2, 1922 front pg.
SIDNEY VIERS DIES AFTER A LINGERING ILLNESS
Early Friday morning, Sidney Viers, a civil war veteran
passed away at his home on Alabama avenue after a lingering
illness. The funeral oclurred [sic] Saturday morning in the G.
A. R. hall under the auspices of the Odd Fellows and Rebekah
lodges, of which he was a member, and the sermon was preached by
Rev. J. P. Haner. The body was prepared for shipment by
Eiselstein Bros. and shipped Saturday to Iowa for burial.
VOSS, Hartwig
ST. CLOUD TRIBUNE, June 14, 1923, pg. 5
Hartwig Voss passed away at the home of his daughter
Mrs. Chas. McQuade last Thursday June the 11th on Mass. ave. The
body was shipped to Iowa, accompanied by his daughter, Mrs.
McQuade and granddaughter, Miss Lelia McQuade. Eiselstein Bros.
were in charge.
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WARNER, Elias McClain
ST. CLOUD TRIBUNE, January 12, 1933, pg. 5
Elias McClain Warner Died Jan. 4, in Ohio
Elias McClain Warner, winter resident of St. Cloud for
many years and member of L. L. Mitchell Post, G. A. R., of this
city, died at his home in Christiansburg, Ohio, Wednesday, Jan.
4. Mr. Warner was 86 years of age and had been in failing health
for the past year.
The deceased was affiliated with I. O. O. F. lodge of
Christiansburg and L. L. Mitchell Post.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Warner, who has
been seriously ill since her husband's death; two children, Mrs.
Emma Nagle, and Charles Warner of Christiansburg; and a sister,
Mrs. Rebecca Ross of St. Cloud and Christianburg [sic]. Mrs.
Ross is at the present time seriously ill with influenza at her
Christiansburg home.
Mr. Warner was the last surviving Civil war veteran in
his home city.
WATSON, James A.
ST. CLOUD TRIBUNE, April 1, 1937, front pg.
James Watson Buried Wednesday In Orlando
Funeral service for James A. Watson, 87, who passed away
on Monday, March 29, at his home, 1124 California Ave., was
conducted on Wednesday, March 21, at 2 p. m., from the
Eiselstein Brothers funeral home, with the Rev. A. M. Chisholm,
pastor of the First Christian Church, in charge. The G. A. R.
ritual service was used. Interment was made in Greenwood
Cemetery in Orlando.
Mr. Watson, a resident of St. Cloud for the past twenty
years, was born in Red Mound, Tenn., April 23, 1849. He was a
member of L. L. Mitchell G. A. R. Post of St. Cloud.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Agnes Watson; two sons, J.
F. Watson, Plainview, Texas; Edward Watson, also of Texas; and
two daughters, Mrs. Katherine Stokley, Hockly, Texas, and Mrs.
Ethel Ridley, Brownsville, Texas.
ST. CLOUD NEWS, Friday, April 2, 1937, page 8
JAMES A. WATSON
Mr. James A. Watson, Civil War Veteran and a resident of
St. Cloud for the past twenty years, died on Tuesday morning. He
was 87 years of age and a native of Red Mound, Tennessee.
Besides his widow, Mrs. Agnes Watson, he leaves two sons
and two daughters residing in Texas and New Mexico.
Funeral services were held on Wednesday, afternoon at 2
o'clock at the Eiselstein Brothers' Funeral Chapel, the Rev. A.
M. Chisholm, pastor of the First Christian Church being the
officiating minister. Interment in Orlando, with the L. L.
Mitchell Post of the Grand Army of the Republic, in charge of
the ritual service. Eiselstein Brothers Funeral directors, were
WELLS, Dr. Nathan
ST. CLOUD TRIBUNE, March 20, 1919, pg. 4
DEATH OF DR. NATHAN WELLS
Nathan Wells was born July 17, 1844, and while only a
boy he began the study of medicine, and as a young man he began
its practice, which he continued about fifty years.
He served his county one year in the Civil War,
receiving an honorable discharge at its close. He was a member
of L. L. Mitchell Post of the G. A. R. at the time of his death;
also of the Masonic order.
When a young man he heeded the gospel of Christ, and was
a member of the board of deacons of the St. Cloud Christian
Church at the time of his death.
He married Elizabeth Marshall on Feb. 26, 1882, who is
left to mourn his departure. A host of friends in St. Cloud
sympathize with her in her bereavement. His death occurred March
14, 1919, his age being 74 years 8 months 28 days.
Funeral services were held in the Christian Church
building Monday afternoon last at 3:30 o'clock, after which the
remains were shipped to his old home, in Kentucky.
We can say truly that a good man has gone from us. I. L.
Jenkins
WEATHERBEE, Ephraim Ruggles
ST. CLOUD TRIBUNE, April 28, 1927, pg. 7
COMRADE EPHRAIM RUGGLES WEATHERBEE
On Sunday evening about 7:30 Comrade Ephraim Ruggles
Wetherbee answered the final summons at the age of 91. HE came
here from Iowa eighteen years ago, having been one of the first
settlers in this city.
The funeral service was held at the Eiselstein Brothers
funeral home at ten o'clock this morning by Rev. B. Atchison.
The body will be shipped to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on the midnight
train.
WHITE, Charles M.
ST. CLOUD TRIBUNE, August 5, 1926, pg. 10
CHARLES M. WHITE
Word has been received of the death of Charles M. White,
formerly of St. Cloud, at his home near Atlanta on July 27th
after a lingering illness. Mr. White enlisted with his father in
the 5th Indian Cavalry and was in the Andersonville prison nine
months during the Civil War.
His wife and two sons accompanied his remains to Edon,
Ohio for burial.
WHITE, Thomas Bigger
ST. CLOUD TRIBUNE, November 26, 1925, pg. 12
THOMAS BIGGER WHITE
On Friday November 20, 1925, Comrade Thomas Bigger
White, at the age of 90 years, heard the final bugle call, at
his home on Connecticut avenue and Eighth street. The cause of
his death was heart trouble. Only two years ago his wife
preceded him in death. He leaves an invalid son, Harry and a
daughter, Mrs. Frank Free, who were with him when the end came.
The funeral will be held at the home on Friday morning at ten
o'clock conducted by Rev. Brown and Dr. Hyndman. The body will
remain in receiving vault at Eiselstein Brothers until spring.
ST. CLOUD TRIBUNE, December 3, 1925, pg. 7
Thomas Bigger White was born at Centerville, Montgomery
county, Ohio, December 11, 1834, and passed away at St. Cloud,
Florida, November 20, 1925, aged 90 years, eleven months and
nine days.
He was married to Lucretia A. Davis June 12, 1859, at
Oxford, Ohio. The wife and mother passed away June 14, 1923,
after they had lived together sixty-four years and two days.
The surviving children are: Harry White and Lillian
Free.
He served four years in the Civil War. He enlisted as a
private and was mustered out as First Lieutenant of Co. B., 69th
Ohio, Vet. Vol. Infantry.
He removed from Cincinnati, Ohio, to St. Cloud, October
21, 1919
ST. CLOUD TRIBUNE, June 10, 1926, front pg.
REMAINS OF COMRADE T. B. WHITE SHIPPED
Mrs. J. F. Free accompanied the body of her father,
Comrade T. B. White to Oxford, Ohio, where they will be entered
in the family cemetery. The remains has [sic] been in the
Eiselstein Bros. receiving vault since November last.
Mrs. Free will be absent about two months during which
time she will attend the Alumni of the Oxford Female Seminary of
which she was a member and visit friends in Indianapolis and
Middleton, Ind., and Cincinnati, Ohio.
During Mrs. Free's absence her cousin Miss Lucy White
and Mr. Free her husband will care for her brother, Comrade
Harry White, a Spanish war veteran who is confined to his bed
all the time.
WILKES, John
ST. CLOUD TRIBUNE, April 23, 1925, pg. 2
FORMER RESIDENT DIES AT ST. CLOUD, FLORIDA
John Wilkes Victim of Influenza April 9. Was One of Blue
County's Pioneers
John Wilkes, pioneer of Brule county, passed away at his
home, in St. Cloud, Florida, at eight o'clock on Thursday of
last week. He had been taken with the influenza, but was not
thought to have been in a serious condition. Funeral services at
the Presbyterian church here have been postponed from day to day
awaiting the arrival of the body of Mr. Wilkes, which has been
looked for on almost every train since Monday.
Mr. Wilkes was born in Morgan county, Ohio, and had he
lived until May 25 next he would have been 87 years of age. He
had practically no school privleges [sic] until he was 17 - not
uncommon in the early day even in Ohio. Three years later he was
teaching and thirty years of his manhood was spent in the school
room. He was a veteran of the civil war, enlisting in 1862 in
Company C 97th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. After serving a little
over a year he was honorable discharged because of illness. A
year later found him in Iowa teaching again, and on Nov. 22,
1865, he married Nancy Boylan, at Boyland Grove, Butler county.
Two children were born to them, Alpha John and Purley B., the
last named dying at 10 months of age. Mrs. Wilkes died about
1870. Mr. Wilkes was married again Oct. 24, 1874 to Martha Ann
Kilson. Two daughters were born to them, one dying in infancy.
The surviving daughter is Mrs. Guy Frick of Buffalo county.
Mr. Wilkes' third wife was Mrs. Emma Stevenson of
Belvedere, Ill., who died December 8, 1911. Soon after Mr.
Wilkes went to Florida for a winter visit and was so well
pleased with the climate that he made his home there, coming
north for the summer now and then. He left his ranch with his
grandson, Leo Wilkes, who had made his home with him since he
was eight years of age.
Mr. Wilkes was one of the pioneers of Brule county,
homesteading in Plummer township in the early 80's and adding to
his holdings thereafter. When he erected the largest barn then
in the county he made the occasion a great event by inviting
everybody within driving distance for a day and night
celebration and they were there by the hundreds - even the man
with the big merry-go-round. He was a Democrat of the old school
and intensely interested in the success of his party. He was
nominated for representative from this county in the late 80's
and twice received the nomination for state senator and served
one term in 1901. He was a member of the Masonic order and early
in life united with the Christian church.
No man more enjoyed the fellowship of good men than John
Wilkes and to friends and neighbors his hospitality was
unstinted. He lived not only a long life but a useful one
wherever he was placed and in every way bore the respect and
esteem of all who knew him. - Kimball Graphic
(Additional note: funeral record shows burial in Kimball, SD)
WISTERMAN, Isaac
ST. CLOUD TRIBUNE, December 9, 1920, pg. 8
Comrade Isaac Wisterman, age 79, passed away after a
lingering illness at his home on Massachusetts avenue last
Sunday evening. The body was prepared by Eiselstein Bros. and
shipped to Rockford, Ohio, where the funeral will occur. Miss
Fannie Wisterman, and only daughter, was with him at the time of
his death.
WOOD, J. D.
ST. CLOUD TRIBUNE, July 17, 1924, pg. 5
Word was received here early this week, that J. D. Wood,
formerly a resident of this city, had passed away at the home of
his son in Orlando. Members of L. L. Mitchell Post, went to
Orlando to carry out the ritualistic funeral ceremony. The flag
on the local G. A. R. hall has been at half mast during the day
for Mr. Wood. Mr. Wood formerly lived at Eighth St. and
Massachusetts avenue in this city.
WOODMANSEE, Nathan
ST. CLOUD TRIBUNE, October 30, 1924, pg. 7
Nathan Woodmansee died at his home here on Friday,
October twenty-fourth. Mr. Woodmansee was one of St. Cloud
oldest residents and had many friends throughout the county. The
funeral services were held at the G. A. R. Hall Tuesday morning
at ten thirty and the body was sent to Michigan for burial,
accompanied by his son.
WYLIE, H. E.
ST. CLOUD TRIBUNE April 27, 1922 front pg.
H. E. WYLIE PASSED AWAY
H. E. Wylie, well-known civil engineer, and who is one
of the older residents of St. Cloud, passed away Tuesday after
an illness of several months, though Mr. Wylie was able to be up
and about until the day of his death. Word was sent to the
relatives and Miss Ruth Wylie, a daughter who resided at
Washington, D. C., arrived last night to collplete [sic] the
arrangements for sending the remains North for burial.
Note: Funeral records state Henry E. Wylie was buried in Amboy,
NY.
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YARWOOD, Norman B.
ST. CLOUD TRIBUNE, March 9, 1933, pg. 5
N. B. Yarwood Passes Away At Home Here
The body of Norman B. Yarwood, 80, who died at 516 New
York avenue Sunday, will be shipped to Cook, Johnson County,
Nebr., this week for burial. No funeral service is being held
here.
The deceased was born in Schaghticoke, N. Y. He had been
a resident of St. Cloud for twelve years.
He leaves to mourn his loss, his widow, Mrs. Hattie
Yarwood and six children.
ST. CLOUD TRIBUNE, March 16, 1933, pg. 3
N. B. Yarwood, Dead
WAS FORMER POSTMASTER AT COOK
Cook, Neb., March 7. - (To The Chieftain) - Word came to
Cook that N. B. Yarwood had died at his home at St. Cloud, Fla.,
Sunday, and that the remains would be brought to Cook for
interment. Mr. Yarwood had been in failing health for some time,
but particulars concerning his final sickness have not been
received.
Norman Briges Yarwood was a son of Joshua Nelson and
Eliza Ann (Cronk) Yarwood, and he was born at Schaghticoke, N.
Y., March 29, 1843, making his age eighty-nine years, eleven
months and six days.
Mr. Yarwood, youngest of six children, was the only
surviving member of his family.
The deceased lived in the vicinity of Troy and Hoosick
Falls, his native state, until 1851, when he located in DeKalab
clounty, Ills. He attended district school and the High school
at Belvidere, Ills. Mr. Yarwood was married to Mrs. Lizzie Ward,
at Brownville, Neb., October 16, 1867, and his wife passed away
at Cook September 26, 1904. On June 24, 1907, Mr. Yarwood was
united in matrimony to Mrs. Hattie DeWolfe, who survives him.
Six children were born to Mr. Yarwood's first marriage and are
living, being Mrs. Hattie McDermitt of Cook, Mrs. Cora B. Hall
of Lincoln, Jessie E. Yarwood of Chicago, Mrs. Luvia Tober of
Abilene, Kans., Howard C. Yarwood of Omaha, and Mrs. Blanch
Snowden of Tecumseh, and there are grandchildren and great
grandchildren.
Mr. Yarwood was a soldier in the Civil war, having
enlisted at Chicago, August 1, 1861, with Company K, 42nd
regiment Illinois Volunteers, and later being assigned to
Company D, First battalion 16th United States infantry. He was
in the battle of Stone River, Tenn., and, in the battle of
Chickamauga, Ga., was taken prisoner and sent to Libby prison
and Pemberton prison in Richmond, Va., to Danville, Va., and
Andersonville, Ga., and finally to Florence, S. C. After serving
fifteen months of prison life and being nearly starved to death,
he was pardoned. At the end of his prison life Mr. Yarwood
wieghed by sixty-three pounds, and he had experienced all of the
terrible treatment for which these prisons were so noted. He was
given an honorable discharge from the service and mustered out
at Camp Parole, near Anapolis, Md., April 7, 1865.
Mr. Yarwood was assessor of Spring Creek precinct for
several terms and was postmaster at Cook three terms, and had
also operated a general merchandise store in this town. He
located in Nebraska September 16, 1865, his firs home being on a
homestead three miles east of Cook. He left Nebraska in June,
1918, going to St. Cloud, where he has since resided. His
experiences in this section in the early days, including that of
the grasshopper invasion, were the same as the other early
pioneers. He had always been a member of the Grand Army of the
Republic, and his immediate association was with the post of his
home town or that most convenient thereto.
In a recent "Believe It or Not' column the following
article appeared:
A "Believe It or Not" Explanation
The Waters of Providence Spring
At the time of the Civil War, a prison camp was established in
Andersonville, Ga., the camp being enclosed in a stockade
through which ran a filthy stream. The prisoners longed and
prayed, not only for food, bur for good water to drink, and on
the night of August 16, 1864, during an electrical storm, a bolt
of lightning miraculously opened up a pure water spring withing
the stockade. Believing the breaking forth of this spring to be
a miracle of divine providence, the name given to its memorial
pavillion in Prison Park, national cemetery, Andersonville, Ga.
Mr. Yarwood was one of the first to drink from the
Providence Spring.
The last survivor of the war of 1812 died 25 years ago
on May 14. He was Hiram Cronk, and he succumbed at the age of
105 at his home in Dunnbrook, N. Y. Mr. Cronk was a great uncle
of Mr. Yarwood.
Researched and Donated by Anza Bast and Lisa Slaski,
members of the Genealogy Club of Osceola County, 2005 thru 2008
