Teller County CO Archives News.....Family Connections Aug - Dec 1897 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/co/cofiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ronald J. Reid rreid21@cox.ent June 25, 2008, 10:01 pm Cripple Creek Morning Times 1897 FAMILY CONNECTIONS IN THE MORNING TIMES (Cripple Creek, Teller County, CO.) The following family connections appeared in the Morning Times, Cripple Creek, Teller Co., Colorado during the months of August through December in the year of 1897. The date of publication is shown prior to the item(s). Some are include simply as clues to residence. There is no implication that this is all that may have been published in these editions. Aug 17, 1897: Mr. and Mrs. William Sexton are expected home this week from Kansas City, where they went to attend the golden wedding of Mr. Sexton’s parents. Aug 22, 1897: Mr. Frank McCombs who has been spending the summer with his sister, Mrs. Randall Silverman, left for a week’s stay at Manitou and Denver Saturday. From thence he goes to his home at Pine Bluffs, Ark., for a two weeks stay and reaches Princeton about the fifteenth. Aug 25, 1897: John Harnon, a law student in the University of Wisconsin, is spending the summer with his uncle, John Shorten of the Portland mine. Miss Phyllis Kline daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Kline, is ill at her home from an attack of typhoid pneumonia. Aug 29, 1897: George S. Ballard of Chicago, is in town showing his young brother, O.W. Ballard, Jr., the greatest gold camp on earth. Mr. Ballard is treasurer of the Wellington Gold Mining company which ahs offices in this city and Chicago. Sep 9, 1897: Miss Eva Meins of Oakdale, Neb., returned home yesterday. She has been visiting in Victor with her sister, Mrs. Collins, Miss Meins will be missed in musical circles. Sep 12, 1897: Miss Kittle Stewart, sister of Mrs. Greir, left Friday for her home in Denver after a most delightful visit. Sep 19, 1897: Mrs. Moore of Denver, mother of Mr. Charles Ruble, is a guest of Mrs. Ruble. She will remain several weeks. Miss Kincade of Denver will spend the winter in Cripple, with her father, Judge Kincade. Sep 23, 1897: Altman: C. Darlington, who has been visiting his mother, Mrs. O. Davidson, for the last month, has returned to his ranch near Delia. Sep 26, 1897: Mrs. Carrie H. Turner is visiting her son, Mr. Robert Turner, at Elkton. Oct 7, 1897: Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Haben and daughter, Irene, who have been residents of the city for two years, left last night for Denver where they will remain a month, after which they will make a home in New York city. Mr. and Mrs. Haben’s hospitable home in Victor will long be remembered by those who formed their family friendship. Oct 17, 1897: Mrs. Laura Arkins and little Carrol, mother and daughter of Mr. Frank Arkins, editor of The Times, arrived in Cripple Friday afternoon to spend a short time. Oct 24, 1897: The many friends of Mrs. W.B., Thompson will learn with regret of her departure, with her sister, Miss Craven, for Seattle, where she goes to join her husband, who is engaged in the real estate business. During her short sojourn in Cripple Creek she earned and justly merited a reputation as one of the finest musicians in the city. She is a very skilled performer, having studied the Mason system of touch and technique under Georgie Kelsy, director of the Metropolitan conservatory of music in Chicago. Oct 26, 1897: Misses Maud, May and Rose Wallace of Knob Noster, MO., are guests of their siter, Mrs. Whitehead. Nov 18, 1897: Mrs. Elizabeth Rumsey, who has been visiting her sister, Miss Etta Boles, leaves for Maywood, Neb., tomorrow on account of the illness of a sister there. Nov 21, 1897: Mrs. Clark arrived in the city Tuesday and will spend the winter with her daughter, Mrs. Maynard Gussul. Nov 24, 1897: Mrs. Will Wigginton and little son are down from Denver to spend Thanksgiving with Mrs. Wigginton’s mother, Mrs. George E. Clark of Anaconda. Nov 27, 1897: Miss Daisy Ryone, the accomplished daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hacker, has gone to Denver for Thanksgiving. She will return with her father and mother Tuesday. Nov 28, 1897: Mrs. Will Higgington of Denver spent the past week with her mother, Mrs. George Clark of Anaconda. Mrs. Lillian Loga of Duluth is visiting her mother, Mrs. Jacobi. Mr. Basil Young, nephew of Mrs. Lyons, has located in Cripple. Among the people who entertained friends at Thanksgiving dinner were Mrs. Allen and her sister, Miss Skinner. Their guests were Mr. and Mrs. Lyons, Mersers, Thayer and Clark. Dec 3, 1897: Kansas City, MO., Dec. 2. – W.V. Childs, president of a Cripple Creek mining company, with a capitalization of $1,000,000 filed suit in the circuit court today for a divorce from his wife, Susan e. Childs, whom he accuses of abandonment. Mrs. Childs is now in St. Louis with her parents, where four years ago Childs married her. Lem, the 13-year-old son of E.L. Cardinal, is seriously ill of typhoid- pneumonia. The attack was brought on by a cold contracted while on a hunting trip with his father. Dec 5, 1897: Mr. and Mrs. Robert Turner and son, Wilson, spent last week at the National. They expect to leave soon for their new home in Boulder. W.E. West, brother of Leslie West, came to victor this morning. He has accepted a position with one of the railroad offices. Dec 18, 1897: Colorado Springs, Dec. 17. – Edith M. Davis filed a suit in the county court today against her husband, L.P. Davis, asking for a total divorce. MRs. Davis alleges that she was married in Pine Bluff, Ark., April 30, 1895, and that for the past year her husband has failed to provide proper means for her support. Her father and mother reside near Cripple Creek and she has been compelled to return to them on account of her husband’s non-support. Dec 19, 1897: After a two-weeks sojourn in Denver Mrs. Gael Hoag and son Charles have returned to Cripple Creek. Mrs. Charles Lawton and daughter, Heith, left Thursday for Omaha where they will remain for several months. Dec 26, 1897: Dr. Sandford Hoag and wife, of Denver, are in the camp to spend the Christmas with their daughter, Mrs. A.G. Burton. Dec 28, 1897: Mr. Edward Bell of Denver is visiting his daughter, Mrs. Howard Iszard, of this city. Dec 29, 1897: Frank Clark, bookkeeper for the Anaconda mine, has returned from Denver, where he spent the holidays. Mrs. Clark remained in Denver on account of the illness of her daughter, Mrs. Will Wigginton. Master Albert Dexter of Denver, a lad who has visited Cripple Creek several times in the last two years, and who by his many manners has made a host of friends, is spending the holidays with his father, Mr. Paul Dexter. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/co/teller/newspapers/familyco28gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/cofiles/ File size: 7.1 Kb