Will County IL Archives News.....Soldiers' Widows' Home October 14, 1895
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The Daily Republic October 14, 1895
Daily Republic, Decatur IL
Oct 14, 1895

Soldiers' Widows' Home

One Will Certainly be Erected for Them at Wilmington

A telegram from Joliet states that the building of a soldiers' widows' home at 
Wilmington has been give a splendid start through the efforts of the Women's 
Relief Corps and Senator Monroe, of that city. All that remains to be done is 
to go ahead with the work. It will be remembered that several years ago the 
corps purchased the Trowbridge property overlooking the Kankakee river, at one 
of the prettiest spots about Wilmington, Will county, but were unable to 
secure sufficient funds to pay for it. The matter remained in this condition 
till Senator Munroe brought an appropriation of $5000 to pay for a site, $5000 
for maintaining the place for the first year, and $10,000 the second. The bill 
passed both houses, and a board of trustees was appointed as follows: Capt. N. 
M. N. Stewart, Wilmington; Captain Black, Chicago; Mrs. C. Porter Johnson, 
Englewood; Mrs. R. W. Bunn, Sumner; Mrs. Florence J. Miller, president of the 
W. R. C. of Illinois, Monticello and Capt. Wm. H. Ward, Chicago. The board met 
at Wilmington yesterday and organized as follows: Captain Stewart, president; 
Mrs. Florence J. Miller, secretary; Mrs. C. Porter Johnson, treasurer. The 
purchase of the property mentioned was ratified and the board will now go 
ahead and prepare a place of the soldiers' widows.

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