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The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgenwebarchives.org ************************************************************************** OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest Volume 03 : Issue 96 Today's Topics: #1 [OH-FOOT] Obit: Eaton, Bettie - ha [Tina Hursh Subject: [OH-FOOT] Obit: Eaton, Bettie - hamilton county To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-id: <1.5.4.32.20030619014113.017e65c4@clubnet.isl.net> Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-Message: #1 Transcribed by Liz Stratton *********************************************************************** The Cincinnati Times-Star May 14, 1904 Sister of One President; Granddaughter of Another. ------------- Octogenarian Bettie Harrison Eaton Was a Friend of Harriet Beecher Stowe and Others Whose Names Are Linked With American History -- Funeral Was Held Friday. In the death of Bettie Harrison Eaton, who was the granddaughter of one President of the United States, William Henry Harrison, and the sister of another, Benjamin Harrison, Cincinnati loses one of its most interesting pioneer residents. Mrs. Bettie Harrison Eaton died Thursday at the residence of Dr. Denman of West Ninth street, where she had been under treatment for several months. Widely known because of her close relationship to two Presidents, Mrs. Eaton was a notable pioneer. For the past few years her home had been in North Bend, O., but some months ago she came to Cincinnati to be treated for heart disease. Her death was due to valvular disease of the heart, superinduced by grip. A life full of entertaining incidents made Mrs. Bettie Harrison Eaton an entertaining talker and a clever writer. Some of he writings are found in the "Hesperian Tree" of John James Platt's collection. A wealth of valuable relics were willed by Mrs. Eaton to her relatives. Among the relics of interest is a dress which was worn by the mother of Mrs. Eaton -- Lucretia Johnson -- to the ball given in honor of the Marquise D'Lafayette. Then there is a wonderful silver soup ladle that belonged to Gen. Harrison. A quaint locket, which once belonged to Elizabeth Bassett, who was the wife of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence and father of Gen. Harrison, is willed to a member of the family. One of the prize possessions of Mrs. Eaton was a scrap book, which she herself compiled, and which contains a clipping of all newspaper articles that have appeared in relation to any member of the Harrison family. Numerous family portraits were in possession of Mrs. Eaton of the Harrison Presidents, and many of these are very quaint. A few years ago Mrs. Eaton compiled, for Frank Leach a history of the children of the Harrison family and also a similar manuscript of the Symmes family. Among the many interesting stories of the famous people she had met, Mrs. Eaton used to tell how once, when she was a child, Lyman Beecher, father of the famous preacher, Henry Ward Beecher, visited her father's home. Looking at the great man in his big coat little Bettie propounded the riddle to Lyman Beecher, "What animal do you think you look like?" Then she told Mr. Beecher, who insisted on knowing the answer, that to her mind, in his great coat he looked "like a great bear." and he never saw her afterward without laughingly referring to the "bear story." On the night when her brother Benjamin was born Mrs. Eaton tells that Harriet Beecher Stowe, the famous novelist, was a guest at her father's house. Mrs. Eaton was a friend of Bayard Taylor and knew McKinley and many other great persons. She was buried from North Bend Friday. The Cincinnati relatives who survive her are: Mrs. Lillie S. Eaton, her daughter-in-law; Scott Harrison Eaton, grandson, at Yale; Mrs. Thornton Lewis, Miss Jean Harrison, Mrs. W. T. Buckner and Mrs. D.W. McClung, nieces. Mrs. T. I. Devin of Iowa and Mrs. S. V. Morris of Minnesota are sisters of Mrs. Eaton; C. B. Harrison of Tenn., and J. S. Harrison of Kansas City are brothers. ______________________________ --Boundary_(ID_MQ22e+Jn2wTytXaWPLdyvw) Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 20:45:22 -0500 From: Tina Hursh Subject: [OH-FOOT] obit: hickenlooper - hamilton county To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-id: <1.5.4.32.20030619014522.017d8dcc@clubnet.isl.net> Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT X-Message: #2 Transcribed by Liz Stratton *********************************************************************** Army Comrades Will Be At Hickenlooper Funeral. Obsequies Will Be Held Sunday With Masonic Services at the Scottish Rite Cathedral – Messages of Condolence Have Been Pouring in to the Bereaved Family. Messages of condolence are pouring into the Hickenlooper homestead from home and abroad, written by men who are prominent in great affairs and those who knew Gen. Hickenlooper as a masterful figure in the great civil struggle. Mrs. Hickenlooper and the bereaved sons and daughters are bearing up well, as the passing of the husband and father had been expected by them for weeks. The funeral services, under auspices of the Masonic order, will be held from Scottish Rite cathedral Sunday at 10 a.m. Mr. Levi C. Goodale, a long-time friend of the general, will officiate. The remains will be placed in the vault to await final interment. There will be a representation from all the local army organizations. The pallbearers will be John W. Warrington, Gen. T. T. Heath, Norman G. Kenan, Stephen R. Burton, George B. Cox, Col. Leopold Markbreit, Frank Tullidge, Col. Cornelius Cadle, Maj. Frank Jones and Mr. E. O. Eshelby, President C. M. Dodge of the Army of the Tennessee has delegated the following members to represent the organization at the obsequies: Gen. F. W. Moore, Gen. T. T. Heath, Col. A. W. McCormick, Col. Cornelius Cadle, Maj. W. H. Chamberlin, Maj. A. M. VanDyke, Maj. W. R. McComas, Maj. W. R. Thrall, Maj. R. H. Flemming, Capt. E. O. Hurd, Capt. J. C. Banks, Capt. Randolph Sry and Mr. George Backland." There will be a special meeting of the directors of the gas and electric company and of the Lafayette National bank to pass appropriate resolutions in memory of the deceased. -- ESTATE OF HICKENLOOPER SAID TO EXCEED MILLION. -- Deceased Executed a Will About Ten Years Ago. -- Gen. Hickenlooper executed a will about ten years ago. Those who know of his affairs state he was worth considerably over a million. During one of the calls which his close friend, Mr. Levi C. Goodale, made on the general after his return from John Hopkins hospital the general said he had all matters for his funeral arranged. Those at his bedside said to him there was no use of talking of such things, as he was in a good way to enjoy life for a long time. But he would not have it that way. He had made all the plans for the services which he felt would be held soon. So he named the pall-bearers. A friend of Gen. Hickenlooper says that he was much impressed with the funeral services held over the late Chief Dietsch. Mr. Goodale presided on that occasion. As the general left the Scottish Rite cathedral he remarked, "It must be a pleasure to be buried that way." Gen. Hickenlooper's last appearance at his desk was the afternoon of April 9. At that time he laid aside his pen, and, slowly arising from his desk, said he intended to go home at once. He seemed to suffer pain akin to cramps. It was suspected that a fish food had created temporary disturbance, which would soon disappear. The following morning the general did not appear. Nor was he ever able to take up the reins of business again. The tall lamp posts in front of the gas office are twined with emblems of mourning. -- THOUGHT HICKENLOOPER WAS A MUCH LARGER MAN. -- Incident in his Campaign for Lieutenant Governor Recalled. -- Members of the Loyal Legion recall with mournful pleasure an incident which occurred during Gen. Hickenlooper's campaign for the lieutenant governorship. The incident occurred during the State convention of the Knights Templars at Lancaster, O. The hotels were inadequate to comfortably accommodate the guests. The room occupied by Gen. Hickenlooper contained also 15 other distinguished Cincinnatians. The day being warm, the general had peeled his outer garments and was taking it easy, when there was a loud thump at the door. To the unanimous response, "Come in," from the occupants, a great, tall fellow, built in proportion, said in a bass voice: "I want to see Gen. Hickenlooper." The general arose with his military air, and, throwing back his shoulders, said: "I am Gen. Hickenlooper; what do you want?" The caller looked over the general's rather small frame, which appeared more diminutive than usual because of lack of outer garments, and with a look of honest disbelief on his face, said: "I don't believe it. I have been reading about Gen. Hickenlooper's bravery on the battlefield, and I want to see him." The other Cincinnatians came to the general's rescue, but the stranger was not to be won over, and he left for the hotel office to seek information on the subject. -- REMEMBERED THE GENERAL BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR. -- Messrs. Cox and Hickenlooper Friends for Many Years. -- General Hickenlooper and Mr. George B. Cox knew each other for forty years. "I knew the general when I was a small boy," said Mr. Cox. "He was a young man then. That was before he went to the war. He was very active about the recruiting station at Betts and Cutters streets, getting men to go to the front and forming the regiment which saw hard service. General Hickenlooper was a strong, loyal man." ______________________________ --Boundary_(ID_MQ22e+Jn2wTytXaWPLdyvw) Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 20:48:50 -0500 From: Tina Hursh Subject: [OH-FOOT] Walnut Hills Graduates - Hamilton county To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-id: <1.5.4.32.20030619014850.017c7698@clubnet.isl.net> Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-Message: #3 Transcribed by Liz Stratton *********************************************************************** The Cincinnati Times-Star May 14, 1904 Students of Walnut Hills High School to Graduate -- The students of Walnut Hills high school to be graduated at the commencement exercises June 3 at Music hall are as follows: Fred C. Poole, Florence Prather, Mabel Harriet Pratt, Leila J. Ramsfelder, Alma Hildegrade Rasch, Estella Luella Rendigs, Emma A. Richardson, William J. Rieker, Norine F. Rogers, Florence Gale Rosin, Helen Rothkopf, Regina Rothschild, Edward D. Rowe, Florence Katherin Schaaf, Jeanette Schwab, Walter H. Silverman, Eda Mae Silverman, Herbert L. Sondgrass, Erwin E. Sohn, Gertrude Buenette Speigel, Eldridge G. Smith, Margurite V. Stewart, Amos E. W. Steuve, Robert A. Taylor, Goldie Cramton Terrell, Ethel Trager, Margaret Louise Vincent, Alice May Von Pein, Margaret Leonard Warner, Lavona Ellen Watson, Max W. Weil, Clara Ruth Weakley, Aurelia Weiler, J. Frederick Weiler, Rena Weiler, Frank Whetstone, Lulu Whitlow, Hattie Brown Williams, Effie L. M. Wise, William Gibsh Wood, Delia Woodyard, Mary D. Wooley, Bessie Youmans, Selina Emma Abraham, Madolin Adler, Lou E. Andrew, Mabel Andridge, May Attig, Earnest Atwood, Estelle R. Auer, Merwyn L. Aultman, Wanda Bacharach, Laura Josephine Baer, Helena Loiusa Balz, Julia Helena Baxter, Pearl Bechwith, Josephine M. Berman, John C. Bell Bishop, Mildred Remsen Bishop, Carolyn A. Black, Lockwood E. Boyle, Harley P. Broadwell, Isabel Ruth Brotherton, Ethel B. Bromley, Helen H. Brown, Leo John Brumleve, jr., Raymond W. Burns, Robert K. Caldwell, Lillian May Cook, Ralph Cummins, Julius J. Cohn, Anna C. Curren, Amy O. Danks, Ella Davis, Ethel Marshall Davis, Flora M. Davis, Hanna Dine, Frances Drabner, Bessie E. Dreifus, James W. Dougherty, Yvonne Duval, Marie C. Engle, Orene Eppinger, Grace Evans, Helen Feinkopf, Cliff. G. W. Fels, Hattie E. Ferree, Agnes Folger Ferris, Edith Mae Ficke, Frances Finnegan, W. Alva Forshee, Frank L. Freet, Marie E. Friehmelt, Else Anna Fuhrman, Hart B. Fye, Eda May Garmore, Garnette Gill, Amelia Geigerman, Murray Goldsmith, James Franklin Goodale, Hugh Clifford Gross, Pearl Stean Gross, Emme Guethlein, Rufus B. Hall, Ruth Hamilton, Gustave Austin Harff, William von der Halben, Laurence Hegner, Alma Heheman, Alma Wolf Hilb, Thursa B. Holden Winifrede Hyde, Charles M. Jones, Jeanette Kahn, Robert W. Kasting, Louise Keller, Belle Klausmeyer, Dora Klein, Leonore Klopp, Hilda Knost, Edward H. Kruckemeyer, Granville S. Laurence, Grace V. Lindeman, Belle W. Lindsay, Florence Loeb, Amy A. Lothman, Helen Lotze, Millard D. Lowenstein, Walter C. Marckworth, Madison C. B. Mason, jr., Winone Agatha Mason, Henrietta May, Pearl May, Florence McEarlane, Ada E. McGlaughlin, Thomas J. McRoberts, Blanch Meis, Edgar Mihalovitch, Vance K. Miller, Henry C. Mitchell, Freda Bloch Moritz, Loretto M. Morley, Leslie P. Morrel, Edith G. Morrison, Sadie Murphy, Richard Henry Neihoff, Bessie O'Barr, Lottie W. Obendorfer, Ralph Edward Oesper, Claudia Oppenheimer, A. Edward C. Otte, jr., Richard J. Paulsen, jr., Mary Louise Perkins, Viola Estella Pfaff. ______________________________ --Boundary_(ID_MQ22e+Jn2wTytXaWPLdyvw) Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 20:51:21 -0500 From: Tina Hursh Subject: [OH-FOOT] Hughes Graduates - Hamilton Co. To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-id: <1.5.4.32.20030619015121.017dd570@clubnet.isl.net> Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-Message: #4 Transcribed by Liz Stratton *********************************************************************** The Cincinnati Times-Star May 14, 1904 HUGHES GRADUATES. Graduates of Hughes High School will be as follows: Elma B. Agin, W. D. Althauser, Raymond C. Barrett, Gertrude E. Bauer, Isabella W. Beck, Anna E. Becker, John Becker, A. J. Bernens, Pearl Viola Berninghaus, August Biederman, L. J. Bradford, Marie Brown, C. G. Buchanan, Edna May Butterworth, Alice Davis, Charles Dorsey, Elizabeth T. Easton, Murrell Evans, Louise A. Fenker, Edith Fey, Frank F. Fisher, R. W. Gabriel, Susie M. Gillham, Joseph C. Green, Olive A. Greenlees, Louis D. Gross, E. F. Haffner, Edna F. Hancock, Edith May Harris, Bertha E. Heis, Nellie Davis Herancourt, Nellie Hirschman, Fred d. Hirst, Emma Hufnagel, Martha Lambert Johnson, Isabel Jones, Jeannette Klein, Frederick W. Krumpe, Mary E. Kutchbauch, L. P. L'Hommedieu, Lavina A. McCassy, Charles E. Marsh, W. L. Miller, Laura Anne Murphy, W. Edgar Palmer, Ray E. Penick, L. G. Rinninsland, Frank H. Roberts, Carrie Robertson, Alma J. Roth, Clara Sellenings, F. H. Shannon, Margaret Shepard, Flora Sherwood, Rose Sherwood, Helen Smickler, Jessie May Smith, Lamont Smith, F. W. Strautmann*, Elton Grace Swartz, Margaret Thompson*, Howard Waddell, M. H. Wagner, Casimir L. Werk, Jr.; Louis W. Wren, Theodore S. Zeh. *Missing letters supplied using my best guess. Please inform Liz if you know of the exact name. ______________________________ --Boundary_(ID_MQ22e+Jn2wTytXaWPLdyvw) Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 20:56:07 -0500 From: Tina Hursh Subject: [OH-FOOT] death notice: Metger - hamilton Co. To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-id: <1.5.4.32.20030619015607.017ef590@clubnet.isl.net> Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-Message: #5 Transcribed by Linda Boorom *********************************************************************** The Cincinnati Times-Star May 14, 1904 METGER DEAD. Adoff Metger, formerly tax assessor of the Sixth ward, died at his home at Court and Main streets Thrusday, after a long illness --Boundary_(ID_MQ22e+Jn2wTytXaWPLdyvw)-- -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V03 Issue #96 ******************************************