Le Roy Gazette
February 17, 1892Mrs. Luseba Ballard, the mother of the late Randolph Ballard, survives all her children
Mrs. Luseba Ballard, mother of the late Randolph Ballard, died this morning about six o'clock of pneumonia, aged 84 years. The funeral services will be held on Friday afternoon at three o'clock at the residence of S.P. Hooker. Rev. Pierre Cushing will officiate.
Mrs Luseba Ballard was born April 4, 1808, and was probably the oldest native born inhabitant of the town of Le Roy, as she was born six years before its formation under the present name, and while it was part of the town of Caledonia. She was the daughter of Maj. Benjamin Ganson and Nancy Hascall. Her father was one of the most promonent of the early settlers, being a son of Captain John Ganson, who emigrated to this "Genesee country" in 1798. Maj. Ganson served the entire was with Great Britain in 1812, and personally led the sortie against Fort Erie.
Mrs. Ballard was married at the age of fifteen to James Ballard, who died at Fort Hall in July 1852, while on his way overland to California with two of his sons.
Mrs. Ballard was the mother of eight children and survived them all. She lived within this town her entire lifetime except five years passed at Niagara Falls and saw its growth from an unbroken wilderness.
For the last five years her mind was enfeebled by age, had gradually failed. She happily had never realized the death of her son Randolph, two years ago.Mrs. Ballard, during her long and ... career, encountered many trials, but the difficulties under which she labored during the earlier part of her life only served to show her forceful character and the rugged perserverence which the early settlers of this nation possessed in such marked degrees. Her whole life was devoted to her family. She was a member of the Episcopal church for many years.
Le Roy Gazette
November 3, 1852Died near Fort Hall, Idaho, July 29, James Ballard of this Village ae 59 yrs.
When Randolph was about 8 years old the family moved to Niagara Falls and lived there for 4 years. When he was 19 he worked for a fur store in Buffalo. From Buffalo he went to Milwaukee where he opened a fur store. He gave this up to return to Le Roy to study law.
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Le Roy Gazette
October 1, 1890Our community has seldom been more sensibly shocked than by the intelligence on Friday morning of the death of Randolph Ballard. It was known that a few days previous he had placed himself under the charge of skillful physicians in the hospital at Rochester for a surgical operation for a disease which proved to be of a cancerous nature. The operation was pronounced to be sucessful but in its sad results, proved to be otherwise. He gradually sank and passed away, without leaving the spot where the operation was performed.
In noticing the death of the highly esteemed deceased, whose whole life had been spent among us, while no record is at hand for its full outline, enough is known of his character and qualities as a man and citizen to justify the esteem in which he was universally held, and the respect paid to his memory.
Randolph, the eldest son of James Ballard, a pioneer hatmaker of Le Roy, was born in Le Roy in the year 1826 and was 64 years of age at the time of his demise. His father was the head of six children (who arrived at their majority), four sons and two daughters, and he had the usual hard struggle of the early settlers of our village, for their support and maintenance. His mother, Luceba Ganson, still living at the advanced age of 82, was the daughter of Benjamin Ganson, who was the son of Capt. John Ganson Sr., the occupant of the first farm opened in Le Roy. She is the last living link connected with the first pioneer of what was then known as the "Ganson settlement." Thus the wave of time is "sweeping into dark eternity" one by one all who began life at the dawn of our history.
The father, James Ballard, was "struck" with the gold fever, on its first discovery in California in 1848, and like thousands of similar adventurers, started across the plains, wher he was fatally attacked by disease, and died before reaching his destination. It was this event which brought the characteristics of Randolph, then just rising into manhood, into prominance. His first thought and aim in life was to secure comfort and support for his widowed mother and her orphan children. How well and how faithfully he labored for this result, his past life is a full history. He was ambitious for an education better than the common schools then afforded, and this he labored and did acquire.
He was always acquisitive for knowledge and was eminently a self taught man. His taste was for the profession of the law, of which he was an diligent student, and which he pursued mostly in the office of Hon. A.P. Hascall. After his admission to the bar he entered at once into its sucessful practice. He soon formed a partnership with Gen. C. F. Bissell, which for many years was one of the most prominent law firms in the county. But it is not proposed to give a detailed history of his professional and business career. It is sufficient to note that his legal qualifications were sufficiently marked to receive the nomination of county judge by the gov. of the state on the occasion of a vacancy by the death of Judge Henshaw. It may be remarked that in all of his business career Mr. B. was distinguished for his fidelity in every trust committed to his charge as well as for his urbanity and suavity of manner in his intercourse with men. He was a democrat with positive opinion, but never offensively obtrusive in enforcing them upon his opponents. He was especially tolerant and broad minded, liberal in his views of men and measures, and was always willing to award merit where merit was due. In his temperment he was eminently genial, social in his nature and warmly attached to his friends. In his public, as well as his private life, Mr. B.'s example was always on the side of morality and good order; his tastes were asthetic and were essentially for the improvement and higher elevation of every class and condition in the social scale. Of late he had been in declining health and not engaged in active business. He continued the attorney and general counsel of the Bank of Le Roy, of which he was a director, and as counselor was a safe and reliable adviser, Although Mr. B. was not connected with any church organization, he was always a liberal supporter of the Episcopal church, of which his family were members.
Mr Ballard in 1866 married Mrs. Louisa Whalin, who died in the following year, leaving two daughters by her first husband - Ida, who died a few years after her mother, and Lillie, who survives and is married to S. Percy Hooker, who have made their home with Mr. Ballard, and who, with his aged mother, are the only survivors of his family in Le Roy. He also left a nephew, John Ballard- (son of Frank Ballard) whose residence is in Kansas. None of his brothers, (except possibly Jefferson), or his sisters are now living. It is but another instance of the inroad death has made in our old and prominent families so frequent of late, which will soon lead to the pertinent inquiry "Our fathers, where are they?" In his late home it comes back with a painful certainty, that its chief light has gone out and nothing left but the sweet memory of his devotion and loyalty, and of his open handed liberality and hospitality, which he was ever ready to dispense. It is equally certain that the name and memory of randolph Ballard as a citizen and a man will long be cherished and remembered by the surviviving and contemorary members of this community.
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Will, key elements
1) Provide for my mother, with a comfortable home and liberal support. The expense to be covered by income from trust funds left by my brother Benjamin F. in my trust for her care.
2) A trust fund for my nephew John Randolph Ballard, with interest of the fund to go to him until he reaches the age of thirty. At that time the principal will pass to him. If no issue survives him the principal reverts to the residuary estate.
3) A trust fund for my nephew John Randolph Ballard, with interest of the fund to go to him for life. At that time of his death the principal shall be paid to his issue. If no issue survives him the principal reverts to the residuary estate.
4) A gift of $5000 to my friend Mary L. Haskins, with state taxes to be paid from my estate.
5) Direction to establish a monument upon the family burial plot with markers and suitable inscriptions.
6) To my son in law Samuel Percy Hooker all horses, carriages, sleighs, harnesses, robes, whips, saddles, bridles, and other horse furniture. I further direct that any debt owed by Samuel Percy to me be excused.
7) $1000 to my grand daughter Margery Hooker.
8) Debts owed to me by Angus L. Tompkins be excused.
9) Direction to establish a monument upon the Chandler Ganson burial plot with markers and suitable inscriptions to the memory of my grandfather Benjamin Ganson, my grandmother Nancy Ganson Wiardamd graet aunt Elizabeth Austin.
10) $1000 trust fund at the Monroe Count Savings Bank to apply the interest to the Macpelah cemetery to care for the above two burial plots.
11) All the residual estate to my daughter Elizabeth Whalin Hooker, wife of Samuel Percy Hooker.
Le Roy Gazette
January 8, 1868Death - In Le Roy, Jan. 2, 1868, Louisa Sophia, wife of Randolph Ballard aged 39 years.
Le Roy Gazette
April 28, 1841DIED - In this village on Sunday evening, Lucretria, eldest daughter of James Ballard, aged 11 years.
Le Roy Gazette
September 25, 1867In this village, Sept. 15th, 1867, Nancy G. Ballard, aged 32 years and 10 months.
The Daily News, Batavia
November 28, 1881Miss Emma Ballard, sister of Randolph Ballard and a lady well and favorably known in Le Roy, died this morning. She had been ill for some time with a cancerous difficulty. Her age was about fifty years.
Batavia Daily News
March 22, 1881At ten o'clock this morning, soon after the above was written, Col. Shedd died. Thus has departed the spirit of one whose friends were many, and their sorrow at his death is great. Kind and obliging his death casts a deep gloom over our village, and he is mourned as one whose loss is irreparable. Deceased was 72 years of age.
Le Roy Gazette
July 16, 1851
DIED
In Le Roy, on Sunday morning, Theodore Shedd, oldest son of J.W. Shedd, aged 18 years
Le Roy Gazette
August 23, 1871Memoriam to Mrs. Edith L. Hooker, daughter of Col. J.W. Shedd.
Endeared for her many virtues by an extended circle of appreciative and loving relatives and friends, this amiable woman, who but a few months since was in our midst, a happy bride, in the bloom of life, promising herself, no doubt, many years of happiness with those she loved, will be missed from the daily walks of her earthly life. Though hushed forever her kindly voice, still the inspiring influence of her sinless life, will long be felt. To the stricken home ones, we can only whisper the blest assurance that one more angel is in heaven. At rest herself, she leaves to mourn, an affectionate husband, a fond and devoted sister, and a father of many sorrows. In this irreparable loss may the Holy Comforter console the bereaved and maddened household. There is no physician for the human heart in grief like this, but Time and Heaven. Of the departed it may be truly said, "None knew her but to love her." The trembling voice of want or distress never appealed to her in vain; she ever found a pure and manifest pleasure in assisting those in in sorrow or trouble. She has left a void which each and all must deeply feel, and the remembrance of her exemplary life will linger as the odor of flowers for many years in the heart of those who knew and loved her.
William was a mercantile traveler in the patent medicine business.
Marriage Notes for Elizabeth Amanda Wiard and George Newton Platt
MARRIAGE:
Le Roy Gazette
October 14, 1857Married - In Le Roy on Thusday evening, October 1st, by Rev. R. J. Parvin, George N. Platt, to Ms. Elizabeth A. Wiard, all of Le Roy.
Name: Augustus P Knowlton,
Enlistment Date: 26 May 1863
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Union
State Served: Ohio
Unit Numbers: 1708 1708
Service Record: Enlisted as a Assistant Surgeon on 26 May 1863
Commission in Company S, 6th Cavalry Regiment Ohio on 26 May 1863.
Received a disability discharge Company S, 6th Cavalry Regiment Ohio on 18 December 1863
The Rochester Union and Advertiser on February 3, 1864 noted that Augustus and Lucien had purchased farms in New Jersey, 30 miles from Philadelphia and would be moving there.Lucien resided in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan from 1867-1876. The Thomas Directory of 1867/1868 lists Lucien and his brother Herman as partners in Hascall Brothers, merchant millers. The directory for 1869/1870 shows Lucien in partnership with Zenas H. Bullard. The 1870 Michigan census shows his occupation to be a wholesale liquor distributor. He recorded an addition to the Kalamazoo Village tract in Michigan on 20 November 1871. The Holland Directory for 1876, Kalamazoo indicates that Lucien operated a saloon.
We find Lucien in Le Roy in 1872 serving as executor of his fathers estate. He also is back in Kalamazoo in 1875, to appraise the estate of his brother Herman, as a part of his duties as guardian to Herman's children Alice and William.
He then moved to Larned, Pawnee, Kansas in 1877 where we find him in the 1880 and 1900 census. He moved with his wife and son Herman to Eminence, Finney, Kansas in 1903, where they lived in a sod house on land purchased by Herman.
Per the Finney county Kansas Obituary Abstracts he died at his home near Eminence on 12 December 1908. He was interred at the Garden City cemetery on 15 December 1908.
There is no record of Lucien purchasing any land in Kansas. Lucien's half brother Melvin Conklin Hascall bought 160 acres near Larned Kansas from the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad on 30 December 1879 which he sold the following May (this transaction appears to have been conducted from New York). Lucien lived on this land and is listed as a renter in the 1900 census. This property is two miles east of Larned, directly across from the Santa Fe Trail Museum.
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Le Roy GazetteWord has been received here of the death of Lucien Hascall, which occurred on January 12 at his home in Larned, Kas. Mr Hascall was a son of the late Hon. A.P. Hascall, of Le Roy, and was born in this village about 80 years ago. Mr. Hascall is the grandfather of John Wiss Jr., who resided with him, conducting a ranch near Larned. Besides his wife, Mr. Hascall is survived by two sons, Herman and Herbert who resided with him.
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This obituary is in error on several points. First, Lucien died in Eminence Kansas on December 13, 1908, as reported in the obituary recorded in Garden City, Finney, Kansas. He was buried in Garden City. The family initialy lived in Larned but moved to Eminence. Second, Lucien's son Herbert was residing in Seattle at the time of Lucien's death. Third, John Wiss Jr. was living in Eminence not Larned.
Ruby's mother Anna Shaffer Northrup moved with Lucian and Ruby to Kansas where she died at Larned on 28 February 1882 at the age of 83.Ruby's grandson Robert L. Hascall, age 16, was staying with her in 1910 per census records. Several family heirlooms came into this author's possession through Robert. These include a walking stick given to Augustus Porter Hascall by his sons, the Northrup family bible, and the Twenty-second West Point reunion records which contain an obituary on Herbert Austin Hascall. Robert gave these items to his nephew Lawrence Milton Hascall, who in turn gave them to me.
Richard K. Hascall
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Obituary : Larned newspaperRuby V. Northrup was born in New York state October 20, 1829, and died at her home near Garden City December 29, 1919. She was married March 9, 1850 to Lucian A. Hascall, a man who had traveled extensively and who was a great reader. His people were prominent jurists and statesman of New York.
Mrs. Hascall was of vigorous and capable parentage, and her girlhood was spent among the scenes calculated to develop the best that is in one.
Four children were born to this happy union, an infant son not living long, a daughter Mary who died at the age of twenty-five, A son Herbert, who resides in Seattle, Wash., and a son Herman, who has always remained at home with his parents. From New York Mr. and Mrs. Hascall moved to Michigan, where after residing a number of years they came to Kansas, settling two miles west of Larned, and after living there more than a quarter of a century, moved to Finney county about 15 years ago.
Mr. Hascall died ten years ago and since then Mrs. Hascall has lived with her son Herman, who has cared for her and ministered to her and performed erery act of kindness possible, and has been a loving son and companion in her last days. Mrs. Hascall was endowed with a vigorous constitution, and up to within a very short time of her death her mind and body were vert active.
Besides possessing a rare mind keen in its perception of affairs, domestic political and literary, she was an artist of unusual ability, the walls of her home being adorned with many beautiful paintings of her own, and she was also a most wonderful needle woman, her beautiful quilts and embroidery bearing ample testimony of this assertion.
Her life was made up of instances of kindness and courtesy, and her deeds of charity were performed quietly and without ostentation, and those who were beneficiaries usually were the only ones who knew of them.An adopted daughter, Mrs. Fred Warner, of Santana, Lan., was with Mrs. Hascall in the last weeks of her illness, and the refinement and accomplishments of this lady, show the loving and careful training of Mrs. Hascall. To those who mourn, a host of friends and neighbors extend their heart felt sympathy, knowing they will long "For the touch of a vanished hand and the sound of a voice that is still."by Henry Felkner
Herman N. Hascall is recorded as a farm laborer, single, living with his parents in the 1900 and 1910 census.
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From the short review by Jessie B. Grove we find that Herman was an accomplished artist and had a studio in the Doerr building in Larned, where he painted portraits and gave lessons in painting. Herman and his mother, who also was an artist, travelled frequently to Fort Larned where the camped for weeks at a time painting. He was also an accomplished musician and played the violin, cornet and guitar. He was a member of Thompson's band of Larned for 15 years. Note that the Santa Fe Trail Museum has a group picture showing Herman playing the cornet in The Knights of Pythias Marching Band in 1895 (photo # 893). His paintings were displayed in the William Rockhill Nelson Art Gallery of Kansas City.Herman died 12 January 1936, in the Garden City Hospital in Finney county Kansas. He was interred in the Garden City cemetery 14 January 1936 next to his parents. At the time of his death he was living in what was termed as a comfortable sod house near Eminece, approximately 22 mile northwest of Graden City (SW quarter, of Section 32, in Township 21 south, Range 30 W). Herman moved to Eminence circa 1903, from Larned Kansas. The probate records provide the image of an educated man. He had over 130 works in his library and a collection of antiques. Included in the inventory were a violin, cornet and guitar. The estate was split between his brother Herbert and nephew John Hascall WISS. The total value of the estate was approximately $500. The inventory lists 47 pictures (paintings), of which 40 are listed as Hascall paintings. One of the paintings is listed as an 1856 painting and is most likely the work of Ruby. His death certificate lists his occupation as rancher, raising cattle and wheat
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Garden City Kansas
January 13, 1936Herman N. Hascall, a resident of the Eminence neighborhood northwest of Garden City for more than 30 years, died yesterday morning in a local hospital. Hascall, who was 70 years old and a bachelor, had been in the hospital for about two weeks suffering from acute erisypelias.
The deceased was well known over most of western Kansas as an artist of marked talent, although he lived the life of a western Kansas farmer for more than 30 years. His sod house located about 22 miles northwest of Garden City held many paintings, most of them the product of his own brush, several fine pieces of antique furniture, antique lace and an extensive library. Although Hascall never attempted to commercialize his talent he painted pictures for his own enjoyment until his health failed in 1931. Besides his ability as a painter, he was a talented musician.
Hascall came to Finney county from Larned with his mother, Mrs. Ruby Hascall in 1905 and homesteaded the farm in Eminence neighborhood. The Hascall family had moved to Larned in 1877 from the East. Mrs. Hascall died several years ago and the son continued to make his home on the farm until stricken by acute Erisypelas the last of December.
Hascall's only living relative is believed to be a brother who now lives in California. Mrs. Charles Hoinville, Chicago, a life-long friend of the Hascall family and her brother W. C. Simons, publisher of the Journal World at Lawrence, arrived this morning to make arrangements for the funeral and the preservation of the antiques and art treasures owned by Mr. Hascall.
The Kalamazoo Gazette
February 14, 1873Hascall - Died in Kalamazoo, Thursday, February 5th, Charles L., youngest son of Lucien A. and Ruby V. Hascall, aged 15 months.
Herman Elizur Hascall entered service in Company I, 1st Michigan Cavalry as First Lieutenant, 21 August 1861, at Kalamazoo. He was commissioned 22 August 1861, and mustered in 7 September 1861. He was a Captain when he was captured at the second Battle of Bull Run, Richmond, Virginia on 20 August 1862. He was confined to Libby prison, which he called "the horrible old tobacco warehouse prison". He was paroled 23 September 1862, and exchanged in December 1862. He fought in the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., was wounded in action 3 July 1863, and discharged 22 December 1863. For his service he was promoted to the rank of Major on September 23 1863 (probably Brevet).
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Le Roy Gazette
September 10, 1862Capt. H. E. Hascall a Prisoner of War
The annexed letter will explain itself. The brave and gallant Capt. Herman E. Hascall, of the 1st Michigan Calvary, has been in battles and skirmishes without number, from Leesburgh to the front of Richmond, doing picket duty much of the time, until his command was reduced to 35 effective men when he went into the Saturday fight at Bull Run, where he was captured and sent to Richmond as a prisoner of war.
This is the third son of Hon. A. P. Hascall which this hellish rebellion has used up - if this one can be called so. But he cannot. If he shall be exchanged or released, he will be found in the thickest of the fight, with the indomitable First Michigan Cavalry. We hope it will not be long before Capt. Hascall will find his way from the hated rebel dungeon to the Federal Camp.
(annexed letter)Point of Rocks, Md., Sept. 3, 1862
Hon. A. P. Hascall:Sir: I was taken prisoner by the Confederates, in the fight at Bull Run on Saturday last, with your son, Capt. H. E. Hascall. I have been paroled, and he (Capt. H.,) wished me to write to you at the first opportunity and inform you of his position. He was uninjured and in good health when I saw him last, and was about to start for Richmond with several other officers of our regiment who were taken at the same time. The Rebels did not parole the officers who have the misfortune to be taken while serving under Gen. Pope. * * I left the Captain in good spirits, daring the Rebels to do their worst.
Yours respectfully,
Sergt. D. Arnold
Co. I, 1st Michigan Cavalry
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Le Roy Gazette
September 23, 1863Capt. H.E. Hascall, formerly of the First Michigan Calvalry - son of Hon. A.P. Hascall of this place - has been promoted to Major of a new regiment, for gallantry in the battle of Gettysburg. In that sanguinary contest, Capt. Hascall received three wounds - one square through the neck (just missing the jugular vein), a flesh wound in the arm, and a contusion on the leg - was captured by the rebels and retaken by the Union forces the same day. The heroic First Michigan, with which he started out on the 'war path' soon after the rebellion broke out, has been nearly shot to pieces in the various battles through which it passed.
The Major is fast recovering from his wounds, and made a hasty visit to his brother Lucin in this place, a few days ago.
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The Young Mens Library Association was organized in September 1858 with Herman E. Hascall as president. From the Michigan Pioneers collection we find that Herman owned newspapers in Michigan. He was editor of the Lansing Republican from 1855-1857. Herman held the office of proprietor and editor of the Kalamazoo Telegraph from 1858 to 1860. The Le Roy Gazette on May 9, 1860 noted that Herman had started a daily in Kalamazoo.In November 1871, Herman H. Smith sold part interest in the Kalamazoo Telegraph of Kalamazoo, Michigan to Herman Hascall who operated the paper in partnership with James Stone. A letter from James Stone indicates that within a few days of the commencement of the partnership Mr. Hascall was married and started east on his wedding tour. On 25 November 1871 their was a fire at the Telegraph office. James and Herman were only together for a few weeks when James left for Paris. Several days after his departure Herman E. Hascall committed suicide. The Michigan death records confirms that he died of a pistol shot on 2 February 1872, in Kalamazoo, was 36 years old, married and an editor.
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Correspondence exists on the guardianship of the children of Herman. Lucian Hascall, his brother, lived in the area for a time and appraised the assets left for the two children of Herman. Among these was 160 acres in Newago county, Michigan, 40 acres in Ingham county, Michigan, a lot in Lansing, Michigan, A house and lot on south Burdick street, (value $3500) in Kalamazoo, and a $1000 insurance policy with Con Mutual payment of which has been refused. Lucian was initially appointed guardian of Alice and William Hascall, which he later rescinded to Deborah P. Allcott on 21 May 1877. Deborah is probably mother of Caroline A. Allcott who is the third wife of Herman Hascall.
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The Kalamazoo Telegraph
February 2, 1872Herman E. Hascall, one of the proprietors of the Telegraph, died this morning, a little after seven o'clock, from the discharge of a pistol held by his own hand. It seems that he had arisen at the usual hour, and after going out to attend to affairs in the barn, as usual, came back into the house and laid down upon a lounge. In a few minutes he was called to breakfast, but told his wife he would first go upstairs to put on a clean collar. She, not long afterwards, heard the sound of a heavy fall upon the floor in Mr. Hascall's bedroom, but no report of the pistol. She then went upstairs and found him lying on his back, on the floor, dead, the blood streaming from wounds made in the temple, about an inch and a half back from the eye, severing an artery, his hand partially under him still clutching the revolver. Mrs. Hascall, as soon as she could recover from the fearful shock of the scene, sent for Mrs. Allcott, who at once came to her assistance.
Justice Allen, with a jury, went to view the body, and the verdict returned, after a brief examination, was that he came to his death by his own hand while laboring under insanity. It seems that Mr. H stood up before his mirror, pressed the pistol close to his temple and discharged it, the ball passing through the brain and lodging in the wall.
Mr. Hascall was disposed to fits of mental derangement, and has been closely observed by his friends for some time, as he remarked he could not keep the idea of suicide from his mind. He had frequent attacks of indisposition, and lately made a tour of the East for the benefit of health. He had much to live for, and no appearant cause to be weary of life.
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Obituary, The Kalamazoo Telegraph for Herman E. Hascall February 3, 1872We stated briefly yesterday the circumstances attending the death of Mr. Hascall. There is nothing of special interest to add. It does not appear that he had premeditated this act; but after doing his morning work, and as he was lying upon the lounge, his mind may have wandered, and then the purpose of ending his life seized him and he carried it into fatal execution. The pistol which he had, he purchased only three days before, the date of its purchase and price having been faithfully, as were all his daily transactions, recorded in his memorandum book. Mrs. Hascall says he seemed in good spirits when he arose, and she had no idea that anything was going wrong with him.
Mr. Hascall was about 40 years old. and has been a resident of Kalamazoo most of the time since 1847, when he came from his father's home in Le Roy New York, to this place, and entered the Gazette office, then owned and operated by his cousin Volney Hascall, Esq. With close attention to the duties of an apprentice, he became, before the end of his three years term, a master of his trade, and an acknowledged first-class printer. He became connected with Geo. A. Fitch in the printing, in the Lansing Republican and in the Kalamazoo Telegraph. He purchased the Telegraph office in 1858, and continued sole editor and proprietor until 1860 when he resold to Mr. Fitch. During the time he was its publisher the business was so admirably managed that it was very remunerative, and had an excellent reputation. He established the first daily in Kalamazoo and was successful in its publication. This was discontinued soon after Mr. H. sold out in 1860, and not resumed again till after the war began. In 1863, if we remember rightly, Mr. Hascall and George S. Acker raised a company for Broadhead's Cavalry, which was one of the first to be mustered into the service for this state. He served gallantly and became Captain after the regiment had been to the front a short time. During the battles ensuing from the raid of Gen. Lee into Maryland, Capt. Hascall was wounded so badly that for some time his life was despaired of, but luckily a strong constitution and a healthy organization brought him through. He was subsequently appointed Major in the Eleventh Michigan Cavalry. After the war he returned and became associated with the late Mr. Alcott (whose daughter he married) in the produce and milling business, and continued after Mr. Alcott's death. In the early part of November last, Mr. Hascall purchased a half interest in the Telegraph.
Mr. Hascall was an excellent newspaper man, Being thoroughly familiar with all the departments, and could acquit himself well at the head of the editorial force, in the local departments, in the job room, or at the ease/ He was a very ready and graceful writer, a most genial and compassionate friend, and a gentleman in the truest meaning and application of that term. His loss to his relatives and immediate friends is irreparable - to the community it is the loss of a man who was in his character, generous, high-minded, honorable, capable, fearless, and without reproach.
He leaves a wife, to whom he was but recently married and two children by a former, Carrie Allcott Hascall. His brother Lucian Hascall, will start with re[moval] to-morrow evening at 10:30, as it was the frequently expressed wish of the deceased during his life time, that he should be laid beside his wife, the mother of his two children. Judge Hascall, of Le Roy, was telegraphed to last evening, and will meet Lucian Hascall in Buffalo.
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Obituary, The Kalamazoo Gazette for Herman E. HascallAt about 7'o'clock this morning, Herman E. Hascall, the Jr. Editor and Proprietor of the Telegraph; commited suicide by shooting himself through the head, at his residence in the south part of the village. The deed was perpetrated in the bed room, while his wife and the rest of the family were downstairs waiting for him to come to breakfast. The instrument used, was a small four barreled Sharp's pistol. From the position in which he was found, it was evedint he had stood before the glass, and pushing back his hair, had then pressed the pistol close to his temple and fired. The ball passed entirely through his head and struck the plastering on the opposite side of the room. Instant death must have been produced. The report of the pistol was so deadened that the family down stairs did not hear the discharge, and did not know that he had committed suicide until his wife went up stairs to see why he did not come down, and found him on the floor welering in his own blood.
The cause assigned for his committing the rash act, was despondency, occasioned by business embarrassments. It has been noticed by his family that his mind was not right, for some time, and fears have been entertained by his worthy mother-in-law, Mrs. Alcott, that he would take his own life.
The deceased leaves two bright children, Carrie, aged 7, and Willie, 4. He was 40 years and 6 months of age. We have been intimately acquainted with the deceased for a number of years and can truthfully say that he was an upright, energetic business man, and the very last person we should have supposed would commit such a deed. In extenuation, it may be remarked that he had been in ill health for some time past, which probably induce, the peculiar state of mind which prompts people to take their own lives. No sane person will commit suicide. It is contrary to the law of nature.
Justice Allen was summoned, and impaneled the following named gentlemen as a coroners jury: Henry Bishop, T. F. Pickering, Geo. Barnes, S. O. Bennett, Isaac Brown, Chas. R. Bates. A verdict was rendered in accordance with the above facts.
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Le Roy Gazette
February 14, 1872The last issue of the Gazette made the sad announcement of the death of our estmable friend Maj. H.E. Hascall, whose remains were brought to Le Roy on Wednesday last and buried in Myrtle Street Cemetery.
A few days ago Mr. Hascall was in Le Roy visiting his father and friends, though he complained of ailment contracted by overwork and exposure at a fire six weeks ago which destroyed his printing office. His partner was suddenly called to Europe by sickness, leaving the cares of a daily and weekly paper on his hands, which in his frail state of health was too much for him, and his strength gave way under it.
The deceased was a brave and true man. He commanded a battalion of Michigan Cavalry in several sharp engagements during the war and won the ecomiums of his superior officers. He finally received a rebel bullet through his neck and was left for dead - fell into the hands of the enemy and into Libby prison where he suffered all the horrors of a lingering death, though he survived them._____
Another picture of the distress of Herman comes from the notarized statement of his mother-in-law, Deborah Allcott, for the claim of his children to his pension benefits on 13 April 1891.She saw the above named Herman E. Hascall at the time he came home from the Army, an[d] within a few days thereafter. He was then suffering from a severe wound of the throat and malaria. Soon after he married my daughter, during the first year after his marriage, affiant began to notice that there was something wrong with him mentally. The first she noticed of insanity about him was when his wife asked him to buy some sugar, when he told her he could not for he was going to the poor house. This was within a year after his marriage to affiant's daughter. He had been suffering from billious attacks and malaria and melancholy. From the time he refused to buy the sugar, affiant noticed symptoms of insanity. He became more and more depressed and melancholy. We became alarmed about him. He was being treated by Dr. H.O. Hickcock, now deceased, but with very little success. About Thanksgiving 1871 he tried to commit suicide by taking morphine, but was saved by the prompt efforts of Dr. Hickcock but finally succeeded in ending his existence by shooting himself Feb 2, 1872. Affiant has not doubt but that his insanity from which he suffered was the result of disease contracted while in the ... as he was a prisoner of war. He was in poor health when he came home from the army and never ... which so grew upon him until insanity resulted which caused him to end his days by his own hand. Affiant further states she present at the birth of said Herman E. Hascall's daughter was born Alice H. Hascall now Stewart was born January 4, 1865 and William A. Hascall was born April 14, 1868. She saw the babe William A. Hascall only a few hours after he was born., the same day.
The Kalamazoo Gazette
September 11, 1858In Milwaukee, Wisconsin, On Thursday September 9, 1858, Julia Waterbury, Wife of Herman E. Hascall Esq., and daughter of the late Lewis Sandford, Esq.
Marriage Notes for Herman Elizur Hascall and Julia Waterbury Sanford
MARRIAGE:
HASCALL: Herman E.
m: Apr. 15, 1857 Bride's Father's Residence
to: Julia W. Sandford
wit: Bride's parents
off. Clergy: J. C. Richmond
Source: St. Pauls Church Granville
The Kalamazoo Telegraph
January 11, 1869It is with peculiar feelings of sadness that we announce the death of Mrs. C. A. Hascall, wife of Mr. H. E. Hascall and daughter of the late and greatly lamented Wm. A. Alcott. The announcement will fall with a tearful shock upon her numerous friends, few of whom, it is presumed could have known of her illness ever so quickly did her disease - Typhoid fever - terminate in death. It was scarce three weeks since her mother had left her, im her usual health, to go east for the winter. As soon as her disease assumed a serious character, Mrs. Alcott was recalled, but arrived but a few hours before the death of her daughter - too klate to be recognized by her. A most lovely, cultivated, refined, Christian woman, her death will be deeply felt by all who knew her; but most of all in her family, where she was eminently a light and joy.
From the shock of her father's death which occurred a few months since, Mrs. Hascall had never recovered. Between father and daughter there was, in all things, a peculiar and most tender sympathy, and since his death, all her friends had noticed a depression of spirit, from which she seemed to find it impossible to rally, and the circumstances operated most unfavorably for her recovery, when disease attacked her. Mrs. Hascall leaves two children. Her husband accompanied her remains to Boston, where her father's were borne - to the graves of their father.
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The Kalamazoo Telegraph
March 3, 1869We recieved to late for publication last week the following beautiful tribute to the lively character and many virtues of Mrs. C. A. Hascall, but on the reception of the communication from Rev. Mr. Flagg, which will be found in another column on the inside, we were requested to withhold this. At a late hour for this issue, however, we are again requested to publish it as first ordered, which will account for the separation of the two articles:
" In Mount Auburn, the beautiful city of the dead, where art vies with nature to adorn and make attractive the last resting place of humanity, a plain marble stone, has been placed at the head of a new made grave, bearing this inscription, " Carrie. Faithful."
Hundreds of miles away, in one of the most beautiful towns of the far famed West, is the counterpart of this history. In the first month of the new year, as the shades of evening were gathering around, a thick and impentrable darkness enveloped a family circle, as with the tearful eyes and saddened hearts they stood around the death bed of one who was the light and joy of the household. Everything that love or skill could suggest for the recovery of the loved one had been tried, and a hope was kindled that proved but the flickering of an expiring flame. "God's messenger of death seemed blindly stern.
For the first time in life the mother could get no response from her first born, most dutiful child, the very life chords of whose heart were so tenderly entwined with her own, that it seemed as though life could not be continued in one and yet become extinct in the other. Around this whole life, now waning what sunny memories clustered! How bad the sensitive, sympathetic nature of this dying one till now responded with unwavering fidelity to every demand made upon it, and given forth filial love in all its richness and fullness. The words "My wife" which had ever fallen on the ear like sweet melody brightening the eye and gladdening the heart, now fell unheeded. The ear had become deaf to earthly sounds. The call "to come up higher" was sounding from heavenly voices. There was granted then to her spirit a glimpse of her other home - those blessed "mansions" that her Savior had gone to "prepare for her," and in her vision a spirit unseen by others was waiting to conduct her to the realms of the Blest. It seemed to beckon her, and her face radiant with smiles, she answered, "Coming, Father, coming, but not quite yet." Heaven opened to take its child home, and forever consecrated the place from which her spirit ascended.
In her Eastern home, while surrounded with youthful pleasures and gayeties, her soul had craved better and more enduring sources of joy. She listened to the still, small voice of God's inviting love, and chose the better portion that life nor death could take away. She lived henceforth a life of obedience to her Savior, in the spirit of that heavenly charity that " seeketh not its own."
Five years since, in God's own house,, with a trusting, cheerful, joyful heart, she took the vows of wedded love to be her own no longer. Well did she keep those vows. With a love that knows no bounds, and an entire self-renunciation, no care, or service, or sacrifice was too much for husband, children and friends. The blessed consciusness of making others happy was happiness enough for her. New springs of love and joy were opened as years flew by; not cloudless years, but happy still in the serene pride and chastened dignity of wifehood and motherhood. Gentle Carrie! loving heart! thou didst thy mission in love. Sweetly does the memory of thy good deeds rest on many a heart, and acceptably has their incense arisen to heaven, where thou now dwellest a glorified saint, reaping the reward of a sweat, amiable, self-sacrificing life.C.E.G.
6391. Theodore Frelinghuysen Hascall
From a letter to his mother, published in the Le Roy Gazette on November 4, 1861, Theodore describes his service in the US Navy, noting that he was seasick for days and noted the exchange of gunfire at Port Royal, eventually leading to a Union Victory. Note that Theodore would have been 15 years old at the time.Theodore Frelinghuysen Hascall was a respected lawyer in New York, New York. He was a clerk in the law offices of Brown, Hall & Van. He became a member of Tammany Hall in 1876 and served on various sub committees. He was treasurer of the Democratic club in 1898 (NY Times 13 October 1898). He was elected Justice of the New York City Court on 1 January 1899, and held that position until his death.
Theodore and Virginia were living on West 59th street in Manhattan in 1880. The NY City directory for 1890 shows Theodore as a lawyer at 71 Broadway in Manhattan and living at 110 E. 16th. In 1900 they were at 110 E 16th in Manhattan. The 1907/08 New York City Directory shows Theodore F. Hascall, judge still living at 110 E 16th.
The divorce of Theodore and Virginia in 1900 was the subject of several articles in the New York Times (26,27,28 and 30 October 1900). These articles purported impropriety on the part of Theodore in obtaining a swift divorce under secrecy and altering some of the documents. After numerous stories the press either tired of the subject or their was nothing to be found. Under the divorce decree Mrs. Hascall is given permission to resume her maiden name and remarry, while Judge Hascall is prohibited from remarrying.
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Obituary, New York Times
Judge T. F. Hascall Dead
He had been a Justice of the City Court since 1899
Theodore Frelinghuysen Hascall, who had been a Justice of the City since Jan. 1, 1899, died yesterday at Little Falls, NY, in his fifty-seventh year. He was born at Le Roy, Genesee county NY, and was of German and Welsh lineage. In 1898 he was elected Justice of the City Court. His term would have expired Dec. 31 next.
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New York, March 26. - Judge Theodore F. Hascall of the City Court died last night at Little Falls, NJ, Where he had gone about 10 days ago, suffering from heart trouble. Sixty-two years ago Judge Hascall was born in Le Roy, N.Y., the son of A.P. Hascall, who was a judge and a Congressman. At the time of his election to the City Court bench in 1900 he was practicing law alone, although he had formerly been in partnership with Adrian H. Jolin, at present one of the receivers for the New York City Railway Company. His term in the City Court would have expired Dec. 31, 1900.
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The Le Roy Gazette noted Theodores visit to his mother on August 6, 1873. Again the paper announced his visit to his ailing friend Randolf Ballard on October 1, 1890.
____New York Passenger Lists
Ship Umbria from Liverpool, arrived New York 20 Sep 1903
New York Passenger lists
Virgina K. Wearne, listed as resident of England
September 29, 1906 on Celtic from Liverpool, England
October 07, 1910 on Mauretania from Liverpool, England
September 14, 1912 on Lusitania from Liverpool, England
September 19, 1913 on Lusitania from Liverpool, England
September 18, 1914 on Lusitania from Liverpool, England
August 25, 1920 on Olympic from Southampton, Southamptonshire, England
May 20, 1936 on Champlain from LeHavre, France
In 1900 Florence K. Hascall was still living with her parents at 110 E 16th in Manhattan. Per the 1920 census she was single, employed as a private secretary, and was a lodger at 120 E 31st in Manhattan. The 1924/25 New York City Directory shows her still residing at 120 E 31st. Per The Hascall Chronicles Florence served as a lawyer in New York City.
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Trip arrivals documented at Ellis Island
October 13, 1903 on Kaiser from Wilhelm II Cherbourg, Manche, France
September 27, 1904 on Kaiser from Wilhelm II Cherbourg, Manche, France
September 29, 1906 on Celtic from Liverpool, England
October 03, 1907 on Adriatic from Southampton, Southamptonshire, England
October 01, 1908 on Adriatic from Southampton, Southamptonshire, England
September 19, 1913 on Lusitania from Liverpool, England
September 18, 1914 on Lusitania from Liverpool, England
May 20, 1936 on Champlain from LeHavre, France
October 7, 1938 on Ile de France from LeHavre, France
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New York Times
February 9, 1961Hascall - Florence King, on Feb. 7 at New York City, daughter of the late Theodore Frelinghauser Hascall and of the late Virginia King, Wearne. Interment in Cortland cemetery, Cortland, N. Y.
Melvin Conklin Hascall purchased 160 acres near Larned, Pawnee Kansas from the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad on 30 December 1879 for $840 (SW quarter, Section 25, Township 21, South of range 17 West). On 1 May 1880 Melvin and his wife D. Evaline sold this property to N. Josephine Paquudus of New York for $1000. This transaction was witnessed by his brother Theodore and recorded in New York City. Evaline was born circa 1860 in Pennsylvania. The 1890 NY City Directory shows he was a resident in Manhattan, New York at 131 E 86th. The 1907/08 New York City Directory shows that he was located at 125 W 85th, where he lived until his death 11 November 1931 in Manhattan. He was interred 13 November 1931 at Mt. Hope, Westchester Co., New York. The 1920 census shows the occupation of Melvin to be manager of steel works. This census also has his sister in law, Josephine N. Fagundas, living with them. The 1924/25 New York City Directory shows Melvin as treasurer of Arts and Sciences Inc.
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New York Times
November 12, 1931Hascall - Melvin Conklin, on November 11 1931, beloved husband of Evaline F. Hascall, son of late Hon. Augustus P. Hascall and brother to the late Hon. Theodore F. Hascall. Funeral services private at residence 125 West 85th St.
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A letter written by Melvin Hascall June 13 1930Dr. F. M. Witmer
125 West 85th St.
Le RoyMY
Manhattan, New YorkDear Madam:Friday June 13, 1930
Please extend my thanks to the D.A.R. for their marker at my Grandfathers, Jeremiah Hascall grave. He was born in Mass. in 1738. My father Augustus Porter Hascall was born in Hinsdale, Mass., Jun. 24, 1800, & died in Le Roy Jun. 27, 1872. I was born in Le Roy Feb. 7, 1851, consequently I am in my 80th year.
Am living in the house that was built for us in 1890 at the above address. Had my Golden Wedding in 1926. Retired from active business in the same year; go to a dance every week; have had the same bath house at the beach for 23 years; Go into the ocean every pleasant day ( from June 1st to Oct. 1st) each year & thank providence for my good health. Pardon these personal matters, but I am some what amazed at them myself. If any of my old friends are yet in Le Roy, please remember me to them. Again thanking you, I am
Sincerely Yours
Melvin C. Hascall
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New York Passenger Lists
Ship Scythia from Liverpool, arrived New York 6 Aug 1878
Melvin and Evaline, July 12, 1911 on Oceana from Hamilton, Bermuda
New York Passenger Lists
Melvin and Evaline, July 12, 1911 on Oceana from Hamilton, Bermuda
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New York Times
December 5, 1932Hascall - D. Evaline Fagundas, on Dec. 3, beloved widow of Melvin Conklin Hascall and devoted mother of Harold D. Services at her late residence, 125 West 85th St., Monda, Dec. 5, at 2:30 p.m.
Interment Mount Hope cemetery. Funeral private. Tidioute (Pa.) and LeRoy (N.Y.) papers please copy.
Chicago Daily Tribune
March 12, 1917Martha H. Ten Eyck, widow of Maj. Tenador Ten Eyck, died yesterday at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. W. P. Campbell, 3704 Dorchester avenue at the age of 91. Mrs. Ten Eyck was born in Mount Morris, N. Y. and came to Chicago in 1867.
She was A Daughter of the Revolution, a Daughter of 1812, and one of the board of lady managers of the world's fair in 1893.
She is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Clarence G. Sholes, Mrs. W. P. Campbell, Miss Frances D. Ten Eyck of Chicago and Mrs. Gen. W. W. Robinson of Seattle Wash.
Tenodor aided in organizing Company H, 12th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry in the summer of 1861. He was made corporal and county clerk. On February 19, 1862 he was commisioned captain in the regular army and assigned to the 18th United State Infantry.At the engagement at Chickamunga, September 21, 1863, he was captured and sent to Libby Prison. He participated in digging a tunnel that allowed 115 prisoners to escape on Februay 9, 1864. He remained behind. Attempts to have him released in a prisoner exchange were delayed as he was moved to Danville, Virginia, then Macon, Georgia, then to Charleston, South Carolina, and finally to Columbia, South Caolina where on December 9, 1864 he was paroled.
The parole was due to the tenacity of his wife, who went to Washington and secured an interview with Abraham Lincoln, who issued the order for an exchange of prisoners.
In August 1865, he was ordered to the Platte River country to garrison frontier posts and in May 1866 they were ordered to open a new proposed route to Montana by way of Fort Laramie and the valley of the Upper Yellowstone. He was engaged in the construction and defense of Fort Phil Kearney. He was in command of a relief party to Fort Phil Kearney to recover the 83 killed in the Phil Kerney massacre On December 21, 1866, Captain Fetterman led a party to relieve a wood train that had been attacked by indians.Red Cloud attacked amd massacred the Fetterman unit. Tenodor was placed in command of a relief party to Fetteman, but arrived after the masscre and recovered the bodies of those killed.
In July 1867 he moved his command to Fort Bridger. On December 31, 1870 he was honorably discharged because of illness, but was reinstated and placed on the retired list with rank of Captain.
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Chicago Daily Tribune
February 28, 1905Maj. Tenodor Ten Eyck, U.S.A., retired, died at his residence, 5704 Madison Avenue, yesterday morning after a breif illness. Maj. Ten Eyck was born in New Jersey in 1819 and was a veteran of the civil war. He was taken prisoner by the confederates at Chickamaugua and for a year was a prisoner in Libby prison. After the war Maj. Ten Eyck went west and took command of a frontier post, where he saw much Indian service. In 1871 he retired from the army.
Chicago Daily Tribune
August 4, 1929Dr. Alice Ten Eyck Xampbell, widow of the late William P. , survived by two sisters, Mrs. C. C. Sholes and Frances D. Ten Eyck.
Chicago Daily Tribune
August 4, 1920Funeral services for William P. Campbell of 5704 Dorchester avenue, vice president and general manager of the Chicago Safe Deposit company, who died Monday, will be held this afternoon.
Mr. Campbell was born in Bath, N.Y., in 1846. He was educated in Canandaigua academy, and served during the civil war in the paymaster's department. He came to Chicago in 1866, and became the private secretary of George B. Armstrong, the founder of the railway mail service.
He rose to the position of general superintendent. Returning to Chicago, he was engaged for a time in the surety business, and later was appointed manager, subsequently, vice president of the Chicago Safe Deposit company.
Interment private, survived by widow Alice Ten Eyck Campbell
Chicago Daily Tribune
March 23, 1923Minnie Ten Eyck Robinson, wife of the late Brig. Gen. W. W. Robinson, at her home 5037 Dorchester av., March 22. Interment at Arlington, Washington, D.C.
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U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006
Name: Minnie Ten Eyck W O Wm W Jr Robinson
Death Date: 22 Mar 1923
Cemetery: Arlington National Cemetery
Cemetery Address: C/O Director Arlington, VA 22111-0000
Buried At: Section En Site 1075
U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006
Name: Wm W Jr Robinson
Service Info.: BRIG GEN USA
Death Date: 24 Mar 1917
Cemetery: Arlington National Cemetery
Cemetery Address: C/O Director Arlington, VA 22211
Buried At: Section East Site 1075
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Chicago Daily Tribune
March 25, 1917Chicago friends were advised today of the death of Brig. Gen. William Wallace Robinson U.S.A., retired, formerly resident at Hotel Del Prado, Chicago, at the Walter Reed army hospital, Washington D.C., after a lengthy illness. Gen. Robinson's home was in Seattle, Wash., Where his widow resides.
Gen. Robinson served for many years at western posts and engaged in many stirring brushes with Indians, participating in the battles of Wounded Knee and Drexal Mission S.D.