Susan Ulmer Merrill married Horatio Ilsley on 04 Apr 1840. Horatio was the son of Parker Ilsley and Elizabeth Smith.
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Piscataquis (ME) Observer 10 Jun 1858 p1:
A whole family, nearly, Lost. By telegraphic news received last Saturday, we learn that there has been great freshets on the Mississippi and other rivers. In Roscoe, Illinois, a culvert was swept away on the night of the 3d inst., destroying the house of Rev. Hosea Ilsley and drowning eight of his children! Mr. Illsley emigrated from Monson in this County some three years since to Illinois, and settled over a Congregational Church in Belvidere and Roscoe, we believe. This is a sad calamity, and will be a heavy shock to his numerous friends in this County, where he is well known.
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From Monday's Eastern Argus:
THE MELANCHOLY DISASTER AT ROSCOE, ILLINOIS---The fears we expressed on Saturday---that a portion of the children drowned at Roscoe, Ill., on the night of the 3d inst. were of the family of Rev. Horatio Illsley---were more than confirmed by a private despatch received in this city on that day; the whole of the sad story has not been told.
Mrs. Illsley and all her children, eight in number, were drowned, The oldest son who had been residing away from home, but a few days before this melancholy circumstance and was lost with the others. Mr. Illsley, alone, of the family was saved---saved to find his whole family suddenly snatched away from him, and himself left alone in the world.
No particulars are given of the sudden eruption of the waters, and of the giving away of the culvert, which were the causes of this sad event. We shall get the full particulars in a day or two by due course of mail.
Mrs. Illsley was a daughter of the late James W. Merill of Saccarappa, and a sister of Mrs. J. Ambrose Merrill of this city.
The sad calamity which has befallen Mr. Illsley, has awakened the deepest sympathies of the large numbers in this city, who have known him from his early childhood. Mr. Illsley is a native of this city, a son of the late Parker Illsley, Esq., who was for many years connected with the Portland Post Office.
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Piscataquis (ME) Observer 10 Jun 1858 p1:
A whole family, nearly, Lost. By telegraphic news received last Saturday, we learn that there has been great freshets on the Mississippi and other rivers. In Roscoe, Illinois, a culvert was swept away on the night of the 3d inst., destroying the house of Rev. Hosea Ilsley and drowning eight of his children! Mr. Illsley emigrated from Monson in this County some three years since to Illinois, and settled over a Congregational Church in Belvidere and Roscoe, we believe. This is a sad calamity, and will be a heavy shock to his numerous friends in this County, where he is well known.
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From Monday's Eastern Argus:
THE MELANCHOLY DISASTER AT ROSCOE, ILLINOIS---The fears we expressed on Saturday---that a portion of the children drowned at Roscoe, Ill., on the night of the 3d inst. were of the family of Rev. Horatio Illsley---were more than confirmed by a private despatch received in this city on that day; the whole of the sad story has not been told.
Mrs. Illsley and all her children, eight in number, were drowned, The oldest son who had been residing away from home, but a few days before this melancholy circumstance and was lost with the others. Mr. Illsley, alone, of the family was saved---saved to find his whole family suddenly snatched away from him, and himself left alone in the world.
No particulars are given of the sudden eruption of the waters, and of the giving away of the culvert, which were the causes of this sad event. We shall get the full particulars in a day or two by due course of mail.
Mrs. Illsley was a daughter of the late James W. Merill of Saccarappa, and a sister of Mrs. J. Ambrose Merrill of this city.
The sad calamity which has befallen Mr. Illsley, has awakened the deepest sympathies of the large numbers in this city, who have known him from his early childhood. Mr. Illsley is a native of this city, a son of the late Parker Illsley, Esq., who was for many years connected with the Portland Post Office.
Susan Ulmer Merrill married Horatio Ilsley on 04 Apr 1840. Horatio was the son of Parker Ilsley and Elizabeth Smith.
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Piscataquis (ME) Observer 10 Jun 1858 p1:
A whole family, nearly, Lost. By telegraphic news received last Saturday, we learn that there has been great freshets on the Mississippi and other rivers. In Roscoe, Illinois, a culvert was swept away on the night of the 3d inst., destroying the house of Rev. Hosea Ilsley and drowning eight of his children! Mr. Illsley emigrated from Monson in this County some three years since to Illinois, and settled over a Congregational Church in Belvidere and Roscoe, we believe. This is a sad calamity, and will be a heavy shock to his numerous friends in this County, where he is well known.
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From Monday's Eastern Argus:
THE MELANCHOLY DISASTER AT ROSCOE, ILLINOIS---The fears we expressed on Saturday---that a portion of the children drowned at Roscoe, Ill., on the night of the 3d inst. were of the family of Rev. Horatio Illsley---were more than confirmed by a private despatch received in this city on that day; the whole of the sad story has not been told.
Mrs. Illsley and all her children, eight in number, were drowned, The oldest son who had been residing away from home, but a few days before this melancholy circumstance and was lost with the others. Mr. Illsley, alone, of the family was saved---saved to find his whole family suddenly snatched away from him, and himself left alone in the world.
No particulars are given of the sudden eruption of the waters, and of the giving away of the culvert, which were the causes of this sad event. We shall get the full particulars in a day or two by due course of mail.
Mrs. Illsley was a daughter of the late James W. Merill of Saccarappa, and a sister of Mrs. J. Ambrose Merrill of this city.
The sad calamity which has befallen Mr. Illsley, has awakened the deepest sympathies of the large numbers in this city, who have known him from his early childhood. Mr. Illsley is a native of this city, a son of the late Parker Illsley, Esq., who was for many years connected with the Portland Post Office.
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Piscataquis (ME) Observer 10 Jun 1858 p1:
A whole family, nearly, Lost. By telegraphic news received last Saturday, we learn that there has been great freshets on the Mississippi and other rivers. In Roscoe, Illinois, a culvert was swept away on the night of the 3d inst., destroying the house of Rev. Hosea Ilsley and drowning eight of his children! Mr. Illsley emigrated from Monson in this County some three years since to Illinois, and settled over a Congregational Church in Belvidere and Roscoe, we believe. This is a sad calamity, and will be a heavy shock to his numerous friends in this County, where he is well known.
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From Monday's Eastern Argus:
THE MELANCHOLY DISASTER AT ROSCOE, ILLINOIS---The fears we expressed on Saturday---that a portion of the children drowned at Roscoe, Ill., on the night of the 3d inst. were of the family of Rev. Horatio Illsley---were more than confirmed by a private despatch received in this city on that day; the whole of the sad story has not been told.
Mrs. Illsley and all her children, eight in number, were drowned, The oldest son who had been residing away from home, but a few days before this melancholy circumstance and was lost with the others. Mr. Illsley, alone, of the family was saved---saved to find his whole family suddenly snatched away from him, and himself left alone in the world.
No particulars are given of the sudden eruption of the waters, and of the giving away of the culvert, which were the causes of this sad event. We shall get the full particulars in a day or two by due course of mail.
Mrs. Illsley was a daughter of the late James W. Merill of Saccarappa, and a sister of Mrs. J. Ambrose Merrill of this city.
The sad calamity which has befallen Mr. Illsley, has awakened the deepest sympathies of the large numbers in this city, who have known him from his early childhood. Mr. Illsley is a native of this city, a son of the late Parker Illsley, Esq., who was for many years connected with the Portland Post Office.
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