On February 3, MRS. SALLIE HARMONY or Aunt SALLIE as she was called, met
with a fatal accident at Columbia. She was past 90 years of age and lived
alone. Her remains were found on the floor with clothes burned off and must
have met death sometime during Tuesday night. Her body was in a charred
condition when found, lying in a heap.
As she resided alone and was without company on the fatal night the facts
concerning her death cannot be told. Her condition was discovered half past
7 or 8 o'clock Wednesday morning by her brother-in-law, ALF PHELPS, who had
gone to her home to start her fire and look after her other wants. Her
greatest comfort during her lonely days and nights was her pipe, which had
been her constant companion for many years. The evidence of the overturned
chair and charred remains and the pipe suggests the idea that she arose in
the night to stir up the fire and take a quiet smoke. Her clothing probably
became ignited, either from the stove or from the match used in lighting the
pipe and the great wonder is that the house was not burned . This would have
obliterated all.
She was one of the pioneers of the northern part of Lucas County but had
resided in Columbia for many years. HARRISON PARKER, of Knoxville, is a
brother, and MRS. ALF PHELPS, a half-sister. On account of the ghastly condition
of the remains the funeral services and
burial took place on the afternoon of the accident.
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There are mistakes in this obituary, Hannah (Parker) Phelps, wife of Alpheus (Alf)
Phelps IS in deed Sarah's ( Aunt Sallie's ) younger sister NOT her half sister. Sarah A. Parker
was born March of 1826, she was 83 at the time of her death, not "past 90".
with a fatal accident at Columbia. She was past 90 years of age and lived
alone. Her remains were found on the floor with clothes burned off and must
have met death sometime during Tuesday night. Her body was in a charred
condition when found, lying in a heap.
As she resided alone and was without company on the fatal night the facts
concerning her death cannot be told. Her condition was discovered half past
7 or 8 o'clock Wednesday morning by her brother-in-law, ALF PHELPS, who had
gone to her home to start her fire and look after her other wants. Her
greatest comfort during her lonely days and nights was her pipe, which had
been her constant companion for many years. The evidence of the overturned
chair and charred remains and the pipe suggests the idea that she arose in
the night to stir up the fire and take a quiet smoke. Her clothing probably
became ignited, either from the stove or from the match used in lighting the
pipe and the great wonder is that the house was not burned . This would have
obliterated all.
She was one of the pioneers of the northern part of Lucas County but had
resided in Columbia for many years. HARRISON PARKER, of Knoxville, is a
brother, and MRS. ALF PHELPS, a half-sister. On account of the ghastly condition
of the remains the funeral services and
burial took place on the afternoon of the accident.
----------------------------------------------------------- ----------
There are mistakes in this obituary, Hannah (Parker) Phelps, wife of Alpheus (Alf)
Phelps IS in deed Sarah's ( Aunt Sallie's ) younger sister NOT her half sister. Sarah A. Parker
was born March of 1826, she was 83 at the time of her death, not "past 90".
On February 3, MRS. SALLIE HARMONY or Aunt SALLIE as she was called, met
with a fatal accident at Columbia. She was past 90 years of age and lived
alone. Her remains were found on the floor with clothes burned off and must
have met death sometime during Tuesday night. Her body was in a charred
condition when found, lying in a heap.
As she resided alone and was without company on the fatal night the facts
concerning her death cannot be told. Her condition was discovered half past
7 or 8 o'clock Wednesday morning by her brother-in-law, ALF PHELPS, who had
gone to her home to start her fire and look after her other wants. Her
greatest comfort during her lonely days and nights was her pipe, which had
been her constant companion for many years. The evidence of the overturned
chair and charred remains and the pipe suggests the idea that she arose in
the night to stir up the fire and take a quiet smoke. Her clothing probably
became ignited, either from the stove or from the match used in lighting the
pipe and the great wonder is that the house was not burned . This would have
obliterated all.
She was one of the pioneers of the northern part of Lucas County but had
resided in Columbia for many years. HARRISON PARKER, of Knoxville, is a
brother, and MRS. ALF PHELPS, a half-sister. On account of the ghastly condition
of the remains the funeral services and
burial took place on the afternoon of the accident.
----------------------------------------------------------- ----------
There are mistakes in this obituary, Hannah (Parker) Phelps, wife of Alpheus (Alf)
Phelps IS in deed Sarah's ( Aunt Sallie's ) younger sister NOT her half sister. Sarah A. Parker
was born March of 1826, she was 83 at the time of her death, not "past 90".
with a fatal accident at Columbia. She was past 90 years of age and lived
alone. Her remains were found on the floor with clothes burned off and must
have met death sometime during Tuesday night. Her body was in a charred
condition when found, lying in a heap.
As she resided alone and was without company on the fatal night the facts
concerning her death cannot be told. Her condition was discovered half past
7 or 8 o'clock Wednesday morning by her brother-in-law, ALF PHELPS, who had
gone to her home to start her fire and look after her other wants. Her
greatest comfort during her lonely days and nights was her pipe, which had
been her constant companion for many years. The evidence of the overturned
chair and charred remains and the pipe suggests the idea that she arose in
the night to stir up the fire and take a quiet smoke. Her clothing probably
became ignited, either from the stove or from the match used in lighting the
pipe and the great wonder is that the house was not burned . This would have
obliterated all.
She was one of the pioneers of the northern part of Lucas County but had
resided in Columbia for many years. HARRISON PARKER, of Knoxville, is a
brother, and MRS. ALF PHELPS, a half-sister. On account of the ghastly condition
of the remains the funeral services and
burial took place on the afternoon of the accident.
----------------------------------------------------------- ----------
There are mistakes in this obituary, Hannah (Parker) Phelps, wife of Alpheus (Alf)
Phelps IS in deed Sarah's ( Aunt Sallie's ) younger sister NOT her half sister. Sarah A. Parker
was born March of 1826, she was 83 at the time of her death, not "past 90".
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