Sunday morning at 6 o'clock at his home, corner of Mulberry & Oak Streets occurred the death of Mr. John C. Calhoun, an old and highly esteemed citizen after a lingering illness with asthma which had affected his heart. He was in usual health until four weeks ago when he was taken down. Not until a few days ago was his condition considered serious. He was in a dying condition all day Saturday & through the night, death being expected at any minutes. It came with the daylight Sunday.
Mr. Calhoun was born in Montgomery County, Ohio not far from Dayton. With his parents he moved to Decatur, Illinois, in 1857 and in 1862 he moved to Blue Mound Twp., McLean Co. In August that same year he enlisted in Co. E. 94th Illinois Infantry serving during the war in the commissary department.
He was married 33 years ago Nov. 7 to Miss Helen Hall (Hill) in this city and two daughters were born to them. Pearl, who died in 1895 after she had grown to be a young woman, and Nervella, wife of Dr. Devore of Leroy, who with the wife, survive him.
There are also five brothers living, Webster of St. Louis; Clinton of Danvers; Raper of West Township; Corwin of Seattle, Washington & David of Leavenworth, Kas. Besides the immediate members of his family, there is a half-sister & brother, Mrs. Sarah Horney of Beatrice, Neb.,and Mrs. James Gaff of Pontiac.
Mr. Calhoun was a carpenter & builder and a well-to-do industrious citizen. In the long years that he resided in Bloomington he built up numerous friendships, the severing of which will bring a sense of real loss to those left behind. Mr. Calhoun was a member of William T. Sherman Post G.A.R. of the Grace Methodist Church and of the Ancient Order of United Workmen.
Bloomington, Illinois Pantagraph, Monday Morning, December 23, 1901, Page 3:
Yesterday at his home in this city, corner of Mulberry & Oak Streets, occurred the death of Mr. John C. Calhoun, one of the early residents of this county, his malady being dry asthma & heart trouble induced by asthma. He had been suffering more or less from this trouble for two years and had considered a change of climate for the benefit of his health, but had delayed action. The final sickness began about four weeks ago, but his condition was not considered dangerous till Thursday.
Mr. Calhoun was born in Montgomery Co., Ohio, near Dayton, 4/21/1839 & moved to Decatur with his parents in 1857. He lived there till 1862, when he moved to McLean Co., settling in Blue Mound Twp., near Pleasant Hill. In August of the same year, he enlisted in Company E. 94th Illinois Infantry & he served three years being connected with the commissary department under Grant at the siege of Vicksburg. His health was good during the war, but he was allowed to come home from New Orleans on sick furlough.
He was married 33 years ago November 7 to Miss Ellen Hall (Hill) in this city & two daughters were born to them, Pearl who died in 1895 after she had grown to be a young woman & Vela, wife of Dr. Devore of Leroy, who with the wife survives him. There are also five brothers living; Webster, of St. Louis, Clinton (Calhoun) of Danvers, Il., Raper (William R. Calhoun) of West Twp., Corwin (Thomas Corwin Calhoun) of Seattle, Washington & David (Calhoun) of Leavenworth, Kansas.
Mr. Calhoun was a carpenter & scale builder & a very skillful mechanic, of a domestic temperament, always delighting in his home & the society of his family. He was politically a Republican, although he never sought office & did not usually take an active part in the conventions. He was a member of the Grace Methodist Church & of the A.O.U.W. Besides the immediate members of his family, there is a half-sister & brother, Mrs. Sarah Horney, of Beatrice, Neb., & Mr. James Gaff of Pontiac.
(Note to the reader of this obit: John C. Calhoun's parents were John Calhoun & 2nd wife Hannah Mock Gaff Calhoun. Mrs. Sarah Gaff Horney & James Gaff were the children of Hannah Mock Gaff Calhoun & her first husband David Gaff).
The Bloomington Bulletin, page 7, Tues., 12/24/1901, page 7:
Today's Funeral:
The number of friends who attended the funeral services of the late J.C. Calhoun which were held at Grace Methodist Church this afternoon was certainly an unmistakable tribute to the memory of the departed. In death as in life, Mr. Calhoun has the love & kindest remembrances of friends without number. Rev. B.F. Shipp officiated at the services & his oration was a just eulogy on the life which had gone out. He spoke with much fervor. The choir rendered several selections. The crowd in the church contained the members of the A.O.U.W. of which the deceased was a member in a body veterans of the Civil War & soldiers of the old 94th sat in the pews as did members of the Central Star. The reference to the war record of the deceased moved the companions in arms to tears. A long cortege followed the remains to their last resting place in the Bloomington Cemetery.
His half siblings were William A. Calhoun, Mary A. (Calhoun) Gouker, Phebe (Calhoun) Davis, Elizabeth M. (Calhoun) Brightman, James Hook Gaff, Sarah Jane (Gaff)Horney, Johanna (Gaff) Hatfield.
Mr. Calhoun was born in Montgomery County, Ohio not far from Dayton. With his parents he moved to Decatur, Illinois, in 1857 and in 1862 he moved to Blue Mound Twp., McLean Co. In August that same year he enlisted in Co. E. 94th Illinois Infantry serving during the war in the commissary department.
He was married 33 years ago Nov. 7 to Miss Helen Hall (Hill) in this city and two daughters were born to them. Pearl, who died in 1895 after she had grown to be a young woman, and Nervella, wife of Dr. Devore of Leroy, who with the wife, survive him.
There are also five brothers living, Webster of St. Louis; Clinton of Danvers; Raper of West Township; Corwin of Seattle, Washington & David of Leavenworth, Kas. Besides the immediate members of his family, there is a half-sister & brother, Mrs. Sarah Horney of Beatrice, Neb.,and Mrs. James Gaff of Pontiac.
Mr. Calhoun was a carpenter & builder and a well-to-do industrious citizen. In the long years that he resided in Bloomington he built up numerous friendships, the severing of which will bring a sense of real loss to those left behind. Mr. Calhoun was a member of William T. Sherman Post G.A.R. of the Grace Methodist Church and of the Ancient Order of United Workmen.
Bloomington, Illinois Pantagraph, Monday Morning, December 23, 1901, Page 3:
Yesterday at his home in this city, corner of Mulberry & Oak Streets, occurred the death of Mr. John C. Calhoun, one of the early residents of this county, his malady being dry asthma & heart trouble induced by asthma. He had been suffering more or less from this trouble for two years and had considered a change of climate for the benefit of his health, but had delayed action. The final sickness began about four weeks ago, but his condition was not considered dangerous till Thursday.
Mr. Calhoun was born in Montgomery Co., Ohio, near Dayton, 4/21/1839 & moved to Decatur with his parents in 1857. He lived there till 1862, when he moved to McLean Co., settling in Blue Mound Twp., near Pleasant Hill. In August of the same year, he enlisted in Company E. 94th Illinois Infantry & he served three years being connected with the commissary department under Grant at the siege of Vicksburg. His health was good during the war, but he was allowed to come home from New Orleans on sick furlough.
He was married 33 years ago November 7 to Miss Ellen Hall (Hill) in this city & two daughters were born to them, Pearl who died in 1895 after she had grown to be a young woman & Vela, wife of Dr. Devore of Leroy, who with the wife survives him. There are also five brothers living; Webster, of St. Louis, Clinton (Calhoun) of Danvers, Il., Raper (William R. Calhoun) of West Twp., Corwin (Thomas Corwin Calhoun) of Seattle, Washington & David (Calhoun) of Leavenworth, Kansas.
Mr. Calhoun was a carpenter & scale builder & a very skillful mechanic, of a domestic temperament, always delighting in his home & the society of his family. He was politically a Republican, although he never sought office & did not usually take an active part in the conventions. He was a member of the Grace Methodist Church & of the A.O.U.W. Besides the immediate members of his family, there is a half-sister & brother, Mrs. Sarah Horney, of Beatrice, Neb., & Mr. James Gaff of Pontiac.
(Note to the reader of this obit: John C. Calhoun's parents were John Calhoun & 2nd wife Hannah Mock Gaff Calhoun. Mrs. Sarah Gaff Horney & James Gaff were the children of Hannah Mock Gaff Calhoun & her first husband David Gaff).
The Bloomington Bulletin, page 7, Tues., 12/24/1901, page 7:
Today's Funeral:
The number of friends who attended the funeral services of the late J.C. Calhoun which were held at Grace Methodist Church this afternoon was certainly an unmistakable tribute to the memory of the departed. In death as in life, Mr. Calhoun has the love & kindest remembrances of friends without number. Rev. B.F. Shipp officiated at the services & his oration was a just eulogy on the life which had gone out. He spoke with much fervor. The choir rendered several selections. The crowd in the church contained the members of the A.O.U.W. of which the deceased was a member in a body veterans of the Civil War & soldiers of the old 94th sat in the pews as did members of the Central Star. The reference to the war record of the deceased moved the companions in arms to tears. A long cortege followed the remains to their last resting place in the Bloomington Cemetery.
His half siblings were William A. Calhoun, Mary A. (Calhoun) Gouker, Phebe (Calhoun) Davis, Elizabeth M. (Calhoun) Brightman, James Hook Gaff, Sarah Jane (Gaff)Horney, Johanna (Gaff) Hatfield.
Sunday morning at 6 o'clock at his home, corner of Mulberry & Oak Streets occurred the death of Mr. John C. Calhoun, an old and highly esteemed citizen after a lingering illness with asthma which had affected his heart. He was in usual health until four weeks ago when he was taken down. Not until a few days ago was his condition considered serious. He was in a dying condition all day Saturday & through the night, death being expected at any minutes. It came with the daylight Sunday.
Mr. Calhoun was born in Montgomery County, Ohio not far from Dayton. With his parents he moved to Decatur, Illinois, in 1857 and in 1862 he moved to Blue Mound Twp., McLean Co. In August that same year he enlisted in Co. E. 94th Illinois Infantry serving during the war in the commissary department.
He was married 33 years ago Nov. 7 to Miss Helen Hall (Hill) in this city and two daughters were born to them. Pearl, who died in 1895 after she had grown to be a young woman, and Nervella, wife of Dr. Devore of Leroy, who with the wife, survive him.
There are also five brothers living, Webster of St. Louis; Clinton of Danvers; Raper of West Township; Corwin of Seattle, Washington & David of Leavenworth, Kas. Besides the immediate members of his family, there is a half-sister & brother, Mrs. Sarah Horney of Beatrice, Neb.,and Mrs. James Gaff of Pontiac.
Mr. Calhoun was a carpenter & builder and a well-to-do industrious citizen. In the long years that he resided in Bloomington he built up numerous friendships, the severing of which will bring a sense of real loss to those left behind. Mr. Calhoun was a member of William T. Sherman Post G.A.R. of the Grace Methodist Church and of the Ancient Order of United Workmen.
Bloomington, Illinois Pantagraph, Monday Morning, December 23, 1901, Page 3:
Yesterday at his home in this city, corner of Mulberry & Oak Streets, occurred the death of Mr. John C. Calhoun, one of the early residents of this county, his malady being dry asthma & heart trouble induced by asthma. He had been suffering more or less from this trouble for two years and had considered a change of climate for the benefit of his health, but had delayed action. The final sickness began about four weeks ago, but his condition was not considered dangerous till Thursday.
Mr. Calhoun was born in Montgomery Co., Ohio, near Dayton, 4/21/1839 & moved to Decatur with his parents in 1857. He lived there till 1862, when he moved to McLean Co., settling in Blue Mound Twp., near Pleasant Hill. In August of the same year, he enlisted in Company E. 94th Illinois Infantry & he served three years being connected with the commissary department under Grant at the siege of Vicksburg. His health was good during the war, but he was allowed to come home from New Orleans on sick furlough.
He was married 33 years ago November 7 to Miss Ellen Hall (Hill) in this city & two daughters were born to them, Pearl who died in 1895 after she had grown to be a young woman & Vela, wife of Dr. Devore of Leroy, who with the wife survives him. There are also five brothers living; Webster, of St. Louis, Clinton (Calhoun) of Danvers, Il., Raper (William R. Calhoun) of West Twp., Corwin (Thomas Corwin Calhoun) of Seattle, Washington & David (Calhoun) of Leavenworth, Kansas.
Mr. Calhoun was a carpenter & scale builder & a very skillful mechanic, of a domestic temperament, always delighting in his home & the society of his family. He was politically a Republican, although he never sought office & did not usually take an active part in the conventions. He was a member of the Grace Methodist Church & of the A.O.U.W. Besides the immediate members of his family, there is a half-sister & brother, Mrs. Sarah Horney, of Beatrice, Neb., & Mr. James Gaff of Pontiac.
(Note to the reader of this obit: John C. Calhoun's parents were John Calhoun & 2nd wife Hannah Mock Gaff Calhoun. Mrs. Sarah Gaff Horney & James Gaff were the children of Hannah Mock Gaff Calhoun & her first husband David Gaff).
The Bloomington Bulletin, page 7, Tues., 12/24/1901, page 7:
Today's Funeral:
The number of friends who attended the funeral services of the late J.C. Calhoun which were held at Grace Methodist Church this afternoon was certainly an unmistakable tribute to the memory of the departed. In death as in life, Mr. Calhoun has the love & kindest remembrances of friends without number. Rev. B.F. Shipp officiated at the services & his oration was a just eulogy on the life which had gone out. He spoke with much fervor. The choir rendered several selections. The crowd in the church contained the members of the A.O.U.W. of which the deceased was a member in a body veterans of the Civil War & soldiers of the old 94th sat in the pews as did members of the Central Star. The reference to the war record of the deceased moved the companions in arms to tears. A long cortege followed the remains to their last resting place in the Bloomington Cemetery.
His half siblings were William A. Calhoun, Mary A. (Calhoun) Gouker, Phebe (Calhoun) Davis, Elizabeth M. (Calhoun) Brightman, James Hook Gaff, Sarah Jane (Gaff)Horney, Johanna (Gaff) Hatfield.
Mr. Calhoun was born in Montgomery County, Ohio not far from Dayton. With his parents he moved to Decatur, Illinois, in 1857 and in 1862 he moved to Blue Mound Twp., McLean Co. In August that same year he enlisted in Co. E. 94th Illinois Infantry serving during the war in the commissary department.
He was married 33 years ago Nov. 7 to Miss Helen Hall (Hill) in this city and two daughters were born to them. Pearl, who died in 1895 after she had grown to be a young woman, and Nervella, wife of Dr. Devore of Leroy, who with the wife, survive him.
There are also five brothers living, Webster of St. Louis; Clinton of Danvers; Raper of West Township; Corwin of Seattle, Washington & David of Leavenworth, Kas. Besides the immediate members of his family, there is a half-sister & brother, Mrs. Sarah Horney of Beatrice, Neb.,and Mrs. James Gaff of Pontiac.
Mr. Calhoun was a carpenter & builder and a well-to-do industrious citizen. In the long years that he resided in Bloomington he built up numerous friendships, the severing of which will bring a sense of real loss to those left behind. Mr. Calhoun was a member of William T. Sherman Post G.A.R. of the Grace Methodist Church and of the Ancient Order of United Workmen.
Bloomington, Illinois Pantagraph, Monday Morning, December 23, 1901, Page 3:
Yesterday at his home in this city, corner of Mulberry & Oak Streets, occurred the death of Mr. John C. Calhoun, one of the early residents of this county, his malady being dry asthma & heart trouble induced by asthma. He had been suffering more or less from this trouble for two years and had considered a change of climate for the benefit of his health, but had delayed action. The final sickness began about four weeks ago, but his condition was not considered dangerous till Thursday.
Mr. Calhoun was born in Montgomery Co., Ohio, near Dayton, 4/21/1839 & moved to Decatur with his parents in 1857. He lived there till 1862, when he moved to McLean Co., settling in Blue Mound Twp., near Pleasant Hill. In August of the same year, he enlisted in Company E. 94th Illinois Infantry & he served three years being connected with the commissary department under Grant at the siege of Vicksburg. His health was good during the war, but he was allowed to come home from New Orleans on sick furlough.
He was married 33 years ago November 7 to Miss Ellen Hall (Hill) in this city & two daughters were born to them, Pearl who died in 1895 after she had grown to be a young woman & Vela, wife of Dr. Devore of Leroy, who with the wife survives him. There are also five brothers living; Webster, of St. Louis, Clinton (Calhoun) of Danvers, Il., Raper (William R. Calhoun) of West Twp., Corwin (Thomas Corwin Calhoun) of Seattle, Washington & David (Calhoun) of Leavenworth, Kansas.
Mr. Calhoun was a carpenter & scale builder & a very skillful mechanic, of a domestic temperament, always delighting in his home & the society of his family. He was politically a Republican, although he never sought office & did not usually take an active part in the conventions. He was a member of the Grace Methodist Church & of the A.O.U.W. Besides the immediate members of his family, there is a half-sister & brother, Mrs. Sarah Horney, of Beatrice, Neb., & Mr. James Gaff of Pontiac.
(Note to the reader of this obit: John C. Calhoun's parents were John Calhoun & 2nd wife Hannah Mock Gaff Calhoun. Mrs. Sarah Gaff Horney & James Gaff were the children of Hannah Mock Gaff Calhoun & her first husband David Gaff).
The Bloomington Bulletin, page 7, Tues., 12/24/1901, page 7:
Today's Funeral:
The number of friends who attended the funeral services of the late J.C. Calhoun which were held at Grace Methodist Church this afternoon was certainly an unmistakable tribute to the memory of the departed. In death as in life, Mr. Calhoun has the love & kindest remembrances of friends without number. Rev. B.F. Shipp officiated at the services & his oration was a just eulogy on the life which had gone out. He spoke with much fervor. The choir rendered several selections. The crowd in the church contained the members of the A.O.U.W. of which the deceased was a member in a body veterans of the Civil War & soldiers of the old 94th sat in the pews as did members of the Central Star. The reference to the war record of the deceased moved the companions in arms to tears. A long cortege followed the remains to their last resting place in the Bloomington Cemetery.
His half siblings were William A. Calhoun, Mary A. (Calhoun) Gouker, Phebe (Calhoun) Davis, Elizabeth M. (Calhoun) Brightman, James Hook Gaff, Sarah Jane (Gaff)Horney, Johanna (Gaff) Hatfield.
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