A telegram announcing the death of Mrs. Frances Shippen Huidekoper, at Meadville, Penn., was received yesterday afternoon by her son, Dr. Rush Shippen Huidekoper, a veterinarian of this city.
Mrs. Huidekoper was the widow of Edgar Huidekoper and died at the age of seventy-nine years. She belonged to one of the oldest families in Pennsylvania. Her father was Henry Shippen, who was sent to Western Pennsylvania in 1825 as First Judge of the district, comprising the entire Allegheny Valley.
In 1838, she married she married Edgar Huidekoper, son of Harm Jan Huidekoper, who came to this country from Holland in 1796 as representative of the Holland Land Company. Edgar, on Harm Jan's death, continued the company's business, which was to distribute lands in Southwestern New York, Northern Pennsylvania, and Eastern Ohio, under the old grant to the company. In 1862, Edgar died, leaving eight children and his widow.
The children were John Huidekoper, now living in Philadelphia, who was Colonel of the Pennsylvania Bucktails, and lost an arm at Gettysburg; F. W. Huidekoper, and Eastern Illinois railroad man and one of the reorganizers of the Richmond and Danville; Major Harm Jan Huidekoper, who served through the war with an Illinois colored regiment and died of a gunshot wound; Edgar, who now resides in the old home at Meadville; Gertrude, wife of Dr. Frank Wells of Boston; Elizabeth, wife of Henry P. Kidder, of Kidder, Peabody & Co., bankers, Boston; Rush Shippen, formerly assistant to Dr. Agnew in the University of Pennsylvania, and who has of late years, devoted himself to veterinary matters in this city; and Frank, who died while engaged in mining engineering in Dutch Guiana.
Mrs. Huidekoper was a woman of great executive ability. She organized a corps of voluntary nurses after the battle of Gettysburg. She had much artistic skill, and did some painting on botanical subjects. She was a clever botanist, having learned under the Linnaean system, and she personally superintended her garden work. She was a prominent member of the Unitarian body. Until a few years ago, she was a woman of wonderful vitality, but she suffered greatly within the past twelve months. The funeral will take place on Tuesday at the family burial ground at Meadville.
The New York Times, 30 May 1897, New York, New York.
Age at death per cemetery records: 79 yrs. 2 mos. 6 days.
Mrs. Huidekoper was the widow of Edgar Huidekoper and died at the age of seventy-nine years. She belonged to one of the oldest families in Pennsylvania. Her father was Henry Shippen, who was sent to Western Pennsylvania in 1825 as First Judge of the district, comprising the entire Allegheny Valley.
In 1838, she married she married Edgar Huidekoper, son of Harm Jan Huidekoper, who came to this country from Holland in 1796 as representative of the Holland Land Company. Edgar, on Harm Jan's death, continued the company's business, which was to distribute lands in Southwestern New York, Northern Pennsylvania, and Eastern Ohio, under the old grant to the company. In 1862, Edgar died, leaving eight children and his widow.
The children were John Huidekoper, now living in Philadelphia, who was Colonel of the Pennsylvania Bucktails, and lost an arm at Gettysburg; F. W. Huidekoper, and Eastern Illinois railroad man and one of the reorganizers of the Richmond and Danville; Major Harm Jan Huidekoper, who served through the war with an Illinois colored regiment and died of a gunshot wound; Edgar, who now resides in the old home at Meadville; Gertrude, wife of Dr. Frank Wells of Boston; Elizabeth, wife of Henry P. Kidder, of Kidder, Peabody & Co., bankers, Boston; Rush Shippen, formerly assistant to Dr. Agnew in the University of Pennsylvania, and who has of late years, devoted himself to veterinary matters in this city; and Frank, who died while engaged in mining engineering in Dutch Guiana.
Mrs. Huidekoper was a woman of great executive ability. She organized a corps of voluntary nurses after the battle of Gettysburg. She had much artistic skill, and did some painting on botanical subjects. She was a clever botanist, having learned under the Linnaean system, and she personally superintended her garden work. She was a prominent member of the Unitarian body. Until a few years ago, she was a woman of wonderful vitality, but she suffered greatly within the past twelve months. The funeral will take place on Tuesday at the family burial ground at Meadville.
The New York Times, 30 May 1897, New York, New York.
Age at death per cemetery records: 79 yrs. 2 mos. 6 days.
A telegram announcing the death of Mrs. Frances Shippen Huidekoper, at Meadville, Penn., was received yesterday afternoon by her son, Dr. Rush Shippen Huidekoper, a veterinarian of this city.
Mrs. Huidekoper was the widow of Edgar Huidekoper and died at the age of seventy-nine years. She belonged to one of the oldest families in Pennsylvania. Her father was Henry Shippen, who was sent to Western Pennsylvania in 1825 as First Judge of the district, comprising the entire Allegheny Valley.
In 1838, she married she married Edgar Huidekoper, son of Harm Jan Huidekoper, who came to this country from Holland in 1796 as representative of the Holland Land Company. Edgar, on Harm Jan's death, continued the company's business, which was to distribute lands in Southwestern New York, Northern Pennsylvania, and Eastern Ohio, under the old grant to the company. In 1862, Edgar died, leaving eight children and his widow.
The children were John Huidekoper, now living in Philadelphia, who was Colonel of the Pennsylvania Bucktails, and lost an arm at Gettysburg; F. W. Huidekoper, and Eastern Illinois railroad man and one of the reorganizers of the Richmond and Danville; Major Harm Jan Huidekoper, who served through the war with an Illinois colored regiment and died of a gunshot wound; Edgar, who now resides in the old home at Meadville; Gertrude, wife of Dr. Frank Wells of Boston; Elizabeth, wife of Henry P. Kidder, of Kidder, Peabody & Co., bankers, Boston; Rush Shippen, formerly assistant to Dr. Agnew in the University of Pennsylvania, and who has of late years, devoted himself to veterinary matters in this city; and Frank, who died while engaged in mining engineering in Dutch Guiana.
Mrs. Huidekoper was a woman of great executive ability. She organized a corps of voluntary nurses after the battle of Gettysburg. She had much artistic skill, and did some painting on botanical subjects. She was a clever botanist, having learned under the Linnaean system, and she personally superintended her garden work. She was a prominent member of the Unitarian body. Until a few years ago, she was a woman of wonderful vitality, but she suffered greatly within the past twelve months. The funeral will take place on Tuesday at the family burial ground at Meadville.
The New York Times, 30 May 1897, New York, New York.
Age at death per cemetery records: 79 yrs. 2 mos. 6 days.
Mrs. Huidekoper was the widow of Edgar Huidekoper and died at the age of seventy-nine years. She belonged to one of the oldest families in Pennsylvania. Her father was Henry Shippen, who was sent to Western Pennsylvania in 1825 as First Judge of the district, comprising the entire Allegheny Valley.
In 1838, she married she married Edgar Huidekoper, son of Harm Jan Huidekoper, who came to this country from Holland in 1796 as representative of the Holland Land Company. Edgar, on Harm Jan's death, continued the company's business, which was to distribute lands in Southwestern New York, Northern Pennsylvania, and Eastern Ohio, under the old grant to the company. In 1862, Edgar died, leaving eight children and his widow.
The children were John Huidekoper, now living in Philadelphia, who was Colonel of the Pennsylvania Bucktails, and lost an arm at Gettysburg; F. W. Huidekoper, and Eastern Illinois railroad man and one of the reorganizers of the Richmond and Danville; Major Harm Jan Huidekoper, who served through the war with an Illinois colored regiment and died of a gunshot wound; Edgar, who now resides in the old home at Meadville; Gertrude, wife of Dr. Frank Wells of Boston; Elizabeth, wife of Henry P. Kidder, of Kidder, Peabody & Co., bankers, Boston; Rush Shippen, formerly assistant to Dr. Agnew in the University of Pennsylvania, and who has of late years, devoted himself to veterinary matters in this city; and Frank, who died while engaged in mining engineering in Dutch Guiana.
Mrs. Huidekoper was a woman of great executive ability. She organized a corps of voluntary nurses after the battle of Gettysburg. She had much artistic skill, and did some painting on botanical subjects. She was a clever botanist, having learned under the Linnaean system, and she personally superintended her garden work. She was a prominent member of the Unitarian body. Until a few years ago, she was a woman of wonderful vitality, but she suffered greatly within the past twelve months. The funeral will take place on Tuesday at the family burial ground at Meadville.
The New York Times, 30 May 1897, New York, New York.
Age at death per cemetery records: 79 yrs. 2 mos. 6 days.
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