Daughter of David Niles, Jr., and Elizabeth Betsey Fox; wife of John Pope; mother of Sarah, Ruth, Anna and Byron.
Died in Harlem Township, Stephenson Co., IL.
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"Freeport Daily Bulletin" [Freeport, Stephenson Co., IL], Thursday, 11 July 1907:
Death of Mrs. Pope, Who
Came to Vicinity in 1835;
Lived Since Then Either Near
Farwell's Bridge or in Harlem.
Stephenson county lost one of its oldest residents when Mrs. Marintha Pope passed away at half past six o'clock last evening at the old Pope farm west of town, where she had lived for the greater part of her long life. Until her last illness, she had been very active for one of her years and her mental faculties were preserved undimmed. She has been ill barely three weeks with an attack of the grip which developed into pneumonia and caused her death in her eighty-fifth year.
Mrs. Pope had probably lived in this immediate vicinity longer than any other person. She came here in 1835 when a child of thirteen, with the original settlers of this portion of northwestern Illinois. Mrs Pope was a model Christian woman -- good, kind and hospitable and beloved by all who knew her. In her church affiliates she was a Methodist, belonging to Embury Methodist church. She was a lover of both flowers and children, and a woman of active mind and a close reader. She was fond of talking over old times and her intimate acquaintance with the subject and good memory made her reminiscences very interesting. Few women, perhaps only those who settled in the Mississippi valley about the same time as she did, have seen such remarkable changes in the course of a life time.
Mrs. Pope was a daughter of David and Elizabeth Niles and was a cousin of the late County Treasurer Homer Niles. She was born at Conneaut, Ashtabula county, Ohio, on Sept. 20, 1822. When she was thirteen years old, in the fall of 1835, the family moved to northern Illinois and settled in the vicinity of Farwell's bridge, just over the Winnebago county line. She lived there until 1849 when she was married to John Pope. The young couple made their home on the farm that Mr. Pope had secured by direct patent from the government some ten years before, where they were to spend the remainder of their lives. It is situated on the Galena road, a mile and a half west of Freeport. They had first lived in a log cabin that was sometimes known as the little log hotel. They never kept a hotel, but their hospitality was so well known that travelers along the state road would sometimes drive right through Freeport and stop with them. Mr. Pope got the gold fever in 1854 and went to California. During his absence, and with money he sent home, Mrs. Pope in 1854 built the present residence. Mr. Pope died on Oct. 23, 1880.
Mrs. Pope is survived by three children as follows: Mrs. Sarah Ervay of Rudd, Iowa; Mrs. Clinton Furry of Freeport, and Byron Pope, who lives on the old farm where his mother had made her home for so many years. She is also survived by one sister, Mrs. Emily Foster of Minnesota.
The numerous friends that she made in the course of of her seventy-two years residence in this locality will also deeply mourn Mrs. Pope's death. While living near Farwell's bridge, she became well acquainted with the Swansons and the Guilfords, the Farwells and other settlers of that neighborhood. When she moved to her new home, she quickly made friends with the Watsons, the Bentleys, the Spanglers, the Schofields, the Halls and other pioneers of the town of Harlem.
The funeral will be held on Friday afternoon at half past 2 o'clock from her late home. Interment will be in the city cemetery, Rev. E. E. McKay will officiate.
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Died in Harlem Township, Stephenson Co., IL.
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"Freeport Daily Bulletin" [Freeport, Stephenson Co., IL], Thursday, 11 July 1907:
Death of Mrs. Pope, Who
Came to Vicinity in 1835;
Lived Since Then Either Near
Farwell's Bridge or in Harlem.
Stephenson county lost one of its oldest residents when Mrs. Marintha Pope passed away at half past six o'clock last evening at the old Pope farm west of town, where she had lived for the greater part of her long life. Until her last illness, she had been very active for one of her years and her mental faculties were preserved undimmed. She has been ill barely three weeks with an attack of the grip which developed into pneumonia and caused her death in her eighty-fifth year.
Mrs. Pope had probably lived in this immediate vicinity longer than any other person. She came here in 1835 when a child of thirteen, with the original settlers of this portion of northwestern Illinois. Mrs Pope was a model Christian woman -- good, kind and hospitable and beloved by all who knew her. In her church affiliates she was a Methodist, belonging to Embury Methodist church. She was a lover of both flowers and children, and a woman of active mind and a close reader. She was fond of talking over old times and her intimate acquaintance with the subject and good memory made her reminiscences very interesting. Few women, perhaps only those who settled in the Mississippi valley about the same time as she did, have seen such remarkable changes in the course of a life time.
Mrs. Pope was a daughter of David and Elizabeth Niles and was a cousin of the late County Treasurer Homer Niles. She was born at Conneaut, Ashtabula county, Ohio, on Sept. 20, 1822. When she was thirteen years old, in the fall of 1835, the family moved to northern Illinois and settled in the vicinity of Farwell's bridge, just over the Winnebago county line. She lived there until 1849 when she was married to John Pope. The young couple made their home on the farm that Mr. Pope had secured by direct patent from the government some ten years before, where they were to spend the remainder of their lives. It is situated on the Galena road, a mile and a half west of Freeport. They had first lived in a log cabin that was sometimes known as the little log hotel. They never kept a hotel, but their hospitality was so well known that travelers along the state road would sometimes drive right through Freeport and stop with them. Mr. Pope got the gold fever in 1854 and went to California. During his absence, and with money he sent home, Mrs. Pope in 1854 built the present residence. Mr. Pope died on Oct. 23, 1880.
Mrs. Pope is survived by three children as follows: Mrs. Sarah Ervay of Rudd, Iowa; Mrs. Clinton Furry of Freeport, and Byron Pope, who lives on the old farm where his mother had made her home for so many years. She is also survived by one sister, Mrs. Emily Foster of Minnesota.
The numerous friends that she made in the course of of her seventy-two years residence in this locality will also deeply mourn Mrs. Pope's death. While living near Farwell's bridge, she became well acquainted with the Swansons and the Guilfords, the Farwells and other settlers of that neighborhood. When she moved to her new home, she quickly made friends with the Watsons, the Bentleys, the Spanglers, the Schofields, the Halls and other pioneers of the town of Harlem.
The funeral will be held on Friday afternoon at half past 2 o'clock from her late home. Interment will be in the city cemetery, Rev. E. E. McKay will officiate.
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Daughter of David Niles, Jr., and Elizabeth Betsey Fox; wife of John Pope; mother of Sarah, Ruth, Anna and Byron.
Died in Harlem Township, Stephenson Co., IL.
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"Freeport Daily Bulletin" [Freeport, Stephenson Co., IL], Thursday, 11 July 1907:
Death of Mrs. Pope, Who
Came to Vicinity in 1835;
Lived Since Then Either Near
Farwell's Bridge or in Harlem.
Stephenson county lost one of its oldest residents when Mrs. Marintha Pope passed away at half past six o'clock last evening at the old Pope farm west of town, where she had lived for the greater part of her long life. Until her last illness, she had been very active for one of her years and her mental faculties were preserved undimmed. She has been ill barely three weeks with an attack of the grip which developed into pneumonia and caused her death in her eighty-fifth year.
Mrs. Pope had probably lived in this immediate vicinity longer than any other person. She came here in 1835 when a child of thirteen, with the original settlers of this portion of northwestern Illinois. Mrs Pope was a model Christian woman -- good, kind and hospitable and beloved by all who knew her. In her church affiliates she was a Methodist, belonging to Embury Methodist church. She was a lover of both flowers and children, and a woman of active mind and a close reader. She was fond of talking over old times and her intimate acquaintance with the subject and good memory made her reminiscences very interesting. Few women, perhaps only those who settled in the Mississippi valley about the same time as she did, have seen such remarkable changes in the course of a life time.
Mrs. Pope was a daughter of David and Elizabeth Niles and was a cousin of the late County Treasurer Homer Niles. She was born at Conneaut, Ashtabula county, Ohio, on Sept. 20, 1822. When she was thirteen years old, in the fall of 1835, the family moved to northern Illinois and settled in the vicinity of Farwell's bridge, just over the Winnebago county line. She lived there until 1849 when she was married to John Pope. The young couple made their home on the farm that Mr. Pope had secured by direct patent from the government some ten years before, where they were to spend the remainder of their lives. It is situated on the Galena road, a mile and a half west of Freeport. They had first lived in a log cabin that was sometimes known as the little log hotel. They never kept a hotel, but their hospitality was so well known that travelers along the state road would sometimes drive right through Freeport and stop with them. Mr. Pope got the gold fever in 1854 and went to California. During his absence, and with money he sent home, Mrs. Pope in 1854 built the present residence. Mr. Pope died on Oct. 23, 1880.
Mrs. Pope is survived by three children as follows: Mrs. Sarah Ervay of Rudd, Iowa; Mrs. Clinton Furry of Freeport, and Byron Pope, who lives on the old farm where his mother had made her home for so many years. She is also survived by one sister, Mrs. Emily Foster of Minnesota.
The numerous friends that she made in the course of of her seventy-two years residence in this locality will also deeply mourn Mrs. Pope's death. While living near Farwell's bridge, she became well acquainted with the Swansons and the Guilfords, the Farwells and other settlers of that neighborhood. When she moved to her new home, she quickly made friends with the Watsons, the Bentleys, the Spanglers, the Schofields, the Halls and other pioneers of the town of Harlem.
The funeral will be held on Friday afternoon at half past 2 o'clock from her late home. Interment will be in the city cemetery, Rev. E. E. McKay will officiate.
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Died in Harlem Township, Stephenson Co., IL.
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"Freeport Daily Bulletin" [Freeport, Stephenson Co., IL], Thursday, 11 July 1907:
Death of Mrs. Pope, Who
Came to Vicinity in 1835;
Lived Since Then Either Near
Farwell's Bridge or in Harlem.
Stephenson county lost one of its oldest residents when Mrs. Marintha Pope passed away at half past six o'clock last evening at the old Pope farm west of town, where she had lived for the greater part of her long life. Until her last illness, she had been very active for one of her years and her mental faculties were preserved undimmed. She has been ill barely three weeks with an attack of the grip which developed into pneumonia and caused her death in her eighty-fifth year.
Mrs. Pope had probably lived in this immediate vicinity longer than any other person. She came here in 1835 when a child of thirteen, with the original settlers of this portion of northwestern Illinois. Mrs Pope was a model Christian woman -- good, kind and hospitable and beloved by all who knew her. In her church affiliates she was a Methodist, belonging to Embury Methodist church. She was a lover of both flowers and children, and a woman of active mind and a close reader. She was fond of talking over old times and her intimate acquaintance with the subject and good memory made her reminiscences very interesting. Few women, perhaps only those who settled in the Mississippi valley about the same time as she did, have seen such remarkable changes in the course of a life time.
Mrs. Pope was a daughter of David and Elizabeth Niles and was a cousin of the late County Treasurer Homer Niles. She was born at Conneaut, Ashtabula county, Ohio, on Sept. 20, 1822. When she was thirteen years old, in the fall of 1835, the family moved to northern Illinois and settled in the vicinity of Farwell's bridge, just over the Winnebago county line. She lived there until 1849 when she was married to John Pope. The young couple made their home on the farm that Mr. Pope had secured by direct patent from the government some ten years before, where they were to spend the remainder of their lives. It is situated on the Galena road, a mile and a half west of Freeport. They had first lived in a log cabin that was sometimes known as the little log hotel. They never kept a hotel, but their hospitality was so well known that travelers along the state road would sometimes drive right through Freeport and stop with them. Mr. Pope got the gold fever in 1854 and went to California. During his absence, and with money he sent home, Mrs. Pope in 1854 built the present residence. Mr. Pope died on Oct. 23, 1880.
Mrs. Pope is survived by three children as follows: Mrs. Sarah Ervay of Rudd, Iowa; Mrs. Clinton Furry of Freeport, and Byron Pope, who lives on the old farm where his mother had made her home for so many years. She is also survived by one sister, Mrs. Emily Foster of Minnesota.
The numerous friends that she made in the course of of her seventy-two years residence in this locality will also deeply mourn Mrs. Pope's death. While living near Farwell's bridge, she became well acquainted with the Swansons and the Guilfords, the Farwells and other settlers of that neighborhood. When she moved to her new home, she quickly made friends with the Watsons, the Bentleys, the Spanglers, the Schofields, the Halls and other pioneers of the town of Harlem.
The funeral will be held on Friday afternoon at half past 2 o'clock from her late home. Interment will be in the city cemetery, Rev. E. E. McKay will officiate.
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