From The Herald, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, Fri., 3 Sep 1897, Page 1:
A PIONEER GONE.
Mr. Daniel Locke a Settler of 1843 Died Yesterday.
Little did we think when speaking with, the friend of our boyhood, Mr. Daniel Locke, last Friday, that it would be our sad duty to write his obituary notice for the next issue of the Herald, but such is life, “man that is born of woman is of few days and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down; he fleeth also as a shadow and continueth not. “
He said he was not feeling well but would be all right in a few days. Next we heard of his dangerous illness and then the end came.
Daniel Locke was born in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, September 10, 1820, His parents were James and Lydia Locke with whom he moved to Tioga County, Penn, when a boy. His father died in 1875 and his mother some years later. He was one of a family of twelve children, all of whom, we understand, except one sister, are dead.
Mr. Locke learned the trade of gunsmith of his father and was a mechanic in every sense of the word. He came to Geneva June 11, 1843, and for many years followed his trade, being the only gunsmith the place has ever had. He was married in Otsego County, New York, to Miss Clarissa Wright, soon after he settled here. She died in the town of Lyons – the Hand place on the Springfield road – where they lived for three years, about thirty years ago.
Six children blessed this union, three of whom, Mrs. Julia Brady, of Chicago, Mrs. Florence Rowley, of Globe Village, Mass., and Mrs. W. C. Quigley, of Belvidere, Ill., are still living. About 1868 Mr. Locke married Miss Elizabeth Booth, who survives him today.
Daniel Locke was a man of decided character – there was no question where he stood on any matter. He made up his mind quickly and acted accordingly. As a citizen he was progressive and earnest, and, in his younger days, zealously worked for the best interests of this place. As a businessman he was upright and honest – scrupulously honest – and his word was as good as his bond. He was a man of strong likes and dislikes, but he would not deign to do a mean act to injure an enemy. If he was your friend, he was your friend, and you could depend upon him in any emergency he was – he was as true as steel. His worst side was the outside, for at heart he was kind, his hand was always open to charitable or any other laudable enterprises. He was a great friend of the boys – some of them – and some of the happiest hours of the writer’s life were passed in his shop, when, as a boy, we watched him working at his trade and listened to his stories of frontier life, both here and in the west.
The funeral will be held at the house, corner of Geneva and Cook streets, on Saturday afternoon at 1 o’clock.
A PIONEER GONE.
Mr. Daniel Locke a Settler of 1843 Died Yesterday.
Little did we think when speaking with, the friend of our boyhood, Mr. Daniel Locke, last Friday, that it would be our sad duty to write his obituary notice for the next issue of the Herald, but such is life, “man that is born of woman is of few days and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down; he fleeth also as a shadow and continueth not. “
He said he was not feeling well but would be all right in a few days. Next we heard of his dangerous illness and then the end came.
Daniel Locke was born in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, September 10, 1820, His parents were James and Lydia Locke with whom he moved to Tioga County, Penn, when a boy. His father died in 1875 and his mother some years later. He was one of a family of twelve children, all of whom, we understand, except one sister, are dead.
Mr. Locke learned the trade of gunsmith of his father and was a mechanic in every sense of the word. He came to Geneva June 11, 1843, and for many years followed his trade, being the only gunsmith the place has ever had. He was married in Otsego County, New York, to Miss Clarissa Wright, soon after he settled here. She died in the town of Lyons – the Hand place on the Springfield road – where they lived for three years, about thirty years ago.
Six children blessed this union, three of whom, Mrs. Julia Brady, of Chicago, Mrs. Florence Rowley, of Globe Village, Mass., and Mrs. W. C. Quigley, of Belvidere, Ill., are still living. About 1868 Mr. Locke married Miss Elizabeth Booth, who survives him today.
Daniel Locke was a man of decided character – there was no question where he stood on any matter. He made up his mind quickly and acted accordingly. As a citizen he was progressive and earnest, and, in his younger days, zealously worked for the best interests of this place. As a businessman he was upright and honest – scrupulously honest – and his word was as good as his bond. He was a man of strong likes and dislikes, but he would not deign to do a mean act to injure an enemy. If he was your friend, he was your friend, and you could depend upon him in any emergency he was – he was as true as steel. His worst side was the outside, for at heart he was kind, his hand was always open to charitable or any other laudable enterprises. He was a great friend of the boys – some of them – and some of the happiest hours of the writer’s life were passed in his shop, when, as a boy, we watched him working at his trade and listened to his stories of frontier life, both here and in the west.
The funeral will be held at the house, corner of Geneva and Cook streets, on Saturday afternoon at 1 o’clock.
From The Herald, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, Fri., 3 Sep 1897, Page 1:
A PIONEER GONE.
Mr. Daniel Locke a Settler of 1843 Died Yesterday.
Little did we think when speaking with, the friend of our boyhood, Mr. Daniel Locke, last Friday, that it would be our sad duty to write his obituary notice for the next issue of the Herald, but such is life, “man that is born of woman is of few days and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down; he fleeth also as a shadow and continueth not. “
He said he was not feeling well but would be all right in a few days. Next we heard of his dangerous illness and then the end came.
Daniel Locke was born in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, September 10, 1820, His parents were James and Lydia Locke with whom he moved to Tioga County, Penn, when a boy. His father died in 1875 and his mother some years later. He was one of a family of twelve children, all of whom, we understand, except one sister, are dead.
Mr. Locke learned the trade of gunsmith of his father and was a mechanic in every sense of the word. He came to Geneva June 11, 1843, and for many years followed his trade, being the only gunsmith the place has ever had. He was married in Otsego County, New York, to Miss Clarissa Wright, soon after he settled here. She died in the town of Lyons – the Hand place on the Springfield road – where they lived for three years, about thirty years ago.
Six children blessed this union, three of whom, Mrs. Julia Brady, of Chicago, Mrs. Florence Rowley, of Globe Village, Mass., and Mrs. W. C. Quigley, of Belvidere, Ill., are still living. About 1868 Mr. Locke married Miss Elizabeth Booth, who survives him today.
Daniel Locke was a man of decided character – there was no question where he stood on any matter. He made up his mind quickly and acted accordingly. As a citizen he was progressive and earnest, and, in his younger days, zealously worked for the best interests of this place. As a businessman he was upright and honest – scrupulously honest – and his word was as good as his bond. He was a man of strong likes and dislikes, but he would not deign to do a mean act to injure an enemy. If he was your friend, he was your friend, and you could depend upon him in any emergency he was – he was as true as steel. His worst side was the outside, for at heart he was kind, his hand was always open to charitable or any other laudable enterprises. He was a great friend of the boys – some of them – and some of the happiest hours of the writer’s life were passed in his shop, when, as a boy, we watched him working at his trade and listened to his stories of frontier life, both here and in the west.
The funeral will be held at the house, corner of Geneva and Cook streets, on Saturday afternoon at 1 o’clock.
A PIONEER GONE.
Mr. Daniel Locke a Settler of 1843 Died Yesterday.
Little did we think when speaking with, the friend of our boyhood, Mr. Daniel Locke, last Friday, that it would be our sad duty to write his obituary notice for the next issue of the Herald, but such is life, “man that is born of woman is of few days and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down; he fleeth also as a shadow and continueth not. “
He said he was not feeling well but would be all right in a few days. Next we heard of his dangerous illness and then the end came.
Daniel Locke was born in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, September 10, 1820, His parents were James and Lydia Locke with whom he moved to Tioga County, Penn, when a boy. His father died in 1875 and his mother some years later. He was one of a family of twelve children, all of whom, we understand, except one sister, are dead.
Mr. Locke learned the trade of gunsmith of his father and was a mechanic in every sense of the word. He came to Geneva June 11, 1843, and for many years followed his trade, being the only gunsmith the place has ever had. He was married in Otsego County, New York, to Miss Clarissa Wright, soon after he settled here. She died in the town of Lyons – the Hand place on the Springfield road – where they lived for three years, about thirty years ago.
Six children blessed this union, three of whom, Mrs. Julia Brady, of Chicago, Mrs. Florence Rowley, of Globe Village, Mass., and Mrs. W. C. Quigley, of Belvidere, Ill., are still living. About 1868 Mr. Locke married Miss Elizabeth Booth, who survives him today.
Daniel Locke was a man of decided character – there was no question where he stood on any matter. He made up his mind quickly and acted accordingly. As a citizen he was progressive and earnest, and, in his younger days, zealously worked for the best interests of this place. As a businessman he was upright and honest – scrupulously honest – and his word was as good as his bond. He was a man of strong likes and dislikes, but he would not deign to do a mean act to injure an enemy. If he was your friend, he was your friend, and you could depend upon him in any emergency he was – he was as true as steel. His worst side was the outside, for at heart he was kind, his hand was always open to charitable or any other laudable enterprises. He was a great friend of the boys – some of them – and some of the happiest hours of the writer’s life were passed in his shop, when, as a boy, we watched him working at his trade and listened to his stories of frontier life, both here and in the west.
The funeral will be held at the house, corner of Geneva and Cook streets, on Saturday afternoon at 1 o’clock.
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