Died, at 8:30 p.m., Tuesday, July 11, 1905, at the family residence, southwest of this city, Mrs. Clarissa Leland Wiggins, aged 58 years. While not unexpected, the death of Mrs. Wiggins came last night after an interval of twenty-four hours of apparent improvement that raised hopes for her ultimate recovery. Monday had been a day of recuperation and superficially it seemed that there was a likelihood of her being able to overcome the illness from which she had been a sufferer for several weeks. A woman of the strongest domestic tendencies, whose life in the main was devoted to her family, she had found time, however, to give attention to many social duties and charitable movements that will make her loss felt keenly by many.
Mrs. Wiggins had been a resident of Springfield ever since 1869, when she came here from Cleveland, Ohio, immediately after her marriage to Noble B. Wiggins of that place. The latter years of her life had been divided between her winter home at the Leland hotel and the summer residence at the farm south of this city.
She was born at Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 14, 1847, and was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Leland. Oct. 21, 1869, she was married at Cleveland, Ohio, to Noble B. Wiggins. When she came to this city with her husband he was engaged with her brother, Horace Leland, in the management of the Leland hotel, which had been opened only two years before.
Shortly after her arrival here she affiliated with the First Presbyterian church, of which she was ever a devoted and consistent member. Later she became interested in the work of the Home for the Friendless and was one of the board of managers of that institution. In this and other private institutions of charity she was an active factor. In the social life of Springfield she was prominent and was known as a hostess whose popularity was ever unquestioned. Since the death of her husband, Oct. 8, 1901, she had withdrawn from public life and had given almost her entire attention to her home. Although possessed of a wide acquaintance, she preferred the society of a limited number of close friends in whose company she found, next to her home, the greatest pleasure.
Five children were born to her and her husband. George and Mittie died in infancy, while Horace L., Lewis N. and Lucy A., now Mrs. James A. Jones, survive her. Of her immediate family but one brother, Charles E. Leland of New York, is still living. IL State Journal, Springfield, IL 7-12-1905
Note: an obituary was in the Illinois State Journal of July 6, 1874, for daughter Mittie (name stated as Submit Clara Wiggins, known as "Mittie". She died at the age of 1y 9m 19d on July 5, 1874, but there was no mention of cemetery where she was interred and she was not found on the cemetery records.
Mrs. Wiggins had been a resident of Springfield ever since 1869, when she came here from Cleveland, Ohio, immediately after her marriage to Noble B. Wiggins of that place. The latter years of her life had been divided between her winter home at the Leland hotel and the summer residence at the farm south of this city.
She was born at Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 14, 1847, and was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Leland. Oct. 21, 1869, she was married at Cleveland, Ohio, to Noble B. Wiggins. When she came to this city with her husband he was engaged with her brother, Horace Leland, in the management of the Leland hotel, which had been opened only two years before.
Shortly after her arrival here she affiliated with the First Presbyterian church, of which she was ever a devoted and consistent member. Later she became interested in the work of the Home for the Friendless and was one of the board of managers of that institution. In this and other private institutions of charity she was an active factor. In the social life of Springfield she was prominent and was known as a hostess whose popularity was ever unquestioned. Since the death of her husband, Oct. 8, 1901, she had withdrawn from public life and had given almost her entire attention to her home. Although possessed of a wide acquaintance, she preferred the society of a limited number of close friends in whose company she found, next to her home, the greatest pleasure.
Five children were born to her and her husband. George and Mittie died in infancy, while Horace L., Lewis N. and Lucy A., now Mrs. James A. Jones, survive her. Of her immediate family but one brother, Charles E. Leland of New York, is still living. IL State Journal, Springfield, IL 7-12-1905
Note: an obituary was in the Illinois State Journal of July 6, 1874, for daughter Mittie (name stated as Submit Clara Wiggins, known as "Mittie". She died at the age of 1y 9m 19d on July 5, 1874, but there was no mention of cemetery where she was interred and she was not found on the cemetery records.
Died, at 8:30 p.m., Tuesday, July 11, 1905, at the family residence, southwest of this city, Mrs. Clarissa Leland Wiggins, aged 58 years. While not unexpected, the death of Mrs. Wiggins came last night after an interval of twenty-four hours of apparent improvement that raised hopes for her ultimate recovery. Monday had been a day of recuperation and superficially it seemed that there was a likelihood of her being able to overcome the illness from which she had been a sufferer for several weeks. A woman of the strongest domestic tendencies, whose life in the main was devoted to her family, she had found time, however, to give attention to many social duties and charitable movements that will make her loss felt keenly by many.
Mrs. Wiggins had been a resident of Springfield ever since 1869, when she came here from Cleveland, Ohio, immediately after her marriage to Noble B. Wiggins of that place. The latter years of her life had been divided between her winter home at the Leland hotel and the summer residence at the farm south of this city.
She was born at Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 14, 1847, and was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Leland. Oct. 21, 1869, she was married at Cleveland, Ohio, to Noble B. Wiggins. When she came to this city with her husband he was engaged with her brother, Horace Leland, in the management of the Leland hotel, which had been opened only two years before.
Shortly after her arrival here she affiliated with the First Presbyterian church, of which she was ever a devoted and consistent member. Later she became interested in the work of the Home for the Friendless and was one of the board of managers of that institution. In this and other private institutions of charity she was an active factor. In the social life of Springfield she was prominent and was known as a hostess whose popularity was ever unquestioned. Since the death of her husband, Oct. 8, 1901, she had withdrawn from public life and had given almost her entire attention to her home. Although possessed of a wide acquaintance, she preferred the society of a limited number of close friends in whose company she found, next to her home, the greatest pleasure.
Five children were born to her and her husband. George and Mittie died in infancy, while Horace L., Lewis N. and Lucy A., now Mrs. James A. Jones, survive her. Of her immediate family but one brother, Charles E. Leland of New York, is still living. IL State Journal, Springfield, IL 7-12-1905
Note: an obituary was in the Illinois State Journal of July 6, 1874, for daughter Mittie (name stated as Submit Clara Wiggins, known as "Mittie". She died at the age of 1y 9m 19d on July 5, 1874, but there was no mention of cemetery where she was interred and she was not found on the cemetery records.
Mrs. Wiggins had been a resident of Springfield ever since 1869, when she came here from Cleveland, Ohio, immediately after her marriage to Noble B. Wiggins of that place. The latter years of her life had been divided between her winter home at the Leland hotel and the summer residence at the farm south of this city.
She was born at Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 14, 1847, and was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Leland. Oct. 21, 1869, she was married at Cleveland, Ohio, to Noble B. Wiggins. When she came to this city with her husband he was engaged with her brother, Horace Leland, in the management of the Leland hotel, which had been opened only two years before.
Shortly after her arrival here she affiliated with the First Presbyterian church, of which she was ever a devoted and consistent member. Later she became interested in the work of the Home for the Friendless and was one of the board of managers of that institution. In this and other private institutions of charity she was an active factor. In the social life of Springfield she was prominent and was known as a hostess whose popularity was ever unquestioned. Since the death of her husband, Oct. 8, 1901, she had withdrawn from public life and had given almost her entire attention to her home. Although possessed of a wide acquaintance, she preferred the society of a limited number of close friends in whose company she found, next to her home, the greatest pleasure.
Five children were born to her and her husband. George and Mittie died in infancy, while Horace L., Lewis N. and Lucy A., now Mrs. James A. Jones, survive her. Of her immediate family but one brother, Charles E. Leland of New York, is still living. IL State Journal, Springfield, IL 7-12-1905
Note: an obituary was in the Illinois State Journal of July 6, 1874, for daughter Mittie (name stated as Submit Clara Wiggins, known as "Mittie". She died at the age of 1y 9m 19d on July 5, 1874, but there was no mention of cemetery where she was interred and she was not found on the cemetery records.
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