"Jersey Co. News" Aug. 4, 1927 VAN PELT FUNERAL HELD HERE SATURDAY - Funeral services for Justice of the Peace, Winfield Scott Van Pelt were held Saturday afternoon at two-thirty o'clock at the Jacoby Brothers Chapel on North State Street, Rev. Harrold S. Farrill, pastor of the Presbyterian church, officiating.
Winfield Scott Van Pelt was born May 2nd, 1848, on a farm five miles northeast of Jerseyville and passed from this life at his home in this city Thursday morning, July 28, at seven o'clock. At the time of his departure, he was 79y 2m 26d of age. He was the son of Penelope Stout and Ralph Hagaman Van Pelt, who were both natives of New Jersey.
Winfield Scott Van Pelt was reared on his father's farm and when opportunity offered attended the district school near his home, taking advantage of such meagre educational advantages as were than offered. November 16th, 1869, he was married to Miss Sarah J. Norris who died during the autumn of 1879. She was a native of Preble County, Ohio, and to this union one son, Charles, now deceased, was born. July 6th, 1876, he was united in marriage with Miss Alice Burch, who was born in Jerseyville, a daughter of David and Mary Fields Burch, natives of Kentucky. To this union three daughters were born, who, with their mother, survive. The daughters are Mrs. Virginia Wood of Huntington Beach, Calif., Mrs. Thomas A. Kraus of St. Louis, and Mrs. Leonard Glassbrenner of Jerseyville. He is also survived by nine grandchildren, one great grandchild and one sister, Mrs. Hannah Thatcher, of this city.
After his first marriage, he followed farming but later moved to Jerseyville where he engaged in the packing industry. Later he learned the carpenter trade and in course of time became a contractor and builder, many of the present homes in Jerseyville having been built by him. In 1909 he retired as a contractor and was later elected Justice of the Peace of Jersey Township which official position he held up to the time of his death although he had not been active as such for several years.
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Winfield Scott Van Pelt was born May 2nd, 1848, on a farm five miles northeast of Jerseyville and passed from this life at his home in this city Thursday morning, July 28, at seven o'clock. At the time of his departure, he was 79y 2m 26d of age. He was the son of Penelope Stout and Ralph Hagaman Van Pelt, who were both natives of New Jersey.
Winfield Scott Van Pelt was reared on his father's farm and when opportunity offered attended the district school near his home, taking advantage of such meagre educational advantages as were than offered. November 16th, 1869, he was married to Miss Sarah J. Norris who died during the autumn of 1879. She was a native of Preble County, Ohio, and to this union one son, Charles, now deceased, was born. July 6th, 1876, he was united in marriage with Miss Alice Burch, who was born in Jerseyville, a daughter of David and Mary Fields Burch, natives of Kentucky. To this union three daughters were born, who, with their mother, survive. The daughters are Mrs. Virginia Wood of Huntington Beach, Calif., Mrs. Thomas A. Kraus of St. Louis, and Mrs. Leonard Glassbrenner of Jerseyville. He is also survived by nine grandchildren, one great grandchild and one sister, Mrs. Hannah Thatcher, of this city.
After his first marriage, he followed farming but later moved to Jerseyville where he engaged in the packing industry. Later he learned the carpenter trade and in course of time became a contractor and builder, many of the present homes in Jerseyville having been built by him. In 1909 he retired as a contractor and was later elected Justice of the Peace of Jersey Township which official position he held up to the time of his death although he had not been active as such for several years.
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"Jersey Co. News" Aug. 4, 1927 VAN PELT FUNERAL HELD HERE SATURDAY - Funeral services for Justice of the Peace, Winfield Scott Van Pelt were held Saturday afternoon at two-thirty o'clock at the Jacoby Brothers Chapel on North State Street, Rev. Harrold S. Farrill, pastor of the Presbyterian church, officiating.
Winfield Scott Van Pelt was born May 2nd, 1848, on a farm five miles northeast of Jerseyville and passed from this life at his home in this city Thursday morning, July 28, at seven o'clock. At the time of his departure, he was 79y 2m 26d of age. He was the son of Penelope Stout and Ralph Hagaman Van Pelt, who were both natives of New Jersey.
Winfield Scott Van Pelt was reared on his father's farm and when opportunity offered attended the district school near his home, taking advantage of such meagre educational advantages as were than offered. November 16th, 1869, he was married to Miss Sarah J. Norris who died during the autumn of 1879. She was a native of Preble County, Ohio, and to this union one son, Charles, now deceased, was born. July 6th, 1876, he was united in marriage with Miss Alice Burch, who was born in Jerseyville, a daughter of David and Mary Fields Burch, natives of Kentucky. To this union three daughters were born, who, with their mother, survive. The daughters are Mrs. Virginia Wood of Huntington Beach, Calif., Mrs. Thomas A. Kraus of St. Louis, and Mrs. Leonard Glassbrenner of Jerseyville. He is also survived by nine grandchildren, one great grandchild and one sister, Mrs. Hannah Thatcher, of this city.
After his first marriage, he followed farming but later moved to Jerseyville where he engaged in the packing industry. Later he learned the carpenter trade and in course of time became a contractor and builder, many of the present homes in Jerseyville having been built by him. In 1909 he retired as a contractor and was later elected Justice of the Peace of Jersey Township which official position he held up to the time of his death although he had not been active as such for several years.
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Winfield Scott Van Pelt was born May 2nd, 1848, on a farm five miles northeast of Jerseyville and passed from this life at his home in this city Thursday morning, July 28, at seven o'clock. At the time of his departure, he was 79y 2m 26d of age. He was the son of Penelope Stout and Ralph Hagaman Van Pelt, who were both natives of New Jersey.
Winfield Scott Van Pelt was reared on his father's farm and when opportunity offered attended the district school near his home, taking advantage of such meagre educational advantages as were than offered. November 16th, 1869, he was married to Miss Sarah J. Norris who died during the autumn of 1879. She was a native of Preble County, Ohio, and to this union one son, Charles, now deceased, was born. July 6th, 1876, he was united in marriage with Miss Alice Burch, who was born in Jerseyville, a daughter of David and Mary Fields Burch, natives of Kentucky. To this union three daughters were born, who, with their mother, survive. The daughters are Mrs. Virginia Wood of Huntington Beach, Calif., Mrs. Thomas A. Kraus of St. Louis, and Mrs. Leonard Glassbrenner of Jerseyville. He is also survived by nine grandchildren, one great grandchild and one sister, Mrs. Hannah Thatcher, of this city.
After his first marriage, he followed farming but later moved to Jerseyville where he engaged in the packing industry. Later he learned the carpenter trade and in course of time became a contractor and builder, many of the present homes in Jerseyville having been built by him. In 1909 he retired as a contractor and was later elected Justice of the Peace of Jersey Township which official position he held up to the time of his death although he had not been active as such for several years.
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