PHARO, Henrietta MRS. H. PHARO PASSES AWAY..MEMBER OF PIONEER DECATUR FAMILY.BORN IN LOG CABIN
Mrs. Henrietta Pharo, age seventy four and a member of one of the pioneer families of Decatur, died at the family home at 1203 West Main Street, Monday afternoon at 2:10 o'clock. Mrs. Pharo has been an invalid for about nine years, having been confined to her bed for the last years. Mrs. Pharo was the daughter of Dayton and Marella Dunham, pioneer settlers of Decatur, and a sister of Amos Dunham for whom Dunham Post of the G.A.R. was named. Mrs. Pharo was an active member and faithful worker in the Womans Relief Corps until her illness prevented her from going about. The high esteem in which she was held there was shown by her having served as president of the W.R.C. in 1910. She was also a member of the O.E.F. and of the First Methodist church which she joined at the age of fifteen. She was also a faithful church worker all her life. Henrietta Pharo was born in a log cabin at what was known as the Dunham place west of Decatur, on October 20, 1851 . Although at the time of her birth, her home was west of Decatur, it was approximately at the place on West Main Street where she lived at the time of her death, opposite James Millikin University, old timers recall. She has passed her entire live in macon county. She was twice married, First to Robert L. Perry, on June 24, 1873. Two children being born to them and both dying in infancy. R.L. Perry died Jan 28, 1886. Mrs. Perry was then married to Isaac Pharo on Feb 18 1895. He preceded her in death dying on October 6, 1912. Mrs. Pharo is survived by one brother and two sisters, Henry D. Dunham, 975 West Eldorado Street; Mrs. Sarah E. Daly, 1177 West Main street and Mrs. C.E. Bullard, 1083 West Eldorado Street. Mrs. Pharo was an honored resident of Decatur not only because of her own activities here but because of the standing of her father and mother years ago. Her father Dayton Dunham came to Macon County when he was 22 years of age and he and her brother Amos both went to the front in 1861, with the Eighth Ill Vol. Inf. Both of them fell at Fort Donelson. The son was killed and the father injured beyond military service or labor after his honorable discharge in 1862. Amos was said to have been the first or among the first Macon county men to fall in battle and so the Local G.A.R. post was named in his honor. The time of the funeral has not been determined and the family requests that no flowers be sent.
Decatur Review, Tuesday, August 17, 1926
Obituary by Kay Petruca
Mrs. Henrietta Pharo, age seventy four and a member of one of the pioneer families of Decatur, died at the family home at 1203 West Main Street, Monday afternoon at 2:10 o'clock. Mrs. Pharo has been an invalid for about nine years, having been confined to her bed for the last years. Mrs. Pharo was the daughter of Dayton and Marella Dunham, pioneer settlers of Decatur, and a sister of Amos Dunham for whom Dunham Post of the G.A.R. was named. Mrs. Pharo was an active member and faithful worker in the Womans Relief Corps until her illness prevented her from going about. The high esteem in which she was held there was shown by her having served as president of the W.R.C. in 1910. She was also a member of the O.E.F. and of the First Methodist church which she joined at the age of fifteen. She was also a faithful church worker all her life. Henrietta Pharo was born in a log cabin at what was known as the Dunham place west of Decatur, on October 20, 1851 . Although at the time of her birth, her home was west of Decatur, it was approximately at the place on West Main Street where she lived at the time of her death, opposite James Millikin University, old timers recall. She has passed her entire live in macon county. She was twice married, First to Robert L. Perry, on June 24, 1873. Two children being born to them and both dying in infancy. R.L. Perry died Jan 28, 1886. Mrs. Perry was then married to Isaac Pharo on Feb 18 1895. He preceded her in death dying on October 6, 1912. Mrs. Pharo is survived by one brother and two sisters, Henry D. Dunham, 975 West Eldorado Street; Mrs. Sarah E. Daly, 1177 West Main street and Mrs. C.E. Bullard, 1083 West Eldorado Street. Mrs. Pharo was an honored resident of Decatur not only because of her own activities here but because of the standing of her father and mother years ago. Her father Dayton Dunham came to Macon County when he was 22 years of age and he and her brother Amos both went to the front in 1861, with the Eighth Ill Vol. Inf. Both of them fell at Fort Donelson. The son was killed and the father injured beyond military service or labor after his honorable discharge in 1862. Amos was said to have been the first or among the first Macon county men to fall in battle and so the Local G.A.R. post was named in his honor. The time of the funeral has not been determined and the family requests that no flowers be sent.
Decatur Review, Tuesday, August 17, 1926
Obituary by Kay Petruca
PHARO, Henrietta MRS. H. PHARO PASSES AWAY..MEMBER OF PIONEER DECATUR FAMILY.BORN IN LOG CABIN
Mrs. Henrietta Pharo, age seventy four and a member of one of the pioneer families of Decatur, died at the family home at 1203 West Main Street, Monday afternoon at 2:10 o'clock. Mrs. Pharo has been an invalid for about nine years, having been confined to her bed for the last years. Mrs. Pharo was the daughter of Dayton and Marella Dunham, pioneer settlers of Decatur, and a sister of Amos Dunham for whom Dunham Post of the G.A.R. was named. Mrs. Pharo was an active member and faithful worker in the Womans Relief Corps until her illness prevented her from going about. The high esteem in which she was held there was shown by her having served as president of the W.R.C. in 1910. She was also a member of the O.E.F. and of the First Methodist church which she joined at the age of fifteen. She was also a faithful church worker all her life. Henrietta Pharo was born in a log cabin at what was known as the Dunham place west of Decatur, on October 20, 1851 . Although at the time of her birth, her home was west of Decatur, it was approximately at the place on West Main Street where she lived at the time of her death, opposite James Millikin University, old timers recall. She has passed her entire live in macon county. She was twice married, First to Robert L. Perry, on June 24, 1873. Two children being born to them and both dying in infancy. R.L. Perry died Jan 28, 1886. Mrs. Perry was then married to Isaac Pharo on Feb 18 1895. He preceded her in death dying on October 6, 1912. Mrs. Pharo is survived by one brother and two sisters, Henry D. Dunham, 975 West Eldorado Street; Mrs. Sarah E. Daly, 1177 West Main street and Mrs. C.E. Bullard, 1083 West Eldorado Street. Mrs. Pharo was an honored resident of Decatur not only because of her own activities here but because of the standing of her father and mother years ago. Her father Dayton Dunham came to Macon County when he was 22 years of age and he and her brother Amos both went to the front in 1861, with the Eighth Ill Vol. Inf. Both of them fell at Fort Donelson. The son was killed and the father injured beyond military service or labor after his honorable discharge in 1862. Amos was said to have been the first or among the first Macon county men to fall in battle and so the Local G.A.R. post was named in his honor. The time of the funeral has not been determined and the family requests that no flowers be sent.
Decatur Review, Tuesday, August 17, 1926
Obituary by Kay Petruca
Mrs. Henrietta Pharo, age seventy four and a member of one of the pioneer families of Decatur, died at the family home at 1203 West Main Street, Monday afternoon at 2:10 o'clock. Mrs. Pharo has been an invalid for about nine years, having been confined to her bed for the last years. Mrs. Pharo was the daughter of Dayton and Marella Dunham, pioneer settlers of Decatur, and a sister of Amos Dunham for whom Dunham Post of the G.A.R. was named. Mrs. Pharo was an active member and faithful worker in the Womans Relief Corps until her illness prevented her from going about. The high esteem in which she was held there was shown by her having served as president of the W.R.C. in 1910. She was also a member of the O.E.F. and of the First Methodist church which she joined at the age of fifteen. She was also a faithful church worker all her life. Henrietta Pharo was born in a log cabin at what was known as the Dunham place west of Decatur, on October 20, 1851 . Although at the time of her birth, her home was west of Decatur, it was approximately at the place on West Main Street where she lived at the time of her death, opposite James Millikin University, old timers recall. She has passed her entire live in macon county. She was twice married, First to Robert L. Perry, on June 24, 1873. Two children being born to them and both dying in infancy. R.L. Perry died Jan 28, 1886. Mrs. Perry was then married to Isaac Pharo on Feb 18 1895. He preceded her in death dying on October 6, 1912. Mrs. Pharo is survived by one brother and two sisters, Henry D. Dunham, 975 West Eldorado Street; Mrs. Sarah E. Daly, 1177 West Main street and Mrs. C.E. Bullard, 1083 West Eldorado Street. Mrs. Pharo was an honored resident of Decatur not only because of her own activities here but because of the standing of her father and mother years ago. Her father Dayton Dunham came to Macon County when he was 22 years of age and he and her brother Amos both went to the front in 1861, with the Eighth Ill Vol. Inf. Both of them fell at Fort Donelson. The son was killed and the father injured beyond military service or labor after his honorable discharge in 1862. Amos was said to have been the first or among the first Macon county men to fall in battle and so the Local G.A.R. post was named in his honor. The time of the funeral has not been determined and the family requests that no flowers be sent.
Decatur Review, Tuesday, August 17, 1926
Obituary by Kay Petruca
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