Obituary:
Dubuque Telegraph and Times Journal, May 13, 1938
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Galena, Ill.,- SPECIAL: Funeral services for Mrs. H. S. Whitmore, 76, who died suddenly Wednesday afternoon at the home of her sister, Mrs. A. J. Millhouse were held at 2:30 o’clock Friday afternoon in the Uehren and Furlong Funeral Chapel with the Rev. E. A. Ballis, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, officiating.
Interment was in Greenwood Cemetery.
Mrs. Whitmore was one of one of Galena’s oldest families. Her grandfather, Robert Burton, came to this country with his wife and children in 1828 from England, and settled first at Philadelphia, Pa., where a prize had been offered for the man who could first erect a successful and efficient lead smelting furnace. Mr. Burton established the furnace, and after winning the prize, came to the lead mines of Galena on May 7, 1831. With J. P. B. Gratiot, he operated a saw and grist mill and a large smelting establishment at Ottawa, later called Burton’s on the Galena River, about two miles south of the post office. His equipment included the first machines for rolling sheet metal and for making lead pipe in Galena.
When Mr. Gratiot left Galena for Missouri about 1836, Mr. Burton continued in the lead smelting business, becoming one of the most prominent smelters in the district. He operated his own steamers to carry his lead from Galena to New Orleans.
Mrs. Whitmore, who was Hannah Burton before her marriage to Scribe Whitmore on Sept. 15, 1883, was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Burton. She was born at Elizabeth Nov. 7, 1862. Her father was interested in the smelting business with his father and brothers, at the same time operating a large farm near Elizabeth.
Mrs. Whitmore leaves one son, Clyde of Galena; one sister, Mrs. A. J. Millhouse of Galena; and one brother, John A. Burton of Upland, Calif.
She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, one sister, and three brothers.
Dubuque Telegraph and Times Journal, May 13, 1938
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Galena, Ill.,- SPECIAL: Funeral services for Mrs. H. S. Whitmore, 76, who died suddenly Wednesday afternoon at the home of her sister, Mrs. A. J. Millhouse were held at 2:30 o’clock Friday afternoon in the Uehren and Furlong Funeral Chapel with the Rev. E. A. Ballis, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, officiating.
Interment was in Greenwood Cemetery.
Mrs. Whitmore was one of one of Galena’s oldest families. Her grandfather, Robert Burton, came to this country with his wife and children in 1828 from England, and settled first at Philadelphia, Pa., where a prize had been offered for the man who could first erect a successful and efficient lead smelting furnace. Mr. Burton established the furnace, and after winning the prize, came to the lead mines of Galena on May 7, 1831. With J. P. B. Gratiot, he operated a saw and grist mill and a large smelting establishment at Ottawa, later called Burton’s on the Galena River, about two miles south of the post office. His equipment included the first machines for rolling sheet metal and for making lead pipe in Galena.
When Mr. Gratiot left Galena for Missouri about 1836, Mr. Burton continued in the lead smelting business, becoming one of the most prominent smelters in the district. He operated his own steamers to carry his lead from Galena to New Orleans.
Mrs. Whitmore, who was Hannah Burton before her marriage to Scribe Whitmore on Sept. 15, 1883, was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Burton. She was born at Elizabeth Nov. 7, 1862. Her father was interested in the smelting business with his father and brothers, at the same time operating a large farm near Elizabeth.
Mrs. Whitmore leaves one son, Clyde of Galena; one sister, Mrs. A. J. Millhouse of Galena; and one brother, John A. Burton of Upland, Calif.
She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, one sister, and three brothers.
Obituary:
Dubuque Telegraph and Times Journal, May 13, 1938
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Galena, Ill.,- SPECIAL: Funeral services for Mrs. H. S. Whitmore, 76, who died suddenly Wednesday afternoon at the home of her sister, Mrs. A. J. Millhouse were held at 2:30 o’clock Friday afternoon in the Uehren and Furlong Funeral Chapel with the Rev. E. A. Ballis, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, officiating.
Interment was in Greenwood Cemetery.
Mrs. Whitmore was one of one of Galena’s oldest families. Her grandfather, Robert Burton, came to this country with his wife and children in 1828 from England, and settled first at Philadelphia, Pa., where a prize had been offered for the man who could first erect a successful and efficient lead smelting furnace. Mr. Burton established the furnace, and after winning the prize, came to the lead mines of Galena on May 7, 1831. With J. P. B. Gratiot, he operated a saw and grist mill and a large smelting establishment at Ottawa, later called Burton’s on the Galena River, about two miles south of the post office. His equipment included the first machines for rolling sheet metal and for making lead pipe in Galena.
When Mr. Gratiot left Galena for Missouri about 1836, Mr. Burton continued in the lead smelting business, becoming one of the most prominent smelters in the district. He operated his own steamers to carry his lead from Galena to New Orleans.
Mrs. Whitmore, who was Hannah Burton before her marriage to Scribe Whitmore on Sept. 15, 1883, was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Burton. She was born at Elizabeth Nov. 7, 1862. Her father was interested in the smelting business with his father and brothers, at the same time operating a large farm near Elizabeth.
Mrs. Whitmore leaves one son, Clyde of Galena; one sister, Mrs. A. J. Millhouse of Galena; and one brother, John A. Burton of Upland, Calif.
She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, one sister, and three brothers.
Dubuque Telegraph and Times Journal, May 13, 1938
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Galena, Ill.,- SPECIAL: Funeral services for Mrs. H. S. Whitmore, 76, who died suddenly Wednesday afternoon at the home of her sister, Mrs. A. J. Millhouse were held at 2:30 o’clock Friday afternoon in the Uehren and Furlong Funeral Chapel with the Rev. E. A. Ballis, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, officiating.
Interment was in Greenwood Cemetery.
Mrs. Whitmore was one of one of Galena’s oldest families. Her grandfather, Robert Burton, came to this country with his wife and children in 1828 from England, and settled first at Philadelphia, Pa., where a prize had been offered for the man who could first erect a successful and efficient lead smelting furnace. Mr. Burton established the furnace, and after winning the prize, came to the lead mines of Galena on May 7, 1831. With J. P. B. Gratiot, he operated a saw and grist mill and a large smelting establishment at Ottawa, later called Burton’s on the Galena River, about two miles south of the post office. His equipment included the first machines for rolling sheet metal and for making lead pipe in Galena.
When Mr. Gratiot left Galena for Missouri about 1836, Mr. Burton continued in the lead smelting business, becoming one of the most prominent smelters in the district. He operated his own steamers to carry his lead from Galena to New Orleans.
Mrs. Whitmore, who was Hannah Burton before her marriage to Scribe Whitmore on Sept. 15, 1883, was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Burton. She was born at Elizabeth Nov. 7, 1862. Her father was interested in the smelting business with his father and brothers, at the same time operating a large farm near Elizabeth.
Mrs. Whitmore leaves one son, Clyde of Galena; one sister, Mrs. A. J. Millhouse of Galena; and one brother, John A. Burton of Upland, Calif.
She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, one sister, and three brothers.
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