Herald and Review, Decatur, Illinois, 10 Mar 1938, Thursday -
Shelbyville - Mrs. George D. Chafee, widow of the late State Senator Chafee and Shelbyville's oldest and probably best known resident, died yesterday in her home, Kaskia Wood, here. She was 96 years old last Jan. 8.
Mrs. Chafee's father, Addison Smith, came to Shelbyville in 1827 and she was born 15 years later. Both she and her husband are inseparably linked with Shelbyville's history.
Shelbyville's oldest citizen had been in good health until recently when she was confined to her bed. Her first airplane ride was taken at the age of 89 and at 90 she bathed daily in the surf at Cape Cod, Mass., where she vacationed.
Mrs. Chafee [Maria Smith] was born in 1842. Her father died while she was still a baby. The chlorea plague struck Shelbyville when Marie was eight years old and nearly wiped out the village. Her mother and nephew died the same day and the minister who conducted the funeral was stricken and died on returning from the cemetery.
Miss Smith and her two sisters entered the Glendale Female Siminary at Glendale, Ohio. They were the first girls from Shelbyville ever to enter a woman's college. Maria, who had always had natural musical talents became one of the Seminary's most acccomplished musicians.
At the outbreak of the Civil War, Miss Smith returned to Shelbyville where she became the most active leader in the cause of good music that the city has ever known. She was active in this manner until about two years ago, at the age of 94, when she left shelbyville for a short vacation with relatives in Cape Cod., Mass., and Sarasota, Fla.
For more than 50 years she and Edward Hopkins directed the Presbyterian Church choir.
Mrs. Chafee leaves three children, Mrs. Lucia Vogle, Boston; Dudley C. Chafee, Sarasota, Fla.; and Mrs. Olivia Kate LeBasquet, Chicago.
Shelbyville - Mrs. George D. Chafee, widow of the late State Senator Chafee and Shelbyville's oldest and probably best known resident, died yesterday in her home, Kaskia Wood, here. She was 96 years old last Jan. 8.
Mrs. Chafee's father, Addison Smith, came to Shelbyville in 1827 and she was born 15 years later. Both she and her husband are inseparably linked with Shelbyville's history.
Shelbyville's oldest citizen had been in good health until recently when she was confined to her bed. Her first airplane ride was taken at the age of 89 and at 90 she bathed daily in the surf at Cape Cod, Mass., where she vacationed.
Mrs. Chafee [Maria Smith] was born in 1842. Her father died while she was still a baby. The chlorea plague struck Shelbyville when Marie was eight years old and nearly wiped out the village. Her mother and nephew died the same day and the minister who conducted the funeral was stricken and died on returning from the cemetery.
Miss Smith and her two sisters entered the Glendale Female Siminary at Glendale, Ohio. They were the first girls from Shelbyville ever to enter a woman's college. Maria, who had always had natural musical talents became one of the Seminary's most acccomplished musicians.
At the outbreak of the Civil War, Miss Smith returned to Shelbyville where she became the most active leader in the cause of good music that the city has ever known. She was active in this manner until about two years ago, at the age of 94, when she left shelbyville for a short vacation with relatives in Cape Cod., Mass., and Sarasota, Fla.
For more than 50 years she and Edward Hopkins directed the Presbyterian Church choir.
Mrs. Chafee leaves three children, Mrs. Lucia Vogle, Boston; Dudley C. Chafee, Sarasota, Fla.; and Mrs. Olivia Kate LeBasquet, Chicago.
Herald and Review, Decatur, Illinois, 10 Mar 1938, Thursday -
Shelbyville - Mrs. George D. Chafee, widow of the late State Senator Chafee and Shelbyville's oldest and probably best known resident, died yesterday in her home, Kaskia Wood, here. She was 96 years old last Jan. 8.
Mrs. Chafee's father, Addison Smith, came to Shelbyville in 1827 and she was born 15 years later. Both she and her husband are inseparably linked with Shelbyville's history.
Shelbyville's oldest citizen had been in good health until recently when she was confined to her bed. Her first airplane ride was taken at the age of 89 and at 90 she bathed daily in the surf at Cape Cod, Mass., where she vacationed.
Mrs. Chafee [Maria Smith] was born in 1842. Her father died while she was still a baby. The chlorea plague struck Shelbyville when Marie was eight years old and nearly wiped out the village. Her mother and nephew died the same day and the minister who conducted the funeral was stricken and died on returning from the cemetery.
Miss Smith and her two sisters entered the Glendale Female Siminary at Glendale, Ohio. They were the first girls from Shelbyville ever to enter a woman's college. Maria, who had always had natural musical talents became one of the Seminary's most acccomplished musicians.
At the outbreak of the Civil War, Miss Smith returned to Shelbyville where she became the most active leader in the cause of good music that the city has ever known. She was active in this manner until about two years ago, at the age of 94, when she left shelbyville for a short vacation with relatives in Cape Cod., Mass., and Sarasota, Fla.
For more than 50 years she and Edward Hopkins directed the Presbyterian Church choir.
Mrs. Chafee leaves three children, Mrs. Lucia Vogle, Boston; Dudley C. Chafee, Sarasota, Fla.; and Mrs. Olivia Kate LeBasquet, Chicago.
Shelbyville - Mrs. George D. Chafee, widow of the late State Senator Chafee and Shelbyville's oldest and probably best known resident, died yesterday in her home, Kaskia Wood, here. She was 96 years old last Jan. 8.
Mrs. Chafee's father, Addison Smith, came to Shelbyville in 1827 and she was born 15 years later. Both she and her husband are inseparably linked with Shelbyville's history.
Shelbyville's oldest citizen had been in good health until recently when she was confined to her bed. Her first airplane ride was taken at the age of 89 and at 90 she bathed daily in the surf at Cape Cod, Mass., where she vacationed.
Mrs. Chafee [Maria Smith] was born in 1842. Her father died while she was still a baby. The chlorea plague struck Shelbyville when Marie was eight years old and nearly wiped out the village. Her mother and nephew died the same day and the minister who conducted the funeral was stricken and died on returning from the cemetery.
Miss Smith and her two sisters entered the Glendale Female Siminary at Glendale, Ohio. They were the first girls from Shelbyville ever to enter a woman's college. Maria, who had always had natural musical talents became one of the Seminary's most acccomplished musicians.
At the outbreak of the Civil War, Miss Smith returned to Shelbyville where she became the most active leader in the cause of good music that the city has ever known. She was active in this manner until about two years ago, at the age of 94, when she left shelbyville for a short vacation with relatives in Cape Cod., Mass., and Sarasota, Fla.
For more than 50 years she and Edward Hopkins directed the Presbyterian Church choir.
Mrs. Chafee leaves three children, Mrs. Lucia Vogle, Boston; Dudley C. Chafee, Sarasota, Fla.; and Mrs. Olivia Kate LeBasquet, Chicago.
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