In the 1870 census, the Gabriels had a 3-year-old daughter by the name of Martha. I believe she might have been the daughter who died with her mother in the fire. Could Methey really have been Marthy?-----
Clinton Public/
DeWitt County, Illinois/
Saturday, November 15, 1873/
Mr. Joseph GABRIEL, living about two miles west of Macon, met with a sad loss in the death of his wife and daughter, nine years of age, on evening of the 7th inst. The cause of the fire was the explosion of a metallic coal oil lamp, just filled by Mrs. G. She went into a bedroom to see about a babe of nine months followed by this daughter. The husband, hearing the report, ran in from another bedroom to find his wife enveloped in flames. He wrapped her in a blanket, carried her outside the house, and then went in to rescue the two children in the room, but before he could get there the little girl had crossed over the burning carpet, taking fire. He succeeded in getting the babe out unharmed, but before he could get out, his wife, in the excitement and suffering, had started to their nearest neighbors, George Demerys, one-fourth of a mile off, accompanied by the little girl, burning up by inches. They lived until the next morning, when death put an end to their sufferings. His house and all its contents were consumed. The citizens have secured sufficient funds to assist in building and refurbishing a new one.
Judy Simpson
Clinton Public/
DeWitt County, Illinois/
Saturday, November 15, 1873/
Mr. Joseph GABRIEL, living about two miles west of Macon, met with a sad loss in the death of his wife and daughter, nine years of age, on evening of the 7th inst. The cause of the fire was the explosion of a metallic coal oil lamp, just filled by Mrs. G. She went into a bedroom to see about a babe of nine months followed by this daughter. The husband, hearing the report, ran in from another bedroom to find his wife enveloped in flames. He wrapped her in a blanket, carried her outside the house, and then went in to rescue the two children in the room, but before he could get there the little girl had crossed over the burning carpet, taking fire. He succeeded in getting the babe out unharmed, but before he could get out, his wife, in the excitement and suffering, had started to their nearest neighbors, George Demerys, one-fourth of a mile off, accompanied by the little girl, burning up by inches. They lived until the next morning, when death put an end to their sufferings. His house and all its contents were consumed. The citizens have secured sufficient funds to assist in building and refurbishing a new one.
Judy Simpson
In the 1870 census, the Gabriels had a 3-year-old daughter by the name of Martha. I believe she might have been the daughter who died with her mother in the fire. Could Methey really have been Marthy?-----
Clinton Public/
DeWitt County, Illinois/
Saturday, November 15, 1873/
Mr. Joseph GABRIEL, living about two miles west of Macon, met with a sad loss in the death of his wife and daughter, nine years of age, on evening of the 7th inst. The cause of the fire was the explosion of a metallic coal oil lamp, just filled by Mrs. G. She went into a bedroom to see about a babe of nine months followed by this daughter. The husband, hearing the report, ran in from another bedroom to find his wife enveloped in flames. He wrapped her in a blanket, carried her outside the house, and then went in to rescue the two children in the room, but before he could get there the little girl had crossed over the burning carpet, taking fire. He succeeded in getting the babe out unharmed, but before he could get out, his wife, in the excitement and suffering, had started to their nearest neighbors, George Demerys, one-fourth of a mile off, accompanied by the little girl, burning up by inches. They lived until the next morning, when death put an end to their sufferings. His house and all its contents were consumed. The citizens have secured sufficient funds to assist in building and refurbishing a new one.
Judy Simpson
Clinton Public/
DeWitt County, Illinois/
Saturday, November 15, 1873/
Mr. Joseph GABRIEL, living about two miles west of Macon, met with a sad loss in the death of his wife and daughter, nine years of age, on evening of the 7th inst. The cause of the fire was the explosion of a metallic coal oil lamp, just filled by Mrs. G. She went into a bedroom to see about a babe of nine months followed by this daughter. The husband, hearing the report, ran in from another bedroom to find his wife enveloped in flames. He wrapped her in a blanket, carried her outside the house, and then went in to rescue the two children in the room, but before he could get there the little girl had crossed over the burning carpet, taking fire. He succeeded in getting the babe out unharmed, but before he could get out, his wife, in the excitement and suffering, had started to their nearest neighbors, George Demerys, one-fourth of a mile off, accompanied by the little girl, burning up by inches. They lived until the next morning, when death put an end to their sufferings. His house and all its contents were consumed. The citizens have secured sufficient funds to assist in building and refurbishing a new one.
Judy Simpson
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s/o J. & J. Gabriel, age 6y 9m 13d
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