The Emporia [Kansas] Gazette, 12 Jul 1906, Thur, Page 4
MRS. E.P. BANCROFT DEAD
FORMER EMPORIA WOMAN LIVED IN MICHIGAN--Went to Chelsea to Visit Old Home and Died as Her Husband Died Six Months Ago, Of Heart Failure, in the Home of a Stranger
Word was received here today of the death of Mrs. E.C. Bancroft, which occurred Monday at Chelsea, Mich. In several ways the circumstances surrounding the death of Mrs. Bancroft were remarkably similar to those of her husband who died at Chelsea, December 26, last year. Mrs. Bancroft, who has been living at Detroit, went to Chelsea, where she was born and married, for a short visit before going to San Diego, Calif. to live with a niece. She had rented a room in the home of comparative strangers and had been there only a day or two when she died of heart failure without warning. The news of her death reached Emporia in an indirect way and Mrs. Asa Bancroft, her only relative in Emporia, who is seriously sick, has received no direct word of her death.
Mrs. Bancroft's husband, who had been living at Detroit, had gone to Chelsea for a short visit when he died of heart failure in the home of a relative. Mrs. Bancroft, whose maiden name was Mary B. Millspaugh, was born at Chelsea and married E.P. Bancroft there in 1853. In February 1857 they moved to Emporia where Mr. Bancroft engaged in the real estate business. With his brother, Asa R. Bancroft, he erected the first four houses on the townsite of Emporia. He joined the Army at the beginning of the Civil war as a lieutenant of the Eighth Kansas, and afterward was promoted to major by which title he was known here.
The E.P. Bancrofts were among the wealthiest families in Emporia in the early days and Major Bancroft held many places of honor and responsibility. He was a member of the Board of Regents of the Normal school land granted it by the state. As the money from these sales was not required at once by the school, Mr. Bancroft used the money to erect the building now known as the Jay block during a boom. The boom broke shortly afterward; Major Bancroft was ruined financially, and he could not repay the money in the school fund. As a result, he was convicted of a felony and sentenced to a term in the penitentiary, although everyone here regarded this affair as a misfortune rather than a crime on the part of Major Bancroft. Mrs. Bancroft went to Leavenworth when he husband was taken there and lived there until he was pardoned.
It is to the credit of the Bancrofts that their misfortune made no difference in their standing in the community here and on their return from Leavenworth took the same place in a social way that they held before the major was convicted.
They left there in 1881 for Chihuahua, Mexico. Later they returned to Detroit.
MRS. E.P. BANCROFT DEAD
FORMER EMPORIA WOMAN LIVED IN MICHIGAN--Went to Chelsea to Visit Old Home and Died as Her Husband Died Six Months Ago, Of Heart Failure, in the Home of a Stranger
Word was received here today of the death of Mrs. E.C. Bancroft, which occurred Monday at Chelsea, Mich. In several ways the circumstances surrounding the death of Mrs. Bancroft were remarkably similar to those of her husband who died at Chelsea, December 26, last year. Mrs. Bancroft, who has been living at Detroit, went to Chelsea, where she was born and married, for a short visit before going to San Diego, Calif. to live with a niece. She had rented a room in the home of comparative strangers and had been there only a day or two when she died of heart failure without warning. The news of her death reached Emporia in an indirect way and Mrs. Asa Bancroft, her only relative in Emporia, who is seriously sick, has received no direct word of her death.
Mrs. Bancroft's husband, who had been living at Detroit, had gone to Chelsea for a short visit when he died of heart failure in the home of a relative. Mrs. Bancroft, whose maiden name was Mary B. Millspaugh, was born at Chelsea and married E.P. Bancroft there in 1853. In February 1857 they moved to Emporia where Mr. Bancroft engaged in the real estate business. With his brother, Asa R. Bancroft, he erected the first four houses on the townsite of Emporia. He joined the Army at the beginning of the Civil war as a lieutenant of the Eighth Kansas, and afterward was promoted to major by which title he was known here.
The E.P. Bancrofts were among the wealthiest families in Emporia in the early days and Major Bancroft held many places of honor and responsibility. He was a member of the Board of Regents of the Normal school land granted it by the state. As the money from these sales was not required at once by the school, Mr. Bancroft used the money to erect the building now known as the Jay block during a boom. The boom broke shortly afterward; Major Bancroft was ruined financially, and he could not repay the money in the school fund. As a result, he was convicted of a felony and sentenced to a term in the penitentiary, although everyone here regarded this affair as a misfortune rather than a crime on the part of Major Bancroft. Mrs. Bancroft went to Leavenworth when he husband was taken there and lived there until he was pardoned.
It is to the credit of the Bancrofts that their misfortune made no difference in their standing in the community here and on their return from Leavenworth took the same place in a social way that they held before the major was convicted.
They left there in 1881 for Chihuahua, Mexico. Later they returned to Detroit.
The Emporia [Kansas] Gazette, 12 Jul 1906, Thur, Page 4
MRS. E.P. BANCROFT DEAD
FORMER EMPORIA WOMAN LIVED IN MICHIGAN--Went to Chelsea to Visit Old Home and Died as Her Husband Died Six Months Ago, Of Heart Failure, in the Home of a Stranger
Word was received here today of the death of Mrs. E.C. Bancroft, which occurred Monday at Chelsea, Mich. In several ways the circumstances surrounding the death of Mrs. Bancroft were remarkably similar to those of her husband who died at Chelsea, December 26, last year. Mrs. Bancroft, who has been living at Detroit, went to Chelsea, where she was born and married, for a short visit before going to San Diego, Calif. to live with a niece. She had rented a room in the home of comparative strangers and had been there only a day or two when she died of heart failure without warning. The news of her death reached Emporia in an indirect way and Mrs. Asa Bancroft, her only relative in Emporia, who is seriously sick, has received no direct word of her death.
Mrs. Bancroft's husband, who had been living at Detroit, had gone to Chelsea for a short visit when he died of heart failure in the home of a relative. Mrs. Bancroft, whose maiden name was Mary B. Millspaugh, was born at Chelsea and married E.P. Bancroft there in 1853. In February 1857 they moved to Emporia where Mr. Bancroft engaged in the real estate business. With his brother, Asa R. Bancroft, he erected the first four houses on the townsite of Emporia. He joined the Army at the beginning of the Civil war as a lieutenant of the Eighth Kansas, and afterward was promoted to major by which title he was known here.
The E.P. Bancrofts were among the wealthiest families in Emporia in the early days and Major Bancroft held many places of honor and responsibility. He was a member of the Board of Regents of the Normal school land granted it by the state. As the money from these sales was not required at once by the school, Mr. Bancroft used the money to erect the building now known as the Jay block during a boom. The boom broke shortly afterward; Major Bancroft was ruined financially, and he could not repay the money in the school fund. As a result, he was convicted of a felony and sentenced to a term in the penitentiary, although everyone here regarded this affair as a misfortune rather than a crime on the part of Major Bancroft. Mrs. Bancroft went to Leavenworth when he husband was taken there and lived there until he was pardoned.
It is to the credit of the Bancrofts that their misfortune made no difference in their standing in the community here and on their return from Leavenworth took the same place in a social way that they held before the major was convicted.
They left there in 1881 for Chihuahua, Mexico. Later they returned to Detroit.
MRS. E.P. BANCROFT DEAD
FORMER EMPORIA WOMAN LIVED IN MICHIGAN--Went to Chelsea to Visit Old Home and Died as Her Husband Died Six Months Ago, Of Heart Failure, in the Home of a Stranger
Word was received here today of the death of Mrs. E.C. Bancroft, which occurred Monday at Chelsea, Mich. In several ways the circumstances surrounding the death of Mrs. Bancroft were remarkably similar to those of her husband who died at Chelsea, December 26, last year. Mrs. Bancroft, who has been living at Detroit, went to Chelsea, where she was born and married, for a short visit before going to San Diego, Calif. to live with a niece. She had rented a room in the home of comparative strangers and had been there only a day or two when she died of heart failure without warning. The news of her death reached Emporia in an indirect way and Mrs. Asa Bancroft, her only relative in Emporia, who is seriously sick, has received no direct word of her death.
Mrs. Bancroft's husband, who had been living at Detroit, had gone to Chelsea for a short visit when he died of heart failure in the home of a relative. Mrs. Bancroft, whose maiden name was Mary B. Millspaugh, was born at Chelsea and married E.P. Bancroft there in 1853. In February 1857 they moved to Emporia where Mr. Bancroft engaged in the real estate business. With his brother, Asa R. Bancroft, he erected the first four houses on the townsite of Emporia. He joined the Army at the beginning of the Civil war as a lieutenant of the Eighth Kansas, and afterward was promoted to major by which title he was known here.
The E.P. Bancrofts were among the wealthiest families in Emporia in the early days and Major Bancroft held many places of honor and responsibility. He was a member of the Board of Regents of the Normal school land granted it by the state. As the money from these sales was not required at once by the school, Mr. Bancroft used the money to erect the building now known as the Jay block during a boom. The boom broke shortly afterward; Major Bancroft was ruined financially, and he could not repay the money in the school fund. As a result, he was convicted of a felony and sentenced to a term in the penitentiary, although everyone here regarded this affair as a misfortune rather than a crime on the part of Major Bancroft. Mrs. Bancroft went to Leavenworth when he husband was taken there and lived there until he was pardoned.
It is to the credit of the Bancrofts that their misfortune made no difference in their standing in the community here and on their return from Leavenworth took the same place in a social way that they held before the major was convicted.
They left there in 1881 for Chihuahua, Mexico. Later they returned to Detroit.
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