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Elizabeth Ann <I>Torrence</I> Gulliford

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Elizabeth Ann Torrence Gulliford

Birth
Ohio, USA
Death
31 May 1918 (aged 77)
Milmine, Piatt County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Bement, Piatt County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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Mrs. Elizabeth Gulliford died from a stroke of apoplexy at her home in Milmine at about midnight, Frida, May 31st. She attended a Red Cross play in the evening and on her return called a neighbor saying she did not feel very well. A doctor from Cerro Gordo and her daughter, Mrs. Dan McLaughlin, of Cerro Gordo, were summoned, but death came before the doctor arrived.

Mrs. Gulliford has been a resident of Milmine for fifty years or more. She was twice married. Her first husband, Charles Dailey, was killed in the Civil war. They were the parents of three children, Charles Dailey, of Carlinville; Mrs. Dave Gulliford, of Ivesdale, and Mrs. Chalres Hoffheins, of Kansas City, Kan. Her second husband, William Gulliford, died in September, 1907. To them were born five children. They are: Mrs. James Osborn, near Decatur; Mrs. Dan McLaughlin of Cerro Gordo; James W. Gulliford of Bement; Mrs. MacNoe of Hammond, and Scott Gulliford of Decatur.

Mrs. Gulliford was seventy-eight years old. She was a sister of Frank Torrence of Decatur and of the later Gen. Joseph P. Torrence of Chicago, and sister-in-law of Mrs. Emma Armsworth of this city.

Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at Milmine church. Interment was in Bement cemetery.

(Piatt County Journal Republican- Monticello, Illinois - Thursday, 6 June 1918 - Page 1)
Mrs. Elizabeth Gulliford died from a stroke of apoplexy at her home in Milmine at about midnight, Frida, May 31st. She attended a Red Cross play in the evening and on her return called a neighbor saying she did not feel very well. A doctor from Cerro Gordo and her daughter, Mrs. Dan McLaughlin, of Cerro Gordo, were summoned, but death came before the doctor arrived.

Mrs. Gulliford has been a resident of Milmine for fifty years or more. She was twice married. Her first husband, Charles Dailey, was killed in the Civil war. They were the parents of three children, Charles Dailey, of Carlinville; Mrs. Dave Gulliford, of Ivesdale, and Mrs. Chalres Hoffheins, of Kansas City, Kan. Her second husband, William Gulliford, died in September, 1907. To them were born five children. They are: Mrs. James Osborn, near Decatur; Mrs. Dan McLaughlin of Cerro Gordo; James W. Gulliford of Bement; Mrs. MacNoe of Hammond, and Scott Gulliford of Decatur.

Mrs. Gulliford was seventy-eight years old. She was a sister of Frank Torrence of Decatur and of the later Gen. Joseph P. Torrence of Chicago, and sister-in-law of Mrs. Emma Armsworth of this city.

Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at Milmine church. Interment was in Bement cemetery.

(Piatt County Journal Republican- Monticello, Illinois - Thursday, 6 June 1918 - Page 1)


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