Daughter of Martha and William Bundrem. Married to Asa Bancroft in Emporia, Lyon Co, KS on 11 Aug 1864.
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Emporia Gazette, Friday, June 27, 1913; page 3, column 2
Mrs. Jennie Bancroft Dead
Mrs. Jennie Bancroft, on of Emporia's early settlers, died at her home, 621 Merchant Street, yesterday evening at 7:05 o'clock. She had been in feeble health several years, and had been subject to rheumatism. The immediate cause of death was Bright's disease and dropsy.
Mrs. Bancroft's maiden name was Jennie Bundrem, She was born in Wayne County, Ind., December 13, 1840, and was a member of a family of six children, three of whom were girls. She came to Emporia with her widowed mother and the sisters and brothers in the early sixties, when Emporia was hardly more than a town site, and she had lived here since. She was married to Asa R. Bancroft in Emporia, August 11, 1864. Three children were born to them, one son, Harry R. Bancroft, and twin daughters, Martha and Mary Bancroft. Her husband and her children died many years ago. Mrs. Bancroft was closely identified with the early history of Emporia. At one time she owned the property at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Merchant Street, where the post office now stands, which property she sold to the government for the post office site.
Mrs. Bancroft was a member of the First Congregational Church, and all her life she had been a consistent Christian. Her family was a beautiful example of the influence of Christian motherhood. Mrs. Bancroft possessed a kind and sympathetic nature, and before her death she spoke of her love for her friends and expressed her gratitude for the kindly care which her neighbors had given her. She is survived by two sisters, Mrs. M.L. Schmidling, of Chicago, and Mrs. Nellie Morrison, of Kansas City. Mrs. Morrison, who during the past years of her sister's life, has made many trips to Emporia to be with her, was present when she died. Mrs. Schmidling was unable to be here.
The funeral will be held at the house at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. Rev. J.H.J. Rice will conduct the services. Interment will be made in Maplewood Cemetery.
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Emporia Gazette, Friday, June 27, 1913
A COMPLETED LIFE
A bright and beautiful girl was Jennie Bundrem fifty years ago, when she came to Emporia--one of the prettiest in all the country round. Such a lot of beaux as she had; such a number of good "chances," such a lot of attention. Black-eyed, vivacious, charming, with the charm that binds virile, primitive men, she married one of the handsomest men in Kansas. They had beautiful children.
Then fate took a hand, and for thirty years and more, the bright, beautiful girl has had sorrow and misfortune in her life. She lost her husband, she lost most of her property. She lost her children in the very flower of their youth--but she did not lose her pride, and her stately mien and carriage. She died a handsome old woman. Life--in the events it played before her--put on a strange and inexplicable panorama. She deserved better than she received. Yet she had a philosophy of life that sustained her while other women would have been crushed. Perhaps her philosophy was the compensating given to her by a cruel fate in return for a seemingly senseless bludgeoning of circumstance.
But her life is lived, rounded and complete. It is one of the lives that have been woven in the woof of the town--gay and bright and beautiful in youth--somber and sad and colored with a great simple dignity at last. And so passes Jennie Bundrem--forever. (William Allen White)
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Emporia Gazette, Friday, June 27, 1913; page 3, column 2
Mrs. Jennie Bancroft Dead
Mrs. Jennie Bancroft, on of Emporia's early settlers, died at her home, 621 Merchant Street, yesterday evening at 7:05 o'clock. She had been in feeble health several years, and had been subject to rheumatism. The immediate cause of death was Bright's disease and dropsy.
Mrs. Bancroft's maiden name was Jennie Bundrem, She was born in Wayne County, Ind., December 13, 1840, and was a member of a family of six children, three of whom were girls. She came to Emporia with her widowed mother and the sisters and brothers in the early sixties, when Emporia was hardly more than a town site, and she had lived here since. She was married to Asa R. Bancroft in Emporia, August 11, 1864. Three children were born to them, one son, Harry R. Bancroft, and twin daughters, Martha and Mary Bancroft. Her husband and her children died many years ago. Mrs. Bancroft was closely identified with the early history of Emporia. At one time she owned the property at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Merchant Street, where the post office now stands, which property she sold to the government for the post office site.
Mrs. Bancroft was a member of the First Congregational Church, and all her life she had been a consistent Christian. Her family was a beautiful example of the influence of Christian motherhood. Mrs. Bancroft possessed a kind and sympathetic nature, and before her death she spoke of her love for her friends and expressed her gratitude for the kindly care which her neighbors had given her. She is survived by two sisters, Mrs. M.L. Schmidling, of Chicago, and Mrs. Nellie Morrison, of Kansas City. Mrs. Morrison, who during the past years of her sister's life, has made many trips to Emporia to be with her, was present when she died. Mrs. Schmidling was unable to be here.
The funeral will be held at the house at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. Rev. J.H.J. Rice will conduct the services. Interment will be made in Maplewood Cemetery.
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Emporia Gazette, Friday, June 27, 1913
A COMPLETED LIFE
A bright and beautiful girl was Jennie Bundrem fifty years ago, when she came to Emporia--one of the prettiest in all the country round. Such a lot of beaux as she had; such a number of good "chances," such a lot of attention. Black-eyed, vivacious, charming, with the charm that binds virile, primitive men, she married one of the handsomest men in Kansas. They had beautiful children.
Then fate took a hand, and for thirty years and more, the bright, beautiful girl has had sorrow and misfortune in her life. She lost her husband, she lost most of her property. She lost her children in the very flower of their youth--but she did not lose her pride, and her stately mien and carriage. She died a handsome old woman. Life--in the events it played before her--put on a strange and inexplicable panorama. She deserved better than she received. Yet she had a philosophy of life that sustained her while other women would have been crushed. Perhaps her philosophy was the compensating given to her by a cruel fate in return for a seemingly senseless bludgeoning of circumstance.
But her life is lived, rounded and complete. It is one of the lives that have been woven in the woof of the town--gay and bright and beautiful in youth--somber and sad and colored with a great simple dignity at last. And so passes Jennie Bundrem--forever. (William Allen White)
Daughter of Martha and William Bundrem. Married to Asa Bancroft in Emporia, Lyon Co, KS on 11 Aug 1864.
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Emporia Gazette, Friday, June 27, 1913; page 3, column 2
Mrs. Jennie Bancroft Dead
Mrs. Jennie Bancroft, on of Emporia's early settlers, died at her home, 621 Merchant Street, yesterday evening at 7:05 o'clock. She had been in feeble health several years, and had been subject to rheumatism. The immediate cause of death was Bright's disease and dropsy.
Mrs. Bancroft's maiden name was Jennie Bundrem, She was born in Wayne County, Ind., December 13, 1840, and was a member of a family of six children, three of whom were girls. She came to Emporia with her widowed mother and the sisters and brothers in the early sixties, when Emporia was hardly more than a town site, and she had lived here since. She was married to Asa R. Bancroft in Emporia, August 11, 1864. Three children were born to them, one son, Harry R. Bancroft, and twin daughters, Martha and Mary Bancroft. Her husband and her children died many years ago. Mrs. Bancroft was closely identified with the early history of Emporia. At one time she owned the property at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Merchant Street, where the post office now stands, which property she sold to the government for the post office site.
Mrs. Bancroft was a member of the First Congregational Church, and all her life she had been a consistent Christian. Her family was a beautiful example of the influence of Christian motherhood. Mrs. Bancroft possessed a kind and sympathetic nature, and before her death she spoke of her love for her friends and expressed her gratitude for the kindly care which her neighbors had given her. She is survived by two sisters, Mrs. M.L. Schmidling, of Chicago, and Mrs. Nellie Morrison, of Kansas City. Mrs. Morrison, who during the past years of her sister's life, has made many trips to Emporia to be with her, was present when she died. Mrs. Schmidling was unable to be here.
The funeral will be held at the house at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. Rev. J.H.J. Rice will conduct the services. Interment will be made in Maplewood Cemetery.
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Emporia Gazette, Friday, June 27, 1913
A COMPLETED LIFE
A bright and beautiful girl was Jennie Bundrem fifty years ago, when she came to Emporia--one of the prettiest in all the country round. Such a lot of beaux as she had; such a number of good "chances," such a lot of attention. Black-eyed, vivacious, charming, with the charm that binds virile, primitive men, she married one of the handsomest men in Kansas. They had beautiful children.
Then fate took a hand, and for thirty years and more, the bright, beautiful girl has had sorrow and misfortune in her life. She lost her husband, she lost most of her property. She lost her children in the very flower of their youth--but she did not lose her pride, and her stately mien and carriage. She died a handsome old woman. Life--in the events it played before her--put on a strange and inexplicable panorama. She deserved better than she received. Yet she had a philosophy of life that sustained her while other women would have been crushed. Perhaps her philosophy was the compensating given to her by a cruel fate in return for a seemingly senseless bludgeoning of circumstance.
But her life is lived, rounded and complete. It is one of the lives that have been woven in the woof of the town--gay and bright and beautiful in youth--somber and sad and colored with a great simple dignity at last. And so passes Jennie Bundrem--forever. (William Allen White)
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Emporia Gazette, Friday, June 27, 1913; page 3, column 2
Mrs. Jennie Bancroft Dead
Mrs. Jennie Bancroft, on of Emporia's early settlers, died at her home, 621 Merchant Street, yesterday evening at 7:05 o'clock. She had been in feeble health several years, and had been subject to rheumatism. The immediate cause of death was Bright's disease and dropsy.
Mrs. Bancroft's maiden name was Jennie Bundrem, She was born in Wayne County, Ind., December 13, 1840, and was a member of a family of six children, three of whom were girls. She came to Emporia with her widowed mother and the sisters and brothers in the early sixties, when Emporia was hardly more than a town site, and she had lived here since. She was married to Asa R. Bancroft in Emporia, August 11, 1864. Three children were born to them, one son, Harry R. Bancroft, and twin daughters, Martha and Mary Bancroft. Her husband and her children died many years ago. Mrs. Bancroft was closely identified with the early history of Emporia. At one time she owned the property at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Merchant Street, where the post office now stands, which property she sold to the government for the post office site.
Mrs. Bancroft was a member of the First Congregational Church, and all her life she had been a consistent Christian. Her family was a beautiful example of the influence of Christian motherhood. Mrs. Bancroft possessed a kind and sympathetic nature, and before her death she spoke of her love for her friends and expressed her gratitude for the kindly care which her neighbors had given her. She is survived by two sisters, Mrs. M.L. Schmidling, of Chicago, and Mrs. Nellie Morrison, of Kansas City. Mrs. Morrison, who during the past years of her sister's life, has made many trips to Emporia to be with her, was present when she died. Mrs. Schmidling was unable to be here.
The funeral will be held at the house at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. Rev. J.H.J. Rice will conduct the services. Interment will be made in Maplewood Cemetery.
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Emporia Gazette, Friday, June 27, 1913
A COMPLETED LIFE
A bright and beautiful girl was Jennie Bundrem fifty years ago, when she came to Emporia--one of the prettiest in all the country round. Such a lot of beaux as she had; such a number of good "chances," such a lot of attention. Black-eyed, vivacious, charming, with the charm that binds virile, primitive men, she married one of the handsomest men in Kansas. They had beautiful children.
Then fate took a hand, and for thirty years and more, the bright, beautiful girl has had sorrow and misfortune in her life. She lost her husband, she lost most of her property. She lost her children in the very flower of their youth--but she did not lose her pride, and her stately mien and carriage. She died a handsome old woman. Life--in the events it played before her--put on a strange and inexplicable panorama. She deserved better than she received. Yet she had a philosophy of life that sustained her while other women would have been crushed. Perhaps her philosophy was the compensating given to her by a cruel fate in return for a seemingly senseless bludgeoning of circumstance.
But her life is lived, rounded and complete. It is one of the lives that have been woven in the woof of the town--gay and bright and beautiful in youth--somber and sad and colored with a great simple dignity at last. And so passes Jennie Bundrem--forever. (William Allen White)
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