Emporia Gazette, Wednesday, October 10, 1934; p. 7, c. 6
IN EMPORIA SINCE 1892
Mrs. Anna M. Sill Has Had a Busy Life.
Mrs. Anna M. Sill, who came to Emporia from the Shell Rock neighborhood, east of Madison, in 1892, for 28 years thereafter supported herself and her family doing laundry work. At the time she brought the place at 108 Neosho, which ever since has been her home. After so many years of washing and ironing her hands became crippled by rheumatism, and she had to quit this work. She brought a hand loom and has woven hundreds – perhaps thousands - of yards of rugs and rag carpets, mostly rugs, as rag carpets are so little used. “I suppose, “says Mrs. Sill, “I have woven rugs for two-thirds f the women of Emporia. I get little work now, however, as my customers say that, with the hard times, they cannot afford to have rugs made. I have rugs for sale, as I weave whenever I can, but my eyes are failing.”
For seven years Mr. Sill raised canaries for market, most of which were sold to a St. Louis dealer. At one time she had 125 birds in one large cage and sold them for a good price. But the sales became less frequent, and Mrs. Sill felt it no longer was paying work. But she enjoyed the birds and missed them when she gave them up.
Came from Butler County
Mrs. Sill with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jehu Wallace, were Butler county pioneers. They came from their home in Pennsylvania the spring of 1871, stopped in Emporia for supplies, then went on to Chelsea, where Mr. Wallace took up prairie land. They left Butler county the next year, moved to Coffey county, lived on Big Creek, then to Shell Rock. Mrs. Still attended school whenever possible in the two first neighborhoods and recalls the big dance given in the new Shell Rock schoolhouse before it was turned over to the school board, who would have forbidden the dance. But members of their families came to watch the dancers.
Anna Margaret Wallace was born in Mifflin county, Pennsylvania, January 1, 1858. She was married to Royal Wolcott February 28, 1875. The first year they lived in a tent on the bank of the Verdigris and Mr. Wolcott put in a crop on land he had rented on the opposite side of the river. In the fall they built a house of native lumber. Later, the family home for years was on a farm near Hilltop. Mrs. Sill’s surviving Wolcott children are Miss Lilla Wolcott, Emporia; who owns and operates the Good Eats café; Mrs. Joe Petty, Pratt, and Archie Wolcott, 15 Market, Emporia. A daughter, Agnes, married and moved to Arkansas where she died, leaving six children. Three other children died in infancy.
Mrs. Wolcott was married October 27, 1894, to Isaac M. Sill, of Emporia, and the two Sill sons are William H. Sill, Pasadena, Calif., and Birdie Sill, of the home, who has been disabled by paralysis the past two years, Isaac Sill died April 17, 1917. Mrs. Sill has 16 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Sill, during her long life, has endured many hardships, has labored unceasingly, has reared, alone much of the time, a large family, yet she maintains a cheerful outlook in life. She has read a great deal, is well informed and is an interesting personality. She used to attend Grace Methodist church but says she no longer can climb the steps at the church. At Hilltop where she was a member of the United Brethren church, she taught a Sunday school class for many years. – L.M.F. The Emporia Gazette, 02 Nov 1935, Saturday
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MRS. ANNA MARGARET SILL DEAD
Mrs. Anna Margaret Sill, 108 Neosho, died this morning at 11:30 o'clock at her home. She had been sick three months.
Mrs. Sill was the former Margaret Anna Wallace. She was born January 1, 1858, in Miflin, Pa. She came to Kansas when she was 11 years old.
Funeral arrangements have not been made.
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The Emporia Gazette, 04 Nov 1935, Monday
SILL FUNERAL TODAY
Funeral services for Mrs. Anna M. Sill, who died Saturday morning at 11:30 o'clock at her home 108 Neosho, will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Roberts-Blue Funeral chapel. Rev. W. D. Hodson, of the Salvation Army, will conduct the services. Interment will be in Maplewood cemetery.
Mrs. Sill is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Lila Wolcott, of Emporia, Mrs. Joe A. Petty, of Pratt, and Miss Birdie Sill, of the home; two sons, Archie Wolcott, of Emporia, and William A. Sill, of Pasadena, Calif, and 16 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren.
IN EMPORIA SINCE 1892
Mrs. Anna M. Sill Has Had a Busy Life.
Mrs. Anna M. Sill, who came to Emporia from the Shell Rock neighborhood, east of Madison, in 1892, for 28 years thereafter supported herself and her family doing laundry work. At the time she brought the place at 108 Neosho, which ever since has been her home. After so many years of washing and ironing her hands became crippled by rheumatism, and she had to quit this work. She brought a hand loom and has woven hundreds – perhaps thousands - of yards of rugs and rag carpets, mostly rugs, as rag carpets are so little used. “I suppose, “says Mrs. Sill, “I have woven rugs for two-thirds f the women of Emporia. I get little work now, however, as my customers say that, with the hard times, they cannot afford to have rugs made. I have rugs for sale, as I weave whenever I can, but my eyes are failing.”
For seven years Mr. Sill raised canaries for market, most of which were sold to a St. Louis dealer. At one time she had 125 birds in one large cage and sold them for a good price. But the sales became less frequent, and Mrs. Sill felt it no longer was paying work. But she enjoyed the birds and missed them when she gave them up.
Came from Butler County
Mrs. Sill with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jehu Wallace, were Butler county pioneers. They came from their home in Pennsylvania the spring of 1871, stopped in Emporia for supplies, then went on to Chelsea, where Mr. Wallace took up prairie land. They left Butler county the next year, moved to Coffey county, lived on Big Creek, then to Shell Rock. Mrs. Still attended school whenever possible in the two first neighborhoods and recalls the big dance given in the new Shell Rock schoolhouse before it was turned over to the school board, who would have forbidden the dance. But members of their families came to watch the dancers.
Anna Margaret Wallace was born in Mifflin county, Pennsylvania, January 1, 1858. She was married to Royal Wolcott February 28, 1875. The first year they lived in a tent on the bank of the Verdigris and Mr. Wolcott put in a crop on land he had rented on the opposite side of the river. In the fall they built a house of native lumber. Later, the family home for years was on a farm near Hilltop. Mrs. Sill’s surviving Wolcott children are Miss Lilla Wolcott, Emporia; who owns and operates the Good Eats café; Mrs. Joe Petty, Pratt, and Archie Wolcott, 15 Market, Emporia. A daughter, Agnes, married and moved to Arkansas where she died, leaving six children. Three other children died in infancy.
Mrs. Wolcott was married October 27, 1894, to Isaac M. Sill, of Emporia, and the two Sill sons are William H. Sill, Pasadena, Calif., and Birdie Sill, of the home, who has been disabled by paralysis the past two years, Isaac Sill died April 17, 1917. Mrs. Sill has 16 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Sill, during her long life, has endured many hardships, has labored unceasingly, has reared, alone much of the time, a large family, yet she maintains a cheerful outlook in life. She has read a great deal, is well informed and is an interesting personality. She used to attend Grace Methodist church but says she no longer can climb the steps at the church. At Hilltop where she was a member of the United Brethren church, she taught a Sunday school class for many years. – L.M.F. The Emporia Gazette, 02 Nov 1935, Saturday
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MRS. ANNA MARGARET SILL DEAD
Mrs. Anna Margaret Sill, 108 Neosho, died this morning at 11:30 o'clock at her home. She had been sick three months.
Mrs. Sill was the former Margaret Anna Wallace. She was born January 1, 1858, in Miflin, Pa. She came to Kansas when she was 11 years old.
Funeral arrangements have not been made.
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The Emporia Gazette, 04 Nov 1935, Monday
SILL FUNERAL TODAY
Funeral services for Mrs. Anna M. Sill, who died Saturday morning at 11:30 o'clock at her home 108 Neosho, will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Roberts-Blue Funeral chapel. Rev. W. D. Hodson, of the Salvation Army, will conduct the services. Interment will be in Maplewood cemetery.
Mrs. Sill is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Lila Wolcott, of Emporia, Mrs. Joe A. Petty, of Pratt, and Miss Birdie Sill, of the home; two sons, Archie Wolcott, of Emporia, and William A. Sill, of Pasadena, Calif, and 16 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren.
Emporia Gazette, Wednesday, October 10, 1934; p. 7, c. 6
IN EMPORIA SINCE 1892
Mrs. Anna M. Sill Has Had a Busy Life.
Mrs. Anna M. Sill, who came to Emporia from the Shell Rock neighborhood, east of Madison, in 1892, for 28 years thereafter supported herself and her family doing laundry work. At the time she brought the place at 108 Neosho, which ever since has been her home. After so many years of washing and ironing her hands became crippled by rheumatism, and she had to quit this work. She brought a hand loom and has woven hundreds – perhaps thousands - of yards of rugs and rag carpets, mostly rugs, as rag carpets are so little used. “I suppose, “says Mrs. Sill, “I have woven rugs for two-thirds f the women of Emporia. I get little work now, however, as my customers say that, with the hard times, they cannot afford to have rugs made. I have rugs for sale, as I weave whenever I can, but my eyes are failing.”
For seven years Mr. Sill raised canaries for market, most of which were sold to a St. Louis dealer. At one time she had 125 birds in one large cage and sold them for a good price. But the sales became less frequent, and Mrs. Sill felt it no longer was paying work. But she enjoyed the birds and missed them when she gave them up.
Came from Butler County
Mrs. Sill with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jehu Wallace, were Butler county pioneers. They came from their home in Pennsylvania the spring of 1871, stopped in Emporia for supplies, then went on to Chelsea, where Mr. Wallace took up prairie land. They left Butler county the next year, moved to Coffey county, lived on Big Creek, then to Shell Rock. Mrs. Still attended school whenever possible in the two first neighborhoods and recalls the big dance given in the new Shell Rock schoolhouse before it was turned over to the school board, who would have forbidden the dance. But members of their families came to watch the dancers.
Anna Margaret Wallace was born in Mifflin county, Pennsylvania, January 1, 1858. She was married to Royal Wolcott February 28, 1875. The first year they lived in a tent on the bank of the Verdigris and Mr. Wolcott put in a crop on land he had rented on the opposite side of the river. In the fall they built a house of native lumber. Later, the family home for years was on a farm near Hilltop. Mrs. Sill’s surviving Wolcott children are Miss Lilla Wolcott, Emporia; who owns and operates the Good Eats café; Mrs. Joe Petty, Pratt, and Archie Wolcott, 15 Market, Emporia. A daughter, Agnes, married and moved to Arkansas where she died, leaving six children. Three other children died in infancy.
Mrs. Wolcott was married October 27, 1894, to Isaac M. Sill, of Emporia, and the two Sill sons are William H. Sill, Pasadena, Calif., and Birdie Sill, of the home, who has been disabled by paralysis the past two years, Isaac Sill died April 17, 1917. Mrs. Sill has 16 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Sill, during her long life, has endured many hardships, has labored unceasingly, has reared, alone much of the time, a large family, yet she maintains a cheerful outlook in life. She has read a great deal, is well informed and is an interesting personality. She used to attend Grace Methodist church but says she no longer can climb the steps at the church. At Hilltop where she was a member of the United Brethren church, she taught a Sunday school class for many years. – L.M.F. The Emporia Gazette, 02 Nov 1935, Saturday
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MRS. ANNA MARGARET SILL DEAD
Mrs. Anna Margaret Sill, 108 Neosho, died this morning at 11:30 o'clock at her home. She had been sick three months.
Mrs. Sill was the former Margaret Anna Wallace. She was born January 1, 1858, in Miflin, Pa. She came to Kansas when she was 11 years old.
Funeral arrangements have not been made.
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The Emporia Gazette, 04 Nov 1935, Monday
SILL FUNERAL TODAY
Funeral services for Mrs. Anna M. Sill, who died Saturday morning at 11:30 o'clock at her home 108 Neosho, will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Roberts-Blue Funeral chapel. Rev. W. D. Hodson, of the Salvation Army, will conduct the services. Interment will be in Maplewood cemetery.
Mrs. Sill is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Lila Wolcott, of Emporia, Mrs. Joe A. Petty, of Pratt, and Miss Birdie Sill, of the home; two sons, Archie Wolcott, of Emporia, and William A. Sill, of Pasadena, Calif, and 16 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren.
IN EMPORIA SINCE 1892
Mrs. Anna M. Sill Has Had a Busy Life.
Mrs. Anna M. Sill, who came to Emporia from the Shell Rock neighborhood, east of Madison, in 1892, for 28 years thereafter supported herself and her family doing laundry work. At the time she brought the place at 108 Neosho, which ever since has been her home. After so many years of washing and ironing her hands became crippled by rheumatism, and she had to quit this work. She brought a hand loom and has woven hundreds – perhaps thousands - of yards of rugs and rag carpets, mostly rugs, as rag carpets are so little used. “I suppose, “says Mrs. Sill, “I have woven rugs for two-thirds f the women of Emporia. I get little work now, however, as my customers say that, with the hard times, they cannot afford to have rugs made. I have rugs for sale, as I weave whenever I can, but my eyes are failing.”
For seven years Mr. Sill raised canaries for market, most of which were sold to a St. Louis dealer. At one time she had 125 birds in one large cage and sold them for a good price. But the sales became less frequent, and Mrs. Sill felt it no longer was paying work. But she enjoyed the birds and missed them when she gave them up.
Came from Butler County
Mrs. Sill with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jehu Wallace, were Butler county pioneers. They came from their home in Pennsylvania the spring of 1871, stopped in Emporia for supplies, then went on to Chelsea, where Mr. Wallace took up prairie land. They left Butler county the next year, moved to Coffey county, lived on Big Creek, then to Shell Rock. Mrs. Still attended school whenever possible in the two first neighborhoods and recalls the big dance given in the new Shell Rock schoolhouse before it was turned over to the school board, who would have forbidden the dance. But members of their families came to watch the dancers.
Anna Margaret Wallace was born in Mifflin county, Pennsylvania, January 1, 1858. She was married to Royal Wolcott February 28, 1875. The first year they lived in a tent on the bank of the Verdigris and Mr. Wolcott put in a crop on land he had rented on the opposite side of the river. In the fall they built a house of native lumber. Later, the family home for years was on a farm near Hilltop. Mrs. Sill’s surviving Wolcott children are Miss Lilla Wolcott, Emporia; who owns and operates the Good Eats café; Mrs. Joe Petty, Pratt, and Archie Wolcott, 15 Market, Emporia. A daughter, Agnes, married and moved to Arkansas where she died, leaving six children. Three other children died in infancy.
Mrs. Wolcott was married October 27, 1894, to Isaac M. Sill, of Emporia, and the two Sill sons are William H. Sill, Pasadena, Calif., and Birdie Sill, of the home, who has been disabled by paralysis the past two years, Isaac Sill died April 17, 1917. Mrs. Sill has 16 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Sill, during her long life, has endured many hardships, has labored unceasingly, has reared, alone much of the time, a large family, yet she maintains a cheerful outlook in life. She has read a great deal, is well informed and is an interesting personality. She used to attend Grace Methodist church but says she no longer can climb the steps at the church. At Hilltop where she was a member of the United Brethren church, she taught a Sunday school class for many years. – L.M.F. The Emporia Gazette, 02 Nov 1935, Saturday
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MRS. ANNA MARGARET SILL DEAD
Mrs. Anna Margaret Sill, 108 Neosho, died this morning at 11:30 o'clock at her home. She had been sick three months.
Mrs. Sill was the former Margaret Anna Wallace. She was born January 1, 1858, in Miflin, Pa. She came to Kansas when she was 11 years old.
Funeral arrangements have not been made.
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The Emporia Gazette, 04 Nov 1935, Monday
SILL FUNERAL TODAY
Funeral services for Mrs. Anna M. Sill, who died Saturday morning at 11:30 o'clock at her home 108 Neosho, will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Roberts-Blue Funeral chapel. Rev. W. D. Hodson, of the Salvation Army, will conduct the services. Interment will be in Maplewood cemetery.
Mrs. Sill is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Lila Wolcott, of Emporia, Mrs. Joe A. Petty, of Pratt, and Miss Birdie Sill, of the home; two sons, Archie Wolcott, of Emporia, and William A. Sill, of Pasadena, Calif, and 16 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren.
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