February 29, 2012

Longmore

Edward M. and Mabel W. Yule Longmore
Oakwood Cemetery, Somers, Wisconsin
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Mabel Yule (Mrs. Edward) Longmore
Age 87.  Passed away January 3, 1970 in St. Catherine's Hospital, Kenosha, Wisconsin.  Mrs. Longmore was born in Somers, Wisconsin on April 27, 1882, daughter of B.F. Yule and Jessie Yule, pioneer Somers residents.  She graduated from Ferry Hall School of Music and attended Oberlin College of Ohio and was a music teacher for many years.  Mr. and Mrs. Longmore celebrated their 63rd wedding anniversary of January 1, 1970.  She was a charter member of Somers United Church of Christ and a member of Ladies Aid and Royal Neighbors of America.  Surviving are her husband, Edward; one son and daughter in law, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd (Ruth) Longmore; one granddaughter, Mrs. John (Joan) Marti, all of Somers; two brothers and sisters in law, Mr. and Mrs. Everette (Catherine) Yule and Mr. and Mrs. Earl (Lillian) Yule, all of Kenosha.  A son preceded her in death in 1912.  Funeral services will be held in the Somers United Church of Christ.  Interment will be in the family plot Oakwood Cemetery, Somers.
(Source:  Racine Journal January 5, 1970)


Emma Longmore
Oakwood Cemetery, Somers, Wisconsin
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Floyd A. and Ruth L. Longmore
Oakwood Cemetery, Somers, Wisconsin
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George J. and Mary J. Longmore
Oakwood Cemetery, Somers, Wisconsin
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Joseph and Margaret Longmore
Oakwood Cemetery, somers, Wisconsin
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Roy Howard Longmore
Oakwood Cemetery, Somers, Wisconsin
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Roy Howard Longmore Obituary
Roy Howard, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Longmore died Friday morning May 3, 1912.  Saturday afternoon many friends fathered at the home and a short and beautiful service was conducted by Rev. C.F. Bruhn.  The little one was laid to rest in the family plat at Oakwood Cemetery, Somers.

 
In The News
"Mr. and Mrs. Edward Longmore have moved out from Kenosha and will make Somers their home.  Mr. Longmore has opened a barber shop in the village and is ready for patronage.  He will also go into the poultry business extensively and keep several varieties of fine stock."
(Source:  Racine Journal, June 9, 1908)




February 26, 2012

Reas

Peter Reas
Oakwood Cemetery, Somers, Wisconsin
(Source:  Photo courtesy of Larry & Linda Kopet, USGenWebArchiveProjectWisconsin)


Catherine Reas, wife of Peter Reas
Oakwood Cemtery, Somers, Wisconsin
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Partial 1887 Map of Somers Township
Section 4, 228 acre parcel of D.W. Reas Estate
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Daniel Webster Reas
Died Oct 20, 1885 at 47 years old
Oakwood Cemetery, Somers, Wisconsin
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Partial 1861 Map of Somers Township, Section 4
Peter Reas parcel of 160 acres
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U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907
Peter Reas purchased (document #5367) 160 acres on March 3, 1843.



U.S. 1850 Federal Census
Peter Rease, age 51 (born about 1799) in New York
lived in Kenosha Ward 2, Kenosha, Wisconsin
Wife:  Catherine Rease, age 43 (born about 1807)
Others in Household:
Daniel W. Rease, age 12 (born about 1838 in New York)
     NOTE:  The family believes James Reas (Rease) was Daniel W. Reas' father and that Daniel was living with Peter (an uncle) at the time of the census.  Take this into consideration while conducting research.
Mary E. Rease, age 9 (born about 1841 in Wisconsin)
       NOTE:  Mary E. Rease married Horace T. DeLong October 13, 1861 in Kenosha County, Wisconsin.  Horace was born June 20, 1837 in Utica, New York and the was son of Geroge and Pamela DeLong, also Somers Township pioneers, owning 189 acres in Section 6 West of Somers Township (neighbors of the Rease family).  See 1861 map above.  Mary and Horace had five children.
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U.S. 1860 Federal Census
Peter, Catherine, Daniel W. and Mary E. lived in Somers Township (see 1861 map above)

U.S. 1870 Federal Census
Peter and Catherine live in Somers Township

U.S. 1880 Federal Census
Peter (age 81) and Catherine (age 72) live in Racine.

Information about Daniel W. Rease
"Daniel W. Rease, farmer, Section 4; P.O. Somers; born in Cortland No., N.Y., in 1837; his father, James Rease, came to Wisconsin in 1839; returned East, and in 1840 brought his family and settled in what is now Somers, Kenosha Co.; he engaged in farming until the death of his wife in 1846, when he engaged in sign and house painting in Kenosha until 1861, when he went to California, where he now resides, leaving Daniel to manage the farm; Daniel also went to California, but only remained a year, when he returned to his farm where he is at present.  He is a member of the Presbyterian Church.  He married, in Cortland Co., in January 1865, Miss Maria A. Brooks, a native of Cortland Co., N.Y. and has three children:  Clayton B. born April 9, 1866; Harvey V., February 28, 1873; Edith M. January 21, 1877."
(Source:  History of Racine and Kenosha County, Western Historical Co. 1879)

February 20, 2012

Bishop, John G.

John G. Bishop
son of Isaac T. Bishop
Oakwood Cemetery, Somers, Wisconsin
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John G. Bishop
 "Telegrams received in the city state that John Bishop, son of Isaac T. Bishop, a well known young man in this city, who was born in the Town of Somers, Kenosha County, died at Misbawaka, Indiana as a result of injuries sustained in falling from an engine a few weeks ago at Green Bay.  He had been employed as a fireman of the St. Paul Railroad for some time past and was one of the most trusted employees of the company.
John Bishop was thirty-four years of age and was born and raised in Somers.  He has been a railroad man for several years and was for a time employed on the Milwaukee, Racine & Kenosha cars in this city.
He gave up this position a year ago to become a fireman on the St. Paul system.  He is survived by a wife and two children, who are now residing at Somers Station.
The accident which resulted in the death of Bishop was one of the most peculiar ever known to railway men in Wisconsin.  Six weeks ago an accident occurred at Green Bay and when the railway managers came round to look into the accident, Fireman Bishop undertook to show the men how the accident had occurred.  In going through the details of the mock accident he lost his balance and fell from his engine striking on his head.  He was not thought to be seriously injured at the time, but his head pained him to such an extent that he was finally forced to take a vacation and he came to his home in Somers to recover from the effects of the injury.  He remained at home until two weeks ago, when thinking that he had entirely recovered, he returned to his old employment and since that time he had been making regular runs on his engine."
(Source:  Racine Daily August 16, 1902)

"John Bishop, who met with sudden death at Mishawaka, Indiana on Thursday evening, was buried in the family lot in Oakwood Cemetery in Somers on Sunday.  The services were held at the family home.  Further particulars of the sad accident reveal that Bishop, who was employed as firemen on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Road, was enjoying a vacation at the home of Engineer Parker, in the Indiana town.  They were out with a number of others at a small lake Thursday evening, and after rowing about a swim was suggested.  Both Parker and Bishop leaped into the water and Bishop who was a good swimmer, struck out and a sort of jocular way, remarked that would show Parker how to swim.  Parker followed close on and after they had gone about fifty feet, Bishop suddenly dropped under water and as soon as Parker reached the spot he dove down after him and brought him to the surface dragging him into a boat.  Bishop was not in the water to exceed ten minutes and could have been revived, were it ordinary case of drowning, but an investigation by physicians revealed that he had been stricken with paralysis of the heart, and that it was from heart failure and not suffocation that he died.
When the sad news of his death was conveyed to his mother she was so completely prostrated and being subjected to heart trouble, is at present in a precarious condition.
There is absolutely no truth in the fake stories sent out and published in other papers in this and other cities that Bishop was about to be married to young lady of an Indiana town."
(Source:  Racine Journal Aug. 19, 1902)