The Daily Register - Mt. Vernon, IL - Thursday, January 17, 1907

The annual report of the Jefferson County inmates at Anna Hospital, 
as received by County Clerk PHILLIPS, is here given. The condition 
first following the name is the physical, the second the mental condition.
 

Barbara RANGE, fair, stat'y
Mary A. PIPER, good, stat'y
Jane DIAL, good, stat'y
George COOK, good, stat'y
Mary J. AIKEN, good, stat'y
Minerva P. WILSON, good, stat'y
Morton L. MAYFIELD, good, stat'y
Mary E. JARRELL, good, stat'y
Victor ELLWANGER, good, stat'y
Feriba Jane BLACK, fair, stat'y
John COPPLE, good, stat'y
Lily May ARBUCKLE, good, improved
Maggie GRACZEK, good, stat'y
Susan M. JOHNSON, good, stat'y
John N. B. DAVID, good, stat'y
Mary A. RUSSELL, good, stat'y
Josephine COVINGTON, good, stat'y
Joseph DUCHWALD, good, stat'y
Hattie WIGGINS, good, stat'y
Loven SMITH, good, stat'y
Lizzie PATE, fair, stat'y
Chas. McKENZIE, good, stat'y
David L. ADAMS, good, stat'y
John R. GARDNER, good, improved
Albert McLAUGHLIN, good, stat'y
Benjamin BUSH, good, stat'y
Luther N. WAITE, good, improved
Frank BETTEJESKI, good, stat'y
Affy R. DARE, good, stat'y
James I. BLACKLEDGE, fair, stat'y
Ella ALLEN, good, improved
Chas. S. SNOW, fair, stat'y
Harry J. PADGETT, good, stat'y
Emma COLLINS, fair, improved
Julia M. HILL, good, improved
Louisa M. JOHNSON, good,improved
Reiney SCRIVNER, good, umimporved
Chloe I. K. SCARBOROUGH, fair, improved
Emma J. GUYMAN, good, improved
Geo. W. GREGORY, fair, improved
Willis PIPER, good, improved
Thos. D. STARKEY, good, improved
Mary E. COPPLE, fair, improved
Francis R. SMITH, good, stat'y
Rosa W. HARVEY, good, improved
Catherine JONES, fair, improved



The Daily Register - Mt. Vernon, IL 
Saturday, August 31, 1907

Miss Stella McFATRIDGE, formerly a resident of this city, 
was married at the home of her aunt, Mrs. W. H. CARTER, in 
Fairfield Wednesday, August 28, to Harry P. WEBB, assistant 
cashier in the Ewing bank.  The groom is a nephew of R. L. 
and A. D. WEBB of this city.

The Daily Register - Mt. Vernon, IL 
Saturday, August 31, 1907

SEARCHING FOR MOTHER - Mrs. William FENTON of near Dix, who 
recently removed to this county from South Dakota, has been 
searching the country over for the last six years in an attempt 
to find her mother whom she has not seen since she was a very 
small girl.  Mrs. FENTON's maiden name was Mary Ellen FREDERICK 
and she is looking for her mother, Mrs. A. Maria FREDERICK.

After the war her father, Jacob FREDERICK, deserted his wife and 
took the daughter with him, and the mother's search for the daughter 
failed.  The child was called Mary Rebecca, but the father changed 
the name to Mary Ellen.


The daughter married and it was not till six years ago that she and 
her husband knew Mrs. FENTON was stolen. Mrs. FENTON stated to a 
representative of the REGISTER that she thought her mother was in 
the South.



The Daily Register - Mt. Vernon, IL - 
Wednesday, September 11, 1907, page 3

BIRTHDAY DINNER - At the home of Aunt Prudence J. WILLIAMS, 
familiarly known as "Aunt Prudy," five miles east of town, Sunday, 
September 8, the relatives and friends gathered to the number of 
about 70, the occasion being Aunt Prudy's 72d birthday anniversary.  
The relatives and friends had planned to give her a surprise birthday 
dinner and all came with baskets well filled of the best of eatables, 
but before the noon hour arrived Aunt Prudy surmised something was 
being done, so she prepared to help eat a big dinner.  At 12 o'clock 
dinner was announced and we sat down to as bounteous a feast of good 
things to eat as was ever prepared, and the way we ate to grandma's 
health will not be forgotten in many years to come.

There were present three of her daughters, Kizziah E. SHELTON, Julia A. 
HIGHSMITH, Nancy J. SCOTT, and their families, and her only son, Samuel 
B. WILLIAMS and family; her other daughter, Mrs. Mary RAINEY, was ill 
and unable to attend.  Four generations were represented; 21 grandchildren 
and eight great-grandchildren were present, besides a host of relatives 
and friends.

The day was very pleasantly spent in conversation, meeting some of those 
who had not been together for years; we were favored with some excellent 
solos by Miss Anna ETHRIDGE; and last but not least, all formed a compact 
squad and had our pictures taken by our young photographer, Jas. RAINEY.

When the hour came for us to depart we very reluctantly did so, all 
extending to Grandma WILLIAMS a good word of cheer wishing her many 
another such day as the one just spent with her at the old homestead.   
A RELATIVE