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Boone County, Illinois Obituaries

Oscar F. Anderson
Belvidere: - Oscar F. Anderson, 89, 1003 Columbia Ave., a retired real estate broker, died Wednesday morning in his home after a month-long illness. Anderson went into the real estate business after retiring from farming. Survivors include: his widow, Olive; two sons, Aaron Richard, Rockford, and Floyd, Belvidere; three daughters, Mrs. Lucille Larson, Belvidere, Mrs. Doris Exner, Tampico and Mrs. Helen Hartman, Freeport, a brother, Frank A., Rt. 5, Rockford; 18 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren. Services will be at 2 pm. Friday in the Witbeck-Wheeler Sabien Funeral Home. Burial will be in Highland Garden of Memories. Friends may call after 2 p.m. today in the funeral home. [The Daily Gazette, Sterling-Rock Falls, Illinois December 23, 1965 - Thursday, pg 2 col 2 - submitted by Melva Taylor]

Enoch C. Churchill
[PICTURE OF Mr. Churchill]
OLD RESIDENT IS DEAD
MARION COUNTY MAN PASSES AWAY IN 79TH YEAR.
Late Enoch Chester Churchill Spent Large Part of Long Life in Salem.
SALEM. Or. March 3 (Special.)— Enoch Chester Churchill, since the year 1847 a resident of Marion county, died suddenly here yesterday. Mr. Churchill was born in Boone county, Illinois, on September 16, 1841. Six years later he crossed the plains in company with his parents and located on a donation land claim in the vicinity of Hubbard. There he continued to reside until the year 1861, when he moved to Salem, where he had since made his home. He enlisted in Company B. First Oregon in November, and was discharged after active service in 1864.
Mr. Churchill was twice married, his first wife being Alvera Thomas, to whom he was wedded on November 1,1868. There are two living children from this union, Mrs. Edward Patterson of Salem and Arthur A. Churchill of Keyport, N. J. His second wife was Sarah McKinney whom he married on April 1, 1883. He is survived by his widow and three children by his second wife. They are Eldon C Churchill and Walter A. Churchill of Portland and Mathel Churchill of Salem.
He was a member of the Masonic Lodge, Sedgwick. Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of this city, and Protection lodge No. 2. Ancient Order of United Workmen, funeral arrangements are being held in abeyance pending the arrival of his son from Keyport. During his early residence in Salem Mr. Churchill was engaged in the sash and door business.
[The Oregonian, 6 Mar 1920 - Submitted by K. Torp]

Stephen A Hurlburt
The State Department has received Information of the sudden death of Minister Stephen A. Hurlburt, at Lima, March 28, of disease of the heart.
The deceased was a native of Charleston, SC, where he was born in 1815. His father was a distinguished Unitarian clergyman. He studied law and practiced until the outbreak of the Florida war, when he enlisted in a South Carolina regiment, was elected an adjutant, and served through-out the campaign. In 1845 he moved to Boone County, Illinois where he divided his time between law and politics.
When the civil war began he espoused the Union cause and was appointed a brigadier general. Until 1862 he served in Missouri and was than appointed commandant of Fort Donelson. He served with marked gallantry and was promoted to a major generalship for brave and meritorious conduct at the battle of Pittsburg Landing, where he commanded a division under General Grant. He remained in tbe army a few years after the war, and in 1869 was appointed Minister to Colombia. In 1873 he was elected as a Republican to the Forty-third Congress from the Fourth Illinois District. He was re-elected and served until the 4th of March, 1877. In May, 1881, he succeeded Christiancy as Minister to Peru. [3 Apr 1882; Critic-Record, Washington D.C. - Submitted by K. Torp]

The Remains of Late Minister Hurlbut (sic)
New York, April 26 — The body of General Stephen A Hurlbut, late Minister to Peru, was taken from the undertaking rooms this evening and put on board at 7 o'clock of an Erie Railway train for Belvidere, Boone County Illinois, where interment will take place. [27 April 1882, The Indianapolis Sentinel - Submitted by K. Torp]

Carolyn S. Keneipp
Carolyn S. Keneipp, age 68, of Lanark died Monday, May 17, 2004 at FHN Hospital in Freeport.
Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 21, 2004 at Russell-Frank Funeral Home in Lanark, Rev. Herb Bollman of Faith Reformed Church in Lanark officiated. Burial was in Highland Garden of Memories in Belvidere. Visitations were from 9 a.m. until the time of service on Friday at the funeral home.
Carolyn was born on March 19, 1936 in Elwood, Indiana, daughter of Rupert and Gladys (Davis) Underwood. Her mother and stepfather, Bob Etchison, raised her. Carolyn married Lester Keneipp on October 15, 1954 in Monticello, Indiana, who preceded her on January 17, 1999. Carolyn retired from Sun Electric in Crystal Lake. She was a huge NASCAR fan, and also loved #20 Tony Stewart.
Survivors include one daughter, Cindy (Bill) Jacobs of Lanark; four grandchildren, Matthew Hoffman of Lanark, Christina Robe of McHenry, Ashley Jacobs of Lanark, and Kelly Jacobs of Lanark; two grand-dogs, Montana and Maisie; and one nephew, Wayne Owen of Indiana. Her husband, parents, one daughter, Wendy Robe, one son at birth, one brother and one sister precede Carolyn in death.
[Contributed by Lori Gilbert]

James L. Loop - died, Belvidere, Ill., February 8, 1865, aged 49 [Listed in the 1843 Chicago City Directory; reprinted in 1896 with death info; submitted by K. Torp]

Killed His Wife at Belvidere
Mrs. Edward SHANNON, who recently secured a divorce from her husband, was murdered by him at Belvidere Friday, Sept. 18, as she was sitting in a car bound for Chicago. He narrowly escaped being lynched by infuriated citizens, and there is yet so much talk of meteing out mob violence to him that the officials have taken extra precautions to protect him. For years SHANNON has treated his wife in a cruel and brutal manner, and about five years ago she left him, and at the present term of the Boone County court she was granted a divorce on the grounds of drunkenness and extreme cruelty. This enraged SHANNON more than ever, and it seems he determined to take her life. Her home had been in Chicago, where she had several children living, and this morning she decided to return home, and boarded the 11:32 train for that city. She had hardly taken a seat when SHANNON followed her onto the car, and standing close to her began talking in a low tone. She shook her head, apparently refusing some request that he had made.
He cast a quick look over his shoulder, and his arm moved nervously to his packet. Again he appeared to make a request, and again she seemed to refuse. Before the onlookers could move a muscle SHANNON thrust a revolver against the head of the helpless victim and fired. There was a scream of agony and as the stricken woman fell against the seat the ruffian sent another bullet into her bosom. [Batavia Herald, 23 September 1896, submitted by K. Torp]