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Malinda Vancil Obituary Mrs. Malinda Vancil November 13, 1930

Malinda Vancil widow of S.W.Vancil and a pioneer of this section of Umatilla County, passed away Thursday morning, November 13, at 2:20 o'clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. U.W. Carney in Milton.  Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Munselle chapel, Rev. T.S. Wheeler conducting the service.  Interment will be made in Milton Odd Fellows cemetery.
Amanda Scott was born in Indiana April 28, 1850, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Scott. At the end of the civil war the family joined an emigrant train bound for the Oregon country, making the long journey across the plains by oxen.  They settled on the homestead on Pine creek one mile below Weston.  She was married to Samuel Vancil January 27,1868, and they established their new home on the homestead on Couse Creek about 7 miles from Milton, where their entire married life was spent.  Mr. Vancil dies about 17 years ago and since that time Mrs. Vancil has made her home with her daughter in Milton, but still retained the old homestead.
Four children were born to Mr. And Mrs. Vancil, all of whom are living.  They are William N. of John Day, Robert F, Mrs. Anna Carney and Mrs. Lillie Huntley of Milton.
There are 26 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.  She is also survived by a sister, Mrs. Margaret Sheets of Joseph, Oregon and two brothers Henry Scott of Milton and D.F. Scott of Newport, Oregon.

(Contributed and Typed by Alva James)

Mrs. E.R. Pruitt
Greencastle, IN. Aug.30,1897
Mrs. Alice Pruitt, wife of Eli R. Pruitt, a prominent contractor of this city, died this evening at her home in this city of typhoid fever.

John Ireland
Greencastle, IN.Aug.30,1897
John Ireland, aged 71, one of the pioneer manufacturers of this city, died last night. He was a member of the planning-mill firm of Goulding & Ireland. On June 5 last Mr. Ireland visited Hawesville, KY. and attended the centennial celebration of his father’s birthday. James B. Ireland, the father, is still living, hale and hearty. The funeral will be held Wednesday.

Carl Jordan
Greencastle, IN. Aug.30,1897
The funeral for Carl Jordan, son of Col. Henry Jordan, was held today in Forest Hill Cemetery, where the remains had been temporarily placed in the public vault. The Evansville Courier force sent handsome floral designs and a delegate to the funeral. Mr. Jordan was one of the brightest young writers in southern Indiana. The exercises were in charge of Dr. J.P. D. John and Rev. Dr. J.H. Hollingsworth

Greencastle, IN. Jan. 24,1898
Mrs. Nancy Houck, age 86, died here this morning. Mrs. Houck moved with her husband to this State from Pennsylvania over half a century ago, and has spent the greater part of her life in this county. Her husband Jonathan Houck, survives her at the age of 88, and they had been married 68 years last August. This remarkable record of married life is unexcelled in this county, and is equaled but seldom in the country. She was the mother of a large family. She was one of the pioneers of the State.


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