Wordless Wednesday - Happy Birthday Carolyn!

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Charles Franklin Deller & Carolyn Jones, c. 1952.
Personal Photo, owned by D. & M. Deller. Digital Copy, A. B. Deller, July 2010.

Sunday Obituary - William Talifero Ingram

William Talifero Ingram was the father of William Edward Ingram, the grandfather of Nell Marie Ingram Jones, and the great grandfather of Carolyn Jones Deller.  His obituary was printed in The Daily Free Press, Carbondale, Illinois, on February 21, 1908.

SUDDEN DEATH OF DR. INGRAM

Well Known Murphysboro Physician Died Suddenly at Home in That City Thursday Night

PRACTISING PHYSICIAN FOR 56 YEARS

    Dr. William T. Ingram, one of the best known physicians of South Illinois for more than a half century, and a resident physician of Murphysboro for thirty years, died at his home in that city about 8 o'clock Thursday night.  Death was due to heart failure, the end coming suddenly.  Last December he was taken down sick with a severe brochial trouble and other ailments, but a week or two ago he had recovered sufficiently to enable him to partially resume his practice.  During the part of the day yesterday he was not feeling so well but until a very few minutes before his death it was not believed that he was seriously ill.
  Dr. Ingram was the oldest practising physician in Jackson county, having been engaged in the practice of medicine for fifty-eight years.  He was born at Greenville, Ky., November 8, 1830, his age at time of death being 77 years, 3 months and 12 days.  When he was ten years old his parents moved on a farm near Centralia, this state, where he grew to young manhood.  When he was twenty years old he returned to Greenville, Ky., and began the study of medicine under Dr. Jost, returning to Illinois in the year 1852, when he began the practice of medicine at Xenia.  In the next few years he was located as a physician in Wayne county and at Benton.  At Benton he was engaged in merchandising in addition to the practice of medicine.  At the beginning of the civil war he enlisted in the Fortieth Illinois, serving as private, lieutenant and captain.  Later he was forced to retire from the service owing to rheumatic trouble.  Before the close of the war. having regained his health, he was largely instrumental in the mustering in of the 136th Illinois, Dr. Ingram entering the service in this regiment as lieutenant colonel.  After the close of the war Dr. Ingram served for a time in the government secret service, being stationed at Cairo.
    After the war Dr. Ingram was located at various places DeSoto, Benton, Wayne county and St. Louis, coming to Murphysboro in the year 1876.  Since that date he has practiced medicine continuously in the Jackson county seat and for a number of years has been one of the best known physicians in the county.  In recent years he was for some time associated in partnership with his grandson, the late Dr. Will Hill.  Since the latter's death he has continued his practice alone, with the exception of a partnership for a brief period with Dr. H. H. Roth.
     Dr. Ingram had been married three times.  Besides his wife he leaves three children from a previous marriage.  They are Mrs. Frances Hill, now spending the winter with her Daughter, Mrs. Dan Parkinson, at San Antonio, Tex., W. E. Ingram of Little Rock, Ark.; and Robert Ingram of Houston, Tex.  Eleven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren survive also.
     During his residence at Murphysboro Dr. Ingram has always taken an active interest in public affairs.  He has served as city alderman, member of school board and held other official positions.  Although a member of the Methodist church for many years, he was one of the organizers and leading members of the Trinity Episcopal church at the county seat.  In recent years he had been identified with the Democratic party, but about the time of his locating in Murphysboro was one of the leaders in the Greenback movement in this section and for a time conducted a newspaper known as the "Industrial Tribune", in the interest of the Greenback cause.
    The funeral will be held Monday afternoon at the Murphysboro Episcopal church.  Interment at Murphysboro.

Treasure Chest Thursday - Marble Top Table

Photograph 1

This little table, used in this photograph as a game table, is one of the family treasures.  From a brief search, it appears to be a Victorian occasional table.  One site described Victorian furniture as, 

Late 19th century. 
Woods used: Mahogany, walnut, rosewood.
Description: heavy, massive, substantial; dark finish; clumsy design; ornate carvings and decorations; marble tops used.
Description found at TLC.howstuffworks.com  

Photograph 2

This really is a beautiful piece of furniture.  For me though, even though it's a valuable antique, I think the best part is that it has been passed down through the family.  It was either purchased by Dudley and Caroline Jones, or by their son Arthur Clifton and Georgia Jones, and it was used in that same house on Scott Street by Arthur & Nell Jones, until it was moved in the 1970's to Tulsa, Oklahoma, where it was used by their daughter and her family.  Just this year it was moved to Dallas, where it has begun its service to the next generation. 


Photograph 1 - Arthur Jackson Jones & his brother, Dudley Emerson Jones sitting at Victorian side table [probably in the Scott Street House, Little Rock, Arkansas].  Dudley Emerson Jones, 1829 - 1913, Manuscript Collection MC 1305, Series 4, Folder 10. Special Collections, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville.
Photograph 2. Christmas at the Deller home in Tulsa, Oklahoma; the third great granddaughter of Dudley Emerson Jones sitting in front of Victorian Side Table.  Personal photo by Carolyn Jones Deller. Christmas, 1990

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun! December 2, 1950

OK, this is late, obviously, but as someone else said, it looks like fun.  Randy, over at Genea-Musings, has challenged us.

Your mission, should you deign to accept it (come on, it's fun!), is to:
1) Go to the dMarie Time Capsule Website - http://dmarie.com/timecap/
2) Select a date in your family history that you want to know about. You might pick a birth date or wedding date of your parents or grandparents.
3) Enter the date into the search form, and select the news, songs, toys, books and other things that you want to feature.
4) Share the date, why you picked it, and the results of your Time Capsule study on your own blog, in a comment to this post, or in a comment or post on Facebook.

So off I go - I chose Charles Franklin Deller and Carolyn Jones Wedding day (I was just updating their profile in RootsMagic with media earlier today),  

December 2, 1950.  

Let's see what we find...

Top News Headlines this Week:

Nov 26 - China enters Korean conflict, sends troops across Yalu River
Nov 30 - US Pres Truman threatens China with atom bomb
Dec 2 - Vic Toweel knocks down Danny O'Sullivan 14 times in a title fight

Top Songs for 1950:

Harbor Lights by Sammy Kaye
If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake by Eileen Barton
I Can Dream, Can't I? by Andrews Sisters
The Tennessee Waltz by Patti Page
Mona Lisa by Nat King Cole
All My Love by Patti Page

U.S. President

Harry S. Truman

U.S. Vice-President

Alben W. Barkley

Academy Award Winners

Best Picture: All About Eve, directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Best Actor:  Jose Ferrer in Cyrano De Bergerac

Best Actress: Judy Holliday in Born Yesterday

People born on December 2

1950 - Merrill Ashley, St Paul MN, ballerina (NYC Ballet)

On TV in 1950

The Ed Sullivan Show
The Burns & Allen Show

Top Books in 1950

The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli
Florence Nightingale by Cecil Woodham-Smith

1950 Prices:

Bread: $0.14/loaf
Milk: $0.82/gal
Eggs: $0.70/doz
Car: $1,750
Gas: $0.27/gal
House: $14,500
Stamp: $0.03/ea
Avg Income: $3,815/yr
Min Wage: $0.75/hr
DOW Avg: 235

They were right... this *was* fun!  And educational!

Wordless Wednesday

Nora Hussong Roark Asbell and Carolyn Jones Deller
at the University of Arkansas Graduation, June 3, 1950,
to watch Charles Franklin Deller receive his
Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration

Tombstone Tuesday - Dudley & Caroline Jones

This is the gravestone for Dudley Emerson Jones and Caroline Peck Jones, located in the Oakland Cemetery in Little Rock, Arkansas. This is the couple that whetted all our appetite for more family history. From the family papers left, I'd say Dudley was the first known member of the family who was interested in his family's history. We have six or so pages of family groups with typed transcriptions, at least one letter from someone in New York that collected information for him, and multiple pictures from his generation. His own biography was written by his son-in-law, Philip Bernays, and published in the History of the University of Arkansas. Many of the pictures and letters were donated by his great-granddaughter, Carolyn Jones Deller, to the University of Arkansas Library, Special Collections. Dudley is considered one of the 'famous' people within the family, and I'll devote more entries to him at a later date.