Emmanuel Episcopal Church

Veterans Who Have Passed–Henry A. James

Janet

Source:  Rockford Register Star, Feb. 14, 2019.

Dave Remington by James. Sullivan Rockford Morning Star August 18,1968 Pg. 41

Marie

Bonnie Torrence – 1991 (death) article

Jan

polly-torrence

Source: Rockford Register Star Oct. 3, 1991

Witherell, Emily, Mrs.

Lisa

Mrs. Emily Mary Linette Young Witherell, 78 years old, widow of Henry A. Witherell, died Sunday at son’s home son: B.F. Witherell, 816 Douglas St.. She had been in failing health since both arms were broken in a fall. Born in Malmburg, Willshire, England, April 1, 1851 to Philip and Mary Jane Cook Young. Came to this country in infancy with her parents who located at Warwick, Massachusetts. She was married in Chicago, January 1, 1870. She had resided in Rockford 40 years. Her husband died in Nov of 1917. Besides son, she is survived by a daughter, Mrs. R.D. Trenholm, Rockford. Also survived by a sister, Mrs. John Higgins, Chicago and a brother, Geln D. Young, Grand Rapids, Michigan.  Member Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Woman’s Relief Corps of G.L. Nevius Post No. 1 Grand Army of the Republic and of the “95” Club. Funeral services at Emmanuel Episcopal Church, burial at Warwick, Mass

Source: Rockford Morning Star 6/4/1929

Barbour, Wiliam Blackney

Lisa

“Pneumonia Fatal to W.B. Barbour At The Age of 72” of 612 North Main St., died after one week illness of Pneumonia. Born in Ireland in 1848, came to Rockford at age 10. Entered the employment of Charles W. Brown and Harry N. Starr in dry goods store. He and his brother, the late John C. Barbour succeeded Brown and Starr in business. He was business manager for Forest City Baseball Club. On Nov. 17, 1873, at Janesville, Mr. Barbour married Miss Gertrude Helen McKee. Two children, plus two nephews and for many years was warden of Emmanuel Episcopal Church

Source: Rockford Morning Star 1/21/1921

John Camlin

Ellen

John Camlin, of 1526 Harlem Boulevard, died 1938 at age 78

Former head of the United States, Illinois and Rockford Chambers of Commerce

Owner of John H. Camlin Agency

Organized Rockford Home Telephone Company, which was sold to Illinois Bell in 1919

Founder and Head of Rockford Savings and Loan Association

Owner of Henwood Theater Company

He developed the Harlem Park and Riverside housing subdivisions, and Camlin and Hultberg subdivision, the Phoenix and Camlin buildings downtown

Camlin Avenue is named in his honor

The “Father of Camp Grant”, he worked in Washington to have the camp established in Rockford during World War I

He owned 114 mortgages on properties in Rockford, and had stock investments in 29 businesses in Rockford and elsewhere

Born July 15, 1860 in Gravesend, England

At age 16 took seafaring trips to Calcutta and Bombay, India, then studied at Christ College, Oxford

Immigrated to Rockford from England on September 1, 1883, and lived with his cousin, C. W. Burlingame

He worked as a clerk and then at an insurance office; within 7 years of arriving in Rockford he bought the agency and named it John H. Camlin Agency

He was married to Kittie B. Camlin, who died in 1934

His estate will be given in trust to seven relatives, including three nephews from Rockford: Harold Andrew Camlin, Fred Gardner Camlin, and Theodore Camlin; and nephew William John Camlin of Newark, Ohio. Three relatives from Dublin, Ireland were named as beneficiaries: his brother, Charles Camlin; his sister, Mrs. Millie Ludgate; and Mrs. Fanny Camlin, widow of another brother.

In 1938, his estate was valued as: $700,000 in real estate, $3oo,ooo in mortgages, $60,000 in bonds, $33,000 in cash, and $1.5 million in stock, for a total of $2.6 million

Funeral Services at Emmanuel Episcopal Church, with the Reverend George Wyndham Ridgway officiating

John Camlin Obituary, 1938
John Camlin Obituary, 1938

 

John Camlin estate, 1938
John Camlin estate, 1938

Source:  03/10/1938 Register Republic and 07/07/1938 Register Republic, both in Rockford Public Library’s “Rockfordiana” files, “Biography – Camlin”