Fulton Journal
May 20, 1890
Saturday Hiram Akker and Ellen Akker celebrated their golden wedding. They were married in Holland, May 16, 1840. On account of the funeral that was held Friday the golden wedding was held on Saturday. They are the parents of eight children, three are living, two being present at the wedding and presented Mr. Akker with a gold headed cane, and Mrs. Akker with a gold thimble. There were several other nice presents. Rev. Te Winkle was present and several of their old country friends. Mr. and Mrs. H. Akker have lived in this country twenty-four years. They lived on a farm fourteen years, then moved to Fulton where they have resided for the past ten years.
Friday, May 25, 2012
Roach
Fulton Journal: March 14, 1890
Mrs. Euphema Roach desires to inform the multitude that there will be a children's concert in the Roach tabernacle on the Hill at 2 o'clock p.m., Saturday, March 15, 1890, Anno domini.
Fulton Journal: March 18, 1890
NOTICE.
To whom may concern: At 2 o'clock P.M. Thursday March 20, 1890, Anno Domini, deo volente, I am to be married to Josiah Brown, Esq. If you have aught to say relieve yourself or forever hold your peace.
Fraternally yours,
Mrs. Nancy Roach.
Her Mark +
Mrs. Euphema Roach desires to inform the multitude that there will be a children's concert in the Roach tabernacle on the Hill at 2 o'clock p.m., Saturday, March 15, 1890, Anno domini.
Fulton Journal: March 18, 1890
NOTICE.
To whom may concern: At 2 o'clock P.M. Thursday March 20, 1890, Anno Domini, deo volente, I am to be married to Josiah Brown, Esq. If you have aught to say relieve yourself or forever hold your peace.
Fraternally yours,
Mrs. Nancy Roach.
Her Mark +
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Fulton Journal
July 30, 1912
Headquarters for Choice Cigars
Among our popular brands of Five Cent Cigars you will always find
Brown Beauties, Bradley, Cineo, Cuban Seal, Phil Sheridan, Cremo, Doctor, Davenport, Havana Sticks, Palmer House, Henry George, Hand Made, Harvester, John Ruskin, Sin Par
Besides a score of other unexcelled brands. We have a supply of smoker's articles of all kinds.
E.F. Johnson, Fulton, Ill.
July 30, 1912
Headquarters for Choice Cigars
Among our popular brands of Five Cent Cigars you will always find
Brown Beauties, Bradley, Cineo, Cuban Seal, Phil Sheridan, Cremo, Doctor, Davenport, Havana Sticks, Palmer House, Henry George, Hand Made, Harvester, John Ruskin, Sin Par
Besides a score of other unexcelled brands. We have a supply of smoker's articles of all kinds.
E.F. Johnson, Fulton, Ill.
Fulton Journal
July 30, 1912
FORD and HALLIDAY AUTOMOBILES!
If you are looking for the best and most serviceable car on the market, let me demonstrate the workings of the Ford or the Halliday. They are easily handled and have no superior.
I handle all kinds of lubricating oils and greases such as Polarine Engine Oil, Granite Harvester Oil, Arco Automobile Oil, Arco Transmission Grease, Eureka Belt Dressing and Arco Spotz Off Polish for brass, copper and nickel.
ROY SIKKEMA
Cor. Fourth St. & Thirteenth Ave., Fulton, Illinois
July 30, 1912
FORD and HALLIDAY AUTOMOBILES!
If you are looking for the best and most serviceable car on the market, let me demonstrate the workings of the Ford or the Halliday. They are easily handled and have no superior.
I handle all kinds of lubricating oils and greases such as Polarine Engine Oil, Granite Harvester Oil, Arco Automobile Oil, Arco Transmission Grease, Eureka Belt Dressing and Arco Spotz Off Polish for brass, copper and nickel.
ROY SIKKEMA
Cor. Fourth St. & Thirteenth Ave., Fulton, Illinois
Anthony and Nancy Roach
Fulton Journal: February 21, 1979
Bastian: There are numerous pieces of Mr. Booth's writings that are quotable. Perhaps one of the finest was in the Fulton Journal dated Sep.17, 1868. Anthony Roach had been a slave. Tried to enlist in the United States Army but was rejected because of his age. He stayed with the army and did odd jobs. He came to Fulton finally and the lonesome years pressed heavily. The editor of the Journal ran a kindly notice to help the old man: "INFORMATION WANTED--ANTHONY WAYNE ROACH, A COLORED MAN ONCE A SLAVE IN DECATUR COUNTY, TENN. AND NOW LIVING IN FULTON, WHITESIDE, COUNTY, ILL. BEING VERY ANXIOUS TO LEARN THE WHEREABOUTS OF HIS TWO SONS, ONE DAUGHTER AND A STEP-DAUGHTER, WHO WERE ALL SOLD AT AUCTION ON THE BLOCK AT DECATURVILLE, TENN. IN 1854, AS FOLLOWS:...THUS BEING WIDELY SEPARATED FOR FOURTEEN YEARS, WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR ANY INFORMATION THAT WOULD LEAD TO THE DISCOVERY OF EITHER OR ALL OF THEM. HE SAYS, "I AM NOW OLD AND HAVE NOT A CHILD NEAR TO GIVE ME A DRINK OF WATER. PUBLISHERS IN THE SOUTH AND WEST WILL CONFERE A SPECIAL FAVOR BY GIVING THIS NOTICE A PLACE IN THEIR COLUMNS."
Fulton Journal
April 13, 1877
Mrs. Roach, a colored woman who formerly lived near the stone quarry in the upper part of town, but removed to Clinton some time ago, has returned and announces herself in readiness to perform laundry work for persons wishing to engage her services either at her old residence or at the houses of her patrons.
Fulton Journal
April 5, 1898
Aunt Nancy Roach is dead. The dissolution occurred Saturday night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Sarah Williams, in Clinton. Mrs. Roach was born in slavery in the state of Georgia many years ago, close on to 100, it is thought. She was sold to a planter in Tennessee and resided there at the close of the war, when she removed with her husband to Sterling and then to this city. She was a familiar character in this city until about three years ago, when she went to live with daughter in Clinton. The funeral was held this afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Fulton Journal: February 21, 1979
Bastian: There are numerous pieces of Mr. Booth's writings that are quotable. Perhaps one of the finest was in the Fulton Journal dated Sep.17, 1868. Anthony Roach had been a slave. Tried to enlist in the United States Army but was rejected because of his age. He stayed with the army and did odd jobs. He came to Fulton finally and the lonesome years pressed heavily. The editor of the Journal ran a kindly notice to help the old man: "INFORMATION WANTED--ANTHONY WAYNE ROACH, A COLORED MAN ONCE A SLAVE IN DECATUR COUNTY, TENN. AND NOW LIVING IN FULTON, WHITESIDE, COUNTY, ILL. BEING VERY ANXIOUS TO LEARN THE WHEREABOUTS OF HIS TWO SONS, ONE DAUGHTER AND A STEP-DAUGHTER, WHO WERE ALL SOLD AT AUCTION ON THE BLOCK AT DECATURVILLE, TENN. IN 1854, AS FOLLOWS:...THUS BEING WIDELY SEPARATED FOR FOURTEEN YEARS, WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR ANY INFORMATION THAT WOULD LEAD TO THE DISCOVERY OF EITHER OR ALL OF THEM. HE SAYS, "I AM NOW OLD AND HAVE NOT A CHILD NEAR TO GIVE ME A DRINK OF WATER. PUBLISHERS IN THE SOUTH AND WEST WILL CONFERE A SPECIAL FAVOR BY GIVING THIS NOTICE A PLACE IN THEIR COLUMNS."
Fulton Journal
April 13, 1877
Mrs. Roach, a colored woman who formerly lived near the stone quarry in the upper part of town, but removed to Clinton some time ago, has returned and announces herself in readiness to perform laundry work for persons wishing to engage her services either at her old residence or at the houses of her patrons.
Fulton Journal
April 5, 1898
Aunt Nancy Roach is dead. The dissolution occurred Saturday night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Sarah Williams, in Clinton. Mrs. Roach was born in slavery in the state of Georgia many years ago, close on to 100, it is thought. She was sold to a planter in Tennessee and resided there at the close of the war, when she removed with her husband to Sterling and then to this city. She was a familiar character in this city until about three years ago, when she went to live with daughter in Clinton. The funeral was held this afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Jackson Martin Family
Fulton Journal: September 7, 1977
Southwest corner of 10th Avenue and 5th St.
Fulton, Illinois
An Old Home
Sale of the Andrews property to Fulton State Bank brings memories of the Martin House. On June 12, 1862, Constantine Langenberg transferred title of the real estate to Jackson F. Martin. The consideration was $800, so there must have been a house on it. For about the next 75 years, the place was occupied by Martins.
The house was a homey cottage of Victorian styling in early days. It was remodeled, perhaps after the death of Charles V. Martin, into two small apartments. Two closed-in porches were built at the rear. A large front porch was added, then or perhaps earlier.
Jackson F. Martin (usually called Jack) was an interesting person. He was born in 1834, came to Fulton in 1857 and died in 1893. It could be written truthfully that his great love was for horses. He exhibited some of his stable at the Morrison Fair in 1861. He received a prize of eight dollars for the best matched team and three dollars for the second-best single carriage horse. He had race-horses. He ran them frequently and won on occasion. One animal, Dunlap, was a local favorite. In 1877, he put on the market Jack Martin's Horse Powders. They were manufactured by the druggist, Leslie Williams.
Mr Martin operated a livery-stable for a few years and then dealt in livestock. He was a public-spirited man and did things for the good of the community. People were dependent on sleighs for transportation in the winter. There was an obstacle to free-going sometimes. Uses of the vehicles could travel along swifly until they reached the Cattail Bridge. Too often, the snow had been blown from it. He solved the problem by hauling snow into the crude wooden structure. In 1887, when much of the business center of Fulton was threatened by fire, he rode throughout the city sounding the alarm.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin had five sons, three of whom lived to maturity. They were Harry, Luther and Charles V. The last named inherited his father's love for horses. He drove them in numerous races and ran a livery-stable until the horseless carriages caused its closing.
Mrs. Charles Martin (Tina Johnson) had a great love for flowers. Her neighbor to the west, Mrs. A.W. Bastian, was equally enthusiastic. The bought rare lilacs, roses, irises, and spring-flowering bulbs. The area behind the two homes and Journal office was a beautiful flower-garden during the growing season. That was long ago but there are still a few lilacs and rose bushes left of the greatly admired planting.
Fulton Journal: September 7, 1977
Southwest corner of 10th Avenue and 5th St.
Fulton, Illinois
An Old Home
Sale of the Andrews property to Fulton State Bank brings memories of the Martin House. On June 12, 1862, Constantine Langenberg transferred title of the real estate to Jackson F. Martin. The consideration was $800, so there must have been a house on it. For about the next 75 years, the place was occupied by Martins.
The house was a homey cottage of Victorian styling in early days. It was remodeled, perhaps after the death of Charles V. Martin, into two small apartments. Two closed-in porches were built at the rear. A large front porch was added, then or perhaps earlier.
Jackson F. Martin (usually called Jack) was an interesting person. He was born in 1834, came to Fulton in 1857 and died in 1893. It could be written truthfully that his great love was for horses. He exhibited some of his stable at the Morrison Fair in 1861. He received a prize of eight dollars for the best matched team and three dollars for the second-best single carriage horse. He had race-horses. He ran them frequently and won on occasion. One animal, Dunlap, was a local favorite. In 1877, he put on the market Jack Martin's Horse Powders. They were manufactured by the druggist, Leslie Williams.
Mr Martin operated a livery-stable for a few years and then dealt in livestock. He was a public-spirited man and did things for the good of the community. People were dependent on sleighs for transportation in the winter. There was an obstacle to free-going sometimes. Uses of the vehicles could travel along swifly until they reached the Cattail Bridge. Too often, the snow had been blown from it. He solved the problem by hauling snow into the crude wooden structure. In 1887, when much of the business center of Fulton was threatened by fire, he rode throughout the city sounding the alarm.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin had five sons, three of whom lived to maturity. They were Harry, Luther and Charles V. The last named inherited his father's love for horses. He drove them in numerous races and ran a livery-stable until the horseless carriages caused its closing.
Mrs. Charles Martin (Tina Johnson) had a great love for flowers. Her neighbor to the west, Mrs. A.W. Bastian, was equally enthusiastic. The bought rare lilacs, roses, irises, and spring-flowering bulbs. The area behind the two homes and Journal office was a beautiful flower-garden during the growing season. That was long ago but there are still a few lilacs and rose bushes left of the greatly admired planting.
Roy Wythe Obit (see 2007 for Wythe family)
Fulton Journal: January 25, 1978
A memorial service for LeRoy A. Wythe, aged 88, formerly of Fulton will be conducted Thursday, Jan 26 at 7:30 p.m. at the Bosma Funeral Home. Members of Fulton City Lodge No. 189 A.F. & A.M. will conduct the service.
Mr. Wythe died November 25, 1977 in Pacific Beach, Calif., where cremation took place. Burial will take place at the Fulton Cemetery at the convenience of the family.
He was born in Clinton, on June 2, 1889, the son of Frank and Nellie Wythe. He lived in the Fulton and Clinton area for many years while working in the U.S. Postal Service, before moving to Los Angeles, Calif. He retired in 1955. He was a 50 year member of Fulton City Lodge No. 189 and a member of the Al Malaikah Shrine of Los Angeles, Calif.
Survirors include a daughter, Mrs. Fyrne Patterson, a grandson, Jeffery of South Gate, Calif. and a sister, Miss Helen Wythe of Fulton.
Fulton Journal: January 25, 1978
A memorial service for LeRoy A. Wythe, aged 88, formerly of Fulton will be conducted Thursday, Jan 26 at 7:30 p.m. at the Bosma Funeral Home. Members of Fulton City Lodge No. 189 A.F. & A.M. will conduct the service.
Mr. Wythe died November 25, 1977 in Pacific Beach, Calif., where cremation took place. Burial will take place at the Fulton Cemetery at the convenience of the family.
He was born in Clinton, on June 2, 1889, the son of Frank and Nellie Wythe. He lived in the Fulton and Clinton area for many years while working in the U.S. Postal Service, before moving to Los Angeles, Calif. He retired in 1955. He was a 50 year member of Fulton City Lodge No. 189 and a member of the Al Malaikah Shrine of Los Angeles, Calif.
Survirors include a daughter, Mrs. Fyrne Patterson, a grandson, Jeffery of South Gate, Calif. and a sister, Miss Helen Wythe of Fulton.
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