Mitchell Reed
Croney of Crockett
Mattoon, Ills., Feb 12 - Mitchell Reed, 90, a pioneer resident of Effingham county, is dead at Elliottstown. He was a native of Knox county, Tenn. When 6 years old his parents took him to Jacksons, in the Cherokee Nation, and he grew up among the savages, becoming a trader and intimate of Davy Crockette, the noted frontiersman. Reed came to Illinois in 1836.
[The Evening Bulletin. (Maysville, Ky.), February 13, 1901 - Submitted by K.T.]
Bertha Manuel
Mrs. Bertha Manuel Of Effingham Dies -- Mrs. Bertha Manuel, 68, an Effingham county resident, an invalid for three years, died at the Cunningham Nursing Home, Mattoon, Monday at about 1:15 p.m. where she had been a patient since May 27. Mrs. Manuel who had been virtually completely incapacitated since suffering a stroke in 1952, had been released from St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital, Effingham, before entering the nursing home.
Her condition had been described as relatively good until she suffered another stroke a week ago Saturday evening
She was born May 3, 1887, a daughter of John and Minnie (Hoag) Bolin. Her husband, Leslie Manuel, died in 1034.
She is survived by the following, five sons, Lyle of Oreana, Wayne and Noble of Effingham, Walton of Los Angeles, and Ed of Houston, Tex.; three daughters. Mrs. Lillian Herrington. Salt Lake City. Utah, Mrs. Leona Waugh. Alhambra, Cal. and Mrs. Betty Swendsen, Los Angeles; and two sisters. Mrs. Edith Tucker, Mrs. Hinnie Tyler of Effingham. Three brothers survive. Fred BoIin, Effingham, Roy Bolin, Mason, and Earl Bolin. Mt. Sterling.
She was a member of the Church of God in Effingham.
Services will be held Wednesday or Thursday afternoon at the Bauer funeral home, Effingham, pending arrival of relatives. The Rev. Joseph O. Sarver will officiate. Burial will be at Funkhouser cemetery.
[Daily Journal Gazette 1955-07-05 - BZ - Sub. by FoFG]
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