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1879
Kaber
Another Wayward Husband. Special to the Sentinel: Downs, Ill., Sept. 25. -- This community received a shock yesterday morning, which has caused a great deal of excitement in the town. On Tuesday last Christopher Kaber, a wealthy and prominent farmer of this county, left home for Danvers, for the purpose of visiting one of his farms in that locality. Before going he told his wife he would be at home on Thursday evening of the same week. Time passed on, until apprehensions were felt that something unusual was detaining Kaber. A messenger was then sent to Danvers to ascertain the cause of his long delay and after the arrival of the messenger he was told that Kaber had eloped with another woman named Mrs. Beatrice, who formerly lived at Oak Grove and with whom he had been acquainted for some time and whom he had often visited at Danvers, remaining for several weeks at a time. It is said that Kaber took about $1,000 in money, besides all his accounts and papers. He leaves his wife and four small children, the youngest being about six weeks old. The strangest part of the affair is that the woman he went away with threatened about a year ago to kill Kaber if she ever had a chance. The affair creates a good deal of excitement at Downs.
[1879 Sep 26 - Indianapolis Sentinel, Indiana]
1916
Waywright
McLean County, Illinois, boasts of having the oldest driver of a motor car, Adam Waywright, of Downs township, is 100 years of age, and yet is able to handle a car.
[1916 Jul 05 - Miami Herald Record]
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