William Thompson VAN METER
Birth:
31 Oct 1872
Blue Ridge Township, Piatt co, Il, Usa
Death:
Sep 1943
Bloomington, McLean co, Il, Usa
Burial:
Mansfield Cemetery, Piatt co, Il, Usa
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Sources:
#8
Notes:
Obituary, September 23, 1943: " William Thompson VanMeter, 71, life long resident of Mansfield died Monday at the Mennonite hospital in Bloomington.
"Funeral services were held at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Mansfield Methodist church with Rev. Kenneth Knox officiating assisted by Rev. Martha Wisler. Burial was in the Mansfield cemetery.
"He was born October 31, 1872 on the VanMeter estate near Blue Ridge. He was married April 27, 1898 (?) to Marry [sic] F. Parsons, who survives."
Mary Safronia CLEAVER
Birth:
12 Jul 1879
Hardy co, Va, Usa
Death:
16 Nov 1984
Keyser, Mineral co, Wv, Usa
Burial:
Mansfield Cemetery, Piatt co, Il, Usa
Father:
Mother:
Sources:
#8
Notes:
Hardy County [West Virginia] Family History to 1990: "Mary S. VanMeter. Mrs. Mary Safronia Cleaver Parsons Vanmeter was born on South Fork at the Stump Place on July 12, 1879. She was known by the name of Aunt Phronia by her relatives and friends.
"Aunt Phronia was the oldest daughter of a family of nine children whose parents were John Cleaver and Josephine Halterman Cleaver. She lived on the South Fork most of her early life.
"In 1900, she married D. Walter Parsons and lived with the David Thompson Parsons family. In 1901, a son was born named David Thompson and in 1909 her husband Walter died.
"Their son, D. T. attended Potomac State College and after graduation was employed by Kelly Springfield Tire Company. The company sent him to St. Louis, Missouri and while there he roomed with Charles A. Lindberg who was carrying mail by air to Chicago.
"In 1914, Aunt Phronia went to Illinois to live with Solomon and Jemima Parsons VanMeter and later married Solomon's son, W. T. VanMeter. After his death in 1940, she moved back to South Fork in 1943 and made her home with her sister, Mrs. Minnie Parsons.
"She was active in church work, being a teacher and held other offices. Aunt Phronia loved to cook, bake and sew. She made many quilts and could do all types of fancy work. She had a clear mind until a year before her death. On her 100th birthday, President Jimmy Carter sent her an American flag and special greeting. Someone asked her at a small party, 'How does it feel to be 100 years old?' 'Well,' she replied, 'the first one hundred years were the hardest.'
"She resided a few years at the Heartland Nursing Home in Keyser where she died at age 105 on November 16, 1894. her body was sent to Mansfield, IL where she was buried by her last husband."
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William Thompson Van Meter - Mary Safronia Cleaver
William Thompson Van Meter
was born at Blue Ridge Township, Piatt co, Il, Usa 31 Oct 1872.
His parents were Solomon Van Meter and Ann Jemima Parsons.
He married Mary Safronia Cleaver . Mary Safronia Cleaver was born at Hardy co, Va, Usa 12 Jul 1879 .
William Thompson Van Meter died Sep 1943 at Bloomington, McLean co, Il, Usa .
Mary Safronia Cleaver died 16 Nov 1984 at Keyser, Mineral co, Wv, Usa .