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Obit: Elder, Frederick Redington (1860 - 1936)

Contact: Crystal Wendt

Surnames: Elder, Warner

----Sources: Neillsville Press (Neillsville, Clark County, Wis.) 15 Oct. 1936

Elder, Fred R. (1864? - 22 Sept. 1936)

Fred R. Elder passed away on September 22, 1936 in Seattle, Wash., after a four year’s illness of asthma and apoplexy. He was 72 years old in May. He left Neillsville in 1904 to go to Montana and came to Seattle in 1923 on Christmas Day, and has made h is home there ever since. He bought a home and he and his wife lived there for seven years, until Mrs. (Sarah) Elder passed away in July of 1933. Since that time he made is home with his daughter, Miss Vera M. Warner until he became so ill that he had to be moved to the hospital and was later moved to a Convalescent home where he passed away. He suffered at various time from dropsy and had three major and several minor strokes. Before he passed away he had a stroke on the left side which brought on his death.

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Bio: Elder, Frederick "Fred" Redington (1860 - 1936)

Transcriber: Stan

Surnames: Elder

----Source: Family Records

Frederick Redington Elder (17 May 1860) began his life in in the spring of the year in the great logging city of Eau Claire, Wisconsin his mother, Ann W. Elwell Elder first held him in her arms.  She had married Daniel M. Elder, 05 Dec 1844, in Kennebec, Maine.  They were both natives of that most northeastern state, known for its rocky coastline.  Daniel (1824-1904) was a couple of years older then Ann (1826-1907).   At the time of  Fred's birth, they had had their daughter, Henrietta Elder (1847–1918) and their first son, Daniel M. Elder, Jr. (1851–1904) whose birth was followed by George Elder (1855–?); Mary Elder (1859–).  It was another six years before their youngest son, Edward Everett Elder (1866–1931) joined the family and another three years before their youngest daughter, Eudora Bradshaw Elder (1869–1943) became the baby of the family.  Daniel M. Elder died in  21 March 1904 in Lacrosse, Wisconsin and the life of the mother of these nine siblings ended ,15 May 1907 in Butte, Silver Bow, Montana.

Children of Fred and Sarah

Wallace Elder, 14 May 1893, Neillsville, Clark, Wisconsin, Death: 03 Oct 1893

Hazel Eldora Elder, 2 June 1896, Chippewa, Wisconsin, Death: 22 OCT 1976

Vera Mae Elder, 23 June 1898, Neillsville, Clark, Wisconsin, Death: 24 February 1987, San Joaquin, California, United States

Clare Eugene Elder, 10 April 1900, Neillsville, Clark, Wisconsin, Death: 23 January 1956, Butte, Silver Bow, Montana, United States

Fred R. Elder, 19 Sep 1902, Neillsville, Clark, Wisconsin, Death: DEC 1977

Sarah Ruth Elder, 05 Aug 1909, Neillsville, Clark Wisconsin

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BioM: Southard, Sarah (Marriage - 1887)

Transcriber: Stan

Surnames: Bey, Marsh, Southard

----Source: Neillsville Republican Press 6/2/1887

SARAH SOUTHARD/NICK BEY MARRIAGE

Married in this city, May 26th, 1887, at the O'Neill House, by Spencer M. Marsh, J.P., Mr. Nick Bey and Miss Sarah Southard, both of Neillsville, Clark County.

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BioM: Southard, Sarah (Marriage - 1891)

Transcriber: Stan

Surnames: Elder, Southard

----Source: Wisconsin Marriage Records

28 November 1891 Neillsville, Clark, Wisconsin, Sarah Hannah Southard married Frederick Redington Elder (1860 - 1936).  She was the daughter of Asa Varney Southard (1831–1912) and Helen Amanda Townsend (1846–1924) who was born 25 June 1873 in Mars Hill, Aroostook, Maine,  Her siblings were: Ida Mae Southard 1871–1949,  Warren Asa Southard (1874–1949), Herbert Alson Southard 1878–1920, William Perez Southard 1878–1932, Della Helen Southard 1883–1963, John Edgar Southard 1886–1924, and George Earl Southard 1889–1930 , 
 

She died 29 July 1933 in Seattle, King, Washington.

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Bio: Elder, Henry

Transcriber: Stan

Surnames: Elder

----Sources: Family Records, Colby Phonograph 30 Sep 1897

Henry Elder is in receipt of a letter from his brother Joe, who was injured by a fall at Logansport, IN., recently.  Joe says he is getting along finely, though not able to work: that at the time of writing the letter, he is sitting under a magnolia tree directing the movements of a gang of men; that Logsansport is quarantined on account of the yellow fever; that he expects to be actively at work again in a few days and that it will take two month to complete that job. Colby Phonograph 30 Sep 1897

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