The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-05-11

Those present from a distance
were Everett Field and family and
Floyd Stilson and family of New
Carlisle; Mr.. and Mrs. Chauncy
Field Of South Bend, Mrs. Gather
inc Lang of Thornton, H.; Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. Taylor of Lowell, Ind;
Mr.. and Mrs. Gideon Logan of La
paz; D. E. Van Vactor of Argos;
Mr.. and Mrs. David Field, Asher
Stillson and family, James Stillson
and family and c. A. Bondurant
and family all of Plymouth.
Kanarr History.
Chas. c. Kanarr was born in Al
bany, New York Feb. %, 1S41. He
was the third Of six children, four
sons and two daughters. His par
ents came from Rhinebier, Germany
His father, Henry, was born in 1906
and his mother, Elizabeth, whose
maiden name was Krouser, was born
in 1908. The family were all born
in Albany, n Y, the youngest on
Feb. IA, 1848. They moved to
Thornton, Cook county, Illinois in
the same spring, where in the fol-
lowing November the mother died
at the age of 40 years leaving the
father to care for the family. He
moved to Centerville, Lake county,
Indiana, soon after and found homes
for his children and broke up house
keeping.
Our subject found employment
and a home with a Mr.. Pierce in
1S49 at the age of eight years. The
father also had employment with
Mr.. Pierce, where he died in 1851
under his sons care, at the age Of
45 years. The son continued to live
with Mr.. Pierce until 1856, when
he left him and found employment
at various places until the autumn
of 1861 when he set up housekeep-
ing for himself.
He met and made the acquaint
ance Of Miss Marie Stillson "a
happy EVENT. in the year 1860, and
as he puts it, He "sparked" her
until the following spring when
they were married Nav 6. He was
at that time farming for a Mr. Ed
gerton and very busy getting ready
for the spring planting and worked
hard all day until about Ave o clock
when he put the box On the two
horse wagon and he and the bride
made their way to Lowell, a dis
lance of two miles, engaged Darious
Bow, a Justice of the Peace and at
6 O'Clock p. m. had that great event,
we today celebrate, the union of two
hearts, that beat as one, legalized.
They returned home and continued
the farming operations under the
newly formed co-partnership. liv-
ing with Mr.. Edgerton until the
following autumn.
In those days the opportunities
for schooling were very limited and
he had only been able to get scant
supply Of book learning, having at
tended the district schools for a
few months in the winter while
with Mr.. Pierce and afterward two
years in the village of Centerville in
log house with creased paper for
glass and a teacher that knew less
than a 10y of ten now. However.
he gained a knowledge of the three
Rs and then attended a special
writing school with a Hindu teacL-
or which graduated him for the
duties of life.
We must now look to the other
side of the house.
Elizabeth Maria Stillson was born
April %, 1871, in Marshall county,
Indiana. Her parents were Sey-
mour and Cynthia Ann Stillson who
had a family Of nine children. They
moved to Lowell, Lake county, IN
diana in 1860. This was Hateful
move, for there they lost Maria.
They moved back to this neigh
torhood in Marshall county in 1867,
then after two years to Starke copn-
ty, Indiana, where the father died
in 1869. The mother afterwarc
broke up Housekeeping and came ani
lived with Maria until her death
Feb. IA, 1893.
In the autumn following that
event Of all events in the history of
every couple, Bro. and sister Kanarr
went to housekeeping in Thornton
Ill. They bought a second hand
stove, two chairs, converted q goods
box into a cupboard, made a table
2x4 feet square, the whole outfit
, costing them just $13 and commenc-