Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-12-30
DEATH OF MRS. JOHN
FUTILE.
Is Called While at the Home OF her
Son in Minneapolis.

MIS- Jonn futile died at the home
OF her son, W. E. futile, in Minnea-
polls, Mimi, on Friday morning.
Dec. 70, 1913, at O'Clock a. M, at
the advanced age of SO. She was one
OF Wausau's oldest and greatly be-
loved citizens, having made her home
mere continually since 1852. She was
a woman OF education and ability,
very capable and therefore of estima-
Die worth in the early pioneer days
OF our city. She was always sincere
christian woman and worker and a
member OF the First Methodist Epis-
copal church, and she did much to
make conditions better along religious
ana educational lines during those
| early days.
Her husband, John futile, came to
| WauSau in 1850. He was, during his
life time, interested in numbering and
| up to the time of his death in 1900,
was very active in saw mill work.
| Since his death, Mrs. futile has been
in declining health. Eight years ago
| her eye-sight failed her and since
then she has been blind Through
all, her sntferings were borne with
patience and fortitude and she had
been cheerful and ever doing what
she could to add to the happiness of
others, which was notably character
istic of her during her entire life.
She was a noble woman and without
whom the history of our city could
not be written.
Mrs. Mary S. futile was born in
Chazy, Clinton county, n. Y, on the
10th day of Aug, 1880. She was one
of a family of six children, two of
whom reside in this city: Mrs. Theo-
dore Appleton and Mrs. John Ver-
bryck.
Heman Slosson, father of Mrs
futile, was school teacher until As
years of age, after which he went to
farming. He died in Fairwater, Wis,
having lived one year previously in
Wausau. Her mother died in 1884 at
the cid home in N. Y. state, where
she had gone after the death of her
husband. 1t was coincidence worth
relating that deceased and her mother
lived to be the same age, the latter
having been born in 1901 and dying
in 1884.
Deceased came we to visit in Chi
cago in the spring of 1852. She had
brother living in Wausau, Lorenzo
w. Slosson and he went down and
met her and induced her to make the
trip to Wausau. At that time no
trains were running farther north
than Belvidere, I'll. From that place
to Stevens Point the trip had 20 be
made by stage. which took one
week. They arrived in Stevens Point
just too late to take the stage to
Wausau which only made one trip
weekly. They started out to make
Knowlton by canoe, and had only
been out two hours when it COM
menced to rain and the canoe to leak
and they had hard time keeping
atioat until they reached the Wylie
hotel. This hotel was run by the
father of DR.. ID. B. Wylie, Mrs. H.
L. Wheeler and Mrs. d. B. Bentley,
and was a popular stopping place in
those days. They finally reached
Knowlton, by canoe having been
nearly eaten up by mosquitoes. They
remained there one week waiting for
the stage, which on that particular
trip was driven by @. A. Single, who
was conducting the Forest House in
Wausau.
The trip was made to Wastsau over
a road that was very rough; the horses
had TO walk all the way, and ittoOk
from early morning until lAte in ire
evening to reach this city. While
here she was at the home of her
was the late Mrs NJ. d. Corey'S sister
Mrs. V. A. Alderson's mother.
Mrs. Slosson was also the mother of
VIM. Slosson, who is the engineer of
the pumping station, also of the
late Mrs. James McEwen. Among
those living here and whom she
met in those days wers Messrs.
and Mesdames w. ID. Mclndoe, Peter
St. Austin. Judge Kennedy, G. A.
Single, M. d. Corey, Thos. Hinton,
Hiram Calkins and Col. Shutter.
Mrs. futile taught public school in
1852, commencing in July and con-
tinuing until Feb. 1853. The school
building stood near the hill leading
to the old n w. depot She had
eight scholars enrolled, six attending
regularly, which were all the children
here at that time. There was one
child of Judge Kennedy, three of Mr..
Hinton's and the Slosson children.
Miss Kate Fellows of Chazy, N. Y,
was teacher in the select school just
before Mrs. futile came. The wages
paid at that time were four dollars a
week. Wausau was then known as
"Big Bull Falls"
While here Mrs. futile met Mr..
John futile, her future husband, and
they were united in marriage in 1858.
Deceased is survived by five sons,
John, of Texas; William of Minneap
polls; George of Washington, d. c.;
Henry of Portland Oregon, and
Charles of Minneapolis, all of whom
but John and Henry are present to-
day at the funeral. She is also sur
vived by two sisters, Mrs. John Yer
bryck and Mrs. Theo. Appleton, both
of this city.
The funeral services were held at
two O'Clock this afternoon from the
undertaking rooms of Ritter &
Deutsch, the Rev. H. j. Evans of the
First M. e. church officiating The
following old friends and neighbors
acted as pallbearers: E. G.. thinner
man, j. G. Gebhart, j. n. Manson,
Gustav Mueller, Jacob Gensmman
ano E. B. Thayer. Burial was in
Pine Grove Cemetery