Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-02-10

Hare is in, possession Of all her reas-
ching faculties, eats heartily, enjoys
a joke, quotes much from the bible,
loves to have her friends call for a
brief visit, and is never out Of hulnor.
She has a head Of Silver and a
Of gold. Thus has she lived the glory
Of her life to the full strength OF
years to witness the marvellous
changes Of a century past which has
turned the old world into the new one
hundred and four milestones apart.
James Madison President.
"Her life began three months be.
fore John Jacob Astor had natured
the plans that caused the founding
Of Astoria, Oregon, and the estab-
lishment Of the fist white settlement
west of the Rocky Mountains. James
Madison was then the fourth presi-
dent of the United States, Henry
Clay was then speaker of the nation
al house of representatives; only two
years before her birth the great eman-
cipator, Abraham Lincoln, was born:
At shat time no further acquisition
had been made to the original Is
states of the Union, the population of
the country then was scarcely 10000
900. At the age of As years Mrs.
Hare saw the administration that adj
m:.ted Oregon into the Union.
~. OF Historic Fan :ly.
Frances Ellen Hare. is a direct des-
cendant of the D%avenports, n of the
first families of old Virginia. Judge
Davenport, her father, graced the SUI
preme bench of the state and repre-.
scented the commonwealth in congress
for three terms. Her father was a
slave holder, and realizing that slav-
cry was wrong, he liberated them and
moved to the state of Ohio, where
many of his old slaves followed him.
Frences Ellen, his daughter, was then
only W years Of age. AT the age
of 16 she married Joseph Hare at
Woodsfield, Ohio, in 1927. The Hare
family moved to st. Paul in 1857. To
them eight children were born. One
of these, Hon. w. D. Hare, was for
merly collector of customs Of the
Perth Of Astoria and prominent in
political affairs for many years. He
died at. Hillsboro about four years
ago. The other members Of the fam
lily who are still living are: MRS.
Fora Hare Gilman of Astoria, with
whom her mother has resided for the
past 20 years; Mrs. M. r. Hoagland,
formerly of Idaho, but now giving her
service to the care of her mother. and
sister; c. C.. Hare, H. r. Hare, R. N.
Hare and Mrs. NJ. z. Mitchell, all Of
st. Paul, MINI, and Joseph Hare, ST.,
of Bismarck, North Dakota who is
now in Astoria on a visit. %=
Mrs. Hare bears the distinction of
% grandchildren and a SINH
lar number of great-grandchildren.
She received her education in the
schools Of Winchester, Vir-
ginia, and in the schools Of Ohio.
When she was seven years old she
read the newspaper accounts Of pass
ing events to the negros on the cot
ton plantations Of the south during
the civil war, which followed later,
she contributed four sons, namely,
Hare of Bismarck. N. D., C.
Hare, H. r. Hare and r. N. Hare
Of st. Paul, all of whom served dur
ing the war and are living today.
Thus did Mrs. Hare put her strength
behind the nation and gave her heart
and hand to the cause of humanity,
Joseph Hare, her husband, married
1t the age of 81. He was ordained a
minister of the Methodist church and
Tiled the pulpit at Wheeling, West
Virginia, for a short time when he re-
tired to enter commercial life, and
preached locally only as opportunity
would permit.
The Center Republican is now print
ng on q new Cottrell.