Milford chronicle., 1942-09-18
Obituary
McCLELLAND

Mrs. Annie Draper McClelland
widow of John McClelland, died Sat
urday, September 12, at the Beebe
Hospital, Lewes, following a briei
illness. Born in 1850 at Milford, the
daughter of Samuel and Ann Yoe
Draper, Mrs. McClelland would have
celebrated her 92nd birthday on
Monday had she lived. If she had
lived a fortnight longer she would
have been made an honorary mem
ber of the RehOboth Beach Village
Improvement Association, the wo-
mems civic organization. Going to
Rehoboth Al years ago as pioneer
resident of the summer colony, she
had spent the season at her cottage
on Baltimore avenue. Prior to NOV
ing to Rehoboth she spent the sum-
mer seasons with her mother and
friends in Milford Mrs. McClelland
was noted for her remarkable mem
ory of events and personages no.
table in the history of both Della
ware and of Washington, d. G. She
had spent her winters during the
past quarter of a century with her
nieces, Mrs. Edward c. Lloyd in
Washington, and Mrs. C. W. War
burton of Chevy Chase, Md, who,
with three nephews, Colonel Rob
ert F. Gill, U. S. A. retired, Alex
andria, Va; W. Harry Gill, Wash
ington, and Wilbur Gill, Midway,
Kentucky, survive. Funeral services
were held at 2 o'clock on Tuesday
by Rev. H. V. Branford of Lewes
at the graveside of her family plot |
in the Methodist cemetery in Mil
ford.
HAMMOND
Walter ]. Hammond, aged 76 !
years, died in the Milford Memo
rial Hospital on Saturday, Septem-
ber IL. A son Walter and daugh-
ter, Mrs. Frank Mag, survive. |
Funeral services were held at the
Powders funeral home on Tuesday. |
Interment in Silver Lake Cemetery, |
Dover. He was a veteran of the |
Spanish-American war, serving in |
Company "B", First Delaware Vol
unteers Infantry, under command |
of w. E. Lank. He was mustered |
into service in May, 1898, and was |
mustered out in December of the
same year. Mr.. Hammond was in
the late Major Theodore Town
sends battalion. Services at the |
grave were conducted by the Del
Mar-Va Camp, No. IA, V. S. W. V.
MORRIS
Alonzo r. Morris, aged S5 years,
of Milford, passed away at the Mil
ford Memorial Hospital Saturday,
September ~, after a short illness.
Funeral services were held at the
Powders funeral home Tuesday af-
ternoon, with Rev. John Jackson
Brown, Jr, pastor of First Presby- J
terian Church, officiating. Inter
ment in Odd Fellows Cemetery. He
is survived by one niece and two
nephews. For several years Mr..
Morris was in the hotel business
in Milford and Philadelphia, and
prior to that he was well known
house carpenter and baseball play
er of this community.
WILSON
Mrs. Anna Bertha Wilson, age 81 !
years, died at her home on South
East Front street, this city, on Sun
lay, September 13, 1912. Funeral
were held at her late resi- {
lence on Wednesday afternoon, I
September 16, at two p. m, with
Rev. Marion E. HungerfOrd, pastor
If Calvary Methodist Church, Off
Eating. Interment in Odd Fellows
Milford. She is survived '
" her husband, Theodore Wilson,
Jlant superintendent at Draper's ,
,annery, this city; one daughter, y
drs. Dorothy Kitchens, of Milford, I
wo sons, James Gerald Wilson of
he United States Army and Orville 5
3. Wilson of Milford; and two sis I
ers, Mrs. Charles Kurtz and Mrs. Il
lille Dyer, both of Milford. z
BENNETT D
Mrs. Sarah E. Bennett, age &C :,
ears, widow of the late John w.
'ennett, passed away at her home .
n North East Front street, this Z
ity, Thursday morning, September 7
, 1912. Funeral services were held 0
[ her late residence on Saturday, o
eptember 12, with Rev. DIR. Frank U
Ierson, pastor of Avenue Methodist o
hurch, Milford, officiating. Inter s
lent in Odd Fellows cemetery. She n
! survived by one son, Earl Ben D
EFT, and one daughter, Mrs. Lily n
both of Milford, and sew u
raj brothers and sisters. II