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Note for: John H. Conlin, 1837 - 30 SEP 1899 Index

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     Notes for JOHN S. CONLIN:
        FATAL ACCIDENT

On Friday night of last week about 8 o'clock Eugene Dedrick heard the cries of a man in the Malta yards and on investigating found the mangled form of John Conlin, a well known farmer of Milan township. He was picked up just east of the first street crossing west of G.H. Gurler's creamery. He was evidently attempting to get out of the way of a freight train coming from the west side and was struck by the fast passenger train from the east. Soon a crowd gathered and he was taken to the hotel and from there to City hall. Dr. G.N. Lucas was called, also Dr. J.M. Everett and Dr. J.S. Rankin, both of DeKalb. An examination of his wounds was made about 10 o'clock, and it was generally agreed that death was certain. Both of his legs were broken below the knees and the bone of his right leg badly shattered. His right arm was crushed several times between the elbow and the shoulder. He did not seem to have been run over by the wheels of the train but it is marvellous how he could have received so many bone fractures without being ground to pieces.

He regained consciousness enough to tell the people attending him that he was struck by the fast passenger train. His life hung in the balances all night and his spirit passed to the God who gave it at almost eight o'clock Saturday morning, Sept. 30. 1899.

He was born in Ireland about 65 years ago and came to this country when a comparatively a young man. He married Miss Rowe, a sister of Dr. Rowe of Franklin Grove, and Dr. Rowe of Chana. They were the parents of eight children, three girls, five boys, as follows: John, Charles, Richard, James, Edward, Lizzie, Mary, and Maggie.

Mrs. Conlin was for many years an invalid and died about a year ago. Coroner Morris was called on Sunday and the inquest was held. The jury was: R.M. Patterson, W.L. Stephens, Ed. Larson, Wm. Smith, E.D. Bone, foreman. They brought a verdict in accordance with the above facts.

The funeral service was held at the Malta M.E. church on Monday and the remains were laid to rest in the Malta cemetery. The address was made by Rev. J.M. Wheaton, formerly pastor of the church, and a great friend of Mr. Conlin.

The deceased was one of the most noble hearted citizens of this locality in cases of sickness or trouble in the neighborhood, no one was ahead of Uncle John Conlin in rendering assistance and consolation. His funeral was attended by a large concourse of friends showing the esteem in which he was held by the community.

Among those who attended the funeral from a distance were the following: Mrs. McCann and daughter, Rockford; Dr. M.C. Rowe and wife, Chana; John H. Rowe, Chana; Samuel Mitchell and wife, Chana; Fred Rowe and Daughter, Franklin Grove.

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Note for: John Roe, 20 AUG 1800 - 21 JUN 1872 Index

Occupation:
     Place:   Physician

Burial:
     Place:   Lighthouse Point, Ogle Co., Illinois

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     Husband to Elizabeth Ann Lyon. John's family arrived in America in the 1640's. He is descended from the O'Neils that ruled Tyrone Ireland for 500 years. He was a gold rush adventurer, a Methodist Episcopal Minister and an entreprenuer all his life.

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Note for: Franklin Morris Roe, - Index

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Third son of John and Elizabeth Ann Lyon-Roe. Like his Father, Franklin was a doctor and Methodist Episcopal minister his whole adult life in Downer's Grove Illinois, now a Chicago suburb.

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Note for: Matthew Cartright Roe, - Index

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Fifth son of John and Elizabeth Ann Lyon-Roe. A farmer, active in the Church, he moved to Iowa after the goldrush and other entreprenureal endevors with his father.

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Note for: Uriah Chittenden Roe, - Index

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Oldest surviving child of John and Elizabeth Lyon-Roe. Doctor and Farmer from Franklin Grove, Dekalb County Illinois.

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Note for: Giles Bolivar Roe, - Index

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Fourth son of John and Elizabeth Ann Lyon-Roe. Giles was a farmer. His second wife left him, and little is known about that part of his family.

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Note for: John Humphrey Roe, - Index

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Sixth son of John and Elizabeth Lyon-Roe. John and his cousin Thomas Archer Lyon founded the Equitable Life Assurance Company in Kentucky. See the article in this section, and there will be letters posted from him to his niece Lizzie Conlin later this summer. He never married, but died a wealthy man leaving a family battle over his will.

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Note for: Uriah Roe, 4 JUN 1745 - 12 APR 1812 Index

Burial:
     Place:   St. James P.E. Church, Paschallville, Philadelphia, PA

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     Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Wills, 1682-1819

Name: Uriah Roe
Description: Brother
Date: 16 Apr 1761
Prove Date: 3 Dec 1772
BookPage: P:337
Remarks: David Roe. City of Phila. 16 April 1761. 3 Dec 1772. Mother: Hannah. Brothers: Abraham, Jesse, Uriah, John. Sisters: Jemima, Hannah. Execs.: Jesse Roe, John Merritt. P:337.

Name: Uriah Roe
Residence: Kingsessing Township, Philadelphia Co., PA
Description: Decedent
Date: 26 Dec 1811
Prove Date: 25 Apr 1812
Title: Cordwainer (shoemaker)
BookPage: 4:127
Remarks: Roe, Uriah. Kingsessing Twp. Phila. Co. Cordwainer. Dec 26, 1811. April 25, 1812. 4.127. Property to his children viz. To: David Roe, Samuel Roe, Elias Humphries Roe, Joanna Turner, Anna McNemea and Hannah McColloh. Execs: Friend Benjamin Pearson of Darby, Delaware Co., and son David Roe of Kingsessing.

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Note for: Joanna Humphreys, 10 OCT 1744 - 28 JUN 1811 Index

Christening:
     Date:   24 FEB 1750/51
     Place:   Old Sweden Church, Wilmington, New Castle Co., Delaware

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Note for: Henry Roe, BET 1704 AND 1705 - 25 FEB 1749/50 Index

Burial:
     Place:   Blackwood, Camden Co., New Jersey

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     From the Pennsylvania Magazine: XIV, p. 85
Henry Roe was probably the son of John Roe, who located land in the forks of Timber Creek, Gloucester Co., New Jersey as early as December 1696/7. Henry Roe was the first person who surveyed land in Williamstown (formerly called Squankum) locating near a cedar swamp in 1726. In 1729, he married Hannah, daughter of Richard Cheeseman, who came from Hempstead, Long Island to Monmouth County, NJ and in 1720 to Gloucester Co. where he became an extensive landowner.

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Note for: Hannah Cheeseman, 1708 - 29 NOV 1776 Index

Burial:
Place: St. Paul P.E., Old Swede's Church, Philadelphia, PA

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Note for: Matthew Lyon, 14 JUL 1750 - 1 AUG 1822 Index

Immigration:
     Date:   1764
     Place:   to New England as an indentured servant

Burial:
     Date:   1833
     Place:   Riverview Cemetery, Eddyville, Lyon Co., KY

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     Matthew Lyon (1749-1822) — of Eddyville, Lyon County, Ky. Born in County Wicklow, Ireland, July 14, 1749. Son-in-law of Thomas Chittenden; father of Chittenden Lyon; great-grandfather of William Peters Hepburn. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Vermont state house of representatives, 1779-83; U.S. Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1797-1801; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1802; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 1st District, 1803-11; defeated, 1810. Convicted and jailed in 1789 under the Sedition Act. Died in Spadra Bluff, Johnson County, Ark., August 1, 1822. Original interment at Spadra Bluff Cemetery, Spadra Bluff, Ark.; reinterment in 1833 at Eddyville Cemetery, Eddyville, Ky.

On August 1, 1822 (the third birthday of Herman Melville, author of Moby-Dick), shortly after completing an exhausting 3,000 mile, five-month round-trip journey by flatboat from Arkansas to New Orleans to sell furs, pelts, and Indian commodities, Matthew Lyon, age 73, died of a fever in Spadra Bluff, Arkansas. He was reburied in Eddyville in 1833. In 1840, Congress voted to posthumously exonerate Matthew Lyon for his 1798 conviction under the Sedition Act and to return Lyon's fine of $1,060.96 (with interest) to his heirs.