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Facts and Events
Obituary from Ellenville Journal, September 19,1902:
Mrs. Caroline Eck died suddenly Thursday evening from heart weakness.
She was preparing to retire when stricken; a daughter, Mrs Joseph Herman
who lives near, noticed the lamp burning, and it being later than usual sent
her son over to investigate. Through a window he saw his grandmother
sitting on the floor. Mrs Herman went over and found her unconscious.
Help quickly summoned was to no avail; she passed quietly away. Mrs. Eck
lived at Sholam with her son, Edward, who had come to Lackawack to the
store, his mother being left alone for the evening. The deceased was
86 years old. Funeral at the Baptist church, dominie Brown of
Napanoch officiating; interment at Yagerville. John and Caroline
Eck came from Germany in the early fifties with four children
and settled in Sholam where they brought up a large family, of
whom the following are living: Joseph, Conrad and Edward of
Sholam. Sarah wife of John D Irwin, and Lena, wife of Joseph
Herman, both of Sholam; Margaret Barthel of Lackawack; Lewis
and Benjamin of Napanoch and John in Pennsylvania; also
Gwendoline who was the wife of Gilbert Ellis, and Charles,
deceased. There are 62 grandchildren and 43 great-grandchildren
still living and 18 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren dead,
--making a total of 150 children in the three generations.
References
- ↑ Cemetery Records compiled by Friends of Historic Rochester. Cemetery Records compiled by Friends of Historic Rochester.
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