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10-14-2013, 04:47 PM,
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Rob Wick
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RE: Springfield Tour
Joe (or Pop  ),
You're welcome. It was a memory maker for both Cheryl and myself.
Anita,
Here is the information from Find-A-Grave:
Albert Booth
Born in Maine. Son of Isaac Booth. Husband of 1) Hannah Stephens Booth (d. 1860, Springfield) and 2) Clarissa Kent, widow of Josiah P. Kent who died July 26, 1856, in
Illiopolis township. Mrs. Clarissa Kent married March 17, 1861, to Albert Booth. He died March 1, 1873, in Springfield, Illinois, and his widow resides there. (Excerpts from 1881 History of Early Settlers of Sangamon County, IL)
The Booth monument has no names engraved. Small stones denote those family members in plot: Father and Mother are Albert and wife Hannah. Sons Albert, Charles and Timothy also have small stones, none with dates. Other known children are Amassa, Wesley, and Mary, who married Alexander McCosker and their name is inscribed on other side of monument. They are also buried in this plot.
It was a bittersweet time for Cheryl and myself. Several months ago we had to take Droopy to the vet because she had problems with her right eye. The doctor gave us some medicine and drops, but it never cleared up. I doubted she could see from it, but she still had her left eye. A few days ago, I noticed her left eye was starting to look like the right, but we put the drops in it and it seemed OK, so we took her to the kennel before we left for Springfield.
When we went to pick her up from the kennel, the owner asked us how long she had been blind. We were both dumbfounded, because when we dropped her off Thursday, she was fine. Evidently over those few days, the other eye went bad. The vet confirmed our worst fears today. Droopy is permanently and irrevocably blind in both eyes. The vet thinks it is something called Sudden Acquired Retinal Degeneration which comes on quickly and is predominant in female dogs. He said her overall health remains good, and she can live out a natural life with some help from us. She knows her way around the house, so she should be OK there, but we have to watch when she's introduced into a new environment, and we have to warn people not to startle or approach her quickly. It's disheartening to watch her and know there's nothing we can do to cure her. We can and will, however, continue to comfort and love her.
Best
Rob
Abraham Lincoln is the only man, dead or alive, with whom I could have spent five years without one hour of boredom.--Ida M. Tarbell
I want the respect of intelligent men, but I will choose for myself the intelligent.
--Carl Sandburg
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10-14-2013, 07:47 PM,
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Rob Wick
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RE: Springfield Tour
Eva,
Where the Old State Capitol, the Lincoln/Herndon Law Offices, the Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, the Lincoln Home and other buildings are located is called the Central Springfield Historic District. Where the Dana-Thomas and Vachel Lindsay homes are located is in the neighborhood called Old Aristocracy Hill.
The neighborhood around Lincoln's home has been shut to traffic and an attempt has been made to restore it to the appearance it had when Lincoln lived there. Some of the homes surrounding the Lincoln home are open to the public and contain some Lincoln mementos. The only thing which makes it difficult for me to imagine what it must have been like, is the traffic noise which goes up and down the surrounding streets. Of course, there's no way the streets could be shut down, but one has to strain to use their imagination on how it must have felt in that day.
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Rob
(10-14-2013, 07:06 PM)L Verge Wrote: Your photos, Rob, are the next best thing to my being in Springfield and New Salem. However, I almost fell off my chair when I saw the tombstone for Ann Rutledge and saw that her middle name was "Mayes." That was my maiden name, except that the U.S. Army had dropped the "e" from the name when all of my uncles - save one - and my father joined the service. I suspect that it might have been Miss Rutledge's mother's maiden name??? Anyone have any genealogy on her that could answer that question and where the family originated? So far as I can tell, my family started in southern Virginia or northern North Carolina.
Her mother's maiden name was actually Miller. Although it's not certain he was born there, the family did live in South Carolina before moving to Illinois.
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Rob
Abraham Lincoln is the only man, dead or alive, with whom I could have spent five years without one hour of boredom.--Ida M. Tarbell
I want the respect of intelligent men, but I will choose for myself the intelligent.
--Carl Sandburg
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10-14-2013, 08:02 PM,
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Joe Di Cola
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RE: Springfield Tour
(10-14-2013, 04:47 PM)Rob Wick Wrote: Joe (or Pop ),
You're welcome. It was a memory maker for both Cheryl and myself.
Anita,
Here is the information from Find-A-Grave:
Albert Booth
Born in Maine. Son of Isaac Booth. Husband of 1) Hannah Stephens Booth (d. 1860, Springfield) and 2) Clarissa Kent, widow of Josiah P. Kent who died July 26, 1856, in
Illiopolis township. Mrs. Clarissa Kent married March 17, 1861, to Albert Booth. He died March 1, 1873, in Springfield, Illinois, and his widow resides there. (Excerpts from 1881 History of Early Settlers of Sangamon County, IL)
The Booth monument has no names engraved. Small stones denote those family members in plot: Father and Mother are Albert and wife Hannah. Sons Albert, Charles and Timothy also have small stones, none with dates. Other known children are Amassa, Wesley, and Mary, who married Alexander McCosker and their name is inscribed on other side of monument. They are also buried in this plot.
It was a bittersweet time for Cheryl and myself. Several months ago we had to take Droopy to the vet because she had problems with her right eye. The doctor gave us some medicine and drops, but it never cleared up. I doubted she could see from it, but she still had her left eye. A few days ago, I noticed her left eye was starting to look like the right, but we put the drops in it and it seemed OK, so we took her to the kennel before we left for Springfield.
When we went to pick her up from the kennel, the owner asked us how long she had been blind. We were both dumbfounded, because when we dropped her off Thursday, she was fine. Evidently over those few days, the other eye went bad. The vet confirmed our worst fears today. Droopy is permanently and irrevocably blind in both eyes. The vet thinks it is something called Sudden Acquired Retinal Degeneration which comes on quickly and is predominant in female dogs. He said her overall health remains good, and she can live out a natural life with some help from us. She knows her way around the house, so she should be OK there, but we have to watch when she's introduced into a new environment, and we have to warn people not to startle or approach her quickly. It's disheartening to watch her and know there's nothing we can do to cure her. We can and will, however, continue to comfort and love her.
Best
Rob
Rob and Cheryl,
I am saddened to learn of Droopy's condition, but heartened to know that she will have a good life living with good and caring people like you two. Thanks ever so much for sharing about her, including her picture.
Joe
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10-14-2013, 08:38 PM,
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RE: Springfield Tour
Great pix Rob-my one and only trip to the Tomb and Lincoln's home was back in 1998
BTW, sorry to hear about Droopy
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