by Sears Homes | Dec 16, 2012 | Uncategorized |
Yesterday, this website had its 500,000th visitor. That’s pretty exciting news. Since 1999, I’ve been writing and talking about Sears Homes. In August 2010, I started “blogging regularly” at this site. And then in June 2011, a new topic...
by Sears Homes | Feb 23, 2012 | Uncategorized |
Thursday evening, after some diligent searching, I found the obituary for Julia Hawley Hoyt, Addie’s mother. The microfilm was so badly faded that the text was barely legible, but I did find it. As I expected, Julia Hawley Hoyt never made it back to Lake Mills...
by Sears Homes | Feb 9, 2012 | Addie |
“In 1901, a death in a small town was a community event, and in a town with only 1800 people, death was a big event.” That’s one of about three dozen amazing tidbits I learned about funeral customs during my conversation with Marty Mitchell, Funeral...
by Sears Homes | Nov 16, 2011 | Uncategorized |
How do we know Addie did not die of diphtheria (as is stated on her death certificate)? Click here. To learn more about Addie’s death, click here. Please leave a comment below. * * *
by Sears Homes | Nov 8, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Addie allegedly died of diphtheria on June 19, 1901. Click here to read the full obituary. According to Mary Wilson’s book (A History of Lake Mills, published 1983), Addie was murdered by her husband, and the diphtheria story was fabricated to hide the true...
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