A large number of Chowchilla people attended the funeral of Silas p. Pope, which was held from the Welch and Giffin [sic] Undertaking Parlors in Merced on Friday, October 24th. Reverend A. M. Prewitt officiated. The body was interred in the Merced cemetery. [Madera Mercury (California), Weds., 29 Oct 1924]
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Contributed by Anne Shurtleff Stevens:
Silas Pearson Pope was born on 20 Dec 1855 in Neenah, Wisconsin, and died on 21 Oct 1924 in Madera County, California. He was the son of Martius Linus Pope and Mary Catherine Smith, both of New York. Grandson of Eliphalet Stickney Pope and Sabrina Wood. Husband of Matilda Julia Wetzel, the daughter of Gustavus Moritz Wetzel and Bertha Liebrecht. They were married 23 July 1880 in Elm Creek, Martin, Minnesota, and had the following children:
* Nettie Pearl (Mrs. Seth Morton), 1881-1966
* Francis Clyde Pope, 1882-1945
* Walter Ross Pope, 1885-1966
* Mildred Irene (Mrs. Ralph McMasters), 1888-1977
* Buel Wood Pope, 1896-1969
* Silas Pearson Pope, Jr., 1898-1930
* Hazel Bessie Pope, 1899-1980
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Contributed by Anne Shurtleff Stevens:
Silas Pearson Pope was born on 20 Dec 1855 in Neenah, Wisconsin, and died on 21 Oct 1924 in Madera County, California. He was the son of Martius Linus Pope and Mary Catherine Smith, both of New York. Grandson of Eliphalet Stickney Pope and Sabrina Wood. Husband of Matilda Julia Wetzel, the daughter of Gustavus Moritz Wetzel and Bertha Liebrecht. They were married 23 July 1880 in Elm Creek, Martin, Minnesota, and had the following children:
* Nettie Pearl (Mrs. Seth Morton), 1881-1966
* Francis Clyde Pope, 1882-1945
* Walter Ross Pope, 1885-1966
* Mildred Irene (Mrs. Ralph McMasters), 1888-1977
* Buel Wood Pope, 1896-1969
* Silas Pearson Pope, Jr., 1898-1930
* Hazel Bessie Pope, 1899-1980
A large number of Chowchilla people attended the funeral of Silas p. Pope, which was held from the Welch and Giffin [sic] Undertaking Parlors in Merced on Friday, October 24th. Reverend A. M. Prewitt officiated. The body was interred in the Merced cemetery. [Madera Mercury (California), Weds., 29 Oct 1924]
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Contributed by Anne Shurtleff Stevens:
Silas Pearson Pope was born on 20 Dec 1855 in Neenah, Wisconsin, and died on 21 Oct 1924 in Madera County, California. He was the son of Martius Linus Pope and Mary Catherine Smith, both of New York. Grandson of Eliphalet Stickney Pope and Sabrina Wood. Husband of Matilda Julia Wetzel, the daughter of Gustavus Moritz Wetzel and Bertha Liebrecht. They were married 23 July 1880 in Elm Creek, Martin, Minnesota, and had the following children:
* Nettie Pearl (Mrs. Seth Morton), 1881-1966
* Francis Clyde Pope, 1882-1945
* Walter Ross Pope, 1885-1966
* Mildred Irene (Mrs. Ralph McMasters), 1888-1977
* Buel Wood Pope, 1896-1969
* Silas Pearson Pope, Jr., 1898-1930
* Hazel Bessie Pope, 1899-1980
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Contributed by Anne Shurtleff Stevens:
Silas Pearson Pope was born on 20 Dec 1855 in Neenah, Wisconsin, and died on 21 Oct 1924 in Madera County, California. He was the son of Martius Linus Pope and Mary Catherine Smith, both of New York. Grandson of Eliphalet Stickney Pope and Sabrina Wood. Husband of Matilda Julia Wetzel, the daughter of Gustavus Moritz Wetzel and Bertha Liebrecht. They were married 23 July 1880 in Elm Creek, Martin, Minnesota, and had the following children:
* Nettie Pearl (Mrs. Seth Morton), 1881-1966
* Francis Clyde Pope, 1882-1945
* Walter Ross Pope, 1885-1966
* Mildred Irene (Mrs. Ralph McMasters), 1888-1977
* Buel Wood Pope, 1896-1969
* Silas Pearson Pope, Jr., 1898-1930
* Hazel Bessie Pope, 1899-1980
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Matilda Pope
1859 ~ 1944
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Silas P. Pope
1855 ~ 1924
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