Joe sent this interesting information to Sue after receiving the book she sent all the siblings:
"Sue, what a pleasant surprise getting the Images of America MARSHFIELD book in the mail yesterday.
I read and looked at everything in it before going to bed last night.
One question I always wanted to ask but did not know where to ask is: When was the first burial in the Marshfield Cemetery? According to page 21, it was in 1879.
Another question I hope Margaret partially answered and was going to clarify with Mary Pauline is where our gggrandmother was buried. That would be Edgar LaFoe's mother-in-law. Bernie said it occurred when Marshfield was the "end of track" when building the Frisco RR toward Springfield. He also said that was one reason the LaFoe's settled in Webster County. (To be near her burial grounds)
Harriett LaFoe said she had always heard the fact that the land speculators were saying Northview would be the RR Terminal and Edgar wanted in on the action, so he acquired land there.. The RR kept building through Northview and these facilities were built in North Springfield. Harriett made no mention of the burial, (as I recall).
The Marshfield book mentions, on page 8, second para. "Marshfield became a railroad stop in l886, connecting the small community with the rest of the world." page 54 shows two pictures of the depot. It mentions "Built in l886." Most references I have read show the Frisco's arrival in Springfield on May 5, 1870.
1870 would come nearer fitting the arrival of the LaFoe's into Webster County."
Thanks, Joe!
"Sue, what a pleasant surprise getting the Images of America MARSHFIELD book in the mail yesterday.
I read and looked at everything in it before going to bed last night.
One question I always wanted to ask but did not know where to ask is: When was the first burial in the Marshfield Cemetery? According to page 21, it was in 1879.
Another question I hope Margaret partially answered and was going to clarify with Mary Pauline is where our gggrandmother was buried. That would be Edgar LaFoe's mother-in-law. Bernie said it occurred when Marshfield was the "end of track" when building the Frisco RR toward Springfield. He also said that was one reason the LaFoe's settled in Webster County. (To be near her burial grounds)
Harriett LaFoe said she had always heard the fact that the land speculators were saying Northview would be the RR Terminal and Edgar wanted in on the action, so he acquired land there.. The RR kept building through Northview and these facilities were built in North Springfield. Harriett made no mention of the burial, (as I recall).
The Marshfield book mentions, on page 8, second para. "Marshfield became a railroad stop in l886, connecting the small community with the rest of the world." page 54 shows two pictures of the depot. It mentions "Built in l886." Most references I have read show the Frisco's arrival in Springfield on May 5, 1870.
1870 would come nearer fitting the arrival of the LaFoe's into Webster County."
Thanks, Joe!
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