In a message dated 10/28/1999 9:39:51 AM Mountain Daylight Time,
clawsons(a)purdue.edu writes:
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Another thought: maybe the farm was in her name, but she lived in town with
her husband, since she did get her mail at the Lafayette post office. Looks
as if there was a Linwood post office, however, since his listing doesn't
say "city." I'm not sure about that. Looks like, as an attorney, he would
get his mail in Lafayette.
1887-1888. This is most interesting, because for the year that
Cordelia Mote
is living 3 miles outside of town, William's address was listed as an
Attorney; MOTE & BALL 3s. 3rd. with a residence at 15th 3rd. n Hartford
Linwood. >>
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I'm not sure about this but, in those days for a woman to own something, and
it be listed in the phone directory, she had to have a business or divorced.
Would like this confirmed.
In William's bio (Tippencanoe Bio's) When I first read it, I thought that he
was constantly moving from job to job, from school to school. I was wondering
if she and children moved everytime.
Cordelia died Aug. 11, 1897. When William died in 1903, his second wife was
mentioned in obit.
Jean