Died, at 7 o'clock Tuesday night, March 16, 1915, at the family homestead near Richland, Mrs. Martha Lyman Anderson, aged 81 years, the widow of Thomas F. Anderson and mother of Edward Anderson, member of the Springfield board of education.
Decedent was born in what was known as Old Sangamon town, December 8, 1833. Her parents were the first New England settlers who settled in that part of the county. December 25, 1851, she was married to Thomas F. Anderson, who died Septembr 23, 1898. Mrs. Anderson lived continuously on the farm, where she was born her entire life, and she and her husband lived on the old homestead from the time they were married until death took them both.
Surviving are two sons, Edward Anderson of this city, and Henry Anderson and Tavner Anderson of near Richland; one brother, Stephen Childs, of Farmingdale, many grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. IL State Register, Springfield, IL 3-17-1915.3
Joseph Lyman Child, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Child, Springfield, was found dead yesterday morning in his room at Williams College, Williamstown, Mass., where he was a senior student. Death is believed to have resulted form heart trouble.
Word of their son's death was received by Mr. and Mrs. Child by long distance telephone from the dean of the college, who stated that the young man was found by fraternity brothers after retiring the night before, apparently in good health. Mr. Child left at noon yesterday for Williamstown. After closing up his son's affairs at the school, he will return to Springfield with the body.
Young Child would have been graduated next June from Williams college. He was a student of brilliance and much promise and was majoring in economics. He planned to begin his graduate law course at the University of Chicago next fall.
He was president of his fraternity, the Delta Phi, and was advertising manager of one of the college publications. Born in Springfield, July 25, 1905, Joseph was graduated from the eighth grade Hay-Edwards school and later the Central Junior High school. He completed his academic studies at St. John's military academy, Delafield, Wis., where he was graduated as first lieutenant of his company in June, 1922. He entered Williams college the following September. He was preparing to spend the summer vacation with friends at Passaic, N. J. and Northampton, Mass.
Surviving him are his parents and a brother, Richard T. Child, a junior cadet at St. John's military academy, who arrived in the city last night. Joseph was a member of the First Presbyterian church of this city.2
ichard died at the age of 23 yrs 4 ms 25 dy of heart problems.
The victim of an apparent heart ailment, which had previously claimed the lives of his father and only brother, Richard Child, 23, was stricken suddenly yesterday afternoon on a porch of a home in Springfield. Rushed to St. John's hospital, he failed to respond to artificial resuscitation and the use of a pulmotor. He was the son of Henry L. Child, a prominent Springfield attorney, who died suddenly Nov. 4, 1927. He was preceded in death by his brother Joseph S. Child, who died in 1926 while attending Williams College, Williamstown, Mass.
Child had been employed for the last six months as a subscription solicitor for the Illinois Bell Telephone company. It was such a mission that took him yesterday to the home where he died while conversing with the homeowner. The only survivor is his mother, Mrs. Susan Child, who has been residing in Champaign since her husband's death. She arrived in the city last night. Child's death is the third to occur in his family because of heart disease. His father died suddenly in this city and his brother died unexpectedly while in school.
Born in Springfield, Nov. 15, 1910, Richard Child received his early education at the Hay-Edwards school. He was graduated from the St. John's military academy, Delafield, Wis., in 1927, after which he was graduated in 1928 from New York City University. He then attended the University of Chicago from which he was graduated in 1932. Prior to joining the Illinois Bell Telephone company in this city, he worked for fourteen months as a cashier in Chicago. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity.2