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Oct. 1922, Longmont Ledger
Mrs. Elizabeth Mead, Early Highlandlake Pioneer,
Passes Away
Mrs. Elizabeth C. Mead, aged
81 year old, for 51 years a resident of the Highlandlake and Longmont
districts, passed away at the home of her son, M. G. Mead Monday morning
after a short illness. She made her home in Longmont for the last eight
years, but was brought out to her old homestead which was taken up by
her husband in 1874, Wednesday of last week. Her health had been failing
rapidly in the last few years. Mrs. Mead was born in Salisbury, Vermont,
January 20, 1841. She was united in marriage to L. C. Mead in the town
of her birth on June 20th, 1866. In 1871, the year of the great Chicago
fire, with her husband she traveled across the plains locating in
Longmont. Household goods owned by the couple left in Chicago, were
destroyed in the fire.
After residing in Longmont for three years, Mr. and
Mrs. Mead moved to Highlandlake, being the first settlers in this now
productive agricultural section. Her husband passed away on July 6,
1908. Mr. Mead headed an organization of farmers that took over the old
Highland ditch in 1872. The ditch at first called the Excelsior ditch
was organized by the Chicago-Colorado colony in the spring of that year,
and then taken over by residents of Longmont. Mr. Mead was elected
president of the Highlandlake Ditch Co. in 1872, a committee of farmers
heading the ditch company and making it a success.
Deceased was a charter member of the Longmont
Congregational church and a life-long member and conscientious worker in
the Longmont charter W.C.T.U. She was also instrumental in organizing
the Congregational church in Highlandlake. The deceased is survived by
two sons, M. G. Mead of Highlandlake and Rufus Mead of Pasadena,
California, where he is superintendent of schools.
Funeral services were held from the Highlandlake
church, one of the dearest spots on earth to the aged lady. Thursday
morning at 10 o'clock, Rev. Monroe Markley, her pastor, officiating, and
F. R. Shaw, undertaker, in charge of the remains. The church was
practically filled by those who came out to pay their last respects to
this dear old lady.
Quartets rendered by Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Welty and Mr.
and Mrs. C. I. True, which were appropriate and touching. The
pallbearers were Messrs. F. H. Coates, W. H. Markham, E. H. Markham, R.
S. True Jr., W. W. Woodley and Lou Munson, all old citizens of this
section.
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Oct. 1922, Longmont Ledger
Died
Mead--At Highlandlake, Monday, October 30, 1922, Mrs.
Elizabeth C. Mead, aged 81 years, 10 months and 9 days.
Mrs. Elizabeth Mead was one of the pioneers of this
country, coming here from Chicago , overland, in 1871, with her husband,
L. C. Mead. Some of their household goods were left in Chicago and
burned in the Chicago fire.
She was born in Salisbury, Vermont, January 20, 1841,
and spent her girlhood days there.
Mr. and Mrs. Mead lived in Longmont for three years and
then homesteaded a farm near Highlandlake, living there a good many
years.
Mr. Mead died on July 6, 1908, and for the past eight
years, Mrs. Mead has made her home on Kimbark street. When taken ill
last Wednesday, her daughter-in-law, Mrs. <. G. Mead, took her to the
home at Highlandlake and cared for her there during the short illness
which preceded her death.
Mrs. Mead was a charter member of the Congregational
Church and an enthusiastic worker in the W.C.T.U.
She leaves to mourn her going, two sons, M. G. Mead of Highlandlake and
Rufus Mead of Pasadena, Calif.
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