Mrs. Luna Ormsby, known as ‘Grandma Ormsby,’ died at the home of her son, Morris Ormsby in Corunna, Nov. 9, [1883] aged nearly 80 years. She came to Michigan 26 years ago. [Luna was married to Philander Ormsby.] Shiawassee American, November 21, 1883 Contributed by: Shelli Steedman
Last rites were conducted Friday at 2 p.m. in the Mobley Funeral Chapel for Mrs. Agnes Ormsby, 72, by Rev. A. A. Kinion, pastor of the Church of God, officiating. Burial was in Woodlawn Cemetery. Survivors include three sons, L. C. Ormsby, Sand Springs, and Major Alonzo M. Ormsby, with the army of occupation in Germany; and Leroy Ormsby of Texarkana, Texas; seven sisters, Mrs. G. A. Isenhower, Sand Springs; Mrs. W. F. Snodgrass, Sedan, Kansas; Mrs. Lucy A. Warmbrodt, Winfield, Kans.; Mrs. Pearl McKey, Paola, Kans.; Mrs. Laura Wimmer, Mrs. Fred Brewster, Sedan, and Mrs. Mary Dawson of Oregon. … Read more
We begin our story in the year 1854 when the United States Congress organized the Nebraska Territory. Four years later, a law was passed defining the boundaries of its counties and locating their county seats. Merrick County now had a name and a county seat — Elvira. To the present day no one knows the exact location of Elvira, but many pioneers believed it was located two miles southeast of Clarks. The county received its name from the wife of the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Her maiden name was Elvira Merrick. The volume “History of Nebraska” tells us … Read more