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     T.J. Rorke
     Heathcote, Ont.
     Winnebago Station,

     Winnebago County, Ill.                     1882
     Dear Friends:
     It is long since I wrote to you, though often thought and talked about you, but the things of this world have caused me much trouble and vexation. I have some mortgages hundred of miles away in the west, and one particular that the man that mortgaged his farm to me sold it, the farm, to another man, when interest was due it was not sent to me. How many times I wrote to inquire about it, I cannot tell you, for I kept no count, but continued to get no answer, until I wrote and threatened to close the mortgage, then the man wrote to me informing me himself and and (sic) family were sick and had spent all the money he intended to pay me with, and begged that I would wait until he got better and able to pay me. I granted this request I believe him to be honest. The cause I take mortgage hundreds of miles west I get two percent interest more than I can get in Illinois.
     William was 21 years of age the second of last February, his two sisters and brother sold their interest in the little farm to me, so that I owned three parts of it and William one. They sold to me for five hundred dollars each. Mrs. Eterny sold the three shares for 700 dollars more than I gave for them. William sold his share at the same rate. I had 600 dollars of pension money and rent belonging to Wm. The land just sold for three thousand dollars. I gave William all the three shares sold for more than they cost me, which was 700 dollars. That and his share of the place with the 800 cash that I had saved with rent and pension, made for him to begin with twenty-three hundred dollars. William has bought 80 acres of land with a good house on it and good out buildings and 10 acres of hog pasture fenced in with three boards and one wire.
     Will’s brother Ed is married, and William says he has gt a clever, religious wife and is doing well. My son John, living 8 miles from them and is also doing well, has sent me word that he is coming to see us this spring wen he gets his crops put in this spring. My son Rob has bought his partner out and is doing considerable business. He has three hired hands besides his son. He is so engaged with the things of this world he has no time to prepare for the next. Edward and his family are well and doing well. His boys are steady, good workers and stout, strong-built, compared with their father. He has mad over $6000 since he went to the place he is on. In buying land and building he is only owing $500, and he says he can pay that off in three months.
     We hav small-pox in this place. It has only been in one house as yet. There has been much sickness and many deaths in this part since you were here; people of all ages are constantly dropping off.
     Thomas White informed us of Mr. Dale’s death and Mr. and Mrs. Gibson.
     One of our neighbors died last night, over 80 years of age. We have got a grain elevator since you were here, also several good houses put up. Property is rising. Farms handy to this place have been sold for $75.00 per acre, and some are asking a hundred, and I believe they will soon get their price.
     Last Friday, 31st, the glass on the north side of my neighbor’s house stood at 80 degrees at five o’clock in the evening. People are puttin (sic) in their garden seeds and farmers are plowing to put in their crops.
     I feel a want of William to do my jobbing.
     April 5th. Cold, wet weather. Late spring.
     I believe my son John has more correct views of the mystery of the Gospel than any child I’ve got. 1 Timothy, 3rd, 16th. I have been informed that my son Rob is so engaged with the things f this world that  he has no time to prepare for the next, but he intends to be safe, so he has come out a Universalist. We are told in the Word of Life tha tif the Gospel be hid it is hid from them that are lost, whom the God of this world hath blinded their eyes.Jacob and Esau were brothers. The one was taken and the other left. Two thieves were crucified with Jesus, the one was taken and the other left. God is a Sovereign and has an unquestionable right to do what he will with His own. As many as are led by the Spirit of God are the Sons of God, Romans 8, 7th, and iic sons, then heirs; whom God liveth he liveth unto the end he changeth not, if they violate his statues and disregard his righteous laws then he says he will visit their transgressions with the rod and their iniquities with stripes, but His loving Kindness he will not take from them nor suffer his faithfulness to fail.
     I am blessed with good health, but nor free from rheumatic pains. Few people have more reason to be thankful to the giver of all good than I have. My wants are well supplied. The their that was crucified with my Lord and Savior, whose soul is now in the realms of bliss, has not more reason to be thankful than I have. I thank the Lord that it is written in the Word of Truth that where sin abounds Grace superabounds.
     Remember me to all inquiring friends. My memory is so poor that I can hardly think on anything. Real estate is less trouble than money in attending to than (sic) money, every large amount of property in this state is not free from incumbrance when the records are examined; hence the necessity of an abstract to be sure the title of the property you mortgage is good.
     From your well wisher, both for time and Eternity,
     (siged) James Smith

     Please overlook all blunders and mistakes.⁵

Sioux Citv. Iowa. Oct, 12. — A Journal Manchester (Iowa) special says that while the Democrats there were firing guns to night in honor of their victory in Indiana the cannon bnrst, killing a man named Charles H. Jackson, and slightly wounding another.¹⁵

     T.J. Rorke
     Heathcote, Ont.
     Winnebago Station,

     Winnebago County, Ill.                     1882
     Dear Friends:
     It is long since I wrote to you, though often thought and talked about you, but the things of this world have caused me much trouble and vexation. I have some mortgages hundred of miles away in the west, and one particular that the man that mortgaged his farm to me sold it, the farm, to another man, when interest was due it was not sent to me. How many times I wrote to inquire about it, I cannot tell you, for I kept no count, but continued to get no answer, until I wrote and threatened to close the mortgage, then the man wrote to me informing me himself and and (sic) family were sick and had spent all the money he intended to pay me with, and begged that I would wait until he got better and able to pay me. I granted this request I believe him to be honest. The cause I take mortgage hundreds of miles west I get two percent interest more than I can get in Illinois.
     William was 21 years of age the second of last February, his two sisters and brother sold their interest in the little farm to me, so that I owned three parts of it and William one. They sold to me for five hundred dollars each. Mrs. Eterny sold the three shares for 700 dollars more than I gave for them. William sold his share at the same rate. I had 600 dollars of pension money and rent belonging to Wm. The land just sold for three thousand dollars. I gave William all the three shares sold for more than they cost me, which was 700 dollars. That and his share of the place with the 800 cash that I had saved with rent and pension, made for him to begin with twenty-three hundred dollars. William has bought 80 acres of land with a good house on it and good out buildings and 10 acres of hog pasture fenced in with three boards and one wire.
     Will’s brother Ed is married, and William says he has gt a clever, religious wife and is doing well. My son John, living 8 miles from them and is also doing well, has sent me word that he is coming to see us this spring wen he gets his crops put in this spring. My son Rob has bought his partner out and is doing considerable business. He has three hired hands besides his son. He is so engaged with the things of this world he has no time to prepare for the next. Edward and his family are well and doing well. His boys are steady, good workers and stout, strong-built, compared with their father. He has mad over $6000 since he went to the place he is on. In buying land and building he is only owing $500, and he says he can pay that off in three months.
     We hav small-pox in this place. It has only been in one house as yet. There has been much sickness and many deaths in this part since you were here; people of all ages are constantly dropping off.
     Thomas White informed us of Mr. Dale’s death and Mr. and Mrs. Gibson.
     One of our neighbors died last night, over 80 years of age. We have got a grain elevator since you were here, also several good houses put up. Property is rising. Farms handy to this place have been sold for $75.00 per acre, and some are asking a hundred, and I believe they will soon get their price.
     Last Friday, 31st, the glass on the north side of my neighbor’s house stood at 80 degrees at five o’clock in the evening. People are puttin (sic) in their garden seeds and farmers are plowing to put in their crops.
     I feel a want of William to do my jobbing.
     April 5th. Cold, wet weather. Late spring.
     I believe my son John has more correct views of the mystery of the Gospel than any child I’ve got. 1 Timothy, 3rd, 16th. I have been informed that my son Rob is so engaged with the things f this world that  he has no time to prepare for the next, but he intends to be safe, so he has come out a Universalist. We are told in the Word of Life tha tif the Gospel be hid it is hid from them that are lost, whom the God of this world hath blinded their eyes.Jacob and Esau were brothers. The one was taken and the other left. Two thieves were crucified with Jesus, the one was taken and the other left. God is a Sovereign and has an unquestionable right to do what he will with His own. As many as are led by the Spirit of God are the Sons of God, Romans 8, 7th, and iic sons, then heirs; whom God liveth he liveth unto the end he changeth not, if they violate his statues and disregard his righteous laws then he says he will visit their transgressions with the rod and their iniquities with stripes, but His loving Kindness he will not take from them nor suffer his faithfulness to fail.
     I am blessed with good health, but nor free from rheumatic pains. Few people have more reason to be thankful to the giver of all good than I have. My wants are well supplied. The their that was crucified with my Lord and Savior, whose soul is now in the realms of bliss, has not more reason to be thankful than I have. I thank the Lord that it is written in the Word of Truth that where sin abounds Grace superabounds.
     Remember me to all inquiring friends. My memory is so poor that I can hardly think on anything. Real estate is less trouble than money in attending to than (sic) money, every large amount of property in this state is not free from incumbrance when the records are examined; hence the necessity of an abstract to be sure the title of the property you mortgage is good.
     From your well wisher, both for time and Eternity,
     (siged) James Smith

     Please overlook all blunders and mistakes.¹²

DEATHS AT ANTIOCH
     Antioch Enterprise.)
     Robert H. Smith passed away at his home in Antioch last Saturday morning. The deceased was 68 years of age and has made his home here for a number of years. Besides a wife he leaves a son, Harry Smith, and daughter, Miss Myrtle Smith, and a grandson to mourn his loss.
     The funeral services were held from the residence Monday morning. The services being conducted by Rev. Sylvester of the Methodist church and the interment made In the Masonic and Odd Fellows Cemetery.¹¹

According to the 1880 census, Robert H Smith had three children:

Henry M (1864 - ) born in Canada

Jennie M (1866 - ) born in Illinois

Mertie (1874 - ) born in Iowa


The 1885 Iowa State census shows four children:

Henry M (Abt 1865 - ) born in Canada

Jennie M (Abt 1867 - ) born in Illinois

Mertie (Abt 1875 - ) born in Delaware County, Iowa

Libbie (Abt 1882 - ) born in Delaware County, Iowa


According to the 1900 census, Robert's wife, Tamison was the mother of three children, with two still living. Only Libie (born Aug 1881 in Iowa) remained at home.

Since the 1885 census lists four children, perhaps Henry M had a different mother, but the 1900 census indicates that Robert H and Tamison were married about 1863, before Henry was born.^4,5,9

Married in Chicago Tuesday at High Noon -- A Pretty Wedding
At high noon on Tuesday occurred the marriage of Mr. Edward Smith, Jr., of this place, to Miss Gertrude Dawson of Chicago, at the home of the latter's parents at 2086 Gladys Avenue.

Rev. T. R. White performed the ceremony, which was witnessed only by the near relatives of the two families.

The house was artistically decorated for the occasion, the bridal party standing in front of a mantle banked with palms, asparagus ferns and carnations.

The bride was attired in a beautiful gown of white brittania mull with lace trimmings and carried a boguet (sic) of bridel (sic) roses.

Immediately following the ceremony, a delightful luncheon of several courses was served.

The bride is a prominent member of the Presbyterian church and for the past several years has been a most successful teacher in the intermediate department of the high school here. She is a young lady who is much admired for her strength of character and goodness of heart and has a large following of friends.

The groom is one of the most prosperous and best known young men in the village, whose industrious habits and sterling worth have won for him much deserved praise.

Mr. and Mrs. Smith will return to Winnebago Saturday, and in a short time will commence housekeeping in a fine new home which has just been completed for them.

(handwritten date - July 8, 1902 - This was a Tuesday, so is probably the wedding date - Rick Moffat.)¹³

STOLE A MARCH
The many friends of Edward Smith were agreeably surprised to hear of his marriage which was solomized at the home of the bride, Miss Alice Dawson in Chicago last Thursday. Their marriage was strictly on the q.t. order and even his most intimate friends did not suspect anything until they saw an article announcing their marriage in the Chicago papers.

Mr. Smith is one of our most popular young men of the village and the bride is equally as well known, having taught to the public school of this place for several years.

The newly married couple left at once for an extended Eastern and Canadian trip after which they will make their home at the residence of the groom in the village. The REFLECTOR extends congratulations.

Note (Rick Moffat) - Sept 7, 1905 was a Thursday, supporting the wedding data given by other sources.¹⁵

Funeral services for Edward Smith, 75, Winnebago, who died at Rockford hospital yesterday morning, will be held at the home in Winnebago at 1:30 p. m. Thursday and at the Methodist church at 2 p. m. The Rev. L. R. Gilliland, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Winnebago, will officiate and burial will be in Winnebago cemetery, Friends are requested to omit flowers.
[handwritten date Feb. 6, 1941]
The son of Mr. and Mrs Edward Smith, he was born in Seward township April 18, 1865, and had resided in this county all his life. He was a member of the First Presbyterian church and served as a trustee for 25 years.
He is survived by his widow, the former Alice Dawson, whom he married in 1905; two brothers, Attorney Fred H. Smith and James Smith of Rockford; a sister, Miss Martha Smith of Winnebago, and several nieces and nephews.

[Handwritten note - Death Feb 4, 1941]¹¹

Married in Chicago Tuesday at High Noon -- A Pretty Wedding
At high noon on Tuesday occurred the marriage of Mr. Edward Smith, Jr., of this place, to Miss Gertrude Dawson of Chicago, at the home of the latter's parents at 2086 Gladys Avenue.

Rev. T. R. White performed the ceremony, which was witnessed only by the near relatives of the two families.

The house was artistically decorated for the occasion, the bridal party standing in front of a mantle banked with palms, asparagus ferns and carnations.

The bride was attired in a beautiful gown of white brittania mull with lace trimmings and carried a boguet (sic) of bridel (sic) roses.

Immediately following the ceremony, a delightful luncheon of several courses was served.

The bride is a prominent member of the Presbyterian church and for the past several years has been a most successful teacher in the intermediate department of the high school here. She is a young lady who is much admired for her strength of character and goodness of heart and has a large following of friends.

The groom is one of the most prosperous and best known young men in the village, whose industrious habits and sterling worth have won for him much deserved praise.

Mr. and Mrs. Smith will return to Winnebago Saturday, and in a short time will commence housekeeping in a fine new home which has just been completed for them.

(handwritten date - July 8, 1902 - This was a Tuesday, so is probably the wedding date - Rick Moffat.)¹⁴

Mrs. Edward Smith, Jr., departed this life at her home in the village last Saturday evening, May 7, at 5:45 o'clock. She had been rapidly failing for the past two weeks and while it had been known for some time that life with we was at the ebb, yet her death was a great shock to the community.

Mrs. Smith's death was the result of a complication of diseases, and her illness dates back a year ago last March. She had many ups and downs during this time and was a great sufferer but bore it all with courage, cheerfulness and true Christian fortitude. She was conscious up to a few hours before the end.

Miss Gertrude Dawson was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, March 12, 1865, and was thus aged 39 years, 1 month and 25 days. The family moved to Illinois when she was a young girl and Miss Dawson attended and graduated from the Rockford High School. She taught School in various parts of the state for 16 years, the last 7 being spent in the Winnebago schools, where she had charge of the Intermediate department. On July 8, 1902, she was married at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hance, in Chicago, to Edward Smith, Jr., and has since been really one of us. Surviving her are , besides the husband, her mother, step-father and three sisters, Mrs. Frank Luther and Mrs. Lewis Richardson of Chicago, and Miss Alice Dawson of Winnebago.

Mrs. Smith was a member of the Presbyterian church and previous to her affliction was not only actively identified with the work of the curch but took a prominent part in the affairs of the Christian Endeavor society. As a school teacher she was unusually successful, and her name is a household word in many homes throughout the community. She was blessed with a sweet and lovable disposition, and her untimely death is a sad blow to the relatives and large circle of friends.

Funeral services were held last Monday afternoon; 1:30 from the house and 2 o'clock from the Presbyterian church. The services were largely attended; the teachers and pupils of the Winnebago school attending in a body. Rev. T. R. White officiated, and using the words, "To Die is Gain," for his text paid an eloquent tribute to the memory and pure Christian life of the deceased. Several beautiful selections were rendered by Mesdames Newton and Mellen, and the floral tributes, many being from former pupils, were unusually numerous.

Interment was in the Winnebago cemetery and the pall bearers were Messrs. Marien Watson, Joseph Love, Hugh McMichael, Jr., Tom Smith, Hugh Parsons and Will White.¹¹

STOLE A MARCH
The many friends of Edward Smith were agreeably surprised to hear of his marriage which was solomized at the home of the bride, Miss Alice Dawson in Chicago last Thursday. Their marriage was strictly on the q.t. order and even his most intimate friends did not suspect anything until they saw an article announcing their marriage in the Chicago papers.

Mr. Smith is one of our most popular young men of the village and the bride is equally as well known, having taught to the public school of this place for several years.

The newly married couple left at once for an extended Eastern and Canadian trip after which they will make their home at the residence of the groom in the village. The REFLECTOR extends congratulations.

Note (Rick Moffat) - Sept 7, 1905 was a Thursday, supporting the wedding data given by other sources.¹⁶

Services were held Sunday, at 2:30 p.m., in the First Presbyterian church, for Miss Maria E. Smith, 82, who died Friday night in her home at Winnebago.
     She was a sister of the late Rockford Attorney, Fred H. Smith.
     Born Jan. 20, 1867, on her father's farm near Middle Creek, Miss Smith was the daughter of Edward and Elizabeth Holloday Smith. She had been a member of the First Presbyterian church since moving to Winnebago, with her parents in 1910. She was formerly a member of Middle Creek Presbyterian church.
     Miss Smith attended Wheaton Normal school and later Wheaton college. She had been a member of the Winnebago Book club since 1902.
     Surviving are a brother, James Z. Smith of Rockford, six nephews: Wallace and Attorney Russell E. Smith of Rockford, Homer, Hugh and Arthur Smith of Winnebago, and F. Morrison Smith, Colorado Springs, Colo., Bridgeland, Winnebago, and Mrs. Rowena Conley, Kansas City, Mo. Mrs. Alice Smith, Winnebago, is a sister-in-law.
     Rev. L. R. Gilliland and Rev. H. P. Armstrong officiated at the funeral services and burial was in the Winnebago cemetery.
     Mrs. Rowena Conley came by motor from Kansas City and Mr. and Mrs. Morrison Smith came from Colorado Springs, by plane, to attend the services.⁴

Review her brother Edward's obituary to verify my transcription of her name as Miss Martha Smith is correct.¹³

Attorney Fred Smith Dies
Funeral services were held, last week Friday, at the First Presbyterian church in Rockford for attorney Fred H. Smith, who died Wednesday morning, at the home of his sister, Miss Maria Smith in Winnebago.

Attorney Smith was born March 9, 1869, on his father's farm southwest of town, the son of Edward and Elizabeth Holladay Smith. He was graduated from Wheaton college in 1895. After attending Northwestern University law school and graduating in 1897, he was admitted to the Illinois bar the same year.

His life, 48 years of which he devoted to the practise of law, touched many sides of the community. He served as president of the Rockford board of education under two mayors; as trustee of the Harry and Della Burpee Art Gallery association; trustee, elder and president of the First Presbyterian church and trustee of Rockford Memorial hospital association.

At Wheaton college, he met Frances Morrison, granddaughter of Jesse Wheaton, founder of the city of Wheaton, and they were married in 1898. Mrs. Smith died in 1924.

Three children survive: a son, attorney Russell E. Smith, who was associated with his father in the practise of law in Rockford; a daughter, Mrs. Rowena Conley, Kansas City, Mo., and a son, Frederick Morrison Smith ,a captain in the army air forces at Dyersburg, Tenn. There are four grandchildren.

He also leaves a brother, James Z. Smith. Another brother, Edward Smith of Winnebago, preceded him in death.

Dr. John Gordon, pastor of Second Congregational church, Rockford, officiated at the funeral and burial was at Willwood burial park. Pallbearers were four nephews: Homer, Wallace, Hugh and Arthur Smith, Mark Guthall, and Charlie Encurco.¹¹

SOMETHING OF A SENSATION
     Ald. Lloyd, Ninth Ward, Sued for the Modest Sum of $10,000.
     A sensation has come to light in the filing of a complaint and answer in the district court, which concerns the families; of William Jamieson and Ald. Marshall C. Lloyd, Ninth ward.
     The former states in his complaint that the defendant is a brother of Mrs. Jamieson. For some timer he charges, Lloyd has so illtreated (sic) his wife that she has become ill and weak, and has just cause for a divorce. About May 21, 1897, Mr. and Mrs. Jamieson took Mrs. Lloyd to live with them, and she remained with them until the following January, at which time Lloyd induced her to go back to him. At that time he used his influence over her it is alleged and induced her to sign a paper, in which she alleged that while she was with them Jamieson wanted her to conspire with him to secure control of the White Manufacturing Co., a business operated by Lloyd, and when he so secured control he would take care of her.
     This paper, it is alleged, Lloyd showed to many people, and used it in an endeavor to have plaintiff discharged from his position in the office of the city assessor. Further, it is charged that Lloyd went to the assessor, called Jamieson a thief and a drunkard. He also asserted that he wanted him discharged. He also asserted that he would pursue him in this life and would find some means to follow him in the next until he had gained his ends. For all this, Jamieson asks for a $10,000 damages from the alderman.
     Lloyd flies an answer in which he admits everything with qualifications. He says he has the paper, and that it was made without his connivance. He did say he was a drinker, which was true. He dill not intend to charge him with being a thief, but did charge that while he was in his employ the hooks were so kept as to make it appear that the White Manufacturing Co. was operating at it loss, when in fact it was making money. This he states is true and he will stand prepared to prove it. On these issues the family trouble will be tried in the courts.²³

Marital Bonds Severed.
     Emma Lloyd was granted a divorce from Ald. Marshall B. Lloyd yesterday by Judge Johnson. The defendant was placed on the stand for cross-examination under the statute, and upon his evidence the decision was made. The case is interesting, coming so soon after the Jameson-Lloyd libel case, in which Mrs. Lloyd was a witness on behalf of her husband.¹⁵

RICH MANUFACTURER DIVORCED FROM WIFE
     MARINETTE, Wis., April 30.--Marshall B. Lloyd, wealthy manufacturer and former mayor of Menominee, Mich., was granted a divorce from his wife by Judge O'Brien of the circuit court Wednesday. It was a default case, Mr. Lloyd claiming that his wife deserted him three years ago. She made no appearance. Mr. Lloyd recently sold his patent fibre furniture machine to English capitalists for $1,500,000. Some years ago he sold a patent for making seamless steel tubing for a consideration in the millions.¹⁸

RICH INVENTOR IS DEAD IN MICHIGAN
     Marshall B. Lloyd Ended Hand Weaving With Own Device
     MENOMINEE, Mich., Aug. 11--After hovering near death for nearly a week, Marshall B. Lloyd, 69, millionaire inventor, whose inventions revolutionized three industries, died at his home in Menominee yesterday.
     The invention by Lloyd of a wicker weaving loom changed the hand weaving methods that had been used since Biblical times. His invention weaved a baby carriage in 18 minutes, 30 times faster than the hand process and made the factory at Menominee the largest baby carriage plant in the world.
     A total of 200 inventions are credited to Lloyd. They include the Lloyd oxy-acetylene method of producing seamless steel tubing and a machine for weaving bed springs with which he founded his fortune, and the Lloyd Manufacturing Company, of Menominee.
     His first invention was a spear with which he captured the fish he peddled on the streets of Meaford, Ontario, in his younger days. Mr. Lloyd's falling health was attributed to his efforts in business of his home town in building and maintaining a department store and theatre with more than $1,000,000 invested.
     Two sisters, Mrs. C. A. Farrar and Mrs. William Jamieson, reside at Meaford.²¹

Suit For $1,000,000 Will Test Validity Of Divorce
     Menominee, Mich. (AP) --A wife's half share in the estate of the man to whom she was married through the struggling years of his career to be cast aside when he achieved success and wealth was the claim of Margaret Isadora Lloyd of Los Angeles, California against the estate of Marshall Burns Lloyd, of Menominee.
     Divorced April 27, 1920 on grounds of desertion, the Los Angeles woman sought to establish her claim to $1,000,000 of the estate of the inventor, manufacturer, and philanthropist by attacking the validity of the divorce. This she did, in a chancery hearing before. Circuit Judge Frank Bell, in circuit court here May 7 and 8, her suit being contested by Lloyd's third wife, Mrs. Henrietta Lloyd, and other heirs and executors , who contended that the plaintiff was debarred from starting suit by the lapse of eight years and maintained the divorce was legal.
     Lloyd, over whose $2,000,000 fortune the legal battle was waged by an imposing array of counsel, died in August 1927. Inventor of a score of devices, he achieved his greatest fame and wealth through the Lloyd loom which revolutionized the weaving business which theretofore had been done by hand, and earned for him the title of "baby carriage king" through the manufacture of baby carriages through the new process in his Menominee plant which he later sold.
     Endowed City
     His philanthropy was largely confined to Menominee where he came in 1900 as a struggling inventor, and upon his death was found he left to the city the bulk of his fortune for a clinic to care for the physical ills of its residents. His will made no mention of his second wife, cut off with a dollar, his estranged adopted son, and left his third wife, Mrs. Henrietta Lloyd, $300,000 through an ante nuptial agreement.
     A large department store, motion picture theater and community building stand as monuments to his generosity.
     But in bringing the suit, Mrs. Margaret Lloyd claimed that the generosity was confined to the community, Her counsel pictured her as having been wife and helper to Marshall Burns Lloyd for 16 years, to be ordered from their beautiful Menominee home and then divorced illegally without being notified and finally offered a settlement of her dower rights for $1 which she refused.
     Lloyd whose first wife, Emma Croskill Lloyd had divorced him in Minneapolis where he formerly lived, obtained a decree from Judge P. H. O'Brien, April 27, 20, charging desertion.
     Charged Secrete (sic) Love Affair
     Her attorneys contended that she did not desert but was sent away from home, two years before Lloyd sued for divorce. An impasse had been reached she contended, when she discovered an affair Lloyd is alleged to have had with a stenographer in the plants.
     The divorce was attacked on the grounds Mrs. Lloyd was not properly served with notice of the suit, and counsel further contended that the decree was void for want of jurisdiction and for failure to have a date on the order for publication. A fraud was perpetrated upon the court by Lloyd, the woman's counsel suggested, when he asked for a divorce charging desertion.
     The executors, Mrs. Henrietta Lloyd, the Detroit Trust company and Isaac B. Lipson, Chicago attorney and the heirs fought the suit on several grounds. They contended she was stopped from contesting the validity of the divorce by the lapse of eight years, and that the divorce was not invalidated by any error in the record if there were any.
     The defense had charged in its answer that Mrs. Lloyd's departure from Menominee was because of her misconduct, but this allegation was ordered expunged when no proof was offered. Mrs. Margaret Lloyd who has been living with relatives in Los Angeles was the principal witness for her side. Mrs. Henrietta Lloyd, who married the inventor April 11, 1922 in New York City, after a brief courtship following their meeting at Palm Beach where she managed a gift shop, testified briefly.²⁴

RECORD INHERITANCE TAX IS COLLECTED FROM LLOYD ESTATE
     Menominee Manufacturer Leaves Over Million and a Half to Fifteen Heirs
     MENOMINEE, Mich The second largest inheritance tax ever paid In Menominee county, $27,321.24, less a discount of five percent for payment within a year of death, was paid Saturday by the estate of Marshall B. Lloyd, millionaire manufacturer of Menominee.
     The estate comprised $1,548,900 personal property and $0.1,101 real property, an inventory showed. Exemptions, expenses and other matters cut the taxable amount to $980,552.53.
     The heirs include 15 relatives beside the window, Mrs. Henrietta Lloyd.
     The Lloyd estate just a few months ago was the defendant in a million dollar lawsuit filed by the Menominee manufacturers divorced second wife, Margaret Isadora Lloyd, who claimed that amount was due here as his legal widow. She was awarded, however, only $25,000 and that in lieu of alimony. Plans to appeal the case have been announced by her attorneys.
     Funeral expenses for Mr. Lloyd totaled $30,698.93 and the expense of administrating his estate was $197.913.71, the inheritance abstract shows. Exempt from taxation was the Marshall Lloyd trust fund of $234,642.78, the foundation of the charitable institution which Mr. Lloyd provided for Menominee.
     All the heirs except the widow receive annuities and upon their deaths the entire estate will revert to the charitable fund, which is to be devoted to establishment of a clinic for medical analysis and care of the sick.
     Note that the Marshall B. Lloyd clinic was not build until 1949 due to material scarcity and the war. It was disolved in 1980.²⁵

Lloyd Estate Heirs Appear Before Court
     Demand Explanation On Reputed Dwindling Of Estate From Over Million To $350,000
     Menominee, Mich, ---- vp) - The heirs of Marshall Burns Lloyd, inventor and baby carriage manufacturer who died in 1027, were in court again today, this time de-mantling an explanation from Mrs. Henrietta Pollen Lloyd Merril, Milwaukee, and the Detroit Trust company, as to why the estate has reputedly dwindled from $1,617,000 to less than $350,000,
     Mrs. Merril (sic), Lloyd's third wife, obtained a widow's share of the estate after a sensational trial In 1928 when Margaret Isadora Lloyd, Los Angeles, his second wife, contested the will and maintained she had a legal right to the widow's share.
     Cyrus S. Lloyd, Los Angeles, brother of the manufacturer, yesterday charged that beneficiaries were not consulted in matters pertaining to the estate and said it was necessary to appeal to probate court for a hearing. The court set March 20 for the hearing.
     Lloyd with other heirs demanded a detailed accounting from Mrs. Merril (sic), co-executor, and the Trust company, trustees of the estate.
     The fortune ,according (sic) to statements filed in probate court here, started a toboggan when Margaret Lloyd won $25,000 back alimony in 1928. That case, the papers said, cost the estate more than $95,000. Trial expenses listed attorneys' fees of $35,000 for Isaac B. Kipson, Chicago; $18,700 for John O'Hara, Menominee; and $6,649 for G. Lester Field, Detroit. In addition, the attorneys were listed as having received $2,000 traveling expenses.
     In addition, the beneficiaries say, they want detailed information of other expenditures. They said the Detroit firm received $70,500 executor's fees when under Michigan laws they were entitled to but $17,000.²⁶