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10. SARAH ETTA³ SPACE (MARGARET ANN² SHANKLE, JACOB¹) was born 13 May 1853 in New Bethlehem, Clarion, PA ⁶⁶, and died 21 June 1903 in Long Beach, Orange, CA ⁶⁷. She married MYRON HAWLEY MCCORD, JR. 25 August 1877 in Jenny, Lincoln, WI ⁶⁸, son of MYRON MCCORD and ANNA ACKERMAN. He was born 26 November 1840 in Ceres, McKean, PA, and died 27 April 1908 in Phoenix, Maricopa, AZ.

Notes for SARAH ETTA SPACE:
Ripon College: Ripon, Shawano, Wisconsin information lists "Etta S. Space from Jenny, Wisconsin" in the Catalogue for 1876-1877 under the English Academy listings for Ladies. It would appear that she did not graduate which lends credence to the legend that Myron McCord proposed marriage prior to her finishing her studies.

Obituary, The Weekly Arizona Republican; July 2, 1903:
Death of Mrs. M'Cord. She Succumbs to Heart Disease at Long Beach Yesterday.
Mrs. Myron H. McCord died yesterday at Long Beach, Cal., where she had been for several weeks. The cause of death was heart disease of which she had been a sufferer for several years. For some months her condition had been rather worse and earlier in the season she went to the coast in the hope that the change of climate might be beneficial. United States Marshal McCord was with her at the time of her death.
He had passed through Long Beach a week ago on his way to San Francisco and at that time there seemed to be an improvement of her condition.
Among those who received telegrams announcing her death was Rev. Dr. Lewis Halsey of the First Baptist church, who was requested by Colonel McCord to arrange for the funeral on Tuesday. The body will be brought here tomorrow morning.
Mrs. McCord was fifty years of age. She was a native of Wisconsin and came here with her husband from Merrill in that state eight years ago. Her mother, who lived with her here for some time is now residing at Merrill.
During her residence in Phoenix Mrs. McCord by the kindliness of her manner attracted about her a large circle of friends who will hear of her death with deep regret.

Obituary, The Phoenix Gazette; Page 4:
In Loving Memory of Mrs. Sarah E. McCord.
Died at Long Beach, California...The subject of the above brief announcement was the wife of Myron H. McCord of this city. She was born in Pennsylvania, and removed to Wisconsin while an infant in arms. That was in 1854 and at that time the section of Wisconsin to which her folks removed was very sparsely settled; her parents being among the first to locate there.
She grew to young womanhood there enjoying such educational and other advantages as the neighborhood afforded only, except for one year she attended the Ripon College at Ripon, Wisconsin.
In 1877, when twenty seven years of age, she was married to Mr. McCord by Rev. J. F. Decker, then pastor of the M. E. church at Merrill, and soon after joined that church and has ben a consistent and devoted Christian ever since.
'From that day forth, in peace and joyous bliss,
they lived together long without debate;
nor private jars, nor spite of enemies,
could shake the safe assurance of their state.'
It is true, As Dr. Halsey said in the beautiful sermon at her burial, 'She was away trying to do good and her hand was always extended to those in need or help and sympathy, and her purse was freely opened to those in want.'
Last October she contracted rheumatism which affected her heart and although everything that loving friends and the best medical skill obtained could do for her was done, yet the wound was fatal and she was forced to succumb. From the moment of the last attack until death came to her relief was but a few seconds and she died peacefully and with little suffering.
She was indeed a true and noble woman fulfilling faithfully every duty. Her demise will be deeply regretted by not only a large circle of friends and acquaintances here but by a much larger number in Wisconsin where her friends are numbered only by the entire community where she lived for nearly forty years and where she had not a single enemy..."

More About SARAH ETTA SPACE:
Burial: 08 August 1903, Merrill Cemetery, Merrill, Lincoln, WI

Notes for MYRON HAWLEY MCCORD, JR.:
Federal Census of 1860, Town of Richmond, Shawano County, Wisconsin. McCORD FAMILY
Myron born 1806 in New York; wife Ann born 1809 born in Wisconsin?; son Myron born 1841 born in Pennsylvania; daughter Rhoda born 1845 in Pennsylvania and son Warren born 1848 (lists occupation as Day Laborer") born in New York

Federal Census of 1870, Town of Richmond, Shawano County, Wisconsin: McCORD FAMILY Myron H., 29, lumberman, b New York; Mariah, 27, Keeping House, b Indiana; Florence, 9, b Wisconsin; Charles, 6, b Wisconsin; Mary C., 4, b Wisconsin.

History of Shawano 1853-1953: City of Shawano: On April 7, 1874 the first Charter Election as held with the following officers elected: Aldermen, Second Ward, M. H. McCord
"Should you be walking along Shawano's Main Street (which was dusty in summer and and muddy in spring) during the years following its incorporation as a city you would find...Anything in the line of hardware might be found at the establishments of J. M. Schweers, Myron McCord and H. Nachtwey."
"The citizens of Shawano and Shawano County were kept informed of local and national happenings through their newspapers...When Shawano was little more than a group of dwellings...a man named Calkins started 'The Venture' for the purpose of publication of delinquent tax lists. Some time later when John Wiley was county treasurer he turned over to two friends, Myron McCord and A. G. Rockwell, the tax list publication. They started the Journal and since the main item of the paper was the tax list contract, 'The Venture' died. In 1862 McCord sold his share in the Journal to Charles Upham..."

Obituary from "Merrill Advocate" (Merrill, Lincoln, WI) Tuesday, May 5, 1908:
Death of Former Citizen. Myron H. McCord Dies in Arizona on April 27th. Had Risen to Eminence in Politics.
Myron H. McCord, known to all Merrill by reputation, if not personally, as a man of prominence and influences, and whom political achievements had brought him into relationship with the most distinguished in political life, died at his home in Phoenix, Arizona, on Monday, April 27th of Bright's disease, after an illness of several months' duration. A paralytic stroke received some weeks ago hastened the inevitable end. He was 67 years old. The news was received by his many friends in Merrill with extreme regret.
Myron H. McCord was born Nov. 26th, 1840 at Ceres, Penn. His parents came to Wisconsin in 1854, and young McCord went to Shawano, where he spent some years. He floated logs down the Wolf river, became superintendent of a logging enterprise, engaged in lumbering himself,and finally entered politics. He was elected superintendent of Shawano Co. schools in 1864, in 1869, treasurer of Shawano county re-elected in 1872, elected to the state senate, served two sessions, was again nominated but declined the honor.
In 1875, he came to Merrill and for many years was identified with the life of the community. Mr. McCord was the founder of the Lincoln County Advocate, and established this paper when Merrill was but a small and struggling village. This he published for some years. He was now deep in politics, and in 1876, went to the Republican National Convention at Cincinnati, as a delegate when Hayes was nominated, though he himself was a Blaine supporter. He was elected to the assembly from this district, in 1880, and served one term, and in 1883, was appointed register of the U. S. Land office at Wausau, serving from April 1st, 1883 to Dec. 31st. 1885 when he resigned the office.
In 1888, he was elected to congress from this district and served one term. During his term, he secured the appropriation for the federal building at Ashland, and was instrumental in having passed the so-called Water Reserve homestead act.
In 1890, and 1892, Mr. McCord was a candidate for re-election but the Democratic land slide sent him with all other Republicans down to defeat.
In 1893, he removed to Phoenix, Arizona, went into the fruit raising business, which proved unprofitable, and he then re-entered the newspaper field, editing the Daily Gazette of Phoenix, for a year or so. In 1896, McCord went to the National Republican Convention at St. Louis, from Arizona, and helped nominate William McKinley for president. The two were personal and political friends, and later McKinley made McCord, governor of Arizona. When the Spanish-American war broke out, he resigned his office, organized a regiment from the territories of Arizona and New Mexico, and went to the front as colonel of the regiment. He saw no active service however, and after several months spent in the south, the conclusion of peace with Spain, saw the regiment disbanded.
Soon after his return to Phoenix, McCord was appointed United States marshal for Arizona, McKinley died before the appointment was confirmed, and later, Roosevelt made the appointment, and McCord served one term, when Roosevelt appointed him collector of customs at the port of Nogales, New Mexico, which office he was holding at the time of his death. Aside from politics, Mr. McCord during his residence in Merrill, was engaged in lumbering, logging and farming, was in partnership with the H. W. Wright Co., sold out his interests and resumed logging operations. He bought some land in the town of Pine River and cleared with the expectation of making a fine farm of it. Mr. McCord was a charter member of Virginia Falls Lodge No. 226, F & A. M. of this city, and also belonged to the Chapter, Knights Templars, Mystic Shriners and Consistory. He is survived by his wife, one son, Charles McCord of this city, and two daughters, Mrs. Alson Kribs of Shawano, and Mrs. W. C. Gilbert of Grand Rapids, Minn. An adopted son, Guy, now a resident of Seattle, Wash., also survives him.
...The body will arrive here Thursday morning and will lie in state at the court house all day Friday. The funeral services will be held from the Methodist Episcopal church Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, the Masons having entire charge of the services. The Masonic lodges of Shawano and Wausau will arrive in a body and assist the Masons of this city in the services.

History of Warren E. McCord, Written 1908: "Colonel Myron H. McCord was the politician of the family, and was, from his youth up, considered unusually bright-minded and intelligent. He was 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighed 200 pounds; heavy featured, broad-shouldered and solid, giving at once the impression of high mental capacity, strong business ability, and great statesmanship; he was said by many to be the best posted man on National questions in the Fifty-first Congress, which was the most intelligent Congress ever assembled in the United States of America, if not in the world. He was early looked up to, and his was really the guiding mind of the family from the time that he was sixteen years of age. He assisted his parents, his sister and younger brother in many ways financially and intellectually, and did much of the planning of the business enterprises, not only for his immediate family but for a great many friends and acquaintances. He was always ready to do a favor for a friend and seemed to enjoy it more than the person for whom it was being done. He was a staunch supporter of his friends and a great admirer of recognized ability always ready to promote worthy undertakings and did a great deal for the development and improvement of the places in which he resided, and was probably the best known man in the State of Wisconsin and Arizona Territory, where his greatest life work was accomplished, and he had friends and admirers by the score."

More About MYRON HAWLEY MCCORD, JR.:
Burial: 09 August 1908, Merrill Cemetery, Merrill, Lincoln, WI

Child of SARAH SPACE and MYRON MCCORD is:

GUY RAYMOND KEDDELL⁴ MCCORD, b. 27 April 1877, Merrill, Lincoln, WI ⁶⁹; d. 27 March 1931, Retsil, Kitsap, WA ⁷⁰; Adopted child; m. FRANCES VERA DAY, 18 October 1912, Portland, Multnomah, OR ⁷¹; b. 22 October 1888, Marietta, Washington, OH ⁷²; d. 27 August 1966, Yakima, Yakima, WA ⁷³.

Notes for GUY RAYMOND KEDDELL MCCORD:
Federal Census of 1920 for Yakima City, Yakima County, Washington State 809:124:156 "McCord, Guy R as Head of House, married, age 43, born in Wisconsin. Lists father's place of birth as Wisconsin, mother's place of birth as Pennsylvania."

Received 25 Jan 1999 from April Harris, Superintendent's Secretary, Washington State Veterans' Home, Port Orchard, WA <April@DVA.WA.GOV> "I have very little information I can share with you. For some reason there isn't a card on file for Frances, which is very unusual since she's buried here. Guy was in the Army and was admitted to the home on 12/27/29. He died on 3/27/31 of a cerebral hemorrhage. However, I do have a number for him, 2075...locate his records in the archives in Olympia".

Gordon Roberts in email dated 14 April 1999: "I have been in contact with the sister of Rolland Bline (husband of Betty) and found that the only Bline child, Richard, died in his fifties from heart problems, but there is a second wife and grandchildren living near San Diego...Both he and his wife are interested in the family history and one of the daughters (Bertha or Beryl) is living and mentally active and should be a good source. The grandson told me that Frances Day and Guy met and married in Portland while Frances was attending school there. Frances' parents lived in Yakima and there they settled. The grandson said that the Day family were prominent in Yakima as builders and bricklayers."

Yakima Morning Herald, Saturday, 28 March 1931, page 6: "Guy Raymond McCord, 54, who came to Yakima 17 years ago from Phoenix, Ariz., died Friday in the veterans hospital in Retsil after an illness of two and one-half years. He was born in Merrill, Wis. McCord was a member of the United Spanish War Veterans adn the Moose lodge. The family includes the widow, Mrs. Frances McCord; six daughters, Blanche, Bonnie, Jean (sic), Bertha, Beryl and Betty, and two aunts, Mrs. Blanche Wilcox and Mrs. B. E. McDonald (sic)."

At an interview in Yakima, WA on 14 July 1999 between Gordon Roberts and Bertha McCord Cassatt Morgan, she recalled her mother's story of her marriage to Guy McCord; about 1912, Guy had come west and was living in Portland, OR. His birth aunt, Blanche Keddell MacDonald and her husband, Roderick, were living in Yakima. Frances V. Day and Blanche were clerks at The Emporium, a local department store; Guy came to visit Blanche, met Frances, and they fell in love."

More About GUY RAYMOND KEDDELL MCCORD:
Burial: WA Veterans Cemetery, Retsil, Kitsap, WA

Notes for FRANCES VERA DAY:
Yakima Herald, Tuesday, 30 August 1966, page 19: "Funeral services for Mrs. Frances V. McCord, 77, Yakima Valley pioneer who passed away Aug. 27, in the Washington's Veteran's Hospital, Seattle, will be held Tuesday, Aug. 30, at 2 p.m. in the Chapel; of Washington Veterans at Retsil, Washington. The Pendleton-Gilchrist Funeral Home of Port Orchard is in charge of arrangements. The family suggests memorials may be made to St. Michael's Episcopal Church, Yakima."

More About FRANCES VERA DAY:
Burial: WA Veterans Cemetery, Retsil, Kitsap, WA

11. OSCAR LUZERNE³ FRAZIER (RACHEL JANE² SHANKLE, JACOB¹) was born 21 August 1864 in New Bethlehem, Clarion, PA ⁷⁴, and died 22 April 1933 in Merrill, Lincoln, WI ⁷⁵. He married BERTHA CAROLINE FREIBERG 26 November 1890 in Merrill, Lincoln, WI ⁷⁶, daughter of OTTO FREIBERG and FREDERICKE EHLERNT. She was born 08 September 1869 in Germany, and died 01 February 1930 in Merrill, Lincoln, WI ^77,⁷⁸.

Notes for OSCAR LUZERNE FRAZIER:
Obituary from Merrill Advocate; Tuesday, April 25, 1933: "The funeral of the late Oscar Frazier, veteran railroad man who died early Saturday, will be held at 1:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon from the home to Scott Memorial church where final rites will be held. The services will be conducted by the Rev. Noah L. Bess, pastor, at 2 o'clock.
"Following the church services, the funeral will be under auspices of Virginia Falls Lodge, No. 226, F. and A. M., of which he had been a devoted member and past master.
"He will be buried in the Merrill cemetery alongside his wife and two children who preceded him in death.
"Pall bearers will be L. E. Dodge, F. C. West, G. B. Schafer, Russell Hensen, Martin Sievert and E. O. Farber.
"Besides his immediate family of seven sons, Mr. Frazier also is survived by seven grandchildren - Elaine, Jeanette, Douglas and Donald Frazier, children of Mr. and Mrs. LaRue Frazier; Thomas and William Frazier, sons of Mr. and Mrs. William Frazier, and Marilyn Frazier, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kermit Frazier."

More About OSCAR LUZERNE FRAZIER:
Burial: Merrill Cemetery, Merrill, Lincoln, WI

More About BERTHA CAROLINE FREIBERG:
Burial: Merrill Cemetery, Merrill, Lincoln, WI

Marriage Notes for OSCAR FRAZIER and BERTHA FREIBERG:
Lincoln Star Advocate; December 4, 1890: "Married. At the residence of Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Anderson, on Wednesday evening, Nov. 26, 1890, Mr. Oscar L. Frazier and Miss Bertha C. Freiberg, in the presence of a large circle of friends, Rev. H. Daib, officiating. Those present from out of town were Miss Ella Cross and Mrs. Nora Winslow, of Winslow, Pa., and Mrs. Wm. Gilbert, of Wausau. Mr. Frazier is in the employ of the C. M. & St. Paul company and is well favorably known by us all. The bride has many friends in the city who wish her and her's a long and prosperous journey through life."

Children of OSCAR FRAZIER and BERTHA FREIBERG are:

	i.		JOHN⁴ FRAZIER⁷⁹.
	ii.		FLORENCE ETTA FRAZIER⁸⁰, b. 02 June 1892, Merrill, Lincoln, WI; d. 02 September 1892, Merrill, Lincoln, WI.

More About FLORENCE ETTA FRAZIER:
Burial: Merrill Cemetery, Merrill, Lincoln, WI

	iii.		IRWIN LARUE FRAZIER⁸¹, b. 1893, Lincoln County, WI; d. 1970; m. ELSIE MARIE GERHOLZ⁸¹, 23 July 1919, Merrill, Lincoln, WI ⁸²; b. 1896; d. 1987.
	iv.		WILLIAM PAUL FRAZIER⁸³, b. 1896, Lincoln County, WI; d. 1960; m. ANN SEVERT⁸³; b. 1901; d. 1971.
	v.		HARRY OSCAR FRAZIER⁸³, b. 1898, Lincoln County, WI ⁸⁴; d. 1989⁸⁴; m. MILDRED M. ABEL⁸⁵; b. 1914.

More About HARRY OSCAR FRAZIER:
Burial: Merrill Cemetery, Merrill, Lincoln, WI

	vi.		REID ALVIN FRAZIER⁸⁵, b. 1899; d. 1980; m. THERESE ALICE ALMA LUEDKE⁸⁵; b. 1897.
	vii.		WALLACE FREDERICK FRAZIER⁸⁶, b. 25 August 1901; d. 26 April 1968.

More About WALLACE FREDERICK FRAZIER:
Burial: Merrill Cemtery, Lincoln, WI

viii.

KERMIT JOHN FRAZIER⁸⁷, b. 08 July 1904 ⁸⁸; d. 17 November 1934⁸⁸; m. DORA MAE KERSLAKE⁸⁹.

More About KERMIT JOHN FRAZIER:
Burial: Merrill Cemetery, Merrill, Lincoln, WI

	ix.		MYRON EHLERT FRAZIER⁸⁹, b. 1911; d. 1988; m. DONNA MARIE BRUHN⁸⁹.
	x.		FLORENCE ETTA FRAZIER⁹⁰, b. 1892, Merrill, Lincoln, WI; d. 1892, Merrill, Lincoln, WI.

More About FLORENCE ETTA FRAZIER:
Burial: Merrill Cemtery, Lincoln, WI

xi.

MALE FRAZIER, b. 16 November 1906, Merrill, Lincoln, WI ⁹¹; d. 16 November 1906, Merrill, Lincoln, WI.

More About MALE FRAZIER:
Burial: Merrill Cemetery, Merrill, Lincoln, WI

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