Mrs. Ezra M. Prince, one of Bloomington's aged and noble women, died at her home in Bloomington, Illinois on May 2, 1908.
Barbara Maria Miller was born near Wurzburg, Bavaria, Germany on July 20, 1835. She inherited from her father Andrew Miller, many noble qualities of mind and heart, such as her love for nature and her admiration for all that is beautiful in the world. The family came to America in 1838 and located in Pike County, Illinois. There the child received her elementary education and her early schoolmates numbering some men who afterward attained fame, among them being John Hay and John O. Nicolay. Mrs. Prince developed her early knowledge of her native language, and acquired also a most unusual proficiency in the English and French tongues.
Miss Miller came to Bloomington to take a position as teacher in the old Major's Academy, and she taught German, French and music there. While engaged in this work she met and married Mr. E. M. Prince, then one of the prominent young attorneys, and since a leading citizen in many lines. At her death he was the secretary of the McLean County Historical Society.
Mrs. Prince was always an enthusiastic worker for the education and religious advancement of the community, and he long life of activity bore fruit an hundred fold to the betterment of of those with whom her lot was cast. Older citzens will recall the concerts given in her parlor by the lamented Maria Litta, the primma dona; the talks given by Bronson Alcott, Matthew Arnold, Rev. W. H. Thomas, Mary A. Livermore, Susan B. Anthony and many others of lesser fame.
Mrs. Prince was most lovingly known for her work with the First Church of Christ Scientist. Her services for humanity were given without stint of her own strength.
Earlier in her life among the enterprises she aided were the C & A library and the Bloomington Benevolent Society.
Mr. and Mrs. Prince had five children, three of whom survived her death. The children were Leonard Morton Prince, deceased, a graduate of West Point and a military man of training and capabilities; Robert T. Prince, a merchan of Cleveland, Ohio; Grace Emily Prince who died at the age of 14 months; Edward Prince, a lawyer of Webster City, Iowa; and Horace Prince, a fruit raiser of Grand Juntion, Iowa; also a grandson Leonard Prince of Chicago, Illinois.
Her funeral and burial were on May 5, 1908.
The Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois)
4 May 1908, Mon • Page 7
Barbara Maria Miller was born near Wurzburg, Bavaria, Germany on July 20, 1835. She inherited from her father Andrew Miller, many noble qualities of mind and heart, such as her love for nature and her admiration for all that is beautiful in the world. The family came to America in 1838 and located in Pike County, Illinois. There the child received her elementary education and her early schoolmates numbering some men who afterward attained fame, among them being John Hay and John O. Nicolay. Mrs. Prince developed her early knowledge of her native language, and acquired also a most unusual proficiency in the English and French tongues.
Miss Miller came to Bloomington to take a position as teacher in the old Major's Academy, and she taught German, French and music there. While engaged in this work she met and married Mr. E. M. Prince, then one of the prominent young attorneys, and since a leading citizen in many lines. At her death he was the secretary of the McLean County Historical Society.
Mrs. Prince was always an enthusiastic worker for the education and religious advancement of the community, and he long life of activity bore fruit an hundred fold to the betterment of of those with whom her lot was cast. Older citzens will recall the concerts given in her parlor by the lamented Maria Litta, the primma dona; the talks given by Bronson Alcott, Matthew Arnold, Rev. W. H. Thomas, Mary A. Livermore, Susan B. Anthony and many others of lesser fame.
Mrs. Prince was most lovingly known for her work with the First Church of Christ Scientist. Her services for humanity were given without stint of her own strength.
Earlier in her life among the enterprises she aided were the C & A library and the Bloomington Benevolent Society.
Mr. and Mrs. Prince had five children, three of whom survived her death. The children were Leonard Morton Prince, deceased, a graduate of West Point and a military man of training and capabilities; Robert T. Prince, a merchan of Cleveland, Ohio; Grace Emily Prince who died at the age of 14 months; Edward Prince, a lawyer of Webster City, Iowa; and Horace Prince, a fruit raiser of Grand Juntion, Iowa; also a grandson Leonard Prince of Chicago, Illinois.
Her funeral and burial were on May 5, 1908.
The Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois)
4 May 1908, Mon • Page 7
Mrs. Ezra M. Prince, one of Bloomington's aged and noble women, died at her home in Bloomington, Illinois on May 2, 1908.
Barbara Maria Miller was born near Wurzburg, Bavaria, Germany on July 20, 1835. She inherited from her father Andrew Miller, many noble qualities of mind and heart, such as her love for nature and her admiration for all that is beautiful in the world. The family came to America in 1838 and located in Pike County, Illinois. There the child received her elementary education and her early schoolmates numbering some men who afterward attained fame, among them being John Hay and John O. Nicolay. Mrs. Prince developed her early knowledge of her native language, and acquired also a most unusual proficiency in the English and French tongues.
Miss Miller came to Bloomington to take a position as teacher in the old Major's Academy, and she taught German, French and music there. While engaged in this work she met and married Mr. E. M. Prince, then one of the prominent young attorneys, and since a leading citizen in many lines. At her death he was the secretary of the McLean County Historical Society.
Mrs. Prince was always an enthusiastic worker for the education and religious advancement of the community, and he long life of activity bore fruit an hundred fold to the betterment of of those with whom her lot was cast. Older citzens will recall the concerts given in her parlor by the lamented Maria Litta, the primma dona; the talks given by Bronson Alcott, Matthew Arnold, Rev. W. H. Thomas, Mary A. Livermore, Susan B. Anthony and many others of lesser fame.
Mrs. Prince was most lovingly known for her work with the First Church of Christ Scientist. Her services for humanity were given without stint of her own strength.
Earlier in her life among the enterprises she aided were the C & A library and the Bloomington Benevolent Society.
Mr. and Mrs. Prince had five children, three of whom survived her death. The children were Leonard Morton Prince, deceased, a graduate of West Point and a military man of training and capabilities; Robert T. Prince, a merchan of Cleveland, Ohio; Grace Emily Prince who died at the age of 14 months; Edward Prince, a lawyer of Webster City, Iowa; and Horace Prince, a fruit raiser of Grand Juntion, Iowa; also a grandson Leonard Prince of Chicago, Illinois.
Her funeral and burial were on May 5, 1908.
The Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois)
4 May 1908, Mon • Page 7
Barbara Maria Miller was born near Wurzburg, Bavaria, Germany on July 20, 1835. She inherited from her father Andrew Miller, many noble qualities of mind and heart, such as her love for nature and her admiration for all that is beautiful in the world. The family came to America in 1838 and located in Pike County, Illinois. There the child received her elementary education and her early schoolmates numbering some men who afterward attained fame, among them being John Hay and John O. Nicolay. Mrs. Prince developed her early knowledge of her native language, and acquired also a most unusual proficiency in the English and French tongues.
Miss Miller came to Bloomington to take a position as teacher in the old Major's Academy, and she taught German, French and music there. While engaged in this work she met and married Mr. E. M. Prince, then one of the prominent young attorneys, and since a leading citizen in many lines. At her death he was the secretary of the McLean County Historical Society.
Mrs. Prince was always an enthusiastic worker for the education and religious advancement of the community, and he long life of activity bore fruit an hundred fold to the betterment of of those with whom her lot was cast. Older citzens will recall the concerts given in her parlor by the lamented Maria Litta, the primma dona; the talks given by Bronson Alcott, Matthew Arnold, Rev. W. H. Thomas, Mary A. Livermore, Susan B. Anthony and many others of lesser fame.
Mrs. Prince was most lovingly known for her work with the First Church of Christ Scientist. Her services for humanity were given without stint of her own strength.
Earlier in her life among the enterprises she aided were the C & A library and the Bloomington Benevolent Society.
Mr. and Mrs. Prince had five children, three of whom survived her death. The children were Leonard Morton Prince, deceased, a graduate of West Point and a military man of training and capabilities; Robert T. Prince, a merchan of Cleveland, Ohio; Grace Emily Prince who died at the age of 14 months; Edward Prince, a lawyer of Webster City, Iowa; and Horace Prince, a fruit raiser of Grand Juntion, Iowa; also a grandson Leonard Prince of Chicago, Illinois.
Her funeral and burial were on May 5, 1908.
The Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois)
4 May 1908, Mon • Page 7
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