MARRIED:
Dr. Amos Henry Caffee
May 21, 1867
Lacie had the distinction of having been the first bride in Carthage after the Civil War.
On May 21, 1867 she was married to Dr. Amos H. Caffee, the first and at that time the only doctor in town.
CHILDREN:
Warden John Caffee
Edna E. Caffee
Jessie C. Caffee
Flora Caffee
Amos Henry Caffee
Lacie B. Caffee
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In her early childhood the family moved to Washington, Iowa, where she grew up. In the fall of 1866 she accompanied two of her sisters, Mrs. Henry [Christiann] Hout and Mrs. Harriet Leisure and their families to Carthage, the party driving through in a covered wagon.
Mrs. Caffee was one of the oldest members of Grace Episcopal Church and has taken an active interest in the work of the church and also in Grace Church Guild.
For about 15 years she has been chaplain of the local Order of Eastern Star, and she was given a life membership in the order as being one of its oldest members and also for exceptional service.
She was also a member of the Azotus Chapter No. 5 of the White Shrine of Jerusalem; a member of the local W.C.T.U and was an officer in the Women's Relief Corps.
Mrs. Caffee was one of Carthage's most beloved women. Her charity work carried on most unostentatiously, but on a scale of considerable magnitude won her the gratitude of scores of persons. She was perhaps never so happy as when administering to the wants of others.
She was a tireless worker in her home, and took a special pride in the care of her flowers and lawn.
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On March 30, 1923 Mrs. Lacie Caffee wrote a letter to the editor of THE CARTHAGE PRESS telling of her life when she came to Carthage in 1866. The letter is as follows:
FIRST BRIDE AFTER WAR
MRS. LACIE CAFFEE TELLS OF CARTHAGE IN 1866
Still Lives on Same Lot Where She Began Housekeeping in Carthage 55 Years Ago
Dear Mr. Editor: - "Old timer," yes, I think I am in every sense of the word. I came to Carthage in the fall of 1866, with my two brothers-in-law and their families. We camped three weeks at a spring on what is now the Knell land, west of the old Chautauqua grounds. The men went to Pineville, Arkansas in wagons to get lumber to build our little house, one of the first. I would hold the boards while they drove the nails. We were given permission by the lady who owned the land to put up the house, and leave it as long as we wanted to. We had to grub, and dig out stones to make a garden.
I went to Sunday school in the jail. All services were held there that winter. An iron cage stood in one corner, but no one was in it. I guess everybody was good then.
I was married in May 1867, to the first and only doctor in Carthage at that time. I have always had a warm spot in my heart for Judge McGregor, as he introduced me to Dr. Caffee, who I married soon after, it being the first marriage in Carthage after the war. He had a small frame drug store on the lot on the northwest corner of the square, where the large building now stands.
I am living on the same lot where I went to housekeeping in the fall of 1867 on West Third street. Here I had to grub and dig out stones, then there was not much left. I carried soil from about where the Up-to-Date Laundry stands for my flower beds. I got my flowers and plants from a family named Stinson, who lived where the Eugene Field School now is, on Chestnut street which was at that time considered a farm property, on the Sarcoxie Road. Sarcoxie then was larger than Carthage.
We had a donation on New Years Eve, for the only minister here, Rev. J. C. Willoughby, of the Methodist Church. At this party I met my first friends. Oh! Those were pioneer times. I saw the first building go up on the square, then burned, torn down, or moved away, and then saw better ones go up.
The old spring on North Main street, I must not pass by. We had a box in the spring with a hole in each end, where we kept our butter and milk. It was a beautiful place in its natural state, among the rocks. We celebrated our first Fourth of July, at Carter's Spring, which was at that time called Wilbur Spring.
When a new store build was built, services for all denominations would be held there, everyone bringing their own chairs. With all the inconveniences, those were happy days, and I have never regretted coming to Carthage.
My sister, Mrs. C. Hout, is living on East Chestnut. You ask for a line, I have given you two, but it is hard to stop.
The dear old PRESS, has been in my home every day since its existence, also the old BANNER before it.
Very respectfully,
Mrs. Lacie A. Caffee
Information researched and provided by Nancy Brewer
Dr. Amos Henry Caffee
May 21, 1867
Lacie had the distinction of having been the first bride in Carthage after the Civil War.
On May 21, 1867 she was married to Dr. Amos H. Caffee, the first and at that time the only doctor in town.
CHILDREN:
Warden John Caffee
Edna E. Caffee
Jessie C. Caffee
Flora Caffee
Amos Henry Caffee
Lacie B. Caffee
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In her early childhood the family moved to Washington, Iowa, where she grew up. In the fall of 1866 she accompanied two of her sisters, Mrs. Henry [Christiann] Hout and Mrs. Harriet Leisure and their families to Carthage, the party driving through in a covered wagon.
Mrs. Caffee was one of the oldest members of Grace Episcopal Church and has taken an active interest in the work of the church and also in Grace Church Guild.
For about 15 years she has been chaplain of the local Order of Eastern Star, and she was given a life membership in the order as being one of its oldest members and also for exceptional service.
She was also a member of the Azotus Chapter No. 5 of the White Shrine of Jerusalem; a member of the local W.C.T.U and was an officer in the Women's Relief Corps.
Mrs. Caffee was one of Carthage's most beloved women. Her charity work carried on most unostentatiously, but on a scale of considerable magnitude won her the gratitude of scores of persons. She was perhaps never so happy as when administering to the wants of others.
She was a tireless worker in her home, and took a special pride in the care of her flowers and lawn.
*•★*•~*~★*~*~•★*•*
On March 30, 1923 Mrs. Lacie Caffee wrote a letter to the editor of THE CARTHAGE PRESS telling of her life when she came to Carthage in 1866. The letter is as follows:
FIRST BRIDE AFTER WAR
MRS. LACIE CAFFEE TELLS OF CARTHAGE IN 1866
Still Lives on Same Lot Where She Began Housekeeping in Carthage 55 Years Ago
Dear Mr. Editor: - "Old timer," yes, I think I am in every sense of the word. I came to Carthage in the fall of 1866, with my two brothers-in-law and their families. We camped three weeks at a spring on what is now the Knell land, west of the old Chautauqua grounds. The men went to Pineville, Arkansas in wagons to get lumber to build our little house, one of the first. I would hold the boards while they drove the nails. We were given permission by the lady who owned the land to put up the house, and leave it as long as we wanted to. We had to grub, and dig out stones to make a garden.
I went to Sunday school in the jail. All services were held there that winter. An iron cage stood in one corner, but no one was in it. I guess everybody was good then.
I was married in May 1867, to the first and only doctor in Carthage at that time. I have always had a warm spot in my heart for Judge McGregor, as he introduced me to Dr. Caffee, who I married soon after, it being the first marriage in Carthage after the war. He had a small frame drug store on the lot on the northwest corner of the square, where the large building now stands.
I am living on the same lot where I went to housekeeping in the fall of 1867 on West Third street. Here I had to grub and dig out stones, then there was not much left. I carried soil from about where the Up-to-Date Laundry stands for my flower beds. I got my flowers and plants from a family named Stinson, who lived where the Eugene Field School now is, on Chestnut street which was at that time considered a farm property, on the Sarcoxie Road. Sarcoxie then was larger than Carthage.
We had a donation on New Years Eve, for the only minister here, Rev. J. C. Willoughby, of the Methodist Church. At this party I met my first friends. Oh! Those were pioneer times. I saw the first building go up on the square, then burned, torn down, or moved away, and then saw better ones go up.
The old spring on North Main street, I must not pass by. We had a box in the spring with a hole in each end, where we kept our butter and milk. It was a beautiful place in its natural state, among the rocks. We celebrated our first Fourth of July, at Carter's Spring, which was at that time called Wilbur Spring.
When a new store build was built, services for all denominations would be held there, everyone bringing their own chairs. With all the inconveniences, those were happy days, and I have never regretted coming to Carthage.
My sister, Mrs. C. Hout, is living on East Chestnut. You ask for a line, I have given you two, but it is hard to stop.
The dear old PRESS, has been in my home every day since its existence, also the old BANNER before it.
Very respectfully,
Mrs. Lacie A. Caffee
Information researched and provided by Nancy Brewer
MARRIED:
Dr. Amos Henry Caffee
May 21, 1867
Lacie had the distinction of having been the first bride in Carthage after the Civil War.
On May 21, 1867 she was married to Dr. Amos H. Caffee, the first and at that time the only doctor in town.
CHILDREN:
Warden John Caffee
Edna E. Caffee
Jessie C. Caffee
Flora Caffee
Amos Henry Caffee
Lacie B. Caffee
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In her early childhood the family moved to Washington, Iowa, where she grew up. In the fall of 1866 she accompanied two of her sisters, Mrs. Henry [Christiann] Hout and Mrs. Harriet Leisure and their families to Carthage, the party driving through in a covered wagon.
Mrs. Caffee was one of the oldest members of Grace Episcopal Church and has taken an active interest in the work of the church and also in Grace Church Guild.
For about 15 years she has been chaplain of the local Order of Eastern Star, and she was given a life membership in the order as being one of its oldest members and also for exceptional service.
She was also a member of the Azotus Chapter No. 5 of the White Shrine of Jerusalem; a member of the local W.C.T.U and was an officer in the Women's Relief Corps.
Mrs. Caffee was one of Carthage's most beloved women. Her charity work carried on most unostentatiously, but on a scale of considerable magnitude won her the gratitude of scores of persons. She was perhaps never so happy as when administering to the wants of others.
She was a tireless worker in her home, and took a special pride in the care of her flowers and lawn.
*•★*•~*~★*~*~•★*•*
On March 30, 1923 Mrs. Lacie Caffee wrote a letter to the editor of THE CARTHAGE PRESS telling of her life when she came to Carthage in 1866. The letter is as follows:
FIRST BRIDE AFTER WAR
MRS. LACIE CAFFEE TELLS OF CARTHAGE IN 1866
Still Lives on Same Lot Where She Began Housekeeping in Carthage 55 Years Ago
Dear Mr. Editor: - "Old timer," yes, I think I am in every sense of the word. I came to Carthage in the fall of 1866, with my two brothers-in-law and their families. We camped three weeks at a spring on what is now the Knell land, west of the old Chautauqua grounds. The men went to Pineville, Arkansas in wagons to get lumber to build our little house, one of the first. I would hold the boards while they drove the nails. We were given permission by the lady who owned the land to put up the house, and leave it as long as we wanted to. We had to grub, and dig out stones to make a garden.
I went to Sunday school in the jail. All services were held there that winter. An iron cage stood in one corner, but no one was in it. I guess everybody was good then.
I was married in May 1867, to the first and only doctor in Carthage at that time. I have always had a warm spot in my heart for Judge McGregor, as he introduced me to Dr. Caffee, who I married soon after, it being the first marriage in Carthage after the war. He had a small frame drug store on the lot on the northwest corner of the square, where the large building now stands.
I am living on the same lot where I went to housekeeping in the fall of 1867 on West Third street. Here I had to grub and dig out stones, then there was not much left. I carried soil from about where the Up-to-Date Laundry stands for my flower beds. I got my flowers and plants from a family named Stinson, who lived where the Eugene Field School now is, on Chestnut street which was at that time considered a farm property, on the Sarcoxie Road. Sarcoxie then was larger than Carthage.
We had a donation on New Years Eve, for the only minister here, Rev. J. C. Willoughby, of the Methodist Church. At this party I met my first friends. Oh! Those were pioneer times. I saw the first building go up on the square, then burned, torn down, or moved away, and then saw better ones go up.
The old spring on North Main street, I must not pass by. We had a box in the spring with a hole in each end, where we kept our butter and milk. It was a beautiful place in its natural state, among the rocks. We celebrated our first Fourth of July, at Carter's Spring, which was at that time called Wilbur Spring.
When a new store build was built, services for all denominations would be held there, everyone bringing their own chairs. With all the inconveniences, those were happy days, and I have never regretted coming to Carthage.
My sister, Mrs. C. Hout, is living on East Chestnut. You ask for a line, I have given you two, but it is hard to stop.
The dear old PRESS, has been in my home every day since its existence, also the old BANNER before it.
Very respectfully,
Mrs. Lacie A. Caffee
Information researched and provided by Nancy Brewer
Dr. Amos Henry Caffee
May 21, 1867
Lacie had the distinction of having been the first bride in Carthage after the Civil War.
On May 21, 1867 she was married to Dr. Amos H. Caffee, the first and at that time the only doctor in town.
CHILDREN:
Warden John Caffee
Edna E. Caffee
Jessie C. Caffee
Flora Caffee
Amos Henry Caffee
Lacie B. Caffee
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In her early childhood the family moved to Washington, Iowa, where she grew up. In the fall of 1866 she accompanied two of her sisters, Mrs. Henry [Christiann] Hout and Mrs. Harriet Leisure and their families to Carthage, the party driving through in a covered wagon.
Mrs. Caffee was one of the oldest members of Grace Episcopal Church and has taken an active interest in the work of the church and also in Grace Church Guild.
For about 15 years she has been chaplain of the local Order of Eastern Star, and she was given a life membership in the order as being one of its oldest members and also for exceptional service.
She was also a member of the Azotus Chapter No. 5 of the White Shrine of Jerusalem; a member of the local W.C.T.U and was an officer in the Women's Relief Corps.
Mrs. Caffee was one of Carthage's most beloved women. Her charity work carried on most unostentatiously, but on a scale of considerable magnitude won her the gratitude of scores of persons. She was perhaps never so happy as when administering to the wants of others.
She was a tireless worker in her home, and took a special pride in the care of her flowers and lawn.
*•★*•~*~★*~*~•★*•*
On March 30, 1923 Mrs. Lacie Caffee wrote a letter to the editor of THE CARTHAGE PRESS telling of her life when she came to Carthage in 1866. The letter is as follows:
FIRST BRIDE AFTER WAR
MRS. LACIE CAFFEE TELLS OF CARTHAGE IN 1866
Still Lives on Same Lot Where She Began Housekeeping in Carthage 55 Years Ago
Dear Mr. Editor: - "Old timer," yes, I think I am in every sense of the word. I came to Carthage in the fall of 1866, with my two brothers-in-law and their families. We camped three weeks at a spring on what is now the Knell land, west of the old Chautauqua grounds. The men went to Pineville, Arkansas in wagons to get lumber to build our little house, one of the first. I would hold the boards while they drove the nails. We were given permission by the lady who owned the land to put up the house, and leave it as long as we wanted to. We had to grub, and dig out stones to make a garden.
I went to Sunday school in the jail. All services were held there that winter. An iron cage stood in one corner, but no one was in it. I guess everybody was good then.
I was married in May 1867, to the first and only doctor in Carthage at that time. I have always had a warm spot in my heart for Judge McGregor, as he introduced me to Dr. Caffee, who I married soon after, it being the first marriage in Carthage after the war. He had a small frame drug store on the lot on the northwest corner of the square, where the large building now stands.
I am living on the same lot where I went to housekeeping in the fall of 1867 on West Third street. Here I had to grub and dig out stones, then there was not much left. I carried soil from about where the Up-to-Date Laundry stands for my flower beds. I got my flowers and plants from a family named Stinson, who lived where the Eugene Field School now is, on Chestnut street which was at that time considered a farm property, on the Sarcoxie Road. Sarcoxie then was larger than Carthage.
We had a donation on New Years Eve, for the only minister here, Rev. J. C. Willoughby, of the Methodist Church. At this party I met my first friends. Oh! Those were pioneer times. I saw the first building go up on the square, then burned, torn down, or moved away, and then saw better ones go up.
The old spring on North Main street, I must not pass by. We had a box in the spring with a hole in each end, where we kept our butter and milk. It was a beautiful place in its natural state, among the rocks. We celebrated our first Fourth of July, at Carter's Spring, which was at that time called Wilbur Spring.
When a new store build was built, services for all denominations would be held there, everyone bringing their own chairs. With all the inconveniences, those were happy days, and I have never regretted coming to Carthage.
My sister, Mrs. C. Hout, is living on East Chestnut. You ask for a line, I have given you two, but it is hard to stop.
The dear old PRESS, has been in my home every day since its existence, also the old BANNER before it.
Very respectfully,
Mrs. Lacie A. Caffee
Information researched and provided by Nancy Brewer
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