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Hon. Richard Martin Hoar, Hoar Family Mausoleum, Dedication September 28, 1996: Ancestors and Family Descendants, Family Memorabilia and Photographs, Volumes 1-3
By: Frederic Walpole Hoar (Jr.)
Richard Martin Hoar was born 28 Mar 1831 in St. Austell, Cornwall, England to Jacob Hore and Gertrude Martin. He married Elizabeth Walpole Bailey 30 Aug 1858 in Toronto, Canada. She was born 3 Apr 1836 in Northern Walsham, England, the daughter of Samuel Jonas Bailey and Lady Mary Ann Walpole. Richard died 12 Feb 1903 in Houghton, Michigan. Elizabeth died 14 Nov 1929 in also in Houghton. Descendants have lived in Michigan, Arizona, California, New York, Texas and elsewhere in the United States. .
Obituary: http://www.mfhn.com/houghton/rosscoll/rossobits/rossobits-h.txt
Publication: Mining Gazette Date: November 14, 1929 Decedent: MRS. RICHARD M. HOAR Headline: MRS. RICHARD M. HOAR, PIONEER RESIDENT OF HOUGHTON, IS CALLED Death Comes Suddenly to Her Thursday Morning. Mrs. Richard M. Hoar, perhaps the oldest pioneer resident of Houghton, died at her home on Montezuma street at 8:30 yesterday morning. The mother of seven children, four survive her; Clarence M. Hoar of Houghton, with whom she made her home, Mrs. L. M. Hardenburgh of Ironwood, Mich, Mrs. Elton W. Walker, of Beverly Hills, California and Frederick W. Hoar of Globe, Arizona. They, and a brother, Samuel W. Bailey, of Manitowac, Wisconsin, rematin to cherish the memory of the most remarkable little woman who has ever entered their lives. Of the generation of pioneers of the Copper Country, which, like the Arabs, have folded their tents and silently stolen away, Mrs. Hoar Possessed all the sterling qualities of that generation. Vicissitudes were many in her long life, but she met them with courage, and the hope, born of faith, that the morrow would be better than today, and this faith sustained her as she quietly passed away. She was a familiar figure in the streets of Houghton, especially to those of the older residents, because up until a few days before her death, she did her own shopping. Independent of spirit and in the full possession of all her faculties, she maintained a keen interest of others and in the affairs of the day. If shadows were there, she did not live in the shadows, but in the sunlight of good cheer, and so, remained young, even at the advanced age of 93, exemplifying the thought that nobody grows old by merely living a number of years; that they grow old by deserting their ideals; that while years may wrinkle their skin, to give up enthusiasm, wrinkles the soul. And so she clung to her ideals; kept the embers of her enthusiasm alive and glowing. The late Mrs. Hoar was born in the town of North Walshan, Norfolk, England, April 3,1836, and coming to Canada in her twenty-second year, was married to Richard M. Hoar at Toronto on August 30, 1858. Mr. Hoar was for many years engaged in merchandising and was Houghton's leading merchant. The tales of hidden mineral wealth in the new Copper Country of Michigan, was the lure that brought the young couple to Houghton in the spirit of 1859. It is related that the trip from Toronto took 21 days. They landed at Portage Entry, where Mr. Hoard procured a small boat, and rowed...... (This is the end of the transcript which is available to me.) Transcribed by Kathleen Jackman-Hiltunen
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1836 - 1929 (93 years)