SHE DANCED THE TANGO WITH RUDOLPH VALENTINO - Beatriz Dominguez

I have mentioned before in this blog that I have had a lifelong fascination with silent film superstar Rudolph Valentino.  As the years passed and I learned more about Valentino's life and work I began to branch out and started doing research on his family, friends and coworkers. From the first time I saw her dance with Valentino in 'The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse' (Metro-1921) I became a fan of Beatriz Dominguez.  What was her story?  How did she come to do the tango with one of the most famous dancers of all time?  And what caused her sudden death in 1921 at the age of 24?  Let's see  what we can "dig up".

Beatriz (some sources have Americanized it to "Beatrice") Dominguez was born in San Bernardino, California (not Mexico as many sources indicate) on September 6, 1896 to Tirso Dominguez (????-????) and Beatriz  nee Valencia (1860-1931).  Within the family Beatriz the mother was called "Petra" to differentiate her from Beatriz the daughter.  Beatriz the daughter had four sisters:  Cecelia (1883-1946), Maria Elena (1885-1948), Lola (1889-1959), and Inez (1893-1981). Beatriz' ancestors on her mother's side were from Sevilla in Spain.

As her sisters did, Beatriz received her education at the Sacred Heart Convent School in Los Angeles. Her family would have preferred that she pursue a professional career as a doctor or a lawyer, but from the very start Beatriz felt that her calling was to be a dancer. 

She was said to have danced professionally from the age of 14 as a dancer for the Mission Inn in Riverside, California.

The first mention in the press of Beatriz Dominguez dancing was in the The Riverside (CA) Daily Press that described a 1914 New Year’s Eve appearance by Dominguez as part of the formal opening of the Mission Inn’s Spanish Art Gallery.

This was followed by an article stating that Mission Inn officials sought to put her under contract for the entire performing arts season.  She danced La Jota with partner, Professor Raphael Valverde to the music of La Madre del Cordero. Later that season, she danced solo to the Espana Waltz and the classic Manzanillo.

Dominguez said she was taught authentic Spanish dance by her mother, Petra, who was taught the 1840-style by her grandmother.  She told Riverside reporters in 1914 that she provided the Mission Inn audience with genuine Spanish dances.  “Back in 1840, they were popular with the Spanish people and I hope that my interpretations tonight will meet with the approval of the guests of the hotel.”

Her younger sister Inez had a short-lived career dancing in films, and she suggested that Beatriz might be able to achieve the success that had eluded her.  In late 1913 and early 1914 Beatriz had credited roles in two Vitagraph shorts:  'The Masked Dancer', and 'The Sea Gull.'

Having gained popularity with the public through her dancing at the Mission Inn, she was a natural choice to dance at the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Diego in 1915-1916.  Her dancing was such a draw, that an image of her was put on one of the posters advertising the fair:

She was billed as "La Bella Sevilla" and as before she danced the classic La Jota.  After seeing Beatriz dance, Theodore Roosevelt said she was “California’s sweetheart—fairest dancing daughter of the dons.”

 
While performing in San Diego, she was said to have had an uncredited role in the Douglas Fairbanks film, 'The Americano' (Fine Arts-1916). After the exposition, Beatriz returned to dancing in vaudeville.

“After I left San Diego,” Beatriz recalled, “and had danced at the Mission Inn in Riverside—I wished to act.  I called at some of the studios and did not say that I was the premiere dancer at Balboa Park (San Diego).  I simply registered as ‘La Bella Sevilla.’  Mr. O. H. Davis, who was a vice-president of the Exposition, was appointed general manager of Universal.  One day, when I called there, he suggested that I use my own name, because directors were rather afraid to employ a dancer because they reasoned that she could not act.  I was baptized ‘Beatriz,’ but at the studios they have turned that into the American ‘Beatrice.’”

She returned to films in 1919.  Carl Laemmle, the founder of Universal saw her and considered her “an exceptional motion picture type”.  She appeared in 'The Light of Victory,' 'The Sundown Trail', and the short 'The Wild Westerner' all for Universal.

She continued working for Universal in 1920 and appeared in the short 'Hair Trigger Stuff,' as well as Rex Ingram's 'Under Crimson Skies.'  She also was cast in an Art Acord serial 'The Moon Riders.'

Beatriz became one of the first Hispanic actresses to receive screen billing and to be mentioned in the trade press.

In late 1920 she appeared in another Art Acord serial 'The Fire Cat' but it was during this time that Beatriz Dominguez had the role for which she is most remembered today:  dancing the tango with Rudolph Valentino in 'The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse' (Metro-1921).  The trade papers announced: "Beatrice Dominguez, a Spanish dancer, has been engaged to play in the Metro production of The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, which Rex Ingram is directing."  The ironic thing is, although this is the role for with Beatriz is best remembered, her name does not appear in the credits.

I have often been asked what is my favorite Rudolph Valentino film. My first choice would be 'The Sheik' because that was the first Valentino film I ever saw, but overall I would have to say that my favorite is 'The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse'.  This film has everything: war, romance, betrayal, love, death, a screenplay by June Mathis and Valentino dancing with Beatriz Dominguez.  If you have never seen it, you should. It is readily available today on DVD and it is well worth your time.  It is truly a spectacular film.  It cost an estimated $800,000 to film (in 1921 dollars) and grossed over nine million dollars!

Watching a clip from a film is like taking a comment out of context, but here is a clip of Beatriz Dominguez dancing the tango with Rudolph Valentino in 'The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse:'

https://youtu.be/RKQ06jtaYvk

The 1920 US Census (January, 1920) shows Beatriz Dominguez living at 415 N. Fremont Avenue in Los Angeles.  The family told the census taker that Beatriz was 19 years old and had been born in Mexico.  Her occupation was listed as "Actress in Motion Pictures."  She was living with her mother Beatrice who was 58 years old and a widow, sister Inez, who was 25 and a film developer and 8 year old Louis Garcia.  The Da Vinci apartments are currently being built on that spot today.

Later in 1920, Beatriz and her family bought a home at 2522 Elsinore Street in Los Angeles:

2522 Elsinore Street, Los Angeles

In December of 1920 Beatrice appeared in the prologue to 'The Mark of Zorro' starring Douglas Fairbanks during its seven week run at the Mission Theater.

In February of 1921, Beatriz started work on another Art Acord serial, 'The White Horseman' (Universal-1921).  During filming, Beatriz collapsed with a ruptured appendix and was rushed to the Clara Barton Hospital at 447 South Olive Street.

It was thought that Beatriz was out of danger but several days later peritonitis set in and it was necessary to perform a second operation. Beatriz Dominguez died from the complications of the operation on February 27, 1921. She was 24. One week later, The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse opened in New York City to rave reviews and made Rudolph Valentino a star, in part because of his tango with Beatriz.

The wake for Beatriz Dominguez was held at her home at 2522 Elsinore Street.  The funeral Mass was held at the Plaza Church in old Los Angeles:

Plaza Church, Los Angeles

Here is her obituary from the Los Angeles Times of February 28, 1921:

Ironically, Rudolph Valentino would die from the same thing (peritonitis from a ruptured appendix) five years later.

Beatriz Dominguez is buried in Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles - Section A, Tier 5:

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Here's my favorite photo of Beatriz from October 7, 1916 in Los Angeles:

Beatriz Dominguez - Oh, how she danced...may she rest in peace.

THE GREATEST AND MOST VERSATILE WRITER IN THE SPORT OF HORSE RACING - Joseph I. Markey

If you enjoy genealogy and genealogical research you probably are also interested in history.  An interesting, and fairly easy, project you can do that combines both of these is to trace the lineage of your house.  Just like every person, every house has a lineage and a history - from the architect and builder through all of the owners up to the present time. With all of the records on the internet today, tracing the history of your house should not be too difficult - even for a beginner. And like tracing your family tree, you never know what you may find. Most places today require that a potential buyer be told if something notorious took place in a house that is up for sale, but that rule did not exist years ago.  

I have traced the history of the house I grew up in (which will always be "Home" to me) as well as the bungalow I owned for many years.  I was not able to uncover anyone famous or infamous who lived in either place, but there were some interesting stories nonetheless.  This week I am going to tell you the story of a man who owned my boyhood home from 1924 until his death in 1930:  Joseph I. Markey. 

Joseph Ignatius (some sources spell it "Ignacious") Markey was born April 15, 1868 in Chillicothe, Missouri to Peter Markey (1825-1889) and Margaret (1838-1925).  Peter Markey was born in Dublin, Ireland and when he came to the US, settled in Chillicothe, Missouri.  Peter was a civil engineer by trade.  Some sources say that Margaret was born in Ireland, others say Michigan, still others Mississippi.  Eventually she ended up in Chillicothe, Missouri  with Peter. 

Peter and Margaret Markey were blessed with four children:  Mary T. (1857-1932), Francis (1859-????), James A. (1861-1943) and Joseph Ignatius (1868-1930).  

At some point in his youth, Joseph Markey left his home and family in Chillicothe, Missouri and moved to Red Oak, Iowa - about 150 miles as the crow flies.  Young Joseph had always been interested in writing, so after completing his schooling, he started submitting stories as a roving reported for the Red Oak newspaper - called the Red Oak Express. The newspaper was not really interested in the concept of a roving reporter, but circumstances far from Iowa would soon change that. 

On February 15, 1898 the battleship USS Maine sank in the harbor of Havana, Cuba.  The United States, outraged, immediately demanded that Spain surrender control of Cuba.  After diplomatic efforts failed, Spain declared war on the US on April 23, 1898.  Joseph Markey, caught up in the patriotic fervor, enlisted in the US Army on May 9, 1898, and was mustered on May 30, 1898.  Now the Red Oak Express was more than interested in Markey's services as a roving reporter - he would be their war correspondent, writing periodic letters to the editor of the paper.

Markey joined what became Company M of the 51st Iowa Infantry.  In preparation for being shipped to the Philippines, Company M was shipped to San Francisco, California. 

By early May 1898, trains began arriving in Oakland with young men from Pennsylvania and Colorado, Oregon and Kansas---all coming to form a 20,000-man expeditionary force headed by General Wesley Merritt. Welcoming parties of the Red Cross Society met the units at the San Francisco Ferry Building with food and flowers. The mostly-volunteer infantries, feted and cheered along the way, would then march up Market Street to their campsites.

Early arrivals were put up at the Presidio, but it soon became apparent that there was not enough fresh water there for the number of troops which increased exponentially as the days passed.  

A second camp was established on land provided by the Crocker Estate Company. They offered the government use of the defunct Bay District Race Track land, situated between the Presidio and Golden Gate Park. The site had enough space for 10,000 troops, with nearby city water mains available. The Army gratefully accepted, and starting on May 18, 1898 rows of white tents lined the sandy lots between today's Geary Boulevard, Fulton Street, Arguello Street and Sixth Avenue. An eventful summer for the Richmond district was about to begin.

Initially called "Camp Richmond" or "Bay District Camp" the growing encampment received the official name "Camp Merritt". Despite this honor, the eponymous commanding officer was rarely seen in the area. General Merritt roomed downtown at the Palace Hotel, and when he left his suite it was usually for soirees, parties, and balls in the city or down the peninsula at the estates of the wealthy.      

As the number of soldiers in the Richmond approached 7,000, a camp extension had to be created on James Clark Jordan's adjacent land, today's Jordan Park neighborhood. On May 28, 1898 the division hospital moved to this section, and eventually troops from Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Iowa would camp on these blocks between today's Geary Boulevard, California street, Palm and Commonwealth avenues.  This is where Joseph Markey ended up with the 51st Iowa Infantry when they arrived in San Francisco at the beginning of June, 1898.

The division hospital sadly received a lot of use. Poor sanitation and crowded conditions created a lot of illness and not a few deaths among the men in Camp Merritt. Over 150 soldiers crowded the field hospital on July 11, 1898 a number with pneumonia. 

With the sand, fog, and sickness, soldiers remembered Camp Merritt as "an unhealthy, ill-drained, wind-swept locality".  It was here that Joseph I. Markey filed his first letter home to the Red Oak Express. Markey vowed that for all the hospitality of the locals and the delights of nearby Golden Gate Park, "We have hopes that at some time the truth will come out as to who is responsible for Camp Merritt's existence and that the guilty will not go unpunished." 

Ten men died over the summer, from measles, typhoid and other diseases. Poor sanitation and close living was the chief reason for the sickness, but the Army didn't hesitate to blame the Richmond district location "to which hucksters and immoral and depraved persons within the city had access."

Luckily Joseph Markey and the 51st Iowa shipped out to the Philippines on November 2, 1898 before the conditions at Camp Merritt had a chance to harm them.  They embarked on the transport ship "Pennsylvania."  

The regiment arrived at Manila on December 7.  Much to their surprise, the war with Spain officially ended three days later with the signing of the Treaty of Paris before Markey or his fellow soldiers even had a chance to set foot on Philippine soil. The regiment stayed aboard the Pennsylvania, being shipped to Iloilo, where it arrived on December 28th. The regiment continued to stay aboard the transport until January 31, when it arrived back at Cavite, near Manila. Finally, after being aboard ship since November 2, the men were permitted to go ashore and go into quarters on February 3, 1899.  The regiment was attached to the Second Brigade, Fourth Division of the Eighth Army Corps. It turned out they were not too late to see action after all.  The day after the men set foot on Philippine soil, the Philippine American War broke out.

Unknown to most Americans, the Spanish-American War actually consisted of two different wars.  The first was the war between Spain and the US.  When that war ended, the United States as victors gave Cuba her independence but decided to keep the Philippines as a US possession.  The Filipino people felt they were trading one absentee owner for another and so they declared war on the US at the beginning of February, 1899.  It was this second war that Markey and the 51st Iowa were involved in.

Markey's letters from the front were eagerly awaited each week by readers of the Red Oak Express and accounts were clipped from the paper and mailed all over the country as anxious families waited for word of their loved ones half a world away.

Joseph Markey's writing proved so popular that he decided to publish them in a book form.  In 1900 the Thomas D. Murphy Company of Red Oak Iowa published From Iowa to the Philippines - A History of Company M, Fifty-First Iowa Infantry Volunteers by Joseph I. Markey.   I was lucky enough a few years ago to be able to purchase an autographed copy:

Markey was a natural born writer and his account transports the reader to the heat, dust and sweat of tropical warfare.  If you are interested in reading Markey's book, it is available for free online:

https://books.google.com/books/about/From_Iowa_to_the_Philippines.html?id=EhEqAAAAYAAJ&hl=en

The war ended for Joseph Markey on May 26, 1899 when he was badly wounded by being shot in the right leg at San Fernando.  In August, Markey, along with other wounded members of the 51st Iowa, was shipped back to San Francisco aboard the hospital ship "Relief."  Joseph Markey was officially discharged from the US Army on August 18, 1899.  

Upon his return to Iowa while he was still convalescing from his war wounds, he was able to edit his letters and put them into book form - but that only lasted for awhile and he was still a young man - 32 in 1900.

Markey decided to move to the big city - Chicago - and got a job with The Chicago Horse Review magazine in 1901.  Within a very short time it became apparent that Joseph Markey had an eye for the horses.  Markey was one of the first to sing the praises of a standardbred trotting horse named Lou Dillon.  Markey predicted that she would become the first trotter to trot a mile in 2:00 minutes, and, in fact, she did just that at Memphis in 1903.  He was also the first to predict stardom for trotters Uhlan and Peter Manning.    

During this period, Markey often wrote under his pen name of "Marque." 

It wasn't all trotters for Joseph Markey - that is to say he found a little "filly" that turned his head.  Markey and Miss Bertha K. Sefton (1875-????) were married in Chicago on October 21, 1909.  Markey was 41; his bride was 34.

The 1910 US Census finds the newlyweds living at 5629 S. Indiana Avenue in Chicago:

5629 S. Indiana Avenue, Chicago

  

Markey listed his occupation as "Journalist for a Horse Paper"; Bertha was a stenographer.  They also had a live-in servant, 51 year old Childs E. Childs.

Joseph Markey's star as an expert on trotters kept rising through the 1910s.  In 1912 he brokered the sale of the trotting champion Harvester to Mr. C. K. G. Billings of New York City for "in excess of $50,000.00." Quite a coup for the boy from Chillicothe, Missouri.

Markey continued to be a valued contributor to the Chicago Horse Review throughout the teens and 1920s. 

By the time of the 1920 US Census, the Markeys had moved to the north side of Chicago - to 7742 N. Paulina:

7742 N. Paulina, Chicago

Joseph was a "Journalist for a Publishing Company."  Bertha was not employed, but they no longer had a live-in servant.

Joseph Markey's greatest contribution to horse racing happened in 1924. In April 1924, nomination ads for a stake with a value estimated at $50,000 appeared in The Horse Review.  Markey wrote several editorials in support of the race and John C. Bauer, the publisher, was credited with suggesting the name Hambletonian, after the great sire.

Markey's idea was made a reality by promoter Harry O. Reno of Chicago, Illinois, who assembled a managing committee of ten prominent breeders and officials. That managing committee became The Hambletonian Society. Reno, along with his brother-in-law W. M. Wright, owner of Calumet Farm, and Markey served on the original executive committee.

Three tracks (Atlanta, Ga., Kalamazoo, Mich., and Syracuse, N.Y.) submitted bids for the inaugural running of the Hambletonian Stake in August 1926. The race was awarded to the New York State Fair at Syracuse, which offered to add $8,000 to the purse. From the first edition it was the richest race in the trotting sport, a status it maintains to this day. In no small way the amount of the purse is responsible for its position as the sport's greatest prize. Because of the enthusiastic reception by breeders and owners, the 1926 purse swelled to $73,451 -- which was reported to be more than the sum total of next five richest stakes offered for 3-year-old trotters that same year. 

The race became a perennial favorite and is run to this day at the Meadowlands Racetrack in East Rutherford, New Jersey.  For his contribution to the sport, Joseph I. Markey was inducted into the Harness Racing Hall of Fame in 1978.

In about 1924 Joseph and Bertha Markey bought my boyhood home, at 1027 Harvard Terrace in Evanston, Illinois.  In 1921 various Chicago area home builders decided to construct a neighborhood of upscale bungalows on land that used to comprise the estate of Major Edward Harris Mulford in South Evanston.  The Markeys, living at that time at the far north end of Chicago, would certainly have seen the bungalows being built, and purchased 1027 Harvard in 1924, where they lived until Joseph Markey's death in 1930.

1027 Harvard Terrace, Evanston

The census taker for the 1930 US Census came to 1027 Harvard Terrace on April 21, 1930.  The Markeys reported that Joseph was 62 years old; Bertha was 55.  They said that 1027 Harvard was worth $16,000.00, and that they had a radio.  Bertha reported that her native language was German. Joe reported his occupation as "Writer for a Paper Publisher."       

Joseph I. Markey died at the Hines VA Hospital on June 2, 1930, after being ill for several years.  He was 62 years old.  Here is his Death Notice from the Chicago Daily Tribune of June 4, 1930:

Having been wounded in the service of his country, Markey was qualified to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery, and he was, on June 5, 1930 in Section W ENL, Site 21676:

So now you know the story of one of the owners of my boyhood home. As I said, no one famous or infamous, but a person with an interesting story nonetheless.

There are more sordid tales connected with my boyhood home – the mysterious and sudden death of the architect/builder, and the husband who plotted with unscrupulous doctors to have his wife declared insane so he could get rid of her – but those are stories for future articles in this blog.

So take some time and look into the history of your house – you may be very surprised.

The only known photo of Joseph I. Markey - from Hoof Beats Magazine, September, 1940:

Joseph I. Markey

Joseph I. Markey – Soldier, author, harness racing hall of famer – may he rest in peace.

THE VILLA VENICE - Albert "Papa" Bouche'

This story has been updated:

https://undereverytombstone.blogspot.com/2020/12/the-villa-venice-albert-papa-bouche.html

THE TERRIBLE STORY OF THE SUDDEN DEATH OF - Edward Harvey

I did not know my aunt Rachel Craig (nee Harvey) very well.  She was married to my father's oldest brother Raphael Craig.  I know that my aunt suffered terribly from multiple sclerosis so to visit we had to go to them, rather than them coming to see us.  They lived way out on the south side of Chicago and in the days before expressways, going to see them was an all-day trip.  Aunt Rachel died in February of 1959 and Uncle Raph followed her in January of 1960.

It wasn't until years later when I was doing genealogy research that I found out the terrible story about the sudden death of Aunt Rachel's father, Edward Harvey.  Through ancestry.com I was contacted by Rachel's nephew Cliff Harvey and he filled me in on all the details about the Harvey family.  Before we look at the story of Edward Harvey's sudden death, let's take a look at his life.

Edward Henry Charles Harvey was born September 24, 1877 in Lacon, Illinois to Michael Henry Harvey (1851-1934) and Katherine, nee Kennedy (1858-1944).  Michael and Katherine had married in Lacon on December 24, 1876 and were blessed with two sons:  Edward (1877-1919) and William (1879-1957).

Edward shows up on the 1880 US Census as a three year old along with his parents and younger brother.  Michael Harvey indicated his occupation as "Laborer."

Sometime between 1881 and 1885 Michael and Katherine were divorced.  After the divorce Edward lived with his father in Streator, Illinois.

The 1890 US Census for this area is, of course, lost.

The 1900 US Census shows Edward living with John and Daisy Miller on their farm in Long Point in Livingston County, Illinois.  He was employed as a farmhand.

On January 7, 1905, Edward Harvey married Grace Deffenbaugh (1883-1971) in Lacon.  Edward and Grace were blessed with eight children: Jack Edward/Gail (1905-1983), Ray D. (1906-1965), Rachel (1908-1959), Carl Owen (1909-1952), Clifford Charles (1911-1993), Lowell M. (1913-1990), John (1914-1980) and Walter (1916-1974).

The 1910 US Census shows the young Harvey family living in Bennington, Illinois.  Thirty-two year old Edward, a carpenter for a house builder, twenty-three year old Grace, and the children Gale, Ray, Rachel and Carl.  They were renting their home "Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4 north of 14th Street."

That brings us up to the terrible accident that took the life of Edward Harvey.  Here is the account from the Lacon Home Journal:

EDWARD HARVEY KILLED

Met Death From Electric Wire Monday Afternoon

Sad Affair Happened About Four O'clock Just West Of Lacon Bridge.

Leaves Wife And Eight Children. 

It has been truthfully said that in the mist of life we are in death and the sudden passing of Edward Harvey of this city about four o'clock last Monday afternoon is another evidence of what an uncertain quantity is life. 

Mr. Harvey was employed with the line crew of the Public Service Company that was working on the city road west of the bridge.  Lines of wire were being changed and two long wires were tied to Edward McMahon's wagon.  He started to drag them a short distance, it being the intention to anchor them to an electric light pole so there would be no danger of them getting on the road. The wires were being pulled over the cross arms on several electric light poles and when one of the wires was about to pass over one of these cross arms it flew up and came in contact with a live wire of the high line carrying 4,400 volts of electricity.  Mr. McMahon noticed that something was wrong, as his team became almost unmanageable.  Almost at the same time Mr. Harvey started to untie the wire from the wagon.  No sooner had he touched it than he went down like a man struck with an axe.  As usual in such cases he was unable to let loose of the fatal wire and death must have been almost instantaneous.  Mr. McMahon was only slightly shocked, due to the fact that he was sitting on a dry blanket and had on shoes with rubber soles.  The wire that caused the death of Mr. Harvey came in contact with a pole along side of the road and there were reports like the crack of a pistol while fire flew in every direction.  The right hand of the unfortunate man was burned at one place to a crisp and there was also a seared place on his neck where the wire had burned.  

Drs. Bradford and Bennington were quickly summoned and the force of the workmen of the Public Service Company worked with the stricken man for almost two hours in an attempt to revive him, but in vain.  It is probable that he was dead in a few minutes after being stricken with the fatal current.

 

No one appears to have been a fault, the accident simply was one of those sad affairs that will occasionally occur in work of this kind.

 

The county coroner came over Tuesday and held an inquest at the Lenz Undertaking establishment were the body was taken after all hope of revival had been abandoned.  A verdict of accidental death was returned by the jury, which was composed of the following: Louie Lenz, Foreman, John Shafer, John Ludke, Turner Black, Ralph Jenkins and Frank Lewis.

 

Edward Henry Harvey was born in Lacon on September 25, 1877, being a son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Harvey.  He had lived the greater part of his life in Lacon, altho he sent a part of his earlier years in Streator with his father, his parents having separated.  He was married in this city on January 07, 1905, to Grace Deffenbaugh.  There were born to them eight children, all of whom with the wife survive him.  He is also survived by his parents, his father living in Manville, near Streator, and his mother, now Mrs. George Finkenbinder, of this city, and also one brother, William Harvey.  The children are seven boys and one girl, Gail, Ray, Rachel, Carl, Clifford, Lowell, John and Walter.  There are also one half brother and two half sisters living in Streator.

 

The funeral was held yesterday at the residence at 2 o'clock, Rev. L. M. Thompson officiating, and the interment made in Lacon Cemetery.

Here is Edward's tombstone in the Lacon City Cemetery:

So that's the terrible story of the sudden death of my Aunt Rachel's father, Edward Harvey - struck down in the prime of life leaving a widow and eight(!) children. 

Edward Harvey

Edward Harvey - May he rest in peace.