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| The Boston Store
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.), 04 Nov. 1900.
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
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Lunice, nicknamed "Linnie", was born in McFall, Gentry County, Missouri, in April 1883 to Thomas Ross Teel and Rebecca Ann Graham. She was the second of eight children, of whom Chloe, Linnie, Elizabeth ("Lizzie") and Alfred were born in Missouri. Sometime between 1891 and 1893, the family moved to Phoenix where Edith, Mabel, Sadie and Ross Graham were born.
It's unclear whether this Teel family was related to the
Peter Teel family that migrated from Texas to Arizona in the
1870s, although census records show that some of
them had also been in Illinois and Missouri before settling
in Texas.
In Missouri, Thomas R. Teel's family had been farmers and
owned a flour mill. Later, in Arizona census records, Thomas was listed
as a farm laborer and his death certificate describes him
as a "miller".
Lunice E. Teel, just 3 months short of her 22nd
birthday, died of pneumonia on January 13, 1905, at her parents' home at
507 North 4th Street, Phoenix, Arizona. She was buried in
Rosedale Cemetery.
Linnie's obituary noted she was employed at the Boston
Store and that she was "an estimable young woman" and
"well-known and respected by a large circle of acquaintances". -
Story by Sue Wilcox
2 comments:
My son worked for the Boston Stores in the late 1970s in Whittier, CA .. wonder if it was the same company?
It may have been:-)
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