Charles B. Hanes
His obituary of Dec. 14, 1894 (The
Butler Record) says, "Chas. Hanes was born in Chautaugua county in the state
of New York, June 24, 1833. The family came west, in 1838 and settled
one mile east of Butler, IN, where they have lived ever since except the
last five years that have been spent in the city of Buffalo, NY. Bro.
Hanes leaves a wife, two sons and one daughter. He was married to Mary
Jane Altenburg Sept. 27, 1857. Funeral services were held at the M.E.
Church in Butler, Sunday Dec. 9, 1894 under the auspices of the Butler I.O.O.F.
The order took charge of the body on its arrival here and cared for it until
the interment. There were in the procession the Butler order of Rebekahs
and I.O.O.F. with visitors from Hamilton, Waterloo, and Auburn. The
casket was covered with flowers among which was a bouquet in the shape of
three links, the emblem of the I.O.O.F., presented by the Butler lodge.
The following notice of the life and death of Mr. Hanes appeared in the Buffalo
Daily Mercantile Review Thursday evening Dec. 6, 1894. It is with sincere
sorrow that we are called upon to record the death of Charley Hanes, which
occurred at the Hospital where he had been since the severe operation; only
two weeks ago yesterday that had been reported to us the last hope of saving
his life, and since which his many friends, buoyed up by the patients always
cheerful condition and the favorable reports of his physicians, hoped that
he might recover, but it is was not to be. All that medical skill and
most careful nursing could do was done to save his life, but the ordeal through
which he was called to pass was too severe for one with his weakened constitution,
and with his advanced years, lacking the vitality that a younger patient
might have had, he succumbed to the inevitable yesterday afternoon, shortly
after noon, his faithful wife and sons being at his bedside when the end
came, Charley Hanes was one of that class of men who will be remembered in
this busy world long after he has passed away of a quiet unassuming nature,
there were few men who had many warmer friends than he. For years he
had been a liberal shipper of live stock to this market, and he was in every
sense of the word a rigidly honest man, and no one who ever done business
with him, but who held him in the highest esteem. He formerly lived
at Butler, Indiana, and several years ago entered the employ of Swope, Hughes,
Waltz, & Bensread a cattle salesman. His employers interest he
regarded as his own, faithful to every trust he died honored and beloved
by all that knew him. He was about fifty-eight years of age and leaves
as his direct relations, a wife, two sons and a married daughter. The
funeral services were held at the late residence of the deceased, East Buffalo
this morning, by the pastor of the Glenwood Ave. Methodist Church, and was
largely attended by the friends of the family. Many handsome floral
tributes from friends were upon the casket containing the remains which bore
a peaceful expression, and at noon the remains were taken to the late home
of the deceased; where the last funeral rites will be held on Friday."
Submitted by Roselyn Wells
E-mail: rwells@ctlnet.com