Milton Carey POET 1842-1918 b. Richmond, Virginia - slave
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Milton Carey POET 1842-1918 b. Richmond, Virginia - slave
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Posted: 4 Jul 2008 11:30PM GMT |
Classification: Obituary
Surnames: POET, PHENIX, BOND, BOYINGTON
Milton C. Poet who died February 9th, 1918: Lorain Times Herald, Lorain, Ohio (front page)
Milton Carey Poet, 76 one of Lorain’s oldest and mostly wide known colored residents died at 3 am. today following an illness of two weeks.He had lived in Lorain for 50 years.
Born a slave at Richmond VA. on August 15, 1842, he fled north at the opening of the Civil War, and as a boy of 19 attached himself as an orderly to Major Boyington, Port Huron Michigan, widely known in Lorain, and served through the entire four years of the war.
At the close of the war he went to Detroit and four years later came to Lorain. At that time Lorain (Ohio) was but a country village without railroads and with a stage coach operating between here and Elyria. Later he cleared the land for the B&O round house and assisted in laying out many of the city’s present streets. For eight years he held the city contract for garbage collection.
He was the owner of four dwelling houses on 7th Street and six acres of land in Black River Township. He is survived by his wife, Celia Poet, two daughters, Ida Phenix, Scranton PA, Lillian Bond, Cleveland, (Ohio) and two sons, Joseph, Flint, Michigan and Charles, Lorain, Ohio, eleven grandchildren and one great grandchild also survive. Funeral arrangements will be held at the residence 324, Seventh Street. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. at the Parkside Chapel, Rev Smith of the Second Baptist Church in charge, Burial in Elmwood Cemetery.
Milton Carey Poet, 76 one of Lorain’s oldest and mostly wide known colored residents died at 3 am. today following an illness of two weeks.He had lived in Lorain for 50 years.
Born a slave at Richmond VA. on August 15, 1842, he fled north at the opening of the Civil War, and as a boy of 19 attached himself as an orderly to Major Boyington, Port Huron Michigan, widely known in Lorain, and served through the entire four years of the war.
At the close of the war he went to Detroit and four years later came to Lorain. At that time Lorain (Ohio) was but a country village without railroads and with a stage coach operating between here and Elyria. Later he cleared the land for the B&O round house and assisted in laying out many of the city’s present streets. For eight years he held the city contract for garbage collection.
He was the owner of four dwelling houses on 7th Street and six acres of land in Black River Township. He is survived by his wife, Celia Poet, two daughters, Ida Phenix, Scranton PA, Lillian Bond, Cleveland, (Ohio) and two sons, Joseph, Flint, Michigan and Charles, Lorain, Ohio, eleven grandchildren and one great grandchild also survive. Funeral arrangements will be held at the residence 324, Seventh Street. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. at the Parkside Chapel, Rev Smith of the Second Baptist Church in charge, Burial in Elmwood Cemetery.