Ervenia Mary Binkelman

1874 - 1916  (41 years)

• Name	Ervenia Mary Binkelman  [1, 2, 3]
  Born	11 Nov 1874	Marion, Waupaca County, Wisconsin   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Died	17 Jan 1916	Tokio, McLennan County, Texas   [2]
  Buried	Dupont Cemetery, Marion, Waupaca County, Wisconsin
  Notes	Monday, Jan. 17th 1916 occured the death of Ervenia Mary Huebotter at Tokio Texas from pnuemonia. She was the daughter of William and Mary Binkleman, pioneers of Marion. Ervenia was born Nov. 11th 1874 at Perry's Mill, Town of Dupont, now the Village of Marion. Jan. 11th, 1908 she married William D. Huebotter of Burnham, Texas. Only a few short years of wedded life and she was called, leaving a fond husband and three motherless boys. Ervenia's early life was passed at Marion with her many friends and associates and was a general favorite. She became a member of the M.E. Church in her youth and in both Church and Sunday School was a devoted and constant worker. After completing High School in Marion, she attended the Normal at Oshkosh. From there she went to Valpariso, Ind., and graduated in the school of Expression. While at that college, she met her husband, a student in the department of law. Since their marriage, they have made their home in the state of Texas. The sad news of her loss was a shock to the people of this vicinity, a week ago Monday, when told of her death. Her sister Luella, started upon notice of her illness, but reached Tokio only in time to accompany the husband, babies and remains of Ervenia to her old home. Tuesday, Jan, 25th 1916, the body of the departed was laid at rest in the Dupont Cemetery, by the side of a loved brother and sister. Funeral services were held at the residence of her brother, Jay Binkleman, conducted by the Rev. W. Taylor, Pastor of the M.E. Church of Marion. Left of the family to mourn her absence are her husband and children, a father and mother, two sisters and one brother. Pall Bearers: Paul Michaelis, Neal Case, E.E. Ramsdell, John Buhr, R. Churchill, John Laughlin. http://marion.k12.wi.us/mhs_web_page/Site%20Pages/Publications/ashestoashes/Letters%20G-I/HuebotterErveniaMary.html (Courtesy of Lorraine Smith Benkelman)
  Person ID	I29876	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	William Richard Clancey Binkelman,   b. 2 Mar 1848, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Mary Ann Ramsdell,   b. Sep 1849, Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	28 Mar 1871	Manitowoc County, Wisconsin   [3, 4, 5]
  	There is perhaps no more prominent businessman in the northern part of Waupaca County than Mr. Binkelman. He has been a farmer, schoolteacher, and merchant, and, on his upward to a comfortable competence, he has also engaged in various other vocations. His present mercantile establishment is the largest in the village of Marion. Mr. Binkelman was born in Joliet, ILL, in 1849, son of Leonard and Jane (McCormick) Binkelman, the father a native of Germany, the mother of Irish extraction. Leonard Binkleman was a ship builder by trade, and for many years was a resident of Joliet, removing thence in 1852 to Manitowoc, Wis., where he also followed his trade. Mrs. Binkelman died in 1894, and he now resides with his son, W.R. at Marion. Their children were: W.R., Mary Jane, wife of William Clark, of Manitowoc; Fred, and Emma E., wife of John Bodwin, of East Gibson, Manitowoc County. W.R. Binkelman was reared in Manitowoc, and after leaving the schools there, clerked in a grocery store for some time, after which for about ten years he was engaged in the confectionery business of Manitowoc. In 1872 Mr. Binkelman moved to Shawano County, and there engaged in farming, teaching school and speculating in land for several years, teaching in Grant and Belle Plaine Townships, and also in Dupont Township, Waupaca County. In 1876, he removed to the later township, locating on a tract of land one and a half miles distant from Marion. Three years later he opened a hardware store at Marion, where he has since been continuously in business. There was only one store in the village when he located there, that of McDonald and Ramsdell, a firm that has since gone out of business. The village contained but three houses, Mr. Binkelman erecting the fifth building, but there is now a population of 800, and it is still growing rapidly. He erected his present building, a good two-story frame, in 1881, and carries of full line of hardware and farm machinery, the most valuable stock of goods in Dupont Township. He is a notary public, and for thirteen years, up to January 1, 1895, he was in the insurance business. In earlier life Mr. Binkelman filed cross-cut saws, and adopted various other honest and honorable means of obtaining a start in life, and he began business in Marion with only $350, his present extensive trader testifying to his abundant, perhaps unequalled, success at this point. Mr. Binkelman was married, in 1871, to Miss [Mary] Ann Ramsdell , who was born in Manitowoc Rapids, daughter of Erastus Ramsdell, an early pioneer of Manitowoc country, who subsequently moved to Dupont Township, where he died in 1890. To Mr. and Mrs. Binkelman came 6 children, five of whom are now living: Olla A., Irvine, Luella, Lindon J., and Murrell. Mark died at the age of eight years. In politics Mr. Binkelman is a Republican, and socially he is a charter member of Marion Lodge No. 256, I.O.O.F., in which he has passed all the Chairs, and is now serving as Chaplain. He attends the M.E. Church, and his eldest daughter, Olla A., is Superintendent of Sunday School at the flourishing Church. In January, 1895, Mr. Binkelman was elected Chairman of Dupont Township; he was Clerk of the Courts of Waupaca County from 1884 to 1888; was Postmaster at Marion under President Harrison from 1888 to 1892, resigning in the later year; he was Town Clerk of Dupont for five years; In January, 1895, was appointed chairman of the town board, and, in the spring of that year was elected chairman, receiving 241 votes out of a total of 307, a fact which testifies better than words his popularity. He is well known throughout Waupaca County, and commands the esteem and good fellowship of all who know him. From "Commemorative Biological Record of the Upper Wisconsin Counties of Waupaca, Portage, Wood, Marathon, Lincoln, Oneida, Vilas, Langlade and Shawano" by Chicago: J.H. Beers & Co., 1895. (Courtesy of Lorraine Smith Benkelman)
  Family ID	F9378	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William D. Huebotter,   b. Mar 1871, Texas ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	11 Jan 1908	DeWitt County, Texas   [2]
  	Groom's Name: Wm A Huebotter Groom's Birth Date: Groom's Birthplace: Groom's Age: Bride's Name: Ervina M. Binkelman Bride's Birth Date: Bride's Birthplace: Bride's Age: Marriage Date: 11 Jan 1908 Marriage Place: Dewitt, Texas Groom's Father's Name: Groom's Mother's Name: Bride's Father's Name: Bride's Mother's Name: Groom's Race: White Groom's Marital Status: Unknown Groom's Previous Wife's Name: Bride's Race: White Bride's Marital Status: Single Bride's Previous Husband's Name: Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M00017-1 System Origin: Texas-EASy Source Film Number: 1012061 Reference Number: Vol. J, Pg174, CN358 Collection: Texas Marriages, 1837-1973
  Children	1. William J. Huebotter,   b. Abt 1910, Texas ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Dale V. Huebotter,   b. Abt 1914, Texas ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Richard Keith Huebotter,   b. Abt 1915, Texas ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	31 May 2010
  Family ID	F10572	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Born - 11 Nov 1874 - Marion, Waupaca County, Wisconsin Married - 11 Jan 1908 - DeWitt County, Texas Died - 17 Jan 1916 - Tokio, McLennan County, Texas Buried - - Dupont Cemetery, Marion, Waupaca County, Wisconsin  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S384] 1900 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1900 United States Federal Census, the Twelfth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, relationship to the head of household, color or race, sex, month and year of birth, age at last birthday, marital status, number of years married, the total number of children born of the mother, the number of those children living, birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, if the individual was foreign born, the year of immigration and the number of years in the United States, the citizenship status of foreign-born individuals over age twenty-one, occupation, and more. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1900 Federal Census.), Wisconsin, Waupaca County, Marion Enumerated 21 Jun 1900 SD 6 ED 124 Sheet 14A 238-241 (Reliability: 3). [S799] Obituary (transcription found online, newspaper not sourced), Obituary of Ervenia Mary Huebotter, published in unsourced Marion, Wisconsin newspaper (Reliability: 3). [S813] Ramsdell, D. A. "Reminscences of Old Times" MARION ADVERTISER, Marion, WI, 18 May 1917, (http://www.wigenweb.org/waupaca/News/waupnews1917.htm). [S690] Zimmerman, Jane-Family Researcher (zimnero@tm.net). [S1610] Jacobs, BonnieMargaret McDonald "The Family Benkelman" Unpublished Manuscript, 276 pages, October 1981 Version, (Copy owned by Barney Benkelman, Helena, Montana; which he xeroxed and sent to Melinda McLemore Strong in San Antonio, Texas), p. 103, she cites Manitowoc County Marriage Records, Vol. 4, pg. 44 (Reliability: 3).