How Cornelia Street in Hicksville Was Named

Forest Home Cemetery, Hicksville, OH

Cornelia A. DuFoe Spindler

"OBITUARY.     SPINDLER. 

Cornelia A. DuFoe Spindler was born September 30, 1846, in Branch county, Michigan, and departed this life at the home of her sister, Mrs. Maud H. Bachman in Collinsville, Illinois, March 10, 1811*

 *(Incorrect date - it should be 1911.) 

During her girlhood, the deceased for a number of years was a teacher in the public schools of her native county.  When a young woman, she was united in *marriage with Jacob F. Spindler, for whom she was a helpful wife until his death, nearly a quarter of a century ago.  Soon after their marriage, the deceased and her husband came to Hicksville to make their home and where they remained until the time of his death.

*Michigan marriage records indicated that Jacob F. Spindler, born Lancaster, PA, a carpenter who was 33 years old, married Cornelia A. DuFoe, who was 24, on October 6, 1870, in Coldwater, MI.) 

The deceased, after the death of her husband, continued to live in her home on Cornelia street in this village until about ten years ago.  By the death of her husband, Mrs. Spindler was left with the care of three young sons, Victor H. Spindler; Melvin Spindler, and Clifton Spindler.  The three sons afterward died, leaving their mother alone in the world and in ill health. 

When the deceased and her husband settled here, Hicksville was a small hamlet and the residents were intimately acquainted with each other.  The lot upon which stood the dwelling which she occupied for many years was the first lot sold upon the street upon which it fronted, and in giving the street a name, the late Hon. A. P. Edgerton gave it Mrs. Spindler's Christian name, Cornelia, in her honor, he having been the proprietor of the addition in which her home is located.

Two members of the family of the deceased sacrified their health for the perpetuity and  glory of this nation.  The husband was a brave soldier in the 58th*

regiment O.V.I. and died from the effects of privations endured in Andersonville prison.  One son, Clifton, was a brave soldier in the Spanish-American war and in the Philipine War.  

*Jacob F. Spindler was actually in the 68th Ohio, as many sources agree.  He enlisted at the age of 26 on October 2, 1861.  He was captured on June 15, 1865, at Big Shanty, Georgia and then taken to Andersonville as a POW.  He was one of the lucky ones who survived.  Jacob mustered out on May 15, 1865, and died on December 4, 1886.

The deceased was a sufferer from physical ailments for many years. She was industrious, painstaking, loyal, forgiving and charitable.  Many years ago she united with the First Methodist Episcopal church of Hicksville and continued to be a loyal member until the time of her death.  

The deceased leaves surviving her: one brother, John DuFoe of Union City, Michigan, and one sister, Mrs. Maud E. Bachman of Collinsville, Illinois.  The funeral services were conducted by Rev. J. C. Shaw from the First Methodist Episcopal church of Hicksville last Friday afternoon and interment was made in Forest Home Cemetery."

Forest Home Cemetery, Hicksville, Ohio  (www.findagrave.com)