THE KORESHAN UNITY MEMBERSHIP LIST by Claude J. Rahn: Layard Campbell (son of
Peter) Born: 4 Nov 1885, to Chicago 1893, and to Estero 26 Jan 1896.
FOLKS WE KNEW WHILE IN THE K.U. by Marie McCready: Laird Campbell; Came from
Oregon; lived up the river a short distance, on the other side. Edith married
a man by the name of Trabell.--Vesta Newcomb
U.S. Federal Census/Estero, Florida--1900; Koreshan Community; Enumeration
date: 27 Jun 1900; Enumerator: A. A. Gardner; Precinct 6; Microfilm number:
1240172; SD: 2; ED: 77; Sheet number: 16; Page number: 26: Transcribed by
Joyce Nelle Ratliff: : Layard D. Campbell; Relation to head of family:
partner; Color: white; Sex: male; Born: Nov 1884; Age 15; Single; Place of
birth: Oregon; Place of birth of father and mother: Scotland; Occupation:
assistant; Number of months not employed: 6; Attended school (6) months; Can
read and write: yes; Can speak English: yes.
1910 U. S. Federal Census; State: Florida; County: Lee; Town: Estero;
Enumeration date: 25 Apr 1910; ED: 80; Enumerator: Walter S. Lumis, Jr.
Name: Layard Campbell; Relation to head of family: head; Sex: male; Age:
24; Marital status: single; Place of birth: Oregon; Place of birth of
father: Scotland; Place of birth of mother: Scotland; Occupation: Engineer;
Nature of work: Gas Engine; Employer, Employee or works on own: O A; Out of
work Apr 15: No; Out of work how many weeks in 1909: 0; Can read and write:
yes; Home owned or rented: Rented: House or farm: House.
SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH INDEX; United States; Vol 1: Layard Campbell; Date of
birth: 4 Nov 1885; State number issued: New York; Date of death: December
1972 in Florida; SS#: 075-10-9521; Estero, Florida.
THE KORESHAN UNITY MEMBERSHIP LIST by Claude J. Rahn: Peter W. Campbell; Born:
27 Jan 1856, Coulter, Scotland; died: 23 Aug 1935.
FOLKS WE KNEW WHILE IN THE K.U. by Marie McCready: Came from Oregon; lived up
the river a short distance, on the other side. Edith married a man by the
name of Trabell.--Vesta Newcomb
Ruth Mason, GRI, Realtor; Estero Realty Inc.; U.S. 41; Estero, Florida 33928:
Peter William Campbell; Born: 27 Jan 1856; Died: 23 Aug 1935.
U.S. Federal Census/Estero, Florida--1900; Koreshan Community; Enumeration
date: 27 Jun 1900; Enumerator: A. A. Gardner; Precinct 6; Microfilm number:
1240172; SD: 2; ED: 77; Sheet number: 16; Page number: 26: Transcribed by
Joyce Nelle Ratliff: Peter W. Campbell; Relation to head of family: partner;
Color: white; Sex: male; Born: Feb 1857; Age 43; Married 19 years; Place
of birth: Scotland; Place of birth of father and mother: Scotland; Year of
immigration to U.S.: 1873?; Number of years in U.S.: 27; Naturalized: yes;
Occupation: Assistant*. (*All members (except one) were listed as Assistant
in this Census); Can read and write: yes; Can speak English: yes.
U.S. Federal Census/Estero, Florida--1920; U. S. Federal Census; Estero, Lee,
Florida; Enumerator: Henry D. Silverfriend; Enumeration Date: 5 Jan 1920;
Microfilm number: 1820221-T625-221; ED: 109; Precinct 10; Outside the
Koreshan Colony; Transcribed by Joyce Nelle Ratliff, January 1995: Peter W.
Campbell; Living outside the Koreshan Colony; Owner of home; Owned; Free or
mortgaged: Free; Age 63;
Married: Year of immigration to U.S. 1878?; Naturalized in 1884; Place of
birth: Scotland; Place of birth of father and mother: Scotland; Occupation:
Canned goods/Campbell Place Warehouse; Place of residence: Poinsettia Street.
FLAMING SWORD, COMMUNITY CURRENT EVENTS, OCTOBER, 1935: "Mr. Peter W.
Campbell passed away on Monday, September 23rd, after a lingering illness, in
the 80th year of his age, at his residence here in Estero, Florida. Brother
Peter, as he was familiarly known was a long and faithful friend of the
Koreshan Cause since 1889, and from 1893 to 1900 was with his family members
of the Koreshan home. He enjoyed the friendship and confidence of Koresh for
many years, having frequently entertained him while resident of New York City.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Jennie Campbell, and daughter, Mrs. Edith
Trebell, both living in Estero, and a son, Mr. Layard Campbell of New York."
Notes from Joyce Nelle Ratliff--1997: Ruth Mason, GRI, was a realtor working
for Estero Realty Inc. when I spoke with her. Address at that time: U.S. 41;
PO Box 291; Estero, Florida 33928. Ownership of Estero Realty is unknown.
THE KORESHAN UNITY MEMBERSHIP LIST by Claude J. Rahn: Myer Cantor.
U.S. Federal 1930 Census; Estero, Lee County, Florida; Election Precinct 12;
Koreshan Unity Home; Enumeration Date: May 5, 1930; Enumerator: William
Howell; ED: 36-17; SD: 6; Page: 199; Transcribed by Joyce Nelle Ratliff,
January 2003: Meyer Cantor; Radio set: none listed; Sex: male; Color:
white; Age at last birthday: 72; Marital condition: divorced; Age at first
marriage: 23; Attended school since Sep 1, 1929: no; Whether able to read
and write: yes; Place of birth: Russia; Place of birth of father: Russia;
Place of birth of mother: Russia; Language spoken in home before coming to
the U.S.: Russian; Year of immigration to the U.S.: unknown; Naturalized:
yes; Whether able to speak English: yes; Occupation: Shoemaker and tailor;
Industry: Shoemaking and tailoring; Whether actually at work yesterday (or
the last regular working day): yes; Veteran: no.
THE KORESHAN MEMBERSHIP LIST by Claude J. Rahn: Mrs. M. D. Capen (no other
name given).
FOLKS WE KNEW WHILE IN THE K.U. by Marie McCready; Carlton Case: Carlton came
in first in Chicago, and later on his father and mother came to Estero with
Beulah, a little girl, who died in her teens. Only Carlton remained. He
later married Ada Grier and they and their daughter, who married a physician
there, all live in Fort Myers.
THE KORESHAN MEMBERSHIP LIST by Claude J. Rahn: H. Carleton Case
FOLKS WE KNEW WHILE IN THE K.U. by Marie McCready: Carlton came in first in
Chicago, and later on his father and mother came to Estero with Beulah, a
little girl, who died in her teens. Only Carlton remained. He later married
Ada Grier and they and their daughter, who married a physician there, all live
in Fort Myers.
MEMORIES, MEMORIES--DAYS OF LONG AGO chronicled by Marie McCready with
participation by Lovelle McCready: Sailing with Marie and Catharine
McCready.--Page 74
(Family was a member of the Episcopal Church in Ft. Myers. They owned 180
acres on Ft. Myers' Beach which they lost during the depression.)--Per
grandson William H. Grace
SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH INDEX, United States, 1937-1996, Vol 1: Henry Case;
SS#: 266-42-6700; Date of birth: 3 Jul 1885; Date of Death: March 1970;
Residence: Ft. Myers, Florida 33902
LEE TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION, INC.; May 1996: THE TOWN OF FORT MYERS
BEACH WANTS TO BUY AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORIC SITE: " In April, the town
council unanimously voted to try to acquire the "Mound House" on "Long
Estate." A group of German developers has reportedly made a $1,000,000 offer
for the property, but council members hope they can acquire the property
before that deal closes. Fort Myers Beach is ready for historical and
eco-tourism; town manager Marsha Segal-George proposed creating a water
eco-trail from the Matanza Pass Wilderness Preserve to the Mound House and on
to Mound Key, which is believed to have been the capital of the Calusa
Indians.
This site, one of Lee County's earliest recorded archaeological mounds,
is in pristine condition and qualifies for the National Register of Historic
Places, but the Mound House has significance beyond its Calusa roots. The
first Homestead in Estero Island was granted to ROBERT GILBERT for Mound House
property and 82 acres from Gulf to Bay. Gilbert was a Koreshan and after Dr.
Cyrus Teed, founder of the Koreshan Unity died in 1908 Gilbert sold the
property to William H. Case.
The house on the mound encases one of the first homes built on Estero
Island. It was built circa 1909 by William H. Case, who platted the first
subdivision on the Island, Case's subdivision."
1910 U. S. Federal Census; State: Florida; County: Lee; Town: Ft. Myers;
Enumeration date: 5 (?) 1910; Enumerator: Edward M. Williams; Address: 1st
Street; SD: (?); ED: (?). Name: Henry C. Case; Relation to head of
family: son (Lives with Father and Mother and wife, Ada); Sex: male; Color:
white; Age: 25; Marital status: (Just?); Place of birth: Vermont; Place of
birth of father: New York; Place of birth of mother: Ohio; Language spoken:
English; Occupation: Stenographer; General nature of work: Law office; Out
of work April 15: No; Number of weeks out of work in 1900: 0.
OBITUARY FOR HENRY CARLTON CASE; NEWS-PRESS, Fort Myers, Lee, Florida (No
date); Transcribed by Joyce Nelle Ratliff, January 28, 2004: CASE DIES AT 85;
WAS GROVE OWNER, CITY COUNCILMAN. H. C. Case, a longtime resident of Fort
Myers and chairman of the board of the First Federal Savings and Loan
Association, died Wednesday in Lee Memorial Hospital. He was 85 and had been
ill for some time. A native of Brattleboro, Vt., he came to Fort Myers in
1910 where he immediately became active in civic and community affairs. He
was a charter member of the Accelerator Club, formed to promote tourism in the
Greater Fort Myers area. He served eight years on the Fort Myers City Council
and, in 1922, was elected president of the Fort Myers, Lee County Chamber of
Commerce. He was a charter member of the Kiwanis Club of Fort Myers and was
an active Rotarian for some 32 years.
Case and his father were early developers of Fort Myers Beach in the 1930s and
later developed Meadow Vista subdivision. For more than 25 years, he was
owner-manager of Floweree Groves, an extensive citrus enterprise. He also
served for many years as president of the Lee County Packing Co., another
industry based on what was then a flourishing citrus industry locally. Case
was one of the charter directors of the First Federal Savings and Loan
Association. He was named vice president and was one of association's
appraisers for 30 years. He was elected president of the association in 1946.
After holding this position for 15 years he became chairman of the board in
1961. He held this post until the day of his death.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Mrs. Ada Case, last May 4. His
survivors include a son, Harold C. Case of Fort Myers; a daughter, Mrs. Angus
D. Grace of Fort Myers; four grandchildren, Mrs. Carolyn Breeze, Jane Grace, A
Douglas Grace, Jr., and William Henry Grace II; and six great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be held Friday at 3:30 p.m. in the chapel of the Leo W.
Engelhardt Funeral Home. The Rev. Father Robert G. Browning, Jr. will
officiate. Pallbearers will be the directors of the First Federal Savings &
Loan Association---Paul G. Franklin, Lloyd G. Hendry, W. T. Howard, Walter D.
Moody, James B. Roberts and Thomas H. Hart. W. H. Reynolds, Sr. will be
honorary pallbearer. Burial will be in the Fort Myers Cemetery.
Had a winter home in St. Petersburg, Florida. Began First Federal Savings and
Loan in Fort Myers
1910 U. S. Federal Census; State: Florida; County: Lee; Town: Ft. Myers;
Enumeration date: 5 (?) 1910; Enumerator: Edward M. Williams; Address: 1st
Street; SD: (?); ED: (?). Name: William H. Case; Relation to head of
family: head; Sex: male; Color: white; Age: 50; Marital status: Married 1
time; Number of years married: 28; Place of birth: New York; Place of birth
of father: New York; Place of birth of mother: New York; Language spoken:
English; Trade or profession: Engineer; General nature of work: Stationary;
Employer or worker: worker; Out of work April 15: no; Number of weeks out of
work 1909: 0; Can read and write: yes; Home owned or rented: Rented; House
or farm: House.
THE KORESHAN UNITY MEMBERSHIP LIST by Claude J. Rahn: George W. Casner
FOLKS WE KNEW WHILE IN THE K.U. by Marie McCready; George Cazner: One of
the boat builders.--William McCready.
U.S. Federal Census/Estero/Lee County/Florida/1910; Enumeration date: 23 Apr
1910; Koreshan Unity; Enumerator: Walter S. Turner, Jr.; Microfilm number:
Fl 1910-H T624; ED: 80; Transcribed by Joyce Nelle Ratliff: George W.
Casner; Sex: Male; Race: White; Age 61; Marital Status: Widower; Place of
birth: Pennsylvania; Place of birth of father and mother: Pennsylvania;
Occupation: carpenter: Nature of trade: General carpentry; Employer or
worker: Worker; No. of months not employed: 0; Can read and write: yes.
FOLKS WE KNEW WHILE IN THE K.U. by Marie McCready; Eleanor Castle: A
brilliant, auburn-haired Irish schoolteacher who, in later life, had a home
with her granddaughter Dawn up the river from the Unity.
THE FLAMING SWORD; Community Current Events by Max E. Arendt; June 1936:
"Mrs. Eleanore Castle, and granddaughter, Dawn, arrived from Chicago,
Illinois, May 8, to make their home in Estero, where Mrs. Castle has purchased
a home. She and Dawn are welcome additions to the community, and she should
find many friends of former years to make her residence her a pleasant one."
Notes from Evelyn Horne: Eleanor Castle
"She joined the Koreshans in Chicago where she was a college professor. She
wrote religious writings for Dr. Teed, and they were printed in "The Flaming
Sword." Eleanor did lecturing to large groups in different halls around
Chicago on Koreshan science and religion. She was a beautiful kind and loving
person--a real lady.
She married and had one son. When she returned to Estero in about 1937 for
her retiring years, bringing a teenage granddaughter, Dawn, she bought
property and her home on the Estero River across from Koreshan friends, Jennie
Campbell and Edith Trebell. Dawn attended Fort Myers Senior High School and
graduated with the class of 1939. Eleanor died July 4, 1941. Dawn married at
Fort Myers to Ernest Barwick and had one daughter."
THE KORESHAN UNITY MEMBERSHIP LIST by Claude J. Rahn: Eleanor M. Castle; Born:
28 Jan 1867.
FOLKS WE KNEW WHILE IN THE K.U. by Marie McCready; Eleanor Castle: A
brilliant, auburn-haired Irish schoolteacher who, in later life, had a home
with her granddaughter Dawn up the river from the Unity.
1900 U. S. Federal Census; Calumet Township; Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Film
Roll No. 285; Page No. 285; SD No. 1; ED No. 986; Sheet No. 12; Ward of City:
31; Enumeration Date: 13 June 1900; Enumerator: Ernest E. Ellington;
Transcribed by Joyce Nelle Ratliff, 24 May 1999: Elenor Castle; Residence:
99th Street, Dwelling 133: Relation to head of family: Boarder: Color,
white; Sex; Female; Month of birth: January; Year of birth: 1867; Age at
last birthday: 32; Married: 1* year; Mother of 2 children; Number of these
children living: 2; Place of birth: California; Place of birth of father:
New Hampshire; Place of birth of mother: New Hampshire; Occupation: Nothing
listed; Can read, yes; Can write, yes; Can speak English, yes. (*All but 5
married residents living in this dwelling list the number of years married as
1 year.)
MEMORIES, MEMORIES--DAYS OF LONG AGO chronicled by Marie McCready with
participation by Lovelle McCready: Eleanor Castle, a brilliant Irish
ex-teacher from Chicago, gave lectures in a rustic, temporary thatched booth
that the Unity used at the first fair, which was held in Tampa (Date of the
fair, approx. 1904).--Page 80.
THE FLAMING SWORD; Community Current Events by Max E. Arendt; June 1936:
"Mrs. Eleanore Castle, and granddaughter, Dawn, arrived from Chicago,
Illinois, May 8, to make their home in Estero, where Mrs. Castle has purchased
a home. She and Dawn are welcome additions to the community, and she should
find many friends of former years to make her residence her a pleasant one."
THE FLAMING SWORD; Community Current Events by Rose Gilbert; August 1941: "The
death of Mrs. Eleanore Castle occurred at her home in Fort Myers, Florida,
July 4, 1941. She was a teacher for many years in Chicago, Illinois. Mrs.
Castle was connected with our organization for several years and was a valued
contributor to THE SWORD."
Notes from Evelyn Horne: Eleanor Castle
"She joined the Koreshans in Chicago where she was a college professor. She
wrote religious writings for Dr. Teed, and they were printed in "The Flaming
Sword." Eleanor did lecturing to large groups in different halls around
Chicago on Koreshan science and religion. She was a beautiful kind and loving
person--a real lady.
She married and had one son. When she returned to Estero in about 1937 for
her retiring years, bringing a teenage granddaughter, Dawn, she bought
property and her home on the Estero River across from Koreshan friends, Jennie
Campbell and Edith Trebell. Dawn attended Fort Myers Senior High School and
graduated with the class of 1939. Eleanor died July 4, 1941. Dawn married at
Fort Myers to Ernest Barwick and had one daughter."
THE AMERICAN EAGLE; Vol. 79; April 1993; Page 3: "The beautiful Planetary
Court residence, so named for the seven planets then known to exist, still
stands proudly in the Koreshan settlement. It was built in 1904 to house the
original seven Koreshan women charged by Koresh to manage the affairs of the
Unity. Each had her own bedroom, and the eighth room, on the main floor,
served as their council chamber or meeting room. These Stellar Women Were :
Virginia Andrews, Berthaldine Boomer, Evelyn Bubbett, Eleanor Castle, Rose
Gilbert, Ella Graham and Etta Silverfriend. ELEANOR CASTLE. Sister Castle
was a professor of languages at the University of Chicago when she joined the
Koreshan Unity. With her mental acumen and understanding of Koreshan
principles, Eleanor wrote and lectured extensively in both the Chicago area
and in Florida. She helped set up the educational programs of the Koreshans,
and although she left the settlement, married and had a son, in about 1937 she
returned to the Koreshan fold to live out her retirement years. She brought
with her a granddaughter, Dawn, who attended Fort Myers High School and
married a Fort Myers boy. Eleanor died in July 1941."
THE KORESHAN UNITY MEMBERSHIP LIST by Claude J. Rahn: Morrison Castle.
THE KORESHAN UNITY MEMBERSHIP LIST by Claude J. Rahn: Edward Champlin.