Charles Richard Lockwood
 

     
Charles Richard Lockwood (son of Charles Thomas Lockwood and Rebecca Tennessee Faulkenbury) was born October 21, 1876 in Farm, Herscher, Kankakee Co, IL62, and died May 23, 1925 in 195 N. Greenwood, Kankakee, Kankakee Co, IL63. He married (1) Hester Taylor on November 08, 1908 in Omaha, NE, daughter of Wooster Beach Taylor and Martha Adelia Bates. He married (2) Mary Elsie Curry on April 24, 1915 in Chicago, Cook Co, IL63, daughter of Jacob Oakley Curry and Clara Betsy Eglington

Notes for Charles Richard Lockwood:
He was 48 years 7 months and 2 days old.

MILITARY RECORD

CHARLES RICHARD LOCKWOOD (Capt. M.C.)
S.O. 73 FORT RILEY, KANSAS Apr. 3, 1918 - July 20, 1921 M.O.T.C.
S.O. 167 CAMP SHELBY, Hattisburg, Miss Jul. 24, 1918 - Oct. 3, 1918
S.O. 234 Camp Bauergurd, Alexandria, La. Base Hosp. No. 120 Oct. 7 - Oct. 30
S.O. 84 Camp Upton Nov. 3, 1819 Port of Embarkation Pontnezen Barracks, France Nov. 22 - Nov. 30, 1918 B.H. 120 Kerhuon, France Dec. 1, - Jan. 1 1919 B.H. 120 Joue les Tours, France Jan. 3, - Jul. 1 1919 B.H. 120
S.O. 189 Discharged CAMP DIX, N. J. Jul. 8, 1919

OBITUARY: DR. LOCKWOOD PASSES AWAY EARLY TODAY
Well Known Physician Dies at Home After Illness of Three Months.
Dr. Charles R. Lockwood, well known physician of this city, died at his residence, 195 N. Greenwood Ave this morning after an illness of three months. Charles Richard Lockwood was born near Herscher in 1876 and came to Kankakee with his parents in 1886. He was married in 1908 to Hester Taylor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.B. Taylor of Omaha, Neb. Mrs Lockwood died in 1911, leaving one daughter, Hester, now 14 years of age. Dr. Lockwood remarried in 1915, the bride being Miss Elsie Curry, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.O. Curry of Chicago.
Dr. Lockwood is survived by his wife, three children - Hester, Elsie, 7 years old, and Betsey Rebecca, 3 years old also by his mother, Mrs Charles Lockwood, all of Kankakee; and one brother, George E. Lockwood of Chicago.

Was An Eye Specialist.
Dr. Lockwood was a graduate of the Chicago College of Physicians and Surgeons and made eye, ear and nose diseases a specialty. He was a Member of the American Medical Association and of the Illinois State and the Kankakee County Medical Societies. At the time of his death he was president of the Kankakee Kiwanis club Past Exalted Ruler of the B.P.O.E and a member of the Masonic Lodge No. 389 Kankakee.
He was a veteran of the world war serving with distinction in one of the medical units. He belonged to the American Legion post in Kankakee. Dr. Lockwood was interested in athletics to a marked degree and was to be found regularly at the YMCA gymnasium, seemingly in the best of physical condition up to the time of his illness. He was greatly beloved by all who came in contact with him and was in all respects an exemplary citizen.
Funeral Monday.
The funeral will be held Monday at 2 p.m. from the Masonic temple and the body will be laid to rest in Mound Grove cemetery with Masonic honors.
The remains will lie in state at the Phillips and Friday funeral parlors from 7 to 9 p.m. today. on Sunday they will be taken to the residence, and to the Masonic temple at noon on Monday, to lie in state until the hour of the funeral. The services will be conducted by the Rev. G.H. McClung assisted by Rev. J.P. Givens.

FUNERAL OF DR. LOCKWOOD HELD THIS AFTERNOON
The funeral of the late Dr. Charles Richard Lockwood was held this afternoon from the Masonic temple and was attened by a large concourse of people. The Kiwanis club of which Dr. Lockwood was a president at the time of his death was present in a body.
The body was taken to the temple from the residence at 11:45 this morning, escorted by the Kiwanis club. The funeral service was held at 2 p.m. the Rev George H. McClung officating, assisted by the Rev. J.P. Givens.
The pallbears were W.C. Schneider, Dr. A.N. House,Dr. E.S. Hamilton, J. Bert Miller, W.R. Hickox and W.A. Schneider
The remains were buried in Mound grove cemetery with Masonic honers. An autopsy on the body of Dr. Lockwood which was held Saturday by Dr. Irwin at Phillips & Friday's morgue to determine the cause of his death. It revealed that it was a tumor on the brain. Dr. Lockwood carried both life and accident insurance. A $5000 policy in the latter. He fell on an icy pavement last winter striking his head which disabled him for some time.
Later he was stricken with paralysis. It was to determine whether his death was due to injuries from the fall, which would have made the accident insurance collectable, or from the other causes that led to the autopsy.
He graduated from grammar school, Jun 10, 1891 in Kankakee. He graduated from Shattuck Military School in Fairbault, MN. He was stocky in stature, he played center on the military football team.
He graduated from the University of MI. at Ann Arbor, MI., where he also played football. He was a member of Phi Rho Sigma fraternity.
He graduated from the college of Physicians and Surgeons, University of IL, Chicago, IL, on May 20, 1902. He also studied in Vienna, Austria.
Richard's first practice as a physician was in Atwood, IL.
He entered the service as a captain in the army in the World War. He was stationed in the A.E.F. Medical Forces in Joue les Tours, France.
He was a well-known eye, ear, nose, and throat physician and surgeon in
Kankakee. He died at the age of 48 from a brain tumor.


More About Charles Richard Lockwood:
Burial: May 25, 1925, Mound Grove Cemetery, Kankakee, IL.
Father (2): Charles Thomas Lockwood.
Military service: July 08, 1919, Discharge Capt.Medical Corp.
Occupation: Eye, ear, nose, and throat physician and surgeon.
Residence: Kankakee, IL.
Section # & Lot #: Section 79 South West 1/4 Lot 18.

More About Charles Richard Lockwood and Hester Taylor:
Marriage: November 08, 1908, Omaha, NE.

More About Charles Richard Lockwood and Mary Elsie Curry:
Marriage: April 24, 1915, Chicago, Cook Co, IL.63

Children of Charles Richard Lockwood and Hester Taylor are:

i    +Hester Katherine Lockwood, b. May 10, 1911, Kankakee, Kankakee Co, IL, d. November 07, 1992, Kankakee, Kankakee Co, IL.
Children of Charles Richard Lockwood and Mary Elsie Curry are:
i   +Mary Elsie Lockwood, b. August 28, 1917, Kankakee, Kankakee Co, IL, d. July 10, 1981, Riverside Hospital, Kankakee, IL 
ii   +Betsey Rebecca Lockwood, b. June 02, 1921, Kankakee, Kankakee Co, IL.

 

 


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