BLOCK 5
LOT : 86
REMOVED
December 23, 1913
TO:
DIVISION 2
previously - DIVISION 1
David S. Shellabarger Mausoleum
LOT : 126
ROW : 17
COLUMN : 8
SUB. R/C : E/W
GRAVE # ?
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Ruth (nee-Worley) Krone
b. January 21, 1798
Little York, York County, Pennsylvania
d. May 9, 1883
Decatur, Macon County, Illinois
buried: May 1883
disintered and relocated
December 23, 1913
to the
David S. Shellabarger mausoleum
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FATHER
Nathan Worley
(1775-1823)
MOTHER
Abigail Popp
(1775-1830)
MARRIED
David Martin Krone
(1798-1867)
December 6, 1825
Pennsylvania
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CHILDREN
with David
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Memories of N. L. Krone:
In the spring of 1841, the Krone family moved in the Macon House, later known as the Revere House, at the corner of South Franklin and East Prairie. They remained in this house until 1850. Mrs. Krone conducted the hotel and her husband, David Krone, conducted a cabinet shop in the basement which was mainly above ground. The Macon House was the "leading" hotel at the time and it was here that lawyers stopped when riding the circuit. Extension tables were a novelty at this time and Mr. Krone made one for each of his children. Combined with his skill as a cabinet maker, he had engineering ability. If someone described a machine to him or furnish him with a rough drawing, he could build the machine. There came to Decatur shortly after the Krones, an Englishman named Launcelot Wilson, who understood the carding and spinning of wool and weaving of cloth. Mr. Krone made for this man a spinning jenny. It is described as a machine fifteen feet wide and with fifteen spindles. It was considered a wonderful machine. Mr.Krone also made for this man the other machines necessary for a woolen mill, a carding machine and a loom. Mr. Krone also interested Captain D.L. Allen in this enterprise and the two were associated. The woolen mill was established in the old Joe Stickell grist mill, which was located on the site of the present St. Paul Lutheran school on East Prairie. The plant was operated, as the old mill had been, by an ox wheel. This mill, for several years, made cloth, blankets and goods of other kind from home grown wool. Mr.Krone is unable to say if the plant was a commercial success, but he is assured it filled an important place in the community. Omitting the several grist mills, a distillery and the Oglesby temporary rope walk, this woolen mill may be said to be Decatur's first real industry.
The Daily Review - (Decatur, Illinois) - 20 FEB 1916
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David Krone was known as a happy man, and his wife Ruth was known for her cooking.
David and Ruth Krone ran the hotel 1842-1850. It was known as Macon House then.
It burned down in 1871.
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The Herald-Despatch
(Decatur, Illinois)
12 MAY 1883 * page 8
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