Residence: 406 Park Street, Milton, Rock Co., Wisconsin

Ellen (Crandall) Place 1880-1946
"The Milton Junction Telephone", Thursday, July 18, 1946, p 4.
At 6 a.m., Sunday, Mrs. Ellen Crandall Place, 65, who resided at 406 Park street, Milton, died at the Edgerton Memorial hospital hospital. Mrs. Place had not been well for some time.
Mrs. Place was born September 19, 1880 at Milton. Her parents were Albert Rogers Crandall and Ellen Saunders Crandall. She was educated at Milton College, Alfred University, Alfred, N. Y., and the New England Conservatory of Music at Boston. On July 1, 1908, she was married to Mark Hopkins Place.
Mrs. Place was a member of the S. D. B. church, Milton, but later with her husband, joined the Unitarian church at Milwaukee. In September she was to have been incoming president of the Milton Woman's Village Improvement club.
Surviving Mrs. Place are a daughter, Joan, living in Chicago, and a son Phillip, Springfield, Ohio. Preceding her in death were her mother, father and husband.
Funeral services were at the Milton S. D. B. church, with Dr. Edwin Shaw officiating, and the Rev. Elmo Randolph assisting. Burial was in Milton cemetery.
Pallbearers were Russ Davidson, William D. Burdick, Bernhardt Westlund, Leland Shaw, Harris Drew and Walter Rogers.

Census: 1880 Milton, Rock Co., Wisconsin: age 1
GRAD: 1901 Milton College, Milton, Rock Co., Wisconsin
GRAD: 1906 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts
Cause of death: Accidental drowning

Mark Hopkins Place 1879-1924
"The Journal-Telephone"; Milton Junction, Wisconsin; Thursday, September 4, 1924.
Mark Hopkins Place, son of William Francis and Alice Dunham Place, was born January 1, 1879, at Walworth, Wis., and died by drowning in Lake Koshkonong, near Maple Beach, August 28, 1924. He was the oldest of a family of seven children, five boys and two girls. All the brothers and sisters survive him, and are as follows: Dr. Edwin H., Boston, Mass.; Dr. Phillip W., Lincoln, Mass.; Charles F., Francestown, N. H.; Albert W., Oakham, Mass.; Miss Olive E., Englewood, N. J.; Miss Alice D., Francestown, N. H.
Mr. Place spent his boyhood days in the atmosphere of Milton College, his father at that time being a member of the faculty. He was graduated from Milton College with the class of 1901. Following his graduation, he was editor for one year of The Boomerang, Laramie, Wyo. In 1902 he entered the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was graduated from that institution in 1906. He accepted a position as resident engineer of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Puget Sound railroad, Dakota and Montana division. Later he accepted the office of secretary of the Civil Service Commission of Chicago, where he distinguished himself for ability and honor in a fight for clean politics. Among his most loyal friends and supporters at that time he had Gen. Dawes, the present Republican candidate for vice president of the United States.
In 1919 he went to Milwaukee and accepted the position of secretary and chief examiner of the Civil Service Commission of that city. He soon won for himself the confidence and high appreciation of the men associated with him. He has stood through the years for the merit system in civil service and has accomplished much toward giving the city an honest and efficient government.
He was married in 1908 to Miss Ellen Crandall, daughter of Prof. and Mrs. A. R. Crandall of Milton College. Mrs. Place and two children, Joan, aged 12, and Phillip, aged 7, are the remaining members of the family.
The family home is at 814 Bartlett avenue, Milwaukee. Mr. Place was an active member of the Unitarian church and a member of the Laymen's League. He is a nephew of T. I. Place of Milton, and of the late Dr. H. A. Place, Ceres, N. Y.
A farewell service, conducted by Pastor James L. Skaggs, was held from the home and from the Seventh Day Baptist church, Milton, on Monday afternoon, Sept. 1. The following individuals participated in the service, bringing their tribute of respect, appreciation and affection: Prof. Edwin Shaw, Milton College, the Rev Robert Loring, pastor of the deceased, George Mensing from the Civil Service Commission of Milwaukee, Mr. Douglas, president of the Wisconsin Alumni Association of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A male quartet consisting of Everett Van Horn, Carroll Hill, Richard Sheard and Walter Holiday, furnished appropriate music.
Burial was made in the family lot Milton cemetery.