This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Vh.2ADI/2176 Message Board Post: Mrs. Elizabeth Spilman, 77, mother of Officer Seth S. Spilman of the Elkhart police force and Officer Hiatt B. Spilman of the New York Central police department, died at 11"30 Sunday night at the home of the latter, 1911 Prairie street. She had been in poor health for a long time, due to an impaired heart, and was bedfast the last five days. Mrs. Spilman was the widow of John Harry Spilman, who died March 12, 1923, at their home in Elkhart. They came to Elkhart from Chicago in 1900. Surviving beside the sons above named are two other sons, Oliver P. Spilman of Houston, Tex., and Forest B. Spilman of Alamosa, Colo.; eight grandchildren, and two Great-grandchildren. Mrs. Spilman, the daughter of Bartley and Drusilla (Johnson) Hiatt, was born Dec. 2, 1859, in Jonesboro, Ind. Transcribed from The Elkhart Truth, Monday, Dec. 28, 1936, pg. 2. Submitter is not related to family.