18 February 1908 Oconomowoc Enterprise, Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. Another of the pioneers of Oconomowoc went to join the ever growing band on the other side, when Mrs. Melinda Christie died at her home on West Avenue Friday night, January 31. Though Mrs. Christie had been an invalid for a great many years, death was due to old age and a consequent breaking down of the vital energies. Melinda Whitney was born Nov. 3, 1814, at Lyle, New York, and at Silvercrest, New York was married at the age of twenty-two years to Jarvis Christie, who died in Rochester, New York. Of the two children born to them, the daughter died at the age of two years and the son, Leander, died in an Arkansas hospital during the Civil War, aged twenty-two years. As early as 1846 Mrs. Christie came to Oconomowoc, where she has since resided. Her brother the late Elijah Whitney, also resided here in that early day. The funeral was held from her late home at two o'clock Monday afternoon, conducted by Rev. L. E. Shanks, and the remains were interred in La Belle cemetery. Hope this helps. Whitney Hite.