Area Obituaries

DOLLIE E. ERVIN WAS BORN IN CLINTON COUNTY, IOWA, DECEMBER 22, 1856, AND DIED MARCH 12, 1924, AT THE HOME OF HER DAUGHTER IN ST. JOSEPH, MO., AGED 67 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AND 21 DAYS.  SHE WAS MARRIED TO AMOS W. GUSTIN MARCH 18, 1880.  SHE IS BURIED JUST FORTY-FOUR YEARS FROM THE DATE OF…

JOSHUA BREWNER JOHNSTON WAS BORN IN LEE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, APRIL 15, 1866, AND DIED AT HIS HOME IN UNION TOWNSHIP, RINGGOLD COUNTY, IOWA MARCH 7, 1924, AGED 57 YEARS, TEN MONTHS AND 22DDAYS.  WHEN HE WAS FOUR YEARS OLD HE, WITH HIS PARENTS, CAME TO RINGGOLD COUNTY AND FOR FIFTY-THREE YEARS RINGGOLD COUNTY HAS BEEN…

REX A. ATWOOD, SON OF J.E. AND HARRIETT ATWOOD, WAS BORN IN UNION COUNTY, IOWA, FEBRUARY 26, 1891, AND DIED AT THE GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL AT PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA, FEBRUARY 12, 1924.  AT ONE YEAR OF AGE THE FAMILY MOVED TO A FARM IN LIBERTY TOWNSHIP, RINGGOLD COUNTY, IOWA WHERE HE GREW TO MANHOOD.  AT EIGHT…

HOMER F. HAMBLIN, SON OF MR. AND MRS. ISAAC HAMBLIN, WAS BORN AUGUST 16, 1899, AND DEPARTED THIS LIFE FEBRUARY 24, 1924, AGED 24 YEARS, SIX MONTHS, AND 22 DAYS. HE WAS MARRIED MARCH 28, 1923 TO MISS BERTHA PETERS OF GRANT CITY, MO.  HE LEAVES TO MOURN HIS DEATH HIS WIFE, FATHER, MOTHER, TWO…

NICHOLAS OLIVER BROWN WAS BORN IN MUSCATINE COUNTY, IOWA, JUNE 27, 1868, AND DEPARTED THIS LIFE FEBRUARY 17, 1924, AGE FIFTY-FIVE YEARS, SEVEN MONTHS AND TWENTY DAYS. AT THE AGE OF TWENTY MONTHS HE REMOVED WITH HIS PARENTS, BUZZLE G. AND AMANDA C. BROWN TO RINGGOLD COUNTY.  THE FAMILY SETTLED AT THAT TIME NEAR KELLERTON…

JOSEPH ALEXANDER SPARLING, SON OF HENRY W. AND JOANNA SPARLING, WAS BORN JULY 9, 1875, ON A FARM NORTH OF GARDEN GROVE, IOWA, AND DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT THE OLD FAMILY HOME IN GARDEN GROVE FEBRUARY 22, 1924, AGED FORTHY-EIGHT YEARS, SEVEN MONTHS AND THIRTEEN DAYS. ON DECEMBER 27, 1916, HE WAS UNITED IN HOLY…

FRANCIS MARION CROPPER WAS BORN ON FEBRUARY 8, 1850, IN RICHLIEU, LOGAN COUNTY, KENTUCKY, AND DIED FROM INJURIES RECEIVED FROM BEING RUN OVER BY A TRUCK, AT BRUSH, COLORADO ON FEBRUARY 1, 1924, AGE SEVENTY-FOUR YEARS AND THIRTEEN DAYS. HE WAS MARRIED TO MARY FRANCES RUSH IN KENTUCKY, JULY 11, 1875, AND IN 1883 THEY…

MICHAEL STAHL, SON OF JOHN AND ELIZABETH STAHL, WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 17, 1831, IN PERRY COUNTY OHIO. HE DIED MARCH 18, 1921, AFTER A SHORT ILLNESS OF THIRTY-SIX HOURS, AT THE HOME OF HIS DAUGHTER, MRS. RANDOLPH S. BEALL IN MOUNT AYR, IA, AGED 89 YEARS, SIX MONTHS AND ONE DAY. WHEN HE REACHED MANHOOD…

AUGUSTA E. HERN, WAS BORN IN GALLA COUNTY, OHIO, SEPTEMBER 11, 1847 AND RESIDED IN HER NATIVE STATE UNTIL SHE WAS ELEVEN YEARS OF AGE, WHEN SHE CAME WITH HER PARENTS TO MISSOURI, SETTLING IN THE VICINITY OF LOTTS GROVE. THERE SHE GREW TO WOMANHOOD AND OBTAINED HER EDUCATION IN THE COUNTRY SCHOOLS. SHE WAS…

MRS. I.C. HOFFINE, WIFE OF I.C. HOFFINE, AFTER AN ILLNESS WHICH HAD CONFINED HER TO HER BED FOR MORE THAN THREE YEARS, DIED AT HER HOME IN BEACONSFIELD ON FEBRUARY 28. MRS. HOFFINE WAS BORN IN BROOKVILLE, IL., MARCH 21, 1849. AS MARY GRAHAM, HER MAIDEN NAME, SHE WAS REARED IN A DEVOUT LUTHERN HOME…

MARTHA MARIE, ELDEST DAUGHTER OF THE NINE CHILDREN OF MR. AND MRS. JOHN S. THOMAS. SHE WAS BORN ON THE 17TH OF JUNE, 1852, IN RAY COUNTY MISSOURI AND DIED ON THE 26TH OF JANUARY, 1921. AT THE TIME OF HER DEATH SHE WAS 68 YEARS, SEVEN MONTHS AND 9 DAYS OLD. IN 1875 SHE…

AFTER A BRIEF ILLNESS, MRS. J. W. MAPLE, WHO HAD BEEN IN FAILING HEALTH FOR SOME TIME, PASSED AWAY LAST SATURDAY MORNING.  THE FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD MONDAY AFTERNOON AT TWO O’CLOCK AT THE BAPTIST CHURCH IN CHARGE OF THE PASTOR OF THE DECEASED, AND LIFELONG FRIEND OF THE FAMILY. BURIAL WAS IN ROSE HILL…