Area Obituaries

Gladius Burrell Shaw, youngest child of Mr. and Mrs. Elmore Shaw of Monroe Township, was born June 1, and died June 8, aged seven days.  The funeral service was conducted from the family residence June 8, at 2 p.m. by Rev. C. Knoll, and interment was made in Kellerton Cemetery.  

WILLIAM H. BRADLEY, OF ATHENS TOWNSHIP, ONE OF THE EARLIEST SETTLERS OF RINGGOLD COUNTY, DIED AT HIS HOME LAST SATURDAY MORNING AFTER A LONG ILLNESS.  HE WAS BORN IN WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, OCTOBER 14, 1829, BEING THE ELDEST CHILD OF A FAMILY OF FOUR CHILDREN.  WHEN HE WAS FOUR YEARS OF AGE HIS PARENTS REMOVED…

MRS. W. F. MARK DIED SUNDAY EVENING AT HER HOME IN KELLERTON AFTER AN ILLNES WHICH LASTED ONLY 24 HOURS.  ON SATURDAY EVENING SHE COMPLAINED OF FEELING ILL AND SOON AFTER BECAME UNCONSCIOUS, REMAINING IN THAT CONDITION UNTIL HER DEATH.  SHE WAS 77 YEARS OF AGE AND WAS MARRIED TO REV. W. F. MARK NEARLY…

FRANK RICKER, FOUR YEAR OLD SON OF MR. AND MRS. FRANK RICKER OF WASHINTON TOWNWHIP, ACCIDENTALLY DRANK AN OUNCE OF CARBOLIC ACID ON WEDNESDAY OF LAST WEEK.  ANTIDOTES WERE PROMPTLY ADMINISTERED AND DR. H. J.C. REED OF DIAGONAL, WAS SUMMONED TO GIVE MEDICAL ATTENTION.  HE WORKED WITH HIS PATIENT FOR SEVERAL HOURS UNTIL HE SEEMED…

ALLEN RAINS, ONE OF THE OLDEST SETTLERS OF RINGGOLD COUNTY, DIED AT HIS HOME IN REDDING, THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1901, AGED 91 YEARS.  HIS DEATH RESULTED FROM THE INFIRMITIES OF OLD AGE.  HE WAS BORN IN VIRGINIA ON NOVEMBER 11, 1809.  HIS FATHER WAS A SOLDIER UNDER GEORGE WASHINGTON AND SERVED EIGHT YEARS IN THE…

CASANDRA KEGG WAS BORN IN PENNSYLVANIA SEPTEMBER 19, 1812 AND DIED AT WANAMAKER, IOWA, MARCH 30, 1901, AGED 79 YEARS, FIVE MONTHS AND NINE DAYS.  IN THE ABSENCE OF HER PASTOR THE FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED BY REV. C. KNOLL.  SHE WAS MARRIED TO C. LAIRD DECEMBER 28, 1837.  AFTER BEING A WIDOW FOR FOURTEEN…

MRS. SARAH L. IMUS DIED AT 1 O’CLOCK MONDAY MORNING AT HER HOME IN MOUNT AYR AFTER A LONG ILLNESS OF CATARRH OF THE STOMACH.  SHE WAS BORN MARCH 14, 1862, IN ILLINOIS, THE DAUGHTER OF THOMAS DENNEY, NOW A RESIDENT OF WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP.  SHE CAME TO RINGGOLD COUNTY IN 1874 AND WAS MARRIED IN…

MRS. C. L. WRIGHT DIED AT HER HOME IN MOUNT AYR WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1901, FROM HEART FAILURE RESULTING FROM A LONG SEVERE ATTACK OF LA GRIPPE.  SHE WAS AWARE OF THE GREAT PERIL OF HER CONDITION FOR SEVERAL WEEKS BEFORE HER DEATH AND ALTHOUGH SUFFERING ALMOST CONSTANTLY, SHE BORE ALL WITH CHRISTIAN FORTITUDE.  WHEN…

MARSHALL HICKMAN WAS BORN IN WEST VIRGINIA, JULY 17, 1826 AND DIED AT THE HOME OF HIS SON-IN-LAW, C.R. KEATING, IN MOUNT AYR ON FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1901.  IN 1852 HE WAS MARRIED TO MISS NANCY ROGERS AND TO THEM WERE BORN SIX CHILDREN OF WHOM FOUR ARE LIVING-J.W. HICKMAN OF CLEARFIELD; MRS. MCALISTER OF…

MRS. G. L. HOSFIELD DIED AT HER HOME IN POE TOWNSHIP SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 6, FROM HEART FAILURE, SUPERINDUCED BY MEASLES, HER ILLNESS HAVING LASTED LESS THAN A WEEK.  SHE WAS BORN MARCH 26, 1863 IN CANADA, HER MAIDEN NAME, ALICE GARDNER.  SHE CAME TO ILLINOIS WITH HER PARENTS WHILE YOUNG AND REMOVED WITH THEM…

DAVID MCLAUGHLIN WAS BORN IN ONTARIO, DOMINION OF CANADA, NOVEMBER 30, 1832.  IN SPRING OF 1895, HE CAME TO THE UNITED STATES, SETTLING NEAR MONMOUTH, IL., AND REMOVING FROM THERE TO RINGGOLD COUNTY, IN THE FALL OF THE SAME YEAR.  HERE HE LIVED UNTIL HIS DEATH, MARCH 8, 1901, AGED 68 YEARS, THREE MONTHS AND…

MRS. MARGARET A. DUNCAN DIED AT 1 O’CLOCK A.M. SATURDAY MORNING AT THE HOME OF HER DAUGHTER, MRS. T.H. TODD IN POE TOWNSHIP, AGED 89 YEARS, ELEVEN MONTHS AND FOUR DAYS. SHE AS BORN APRIL 15, 1811, IN DARLINGTON, BEAVER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, TH DAUGHTER OF GEORGE AND ANNA (TAGGART) GRIER, WHO WERE AMONG THE EARLIEST…