Area Obituaries

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…

ANGELINE, DAUGHER OF WILLIAM AND KEZIAH MARSHALL WAS BORN SEPTERMBER 25, 1851, AND DIED FEBRUARY 20, 1901, AGED 49 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 25 DAYS.  SHE WAS MARRIED TO W.G. BARKER, MARCH 4, 1875. TO MOURN HER LOSS SHE LEAVES A DEVOTED HUSBAND AND FIVE LOVING CHILDREN-MRS. NELLIE DENHART, MRS. FLORENCE NICKLES, HARRY M., FRED…

THOMAS IRELAND WAS BORN IN WARREN COUNTY, OHIO, MAY 17, 1832, AND DIED AT HIS HOME IN MOUNT AYR ON FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1901. HE WAS MARRIED DECEMBER 31, 1854 TO MISS ANNA CODDINGTON, WHO DIED IN 1870. THIS UNION WAS BLESSED WITH FIVE CHILDREN, OF WHOM TWO DIED IN INFANCY.  ALLEN AND JAMES IRELAND…

RACHEL E. STALCUP WAS BORN IN KENTUCKY, OCTOBER 26, 1818 AND MOVED WITH HER PARENTS WHEN SHE WAS QUITE YOUNG TO INDIANA. SHE WAS MARRIED JANUARY 1, 1841, TO THEODORE HOOVER, WHO DIED IN 1862. THIS UNION WAS BLESSED WITH SEVEN CHILDREN OF WHOM THREE ARE LIVING.  THEY ARE MRS. D.W. THOMPSON OF THIS CITY,…

DUDLEY R. GLEASON WAS A NATIVE OF GREEN COUNTY, VERMONT, WHERE HE WAS BORN NOVEMBER 17, 1833. HE WAS 65 YEARS OF AGE. HE LEAVES A WIFE, FOUR DAUGHERS AND THREE SONS.  HE CAME TO ILLINOIS WITH HIS PARENTS IN 1838, SETTLING ON A FARM IN KANKAKEE COUNTY, WHERE HE GREW TO MANHOOD, AND WHERE…