Area Obituaries

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…

AMOS PARSONS OF NEAR POLLEN, DIED FROM BLOOD POISONING AS A RESULT OF VACCINATION AT 10 O’CLOCK THRUSDAY NIGHT. THE DECEASED WAS A MARRIED MAN ABOUT 35 YEARS OF AGE AND LEAVES A WIFE AND ONE SMALL CHILD.   HE WAS A SON-IN-LAW OF JAS. SERVIS OF THIS CITY. THE FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD FRIDAY FROM…

ELIZABETH GEORGINA MAXWELL, DAUGHTER OF ALEXANDER AND ELLEN MAXWELL, DIED ON FEBRUARY 8, 1901, OF PNEUMONIA AFTER A BRIEF ILLNESS. FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD AT THE UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH FEBRUARY 11, CONDUCTED BY THE PASTOR, REV. JOSEPH CALHOUN, D.D. IT WAS A MOST SOLEMN AND IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY.  THE PUPILS OF THE HIGH SCHOOL ATTENDED IN…

CAPTAIN HARDIN C. WOOD DIED AT HIS HOME IN THIS CITY AT 10 O’CLOCK P.M. MONDAY AFTER A SHORT ILLNESS OF PNEUMONIA.  HE WAS BORN IN JACKSONVILLLE, TN. IN 1832 WHERE HE SPENT HIS YOUTH AND YOUNG MANHOOD.  IN 1858 HE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO MISS MARY E. RIDDLE, WHO DIED IN 1863. TO…

AMELIA PAMELY WAS BORN IN LONDON, ENGLAND, DECEMEBER 15, 1836, AND DIED AT EAGLEVILLE, MO., FEBRUARY 5, 1901.  SHE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO THE REV. T. H. JONES AUGUST 5, 1862.  TO THIS MARRIAGE WERE BORN ELVEN CHILDREN, FOUR OF WHOM DIED IN INFANCY AND TWO AFTER REACHING YEARS OF MANHOOD. FIVE CHILDREN AND…

ROY, THE YOUNGEST SON FO MR. AND MRS. T.H. TODD OF POE TOWNSHIP, DIED AT THE HOME SUNDAY MORNING AT 9 O’CLOCK, AGED 15 YEARS.  DEATH WAS DUE TO PNEUMONIA AND HIS SICKNESS WAS OF SHORT DURATION, HE HAVING ATTENDED SCHOOL ON THE MONDAY PREVIOUS.  HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE NINETH GRADE OF THE…

MRS. J. H. BROONER, DIED MONDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1900 AT HER HOME ABOUT 6 MILES SW OF KELLERTON, AFTER AN ILLNESS OF SEVERAL WEEKS.   FLORENCE LUELLA BENSCOTER WAS BORN NOVEMBER 26, 1869 AND DIED DECEMBER 31, 1900 AGED 31 YEARS, ONE MONTH AND 5 DAYS.  SHE WAS MARRIED TO JOSEPH H. BROONER ON SEPTEMBER 10,…

MISS BELVA LOCKWOOD CULP DIED AT HER HOME IN TINGLEY AT 10:20 O’CLOCK A.M. YESTERDAY AFTER AN ILLNESS OF THREE WEEKS.  HER DEATH WAS DUE TO A COMPLICATION OF TYPHOID-MALARIA, WITH WHICH THE FAMILY HAD BEEN SUFFERING, HER SISTER MISS JENNIE, BEING A CONVALESCENT AFTER A TEN WEEKS ILLNESS.  SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS SET IN WHEN MISS…

MR. JOHN N. WALLACE, FORMERLY OF MOUNT AYR, BUT RECENTLY OF KANSAS CITY, DIED IN THAT CITY ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4,  AGED ABOUT 37 YEARS.  WE HAVE NOT YET LEARNED THE PARTICULARS OF HIS SICKNESS AND DEATH. INCIDENTALLY IT HAS COME TO US THAT HE HAD A SEVERE ATTACK OF GRIPPE AND THAT AN UNEXPECTED…

E.P. BENTLEY WAS BORN IN WASHINGTON COUNTY, IOWA, OCTOBER 11, 1870 AND DIED NOVEMBER 29, 1900 AT GRAINFIELD, KS, AFTER AN ILLNESS OF TEN DAYS.  HE WAS CONFINED TO HIS BED BUT TWO DAYS, DEATH RESULTING FROM MALARIAL FEVER.  THE DECEASED CAME TO RINGGOLD COUNTY WITH HIS PARENTS, MR. AND MRS. A. M. BENTLEY IN…