January 3, 1924
Another article about death Mystery of Emery Johnson.
Albion News
Elder Leroy Shaw died. Left a wife and six children.
*****page 2 is blurry *******
Long Article
about John Sidwell death. He died at Norman, Okla.
Son of Nathan Sidwell.
Obit
Menervia Jane, daughter of Abram and Holly Ann Young,.
b Nov. 2,1868 Merriam. Died Nov. 30.1923. She leaves her mother, 2 sisters,
Susan Redman of Albion, and Mary Tice of Fairfield, Also named aunts and
uncles.
Obit
Lois M, daughter of T.J. and Ella Billington, b.
Sept. 27,1904 and died Dec. 26,1923. Leave her parents, three sisters,
Edna Caulk of Fort Madison, Iowa, Elma Padgett of Leogootee, Ind. And Fay
at home. Two brothers, Hershel of Cisne and Orville of Chicago. Cisne
cemetery.
Obit
Rachel Schell, daughter of Henry and Mary Schell, b. Monroe
co. Ohio Aug. 21,1846. She was the 3rd child in a family of twelve. Those
living, John, Samuel, Jacob, Thomas, George and Mrs. Douglas Vaughn. Move
to Wayne co. 1853. Married Oct. 10. 1870 to Edgar Cariens. Six children.
Three died in infancy, Those left, Rate, Jesse and Mrs. Louis Cates. The
husband died 1905. She died Dec .26,1923. Cariens cemetery.
Obit
James Hamilton, son of Wm. And Mary Beeson, b. Wayne co. May
10,1849 and d. Dec. 29.1923. Married Jemima Whitson Apr. 18.1873. Six children.
Margaret died in infancy. Arthur of Fairfield. Fred of Geff, Everett
of Rockford, Luke of LaGrange, Il and Fannie at home. Oak Valley cemetery.
Obit.
Abraham Davis ,b. Cincinatti, Ohio. May, 1,1838 and d. Dec.
31,1923. Cisne cemetery.
Obit
Wreath George ,b. May, 29,1866 Fairfield. Married Wilson Loomis
Mar. 17,1892 and d. Dec. 18,1923 at Peotone, Ill. Beside her husband she
leaves one son and 2 girls. Perle, Mrs. Earl Conrad and Mrs. Leverett Blvans.
Two brothers, Shirl and Charles of Frederick, Okla. Three sisters Mrs.
Mill Deem and Mrs. Geo. Heathors of Fairfield and Mrs. .D.H. Beedy of Manaitoba,
Canada.
Obit
Mrs. Chloe Green Puffer b. July ,9,1899 Fairfield. Married Walter
Puffer Dec. 5,1920. She died. Dec .20.1923. Leave her husband, little son,
her parents, L.P. Green of Fairfield, Two sisters, Mrs. Walter Simons of
Cornell, IL. And Miss Mabel Green of Rockford, IL. Three brothers, Henry
of Streator, Cloyd and Hubert at home. Buried Centralia, Il.
County Line News
Mrs. Laura Stanford died at Olney . Leave a husband Alvin and
one girl, Amy Davis and one son Roy. One step-daughter Miss Cora
A. Stanford and a sister Miss Anna Carmen. Kneff cemetery.
January 10, 1924
Obit
Mrs. Lou Shaeffer-Mabry died at her son. Dr. Paul Mabry in Des
Moines, Iowa., Slocumb cemetery. She was married to Wm. Mabry living
somewhere far south. She was born Apr. 9.1859 and d. Jan. 4,1924. She was
6th child of a large family. All have died except two sisters, Mrs. N.J.
Odell and Miss Beulah Shaffer
Obit (long)
Rinard woman burned to death.
Elizabeth A. daughter of Joshua and Margaret Schofieldborn
June, 25,1853 Monroe co. Ohio. Move to Wayne co. 1860. Married David A.
Cisne Sept. 27,1893. One son Clarence of near Rinard. Husband died June.
24,1909. She died Jan. 1,1924. Survive beside her son, are two step-children.
John Cisne and Telia Square. Two brothers, Samuel of Osseo, Mich. And Omer
of Springfield, Cisne cemetery.
Golden Gates News
Word received Geo Chalcraft died.
Word received Sam Wests’ wife south of Albion died.
Obit
George, son of Thomas and Lisa Ferguson b,. Walnut Prairie,
Il Mar. 16,1860 and d. Jan. 4,1924. Married Lola Bell Cain of Sullivan
, Ind. Oct. 19,1898. One child, Ruby. Came to Wayne co. 12 or `15 years
ago. From Clark co. he leave his wife and daughter of Fairfield. Two brothers,
John of West Union and Lyman of golden Gate. Buried at West Union, IL.
Obit
Emily Agnes, born Edward co. June 6,1830. Died Burnt Prairie,
Jan. 4,1924. Daughter of Caleb and Lucy Butler.. She married Amzl
A. White Jan. 1,1852. He died Apr. 1,1863. Five children. Three died. 2nd.
m. to Ezekiel Hunsinger Oct .27.1874. One son. Husband died Apr .4,1905.
Leave one girl Anna Wood and 2 sons Frank White of Burnt Prairie and Martin
Funklhouser of Harrisburg. One brother D.O. Butler of Grayville and one
sister Mollie Durley of New York. Two stepdaughters, Julia Scott of Harrisburg
and Esther Moore of Wayne co. Two stepsons, J.D. Hunsinger of Evansville
and W.F. of Colorado.
Obit
Catherine, daughter of George and Elizabeth Burkhart
, born Monroe co. Ohio, Apr 26,1854 and d. Dec .27,1923. Move to Brown
co. Ind. As a child and m. Marion Gregg. Apr .8,1874. Six children.
Marion, Benjamin, John, Charles who died, Lula and Elizabeth who
died, Also husband died . 1894 ,her and her family came to Wayne co.
Pin oak cemetery.
Obit
Leonard, son of Newton and Mary McRill, b. Nov. 1883
Wayne co. and died Dec.___1923. June. 20.1903 married Hattie Koontz.
Four children. Virgil age 19, Doyle age 16, Kathleen age 5 and one son
died infancy. He also leaves an aged mother, one sister. Mrs. Ruth
Miller and 3 brothers, Luther Grant and Ross . Thomason cemetery.
Obit
Anna May Young, b. Feb. 3,1871 and d. Dec. 28.1923. Married
Seymour Vaughan of Cisne. He died a few years later. Then Nov. 3,1910 married
R.E. Young of Covington, Il. Six children. Two died. Those left beside
husband, Mrs. Ed Henson of Johnsonville, Mrs. Hilliard Brown of Wayne City,
Mrs. Ed Atkinson of Rinard and Mrs. Riley Robertson of Streator. Il.
Obit (long)
Lewis Tucker, son of Wm. and Harriet Tucker b. Athens co. Ohio.
Mar .7,1851 and d. Dec. 30.1923. 1865 they move to Wayne co. The
parents and seven children move here. In early seventies the mother and
3 children died. A few weeks later the father died, leaving 2 boys and
2 girls. One girl married and return to Ohio. The other girl married Geo.
Singletery in Wayne co. 1881. She died and left 2 boys, Elias
and Lewis and Mrs. Adaline Koker of Athens co. Ohio. Elias died Jan. 24,1920.
Lewis married Martha E. Dickey Feb. 19.1874. No children. Arrington Prairie
cemetery.
Obit
Miss Elizabeth Haselip b. Mar. 9.1840. Married John T. Bright
in Brown co. Ind. about 1860. Six children. Four died. Leaving Charles
and Elder John. Also 3 sisters. Sarah Truax and Mattie Farrow both of Delphos,
Kans. And Alice Smith of Columbus, Ind. Pin Oak cemetery.
Obit
Emery A. Johnson body arrived home by his brother Edgar who
had died and buried MacKay, Idaho.. Son of Chas and Ettie Johnson, Born
Nov. 4,1899 and d. Nov .27.1923. Buried at Mt. Zion.
*** article in earlier newspaper ***
Mrs. Anna Sanders, wife of Hezekiah Sanders died Webster Grove Mo. Jan. 1,1924.
January 17,1924
Obit
J.H. Chapman b. July ,14,1846, d. Jan. 17,,1924. Married Mrs.
Parmelia Murphy 55 years ago. Five children. One girl died in infancy.
Buried Albion. Named of children are Joe, Grant, Chas and Abe.
Commodore Perry Tadlock ,b. June 9,1868,d. Jan. 13,1924. Married
Jennie Morlan Mar. 11,1878. Leave wife and 3 children. Grover of Fairfield,
Frank of Dextor, Mo. And Grace Charleston of Eldridge, Calif. One daughter
in law, Mrs. Fred
Tadlock of Decatur, IL. Two brothers, James of Odin and Lewis of Orchardville,
Koontz cemetery.
Local News
Virginia, only girl of John Styles died at her parents
in Evansville. Mrs. Styles was Gertrude Collins.
Mt. Vernon News
Henry Ranken died, age 61. No children but leave his wife. Also
an aged mother of Normal. Also one sister, Mrs. Geo Brown. Thomason
cemetery. He leave four brothers, Richard,; Charles, Adley and Albert
January 24,1924
Obit
Oliver P. Patterson, b. May, 25,1838 West Va.. Son of Richard
and Rachel Fleming Patterson. He came to Wayne co later. Married Nannie
Carter, daughter of Charles Carter Dec .24,1868. Maple Hill
cemetery. Children was Ella who died Apr. 14,1919. Richard, Alma, Louis
and Jessie. The wife died Jan. 23,1892.
Obit
Lavice Mundy daughter of Larkin and Tobitha Mundy .b. Oct. 28.1859
and d. Jan. 15,1924. Married John Cope July ,25, 1877. Eleven children.
All living and the husband. Mrs. J.S. Huges, Dahlgren, IL. Mrs. G.F. Byers
of Bluford, IL. Mrs. J. L. Bozarth, Mrs. C.E. Scrivner and R. A.
of Mt. Vernon. Mrs. C .E.C Lampit of Chicago, Mrs. T.H. Gassoway of Charleston
and Arthur at home.
Northern Wayne News
Mrs. W.N. Atteberry died. Laird cemetery.
Obit
Thos J. son of Samuel and Lovica Schofield died Jan.
10.1924. At Osseo, Mich. Age 49. Married Agath Labroiere Dec. 28,1904.
She died Dec. 18,1914. He leaves three sons, Leonard, Lewis and Philomon,
Also an aged father. Funeral at Ransom. Mich.
January 31, 1924
Obit
Elsie Marie, daughter of Roy and Mina Bolen b. Feb. 26,1921
and d. Jan. 27,1924. Leave her parents and 2 brothers, George and Lee.
Brown cemetery.
Obit and picture
Charles Madison Willison b. Aug. 12,1848 Megia co
Ohio and died in St. Louis. Came to Wayne co. Mar .9.1869. Married Minerva
Farr Jan. 23,1873. His father died when he was 12 mo. Old. His mother
was Carolina Lee. His children are A.A. of Berkley, Calif. Nettie Crews
of Chicago. R.F. and Lillie Mc Norney of E. St. Louis. Another son Harry
was killed Aug. 31,1897.
Obit
John Buchanan, b. Mar .25,1855. Married Elizabeth Taylor and
had five children. Oscar of Keenes, James of Garrison, Il. Cora, wife of
Wm. Taylor of Portageville Mo. His 2nd wife Nancy Elliott, They had Roy
of Anderson, Ind. Bertha, wife of John Tice of Winter haven, Fla., Willis
of Qunicy, Il. And Charles at home.
Obit
Emily F. Elizey, daughter of Wm. And Barbara Elizey b. Oct.
25,1856 and d. Jan. 25,1924. Married Feb. 14,1882 to John M. Simpson who
died Feb. 14,1920. Seven children ,all living except Arena Glenn who died
Feb .5,1920. Ada Hilliard of Vienna, Harry of Hazleton, Iowa. Never name
the other three. Also one brother John of Kansas. Oak Valley cemetery.
Obit
William Thomas Williamson ,d Jan. 18.1924 Sims. Married Sarah
Curry 43 years ago. . Four children. Jesse of St. Louis, Rosa Monroe
and Harvey of Sims, Charles of Mt. Vernon. One sister Martha Treat of Sims.
Bovee cemetery.
Mt Erie News
A little child of Roy Bowlden died Brown cemetery. (this
should been Bolen)
Burnt Prairie News; Mrs. Ellen Dewey died. Buried Pleasant Grove, People
may remember her as Mrs. Wm. Whiting.
County Line News
Charles and Jim Davis went to funeral of their sister Bertha Reynold
at Boyleston, Buried Bunker cemetery.
Local News
13 mo old child of Homer Webb died. Bethel cemetery
February 14, 1924
E.M. Borah, 74 died at Olney. Born Decatur but came to Wayne co. when he was 20. Married Ada Wilson, 48 years ago. Ten children. Seven living. P.C. of Wayne co. Dr. J.L. of Phoenix, Az. Dr. O.C. of Olney. Mary Price of Champaign, L.W. ; C.R and O. E. of Champaign.
Obit
Mrs. Carl Oder, b. Feb .5,1924. Born Ella Quertermous May 7,
1873 at Clay City, Daughter of Dr. James and Sarah Quertermous. Married
Carl Oder Sept. 1, 1898. Newton, Il. Two children. Genevieve Spriggs of
Fairfield, A. Louis Oder of Charleston. Buried Clay City.
Obit
Mary Percile Starkey, daughter of Spencer and Elizabeth
Starkey b. June. 9,1862 in Ind. Came to Ill when four. Married W.N. Atteberry
Sept 22,1881. Six children, Laird cemetery.
Obit
Isssac Baker, son of Wm. And Elizabeth Baker, b. Aug. 5,1847
Ind. Died Mill Shoals, Jan. 30.1924. Married Delilah Cook in year 1868.
Eleven children. Five and wife died. Those left. Rosetta A. Carter,
Sophronia Clark, Stella Clark, and Bessie Merritt of Mill Shoals. R.D.
of Mc Leansboro and C.E. of Farmington..
Obit
James B. son of Clark and Bethany Anderson, b. Nov. 11,,1879
and d. Feb. 2,1924. Married Mettie Watt July,30,1911. Five children. He
leaves his wife, 4 children. Two brothers and 4 sisters. S.F. of
Edwardsport, Ind. Mrs. Granville Halfacre of Odin; Mrs. F.L. Warren of
Fairland, Okla. Mrs. E.E. Kelcher of Logan, and Mrs. B.H. Taylor of Wayne
City. Anderson cemetery.
Obit (long)
J.E. Sidwell died Jan. 27.1924 Oklahoma City. His wife died
Feb. 1916. Leave two children. Mildred age 19 and Carroll is age 21.
Obit
Alfred, 3rd son of George and Hannah Ades Simms, b. Oct
.29,1852 Wayne co. and d. Jan. 31,1924. He leaves two brothers Cornelious
of Fairfield and Jas. Of E. Alton. His parents and one brother died. His
mother died 24 years ago.
Local News
Word came Celia Eastman died at Grenola, Kans. She was Miss
Celia Cunningham.
Word came of death of Walter Crome of Los Angeles ,Calif.
Shiele , infant girl of Walter Anderson b. Sept. 21,1922 died. Alberta,
Canada, She d. Feb .2,1924. Body to Bailey cemetery.
Obit (with picture on fold Can’t read much of it)
T. Walters, son of John Walters b. May 10___ Monroe co. Ohio
and d. Jan. 30.1924. Married ___1872 to ___ Miller. Maple Hill
cemetery.
Obit
Stephen A. son of Samuel and Elizabeth Rogers ,b. July,
16,1852 Albert, Ind. Died Feb. 2,1924. He was the youngest of eight.
All deceased. 1859 move to Wayne co. Married Judy Black, 1881. Three children.
Bessie, Grace and a son, all deceased. Then he married Mrs. Rachel Ginther,
Oct. 4,1904. Name Step children, step sisters, nieces and nephews.
Obit (long)
Miss Mary Braun D. Feb. 1,1924, oldest daughter of the
C.H. Braun b. Aug .23,1901. Her father died 3 years ago. She leaves her
mother, Amanda Braun and 2 sisters. Nellie and Stella at home. Told who
carried the casket and who came for the funeral.
Obit
Mary Ann , daughter of Samuel and Gilly Ann Miller ,b.
June. 21,1843 and d. Feb. 3,1924. Married John Johnson Aug, 1859.
Three children. Wm. H. ; Caroline and John. Husband died 1870. Caroline
died Dec. 1881. Wm. H. died Mar. 1920. Dec 25, 1870 she married John
C. Talbert. Six children. Nora, Walter, Oliver, Silas, Benjamin and John
F. Walter died Aug. 1875. Nora died Oct. 1875. Also leave 2 brothers. Wm
.H. and U.S. Miller, Two sisters. Louise Reed and Martha Simms. Hopewell
cemetery.
Pleasant Grove News
John Quinn of Anderson , Ind. Little girl died.
February 21,1924
Mrs. J.W. Flint, wife of Rev. Flint died Madison Wis.
Obit
Mrs. Hulda McConnell but can’t read it.
Obit
Wm. Son of Marshall and Jane Osborn b. July, 18,1861
in Lawrence co. and d. Feb. 15,1924.
Local News
Death of Tim F. Phelps, formerly of Barnhill died Beardstown.
Obit
James, son of Nathaniel and Catherine Buchanan, b. Oct
.8,1848 and d. Feb .15,1924 Hendrickson, Mo. Married Susan Powell Aug .1,1869.
Eight children. Mrs. Z.M. Cable of Chenoa, Il. John of Cedar Point, Bessie
Hughes of Alton, Dela Legg of Sims, Alex and Mrs. J.H. Lawrence of
Fairfield. Mary and Lucretia deceased. Dec. 21,1893 his wife
died. Jan 1895 he married Lucinda Mears. Five children. Earl of Blytheville,
Ark. Charles, Orval, Jesse and Freddie. Bovee cemetery.
February 28, 1924
A telegram to Mr. and Mrs. Tucker for death of their daughter ,Mrs. L.E. Goad at Lincoln.
Plant City, FL Newspaper
Mrs. Sarah Wilson, wife of Geo. Wilson died Feb .12,1924. She
leaves her husband and five children. Misses
Rosa, Margaret and Bertha and Elbert Wilson and Fred of Chicago.
She was Sarah Scott born Bowling Green Ky. Dec. 30.1862. Married
Geo. Wilson at La Fayette, Tenn. Aug. 12,1889. They move to Rinard. Then
to Fla. In 1921. She leaves a brother George Scott.
Obit
Enoch Miller ,b. Feb .15,1844 and d. Feb. 10..1924. He married
Sarah Richardson Feb .4,1866. Two sons, both died.. Wife died May 3,1869.
He m. Amelia Harlan Apr. 21,1875. Seven children, and five died. His 2nd.
Wife died Jan. 25,1888. 3rd .m. to Julia Howard, Dec .17,1889. She
died Apr. 29,1906. Leave two girls, Ella Gilbert and Mrs. Perry Butler
of Wayne City, two stepdaughters, Edna Headley of Fairfield and Gertrude
Means.
Doris June, daughter of Delbert and Gula Tucker b. June 9. 1922 and d. Feb .19.1924.
March 6, 1924
Killed While Robbing Keith Seed House (Long article)
Anderson Ile was killed. He leave a wife Clara and a son Charles
about 10. Also 2 brothers, Frank and Fred. Maple Hill.
Obit (long)
Minerva Elzira, daughter of Thos. And Elizabeth Robertson,
b. Jasper co. Mo. Jan .9,1849. Died at Madison, Wis., Feb. 17,1924. Her
father a native of Ky. And her mother of St. Clair co. Ill. Mrs. Robertson
married Haynes Woods Dec. 18,1875. Minerva married John Flint of
Lebanon, IL. Sept .6,1875. Told about other people but no one from
Wayne co. Ill.
Obit
Georgia Lou, daughter of Wm. And Sarah Edwards,b.
in Marion co. Ky. Oct. 1,1877. Oct. 1,1896 m. B.L. Scroggs. She died
Feb. 28,1924. She leave an aged mother, one brother and 2 sisters all in
state of Washington. Her father died several years ago.
Obit
Minerva, daughter of Newton and Elizabeth Day Neal, b.
Apr. 4, 1846 and d. Feb. 22,1924, Philomath, Oregon. Been her home for
20 years. Married John Hart on Apr .5,1868. Eight children. Named
all kids but nobody from here. They lived in Wayne co until 1885.
Obit
Mrs. Anna Oxolive Richardson Henson died at her father E.M.
Richardson, Orchard twp. Feb. 26,1924. Born July 29,1900. Married Roscoe
Henson. Sept. 28,1920. One son Forest. Mt. Pleasant cemetery.
March 13, 1924
Mt Erie News
Mrs Reuben Bowman died.
Obit
Alfred P. Keen b. May 8,1846 Wayne City and d. Mar. 5,.1924.
Married Nancy Warren Nov. .26,1860. One girl, Ella who died. His wife also
died. Nov. 26,1874 he married Sarah Easley of Keenes. He also leaves
2 aged brothers James and George both of Keenes. Four sisters, Jane Fisher
and Elizabeth Clark of Keenes. Laura Crask of Bluford, and Alice Webber
of Wayne City. Ten Post Oak cemetery.
Zenith News
Phil Burkett died.
Ellery News
Frank Mann died.
Mrs. Jane Bunting was burnt and later died.
March 20, 1924
Martha J. Scott died Mar .6, Washington D.C. age 73. Her and her daughter Miss Violet been in D.C. a few years. Other children are J. Arthur, P. Ernest and Earl Scott.
Pleasant Grove News
John Carroll was called to E. St. Louis by death of his
sister ,Mary Hilliard, Mar .9.
March 27, 1924
Picture and Death of W.H. Daubs.
Obit
Edward, son of Archibald and Mary Cunningham. b. Mar.
24,1862 and d. Mar. 15,1924. He leave one brother, Jess and two sisters,
Cora Briner and Emma Eikleberry. Left Wayne co. over 40 years ago. Rushville,
Neb. Bovee cemetery.
Obit
Howard, son of Wakefield and Eulala Talbert, b. Oct.
9,1920 and d. Mar. 20. 1924. Leave his parents and one brother.
Frank Smith, son of John Smith was killed in a light plant, Ajo, Ariz. He was born Golden Gate.
April 3, 1924
Obit
Christopher Columbus St. John, a bachelor. Son of Frnacis and
Rachel Carney St. John b. Clay co. Oct. 22,1859 and d. Wayne co. Mar. 31,1924.
Have one brother C.W. of St. Joe. Mo. One sister, Emma Pittman of Cisne,
one half brother, J.C. of Indiana and Two half sisters, Iva Spencer of
Mo. And Ina Mahon of New Orlean, Two step-sisters Bertha Irvin of Flora
and Flo Wheeler of St.Louis, Cisne cemetery.
Golden Gate News
Reuben Adams died.
Mrs. Amanda Elsfelder b. Ohio Oct. 15,1844. Died Johnsonville. Came here in 1865 after she married Eli Stull in 1865. !3 children. Husband and three children died. William, Dan, Norman and Alonzo and Mrs. Alfred McReynolds of Johnsonville. Mrs. Cloyd Brown of Rinard, Mrs. Bud Brown of Centralia. Mrs. Jesse Carlisie of Cowden. Mrs. Libbie Duncan of Sedro Wooley, Washington and Viola Atknson of Howard , Kans. One brother Das Elsfelder of Princeton, Ind., Two sisters. Libbie Orr of Cisne, and Della Decker of Gland Recker, Mich. Johnsonville cemetery.
Obit
Mary A. Ward born Columbus Ohio Nov. 1,1848 . When
6 move to Wayne co. Age 18 married Wm. Sutton, 1900 move to Bloomington.
Her husband four children. Died. Those left. Augustus of Peoria,
Olive Murphy of Johnsonville, Timothy, Williams, Estella Houston, Cora
Weidig and Martha Smith of Bloomington. Buried Bloomington.
April 10, 1924
Edna Corene, little girl of Clarence Powelss, b. Nov. 13,1922 and d. Mar. 30,1924. Johnsonville cemetery. She died at Dunkertown, Ia.
Maurice Hicks of Golden Gate died. Thomas Hill cemetery.
Obit
Mary Ann Carroll Hilliard ,b. Apr. 18,1861 Belmont co. Ohio
and d. Mar .9,1924. Move to Fairfield age 3. Married Thomas Hilliard Aug
23, 1883. (son of James Hilliard). Five children. Chas of Akron, Agnes
Dezouhe of Wayne City, Lewis, Thomas Jr. and Georgia of E. St. Louis. Three
brothers and two sisters. John, and Nora Clark of Cisne, Rev. C.S. of Cresco,
Iowa. Geo of Johnsonville and Lizzie Schofield of Wausaukee, Wis. Buried
New Hope cemetery near E. St .Louis.
Small child of Jim Warren died.
Cross Road News
Mrs. M.W. Martin died Wayne city. Leave husband and eight children.
Obit
W.H. Daubs, b. June. 27,1842 Wayne Co. and d. Mar .23, Dallas
co. Ark. Married Dec .24,1861 to Josephine Travis who died Oct. 1886.
2nd. Marriage to Martha Roberts Jan. 6,1892. She died May, 1907. Nine children,
Went to Ark. 18 years ago. Never name them only one daughter Mrs. A .T.
Blakely where he died at.
Obit
Reuben Adams, b. Nov. 13,1849 and d. Mar. 20,1924. Married Ellen
Virgin Apr. 18.1875. Nine children. Three died. Never named them.
W. W. Freshwater b. Delaware co. Ohio Nov. 30,1837 and d. Mar. 28.1924. Morrisonville, Il. Married Amazetti Leachman. Mar. 1861. When small child came to Shelbyville, Ill. Buried Mt. Vernon, Il. Nine children. Four died in infancy. Elizabeth Harbert of Morrisonville. Mrs. E.C. Peppard of Mont.. Eugene of Fairfield, Wm. Of Denham Spring La. Thomas died 1919. First wife died Nov .4,1901. End m. 1903 to Mrs. Singlair at Benton.
Obit
Laura A., daughter of Robert D. and Holly Ellis ,b. June
23, 1861 Wayne co. and d. Apr. 4,1924. Married M.T. Berry June. 14,1888.
No children. But took in Bertha, wife of T.E. Richards, She leave husband,
two brothers, R.M. Ellis of Fairfield, and Thomas of Ark. One sister, Mrs.
Orin Kisner of Fairfield.
Obit
Norris Gale, son of Silas and Bertha Talbert b. July
,26,1923 and d. Apr, 1, 1924. Hopewell cemetery,.
Louis Standish, an inmate at the county farm. Remain taken to Mt. Erie
Cross Road News
Mrs. Sylvanus Allen died at her daughter Mrs. Chas Rawl. Age
85. Leave seven children. Jerry and Allen, Mrs. J.W. Thompson, Mrs. W.A.
Newman, Mrs. Robert Close, Mrs. Wm. Hargrave and Mrs. Rawls. Olive Branch
cemetery,.
Mrs. Samuel Matthews died. Garrison cemetery.
April 17, 1924
Obit (long)
Anna B. Dagley, born New Haven, Il. 1882 married Albert
Goldburg and came to Fairfield. He died 1891. After seven years she m.
Rev. W. T. Morris. She died at Jerseyville, IL. Maple Hill cemetery. She
died Apr. 6,1924..
Obit
George Young, born Ohio Jan. 15, ,1853 and d. Grand Junction,
Colo. Apr .4,1924. Married Ella Bersott of Noble Oct. 17,1888. Three children.
Fred and Mae Woods of DeBeque, Colo. And Leslie who died 12 years ago.
Also one brother and three sisters. Buried Fruita Cemetery, where his son
is buried.
Wm. H. Brown b. Philadelphia, Penn, June 16,1843 and died in state hospital at Jacksonville. Apr .9,1924. Married Sarah Xanders Sept. 17,1868 Wayne co. Four children. Chas. Of Fairfield, Joseph of Long Beach, Calif. Ella Thompson of Urbana, IL and John who died in infancy. His wife died 1877. 2nd. M. Oct .3,1878 to Mary Walters. She died Feb 9,1917. Seven children. Russell died in infancy. Ada Blalock of Macon, Il. Arthur, Bessie Monroe of Fairfield, Margaret Secrest of Niantic, Grace Bender of Hillsdale,. Also Lloyd. Funeral at Tom Prairie.
Obit
Cecellia Ann, daughter of Daniel and Cecellia Austin,
b. La Grange, Ky. Oct. 16,1844 and d. Apr. 5,1924. At W.B. Inskeep. Left
an orphan and raised by a aunt. After her aunt death, she came to Ill.
With the Ezekiel Smith family. Married Benjamin Wilcox May, 14, 1896. He
died Mar. 1910. Leave no relatives.
Local News
Mrs. Paul Sheraden d. Apr. 12,1924. Body taken to Centerville.
The Roy Sheraden of Chicago, Mrs. Ben Pollard of Venice and Mary Levingstone
of St. Louis came for their mother funeral.
Obit (on fold, can nnot read it)
Ida May _____ daughter of J.O.
obit, can’t read either but it is
Park Hans bough ’s mother. Also two daughters
Mrs. Floyd Lane and Mrs. Gannon of Wayne co. Buried Trotter cemetery.
Geff News
Harmon Richards died. Pleasant Grove cemetery.
Obit
Mrs. Lucinda Jordan died Enfield, Apr. 9,1924. Lucinda Margaret
Anderson Jordan, b. Nov. 29.1830 Ill. Married Mark Taylor Jordan
1853. Eight children. Six alive. Clarence of Decatur. Harry of Nowatta,
Okla. Florence Morlan and May Keen of Fairfield, Maude Behymer and
Miss Mellissa Jordan of Enfield.
April 24,1924
Floyd, 29 year old son of Shields and Emma Wilson committed suicides. He was un married. Born Dec. 25,1895 and d. Apr. 18.1924. Leave his parents, one sister Mrs. Ruth (Vernon) Hooper and one brother Lee. Union cemetery.
Lola Irene, two half month of girl of John and Elizabeth Taaffe died Apr. 16, Maple Hill cemetery.
Col. Randolph Smith, Flora Banker died Springfield, His son Col Claude Smith died four weeks ago in Long Beach.
Harmon, son of Sylvestor and Casada Richards, b. Apr. 7,1858 and d. Apr. 8,1924. Married Rebecca Hargraves Aug. 23,1888. Eight children. Fred, Amy, Victor, Clarrie, Janette, Homer, Thomas, Noel and Ivy. Victor, Homer and Amy have died. Pleasant Grove cemetery.
Carrie O’Dell Nicklaus b. Nov. Feb .27, and d. Apr. 14,1924. Married Henry Nicklaus in 1892 in White co. He died Oct. 13,1913. Leave one girl Edythe Brown of Geff. Two step-daughters, Minnie Courtright of Geff and Lena Horste of Grayville. One step-son. Herman Nicklaus of Saunemin. One sister Mrs. Jim Lancaster, two half sister, Mrs. Will Dash and Mrs. Marsh King of Lawrence co. and one brother Fred O’Dell of Lawrence co. Buried Bovee cemetery.
W.H. Garrison, former Wayne city man, killed by a train at Howell, Ind. Leave a wife and daughter Esther. They lived at Mt. Vernon.
Bovee News
Infant of Claude Cravens buried at Victory.
Rinard News
John Madden of Sidney was called here by death of his sister
Ella Madden Apr. 15, Pittman cemetery. Daughter of Henry Madden.
Golden Gate News.
Mrs. Agnes Jordan of Newport, Ark. Came for her mother funeral.
May 1, 1924
West Cisne News
Francis Reuben Learian died.
Mill Shoals News
Roll Gardner a 3 weeks old baby died.
Obit
Loretta Jane, daughter of Allen and Mary Wilcox, b. Oct.
10.1859 in Ind. And d. Apr. 14,1924. Apr. 10 they move here . Age 16 married
James Harper. Five children. James, Viola, Bertha, Agnes and Angie. Her
husband and all children except Angie died. 1903 married Peter Mason,
Also leave one sister Etta Spencer. Four step-children. Della, Bunting,
Timothy, John and Daulty Mason. Also one brother Frank Wilcox. Elder
cemetery.
Obit
Thomas Luna Henson, b. Jan. 17,1888,d. Apr, .22,1924. Son of
Esquire and Della Henson. His father died. He married Grace Jones Oct .1,1912.
Four children. Pin Oak cemetery.
May 8, 1924
Oakwood News
Mary Francis Rice died Golden Gate, Buried Thomas Hill cemetery.
Local News
Delbert Pierson 22 son of John Pierson died.
R.T. Reid of Cisne, went to Albion to funeral of his brother Oliver Reid age 79.
Golden Gate News
Mary F. Greed died. Thomas Hill cemetery.
Obit
Orwin, son of Wm. And Mary Totten, b. Carroll co. Ohio,
Oct .5,1856 and d. Apr .30.1924 at Mt .Erie. Married Pauline Young Aug.
1,1880. Five children. Phebe, Mary Jane, Omey Ida, Owen and Roy. One girl
Omey died July ,13,1919. Scott cemetery.
May 15, 1924
Mrs. Jacob Hubble died. Cisne.
Disappearance of Melvin Ray Coughenour since last October. A
(Long Article).
Augusta E. daughter of Madison and Mary Jackson, b. Wayne co. Feb. 4,1860 and d. May, 8,1924. Married Orlando B. Simpson Feb.27,1878. Six children. Chas. Of Fairfield, Harry of Piqua, Ohio, Franklin of Dayton Ohio, Miss Mary also of Piqua, Ohio. Luquilla B. Guenthner of St. Petersburg, Fla. One brother James Jackson of Anderson Ind. Three sisters. Susan Marlow of Lindsey Calif. Elizabeth Files of Jonesboro, Ark. And Emma Stitchke of Grand Rapids ,Mich. Pleasant Grove cemetery
Obit
Michael Donaldson, youngest son of the late C.M. and Laura Best
Galligar, b. Sept. 26,1903 and d. May, 10,1924. Maple Hill cemetery..
Obit
Doris Eileen daughter of Oscar and Alma Eaton, b Mar
.8,1918 and d. May ,1 1924. Maple Hill.
Obit
Delbert James Pierson ,b. Dec. 4,1901 and d. May ,6,1924. His
parents the John E. Pierson. Leave five brothers, Edward, Homer, John,
Jerome and Glen. Three sisters, Edna. Katheine and Zella. Buckeye cemetery.
Boyd News
Mrs. George Scott died. Bruce cemetery.
Obit
Nancy Emeline, daughter of John T. and Mary E. Lock,
b. Jan. 5,1846 and d. May 4,1924. Married Josephus Vaughan ,1867. Nine
children Husband and six children died. Leave 2 girls, Lucy Young and Mrs.
Celia Carter and one son W.T. Pleasant Grove cemetery.
Frank Burton formerly from Cisne, died at Benton, Il. Son of the late Wm. Burton of Cisne. Body to Bloomfield, Mo. Leave two grown children.
Western Leech News
Willie Bryant Hopper age 5 died.
May 22. 1924
Obit
Florence, wife of Sammy Tolbert died at Wayne City. Leave
husband and eleven children. Ike and Holman of Detroit. John ; Violet
Forth and Mae Barnard of Wayne City. Amy Lappen of Mt. Carmel, Blanche
Hoover of Milan, Mo. Bessie Williamson of St. Louis, Grace Nevill of Mt.
Vernon, Zelma of Keenes and Florine at home. Old Cincinnati cemetery.
Obit
Ollie Jane, daughter of Wm. And Sarah Hutchinson Sandlin
,b.
Feb. 4,1859. She married W.S. Hubble Dec .7,1879. Four children. Laura,
wife of Delbert Fitch of Madison, Wis. Savanna, wife of Elmer Fitch, Anna,
wife of Ed Reid and one son Wilie all of Wayne co. Also leave 2 sisters
Mary Washington of Olney. Ada McClean of Wynoose and two brothers. Chas
of Okla. And Oscar of Clay City. She died May, 11,1924.
Obit
Hugh Noble Barker died May, 15,1924 Johnsonville age 69.
He was the son of Jackson Barker. Born Mar. 15,1855, Clay co. Married
Ethel Gammon. Four children. One dying age 5. Those left are
Earl; Beula Evans and Blanche Flanders. 2nd marriage to Mrs. Sophia Miller
Reid. Mar .18,1908. Three children. Golda, Frieda, and Opal. Hale
cemetery he also leave 2 brothers. John of Washington and Ephram of Tenn.
M\ill Sholas News
Pauline, one of the twin born to Ben Barbre last fall
died.
Marby News
Some attended funeral of Mrs. Al Ashbrook of Sims.
Olive Branch News
Word received of death of Mrs. May Lewis Ausberry of St.Louis.
Her husband Jesse Ausberry is very sick. Mt. Zion cemetery.
Obit (very long on fold)
John Winters born Monroe co. Ohio. 1850
Obit (very long w/picture)
Samantha, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Hays b. Ohio.
Apr .30,1847. Came to Bridgport. Died May, 23,1924. Married George
A. Tromly Nov. 8,1866 at Bridgeport. Six children. Grace Cliton, Charles,
Glenn, Clarence, Dwight and Maude, all living except Charles. who died
Feb. 3,1917. Glenn live in Kamela, Oregon, The rest from here. .
Also leave 2 brothers. John of Howard, Kansa, C.I. of Denver and three
sisters. Mary Hill, Lydia McMahon and Emma Kent of Cleveland, Ohio. Husband
died Nov. 1922. Maple Hill cemetery.
Garden Hill News
Chas. Carlson died at Florida
County Line News
Word received , Mrs. Anna Copple died in Denver, Colo. She was
buried there as all her children live there.
Obit (on the fold)
Mrs. McCoy died May 12, at Mt. Vernon, Born Warwick, Ind. July,
31,1849.
Obit
Margaret, daughter of Barbara and Peter Shumaker ,b.
May, 20,1849. Bern, Switzerland, Died May, 20,.1924. 1870 came to
Olney with parents. Oct. 10,1874 married John Block, Eight children. Three
dying in infancy. One girl Anna Johns died Feb. 1909. William and George
of Cisne, Emma Rogers of Nevada, Iowa, Nellie Stine of Cisne, Three
step-children. Rudolph Block of Lampson, Wish. Mary Hibbler of Yukon, Okla.
And Benjamin Block. Cisne cemetery.
Obit (very long);
Rev. Thomas Edward Dickey, b. Mar. 11,1881 Wayne co. married
Iva Sollis Jan. 1,1901. Five children. Robbie, Bessie, Jessie, Meda and
Lenabell; Also leave one brother David of St. Louis. Three sisters, Bell
Clark of Texas, Mary Shehorn and Allie Hilliard of Wayne co. and his parents.
Buried Johnsonville cemetery.
June 5, 1924
Word receives of death of Ira Martin at Mattoon. Body take to Clinton.
Burnt Prairie News
Miss Hazel Martin 2nd. girl of Joe Martin died E. St. Louis.
June 12, 1924
JoAnna A. Copple, mother of Henry Copple of Denver, E.V. of Center Colo.
Mrs. John Riggle. Died at Denver May, 21. Also one brother S.A. Pettijohn of Gary ,Ind. And one sister Mrs. Homer Pettijohn of Rinard
Two men lose their lives at Belle Plaine, Ks. Leonard C. Davis d. May 19, a son Irvin Davis former of Fairfield..
Johnsonville News
Miss Etta Yoho died at Flora. Johnsonville cemetery.
Local News
Rev/J/W/Flint received word his brother Henry age 70
died at Texas. Buried Lebanon, Ill.
Obit
John Wesley, son of Thomas and Delphi Howe ,b. Ripley
co. Mo. May 13,1840. One of youngest of a family of ten. Age 12 they came
to Wayne co. he died May, 25 1924. He married Mary A. Brown, Oct. 31,1861.
Twelve children. One died in infancy. Another died at age 13. Another girl
died. Lena Feb. 23,1887. Laura, wife of Edgar Spriggs died
Sept. 11,1889. The wife died Dec. 27,1894.
May 13,1896 he married Millie Stine. She died Mar. 5,1923. A pair of
twins died. Wilmer d. Feb. 3,1922 and Willis died May, 13,1924.. 3rd. marriage
to Mrs. Pernecia Rhodes Oct .7,1923. Leave six children. C.C. Pearl and
Luther and Lucy Spriggs, Ida Flander and Lulu Wood. Stine cemetery.
Obit
Christina, daughter of James and Lucinda Green, born
Ky. Dec .25,1857 and d. June .5,1924. Came to Ill. With parents in 1860.
It named sisters and brothers but all have died. She married Benjamin
David in 1878 and he died 1908. Leave a brother in law, Joseph Martin.
June 19, 1924
Burnt Prairie News
Mrs. Alice A. Robinson, d. June. 12,1924. At her daughter Mrs.
Ed. Cole. Burnt Prairie cemetery.
Obit
David M. son of Jesse and Lucinda Underwood Milner ,b.
Wayne co. Feb .7,1856. He was next to the youngest of a family of ten.
All dead. His father died when he was very small. David married Mary
Eler Jan. 26,1898. Two children. Virgia and Thomas. He died June.
14,1924. Mt. Vernon. Pleasant Grove cemetery.
** another obit on fold can’t read it ***
A.H. Borah of Johnsonville died.
Obit
Carthage, Mo. Press
Richard Taaffe ,b. Feb. 10,1861 Fairfield. His parents came
from Ireland. Surviving his wife and one son George. Another son Frank
died 1897 age 8. Also left brothers and sister. William of Fairfield, James
of Oakland Calif. And Miss Alice of Los Angeles.
Obit
Rudolph, son of Christian and Sarah Wiseman. Born Switzerland
co. Ind. July ,22,1847. He m. 1870. She died Aug. 13,1884. 2nd. m.
in 1890 and she d. 27 May. 1909. He leave 2 sons, James of Colo. And Wm.
Of Homer, Nebr. Three girls, Lillian Albert of Danville, Mrs. Georgia
Philps of Murphysboro , Il and Miss Edna at home.
Obit
Christina Cox, b. Sept. 1,1836 Adamsville, Tenn. Her husband
died 1861. Four children. James Cox only one left. She died June
.15,1924.
June 26, 1924
**another Obit long on fold.**_____Allen, b. Nov. 27.1870 and d. June .21,1924. Maple Hill cemetery.
Obit
Mary A. Crumbacher, b. Sept. 17.1873 and d. June 20.1924 at
Olney. Married George Orr Oct. 3,1894. Two children. Cora Lorene and George
Lester. Her father died when she was 4. Her mother Nancy M. Laird
survive. Gunion cemetery.
Browns, IL
Mrs. Charles Edge was killed.
Flora News
Two boys were killed, James age 19 and Ira age 13, Ritter.
The father died 2 years ago.
Obit
Rodina, daughter of John and Hannah Gaston, b. Aug. 22,1849
Fairfield and died June. 17,1924 at Keenes. She the youngest of a family
of seven. All have died except two aged sisters. Cynthia Clark of Keenes
and Jane Parkinson of Fairfield. Bovee cemetery.
Mrs. James Grove received word her sister Mrs. S.E. Colvin of Mapleton, Oreg. Died.
Obit
Dorothy, girl of Roy and Nell Anderson,b. Nov.30.1915
and d. June.17,1924. Maple Hill cemetery.
Mrs. James Clark died June. 11, Born Oct. 15,1845 Wayne co. married May 2, 1882. Spent in Mill Shoals. Had one child. Oden who with his father have died. Leave one brother. James Butler of Modesta and one sister Nancy Meeks of Barnhill.
Johnsonville
A.A. Borah died. Told who came.