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Mt. Carmel newspaper
Franklin, son of George and Margaret Hinkle Stoltz, former resident of Wabash co. b. May, 14,1852 and d. June. 25,1924. He was in a family of 13 children. Those left are Peter of Wayne co. John and Jake of Wabash co. Mrs. August Kohlhaus, Mrs. Clara Foster and Lora Litherland of the western coast.  he first m. Nancy Litherland. Six children have died. Those left J.H. Stoltz and Mrs. Fred Sharp.  2nd. m. to Mrs. May King. Two children. Clara and Lucille of Fairfield,  Gard Point cemetery.

Local News
Little child of Floyd Smith died at Springfield.

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Run Over By Train At Danville.
Alpha Knowles, b. Wabash co. May, 22,1872 and d. June.25,1924. Married Ida Painter at her home in Bellmont. Six children. Mildred died 5 years ago. Those left. Floyd, Ruth Bell; Gladys Nolan, Misses Elizabeth and Hazel.  Alpha was the oldest of his father family who he survive. Also one sister Miss Hattie and Eber Knowles. His mother died 14 years ago. Funeral at Danville and buried at Springhill cemetery.

Lamard News
Word receive of death of Virgil Kurtz, oldest of son Allie and Emma Kurtz. Mr. Ed Kurtz and two children came from Springfield. Virgil was born. Oct. 17,1898 Wayne co. Married Cecile Perrine Dec.8,. One little girl Dorthea Eileen. He died Pontiac, Pleasant Grove cemetery.

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Veta Hazel, daughter of Joseph O. and Nancy Elizabeth Terrell, b. July, 27,1904 and d. July, 5,1924. Married Robert Earl Musgrave Sept. 7,1922. One child, Wm. Harlan age 14 mo. Leave his mother and stepfather.  Pleasant Grove cemetery.

Ellery News
Alfred Chalcraft died.  Buried Albion

Johnsonville News
Marion Ellis of Tuscola died. Buried at Johnsonville. He leave a widow and several grown children.

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McMinnville, Oregon  newspaper
Status Elizabeth Ake, wife of John Newell died June. 25,1923. Age 75. A native of Wayne co. went to Oregon in 1876. Move to McMinnville 1896. June 1.  She leave husband, three sons, Frank of Hermiston, Wm. And Ad of Portland, one girl Fannie Henson of McMinnville. Two children died in infancy. And Grace died 1913. She was a sister to W.C. Ake, Phillp Ake and Susan McFarland of Mt.Erie.

Local News
Mrs. Mabel Iddings Best, daughter of Milt Iddings died St. Louis following birth of a baby. Bovee cemetery.

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Thomas M. son of Thomas and Lucy Broyles b. Mercer co. Ky. Aug. 3,1823 and d. Wayne co. July, 15,1924.  Married May 1842 to Martha Allen who died Sept.  10. 1855.(paper said 1885 but can’t be right).  Five children. James A. Mary, Pareliee, Wm. And David. Three are living. Mary F. Stanford  of St .Elmo, Parleiee Emery of Charleston and David of Morrison.  2nd. Marriage  to Elizabeth Gyger at Bedford Ind. Apr. 20.1857 She died Apr. 29,1868. Five children. Elvira, Julia, Henrietta, Thomas and Zechariah. Elvia and Zechariah died in infancy only one survive.. Only one survive. It gave Elvira LeFever of Iowa but obit said Elvira died in infancy. His 3rd marriage to Martha King Oct. 2,1858 of Wayne co. Eight children. Emily, James, Alice, and Sarah of Illinois. Walter in Idaho and John and Jessie  of Iowa. He came to Wayne co. 1845. Indian Prairie cemetery.

Wm. Sandlin, former resident of Wayne do. Died at son in law Scott Washington  Olney, Il. Age 94. Wells cemetery.

Garden Hills News
Laura Carlson, an aged lady died. Pleasant Mound cemetery.

Mrs. Anna Lehman Carey, died at her son, DR. Frank Carey of Terre haute. Age 7o. Her husband died Apr. 1923.  Maple Hill cemetery.

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Dr. Francis Bean, son of Archibald and Adaline Bean, b. Athen Ohio Feb. 13,1845. 1865 came to Wayne co. May, 1920 move to Kansas. Married Nov .6,1867 to Nancy Koontz. One girl and 3 sons. Daughter Ida May died. 1873 age 5 yr. Joe died 1891 age 19. One son Wilsey died 1897 age 19. One son Chas of Kansas City. Dr. Bean died Aug. 4,1924..

Obit (on fold can not read) of Mrs. Idding

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Ottawa Newspaper.:;
Mrs. Geo Dezouche. Nobody from Wayne co. so didn’t copy any of it.

Word received here death of ___A .Scott of Portland Oregon. Sister to Mrs. C.C. Wickersham. Leave his wife and no children.

James Green, son of James Green of Sims died in Utah age 22.

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Death of Gen. J.R. Campbell of McLeansboro died Aug. 12,1924. Age 71. One son Val Campbell survive.

Killed Burnt Prairie Man
Otto G. Heckler 47 of Burnt Prairie now of Evansville killed. Son of Joseph Heckler.

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Frank Adam Kutz born Kutztown ,Pa. Nov .5,1840. Died at Cisne, Aug. 23,1924.  He married Sarah Johnson, daughter of Geo. Johnson who lived 3 years. One girl Mollie who is the wife of L.E. Spriggs of Fairfield. 2nd .m. to Mary Sprankel Nov l2.1869  Four children. Mrs. Ola Chapman, Agnes wife of J.M Christman of Farmsville, N.C. and John of Selma, N.C. Also a baby son who died.

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Clemence Black, widow of Edward Black born White co. Apr .16,1840. She was 2nd. Child of twelve. Two living. Mrs. Serne Bundy of Calif. and Miss Gertrude George of Brown, Ill. She married Edward Black 1859. Eight children. Two pass away in infancy. James of Marion, Frank of Fairfield, Rena Ramsy of Elkton, Ky. And Clara Young of Hutchinson, Kans.  Fredonia Church died 1900 and Earnest in 1923. She died at Elkton, Ky.

Word receives of death of Moses Stalling who died Aug. 12. At Conway, Mo. Age 75. Leave wife Clara Neal his 2nd. Wife.

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Jennie Rebecca, daughter of D. K .Madding of Mt. Erie born Jan. 13,1902 and  d. Aug. 13,1924. Terre Haute. Married Raymond Lemons Mar. 31,1920. Two children. Harold age 2 and Wanda age 2 months. McKendree cemetery.

John L. son of Albert and Margaret Moats born Mt. Erie Jan .11,1868 and d. Aug. 10,1924. Married Ida Porterfield  Aug 5,1894. Three children. Two dying in  infancy. One son Glenn age 9. McKendree cemetery.

Willow Branch News
Charles Mix age 88 died. Elmwood cemetery, Flora.

Obit (on fold can not read it)  last name is Savage and his age was 18

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Robert Duke Barth, 5 yr. old son of Herb Barth died in St. Louis. He was born Oct. 16,1919.

John Tyler died at Wayne City. Leave his wife. Also Mrs. G. V .Dickey, Miss Elsie of Lincoln, IL, Curtis and Clyde of Wayne co. Thomason cemetery.

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Columbus Earl, son of Jacob and Susan Butcher Allgire b. Sept. 26,1885 Mt .Erie.  Nov. 30,1917 married Anna Kepel. Three children. Jacob. Stella and Howard. Buckeye cemetery.

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Margaret Ann, daughter of H.G. and Aminca  Butts ,b. Dec. 2,1861 Fairfield,  Sept. 10.1883 married Chas Rush. Two children. Carl and Ina. She died Aug. 26.

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Martha Lane  married Harvey Mayo in 1868. Seven children.

Non Miller of Wayne City died. Age 63. He leaves his wife and one girl, Grace Watson of Joliet. James and one girl Allouise at home. One brother N.D. Miller of Sims. Thomason cemetery

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A.E. Scott of _____ Oregon.

Mrs. Elizabeth Peddicord, wife of George Peddicord committed suicide. Age 69.

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Florence, daughter of W.C. and Emma Crews, b. Dec. 29.1872 Fairfield and d. St. .Louis Aug. 23,1924. Married Mar. 13,1889 to J. Alvin Borah. Eleven children. All alive except one son Lawrence. Those living. Mrs. R.B. Tompkins, Mrs. R. T. Carter, Mrs. Chas. Banks of Wichita Fall, Texas. R.T. of E. ST. Louis. Mrs. H.R. London of Oklahoma City, Mrs. Carrie Stallings, Mrs. Guy Ardry, John, Alvin and Wayne of St. Louis.

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Joe Abner, son of P.G. and S.M. Crews ,b. Mt. Erie May 2, 1895 and died Sept. 4,1924. Married Nellie bon May, 27,1916. One son and one girl. Ivan and Ethel. Two brothers, Carl and Alex, six  sisters. Maude, Mary Ellen, Myrtle, Guthrie, Wanda and Evelyn. Cisne cemetery.

Mill Shoals News
Mrs. And Mr. James Gifford baby died.

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Potomac, Ill
Chas. Belangee died. He was born Boggs town , Ind. Sept .13,1855. Move to Wayne co.  Married Jan 14___ to Mahalia Morris at Barnhill. Five children. Two dying in infancy. Everett of Henning. Perry of Centerville and Mary Stanely of Peoria. Lived in Potomac six years.

Miss Helen Smith, daughter of A. J .Smith  died in Chicago. Buried  Fairfield.
October 16,1924

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Ellery man burn to death.

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Samuel Byron son of Wm. And Julia Fetters ,b. Alliance, Ohio June. 27,1850. Came to Fairfield as a small boy. Died Oct 9,1924. Mar. 10,1873 married Nancy Ellen Crews now deceased. Three children. Edward who died young man. Mrs. J.R. Crews of Fairfield and Mrs. Clare Walsh of Albion. Mar .5,1894 m,. Susan Harris. Died Golden Gate. Maple Hill cemetery.

Burnt Prairie News
Remains of Moses Endicott of Poseyville Ind. died several months ago. Was brought here Oct. 8.

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Danial Logan Dennis, b. Oct. 12,1902 in E. St .Louis and d. Oct. 4,1924. Son of Wm. And Cora Logan, Dennis and grandson of Eld. D. and Lairnia Logan of Geff. He leaves his father and stepmother. Wm. T. and Annie Dennis of East St. Louis. Bestow cemetery.

Mary Christine, daughter of S.M. and Susie Madding b. Oct. 8,1924 and died Oct. 10.1924. McKendree cemetery.

Nine mo. Old child, granddaughter of John Hodges died. Union cemetery.

Mrs. Eliza Brown died at her daughter Mrs. Levi Anderson age 75. Harrell cemetery.

Clay County Newspaper
Milligan Arnold 75 died. Leave his wife. Wells cemetery.

Mrs. Anna Catherine Wilson, widow of Ed Wilson who been dead for 45 years. Leave 2 sons John of Centralia and Chas. One girl Kate Lang. One sister Adellia Carter of Muskagee, Okla.. She died Oct .21,1924. Was a daughter of Isaac Saylor. She married Mar. 26,1873 to Edward Wilson.  Maple Hill cemetery.

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Lavina Jane, daughter of Adam and Martha Adamson, b. Mar. 16,1847 Hardin co. Ill. D. Oct.` 14,1924. Mt. Erie. She was the 6th child in a family of seven. All dead. An early age they move to Richland co.  Feb. 28.1865 she m. John Blakely. Nine children. Elizabeth Petty, Anna Hedrick and Martha Daubs of Mt. Erie. Andrew of Fordyce, Ark. And Henry of Mattoon. Two died in infancy. 1905 two girls died. Minnie Crew and Lillian Porterfield. Nov. 8,1918 her husband died.  Nov. 9,1922 she m. C. G. Archibald. He died July, 19,1923.  One half sister Lizzie Jones of Pine Bluff Ark. And one half brother Henry Hedrick of Richland co. McKendree cemetery.

Boyleston News
Miss Rae Johnson received word Oct. 12 her brother died. Enoch Johnson in Western, Iowa. Miss Johnson and her sister Mrs. Simon Faulgenstein went.

Death of Samuel Sellers, former Orchard twp. Died at his step-daughter Mrs. Geo Rush, Xenia. Age 72. Married twice. Both wives died. Leave 3 children. Ella Wimberly of Salem, Sarah Ott and E. J. of Xenia.

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Charles, son of Ephram and Mary Burton b. Aug. 30.1860. Married ___Eikleberry Sept. 15 _-. Three children. Clarence and ___ and one girl Enid___ Bestow cemetery.

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Bessie, elder daughter of Linley and Dean Grove, b. July, 16,1901. Her father died Oct. 8.1910. She died Oct .14,1924. Buckeye cemetery.

Eastern Leech News;
R.W. Smith was called to Edward co. for death of his mother, Mrs. Thomas Smith. Also mother of Mrs. Ross Mason.

Burnt Prairie News
Infant son of Percy Craven died Oct. 20.

Harold, son of Isaac Parlier b. Apr .19,1924 died Nov .1,1924.

Geo. W. son of Wm. Calvin and Martha Mayes b. Sept .24 1866 and d. Oct .30,1924. Married Emma Snelling Oct. 14,1896. Three children. James, Mina Bolen and Miss Alta. Leave one sister Elvira Miller.  Brown cemetery.

Cisne News
Richard Resler died Oklahoma. Buried here.

Mrs. Sarah Milner died.

Mill Shoals News
John Green died. Strewberry cemetery.

Baseline News
Kate Barnard died Bailey cemetery.

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 Loranzo Estridge Cates b.  Hamilton co. Apr. 7,1846. And died Nov. ,1924. Married Mary Jones Jan 5,1868. Nine children. Two died in infancy. Those left, Ira, John, Louis, Nora Guyot, Eva Haught, Mary Neff and Edith Williams all of Wayne co.  Mrs. Cates died. Nov. 0.1886. Later he married Mary Gwin.

North of Wayne City News
Mrs. Sylvester Barnard died. Age 70.

R.H. Gardner, son of Robert and Elizabeth Gardner, . Ripley co. Ohio June. 0.1857 and died at his son Ira of Fairfield, Nov. 3. Married Mattie Allison, One child. They bother died in a short time. Dec. 8.1881 he married Laura Pike. Seven children. His wife and three children. Pearl, Grover and Lawrence died. Those left, O.W. of Decatur; Roma of Detroit, Ira  of Fairfield, Iantha Meeks of Blue Mound. Two brothers, Alex of Mill Shoals and Wm. Of Cincinnati. One sister Emma Hart of Fairfield.

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Paul Arthur, son of Wm. And Dean Grove b. Oct, 13,1898.  Oldest of four children. His father died when he was 12. He married Julia martin Oct 11,1919. Three sons, Wilbrun, Willard, and Eldon. He died Nov. 6. Buckeye cemetery.

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Sarah Jane, daughter of John and Emily Ary .b. Carmi Apr. 19,1845. A family of ten, all have died. She married Oct. 5,1862 to Gen. S. St. John who was a brother in law, having married Sarah sister who died leaving 2 small children. Elam and Susan. They had two. children. Little girl died in infancy and a son. W.A. St. John. Husband died Dec .5, 1872. She then m. A. Milner July, 13,1881. This husband had three small children. Emma, Minnie and Virgie. Emma died in Colo. Over a year ago. Mt. Milner died 25 years ago. Sarah died Nov. 12 1924. Body taken to Carmi to Stewart cemetery.

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Philip Obrecht Sr. b. Horborg, France Apr. 21, 1841. Jan. 1868 he married Mary Ritner. Four children. Anna, Mary, Catherine and Phillip. 1880 they came to Chicago and 2 years later to Enterprise. He died Nov. 16.1924. Leave Phillip and Mary Barth.

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Clara , daughter of Moses Smith ,b. Albion July, 16,1837. Married at Albion to Robert Hanna   Feb. 28,1859. Four children. Frank of E. St Louis. Minnie, wife of Chas.  Brown of Flora, T.P. and Miss Clara of here. Mr. Hanna died July, 29,1901. She died Nov .30,1904. She died Nov.
30,1924.

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Benjamin Gray b. Todd co. Ky. June 2.1848 and d. Nov. 1.1924. Son of Wm. And Mary Gray. Married Jane Atteberry, Seven children. Three died. Those living are David of Delano, Calif. Mrs. C.O. Ellis of Fairfield, Jonathan of Jennings, Kola. And Bennie who with her five little children lived with him. Leave 2 brothers Nathanial and Jonathan of Fairfield And one sister Missouri Ann of Mo.  He later married Mrs. Ed. Wilson

Sarah Jane Mann, b. June. 8,1851, d. Dec .1,1924. Married H.B. Mann Oct. 30,1879. Leave four girls.  Maggie Wildman of Kansa. Carrie Laird of St. Louis, Rosa Lambrich of Cisne and Nellie Kneff of Cisne,   Brown cemetery.

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Mrs. A. P. Robertson died. She married Nov.. 1890.

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Elizabeth Kellar, b. Nov .20,1838 and d. Dec. 2,1924. Married Geo. Stroup 1859. Five sons, lane, Wm. Jacob, John and Carson. Her husband and 3 sons have died. Leave on sister, Mrs. Margaret Ingersoll of Mt. Carmel.  Grayville cemetery.

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Rev. Isom O. Simpson b. May, 17,1868 White co. died Dec .2,1924. Married May, 25,1894 to Sarah E. Draper. Six children. Mamie and Onie who have died. Those left, Alma,, Osie, Frank and Claude

Lamard News
J.W. Tilton received word his great grandson.  Son of Olivin Tilton died in Moweaqua..

Garden Hill News
Jason King of St. Louis was called here by death of his father Joseph King.

Mrs. Lenora Watson died Dec .12 at home of her parents, Rev. and Mrs. T.O. McMinn of Carbondale. She leaves a husband and a son two and half year old.

Five week old girl of Peter and Minnie Potter Book died.

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Pleasant Caudle died Dec .17,1924. Son of W.S. Caudle of Barnhill.  Born July, 14,1884. Leave his parents, Two sisters. Mrs. Dave Trousdsale of Fairfield and Mrs. John Green of Waynesville, Ill. Four brothers, Arthur and Otto of Kansas City. Harry of Indianapolis and Henry of Fairfield, Koontz cemetery.

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Wm. A. son of S.M. and Mary A. Taylor b. Apr .9,1842 and d. Dec. 15,1924.  1862 m. Nancy Purvis, One son Samuel.  Nancy died 1865. 1868 he married Minerva Johnson, A daughter Mary.  May, 9,1921 his wife died. Leave three brothers, Joseph of Grand Rapids, S.M.. and R. M. of Fairfield and one sister Carrie Ellis.

Geff News
Infant baby of Maurice Bay buried Bestow.

Jack Musgrave died at Mill Shoals. Four sons, 3 in Mill Shoals and one in Decatur.