William Jewell Young  (1890-1969)

Jewell Young was born December 15, 1890 In Westboro, Mo., the son of Robert and Cora (Bayless) Young.  He passed away February 17, 1969, at the Fairfax Community Hospital in Fairfax, Mo.     His early education was received at Tarkio in the Tarkio school system.  On December 15, 1916, he married Sylvia Cyrene Rundle in Rock Port.  They spent most of their married life in and around the Rock Port area until she passed away in 1947.  He worked as a carpenter for many years prior to his retirement.     He is survived by two daughters, Luthella Quillen, Beloit, Wisconsin, and Cyrene May Adamo, Pacoima, California; one son, William Young, Westminster, Colorado; one sister. Frona Anderman, Rock Port, Mo.; and one foster sister, Dorothy Fletcher, Colfax, Iowa; eleven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.     He was preceded in death by his parents, wife, one brother, five sisters, and one granddaughter.     Services were held Wednesday at the Minter-May Chapel conducted by Rev. Randall Reeves.  Interment was at Hunter cemetery.

Sylvia Cyrene (Rundle) Young  (1892-1947)

Mrs. Jewell Young, who was taken ill some days preceding her death and was taken to St. Francis hospital in Maryville for treatment, passed away Thursday, December 11th.     Funeral services were conducted by Rev. C.S. Peacocke at the Bartholomew Funeral Home at two o'clock Saturday, Dec. 13th.  Interment was at Hunter cemetery.  Mrs. Young, whose maiden name was Sylvia Rundle, was born December 2oth, 1892, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Rundle.  At the time of her death she lacked only a few days of reaching her fifty-fifth birthday.  She was married December 15th, 1915, to Jewell Young, who survives, as do two daughters, Luthella and Cyrene, and a son, William J. Young.  She also leaves two brothers, Bruce and Lewis Rundle. Mrs. Young suffered ill health for some years and seldom was seen away from the home.  She was an unusually quiet, reserved woman, who made no pretense and whose chief interest was in her home and family. She was born in the Valley View district south of Rock Port and had lived not far from her place of birth throughout her life.

Robert Franklin Young   (1860-1928)

Frank Young, who sustained a serious stroke of paralysis on Monday night of last week, passing on about four o'clock Saturday evening, never regaining consciousness from the night of the stroke.

    His funeral was held at the home on Highway No.1, Monday afternoon, July 2nd, by Rev. Frank Rissler, Internment was at High Creek cemetery.

    In the death of Mr. Young there passes one of the veteran carpenters and contractors of this section.  For fifty years, or since the year 1878, he had worked with the hammer and saw, and his building achievements stand as monument to his skill.  He passed along this knowledge to his sons, Virgil and Jewell, both whom became skilled workmen under their father's tutelage.

    Robert Franklin Young was born at Smithville, Clay county, Missouri, on April 15, 1860, the son of Joseph H. and Sara J. Young. He was married to Belle Bayless at Watson, Mo. on March 11th, 1886. Seven children were born to this union, on of whom died in infancy. Those who survive, with the wife and mother, are: Mrs. Madge Hodge of

Tarkio, Virgil B., Jewell, Mrs. Guy Anderman, Mrs. Carl Anderman, Mrs. Raymond Walker, all of Rock Port.  There are also ten Grandchildren.

    Besides rearing their own family, they took into their home a small girl Dorothy Hodge, who is now Mrs. Dorothy Hodge Fletcher of Council Bluffs and cared for her as one of their own children until she grew to young womanhood and married.

    Born in Clay county, Missouri, Mr. Young came to Atchison county with his parents in 1862, when he was but two years of age, and the balance of his life has been spent in various communities in this county.  Previous to moving to Rock Port in 1913, his home was in Tarkio.

    Mr. Young's church membership was with the Baptist organization at Rock Port.  In fraternal lines he was a member of the Masonic order, although not active in the order for some years.

    His building works stand as monuments to the skill of this man, and his care and thorough workmanship in whatever his had constructed will serve as reminders of his ability as a master workman for many years to come.  When fate's swift hand laid him low, he and his sons had under construction the new National school house, and this building will serve as a final mark of his labors.

Cora Bell (Bayless) Young   (1866-1941)

Mrs. Belle Young, who has been in ill health for several years and who, for some time, had been a patient at a St. Joseph hospital, passed away there Tuesday morning, October 7th, aged 75 years.

    The remains were brought to the Bertram Funeral Home, where funeral services were held at two o'clock Thursday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Earl F. Johns, pastor of the Tarkio Baptist church. Interment was at High Creek cemetery.

    Cora Belle Bayless, daughter of Franklin J. and Sophronia Bayless, was born at Brownville, Neb., July 2nd, 1866.  She came with her parents to Watson when she was two years of age, and the remainder of her life was sent in this county.

    She was married to Frank Young on March 11th, 1886, and to them were born seven children, three of whom are deceased.  The survivors are all residents of Rock Port--Virgil Young, Jewell Young, Mrs. Guy Andermann and Mrs. Carl Andermann.  In addition to the sons and daughters, she is survived by eleven grand-children and seven great- grandchildren.  Mr. Young passed away June 30th, 1928. after a lifetime spent in the building and contracting business, which his two sons are following as their trade.

    In addition to her own children, Mrs. Young and her husband reared Mrs. Raymond Fletcher, who lives at Colfax, Iowa, and had always been regarded as one of the Young family.

    There were two sons and the one daughter in the Bayless family, and the surviving member is O.H. Bayless of Watson.

    For some time following her marriage, Mrs. Young lived at Watson. In later years the family moved to Tarkio, where they resided some years, afterward coming to Rock Port, where the family home has been for a number of years.

The deceased held membership with the Baptist church throughout her life and was devoted to the church, her family and friends.

John Rundle (1857-1939)

John Rundle, who had spent his practically all of his life in Atchison county, died at his home Sunday morning about one o'clock. He had been in failing health for several years.     He was born in this state October 28th, 1857, and was 82 years of age.     He was married to Jeanette Hall, who survives him as do two sons and a daughter--Bruce and Lewis of the home and Mrs. Jewell Young also of Rock Port.  There are also three grandchildren.  A sister , Mrs. James Whitham, also survives. Mr. Rundle was a member of the Presbyterian Church, which he joined many years ago.     The deceased was for many years one of the leading orchardists of this section, and he dealt largely in the purchase and sale of orchard products, packing and shipping many carloads of apples to distant points.  His home for many years was in the Valley View district south of Rock Port, where Mr. Rundle followed the business of farming as well as fruit raising.  He developed Spring Water Resort several years ago and made it a popular picnicking place.  He and his sons operated a profitable natural ice business for quite a while, cutting the product from a lake which was fed by large springs on the Rundle farm.  He was an active man until recent years, when ill health forced a retirement from hard work. Funeral services were held at the Clifton Funeral Home Monday afternoon by Rev. M.D. Mulvainia with interment at Hunter cemetery .

Jennette Luthella (Hall) Rundle  (1860-1945)

Mrs. John Rundle, who was Jeanette Luthella Hall prior to her marriage, died at her home on South Main street Thursday, August 16th, following a stroke.  Born February 23rd, 1860, she had reached the age of eighty-five years.  She survived little more than an hour and a half following the stroke.     Born at Palmyra, Ill., the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elijah Hall , she had been a resident of Atchison county 63 years.  She was married to John Rundle at Cheyenne, Wyo., March 20th, 1882.  Mr. Rundle died several years ago.  She traveled from her birthplace to Boone, Iowa in a covered wagon.  Other places of residence before coming to Atchison county were Malvern, Iowa, and Cheyenne, Wyo.  For many years the Rundle home was on a farm five miles south of Rock Port, familiarly known to the public as Spring Water Resort.     Surviving Mrs. Rundle are a daughter and two sons--Mrs. Jewell Young, Bruce and Lewis Rundle, all of Rock Port. There are three grandchildren--W.J. Young, Jr., Cyrene and Luthella Young.  The grandson is serving with the coast guard.  She also has one sister, Mrs. Isabelle Pitman of Moneta, Calif.     This aged woman lived through four major wars--The Civil War, the Spanish-American conflict, World War I and World War II.  At and early age she heard the Gettysburg Address.  She joined the Baptist church while living in Cheyenne, Wyo.     Mrs. Rundle was of a retiring nature and was seldom seen away from her home and family, which were her greatest interests in life.  That she remained vigorous to the end of her days is shown by the fact that a neighbor tells The Mail that as she passed the Rundle home only a day or two before Mrs. Rundle's death she was found out in the yard, doing little chores which she liked to do to keep busy.  She experienced the hard work of a farm woman, carried her share of labor involved and lived a full busy life.     Funeral services were conducted by Rev. J.H. Houston of the Baptist church at the Bartholomew Funeral Home, Saturday afternoon.  Burial was at Hunter cemetery, not far from the farm where the home of the deceased was made for many years.

Lydia Matilda (Rush) Rundle (1818-1904)

  Died at the old homestead, five miles south of Rock Port on Saturday 6 Feb. 1904, of general debility, induced by old age, Mrs. Lydia M. Rundle, relict of John Rundle, deceased in 1886,age 85 yr 7 mo 2 da. Mrs. Rundle was born in Perry Co., Ohio, 4 July 1818, and in early life was married to her late husband.  In 1837 she, with her husband and family, removed to Macon co. Mo. in which County they resided until 1852, when they removed to Iowa.  In 1857 the family again removed to Mo. settling in Atchison Co. where they have ever since lived.  Mrs. Rundle was the mother of nine children, six sons and three daughters, all of whom survive except one son who died in infancy, and all of whom, except one son who lived in Kansas, were present at her funeral.  Of her grandchildren, there are twenty-seven living.  Eight grandsons acted as pall-bearers when her body was interred in the Hunter Cemetery, near the old homestead.     Mrs. Rundle made a profession of faith in Christ in 1867 and united with the Rock Creek Presbyterian Church, of which communion she remained a consistent and honored member until her death.  She was unusually active for one of her years, until about two years ago, when old age began to manifest itself with force and power which made her feel that her days of usefulness were numbered, and caused her to long for the "rest that remainth to the people of God".  She desired to "depart and be with Christ, which is far better", but was, nevertheless, content to bide the Lord's time for her exit.  When the end came there was a complete absence of either physical or mental suffering, and "as gently as fades the light of day", her earthly life went out, and her spirit went "to God who gave it".   The funeral services were conducted at the old homestead, Rev. T.H. Graves of the Baptist church officiating, and using as a basis of his remarks 2 Cor: 5:6, "Therefore we are always confident, knowing that whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord."   Her's was a noble life, and fitly ended.  Let all who knew and loved her imitate her example.

Elijah Preston Hall (1815-1891)

John Rundle's father-in-law, Mr. Hall died at the home of Mr. Rundle last Monday.  His death seemed to be caused from feebleness and old age.  His remains were interred at Hunter Cemetery on Wednesday.

Sophronia Cordelia (McNeal) Bayless  (1847-1927)

The funeral of Mrs. F.J. Bayless of Watson, whose death on October 19th, briefly mentioned in the Mail's last issue, was held at the Watson Baptist church on Friday, October 21st, at one o'clock by Rev. D.W. Griffith.  Internment was at High Creek cemetery.

   Mrs. Bayless, whose maiden name was Sophronia Cordelia McNeal, was one of a family of eight children of John and Lavina Fullen McNeal--two sons and six daughters.  She also had a half- brother and three half-sisters.  She was born in Tennessee, December 17th, 1846.

   She came to Atchison county in 1853 with her parents and settled first at Sonora, the then thriving Missouri river town which is now but a memory.  When Sonora, with the advent of the Burlington railroad and the establishment of the town of Watson, became a thing of the past, the family home was established at Watson.

   On May 31st, 1863, Sophronia McNeal was married to Franklin John Bayless.  To this union were born three children, a daughter and two sons.  John Rueben, one of the sons, passed away July 26th, 1893.  The surviving children are Oertel Bayless of Watson and Mrs. Frank Young of Rock Port.  The husband and father died February 20th, 1908.  There are nine great-grandchildren living to cherish the memory of a grandmother of true christian belief and practices.

   Mrs. Bayless was converted at Carthage, Mo., in 1871 and became a member of the Baptist church.  Her ardent support of the church always foremost in her thoughts.  It was through her earnest desire and unfaltering work that the Baptist church was built at Watson.  She was always saying, "Some day we will have a Baptist church in Watson." During the erection of that place of worship Mrs. Bayless was made treasurer of the organization and she held that office for years, until she was no longer able, because of physical infirmities, to attend services.

    Her Savior and His cause have been supreme in her life ever since she ranged herself of the side of christianity.  She laid her life on the altar of service of God's cause. Mrs. Bayless was an invalid for years, but no mother was ever cared for more tenderly than was she by her faithful son and his excellent wife.  Her every want was anticipated during the years of her afflictions.

   A large company of relatives and friends from every walk in life gathered to do final honor to this good woman and it was appropriate that members of all the Watson churches joined in.

   This woman came to Atchison county when the county was young and sparsely settled, and she willingly and gladly shared with others the hardships through which was developed a land of wonderful productivity, happiness and wealth.  Too frequently the for the part they played in expanding and developing the nation, but in the case of Mrs. Bayless it is felt that those who knew her best gave her full measure of praise.

Franklin J. Bayless (1834 – 1908)

Franklin J. Bayless passed away at the ripe old age of 72 years, 10 months and 19 days, at his home, in Watson, Feb, 20^th, 1908.  He was born near Jonesboro, Tenn., April 1^st, 1835.  At the age of twenty he came to Missouri, settling first at the old town of Sonora, at which place he was united in marriage to Miss Sophronia C. McNeal, May 31^st, 1853.  To this union were born three children, Mrs. Belle Young, of Tarkio, John R. who died July 26^th 1893; Ortel H., of Watson.  From Sonora he moved to Nebraska, thence to Carthage, Mo., from there to Phelps City, finally locating in Watson, in March, 1873 where he has spent the remainder of his active and energetic life.  He was the youngest of a family of twelve children, six boys and six girls, and the last to pass away.  At the age of 17 he professed a home in Christ and was baptized by his father.  A Baptist minister, who conducted religious services in his own home, one room being use for church purposes.  For many years he was a consistent and faithful member of High Creek Baptist church.  At the organization of the Watson Baptist Church, April 5^th, 1900, he was a constituent member and was one of the most liberal contributors in building a beautiful and commodious house of worship and in support of the gospel and a zealous promoter of all its interests, continuing strong in the faith and love of his Savior, until the end came.  In his home was the prophet’s room and he always made the prophet feel at home in it.  With patience and resignation he bore his sufferings as his Savior did, without a murmur.  In the death of Bro.  Bayless his wife loses an affectionate husband, the children a wise and loving father, the community a benefactor, the pastor a much loved friend and brother and the church a faithful and true member.  In the presence of a large and sympathising congregation his funeral was preached at his home church by Rev. J.E. Petty, and his body laid to rest in High Creek cemetery. 

                                                                                         *Atchison County Mail 28 Feb 1908

Cyrene (Strate) Hall  (1823 –1899)

Mrs. Cyrene Hall, mother of Mrs. John Rundle, passed from this earthly realm on Thursday last, and was buried in the Hunter cemetery.  We failed to learn the particulars.  We would consider it an accommodation if ministers in charge of funerals would kindly hand in their notes in time for publication in the current issue.                                *Atchison County Journal,  5 Jan 1900

C. Bruce Rundle   (1883 – 1962)

Services were held for Clifford Bruce Rundle, 79, at the Bartholomew Funeral Home, Saturday, Feb. 3, at 2:00 pm, conducted by Rev. Jerry Ostrom.  Mr. Rundle was born Jan. 7, 1883, on a farm south of Rock Port, the son of John and Jeannette Rundle.  He lived all his life in Atchison County, the last 52 years in Rock Port, and had been engaged in the ice and gas business since 1929.  Surviving is his brother, Lewis E. Rundle, of the home.  Burial was in Hunter Cemetery.

                                                                                                *Atchison County Mail 8 Feb 1962

Joseph Hayes Young (1836 – 1913)

Joseph Hayes Young died at 6:30 o’clock, Wednesday Morning, June 26, at the home of his son, R.F. Young. Mr. Young was born in North Carolina, May 11, 1837. (Entries in the Young Family Bible indicate his birthplace as Tennessee and his birth date as May 11, 1836. His bio in the History of Holt and Atchison County Mo. Has the same information)  He was married in Tennessee July, 31, 1856 to Sarah Jane Fox.  Four children were born to this union.  The family moved to Atchison county in May 1865.  For a number of years they lived at Watson, but he has been a citizen of Tarkio for20 years.  Mr. Young suffered a stroke of paralysis three years ago and has been in poor health since that time.  His wife died last winter on December 30^th.  Since that time he has made his home with his son.  For a number of years Mr. Young was police judge of the City of Tarkio and filled the position until about a year ago.

                                                                                    *Tarkio Avalanche 27 June 1913

Sarah Jane (Fox) Young  (1836 – 1912) 

Mrs. Sarah J. Young  the wife of Esq. Joe H. Young died at the home of her son R.F. Young, Monday December 30^th at the age of 76 years.  Funeral Services were held at the home of her son Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 O’clock conducted by Dr. S.B Alderson of the Presbyterian church.  Interment took place in the Home Cemetery.  Mrs. Sarah Jane Young was born in Cocke County, Tennessee, July 3, 1836.  In 1856 she was united in marriage with Joe H. Young.  They soon moved to Missouri coming to Atchison in 1863, where she has since resided.  In 1866 she was converted and united with the Cumberland Presbyterian church at Irish Grove.  After moving to Tarkio she with her husband united with the Presbyterian church.  Four children have been born to this union, three having preceded her, leaving one son with whom she lived.  She died December 30t^h, 1912, aged 76 years, 5 months and 27 days.  She was loved by all who knew her.  She leaves to mourn her demise five brothers and one sister, her husband, one son, seven grandchildren and four great grandchildren.                         *Tarkio Avalanche 3 Jan 1913