| Obit For | Harrell, Anson |
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| Headline | ANSON HARRELL DEAD |
| Text | A good man has fallen; a Christly man has gone to Him, who gave him life, that was lived for good and to help make others fitted for eternity. His every walk in life was to better humanity and he succeeded, Bless his memory.
Anson Harrell was born in Indiana, August 26th, 1840 and lived to young manhood there. At the age of 17 years, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and served until it closed in 1865. He then returned home and went to Franklin county, Ill., where he was afterwards married to Miss Susan Louisa Putnam, on Oct. 26, 1865. To this union were born seven children, four boys and three daughters, four dying in infancy. The three surviving him, are: Mrs. M.D. Hughes and Boda Harrell of Mt. Vernon Mo., and Mrs. Ollie Ledgerwood of Oilton, Oklahoma. In 1877 he moved to Oregon county, Mo., for his health, but the country was rough and he only remained there on year and then moved to Dade county and resided there until 1887, when he moved to Shell Knob and lived there until his wife died in 1911; he then made his home with his three children. He died Dec. 31, 1918, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. M.D. Hughes in Mt. Vernon, and his remains were shipped to Cassville and then conveyed to Shell Knob and there laid to rest in Painter Cemetery beside his wife Jan. 4, 1919. He joined the Masonic Order at an early age and was a member of Pythagoras Lodge of this city, when he passed away. He was a true and zealous Mason and lived up to its teachings. He was christened in the Methodist Church when a baby and remained a member until he joined C.P. Church, with his wife, where he remained faithful until his death. In his active life, nothing was too much for him to do for the sick or needy. He was an active church worker for 35 or 40 years and was superintendent of Sunday School for the same length of time. He died very suddenly, going to bed at 8 p.m. as well as usual and passed away by 9 p.m. The cause of his death is thought to be hemorrhaging of the brain. |
| Newspaper or Funeral Home | - |
| Date | August 15, 1914, Saturday |
| Death Cert Link | https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1918/1918_00050034.PDF |
| Resource | Scrapbook bought at the estate sale of Vivian Roller |
| Submitted by | Ted Roller |
