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Thomas Bacon

Pacific Transcript, Pacific, Missouri
13 May 1904
"OBITUARY - THOMAS BACON: The subject of this sketch was born in St. Louis County on what is now the Callahan farm, near Allenton in 1832; died at Carthage, MO, Sunday, May 8, 1904. The remains were shipped to this place and funeral services conducted at the M.E. Church, Tuesday forenoon, 10th inst., by Reverend Wright, and attended by many of the family friends of our community. Internment in the Public Cemetary. Deceased has spent the most of his rather eventful life in the merchandising business in this community. About 3 years since the family moved to Carthage where Mrs. Bacon conducts a millinery store. Besides the widow, 3 daughters and 2 sons survive the father. Bay, the married daughter, living in St. Louis, and one son, Milton, were all that were able to attend the funeral with the mother. Miss Mable, a daughter at home, is reportedly very dangerously ill, and the youngest, Miss Althea, and the other son, Grover, both in poor health. The afflicted family has the sympathy of a large circle of friends here."
Submitted by: Pauline L. Dawes

John Bailey

The Webb City Register
December 19, 1906
A Sad Christmas Visit.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bailey who arrived here a few days ago from Afton, I. T. to visit her brother, D. O. Lawson of 527 South Walker street, and spend the Christmas holidays have met with the loss of their little six year old son. The child died this morning after a very short attack of membraneous croup. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at Saint's Chapel, and the remains interred in the Carterville cemetery.
(I. T. stands for Indian Territory-would later become the state of Oklahoma)
Carterville Cemetery records: John Bailey, 1900-19 Dec 1906. There is a Margaret C. Bailey 15 Mar 1854-20 July 1950 and Walker Bailey 20 Oct 1890-8 Jan 1930 buried next to John in Jackson's First Addition, Section 2B, lot#257
Submitted by: Kathy Sidenstricker

John A. Baker

The Plain Dealer (Carl Junction)
March 25, 1910
J. A. Baker and wife moved on March 22nd their little boy Johnny A. Baker, a five year old boy from Carl cemetery to the Mound cemetery. He had been dead 15 years July 8, 1909.
Submitted by: Kathy Sidenstricker

Mrs. Olive Almeda Barclay

Webb City Sentinel
10 Oct 1945
MRS. GEORGE BARCLAY OF THIS CITY DIES TODAY
Mrs. Olive Almeda Barclay, 59, wife of George Barclay, North Pennsylvania grocer, died this morning at 10 o'clock at St. John's hospital where she had undergone a major operation yesterday.
The Barclay home is at 502 North Pennsylvania.
The deceased was born in Webb City and had lived here all of her life. Surviving besides the husband are two daughters, Mrs. Lela Sheckells and Mrs. Jessie Patrick, both of Webb City, two grandchildren and one great- grandchild.
The body was removed to the Webb City Undertaking Company funeral home.
Submitted by: V. Norwood

Clarinda Barlow

Unknown name of paper in Carl Juction, MO
Unknown
BARLOW - At her home in this city, Wednesday May 16th, 1900.
Clarinda Barlow, aged 76 years, 11 months and 7 days.
The death of Grandma Barlow, as she was familiarly called, came very suddenly. She was enjoying her usually good health up to within two hours of her demise. Wednesday afternoon she was at work in her garden when a severe pain came into her head; she spoke to her son, Smith Barlow, working near by, and asked him to aid her into the house. He did so and at her request brought her a basin of hot water in which to bathe her feet. Hardly had her feet touched the water than she was seized with vomiting; her head suddenly drooped forward, when she became unconscious and remained so until her death, two hours later. Dr Isherwood was called, bet he could do her no good; he pronounced the case as being apoplexy.
Deceased was born in Tennessee on June 10th, 1823; was married to Wm. Barlow about 54 years ago; six children were born to them, only two of whom are known to be living - Smith Barlow and Mrs. Stephen Fountain, both living in this community. Mrs. Barlow came to Jasper county fifty odd years ago, settling near Oronogo. Her husband died some thirty years ago, and with a son, lies buried in the Oronogo cemetery, beside which the remains of Mrs. Barlow were lain yesterday afternoon. She was a member of the Christian Church.
Short funeral services were held at the Methodist church in this city, conducted by Rev. Ferguson.
Relatives of the deceased desire that we extend their thanks to the many friends for their valuable assistance in their sad bereavement.
Submitted by: Lori Huser

Vear E. "Gene" Bawl

Joplin Globe
2004-01-25
Gene Bawl Vear E. "Gene" Bawl,66,of Joplin,died Wenesday at his home. He had been ill for several years. Gene was born Oct.19,1937 in Joplin to Vear George and Laurie Bell(Gift)Bawl. He was a retired employee of the Joplin R-8 School District for over 35 years. He retired as a building engineer in 1994. He married Betty Crain on Oct.17,1959 in Miami,Okla. She survives. Also surviving are two sons, Ralph Huth,of Malvern,Ark.and Tom Lee Crain,of the home;a daughter,Patricia M.Summers,of Joplin;a sister,Betty May Jackson,of Joplin;eight grandchildren;and 30 nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents;and a brother,William G."Bill"Bawl. The body has been cremated. Memorial graveside servies will be 1p.m. Monday at the Fairview Cemetery. Pastor Patrick Otero will officiate. Arrangements are under the direction of Thornhill-Dillon Mortuary.
Submitted by: Deborah (ANNIS) STURGIS

Mrs. Annie Bean

Springfield News Leader
March 1962
Mrs. Annie Bean, 76 of 3115 West Lynn, died of a heart attack about 6 p.m. Thursday while visiting at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Laurence Kauffman, in Parkville, Mo.
A resident of Springfield for 30 years, Mrs. Bean came here from Polk County.
In addition to her daughter, she is survived by two sons, Charles, 3106 East Lynn, and E. R. Bean, Aldrich; 16 grandchildren,; 17 great- grandchildren; two brothers, Walter Drake, San Diego, Calif., and Claude Drake, Visalia, Calif., and a sister, Mrs. Oma Verway, Palm Springs, Calif.
The body will be returned to Springfield for services and burial. Arrangements, under direction of Ralph Thieme, are incomplete.
Submitted by: Marcia Goswick

Mrs. Mary A. Betz

Carl Junction Standard
18 Jan 1907
MRS BETZ DEAD
Mrs. Mary A. Betz died at her home on N. Roney St. at 5:30 Wed. morning after many months of suffering at the advanced age of 72 years, 7 months and 29 days. She leaves to mourn her loss seven children; four boys and three girls. Funeral services Thursday afternoon at 2:30 O'clock at the Christian church by Rev. Willey.
Miss Mary A. Shantz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Shantz, was born September 15, 1831 in Pennsylvania. She was married in Belleville, Illinois, October 15, 1853 to Mathias Betz.
To this union were born ten children, three of whom died in infancy. Seven of the children, four boys, Jacob, John, August and Louis and three girls, Barbaria Reis (wife of George Reis), Katy Lortz and Mary Peterson, all of whom live in or near Carl Junction. Her husband died February 22, 1904, almost three years ago. When she was about 14 years old she united with the Lutheran church. She remained faithful to her church all her life. A little over a year ago she began to decline rapidly in health and about six months ago she took to bed and remained there, gradually growing worse. She frequently talked of dying and longed for the time to come when she would be relieved of her great suffering and pass to her loved ones on the other side of the Journey of death. She felt perfectly ready and prepared to go. She finally passed away at 5:30 a. m. Jan. 16, 1907, without any apparent struggle. She gently fell asleep to be escorted by the angelic choir on the wings of the morning to that better land.
She leaves to mourn her departure, seven children, thirty grandchildren and nine great grandchildren, one brother, four sisters besides many friends and neighbors.
Funeral services at the Christian church at 2:30 p.m. Jan. 17, 1907 by W. C. Willey, passtor of the church. After which the remains were followed to the Carl Junction cemetery where interment took place.
Oh mother dear for you we long
We miss you it is true.
But then again we hope to meet
Far in the heavens blue.
Your counsel we will cherish up.
'Twill help us to succeed
In what our Savior beds us do
Submitted by: Carolyn Sue Smith

Mathias Betz

Carl Junction Standard
23 Feb 1904
MR BETZ DEAD
Died at his home Monday, February 22,1904 at 8:35 p. m., Mathias Betz, age 77 years and 12 days.
Mathias Betz was born in Darmstadt, Germany, on the tenth day of February, 1827. He emigrated to the state of New York in 1838. In 1851 he went to the state of Illinois. On October 15, 1855, at Belleville, Illinois, he was married to Miss Mary Schantz. To this union were born ten children, three of whom died in infancy. Four boys and three girls survive him. All are married and live within a short distance of Carl Junction. They are Jacob, John, Gus and Louie Betz, Mrs. George Reis, Mrs. Monroe Lortz and Mrs. Robert Peterson. His aged compaion survives him. He also leaves 29 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren.
Uncle Mark, as he was familliarlly called, had been a resident of Carl Junction for many years. When about 45 years of age he suffered a severe stroke of paralysis and had suffered great pain ever since and a reoccurrence of the stroke proved fatal.
He united with the German Lutheran church when 11 years of age and was an active worker up to the time he was stricken with paralysis. Although deprived of his active powers he still retained his faith and often expressed his willingness and desire to lay down his earthly burden. While laboring under a great disadvantage and suffering at times great bodily pain, he was still a strong bible student and was possessed of a knowledge above the average of governmental affairs, in which he always took a great interest.
Funeral services conducted by Rev. Rauh, of the Joplin Lutheran church, were held at the Baptist church in this city at 1 o'clock, Wednesdy. Interment was made in the city cemetery.
Submitted by: Carolyn Sue Smith

Mrs. Martha Ellen Judd Biggs

Carthage Press
Oct. 14, 1912
Mrs. Martha Ellen Judd Biggs, 84 yrs. old, died at 9:20 o'clock last night at the home of her daughter, Mrs Nellie Rhoads, residing at 301 Garrison Avenue. A complication of dropsy and heart trouble was responsible for her death.
Mrs. Biggs was born May 5, 1828 in Kentucky. From there she moved to Illinois where she married James Biggs SR. She was the mother of twelve children, five of whom are living. For over half a century she has been a resident of MO and has lived in Carthage for 25 years, she has beed widowed for 45 years.
Besides Mrs. Rhodes the surviving children are John Biggs and Mrs Rhoda Buriss of Breckenridge, MO, James Biggs Jr. of Kanopolis, Kans. and William Biggs of Avilla.
Funeral service will be held at 2 PM tomorrow afternoon from the Rhoads' home. Dr Samuel Blair, pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal church, of which Mrs Biggs had been a member, will conduct the rites. Burial will be made in Park Cemetery.
Submitted by: Bill Lloyd

John Bishop

Baxter Springs Citizen
March 30, 1925
JOHN BISHOP FUNERAL YESTERDAY AFTERNOON
Funeral services for John Bishop, 93 years old, who died last Thursday in the Old Soldiers' home at Leavenworth, Kans., were conducted yesterday afternoon by Rev. J. O. Michael, pastor of the Christian Church, in the Harvey chappel at 2:30 o'clock. Interment was in the Baxter cemetery.
Mr. Bishop was born July 4, 1832. Being a pioneer of Baxter Springs, he resided here for more than twenty-five years in the family home, Twenty second and Cleveland avenue. He was a veteran of the Civil war, having served with Battery 1, First Missouri artillery.
Mr. Bishop is survived by his wife, Mrs. Susan Bishop of the family residence, Twenty second street, two daughters, Mrs. Joe Kelly of Baxter Springs and Mrs. W.T. Adgate of Ranger, Tex., son John Bishop of Joplin, and nine grandchildren.
Submitted by: Eric Andersen

Mrs. Mollie Bishop

Joplin Globe
June 23, 1943
FORMER JOPLIN WOMAN SUCCUMBS AT JANE, MO
Mrs. Mollie Bishop, 84 years old, died at 3:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon at her home in Jane, Mo. She had been ill 8 years.
Mrs. Bishop was born in Texas, May 12, 1859. She lived in Joplin for 43 years before moving to Jane. She was a member of the Methodist Church. Suviving are a son, John Bishop of Jane, two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Funeral Services will be at 3:30 o'clock this afternoon at the Thornhill- Dillon chapel. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery. Harold Ensley, pastor of the Church of God, will officiate.
Submitted by: Eric Andersen

Lea Blake

Carthage Press
December 20, 1917
Lea Blake died at noon Monday, December 17. No particulars of the funeral arrangements are known at present.
Submitted by: Renessa Wiggins

Mrs. Kate & Mrs. Luke Boggess

Carthage Evening Press
April 1928
(transcribed, 3/1/06)
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          CARTHAGE EVENING PRESS
     Monday, April 2, 1928 front page
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        MRS S C BOGGESS AND
         MRS LUKE BOGGESS DIE

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    Prominent Carthage Woman Succumbs
      Sunday and Daughter-in Law
             Today in Kansas City
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JOINT FUNERAL RITES HERE WEDNESDAY
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      Mrs Kate Boggess, wife of S C Boggess, prominent Carthage business man, died at 8:45 o'clock last night at the Boggess apartments, 1205 South Main street, and Mrs Luke Boggess, daughter-in-law of Mr and Mrs S C Boggess, died about 11 o'clock this morning in Kansas City according to word received here about noon today.
      The body of Mrs Luke Boggess will reach here tomorrow afternoon, accompanied by Mr Boggess, her mother Mrs W W Flora and the latter's daughter.
      A joint service will be held at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning at the First Methodist Episcopal church. The Rev Frank H Ebright, pastor, will be in charge.
            Long in Ill Health
      Mrs S C Boggess had been in ill health for the last 10 years, suffering from heart trouble. However, her condition allowed her to be up for long periods of time. She became ill about two weeks ago and Saturday morning her condition was thought to be improved, but Saturday night she grew much worse.
      Born February 10, 1876 at Calstock, Cornwall, England, she came to Carthage at the age of 17 years and made her home with her uncle the late James Luke. Her parents, Mr and Mrs S D Knight, came to this country about 20 years later remaining here a year, then returned to England, their former home, for a year before coming to Carthage to make their home permanently. Mrs Knight passed away July 25, 192, in Carthage.
      Besides her husband and father, she is survived by a daughter, Edith, who is a student this year at the University of Missouri, Columbia, and two sons, Luke Boggess, of Kansas City, and S C Boggess, Jr, at home, two brothers, Sidney Knight of Carthage, John Knight of Texas, and a sister Mrs George Hocking of St Dominick, Cornwall, England, two grandchildren in Kansas City also survive. Miss Boggess arrived about midnight last night.
      Fred Knight, a brother of Mrs Boggess' was killed in an automobile accident near Webb City on August 25, 1922. He was general superintenent of the Independent Gravel company and was on an inspection tour of the company's properties with Ben Reynolds of Joplin, president of the company, at the time of the accident.
       Formerly Miss Frances Flora
      Mrs Luke Boggess had been ill several weeks suffering from scarlet fever and mastoiditis. She had undergone two operations within the last two weeks, the last one being performed last Saturday at the Trinity hospital, Kansas City, where she passed away. Her older son, Luke, jr. contracted the fever first, had recovered and was in Carthage for a short visit about a week ago.
    She was formerly Miss Frances Flora of Carthage. Her father, the late Dr W W Flora was a prominent Carthage dentist. She was about 30 years of age and at the age of about 10 years moved with her parents to Colorado.       Besides her husband, she is survived by two sons, Luke, jr, and William Samuel, and her mother, Mrs W W Flora and a sister both of Denver, Colo.
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      KANSAS CITY JOURNAL POST
         Tuesday, April 3, 1928
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          MRS BOGGESS
         PASSES AWAY

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South Side Resident Loses Wife and
          Mother Day Apart
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      Tragedy yesterday entered the family of Luke J Boggess, 7325 Pennsylvania avenue, for the second time in two days.
      Mrs Frances Flora Boggess, his wife passed away yesterday morning in the Trinity Lutheran hospital, just twenty-four [fourteen] hours after his mother, Mrs Kate McKnight Boggess in Carthage, Mo.
      At the beside of Mrs Luke Boggess were her aunt and uncle, Carl R Gray, president of Union Pacific system and Mrs Gray, Omaha; her mother, Mrs W W Flora, Colorado Springs, and her sister, Mrs Guy H Hopkins, Pueblo, Colo, all of whom had been called when she became ill several days ago.
      Besides her husband, Mrs Luke Boggess is survived by two sons, Luke J jr. 3 years old, and William Samuel, 1 year old.
      The funeral party will depart in Mr Gray's private car for Carthage for a double funeral service tomorrow.
      Mr Boggess is a nephew of the late James F Luke, prominent Missouri capitalist and mine operator.
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   COLORADO SPRINGS GAZETTE
         Tuesday, April 3, 1928
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        MRS BOGGESS, FORMER
        SPRINGS RESIDENT, DIES

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      Word was received here yesterday of the death of Mrs Luke Boggess, formerly of this city, and daughter of Mrs W W Flora, of 221 East St Vrain street, in Kansas City, Mo, following a mastoid operation. Mrs Flora left last Saturday for Kansas City to be at her daughter's bedside when she received word of her critical condition.
      Mrs Boggess will be remembered as Miss Frances Flora. She attended the Colorado Springs schools, being graduated from high school and Colorado college. Since her marriage, which took place about six years ago, she has been living in Missouri. Funeral services will be held in Carthage, Mo. Wednesday morning.
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Submitted by: Bill Boggess

Hale M. Boggess

Carthage Evening Press
(transcribed, 03/04/06)
Copy from Carthage Public Library
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THE CARTHAGE EVENING PRESS
Carthage, MO, Monday August 3, 1941
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PROMINENT CARTHAGE MAN
     LONG IN ILL HEALTH
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Services for Former Head of Central
      National Bank Will Be To-
            morrow Afternoon
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      Hale M Boggess, 63, prominent Carthage resident and former president of the Central National bank passed away at 8 o'clock Saturday night at his home, 1012 South Garrison avenue.
      Mr Boggess had been in failing health the last eight years, the contributing cause being a injury received in a motor car accident which occurred as he and his brother, Samuel C Boggess and their cousin Mrs Robert Kyle, were en route to Lincoln, Neb., called there by the illness of a brother, the Rev Thomas H Boggess. The car in which they were riding overturned. The last three weeks Mr Boggess' condition had been more serious and he had been bedfast since last Tuesday.
      Born February 3, 1879, in Bristol, W Va, Mr Boggess lived there until he was about 10 years old when his mother, Mrs Samuel Boggess, and her sons, Samuel C, Thomas and Hale, came to Carthage.
      Mr Boggess was one of the early day carriers for the Carthage Evening Press, making his deliveries, as did other boys of that period, on horseback. Soon after he finished his high school course Mr Boggess obtained a position as bookkeeper at the Central National bank and was employed there 37 years, working up to position of cashier and then president. He served as head of the bank about eight years. He retired,1933.
      Mr Boggess served a term as president of the Chamber of Commerce about 20 years ago. He was also a former member of the Carthage Rotary club.
      He was married October 4, 1898, in Carthage to Miss Sadie Casey, who survives. Mrs Boggess has been ill since the later part of June 1941.
      Surviving Mr Boggess are his wife; a daughter, Mrs Earl Overby of the home; and a brother Samuel C Boggess of Carthage. The brother, the Rev Thomas H Boggess, died about eight years ago [1938].
      Hale was a member of the First Methodist church.
      Funeral services will be held at 4:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the Knell service home. Rev H R Runion, pastor of the Methodist church, will be in charge, assisted by the Rev Dr W G Clinton. Burial will be in Park cemetery.
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Additional Comments:
Pallbearers were: William Drake, O E Proctor, Mont H Fairfield, Sidney Knight, O A Snyder, and W H McGowan.
Hale M Boggess, H719, (1879WV-1941MO) was son of Samuel Boggess, G209, (1811VA-1887/8WV) and Sarah Elizabeth (Wood) Boggess, (1835VA-1918MO) Daughter Elizabeth, I1060, (1903MO-1966TX) had no children.
Hale wrote letter to Susie Lynch in Harrison county, WV, May 24, 1932 asking her to take the flowers he was sening and plac on "Father and Mother's grave". They are buried in since 1964 Methodist church abandoned cemetery Point Pleasant, outside Clarkburg, WV. which in 2004 about 10 descendants of the 129 buried restored the fence, footbridge, gates, steps and the sheriff's week-end prisoners cleared 40-years of rubbish and over growth with guidence by Mrs Bertha Webb now resident and owner of Susie's house, the easterly one of historic Twin Houses on suth side of highway #50, at Jarvisville Road.
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Submitted by: Bill Boggess

Luke J. Boggess

Carthage Press
11/14/1974
(transcribed, 3/2/06)
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            CARTHAGE PRESS
      Friday, Nov 15, 1974

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        PROMINENT REALTOR
          Luke Boggess Dies
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     Private graveside services will be held at 2 o'clock Saturday at Park Cemetery for Luke J Boggess, 75, Route 3, veteran Carthage business excecutive who died at 9:45 a m, today at St Luke's Nursing Center.
      A past president of Carthage Board of Public Works and Carthage Independent Insurance Agents Association, Mr Boggess was born April 5, 1899, at Carthage, son of S C Boggess. The fater at that time was engaged in the mining industry at Galena, Kan, but later entered the loan and insurance business here.
      Mr Boggess attended Carthage High School three years and received his diploma in 1917 after a year at Western Military Academy, Alton, Ill.
      Enrolled as a student at Dartmouth College, Hanover, N H , where he was a member of the college cadet corps, he interrupted his studies to serve during World War I as a U S Army lieutentant, becoming an instructor for the Student Army Trainng Corps at Clark College, Worcester, Mass.
      Following discharge from the Army in 1919, he returned to Dartmout where he was awarded the AB degree in 1921. Thereafter, he was graduated in 1922 from Amos Tuck School of Business Administration with a masters degree in commerical science and banking.
      He Then brcame assistant manger of the Industrial Loan and Investment Co, Kansas City, and wthin a few months was adanced to managership of its firm's branch facility in Omaha, Neb. In 1924, he returned to Kansas City as a member of the staff of Arthur Andersen & Co, certified public accountants.
      Coming back to Carthage in 1928, he purchased one-third interest in the Maring-Boggess Insurance Agency in partnership with his father and Wilbur F Maring Sr. After the death of Maring the remaining partners purchased his interest in the firm. When S C Boggess died June 1946, his son became sole proprietor of the Boggess Agency Inc, in which capacity he continued until Jan 1, 1968, when he turned to semi-retirement and handed the reins of the family firm to his son-in-law Joseph H Miller, 1117 E 13th, who had joined te firm in 1946.
      Until failing health forced a complete halt to the activities, Mr Boggess continued limited work as a realtor.
      Boggess Agency can be traced through the generations to its establishment in 1872 as the Black Agency. It was expanded in 1960 with purchase of the Sidney Knight Agency.
      Mr Boggess also was active in a number of other business enterprises here.
      In 1934, he and A J Graul formed B&G Construction Co, for which Mr Boggess long was vice president. The frim erecteed numerous industrial, educational and residential buildings throughout the district and stimulated real estate development in Carthage, Neosho, Joplin and other communities.
      A member of First United Metodist church, American Legion, Veteran of World War I and Knights Templar, of which he was past comander, Mr Boggess served in 1941-47 on the Park Board and was its president one term.
      Long active in work of Carthage Chamber of Commerce, he also served on the boards of the Young Men's Christian Association and the Salvation Army. He was a member of the Masonic Order and Shtine Club and was active in work of the Carthage Board of Realtors.
      He formerly was president of B&G Investment Co.
      Serving on the Board of Public Works, he was its president in 1951.
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      An ardent sportsman, he devoted much of his lesisure time to hunting, fishing and conservation efforts.
      Mr Boggess first was married Aug 28, 1921, in Colorado Springs, Colo to Miss Frances Flora, she died March 31 in Kansas City.
      On April 6, 1932 he wed Mrs Muriel Haight Busboom of Carthage and they made their home many years at 1218 S Maple.
      Survivors include his wife of the home; a daughter Mrs Mary Margaret Miller, wife of Joseph H Miller; two sons Luke Jack Boggess, known as Jack, La Habra, Calif, and William S Boggess, Kansas City; a brother S C Boggess, Jr, state of Florida; a sister Mrs Edith Hough, Chevy Chase, MD; four grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
      The Rev H L Thompson will officate at the private services and burial in Oakcrest Abbey will be under the direction of Ulmer Funeral Home.
      The casket will be closed at all times.
    Friends may contribute in his memory to American Cancer Society or St Luke's Nursing Center.
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Submitted by: Bill Boggess

Mrs. Sarah E. Boggess

Carthage Evening Press
June 29, 1918
(Transcribed, 02/24/06)
Copy from Carthage Public Library
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            CARTHAGE EVENING PRESS
Carthage, Missouri, Sturday, June 29, 1918
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MRS SARAH BOGGESS DIES
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MOTHER OF CITY'S MAYOR WAS
          82 YEARS OLD
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Following Services Tomorrow Evening
        Body Will Be Taken To
         Bristol, W V for Burial

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      Mrs Sarah E Boggess, 82 years old, died at midnight last night at her home, 412 East Third street. Death was due to rheumation and complications of other diseases, incident to old age. She had been in poor health for eight months and had been bedridden the last six weeks. All her children and a number of other relatives were at the beside when Mrs Boggess passed away.
      Miss Sarah E ;Elizabeth] Wood was born December 9, 1835, near Winchester, Va. When a girl in her teens she moved with er paents to West Virginia, settling near Bristol. For a number of years of years she was a very succesful school teacher in that region. On September 18, 1873, she was married to Samuel Boggess at Salem,W V. Mr Boggess died in February, 1888. In September 188, Mrs Boggess, together with her children, came to Carthage to live and she always had resided here since that time.
      Mrs Boggess was a member of the First M E church and was a devout Christian woman. Sh wasof a very lovable disposition and she had hosts of friends. She retained all her faculties until the end. Up until the last few months she had always taken a great interst in the word news and was interested in te progress of events.
      Those who survive are the three sons, S C Boggess, mayor of Carthage: Rev Thomas H Boggess, ofKansas City, and Hale M Boggess of this city. Two brothers, George B Wood, of this city; Robert A Wood, of Dallas, Texas; and one sister, Mrs Henriette J Jarvis, of Claremore, Okla, also survive.
      Funeral services will be held at the home of S C Boggess at 6:30 o'clock tomorrow evening. Mr and Mrs S C Boggess and daughter, Elizabeth [sc, Edith] will leave at 10 o'clock tomorrow night for Bristol, W V , where the last rites will take place Wednesday afternoon. Burial will be in Point Pleasant cemetery near Bristol. The Husband and many relatives of Mrs Boggess are buried in the family lot at that cemetery.
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Additional comments:
We believe Sarah's move to Missouri was with her sister Henriette, and because they had two brothers succesfully in construction, Thomas Kennerly "T K" and George Wood living there.
Sarah was Samuel's second wife, who was orphaned at age 4, in 1815, with he and sister raised by uncle Caleb Boggess.
Sarah's parents were John and Casandra Hess (Brown) Wood. Sarah and husband Samuel were members of Methodist United church of Bristol, moved for highway #50 construction, remaining intact, each with their names remaining today, in stained glass windows therein. Church started by Samuel's first son, by Tabetha Wamsley, forty years older than first son of marriage with Sarah.
Sarah taught school at Point Pleasant free School # 7, same location as earlier 1830 school, next to Point Pleasant Methodist Church, which was built after relocation when railroad was built ca 1855 with a cemetery of 129 known, many unknown, buried. School is where her brother also taught, he the father of a Clarksburg architect and once mayor, Edward John Wood. Unfortunately, --- Point Pleasant/Maken Methodist Church was abandoned in 1964, cemetery left fenced but unattended, with illegal wondering livestock roaming freely for many years, so after learning its condition, in 2005 we installed a new fence, county sheriff's week-end prisnoers cleared rubish and growth, and we installed steps and placed an identifing sign at its new gate on Wizzardism Run, in Carpenter Hollow, off Jarvisville Road, near U S Highway #50, Harrison county, WV.
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Submitted by: Bill Boggess

S. C. Boggess

Carthage Evening Press
June 1946
(transcribed,3/1/06)
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        CARTHAGE EVENING PRESS
      June 27, 1946
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        S C Boggess Passes Away
    At Rochester, Minn., Today

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      Death today claimed S C Boggess, prominent businessman and civic leader, who for more than four weeks was a patient in St Mary's hospital in Rochester, Minn. He passed away at 5:12 o'clock this morning in the Rochester hospital.
      Mr Boggess had been in failing health several months. Physicians at the Mayo clinic in Rochester diagnosed his ailment as congestive heart failure. Soon after entering the hospital there his condition became critical and Saturday gangrene developed in his left leg. His family was advised more than a week ago the end was near.
      Mrs Boggess went to Rochester about three weeks ago and she and his daughter, Mrs Edwin Hough of Washington, D C, have been at his bedside since. His sons, Luke J Boggess of Carthage and S C Boggess, Jr, of St Louis, made frequent trips to Rochester during the period their father was a patient there.
          Came Here as a Boy
      Mr Boggess, who was secretary of Home Federal Loan and Savings Association and a partner in the Boggess Insurance Agency, came to Carthage from his native state, West Virginia, when he was about 11 years old. He was born August 12, 1874 in Cherry Camp, W Va. He made the trip with his widowed mother and two brothers, and with the exception of about four years when he lived in Kansas City, Mr Boggess had made Carthage his home since.
      In his early business career Mr Boggess was in the mining business, operating mines in Joplin and Webb City fields. During the four years he lived in Kansas City, Mr Boggess served as treasurer of the Industrial Loan and Investment company, which had 14 branch banks in the mid-west.
        Organized Loan Association
      Returning here in 1925, Mr Boggess organized the Home Federal Savings and Loan association and since that time had been secretary of the organization. He also had been in the insurance business during that period. At one time Mr Boggess was cashier of the Bank of Carthage, at which time the cashier was the operating head of the institution.
           Served as Mayor
      Mr Boggess served as mayor of Carthage from 1918 to 1920. Other service as a civic leader includes his work with the Chamber of Commerce, serving as a member of board of directors, and for a number of years was chairman of the chamber;s road committee. Several of the state roads were brought into Carthage through his efforts. Mr Boggess also was a member of the original board of directors of the present Y M C A. organized in 1909, and served continuously in that capacity until his resignation a few years ago. He was president of the Y M C A board 20 years. Mr Boggess also served many years on the Missouri state committee of the Y M C A and was active in acquisition of the Y M C A camp at Hollister for the association.
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          Active in Church Work
      A member of the Methodist church, Mr Boggess for a number of years was on the official board and took an active part in the life of the church. He also was a member of all of the Masonic York Rite bodies.
      Mr Boggess was married May 18, 1898, in Carthage to Miss Kate Knight, a sister of Sidney Knight. She passed away March 31, 1928. He was married to Miss Fern Dreisbach of Carthage in 1937. The Boggess home is at 1104 Jersey street.
      Surviving Mr Boggess besides his wife, the two sons and his daughter are seven grandchildren, Mrs Joe Miller of Carthage, Ensign Jack Boggess, N S N, now based at San Diego, Calif, Cpl Bill Boggess, stationed at Buckley Field Colo, Nancy Hough of Washington, D C and Buddy, Stephen, and Sharon Boggess of St Louis. Ensign Boggess us here on leave.
      Mr Boggess' two brothers, H M Boggess of Carthage an the Rev T H Boggess of Iowa, passed away seversl years ago.
      The body will be sent to Carthage and will be received by the Knells. Funeral arrangements have not yet been made.
      Mrs Boggess will be accompanied here by Mrs Hough and Nancy. Mr and Mrs S C Boggess, Jr and children are expected to come from St Louis within the next few days. Lt Edwin Hough, U S navy, son-in-law of Mr Boggess has been in Korea about a year. Mrs Hough and Nancy plan to join him there later.
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Added Comment:
Edwin & Edith Hough's daughter is named Jane, not Nancy!
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Submitted by: Bill Boggess

S. C. Boggess

Rev. Thomas H. Boggess

(transcribed, 03/04/06)
Copy furnished by Carthage Public Library.
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THE CARTHAGE EVENING PRESS Carthage, Missouri, Saturday, March 12, 1938
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REV THOMAS H BOGGESS DIES
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BAPTIST MINISTER SUCCUMBS
          IN DES MOINES
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Funeral for Brother of S C and H M
   Boggess Will Be Here Tuesday
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    The Rev Thomas H Boggess, 61, pastor of the First Baptist church at Mount Ayr, Iowa, and brother of S C Boggess and H M Boggess of Carthage, passed away at 10:30 o'clock yesterday morning at the Iowa Methodist hospital in Des Moines, Iowa.
      Mr Boggess had not been well for several weeks and delivered his last sermon as pastor of the Mount Ayr church on Sunday, February 27. Pneumonia developed Thursday, March 3, and that night he was moved to the hospital in Des Moines. The two brothers were summoned to his bedside last Saturday and remained in Des Moines until Wednesday when it was believed his condition was improving.
      A letter written at 4 o'clock yesterday morning by Mrs Boggess stated her husband's condition was grave and he was not expected to live. Word of his death was not received here until morning, the night letter containing full information concerning the funeral arrangements.
      Funeral services will be held at 2:30 o'clock Monday afternoon at the First Baptist church in Mount Ayr.The body will then be brought overland to Carthage and services will be held at 3:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the First Baptist church here. The Rev A A DuLaney, pastor, will be in charge. Burial will be in Park cemetery.
    Several cars of friends from Mount Ayr are expected to accompany Mrs Boggess here for the services.
      Thomas [Howard] Boggess was born July 24, 1876, in Bristol, Harrison county, West Virginia. His father, Samuel Boggess, passed away when he was a small boy and in 1889 his mother and her three sons came to Carthage to make their home. Thomas Boggess was graduated from Carthage high school, after which he received his degree from William Jewell college, Liberty. Later he graduated from the Baptist seminary in Louisville, Ky.
      He married here to Miss Tressa Walton of Carthage before he completed his work at the seminary and his wife accompanied him to Louisville. She enrolled in the seminary and also received her degree there.
      The Rev Mr Boggess' first charge after his graduation from college was at Carthage, Ill. He went from Carthage, Ill, to Kansas City where he was pastor of the Argentine Baptist church. He founded Quindaro Baptist church and also served the Bethany Baptist church in Kansas City. From there he went to Lincoln and last three years he had been pastor of Mount Ayr church.
      Mr and Mrs Boggess did not have any children of their own but reared and educated eight children. These ere children who ha been left without relatives and needed a home. One of the girls is now a missionary in India. Several of them live in Kansas City.
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Additional Comments:
Thomas Howard Boggess, H718, (1876WV-1938IA) was son of Samuel Boggess, G209, (1811VA-1887/8WV) and Sarah Elizabeth (Wood) Boggess (1835VA- 1918MO)
While a student at William Jewel in 1902:
"Tom Boggess preached two good sermons yesterday at the Baptist church and showed marked improvement since making his maiden effort there. He is a divinity student at the Baptist college at Liberty."
At his first charge, Carthage, Illinois, 28 September 1908, was Caleb R & Eliza D Boggess H780 with children, members on April 12, 1914 till December 1, 1915, he s/o Dr Benjamin Robinson Boggess (1820-1877) and Matilada A Shinn (1838-1915) Clarksburg, WV.
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Submitted by: Bill Boggess

Mrs. Adella Bottom

Joplin Globe
February 19, 1934
Rites for Mrs. Bottom Will Be Held Today
Carterville, Mo., Feb. 19. - Funeral services for Mrs. Adella Bottom, 65 years old, thirty-five years a resident of Carterville, who died at 8:45 o'clock yesterday morning at her home, will be conducted at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the Prosperity Baptist church. Burial will be in Alexander cemetery.
Submitted by: Renessa Wiggins

Dora G. Bottom

Webb City Sentinel
June 10, 1946
Mrs. Dora G. Bottom, 55 years old, of 29 1-2 South Main Street and wife of Ora Bottom, owner of the Bottom Produce concern, died yesterday morning at 10 o'clock at Freeman hospital after a week's illness. Mrs. Bottom underwent an operation last week at the hospital. Mrs. Bottom was born June 21, 1891, in Jasper county, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Abe Martin. She had resided in Carterville and Webb City all her life. Surviving is her husband, one son, William Hogue, two daughters, Mrs. Esther Meyer and Mrs. Marilyn Hall; three step-sons, Fred, John and Edgar Bottom; two step-daughters [names withheld]; eight grandchildren; her mother, Mrs. Mary Martin of Jasper route 1 and one sister, Mrs. Earl Doll of Jasper route 1. The body was removed to the Webb City Undertaking Company funeral home.
Submitted by: Renessa Wiggins

Dora G. Bottom

Webb City Sentinel
June 10, 1946 p.1 c.6
Mrs. Dora G. Bottom, 55, Dies After Brief Illness
Mrs. Dora G. Bottom, 55 years old, of 29 ½ South Main Street, and wife of Ora Bottom, owner of the Bottom Produce concern, died yesterday morning at 10 o'clock at Freeman hospital after a week's illness. Mrs. Bottom underwent an operation last week at the hospital.
Mrs. Bottom was born June 21, 1891 in Jasper county, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Abe Martin. She had resided in Carterville and Webb City all her life.
Surviving is her husband, one son, William Hogue, living in Arkansas, two daughters, Mrs. Esther Meyer of Kansas City and Mrs. Marilyn Hall of Corpus Christi, Texas; three step-sons, Fred, John and Edgar Bottom all of Webb City; two step-daughters Mrs. Nina Mahurin of Webb City and Mrs. Mary Nutt in Los Angeles; eight grandchildren; her mother, Mrs. Mary Martin of Jasper route 1 and one sister, Mrs. Earl Doll of Jasper route 1. The body was removed to the Webb City Undertaking Company funeral home.
Submitted by: Renessa Wiggins

Juanita Maxine Bottom

Joplin Globe - March 31, 1932
Child's Funeral Held.
Carterville, Mo., March 31. - Funeral services for Juanita Maxine Bottom, 4 years old, daughter of Mr. And Mrs. Ora Bottom, who died late yesterday morning at the home east of here, were conducted at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon at the Anti-Thief Asociation hall, east of the city. Burial was in Alexander cemetery.
Submitted by: Renessa Wiggins

Mrs. Ora Bottom

Webb City Sentinel
June 2, 1930
Mrs. Ora Bottom Dies Leaving Five Children
Mrs. Ora E. Bottom, mother of five children at 32 years of age, died at 5:20 Sunday afternoon at her home at 603 North Liberty street. She is survived by her husband; two daughter, three sons; her mother, Mrs. Estella Bullis of this city; a sister, Mrs. Nina Jolley; three brothers, Don Bullis, Waldon Bullis and Ernest Bullis.
Submitted by: Renessa Wiggins

Ruth Mary Bottoms

Joplin Globe
February 12, 1935
Bottoms Funeral Wednesday.
Carterville, Mo., Feb. 11. - Funeral services for Ruth Mary Bottoms, 16 years old, who died at 5:20 o'clock this morning at her home, two miles southeast of here, will be conducted at 3:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the Perserverance A.T.A. hall, east of Carterville. Burial will be in Alexander cemetery. Death was due to diabetes. Surviving are her mother, Mrs. Myrtle Bottoms; one sister and four brothers.
Submitted by: Renessa Wiggins

Wm. A. Bottom

Webb City Sentinel
April 19, 1933 p. 4 c.3
BILL BOTTOM DIES.
Wm. A. (Bill) Bottom, age 40, and long a t-b sufferer, died last night at home east of Johnstown. He was a stockman and farmer, and some years ago lost an arm in an accidental shooting. Burial will be in Alexander cemetery tomorrow at 2:30, from the Carterville A.T.A. hall, Rev. Medearis in charge. Survive the wife, six children, his parents and two brothers, Ora and Asa Bottom.
Submitted by: Renessa Wiggins

William A. Bottom

Joplin Globe
April 20, 1933
Bottom Funeral Today.
Webb City, Mo., April 19. - Funeral services for William A. Bottom, 40 years old, who died yesterday afternoon at his home near Johnstown, will be held at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the Carterville A.T.A. hall, with the Rev. F.C. Medearis of Carthage in charge.
Burial will be in Alexander cemetery.
Submitted by: Renessa Wiggins

Eva L. Bower

Joplin Globe
January 15, 1995
Jasper, MO.--Eva L. Bower, 95, Jasper, Route 2, died at 2:00 p.m. Friday, Jan. 13, 1995, at the home of her daughter Dorothy James, Parsons, KS following a brief illness.
Mrs. Bower was born Nov. 18, 1899 in Asbury. She lived most of her life in Jasper County. She was a member of the New Providence Baptist Church and a charter member of the Keep Smiling Club.
She married William E. Bower on Jan. 20, 1915. He died March 23, 1964. Eva is survived by three daughters, Freda Hodson, Oronogo, Norma Imbler, Liberty, MO, and Dorothy James, Parsons, KS; two sons, Oren Bower and Paul Bower, both of Jasper: 14 grandchildren and a great-great grandchild.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the New Providence Baptist Church. The Rev. Terry Tyler will officiate, assisted by the Rev. Dan Rutledge. Burial will be in the Medoc Cemetery.
Eva's grandsons will serve as pallbearers. Services are under the direction of Simpson Funeral Home.
Submitted by: Linda Ely

Will E. Bower

Joplin Globe
March 24 & 25, 1964
March 24, 1964
Jasper, MO-Will E. Bower, 70 years old, died at 8:50 o'clock Monday night at his home on Jasper, Route 2. He had been in failing health the last year.
Born February 3, 1894, in the Jasper community, Mr. Bower had been a lifetime resident of the community. He had operated a farm on Jasper Route 2 most of his life. He was a member of the New Providence Baptist Church.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Eva L. Bower; two sons, Oren Bower, Jasper Route 2, and Paul Bower, Belton, MO; four daughters, Mrs. Norma Imbler, Liberty, MO, Mrs. Freda Hodson, Oronogo Route 1, Mrs. Dorothy James, Parsons, KS, and Mrs. Mavis Jarmin, Alba, MO; a sister, Mrs. Rosa Morrison, Webb City, MO, and 14 grandchildren.
Funeral services will be announced by Johnson-Simpson Mortuary of Webb City.
From March 25, 1954
Services for Will E. Bower will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon in the New Providence Baptist Church. The Rev. Othal Hodson will officiate. Burial will be in the Medoc Cemetery. The body will lie in state in the Johnson-Simpson Funeral Home of Webb City until noon Thursday when it will be taken to the church.
Pallbearers will be George Ledford, John Edwards, Austin Williams, Orville Echardt, Andrew Condon and William Miller.
Submitted by: Linda Ely

James Grant Bradfield

The Carthage Press
February, 1936
James Grant Bradfield, 72, virtually a life-long resident of Alba, died of pneumonia at 2:10 o'clock this morning at Jane Chinn hospital, Webb City. He had been ill since last Friday and was moved yesterday to the hospital. Mr. Bradfield went to Alba when a small boy from Terre Haute, Indiana, where he was born October 7, 1863. He was employed in the mines at Alba for a number of years and later engaged in farming. Mr. Bradfield had been retired a number of years. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Rachel Johnson Bradfield, to whom he was married November 19, 1886, in Alba; a son, O. C. Bradfield of Joplin; three daughters, Mrs. Iva L. Stewart of Hiawatha, Kansas, Mrs. Irma Decker of Alba and Mrs. Leona L. Sponable of Joplin and six gradchildren. The body was brought to the Ulmer funeral home here and tonight will be moved to the Bradfield home at Alba. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the Alba Methodist church with the Rev. G. M. Pierce in charge. Burial will be in Purcell cemetery.
Submitted by: Kathy Sidenstricker

Orville Clay Bradfield

Unknown Newspaper
January 24, 1975
Orville Clay Bradfield, 86, 2122 Kentucky Ave., died at 8:20 a.m. Thursday at St. John's Medical Center where he had been a patient since Jan. 17. Born Sept. 11, 1888, at Alba, he was a lifelong area resident. Mr. Bradfield was employed by the Joplin Supply Company for 55 years in the sales division, retiring in 1964. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church, was a 32nd Degree Scottish Rite Mason and a 65 year member of the Alba Criterion Lodge No. 586, AF&AM.
Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Thornhill-Dillon Chapel. Burial will be in Ozark Memorial Park Cemetery. Contributions may be made to the First United Methodist Church or the Heart Association of Jasper County.
(Names of survivors and pallbears have been omited to protect the privacy of the living.)
Kathy Sidenstricker

Rachel Johnson Bradfield

Original copy for newspaper
March 1947
Rachel Johnson Bradfield was born in Warren County, Iowa, February 17, 1864; passed away March 16, 1947, in Hiawatha, Kansas, at the age of 83 years and 1 month. Her mother died when she was two weeks old and an Uncle and Aunt, Milton and Rachel Johnson, took her into their home and reared her as their daughter. When she was 3 years old they moved to Southwest Missouri in a caravan of 15 covered wagons and settled in and near Alba, Mo., where she spent the major part of her life. She is the last of that group of pioneers. She was married to Jonas Grant Bradfield on November 19, 1886. To this union was born 4 children: Orville C. Bradfield of Joplin, MO.; Iva L. Stewart of Hiawatha, Kans.; Irma Decker Beyer of Long Beach, Calif.; and Leona L. Sponable of Joplin, Mo. Other survivors are a half-brother, Owen Johnson of Jamesport, Mo., a half-sister, Effie L. Case of Bethany, Mo., six grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Her husband, J. G. Bradfield, departed this life on February 12, 1936.
For the past 10 years Mrs. Bradfield had made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Iva L. Stewart, in Hiawatha, Kansas. She was a member of the Alba Methodist Church as long as she was able to attend. The members of the family wish to express their appreciation to the friends and neighbors for their many kind and loving deeds of sympathy and for the beautiful floral offering.
Written by Leona Bradfield Sponable.
Submitted by: Kathy Sidenstricker

Chester A. Breazele

Joplin
March 1, 1964
page 5D column 5
Chester Breazele
Services Monday
Funeral services for Chester A. Breazele, 71 years old, who died Friday night in his home at 1427 Minnesota avenue, will be at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon in Friendship Baptist Church. The Rev. James Henson will officiate. Burial will be in Forest Park cemetery. Friends may call at the Steve Parker mortuary until ll:30 o'clock Monday morning, when the body will be taken to the church.
Among survivors are two sisters, Mrs. Elsa Warren, Gentry, Ark. and Mrs. Daisy Heisington, Rocky Comfort, Mo.
Submitted by: Becky Grothe

Jrs. Jennie M. Brueggeman

Carthage Press
Mar. 29, 1960
Mrs. Brueggeman, 70, Passes Away
Mrs. Jennie M. Brueggeman, 70, wife of August Brueggeman, retired Carthage stone cutter, died at 1:45 yesterday afternoon in a hospital in Nevada.
Long in failing health Mrs. Brueggeman had been in the Nevada hospital the last eight years. She suffered a cerebral hemorrhage four weeks ago and later pneumonia developed. Mrs. Brueggeman was born Nov. 4, 1889 in Jasper county and was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wiggins. She was married in Carthage in Mar., 1910 to Mr. Brueggeman.
Surviving in addition to her husband are a daughter, Mrs. Don Hartley, Kildare, Okla., formerly of Carthage; two sons, Karl Brueggeman, stationed at Fort Hood, Texas and Walter Brueggeman, Marshall, Mo.; four brothers, John Wiggins, Lead Hill, Ark., Walter Wiggins, Kingston, N.Y. , Ward Wiggins, 503 East Highland and Clyde Wiggins, 1408 South Garrison and five grandchildren.
Mr. Brueggeman has been making his home recently with he daughter, Mrs. Hartley in Kildare.
Mrs. Bureggeman was a member of the First Methodist church and of the Women of the Moose The body is at the Knell mortuary.
Submitted by: Renessa Wiggins

Bige Brown

Webb City Register
February 9 1914
Bige Brown Dies
Bige Brown, 60 years old died at one o'clock yesterday afternoon following an illness reaching over a period of six months from consumption. Mr Brown has lived in Webb City for the past 35 years and is survived by a wife and nine children, two brothers and one sister. The children are Mesdames Rosco Ashcraft, Gletch Merril, and Oll Catching and Misses Lottie and Hattie Brown, Ray, Roy and Corchet Brown of this city and Mrs. Felix Oliver of Granby, MO., his sister, Mrs. Will Galliger, of this city and two brothers, Robert and John Brown, live in Joplin.
Funeral services were held at the residence, 1121 west Mineral street this afternoon at two o'clock and burial will be in the Oronogo cemetery.
Submitted by: Jenna Snyder

Mrs. L.P. Buchanan

Webb City Sentinel
April 19, 1933
MRS. L.P. BUCHANAN DIES.
Mrs. L.P. Buchanan died at the age of 46 years yesterday at her palatial Spanish mission style home south of Webb City and burial will be at Mt. Hope tomorrow morning. The husband is an old time Webb City business man and mine operator, and now at the head of the stockyards.
Submitted by: Renessa Wiggins

Mrs. Catherine Buttrum

Joplin Globe
February 14, 1920
Pneumonia is Fatal To Mrs. Catherine Buttrum
Mrs. Carrie Buttrum, 70 years old, a resident of Joplin for thirty years died from pneumonia at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon at her home No. 408 North Sergeant Avenue. She was the widow of Wesley Buttrum, a widely known mining man who died eight years ago. Mrs. Buttrum and her husband came here from Kentucky. She has resided at the Sergeant Avenue address since coming to Joplin. Surviving are two sons, William Buttrum, owner of the Union Iron Works, and Calvin Buttrum, also of Joplin, and two daughters, Mrs. Mollie Johnson of Union, Ore., and Mrs. Bell Tracy of Tonopah, Nev. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon in the chapel of the Hurlbut Undertaking Company. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery, in the lot in which her husband is buried.
Submitted by: J.A. Bertram Jenkins

Wiliam Grant Buxton

The Carthage Press
Thursday, January 16, 1919
Cedar Bluff News, January 15--William Grant Buxton, of this vicinity, who was killed on one of the last days of the November fighing in France, always conducted himself as a loyal, fearless and devoted soldier, and was a man whose private life and morals were a splendid exsample to others. Captain W. P. Montgomery, his commanding officer, expresses himself thus, in a letter to Grants relatives here. The letter, which was addressed to his sister, Miss Mary Buxton, follows: "I regret the sorrowful duty of writing you of the death of Private William g. Buxton, November 4, 1918, in the last great battle of the American army. He was struck by a shell fragment which entered his heart, causing death instantly, without suffering and without mutilation. During the two months he had been under my command as an observer, he had constantly shown himself a loyal, fearless, devoted soldier, and a man whose private life and morals and conduct were a splendid example to others. I had the greatest confidence in him and found him unfaltering in the performances of his arduous, important and extra hazardous duties." A telegram from the war department to the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eli Buxton, stated that Grant was killed in action November 11.
Submitted by: Kathy Sidenstricker

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