[ALBRIGHT, HAROLD JOHN]
Daily Democrat-Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Thursday, September 21, 1922, p. 3
John Albright, 5-Years-Old, Dies of Lockjaw Last Night
Was Taken Home From the Hospital, When It Was Found That the Case Was Hopeless
John Albright, the 5-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ross Albright of Hopkins, died last night at the home of his parents of lockjaw, which developed suddenly Monday afternoon from a slight scratch on his foot. The boy was brought to the St. Francis hospital in Maryville last Monday afternoon by Section Foreman McMullen on a hand car as the afternoon train had passed through Hopkins.

Tetanus serum was injected, and physicians made every effort to save his life. When it was found that the case was hopeless the little boy was taken to his home Tuesday afternoon. Besides his parents he is survived by two brothers and a sister.

Arrangements for the funeral have not been completed.

 

[ALEXANDER, ADA EFFIE PISTOLE]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, December 23, 1952, [p. 1]
Final Rites Wednesday For Mrs. Effie Alexander
Final services will be held at 2 p. m., Wednesday, for Mrs. Ada Effie Alexander, age 77, who died suddenly at 7:20 p. m. Monday at her farm home south of Hopkins.

The body will lie in state between 1 and 2 p. m. Services will be held at the Hopkins Christian church. The pastor, Rev. A. V. Hart, will conduct the services. Burial will be in the Hopkins cemetery under the direction of the Swanson Funeral Home.

Mrs. Alexander was born Sept. 23, 1875, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Pistole, Pickering.

She is survived by her husband, W. [illiam] W. [eston] Alexander; two sons, Earl Alexander and Robert Alexander, both of Hopkins; a daughter, Mrs. Charles Hoshor, Westboro, Mo.; two sisters, Mrs. Lee Furgeson, Sumner, Wash.; and Mrs. O. L. Mutti, Hopkins; a brother, Joe C. Pistole, Bell, Calif., and three grandchildren.

 

[ALEXANDER, ARDELIA A.  "ALLIE" LINCOLN]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, February 22, 1936, [p. 1]
Mrs. Ardelia Alexander, 77, Pickering, Dies
Mrs. Ardelia A. Alexander, 77 years of age and a resident of Nodaway county for fifty-four years, died at the home of her sister-in-law, Mrs. Susie Lincoln, at Pickering last evening.

Funeral services will be held at the Christian church, of which she was a member, at 11 o'clock Sunday morning and burial will be in the Hopkins cemetery. Rev. P. O. Nystrand, pastor of the Christian church, will conduct the services.

Mrs. Alexander was born at Pilot Grove, Ill., July14, 1858, the daughter of William A. [bsolom] and Caroline Lincoln. She came to Nodaway county with her parents in 1882 and lived in the Highland community west of Hopkins until 1890 when she was married to William S. [ilas] Alexander. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander then moved to a farm southeast of Pickering and in 1898 moved to Pickering. Mr. Alexander died in 1912 [1913].

Surviving are two stepsons, Floyd Alexander of Pickering and William Alexander of Hopkins and one brother, H. C. Lincoln of Pickering.

 

[ALEXANDER, FLOYD ONIUS]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, April 23, 1962, [p. 1]
Floyd Alexander, 80, Dies After Illness
Floyd O. [nius] Alexander, 80, a retired mail carrier, died at 3:15 p. m. Saturday at his home near Pickering after a long illness.

Mr. Alexander was born Nov. 17, 1881, at Larned, Kas., the son of the late William S. [ilas] and Marcella Fawcett Alexander. He came to Nodaway County by covered wagon with his father and brother and had lived in the Pickering community for about 47 years. He was married May 20, 1913, at Omaha, to Olive Hills, who died Feb. 18, 1958.

Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Orlin Hoepker, Pickering, and two grandchildren, Chris and Alexia Ann Hoepker, Pickering.

Funeral rites will be held at 2 p. m. Tuesday at the Pickering Christian Church. The Rev. Delbert Dick will officiate, and burial will be in the Hopkins Cemetery.

The body is at the Swanson Funeral Home, Hopkins.

 

[ALEXANDER, OLIVE LUCY HILLS]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, February 18, 1958, p. 10
Mrs. Olive Alexander Dies At St. Joseph
Mrs. Olive Lucy Alexander, 73, Pickering, died at 7 p. m. yesterday at a hospital in St. Joseph, after a long illness. She had been a patient at the hospital three weeks. She taught many years in Nodaway County schools.

Mrs. Alexander was born Nov. 11, 1884, at Lake County, S. D., the daughter of the late Albert Ross and Nellie Beatrice Pomeroy Hills. She was married to Floyd Alexander May 20, 1913, at Omaha, Neb. She had lived at Pickering about 45 years. Mrs. Alexander was a member of the Pickering Christian Church.

Survivors include her husband and a daughter, Miss Floydine Alexander, both of the home and two sisters, Mrs. Leona Sherman and Mrs. James Carver, Barnard.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Friday at the Pickering Christian Church. The Rev. Delbert Dick will officiate, and burial will be in Hopkins Cemetery.

The body is at the Swanson Funeral Home at Hopkins.

 

[ALEXANDER, OLIVE LUCY HILLS]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, February 24, 1958, p. 2
Hold Funeral Services For Mrs. Alexander
The funeral services for Mrs. Olive Lucy Alexander, who died Tuesday, were held Friday afternoon at the Pickering Christian Church. The Rev. Delbert dick officiated, and burial was in the Hopkins Cemetery.

Donnis Hood sang "In the Garden" and "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere." He was accompanied by Mrs. Alva Lett, pianist.

Pallbearers were Joe Farrar, Lester Rogers, Dwight Sheribon, Charles Porter, Loren Wiseman and Leland Nicholas.

 

[ALEXANDER, WILLIAM SILAS]
Daily Democrat-Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Friday, August 8, 1913, [p. 1]
Death at Pickering
William Alexander Died at 11 O'Clock This Morning—Funeral Saturday
William Alexander, 73 years old, died at 11 o'clock this morning at his home in Pickering. His death was due to kidney trouble from which he has been suffering for more than a year.

The funeral services will be held at 12:30 o'clock Saturday noon from the Christian church of Pickering. Rev. E. W. Killian will conduct the services. Burial will take place in the Hopkins cemetery.

Mr. Alexander is survived by his widow and two sons, Floyd of Pickering and William of Hopkins.

 

[ALEXANDER, WILLIAM SILAS]
Daily Democrat-Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Thursday, August 14, 1913, p. 2
Obituary – William S. [ilas] Alexander was born at Bonaparte, Ia., September 25, 1840, and grew to manhood there. Having a desire to travel he made a trip across the plains to California in 1862. During his stay there he gave his attention to mining. After about two years of frontier life, he returned to Iowa by way of the Isthmus of Panama and New York. He married Marcella Fawcett, November 15, 1866, in Van Buren county, Ia. To this union were born three sons, two of whom survive him. He made his home in Appanoose and Wayne counties, Iowa, until 1878, at which time he moved to Pawnee county, Kansas, where he engaged in stock raising. While there he lost his wife and one son. In 1888 he came to Missouri and has resided in Nodaway county since. He married Ardelia A. Lincoln July 24, 1890. In the winter of 1897 he, with his wife, visited his old home in Iowa, and in 1902 they made a trip to California, where they visited Mr. Alexander's many friends and relatives. He united with the Christian church of Pickering in the autumn of 1890, during Elder Chapman's ministry. He has been a faithful member since, having served as an elder of the congregation almost continuously since 1898, until he was physically disabled. He was a man who enjoyed his home life and deemed it a privilege to be able to entertain his friends. Having traveled extensively and being a close observer made him an exceptionally interesting conversationalist. He enjoyed also the correspondence which he kept up with his distant friends. He leaves to mourn his departure his wife, two sons, W. [illiam] W. [eston] Alexander of Hopkins and Floyd O. [nius] Alexander of Pickering, together with a host of friends. He died August 8, 1913, at the age of 72 years, 10 months and 13 days. The funeral services were conducted August 9, at the Christian church of Pickering, by the pastor, Rev. E. W. Killion. Interment took place in Hopkins cemetery.

 

[ALEXANDER, WILLIAM WESTON]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, November 7, 1955, [p. 1]
William W. Alexander Dies At St. Francis Hospital
William W. [eston] Alexander, 84, Hopkins, died yesterday morning at the St. Francis hospital in Maryville. Mr. Alexander had farmed near Hopkins the past 59 years. He was born at Corydon, Ia.

Mr. Alexander was married Sept. 25, 1895 to Ada E. [ffie] Pistole, who died Dec. 22, 1952.

He is survived by two sons, Earl and Robert Alexander, Hopkins; a daughter, Mrs. Charles Hoshor, Graham; a brother, Floyd Alexander, Pickering, and four grandchildren,

Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. tomorrow at the Hopkins Christian church. The Rev. A. V. Hart will officiate, and burial will be in the Hopkins cemetery. The body is at the Swanson funeral home.

The body will lie in state at the church from 1 until 2 p. m.

 

[ALLEN, ALAFAIR ELLA "ALICE" SWEENEY PECK]
Daily Democrat-Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, September 26, 1917, [p. 1]
Death of Old Resident
Mrs. Alice Allen of Hopkins, Came to Nodaway County Forty Years Ago
Mrs. Alice Allen of Hopkins died at 11:30 o'clock last night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. [dward] C. [ecil] Wolfers Sr., with whom she has been living.

The cause of her death was a cancerous growth.

Mrs. Allen was 88 years old. She is survived by two children, Mrs. E. [dward] C. [ecil] Wolfers, Sr., of Hopkins and Frank Peck of Kansas City. She was born in Monroe county, West Virginia and came to Nodaway county about forty years ago.

Funeral services were held at 3 o'clock this afternoon at the Wolfers home, conducted by the Rev. Hastings McNamee, pastor of the Methodist church at Hopkins. Burial was in the Hopkins cemetery.
[Note: The maiden name is also spelled Swaney and Swinney.]

 

[ANDREWS, GEORGE LYMAN]
Daily Democrat-Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, February 8, 1916, [p. 1]
George Andrews Dies
Pneumonia Caused From Exposure After Fall Fatal to Hopkins Resident---Funeral Tomorrow
George Andrews, who fell on the ice in his yard a week ago last Sunday, died at his home last night at 7 o'clock. Pneumonia was the cause of his death. He was not found after he had fallen for an hour and pneumonia developed from exposure.

Mr. Andrews was about 60 years old. He had been married twice and is survived by his wife and seven children, who are Leonard, Frank, J. J., Ed and Mrs. William Friend, and stepdaughter Grace Hall of Hopkins, Al of Braddyville, and S. E. Andrews of Texas, who was here when his father died.

The funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at the Methodist church in Hopkins. The Rev. Mr. McNamee will conduct the services.

[ANDREWS, GEORGE LYMAN]
Bedford Free Press (Bedford, Iowa), Tuesday, February 15, 1916
Geo. L. Andrews Dies.
In a recent issue of the Free Press mention was made George L. [yman] Andrews, west of Hopkins, receiving a fall on the ice. By the Hopkins Journal we learn that Mr. Andrew[s] died Monday night.
While his injuries from the fall were severe, pneumonia set in later, which complication he was not physically strong enough to resist.
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at the Methodist church in Hopkins. Interment was in the Hopkins cemetery.
Deceased was the father of Stores Andrew of McAllen, Texas, who is well known here, and he was also uncle of Mrs. Marion Hawkins and Mrs. Wm. Hayes.

[ANDREWS, GEORGE LYMAN]
Bedford Free Press (Bedford, Iowa), Tuesday, February 22, 1916
George Andrews, who recently died from a fall on the ice, left no will and his estate will be settled by W. C. Pierce of Maryville, who has been appointed administrator. The estate includes 480 acres of land in Nodaway county, 160 acres in Taylor county, and 200 acres in Kansas besides about $15,000 in personal property.

[ANDREWS, GEORGE LYMAN]
Hopkins Journal (Hopkins, Missouri), Thursday, February 10, 1916
Death Result of Fall.
Last week the Journal told of a fall on the ice suffered by Geo. L. Andrews, the wealthy and well known farmer and stockman who lived just west of Hopkins.
He was about the barn a week ago Sunday when he fell on the ice and could not get up, being found perhaps about [?] minutes after receiving the fall by members of his family and carried into the house. Pneumonia later set in, and he passed to his reward last Monday night.
George Lyman Andrews was born Nov. 14, 1848, in Ohio and departed this life at 8 o'clock Monday evening, Feb. 7, 1916, aged 67 years, 2 months and 18 days. He came to Missouri with an uncle when a lad of eight years and with the exception of five years spent in Kansas, had made this [place?] his home. He was married to Miss Eliza Johnson, of near Hopkins, Sept. 22, 1867, and to this union six children were born, one of whom, Huldah M., died in infancy. Those living are Allen, of Braddyville; Edward of Clearmont, Joseph, and Mrs. Ida V. Friend, of Hopkins and Stores E. of McAllen, Texas. His first wife having died he was again married on Feb. 6, 1884, to Mrs. Mary Gillespie and to them three children were born: Grace M. Hall, Leanard [Leonard] and Frank M. Andrews, all of Hopkins, and these with the wife and many friends, mourn the loss of a kind husband, an indulgent father and a loyal citizen and neighbor. He enlisted with Company H, 51st Regiment Missouri Infantry and was a true defender of the flag. He was converted some ten years ago in Kansas and joined the Methodist church and lived a consistent member until the end. He was at peace with God and the last words he said, "I am not afraid. I am ready to go," and passed away in peace.
The funeral services were held at the Methodist church Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, conducted by the pastor, Rev. H. McNamee, and burial took place in the Hopkins cemetery.
The pallbearers were E. C. Wolfers, Sr., W. C. Shinabargar, Mel Sheley, J. Arch McMaster, J. B. Shearer and A. L. Sheley.

 

[ANDREWS, JOSEPH THURMAN]
Daily Democrat-Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, January 7, 1914, [p. 1]
Death of Child at Hopkins
The 2-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Andrews, living at the south edge of Hopkins, died Monday afternoon of croup. The funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon.

 

[ANDREWS, JOSEPH THURMAN]
Daily Democrat-Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, January 7, 1914, p. 2
Hopkins
Thurman, the youngest child of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Andrews, aged 2 ½ years, died Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock of acute croup. The little fellow, who was an extremely bright, healthy child, was taken sick New Year's Day, but grew better and was not considered in a serious condition until Sunday morning at 3 o'clock, when he became suddenly worse. Doctors were immediately summoned and everything that human power could do was done to save the little life, but to no avail. The funeral services will be held at the home this (Wednesday) afternoon at 1:30, Rev. Ray Snodgrass of the Savannah Christian church conducting the services. Burial at Hopkins cemetery.

[ANDREWS, JOSEPH THURMAN]
Bedford Free Press (Bedford, Iowa), Tuesday, January 13, 1914
HOPKINS – The funeral of little Therman [Thurman] Andrews, the two year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Andrews, was held Wednesday afternoon by Rev. R. E. Snodgrass of Savannah. The little one had been suffering with a bad cold which terminated in croup causing its death.

 

[APPLEGATE, NANCY KATHERINE ALLHANDS]
Daily Democrat-Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, April 3, 1922, [p. 1]
Mrs. Nancy Applegate, 90, Died Near Hopkins
Had Been in Ill Health for Some Time Funeral Services Held Today
Mrs. Nancy Katherine Applegate, 90 years old, died at 10:45 o'clock Saturday night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Henry Gamel, three miles northeast of Hopkins. She had been bedfast for four weeks and death was caused by a complication of diseases due to old age. Since 1860 she had lived in and near Hopkins. Funeral services were held at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon at the Gamel residence, conducted by the pastor of the Hopkins Baptist church. Burial was in the Hopkins cemetery. Besides her daughter, with whom she made her home, she is survived by one son, George Applegate of Hopkins. Mr. Applegate died a number of years ago.

 

[APPLEGATE, WILLIAM]
Daily Democrat-Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, January 10, 1922, [p. 1]
Funeral Services For William Applegate Today
Was a Pioneer Resident of Hopkins---The Rev. Mr. Griffiths of Hamburg, Ia. Officiates
Funeral services for William Applegate, a pioneer resident of Nodaway County, who died at 7 o'clock Sunday night at the home of his adopted daughter, Mrs. Roy Ellis, in Hopkins, were held at 2 o'clock this afternoon at the Ellis home. The Rev. Mr. Griffiths, pastor of the Baptist Church in Hamburg, Ia., and a former resident of Hopkins, officiated. Burial was in the Hopkins cemetery.

Mr. Applegate was 72 years old and had been ill for two weeks of pneumonia. For more than fifty years he had resided in and near Hopkins. Besides his adopted daughter he is survived by a brother, George Applegate of Hopkins.

 

[ARGO, William T.]
Daily Democrat-Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, July 12, 1910, [p. 1]
Former Resident Dies In North Dak.
The following is from an Oakes, N. D. paper of the death of W. [illiam] T. Argo, formerly a resident of this county, which occurred June 24, 1910:
The community was shocked on Friday morning to learn of the death of W. [illiam] T. Argo of Riverdale township. He had only been ill about a week and not at any time had it been considered serious. A week ago, yesterday evening, he was brought to the Samaritan hospital in this city for treatment. He complained of a soreness in the head and it was thought his brain was affected, as he appeared to be delirious. The doctor gave as the cause of his death heart failure with kidney complications.

Mr. Argo came to this county with his family in the spring of 1907 and settled on a quarter section in Riverdale. Since then he had added another quarter to his holdings and was building up a good home. He came here from Maryville, Mo., where the family lived but a year, formerly living about twenty-one miles from there. He was a native of Ohio, being born in Pike county, July 18, 1865. In 1904 he was united in marriage to Mrs. Verna Shroyer in Daviess county, Missouri, and they have one son, Doyle, a boy of 5 years. Another boy of Mrs. Argo by a former marriage, Brice Shroyer, constitute the family.

Mr. Argo joined the Masonic order in Missouri, being a member of Gaynor City lodge No. 465, March 1st, 1909; he transferred his membership to Hope lodge of this city. He was also a member of the Woodmen order, in which he carried a policy for $3,000. He also carried $4,000 in the Bankers Reserve, so he leaves his family in very nice circumstances.

The funeral was held Monday afternoon at the M. E. church, Rev. B. A. Burn officiating. All his neighbors of Riverdale were present to show their respect and esteem for one they liked as a friend and neighbor. Mr. and Mrs. Argo were both adherents of the M. E. church and were about to transfer their membership to the local church.

Mr. Argo was a man well-liked by all who knew him. He was a careful and industrious citizen and his death is mourned by a good circle of friends.

 

[BAUBLITS, CLORA ALICE MURDOCK]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Friday, November 7, 1941, [p. 1]
Mrs. Clora Baublits Dies At Her Home in Parnell
Mrs. Clora Baublits, 84 years of age, died at 12:30 o'clock this morning at her home in Parnell, following an illness of several months.

Mrs. Baublits, the former Miss Clora Alice Murdock, was born April 6, 1857, in Highland County, Ohio. She was married April 6,1876, at Graham, Mo., to Joshua E. Baublits. She had resided in the Parnell community fifty years and in Parnell about thirty years. Mrs. Baublits was a member of the Methodist church and was an active worker in all church organizations.

She is survived by six sons, Raymond Baublits, Colorado Springs, Colo.; Milton C. Baublits, Los Alamitos, Calif.; Scott M. Baublits, Ada, Okla.; Roy Baublits, St. Joseph and Ross and Charles Baublits of the home.

Funeral arrangements have not been completed.

 

[BAUBLITS, IDA VIRGINIA ALBAN]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, August 14, 1954, [p. 1]
Aged Graham Resident Dies Friday Evening
Mrs. Ida Virginia Baublits, 90, died at 5:20 o'clock Friday evening at the home of her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Fern Baublits, Graham. She is survived by one brother, George Alban, Graham; a granddaughter, Mrs. Gene Farman, Arlington, Va. and the daughter-in-law at whose home she died. She has been ill for a long time.

The [body?] is at the Atchison funeral [parlors?] and funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the Methodist church, Graham, conducted by the Rev. Roy Stuart. Burial will be in the Graham cemetery.

 

[BEBOUT, CHARLES]
Daily Democrat-Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, June 30, 1917, [p. 1]
Hopkins Farmer Dead
Charles Bebout, 45, Succumbs to Illness of Heart Trouble—The Funeral Tomorrow
Charles Bebout, 45 years old, a prominent farmer and stockman of Hopkins township, died at his home, one mile north of Hopkins at 9 o'clock last night, following a four weeks' illness of heart disease. Mr. Bebout had been in poor health for several months.

The funeral services will be held at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the family residence, the Rev. R. E. Snodgrass, pastor of the First Christian church at Savannah and a former pastor of the Bebout family, officiating. The Rev. Mr. Snodgrass will be assisted by Elder D. W. Griffith of the First Baptist church at Hopkins. Burial will be in the Hopkins cemetery.

Mr. Bebout was born and reared in the vicinity of Siam, Ia., and moved to the farm near Hopkins just a few years ago. The family is well known, however, in all parts of the county where Mr. Bebout has business dealings. He is survived by his wife and two children, Esther, 15 years old, and Harley, 12 years old. His mother, Mrs. Abram Bebout, lives at Bedford, Ia. He has two brothers, Abram Bebout at Twin Falls, Idaho, and Brice Bebout living at Bedford, Ia., and a sister, Mrs. Abram Jeffers, also of Bedford.

The Masons have charge of a part of the service. Mr. Bebout was a member of Plumb Lodge, Siam, Ia.

 

 

 

[BOLLINGER, DANIEL "DAN"]
Daily Democrat-Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, March 13, 1916, [p. 1]
Dead In Bed At 23 Years
Dan Bollinger of Hopkins Was In Good Health
Young Man Had Never Been Troubled by Heart—Funeral Tomorrow at 2 O'Clock
Dan Bollinger 23 years old, was found dead in bed by his parents this morning when they went to investigate why he did not come to breakfast. After calling him several times and getting no response they went to his room and found him dead in bed.

He was in the best of health seemingly when he retired and had not been afflicted with heart trouble. On examination by the physician, he stated that Mr. Bollinger probably died about 3 o'clock this morning.

Mr. Bollinger was born and reared in this county and was well liked by all who knew him.

He is survived by his mother and father and two brothers, Charles of Savuary, Neb., and Harry of Hopkins. The funeral services will be held at the home tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Rev. H. H. McNamee of the Methodist church of Hopkins will conduct the services. Burial will be in the Hopkins cemetery.

[BOLLINGER, DANIEL DAVID]
Bedford Free Press (Bedford, Iowa), Tuesday, March 21, 1916
HOPKINS – Dan Bollinger, Jr., a son of Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Bollinger, who reside east of Hopkins, was found dead in bed last Monday morning. He had never been bothered with heart trouble and was in his usual good health when he retired the night of his death. Daniel David Bollinger was born near Hopkins, April 22, 1892. He is survived by his parents and two brothers, Charles Bollinger of Nebraska and Harry Bollinger of Hopkins. The funeral services were held at the home Tuesday afternoon last, conducted by Rev. H. McNamee, pastor of the Methodist church. Interment was made in the Hopkins cemetery.

 

[BOOZE, HENRY CURTIS]
Daily Democrat-Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, November 4, 1922, p. 5
Hopkins Journal
After an illness of a year or more with lung trouble, Curtis Booze, west of Hopkins, passed away last Saturday. Funeral services were conducted at the Baptist church in this city Monday forenoon by Rev. E. W. Hickox, after which burial took place in the Hopkins cemetery.

 

[BOOZE, JAMES EARL]
Daily Democrat-Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Friday, February 20, 1914, p. 3
Death of Five-Year-Old Boy
The 5-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Booze of Clearmont died at 7 o'clock Friday morning after a few days illness. Services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Baptist church in Clearmont. The body will be taken to Hopkins for burial Sunday afternoon. Another service will be held at Hopkins.

 

[BOWMAN, GEORGE D.]
Daily Democrat-Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, January 14, 1922, [p. 1]
Geo. D. Bowman dies At Home In Hopkins
Was One of the Oldest Residents of the County—Funeral Services Tomorrow
George D. Bowman, one of the oldest residents of the county died this morning at 7 o'clock at his home in Hopkins. Mr. Bowman had been in ill health for over three years and his death was due to a complication of diseases. He was seventy years old and has been a resident of Hopkins for about forty years and for thirty-eight years had conducted a drug store there. Mr. Bowman is survived by one brother, Noah L. Bowman of Garnet, Kansas and one sister, Mrs. McFadden of Ft. Scott, Kansas.

Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Christian Church of Hopkins, conducted by Rev. R. E. Snodgrass of Maryville. The Maryville Commandery of which Mr. Bowman was a member, will attend the services in a body. Burial will be in the Hopkins cemetery.

 

[BRAINARD, HENRY KIRK]
Hopkins Journal (Hopkins, Missouri), June 1910
A Sudden Death
Our citizens were shocked last Friday evening to hear of the death of H. [enry] Kirk Brainard at his home at the west edge of Hopkins—neuralgia of the heart being the cause.

He had been in town twice during the afternoon with berries, apparently in the best of health but on returning home at about five o'clock he complained of not feeling well and seemed quite dizzy, so Dr. Large was sent for and Mr. Brainard soon felt better, but an hour afterwards he felt worse and died before the doctor who had again been sent for, reached him. Ed Appleton and son Cecil were in the Brainard home when the end came. Mr. Brainard had started to walk into the dining room to eat something when he threw up his hands, saying "I am so dizzy," and fell into the arms of the senior Appleton, and died in a few moments.

Mr. Brainard was a splendid citizen, held in high esteem by everybody and his family has the sympathy of our people in this their great loss. He was a brick and stone mason by trade and many of the homes of Hopkins have their mechanical foundations by the work of his hands.

He was a member of the Fraternal Aid and had $2,000 insurance in that order.

He was born in Eagle Harbor, New York, June 9, 1845, being 65 years old this week. For six years he lived in Hamburg, Iowa; came here in 1864. When he was but fourteen years old he crossed the plains with his father and several other times made journeys in the far northwest. October 28, 1868 he was married to Andrea Smergel. They have had nine children. Only two of them are living: Miss Eva so well known as a sales lady in Mr. Beinert's store, and Mrs. Ed Trimble of St. Joseph.

The funeral services were held from the home Sunday afternoon, and a large number of acquaintances and friends accompanied the family to the cemetery. The services were conducted by the pastor and choir from the Methodist church. Mr. Brainard was not identified with any of the churches here. When a young man he was baptized into the Christian (Disciples) Church. His mother is still living at Cedar Rapids, Ia., and is a member of the Presbyterian church. She could not make the journey to be here. His wife is a member of the Lutheran church.

 

[BRAINARD, THERESA ABIGAIL BUSHNELL]
Daily Democrat-Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, August 28, 1912, [p. 1]
Hopkins, Mo., August 27 – The remains of Grandma Brainard were brought here Monday and the funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church at 4 o'clock Monday afternoon, Rev. Walton officiating. Mrs. Brainard was a resident of Hopkins some years ago, but for some time has been living at the Old Ladies home at Cedar Rapids, Ia., where she died.

[BRAINARD, THERESA ABIGAIL BUSHNELL]
Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, August 29, 1912
HOPKINS – Grandma Brainard, who was an inmate of an old ladies' home at Cedar Rapids, Ia., died at that place Sunday and her remains were brought here Monday for burial. the funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church Monday afternoon and the burial took place in the Hopkins cemetery. Mrs. Brainard was ninety-four years old and was formerly a well-known resident of this place, being the mother of Kirk Brainard who died about two years ago.

[BRAINARD, THERESA ABIGAIL BUSHNELL]
Bedford Free Press (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, August 29, 1912
HOPKINS – The funeral of Mrs. A. T. Brainard, who died at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, August 23, at the age of 94 years, 1 month and 21 days, occurred at the Presbyterian church, Dr. Walton officiating, Monday afternoon at 4:30.
Interment was made in the Hopkins cemetery. Mrs. Brainard spent her early childhood in Vermont, moving to New York where she was married and later coming to Iowa and then to Hopkins, where with her husband she lived two years. Some 25 years ago she returned to Iowa, living the latter part of her life in Cedar Rapids.

 

[BROWN, LOLA G. CHAMBERS]
Daily Democrat-Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, November 13, 1917, p. 3
Was Buried At Hopkins
Daughter of Perry Chambers Died Saturday at Galesburg, Ill.
Mrs. Clare Brown, 20 years old, died Saturday afternoon at her home in Galesburg, Ill., after a short illness. Mrs. Brown is the only daughter of Perry Chambers of Hopkins. The body arrived in Hopkins today and funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at [the] Christian church and burial was in the Hopkins cemetery.

Besides her father, Mrs. Brown is survived by her husband and a baby daughter.

 

[BROWN, LUCINDA ELLEN HENDERSON]
Daily Democrat-Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Thursday, December 30, 1915, [p. 1]
Mrs. Brown of Hopkins Dies
Funeral Services Held Tuesday Afternoon at the Residence—Burial in Hopkins Cemetery
Miss [Lucinda] Ellen Henderson was born Aug. 30, 1850, in Morgan county, Illinois, and departed this life at her home in Hopkins on Sunday, December 26, 1915, aged 64 years, 3 months and 26 days.

She was educated in the public schools of her home county and there grew to womanhood.

She was married to Felix G. Brown, who was also a native of Morgan county, April 18, 1877, and here they resided until 1885, when they removed to Missouri and settled on a farm two miles east of Hopkins. In 1908 they moved to Hopkins, retiring from the farm life.

To this union eight children were born, seven daughters and one son—Mrs. Lillian J. Gladman, Kansas City, Mo.; Mrs. Edith Butts, St. Joseph, Mo.; Missses Bertha, Katharine, Gertrude and Mrs. Edna Owens and Roy, Hopkins, and Miss May, Kansas City.

Sister Brown was happily converted at the age of 23 and united with the Methodist Episcopal church in an old-fashioned revival meeting which was held at Concord, Ill. She remained a faithful member until called to her reward. She made her religious influence felt in the home where she was true as a wife, faithful and devoted as a mother and ever kind as a neighbor and friend. And now that the duties of life have been fully discharged she rests well.

The funeral services were held at the family residence on Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock by Rev. H. McNamee, her pastor, and the remains were tenderly laid to rest in the Hopkins cemetery.

 

[BROYLES, SAMUEL PAUL]
Daily Democrat-Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, January 23, 1917, [p. 1]
S. Broyles Killed
Hopkins Man, 21, Hurt By a Falling Tree
Companion Is Injured George Boatman's Leg Broken in Two Places, in Same Accident Which Happened This Morning
Sam Broyles, 21 years old, of Hopkins, was killed and George Boatman, 43 years old, also of Hopkins, was injured when a tree which they were felling this morning caught them before they could get out of the way.

Mr. Broyles and Mr. Boatman were engaged in procuring lumber for a firm shipping logs out of Hopkins. They were cutting walnut logs on the Mord Wilson farm about 7 miles southeast of Hopkins. When one of the larger trees started to fall they failed to get out of the way. Mr. Broyles was internally injured and died while being taken to Sheridan. One of Mr. Boatman' legs was broken in two places.

Mr. Broyles is the son of Mrs. Nora Broyles of Hopkins. He is also survived by two brothers, John and "Jenks" Broyles at Hopkins, by a brother, Ernest, in Kansas City and a sister, Mrs. Frank Benham of Hopkins.

Mr. Boatman has a sister, Mrs. Isaac Mohler living at Hopkins. His son, Jesse Boatman, lives in Maryville.

No arrangements for the funeral of Mr. Broyles have been made.

 

[BROYLES, SAMUEL PAUL]
Daily Democrat-Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, January 24, 1917, [p. 1]
Broyles Funeral Today
Services For Young Man Killed by Falling Tree Held at the Church In Hopkins
Funeral services for Samuel Broyles who was killed yesterday by a falling tree while at work near Hopkins, were held at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon at the Christian church at Hopkins, the Rev. D. W. Griffith, pastor of the Methodist church, officiating. Burial was in the Hopkins cemetery.

[BROYLES, SAMUEL PAUL]
Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, January 25, 1917
Hopkins Man Killed By Tree Companion Suffers A Broken Leg
Caught Beneath Falling Trunk Which Crushed Out Life of Samuel Broyles, 21 Years Old.
Samuel Broyles, 21 years old and a resident of Hopkins, Mo., was instantly killed on Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock when a tree which he had been cutting down, fell and caught him beneath its trunk.
Broyles and the other party, George Boatman, also of Hopkins, were working together on the Martin Wilson farm 6 miles east of the town and when they felt the tree giving commenced to run in what they supposed was the opposite direction from which the tree was falling. Instead they were directly under its downward path and both were caught. Boatman escaped with a broken leg.
Jesse Dugan, a 15 year old boy who was in the timber at the time of the accident, summoned a doctor from Sheridan as quickly as possible but Broyles' life was already extinct. Boatman will recover.
The deceased leaves a widowed mother, Mrs. Clate Broyles, two brothers, John and Jenks, and one sister, Mrs. Frank Bonhaf, all residing in Hopkins.
The funeral was held Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in Hopkins.

 

[BUTTS, CHARLES ASA]
Daily Democrat-Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, March 21, 1922, [p. 1]
Charles Butts of Hopkins Took Acid
Found Dead in Hotel at 9:45 O'Clock Last Night
Sold Farm Recently Was Preparing to go to Sterling, Colo. To Go into Garage Business With Brother
Charles Butts, 35 years old and a life-long resident of Hopkins and vicinity was found dead in his bed at the Linville Hotel at Hopkins at 9:45 o'clock last night. The cause of his death was the taking of carbolic acid. Nothing was found in or about the room to indicate any reason for the action.

Mr. Butts sold his farm, four miles west of Hopkins recently, and had a sale of his live stock. He was preparing to go to Sterling, Colo., and enter the garage business with his brother, Tim Butts, who is already in that business at Sterling. Since his sale he had been staying at the hotel and rooming with a young man named Fay Morehouse.

The opinions as to when Butts went to his room differ. Some of the Hopkins people say that it was about 4 o'clock in the afternoon and others say that they saw him as late as 6 o'clock. At 9:45 o'clock Mr. Morehouse went to the room to go to bed. He found the door locked. He then got Hank Baker, son of the proprietor to crawl through the transom and unlock the door. It was when Mr. Morehouse entered the room that they noticed that Butts was in bed and that he was dead.

It is said that while Mr. Butts had probably lost considerable money in the past year or two due to the general conditions, that he had sufficient funds to pay off all his creditors with some left over after he had held his sale. His wife died about a year and a half ago and it is thought that grief over this may have had something to do with the case.

Butts had lived practically his entire life in the vicinity of Hopkins. He was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Clay Butts of Hopkins.

Mr. Butts is survived by one daughter, Jennie, about 14 years old, who has been living with her aunt, Mrs. George B. Ulmer, four miles west of Hopkins. The farm that Mr. Butts sold and that of Mr. Ulmer are only a quarter of a mile apart.

Other survivors besides the little girl and his sister, Mrs. Ulmer, are two brothers, Tim Butts of Sterling, Colo., and Newt Butts, who is now at St. Joseph and two sisters, Mrs. Arthur Craighill of St. Joseph and Mrs. Laura Wilson of Hopkins.

Newt Butts is now ill at the home of his sister, Mrs. Craighill, and is not expected to live. He has just returned from a trip to various places in the West, in an attempt to find a climate that would cure the lung trouble that he has.

The body of Mr. Butts was removed from the hotel and taken to the home of his sister, Mrs. Ulmer.

Dr. Frank Wallis, county coroner, went this morning to Hopkins on the case, but it is said that no inquest will be held.

 

[BUTTS, NEWTON HARVEY "NEWT"]
Daily Democrat-Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Friday, March 31, 1922, p. 2
Newt Butts of Hopkins Died in St. Joseph
Was at Home of Sister—Had Just Returned from Point in West for Tuberculosis
Newt Butts of Hopkins died at 9 o'clock this morning at the home of his sister, Mrs. Arthur Craighill of St. Joseph, following an extended illness of tubercular trouble. Mr. Butts resided on his farm west of Hopkins until four years ago when his health began to fail. He had recently returned from a trip to different points in the West in an attempt to find a beneficial climate. The body will be shipped to Hopkins for burial and is expected to arrive there tonight or tomorrow noon. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the Christian church in Hopkins. Burial will be in the Hopkins cemetery.

Besides his wife and a 5-year-old son he is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Craighill of St. Joseph and Mrs. Laura Wilson of Hopkins and a brother, Tim Butts of Sterling, Colo. another brother, Charles Butts of Hopkins, committed suicide on March 20, at the Linville Hotel in Hopkins by taking carbolic acid.

 

[CHAMBERS, LOUISA EMMA OLIVE "LOU" HENDRY]
Daily Democrat-Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, November 5, 1910, [p. 1]
Death Ends Suit
Mrs. Lou E. Chambers of Hopkins Dead
Died In Welsh, Okla. Body Taken to Hopkins Saturday and Burial Will Take Place Sunday Afternoon
Mrs. Lou E. Chambers of Hopkins died Friday noon at Welch, Okla., after a short but severe illness of typhoid fever.

The first known at Hopkins of the illness of Mrs. Chambers was a telegram Wednesday afternoon to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Hendry, east of Hopkins. This was followed by a message to her husband, Perry L. Chambers, Thursday morning who immediately wired instructions that physicians should be employed and everything possible done for the sick woman. Mrs. Hendry and Mr. and Mrs. Chambers' little daughter, Miss Lola, left for Welch Thursday, arriving that night.

Friday morning Mr. Chambers received a message that she was no better and at 12:30 the message arrived stating her death. Nothing is known of the particulars of Mrs. Chambers' illness, except that a card was received by her mother the first of the week, stating that she had been quite sick but was then much better.

Mrs. Chambers was formerly Miss Lou Hendry, and was born in Meriden, Chariton county, Mo. in 1879. She came with her parents to Nodaway county and lived on a farm near Hopkins until her marriage to Perry L. Chambers, November 25, 1896. Soon after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Chambers moved to Hopkins, where they lived for some time. In later years Mrs. Chambers learned to be a milliner and was trimming at Welch when stricken with her fatal illness.

Besides her husband and daughter, Mrs. Chambers leaves her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Hendry and three sisters, Mrs. Frank Wood of St. Joseph, Mrs. Harmon Mothershed [Mothershead] and Mrs. Harley Owens of Hopkins. The remains will arrive in Hopkins Saturday noon and the funeral services will be held at the Christian church Sunday at 2 p. m., Rev. Snodgrass officiating. Burial at Hopkins cemetery.

The death of Mrs. Chambers ends one of the most hotly contested divorce suits that has ever been before the Nodaway county circuit court. The suit has been through three trials and was to have been up for a final trial at the coming November term. Mrs. Chambers was suing for divorce from her husband by her attorneys, Shinabargar, Black & Ellison, and her husband was fighting it by his attorney, S. E. Browne of Hopkins.

 

[CHAMBERS, WILLIAM HARRISON]
Daily Democrat-Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, May 2, 1916, [p. 1]
Judge Wm. Chambers Dies
Wife and Six Children Survive Former County Court Member—Funeral Thursday in Hopkins
Judge William Chambers, 65 years old, died at his home 8 miles from Hopkins this morning. He was stricken with a paralysis a week ago and gradually grew worse.

Mr. Chambers was born in Coles county, Illinois and was reared in Fulton county. He was united in marriage when he was 24 years old to Miss Forcine [Frocine] James. They came to Nodaway county in 1876 where they have since made their home.

Mr. Chambers was a stockman and well known over the county. He served two years as county judge. He is survived by his wife and six children: Perry and Harry Chambers of Hopkins, Loren and Irvin Chambers at home, Mrs. George Ulmer of Hopkins and Mrs. Mike Ulmer near the home place.

The funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 1: 30 o'clock at the residence. The Rev. Mr. Griffith of Hopkins will conduct the services. Burial will be made in the Hopkins cemetery.

[CHAMBERS, WILLIAM HARRISON]
Bedford Free Press (Bedford, Iowa), Tuesday May 16, 1916
HOPKINS – Dr. and Mrs. Eli James of Fairland, Col., visited last week at the home of their niece, Mrs. George Ulmer, Jr. Dr. James is a brother of Mrs. William Chambers, and they were called to Hopkins by the death of Mr. Chambers.

 

[CHAMNESS, GEORGE COLEBURN]
Daily Democrat-Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, May 14, 1921, [p. 1]
Old Hopkins Resident Dies At Age of 81 Years
Death of George Chamness Was Due to Complication of Diseases—Funeral Tomorrow

George Chamness, about 81 years of age, did at 7 o'clock this morning at his home in Hopkins. His death was caused by a complication of diseases. Mr. Chamness had lived in Hopkins for many years and is survived by a son, Ed, and three daughters. He was a Civil War Veteran.

Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the Hopkins Baptist church and burial will be in the Hopkins cemetery.

 

[CHANEY, FRANK ALBERT]
Daily Democrat-Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, March 25, 1914, [p. 1]
F. A. Chaney Dead
Passed Away at 1:30 O'Clock Wednesday
Was Sick Two Months A Business Man of Hopkins For Past Fifteen Years and Held in High Esteem by All
Frank A. [lbert] Chaney, for the past fifteen years a leading businessman of Hopkins, died at 1:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at his home in East Hopkins, after an illness of two months.

The funeral arrangements have not been completed as word is being waited for from relatives at a distance.

Mr. Chaney was 45 years of age. He was a son of the late David L. [ewis] Chaney, a prominent educator of Northwest Missouri and a former superintendent of the Maryville public schools. He attended the high school in Maryville during his father's service as superintendent. With the exception of that time in the Maryville schools, his entire life was spent in Hopkins. He was always in favor with everyone, and during the fifteen years he had engaged in the grocery business in his home town, he was held in the highest esteem by his fellow business men. He is survived by his wife and four children.  His eldest son Glenn Chaney, is a traveling salesman for Nave McCord of St. Joseph; and the other children are Fern, Linn and Phin, at home. His mother, Mrs. D. L. Chaney, also survives with six brothers and four sisters.

 

[CHANEY, FRANK ALBERT]
Daily Democrat-Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Thursday, March 26, 1914, [p. 1]
Chaney Funeral Friday
Masons Will Have Charge of Burial Service—Sermon at Home by Rev. Griffith of Baptist Church

The funeral services for the late Frank Chaney of Hopkins will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Chaney home. The Rev. W. H. Griffith, pastor of the Baptist church, will have charge of the funeral. Mr. Chaney was a member of the W. O. W. and Masonic lodges. A Masonic burial will be given.

 

[CHANEY, SALLIE ADALINE BROYLES]
Daily Democrat-Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, May 23, 1917, [p. 1]
Mrs. Chaney Buried
Funeral services for Mrs. Sallie A. Chaney, who died Monday morning at a hospital in St. Joseph, were held at 2 o'clock this afternoon at the Christian church in Hopkins, conducted by the Rev. D. W. Griffith, pastor of the Hopkins Baptist church. Burial will be in the Hopkins cemetery. Mrs. Chaney is 42 years old and is survived by her husband.

[CHANEY, SALLIE ADALINE BROYLES]
Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, May 24, 1917
Mrs. A. F. Luther went to Hopkins Monday, called there by the death of her sister-in-law, Mrs. Sam Chaney.

 

 

 

 

 

[CRAWFORD, JACK]
Daily Democrat-Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, July 13, 1910, [p. 1]
Died At O'Conner Country Home
Jack Crawford, who has been living at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John O'Connor, seven miles northeast of Maryville, died early Wednesday morning, after an illness of some time. He was 47 years old.
Funeral arrangements have not yet been completed, as the fact of his death has been telegraphed to Brooklyn and New York City, where it is thought he has relatives. If no word is received in reply by midnight the funeral services will be held Thursday morning at 10 o'clock at St. Patrick's Catholic church.

 

[FAIRCHILD, ELIZABETH C. BOSTICK]
Daily Democrat-Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Friday, July 8, 1910, [p. 1]
Died Thursday At The Age of 80 Years
Mrs. Elizabeth Fairchild, wife of the late Daniel H. Fairchild, died at her home, on South Walnut street, Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock, after an illness of eight weeks duration. Mrs. Fairchild was born in Winchester, Ky., February 26, 1830. She was married to Daniel H. Fairchild in Hancock county, Illinois, in 1896 [1868] and removed to Nodaway county in 1876, where she has since resided. She is survived by one son, Ernest Fairchild, and one sister, Mrs. Katie Kirkpatrick of Stilwell, Okla., and one brother in Kentucky.
The funeral services are being held this afternoon at the house, conducted by Rev. S. S. Martin. Mrs. Fairchild was converted and united with the Methodist Episcopal church in early childhood and lived a consistent Christian life until her death.
[Note: Illinois Statewide Marriage Index gives the marriage date as March 10, 1868 in Adams County, Illinois.]

 

[HARRINGTON, MARGUERITE]
Daily Democrat-Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, July 9, 1910, p. 2
Burlington Junction
Little Marguerite Harrington, daughter of Mrs. Lulu Harrington, died at the home of her uncle, W. G. Sayler, Monday morning at 4:45 after a lingering illness of about eight months. A short funeral was held at the home Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock, Rev. J. E. Squires officiating. The remains were taken to St. Joseph for interment Tuesday morning and were accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Sayler, Mrs. Lulu Harrington and son Raymond, and Mrs. Thomas Wadley. Little Marguerite leaves a loving mother and brother and numerous other relatives here and joins a loving father and brother in the great beyond. The bereaved ones have the sympathy of the community.

 

[HEFLIN, ELIJAH B.]
Daily Democrat-Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Friday, June 17, 1910, [p. 1]
Brother Died in California
Mark Heflin of this city has just received word of the death of his brother, Elijah B. Heflin, at Napa, Cal., on May 24 last. His death occurred the day of the late Mrs. Mark Heflin's burial.
The California man was a resident of Nodaway county at one time but went to California and settled some thirty years ago. He lived on a farm two miles west of Clearmont for a number of years. During the civil war he was a member of the Missouri state militia, the 9th cavalry, Company M. He was 85 years old at the time of his death. His wife died one year ago. Four of their ten children survive.

 

HEPBURN, JOHN "JACK"]
Daily Democrat-Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, December 19, 1916, [p. 1]
Jack Hepburn, 82, Dies
Aged Man Succumbs to Stroke of Paralysis at Home of Brother In Graham
Jack Hepburn, 82 years old, died at 5 o'clock this morning at the home of his brother, J. L. Hepburn, eight miles southeast of Hopkins. Mr. Hepburn suffered a paralytic stroke a week ago which resulted in his death. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon from the Methodist church at Gaynor City, the Rev. J. W. Weaver of Hopkins officiating. Burial will be in the Gaynor cemetery.

Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Hotchkin of Maryville are expected to attend the funeral.

 

[KELLEY, MATTIE MARIE CLAYTON]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, May 1, 1971, p. 2
Funeral Rites Monday For Mrs. Kelley
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a. m. Monday at the Maryville First United Methodist Church for Mrs. Mattie Marie Kelley, Maryville, 74, who died at 3:35 a. m. today at the St. Francis Hospital following a long illness.

Dr. F. Hauser Winter and Gilbert Peters will officiate. Burial will be in Miriam Cemetery.

The body will lie in state at the church from 9:30 a. m. Monday until the hour of the service.

Mrs. Kelley was born Jan. 6, 1897, at Maryville, the daughter of the late Thomas Jefferson and Dora Padden Clayton. On May 4, 1918, she was married at Maryville to Orlen O. Kelley, who survives. Mrs. Kelley, who had been ill a year, had been in the hospital seven weeks.

She was a member of the Maryville First United Methodist Church, the Women's Society of Christian Service of the church, Nodaway County World War I Auxiliary, Nodaway County Chapter, American Red Cross Volunteers and the Mowery and Bloomfield Clubs of the Pickering community, where she had been a former resident.

In addition to her husband of the home, she is survived by one son, Clayton Kelley, Winterset, Ia.; three daughters, Mrs. Willetta Geagley and Mrs. Virginia Kelley, Maryville, and Mrs. Ruth White, Rowland Heights, Calif.; 13 grandchildren; one brother, Ralph Clayton, Casper, Wyo., and four sisters, Mrs. Myrtle Quinlan and Miss Matie Clayton Maryville; Mrs. Ada Berlin, Wakefield, Kan., and Mrs. Lucile Schmidt, Blauvelt, N. Y.

The body is at the Price Funeral Home.

 

[LINNEMAN, NICHOLAS]
Daily Democrat-Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Friday, July 15, 1910, [p. 1]
Sudden Death of Nicholas Linneman
Mr. and Mrs. John Linneman are sadly bereaved in the death of their eldest son, Nicholas Linneman, who died very suddenly Thursday afternoon at the family home on East Seventh street.

The young man was 17 years old the 23d of April last. He was recovering from a five weeks illness of typhoid fever, his physician, Dr. F. M. Martin, having dismissed the case ten days ago. Two younger brothers had had a siege of the same fever, the physician having had to make regular visits for two months up to ten days ago.

Since Dr. Martin had ceased to call Mrs. Linneman called him up each day and asked him to prescribe a course of menu for the boy, which he did, and took the greatest care of the diet used. He was getting along nicely and able to be up a part of each day.

Thursday afternoon Mrs. Linneman, who had been kept so closely at home with her sick boy, asked Nicholas if he would be willing to stay with his brothers an hour or so while she attended a meeting of the Royal Neighbors, of which she is clerk. He willingly consented to her going, and she put him to bed before she went away and said she would feel safer if he would lie quiet while she was gone.

Shortly after Mrs. Linneman arrived at the meeting of the Royal Neighbors she was summoned home and the young man had passed away before she could reach him.

The brothers of the young man do not know what he got out of bed for, but soon after his mother left he went to the kitchen for something but fell to the floor unconscious as soon as he had gotten there. The frightened boys summoned their father from his workshop a short distance away, who carried the yet unconscious boy to his bed and summoned the doctor and the mother, but death came before either arrived.

Mrs. Linneman was prostrated by the news that her son was worse as he was feeling finely when she left him and insisted on her taking the needed rest from care and had to be brought home. The shock seems almost more than they are able to bear. The young man was a good son and for a year past was a valuable assistant to his father in the manufacture of hearses.

The funeral services will be held Saturday morning at 10 o'clock at St. Patrick's Catholic church, conducted by Rev. Father Niemann.

Dr. Martin is of the opinion that the boy's death was due to blood clot of the heart, caused by the exertion of getting up alone, when he had not done so before without his mother's help.

 

[LYLE, AMELIA J. DONNELLY ROWLAND]
Daily Democrat-Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, July 9, 1910, [p. 1]
Died Suddenly At Lyle Home
Mrs. A. J. Lyle passed Away This Morning
Was Born in Maryland and Was Seventy-Five Years old---Services Monday
Saturday morning at 4:30 o'clock, Mrs. Amelia J. Lyle passed away suddenly at the home of her stepson, Rankin Lyle, with whom she has made her home for the past three years.

Mrs. Lyle was stricken with paralysis the 5th of December 1907, at her home in Washington, D. C. As soon as she was able to make the journey, which was not until the following May, she was brought to Maryville by Mr. and Mrs. Lyle and their daughter, Mrs. Merrill Alderman, and attended on the journey by her Washington physician and nurses. She was unable to lift her hand when she came but under the tender care and kind attentions she received from her six stepsons and their families she improved so much that she grew able to walk about the house with a little help and made three visits back to her Washington home in company with Mr. and Mrs. Rankin Lyle.

She was in her usual health and good spirits until Friday morning, when she grew suddenly weak and the heart tonics administered failed to have effect, and her pulse beat became weaker and slower until 4:30 o'clock this morning, when she passed away in sleep.

The funeral services will be held Monday morning at 11 o'clock in the Presbyterian church at Graham, conducted by Rev. Dr. Charles P. Luce of the First Presbyterian church of Maryville and interment in Graham cemetery by the side of her late husband, Hugh A. Lyle, according to her request.

The pallbearers will be her six stepsons, who have always given her the loving respect that is due a mother. They are James Lyle of Graham, Robert Lyle of Maryville, Humphrey Lyle of Skidmore, Rankin Lyle of Maryville, Hutchinson H. Lyle of Barnard and Alexander Lyle of Skidmore.

The body will lie in state on Sunday afternoon from 4 to 6 o'clock at the home of Rankin Lyle on West Thompson street.

In all her history Maryville has never had in her midst a woman so rich in the knowledge of times and people and things of our country's history as was Mrs. Lyle. For over fifty-five years she had lived in Washington, D. C., had intimate knowledge of its social life and counted among her friends many notable men and women, who are known to the rest of us as historic figures and contributed her full share in making up many a charming circle.

Six days ago, on July 3, her most intimate friend and "chum" passed away at her home in Washington, D. C., the most noted and brilliant newspaper woman of her day and age—Mrs. Emily Edson Briggs, author of the "Olivia Letters," and known as the original newspaper woman, who won her first great fame in reporting the impeachment of Andrew Johnson and by it introduced a new feature into journalism.

When Mr. and Mrs. Lyle accompanied Mrs. Lyle on her visits to Washington, they visited Emily Edson Briggs' home with her, and it was indeed worthwhile to watch them and hear their conversation and meet the notable people who called at this brilliant woman's house. Mrs. Briggs was past 80 years of age when she passed away last Sunday, while Mrs. Lyle had not yet rounded out 75 years.

Mrs. Lyle was born in Harford county, Maryland, near Belair, on October 18, 1835. Her maiden name was Amelia J. Donnelly. When she was 16 years old she began teaching a country school in the neighborhood of her father's home. She was the youngest and thirteenth child of the family and when she began her first term of school it opened on the thirteenth day of the month, lasted thirteen weeks and she paid $13 a month for her board. Mrs. Lyle always stoutly contended that the number thirteen meant good instead of ill, as many people are prone to believe.

Mrs. Lyle went to Washington not long after, where she taught for twenty years in the public schools of that city. She was then married to Hugh Rowland, who held a position in the pension department. Mr. Rowland died in eleven months after their marriage and she was appointed to his place in the pension department and held it for eighteen years.

In October of 1893 Mrs. Rowland was married to Hugh A. Lyle, one of the early settlers of Nodaway county. They were first cousins. They went to Philadelphia and made their home for several months but finally located in Washington, D. C.

Mr. and Mrs. Lyle spent three or four months each year on his farm near Graham, where they were both held in the highest esteem. His death occurred October 17, 1897.

Mrs. Lyle had traveled extensively in America and Europe, had gained wide information by constant association with the best people, and to this was added a highly cultured mind and heart, making her a woman of wonderful grace and charm. She had been a member of the Presbyterian church since girlhood and was a faithful and consistent follower of its teachings.

She is the author of a book entitled "Traveling at Home and Abroad," that is now [?] on the shelves of the Maryville public library, that anyone will do well to read, for she is as entertaining in writing as she was in conversation.

 

[MCMULLEN, JESSIE MAY MIDDLETON]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, September 12, 1970, p. 2
Mrs. Jessie McMullen Dies Early Today
Mrs. Jessie May McMullen, 88, Hopkins, died at 6:15 a. m. today at the Nodaway Nursing Home, Maryville, where she had been a resident since Dec. 20, 1965, following a long illness.

She was born July 23, 1882, Maryville, and was the daughter of the late Isa[a]c and Susan Bigley Middleton. She was married to Joseph McMullen, who preceded her in death Dec. 1, 1947. She was a member of the Wray Memorial United Methodist Church, Hopkins, Royal Neighbors of America lodge, Maryville, and the Hopkins American Legion Auxiliary.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Monday at Swanson Funeral Home, Hopkins, and burial will be in the Hopkins Cemetery.

She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. James Eppers, Conway, Ia.; Mrs. Margurite Hewitt, Ft. Collins, Colo., and Mrs. Herschell O'Dougherty, Cherry Valley, Calif.; four sons, Harry McMullen, Deming, N. M.; Lavelle McMullen, Pasadena, Calif.; Ralph McMullen, St. Louis, and Everett McMullen, address unknown; 16 grandchildren and 25 great grandchildren.

 

[MCMULLEN, JOSEPH HEED]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, December 2, 1947, p. 2
Joseph McMullin Dies At His Home in Hopkins
Joseph McMullin, 76 years old, died at 10 o'clock Monday morning at his home in Hopkins. He had suffered a stroke November 22. He had lived in Hopkins for the past 31 years. Mr. McMullin was a section foreman for the C. B. & Q railroad until his retirement in 1935. He was also a Spanish American war veteran.

Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the Hopkins Methodist church of which he was a member. The Rev. Vernon Wheeler, pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in the Oak Hill cemetery in Maryville.

He was born March 8, 1871, at Chariton, Ia., the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jess McMullin. He was married to Miss Jessie Middleton, May 1, 1902 in Maryville.

Besides his wife he is survived by four sons, Harry McMullin, Albuquerque, N. M., Everett McMullin, Salina, Kas.; LaVelle McMullin, Pasadena, Calif., and Ralph McMullin, Columbia, Mo.; and three daughters, Mrs. James Eppers, Conway, Ia., Mrs. Harland Hewitt, Bedford, Ia., and Mrs. Herschel O'Dougherty, Gravity, Ia. and 11 grandchildren.

 

[MIDDLETON, CLYDE]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Friday, December 17, 1937, [p. 1]
Clyde Middleton Dies At Home in Maryville
Clyde Middleton, age 44, a resident of Maryville all of his life, died at 10:20 o'clock this morning at his home, 1202 East Jenkins street. He had been ill since September 1.

Born April 1, 1893, Mr. Middleton was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Middleton. In 1913 he was married to Miss Jane Cole of Maryville. He was employed as a laborer previous to his illness and was a member of the Baptist church.

Surviving are his widow; four daughters, Mrs. Joe Emery, Maryville, Mrs. Pauline Emery, Aberdeen, Wash., and Esta and Elizabeth Middleton of the home; one son, Billy Middleton, Twin Harbors, Minn.; a brother, Claude Middleton, Downers Grove, Ill.; and two sisters, Mrs. Jessie McMullen, Hopkins, and Mrs. Ruby Standiford, Maryville.

The funeral services have not been arranged.

 

[MIDDLETON, CLYDE]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, December 20, 1937, p. 6
Middleton Rites Today
Funeral Services Are Held at First Baptist Church
Funeral services for Clyde Middleton, age 44, who died Friday morning at his home, 1202 East Jenkins street, were held at 2 o'clock this afternoon at the First Baptist church. Rev. Lane Douglas and Rev. Thurman Bowen officiated at the services. Burial was in Oak Hill cemetery.

 

[MIDDLETON, ISAAC NEWTON]
Daily Democrat-Forum and Maryville Tribune (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, December 27, 1926, [p. 1]
Isaac Middleton Dies at His Home Sunday
Funeral Services to Be Held Tuesday and Will Be Conducted by the Rev. Douglas
Isaac Middleton, a resident of Maryville for many years, died at 6:30 o'clock Sunday morning at his home at 1302 East First street. Mr. Middleton had been in ill health for the past two years.

Funeral services will be held at the home Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock and will be conducted by the Rev. Lane Douglas of this city. Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery.

Mr. Middleton was 67 years old. He was born in Washington, Ia. He came to Maryville at an early age and had lived here most of his life, being in the dray business. His wife died July 13, 1910. He is survived by two daughters and two sons, Mrs. Jesse McMullen of Hopkins, Ruby Middleton, Maryville, Claude Middleton, Chicago, and Clyde Middleton, Maryville.

 

[MIDDLETON, ISAAC NEWTON]
Daily Democrat-Forum and Maryville Tribune (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, December 29, 1926, p. 6
Funeral Held for Isaac Middleton
Funeral services for Isaac Middleton, who died Sunday morning, were held at the home, 1302 East First street, yesterday afternoon. The Rev. Lane Douglas officiated, and burial was in Oak Hill cemetery. Relatives from a distance who attended the funeral were: Mrs. Charles Bradbury and son, John, of Burchard, Neb., Lee and James Middleton of Kansas City, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bigley and son, Charles, of Omaha, Mr. and Mrs. Will Bigley and son, Charles, of Tarkio, Mr. and Mrs. Alf Bigley of Kellerton, Ia., Mrs. Luota Cozad of St. Joseph, Isaac Blacketer of Kansas City and Mr. and Mrs. J. H. McMullen of Hopkins.

 

[MIDDLETON, SUSIE A. BIGLEY]
Daily Democrat-Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, July 13, 1910, [p. 1]
Died Suddenly of Heart Trouble
Mrs. I. [saac] N. [ewton] Middleton died very suddenly Tuesday night about 1:30 o'clock of heart trouble. She had not been in very good health for a few weeks and Tuesday morning was uptown to consult with a doctor. She was born in Fairfield, Ia., August 8, 1863, and her maiden name was Miss Susie Bigley. She is survived by her husband and four children, Ruby, Clyde, Claudia [Claude] and Mrs. Jessie McMullen, who live in the city. The funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at the house, conducted by Dr. S. S. Martin

A very sad thing in connection with the death of Mrs. Middleton is that she leaves a blind daughter, 19 years old, to whom she was passionately devoted. The blind girl has done the washing and ironing and kept the house in order and assisted in caring for her mother during the five weeks of her illness and her work was well done, too. Because of the constant companionship of her mother, the girl's bereavement is very sad.

 

[MIDDLETON, SUSIE A. BIGLEY]
Daily Democrat-Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Friday, July 15, 1910, [p. 1]
Attended Funeral
The following relatives attended the funeral on Thursday of Mrs. I. [saac] N. [ewton] Middleton, who died Tuesday morning. Mrs. Bigley, stepmother of the deceased woman and Mrs. Coffman, a sister, and Earl Bigley, a brother of Leon, Ia.; Alph Bigley, a brother, and his wife of Kellerton, Ia., and Charles Bigley, a brother, of Omaha. Also Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Middleton of Kansas City, the former being a brother of I. N. Middleton.

 

[PALMER, NETTIE, MRS.]
Daily Democrat-Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, July 12, 1910, [p. 1]
Death of Mrs. Palmer
Mrs. Frank Palmer, colored, died in Des Moines, Ia., Monday morning at 1:30 o'clock of tuberculosis. Her remains were brought to Maryville Tuesday and the funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at the African M. E. church, burial to take place in the Oak Hill cemetery. She was 27 years old.

 

[PALMER, NETTIE, MRS.]
Des Moines Register (Des Moines, Iowa), Tuesday, July 12, 1910, p. 8
PALMER—In Des Moines, Ia., July 11, 1910, Mrs. Nettie Palmer, 1300 Fremont street, aged 27 years.
The body was shipped to Maryville, Mo., last evening for funeral services and burial.

 

[PISTOLE, JENNIE ETTA SMITH]
Daily Democrat-Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, June 13, 1916, [p. 1]
Mrs. Wallace Pistole Dies
Hopkins Woman, 33 Years Old, Leaves Husband and Four Children—No Funeral Arrangements
Mrs. Wallace Pistole, 33 years old, died at her home near Hopkins last night. She had been ill for about three weeks with uremic poisoning. Mrs. Pistole leaves a husband, Wallace Pistole, four children, Ruth, 8 years old, Doris, 7 years old, Raymond, 4 years old and a baby 8 months old.

Her father, H. W. Smith, her two sisters, Mrs. Charles Coleman and Mrs. Bessie Loch, and her two brothers, Andrew and Orlie Smith, live near Pickering. Funeral arrangements have not been made.

[PISTOLE, JENNIE ETTA SMITH]
Bedford Free Press (Bedford, Iowa), Tuesday, June 20, 1916
HOPKINS – Mrs. Wallace Pistole died at her home in Hopkins Monday night of last week, after an illness of nearly a year with Bright's disease. The funeral services were held at the Baptist church Wednesday afternoon, conducted by Rev. D. W. Griffith. Interment was made in the White Oak cemetery, south of Hopkins.

 

[SHARR, JOHN AUSTIN]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, April 28, 1971, p. 7
John Austin Sharr Succumbs Tuesday
John Austin Sharr, 89, Hopkins, died at 11:50 p. m. Tuesday at the home of his son, Wilmer Sharr, following a long illness. He was a retired farmer.

He was born Feb. 7, 1882, at Cincinnati, Ind., the son of the late William and Rebecca Burch Sharr. He was married Dec. 27, 1905 to the former Miss Elsie L. Groves, who survives.

Other survivors besides his wife, Mrs. Elsie Sharr of the home, include two sons, Wilmer Sharr, Hopkins, and Ova Sharr, Maryville; two daughters, Mrs. Madge Horn, Sheridan and Mrs. Burl Tise, Kansas City; one brother, Ira Sharr, Hopkins; four sisters, Mrs. Eva Latimer, Des Moines, Ia., Mrs. Mary Hollensbe, Pickering, Mrs. Ethel Treese, Ravenwood, and Mrs. Emily Partridge, Conception Jct., eight grandchildren and six great grandchildren.

Services will be held at 2 p. m. Friday at the Price Funeral Home with Elder Cecil Judd officiating. Burial will be in the Orrsburg Cemetery.

The family will meet friends from 8 to 9 p. m. Thursday at the funeral home.

 

[SHARR, JOHN AUSTIN]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, May 1, 1971, p. 2
FUNERAL RITES HELD FOR J. AUSTIN SHARR
Funeral rites were held Friday afternoon at the Price Funeral Home, Maryville, for John Austin Sharr, Hopkins, who died Tuesday. Elder Cecil Judd officiated, and burial was in the Orrsburg Cemetery.

John Liddle, accompanied by Mrs. Eldon Asbell, organist, sang "Take My Hand Precious Lord" and "Precious Memories."

Pallbearers were Edison Hanna, Irvin Treese, John Landley, Earl Sharr, Edgar Stuart and Lester Hollensbe.

Flowers were in charge of Mrs. George Houston, Mrs. John Landley, Mrs. Alfaretta Austin and Mrs. Edison Hanna.

 

[TAYLOR, LAURA MORRELL]
Daily Democrat-Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, July 2, 1910, p. 3
The Death of Mrs. Taylor
Mrs. Laura Taylor, the wife of Samuel Taylor, died Saturday morning at 7 o'clock at the Taylor home, two and a half miles northwest of the city. Mrs. Taylor has been in ill health for some time. She was 79 years old, and is survived by her husband, two sons and one daughter. The services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock, conducted by Rev. S. S. Martin. Burial will take place in Miriam cemetery.

 

[TURNER, WILLIAM GEORGE]
Daily Democrat-Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, July 5, 1910, [p. 1]
An Old Resident Died Monday
W. G. Turner Was Born in England in 1829 Had Only Been Sick A Week—Funeral Services to be Held Wednesday
William G. Turner, one of the old and honored residents of Nodaway county, died at St. Francis hospital Monday morning at 4 o'clock, after a week's illness, caused by a sudden attack of hernia. He was taken to the hospital on Tuesday before his death by his physician, Dr. J. W. Dean and operated upon. He grew better rapidly, and his recovery seemed certain, as he was a man of remarkable vigor.
However, on Saturday afternoon he was again suddenly seized with the same trouble and he underwent a second operation Sunday noon, from the effect of which he could not rally, and grew gradually weaker until Monday morning at 4 o'clock, when he quietly passed away.
The funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home, which all the friends of the family are invited to attend. Interment will take place in Oak Hill cemetery. The services at the home will be conducted by Dr. Charles P. Luce of the First Presbyterian church.
Mr. Turner was a man of strong religious principles and a devout member of the Episcopal church and was a faithful attendant at that church when the parish had a rector. But his was a faith so broad and deep that when the church of his own faith did not offer opportunity for regular worship he always observed the Sabbath by attending some other place where men met for the worship of God and did not seem to even think of denominational lines. Because of this democratic spirit he counted his friends among the best men and women of every belief and his passing from our midst is deeply regretted. He was of the truest of men in all the relations of life.
William George Turner was born in Southampton, England, September 25, 1829. At the age of 6 years he came with his parents to America, settling in Albany, N. Y. His father, Rev. George Turner, was an Episcopal minister of considerable note and with his wife was recognized among the first families of Old England. They were among the invited guests at the coronation of Queen Victoria. The wife of Rev. Turner was Charlotte Rackley, one of the Huguenots who was obliged to flee from France because of her religious principles.
When the subject of the sketch was 21 years old the family left New York and located at Steven's Point, Wis., where the Rev. Turner was prominently known for many years, having previously served the brick church on Second street in Albany, N. Y. from the time of his arrival in New York.
In the fall of 1863, W. G. Turner came to Nodaway county, Mo., and settled, which was his home until he died. His brother, the late George W. Turner, had preceded him to this country by three years. Mr. Turner lived on his fine farm near Arkoe until about ten years ago, when he moved to Maryville. In October 1864, Mr. Turner married Aletha Denning, a sister of David L. Denning, Mrs. O. S. Briggs and Mrs. S. W. Briggs of Maryville. Her death occurred in 1897. They had one child, a daughter, Miss Elizabeth Turner, who survives. Miss Turner is prostrated by the death of her father.
Mr. Turner's father, the Rev. George Turner, was the first pastor of St. Paul's Episcopal church in Maryville and is well remembered by a number of our older residents. He was the son of a naval officer on the vessel Lord Nelson in the service of her majesty Queen Victoria.
The late Mr. Turner is survived by three brothers and a sister, who are Albert Turner of Kansas, Dr. Gus Turner of Manitoba, Mo.; Mrs. Susan Moore and Frank Turner of Hiawatha, Kan.
Mrs. Moore and Frank Turner arrived Tuesday for the funeral.

 

[VINSONHALER, ELIZABETH M. "BESSIE" SAUNDERS]
Daily Democrat-Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Friday, July 1, 1910, [p. 1]
Death of Mrs. Harry Vinsonhaler
James H. Saunders received a telegram Friday morning from Harry H. Vinsonhaler of St. Louis, announcing the death of his wife, Bessie Saunders Vinsonhaler, at 2:30 o'clock Friday morning, July 1, which was caused by nervous prostration. The funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.

Mrs. Vinsonhaler was a daughter of the late John Saunders of Maryville, a brother of James H. Saunders. Her marriage took place in this city, where she and her husband were popular young people. They went to St. Louis to make their home, where Mr. Vinsonhaler was in the employ of the Brown Shoe company. For several years past Mr. Vinsonhaler has been president of the Vinsonhaler Shoe company of St. Louis, of which Edward Lippman, son of Mrs. Lizzette Lippman of Maryville, is the manager.

Many old Maryville friends will learn of Mrs. Vinsonhaler's death with keen regret. Her bright, sunny, generous disposition is well remembered.

 

[WOLFERS, SARAH ELIZABETH PECK]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Friday, January 30, 1948, [p. 1]
Mrs. Edward Wolfers, Resident of County Over 70 Years, Dies
Mrs. Edward C. Wolfers, 93-year-old Hopkins resident, died at 11:45 o'clock this morning at her home. Mrs. Wolfers' health had been failing for several months. Mr. and Mrs. Wolfers celebrated their 77th wedding anniversary July 17. Mr. Wolfers died August 5, 1947 at the age of 98 years.

Miss Sarah Elizabeth Peck was born in September 1854 in Marion county, West Virginia. She was the granddaughter of Col. Swaney of historical fame. Her father was a slave owner and freed the slaves after the war. Her family came west in 1868.

She was married to Mr. Wolfers in St. Joseph where they resided until 1875 when they moved to Hopkins. They built their home known as "Woodland" which was at that time one of the finest homes in Nodaway county. Mrs. Wolfers was a charter member of Chapter K, P. E. O., of Hopkins.

They were the parents of eight children. Three survive. They are Mrs. Gertrude Wolfers of the home, Mrs. Jessie White and Robert Wolfers, Los Angeles; three granddaughters, Mrs. Julia Wise, Lewiston, Idaho, Mrs. Betty Hodgins, Honolulu, Hawaii, and Miss Mary Wolfers, Los Angeles and three great grandchildren.

Funeral arrangements have not been made. The body is at the Swanson funeral home in Hopkins.

Funeral arrangements have not been made.

Mr. and Mrs. Wolfers received recognition on their diamond wedding anniversary. Newspapers over the country carried stories and pictures and the Hearst Sunday magazine carried a story written by Homer Croy.

 

[WOLFERS, SARAH ELIZABETH PECK]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, February 2, 1948, [p. 1]
Rites for Mrs. Wolfers
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Edward C. [ecil] Wolfers at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon at her home in Hopkins. Mrs. Wolfers, 93 years of age, died Friday morning. The Rev. J. Vernon Wheeler, pastor of the Methodist church, conducted the services.

Mrs. Wren Peve, accompanied by Mrs. Ed Turner, sang "No Tears in Paradise" and "Abide With Me."

Pallbearers were R. A. Turner, Dr. D. W. Kirk, Harry Dalbey, Cecil Appleton, A. O. Mutti and Joseph Wright.

Flowers were in charge of Mrs. William Weir and Mrs. A. F. Mutti, jr.

Burial was in the Hopkins cemetery.

 

[WOOLDRIDGE, BAXTER]
Daily Democrat-Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Thursday, March 26, 1914, [p. 1]
Death of Baxter Wooldridge
Former Well Known Hopkins Man Died at Hugo, Col., of Heart Trouble
Word was received in Hopkins Thursday morning of the death of Baxter Wooldridge at Hugo, Col., Wednesday afternoon. The message came to Mrs. Fred Wooldridge.

Mr, Wooldridge, who had been a clothing merchant in Hopkins for thirty years, his son, Fred Wooldridge, having been associated with him for several years, left Hopkins after the last Christmas season for Hugo, Col., and became associated in business there with another son, Ed Wooldridge.

No word had been received of his illness and it is supposed he died suddenly of heart disease. The burial will take place Friday afternoon at Cheyenne Wells, Col., by the body of his wife, who died there several years ago, while they were spending a time there for her health.

Fred Wooldridge of Hopkins has been in Phoenix, Ariz., for the benefit of his health, for several months, and is returning home in fine condition physically. If he can be reached enroute it is thought he will go to Cheyenne Wells for his father's funeral.

Baxter Wooldridge was born in Jamestown, Ky., October 26, 1839, going with his parents to Bloomfield, Ia., when he was 7 years old. He spent his boyhood and early manhood on a farm near there and had the benefit of a good education. In 1856 he began teaching and followed that profession ten years. In 1865 he settled at Unionville, Ia., and engaged in the mercantile business until 1877. That year he came to Missouri and settled in Hopkins and opened a general store, a few years later putting in an exclusive stock of clothing, which he continued to carry, and the Wooldridge business has always been one of the most substantial in this section of Missouri. Mr. Wooldridge was also interested in buying and shipping stock for several years, and he had branch stores at Grant City and Lenox, Ia. He commenced life with a limited capital, but by industry and strict business integrity he has for years occupied an enviable position as a successful business man. He was a Mason since young manhood.

In 1869 Mr. Wooldridge married Miss M. [elissa] E. [lizabeth] Bailey of Knoxville, Tenn. She was a lovely woman and a leading worker in the Presbyterian church of Hopkins until her last illness came on her. Two sons were born to them, Horace Edward of Hugo, Col., and Fredrick E. [arl] of Hopkins.

Miss Mary Wooldridge of this city, who makes her home with her grandmother, Mrs. Hosea Torrance, is a granddaughter. The other grandchildren are Don Wooldridge of Hopkins, who makes his home with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Woodridge and Elizabeth, Fred, jr., and Margaret of Hopkins.
[Note: His birth date is given as October 26, 1840 on his headstone.]

[WOOLDRIDGE, BAXTER]
Bedford Free Press (Bedford, Iowa), Tuesday, April 7, 1914
Baxter Woolridge, one of the most prominent businessmen of Hopkins from the founding of the town until a short time ago, died at his home at Hugo, Col., last week. Mr. Wooldridge enjoyed a wide acquaintance among the residents of the south part of the county. He removed to Colorado a few years ago on account of ailing health, one of his sons being in business in Hugo. The immediate cause of death was paralysis.

[WOOLDRIDGE, BAXTER]
Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, April 2, 1914
HOPKINS – Word was received in Hopkins last week of the death of Baxter Wooldridge, a former businessman of Hopkins, at Hugo, Col. Mr. Wooldridge was in business here for the last 35 years, just turning over the business last December to his son Fred Wooldridge. The funeral services were held at Cheyenne Wells, Col., last Friday afternoon and the burial was by the side of his wife, who died some years ago.
Fred Wooldridge, who had been in Arizona for the last two months for his health, returned last week as far as St. Joseph, where he received word of the death of his father, Baxter Wooldridge, and left at once for Cheyenne Wells, Col., to attend the funeral.