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Intelligencer 1891-1893
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WALKER

1 Jan 1891 3/1 & 2.  At 2:45 o'clock Friday afternoon, Dr. W. V. Walker passed away to the life beyond....The doctors think death was caused from paralysis of the heart....Wellington V. Walker was born December 9, 1853 in Owen County, Kentucky.  He chose the practice of medicine for a profession and graduated from the Louisville College of Medicine.  In 1880 he married Miss Blanch J. Gary and immediately left for Missouri. ...In 1884 Dr. Walker was elected a member of Hardin College Board....Mrs. Walker survives her husband and with her are four bright children - two girls and two boys, the eldest 9 years of age and the youngest not yet one....Mr. Gary, brother of Mrs. Walker, and four brothers of the deceased arrived from Kentucky Sunday to attend the funeral  ....

MAXWELL

1 Jan 1891 4/2.  Mrs. James Maxwell.  The subject of this sketch was born Oct. 27, 1864, in Audrain County, Missouri, and died December 25, 1890.  Her maiden name was Nellie Douglass.  She was united in wedlock to James Maxwell of Rush Hill, Missouri, Nov. 1, 1883.

CHAUNCEY

1 Jan 1891 6/1.  News was received here today of the death in St. Louis County of Austin Chauncey, formerly a member of the telegraph corps of the union depot.  Consumption was the cause.

CROWDICE

1 Jan 1891 6/1.  Daniel Crowdice, aged 36 years, died of pneumonia at his home, seven miles north of Vandalia, Friday evening at 5 o'clock.

FREELIN

1 Jan 1891 8/1.  The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Freelin died yesterday afternoon and was buried today.

PRIOR

1 Jan 1891 8/1.  The three-year-old son of Frank Prior, four miles west of town, died of membranous croup last evening and was buried today.

BYRNS

8 Jan 1891 1/1,2,3,4 & 5.  The home of Mrs. John H. Byrns, four miles west of Mexico, was the scene Tuesday morning of a double tragedy...Fielder T. Byrns, hopelessly insane, bent on taking his own life...the crazed man slashed a razor across the throat of his wife, completely severing her windpipe.  He then cut his own throat...Fielder Byrns and his wife (Lina) and two children (Walker, 7 and Lettie, 5) were making their home temporarily with their mother.... Geo. Byrns, a brother of Fielder ... Mrs. Oslin, his mother-in-law...Mrs. Samuel Brown, an aunt... M. S. Bush, of Sturgeon...Mr. Bush's wife is an aunt of Fielder Byrns....There are six children beside Fielder, two sons and four daughters. (lengthy account)

8 Jan 1891 8/5. S. M. Silver was in the city today getting the particulars of the Byrns tragedy. Mrs.  Silver is a double cousin of Mrs. Fielder Byrns.

22 Jan 1891 5/1....we are deeply grateful to our kind neighbors and relatives who so tenderly cared for our dear brother and sister-in-law in their darkest hour of affliction....Signed, William F. Byrns and family      

22 Jan 1891 6/2.  Fielder Byrns, who cut his wife's throat on the 6th and then his own, died last Wednesday....

PASQUETH

8 Jan 1891 1/5.  Mrs. William C. Pasqueth...passed away at 4:45 last evening of heart trouble....Mrs. Pasqueth's maiden name was Reid.  She was married in Baltimore, Maryland, Oct. 3, 1887, to Wm. C. Pasqueth.  She leaves a bright little daughter, Hattie, aged eighteen months, and a broken hearted husband....Mrs. Pasqueth's father, Wm. H. Reid, Esq. died of heart trouble about three weeks ago.  Her mother passed away a little over a year ago.  Mrs. Pasqueth was not yet 25 years of age.

 BRUCE

8 Jan 1891 4/4.  Benton City, Mo., Jan. 6th - Mrs. Bruce, who died December 4, was in her 76th year.  She was born in Henry County, Virginia, June 15th,  1825, and came to Missouri with her parents forty years ago. They located in Warren County where the deceased lived until nine years ago when she moved with her two sons to Audrain....She was a sister of Alex Moore of Warren County....the interment took place at Benton City....

TRIMBLE

8 Jan 1891 4/4.  J. W. Trimble, father of Wood Trimble of this city, died at his home near South Fork Sunday.

MONKERS

JONES

8 Jan 1891 4/5.  Worcester, Mo. Jan. 1.  A Mrs. Jones of near Centralia, sister of Mrs. Monkers, was suffering at the same time with the same disease, cancer, and died only two hours after her sister.  Both bodies were interred in the same grave at Centralia.  Sad, indeed.  they were sisters of William, Jeff and Luther Atkins....

HARDISTY

8 Jan 1891 8/2.  Mrs. J. H. Hardisty, who lived northeast of town, died at 7 o'clock Sunday morning.  The remains will be interred in the cemetery in this city....

WINSCOTT

8 Jan 1891 8/5.  Harold, the three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Winscott of Sturgeon, died at 7:30 Saturday evening of what was supposed to be hydrophobia....The remains were interred at Mt. Pisgah...

 MITCHELL

15 Jan 1891 6/1.  Jesse Mitchell, 3-year-old son of J. T. Mitchell, cashier at Bank of Centralia, died suddenly on the 7th inst. of spinal meningitis.

CROW

15 Jan 1891 6/1.  Died, at her home one half mile west of Mt. Carmel, Mrs. Sarah Crow, wife of W. J. Crow on the 3d of January, at 6 o'clock a.m.  Deceased was an estimable woman and beloved by all.

 MOSLEY

15 Jan 1891 6/2.  Dinah Mosley, colored, died Thursday at the house of her son, Robert Mosley, in Cedar township, Boone County.  She had well authenticated documents to prove she was 134 years old.  She claimed to have been born in Virginia in 1757.

 PRESTON

15 Jan 1891 8/1.  Miss Martha Preston, aged 59 years, died at the home of her brother-in-law, Wm. Bedell....

CARSON

22 Jan 1891 1/5.  Wm. Howard (Bud) Carson died at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Carson, in St. Louis Sunday of consumption.  The remains were brought to Mexico Monday for interment....Deceased was born and raised in Mexico and was well known here.  For the past five or six years he has made his home in Tacoma, Washington.  He was 29 years of age and was married four years ago in that city to Miss Bower, who survives him.  Deceased was a brother of Mrs. Richard Graham of this city.

CREASY

22 Jan 1891 6/4.  Mrs. Creasy, wife of Wm. Creasy, died Wednesday of inflammatory rheumatism after an illness of five weeks.  She was forty-two years of age, the daughter of Wm. Bradley....

SMITH

22 Jan 1891 8/1.  Flurnoy Smith, little grandson of E. P. Smith, who lives near Molino, died Monday night at 8 o'clock of scarlet fever.

TILLEY

22 Jan 1891 8/2.  Two negro boys, Chuck Tilley and Andy Ramy, quarreled at Jefferson yesterday over a trivial matter, when the latter drew a revolver and shot the former three times, killing him instantly.

SEARS

29 Jan 1891 4/6.  Eld. M. J. Sears, President of the Baptist Publishing Co. of this city, died at his residence in Huntsville, last Tuesday....He was 59 years of age....

OWINGS

29 Jan 1891 6/2.  James W. Owings, brother of Judge D. R. Owings of this city, died at the home of his son-in-law, Samuel T. Sharp, in Montgomery City Wednesday morning, Jan. 21, 1891.  Deceased was a native of Kentucky but had resided in Montgomery City for over 20 years and in the county many years longer.

HENDERSON

29 Jan 1891 7/2.  A telegram was received from Los Angeles, California, Saturday announcing the tragic death in that city of Miss Hattie Henderson, sister of James Henderson of Fulton.  A spirited horse which she was driving became frightened and ran away, overturning the buggy and throwing her out, her head striking against the curbside, producing almost instant death.

5 Feb 1891 8/2.  The remains of Miss Hattie Henderson...were interred at Auxvasse Church Sunday....

WRIGHT

5 Feb 1891 1/3.  Mrs. Josiah Wright departed this life January 29th at 11 o'clock p.m.  She was nearly 67 years old, and a member of the Methodist Church nearly fifty years....

GREGG

5 Feb 1891 2/3.  South Ralls - Died, a small child of Nelson Gregg, on the 19th.

LAUGHLIN

5 Feb 1891 5/3.  A. Atkinson received a telegram from Winchester, Va. last Friday announcing the death there of Henry C. Laughlin.  His sisters, Mrs. Atkinson and Miss Nadie Laughlin, had been advised of his illness....Deceased was also a brother of Keenan Laughlin of this city.  The remains will be interred in Winchester, Va.

WARREN

5 Feb 1891 4/3.  Died, at Muscogee, Ind. Ter., on Saturday, Jan. 31, Miss Kate Warren, sister of Mrs. J. E. Ross of this city.  The remains will be interred in Bellfontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, where her father, mother and brother are buried.   ....Deceased was a teacher in Harrell Institute at the time of her death.  Miss Warren lived in Mexico a few years ago...

ISAACS

5 Feb 1891 7/2.  David Isaacs, one of the oldest and wealthiest pioneer citizens of Howard County, died last week, aged 65 years.  He was one of a party of fourteen who emigrated from Kentucky in 1819 to the then wilds of Missouri and erected Head's Fort, near Rocheport.

HUBERT

5 Feb 1891 8/1.  Mrs. Louis Hubert, one of the leading women on Bean Creek, died Friday evening.  She leaves a large family of children.

WILLIS

5 Feb 1891 8/2.  Died, in Marion county, Mo. January 30th, Mr. J. B. Willis, aged 73 years.  Deceased was a brother of H. P. S. Willis of this place.

SUTTER

5 Feb 1891 8/2.  John Sutter, an old resident, died last Tuesday.  Charles Sutter and brother of St. Louis, nephews of the deceased, were with their uncle during his last hours.

DONNELLY

5 Feb 1891 8/2.  Miss Anna Donnelly, who lived out at Hardin Park, died Tuesday after a lingering illness.  Services will be held at the Catholic Church at 10 o'clock.  Deceased was 26 years of age.

SWAIN

12 Feb 1891 6/1.  Mrs. A. G. Swain, sister of Mrs. J. C. Buckner, died in Shreveport, La. last Friday.  Mrs. Hyde, who was visiting her daughter, Mrs. Buckner, was called to the bedside of Mrs. Swain over a week ago.

GUY

12 Feb 1891 8/1.  Mrs. Clara Guy, sister of Mrs. Sallie Wright of this city, died of consumption in Fulton, Mo. Friday 4th, 1891.  She was loved by all who knew her.

NEVANS

19 Feb 1891 8/1.  The four year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Morse Nevans of Hastings, Michigan, died at the residence of Dr. Fritts Saturday afternoon.

GANTT

19 Feb 1891 8/2.  C. C. Gantt, a brother of P. H. Gantt, and for many years a prominent citizen of Audrain, died suddenly at Brownwood, Texas, Thursday.  He was engaged in merchandising in Martinsburg for many years.

DAY

19 Feb 1891 8/2.  Walter Day, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lum Day, who lived west of town, died of pneumonia at 4 o'clock last Monday.  Deceased was 18 years of age and a promising young man.  Funeral services were held at Hopewell Church Tuesday morning....

PILCHER

26 Feb 1891 2/1.  The Paris Appeal.  Deacon Noah E. Pilcher, of Long Branch Church, died Feb. 13, aged 62 years, 1 month, 17 days; born in Virginia, converted in early life and joined the Baptist Church.  While a young man, emigrated to Missouri and located in Platte County, afterward removed to Monroe County and united with Long Branch Church in 1858.  In January, 1860, was united in marriage with Miss C. A. Dowell, to whom were born eight children, seven of whom survive him.  In 1872 he was ordained deacon, which office he held until death....

CALVERT

26 Feb 1891 5/1.  South Ralls - Irvin and George Calvert were summoned to the deathbed of their only brother, Irattie Calvert of Monroe County, last week.

KILGORE

26 Feb 1891 5/2.  Notes from Pike -  Mrs. Kilgore near Ashland died very suddenly Sunday morning.  She was 50 years old a lady respected by all who knew her.  Her remains were interred at Concord Church near Curryville Monday.

BROWN

26 Feb 1891 8/2.  Phillip J. Brown, an old and highly respected colored man, living two miles west of Mexico, died suddenly Saturday night of heart disease.  He came here from Kentucky about eleven years ago....

DYE

26 Feb 1891 5/5.  A son of James Dye, who lives at Vandalia, was killed by lightning near that place Monday afternoon.  The boy was returning from the field where he had been repairing a wire fence and the wire stretcher which he carried in his hand it is supposed attracted the lightning.  He was killed instantly.

5 Mar 1891 2/3.  Vandalia Leader....Young Walter Dye was about 17 years of age and in company with his two brothers was at work on his father's farm Tuesday....

PITTS

26 Feb 1891 6/1.  Mrs. John Pitts, aged 70 years, died at her home near Vandalia, Feb. 18th.

ROYALL

Mrs. Parnelia Royall, aged 90 years, died at Columbia Feb. 18th.  She was one of the oldest residents of that town.

FISHER

26 Feb 1891 7/1.  Postmaster Beatty received a telegram Friday from Wm. C. Gamble, who is at Columbia, which announced the death of Dr. M. M. Fisher... his aged mother and other relatives, including the relatives of Mrs. Fisher from this county, were with him at the time of death.  Dr. Fisher was one of Missouri's greatest educators.  He was born in Park County, Ind. Oct. 8, 1834.  His father, Judge Jas. M. Fisher, was born in Ohio in 1810....Dr. Fisher was married three times, his last wife, who was Miss Eliza Gamble, daughter of Judge John W. Gamble of Audrain County, together with several children, survive him.  L. J. Fisher, a prominent citizen of St. Louis, is a brother....

 WILCOX

5 Mar 1891 2/1.  Salt River Items - Henry Wilcox, the mail carrier from Mexico by way of Gant to Youngers in Boone County made his regular trip on Thursday the 19th, and got wet in the rain, took sick the next day with pneumonia and died the 26th after six days of severe suffering.

FORD

26 Feb 1891 7/3.  Joe Kendall...states that Frank Ford, who was sojourning at Greenville, Miss., died last Tuesday of consumption.  Mr. Ford left here some time since for the south in the hope that a change of climate would benefit his health which was then declining rapidly.  Mrs Ford, it will be remembered, died in Kentucky a year or more ago.  Both were well known in Audrain where Mr. Ford had made his home for twenty years or more.

BLACK

5 Mar 1891 2/1.  Salt River Items - Old Doctor Black died Feb. 21st and was buried at Concord Feb. 23rd.

DAY

5 Mar 1891 6/1.  C. C. Day, who lived west of town, died of pneumonia at 1 o'clock Thursday.  His son died of the same disease a few days ago,.  The cold that caused his father's death was contracted at the son's funeral.

PEASE

5 Mar 1891 8/1.  L. M. Pease, formerly of this city, died at his home in Englewood, New Jersey, Saturday, of cancer of the stomach.

GILLHAM

5 Mar 1891 8/2.  Died, of pneumonia, March 2nd at 7 o'clock a.m., Margaret J. Gillham, aged 74 years and 8 months. ----

NEWKIRK

12 Mar 1891 7/2.  Mrs. Newkirk, wife of Joseph Newkirk, who lives southeast of town, died Friday afternoon of pneumonia and was interred in the cemetery in this city Saturday.  Mr. Newkirk is also ill of the same disease....

 WILSON

2 Mar 1891 8/1.  Wilburn French Wilson, who lived 7 miles southeast of town, died Sunday and was buried Monday.

SCOTT

12 Mar 1891 8/2.  The remains of Mrs. Kate Scott, who died at her home near Laddonia Sunday morning, were interred Monday afternoon in the cemetery at Wellsville....

MATTHEWS

12 Mar 1891 8/5.  Rev. Dr. Matthews, Rector of St. Paul's Church, died at his home on East Liberty street at 9:15 o'clock Sunday morning...the immediate cause of his death was typhoid pneumonia....Rev. Matthews was a native of Ireland, born in the city of Dublin Jan. 5, 1844, and in which city obtained his education....The remains were taken to Van Buren, Ark. for interment.  Rev. Matthews leaves a wife and four children, two boys and two girls.

SCHOWENGERDT

19 Mar 1891 1/5.  Ernst Schowengerdt...died at his home in Warrenton Friday.  Mr. Schowengerdt was of that sturdy class of Germans who along in the forties left their native land to seek a home among the people of America....He began life without a dollar.  He died the wealthiest citizen of his county.  His large family of children has been handsomely provided for, each one of whom has been given a splendid farm in Montgomery County.   ....His youngest son, Frank...succeeds his father in the mercantile business in Warrenton.

KEARNS

19 Mar 1891 5/6.  The remains of Moses Kearns, who died at his home in Benton City Friday evening, were interred in the Catholic burying ground in this city Monday, services conducted by Rev. Father Dempsey.  The cause of his death was rupture caused by heavy lifting.  Deceased was well known here, having been a resident of the county for the past twenty-five years or more.  An interesting family survives him.

JESSE

19 Mar 1891 6/1.  A little child of Wm. Jesse, just west of town, died Thursday.

CUNNINGHAM

19 Mar 1891 6/2.  Miss Clemma Cunningham, a sister of Mrs. James A. Logan of Washington, D.C., died near Centralia Thursday of inflammation of the brain, aged 47 years.  She has been living in Boone for about seven years.  The place of interment will probably be in Washington, D.C.

MATTHEWS

19 Mar 1891 6/2.  The Columbia Herald, referring to the death of Rev. J. A. Matthews, says: In Mexico Sunday, March 8, Rev. J. A. Matthews, rector of the Episcopal church at that place, aged 47 years....

BUEKER

19 Mar 1891 6/3.  Huntsville, Mo., March 13 - The jury in the case of the State vs. Reinhard Koch, charged with murder, has just brought in a verdict of not guilty.  This case was brought to Huntsville from Warren county on a change of venue. Koch kept a hotel and saloon at Holstein in Warren county.  Bueker was a farmer in the community....He talked about Koch's wife and was disposed to make trouble between them. Koch ordered him to leave the premises.  Bueker started to do so.  As he was in the act of mounting his horse the trouble was renewed and Koch, losing his self-control, shot Bueker and killed him....

SMITHEY

19 Mar 1891 8/1.  The eleven-year-old son of Wm. Smithey died Tuesday afternoon of pneumonia.

BARTON

26 Mar 1891 1/1....During last September, Dixie Barton, a carpenter, arrived in Mexico from Pulaski County.  Barton is about 25 years of age and married...Barton lived in east Mexico for some time, but recently occupied the Rodman residence three doors south of the southeast corner of Hardin Park....Barton has not been well for the past month but continued to work... Dr. Adams pronounced the case small pox....

GARNER

26 Mar 1891 1/4....William Garner breathed his last yesterday morning....Dr. Watts, who was first called to see the patient and was with him a few minutes before he died, is positive he died of hydrophobia....(lengthy article)

DARNELL

10 Apr 1891 8/1.  The funeral of Henry Darnell, who died in Raton, N.M. was held at Vandalia Tuesday, Rev. J. S. Jesse of this city conducting

the service.

HOCKADAY

26 Mar 1891 6/6.  Isaac Hockaday, of Fulton, died Tuesday. Banker Hockaday of Columbia and his wife went over to Fulton yesterday to attend the funeral.  Judge Hockaday, brother of the deceased, adjourned court at Fayette and came down yesterday.  Deceased was one of the leading citizens of Callaway County.

CULWELL

26 Mar 1891 6/1.  Joeph Culwell, aged 61 years, died at his home near Vandalia, Wednesday.

BLAIN

26 Mar 1891 6/3.  Councilman A. F. Reid Thursday received a letter from his son, Charles, conveying the intelligence of...the death of a little 7-year-old cousin.  Charles Reid is with his uncle, W. H. Blain, at Visalia, California....The little 7 year-old-son of Mr. Blain was...run over and killed by the horses.

BASS

26 Mar 1891 8/2.  Mrs. Bass, wife of L. N. Bass, died last Monday after a lingering illness....

MARTIN

26 Mar 1891 8/6.  Died.  At her home in Santa Maria, Calif. on March 8, 1891, Mrs. Sarah Martin passed from this life.  Deceased, with her husband, Thomas J. Martin, were among the pioneer settlers of Audrain County.  They left here to settle in California in 1865.  Mrs. Martin was a sister to Mrs. Gideon Williams and Mrs. James Sims, now residents of this county, and mother of Mrs. John H. Hayden, formerly of Mexico....

LAWRENCE

2 Apr 1891 2/3.  Died, at Calwood, Callaway county, on the 23d inst, Mrs. Dr. T. M. Lawrence.  The deceased was 24 years of age and was married on the 4th of last December.  She was a niece of Mrs. Hannah Hood and has many friends in the Beaver Dam neighborhood....

2 Apr 1891 5/4.  Beaver Dam items.  We were a little shocked when we heard of the death of Mrs. May Lawrence...

HORD

2 Apr 1891 4/4.  Died, at Greenton, Lafayette county, Mo. March 24, 1891, Mrs. Mary D. Hord, aged 61 years.  The deceased was born near Georgetown, Scott county, Ky. and was the only surviving daughter of the late Mrs. Caroline Gorham....She removed to Missouri in 1868 in which she passed the remainder of her life....She leaves her husband, E. L. Hord, one brother, S. K. Gorham of Scott county, Ky. and her only child, Mrs. (Richard) Ella Hord Strobhart....She was interred at Mexico, Mo.....

SMITH

2 Apr 1891 6/2.  Lucian B. Smith, of Washington, who was visiting at Laddonia with his family some four weeks ago, returned to his home about the first of March, had the misfortune to lose his 16 months old boy with measles contracted here.

HEAD

2 Apr 1891 6/4.  Miss Emma Head, who died in Moberly, was well known in this city where she often visited relatives, Mrs. L. A. Powell being her aunt....

MARSHALL

2 Apr 1891 7/3.  From the Columbia Statesman -  Died, in Columbia, Mo. March 23, 1891, suddenly of paralysis of the brain, Mrs. Mary J., wife of Mr. Wm. Marshall, in the 61st year of her age.  Mr. Marshall and family formerly lived in Audrain county and moved here last week to educate two sons at the university...she was interred in the Columbia cemetery.

WHEATLEY

2 Apr 1891 8/2.  Wm. Wheatley, who formerly lived in this city, died in St. Louis on the 30th.  The remains were brought to this city for interment.

BROWN

9 Apr 1891 1/4 - Capt. J. W. Brown, formerly in the hotel business here, died in St. Louis Sunday morning from la grippe....The remains were brought here Tuesday and interred with Masonic honors.... Previous to his residence here, Mr. Brown lived in Callaway where he was well known.  He was a brother-in-law of J. M. Menefee of this city.

DERMODY

9 Apr 1891 7/2.  Mrs. Dermody, wife of Jerry Dermody, died at the home of her father east of town April 1st at 10 o'clock in childbirth.... Friday funeral services were held at St. Brendan's church....Mrs. Dermody, who was married to Jerry Dermody about a year ago, was an excellent woman.

VARNON

9 Apr 1891 7/2.  From the Monroe City Democrat -  Mrs. Varnon, wife of Dr. Varnon, died in this city Tuesday, March 31, of consumption. The remains were taken to Mexico April 1 for interment there, Odd Fellows escorting the body to the depot.  Dr. Varnon moved here but a few months ago from Mexico and engaged in the grocery business.

16 Apr 1891 1/2.  From the Monroe City Democrat - Mrs. Ida T. Varnon, wife of Dr. C. T. Varnon, born in Audrain county, Mo., Aug. 16, 1861, died at their home in Monroe City March 31, 1891, aged 29 years, 7 months and 15 days.  Mrs. Varnon was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Baker....

FLETCHER

9 Apr 1891 8/1.  The six-months-old child of James Fletcher, just west of town, died Saturday and was buried Sunday.

PRYOR

16 Apr 1891 2/1.  Courtney, the eighteen year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pryor died Saturday, April 4, of pneumonia.

ROBERTSON

16 Apr 1891 4/4.  Prairie View - John, Bob and George Brown attended the funeral of their venerable uncle, Benjamin Robertson, at Fulton on Sunday last.

RICKETTS

16 Apr 1891 1/1.  Mr. S. P. Emmons received a telegram Tuesday morning from Maj. Ricketts stating that Mrs. Ricketts died Monday night.  The remains will be brought to Mexico....About a year ago it became evident that M__. Ricketts could

only live a few years at most.  In the hopes of  prolonging her life, she was taken to Canon City, Colo., Major Ricketts and their daughters, Julia, Lena and Mamie, accompanying her....

23 Apr 1891 6/2.  The funeral services of Mrs. H. A. Ricketts was held at the M.E. church, South, last Friday....The remains were interred at the city cemetery....Mrs. Ricketts was 45 years of age, being born on her father's farm in the old Callaway settlement in Warren County, March 12, 1846.  When a girl of 20, her father located in Mexico and two years later on May 5th, 1868, she was married to Maj. H. A. Ricketts....Among the relatives and friends attending the funeral in addition to Mr. and Mrs. Redman Callaway are Mrs. J.D. Ray of St. Louis, sister of Maj. Ricketts....

RUDDER

16 Apr 1891 6/1.  Talbot Rudder, age 13 years, son of Jason Rudder, died at his home near Thompson April 10th of consumption.  The remains were interred at Thompson Saturday.

LOVEJOY

16 Apr 1891 6/2.  The other day Abijah Lovejoy of Centralia, Mo. cutting timber, rushed in to save his little son from a falling tree and his own head was crushed.  The child was badly bruised.

MELLOWAY

16 Apr 1891 6/2.  John Melloway, aged eighteen years, son of George Melloway, living one mile south of Horseshoe Lake, six miles southwest of Columbia, was instantly killed by a stroke of lightning Wednesday morning.

WILLIAMS

16 Apr 1891 6/3.  Strother M. Williams died at his home on Clark Avenue at 12:30 Thursday night....  Mr. Williams was a native of Virginia....He leaves four children, two daughters and two sons....

WILLIAMS

16 Apr 1891 8/1.  W. W. Williams, father of J. V. Williams, died at Westport, Mo. Sunday and was buried Tuesday.

GUTHRIE

23 Apr 1891 1/1.  Joel Guthrie received a telegram from Kentucky Sunday which announced the death by arsenical poison of B. F. Guthrie, his cousin, and brother of Mrs. Fannie Campbell of Youngs Creek.  The poisoning occurred at the residence of Albert Herr at Lindon, a small station near Louisville, where 75 guests had assembled Wednesday to witness the marriage ceremony of William Snook and Miss Fannie Belle Herr, the latter also a cousin of Joel and Caleb Guthrie of this city.  A wedding dinner followed the ceremony and every one of the guests, which included men, women, and children, were poisoned....Nearly everything that was placed upon the table was left in a spring house overnight.  'Dr. John Howard and myself (Dr. Chenoweth, a prominent physician of Louisville) made a chemical analysis of the salad. We found no arsenic but ptomaines in abundance.'....

30 Apr 1891 4/2 - A letter from Mrs. Fannie Crawford, of Youngs Creek, now in Louisville, Ky., to Joel Guthrie of this city, states that Mrs. B. F. Guthrie died on the 23rd at 4:30.  Mrs. Gray, her sister, in the same house, is not expected to recover....

SLACK

SCOTT

23 Apr 1891 3/3.  Died, in Fort Worth, Texas, April 15, 1891, Mrs. E. J. Slack, wife of Maj. Thomas Slack and sister of J.M. and F.S. Riley of this city.  Deceased formerly lived here....She will be laid to rest this morning (16th) beside her daughter, Mrs. J.C. Scott, who preceded her many years ago....

DUDLEY

23 Apr 1891 4/3.  Fulton, Mo., April 20 - Robert Dudley, a well-to-do farmer, who resides near Shamrock in this county...went to the farm of his brother, James Dudley, six miles east of Fulton on a visit.  Last night he arose from his bed, caught his horse, and left without saying anything to the family...found him on the bank of a small stream with his throat cut.

MOORE

23 Apr 1891 5/2.  Callaway Cullings - The sale of the effects of David Moore, deceased, was well attended.  The proceeds of the blacksmith tools amounted to $400.  Mrs. Moore will remain with her brother, Mr. Wm. Bailey.

CLARK

23 Apr 1891.  Laddonia Matters - Charlie Clark of Martinsburg died last Sunday and was buried by the Masons Tuesday.  He leaves a wife, Mrs. Bettie Clark, and a son, Lou Clark, of this place; he also leaves several grand children.

30 Apr 1891 6/2.  Uncle Charlie Clark, who died in Martinsburg, was born in Sullivan County, Tenn. Jan. 28, 1813.  In 1842 he emigrated to Missouri, settling in Ralls County and in 1855 he came to Audrain....

REED

23 Apr 1891 6/1.  Frank Reed, aged 78 years, father of Mrs. May of Farber, died on the 11th.  He had been in feeble health all winter but was seriously ill only a short time.

PINDALL

30 Apr 1891 7/3.  Clarksburg, Mo., April 22 - General Evan Shelby Pindall, who died last week at the residence of J.N. Ball in Audrain County, was ...born December 5, 1801 in Morgantown, Monongalia County, W. Va. The family was noted for their military record.  His grandfather was at Washington at Braddock's defeat; his father served the last four years as an officer in the Revolutionary War and he, himself, served as Captain and Colonel of both infantry and cavalry   ....His wife, Drusilia Morgan...belonged to the renowned Colonel Morgan's family of West Virginia.  He was the father of six children - Colonel L.A. and Maj. X. J. Pindall of the Confederate army, Mrs. John Ball, Mrs. Frank Wilfley, Miss Hannah E. and Ethelbert Pindall.

BERRY

GOODNIGHT

YEAGER

30 Apr 1891 7/3.  From the Paris Appeal - Henry L. Berry died April 17, aged 80 years, 8 months and 7 days.  Born in Madison County, Virginia, in 1810, emigrated to Missouri in 1834 and settled in Monroe County, moved to Audrain County in 1840, married in 1837 to Nancy Goodnight by whom nine children were born.  She died in 1853.  He was married in 1855 to Mary Yeager, by whom 11 children were born; she died October 1880.  At this time nine of his children are living....

ROBNETT

30 Apr 1891 8/1.  Noah Robnett, a central Missouri pioneer, died at his home near Columbia Saturday evening.

BUGANT

30 Apr 1891 8/1.  William Bugant was killed by the accidental explosion of a dynamite cartridge Saturday at a quarry near Columbia....

TRIMBLE

7 May 1891 1/4.  Mrs. Trimble, wife of David Trimble, was found dead in a chair at her home at the foot of Monroe street at 11 o'clock last Saturday....About 9:30 her husband came up town at her request to get something to eat and when he returned at 11, his wife was dead....Mrs. Trimble came to Mexico from Kentucky about twenty-five years ago.  She was the mother of A. M. Trimble of the Washington Street Second Hand store.  The funeral occurred Sunday.

SANDIDGE

7 May 1891 1/6.  M. C. Sandidge, Recorder of Deeds of Saline county, died at his home near Marshall April 30, of cancer of the stomach.

SNOOKS

7 May 1891 6/2.  William Snooks, one of the victims of the Kentucky poisoning, died in Cincinnati Thursday.  Mr. Snooks was the bridegroom.

WILBURN

7 May 1891 8/2.  The remains of the two year old child of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Wilburn, which died in Montgomery City, were brought to Mexico Monday for interment.  Mr. and Mrs. Wilburn formerly lived here.

HARTMAN

14 May 1891 4/3.  New Florence, Mo., May 10.  A little child of John Hartman, living south of this place, was left playing on the bed alone.  When the mother returned she found it hanging by its chin to the footboard, dead.  In attempting to get out, it had hanged itself.

WATTS

14 May 1891 8/1.  Died, Saturday, May 9, of congestion of the stomach, little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Watts.  Remains were interred Sunday at Liberty church.

NORRIS

21 May 1891 1/1....several killed by the cyclone in the Norris neighborhood.  A baby of Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Norris was among the killed.  The house was blown to splinters....

DEMPSEY

21 May 1891 3/3 - Mrs. Dempsey, mother of Father Dempsey, died suddenly Thursday of heart trouble.  She was in her sixtieth year and was an estimable lady.  The remains were Friday taken to Bloomfield, Ill. for interment....Sarah Dempsey was born in the county of Antrim, Ireland, and came to America when 14 years of age.  Funeral services were held at St. Brendan's church last Friday, conducted by Father Dempsey, assisted by Father Haar of Martinsburg and Father Straubinger of Moberly....

DOUGAN

21 May 1891 6/1.  Mary Dougan, wife of Wm. Dougan of this city, died in Curryville Wednesday and was buried Thursday.  She was 58 years of age and a good woman.

KUNKEL

DOERGE

ROGERS

HUNT

28 May 1891 1/1 & 2.  The sickening details of Wednesday's cyclone tell a tale of horror which the imagination can hardly picture....Those killed outright are: Balsen Kunkel, Sophia Doerge (daughter of John Doerge, aged 6), Homer Rogers (aged 15), H. C. Hunt....

LEET

28 May 1891 5/4.  Laddonia Matters. The sad news was telegraphed here this morning that Archie Leet was dead.  He was for a long time telegraph operator here....

28 May 1891 8/2.  Charlie Clark received a telegram from Kansas City Tuesday announcing the death of Archie Leet, formerly of Laddonia.... Deceased leaves a wife and two children.

CAPPS

28 May 1891 6/1.  Mrs. John Capps of Santa Fe, who died of consumption, was buried at South Fork Thursday.

TANNEHILL

28 May 1891 6/1.  Dr. C. J. Tannehill, of Brownwood, Texas, brother-in-law of Mrs. Judge Macfarlane and Mrs. P. E. Locke, died last Thursday.  The telegram didn't state cause of death.  Mrs. G. B. Macfarlane left Thursday by way of Jefferson City for Brownwood, Texas.

BARTH

28 May 1891 8/1.  Joseph Barth Monday received the sad intelligence of the death of his father in Germany.

McDOWELL

28 May 1891 8/2.  Mrs. George McDowell, of Martinsburg, died Saturday and was buried at Benton City Sunday.  Mrs. McDowell left a two weeks old babe and four other children....

HARRISON

4 Jun 1891 5/3.  Callaway Cullings - Last Sunday was set apart as Children's Day at Pleasant Grove church, but the exercises were postponed owing to the burial of Mrs. Chas. Harrison.  Mrs. Harrison moved to St. Louis a few weeks ago.  She had been very low with consumption for some time....Mrs. Harrison is a daughter of James Satterfield.  She leaves one child, a husband and three sisters.

DAVENPORT

4 Jun 1891 6/1.  Died, at her home near Thompson Friday evening, Mrs. John Davenport.

PRATT

4 Jun 1891 6/1.  Mrs. Pratt, who lives near Rush Hill, died Tuesday night in child birth.  The remains were interred at Rush Hill church.  the funeral was preached by Eld. Hill.

HURDLE

4 Jun 1891 6/1.  John Hurdle, brother of Hardy Hurdle, one of Audrain's oldest citizens, died in the Insane Hospital at Fulton, May 13th, of la grippe.  He had been an inmate of the asylum for fourteen years.  His parents were Thomas and Mary Hurdle, who died in this county many years ago.  Deceased was in his 50th year.

WILSON

4 Jun 1891 6/2.  Died, at his home in the vicinity of Rush Hill, May 26th, Jacob Wilson, aged 63 years.  He had been a consistent member of the Christian church for many years....

ENGLE

4 Jun 1891 8/2.  Be careful how you pare your corns.  Jacob Engle of Warrenton died Sunday from the effects of a small wound on the foot made by a knife ten days ago while paring a corn.  The wound became inflamed, grew rapidly worse and finally caused his death by blood poisoning.

MUMPOWER

4 Jun 1891 8/2.  David Mumpower, father of Rev.    J. A. Mumpower of this city and Prof. T. G. Mumpower of Central College, Fayette, Mo. died in Chillicothe Friday at the age of 77.

SHUMATE

JOHNSON

8 Jun 1891 3/1.  Henry W. Johnson was hanged in Emory, Texas, Monday, for the murder of Col. Wm. Shumate, his friend and benefactor....The murdered man was the father of Mrs. Bud Luckie of this city and at one time was a respected citizen of Audrain county....

PATTERSON

18 Jun 1891 5/2.  Callaway Cullings - A good citizen gone.  The sad duties of paying the last tribute of respect to the dead drew a large crowd to Pleasant Grove church at which time the funeral of Charlie Patterson took place....

HALL

18 Jun 1891 5/5.  After a prolonged illness, Mrs. Laura W. Hall died at her residence on Liberty street at 1:30 yesterday....Mrs. Hall was a Miss Lakenan....She was in her 29th year and leaves four little children.

SCHOOLER

25 Jun 1891 6/3.  Centralia Guard - Mrs. Jos. Phillips of Audrain passed through here Sunday en route for home, having been at the home of her mother, Mrs. Fannie Hodge, in Columbia several weeks, attending at the bedside of her sister, Mrs. Lulu Schooler, who died the 11th inst. and was interred at Hickory Grove cemetery.

HULTZ

VAWTER

2 Jul 1891 1/3.  Marshall Hultz, who, in Boone county three years ago, shot and killed Allen Vawter, his neighbor, in a quarrel, took his own life at Columbia Tuesday by cutting his throat.

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KEETON

2 Jul 1891 4/5.  Mrs. Celia Keeton, the venerable mother of W. L. Keeton of near Thompson, died at the home of her son Tuesday in her 82d year.  Mrs. Keeton spent 55 years of her life in Audrain, coming to the county with her husband, Thomas Keeton, from Kentucky, before this county was organized....

HARRISON

2 Jul 1891 5/3.  Callaway Cullings - A little fourteen months old child of Mr. Chas. Harrison, who resides in St. Louis, was interred at the cemetery at Pleasant Grove the 22d.

JOHNS

2 Jul 1891 8/1.  Capt. Johns, prominent Grand Army man, died suddenly of heart failure at Clarksville Monday.

CLARK

2 Jul 1891 8/1.  Twins were born to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clark, near Benton, Saturday.  The son died but the daughter and mother are both doing well.

SIMS

9 Jul 1891 1/3.  James M. Sims, a pioneer settler of Audrain, died at his home three miles northeast of Mexico Sunday, of an affection of the kidneys.  Mr. Sims was 63 years of age and had lived in Audrain since he was 18.  He was born in Boone in 1828 and after his father's death in 1842, young Sims went to Howard county where he remained 4 years.  He then came to Audrain and entered 240 acres of land on Skull Lick....On the first of Feb. 1849, Mr Sims. married Miss Louisa Goatley, then of Boone co....Mrs. Sims is the sister of Mrs. Gideon P. Williams and Mrs. Thomas J. Martin.  There were born to Mr. and Mrs. Sims eleven children of whom there are now living, Mrs. Wm. Hensley, of Jackson co.; Mrs. Charles Dingle, of California; Mrs. Charles Lewis, Mrs John A. Lewis, Elias W., Jefferson D., James D. and Miss Louise of Audrain....The interment took place last Monday at the city cemetery.

CAUTHORN

9 Jul 1891 1/2.  Mr. B. R. Cauthorn received a telegram from Corvallis, Oregon, last Monday, announcing the death of his brother, Senator Thomas E. Cauthorn at 3 p.m. Sunday.  Senator Cauthorn was a native of Missouri, having been born in this city in 1849.  When 16 years of age he went to Oregon....He leaves a wife and three children.

23 Jul 1891 5/1 ....He was born in Mexico, Missouri Aug. 31, 1849; came to Oregon with his father's family in 1865; was married in 1870 to Miss Sarah Jeffries.  A few years of his life was spent in Washington Territory....  

VANNOY

9 Jul 1891 2/3.  Nathaniel Vannoy, 8 years old, while driving a horse from the field at his home, several miles northwest of Bowling Green, Wednesday afternoon, fell off and became entangled in the trace chains, frightening the horse...his head was mashed to a pulp under the horse's hoofs.

WEINAND

9 Jul 1891 8/1.  Mrs. Chas. Weinand, wife of Chas. Weinand Jr., died Friday near Young's Creek and was buried here Saturday.

HAWKINS

9 Jul 1891 8/2.  St. Louis Chronicle - Jas. Hawkins, one of the Custom House custodians force, who was body servant to General John McNeill during the war and who was the first man wounded at Fulton, Mo. died Monday morning, nearly 60 years of age.

RICHARDS

16 Jul 1891 1/6.  Entered into life eternal, Sunday morning at 5 o'clock, Mrs. Editha Richards, aged 67 years.  Mrs. Richards was born in Lynchburg, Virginia, where she and Mr. Richards were married 47 years ago....Her husband and only child, Mrs. Wm. Llewellyn....

16 Jul 1891 8/1.  Editha Talliaferro, daughter of Maj. A. Talliaferro of Amherst co., Va. died in Mexico, Mo. July 12th, 1891, aged 67 years and 9 months.

DYE

16 Jul 1891 4/5.  Wm. Dye, a brakeman on the C & A, was killed at Bowling Green last Tuesday in attempting to jump from one train to another.  He was thrown under the wheels and ground to death.

EUBANKS

16 Jul 1891 6/1.  The infant child of James Eubanks died last evening of brain fever.

HARPER

16 Jul 1891 6/4.  Thomas H. Harper, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Harper, died at 3 o'clock last Friday....

Deceased was 46 years of age.  He was born in Warren county but has lived in Audrain since 1863.  He leaves a wife who was the daughter of Dr. Wm. H. Lee, and two children - W. L., who is 22 years of age and lives in Kansas City and Pattie, aged 17....the remains were conveyed to the city cemetery for interment.

HADSELL

16 Jul 1891 8/1.  J. H. Hadsell, aged 60 years, died at his home near Vandalia Monday of brain trouble.

RAY

16 Jul 1891 8/4.  Maj. Ricketts Monday received a telegram from St. Louis which stated that the wife of Gus Ray, well known here, died Sunday night and would be buried in Paris, Ky. Tuesday.

WORSHAM

16 Jul 1891 8/4.  Mrs. Worsham, wife of James Worsham, died Tuesday afternoon of consumption.  Mrs. Worsham had been an invalid for a number of years....the remains were interred at Littleby Church yesterday afternoon.

VAUGHN

23 Jul 1891 1/3.  News of the tragic death of Thomas Vaughn, who lives 16 miles north of Mexico, reached here yesterday.  Mr. Vaughn had been working a young mule....a long rope had been placed about its neck....On this occasion the rope became wound about Mr. Vaughn's leg unnoticed by him and...the mule...bounded away throwing Mr. Vaughn to the ground and dragging him until he was dead.  Mr. Vaughn was a cousin of Dr. Vaughn of that section and also cousin of Frank Vaughn, the mule dealer.  Deceased was about 35 years of age and married....

STERRETT

23 Jul 1891 2/1.  From the Perry Enterprise - At    the home of her sister, Mrs. J. W. Trimble, near    Santa Fe, on Friday evening, July 10th, 1891,       Miss Ann Sterrett, aged 73 years.   "Aunt Ann",     as she was called by all who knew her...had become  about blind and was helpless almost as a child.

JACKSON

23 Jul 1891 1/6.  J. B. Jackson, who died Saturday evening of consumption, were interred Sunday at New Hope church, in which neighborhood deceased lived upon a farm for many years previous to his residence in Mexico....Mr. Jackson was a native of Audrain.  He was born on a farm two and a half miles from the spot where the body now rests, forty seven years ago, being among the first children born in the county.  His father settled on the farm in 1833.  Deceased leaves a wife and six children, the oldest being Rufus, aged 15.   

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RUSSEL

23 Jul 1891 6/1.  Col. Frank T. Russel, an old citizen of Boone County, died in Columbia on the 15th, aged 72 years.

BUCHANAN

23 Jul 1891 6/1.  Miss Maud Buchanan, daughter of James Buchanan of Santa Fe, died Wednesday July 15, aged 19 years.

CAPPS

6 Aug 1891 2/3.  Died, in Monroe County near Santa Fe, Mo., Lillian Stephenson Capps, infant daughter of John Capps, aged four months and 5 days.  It has been but a little while since we recorded the death of the mother....

WALDEN

6 Aug 1891 8/4.  Mrs. Anna Walden, mother of Mrs. I. J. Sims and Mrs. Ben Sims, died of paralysis Friday evening at the residence of Capt. Clem, west of town.  She was about 65 years of age, one of the oldest residents of Audrain....

TOALSON

SMITH

13 Aug 1891 8/1.  Bazzie Toalson, nephew of B. L. Locke of this city, and Frank Smith, both aged 10 years, were drowned in the river at Jefferson City Saturday evening.

RANDOLPH

13 Aug 1891 8/1.  Miss Randolph, daughter of O. L. Randolph, died of typhoid fever Sunday and was buried at Laddonia Tuesday....

CLUSTER

20 Aug 1891 2/4.  Middletown Chips says,  "Rev. Albert Cluster died on the 10th of July at Kirksville, Mo.  He was a former resident of West Prairie, where he spent the days of his youth.    At the close of the war he was discharged and soon after entered school at Louisiana under the supervision of Prof. Barwick.  He had been in the ministry of the M. E. Church for about fifteen years." ....Deceased was a cousin of A. B. Cluster of this city.

(Dec. 31, 1891 issue here out of sequence)

TRIPLETT

27 Aug 1891 1/6.  Saturday night John Triplett, who lived near Clark, filled up with liquor and started home.  On his way, he fell in with a tramp and they decided to pass the night in a box car....About 3 o'clock Triplett...decided to go home....he started up the track...he was struck by the train and cut to pieces.  Triplett was a married man, his wife being the daughter of Mrs. McBride, who lives near Centralia.

WILSON

27 Aug 1891 3/4.  Mrs. Nannie O. Wilson, aged 79, died Thursday morning in Louisiana after a lingering illness.  The deceased was the widow of Asaph Wilson and mother-in-law of Capt. W. H. Morrow....She leaves four children, all residents of Louisiana.

EMMETT

27 Aug 1891 6/1.  Yesterday afternoon while adjusting a belt in the machinery of the Rockbridge Distillery near Columbia, Ed Emmett, aged 18 years, son of the proprietor, was fatally injured.  This is the only distillery in Boone County and was opened last Friday.

HENLEY

27 Aug 1891 8/1.  Rev. A. E. Rogers preached the funeral of Miss Gertrude Henley at Fulton Saturday.

SPOTTUCK

27 Aug 1891 8/1.  Mrs. Matilda Spottuck died Saturday at the home of J. D. Lewellen, five miles south of Vandalia.  She was in her 84th year.

HICKMAN

9 Sep 1891 1/4.  J. T. Hickman died suddenly at the old Hickman farm, four miles south of Mexico, at 3 o'clock last Tuesday of congestion of the brain....Mr. Hickman was about 38 years of age.  He leaves a wife and two children, one boy of seven and the other an infant....

BEEMAN

9 Sep 1891 2/3.  Mr. and Mrs. John Beeman of Monroe County left Mexico a few weeks since on a visit to Kentucky friends.  Last Thursday Mrs. Beeman's father, R. G. Yowell, received a telegraph message stating that his daughter was dangerously ill....received a second dispatch saying that Mrs. Beeman was dead.  The remains arrived here Friday on the noon train.

MACFARLANE

10 Sep 1891 1/6.  Mrs. Catherine Macfarlane died Sunday morning Sept. 6th at the home of her son-in-law, Mr. Otho McCrackin, near Fulton, Mo., aged 95 years.  She was buried at Richland Church, Callaway County, Monday.  Her son, Judge G. B. Macfarlane, was with her at the time of her death.  Mrs. G. B. Macfarlane and sons, and Miss Irnie Macfarlane, left last Monday to attend the funeral.

ANDERSON

10 Sep 1891 6/2.  Benjamin Anderson, one of the oldest and most respected citizens of Boone County, died at his home in Columbia August 27th.  Mr. Anderson had been a resident of Boone since 1836.  He was 75 years of age and died of cancer of the face.

NICHOLS

10 Sep 1891 6/2.  Mrs. Belle Nichols, wife of James P. Nichols, brother of Dr. Nichols of this city, died in Moberly Friday night from the result of grippe, contracted a year ago....

GATSON

10 Sep 1891 8/1.  Wm. Gatson died in Vandalia Saturday and was buried Sunday.

DODGE

10 Sep 1891.  Thomas R. Dodge, editor of the Vandalia Graphics, died  Sunday of diabetes.

DAHLEM

18 Sep 1891 8/2.  The remains of William Dahlem, son of John Dahlem, who died Sunday of dropsy, were interred Monday.  Deceased was 15 years of age.  Funeral services conducted by Rev. A. S. Middleton.

ADAMS

17 Sep 1891 5/5.  Died, Sept. 12th, in this neighborhood (Bean Creek) at the home of the Steffins, Lula, little daughter of Mrs. Ella Adams.

17 Sep 1891 6/1.  Lula Adams, a little two-year-old girl who lived with her uncle, Wm. Steffins, northeast of Mexico, died last Saturday.

CURRY

17 Sep 1891 5/6.  Vandalia, Mo., Sept. 12 - W. J. Curry, a prominent farmer and stock raiser, died of typhoid fever yesterday eight miles north of here yesterday.  His child died six days ago and his wife is not expected to recover.

ROBERTSON

17 Sep 1891 7/2.  James R. Robertson, father of George Robertson of this city, died in Moberly on the 8th of dropsy.  Deceased was a Tennessean but had lived in Randolph County for 25 years.

GORDON

17 Sep 1891 8/1.  Hiram Gordon, a prominent farmer, died at his home 7 miles north of Vandalia Saturday, in his 70th year.

CONNER

17 Sep 1891 8/1.  F. P. Conner, editor of the Centralia Courier, died Wednesday, Sept. 9th, of typhoid fever.

GIBBONS

24 Sep 1891 1/6.  Patrick Gibbons was run over and killed by the cars near Martinsburg Saturday night....Deceased was a farmer and lived one mile from Martinsburg.

WHITE

24 Sep 1891 1/6.  Died, at her home in Perry, Ralls County, Mo. Sept. 18, 1891, after a brief illness of typhoid fever, Mrs. Minnie L. White, wife of Dr. J. T. White and daughter of James M. and Maria Beagles, of Mexico, Mo., aged twenty-two years and fourteen days.  The early years of childhood were spent on her father's farm near Worcester, Mo....On the 29th of November, 1888, she and Dr. J. T. White were married and made Perry their home....Mexico's cemetery holds in trust all the mortal but Jesus has taken to himself the immortal spirit of our loved one.

BRADLEY

24 Sep 1891 1/6.  W. T. Bradley, one of the oldest citizens of Audrain, died at his home in this city Sunday night of kidney affection.  Mr. Bradley was a native of Virginia, coming to this state when eighteen years of age.  Some 5 years later he married Miss Sallie Jesse, who with five children, W.T. Jr., J.S., J.R., D.L., and Mrs. Jos. Pollard, survives him.  W. T. Bradley is merchandising at Eureka Springs.  The remainder of the children live in Audrain.  There are five children dead.

KNIGHT

24 Sep 1891 4/5.  Charles Knight, the veteran ticket agent of the Wabash at Moberly, dropped dead yesterday in the National Park.

WORLEY

24 Sep 1891 5/6.  Mrs. Worley, wife of Charles Worley, an employee of Mexico Fire Brick works at Warrenton, died in the latter city last Friday and the remains were brought to Mexico Saturday and taken to Auxvasse for interment.

GRAHAM

24 Sep 1891 1/3.  Charles Graham deliberately put a pistol to his head Tuesday morning and blew out his brains.  Graham lived five miles north of Mexico on a farm owned by his wife.... John Logan, a colored man who had been working on the farm for the past few weeks, and who lives nearby, gave this account. '...I ran and called to Miss Octavia to come quick, that her pa had shot himself....'  Mr. Graham was a native of Ohio, born in 1835 and was married in 1870, since which date he has lived in Audrain.  He leaves a widow and one child, a daughter 20 years of age....The remains of Charles Graham were interred in the cemetery in this city yesterday.

1 Oct 1891 1/1-Joseph D. Thompson, Williamsville, Wayne county, Mo. is the name and address of the son of Charles Graham by his marriage with Malinda Compton in 1866....In last Saturday's Globe Democrat, young Thompson read the account of Charles Graham's death and the revelation concerning the dead man's former marriage at Fredericktown....

MALLORY

1 Oct 1891 6/4.  Mrs. Henrietta Mallory died at her home near Rowena Thursday after a long illness.  The remains were interred at Long Branch Friday afternoon.  Deceased was the mother of Mrs. Joseph Weimer of this city.

JEFFERS

1 Oct 1891 8/4.  Troy, Mo., Sept. 27.  Rev. John Jeffers, pastor of the colored Methodist church at this place, formerly of Mexico, Mo. committed suicide in a stall at the Fair Grounds this morning by shooting himself over the right ear with a revolver....

HORR

8 Oct 1891 6/1.  Mrs. Q. D. Horr, sister of Mrs. J. C. Buckner of this city, died at Enterprise, Miss. Sept. 28th.

BOTTS

15 Oct 1891 6/3.  Squire Thomas A. Botts died at his home northeast of Mexico at 3 o'clock Friday morning Oct. 9th....The funeral took place at Bethel church at 11 o'clock Saturday morning.  Squire Botts was in his 63d year.  He came to Audrain in 1857 and settled on the farm on which he lived.  He married Miss Virginia Chowning of Tennessee, and to them were born ten children, all of whom are living and reside in this county.  Mrs. Theo. Cauthorn and Mrs. Christopher Creigh and Thomas C. are married;  W. W. is practicing law in Mexico, while Ashby, Miss Lida, Miss Cassie, Miss Tannie, Miss Lena and Miss Benie are still at home.

ROBBINS

16 Oct 1891 8/2.  Mrs. Robbins, wife of W. D. Robbins of Worcester, this county, died at 10 o'clock last Tuesday....She leaves four children, who with her husband and many friends, mourn her loss.  She was buried at Rock Hill cemetery at 10 o'clock Wednesday.

CARRICO

16 Oct 1891 8/2.  The funeral of Joseph Carrico, who died Monday, was held at the Catholic church at 10 o'clock yesterday, conducted by Father Dempsey.  The deceased recently laid out an addition to the city of Mexico, realizing handsomely from the sale of lots.  He leaves a wife, one daughter and several grown sons.

WOODLAN

22 Oct 1891 1/1 & 2.  William Woodlan, formerly of this city, died at his home in Kirksville Sept. 30th....Mr. Woodlan was born in St. Louis county Sept. 12, 1828.  He grew to manhood in Warren county and on January 2, 1867, was married to Miss Hattie Fullington of Montgomery county.  For 15 years Mr. Woodlan resided in Mexico.  The last five years of his life were spent in Warrenton, he moving to Kirksville only a few weeks before his death.

NICKENS

22 Oct 1891 2/4.  Tom Nickens, a well known colored man of this city, was found dead in the woods seven miles northwest of Mexico last Friday  ....It seems that Nickens went squirrel hunting Thursday and during the day accidentally shot himself....

HALLEY

22 Oct 1891 1/3.  R. E. Hisey yesterday afternoon received the following telegram from Dr. J. J. Halley, dated at Fulton. "My sister accidentally killed with your team.  Come over and take the team back."....Dr. C. R. Halley and his brother, Norman, who is a student at the Fleet school, left Mexico at 10 o'clock yesterday morning for Buck Halley's south of Auxvasse, where they were to meet Dr. J. J. Halley and their sister, who teaches school in that section, and all were to go to Fulton to attend the wedding of their brother, Thomas....It is learned that the team ran away with a surrey, in which there were four persons seated, while on the way from Fulton to Carrington.  It was Miss Georgie Halley that was killed.

WILLIS

22 Oct 1891 4/5.  Dick Willis, well known in this city, died at his home in Centralia Monday.  Mr. Willis was a leading citizen of his town.  The funeral took place Tuesday.

HEPLER

22 Oct 1891 5/5.  Arthur Hepler, aged 18 years, died at his home in the northeastern part of the city Tuesday of typhoid fever.  The remains were interred yesterday afternoon at Sun Rise church.

DOCKERY

22 Oct 1891 6/1.  Miss Mahala Dockery, sister of Congressman Dockery, died of paralysis at Chilicothe last week.

COOPER

22 Oct 1891 6/1.  Uncle Daniel Cooper, colored, supposed to be over 100 years of age, died last week.  He was faithful and honest and had the confidence of both white and black.

MARTIN

29 Oct 1891 1/2.  Dr. Watts of this city says that Mrs. Moss, who was injured in the runaway near Auxvasse, will probably survive her injuries.  Her daughter, Mrs. George Martin, died a few minutes after the accident.  The two children, Ada and Estelle, were both injured....A heavy farm wagon got away from the driver, Chas. Henderson, colored, and ran away, running into the buggy and completely demolishing it....

BROOKS

29 Oct 1891 1/4.  The remains of S. M. Brooks, who died in Fulton Tuesday, were brought to Mexico Wednesday and will be interred today....

BROWN

29 Oct 1891 4/6.  Mr. James Brown died at his home on East Love street Tuesday night at half past ten o'clock....He leaves a wife and three children to mourn his loss....

HEIZER

29 Oct 1891 5/5.  Union and Vicinity.  Lon and Joe Heizer have been at the bedside of their mother who died Tuesday at her home in the vicinity of Molino....

POLLARD

29 Oct 1891 6/1.  Mr. Pollard, father of J. M. Pollard of this city, died in Illinois Oct. 21.

BAKER

29 Oct 1891 6/1.  Jasper Baker was accidentally shot and killed by his brother while hunting near Huntsville last week.

WHALEN

29 Oct 1891 7/2.  The remains of Mrs. Whalen, mother of Mrs. Mary Hoban, who died near Bowling Green on the 21st were brought to Mexico next afternoon for interment....

YOHN

29 Oct 1891 8/2.  A six-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Yohn died Saturday of scarlet fever....

ROBINS

5 Nov 1891 5/3.  Worcester and Vicinity - Died, last Friday, infant child of Dan Robins, whose wife was recently buried at Rock Hill.

McMURRAY

5 Nov 1891 5/3.  Callaway Cullings - A telegram was received Saturday stating Mr. McMurray had died very suddenly of apoplexy.  He was a son-in-law of Mrs. Alex McPheeters.

HEIZER

5 Nov 1891 6/3.  Perry Enterprise - "Aunt Polly" Heizer died on the 26th of October at her home in Audrain County, aged 74 years.  Funeral services were conducted by Dr. Drew.  Aunt Polly was the oldest of 16 children and was a sister of Mrs. Jas. Smiley and Mrs. W. C. Bates, also of Mrs. John M. and Washington Kerr of this vicinity.

ALFREY

12 Nov 1891 1/2.  News of the suicide of Thomas M. Alfrey, formerly of this county and now of Siloam Springs, Ark., were received by R. C. Gibbs and J. S. Alfrey, son of the deceased....Mr. Alfrey was well known and highly respected in Audrain County where he followed bricklaying and contracting for a number of years.  He left Audrain for Arkansas in 1880. (lengthy article)

GUTHRIE

12 Nov 1891 1/3.  Joel Guthrie, after an illness of several weeks, died Tuesday morning at 5:50.  Death resulted from a carbuncle from which he suffered greatly....of late years and at the time of his death was Mexico's leading coal dealer.

HEPLER

12 Nov 1891 1/4....I wish space to express my sincere thanks to the neighbors and friends who gave me such kind assistance during the illness and death of my son, Arthur M. and daughter,

Clara W....Respectfully, J. M. Hepler

GARRETT

12 Nov 1891 1/6.  Lizzie May, 6 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Garrett, died last night of tonsilitis.

McCORMICK

12 Nov 1891 8/1.  The remains of Levi McCormick, age 73 years, who died Friday, were interred Sunday.  His death was the result of grip contracted a year ago.

IIAMS

12 Nov 1891 8/1.  Mrs. Isaac Iiams, formerly of Worcester, but for the past year a resident of St. Louis, died in the latter place this week.

STUART

19 Nov 1891 1/1 & 2.  Thaddeus Stuart died at the home of his son, Roy, in Moberly last Tuesday.... Mr. Stuart was a brother of Judge Stuart, President of the Savings Bank....The remains were interred at Oakland Cemetery....Judge and Mrs. Wm. Stuart of this city went up to attend the funeral....Mr. Stuart was born in Clark County, Ky. Feb. 24th, 1824.  He married Miss Susie Whaley June 30th, 1857, and in 1859 moved to Audrain County, Mo., where he has since lived until October last when he located near Moberly.  He leaves a wife and one son, Roy, who is a dairyman here....

BYRNS

19 Nov 1891 6/2.  John Byrns, one of the oldest and most respected citizens of Audrain, died in the asylum for insane at Fulton Thursday.  The remains were brought to Mexico for interment.  He was sixty-six years of age and had been confined in the asylum for a little over a year.

VEERKAMP

12 Nov 1891 8/2.  Emil Veerkamp, brother of J. P. Veerkamp, died at Rush Hill Sunday....

19 Nov 1891 5/1.  On Saturday, November 7th, '91, Emil K. (Krause) Veerkamp died near Shamrock, Mo.  Deceased had resided in St. Louis for the past year where he had taken sick with that dread disease, typhoid malaria....Emil was born in Lincoln County, Mo. on the 9th day of December, 1871, and was 19 years, 10 months and 28 days of age....He leaves parents, four brothers, and many friends to mourn his death.  His remains were followed to Littleby Cemetery, three miles west of Rush Hill.

HARLOW

19 Nov 1891 7/5.  Frank Harlow died at his home in Highland last week of typhoid pneumonia.  He had resided here only a short while, coming to Audrain from Monroe County where his parents reside.

BROWN

26 Nov 1891 2/4.  A young man named Brown, son of old Dr. Brown, of Brown's Station, Boone county, committed suicide in Columbia last Friday by taking morphine....Young Brown was desperately in love with a Miss Conley who did not reciprocate his affections and believing he could not live without her killed himself.  Young Brown was a medical student of great promise.  His brother was driven to suicide a little over a year ago by excessive drink.

HORN

26 Nov 1891 4/6.  A dispatch from Paris, Mo., dated Nov. 21 says: William C. Horn, a citizen of this place, committed suicide this morning about 11 o'clock by hanging....

BYBEE

26 Nov 1891 4/6.  Miss Maud Bybee, daughter of     J. S. Bybee, who lives west of Mexico, died last Friday of typhoid fever, aged 18 years.  The remains were interred at Salt River Church Sunday....

26 Nov 1891 5/6.  Died, of fever, on Friday,       Nov. 20th, 1891, Miss Maud, daughter of John and Eliza Bybee.

MILDRED

26 Nov 1891 6/1.  Thos. Mildred received a telegram Friday from Waynesburg, Pa. announcing the death of his mother at 6:30 this morning.  Mrs. Mildred was in her 87th year.

PAINTER

26 Nov 1891 8/1.  Dr. S. S. Painter, father of Prof. G. W. Painter of Benton City, died at his home near Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va. on the  17th inst. of paralysis.

CRAIG

26 Nov 1891 8/1.  The remains of Charley Craig, who died at the home of his mother on West Monroe street Tuesday, were interred yesterday.  He was 30 years of age.

3 Dec 1891 3/2.  A Card of Thanks. Mrs. M. E. Craig and son, H. E. Craig, wish to return thanks to their many friends who, in their son's and brother's last illness, were at his bed side....

DUDGEON

26 Nov 1891 8/2.  Thomas Dudgeon, one of the leading farmers of the county, died Sunday of an affection of the kidneys.  He had been ill several weeks.  The remains were interred at Rock Hill Church Monday.  Deceased was about 65 years of age.

FINKS

3 Dec 1891 1/6.  Joel A. Finks, of Long Branch, died at the home of his son, John H. Finks, Monroe City, Nov. 23d, of paralysis.  Mr. Finks was in his seventy-sixth year.  He was a native of Virginia and came to Missouri fifty-seven years ago.  Six children survive Mr. Finks.  His daughters, Mrs. G. H. Randall and Mrs. John H. Berry, live in the vicinity of Long Branch; George lives in Hannibal; James T. at San Francisco, Ca., Joel (illegible) at Rowena and John H. at Monroe City.

MENEFEE

3 Dec 1891 5/3.  Mrs. Menefee, wife of Buford Menefee, and mother of J. I. Menefee of St. Louis, died at her home in the eastern part of town Friday evening.  The remains were interred at Montgomery City Sunday.

SCHIEFFER

3 Dec 1891 8/1.  Frank Schieffer, a teamster, died Tuesday evening of pneumonia.

17 Dec 1891 7/1.  B. F. Schieffer, who died in this city Dec. 1st, was a son of Henry and Hannah Schieffer, and was born in this county Dec. 16, 1857.  He spent his entire life in this county.  At the age of seven he had a spell of typhoid fever which left him a cripple and a sufferer, although a patient one, for life.  January 9, 1881, he was married to Miss Mollie Bybee....He was buried at Midway, this county.

BRIGHT

3 Dec 1891 8/2.  Joseph M. Bright died at his home near Hatton Sunday morning....The remains were interred at Pleasant Grove Church Monday.

10 Dec 1891 1/6.  Joseph Michael Bright, age 47 years, died at his home in Hatton, Callaway County, Nov. 30, 1891, of organic heart disease.  Mr. Bright was the founder of Hatton....He was the son of the late Washington Bright and was married to Miss Annie Holt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elijah Holt, about 15 years ago....

BRIDGFORD

17 Dec 1891 1/2.  Charles Luckie received a telegram...announcing the death of William Bridgford, formerly of this city, but for the past few years a resident of St. Louis.  He was the father of Dr. Emmet Bridgford and Dr. Joseph Bridgford, both at present residents of St. Louis.  He was also a brother-in-law of J. W. and J. R. Luckie and Mrs. Mary Sims.  Deceased was a native of Monroe County....

CARTER

17 Dec 1891 1/6.  The two-year-old child of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Carter died at noon Monday.  The child fell into a kettle of boiling water Saturday and was frightfully burned.  It was the only child of the parents....

31 Dec 1891 2/3.  Card of Thanks. We desire to thank our many friends and neighbors who were so kind to us in our late affliction and sad death of our little Jewell. (Signed) Mr. and Mrs. R. Carter

WILLIAMS

17 Dec 1891 2/1.  Gideon P. Williams died at his home 5 miles northwest of Mexico at 5 o'clock on the afternoon of Dec. 9th.  Mr. Williams was an old landmark.  He was born in North Carolina May 2, 1817 and came to Audrain before the county was organized.  He entered the land upon which he lived at the time of his death, the only transfer being the patent he received from the government.  In 1838 Mr. Williams married Miss Elizabeth Goatly, of Audrain....Mrs. Williams and five children survive the husband and father: Wm. A., who lives in Oregon, Mary E. Fox, F. M., E. T., and G. G. live in Audrain....during the summer he became troubled with blood poisoning and it soon became evident that the end was near....the interment was made in Trinity cemetery.

BARRY

17 Dec 1891 6/1.  Wm. Barry, who formerly lived on a farm near Thompson, died in St. Louis last week.

HAMILL

24 Dec 1891 1/3.  The remains of Rev. E. J. Hamill, at one time pastor of the Liberty Street M. E. Church in this city, and father of Prof. H. M. Hamill, at one time superintendent of Mexico schools, were interred at Marshall, Ill. Sunday...  Rev. Hamill was nearly 80 years old....

CLANTON

17 Dec 1891 2/1.  Mrs. Diana Eleanor Clanton died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. W. Daniel, in this city...Dec. 9th, 1891.  Mrs. Clanton was....born in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, August 11, 1820....She came to Missouri when 10 years of age....She was the daughter of Hal and Elizabeth Speed and in 1840 married Charles A. Day.  By this marriage she had 5 children, only one of whom, Mrs. Daniel, survives.  In 1858 she married N. S. Clanton and three children were born of this union, Mrs. John Wayne and Mrs. Hiram Threlkeld of Audrain and Samuel (illeg.) Clanton of Calif....

14 Jan 1892 7/1 - Mrs. Diana E. Clanton departed this life at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Anne M. Daniel....The deceased was the youngest of six children.  Her parents emigrated to Kentucky at an early day from North Carolina.  She was a grand daughter of Capt. Hal Speed, who fell at the battle of Genefor Court House, N. C., while leading the North Carolina patriots in action.  She was first cousin to Gen. James Speed, Attorney General in Mr. Lincoln's cabinet, on side of her father, and first cousin of Gen. Speed S. Frey of Danville, Ky. and to the wife of Dr. Graham....In 1831, deceased, with her mother, in the family of Macon Mosby, with other emigrants came from Mercer co., Ky. and settled in Callaway county on Tate's Prairie, Mr. Grant, James Mosby, and James Buchanan and others settling in the same neighborhood....In October, 1842, at the residence of Mason Mosby in Osage county, Mo. deceased was united in marriage to Charles A. Day of Portland, Mo....In about the year of 1852, Mr. Day died and in 1858, deceased was married to Mr. N. S. Clanton, who died 19 years ago....(lengthy tribute) signed: Joseph Mosby, Vienna, Mo.

ARMISTEAD

24 Dec 1891 1/3.  Mrs. Josephine Armistead died suddenly at the home of her husband, Joseph Armistead, three miles west of town, Sunday evening...of la grippe.  Mrs. Armistead was the daughter of Mrs. Myers of this city and the sister of John Myers of this city, Wm. Myers of the county and Mrs. J. B. Armistead of the county....

31 Dec 1891 4/4.  Mrs. Mary Josephine Armistead, wife of Joseph Armistead, was born in Woodford County, Illinois, Dec. 19th, 1836, and died at her home near Mexico Dec. 20th, '91.  In 1840 she moved with her parents to Audrain County....In 1858 she was united in marriage to the husband who survives her.  Three years after her marriage, she moved to Texas, spending seven years in that state, returning to this state in 1868.  she was the mother of five children, four of whom still remain....

DICKMAN

24 Dec 1891 1/6.  Much sickness at Worcester. ....Mr. and Mrs. Dickman lost a little child last week, which died from the effects of la grippe.

SCHLEPPY

24 Dec 1891 3/3.  P. S. Schleppy, proprietor of the hotel south of the Union Depot, died a few

minutes after 3 o'clock Thursday of consumption.

24 Dec 1891 1/6.  Card of Thanks. Mrs. Lizzie Schleppy, whose husband died Dec. 17, and R. B. Schleppy, the only brother of the deceased, wish to publicly express their gratitude....

MORRISON

24 Dec 1891 2/2.  Mrs. Wm. Hanly of this city, has just received news of the death of her father,     J. B. Morrison, who died in Chicago on the 16th, in his 82d year.  He was born in Callaway County, Mo. and left that county in 1832 with his father and located in Galena, Ill.  His father established salt works at Cote Sans Dessein in Callaway County in 1808....

ROBINSON

31 Dec 1891 4/5 & 6.  Died, at his home near Salt River Church, in Audrain County, on the 24th of Dec. 1891, Dr. Thos. Robinson, born March 15, 1840, was married March 10, 1869, to Miss Laura Reed....

31 Dec 1891 6/2 - ....The remains were interred at Mt. Zion Church in Boone, Saturday.

DAVIS

31 Dec 1891 1/3.  Mrs. Savilla Davis died at the home of her son-in-law, F. S. Reilly, at 11:45 yesterday morning.  Mrs. Davis was in her 63d year.  She came to Missouri from Alabama shortly after the war and has resided in Mexico a number of years....Besides her daughter, Mrs. Reilly, she has two sons in this county, T. P. and O. R. Davis, who reside in the vicinity of Martinsburg.

FULLINGTON

31 Dec 1891 1/5.  Died, at his residence on Wade Street Monday morning, John Fullington....He leaves a wife and grown son, Ernest, and daughter, Nora....Wm. Fullington was a  native of Missouri, born in Herman, Gasconade County, 54 years ago....the remains were interred in the cemetery in this city with Masonic honors.

SHURTZ

31 Dec 1891 5/1.  Bean Creek Budget. A little child of Mr. Shurtz's was buried at the German church last Sunday.

CALLAHAN

31 Dec 1891 6/1.  Died, in Benton City, on the 24th, Mrs. Callahan, wife of J. E. Callahan.  The remains were interred in this city on Christmas Day, services conducted by Father Dempsey.

FLOYD

CLARK

7 Jan 1892 1/5.  Green Floyd, aged 65 years, died at his home near Rush Hill Sunday.  He contracted a cold at the funeral of Ben Clark a few days ago which developed into pneumonia resulting in death.  Mr. Floyd was one of the pioneers of the county, having lived here fifty years.

CREWS

7 Jan 1892 1/5.  Mrs. Crews, the mother of C. B. and Henry Crews, died of pneumonia resulting from the grip, at the home of her son, Henry, near Rush Hill Sunday.  She was in her 90th year.

NULL

7 Jan 1892 1/5.  J. S. Null, aged 85 years and 11 days, died in Mexico Sunday morning....Deceased was born in East Tennessee, December 25th, 1806, and came to Missouri when 2 years of age,          settling with his parents in Lincoln county where he resided until 1885 when he came to Mexico to live with his children.  He was the father of ten children, only 6 of whom are now living.  They are G. B., Rebecca and Mrs. George Bayliss of this city, Mrs. A. Ellis of California and Mrs. Johanna Bray of Lincoln county.

POTTS

7 Jan 1892 1/6.  Mrs. Margaret J. Potts, the venerable mother of Joseph A. Potts, died at her home in this city shortly after noon Monday.  Mrs. Potts was a resident of Audrain for nearly half a century....Five children survive her - J. A. Potts and Miss Sallie Potts of this city, Robert and William of the county and Dr. John S. Potts of California.  Mrs. Potts was a Miss Spence and was born in Boone county, this state, in 1820.  She married John Potts in 1837.  Mr. Potts then resided in Callaway but the following year moved to Audrain where he resided until his death in 1864....The funeral took place at the family residence on Promenade street....

SMITH

7 Jan 1892 1/5.  Milton Smith, aged 80 years, died at his home six miles east of Mexico last Tuesday....He is the father of John, Joseph and Henry Smith, all of whom own and live on farms near Littleby Station.  The remains were interred at Rock Hill church.  Mr. Smith came to Audrain from Kentucky about 12 years ago....

TORREYSON

7 Jan 1892 2/3.  Mrs. Rebecca Torreyson died at the home of her step-son, T. T. Torreyson, near Laddonia, Dec. 31st.  She was 88 years of age.  The remains were interred in the cemetery in this city....

WIGGINTON

7 Jan 1892 1/4.  From The Wellsville Optic News.  Died, in Linneus, Mo., Dec. 21st, 1891, Mrs. Mamie Day Wigginton, aged 24 years and 5 days.  Mrs. Wigginton was the only daughter of Capt. A. J. Day and was born in Wellsville.  She lived in this city up to the time of her marriage....Mrs. Wigginton was a wife of a few short months, having been married June 3d, 1891, at which time she left

her native city for Linneus, the home of her husband....

CREWS

7 Jan 1892 5/4.  Miss Susie Crews, sister of J. B. and Henry Crews, died of grip at the house of the latter Tuesday....

11 Mar 1892 1/5.  Died, Jan. 5th, 1892, Miss Sue A. Crews.  Born Jan. 29th, 1848 in Boone county, Mo., and came to Audrain county Oct. 25th, 1877....Her remains were interred in the Mexico cemetery by the side of her beloved mother....

FISHER

7 Jan 1892 6/1.  John D. Fisher of Sturgeon died Friday night.  His wife died the morning of the same day.  Victims of grip.

RAILEY

7 Jan 1892 6/2.  Mrs. Elizabeth Railey, aged 71 years, died at the residence of B. F. Doan last Saturday at 4 o'clock.  The remains were buried in the edge of Monroe county Sunday.

WOLFENBARGER

7 Jan 1892 8/4.  Mrs. Rube Wolfenbarger (nee Salling), sister of George Salling, a graduate of Mexico Public Schools, died in Perry last Monday of la grippe.  She leaves a husband and a baby 8 days old.  Mrs. Wolfenbarger was well known in Mexico.

BARNABY

14 Jan 1892 1/2.  The remains of Austin A. Barnaby, who died at Huntsville, were brought to Mexico Saturday and interred at Young's Creek Sunday.  Deceased had been teaching school near Huntsville.  He was raised on Young's Creek, where his parents still reside.

PATER

14 Jan 1892 6/1.  Jack Pater, the first white man to establish a store at "Old Franklin", Howard county, Mo., died Thursday, aged 91 years.

SCHEAFFER

14 Jan 1892 1/5 & 6.  Mrs. Scheaffer, mother of Mrs. Mike Gorth, formerly of this city but now of California, died at her home on Wade street Thursday and was buried Sunday.  Mrs. Scheaffer was born in Germany on Jan. 7th, 1803 and died Jan. 7th, 1892, and was therefore 89 years old to a day.  Dr. Scheaffer, a son, arrived from Chicago to attend the funeral.  The old lady lived with her grand-daughter, Miss Caroline Gorth.

HARRIS

14 Jan 1892 3/4.  Dr. T. J. Baskett received a note from Fulton Thursday which announced the death in that town of Thomas B. Harris, one of the leading citizens of Callaway county.  He was about 75 years of age.  The cause of his death was pneumonia resulting from grip....He was an uncle of Mrs. T. J. Baskett of this city.

YOUNG

14 Jan 1892 6/4.  Union and Vicinity - Mrs. Young, wife of J. W. Young, died at her home Jan. 9.  She was buried Monday at New Hope church cemetery.

CLINE

14 Jan 1892 6/4.  Union and Vicinity - Charles Cline, the 14-year-old son of Lewis Cline, died at his home Jan. 5 of diabetes.  His remains were interred at the Mexico cemetery.

LANDER

14 Jan 1892 6/2.  John R. Luckie received a telegram Saturday which announced the death in Bloomington, Ill. of C. W. Lander, brother of Mrs. Luckie of this city, who is the mother of J. R. and J. W. Luckie.  He was in his 94th year.  He was a native of Clark co., Ky. and emigrated to Illinois in 1834.  Mrs. Luckie of this city is in her 92d year.

21 Jan 1892 2/4.  Samuel Lander, aged 93, brother of Mrs. Luckie of this city (mother of J. W. &     J. R. Luckie) who died recently in Bloomington, Ill., belongs to a long-lived family.  The grandfather, Henry Lander, came from England and lived to be 114 years of age.  J. P. Coil, formerly of this city, now of Dennison, Texas, married a daughter of Samuel Lander.

ROBINSON

14 Jan 1892 6/3.  Mrs. Maria Robinson died suddenly at the residence of A. Griggs at 1:10 Saturday morning.  Mrs. Robinson was in her 83d year....Mrs. Robinson was a native of Winchester, Ky. and came to Missouri in 1830, locating in Boone county.  In 1855 she moved to Audrain.... Mrs. Robinson leaves seven children, B. H., John T., R. L., M. H., A. G., H. C. and Mrs. N. Hamerly.  Three children are dead, Mrs. Charles Armstrong, Mrs. B. T. Dawson and Edward L....

EUBANKS

14 Jan 1892 7/2.  Hon. A. C. Eubanks, formerly of Audrain county, died at Milan, Mo. on the 7th, being suddenly stricken with pneumonia....

BOTKIN

14 Jan 1892 8/2.  J. B. Botkin returned Monday from Galena, Ks. where he had been to visit his brother whose illness was announced in this paper.  His brother died shortly after he arrived there and was interred at Hutchinson, Ks.

STEWART

21 Jan 1892 1/3.  Judge Wm. H. Stewart died at his home, three miles south of Mexico, at 2:30 p.m. Saturday....His daughter, Miss Mary, was taken sick but will survive.  Judge William H. Stewart was a native of Kentucky, being born in Montgomery county, that state, Sept. 3rd, 1821.  On Sept. 17, 1846, Judge Stewart was married in Kentucky to Miss Julia A. Couchman of Cave Ridge, Bourbon county.  In 1853 Judge Stewart came to Missouri and settled in the place where he died....In 1876, Judge Stewart was elected to the County Court Bench....

21 Jan 1892 8/2....The remains were interred in the Mexico cemetery.  Richard, of Denison, Texas, and Miss Mollie Stewart, the only surviving children, attended the funeral.

THROCKMORTON

21 Jan 1892 1/4.  Mrs. Throckmorton, wife of Uncle Dick Throckmorton, died on the 13th at her home south of town and was buried at Beaver Dam....Mrs. Throckmorton had lived in Audrain 60 years, having been born while her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Boomer (sic), were on their way to Audrain from Illinois.  She was married to Mr. Throckmorton on the 18th of April, 1855, and was the mother of nine children....

COX

21 Jan 1892 1/5 & 6.  Calvin, the younger of the Cox brothers, who was taken to the asylum at Fulton about ten days ago, died at the asylum Saturday night.  The doctors there pronounced his insanity and death the result of la grippe.  Joshua Cox, it will be remembered, became insane and four days later, his brother, Calvin, became afflicted with the same malady.

BARNETT

21 Jan 1892 6/1. Maud, the three-year-old           daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Will Barnett, died on      the 14th and was buried on the 15th at the family   burying ground near Powell's Ford.

CHUBBUCK

21 Jan 1892 6/2. J. A. Potts Saturday received a    telegram from Levi Chabbuck which stated that the   latter's mother died Friday night at Kidder, Mo.

MURRAY

21 Jan 1892 1/3 & 4.  Douglass Murray died at his home on Littleby at 3 o'clock Monday afternon.  The funeral took place Tuesday at Rock Hill Baptist church.  Mr. Murray was a native of Virginia, having been born in Loudon county February 17, 1825.  During the year of his birth,

Mr. Murray's parents moved from Virginia to Tennessee and 12 years later came to Missouri, locating in Monroe county.  Five years later in 1842, the family moved to Audrain and the subject of this sketch spent the remainder of his life in that portion of the county in which he died.  There were eight children in the Murray family and the only survivors are Samuel C. Murray and Mrs. C. Ragsdale of this city....In 1850 Mr. Murray went to California returning in the course of two years....In 1868 he married Miss Anna Logan, daughter of James Logan of Mexico.  They had three children, Mrs. Robert Crawford, Miss Lizzie and William A., all of whom are now at the old homestead on Littleby....(Compiler's Note: Douglass Murray is buried at Littleby Baptist cemetery.)

HALE

28 Jan 1892 1/6.  S. C. Hale, who died Saturday at his home south of Laddonia, was buried Monday....

KELLEY

28 Jan 1892 2/3.  P. T. Kelley, for a number of years city weighmaster, died at 9:15 a.m. Thursday at his home on West Love street....He was in his 55th year.  He leaves a large family....

MOORE

HALLADAY

HOLLIDAY

28 Jan 1892 4/3.  Two old landmarks died in Montgomery on the 23rd - Mrs. Theodosia Moore, aged 78, mother-in-law of Hon. Pitman Smith, and Beverly Watkins Halladay, aged 94 years.

28 Jan 1892 7/1.  Beverly Holliday died in Wellsville Friday.

WATSON

28 Jan 1892 4/3.  Miss Mattie, aged 18 years, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. B. A. Watson, of Columbia, died Friday evening, January 22, 1892.

HEISKELL

28 Jan 1892 2/3.  Rev. C. J. Heiskell, well known in this vicinity, died suddenly of pneumonia at Chrisney, Indiana, last Thursday.  About two years ago he married Mary, the oldest daughter of Isaac Miller, of north Audrain.

11 Feb 1892 3/3.  Died...Jan. 21, 1892, the Rev.

C. J. Heiskell....Mr. Heiskell was, at different times, pastor of the Presbyterian church at Brunswick and at Benton City and Bethel, in this county....The remains were taken to his old home and interred in the cemetery at Memphis, Tennessee.

MARTIN

28 Jan 1892 1/1 & 2.  A most deplorable tragedy, the killing of Thomas Martin by his son, Jethro, occurred at Martinsburg Tuesday evening....Mr. Martin, who lived in Martinsburg, was a Baptist preacher and was an inoffensive old man....Sheriff Adams, Coroner Rothwell, and Prosecuting Attorney Jesse...began investigating the affair.  Only two witnesses were examined, Mrs. Martin, wife of the dead man, and S. S. Martin, a son.  Mrs. Emma Martin, wife of deceased, testified: Mr. Martin and I have been married two years.  He was 64 years old last August.  He had four children by his first wife, two of whom, Simon Martin and Emma Wilburn, live in the county....Deputy Sheriff Will Adams was in Martinsburg at the time of the murder and at once took steps to catch the murderer... Shelt Riley came up from Martinsburg late Wednesday and it is his opinion that the murderer has been located at High Hill....

4 Feb 1892 1/1....The remains of the murdered man were interred at West Cuivre church....

KENNAN

28 Jan 1892 4/5.  Mrs. Kennan, mother of Mr. E. C. Kennan of Laddonia, was buried at New Harmony, Pike county, Friday.

RODGERS

28 Jan 1892 6/1.  Miss Rodgers, who died near Santa Fe on the 20th of pneumonia, aged about seventeen years, was buried in the cemetery in this city on the 21st.  Funeral services were held at the Catholic church.

JONES

28 Jan 1892 7/1.  John Jones, who died in Boone county on the 18th and was interred at Red Top, was the father of Mrs. Geo. Naylor, of Audrain.

MURRAY

BERRY

LAKENAN 

28 Jan 1892 3/1 - The recent death of Douglass Murray has served to recall the death of his brother, John E. Murray, while attempting to cross the Mississippi river in 1863.  Many of our citizens will remember the unhappy event in which two of the ­­best citizens of Audrain, together with

young Cale Berry of Callaway lost their lives.  Joseph Lakenan, father of Joseph _?_ Lakenan, of the firm of Lakenan and Barnes of this city.... John E. Murray, Caleb Berry of Callaway, a cousin of Caleb Berry of Audrain....Samuel C. Murray, who is now a resident of Mexico, thus details...the particulars of the tragedy: "A party of us," said Mr. Murray, "was over in Pike county, Illinois, recruiting for Price's army in 1863....Our party was composed of my brother, John E. Murray, and Joseph Lakenan of Audrain, Caleb Berry of Callaway, Dr. Angel of Boone and myself....When we arrived at Cincinnati Landing, nine miles below Hannibal on the Illinois side, about the middle of July '63, we found a couple of men with a skiff...subsequently proved to be Federal soldiers

.. ..brother John, Lakenan and Berry were on their horses starting to swim the river....The current was very swift and the crossing hazardous....All three of the men were heavily armed and it was impossible for them to swim....Dr. Angel remained on the island and escaped capture.

MAGEE

28 Jan 1892 6/2. Nellie Margaret, the infant daughter of Elder Samuel Magee, died at...Hale City, Mo., on the 21st., aged 1 year, 2 months and 8 days....

GALBREATH

28 Jan 1892 6/2.  Uncle Daniel Galbreath died at Worcester Thursday night....He made his home with two daughters who conduct a store at Worcester.

11 Feb 1892 8/4.  Card of Thanks. Worcester, Mo., Feb. 9.  We wish space in your paper to express our sincere thanks to all the kind neighbors and friends for their assistance in the brief illness and death of our father.  (signed) Maggie B. Galbreath. Carrie Galbreath.

CRUMLEY

28 Jan 1892 8/1.  Dr. Crumley, who married Miss Linda Ferrill at Fulton during the fall of '90, died at his home, Chattanooga, Tennessee Tuesday.

GARRET

28 Jan 1892 8/1.  Died, at his home south of Middle Grove, Tuesday, of heart disease, J. T. Garret, aged 42 years.

WATKINS

28 Jan 1892 8/1.  Mrs. A. K. Yancy received a telegram last Tuesday announcing the death of her oldest brother, Mr. Claiborne Watkins, Sr. of Richmond, Va.

POWELL

28 Jan 1892 8/5.  Doc Powell, aged 63 years, died Sunday at his home near Santa Fe and was interred  ...at Rising Sun church, north of town....Doc Powell was a brother of Jeff Powell..

COOPER

4 Feb 1892 1/4.  County Court. The account of Dr. C. A. Rothwell, coroner, $19.25 for inquest over the body of Elijah Cooper, colored, was allowed.

HOUSE

REDDING

11 Feb 1892 4/6.  From The Callaway Gazette.  A somewhat strange coincidence happened west of town last night.  On Tuesday, January 25, a child of Mr. and Mrs. Omar House died.  The family started a son of Oscar House's to near Vandalia to communicate the sad news to the family of Mrs. House's sister, Mrs. Redding.  While on the road he met a messenger from the latter household, who was conveying the news of Mrs. Redding's death--both deaths occurring at the same hour....

MOORE

4 Feb 1892 5/6 - Our Neighbors.  Scott Moore, aged 27, accidentally shot and killed himself near St. Aubert, Callaway county, Monday.

HENDRICKS

4 Feb 1892 4/6.  Items from South Ralls.  Mrs. Edna Hendricks, aged 80 years, and her daughter, Mrs. Mary Hendricks, aged 49 years, both died the same week from pneumonia.  The mother the 18th and the daughter the 15th of January.

WOLFF

WOLF

4 Feb 1892 2/2.  Paris Mercury. The oldest person, perhaps, in the state, died at Tulip, this county, last Friday, at the residence of H. Lepper, of la grippe.  "Aunt" Vina Wolff, colored, aged 122 years, passed away on that day.  She was born in South Carolina in the year 1770.  Her first master's name was James Branham and lived near Augusta.  He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War....About the year 1784 she was sold and taken to Alabama, near Mobile, where she married in 1788....In 1840, Henry Wolff, a mule trader from this county, bought her, with others, in New Orleans and brought her to this county, where she has since lived with the Wolff family.  When she left Alabama in 1840 her mother was still living at the age of 97 years....She was buried near Middle Grove.

4 Feb 1892 6/1.  Nina Wolf, a colored woman, said to be 125 years old, recently died in Saling  township.  She distinctly remembered events of 100 years ago.

HENDERSON

4 Feb 1892 5/6.  Our Neighbors. The remains of James S. Henderson, aged 22 years, who died of pneumonia near Hatton Sunday were buried at Concord Wednesday.

BLEUM

4 Feb 1892 6/1.  George A. Bleum, the piano tuner, who has several times visited Mexico, died in Hannibal on the 27th, of diabetes, aged 65 years.

CREED

11 Feb 1892 6/1.  Mrs. E. Creed, aged 40 years, died at Hatton on the 4th.11 Feb 1892 7/4.

Hatton Siftings. Mrs. Ellen Creed, wife of E. S. Creed, died February 4th, of pneumonia.  She was a daughter of Judge Hugh Tincher.  She leaves six children....

POWELL

4 Feb 1892 6/4.  Mrs. Powell, wife of Uncle Billy Powell, who for many years lived at the home of her late son, Doc Powell, in Monroe county, died on the 28th.  The remains were interred at Rising Sun church.

McCLINTIC

4 Feb 1892 6/4.  Moses McClintic, an old and respected citizen of Callaway, died at Hatton, Tuesday.  He was a native of Callaway....

4 Feb 1892 8/3.  Moses McClintic was born near Lewisburg, Greenbrier county, West Va., Oct. 12, 1822, moved with his father, Archibald McClintic, to Missouri and settled in Callaway county in 1830; became a member of the Methodist church in 1832; he was twice married, first to Sarah Price in 1847; to them one child was born, a son; he lost both his wife and child in 1842.  His second marriage was to Mary Black, Jan. 26, 1854; to them five children were born, who with the mother still survive--Mrs. C. H. Patterson, Mrs. Milton Patterson, J. O. McClintic, Miss Annie McClintic and Mrs. Charles H. Fry.  He died on Jan. 26th, 1892, on his 38th wedding day....Saline and Monroe papers, please copy.

BRONSON

4 Feb 1892 7/1. Our Neighbors.  Says the Vandalia Graphic: Mrs. Bronson, aged 70 years, died of pneumonia at her home, south of town, Wednesday, Jan. 28.  Her remains were sent to Richmond, Vermont for burial.

BARR

4 Feb 1892 7/1. Mayor A. F. Barr, of Monroe City, died last Tuesday, Jan. 26, of pneumonia....He was 74 years old.

WADE

4 Feb 1892 8/3.  C. P. Wade died at his home in the northwestern part of the city at 2:05 p.m. Tuesday....Mr. Wade has been a resident of Mexico for many years, being originally from Kentucky.  His wife preceded him to the grave 6 years.  He leaves eight children--Mrs. J. E. Moore, Mrs.      J. H. Bickley, Mrs. Robert Cauthorn, Misses Sallie and Carrie Wade, and Edward, Jesse and Charles Wade.  Deceased was born in Montgomery county, Ky., in 1820 and moved to Missouri and located in Mexico in 1853.  He married Miss Cordelia P. Hopewood of his own county and state shortly before moving to Missouri....

PEARSON

4 Feb 1892 8/4. Edgar Pearson died at the home of his grandmother, Mrs. Whaley, on East Liberty street, at 3 o'clock Wednesday.  The deceased was in his 20th year....His mother died of consumption

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HOWLETT

11 Feb 1892 1/1 & 2. The community was shocked yesterday to learn that Miss Alice Howlett, a Hardin College pupil, had committed suicide.... (lengthy account)

BUCKNER

11 Feb 1892 1/3.  The death of Mrs. Alice Adams Buckner, wife of Charles A. Buckner....Mrs. Buckner's life as girl and woman have virtually been spent in Mexico....

BOTTS

11 Feb 1892 5/2.  The Hannibal Journal Feb. 10th, contains the following concerning the death of     J. E. Botts, who, for a number of of years, was in the dry goods business in this city.  At five minutes to 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon, J. E. Botts....Deceased was born and raised here....

BROWN

11 Feb 1892 8/1.  Mrs. Ham Brown died at her home near Concord, aged about 80 years.

BAKER

11 Feb 1892 6/4.  William O. Baker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Baker, died in Leavenworth, Ks.,   Feb. 12, of tonsilitis.  The remains were brought to this city for interment.  Deceased was the second son of Mr. and Mrs. Baker, 12 years old....

LOVE

11 Feb 1892 7/3.  This tribute of respect and love is in memory of Mrs. James Love, wife of Prof. James Love, now of Liberty, Mo., who so recently passed to the life beyond.  Mrs. Love was a native of Massachusetts and her maiden name was Miss Lucy Ward....She came to Missouri in 1842, locating at Concord, Callaway county and engaged in teaching....On the 5th of November, 1846, Prof. James Love and Miss Lucy Ward were joined in marriage....A short time after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Love moved from Fulton to Mexico, Mo., and engaged in teaching...for many years....

FAGAN

11 Feb 1892 7/4.  Our Neighbors. Uncle Harry Fagan died at Perry, Feb. 6th.  His wife and two wards also died in the last six weeks.

DUNCAN

25 Feb 1892 5/1.  Dr. Wm. H. Duncan, who died in Boone county recently at a ripe old age, was the uncle of E. T. Smith, of this city.

DYE

25 Feb 1892 8/1.  James Hollopeter received word that Mrs. Margaret Dye, of Brighton, Iowa, was dead.  Deceased was the mother of Mrs. Hollopeter.

BENTLY

25 Feb 1892 8/1.  Robert W. Bently dropped dead Monday at the Stark nursery grounds near Louisiana.  He was 60 years old and leaves four children.  He went to Louisiana five years ago from Montgomery City, Mo.

STONE

JUDY

BERRY

25 Feb 1892 8/2.  Capt. J. W. Judy received a telegram Tuesday announcing the death that morning of his niece, Mrs. Robert Stone, at Kansas City...  The remains will be taken to Carlyle, Kentucky.

3 Mar 1892 5/2 & 3.  The death of Mrs. Robert L. Stone was especially sad.. She left six little children, five girls and one boy.  The eldest is a girl of twelve years, and the youngest is also a girl, only two weeks old....Mrs. Stone was a daughter of Milford Berry of Moorefield, Ky., and  was born October 1860.  Eighteen years later during the month of her birth she married Robert L. Stone.  In 1884 they came to Missouri and spent four years on the farm near Worcester.  In the fall of 1888 they moved to Kansas City....

McGEE

25 Feb 1892 8/6.  Paris, Mo., Feb. 22. James L. McGee died in this county Friday, aged 93 years, 6 months and 19 days.  Mr. McGee moved here from Kansas in 1826.  He was the father of seventeen children, eleven of whom survive him.

GIBBS

3 Mar 1892 1/3.  Miss Annie Gibbs, daughter of R. C. Gibbs, died Feb. 29, 1892.  She was born Oct. 20, 1867, near Mexico, Audrain county, Mo., where she lived during her early childhood.  In the fall of 1881 she, with her parents, moved to Benton county, Ark....the summer of 1891, when with her father she returned to Mexico, Mo....the body was laid to rest in the Mexico cemetery.  The departed loved one leaves a father and three brothers to mourn her loss....

STOCKTON

3 Mar 1892 1/4.  Richard T. Stockton died at his home in south Mexico Saturday evening....Mr. Stockton, who was 75 years old, was born in Flemingsburg, Ky., where he grew to manhood....In 1856 he moved with his family to Bloomington, Ill., and in 1868, he emigrated to Boone county, this state.  In 1881, he became a resident of Audrain county.  He leaves a wife, daughter, Mrs. Thomas Helm and four sons, A. C. and F. W. of St. Louis, Fayette, of Memphis and F. P. of Mexico....

ROBINSON

3 Mar 1892 5/4.  On the night of Feb. 21st, 1892, the angel of death again visited the sorrowing family and again claimed for its own "the household pet".  Reed was the youngest son of the late Dr. T. B. Robinson, was six years, five months and nine days old....a large crowd gathered at Mt. Zion church and...he was laid to rest by the side of his father to await resurrection morn.

WILLINGHAM

3 Mar 1892 6/1.  The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Willingham died Saturday morning of la grippe....

SANFORD

3 Mar 1892 8/2.  The two year old son of John Sanford died Tuesday of penumonia.  The remains will be interred today (Thursday) at New Hope church.

McCLURE

3 Mar 1892 8/1.  James A. McClure, aged 90, and for 40 years a Justice of the Peace, died in Louisiana Sunday.

AZDELL

3 Mar 1892 8/4.  Died, on Saturday, Feb. 26th, 1892, George Elbie, infant son of J. M. Azdell and wife....sixteen months old....Funeral services preached at Littleby Baptist church...body was interred in the cemetery near the church....

TURNER

10 Mar 1892 1/2.  Mrs. Turner, wife of Samuel Turner, died Sunday morning at her home in the southern part of town....She was 52 years of age   ....

CREWS

10 Mar 1892 1/5.  Died on January 3, 1892, of la grippe, Mrs. America P. Crews....Mrs. Crews was born April 24, 1807.  She was the daughter of Dr. Larkin Bohannon of Madison county, Ky., and came to Missouri in her 9th year with her father who settled near Columbia, Boone county.  In her 19th year was married to Mr. Robert Crews.  Nine children blessed this union; six survive....Mr. Crews died in 1850 while on his way to California.

JESSE

10 Mar 1892 1/2.  Mrs. Mary Ann Jesse died Sunday at 12:20 o'clock at the home of her son, W. J. Jesse, three miles northwest of Mexico.  Had she lived till May, she would have been 90 years of age.  She was the wife of Eld. W. M. Jesse....Her husband preceded her to the grave 35 years.  Mrs. Jesse came to Missouri from Cumberland county, Va., where she was born in 1833, locating near Stephens Store in Callaway county.  The year following she came to Audrain county.  Nine children, six sons and three daughters, survive her.  They are W. J., Royal and Samuel, who live in Audrain; James, David and Columbus, residents of Benton county, Ark.; Mrs. Sallie Bradley and Caroline Day of Audrain, and Mrs. Mary Oslin of Iowa.  The remains were interred at the Jesse burying ground, west of town, at two o'clock Monday afternoon.

MOORE

10 Mar 1892 2/4.  The Troy Free Press, referring to the death of J. C. Moore, father of Hiram N. Moore of this city, who died Feb. 28, says: Deceased was born in Lincoln county, Tenn. in 1833, coming to Missouri with his parents when an infant.  Was married to Miss Mary E. Ripley, of St. Louis in 1855, who, with five children, Misses Lizzie, Hattie and Nettie, and Messrs. Shepard W. of West Virginia and Hiram N. of Mexico, Mo., survive....

STEIGER

10 Mar 1892 8/1.  Mrs. Steiger, daughter of T. B. Harris of this city, died in Moberly Monday and was buried Tuesday.

FULLENWIDER

10 Mar 1892 8/1.  Mrs. David Fullenwider of Waveland, Indiana, died at her home Monday, Feb. 29.  Deceased was a sister of Mrs. Joel Guthrie.

FOLLY

10 Mar 1892 8/2.  The funeral of John Folly, aged 64 years, who died suddenly of pneumonia on north Wade street Sunday evening....

SULLIVAN

10 Mar 1892 8/2.  The remains of A. J. Sullivan, who died Monday, were interred Wednesday.  Funeral services were held at St. Brendan's church....

10 Mar 1892 8/3 - Andy Sullivan died Monday afternoon at his home on West Liberty street....He was section boss on the C. & A. and proprietor of the Sullivan House....

MASON

10 Mar 1892 5/6.  Enoch Mason, brother of W. J. and J. W. Mason, of this city, died at his home six miles north of town Tuesday, of apoplexy.... Deceased, who was a son of Eld. Wm. Mason, deceased, was born in Bourbon county, Ky., September 8, 1840, and came to Missouri in 1858.  He leaves a wife and two children, Alicia and William, aged 12 and 14.  Deceased also leaves two sisters, Mrs. James O'Bannon and Mrs. Arnold, of Ky.

JUDY

17 Mar 1892 1/3.  A telegram was received Sunday announcing the death of Mrs. David Judy in Millersburg, Ky.  She was a sister-in-law of J. A. Judy, aunt of J. C. Ringo and granddaughter of Mrs. Wm. Conway, all of this city.  The remains were interred at Millersburg Monday.

SMITH

17 Mar 1892 1/8.  Miss Smith, daughter of Renfro Smith in the northern part of the county, died Saturday and the remains were interred Sunday.

BYBEE

17 Mar 1892 3/2.  Harry Bybee, son of Major Mart Bybee, died at the residence of Robert Armstrong, 6 miles north of Mexico, Thursday at 10 o'clock.  Mr. bybee was 24 years old....The remains were interred Saturday at Salt River church....

25 Mar 1892 3/2.  John Henry Bybee (Harve), son of John S. and Eliza Bybee, died on Thursday morning, March 10th, 1892, of typhoid fever, at the home of his brother-in-law, R. J. Armstrong, seven miles northeast of Mexico.  Deceased was 23 years, 5 months and 27 days old, having been born in Audrain county, Missouri, September 12th, 1868.... expressed a desire to be first taken to his father's home near Thompson, then to be buried by the side of his sister, Maud, at Salt River church  ....His family are heartbroken over his death, having lost two other members with the same disease Nov. 20th last....

GOOCH

17 Mar 1892 3/4.  The Centralia Guard has received a letter from Versailles, Ky., which states that John Gooch, formerly of that place, committed suicide by shooting himself three times with a revolver....John Gooch was a bright youth, just budding into manhood.  He worked for W. H. Gooch, his uncle, in Centralia for about four months.... He was also a nephew of Mrs. P. J. Barron.

TOMLINSON

17 Mar 1892 7/2.  News was received here last Saturday that Dave Tomlinson had died at the asylum at Fulton that morning....He leaves a wife, whose maiden name was Floyd, and several small children.

POWELL

17 Mar 1892 7/3.  Macon, Mo., Mar. 9 - Wm. Powell, a well-known farmer of this county, died today, twenty-three hours after having received a fright.  ....some robbers came to the front and back doors, saying they wanted his money and would have it.  Mr. Powell, who had not walked for a long time, jumped out of bed...while his plucky daughter fired a revolver twice, scaring the thieves away and calling the attention of two sons not far distant....He was 78 years old and one of the landmarks of Macon county.

WYATT

17 Mar 1892 8/1.  We regret to learn of the death of Joshua Wyatt, of Warren county, a son of Francis Wyatt and a nephew of Judge T. J. Marshall  of this city.

BARKLY

17 Mar 1892 8/1.  Thomas Barkly, who died recently in Ralls county, had given a small fortune to negroes who formerly belonged to him.  He also donated to New London the ground for its cemetery.

DRYDEN

17 Mar 1892 8/3.  From The Hannibal Journal.  At an early hour last night Mrs. Nat C. Dryden died at her home on North Fifth street, after a brief illness....To the bereaved husband and the heart broken daughters, the sympathy of the Journal goes out....

FISHER

17 Mar 1892 8/4.  Bean Creek Budget.  Died, of typhoid fever last week, Lewis Fisher, aged ten years.

ROBERTS

25 Mar 1892 3/4.  Dr. F. B. Roberts, who died in Laddonia March 13, 1892, was born in Augusta county, Virginia, April 18, 1852, moved to Rocheport, Mo. with his father and mother July 5, 1859, and was married to Miss Alpha Rollins, of Howard county, July 13, 1879....He located in Laddonia in May 1883 and lived there until his death.  He leaves a wife and one brother, Wm. Roberts, Sheriff of Boone county, and one sister living in Nebraska.

SMITH

25 Mar 1892 4/6.  Died, near Santa Fe, Mo., March 12, 1892, Bettie B. Smith, aged 2_ years, one month and six days.  Deceased was a daughter of Ephrodytus and Elizabeth Smith....

GRAVES

25 Mar 1892 6/1.  A telegram was received last Saturday announcing the death in New Mexico of D. L. Graves.  Deceased was a brother of Mrs. J. E. Dearing of this city.

THORNE

25 Mar 1892 8/1.  George Thorne, brother of E. P. Thorne, died at the home of the latter in San

Antonio, Texas, last week.  Mr. Thorne was formerly on the road in this state and is quite well known in Mexico.

GARTH

31 Mar 1892 2/3.  Jefferson Garth, of Columbia, who died at an advanced age at Columbia on the 21st inst., was an uncle of R. R. Arnold, cashier of the First National Bank of this city....

ALEXANDER

31 May 1892 3/3.  Our Neighbors - John and James Alexander, father and son, were killed at Linneus last week by the bursting of a fly wheel of a horse power saw mill.

BURHOP

31 May 1892 6/2.  Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wheeler returned last week from Indianapolis , Ind. where they had been to attend the funeral of Theodore Burhop, who died in that city on the 20th.  He was a brother of Mrs. Wheeler and J. M. Burhop, of this city.

MADDON

31 Mar 1892 8/3.  James Maddon, of the vicinity of Martinsburg, died suddenly Friday.  Mr. Maddon, while plowing, was taken with hemorrhage of the lungs and was scarcely able to get to the house.  He only lived a few hours.  The deceased leaves a wife and several children.

HARRISON

31 Mar 1892 8/4.  The numerous friends of B. H. Harrison, of Chicago, will regret to learn of the death of his wife.  W. H. French received a telegram Sunday saying that Mrs. Harrison died the day previous and would be buried Monday. Mr. Harrison is a prominent live stock dealer and a brother of Samuel Harrison of Callaway.

CLARK

7 Apr 1892 1/5.  The remains of Will Clark, who died in Slater Saturday, was interred at Laddonia Monday....

7 Apr 1892 2/2.  Will Clark, son of Lew Clark of Laddonia and brother of Charles Clark of this city, died in Slater last Saturday of consumption.  He was a brakeman on the C. & A. for a number of years.

CARLOS

7 Apr 1892 3/1. Columbia, Mo., March 30. - Sinnett Barkley...will serve a three years sentence for murder.  Nine years ago, in Hallsville, this county, Barkley quarreled with Martin Carlos and killed him.

COLLARD

7 Apr 1892 5/3.  Died, March 23, 1892, Addie Edith, infant daughter of David and Mary E. Collard....Benton City

POTTS

7 Apr 1892 8/1.  The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Potts, aged 10 months, died Sunday of inflammation of the stomach.  The remains were interred in the cemetery in this city Tuesday at 10 o'clock.

McCLURE

14 Apr 1892 1/2.  Mrs. McClure, wife of D. B. McClure, who died at her home near Benton City, of pneumonia, were taken to Bowling Green for interment....Mrs. McClure was formerly Miss McElroy, one of the oldest and best families of Pike county.  She leaves a husband and four sons -William, Robert, Frank and Clayton McClure....

14 Apr 1892 8/2.  The Louisana PRESS, referring to the death of Mrs. D. B. McClure, of this county, says: The remains were interred in the Bowling Green cemetery....Mrs. McClure was a sister of Mrs. Margaret Pettibone and Thos. McIlroy, of this city, and John P. McIlroy of Bowling Green....

GREGG

14 Apr 1892 2/4.  Vandalia, Mo., April 6.-Miss Fannie Gregg, the 15-year-old daughter of James Gregg, an influential farmer, who lives six miles north of here, committed suicide last night by taking a dose of Rough on Rats....

GILMORE

14 Apr 1892 6/1.  Mrs. Gilmore, sister of Hon. W. L. Gatewood, died in Bowling Green Monday....

SAUNDERS

14 Apr 1892 6/3.  John Saunders died April 9th at 3 o'clock a.m....Mr. Saunders was one of the old residents of Mexico, having become a resident previous to 1856....Mr. Saunders was a native of England....He leaves five children - Misses Miriam and Lucy Saunders of Los Angeles, Ca., Mrs. Mattie Saunders Rice, of Needles, Ca., and Charles and Luther of this city.  He was about 65 years of age....

HARRISON

21 Apr 1892 6/1.  Old Aunt Patty Harrison, aged between 110 and 120 years, died in Fulton this week.

CROSSWHITE

21 Apr 1892 6/1,  Joseph D. Crosswhite, son of Jacob Crosswhite, of Sturgeon, was killed by the cars at Clarence, Mo., Monday.

FAIRES

21 Apr 1892 8/1.  Mrs. W. L. Corner returned from Centralia Sunday.  She went up there to attend the funeral of the infant of Mr. and Mrs. Faires.

McKENNA

28 Apr 1892 1/4.  Rev. Francis McKenna died in Moberly last Friday....He has had charge of the work at Moberly for 23 years.  The funeral occurred Monday.

MONGLER

28 Apr 1892 5/2.  Bean Creek Budget. It is our sad duty to report the death of Jacob Mongler, which occurred last Saturday at his residence of pneumonia.  Mr. Mongler was abut 60 years old.  He moved from Illinois here about 11 years ago and settled on the T. B. Hendrix farm in this neighborhood....

SNELL

The remains of J. B. Snell, of Fulton, who died in Washington, arrived in this city Friday, in charge of Col. W. T. Snell, father of deceased. He died on the 19th of typhoid fever....Mr. Snell was 45 years old, a native of Callaway and a lawyer....    ....Mr. Snell's remains were interred at Fulton Saturday.

 CUNNINGHAM

5 May 1892 6/1. Dora, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Cunningham, died Friday night of pneumonia, aged 5 years.  The remains were interred Sunday at the Eubanks burying ground.

 MITCHELL

28 Apr 1892 6/3. Rev. Frank Mitchell died at his home near Laddonia Sunday night in his 69th year. He was born at Ridgway, N.Y., January 17, 1824. At the age of seven years he removed with his parents to Northville, Wayne county, Mich., where he resided until he reached manhood....He was married to Fannie F. Bullock in 1855. He removed to Jonesburg, Montgomery co., Mo. in the fall of 1869, where his wife died in 1872. He removed to Laddonia in 1875 and was united in marriage to Mrs. Sarah A. Cramer in January 1877....

WAITE

28 Apr 1892 6/3. Word was received the 21st that Ed. Waite, who was injured by the cars a few days ago at Louisiana, died at 6 o'clock that morning.  His brother, O. R. Waite, of this city, was called there the day before and his father, who lives in Wisconsin, was also present when he died....He leaves a wife and child.  The remains were taken to Wisconsin for interment.

MANSFIELD

28 Apr 1892 8/3.  Rev. R. C. Mansfield, one of the oldest settlers of Audrain county, died at his home northeast of Mexico at 3 o'clock yesterday morning....Rev. Mansfield was born in Orange county, Virginia, in 1804.  He came to Missouri in 1833, and to Audrain county in 1836.  His wife, who is now 80 years old, and all the children, except Mrs. John Smith, were with him when he died.  Rev. Mansfield had been a preacher 60 years....He at one time owned the greater part of the land upon which Mexico is built.  The court house square was donated to the county by him.  Also the old cemetery.  The remains will be interred in the cemetery in this city....The children now living are William, Edward, Charles, Mrs. M. M. Crooks, Mrs. I. C. French and Mrs. John Smith.

KOONTZ

5 May 1892 6/2.  Benton Koontz, well known in this city, died in Hannibal yesterday.  He was at one time Mayor of that town.  At the time of his death, he was business manager of the Journal.

POWELL

5 May 1892 8/3.  Uncle Bob Alstrop, Martinsburg, has been confined to his home nearly all winter with the grip....His son-in-law, W. T. Powell, was taken down about the same time and died on the 26th of February.  Mr. Powell...came from Warren county to Audrain about five years ago....

BATES

12 May 1892 1/6.  Robert A. Bates, formerly a resident of Audrain county, died in Guthrie, Ok., April 30, '92.  The GUTHRIE NEWS, referring to the funeral, says: Robert Adolphus Bates....bought property here last fall.  About christmas he had la grippe, from which he never recovered.  His brother, J. D. Bates, of Santa Fe, Monroe county, Missouri, and his sister, Mrs. Bohannon and brother-in-law, Sam Fox, of Nevada, were here to attend the funeral.  His body was interred in the Summit View cemetery....

WELLS

12 May 1892 8/1.  Lemuel Wells, a prominent citizen of Pike county, died Tuesday.

WOODS

19 May 1892 1/6.  There are some ugly rumors afloat among the colored people in regard to the death of George Woods, whose body was found in the creek east of town last week....

DOOLIN

19 May 1892 5/1 & 2.  Reuben H., son of Hardy and Susan Doolin, was born Feb. 25, 1877, and died May 12, 1892, hence he was 15 years, 2 months and 17 days old.  He came to his sad death by an accidental gunshot, while out hunting May 10th....He told his mother and sister, Ida, that he was not afraid to die....He leaves his parents, two sisters and three brothers....His funeral was preached at the Littleby church....

NEVIUS

19 May 1892 6/3 & 4.  Mrs. Nevius, wife of Wm. Nevius, a well-known traveling man, died at the  Globe Hotel Friday....The remains will be taken to Milton, Ill., for interment....

PATTON

26 May 1892 1/1.  Judge Flynt, who was in from the southwestern part of the county, informed the Intelligencer of the tragedy that occurred on the premises of John Robinson last night.  It was the suicide of John Patton, well known in the neighborhood of Prairie View.  Patton, who had been making his home with Mr. Robinson...was tracked to the barn and from there to a pond....

The body was found floating on the water....John Patton was about 48 years of age, single, and had lived in the neighborhood of Prairie View for a number of years.  He was a cousin of John Stephenson of that neighborhood....Patton was a native of Ireland and came to this country about eleven years ago and was 51 years of age.  He leaves two sisters in Ireland and one in Oregon...

FERRIS

26 May 1892 1/6.  Mrs. Kate Ferris breathed her last at 3:30 Monday afternoon....Funeral services of Mrs. Kate Ferris took place at the late residence on North Jefferson street....

JACOBY

26 May 1892 5/4.  Huntsville, Mo., May 19 - W. H. Jacoby, residing near here, was shot and instantly killed yesterday by his 14-year-old son.  The latter was playing with a gun that was not supposed to be loaded.

STONEBRAKER

26 May 1892 6/2.  W. O. Gray, who was up from Louisiana Friday, states that John E. Stonebraker, aged 47 years, a prominent farmer of near Aberdeen, Pike county, died suddenly last night from rupture of the intestines.  On Monday night while unharnessing a colt, the animal kicked him in the groin with both feet.

BERRY

26 May 1892 6/2.  Capt. J. A. Judy received a telegram Wednesday from his niece, Mrs. John A. Brooks, stating that his sister, Mrs. E. A. Berry, had died during the afternoon at her home, Moorefield, Ky.  She was the mother of Mrs. John A. Brooks and also of Mrs. R. L. Stone of Kansas City, who died recently.

GIBSON

2 Jun 1892 1/2. Mrs. Gibson, mother of Thomas Gibson and Mrs. O. M. Alexander of this city, died at 8 o'clock Tuesday evening, aged 72 years, of a combination of ailments peculiar to old age.  She was a native of Kentucky but had lived in Missouri for 25 years, in Mexico four years....

HILDEBRAND

2 Jun 1892 6/1.  Miss Josephine Hildebrand, daughter of John Hildebrand of near Benton city, died Thursday, aged 23....

McDONOUGH

2 Jun 1892 6/1.  The nine months old son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert McDonough, died at 12:30 p.m. Saturday of whooping cough....

DRYSDALE

2 Jun 1892 6/3.  Mrs. Drysdale, wife of Thomas Drysdale, who lived seven miles north of Mexico, died of inflammation of the stomach at 12 o'clock Thursday....The remains were...taken to Chicago by Mr. Drysdale for interment.  Mrs. Drysdale came to Audrain with her husband fifteen years ago from Chicago and settled on the McRoberts farm where she lived till her death....Besides her husband, she leaves a son 55 years of age.

CASON

2 Jun 1892 8/2.  Col. B. B. Tureman is in receipt of a letter from California stating that Mrs. John D. Cason died May 27.  Mrs. Cason left Callaway with her husband about four years ago....It will be remembered that Mr. and Mrs. Cason lost their eldest daughter, Miss Mamie, soon after they went to California, the young lady being burned to death.

CRAWFORD

9 Jun 1892 1/2.  Dr. M. E. Crawford received a telegram from his brother, J. A. Crawford, stating that his son, Mark Russell, aged seven was drowned Monday....The body was brought to Mexico last night and will be interred this morning. 

EPPERSON

9 Jun 1892 8/1.  Joseph Epperson, a well known farmer of Callaway county, died Monday....

HARPER

9 Jun 1892 8/1.  J. W. Howell received a telegram last Monday from Salem, Ill., notifying him of the death of Mrs. Harper, wife of George Harper, who was formerly a citizen and well known in Mexico.

FRUITT

9 Jun 1892 8/2.  Owen Fruitt, an aged colored man of this city, died at his home on Western Avenue last Tuesday....He had lived in Mexico ever since it was a town.

BISHOP

9 Jun 1892 5/5.  Word was received from St. Louis last Tuesday that Booker Bishop, formerly of this city, was killed by the cars in that city....Mrs. Bishop is a sister of Mrs. B. B. Runkle, of this city.

ROSE

9 Jun 1892 6/4.  Judge Ross received the following telegram from St. Louis last Friday: Miss Ella Rose died last night....Miss Rose was the daughter of the late Judge Elzea Rose, who was a resident of Mexico many years....

JAMES

16 Jun 1892 8/1.  B. F. James Jr. received a telegram Sunday from Hardin, Ohio, which stated that his mother had died that morning....

ROUNDS

28 Jun 1892 6/1.  At Moberly last Friday a negro named Young Adams, by a single blow of his fist, killed Pat Rounds, whose neck was broken by the force.

HANGER

28 Jun 1892 8/1.  Mrs. Jacob Hanger died at Santa Fe Saturday and was buried Sunday.  Mrs. Hanger has been suffering with paralysis for over a year.

GILBREATH

28 Jun 1892 8/2.  Wm. Rosamond has received word from Greenville, S. C., to the effect that H. G. Gilbreath, a nephew, was shot dead on the 14th by J. Mims Sullivan.  The killing was the result of an old feud....

McINTOSH

28 Jun 1892 8/2.  S. M. McIntosh, an old citizen of Fulton, died suddenly last Monday....He was 77 years of age....

MARTIN

30 Jun 1892 4/6.  W. F. Jones Thursday received a telegram from Paducah, Ky., informing him of the death of his daughter, Mrs. Belle Jones Martin, wife of S. P. Martin....Funeral services occurred Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the M.E. Church, South, conducted by Rev. J. A. Mumpower....        Deceased was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Jones and was held in high esteem....

LAWTHER

30 Jun 1892 8/1.  Died, in Fulton, June 27, Mrs. Hans Lawther, aged 68 years.  She was a native of Callaway.

PEABODY

7 Jul 1892 2/1.  Ed. Young and John Coil, who were up from Perry Saturday, tell of a distressing accident that happened there Wednesday....Jacob Peabody, well known in that section, while engaged in coupling cars, was run over and instantly killed....

ECTON

7 Jul 1892 8/1.  The remains of J. W. Ecton, who died at his home near Benton City Saturday, were interred Sunday at 3 o'clock.

HARPER

14 Jul 1892 1/5.  The infant child of Mr. George P. Harper died this week at New Salem, Ill.  Mrs. Harper died about three weeks ago.

NICHOLS

14 Jul 1892 1/6.  The Intelligencer recently published an account of the killing of Chat Nichols, at Troy, Mo., in which it was said that John H. Murphy....who but a few years since married Miss Sallie Robinson, did the shooting.  It was John T. Murphy, a young attorney, who but recently came to Troy, did the shooting.  John T. is in no way related to John H....both are attorneys of Troy....The killing seems to have been done under the most provoked circumstances and wholly in self defense.

HARRY

14 Jul 1892 8/1.  The old colored man known as "Crazy Harry" died at the county farm Sunday and was buried Monday.  He made his home with C. Ragsdale of this city for thirty years.

 CAUTHORN

14 Jul 1892 1/6.  Columbus H. Cauthorn, brother of Mrs. J. D. Morris and Robert Cauthorn, of this city, died on his farm near Rush Hill Friday.  His death was the result of injuries sustained several weeks ago by being thrown from a horse....Columbus H. Cauthorn....his father, Carter Cauthorn, emigrating to Missouri from Virginia in 1835.  He was born in this county in February 1844 and, save two years, which he spent on the Pacific coast, has been a continuous resident of Audrain.  The remains of Columbus H. Cauthorn were brought from Laddonia to Mexico Sunday...and buried in the cemetery here....

 HORD

14 Jul 1892 5/1.  Mr. Lewis Hord received a telegram Monday announcing the sudden death of his brother, Major E. L. Hord, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. R. S. Strobhart, St. Louis.  Major Hord was a native of Ky., having been born in the Blue Grass state March 18th, 1834.  He served through the war on the side of the South and rose from a private to the rank of Major....in 1868 came to Callaway county where he resided until 1882 when he moved to Mexico.  In 1885 Major Hord was married to Miss Mary D. Gorham, to whom was born one child, Ella, who married Mr. R. S. Strobhart.  The remains of Major Hord arrived at the depot and...taken from there to the cemetery for interment....

STEPPLEMAN

21 Jul 1892 3/1.  At the home of his parents in southeast Mexico on July 12th, 1892, all that was immortal of Freddie Thomas Steppleman took its departure to realms above....accidentally stepping on a small splinter which penetrated his foot...resulting in lockjaw, from which death followed.  Freddie was born on the 13th day of January, 1882, and died on the 12th day of July, 1892, and was 10 years, 5 months and 29 days of age.  His remains were conveyed to Mexico cemetery, followed by parents, three sisters, brother, grandmother....

NORTHCUTT

21 Jul 1892 3/2.  The Columbia Herald refers to the death of Thornton M. Northcutt, well known to all the older citizens of Audrain: Died, in Columbia, July 12, '92, Mr. Thornton M. Northcutt, in the 80th year of his age.  Deceased was born in Bourbon county, Kentucky, November 12, 1812.  He moved to Mexico, Mo., in 1850 and engaged in the mercantile business for some fifteen years thereafter.  He came to Columbia after the war....He leaves a widow and several children.  His remains were interred at Antioch church on Wednesday.

ROBERTS

21 Jul 1892 3/2.  Mrs. Roberts, wife of W. V. Roberts, died at 3 o'clock Friday monring....She was born in Macon county, Ill., and was married to her husband in that county in 1857.  Besides her husband, she leaves four children - two sons and two daughters.

BEAGLES

21 Jul 1892 4/4.  Died, Tuesday, July 19th, 1892, at her home in Mexico, Mo., after a long and painful illness, Maria L., wife of James M. Beagles, in her sixty-third year.  She was born in Boone county, Mo., November 7th, 1829.  Her father dying when she was fourteen years of age, her mother returned to her former home in Smith county, Virginia.  There, the 10th of April, 1850, Maria Little and James M. Beagles were married.  Then coming to Fulton, Callaway county, Mo., made this their home five years.  In 1855 they moved to Audrain....Her husband and sons, James Monroe, John W., Frank and Noah D. Beagles, and daughters, Mrs. J. M. Atkinson, Mrs. N. S. Johnston, and Mrs. C. C. Ragsdale, were with her to accompany her to the brink of the stream of death....

KETTLE

21 Jul 1892 3/3.  During the storn Wednesday afternoon a twelve-year-old son of Stephen Kettle of Wellsville was struck by lightning and instantly killed.

LANIUS

21 Jul 1892 6/4.  Edward L. Lanius, aged 22 years, son of Dr. J. W. Lanius, died at the home of his uncle, Prof. James A. Lanius, in St. Charles, on the 13th inst....The remains were interred at Hannibal....

MUNDY

28 Jul 1892 4/6. Logan Mundy died at his home on West Monroe street at 11 a.m. last Tuesday....He was born in Kentucky but for a number of years lived in Boone, coming from that county to Audrain in 1850, locating near Santa Fe, where he followed farming.  He was the father of ten children.

LUCKIE

28 Jul 1892 6/3.  Robert Luckie Sr. died at his home a few miles east of Mexico last Friday about 9 o'clock at the advanced age of 88 years ....Deceased came to Missouri in 1850 from Christian county, Ky., and raised a large family of children, all of whom are living.  They are William F., John Andrew, Robert, Miss Clemmie, Mrs. J. M. Gordon, Mrs. Martha K. Holliday, Mrs. Eugene French, Mrs. Josie Skates, and Mrs. Missie Quackenbush of Colorado.  Deceased brother, John Luckie, came to Missouri from Kentucky in 1851 and raised a family of five children.  He died in 1862.  John's and Robert's are the only deaths that have occurred in his family.  The widow of John has almost reached the century mark....the remains were brought to this city for interment.

HARDIN

STONE

4 Aug 1892 3/1 - Ex-Governor C. H. Hardin breathed his last at 9 o'clock Friday morning at the Ringo Hotel, where he had been sojourning since January ....Gov. Hardin was a native of Kentucky, having been born in that state July 15, 1820....but the family...came originally from Virginia.  While the son, Charles H., was still in infancy, the father removed to Missouri and located in Boone county, where young Hardin was reared.  Gov. Hardin's mother, before her marriage, was a Miss Hannah Jewell, also originally of Virginia and sister of Dr. Wm. Jewell, a distinguished physician of Columbia, who became the founder of William Jewell College in Liberty, Mo.  Besides Charles H., there were two daughters and two sons in his parents' family, namely: Mary, now the wife of the late Dr. T. R. H. Smith;...Arethusa, who became the wife of John H. Stone, an able lawyer of Central Missouri, but both of whom are now deceased; Dr. Thos. J., who died a few years ago, and Walter, who died when about 14 years of age....In 1844, he was married to Miss Mary B., a daughter of Theodrick Jinkins, Esq....In 1852...Mr. Hardin was elected to the Legislature from Callaway county....In 1861, Mr. Hardin removed from Fulton to Mexico, where he has ever since resided.

McINTIRE

4 Aug 1892 1/5.  Mr. and Mrs. John McIntire desire to thank their friends for kindness and attention during the fatal illness of their baby, Winnie.

ELLIOTT

4 Aug 1892 4/4.  Mr. Wm. H. Elliott, of the northern part of the county, died Sunday, July 31st, and was buried at the Bethel cemetery Monday....Mr. Elliott was 62 years old....

4 Aug 1892 4/6.  ....the remains were taken to Mexico for interment....Mr. Elliott was born in Ralls county in 1828 but had been a resident of this county for many years....

BROWN

4 Aug 1892 5/2.  A. A. Brown, of Laddonia, brother of Dr. Brown, died Sunday morning at 10 o'clock and was buried near Perry....He leaves a wife to mourn his death.

ESS

4 Aug 1892 6/1.  Mrs. Ess, a worthy and estimable old lady of Audrain, died last week at her home 7 miles north of Sturgeon in her 65th year.  She has resided on the place where she died for half a century.

BARTON

4 Aug 1892 7/2.  The funeral over the remains of William Vernon Barton took place last Saturday at 4 o'clock.  He was the son of W. H. Barton....

being only 21 years old....

LACKLAND

4 Aug 1892 4/4.  The following from the Globe Democrat, in reference to the death of Mrs. Rufus Lackland, will be of interest to many readers of The Intelligencer, who are well acquainted with deceased:  Yesterday morning Mrs. Lackland, wife of Banker Rufus J. Lackland, of this city, died after an illness of several months, at her husband's home on Lucas place....Deceased was 63 years old.

BLASE

11 Aug 1892 4/5.  Bean Creek Budget. The infant babe of Mr. and Mrs. Blase, who we reported so low with whooping cough in our last, after two weeks of intense suffering, died last Saturday....the remains were interred in the German cemetery near their church....

HISEY

11 Aug 1892 1/4.  James S. Hisey, brother of Rufus Hisey and Mrs. E. Bennett of this city and Mrs. E. Holt of Hatton, died at the residence of Rufus Hisey last Monday of a complication of ailments

....Deceased was a native of Callaway county but had lived in Audrain for many years.

25 Aug 1892 5/2.  James S. Hisey who died in this city August 8th, was born in Greenbriar County, Virginia, 56 years ago.  Shortly afterwards he removed with his family to Callaway County, Mo., where they remained for a few years and then located in Mexico....he was buried by the side of his father and mother who preceded him some seven years.

BLUE

11 Aug 1892 6/1.  Uncle John Blue, colored, died Thursday and was buried Friday.  "Uncle John", as he was called, was one of the old residents of the county.

SPENCER

11 Aug 1892 6/1.  Mrs. Belle Spencer, wife of J. F. Spencer, died at her home near Stephens Store, of heart trouble.

WOODWARD

11 Aug 1892 6/1.  The remains of James F. Woodward, who was run over and killed by the cars near Jefferson City Sunday, were not brought to Mexico but were interred in the latter city....

LUCKIE

18 Aug 1892 1/2.  Mrs. Mary Luckie died Sunday night at 8 o'clock....Mrs. Luckie was 92 years old last June, having been born in 1800.  She was reared in Kentucky, her birthplace  being in Clark county, that state.  She afterward moved to Christian county and from there came to Missouri in 1811, settling in Callaway county.  She has lived in Mexico since 1856.  Mrs. Luckie raised 5 children: J. R. Luckie, J. W. Luckie, Mrs. Mary Sims, Mrs. Richard Bridgford and Mrs. Dr. Reed, of Macon City....Something remarkable about the life of Mrs. Luckie was that her eyesight never failed her, being able to read with the naked eye at 92 about as well as she could at 20....

KERR

18 Aug 1892 1/1.  News reached The Intelligencer late Saturday evening of a tragedy which occurred near Santa Fe in the afternoon of that day.  It was the killing of H. L. Kerr by Ernest Humphreys, between 15 and 18 years of age.  Clarence Humphreys, brother of Ernest Humphreys, was in Mexico Sunday and employed Geo. Robertson to defend his father and brother....J. M. Richardson put up and had been running a mill on the Humphreys place, but at the time of the killing was moving it away....Mr. Humphreys was to receive a lot of slabs that were left by Richardson.... Afterwards, Richardson sold the slabs to J. R. Shell.  Shell went down Saturday for a load of the lumber....Kerr came for the next load and old man Humphreys and son Ernest were at the gate to keep him from entering the land....Mr. Humphreys was overpowered by Kerr and both were lying on the ground when Ernest came up with the revolver and shot Kerr back of the ear....Kerr is quite well known in Mexico.  He is an unusually large man, being over six feet and weighing over 200 pounds  ....The remains were interred at Laddonia Sunday...Kerr was about 35 years old and single...

HITE

18 Aug 1892 1/6.  The remains of B. S. Hite were brought to this city for interment....

18 Aug 1892 1/6.  From The Kansas City Star. Byron S. Hite, aged 57 years, was killed by the          explosion of a can of gasoline, which he was using in the stable at the rear of his house, 3039 East Seventh Street....Jas. Hite, who had followed his father to witness his work, ran out of the barn and escaped....

McCOY

18 Aug 1892 5/2.  About six o'clock Sunday        afternoon, five shrill whistles from a west-bound freight train brought the citizens of New Florence to a knowledge of a great loss in the sudden death of their old friend, Mayor B. McCoy, who was struck by the freight and almost instantly killed.  Mr. McCoy was forty-eight years of age and at the time of his death was Mayor of New Florence....

PORTER

18 Aug 1892 6/1. Mrs. Porter, wife of Judge Gilchrist Porter, died in Hannibal last week.

HERALD

18 Aug 1892 8/1.  Mrs. Herald, wife of Assessor Herald, died suddenly at her home in Montgomery county Tuesday.

PORTER

18 Aug 1892 8/2.  Harry Porter, aged 20 years, died in Moberly Tuesday from taking a dose of morphine with suicidal intent....He came to Moberly with his father, Mr. J. B. Porter, from Denver, Colorado....had been stopping with his uncle, Mr. H. M. Porter, up to the time he took the fatal dose.

KIBBEN

18 Aug 1892 8/5.  Mrs. Rebecca Kibben, relict of the late James Kibben, died at the residence of Judge S. M. Edwards Tuesday.  She was 86 years old and had lived in Mexico for 12 or 15 years.  The last year or two she had made her home at Judge Edwards', being a distant cousin of Mrs. Edwards ....

HOGAN

18 Aug 1892 1/5.  The following telegram appeared in the St. Louis Republic Tuesday as a special from Fulton: Fulton, Mo., Aug. 15. - Rev. W. H. Hogan from St. Louis, a patient at the Lunatic Asylum, committed suicide this afternoon by shooting himself through the left breast and right temple....Rev. Hogan lived in Mexico a number of years, having come here from St. Louis county....  W. H. Hogan was a Methodist minister....He was an Englishman by birth....He went to the new cemetery adjoining the asylum grounds on the north and as he entered, he passed John Astfahl who was at work cutting weeds and grass....They found Hogan lying dead, the pistol near him....

UNKNOWN

DuLACK

25 Aug 1892 1/5.  The body of an unknown man was found Sunday in a pasture about two miles northwest of Sturgeon....On his person were found...a testament containing the names of B. F. Stearns, C. R. Gregory, R. L. Hill, W. H. Summers and W. T. Wood, and in the front of the book was inscribed in ink, "Tom DuLack 1852"....

WILLIAMS

25 Aug 1892 3/4.  Wm. Williams died Monday morning at 7 o'clock August 15, 1892, at his old home place near Molino.  He lived with his son, Walter.  He leaves two sons and two daughters, one single son, David, and one single daughter, Mattie, the latter being a deaf mute....

ROBSON

25 Aug 1892 5/2.  Mrs. Emma Robson died Sunday at the home of her father, Wm. Groves, at Prairie View....the remains were interred in Mexico cemetery this afternoon.  Mrs. Robson was born in Jefferson county, Ohio, in 1858 and came to Missouri in 1866....On the 22d of December, 1877, she was united in marriage to Rev. Robson, a minister of the M.E. church, South.

BERRY

25 Aug 1892 5/4.  Mrs. Green C. Berry, a pioneer resident of Cole county, died last Tuesday.  She was a daughter of General G. A. Parsons, of Mexican and Confederate war fame, and a sister to General M. M. Parsons, of the Confederate service, who was shot by Mexican soldiers about the close of the civil war....

BROWN

25 Aug 1892 5/6.  A special from Bowling Green dated the 23d, says Wm. R. Brown, a highly respected farmer residing seven miles west of this city, near Curryville, was shot and instantly killed by George M. Lewis tonight at 10:30 o'clock.  Lewis had been paying attention to Brown's daughter and the latter objected.  This morning the daughter left the house and went to the home of Lewis.  Mr. Brown and his son, James, went there...Lewis shot Brown through the heart with a revolver....

HITZ

25 Aug 1892 6/4.  A German by the name of John Hitz committed suicide last Friday by drowning himself in a pond.  The whole occurrence happened on a farm about midway between Rush Hill and Laddonia....

DOWNEY

25 Aug 1892 7/1.  Thomas Downey, an old citizen, died very suddenly at his home in Centralia on Thursday, Aug. _ under singular circumstances.... the supposition is that an abcess in Mr. Downey's tonsils had burst causing death by suffocation....

WOODWARD

1 Sep 1892 5/3.  Daniel D. Woodward breathed his last at 10:25 Tuesday morning at his home on east Promenade street....He was sheriff of Audrain two terms and was at one time postmaster....Daniel D. Woodward is a native of Missouri, born in Monroe county January 5, 1838.  He was reared on his father's farm in Monroe county, and in 1860, then a young man 22 years of age, went to California.  Later along, 1862, found him at Granada, Miss., where he enlisted in Co. G., 2d Missouri Infantry, C.S.A., then at that place and under the command of General Cockrill....was taken prisoner near Vicksburg...was released on oath to return home....then joined Shelby, with whom he remained until the close of the war.  After the war, Mr. Woodward returned to Monroe county....He subsequently removed to Audrain county....he was untied in marriage to Miss Susan Rodman of Audrain.  Three children were born to them - William D., Carrol C., and Andrew G.  Fannie, the only daughter, died in infancy in 1871.

ROBINSON

8 Sep 1892 6/1.  Mrs. Comfort Robinson, aged 84, died in Louisiana Friday.  She was a native of Lancaster, O., and has resided in Pike county for 40 years.

HARPER

15 Sep 1892 6/4.  The remains of Aunt Jane Harper, who died in St. Louis, were brought to Mexico for interment.  She and her husband were among the first residents of Mexico....The remains were taken to the residence of George Willingham.  Her last request was that she be brought to Mexico and interred in the old cemetery, and accordingly, the remains were interred there....

DUNN

15 Sep 1892 8/2.  Hon. Tom Dunn, Democratic nominee for State Senator for this district, was in Mexico last Monday.  He was returning to Troy from Fulton.  His father, Wm. F. Dunn, of Fulton, died last Friday morning at 12 o'clock....The remains were buried near Fulton.

WHITTINGTON

15 Sep 1892 8/5.  Drury Whittington....The city marshall of Fayette, on a telegram from Sedalia, attempted to arrest Whittington, who resisted and was shot dead....The Gazette says of him: "Drury was an old Callaway boy, tough, common and good for nothing.  He served a term in the pen for horse stealing and was a depraved scoundrel generally."

BROWN

1 Sep 1892 5/3.  John Brown, or "Uncle Jack", as he was familiarly known, died at his home in the Prairie View neighborhood at 11:30 Saturday night....The remains were taken to Callaway Monday for interment.  Mr. Brown was a native of Kentucky; was born May 26, 1814, and was the second son of William Brown, a native of Pennsylvania and Margaret (Hamilton) Brown, a native of Kentucky but raised in Virginia.  William Brown died in Scott county, Kentucky, in 1829.  His widow then emigrated with her family of eight children to Missouri and settled in Callaway, where she resided until her death in 1859.  The subject of this sketch resided in Callaway from 1833 to 1879, when he removed to his present home in Audrain county, South Wilson township.  In April 1849 he married Miss Jane Robertson, a daughter of John A. Robertson....John A. Robertson was born and raised in Kentucky where he married Miss Nancy Carr, a native of the same place; she became the mother of his nine children.  Mr. Robertson was killed by jayhawkers during the war.  He was the original owner of the farm where Mr. Brown and wife resided.  Mr. Brown had seven children, viz: Mary Kerr, born April 20, 1853; John W., born July 29, 1855; Nancy J., born April 14, 1857; James Robert, born September 8, 1859; Benjamin Allen, born December 29, 1861; George Hamilton, born February 25, 1864; Margaret A., born April 6, 1866.  Nancy J. died in 1863.  Mary Kerr was married to Joel Hitt on December 8, 1881, but died in 1882, leaving one child, Joel Kerr, born October 29, 1882.

PARKER

22 Sep 1892 6/1.   Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Coons attended the funeral of Mrs. Coons' father, A. L. Parker, at Minneapolis, Kansas, Friday.  Mr. Parker died Wednesday.

LAKE

29 Sep 1892 2/3. J. H. Minor returned from Vandalia Thursday where he was called by the death last Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 20th, at 5 o'clock, of his brother-in-law, J. B. Lake, of that city.... The remains were taken to Farber and interred in the cemetery at that place.  Mr. Lake had been ill of typhoid fever for about four weeks.  He leaves a wife and four children.

FLYNT

29 Sep 1892 2/4.  Mrs. Flynt, wife of Judge M. C. Flynt, died at her home in Wilson township on the 22d after protracted illness.  She was an excellent woman and leaves a husband, several children and many friends to mourn her loss.  Her maiden name was Mary E. Turner, daughter of Jackson Turner, and she was united in marriage to Judge Flynt in May 1867.

GORDON

29 Sep 1892 5/2.  At a meeting of the bar association and court officials of Audrain county, Mo., held in the county clerk's office, Sept. 28, 1892...the following action was taken in commeration on the life and death of John M. Gordon....

CAUTHORN

29 Sep 1892 6/4.  Carter Cauthorn was born in Essex county, Va., Jan. 28, 1802.  He was married to Eliza Colvin in Culpepper county, Va., in December 1830.  He moved to Missouri in 1835 and to Audrain county in 1837, where he lived until his death, Sept. 21, 1892....he and his wife united with the Christian church at Mexico in 1858....His wife died at the old home in Mexico in 1882....

BLACK

13 Oct 1892 4/5.  Died, at his home near Hatton on Monday, October 10, 1892, Dr. Cephalus Black....

WHITE

13 Oct 1892 6/3.  Miss Millie White died Friday morning at 4 o'clock after an illness of over six weeks....She died at the residence of W. L. Rennolds where she had remained while in Mexico.  Her home was near Sturgeon where she resided with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. W. White.  Miss White came to Mexico as a teacher in the public school ....Miss White was born in 1871 and was 21 years old last February.  Her parents and her sisters, Lizzie, Jeannette and Zelo were present at her death.  Her brothers, J. C. white and Dr. W. G. White were unable to be present.  Dr. White is a resident of California....

13 Oct 1892 4/5. ....The remains were interred in the cemetery at Pisgah, near Sturgeon....

FOOTE

20 Oct 1892 1/4.  Word was received from Montezuma, Col., Saturday, of the death of M. S. Foote, brother of the Foote brothers of this city ....He was 41 years old and had been in poor health for some time.  The remains were interred Sunday at Hutchinson, Ks.

UZZLE

20 Oct 1892 1/6.  The remains of Mrs. L. Uzzle, who died in Huntsville Sunday, were brought to Mexico for interment....She was the mother of James and Jefferson Uzzle, all well known in Mexico.

DOUGHERTY

20 Oct 1892 1/6.  Thomas Dougherty, Sr. died Saturday at his home near Louisiana in the 88th year of his age.  He came to Pike county in 1844 and has resided on a farm near Louisiana ever since.  He was the father of Charles and Col.

W. J. Dougherty of Pike county and Thomas Jr. of Audrain county.  The funeral took place Sunday at the historical burial ground at Grassy Creek.

PEARSON

20 Oct 1892 1/6.  Mrs. E. A. Pearson, mother of Ripley and Thomas Pearson, died at the home of her son in Laddonia Sunday.  The remains were interred in this city Tuesday....Deceased was the wife of Richmond Pearson, one of the first settlers of Audrain county.  She was over 80 years of age.

TERRILL

20 Oct 1892 6/4.  Lacy, the twelve-year-old son of Mrs. A. W. Terrill, teacher in Mexico Public School, died at Monroe City Wednesday....

WALTON

27 Oct 1892 2/2.  Died, of consumption, at the home of her parents, T. H. Walton and wife, of Salisbury, on Friday evening, October 14, 1892, at 5:30 o'clock, Miss Mayme Walton, who was in her 20th year....

20 Oct 1892 7/3.  ....Miss Walton was a student at Hardin College last year and had many friends in Mexico....

SHOCK

27 Oct 1892 6/1.  F. W. Allen of Fulton was...

returning from Montgomery City where he preached the funeral of Miss Imogene Shock....She died in Montgomery City on Oct. 18....

HOPKINS

3 Nov 1892 1/4.  Mrs. E. E. Hopkins, mother of Mrs. W. B. Taylor, of this city, died Sunday evening at 6 o'clock of heart trouble, in Eminence, Ky.  She was 66 years of age and was mother of four children, all of whom are living.  They are Mrs. Taylor, of this city, Mrs. C. S. Thomas, W. A. Hopkins and W. S. Hopkins, of Eminence, Ky....

KENDALL

3 Nov 1892 1/5 and 6.  Nelson S. Kendall, of Florida, Mo. was thrown from a wagon and killed last Wednesday, Oct. 27....Mr. Kendall was born in St. Charles, Mo., the 6th of March, 1837.  His parents dying in his early childhood, he made his home with his uncle, James D. Summer, of this county.  He served four years in the Confederate army and at the close of the war he went to California, returning in 1866, and in August 1868, he was married to Miss Sallie Hobbs, of Florida, Mo., who with her six children, - three boys - James T., Joseph N., Willie T. - and three girls, Mary, Bessie and Anna, survive his loss.  He leaves three brothers and two sisters, S. Edwin and William T., of Rush Hill; James D., of Raymond, Ill., Mrs. Kate Scott, of Rush Hill and Mrs. Mary Humphrey, of Jacksonville, Ill....buried at South Fork church, Monroe county.

PATTERSON

3 Nov 1892 7/1.  Hatton Siftings. Uncle David Patterson died at his home on October 27, 1892....He was a native Missourian, born in St. Louis county in the year 1812....He leaves a wife, one daughter and three sons....

CROWLEY

SCHUBER

3 Nov 1892 7/1.  ...at Clarksville, an entire business block was consumed, entailing---the sacrifice of two lives.  Thos. W. Crowley, a merchant taylor, and Joe Schuber, one of his assistants...were buried under a falling wall

....

ALEXANDER

10 Nov 1892 1/5.  Paris, Mo., Nov. 7. - Hon. A. N. Alexander died suddenly at his home in this city this morning at 1:30 o'clock.  He was a lawyer of ability and a member of the Forty-seventh congress

....

SMITH

10 Nov 1892 1/6.  Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Smith of Austin, Texas, lost an infant daughter on November 1.  Mrs. Smith is a former resident of Mexico.  She is a sister of Mrs. W. H. Wallace, of this city.

CANADA

10 Nov 1892 6/1.  Rozier Hall went to Sturgeon Friday to attend the funeral of Mrs. Canada, wo died at her residence near Sturgeon Tuesday morning.  She was the wife of James Canada....  The remains were buried at Pisgah.

ALLEN

10 Nov 1892 6/4.  John Allen died Friday at noon of pneumonia and acute congestion of the kidneys.  He also suffered an attack of paralysis.  He was a mechanic by occupation and an old resident of Mexico....

VOGES

10 Nov 1892 7/1.  Mrs. Chris Voges suicided at Vandalia Wednesday morning, by taking strichnine.  She was 27 years of age and had been married since last June.  She and her husband parted October 27 and her troubles caused her to take her life

....The remains were buried in Vandalia.

WATERS

17 Nov 1892 1/5.  Mrs. Waters, wife of Thomas H. Waters, northeast of Mexico, died Sunday night.  She had been in poor health for some time and her death was not unexpected.  Mr. Waters is quite feeble.  He and his wife have been residents of Audrain about 30 years.  The remains were interred last Monday at Union Chapel....

MOORE

17 Nov 1892 3/1.  Pierre Moore, a traveling man, aged 54, died at the Ringo hotel at 11:45 last Friday....Deceased was a single man and has only one relative living, a sister, whose home is in Canada....The remains...were interred in the Mexico Cemetery....

BUCHANAN

24 Nov 1892 2/1.  Louisiana, Mo., Nov. 17. - Clay Buchanan, a boy 5 years old, was buried alive last night in a cave on Clinton Hill in this city....

NOHRNBERG

24 Nov 1892 6/4.  Adeline Nohrnberg, 17 years old, daughter of Chris Nohrnberg, died at Rush Hill, last Wednesday evening of typhoid fever.... The remains were interred at Laddonia.

EDMONSTON

24 Nov 1892 3/3.  Winfield Jackson Edmonston died last Thursday at 10:40 p.m....Deceased was born in Prince George county, Maryland, Aug. 26, 1815.  His mother died when he was eleven months old....He married Miss Christina Moots, of Logan county, Ohio, in 1840.  The next year, in the fall, with his wife and one child, J. O. Edmonston, he started for Missouri....He settled four miles from the present town of Concord, in Callaway county. where he lived for over fifty years....Mr. Edmonston was the father of 8 children, five boys and three girls.  Three of his children are dead.  They are Mary E., his eldest daughter, who died when she was 11 years of age; Eliza A., who married R. A. Mayhall, of Ralls county and died in the fall of 1875, leaving two sons who now live in the state of California; Charles C., who died when an infant; J. O. Edmonston married Miss Julia A. Steward, daughter of Oswell Steward, of Montgomery county.  They have two children, both boys.  W. A. Edmonston married Miss Fannie D. Sharp, daughter of Gen. W. M. Sharp, of Callaway county.  They have one child, a daughter.  C. W. Edmonston married Miss Mary E. Fish, of Callaway county.  She is the daughter of Rev. N. L. Fish of Callaway.  They have four children, three boys and one girl.  Miss Annie Henderson, daughter of Thomas Henderson, of Callaway, married R. W. Edmonston.  They have only one child, a boy.  Nannie V. married Thomas Northern, of Callaway.  Christina, Mr. Edmonston's wife, died in April 1879....Mr. Edmonston helped to build the old Pleasant Grove church in Callaway county and was its recognized steward for thirty years.  He also assisted in building the new church at the same place....

BAKER

24 Nov 1892 6/4.  J. M. Kelso of this city tells the Intelligencer that while removing the remains of his father-in-law and mother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Baker, from a burying ground at Bachelor to the cemetery at Harmony church, the body of his mother-in-law, from the waist down, was petrified and as smooth and white as marble.  The remainder of the body and also the body of Mr. Baker had returned to dust.  Mrs. Baker's body has been buried over 30 years.

HALL

24 Nov 1892 6/4.  The remains of Mrs. Hall, wife of Robert Hall, who died in Camden county, were brought to Mexico Friday and were taken to the Lockridge cemetery, south of town, for interment.  Mrs. Hall, whose maiden name was Lockridge, was a native of this county, but for the last four or five years, has resided in Camden county....

TURNER

24 Nov 1892 8/1.  The infant child of A. Turner died at Rush Hill this week of pneumonia.

THOMPSON

24 Nov 1892 8/1.  J. B. Thompson, well known in this city, died in Lancaster, Mo., at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning. 

SELLERS

24 Nov 1892 8/2.  Mrs. Sellers, mother of Prof. Sellers, of this city, died at Barry, Ill. Saturday evening.

IRVINE

1 Dec 1892 1/4.  Rev. Irvine, who lives twelve miles north of this city, lost a little child Sunday of pneumonia.  The remains were interred this afternoon.  This is the second child he has lost within a week.

NOHRNBERG

FARMER

COOPER

1 Dec 1892 1/5.  Rush hill had three deaths in eight days, viz: Miss Adeline Nohrnberg, Mr. Al. Farmer's infant child, and Mr. Cooper, our hotel keeper....

1 Dec 1892 3/2.  J. C. Cooper, proprietor of the hotel at Rush Hill, died Thursday morning in that city at 5 o'clock of heart disease.  He was about 60 years of age and had been a resident of Rush Hill for many years.  Mrs. Cooper was taken dangerously ill last afternoon of nervous trouble caused by the death of her husband.  The remains were interred Saturday afternoon near Mexico.

MORRIS

1 Dec 1892 1/3.  Mrs. A. Griggs went up to Kirksville Saturday to attend the funeral of her mother, Mrs. Morris, who died in Colorado Springs last week.

DAVIS

1 Dec 1892 6/1.  Spencer Davis, who died in Montgomery county last week, was formerly a resident of Audrain county.

ANDERSON

1 Dec 1892 8/1.  The remains of May, the nineteen months old child of Mrs. N. B. Anderson, were taken to Harrodsburg, Ky. Tuesday from McCredie, where they had been interred since last June.  The child had died of the croup.

LANIER

1 Dec 1892 8/2.  Edward Lanier died in Lincoln county last Wednesday of heart trouble.  He was 82 years of age and had resided in Lincoln for many years.  He was a brother of J. H. Lanier, father of Mrs. J. M. Hudson of this city.

ROBERTSON

8 Dec 1892 1/6.  Judge Jas. H. Robertson, brother-in-law of J. T. Williams of this city, died at his home in Wilbarger county, Texas, last Sunday....

Deceased was 45 years of age and a former resident of Montgomery county.  He also resided in Nebraska 12 years before moving to Texas.

MINOR

8 Dec 1892 3/2.  Colonel N. P. Minor, one of the old Democratic wheel horses of Northeast Missouri died Thursday near Louisiana of acute pneumonia.  He was about 69 years of age.  Col. Minor was a Virginian by birth and came to Missouri in 1835

....During the war he spent four years in the Confederate army under General Price.  Deceased was an uncle of Recorder J. H. Minor of this city.

WARE

8 Dec 1892 1/2.  Marvine Ware, the 18-months-old son of Wm. Ware, died at 1 o'clock last Monday afternoon of brain trouble.  The remains were taken to Bowling Green where they were interred.

WOODWARD

8 Dec 1892 5/4.  Rush Hill items - A child of Tom Woodward died last Sunday.

CUNNINGHAM

8 Dec 1892 6/1.  Prof. T. H. Cunningham, brother of J. G. Cunningham, who lives near Gant, died in Chicago last week, aged 23.

VANCE

8 Dec 1892 8/2.  Mrs. H. P. S. Willis returned from Plattsburg Saturday where she attended the funeral of her brother-in-law, Col. N. M. Vance, of that town.

MOOREHEAD

8 Dec 1892 6/3.  St. Louis Republic, Nov. 29.  Miss Margaret Moorehead, a beautiful and accomplished girl of 17 years, met with a frightful death at 10 o'clock Sunday night at her home, 3101 Lucas Avenue....Miss Moorehead's dress came in contact with the blaze and in a moment she was wrapped in flames....Deceased was a student at Hardin College last year....

BERRY

8 Dec 1892 8/4.  Ed. Berry, son of Jacob Berry, died in Rush Hill Tuesday and was buried near Laddonia today....

15 Dec 1892 5/2.  Rush Hill Racket....His remains were interred at West Cuivre Wednesday.

HARGUS

15 Dec 1892 6/4.  A telegram from Nevada, Mo., tells of an attempted murder and successful suicide Wednesday near Montevallo, in Vernon county.  Jim Hargus, a young man 23 years old....took dinner Wednesday with the family of Warren Mann....The attraction was the pretty, blue-eyed 16 year old daughter, Pearl....while Hargus and the girl were alone in a room, he shot her and then shot himself.  The girl...will recover....Nothing is known of his antecedents except that he came to this county from Monroe or Audrain some four years ago....

MORSEY

15 Dec 1892 8/1.  A little child of Mrs. Logan Morsey of West Love street, died Tuesday.

FRY

22 Dec 1892 1/2.  Zachariah T. Fry, aged 46, died in Rush Hill Friday night of kidney trouble.... Deceased was a native of Illinois but was a resident of Audrain county continuously for twenty years....The remains were laid to rest at Rock Hill church, Sunday.

DYKE

22 Dec 1892 1/2.  Mrs. Dyke, wife of John Dyke, died Saturday evening at 5 o'clock of puerperal fever....Mrs. Dyke was formerly Miss Miller, daughter of J. T. Miller, of Callaway county....

PATTERSON

22 Dec 1892 1/5. Kathleen, infant daughter of Dr. and Mrs. A. M. Patterson, died Sunday morning....

BRITT

22 Dec 1892 6/1.  Uncle Sam Britt, a highly respected colored man, aged 97, died Thursday night at his home in the eastern part of town....

MORTHLAM

MORTHLAND

22 Dec 1892 4/1.  Worcester and Vicinity. Died, near Worcester, Thursday, 14 inst., Mrs. Sarah A. Morthlam (Morthland), aged 62 years.  She had been a sufferer with that awful disease, dropsy, for over a year.  Mr. Morthlam and his family had only been living in Audrain county about seven years.  The deceased was a native of Pennsylvania, a member of the Baptist church.  The remains were interred at Littleby Baptist church....

LEEDS

22 Dec 1892 7/2.  Mrs. Sarah Leeds, wife of David Leeds, died at her home on West Jackson street at 11:30 Dec. 14th, of cancer of the stomach....She was 66 years of age.

GARVIN

22 Dec 1892 8/1.  The remains of Mrs. Lizzie Garvin, who died in Fulton, arrived in Mexico yesterday being taken to St. Charles for interment.

FOUKE

22 Dec 1892 8/1.  Lizzie Fouke, daughter of Mrs. Thomas Fouke, died in St. Louis last week of typhoid fever.

FUHRER

29 Dec 1892 1/3.  Joseph Fuhrer, aged 21 years, living about eight miles north of Warrenton, was found dead on the Wabash railroad track, half a mile west of the depot of that place....He is supposed to have been thrown from his horse while crossing the track on his way home.

FARRELL

29 Dec 1892 5/2.  John Farrell, of Bowling Green, well known as Judge Elijah Robinson's political manager and subsequent law partner, died of quick consumption yesterday....

HALL

29 Dec 1892 8/1.  Robert Hall died at his home in Miller county last week of consumption.  His wife preceded him to the grave two or three weeks.  Her remains were interred in Lockridge cemetery north of town.

MAYES

29 Dec 1892 8/2.  B. S. Mayes, who dropped dead at his home near Gant last week, mention of which was made in The Intelligencer, was 78 years of age and born in Kentucky.  He came to Missouri nearly fifty years ago and lived on the same farm until his death....

WYLDE

29 Dec 1892 8/3.  James Wylde, Sr. of Benton City, was struck yesterday by the Wabash fast train, westward bound, and instantly killed....the old man on the track....being entirely deaf did not hear the whistle....Mr. Wylde was about 82 years old....His home has been with his son, J. M. Wylde....He leaves a wife and seven children, five boys and two girls.  His second son, David, lives in Iowa.  The remaining sons, Benjamin, George, William and James , Jr. live in the neighborhood of Benton and are prosperous farmers.  His daughters are married.  They are Mrs. Cohoon, who lives in St. Louis, and Mrs. Lafavre, who lives in Southwest Missouri.

SMITH

5 Jan 1893 1/4.  Lewis Smith, who fought through the Indian wars in Florida in 1830-36 and was wounded at the battle of Okeechobee, died in Sturgeon Saturday of heart failure, aged 76 years.

BRADLEY

5 Jan 1893 3/4.  Mrs. Sarah Jane Bradley died Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock of typhoid pneumonia. Her death occurred at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. J. R. Pollard, three miles southeast of Mexico. Mrs. Bradley was 66 years of age and had resided in Audrain county for fifty-five years. Her earlier life was passed in Virginia, her birthplace.  She had been married for forty-nine years and was the mother of eight children, four of whom are living and were at her bedside at the time of her death.  They are James S., Mrs. J. R. Pollard, Royal and David.  Her husband, Wm. T., died Sept. 21, 1891.

BROWN

5 Jan 1893 8/2. Mr. and Mrs. John T. Brown of Ralls county, who have been visiting their daughter, Mrs. Gibbs, wife of J. P. Gibbs...have returned home.  Mr. Brown's brother, Wm. Brown, deceased, was a     resident of this county many years.

 FRANKUM

2 Jan 1893 1/4.  George Frankum of Curryville died last Tuesday at 5 o'clock of pneumonia at the residence of Mrs. Bartley near Littleby Church.  Deceased had been conducting a school at the Littleby school house....His wife was with him during the last day of his illness.  He was about 32 years of age....The remains were...sent to Curryville for interment.

19 Jan 1893 1/5.  A telegram from Laddonia dated the 14th says: The papers are throwing out the impression that it was malicious intent that urged the pupils of Littleby school, west of here, to duck their teacher, Prof. George Frankum, who took the pneumonia as a consequence and died therefrom last week.  The teacher before his death exonerated the children, saying that he dared them in play and they in the same spirit accepted his challenge and put him in the water.

MAYHALL

12 Jan 1893 2/4.  Mrs. Mayhall, wife of Men. Mayhall, editor of the Ralls county Record, died at New London, Wednesday, Jan. 4th, of consumption.  Deceased was formerly Miss Belle Miller and was raised in this city, being the daughter of Joe Miller....She was a sister of Joe Will, Frank and James Miller....

DAVIS

12 Jan 1893 3/3.  Moberly Democrat, Jan. 6. At 7:30 this morning, the death angel claimed the spirit of one of the faithful servants of the Lord

....Elder H. B. Davis, the beloved pastor of the Christian church of this city, abides no more in the earthly tabernacle....He was born in Claiborne county, Tennessee, January 10, 1844....At the time of his death, he was 48 years old....Of his immediate family he leaves a father, Dr. Davis, of Warrenton, a wife to whom he was married at Caseyville, Kentucky, March 23, 1868, two sons, Jeff E. and Harry H....the remains will be taken in a special car to Paris for interment beside a daughter who is buried there.

MAYES

12 Jan 1893 6/3.  Robert and Wm. Mayes received a dispatch last Friday from East Liverpool, Ohio, notifying them of the death of their mother, which occurred Thursday.  They left that afternoon for East Liverpool, being accompanied by Miss Susie Stevenson.  Mrs. Mayes was a relative of R. T. Stevenson of this city.

WARDEN

12 Jan 1893 6/4.  To the Editor of The Intelligencer, Mexico, Mo., Jan. 5.  I have just learned of the death of my dear sister, Mrs. Susan Warden, who died at Eureka Springs at 10:30 p.m. of the 3rd inst.... (Signed) John P. Clark

KENNA

19 Jan 1893 2/3.  Carrollton Democrat. Senator John Kenna of West Virginia, who died the 10th at Washington City, was a nephew of Sheriff James V. Lewis of this place and made his home with him in the county for several years before the war....

SMITH

19 Jan 1893 6/1.  J. M. Smith, whose home is near Vandalia, was thrown from a horse last week and sustained fatal injuries.

WYATT

19 Jan 1893 6/1.  Henry Wyatt of Vandalia died Wednesday, January 11, of tobacco poison.  Deceased was, for a long time, an employee of the Montgomery City Tobacco Works.

JACOBI

19 Jan 1893 8/1.  Mrs. Jacobi, wife of J. G. Jacobi, died at Martinsburg Saturday and was buried Monday.  Deceased was 36 years old and an excellent woman.

BROWN

19 Jan 1893 8/2.  Mrs. T. P. Rothwell received a telegram last Monday from Mrs. Adams of Tipton, Mo., announcing the death of her sister, Mrs. Ellen Brown.  The remains will be taken to Pittsburg, Pa. for interment.

QUISENBERRY

26 Jan 1893 1/6....To be buried in Mexico.  Colby T. Quisenberry died at Eureka Springs, Arkansas, Tuesday, of erysipelas.  For nearly twenty years Mr. Quisenberry was a citizen of Mexico, leaving here some ten years ago....He was one of the first men in this section to actively engage in the introduction of fine horses and cattle....His family resides in Trinidad, Colorado.  Mr. Quisenberry was a cousin of Mr. W. P. Quisenberry of this city.  Mrs. Quisenberry was a cousin of B. R. Cauthorn, Robert Cauthorn and Mrs. J. D. Morris....

O'DONNELL

26 Jan 1893 6/1.  Barney O'Donnell of Wellsville died Friday morning at about 11 o'clock.  His death was from a complication of disorders, principally heart trouble.

TURNER

26 Jan 1893 6/4.  Augustus Turner, who resided three miles east of Clark's Switch, was struck Friday afternoon at about 2:20 by the west bound C. & A. passenger....The deceased was 82 years of age and was on foot when struck by the engine....His wife was absent from home when the accident occurred, visiting in Columbia....

CALLAHAN

26 Jan 1893 7/2. J. E. Callahan of Benton City returned Friday night from St. Louis, where he attended the funeral of his brother, Wm. T. Callahan, who was a policeman, was hit with a brick while making an arrest sometime ago, from the effects of which he never recovered.  He leaves a wife and two children.  Mr. Callahan lived near Benton City a few years ago and was well and favorably known.

BRYERLY

2 Feb 1893 1/2.  The remains of Albert L. Bryerly, who died Saturday, were interred Sunday....His disease was quick consumption....Deceased was born in Indiana and was 35 years old.  He came here with his father, J. W. Bryerly, when quite small and spent the greater part of his life in this city....

WORDHOFF

26 Jan 1893 8/1.  An infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Wordhoff, near Martinsburg, died Saturday.  Mrs. Wordhoff gave birth to twins on the 5th.

HAYTH

26 Jan 1893 8/2.  Mrs. Laura Hayth, wife of F. L. Hayth, died at Sturgeon Tuesday morning of consumption, aged 26 years.  The remains were taken to Montgomery county for interment.

GARRARD

8 Feb 1893 1/3.  Joseph D. Garrard died yesterday morning at 7 o'clock at his home, 2 1/2 miles southeast of Centralia, Mo....Deceased was 70 years of age, lacking about two weeks.  He leaves a widow and three children...Stephen L. Garrard, who lives on his father's farm, and Mrs. J. W. Howell and Mrs. G. L. Ferris of this city....born in Bourbon co. Ky....He came to Missouri in 1863....was a near relative of James Garrard who was governor of  Kentucky from 1796 to 1804....also related to the Brutus J. Clay family of Kentucky.  He leaves one brother, Thomas W. Garrard of Las Vegas, New  Mexico, and one sister, Mrs. Nannie White of Lexington, Ky....

9 Feb 1893 3/2.  The remains...were brought to this city on the C. & A. at 11 o'clock for interment....

AYDELOTT

2 Feb 1893 1/4.  J. W. Howell received news from Phoenix, Ariz., Saturday, that his nephew, Walter Aydelott, had died there that day....Deceased was a student of Mexico public school for two or three years and later attended the State University.  The remains will be taken to Montgomery county for interment.

LLOYD

2 Feb 1893 1/6.  A relic of the old time died recently in Montgomery county.  Celia Lloyd was brought from Kentucky by the old Appling family, and was sold to a Mr. Brown and afterwards to William Lloyd, who paid $700 for her.  She lived with the Lloyd family to the end of her days, which closed at the age of 101 years.

TANNER

2 Feb 1893 6/1.  Mrs. Lucy Tanner, well known in this city, was run over and killed by the cars at Monroe City last week.

BOONE

2 Feb 1893 1/6.  John Boone, son of J. S. Boone, living in the eastern part of this county, was kicked by a horse a few days ago and fatally injured.  He died Tuesday.

YEAGER

2 Feb 1893 6/1.  Robert E. Yeager committed suicide at Clarksville January 25th.  Drink and

unhappily married relations the cause.

SETTLE

9 Feb 1893 1/2.  C. J. Settle died at 11 o'clock last Tuesday at his home, one mile and a half west of town....Deceased was at one time...a partner in the grocery business with Hon. C. G. Daniel, now of Vandalia, and later associated with City Collector S. S. Craig in the drug business....The remains were taken to Columbia for interment....

9 Feb 1893 8/2.  Thomas Settle arrived Tuesday from Newport, Ky....did not reach here until after his father's death.

ELSTON

9 Feb 1893 1/4.  Titus Elston committed suicide near Middle Grove Sunday by shooting himself with a 32 caliber revolver....He left a note in which he stated he was tired of living.  He was about 19 years of age.

SLAUGHTER

7 Feb 1893 3/4.  Died, Saturday the 28th, the infant son of J. W. Slaughter and wife.  The little body was laid to rest at Littleby Baptist church....

McFARREN

9 Feb 1893 6/2.  Wallace McFarren, whose home was at LaPlata, died on the train between here and Montgomery City February 1st.  He had been ill of consumption and was on his way home from the South where he had been for his health....

HAMMACK

9 Feb 1893 6/4.  Capt. S. W. Hammack of Middletown, well known in this city, died at his home in Middletown Monday....

MILLER

9 Feb 1893 8/4.  D. P. Moore returned Sunday morning from Ohio where he had been to attend the funeral of his aunt, Mrs. John Miller, who died at her home in Bellefontaine, Ohio, last week.

KEETON

9 Feb 1893 7/3.  From The Auxvasse Review. Died, January 29th, at his home in Hamburg, Ark., Rev. Boone Keeton, aged 38 years.  Rev. Boone Keeton was born in Cass county, Mo....in October 1854 ....He was married in New Mexico and two children blessed their union...Mrs. Mildred Keeton of this place is the mother of the deceased.

9 Feb 1893 7/3.  Rev. Boone Keeton...died in Arkansas, January 31st...interred in that state Thursday.  Deceased was a brother of Rudolph Keeton of Auxvasse and Dr. Keeton, formerly of this city, but now of Chicago.

COLEMAN

16 Feb 1893 1/4. Wm. E. Coleman, ex-State superintendent of Public Schools, died at his home in Moberly Sunday night...at the time he was stricken down with pneumonia (he) was superintendent of the public schools of Moberly.  Mr. Coleman was born in Warren county in 1840 and was consequently 53 years of age.  He enlisted in the Confederate service at the beginning of the war and served to the close of hostilities, losing a leg at Atlanta, Georgia....

23 Feb 1893 6/1.  Mrs. Wilson, the aged mother-in-law of W. E. Coleman, whose funeral took place in Moberly last week, is lying at the point of death with pneumonia.

FERGUSON

16 Feb 1893 6/2.  James A. Ferguson, one of the oldest and most respected citizens of Montgomery county died at his home near Jonesburg last Friday morning. Mr. Ferguson was born in Franklin county, Virginia, April 9, 1819, came to Missouri in 1834 and lived in Pike county for a year, when he moved to Montgomery county.

STEELE

16 Feb 1893 8/1. D. W. Steele died Wednesday afternoon....

23 Feb 1893 6/4....Deceased was reared in Mexico...He leaves a wife...and two children, Fred and Nora.

BARRETT

16 Feb 1893 2/1.  J. A. Barrett, who died in Centralia on the 3d inst., held certificates in three divisions of the Triple Alliance, which secures to his widow nearly $2000.

NICHOLS

16 Feb 1893 5/4.  Columbia, Mo., February 14 - G. Burks, a farm hand working for E. M. Price, near Woodlandville, shot and instantly killed O. S. Nichols, a neighbor's son.

HARPER

16 Feb 1893 6/2.  Mrs. John Harper died at her home, Warrenton, Mo., Thursday, after a brief illness.  Mrs. Harper was about 58 years of age

....She was a sister-in-law of Mr. Wm. Harper of this city.

TORREYSON

16 Feb 1893 8/2.  B. W. Torreyson received a telegram Monday from Virginia announcing the death of his mother.  He left for Virginia that night.  Mrs. Torreyson was 65 years old.

PECK

16 Feb 1893 6/4.  Jerry Peck died at his home in the northern part of the county at 7:30 a.m. Thursday of neuralgia of the heart....He was 51 years old and had lived in the county 25 years.  The remains were interred...at Long Branch....

23 Feb 1893 6/4.  Rev. W. B. Craig writes as follows in the Paris Mercury of the late Jerry Peck, who died at his home north of Mexico on the 9th inst...."Jerry Peck was born in Monroe county near Florida, married Nancy Young 1860, to them were born 13 children, six of them survive him.  Early in his married life settled in Audrain county...."

ODEN

16 Feb 1893 8/3.  Mrs. A. E. Rogers left Sunday for Virginia to attend the funeral of her sister, Mrs. Oden, who died while on a visit to Baltimore.  She was accompanied by her sister, Mrs. Morris Johnson, of Boonville....

HOWELL

23 Feb 1893 1/2.  Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Howell, of this city, returned Monday from Troy, Mo., where they had been called by the death of Mr. Howell's mother.  She was in her 82nd year....

DIX

23 Feb 1893 1/3.  The remains of Mrs. Dix, wife of Capt. N. Dix, who died at her home on Promenade street Sunday night, were taken to Martinsburg Tuesday and interment took place yesterday.  Deceased formerly lived in Martinsburg....She was 55 years of age....Besides a husband, she leaves two grown daughters....Interment took place at Liberty church, six miles south of Martinsburg.

REED

23 Feb 1893 1/5.  The dead body of Charles Reed was found Sunday morning on the Wabash track, about one-fourth of a mile east of Benton City....Deceased had been a resident of Audrain for fifteen or twenty years, coming here from Reading, Pa.  He was a carpenter by trade and did much work in Benton and surrounding country....

23 Feb 1893 5/3.  The remains of Charles Reed, who was killed here on the 19th inst., were interred in the Benton cemetery Monday.

SIMS

23 Feb 1893 6/1.  Jack Sims (col) who has been suffering for years with a blood cancer on the side of his face, died last week.

STEPHENS

BRIGHT

23 Feb 1893 6/1.  Mrs. Pamelia Stephens, of the vicinity of Hatton, died February 14, aged 70.

23 Feb 1893 8/4.  The old settlers are fast passing away.  Mrs. Parmelia Stephens, widow of Wm. Stephens, died on Feb. 13th, and was buried near Stephens Store, and on Feb. 14th, Mrs. Esther Bright, widow of Washington Bright, died and was buried at Pleasant Grove church.  Mrs. Stephens came to this county from Kentucky in an early day and Mrs. Bright from West Virginia.

LANIER

23 Feb 1893 6/2.  Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hudson returned from Lincoln county last week where they had been to attend the funeral of Mrs. Hudson's father, John H. Lanier, who died on the 8th inst.  Deceased was a native of Virginia but had lived in Lincoln county since 1844.

HART

2 Mar 1893 2/1.  Thomas Hart, formerly of this city, died at the home of his son, Frank Hart, in Kansas City yesterday.  He was 70 years old and had been living with his son for several years.  The remains were taken to Palmyra for burial.

CLEMENS

2 Mar 1893 3/2.  Richard Clemens, who worked at Pollock & Co.'s mill for a number of years, died at the home of his father in the eastern part of town last Friday.  His death was the result of an attack of pneumonia, contracted some time ago. The remains were interred Saturday.

FOSTER

2 Mar 1893 5/1.  G. W. Foster, whose home was near Naylor school house, northwest of Thompson, was brought to Mexico yesterday by an incoming freight, fatally injured, having been struck by an engine while walking on the track toward Thompson....burial, which will occur today north of Thompson....he had been conducting a saw mill at Naylor.

BURTON

2 Mar 1893 6/4.  Ben F. Burton of Saling died yesterday of throat and lung trouble....The remains were interred Saturday at Pleasant Grove in Saling township.

WEBBER

2 Mar 1893 8/1.  Mary Ann Webber, a German, died in Vandalia Sunday.  By her will she disinherited her children.

HERNDON

2 Mar 1893 8/1.  James Herndon, well known in this city, died Tuesday at Truesdale.  He had been in delicate health for several years.

BEASLEY

2 Mar 1893 8/3.  Mark Stephenson of this city is now owner of the vacant lots just north of Judge Clark's residence on Clark avenue....They belonged to Mrs. Beasley, a cousin, who died recently in Columbia and left them to Mr. Stephenson.

GARRARD

WHITE

2 Mar 1893 8/3.  Mrs. Garrard and her daughter, Mrs. G. L. Ferris, left this week for Lexington, Ky., to visit Mrs. Nannie G. White, sister of the late J. D. Garrard, but before they reached there, a telegram was received here of her death.  Mrs. White died on the 27th of the month and Mr. Garrard on the 1st.

BROWN

9 Mar 1893 3/4.  E. E. Brown, of St. Louis, brother of Dr. Brown of Laddonia, was killed by thugs in St. Louis last week.  He was held up and robbed...and so badly beaten that he died an hour later.  Deceased was a member of the firm of Brown Bros. and Smith.

GARRETT

9 Mar 1893 4/4.  Mrs. Garrett, wife of A. E. Garrett, died at 11:15 a.m. Monday...Mrs. Garrett was the daughter of James Cauthorn, who lives at Molino and the sister of Mrs. Chal Henderson and Mrs. Kendall, wife of Judge Kendall.  Deceased leaves a husband and nine children....

KESLER

9 Mar 1893 6/1.  Mrs. Maggie Moore, who was appointed matron of the penitentiary by Gov. Stone, is the daughter of Uncle Jake Kesler, deceased, who formerly lived near Auxvasse.

RUNKLE

9 Mar 1893 6/1.  Wm. Runkle, uncle of B. B. Runkle, of this city, was run over and killed by the cars while crossing a bridge near Palmyra recently.  Deceased's home was in Paris where two sisters are now living.

HOSTETTER

9 Mar 1893 8/3.  George Hostetter, fifteen years

old, son of W. O. Hostetter of Cuivre, and grandson of M. R. K. Biggs, died suddenly Sunday....

GAINES

9 Mar 1893 1/2.  The remains of B. M. Gaines, who died in St. Louis, were brought to Mexico Monday ....The remains were accompanied to Mexico by Mrs. Gaines, son and two daughters, and Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Yancey, son-in-law and daughter, of St. Louis county....

LAINS

16 Mar 1893 1/4. Moberly, Mo., March 13.- A coal    miner named John Lains, of Huntsville, committed    suicide at that place last evening by hanging       himself....

PULIS

16 Mar 1893 2/4.  Mrs. Mary Pulis, wife of Reuben Pulis and mother of Mrs. J. M. Daniel, died at her home near Thompson Saturday morning at 9 o'clock, surrounded by her children and grandchildren....   being in her 76th year.  Her husband, Reuben Pulis, is now in his 84th year and is quite feeble.  Mrs. Pulis was a pioneer....

16 Mar 1893 8/3....The pall bearers, Reuben, Jack, and Thomas Daniel, Ernest McDonald, William and Alex Pulis, grandchildren of deceased. 

ROBINSON

16 Mar 1893 2/5.  The remains of Mrs. J. B. Robinson, who died Friday afternoon, were taken to Chicago Saturday night for interment....

BRATTON

16 Mar 1893 3/3.  Mrs. Jennie Bratton, wife of I. H. Bratton, died Wednesday afternoon....Mrs. Bratton was 33 years of age and was born and raised in Lincoln county but for the last few years has resided in Mexico.  She was the daughter of J. B. Cropper and sister of Mrs. G. M. Null.  Mrs. Bratton, who leaves a husband and three children....

6 Apr 1893 2/1. From The Montgomery Standard.  The many friends of Henry Bratton, of Mexico, son of Peter Bratton of near this place, will be pained to learn of the death of his wife...in Mexico, the 8th inst.  She leaves a babe two weeks old and two other little boys...His sister, Minnie Bratton ...has gone to Mexico to keep house for him and care for the little ones..

LIERHEIMER

16 Mar 1893 5/1. Bean Creek Budget. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lierheimer buried their infant babe last Tuesday....

HUGHES

16 Mar 1893 6/2.  John Hughes, the negro who insulted Mrs. Sparkman of Moberly and was shot by the Sparkman brothers through the doors of the calaboose there, died of his wounds last week in the jail in Huntsville.

LOWENSTEIN

16 Mar 1893 6/4.  The remains of Herman Lowenstein, who died in Moberly yesterday, were brought to Mexico Friday for interment.  The body was accompanied by Max Lowenstein, of Moberly, son of deceased....Deceased's wife was buried in Mexico eleven years ago.  Mr. Lowenstein was 71 years old.  He leaves two sons--Max Lowenstein, of Moberly, and another son residing in New York.  Also two daughters, residing in Brooklyn and another, Mrs. Tillie Brown, of Salida, Colo.  The remains were interred in the Jewish Cemetery.

TISCH

23 Mar 1893 2/2. Topeka, Ks., Mar. 15.-Elic Tisch, here recently from Oklahoma, cut his throat from ear to ear at his hotel this morning....It is known that he has relatives in Montgomery county, Mo.

HUMPHREYS

16 Mar 1893 3/3.  John Humphreys, the subject of many newspaper notices in the last six months, died at his home in East Mexico Thursday night.... He was implicated in the killing of Elmer Kerr last summer....The remains were interred in the Mexico cemetery Saturday norning at 10 o'clock.

CARDWELL

23 Mar 1893 3/3.  J. D. McKee has received news of the death of Mrs. Ida B. Cardwell, at Alhambra, Cal.  She was the wife of G. W. Cardwell, one of the first settlers of Audrain County.  Mr. and Mrs. Cardwell left Mexico several years ago and settled in Texas, and afterwards located in California....Their daughter, Miss Josie Cardwell, became the wife of Lloyd McKee, brother of J. D. McKee of this city....

VARDEMAN

30 Mar 1893 1/4.  Rev. W. H. Vardeman, an aged Baptist minister, died in Wentzville Saturday.  He was one of the oldest Baptist preachers in the state....Deceased was born in Kentucky about 76 years ago and came to Missouri when quite young....The remains were taken to St. Charles Sunday morning and interred in the city cemetery beside those of his wife....

BRADFORD

30 Mar 1893 1/6.  Tis said that death loves a shning mark, and well has it been verified in the sad death of our friend, Katie F. Bradford, who fell asleep March 23, 1893.  Katie was 26 years old...the remains interred in the Mexico cemetery to "rest in peace".

30 Mar 1893 1/6.  Miss Jennie Bradford, daughter of R. J. Bradford, who lives southeast of town died Thursday....

WARD

30 Mar 1893 5/1.  The Rev. Jno. M. Ward died at his home in Potter Valley, Cal. Mar. 13, 1893, aged 59 years, 5 months and 4 days.  Deceased was born in Callaway County, Mo. and a few years later went to Mexico, Mo. where he lived until the spring of 1850, when he left his father's home for the gold fields of California, from which place he never returned....He leaves a wife and four children to mourn the loss....

HENLEY

30 Mar 1893 6/1.  The three-year-old child of M. Henley, near Benton City, died Wednesday and was buried at Jonesburg Thursday.

STEPHENS

30 Mar 1893 8/1.  Dr. W. E. Stephens, well known in Mexico, died at Stephens Store, Callaway County, Sunday.

GILBERT

6 Apr 1893 5/4.  Jake Gilbert, brother of S. M. Gilbert, of this city, died at his home on Young's Creek Sunday and the remains were interred at 4 o'clock Monday at Midway Christian Church....

MATTHEWS

6 Apr 1893 5/4.  Mrs. Matthews, wife of Ben Matthews, died last Tuesday at 6 o'clock....

LANDER

6 Apr 1893 6/1.  Died, in Santa Rose, Calif., on the 13th of March, Eugene Lander, aged 53, son of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Lander, of this city.  Mr. Lander left here in the spring of 1861.

HARRISON

6 Apr 1893 7/1.  Wm. D. Harrison, one of the pioneer citizens of Audrain, died at his home six miles southwest of Mexico last Friday afternoon and was buried at Beaver Dam....He was a native of Virginia and was born in 1811.  His parents came to Missouri and settled in Callaway at an early day.  There were seventeen children and Wm. D. survived them all except his brother, Andrew L., who now resides near Auxvasse.  Wm. D. Harrison came to Audrain in the thirties.  He first married Miss Mary E. Brown, who bore him six children-Tom, Will, Richard and John and two daughters, who are dead.  His second wife was also a Miss Brown, a sister of the first.  By this marriage Mr. Harrison had three children, Lulie, Elzea and Charles.  Mr. Harrison comes from one of the oldest families in Virginia and was distantly related to ex-President Wm. Henry Harrison.  His father adjoined fences with John Randolph and his ancestors were prominent in Revolutionary times.

WILLIAMSON

6 Apr 1893 8/2.  Mrs. E. F. Williamson died in Springfield, Mo., on the 30th of March. Deceased was a sister of Mrs. J. E. Dearing, of this city.

ALVEY

13 Apr 1893 6/4. Montgomery Standard. T. J. Alvey, and old citizen of this place, died at his home Sunday and the remains were interred in the Catholic Cemetery....He was about 63 years of age....Deceased was the father of Thos. Alvey, the Washington Street barber.

BARTON

13 Apr 1893 1/4.  The remains of W. H. Barton, who died of consumption in Alberquerque, N.M. will be brought to this city for interment.  Mr. Barton was a resident of this city for many years, but claimed Oklahoma as his home....Mr. Barton's son died of consumption a year ago in Colorado and the remains were brought to this city for interment.  Mr. Barton...owned a small farm near Benton City at the time of his death....F. A. LeForgee of Decatur, Ill., brother-in-law of deceased, is here to attend the funeral....

HARRISON

13 Apr 1893 1/4.  The remains of Mrs. Harrison, wife of Thomas Harrison, were interred at Auxvasse Sunday....Deceased was the sister of Jake and Irvin Maddox of Callaway and sister-in-law of W. H. French, all of whom attended the funeral.  They are Mrs. W. H. Cave of Texas, Mrs. Robert Biggs of Farber, Mrs. John Henderson of Fulton, Mrs. Langtree, Misses Jennie and Addie and Charlie, Frank Thomas and Jack, all of Callaway.

POOL

13 April 1893 1/5.  Died, at his home in Wilson township, on the 8th inst. of general debility, John Q. Pool, one of the pioneers of the county.  Deceased was the father of J. K. Pool, editor of the Centralia Courier.

MILLARD

13 Apr 1893 5/3. Fulton, Mo., April 8.-Alvin Harris Millard, the 8-year-old son of William Millard, a farmer, who lives six miles east of this city, was killed...late yesterday evening.  His father put him upon the back of a harnessed horse.  The horse took fright and ran away, throwing the boy, and in falling he became entangled in the trace chains and was horribly mutilated.

BURROUGHS

13 Apr 1893 6/2.  Mrs. J. C. Ringo received a telegram from Kentucky Saturday which stated that her sister, Miss Sue Burroughs, was dangerously ill and she left on the 3 o'clock train for Kentucky.  At 4 o'clock Mr. Ringo received a telegram which stated that Miss Burroughs was dead....

LEVY

20 Apr 1893 1/4.  Ben Levy, for twenty-five years a leading merchant in Moberly, died at his home in that city Saturday evening of gallstones.  He was extensively connected at Fort Wayne, Ind. and leaves a large estate....

ROBINSON

20 Apr 1893 1/6.  Miss Daisy Robinson, daughter of J. B. Robinson of the Fire Brick Works, died Tuesday night of pneumonia.  It is not yet determined whether the remains will be interred here or in Chicago.

HARMON

20 Apr 1893 6/1.  Uncle Charles Harmon, an old colored man, well known here, died at the asylum at Fulton last week.

VOORHIES

20 Apr 1893 6/3.  C. C. Voorheis received a telegram Saturday which announced the death of his uncle, Wm. Voorheis.  His home was in Lexington, Kentucky, but he had been visiting his son in Decatur, Ill.  Deceased was 96 years old and a typical Kentuckian.

WATTS

20 Apr 1893 8/1.  Sweet Watts, one of the first settlers of Audrain County, died recently in Montana.

27 Apr 1893 6/1.  The report that "Sweet" Watts died recently in Montana is thought by the relatives in this county to be untrue.

HOSEA

20 Apr 1893 8/3.  A telegram was received at the M.M.A. Tuesday from St. Joseph, which stated that W. D. Hosea, father of Cadets W.E. and George S. Hosea, was dead.

ASHCRAFT

20 Apr 1893 8/6. Paris, Mo., April 18.-Nimrod Ashcraft, one of the best known and most highly respected citizens of Paris, committed suicide this morning by hanging himself in the loft of his barn, breaking his neck....He was 60 years of age.

GREEN

27 Apr 1893 3/1.  Helen Jackson, colored, was, while gathering "greens" on the bank of a branch in the southeast part of the city last Friday, horrified on finding the remains of a dead infant ....The officers had information that led them to believe that one Lucy Green was the mother of the child and one Joe Stevenson was suspected of knowning something of its disposition....She said, however, that Stevenson was not the father of the child but that Stephen Lupe was the guilty one.

CLARK

27 Apr 1893 3/1.  The remains of J. M. Clark arrived from Kalkaska, Mich., Thursday, accompanied by Mrs. S. S. Craig and Fred Fly, sister and brother of deceased.  Charlie Craig did not come back but will remain a few days in Kalkaska....here to attend the funeral were...Mrs. Fly, mother of Mrs. Clark, all of St. Louis.

STOOKEY

27 Apr 1893 3/3. Our Neighbors. Little Ben Stookey died at Truesdale, a victim of hydrophobia.  Six weeks ago he was bitten on the leg by a stray dog.

WHITWORTH

27 Apr 1893 3/3. Our Neighbors. Thomas Kinkade shot and killed Wm. Whitworth in Ariel church in Boone County, where they had taken refuge from a storm.  They quarreled over a woman who had witnessed the shooting.

FRAZIER

27 Apr 1893 5/3.  A little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Frazier, aged 3 years, which died Saturday morning of pneumonia, was buried Sunday.

STUART

27 Apr 1893 5/4.  The death of Mrs. Wm. Stuart

....was a native of Frankfort, Indiana, and was 55 years of age.  She came to Mexico when scarcely grown....Her first husband was W. T. Cardwell, who died March 22, 1878, leaving one son, Charles, who survives his mother.  On April 30th, 1890, she was married to Judge Wm. Stuart, President of the Savings Bank.  Mrs. Stuart leaves four sisters, Mrs. Rutledge and Mrs. Gray, of this city, Mrs. Ross, of Noblesville, Ind. and Mrs. Blakemore, of Topeka, Kan....

CANTERBERRY

4 May 1893 1/2.  Frank P. Canterberry, one of the oldest of Audrain's citizens, died at his home in this city Sunday morning at 7 o'clock.  Mr. Canterberry was a native of Kentucky and was born in 1806, being at the time of his death in his 88th year.  He came to Missouri in 1835 and the year following located in Audrain....He was married three times and had a large family of children.  Among those who survive him are Alf. H., who resides west of Mexico; John, who lives in Lafayette; Reuben, of western Audrain; Charles, of Mexico; Mrs. Bybee, of Kansas City; Mrs. McCord and Mrs. McCain.  Mrs. Canterberry survives her husband....The interment took place at Rock Hill.

WHALEN

4 May 1893 1/6.  Mr. Whalen, father of Mrs. Mary Hoban...was struck by a train on a bridge near Bowling Green at 12 o'clock Monday night and died from the effects....Besides Barney Whalen and Mrs. Hoban, deceased leaves two other children--James and Richard....

SHLEPPY

4 May 1893 4/4.  Bessie Gertie Shleppy was born at Attica, Harper County, Kansas, December 14, 1887, and departed this life...Feb. 20, 1893, hence she was 5 years, 2 months and 16 days old.  Leroy Milton Shleppy was born near Mexico, Mo., Dec. 11, 1890, and died near Thompson, Mo...Feb. 24, 1893.  He was 2 years, 2 months and 13 days old.  In the death of these children, Brother and Sister Shleppy and family have sustained a great loss.... (signed) J. W. Owen

SLACK

4 May 1893 6/1.  We are pained to learn of the death of Mrs. A. J. Slack, wife of the editor of the Wellsville Wide Awake.

STRAIN

4 May 1893 6/1.  Mr. Allen Strain, father of Mrs. J. W. Town, died April 25, 1893, at the residence of his son, Dr. A. T. Strain, in London, O., aged 85 years and 4 months.

BASKIN

4 May 1893 6/4.  After a protracted illness, Samuel C. Baskin died at the home of his parents in this city Friday morning....Mr. Baskin was 35 years of age, was born in Callaway and came to Audrain with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. V. Baskin, when a boy....

WILLIAMS

4 May 1893 6/4.  The remains of Anna Brown Williams, who died at her home near Wither's Mill, Marion County, were brought to this city Friday for interment.  H. E. Williams, husband of deceased, George S. Brown, the father, and Retta and Mary Gartrell, cousins, accompanied the remains to Mexico....John Brown, brother of deceased, came over Friday from Clinton to attend the funeral.  Mrs. Williams was the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George S. Brown...the remains were interred in the Mexico cemetery....

BORD

4 May 1893 8/2.  Uncle Harvey Garwood of Auxvasse has just been notified of the death of his sister, Mrs. G. B. Bord, of Salem, Va.

ANDREWS

11 May 1893 1/4.  At the funeral of David Andrews, aged 83, at Boonville last week, the combined ages of the eight pall bearers aggregated 623 years.  They were James N. Nelson...77; C. W. Sombart ...73; Dr. W. H. Trigg...80; Dr. A. R. Boarman ...77; Captain R. H. Howard...80; Peter Shelby ...78 and F. M. Caldwell...73.

KUNKEL

11 May 1893 1/6.  Mrs. Henry Kunkel...died at her home on East Jackson street at 8 o'clock last Tuesday.  She was born in Germany, was 61 years old and had been a resident of Audrain County for thirty-five years, coming here from St. Louis....She leaves a husband and eight children.  All of the children live in Mexico but two-Mrs. Dan Bowen, of Ashley, Pike County, and Mrs. Fred Rohlfing, of St. Louis....

KID

11 May 1893 1/6.  David Kid, a well known plasterer of this city, died...Tuesday....He leaves a wife and eight children....

MURRAY

11 May 1893 1/6.  Samuel Murray died at Vandalia Tuesday.  Mr. Murray was well known in Audrain, he having lived here the greater portion of his life.  He was a brother of Mrs. Cornelius Ragsdale of this city and was about 55 years of age.  The remains were interred at Bible Chapel yesterday...

MARTIN

11 May 1893 1/6.  W. F. Jones received a telegram yesterday that his little granddaughter, Corie Martin, daughter of S. P. Martin, had just died at Paducah, Ky. and that the remains would leave there Thursday for Mexico for burial.  It will be remembered that Mrs. Martin died a few days after the birth of little Corie and her remains were buried here.

DAWSON

11 May 1893 3/3.  Nat Dawson, colored, age 15 years, was instantly killed by lightning, at 8:30 Thursday night....

SIMMONS

11 May 1893 4/5. From the Fulton Sun. On March 16, 1893, Thomas Simmons came home from Centralia bringing his bride with him....She died of peritonitis Sunday night, May, 1893....

McCORD

11 May 1893 6/1.  The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Reuben McCord died last week.

BUXTON

11 May 1893 6/3....Mrs. Buxton, of Warren County, a sister-in-law of Wm. Fuhrer, who resides five miles east of Mexico, had been murdered...last Friday at the home of Thomas Buxton, situated ten miles southwest of Warrenton....Mrs. Buxton was a woman about 31 years of age....Her remains were brought to Warrenton and interred in the city cemetery....

PRATT

11 May 1893 8/1.  Mrs. Pratt, mother of John, Robert and James Pratt of Callaway, died at McCredie this morning.  She was 82 years of age.

McDONALD

11 May 1893 8/3.  The remains of Miss Julia McDonald were brought to Mexico Tuesday from St. Louis and taken to Concord for interment....

LOFTON

11 May 1893 6/1.  Mrs. Walter Lofton died suddenly in Laddonia May 10th.  She had just about completed arrangements to join her husband in Iowa.

JUDD

11 May 1893 6/1.  The remains of Mrs. Judd, who died of consumption, were interred Thursday....

BENNETT

11 May 1893 8/1.  Died, near Holt's Summit at 2 a.m. Friday morning, Milton Bennett, aged 83 years.  Deceased has many relatives and friends in this county.

WISEMAN

11 May 1893 5/3. Mexico, Mo....on the Glasgow branch of the Wabash railroad, a five-year-old child being the victim...The boy...the child of Mrs. Wiseman, a widow, was playing on the track...The boy died Saturday....

PAXTON

18 May 1893 7/1.  Hon. J. L. Paxton, representative of Boone County, died at his home in Centralia Friday....Deceased was a cousin of Dr. A. M. Patterson of this city...

ATKINSON

25 May 1893 1/5 & 6.  Mrs. Anna May Atkinson, daughter of Albert White, died at the National Temperance Hospital, Chicago, Monday afternoon, the result of a surgical operation. Mrs. Atkinson was 31 years old and leaves a 12 year old daughter.  Her husband, Dr. Atkinson, died about 9 years ago....R. M. White arrived with the remains from Chicago Tuesday night....

HAMILTON

25 May 1893 8/2. Sunday Constable Bunton was notified of the death that day of his niece, Sula Hamilton, at Bloomington, Ill.  Since she was the only daughter, her death was a great blow to her parents.

ENGLE

25 May 1893 6/4. Hiram Engle, aged 84 years, died at his home in Highland the 17th....Mr. Engle was born in Virginia and came to Missouri fifty years ago, settling in Monroe county, where he remained continuously till 18 years ago when when he came to Audrain county.  Four years ago he became a resident of Mexico, living with his unmarried daughter, Sarah Engle.  Besides Miss Sarah he leaves two other daughters, Mrs. B. C. Gilmore and Mrs. B. O Wilkerson, both of Audrain county.  The remains were interred at the Baptist church on Littleby Friday.

McCUE

25 May 1893 6/4. The Auxvasse Review says that news was received in that town last Friday morning that Dr. Howard McCue, who was living in Texas, was drowned and that his body had not been found.  C. A. McCue of this place and Dave McCue of Fulton left for Texas Tuesday morning to assist in the search for their missing brother.  Dr. Howard McCue is the youngest of ten children and at the age of 33 years he is the first broken link in the family of brothers and sisters.

WILLS

MALLORY

1 Jun 1893 1/1. The severest wind and rain storm of the season prevailed Thursday afternoon and that night...The rainfall, being almost 6 inches in 14 hours...Two lives have been lost...These are J. W. Wills of Laddonia and Gid Mallory, who lived just north of town....Wills leaves a wife and five children.

1 Jun 1893 8/5.  The remains of Gideon Mallory, who was drowned Friday, were interred Monday at Rising Sun church.

1 Jun 1893 8/4.  We desire to express our heartfelt thanks...for the aid and sympathy extended to us in our...loss by drowning of our dear and only son and brother. (signed) Mrs. Mallory, Miss Clara Mallory, Miss Ida Mallory

BERRY

8 Jun 1893 5/6.  Fannie, the nineteen-year-old daughter of G.W. and D.A. Berry, passed away Sunday morning at 6 o'clock....the remains were interred in the Lockridge graveyard....

WATERS

1 Jun 1893 4/3. Port Waters, father of Mrs. W. H. Brown, dropped dead at the house of his daughter in Southeast Mexico last Monday at the breakfast table.  Mr. Waters' family lived at Hallsville but for the last year or more made his home in Centralia...

8 Jun 1893 6/4....the remains were taken to Grand View church for burial.  R. P. Waters was born in Fayette co., Ky. in 1817.  In early manhood he married Miss Nancy C. Nichols.  Eight children were born to the union, six of whom are living.  Mr. Waters came to Missouri early in the '60's and has been a native of Boone county ever since.

POLSON

1 Jun 1893 7/2.  Miss Effie Polson, aged 16, committed suicide in Moberly Thursday by taking strychnine.  She and her sister, Katie, quarrelled about who should wash the dishes...The father, Judge Polson, decided the matter....Effie, in the presence of her sister, took the deadly drug....

HILLS

8 Jun 1893 6/1.  The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hills, died Saturday afternoon....

COLLINS

8 Jun 1893 6/1.  Mr. Collins, the son-in-law of Thos. Steele, formerly of this city, died in Hartford, Conn. last week very suddenly.

LAYNE

8 Jun 1893 6/1.  Mrs. Anna Layne, aged 81, died at the residence of her son, Mr. W. P. Layne, of Vandalia, Wednesday evening, of old age.

DeJARNATT

8 Jun 1893 7/3.  Died, at Chicago, Ill. Friday, May 26, 1893, of quick consumption, Miss Alice M. DeJarnatt, daughter of H. W. and M. C. DeJarnatt, aged 25 years, 6 months and 26 days.  Deceased was well known in Mexico where she has many relatives.

McFADDEN

8 Jun 1893 8/2.  The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. McFadden, died suddenly Sunday of cholera infantum and was buried Monday at Littleby Baptist church.

RAMBERG

8 Jun 1893 8/5.  President Bohnemeyer of the Warrenton Bank, who was in Mexico Tuesday, stated that Mrs. A. Ramberg, wife of a farmer living a mile east of that city, was found dead in bed that morning.

FOSTER

TAYLOR

PRICE

BUXTON

15 Jun 1893 1/1....execution of Bill Foster in 1876.  Foster was a native of Callaway, about 21 years of age...first white man ever hanged in this state for the killing of a negro....on the 20th of July following Foster's execution a fisherman by the name of Samuel Taylor, living on the Missouri River, opposite New Haven, was mysteriously missing....a body washed out on a sand bar...proved to be that of Taylor....Dan Price, a stalwart negro, who lived in the same vicinity... had carefully planned the murder...sufficient evidence to hang Price...Jan. 18, 1877....

ELLER

15 Jun 1893 1/6. N. F. Kilgore received a letter from Spokane, Wash. Monday which announced the death of Miss Mary Elizabeth Eller, oldest daughter of George E. Eller, formerly of Audrain. She died June 4, 1893, of scarlet fever, aged 13 years. Freddie, a little son, is dangerously ill of the same disease...Deceased, who was a niece of Mrs. Kilgore...

KALDEHOFF

15 Jun 1893 5/6. Fred Kaldehoff, residing three miles northeast of Mexico, died Wednesday at 5 o'clock a.m....Mr. Kaldehoff leaves a wife, a daughter, and three sons.  His daughter, Mrs. Andy Andres, resides in Ill.  His sons resided with him.  The funeral will occur at St. Brendan's church...

COHN

15 Jun 1893 8/2. Eli Cohn of Aspen, Colo. had a nice monument made for his mother's grave. The work was done by a Christian Fisher and is of Georgia granite. It will be sent to Mexico where Mrs. Cohn was buried in the Jewish cemetery.

MENEFEE

15 Jun 1893 8/2. News was received this week of the death in Kentucky of R. J. Menefee, nephew of Mrs. B. F. Tomlinson and cousin of Mrs. James A. Abbay, of this city....

TINCHER

22 Jun 1893 6/1. Ferdinand Tincher, an old resident of Mexico, died in Texas recently.

HENDERSON

22 June 1893 6/1. T. C. Henderson has been appointed administrator of the estate of his mother, Mrs. Emeline Henderson, deceased.

BUTLER

22 Jun 1893 4/3. The friends in Audrain county of Mrs. A. H. Butler, of Denver, Col. will be grieved to learn of her death which occurred June 14th at the St. Luke's Hospital....Emma C. Quackenbush was born the 8th day of March, 1866, in Audrain county, Mo., she being the daughter of George W. Quackenbush, of Kokomo, Colorado. She moved from Missouri to Colorado in 1875 in which state she lived until her death.  In the month of June 1889, she was united in marriage to Mr. A. H. Butler of Denver....She left behind her a devoted husband ...father, mother, sisters and brother, a grandmother..., numerous uncles, aunts and cousins...

WILLIAMS

22 Jun 1893 5/1. Granderson Williams, brother of the late Gideon Williams, died recently in Mercer county. Deceased formerly lived in Audrain, locating here in 1832. Shortly before the war, he emigrated to Mercer county. He was the last and the oldest of four brothers, being in his 85th year.

McCARTY

22 Jun 1893 5/5. Joseph McCarty died of quick consumption at his home, fifteen miles southeast of Mexico at midnight Tuesday night...Mr. McCarty was a native of Virginia and has been a resident of Audrain only since 1879.  Previous to his  residence in Audrain he lived for awhile in 

Pennsylvania.  He was 59 years old and leaves a wife and nine children.  The remains will be interred in Mexico cemetery.

WIGGINTON

22 Jun 1893 6/1. The estate of Mrs. Mary Wigginton, deceased, has been placed in the hands of Joseph T. Williams, public administrator, for settlement.

GALBREATH

29 Jun 1893 1/2. Died, Sunday afternoon, at the residence of John Bradley, four miles west of Mexico, of consumption, Nathan Galbreath, aged 56 years.  Buried Monday in the Jesse cemetery. He had been making his home with Mr. Bradley for the past eight years. He leaes no family. Deceased was highly respected by all who knew him. His former home was in the state of Indiana.

TATLOW

29 Jun 1893 6/2.  Joseph Tatlow, uncle of A. C. Powell of this county, died in Monroe county last week, aged 79 years. He was well known here. He was a native of Delaware, but had lived in this state about 30 years. Deceased was for 30 years a school teacher. He leaves a wife and six children.

BROWN

6 Jul 1893 5/1. Hatton Siftings...Mrs. C. H. (Chas.) Brown died Sunday night, July 2d. She was the daughter of the late Wm. Curry near  Bloomfield, Callaway county.  She leaves a husband, son and two daughters.  The funeral was preached...at Westminster church.

BAKER

6 Jul 1893 6/3. Percell Baker was kicked by a mule near Fulton Thursday evening and instantly killed

...His father is proprietor of the Palace Hotel at Fulton. His brother, Rev. W. M. Baker, of Macon county....

HUTCHINSON

6 Jul 1893 8/1. Mrs. Hutchinson, mother-in-law of Wm. Willingham, died Sunday of paralysis and was buried Monday.

ELLER

6 Jul 1893 8/4....Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Eller...have lost another of their children by that terrible disease, scarlet fever. Fred Roy Eller, aged six years, died at the home of his parents in Spokane, Wash. June 28. Mrs. N. F. Kilgore, who is a sister of Mr. Eller, was notified....

BUCHANAN

6 Jul 1893 8/4. Hon. G. T. Dunn, of Lincoln county

...reports the death of A. S. Buchanan, which occurred at Troy, Mo. Tuesday.

CAMPBELL

13 Jul 1892 1/2.  William H. Campbell, father of Mrs. J. D. Gregg, died in Bowling Green Saturday.  Deceased was born and raised in Pike county.... He was a son of James W. Campbell, the pioneer Cumberland Presbyterian minister of Pike county and a brother of ex-Lieut. Governor R. A. Campbell of St. Louis and Tyler Campbell, consul to China ...He was at the time of his death and for thirty-four years Justice of the Peace of Cuivre Township and Coroner of Pike county.

COOK

13 Jul 1893 3/3....Mrs. Mattie Cook.  A year ago she with her husband resided near Higbee...One morning she awoke and found that death had touched the lusty infant that had slumbered at her side...

ICENOGLE

13 Jul 1893 6/1.  The little four-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Icenogle, living in West Mexico, died Friday and was buried in the cemetery Saturday.

TORREYSON

13 Jul 1893 6/1.  B. W. Torreyson, who was called to Virginia several weeks ago by the serious illness of his sister, writes to C. D. Rogers that his sister died on the 30th of June.

NICHOLS

13 Jul 1893 6/2....Friday, the death of Phillip Nichols of Fulton, which occurred that morning.  Mr. Nichols, who was 88 years of age, was one of the oldest and most respected of Callaway's citizens.  James I., of the Gazette, is a son of Mr. Nichols.

TINKER

13 Jul 1893 7/3. Louisiana, Mo., July 5....Col.    O. C. Tinker, one of Pike's pioneer citizens, died today at the age of 88 years.  He was born in Vermont and came to Missouri in 1831.  He has been a resident of Pike county for 60 years.

MOORE

13 Jul 1893 8/3.  The remains of Mrs. Theodore Moore, who died of consumption in St. Louis Sunday were interred in Mexico cemetery Tuesday afternoon...Deceased was a former resident of Mexico.

KREIDER

13 Jul 1893 8/3.  Mrs. Brightbill, of near Fulton, was in Mexico Saturday.  She is a sister of D. S. Kreider, of Cando, Towner county, who, with his entire family, was brutally murdered last Friday by his nephew, Albert Baumberger.  Mrs. Brightbill was on her way to Pennsylvania where the remains of the Kreider family, it is understood, will be interred.

GREEN

20 Jul 1893 1/2. Mrs. Marcena Green died last Monday at 5 o'clock at her residence on North Water street...She was entering her 81st year and has always been a native of Missouri, having been born in St. Charles in 1813...Her daughters are Mrs. A. M. Harrison, Mrs. Acuff and Miss Susie Green, all of whom reside in this city. Her son, John Green, resides in Howard co....

SEIVER

20 Jul 1893 1/2. Joseph Seiver, an old settler of Centralia, died Sunday morning of heart disease ...He was about 70 years of age.

NORTON

NICHOLS

20 Jul 1893 3/4. Troy, Mo., July 12.  James F. Norton was instantly killed this afternoon, the result of a pistol shot from the hands of J. Tom Murphy, a lawyer, who accidentally dischrged the weapon...One year ago Murphy shot and killed Chat Nichols in his office in self defense. Norton leaves a wife and one child.

RUTHERFORD

20 Jul 1893 5/5. Columbia, Mo., July 18. In attempting to swim across old Cedar Creek to reach home yesterday afternoon James Rutherford was drowned. He leaves a family in Callaway county with little means of support.

ROBNETT

20 Jul 1893 6/1. Mrs. Noah Robnett, well known in this city, died in Columbia on the 12th.

ASBURY

20 Jul 1893 6/1. An eight months old child of John Asbury and wife died Friday night. The remains were interred at Sun Rise church Saturday.

LOWRY

20 JUl 1893 7/1. Columbia, Mo., July 13. Richard G. Lowry, one of the earliest settlers of Boone county, died last night, aged 89 years.

McGEE

20 Jul 1893 7/3. Paris, Mo., July 12. H. J. McGee, one of the most prosperous farmers and stock raisers in Monroe county, dropped dead this afternoon about 5 o'clock at his residence, about eight miles south of Paris.

HUMPHREY

20 Jul 1893 8/4. Louisiana, Mo., July 18.  Azariah Humphrey, one of the oldest citizens of Pike county, died today, aged 84 years. He was born in North Carolina and came to Pike county in 1820.

OWEN

20 Jul 1893 8/5. The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Owen, living on West Monroe street, died at 8 o'clock Wednesday...

DOTY

27 Jul 1893 1/4.  Mrs. Mahala Doty, wife of Samuel Doty, died last Friday...Deceased was in her 75th year...Thomas Doty and wife were here to attend the funeral.

HEINBAUGH

27 Jul 1893 1/1. Mrs. Heinbaugh of Rowena is under arrest charged with starving to death her little babe. Her husband, Lloyd Heinbaugh, is also under arrest...Mrs. Heinbaugh...is only 15 years of age

...Heinbaugh is the mail carrier between Centralia and Rowena.  He is familiarly known as "Grimes"...

McDONALD

27 Jul 1893 1/1 & 2. Joe McDonald died at his home south of Mexico just over the Callaway line at 5 o'clock Wednesday of consumption...He was 49 years of age...His wife was Miss Lucy Martin, daughter of Samuel Martin, deceased. Besides his wife, three daughters and one son...survive him...The remains will be interred at Concord...

3 Aug 1893 6/1.  Joe McDonald, who died on the 26th, was 51 years old instead of 49...

BRYANT

27 Jul 1893 1/4. R. L. Bryant, a brakeman on the Wabash...fell from the pilot, on which he was riding, and the engine ran over him...He...died at 5 o'clock next morning...The remains were taken to Moberly Saturday afternoon and were removed from there to Mattoon, Ill.

DIVILBISS

27 Jul 1893 2/2. Rev. John R. Divilbiss, who was pastor on the Martinsburg and Laddonia circuit of the M.E. church, south, last year, died at his home in Oklahoma Territory on the 6th of this month...Mr. Divilbiss was a young man stricken down in the very prime of life.

CHEATHAM

27 Jul 3/2...from the Auxvasse Review...Martha V., daughter of John Ratekin, was born near Mt. Sterling, Ky., March 13, 1812, was married July 14, 1838 to Clayborne Cheatham and died at home near Hatton July 18, 1893. Deceased moved with her parents to Missouri in 1828 and settled in Callaway county near Ham's Prairie where she was married. She moved to the place near Hatton in 1866...The husband and six children are living... The children are James Cheatham of Columbia, Mo., Libborn Cheatham of Salt Lake City, Luther Cheatham of Deere Park, Boone county, Mo. Mrs. Sallie Boles, Ed Cheatham and Miss Belle Cheatham of Hatton, Mo.

20 Jul 1893 8/2. Mrs. Cheatham, wife of B. H. Cheatham...was an aunt of J. T. Crews of this city.

DUNBAR

27 Jul 1893 3/3. Mrs. Dunbar, wife of R. D. Dunbar, died at her home on Water Street at 11 o'clock Friday night...Mrs. Dunbar was a native of Illinois but has been a resident of Mexico over thirty years. She was the daughter of Prof. Chalmers, deceased, one of the pioneers of Audrain...Besides a devoted husband, R. D. Dunbar, and daughter, Mrs. D. P. Moore, she leaves a large circle of intimate friends.

SIMCOE

27 Jul 1893 6/3. D. M. Hill returned Friday from Callaway where he attended the funeral of his brother-in-law, Reuben B. Simcoe.  Mr. Simcoe died at the home of his son-in-law near Calwood. He was born in Albemarle county, Va., and would have been 88 years of age next May. His wife is 78. In 1835 he was married to Miss Sarah C. Hill and in the fall of that year emigrated to Callaway...Deceased was the father of eleven children, six daughters and five sons, all of whom are living and married ...

WHEELER

27 Jul 1893 7/4. Centralia Guard.  An infant child of Robert Wheeler of Audrain county died on the 18th under peculiar circumstances...rumors are afloat that the child died from injuries received at the hands of its father...Mrs. Wheeler is at the home of her father, Robert Blanton...

JONES

27 Jul 1893 7/4. from the Deep Water Chronicle.    Dr. S. H. Jones exhibited a grim heirloom to the Chronicle last week and one that recalls most sorrowful memories. It was the bullet with which his father, John Jones, was assassinated. The murder occurred in 1842 in Warren county, Mo., and the murderer was never caught...

LACKLAND

27 Jul 1893 7/4. Died in Columbia, Tuesday, July 17, 1893, Mrs. E. M. Lackland. She was born in Lexington, Kentucky, July 24, 1828...Among her children are John and Henry Lackland, of this city. Columbia Herald. "Deceased was the mother of Mrs. George Clark of this city."

McGHEE

27 Jul 1893 8/1. William McGhee, a pioneer citizen of Callaway, died Sunday, aged 77.

GOVE

27 Jul 1893 8/2. The remains of Mrs. Gove, mother of L. C. Gove, who died in Columbia Tuesday were interred yesterday.

OVERFELT

3 Aug 1893 7/3.  Sweet little Madge, daughter of James M. and Kate Gregory Overfelt, departed this life Sunday evening July 23, 1893, aged ten months and eighteen days...

RODGERS

27 Jul 1893 8/3. The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Rodgers of this city died Saturday at Fulton where it was visiting with its mother. The remains were interred there...

HUDSON

27 Jul 1893 8/4.  J. M. Hudson received a telegram the 25th announcing the death of his father, James H. Hudson, which occurred Monday...Mr. Hudson was one of the oldest citizens of Warren county...He was in his 72d year. Mr. Hudson leaves a wife and a large family of children...Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hudson went down to Wright City Tuesday.

TURNER

3 Aug 1893 1/1, 2, & 3.  When Jailer Biggers opened the door leading to the calaboose Saturday, he was shocked to find...the body of Samuel Turner, who was found beside the track near Pollock's Mill about 2 o'clock that morning...

Turner was a brother-in-law of John Duke and George Hall of this city.  He lived north of Thompson...A post mortem revealed a fracture of the skull and a large clot of blood on the brain.  The general belief is that he was murdered for his money.  Charlie and Will Burks, two colored boys, who found him...The jury brought in the following verdict late Saturday afternoon: "We, the jury, find that Samuel Turner came to his death by the hands of Joseph Donelly and that W. W. McKinney was an accessory to the deed, being present at the time."

JOHNSON

3 Aug 1893 1/4.  A negro boy, about 16 years old, while stealing a ride on the west bound C. & A. passenger train No. 48, when near the bridge in the yards, jumped off.  When he alighted, he fell under the wheels and was instantly killed...Acting constable James Myers of Rush Hill was a passenger on the train, having in charge William Johnson, a colored boy, age 19...Myers...identified the dead boy as his prisoner.

BAKER

3 Aug 1893 3/3.  F. M. Sallee received a telegram last week announcing the death of his daughter, Mrs. W. F. Baker, and babe, at Banning, California

...Two years ago she went to Calif. and while visiting her uncle at Pomona was married to W. F. Baker, a resident of Banning, that state.  Mr. Baker is also formerly of Missouri, being a native of Callaway County.

McCALL

3 Aug 1893 3/4.  Mrs. Elizabeth McCall, aged 87, died at the home of her son, Dr. W. S. Call(?) in this city, Thursday night, July 27.  Burial at Unity church...Fulton Sun.  Deceased was the aunt of Mrs. Porter Gregory of this city.

NESBIT

3 Aug 1893 6/1.  Mrs. Nesbit, daughter of F. M. Sallee of this city, died in California and the remains will be brought to Mexico for interment.

IIAMS

3 Aug 1893 7/2.  Rosamond M. Iiams, familiarly known as Mont Iiams, formerly a resident of Worcester, this county, died in St. Louis Friday, July 28, of consumption....He went to St. Louis three years ago...About a year ago he was married to Miss Fannie Whalen of St. Louis...He was 26 years old...leaves a wife, father, brothers and sisters.

TOALSON

3 Aug 1893 8/1.  The infant child of Dr. and Mrs. Toalson died Monday evening.

CAMPBELL

3 Aug 1893 8/2.  Mrs. Margaret Campbell, mother of James and Thomas Campbell, died at the home of her son-in-law, Milton Douglass, Monday evening...

CAMP

10 Aug 1893 6/2.  Eld. J. A. Headington went down to Jonesburg today to preach the funeral of Mrs. Hiram Camp, who died recently...

WILLIAMS

3 Aug 1893 4/4.  Lewis Williams, a negro convict, was found dead in his cell Sunday morning at the state penitentiary...ended his life by strangling himself to death with a small cord...He was sentenced from Pike county for two years for bigamy and had nearly completed his sentence...

COONS

10 Aug 1893 8/1.  William Coons, brother of Frank and Joseph Coons of this city, died at Williamsburg Sunday.

BALL

10 Aug 1893 8/4.  Uncle Richard Ball (colored), who is well known in Mexico, having been a resident of this city for the last 35 years, died Monday of dropsy.  He was 88 years old and had been preaching for 50 years.

FORISEL

17 Aug 1893 6/2.  J. W. Dowell received a telegram Saturday announcing the death of Pierre Forisel.  Mr. Forisel was one of the most substantial citizens of Warren county.

HUBBARD

17 Aug 1893 6/2.  F. B. Hubbard of Sturgeon, died Tuesday, August 8, aged 86 years, and was buried on the 9th at Mt. Pisgah church...Mr. Hubbard was the father-in-law of G. W. Pickett of this city.

BERNHARDT

17 Aug 1893 8/1.  M. Bernhardt left last night for Boston.  He was called there by the death of his mother.

JENNINGS

17 Aug 1893 8/1.  Dan C. Jennings, colored, the noted race horse man of Callaway county and north Missouri, died in Fulton Saturday evening.

NEFF

24 Aug 1893 1/1.  Particulars of a tragedy at Portland, Callaway county, reached Mexico last Monday.  A desperado named Fred Neff attacked George Martin with a 44 Colts revolver...Martin

...wrenched the gun from Neff's hands and with it shot him dead.

HARRISON

17 Aug 1893 8/1.  Miss Rose Harrison, daughter of W. S. Harrison of this city, died at Mineola, Montgomery county, Sunday, while on a visit to friends...

STANLEY

24 Aug 1893 1/4.  Minnie Stanley, aged three and a half years, daughter of J. T. Stanley, watchman at the Jefferson Street crossing, died Sunday from the effects of drinking a small quantity of gasoline...

HATHAWAY

24 Aug 1893 3/2.  Charles, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Hathaway, died at eight o'clock Thursday at the home of his parents, immediately south of town.  Deceased was 16 years old and had been sick one week with supposed appendicitis...

YATES

24 Aug 1893 4/4.  Charles Yates committed suicide at the Lunatic Asylum in Fulton Friday morning.  He tied a handkerchief and necktie together, making a noose, and after placing them over a bed post, sat down and strangled to death.

POLLARD

24 Aug 1893 5/2.  Mrs. M. J. Pollard, who died in this city August 20, 1893, was the widow of the late James M. Pollard, who died here May 28, 1880.  She had just passed her 85th year, having been born in Halifax county, Va. June 24, 1808.  She was a daughter of Robert and Rhoda Mitchell of that county, married July 10, 1842.  She had four children - Rev. S. H. Pollard of Columbia, Mo., James R. Pollard, Mrs. Thomas I. Gregory and Mrs. J. M. Burhop, of Mexico.  She came with the family to Missouri in 1869...She was the last of a family of eight children.  Her mother's maiden name was Rhoda Byrns...

24 Aug 1893 1/2....The remains were interred at the Byrns burying ground, six miles south of town.

RUENZL

24 Aug 1893 6/1.  Mrs. Jesse Robinson, called here by the death of her mother, Mrs. Ruenzl, returned to Nodaway county Friday night.

HARLOW

24 Aug 1893 6/1.  Mrs. E. R. Harlow died Friday at 8 p.m. at her home, six miles southeast of Mexico, of flux....

FRAZIER

24 Aug 1893 6/1.  Mrs. Wm. Frazier died Thursday night at the residence of E. B. Norris, six miles northeast of Mexico.  Mrs. Frazier was about 30 years of age...She died of consumption.

GARRETT

7 Sep 1893 3/1.  Word was received here last Thursday morning announcing the death of Theodore Garrett of Auxvasse...He was 51 years old.  Deceased was born in Virginia and came to Mexico when 13 years of age...In 1880 he was united in marriage to Miss Fannie McCue, a resident of Callaway, but then a teacher in the public schools of this city...Deceased leaves, besides a wife, a mother, brother and two sisters.  His brother, A. E. Garrett, and one sister, Mrs. Clark Barnes, reside in this city.  The other sister, Mrs. Dr. Keeton, lives in Chicago.  The remains were brought to this city Friday for interment...

ASBERRY

7 Sep 1893 4/6.  Died, August 21st, 1893, Lillie Asberry, infant daughter of J. F. and Lillie Asberry.  Lillie was twin sister to little Lizzie, who died July 14th, 1893.  The twins were born Nov. 27, 1892...

McCOWAN

7 Sep 1893 6/1.  Mrs. James C. McCowan died at her home near Thompson...last Saturday.  Mrs. McCowan was about 40 years of age.  She leaves a husband, six children, all boys, ranging from 2 to 17 years.  She was buried at Mexico.

JAMISON

14 Sep 1893 3/2.  Harris Jamison...of Fulton, died last Thursday at Chicago where he had been with his sister, Miss Dolly, attending the Fair...it was decided to operate on him for appendicitis...

Mr. John Jamison, the father of the young man...Young Jamison was...a nephew of Mrs. Dr. Baskett...

HULETT

14 Sep 1893 6/1.  Frank Hulett, formerly of Mexico, Mo., and son of Mrs. Wm. Waddingham, died in Detroit, Michigan, last Monday at 4 a.m., age 29 years.

ABLE

14 Sep 1893 6/2.  Says the Laddonia Herald:  We are informed that Joe Able is in receipt of a letter from the family of Thomas Able, in the Indian Territory, stating that Tom was killed by a runaway team last Monday.

McKINZIE

14 Sep 1893 7/2.  Columbia, Mo., Sept. 8.  News has reached here of the killing of James P. McKinzie by an accident at a saw-mill in Northern Boone co...He was 42 years old and leaves a wife and six children.

TEDFORD

14 Sep 1893 8/1.  Little Virgil Tedford, who was hooked by a cow in Moberly Friday, died Saturday

...

GRANT

21 Sep 1893 1/1.  Samuel Grant...was in his 70th year having been born in Callaway County Feb. 15, 1824.  He was, says the Fulton Sun, the son of William Grant and was the third in a family of ten children, the oldest of whom, Mrs. Sally Grant, alone survives.  Mr. Grant married Miss Matt V. Yates.  He leaves seven children: E. W. Grant of the Callaway Savings Bank, Dr. John M., of St. Louis, Mrs. Wood Maddox, Mrs. R. L. Simpson of California, Mrs. Tyre Harrison, Benjamin, who has charge of the home farm, and Emmet, at college.  Mr. Grant made his start in life by going to California in 1850....

INLOW

21 Sep 1893 6/1.  Mrs. Mary J. Inlow died at her home on East Promenade street Wednesday night.  Mrs. Inlow was in her 81st year...interment took place Saturday at Concord where her husband is buried.

FREELIN

21 Sep 1893 6/2.  W. G. Freelin, father of W. S. Freelin of this city, died at his home in Moberly Thursday...Mr. Freelin was 71 years of age.  The remains were brought to Mexico for interment....

FLINT

21 Sep 1893 8/2.  Mr. Hugh Wilson received a telegram Sunday announcing the death of his daughter, Mrs. Dr. Flint, at Denver, Colo., on Saturday evening.  Mrs. Flint was 35 years of age.  She leaves no children.

EVANS

21 Sep 1893 8/2.  Evan Evans, who died at Auxvasse Sunday, was buried here...The deceased was about 60 years old and formerly lived in Mexico.

PEYTON

21 Sep 1893 8/2.  Mr. and Mrs. David Petty went to Wellsville Saturday to attend the funeral of their uncle, D. Peyton.  Mr. Peyton was one of the oldest citizens of Wellsville.

BROWN

21 Sep 1893 8/3.  R. T. Brown committed suicide Monday by hanging.  He formerly lived in this county but recently had been confined in the asylum at Fulton.  Collector J. E. Jesse, brother-in-law of the deceased....

ATKINS

21 Sep 1893 7/1.  T. W. Atkins received a telegram Saturday from Lexington, Kentucky, stating that his uncle, Dr. W. L. Atkins, died Friday.

5 Oct 1893 1/3.  A few days ago The Intelligencer announced the death in Lexington, Kentucky, of Dr. W. L. Atkins, brother of T. W. Atkins, of Audrain.

PATRICK

21 Sep 1893 8/1.  The little eighteen months old child of Mrs. Patrick, a widow, who has been making her home with Pat Naughton, died Monday.

HUNTER

28 Sep 1893 6/1.  Dude Hunter (col) died ...Thursday..at his home in southeast Mexico...

ADAMS

28 Sep 1893 6/2.  Miss Priscilla Adams died at Auxvasse Thursday.  The remains were brought to this city and...interred in the city cemetery.  The deceased was a sister of Judge Increase Adams....she was an aunt of Mrs. Dr. Rothwell.

MOORE

28 Sep 1893 7/3. South Ralls items.  Miss Alice Moore died in Texas the 17th of this month ....accompanied by her brother.  Her mother died when she was a small babe and the grandmother who took and raised her still lives and is 85 years old...Her body was...laid to rest in the family burying ground a few miles northeast of Vandalia.

KIEFFABER

5 Oct 1893 1/4.  Coroner J. R. Fritts was called upon Monday to hold an inquest on the body of Adam Kieffaber, a German, who lives on the old Jack Powell farm, four miles northeast of Mexico.  Kieffaber had blown out his brains with a shot gun....Kieffaber was 64 years old....Deceased has a married son who lives east of Mexico.  He also has a step-son...George....

DEY

5 Oct 1893 1/6.  The remains of Mrs. Dey, wife of Harry Dey, who died in childbirth Saturday night, were taken to Evansville, Ind. for interment....

The remains were accompanied by Mr. Dey and his sisters, Misses Katie and Birdie Hollopeter....Mr. and Mrs. Dey were married in Indiana about a year ago....

BRANHAM

5 Oct 1893 2/3. Sturgeon, Mo., Sept. 27.  Charles B. Branham, aged 74 years, died here today after a long illness of typhoid fever.  He was a native of Kentucky, was once sheriff of St. Charles county and twice mayor of Sturgeon....

WILLIAMS

5 Oct 1893 6/3.  H. L. Williams, of Benton City, returned Friday from a trip through Northwestern Missouri....Mr. Williams' sister, Mrs. E. L. Palmer, accompanied him home.  Mrs. Palmer lives in Dekalb City.  His daughter, Miss Maggie, died while Mr. Williams was visiting them.

KEYES

5 Oct 1893 8/1.  Conductor Keyes received word today of the death of his nephew, Wm. M. Keyes, of Conneaut, Ohio.

BROWN

5 Oct 1893 8/1.  Mrs. Allen Brown died at her home in Laddonia Sunday....

REYNOLDS

5 Oct 1893 8/1. Robert N. Reynolds, of near Guthrie, Callaway County, died of lung trouble near that place Sunday.  He was a nephew of Elijah Bennett of this city....

MADDOX

12 Oct 1893 1/1....The young man's name is W. B. Lee and his home is Howard County.  In 1890 or 1891 he shot and killed a man named Thomas Maddox while in an altercation with Lee's father....

BOWMAN

12 Oct 1893 1/2.  The remains of Charles J. Bowman, formerly a restaurant proprietor of this city, was found in a pond in St. Louis yesterday.  Bowman, a year or so ago, married Mrs. Nick DeJarnett, a sister of W. K. Potts....

BLACKBURN

12 Oct 1893 5/5. Fulton, Mo., Oct. 10. Lon Blackburn, while sawing lumber for a smokehouse at Readsville with a circular steam saw, slipped and was drawn on the saw....He had been married two months.

HIGGINS

12 Oct 1893 7/4.  Higginsville, Oct. 5.  Harvey Higgins, the founder and father of the town, died last night after an illness of two weeks, aged 82 years.

SHAFER

19 Oct 1893 1/6.  H. A. Shafer, father of C. F. Shafer, died at the Merchant's Hotel...last Monday.  He had been a resident of Mexico about two years....Deceased was 50 years old.  Funeral services were held...at the residence of N. B. Shafer....

ELZEA

19 Oct 1893 8/1.  The remains of Oscar Elzea, who died in New London, were interred Sunday.  Mrs.  J. P. Gibbs, of this city, sister-in-law of the deceased....

PINKARD

19 Oct 1893 6/2.  Monroe City, Mo., Oct. 11.  A coroner's jury was impaneled here this morning to hold an inquest over the body of Dennis Pinkard, colored, of Marion County, who was shot and killed this morning...by G. H. Johnson, night policeman of this city....

RAGSDALE

19 Oct 1893 8/2.  B. F. Bradley yesterday received a telegram from Stuttgart, Ark., announcing the death there of Mrs. Susie Ragsdale.  She died of typhoid fever.  The remains will be brought to Mexico for interment.  Deceased leaves a daughter, Lily, 11 years old.

ARMSTRONG

19 Oct 1893 8/3. Bean Creek Budget.  The sad death of Thomas Armstrong, Sr....has cast a gloom on the entire community.  Wm. Armstrong of Niles, Ohio, a brother of deceased...got here too late for the funeral and Saturday the 14th he was wired to come back home that his daughter, Miss Annie...18, and a college student, had been instantly killed while out with other students hunting nuts....

WILSON

26 Oct 1893 1/3.  Edward C. Wilson, of the vicinity of Santa Fe, died Monday...and the funeral took place Tuesday at Rock Hill Christian Church....Mr. Wilson was a native of Kentucky, having been born in Clark County, Sept. 11, 1816 ....He came to Missouri in 1838 and settled in Monroe County.  In 1840 he was married to Clementa D. Sims.  In 1850 Mr. Wilson moved to Audrain....His wife and three daughters survive him.

WHEELER

26 Oct 1893 1/3.  Vandalia, Mo., Oct. 21.  News was received here of a fatal shooting...near Spencersburg, Ralls county...Dud Baker and Jim Wheeler...got into a fight and Baker shot Wheeler....

GRIMES

26 Oct 1893 1/6.  Johnny Grimes, a young son of Richard Grimes, manager of the Mexico Electric Light Works, was run over and trampled to death by a horse at Marshall Monday....

TINSLEY

26 Oct 1893 6/1.  An infant child of James Tinsley died in Centralia Friday and was buried at Benton City Saturday.

FICKLIN

26 Oct 1893 6/1.  Mrs. Penelope Ficklin, widow of the famous Prof. Joseph Ficklin, died in Columbia Thursday, aged 56....

BARTLETT

26 Oct 1893 7/4. Louisiana, Mo., Oct. 18.  Dr. Ezekial Bartlett died today, at the age of 93 years.  For the past forty-eight years he had been the leading physician in northeast Missouri.

GANT

2 Nov 1893 3/1.  At 10 o'clock Thursday morning, Thomas R. Gant, a pioneer citizen of Audrain, peacefully and without a struggle passed over the river to the great beyond.  Mr. Gant had for 55 years been a citizen of Audrain.  He located on the land on which he died less than two years after the county was organized....Born in North Carolina in 1806...he married Miss Christian Hurdle, daughter of Thomas and Nancy Hurdle, who were also natives of North Carolina.  To this union were born eleven children, seven of whom with the mother still live...viz: Edward G., William P., I. H., Mrs. J. B. Leach, Mrs. O. W. Smith, Mrs. W. J. Black and Mrs. Wm. Barnett....

SMITH

2 Nov 1893 3/2.  Mrs. Mary Smith, wife of J. P. Smith of Laddonia, died of heart failure Oct. 25th...She was 72 years old...On May 10 she and her husband celebrated their golden wedding....

FARRAH

2 Nov 1893 5/2.  Louis Farrah died at his home southwest of town at 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon and just 12 hours thereafter his wife breathed her last....Funeral services held at Prairie View Church....

HIRTH

2 Nov 1893 5/6.  Rush Hill Notes.  Louie Hirth, 13 year old son of Henry Hirth, southeast of town, died early Wednesday morning of typhoid fever....

BROWN

2 Nov 1893 6/2.  The remains of Jesse Brown, who died Thursday of typhoid fever, were interred at Thompson Friday.  Deceased was a brother of Riley Brown, of this city.

TOWNSEND

2 Nov 1893 8/2.  Eli Townsend, one of the oldest residents of Fulton, died Saturday....He was Fulton's mayor for ten years.  Deceased was the father of George S. Townsend, one of the editors of the Troy Free Press.

PHILLIPS

9 Nov 1893 5/3.  Rush Hill Gossip.  Dr. J. R. Crawford was over from Clapper, Monroe county, to attend the funeral of his aunt, Mrs. Mattie Phillips.

9 Nov 1893 5/4.  Mrs. Phillips...died Sunday morning of heart failure....her remains were taken to Littleby Baptist church cemetery for burial....

was a sister of Dr. J. H. Crawford of Mexico.  She leaves a large family...in Ky., formerly the home of Mrs. Phillips.

POWELL

9 Nov 1893 8/2.  Wm. Powell died at the home of his son, Jeff Powell, this week, in his 87th year.  His wife preceded him to the grave...."Uncle Billy", as he was familiarly known, leaves six grown children - Annie, Ella, Jeff, John, William and June - all married.

DULEY

9 Nov 1893 8/2.  W. M. Duley who died at his home in Ashland Oct. 26, was a brother of Enoch Duley, who died in this county a few years ago...He was in his 66th year.

RICE

16 Nov 1893 1/2.  W. H. Rice, at one time proprietor of the Mexico Woolen Mills, died in Alton, Ill. Sunday, of heart disease.  The remains were brought to this city...for interment.

MALONE

16 Nov 1893 2/3.  Moberly, Mo., Nov. 8.  The Chicago cannon ball train on the Wabash road...ran into an open switch just as it was entering the yards here....The engine turned on its left side, catching Fireman William Malone beneath it.  He was fatally scalded and died at the Wabash hospital here....Malone was a single man....

FLETCHER

16 Nov 1893 2/3.  Mrs. Fletcher, wife of Richard Fletcher, died at her home...Thursday of cancer...

The remains were interred at Rising Sun church....

GOSNEY

16 Nov 1893 2/3. Paris, Mo., Nov. 8.  Willie Gosney, aged 14 years, committed suicide here this evening by firing a bullet into his brain....

SMITH

16 Nov 1893 2/4.  Dora Smith died at her home Oct. 14, 1893, aged 19 years, 24 days....Her remains were laid to rest in Unity cemetery....She was a kind daughter and a loving sister....(signed)      Emma Yelton

SIMS

16 Nov 1893 3/4.  Died, Wednesday Nov. 8, of typhoid fever at her home near Molino, Mrs. G. A. Sims.  Mrs. Sims was in her 76th year.  The remains were interred at Mt. Zion church cemetery....

MADRALL

16 Nov 1893 5/4. Bean Creek Budget.  Died, last week in Howell county in child birth, Mrs. Thomas Madrall, formerly Miss Alice Hendrix, a native of Bean Creek....

CROSWHITE

16 Nov 1893 6/1.  W. P. Croswhite died in Sturgeon last Friday morning of paralysis.

BRIDGES

16 Nov 1893 6/2.  Mrs. Martha Bridges, wife of Mr. I. G. Bridges, living three miles north of Laddonia, died very suddenly Tuesday night....

ERSKINE

15 Nov 1893 6/2.  Word was received here Saturday announcing the death of Charles Erskine in St. Louis that morning.  Mr. Erskine was a brother-in-law of Mrs. Geo. Morris of this city.  He formerly lived here.

NOHRNBERG

16 Nov 1893 5/1. Rush Hill Notes.  John Nohrnberg of Erwin, Mo., was here this week to attend the funeral of his brother, Chris.

16 Nov 1893 7/3.  The death of Chris Nohrnberg occurred last Saturday....Mr. Nohrnberg was about 45 years of age.  He located in Audrain about 20 years ago....leaves a wife and five children, four boys and one daughter....

16 Nov 1893 1/4.  The remains of Chris Nohrnberg were interred in Laddonia cemetery....

QUINCEY

16 Nov 1893 7/4. Paris, Mo., Nov 8.  Judge Samuel M. Quincey, aged 94 years, died here Tuesday.  He will be buried...at Madison tomorrow....

GIBBS

16 Nov 1893 7/5.  Mrs. Mary J. Gibbs died last night at the home of her step-son, Robert C. Gibbs, in west Mexico....in her 74th year.

CARRINGTON

16 Nov 1893 8/1.  Prof. Carrington received word yesterday that his sister had just died in Fulton.

ADKINS

16 Nov 1893 8/4.  Clarksville, Mo., Nov 13.  Sunday evening...Harry Regan and Chas. Adkins, the former about 15 years old and the latter about 17....young Regan picked up a rock and threw it at Adkins striking him on the head....He...died from his injuries.

LYNES

23 Nov 1893 7/1. from the Columbia Herald.  Late Tuesday evening, Nov. 14, at her home in Boone county, Mrs. Hannah Victor Lynes, wife of James Madison Lynes, died, aged 76 years.  Yesterday morning her husband died also.

TUCKER

23 Nov 1893 8/1.  Rev. Sherman Tucker, a young Baptist divine, died in Bowling Green Sunday morning.

ST. CLAIR

23 Nov 1893 8/4.  Dr. E. P. St. Clair, Pres. of Christian College, died in Columbia yesterday, aged 40 years.

DILLARD

30 Nov 1893 1/3.  A. G. Dillard died at his home north of town Monday of pneumonia....Mr. Dillard had no family, his sister and her daughter keeping house for him.  Deceased was 69 years of age.  The remains were interred in this city yesterday.

KENNAN

30 Nov 1893 1/6.  Mrs. W. H. Kennan, who has been at the Jacksonville, Ill. hospital for several weeks, died in that city at 1 o'clock a.m. on Monday....Mrs. Kennan was about 50 years of age.  She was a Miss Jenkins and a sister of Mrs. Gov. Hardin.  Four children survive her, three daughters, aged respectively 17, 15 and 13 and one boy aged 11....

FLETCHER

30 Nov 1893 5/3.  Mrs. Emily Fletcher died Nov. 10, 1893, in Mexico, Mo....

JACKSON

30 Nov 1893 7/1....Mrs. Lou Jackson, daughter of Capt. B. F. Watson, of Macon City....died at 11:30 Thursday night....

WHITE

30 Nov 1893 6/1.  James T. White, a wealthy farmer living near Sturgeon, died Thursday....Boone county, where he was born and raised.  He was 55 years old.

MITCHELL

30 Nov 1893 7/3.  Mrs. Charles W. Mitchell died at her home on East Liberty street at 8 o'clock last Saturday of cancer....Deceased came to Mexico twelve years ago from Pennsylvania.  Her husband, who is blind, was sent to the Soldiers' Home at Leavenworth ten days ago.

WEST

30 Nov 1893 8/2.  W. W. Fry received word today that the case of S. P. Emmons, adm'r of the estate of J. J. West vs. J. M. Gordon et al, has been reversed and remanded.

MOUNTS

Dec 1893 6/3.  John F. Mounts, at one time connected with the Intelligencer, more recently editor of the Versailles Statesman, died Saturday.

BELL

7 Dec 1893 6/3.  M. F. Bell, of Fulton, was in Mexico Saturday taking the remains of his father, Frederick Bell, to Hagerstown, Md. for interment.  Mr. Bell was in his 83d year at the time of his death....

SMOTHERS

14 Dec 1893 1/6.  The deep shadows of death entered the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Smothers last week and cruelly robbed them of their bright little girl, Carrie May, only four years old.  Mr. and Mrs. Smothers formerly lived in Mexico...now residing in St. Louis.  The little girl...dress caught fire...she was so badly burned that death followed....Mexico for interment, accompanied by Miss Rose Hite, aunt of the deceased....Scarcely a year ago, the grandfather...Mr. B. R. Hite, also a former resident of Mexico, was burned to death....

BAKER

14 Dec 1893 5/4....J. R. Baker died at his home in this city...Dec. 11.  Mr. Baker belonged to one of the best families in Missouri.  He was born in Callaway forty-seven years ago....His wife is a daughter of Hon. Henry Laramore of Callaway and a sister of Abe Laramore, of this county.  She and

...five daughters and one son survive Mr. Baker.  His father, John Martin Baker, and two brothers also survive him....

CROCKETT

14 Dec 1893 5/4 & 5.  Mrs. Crockett of West Mexico died Sunday of pneumonia.  The deceased was 75  years of age.               

MANN

14 Dec 1893 5/5.  George Mann, the six-year-old son of Henry Mann, died Sunday of membranous croup.

TUCKER

14 Dec 1893 7/1. South Ralls items.  Spencer Creek Baptist church mourns the death of their beloved pastor, Rev. S. W. Tucker....only 26 years old....his funeral, which was held at Bowling Green on the 12th day of November....

FINE

21 Dec 1893 3/4.  Josiah Cropper, who shot and killed Charles Fine in a game of poker in Lincoln county in August, 1891...was acquitted...Cropper is a brother of Jesse Cropper of Mexico.

MALLORY

21 Dec 1893 5/2. Young's Creek.  Died, at her home on Young's Creek Dec. 10, Mrs. Isabell Mallory, wife of T. W. Mallory.  Funeral...at Long Branch....

OWENS

21 Dec 1893 5/5.  John Owens died at his home near Benton City Friday of typhoid fever.

PINNELL

21 Dec 1893 5/5.  Joseph Pinnell died at his home three miles north of Mexico Tuesday of the grip.  Mr. Pinnell was 85....A wife and six children survive him.

KEMPER

21 Dec 1893 5/5.  Mrs. J. V. Kemper, the venerable mother of Postmaster Kemper of Sturgeon, was found dead in her chair Tuesday morning.  Mrs. Kemper was 82....

BAKER

21 Dec 1893 5/5. Centralia Guard.  Moses Baker, who died in Oklahoma last week, was born in Howard county, Mo., and raised near Sturgeon, and was 66 years and one month old when he died....He was the father of nine boys, all of whom, together with his wife, survive him.  One of the sons resides in California, another in Higbee, Mo., and one in Audrain, just north of Centralia and the rest in Oklahoma

DOTY

21 Dec 1893 5/5.  Samuel Doty died at his home in this city Friday night of paralysis of the brain.  Mr. Doty was 84....Mr. Doty was a native of Ohio   ....His wife died during the past summer.

OGLE

21 Dec 1893 6/1.  Thomas Ogle, aged 71, died at his home near Farber Thursday night of lung fever.

PLUNKETT

21 Dec 1893 7/1.  From the Keytesville Courier.  The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Plunkett of Mexico died last Friday of membranous croup and was...buried here Sunday at Elliott Grove cemetery

YELTON

21 Dec 1893 8/2.  Wellsville, Mo., Dec. 19th.  Miss Emma Yelton died at her home six miles east of Auxvasse, November 30th, after a brief illness.  The deceased was 22 years of age October 8th, 1893....

UNKNOWN

28 Dec 1893 1/1.  A man was killed at Larrabee Friday night.  He was only a tramp and not even the men who were tramping with him knew his name.  He was killed by the C. & A. section foreman, Thos. Quinlan....

CASSELMAN

28 Dec 1893 5/6.  Two brothers, Gus and Albert Casselman, died at the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Casselman, south of Benton City, on the night of the 20th....Gus was 26...Albert was 15...The interment took place at Liberty....

ROBERTSON

28 Dec 1893 5/6.  From the Fulton Sun.  Aged 86 years...wife of Dr. W. W. Robertson departed this life in this city, Saturday morning, Dec. 23, 1893.  Besides her husband, she leaves two daughters, Mrs. N. D. Thurmond and Mrs. Anna Russell....

STOWE

28 Dec 1893 8/4.  A revolver with an empty chamber and a bullet hole through the brain told its own story at the home of Harry J. Stowe in Martinsburg Thursday.  Stowe...was about 30 years of age and had two younger brothers in the east....his uncle, Clarence Buel...interment in this city Monday....

LEEPER

28 Dec 1893 5/3.  Hatton items.  John Leeper, well  known in the community, died at Calwood on Dec. 18 a victim to strong drink.  He was buried at Concord cemetery.