These are typed from photographed copies of many obituaries and death notices that I have in my collection. For many of them there is no indication of what newspaper they came from nor is a year indicated for some of them. Photo copies are sometimes hard to read or are damaged. Also, some of the obits and death notices may not be complete. I will be spending time searching out the complete documents and their location, as well as continuing to search for more obituaries and death notices to add here. I always strive for correctness.
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MRS. BABCOCK DIES AT HOME HERE, AGED 65
Resident Here for Many Years; Funeral Held Today
Mrs. Emma J. Babcock, 65 years old, died last night about 8 o’clock at her home, 408 South Elson street. She was born February 24, 1856, in Williamsburg, Pa., and had been a resident here for many years.
She is survived by her husband, George J. Babcock.
Funeral services were held this afternoon at 3 o’clock at the Summers & Flinchpaugh chapel, conducted by the Rev. G. H. Cosper. Interment was in the Forest cemetery.
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MRS. FLORA M. BABCOCK DIES HERE
Funeral and Burial Tomorrow at Mt. Carmel
Mrs. Flora M. Babcock, 80 years old, widow of George Babcock, died this morning at 1 o’clock at her home at 1506 South Osteopathy Avenue. She had been confined to a wheel chair the past year due to rheumatism and suffered a stroke a week ago.
The funeral is to be held Tuesday afternoon at 1 o’clock at the Mt. Carmel church and burial will be made in the churchyard. The body is lying in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home. The following grandsons will serve as pallbearers: Virgil, Hillis, Otis, Lemuel and Floyd Waddill and Kenneth Noel.
Mrs. Babcock was born in Illinois March 4, 1861, daughter of George and Mary Parker. The family came to Missouri when she was six years old and located on a farm near Gifford. She was married to Sylvester Waddill and four children were born, one daughter dying at the age of five. They lived on a farm in the Nind vicinity when Mr. Waddill died in 1919.
She moved to Kirksville in 1920 and was married to George Babcock in 1922. Mr. Babcock died Jan. 8, 1941.
Surviving are three sons, A. D. Waddill, Yarrow; Everett Waddill, Winigan, and Roy Waddill, Yarrow; then grandchildren, and one sister, Mrs. Jennie Fortney, in California.
Mrs. Babcock was a member of the Methodist Church.
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GEO. BABCOCK, AGED 85, DIES AT HOME HERE
Was Tailor and Barber; Funeral To Be Friday
George D. Babcock, 85 years old, a tailor and barber here for many years, died at his home at 1506 South Osteopathy Avenue last night at 11:20 o’clock, after being in impaired health two years from heart disease. He had been bedfast only a week.
Mr. Babcock worked at the Herboth clothing store here for a twelve-year period ending in 1915.
The funeral is to be held tomorrow afternoon at 1 o’clock at the Dee Riley Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. H. H. Snider, pastor of the Methodist Church, and burial will be in the Forest Cemetery. The pallbearers will be six step-grandchildren, Virgil A., Hillis, Otis, Lemuel, Floyd and Francis Waddill. The body is lying in state at the funeral home.
Mr. Babcock was born in Illinois Feb. 5, 1856. He came here from Maryland about forty years ago, bringing his wife, who was an invalid, for osteopathic treatment. She died about 20 years ago and he was married to Mrs. Flora Waddill in 1922.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Flora Babcock, three stepsons, A. D. Waddill, Yarrow; Roy E. Waddill, Yarrow, and Everett T. Waddill, Winigan.
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Leora Babcock, 7 Years Old, Dies In Springfield, Mo.
Mrs. Blanche Burnett and sons Robert and Clyde, 1109 South High street, have returned from Springfield, Mo., where they were called by the death of Mrs. Burnett’s granddaughter, Leora Ann Babcock, 7-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Babcock, who died February 13. Her death was attributed to infantile paralysis following an attack of intestinal flu. She was ill about two weeks.
Leora Ann was born in Kirksville and lived here until about three years ago when the family moved to Springfield. Besides her parents she leaves a sister, Patricia Jo. The latter accompanied her grandmother and uncles [sic] home.
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CARL BACHMAN DIES AT HOME IN NOVINGER
Funeral Services at Morelock Church Tuesday Afternoon
Carl Bachman, 75, a lifelong resident of Adair county, died Sunday afternoon at 3:50 o’clock at his home in Novinger after a long illness.
Funeral services will be held at the Morelock Church Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock conducted by the Rev. Mr. Gilkerson of the Free Methodist Church. Interment will be in the Morelock Cemetery.
Mr. Bachman, a son of Solomon and Angeline Bachman, was born March 15, 1871 in the Morelock community and spent most of his life there and in the Stahl neighborhood. He operated a store at Stahl before moving to his farm in the Morelock neighborhood, and moved to Novinger last spring because of ill health.
He was married to Miss Elizabeth Rowe, and four children were born to this marriage, two of whom died in early life. His parents and one brother, John, also preceded him in death.
He is survived by his wife and three daughters, Mrs. Harry Shibley and Mrs. Basil Stidman of Stahl, and Mrs. Cecil Bingham of this city; also three brothers, Clyde of Kirksville, Henry of Pennville and Andrew of Iowa, and one sister, Mrs. Florence Young of Michigan. Also surviving are seven grandchildren, Donald Morelock of Stahl, Mrs. Clarence Williams of Iowa, Mrs. Junior Davidson of Greencastle, Harold Shibley of Chicago, Ill., Anita Stidman of Stahl, Jerry Bingham of Kirksville and Bob Bingham, now serving in the Merchant Marine. There are five great-grandchildren.
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DAVID SAMUEL BACHMAN, 79, IS DEAD HERE
Succumbs at Home; Funeral to be On Wednesday
David Samuel Bachman, 79, died Sunday at his home on North Boundary street.
Funeral services will be held at the Dee Riley Funeral Home Wednesday morning at ten o’clock, conducted by Rev. Charles Downing, Kirksville. Interment will be in the Morelock cemetery.
Mr. Bachman was the son of Jacob and Sarah Bachman and was born in Adair County, May 18, 1870. He was married November 2, 1913, to Anna Bell Stoneking.
He is survived by his wife; five daughters, Mrs. E. L. (Fern) Heath, Plainfield, Ill.; Mrs. Jacob (Birdie) King, Kansas City, Mrs. Alfred (Betty May) Stull, Hurdland, Mrs. Earnest (Gertie) Collins, Kirksville, and Miss Laura Bachman, of the home; two sons, Leroy, of Wilmington, Calif., and Gernie A. Bachman, of Novinger; one sister, Mrs. Betsy Ann Butler, of Iowa, and thirteen grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers and two sisters.
The body will lie in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home.
Bearers will be: Alfred Pope, Ira Claybrook, Forrest Claybrook, Dally Claybrook, Jacob A. King, and Alfred Stull.
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JOHN BACHMAN DIES SUDDENLY AT FARM HOME
Succumbs Near Sidney To Stroke This Morning
John Bachman, 73 years old, died suddenly this morning at his home near Sidney as the result of a stroke.
Funeral plans had not been completed this afternoon.
Mr. Bachman is survived by his wife, Mrs. Bertha Bachman; two daughters, Mrs. V. H. Casner, Kirksville, and Mrs. Harvey Gochnauer, Stahl; one son, Floyd Bachman, Stahl; four brothers, Clyde Bachman, Kirksville; Carl Bachman, Stahl; Henry Bachman, Pennville, and Andrew Bachman, Iowa City; one sister, Mrs. Florence Young, Swartz Creek, Mich.
He had lived all his life in Adair County.
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Chester Bagley’s Father Dies at 83
Charles S. Bagley, of Purdin, father of Chester Bagley, 1503 E. Alexander, died at the age of 83 at his home near Purdin early Wednesday morning. He had been seriously ill since February 12.
Funeral services will be held at the Church of Christ in Purdin at two o’clock Friday afternoon, conducted by the Rev. J. S. Yaden, of Ottumwa, Ia. Interment will be in the Purdin Cemetery.
Mr. Bagley was a retired farmer and had spent his lifetime in Linn county.
In addition to his wife and the above mentioned son, other children are: Curtis and Raymond Bagley, of Browning; Mrs. M. C. Buckman, of Linneus, William Alva Bagley, of Shelbina, a member of the board of regents of the Northeast Missouri State Teachers College, Leslie Bagley, of Edina, and Wayne Bagley, of Nakomis, Ill. Sixteen grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren also survive. A son Rolla, preceded him in death.
Mr. Bagley was well-known in Kirksville, having visited here on numerous occasions.
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MRS. J. M. BAILEY DIED AT HOME HERE SUNDAY
Funeral and Burial Services at Elmer Tuesday Afternoon
Mrs. Angie Annetta Bailey, of 1105 S. Baird street, died yesterday at her home after an illness of three months.
A short funeral service will be held at the home at 12:45 o’clock Tuesday noon, and services also will be held at 2 o’clock in the afternoon at the Elmer Christian Church conducted by the Rev. W. L. Spruling. Burial will be in the cemetery in Elmer.
Mrs. Bailey was born July 2, 1864, at Athens, Ohio, to Jacob L. and Mildred Stanley. She was married to Joseph M. Bailey on Dec. 23, 1885, and they lived at Ethel until about a year ago when they moved to Kirksville. To this union eleven children were born, two dying in infancy and one daughter, Mrs. Loral Sampson died March 22, 1944. She is survived by her husband, and the following children, Norris, J., Fred D., and Joseph M., Jr., all of Denver, Colo.; Harry K., of Ethel; Mrs. Viva Williams of Elmer, Mrs. Edith Arterburn of Union, Iowa, Mrs. Ruby Quillen of Colton, Calif., and Mrs. Alma Henderson of Kirksville. There are twenty-four grandchildren and ten great grandchildren.
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Clarence Bailey Formerly of This City Dies
Mrs. W. H. Trailor of 1003 S. Franklin Street has received word that her brother, Clarence V. Bailey, 62, and formerly of Kirksville, died Friday at his home in Charles City, Iowa.
Mr. Bailey was a son of the late W. G. Bailey, and was born here October 25, 1881, and lived here until he moved to Charles City 12 years ago. He was a painter by trade.
He is survived by his wife, two step-sons, step-mother, Mrs. W. G. Bailey, 110 E. Randolph, and his sister, Mrs. M. H. Trailor. He was preceded in death by his father and mother and a brother.
Mrs. Trailor went to Charles City to attend the funeral which was held Monday.
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C. V. BAILEY, FORMER CITIZEN DIES FRIDAY
Funeral at Charles City, Iowa, on Monday
Clarence V. Bailey, 62 years old, a former resident of Kirksville died at his home in Charles city, Ia., Friday, according to word received by his sister, Mrs. M. H. Trailor, 1003 S. Franklin Street. He had been sick for three years.
He was a son of the late W. G. Bailey, and was born here October 25, 1881, and lived here until he moved to Charles City 12 years ago. He was a painter by trade.
He is survived by his wife, two step-sons, step-mother, Mrs. W. G. Bailey, 110 E. Randolph, and his sister, Mrs. M. H. Trailor. He was preceded in death by his father and mother and a brother.
Mrs. Trailor will go to Charles City to attend the funeral which will be held Monday.
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FUNERAL HELD FOR MRS. ELIZABETH BAILEY
(St. Louis Globe-Democrat)
Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth E. C. Bailey, widow of Dr. Homer E. Bailey, St. Louis osteopathic physician, were held yesterday at the First Methodist Church in West Plains, Mo. Burial will be in Oak Grove cemetery.
Mrs. Bailey, 85, died of infirmities Tuesday at the home of a son, Dr. Virgil Bailey, with whom she had lived in West Plains. Active for many years in the Daughters of the American Revolution, she was also the organizer and first president of the Missouri State Osteopathic Auxiliary.
Survivors are two other sons, Dr. Walter Bailey of St. Louis and Homer E. Bailey, Jr., of Seattle, Wash., and a daughter, Mrs. Robert E. Thorne of Columbia, S. C.
Elizabeth E. C., Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 17 May 1951, p. 7, col. 5, Thursday
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James Edgar Bailey, 58, Died Yesterday
James Edgar Bailey, 58, died Sunday at the Adair County Infirmary where he has made his home for several years.
Funeral services will be held at the Dee Riley Funeral Home Wednesday afternoon at one o’clock conducted by Rev. W. R. Kornegay, a pastor of the Nazarene Church. Interment will be in New Harmony Cemetery.
Mr. Bailey was the son of James M. and Sarah J. (Mikel) Bailey and was born in Adair County, Mo., Nov. 4, 1888.
He is survived by one brother, Leslie O. Bailey, of Palisade, Neb. And two sisters, Mrs. Iva Toney, of Glenwood, and Mrs. Lizzie Lay, of Edina.
He was preceded in death by nine brothers and sisters.
The body will lie in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home.
The pallbearers will be: Audrey and Frank Lay, Cecil Toney, Dee, Edgar and Clifford Bailey.
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James Bailey Rites at Union Temple
Funeral services for James W. Bailey, who died Monday at his home on route one, Novinger, will be held at the Union Temple Church Thursday afternoon at two o’clock. Rev. Raymond Prather, pastor of the Christian Church at LaPlata, will officiate. Interment will be in the Hall cemetery in Adair county.
The body will lie in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home until four o’clock Wednesday afternoon when it will be taken to the family home until the hour of the service.
Bearers will be: Carl Bailey, Alfred Hall, Cecil Houseman, Donald Walker, Harold Ziegler and Roy Dean Wallace.
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J. W. BAILEY DIES AT HOME NEAR NOVINGER
Adair county Farmer was 84; Funeral Plans Incomplete
James William Bailey, 84, of route one, Novinger, died this morning at his home. The body will lie in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
Mr. Bailey was the son of Elijah and Louise (Jennings) Bailey and was born in Illinois Sept. 15, 1866. He was married to Emma Catherine Hudson, March 3, 1887 in Sullivan county, and to this marriage thirteen children were born. Mrs. Bailey died March 5, 1940 and he was also preceded in death by two sons, one daughter, three brothers and two sisters.
He is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Earl (Altha) Hall, Mrs. George (June) Wallace, both of Novinger, Mrs. Arthur (Eliza) Ziegler, Mexico, Mo., Mrs. Harold (Effie) Houseman, Muscatine, Iowa, and Mrs. H. M. (May) Sparks, Green Castle; five sons, Ross, of Novelty, Vernie of Kirksville, Oron, of Winigan, Virgil, of Floris, Iowa, and Homer, of Muscatine, Iowa; 43 grandchildren, 50 great-grandchildren, and four sisters, Mrs. Lillie Parrish, Kirksville, Mrs. Pink Epperson and Mrs. Prudence Ervin, both of Atlanta, and Mrs. Nora Grant, of Green Castle.
Mr. Bailey had spent his lifetime in Adair county and was a farmer.
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Funeral Wednesday for Elmer Man, 88
Funeral services for Joseph M. Bailey, 88, of Elmer, who died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Viva Williams, west of Elmer, Sunday night at 11:45, will be held at the Christian Church in Elmer Wednesday afternoon at two o’clock. The services will be conducted by Rev. Leo Spurling, of Kirksville. Interment will be in the Elmer cemetery under the direction if Albert Skinner Home for Funerals. Mr. Bailey had been ill the past two months.
He was the son of J. M. and Elvira Bailey and was born in Macon county on Dec. 19, 1862.
He is survived by four sons, Norris J., Fred D., and Joseph M. Jr., all of Denver, Colo., and Harry K., of La Plata; four daughters, Mrs. Viva Williams, of Elmer, Mrs. Edith Arterburn, of Marshalltown, Ia., Mrs. Alma Henderson, of Kirksville, and Mrs. Ruby Quillen, of Albuquerque, N. M., several grandchildren and great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by one daughter, Mrs. Loral Sampson, in 1944 and his wife in 1945.
The body was taken to the home of his daughter, Mrs. Viva Williams, Monday afternoon where it will lie in state until the hour of the funeral.
Joseph M. Bailey, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 31 Jul 1951, p. 5. Col. 5, Tuesday
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Lee Holland Bailey was born December 2, 1894, at Downing, Missouri, and departed this life at the home of his birthplace, December 1, 1926.
He grew to young manhood in Schuyler county, and received his education in the public schools of Downing.
On December 14, 1918 he was united in marriage to Miss Helen McWilliam, and to them one son, William Lee, was born on November 26, 1922.
He united with the Presbyterian Church in January, 1924, and in this faith he triumphantly died.
He was a member of the Molla Shrine Temple at St. Joseph, Mo., and the Commandery and Royal Arc Masons at Memphis, Mo., and also a member of the Masonic Blue Lodge and the Order of the Eastern Star at his home town.
In November, 1918 he went to work for the Standard Oil Company, and [unreadable] attention to business, and [unreadable] capability for making and [unreadable], he was advanced by his employers to a better position. Lee’s genial presence and his infectious smile was known all over the territory he traveled, and the boys on the road took great interest in his condition, and missed no opportunity to inquire about him. His life was an inspiration to all whom he knew, and those who knew him best loved him most. His sickness and death was a tremendous shock, yet by it we have been moved to appreciate more and more his lovable characteristics, and we have been made to understand that his life was a force for good.
During his affliction, although he suffered much, yet he was patient at all times, and was one of the kindest and most appreciative of men. No worthy cause ever appealed to him in vain. He was a loving husband, an affectionate father, a noble son, a true brother, and a kind neighbor.
Besides his wife and son, he leaves to mourn, his mother Mrs. Carrie Bailey, Downing, Mo., (his father preceded his [sic] three years ago this month) and the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. Cleo M. Hargis, of Downing, Mo., Mrs. Lena Bradley, of St. Louis, Mo.; Frank Otto Bailey, of Chillicothe, Mo.; Mrs. Ruby Wilson of Lancaster, Mo., Mrs. Ada Green, of Granger, Mo.; and Noel R. Bailey, of Cleveland, Ohio, besides many other relatives, and a host of friends.
He will be sincerely issed [sic], and mourned by more people than falls to the lot of most of us. May God bless and comfort the bereaved family in their sorrowing hour.
The funeral service was conducted from the home Saturday afternoon, Decmber [sic] 2 at 2 o’clock p.m., to the Christian Church in Downing, in the presence of one of the largest crowds that ever assembled at a funeral service in Downing. Rev. Arthur Olsen, pastor of the Methodist Church in Memphis, Mo., officiating. the various Fraternal Orders of which he was a member, attended in a large body, and their impressive ritual was read at the graveside in the Downing cemetery, where he was tenderly laid to rest. The floral offerings were large and beautiful.
The pallbearers were Sir Knights Junior Burns, C. B. Walker, Elmer Israel, Harvey Drake, W. E. Smoot and Dr. H. E. Gerwig.
A quartette composed of Miss Helen Dierks, Mrs. Thelma Schupbach, Dee Rife and Chas. L. Riley, sang “Out of the Shadow Land.” Jesus Savior, of Me,” and [unreadable].
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Dr. Leonard Bailey Dies In New York
Dr. Leonard Bailey, 52, a former Kirksvillean, died of a heart attack at his home in New York City yesterday morning. He was the son-in-law of Mrs. Mary Millay, 210 South Main Street here.
Born in Iowa, Dr. Bailey was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Bailey, both of whom died in recent years. He was graduated from the osteopathic college here in 1914 and was married to Miss Gladys Millay. Surviving him are his wife and two brothers, Dr. Guy Bailey and Dr. Osborne Bailey both of Los Angeles.
The funeral is to be Wednesday in New York, where burial also will be made. Mrs. Millay’s son, Dr. Dewey Millay, of St. Louis, has left for New York to attend the funeral and be with his sister.
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Mrs. George Bailey, 79, Dies at Gifford
Mrs. Mary Myers Bailey, who died at her home in Gifford Sunday at the age of 79 years and 11 days, was born in Gaston, Ind., in 1858. Funeral services were held Tuesday in the Christian Church conducted by the Rev. Yoder. The body was buried in Indian Hill Cemetery.
She was married to George G. Bailey on Feb. 19, 1880, and he died Sept. 22, 1921. She is survived by the following children: Mrs. Effie Smith, Tacoma, Wash.; Jesse Bailey, South Gifford; Charley Bailey, Clarence; Perry Bailey, Miles City, Mont.; Nell Shelton, Leuhzig, N. Dak.; James Bailey, Metalene, Wash.; Mrs. Ida Dodge, Twin Falls, Idaho; Thomas Bailey, South Gifford, and Mrs. Clara Sharr, Yarrow; twenty-seven grandchildren, and six great grandchildren.
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Funeral For Mrs. Bailey Tomorrow
Funeral services for Mrs. Claude E. Bailey, who died Saturday night in New York City, will be held at 3 o’clock Wednesday afternoon at the Davis Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Pyron McMillen, pastor of the Presbyterian Church. Burial will be in Forest Cemetery.
The body, which arrived here this morning, will lie in state at the funeral home this evening and tomorrow morning. The casket will not be opened at the funeral service.
The pallbearers will be Atty. George England, Atty. Phil Fowler, Robert Connor, Sidney Page, Dr. E. E. Bohrer and Glen Beltzer.
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MRS N. J. BAILEY DIED FRIDAY IN DELAWARE
Mrs. N. J. Bailey, for many years a resident of Kirksville, died yesterday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Arthur Patterson, in Wilmington, Del., according to a telegram received this morning by W. A. Downing, her Kirksville agent.
The telegram read as follows:
Wilmington, Del., Feb. 28, W. A. Downing:
Kirksville, Mo.
Mother Bailey died today. We leave tonight. Have wired Claude and Lora to come to Kirksville. Confer with Claude about other arrangements.
ARTHUR PATTERSON.
Mrs. Bailey leaves one son and two daughters, Claude Bailey, of Hugo, Okla., and Miss Lola Bailey, of Portland, Ore., and Mrs. Patterson.
Mrs. Bailey was the widow of Jack Bailey, who was in the grocery business here for many years. Of late years she has been in Kirksville only occasionally to look after her business properties here, as she owned two store building [sic] on the south side and the South Franklin street building occupied by the electric company.
Many old friends of the family will sympathize with the son and daughter in their bereavement.
Mrs. N. J. Bailey, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 01 Mar 1919, p. 1, col. 2, Saturday
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TWO DEATH IN SAME FAMILY WITHIN WEEK
Mrs. Thos. Martin Dies 5 Days After Her Sister, Mrs. R. H. Bailey
Mrs. Thomas Martin, a sister of the late Mrs. R. H. Bailey, and Frank Cheyney, of Kirksville, died this morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Jesse Shafer, near Green City, Mo., aged 70 years. She had been ill with pneumonia fever since a week ago yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Martin had sold their farm near Green City and were getting ready to go to Colorado to make their home when Mrs. Martin became ill. Mrs. Martin had lived practically all her life near Green City.
Mrs. Bailey, whose death occurred in this city Monday, was taken sick with pneumonia fever on Thursday and Mrs. Martin became ill on Friday, making two deaths in the same family in less than a week.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Martin leaves five children. They are Leo and Russell Martin, of Colorado, June Martin, of Green City, Mrs. Jesse Shafer, of Green City, and Mrs. Mary Tarno, of Brookfield.
Mrs. Martin also leaves two brothers and a sister, Frank Cheyney, of Kirksville, Henry Cheyney, of Kansas City, and Mrs. Carrie Law, of Green City, Mrs. E. B. Sloan, of this city, is a niece.
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REUBEN BAILEY, OF NOVINGER, DIES HERE
Died in Hospital; Funeral Services Held This Afternoon
Funeral services were held this afternoon at 2 o’clock for Reuben H. Bailey, of Novinger, who died Monday afternoon in a Kirksville hospital. The funeral was held at the Dee Riley funeral home, conducted by Rev. C. J. Campbell, of Novinger. Interment was in the Highland Park cemetery.
Mr. Bailey was the son of Thomas and Rebecca (Garrett) Bailey, and was born Feb. 6, 1875, at Memphis. He was married to Dora M. Cheyney Oct. 6, 1897, and to this union six daughters were born, one dying in infancy. Mrs. Bailey died March 27, 1922.
On April 24, 1924, Mr. Bailey married Mrs. Stella Conner.
He is survived by: His wife; five daughters, Mrs. Florence Brooking, Mason City, Ia.; Mrs. Stella Ice, St. Louis; Mrs. Jane Wilson, Green City; Mrs. Verna Hammond, Highwood, Ill., and Mrs. Ethel Vance, Kirksville; four stepsons, Dewey Conner, Willmathsville, Earl Connor, Milwaukee, Wis., John Conner, Highwood, Ill., and Jennings Conner, Edina.
He is also survived by four brothers, Harrison and John Bailey, of Mason City, Ia.; Elvie Bailey, Sand Creek, Okla., and Edd Bailey, of Wakita, Okla.; one sister, Mrs. Grace Gillpatrick, Mason City, Iowa, and six grandchildren.
Mr. Bailey was a member of the Novinger Methodist Church.
Pallbearers at the funeral today were Jim Walker, Aubrey Martin, A. F. Pickett, Walter Thompson, Jesse Tull and J. E. Huffman.
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MRS. SAMANTHA BAILEY DIES IN QUEEN CITY
Former Kirksville Resident Was 86 Years of Age
Mrs. Samantha Bailey, 86, formerly of Kirksville, died Thursday evening at the home of Mrs. Emma Gillispie at Queen City, where she has been living since October.
The body will lie in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home and funeral arrangements are pending the arrival of relatives.
Mrs. Bailey was born in Schuyler County, May 2, 1862.
She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Jess (Leotia) Wilcox, Lander, Wyo.; Mrs. Clellen (Bertha) Weaver, Bloomfield, Ia., and Mrs. Myrtle Carter, Mt. Pleasant, Ia.; one brother, Dr. Tivis Maize, Cape Girardeau; thirteen grandchildren and twenty-five great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, three sons, and two brothers.
Mrs. Bailey was a member of the Baptist Church.
Samantha Bailey, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 14 Jan 1949, p.6, col. 5 & 6, Friday
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DR. WILLIAM G. BAILEY, AGED 86, DIES HERE
Funeral and Burial Services To Be Sunday.
Dr. William George Bailey, 86 years old, died of a heart attack yesterday at 12:30 p.m. at his home at 110 East Randolph Street.
The funeral is to be held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at the Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev. H. H. Snider, and burial will be made in the Forest Cemetery. His body is lying in state at his home.
Dr. Bailey was a concrete contractor here many years, following which he studied osteopathy and practiced that profession until his health failed.
He was born in Auburn, Ind., but moved to Kirksville when a small boy. He was married Feb. 11, 1870 to Catherine Griffin, who died Sept. 11, 1925. Three children were born to them. Mrs. M. H. Trailor, 1003 South Franklin Street; C. V. Bailey, Charles City, Ia., and Tommy O. Bailey, who died at the age of ten months.
Dr. Bailey married Samantha Andrews, of Lancaster, Mo., on August 24, 1934, who survives him. There also is one sister, Mrs. Isabelle Everhart, Kirksville, and three half-sisters, Mrs. Hattie Grassle, Kirksville; Mrs. Ollie Pruitt, Troy, Mo.; and Mrs. Ella Davis, Springfield, Mo.
His parents and three brothers preceded him in death.
Dr. Bailey was a member of the Methodist Church here.
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MRS. CATHERINE BAIOTTO DIES HERE AT 83
Novinger Woman Native of Italy; Funeral Monday
Mrs. Catherine Baiotto, 83, of Novinger, died in a Kirksville hospital early Friday evening.
Funeral services will be held at the St. Rose Catholic church in Novinger Monday morning at 9:30, conducted by the Rev. Father William Von Arx, pastor of the church. Rosary will be said at the Dee Riley Funeral Home this evening at 7:30. Interment will be in the Novinger cemetery.
Mrs. Baiotto was the daughter of Anthony and Catherine Crosetto, and was born near Breda, Italy, March 30, 1871. She was married in 1893 to Paul Baiotto, and to this marriage six children were born.
She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. P. L. (Lena) Reed, Cleveland, Ohio; three sons, Marion, of Kirksville, Joe, of North Kansas City, and Raymond, of Glendora, Calif., one sister, Mrs. Julia Crosetto, in Italy, and seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Baiotto was preceded in death by her parents: her husband, in 1918, three brothers and two sisters, and two sons.
Mrs. Baiotto came to the United States in 1897, first moving to Oklahoma, then to Utah, and to Novinger in 1904. She was a member of the St. Rose Catholic church at Novinger.
Bearers will be Charles Gasperi, Clementino Rock, William Baiotto, Joe Broseghini, Robert Baiotto and Joe Georgetti.
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Mrs. Alice Baird Died Saturday After Long Illness; Funeral Mon.
Alice Rebecca Quigley, the daughter of John and Edna (Barnett) Quigley, was born at Gilman, Iowa, January 27, 1903, and departed this life at her home southwest of Memphis, March 6, 1954, at the age of 51 years, one month and seven days.
On December 14th, 1921 she was married to John William Baird at Memphis, Mo. Several years ago she united with the McAdow Presbyterian church and has been a faithful member and helper and through her blindness these past three years her faith never wavered. She was teacher of the young people’s class in the McAdow Sunday school and while in physical darkness she was able to point the way to spiritual light.
Besides her faithful husband, she is survived by her aged father and stepmother of Gilman, Ia.; three half-sisters, Mrs. Raymond Swift, of Gilman, Ia.; Mrs. Margaret Kenyon of Des Moines and Mrs. Katherine Taylor; two half-brothers, Ronald of Tama, Ia., and Raymond of Chicago; an aunt, Mrs. Elmer Arnold of Quincy, Ill.; her brothers and sisters-in-law, nieces and nephews and a host of other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her mother, an infant brother and a half-brother. She was known to all as a true friend and a kind, considerate neighbor.
Funeral services were conducted at the McAdow church Monday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. with Rev. Faye Chappell officiating. Music was by Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Cossel with Mrs. Eli Griffith at the piano. Bodybearers were William Baird of Downing, Junior and Donald Smith of Stronghurst, Ill., Robert Bissell, Robert Cook and Perry Meeks. Burial was in the Coffey cemetery at Downing.
Alice Rebecca (Quigley) Baird, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 11 Mar 1954, p. 1, col. 4
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FRANK BAIRD DIES AT HOME IN MISSISSIPPI
Funeral Services For Former Resident To Be held Here
Word was received here today of the death of Frank H. Baird, a former resident of Kirksville, at his home in Gulfport, Miss., at the age of 94 years. Funeral plans have been made on a tentative basis, with services at the Robert B. Davis Memorial Chapel Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock.
Mr. Baird’s sister, Mrs. Alta Belshe, of Chicago, is expected to arrive in Kirksville this afternoon. The body is expected to arrive here at midnight tomorrow.
Mr. Baird was the son of W. T. Baird, Kirksville’s first banker, and long a prominent citizen. He was born in Kirksville.
Mr. Baird was associated with W. M. Rubey in a bank at Macon for a number of years and then went to Montana where he was in the banking business. He moved back to Kirksville about 32 years ago and was in business on the south side of the square for two or three years.
He was married to Miss Helen T. Hunt, of Macon, in 1880. She died while they were living in Montana. Later he married Mrs. Mary Ellen Rush, of Washington, D. C., and she died about three years ago at their home in Biloxi, Miss., where they had lived 27 years. After her death Mr. Baird moved to Gulfport. Mr. Baird made annual visits to Kirksville to Look after business interests, until his health prevented.
Entombment will be in the Baird mausoleum in Forest cemetery.
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John Baird Services Held On Sunday
John William Baird was born to James and Stella Rife Baird, near Downing, Missouri, September 24, 1898. He grew to manhood in Scotland County and united with the Bible Grove Christian Church early in life, later transferring his membership to the McAdow Church.
On December 14, 1921, he was united in marriage to Miss Alice Quegley of Gilman, Iowa, who preceded him in death March 6, 1954. He was also preceded in death by his father; mother; one infant sister, Mona; and one brother, George.
Those surviving are one brother and four sisters, Ernest and Mrs. Leslie (Carrie) Bradley of Downing, Mrs. Alvin (Effie) Smith of Lomas, Ill., Mrs. Herb (Bessie) Alexander of Knox City, Missouri, and Mrs. Omer (Ruby) Eiffert of near Memphis; several nieces and nephews; cousins and other relatives, besides many, many friends.
John was a faithful member to his church as long as his health permitted. He was a wonderful neighbor and a faithful friend to all who were less fortunate.
He suffered a stroke, June 7, 1965, and has spent the time since then in hospitals and nursing homes. He passed away in the Scotland County Nursing Home about 6:00 A.M. June 6, 1969.
Funeral services were held at the Gerth & Baskett Chapel, Memphis, Missouri, Sunday June 8, 1969, at 2 p.m. The Rev. Herbert Alexander officiated. Burial was in the Coffey Cemetery. Body bears were nephews.
John William Baird, From Unknown Newspaper 12 Jun 1969
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DIED AT ST. JOSEPH, MO.
Mrs. A. L. Baird Lived in Scotland County Many Years
Mrs. Minnie Bell Baird, 75, wife of the late Arthur L. Baird, died at her home at St. Joseph, Mo., Sunday morning June 25. Funeral sevices [sic] were held last Wednesday at 2 o’clock from the Heaton Bowman funeral home at St. Joseph and interment was in Memorial Park cemetery there.
She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. J. B. Gravitt of St. Joseph; one granddaughter, Mrs. Anna Beth Stricklen, and one great granddaughter; one nephew, Fred Bell, of St. Joseph, and eleven other nieces and nephews; also one half-sister, Mrs. Della Bell, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Her husband died in 1937.
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OBITUARY OF BERT BAIRD, DIED NOVEMBER 27
R. F. (Bert) Baird, second son of Benjamin and Mary Baird, was born in Clark county, Mo., July 26, 1875 and died at his home in West Memphis, November 27, 1944, aged 69 years, four months and one day. His family moved to Scotland county, near Lawn Ridge when he was a small boy, where he grew to manhood
October 5, 1904 he was married to Miss Nellie Overfield. To them were born six children: Mary, Sylvia, Geo. Edythe, Madilene and Olin Robertie. He leaves to mourn his departure his faithful companion; two daughters, Mrs. Sylvia Shoop, Quincy; Mrs. Edythe Johnston of Memphis; a son, George, of Memphis; 11 grandchildren; one brother, C. L. Baird of Memphis. He was preceded in death by Madeline, Mrs. Mary Robinson and Olin Robertia, his father and mother, one brother and a half-brother.
He united with the Christian church at Memphis, October 1922 and remained a member of that church. He will be greatly missed in his home, his church and by the entire community. A good man has gone to his reward.
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R. F. Baird Succumbs to Heart Attack While Spading
R. F. Baird, who lived in the Cone property which he and Mrs. Baird recently purchased at 133 North Hamilton street, died suddenly Monday afternoon about 2 o’clock while spading in his garden south of the house.
Mr. Baird had been spading up a lot near the chicken house to put in garden next spring and had the lot practically spaded when he dropped dead.
Mrs. Baird, who was alone in the house at the time, saw him lying near the spading fork which was sticking upright in the ground, and ran to him. Seeing that he was dead, she ran to the home of Glenn D. Houtchens nearby and Mrs. Houtchens summoned her husband from town and called to Mrs. Wallace Matlock, another neighbor.
Mr. Houtchens, with Harry Johnson, son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Baird, and one of the Wm. Miller boys, carried Mr. Baird to the house and summoned Dr. P. M. Baker, coroner. No inquest was held as he had evidently died from a heart, attack.
Mr. and Mrs. Baird recently moved from the Frank Cravens farm west of Arbela to the Cone property which they purchased, and only last week they purchased 45 acres of pasture land joining their place from J. Vic Smith.
Funeral services are being held from the Lawn Ridge Christian church this afternoon at 2:30, conducted by Rev. James L. Stone of Granger and burial will be in the Lawn Ridge cemetery.
Pall bearers were Earl Wolf, Glenn D. Houtchens, Ben Briggs, Jesse Dye, Fred C. Jones and H. M. Jayne.
Mr. Baird was born in Clark county, Missouri, July 26th, 1875, moved with his parents to this county when a small boy and lived the remainder of his life here. He was married October 5th, 1904, to Nellie M. Overfield and six children were born to them, three of whom preceded him in death, Mrs. Mary Leona Robinson, Nellie Madalene Baird and Olin Robertie Baird.
Surviving him are his wife, three children, George E. Baird and Mrs. Edith May Johnson, both of Memphis, and Sylvia Maude Shoop of Quincy. He is also survived by one brother, C. L. Baird of Memphis. Two other brothers, A. L. Baird and T. J. Baird, preceded him in death. He is also survived by several grandchildren.
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Dropped Dead While At Work In Yard
Robertie Frances Baird suffered a heart attack Friday afternoon and fell dead while he was spading just south of their home in West Memphis. His wife looked out and saw him lying on the ground with the spade upright in the earth and when she reached him he was dead. Mrs. Glenn Houtchens called her husband who, together with Harry Johnson and one of Bill Miller’s boys, carried him to the house. The coroner said that no inquest was necessary.
Deceased was born in Clark county, July 26, 1875. Services are being held this afternoon from the Lawn Ridge church conducted by the Rev. J. L. Stone. Burial will be in the Lawn Ridge cemetery and body bearers are Ben Briggs, Earl Wolf, Glenn Houtchens, Jesse Dye, Fred Jones and Harold Jayne.
Mr. Baird came to this county when a small boy and was married in Memphis to Nellie M. Overfield, October 5, 1904. To this union six children were born. The three who perceded [sic] him in death were Mrs. Mary Leona Robinson. Nellie Madalene Baird and Olin Robertie Baird. The three children who survive, along with his widow are George E. Baird and Edith Mae Johnson of Memphis and Sylvia Maude Shoop of Quincy. He has one brother who survives, C. L. Baird of Memphis and two brothers A. L. and T. J. Baird, preceded him in death.
He was a member of the Memphis Christian church.
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C. E. Baity, 80, OF LA PLATA, SUCCUMBS
In Poor Health for Over a Year; Last Rites Tomorrow
La Plata, Mo., Jan 16, (Special)—C. E. “Bud” Baity, 80, widely-known La Plata citizen, died at 2:30 a.m. Sunday here. He had been in poor health for more than a year.
One of La Plata’s oldest residents who was born here, he had spent most of his life in this vicinity. The son of George W. and Margaret Baity, he was born Sept. 16, 1869, near Pa Plata. He married Edea Lou Bacon on January 23, 1895 at La Plata. They were the parents of two sons, one of whom Frank K. Baity, preceded him in death a few years ago. Also deceased are his parents, one sister and two brothers.
The surviving members of his family include his wife; his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Baity, of Chickasha, Okla.; one daughter-in-law, Mildred W. Baity, of Kansas City; five grandchildren and five great grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Nancy Foster, Coleville, Wash.; Mrs. Hattie Hedman, Toronto, Ontario, and Mrs. Ethel B. Sears of Yakima, Wash.
Mr. Baity was a member of the La Plata Christian Church; La Plata Lodge No. 237 A. F. & A. M.; Eastern Star No. 59 and the Modern Woodmen of America.
Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Christian Church by Rev. R. L. Prather. Interment will be in the La Plata cemetery where the Masonic Lodge will conduct services.
C. E. Baity, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 16 Jan 1950, p. 3, col. 2, Monday
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EDEA BAITY, 77, LA PLATA, DIES IN OKLAHOMA
Funeral Services Friday Afternoon at La Plata Church
LaPlata, May 8 (Special)—Last rites for Mrs. Edea Baity, 77, long-time LaPlata resident who died in Oklahoma Tuesday, will be held at the LaPlata Christian Church Friday afternoon at two o’clock. The Rev. R. L. Prather will be the officiating minister. Interment will be in the LaPlata cemetery, under the direction of the Wilson Funeral Home.
Mrs. Baity, died in a hospital at Chickasha, Okla., having gone to Oklahoma to spend the winter with her son and family.
She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Bacon and was born in Iowa on April 6, 1875. She was married to Clarence E. Baity in January, 1895. They were the parents of two sons. One son, Frank, died a few years ago and her husband died two years ago.
Survivors include the other son, Clarence E., and his family of Chickasha; one daughter-in-law, Mrs. Mildred Baity, of Kansas City; five grandchildren and five great grandchildren. During her residence in LaPlata, Mrs. Baity was an active member of the Christian Church and the Willing Workers Sunday School class. She also held membership in the Eastern Star and Rebekah lodges.
The body is to arrive in LaPlata this afternoon and the family will arrive tonight.
Edea Baity, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 8 May 1952, p. 3, col. 6
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DEATH OF F. K. BAITY OCCURS IN ARIZONA
Former LaPlata Man Had Been In Hospital Two Years
La Plata, Mo., Sept. 23. (Special)—Frank K, Baity, 51, former resident of this city, died at his home in Prescott, Ariz., Saturday, Sept. 20. Mr. Baity had been hospitalized for over two years and had been removed to his home from a hospital prior to his death.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete pending arrival of the body here and will be announced later.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. Bud Baity, of La Plata, he was born in the Illinois Bend community in Adair County on June 14, 1896. He was married to Mildred Watson in 1916, and three children were born to them.
He is survived by his wife, two sons, Frank Jr., of Mesa, Ariz., and Robert W. of Gardner, Kan., one daughter, Miss Anna Baity, of Des Moines, Ia.; his parents and one brother, Clarence, of Chickasha, Okla.
He graduated from the La Plata High School and attended the Kirksville State Normal.
Mr. Baity was a former resident of Kirksville and served as Chief of the fire department a number of years ago. He lived in Junction City, Kan. For fourteen years. The past year he has made his home at Prescott, Ariz.
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Died
Died, at the home of his mother in La Plata, Thursday, April 12, 1906, Harvey M. Baity. Mr. Baity was the editor of the Elmer Journal, published at Elmer, Mo., issuing the first copy March 15th, of this year.
Harvey M. Baity, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Democrat, 13 Apr 1906, p. 1, col.3, Friday
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A.E. BAKER, 78, DIES AT HOME OF DAUGHTER
Funeral For Veteran Teacher To Be Held at Shelbyville.
A.E. Baker, 78 years old, died last night at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. C. Hardy, 1002 South First Street. While Mr. Baker had been in failing health for some time, the immediate cause of his death was paralysis.
Funeral services will be held at the Methodist Church in Shelbyville at 2:30 o’clock Sunday afternoon. Burial will be as the Shelbyville Cemetery.
Mr. Baker was active in school work during his life. He taught in the public schools of Missouri for fifty-one years, retiring seven years ago when 71 years old. Seven years ago Mr. and Mrs. Baker came to Kirksville where they made their home with their daughter, Mrs. Hardy. Mr. Baker operated a grocery store on South Osteopathy Aevnue [sic] and one at the corner of First and Randolph streets after coming to Kirksville. His health failed soon after coming here.
Mr. Baker was born in Shelby County the son of John Thomas and Mary Day Baker. He married Miss Luella Catherine Bailey, daughter of Dr. W. L. Bailey, on March 2, 1883. Four daughters were born to this union.
Mr. Baker is survived by his wife, four daughters, Mrs. I. L. Garrison, Columbia, Mrs. V. E. Hurt, Boonville, Mrs. A. E. Greening, Shelbyville, and Mrs. J. C. Hardy, of Kirksville, and six grandchildren.
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Arthur Baker, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Baker, of this city, died suddenly of heart disease, at 7 a.m., Monday, Dec. 27, 1897, aged 19 years, 11 months and 23 days.
His sudden demise was a great surprise to our people. He looked like the very embodiment of health as we passed him on the streets. Heart disease had developed, however and cut him down in the morning of life. Saturday night symptoms of the fatal disease appeared, but not to the extent to excite undue alarm in the family. Sunday and Sunday night he was troubled some at intervals but was not considered dangerous and when the end came, Monday, it was a great shock to the family and friends. Funeral services were held Tuesday, at 2 o’clock, after which the body was laid to rest in the cemetery. In the midst of life we are in death.
Arthur Baker, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 30 Dec 1897
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Ashley Baker Dead; Funeral Held Sunday
Ashley Leo Baker, the son of John and Mary Baker, was born March 27, 1876, near Memphis, Missouri. Here he spent his entire life except the past two winters he lived at the Ray Dunn Nursing Home in Kahoka, Mo.
He passed away Saturday, June 12, 1954, at the home of his son, Leo Baker, south of Downing, following a four weeks illness.
On September 22, 1909, he was united in marriage to Hattie Franks at Monticello, Mo. To this union three sons were born, Leo and Leslie of Downing, and Howard of Memphis. He is survived by his wife, his sons and three grandsons. He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers and two sisters.
Mr. Baker was engaged in farming until he retired a few years ago because of failing health.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the Gerth & Baskett Chapel by Rev. Wilbur E. Longstreth. Kenneth Campbell and Mrs. Wilbur E. Longstreth provided the music.
Burial was in the Memphis Cemetery.
Ashley Leo Baker, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 17 Jun 1954, p. 1, col. 2
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Ben Baker Dies Enroute To Hospital
Ben Baker a familiar figure in Memphis for many years died enroute [sic] to a hospital in an ambulance following a heart attack, Saturday, suffered at the Scotland County Community home, where he made his home.
Ben had not been feeling well all day Christmas. Following the evening meal he became ill and grew steadily worse. An ambulance was called and had gotten about four miles west of Memphis when Ben died.
Funeral services were held from the Gerth & askett [sic] chapel Monday afternoon conducted by Rev. Arthur E. Brewer. Music was furnished by Mrs. Virgil Black and Mrs. Elza Burns.
He was the son of James L. and Dell Story Baker and was born April 25, 1905, at Edina, Mo. He is survived by one sister, Mrs. Hallie Small of Baring and one brother, Robert Baker of Milton, Iowa. He was a member of the Memphis Christian church.
Ben was a faithful employee of the Memphis Reveille for a number of years carrying the papers from the office to the post office each press day.
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MRS. C. BAKER OF SCHUYLER CO. DIES, AGED 53
Had Been Bedfast Almost Year; Funeral 2 P.M., Today
Mrs. Charles Baker, a resident of Schuyler County practically all her life, died Friday at her home northeast of Queen City at the age of 53 years. She had been bedfast for eleven months, following a stroke.
Funeral services will be held at the West Funeral Home in Queen City, at 2 p.m. Sunday, conducted by the Rev. Monte Peterson. Burial will be in Refuge Cemetery.
Mrs. Baker’s maiden name was Bertha Elnora Blodget, and she was born in Schuyler County Nov. 25, 1887, the daughter of Joseph and Sarah Blodgett. She was married to Charles Baker Nov. 6, 1904, and twelve children were born to the union. One son, Albert, died at the age of 21, and a daughter died in infancy. She leaves, besides her husband, one daughter, Mrs. Hilda Hall, of Kirksville, and nine sons, John Baker, of Webster City, Iowa; Earl, Kenneth and Glen Baker of Bloomfield, Iowa; Frank Baker, of Leighton, Iowa; James Baker, of Kirksville; Irvin, Leslie and Dean Baker, at home.
She also leaves three brothers, Nate Blodgett, of Burlington, Iowa; Otto Blodgett, of Columbus Junction, Iowa, and William Blodgett, of Wapello, Iowa; three half brothers [sic], Leo and Alva Blodgett, of Kirksville and Clarence Blodgett, of Dallas, Texas; a half sister[sic], Mrs. Roy Skaggs, of Kirksville, and her step-mother.
Mrs. Baker was known as a devoted wife and mother and leaves a large circle of friends.
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FUNERAL FOR BABE
Funeral services for Betty Joan Baker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Baker, were held Sunday afternoon at 2 in the Gerth funeral Chapel, Rev. L. Purd Hays officiating. Betty Joan Baker was born at the Laughlin hospital in Kirksville, Missouri, on March 21.
She leaves to mourn her passing her parents, three brothers, Hobart Ray, Harold Dean, and Dennis Gene; her grandparents; Mr. and Mrs. Everett Robinson of Memphis, and Mr. and Mrs. Curt Baker of Kahoka, a host of aunts and uncles and other relatives. A sister, Mary Christene preceded her in death.
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MEMPHIS BOY IS KILLED IN WYOMING
The first mishap in the construction of tunnel No. 4 on the Casper, Wyoming, canal, claimed the life of Cecil Baker, 27, a former Memphis boy who was a victim of carbon monoxide Thursday.
He collapsed near the bucket-loading machine he operated which was located at sand piles on the crest of the hill overlooking the south portal of the tunnel and is powered by a gasoline engine. Two trucks had pulled up to load and when the one ahead snagged in the sand, Baker jumped into the cab of the second to move it. Heavy fumes rolled back from the first engine, adding to the monoxide poisoning already accumulated by his system during the day. As he stepped out of the cab, he fell over. He died as men were taking him to town after artificial respiration had failed to revive him.
Mr. Baker was employed on the Casper-Alcova project for several years and had been on the tunnel job the last year. He was born near Memphis, July 10, 1910. He was the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Baker. He left here when a boy and for he [sic] last five years had lived in Mills, Wyoming, a suburb of Casper.
He leaves his widow; a step-daughter, Shirley Ilene Baker, and his parents, all of Mills; a cousin, Miss Leona Edwards of Casper; an aunt, Mrs. Joe Creek, Sr., of Memphis, and cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Burrows of Aurora, Colo.
Cecil Baker, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 26 May 1938, p. 8, col. 5 & 6
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CLEM L. BAKER FUNERAL
He Died Wednesday Night, June 21, at 11 O’Clock [sic]
Funeral services for C. L. Baker, 70, who died at his home on the Jay J. Williams farm twelve miles northwest of Memphis, Wednesday night, June 21, at 11 o’clock, were held at the Christian church in Memphis Friday afternoon and were conducted by Rev. J. N. Baker.
Mrs. G. C. Clark sang “Will there be Any Stars in My Crown”, “Going Down the Valley”, and “In the Garden.”
The pall bearers were nephews, Olie Baker and son Hugh Baker; V. L. Baker, Ollie Baker, Winnie Baker and Glen E. Baker.
Burial was in the Memphis cemetery.
Mr. Baker had not been in good health, but his death came rather suddenly. He was born in Washington county, Iowa, March 13, 1863. He was a son of Franklin and Rosana Baker, came to this county with his parents when three years of age, and united with the Salem Christian church at the age of 22.
On January 10, 1884, he was united in marriage to Emma A. Ebeling. To this union one son, Newell Vane Baker, was born, who with the widow, survive. He also leaves one sister, Mrs. Eliza Jane Lough, of Memphis.
Clem L. Baker, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 29 Jun 1933
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MRS. DAISY M. BAKER DEAD
Wife of Dr. P. M. Baker Succumbs at Home Saturday Evening
Mrs. Daisy M. Baker, wife of Dr. P. M. Baker, and well known Memphis woman, died at their home, 241 North Clay street, in Memphis Saturday evening about 7 o’clock, following a several days’ illness.
Funeral services were conducted at the home Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock by Rev. W. E. Longstreth, pastor of the Methodist church of which she was a member. Interment was in the Memphis cemetery.
Favorite hymns were sung by Miss Faye Chappell and Mrs. Longstreth.
Pall bearers were Judge Birney O. Reeves, Arthur R. Drummond, Andrew J. Baker, Myron Kirkpatrick, James Cone and Olin Hauk.
Mrs. Baker was born in Scotland county north of Memphis on January 13, 1874, being 75 years of age. Her entire life was spent in this county with the exception of a few years she and Dr. Baker lived in St. Louis.
Mrs. Baker was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Orton A. Barnes, pioneer citizens of Scotland county.
She was graduated from the conservatory of music of Northeast Missouri College at Memphis and taught music for several years.
She was a member of the Eastern Star lodge and was a past Noble Grand of the Memphis Rebekah lodge.
She was married to Dr. P. M. Baker on January 16, 1898, who survives. They have two sons, Dr. P. O. Baker of Centralia, Mo., and Morris Baker of Summersville, Mo. She is also survived by one brother, O. A. Barnes of north of Memphis; three sisters, Mrs. E. M. Kirkpatrick, Mrs. Fie Oliver and Mrs. S. C. Adams of Memphis, and three grandchildren.
Dr. and Mrs. Baker observed their Golden wedding, Jan. 16, 1948.
Those here from a distance for the funeral were Mrs. Clara Baker, Lacanada, Calif.; Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Allman, J. N. McNally and children, Chicago; Dr. John Owens, Mexico, Mo.; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ballew, Mrs. Leona Jones, Centralia, Mo.; Mr. and Mrs. Ben Harbison, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Purdin, Elsberry, Mo.; Mrs. Lollie Lewis, Centerville, Iowa; Mrs. L. W. Osborne, Kirksville.
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Died
Dennis Wayne, the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Baker of near Memphis was born Jan. 27, 1922, died Jan. 27, 1922. The little boy was quietly laid to rest in the Memphis cemetery on Saturday Jan. 28.
Dennis Wayne Baker, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 2 Feb 1922, p. 1, col. 5
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RITES FOR EMERON BAKER
Was Born in Scotland County, East of Memphis, Feb. 4, 1880
Funeral services for Emeron L. Baker, 67, who died at his home, 117 South Cecil street in Memphis, Wednesday of last week, January 7, at three o’clock in the afternoon, were held at the Gerth & Baskett chapel Friday afternoon, conducted by Rev. H. A. Bickers, pastor of the Baptist church.
Pall bearers were Arthur Lough, Edward Eckel, Leo Baker, Harry Baker, Frank Baker and Clark Riebel. Interment was in the Memphis cemetery.
Mr. Baker was ten days older than Attorney Hudson V. Smoot, who was born in Scotland county on Feb. 10, 1880, and who died the day before Mr. Baker’s death. Both lived in the same block on South Cecil street.
Emeron L. Baker was a son of John and Mary Ann Baker.
He was born, February 4, 1880, being 67 years of age.
He was the youngest of six children and was preceded in death by his parents, one sister, Mrs. Cora Lough, two brothers, Frank and George Baker.
He was united in marriage with Ruby Stone on November 18, 1917. There were no children.
He leaves his wife, one sister, Mrs. Rosa Eckel, and one brother, Ashley Baker, both of Memphis.
His entire life was spent on the farm east of Memphis where he was born, he having only moved to Memphis last September.
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MRS. EMMA BAKER DIED AT SON’S SATURDAY
Mrs. Emma Baker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thrush, was born in Scotland County, May 11, 1864, and died at the home of her son, Newell Baker, of Memphis, January 10, 1942.
January 10, 1884, she united in marriage to L. Baker and to this union one child was born, Newell Baker, who survives her. Her husband preceded her in death June 19, 1933.
Mrs. Baker for many years lived with her husband on a farm east of Memphis. Upon the death of her husband she went to live with her son Newell, and resided with him until her death.
She was a life long member of the Christian Church. She first united with the Salem Christian Church, and years later with the Memphis Christian Church. She knew her Bible.
She is the last of the family. She had four sisters and one brother.
Besides her son to survive her, also Richard Wilbur, whom she cared for since he was three years old. Her life was well lived. A race well run. A crown of life well earned.
Funeral services were held at the Christian church, Sunday, January 11, at 2:30 p.m. conducted by A. B. Billman, pastor. Music by Misses Faye Chappell and Helen Thomas, accompanied by Miss Donna Chappell. Interment in Memphis cemetery.
Emma Baker, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 15 Jan 1942, p. 1, col. 5
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Ernest Baker Dies At Age of 64
Ernest Baker, son of Franklin and Nellie Draper Baker, was born in Scotland county, near Arbela, Mo. on the 14th day of August, 1902 and passed away March 24, 1966.
“Red” as he was commonly known, spent most of his life in Missouri and Kansas. He was a barber by profession and had barbered in Wichita many years, living his last years in Wichita, Kans.
He was of a family of five, three sisters, Ruth, Mable and Nellie and his twin brother, Earl. In early life he and his twin brother united with the Methodist church of Wyaconda, Mo.
Those to mourn his passing are his three sisters and one nephew, Denzel Earl King of Keokuk, Iowa, besides other relatives and a host of friends.
He was a loving son and brother and a good neighbor and a kind and helpful friend in need. He will be sadly missed by all who knew him.
Ernest “Red” Baker, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 31 Mar 1966, p. 5, col. 4
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MRS. F. J. BAKER DIES HERE AT THE AGE OF 51
Mrs. Fannie Jane Baker, 51 years old, died last night at her home, 612 West Jefferson street.
Mrs. Baker was born February 3, 1870, in Illinois. The body will be taken to Kilbourn, Ill., for funeral services and burial, leaving here this evening at 5:55.
Funeral services and burial will be held Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock at Kilbourn.
Mrs. Baker is survived by her husband, Frank Baker, three daughters, Mrs. Bessie Bell and Mrs. Elsie Dolbin, both of Kilbourn, and Mrs. Edith Zook, of Kirksville. She is also survived by three sisters, one of whom is Mrs. Darda Hughes, of Hidro, Okla., two brothers, and her mother, Mrs. Martha J. Stone, of Kilbourn.
The Baker family moved here last August from Kilbourn. Mrs. Baker has been in ill health since July. She was a member of the Baptist church at Kilbourn.
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Frank Baker Services Held On Wednesday
Frank M. Baker, son of Samuel D. and Sophia Baker, was born November 27, 1872, in Linneus, Missouri, and passed away October 2, 1967, in K. O. Hospital, Kirksville, Missouri. He was 94 years, 10 months and 5 days of age.
He was married to Dona Alexander, who preceded him in death in 1958. One daughter, Miss Maud Baker, also preceded him in death in 1937. He is survived by a niece and nephew.
Funeral services were held at the Gerth & Baskett Chapel on Wednesday, October 4, 1967, with Rev. Kenneth Campbell officiating. Body bearers were Harry Poole, Earl Crawford, Emory Snyder, Ollie Alexander, Omar Seamster, and Ed Woods. Burial was in Memphis Cemetery.
Frank M. Baker, From Unknown Newspaper, 12 Oct 1967
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FRANK BAKER, AGED 86, DIES AT FARM HOME
In Impaired Health Three Years; Funeral Monday.
Special to The Daily Express.
Brashear, Mo., Jan. 11—Frank Z. Baker, 86 years old, died at his home three and one-half miles southwest of Brashear tonight at 9 o’clock. He had been in impaired health three years but seriously ill only the past three days.
The funeral is to be held Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Easley Funeral Home here, conducted by the Rev. J. H. Lane, assisted by the Rev. B. A. Wagenknecht. Burial will be in the Brashear Cemetery. The body is lying in state at the funeral home.
Pallbearers have been selected as follows: Cleve Stroud, Tom Moore, Aubrey Elmore, Elsea Walters, James Cook and William Wares.
Mr. Baker was born in Hancock County, Illinois, May 16, 1854, a son of Zephaniah and Mary Baker, natives of Indiana. The family came to Missouri in 1885 and settled in Knox County, where he lived until 1905, when he moved to the farm which was his home the past thirty-five years.
He was married to Miss Jennie Davis, Nov. 12, 1878 and one daughter, the late Mrs. Charles C. Martin, who died Dec. 29, 1932, was born to them. Mrs. Baker died Nov. 11, 1936, since which time Mr. Baker and his son-in-law have made their home together.
Surviving is one grand daughter, Mrs. Marguerite Mullinix, of Lucerne, Mo.; one great grandson, and one sister, Mrs. Anna Garner, of Quincy.
Mr. Baker was a member of the Gibbs Methodist Church and active in church work so long as his health permitted.
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GEO. T. BAKER DIED SUNDAY
Funeral Services at the Christian Church This Afternoon
Funeral services for George T. Baker, who died at his home, 420 North Lincoln street, Sunday morning March 18, at 11 o’clock, at the age of 84 years, are being conducted at the Christian church this afternoon by the Rev. Claude W. Risinger. Interment will be in the Memphis cemetery. Music will be by the Chappell sisters.
Pall bearers are Olie Baker, Emery Baker, Winnie Baker, Newell Baker, Glen E. Baker and Hugh Baker.
George Thomas Baker, was the third son of Samuel David and Mary Morris Baker. He was born in Scotland county, Missouri, May 10, 1860.
He was united in marriage to Miss Nellie Koonts, July 10, 1887, who died February 2, 1892. To this union was born two children- Johnnie Leroy and Annie Belle.
He was united in marriage to Clara Baker of Memphis on April 16, 1896. To this union was born four children, Ottie Warren, George Leslie, Ethel Maurine and Ada Mae.
Mr. Baker has been a resident of Scotland county all of his life with the exception of seven years which were spent in Fairfield, Iowa, and ten years in Kansas City.
In early life he became a member of the Baptist church at Dover, later moving his membership to the Christian church at Memphis, then to Fairfield Christian church at Fairfield, Iowa.
He was a member of the I.O.O.F. and Rebekah lodges of Fairfield.
Those preceding him in death were his parents, two daughters, Ethel Maurine and Ada Mae; two brothers, James and Jack Baker and three sisters, Mrs. Annie Kight, Mrs. Mattie Jeffries and Belle Baker.
He leaves his wife, Mrs. Clara Baker; three sons, Leroy Baker of Kansas City, Kansas; Warren Baker of Altadena, Calif.; Leslie Baker of Jacksonville, Florida; one daughter, Mrs. Annie Belle Newberry, of Ducoin, Kansas; five granddaughters, one grandson; three brothers, Charles A. Baker, Dr. P. M. Baker, and Wm. H. Baker, all of Memphis.
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GEORGE BAKER DIED SUNDAY; FUNERAL TODAY
George Thomas Baker, third son of Samuel David and Mary Morris Baker, was born in Scotland county, Missouri, May 10, 1860 and passed away at his home in Memphis, Missouri, March 18, 1945 at the age of 84 years, 10 months and eight day.
He was united in marriage to Miss Nellie Koonts, July 10, 1887, who passed away, February, 2, 1892. To this union was born two children, Jonnie Leroy and Annie Belle.
He was again united in marriage to Clara Baker of Memphis on April 16, 1896. To this union was born four children, Ottie Warren, George Leslie, Ethel Maurine and Ethel Mae.
Mr. Baker has been a resident of Scotland county all of his life with the exception of seven years which were spent in Fairfield, Ia., and ten years in Kansas City, Missouri.
In early life he became a member of the Baptist church at Dover, later moving his membership to the Christian church at Memphis, then to Fairfield Christian church, at Fairfield, Iowa.
He was a member of the I.O.O.F. and Rebekah lodges of Fairfield, Iowa.
Those preceding him in death were his father and mother, two daughters Ethel Maurine and Ada Mae, two brothers, James and Jack Baker, and three sisters, Mrs. Annie Kight, Mrs. Mattie Jeffries and Belle Baker.
He leaves to mourn his passing, his wife, Mrs. Clara Baker; three sons Leroy Baker of Kansas City, Kas.; Warren Baker of Altadena, Calif.; Leslie Baker of Jacksonville, Fla.; one daughter, Mrs. Annie Belle Newberry of Ducoin, Kas.; five granddaughters, one grandson, three brothers, Charles A. Baker, Dr. P. M. Baker, Wm. H. Baker, all of Memphis; a number of nephews and nieces, besides a host of other relatives and friends.
Funeral services were conducted from the First Christian church at Memphis, Mo., on Thursday, March 22, at 2:30 p.m. by the Rev. Claude W. Risinger. Interment in Memphis cemetery.
Singers were the Chappell sisters.
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HOWARD BAKER DIES AT HOME IN NOVINGER
Would Have Been 77 Years Old Thursday; Funeral Tomorrow
Green City, May 7, (Special)—Howard F. Baker, a resident of Novinger, died at his home there about 3:45 Tuesday afternoon. He would have been 77 years old Thursday. In poor health for the past few years, he had been critically ill only since Tuesday noon.
Mr. Baker was born near Green Castle May 8, 1875, the son of Robinson and Kathryn (Maize) Baker. He was married to Grace Almond on October 14, 1930. No children were born to this marriage.
Surviving are his wife; two brothers, Walter Baker, of Helena, Mont., and Ray Baker, of Chicago, Ill.; one niece and two nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, one of whom died in infancy, and Mrs. Minnie Diehm; three brothers, Nimon, Carl and Roy, and a half brother [sic], Sherman Guffey.
Funeral services will be held at the Green City Methodist Church Thursday afternoon at four o’clock. The Rev. David Pegues, pastor of the church, will conduct the service. Burial will be made in the Mt. Olivet cemetery with Masonic services at the graveside. The body is to lie in state at the Glenn E. Kent and Son Funeral Home until the funeral hour.
He was a member of the Methodist Church and the Masonic Lodge.
Howard F. Baker, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 7 May 1952, p. 5, col. 1 & 2
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Kansas Burial For Man Killed Near Wyaconda
The body of Marine Pvt. James L. Baker, 19, of Kansas City, Kans., who was killed when he jumped from a speeding train last Wednesday afternoon near Wyaconda, was to be taken to Ft. Levenworth [sic], Kans., for burial in the National Cemetery.
Privates Terry Eugene Blankenship and Jerry D. Williams, who also jumped, were reported in fair and satisfactory condition, respectively, in a Kirksville hospital.
Another Marine Private, Robert Eugene Stinnett, was reported uninjured when he jumped, but was captured and taken to the Ft. Madison, Ia., jail. He was held there along with Pvt. William N. Dodson, who made no attempt to escape from the two Marine guards that were taking the five men to the Great Lakes Naval Station detention center. Stinnett and Dodson will be taken to Great Lakes at a later date. Blankenship and Williams will be transferred to a military hospital as soon as possible, it was reported.
James L. Baker, From Unknown Newspaper, 31 Aug 1967
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MRS. WILLIAM D. BAKER DIES HERE TODAY
Was Moher of Mrs. R. R. Ellis; Funeral at Macon Sunday.
Mrs. Josephine E. Baker, 61, of Macon, died in a hospital here this morning at 5 o’clock. She was the widow of William R. Baker, former editor of the Macon Chronicle-Herald who was serving his second term as Macon County circuit clerk when he died in 1932, and she had been in impaired health over a year due to Paralysis of the respiratory muscles and heart complications.
Mrs. R. R. Ellis here was her daughter.
The funeral is to be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Pearl Street Methodist Church in Macon and burial will be at Callao. Her body is to lie in state at the Davis Funeral Home here until time for the services.
Mrs. Baker was born March 8, 1880 at Coshocton, Ohio, daughter of Andrew and Sarah Bahmer. She had been a resident of Macon County, Missouri, since nine years old, living first at Callao then Macon.
Married in 1899 to William R. Baker, two children were born, one son dying in infancy.
Surviving is the daughter here, one grandson, Jimmy Ellis; one brother, F. H. Bahmer, Callao, and a sister, Mrs. W. N. Stamper, Festus, Mo.
Mrs. Baker was a member of the Pearl Street Methodist Church at Macon.
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MRS. FRANK BAKER DIES HERE TODAY
La Belle Woman Formerly Lived In Knox County.
Mrs. Julia Elizabeth Baker, 65 years old, of La Belle, died at 4:25 o’clock this morning at a local hospital after an illness of three days.
Born in Indiana, she moved with her parents to a farm near La Belle when she was a young girl and has lived since in that vicinity. At the age of 18, she was married to Frank Z. Baker and lived in Knox County until 10 years ago when they moved back to Lewis County. Last week they moved into La Belle to make their home. Mrs. Baker was a member of the Baptist Church in La Belle.
She leaves, besides her husband, 12 children: Dr. Jessie F. Baker, of Teague, Texas; Mrs. Dolly Brown, of Idaho; John W. Baker and David Baker, of Ann Arbor, Mich.; Mrs. Lillian Hanna, of Knox City; Mrs. Josephine Karlton, Miss Lula Baker port, N. J.; Emer Baker, of Daven- and Miss Jewell Baker, of Key-port, Ia., Albert Baker, of Newark; Richard Baker, of Knox City, and Michael Baker of Calmar, Ia. (Editor’s note: There seems to be some mistakes in listing the children.)
The body will lie in state at the Davis Funeral Home until arrangements are made for the funeral, which will be held at the Baptist Church in La Belle. Funeral arrangements will not be completed until the children arrive home.
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MRS. BAKER DIES AT HOME OF DAUGHTER
Funeral Services Will Be Held Tuesday in Shelbyville.
Mrs. A. E. Baker died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. C. Hardy, 1002 S. First, Sunday morning at 12:05 oclock [sic]. She had been an invalid for the past three and one-half years, and confined to her bed for the past nine months.
Funeral and burial services will be held Tuesday morning at 10:30 o’clock in Shelbyville, Mo.
Luella Cathrine Bailey, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. W. L. Bailey, was born in Bramer County, Iowa, Aug. 1, 1864. She was married to Professor A. E. Baker, March 28, 1883. To them four daughters were born, Mrs. T. L. Garrison, Columbia, Mo, Mrs. A. E. Greening, Shelbyville, Mrs. V. E. Hunt, Boonville, and Mrs. J. C. Hardy, of this city.
She is survived by her four daughters, four grandsons, two granddaughters, two great grandsons, one brother, W. L. Bailey, of Shelbyville, one sister, Mrs. Christie Pence, Robestown, Tex., and three sons-in-law. Her husband and one son-in-law, A. E. Greening, preceded her in death.
Mrs. Baker had resided in Kirksville the greater part of the time for the past eleven years, she and her husband having come here after Prof. Baker’s retirement from the teaching profession.
The body was taken to Shelbyville Sunday afternoon.
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OBITUARY – MRS. D. F. BAKER
The funeral services of Mrs. D. F. Baker who passed away last Thursday, Feb. 5th, was held at her home at 606 East Jefferson street, in this city last Sunday afternoon, and was conducted by the Rev. J. Newton Baker, pastor of the Christian Church. Burial was in the Memphis cemetery.
The body bearers were her grandsons, Hugh, Frank, Harry, Paul and Harold Baker and Roy Lee Smith. Hillis Baker, another grandson, acted as flower bearer.
Rev. and Mrs. Baker sang “Beautiful Isle of Somewhere,” and “Going Down the Valley.”
In his address Rev. Baker said in part:
Maggie Ellen Ebling daughter of Frederick and Mary Ebling, was born in Farmington, Iowa, Nov. 21, 1852, and passed away Feb. 5, 1931 at 4 o’clock in the evening at her home in east Memphis, aged 78 years, 2 months and 12 days.
She was united in marriage with D. Franklin Baker, Jan. 29, 1873, who preceded her in death on Dec. 19, 1928. To this union were born seven children, two of whom preceded their father and mother in death, Alpha Lee, died at the age of 22 and one who died in infancy.
The following children survive: Mrs. Walter Smith, Oly E., Ollie A., Winnie E. and Glen E. Baker, all of Memphis, Mo., two sisters, Mrs. J. W. Stephenson and Mrs. C. L. Baker also of Memphis; nine grandchildren and one great grandson, also a host of other relatives and friends.
After her marriage she and her husband established their home on a farm near Salem church east of Memphis, where they lived 23 years and thence to Memphis where they have lived over thirty years.
She was a charter member of the Christian Church at Salem, where she was a faithful member and worker of the church and community.
After moving to Memphis in the spring of 1895, she and her husband transferred their membership to the Christian Church of this city where they were true and faithful until the end.
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CARD OF THANKS
We desire to express our deep appreciation to the many neighbors and friends who so kindly assisted us after the death of our dear mother, also the music rendered by Rev. and Mrs. Baker.
The Baker Family.
Maggie Ellen (Ebling) Baker, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 12 Feb 1931, p. 1, col. 4
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Mrs. Wm. H. Baker Was Born at Plattsmouth, Nebr., in 1864
Mrs. William H. Baker, who had been ill at her home near Crawford Station for several weeks, died Wednesday of last week, August 11.
Funeral services were conducted at the Camp Ground church Friday afternoon, Aug. 13, by Rev. W. G. Bensberg of Memphis, and interment was in the cemetery there.
A Quartette composed of Mrs. Fred Gerth, Miss Faye Chappell, Mrs. R. M. Burns and Glen Fugate sang. Mrs. Henry Reed accompanied on the piano.
Pall bearers were Andrew Baker, Harley Shelley, David Baker, Leland Boone, Olin Hauk, George Franklin and Hugh Baker.
Martha Ann Woods was a daughter of Andrew J. and Nancy Ellen Woods. She was born January 30, 1864, near Plattsmouth, Nebr.
She came with her parents, when a small child, to Scotland county, Missouri, where she spent the remainder of her life. In early life she united with Price’s Chapel Methodist church, but later united with Camp Ground Presbyterian church, where she remained a member.
On August 26 1890, she was married to William Henry Baker. To this union nine children were born, the oldest, Harry Elmer, having preceded her in death at the age of 5 years.
Those surviving are the husband and eight children: Mrs. Hettie Franklin, Memphis; Mrs. Jennie Goff, Buhl, Idaho; Hugh M. Baker, Detroit, Mich.; Andrew J. Baker, Memphis; Mrs. Anna Hauk, Memphis; Samuel David Baker, Detroit, Mich. and the twins, Mrs. Pearl Boone, Detroit, Mich. and Mrs. Harley Shelley, Memphis; twenty one grandchildren, two of which are in the service of their country; one sister; and five brothers.
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Baker – Mrs. Mary Baker died on Tuesday of this week, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Nancy Smith, aged 90 years.
Deceased was an old resident of the county and had a large circle of friends who will regret to hear of her death. She outlived, by many years, the time allotted to man, and at the age of ninety, laid down life’s burden, and crossed over to her reward. These ninety years were crowded with good works, notwithstanding the cares and hardships, and disappointments that were strewn along her pathway. She was the mother of A.B. Baker, and the stepmother of Harry Baker, and leaves many relatives and friends to mourn her loss. The funeral services were held on Wednesday, after which the remains were tenderly and lovingly laid to rest.
Mary Baker, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 20 Oct 1887, p. 3, col. 7
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Mrs. John Baker Dead
Mary A. Baker, daughter of Jackson Baker and wife, was born January 13, 1847, and died Aug. 28, 1932 aged 85 years, 1 month and 15 days.
She was married May 30, 1865, to John Baker, Sr. To this union six children were born – Mrs. Rosannah M. Eckel, Mrs. C. M. Lough, Franklin Baker, George W. Baker, Ashley L. Baker and Venemron L. Baker. A brother Tom Baker of Kansas City, and a sister, Mrs. Nan Bradley of Bible Grove, 15 Grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren living and a host of friends to mourn their loss.
She was a member of the Christian church having joined in her girlhood days.
She was born in Scotland County and spent her entire life in the vicinity of her birth, having lived at her home four miles east of Memphis most of the time.
Her husband preceded her in death June 1, 1913.
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday at the home at 2:30 p.m. conducted by Rev. Baker of this city. Interment in Memphis cemetery. The body bearers were grandsons of the deceased.
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Card of Thanks
To the friends who assisted us during the sickness and after the death of our mother, we wish to express our deep appreciation.
The Children
Mary A. Baker, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 1 Sep 1932, p. 5, col. 1
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Necrology.
Mrs. Mary J. Baker living with her daughter, Mrs. Van Ruggles, north of Memphis, passed away Monday, September 3, at 7:30 p.m., after a long illness. Deceased was a lady held in high esteem by all her neighbors and friends.
Mary Jane Buskirk was born March 19, 1838, departed this life September 3, 1917, at the age of 79 years, 5 months and 15 days. She was married to A. B. Baker December 29 [March 8], 1857. To this union was born eleven children, C. M. and E. B. Baker and Mrs. Van Ruggles of this county; Mrs. Dora Shriver of Metz, Mo; Mrs. Myrtle Austin of Glenwood, Mo.; and Willa M. Baker of St. Louis.
Her husband and three daughters, Minnie May Baker, Mrs. Ida Toombs, Essie Fox and two infant sons preceded her to the better land.
She leaves to mourn her death six children, fifteen grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren, three sisters, Mrs. Lucinda Walker of Thatcher, Idaho, Mrs. John Gilbert and Mrs. Lizzie Farmer of Memphis and a host of friends.
The funeral services were conducted by Rev. J. R. Finley at the Ruggles home Wednesday, September 5, 1617 [sic], at 2 p.m. in the presence of a large number of neighbors and friends and the remains were taken to the Buskirk cemetery and tenderly laid to rest.
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Mrs. Chauncey Baker Died Here Monday
Mrs. Chauncey B. Baker, 52, died Monday evening at her home, 1001 S. Florence. She had been suffering from a heart ailment. Funeral services were held Wednesday at the Methodist Church, conducted by Rev. Fred P. Hanes, pastor of the church.
Mrs. Baker was born in Knox County on May 7, 1898, the daughter of Albert Samual [sic] and Emma Pennel Harper. She was married on December 9, 1921, at Hannibal, to E. Lee Baker. They lived in and near Edina for most of their married live [sic], but had been living in Kirksville for the past year.
She was a member of the Eastern Star lodge, the White Shrine, and the Methodist Church.
Surviving, besides her husband, are her mother, Mrs. Emma Harper, of Hannibal; two sisters, Miss Carrie Harper and Mrs. Rebecca Hubb, of Hannibal, and a brother, Albert Harper, who lives in Wisconsin.
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Services Held For Oly Eldon Baker
Oly Eldon Baker, son of Franklin D. and Maggie Ellen Baker, was born April 6, 1877 and departed this life December 29, 1967, at the Davis County Hospital, Bloomfield Iowa. At the time of his death he was 90 years, 8 months and 23 days.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Hannah, December 28, 1962, four brothers and one sister.
He was a member of the Christian Church of Memphis.
He received his education in the schools of Scotland County. He also attended the Normal College. He was counted among the successful farmers of the county.
On July 6, 1899, he was united in marriage to Hannah Price of Memphis at Granger, Missouri, by the Rev. A. J. Williams. They established their home on a farm five miles east of Memphis, where he resided his entire life.
To this union were born six children. He leaves to mourn his passing four sons and two daughters, Hugh Lee, Francis C., Paul Eldon of Memphis; Harry Edward, Irene Ellen and Anna May of the home; four grandchildren, Phillip Hugh, Richard Lee, James Eldon and Mrs. Lila Jameson; five great grandchildren, one brother, W. E. Baker of Memphis, and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
Funeral services were held from the First Christian Church Tuesday, January 2, conducted by Rev. Howard Merchant and Rev. A. M. Crawley of Bloomfield, Iowa. Burial was in the Memphis Cemetery.
Body bearers were Phillip Baker, Richard Baker, Richard Ferguson, Roy Lee Smith, Phil Hinds and Clyde Moorman.
Oly Eldon Baker, From Unknown Newspaper, 4 Jan 1968
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Dr. P. M. Baker Passed Away At. Liberty, Missouri
Dr. Phillip Morris Baker, son of Samuel David and Mary Morris Baker was born June 3, 1870 in Scotland County, Missouri, and passed away Tuesday, Jan. 30, 1962 at the Odd Fellows home at Liberty, Mo.
In January 1898 he was married to Daisy Barnes. She passed away July 8, 1950.
He is survived by two sons, Dr. P. O. Baker of Centralia, Mo., Morris Baker of Summerville, Mo., three grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
Dr. Baker graduated from the Memphis Normal School and taught school for seven years in the Kilwinning vicinity. He attended St. Louis University School of Medicine and started his practice June 1, 1905 in Memphis, retiring on account of ill health after 55 years of practice.
Funeral services are being held this afternoon, February 1 from the Gerth & Baskett chapel at 2 p.m. conducted by Rev. J. S. Laws. Burial will be in the Memphis cemetery. Body bearers are members of the Scotland Lodge No. 104, I. O. O. R.
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Robert Baker, 77 Passes Away At Ottumwa, Iowa
Robert James Baker, 77, died Thursday at 4:35 a.m. at Jefferson Sq. Manor in Ottumwa, Iowa. He had been in ill health for several years. He was born at Waynesville, Illinois, December 21, 1889, the son of James R. Baker and Dell Story.
He was united in marriage to Mary Jane McIntosh on August 6, 1913. She preceded him in death, June 22, 1958. He joined the Camp Ground Christian Church in Scotland County, Missouri, at an early age.
He was preceeded [sic] in death by two brothers: one sister: on daughter, Roberta; and a son, Ralph Robert, who was killed at Iwo Jima during World War II.
Surviving are five daughters, Mrs. Twila Ward, Milton, Iowa, Mrs. Geneva Clark, Warrensburg, Missouri, Mrs. Mary Louise Price, Bloomfield, Iowa, Mrs. Virginia Roberts, Arbela, Missouri, and Mrs. Beverly Ann Grogan, Fairfield, Iowa; and two sons, Richard Baker, Milton, Iowa, and Ronald L. Baker, Denver Colorado. Also surviving are 14 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were at the Milton Methodist Church, Saturday at 2:00 p.m. conducted by Rev. Herbert Phillips. Interment was at Sunny Side Cemetery.
Robert James Baker, From Unknown Newspaper, 3 Aug 1967
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Ruby Lough Baker Passes Away January 30
Ruby Lough Baker daughter of David and Ora Smith Lough was born October 13, 1893 in Scotland Co. Missouri and passed away January 30, 1971 at the Scotland Co. Nursing Home in Memphis.
She was united in marriage to Roscoe C. Baker June 3, 1917.
She leaves her husband Roscoe; two sisters-in-law, Mrs. Blanche Thompson of Memphis and Mrs. Helen Youngberg of Burbank, California; several cousins and many friends.
Mrs. Baker was a member of the First Christian Church in Memphis.
Ruby (Lough) Baker, Memphis, Missouri, The Gorin Argus, 11 Feb 1971, Thursday
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Ruby Baker Passed Away June 21
Ruby Lyle, daughter of Edward W. and Ida Jane Morris Stone was born in Scotland County, Missouri, August 31, 1883, and passed away in a Scotland County Nursing Home, June 21, 1972, after a long illness, being 88 years, 9 months and 21 days.
Much of her early life was spent with her grandmother in Cantril, Iowa, where she attended school.
It was during this time she united with the Cantril Christian Church, later transferring to the Baptist Church in Memphis.
She was united in marriage to Van Emerson Baker November 15, 1917. There were no children of this marriage. Mr. Baker passed away in January 1948.
Others preceding her in death were her father, mother, and six brothers.
Those surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Merritt Hyde and Mrs. Lucille Riebel of Memphis, and one brother, Tiffy R. Stone and wife, Dorothy of San Diego, California; three sisters-in-law, Mrs. Nellie Stone, Memphis, Mrs. Leone Stone of Peoria, Illinois, and Mrs. Bertha Stone of Chapin, Illinois; besides several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held__ Memorial services were conducted June 24, 1972, at 11 a.m., at the Payne Funeral Chapel, Memphis, Missouri, by the Rev. Faye Black. Kenneth Campbell was soloist, accompanied at the piano by Mrs. Ann Luther. Body bearers were Donovan Meinhardt, Kim Meinhardt, Ronnie Dochterman, Danny Meinhardt, Burley Bertram, Jr., and Roger Layne Riebel, great-nephews of the deceased. Burial was in the Memphis emetery [sic].
Ruby Lyle Baker, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 29 Jun 1972
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Dr. W. H. Baker Dies Suddenly in Detroit
Dr. W. H. (Jake) Baker, who was graduated from the A. S. O. in 1918, died in Detroit, Mich., yesterday evening at 7 o’clock. He became ill Saturday night about 10:30 o’clock when he suffered a heart attack and never recovered.
Dr. Baker was a son-in-law of Dr. Az Stookey, of Kirksville, having married Miss Zoa Stookey, who with two daughter, Betty and Nancy, survive him. He was a native of Kentucky, and leaves two sisters and a brother who reside in that state.
Dr. Baker had practiced osteopathy in Kentucky and Aurora, Nebraska, and for the past ten years had been practicing in Detroit where he had built up a large practice. He was connected with the osteopathic hospital there and was a past president of the Wayne County (Michigan) Osteopathic Association. He was a member of the Atlas Club while in school here.
Short funeral services will be held tomorrow evening in Detroit, after which the body will be taken to his old home at Owensboro, Ky., for funeral services and burial.
Cecil Stookey, of Kirksville, a brother of Mrs. Baker, left today for Detroit to attend the funeral.
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WAYNE BAKER DIES AT HOME IN HURDLAND
Had Been Bedfast Two Years; Funeral Services Friday.
Wayne W. Baker, aged 72, died at this [sic] home in Hurdland yesterday. He had been in failing health for several years and was bedfast the past two years.
Mr. Baker was born Sept. 30, 1873, the son of Melker and Margaret Baker, and married Miss Emma J. Powell Feb. 1, 1903. He is survived by his wife, two children, Paul Baker of Hurdland, and Mrs. Beulah Whittom, of Kirksville, four grandchildren, Betty, Charles, Bonny and Kenneth Baker; one brother and two sisters, J. J. Baker of Hurdland, Mrs. Maud Miller of Farmington and Mrs. Charles Manning of Edina.
Funeral services will be held at the Hurdland Methodist Church Friday at 2:00 p.m., conducted by the Rev. Martin Cross and interment will be in the IOOF Cemetery at Hurdland.
Pallbearers will be Add Fox, Orvil West, Roy Kite, Breese Long, Jim Dore and Harry Fast.
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FUNERAL FOR W. T. BAKER TO BE TUESDAY
Kirksville Man Died Sunday Evening in Hospital
William Tondrow Baker, 73, of 302 N. Franklin Street, died Sunday evenin [sic] in a Kirksville hospital.
Funeral services will be held at the Owasco Church in Sullivan County, Mo., Tuesday afternoon at two o’clock conducted by Rev. W. R. Kornegay, pastor of the Kirksville Nazarene Church. Interment will be in the Owasco Cemetery.
Mr. Baker was the son of George H. and Sarah Rose (Preston) Baker and was born in Muscatine County, Iowa, Jan. 30, 1875. He was married in April, 1895, at Milan, Mo., to Nancy Oletha Page and to this marriage three children were born. Mrs. Baker died about ten years ago.
He is survived by two sons, Arlie and Hugh, both of Omak, Washington and one daughter, Mrs. Charlotte Fairley, of Kirksville, two granddaughters and three great grandchildren.
Mr. Baker spent his lifetime in Sullivan and Adair County.
The body will lie in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home.
The pallbearers will be: Grover Belfield, Manford Miller, Everett Crout, Winford Majors, Alva Maggert and George Hays.
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Harvey Balch, 87, Dies in Denver
Harry Balch of this city has been called to Denver by the death of his father, Harvey Balch, 87 years old, a former resident of Adair County, who moved away about 25 years ago. His death occurred Monday morning at 4 o’clock.
Mrs. John Holman, Mr. Balch’s daughter, had just returned from Denver when word came of her father’s death, and did not go back for the funeral.
Mr. Balch lived in St. Joseph, Mo., for a time after leaving Adair County, and then moved to Denver where he had resided 16 years. He leaves eight children, two of whom live in St. Joseph and the others in Denver.
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L. W. BALCH DIES AT YOUNGSTOWN
L. W. Balch died at his home in Youngstown yesterday afternoon, aged 70 years. Mr. Balch had been ill with the influenza. He had made his home in Youngstown and vicinity for the last 35 years and was well known throughout that part of the county.
He leaves a wife and several adopted children. Funeral arrangements had not been made today.
L. W. Balch, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 24 Feb 1920, p. 4, col. 3, Tuesday
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SANFORD BALCH FUNERAL HERE WEDNESDAY
Former Adair County Resident Dies at Rockford, Ill.
Sanford M. G. Balch, 57, former Adair county resident, died of a heart attack Saturday afternoon at one o’clock at Rockford, Ill.
The body will arrive at the Robert B. Davis Funeral Home, 115 W. Jefferson, Tuesday afternoon. Funeral services will be held from the memorial chapel Wednesday afternoon at two o’clock conducted by Rev. Ralph M. G. Smith and interment will be in the Llewellyn cemetery.
He was the son of Luke W. and Clara Balch and was born in Adair county April 15, 1896. He was married to Ethel Lee in 1917. Two children were born to them. On Nov. 26, 1952, he was married to Vera Helm.
Surviving are his wife: one daughter, Mrs. Imogene Highbarger, and son, Milton Balch, both of Kirksville; two sisters Mrs. Lucille Pagett, Macon, and Mrs. J. A. Hankins, of Rocky Falls, Colo.; three brothers, Frank Balch, of Follette, Tex., E. T. Freeman, of Long Beach, Calif., and John R. Casner, of Jonesboro, Ark., and two grandchildren, Phillis Gene and Janice Kay Balch.
Mr. Balch was a former employe of the Missouri State Highway Department and Kirksville fire department. He was a member of the American Legion, a member of the Baptist church at Rockford and the IOOF Lodge in Kirksville until leaving Kirksville eight years ago.
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MRS. ELIZA R. BALDRIDGE, 64, DIES AT MILAN
Funeral Services Tomorrow for Retired Businesswoman.
Special to The Daily Express.
Milan, Mo., Feb. 17—Mrs. Eliza R. Baldridge, 64 years old, died yesterday at Milan, following an illness of about six weeks.
Funeral services will be held at the Methodist Church in Milan Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Rev. John P. Ingerslew will conduct the services.
Mrs. Baldridge, together with her son, Ralph, owned and operated a meat market in Milan for a number of years. Following the death of her son last May, Mrs. Baldridge retired.
Mrs. Baldridge’s husband died in 1914. She is survived by one brother, Sam McKinsey, of near Pollock, and one sister, Mrs. G. R. Holliday, of northeast of Milan.
Mrs. Baldridge had lived most of her life in and near Milan.
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LT. BEN BALDWIN DIES DEC. 19 OF BATTLE WOUNDS
Young Osteopath Was Fatally Wounded in Argonne Fighting.
The following item from the Quincy Whig will be of great interest her as Lieut. Baldwin was a graduate of the A. S. O.
Mendon, Ill., Jan. 6—Word was received today of the death of Lieut. Ben Baldwin in France. The message came in a cable from the war department to his father, George H. Baldwin, saying that he died December 19 in base hospital No. 15, at Chaumont, of bronchial pneumonia and gunshot wounds. His wounds were received on November 4 just a week before the armistice was signed. He was severely wounded, being shot through both hips and wounded in the abdomen, and it believed that the wounds would have in themselves proved fatal, without the pneumonia which developed.
Lieut. Baldwin was an officer in Company D. 355th Infantry of the 89th Division. He took part in the last big drive in the Argonne forest, and it was there that he received his mortal wounds. Three months ago word was received by his wife that he had been wounded, the word arriving on the same day that a daughter was born to them. Subsequent to this Mrs. Baldwin had received a number of letters from him, and soon after getting the official notice had a cable message. He had evidently recovered from these wounds and was back on the firing line. His company is now a part of the army of occupation in Germany.
Lieut. Baldwin was born in Mendon March 24, 1889, and would have been 30 years of age his next birthday. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. George H. Baldwin, well known residents of this town. He was graduated from the Mendon High school, and for a time made his home in Quincy, where he traveled for the Monroe Drug company. He later went to the School of Osteopathy in Kirksville, Mo., and was practicing in Jefferson City, Mo., when war was declared by the United States. The next month he applied for admission to the officers’ training camp, and was sent to Camp Funston, Kansas, where he received a lieutenant’s commission. He went to France the middle of June, 1916, and after a short period of training was sent to the front. Lieut. Baldwin was married during the holidays last year to Miss Alta Frisbie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Frisbie of Mendon. She was in Kansas with him for a short time after their marriage, later returning to Mendon to finish her term as teacher in the school. Since her husband’s departure for France she has been making her home here with here parents. To this young wife, so soon widowed, and to his parents, the heartfelt sympathy of the community goes out. Lieut. Baldwin was a splendid young man and the future held much for him. He gave his all unhesitatingly for liberty, and to those who are left there remains the consolation that he died like a man and a hero. He had never seen his little daughter, three months old. Besides his wife and babe and his parents, he leaves two brother, John and Abe, and two half-brothers, Ed and Walter, the latter living at Mendon. John Baldwin has recently returned to Mendon from Camp Grant, where he was mustered out of the service, having enlisted in the tank division.
Lt. Ben Baldwin, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 16 Jan 1919, p. 1, col. 4 & 5, Thursday
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FUNERAL FOR PVT. BALDWIN TO BE TUESDAY
Killed in 1944; Parents Living Near Hurdland
Funeral services for Pvt. Donald R. Baldwin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph L. Baldwin of near Hurdland, who was killed in action in World War II at Afua, New Guinea, on July 22, 1944, will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, June 29, at the Easley Funeral Home in Hurdland. Rev. T. W. Jolly, pastor of the Kirksville Christian Church, will conduct the services.
Burial will be at the Maple Hills Cemetery with military rites at the grave. The body will arrive at Hurdland Monday at 9:45 a.m.
Born the son of Ralph L. and Thelma Ray Baldwin on November 23, 1924, in the southeast part of Adair County, Private Baldwin moved wtih [sic] his parents to a farm near Hurdland in 1940 where he attended high school and was graduated with the Hurdland High School Class of 1943. He entered the military service that same year and took his training at Camp Roberts, Calif. He was assigned to the Co. L. 127th Infantry in the South Pacific when he met his death.
He is survived by his father and mother, one brother, Wilbur W., of the home, both grandfathers, Robert Ray, of Leonard, and Fred Baldwin, Edina, a step-grandmother, Mrs. Fred Baldwin, and a number of nieces and nephews, uncles and aunts.
Bearers for the funeral will be Merle Shepard, Elwood Platz, Cecil Rehm, Carol May, and Warren Kite.
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Funeral Services For Esca Baldwin Held Saturday
Funeral services for Esca Baldwin were conducted February 5, at the Moore chapel by Rev. W. E. Craig. Music was furnished by a male quartet composed of Chas. Riley, Dee Rife, Russell Morgan and Willie Curtis, accompanied by Ruth Rowe at the piano.
He was the son of Melinda and Jackson Douglas Baldwin and was born February 29, 1888, in Schuyler County, and died at the Davis County hospital at Bloomfield, February 2.
On December 30, 1911, he married Amanda F. Cox and to this union four children were born: Victor L. of the home, Anna Lee Benda, Union, Ill.; Nancy Lou Springer, Boulder, Colo.; and Mary Louise, who preceded him in death.
Surviving are his wife, three children and two grandchildren, Wanda Lee Benda and Douglas Ray Springer.
He was preceded in death by his father, mother, one daughter, two brothers and two sisters.
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Mrs. Eva Baldwin Dies in Hospital
Mrs. Eva Baldwin, 87, 602 N. High St., died yesterday evening at a Kirksville Hospital. She had been ill for some time.
Funeral services will be held Monday at 1 o’clock in the afternoon at the Dee Riley Funeral Home conducted by the Rev. F. P. Hanes, Pastor of the Methodist Church. Burial will be in the Novelty Cemetery beside her husband.
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FRED BALDWIN, 78 YEARS OLD, DIES AT EDINA
In Ill Health for Years; Funeral to Be on Saturday
Fred Lee Baldwin, 78, died at his home in Edina last evening at 8:15 after a serious illness of one week. Mr. Baldwin had suffered from palsy for thirty years and had been confined to his home since 1940.
Funeral services will be held at the Christian church in Edina Saturday afternoon at two o’clock conducted by the Rev. Merle J. White, pastor of Assembly of God and the Rev. Weaver, pastor of the Baptist church. Interment will be in the Linville cemetery.
The son of Amos N. and Catherine Groves Baldwin, he was born in Brown County, Ill., Feb. 15, 1875. He came with his parents to Knox county in 1893 where he lived the greater part of his life. He was first married to Hattie Longfellow on March 4, 1900. Three children were born to them, one dying in infancy. On June 23, 1914, he was married to Carrie Scott and two sons were born to this marriage.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Carrie Baldwin; three sons, Ralph Baldwin, of Hurdland, Harry S. Baldwin, of Kirksville, and Ronald, of Edina: a daughter, Mrs. Pearl (Ethel) May, Chicago; five great grandchildren.
Mr. Baldwin was a former deputy sheriff of Knox county, has operated a general store in Knox City, and was a well-known farmer and livestock buyer until his health failed in 1931 when he moved to Edina. He was a member of the Christian church.
The body will remain at the Hudson Funeral Home in Edina.
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O. C. BALLANCES RETURN FROM FUNERAL SERVICES
Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Balance, of 316 E. Jefferson Street, have returned from Leonard where they attended the funeral services held Sunday for Mr. Balance’s mother, Mrs. Sarah E. (Roberts) Balance, 89, who died Wednesday, Dec. 15, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Rosie Hill, in Canyon City, Colo. Mrs. Ballance, who had spent practically her entire life in the Leonard and Bethel communities, was visiting her daughter at the time of her death.
In 1876, Mrs. Ballance was married to James Curtis Ballance, who preceded her in death more than 30 years ago. Surviving are four sons, O. C. Ballance, of Kirksville; J. P. Ballance, of Bethel; V. G. Ballance, of Leonard, and William Ballance, of Plevna and three daughters, Mrs. Mary Manuel, of Grand Junction, Colo.; Mrs. Velma Magruder, of Leonard, and Mrs. Rosie Hill, of Canyon City, Colo.
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Thomas L. Ballew
Thomas L. Ballew was born December 17, 1919 in Davs [sic] County, Iowa the son of Ernie and Leah Rominger Ballew. He departed this life at the Davis County Hospital, Bloomfield, Iowa, June 4 at the age of 52 years 5 months and 17 days.
He with his parents moved to Clark County Missouri in the latter 1930’s.
He was united in marriage to Lorene Thompson on June 26, 1940 in Lancaster, Mo. To this union a daughter Wanda Lee was born.
Thomas was a farmer and livestock buyer and sold seed corn for several years. Later he moved to Fairmont where he bought fur, wool and ran a feed store until his death.
He was a member of the Fairmont United Methodist Church.
He is survived by the widow and daughter, Wanda Lee of the home, his mother Leah Ballew of Bloomfield, Iowa, two brothers, Archie of Bloomfield, Francis of Wyaconda, two sisters Mrs. Irmin (Betty) Speer and Mrs. Kenneth (Rhoda) Hayes of Grand Rapids, Michigan aunts and uncles and other relatives and a host of friends.
He was preceded in death by his father, and one sister.
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at the Fairmont Methodist Church by Rev. Lawes burial in Fairmont Cemetery.
Pallbearers were John Polhans, John Clifton, Ross Scobee, Floyd Allen, Benny Scott, and Gale Ruth. Wayne Blum was solist [sic] with Barbara Anderson at the piano.
Thomas L. Ballew, Memphis, Missouri, The Gorin Argus, 15 Jun 1972, Thursday
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Mrs. Nancy J. Ballinger, 87, Dies At Home
Mrs. Nancy Jane Ballinger, 87 years old, died Saturday morning at her home about ten miles southwest of Kirksville. She had been in failing health for the past year.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at Sloan’s Point schoolhouse, conducted by Rev. J. D. Darnell, with interment in the Sloan Point cemetery.
Mrs. Ballinger was born in 1860 at Callao. She was married to Milton Ballinger, and four children were born to them. Her husband died about ten years ago.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Charles Stockton, of Boulder, Colo., Mrs. J. D. Darnell, Kirksville, and Lena Ballenger, of the home, and one son, Herbert Ballenger, Novinger route 1.
She was a member of the Apostolic Faith Church.
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MRS. HARRY BAMBURG DIES HERE, AGED 67
Wife of Clothier Had Been Ill Past Few Years.
Mrs. Bertha Fishel Bamburg 67, wife of Harry Bamburg, of the Bamburg & Son clothing store, died last night at 11 o’clock in a hospital here. She had been in declining health the past few years.
A Kirksville resident thirty-six years, Mrs. Bamburg’s home was at 401 East Jefferson Street.
She was born in New York City, Nov. 23, 1872, and married to Mr. Bamburg in Chicago, Nov, 14, 1893. They lived in Chicago several years, where he was manager of a men’s clothing store, and came to Kirksville in 1904 when he entered business here.
Surviving are her husband, one son, J. H. Bamburg, 1414 East Highland, Kirksville; one daughter, Miss Dorothy Bamburg, at home; two sisters, Amelia Fishel and Mrs. H. Jehlinge, Chicago, and four brothers, B. Fishel, I. Fishel and L. Fishel, Chicago, and E. Fishel, Pittsburg.
The funeral is to be held at the Dee Riley Funeral Home Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock, conducted by Rabbi Manheimer, of Des Moines. The active pallbearers will be Harry Jonas, H. L. Lohr, John Campbell, Felix Rothschild, Ralph Lehr and Ethel Conner. Honorary pallbearers are to be B. L. Bonfoey, M. D. Campbell, S. H. Ellison, E. Kahn, J. E. Goodwin, Nate Baum, C. J. Baxter, Harry Still and Wilmont Reed. Burial will be in the Maple Hill Cemetery.
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Dr. Bamford Dead
Dr. E. E. Bamford, age 76, died at Centerville, Iowa, Friday, Jan. 5. after three years illness. He was the head of the Bamford clinic and enjoyed a wide acquaintance throughout southern Iowa and north Missouri.
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Sister of Memphis Man Killed In Accident
Mrs. Robert Bange, 28, of 821 South Eighth in Quincy was killed in a one-car accident Saturday afternoon in which she gave premature birth to and 8-pound baby girl and in which her husband and their three children were injured.
The baby was listed in good condition Saturday night at St. Mary Hospital, according to the Hearld-Whig, where the baby was taken after being found at the scene of the accident.
Her husband, Robert, 33, and son Robert, 10, were listed in satisfactory condition Saturday night at St. Mary’s. son David, 9, was reported in serious condition and John, 6, was reported in fair condition.
The accident occurred at 4:05 p.m. according to state police, when the Bange car, being driven north on Route 96 by Mrs. Bange’s husband, left the road near the junction with route 24 and overturned several times, coming to rest 40 feet east of the northbound lane.
Mrs. Bange, the former Geneva Ruth Doctherman [sic], was born March 28, 1942 in Luray. Surviving in addition to the previously mentioned are two brothers, Ross Doctherman [sic] of Wayland and Donald Dochterman of Memphis, and four sisters, Mrs. Richard (Cleta Mae) Kraus of Gorin; Mrs. Frank Goldsberry of Keokuk, and Mrs. Clifford Wilson and Miss Letha Doctherman [sic], both of Wyaconda.
Geneva Ruth (Dochterman) Bange, Memphis, Missouri, The Gorin Argus, 25 Mar 1971, Thursday
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H. M. Banister Died Thursday Night, 20th
H. M. Banister, aged about fifty years, died at his home in Memphis, Thursday evening, March 20th, 1913. He had suffered an attack of measles, which later on developed into pneumonia, and being of rather a delicate constitution, succumbed to that disease at the time stated.
The deceased leaves a widow and one son to mourn his untimely death.
Mr. Banister’s funeral was held at Bethel Church, Sunday, March 23rd, southeast of Memphis, after which the remains were laid away in the cemetery nearby. The services took place at 11 o’clock a.m., and were conducted by Rev. Redmond Whitehead.
The burial ceremonies were in charge of the Modern Woodsmen and Homesteaders lodges, to both of which organizations her belonged. The deceased was of quiet, modest disposition and enjoyed the confidence of a large circle of friends. For some time prior to his death, Mr. Banister was engaged as a button cutter at the Memphis factory.
H. M. Banister, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 27 Mar 1913, p. 1, col. 4
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DIED
Miss Isabelle Banister died of typhoid fever at her home near Unity, Wednesday night, March 4, 1896, aged about 35 years.
Deceased was a daughter of the late John Banister and was born and reared in this county. She had been an active and devoted member of the church for many years, having professed faith in Christ and united with the McAdow Cumberland Presbyterian Church at the age of sixteen and was an earnest worker in the missionary society, which cause laid near to her heart. She gave her sympathy and support to all the benevolent enterprises of the church, and was a true friend to her pastor. During the last hours of her consciousness she called the members of the family unto her bedside and exhorted them to continue in the grace of God, saying she was going and was ready and willing. After bidding them an affectionate farewell she soon became unconscious and remained so until the hour when death relieved her from all suffering. Rev. R. A. Williams, of this city, officiated at the funeral last Friday, after which the body was taken to Bethel cemetery south of this city and laid to rest by the side of her father who died in the early part of December of last year.
Isabelle Banister, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 12 Mar 1896, p. 3, col. 5
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At his home near Unity, Mo., John Banister died of typhoid fever Nov. 2, 1895.
He was born in Bartholomew County, Indiana, March 3, 1829, and reached the age of 66 years and 8 months. In 1857 he came to Missouri and was married the following year to Mrs. Armilda Arnold. To them were born four children; one son has gone before. He leaves one son, two daughters and a wife to join with an aged brother and sister in mourning his loss. He lately enjoyed a pleasant visit at his old home with the latter named relatives. In 1860 he professed religion and united with the Cumberland Presbyterian church. He was a charter member of the McAdow Church, where he lived an honored member until his death. His favorite song was that beautiful one – “Home of the Soul.” His parting words to the family were, “Home, Home.” The family has the sympathy of the entire membership of the church and a large circle of friends. They also have the consolation that where he has gone they can follow hereafter.
John Banister, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 26 Dec 1895, p. 2, col. 5
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We regret to note the death of Julian Banister, the 30th of pneumonia, very suddenly and unexpectedly, and interred in the Bethel cemetery the 31st. He was getting along finely and was considered in no danger especially from the disease. The Dr., W. L. Arnold accounts for the sudden death from a cold draught of air striking him, when congestion of the blood set in, and resulted as stated above.
Julian Banister, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 9 Apr 1885, p.2, col. 5
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Charles Banks Rites Saturday Morning
Funeral services will be held in St. Louis Saturday morning at 10 o’clock for Charles S. Banks, former superintendent of Kirksville city schools, who died Wednesday, at the age of 75 years.
Mr. Banks was superintendent of schools here from 1910 to 1925 and for two years prior to 1910 was principal of the high school. He went from here in 1925 to University City, where he was superintendent of schools for about twenty years.
He had been in failing health for several months.
The body was at the Alexander & Sons chapel, 6175 Delmar, today, but the services will be held at the University Methodist Church, 6901 Washington avenue. The family requested, in the obituary announcement in the Golbe-Democrat, that in lieu of flowers contributions be sent to the Damon Runyon Cancer Fund.
Mr. Banks was born in Lexington county, Mo., Sept. 25, 1875, the son of William and Asenath (Corning) Banks, and was married Dec. 20, 1901 to Etta Dille, daughter of David D. and Mary (White) Dille. He was reared on a farm, and was a student at Avalon College, later coming to the Kirksville Normal, graduating in 1907. He had graduate work at the University of Wisconsin.
He leaves his wife, two daughters, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Grose and Mrs. Margaret Etta Sargeant, and one son, J. Eugene Banks.
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SERVICES AT ST. LOUIS FOR ETTA D. BANKS
Widow of Former Superintendent Here Died on Sunday
Funeral services were held this afternoon in St. Louis for Mrs. Etta (Dillie) Banks, widow of the late Charles Banks, who died suddenly Sunday afternoon following a heart attack at University City.
Mrs. Banks is a former resident of Kirksville, having lived here while her husband was superintendent of schools from 1910 until 1925. She was an active member of the Methodist Church and also the AZ and Sojourners Clubs. A year ago, Mrs. Banks visited in Kirksville and attended the AZ Club anniversary celebration.
Mr. Banks, a noted educator, preceded the late J. H. Neville as superintendent of the Kirksville public schools and in 1925 went to University City to accept a similar position. He was retired at the time of his death, about three years ago.
Surviving Mrs. Banks are a son, J. Eugene Banks, of New York City, and two daughters, Mrs. Archer D. Sargent, of Westfield, New Jersey, and Mrs. Donald D. Gross, of St. Louis. Also surviving are three brothers, John, Homer and G. Earle Dille, of University City. The latter made his home with Mr. and Mrs. Banks while attending school here.
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Mrs. Mary Bankus, 93, Dies Today at Milan
Green City, Dec. 18—Mrs. Mary Bankus, 93 years old, died this morning about 3:30 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Frank Summers, in Milan.
A daughter of David and Jane (Kerr) Watt she was born in the old Kiddville vicinity, southwest of Green City, on August 25, 1859. She was married to R. H. Bankus, who died in July, 1945. Since that time she had lived at the home of her daughter. Two infant children also preceded her in death.
Surviving are six children: Mrs. Rosa Walker, Mrs. Bertie Summers and John Bankus, all of Milan; R. F. Bankus, of Chariton, Ia., and Mrs. J. B. Albertson and Raymond C. Bankus, of Green City. A number of grandchildren and great grandchildren also survive.
Funeral services will be held in the Christian Church in Green City Saturday afternoon at two o’clock by the Rev. Omar Hunsaker. Burial will be in the Hawkeye cemetery. The body will remain at the Glenn E. Kent and Son Funeral Home until the time for the services. Mrs. Bankus spent her life in the Sorrell and Green City vicinities.
Mary Bankus, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 18 Dec 1952, p.2, col. 5
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Mrs. John Bannister Died Saturday, July 4th
Mrs. John Bannister died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Berryman Green, in this city on Saturday, July 4th, aged 80 years and 8 months.
Mrs. Bannister was born in Estell county, Kentucky, came to Scotland county in 1843, was united in marriage to Kirk Arnold in 1849. To them two sons were born. Mr. Arnold died in 1853. In 1857 she was married to John Bannister. To this union was born two sons and two daughters–the husband and three children having preceded her in death. The surviving children are Mrs. Barryman Green of Memphis, C. L. Arnold of Durant, Okla., and W. W. Arnold of this county, one brother, Sidney Holman of Anaheim, Calif., also survives.
Funeral services were held at the Green home on Monday, Rev. C. H. Morton, officiating. The grandsons acted as pallbearers at funeral.
Mrs. John Bannister, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 9 Jul 1914, p. 1, col. 5
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(October 17, 1939)
The death angel has visited our vicinity again and has taken two more of our citizens, Alex Barb, 87, Thursday, Oct. 12, 1939, at the home of his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Otis Allen. Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at the moore [sic] funeral chapel by Rev. McColloch of Memphis. Music by Messrs. Chas. Riley, Jim Ashworth, Leslie Shaw and Harry West, with Mrs. Verlin McVey at the piano. He had been in poor health a long time.
Hutt Allen, 62, passed away suddenly at the feed mill Friday, October 13, 1939, in Downing. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the Presbyterian church by Rev. J. M. Dawkins of Kirksville. Music by Leslie Shaw, Chas. Riley, Jim Ashworth and Harry West, with Mrs. Verlin McVey at the piano. He had been a pall bearer at the Barb services a few hours before.
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RITES FOR ALEX. F. BARB
Died at His Daughter’s Home in Scotland County
Funeral services for Alex F. Barb, who died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Otis Allen, northeast of Downing on Thursday morning, Oct. 12, were held at the Moore funeral parlor at Downing Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock and were conducted by Rev. Harry V. McColloch of Memphis. Interment was in the Downing cemetery.
The pall bearers were Will Allen, John McWilliams, Jess Buchanan, Lawrence Barb, Claude Barb and William Curtis.
Alexander F. Barb was a son of Levi and Appaline Barb. He was born in Indiana on October 9th, 1852.
At a very early age Mr. Barb moved with his parents to Missouri. On November 11th, 1884, he was married to Mary Ann Barnett. To this union were born two daughters- Mrs. Bertha Clow of Bellingham, Wash., and Mrs. Bessie Allen of Downing. He leaves his wife, the two daughters, two grandchildren, one sister, Mrs. Martha Meyers of Downing, and one brother, Granville Barb of Downing.
Mr. Barb was a faithful member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church at McGrady for many years.
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(June 3, 1941)
Granville Barb, 82, died Friday night, May 30, at his home in Downing with his niece and nephew, Miss Ethel and C. L. Barb, who have ministered to his every want. He is also survived by one sister, Mrs. Martha Moyer of Downing and other nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon from the home by Rev. Baldwin, pastor of the Christian church. Songs by Mrs. Grover Schupbach and Mrs. H. H. Lewis. Pall bearers were nephews, Rufus Barb, Chas and Lee Green, E. I. Green, Lawrence Barb and Otis Allen. Mr. Barb was never married.
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FORMER DOWNING RESIDENT DIES FOLLOWING CAR WRECK
According to a radio report last night Chas. Barbee, resident of Kirksville, formerly of Downing, died in a Delta, Colorado, hospital early yesterday morning following a car accident near Delta, Colorado, Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Barbee of Kirksville and Mr. and Mrs. Hobart Lewis of Downing were on a trip to see Mr. and Mrs. Everett Hale in Colorado and were within 30 miles of their destination when the accident happened.
According to the radio report Mr. Barbee lost control of the car and it skidded into a ditch. The car was reportedly demolished.
Mrs. Barbee and Mr. and Mrs. Lewis were all hospitalized.
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Funeral services were held December 26 for Lee Barbee, 76, at the Moore funeral home by Rev. T. M. Walton of Lancaster. Music by G. V. Burnett and Harry West, with Mrs. Elizabeth Stothard at the piano. Pall bearers were Everett Rowe, Dr. H. E. Gerwig, John Morgan, Harry Choulett and Harry Potter. He passed away Dec. 23, after fifteen years of patient suffering. He is survived by one sister, Mrs. Anna Herron of Garden, Calif., a niece Mrs. Mary Grow of Altadena, Calif., two nephews, Charley Barbee with whom he lived and Chester Barbee of Centerville. Burial was made in the Downing cemetery.
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Wm. A. Barbee, well known Downing business man, died March 18.
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Artie Mann Barker Services Held At Barker
Artie Viola Cossel was born July 3, 1884, near Stiles, Iowa, and departed from this life September 30, 1967, at Jefferson Square Manor in Ottumwa, Iowa.
She was the daughter of Asa and Mary Spees Cossel.
On August 31 of 1902 she was married to Fred Mann of Kentucky, who preceded her in death in January, 1946. To this union four children were born. One son and one daughter died in infancy.
Surviving are one son, Floyd Mann, of Baldwin Park, California, and one daughter, Mrs. Ruby Humphrey, of Fairfield, Iowa, three granddaughters, three grandsons, three great granddaughters and one great grandson.
Also surviving are two brothers, Frank Cossel of Downing, Missouri, and Olen Cossel of Napa, Idaho, two nieces and three nephews. One sister, Alma, preceded her in death.
In August of 1955 she was married to Herbert Barker of Luray, Missouri, who preceded her in death in July 1957.
Early in life she became a member of the Barker E. U. B. Church.
She was a devoted wife and mother and loved by all who knew her.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, October 3, 1967, at Barker E. U. B. Church with Rev. Lowell Newland officiating. Body bearers were Glen Cossel, Edwin Cossel, Hobert Gooden, Kinney Cossel, Raymond Cossel, Cecil Cossel. Burial was in Barker Cemetery.
Artie Viola (Cossel) Mann Barker, From Unknown Newspaper, 5 Oct. 1967
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MRS. MAT BARKER IS DEAD
Taken to a Keokuk Hospital Last Week for Treatment
Mrs. Mat Barker died at a Keokuk hospital early Friday morning, July 15.
She was taken to the hospital for treatment a few days ago. Mr. Barker was in Keokuk to see her Thursday afternoon and she seemed to be no worse at that time.
Mr. Barker received a message early Friday morning that Mrs. Barker was much worse and to come at once. Before he started to Keokuk, he received another message that Mrs. Barker had died. Her body was brought back to Memphis to the Payne Funeral Parlors Friday morning. ing. [sic]
Funeral was held at the Payne Chapel and was conducted by Rev. J. W. Borah, pastor of the deceased. Music was furnished by members of the Methodist church choir. Interment in the Memphis cemetery.
Mrs. Ella Barker, wife of M. C. Barker was a daughter of Simon and Almeda Powell. She was born near Terre Haute, Ind., April 8, 1868.
She was united in marriage to M. C. Barker, May 8, 1895. This union was broken only by her death. On Easter Sunday of this year, their foster daughter, Ella Grace, died.
Mrs. Barker was indentified with Christian life from youth, originally being a member of the Baptist fellowship, later in life becoming a member of the Methodist church.
Nearly all of her married life was spent in Missouri, a brief part of it in Iowa.
For many years she has been in very poor health, so that her going was not a great surprise to those who knew her. One sister and two brothers preceded her in death. Besides the bereaved husband, she leaves three sisters, Mrs. Emily Davis, Ottumwa, Iowa, Mrs. Irene Bleything, Streator, Ill. and Mrs. Mary Jeffries, Memphis, Mo.
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ELLA GRACE BARKER DEAD
Funeral Services Were Held at Methodist Church Tuesday
Miss Ella Grace Barker, adopted daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mat Barker, died at the home of her parents at noon Easter Sunday, April 17th, after an illness of several months.
Funeral services were held at the Methodist church Tuesday, April 19th, at 2 p.m. and burial was in the Memphis cemetery.
In his address, Rev. J. W. Borah, who conducted the service said:
“Ella Grace Barker was born May 1, 1917, and lacked [unreadable] teen days of being [unreadable] years of age.
“She was adopted [unreadable]Mr. and Mrs. Barbee [unreadable] two years and has all [unreadable] years been to them as their own child. The first three years or her school life were spent in the Memphis schools after which they moved to Fort Madison, Iowa, in the schools of which city she finished her schooling, graduating from the high school there.
“She united with the Memphis Methodist church when eight years of age.
“Her life was characterized by her devotion to her parents and friends. An obedient daughter and a loyal friend she will long be remembered and appreciated by those who knew her.”
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Hazel Idel Barker
Hazel Idel Barker, aged 63 years, of Greensburg, Missouri, passed away Thursday, December 14, 1972, at 8:20 p.m., at the Davis County Hospital, Bloomfield, Iowa, where she had been a patient for the past week. She had been in failing health for the past two months.
She was born June 1, 1909, near Greensburg, the daughter of Bert E. and Clara Fetters Greever.
On November 3, 1935, she was married to A. G. (Gale) Barker at Lancaster, Missouri, and he survives, also an uncle, Edgar Fetters of Edina, brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Barker of Baring; a nephew, Stanley Barker; two nieces, Beverly and Mary Ann Barker; two great nieces, Stacey and Aimee Barker; and other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents and an infant sister.
She graduated from Edina High School and Northeast Missouri University, Kirksville, had taught school in Scotland and Knox Counties for 39 years having retired in 1972. Member of the National Rural Letter Carriers Auxiliary, Business and Professional Women’s Club of Memphis, Missouri, Willing Workers Club of Greensburg, and the Greensburg Christian Church.
Funeral services were Sunday, December 17, 1972, at 2 p.m. at Hudson-Rimer Funeral Chapel, Edina, with Rev. Richard Goold of Baring officiating and burial at Greensburg, Missouri. Pallbearers were Clarence and Loyd Hathaway, William and Ray Grabowski, Jake and Rouster Pearce.
Hazel Idel Barker, From Unknown Newspaper, 21 Dec 1972
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THREE PERSONS KILLED NEAR NEVADA, MO.
Nevada, Mo., July 5. (UP)—Three people were killed and three others critically injured in a head-on collision of two cars on Highway 71 near here late last night.
Those killed were Homer Lee Barker 27, of Miller, Mo.; John A. McFarland, 30, Kansas City, and Wilma Morgan, 33, of Kansas City.
The injured are Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Highberger, of Kansas City, and William Clayton Barker, 21, of Miller. William Barker is a brother of Homer Barker who was killed.
State patrolmen said the two Barker brothers in one car were traveling south on the highway. Mr. and Mrs. Highberger, John A. McFarland, and Wilma Morgan were in he second car driving north.
Ralph Highberger was the only one in the accident who was able to discuss the incident today. He said he was asleep when the accident occurred. It was not known who was driving either car.
Harry Lee Barker, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 05 Jul 1949, p. 3, col. 5, Tuesday
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Funeral Was Thursday For Mrs. Barker
Funeral services were held at Gerth and Baskett chapel Thursday for Mrs. Jennie Greenslate Barker, 80, prominent Kansas educator and ranch operator, who died June 28 at her home in Garden City, Kansas. Rev. Merritt H. Baker conducted the services.
Mrs. Barker was born Jennie Greenslate in Willmathsville, Mo., to Dr. and Mrs. George David Greenslate, Sept. 14, 1872. She was graduated from Kirksville high school and began teaching in Scotland and Adair counties at the age of 16. Later she attended Kirksville State Teachers College.
In the autumn of 1903 she became associated with her brother, Victor, in a general store in Willmathsville, where she remained until her marriage in 1914 to George Reuben Barker of Memphis.
After spending a year in the west, they established their home in Finney county, Kansas, near Garden City, where he preceded her in death. They acquired a a [sic] cattle ranch there and Mrs. Barker returned to her teaching profession and became county superintendent of schools, a post she held for 16 years. Under her direction, music supervision in the rural schools was established in that county, the second in the state to undertake that project.
She was active in county politics and served as Democratic committeewoman for a number of years. She attended three national conventions.
Mrs. Barker was a member of the Christian church; the Loyalty home demonstration unit; Pierceville woman’s club; business and professional women’s club; Delta Kappa Gamma, national honorary teachers’ society; Eastern Star; and Rebekah lodge.
Surviving her are a brother, Ray Greenslate, Garden City; three nieces; Mrs. Mary Johnston, Baring; Mrs. Ruth Huggins, Rockford, Ill.; Mrs. Edith Lane, Prague, Okla., three great nieces and nephew; Paul Lane, Kirksville; Carol Sue Lane, Prague, Okla.; Mary Joetta Johnston, Baring; one great, great nephew, J. Paul Lane 3rd, Kirksville; One sister-in-law, Mrs. Estella Greenslate, Kirksville; and one brother-in-law, J. M. Frederick, Greensburg. Two brothers, Oren and Victor, and one sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Frederick, preceded her in death.
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Died
John H. Barker died of kidney trouble and other complications, Sunday evening, April 12, 1896, after an illness of about four weeks, aged 73 years, 6 months and 6 days.
Deceased was born in Pendleton County, Kentucky, and moved to this county in 1856, where he resided ever since. He was married to Mary J. Conyers, Dec. 20, 1860. Five children- four boys and one daughter-were born to them as the fruits of this union and three of them preceded him to the spirit land. Thomas and Lee Barker, of this city, are his only surviving children. Mr. Barker united with the Christian Church in young manhood and lived a consistent Christian ever since. He took an active interest in church work and died in the full hope of a blessed immortality beyond the grave. He was a worthy citizen, a good neighbor, a true friend and he will be missed and mourned by a large circle of friends as well as by the bereaved wife and sons. Elder D. W. Misener officiated at the funeral, Tuesday, and the body was taken in charge by the Masonic lodge of this city, of which order he was an honored member, and laid to rest in the Barker private burying ground nine miles southwest of town.
John H. Barker, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 16 Apr 1896
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J. R. BARKER DIES AT 101
Was Third Person in This Section to Live Over 100 Years
(By Our Downing Reporter)
John R. Barker, 101, was born March 11, 1846, in Fulton county, Ill., and died at the home of his daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Bruner, in Hannibal, April 9.
He was married to Rebecca Shaw, Jan. 1, 1867. To this union six children were born. His wife and one daughter preceded him in death. Surviving are his three sons, Robert of Downing, William of Holyoke, Colo. and Harve of Lancaster, and two daughters. Mrs. Hila Bruner of Hannibal and Mrs. Ora Neal of Little Rock, Ark.; 21 grandchildren, 65 great grandchildren, and 26 great great grandchildren. He was a member of the Methodist church.
Funeral services were held Sunday at the Lloyd Moore funeral parlors by Rev. Howard Hayworth. Interment in Cone cemetery.
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Mrs. John H. Barker, died at her home in Memphis on Saturday morning, Nov. 25. She was almost 74 years of age. Funeral services were conducted at the home by Rev. G. L. Eaton Monday afternoon.
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Mrs. L. F. Barker Buried Here Tuesday
Mrs. L. F. Barker died at Kirksville, Saturday, June 20 after a long illness. Funeral services were held from the Payne Chapel Tuesday morning, June 23, at 10 o’clock conducted by Rev. Merritt H. Baker, pastor of the Christian church, and burial was in the Memphis cemetery.
Music was furnished by Mrs. Baker accompanied at the piano by Mrs. Ruth Platter.
Body bearers were S. J. Onken, W. H. Hopkins, Jim Snyder, R. T. Williams, Lynn Pulliam, and A. Ammerman.
Sarah Alice Israel was the daughter of Price and Mary Stahl Israel and was born November 30, 1871. September 5, 1894 she was married to Lowell F. Barker who preceded her in death, Dec. 11, 1946.
She leaves three brothers, Charles A. Israel, Cando, N. Dak.; Elmer C. Israel, Alhambra, California; and J. Frank Israel of Memphis. She also leaves several nieces and nephews, and other relatives.
At an early age she united with the Methodist church at Price’s Chapel, later transferring her membership with her husband to the Christian church at Antioch and later to Memphis.
Attending the funeral from a distance were Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Israel, Alhambra, Calif.; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Israel and son Robert of Cando, N. Dak.; Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Postle, Good Hope, Illinois; Mrs. Owen W. Kerr and daughters, Nancy and Pamela and son Conrad of Natick, Mass.
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Wm. T. Barker Dies Here Friday; Funeral Sunday
William T. Barker, one of north Missouri’s most prominent stock buyers died at his home in Memphis Friday morning, December 18, at 9:45. Mr. Barker had been in ill health for several years.
Funeral services were held from the Payne Chapel Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock conducted by Rev. Edward L. Beall, pastor of the Presbyterian church. Burial was in the Memphis cemetery.
Mr. Barker was an active member of Memphis Lodge No 16, Eastern Star Chapter No. 29, Royal Arch Masons, Memphis Commandery No. 11, K. T. and of Moila Shrine at St. Joseph.
He was the son of John H. and Elizabeth Clarkson Baker [sic] and was born in Scotland county, January 9, 1874. Jaanuary [sic] 1, 1904 he was married to Alma Houston of Downing.
Mr. and Mrs. Barker lived on a farm near Memphis for several years before moving to Memphis.
Surviving are his wife and one daughter, Mrs. A. O. Hendrickson of Memphis, and several nieces and nephews.
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Dr. Charlie Barnes Dies in Louisville
Dr. Charlie Barnes, a former resident of Kirksville, who was graduted [sic] from the old A.S.O. in 1900, died yesterday at his home in Louisville, Ky., according to a message received here by Stanley Dawson, 701 E. Illinois, from Perry Barnes, a brother who lives in Kansas City, Kan.
Dr. Barnes would have been 72 years old in May of this year. He had practiced osteopathy in Louisville for the past fifty years.
His father was agent of the Adams Express Company in Kirksville at one time. The family lived on East Pierce street here.
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C. W. Barnes Dies At Grandview Home
Columbus W. Barnes, 84, former Kirksville resident, died at his home in Grandview, Missouri, Friday night, July 25, as a result of a heart attack.
Mr. Barnes, who was widely known in Adair county as “Lum” Barnes, served as deputy sheriff under George Williams and later was chief of police in Kirksville. He moved to Grandview about 25 years ago.
He was born in the old Cater Church community, Dec. 25, 1863, the son of Henry Marion Barnes and Nancy Barnes. His father was a Baptist minister. He had twelve brothers and sisters. He leaves his wife, two sisters, Mrs. Howard Henry, 602 N. Main, Kirksville, and Mrs. H. B. O’Fallon, Nevada; one son, Henry Barnes, of Kansas City, one grandchild, Barbara Barnes; and a niece in Kirksville, Mrs. J. E. Wright, 116 E. Elm street.
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Mrs. Cyrus Barnes, aged 49 died at her home, 1416 East Alexander street, Saturday morning, May 7, following a long illness. Death was due to a tumor. Della M. Barnes was born in Indiana, January 28, 1883, the daughter of Fleming and Lydia Smith. She is survived by her husband, one son, Harold E. Noel, Kirksville; one daughter, Mildred Barnes, Kirksville; four sisters, Mrs. Anna Courtney, Moberly; Mrs. Maggie Cole, Mrs. Ethel Simler and Mrs. Esther Zeigler, Youngstown; one brother, Jacob Smith, Youngstown, and her mother, Mrs. Lydia Smith, Youngstown. Mrs. Barnes was a member of the Methodist church. Funeral services were held at the Union Temple church Sunday afternoon and burial was made in the church cemetery.
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Earl Barnes Services Held December 29
Earl J. W. Barnes son of Daniel A. and Mary A. Shaeffer Barnes, was born May 15, 1906, in Macon County, Missouri and passed away December 26, 1970, at his home in Memphis, Missouri. Mr. Barnes had lived on a farm north of Luray, until recently when he retired and moved to Memphis.
He was united in marriage to Audrey Belle Francis, April 11, 1938. To this union two sons and four daughters were born.
Surviving are his wife, Audrey of the home; two sons, James F. of Granger, Missouri, William D. of Luray, Missouri; four daughters, Mrs. Harold (Leta) Brown of Memphis, Mrs. Kenneth (Margaret) Keller of St. Louis, Mrs. Gale (Pat) Armstrong of Luray and Earlene L. Barnes, a student at Northeast Missouri State College; 17 grandchildren; 3 brothers, Virgil L. of Edina, Leo E. of Kirksville, and Arthur D. of Brashear; 3 aunts, Mrs. Maude Pyle of Kirksville, Mrs. Sarah Daniel of Popular Bluff, Missouri, and Mrs. Ellen Warren of Ft. Madison, Iowa, other relatives and friends.
Mr. Barnes was a member of the United Methodist Church in Luray; also the Masonic Lodge in Luray.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, December 29, 1970, at 1:30 p.m., in the Christian Church in Memphis, Missouri, with the Rev. Howard Merchant officiating. Burial was in the Memphis Cemetery. Body bearers were nephews.
Earl J. W. Barnes, Memphis, Missouri, The Gorin Argus, 31 Dec 1970
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E. T. BARNES, 69, DIES IN ST. JOSEPH
Had Been Patient In Hospital There For Two Months.
Edgar T. Barnes, 69, of 715 N. High street, died Sunday evening about 7:30 o’clock in a hospital in St. Joseph, Mo., where he had been a patient for the past two months. He had been in failing health for several years.
Funeral services will probably be held Wednesday at the Christian church in Newark, Mo., conducted by Rev. T. E. Sourling, of Shelbyville, Mo. Burial will be in the Newark cemetery.
Mr. Barnes was born in Newark, Dec. 13, 1875, the son of Jabez and Caroline (Oaks) Barnes. He was married to Miss Myrtle Hayden, of Newark on Nov. 2, 1901, and they established a home at Brasher, Mo. One daughter, Irene, was born to this union. She and his two brothers survive. They are Geroge W., of 709 W. Friedman, Kirksville, and Robert N. of Newark. Mrs. Barnes died Oct. 6, 1942. A brother and a sister died several years ago.
Mr. Barnes was a member of the Kirksville Christian Church.
He began his career as a school teacher, devoting about twelve years to that profession, after which he was engaged in the newspaper business and published papers in several northwest Missouri towns. He was last associated with the Weekly Graphic until a few years ago when his health began to fail.
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Early Wednesday morning of this week, at the home of C. C. Parker, living northwest of this city occurred the death of Wm. Barnes–a young man aged about 25 years. He had been working for Mr. Parker when taken ill. A brother came to take care of him, but he, too, was taken down. Another brother came to nurse the two and he also was stricken. A sister came to nurse the three. Will was the first one stricken. Funeral services will be held at Hitt on Feb. 12, where his parents reside.
Ennis Barnes, aged about 22 years, a brother of John Barnes, whose death we noted last week, also died on Saturday night. He had gone to the home of C. C. Parker, where his brother was working, to care for him and contracted the disease.
Young Barnes was a fine looking young man and held the esteem of his friends. He leaves to mourn, besides his friends, father, mother, sister and brother.
Funeral services were held Tuesday morning, interment being made in the Hitt cemetery.
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G. W. BARNES, 79, DIED HERE YESTERDAY
Formerly Was School Teacher and Editor of Gorin Graphic
George Washington Barnes, 79, of 709 W. Friedman, died Sunday morning at his home. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at one o’clock at the Dee Riley Funeral Home conducted by Rev. R. J. Patterson pastor of Church of God “Holiness” in Kirksville. Interment will be in the Prairie Bird Cemetery, west of Gibbs.
Mr. Barnes was the son of Jabis and Caroline Barnes and was born at Newar, Mo., Oct. 25, 1867, was married Oct. 1, 1916 to Martha Lovila Garlock at Greensburg.
He is survived by his wife and one brother, Robert Barnes, of Newark. He was preceded in death by two brothers two half-brothers, and one sister. Mr. Barnes was a member of the Christian Church at Baring.
The early part of his life was spent as a school teacher in the rural schools of Adair County. Later he was editor of the Gorin Graphic, at Gorin and owned a store in connection with the printing office. Then he moved to a farm in Adair County and Feb. 1945, he moved to Kirksville.
The body will lie in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home.
Pallbearers will be Edgar Shelton, Clarnece Hancock, G. T. Platz, George Wolf, Watler Turner and Thomas Moore.
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MRS. GRACE BARNES DEAD; BURIAL HERE
Grace Arleen Miller, daughter of Martin and Matilda Miller, was born on the 31st of July 1880, and departed this life on the morning of Easter Sunday, April 4th, 1926.
She was educated in the school of Memphis and Kirksville and was a teacher in the schools of the county for ten years preceding her marriage to O. A. Barnes on March 15th, 1909.
At the age of seventeen on October 31, 1897, she united with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Concord under the pastorship of Geo. Burns, and later transferred her membership to the same church in Memphis of which church her paternal grandparents were charter members.
She is survived by her mother, husband, one sister and one brother.
Her life was one of great kindness and willing service to her family and friends and she will always be remembered by them in the pattern of life’s weaving as a thread of pure gold.
Funeral services were held at the home of her mother, Mrs. Matilda Miller, Wednesday afternoon at ?:30 conducted by Rev. E. C. Morgan of the Methodist Church in the presence of their pastor, Dr. I. C. [unreadable], of the Presbyterian Church. Burial in Memphis cemetery.
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CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank all neighbors and friends for their kind assistance [unreadable] the burial of our dear daughter, wife and sister and for the beautiful flowers. Mrs. M. Miller
O. A. Barnes
Mrs. C. T. Meredith
C. M. Miller
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H. B. BARNES BURIED YESTERDAY AT ATLANTA
Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Barnes, Arthur Barnes and Mrs. Will Ford attended the funeral of H. B. Barnes, 56, in the Christian Church at Atlanta yesterday. Mr. Barnes died suddenly Tuesday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Opal Bailey, at DeWitt, Mo. He was suffering from indigestion.
He was well-known in Kirksville, where he formerly lived and worked. He is survived by two daughters and two sons.
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JAMES PHILLIP BARNES DIES AT HOME HERE
Funeral Arrangements Will Be Announced Later
James Phillip Barnes, 79, of 216 W. Patterson, died at his home Sunday evening at six o’clock.
He was the son of Richard Thomas and Rebecca (McFarland) Barnes and was born in Adair County on May 27, 1871.
He is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Robert (Orie) Reed, of Birmingham, Ala., Mrs. George (Pearl) McBee, of Kansas City, Miss Margaret Barnes, of Wichita, Kan., Mrs. Earl (Blanche) Propst, of Brashear, and Mrs. Genevieve Blodgett, of Kirksville; one brother, Charles Barnes, of Baring, and one sister, Mrs. Kate Betts, of Excello, Mo.; nine grandchildren, and six great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two sons, nine brothers and one sister.
Funeral arrangements will be announced later by the Robert B. Davis Funeral Home, 115 W. Jefferson, where the body will ie [sic] in state.
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John Barnes Dies At Age of 81
John Leslie Barnes, aged 81 years of six miles west of Rutledge, Mo., passed away Tuesday morning at 11:25 at Laughlin hospital, Kirksville, Mo., where he had been for the past six weeks. He had been in failing health for the past two years.
He was born May 23, 1884 in Adair County the son of Charles Henry and Rosetta Kirkpatrick Barnes.
He was married on June 2, 1915 to Mary Ann (Mollie) Weaver at Kirksville and she survives. Also surviving are four brothers, Homer, Albert and James of Hazelville, Mo. and Arthur of Baring, Mo. and three sisters, Mrs. Lester (Zola) Weaver of Edina, Mrs. Goldie Morrow of Hurdland and Mrs. Nellie Harris of 703 North Franklin, Kirksville. Also several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, William on Dec. 2, 1964, Walter in infancy and one sister, Elizabeth Rebecca Hodges on Sept. 6, 1962.
He was a retired farmer. Member of the Edina Assembly of God Church where services were held Friday at 2 p.m. with Rev. E. E. Hembree of Edina and pastor C. E. Davis of Kirksville officiated and burial was in Linville Cemetery, Edina.
Nephews were pall bearers: Bob and Floyd Richardson, Floyd Gopel, Bill Edwards, Everett Burkhizer and Billie Barnes.
John Leslie Barnes, From Unknown Newspaper, 5 May 1966
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MARIAH BARNES DIES AFTER SIX YEARS ILLNESS
Age Of Colored Woman Believed To Have Been Over 100.
Mrs. Mariah Barnes, colored, died this afternoon at a local hospital where she had been a patient for the past three years. Mrs. Barnes, who was the widow of Ben Barnes, was believed to have been more than 100 years of age.
Born in Kentucky, Mrs. Barnes came to Missouri and first lived at Macon before moving to Kirksville 60 years ago. Henry Jones, of Kirksville, whose wife is a cousin of Mrs. Barnes, stated that about 16 years ago, he had talked to a woman here who had been Mrs. Barnes’ employer. At the time, the woman was 85 years of age, and she said that Mrs. Barnes was considerably older than she was. Mrs. Barnes had been in failing health for the past six years.
The body was taken to the Davis Funeral Home to lie in state until the funeral services which will be held at 2:30 o’clock Sunday afternoon at the Second Baptist Church, 600 S. Main Street. Burial will be in the Forest Park Cemetery.
Mariah Barnes, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 31 Dec 1943, p.3, col. 5
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MARY A. BARNES OF HURDLAND DIES AT 73
Funeral Services Are Being Held Sunday Afternoon
Mrs. Mary Ann Barnes, 73, of Hurdland, died Thursday evening at 9:25 in a Kirksville hospital. For 40 years she and her husband, the late Daniel A. Barnes, lived seven miles north of Kirksville, moving to Hurdland in 1952.
Mrs. Barnes was a daughter of George W. and Catherine (Pyle) Shaffer and was born near Gifford on March 9, 1882.
On April 8, 55 years ago, she was married to Daniel A. Barnes and four sons were born to them. Her husband died on Jan. 26, 1953. Two sisters and one brother also preceded her in death.
She is survived by the four sons, Virgil L. Barnes, of Hurdland, Leo E. Barnes, of Dubry, Ia., Earl J. W. Barnes, of Luray, and Arthur D. Barnes, of Brashear; three sisters, Mrs. Minerva Mason, of Hinton, Okla., Mrs. Sarah Barnes, of Queen City and Mrs. Earl (Maude) Pyle, of Ethel; 15 grandchildren and one great grandchild.
She was a member of the Hurdland Methodist church.
Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at two o’clock at the Hurdland Methodist church. The Rev. Richard M. Horton and the Rev. Clay Cocannouer [sic] will conduct the services. Burial will be in the I.O.O.F. cemetery at Hurdland, under the direction of the Easley Funeral Home in Hurdland. The body will remain at the funeral home until the service.
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MRS. MARY D. BARNES, 88, DIES AT QUEEN CITY
Spent Most of Life on Farm In Antioch Community.
Special to The Daily Express.
Queen City, Mo., May 17—Mrs. Mary Barnes, who would have been 89 years of age on the thirtieth of this month, died at her home in Queen City about 3 o’clock this morning. She had been in failing health for some time. She had spent the winter in Kansas City with her daughter, Mrs. Everett Capps, returning to her home here in April.
Mrs. Barnes, whose maiden name was Mary Jane Dyer, was born in Indiana, May30, 1851, the daughter of James and Margaret Dyer. When quite young she came with her parents to Missouri. She resided in Missouri awhile and then went to Kansas City where she was married to E. T. Barnes of Chanute. They lived in Kansas two years after their marriage and then moved to a farm west of Queen City now occupied by Lewis Rudd. Eight children were born to their married, namely: Mrs. S. R. Eason and Mrs. Harvey Yates, of Queen City; Mrs. Everett Capps, Kansas City; Mrs. George Capps, Kirksville; Mrs. Fred Berry, Butler, Mo.; and one son, Lester Barnes of Martinstown. Two sons, Alvin and Omer, died while small.
The Barnes family moved from the farm to Queen City about eight years ago. Mr. Barnes died in 1929.
Mrs. Barnes was a faithful member of the Antioch Church, west of Queen City, in the community where she lived most of her life, having united with that church after moving to the farm. After coming to Queen City she worked in the Christian Church.
Besides her children, Mrs. Barnes leaves two sisters, Mrs. Nellie Bleakney and Mrs. Bertha Downs, both of Los Angeles, Calif. One sister and two brothers preceded her in death. She also leaves nine grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements will not be completed until the arrival of her daughter, Mrs. Capps, of Kansas City, but it is probable they be held Sunday. Burial will be made in the Myers Cemetery northeast of Queen City.
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Mrs. O. A. Barnes Died Sunday Morning
Mrs. O. A. Barnes died at the State Hospital at Fulton, Missouri, Sunday morning April 5, at 3:30 a.m. and her body was brought to Memphis for burial Monday morning.
Funeral services were held from the home of her mother, Mrs. Martin Miller Wednesday afternoon and interment was made in the Memphis cemetery. Services were conducted by Rev. E. C. Morgan, pastor of the Methodist church. Mrs. Barnes’ sister, Mrs. Bessie Meredith of Sparks, Wisconsin and her brother Clarence Miller of Chicago were among the many relatives and friends to attend the funeral.
Mrs. O. A. Barnes, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 8 Apr 1926, p. 1, col. 3
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Mrs. Thomas Jefferson Barnes died of heart trouble at the family home, 1006 South Baltimore street, Friday evening, February 13, aged 72 years. Mrs. Barnes was born in Iowa, March 6, 1852. She had been a resident of Kirksville for many years and was very widely known in this section of the country. She is survived by here husband and two daughters, Mrs. Bell Clark, of Gary, Ind., and Mrs. M. E. Tipton, of Quincy, Ill. The funeral was held at the home Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. W. C. Davis, and the body was buried in Forest cemetery. Mrs. Gary was here for the funeral, but Mrs. Tipton could not come on account of being quarantined for scarlet fever. Mrs. Binda Myers, a cousin of Mrs. Barnes, of Brookfield, also attended the funeral. the bereaved family have to symyathy [sic] of many friends.
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NELLIE GRAY BARNES DIED AT HOME OF SON
Nellie Gray Barnes, daughter of Henry G. and Jennie Merritt was born February 9, 1886 in Iroquois county, Illinois and departed this life at the home of her son, Clark, February 7, 1956, after a long illness, at the age of 69 years, 11 months and 29 days.
She was married to Fred C. Eggleston, March 21, 1907. To this union were born three children. Her husband passed away in 1922.
In March, 1927 she was married to O. A. Barnes. Two children were born to this union, both dying in infancy. She was a member of the Brock Methodist church and belonged to Carter Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star.
She leaves her three children, Clark of Memphis, Jennie of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Wayne of Arbela, Mo. Her two daughters-in-law, Ruth and Faye and one son-in-law, Archie Irion of Colorado Springs. Eight grandchildren, Bonny and Max of Arbela, Gene, Jenell, Fern and Jody of Memphis, Phil and Dottie of Kansas City, Mo., and two great grandchildren, Lucille and Judy of Kansas City, Mo.; four sisters, Grace Kerr of Cantril, Iowa, Maude McGee of Memphis; Mae Smith of Seattle, Wash., and Willa Free of California; three brothers, John of Memphis, Hank and Charlie of Newton, Kans, and one half-brother, Bert of Los Angeles, California; also a number of nieces and nephews. Her parents, two brothers, one sister and one half-sister preceded her in death.
She was a kind and loving mother and grandmother and always willing to help her many friends and neighbors as long as her health permitted.
Funeral services are being held this afternoon, February 9th at 2:00 p.m. at the Brock church, conducted by Rev. William E. Craig. Burial in the Brock cemetery. Body bearers were Buford Bull, Chan Bull, Ted Robinson, Herbert Eggleston, Austin Eggleston and George Harper.
Nellie Gray Eggleston Barnes, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 9 Feb 1956
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O. D. BARNES DIES SUDDENLY AT HIS HOME
Has Been Employed by International Shoe Co. 35 Years
Oscar D. “Doc” Barnes, of 902 S. Halliburton street, of this city, died suddenly at his home this morning at 1:30 o’clock.
Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Davis Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Fred P. Hanes, pastor of the Methodist Church. Burial will be in the Forest Cemetery.
The pallbearers will be Ernest Hartley, Ben Steiner, Charles Simler, John Waters, Dee Moore and Don Campbell.
Mr. Barnes was born at Columbia, Mo., Jan. 13, 1889. He was married to Mattie Boyd, Mexico, Mo., on Dec. 24, 1913. Two daughters were born to this marriage.
He is survived by his wife, the two daughters, Mrs. Herbert Shanight, of Kirkwood, Mo., and Cora Lee Barnes, of Eureka, Mo.; four sisters, Mrs. Charles Lielber [Liebler], of Tulsa, Okla., Mrs. L. O. White, of St. Louis, Mrs. Luella Payton and Mrs. Elmo Christian, both of Columbia, Mo.; two brothers, Sam Barnes and Turner Barnes, both of Columbia, Mo.
Mr. Barnes was a member of the Methodist Church here.
He has been employed at the International Shoe Factory here for thirty-five years, fifteen of which he was a foreman.
The body will lie in state at the Davis Funeral Home.
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WELL KNOWN BANKER DIED SUDDENLY AT HIS HOME THURSDAY
R. M. Barnes, cashier of the Scotland County National Bank, died unexpectedly at his home 340 North Clay street in Memphis a little before ten o’clock Thursday morning April 14.
As Mr. Barnes had been at the bank all day Wednesday, and was apparently in as good health as usual, the announcement of his death Thursday morning came as a great shock to the community.
He became ill during the night and a physician was called Thursday morning who attended him. The physician had left the house. Mrs. Barnes went to his room to see how he was. He seemed worse, the physician and his children in Memphis were called. He died in a few minutes before they all had time to reach his bedside.
Mr. Barnes has been identified with the business interests in Memphis for many years, succeeding his father, the late John W. Barnes, in the management of the Scotland County National Bank. He was a successful business man and banker.
In addition to his interest in the bank, Mr. Barnes was President of the Memphis Loan and Building Association, to which position he was elected for the thirtieth consecutive year last February. He was also a member and treasurer of the Memphis school board, city treasurer, treasurer [unreadable] of the three Masonic orders and treasurer of many church organizations.
After the death of his father, Mr. Barnes was vice-president of the bank for a few years, Geo. H. Lawton Jr., being the cashier. After Mr. Lawton retired from the bank, Mr. Barnes was elected cashier thirty-five years ago, which position he has held since.
In point of service, Mr. Barnes was the oldest member of the Memphis School Board, having served continuously as a member of the board for over thirty years.
Funeral services, which were held at the home Sunday afternoon at 2’clock, were largely attended. The service was conducted by Rev. Harry V. McColloch, pastor of the Presbyterian church, of which Mr. Barnes was a member.
Mr. Barnes’ favorite hymn, “Lead Kindly [unreadable],” which had been sung at the funeral of his father, was sung by a quartette composed of Mrs. Pearl Greeno, Mrs. W. T. Barker, Judge E. F. Eierman and J. Woodsmall, accompanied by Mrs. Harry V. McColloch.
The pall bearers were his son, John C. Barnes, and sons-in-law, Stanley R. McLane, Phil D. Payne, Chas. L. Moore, Allen Hiller and J. Vic Smith.
Interment was in the family lot in the Memphis cemetery.
In his address, Rev. McColloch gave this history of Mr. Barnes’ life:
“Robert M. Barnes was the son of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Barnes. He was born in Warsaw, Ill., on Dec. 8th, 1868. At an early age he, with his parents, moved to Memphis.
“On October 31, 1895, Mr. Barnes was united in marriage with Miss Anna Mety of Memphis. To this union were born six children, all of whom are living, Mrs. Stanley McLane, Kansas City, Mo.; Mrs. Philip D. Payne, [unreadable] Kahoka, Mo.; Mrs. J. Vic Smith, Memphis, and John C. Barnes, St. Paul Minn. There are eleven grandchildren, and two sisters, Mrs. Josephine B. Platter of Memphis and Mrs. Robert C. Combs of St. Paul, Minn.
“Mr. Barnes was a member of the Memphis Presbyterian church, also a member of its Board of Deacons. A number of years ago he was the church treasurer.”
Relatives and friends here from a distance included Mr. and Mrs. George Kropp of Oskaloosa, Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. Robt. C. Combs and Mr. and Mrs. John C. Barnes and daughter of St. Paul, Minn.; Stanley R. McLane and family of Kansas City, Mr. and Mrs. Allan Hiller of Kahoka and Attv. Chas. L. Moore and family of St. Louis. In addition to these a number of friends from Kahoka attended the funeral.
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SPEES TEACHER IS DEAD
Miss Rosa Ellen Barnes Taken to Kirksville Hospital Tuesday
Miss Rosa Ellen Barnes, 35, rural school teacher near Memphis, died in a hospital at Kirksville Tuesday night from a heart attack. She became ill Tuesday and was brought to the hospital, says the Kirksville Daily Express.
Miss Barnes attended the Teachers College a few years ago, living at the home of her uncle and cousin, T. J. Barnes and Mrs. Emma Ford, 1005 South Baltimore. She had been teaching several years in north Missouri schools.
A daughter of Samuel N. and Sarah Shaffer Barnes, her home was in the New Hope vicinity south of Lancaster. She is survived by her parents, three brothers, Lloyd N. Barnes, Akiak, Alaska; Aubrey and Emery, at home and one sister, Maudie, at home.
Miss Barnes was graduated from the Lancaster high school with the class of 1924. She had 98 1/2 hours credit to her at the Kirksville State Teachers College. She was teaching her second year at the Spees school in Scotland county near Killwinning, and completing her twelfth year of her teaching career.
Funeral services are to be held at the New Hope church, half way between Lancaster and Queen City at 2 o’clock Thursday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Perley M. Lind. Burial will be in the Barnes cemetery northeast of their home.
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Mrs. Tena Barnes died some weeks ago at her home in Illinois. She is a sister of Mrs. H. M. Blanchard. Many of the readers of the Reveille will remember her when her name was Dolson. Sometime in the sixties she taught two or three terms of school in the neighborhood of Brock church, then known as the Hyde church. She was one of the charter members of the M. E. Church here, organized more than forty years ago. With a number of other charter members she has joined the church triumph. The later years of her life were marked with affliction. It became necessary to remove one eye by surgery, which was done at St. Louis, and was the means of prolonging her life.
Tena (Dolson) Barnes, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 10 Feb 1898, p. 2, col. 4 & 5
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T. J. BARNES, AGED 88, DIES OF INJURIES
Hip Fractured Thursday in Fall At Home Here.
Thomas J. Barnes, 88 years old and one of the well-known citizens of Adair and Schuyler counties, died Saturday night following a fall at his home, 1006 South Baltimore Street, on Thursday night which fractured a hip bone.
Mr. Barnes has been in ill health for several years and for the past five years has been blind and nearly deaf. He has been unable to walk for the past two years, and during his illness he has been tenderly cared for by his only surviving daughter, Mrs. Emma Ford.
The deceased was widely known because he was nearly buried alive in 1867 during a cholera epidemic in Clark County. He was only about 12 years old at that time. He and other members of the family became ill with the disease and his mother and a brother died. When young Tommy reached the coma stage of the disease, the attending physician pronounced him dead, and preparations were made to bury him. The grave had been dug and the body was prepared for burial. On account of a scarcity of nails, while on the way to the cemetery, the lid on the casket or coffin, as they were called in those days, slipped aside, exposing the body to view. Oliver J. Morrison, a boyhood chum who was helping dig the grave noticed signs of life. Barnes was taken back home and recovered after a two years’ illness. Because of this experience, Mr. Barnes had requested that his burial not take place until he had been dead for three days.
Mr. Barnes was born at Luray, Clark County, Missouri, on Nov. 4, 1854. For several years he was a railroad engineer and then went to Schuyler County, where he lived until he moved to Kirksville in 1907. He held the office of sheriff and several minor offices while in that county.
He was married to Miss Mary L. Bennett, of Queen City, in 1875, and to that union 10 children were born. She died in 1887, leaving the children for the father to look after. There were seven boys among them and all died in infancy. The girls grew to womanhood and were married but only one of them, Mrs. Ford, is living. Besides Mrs. Ford there are three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren, and one of them is named Tommy. The grand children are Maurice Tipton, Marsh Barnes Tipton and Bennett C. Tipton, who lives in Panama.
He was later married to Mrs. Elizabeth Goodson, of Kirksville, and she died in 1923.
The deceased was a member of the Methodist Church and the Masonic lodge.
A short funeral service will be held at 1 o’clock Tuesday afternoon at the Dee Riley Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. H. H. Snider and members of the Masonic lodges. Another brief service will be held at the New Hope Church, on Highway No. 63, south of Lancaster, conducted by the Rev. Perley M. Lind, of Queen City, and the body will be buried beside that of his wife in the New Hope Cemetery.
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Aged Man Dies
Tonts Barnes, an aged man, who lived at the Dougherty Hotel, died Tuesday. Little is known of the early life of this man. He has lived continuously with Mr. and Mrs. Dougherty at the hotel for the past twenty years. He is supposed to be about 75 years of age. He gave Kentucky as his native state.
Tonts Barnes, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 4 Mar 1919, p. 1, col. 6
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Early Wednesday morning of this week, at the home of C. C. Parker, living northwest of this city occurred the death of Wm. Barnes–a young man aged about 25 years. He had been working for Mr. Parker when taken ill. A brother came to take care of him, but he, too, was taken down. Another brother came to nurse the two and he also was stricken. A sister came to nurse the three. Will was the first one stricken. Funeral services will be held at Hitt on Feb. 12, where his parents reside.
Ennis Barnes, aged about 22 years, a brother of John Barnes, whose death we noted last week, also died on Saturday night. He had gone to the home of C. C. Parker, where his brother was working, to care for him and contracted the disease.
Young Barnes was a fine looking young man and held the esteem of his friends. He leaves to mourn, besides his friends, father, mother, sister and brother.
Funeral services were held Tuesday morning, interment being made in the Hitt cemetery.
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ELSIE BARNETT OF LAPLATTA DIES HERE
Adair County Native Was 74; Funeral Plans Not Made
Mrs. Elsie M. Barnett, 74, of LaPlata, died in a Kirksville hospital today at 11:45.
Funeral arrangements are in complete and will be announced later by the Davis Funeral Home, 202 E. Washington, where the body was taken.
She was the daughter of Charles and Minnie (Young) Brawner and was born in Adair county on Jan. 17, 1878. She was married to Frank Barnett on July 4, 1898.
Her husband died in 1926. Her parents and one brother also preceded her in death.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Cecil McNew and Mrs. Hazel Ellis, both of LaPlata, and Mrs. Della Scriven, of Kirksville; three sons, Charles Barnett, Kirksville, route five; Robert R., of Kirksville, route two, and Leland, of LaPlata, route two; seven grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Agnes Trowbridge and Mrs. Bert Barrows, both of Kirksville, and one brother, Clifford Brawner, of St. Joseph.
She was a member of the Royal Neighbors of Kirksville camp. She lived in Adair county most of her life.
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DIED SATURDAY MORNING
Police Judge H. H. Barnett Succumbs at Kirksville Hospital
Harry H. Barnett, justice of the peace of Jefferson township and police judge of the city of Memphis, died at a Kirksville hospital Saturday morning, Jan. 31, at 2 o’clock.
Funeral services were conducted at the Memphis Methodist church Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock by the pastor, Rev. W. E. Longstreth, and interment was in the Memphis cemetery.
Most of the offices in the court house were closed during the funeral services.
Pall bearers were A. R. Riebel, L. V. Gleason, S. W. Padgett, [unreadable] E. Boise, Wm. Stine and Dr. Charles B. Myers.
Mr. Barnett was taken to the hospital Monday morning of last week and a few days later became seriously ill. A few years ago he underwent an operation for the removal of one foot, and since that time has not been in very good health.
He was elected to the office of circuit clerk and recorder of Scotland county in November, 1930, and served in that capacity for four years.
Upon the death of Judge Will Gristy, he was elected police judge of the city, and a few months ago was appointed one of the justices of the peace of Jefferson township to succeed W. J. Montgomery, who resigned.
Mr. Barnett was born in northeast Scotland county on March 31, 1877, and would have been 65 years of age next month. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Barnett, early settlers in Johnson township.
He joined the M. E. church at Prairie View in 1900 and later moved his membership to the church at Memphis.
He was a member of Masonic Lodge No. 16, A.F. & A.M., a member of Carter Chapter No. 107, O.E.S., and Eastern Star Chapter No. 29, Royal Arch Masons. He was married to Ella Nora Hatch on Dec. 25, 1901. To this union one son was born, Harry Craig Barnett, who lives in Cambridge, Idaho.
He leaves to mourn, his wife, a son and wife, one grandson, Earl Craig Barnett; one sister, Mrs. John Stott of Cantril, Iowa, and one brother, Herbert Barnett, of Memphis.
His son, Craig Barnett, wife and little son of Cambridge, Idaho, were called here by his death. Others from a distance here for the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Stott of Mt. Sterling, Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. Clark Barnett and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Rosenberger, Mr. and Mrs. John Stott and daughter, Irene; Mr. and Mrs. Alva Wollam, Harley Huggans, Dee Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Drake, all of Cantril, Iowa; Doll Howard and daughter of Bentonsport, Iowa; Mrs. Frieda Robinson, Keosauqua, and Mr. and Mrs. George Randolph, Bonaparte, Iowa.
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…NOW OF KIRKSVILLE DIES AFTER OPERATION
Mrs. Huldah Lavina Barnett, wife of J. M. Barnett, of 412 East Scott street, died last night at 7:45 o’clock following an operation for ulcers of the stomach. She was 55 years old.
Funeral services will be held at the family home Friday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. Rev. G. H. Cosper will have charge of the services. The body will lie in state at the home Friday morning from 9 o’clock until 11 and friends of the family may call at that time.
Mrs. Barnett was born at Callao, Mo., Dec. 23, 1867. Her maiden name was Huldah Lavina Wilson.
The family moved to Kirksville from Memphis, Mo., thirteen years ago. Mrs. Barnett was a splendid Christian woman and was a faithful worker in the Methodist church. She was superintendent of the primary department of the Sunday school, having held this position for many years, and was treasurer of the Ladies Aid at the time of her death. She was a past worthy matron of the Order of Eastern Star and was an active worker in the Parent-Teachers Association of the city. Although an earnest worker in the church and other societies that she believed were for the good of the town, she never neglected her home and was a devoted wife and mother.
She leaves her husband and five children, one child having died several years ago. The children are the Misses Lola, Helen, and Marguerite and Paul and John T. Barnett. She also leaves two brothers and three sisters who live away from here.
Miss Lola Barnett, who teaches at Grant City, Mo., and Paul Barnett, who has been in Little Rock, Ark., on business, reached home yesterday afternoon, the latter driving from Moberly in order to reach his mother’s bedside before her death. Mrs. Paul Barnett, who has been visiting her parents in Tennessee, is expected home tonight.
While Mrs. Barnett had been in ill health some time her condition was not regarded as serious until the last ten days and her death came as a shock to relatives and friends.
The family has a host of friends who sympathize with them in their bereavement. –Kirksville Express-News, May 3.
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MRS. MARRIA S. BARNETT, 76, OF YARROW DIES
Funeral Services To Be Held There Tomorrow.
Mrs. Marria Jane Shaney Barnett, 76 years old, of Yarrow, died at 12:30 o’clock yesterday.
Funeral services will be held at the Yarrow Church tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. Burial will be at the Yarrow Cemetery. The Rev. L. V. Freeman, of the Kirksville Christian Church, will conduct the services.
Mrs. Barnett was born March 4, 1866. She was married to Perry Barnett on June 12, 1884. Eight children were born to this union.
Mrs. Barnett is survived by her husband and seven children: Robert and Howard of Yarrow; Carlos of Houston, Texas; Earl of Novinger; Pearl of Ethel; Herbert of Kirksville, and Mrs. Stella Gramling of Greencastle.
One son, Thomas, died in France in 1918.
Mrs. Barnett is also survived by one sister and two brothers, twelve grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Barnett united with the Baptist Church in early girlhood.
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P. B. BARNETT, 84, DIED HERE YESTERDAY
Funeral Services To Be Held Thursday at Yarrow.
P. B. Barnett, 84 years old, died in a local hospital yesterday evening at 7 o’clock.
Funeral services will be held at Yarrow Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock and burial will be in the cemetery at Yarrow. The body is lying in state at the McCollum Funeral Home at Gifford
For the past three years Mr. Barnett had made his home with his son, D. H. Barnett, of 315 S. Stanford.
Mr. Barnett was born in Ohio and came with his parents to Missouri when a small child. He was married to Margaret Shaney 61 years ago. Eight children were born to them. His wife and one son, Thomas Eugene, preceded him in death.
Surviving are six sons and one daughter. They are: R. J. Barnett, of Yarrow; D. H. Barnett, of Kirksville; C. M. Barnett, of Kansas City; Earl P. Barnett, Greencastle; Pearl W. Barnett, Ethel; Herbert W. Barnett, of near Kirksville, and Stella Gramling, of Greencastle. He is also survived by eleven grandchildren and five great grandchildren; one brother, Spencer, of Laredo, Mo., and one sister, Mrs. Nina Toney, of Califirnia [sic]; three half-brothers, Ora, Archie and Cora Barnett, all of Grundy County.
Mr. Barnett had been a resident of Adair County for the past 52 years.
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BODY OF SGT. R. E. BARNETT IS RETURNING
Funeral Services To Be held Here Wednesday
The body of Technical Sergeant Robert Eugene Barnett, son of Robert J. and Laura B. Barnett, 816 S. Baltimore, will arrive at LaPlata Monday morning at 9:24 from Kansas City, according to word received here yesterday. It will be taken immediately to the Davis Funeral Home, corner of Marion and Washington Streets, Kirksville.
Services will be conducted at the funeral home chapel Wednesday at 1 p.m., by the Rev. T. W. Jolly, pastor of the First Christian Church in Kirksville. Burial with military services will be at Yarrow.
Sgt. Barnett was killed by German machine gun fire east of the Rhine River on March 24, 1945, during World War II.
He was born Sept. 26, 1918, at Yarrow, and graduated from the Kirksville Senior High School with the class of 1937. On June 3, 1942, he was inducted into the army at Jefferson Barracks and took his training at Camp Pickett, Va., Camp Blanding, Fla., Camp Forrest, Tenn., Yuma, Ariz., and Camp Phillips, Kans. He left for overseas March 24, 1944 and was wounded in action by German shrapnel in France Aug. 28 that year, and later killed in action.
He is survived by his parents; one grandmother, Mrs. Emma Carnagey; six uncles, five aunts, and 28 cousins.
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TWO FUNERALS HELD IN COUNTY TODAY
Legion Post Conducting Services for Barnett and Erickson
MacDougall-Lowe Post of the American Legion, in addition to participating in the exercises of Memorial Day here, is conducting the funerals of two ex-service men this afternoon, one being Corporal Thomas Eugene Barnett, who died in France, the other being Adolph Erickson, a former Kirksville resident, who served overseas, but who died in St. Louis last week.
It was not known until late Saturday afternoon that the legion would conduct the Erickson funeral, but after the body arrived, the legion post was requested to take charge.
The Barnett funeral was held at 2 o’clock at the Pierceville Church and cemetery, near Yarrow. Thirty or forty cars left here at 1 o’clock, taking members of the legion and friends to the church. The sermon was delivered by the Rev. Ralph A. Waggoner, pastor of the Presbyterian church here. Full military honors were paid the soldier’s memory.
Corp. Barnett was inducted into the National Army in Kirksville May 25, 1918, went overseas in August and died October 7, 1918, of pneumonia at Hericourt, France, just 11 days after he had been appointed a corporal. He was a member of the 351st Infantry, 38th Division.
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ABE BARNHART, 81 YEARS OLD, DIES IN TRENTON
Was Born and Lived In This County Until Nine Years Ago
Abe Barnhart, 81 years old, a retired merchant and civil war veteran, died yesterday afternoon at his home in Trenton after an illness of several weeks. Death was due to paralysis.
The body was taken through Kirksville this afternoon on its way to Brashear where burial will take place. Funeral services will be held at the United Brethren church in Brashear tomorrow morning at 10:30 o’clock.
Mr. Barnhart was born and reared near Brashear and made his home in and near that town until about nine years ago when he moved to Trenton. He was well known throughout Adair county and has a host of friends who extend sympathy to the bereaved family.
He leaves two daughters and a son. They are Mrs. Minnie Vawter and Miss Etta Barnhart, of Trenton, and Henry Barnhart, of Brashear, Mrs. Florence Anderson, Miss Maude Campbell and Mrs. Sam Chadwell of Kirksville, and his nieces. Mrs. Anderson was with him at the time of his death.
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A. J. BARNHART, AGED 91, DIES AT GREENTOP
Is Survived By Widow and Many Grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Friday afternoon for Andrew Jackson Barnhart, 91-year-old resident of Greentop, who died at his home in Greentop Thursday. The Rev. James F. Miller, of Novinger, conducted the services.
Mr. Barnhart had been in failing health for several years but was not confined to his bed until two weeks ago.
Mr. Barnhart was born in Appanoose County, Iowa, Oct. 24, 1850, the son of Andrew and Lizzie Barnhart. He married Miss Mary Etta Toliner in 1872. Ten children were born to this union, six preceding their father in death, as have several grandchildren.
Mr. Barnhart is survived by his wife, four children, Mrs. Cora Jennings, of Humiston, Ia.; Eugene Barnhart, Greentop, Lee and Pearl Barnhart, of Livonia, Mo., also a number of grandchildren, great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren.
Mr. and Mrs. Barnhart had lived the last twenty-five years of their seventy years of married life in and near Greentop.
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MRS. EDNA F. BARNHART DIES NEAR GREENTOP
Funeral Services To Be Saturday In Greentop.
Mrs. Edna Frances Barnhart, 57, died at her home east of Greentop Thursday afternoon.
Funeral services will be held at the Greentop Methodist Church Saturday afternoon at two o’clock conducted by Rev. Archie Cooper, of Novinger. Interment will be made in the Greentop Cemetery.
Mrs. Barnhart was the daughter of Samuel and Leona (Logston) Triplett and was born in Putnam County, Mo., Feb. 14, 1889. She was married, Dec. 19, 1904 at Unionville, Mo., to Eugene Barnhart and to this marriage seven children were born, one son having preceded her in death, also four brothers.
She is survived by her husband, two sons, Harry David Barnhart, of Amarillo, Tex., and Ray E. Barnhart, of Rock Island, Ill.; four daughters, Mary Magdalene Tracy, Chariton, Ia.; Margariette [Marguerite] Christine Finley and Louise Maxine Vickroy, both of Iowa City, Ia., and Elizabeth May Courtney, of Kirksville; one brother, Norman Triplett, of Kirksville and three sisters, Mrs. Ethel Wlydes [Wylde] and Mrs. Elsie Conner, both of Chariton, Ia., and Mrs. Stella West, of Worthington; also five grandchildren.
Mrs. Barnhart was a student of the Mayan Order, San Antonio, Texas.
The body will lie in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home.
The pallbearers will be: Lloyd Triplett, Perlie Johnson, Darl Barnhart, Ronald Barnhart, Lawrence Triplett and Robert Barnhart.
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Etta Mae Barnhart Dies at Trenton
Miss Etta Mae Barnhart, a former resident of Brashear, but who had lived in Trenton since 1914, died Friday at 3:30 at her home there. She had been in failing health for several months and had been sriously [sic] ill since last Sunday. She was a sister of Henry Barnhart of Brashear and Mrs. Minnie Vawter of Trenton with whom she lived.
Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 1 o’clock at the Davis Funeral Home in Trenton, after which the body will be taken to Brashear for burial.
Miss Barnhart was born in Adair County, Missouri, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Abe Barnhart. She was educated in the Adair County public schools and at the Brashear academy in Brashear. She was the third of four children.
Miss Barnhart was a cousin of Mrs. Florence Anderson and Miss Maude Campbell of Kirksville.
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Mrs. Georgia [George] Barnhart Resident of LaPlata, Died Saturday Night
Mrs. Frank Durham of Kirksville received word that her sister, Mrs. Georgia Barnhart died at her home in LaPlata Saturday night. She had been bedfast for 11 years. Funeral services were held Tuesday in the LaPlata Christian Church with the Rev. J. L. Shoemaker conducting, assisted by the Rev. B. R. Hollis. Interment was made in the LaPlata cemetery.
Martha Ann (Wilson) Barnhart, a daughter of Frank and Sarah Wilson, was born January 9, 1879 in LaPlata. She spent her entire life in and near LaPlata.
She was married to George M. Barnhart, Nov. 19, 1899. To this union were born: Mrs. Clair Moncrief, of Wichita, Kan.; Claude Barnhart, Cushing, Okla., Mrs. Lorenia Sampson, of Pocatello, Idaho, Mrs. Martha Newberry, of Wyaconda, Miss Georgia Barnhart, of LaPlata, and Mrs. Dorothy Saldina, of Los Angeles, California.
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SAMUEL BARNHART DIES AT CINCINNATI
News of the death of Samuel P. Barnhart, Jr., of Cincinnati, O., formerly af [sic] Brashear, has just reached relatives in Adair County. His death occurred on Christmas Day, following an operation. He was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Samuel P. Barnhart of Brashear, and will be remembered by many of the older residents of Adair County. He was a cousin of Mrs. Florence Anderson and Miss Maude Campbell of Kirksville, of Henry Barnhart of Brashear, and Lon Barnhart of near Kirksville.
Samuel P. Barnhart, Jr., Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 21 Jan 1942, p. 3, col. 3
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Funeral Services Held For Sarah W. Barnhart
Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah Wise Barnhart, 97, aged resident of Schuyler county, who died Feb. 3, were held Monday afternoon at the Jimtown Church. Interment was in the Jimtown cemetery.
The daughter of Matthew and Catherine (Brown) Wise, she was born June 21, 1852. She was married to Jacob Barnhart Feb. 28, 1869. Nine children were born to them. She was preceded in death by her husband, who died in October 1937, three daughters Mrs. Rebecca Lyberger, Mrs. Lulu Spargur and Mrs. Anna Wickham and one son, John Wesley, who died in infancy.
Surviving her are three sons, Wise, of Des Moines, Ia., Mace, of Kirksville; Asa, of Glenwood; two daughters, Mrs. Rosis Jumper, of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Mrs. Stella Jumper, of LaPorte City, Ia.; 31 grandchildren, 52 great grandchildren and a number of great-great-grandchildren.
She came wtih [sic] her parents to Schuyler County when a small child. The remainder of her life was spent in Schuyler and Putnam counties.
Mrs. Barnhart united with the Holiness Church at Livonia many years ago.
The past three and a half years she spent in the home of Mrs. Icie Maynard, at whose home she died.
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Mrs. Lucinda Barnhill, Aged 85, Dies Today
Mrs. Lucinda Barnhill, aged 85 years, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Mabis, at 1502 South Osteopathy this afternoon at 2 o’clock. The infirmities of old age was the cause of her death.
She is an old resident of Kirksville having lived here for about 52 years.
Surviving here [sic] are seven children: Mrs. Eliza Dickie, of Agency, Mrs. Joe Crist, of Kirksville, Isaac Allbright, of Oklahoma, John Mabis, of Kirksville and Sanford Barnhill, who lives on west of Kirksville.
Funeral arrangements have yet been made.
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MRS. ULYSSES BARNHILL, OF NOVINGER, DIES
Mrs. Martha Matilda Barnhill, 80 years old, died at her home on Novinger route one this morning at 3 o’clock. She was the wife of Ulysses S. Barnhill.
The funeral is to be held Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock at Yarrow Church and burial will be at Yarrow. The body is lying in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home.
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SANFORD BARNHILL DIES HERE
Was 80 Years Old; Funeral Plans Not Yet Made
Sanford Barnhill, 80, living west of Kirksville, died this morning in a Kirksville hospital where he had been a patient for the past three days.
The body will lie in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home and funeral arrangements are pending the arrival of relatives. Mr. Barnhill was the son of Robert and Lucinda Downing Barnhill and was born west of Kirksville, May 17, 1868. He was married to Martha Comber and to this marriage two children were born.
Mrs. Barnhill died August 25, 1939, and he was also preceded in death by three sisters.
He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Dessie Davis, New London, Ia.; one son, Frank of Aurora, Ill.; one brother, Ira, of Kirksville and three sisters, Mrs. Joe Crist, Kirksville; Mrs. Lydia Fickle, of Iowa, and Mrs. Tennie Albright, Amarillo, Texas.
Sanford Barnhill, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 01 Oct 1948, p. 3, col. 6
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William Barnhill Dies in California
Word was received this morning by Simpson Barnhill, of this city, of the death of his brother, William T. Barnhill, 73, at Oakland, Calif., on June 21. Mr. Barnhill and family had started on a vacation trip when he became ill. They returned to their home at Oakland where he died the next day.
Mr. Barnhill, son of William and Ellen (Haines) Barnhill, was born in Knox County, Mo., Feb. 28, 1875.
He is survived by his wife and two sons, Jack and Billy, of Oakland and one brother, Simpson Barnhill, of Kirksville.
Mr. Barnhill went to California about thirty years ago and for the past ten years has been living at Oakland.
Funeral and burial services were held at Oakland.
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Mrs. Adaline Barr Dies May 18
Mrs. Adaline Barr of 410 S. High Street passed away Tuesday following a heart attack. She had been in failing health for the past three years.
Mrs. Barr was born on a farm near Perry. She later moved to Perry and lived and taught school there until the time of her marriage, to Howard Barr. About 23 years ago, Mr. and Mrs. Barr moved to Kirksville to reside. Mr. Barr died a year after they moved here. One son, Melville Barr, also preceded Mrs. Barr in death seven years ago. Mrs. Barr was the last of a family of 12 children.
When her health permitted, Mrs. Barr was an active member of the Christian Church and the Order of Eastern Star. She was also a former member of the D. A. R. and White Shrine.
Surviving, are three nieces, Mrs. C. D. Davis, 1312 East Highland Avenue; Mrs. Grace Menke, of Perry, and Mrs. Alta Gauldin, also of Perry.
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ANNA C. BARR DIED SEPTEMBER 28
Anna C. Barr was born in West Virginia, July 6, 1863 and passed away September 28, 1945 at Fulton, Missouri. She had been in failing health for several years.
Anna C. Overfield and Charley W. Barr were united in marriage July 30, 1881 in Memphis, Missouri. To this union six children were born. Two children Franklin and Nora preceded their mother in death. Chas. Barr died in 1918.
Mrs. Barr is survived by children: Dollie Osbon and Beulah Rodgers of Memphis; Garley Barr of Des Moines Iowa; Eunice Egbert of Gorin; a brother, George Overfield, and two sisters, Minnie Beard of St. Joseph and Della Bell of Iowa. There are sixteen grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. Two of these are in the army.
Mrs. Barr was a member of the North Bethel church and a lover of her home.
Funeral services were held September 30 from Gerth & Baskett funeral chapel. Rev. W. E. Longstreth conducted the services. Mrs. W. E. Longstreth, Clara and Mary Anna Lawrence provided the music.
The bodybearers [sic] were grandsons. Burial was in the North Bethel cemetery.
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DIED AT KAHOKA
Mrs. Bertha Barr died at the Ward Nursing home in Kahoka last night and funeral services will be held from the Granger Methodist church Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m.
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D. C. BARR, OF QUEEN CITY, DIES AT CAMBRIA, IA.
Queen City, Mo., July 25—The body of D. C. Barr, who died yesterday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Ira Selby, in Cambria, Ia., was brother to Queen City this morning and burial will take place at the Myers cemetery tomorrow. Death was due to old age.
Mr. Barr was 82 years old and was a pioneer settler in this vicinity. He had spent most of his life here going to Cambria about six months ago to make his home with his daughter and her husband. He had been married twice. He leaves a widow and one child, Mrs. Selby. He also leaves one sister, Mrs. F. A. Brenizer, of Queen City.
D. C. Barr, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 25 Jul 1922, p. 1, col. 6, Tuesday
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2 Trenton Residents Killed in Collision
Excelsior Springs, Mo., Jan. 7. (UP)—Two persons were dead and a man was in a hospital with serious injuries today after a taxicab-truck collision on Highway 69, three miles west of here, yesterday.
Highway Patrolman identified the dead as John Barr, Jr., 20, and Mrs. Venna Kincaid, 17, both of Trenton, Mo., passengers in the taxicab.
Carl Newkirk, 28, of Trenton, the cab driver, was taken to Excelsior Springs Hospital. His condition was serious.
Dr. O. S. Pate, coroner, said an inquest ruled that the taxicab was on the wrong side of the road.
A. J. Slifka of Excelsior Spring[s], who was riding in the truck driven by Jerry Armstrong of Excelsior Springs, was injured. The truck driver escaped unhurt.
John Barr, Jr., Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 7 Jan 1952, p. 6, col. 4
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Death of Phillip Barr
Phillip Barr, who was for a long time a resident of this county, died at his late home, Shailer, Iowa on Monday morning, January 9, 1905.
The remains were shipped to Memphis and arrived here at 7:20 Tuesday evening. Burial took place at the Noble church north of this city yesterday.
The deceased was an old settler of Scotland County, Mo., and would have been 80/89 years old the 23rd of next March, had he lived.
He was the father of C. H. Barr, who lives in the Noble neighborhood a few miles north of Memphis. He was well and favorably known to a number of old citizens.
Phillip Barr, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 12 Jan 1905
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Died
Jas. H. Barrett was born January 18th, 1853, and died February 22d, 1894, at his home, seven miles south of Memphis, aged 41 years, 1 month and 5 days.
He professed religion in December, 1876, and joined the C. P. church and lived a consistent Christian life until his death and in the last hours of his life expressed a readiness to and be with his savior. He called his family around him and told them to strive to meet him in heaven. He died in great peace.
His funeral took place from Concord church, conducted by his pastor the Rev. J. B. Latimer, of Medill, Mo. He leaves a wife and five children to mourn his loss, with a large circle of relatives and friends. J. B. L.
Jas. H. Barrett, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 1 Mar 1894, p. 2, col. 3
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ELRA T. BARRICKMAN DIES
Funeral Services Held Yesterday At Camp Ground Church
Elra Thomas Barrickman, lifelong resident of Scotland and Schuyler counties, died at 10:45 a.m. Monday at his home northeast of Memphis. He was 72.
Born Dec. 19, 1878, in Scotland county, the deceased was a son of Eli and Mary F. Marlow Barrickman. He was a member of Camp Ground church. In 1900 he married Miss Pearl Martin of Downing, who survives.
Other survivors are: three sons, William Eli of Downing, Elmer W. of Memphis, and Harley Lee of Burlington, Ia.; and three daughters, Mrs. Cleo Moon of Davenport, Ia., Mrs. Wilma Faye Bailey of Sheffield, Ill., and Mrs. Estelene Lewis of Gettysburg, S.D.
Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. yesterday. Body bearers were Walter Kutzner, Glen Martin, Junior Waddel, Forrest Martin, Max Bragg, and Donald Morleck. Burial was in Camp Ground cemetery.
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Mrs. Barrickman Dies At Home Here
Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret Pearl Barrickman were held Friday afternoon, December 18, from the Gerth & Baskett chapel and another service conducted at Campground church with burial in the adjacent cemetery. Services were conducted by Rev. R. W. Furkin of Kansas City.
Mrs. Barrickman died at her home in Memphis, December 16 at the age of 70 years. She was the daughter of William and Josephine Martin and was born September 27, 1883.
She was married to Elra T. Barrickman June 27, 1900. Ten children were born to them, four sons died in infancy. She was also preceded in death by her husband, father, three sisters, one brother, two grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
The six surviving children are Willie of Downing, Elmer and Harlie of Memphis, Mrs. Wilma Bailey of Sheffield, Ill., Mrs. Cleo Hass of Davenport, Iowa, and Mrs. Estelene Lewis of Gettysburg, South Dakota.
She is also survived by fourteen grandchildren, six great grandchildren and three step grandchildren.
Mrs. Barrickman united with the Cumberland Presbyterian church at Campground in 1917. She was also a member of the Royal Neighbor lodge. She spent practically all of her life in Scotland county.
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Barrickman – A Miss. Barrickman, who lived with friends south of this city died on Tuesday of this week. She had been an invalid for years.
Miss Barrickman, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 27 Sep 1888, p. 3, col. 5
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TO RETURN BODY OF NORMAN BARROWS HERE
Son of Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Barrows Died While Overseas
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie E. Barrows, who returned Saturday evening from Phoenix, Ariz., where they had been for the past six months, received word Monday from the Quartermaster’s Depot in Kansas City that the body of their son, Norman Barrows, who died in the service on July 23, 1944, had arrived in the United States. They will be notified when the body will be sent from Kansas City to the Davis Funeral Home here.
He was the son of Leslie E. and Bertha (Brawner) Barrows and was born in Kirksville, Mo., Apr. 1, 1918. He was never married.
He graduated from the Kirksville High School in 1937. He was employed at the Barnsdall Service Station prior to his induction into the service on Feb. 4, 1942. He graduated from Aircraft Engine Mechanics Division National School of Aeronautics, Army Air Force Training, Kansas City, on Aug. 8, 1942. He spent some time at Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, Okla., and went overseas in November, 1942. He landed in India, was transferred to North Africa, was sent to Iran and later returned to North Africa. At Tunis, North, Africa, he was drowned on July 23, 1944 when he bailed out from a burning plane.
Besides his parents he is survived by one sister, Mrs. Harry L. Myers, of Vienna, W. Va.
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To Hold Funeral for Norman Barrows
Funeral services for Pfc. Norman R. Barrows, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie E. Barrows, who died in the service in Tunisia, July 23, 1944, will be held at the Davis Funeral Chapel Tuesday afternoon at two o’clock conducted by Rev. T. W. Jolly, pastor of the First Christian Church. Interment will be in Maple Hills Cemetery.
The military rites will be in charge of MacDougall-Lowe Post, of this city.
The pallbearers will be Ralph and Earl Sees, John H. Curry, Jr., Merrill Davidson, Marvin Sangster and Elmer Williams.
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O. BARROWS DIES AT HOME IN INDIANA
Funeral Services to Be Held Here Saturday Afternoon.
Orville Barrows, 70 years old, who formerly lived in Kirksville, died last night at 8:35 o’clock at his home in Valparaiso, Ind. The body will be brought here and funeral services will be held at the Summers & Flinchpaugh Funeral Home at 2:30 o’clock Saturday afternoon, conducted by the Rev. Joseph M. Thompson, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Burial will be in the Llewellyn Cemetery.
He was married to Miss Mamie Bielby, of this city, many years ago and they lived in Chicago, until they moved to Indiana 10 or 12 years ago. He has been ill since last September.
He is survived by his widow, a brother, Ray Barrows of Las Animas, Colo., and the following half-brothers and sisters: Leslie Barrows of Kirksville; Harry Barrows of Red Cloud, Neb., and Mrs. Bertha Reesman of Taylorville, Ill.
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GREENCASTLE WOMAN DIES SUNDAY NIGHT
Mrs. Mary E. Bartholemew, 84, Was Bedfast 4 Months.
Special To The Daily Express.
Greencastle, Mo., Jan. 10—Mrs. Mary Emerilla Bartholemew died at her home in Greencastle Sunday evening at 9:30 o’clock, at the age of 84. She had been in failing health for several years and had been bedfast for four weeks. Death was attributed to influenza and complications.
Funeral arrangements have been tentatively set for Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Methodist Church in Greencastle, with burial in the Greencastle cemetery.
Mary Emerilla Swisher, daughter of Eli and Mary Swisher, was born at Danville, Ill., July 9, 1859. When she was about two years of age she came with her parents to Adair County and they settled near Pure Air where they made their home. She was married to Dan Bartholemew of Sticklerville, Sept. 8, 1881. They made their home in and near Greencastle.
Mr. and Mrs. Bartholemew had no children of their own, but they reared Mrs. Rosie Snow of Albany, Mo., and Ora Payton who is now in the Navy training school at Farragut, Idaho. He is expected to arrive home Wednesday night. They also helped to rear several other children. Mrs. Ora Payton and son, Donald, whose home is in Sterling, Ill., have been here several months helping care for the aged couple.
Mrs. Bartholemew is the last of a family of twelve children. She was a member of the Greencastle Methodist Church. She is survived by her husband, who has been seriously ill for the past two weeks with influenza and a kidney disorder. She also leaves several nieces and nephews.
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Mrs. Edna Bartimus Killed in Wreck
Word was received yesterday by Mrs. Robert Stewart, of W. Missouri Street, that her mother, Mrs. Edna Bartimus, was killed in a car wreck Sunday morning at Newton, Iowa.
Mr. and Mrs. Stewart left yesterday noon for Newton. The body will be taken to Milan, her former home, for funeral and burial services.
Mrs. Bartimus was 60 years old.
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MRS. J. H. BARTINE IS DEAD
Lived in Memphis Several Years Before Moving to Gorin
Mrs. J. H. Bartine, 86, died at Gorin Wednesday night, at the home of Mrs. Grover Corbin, who had been caring for her since her return from a Kirksville hospital a few weeks ago. She was taken there after a fall in which her hip was broken.
Mrs. Bartine was born in Scotland county Sept. 4, 1863.
She was the widow of the late Joseph Bartine, well known Memphis carpenter, and lived here until 1920 when she moved with her sons to Gorin. She was a splendid woman.
Funeral services were conducted at the Gorin Baptist church Saturday afternoon by Rev. L. L. Hatfield and interment was in the Memphis cemetery.
Pall bearers were Hugh Luck, Ben Price, Julian Luck, George Agee, Fred Peterson and Marvin Tibbs.
Surviving are two sons, Rev. Fenton Bartine of Philadelphia, Pa., a former Democrat employee, and Floyd Bartine of near Gorin, with whom she lived.
Mrs. Bartine was a member of the Baptist church and the American Legion Auxiliary of Gorin.
Mrs. Joseph H. Bartine, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 17 Nov 1949, p. 1, col. 6
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BEN T. BARTLETT, WELL KNOWN GREEN CITY MAN, DIES
Benjamin T. Bartlett, 64 years old, died at his home in Green City, November 14. Burial services were held Sunday afternoon and he was buried in the Green City Cemetery.
The deceased was born and grew to manhood in the Green City community. He is survived by his widow and two daughters, Mrs. Ralph Darr, of Basin, Wyo., and Mrs. Goldia Morrison of Green City.
The deceased spent most of his time farming and at one time was owner of the Henley Ranch, now the Spring Creek Ranch.
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MRS. RUSSELL BARTLETT DIES TODAY
Lived Near Sublette; Funeral To Be Held On Saturday.
Mrs. Russell Bartlett, of near Sublette, died this morning in a hospital at Greentop, where she had been for about three days. Mrs. Bartlett suffered a stroke about a year ago, and had not been well since.
Funeral services conducted by Rev. Archie Cooper, will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Refuge Church. Interment will be at the Refuge cemetery. The body will lie in state at the David Funeral Home.
Ella Leonard Bartlett was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Leonard and was born June 5, 1877, in Lee County, Iowa. On June 5, 1885, she was married to Russell Bartlett, and the couple moved to the present farm, one mile east of Sublette, shortly after. They would have been married 50 years next June.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Bartlett is survived by one sister, Mrs. O. M. Hutchison, of Kansas City. Her son, Earl Bartlett, three brothers, and two sisters preceded her in death.
Pallbearers will be Raymond Martin, Asa James, Harold Kelsey, Charles Britt, Roscoe Wright, and Herbert Barnett.
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Era Bartlett, aged about 6 years, daughter of E. R. and Ella Bartlett, died Monday noon, Nov. 12 of typhoid fever.
Era Bartlett, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 13 Nov 1884, p. 3, col. 2, Local Chips Column
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The bodies of Herman Bartlett and Miss Belva Pugh, who committed suicide at Alexandria, Mo., April 4, instead of drowning in the Mississippi river, as a note left by the young lady indicated, the couple journeyed two miles from town to a lonely spot and ended their lives by shooting. “The bodies of Herman Bartlett and Belva Pugh, both show bullet holes in the head. The revolver with which the double suicide was committed was found lying between the two bodies.” The bodies were found by a couple of hunters who happened to be passing nearby.
Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 15 Apr 1909, p. 1, col. 6
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J. P. BARTLETT OF SUE CITY DIES, AGED 55
Succumbs Here; Had Been Invalid Nearly All His Life.
Special to The Daily Epress.
La Plata, Mo., Sept. 16—James Polk Bartlett, 55, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Elmore Bartlett of Sue City, died at a hospital in Kirksville Monday evening at 6 o’clock, following an operation. He had been an invalid most of his life.
He was born in Mt. Sterling, Ill., Dec. 18, 1885, and moved to Sue City with his parents when he was a small child. He spent the remainder of his life in that vicinity. He leaves the following brothers and sisters: D. P. Bartlett, La Plata, Muron Bartlett, Macon, Mrs. Will Shrear, Sue City, and Mrs. Claud Linson of Anabel.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Christian Church in La Plata, conducted by the Rev. J. L. Shoemaker of Shelbina. Burial will be made in the Hazel Dell cemetery.
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MRS. JAMES BARTLETT, 52, IS DEAD HERE
Funeral Arrangements Await Arrival of Relatives
Mrs. James (June) Bartlett, 52, of 614 N. Main, died in a Kirksville hospital Wednesday evening at 6:15.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete pending arrival of relatives and will be announced later by the Robert B. Davis Funeral Home, 115 W. Jefferson, where the body is lying in state.
She was the daughter of William and Susan (Williams) Dupree and was born on June 30, 1898 southeast of Green Castle, in Adair county.
She is survived by her husband; her mother; one son, Harold Bartlett, of Kirksville; one daughter, Paula DeRocco, of Portland, Ore.; one brother, W. R. Dupree, of Kirksville, and one sister, Mrs. Lula Dimmitt, of Green Castle. She was preceded in death by her father, one brother and one sister.
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Died
Bartlett. —In this city, Oct. 18th, 1877, Laura Elsie, only child of E. R. and L. E. Bartlett, aged two years and two weeks.
Little Elsie was indeed a bright and precious child—how precious is only known to the hearts of the now bereaved who sit sorrowing in their silent home. Alas! that the angels should grow jealous of our happiness, to bloom in the Paradise of God forever. Alas! that they should only leave us, hid away in trunk or drawer, the silent garments that once fluttered with youthful life. But God, more tender than they, gives to our hearts words sweet as those that broke above Bethlehem:
“We shall meet again, meet ne’er to sever”
In the home of God where in the eternal
Sunshine of whose countenance bask and
Exalt the pure spirits of our loved and lost.
W. H. T.
Laura Elsie Bartlett, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 1 Nov 1877, p. 3, col. 3
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Russell Bartlett Died Last Night
Russell Bartlett, 70, of near Sublette, died in the Greentop hospital last night at 11 o’clock.
Funeral services will be held Saturday morning at 10:30 o’clock at Refuge Church, conducted by Rev. Archie Cooper. Interment will be in Refuge Cemetery.
Mr. Bartlett was the son of Richard P. and Elizabeth (Evans) Bartlett and was born September 14, 1875 near Gosport, Ind. He was married to Ella Leonard in 1896 and to this marriage one son was born, who died in infancy. Mrs. Bartlett died in August, 1945.
Surviving him are three brothers, mayor A. L. Bartlett and Fred Bartlett, of Kirksville and Charles Bartlett, of LaFayette, Ind., one sister, Mrs. Effie Martin, of Burbank, Calif., and several nieces and nephews.
Mr. Bartlett was a member of the Free Will Baptist Church. He lived on his farm east of Sublette for 50 years. The body will lie in state at the Davis Funeral Home. The pallbearers will be: Asa James, Herbert Barnett, Charles Britt, Audrey Conner, Roscoe Wright and Francis Scott.
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W. T. Bartlett Dies
W. T. Bartlett, a brother of Mrs. Dr. A. W. Parrish, of this city, died at the Parrish home, 1308 North Franklin Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Bartlett has resided in Kirksville for the last two years. He was born near Queen City, but the greater part of his life was spent in Arkansas.
A brother, Charles C. Bartlett, residing in Jefferson City and Mrs. Parrish, survive him.
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the Parrish home and the body was taken to Queen City for interment.
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Former Kirksville Boy Dies in West
William Paul Bartley, 21, of Columbus, Mont., a former Kirksville resident, died in a hospital at Columbus early this morning. Death was due to internal injuries received in an automobile accident at Columbus on July 22.
The body is being shipped to the Davis Funeral Home, 202 E. Washington. Funeral plans will be made after arrival of the body here.
He was the son of George E. and Pearl (Eggert) Bartley and was born in Kirksville on Aug. 28, 1928. He was not married.
The family moved away from here several years ago.
He graduated from High School in Arvada, Colo. After graduation he enlisted in World War II. He was in the army service one year and a half, and was in Italy one year.
He was a member of the Arvada, Colo., Community Church.
Surviving are his parents, one sister, Marjory Jane Bartley and four brothers, David Jackson, Donald D., Ronald Lee and Robert Ray, all of the home, and one grandmother, Mrs. W. E. Eggert, of 701 E. Cottonwood, of this city. Ralph Eggert, of Kirksville, is an uncle.
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Bartley Funeral Service Thursday
Funeral services for William Paul Bartley, who died in a hospital at Columbus, Mont., Saturday morning as a result of a car accident, will be held at the Davis Funeral Chapel, 202 E. Washington, Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock conducted by Rev. Fred L. Hudson, of La Plata. Interment will be in Forest Park Cemetery.
The body will arrive at the Davis Funeral Home late tonight and will lie in state there tomorrow morning until time for the funeral.
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JOHN THOMAS BARTLOW DIES IN KNOX COUNTY
Had Heart Attack; Funeral Services Thursday Afternoon
Hurdland, Mo., Oct. 25. (Special)—John Thomas Bartlow, 68, of Locust Hill in Knox County, died suddenly Tuesday afternoon at four o’clock at the family home of a heart attack. Mr. Bartlow suffered a stroke nine years ago from which he never fully recovered.
Funeral services will be held at the Methodist Church in Hurdland Thursday afternoon at two o’clock, conduced by Rev. A. L. Vancil, pastor of the church. Interment will be in the Methodist Mt. Tabor cemetery.
He was the son of John W. and Perley (Smith) Bartlow and was born Dec. 9, 1881 near Gibbs. He was married to Bessie Jane Conder on March 1, 1905. Two daughters and two sons were born to this marriage.
Surviving are his wife; two daughters, Mrs. Jesse (Ina) McGlothlin, of Hurdland, and Mrs. John (Eva) Cook, of Denver, Colo.; two sons, John A. Bartlow, of Goodfield, Ill., and James D. Bartlow, of Quincy, Ill.; seven grandchildren, one sister, Mrs. Mary LaBranch, of Lamar, Mo., and one brother, S. W. Bartlow, of Keokuk, Iowa. Two sisters preceded him in death.
Mr. Bartlow lived all his life in Adair and Knox counties. For the past eight years he had lived in Locust Hill.
The body will lie in state at the Easley Funeral Home in Hurdland.
Bearers will be Cecil Head, Howard Waggoner, Guy Murray, Frank Lee, W. E. Smith, Henry Burgess.
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J. W. BARTLOW, AGED 83, DIES AT LAMAR, MO.
Lived 80 Years On Farm Near Hurdland; Funeral Today.
Funeral services will be held today at Hurdland for John W. Bartlow, who lived on a farm seven miles from Hurdland for 80 years, and who died in Lamar, Mo., last Thursday night. The services will be held at the Methodist church at 2 p.m. and burial will be in the Mt. Tabor cemetery. The cause of death was bronchial pneumonia. He was 83 years of age.
Mr. Bartlow was the son of John Thomas and Mary House Bartlow and was born near Hurdland May 9, 1859. He was married Jan. 24, 1881, to Perley Smith, who died Sept. 11, 1921. Five children were born to the union. The three surviving are Thomas Bartlow, of Hurdland, Mrs. Mary LaBranch, of Lamar, at whose home he died, and S. W. Bartlow, of Keokuk. Two daughters, Cora and Edith, preceded the father in death. He also leaves one sister, Mrs. Harriet Robinson, of Milford, Mo., and four grandchildren.
Mr. Bartlow was a member of the Star Christian church in his home community.
The body will lie in state at the Easley Funeral Home in Brashear until time for the services.
Pallbearers will be Frank Lee, Richard Dudgeon, Barney McGlothlin, Levi Vansickle, George Conder and Bernard Vansickle.
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GRANDDAUGHTER OF MRS. W. W. DYE DIES
Word has been received here of the death of Mrs. Florabelle Green Bartolome at her home in San Francisco on Jan. 2. Her death was caused by locked bowels. Funeral services and burial were held in California.
Mrs. Bartolome, who was 26 years old, was the wife of Paul Bartolome. She was born on a farm east of Kirksville and was the daughter of H. E. and Alice Dye Green. She moved with her parents to San Francisco when a small child. Her father died in 1932.
She leaves her husband and a son, Paul, Jr., who was a year old last August; her mother, and a sister, Miss Ginevra Green of San Francisco; her grandmother, Mrs. W. W. Dye of 116 East Burton Street, Kirksville, and an aunt Mrs. A. A. Locke, who lives east of Kirksville.
Florabelle (Green) Bartolome, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 7 Jan 1940, p. 5, col. 5
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Minnie Barton, 72, Dies Here Today
Miss Minnie Barton, 72, lifelong resident of New Cambria, died this morning in a Kirksville hospital where she had been a patient for sometime.
Miss Barton was born November 2, 1882, in Macon county, the daughter of Anderson and Jane (Harman) Barton. She never married. Miss Barton recently joined the Kirksville Methodist church.
She is survived by three brothers, Ed Barton of Kirksville, Cleve Barton of Quincy, Ill., and Cecil Barton of Grand Island, Neb., and one sister, Mrs. Fred Higgens, of Quincy, Ill.
Her parents, one brother and one sister preceded her in death.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at two o’clock from the United Church in New Cambria. The Rev. Ralph Hicks, pastor of the Methodist church of Kirksville, will officiate. Interment will be in the New Cambria Cemetery. The body will be at the Davis and Wigal Funeral Home, 202 E. Washington, until Wednesday noon.
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Obituary of Henry Barwick
Henry Barwick was born in Warren Co., Ind., June 25, 1845, and departed this life March 23, 1920, with pneumonia fever, aged 74 years, 8 months and 28 days.
He was united in marriage to Miss Lavina Ammerman of West Lebanon, Ind., Sept 18, 1873. To this union were born five children, four girls and one boy. Lulu May, deceased, Albert Barwick, Ray U. of Dakota, Mrs. Stella Anderson of Minot, North Dakota, infant daughter, deceased, and Clara Barwick of this city.
This is another soldier of the Civil War gone to his reward. He enlisted in the 20th Ind. Regiment in June, 1861, and was badly wounded in the battle of Gettysburg, and after his recovery re-enlisted in the 150th Ind. Regiment and served to the close of the war.
He was a good husband and a loving father, and well liked by all who knew him. He was a man, although frail in body, who seldom complained.
Funeral services were held on Friday, Elder G. Lolin Eaton conducting the services.
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We wish to thank our neighbors and friends for their kindness during the sickness and death of our husband and father and also for the beautiful flowers.
Mrs. Henry Barwick and children
Henry Barwick Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 1 Apr 1920, p. 2, col. 1
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Kenneth Barwick
Miss Clara Barwick, 1327 Broadway, Quincy, Illinois, received word that her nephew, Kenneth Barwick, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Barwick of Ray, North Dakota, passed away Tuesday night, Aug. 25th, in a hospital at Williston, N. Dakota.
Burial was at Ray, N. D. Thursday, Aug. 27.
He was born Sept. 11, 1922, being aged 13 years, 11 months and 14 days.
He planned to enter high school in September. He only lacked five merit badges to qualify for an Eagle Scout.
Kenneth was a member of the Methodist Church and very regular in attendance. His father, Albert Barwick was a former Scotland county boy.
Kenneth Barwick, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 3 Sep 1936, p. 1, col. 3
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Prominent Brookfield Citizen Dies Here
(From Brookfield Argus)
S. F. Baskett passed away in Kirksville, Monday, January 29, following a heart attack. Funeral services were held here Wednesday afternoon, conducted by Rev. I. O. Hall, and burial was in Rose Hill Cemetery.
Stephen Francis Baskett was born November 28, 1867, in Sullivan County, Missouri, the son of George S. and Mary Elizabeth Baskett. He was married on February 21, 1892, to Martha Emily Smith, of Haseville, Missouri. They settled on a farm in Linn County and continued farming for many years. Later they moved to Linneus, where Mr. Baskett operated a garage. The last business Mr. Baskett engaged in was in the implement business in Brookfield. He had been a resident of this city for a quarter of a century and was a highly esteemed citizen.
Mr. Baskett suffered a heart attack while eating his breakfast in Kirksville last Monday and was rushed to a Clinic nearby, but died shortly afterward.
Left to mourn are the wife, Martha Emily Baskett; three brothers, John and Alonzo, of Linneus and Lark, of Kirksville; one sister, Mattie Baskett, and many friends and neighbors.
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I wish to thank all my friends and neighbors for their kindnesses during the illness and death of my husband, George Bass; also the singers, minister, pallbearers and for the floral offerings.
Mrs. Alice Bass
Card of Thanks for George Bass, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 17 May 1951, p. 10, col. 3, Thursday
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John Bass Passed Away March 8
John Bass, an aged and respected resident of this city died of a complication of diseases at his home in this city on Friday, March 8, at 7:30 p.m.
Deceased had been a resident of Memphis over twenty years and was quite well known. He leaves to mourn his passing away an invalid wife, two sons, Henry of Arkansas City, Arkansas; Frank of Kirksville, and four daughters, Mrs. John Taylor of Mystic, Iowa; Mrs. James Stice, Mrs. C.H. Byrne and Miss Fannie Bass of this city.
Funeral services were held at the family home on Sunday, at 2 p.m.; conducted by Rev. J. Shaw.
John Bass, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 14 Mar 1918
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Death of Mrs. Bass
Mrs. Mary Bass died at her late home in Memphis Thursday morning, November 8th 1918, after a lingering illness due to old age and other infirmities. The funeral was held from the family residence Friday afternoon at 2:30, services being conducted by Rev. Shaw of the Baptist Church.
The body was then laid to rest in the Memphis Cemetery. Mrs. Bass leaves three daughters to mourn her death. These have the sympathy of all in their bereavement.
Mary Bass, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 14 Nov 1918
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AGED MAN DIES THIS MORNING IN HOSPITAL
To Hold Funeral Service Saturday For W. E. Bass
William Edward Bass, 92, aged Adair County resident, died in a Kirksville hospital this morning at 5:50.
Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2:30 at the Green Grove Church conducted by Rev. Orville Dobbs. Interment will be in the Green Grove Cemetery.
Mr. Bass was born near Lancaster in Schuyler County, Mo., July 4, 1855. He was married to Sarah Lamkin in 1871. Nine children were born to this marriage, three daughters and two sons having preceded him in death. Mrs. Bass died several years ago.
He is survived by four sons, Clyde, of 1616 S. Porter; Edward, of the Hazel Creek community; George, of Novinger; and Charles, of Greencastle. He is also survived by eleven grandchildren, ten great grandchildren, three great great grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. Sidney Sanborn, of Novinger.
Mr. Bass has lived in Adair County sixty years and was a farmer. About twenty years ago he retired from the farm.
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Mrs. Lillie Bassett Dies In Washington
Word has been received here of the death of Mrs. Lillie Salsbury Bassett, of Whitefish Mont. She died at Spokane, Wash., on Aug. 2.
Mrs. Bassett was the daughter of the late Johnson Salsbury and wife. They formerly lived in Adair county but moved to Montana several years ago.
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MRS. SARAH BATLEY, AGED 84, DIES HERE
Native of England Victim of Heart Disease.
Mrs. Sarah Stead Batley, 84, died suddenly at 1 o’clock this morning at the home of her granddaughter, Mrs. Eda Santarelli, west of Kirksville. Mrs. Batley had suffered from heart attacks the past two years.
Born Jan. 31, 1859 at Leeds, Eng., she came to this country more than 62 years ago and settled at McKeesport, Pa. About 50 years ago she moved to this vicinity and since that time has made her home in our near Kirksville. She is a member of the Baptist Church at Novinger.
Besides her granddaughter, Mrs. Batley leaves two sons, Charles Henry Batley, Jr., of Neosho, Mo., and Harry Batley, of California, and two other grandchildren. Six children preceded her in death.
The body will lie in state at the Summers and Powell Funeral Home until funeral arrangements have been completed.
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MRS. BATLEY’S FUNERAL AT NOVINGER TOMORROW
Funeral services will be held at 1 o’clock tomorrow afternoon in the Baptist Church at Novinger for Mrs. Sarah Batley, 84, who died early Tuesday morning at the home of her granddaughter, Mrs. Eda Santarelli, west of Kirksville. The Rev. Claude Thompson, of LaPlata, will conduct the services and burial will be in the Novinger Cemetery.
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David Batterson was born in Indiana in 1834. He moved with his parents to Iowa in early life. For some time past he had made his home with his son, L. Batterson, southeast of Memphis, where he departed this life on Friday, April 5, 1912, aged 68 years.
He is survived by four sons and two daughters. Funeral services were held at the L. Batterson home on Saturday, April 6, at ten o’clock a.m. Rev. Stanton of Memphis officiating.
Interment was made in the Memphis Cemetery.
David Batterson, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 11 Apr 1912, p. 3, col. 6
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Thomas D. Batterson Died
Funeral services for Thomas D. Batterson, who died at the state hospital at Fulton Tuesday, December 27, will be held tomorrow, Friday afternoon, at 2 o’clock at the Gerth & Baskett Chapel and will be conducted by Rev. W.E. Longstreth. Batterson was 53 years old. Burial will be in the Memphis Cemetery.
Thomas D. Batterson, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 29 Dec 1949
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Mrs. Elnora Battin, Former Resident, Dies
Mrs. Elnora Battin, 67, died at her home in Kansas City Monday morning. She formerly lived in Kirksville on East Washington street.
Funeral services will be held in Kansas City Wednesday morning at 10:30 and the remains are being shipped to Kirksville for interment.
Mrs. Battin is survived by two sons, Herbert, of Chillicothe, and Howard, of Kansas City; two daughters, Mrs. Charles Worth, of Ste. Genevieve, Mo., and Helen, of Kansas City; also two grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. Anna Moffett, of Ottumwa, Ia.
Mr. Battin died in Kirksville in March, 1946.
The body will arrive at the Davis Funeral Home, corner of Washington and Marion, Wednesday evening, where it will lie in state until Thursday morning at ten o’clock, at which time graveside services and interment will be held in Highland Park cemetery, with Rev. Ralph M. G. Smith officiating.
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E. F. [sic] BATTIN, 71 YEARS OLD, DIES HERE
Ill Several Months; Funeral Arrangements Incomplete.
Ernest W. Battin, 71, of 210 E. Washington, died in a hospital here this morning at 8:30 o’clock. He had been ill for several months and seriously ill the past week.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later.
Mr. Battin was the son of Byron and Jane (Tedrow) Battin and was born Jan. 13, 1875 in Davis County, Iowa. He was married to Elenora Beaster on April 2, 1907, to whom four children were born.
He is survived by his wife, the four children, Herbert, of Cincinnati, Iowa, Mrs. Charles Wirth, of Perry, Mo., Howard and Helen Battin, of Kansas City, Mo.; one sister, Rena Ellenberger, of Bloomfield, Ia., one brother, C. E. Battin, of Kansas City, Mo.; two grandchildren, John Terry and Beverly Ann Battin, of Cincinnati, Iowa.
Mr. Battin had lived in Kirksville about 16 years.
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FUNERAL FOR MRS. CAROLINE BAUER TUESDAY
Former Adair County Resident Died at Home Near Plevna
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 at Bethel, Mo., for Mrs. Caroline Bauer, 81, a former Adair County resident, who died Sunday morning at her home two miles east of Plevna in Knox County. Interment was made in Brashear Cemetery beside her husband, who died over twenty years ago.
Born Caroline Stambaugh, near Rushville, Ill., in 1867, she was married to Henry Bauer and six children were born to this marriage. One son, James, preceded her in death.
She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Lenora Borlan, of the state of Florida; Ida, of the home and Mrs. Della Taylor, of Blanca, Colo., two sons, Earl, of Quincy, Ill., and John of the home; two brothers, E. J. Stambaugh, of Brashear and George Stambaugh, of Birmingham, Ill., two sisters, Sarah Reed, of Illinois and Lillian Chandler, of Ohio.
Mrs. Bauer and her family lived on farms near Brashear several years ago, and it was while living on the William Mahaffay farm west of town that her husband died.
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Word came Monday that Chris Baughman funeral would be held at Bloomfield at 2 p.m. August 16. He formerly lived south of Pulaski but later moved to Bloomfield. He is nearly 90 years old.
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Arthur D. Baum, a former resident of Kirksville who was engaged in the plumbing and heating business here for a number of years, died last night at a hospital in Excelsior Springs, Mo., according to a message received from Mrs. Baum. Mr. and Mrs. Baum had been living in Excelsior Springs for the past two years. He had been in failing health for several months.
Mr. and Mrs. Baum left Kirksville six or eight years ago for Boonville, Mo., where Mr. Baum was employed at the Missouri Training School for Boys. He went from Boonville to Excelsior Springs.
He leaves his wife and two children: Mrs. Hallie Louise Rogers, of St. Louis, and Millan Baum of Rockford, Ill.
Funeral arrangements have not been completed, but the body is being brought to Kirksville where the funeral will be held and burial made.
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MRS. JOS. BAUM DIES SUDDENLY IN DALLAS, TEX.
Well Known Kirksville Woman Apparently was in Good Health
Kirksville friends of Mrs. Caroline Baum, widow of the late Joseph Baum, were shocked this morning when they heard that she had died last night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Lou Oppenheimer, in Dallas, Texas.
The word came to Kirksville in a message to her son, Nathan Baum. The message said Mrs. Baum dropped dead between 10 and 12 o’clock last night.
Mrs. Baum was spending the winter with Mrs. Oppenheimer and expected to return to Kirksville in the spring. So far as is known here she was in her usual good health. She was 78 years old the 15th of this month and letters received from her on that date told of her being in good health and enjoying her visit. Her death came as a great shock to Mr. Baum.
Mrs. Baum was born in Germany and came to Missouri when a young girl. Her parents settled near Paris, Mo., and she was married to Joseph Baum in St. Louis. Soon after her marriage she moved with Mr. Baum to Kirksville where she has made her home for the past 55 years. Her husband was a merchant here for thirty-five years, having conducted a store where the Jones Candy Kitchen now is. He was a director in the W. T. Baird National Bank, now the citizens Bank, and was prominently identified with other public business which helped to build up Kirksville. He died about seventeen years ago.
The body of Mrs. Baum will be brought to St. Louis and funeral services will be held there probably Friday, and the body will be laid beside that of her husband in the Jewish cemetery.
Mrs. Baum leaves four children. All of whom were born in Kirksville. They are Mrs. Harry Marks, of St. Louis; Mrs. Ben Lowenstein, St. Louis; Mrs. Lou Oppenheimer, Dallas, Texas, and Nathan Baum, of Kirksville.
Nathan Baum left this morning for St. Louis to attend the funeral. His wife, who is recovering from an operation, was unable to make the trip.
The sympathy of a wide circle of friends is extended to the bereaved family.
Caroline Baum, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 24 Dec 1919, p. 1, col. 2, Wednesday
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MRS. CAROLINE M. BAUM DIES AT ST. LOUIS
Body Brought to Kirksville; Funeral Monday Afternoon
Mrs. Caroline Millan Baum, former resident of Kirksville, died yesterday morning in the Masonic Home in St. Louis.
The body was brought to Kirksville last night and is at the Davis Funeral Home at 202 E. Washington, where services will be held Monday afternoon at two o’clock.
She was a daughter of Atty. and Mrs. H. F. Millan, deceased, and was married to A. D. Baum, who died Feb. 23, 1947. Two children were born to them, Hallie Louise and Millan.
Mr. Baum was in the plumbing business here for many years and the couple left Kirksville about 1940 for Boonville where they lived four or five years, and then went to Excelsior Springs where Mr. Baum died.
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NATE H. BAUM FUNERAL WILL BE TOMORROW
Well-Known Insurance Man Died Here Saturday
Funeral services for Nathan H. (Nate) Baum, 73, will be held at 10:30 Tuesday morning at the Dee Riley Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Ralph H. Hicks, pastor of the First Methodist church. Interment will be in Maple Hills cemetery.
Mr. Baum, a pioneer insurance agent in north Missouri, died Saturday evening at his home, 511 N. Franklin.
He was born at Kirksville on April 26, 1883, the son of Joseph and Caroline Hart Baum. He was first married to Zelma Lewis, and to this marriage one son was born. Mrs. Baum died in 1923. In 1925 he married May Wellons, who survives. Also surviving are the son, Lewis Baum, of Kirksville; a granddaughter, Carol Chase Baum, and two step-children, Mrs. Charles Brennecke, Marshalltown, Ia., and Glenn Wellons, Laramie, Wyo.
Mr. Baum was preceded in death by his parents and three sisters.
He was the oldest Life insurance agent in Northeast Missouri, as well as the oldest living past master of Kirksville Lodge No. 105, A. F. & A. M., of which he had been a member for many years. Fraternal rites will be conducted by the lodge.
Bearers will be Harvey B. Young, Roland A. Zeigel, Theo. H. Travers, John Harrington, Charles R. Truitt and Dr. C. D. Davis.
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MRS. NATE BAUM DIES SUDDENLY THIS AFTERNOON
Leaves Baby Boy Two Weeks Old—Was Apparently Recovering
Mrs. Zelma Baum, wife of Nathan H. Baum died suddenly this afternoon about 2 o’clock at the Grim Hospital. No particulars of her death were obtainable at the time of going to press, but her death came as a shock to relatives and friends as she was thought to be doing nicely and expected to return home this afternoon.
She leaves her husband and a two-weeks-old baby boy, Lewis, and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Lewis, of Palmyra, and two sisters.
Mrs. Baum was Miss Zelma Lewis, of Palmyra, Mo, before her marriage to Mr. Baum, and was a former student at the Teachers College. She has made many friends in Kirksville who will be deeply grieved to learn of her death.
Her mother, Mrs. Lewis, arrived in Kirksville this morning to see her new grandson, and to spend a few weeks with her daughter.
The body will be taken to Palmyra on the 8:20 a. M., train Thursday.
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C. J. BAXTER, 73, DIES SATURDAY NIGHT
In Good Health Until Two Years Ago; Death Comes At 6:50 O’Clock At Valentine Miller Building; Born In Wisconsin; Came to Kirksville In 1903; Interested in Lumber Business; Constructed 150 Miner Buildings In Novinger.
Clarence J. Baxter, Kirksville business man and one of its most prominent and public spirited citizens, died at 6:50 o’clock las night in his apartment in the Valentine Miller Building. He had enjoyed good health until two or three years ago. He continued to be up and around most of the time until Sunday when he became too weak. He was 73 years old.
Mr. Baxter was born Aug. 31, 1870, at Prairie Du Sac, Wis., a son of Harlow and Barbara Baxter, and lived there until 1881 when he moved with his parents to Sac City, Ia., where his father went into business. At the age of 18 he was employed by a lumber company at Sac City and remained with them for eight years. He then went to Sioux City, Ia., where he worked for several years beforereturning to Sac City, to assist his father, who was in failing health, in the general merchandise business. While in Sioux City Mr. Baxter met Miss Ida Miller of this city, who was visiting relatives there and they became engaged and were married in Kirksville on Oct. 28, 1896. At the death of his father he returned to the lumber business and conducted a concern at Grand Forks, N. D. About 1901, when Novinger, Mo., began to grow on account of the development of the coal mines there, his father-in-law, Valentine Miller, took a contract to build 150 houses for the miners. Mr. Miller persuaded his son-in-law to go to Novinger and superintend the building of the houses. After they were completed, Mr. and Mrs. Baxter and their daughter, Margaret, moved to Kirksville in 1903. He became associated in the lumber business here and at that time was in charge of the lumber yard owned by Mr. Miller on the site where the Valentine Miller Building now stands. When that yard was torn down, a new one was built and was named the Baxter Lumber Co., of which he was manager. The yard is now known as the Hurley Lumber Co.
Mr. Baxter was for eight years manager and part owner of the Kirksville Light & Power Co.; was formerly interested in the Big Creek Coal Co. here, was a part owner in the Richardson Oil & Mercantile Co., and owned considerable real estate. He was at one time a member of the Board of Regents of the Kirksville State Teachers College, had been on the board of directors of the Kirksville Building & Loan Association for many years, and was at one time a member of the board of the Missouri State Library Commission.
One of the biggest things he did for Kirksville was the erection of the Baxter-Miller Building on the northeast corner of the public square.
Mr. Baxter was a public spirited man, and probably devoted more of his time along this line than any other man in Kirksville. He usually made a hobby of some public enterprise and once he embarked upon it, he usually made it succeed. No other man in the county had more to do with obtaining hard-surfaced roads for this county. A great share of the completion of the roads can be attributed to his untiring efforts, together with that of a few faithful friends and workers for the county’s best interests. He was chairman of the County Highway Commission which had to do with the selection of the farm-to-market roads. It seemed that when on community job was finished another one came
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Clarence J. Baxter, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 07 Nov 1943, p. 1, col. 4 & 5, Sunday
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MISS MINERVA BAXTER DIED SUNDAY IN KIRKSVILLE HOSP.
Funeral services were conducted Monday for Miss Minerva Baxter, who died Sunday in a Kirksville hospital. Services were conducted by D. H. Newland. The body was laid to rest in the Pleasant Hill cemetery.
Miss Eliza Minerva Baxter, eldest child and only daughter of David and Sarah Baxter, was born January 29, 1887 in Pratt county, Kansas. She was a member of Orpheus Rebekah lodge, No. 196 of Queen City. She will be sadly missed by all who knew her.
Surviving are four brothers- Willard, Emory, Jackson, Floyd, and Samuel and 14 nieces and nephews.
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Eunice Baxter Services Held At Coffey
Eunice E. Nicholson Baxter, daughter of Loyd and Louisa Schupbach Nicholson, was born November 26, 1894, on a farm four miles southwest of Downing. It was in this community that she lived her entire life. She passed away at her home November 21, 1967, after a lingering illnes [sic] of several years, of which she bore with much patience and faith, being 72 years, 11 months, and 25 days of age.
On March 15, 1914, she was united in marriage to Emery Baxter, and to this union three sons were born, Clarence Loyd, Willard, and Russell. She was preceded in death by one son, Clarence Loyd; her father and mother, and three brothers, Earl T., who died in infancy, Clarence C., who died in April 1951, and Junior, who died in September 1957.
She leaves her husband, Emery; two sons and their wives, Willard and Mary, Russell and Wilma Lee, grandchildren, Jim and Carolyn, Donna and Leeon, and Jaye and Jaice, and two great grandsons, Doug and Tommy, whom she loved very dearly. Also, she leaves one niece and one nephew, several cousins, and many friends.
In early girlhood she placed her membership with the Independence Church, where she remained a member as long as services were held. In August 1931, along with her husband, she placed her membership with the Coffey Christian Church, where she was faithful in attendance as long as her health permitted.
She was a wonderful wife, mother, and grandmother. She was always concerned about the comforts of her family, and will be greatly missed by all who knew her.
Services were held at the Coffey Christian Church Thursday afternoon, November 23 at two o’clock by Rev. Kenneth Armstrong.
Interment was in the Webster Cemetery.
Music was furnished by Louise and Carol Pryor with Vada Fogle at the piano. Selections were “Rock of Ages” and “Face to Face.”
Body bearers were Eugene Anderson, Roy Humphrey, Leo Riley, Loren Winn, Dale Poe and Roscoe Jackson.
Flower girls were Ruby Byrn, Pauline Jackson, Wanda Byrn, Marjorie Poe, Dorotha Jackson, Dores Hetchum, Judy Poe, Karen Humphrey, Penny Jackson and Esther Winn.
Eunice E. (Nicholson) Baxter, From Unknown Newspaper, 30 Nov 1967
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MRS. C. J. BAXTER DIES HERE; LAST RITES TOMORROW
Civic and Community Leader for Many Years Was 77
Mrs. Clarence J. Baxter, Kirksville community and civic leader, whose influence was felt in many parts of Missouri, died Friday night at 9 o’clock at the Anna Still Convalescent Home, at the age of 77 years.
She had been in failing health for several years, but had spent the summer with her daughter, Mrs. Irvin Dunbar, in Moline, Ill., and was feeling much better until she sustained a stroke Aug. 24. She wished to be brought back to Kirksville, and on physician’s advice she returned her Aug. 26. The stroke was of a progressive type and toward the end she was conscious only at intervals.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a. m. Monday at the Randolph Davis Funeral home, conducted by the Rev. Ralph M. G. Smith, pastor of the First Baptist Church, a friend of the family for many years.
She leaves one daughter, Margaret Dunbar, two granddaughters, Mrs. James Arndt, of Moline, and Mrs. Robert Ewing, of Cheyenne, Wyo., one grandson, Baxter Dunbar, of Moline, and two great grandsons, Robert and Michael Ewing.
Mr. Baxter died in 1943, ending a partnership in effort for community betterment which achieved results unusual in the annals of small cities.
Mrs. Baxter was born in Macon March 11, 1873, the daughter of Valentine and Margaret Class Miller. She was the last of several children, all of whom were widely known. The late Charles V., Frank and Julius Miller were brothers and Mrs. J. M. Kennedy was a sister. The family moved to Kirksville when Mrs. Baxter was a small child and she was reared and educated here. She was married to Clarence J. Baxter, of Sac City, Iowa, Oct. 28, 1896, and lived there for several years, and in Novinger one year during the big coal development there, and Novinger was as large as Kirksville. They moved to Kirksville in 1904.
Mrs. Baxter was one of the first to see the needs of Kirksville and after taking part in several improvement and cleanup campaigns, she organized the Civic Improvement League in 1912 with an ambitious program which was eventually carried out, often in the face of public indifference. Working through the Sojourners Club and its committees in many instances, the women of the town gave the men no peace until conditions were better.
A typical instance was the cleaning of Kirksville streets. At the time there were no city funds for the purpose, so Mrs. Baxter headed a drive to raise money to buy second-hand street cleaning equipment in Quincy. Then she charged the business houses on a per foot basis for the work and the League maintained a crew of men, in uniform, who cleaned the streets until the city was able to take over the work.
As the result of her work here, Mrs. Baxter was the first chairman of the Civics and Health Department of the Missouri Federated Women’s Clubs and was vice chairman in the General Federation when Zona Gale was chairman. She told other communities how the women of Kirksville got things done, wrote hundreds of letters and made talks over the state to club women. She started a movement known as “Baby Week” over the state and through it did much for better care for infants. She worked hard herself and her committees worked hard.
The aims of the Civic Improvement League were outlined in a bulletin published in April, 1913, as follows:
“Pure water furnished by the city.
“Sanitary fountains or bubbling cups installed in the basement of the courthouse, furnishing water from the wells in the yard.
“Plano boxes and crates removed from North Franklin street.
“Visiting nurse or a sanitary officer.
“A colossal statue of Dr. A. T. Still in a park or breathing space.
“An advisory board composed of women to confer with the school board.
“More boosters for a ‘cleaner and more beautiful Kirksville’”.
“Enforcement of the anti-spitting ordinance by our new marshal.
“Use of public school buildings for recreation centers.
“Seats around the courthouse.
“Domestic science in the grade schools.
“Street leading to the Wabash station to be improved.
“Vocational training in the grade schools.
“Well lighted streets.
Besides this program, Mrs. Baxter found time for emergency civic work and when the ends in the program were accomplished kept an eye alert to prevent slipping back into the old ways. This spring, she noticed that the old benches on the courthouse lawn, under the trees she had helped to bring about, were in need of repair. She appeared before the county court, as she had appeared before many other county courts, and found the judges quite willing to renew or repair the benches when their attention was called to the matter.
She was chairman of the Home Economics Department of the Sojourners Club for several years, and in addition to her club work entertained a great deal in her home, and sponsored social affairs honoring Kirksville people of outstanding accomplishment.
A few years before her death Mrs. Baxter confided that she had lived to see nearly all the plans of the women back in 1912 come true, but there was one place they had failed, and that was the creation of a county library. The county library movement failed back in the ‘20s.
Her friends knew that her biggest regret because of advancing years and infirmities of age was that she could not continue working for things she believed the community needed.
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Mrs. Sarah Baxter, 76, died suddenly Sunday, Nov. 2 at her home in Downing. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon by Rev. Dan Newalnd [Newland] at the Pleasant Hill church, where burial was made.
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