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Obituaries
and Death Notices
in Pulaski County, Illinois Newspapers
The Mounds Independent and
The Pulaski Enterprise
1 Jan. - 30 Dec. 1932
Mound City, Pulaski County, Illinois
Transcribed and annotated by Darrel Dexter
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Mounds Independent,
Friday, 1 Jan 1932:
A number of persons from Carbondale and
other places attended the funeral of Mrs.
Annie
Kelsey
Burgess, of America, which was held at
Pilgrim Congregational Church, Mound City,
Thursday, December 24.
The following members of the First Christian
Church, Carbondale, were in attendance:
Prof. W. M.
Bailey, Prof. W. G.
Cisne, Prof. G. W.
Smith, Prof. Charles J.
Pardee, Mr. and Mrs. W. S.
Brown, Mrs. C. R.
Stevenson, Miss Julia
Erett, Frank
Myers, Miss Gladys
Smith, Roy
Smith, and Miss Irene
Treece.
Those attending the funeral from Cairo were:
Mr. and Mrs. R. E.
Hook,
Mrs. R.
Dever, Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
Rife,
Mrs. William
Evans, and Mrs. Fannie
Frazier, also Mr. and Mrs. William
Milford, Mrs. Clarence
Irby,
and son Robert, of Unity.
The Pulaski Enterprise,
Friday, 8 Jan 1932:
Cecil Walter
Calvert, well known in community, having
lived on a farm near America for some time,
came to his death about 4:30 Friday
afternoon of last week when the car in which
he and his brother, Eugene
Calvert, and a cousin, Eugene
Prowless, were riding, overturned.
The accident occurred on the Upper Cut Road
about four miles southwest of Mound City on
the east side of the Illinois Central
Railroad.
Immediately after the accident a
doctor was summoned and an ambulance
dispatched from St. Mary’s Infirmary in
Cairo, but
Calvert was dead. His brother and
cousin escaped serious injury.
The party were
en
route to Miller City where they intended
to go coon hunting that night when the
accident occurred. They had just
passed a car driven by Solomon
Evans, colored, of Mound City, and it is
thought that they were traveling at a rather
brisk speed and in trying to bring the car
back to the middle of the road the steering
apparatus failed to function, the car
sliding sideways straight ahead until it
overturned. Eugene
Calvert and
Prowless were pinned beneath the car,
but escaped serious injury. A dog that
was in the car was not injured at all.
The car was a Model T Ford.
Mr.
Calvert had been employed as a deck hand
on the pile driver for Anderson-Tulley
Construction Company.
Cecil
Calvert was the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Harry
Calvert and had resided in Miller City
for many years, having moved to America
several years ago with his parents. He
was 22 years of age and is survived by his
parents, five brothers, Harry Jr., William,
Raymond Earl, Leslie Leonard, and Eugene;
and three sisters, Mrs. Robert
Pate,
Helen and Edna.
Funeral services were held Sunday at noon at
the
Calvert home. After the services the
cortege left for Miller City, where
interment was made in the Baumgartner
Cemetery. G. A.
James directed the funeral.
An inquest was held Tuesday afternoon under
the direction of Coroner Dan
Sullivan of Alexander County and the
verdict was that he came to his death
accidentally when his skull was crushed and
neck broken as a result of his automobile
turning over.
(According to his death certificate, Cecil
Walter
Calvert, deck hand pole driver,
was born 23 Mar 1909, in Mounds, Ill.,
the son of H. A.
Calvert, a native of Wisconsin, and Ella
Childers, a native of Illinois, died 1
Jan 1932, in Road District 7, Alexander Co.,
Ill., and was buried in Bomgard Cemetery.
His marker in Baumgard Cemetery
reads:
Cecil
Calvert 1909-1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Hiram
Hinkle, age 72 years, answered the final
call which comes to all sooner or later, at
her home near Dongola Saturday morning at
about one o’clock. Mrs.
Hinkle had been ill for several weeks.
She leaves to mourn her loss, besides a host
of relatives and friends, her husband, Hiram
Hinkle; one sister, Mrs. W. W.
Karraker, of Dongola; and three
children, Homer
Hinkle, of Taylorville, Harvey E.
Hinkle and Mrs. Mark
Otrich, of Dongola.
(Hiram
Hinkle, 23, married Mary P.
Richardson, 17, on July 15, 1877, in
Union Co., Ill.
According to her death certificate,
Mary Parthenia
Hinkle was born 10 Sep 1859, in Dongola,
Ill., the daughter of Francis
Richardson, a native of Georgia, and
Elizabeth J.
McCowen, a native of Tennessee, died 2
Jan 1932, in Road District 3, Union Co.,
Ill., wife of Hiram
Hinkle,
and was buried in Mt. Olive Cemetery in
Union Co., Ill.
Her marker in Meisenheimer Cemetery
reads:
Hiram
Hinkle Father Born June 30, 1854 Died
April 30, 1940 Mary P.
Hinkle Mother Born Sept. 10, 1859 Died
Jan. 2, 1932 Uri O.
Hinkle Son Born June 15, 1878 Died April
1, 1893 Bertha L.
Hinkle Daughter Born Nov. 8, 1882 Died
Jan. 26, 1896.—Darrel
Dexter)
Miss Marie
Stevens, formerly of Mounds, but who had
gone to Denver to recover from that dreaded
disease, tuberculosis, passed away in Denver
on Saturday. Her mother, Mrs. Hattie
Stevens, also of Mounds, was at her
bedside when the end came.
Her body was brought to Mounds and funeral
services were held Tuesday in the First
Methodist Church with Rev. W. D.
Richardson officiating.
Immediately following the services, the
cortege left for Cape Girardeau and
internment was made in the Cape Girardeau
cemetery.
(Her marker in New Lorimier Cemetery in Cape
Girardeau, Mo., reads:
Mabel Marie
Stevens Dec. 21, 1913 Jan. 1,
1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mounds
Independent, Friday,
8 Jan 1932:
Marie
Stevens, 18, died Friday, January 1, in
Denver, Colorado, ___ several months’
illness. At the time of her death, her
mother, Mrs. Hattie
Stevens, ____ Mrs.
Sneeding in ____ were ___ her
devoted ___ __ __cle Mrs. J. B.
Jones and ___ of this city with whom she
made her home since ___.
Interment was made at the Cape Girardeau
(Mo.) cemetery with funeral director G. A.
James in charge. A number of
relatives and friends of Mounds drove to the
___.
The obituary read at the funeral follows:
“Miss Marie
Stevens was born ____, 1913, at
Cape Girardeau, Mo., and departed this life
Jan. 1st, 1932, at the age of 18 years and
11 days and was the only child of Mr. and
Mrs. Otto D.
Stevens. Marie was eight years old
when her father departed this life.
“She was converted and united with ___
church of Mounds two ____.
“Completing the grade school in Cape
Girardeau, she came to ___ with her uncle
and __ and Mrs. J. B.
Jones in the ___ 1927 and entering
Mounds ___ this fall completed her ____
three years. She spent ___ in college
at Carbondale.
“She was of a sunny disposition ___ed
Christian character, always of ___ and not
____.
“She leaves to mourn her death her mother,
Mrs. Hattie
Stevens; two aunts. Mrs. J. B.
Jones, of Mounds, ___ R.
Langston, of Cape Girardeau; one uncle,
Harry
Smith, also of Cape Girardeau.
Also a number of other relatives and a host
of friends.
Mrs. Verna
Stokes
Kellar,
wife of Relius
Kellar,
a prominent farmer living near the Mt.
Pleasant district school in Union County,
died at her home Sunday. She is
survived by her husband and three children,
one an infant nine days old.
Mrs.
Kellar was a sister of E. A.
Stokes, of Coulterville, a former
resident of Mounds.
(Her death certificate states that Verna
Ellis
Keller was born 8 Jun 1900, in Union
Co., Ill., the daughter of James
Stokes and Flora
Thornton, natives of Illinois, died 2
Jan 1932, in Road District 2, Union Co.,
Ill., wife of Relis
Keller, and was buried in Ebenezer
Cemetery.
Her marker in Ebenezer Hall Cemetery
near Lick Creek reads:
Verna E.
Keller June 8, 1900 Jan. 2 1932
Mother.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Matilda Ann
Rose,
74, widow of W. T.
Rose,
died Monday morning, January 4, at her home
in Arlington, Ky. She was the mother
of I. B., of this city. She leaves two
other sons, Louis and Alvin, both of
Arlington; and four daughters, Mrs. Anna
Harlan, of Los Angeles, Mrs. Marvin
Jackson, of Detroit, Mrs. Elva
Williams, of North Carolina, and Mrs.
Nina
Glenn, of Charleston, Mo.
Mrs.
Rose was one of the oldest residents of
Arlington and was greatly beloved by a large
circle.
(Her death certificate states that Matilda
Brummett Rose was born 4 May 1857, in
Anna, Union Co., Ill., the daughter of Tom
Brummett and Mahala
Finley, a native of Graves Co., Ky.,
died 4 Jan 1932, of cancer of the stomach in
Arlington, Carlisle Co., Ky., widow of W. T.
Rose,
and was buried in Arlington Cemetery.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Daniel W.
Lentz, a former resident of Pulaski
County, passed away Monday, December 28, at
the home of her son, Wilbur S.
Lentz, in Orange, Calif., following an
illness of several months’ duration.
She is survived by this son, a daughter,
Mrs. J. B.
Mathis, of Ullin, another son, Fred V.
Lentz, also of Orange, and eight
grandchildren. She had reached the age of 70
years.
The
Orange (Calif.)
Daily
News of December 28 had the following to
say concerning Mrs.
Lentz.
“Mrs.
Lentz had lived in Orange for the past
28 years, during which time her kindly
disposition, friendly manner and sterling
traits had earned for her a host of friends
who will be grieved to learn of her passing.
“Her husband, Daniel W.
Lentz, passed away in 1918. Born
in Pulaski County, Illinois, on August 22,
1861, Mrs.
Lentz, then Matilda J.
Crippen, blossomed to womanhood in
Illinois. She was married to Mr.
Lentz on September 18, 1881, forming a
happy union that endured to the golden
sunset of life.
“The young couple, after several years of
residence in Illinois moved to Texas, where
they lived for a number of years.
Coming to Orange County in 1903, they
settled at El Modena where Mrs.
Lentz operated a general mercantile
store for several years. They later
moved to Orange, where Mrs.
Lentz has resided ever since.
“An active church member until illness
forced her to bed, she was a faithful member
of the Methodist Church as well as a devoted
W. C. T. U. worker as a member of the Orange
chapter.
“She was also a member of the American
Legion Auxiliary and was well known and
beloved by all with whom she came in
contact.”
(Daniel W.
Lentz married Matilda J.
Crippen on 18 Sep 1881, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill.
Her marker in Santa Ana Cemetery
reads:
Daniel W.
Lentz 1851-1918 Matilda J.
Lentz 1851-1931.—Darrel
Dexter)
Cecil
Calvert, of America, a youth of 22, met
instant death Friday afternoon, January 1st,
at about 4:30 o’clock when the car he was
driving skidded and turned over upon him
crushing his face and skull. The
accident occurred on the upper cut road four
miles north of Cairo.
With him were Eugene
Calvert, 16, a brother, and Eugene
Powless, 16, of Miller City, a cousin of
the
Calvert boys. They were pinned
beneath the overturned car, but escaped
serious injury. A dog in the car was
uninjured. Rescuers were compelled to
lift the car in order to free the young men.
The direct cause of the accident seems
uncertain. The car was a Model T Ford
and there were indications that the steering
wheel had locked. A car going in the
opposite direction had been passed shortly
before and marks on the gravel showed that
the Ford had skidded for some distance.
There was no embankment nor any ditch of
consequence. The young men had started
to the home of
Powless and from there had intended to
go coon hunting that night.
Funeral services were held Sunday, January 3rd,
at 12 o’clock noon, at the family residence
on the Meridian Road near America, conducted
by the Rev. W. D.
Richardson, pastor of the First
Methodist Church of Mounds. Interment
was made in the Bumgard Cemetery near Miller
City, the former home of the
Calvert family.
The following obituary was read at the
funeral:
“Cecil Walter
Calvert, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Calvert, was born in Mounds, Ill., on
March 23, 1909, and died January 1, 1932, at
the age of 22 years, 9 months, and 7 days.
He leaves to mourn his going his father and
mother, five brothers, Harry Jr., Eugene,
Leslie Leonard, Billie, and Raymond Earl.
Three sisters, Mrs. Ruth
Pate,
Helen and Edna.
“While at home he attended church and Sunday
school at the Methodist church at Olive
Branch and took an active interest in the
work of his church.
“Cecil was a young man of a fine
personality, possessing an unusually happy
disposition and numbered his friends in
scores. He was a devoted son and
brother and his going leaves the first
vacancy in a happy family circle.”
After the train struck
Harper, the crew stopped and picked up
the body and took it on to Grantsburg, but
the station agent was not at the depot and
they took the body to Reevesville.
(According to his death certificate,
Franklin Young
Harper, school teacher, of Ozark, Ill.,
was born 29 Aug 1898, in Johnson Co.,
Ill., the son of Joe
Harper and Rachel
Casey, natives of Johnson Co., Ill.,
died 25 Dec 1931, in Johnson Co., Ill.,
and was buried in Reynoldsburg Cemetery in
Johnson Co., Ill.
His marker there reads:
In Memory of Frank Y.
Harper 1898 1931 By Award
Harper.—Darrel
Dexter)
We desire to express our appreciation and
extend our sincere thanks to all who have
shown sympathy and kindnesses during the
illness and following the death of our
beloved daughter and niece. Especially do we
wish to thank the donors of flowers, those
who offered the use of cars, the ministers
for their comforting words, and the singers
for their appropriate music. We shall
hold all these kindly services in grateful
remembrance.
(His death certificate states that Walter E.
Kimbro was born 15 Mar 1864, in Lick
Creek, Ill., the son of Johnson E.
Kimbro and Amy
Johnson, natives of Bedford Co., Tenn.,
died 3 Jan 1932, in Anna, Ill., husband
of Lula P.
Kimbro, and was buried in Anna Cemetery.
Walter E.
Kimbro, 19, born in Union County, son of
J. E.
Kimbro and Miss
Johnson, married on 2 Nov 1884, in Union
Co., Ill., Lina W.
Penninger, 17, born in Union Co., Ill.,
daughter of A. L.
Penninger and Miss
Threet.—Darrel
Dexter)
James A.
Barber, for more than 80 years a
resident of Pulaski County, died Saturday
night, January 5, at 10:15 o’clock at his
home near Levings, following a gradual
decline from afflictions incident to age.
Surviving him are his widow, a daughter,
Rose, and two sons, Robert and Harry, all at
home. He was one of the oldest men, if
not the oldest in the community.
Having lived in a quiet, serene life, he
bore his age well, retaining alert mental
faculties until the hour of his death.
A few weeks before his death he united with
the Southern Methodist Church at Olmstead.
Funeral services were held at the home
Monday afternoon. Burial was made in
what is known as the Calvin Cemetery nearby.
Among those from Mounds who attended the
funeral were Mrs. George T.
Schuler, niece of Mrs.
Barber, Mr.
Schuler, H. C.
Moore, and Mrs. Elizabeth
Fischer.
George
Gahm,
64, former banker of Johnston City, shot and
killed Owen
Stilley, his 26-year-old son-in-law, at
his daughter’s home in Johnston City
Saturday night.
The young couple, who have a three-year-old
daughter, had separated Christmas and
Stilley was staying at the home of his
parents, Florist and Mrs. E. W.
Stilley, of Marion. Young
Stilley went to his former home Saturday
night and, while he was there, Mr.
Gahm
arrived. The tragedy soon followed.
At the inquest held Monday night, Mrs.
Stilley, according to the
Marion Post, testified that her father
was not attacked by
Stilley and that the young man had not
seemed angry.
Mr.
Gahm is out on bond and his friends are
wondering what his line of defense will be.
(His death certificate states that Owen
Higgins
Stilley was born 28 Feb 1906, in
Johnston City, Ill., the son of E. W.
Stilley, a native of Illinois, and Annie
Higgins, a native of Kentucky,
died 10 Jan 1932, in Johnston City,
Ill., a merchant in Marion, Ill., husband of
Mary
Stilley,
and was buried in Johnston City.
He was buried in Lakeview Cemetery in
Johnston City, Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. I.
Stanley held in her arms during an
automobile ride to her mother’s home her six
weeks old baby. The infant snuggled
comfortably against her.
When she and her husband stepped from the
car, she handed the baby to its grandmother,
Mrs.
Stanley, to hold. The child was
dead.
Physicians were puzzled today as to the
cause.—Robinson
A sudden death occurred in the church
services of the Pentecostal Church at
Johnston City Sunday.
An inquiry into his death was made Monday
morning by Coroner Walter
Clayton and after investigating report
of the circumstances, a verdict of death
from unknown causes was rendered. It
had probably come from apoplexy.—Marion
Post
(According to his death certificate, Charles
W.
Kelly, machinist, of 330 Kent Ave.,
Centralia, Ill., was born 1 Feb 1871, in
Washington Co., Ill., the son of Thomas
Kelly, a native of Ireland, and Loucinda
Green, a native of Illinois, died 3 Jan
1932, in Johnston City, Williamson Co.,
Ill., husband of Belle
Kelly,
and was buried in Hill Crest Memorial
Park Cemetery in Centralia, Marion Co.,
Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
The Pulaski Enterprise,
Friday, 15 Jan 1932:
Word was received here Monday from
Metropolis, Illinois, of the death of a
former resident of this city, Mrs. Amanda
McDaniels, Mrs.
McDaniels, age 79, died Sunday afternoon
at 5 o’clock at the home of her
daughter-in-law, Mrs. Ira
McDaniels, after a brief illness.
She leaves to mourn her loss, besides a host
of relatives and friends, two sons, Ben
McDaniels, of this city, and Daniel
McDaniels, of West Frankfort, Illinois.
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon
at 2 o’clock at the home of Mrs. Ira
McDaniels.
Interment was made in the Metropolis
Cemetery.
Those from here who attended the funeral
were Ben
McDaniels and Mr. and Mrs. Mark
Tally. Mrs.
Tally is a granddaughter of the
deceased.
(Amanda
Dexter was born 1 Nov 1846, in Alexander
Co., Ill., the daughter of Jeremiah
Dexter and Mary Ann
Rhoades,
and died 10 Jan 1932, in Metropolis,
Massac Co., Ill.
She married on 30 Nov 1865, in
Alexander Co., Ill., Francis H. “Franz”
McDaniel.
Emma Arimina
McDaniel married on 21 Sep 1911, in
Pulaski Co., Ill., Mark
Tally.—Darrel
Dexter)
James Alexander
Barber, age 84 years, died Saturday
night at 10:15 o’clock at his home near
Levings, following a brief illness. He
had lived in Pulaski County, in the
community in which he died, for 82 years,
coming there with his parents from Kentucky
when he was a small child.
Surviving Mr.
Barber are two sons, Harry and Robert,
and a daughter, Rose, all of Levings.
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon
at the family residence, conducted by the
Rev. Mr.
Scott, pastor of the Methodist Church,
South, of Olmstead. Interment was made
in
Calvin Cemetery with G. A.
James directing the funeral.
(James A.
Barber married Elizabeth
Calvin on 3 Jul 1881, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill.
According to his death certificate,
James Alexander
Barber, farmer, was born 25 Oct 1847, in
Kentucky, the son of Isaac and Lizzie
Barker, died 9 Jan 1932, in Road
District 4, Pulaski Co., Ill., and was
buried in Calvin Cemetery near Olmstead,
Ill.
His marker in
Calvin-Barber
Cemetery near Olmsted reads:
James A.
Barber Oct. 25, 1847 Jan. 9, 1932 Lizzie
R.
Barber Jan 18, 1856 July 28,
1935.—Darrel
Dexter)
Many of the older residents of Mound City
will remember Edward
Fleck, who for some years operated a
barber shop here. Word was received
Monday of his death. Mr.
Fleck was a Spanish-American War
veteran. He died in Danville,
Illinois, Monday morning. The funeral
services were held Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. at
St. Frances de Sales Church at 2756 Ohio
Avenue, in Danville. He leaves a
daughter, Mrs. Erna
Koelhoffer.
(His death certificate reads:
Edward
Fleck, a barber, was born 9 Sep 1872, in
Illinois, and died 4 Jan 1932, in Vermillion
Co., Ill., and was buried in Jefferson
Barracks National Cemetery in St. Louis, Mo.
He enlisted on 27 Jun 1898, in St.
Louis, Mo., as a private in Co. D, 19th
U.S. Infantry and was discharged 21 Mar
1899, at Puerto Rico.
When he was admitted to Danville
Soldiers’ Home on 29 Jan 1924, he was 51, 5’
4 ½”, with a fair complexion, brown eyes and
grey hair. He was married and his wife,
Bertha
Fleck, lived at 3828 Iowa Ave., St.
Louis, Mo.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Cora
Maxwell, age 43 years, wife of James
Maxwell, died Monday afternoon at 1
o’clock at her home on Commercial Avenue,
following a prolonged illness.
Surviving Mrs.
Maxwell are her husband, James
Maxwell, and three sons, two by a former
marriage.
(Her death certificate states that Cora
Maxwell was born 20 Jan 1888, in
Illinois, the daughter of Will
Lackey, died 11 Jan 1932, in Mound City,
Pulaski Co., Ill., wife of James
Maxwell,
and was buried in Thistlewood Cemetery
at Mounds, Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Clem
Baggett, of Dongola, and Sam
Thompson, maintenance man on Route 2,
were out in the little creek or branch
between Wetaug and Dongola Wednesday,
probing around in the water seeking the
remains of a man they felt sure must have
been killed in a wreck of a truck loaded
with cotton bales. But they found no
remains or corpse having escaped alive with
bruises and a bad cut, and so they did not
locate him.
This truck, loaded with bales, went off the
road for some distance, wither attempted to
get back on or turn off, struck the railing
and abutment, and did a fine crash that left
it a twisted frame and wrecked motor and
scattered bales of cotton for more than 100
feet from the wreck. The cab of the
car was carried far beyond the creek.
It was a complete wreck, if there ever was
one, and how the driver escaped death, is
hard to understand, unless he took a flyer
through or with the cab and fell clear of
the cotton bales.
Anyhow,
Baggett and
Thompson did not find a dead man.
He had run away.
Frank B.
Hitchcock, age 89 years, died Friday
morning, January 15, at 1 o’clock at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. W. J.
Mathis, near Olmsted, following a
lingering illness. He is survived by
his daughter, Mrs. W. J.
Mathis, with whom he has made his home
for the past several years, and one son, Guy
Hitchcock, of Karnak.
The funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon at Salem Church east of Grand
Chain. Interment was made in Salem
Cemetery. G. A.
James was director in charge of the
funeral.
(His death certificate states that Frank B.
Hitchcock was born 2 Dec 1842, in
Illinois, died 15 Jan 1932, in Road District
4 in Pulaski Co., Ill., and was buried in
Salem Cemetery in Massac Co., Ill.
Wesley Jackson
Mathis married Ida Francis
Hitchcock on 8 Apr 1894, in Massac Co.,
Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
The damage suit against George
Steger, of Cairo, for the death of the
5-year-old
Longergan child of Mounds was to have
started yesterday afternoon. It was to
have been up first thing Thursday, but the
Reynolds vs.
Hart
case occupied more time than was expected
and the delay took place.
This is a case wherein
Steger is sued because the
Longergan child was struck by the car he
was driving and from those injuries died.
The child ran out into the street as
Steger was passing, and the accident
happened.
Frank B.
Hitchcock, age 89 years, died Friday
morning, January 15, at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. W. J.
Mathis, near Olmstead.
Mr.
Hitchcock is survived by one daughter,
Mrs.
Mathis, and one son, Guy
Hitchcock, of Karnak.
Mrs. Harry
Koonce, of Villa Ridge, formerly of
Mounds, is a granddaughter.
Funeral services were held Saturday
afternoon at 2:00 o’clock at Salem, near
Grand Chain. Interment was made in
Salem Cemetery with G. A.
James in charge.
Henry
Bruner, aged sixty-five years, gored to
death by a bull Thursday on the lawn of his
farm home near Harvard.—Ogle
County Reporter.
Eugene
Yoakum, age 70, died Friday, January 22,
at the Anna State Hospital, where he had
been a patient for a number of years.
Mr.
Yoakum, a former Illinois Central
employee of Mounds, is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Annie
Yoakum, of West Frankfort; a sister,
Mrs. Ellen
Ellenwood, of Mound City; and a brother,
William
Yoakum, of Chicago.
Funeral services were held at the family
residence Sunday afternoon conducted by the
Rev. T. C.
Ury,
pastor of the First Baptist Church.
Interment was made in Beech Grove Cemetery,
with
Hartwell &
Ryan
in charge.
(U. S. G.
Yoakum, 30, of New Grand Chain, farmer,
born in Johnson Co., Ill., the son of
Jackson
Yoakum, married on 25 Jun 1899, in
Pulaski Co., Ill., Mrs. Anna
Jacques, 35, born in Grand Chain, the
daughter of John
Barbour and Miss
Cane.
A
death certificate states that U. S. Grant
Yokum was born 12 Aug 1868, in Illinois,
the son of W. J.
Yokum,
died 22 Jan 1932, in Union Co., Ill.,
the husband of Barbara
Yokum,
and was buried in Thistlewood Cemetery
at Mounds, Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Attorney Charles C.
Crawford, of Jonesboro, died suddenly
Sunday morning at his home as the result of
a heart attack. His death was
unexpected as there had been no indication
of the trouble.
Mr.
Crawford was a son of the late Judge
Monroe C.
Crawford, of Jonesboro, and was city
attorney of Anna. He had been
mentioned as a probable candidate for
lieutenant governor on the Democratic
ticket.
(Charles C.
Crawford married Emma
Lence on 25 Sep 1904, in Union Co., Ill.
The death certificate states that
Charles Carroll
Crawford was born 13 Sep 1872, in
Jonesboro, Ill., the son of Monroe C.
Crawford, a native of Benton, Ill., and
Sarah I.
Wilbanks, a native of Mt. Vernon, Ill.,
died 25 Jan 1932, in Jonesboro, Ill.,
husband of Emma
Crawford,
and was buried in Jonesboro
Cemetery.—Darrel
Dexter)
R. W.
Roland, 68, of Bardwell, Ky., died
at his home in that city Tuesday of last
week after a short illness of pneumonia.
He was a prominent citizen of his community,
active in church work and in the Odd Fellows
Lodge and he had served as sheriff of the
county in which he had always lived.
Mr.
Rowland was a brother of the late Mrs.
T. L.
Somers and had been a frequent visitor
in Mounds during his sister’s lifetime.
(His death certificate states that Robert
Walter
Rowland was born 9 Aug 1854, in
Kentucky, the son of White
Rowland and Elizabeth
Harper, natives of Kentucky,
died 19 Jan 1932, in Bardwell, Carlisle
Co., Ky., of lobar pneumonia, and was buried
in Bardwell Cemetery.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Hugh L.
Atherton was called to Palmersville,
Tenn., the first of the week by the illness
and death of her mother, Mrs.
Biggs, wife of Dr.
Biggs, of that city. Death came at
11 o’clock Monday night, January 25.
Mrs.
Biggs was a sister of Mrs. Clem F.
Melton, of Mounds, and her maiden name
was
McWherter.
(Her death certificate states that Martha C.
Biggs, born in Tennessee in 1865, the
daughter of Dallis
McWherter and Sina
Webb,
natives of Tennessee, died 25 Jan 1932, in
Palmersville, Weakley Co., Tenn., of mitral
regurgitation, aged 66 years, 5 months, and
3 days.
She was buried in Palmersville
Cemetery.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Elizabeth
Badgley passed away Tuesday, January 26,
about 11 o’clock at her home in Grand Chain.
Funeral services were held Thursday at the
Catholic church with Rev. Fr.
Orlett officiating and interment was
made in the Grand Chain cemetery by the side
of her husband, who preceded his wife in
death about a year ago.
Surviving Mrs.
Badgley are two sons, Frank and Ray, and
two daughters, Mrs. Clemson
Roche and Mrs. Fritz
Reichert. G. A.
James had charge of the funeral
arrangements.
(August
Fournie, 24, farmer of Grand Chain,
Ill., born in Belleville, Ill., son of
Prosper
Fournie and Addie
Measenber, married on 12 May 1895, in
Pulaski Co., Ill., Indiana
Fields, 17, born in New Grand Chain,
Ill., daughter of Ezekial
Field and M. B
Metcalf.
Prosper
Fournie married Adelaide
Miamber on 8 Jan 1850, in St. Clair Co.,
Ill.
Her death certificate states that
Eliza
Badgley was born in Illinois, the
daughter of Prosper
Faurnie and Adaline
Meamber, natives of France, and was the
wife of Henry August
Badgley.
Her
marker in St. Catherine’s Cemetery at Grand
Chain reads:
Eliza
Badgley Born Aug. 2, 1862 Died Jan. 26,
1932.
She is buried beside August
Badgley Born Oct. 17, 1855 Died Jan. 3,
1931.—Darrel
Dexter)
Edward
Greensbury (colored), of Grand Chain,
age 56 years, passed away at his home
Thursday about 9 o’clock. He was the
father of Mrs. A. C.
Cochran and one of the best respected
colored citizens of Grand Chain.
Funeral services were held Saturday
afternoon and interment was made in a
private cemetery. G. A.
James was the funeral director.
(His death certificate states that Edward
Greensbury was born 11 Apr 1854, in
Arkansas, the son of Lewis
Grensbury,
died 28 Jan 1932, in Pulaski Co., Ill.,
the husband of Catharine
Greensbury,
and was buried in a private cemetery at
Grand Chain, Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Curmitt
Stubblefield was born in Lee County,
Arkansas, in 1909. Later she confessed
a hope in Christ at Hans, Ark., at the age
of 13 and later moved to Ullin, Illinois,
where she joined the Baptist Church and has
lived a constant Christian life.
Everyone that has made her acquaintance had
made a friend.
In 1927, she was united in marriage to
Claudia
Stubblefield at Ullin and then they
moved to Perks and resided there until God
saw fit to call her at rest.
She leaves to mourn her loss a mother and
father, Mrs. and Mrs. Sam
Harbor; a husband and a daughter,
Samalpha
Stubblefield; one sister, Lela
Harper; one brother, Oscar
Harbor; and other relatives and a host
of friends.
The funeral was conducted in Perks Baptist
church preached by Rev.
Wilson of Cairo, assisted by Rev.
Turner from Tamms. The Knights and
Daughters of Taborn had charge of the body
and E. J.
Ford
of Dongola was the funeral director.
(Her death certificate reads:
Curmit
Stubblefield, black,
was born 18 Aug 1909, in Arkansas, the
daughter of Sam
Harper and Nancy
Kimmins, natives of Tennessee,
died 28 Jan 1932, in Road District 13,
Pulaski Co., Ill., the wife of Cloudie
Stubblefield,
and was buried in Cypress Grove
Cemetery.—Darrel
Dexter)
The many friends of Mrs. Norman
Casper, formerly of Dongola, will be
grieved to learn that she died at her home
in New Orleans at 1:30 o’clock a.m. Monday.
No further particulars as to the funeral
arrangements were available.
Mrs.
Casper is survived by her husband, and
two young daughters, a sister, Mrs. Charles
McAllister, of New Burnsides, besides
many other relatives.
Before her marriage, she was formerly Miss
Vivian
Pritchett of Dongola. She was well
and favorably known and her death followed
an illness of three years will bring much
sorrow to all who knew her. She was a
daughter-in-law of W. I.
Casper, formerly of New Burnsides, but
now residing in Cottage Hill, Fla.
(Her death certificate states that Vivian
Pritchett Casper, 42, died 1 Feb
1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
(Her death certificate states that Maud
Clare
Lewis was born 8 May 1863, in Dudley,
Ohio, the daughter of Thomas
Parker and Lucinda
Gibbs, a native of Ohio, died 30 Jan
1932, in Harrisburg, Saline Co., Ill., wife
of A. W.
Lewis,
and was buried in Sunset Hill
Cemetery.—Darrel
Dexter)
Dr. and Mrs. J. R.
Titus were called to Harrisburg Saturday
by the death of Mrs. Maud
Lewis, wife of A. W.
Lewis, former Saline County Circuit
Judge, and stepmother of Mrs.
Titus. Funeral services were held
Monday. Mrs.
Lewis was a member of the first library
board at Harrisburg and had twice been
president of the Women’s Federated Club of
that city.
(The death certificate states that John D.
Patton was born 26 Feb 1843, in
Pennsylvania, the son of Michael S.
Patton and Sarah Ann
Shopp, died 28 Jan 1932, in Riverside,
Adams Co., Ill., husband of Margaret
Patton,
and was buried in Quincy, Ill.
He enlisted on 15 Feb 1865, at
Sumner, Ill., as a private in Co. E, 154th
Illinois Infantry and was discharged 31 Jul
1865, in Nashville, Tenn.
He was disabled because of
hemorrhoids contracted in June 1865 at
Talona, Tenn.
He was buried in Sunset Cemetery at
Quincy.
He entered and left the soldiers’
home at Milwaukee, Wis., five times between
1904 and 1912.
His nearest relative was listed as
his sister, Ellie C.
White, 620 E. Locust St., Harrisburg,
Ill.
John D.
Patton was also a resident of the
soldiers’ home at Leavenworth, Kan., between
1904 and 1915.
When he entered the soldiers’ home at
Danville, Ill., he was described as 5’ 6”,
with light complexion, blue eyes, and grey
hair.
He was a Protestant, carpenter,
widower, and had lived in Harrisburg, Ill.
He was admitted and left the home 11
times between 1906 and 1922.
His
nearest relative was his brother-in-law, W.
N.
White, of Harrisburg, Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
(D. Webb
Ury,
27, born in Union Co., Ill., son of Thomas
Ury
and Leah
Cruse, married on 23 May 1886, in Union
Co., Ill., Sarah J.
Brown, 27, born in Union Co., Ill.,
daughter of Henry
Brown and Anna
Cook.
Her death certificate states that
Sarah Jane
Ury
was born 21 Feb 1856, in Jonesboro,
Ill., the daughter of Henry
Brown, a native of Jonesboro, Ill., and
Anna
Cook,
and
died 1 Feb 1932, in Road District 6,
Union Co., Ill., wife of Webb
Ury.
Her marker in St. John’s Cemetery
near Mill Creek reads:
Sarah Jane wife of Webb
Ury
1856-1932 Norris & Son Service.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Martha
Carter, 71, who always wanted to die in
church, dropped dead while attending church
services at Bush Sunday night. She has
always expressed the idea that she wanted to
die in church.—Herrin
News
An aged colored woman, Mrs. Annie
Jenkins, of 823 Twenty-second Street,
who died Tuesday at the age of 87 years, was
buried Saturday in the National Cemetery
near Mound City in the same grave with her
husband, who was a veteran of the Civil War.
Her husband was buried there many years ago.
The law governing national cemetery permits
the widow of a soldier to be buried in the
grave of her husband. Mrs.
Jenkins leaves a daughter, Mrs.
Ernestine
Cole,
of Cairo, and two granddaughters, Irene
Malone, of Chicago, and Helen
Taylor, of New York.
Funeral services were conducted by Rev.
Attaway, pastor at Ward Chapel,
Saturday, at 12:30 and the cortege proceeded
to the national cemetery immediately after
the services.
(Her death certificate states that Annie
Jenkins, black,
was born 10 May 1844, in Smithland Ky.,
the daughter of William
Jones, died 2 Feb 1932, in Cairo, Ill.,
the widow of Captin
Jenkins, and was buried in the National
Cemetery at Mound City.
Her interment record states she was
the widow of Milton
alias
Captain
Jenkins, 1st class boy,
U.S.S.
Clara
Dolsen, U.S. Navy under Gen.
Lyon
during the Civil War.
He enlisted 17 Jan 1863, to serve
until the end of the war.
He received an invalid pension and
she received a widow’s pension at his death.
Milton
Jenkins married Anna
Davis on 17 May 1866, in Alexander Co.,
Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Pulaski County officials have been notified
of the tragic death in Chicago of Ophelia
Avant
Cox,
teacher, colored, for 12 years a teacher in
the colored schools of Pulaski County.
Mrs.
Cox was well known and highly respected
and was born and reared in this county.
She was engaged in 1930 and 31 in the Hall
Grove School near Wetaug, completing the 12th
year in the county before moving to Chicago.
(Her death certificate states that Ophelia
Cox
was the daughter of Multon
Avent and Harriett
Ferguson, the wife of Edward
Cox,
and died 29 Jan 1932, in Chicago, Cook Co.,
Ill.
Her husband’s death certificate
states that Edgar
Cox,
black teamster and iceman, was born about
1900 in Tennessee, died 29 Jan 1932, in
Chicago, Ill., and was buried in Restvale
Cemetery.—Darrel
Dexter)
William P.
Rice,
formerly of Mound City, but for the past
three years residing in Greenville,
Illinois, passed away at his home Monday
according to word received in Mound City
Monday evening.
Mr.
Rice for many years made Mound City his
home. He was formerly a carpenter and
then he embarked in the restaurant business
which he conducted until he left for
Greenville with his family about three years
ago.
Mr.
Rice was 58 years of age and had been in
poor health for the last year of his life.
He was only confined to his bed about a
week. His son, Harry
Rice,
well known big league baseball player who
for years appeared as an outfielder for the
St. Louis Browns, Detroit Tigers, and New
York Yankees. At present he is with
the Baltimore Orioles.
Mr.
Rice is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Minnie
Rice,
two sons, Harry and Lester, all of
Greenville; and other relatives.
Funeral services were to have been held
Tuesday, but owing to the inclemency of the
weather the remains were taken to the home
of his brother in Carterville and Wednesday
they were taken to Makanda the birthplace of
Mr.
Rice, where interment was made.
Friends of the family in this community will
hear of the passing of Mr.
Rice
with deep regret. During his residence
in this city he made many friends.
(W. P.
Rice
married Minnie
Benson on 2 Oct 1898, in Jackson Co.,
Ill.
Joseph S.
Rice
married Margaret T.
Smith on 23 Oct 1872, in Jackson Co.,
Ill.
His death certificate states that
William Perry
Rice
was born 6 Oct 1873, in Makanda, Ill.,
the son of Joseph S.
Rice,
a native of Illinois, and Margaret
Smith, a native of Tennessee, died
15 Feb 1932, in Greenville, Bond Co.,
Ill., farmer and railroad gear carpenter,
the husband of Minnie May
Rice,
and as buried in Evergreen Cemetery at
Makanda.—Darrel
Dexter)
Silas E.
Bucher, lifelong resident of this
county, died at his home about a mile and a
quarter from Mounds Wednesday afternoon at
1:30 o’clock after an illness of a year.
A prominent man in the community, well liked
and widely known, his many friends will
grieve at his passing.
Mr.
Bucher was born in Rafensberg,
Wurtenberg, Germany, a little over 58 years
ago and came to this county with his mother,
two brothers and one sister in 1887, and
settled near Mounds where he has always
lived and farmed.
He continued in active life until about a
year ago, when, following the extraction of
many teeth, he seemed to fail and a general
breakdown followed. Influenza brought
him to death’s door.
He was married to Miss Mary
Valley in 1891 at Cairo. She
passed away on October 25, 1911. The
children who survive are Louis E. Sr., Mrs.
C. C.
Taylor, Mrs. Everett
Taylor, and John
Bucher, all of Mounds. One
daughter died in early childhood.
There are four brothers, Eberhardt
Bucher, of Cairo, Joe and Carl of the
same city, and Stephen of Freeport,
Illinois; and one sister, Mrs. William
Becker, of Freeport.
Funeral services will be held this afternoon
at 2 o’clock at the St. Raphael’s Catholic
Church and interment will be made in St.
Mary’s Cemetery at Mounds.
(Frank S.
Bucher married Mary
Valley on 25 Nov 1891, in Alexander Co.,
Ill.
His death certificate states that
Silas
Bucher was born 6 May 1858, in Germany,
the son of Aloysus
Bucher and Marie
Miller, natives of Germany, died 17 Feb
1932, in Pulaski, Illinois, the husband of
Mary
Bucher,
and was buried in St. Mary’s Cemetery at
Mounds.
His marker reads:
Silas
Bucher 1858-1932 Father.—Darrel
Dexter)
Miss Vera
Karraker, eldest daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Raymond
Karraker, passed away at her home here
Saturday at 6:00 p.m. after an illness of
twenty-two days with pneumonia and typhoid
fever. Vera, having moved here several
years ago with her parents from Dongola,
entered the Ullin schools and has attended
them since.
Besides her parents, she is survived by
two sisters, Bernetta and Sylvia Gail; also
other relatives.
(Her death certificate states that Vera
Arama
Karraker was born 10 Aug 1919, in
Dongola, Ill., the daughter of Raymond
Karraker and Gladys
Lentz, natives of Dongola, Ill., died 13
Feb 1932, in Ullin, Pulaski Co., Ill., and
was buried in Union Co., Ill.
Her marker in Christian Chapel
Cemetery near Dongola reads:
Vera daughter of Raymond & Gladys
Karraker 1919-1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
Word has been received from Amos
Compton that Dr. Will
Whiteaker, who is practicing medicine at
Dongola and who is in the Missouri Baptist
Hospital, is suffering from cancer of the
throat. Friends in Mound City are very
sorry to learn of Dr.
Whiteaker’s condition.
(Miles D.
Baker, 23, of Grassy Township,
Williamson Co., Ill., married Rhoda J.
Gallegly, 23, from Rich Precinct, Union
Co., Ill., on 22 Mar 1877, at the house of
Thomas
Gallegly in Union Co., Ill.
His death certificate states that
Miles David
Baker was born 10 Dec 1853, in
Williamson Co., Ill., the son of Johnathon
Baker, a native of North Carolina, and
Catherine
Sanders, a native of Tennessee, died 11
Feb 1932, in Anna, Union Co., Ill., the
husband of Rhoda Jane
Gallegly, and was buried in Anna
Cemetery.
His marker in Anna City Cemetery
reads:
Dr. Miles D.
Baker Dec. 10, 1853-Feb. 11,
1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Pleasant
Roach, age 62 years, passed away at her
home in Pulaski Wednesday following an
illness of long duration. Mrs.
Roach was a well-known and highly
respected lady in Pulaski and her death has
brought much sadness to the community in
which she lived.
Surviving Mrs.
Roach are her husband and five children,
Ala
Eliston by a former marriage, Mamie Jean
and Emma
Skyles of Aurora, Illinois, and Edith
Orvom and Sallie
Roach, of Pulaski.
Funeral services were conducted Friday
afternoon at 2 o’clock by Rev. R. E.
Cory
of the Methodist Church, South, and
interment was made in Rose Hill Cemetery.
W. J.
Aldred directed the funeral.
(B. F.
Eliston married Caroline
Prater on 20 Jun 1889, in Effingham Co.,
Ill.
Pleasant
Roach married Callie
Prater on 26 May 1894, in Effingham Co.,
Ill.
Her death certificate states that
Clara
Roach was born 11 Sep 1869, in Mason,
Ill., the daughter of Brice
Prater, a native of Pennsylvania, died
10 Feb 1932, in Pulaski, Ill., wife of Ples
Roach,
and was buried at Rose Hill Cemetery.
Her marker reads:
Pleasant
Roach Born May 22, 1869 Died Dec. 18,
1937 Clara
Roach Born Sept. 11, 1869 Died Feb. 10,
1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
Silas
Bucher, age 74, passed away at his home
to miles west of Mounds Wednesday afternoon,
February 17, at 1:30 o’clock.
He was born in Rafensburg, Württemberg,
Germany, May 6, 1858. Coming to this
county in 1887, he settled near Mounds,
where he engaged in farming. In 1898
he was united in marriage to Mary
Valle. To this union were born
five children, Augusta dying at the age of
three, and Mrs.
Bucher on October 25, 1911.
Surviving Mr.
Bucher are four children, Louis E.
Bucher, John
Bucher, Mrs. Clarence
Taylor, and Mrs. Everett
Taylor; also ten grandchildren. He
is a brother of Eberhard Sr., Joseph Sr.,
and Karl
Bucher, of Cairo, and Mrs. William
Becker and Stephen
Bucher of Freeport, Ill.
Funeral services will be held at St.
Raphael’s Catholic Church Friday afternoon
at 2 o’clock, the Rev. Father
Gilmartin officiating. Interment
will be made in St. Mary’s Cemetery with
Funeral Director, G. A.
James in charge.
Clara
Prater Roach was born in Effingham
County near Mason, Ill., Sept. 11, 1869, and
departed this life at her home in Pulaski,
Feb. 10, 1932, at the age of 62 years, 5
months and 28 days. She was first
united in marriage to Frank
Elliston. To this union one son
was born, Alvie
Elliston, of Moline, Mich.
Funeral services were held at the M. E.
Church South Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock
with interment in the Rose Hill Cemetery.
Undertaker W. H.
Aldred was in charge.
J. M.
Leonard, father of Mrs. A. A.
Thomas, of Mounds and long a resident of
Dyersburg, Tenn., died Friday, February 5,
at the home of a daughter, Mrs. C. W.
Jarrell, of Humboldt, Tenn.
The following is taken from the Dyersburg
paper:
“Stricken while on a visit to his daughter
in Humboldt, J. M.
Leonard, 79, well known and highly
respected citizen of Dyersburg, died there
late Friday at the home of Mrs. C. W.
Jarrell. Mr.
Leonard had been visiting her since late
in January.
“For a number of years Mr.
Leonard was a leading Dyer County
farmer. Later he removed from the
country to Dyersburg, where he was connected
for about ten years with J. W.
Curry and Son, undertakers.
He retired about two years ago.
Mr.
Leonard was born at Lebanon, Tennessee,
but had spent the most of his life in Dyer
County. He was a member of the
Christian Church here.
“Besides Mrs.
Jarrell he is survived by Mrs. Aaron
Thomas, another daughter; a son, J. Fred
Leonard, of Dyersburg; Mrs. Jesse
Bradshaw, a niece, with whom he made his
home; six other grandchildren and one
great-grandchild.
“Services were held at the residence of Mrs.
Bradshaw at 2:00 o’clock Saturday
afternoon, conducted by the Rev. K.
McCorkle, of Dyersburg and the Rev. Mrs.
Jenkins of Humboldt. Burial was in
Fairview Cemetery with J. W.
Curry and Son in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Ophelia
Avant Cox, colored, for 12 years a
teacher in the colored schools of Pulaski
County, was slain recently by her divorced
husband, according to word received by
county school officials.
Mrs.
Cox was well known and highly respected
in this county where she was born and where
she had lived until recently, when she
joined her parents in Chicago.
Soon after killing his wife, Mr.
Cox
committed suicide.
(Thomas R.
Anderson married Mary C.
Bonifield Brazeale on 9 Mar 1879, in
Massac Co., Ill.
William H.
Brazell married Mary C.
Bonafield on 21 Feb 1869, in Massac Co.,
Ill.
Her death certificate states that
Mary C.
Anderson was born 1 Jul 1850, in Massac
Co., Ill., the daughter of T. J.
Bonifield, a native of Virginia, died 7
Feb 1932, in Metropolis, Ill., wife of
Thomas
Anderson.
She was buried in the I. O. O. F.
Cemetery at Joppa, Ill.
Funeral services were held at the Lutheran
church of Dongola Monday afternoon.
Will
Mason, colored, of this city, died
Saturday afternoon, February 20, at St.
Mary’s Hospital from injuries received when
he attempted to catch a northbound freight
train on the Illinois Central bridge
approach in Cairo about 10 o’clock that
morning and fell beneath the wheels of a
moving car. His left leg was severed
from his body and he received other
injuries. He was unconscious when
taken to the hospital, but was able later to
give the attending doctor his name.
His mother, Mrs. Eliza
Mason, was called to the hospital and
was with him when he died. Young
Mason, who was 27, had been to the Barge
Line to seek employment.
He was born in DuQuoin, but had spent most
of his life in Mounds, receiving his
education in the Douglas School. He
was unmarried.
Funeral services were held Monday at the
home of his mother, the Rev. H. S.
Lander, pastor of the C. M. E. Church,
officiating. Burial was in Spencer
Heights Cemetery.
Mrs. Rachel Adeline
Gaunt, of Grand Chain, widow of J. W.
Gaunt, died Tuesday morning at 9 o’clock
at St. Mary’s Infirmary, Cairo, a victim of
pneumonia.
Rachel Adeline
Porter was born April 29, 1848, in
Texas, but drove through to Illinois with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. David
Porter, when a little girl. She
died at the age of 83 years, 9 months, and
23 days, having lived in the Grand Chain
neighborhood for more than 70 years.
Her husband, J. W.
Gaunt, preceded her in death some 15
years ago.
Mrs.
Gaunt is survived by three sons, W. P.
Copeland, of Muskogee, Okla., son of a
former marriage, and by Fred
Gaunt, of Mt. Vernon, Ill., and Joe
Gaunt, of Grand Chain.
Funeral services were held at the
Congregational church of Grand Chain
Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock with the
Rev. S. C.
Benninger, pastor of the church, in the
pulpit. Interment was made in Grand
Chain cemetery with Funeral Director G. A.
James in charge.
(Her death certificate states that Rachel
Adeline
Gaunt was born 28 Apr 1848, in Texas,
the daughter of David
Porter, a native of Indiana, and Tursey
Vandaver,
died 23 Feb 1932, in Cairo, Ill., wife
of J. W.
Gaunt, and was buried in Grand Chain
Masonic Cemetery.—Darrel
Dexter)
Passersby Tuesday evening shortly after 6
o’clock heard a woman’s scream coming from
E.
McReynolds’ apartment in the Nolte
building on __rt Street and running up the
stairway and into the room found
McReynolds, wounded by a single shot and
Ethel
Reed
in the room. ___ O. T.
Hudson and Dr. H. J.
Elkins were called and
McReynolds was given first aid and then
removed to St. Mary’s Hospital, Cairo, where
he died about 9:30 o’clock following
emergency operation. The bullet had
entered the abdomen near the right hip and
had lodged under the skin of his left leg.
Before his death, the wounded man in the
presence of Drs.
Hudson and
Elkins, made the statement that he had
been shot by Mrs.
Reed.
At the coroner’s inquest, held in Cairo
Wednesday afternoon, the coroner’s jury gave
the following verdict:
“We find one Ethel
Reed
to be the unlawful slayer of E.
McReynolds” and Sheriff I. J.
Hudson of Pulaski County was ordered to
hold Mrs.
Reed
for the grand jury. Mrs.
Reed
made no statement at the inquest, but has
been quoted as saying earlier that it was
suicide on the part of
McReynolds.
McReynolds,
whose age was 46, had lived in Mounds for a
number of years. He was a switchman
for the Illinois Central, but at the time of
his death was on the extraboard. Early
in 1931, he lost his wife and an infant
daughter, Mary Faith, was taken into the
home of Mr. and Mrs. C. J.
Bernaeur, of Madison, Ark., former
residents of Mounds. Report was made
some two months ago that he had married Mrs.
Reed,
but it is claimed that she has stated since
the shooting that she and
McReynolds were not married.
The body was brought to the funeral home of
Hartwell &
Ryan.
At 1:30 o’clock Thursday it was taken to the
home of Mrs.
McReynolds’ parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Engleert, of Paducah, Ky. Funeral
services were held Friday morning at the
Catholic church in Paducah with interment in
the Paducah cemetery.
Mrs. W. T.
Curtsinger, widow of the late W. T.
Curtsinger, died Friday morning,
February 19, at 5 o’clock at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Carol L.
Pulley after a lingering illness.
Mrs.
Curtsinger’s maiden name was Addie
Trimble. She was the daughter of
Rev. and Mrs. R. N.
Trimble, her father having been a
minister of the Church of Christ in
Nashville and other points in Tennessee, and
in Mayfield, Ky. Her age was 68.
For many years Mr. and Mrs.
Curtsinger made their home in Cairo,
Illinois. Since the death of her
husband, she has lived with her daughter and
family.
Surviving her are the one daughter, Mrs.
Pulley, and four sons, U. L.
Curtsinger, of New York City, Claude
Curtsinger, of Fulton, Ky., Robert and
A. J.
Curtsinger, of Cairo; four
grandchildren, Carolyn and Bill
Pulley, of this city, Lillian and Betty
Curtsinger, of Cairo; two sisters, Mrs.
Nannie
Welch, of Toledo, Ohio, and Mrs. Cora
Neal,
of Milan, Tenn.
Funeral services were held at the
James Funeral Home Saturday afternoon at
2 o’clock, conducted by Mr.
McAnally, an elder in the Christian
Church of Cairo, of which Mrs.
Curtsinger was long a member.
Interment was made in the Spencer
Heights Cemetery, the grave being covered
with a mound of beautiful flowers.
(Her death certificate states that Addie E.
Curtsinger was born 6 May 1863, in
Tennessee, the daughter of Robert
Trimble and Loucinda
Nance, natives of Tennessee, died 19 Feb
1932, in Mounds, Pulaski Co., Ill., wife of
William T.
Curtsinger.—Darrel
Dexter)
(Her death certificate states that Hattie
Flora
Davis, of Christopher, Ill., was born 21
May 1869, in Dongola, Ill., the daughter of
Thomas Jefferson
Eddleman and Ellen
Jenkins, a native of Tennessee, died 18
Feb 1932, in DuQuoin, Perry Co., Ill., the
wife of David W.
Davis,
and was buried in I. O. O. F. Cemetery
at DuQuoin.—Darrel
Dexter)
The 18-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Emil
Stallings, of Carmi, choked to death
Sunday morning. It is believed
something lodged in his throat, but he died
before a physician arrived and in an
examination later, the object could not be
found.—Grayville
Mer. Ind.
(His death certificate states that Victor R.
Stallings was born 23 Aug 1930, in
Illinois, the son of Emil
Stallings and Flaura
Henson, natives of Illinois, died 7 Feb
1932, in Carmi, White Co., Ill., and was
buried in Asbury Cemetery, Ridgway, Gallatin
Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
We desire to express our sincere thanks and
appreciation to our neighbors and friends
for their kindness during the illness of our
beloved father, Silas
Bucher, and following his death. We are
especially grateful to Father
Gilmartin for his services.
Word was received here of the death of
Pat
Adams, an old resident of Hurst.
Last Monday, Mr.
Adams and his aged mother, Mrs.
Hancock, were laid to rest in the
Carterville cemetery. While living
here some few years ago, Mr.
Adams passed on to the great beyond,
thus leaving him all alone and since that
time he has made his home with his mother at
Carterville. Their many local friends
were grieved to hear of their departure and
many from here attended the last rites.—Hurst
News
(Sarah E.
Peters, 18, of Hardin Co., Ky., married
on 17 Oct 1859, in Hardin Co., Ky., John C.
Adams, 22, of Hardin Co., Ill.
Her death certificate states that
Sarah E.
Hancock was born 6 Jan 1841, in
Elizabethtown, Ky., the daughter of Abraham
Peter and Miss
Paul,
natives of Kentucky,
died 6 Feb 1932, in Carterville,
Williamson Co., Ill., wife of Tom
Hancock.
She was buried in Oakwood Cemetery in
Carterville, Ill.
Pat
Adams is likely the same person as
Richard
Adams, railroad brakeman, whose death
certificate states was born 9 Apr 1866, in
Kentucky, the son of John
Adams and Sarah E.
Peters, natives of Kentucky, died 6 Feb
1932, in Marion, Williamson Co., Ill., and
was buried in Carterville, Ill.
Richard
Adams married Nannie
Chamness on 1 Nov 1893, in Williamson
Co., Ill.
His marker in Oakwood Cemetery was
Richard G.
Adams Born 9 Apr 1865 Died 6 Feb
1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
I desire to thank the many friends for their
expressions of sympathy and their kindness
to me in my grief over the loss of my son,
Will
Mason. Especially do I wish to
thank those who gave the use of their cars
and those who sent the beautiful flowers.
These deeds of kindness will ever be held in
grateful remembrance.
The Pulaski Enterprise,
Friday, 26 Feb 1932:
Mrs. Rachael Adeline
Gaunt, wife of the late Joe W.
Gaunt, Sr., passed away at St. Mary’s
Infirmary in Cairo Tuesday morning.
Mrs.
Gaunt was 83 years, 9 months, and 25
days old.
Mrs.
Gaunt had made her home with her son, J.
W.
Gaunt, Jr., for several years. She
fell about three weeks ago and fractured her
hip. She was removed to St. Mary’s
Infirmary soon after her fall. She
contracted pneumonia which caused her death.
Surviving Mrs.
Gaunt are three sons, Joe
Gaunt, of Grand Chain; Fred
Gaunt, of Mt. Vernon, Illinois, and W.
P.
Copeland, of Muskogee, Okla.; besides
several grandchildren and a large circle of
friends.
Funeral services were held Wednesday
afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Congregational
church in Grand Chain. Interment was
made in the Grand Chain cemetery. G.
A.
James of Mound City directed the
funeral.
Word has been received here of the death of
Mrs. J. R.
Crawford, of Sarasota, Fla. She
will be remembered as Miss Frances
Tanner. The early part of her
girlhood being spent in Villa Ridge.
She left there eight years ago for Lakeland,
Fla., where she met and married J. R.
Crawford. She had been a resident
of Sarasota, Fla., for the past four years.
She leaves to mourn her loss her husband and
two baby girls, Betty June, age three years,
and Mary Frances, age two months; her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Tanner, of Lakeland, Fla.; three
brothers, Frank, Wiatt, and William; a
sister, Mrs. J. E.
Wyatt, all of Lakeland; and a sister,
Mrs. J. W.
French, of St. Louis.
Services were held at the Thacker Van Gilder
Chapel with Rev. H. H.
Reece of the First Baptist Church
officiating. Interment was made in the
cemetery there.
Will
Mason, colored, of Mounds, fell beneath
the wheels of a car when he attempted to
catch a northbound freight train on the I.
C. bridge approach above Sycamore Street
about ten o’clock Saturday morning. His left
leg was cut off and he suffered other
injuries.
He was removed to St. Mary’s Infirmary in
Cairo where he underwent an operation,
passing away shortly afterward. He
became conscious long enough before the
operation to mumble his name.
(His death certificate states that William
Mason, black, single, was born 3 Feb
1905, in DuQuoin, Ill., the son of William
Mason, a native of Columbus, Ga., and L.
Ferguson, a native of Jackson, Tenn.,
died 20 Feb 1932, at St. Mary’s Infirmary,
Cairo, Alexander Co., Ill., and was buried
in Mounds Cemetery.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. W. T.
Curtsinger, age 68 years, passed away at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. C. L.
Pulley, in Mounds Friday morning,
February 19. Until two years ago, she
had made her home in Cairo, but moved to
Mounds at that time and made her home with
her daughter.
Surviving Mrs.
Curtsinger are her daughter, Mrs.
Culley; and four sons, U. L.
Curtsinger, of Cairo, besides other
relatives. Four grandchildren, Lillian and
Betty
Curtsinger, of Cairo, Carolyn and Bill
Pulley, of Mounds. She was a devout
member of the Christian Church of Cairo.
Funeral services were held Saturday
afternoon at 1:30 at the funeral home of G.
A.
James in Mounds, followed by interment
in Spencer Heights Cemetery.
Mrs. Ethel
Read
Galbraith, 28 years of age, is held in
the county jail on the charge of killing E.
“Shorty”
McReynolds, 45, at Mounds Tuesday night.
Their two accounts of the shooting are
radically different. The statement of
the dying man made to two doctors was that
she had shot him because he would not give
her $3,000 and a coat. Her statement
was that he committed suicide.
McReynolds
formerly a switchman, was working in a
restaurant. His wife died early in
1931 and he is said to have been living with
Mrs. Ethel
Read
Galbraith in the Nolte apartments for
three months.
The shooting took place about 6 p.m.
Tuesday in their room.
Her version of the shooting is that he had
been talking about his financial condition
and had expressed his opinion that he would
buy a farm in Kentucky and live there.
McReynolds had lost some money in the
Paducah bank failure. He is reported
to be in failing health. He picked up
a revolver, a 38 caliber, pressed it to his
side, saying, “Well, here goes,” and fired.
The bullet passed through his intestines,
puncturing them a number of times, ranging
downward and inflicted a wound that was
fatal in some two hours. The wound
showed powder burns.
Her screams attracted the attention and Dr.
O. T.
Hudson and Dr. J. H.
Wilkins were called and gave emergency
treatment, rushing the man to the hospital,
where he died two hours later under an
emergency operation.
McReynolds
lost his wife about a year ago and is said
to have been living with Ethel
Read
Galbraith. His child, about a year old,
is in the hands of friends or relatives.
He was a switchman, until laid off, and had
been working in a restaurant where she
worked, it is stated.
He was supposed to have close relatives, but
his father-in-law claimed the body and
funeral services are being held today in
Paducah. He left a will, it is further
understood, disposing of his property by
leaving it to his child.
(His death certificate states that E.
McReynolds was born 12 Jan 1885, died 24
Feb 1932, at St. Mary’s Infirmary, in Cairo,
Alexander Co., Ill., and was buried in
Paducah, Ky.
His wife, Rena
McReynolds, was born 18 Feb 1894, in
Paducah, Ky., the daughter of Thomas C.
Glert and Sallie
McMann, natives of Kentucky,
died 21 Jan 1931, in Mounds, Ill., and
was buried in Mount Carmel Cemetery.
A
marker in Mount Carmel Cemetery in Paducah,
McCracken Co., Ky., reads:
Father Elbert
McReynolds Jan. 11, 1885-Feb. 23, 1932 A
kind husband and father.—Darrel
Dexter)
William T.
Smoot, age 83, passed away at the home
of his son living about one mile east of
Pulaski Friday morning. Mr.
Smoot was one of the oldest and best
known men in Pulaski County. He had
resided in the country for more than a half
century, his family being reared in this
county.
He is survived by seven sons and one
daughter. The sons are Charles
Smoot, Sikeston, Mo., W. O.
Smoot, Mounds; Ollie and George
Smoot, Villa Ridge; Frank
Smoot, of Detroit, Mich.; Clyde
Smoot, of Chicago. The daughter is
Mrs. Frieda
Smith, of Detroit. He also leaves
one cousin, John
Smoot, of Mounds, and a large circle of
friends who held him in high esteem.
Funeral services were held at Liberty Church
at 2:30 o’clock Saturday afternoon with Rev.
Allen of Villa Ridge officiating.
Interment was made in the Liberty Cemetery.
W. H.
Aldred directed the funeral.
(William T.
Smoot married Malinda
Kennedy on 12 Apr 1879, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill.
William T.
Smoot, 47, born in North Carolina, son
of Liphlet
Smoot and Mary
Holeman, married 2nd on 9 Jan
1896, in Pulaski Co., Ill., Mrs. Lucretia M.
Lowe,
26, born in Pulaski, Ill., daughter of James
H.
Atherton and Susan
McClellan.
His death certificate states that
William Thomas
Smoot was born 8 Oct 1848, in North
Carolina, the son of Liflett
Smoot and Martha
Holden, a native of North Carolina,
died 26 Feb 1932, in Pulaski Co., Ill.,
and was buried in Liberty Cemetery.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Mary
Ritz, sister to George
Martin, of this city, and John
Martin, of Olmstead, died at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. Abe
Wingett, in Herrin, on last Saturday at
the age of 84. She had been in failing
health for some time and in critical
condition for a week before her death.
Mrs.
Piltz spent about a half a century of
her life in Carterville.
John
Martin attended the funeral Monday, but
George
Martin was in Decatur and the telegram
reached him late and at a time when he was
tied up in affairs and could not come.
Mrs.
Piltz was their oldest sister by their
mother’s first marriage.
(Her death certificate states that Mary Jane
Piltz was born 5 Oct 1845, in Osage,
Ill., the daughter of Jim
Mannering and Narsish
Russell, died 27 Feb 1932, in Herrin,
Williamson Co., Ill., and was buried in
Carterville, Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
A peculiar death certificate has been filed
with J. H.
Harbison, village clerk at Olmsted,
which bears the name of John
Blume, and no one knows if that is the
right name.
About January 28, or the day before, a
farmer near Olmsted found a man in his barn
so ill that he was unconscious. No one
knew who he was or anything about him and he
was taken to the county farm by Frank
Schults and on January 28 died.
His death certificate said that he died of
locked bowels.
When he died, a small notebook with the name
of John
Blume, was found on him. It was
concluded that his name was that. His
age was about 70 and again, it was a mere
estimation. Where he lived, who he
was, his parents, relatives or friends, no
one knew.
He was just a hobo, who became so sick that
he was unable to tell anyone who he was and
in silence, unknown, unwept, and unsung,
passed from among mortals. An unusual
death in this land. Someone’s brother or
father or buddy is listed among the missing
somewhere.
(The death certificate reads:
John
Blume born about 1862 died 30 Jan 1932,
in Road District 4, Pulaski Co., Ill., and
was buried at the county farm.—Darrel
Dexter)
(Her name was recorded as Mrs.
Piltz elsewhere in the same
issue.—Darrel
Dexter)
The Mounds Independent,
Friday, 4 Mar 1932:
William Thomas
Smoot, a longtime resident of Pulaski
County, died Friday, February 26, at the
home of a son near Villa Ridge.
Mr.
Smoot, who had reached the age of 83 and
spent 50 or more of those years in this
county, is survived by six sons and one
daughter. The sons are Charles
Smoot, of Sikeston, Mo., W. O.
Smoot, Mounds; Ollie and George
Smoot, Villa Ridge; Frank
Smoot, Detroit, Mich.; and Clyde
Smoot, of Chicago. The daughter is
Mrs. Frieda
Smith of Detroit. John
Smoot of this city is a cousin.
Funeral services were held at Liberty Church
at 2:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon with the
Rev. E. O.
Allen, of Villa Ridge officiating.
Interment was made in Liberty Cemetery in
charge of Funeral Director W. H.
Aldred.
F.
W.
Ledbetter, of near Ullin, brother of A.
Ledbetter of this city, died Friday
morning, March 4, at the age of 86 years.
He had been a resident of Pulaski County for
more than 70 years.
In 1872 Mr.
Ledbetter was married to Sarah
Crippen. To this union twelve
children were born.
Mrs.
Ledbetter died in 1897.
Funeral services were held Saturday
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Interment
was made in New Hope Cemetery with W. H.
Aldred in charge.
(This is Stephen Wiley
Ledbetter.—Darrel
Dexter)
The Pulaski Enterprise,
Friday, 11 Mar 1932:
The mother of Bert
Mann,
of Ullin, died in Carterville early
Wednesday morning at the age of 74 years of
a paralytic stroke. She was ill but a
short time before her death. The
funeral will probably be today.
(Her death certificate states that Sarah
Elizabeth
Mann
was born 12 Apr 1856, in Benton Co., Tenn.,
daughter of Joseph and Martha Elizabeth
Green,
died 9 Mar 1932, in Carterville,
Williamson Co., Ill., wife of R. P.
Mann,
and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery,
Carterville, Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Hopper passed away at the home of his
grandmother, Mrs. Jessie
Reeves, Sunday. The little one was
only 5 days old.
Funeral services were held at the Mt.
Pleasant Baptist Church at 2 o’clock Tuesday
afternoon with Rev. H. E.
Vick,
of Tamms officiating. Interment was
made in Rose Hill Cemetery. W. H.
Aldred directed the funeral.
The baby’s mother was Miss Olga
Reeves before her marriage.
(His death certificate states that Charles
Russell
Hopper was born 2 Mar 1932, in Pulaski,
Ill., the son of Ernest Mix
Hopper and Olga Irene
Reeves, died 7 Mar 1932, and was buried
at Pulaski.
His marker in Rose Hill Cemetery at
Pulaski reads:
Charles Russell
Hopper Born March 3, 1932 Died March 8,
1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
Anthony Wayne
Merwin, age 86 years, veteran of the
Civil War, passed away at his home in
Olmsted Saturday morning following a brief
illness. Mr.
Merwin was active for his years and his
jolly disposition had won for him many
friends. He had lived in Olmstead for
over 40 years. He was a retired
merchant.
Mr.
Merwin served as a private in Co. C, 184
Regiment, New York State Volunteers.
He enlisted August 25, 1864, and was
discharged June 29, 1865, at City Point, W.
Va.
Surviving him are three children he reared,
Mrs. Edith
Johnson, of Mound City, Mrs. J. W.
Mathis, of America, and Mrs. O. A.
Burdick, of Momence, Illinois; also
several other nieces and nephews. He
was a half-brother of the late Mrs.
Williamson of this city, and an aunt of
the late A. W.
Williamson, of Hollywood, California,
but formerly of Mound City. Another
half-sister, Mrs.
Wilcox, passed away some time ago in
Paducah, Ky. An own sister, Mrs.
Taylor, passed away in California.
The late Wayne
Johnson, son of Mrs. Edith
Johnson, was named for Mr.
Merwin.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon
at 2 o’clock at the Methodist Church, South,
Olmstead, with the Rev. E. O.
Allen, pastor of the Union Church of
Villa Ridge, officiating. Interment
was made in the Masonic cemetery at Olmsted.
G. A.
James directed the funeral.
(Anthony W.
Merwin, 19,
native of Oswego, N.Y., engineer, with
hazel eyes, dark complexion, 5’ 8 ½” high,
enlisted 25 Aug 1864, as a private in Co. C,
184th New York Infantry, and was
mustered out 29 Jun 1865 at City Point, Va.
A. W.
Merwin married Nannie R.
Davidge on 27 Mar 1887, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill.
His death certificate states that
Anthony Wayne
Merwin was born 29 Jul 1845, in New
York, died 5 Mar 1932, in Olmsted, Pulaski
Co., Ill., retired merchant, husband of
Nannie
Merwin, and was buried at Olmsted.
His marker in Olmsted Masonic
Cemetery reads A. W.
Merwin Born July 23, 1845 Died March 6,
1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mathias
Caraker, of Anna, former Union County
supervisor and father of Dr. Oscar
Caraker, of Olmsted, died at his
daughter’s home in Herrin Monday morning of
last week at 6:30 o’clock.
His death was reported to have been caused
by a heart attack. He dropped dead
while at the breakfast table.
Relatives here say he had been troubled with
heart attacks for several years.
Mr.
Caraker was a retired farmer. He
was the son of the late Daniel
Caraker and was born and reared in Union
County. He spent the larger part of his life
in the vicinity of Cobden and Anna.
Born April 5, 1850, he had attained the age
of 81 years, 10 months, and 24 days at
death.
He was united in marriage to Venecia Jane
Stout, at Water Valley, Illinois,
September 18, 1878. He was a member of
the Methodist Church at Olmstead, Illinois.
Mr.
Caraker served as county supervisor in
Union County in 1910 and had served a number
of years as justice of the peace and school
director in his township. In his
younger days Mr.
Caraker taught school in the vicinity of
Anna.
His wife preceded him in death six years
ago. He is survived by three children:
Dr. Oscar
Caraker, of Olmstead; Melvin
Caraker, of Cobden, and Mrs. Clarence
Dillard, at Herrin.
(Matthias
Caraker, 28, born in Union Co., Ill.,
son of Daniel
Caraker and Nancy
Haire, married on 19 Sep 1878, in Union
Co., Ill., Jane
Stout, 22, born in Union Co., Ill.,
daughter of William J.
Stout and Manerva
Clutts.
His death certificate states that
Mathias
Caraker was born 5 Apr 1850, in Union
Co., Ill., died 29 Feb 1932, in Herrin,
Williamson Co., Ill., and was buried at
Anna, Ill.
His marker in Anna City Cemetery
reads:
Matthias
Caraker Born April 5, 1850 Died Feb. 29,
1932 Vineca Janey
Caraker his wife Born July 23, 1856 Died
Sept. 13, 1925 Lulu M.
Caraker Adams Born Oct. 2, 1891 Died
Aug. 9, 1915 Matthias D.
Adams her son Born March 25, 1915 Died
Jan. 13, 1916.—Darrel
Dexter)
Thomas Monroe
Gunn,
was born December 18, 1871, near Cobden,
Illinois, and departed this life February
28, 1932. He was 61 years, 2 months
and 10 days of age. Over a period of
61 years this community has known and loved
the time honored citizen who has traveled
down through the years from boyhood days to
three score and one years. On
September 12, 1897, he was united in
marriage to Miss Sula
Johnson, of Tamaroa. To this union
two children were born.
Although Mr.
Gunn
had been in poor health for some time, he
was always cheerful. He professed
faith in Christ and united with the First
Baptist Church at Cobden. He then
removed his membership to Alto Pass Baptist
Church where he remained a faithful member
of the following lodges: The Modern
Woodman, the Royal Neighbors and the I. O.
O. F. Mr.
Gunn
was loved by all who knew him and will be
greatly missed in his home church, lodge and
community.
Funeral services were conducted from the
Alto Pass Baptist Church by Rev. M.
Wilson and W. W.
Hunsaker. Business places were
closed and a large congregation paid tribute
to the departed friend, who in passing has
left behind beautiful footprints on the
sands of time. The beautiful floral
offering bore their silent message of
sympathy. He was laid to rest in
Cobden Cemetery.
Mr.
Gunn is survived by his wife and two
children, Norman
Gunn,
who resides on the farm, and Miss Margery, a
teacher in the Alto Pass School; two
grandchildren, one sister, Mrs. Nellis
Wright, Anna; and one brother, Theodore
Gunn,
Cobden; and a host of friends and relatives.
(Monroe
Gunn,
25, son of Ellis
Gunn
and Miss
Wallace, married on 12 Sep 1897, in
Union Co., Ill., Sula
Johnson, 21, born in Perry Co., Ill.,
daughter of M.W.
Johnson and Miss
Jones. The death certificate of Thomas
Monroe
Gunn,
farmer, states he was born 18 Dec 1871, in
Union Co., Ill., the son of Ellis
Gunn
and Lucinda
Wallace, natives of Union Co., Ill.,
died 28 Feb 1932, in Union Co., Ill., and
was buried in Cobden, Ill.
His marker in Cobden Cemetery reads:
Monroe
Gunn
Dec. 18, 1871 Feb. 28, 1932 Father.—Darrel
Dexter)
(His death certificate states that Leo
Harrison
Mathis, of Burksville, Ill., was born 31
Jul 1917, in Ellerton, Ill., son of Peter
Harrison
Mathis and Effie
Hoyle, natives of Illinois, died 6 Mar
1932, in East St. Louis, St. Clair Co., Ill.
His marker in Alto Pass Cemetery
reads:
Leo H.
Mathis 1917-1932 Son.—Darrel
Dexter)
(Stephen J.
Ledbetter married Sarah J.
Crippen on 5 Dec 1872, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill.
His death certificate states that
Stephen Wiley
Ledbetter was born 24 Apr 1849, in
Tennessee, son of Isaac
Ledbetter, a native of North Carolina,
died 4 Mar 1932, in Ullin, Pulaski Co.,
Ill., husband of Sarah Jane
Ledbetter, and was buried in Road
District 3, Ullin, Ill.
Henry
Eastwood, 24, born in Olmsted, Ill., son
of Ab and Josephine
Eastwood, married on 24 Dec 1897, in
Pulaski Co., Ill., Lottie
Ledbetter, 18, of Ullin, Ill., born in
Olmsted, daughter of S. W. and Sarey
Ledbetter.—Darrel
Dexter)
Judge William A.
Wall,
a resident and prominent attorney of Mound
City for 42 years, passed away peacefully
last Saturday night about 9:30 o’clock.
His death was due to cancer of the mouth
against which all the skill of medical
science and his own remarkable courage and
vitality availed nothing.
Judge
Wall
had grown weaker following his visit last
fall to Mayo Brothers Hospital at Rochester,
Minn., and since he had with him a nurse
most of the time. His troubles began
in 1919 when he was attending the
Constitutional Convention at Springfield, to
which he was a delegate. Operations
and treatments followed, but it has only
been the last two years that he had
virtually abandoned active law practice.
His death had not been unexpected in the
last few weeks. A coma began Saturday
morning and quietly his spirit passed
without regaining consciousness.
Judge
Wall
was closely associated with Mound City and
with this end of the state. He was a
man of great energy, winning his way upward
into the ranks of lawyers. His
naturally genial nature gave him political
advantages which he used at times. He
possessed a keen business mind and besides
practicing law, farmed and was connected
with banking.
Judge
Wall
was the son of James B. and Anna Elizabeth
Wall,
of Lick Creek in Union County and was born
August 17, 1864. His education was
that of the district and then he attended
Illinois Wesleyan College at Bloomington,
Southern Illinois Normal University and the
Union Academy at Anna. He taught
school some six years in Union County and
two years in Pulaski County to further his
studies. He read law in the offices of
some of the prominent lawyers in Union
County and on April 15, 1890, he was
admitted to the bar.
Very soon after this, or about this time, he
came to Mound City to practice law.
Perhaps, while teaching at Villa Ridge, he
saw an opening here, anyhow, he came, a
young attorney. Water was around Mound
City and to reach here, he came in a boat.
The judge frequently referred to those early
days when he began practice and of the few
belongings he brought with him to open his
office.
But his practice grew and in two years he
was elected county judge of this county,
which office he held from 1892 to 1896.
Governor
Deneen appointed him to fill a vacancy
in that office in 1909 and he was elected to
serve from 1910 to 1914. From 1896 to
1904 he was on the state board of
equalization and in 1910 he began working in
Springfield as a member of the
Constitutional Convection as a
representative of the 50th senatorial
district.
Since that time he engaged in a general
practice of law. He was a strong supporter
of
Roosevelt and had
Roosevelt been elected in the Bull Moose
Movement, Judge
Wall
would doubtless have gone to the federal
bench. He has always been a strong
Republican and has taken many active parts
in campaigns.
On June 5, 1907, he married Miss Margaret
Cecelia
Browner, who with Warner
Wall,
are the two closest relatives. There
are four sisters, Mrs. Andy
Wright, of Anna; Mrs. John
Hathaway, of Johnston City; Mrs. William
Pender, of Anna; and Mrs. Harry B.
Adams, of Anna; and one brother, Sherman
B.
Wall, of Marion.
In 1896 he was converted at a revival in the
Methodist church and became a member of the
board of trustees. He was baptized by
Dr.
Rice on May 20, 1929, at Rochester,
Minn., and united with the Methodist Church
here that summer.
He was a member of the Knights of Pythias,
I. O. O. F. and Modern Woodmen of America.
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday
afternoon at the Methodist church by Rev. J.
W.
Ward of Dongola, a Baptist minister, and
the one Judge
Wall
had requested. Members of the bar
associations of several counties were
present and the church was crowded beyond
capacity by the many who came to pay their
respects interment was at the Villa
Ridge cemetery where the Knights of Pythias
held their services.
(James
Wall
married Ann E.
Wright on 4 Oct 1863, in Union Co., Ill.
According to his death certificate,
William Ambrose
Wall,
attorney at law, was born 17 Aug 1864, in
Anna, Ill., the son of James B.
Wall,
a native of Tennessee, and Ann
Wright, a native of Illinois, died 12
Mar 1932, in Mound City, Pulaski Co., Ill.,
husband of Margaret
Wall,
and was buried at Villa Ridge,
Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Caroline May
Curther,
six weeks old infant daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Carl
Curther,
of Mounds passed away at the home of her
parents Sunday morning. The little one
is survived by her parents, one sister, a
grandfather, two grandmothers, and a
great-grandmother, besides several uncles
and aunts.
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon
at 2 o’clock, conducted by Rev. T. C.
Ury,
pastor of the First Baptist Church.
Interment was made in Thistlewood Cemetery.
(The surname should be
Curtner.—Darrel
Dexter)
Henry
Butler, age 73 years, passed away Friday
morning at 6 a.m. at his home near Mounds,
where he had resided for more than 60 years.
Surviving him are four sons, Fred, Arville,
and Harley, of Mounds, and Dave, of Cache,
Illinois. He also leaves one sister,
Mrs. Matilda
Ray,
of Royalton, Illinois, and 13 grandchildren.
His wife preceded him in death four years.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon
in the funeral home of
Hartwell and
Ryan
conducted by the Rev. T. C.
Ury,
pastor of the Baptist Church.
Interment was made in Thistlewood Cemetery.
(His death certificate states that Henry
Butler was born 30 Sep 1858, in
Illinois, the son of Allen
Butler, died 11 Mar 1932, in Road
District 7, Pulaski Co., Ill., husband of
Cynthia
Butler, and was buried at Mounds, Ill.
Henry
Butler married Cynthia
Carpenter on 20 Aug 1882, in Franklin
Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Henry
Wiesmeyer, age five years, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Otis
Wismeyer, passed away at his home in
Villa Ridge Monday.
Surviving him besides his parents are two
brothers, Willie and James, and a sister,
Thelma.
He also leaves an uncle, Charles
Sanders.
Funeral services were held Wednesday
afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the residence
with Rev. Mr.
Smith officiating. Interment was
made in Richmond Cemetery. W. H.
Aldred of Pulaski directing the funeral.
O. E.
Burris, age 70 years, passed away at his
home in Vienna at 11 o’clock Wednesday
morning. Mr.
Burris was serving his second term as
county clerk of Johnson County. He was
very prominent there both as a citizen and a
public servant. Prior to his election
as county clerk, Mr.
Burris served a four-year term as county
treasurer. Before entering politics,
he as a school teacher in Johnson County for
many years.
He was a half-brother of Mrs. Joe
Price of this city. Besides Mrs.
Price, he is survived by his widow, four
children, and several other sisters and
brothers.
Mrs.
Price will be unable to attend the
funeral, but her husband will attend.
Funeral services will be held Friday
afternoon.
(Oscar E.
Burris married Martha E.
Whiteaker on 12 Jul 1885, in Johnson
Co., Ill.
His death certificate states that
Oscar E.
Burris was born 1 Dec 1861, in Vienna,
Ill., the son of Thomas
Burris, a native of Lexington, Ky., and
Ruth
Mulkey, a native of Illinois,
died 16 Mar 1932, in Vienna, Johnson
Co., Ill., husband of Martha
Burris, and was buried in Road District
5, Johnson Co., Ill.
T. R.
Burris married M.
Mulkey on 17 Nov 1858, in Johnson Co.,
Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
The
Lackey heirs must pay for the $10,000
monument Judge D. T.
Hartwell ruled in circuit court
Wednesday morning, after having the case
under consideration for some time.
The case involved a number of points in law
and it had bearing upon a number of the
relatives. The suit was to see whether
the widow should share in payment of the
monument out of her half or if the heirs
should have to pay for it alone.
The
Lackey estate, whose distribution was
directed in a will, which is unusual, has
been in court for snarls and disagreements
are straightened out. Judge
Hartwell said the will lacked very
little of being a valid will and that
relatives could count themselves lucky to
receive anything when it was the evident
intention that they receive not a dime.
It will be recalled that the will directed
the erection of the monuments, gave certain
portion of the estate to his wife and
planned with the residue or with all, in
case his wife preceded him, to build a road
from the cemetery towards Mounds.
The state built the road or most of it,
although to reach the cemetery one must
travel a gravel road a short distance and
then cross a field up which there is little
more than a trail for 200 yards. The
will was attacked and Judge E. A.
Spiller construed the will.
In general the construction put on the will
by Judge
Spiller gave part of the estate to the
relatives.
Mrs.
Lackey renounced the will so that she
might claim half of the personal and half of
the real estate.
The monument has now been erected.
Close by it and hardly off the lot, if it is
off the lot, is a stone which was first
erected. Part of the curbing of the
lot is about gone. The cemetery is
old, having in it stones which date before
the Civil War. The big monument
predominates the entire cemetery.
Then arose the argument as to how the
monument should be paid and there appeared
to be no specific instructions. Should
the widow pay half or did she have the right
to the half before the expense of the
monument was removed? The court ruled
that the heirs must pay out of their half.
(Her marker in Ebenezer Hall Cemetery near
Lick Creek reads:
Mother, Charlotte C. wife of D. S.
Hogue Born Apr. 28, 1856 Died Mar. 10,
1932 Father, Daniel S.
Hogue Born Feb. 11, 1841 Died Nov. 2,
1907.—Darrel
Dexter)
James
Howell passed away at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. J. L.
Corzine, near Balcom, Illinois at 6:30
____ Saturday morning. He fell and
broke his hip almost three weeks ago and
died from the effects of the fall.
He was a resident of Dongola for many years,
having conducted a livery stable in his
earlier days. His wife passed away
about 22 years ago and he made his home with
his children since.
Funeral services were held at the Big Creek
Baptist Church near Dongola at 2 o’clock
Sunday afternoon conducted by Rev. V. G.
____, pastor of the church. Interment was
made in the McGinnis Cemetery near Mt.
Pleasant. H. J.
Ford
directed the funeral.
Mr.
Howell is survived by five children,
Mrs. E. E.
Woodard, of Dongola, Mrs. T. H.
Corzine, of Balcom, Mrs. H.
Collier and Mrs. Charles
Corzine, both of Taylorsville, and Joe
Howell address unknown.
(Josiah
Howell married Sarah J.
Benson on 1 Sep 1870, in Union Co., Ill.
James B.
Woodard, 21, born in Union Co., Ill.,
son of James W.
Woodard and Manerva
Boswell, married on 12 Dec 1890, in
Jonesboro, Union Co., Ill., Elizabeth
Howell, 19, born in Union Co., Ill.,
daughter of Joseph
Howell and Sarah
Benson.
Albert
W.
McGinnis, 30, born in Union Co., Ill.,
son of John
McGinnis and Mary M.
Ragsdale, married on 19 Oct 1898, at
James
Weatherly’s, in Union Co., Ill., Susan
L.
Howell, 21, born in Union Co., Ill.,
daughter of Josiah
Howell and Sarah J.
Benson.
His death certificate states that
Josiah
Howell was born 16 Jul 1851, in Union
Co., Ill., the son of Susan
Ingram Howell, a native of North
Carolina, and died 12 Mar 1932, in Union
Co., Ill., husband of Sarah Jane
Howell.
A marker in McGinnis Cemetery reads:
Josiah
Howell Born July 16, 1851 Died March 12,
1932 Sarah J.
Howell Born May 3, 1851 Died March 9,
1912.—Darrel
Dexter)
The Mounds Independent,
Friday, 18 Mar 1932:
Judge William Ambrose
Wall
of Mound City, died Saturday night, March
12, at his home following a prolonged
illness and a valiant fight to recover his
health.
For many years a leading citizen and
attorney of Southern Illinois and Pulaski
County, and a member of the State
Constitutional Convention, elected from the
Fiftieth Senatorial District in 1919, Judge
Wall
had given long and faithful service to the
community and state.
Surviving him are his widow, Mrs. Margaret
Browner Wall; a son, Warner
Wall,
born of a former marriage; four sisters,
Mrs. Rhoda
Pender and Mrs. Clementine
Wright of Anna, Mrs. Minnie
Adams of Centralia and Mrs. Maude
Hathaway of Johnston City; also one
brother, Sherman
Wall,
of Marion.
Completing the work of the common schools of
Union County, he attended the Southern
Illinois Normal University at Carbondale and
later took a law course at the Illinois
Wesleyan University at Bloomington. He
read law under prominent Union County
lawyers and taught grade schools of the
county for six years. Coming to
Pulaski County he taught two years at Villa
Ridge then left the teaching profession to
practice law. In 1889 he was admitted
to the bar in Illinois and accepted a
partnership with the late Judge Joseph
Robarts in Mound City. Later he
was admitted to practice in the United
States Supreme Court.
Besides practicing individually, Judge
Wall
formed partnerships with the late Judge
Robarts, the late Judge John D.
Bristow, the late Judge Lyman G.
Caster, Thomas
Boyd,
George E.
Martin, and his son, Warner
Wall.
In 1892 he was married to Miss Louie
Kaltenback, of Mayfield, Ky., and to
this union one son, Warner
Wall,
was born.
Mrs.
Wall
died in 1897 and in 1907 he married Miss
Margaret
Browner of Mound City.
Judge
Wall
was prominent in politics, a leading
Republican. He served two terms as
county judge of Pulaski County and completed
by appointment, the unexpired term of his
partner in law, Judge Lyman G.
Caster. He served as chairman of
the Cache River Drainage Commission, which
supervised the survey of Cache River.
Elected to the State Board of Equalization
form the Twenty-fifth Congressional
District, he served eight years. In
1919 he was elected as a member of the
Constitutional Convention from the Fiftieth
Senatorial District.
In the business life of his community, Judge
Wall
occupied a prominent place. He
invested heavily in real estate, was
interested in the building and loan and in
banking. He was a member of the
Methodist Church of Mound City, the Knights
of Pythias Lodge No. 197, the I. O. O. F.
and the Modern Woodman.
He was a veteran of the Spanish
American War.
Within the last year, his son, Attorney
Warner
Wall,
gave up his law practice in Chicago and
returned to Mound City in order to assume
full charge of the business interests of his
father.
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon
at 2:00 o'clock at the Methodist church of
Mound City with Rev. W. J.
Ward
of Dongola and Rev. Mr.
Humphrey, pastor, conducting.
Fellow members of the Judiciary of Central
and Southern Illinois were there to pay
their last respects.
Friends from far and near came to bid
a silent adieu to one they had known and
loved.
The burial was in the Villa Ridge Cemetery
with the beautiful rites of the Knights of
Pythias Lodge.
Funeral Director G. A.
James was in charge.
Carolyn May, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Carl
Curtner, was born January 27, and died
March 13, at the home of her parents on
South Front Street at the age of 1 month and
15 days.
Surviving her are her parents, one sister, a
grandfather, two grandmothers, and a
great-grandmother, besides other relatives.
Mrs.
Curtner is the former Miss Cecil
Boren.
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon
at the residence, the Rev. T. C.
Ury,
pastor of the Baptist Church officiating.
Interment was made in Thistlewood Cemetery
with
Hartwell and
Ryan
in charge.
(Her death certificate states that Caryln
May
Curtner was born 27 Jan 1932, in Mounds,
Ill., the daughter of Carl and C.
Curtner, and died 13 Mar 1932, in
Mounds, Ill., and was buried in Mounds,
Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Henry
Butler, well known farmer residing west
of this city, died early Friday morning,
March 11, at the home where he had lived for
more than 60 years. His wife preceded
him in death some four years ago.
He was born in Franklin County, Illinois, in
1856 and died at the age of 75 years, 5
months and 11 days. In 1882 he was
united in marriage to Miss Cynthia
Carpenter. To this union were born
eight children, seven sons and one daughter.
Surviving Mr.
Butler are four sons, Fred, Orville, and
Harley, all of Mounds, and David of Cache,
Ill.; thirteen grandchildren and a sister,
Mrs. Matilda
Ray,
of Royalton, Ill.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon
at the funeral home of
Hartwell and
Ryan,
the Rev. T. C.
Ury,
pastor of the Baptist Church officiating.
Interment was made in Thistlewood Cemetery.
(His death certificate states that Melvin
Lee
Parrott was born 10 Mar 1932, in Pulaski
Co., Ill., the son of Eugene
Parrott, a native of Pulaski, Ill., and
Lydia J.
Mike,
a native of St. Louis, Mo., died 13 Mar
1932, in Pulaski Co., Ill., and was buried
in Pulaski, Ill.
His marker in Rose Hill Cemetery near
Pulaski reads:
Marvin Lee
Parrott Mar. 10, 1932 Mar. 13,
1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
MT. CARMEL—One man was drowned and four
others had narrow escapes today when a
heavily loaded truck skidded off the cable
ferry over the Wabash River two miles north
of here.
William E.
Simpson, 40, Dayton, Ohio, was drowned.
His body has not been recovered.
The other passenger on the truck, Thomas
Harrison, Chicago; Norman
Bossle, Louisville; and Rex
Stallings, Louisville; were saved by
John
Langford, who lives on the river bank.
Langford
also dragged Frank
Keepes, the ferry operator, out of the
river to safety.
The truck,
en
route to St. Louis from Louisville,
drove onto the ferry from the Indiana side
about 8 a.m.
It skidded off onto the engine boat of the
ferry, overturning into the river and
sinking the engine boat.
Simpson
was not seen after the truck spilled into
the river. He and
Stallings were passengers on the truck,
which was operated by
Harrison and
Bossle.
It was owned by a New Albany firm and loaded
with miscellaneous merchandise,
Harrison said.
The stream was being dragged for
Simpson's body.
Mrs. Ida
Hanenberg Hopson died Tuesday, March
22, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. A.
Curtner. Her age at death was 65
years, 11 months and 17 days.
Surviving her are her husband, three
daughters, Mrs. John
Graham of Dowell, Ill., Mrs. H. R.
Burt,
of Covington, La., Mrs. W. A.
Curtner of this city; two sons, John
Hanenberg and Walter
Hanenberg, both of New Orleans; eight
grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, one
brother, James
Barnes of Moorehouse, Mo.; and one
sister, Mrs. Ellen
McRoney, of Caruthersville, Mo.
She was a member of the German Baptist
Church of Hanenberg, Mo.
A short service was held at the residence
Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, conducted
by Rev. T. C.
Ury,
pastor of the Baptist Church, after which
the funeral cortege left for Sikeston, Mo.,
where interment was made, the Rev. Mr.
Duncan of Sikeston officiating.
Hartwell and
Ryan
were the funeral directors.
(Her death certificate states that Ida
Farrenburg Hopson was born 5 Apr 1866,
in Charleston, Mo., died 22 Mar 1932, in
Mounds, Ill., the wife of Jesse
Hopson,
and was buried in Sikeston, Mo.
A marker in Sikeston City Cemetery
reads:
Ida
Farrenburg 1866-1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
We desire to thank our friends and neighbors
for their sympathy and kindness during the
illness and following the death of our
darling baby girl, Carolyn May.
Especially do we thank Rev. T. C.
Ury
for his services and those who sent flowers
and offered the use of their cars. We
shall hold these kindnesses in grateful
remembrance.
Mrs. Minnie
Wilson, wife of Luther
Wilson, passed away at her home in Ullin
Saturday night.
Surviving Mrs.
Wilson besides her husband are a son,
Floyd, of Medical Lake, Wash.; a daughter,
Mary Jane
Wilson, of Ullin; her mother, Mrs.
Amilda
Ledbetter; a brother, Wesley
Ledbetter; and three sisters, Mrs. Ida
Sichling and Mrs. Mary
Stull, of Ullin, and Mrs. Julia
Gray,
of Mounds.
She was a resident of Ullin and had been
sick for a long period.
(Lute
Wilson, 23, of Ullin, born in Pulaski
Co., Ill., son of Solomon C.
Wilson and Matilda
Sichling, married on 25 Dec 1901, in
Pulaski Co., Ill., Minnie V.
Ledbetter, 17, of Ullin, born in Pulaski
Co., Ill., daughter of W. P.
Ledbetter and Armilda
Dillon.
Joseph
Sichling, 26, married Ida
Ledbetter, 19, on 25 Dec 1892, in
Pulaski Co., Ill.
Minnie
Victoria
Wilson was born 2 Mar 1884, in Ullin,
Ill., the daughter of Perry
Ledbetter, a native of Tennessee, and
Armilda
Dillon, a native of Texas, died 19 Mar
1932, in Road District 3, Ullin, Pulaski
Co., Ill.
Her marker in New Hope Cemetery is
illegible.—Darrel
Dexter)
Less than a week after the death of Judge
William A.
Wall,
of this city, word was received here that
the father of Mrs. Warner
Wall
had died in Chicago.
Mrs.
Wall’s father is Joseph
Scheck. She had been in Chicago
for some time because of his illness and
returned here when Mr.
Wall
died. Soon after she reached a
telegram to return that her father had
become ill again and death came Friday
morning. His death was due to
pneumonia and thus, in less than a week, had
she lost her father and Mr.
Wall
had lost his father.
Warner
Wall
went to Chicago to join his wife on
Saturday. Mrs.
Wall
is also an only child and both have been
called on in so short a time to part with
one of life’s best friends, their father.
Mr.
Wall returned home yesterday.
(His death certificate states that Joseph A.
Scheck was born 21 Sep 1874, in Chicago,
Ill., the son of Frederick
Scheck, a native of Munich, Germany, and
Justine
Esberger, a native of Detroit, Mich.,
died 17 Mar 1932, in Chicago, Ill., husband
of Catherine
Scheck, and was buried in St. Boniface
Cemetery in Chicago.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Ina A.
Karraker, wife of Rev. H. W.
Karraker, passed away at her home in
Dongola Friday morning, March 18, following
an illness of several months.
Funeral services were held at the First
Baptist Church Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock
conducted by Rev. W. J.
Ward,
pastor of the church. Interment was
made in Dongola in the I. O. O. F. cemetery.
E. J.
Ford
directed the funeral.
Left to mourn her passing are her devoted
husband, Rev. H. W.
Karraker, and the following children,
Mrs. Elsie
Goodman, Mrs. Bertha
Douglas, Jake and Lowell
Karraker, all of Dongola; Perry, of
Lexington, Ky., Alvin, of Louisville.
One sister, Mrs. Dora
Dillow, one half-sister, Mrs. Charles
Lynn,
and the following half-brothers, Homer
Garrott, Lester
Garrott, Jessie
Garrott, and George
Garrott, besides a number of
grandchildren.
(Henry W.
Karraker, 25, school teacher from
Dongola, Ill., born in Union Co., Ill., son
of Jacob
Karraker and Mary
Peeler, married on 25 Mar 1883, at the
house of George
Dillow in Union Co., Ill., Ina A.
Davis, 17, from Dongola, born in Union
Co., Ill., daughter of T. H.
Davis and Martha
Dillow.
Ina’s mother Martha
Dillow Davis Garrott gave her
permission.
Her
death certificate states that Ina Arminta
Karraker was born 5 Oct 1865, near
Dongola, Ill., the daughter of Tilman
Davis and Martha
Dillow, natives of Illinois, and died 18
Mar 1932, in Dongola, Union Co., Ill., wife
of Henry W.
Karraker.
Her marker in American Legion
Cemetery at Dongola reads:
Ina A.
Karraker Oct. 5, 1865 Mar. 18, 1932
Henry W.
Karraker Mar. 13, 1858 Jan. 17,
1947.—Darrel
Dexter)
Charles
Dover, father of Mrs. Sylvia
Ferguson and Mark
Dover, of Mound City, passed away at his
home in Grand Chain, at 6:30 Wednesday
evening.
Funeral services were held Friday afternoon
at 2 o’clock at the Congregational church
with the Rev. Mr.
Benninger officiating. Interment
was made in the Grand Chain cemetery by G.
A.
James, funeral director.
Surviving Mr.
Dover are his widow, Mrs. Susie
Dover; four sons, Jasper, Earl and
Dewey, of Grand Chain, and Mark of Mound
City; and one daughter, Mrs. Sylvia
Ferguson, of this city. He also
leaves one brother, Ed
Dover, of Campbell Mo.; and one sister,
Mrs.
Braden, of Poplar Bluff, Mo.; and
several grandchildren.
(According to his death certificate, Charles
Dover was born 5 Apr 1869, in Grand
Chain, Ill., the son of Nicholas
Dover,
died 16 Mar 1932, in Rod District 5,
Pulaski Co., Ill., the husband of Susie
Dover.
His marker in Grand Chain Masonic
Cemetery reads:
Charley
Dover Born 5 Apr 1869 Died 16 Mar
1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
Those from this city who attended the
funeral of Charles
Dover, which was held at the
Congregational church in Grand Chain Friday
afternoon were Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Cheek, Mrs. Oscar
Atherton, Mr. and Mrs. Carl
McIntire, Mr. and Mrs. S. F.
McIntire, Mrs. Imon
Bankson, Mrs. W. H.
Crain, Mrs. C. C.
Keller, Miss Evelyn
Cagle, Mrs. Pearl
Salmon, and Miss Cora
Fullerton.
Ella May, the five-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. George
Atkinson, passed away Saturday morning,
March 26, at 7:30 o’clock at the home of her
parents following a brief illness.
Besides her parents, she is survived by two
brothers and one sister.
Funeral services were held at the residence
Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock conducted by
Rev.
Osmond, of Cairo. Interment was made in
Spencer Heights Cemetery by G. A.
James, funeral director.
(Her death certificate states that Ella May
Atkinson was born 4 May 1927, in Barlow,
Ky., the daughter of George
Atkinson, a native of Charleston, Mo.,
and Pearl
Hatton, a native of Brookport, Ill.,
died 26 Mar 1932, in Mound City, Ill., and
was buried at Mounds, Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
The infant of Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Wilkins, while playing unnoticed for
just a moment Wednesday afternoon, obtained
poison from somewhere and as is natural for
a baby, put the poison in its mouth.
Mrs.
Wilkins and baby were visiting with the
former’s aunt, Mrs. Ed
Fox
at the time. As soon as those present
noticed what had happened, medical aid was
summoned and due to the hurried response of
physicians and the aid of friends, it is
believed that no fatal effects will result.
Mrs. Sarah Amanda
Lingle, age 73 years, passed way near
Dongola Saturday morning with pneumonia.
Funeral services were held at 2 o’clock
Monday afternoon at the Christian church
near Dongola, the Rev. F. W.
Gould, of Vienna, officiating.
Interment was made in the Chapel Cemetery by
E. J.
Ford,
funeral director.
Surviving Mrs.
Lingle are five children, Leroy
Lingle, of St. Louis, Andrew
Lingle, Mrs. Henry
Corzine, Mrs. Ralph
Ledgerwood, and Mrs. Fred
Davis, all living near Dongola, besides
a host of other relatives and friends.
(J. W.
Lingle married Sarah A.
Calhoon on 24 Sep 1876, in Johnson Co.,
Ill.
According to her death certificate,
Sarah Amanda
Lingle was born 20 Oct 1858, near
Vienna, Ill., the daughter of George
Calhoun and Bethany
Rossen, natives of Tennessee, died 26
Mar 1932, in Union Co., Ill., the wife of
John Willis
Lingle,
and was buried in Chapel Cemetery.
Her marker in Christian Chapel
Cemetery near Dongola reads:
Sarah A.
Lingle Born Oct. 20, 1858 Died March 26,
1932 John W.
Lingle Born Dec. 24, 1848 Died Jan. 5,
1917 W. A. Calhoun
Lingle Born April 30, 1851 Died Sept.
23, 1924.—Darrel
Dexter)
The Mounds Independent,
Friday, 1 Apr 1932:
CARBONDALE—Miss Martha
Buck,
who was one of the members of the first
faculty of the Southern Illinois Normal
Teachers' College at Carbondale, died in
February at her home in California where she
had lived for many years. She was a
teacher of grammar and was the author of a
text book which was once widely used.
Particulars concerning her death are not
known to her southern Illinois friends.
She was over 80 years old.
ELDORADO—The Rev. Jess
Mick,
minister of the Church of God here was
instantly killed today when a coal laden
truck he was driving was struck by a Big
Four southbound passenger train at the Ogara
No. 1 mine crossing, three miles south of
here. He was 45 years old. The
body of the minister was thrown more than
400 feet while the wreckage of the truck was
found 1,500 feet from the scene of the
accident. The Rev.
Mick
is survived by his widow and eight children.
The minister engaged in the trucking
business in addition to his ministerial
work.
(His World War I draft registration states
that Jesse
Mick
was born in Dale, Ill., had a wife and
four children and claimed an exemption from
service due to a rupture.
His death certificate states that
Jesse
Mick,
truck driver, was born 20 Jun 1886, in
Illinois, the son of James
Mick
and Amanda
Stacy, natives of Kentucky, died 23 Mar
1932, in Harrisburg, Saline Co., Ill., the
husband of Minta
Mick,
and was buried in Hamilton Co., Ill.
His marker in Digby Cemetery in Dale,
Hamilton Co., Ill., reads:
Jesse
Mick
1886-1932 Minta
Mick
1887-1949.—Darrel
Dexter)
CARMI—Phil
Hanna, bank director and wealthy farmer,
is awaiting word from Phoenix, Ariz., as to
whether he will be called upon the hang
Winnie Ruth
Judd
on April 11 at Phoenix.
Hanna,
who has conducted sixty-one executions,
applied for the job of executing Mrs.
Judd
and was advised that his application was
under consideration.
Hanna
points out that he follows his strange hobby
for purely humane reasons, pointing out that
nervous and inexperienced officials
"bungled" an execution recently and caused
the victim to be subjected to a slow death
by strangulation, instead of being put to
his end quickly.
He retired as a hangman four years ago,
after executing Charles
Birger, terror of Herrin during the
bloody mine massacres there.
Birger was the sixty-first man to be
executed by
Hanna, and sixteen have dangled to their
death from his specially made rope.
Hanna
is widely known in southern Illinois.
He operates the 2,200 acre Cloverland Farms
with a brother and is director of the First
National Bank of Carmi.
Mrs. R. J.
Johnson, passed away at St. Mary's
Infirmary, Cairo, Ill., Saturday, April 2,
1932, after an illness of ten days.
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon
at Shiloh Church, Villa Ridge, Illinois,
with the Rev. W. J.
Ward,
officiating. Interment was made in
Shiloh Cemetery, west of Villa Ridge.
Hartwell and
Ryan
directed the funeral.
Mrs.
Johnson is survived by her husband, R.
J.
Johnson, of Villa Ridge; two daughters,
Miss Susie
Johnson and Mrs. J. N.
Jackson of Dupo, Ill.; three sisters
Mrs. Charles
Minton of Mounds, Ill., Mrs. Sam
Atherton and Miss Ethel
VonNida of Villa Ridge; four brothers,
John
Von Nida of Cairo, Seth and Charles
VonNida of Mounds, and Philip
VonNida of Villa Ridge; also a number of
other relatives and a host of friends.
Members of Mrs.
Johnson's Sunday school class served as
casket and floral bearers.
"Sarah J.
Vonnida, daughter of Sarah and John
Vonnida, was born west of Villa Ridge,
Illinois, March 22nd, 1883.
She departed this life April 2nd,
1932, at the age of 49 years, and 10 days.
"She was united in marriage to R. J.
Johnson, of Villa Ridge, Ill., Nov. 3rd,
1901, with the Rev.
Ridge officiating. To this union
two children were born, Miss Susie
Johnson and Mrs. J. N.
Jackson of Dupo, Ill.
"She was converted and united with the
Shiloh Baptist Church in the autumn of 1905,
to which church she remained a faithful and
devoted member."
We wish to express our heartfelt thanks to
our many friends for their kindness to our
beloved wife and mother, Mrs. R. J.
Johnson, during her illness and for
their expressions of sympathy to us after
her death. Especially do we thank Rev.
Ward
and other ministers for their consoling
words, the choir, those who sent flowers,
and those who gave use of their cars.
Mrs. W. M.
King,
of Pulaski, died Saturday morning, April 2,
at her home. She had reached the age
of 58 years.
Surviving her are her husband, William
King,
and one son, Charles
Pritchett, of Kankakee, Ill., besides
other relatives.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon
at 2 o'clock at the Christian church in
Pulaski, the Rev. H. E.
Vick
of Tamms conducting. Burial was in
Beech Grove Cemetery in this city with W. H.
Aldred of Pulaski directing.
Mrs. Addie May
Waterman, formerly of this city, died
Friday night at 11 o'clock at her home in
Alton, Ill., after a lingering illness.
Addie May
Albright was born in Dongola, Ill.,
November 13, 1878, and died April 1, 1932,
aged 53 years, 4 months and 18 days.
The greater part of her life was spent in
Dongola and Mounds. For the past six
years the
Waterman family has resided in Alton.
She accepted Jesus Christ as her personal
savior at an early age and united with the
First Baptist Church of Mounds, where she
remained a member until her death. She
leaves her husband, Marion
Waterman, one son, Fred
Paff
and one daughter, Myrle
Waterman. A son, Ernest
Waterman, preceded her in death.
She also leaves four grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted at 2 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon at the Baptist church of
Mounds by the pastor, Rev. T. C,
Ury.
Burial was made in Thistlewood Cemetery with
G. A.
James as undertaker.
JOHNSTON CITY—Frank
Ozello, 30, trip rider, was fatally
injured early Saturday afternoon at Old Ben
No. 18 mine when his body was crushed
between two coal cars. He lived only a
short time following the accident.
Coroner W. E.
Clayton conducted an inquest Saturday
afternoon and the jury returned a verdict of
accidental death.
(His death certificate states that Frank
Ozella, coal miner, was born 23 Mar
1903, in Illinois, the son of Frank and Mary
Ozella, natives of Russia, died 26 Mar
1932, in Johnston City, Williamson Co., Ill.
He was buried in the Lithuanian
Cemetery in Shakerag, Williamson Co.,
Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Julia
Bryant, well known colored resident of
South Mounds, died last week after a short
illness of pneumonia following the flu.
She is survived by a son and an aunt.
She was the daughter of Emma
Webb,
who died a year or more ago.
(Her death certificate states that Julia
Bryant was born 10 Jan 1887, in
Olmstead, Ill., the daughter of Henry and
Mattie
Miller, died 21 Mar 1932, in Mounds,
Ill., the widow of Albert
Bryant,
and was buried in Mounds, Ill.
A death certificate for Emma
Webb,
black, states that she was born 31 Jul 1864,
in Kentucky, the daughter of Henry
Kelly,
died 6 Jul 1928, in Mounds, Ill., the
wife of Simon
Webb.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. "Jimmie"
Williams (col.), wife of George
Williams, died Saturday evening, April
2, at her home north of the Illinois Central
viaduct. She had been ill for some
time and had recently undergone an operation
at the Cairo hospital.
Mrs.
Williams was born in Greenwood, South
Carolina, before the Civil War.
She had lived in Mounds for many years.
Surviving are her husband and four sisters.
One sister, Mrs. Alma
Muscovaley of Pontiac, Mich., was here
to attend the funeral. The other
sisters could not come.
Funeral services were held Wednesday,
Hartwell and
Ryan
having charge of the funeral.
(Her death certificate states that Jimmie
Williams was born 4 Mar 1874, in
Abbeville, South Carolina, the daughter of
Luke
McGee, died 2 Apr 1932, in Mounds, Ill.,
the wife of George
Williams, and was buried in Mounds,
Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Samuel
Swanson, age 76 years, died Tuesday
morning, April 5, at his home west of this
city.
Surviving him are his widow and a
stepson, Will Delaney.
Born in Stockholm, Sweden, Mr.
Swanson came to this country when in
early manhood.
Funeral services were held at the family
residence Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock,
the Rev. T. C.
Ury
of the First Baptist Church officiating.
Interment was made in Shiloh Cemetery under
the direction of
Hartwell and
Ryan.
R. C.
Magill received a message Wednesday
stating that Q. A.
McCracken had passed away at his home in
New Albany, Ind.
Funeral services will be held Friday and
burial will be Friday afternoon in a
cemetery at Brazil, Indiana, by the side of
his wife, who passed away several years ago.
Mr.
McCracken and family were prominent in
this community a number of years ago.
He was interested in the milling and lumber
business both in Mound City and Kentucky.
He was associated with the McDowell Lumber
Company, a very prominent industry a few
years ago in this city. The Bartlett
Hamper Works and Hoop Mill is in the
building formerly occupied by the McDowell
Co.
He left Mound City with his family for
Covington, Ky., where he entered the lumber
business with his sons, later moving to New
Albany.
He leaves three sons, Ralph, Archie, and
Frank, all prominent in the business world.
(Quincy A.
McCracken married Mattie E.
Lutt
on 18 Dec 1873, in Coles Co., Ill.
His marker in Cottage Hill Cemetery
in Brazil, Ind., reads:
Quincy A.
McCracken 1841-1932 Mattie E.
McCracken 1844-1928.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. R. J.
Johnson, aged 49, of Villa Ridge, passed
away in St. Mary’s Infirmary in Cairo at
8:45 p.m. Saturday.
Funeral services were held at 2 o’clock
Monday afternoon in Shiloh Baptist Church,
the Rev.
Ward
officiating. Interment was made in
Shiloh Cemetery by
Hartwell and
Ryan,
funeral directors. Casket bearers were
Mr.
Jerrell, Mr.
Nicholson, Claude and Dillard
Horner, Alvin
Smith, and Marcus
Biggerstaff.
Surviving Mrs.
Johnson are her husband, two daughters,
Miss Susie
Johnson and Mrs. J. M.
Jackson, of Dupo, Illinois; four
brothers, John Vonnida,
of Cairo, Phillip
Vonnida, of Villa Ridge, Seth and
Charles
Vonnida, of Mounds; and three sisters,
Mrs. Charles
Minton, Miss Ethel
Vonnida, of Mounds, and Mrs. Sam
Atherton, of Villa Ridge, She also
leaves an aunt, Mrs. Emma
Stewart, and a niece, Mrs. P. G.
Bride, and other relatives and a large
circle of friends.
(R. J.
Johnson, 23, of Villa Ridge, born in
Pulaski Co., Ill., the son of R. J.
Johnson and Susan
Mills, married on 3 Nov 1901, in Pulaski
Co., Ill., Sallie
Vonida, 19, of Villa Ridge, Ill., born
in Pulaski Co., Ill., daughter of John
Vonida and Sarah
Little.
Charles
Minton, 26, of Villa Ridge, Ill., born
in Pulaski Co., Ill., son of B.
Minton and Julia
Graddy, married on 17 Nov 1895, in
Pulaski Co., Ill., Kate
Vonida, 19, of Villa Ridge, Ill., born
in Pulaski Co., Ill., daughter of John
Vonida and Sarah
Little.
John
Vonnida married Sarah J.
Littell on 25 Feb 1872, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Samuel
Swanson, age 76 years, passed away at
his home west of Mounds at 6:15 Tuesday
morning.
Mr.
Swanson was born in Stockholm, Sweden,
coming to this county when only a young man.
Mrs. Francis E.
King,
wife of William
King,
passed away at her home in Pulaski at 12:30
o’clock Saturday morning, following a
lingering illness. Deceased was 58
years, 1 month and 25 days old.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon
at 2 o’clock at the Christian church in
Pulaski with Rev. H. E.
Vick,
of Tamms, officiating. Interment was
made in Thistlewood Cemetery by W. A.
Aldred, undertaker in charge.
Casket bearers were H. E.
Reeves, Henry
Bowles, Carl
Davis, Arthur
Reeves, Fred
Davis and John
Moore.
Surviving Mrs.
King
are her husband, one son, Charles
Pritchett, of Kankakee, Illinois; four
brothers, Ed
Milford, Oscar
Milford and William
Milford, of Pulaski, and Wes
Milford, of Arkansas; and one sister,
Mrs. Bell
Anglin, of Alton, Illinois. She
was a member of the M. E. Church, and she
leaves a host of friends in the church and
community who will be grieved to know of her
death.
Relatives received a message Wednesday that
Mrs. Lilly
Barry, wife of Joseph
Barry, had passed away at her home in
Memphis, Tenn., at 5 o’clock Wednesday
morning.
Mrs.
Barry was born and reared in Mound City
and was a daughter of the late Capt. and
Mrs.
Hamilton. The
Hamilton family were pioneers of
this city and Capt.
Hamilton was superintendent at the
navy yards here.
Mrs.
Barry was survived by her husband, one
daughter, Miss Josephine
Barry, of Denver, Colo.; one sister,
Mrs. I. B.
Huckleberry, of this city; and one
brother, Alfred
Hamilton, who resides in the South;
a number of other relatives and a wide
circle of friends.
Mrs.
Huckleberry left Tuesday for Memphis and
was at the bedside of her sister when the
end came.
(James H.
Weaver married Lillian
Hambleton on 6 Jul 1890, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill.
According to her death certificate,
Lillian
Barry, of 640 Keel St., Memphis, Tenn.,
was born about 1869 in Illinois, the
daughter of Mr.
Hambleton and Sarah Elizabeth
Barry,
natives of Illinois, died 6 Apr 1932, in
Memphis, Tenn., and was buried in Forest
Hill Cemetery.—Darrel
Dexter)
The death of Elijah
Whitener, 78 years of age, a colored
man, member of the 18th Illinois
Volunteer Infantry during the
Spanish-American War, brought to light the
strange adventure which befell this man in
the far south.
Whitner, who was born in
Fredericktown, Mo., in 1854, came to Mound
City from Kentucky with the pump handle
works and enlisted under G. V.
Lane
on June 28, 1898, and went to Cuba with the
company and regiment, returning to be
mustered out in Chicago on April 3, 1899.
About 1901, he left here. He was a
fireman and followed saw mills or
ferryboats, and it was not until some six
months or more later that his wife came to
Capt.
Lane
and asked that he help hunt for her husband.
A brief note sent to
Whitner’s son in South Bend, Ind., gave
a clue as to his whereabouts. In fact,
Whitner’s son and son-in-law was once at
the same place. But it was not until
long after that this was found out.
Capt.
Lane
enlisted the aid of M. F.
Browner in 1930, who wrote to the
postmistress at Matthews, La., and from her
he received a note that she knew nothing
about him, but suggested that they write the
South Coast Company.
Whitner
was then located, for the company thought,
so Capt.
Lane
thinks, that his letter came from a white
man who was captain of the company and was
investigating for pension claims. The
letter from this company came back and the
amount of railway fare to send
Whitner home was asked and
Whitner was sent home a little over a
year ago, an old and broken man who had
toiled for 30 years on this island.
On arriving here he told of his adventure on
the island and how it was guarded. An
armed overseer rode among the negroes, some
600 of them, and they were compelled to
work, he said. Unruly negroes were
shot down and rolled into a hole.
Escape from the island was virtually
impossible unless one was an expert swimmer,
according to
Whitner, who told his story to Captain
Lane.
Even when he was sent off, he was hidden
until he arrived in New Orleans, he told
Captain
Lane.
Funeral for
Whitner was conducted yesterday and he
was buried in the National Cemetery. The
funeral was in charge of G. A.
James.
This story of
Whitner is similar to the one which came
to light near Sikeston, Mo., when swamp land
was being cleared. One white man was
sent to the penitentiary for conducting what
was commonly called little more than an
enforced system of slavery.
(According to his death certificate, Elijah
Whitener was born in 1854 in
Fredericktown, Mo., the son of George
Whitener,
died 4 Apr 1932, in Mound City, Ill.,
husband of Lizzie
Whitener,
and was buried at Mound City.
His interment record states he was a
corporal in Co. L, 8th Illinois
Volunteer Infantry and was honorably
discharged 3 Apr 1899.
He filed for a pension 27 May 1930,
in Louisiana and Lizzie filed for a widow’s
pension on 18 Apr 1932 in Illinois.
His wife died 21 Jul 1946.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Addie
Waterman, passed away Friday night at 11
o’clock at her home in Alton, Illinois.
Mrs.
Waterman formerly resided in Mounds and
her body was brought to her former home,
arriving in Mounds Monday evening at 6
o’clock, and was taken to the home of Mrs.
Ledbetter, a relative.
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon
at the Baptist Church in Mounds with Rev. T.
C.
Ury, officiating. Interment was
made in Spencer Heights Cemetery, G. A.
James directing the funeral.
Surviving Mrs.
Waterman are her husband, a daughter,
Mrs. Muriel
Thurman, and a son, Fred
Path,
who were at her bedside when the end came.
Mr. and Mrs.
Waterman resided in Mounds until seven
years ago.
(According to her death certificate, Addie
May
Waterman, of 2356 State Street, 1st
Ward of Alton, Ill., was born 13 Nov 1878,
in Dongola, Ill., daughter of Daniel
Albright,
died 1 Apr 1932, in Alton, Madison Co.,
Ill., wife of Marion
Waterman,
and was buried in Beech Grove Cemetery
at Mounds, Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Homer
Beaver passed away at his home in Perks
Saturday, April 9, following an illness of
tuberculosis.
Left to mourn his passing are his widow, one
son, one daughter, a mother, three sisters
and two brothers, all of whom were at his
bedside when the end came.
Funeral services were held at the
Pentecostal church with Rev. Mr.
Langston officiating. Interment
was made in the Mt. Olive Cemetery by Mr.
Ford,
undertaker in charge.
(Jesse H.
Beaver, 22, farmer at Dongola, Ill.,
born in Union Co., Ill., son of Moses
Beaver and Anna
Seemore, married on 27 Mar 1881, in
Union Co., Ill., Malinda
Casper, 16, born in Union Co., Ill.,
Moses
Casper and Anna
Hoffner.
His
death certificate states that Homer
Beaver was born 30 Oct 1891, in
Illinois, the son of Jesse
Beaver and Malinda
Casper, natives of Illinois, died 1 Apr
1932, in Pulaski Co., Ill., the husband of
Manda
Beaver.
His marker in Mt. Olive Cemetery near
Dongola reads Homer
Beaver Born Oct. 30, 1891 Died April 1,
1932 Amanda
Beaver Born Dec. 13, 1890 Died April 21,
1942 Cletus
Beaver Born June 1, 1920 Died April 7,
1977.—Darrel
Dexter)
J. T.
Chenault, a well-known and highly
respected colored man, passed away Saturday
night at 10:30 o’clock at his home in this
city, following a lingering illness.
He was 67 years of age and had lived in this
city a number of years. He was
employed by the late W. A.
Montgomery, funeral director who was
succeeded by G. A.
James, continuing in the employ of Mr.
James until the time of his death.
He was known to everyone as Jimmie
Chenault and had many friends among both
the white and colored.
Funeral services were held Wednesday
afternoon at the A. M. E. Church and was in
charge of the Knights of Tabor Lodge of
which he was an active member. G. A.
James directed the funeral.
Surviving him are his wife and several
stepchildren.
(According to his death certificate, James
T.
Chenault was born 10 Jul 1864, in
Kentucky, died 9 Apr 1932, in Mound City,
Ill., the husband of Belle
Chenault, and was buried at Mounds,
Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
The Mounds Independent,
Friday, 15 Apr 1932:
We desire to express our thanks to our
friends and neighbors for their kindness
during the illness of our beloved husband
and father, Samuel
Swanson, and for their expressions of
sympathy following his death.
Especially do we thank Rev. T. C.
Ury
for his comforting words, those who sent
flowers and those who gave the use of their
cars.
Dillard
Wilkerson, formerly of Anna, died
Saturday, April 9, at his home in Chicago.
Mr.
Wilkerson was a brother of Mrs. Ray
Lemons of this city. He also
leaves his widow, two children, his parents,
three other sisters and two brothers.
(His name and signature on his World War I
draft registration is Dillard
Wilkinson and his birth is given as 21
Mar 1889, in West End, Ill.
His death certificate states that
Dillard
Wilkerson, janitor, of 1459 E. 72nd
Place, Chicago, Ill., was born 21 Mar 1890,
in Saline Co., Ill., the son of A. J.
Wilkerson, a native of Saline Co., Ill.,
and Martha
Spane, a native of Williamson Co., Ill.,
died 9 Apr 1932, in Chicago, Ill., the
husband of Elsie
Wilkerson, and was buried in Anna,
Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Aaron Thomas
Atherton was born near Villa Ridge in
Shiloh community, September 4th,
1859, and passed away at his home near
Mounds, Ill., April 15, 1932, at the age of
72 years, 7 months and 11 days. He was
the son of Lansing and Susan A.
Atherton. He grew to manhood and
spent his whole life in the community where
he was born.
He was united in marriage first to Miss Mary
Conyers and to them were born two
children, a son and daughter, the son dying
at about two years of age. The wife
and mother died a few years later. He
was married the second time to Mary
McDaniel and they spent eleven happy
years together when she was called away by
death April 27, 1932.
He professed faith in Christ a number of
years ago and later united with the Shiloh
Baptist Church and was baptized September
27, 1920, by Elder H. B.
Atherton.
He was a good man and a consistent
Christian.
He was devoted to his church and was
faithful in attendance at services. He
was a deacon and a trustee and has been
treasurer of the church for several years.
He was loved and held in high esteem by the
church. He was a great lover of home
and enjoyed his friends.
He is survived by his only daughter, Mrs.
Blanche
VonNida, seven grandchildren, one
sister, Mrs. Sarah
James, who of late has made her home
with him, one half-brother, R. J.
Johnson, of Villa Ridge, two
half-sisters, Mrs. Edythe
Parker of Pulaski and Mrs. Frances
Watson of Miller City, also Jerry
Larry of Cairo, who when a boy spent a
number of years in the home, a large circle
of other relatives, the whole church and a
host of true friends.
Funeral services were held at Shiloh Church
Sunday afternoon conducted by Rev. W. J.
Ward,
the Villa Ridge choir furnishing the music
and the body was laid to rest in the family
lot in Shiloh Cemetery.—Rev. W. J.
Ward
Death Follows Operation for Sinus Trouble of
Long Standing
Friends of Mrs. G. M.
Quarles were deeply grieved Tuesday
evening when a message came from Mr.
Quarles stating that she had died that
afternoon following an operation for sinus
trouble Monday morning at the Colonial
Hospital, Rochester, Minn.
Mr.
Quarles bringing all that was mortal of
his beloved companion, arrived in Mounds
Thursday morning on Number Nine, which made
a special stop here.
Funeral services will be held Friday
afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Congregational
church with Rev. S. C.
Benninger, the pastor in the pulpit.
G. A.
James will conduct the funeral.
Bertha
Walker Quarles, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John
Walker, natives of the state of
Tennessee, was born March 2, 1875, in Mound
City, and was reared there, graduating from
the Mound City High School in 1893.
Surviving her are her husband, adopted son,
Bobby, a sister, Mrs. Belle
Pollock of Cairo, and two brothers,
Thomas
Walker of Mobile, Ala., and Robert
Walker, of Richland, Mo.
Mrs. Toby
Mathias, sister of Mrs. Clyde
Gholson, died in California Friday
night, April 15. Miss
Mathias was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J. D.
Mathias of Carmi and funeral services
were held in that city Wednesday afternoon
at 2 o'clock at the Baptist church.
Mrs. Bertha Madaline
Russell passed away at the home of her
mother, Mrs. Frank
Wilday, Tuesday morning after a
prolonged illness.
Funeral services were held Thursday morning
at the Methodist church conducted by the
pastor, Rev. Edward
Cory.
Immediately following the services the
remains were taken to Benton for interment.
(Her death certificate states that Bertha
Madeline
Russell was born 29 Jan 1908, in Anna,
Ill., daughter of Raleigh
Mill
and Ida
Shoja, natives of Anna, Ill., died 12
Apr 1932, in Pulaski Co., Ill., wife of
Elbert
Russell, and was buried in Benton,
Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Miss Tobby
Mathis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. D.
Mathis, of Carmi, Illinois, passed away
in California Friday night according to word
received Saturday. She was a sister of Mrs.
Clyde
Gholson of Mounds.
Funeral services were held in Carmi
Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock in the
Baptist church, the Rev. Herman
Daily, pastor of the church officiating.
The body arrived there Wednesday morning.
Mrs. G. M.
Quarrels, age 57 years, passed away at
Rochester, Minn., at Mayo’s Hospital at 5
o’clock Tuesday evening following an
operation on Monday for sinus trouble.
Mr.
Quarrels was at her bedside when she
passed away.
Mrs.
Quarrels was formerly Miss Bertha
Walker, of Mound City, and was born and
reared here.
After her marriage she moved to
Mounds, where she has since made her home.
She was a graduate of the Mound City High
School and was a member of the Class of
1893, under Professor M. W.
McCartney.
Surviving Mrs.
Quarrels are her husband, G. M.
Quarrels; her adopted son, Bobby, who is
a sophomore in high school; one sister, Mrs.
Belle
Pollock, of Cairo; two brothers, Thomas
Walker, of Mobile, Ala., and Robert
Walker, of Rickland, Mo. Another
sister, Mrs. Ollie
Livesay preceded her sister in death on
February 4, 1930.
The body arrived in Mounds at 4 o’clock
Thursday morning and funeral services will
be held at 2 o’clock this afternoon at the
Congregational church at Mounds and the
choir from the Pilgrim Congregational Church
of Mound City will furnish the music.
Rev.
Benninger will officiate.
Interment will be made in Beech Grove
Cemetery by Undertaker G. A.
James.
(Charles E.
Livasy married Ollie
Walker on 30 Dec 1891, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill.
Her marker in Beech Grove Cemetery at
Mounds reads:
Bertha
Walker Quarrels 1875-1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
Aaron T.
Atherton, age 72 years, died at his home
near Shiloh Friday night at 10 o’clock. His
wife died a few years ago.
Surviving him are a daughter, Mrs. Blanche
VonNida, of Mounds; a half-brother, R.
J.
Johnson, of Villa Ridge; two
half-sisters, Mrs. Edith
Parker, of Pulaski, and Mrs. Frances
Watson, of Miller City; seven
grandchildren and two great-grandchildren,
besides other relatives and a large circle
of friends.
(Aaron T.
Atherton married Mary H.
Conyers on 8 Nov 1885, in Alexander Co.,
Ill.
His death certificate states that
Aaron T.
Atherton was born 4 Sep 1859, in Villa
Ridge, Ill., son of Lanson
Atherton, a native of Kentucky, and
Susan A.
Mills, a native of North Carolina,
died 15 Apr 1932, in Pulaski Co. Ill.,
husband of Mary
Atherton,
and was buried at Villa Ridge.
R. J.
Johnson married Susannah A.
Atherton on 29 Feb 1872.
R. J.
Johnson, 23, of Villa Ridge, Ill., born
in Pulaski Co., Ill., son of R. J.
Johnson and Susan
Mills, married on 3 Nov 1901, in Pulaski
Co., Ill., Sallie
Vonida, 19, of Villa Ridge, born in
Pulaski Co., Ill., daughter of John
Vonida and Sarah
Little.
James H.
Green, 24, of Anna, Ill., a brickmaker,
born in Carbondale, Ill., son of Hiram
Green and Elizabeth C.
Edwards, married on 22 Oct 1895, in
Pulaski Co., Ill., Edith
Johnson, 22, of Villa Ridge, Ill., born
in Villa Ridge, Ill., daughter of R. J.
Johnson.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Eliza
Oliver Snebley, daughter of William and
Precilla
Oliver, passed away at her home on North
Main Street at 4:30 o’clock Monday morning
following an illness of two weeks of
pneumonia.
Mrs.
Snebley had been an invalid for a number
of years, but her illness was not thought to
be serious until she contracted pneumonia.
She was born April 5, 1872, and was 60 years
of age. She was married to John
Snebley, a number of years ago and to
this union one daughter was born who
preceded her mother in death some time ago.
Funeral services were held at the residence
at 12 o’clock and the remains were taken to
the Hall Cemetery near Hinkleville, Ky.,
where interment was made. An
undertaker from Barlow had charge of the
funeral.
(Her death certificate states that Eliza
Oliver was born 5 Apr 1872, in Kentucky,
the daughter of William Oliver, a native of
Tennessee, and Priscilla
Summers, a native of Illinois,
died 18 Apr 1932, in Mound City, Ill.,
and was buried in Bardwell, Carlisle Co.,
Ky.
She was divorced from John
Snabley.—Darrel
Dexter)
The Mounds Independent,
Friday, 29 Apr 1932:
Miss Ethel
Reed,
who has been held in the Pulaski County jail
at Mound City since February 23, in
connection with the shooting of E. (Shorty)
McReynolds, which occurred on that date,
was released Monday afternoon after the
grand jury chosen for the present term of
circuit court, now in session at the county
seat, failed to return a true bill against
her.
It will be recalled that
McReynolds died the night of February
23, from a bullet wound and that when
passersby, who heard the shot, reached the
apartment they found Miss
Reed
in the room with him.
McReynolds was taken to St. Mary's
Hospital, Cairo, where he underwent an
emergency operation, dying shortly
thereafter. At the coroner's inquest,
evidence was given to the effect that
McReynolds accused his companion of
firing the shot that wounded him.
There were no eye witnesses to the tragedy
and Miss
Reed
claimed that his wound was self-inflicted.
Miss Josephine
Keller, age 72, died suddenly
Saturday night about 10 o’clock at the home
of her sister, Mrs. Edna
Carlock, of Dongola. She and her
sister had retired for the night and after a
short time Mrs.
Keller became ill and died in a
few minutes.
Funeral services were held at the First
Baptist Church in Dongola at 2 o’clock
Monday afternoon conducted by the pastor,
Rev. W. J.
Ward.
Interment was made in the Union School
Cemetery near Dongola. E. J.
Ford
directed the funeral.
She is survived by one brother, John
Keller; four sisters, Mrs. Edna
Carlock, of Dongola, Mrs. Octavia
Frost, of Jonesboro, Mrs. Martha
Frost and Mrs. Harriet
Russell, both of Cypress.
(Samuel H.
Frost, 23, a school teacher, born in
Union Co., Ill., son of Samuel
Frost and Talitha
Davidson, married 15 Sep 1886, in Anna,
Union Co., Ill., Octavia Desda
Kelley, 25, born in Union Co., Ill.,
daughter of Daniel
Kelly and Armirintha
Ferguson.
John
Frost, 31, born in Union Co., Ill., son
of Samuel
Frost and Talitha
Davidson, married on 23 Oct 1898, at
Daniel M.
Kelley’s in Union Co., Ill., Martha A.
Kelley, 28, born in Union Co., Ill.,
daughter of Daniel
Kelley and Sarah A.
Furguson.
According to her death
certificate, Nancy Josephine
Kelley was born 4 May 1859, near
Dongola, Ill., the daughter of Daniel M.
Kelley, a native of Indiana, and Sarah
A.
Ferguson, a native of North Carolina,
and died 23 Apr 1932, in Dongola, Ill.
Her marker in Union Schoolhouse
Cemetery near Dongola reads:
Josephine
Kelley Born May 4, 1859 Died April 23,
1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Dell
Newton, state supervising deputy of the
Royal Neighbors of America, passed away on
Wednesday of last week at her home in
Peoria.
Mrs.
Newton had visited Speedway Camp No.
9471 R. N. of A. in Mound City on several
occasions and while on these visits made
many friends who are very sorry to learn of
her death. Mrs.
Newton’s last visit to the Mound City
camp was last November.
(According to her death certificate, Dell
Newton was born 28 Dec 1864, in Ohio,
died 20 Apr 1932, in Moline, Rock Island
Ill., wife of Fred
Newton, and was buried in Parkview
Cemetery, Peoria, Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
The suicide theory that “Shorty”
McReynolds killed himself and that Ethel
Reed
had nothing to do with it, prevailed with
the grand jury Monday and she was released
from the county jail where she had been held
since the killing at Mounds about two months
ago.
A great deal of interest centered in this
case. Only she and
McReynolds were in the room at the time.
McReynolds told in the hospital that she
shot him and she insisted that
McReynolds, in poor health and
disappointed, killed himself and she clung
to this version concerning his death.
Little or no outside evidence developed and
the grand jury evidently considered it
useless to hold Miss
Reed
longer and did not indict.
Mrs. J. A.
Lutz
received a message Sunday morning stating
her cousin, Charles
Fitzgerald, died suddenly Saturday
evening at 6:30 at his home in Chicago.
Mr.
Fitzgerald was about 57 years of age and
was born and reared in this city. He
graduated from the Mound City High School in
1893 under Prof. M. N.
McCartney.
Mr.
Fitzgerald’s death is the second to
occur within the week of the members of the
1893 class, Mrs. G. M.
Quarrels of Mounds having passed away at
Rochester, Minn., on Tuesday, April 19.
Shortly after his graduation, he left Mound
City and for several years was employed with
a steel company in Birmingham, Ala., later
locating in Chicago where he continued his
interests in the steel works.
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon
at 2 o’clock and interment was made in a
cemetery at Chicago.
He leaves to mourn his passing his wife and
one daughter other relatives and a large
circle of friends.
(His death certificate states that Charles
P.
Fitzgerald, of 7321 S. Shon Dr.,
Chicago, Ill., was born 7 Aug 1876, in
Chicago, Ill., the son of William
Fitzgerald and Lizzie
McGiseron, died 23 Apr 1932, in Chicago,
Cook Co., Ill., husband of Elizabeth P.
Fitzgerald, and was buried in Mt. Hope
Cemetery in Chicago.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Mary
Helman, who spent the early part of her
life in and about Villa Ridge, passed away
at Fort Worth, Texas, last Saturday at the
age of 80 years. The remains were
brought to Villa Ridge, arriving there
Tuesday noon.
Interment
was made in the Villa Ridge Cemetery.
(Her death certificate states that Mary A.
Helman, of 504 Ryan St., Fort Worth,
Texas, was born 2 Feb 1854, in Pennsylvania,
daughter of William
Betts and Elizabeth
Metzer, a native of Pennsylvania, died
30 Apr 1932, in Fort Worth, Tarrant Co.,
Texas, of arterial sclerosis, and was buried
in Villa Ride, Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Word has reached Mounds City through the
Pilgrim Outlook, a paper of the
Congregational Church, of the death of Mrs.
Shelton A.
Harris, wife of the late Rev. S. A.
Harris. She passed from this life
on March 30 at the home of her son, Rev. R.
A.
Harris in Oak Park, Illinois.
Mrs.
Harris will be remembered by many here
as her husband was pastor of the local
church at one time.
(According to her death certificate, Marie
Andre
Harris was born 18 Feb 1851, in
Switzerland, daughter of Samuel
Andre, a native of France, and Miss
Singer, a native of Switzerland, died 30
Mar 1932, in Oak Park, Cook Co., Ill., wife
of Sheldon A.
Harris, and was buried at Milburn, Lake
Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Rev. James A.
Lowe,
who received severe injuries from an
explosion while he was building a fire at
his home in Olive Branch Monday, April 25,
passed away Monday night.
A coroner’s jury was summoned after his
death and returned the verdict to the effect
that he came to his death from burns
received from an explosion while he was
building a fire.
Funeral services were held Wednesday
afternoon and interment made in the Olive
Branch cemetery.
(His death certificate states that James A.
Lowe
was born 16 Apr 1903, in Knoxville, Tenn.,
son of D.
Lowe,
died 2 May 1932, in Cairo, Ill., husband of
Sylvia
Lowe,
and was buried in Olive Branch, Ill.
His marker in Olive Branch Cemetery
reads: James
A.
Lowe Tennessee Pvt. 9 Inf. May 2,
1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
The Mounds
Independent,
Friday, 6 May 1932:
Former Villa
Ridge Resident Brought There for Burial
Mrs. Mary
Helman, 80, formerly of Villa Ridge, who
died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John
Howell, in Fort Worth, Tex., Saturday,
April 30, was brought to Villa Ridge Tuesday
for burial in the Villa Ridge cemetery.
Funeral services were held that day
and interment made.
Mr. and Mrs.
Evan
Rushing accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. J.
H.
Hinemon, were in DuQuoin Thursday to
attend the funeral of Mrs. Grace
Marlow Cole.
The Mounds
Independent,
Friday, 13 May 1932:
Mrs. William
L. Dacus Called by Death
Expires
Suddenly Wednesday Morning after Arising for
the Day
Mrs. William
L.
Dacus, mother of the late Mrs. H. A.
Melton, died suddenly early Wednesday
morning at the
Melton home where she had resided for
twelve years.
Mrs.
Dacus had been rather feeble for some
time and especially since the shock of the
sudden death of her only daughter, Mrs.
Melton, which occurred December 5, 1931.
Funeral services were held Thursday
afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Methodist
church, with the pastor, Rev. W. D.
Richardson, in the pulpit.
Interment was made in Thistlewood
Cemetery, directed by G. A.
James.
“Mrs. Tempy
Holloway Dacus was born June 3, 1853, at
Okaloona, Miss., and died at the home of her
son-in-law, H. A.
Melton, Mounds, Ill., May 11, 1932, at
the age of 78 years, 11 months, 6 days.
In November 1876 she was united by
marriage to William L.
Dacus.
To this union there were born eight
sons and one daughter.
Her husband, six sons and the
daughter preceded her in death.
She leaves two sons, A. H.
Dacus, Drew, Miss., and B. B.
Dacus, Iverness, Miss.; two sisters,
Mrs. Carrie
Garner, Buena Vista, Miss., Mrs. W. R.
Montgomery, Potts Camp, Miss.; one
brother, E. P.
Holloway, Holly Springs, Miss.;
seventeen grandchildren and one
great-grandchild.; also a host of distant
relatives and friends.
She has been a member of the Liberty
Presbyterian Church of Lafayette County,
Miss., for 40 years.
She lived a devoted Christian life
that will be long remembered by all who knew
her.
LOSES LIFE
IN RUMBLE SEAT AS CAR OVERTURNS
ROCKFORD—The
life of a fifteen-year-old girl was the
penalty paid in an automobile crash between
two cars at Rockford Thursday afternoon,
when Jule
Haegg, junior student at Rockford High
School, suffered a broken neck as the
machine in which she was riding with three
companions collided with a car driven by a
Rockford man.
Miss
Haegg and another girl were in the
rumble seat of the car when the accident
took place.
Both autos overturned.—Ogle
County Reporter
(Her death
certificate states that Jule
Haegg, of 1112 17 St., Rockford, Ill.,
was born 10 Jul 1916, in Rockford,
Ill., the daughter of E. C.
Haegg and Julia Reid, natives of
Rockford, Ill., died 28 Apr 1932, in
Rockford, Ill., and was buried in
Scandinavian Cemetery in Rockford.
Her marker in Cherry Valley Cemetery
in Winnebago Co., Ill., reads:
Jule Marion
Haegg
Honey 1916-1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
Elijah L.
Harris passed away at his home in Grand
Chain Tuesday morning. He was born
October 26, 1857, and passed away May 10,
1932, and was 74 years, 6 months, and 14
days of age.
The funeral was held Wednesday at 2 o’clock
the Rev. McWherter
officiating. Interment was made in the
Masonic Cemetery by G. A.
James.
Mr.
Harris was survived by three sons.
Guy
Harris, cashier of the First State Bank
at Grand Chain, was a son of the deceased.
His wife preceded him in death four years
ago.
Mr. Harris was a highly respected citizen of
Grand Chain and his death ash been a shock
to the entire community.
(According to his death certificate, Elijah
L.
Harris was born 26 Oct 1857, in Round
Knob, Ill., the son of A B.
Harris, a native of Illinois, and Lucy
May,
a naïve of Tennessee, died 10 May 1932, in
Road District 5, Pulaski Co., Ill., husband
of Ella
Harris.
Abijah
Harris married Lucinda
May
on 21 Feb 1850, in Massac Co., Ill.
His marker in Grand Chain Masonic
Cemetery reads:
Elijah
Harris 1857-1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Tempy H.
Dacus, age 79 years, died at 5 o’clock
Wednesday morning at the home of her
son-in-law, Herbert
Melton, in Mounds, her death resulting
from a heart attack. She had resided
in Mounds for 14 years, her daughter, Mrs.
Melton died a few months ago. She
was born in Corinth, Miss.
Surviving Mrs.
Dacus are two sons, B. B.
Dacus, of Inverness, Miss., and A. H.
Dacus, of Drew, Miss.; 17 grandchildren,
a brother, E. T.
Holloway, of Myrtle, Miss., and two
sisters, Mrs. W. R.
Montgomery, of Pottscamp, Miss.; and
Mrs.
Garner, of Cleveland, Miss.
Funeral services were held at 2 o’clock
Thursday afternoon at the First M. E. Church
with Rev.
Richardson officiating. Interment
will be made in Thistlewood Cemetery by G.
A.
James, undertaker in charge.
(According to her death certificate, Tempy
Dacus was born 5 Jun 1853, in
Mississippi, daughter of James
Holloway and Helen
Henderson, natives of Virginia, died 11
May 1932, in Mounds, Ill., wife of William
L.
Dacus,
and was buried at Mounds, Ill.
Her marker in Beechwood Cemetery at
Mounds reads:
Joe W.
Dacus 1894-1926 Tempy H.
Dacus 1854-1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
Billy
Chesney passed away Saturday morning at
5 o’clock after an acute pneumonia siege of
several weeks. He leaves a wife and
two daughters to mourn his loss. He
was laid to rest in the Chapel Cemetery.
The M. E. minister of that church preached
his funeral.
(According to his death certificate, William
Chesney, of near Perks, Ill., was born 7
Jan 1874, in Iva, Ill., son of William
Chesney, died 7 May 1932, in Road
District 13, Pulaski Co., Ill., husband of
Eddie
Chesney, and was buried in Johnson Co.,
Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Charles
Duckworth died at his home Tuesday the 5th
after a long illness of head trouble which
ended in a series of hemorrhages. Mr.
Duckworth was in his 42nd
year. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Justice
Duckworth, of Ullin. He leaves a
wife, three daughters and one son to mourn
their loss. Also two sisters and three
brothers besides a host of other relatives
and friends.
Rev.
Troutman preached the funeral services
at the Baptist church with the Ullin choir
to assist. Interment was made in the
Ullin cemetery. Elmer
Ford
undertaker, directed the funeral.
(His death certificate states that Charley
Allison
Duckworth was born 13 Sep 1890, in Coles
Co., Ill., son of J.
Duckworth, a native of Indiana, and
Angeline
Moore, died 3 May 1932, in Road District
13, Pulaski Co., Ill., husband of Della
Duckworth.
His marker in Ullin Cemetery reads:
Charlie
Duckworth 1890-1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mattie
Talley, aged colored woman of this city,
burned to death Wednesday night when the
house in which she and her husband were
residing, burned. It is supposed the
fire started from an overturned coal oil
lamp.
The aged lady and her husband, Sol
Talley, lived alone in the northeast
part of town. From all appearance they
were just getting ready to retire for the
night when the lamp was overturned setting
fire to the house. Whether she was
sprayed with coal oil or was overcome by the
heat and smoke while searching for
valuables, will probably never be known.
Her body was found very near a window so it
is thought she might have gone to the
window, thinking it was a door.
Her husband was rescued by a volunteer who
carried him out.
The couple were very old, up around the
nineties, whose lives run back to the days
of slavery.
(Her death certificate states that Mattie
Talley was born in 1850 in Tennessee,
died 11 May 1932, in Mound City, Ill., wife
of Solomon
Talley,
and was buried in the National Cemetery.
Solomon
Talley was a private in Co. B, 4th
U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery, and was
discharged 24 Feb 1866.—Darrel
Dexter)
The Mounds
Independent,
Friday, 20 May 1932:
East St.
Louis Engineer Dies Suddenly Monday
John
Neutzel of East St. Louis, aged 65
years, died suddenly on Monday.
He was stricken about 9 a.m.
An ambulance was called and he passed
away on the way to the hospital.
Funeral
services were conducted Wednesday afternoon
at the
Kurris Funeral Home in East St. Louis.
He has many
friends in Mounds who will be grieved to
learn of his sudden death—having made the
run here for many years as an engineer on
the Illinois Central.
Brother of
G. P. Hartwell Dies in Marion
J. L. D.
Hartwell, 74, oldest teacher in
Williamson County, died Monday, May 9, at
his home in Marion after a long illness.
Mr.
Hartwell was a brother of George P.
Hartwell of this city.
He had taught school in Williamson
County for fifty-one years, beginning in
1876 at a salary of $11 per month.
For eight years he was principal of
the Lincoln school in Marion and for three
years was principal of the Jefferson school.
His last work as a teacher was as
principal of the seventh and eighth grades
in the Carterville schools.
(William H.
Hartwell married Mary A.
Phenix on 16 Oct 1856, in Williamson
Co., Ill.
His death certificate states that
John Lorenzo Dow
Hartwell, school teacher, was born 7 Mar
1858, in Lake Creek, Williamson Co., Ill.,
the son of William H.
Hartwell and Adeline
Phoenix, natives of Lake Creek, Ill.,
died 9 May 1932, in Marion, Williamson Co.,
Ill., the husband of Elizabeth Doris
Hartwell.—Darrel
Dexter)
Card of
Thanks
We wish to
express our sincere thanks to the neighbors
and friends who so kindly assisted us
following the sudden death of our mother,
Mrs. Tempy
Holloway Dacus.
Especially do we wish to thank the
minister, Rev. W. D.
Richardson for his consoling words,
those who sent flowers and those who offered
the use of their cars.
H. A.
Melton and Family
A. H.
Dacus
B. B.
Dacus
Mrs. W. A.
Goodfellow and Mrs. H. C.
Fellenstein were called to Nashville,
Tenn., Monday on account of the death of a
brother-in-law of Mrs.
Goodfellow.
The Mounds
Independent,
Friday, 27 May 1932:
Villa Ridge
Man Slain with Axe
Nineteen-Year-Old Colored Girl Arrested on
Murder Charge
Carrell
Skinner, colored, of Villa Ridge, was
murdered Saturday morning at 9:30 o’clock,
the perpetrator of the crime using an axe
and a pruning knife and hacking the victim
horribly about the head and neck.
Skinner was struck at least three blows,
one of which fractured his skull.
The wounded
man either crawled or was taken from his
house on the
Roberson place to the yard of Robert
Aldrich, Sr., nearby.
He was brought to the office of Dr.
H. J.
Elkins at about 10:30 o’clock that same
morning and died there about 7 o’clock that
evening.
Iola
Bowden, nineteen-year-old colored girl,
who was known to have been with
Skinner a few hours before the attack,
was trailed to Charleston, Mo., where she
was arrested and brought to Pulaski County
jail in Mound City.
A coroner’s
jury at a hearing held Monday morning in the
office of Coroner O. T.
Hudson, this city, returned a verdict to
the effect that
Skinner met his death as a result of
injuries inflicted by Iola
Bowden.
The girl decline to make a statement
before the jury, but at the inquest it
developed the girl had confessed to the
murder of her sweetheart, but had told
conflicting stories.
She was quoted as having said she had
known
Skinner since 1928 and that each year
she had come to southern Illinois during the
berry season and had stayed with him:
that she had come to Illinois this
year with another man and that
Skinner had taken her away from this man
and had taken her to his house where she had
been forced to remain for two days and
nights.
In her confession as reported by
officials, she said she had been told by
Skinner that she must either kill him or
that he was going to kill her.
However, the facts are not clear.
Officials
are investigating the possibility of some
other person being implicated in the crime.
Charlotte
Ann Akin
Charlotte
Ann, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. G.
Akin,
was born Sept. 12, 1930, in Mounds, Ill.,
and departed this life May 23, 1932, at the
age of 1 year, 8 months and 11 days,.
The little one was sick for two weeks
following a severe attack of whooping cough.
She leaves her father, mother, one
sister, Kathyrn; and four brothers, Howard,
Dean, Max, and Larry, besides other
relatives.
Funeral
services were conducted at the home on
Delaware Ave., at 11:00 a.m. May 24 by Rev.
T. C.
Ury,
pastor of the First Baptist Church.
Burial was made at Bradford, Tenn.,
Undertaker G. A.
James was in charge.
Charles C.
Benton Dies Saturday Night
Charles C.
Benton, age 74, died Saturday night, May
21, following a long illness.
He was born at New Albany, Ind.,
Sept. 27, 1857, and lived at New Albany
until the years of early manhood.
He was
united in marriage to Parmelia
Thomas on Nov. 6, 1886.
Surviving Mr.
Benton are his widow, one daughter, Mrs.
Lola
Sadler, of Kankakee, Ill., and two sons,
Arthur
Benton, of Illmo, Mo., and Alvin
Benton, of Mounds, Ill.
He also leaves a sister, Mrs. Sarah
Baylor, of Springfield, Ill., and seven
grandchildren.
Funeral
services were conducted at the home on
McKinley Ave., at 2:30 p.m., May 24, 1932,
by Rev. T. C.
Ury,
pastor of the First Baptist Church.
Burial was in Spencer Heights
Cemetery with Undertakers
Hartwell &
Ryan
in charge.
(His death
certificate reads:
Charles C.
Benton, plasterer, was born 27 Sep 1887,
in New Albany, Ind., the son of George
Benton, a native of Georgia, died 21 May
1932, in Mounds, Ill., husband of Permelia
Benton, and was buried at Mounds,
Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Elias
Exonerated
Mrs.
Haroldine
Elias was exonerated in Anna Tuesday by
a coroner’s jury empaneled to investigate
into the circumstances of the death of Otto
M.
Harpending of Anna, operator of the
filling station at the junction of Route 2
and Route 146, caused by being struck by a
car driven by Mrs.
Elias Saturday evening.
The jury returned the verdict that
death was due to an unavoidable accident,
thus absolving Mrs.
Elias from all blame.
Mr.
Harpending, upon alighting from the car
of a friend who was driving him home, walked
directly in front of the car driven by Mrs.
Elias.
Taps Sound
for Another Civil War Soldier
Judge
Horrace A.
Hannon, one of the few remaining
soldiers of the Civil war, in this county,
joined the majority Tuesday morning, May 24,
following an illness of only two days, at
his home near Olmstead.
Judge
Hannon was one of the most picturesque
and interesting residents of Southern
Illinois, and beloved by hundreds of men,
women and children I this vicinity, says the
Cairo
Evening Citizen.
He resided in Cairo after the Civil
war until 1915, when he located in Olmstead.
He was a native of Illinois, having
been born in Springfield, June 14, 1843, and
would have attained his eighty-ninth year
next month.
He came to Cairo in 1857 and learned
the business of printing in the
Cairo
Gazette, afterward becoming a salesman
in the drugstore of H. B.
Humphreys and Co.
On September 6, 1861, he enlisted in
the United States Navy as “first class boy,”
and mustered out in January 1866, as captain
of a gunboat.
He participated in much of the active
service of the Mississippi Squadron and was
in the 17 engagements, receiving a wound at
the Battle of Greenwood.
He was an ensign in the navy, serving
on the S. S.
Louisville,
Chillicothe and
Joliet.
At the close
of the war he returned to Cairo and went
into business.
He was married September 19, 1872, in
Caledonia, Ill., to Mrs. Sallie
Wood.
One son, Dr. Blake
Hannon, of Chicago, survives.
INJURIES
FROM AUTO RESULT IN DEATH OF J. A. FREEMAN
COBDEN—J. A.
Freeman, 67, a farmer and veteran school
teacher of Benton, died Tuesday from
injuries received when he was run down by an
automobile, May 9.
Mr.
Freeman leaves a wife, one son, and four
daughters.
Cobden
people will remember Mr.
Freeman as a candidate for the
Republican nomination for state senator from
this district at the last primary.
He spoke here one night to a fairly
good crowd and was fairly well known to a
number of our citizens.
(According
to the death certificate, J. A.
Freeman, retired teacher, was born 19
Feb 1865, in Shelby Co., Tenn., the son of
Louis
Freeman and Mary
Green, natives of Tennessee, died 17 May
1932, in Benton, Ill., husband of Nancy
Freeman,
and was buried in M. & O. Cemetery in
Benton, Franklin Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Card of
Thanks
We take this
method of extending our thanks and
appreciation to our neighbors and friends
for their kindness shown us during the
illness and following the death of our dear
baby, Charlotte.
Mr. and Mrs.
T. G.
Akin
and family
Called away
by Death of Father
Superintendent Allan R.
Edwards of Mounds public schools, was
called to Boulder, Ill., by the death of his
father, which occurred Wednesday of this
week.
The Pulaski Enterprise,
Friday, 27 May 1932:
____
Burutti, 19, of Johnston City, passed
away Monday afternoon at St. Mary’s
Infirmary from injuries he received when he
was ____ or fell from a C. & E. I. train at
the I. C. crossing Monday _____. His
skull was fractured. He died within a
few minutes after being taken to the
hospital.
Dr. J. B.
Mathis, of Ullin and Dr. ____dson,
of Mounds, were called immediately and the
youth was removed to the hospital. One
arm ___ were broken and a hole ___ in the
back of his head.
After his death Coroner Dan
Sullivan called an inquest and returned
a verdict that the boy came to his death
from a fractured skull sustained when he
fell from a freight train. The matter
of how the boy ___red was not cleared up and
___ate where it was accidental or not.
Burutti and three other youths, ___
Whitecotton, Ernest
Joridain, and Lester
James, all of Johnston City, were with
him when the accident occurred. One of
the boys said that he was sitting beside
him and he felt his companion slip from
beside him. Whether his feet caught on
something, pulling him ___ whether he lost
his balance is unknown.
Burutti’s
body was sent to the home of his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. ___
Burutti, Sr., at Johnston City ___
morning.
Walter
Hunt,
of Noblesville, Ind., father of Prof. M. C.
Hunt,
of this city, passed away at his
home Thursday. Mr.
Hunt
was 77 years of age.
Funeral services were held Saturday.
Mr.
Hunt was struck by an automobile about
two years ago and he never fully recovered
from the accident. His wife survives
him.
Prof. and Mrs.
Hunt
and son, Mahlon have returned to their home
in this city after being called to
Noblesville on account of the illness and
death of Mr.
Hunt.
Mancil D.
Harpending, age 65 years, who operated
the filling station at the junction of
Routes No. 2 and 145 at Anna was killed when
he stepped in front of the car driven by
Mrs. Haldine
Elias of Mounds. Mrs.
Elias was driving at a moderate rate of
speed when the accident occurred.
Mr.
Harpending had closed his station for
the night and had caught a ride to his home.
Then in crossing the highway, he stepped
direly into the path of the car which killed
him.
(Mancil D.
Harpending married on 10 Dec 1893, in
Mt. Pleasant, Union Co., Ill., Alice M.
Yost,
21, born in Mt. Pleasant, Ill., daughter of
G. M.
Yost
and Luvina
Casper.
His
death certificate states that Mancil D.
Harpending, oil station operator, was
born 10 Nov 1870, in Buncombe, Ill., the son
of James
Harpending and Nancy
Nobles, natives of Illinois, died 22 May
1932, in Anna, Ill.
His marker in reads:
Mancil D.
Harpending Nov. 10, 1870-May 22, 1932
Alice M.
Harpending May 18, 1871-May 5, 1939 Gone
but not forgotten.—Darrel
Dexter)
Charles C.
Denton,
age 74, an old and highly respected resident
of Mounds, passed away at his home there
Saturday night following a lingering
illness.
He is survived by his widow and three
children, Arthur
Denton,
of Illmo, Mo., and Mrs. Lola
Sadler, of Kankakee, Illinois, and Alvin
Denton,
of Mounds. He also leaves seven
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at the residence
on North McKinley Avenue at 2:309 o’clock
Tuesday afternoon, Rev.
Ury
of the Baptist Church officiating.
Interment was made in Spencer Heights
Cemetery, with
Hartwell and
Ryan
directing the funeral.
Mr.
Denton was a plasterer by trade
and was a very popular man in the community
in which he lived.
(The name should have read Charles C.
Benton.—Darrel
Dexter)
Louis D.
Smith, aged 70 years, passed away at the
Anna State Hospital where he had been a
patient five weeks, Thursday, May 19.
Mr.
Smith had been a resident of Villa Ridge
since the ager of seven years with the
exception of a short time spent in St. Louis
where he was married.
Funeral services were held Sunday morning at
10 o’clock at Villa Ridge Congregational
Church, Rev.
Allen pastor of the church officiating.
Interment as made in the Villa Ridge
cemetery. G. A.
James was the undertaker in charge.
Surviving Mr.
Smith are his widow, one child, Mrs.
Fred
Whelan, Kansas City, Mo.; two sisters,
Mrs. Robert
Aldrich, Villa Ridge, Mrs. Dollie
Doe,
California; two brothers, George G.
Smith, Spokane, Wash., and Adelbert A.
Smith, Mabton, Wash.; also two
grandchildren.
Casket bearers were R. L.
Spaulding, J. W.
Buckle, M. J.
McBride, W. M.
Cheniae, H. T.
Horsfall, and Charles
Hogendobler.
(His death certificate states that Louis D.
Smith was born 22 Feb 1862, in Cairo,
Ill., the son of George
Smith and Ruth
Hesne, natives of England, died 19 May
1932, in Road District 5, Union Co., Ill.,
the husband of Catherine
Smith,
and was buried at Villa Ridge,
Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Charlotte Ann, little daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. T. G.
Akin,
age 20 months, of Mounds, passed away at the
home of her parents at 9:45 o’clock Monday
morning. She had been ill two weeks of
pneumonia.
Funeral services were held at 11 o’clock
Tuesday morning and the remains were taken
to Bradford, Tenn., for burial. Rev.
Ury,
pastor of the Baptist Church officiated.
G. A.
James had charge of the funeral.
(Her death certificate states that Charlotte
Ann
Akin was born 12 Sep 1930, in Mounds,
Ill., the daughter of T. G. Akin and Lillian
Featherstone, natives of Tennessee, died
23 May 1932, in Mounds, Ill., and was buried
in Bradford, Tenn.—Darrel
Dexter)
Hugh
Hagarty, age 73, passed away at the home
of his sister, Mrs. James
Dolan, Monday night at 7:30 o’clock.
Mr.
Hagerty was born April 14, 1859, in
McLeansboro, Illinois. He had only
been in Mound City six weeks. He
formerly resided in Howell, Ind., with
another sister who passed away and he had
come to Mound city to make his home with his
sister here. He was ill only a few
days, but had been in failing health five
years.
Surviving Mr.
Hagarty are a brother, C. M.
Hagarty, of Pontiac, Illinois, two
sisters, Miss Margaret
Hagarty, of Agnew, Calif., and Mrs.
Dolan of Mound City, and several nieces.
Funeral services were held Wednesday morning
at 9 o’clock Wednesday morning at 9 o’clock
at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, conducted by
Fr. Lawrence
Gilmartin. Interment was made in
St. Mary Cemetery by G. A.
James who directed the funeral.
Casket bearers were Dan
Hurley, Albert
Lee,
Tom
Campbell, Andy
Campbell, Ed
O’Hare, and Charles
Campbell.
(The death certificate states that Hugh
Patrick
Hagarty, a retired stationery fireman,
of Howell, Ind., was born 8 Apr 1860, in
Hamilton Co., Ill., the son of John
Hagarty and Ellen
Raferty, natives of Ireland, died 23 May
1932, in Mound City, Ill., and was buried in
Mounds, Ill.
His marker in St. Mary’s Catholic
Cemetery at Mounds reads:
Hugh
Hagarty 1859-1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
Several members of the Princess Olga Shows
which have been playing at Mounds the past
week, visited St. Mary’s Cemetery Sunday
morning and as has been their custom for the
past three years, placed a beautiful wreath
on the grave of the late W. J.
Perks. The company is playing
Paducah, Ky., this week and before leaving
they paid this tribute to the memory of one
they highly esteemed and greatly miss on
their return visits to this community.
Iola
Bowden, 19 years of age, colored, of
Wolf Island, eliminated one lover from her
life on last Saturday at Villa Ridge, when
she wielded an axe and gave him three
vigorous wounds which proved fatal some
eight hours later. The unfortunate
party in the case was Carrel
Skinner, about 22 years of age.
The row, it is generally believed, centered
over the presence of “another man.”
Iola was
Skinner’s gal when she came to Villa
Ridge with the influx of strawberry pickers
this spring and had been since 1923.
But this time she had another man it is said
that the row began. The eternal
triangle was present and the opinion is that
he threatened to kill her if she did not
leave her man and that she feared he would
make good his declaration and so became
prepared and struck while
Skinner was sleeping in his own house
where they were staying.
Mortally wounded, his skull fractured,
bleeding profusely, he crawled from the
house after a time and out into the street
and into the yard of someone living close
by. It was firs thought that an ice
truck had hit him, but it later developed
that it was an axe and possible a pruning
knife that had inflicted the sounds of which
he died about 4 o’clock that afternoon.
The room where the chopping had taken place
was quite a bloody affair and the knife and
axe were still there as witnesses of their
part in the tragedy.
Naturally, Iola is in jail, awaiting action
of the grand jury.
Skinner
was buried Sunday.
There is no triangle now and in jail, lovers
will be scarce.
(The death certificate states that Carell
Skinner, black, born in 1910 in
Mississippi, son of Tom
Skinner and Estella
Morgan, natives of Mississippi,
died 21 May 1932, in Mounds, Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Judge Horace A.
Hannon, one of the last surviving
members of the Grand Army of the Republic,
passes away at his home near Olmstead at
four o’clock Tuesday morning at the age of
88 years, 11 months and 10 days. Judge
Hannon had been ill only two days.
Judge
Hannon was one of the oldest and most
high respected residents of this and
Alexander County. For many years he
resided in Cairo and in 1915 he moved to
Olmstead where he has since made his home.
He was beloved by hundreds of men, women and
children in this vicinity. He was a native
of Illinois, having been born in
Springfield, June 14, 1843, and would have
attained his eighty-ninth year next month.
He came to Cairo in 1857 and learned the
business of printing in the
Cairo
Gazette, afterward becoming salesman in
the drug store of H. B.
Humphrey and Co. On September 6,
1861, he enlisted in the United States Navy
as “first class boy” and was mustered out in
January 1866, as captain of a gunboat.
Mr.
Hannon was a justice of the peace, a
member of the Episcopal Church and a Master
Mason and a member of the A. L. of H.
He was made an honorary member of Winifred
Fairfax
Warder post of the American Legion a few
years ago, the honor being conferred upon
him in return for his generosity in donating
a beautiful evergreen tree to the Legion
every year for a number of years. The
tree was used for the municipal tree on
Christmas and every Christmas treats for the
needy children were given out under this
tree.
Judge
Hannon never missed attending a
patriotic gathering and only last year
attended the laying of the cornerstone for
the new Cairo armory. He was present
at the dedication of the flag pole and at
the dedication of the armory. He
always enjoyed telling his experiences of
the Civil War days and only about two months
ago he was in his office telling of many
happenings of those days.
His home is in a picturesque spot near
Olmsted where he always welcomed his friends
from Cairo and Mound City. Judge
Hannon was a true and loyal friend.
Funeral services were held on Thursday
afternoon at the M. E. Church in Olmstead,
Rev.
Scott officiating and interment was made
in the Masonic Cemetery there.
The American Legion took charge at the grave
and after the body was lowered in the grave,
taps were blown and the salute was fired in
memory of one who loved his flag and his
country.
G. A.
James had charge of the funeral and
casket bearers were taken from the ranks of
the American Legion.
(The death certificate states that Horrace
Allen
Hannon was born 14 Jun 1843, in
Springfield, Ill., son of Althena
Ewel,
a native of Massachusetts,
died 24 May 1932, in Road District No.
4, Pulaski Co., Ill., husband of Sallie E.
Hannon, and was buried at Olmsted, Ill.
His headstone application states that
he was an acting ensign in Mississippi
Company in the River Flotilla, U.S. Navy.
His marker in Olmsted Masonic Cemetery
reads:
Horace A.
Hannon, Actg. Ensign U.S. Navy.—Darrel
Dexter)
The Pulaski Enterprise,
Friday, 3 June 1932:
FATHER OF ALLAN R. EDWARDS OF MOUNDS DIES
Superintendent Allan R.
Edwards, of Mounds Township High School,
received a message last Wednesday stating
that his father had passed away Wednesday
afternoon at his home in Boulder, Ill.
He had been in ill health for some time and
due to his age his death was not unexpected.
Mr.
Edwards left Mounds early Thursday for
Boulder, where he attended his father’s
funeral.
BABY DIES AT GRAND CHAIN
Clinton Dale
Koonce, little son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Koonce, passed away at his home in Grand
Chain ___day night following an illness of
about two weeks. The little one was 13
months of age.
Funeral services were held Tuesday at 10
a.m. at the residence and interment was made
at Mounds.
Mr. and Mrs.
Koonce formerly resided at Villa Ridge.
(His death certificate states that
Clinton Dale
Koonce was born 12 Nov 1930, in Mounds,
Ill., the son of H. R.
Koonce, a native of Villa Ridge, Ill.,
and Letha
Hitchcock, a native of Joppa, Ill., died
30 May 1932, in Road District No. 5, Pulaski
Co., Ill., and was buried at Mounds, Ill.
His marker in Beechwood Cemetery
reads:
Clinton Dale
Koonce Born Nov. 12, 1930 Died May 30,
1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
MRS. W. A. LACKEY DIES
Mrs. Lottie
Lackey, 78, widow of the late W. A.
Lackey, passed away ___day at her home
near Pulaski. Funeral services were
held Monday afternoon at the residence, Rev.
Atherton officiating.
Interment was made in the Lackey
Cemetery near Pulaski.
She is survived by one son, Ollie F.
Lackey; a grandson, Frank
Lackey; a sister, Mrs. George
Lackey, all of Pulaski; a half-brother,
Henry
Essex; two half-sisters, Mrs. Frank ___ne
and Mrs. William
Chenaie, of Villa Ridge.
Mrs. L. C.
Settlemoir, of Mound City, is a niece of
the deceased. W. Aldred
had charge of the funeral.
(Wesley
Lackey married Charlotta
Essex on 1 Jan 1871, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill.
George W.
Lackey married Emma D.
Essix on 3 Nov 1878, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill.
William M.
Cheniai married Ida L.
Essex on 2 Oct 1887, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
MOUNDS WOMAN PASSES AWAY
Mrs. Laura
Smoot, age 73 years, passed away at her
home in Mounds Saturday morning at 5
o’clock.
Surviving Mrs.
Smoot are her husband, John
Smoot, two sons, Raymond
Leeright, of Cairo; Minor
Leeright, of Mounds; her daughter, Mrs.
W. T.
Miller, of Houston, Texas; a brother, F.
J.
Morris, of Cobden; three grandchildren
and four great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon
at 3 o’clock at the Limestone Baptist Church
near Cobden.
Hartwell and
Ryan
directed the funeral.
(John
Leeright, 26,
married Laura J.
Morris, 18,
on 10 Dec 1874, in Union Co., Ill.
Her death certificate states that
Laura J.
Smoot was born 9 Jul 1859, in Cobden,
Ill., died 28 May 1932, in Mounds, Ill.,
wife of John
Smoot, and was buried near Cobden,
Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
GEORGE M. LAMPKIN DIES AT HOME IN GRAND
CHAIN
George M.
Lampkins, age 58, passed away at his
home in Grand Chain Saturday, May 28.
He was born in a farm in Hamilton County,
Illinois, March 1, 1874. He was the eldest
son of Robert J. and Teletha
Aaron
Lampkin, who preceded him in death a few
years ago.
Mr.
Lampkin came to Grand Chain in 1899 as a
drug clerk for Jake
Fellenstein, who he later succeeded in
business as the community druggist where he
remained until May 31, 1931, when he was
compelled to retire.
Soon after coming to this county he was
united in marriage to Miss Bessie
Jones who survives him. To this
union three sons were born, Roy, of St.
Louis, Harper, who passed away at the age of
nine years, and Everett, of Grand Chain.
Besides his wife and two sons, he is
survived by three brothers, William C., of
West Frankfort, J. Orvil, of Mt. Vernon, and
Walter C. , of Riverside, California; and
five sisters, Mrs. Sarah
Endicott, of West Frankfort, Mrs.
Charlotte
Endicott, of Eldorado, Mrs. Beplah
Dillow, of Anna, Mrs. Iva
Willis, and Mrs. Agnes Lindsey,
both of Christopher, Illinois.
Some ten years ago, Mr.
Lampkin united with the Congregational
Church of Grand Chain and became one of its
leading supporters and one of its most as
active members. As a citizen he was
loyal and dependable.
Funeral services were held at the
Congregational church Monday afternoon at
2:30 o’clock conducted by Rev.
Benninger. The casket bearers were
Jesse
Merchant, George
Beshers, James
Moore, W. A.
McIntire, W. O.
Talley, and Calvin
Wilmonth.
G. A.
James had charge of the funeral.
(George M.
Lamkin, 37, of New Grand Chain, Ill.,
married Bessie
Jones, 18, of New Grand Chain, Ill., on
22 Sep 1901, in Pulaski Co., Ill.
The death certificate states that
George M.
Lamkin, retired druggist, was born 1 Mar
1874, in Illinois, son of James Robert
Lamkin and T
Aron,
died 28 May 1932, in Grand Chain, Ill.,
husband of Bessie
Lamkin, and was buried at Grand
Chain.—Darrel
Dexter)
The Mounds
Independent,
Friday, 3 Jun 1932:
Mrs. Lottie
Lackey of Pulaski Dies Saturday
Mrs. Lottie
Lackey, widow of the late W. A.
Lackey, died Saturday, May 28, at her
home near Pulaski.
Mrs.
Lackey had reached the age of 78 years.
She is survived by a son, Oliver F.
Lackey; a grandson, Frank
Lackey; and a sister, Mrs. George
Lackey, all of Pulaski; a half-brother,
Henry
Essex; two half-sisters, Mrs. Frank
Corzine and Mrs. William
Cheniae of Villa Ridge.
Funeral
services were held at the family home Monday
afternoon, Rev. H. C.
Vick
and Rev. H. B.
Atherton officiating.
Burial was made in the Lackey
cemetery with W. H.
Aldred directing.
Mrs. John
Smoot Died Saturday Morning
Death Brings
Relief after Many Months of Patient
Suffering
Mrs. Laura
Smoot, wife of John
Smoot, of South Reader Ave., died
Saturday morning, May 29, after a lingering
illness.
Her age was 73 years.
Mrs.
Smoot had lived in and near Mounds for
many years, and had many friends and former
neighbors who will miss her sadly.
Surviving
her are her husband, two sons and a daughter
by a former marriage, Raymond
Leeright of Cairo, Minor
Leeright of Mounds and Mrs. W. T.
Miller of Houston, Texas; a brother, F.
T.
Morris of Cobden; three grandchildren
and four great-grandchildren.
Funeral
services were held Sunday afternoon at 3
o’clock at the Limestone Baptist Church four
miles north of Cobden, Rev. T. C.
Ury,
of Mounds officiating.
Burial was made in the cemetery at
the church.
Hartwell and
Ryan
directed the funeral.
Clinton Dale
Koonce
Clinton Dale
Koonce, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Koonce, died Sudan night at 11:50
o’clock at the family home near Grand Chain
after an illness of two weeks.
Clinton Dale
was born in Mounds, December 12, 1931, and
died May 29, 1932, aged 18 months and 17
days.
Surviving him are his parents, three
grandparents, a brother, Lindell, 5, and a
sister, Janice, age 3, also many other
relatives.
Funeral
services were held at the residence Tuesday
morning at 10 o’clock with Rev. O. E.
Allen, pastor of the Villa Ridge
Community Church conducting.
Burial was made in Thistlewood
Cemetery, Mounds, G. A.
James directing.
Mrs. Sarah
Baylor, who was called here by the death
of her brother, Charles
Benton, left Wednesday for her home in
Springfield.
Mrs. W. R.
Thomas and daughter Miss Minnie Dell
attended the funeral of Clinton Dale
Koonce, small son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Koonce, of near Grand Chain, Tuesday
morning.
The Mounds
Independent,
Friday, 10 Jun 1932:
R. P. Evers
of Grand Chain Dies Sunday
R. P.
Evers, age 55, died Sunday morning, June
5, at his home in Grand Chain, Ill.
Mrs.
Evers had lived in Grand Chain 30 years,
having arrived there on June 4, 1902.
He was city clerk of Grand Chain at
the time of his death.
He had been a barber there for many
years.
He is survived by his widow, his
parents, four brothers and three sisters,
also a number of other relatives, among them
a cousin, Charles R.
Evers, of Mounds.
Funeral services were held Tuesday
afternoon at the Grand Chain Congregational
Church, conducted by the pastor, Rev. S. C.
Benninger, who was assisted by the Rev.
Mr.
McWhirter, pastor of the Christian
Church.
The Masonic Order, of which Mr.
Evers was Master, had charge of the
services at the grave.
Burial was in Grand Chain cemetery.
Mrs. W. E.
Vick Dies at Home in Karnak
Mrs. W. E.
Vick,
of Karnak, age 40, died Saturday morning,
June 4, at her home after an illness of
several weeks.
Florence
Hogendobler
Vick
was born in Villa Ridge where she lived
until her marriage to W. E.
Vick,
merchant of Karnak.
She is survived by her husband, a
son, Lewis, age 15; three sisters, Mrs. W.
O. Graves, of Mounds, Misses Pearl and
Oneita
Hogendobler, of Villa Ridge, and three
brothers, H. G.
Hogendobler of Mounds, E. C. of
Olmstead, and W. L. of Villa Ridge.
Mrs.
Vick
was a member of the Order of Eastern Star,
of the Villa Ridge Household Science Club
and of the Baptist Church of Karnak.
Funeral
services were held in the Baptist church
Monday afternoon, conducted by the pastor,
Rev. William
Carlton.
Mr. and Mrs.
George T.
Schuler attended the funeral of Mrs. W.
E.
Vick of Karnak Monday afternoon.
DROPS DEAD
AT DANCE
CARMI—While
attending a dance at the home of Erwin
Williams, six miles south of Carmi,
Saturday night, Mike
Doneghue, a young man of that community,
fell from a chair and died of heart trouble.
He was the son of Theodore
Doneghue, lifelong resident of Carmi and
vicinity.
(His death certificate states that
Robert Michael
Doneghue, streetcar motorman and former
military serviceman, was born 11 Feb 1889,
in Illinois, the son of Theo
Doneghue and Emma
Ventrus, natives of Illinois, died 29
May 1932, in Heralds Prairie, White Co.,
Ill., divorced husband of Mattie
Doneghue, and was buried at Carmi, White
Co., Ill.
His application for military
headstone states that he was born 11 Feb
1888, in Illinois, enlisted 17 Dec 1906, in
Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, was a private
in Battery F, 5th Regiment of
Field Artillery, honorably discharged 16 Dec
1909, in Chicago, Ill.
He was buried in Newman Cemetery in
Carmi Township, White Co., Ill.
His World War I draft registration
also gives his year of birth as 1888 in
Carmi, Ill., and states he was a teamer in
Akron, Ohio.
When he was admitted to the soldiers’
home on 17 Nov 1931, he gave his nearest
relative as Theodore
Doneghue of 113 Cherry St., Carlyle,
Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Alto Pass
Man Makes Human Torch of Self
Wilson
Rodgers, of near Alto Pass, age 25,
saturated his clothing with gasoline last
Thursday evening and struck a match to light
the blaze.
He immediately attempted to
extinguish the flames, but too late to save
his life.
He died in the Hale-Willard Hospital
in Anna at 2 o’clock Friday morning.
He is survived by his widow, the
former Miss Bessie
Pender, his father and a number of
brothers and sisters.
(His death certificate states that
Frank Wilson
Rodgers, farmer at Alto Pass, was born 6
Sep 1906, in Jackson Co., Ill., the son of
W. S.
Rodgers and Catherine
Fletcher, natives of Jackson Co., Ill.,
died 3 Jun 1932, in Road District 5, Union
Co., Ill., and was buried in Alto Pass Co.,
Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
A number
from here (Villa Ridge) attended the funeral
of Mrs. Flo
Hogendobler Vick, which was held from
her home in Karnak Monday.
Mrs.
Vick,
a former Villa Ridge resident, has lived in
Karnak the past several years where Mr.
Vick
is engaged in business.
The Pulaski Enterprise,
Friday, 10 Jun 1932:
R. P. EVERS, GRAND CHAIN, PASSES TO GREAT
BEYOND
R. P.
Evers, age 55 years, passed away at his
home in Grand Chain Sunday morning at 3
o’clock following an illness of several
months.
Mr.
Evers had lived in Grand Chain for the
past 30 years. He was city clerk at
the time of his death. He had been in
the barber business since he was a young
man. He was a member of the Masonic
Order and was Worshipful Master at the time
of his death. He was also clerk of the
M. W. of A. Lodge.
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon
at 2 o’clock at the Congregational church of
which he was a member. Rev.
Benninger of the Congregational
Church, assisted by Rev.
McWherter of the Christian Church will
officiate. Interment was made in the
Grand Chain Cemetery. The Masonic
order had charge of the services at the
grave.
Surviving Mr.
Evers are his widow, his parents, four
brothers and three sisters.
(His death certificate states that
Rollie Porter
Evers, a barber, was born 25 Jul 1877,
in Illinois, the son of James R.
Evers and Charlotte
Copeland, natives of Illinois, died 5
Jun 1932, in Grand Chain, Ill., husband of
Elizabeth E.
Evers, and was buried at Grand Chain.
J. K.
Evers married Charlott T.
Copland on 15 Mar 1866, in Massac Co.,
Ill.
His marker in Grand Chain Masonic
Cemetery reads:
Rolla P.
Evers Born July 25, 1877 Died June 5,
1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
MRS. VICK DIES AT HOME IN KARNAK
Mrs. W. E.
Vick,
age 40 years, died Saturday morning at 10:45
o’clock at her home in Karnak, following an
illness of several weeks. Mrs.
Vick
was born in Villa Ridge and spent her
girlhood there. After her marriage she
made her home in Karnak where she resided
until her death.
Surviving Mrs.
Vick
are her husband, a son, Lewis, age 15; three
sisters, Mrs. W. O.
Graves, of Mounds, Misses Pearl and
Oneita
Hogendobler of Villa Ridge; three
brothers. E. C.
Hogendobler, of Olmstead, H. G.
Hogendobler, of Mounds, and W. L.
Hogendobler, of Villa Ridge.
Funeral services were held Monday
afternoon at the Baptist church of which she
was a member, conducted by the pastor, Rev.
William
Carlton. The casket bearers were
Harry
Lee,
Ray
Roller, Emra
Ford,
T. B.
Hancock, Orland
McBride, and William
Bride.
Mrs.
Vick
was a member of the Order of Eastern Star
and of the Household Science Club at Villa
Ridge.
(Her death certificate states that
Flora Lacede
Vick
was born 4 Feb 1892, in Villa Ridge, Ill.,
daughter of Henry M.
Hogendobler, a native of Lancaster, Pa.,
and Emma
Wright, a native of Villa Ridge, Ill.,
died 4 Jun 1932, in Pulaski Co., Ill., and
was buried in Beech Grove Cemetery in
Mounds, Ill.
Henry M.
Hogendobler married Emma M.
Wright on 6 Sep 1874, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill.
Her marker in Beechwood Cemetery at
Mounds reads:
Flora L. wife of W. E.
Vick
1892-1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
Those from Mound City who attended the
funeral of R. P.
Evers whose funeral was held in Grand
Chain Tuesday afternoon were Attorney G. E.
Martin, Mr. and Mrs. S. F.
McIntire, Mr. and Mrs. John
Read,
Mrs. W. F.
Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar
Atherton, Mrs. J. E.
Beaver, and Mr. and Mrs. Carl
McIntire, and children.
Those who attended Mrs. Elmer
Vick’s
funeral at Karnak Monday afternoon were
Lester
Kraatz and his mother and Mrs. Stella
Chittick. (Olmstead)
Extract from the Minutes of a Stated Meeting
of Grand Chain Lodge No. 660 A. F. & A. M.,
8:30 p.m., Tuesday, June 7, 1932
WHEREAS: The Supreme and Divine
Ruler of the Universe has seen fit to call
from labor to refreshment, our beloved
brother and Worshipful Master, Rolla Porter
Evers, and
WHEREAS: Our order has been
enriched and exalted by the comradeship and
association of Brother Evers, whose name has
ever stood for trustworthiness, sympathy,
gentle word and kindly deeds, and
WHEREAS: We realize and cherish
the knowledge that we are born for a higher
destiny than this earth, and that there is a
realm of celestial peace where the rainbow
never fades; where the stars will spread out
before us like islands that slumber upon the
sea and where brothers that have passed from
life’s highway are restored to the golden
dawning of eternal day, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED: That we, the
offices and members of this lodge in loving
tribute to his memory, shall ever treasure
in our hearts the influence of the
personality that will linger with us, the
examples of Nobel deeds and kindly service
and the endearing ties which have bound us
in fraternal love.
AND THAT our sympathy goes out to the
bereaved relatives in the hope that there
will be solace and comfort in the thought
that the hand of the Supreme and Divine
architect has beckoned and a sublime voice
has called into the Grand Lodge above, our
dear brother and Worshipful Master.
AND THAT this resolution has been
unanimously adopted and spread upon the
records of this meeting and copies sent to
the bereaved relatives and the
local newspapers by order of
G. N.
Boyd,
acting master
W. V.
Leidigh, Secretary
Grand Chain, Ill., June 7, 1932
The Pulaski Enterprise,
Friday, 17 Jun 1932:
MRS. JOHN TAYLOR OF REYNOLDSVILLE DIES
Mrs. John
Taylor, Sr., of Reynoldsville, Illinois,
near Jonesboro, passed away at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. Everett
Titter, of Perks Sunday, June 5, 1932,
following several paralytic stokes, at the
age of 72 years. She was born at
Stephenson, Ind.
Left to mourn her passing are her
husband, two daughters, Mrs.
Ritter, of Perks, and Mrs. Lafe
Christian of Lasaroa, Texas; three sons,
John, of Dongola, Russell, of Sesser, and
Arthur, of Evansville, Ind.
Mrs.
Taylor was a woman of beautiful
Christian character and was a good wife and
mother.
Funeral services were held at the
Pentecostal church, the Rev.
Langston officiating. Interment
was made in the Cache Chapel Cemetery beside
her daughter, Mrs. Artie
Lentz. Elmer
Ford
of Dongola had charge of the funeral
services.
(Her death certificate states that
Delilah
Taylor was born 1 Feb 1860, in Indiana,
the daughter of Ed
Lockwood, a native of New York, and
Nancy
Blackburn, a native of Indiana,
died 5 Jun 1932, in Road District 13,
Pulaski Co., Ill., wife of John
Taylor,
and as buried in Pulaski Co., Ill.
Her marker in Cache Chapel Cemetery
near Ullin reads:
John
Taylor 1860-1939 Delilah
Taylor 1860-1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
AXEL HEIBERG, WELL KNOWN IN THIS COUNTY,
DIES
Word was received last week that Axel
Heiberg, of Springfield, head of the
Heiberg Auditing Co., which has audited the
books of Pulaski County, had dropped dead at
Lewiston, June 3.
Glenn
Storme, son of S. E.
Storme, who was employed with the
company and was here last fall, was with Mr.
Heiberg when he fell near the courthouse
of Fulton County. Mr.
Heiberg and Mr.
Storme were auditing the books there.
Mr.
Heiberg was 62 years of age. The
cause of death was not announced here, but
it is believed to have been a heart attack.
He was the father of two sons, who
were twins. One of them died about two
years ago. All have been here and are
known to county officials.
Later information is that Mr.
Heiberg fell dizzy and ill, probably
with indigestion, and his skull was
fractured when it struck the concrete steps.
(Axel
Heiberg, 28,
married on 26 Nov 1895, in Chicago, Cook
Co., Ill., Anna
Evensen, 22.
A
death certificate states that Axel
Heiberg, accountant, of 721 S. 7th
Street, Springfield, Ill., was born 6 Sep
1867, in Europe, the son of Jacob
Heiberg and Marie
Lund,
natives of Europe, died 3 Jun 1932, in
Canton, Fulton Co., Ill., husband of Anna
Heiberg,
and was buried at Oak Ridge Cemetery in
Ottawa, Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
FORMER PERKS MAN DIES
Tom
Barker, formerly of Perks, passed away
at his home in Chicago Friday morning
following a long illness.
Funeral services were held at the Pea
Ridge Church, the Rev.
Crossland officiating. Interment
was made in the Pea Ridge Cemetery.
He is survived by his wife, one
daughter, Miss Florence, of Lovejoy, and two
sons, in Chicago and many other relatives
and friends.
A Carbondale undertaker had charge of
the funeral.
(According to his death certificate,
Thomas
Barker, black, janitor, of 4410 Calmut
Ave., Chicago, Ill., was born 10 Jan 1878,
in Huntington, Tenn., son of Sam
Barker, a native of Huntington, Tenn.,
and Mandy
Greer, a native of Tennessee, died 9 Jun
1932, in Chicago, Cook Co., Ill., husband of
Ann
Barker, and was buried at Carbondale,
Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
JOHN VISE DROPS DEAD AT HOME IN CAIRO
John Harvey
Vise,
age 52 years, died suddenly at his home,
1315 ½ Washington Avenue, in Cairo, Monday
evening at 8:30 o’clock following an illness
of one day. The cause of his death was
heart trouble.
Mr. and Mrs.
Vise
moved to Cairo about six months ago and
until then were residents of Mound City
where he conducted the St. Charles Hotel.
A doctor was summoned three times during the
day Monday. Mr.
Vise
remarked that he would like to have a malted
milk and his wife had gone to the kitchen to
prepare it and when she returned, Mr.
Vise
was lying face down on the floor. Upon
examination it was found that he was dead.
Mr.
Vise and his good wife had made many
friends in Mound City who are grieved to
learn of his death.
Surviving him are his widow, Mrs.
Dollie
Vise,
two sons, Stanley and Harry
Vise,
of St. Louis; a sister and several brothers.
The body was brought to the
undertaking parlors of G. A.
James in Mound City, where it was
prepared for burial. It was taken to
Benton to the home of his brother, Dr.
Vise
at noon Tuesday. On Wednesday, funeral
services were held at the Baptist Church at
2 p.m. and interment was made in the Masonic
Cemetery at Benton. Rev.
Mead
of Benton officiated. The Masons gave
the beautiful Masonic rites at the grave.
G. A.
James had charge of funeral
arrangements.
(His death certificate states that
John Harvey
Vise,
salesman, was born 15 Mar 1880, in
Macedonia, Ill., son of A. C.
Vise
and Matilda
Placers, natives of Illinois, died 13
Jun 1932, in Cairo, Ill., husband of Dollie
Vise,
and was buried in Benton, Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
The Mounds
Independent,
Friday, 17 Jun 1932:
BARN BURNS,
BONES FOUND
ANNA—A barn on the
Douglas farm north of Mill Creek burned
not long since with a total loss of two
mules, a quantity of corn and hay and some
farm implements belonging to Elijah
Knupp, the tenant who had no insurance.
The
Douglass brothers carried $200 insurance
on the barn.
The fire occurred at one o’clock in
the night and its origin is unknown.
Last week bones were found in the
debris and it was reported they were bones
of a human being.
The matter was reported to Coroner
Taylor and Sheriff
Blaylock.
The latter with H. E.
Douglas of Anna, one of the owners of
the farm went out to the scene to
investigate.
They found that the bones which
created a good deal of excitement and
speculation were those of a dog.
The Mounds
Independent,
Friday, 24 Jun 1932:
Crawley
Sanders Dies from Gunshot Wound
Whether Deed
Was Accidental or Intentional Will Never Be
Known
Shortly after 2 o’clock Wednesday
afternoon the family of Crawley C.
Sanders was startled to hear the report
of a gun in the bathroom of the home.
Mrs.
Sanders who was ill and in bed, arose
and rushed into the bathroom where she found
her husband dead from a gunshot wound which
had penetrated the head near the right ear
and had blown the top of the head completely
off.
Whether the deed was accidental or
intentional will never be known. Mr.
Sanders had a number of guns about the
place and only a few days before had
accidentally discharged one while handling
it in the yard.
Dr. O. T.
Hudson, coroner, held an inquest later
in the day and the verdict of the coroner’s
jury was “Death caused by gunshot in the
head, self-inflicted.”
The position of the gun seemed to
indicate that it had either been
accidentally discharged or that Mr.
Sanders had pulled the trigger with his
toe.
C. C.
Sanders was born near Paducah, Ky., June
25, 1888. He was united in marriage to Miss
Nellie
Robertson, Dec. 4, 1910.
He is survived by his widow and three
children.
Russell, Marguerite and Robert
Eugene.
He and his family have lived in
Mounds for a number of years during which
time he has been employed as electrician for
the Illinois Central System.
The funeral cortege will go to
Paducah, Ky., today (Friday) leaving shortly
after noon.
The funeral will be conducted by the
Rev. Mr.
McGregory of the Church of Christ.
Burial will be in the Paducah
cemetery with Funeral Director G. A.
James in charge.
Seven-Year-Old Boy Drowns in Pond
Steps in
Hole and Playmates Were Unable to Save Him
Bernard
Graves, 7, of Rock Island, Ill., was
accidentally drowned Saturday afternoon,
June 18, when he stepped in a hole in a pond
in which he and his brothers and sisters
were playing on the farm of his grandmother,
Mrs. Mary
Graves, near Villa Ridge.
One of his small playmates passed him
a pole, but he failed to get hold of it and
was drowned before help was secured.
The body was recovered by a colored
farm hand who was the first to reach the
scene of the accident.
With his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Graves, and his six brothers and
sisters, Bernard was visiting at the home of
his grandmother.
Funeral services were held at 9
o’clock Tuesday morning at St. Mary’s
Catholic Church in Mound city with the Rev.
Father
Gilmartin officiating.
Interment was made in Calvary
Cemetery, Villa Ridge.
S. L.
Atherton Dies Friday Night
S. L.
Atherton, aged 53 years, for many years
an engineer for the Illinois central
Railroad Company on the Tennessee Division
with headquarters at Mounds, died in the
Illinois Central Hospital in Paducah, Ky.,
Friday night, June 17, at 9:15 o’clock.
Surviving him are his widow, Mrs.
Jodie
Atherton; a sister, Mrs. Magnolia
Beegle of Mounds; a brother, Robert
Atherton, of Tower Hill, Ill.; two
nieces and a nephew.
Mr.
Atherton was a member of the Baptist
Church at Arlington, Tenn., and the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and was
a highly respected citizen.
Funeral services were conducted at
Shiloh Baptist Church near Mounds by Rev. W.
J.
Ward of Dongola and Rev. T. C.
Ury
of Mounds.
Burial was in the cemetery at Mounds
with
Hartwell and
Ryan
in charge.
(According to his death certificate,
S. L.
Atherton, of Mounds, Ill., Illinois
Central locomotive engineer, was born 7 Jun
1879, in Bardwell, Ky., the son of Willis
Atherton, a native of Blandville, Ky.,
and Elizabeth
Foster, a native of Tennessee, died 17
Jun 1932, at the Illinois Central Railroad
Hospital in Paducah, Ky., of septic
endocarditis and typhoid fever, the husband
of Jodie
Atherton, and was buried at Mounds, Ill.
His marker in Spencer Heights
Cemetery at Mounds reads:
S. L.
Atherton 1879-1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. L. G.
Shoder of Pulaski Dies Tuesday
Mrs. L. G.
Shoder, 86, died Tuesday evening, June
21, at her home in Pulaski.
She is survived by her daughter, Mrs.
Robert H.
Porterfield, of Chicago; and one
grandson, John A.
Porterfield.
Her husband, Charles
Shoder, died a number of years ago.
Funeral services were held Thursday
afternoon at Rose Hill Baptist Church, with
Rev. Mr.
Vick
of Tamms officiating.
W. H.
Aldred directed the funeral.
(Charles
Shoder married Mrs. Louise C.
Lackey on 11 Feb 1886, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill.
Her marker in Rose Hill Cemetery
reads:
Charles
Shoder 1834-1901 Loise C.
Shoder 1845-1932.
Her husband was a Civil War soldier
and pensioner and also has a military marker
that reads Chas.
Shoder Co. B, 2 Ky. Inf.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. E. F.
Willis Dies at Rochester, Minn.
Had
Undergone Second Operation This Year at Mayo
Hospital
Word of the death of Mrs. E. F.
Willis in Rochester, Minn., Tuesday
night reached her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Henry
Hale
Wednesday morning.
Earlier in the year Mrs.
Willis had undergone a successful
operation for goiter in Rochester.
She had returned and on last Friday
had been operated on for another trouble.
Her husband and young son, Eugene,
were with her.
Mr. Willis and son arrived Thursday
on train number one bringing “all that was
mortal” of wife and mother.
We have not been able to learn of the
funeral arrangements.
Mother of H.
W. Pilaut Dies in Princeton, Ky.
Mr. and Mrs. H. W.
Pilaut were called to Princeton, Ky.,
last week by the illness of Mr.
Pilaut’s mother, Mrs. Ida
Blackburn Pilaut, who passed away
Wednesday, June 15, following a stroke of
paralysis a week earlier.
The
Princeton Twice-a-Week Leader of Friday,
June 17, published the following article
concerning her passing:
Mrs. Ida
Blackburn Pilaut, widow of the late
Prof. John E.
Pilaut, died at her home on Madisonville
Street Wednesday morning, at 11:20,
following a week’s illness from a stroke of
paralysis received last Saturday morning.
Mrs.
Pilaut was one of Princeton’s best and
most beloved women.
She was 71 years of age, and is
survived by nine living children, six sons
and three daughters, also three brothers and
two sisters.
The brothers and sisters are:
Finas
Blackburn, Grayesville, Illinois; Thomas
Blackburn, Flat Rock; Sheriff Oress J.
Blackburn, this city, Mrs. Laura
Brown, Princeton, Rt. 1; Mrs. C. W.
Moore, Fredonia.
The children are as follows:
Hugh J.
Pilaut, Cape Girardeau, Mo.; William W.
Pilaut, Fredonia; James D.
Pilaut, Herrin, Ill.; John R.
Pilaut, Princeton; Herbert W.
Pilaut, Mounds, Ill.; Raymond R.
Pilaut, Louisiana; Mrs. Lule Bell
Satterfield, Princeton; Mrs. Urey
Jones, Fredonia; Mrs. E. G.
Harris, Ashland, Ky.
The deceased was married to Mr. John
E.
Pilaut, Sept. 3, 1879.
She was a daughter of the late
William and Bettye
Stevenson Blackburn.
She had lived a true Christian life,
and was a devoted wife, loving mother and
kind neighbor.
We join her innumerable friends in
extending the bereaved family heartfelt
sympathy.
(According to her death certificate,
Ida B.
Pilaut was born in 1862 in Caldwell Co.,
Ky., the daughter of William Henry
Blackburn and Hannah Elizabeth
Stevenson, and died 15 Jun 1932, in
Caldwell Co., Ky., of hypostatic pneumonia,
the wife of John Elbert Pilaut, and was
buried in Rowland Cemetery in Caldwell Co.,
Ky.—Darrel
Dexter ).
Mr. and Mrs.
H. W.
Pilaut have returned from Princeton,
Ky., where they were called on account of
the death of Mr.
Pilaut’s mother.
Mrs. Annie
Lewis and daughter were called to Tamms
Friday by the death of Mrs.
Lewis’ sister, Mrs. Millie
Minton.
Others from Mounds who attended the
funeral of Mrs.
Minton were Mrs. R. W.
Wiedemann, Mrs. Fred
Raub,
and Miss Martha
Fulkerson.
A.J.
Williams of Fulton, Ky., was the guest
of his son, Harry and family Monday.
Mr.
Williams tells us that his
grandchildren, children of the late Mrs.
Golda
Tosh,
since January have had mumps, whooping
cough, and chicken pox.
Mr. and Mrs.
Williams are making their home with Mr.
Tosh
and are helping to care for the three
motherless youngsters, two boys and a girl.
(Golda
Tosh
died 9 May 1931.—Darrel
Dexter)
The Pulaski Enterprise,
Friday, 24 June 1932:
Mounds Man Shoots Self with Shotgun
Despondent, perhaps, over loss of work and
because of failing health, Crawley A.
Sanders, 44 years of age, railroad
electrician, shot himself with repeating
shotgun Wednesday afternoon at his home in
Mounds. The shot was head by his older
son and by his wife, and the son quickly
found his father, and summoned medical aid,
but it was useless.
Sanders was dead when the echo of the
gun had died away, the whole top of his head
having been shattered. About the small
___ in which he was, his brains were
spattered on every wall.
There is some chance that the shot
might have been accidental, but the position
of his body, the absence of cleaning
materials, the position of the shot just
behind the ear and ranging upward, indicate
that it was self-inflicted, and the
coroner’s jury so gave the verdict.
No hint of the intention to kill
himself was given at the inquest. The
shot was heard and Mrs.
Sanders and Russell
Sanders were puzzled at first, but
Russell went to the little room on the back
porch and there the body sprawled.
A crowd gathered and Dr. J. H. ___kins
was called, but
Sanders was beyond any help. The
shot had torn away a great hole in his skull
and fractured it into bits and had virtually
driven all the brain from the cranial
cavity.
Sanders is survived by his wife and
three children, Russell, who is a young man,
Robert, a high school boy and Marguerite,
who finished high school last year.
Funeral services will be held in
Paducah this afternoon and burial will be in
Oak Cemetery there. G. A.
James has charge of the funeral.
This tragedy is one much regretted
and which has aroused wide sympathy.
(The death certificate states that
Crawley A.
Sanders, an Illinois Central Railroad
electrician, was born 25 Jun 1888, in
Hickman, Ky., the son of Joe
Sanders, a native of Carbondale, Ill.,
and Emma
Garrett, died 22 Jun 1932, in Mounds,
Ill., husband of Nellie Lee
Sanders, and was buried in Paducah,
McCracken Co., Ky.—Darrel
Dexter)
BOY DROWNS ON GRAVES FARM
Bernard
Graves, seven-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry
Graves, of Rock Island, Illinois, who,
with his parents and six brothers and
sisters were visiting at the home of his
grandmother, Mrs. Mary
Graves, living a mile east of Villa
Ridge, was drowned in a pond on the
Graves’ farm Saturday afternoon at 2
o’clock.
The children had gone to the pond to
wade and not thinking the water was deep,
waded out too far and went off in a hole.
The boy’s companions pushed a log out to
him, but he could not get hold of it so they
got a long pole, but it was too late.
The boy went down and never came up.
The body was recovered by a colored farm
hand, who was first to arrive.
The body was taken to the funeral
home of
Hartwell and
Ryan
and prepared for burial. Funeral
services were held Tuesday morning at St.
Mary’s Catholic Church in Mound City with
Rev. Fr.
Gilmartin officiating and interment was
made in Calvary Cemetery at Villa Ridge.
(The death certificate states that
Bernard Lawrence
Graves, of Rock Island, Ill., was born
10 Aug 1924, in East Moline, Ill., the son
of S. H.
Graves, a native of Illinois, and
Rosalie
Baur,
a native of Wisconsin, died 18 Jun 1932, in
Road District 1, Pope Co., Ill., and was
buried in Villa Ridge, Ill.
His marker in Calvary Cemetery in
Villa Ridge reads:
Bernard
Graves 1924-1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
REV. FR. GILLON, FORMERLY OF CAIRO, PASSES
AWAY
Rev. Fr.
Gillon, formerly pastor of St. Joseph’s
Church on the corner of Cross and Walnut
streets, passed away Monday at Aviston,
Illinois. He was forced to resign on
account of old age and his death occurred on
the anniversary of his resignation.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Perks, of this city, were married by
Rev. Fr.
Gillon nine years ago Monday and he
passed away on their wedding anniversary.
His age is not definitely known, but
he is probably 73 years of age.
Funeral services were held at Eviston
on Thursday at 9:30 a.m. conducted by Most
Rev. Henry
Althoff D.D., Bishop of Belleville,
Illinois.
Rev. Fr.
Gillen came to Cairo in 1902 as pastor
of St. Patrick’s Church and two years later
was transferred to St. Joseph’s Church where
he served 22 years. Catholics and
non-Catholics found him a friend in time of
trouble.
Mrs. Fred
Raub,
Mrs. R. W.
Weideman, and Miss Martha
Fulkerson attended the funeral of Mrs.
Minton in Tamms Friday. (Mounds)
(Drew
Minton married Millie A.
Haymayer on 4 May 1886, in Alexander
Co., Ill.
A marker in Richwood Cemetery in
Alexander Co., Ill., reads:
Millie
Minton Born Dec. 22, 1859 Died June 15,
1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mr. and Mrs. H. W.
Pilant have returned from Princeton,
Ky., where they were called on account of
the serious illness and death of the
former’s mother. (Mounds)
Mrs. Belle
Chinault, widow of the late Jimmie
Chinault, (colored), suffered a
paralytic stroke.
The Pulaski Enterprise,
Friday, 1 Jul 1932:
James V.
Walker, age 85, of this city, passed
away Wednesday morning at 12:45 following a
brief illness. His death occurred at
the Anna State Hospital, where he had only
been three weeks. Until he went to
Anna he made his home in Mound City with his
son, Al
Walker, and wife. He had always
enjoyed excellent health for one of his
advance age and his death was caused from
the infirmities of old age.
Mr.
Walker is survived by three sons, Al, of
Mound City, Ira of Toledo, Ohio, and Luther,
of St. Louis; and one daughter, Mrs. Etta
Stout, of Cairo; besides grandchildren,
great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews and
a host of friends, who are grieved to learn
of his passing.
Funeral services were held Thursday
afternoon at 2 o’clock the Rev. W. C.
Hart,
pastor of the Cairo Baptist Church of which
he was a member, officiating.
Interment was made in the Dongola cemetery
by the side of his wife, who passed away
several years ago.
Mr.
Walker was born in Hollow Rock, N.C.,
August 25, 1847, coming to Union County,
Illinois, where he spent almost his entire
life until he came to Mound City to reside.
Despite his advanced age he was active and
could be seen coming downtown several times
a day. He had been a member of the
Cooper’s Union for a number of years.
E. J.
Ford
had charge of the funeral arrangements.
(James V.
Walker married Elizabeth
Woodward on 25 Apr 1869, in Union Co.,
Ill.
James V.
Walker, 50, of Cairo, Ill., married
Stella
Morris, 26, of Mt. Vernon, Ill., on 29
Oct 1898, in Pulaski Co., Ill.
His death certificate states that
James V.
Walker was born 25 Aug 1847, in Rowan
Co., N.C., the son of Michael P.
Walker and Sarah
Garner, natives of North Carolina, died
29 Jun 1932, in Road District 5, Union Co.,
Ill., husband of Stella
Walker, and was buried at Dongola, Ill.
His marker in I. O. O. F. Cemetery at
Dongola reads:
James V.
Walker 1847-1932 Father.—Darrel
Dexter)
James Andrew
Calvin, age 70 years, well known
resident of Pulaski, passed away at his home
at 11 o’clock Friday night. He was one
of the pioneer farmers of Pulaski County
having lived near Pulaski for 544 years.
He had been a member of the Christian Church
for 15 years and was a member of the Masonic
and Odd Fellows lodge.
Mr.
Calvin is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Anna E.
Calvin; seven sons, James and Russell,
of Kansas City, Mo., Everett and Orin, of
Centralia, Earl, Lawrence and Lemen, of
Pulaski. He also leaves two daughters,
Mrs. Myrtle
Smith of East Horsington, Kansas, and
Mrs. Laura
Mulkey, of Cypress, Illinois; a sister,
Mrs. Lucy
Becker, of Pocatello, Idaho; fifteen
grandchildren, two great grandchildren, and
a number of nieces and nephews. Mrs.
Thomas
Higginbothom, who was before her
marriage, Miss Ona
Calvin, and Iva
Calvin, were a niece and nephew of the
deceased.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon
at the Christian church of Pulaski with the
Rev. Mr.
Holmon, pastor of the church,
officiating. Interment was made in
Rose Hill Cemetery.
(James
Calvin married Annie E.
Eastwood on 23 Mar 1884, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill.
The death certificate states that
James Andrew
Calvin was born in March 1862 in
Illinois, son of Andrew
Calvin, a native of Indiana, and Hellen
Spence, a native of Illinois, died 24
Jun 1932, in Road District 2, Pope Co.,
Ill., husband of Anna
Eastwood Calvin, and was buried in
Pulaski, Ill.
His marker in Rose Hill Cemetery in
Pulaski reads:
James A.
Calvin 1862-1932 Annie E.
Calvin 1865-1948.—Darrel
Dexter)
In Memory of Sister Addie
Gaunt, Died February 23, 1932, Sister
Flora
Vick,
Died June 4, 1932, and Brother Rolla P.
Evers, Died June 5, 1932.
Death has again entered our Chapter Hall and
called to the Eternal Home our dearly
beloved sisters and brother who have
completed their faithful labor here in
ministering to the cry of the orphan, to the
call of want and to the piteous wail of
sorrow, and as a recompense, has received
the welcome plaudit, “well done,” from the
Great Master.
And Whereas the loving Father has called out
beloved and respected sisters and brother
home, and they having been a true and
faithful member of our Mystic Order,
therefore be it
RESOLVED, That Grand Chain Chapter, No. 710,
Order of the Eastern Sat of Illinois in
testimony of tis loss, drape its charter in
mourning for thirty days and that we tender
to the family our sincere condolence in
their deep affliction and that a copy of
these resolutions be sent to the family.
The Mounds
Independent,
Friday, 1 Jul 1932:
Mrs. Ernest
F. Willis
Alice Pancy
Willis, wife of Ernest F.
Willis, and daughter of H. H. and Mollie
Hale,
was born Oct. 4, 1905, at Mounds, Ill., and
departed this life at Rochester, Minn., at
10:10 p.m., June 21, 1932, at the age of 26
years, 8 months and 17 days.
She was united in marriage to Ernest
F.
Willis, July 10, 1920, and to this union
one son, Ernest Eugene was born.
She first united and was baptized
into the fellowship of Unity Baptist Church
at Unity, later transferring her membership
by letter to the First Baptist Church of
Mounds, where she remained a member until
death.
Her illness dates back six years
since which time she has undergone four
operations surviving the last by three days.
During this time she was a constant
sufferer and with an increasing faith that
the Lord’s will would be done and that
regardless of the outcome victory would be
won.
Thus she became fully resigned to the
Lord’s call and thus she passed out into the
Great Beyond and into the prescience of Him
who doeth all things well.
She leaves to mourn her passing her
husband, Ernest F.
Willis, and one son, Ernest Eugene
Willis; father and mother, Mr. and Mrs.
H. H.
Hale
of Mounds; one brother, Melvin
Hale
of Mounds; one sister, Mrs. Ruth
Yoakum of West Frankfort; one
half-sister, Mrs. Marie
Malley of Mounds; two half-brothers,
Walter
Ozee
of Dupo and Miles
Ozee
of West Frankfort and other relatives and
friends.
Funeral
services were conducted at the First Baptist
Church Friday June 24, at 2:30 p.m. by the
pastor.
Rev. T. C.
Ury
and assisted by Rev. W. J.
Ward
of Dongola followed by burial in Spencer
Heights Cemetery with Undertakers
Hartwell &
Ryan
in charge.
James Andrew
Calvin
James
Andrew, son of Andrew and Helen
Calvin, was born near Grand Chain,
Illinois, March 17, 1862, and departed this
life June 24, 1932.
Age 70 years, 3 months and 7 days.
At the age of 16 he came with his
mother into the vicinity of Pulaski where he
has since resided.
He was united in marriage to Annie
Ellen
Eastwood on March 23, 1884.
They lived on the farm where he died
all their married life with the exception of
one year.
Nine children were born into this
home, all of whom are living.
Mrs. Myrtle
Smith, of Hoisington, Kan., Mrs. Laura
Mulkey of Cypress, Ill., James and
Russell
Calvin of Kansas City, Mo., Everet and
Owen
Calvin of Centralia, Ill., Earl,
Lawrence and Leamon
Calvin of Pulaski.
He also leaves 15 grandchildren and
two great-grandchildren, a sister, Mrs. Lucy
Baker, of Emmett, Idaho, and host of
other relatives and friends to mourn his
departure.
Fifteen years ago he united with the
Christian Church with which was then located
at the Christian Chapel and was later moved
to its present location.
He was always faithful and loyal to
the church.
He was
affiliated with two fraternal orders, the
Odd Fellows and the Masons.
Last year he was awarded a 25-year
jewel from the order of Odd Fellows.
At the time of his death he was an
active member of the Caledonia Masonic Lodge
No. 47.
In his last hours he admonished his
boys to live true and honorable lives.
He was a man that took an interest in
civic life.
He was always a kind and thoughtful
companion and a tender loving father.
Funeral services were held at the
Christian church in Pulaski Monday afternoon
with interment in Rose Hill Cemetery.
Undertaker W. H.
Aldred was in charge.
Father of
Former Mounds Resident Dies
W. N.
Bard,
84, pioneer resident of Bardwell, Ky., and
father of W. G.
Bard,
former resident of Mounds, died suddenly
Tuesday morning of a heart attack at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. F. W.
Turk
of Bardwell with whom he resided.
He is survived by two daughters. Mrs.
Turk
and Mrs. Laura
Dougher, the latter of Detroit, Mich.,
and three sons, Hardin
Bard
of Tulsa, Okla., Will G. and Dick.
(According
to his death certificate, Washington N.
Bard,
retired farmer, was born 10 Mar 1848, died
28 Jun 1932, in Bardwell, Carlisle Co., Ky.,
the son of R. W.
Bard,
of Kentucky, and Miss
Taylor, a native of Kentucky, of chronic
myocarditis, and was buried in Bardwell
Cemetery.—Darrel
Dexter)
I. J.
Thurston of Pulaski Dies Tuesday
I. J.
Thurston of Pulaski, died Tuesday
afternoon at 3 o’clock at his home.
He was 77 years old.
Surviving him are his widow, Mrs.
Minnie G.
Thurston and seven children—four
daughters, Mrs. Bessie
Richards, Mrs. Della
Palmer, Mrs. Nannie
Troester, and Mrs. Tressie
Burd;
three sons, Harry, William and Rollie
Thurston, all of Pulaski; also thirteen
grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Funeral services were held Thursday
afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Christian
church of Pulaski with the Rev. Mr.
Holloman in the pulpit.
Burial was in Rose Hill Cemetery in
charge of W. H.
Aldred.
Rev. and
Mrs. W. D.
Richardson were called to Salem Saturday
by the death of an uncle of the former.
Sec. J. C.
Mench of the Y. M. C. A. filled the M.
E. pulpit Sunday morning and Walter
Billingsley Sunday night.
BLIND HORSE
CAUSES DEATH OF THREE
STOCKTON—Two
men were killed instantly and a third died
without regaining consciousness Friday
night, when a heavy truck and trailer struck
a blind horse and plunged over a fifty-foot
embankment on Route 5 near Stockton.
Two of the men were identified by
cards found in their clothing as Charles
Sandrock and Sam
Manniana, both of Chicago.
The third man, who was still living
when removed to a doctor’s office was
unidentified.
The truck was proceeding east on the
highway and as the heavy machine neared the
viaduct which crosses the Chicago and Great
Western tracks, a blind horse stayed on to
the pavement.
At his point the truck was traveling
down a steep hill west of the viaduct.
The driver, probably
Manniana, because his body was found in
the cab of the truck, was apparently unable
to bring the machine to a stop with the
result that the truck struck the horse, the
driver losing control of the machine which
plunged down the embankment to the right of
the road.
The third man was later identified as
Dermott
Simmons, of Lena.
A jury at Galena rendered a verdict
of accidental death.
(According to the death certificate,
Charles
Sandrock, contractor,
transient,
was born 20 Apr 1893, the son of Charles
Sandrock, Sr., and Christena
Meng,
died
10 Jun 1932, in Stockton, Jo Daviess Co.,
Ill., the husband of Clarice
Sandrock,
and was buried in Chicago, Ill.
His death certificate states that Sam
Mannina, truck driver and helper, of
1108 May St., Chicago, Ill., transient, was
born 29 Apr 1911, in Brooklyn, N.Y., the son
of Saveris
Mannina and Rose
Fincio, natives of Italy, died 10 Jun
1932, in Stockton, Ill., and was buried in
Mt. Carmel Cemetery in Hillside, Cook Co.,
Ill.
The death certificate of Dermott
Simmons, radio repairman, transient,
states that he was born 22 Jun 1908, in
Tipton, Iowa, the son of Frank L.
Simmons, a native of Stephenson Co.,
Ill., and Lysle
Cunningham, a native of Delhigh, Iowa,
died 10 Jun 1932, in Stockton, Ill., and was
buried in Lena Burial Park in West Point,
Stephenson Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
FOUND DEAD
IN FIELD ON HIS FARM
GOLCONDA—Francis M.
Williams, a well-known resident of the
Blanchard neighborhood, was found dead in a
field on his farm Tuesday morning.
Mr.
Williams had been ill for some months,
but recently became so much better that he
felt like going into his fields to do manual
labor.
He had been “grubbing” stumps in a
field near the farm home when some of the
relatives happened to find him lying in the
field.
Mr.
Williams was known all over the lower
part of Illinois as a veteran fox hunter.
His only hobby was following the
trail of the elusive fox and hearing his
dogs bark along the trials.
Many persons of this and the
adjoining counties have been on fox hunting
trips with Mr.
Williams.
(F. M.
Williams married Mrs. Cora
Ethridge Perkins on 9 Nov 1912, in Pope
Co., Ill.
According to his death certificate,
Francis Marion
Williams, farmer at Eddyville, Ill.,
was born 25 Jan 1867, in Pope Co., Ill.,
the son of Gordon
Williams and Sarah
Gibbs, natives of Pope Co., Ill., died
21 Jun 1932, in Road District 2, Pope Co.,
Ill., the husband of Cora
Perkins, and was buried in Road District
2, Pope Co., Ill.
His marker in New Liberty Blanchard
Cemetery in Eddyville, Pope Co., Ill.,
reads:
Francis M.
Williams Jan. 25, 1867 June 21, 1932
Fany D.
Williams Apr. 26, 1871 Sept. 26,
1907.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mr. and Mrs.
Owen
Calvin and son and Mr. and Mrs. E. O.
Calvin and son of Centralia, Mr. and
Mrs. Russell
Calvin and James
Calvin of Kansas City, Mo., and Mrs.
Myrtle
Smith of Hoisington, Kan., and Mrs.
Laura
Mulkey of Cypress were called here the
last of the week by the death of their
father, James
Calvin.
Mr.
Calvin passed away at his home Friday
night after being ill only a few hours.
Funeral services were held at the
Christian church Monday afternoon with
interment in Rose Hill Cemetery. (Pulaski)
Mrs. Charles
Wesenberg and daughter Edith, and Mrs.
John
Stewart and sons, Johnnie and Billie, of
Mounds, left Saturday for Nebraska where
they were called by the death of Mrs.
Wesenberg’s mother. (America)
The Mounds
Independent,
Friday, 8 Jul 1932:
Jacob Isom
Thurston
(contributed)
Jacob Isom, son of Robert and Susan
Ann
Thurston, was born March 16, 1855, in
Franklin County, Illinois, and died at his
home near Pulaski, Ill., June 28, 1932, at
the age of 77 years, 3 months and 12 days.
He was united in marriage with Minnie
E.
Steers, of Grand Chain, Ill., March 13,
1889.
This union was blessed with 7
children, namely:
Mrs. Bessie
Richards, Mrs. Della
Palmer, Harry, Mrs. Nannie
Troester, Willie, Rollie, and Mrs.
Tressie
Bird,
all of Pulaski, Illinois.
He is survived by his widow, seven
children, 13 grandchildren, one
great-grandchild, 2 half-sisters, and many
other relatives and friends.
He, with his wife, united with the
Christian Church at Grand Chain in the year
of 1899, later moving his membership to the
Christian Chapel Church, which is now
located in Pulaski.
Although Brother
Thurston’s last months here were filled
with pain, he passed many hours singing, as
he loved to sing.
He lived a clean life and only a few
days before he passed away he told his boys
to always live clean as he had done, that
they would be ready to go, too.’
He passed away very peacefully.
Funeral services were held at the
Christian church in Pulaski, Thursday
afternoon, the pastor, Rev. T. J.
Holloman, officiating.
Burial was made in Rose Hill
Cemetery.
Undertaker W. A.
Aldred was in charge.
(His death certificate states that
Jacob Isom
Thurston, farmer near Pulaski, Ill., was
born 16 Mar 1855, in Benton, Ill., the son
of Robert
Thurston and Frances Ann
Moyer, died 28 Jun 1932, in Road
District 2, Pulaski Co., Ill., the husband
of Minnie
Thurston, and was buried in Pulaski,
Ill.
His marker in Rose Hill Cemetery near
Pulaski, Ill., reads:
Jacob I.
Thurston Mar. 16, 1855 June 28, 1932
Minnie E.
Thurston Feb. 22, 1871 Dec. 22,
1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
Thomas Roche
Dies Early Thursday Morning
Thomas
Roche, well known farmer of Villa Ridge
neighborhood, died Thursday morning, July 7,
at 5 o’clock at his farm home following a
month’s illness.
He had been in failing health for
some time and his sister-in-law, Mrs. F. B.
Emmert and Mr.
Emmert were living with him.
Mr.
Roche was born Nov. 20, 1852, and had
reached the age of 79 years, 7 months and 17
days.
He was united in marriage to Miss
Rose
Buckle in 1906.
Mrs.
Roche passed away four years ago last
May.
Among the surviving relatives are a
cousin, James S.
Roche, of Thebes, three sisters-in-law,
Mrs.
Emmert, Mrs. George
Watson, of Granite City, and Mrs. F. D.
Houghland, of Cairo, and a
brother-in-law, William
Buckle of Villa Ridge.
Funeral services will be held this
(Friday) afternoon at 3 o’clock at the home
with J. C.
Mench officiating, assisted by Rev. O.
E.
Allen, pastor of the Villa Ridge
Community Church.
Burial will be made in Villa Ridge
Cemetery in charge of G. A.
James.
(Frank B.
Emmert, 30, of Villa Ridge, Ill.,
married on 11 Oct 1898, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill., Alferretta
Buckle, 28, of Villa Ridge.
The
death certificate states that Thomas H.
Roach,
farmer,
was born 20 Nov 1852, died 7 Jul 1932,
in Road District 1, Pulaski Co, Ill., the
husband of Rose
Roach, and was buried in Villa Ridge,
Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Joseph, the infant son of Mr. and Mrs.
Walter
Van
Meter, passed away Tuesday night soon
after birth.
Short funeral services were held at the
family residence conducted by Mr.
Ralph of the Pentecostal Church.
Interment was made in Thistlewood Cemetery
by G. A.,
James, funeral director.
William
Jordan, age 73, father of Mrs. Bessie
Buie,
of this city, passed away at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. W. T.
Thomas, in Cairo Thursday afternoon at
4:30 o’clock following an illness of several
weeks. He came to Cairo from Vienna
about a month ago and had been at his
daughter’s home since that time.
Surviving Mr.
Jordan, besides his daughters in Mound
City and Cairo, is another daughter, Miss
Mildred
Jordan, of St. Louis; three sons, Berse,
of Cairo, Barney, of Belleville, and
Bartlett, of Detroit, Mich.
Funeral services were held at 11 o’clock at
Pleasant Grove Cemetery near Vienna and
interment was made in the cemetery there.
Karcher Brothers directed the funeral.
(The death certificate states that William
Jordan was born 25 Dec 1858, in Tunnel
Hill, Ill., died 30 Jun 1932, in Cairo,
Ill., husband of Mary D.
Jordan, and was buried at Vienna,
Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Henry J.
Kesler, age 65, passed away at her home
on a farm near Dongola Thursday evening
about 3 o’clock. For some time she had
been ailing.
She leaves her husband, two daughters, Mrs.
D. H.
Hogue and Mrs. Della
Keller, both of Dongola; three brothers,
Rufus
Lingle, and Jesse
Lingle, of Dongola, and Adam
Lingle, of Ullin.
Funeral services were held Saturday
afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Mt. Olive
Church near Dongola, conducted by Rev. D. E.
Williams. Interment was made in
the Mt. Olive Cemetery. E. J.
Ford
directed the funeral.
(Henry J.
Kesler, 24, born in Dongola, Ill.,
daughter of Miles
Kesler and Lucinda
Davis, married on 18 Feb 1892, in Union
Co., Ill., Ellen D.
Lingle, 25, born in Dongola, Ill.,
daughter of Monroe
Lingle and Amy
Beaver.
The
death certificate states that Ellen Delilah
Kesler was born 9 Jan 1867, in Dongola,
Ill., the daughter of Monroe
Lingle and Amy
Beaver,
natives of North Carolina,
died 30 Jun 1932, in Union Co., Ill.,
Her marker in Mt. Olive Cemetery near
Dongola reads:
Henry J.
Kesler Jan. 12, 1868-June 9, 1954 Ellen
D.
Kesler Jan. 9, 1867-June 30,
1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
Calvin
Wilson, Jr., the infant son of Mr. and
Mrs. Calvin
Wilson, of Mounds, died at their home
Monday afternoon. Funeral services
were conducted from the residence Tuesday
afternoon at 2 p.m. and interment made in
Thistlewood Cemetery.
Harrisburg, Ill.—John W.
Epperson, 79, who says he witnessed the
assassination of Abraham
Lincoln by John Wilkes
Booth, has come back from Washington,
D.C. to his native home in southern Illinois
to spend the remainder of his days.
Epperson,
who was 12 years old when he saw
Lincoln shot, is not a believer of one
theory that
Booth escaped and later killed himself.
Epperson says he saw
Booth’s body the morning after the
assassin was supposed to have been killed as
he emerged from a barn where he had been
hiding and which had been fired by the posse
searching for
Lincoln’s slayer.
Epperson,
who was born in Johnson County, Ill., went
at the age of 9 to Washington, becoming a
newspaper boy there and says he occupied a
gallery seat in
Ford’s
theater the day
Lincoln was assassinated. He
claims to have known
Booth, to whom he sold hundreds of
newspapers.—Vienna
Times
On June 30, 1932, God in his wise providence
saw fit to send his death angel to the home
of Mrs. H. J.
Kesler, and took therefrom the companion
and mother, Mrs. Ellen
Lingle
Kesler. Mrs.
Kesler was born to Mr. and Mrs. Monroe
Lingle, near Dongola, Illinois, on
January 9, 1867, and at her death was aged
65 years, 5 months and 21 days.
She was united in marriage to Mr. H. J.
Kesler on Feb.18, 1892, and to this
union was born two children namely, Mrs.
Mina
Hogue and Mrs. Della
Keller, both of whom survive their
mother. Mrs.
Kesler had three brothers and one sister
who preceded her in death, Amy, Henry, and
Otto
Lingle, died in early infancy, and Mr.
John
Lingle died nearly six years ago.
She leaves to mourn her departure three
sisters and five brothers, namely, Mrs. Mary
Mulcahy, Mrs. Della
Sowers, both of Dongola, Mrs. Susie
Clutts, of Concord, N.C., Rufus
Lingle, Daniel
Lingle and Jesse
Lingle, all of Dongola, Adam
Lingle, of Ullin, and Eli
Lingle, of Piggott, Ark.; four
grandchildren, Lorese
Keller, Don, Irleen and Veral
Hogue, all of Dongola. Also a
large number of other relatives and a host
of friends.
The funeral services were held at Mt. Olive
Church conducted by Rev. D. E.
Williams, of Bethany, Ill., and
interment was made in the Meisenheimer
Cemetery nearby.—Anna
Democrat
George W.
Cowles, age about 56, passed away
suddenly at his home in Haines City, Fla.,
Friday morning early. Death came some
time during the early morning and Mrs.
Cowles passed through the room and,
thinking he was sleeping soundly, went over
and lowered the blind. The next time
she went into the room, she went to him and
discovered he was not breathing. She
summoned a physician and he stated he had
been dead about six hours.
Mr.
Cowles had not been in good health, but
his condition was not thought to be serious,
and his death has been a great shock to his
family and friends.
Mr.
Cowles was for many years superintendent
of the Polk Canning Company, now Sears
Nichols Canning Company. While in this
position he made many friends among his
employees. He was actively identified
with all social and civic movements of the
city. He was at one time a member of
the Cairo Rotary Club.
Surviving Mr.
Cowles are his widow, three sons, James,
of Detroit, Mich., George W., Jr., of Haines
City, and Charles, of Mound City; two
daughters, Mrs. George Thomas
Muscovalley and Mrs. Joe
Huckleberry, of Mound City, a sister of
Columbus, Ky., and three grandchildren.
The remains were brought to Columbus, Ky.,
Sunday, Mrs.
Cowels’ former home and was taken to the
home of Brown
Marie, a brother-in-law of the deceased.
At four o’clock the remains were removed to
the cemetery at Columbus where a short
services was held and interment was made.
(George Wesley
Cowles died in 1932 in Polk Co.,
Fla.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Susie
Dover, widow of the late Charles
Dover, passed away at her home near
Grand Chain, at 2:30 p.m. Monday, July 11.
Mrs.
Dover was 57 years of age. She had
been in failing health for several months.
She was a patient at St. Mary’s Infirmary
about three months ago, but upon examination
it was found that her disease was incurable.
Mrs.
Dover was born near the place of her
death. She had spent her entire life
near Grand Chain.
Surviving her are five children, Jasper,
Earl, and Dewey, of Grand Chain, and Mark
and Mrs. Otho
Ferguson, of Mound City. Two
sisters and several grandchildren also
survive.
Funeral services were held Wednesday
afternoon at 2:00 o’clock at the Christian
church. Rev.
McWhirter, pastor of the church,
officiated, assisted by Rev.
Benninger, pastor of the Congregational
Church. Interment was made in the
Grand Chain cemetery by G. A.
James, undertaker in charge.
(According to her death certificate, Susie
Dover was born 22 Jan 1875, in Grand
Chain, Ill., the daughter of Jonce
Reed
and Elizabeth
Culbertson, and
died 11 Jul 1932, in Road District 5,
Pulaski Co., Ill., the husband of Charles
Dover.
Her marker in the Masonic Cemetery at
Grand Chain reads:
Susie
Dover Born Jan. 23, 1875 Died July 11,
1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
Thomas H.
Roche, age 80 years, passed away at his
home at Villa Ridge Thursday morning at 5
o’clock. He had been ill for some
time. He had been a resident of the
Villa Ridge community all his life and he
had many friends in the community who were
grieved to learn of his death.
No near relatives survive him with the
exception of a cousin, James
Roche, of Thebes.
Funeral services were held Friday afternoon
at 3 o’clock, Mr. J. C.
Mench of the Y. M. C. A. of Mounds
officiating. Interment was made in the
Villa Ridge cemetery. G. A.
James had charge of funeral
arrangements.
The Mounds
Independent,
Friday, 15 Jul 1932:
Mrs. Susie
Dover Dies at Home near Grand Chain
Mrs. Susie
Dover, 57, a lifelong resident of the
Grand Chain community, died at her home
Monday afternoon, July 11, following a three
months’ illness.
Her husband, Charles
Dover, died a little more than two
months ago.
Mrs.
Dover is survived by five children,
Jasper, Dewey, and Earl, all of Grand Chain,
Mark and Mrs. Otho
Ferguson, both of Mound City.
She leaves also two sisters.
Funeral services were held Wednesday
afternoon at the grand Chain Christian
Church, conducted by the pastor, Rev. Mr.
McWherter, assisted by Rev. S. C.
Benninger of the Congregational Church.
Interment was in Grand Chain Cemetery
in charge of G. A.
James.
Wife of
Illinois Central Superintendent Dies in
Chicago
Mrs. J. W.
Hevron, wife of J. W.
Hevron, former superintendent of the St.
Louis division of the Illinois Central
System with headquarters at Carbondale, but
now superintendent of the northern lines,
died Sunday night, July 10, following an
illness of five months. Interment was made
in Chicago Tuesday.
Mrs.
Hevron is survived by her husband and
three children, John
Hevron, of New Orleans, Misses Catherine
and Helen
Hevron of Chicago.
(Her death certificate states that
Nellie E.
Hevron was born 25 May 1883, in
Richland, Spencer Co., Ind., the daughter of
Ellis
Wilson, a native of Caneyville, Ky., and
Mary Levina
McKenney, a native of Richland, Ind.,
died 10 Jul 1932, in Chicago, Ill., wife of
Joseph W.
Hevron,
and was buried in Mt. Hope Cemetery in
Chicago.—Darrel
Dexter)
T. C.
Clendenen of Cairo Dies
Taylor C.
Clendenen, for 35 years superintendent
and superintendent emeritus of the public
school system of Cairo, died Wednesday
evening of last week at his home at the age
of 77 years.
In the auditorium of the Cairo High
School which bears his name the last
tributes of respect were paid.
Upon the casket were his Knight
Templar chapeau and his sword.
Interment was made in Mounds
Thistlewood Cemetery.
(His death certificate states that
Taylor C.
Clendenen, professor and public school
superintendent,
was born 13 Feb 1855, in Ross Co., Ohio,
the son of Sylvester
Clendenen and Bathsheba
Jones, natives of Ohio, died 6 Jul 1932,
in Cairo, Alexander Co., Ill., and was
buried at Mounds, Ill.
His marker in Beechwood Cemetery at
Mounds reads:
Taylor C.
Clendenen 1855-1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
Baby Lillian
Essex Dies
Lillian, six
months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Essex, passed away Wednesday evening,
July 13, at the family home after a short
tallness.
Surviving are the parents and an
older sister.
Mrs.
Essex will be remembered as Miss Anna
Catherine
Slaughter.
Funeral services will be held at the
residence this (Friday) afternoon with
burial in St. Mary’s Cemetery.
Hartwell and
Ryan
will direct the funeral.
(Her death certificate states that
Lillian Ruth
Essex was born about 1932 in Mounds, the
daughter of Paul
Essex, a native of Villa Ridge, Ill.,
and Anna
Slaughter, a native of Mound City, Ill.,
died 13 Jul 1932, in Mounds, and was
buried in St. Mary’s Cemetery at Mounds.
Her marker there reads:
Lily Ruth
Essex Jan. 21, 1932 July 13, 1932
Rosemary
Volner Jan. 20, 1932 July 15,
1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
Infant Son
Dies
Calvin
Wilson, Jr., infant son of Mr. and Mrs.
Calvin
Wilson, died Monday afternoon at the
family home.
Funeral services will be held at day
afternoon at the residence, conducted by
Miss Opal
Shaffer.
Rev. Mr.
Peppersack officiated at the grave in
Thistlewood Cemetery.
Funeral Director
James was in charge.
BLIND
MUSICIAN PASSES
GRAYVILLE—Lawrence
Schaich, 67, who had been blind
virtually all of his life, died at his home
in this city Tuesday morning.
For the last 12 years he had been in
failing health and in the last few years,
his condition had become so critical that he
could not leave his home.
He was the son of John and Dorothy
Lange Schaich, born in Harrison, Ohio,
January 18, 1865.
He came with his parents to this city
in 1869.
He had considerable musical talent,
though handicapped by blindness, and was
fond of music.
His mother, a native of Germany, was
a cousin of the
Lange who wrote, “The Flower Song” long
a native of that country.
(His death certificate states that
Lawrence
Schaich was born in January 1865, in
Harrison, Ohio, the son of John
Schaich and Dorathe
Lange, natives of Germany, died 5 Jul
1932, in Grayville, White Co., Ill., and was
buried in Oak Grove Cemetery at Granville,
Edwards Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. John
Stewart and two sons, Misses Bertha and
Edith
Wesenberg and Mrs. C.
Wesenberg have returned from Carney,
Neb., where they were called on account of a
death in the family.
The Mounds
Independent,
Friday, 22 Jul 1932:
Mrs. C. E.
Richey of Mound City Dies Tuesday
Mrs. Ruby
Richey, wife of C. E.
Richey, of Mound City, died Tuesday
morning, July 19, at the age of 46 years.
She had been ill for six weeks with
an attack of typhoid fever.
Mrs.
Richey was born in Mound City and had
lived there all her life.
Surviving her are her husband, her
aged father, R. H.
Hawley who made his home with his
daughter one child, Mrs. Averill
Baccus; a granddaughter, Patsy Ruth
Baccus, besides many other relatives.
Baby Volner
Dies Friday
Rosemary
Volner, baby daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Roy
Volner, of Route One, died Friday, July
15, at the home of her aunt, Mrs. Lee
Griffin, on North Oak Street.
Her age was five months and
twenty-three days.
Surviving are her parents, a brother,
Roy Jr., age six, and a sister, Bernadine,
age three.
Funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon at 2 o’clock at the home of Mr.
and Mrs.
Griffin the Rev. Father
Gilmartin officiating.
Burial was in St. Mary’s Cemetery
with
Hartwell and
Ryan
in charge.
Ila Walston
Succumbs to Heart Trouble
Ila Walston, young daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Oran M.
Walston, died Friday night, July 15, at
8 o’clock at the family home on North Front
Street following a long illness from heart
trouble.
Funeral services were held Monday
afternoon at 3:30 o’clock at the Methodist
church with Rev. W. D.
Richardson, the pastor, officiating.
The casket bearers were playmates of
Ila—Evelyn
Boyles, Claudine
Combes, Lucy Belle
Ellis, Minnie
Hartwell, Mildred and Hazel
Laws.
The flowers girls were members of her
Sunday school class.
Interment was made in Spencer Heights
Cemetery with
Hartwell and
Ryan
directing.
Miss Opal
Shaffer offered prayer at the home and
at the grave.
OBITUARY
Ila Lea
Walston was born in Mounds, Ill.,
January 6, 1921, and died in Mounds, July
15, 1932, at the age of 11 years, 6 months
and 9 days.
She leaves her father and mother,
three brothers, Malcom, Carlos and Raphael;
two sisters, Mrs. John
Graves of Villa Ridge, and Miss Bertie
Lou
Walston; two uncles, Zon
Walston of Mounds and Lon
Walston of Bardwell, Ky.; three aunts,
Mrs. Bertie
Evers of Chillicothe, Ill., Mrs. T. H.
McCallister of Fulton, Ky., and Mrs.
Walter
Reynolds of Toledo, Ohio; also many
other relatives and friends.
Ila was baptized into the Methodist
Church about a month before her passing.
She was an ardent lover of Sunday
school and according to her own testimony,
desired to attend more and learn more about
Jesus.
During her days of illness she was
remarkably sweet and patient and as the days
went by her Christian experiences grew
deeper.
A few hours before her death, a
saintly and heavenly look overspread her
face and just before her soul took its
flight, she began to pray.
The prayer was unfinished, but it
shall be finished over yonder on the eternal
shore of the blest.
EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL IS KILLED BY
LIGHTNING
OREGON—Standing under a tree in the
yard at her farm home near Rockton, Miss
Hazel
Garetson, eighteen, the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. C. C.
Garetson, was killed when a lightning
bolt struck the tree Wednesday afternoon.
Hearing her screams, her brother,
Lyle, twenty, ran to her assistance to find
her clothing on fire.
He threw his coat around her to
extinguish the flames, but his efforts to
revive her by artificial respiration proved
of no avail.
She had been burned about the arms
and body from the lightning bolt.
The severe shock caused her death.
(According to her death certificate,
Hazel
Garetson was born 16 Jul 1914, in
Fayette, Iowa, the daughter of C. C.
Garetson, a native of Linn, Iowa, and
Edna M.
Welch, a native of Fayette, Iowa, died 6
Jul 1932, in Rockton, Winnebago Co., Ill.,
and was buried at Rockton, Ill.
Her marker in Rockton Township
Cemetery reads:
Hazel
Garetson 1914-1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
Card of
Thanks
We desire to
express our sincere thanks to the friends
and neighbors who so kindly assisted us
during the illness and following the death
of our beloved daughter and sister.
Especially do we thank those who sent
flowers and who offered the use of their
cars.
We shall hold all kindnesses in
grateful remembrance.
Mr. and Mrs. O. M.
Walston and Family
Robert L.
Young, age 68, passed away at his home
on his farm near Dongola Sunday afternoon
at five o’clock. Mr.
Young moved to Dongola several years ago
from Indiana and had lived in this community
for 22 years. He was a highly
respected citizen.
Funeral services were held at Mr. Pisgah
Lutheran Church near Wetaug at ten o’clock
Wednesday morning conducted by Rev. F. L.
Cress, pastor of that church.
Interment was made in the Mt. Pisgah
Cemetery. E. J.
Ford
directed the funeral.
Surviving Mr.
Young are his widow, Mrs. Carrie
Young; and the following children:
Mrs. Margaret
Dulsen and Walter
Young of St. Louis; L. M.
Young, of Cairo; Mrs. Homer
Miller, of Dongola, and Edwin and Edgar
Young, both at home; five grandchildren
and five sisters and brothers, Mrs. Mary
Jameson, Mrs. Laura
Goldsmith, Mrs. Catherine
Swope, and Charles S.
Young, all of Evansville, Ind.
(His death certificate states that Robert
Lawrence
Young was born 25 Nov 1863, in
McCutchenville, Ind., the son of Benjamin S.
Young, a native of England, and Harriet
Lawrence, a native of North Carolina,
died 17 Jul 1932, in Union Co., Ill.,
and was buried at Mt. Pisgah Cemetery.
His marker in Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
near Wetaug reads Robert L.
Young 1863-1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. G. V.
Lane,
colored, passed away at her home in this
city Tuesday night at 7:30 o’clock and
funeral services will be held this afternoon
at the A. M. E. church, the Rev.
Cole
officiating. Interment will be made in
Thistlewood Cemetery by G. A.
James.
Mrs.
Lane is survived by her husband, G. V.
Lane.
They are well known and highly respected
colored citizens.
(Her death certificate states that Ellen
Lane,
black, was born 4 Jul 1870, in Mound City,
Ill., the daughter of Alfred
Gibson and Eliza
Riley, died 19 Jul 1932, in Mound City,
Ill., and was buried in Thistlewood Cemetery
at Mounds.—Darrel
Dexter)
Lillian Ruth
Essex, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Paul
Essex, of Mounds, passed away at the
home of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Slaughter, west of Mounds Wednesday.
The baby is survived by her parents, one
sister and he grandparents.
Funeral services were held at the family
residence at 2 o’clock Friday afternoon
followed by interment in St. Mary’s
Cemetery.
Hartwell and
Ryan
directed the funeral.
Mrs. Ruby Inez
Richey, wife of C. E.
Richey, age 46 years, passed away at her
home on South Third Street, Tuesday morning
at 7:50 following a lingering illness of
typhoid fever.
Mrs.
Richey was born in Mound City and had
resided here all her life. She
received her education in the Mound City
High School. She was a devout member
of the First M. E. Church and was affiliated
with all its organizations and activities.
She was a woman of beautiful character and
had a genial disposition.
She was greatly beloved by all who
knew her. Her family have the deepest
sympathy of the entire community.
Surviving Mrs.
Richey are her husband, one daughter,
Mrs. Paul
Baccus, a granddaughter, Patsy Ruth
Baccus, and her aged father, R. H.
Hawley.
She is also survived by several
aunts and cousins and a large circle of
friends.
Funeral services were held Thursday
afternoon at 2 o’clock at the First M. E.
Church, Rev. George W.
Humphrey officiating. His remarks
are very impressive. The choir sang
three beautiful hymns, “The Old Rugged
Cross,” “Haven of Rest,” and “In the Hour of
Trial.” Mrs. Eva
Travis, of Cairo, sang a very beautiful
solo, “The Golden Bells.” The floral
offerings were many and beautiful.
Immediately after the services the cortege
left the church for Spencer Heights Cemetery
where interment was made. G. A.
James had charge of the funeral
arrangements.
Casket bearers were G. C.
Trammell, S. I.
Dunn,
Charles
McCartney, Mike
Winkler, George
Gunn,
and Earl
Karraker.
(The death certificate states that Ruby Inez
Richey was born 8 Nov 1885, in Genoa,
Ill., the daughter of R. H.
Hawley, a native of Cincinnati, Ohio,
and Mary A.
Boren, a native of Mounds, Ill.,
died 19 Jul 1932, in Mound City, Ill.,
and was buried in Spencer Heights Cemetery
at Mounds.
Robert H.
Hawley married Mary A.
Boren, on 6 Sep 1876, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill.
Her marker in Spencer Heights
Cemetery reads:
Ruby
Richey 1885-1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
Julia
Powell, colored, age 24, passed away at
her home in this city Monday morning at 6:50
o’clock.
Funeral services were held Wednesday at the
Main Street Baptist Church, the Rev.
Copeland officiating. Interment
was made in Spencer Heights Cemetery by G.
A.
James, undertaker in charge.
(Her death certificate states that Julia M.
Powell was born 7 Jan 1908, in Mound
City, Ill., the daughter of Edward
Powell, a native of Tennessee, and Lemma
J.
Foster, a native of Illinois, died 18
Jul 1932, in Mound City, Ill., and was
buried in Spencer Heights Cemetery in
Mounds, Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Rosemary
Volner, age five months and 23 days,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Volner, passed away at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Lee
Griffin, on North Oak Street, Friday
night at 10:45 o’clock.
Besides her parents, she is survived by one
brother, Roy, Jr., age six years; one
sister, Bernadine, 3.
(According to her death certificate,
Rosemary
Volner was born 20 Jan 1932, in Mounds,
Ill., and died 15 Jul 1932, in Mound City,
Ill., daughter of Roy
Volner, a native of Anna, Ill.
Her marker in St. Mary’s Cemetery at
Mounds reads:
Rose Mary
Volner Born Jan. 20, 1932 Died July 15,
1932 Lily Ruth
Essex Born Jan. 21, 1932 Died July 13,
1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
Ila
Walston, age 11 years, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Orin
Walston, of Mounds, passed away at the
home of her parents, Friday night at 8
o’clock following a prolonged illness of
heart trouble.
She is survived by her parents, two sisters,
Mrs. John
Graves and Miss Bertie
Walston; and three brothers, Malcom,
Corles and Raphael.
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon
at 3:30 o’clock at the Methodist church in
Mounds with the Rev. Mr.
Richardson officiating. Interment
was made in Spencer Heights Cemetery.
Hartwell and
Ryan
had charge of funeral arrangements.
The casket bearers were playmates of Ila,
Evelyn
Boyles, Minnie
Hartwell, Lucy Belle
Ellis, Mildred
Laws,
Hazel
Laws,
and Claudine
Combs. Members of Ila’s Sunday
school class served as flower girls.
(Her death certificate states that Ila Lea
Walston was born 6 Jan 1921, in Mounds,
Ill., died 15 Jul 1932, in Mounds, Pulaski
Co., Ill., daughter of O. M. and Laura
Walston, natives of Kentucky and Grand
Chain, Ill.
Her marker in Spencer Heights
Cemetery at Mounds reads:
Ila Lea
Walston Born Jan. 6, 1921 died July 15,
1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. John W.
Mathis, age 53 years, sister of Mrs. A.
L.
Compton, and the late Dr. Hall
Whiteaker, formerly of this city, passed
away at her home in Vienna at 8 o’clock
Thursday night, July 21. Miss
Mathis was a member of a prominent
pioneer family, being the daughter of the
late Capt. Mark
Whiteaker. Other members of her
family who survive are her husband, two
daughters, Mrs. Luther
Cherry, and Miss Catherine
Mathis; her aged mother, Mrs. Elizabeth
Whiteaker, now 93 years of age; one
grandson, John Thomas
Cherry; three sisters Mr. O. E.
Burris, county clerk of Johnson County,
Mrs. Geneva
Brown, of Alton, and Mrs. Arista
McElroy, of Vienna; and one brother, Dr.
Will
Whiteaker, of Dongola. Dr. Hall
Whiteaker died a few days before
Thanksgiving.
Funeral services were held at 3 o’clock
Saturday afternoon at the M. E. church in
Vienna, with the Rev. A. A.
Hagler officiating. Interment as
made in the Vienna cemetery.
(According to her death certificate, Lizzie
Mathis was born 15 Oct 1878, in
Illinois, the daughter of Mark
Whitteaker, a native of Illinois, and
Elizabeth
Deaton, a native of Alabama,
died 21 Jul 1932, in Vienna, Ill., the
wife of John P.
Mathis.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Belle
Chenault, a highly respected colored
woman of this city, passed away at her home
Wednesday at 5 p.m. She was 69 years
of age and had been ill several weeks.
She was the widow of James
Chenault, who was formerly employed with
G. A.
James, undertaker, of Mound City.
Surviving Mrs.
Chenault are two daughters, one son, her
mother, one brother and a number of
grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements have not been
completed, but it will be held at the First
Free Will Baptist Church of this city with
Rev.
Jackson officiating. Interment
will be made in Thistlewood Cemetery.
G. A.
James has charge of funeral
arrangements.
(Her death certificate states that Belle
Chenault was born 6 Feb 1863, in
Kentucky, daughter of George
House and Amy
Ball,
died 27 Jul 1932, in Mounds, Ill., wife
of J. T.
Chenault,
and was buried in Thistlewood
Cemetery.—Darrel
Dexter)
Melvin Theodore
Carpenter passed away Tuesday at his
home in Karnak, following an illness of
about two years.
Mr.
Carpenter was the son of William and
Rebecca Ann
Carpenter. He was born May 9,
1883, in Franklin County, Illinois. He
came with his family to Pulaski County when
six years old and spent practically all his
life in Karnak.
He was united in marriage to Jesse
Field. Seven children were born to
this union, two of whom preceded their
father in death. He became a member of
the Grand Chain Christian Church about 23
years ago and about ten years ago he moved
his membership to Karnak to the M. E.
Church. He was a useful citizen of his
community and an active member of his church
and lodge and in all community movements.
(His death certificate states that Melvin T.
Carpenter was born 9 May 1883, in
Franklin Co., Ill., the son of William
Carpenter and Elizabeth Brouney, natives
of Tennessee, died 19 Jul 1932, in Karnak,
Ill., husband of Jessie
Carpenter.
His marker in Ohio Chapel near Grand
Chain, Ill., reads:
Melvin T.
Carpenter 1883-1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
The Mounds
Independent,
Friday, 29 Jul 1932:
M. T.
CARPENTER OF KARNAK DIES TUESDAY
Melvin Theodore
Carpenter of Karnak, died Tuesday of
last week at his home, following an illness
of two years.
Mr.
Carpenter was born in Franklin County,
Ill., May 9, 1883, and moved with his
parents to Pulaski County when he was six
years old.
HE was united in marriage to Miss
Bessie
Field December 19, 1909.
Surviving are his widow and five
children, Claretta, Marion, Norbitt Melvin,
Pauline, Kathleen and Kenneth William.
Funeral services were conducted by
Professor Roy
Shelton and interment as made in the
Karnak Cemetery.
Ray R.
Karraker Dies
Ray R.
Karraker, cashier of the St. Louis
National Bank, died Wednesday evening at
6:40 in a St. Louis hospital.
He had been a patient in the hospital
for ten days.
Mr.
Karraker was the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Wilford
Karraker of Dongola.
Surviving also are his widow, the
former Miss Pearl
Heilig, of Pulaski; three sons, Richard,
Robert and John; three brothers, Orville,
cashier of the First National Bank of
Harrisburg, Ira, cashier of the First
National Bank of Jonesboro, Guy, employed in
the St. Louis National Bank, of St. Louis;
one sister, Mrs. Fred
Johnson, of Bloomington, Ill.; and many
other relatives among whom are two cousins,
Henry
Karraker of this city and T. N.
Karraker, former cashier of the First
State Bank of Mounds, now president of the
St. Louis National Bank.
(William W
Karaker, 24, from Dongola Precinct,
Union Co., Ill., married on 6 Jun 1875, at
the house of F. M.
Richardson, Union Co., Ill., Sarah E.
Richardson, 22, from Dongola Precinct.
His
World War I draft registration stated he
lived at 6136 Waterman, St. Louis, Mo., was
born 22 Feb 1891, in Dongola, Ill., and
worked for Central National Bank at 7th
and Olive St., St. Louis.
His marker in Oak Grove Cemetery in
Bel-Nor, St. Louis Co., Mo., reads:
Ray R.
Karraker 1891-1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
Among those
from here (America) who attended the funeral
of Mrs. C. E.
Richey Thursday in Mound City were Mr.
and Mrs. Walter
Schnaare, Mr. and Mrs. W. I.
Baccus, and daughter, Miss Hazel; Mr.
and Mrs. M. D.
Brelsford, and Mrs. Walter
Jackson.
Mr. and Mrs.
Carl
Richey of Leesburg, Ind., Mr. and Mrs.
Granville
Richey and Mrs. William
Breen of Indianapolis, Ind., and Mr. and
Mrs. James
Richey of Greenwood, Ind., who were
called here (Mound City) by the serious
illness and death of Mrs. C. E.
Richey, have returned to their homes.
Johnston
City Man Gets 45-Year Sentence
George
Gahm,
a former banker and merchant of Johnston
City, was found guilty of the murder of his
son-in-law, Owen
Stilley, and received a sentence of 45
years in penitentiary.
Mr.
Gahm
claimed that he shot
Stilley in self-defense.
His daughter, Mrs. Mary
Gahm
Stilley, who had separated from her
husband before the tragedy, was the
principal witness in the case.
A motion for an appeal has been
filed.
The Mounds
Independent,
Friday, 5 Aug 1932:
Ellis
Geveden Dies Tuesday in Paducah
Ellis
Geveden, track foreman for the Illinois
Central system in Mounds for 15 years, died
Tuesday afternoon, August 2, at 3 o’clock at
the company hospital in Paducah, Ky.,
following an illness of two weeks.
His age was 48 years.
Surviving are his widow, three
children, Georgia Lee, Ella Mae, and Billy
Bob; two brothers, William and Armon
Geveden, of Bardwell, Ky.; three
sisters, Mrs. Zora
Ellin of Bardwell, Ky., Mrs. Pearl
Snow
of Crutchfield, Ky., and Mrs. Mary
Urby,
of Columbus, Ky.; also other relatives among
who are Howard and Ray
Geveden, cousins.
Funeral services were held Thursday
afternoon at 2 o’clock at the First Baptist
Church of this city with Rev. T. C.
Ury
officiating.
Interment was made in the Bardwell
City Cemetery, directed by G. A.
James.
J. B.
Troeter Called after Long Illness
J. B.
Troeter died at his home on South
Delaware Avenue Tuesday afternoon, August 2,
at 2:15 o’clock, following an illness of two
years or more.
For many years Mr.
Troeter was an engineer for the Illinois
Central and some time ago he was pensioned
by the company.
He was a member of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers.
His service with the Illinois central
covered 28 years.
Mr.
Troeter is survived by his widow, two
daughters, Miss Dorothy
Troeter, of Indianapolis, Ind., and Miss
Mary
Troeter of Mounds; three sons, George of
Mounds, Nicholas of Pulaski, and John of
Cleveland, Ohio; and one brother, O. R.
Troeter of Beaver Falls, Pa.
Funeral services were held Thursday
afternoon at 3 o’clock at the residence with
the Rev. T. C.
Ury
officiating.
Interment was made in Spencer Heights
Cemetery, directed by
Hartwell &
Ryan.
Little
Rosemary
Lynch, age 2 years, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. William
Lynch, passed away at her home Tuesday
night at ten fifteen.
Funeral service was held at the M. E.
church Thursday afternoon at 2:30. (Ullin)
AGED FARMER
LOSES LIFE IN BURNING HOME
ALBION—Seeking to save his furniture
from destruction, Hubbard M.
Baskett, aged farmer living three miles
southwest of Albion, was burned to death
about 8 o’clock as he rushed into his
blazing home.
Neighbors who had gathered as the
fire was discovered telephoned to Albion for
the fire department.
Water was pumped into the building in
a vain attempt to rescue
Baskett from death.
His body was not recovered until it
had burned to a crisp.
The aged farmer discovered the fire
as he returned after feeding the chickens.
He had built a fire in the kitchen
stove, leaving Mrs.
Baskett to prepare breakfast as he went.
(Hubbard M.
Baskett married Arminta
Harvey on 31 Oct 1894, in White Co.,
Ill.
The death certificate of Hubbert M.
Baskett, farmer, states he was born 27
May 1855, in Kentucky, the son of Henry
Baskett and Miss
Bishop, natives of Kentucky, died 24 Jul
1932, in Road District 6, Edwards Co., Ill.,
husband of Martha
Baskett,
and was buried in Leach Township, Wayne
Co., Ill.
His marker in Graceland Cemetery in
Albion, Edwards Co., Ill., reads:
H. M.
Baskett 1855-1932 Minta
Baskett 1854-1946.—Darrel
Dexter)
J. B.
Troeter, age 66 years, died at home in
Mounds Tuesday afternoon at 2:15 o’clock,
following a prolonged illness of more than
two years.
Surviving him are his widow and two
daughters, Miss Dorothy
Troeter, of Indianapolis, Ind., and Miss
Mary
Troeter, of Mounds; and three sons,
George, of Mounds, Nicholas, of Pulaski, and
John, of Cleveland; and a brother, O. R.
Troeter, of Beaver Fall, Pa.
Mr.
Troeter was a pensioned engineer, having
been employed by the Illinois Central
Railroad Company for 28 years prior to
receiving his pension. He was a member
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
Funeral services were held Thursday
afternoon at 3 o’clock at the residence,
with the Rev. T. C.
Ury
officiating. Interment was made in
Spence Heights Cemetery by
Hartwell and
Ryan,
undertakers in charge.
(The application for a military headstone
states that James B.
Troeter enlisted 12 Oct 1886, and was
discharged 16 Sep 1890, as a private in the
hospital corps.
He enlisted 2nd on 22 Dec
1895, and was discharged 18 Jul 1896, as a
sergeant in Co. G, 11th U. S.
Infantry.
His marker in Spencer Heights
Cemetery in Mounds, Ill., reads:
James B.
Troeter 1865-1932 Dora E.
Troetter 1871-1943.—Darrel
Dexter)
Ellis
Geveden, age 48 years, of Mounds, passed
away Tuesday afternoon at 3 o’clock at the
I. C. hospital at Paducah, Ky., following an
illness of about two weeks of typhoid fever.
Mr.
Geveden is survived by his widow and
three children, George Lee, Ellen A. and
Billy Bob; and three sisters, Mrs. Zora
Ellin, of Bardwell, Ky., Mrs. Pearl
Snow,
of Crutchfield, Ky., and Mrs. Mary
Urby,
of Columbus, Ky.; besides two brothers,
William and Arnon, of Bardwell. All of
the relatives have arrived in Mounds and
attended the funeral which was held Thursday
at 2 o’clock at the Baptist church.
Immediately after the service the cortege
left for Bardwell where interment was made.
G. A.
James directed the funeral. Mr.
Geveden had been employed with the I. C.
Railroad Company fifteen years.
(His death certificate states that L. Ellis
Geveden, of Mounds, Ill., married,
husband of Ludie
Geveden, railroad track foreman, was
born 2 Aug 1884, in Kentucky,
daughter of William
Geveden and Mahala
Elles, natives of Kentucky, died 2 Aug
1932, of dysentery at the Illinois Central
Hospital in Paducah, Ky., age 47 years, 11
months, and 15 days.
He was buried in Bardwell Cemetery in
Carlisle Co., Ky.—Darrel
Dexter)
William Jean, the one-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Coy
Carrington, passed away Friday morning
at 8:30 o’clock at the home of his parents
in this city, following a brief illness.
Funeral services were held at the residence
Saturday morning at 10 o’clock conducted by
Rev. George W.
Humphrey, pastor of the First M. E.
Church. Interment was made in Spencer
Heights Cemetery by G. A.
James, funeral director.
(His death certificate states that William
Jean
Carrington was born 11 Jul 1931, in
Mound City, Ill., the son of Coy
Carrington, a native of Vienna, Ill.,
and Edna
Modglin, a native of Cobden, Ill., died
29 Jul 1932, in Mound City, Ill., and was
buried in Spencer Heights Cemetery at
Mounds.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Josie
Culbertson, age 67 years, passed away at
her home near Olmsted Tuesday morning.
Mrs.
Culbertson is the mother of Mrs. Frances
Hooppaw, of this city. Besides
Mrs.
Hooppaw, she is survived by her husband,
J.
Culbertson; a son, Ray
Culbertson, of Olmsted; and two
daughters, Mrs. Della
Burns, of Olmstead, and Mrs. Elsie
Sharp, of West Frankfort, Ill.
Funeral services were held Wednesday morning
at 11 o’clock at Center Church with the Rev.
Mr.
Cory of Pulaski officiating.
Interment was made in Concord Cemetery.
W. H.
Aldred had charge of the funeral.
(Her death certificate states that Josie
Culbertson was born 5 Apr 1865, in
Olmstead, Ill., daughter of Joseph
Downs and Sarah
Russell, died 2 Aug 1932, in Road
District 4, Pulaski, Ill., wife of J. J.
Culbertson.
Her marker in Concord Cemetery near
Olmsted reads:
Joseph J.
Culbertson 1860- Josephine
Culbertson 1865-1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
Benjamin Harrison
McDaniels, age 65 years, a resident of
Mound City for more than 20 years, died at
his home on North Commercial Avenue Thursday
afternoon at 3:30 o’clock following an
illness of but three days.
Mr.
McDaniels is survived by his widow,
three sons, Charles
McDaniels, who resides in the south; Ben
McDaniels, of Mound City, and Wilson
McDaniels, of Chicago. He also
leaves four daughters, Mrs. Emma
Talley, Mrs. Lily
Maxwell, and Mrs. Lizzie
Calvin, all of Mound City; and Mrs.
Corinne
Smith, of Chicago, besides other
relatives.
Funeral services were held Saturday
afternoon at the residence at 4 o’clock
following by interment in Concord Cemetery.
G. A.
James directed the funeral.
(Benjamin
Harrison
McDaniel was born 14 May 1867, in
Illinois, the son of Francis
McDaniel and Amanda
Dexter, and died 28 Jul 1932.
He married Nettie Bell
Gilmore, who was born 31 Aug 1873, in
Illinois, and died in 25 Sep 1923, in Mound
City, Pulaski Co., Ill., of paralytic
construction of the throat, the daughter of
Joseph
Gilmore and Nancy
Ford.
He married 2nd Anna
“Annie”
Gray,
who was
born about 1889 in Illinois.—Darrel
Dexter)
Ray
Karraker, aged about 43 years, of St.
Louis, and well known in this vicinity,
passed away Wednesday, Aug. 27, at 6:40
o’clock p.m. in a St. Louis hospital.
He formerly lived in Dongola, being a member
of a prominent family there. He was a
cousin of Earl
Karraker, of this city. His
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wilford N.
Karraker, who survive him, reside in
Dongola, and he also leaves a widow, and
three sons, Richard, Robert, and John, of
St. Louis.
Mr.
Karraker belonged to a family of
bankers. He was cashier of the St.
Louis National Bank. He also was a
cousin of Thomas N.
Karraker, formerly cashier of the First
State Bank of Mounds, Illinois, now
president of the St. Louis National Bank.
Three brothers, who survive him, also are in
the banking business as was Earl
Karraker, who was former cashier of the
First National Bank of this city. His
brothers, Orville
Karraker, is cashier of the First
National Bank of Harrisburg; Ira
Karraker, cashier of the First National
Bank of Jonesboro; and Guy
Karraker, an employee of the St. Louis
National Bank. He leaves a sister,
Mrs. Fred
Johnson, of Bloomington.
His wife was formerly Miss Pearl
Heilig, of Pulaski.
Funeral services were held Friday afternoon
at 2:30 o’clock at Alexander Chapel, 6125
Delmar, St. Louis.
(Her death certificate states that Rosemary
Lynch was born 2 Sep 1929, in Ullin,
Ill., daughter of William A.
Lynch, a native of Ullin, Ill., and
Edith Young, a native of Alexander Co.,
Ill., died 26 Nov 1932, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill., A marker in Ullin Cemetery reads:
Rosemary
Lynch 1929-1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
HENRY FISHER DIES SUDDENLY AT HIS HOME IN
THIS CITY
Henry
Fisher, age 63 years, died suddenly at
his home in this city Saturday night at 9:45
o’clock. He was apparently in the best of
health when he left his home Saturday
evening. About three blocks from home he
was seized with a heart attack and passed
away a few hours later, after being taken to
his home.
Mr.
Fisher had resided in Mound City for
about ten years and the past three years had
been employed as janitor of the M. C. C. H.
S. He was highly respected and very capable
in his work.
Surviving Mr.
Fisher are his widow, Mrs. Ida
Fisher; and five stepchildren, Thomas
and William
Smithey, Mrs. Alberta
Morehead and Mrs. Elsie
Apple, all of Mound City, and Mrs. Zada
Ronnenbeck of Miller City.
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon
at 2:30 o’clock at the residence, conducted
by the Rev. L. J.
Peppersack, pastor of the First Baptist
Church. Interment was made in Thistlewood
Cemetery. G. A.
James directed the funeral. Casket
bearers were high school boys, Paul
Hickman, George
McNeile, Billy
Stophlet, James
Kennedy, James
Atherton and Roderic
Capoot.
(His death certificate states that Henry
Fisher, a janitor, was born 30 Aug 1869,
in Union Co., Mo., died 6 Aug 1932, in Mound
City, Ill., and was buried in Spencer
Heights Cemetery at Mounds.—Darrel
Dexter)
MOTHER HAS FEAR OF ACCIDENT; HER SON KILLED
Mrs. I.
Elliott appealed to the police in Cairo
to find her son, Fred A.
Scheler, 20 years old, Monday evening
about 7 o’clock after suffering for some
time under the apprehension that something
had happened to him and while she was in the
police office, word came that he had been
killed in an automobile accident that not
only had taken his life, but also had taken
the life of Lamon
Belangee, 19 years of age, also of
Cairo.
The car grazed one of the trees on
the drive into Cairo, where they line the
road too close for safety, and the two men
on the running board were killed, their
skulls fractured and necks broken.
Scheler was trying to sell a Dodge car
to A. _. _lder,
a colored man, and they came to Mound City,
on the return, _lder
was driving and
Sceler was on the running board,
watching the engine and making adjustments.
Scheler
saw two friends, Thomas
Slaughter and Lamon
Belangee, and had _lder
stop the car for them. Slaughter
got inside the car, but
Belangee stayed on the running board
with him.
Either bad driving or a suddenly
accelerated motor due to
Sceler adjusting the carburetor, caused
the car to swerve and brush against one
of those trees near the interurban track
with fatal results. The car itself was not
badly damaged, for Slaughter had grabbed the
wheel from _lder
and turned back onto the road and he and _lder
were not injured.
The apprehension of the mother had
been right. Her son had met with an
accident and was dead.
(The death certificate states that
Fred A.
Scholer
was born about 1912, died 8 Aug 1932, on
Route 7, Alexander Co., Ill., son of Fred
Scholer
and Miss
Patterson.—Darrel
Dexter)
A. A. BARTLESON PASSES AWAY AT HOME IN GRAND
CHAIN
August Alonzo
Bartleson, age 76 years, passed away at
his home near Grand Chain Tuesday, August 9,
at noon, following an illness of but a few
days. Mr.
Bartleson was born near his present home
and has lived in the community all is life.
He had a large circle of friends in this
vicinity we are grieved at his passing.
Surviving Mr.
Bartleson are his widow, Mary
Bartleson; and son, Warren
Bartleson. Other relatives and a host
of friends also survive him.
Funeral services were held Wednesday
afternoon at __ p.m. at the residence. The
Rev.
McWhirter officiated. Interment was
made in the Grand Chain cemetery. G. A.
James had charge of funeral
arrangements.
(His death certificate states that Augustus
Alonzo
Bartleson was born 23 Feb 1856, in Grand
Chain, Ill., the son of Robert
Bartleson, a native of Ohio, and Elza
Youngblood, a native of Illinois, died 9
Aug 1932, in Road District 5, Pulaski Co.,
Ill., husband of Mary
Bartleson.
His marker in Grand Chain Masonic
Cemetery reads:
Augustus A.
Bartleson 1852-1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
The Mounds
Independent,
Friday, 12 Aug 1932:
Mrs.
Florence Childs Dies
Mrs. Florence
Childs, wife of James
Childs, died Sunday morning, August 7,
following a lingering illness.
Funeral services were held at the St.
Paul A. M. E. church Tuesday afternoon at 1
o’clock, the Rev. P. S.
Dick
officiating.
Two lodges to which Mrs.
Childs belonged conducted services at
the grave, the Daughters of the Tabernacle
and the Court of Calanthe.
Interment was made in Thistlewood
Cemetery.
She is survived by her husband and a
foster daughter.
(Her death certificate states that
Florence
Childs, of N. McKinley, Mounds, Ill.,
was born 31 Oct 1878, in Martin, Ill., the
daughter of Joe
Williams,
died 7 Aug 1932, in Mounds, Ill., the
wife of James C
Childs,
and was buried in Thistlewood Cemetery
at Mounds, Ill.
Allen D.
Wilson Dies in Denver
Allen D.
Wilson, husband of the former Miss Mary
Agnes
Wilson, of Mounds, died Monday, August
1, in the Presbyterian Hospital of Denver,
Colorado, where he had been a patient for a
number of weeks.
Mr.
Wilson was born in Chicago, August 13,
1897.
He and Miss
Wilson met in Champaign while he was
studying for his master’s degree and was
working in the University library as
librarian.
They were married in Champaign July
27, 1930.
Mr.
Wilson accepted a position as librarian
of the Junior College of Virginia, Minn.,
where they lived until his health failed
him.
A son, James Allen, age fourteen
months, was born in Virginia, Minn.
With him at the time of his death
were his wife and little son, and his
father, Rev. Charles A.
Wilson, a Presbyterian minister of
Casper, Wyoming.
Surviving also are two brothers and
one sister, his mother having died some
years ago.
Funeral services were held in a
funeral chapel in Denver and the body was
placed in a vault in that city.
(His marker in Oak Hill Cemetery in
Evansville, Vanderburgh Co., Ind., reads:
Allen D.
Wilson 1898-1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
Sideswiping
a Tree Causes Death of Two
Cairo Boys
Killed Monday Night on Route Two South of
Cache Bridge
Fred A.
Scheler, 20, and Lamon
Belangee, 19, both Cairo boys, were
instantly killed Monday evening about 7
o’clock when a Dodge sedan driven by A. H.
Holder, colored contractor of Cairo,
sideswiped a tree at the right side of the
paving south of Cache bridge and a little
north of the old Interurban crossing,
knocking both boys off the right running
board where they were riding as the car
traveled south.
Scheler was thrown down the embankment
while
Belangee fell to the concrete.
Both had their skulls crushed and
their necks broken.
Holder was thrown against the steering
wheel and hurt but Thomas
Slaughter, a third Cairo boy, who was
riding in the seat with
Holder, was not injured.
Scheler who owned the car, was trying to
sell it to
Holder who had driven it to Mound City
from which place they were returning to
Cairo.
Scheler was on the running aboard
working on the motor and
Belangee was standing near him.
Holder claims that
Scheler did something which caused the
car to gain speed so rapidly that the wheels
began to wobble, causing him to lose
control.
Scheler and
Holder had picked up
Belangee and
Slaughter along the highway near Mound
City.
Mrs. Earl E.
Morgan and children were called to Bone
Gap the first of last week by the death of
Mr.
Morgan’s mother, who passed away in the
Olney, Ill., sanitarium Tuesday, August 2.
Mr.
Morgan was called to Bone Gap from
Joliet, where he is employed as guard in the
penitentiary.
CHILD DROWNS
IN WATER TANK NEAR MORRISON
MORRISON—Donald Lawrence, nineteen
months old son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Stewart, of four and one half miles east
of Morrison, was drowned in a tank of water
Wednesday.
He had a cup which he had evidently
been playing with for a boat and in trying
to reach it probably fell in head first.
His body was found by
thirteen-year-old brother, Marion, and it
was face down and floating.
(His death certificate states that
Donald
Stuart was born 4 Dec 1930, in Sterling,
Ill., the son of Fred
Stuart, a native of Holland, and Lina
Wieraema, a native of Illinois, died 26
Jul 1932, in Mt. Pleasant, Whiteside Co.,
Ill., and was buried in Grove Hill, Morrison
Whiteside Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
The Mounds
Independent,
Friday, 19 Aug 1932:
Ival Norris
Taylor
Ivel Norris
Taylor, pioneer resident of Pulaski
County, died Tuesday afternoon, August 16,
at the Marsh Hotel in Mounds, where he has
made his home for the last year or more.
Mr.
Taylor, a native of the state of
Kentucky, was born January 1, 1864, and had
reached the age of 68 years, 7 months and 15
days.
He came to this community about 50
years ago and was one of the early teachers
in the county.
Previous to that time he had taught
in Johnson County.
The Meridian School was the first
school he presided over in this county.
In 1878 he started teaching at Villa
Ridge where he remained for a number of
years.
His home at that time was on the farm
now owned by M. M.
Hartman, from which place he moved to
Mounds where he entered the real estate
business.
At one time he served as police
magistrate.
He retired from business fifteen
years ago.
Mr.
Taylor was united in marriage to Miss
Emma Allice
Cunningham, June 3, 1891, and to this
union two sons, Norris and Robert, were
born.
Mrs.
Taylor preceded him in death, dying
October 15, 1925.
The two sons, Norris and Robert, both
of Trumann, Ark., survive.
Funeral services were held at the G.
A.
James Funeral Home Wednesday afternoon
at 3 o’clock, the Rev. W. D.
Richardson, pastor of the Methodist
Church officiating.
Internment was made at the side of
Mrs.
Taylor in Thistlewood Cemetery.
Rev. and
Mrs. W. D.
Richardson and sons, John and Harry,
were called to Centralia Monday by the death
of the former’s uncle, James Daley
Richardson.
The Rev.
Richardson preached the funeral.
(His application for a military
headstone states that James Dailey
Richardson was a private in Co. F, 48th
Illinois Infantry, died 14 Aug 1932, and was
buried in Antioch Cemetery in Centralia,
Ill.
His other marker in the cemetery
reads:
Rebecca A.
Richardson 1846-1932 James D.
Richardson 1845-1932 At Rest.—Darrel
Dexter).
The Pulaski Enterprise,
Friday, 19 Aug 1932:
AGED RESIDENT OF MOUNDS PASSES ON
Ivel Norris
Taylor, long a resident of Mounds,
passed away at his home Tuesday afternoon at
1 o’clock at the age of 68 years. He moved
to Mounds from Kentucky, his native state,
and resided there for half century. He was
a retired real estate agent and had taught
school at Villa Ridge.
His wife, Mrs. Emma
Taylor, passed away in October of 1925.
He is survived by two sons, Norris and
Robert
Taylor, both of Truman, Ark.
Funeral services were held Wednesday
afternoon at the funeral parlors of G. A.
James by Rev. Mr.
Richardson, pastor of the Methodist
Church. Interment was made in Thistlewood
Cemetery.
(Ivel
N.
Taylor married on 23 May 1891, in
Pulaski Co., Ill., Emma
Cunningham.
His death certificate states
that Ivel Norris
Taylor, retired real estate agent, was
born 1 Jan 1864, in Kentucky, died 16 Aug
1932, in Mounds, Ill., husband of Emma A.
Taylor,
and was buried in Thistlewood Cemetery.
His marker in Beechwood Cemetery at
Mounds reads:
Ivel Norris
Taylor 1864-1932 Emma Alice
Taylor 1871-1925.—Darrel
Dexter)
JOHN SANFORD SADLER DIES AT HIS HOME IN
MOUNDS
John Sanford
Sadler passed away at his home in Mounds
Tuesday morning at the age of 64 years. Mr.
Sadler was well known in Mounds and was
a member of the Masonic Lodge.
He is survived by his wife and six children,
Shirley, of St. Louis, Kenneth and William,
of Bush, Illinois, Mrs. Zelma
Keller, John, Jr., and Birdie, of
Mounds. He also leaves two stepdaughters,
Geneva and Olga
Mahoney, of Mounds; a sister, Mrs. Eliza
Millikin, of Pomona, Illinois, eight
grandchildren and one great-grand child.
Funeral services were held Wednesday
afternoon at 3 o’clock at the M. E. church
with the Rev. Mr.
Richardson, pastor of the church,
officiating and Rev. T. C.
Ury,
pastor of the Baptist Church assisting. The
Masonic Lodge conducted the final rites at
the grave.
(John S.
Sadler married Lizzie
Mathis on 3 Jan 1887, in Jackson Co.,
Ill.
According to his death certificate,
John Sanford
Sadler, a locomotive engineer, was born
16 Feb 1868, in Grand Tower, Ill., the son
of John
Sadler, died 16 Aug 1932, in Mounds,
Ill., husband of Ida
Sadler, and was buried in Thistlewood
Cemetery at Mounds.
His marker in Beechwood Cemetery at
Mounds reads:
John S.
Sadler 1868-1932 Elizabeth A.
Sadler his wife 1868-1913.—Darrel
Dexter)
I. N.
Taylor remains quite ill at the Hotel
Marsh. (Mounds)
The Pulaski Enterprise,
Friday, 26 Aug 1932:
JOHN A. ROYCE DIES FROM SELF-INFLICTED
WOUNDS
John A.
Royce, age 51 years, shot himself in the
garage of his home shortly after 10:30
o’clock Monday morning and died within a
half hour. The bullet entered his chest
near the heart. He was found by his son,
John, a few seconds after he had shot
himself. It is thought the reason for his
act was the condition of times, as he was
heard to tell his wife after he had
committed the act that it was because he
loved them. He was employed with the
Scudder Gale Grocery Company for some time
and drew a large salary. He lost his
position with his firm on account of the
depression. Later he was employed with the
Ben Hur Life Insurance Company, but his
salary was not nearly so large and this may
have been to blame for his act.
Mr.
Royce had many friends in the community
who deeply sympathize with the family in
this, their great sorrow. He was known to
be the kindest of husbands and fathers and
his love for his family was so great that he
was willing to die for them.
Mr.
Royce was a member of the Masonic Lodge
and of the Tribe of Ben Hur. He was a
member of the Presbyterian Church at Owosso,
Mich. He had never moved his membership to
Mound City. He was born at Lansburg, Mich.,
February 12, 1881. He came to Mound City in
1910 and was married to Miss Anna
Davidson. To this union three children
were born all of whom survive him.
Funeral services were held Thursday
afternoon at the Pilgrim Congregational
Church at 2:30 o’clock, the Rev. Thomas
Gray
officiating. Immediately after the services
at the church, the cortege moved by
automobile to Thistlewood Cemetery, where
interment was made. The beautiful Masonic
rites were given at the grave. The casket
bearers were taken from the ranks of
Masonry.
Surviving Mr.
Royce are his widow, Mrs. Anna
Royce; two sons, John, Jr., and Charles;
and one daughter, Evelyn Jane. He is also
survived by a sister, Mrs. Edith
Orser; and a brother, Waldo, E.,
Royce; besides many other relatives and
a large circle of friends. G. A.
James directed the funeral.
(The death certificate states that John A.
Royce, a salesman, was born about 1881
in Lansburg, Mich., the son of Lewellyn P.
Royce and Phoebe E.
Lord,
natives of Michigan,
died 22 Aug 1932, in Mounds, Ill.,
husband of Annie
Royce, and was buried in Thistlewood
Cemetery
The Mounds
Independent,
Friday, 26 Aug 1932:
Mound City
Man Shoots Self Monday Morning
John A.
Royce, age 52, a resident of Mound city,
shot himself through the abdomen Monday
morning about 10:30 o’clock.
Returning to his home from his work
for the Ben Hur Life Association about ten
o’clock, he changed his clothes and went to
the garage to work on his car.
Not long afterward he fired two shots
from a .32 caliber revolver into his
abdomen.
He lived about half an hour after the
shooting and was able to speak to Mrs.
Royce.
He is survived by his widow, the
former Miss Anna
Davidson of Villa Ridge; two sons, John,
21, and Charles, 19; and one daughter,
Evelyn Jane, 17.
For years Mr.
Royce had been a salesman for Scudder
Gale Wholesale Grocery House of Cairo.
He had also been interested in the
Ben Hur Lodge and through these associations
had made many friends in Mounds who deeply
regret his untimely death.
Funeral services were held at the
Congregational church in Mound City Thursday
afternoon, conducted by the Rev. Thomas
Gray
of Dupo, a former pastor of the Mound City
Congregational Church.
The Masonic order to which he
belonged had charge of the services at
Thistlewood cemetery.
The funeral was directed by G. A.
James.
HAS TEETH
PULLED AND DIES
HARRISBURG—Louis
Bowman, 28, employed as soda clerk in a
local drug store in Harrisburg, died last
night.
He had all his teeth removed last
Tuesday and death was attributed to
hemorrhaging. He was exceptionally well
known, having formerly been employed at
other drug stores throughout the city.
(His death certificate states that
Louie
Bowman, drug clerk, of 112 E. Locust
St., Harrisburg, Ill., was born 16 Mar 1904,
in Harrisburg, Saline Co., Ill., the son of
William
Bowman and Millie
Perkins, natives of Harrisburg, Ill.,
died 11 Aug 1932, in Saline Co., Ill., and
was buried in Sunset Hill Cemetery in
Harrisburg, Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
KILLS WIFE
AND SELF
ANNA—Charles
Timberlake, a former Anna boy, residing
in Dallas, Texas, who will be remembered by
many residents here, shot and killed himself
Monday of last week after he had shot and
fatally wounded his second wife, whom he
married little more than a year ago.
They quarreled frequently and one of
their numerous quarrels ended in the
shooting.
Mrs.
Timberlake lingered a few hours before
she died.
Timberlake was connected with a
wholesale bakery concern.
He had accumulated a comfortable sum
which was wisely invested.
His second wife had a son and their
last quarrel and others were about him.
He was a student in Little Rock,
Ark., and was at home for the vacation
period.
The report said
Timberlake was annoyed by the lad’s
idleness.
He and Mrs.
Timberlake were living apart and just
before the shooting were arranging for a
divorce.
They had been separated two weeks,
the report said.
Timberlake had developed into a fine
looking man of the wide awake business type.
He had been in Dallas about 15 years
having gone there from Bonham, Texas.
Just prior to the disturbance which
occurred in the home where Mrs.
Timberlake resided, he had made and
signed his will.
Timberlake left his estate to a Mrs.
Thomas, a school teacher and close
friend of his first wife.
(His death certificate states that
Charles N.
Timberlake, of 4129 Cole Ave., Dallas,
Texas, retired railroad man, was born 30 Sep
1867, in Illinois, died 8 Aug 1932, at 3001
Knight St., Dallas, Texas, of suicidal
gunshot wound, husband of Birdie
Timberlake, and was buried in Restland
Memorial Park.
Her death certificate states that
Mrs. Birdie
Akers Timberlake, a trained nurse, of
3001 Knight St., Dallas, Texas, was born 15
Apr 1878, in Unionville, Tenn., daughter of
Andrew Jackson
Jeffers, a native of Unionville, Tenn.,
and Margaret
Jeffers, a native of Marysville, Mo.,
died 8 Aug 1932, in Parkland Hospital in
Dallas, Texas, of a believed homicidal
pistol shot to left chest and heart in
quarrel with husband, widow of C.N.
Timberlake, and was buried in Grove Hill
Cemetery.—Darrel
Dexter)
Card of
Thanks
We desire to express our sincere
thanks to our many friends in Mounds and
vicinity for their kindness and expressions
of sympathy during the illness and following
the death of our father, I. N.
Taylor.
Especially do we wish to thank Mr.
and Mrs. Edward
Marsh, Sr., for their devotion to and
care of him during his illness.
We also wish to thank the minister,
those who sent flowers and all who in any
way tendered their services.
Mr. and Mrs.
Norris C.
Taylor
Mr. and Mrs.
Robert H.
Taylor
The Mounds
Independent,
Friday, 2 Sep 1932:
Mrs. Jennie
Lewis Dies at Grand Chain
Mrs. Jennie
Lewis, widow of the late N. V.
Lewis, died Saturday morning, August 27,
at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Guy C.
Bartleson, of Grand Chain, following a
lingering illness.
Mrs.
Lewis was 68 years of age.
Mrs.
Lewis is survived by her daughter, Mrs.
Bartleson; a son, Thomas V.
Lewis, of Jacksonville, Fla.; a sister,
Mrs. T. V.
Porter, also of Jacksonville; a niece,
Mrs. W. E.
Rife,
of Villa Ridge and other relatives.
Mr. and Mrs.
Lewis lived many years in Cairo where
Mr.
Lewis was interested in the
Lewis Mercantile Company.
Later they lived in a beautiful
country home at
Lewis Landing on the Ohio River near
Grand Chain.
Since the death of Mr.
Lewis, Mrs.
Lewis has spent her time with her
daughter and at the home of Mrs. W. E.
Rife,
whom she reared as a daughter.
Funeral services were held at the
Bartleson residence Sunday afternoon.
The casket, banked with a profusion
of flowers, was placed on the veranda and a
large concourse of following relatives and
friends gathered on the lawn to pay their
last respects to one whom they had loved
“and lost awhile.”
The funeral sermon was delivered by
the Rev. Mr.
McWhirter, with the Rev. S. C.
Benninger, of Grand Chain, the Rev. E.
O.
Allen of Villa Ridge and the Rev. M.
Walker of Cairo assisting in the
services.
Interment was made in Grand Chain
cemetery, directed by G. A.
James.
Prominent
Olive Branch Man Dies Wednesday
D. I.
Kirkham of Olive branch, former county
judge of Alexander County, died Wednesday
morning following a several weeks’ illness
of typhoid fever.
Judge
Kirkham was active on the affairs of his
community.
He was a former school teacher a
member of the school board of Olive Branch
and one of the pioneers of Horseshoe Lake
Game and Fish Preserve.
He also was active in the formation
of the Olive Branch bank and the Olive
Branch drainage district.
He is survived by his widow and eight
children, three of whom are ill with the
same fever that caused his death.
Former Mound
City Merchant Dies in Vandalia
Mound City friends of Edward J.
Freeman, a resident and merchant in that
city for about 45 years, received word on
Wednesday of his death which occurred in
Vandalia.
Mr.
Freeman left Mound City about six years
ago and moved west.
He is survived by his mother, Mrs.
Mary
Freeman of Vandalia, and other
relatives.
A number
from here (Villa Ridge) attended the funeral
service of Mrs. Jennie
Lewis which was held at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Guy
Bartleson in Grand Chain Sunday
afternoon.
Mrs.
Lewis was well known here having spent a
great part of her time at the home of her
niece, Mrs. W. E.
Rife.
LIGHTNING
KILLS FARMER
GRAYVILLE—Alva
Mathes, 38, farmer near Owensville, was
found dead, struck by lightning during a
thunderstorm Wednesday afternoon that night
by a party of neighbors who set out to
search for him when he did not appear for
the evening meal.
The neighbors found
Mathes lying on his face at the foot of
a tree that had been split in two by a
lightning bolt.
His clothing was split down the back.
He had been working the field with a
tractor, apparently had sought shelter from
the storm, sitting on the bottom of a bucket
from which he had pitched forward when the
lightning struck.
(A marker in Walnut Hill Cemetery in
Fort Branch, Gibson Co., Ind., reads:
Alva C.
Mathes 1895-1932 Thelma wife of Alva
Mathes 1900-1926.—Darrel
Dexter)
The Pulaski Enterprise,
Friday, 2 Sep 1932:
FORMER MOUND CITY MAN PASSES AWAY
William B.
Imhoff, formerly of Mound City, age 55
years, passed away in a hospital at
Indianapolis, Ind., Sunday morning at 1:45
o’clock. Mr.
Imhoff is a brother of Mrs. Ed
O’Hare, of this city.
Mr.
Imhoff resided in Alexandria, Ind., and
was removed to the hospital in Indianapolis
Friday. He had been in failing health for
about one year, but had been able to work
until five weeks ago when he became ill with
dropsy.
The body was removed to Buchanan, Mich., the
birthplace of the deceased. Funeral
services were held Tuesday afternoon at
Evangelical church in that city. Interment
was made in the family lot in the Buchanan
Cemetery.
Mr.
Imhoff is survived by his widow, two
sisters, Mrs.
O’Hare, of this city, and Mrs. Mary
DeVan, of Los Angeles; one brother,
George
Imhoff, of Bluford; a nephew, Ab
Harrison, of South Bend, Ind., who he
reared and loved as his own son; and other
relatives and many friends.
Mr.
Imhoff resided in Mound City for a
number of years. He came to this city when
Williamson-Kuny Mill and Lumber Co., was one
of the leading manufacturing concerns of
this locality. He was an expert saw filer
and was following his profession at the time
of his death, being employed by an
Alexandria concern.
Mr.
Imhoff was a man whose congenial
personality made him many warm friends, who
are grieved to learn of his death.
(According to his World War I draft
registration, William Benjamin
Imhoff, a band saw filer, of Mound City,
Ill.,
was born 3 Jan 1877.
His nearest relative was Melisse Cora
Imhoff.
William
Imhoff was buried in Oakwood Cemetery in
Buchanan, Mich.—Darrel
Dexter)
EDWARD FREEMAN DIES AT HOME IN JEFFERSON
CITY
Edward J.
Freeman, age 44 years, formerly of Mound
City, passed away at his home in Jefferson
City, Sunday night following an illness of
several months.
His body was taken to Vandalia, the home of
his nephew, Clarence
Freeman, where funeral services were
held Wednesday afternoon at __ o’clock at
the Christian church. Interment took place
in the Vandalia cemetery.
Mr.
Freeman is survived by his widow, the
former Mrs. Edith __ines,
of this city, his mother, Mrs. Mary
Freeman, also residing here until about
two years ago, and many other relatives and
friends.
When in Mound City, Mrs.
Freeman was connected with George ___dstine
in the clothing business. Mr.
Freeman had many friends in this city
who regret to learn of his death.
JUDGE D. I. KIRKHAM DIED AT HOME IN OLIVE
BRANCH
Judge D. I.
Kirkham, former county judge of
Alexander County, passed away at his home in
Olive Branch Wednesday morning at 11
o’clock, following an illness of several
weeks of typhoid fever. He had been in a
serious condition for some time, but was
thought to be better when he suffered a
relapse.
Judge
Kirkham was elected to fill the
unexpired term of Judge
Hood,
who passed away in 1924. He served two
years and was re-elected in 1926 and served
four years.
Funeral services were held this morning at
10 o’clock at Olive Branch. Karcher
Brothers had charge of the funeral.
Judge
Kirkham is survived by his widow and
eight children, three of who are ill with
typhoid fever.
(His World War I draft registration on 5 Jun
1917, states he was born in Princeton, Ind.,
and had a wife and four children.
His death certificate states that Don
Ingersoll
Kirkham was born about 1887, the son of
R. N. B. Kirkham and Kate
Voke,
died 31 Aug 1932, in Olive Branch, Ill.,
the husband of Anna E.
Kirkham.
His marker in Olive Branch Cemetery
reads:
Allice E.
Kirkham Born April 9, 1886 Died March 3,
1960 Mother Don I.
Kirkham Born Nov. 17, 1886 Died Aug. 31,
1932 Father.—Darrel
Dexter)
HARLEN LITTLE PASSES AWAY AT HOME IN KARNAK
Harlen
Little, age 24, passed away at his home
in Karnak, Illinois, at 4 o’clock Thursday
afternoon following an operation for
appendicitis at St. Mary’s Infirmary last
Friday, August 19. He was brought to his
home in Karnak from the hospital Thursday.
Mr.
Little is survived by his widow, and one
child, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Little; a brother, Byrl; and a sister,
Edith, of Karnak; and two
sisters, Madge and Mrs. Millie
Johnson, of Cairo.
Funeral services were conducted at the First
M. E. Church at Karnak Saturday afternoon
with interment at Salem Cemetery.
(His marker in Lower Salem Baptist Cemetery
in Massac Co., Ill., reads:
Harlen S.
Little Feb. 17, 1908 Aug. 19,
1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
MRS. JENNIS LEWIS FUNERAL HELD SUNDAY
Funeral services for Mrs. Jennie
Lewis, of Grand Chain, age 68 years,
wife of the late N. V.
Lewis, formerly of Cairo, who passed
away at 12:05 o’clock Saturday morning were
held Sunday afternoon at the residence of
her daughter, Mrs. Guy C.
Bartleson.
Mrs.
Lewis formerly resided in Cairo where
her husband was manager of the Lewis
Mercantile Company. She was an active
member of the Christian Church. Mrs.
Lewis had been ill for nearly a year
when death came to end her suffering.
Surviving Mrs.
Lewis are her daughter, Mrs.
Bartleson, of Grand Chain; a son, Thomas
V.
Lewis, of Jacksonville, Fla.; a sister,
Mrs. T. V.
Porter, also of Jacksonville; a niece,
Mrs. E. C.
Rife,
of Villa Ridge; and many other relatives and
friends.
The casket was placed on the veranda where
the funeral services were held. The pastor
of the Christian Church, Rev. Mr.
McWhirter, conducted the services. He
was assisted by Rev. Mr.
Allen, pastor of the M. E. Church of
Cairo, the Rev. W. H.
Walker, pastor of the Christian Church
of Cairo, and Rev. Mr.
Benninger, pastor of the Congregational
churches of Mounds and Grand Chain. An
abundance of floral offerings were sent as
tributes of love and sympathy and were
placed about the grave of the deceased. G.
A.
James had charge of the funeral.
(Her marker in Grand Chain Masonic Cemetery
reads:
Jennie
Lewis 1864-1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
Those attending the funeral of Mrs. Jennie
Lewis of Grand Chain were: Mr. and Mrs.
Carl
McIntire, Mrs. S. F.
McIntire, Attorney and Mrs. Warner
Wall,
Mrs. Catherine
Scheck, Mrs. Mary
Gwin,
and grandson, Gwinn
Cull.
Several people from here (Olmsted) attended
Rev.
Hill’s funeral at Elco Sunday. It was
one of the largest funerals Elco ever had.
Brother
Hill
was killed in a car wreck last Friday on his
way to Anna to see his sick daughter. He
was pastor of the Elco church a few years
ago and was highly respected.
The Pulaski Enterprise,
Friday, 9 Sep 1932:
Typhoid Fever Epidemic in Alexander County
A mild epidemic of typhoid fever is in the
northern part of Alexander County and the
death of D. I.
Kirkham called it forcefully to the
minds of authorities. Something was wrong,
it was known, and a state health man made a
survey of the neighborhood.
It is presumed that
Kirkham swallowed water while swimming
in Wolf Lake and contracted the disease.
Quite a number of typhoid cases are reported
at Olive Branch and the situation there is
one where people are exercising care. Wells
and streams are contaminated and the
disease, unless checked, may sweep in wider
circles. There are something like 20 cases
in and around Olive Branch, it is said.
TRAGEDY FOLLOWS MRS. S. H. GRAVES
Mrs. S. H.
Graves has again met with a tragic visit
when she visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank
Boor, of Durand, Wis. Her brother,
Antone, age 38, was drowned while she was
there.
Mrs.
Graves brought her seven children to
visit her mother-in-law, Mrs. Mary E.
Graves, at Villa Ridge early in the
summer and her eight year-old son, Bernard,
was drowned. So it seems as though tragedy
has followed Mrs.
Graves on both vacation trips this
summer.
(The application for a headstone states that
Anton
Baur
served as a corporal in the 10th
Company, 161st Depot Brigade
during World War I and died 30 Aug 1932.
He was buried in St. Mary’s Cemetery
in Durand, Wis.—Darrel
Dexter)
PULASKI RESIDENT PASSES AWAY
James
Gillispie, age 71 years, passed away at
his home near Pulaski Thursday afternoon at
1 o’clock.
Funeral services were held Saturday
afternoon at the Christian church, with the
Rev. Mr.
Holloman officiating. Interment was
made in Rose Hill Cemetery, W. H.
Aldred directing the funeral.
Mr.
Gillespie, well known throughout the
community in which he had lived for many
years, is survived by his widow, Mrs. Belle
Gillespie; a son, George
Gillespie, of Pulaski; a daughter, Mrs.
Arthur
Palmer, near Pulaski; and several
grandchildren.
(The death certificate states that James
Alexander
Gillespie was born 21 Mar 1861, in West,
Union Co., Ohio, son of Andrew
Gillespie, a native of Brown Co., Ohio,
and Maria
Russell,
and died 2 Sep 1932, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill., husband of Belle
Gillespie.
His marker in Rose Hill Cemetery at
Pulaski reads:
James A.
Gillespie 1861-1932 Belle C.
Gillespie 1866-1944—Darrel
Dexter)
MRS. PHENIA CURRY DIES AT HER HOME IN ULLIN
Mrs. Penia
Curry, age 73 years, mother of Mrs.
Harry
Parker, formerly Mrs. Sam
Sheerer, of this city, passed away at
her home at Ullin Monday afternoon at 1:30
o’clock following an illness of ten days.
Besides her daughter, she is survived by a
son, James
Curry, and two grandchildren, Dale and
Sam
Sheerer, all of Ullin.
Funeral services were held Wednesday
afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Methodist
church at Ullin, followed by interment in
Concord Cemetery. W. J.
Rhymer directed the funeral.
(His death certificate states that Phena
Curry was born 25 Jan 1859, daughter of
James A.
White and Casey
Bigg,
died 5 Sep 1932, in Road District 3,
Pulaski Co., Ill., and was buried in Concord
Cemetery.—Darrel
Dexter0
VIENNA EDITOR DIED SUDDENLY LAST FRIDAY
Harry
Bridges, 60 years of age, editor of the
Vienna Times and mayor of Vienna, died
there last Friday of apoplexy. The funeral
was held Sunday.
Bridges
was a unique character. He was a printer on
the
Times for years and then took it over
when the ownership became somewhat tired of
the proposition and made of the
Times a very respectable country weekly.
His family aided him and relieved him of
the work in later years.
Bridges
was blessed with a genial nature and kindly
attitude, forgiving the faults of people and
encouraging their virtues. He had an
optimistic trend and in his years, he had
made and acquired many friends.
The call to
Bridges to surrender his life came very
quickly. The last turn was off the press
for him and life’s edition was closed.
(Harry T.
Bridges married Sena
Brooks on 25 Jul 1897, in Johnson Co.,
Ill.
His death certificate states that
Harry T.
Bridges was born 6 Jan 1872, in Vienna,
Ill., the son of Henry T.
Bridges, a native of Illinois, and Mary
Carter, a native of Vienna, Ill., died 2
Sep 1932, in Vienna, Ill., husband of Sena
Bridges,
and was buried in the Fraternal Cemetery
at Vienna.
His marker in Vienna Fraternal
Cemetery reads Harry T.
Bridges 1872-1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Hazel
Roberts and son, Leslie, left Tuesday
for Champaign to attend the funeral of
Leslie’s grandmother, who died in the Canal
Zone August 11. Her body accompanied by her
daughter, Mrs. S. C.
Abernathy, arrived in New York Wednesday
and was taken to Champaign where she was
buried. She had been ill the past six
years. (Mounds)
The Mounds
Independent,
Friday, 9 Sep 1932:
Editor of
Vienna Times Dies Suddenly Friday
Was Mayor of
Vienna and Prominent Citizen of Johnson
County
Harry Thompson
Bridges, Sr., aged 62, editor and
publisher of the
Vienna
Times
for many years and mayor of Vienna, died at
his home Friday night at ten o’clock from a
cerebral hemorrhage at four o’clock in the
afternoon while in his newspaper office.
Mr.
Bridges, the son of Harry T. And Mary
Bridges, was born in Johnson County Jan.
6, 1870.
He received only a rural school
education and started to work in the local
printing office when a mere boy.
At that time the paper was owned by
W. A.
Gillian who later sold out to C. J.
Huffman.
In 1920 Mr.
Bridges purchased the
Times.
He was married in 1895 to Miss Aseana
Brooks who survives him.
The surviving children are four sons,
Harry T., Royce, William and James; three
daughters, Mrs. Oscar
McCorkle, Misses Lucille and Marion, all
of Vienna.
Funeral services were conducted in
Vienna Sunday afternoon at the Christian
Church.
James
Gillespie Dies at Home near Pulaski
James
Gillespie, age 71, died at his home near
Pulaski Thursday afternoon, September 1, at
one o’clock.
Mr.
Gillespie is survived by his widow, a
son, George
Gillespie, of Pulaski; a daughter, Mrs.
Arthur
Palmer, near Pulaski, and a number of
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Saturday
afternoon at the Christian church of
Pulaski, the Rev. Mr.
Holloman officiating.
Interment was made in Rose Hill
Cemetery, W. H.
Aldred directing the ceremony.
Mrs. Phena
Curry Dies Monday at Ullin
Mrs. Phena
Curry was born Jan. 25, 1859, and passed
away at her home in Ullin, Monday, Sept. 5,
1932, at 1:30 p.m.
She was a member of the Methodist
Church of Mounds.
She is survived by one son, James
Curry of Ullin; one daughter, Mrs. H. E.
Parker, of Cairo; and two grandsons, Sam
and Dale
Sheerer.
Also two brothers, J. W.
White of Pulaski and E. M.
White of Rising Star, Texas.
Funeral services were held Wednesday
at the Ullin Methodist Church at 2:00 p.m.
by Rev. W. D.
Richardson, pastor of the Mounds M. E.
Church.
Interment was made in the Concord
Cemetery near Olmsted.
Mrs. E. H.
Riggle Dies at Centralia
Mrs. Ellie
Riggle, wife of E. H.
Riggle, aged 64 years, passed away at
her home in Centralia, Wednesday morning,
Aug. 31, after an illness of about three
years.
She leaves besides her husband, two
sons, Homer and Herbert.
The family formerly lived at Unity,
removing to Centralia about nine years ago.
Funeral services were conducted at
the Mounds Baptist church conducted by Rev.
T. C.
Ury
and Rev. S. E.
Hamilton of Puxico, Mo., with burial in
Beech Grove Cemetery.
(Her death certificate states that
Etta
Riggle was born 7 Feb 1868, in Henry
Co., Tenn., daughter of Joseph
Riggle, a native of Indiana, and Susan
Garman, a native of Franklin Co., Ind.,
died 31 Aug 1932, in Warmac, Marion Co.,
Ill., wife of E. H.
Riggle, and was buried in Beech Grove
Cemetery in Mounds, Ill.
Her marker in Beechwood Cemetery at
Mounds, Ill., reads:
Ettie M.
Riggle Feb. 7, 1868 Aug. 13,
1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
The Mounds
Independent,
Friday, 16 Sep 1932:
Former
Resident of County Dies in St. Louis
Hospital
Fred
Gaunt, Sr., a former resident of Grand
Chain, died Saturday night, September 10, in
a St. Louis hospital of pneumonia.
Mr.
Gaunt was born in Grand Chain, Oct. 9,
1877.
He is survived by his widow and nine
children, four sons, Fred, Joe, Raymond, and
Jack; five daughters, Mrs. Claude
Hohnes and Blanche, Ruth, May and Bettie
Gaunt.
He also leaves a brother, Joe
Gaunt, of Grand Chain and a
half-brother, W. P.
Copeland, of Muskogee, Okla.
The family formerly lived in Cairo,
but for a number of years have resided in
Mt. Vernon, Ill.
Dr. J. A.
Wolfe of Cairo Dies Suddenly Friday
Dr. James A.
Wolfe, prominent physician and surgeon
of Cairo, died Friday evening, September 9,
at his home, having been confined to his bed
only two days.
Dr.
Wolfe, whose age was 60 years, was born
in Anna.
He was a veteran of the World War,
having been a captain of medical forces.
He was a leader both in civic work in
Cairo and in Republican politics.
Surviving are his widow, two
daughters and four grandchildren.
William
Edward DeCrow Dies Monday Morning
William Edward
DeCrow died Monday morning, September
12, at his home west of Mounds at the age of
54 years.
Mr.
DeCrow was born in Paducah, Ky., and
came to Mounds vicinity with his parents at
the age of five.
Mr.
DeCrow began working for the I. C. R. R.
at Mounds in 1898, retiring Sept. 30, 1929.
He is survived by his widow, a
stepdaughter, two brothers, A. R.
DeCrow, of Mounds and Jock
DeCrow of Shreveport, La.; also an
uncle, James
DeCrow of Cairo.
Mr.
DeCrow had been an employee of the
Illinois central as stationary engineer for
19 years.
He was a member of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers and Railway Fireman.’
Funeral services were held Wednesday
afternoon at 1 o’clock at the First Baptist
Church, conducted by Rev. T. C.
Ury.
Interment was made in Beech Grove
Cemetery in charge of G. A.
James.
STRANGE
INSCRIPTION MARKS GRAVE NEAR CARTERVILLE
ELKVILLE—One of the strangest
inscriptions to mark the resting place of
the dead is that of A. J.
Watson, who died nearly 60 years ago and
was buried in the Hurricane Baptist Church
cemetery near Carterville.
The inscription reads:
My children
dear, as you pass by,
As you are
now, so once was I.
As I am now, so you shall be;
Prepare for
death and follow me.
Relatives of Mr.
Watson says he left instructions that
the foregoing be engraved on his tombstone.
J. E.
Watson of Carterville is his son and W.
W.
Watson of Elkville route, is a nephew.
The Pulaski Enterprise,
Friday, 16 Sep 1932:
WILLIAM E. DECROW OF MOUNDS PASSES AWAY
William E.
DeCrow, age 54 years, passed away at his
home north of Mounds Sunday at 5:30 p.m.
Mr.
DeCrow was born in Paducah, Ky., spent
several years of his childhood in Cairo.
The family moved to Mounds while he was
still quite young and he has resided there
ever since.
Surviving him are his widow and several
stepchildren and two brothers, Al and Jock
DeCrow, of Mounds.
Funeral services were held at 1 o’clock
Wednesday afternoon in the Baptist church
and interment was made in the Mounds
Cemetery by undertaker, G. A.
James.
(His death certificate states that William
E.
DeCrow, stationary engineer for the
Illinois Central, was born 28 Aug 1878, in
Paducah, Ky., the son of R. P.
DeCrow, a native of Paducah, Ky., and
Annie
Rhinehart, a native of Alexander Co.,
Ill., died 12 Sep 1932, in Mounds, Ill., the
husband of Cordie
DeCrow,
and was buried in Beech Grove
Cemetery.—Darrel
Dexter)
Holdup of Gambling Joint Fatal at Cairo
The holding up of a gambling join in the
heart of Cairo’s business district was fatal
for Ed
Jones, merchant police, Monday night,
when he was shot through the head,
presumably by Andrew
Smith, reputed operator of the place. Jones
was attempting to arrest the robbers when he
was killed.
A tip off that a robbery was in progress
caused unusual police activities. Jones
and Chris
Skelton, merchant police, saw two men go
up the stairs leading to the gambling room,
one of the men bearing a shotgun. They knew
immediately what was up.
They took over Buster
Polson, who was waiting blow in the car
and handcuffed him to an awning, and then
started up the steps, only to find their way
barred as the door was locked
The two bandits, Harry
Ford
and Todd
Shelby, after scooping up $165 from a
table, started to leave and were at the
door, unlatching it, when
Smith, standing above, opened fire with
a .32 automatic. It is presumed that
Jones was in line of fire, for two
bullets hit him, one in the arm and one in
the head, the latter causing death in a few
minutes. Jones,
thinking that
Ford
and
Shelby were firing, shot
Ford
through the stomach with his .38 special,
inflicting a wound expecting to prove
mortal.
A
post-mortem examination showed the
bullet which killed
Jones came from a .32 automatic.
Shelby
in the confusion, dropped the empty shotgun
he was carrying and fled.
Cairo was now clamped a lid down on gambling
houses and slot machines until things quiet
down.
Ford,
in the hospital, maintained that they took
only the cash on the table and not from
persons and that they did it because they
had no other way to obtain funds. The car
they had was stolen.
FRED GAUNT PASSED AWAY IN HOSPITAL IN ST.
LOUIS, MO.
Fred
Gaunt, formerly of Grand Chain, but now
residing in Mt. Vernon, passed away in a
hospital in St. Louis Saturday night
following a brief illness of pneumonia. He
was a brother of Joe
Gaunt, of Grand Chain and a son of the
late Joe and Adeline
Gaunt. His mother passed away several
months ago.
Mr.
Gaunt traveled for a St. Louis concern
and was taken suddenly ill while there. He
was removed to a hospital and only lived a
few days.
He is survived by his widow and nine
children. The oldest daughter at home will
graduate this year and the youngest is just
entering school. He is also survived by his
brother, Joe
Gaunt, of Grand Chain and a
half-brother, Will
Copeland, of Oklahoma.
His body was brought to Grand Chain Monday
afternoon and interment made in the Grand
Chain cemetery.
Mr.
Gaunt formerly resided in Cairo for many
years and was in business there. He was a
cousin to Mrs. H. L.
Settlemoir of this city.
(His marker in Grand Chain Masonic Cemetery
reads:
Fred
Gaunt 1877-1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
DR. JAMES E. WOELFLE OF CAIRO PASSES AWAY
Dr. J. E.
Woelfle, age 60 years, passed away at
his home in Cairo Friday night following a
brief illness. His illness was not thought
to be serious until just before his death.
Dr.
Woelfle had many friends in Pulaski and
Alexander counties and he will be greatly
missed. He had done a great work for the
crippled children in connection with the
clinic directed by the Cairo Rotary Club.
Through his skill and devotion to this
work, a great number of crippled boys and
girls had been restored.
Funeral services were held Sudan afternoon
at 1:30 o’clock at the residence, the Rev.
M. A.
Souers, pastor of the M. E. Church
officiating. The remains were taken to
Vienna, Illinois, where interment was made
in the Vienna cemetery.
Having served as a captain in the U.S. Army
Medical Corps, during the World War, Dr.
Woelfle was given a military burial. A
firing squad of 32 Co. K men in command of
Capt. Hewitt
Johnson fired three volleys over the
grave and a bugler sounded taps. The casket
was draped in the Americana flag.
The Winifred Fairfax Warder post of the
American Legion of which Dr.
Woelfle had been first commander was in
charge of the services at the grave.
(James E.
Woelfle, 28, born in Anna, Ill., son of
John M.
Woelfle and Anna L.
Clark, married on 10 Oct 1900, in
Pulaski Co., Ill., Hortense Hannon
Echols, 20, born in Grand Chain,
daughter of Thomas B.
Echols and Annie
Brown.
His
death certificate states that James E.
Woelfle, physician, of 826 Charles St.,
Cairo, Ill., was born 31 Oct 1871, in Anna,
Ill., son of John
Woelfle, a native of Germany, and Anna
L.
Clark, a native of Canada,
died 9 Sep 1932, in Cairo, Ill., husband
of Hannah
Woelfle,
and was buried in Vienna, Ill.
His marker in Vienna Fraternal
Cemetery reads:
Dr. James E.
Woelfle 1871-1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
The Pulaski Enterprise,
Friday, 23 Sep 1932:
MURDERED INFANT FOUND AT SIDE OF HARD ROAD
The body of a newly born baby boy was found
lying along the south side of the pavement
on Route 34 just above Thackers’ Gap on the
large S curve there Wednesday morning of
last week about nine o’clock by two boys who
live in that part of the county. Coroner
Fred E.
Rottmann was called to take charge of
the body and hear the testimony of the boys.
The baby’s body had never had medical
attention after birth and the little body
showed three holes in the left side, that
were presumably inflicted by some sort of a
sharp instrument, such as a knife or a pair
of scissors. There were also some blood
spots on the body of the infant, indicating
that the baby had lived after birth and had
been deliberately killed and thrown from a
car or wagon into a ditch on the wide of the
road.
The hat box in which the baby’s body was so
unmercifully thrown into the ditch is the
only clew the authorities here have upon
which to work. There is the name of a St.
Louis store on the lid of the box and it is
highly possible that fingerprints will be
obtained from the container.
The baby was perfectly formed and would
weigh in the neighborhood of eight pounds.
Sheriff
McCormick was notified of the crime and
is at the present time working on the case.—Golconda
Herald-Enterprise
INFANT DAUGHTER OF MR. AND MRS. THOMAS
ALLENSWORTH DIES
Hazel Rhea, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas
Allensworth, passed away Tuesday
afternoon at her home in this city. The
little one was three months and eighteen
days old and had been ill for several days.
Funeral services were held Wednesday morning
at 10 o’clock at the residence. In the
absence of Rev. George W.
Humphrey, who is attending the Southern
Illinois Methodist Conference at Flora,
Illinois, W. T.
Parker conducted the funeral. Interment
was made in Spencer Heights Cemetery by G.
A.
James, undertaker in charge.
(Her death certificate states that Hazel
Rhea
Allensworth was born 2 Jun 1932, in
Mound City, Ill., daughter of Thomas
Allensworth, a native of Kentucky, and
Sydia
Russell, a native of Tennessee,
died 20 Sep 1932, in Mound City, Ill.,
and was buried in Spencer Heights
Cemetery.—Darrel
Dexter)
MOUNDS MAN KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT IN
SEATTLE, WASH.
LeRoy
Childress, age 25 years, of Mounds,
was instantly killed in an automobile
accident in Seattle, Washington, Monday
night at 8 o’clock. He had gone to Seattle
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Childress, and his uncle and aunt, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles
Wood,
about three months ago. The party had
intended to motor to California before
returning to Mounds. The young man was
driving with his aunt and cousin when the
accident occurred.
J. A.
Childress, father of the young man,
formerly was an agent for the Metropolitan
Life Insurance Co., of Cairo, and is well
known here. Besides his parents, he is
survived by two sisters, Mrs. Ed
Stout, of Mounds, and Mrs. Rolla
Gurley, of Anna, and other relatives.
The body is being brought to Mounds for
interment.
(J. A.
Childers, 32, merchant, born in
Plumfield, Ill., the son of J. A.
Childers and Mary J.
Elder, married 2nd on 25 Oct
1900, in Pulaski Co., Ill., Dasey May
Hosler, 25, born in Villa Ridge,
daughter of Thomas
Hosler and Lottie T.
Purdy.
His
death certificate states that Leroy
Childers was born bout 1907, the son of
Joseph
Childers and Daisy
Hosler,
died 19 Sep 1932, in Seattle, King Co.,
Wash.
His marker in Beechwood Cemetery at
Mounds, Ill., reads:
Leroy
Childers Dec. 5, 1906 Sept. 19,
1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
The Mounds
Independent,
Friday, 23 Sep 1932:
LeRoy
Childers Killed in Automobile Accident
Tragedy
Occurred in Seattle Where Victim and Parents
Were Visiting
LeRoy
Childers, only son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Childers, of this city, was instantly
killed in an automobile accident which
occurred in Seattle, Wash., Monday night at
8 o’clock, according to a message received
by relatives.
In company with his patents and his
uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Wood,
he had motored west about three months ago.
LeRoy was driving with his aunt and a
cousin at the time of the accident.
His age was 25 years.
He was an employee of the Fruit
Dispatch Company.
Surviving him are his parents, his
aged grandmother, Mrs. Lottie
Hosler; and two sisters, Mrs. R. A.
Gurley, of Anna, and Mrs. Ed
Stout of this city.
MASSAC
COUNTY MAN DROWNS IN CREEK
BROOKPORT—The body of Joe L.
Reagan, 25 or 30 years of age, was found
last Thursday in a creek between his home
and Brookport.
Failing to return to his home the
same day, his family thought he had done to
Chicago or Detroit in search of employment.
He was seen to swim the swollen creek
on his way here, and is supposed he returned
the same route toward his home and was
accidentally drowned.
(A death certificate for Ladd
Reagan, farmer, states he was born 23
Aug 1903, in Illinois, the son of Joe
Reagan and Laura
Dent,
natives of Illinois,
died 3 Sep 1932, in Massac Co., Ill.,
and was buried in Pell Cemetery in Road
District 7, Massac Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
William
McKim Dies in Flint, Michigan
William
McKim, for many years a resident of
Mounds, died Tuesday, September 20, at his
home in Flint, Michigan, at the age of 79
years.
Mr.
McKimm is survived by his widow and a
grandson.
A son, Harry
McKimm, passed away in December 1925.
The body will arrived in Cairo this
(Friday) morning.
Interment will be made in the Villa
Ridge Cemetery with services at the grave
conducted by Rev. C. Robert
Dunlap, pastor of the Cairo Lutheran
Church.
(The 1930 census of Flint, Genesee
Co., Mich., states William C.
McKimm was born about 1855 in Northern
Ireland.
The 1910 census of Ward 1, Mounds,
Pulaski Co., Ill., lists his birthplace as
Ireland and his occupation as railroad shop
manager.
His wife, Ella
McKimm was born about 1851 in Ohio.
Their son, Harry N.
McKimm was born in 1886 in
Illinois.—Darrel
Dexter)
Card of
Thanks
We wish our friends to know that we
are deeply and truly grateful and will never
forget their kindness to us during the last
illness of my beloved husband.
The floral tributes were perfectly
beautiful and the kind offices of the pastor
and members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers and Fireman as well as other true
friends will never be forgotten.
Sincerely yours,
Cordie
DeCrow and family
The Mounds
Independent,
Friday, 30 Sep 1932:
Walter A.
Williams Dies at Villa Ridge
Walter A.
Williams died at his home at Villa Ridge
Monday morning, Sept. 26, following a long
illness.
Mr.
Williams had resided in Villa Ridge for
three years, having before that time been a
resident of Cairo and alter of Helena, Ark.
He is survived by his widow, a
sister, Mrs. F. A.
Ulen
of Coryden, Ind.; and a nephew, Gerald
Williams, of Princeton, Ind.
Mr.
Williams was a member of the Masonic
Lodge and Knights Templars of Cairo.
He was yard master of the Missouri
Pacific railroad for many years.
Funeral services were held Wednesday
afternoon at the residence, conducted by
Rev. J. Turner
Hood,
pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Cairo.
Interment was made in Villa Ridge
cemetery, in charge of the Masonic Lodge.
Prominent
Railroad Superintendent Dies
F. E.
Hatch, age 55, of Memphis Tenn., died at
St. Joseph’s Hospital, Memphis, Sunday,
Sept. 25, following an illness of eight
months of kidney trouble.
Mr.
Hatch was a former superintendent of the
Carbondale division of the Illinois Central
Railroad.
In March of 1931 he was transferred
to the Memphis division.
He was a prominent Mason and first
commander of the Beausant Commandery of
Carbondale.
Funeral services were held in
Carbondale Tuesday afternoon with burial in
Oakland Cemetery.
(His death certificate states that
Franklin Eugene
Hatch, N. M. Railroad superintendent, of
1445 North Parkway, Memphis, Tenn., was born
31 Jul 1878, in Kansas, the son of Charles
Hatch, a native of Ohio, and Elizabeth
Donahue, a native of Kansas, died 25 Sep
1932, at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Memphis,
Shelby Co., Tenn., of hypertension, the
husband of Blanche
Hatch, and was buried in Carbondale,
Ill.
His marker in Oakland Cemetery in
Carbondale reads:
Franklin E.
Hatch July 31, 1877 Sept. 23,
1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
MAY BE
MURDER
GRAYVILLE—There is a report that
could not be verified this week that the
body of Esco
Parson, which was found in the Wabash
River at
Winkler’s Ferry a few weeks ago, may be
exhumed to determine if he had been
murdered.
According to current reports, some
evidence has been found leading to the
belief that he might have been killed,
robbed and his body tossed into the river.
Parsons disappeared one Saturday night
after having been to New Harmony.
The following Monday afternoon a body
was found in the Wabash River at the
Winkler ferry which was not identified
before it was interred at Kuykendall
Cemetery near Carmi.
Later
Parson’s parents learned of the body.
Identified the clothing and the shoes
that the coroner had removed before burial.
HERRIN MAN
DROPPED DEAD WHILE EATING
HERRIN—Haywood
Simmons, 60, of Herrin, died suddenly
while eating his evening meal at his home in
Herrin late Saturday.
A coroner’s jury empaneled by Coroner
Clayton termed the cause of his death
unknown.
The aged man slumped in his chair as
he was eating it is stated, and the son
picked him up and was holding him in his
arms when a physician arrived and pronounced
him dead.
(This may be the same person as
Haywood
Simmons, who married Sarah S.
Etchison on 7 Sep 1884, in Bond Co.,
Ill.
His death certificate states that
Haywood
Simmons, engineer, of West Marion,
Williamson Co., Ill., was born 30 May 1860,
died 17 Sep 1932, in West Marion, Williamson
Co., Ill., husband of Ollie
Simmons,
and was buried in Marion
Cemetery.—Darrel
Dexter)
The Pulaski Enterprise,
Friday, 30 Sep 1932:
FORMER MOUND CITY MAN PASSES AWAY
William J.
Mecham, age 81 years, passed away at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. Bert
Kirley, in Tolona, Illinois, Monday
afternoon. The body was brought to Cairo
arriving there at 6:30 o’clock Tuesday
evening and was taken to the home of his
son, Loren
Mecham, 501 Thirty-fourth Street. Mr.
Mecham formerly resided in Mound City
having lived here years ago.
Funeral services were held at the residence
Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock, with the
Rev. William C.
Hart,
pastor of the Cairo Baptist Church,
officiating. Interment was made in Beech
Grove Cemetery, Dan
Sullivan directing the funeral.
The active casket bearers were Frank
Downs and Charles
Hunley, of Cairo, and the following from
Mound City, George E.
Martin, Charles
James, Martin
Bolar, Timothy
O’Sullivan, and Dan
O’Sullivan, Sr. The honorary casket
bearers were George
Betts, Mark
Capoot, John
Schulter, Jack
Hurley, Dan
Hurley, James
Painter, L. A.
Rink,
and H.
Goldsmith, of Cairo.
Mr.
Mecham was born January 16, 1851. His
first wife, Lottie
Mecham, died in 1906. He is survived by
his widow, Mrs. Mary
Mecham and the following children:
Eugene
Mecham, of Huntington, W. Va., William
Mecham, Jr., of Caruthersville, Mo.,
Loren and Roy
Mecham, of Cairo, and Dan
Mecham, of East St. Louis, Mrs. Margie
Webb,
of Topeka, Kan., Mrs. Dora
Koehler, of East St. Louis, Mrs. Albert
Mecham and Mrs. Birt
Kirly, of Tolona. He also leaves 18
grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and
two brothers, Oliver
Mecham, of Tolona, and Frank
Mecham, of Memphis, Tenn.
(The death certificate states that William
J.
Mecham was born 16 Jan 1951, in
Illinois, the son of William
Mecham, of Kentucky, and Mary Thomas
Delaney, a native of Kentucky, died 26
Sep 1932, in Tolono, Champaign Co., Ill.,
husband of Mary
Mecham, and was buried in Mounds, Ill.
Robert E. L.
Stout, 21, of Beechwood, son of John
Stout, married on 27 Feb 1898, in
Pulaski Co., Ill., Mayme C.
Meacham, 19, of Mound City born in St.
Louis, Mo., daughter of William
Meacham and Lottie
Downs.—Darrel
Daxter)
WILLIAM JAMES PASSES AWAY AT HOLDEN HOSPITAL
William
James, age 76 years, 1 month and 28
days, passed away at the Holden Hospital at
Carbondale, Wednesday morning at 3:30
o’clock following an illness of several
months. His health had been failing the
past year, but the last several months his
condition became critical.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m.
Friday at Sumner, Illinois, at the United
Brethren Church and interment will be made
in the Sumner Cemetery. The body will be
taken to Sumner early Friday morning by
automobile.
Mr.
James is survived by two sons, George,
of Mound City, and C. E.
James, of Pittsburgh, Pa.; one daughter,
Mrs. C. R.
Leach, of Mattoon, Illinois. His wife
preceded him in death in 1921. He also
leaves several grandchildren.
Mr.
James had made his home with his son,
George
James, in Mound City for the past six
years and had only been in Carbondale at the
Holden Hospital a few weeks. The body was
brought to Mound City and prepared for
burial Wednesday and removed to the home of
Mr.
James.
(His death certificate was born 31 Jul 1856,
in Indiana, died 28 Sep 1932, in Carbondale,
Ill., husband of Samantha
James,
and was buried in Sumner Cemetery in
Lawrence Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
WALTER A. WILLIAMS PASSED AWAY AT HOME IN
VILLA RIDGE
Walter A.
Williams passed away at his home in
Villa Ridge Monday morning at 4:30 o’clock
following an illness for some time of throat
trouble. Mr.
Williams had lived in Villa Ridge for
the past three years, moving there from
Helena, Ark. Prior to living in Helena, he
had resided in Cairo. He was a member of
the A. F. & A. M. Lodge No. 237; Cairo
Chapter No. 71 R. A. M., and Cairo Commandry
No. 13 Knights Templar.
Surviving Mr.
Williams are his widow, Mrs. Mary
Williams, sister, Mrs. F. A.
Ulen,
of Corydon, Ind., a nephew, Gerald
Williams, of Princeton, Ind., and a host
of friends.
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon
at 2:30 o’clock at the residence with Rev.
J.
Turner ___d, pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church of Cairo officiating.
Interment was made in Villa Ridge Cemetery,
Karcher Brothers directing the funeral.
The Masonic Lodge of Cairo of which Mr.
Williams was a member, conducted final
rites at the grave and members of the lodge
also acted as casket bearers. Many friends
of Mr.
Williams attended the services and there
were numerous beautiful floral offerings.
(His death certificate states that Walter A.
Williams, yardmaster for the Missouri &
Pacific Railroad,
was born 1 Jan 1873, in Boonville, Ind.,
the son of William
Williams and Elizabeth
Smith, a native of England, died 26 Sep
1932, in Villa Ridge, Ill., husband of Mary
Williams.
His marker in Cairo City Cemetery at
Villa Ridge reads:
Walter A.
Williams 1873-1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
The Pulaski Enterprise,
Friday, 7 Oct 1932:
Quarrel—White Man Shot by Oglesby
A quarrel after a slight brush of cars led
to a fight and then the killing of Charles
Ray
Lemons, 41, of Mounds, by Cornelius
Oglesby, a negro, about 30 years of age.
Sunday morning about 10:30 o’clock on a
road a short distance from Mounds.
Lemons,
accompanied by his wife started to turn off
the road and
Oglesby was following and in the turn
off, the cars scraped or touched.
Lemons
was irate, it appears, over the accident,
maintaining that he held out his hand, and
one word led to another and the fight was
on,
Lemons attempted to strike the first
blow, but failed, and the colored man hit
him in return. Lemons
returned to the attack and
Oglesby swung the second time, and this
time it was with a gun in his hand, a Luger,
which is a heavy and compact automatic used
by the Germans in the war. This blow
staggered Lemons, knocking him part of the
way down, which pierced
Lemons’ heart. Lemons
sank down and was dead in a moment.
Oglesby
replaced his gun and left the scene, alter
trying to give himself up by telephoning
authorities. He was taken in custody soon
after and brought to jail in Mound City and
then removed to another county for safe
keeping. There was some agitation in Mounds
for a time, it is understood.
Oglesby
appeared on the county court records of 1927
as having been convicted of possessing
intoxicating liquor and fined $100. The
Luger automatic was surrendered to Sheriff
Hudson by
Oglesby’s mother.
Lemons,
it appears at one time had a little work for
local officers and regard to prohibition
enforcement, buying some evidence.
It might be that there was some slight
feelings over this, though
Lemons probably had nothing to do with
his case. A little ill feeling would make a
small car wreck much worse.
The fight was witnessed by
Winbush, the colored man riding with
Oglesby, Mrs.
Lemons, I. T.
Dalton, a section foreman, and probably
others, who have not yet appeared, but who
will show up at the trial.
There is no doubt but what
Oglesby will have to explain why he had
the pistol and there is little doubt but
what he will plead self-defense in shooting
Lemons, maintain that
Lemons had a gun and that he shot him
when
Lemons was reaching for it. Lemons
naturally would have reached for a gun after
having his nose broken and being __t with
one.
Whether or not
Lemons had a gun may be a disputed
point, but those in touch with the case now
known that an attempt will be made to show
that he did have a gun and that it was
removed from his body very soon after the
shooting. This has not brought out at the
inquest which merely held
Oglesby for firing the shot which killed
Lemons. Indictment will be by the grand
jury this October term of court.
Indications are that considerable interest
will be attached to the case and that there
is much feeling about it.
Lemons
has four brothers, all living in cities
north of here, and his wife and five
children survive. He had lived in Mounds
for over 20 years and was an electrician for
the I. C. Railroad.
(The death certificate states that Charles
Raymond
Lemons, lineman for the Illinois
Central, was born 2 Jan 1891, in Pope Co.,
Ill., son of Charles
Lemons and Margaret
Williams, natives of Pope Co., Ill.,
died 2 Oct 1932, in Mounds, Ill., husband of
Allie
Lemons,
and was buried in Anna, Ill.
His marker in Anna city Cemetery
reads:
Ray
Lemons 1891-1932 Allie
Lemons his wife 1892-1934.—Darrel
Dexter)
TOBIAS EDDLEMAN DIES AT HOME NEAR DONGOLA
Tobias
Eddleman, age 80 years, passed away at
his home near Dongola Tuesday morning at
4:20 o’clock.
Funeral services were held at Mt. Olive
Church near Dongola Thursday afternoon
conducted by Rev. Lowell
Earnhart. Interment was made in the Mt.
Olive Cemetery by E. J.
Ford,
undertaker in charge.
He leaves a widow, Mrs. Minnie
Eddleman; and six children, C. T.
Eddleman, Mrs. George
Sowers, Tobe, Cleo and Cletus
Eddleman of Dongola and Dovie
Crocket, of Grantsburg.
(Tobias
Eddleman, 24, married on 12 Dec 1876, at
the home of Henry
Chamberlain in Union Co., Ill., Mary
Adams, 20.
According
to the death certificate, Tobias
Eddleman was born 22 Dec 1851, near
Dongola, Ill., son of Jacob
Eddleman, died 4 Oct 1932, in Road
District 3, Union Co., Ill., husband of
Minnie
Eddleman,
and was buried in Mt. Olive Cemetery.
His marker in Mt. Olive Cemetery near
Dongola reads:
Tobias
Eddleman Dec. 22, 1851-Oct. 4, 1932
Minnie
Eddleman Dec. 31, 1871-April 9,
1965.—Darrel
Dexter)
MARY FRANCES PEELER DIES AT HOME IN DONGOLA
Mary Frances
Peeler, age 11, daughter of Harley
Peeler, died at Dongola Monday morning
at 5 o’clock.
Funeral services were held at Mt. Pisgah
Church at 10:20 o’clock Wednesday morning,
conducted by Rev. W. J.
Ward.
Interment was made in the Mt. Pisgah
Cemetery, E. J.
Ford
directing the funeral.
Surviving her are her father and a small
sister with other relatives and friends.
(Her death certificate states that
Mary Frances
Peeler was born 8 Apr 1921, near
Dongola, Ill., daughter of Harley
Peeler, a native of near Dongola, Ill.,
and Grace
Byers, a native of Indiana,
died 3 Oct 1932, in Road District 6,
Union Co., Ill.
Her marker in Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
near Wetaug, Ill., reads:
Mary Frances
Peeler 1921-1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
HUSBAND OF FORMER MOUND CITY GIRL PASSES
AWAY
Harry Edward
Allen, husband of Mrs. Florence
Rouse
Allen, formerly of Mound City, passed
away at his home in Memphis, Tenn., last
Thursday. Funeral services were held
Friday.
Mrs.
Allen is the daughter of Mrs. Julliette
Rouse, and the late James
Rouse and the family was well known in
Mound City, having resided here for many
years before moving to Memphis.
Mr.
Allen was active in Masonic and Civic
Club circles. At the time of his death he
was vice president of the Glenview Home
Improvement Club. He resided in Cairo
several years ago and received part of his
education in the Cairo schools.
(His death certificate states that Harry
Edward
Allen, of 1115 Rozelle St., Memphis,
Tenn., was born 14 Jul 1885, in Marion,
Ind., the son of Edward C.
Allen and Willabelle
Reeves, natives of Ohio, died 29 Sep
1932, in Memphis, Shelby Co., Tenn., husband
of Florence
Rouse Allen,
and was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery.
His marker in Forest Hill Cemetery in
Memphis, Tenn., reads:
Harry E.
Allen 1885-1932 Florence R.
Allen 1879-1955.—Darrel
Dexter)
PRINCIPAL GORHAM HIGH DIED AT MURPHYSBORO
Adilia
Eddleman, age 40, principal of the
Gorham High School, passed away in the
Murphysboro hospital at 5 o’clock, Tuesday
evening of pneumonia.
Mr. Eddleman was formerly principal for two
years at Dongola and as at one time
candidate for county superintendent in Union
CO7unty.
His body was brought to Dongola and taken to
the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James
E. Eddleman, near Dongola. Funeral services
were held at the St. John’s Church at 2
o’clock Tuesday afternoon and interment was
made in St. John’s Cemetery.
Mr. Eddleman is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Florence Eddleman and three children, Mary,
Jimmie, and Joah. Also his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. James C. Eddleman and five brothers and
two sisters. E. J. Ford had charge of
funeral arrangements.
(The death certificate states that James
Adlai
Eddleman, school principal, was born 17
Sep 1892, near Dongola, Ill., the son of
James C.
Eddleman and Annabelle
Barringer, natives of Illinois, died 4
Oct 1932, in St. Andrew’s Hospital,
Murphysboro, Ill., husband of Florence
Eddleman.
His marker in St. John’s Cemetery
near Mill Creek reads:
James Adlai
Eddleman Sept. 17, 1892 Oct. 4, 1932
Florence Rose
Eddleman Oct. 24, 1895 March 25,
1985.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Alberta
Leech who was called here by the death
of her father, William
James, has returned to her home in
Mattoon, Illinois.
The Mounds
Independent,
Friday, 7 Oct 1932:
Alma
Langston Dies at Home in Ullin
Alma, nine-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. L. C.
Langston, died Friday, September 30, at
the family home in Ullin after an illness of
one week.
Alma was born in St. Louis, Mo., July
2, 1923.
Surviving her are her parents, her
maternal grandmother, Mrs. Sarah
Sowers; one brother, Thomas Leonard;
three sisters, Doris, Millie and Bertha; an
aunt, Mrs. Hugh E.
Rhymer, of East St. Louis; an uncle,
Arvle
Sowers of Mounds; besides other
relatives.
Burial was in Ullin Cemetery
Saturday, October first.
(Her death certificate states that
Cina Alma
Langston was born 2 Jul 1923, in St.
Louis, Mo., the daughter of Claud
Langston, a native of Illinois, and Cina
Sowers, a native of Ullin, Ill., died 30
Sep 1932, in Road District 3, Ullin, Ill.,
and was buried in Ullin Cemetery.
She has no marker in the
cemetery.—Darrel
Dexter)
C. Ray
Lemons Shot Through the Heart
Tragedy
Follows Argument over Right-of-Way at Foot
of Viaduct
Charles Raymond
Lemons, well known Illinois Central
electrician, was shot through the heart
Sunday morning about 10:25 o’clock by
Cornelius
Oglesby, negro, in a quarrel over which
had the right of way at the south end of the
Illinois Central viaduct.
Mr. and Mrs.
Lemons and a young son, Lynn Calvin,
were driving into Mounds over the viaduct.
Oglesby and Claudius
Winbush, also colored, were in a car
directly behind them, moving in the same
direction.
At the branch road which turns
sharply from the main road just at the foot
of the viaduct toward North Mounds, Mr.
Lemons apparently intending to turn
toward North Mounds, swung his car to the
center of the road.
The two cars came in close proximity
and a dispute resulted.
The men left their cars and resorted
to blows.
Oglesby then shot at
Lemons, the bullet entering his left
side, piercing the heart and passing through
the body.
Lemons staggered a short distance and
fell.
Oglesby reentered his automobile and
turned back over the viaduct.
County officials were called and
quickly spread a net in all directions.
Attempts to make telephone calls to
Mound City led Sheriff I. J.
Hudson and Special Agent Dallas
Winchester to a farm house west of town
where
Oglesby’s car was found.
Shortly afterward
Oglesby came out of a nearby house and
gave himself up.
Coroner O.
T.
Hudson held an inquest Monday morning at
which time I. T.
Dalton, section foreman for the Illinois
Central, an eye witness, gave testimony.
Mr.
Dalton, testified that he first saw the
men as they met in the middle of the road.
Both had left their cars and were
arguing.
He said that the only conversation he
heard at the time was a remark of Mr.
Lemons, who said, “I held out my hand.”
According to
Dalton,
Oglesby called
Lemons a lair and the two exchanged
blows.
Lemons swung at the negro who dodged the
blow and landed on himself.
When Mr.
Lemons sprang back to the attack,
Dalton said the negro struck his
opponent with his right fist.
He also said that the gun was in the
negro’s right hand at the time.
Dr.
Hudson introduced testimony to the
effect that Mr.
Lemons’ nose was broken, presumable by
the blow.
Continuing Mr.
Dalton said that Mr.
Lemons reeled and swayed as if falling.
Oglesby then fired the fatal shot and
Mr.
Lemons fell without speaking.
He was dead before aid could be
given.
The jury returned a verdict to the
effect that
Lemons died from a wound in the chest
inflicted by Cornelius
Oglesby and recommended that
Oglesby be held for the action of the
grand jury in the next term of court.
Mr.
Lemons was born in Pope County, January
2, 1891, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Lemons.
He was united in marriage to Allie
Wilkerson of Anna in the year 1910.
Surviving him are his widow, three
daughters Jean, Maxine, and Wanda Lee; two
sons, Ray Jr., and Lynn Calvin; his father
and mother who now reside in Anna; four
brothers, Norville of Elkville, James of
Murphysboro, Lynn and Homer of Anna.
He had been employed by the Illinois
Central as an electrician for more than 20
years.
Funeral
services were held at the Methodist church
at 1 o’clock Tuesday afternoon, the Rev. W.
D.
Richardson officiating.
Interment was made in Anna Cemetery.
Large Crowd
Attends Funeral of LeRoy Childers
The funeral services for LeRoy
Childers, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Childers, who was killed in an auto
accident in Seattle, Wash., September 19,
which were held at the Congregational church
at two o’clock Sunday afternoon were
attended by a large crowd of sorrowing
relatives and friends.
Rev. S. C.
Benninger, pastor of the church,
preached the funeral sermon.
Casket bearers were William
Wise,
Laurence
Schneider, Edward
Schuler, Leo
Knupp, Dewey
Mahoney, and Charles
Fletcher.
Interment was made in Thistlewood
Cemetery,
Hartwell and
Ryan
directing.
Surviving LeRoy are his parents, two
sisters, Mrs. R. A.
Gurley of Anna and Mrs. E. R.
Stout, of this city; his grandmother,
Mrs. Lottie
Hosler and other relatives.
Marion W.
George Dies Saturday Night
M. W.
George died Saturday night, October 1,
at 9:30 o’clock at his home on Front Street
at the age of 58.
He had been in failing health for
some time.
Mr.
George was born near Villa Ridge, Ill.,
June 4, 1874.
He was united in matrimony to Mrs.
Mary
Coleman on May 12, 1900.
Surviving are his widow, a daughter,
Mrs. Myrtle
Heater; a stepson, LeRoy
Coleman, of East St. Louis; a
half-brother, Philip
Sams
of Olive Branch; a half-sister, Mrs.
Elizabeth
Ozment, of Pulaski; and six
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Monday
afternoon at the residence, the Rev. T. C.
Ury,
pastor of the First Baptist Church
conducting.
Interment was made in Thistlewood
Cemetery,
Hartwell and
Ryan
directing.
(Marion W.
George married Mary
Coleman on 12 May 1900, in Alexander
Co., Ill.
His death certificate states that
Marion W.
George, painter,
was born 4 Jun 1874, in Villa Ridge,
Ill., the son of Sim
George and Amanda
Bridgeman, died 1 Oct 1932, in Mounds,
Pulaski Co., Ill., husband of Mary
George,
and was buried in Thistlewood Cemetery
at Mounds.
His marker in Beechwood Cemetery at
Mounds reads:
Marion
George 1874-1932 Mary
George 1873-1942.—Darrel
Dexter)
Father of G.
A. James Dies in Holden Hospital
William
James, father of G. A.
James of Mounds and Mound City, died
Wednesday morning, September 28, in Holden
Hospital, Carbondale, following a long
illness.
Mr.
James was 76 years of age.
He had made his home with his son, G.
A.
James, for six years.
His wife preceded him in death,
passing away in 1921.
Surviving are two sons, G. A. and C.
E.
James, the latter of Pittsburgh, Pa.;
and one daughter, Mrs. C. R.
Leach of Mattoon, Ill.
He also leaves grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at Sumner,
Ill., his former home, Friday, September 30,
at the United Brethren Church, with
interment in the Sumner Cemetery.
Charles
(Son)
Fletcher of St. Louis was called here
Sunday to act as pallbearer fat the funeral
of LeRoy
Childers.
Mr. and Mrs.
Arvle
Sowers and family attended the funeral
of Mr.
Sowers’ niece, Alma
Langston, in Ullin Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. Hugh E.
Rhymer of East St. Louis was the guest
of her brother, Arvle
Sowers, and family the first of the
week.
Mrs.
Rhymer was called to Ullin by the death
of her niece Alma
Langston.
The Mounds
Independent,
Friday, 14 Oct 1932:
CIVIL WAR
VETERAN KILLED BY TRAIN
COBDEN—Dallas
McCann, one of the six surviving members
of the Grand Army of the Republic of Cobden,
was instantly killed at 5:15 o’clock last
Thursday evening when he walked into the
path of No. 26, a northbound passenger train
preparing to make its regular station stop
100 yards further on, at the south crossing.
Mr.
McCann had passed his eighty-eighth
birthday on Wednesday, Sept. 4.—Review
(Dallas
McCann married E. C.
Bodine on 22 Jun 1862, in Jefferson Co.,
Ill.
According to his death certificate,
Dallas
McCann was born 14 Sep 1844, in Spring
Garden, Ill., the son of James
McCann,
died 30 Sep 1932, in Cobden, Union Co.,
Ill., and was buried in Cobden Cemetery.
The application for a military
headstone states that Dallas
McCann was a private in Co. F, 31st
Illinois Infantry, died 29 Sep 1932, and was
buried in Cobden Cemetery.
His military record states that
Dallas
McCann, farmer of Jefferson Co., Ill.,
20, 5’8”, with dark hair, brown eyes and
dark complexion, was drafted as a private in
Co. F, 31st Illinois Infantry on
14 Oct 1864, in Olney, Ill., and mustered
out on 19 Jul 1865, in Louisville,
Ky.—Darrel
Dexter)
The Pulaski Enterprise,
Friday, 14 Oct 1932:
CAIRO’S DEATH AVENUE GETS ANOTHER VICTIM
The tree lined death avenue which leads to
Cairo claimed another victim last week when
William
Cooper, of Cairo, 35 years of age,
crashed into one of the beautiful trees,
wrecked, and was badly injured. Both legs
were broken and he was internally injured.
Cooper
was riding with H. L.
Murray. They were coming north and
attempted to pass a truck which was also
going north. A southbound truck forced them
to cut over quickly ahead of the truck, and
it swerved to the right and was crashed into
a tree and was wrecked and the car in which
Cooper was riding, swerved back, crossed
the road and sent into a tree and was
demolished and
Cooper badly hurt.
The tree-lined avenue, beautiful to
behold, has lurking behind it the grim
reaper whose grinning skull shows from
behind every tree. The beauty of the place
makes it still worse. No car can escape, if
forced to leave the concrete, for those
trees, like death posts, line the highway
closely.
It is, no doubt, the most dangerous drive
anywhere in Southern Illinois and the
Highway Department, always quick to clear
pavements, has let it go because of civic
pride or beauty or something and the toll of
lives it has taken is appalling.
DONGOLA MAN DIES
Adoi F.
Head,
aged 55 years, passed away at his home near
Dongola Sunday morning at 11:30 o’clock.
Mr.
Head was a well-known and a
highly-respected farmer and had been in
failing health for several months.
Surviving him are his widow, Ivan B.
Head;
two children, Mrs. Avi
Swain and Atwood
Head;
also four sisters, Mrs. W. J.
Ward,
Mrs. Grant
Cley,
Mrs. Henry
Ketchie, and Mrs. Charles B.
Kesler, all of Dongola; and other
relatives and many friends.
Funeral services were held at the Mt.
Olive Baptist Church near Dongola Tuesday
afternoon at o’clock conducted by Rev. W. J.
Ward.
Interment was made in the Mt. Olive
Cemetery by E. J.
Ford,
funeral director.
(The death certificate states that
Ado Franklin
Head
was born 3 Dec 1876, near Dongola, Ill., the
son of S. W. O.
Head,
a native of Aberdeen, Miss., and Malinda C.
Karraker, a native of Illinois,
died 9 Oct 1932, Road District 3, Union
Co., Ill., husband of Ivah B.
Head,
and was buried in Mt. Olive Cemetery.
His marker in Mt. Olive Cemetery near
Dongola reads:
Ada F.
Head
Dec. 3, 1876-Oct. 9, 1932 Ivah B.
Head
Aug. 14, 1879-Dec. 4, 1969.—Darrel
Dexter)
SHERIFF OZBURN OUTWITS PLANS FOR MOB ON
NEGRO
(Carbondale
Free Press)
A mob was outwitted by Sheriff
Ozburn and his forces one day this week,
which sought Cornelius
Oglesby, a Negro, who shot to death
Charles
Lemons, a white man, near Mounds last
Saturday as a result of an argument in which
drivers of both cars became involved in an
accident.
Oglesby
was brought to the Murphysboro jail for
safekeeping, but fearing that the jail might
be stormed, Sheriff
Ozburn took the Negro to a basement on
his farm that night and then the next day
Oglesby was spirited away to another
county jail, the name of which has never
been learned.
A call by a man who said he was a deputy
sheriff from Ullin said he was bringing
another Negro arrested in connection with
the accident to the county jail at
Murphysboro. The sheriff figured the other
man with
Oglesby was not held. Then another
thing that gave the ruse away was the fact
that the man who called and represented
himself to be a deputy said the other Negro
had confessed and had been sentenced to
life. It was their plan to get into the
jail and storm it, the sheriff believed, by
the use of another Negro prisoner.
The man or men did not show up with the
second Negro. However, previous to this,
two men appeared at the Murphysboro jail and
inquired whether
Oglesby was there, but were unable to
find out. This was the clue to spirit the
Negro to some other place and he was sneaked
out of Murphysboro and hidden in a farm
basement.
After leaving the Murphysboro jail, the
Negro was taken to Belleville and then to
the state penitentiary, where
Oglesby was lodged and now is. It was
not learned where Claudius
Winbush, who was with
Oglesby and a witness to the shooting,
is being held.
SISTER OF MOUND CITY MAN PASSES AWAY OCT. 6
Mrs. Cora
Songer, of Windfield, Kansas,
died Thursday, October 6, in the Newtore
Memorial Hospital. Mrs.
Songer was a sister of P. B.
Dunsworth, of this city. Besides Mr.
Dunsworth, Mrs.
Songer is survived by a son, David
Songer, of Winfield. Mr.
Dunsworth was unable to attend the
funeral.
Funeral and burial was made in Windfield.
Mrs.
Songer was a resident of Mound City and
will be remembered by the older residents of
the city.
(She was buried in an unmarked grave in
Highland Cemetery in Winfield, Cowley Co.,
Kan.
OSCAR MORRIS PASSES AWAY AT HOME IN
JACKSONVILLE
The friends of Mrs. Oscar
Morris will be shocked to learn of the
death of her husband, Oscar A.
Morris, which occurred Saturday night
about 10 o’clock in a hospital in
Jacksonville, Illinois, where they had
resided for a number of years.
Mrs. George
Eichhorn received a message stating his
death. It seems that Mr.
Morris had been in Chandler, Illinois,
on business and had called on some very
intimate friends. When he arrived at their
home, they were preparing to go on a picnic.
He went along and it was while cooking over
an open fire that his clothing caught fire
and burned him severely. He was rushed to
the hospital at Jacksonville and he was not
thought to be in a serious condition. His
family were with him until about 8:30 and
then went home. About ten o’clock they were
called. They hurriedly went back to the
hospital, but when they reached there, he
had passed away.
Funeral services were held Tuesday
afternoon. Interment was made in a
Jacksonville cemetery.
Mr.
Morris was well known in Southern
Illinois. He was associated with his father
in the insurance business in Metropolis,
Illinois. Later he moved to Dongola and
then to Jacksonville.
He leaves his widow, two sons, of
Jacksonville, his mother and one sister at
Metropolis.
Mrs.
Morris was formerly Miss Bertha
Waugh and was the daughter of the late
Mr. and Mrs. John A.
Waugh, of this city.
(Oscar A.
Morris, of 243 Pine St., Jacksonville,
Ill., was born 29 Jul 1872, in Illinois, the
son of James
Morris and Cornelia
Parker, died 8 Oct 1932, in
Jacksonville, Ill., husband of Bertha E.
Morris,
and was buried in Diamond Grove Cemetery
in Jacksonville, Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Ado
Head, 60, a prominent farmer living near
Mt. Olive in Union County, died Sunday.
Interment was made in Mt. Olive Cemetery
Tuesday at 2 p.m. (Wetaug)
Several from here (Perks) attended the
funeral of Tobias
Eddleman last Thursday at Mt. Olive.
The Pulaski Enterprise,
Friday, 21 Oct 1932:
INFANT SON BURIED FRIDAY
Leonard John, the infant son who was born to
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard
Beisswingert Thursday night at 10:30
o’clock, was laid to rest Friday morning at
10 o’clock in Spencer Heights Cemetery.
Short services were held at the grave,
being conducted by Rev. W. D.
Richardson, pastor of the First M. E.
Church. G. A.
James was the undertaker in charge.
(His death certificate states that Leonard
John
Beisswingert, Jr., was born in Mound
City, Ill., the son of Leonard J.
Beisswingert, a native of Illinois, and
Velma
Reed,
a native of Mound City, Ill., and died 13
Oct 1932, in Mound City, Ill.
His marker in Spencer Heights
Cemetery at Mounds reads:
L. J
Beisswingert 13 Oct 1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
The Mounds
Independent,
Friday, 21 Oct 1932:
Infant Son
Dies
Leonard John, infant son of Mr. and
Mrs. Leonard J.
Beisswingert of Mound City, passed away
Thursday night, October 13, shortly after
birth.
Burial took place Friday morning in
Spencer Heights Cemetery, Rev. W. D.
Richardson, pastor of the Mounds and
Mound City M. E. churches conducting the
service.
G. A.
James directed the funeral.
FORMER
MEMBER WAYNE KING’S ORCHESTRA A SUICIDE
ROCHELLE—Another tragedy was enacted
in Rochelle Friday when David
Sherwood, 32, former member of Wayne
King’s
dance orchestra and at the time of his death
a teacher in the music department of the
Rochelle grade school, ended his life with a
.32 caliber revolver.
Mr.
Sherwood was discovered unconscious
early Friday morning on the floor at the
rear part of his father’s store, the
Burbank and
Sherwood jewelry store in Rochelle, by
Lester
Keagy and W. D.
Bruckert, Rochelle men.
He was rushed to the Lincoln hospital
where x-ray examination disclosed that the
bullet had entered his temple.
He died three hours after being
admitted to the hospital. Jury members who
examined the body said that because of the
powder marks found on the left hand, Mr.
Sherwood probably had held his right
hand with the left to steady himself when he
fired the shot.
(His death certificate states that
David C.
Sherwood, musician, was born 6 Aug 1900,
in Rochelle, Ill., the son of Orrin
Sherwood, a native of Flagg Township,
Ogle Co., Ill., and Nettie B.
Levey a native of Steward, Ill., died 7
Oct 1932, in Rochelle, Ogle Co., Ill.,
husband of Ida Belle
Sherwood,
and was buried in Lawn Ridge Cemetery in
Rochelle.—Darrel
Dexter)
DEMOCRATIC
NOMINEE FOR LEGISLATURE DEAD
BROUGTHON—John
McElvain, former Democratic
representative in the General Assembly of
the 51st senatorial district,
died at the Missouri Baptist Hospital in St.
Louis early Wednesday morning.
Mr.
McElvain was returning to his home in
Broughton from McLeansboro, where he had
delivered an address to the voters in behalf
of his candidacy for representative, Monday
evening.
Near Dale, his car skidded on wet
pavement, going in to a ditch.
The car turned over pinning him
beneath.
He was picked up and taken back to
McLeansboro where an examination revealed
that he was in a serious condition.
He was taken to the St. Louis
hospital, where it was learned that he had a
dislocated vertebra of the spinal column,
causing him to be paralyzed from the hips
down and he had also received a broken
collar bone in the accident.
(His marker in the Odd Fellows
Cemetery in McLeansboro, Hamilton Co., Ill.,
reads:
John
McElvain Dec. 11, 1887 Oct. 12, 1932.
Ruth
McElvain Mar. 3, 1893 May 27,
1975—Darrel
Dexter)
The Mounds
Independent,
Friday, 28 Oct 1932:
Mound City
Girl Dies from Burns
Ona May
Savage, of Mound City, who was severely
burned at her home on Pearl Street when she
kindled a fire with kerosene Thursday
evening upon her arrival home from work died
Saturday morning.
Miss
Savage was the daughter of Robert
Savage.
She was born November 11, 1912, at
Iuka Ky., and died October 22, 1932, at the
age of 19 years, 11 months and 11 days.
Surviving her are her father,
stepmother, three sister and three brothers.
She was a member of the Methodist
Church of Iuka.
Funeral services were conducted by
Rev. W. D.
Richardson at one o’clock Sunday
afternoon, with interment in Thistlewood
cemetery, G. A.
James directing.
Mrs. Louisa
Echols, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E.
C. G.
Nickens, was born near Columbus, Tenn.,
March 19, 1848, and died Oct. 17, 1932, at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. Nellie
Williams, near Ullin with whom she made
her home.
She lived to a ripe old age of 84
years, 6 months and 18 days.
On Jan. 12, 1865, she was united in
marriage to August
Echols and to this union were born five
children, three sons and two daughters,
Alonzo, Mrs. Margaret
Brown, who preceded her mother to the
grave; Leonidas, passing away in infancy;
Richard Everett, and Mrs. Nellie Ethel
Williams.
When in her girlhood days she
realized the great need of one who could
help her over the rough and difficult places
of life.
This one was Jesus Christ, whom she
found when she was 16 years of age.
During a revival meeting on Old
Butter Ridge she gave herself to God and
since that time she has been true and
faithful to Him.
After her
conversion, she united with the Baptist
Church and later with the Methodist
Protestant and lived in this church until it
disbanded and then she united with the M. E.
South of New Hope and held her membership in
this church until she moved her membership
to the First M. E. Church in Ullin and
remained faithful to the cause until death
called her away from this life.
She was a devoted Christian
throughout her entire life and a very
faithful servant in the Master’s vineyard.
To know her was to love her.
She was a loving mother and faithful
companion.
Her husband preceded her in death
Jan. 6, 1919, and left her to fight the
battle of life alone.
She leaves to mourn her departure
three children above named, one brother,
Lemuel
Nickens, of Ullin; ten grandchildren and
a host of other relatives and friends.
The funeral services were held at the
First M. E. Church in Ullin, conducted by
the pastor, Rev. Elmer
Smith.
The sermon was preached by Rev. W. E.
Browning, pastor of the M. E. Church at
Ramsey, Ill., who was a former pastor of the
M. E. Church at Ullin.
The remains were then laid to rest in
the New Hope Cemetery.
(Augustus
Echols married Louisa C.
Nickens on 12 Jan 1865, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill.
Everett G. C.
Nickens married Mrs. Martha
Walker on 22 Mar 1869, in Union Co.,
Ill. Everett
C. G.
Nickens, 61, minister of the gospel,
from Ullin, Ill., born in Marshall Co.,
Tenn., the son of Lemuel B.
Nickens and Martha
Holton, married 4th on 16 Oct
1884, in Union Co., Ill., Mrs. Rodia
Godard, 45, from Lick Creek, Ill., born
in Cannon Co., Tenn., daughter of Barney
Haley and Jane
Brewer.
Ellis Marshal
Brown married Margaret G.
Echols on 20 Dec 1891, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill.
Her death certificate states that
Louisa C.
Echols was born 19 Mar 1848, in
Tennessee, the daughter of E. C. G.
Nickens,
died 17 Oct 1932, in Ullin, Ill., and
was buried in New Hope Cemetery near Ullin.
Her marker there reads:
Aug.
Echols Sept. 11, 1844 Jan. 6, 1919
Louisa C.
Echols his wife March 19, 1849 Oct. 17,
1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
KILLS SELF
WITH DYNAMITE
RICHMOND—The man who killed himself
near Richmond, Oct. 3, by inserting a
dynamite cap under his hat and igniting it
with a fuse has been identified as James
McAuliffe, 49, of St. Paul, Ind., by his
brother, Frank.
(His death certificate states that
James
McAuliffe, clerical worker, was born
about 1883 in St. Paul, Ind., the son of
Patrick
McAuliffe, a native of Ireland, and
Hannah
Ryan
a native of St. Paul, Ind., died 3 Oct 1932,
in Irvington Township, Washington Co., Ill.,
and was buried in St. Paul Cemetery in
Decatur Co., Ind.—Darrel
Dexter)
The Pulaski Enterprise,
Friday, 28 Oct 1932:
IN MEMORY OF MRS. MERTZ
On a bright and beautiful day in October,
God called in to the quiet resting place,
our friends and loved one, Mrs. Belle
Mertz. She will be missed by many in
her quiet way, never intruding or offering
anything that would seemingly disturb
another. She was a true friend and
neighbor, liked by all and missed by many.
She was ready to go as she many times
expressed it and God in his goodness called
her home.
A Friend
MOUND CITY GIRL FATALLY BURNED IN EXPLOSION
THURSDAY
Miss Ova May
Savage was fatally burned Thursday
afternoon about 4 o’clock when a can of
kerosene which she was using to start a fire
in the kitchen stove exploded. She died
Saturday morning and funeral services were
held Sunday afternoon at the residence
conducted by W. D.
Richardson, pastor of the M. E. Church
of Mound City. The choir of the church sang
two hymns, “What a Friend We Have in Jesus”
and “Pass Me Not.” Interment was made in
Thistlewood Cemetery by G. A.
James.
Miss
Savage had returned to her home from
work at the Sears Nichols Canning
Corporation. A fire had been kindled at her
home, but failed to burn. She poured
kerosene from the can on the fuel. The
sudden addition of the highly inflammable
kerosene resulted in a burst of flames which
shot up, causing the container to explode.
Flames enveloped the unfortunate young
lady, burning her body from her neck to
midway to her knees.
She ran from the house, a human torch, and
an old colored man seeing her plight grabbed
up two quilts pursued her and wrapped the
quilts around her, smothering the blazes.
Miss
Savage was 19 years, 11 months, and 11
days of age. She was a beautiful young
woman and her untimely death has been a
great shock to her relatives and friends.
Surviving her are her father, a stepfather,
three brothers and three sisters, besides
other relatives and a large circle of
friends.
MRS. BELLE MERTZ OF THIS CITY DIES
Mrs. Belle
Mertz, aged 79 years, widow of the late
Charles W.
Mertz, passed away at her home in this
city Saturday night at 7:15 o’clock
following a lingering illness.
Mrs.
Mertz had lived in Mound City for 70
years, having come to Mound City with her
parents, George and Martha
Streter, from Cincinnati, Ohio, when she
was nine years of age. Mr.
Streeter was formerly superintendent of
the navy yards here.
Mrs.
Mertz was married to Mr.
Mertz in 1873. He preceded his wife in
death in 1922. Three children were born to
this union Albert C.
Mertz, of Mound City; Joseph S.
Mertz, of Long Beach, Calif., and Allie
B.
Friganza, who passed away in October
1912.
Mrs.
Mertz was a devout member of the Pilgrim
Congregational Church and was active in
service for the church of which she had been
a member for more than 45 years. She was a
woman of beautiful Christian character and
beloved by scores of friends and
acquaintances. She was a member of Queen of
Egypt, Chapter No. 509 O. E. S.
Surviving Mrs.
Mertz are her two sons, Albert, of this
city, and Joseph, of California; her aged
stepmother, a half-sister, Mrs. T. A.
Roussin, of Sparta, Illinois; a brother,
J. J.
Streeter, of Kansas City, Mo.; and two
grandsons, Gilbert
Friganza, of St. Louis, and Billy James
Mertz, of Mound City, besides other
relatives.
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon
at the Pilgrim Congregational Church, Rev.
E. J.
Burgess of Carbondale officiating. The
services were very impressive. Miss Cora
Fullerton very sweetly sang, “Star of
the East,” a song she had sung at the
funeral services of Mr.
Mertz and their daughter, Mrs.
Friganza. The church choir sang two
very beautiful hymns, “Abide with Me,” and
“Face to Face,” both being favorite hymns of
the deceased. Immediately following the
services at the church the cortege left by
automobile for Thistlewood Cemetery where
interment was made by G. A.
James, undertaker in charge. Casket
bearers were George E.
Martin, Al
Schuler, W. T.
Jaccard, Earl
Karraker, John T.
Betts, and G. J.
Murphy.
(Her death certificate states that Alice
Belle
Mertz was born 17 Mar 1853, in
Cincinnati, Ohio, the daughter of George
Streeter,
died 22 Oct 1932, in Mound City, Ill.,
wife of Charles W.
Mertz,
and was buried in Thistlewood Cemetery.
Her marker in Beechwood Cemetery at
Mounds, Ill., reads:
Alice Belle
Mertz 1853-1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
DR. SIMON WILLARD PASSES AWAY AT HOME IN
COBDEN
Dr. Simon
Willard, well known physician of
Southern Illinois and for many years a
resident of Mound City, passed away at
midnight at the home of his niece, Mrs. J.
A.
Jones, in Cobden, with whom he had made
his home for the past ten years, since
leaving Mound City. Dr.
Willard was past 80 years of age and for
several years has ceased his practice.
Dr.
Willard was born in Jonesboro, Illinois,
and grew to manhood there. He was a 32nd
degree Mason and was organizer of Trinity
Lodge No. 562 A. F. & A. M. in Mound City.
His only survivors are his nieces, Mrs.
Jones, of Cobden, and Mrs. R. L.
Jarvis, of Cairo, besides more distant
relatives.
Funeral services were held Wednesday
afternoon at 3 o’clock in Jonesboro followed
by interment in the cemetery there. The
Masonic lodge had charge of the services at
the grave.
Dr.
Willard leaves many friends in Mound
City who regret to learn of his death.
(According to his death certificate, Simon
Willard, retired physician, divorced,
was born 5 May 1859, in Jonesboro, Ill., the
son of Willis
Willard, a native of Vermont, and
Frances
Webb,
a native of Union Co., Ill., died 24 Oct
1932, in Cobden, Ill., husband of Lola
Price Willard.
His marker in Jonesboro Cemetery
reads:
Simon
Willard 1859-1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
MRS. L. M. MORELAND DIES AT DONGOLA,
ILLINOIS
Mrs. L. M.
Moreland, age 50 years, passed away at
Dongola Thursday night following prolonged
illness of dropsy.
Funeral services were held at the
First Baptist Church at Dongola Saturday
afternoon conducted by Rev. H. W.
Karraker and Rev. W. J.
Ward.
Interment was made in the Dongola Cemetery.
E. J.
Ford
directed the funeral.
Left to mourn her passing are her
husband, and one son, Harvey
Ralls, both of Dongola, and four
brothers, William
Spurlock, Goefte
Spurlock and Ben
Spurlock, of Anna, and Weslie
Spurlock, of Texas.
(Lafayette
Marcus
Moreland married on Nov. 18, 1922, in
Jonesboro, Union County, Illinois, Mrs.
Amanda M.
Ralls, who was born May 10, 1882, in
Knoxville, Tenn., the daughter of Monroe
“Roe” and
Spurlock and Ann
Bailey.
She was the widow of Charles M.
Ralls, who was born Feb. 12, 1875, the
son of James
Ralls, and died in Dongola on Aug. 9,
1916, of cirrhosis of the liver.
He is buried in Dongola American
Legion Cemetery.
Amanda
Moreland died on Oct. 20, 1932, and was
buried beside her first husband and the name
on her tombstone is Amanda
Ralls.—Darrel
Dexter)
INFANT DIES
Kenneth Eugene
Crader, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. T. B.
Crader, of Wetaug, died Thursday about
noon.
Funeral services were held at their home in
Wetaug at 2 o’clock Friday conducted by Rev.
W. J.
Ward.
Interment was made in the Mt. Pisgah
cemetery by E. J.
Ford,
funeral director of Dongola.
(His death certificate states that Kenneth
Eugene
Crader was born 5 May 1932, in Wetaug,
Ill., the son of Tilden
Crader, a native of Laflin, Mo., and
Ruth
Lentz, a native of Wetaug, Ill., and
died 20 Oct 1932, in Road District 10,
Pulaski Co., Ill.
His marker in Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
near Wetaug, Ill., reads:
Kenneth E.
Crader Born May 5, 1932 Died Oct. 20,
1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
Robert
Friganza, who was called to Mound City
by the death of his grandmother, Mrs. Belle
Mertz,
returned Tuesday to his home in St. Louis.
Mr. and Mrs. T. A.
Roussin, of Sparta, were called to this
city Monday by the death of the latter’s
half-sister, Mrs. Belle
Mertz.
Sadie
Thomas, Gus
Peterson and family attended the funeral
of Mrs.
Moreland at Dongola Saturday.
The Pulaski Enterprise,
Friday, 4 Nov 1932:
SIMON WILLARD IS CALLED HENCE
The familiar figure of the slow-moving,
bewhiskered, old gentleman with the heavy
cane, which trod the streets of Cobden every
day without fail in all kinds of weather for
the past eleven years is no more. Dr.
Willard died at the home of his cousin,
Mrs. May
Jones, Monday, October 24, at 11 p.m. at
the age of 73 years, after a weeks’ illness.
Funeral services conducted by Rev. W. W.
Hunsaker were held Wednesday afternoon
at 3 o’clock at the home of Mrs.
Jones. Interment was in the Jonesboro
Cemetery where the Trinity Lodge, A. F. & A.
M. of Mound City officiated. Dr.
Willard was a charter member of this
lodge, its head before the charter was
received and a 32nd degree Mason.
In the passing of Dr.
Willard, the last surviving male member
of a historical Union County family has been
gathered to his fathers. Simon
Willard was born in Jonesboro, May 5,
1859, to William and Frances
Webb
Willard. In his youth he attended the
Jonesboro schools and his education was
completed at Cornwall College, New York. He
then took up the study of medicine and
graduated from an eastern medical college.
Returning to Jonesboro, he further extended
his equipment for the practice of his
profession by attending a dental college at
Northwestern University in Chicago.
After conducting a drug store in Jonesboro a
short time he decide to practice medicine
and located in Mound City, where he enjoyed
a fine practice for a number of hearts.
Failing in health, he went to California
for a time and then returned to Cobden,
where he made his home with Mrs.
Jones the past eleven years.
The “doctor” was mentally alert at all times
and kept abreast of the modern movements in
the medical field. During the past six
years he was a regular and welcome visitor
at the
Review office where he kept in touch
with the happenings of his many
acquaintances, former patients by diligently
perusing the exchanges every week. Running
out of such reading matter he drew from his
pockets the well-worn, but latest “Adventure
Stories” or the “Blue Book.”
Dr.
Willard’s father came to Jonesboro in
1818 and established a mercantile business
that grew to be the largest in Southern
Illinois. His wife was a daughter of Col.
Henry L.
Webb,
of the distinguished New York family of that
name. One daughter of that family now
survives, Mrs. Mary Ann
Willard
Goodman, of Kirkland, Wash., aged 92.—Cobden
Review
The Mounds
Independent,
Friday, 4 Nov 1932:
Vienna
Principal Dies in School Building
M. S.
Vance, principal of the high school at
Vienna for the past six years, dropped dead
in the physics laboratory at five o’clock
last Thursday afternoon.
All of the other teachers had left
the building earlier in the afternoon and he
had put a book under his arm, as though
ready to start home, when he collapsed.
The janitor was the only person in
the building and he was working downstairs.
The physics laboratory is upstairs
and he heard something fall up there, but
did not go to investigate and did not know
that anything unusual had happened until he
started to clean the laboratory about
twenty-five minutes later.
Mr.
Vance was 62 years of age and had been a
teacher for twenty-five years, going to
Vienna from Oblong, before which he had
taught at Effingham.
He
was a graduate of the University of
Illinois.
(Mahlon S.
Vance married Cora B.
Howe
on 2 Sep 1900, in Douglas Co., Ill.
Mahlon T.
Vance married Margaret M.
Lamb
on 14 Feb 1858, in Crawford Co., Ill.
His death certificate states that
Mahlon Smith
Vance, school teacher, was born 3 Sep
1870, in Oblong, Ill., the son of Mahlon
Thomas
Vance and Margaret
Land,
natives of Ohio, died 27 Oct 1932, in
Vienna, Johnson Co., Ill., the husband of Cara
Howe
Vance,
and was buried in Oblong Cemetery in
Oblong, Crawford Co., Ill.
His marker there reads:
Mahlon Smith
Vance Sept. 3, 1870 Oct. 27, 1932 Cora
Howe
Vance Jan. 17, 1877 Jan. 5, 1966.—Darrel
Dexter)
INSTANTLY
KILLED BY KICK OF MULE
DESOTO—The funeral of Clarence
Elston, prominent farmer who was killed
instantly Tuesday night about 8 o’clock when
kicked in the stomach by a mule, was held
Thursday afternoon at the
Elston home, with the Rev. Paul A.
Shenk officiating.
The Masons had charge of the burial.
Mr.
Elston was well known in Carbondale and
his many friends of the family were shocked
to hear of the accident which proved fatal.
Mr.
Elston was feeding the stock when a mule
kicked with a terrific blow which struck Mr.
Elston and knocked him against the side
of the barn.
He staggered out of the barn and
collapsed.
(Clarence
Elston married Etta
Simpson on 8 Apr 1896, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill.
Lafayette
Elston married Elizabeth
Morgan on 18 Feb 1870, in Richland Co.,
Ill.
His death certificate states that
Clarence
Elston, farmer, was born 1 Sep 1870, in
Olney, Ill., the son of Lafe
Elston, a native of Olney, Ill., and
Miss
Morgan, died 25 Oct 1932, in DeSoto,
Jackson Co., Ill., the husband of Etta
Elston, and was buried in Dillinger
Cemetery in Carbondale, Jackson Co., Ill.
His marker there reads:
Clarence
Elston 1870-1932 Etta
Elston 1873-1929.—Darrel
Dexter)
The Mounds
Independent,
Friday, 11 Nov 1932:
Former Mound
City Man Dies from Injuries
Frank R.
Casey, a former resident of Mound City
and son of Dr.
Casey, died at the Herrin Hospital
Thursday afternoon, Nov. 3, from injuries
received when he was hit by an automobile
Tuesday night while crossing the street in
Johnston City, where he resided.
Mr.
Casey was a pharmacist and had conducted
a drugstore in Johnston City for many years.
He had reached the age of 73.
Mr. and Mrs.
Casey were married in Villa Ridge, the
home of Mrs.
Casey, who before her marriage was Miss
Grace
Garner.
Mrs.
Casey and one daughter survive him.
(Frank R.
Casey married Gracie E.
Garner on 16 Oct 1893, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill.
His death certificate states that
Frank R.
Casey, druggist at Johnston City, Ill.,
was born 15 Nov 1859, in Illinois, the son
of N. R.
Casey, a native of Illinois, and Flando
Raulings, a native of Kentucky, died 3
Nov 1932, in Herrin, Williamson Co., Ill.,
husband of Grace E.
Garner, and was buried in Johnston City,
Williamson Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Percy J.
Greer Dies at Home in Elco
Percy J.
Greer, age 42, died Monday, Nov. 7, at
his home in Elco, following a month’s
illness.
He was superintendent of the
International Silica Company of Elco.
Mr.
Greer was the son of George W.
Greer of Mounds.
He was born April 19, 1890 in
Lexington, N.C., and came to Illinois in
1909.
He was married in Elco in 1910.
Surviving him are his widow, a son, a
daughter, his father, two sisters, Mrs.
Eugene
Jordan of Elco and Mrs. H. E.
Wilson of Villa Ridge, and a brother,
Lacy
Greer of Memphis, Tenn.
His mother, Mrs. Sue
Greer and a brother, Christopher,
preceded him in death.
Funeral services will be held this
morning at 10:30 o’clock in the Baptist
Church in Elco.
Interment will be made in the Anna
Cemetery,
Hartwell and
Ryan
directing.
(His World War I draft registration
states Percy J.
Greer was born in Levi, N.C., tall,
slender, with blue eyes and light hair, was
a blacksmith for International Silica Co.,
in Elco, Ill., and claimed exemption because
of a bad ankle.
According to the death certificate,
Percy J.
Greer, superintendent of the
International Silica Company, was born 19
Apr 1890, in Lexington, N.C., the son of
George
Greer and Susanna
Cecil, natives of North Carolina, died 7
Nov 1932, in Elco, Alexander Co., Ill.,
husband of Effie
Greer,
and was buried in Anna Cemetery.
His marker there reads:
Percy J.
Greer Apr. 19, 1890 Nov. 7, 1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
Dave
Bise,
brother of Mrs. L. F.
Robinson, of this city (Ullin), was
buried in Anna Friday.
(L. F.
Robinson, 49, physician of Ullin, Ill.,
born in Iredell Co., N.C., the son of Henry
Robinson and Isabell
Robinson, married 2nd on 10
Nov 1901, in Pulaski Co., Ill., Elizabeth
Bise,
30, of Ullin, Ill., born in Kentucky,
daughter of Samuel
Bise
and Nora
Hall.
His death certificate states that
David Daniel
Bise,
laborer, was born 4 Mar 1872, in Owensboro,
Ky., the son of Samuel
Bisa,
a native of Illinois, and Naomi
Hall,
a native of Kentucky, died 2 Nov 1932, in
Anna, Union Co., Ill., of cerebral
hemorrhage, husband of Grace
Bise,
and was buried in Anna Cemetery in Anna,
Union Co., Ill.
His marker there reads:
David D.
Bise
Mar. 4, 1872 Nov. 2, 1932 Grace L.
Bise
his wife Sept. 20, 1884 Oct. 9,
1958.—Darrel
Dexter)
The Pulaski Enterprise,
Friday, 11 Nov 1932:
ELMER E. ADAMS DIES AT HOME NEAR DONGOLA
Elmer E.
Adams, age 71, died at his home on a
farm near Dongola at 5 o’clock Tuesday
morning.
Funeral services were held at the residence
Wednesday and interment was made in the Mt.
Zion Cemetery.
E. J.
Ford
directed the funeral.
Surviving Mr.
Adams are his four sons, Willis, of
Buncombe, Ben, of Chicago, Roy, of Elgin,
and Clarence, of Dongola; and eight
grandchildren and other relatives and
friends.
(The death certificate states that Elmer
Elsworth
Adams was born 7 Sep 1877, in Moscow,
Ill., the son of Benjamin
Adams and Cathrine
Weaver, a native of Illinois, died 8 Nov
1932, in Road District 3, Union Co., Ill.,
the husband of Mary
Adams.
His marker in Mt. Zion Cemetery, also
known as Adams Cemetery near Dongola, Ill.,
reads:
Elmer E.
Adams 1861-1932 Mary I.
Adams 1861-1898.—Darrel
Dexter)
MRS. TONY EGNER DIES AT HER HOME IN ULLIN
Mrs. Daisy
Egner, wife of Tony
Egner, passed away at her home in Ullin
at 6:30 o’clock Wednesday morning following
a lingering illness of tuberculosis.
Deceased was 49 years, and 11 days of age.
Funeral services were held Thursday
afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Catholic
Church at Grand Chain, Father
Orlett officiating. Interment was made
in the Grand Chain cemetery by W. H.
Rhymer, undertaker in charge.
Mrs.
Egner is survived by her husband, four
daughters Mrs. Harry
Goins, of Olmstead, Mrs. Lloyd
Houchen, of Cairo, Mrs. Gordon
Johnson, of Ullin, and Mary Helen
Egner, of Ullin; and one son, Ray
Egner; two sisters, Mrs. Rufus
Britt, of Olmstead, and Mrs. John
Irvin, of Ullin; four brothers, Arnie
Corzine, of Mound City, Gus
Corzine, of Chicago, Charlie
Corzine, of Olmstead, and Owen
Corzine, of St. Louis, and several
grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
(According to her death certificate, Daisy
Lovina
Egner was born 29 Oct 1883, in Dongola,
Ill., the daughter of Jasper
Corzine and Alice
Corzine, natives of Dongola, Ill., died
9 Nov 1932, in Pulaski Co., Ill., wife of
Tony
Egner.
Her marker in St. Catherine Catholic
Cemetery in Grand Chain reads:
Daisy
Corzine Egner 1882-1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
CHARLES LENTZ OF DONGOLA PASSES AWAY
THURSDAY
Charles
Lentz, age 78 years, passed away at his
home in Dongola at 10 o’clock Tuesday
morning after about two months illness
caused by a paralytic stroke.
Left to mourn his passing are his widow,
Margaret
Lentz; and the following children:
Jesse
Lentz, Enos
Lentz, Lewis
Lentz, Mrs. Ed
Baker, Mrs. Edlie
Beggs, of Dongola, and Mrs. Raymond
Karraker, of Ullin.
Funeral services were held at the Christian
Chapel Church near Dongola at 2 o’clock
Wednesday conducted by Rev. L. W.
Kaufman. Interment was made in the
Chapel Cemetery by funeral director, E. J.
Ford.
(His marker in Christian Chapel Cemetery
near Dongola, Ill., reads:
Charles
Lentz March 29, 1854 Nov. 8, 1932
Margaret A.
Lentz his wife Jan. 18, 1865 July 3,
1951.—Darrel
Dexter)
MALINDA A. COX OF DONGOLA PASSES AWAY
Malinda Ann
Cox,
age 83 years, passed away at the home of her
son, Harry
Smith, of Dongola, Saturday morning.
Funeral services were held at the Ford
Funeral Home at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon,
conducted by Rev. W. J.
Ward,
pastor of the Baptist Church. Interment was
made in the Ullin Cemetery by undertaker E.
J.
Ford.
Mrs.
Cox is survived by five children, Mrs.
Laura
Dillow, of Carbondale, Walter G.
Smith, of Leachville, Ark., Alonzo
Smith, of Topeka, Kansas, Ben
Smith, of Jonesboro, and Harry
Smith, of Dongola; several grandchildren
and other relatives.
(Malinda Ann
Dexter was born 15 Oct 1854, near Olive
Branch, Ill., the daughter of Silas
Dexter and Sarah
Rhoades,
died 5 Nov 1932, in Dongola, Union Co.,
Ill.
She married James Gillium
Smith on 21 Mar 1869, in Olmsted,
Pulaski Co., Ill.
She married on 23 Oct 1904, in Ullin,
Ill., Samuel Lafayette
Cox.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mr. and Mrs. Ira
Sowers attended John
Turner’s funeral at Cypress Monday.
(Perks)
(This is probably a reference to
William Thomas
Turner, farmer, whose death certificate
states was born 9 Dec 1870, in Cache
Township, Johnson Co., Ill., the son of
Jackson
Turner and Mary
Pierce, natives of Johnson Co., Ill.,
died 5 Nov 1932, in Road District No. 3,
Johnson Co., Ill., the husband of Mary Alice
Johnson Turner, and was buried in
Wish Cemetery in Cypress, Ill.
His marker in Fain Cemetery in
Johnson Co., Ill., reads:
Mother Mary Alice
Turner Feb. 20, 1875 Nov. 1, 1949 Father
W. Thom.
Turner Dec. 9, 1870 Nov. 5, 1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
Rev.
McKinney and family left Sunday
afternoon to attend the funeral of their
son-in-law, who has been ill for some time.
Their widowed daughter will return with
them. (Olmstead)
The Pulaski Enterprise,
Friday, 18 Nov 1932:
MRS. SARAH D. HANDLEY DIES AT HOME IN
WASHINGTON
Mrs. Sarah D.
Handley, age 60 years, passed away at
her home in Aberdeen, Wash., Wednesday
morning.
Mrs.
Handley spent many years in Mound City
and twelve years ago left here for Aberdeen,
where she has since made her home. She was
back on a visit in 1928 and spent several
months.
Mrs.
Handley was united in marriage to Harry
V.
Handley in 1899 who passed away the 14th
day of November, 1928. To this union two
sons were born, Harry, Jr., of Aberdeen, and
Herbert, of Mound City, both of whom survive
their mother. She is also survived by one
brother, R. M.
Hurst, of Mound City; and one sister,
Mrs. Lulu K.
Price, of Kankakee, Illinois; and two
grandchildren.
She was a member of the Eastern Star
Chapter, the D. A. R. and the Rebekah Lodge
No. 3222 of Mound City.
Funeral services will probably be held in
Aberdeen and interment made in the cemetery
there.
(Harry Vantrees
Handley, 30, manufacturer born in Grand
Tower, Ill., son of Manuel
Handley and Margaret C.
Pulley, married on 16 Sep 1900, in
Pulaski Co., Ill., Sarah Duncan
Hurst, 28, of Pulaski, Ill., born in
Villa Ridge, Ill., daughter of Michael and
Margaret Jane
Hurst.
Sarah
D.
Hurst Handley was born about 1872, the
daughter of John M.
Hurst and Margaret
Duncan, and died 16 Nov 1932, in
Aberdeen, Grays Harbor Co., Wash.—Darrel
Dexter)
The Mounds
Independent,
Friday, 18 Nov 1932:
Riley Boles
Riley
Boles, formerly of Thebes, died at the
home of his step-daughter, Mrs. Alpha M.
Sparks, 3665 Folsom Ave., St. Louis,
Mo., Saturday, November 12.
The body arrived in Mounds on Train
No. 25 Monday and was taken in charge by
Hartwell and
Ryan
undertakers and was laid to rest in Beech
Grove Cemetery by the side of his wife, who
died about three years ago.
He leaves one other stepdaughter,
Mrs. Grace M.
Miller of Cache; also two half-brothers,
James and John
Raines; and other relatives.
A brief funeral service was conducted
at the grave by Rev. T. C.
Ury
of the First Baptist Church of Mounds.
(Riley
Boles married Sarah J.
Metcalf on 2 Jul 1893, in Alexander Co.,
Ill. Enoch
F.
Metcalf married Sarah A.
Evans on 31 Mar 1872, in Alexander Co.,
Ill. The
1900 census of Santa Fe, Alexander Co.,
Ill., lists Riley
Boles, born in March 1856, in Illinois,
farmer, and wife Sarah A.
Boles, born in February 1854, in
Missouri, and stepchildren, Henry
Metcalf born in June 1879 and Grace A.
Metcalf born in September 1889. A marker
in Beechwood Cemetery at Mounds, Ill.,
reads:
Riley
Boles Mar. 8, 18__ Sept. __, 1934.—Darrel
Dexter)
MT. VERNON
LAWYER DIES IN BATHTUB
MT. VERNON—William H.
Green, former circuit judge and retired
newspaper publisher, collapsed in a bathtub
in his home here last Tuesday night and died
before the arrival of a physician.
He was 75 years old.
An inquest was ordered to determine
the cause of his death.
Judge
Green was one of the outstanding lawyers
and jurists in Southern Illinois.
He served one term as one of the
three circuit judges of this district,
having been elected in the summer of 1909 on
the Democratic ticket.
Before his election to the circuit
bench, he was state’s attorney of Jefferson
County for two terms.
(His death certificate states that
William H.
Green, lawyer, of 715 Broadway, Mt.
Vernon, Ill., was born 14 Oct 1858, in Mount
Vernon, Ill., the son of M. Duff
Green and Corrina L.
Morton, natives of Kentucky, died 28 Oct
1932, in Mt. Vernon, Ill., and was buried in
Oakwood Cemetery in Mount Vernon, Jefferson
Co., Ill.
His marker there reads:
Judge William H.
Green Died October 28, 1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
ROCKFORD
FATHER AND TWO DAUGHTERS DROWN IN LAKE
OREGON—When a boat in which they were
riding capsized near an isolated island in
Lake of the Woods, Ontario, Canada, Eyner
Peterson, Rockford, his two daughters
and Dennis
Chabot, former Canadian actor and guide,
were drowned.
Mrs.
Peterson was also in the boat, but clung
to it while watching her husband and their
two children, Christy Ann, 5, and Barbara,
3, sink into the waters.
The boat was finally washed ashore on
a lonely island where she was later rescued,
after twenty-four hours of exposure.
She was taken to a hospital at Ft.
Ontario.
The party of five was enjoying a ride
on the lake when a sudden and strong breeze
broke, causing the boat to upset.
According to the story of Mrs.
Peterson, her husband and the guide each
grabbed one of the girls and started toward
shore, but all four drowned.
The bodies will be brought to
Rockford for burial.
(The Report of the Death of an
American Citizen dated 21 Nov 1932, at Fort
William, Ontario, Canada, states that Eyner
Peterson, born in Denmark on 23 Nov
1899, naturalized citizen through father,
drowned 3 Nov 1932, at Sabaskong Bay, Lake
of the Woods, Denora District, Ontario,
Canada.
His widow was Mrs. Christine Mabel
Anna
Peterson
nee
Jacobson, of 6108 North Second Street,
Rockford, Illinois.
His parents were Nels P. and Anna
Christine
Peterson, of Denmark.
The birth certificate of Christine
Ann
Peterson states she was born 15 Aug
1927, in Winnebago Co., Ill.
The birth certificate of Barbara Jean
Peterson states she was born 30 Oct
1930, in Winnebago Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
The Mounds
Independent,
Friday, 25 Nov 1932:
Leslie
Poindexter of Mound City Dies
Leslie
Poindexter, age 69, died Saturday,
November 19, at 8 a.m. at his home,
following an illness of several weeks.
Mr.
Poindexter was in the grocery and meat
business and had been a resident of Mound
City for 27 years.
He is survived by his widow, a son
Sam of Mound City, and a daughter, Mrs.
Estes of Metropolis, Ill., also four
grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted at
the family residence by Rev. W. D.
Richardson, pastor of the M. E. Church.
Interment was made in Thistlewood
Cemetery with G. A.
James, undertaker in charge.
Rev. W. D.
Richardson, pastor of the Mounds and
Mound City M. E. churches conducted the
funeral of Leslie
Poindexter of Mound City at the
residence Monday afternoon at two o’clock.
Interment was made in Thistlewood
cemetery, Mounds.
Mr. and Mrs.
M. M.
Hartman, C. F.
Melton and daughter, Miss Ruth, attended
the funeral of Mr.
Randolph of West Frankfort Sunday.
Mr.
Randolph was the father of Mrs. Allan R.
Edwards.
(Logan
Randolph married Sarah Ellen
Abbott on 14 Feb 1867, in Pope Co., Ill.
The death certificate of David H.
Randolph, carpenter and builder, of 1506
E. Oak, West Frankfort, Ill., was born 12
Jun 1870, in Illinois, the son of Logan
Randolph, a native of Tennessee, and
Sarah E.
Abbott, a native of Illinois, died 17
Nov 1932, in West Frankfort, Franklin Co.,
Ill., the husband of Della
Randolph, and was buried in Creal
Springs Cemetery in Williamson Co.,
Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
The Pulaski Enterprise,
Friday, 25 Nov 1932:
L. POINDEXTER PASSES ON, MISSED BY MANY HERE
Leslie
Poindexter passed away at his home on
Main Street Saturday morning, November 19,
at 7:40 o’clock following an illness of
several months of leakage of the heart and
other complications.
Mr.
Poindexter had lived in Mound City for
27 years, coming to this city from Kentucky.
He was born in 1863 and had he lived until
the 27th day of this month, would
have been 69 years of age. He was united in
marriage to Miss Viola Lee
Hankins in 1883 and to this union three
children were born, two sons and a daughter.
One son, William, preceded him in death in
1920. Surviving him are his widow, one son,
Sam; and a daughter, Mrs. Charles
Estes, of Metropolis; and four
grandchildren.
Mr.
Poindexter’s genial kind and friendly
disposition had won for him many friends who
are grieved at his passing. Their sincere
and deepest sympathy goes out to the
bereaved family in this, their sad hour.
Mr.
Poindexter was associated with his son
in the grocery and meat business and his
smiling countenance and word of cheer will
be greatly missed. From his place of
business.
Funeral services were held at the residence
at 2 p.m. Monday with Rev.
Richardson, pastor of the First M. E.
Church, officiating. The choir sang two
very beautiful hymns. Casket bearers were Al
Schuler, George
Gunn,
Carl
Bode, Imon
Bankson, Fred
Hoffman, and Otto
Betts. Immediately following the
services at the residence, the funeral
cortege moved by automobile to Thistlewood
Cemetery, where interment was made by the
side of his son by G. A.
James, funeral director.
(His death certificate states that Leslie
Poindexter was born 27 Nov 1864, in
Kentucky, died 19 Nov 1932, in Mound City,
Ill., husband of Viola Lu
Poindexter, and was buried in
Thistlewood Cemetery at Mounds.
His marker in Beechwood Cemetery at
Mounds reads:
Leslie S.
Poindexter 1864-1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
ULLIN MAN KILLED BY TRAIN TUESDAY
William
Carter, age 75 years, of Ullin, was run
over and killed by Illinois Central
passenger train No. 2 while walking along
the track just north of Ullin at noon
Tuesday. Carter
had no family other than one son, who did
not reside in Ullin.
(The death certificate states that William
Richard
Carter was born 14 Oct 1857, in
Tennessee, died 22 Nov 1932, in Ullin,
Pulaski Co., Ill., husband of Anna
Carter,
and was buried in Ullin Cemetery.—Darrel
Dexter)
FRANK M. SHORTS DIES AT CAIRO
Private funeral services for Frank M.
Shorts, who died in Cairo Friday, were
held Saturday afternoon and burial was made
in Thistlewood Cemetery.
G.
A.
James, of Mound City, had charge of the
funeral arrangements.
(The death certificate states that Frank M.
Shorts, a saw filer at the vehicle mill,
of 211 34th St., Cairo, Ill., was
born 3 Oct 1876, died 17 Nov 1932, in Cairo,
Ill., husband of Susie
Shorts,
and was buried in Thistlewood Cemetery
at Mounds, Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Charles
Estes and children, of Metropolis, were
called to this city Saturday by the death of
Mrs.
Estes’ father, L.
Poindexter.
William
Carter, an old resident of Ullin, was
killed instantly by I. C. train No. 2 at
noon, Tuesday, the 22nd.
(Wetaug)
John
McIntosh, an aged resident of Mt. Zion
neighborhood, died last Tuesday. He was
afflicted with cancer. Interment was made
at Mt. Zion Cemetery. (Wetaug)
The Pulaski Enterprise,
Friday, 2 Dec 1932:
MAN WHO DID MUCH FOR MOUND CITY DIES AT HOME
IN CAIRO
P. T.
Langan, age 73 years, one of the most
prominent businessmen of Cairo, Mound City,
and Mounds, passed away at his home, 2700
Washington Avenue, Cairo, Illinois, at nine
o’clock Wednesday morning, November 23. He
had returned from St. Louis at 1:45 the same
morning where he had been in company with
his son, Jamie, to attend the Mississippi
Valley Association. He retired in his usual
good health, but at 8:30 he complained of a
chill. When the doctor called, he conversed
pleasantly with him and died a short time
later.
Mr.
Langan was connected with many public
activities. He served on the school board
at the time of his death, was a member of
the public library board, having been a
member since 1913. He was a member of the
Board of Trustees of the Cairo’s Children’s
Home, a charter member of the Hoo, a
lumberman’s organization. He was a charter
member of the Elks Lodge, a charter member
of Rotary Club and a member of the K. M. K.
C. Lodge.
Funeral services were held for Mr.
Langan Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock at
St. Patrick’s Church with Fr. Bernard
Pender officiating. Interment was made
in Calvary Cemetery at Villa Ridge. Karcher
Brothers directed the funeral.
Mr.
Langan is survived by his widow and ten
children.
(According to his death certificate, Peter
Thomas
Langan, lumberman, of 2700 Washington
Ave., Cairo, Ill., was born 16 Jun 1859, in
Louisville, Ky., died 23 Nov 1932, in Cairo,
Alexander Co., Ill., husband of Minnie
Langan,
and was buried in Calvary Cemetery at
Villa Ridge, Ill.
His marker there reads:
P. T.
Langan Born June 16, 1859 Died Nov. 23,
1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
A. W. DeVorte Missing at Arkansas City, Ark.
A. W.
DeVorte, whose family lives here,
disappeared Saturday night at Arkansas City,
Ark., on the Mississippi and has not been
seen nor heard of since then and is presumed
to have drowned in the river. Notices have
been posted along the Mississippi offering
reward.
His duty, it seems, was to turn out the
lights on the boats about 6 o’clock every
evening. It is thought that in reaching for
a switch in an isolated place, he lost his
balance and fell into the river.
He was 60 years of age and had working this
time about two weeks following an illness of
several weeks duration. In all, he had been
working there some three or four years.
The family here are vainly hoping that
through some chance he may show up, but as
time goes on, the death by drowning seems
more and more certain. He was a wife and
grown daughter here, his mother, Sarah
DeVorte, and there is also one brother,
C. A.
DeVote. Two brothers, Casey and N. A.,
live in Vicksburg, Miss., who hurried to the
scene, but could learn nothing. R.
DeVore lives in San Pedro, and there are
two sisters, Mrs. Emma
Derr,
of San Pedro, and Mrs. Ella
Harris, of Chicago.
It is a severe shock to the family and
friends.
JUMPS INTO RIVER TO END HIS LIFE
Alec
Levil, of Tamms, 70 years of age, jumped
from the ferryboat Tuesday about one o’clock
when the boat had swung out into the river
for the Kentucky shore.
Levil
took off his coat and cap as he prepared to
jump into the river, and L. E.
Hatton, on the deck of the boat,
noticing him, said, “Don’t do that.”
“I don’t want to do this, but I must,” came
the reply and off he went.
The boat swung around to effect a rescue and
the body floated to the top. Apparently the
shock of the water had killed the man, for
he did not struggle and when the boat was
about to reach him, the body sank and has
not been seen since. Because of the
temperature of the water, it will be some
time before the body floats to the top.
In the coat were papers and from these
papers the identity was established. Al
Levill, of Cairo, is a son who
identified the coat.
Heart trouble was said to be bothering Mr.
Levill, and possibly this is the reason
why he jumped and why his body floated to
the top.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Carter and children, of Crossville,
Illinois, were called here (Ullin) on
account of the death of the former’s father,
William
Carter, who was killed by a passenger
train Tuesday on his way to work. Funeral
services were held at the M. E. church
Thursday and interment was made in the Ullin
Cemetery.
MRS. E. CLARK PASSES AWAY
Mrs. E.
Clark passed away at her home in Cypress
November 24 after several days’ illness from
pneumonia. She leaves to mourn her loss her
husband and six children and a host of
friends.
Her remains were sent to Michigan, her old
home, for burial. ”Grandpa” went to make
his home with his youngest son.
(According to her death certificate,
Eizabeth
Clark was born 22 Aug 1860, in
Montgomery Co., Ind., the daughter of John
Fisher, a native of England, died 24 Nov
1932, in Cypress, Johnson Co., Ill., wife of
Elias
Clark, and was buried in Newaygo
Cemetery in Newaygo Co., Mich.—Darrel
Dexter)
The Mounds
Independent,
Friday, 2 Dec 1932:
Mrs. Oscar
Behrendt Dies in California
Mrs. Oscar
Behrendt, the former Miss Alma Rust of
Cairo, died Thursday night, November 24, at
____ Calif.
Mr. and Mrs.
Behrendt were married ___ Lodi on April
3, 1932. Mr.
Behrendt formerly was meat cutter ___
Ray
Mahoney grocery store.
Mrs.
Behrendt is survived by her husband, her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. ___
Rust
of Carbondale, Carl and ___
Rust,
both of Cairo, and other relatives.
Funeral services were held Tuesday
afternoon at the Lutheran church in Cairo
followed by interment in the Villa Ridge
cemetery.
(The California Death Index states
that Alma R.
Behrendt died 24 Nov 1932, in San
Joaquin, Calif.
Her marker in Cairo City Cemetery at
Villa Ridge, Ill., reads:
Alma
Rust
Behrendt 1892-1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
Prominent
Lumberman Dies Suddenly
P. T. Langan
Passes Unexpectedly Wednesday after Short
Illness
Peter T.
Langan, prominent Cairo, Mounds, and
Mound City lumberman and head of the P. T.
Langan Lumber Company, died suddenly
Wednesday, Nov. 23, at his home, 2700
Washington Avenue, Cairo, following an
illness of less than one hour.
Mr.
Langan, in company with his son, Jamie
Langan, had returned that morning at
1:45 o’clock from St. Louis where he had
attended a meeting of the Mississippi Valley
Association.
He retired seemingly in his usual
good health.
At 8:30 o’clock he complained of a
chill.
Death came peacefully at 9 o’clock.
Mr.
Langan was born near Louisville, Ky.,
June 16, 1859, and was the only child of his
parents.
He had been a resident of Cairo since
1872, working his way up from work in a mill
to yard foreman of the Cairo Box Factory,
later purchasing a saw mill in Missouri and
still later founding the
Langan Lumber Company.
He was familiarly known as Uncle Pete
and was often called the “youngest old man”
in Cairo.
His sight became impaired some years
ago, but he remained cheerful and went about
his work as usual.
Funeral services were held Friday
afternoon at St. Patrick’s Church with
interment in Villa Ridge cemetery.
J. B.
English Dies Following Attack of Pneumonia
J. B.
English, age 74, died Tuesday, November
22, at his home west of this city, following
an attack of pneumonia.
He was in an automobile accident in
September and had been failing in health
from that time.
Mr.
English had been a farmer for many years
and had made a success of farming.
Much of his land lay in the drainage
district.
Surviving him are three
daughters, Mrs. L. L.
Smith, of Mounds, Mrs. W. C.
McGee of Mayfield, Ky.; three sisters,
Mrs. June
Oliver of Cairo, Mrs. Harry
Rushing of Bertrand, Mo., and Mrs. Fred
Tatum of Gutal, Tex.; two brothers,
Robert
English of Cairo and William
English of Piggott, Ark.
(According to his death certificate,
J. B.
English, farmer, was born 23 Sep 1858,
in Hardin Co., Ky., the son of R. F.
English, a native of Elizabethtown, Ky.,
and Lucy
Hargan, a native of Kentucky, died 22
Nov 1932, in Pulaski Co., Ill., widower of
Sarah
English,
and was buried in Thistlewood Cemetery
at Mounds, Ill.
His marker in Beechwood Cemetery at
Mounds, Ill., reads:
John B.
English 1858-1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mr. and Mrs.
Frank
Carter of Crossville were called here
(Ullin) Tuesday on account of the death of
the former’s father, William
Carter, who was killed by a passenger
train Tuesday on his way to work.
Funeral services were held Thursday,
Nov. 24, at the M. E. church and interment
was made in the Ullin Cemetery.
MAN KILLED
BY L. & N. TRAIN
CARMI—Robert
Sanders, aged 21, Carmi resident, was
killed by a Louisville & Nashville train
last Friday night.
Sanders was found beneath the train when
it started after having stopped near the
Little Wabash Bridge at Carmi.
He was instantly killed, but his body
was recovered before it was badly mangled.
It is believed he crawled under the
train to secure a free ride, as it was
reported he was going to Chester to see his
father, Thaddy
Sanders.
The young man had been 21 years old
only a short time, voted for his first time
in the election November 8.
Funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon, with burial in Maple Ridge
Cemetery.
(His death certificate states that
Robert
Sanders, common laborer, was born 11 May
1911, in Illinois, the son of Thadeus
Sanders, a native of Illinois, died 18
Nov 1932, in Carmi, White Co., Ill., and was
buried in Maple Ridge Cemetery at
Carmi.—Darrel
Dexter)
FORMER
JOHNSON COUNTY MAN KILLED
VIENNA—Olen Elbert
Stone, 29-year-old son of Mrs. Nancy
Stone, of Buncombe, was instantly killed
Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 22, at 5:35 at New
London, Conn.
In a message sent to his mother, she
was informed that her son was caught in a
blower and was instantly killed, the body
being badly mangled.
Mr.
Stone was an employee of the government
on a patrol boat, used to run down rum
runners.
He was a fireman on the boat.
He had been in the service of the
government for seven years.
The body will be sent to Vienna and
upon its arrival funeral services will be
held at Mt. Zion Church near Buncombe, and
interment made in the cemetery there.
(Austin
Stone married Nancy J.
Elkins on 28 Aug 1890, in Saline Co.,
Ill.
His marker in Mt. Zion Cemetery at
Buncombe, Johnson Co., Ill., reads:
Olen E.
Stone 1904-1932 F 1st Lt. C.
U. S. C. G.—Darrel
Dexter)
MURDER AT
GALE
ANNA—Sam
Jackson, age 45, was killed by Clyde
Pearce, 28, at Gale, Ill., in a fight
Tuesday night.
The trouble was started by a joking
remark by
Pearce about
Jackson’s politics.
Jackson knocked
Pearce down and was beating him up when
the latter pulled a knife and slashed
Jackson’s throat, cutting the jugular
vein.
He bled to death.
Pearce gave himself up and was taken to
the county jail in Cairo.
(William
Jackson married Mary Elizabeth
Lambert on 27 Mar 1884, in Johnson Co.,
Ill.
His death certificate states that
Samuel
Jackson, common laborer at Gale, Ill.,
was born 3 Mar 1885, in Tunnel Hill, Ill.,
the son of W. C.
Jackson, a native of Golconda, Ill., and
E.
Lambert, a native of Illinois, died 15
Nov 1932, in Road District 4, Alexander Co.,
Ill., divorced husband of Agnes
Jackson, and was buried in Hutchinson
Cemetery in Road District 4, Alexander Co.,
Ill.
His marker in Hutchinson Cemetery
near Gale, Ill., reads:
Samuel
Jackson Mar. 3, 1885 Nov. 15,
1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
The Mounds
Independent,
Friday, 9 Dec 1932:
John F.
Wright Dies after Long Illness
John Franklin
Wright died at his home Monday, December
5, shortly after noon, following a long
illness.
His age was 51 years.
In former years he was employed by
the Illinois Central Railroad, but for a
number of years he had been unable to work.
Mr.
Wright is survived by his widow and
seven children—Agnes, Reita, Mary Anne,
John, Alberta, Charles and Margaret.
Three other children preceded him in
death.
Other relatives surviving are a
stepdaughter, Mrs. Sam
Hamilton of Dupo; two brothers, James E.
of St. Louis and Charles A., of Dupo; five
sisters, Mrs. Delia
Loury of Chicago, Mrs. Jack
Wilson of East St. Louis, Mrs. Oscar
Johnson and Mrs. Cameron
McDonald of St. Louis.
Funeral services were held Wednesday
morning at 10 o’clock at St. Raphael’s
Catholic Church with the Rev. Father
Gilmartin officiating.
Mr. and Mrs.
J.
Wright, Mrs. Lottie
Johnson of St. Louis, Mr. and Mrs. C.
Wilson of East St. Louis and Mr. and
Mrs. Charles
Wright of Dupo were called here to
attend the funeral of their brother, John
Wright.
FURIOUS BULL
GORES OWNER TO DEATH NEAR COBDEN SUNDAY
COBDEN—The citizens of Cobden and
vicinity were shocked to know of the death
of Willis A.
Anderson Sunday morning at 2 o’clock.
Mr.
Anderson died of injuries he received
Saturday from an unruly bull he was trying
to manage on the farm where he resided 3
miles north of Cobden.
He was frightfully gored by the
animal and no hopes could be given for his
recovery.
Mr.
Anderson was 70 years old and highly
respected by all who knew him and many
friends regret his untimely death.
Those who survive him are his wife
and four children.
(Willis
Anderson, 28, a farmer, born in Union
Co., Ill., the son of N. H.
Anderson and Miss
Clutts, married on 2 Mar 1890, at Mrs.
Matilda
Brown’s house in Union Co., Ill., Kate
Brown, 20, born in Union Co., Ill., the
daughter of Jacob
Brown and Miss
Wallace.
Newton H.
Anderson married Elizabeth
Clutts on 2 Apr 1861, in Union Co., Ill.
According to his death certificate,
Willis Allen
Anderson, farmer, was born 21 Jan 1862,
in Cobden, Ill., the son of N. H.
Anderson, a native of Tennessee, and
Elizabeth
Clutts, a native of Cobden Ill., died 27
Nov 1932, in Road District 4, Union Co.,
Ill., the husband of Kate
Anderson,
and was buried in Cobden Cemetery in
Cobden, Ill.
His marker there reads:
Willis A.
Anderson Jan. 21, 1862 Nov 27, 1932 Kate
Anderson Sept. 30, 1869 Dec. 18,
1969.—Darrel
Dexter)
The Pulaski Enterprise,
Friday, 9 Dec 1932:
JOHN McINTOSH PASSED AWAY AT HOME IN ULLIN
John
McIntosh was born to Washington and
Elizabeth
McIntosh December 25, 1851, and died at
his home Wednesday, November 30th,
1932, at the age of 80 years, 11 months and
5 days. He was united in marriage to
Elizabeth
Beaver in May 1883 and to this union 4
children were born, namely Willie, Arminda,
Elmina, and Hulbert. Uncle John submitted
himself to God’s service while in bloom of
life and united with Mt. Pisgah Lutheran
Church February 8, 1874. He remained a
useful member of that church until 1889 when
he moved his church membership to Mt. Zion
Lutheran Church in the year 1909. This
church was absorbed by Mt. Zion Cumberland
Presbyterian Church and Mr.
McIntosh went to them and finished his
earthly church worship in the building he
loved so well. He led offices of
distinction in both churches.
Two children, Arminda and Hulbert, preceded
him to the Great Beyond. His devoted
companion died December 5th,
1930. He leaves to mourn their loss one
brother, Henry
McIntosh, two children, Willie and
Elmina, eight grandchildren and seven
great-grandchildren and a large circle of
friends and other relatives. The funeral
services were held at Mt. Zion Church
Thursday December 1st, 1932, conducted by
Rev. Lowell
Earnhart. Interment in cemetery nearby.
Funeral services were directed by W. J.
Rhymer of Ullin.
(Washington
McIntosh married Elizabeth
Hofner on 10 Jun 1838, in Union Co.,
Ill.
John
McIntosh married Mary E.
Beaver on 12 Jun 1873, in Union Co.,
Ill. His marker in Mt. Zion Cemetery near
Dongola reads:
John
McIntosh 1851-1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
JOHN FRANKLIN WRIGHT DIES AT HOME IN MOUNDS
John Franklin
Wright, age 51 years, died at his home
in Mounds Monday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock.
Mr.
Wright was a former employee of the
Illinois Central Railroad Co., but due to
ill health had been unable to work for some
time.
Funeral services were held Wednesday morning
at 10 o’clock at St. Raphael’s Catholic
Church in Mounds, with Rev. Fr.
Gilmartin officiating. Hartwell
and
Ryan directed the funeral.
Surviving Mr.
Wright are his widow and seven children,
Agnes, Reita, Mary Anne, John, Alberta,
Charles and Margaret. Three children
preceded him in death. He leaves a
stepdaughter, Mrs. Sam
Hamilton, of Dupo; two brothers, James
E.
Wright, of St. Louis, and Charles A., of
Dupo; besides five sisters, Mrs. Delia
Loury, of Chicago, Mrs. Frank
Findley, of St. Louis, Mrs. Jack
Wilson, of East St. Louis, Mrs. Oscar
Johnson, of St. Louis, and Mrs. Cameron
McDonald, of St. Louis.
(The death certificate states that John F.
Wright, railroad switchman, was born 6
Jan 1881, in Villa Ridge, Ill., the son of
Joseph A.
Wright, a native of Villa Ridge, Ill.,
and Laura
Parker, a native of Alexander Co., Ill.,
died 5 Dec 1932, in Mounds, Ill., husband of
Myrtle
Wright, and was buried in Beechwood
Cemetery.
His marker in Beech Grove Cemetery at
Mounds reads:
John F.
Wright 1881-1932 Myrtle T.
Wright 1891-1949.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Leta
Thompson was called home to be at the
bedside of her grandmother, who passed away
last Wednesday. (Perks)
The Pulaski Enterprise,
Friday, 16 Dec 1932:
FRED DAVIS DIES AT HOME NEAR DONGOLA
Fred
Davis, age 56 years, died at his home
near Dongola Tuesday morning. Mr.
Davis had been in ill health for the
past six months and had been confined to his
home for two months suffering from dropsy.
Mr.
Davis had taught school in Union,
Alexander and Pulaski counties for 26 years
and was pensioned in 1930. Since that time
he has lived on his little farm near
Dongola.
Funeral services were held at the
Ford
Funeral Home in Dongola at 1 o’clock
Wednesday afternoon and interment was made
in the Anna cemetery.
Surviving him are his widow, Mrs. Leona
Davis, and the following children:
Harlan, Paul, Collin, Freda, Elsie, Wanda
Lee, and Mary Edith, all at home. Also one
brother, Warren
Davis, of Anna, and three sisters, Mrs.
Edith
Treese, Anna, Mrs. Fannie
Jenkins, West Frankfort, and Miss Nannie
Davis, Anna; with other relatives and
many friends.
(His death certificate states that Fred
Davis, retired school teacher, was born
5 Oct 1876, near Anna, Ill., son of Levi N.
Davis and Fannie
Eastman, natives of near Anna, Ill.,
died 13 Dec 1932, in Road District 6, Union
Co., Ill., husband of Leona
Davis, and was buried in Anna Cemetery.
His marker in Anna City Cemetery
reads:
Fred
Davis Oct. 5, 1876 Dec. 13, 1932 Leona
Davis Nov. 23, 1888 Feb. 17,
1966.—Darrel
Dexter)
MRS. SARAH A. HADDEN DIES AT HOME IN PULASKI
Mrs. Sarah A.
Hadden, age 80 years, wife of David
Hadden, of Pulaski, died at her home
Tuesday morning at 6 o’clock. Mrs.
Hadden had been an invalid for a number
of years and three weeks ago she became
seriously ill. She was born February 6,
1852, in Carbondale. She spent the latter
part of her life in the community in which
she died and was a devout member of the
Christian Church of Pulaski.
Mrs.
Hadden is survived by her husband, a
brother, Allan
Brewster, of St. Louis; two
grandchildren, Mrs. George
Smoot, of Villa Ridge, and Ross
Brewster, of Centralia; nine
great-grandchildren, and one great-great
grandchild.
Funeral services were held at the residence
Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock with the
Rev. Mr.
Allen, pastor of the Union Church at
Villa Ridge officiating. Interment was made
in Liberty Cemetery.
George C.
Crain, of Pulaski, directing the
funeral.
(Her death certificate states that Sarah
Arabell
Hadden was born 6 Feb 1852, in
Carbondale, Ill., the daughter of John
Brewster and Mary
Vancin, died 13 Dec 1932, in Road
District 2, Pulaski Co., Ill., wife of David
Hadden,
and was buried in Liberty Cemetery.
Her marker in Liberty Cemetery reads:
Sara A.
Hadden 1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
JOHN L. McCUNE, FORMERLY OF MOUND CITY,
PASSES AWAY
John L.
McCune, age 82, a pioneer resident of
Mound City, Illinois, died Monday afternoon
at 2:20 o’clock at the Anna State Hospital,
following an illness of about two months.
The body was brought to the funeral home of
G. A.
James in Mounds, where it remained until
2 o’clock Tuesday afternoon, when it was
removed to the M. E. church, where funeral
services were held. The Masonic Lodge, of
which Mr.
McCune had been a member for a number of
years, held the last rites in the church.
Rev. W. D.
Richardson was the minister in charge.
Interment was made in Spencer Heights
Cemetery. He was a member of St. Peter’s
Episcopal Church.
Mr.
McCune is survived by a daughter, Mrs.
Ward
Corzine and a granddaughter, Mary Leland
Painter.
Mr.
McCune had spent the greater part of his
life in Mound City and was an employee of
the Marine Ways. His wife preceded him in
death a number of years ago. The casket
bearers were taken from the ranks of
Masonry.
(His marker in Spencer Heights Cemetery at
Mounds reads:
John L.
McCune July 11, 1850 Dec. 12,
1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
Death Takes Toll of Court House
Death, grim and silent, paid the courthouse
a long call this week when he summoned from
her desk in the office of county clerk, Miss
Katherine
Darragh, on Tuesday night. Only two
days before he had taken the mother of
Walter W.
Waite, county clerk.
Miss Kate was summoned while she worked.
The first few days of December found Miss
Kate ill and for one or two days she stayed
at her task as deputy clerk in spite of a
high fever, believing that it would pass and
was little worse than a severe cold. On
December 3, which was Saturday, she went
home and to bed, from which she never rose.
It soon developed that Miss Kate had
pneumonia, and by the time the seriousness
of her condition had made itself apparent,
the disease had laid firm hold upon her and
the critical ninth day came, Monday or
Tuesday, and found her not on the mend, but
growing worse. Oxygen was supplied at the
last in a vain effort to keep her alive so
that the disease might loosen its hold. The
end came Tuesday night about 9 o’clock.
Miss
Darragh was born in Mound City, grew up
here and here attended and finished the high
school. She engaged in office work of
different kinds for a number of years and
for the past nine years had been deputy
county clerk, which office she filled
efficiently and well. Her quick passing to
her friends and particular to those who work
at the courthouse, has been a shock.
Miss Kate possessed many fine qualities and
made friends and kept them. Her immediate
relatives will find many friends who will
join them in their sorrow and loss. At the
courthouse, it will not be the same with
Miss Kate gone.
Funeral services were conducted by Dr. J.
Turner
Hood
Thursday afternoon at the residence and
interment was in the Beech Grove Cemetery.
Miss Kate was a member of the Congregational
Church.
There survives three brothers, Tom and
Henry, of Mound City;, Paul, of San
Francisco, Cal.; and one sister, Mrs. J. B.
Buchanan, of Cairo.
(Her death certificate states that Katherine
Darragh was born 29 Nov 1882, in Mound
City, Ill., the daughter of Henry
Darragh and Margaret
Willis, natives of Kentucky, died 13 Dec
1932, in Mound City, Ill., and was buried in
Beech Grove Cemetery.
Her marker in Beech Grove Cemetery at
Mounds reads:
Kathyrn
Darragh 1882-1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
MRS. SOPHRONIA WAITE DIED AT HOME OF SON AT
86
Mrs. Sophronia
Waite, mother of W. W.
Waite, county clerk, and a resident of
this county since shortly after the Civil
War, died at the home of her son near
Pulaski Sunday afternoon about 5 o’clock
after a short illness with influenza.
Because of her advanced age of 86 years,
her illness was regarded as serious from the
beginning and death was not unexpected.
Mrs.
Waite was formerly Miss Sophronia
O’Hara, and was born in Montgomery
County, Tennessee, on September 18, 1846.
She came to Olmstead shortly after the
Civil War with her parents and since that
time has resided there or nearby. She
married Dr. John
Waite in 1875, who preceded her in death
in 1902.
Early in life she joined the Methodist
Church and until the time infirmities of age
prevented she was active in its work.
Some eight or ten years ago, a paralytic
stroke fell, but Mrs.
Waite never lost courage and remained
cheerful. She read a great deal, but when
her eyesight failed, she took to piecing
quilts. Although unable to see the stiches,
she knew by long years of practice, the feel
of the pieces and stiches. Sitting in her
wheel chair she made many quilts almost
perfectly.
Funeral services were held at the Center
Church Tuesday morning and interment was in
the Liberty Cemetery.
There survives her, three sons, Charles O.,
John F., and W. W., of this county; and one
daughter, Mrs. Victoria
Sharp, of Marengo, Illinois; and a
number of grandchildren and other relatives.
(The death certificate states that Safronia
M.
Waite was born 18 Sep 1846, in
Tennessee, the daughter of Daniel
O’Hare, a native of Pennsylvania, died
12 Dec 1932, in Road District 4, Pulaski
Co., Ill., wife of John M.
Waite,
and was buried in Liberty Cemetery.
Her marker in Liberty Cemetery reads:
Sophronia M.
Waite Born Sept. 18, 1846.—Darrel
Dexter)
ACCIDENT HAPPENS LAST WEEKEND
(Metropolis
News)
Last Friday afternoon near five o’clock,
Robert
Lay,
Sr., living near Simpson, recently a
resident of Metropolis, while hunting was
the victim of a gunshot wound in the right
side of the neck which proved instant death.
Mr.
Lay had been out during the afternoon
bird hunting and when attempting to crawl
through a wire fence the gun became
entangled in the wire and was discharged,
the entire load striking him in the right
side of the neck and going through coming
out on the left side at the lobe of the ear.
Mr.
Lay for years has been farming near
Round Knob, having sold the farm a few years
ago and moved with his family to Metropolis,
where he has resided until a few months ago
he moved on his farm near Simpson. Mr.
Lay
was sixty-five years of age.
(Robert W.
Lay
married Ida
Murrie on 17 Oct 1897, in Johnson Co.,
Ill.
His death certificate states that
Robert Wilson
Lay
was born 7 Jan 1867, in Pope Co., Ill., son
of Levi
Lay,
of Tennessee, and Nancy
Murray, of Pope Co., Ill., died 2 Dec
1932, in Simpson, Ill., husband of Ida
Murrie
Lay,
and was buried in Vienna Fraternal
Cemetery.—Darrel
Dexter)
The Mounds
Independent,
Friday, 16 Dec 1932:
Miss Kate
Darragh Dies Thursday Night
Miss Kate
Darragh of Mound City died at her home
Tuesday night, December 13, following a ten
days’ illness from pneumonia.
Miss
Darragh was well known throughout the
county having served as deputy county clerk
ever since the present county clerk, Walter
W.
Waite, assumed the duties of the office.
She was born in Mound City, graduated
from the Mound City High School, and was a
member of the Pilgrim Congregational Church.
Surviving her are one sister, Mrs. J.
P.
Buchanan of Cairo; three brothers,
Thomas and Henry
Darragh, of Mound City, and Paul
Darragh of San Francisco, Calif.; and
other more distant relatives.
Funeral services were held Thursday
afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the residence
with interment in Beech Grove Cemetery,
Mounds, Undertaker G. A.
James directing.
John L.
McCune Dies at Age of 82 Years
John L.
McCune, age 82 years, died at the Anna
State Hospital Monday afternoon, December
12.
G. A.
James undertaker brought the body Monday
to the James Funeral Home where it remained
until time for funeral services which were
held at 2 o’clock Tuesday Dec. 13, at the
Methodist church, with Rev. W. D.
Richardson, pastor, officiating.
The Masons held Masonic services at
the church instead of the grave.
Pallbearers were selected from the
Masonic Lodge.
He leaves one daughter, Mrs. Lyla
Corzine, and one granddaughter.
Interment as made in Spencer Heights
Cemetery.
Mr.
McCune had been in the Anna State
Hospital for the last 60 days.
Until that time he had made his home
with his daughter, Mrs. Ward
Corzine, for a number of years.
For many years previous he had made
his home in Mound City.
Mother of
County Clerk Waite Dies at 86
Mrs. Sophronia
Waite, age 86, died at her home near
Olmstead Sunday, December 11, about five
o’clock in the evening.
She had been ill for ten days with an
attack of the flu.
Surviving are three sons, County
Clerk Walter W.
Waite of Mound City, Charles O.
Waite, of Pulaski and John
Waite of Olmstead; also one daughter,
Mrs. Robert
Sharp, of Marengo.
Her husband had been dead about 30
years.
For many years she had been a member
of the Methodist Church and she was one of
the oldest residents in Pulaski County.
Funeral services were held Tuesday
morning at 10 o’clock at Center Church with
burial in Liberty Cemetery.
Mrs. Sarah
A. Hadden Dies at Pulaski
Mrs. Sarah A.
Hadden, age 80 years, wife of David
Hadden of Pulaski, died at her home
Tuesday, Dec. 13, at 6 o’clock.
She had been an invalid for a number
of years and grew seriously ill three weeks
ago.
Mrs.
Hadden was born February 6, 1852, in
Carbondale.
She spent the latter part of her life
in the community in which she died and was a
devout member of the Christian Church of
Pulaski.
Surviving Mrs.
Hadden are her husband, a brother, Allan
Brewster of St. Louis; two grandchildren
Mrs. George
Smoot of Villa Ridge and Mrs. Ross
Brewster of Centralia; also nine
great-grandchildren and one
great-great-grandchild.
Funeral services were held at the
residence Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock,
with the Rev. Mr.
Allen, of Villa Ridge, officiating.
Interment was made in Liberty
Cemetery, George C.
Crain of Pulaski directing the funeral.
Mrs. W. L.
Blancett received a message Wednesday of
the death of her brother-in-law, W. E.
Kernodle of Milan, Tenn.
(The World War I draft registration
for Willie Elmer
Kernodle states that in 1918 he was a
farmer at Route 7, Trenton, Gibson Co.,
Tenn., medium height, slender, with blue
eyes and dark hair.
His death certificate states that W.
Elmer
Kernodle was born 19 Feb 1880, in
Tennessee, the son of G. W.
Kernodle and Nancy
Block, natives of Tennessee, died
suddenly 14 Dec 1932, in Gibson Co., Tenn.,
husband of Eddie
Vernodle, and was buried in Concord
Cemetery.
His marker in Concord Cumberland
Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Concord,
Gibson Co., Tenn., reads:
Eddie Ann
Kernodle May 29, 1882 Apr 22, 1984 W.
Elmer
Kernodle Feb. 19, 1880 Dec. 14, 1932 A
Tribute of Love.—Darrel
Dexter)
MAN KILLS
SELF IN COUNTY JAIL
MARION—Frank
Robinson, 52, federal prisoner serving a
sentence in the county jail for dry law
violation, hanged himself in his cell at 10
o’clock on Saturday night.
Robinson attempted suicide two weeks ago
by slashing his wrists.
Since then he had been denied the use
even of a safety razor and other prisoners
shaved him when he wanted to shave.
Prisoners and turnkeys alike had kept
a close watch over him.
Saturday night after he was locked in
his cell the turnkey was locked in his cell
room only about 15 minutes when
Robinson’s lifeless body was discovered
hanging from a bar above his bunk.
He had tied one end of the belt
around the bar and after removing is shoes,
placed his head thru a noose made from the
other end of the belt and leaped from his
bunk.
At an inquest held by Coroner Walter
Clayton of Johnston City Sunday it was
determined that death was due to
strangulation.
His neck was not broken in the leap
from the bunk.
Robinson lived at Harrisburg and is
survived by a widow and two children.
The body was removed to Harrisburg
Sunday morning.
TRANSIENT
STRICK WITH HEART ATTACK
COBDEN—Roger O.
Mason, who was probably working his way
from Council Bluffs, Ia., to New Orleans was
stricken with heart attack of angina
pectoris in a restaurant here Saturday night
and was taken to the Anna hospital for
medical attention.
Mr.
Mason who appeared to be between 30 and
35, had the appearance of being above the
general run of men working their way along
the road.
His clothing, although dirty, seemed
to have been made from goods of fine
quality.
Marshall Randall
Parks noticed that the man was not very
steady on his feet and followed him into the
restaurant where he ordered a cup of coffee.
Before he had the opportunity to
raise the cup to his mouth, he fell to the
floor in agony.
A doctor was called and he diagnosed
the trouble as a heart attack and the man
was taken to the Anna hospital.
Identification papers found on his
person included letter from friends in
Council Bluffs, Ia., and a newspaper
clipping telling of an attack and robbery
near Bucklin, Kansas, in which
Mason had been slugged and left for dead
on the roadside.
The article stated that
Mason was a mechanical engineer and a
graduate of Oxford University, England.
He had eight cents on his person.
The Mounds
Independent,
Friday, 23 Dec 1932:
Mrs. Matilda
Ann Hight Dies at Eighty-One
Mrs. Matilda Ann
Hight, age 81, died Tuesday morning,
December 20, at her home in Wetaug.
Mrs.
Hight, the widow of Alexander
Hight, was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Wiley
Williams and was born in Arkansas.
She is survived by six
children—Walter E.
Hight, Harry
Hight, Robert
Hight, Mrs. Minnie
Corzine and Mary
Hight, all of Wetaug; a brother Homer
Williams of Texarkana, Ark.; and a
sister, Mrs. Fannie
Gordon of Wilton, Ark.; also a number of
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at Mt.
Pisgah Church Wednesday morning at 11
o’clock with Rev. F. L.
Cress officiating.
The Pulaski Enterprise,
Friday, 23 Dec 1932:
MRS. MATILDA ANN HIGHT DIES AT HOME IN
WETAUG
Mrs. Matilda Ann
Hight passed away at her home in Wetaug
Tuesday morning. Mrs.
Hight was the widow of Alexander
Hight and was born in Arkansas.
Surviving Mrs.
Hight are six children: Walter E.
Hight, Al
Hight, Harry
Hight, Robert
Hight, Mary
Hight and Mrs. Minnie
Corzine, all of Wetaug; a brother, Homer
Williams, of Texarkana, Ark.; and a
sister, Mrs. Fannie
Gordon, of Wilton, Ark.; besides several
grandchildren and other relatives.
Funeral services were held at Mt. Pisgah
Church near Wetaug at 11 a.m. Wednesday,
conducted by the Rev. F. L.
Cross. Interment was made in Mt. Pisgah
Cemetery, with E. J.
Ford,
of Dongola directing the funeral.
(Alexander
Hight married Matilda
Williams on 27 Jun 1869, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill.
Her death certificate states that
Matilda Ann
Hight was born 22 Oct 1851, in
Tennessee, daughter of Wiley
Williams and Malinda
McNeice, died 20 Dec 1932, in Road
District 10, Pulaski Co., Ill., wife of
Alexander
Hight.
His marker in Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
near Wetaug reads:
Matilda A.
Hight 1851-1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
MRS. EFFIE SULA GARROTT DIES AT HOME NEAR
DONGOLA, ILL.
Mrs. Effie Sula
Garrott, beloved wife of George W.
Garrott, died at her home on their farm
east of Dongola about noon Tuesday,
following an illness of a few days of
pneumonia.
Surviving Mrs.
Garrott are her husband and three
children, Doyle, Zella and Zelma, all at
home. Also her mother, Mrs. Emma
Daywalt, of Dongola; one brother, Alfred
Daywalt, of Dongola; and two sisters
Mrs. Beatrice
Osman, of Vienna, and Mrs. Myrtia
Jones, of Cypress.
Funeral services were held at Friendship
Church near Dongola at one o’clock Wednesday
afternoon, conducted by Rev. A. M.
Troutman. Interment was made in
Friendship Cemetery, directed by E. J.
Ford.
(John W.
Daywalt, 28, born near Dongola, son of
J. R.
Daywalt and S. J.
Clifford, married Emma E.
Phelan, 19, born near Dongola, daughter
of J. M.
Phelan and Rachel
Brown, on 5 Sep 1886, at the home of J.
M.
Phelan in Union Co., Ill.
The death certificate states that
Effie Sula
Garrott was born 31 Oct 1888, near
Dongola, Ill, the daughter of John
Daywalt, a native of Illinois, and Emma
Phelan, a native of near Balcom, Ill.,
died 20 Dec 1932, in Road District 3, Union
Co., Ill., and was buried in Friendship
Cemetery.
Her marker in Friendship Cemetery
near Dongola, Ill., reads:
Effie S.
Garrott 1888-1932 Mother.—Darrel
Dexter)
WILLIAM A. CORZINE OF DONGOLA DIES
William A.
Corzine, age 65 years, passed away at
his home near Dongola Friday morning
following an illness of only two days. The
cause of Mr.
Corzine’s death was apoplexy.
Left to mourn his passing are his widow,
Margaret
Corzine, and two sons, Fleatus, of
Dongola and Elvis, of Cypress.
Funeral services were held at the Friendship
Church at 1 o’clock Saturday afternoon
conducted by Rev. Arbie
Capron. Interment was made in the
Friendship Cemetery by Undertaker E. J.
Ford.
(William A.
Corzine married on 20 Mar 1890, in Union
Co., Ill., Margaret A.
Troutman, 16, born in Union Co., Ill.,
daughter of Jake
Troutman and Caroline
Karraker.
According to his death certificate,
William Anderson
Corzine was born 19 Jul 1867, near
Dongola, Ill., the son of Richard
Corzine and Lenora
Meisenheimer,
died 16 Dec 1932, in Road District 3, in
Union Co., Ill., and was buried in
Friendship Cemetery.
His marker in Friendship Cemetery
near Dongola, Ill., reads:
William
Corzine 1864-1932 Margaret
Corzine 1874-1957.—Darrel
Dexter)
The Pulaski Enterprise,
Friday, 30 Dec 1932:
INFANT CHILD OF MR. AND MRS. L. G. CALLAHAN
DIES SUNDAY
Mary Evelyn, four months old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. L. G.
Callahan, passed away at seven o’clock
Sunday morning at the home of her
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M.
Bonner, near Mounds.
Funeral services were held at the residence
of the grandparents at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday and
interment was made in the Villa Ridge
cemetery. Rev.
Allen officiated. Mrs.
Callahan was before her marriage Miss
Mabel
Bonner, of Villa Ridge. Mr.
Callahan was unable to attend the
funeral as he is in California, where he is
employed.
(The death certificate states that Mary
Evelyn
Callahan was born 7 Aug 1932, near
Mounds, Ill., the daughter of L. Y.
Callahan, a native of Missouri, and
Mabel
Bonner, a native of Illinois, died 25
Dec 1932, in Road District 7, Pulaski Co.,
Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
MRS. MINNIE ETTA THURSTON DIES AT HOME NEAR
PULASKI
Mrs. Minnie Etta
Thurston, age 61 years, passed away at
her home near Mounds Thursday evening
following a few days illness of pneumonia.
Her husband preceded her in death only a
few months ago.
Mrs.
Thurston was a devout member of the
Christian Church at Pulaski, where funeral
services were held Saturday afternoon at 2
o’clock, the pastor, Rev.
Holloway, officiating. Interment was
made in Rose Hill Cemetery by George C.
Crain, funeral director.
Mrs.
Thurston is survived by three sons,
Harry and Rollie
Thurston, of Pulaski, and Willie of
Tamms; four daughters, Mrs. Della
Palmer, Mrs. Tessie
Burd,
and Mrs. Nannie
Troester, all of Pulaski, and Mrs.
Bessie
Richards, of Ullin.
(J. I.
Thurston married Minnie E.
Steers on 13 Mar 1889, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill.
According to the death certificate,
Minnie Etta
Thurston was born 22 Feb 1871, in Grand
Chain, Ill., the daughter of Hugh
Steers and Nancy
Moore,
died 22 Dec 1932, in Road District 2,
Pulaski Co., Ill., the wife of Jake
Thurston.
Her marker in Rose Hill Cemetery at
Pulaski reads:
Jacob I.
Thurston Born March 16, 1855 Died June
28, 1932 Minnie E.
Thurston Born Feb. 22, 1871 died Dec.
22, 1932.—Darrel
Dexter)
A. W. LEDBETTER PASSES AWAY AT HOME IN
MOUNDS
A. W.
Ledbetter, age 74 years, passed away at
his home in Mounds Tuesday evening at 8
o’clock. He had made Mounds his home for 30
years and was special agent for the Illinois
Central Railroad Co., for 33 years, retiring
on a pension in 1925. Mr.
Ledbetter was a member of the First
Baptist Church of Mounds and had been a
member of the Odd Fellows Lodge for 55
years.
Funeral services were held at First Baptist
Church at 2 o’clock Thursday afternoon, Rev.
T. C.
Ury
officiating. Interment was made in Beech
Grove Cemetery, the Odd Fellows having
charge of the services at the grave.
His widow survives him. G. A.
James had charge of the funeral.
(A.W.
Ledbetter, 36, of Carbondale, Ill., a
railroad laborer, who married Anna
Waterman, 24, of Beechwood, on 24 Feb
1899, in Pulaski Co., Ill.
His death certificate states that
Albert Wilson
Ledbetter, Illinois Central Railroad
special agent, was born 20 Sep 1858, in
Dyersburg, Tenn., the son of Isaac
Ledbetter,
died 27 Dec 1932, in Mound, Pulaski Co.,
Ill., husband of Anna
Ledbetter,
and was buried in Beech Grove Cemetery
at Mounds, —Darrel
Dexter)
MISS MARY HIGHT DIES AT HOME IN WETAUG
Miss Mary Alice
Hight, age 51, died at her home in
Wetaug, Monday afternoon. She had been ill
but a few days with pneumonia. Her mother
died with pneumonia just a week ago.
She leaves four brothers, Walter, Harry, Al,
and Robert, all living near Wetaug; and one
sister, Mrs. Minnie
Corzine, of Carbondale.
Funeral services were held at the Mt. Pisgah
Church near Wetaug Wednesday morning at 11
o’clock conducted by Rev. F. W.
Gould of Buncombe. Interment was made
in the Mt. Pisgah Cemetery, E. J.
Ford
directing the funeral.
Mary Alice
Hight, age 51, passed away at her home
here (Wetaug) Monday, December 26, after an
illness of ten days of pneumonia. Funeral
at Mt. Pisgah Church Wednesday, December 28,
at 11 a.m., conducted by Rev. F. W.
Gould. Interment was made in Mt. Pisgah
Cemetery. She was a daughter of Matilda Ann
Hight, age 81, who passed away December
20, 1932.
(Her death certificate states that Mary
Alice
Hight was born 18 Feb 1881, in Wetaug,
Ill., the daughter of Alexander
Hight, a native of Wetaug, Ill., and
Matilda A.
Williams, a native of Tennessee, died 26
Dec 1932, in Road District No. 10, Pulaski
Co., Ill., and was buried at Mt. Pisgah
Cemetery.
Her marker in Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
near Wetaug reads:
Mary A.
Hight 1881-1932 Matilda A.
Hight 1851-1932 Charles F.
Hight 1872-1920.—Darrel
Dexter)
W. A.
Hight, son of the late Matilda
Hight, is critically ill with pneumonia
at this writing. Walter E.
Hight, another son, is laid up with an
attack of flu.
The Mounds
Independent,
Friday, 30 Dec 1932:
A.W.
Ledbetter Dies Tuesday Evening
Pneumonia
Which Followed a Fall on the Ice Immediate
Cause of Death
A. W.
Ledbetter, for many years a resident of
Mounds, died Tuesday evening from pneumonia
which followed injuries received in a fall
on the ice a little more than a week ago.
Albert
Wilson
Ledbetter, son of Isaac and Caroline
Ledbetter, was born at Dyersburg, Tenn.,
Sept. 20, 1858.
He passed away at his home in Mounds,
Ill., Dec. 27, 1932, aged 74 years, 3
months, and 7 days.
He was preceded in death by four
brothers and two sisters and was the last of
his immediate family.
Mr.
Ledbetter had made his home in Mounds
for many years where he had many friends.
For a long period of time he was
employed as a watchman by the Illinois
Central Railroad.
He was united in marriage to Anna
Waterman February 23, 1899.
To them two daughters were born both
preceding the father in death:
Frieda in 1902 at the age of two
years and Nellie in 1924 at the age of 19
years.
He is survived by his beloved wife
and a number of nephews and nieces.
He was
baptized upon a profession of faith in
Christ into fellowship of the First Baptist
Church in Mounds in 1920 where he remained a
member until death.
He became an
Odd Fellow at the age of 19 years and was a
member of Beechwood Lodge No. 949.
Funeral
services were conducted at 2:00 p.m.
Thursday at the First Baptist Church by the
pastor, Rev. T. C.
Ury.
Burial was in Beech Grove Cemetery
with G. A.
James undertaker in charge.
The services at the cemetery were
under the auspices of Beechwood Lodge I. O.
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