Obituaries
and Death Notices
in Pulaski County, Illinois Newspapers
The Mounds Independent and
The Pulaski Enterprise
2 Jan. - 25 Dec. 1931
Mound City, Pulaski County, Illinois
Transcribed and annotated by Darrel Dexter
The Pulaski Enterprise, Friday, 2 Jan 1931:
INFANT DAUGHTER PASSES AWAY
Mariam Ruth, two months old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd
Gray,
passed away at her home in this city
Wednesday morning. Evidently the
little one had passed away sometime during
the night, as when the parents found her,
she was dead.
Funeral services were held Thursday
afternoon at 2 o’clock at the residence, the
Rev. W. L.
Hanbaum, pastor of the First M. E. Church of this city, officiating.
Interment was made in Beech Grove Cemetery.
G. A.
James directed the funeral.
(Her death certificate states that
Marion Ruth
Bray
was born 23 Oct 1930, in Mound City, Ill.,
the daughter of Lloyd
Gray and Thelma Dooms,
and died 31 Dec 1930, in Mound City, Ill.,
and was buried at Mounds, Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Miss Alice
Painter, age 75 years, sister of James
Painter, of this city, passed away Tuesday night at her home in
Champaign, Illinois. Mr.
Painter was at his sister’s bedside when
she passed away.
(Her death certificate states that Mary
Alice
Painter was born 2 Sep 1856, in Allen
Center, Ohio, the daughter of Jacob
Painter, a native of Ross Co., Ohio, and Samantha
Hare,
a native of Ohio, died 30 Dec 1930, in
Champaign Co., Ill., and was buried at
Roselawn Cemetery at Champaign.—Darrel
Dexter)
Funeral services for C. N.
Buchanan, who passed away suddenly while
at his place of business in Cairo Wednesday,
were held Saturday in Norris City, Illinois,
followed by interment in village cemetery.
E. A.
Burke directed the funeral.
Mr.
Buchanan, whose home was in Villa Ridge, had been in the music store
business in Cairo for many years and until
the past few years had resided in Cairo.
Samuel
Traylor, better known by his nickname of “Wash Tubbs,” about 20
years of age and a graduate from Cairo High
School of last year, shot himself at the
home of his sweetheart, Miss Jewell
Miller, in Cairo about 1:30 o’clock
Thursday morning after he had suffered
disappointment.
Miss
Miller was his sweetheart for about four or six months and he was
presumed to be infatuated with her and
wished to marry her. Together they had
attended a dance, returning to her home
later when the tragedy took place.
Traylor had been heard to say things
which indicated he might take his life.
There is a version, however, that it
was merely an attempt at bluff and to
frighten his girl. The pistol he had,
a 38 caliber owl head, had only one shell.
Perhaps he intended to snap the gun on an
empty chamber, then turn and fire it into
the floor in an attempt to convince her that
he was in earnest. If that is true,
then he made a mistake and was dead in a few
minutes.
Miss
Miller is under the care of a doctor, because of the shock and the
coroner’s jury will probably not reach a
verdict until Monday of next week when Miss
Miller is able to testify concerning the
last words and acts of
Traylor.
The tragedy took place at the Albert
Miller home at 618 West 36th Street.
Traylor clerked for the
Johnston Hardware Co. He is the
son of Mrs. Ruth
Traylor.
(His death certificate states that
Samuel
Traylor was born 28 Oct 1910, in Cairo,
Ill., the son of James W.
Traylor, a native of Kentucky, and Ruth
T.
Moore, a native of St. Louis, Mo., died
1 Jan 1931, in Cairo, Ill., and was buried
in Thistlewood Cemetery at Mounds,
Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
In loving memory of our dear husband
and father, Henry
Heisner, who passed away from us on
October 29, 1930.
Mounds Independent,
Friday, 2 Jan 1931:
Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Collin
Penninger, of Anna, formerly of Mounds,
will be grieved to learn of the death of
their two-year-old son, Rex Dean, at Barnes
Hospital, St. Louis on Christmas Day.
Funeral services were held Saturday at Anna,
Mr. and Mrs. George
Sitter, and Mrs. L.
Hodge
attending from here.
(His marker in Anna City Cemetery
reads:
Rex Dean
Penninger 1928-1930.—Darrel
Dexter)
Funeral services for C. N.
Buchanan, of Villa Ridge, who died
suddenly Christmas Eve when stricken while
at work in his music store in Cairo, were
held Friday afternoon at 3 o’clock at his
Villa Ridge residence.
Mr.
Buchanan had conducted a music store in Cairo for many years and was
a gifted musician, playing the violin, cello
and cornet. He was also a composer of
merit and a vocalist.
A number of years ago he built an
attractive bungalow home on the hills north
of Villa Ridge and he and his wife have
resided there since its completion.
At 8:30 Saturday morning the funeral
cortege left the residence for Norris City,
Ill., where interment was made.
(His death certificate states that
Edward C.
Schneider was born 7 Jan 1887, in
Illinois, the son of Adam
Schneider and Emma
Stroh,
natives of Illinois, died 7 Dec 1930, in
East t. Louis, husband of Theresa
Schneider, and was buried in Waterloo Cemetery.
Adam
Schneider married Emma
Stroh
on 16 May 1878, in Monroe Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Augustus
Badgley, age 75 years, passed away at his home in Grand Chain
Saturday following an illness of three years
of kidney trouble.
Mr.
Badgley was united in marriage to Miss Eliza
Fournie, on September 13, 1882, Surviving him are his widow,
and four children, Frank
Badgley, Mrs. Clemson
Roach,
Mrs. J. F.
Reichert, all of Grand Chain, and Ray
Badgley, of Lexington, Mo. He also
leaves 11 grandchildren besides many other
relatives and a host of friends.
Mr.
Badgley was a successful farmer living about one-fourth mile from
Grand Chain until the last few years, when
his health failed and he moved to town.
Funeral services were conducted Monday
afternoon at 2 o’clock at the residence,
Rev. J. J.
Orlett officiating. Interment was made in the Grand Chain
Cemetery by G. A.
James,
undertaker in charge.
(His death certificate states that
Henry Augustus
Badgley was born 17 Oct 1855, in
Illinois, the son of George
Badgley and Elsbeth
Badgley, natives of Illinois, died 3 Jan
1931, in Grand Chain, Ill.
George
Badgley married Elizabeth
Badgley on 20 Jul 1854, in St. Clair
Co., Ill.
Henry A.
Badgley married Eliza
Fournie on 13 Sep 1882, in St. Clair
Co., Ill.
Her marker in St. Catherine Cemetery
reads:
August
Badgley Born Oct. 17, 1855 Died Jan. 3,
1931.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Minnie Henrietta
Steers, wife of Earnest
Steers, passed away at her home near
America at 11 o’clock Monday morning at the
age of 53 years. Mrs.
Steers had been in failing health for
several years, but had been able to be about
her household duties until the morning of
her death, which has shocked the entire
community. When her daughter left for
Mound City, where she attends the Mound City
Community High School, she left her mother
in her usual health, but was summoned to her
home before noon.
Left to mourn her passing are her
husband, two children, one son, Henry, and a
daughter, Mary Virginia, the daughter being
in high school and the son being of high
school age. She also leaves three
brothers, Thomas and Robert
Aldrich, of Villa Ridge and William
Aldrich, of Pulaski.
Funeral services were held Wednesday
afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Union Church
at Villa Ridge, the Rev. C. E.
Enlow
officiating. Interment was made in the
Villa Ridge cemetery. G. A.
James was the funeral director.
(Her death certificate states that
Minnie Henrietta
Steers was born 25 Sep 1876, in
Illinois, the daughter of H. J.
Alldrich, a native of Ireland, and Mary Virginia
Nickum, a native of Illinois, died 5 Jan
1931, in Pulaski, Ill.
A marker in Cairo City Cemetery at
Villa Ridge reads:
Minnie
Steers 1876-1929 Earnest
Steers 1874-1960.—Darrel
Dexter)
Word has been received by relatives in
this city of the death of Mrs. Alice
Rennenberg, who passed away Saturday
evening at 6 o’clock at the home of her son,
Rev. W. F.
Rennenberg, in Louisville, Ky.
Mrs.
Rennenberg was 65 years of age and had
been in failing health for several months.
She was born and reared in this city, being
a member of one of the pioneer families of
this community. She was a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. George
Stoltz. She was united in marriage in this city to Charles
Rennenberg, who preceded his wife in
death several years ago. For a number
of years he was associated with C. F.
Meyers in business.
Mrs.
Rennenberg was a woman of fine Christian character and was a valued
member of the Church of the Redeemer of
which her son is rector, at Louisville.
Mrs.
Rennenberg had endeared herself to a
large circle of friends, she being of a
sunny, cheerful disposition.
Left to mourn her passing are one son,
the Rev. W. F.
Rennenberg; three sisters, Mrs. George
Betts,
of this city; Mrs. Lillian
Handley, of Carbondale, and Mrs. Emma
Johnson, of Los Angeles, Calif.; one
brother, George
Stoltz, of Hannibal, Mo., besides other relatives and a host of
friends.
About two years ago Mrs.
Rennenberg made a visit to Mound City
with her sister and renewed old
acquaintances.
Funeral services were held in
Louisville at the Church of the Redeemer
Monday afternoon.
(Charles W.
Rennenberg married Alice
Stoltz on 17 Feb 1886, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill.
George E.
Betts
married Louise F.
Stoltz on 1 Nov 1893, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill.
John
Johnson married Emma
Stoltz on 24 Dec 1884, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Anna May
Creason, wife of Fred L.
Creason, passed away Friday morning at
6:10 o’clock at her home on High Street.
Her infant son, who was only a few hours
old, preceded his mother in death only a
short time. Mrs.
Creason was 23 years of age and had with
her family resided in Mound City for about
two years, and during that time Mr.
Creason had been employed at the
Cardwell garage. She had been ill for
several days suffering from pneumonia, which
was the direct cause of the death.
Surviving her are her husband and three
small children, also a number of other
relatives and many friends.
Funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon at the First Baptist Church of
this city, the Rev.
Staggs of Cairo officiating. Interment was made in Thistlewood
Cemetery by G. A.
James,
funeral director.
(Her death certificate states that Anna
May
Creason was born 23 Aug 1907, in
Kentucky, the daughter of John
Ramey,
died 2 Jan 1931, in Mound City, Ill., and
was buried in Thistlewood Cemetery.
Her marker in Beechwood Cemetery at
Mounds reads:
Anna M. wife of Fred L.
Creason Born Aug. 23, 1908 Died Jan. 2,
1931.—Darrel
Dexter)
Henry
Walker, age 85 years, passed away Sunday at his home in Malden, Mo.
Funeral services were held at the residence
of his granddaughter, Mrs. Clyde
Bowles, in Mounds at 2 o’clock Monday
afternoon followed by interment in Beech
Grove Cemetery at Mounds by W. H.
Aldred of Pulaski.
Mr.
Walker was a former Pulaski County man, having made this county his
home for a number of years. Surviving
him are his widow; two sons, C. A.
Walker, of Cairo, and John
Walker, of Memphis, Tenn.; three
daughters, Mrs. Lina
Lolo
of Charleston, Mo., Mrs. Hattie
Hurst,
of St. Louis, and Mrs.
Sutton, of St. Louis. Also a
brother, James
Walker, of this city. He also
leaves several grandchildren and other
relatives.
Mounds Independent,
Friday, 9 Jan 1931:
Gussie
Daniels, age 52, died Wednesday night, January 7, at his home north
of Mounds.
Mr.
Daniels was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Daniels. His mother’s maiden name was
Biggerstaff. He was born near Mounds and resided in this
vicinity all his life.
Surviving him are his wife, his mother,
two sons, Bonnie
Daniels of Mounds, and Ollie, at home;
two sisters, Mrs. Ike
Essex, of near Mounds, and Miss Frances
Daniels, of Ullin; also one brother, Ollie
Daniels, of Ullin.
Funeral services will be held this
afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at Shiloh
Cemetery. George P.
Hartwell is the undertaker in charge.
(Thomas
Daniels married Bell
Biggerstaff on 19 Apr 1877, in Pulaski
Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Minnie
Aldrich Steers, wife of
Ernest
Steers, of America, Ill., passed away
suddenly at her home on Monday morning,
January 5th, at 11 o’clock at the
age of 53.
She is survived by her husband, two
grown children, Henry and Mary Virginia;
three brothers, Thomas and Robert
Aldrich, of Villa Ridge, and William
Aldrich, of Pulaski. She had been
in failing health for some time, but her
death was quite unexpected. Funeral services
were held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock
at the Villa Ridge Union Church, conducted
by Rev. C. E.
Enlow.
Interment was made in Villa Ridge cemetery,
G. A.
James directing the funeral.
Henry Nelson
Walker, a former resident of Pulaski County, departed this life at
Malden, Mo., on Jan. 3, 1931. His age
was 85 years, 11 months and 15 days.
He leaves an aged wife, one brother, James
Walker, of Mounds City; three daughters, Mrs. H. E.
Nelms,
of Charleston, Mo., Mrs. H. L.
Sutton, of St. Louis, Mo., and Mrs.
Hattie
Hurst,
of St. Louis, Mo.; also two sons, C. A.
Walker, of Pulaski, Ill., and J. H.
Walker, of Memphis, Tenn. There
are also several grandchildren and
great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at the home
of Clyde
Bowles, a great-grandson on Blanche
Avenue in Mounds on Monday afternoon at 2:00
p.m. conducted by Rev. T. C.
Ury,
pastor of the Mounds Baptist Church,
followed by burial in Thistlewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Mary Evaline
Nickens, died Thursday, Jan. 1, at her home near Ullin. She
was born October 20, 1861, and had reached
the age of 69 years. She was married
to J. E.
Nickens in April 1891 and outlived him
by six years.
Surviving her are seven brothers, R. M.
Hines,
Eldorado, C. W. and A. W.
Hines,
Junction, Ill., Thomas
Hines,
Arizona, W. J.
Hines,
Lilburn, Mo., Paul
Hines,
Dudley, Mo., Frank
Hines,
Mounds, and four sisters, Mrs. Dosha
Boyer,
Mrs. Helen
Patrick, of Junction, Ill., Miss Anna
Hines,
of Arizona and Mrs. Ethel
Rosh,
of Mt. Vernon, Ill.
Funeral services were held at the M. E.
Church in Ullin on Friday, Jan. 2, Rev. W.
E. Browning in the pulpit. Interment was made in New Hope
Cemetery.
(According to her death certificate,
Mary Evaline
Nickens was born about 1862, the
daughter of Samuel
Hines
and Hulda
Vancleve, and died 1 Jan 1931, in Ullin,
Ill.
Samuel
Hines
married Huldah
Vancleave on 14 Aug 1859, in Johnson
Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
The Pulaski Enterprise, Friday, 16 Jan 1931:
The two children of Arthur
Triplet, of Ullin, colored, were injured
Monday evening near Ullin when a hit and run
driver crashed into them. The car was
going north.
Triplet was carrying his younger child,
Mildred, age two, and Parlee, 6, was walking
with him. The baby’s skull was
fractured,
Triplet was hurled to the railings that bordered the road and Parlee
was knocked down. No trace of driver
has been found.
George
Creecy is in the Alexander County jail as the result of the shooting
of Herbert
Gibson at McClure on Thursday night of
last week.
Creecy maintains that he fired when
Gibson was about to kill his wife and
had a pistol.
Funeral services of Gus
Daniels, who passed away at his home one
mile north of Mounds were held at Shiloh
Friday afternoon at one o’clock. Mr.
Daniels was born in Mounds April 23,
1878. Surviving him are his widow, two
sons, Bonnie and Ollie; his mother, Mrs.
Thomas
Daniels; two sisters, Mrs. I.
Essex,
of Mounds, and Miss Frances
Daniels, of Ullin; and one brother,
Ollie
Daniels, of Ullin.
(Thomas
Daniels married Bell
Biggerstaff on 19 Apr 1877, in Pulaski
Co., Ill.
Gust
Daniels, 21, of Villa Ridge, Ill.,
married on 7 Jun 1898, in Pulaski Co., Ill.,
Carrie Bell
Gray,
16, of Ullin, Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
George
King, age 65, passed away Wednesday night at the state hospital at
Anna following an illness of several years.
Mr. King a number of years ago was a resident of Mound City, residing
with his family on Commercial Avenue, until
moving to Mounds here he made his home until
his illness. He will be remembered by
the older residents of this community.
Surviving him are his widow; one son,
Paul, of St. Louis; two daughters, Mrs. Joe
Roberts and Mrs. Otto Moore,
of Mounds; eleven grandchildren and two
great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Saturday
afternoon at the undertaking parlors of G.
A. James, the Rev. Ury,
pastor of the Baptist Church, officiating.
Interment will be made in Thistlewood
Cemetery by G. A.
James,
undertaker in charge.
(His death certificate states that
George
King
was born 1 Oct 1863, in Tennessee, the son
of Hubbard
King
and Julia
Lemms,
natives of North Carolina, died 14 Jan 1931,
in Pulaski Co., Ill., husband of Amelia
Smith
King, divorced, and was buried at
Mounds, Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
George
King, age 67, a former resident of Mounds, died Wednesday, January
14, 1931, at Anna State Hospital from
___ paralysis.
Undertaker G. A.
James ____ the body to his undertaking parlors Thursday. At
the time of going to press, complete
arrangements for the funeral had not been
made, but it will be held ____ Saturday.
___
King is survived by two daughters, Mrs. J. R.
Roberts, ____, O. L. Moore;
and one ____ ___
King,
of East St. Louis. ____ son was killed
a number of years ago while at _____ the
railroad. He also ____ a number of
grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Pailee
Triplett, age 2, and her sister, Mildred, age 4, were seriously
injured when hit by an automobile Saturday
evening on Route 2 in Ullin.
Arthur
Triplett, colored, carrying his 2-year-old daughter and leading the
older child, was walking south on the
highway when a speeding car going north
struck the three. The younger child
was thrown from her father’s arms, the
father and the older girl were knocked down.
Pailee sustained a serious skull fracture
while Mildred suffered a concussion of the
brain and a fractured thigh. The
father was not seriously injured.
Dr. O. T.
Hudson was called to attend the injured children and had them taken
to St. Mary’s Hospital, Cairo.
The driver of the car speeded on and no
trace of him has been found.
The older girl was taken to her home in
Ullin Tuesday. On Wednesday the
condition of the little one showed signs of
improvement.
Mrs. Ada
Lacy, age 58, died Monday night, January 12, in the Poplar Bluff
hospital, following a long illness from
diabetes.
She was the daughter of the late Mr.
and Mrs. William
Martin, of Johnson County, Ill.
Surviving her are her husband, W. J.
Lacy, bridge and road supervisor for the M. and O. Railroad at
Poplar Bluff, Mo.; one daughter, Mrs. Ola
White,
of Centralia, Ill.; two sisters, Mrs. Fred
Raub,
of Mounds, and Mrs. R. C.
Poole,
of Centralia; three brothers, James and
Frank
Martin, of Mounds, and Tom
Martin, of St. Louis, Mo.; also a niece,
Mrs. J. B.
Hester, of Mounds.
Funeral services were held at the home
of her niece, Mrs. J. B.
Hester, on Wednesday morning at 10
o’clock, Rev. H. B.
Shoaff officiating. Interment was made in Hillcrest Cemetery,
Centralia, Wednesday afternoon.
(Her death certificate states that
Carol
Kelley was born 7 Jan 1927, in Illinois,
the daughter of Orol
Kelley and Madge
Gillimore, died 8 Jan 1931, in Herrin,
Ill., and was buried in Lake Creek
Cemetery.—Darrel
Dexter)
The telegram said she would arrange for
his interment.
Kennevan, before he died, was known as “a man of mystery” and used
several aliases. He told residents
here that he was the father of the actress.
The Pulaski Enterprise, Friday, 23 Jan 1931:
After a lingering illness which had
kept him confined to his home much of the
time for a year or more, John P.
Scholle, aged 70 years, 6 months and 25
days, died at 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, January
11, 1931, at his home 5 miles south of
Coldwater.
His illness was due to complication
of diseases, terminating, it was thought, in
an affection of the lungs. For a few
days before his death he was unconscious a
part of the time. Toward the last, he
suffered greatly, and death was not
unexpected. His wife and all of the
surviving children except John, were present
when death occurred. John, whose home
is in Fort Worth, Texas, arrived a few hours
later.
Funeral services were conducted from
the M. E. Church in Coldwater, Kansas, at
2:30 p.m. Tuesday, January 13, with
the pastor, Rev. C. C.
Brown,
in charge. Burial was made in Crown
Hill Cemetery. Mr.
Scholle was well known in and near
Coldwater. For a number of years he
had in connection with his farm activities,
done considerable work as a brick mason.
He had built, or assisted in building a
number of business buildings in this city,
in Protection and in other nearby towns,
including the building which he erected for
his own use and which is located on the
corner south of the Allderdice Store in this
city. He was a good workman, having
learned the brick mason’s trade many years
ago. He took pride in doing his work
well. During the past two years
however, his condition of health made it
impossible for him to do much work.
Deceased was born in Unterneger,
Germany, on June 17, 1860. When he was about
21 years of age, he came to America and it
was not long until he found his way to
Kansas, stopping at Dodge City. He was
a U. S. ranger and worked for some time on
large ranches.
On August 15, 1887, he was united in
marriage with Miss Mary Kathryn
Anderson, then of Hetmore. To this
union 11 children were born. All of
whom but two survive him. One son,
Frank, died on June 27, 1927. Another
son, William Ray, died in infancy. The
surviving children are John R.
Scholle, of Fort Worth, Texas; Charley,
Dave, Fred, Eddie and George, of this
county; Mrs. Mary
Morehouse, of Foster Mo., and Bertha and Kathryn of this county—yet
at home. He is also survived by one
brother, Anton
Scholle, of Foster, Mo.; three sisters of Dusseldorf, Germany; and
by 12 grandchildren. His parents died
when he was quite young. One sister
died about seven years ago. The
faithful wife also survives.
Mr.
Scholle had long been a member of the Catholic Church. He
remained true to his convictions on
religious as well as other matters. He was
loyal to the United States, having taken out
his naturalization papers soon after he
arrived in this country. Soon after
the time he landed in America he adopted the
policy of speaking the English language
only. He was a hardworking man and
always showed much interest in his family.
To the sorrowing relatives, the sincere
sympathy of all is extended.
Martha
McCowan, aged 77 years, passed away at her home in Dongola at
6:30 o’clock Wednesday evening, January 14th.
She had been in failing health for the past
six weeks, her sister having passed away at
that time.
Funeral services were held at the Ford
Funeral Home in Dongola at __ o’clock by
Rev. H. W.
Karraker. Interment was made in
the Dongola cemetery. E. G.
Ford
directed the funeral.
Mrs. Rena
McReynolds, age 37 years, wife of Elbert
McReynolds passed away at her home in Mounds Wednesday morning at
12:02 o’clock following a brief illness.
Mrs.
McReynolds was, before her marriage, Miss Rena
Englebert, of Paducah, and was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Englebert.
The remains were taken to Paducah
Thursday evening for burial. The
funeral will be held Saturday morning at
9:00 o’clock at the Catholic church at 6th
and Broadway streets. Arrangements
were in charge of G. A.
James.
Mrs.
McReynolds was an active member of the Mounds Woman Club, the
auxiliary of the B. or R. T. and the Royal
Neighbors. She leaves many friends who
are grieved at her passing and they extend
their heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved.
(Her marker in Mt. Carmel Cemetery at
Paducah, Ky., reads:
Mother Rena
Englert McReynolds Feb. 18, 1894 –Jan.
21, 1931, A loving wife and mother.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mildred
Triplet, 2-year-old daughter of Arthur
Triplet, colored, farmer who lives near Ullin, died Thursday night
at St. Mary’s Infirmary Annex in Cairo.
The child received injuries when she and her
father and another sister were stuck by a
car on Route 2 just south of Ullin last
Saturday night. The father was
carrying the little girl in his arms when
they were struck. The oldest child is
recovering from her injuries as well as the
father, who was badly bruised.
(Her death certificate states that
Mildred
Triplet was born 19 Jan 1929, in Ullin,
Ill., the daughter of Arthur
Triplet and Katie Ward,
natives of Mississippi, died 16 Jan 1931, in
Cairo, Ill., and was buried in Ullin
Cemetery.—Darrel
Dexter)
John
Holshouser, age 95 years, prominent citizen, and retired merchant of
Dongola passed away at his home in Dongola
at 4:30 o’clock Tuesday afternoon, January
13th. Had he lived until
February 26th he would have
reached the 96th milestone of his
life. His death resulted from
pneumonia.
Mr.
Holshouser has been a very active man and even at his age has been
confined to his home only a few times.
He had his regular chores to perform around
the house and made his regular trips to the
First State Bank of which he was a director
until his death. He has served the
bank in several capacities, as vice
president, etc. He was a pioneer
banker in Dongola, having been one of three
men to operate a private banking concern
many years ago and the present State Bank
really came from that private banking firm.
Mr.
Holshouser was born near Mill Creek in 1835 and came to Dongola at
the age of 20 and has been there ever since.
He was united in marriage to Miss Sophronia
Davis
September 19th 1869, and
to this union one son was born, John Jr.,
who is the only child and who survives his
father. Mrs.
Holshouser passed away in 1922.
Mr.
Holshouser owned and operated a large general store in Dongola from
his early manhood up until 1909 when he
retired from business. He was a busy
man being an extensive land holder in this
state and others and being connected with
the bank as he was.
He was at one time a member of the
Congregational Church and was very
instrumental in the organization of the
church in Dongola and gave of his finances
very liberally when the church was built.
(John
Holshouser married Sophronia
Davis on 9 Sep 1869, in Union Co., Ill.
According to his death certificate,
John
Holshouser was born 26 Feb 1835, in Mill
Creek, Ill., the son of John
Holshouser and Sophia
Eddleman, natives of North Carolina,
died 13 Jan 1931, in Dongola, Ill.
His marker in I. O. O. F. Cemetery at
Dongola reads:
John
Holshouser 1835-1931.—Darrel
Dexter)
A. L.
Butler, age 82 years, passed away at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
J. R.
Sneed in Pulaski, Wednesday afternoon at
1:30 o’clock. Mr.
Butler was one of the oldest residents
of Pulaski County and had resided in the
county since a lad of eleven years of age.
He came to this county from Alabama.
He was a retired merchant and well known
throughout the county.
Surviving Mr.
Butler are his widow, his daughter, Mrs.
Sneed; and three grandchildren, Mrs. Rex
Taft of Mounds, Joyce Prather,
of Mounds, and Mrs. Ocean
McKenney, of Memphis, Tenn.
Funeral services will be held this
afternoon (Friday) at 3 o’clock at the Rose
Hill Baptist Church in Pulaski with the Rev.
E.
Coty of Pulaski and the Rev. H. E.
Vick,
of Tamms officiating. Interment will
be made in Rose Hill Cemetery, W. H.
Aldred directing the funeral.
(Abner
Butler married Frances E.
Kennedy on 20 Feb 1870, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill.
His death certificate states that
Abner L.
Butler was born 23 Sep 1848, in Ohio,
the son of Lorenzo F.
Butler and Peni Dunahon,
died 21 Jan 1931, in Pulaski, Ill., husband
of Franka
Butler. His marker in
Rose Hill Cemetery reads:
Abner L.
Butler Born Sept. 23, 1848 Died Jan. 21,
1931.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mounds Independent,
Friday, 23 Jan 1931:
Mrs. Rena
McReynolds, 37, wife of Elbert
McReynolds, died Wednesday, January 21,
at 12:02 a.m., leaving motherless a
19-day-old baby daughter, Mary Faith
McReynolds.
Surviving her, besides the husband and
little daughter, are her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas
Englert, and one brother, Leonard
Englert, all of Paducah, Ky., and many friends in Mounds, where she
has made her home for the past fifteen years
or more.
Mrs.
McReynolds was a member of St. Raphael’s Catholic Church, the
Auxiliary to the Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen and the Mounds Woman’s Club.
She was also a member of the Royal Neighbor
lodge at Paducah.
A service in her memory was held at St.
Raphael’s Church Thursday morning. She
was taken to Paducah Thursday evening, where
on Saturday morning at 9 o’clock funeral
services will be held at the Catholic
Church, 6th and Broadway.
Interment will be made at Paducah.
Bellenden
Hutcheson, age 74, passed away at his home, 3301 Highland Avenue,
Cairo, Friday night, following a prolonged
illness. Mr.
Hutcheson for a number of years was a resident of Mound City until
eight months ago, when he moved to Cairo on
account of ailing health.
Mr.
Hutcheson was born in Syracuse, N.Y., and was the son of Captain
Bellenden and Mary
Hutcheson. He went to Mt. Carmel,
Illinois, in 1880 and was united in marriage
to Miss Mary Luella
Wiley
in 1883. To this union five children
were born, all of whom survive their father.
His wife preceded him in death twenty years
ago, having died suddenly on Christmas Eve.
The
Hutcheson family moved to Mound City in
1891 and Mr.
Hutcheson had resided here since that
time until moving to Cairo.
The body was removed to the home of his
son, Dr.
Hutcheson, at 3303 Park Place West,
where it remained until Sunday afternoon,
when it was removed to St. Peter’s Episcopal
Church in Mound City, where funeral services
were held. The church was filled to
its capacity and many were unable to gain
entrance. The services were very
impressive being conducted by Rev.
Schuart, of Carbondale. His sermon
theme was “Death Not the End, but the
Beginning.” The choir very sweetly
sang three beautiful hymns, “Come Ye
Disconsolate,” “Lord Remember Me,” and
“There Is a Blessed Home.”
The casket bearers were Thomas
Campbell, Al
Shuler, M. F. Browner,
George
Muscovalley and William
Bestgen, all of Mound City, and William
Mertz,
of Cairo. Honorary pallbearers were L.
D.
Stophlet, F. J.
Kuny,
W. T.
Jaccard, Thomas Perks,
Dan
Hurly, Thomas
Boyd,
George
Grammell, L. Poindexter,
Robert
Magill, W. S.
Sandeson, George
Eichhorn, and H. L.
Settlemoir.
Following the services at the church
the funeral party left
via
the C. C. C. & St. Louis Railway for Mt.
Carmel leaving Mound City at 4:20 p.m.
On Monday funeral services were held and
interment was made in the Mt. Carmel
Cemetery by the side of his wife. G.
A. James was in charge of the funeral.
(Bellenden
Hutchison married Luella
Wiley on 27 Mar 1883, in Wabash Co.,
Ill.
His death certificate states that
Bellenden
Hutcheson was born 28 Aug 1856, in
Syracuse, N.Y., the son of Bellenden
Hutcheson and Mary
Jones, natives of England, died 23 Jan 1931, in Cairo, Ill., and was
buried in Rose Hill Cemetery at Mt. Carmel,
Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Sim E.
Taylor passed away Sunday morning at 8 o’clock at his home in
Olmsted, following a lingering illness of
dropsy.
Funeral services were held Tuesday
afternoon at 2 o’clock, the Rev.
Osborne officiating. Interment was
made in the Masonic Cemetery at Olmstead, by
G. A.
James, undertaker in charge.
(His death certificate states that Sim
Elmer
Taylor, house carpenter, was born 22 Jun
1875, in Illinois, the son of Frank
Taylor and Serepta Meeks,
and died 25 Jan 1931, in Olmsted, Ill., the
husband of Mary
Taylor.
Franklin
Taylor married Syrepta
Meek
on 31 Mar 1873, in Pope Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Sylvia May
Harp, age 3 years, 5 months, and 27 days of age, passed away at her
home on North Main Street at 2:30 o’clock
Tuesday afternoon. She was the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Harp
and had been ill only a few days suffering
from pneumonia.
Funeral services were held Wednesday
afternoon at 2 o’clock at the residence, the
Rev.
Minton, Pentecostal minister of Mounds, officiating. Interment
was made in the Thistlewood Cemetery by G.
A. James undertaker in charge.
(Her death certificate states that
Sylvia May
Harp
was born 31 Jul 1927, in Cairo, Ill., the
daughter of Earl
Harp,
a native of New York, and Ethel
Caywood, a native of Illinois, died 27
Jan 1931, in Mound City, Ill., and was
buried in Thistlewood Cemetery at
Mounds.—Darrel
Dexter)
W. W.
Williams, half-brother of Mrs. B. M.
James, of Prestenburg, Ky., passed away a few days ago at his home
in Prestenburg. Mr.
Williams was a law partner of Mrs.
James’
husband and was also circuit judge.
Mrs.
James before her marriage was Miss Geneva
Howard, of this city, and will be remembered by many Mound City
residents.
Mrs. Lilly Ann
Cheek, age 65 years, a lifelong resident of this city, passed away
suddenly at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Mike
Winkler, on Poplar Street Thursday morning about nine o’clock
following a brief illness. Mrs.
Cheek
was taken ill Wednesday afternoon but her
illness was not thought to be of a serious
nature and it was a great shock to her
family and friends when she passed away.
She was born in Mound City April 14,
1865, and was the daughter of Amos and
Malinda
Peasley. She was united in marriage to Harry
McGill and to this union five children
were born, two boys and three girls.
Two of the girls and the two boys passed
away in infancy, leaving only one daughter.
Mr. McGill preceded his wife in death a number of years ago. Later
she was united in marriage to Sherman
Cheek, who passed away about three years ago.
Mrs.
Cheek was a woman of lovable disposition and had formed many ties of
friendship in the community. She was greatly
beloved by all who knew her. She was a
strong supporter of the Congregational
Church. For the past several years she
had resided with her daughter and family.
Funeral services will be held Saturday
at 1:30 p.m. at the residence of Mr. and
Mrs.
Winkler. G. A. James
has charge of funeral arrangements.
(H. A.
McGill married L. A. Peaslee
on 8 Sep 1885, in Pulaski Co., Ill.
William Henry
Peasley, 30, born in Mound City Ill.,
the son of Amos
Peasley
and Malinda
McCoy,
married on 10 Mar 1901, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill., Martha Elizabeth
Harland, 22, born in Mound City, Ill.,
the daughter of J. B.
Harland and Lucy
Coonrod.
Her death certificate states that
Lillie A.
Cheek
was born 14 Apr 1865, in Mound City, Ill.,
the daughter of Amos
Peaslee, a native of New Hampshire, and
Malinda
McCoy,
a native of Ohio, died 29 Jan 1931, in Mound
City, Ill., and was buried in Spencer
Heights Cemetery—Darrel
Dexter)
Mounds Independent,
Friday, 30 Jan 1931:
An unknown wanderer died alone in agony
Saturday under a thorn tree near the
Interurban street car line just south of
town.
His body was found by K. F.
Caldwell, motorman on the Cairo and St.
Louis traction line as he brought his car
north in the early afternoon.
The man, with a number of other men,
spent Friday night in the city hall.
Saturday morning, W. L.
Toler
was approached at his store by a young man
to whom he had given a Relief Fund order for
food the night before, with the plea that he
cross the street to see an old man who was
very sick. The old fellow, who gave
his age as 70, was in a pitiable condition.
The young men were told to assist the sick
man to Dr. O. T.
Hudson’s office where he was examined
and given medicine.
When found he had the bottle of
medicine, unopened in his pocket. His
only other belongings were a razor and a
handkerchief. He was dressed in brown
trousers, dirty white shirt, and blue
overalls with a black cap for his head.
Coroner O. T.
Hudson, and Undertaker George P.
Hartwell took charge of the body. Heart disease was given as
the cause of his death.
Men who sleep in the city bas___ are
required to register and among the name
registered that night was Ed
Ryan,
of Memphis, Tenn., who complained of being
ill. Descriptions of the dead man, who
was five feet seven inches tall and weighed
about 140 pounds had brown wavy hair and
blue eyes, were sent to Memphis, East St.
Louis, Paducah, Ky., and Cape Girardeau, Mo.
From Paducah and Cape Girardeau broadcasting
stations, his description and the ___ts
concerning his death were announced.
No identification was made, however,
and he was buried in Thistlewood Cemetery
Wednesday morning, an unknown wanderer at
the end of his earthly journey.
Eugene Debs
Horner, 31, a former businessman of Mounds, died at the Anna State
Hospital, Friday afternoon, January 23, at 2
o’clock, following a nervous breakdown which
occurred some two years ago.
For 13 years he worked for the Illinois
Central Railroad in the capacity of
brakeman. After the service rendered
for the above railroad he entered into
business for himself and continued therein
until his health broke down.
About eight months ago he confessed
Christ as his personal Savior thus preparing
for his exit from the scenes of this
immortal life.
He was a member of the Brotherhood of
Railway Trainmen and of the order of B. P.
O. Elks.
The body was brought to the home of his
mother in this city and by Undertaker G. A.
James. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2
o’clock at Mt. Pisgah Church, Wetaug, the
Rev. H. B.
Shoaff officiating. Interment was made in the Wetaug cemetery.
(Daniel
Horner married Hattie P.
Lentz on 1 Jan 1889, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill.
His marker in Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
near Wetaug reads:
Eugene Debbs
Horner Born Dec. 13, 1899 Died Jan. 23, 1931 Aged 31 Yrs., 1 Mo., &
10 Ds.—Darrel
Dexter)
Bellenden
Hutcheson, for many years resident of Mound City, died Friday night,
January 23, at his home in Cairo, where he
had lived the past eight months.
Mr.
Hutcheson was born in Syracuse, N.Y., came to Mt. Carmel, Ill., in
1880 and married Miss Mary Luella
Wiley
in 1883. The family moved to Mound
City in 1891. Twenty years ago Mrs.
Hutcheson died.
He is survived by five children, Dr. B.
S.
Hutcheson, and Miss Flirimel
Hutcheson, of Cairo, Frederick,
Roderick, and George
Hutcheson, of Jackson, Tenn.
Funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church,
Mound City. Interment was made at Mt.
Carmel Monday.
Mrs. Flossie
Hooppaw Caudle, wife of
Hugh
Caudle, of Ullin, former resident of
Mounds, died Wednesday morning, Jan. 28, at
Holden Hospital, Carbondale, where she had
been taken some two weeks ago.
Mrs.
Caudle was born at Vandalia, Ill., in 1893, but had made her home in
Ullin and later in Mounds. She is
survived by her husband, her mother, Mrs.
Sam
Carney, of Ullin; two daughters, Mrs.
LaVerne
Caudle
Mathis, of Mounds and Martha Ellen
Caudle; and one son, Loren
Caudle, both of Ullin; two
half-brothers, Lewis
Carney, of Texas, and Revis
Carney, of Ullin. Another
half-brother died during the World War.
Funeral services will be held this
afternoon at 2 o’clock at the M. E. Church
in Ullin with the Rev. H. B.
Shoaff of the M. E. Church of Mounds in
the pulpit. Interment will be made in
the Ullin Cemetery.
(Mannon F.
Hoopaw married Lola Elison
on 14 Oct 1888, in Fayette Co., Ill.
Samuel
Carney married Lola A.
Hoopa
on 25 Nov 1894, in Fayette Co., Ill.
Her death certificate stats that
Flossie Mae
Caudle was born 23 Dec 1893, in
Missouri, the daughter of Mannon
Hoopaw and the wife of Hugh
Caudle, and died 28 Jan 1931, in
Carbondale, Jackson Co., Ill., and was
buried in Ullin Cemetery.
Her marker in Ullin Cemetery reads:
Mother Flossie May
Caudle 1894-1931 In Loving
Remembrance.—Darrel
Dexter)
(Joel M. “Tobe”
Lee, 21, born in Jackson, Mo., son of Robert
Lee and Temperance English,
married on 13 Dec 1880, in Union Co., Ill.,
Ida J.
Standard, 21, born in Vienna, Ill., daughter of Fields A.
Standard and Mary A.
Spann.
William C.
Custer, 51, born in Warren Co., Tenn.,
the son of Lewis
Custer and Rebecca
Thompson, married on 30 Dec 1898, in
Union Co., Ill., Mrs. Ida J.
Lee,
38, born in Johnson Co., Ill., daughter of
A. F.
Standard and Mary Spann.
Newton Birdsell
Banker married Mrs. Ida
Custer on 4 Jul 1905, in Cairo,
Alexander Co., Ill.
Cicero N.
Lentz, 23, born in Wetaug, Ill., son of H. C.
Lentz and Miss Peeler,
married on 31 Jul 1892, in Union Co., Ill.,
Nora I.
Standard, 23, born in Jonesboro, daughter of F.
Standard and Miss
Spann. A marker in
Jonesboro Cemetery reads Ida
Lee
Jan. 16, 1931.—Darrel
Dexter)
We desire to extend our heartfelt
thanks and appreciation to the kind friends
and neighbors who assisted us in various
ways during the illness and following the
death of our beloved wife and daughter, Rena
Englert
McReynolds. Especially do we thank
those who sent floral tributes and we assure
you all these kindnesses will be long
remembered.
The Pulaski Enterprise,
Friday, 6 Feb 1931:
William H.
Knight, age 67 years, of Charleston, Mo., passed away Tuesday
morning at 9 o’clock at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Afton
Winters, on Poplar Street in this city.
Mr.
Knight had been ill for several months
and had come to Mound City to receive
medical treatment, but after his arrival he
gradually grew weaker until the end came.
Surviving Mr.
Knight are his widow, three daughters, Mrs.
Winters, Mrs. Ed Fox, of
this city, Mrs. Howard
Stovall, of South Bend, Indiana; one
son, Charles
Knight, of Charles, Mo.; four sisters,
Mrs. Jennie
Howe
and Mrs.
Tankerly, of Kentucky, Mrs.
Babb
of Missouri and one in Blytheville, Ark.;
several grandchildren a number of other
relatives and a large circle of friends in
the community in which he lived.
Funeral services were held Wednesday
afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the home of
Mrs.
Winters. Rev. W. J.
Ward, former pastor of the First Baptist
Church, but now residing at Dongola,
officiated.
Immediately following the services at the church the
cortege left for Arlington, Ky., where
interment was made in the cemetery there.
G. A.
James was the funeral director.
Lee
Watson, of Dongola, passed away Saturday at 2 p.m. at the home of
his son following a brief illness of
pneumonia.
By his request there was no funeral
service. Interment was made in the
Hinkle Cemetery near Dongola at 10 o’clock
Monday morning. E. J.
Ford
was the funeral director.
Mr.
Watson leaves his wife, one brother, of Rockwell, Texas, and four
children, Mrs. Stella
Lingle, of Ullin, Oscar
Watson, of Dongola, Mrs. Nellis
Duckworth, of Desoto, Illinois, and
Thomas
Watson, of Glenwood, Iowa.
(His death certificate states that Lee
Watson was born 21 Dec 1861, in
Kentucky, and died 31 Jan 1931, in Road
District 3, Union Co., Ill.
Albert
Mowery, son of William Junius
Mowery and Mary C.
Costley, married Estelle Belle
Watson, daughter of Lee
Watson and Mary
Barnett, on 23 Mar 1909, in Union Co., Ill. Turner S.
Lingle married Mrs. Stella
Mowery on 1 Dec 1924, in Union Co.,
Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Word has been received here of the
death of O. O.
Lewis,
of Raymondsville, Texas, formerly a resident
of Pulaski, Illinois, and well known in this
community. Mr.
Lewis
is a son of the late A. W.
Lewis,
well known resident of Pulaski for many
years, he being one of the most prominent
merchants of Pulaski. He was a brother
of Mrs. R. M.
Hurst, of this city.
Mr.
Lewis was born and reared in Pulaski, living there for many years
before removing to Raymondville, Texas,
where with his family he has since resided.
Mr.
Lewis suffered a paralytic stroke
Wednesday, January 28, and was removed to
his home where on Thursday at 1:30 o’clock
he passed away.
Surviving Mr.
Lewis are his widow and several children, two sisters, Mrs.
Hurst,
of this city, and Mrs. C. E.
Aldred, of Raymondville, Texas; four
brothers, T. E.
Lewis,
of Centralia, A. W.
Lewis,
of Tulsa, Okla., William
Lewis
of Kankakee, and E. O.
Lewis
of Edinburg, Texas; and many other relatives
and friends who will mourn his sudden death.
Funeral services were held at this home in
Raymondville.
(Charles E.
Aldred, 24, born in Pulaski,
Ill., the son of James L.
Aldred and Lucinda
Lackey, married on 31 Jan 1897, in
Pulaski Co., Ill., Addie Montella
Lewis,
20, born in Pulaski, Ill., daughter of
Alfred W.
Lewis and Elizabeth F. Butler.—Darrel
Dexter)
Cathyrn
Diepenbrock, age __ years, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ___
Diepenbrock, of Grand Chain, passed away
Sunday morning at __ o’clock following a
lingering illness.
Funeral services were held at St.
Catherine’s Church in Grand Chain at __
o’clock Tuesday morning.
Surviving Miss
Diepenbrock are her parents, of Grand Chain, three sisters, Mrs.
Adam
Cange, of Cairo, ___ and Mary Margaret
Diepenbrock, and a brother, Clemence, of
Grand Chain; also two aunts, Mrs. ___
Oehler and Mrs. Ed O’Don___
of Cairo. Miss
Diepenbrock leaves many friends who
mourn her death.
(Her death certificate states Catherine
C.
Diepenbrock, born 22 Jan 1901, in Grand
Chain, Ill., died 1 Feb 1931, in Pulaski
Co., Ill., the daughter of Theodore
Diepenbrock, a native of Germany,
and Louise
Klein,
and was buried at Villa Ridge, Ill.
Her marker in Calvary Cemetery at
Villa Ridge reads:
Catherine
Diepenbrock 1901-1931.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Pleas
Roach, of Pulaski received word Tuesday of the death of her sister,
Mrs. Frank
Osburn, who passed away at the home of
her sister at Mason, Ill. Mrs.
Roach accompanied by her husband and son-in-law, S. G.
Ervin,
left Tuesday evening for Mason to attend the
funeral.
Nancy Jane
Meisenheimer was born to Philip and Sarah
Hinkle and died at her home January 21, 1931, at the age of 74
years, 10 month and 7 days. She was
married to Wilson
Meisenheimer November 21, 1872, and to
this union seven children were born, one
dying in infancy. The living are Mrs.
Edgar
Karraker, of Dongola, and Mrs. Wiley
Casper, of Elgin, Arthur, Anderson,
George, and Tom
Meisenheimer, all of Dongola. She
leaves one brother, Hiram
Hinkle, and three sisters, Mrs. Edna
Keller, Mrs. Maria Douglas,
and Mrs. Sarah
Clifford, and six grandchildren, Opal
Karraker, Mary Louise and Rollan
Meisenheimer, Boyd and Eugene
Karraker, and Homer
Casper and two great grandchildren, Jean
and Marjorie Casper and other relatives and
friends.
(Moses W.
Misenhimer, son of Elias
Misenhimer, married Nancy J.
Hinkle, daughter of Sarah
Garrot, on 21 Nov 1872, in Union Co.,
Ill.
Philip
Hinkle, Jr., married Sarah Keller on
22 Sep 1853, in Union Co., Ill.
Matthew D.
Garrett married Mrs. Sarah
Hinkle on 28 Feb 1865, in Union Co.,
Ill.
Wiley L.
Casper, 21, born in Union Co., Ill., the son of John R.
Casper and Mary
Dillow, married on 13 Aug 1899, in Union Co., Ill., Celia
Misenheimer, 19, born in Union Co.,
Ill., the daughter of Wilson
Misenheimer and Fanna
Hinkle.
Jacob
Douglas, 20, born in Union Co., Ill.,
the son of Alexander
Douglas and Sarah Garrott,
married on 28 Apr 1878, in Union Co., Ill.,
Mariah E.
Hinkle, 18, born in Union Co., Ill., the daughter of Philip
Hinkle and Sarah
Keller. Jacob K.
Clifford, 24, born in Union Co., Ill.,
the son of John
Clifford and Eliza
Penry,
married on 25 Oct 1885, in Union Co., Ill.,
Sarah E.
Garrett, 19, born in Union Co., Ill.,
the daughter of Matthew
Garrett and Sarah Keller.—Darrel
Dexter)
Funeral services were held for Mabel
Eastwood Friday afternoon at 1:30
o’clock in the Pentecostal Church at Karnak.
Rev.
House officiated and N. W.
Wilson, undertaker, was in charge.
Mrs.
Eastwood was the wife of Martin
Eastwood and was 46 years old. She
has been seriously ill for the past five
months.
(Her death certificate states that
Mable
Eastwood was born 18 Nov 1884, in
Indiana, died 29 Jan 1931, in Karnak, Ill.,
and was buried in Anderson Cemetery.—Darrel
Dexter)
Samuel G.
Negley, age 52 years, passed away at his home in this city at 5:30
o’clock Sunday morning following a brief
illness. Mr.
Negley was a member of the 29th
Infantry, serving in the Philippine Islands
for two years following the Spanish American
War. He was employed on the ferry boat
of George
Muscovalley and had filled this place on the boat for some time.
Funeral services were held Tuesday
afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the residence
of Paul
Tucker, a relative, 434 Eighth Street, Cairo, where the body was
removed Monday afternoon. The Rev. H.
W. Berneking, pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church conducted the
service. Immediately following the
services at the residence the cortege moved
by automobile to the National Cemetery where
the body was laid to rest with full military
honors. Casket bearers were chosen from the
American Legion and the American Legion also
furnished a firing squad. Taps were
sounded at the grave at the conclusion of
the final rites. E. A.
Burke of Cairo directed the funeral.
Surviving Mr.
Negley are his widow, Mrs. Ella
Negley, and five children, besides two brothers, J. H.
Negley, of Cairo and B. F.
Negley, of Hebbersville, Ky., and a
sister, Mrs. Judith A.
Cheatham, of Henderson, Ky.
(Samuel Greg
Negley was born 6 Nov 1878, in Hebbardsville, Henderson Co., Ky.,
and died 1 Feb 1931, at Mound City, Ill.,
and was buried in section F grave 49681 in
Mound City National Cemetery.
He was a private in the U. S. Army
during the Spanish American War.
His death certificate states that he
was born 6 Nov 1879, in Henderson Co., Ky.,
the son of George R.
Negley and Judith A. Hix,
natives of Henderson Co., Ky.
He married on 14 Apr 1909, in
Jefferson Co., Ky., James Ella
Brooking.—Darrel Dexter)
We desire to express our deep-felt
gratitude for the many kindnesses and
sympathy shown us during the recent illness
and death of our beloved mother and
grandmother, Mrs. L. A.
Cheek
Mounds Independent,
Friday 6 Feb 1931:
P. T.
Chapman, president of the First National Bank of Vienna, is dead at
the age of 77. He served five years as
Johnson County superintendent of schools,
two terms as county judge, eight years as
state senator and six years in the House of
Representatives.
(According to his death certificate,
Pleasant Thomas
Chapman was born 8 Oct 1854, in
Illinois, the son of D. C.
Chapman and Mary E.
Rose,
died 31 Jan 1931, in Vienna, Johnson Co.,
Ill., and was buried in the Fraternal
Cemetery at Vienna.—Darrel
Dexter)
Miss Kathyrn
Diepenbrock, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Theo
Diepenbrock, of Grand Chain, died Sunday morning, Feb. 1, following
a long illness.
Funeral services were held Tuesday
morning at 9:30 o’clock at St. Catherine’s
Catholic Church at Grand Chain.
Interment was made in Villa Ridge Cemetery.
Mr.
Cletcher was born in Pope County 75 years ago. He was a
farmer. He passed away Sunday morning
and Mrs.
Cletcher ordered the undertaker to prepare a simple funeral and to
inter the body the same day.
(According to his death certificate,
Stokes C.
Cletcher was born 28 Feb 1855, in Pope
Co., Ill., the son of Stokes
Cletcher and Sarah
Martin, natives of Tennessee, died 18
Jan 1931, in Six Mile Township, Franklin
Co., Ill., and was buried the same day in
Royalton Cemetery.
His wife was Mendoza
Cletcher.—Darrel
Dexter)
Kannavan, a wanderer, who was not seen by his daughter or other
children for 40 years, had long been known
as a sort of “mystery man.” When his
funeral was held here Jan. 17, an automobile
bearing a Hollywood license was seen before
the funeral parlor where the services were
held.
In her letter the movie actress thanked
Mrs. A. R.
Sisk,
of Equality, for the care she gave to the
aged man and expressed regret that she had
not been able to find her father and give
him care and attention.
He had dropped several hints that he
had left his family under the guise of
committing suicide, leaving his clothing on
a riverbank and disappearing.
The Pulaski Enterprise, Friday, 13 Feb 1931:
Charles
Bagby, age 64 years, passed away at the home of his sister-in-law,
Mrs. Dan
Bagby,
with whom he has lived for the past 15 years
on last Sunday, February 8, at 12 o’clock.
Mr.
Bagby had only been sick for a few days
and his death was unexpected. Death
was attributed to pneumonia and heart
trouble.
Mr.
Bagby is the last of 13 children, his brother having passed away
about a year ago.
Funeral services were held at the
Bagby
home on Commercial Avenue last Monday,
conducted by Rev. W. H.
Hanbaum, pastor of the First Methodist
Church of this city. Interment was
made in Concord Cemetery. G. A.
James
was the funeral director.
Word has been received from Mrs. Roy
Williams of Metropolis that her mother
had passed away about the middle of January.
Mr. and Mrs.
Williams are former residents of Mound
City and they have many friends here who
extend their heartfelt sympathy to Mrs.
Williams in her bereavement.
Miss Fannie
Rose, one of the oldest residents of Pulaski County, passed away at
8:30 o’clock Thursday night in Mound City.
For the past nine months Miss
Rose
had made her home with Dr. and Mrs. W. R.
Wesenberg, on Main Street. She had
for 55 years made her home with Mr. and Mrs.
H. Wesenberg at America, parents of Dr.
Wesenberg. At their death she was compelled to leave the farm
and come to Mound City, where she has since
resided. She had been in failing
health for some time and was totally blind
for a number of years.
Miss
Rose was born in Shawneetown, Illinois, in 1855 and would have been
76 years of age next month.
She has no surviving relatives.
Funeral services were held Friday
afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the undertaking
parlors of A. A.
James. Rev. W. L.
Hanbaum, pastor of the First M. E.
Church, officiated at the services and a
quartette from the church choir finished the
music. The casket bearers were M. D.
Breslford, S. A.
Steers, Oscar Mason, Will
Mason
and Walter
Schwarz, all of America and old
acquaintances and neighbors of the deceased.
Immediately following the services the
cortege moved by automobile to Beech Grove
Cemetery where interment was made by G. A.
James
funeral director.
(Her death certificate states that
Fannie
Rose
was born 3 Mar 1855, in Illinois, and died 5
Feb 1931, in Mound City, Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Flossie May
Hoopaw, the daughter of Mrs. Sam
Carney, was born December 23, 1894, and departed this life
January 27, 1931, at the age of 37 years,
one month and four days. She was a daughter
of Mrs. Sam
Carney. She was converted and
united with the Methodist Church at Concord
at the age of fifteen years, later removing
her membership to the Methodist Church at
Mounds, Illinois, where she lived a true
Christian until the end. She was loved
by all who know her.
On October 30, 1910, she united in
marriage to Hugh
Caudle and to this union was born three
children, Mrs. LaVern
M___,
of Mounds, Loren and Mary, of Ullin.
She leaves to mourn her passing her husband,
three children, her mother, Mrs. Lola
Carney, her stepfather, Sam
Carney, and two brothers, Louis
Hoopaw, of Texas and Revis
Hooppaw of __ and a host of friends.
Mrs. Harley
McCommons, __ years, passed away suddenly near Dongola Tuesday
morning at 4 o’clock. Surviving Mrs.
McCommons are her husband, a son, age
two years, her ___ Henry
Allen, of Dongola and ___ sisters.
Funeral services were held Wednesday
afternoon at 3 o’clock at the First Baptist
Church of Dongola, the Rev. W. J.
Ward
officiating. Interment was made in
Dongola Cemetery by E. J.
Ford
funeral director.
(Her death certificate states she was
born in Union Co., Ill., the daughter of
Henry
Allen and Nancy Hill,
natives of Elco, Ill., and died 10 Feb 1931,
in Road District 6, Union Co., Ill.
Her marker in American Legion
Cemetery at Dongola reads:
Jessie Mae
McCommons Born Sept. 4, 1908 Died Feb.
10, 1931.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mounds Independent,
Friday, 13 Feb 1931:
Word has been received in Mound City
stating that Horace
Hastings, Jr., had passed away at his
home in Charles, W. Va., following an
illness of several days. The cause of
his death was heart trouble. His death
has shocked his family and friends, although
his parents had been informed of his serious
illness. They left upon receiving the
message, but found their son had passed away
when they arrived.
He was the eldest son of Rev. and Mrs.
Horace
Hastings, of Silverton, Colo., formerly
of this city, where Rev.
Hastings was pastor of the Pilgrim
Congregational Church. Their son and
wife visited at the parsonage in this city
late last summer and they were accompanied
home by Mrs.
Hastings. Rev.
Hastings and wife spent a few hours in
this city Wednesday
en
route home from Charleston.
Minus
Dunning and William Edward
Dunning, admitted operators of stills
for some eight years, the former under
federal bond, were acquitted Wednesday by
the jury in circuit court at Cairo on the
charge of killing Herbert
Coryell.
Coryell, deputy sheriff, was killed when he and Clarence
Brown
went to the
Dunning still. The manner of shooting differed. The
state through its witnesses showed that the
line of fire which had wounded and killed
Coryell came from a point some distance
from the still and that
Coryell fired only three shots.
The scene represented, roughly a
triangle of which a path through a brushy
section formed the asides. Where
Coryell’s blood showed when he fell
behind a stump marks the end of one leg of
the triangle where
Dunning is alleged to have stood, is the
apex of the triangle and end of the second
leg is where the still was located.
The bullets which killed
Coryell came from near the apex, it was
proved by the state. A man’s head
would show above the bushes and it would be
necessary for him to pass this apex when
following the part to reach the still.
Bullets in the stump, cutting the trees and
in a tree were proved.
It was the contention of the state that
Coryell and
Brown
entering this path proceeded until they came
to a point where
Dunning opened fire. At this point
the tramped leaves showed someone had been
there some time. It was also the
contention of the state that since
Coryell’s head would just about show
above the brush, that the first shot struck
him and sent him to the ground and behind
the refuge of as stump. Stunned he lay in
protection of the stump while bullets cut
overhead or lodged themselves in the stump,
and then, recovering some, he drew his gun
and fired, as it is argued,
Dunning fled across to the still where his hat was found. The
three shots fired by
Coryell are accounted for, one hit the
still, one hit the younger
Dunning and one buried itself in a tree. About two shots were
fired in return from the still, but most of
the firing was from the other point.
The defense argued that
Coryell had opened fire on the still,
yet the facts showed that whoever shot
Coryell shot from a point considerably
to one side of the still and directly on the
path leading to the still and just before
the apex or turn.
Clarence
Brown, state’s witness, who was with
Coryell, was frightened so much so, that he told Judge C. S.
Miller, who was helping prosecute, that
he was afraid they would kill him.
The two
Dunnings, of course, were witnesses for the defense, and insisted
that
Coryell opened fire on them.
Acquitted by the jury, the two men
found themselves in the hands of the U. S.
agents, who are holding them in default of
bond. They admitted freely they were
operating a still and had been in the
business some eight years.
The courthouse spectators were largely
in sympathy with the defendants.
Coryell, who once was with the liquor
crowd, had their disfavor for turning to the
other side.
Mounds Independent,
Friday, 20 Feb 1931:
T. N.
Haberts, age 70, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Perry
Keefe,
on South Elm Street, Thursday morning, Feb.
19th, at 6 o’clock, following a
long illness.
Surviving him are three daughters, Mrs.
Keefe,
of Mounds, Mrs.
McLaughlin, of Toledo, Ohio, and Mrs.
Walter
Lewis,
of Philadelphia, Pa., also one grandson.
Funeral services will be held Saturday
afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Methodist
church with the Rev. H. B.
Shoaff officiating. Interment will
be made in Spencer Heights Cemetery with
Masonic rites. George P.
Hartwell and Son are the undertakers in
charge. An obituary will appear next
week.
(According to his death certificate,
Jerry
Allen was born 2 Sep 1905, in
Cincinnati, Ohio, the son of Frederick I.
Allen,
a native of Morrow, Ohio, died 12 Feb 1931,
in Carbondale, Ill., and was buried in
Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati.—Darrel
Dexter)
Dr.
Bateman had just finished with one of his patients about 10 p.m.
Saturday, when he felt a tingling sensation
pass over his right side. His
condition grew worse and he lapsed into
unconsciousness in about an hour, the whole
right side being completely paralyzed.
Although he is deceased, the name of
Dr. Charles B.
Bateman will remain on the official
primary ballot to be voted upon March 3 as a
candidate for the office of mayor of the
city of Centralia.
(According to his death certificate,
Charles B.
Bateman was born 10 Oct 1876, in
Keysport, Clinton Co., Ill., the son of
James C.
Bateman and Emalvina Moore,
natives of Jefferson Co., Ill., died 8 Feb
1931, in Centralia, Ill., and was buried at
Keysport, Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
(The death certificate states that he
was the stillborn son of Logan
Claxton, a native of Williamson Co.,
Ill., and Leona
Nicholson, a native of Union Co., Ill.
A marker in Rose Hill Cemetery at
Pulaski reads:
Eugene
Claxton Feb. 10, 1931 Raymond
Claxton 1922-1925.—Darrel
Dexter)
Locked in the same jail in which he had
confined many other persons, George H.
Gilbert, marshal at Tamms, died while in the jail and only a few
hours following his incarceration on
Saturday night. He was found dead
early Sunday morning.
An Alexander County coroner’s jury at
the inquest gave as their verdict “Death
caused by acute alcoholism,” according to
the
Cairo Citizen.
(George P.
Gilbert married Irene Kerr
on 4 Apr 1893, in Randolph Co., Ill.
His death certificate states that
George P.
Gilbert was born 25 Sep 1870, in
Illinois, the son of John
Gilbert, died 15 Feb 1931, in Tamms, Ill., the husband of Irine
Gilbert, and was buried in Pulaski Co., Ill.
His marker in Beechwood Cemetery in
Mounds reads:
George P.
Gilbert 1870-1931 Irene E.
Gilbert 1872-1931.—Darrel
Dexter)
Bobby Eugene
Gulley, 3-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Jess
Gulley, passed away at his home in Dongola Friday morning about 5
o’clock.
Funeral services were held at the First
Baptist Church in Dongola Sunday afternoon
at 2:30 o’clock conducted by the pastor,
Rev. W. J.
Ward.
Interment was made in the I. O. O. F.
cemetery, E. J.
Ford directing the funeral.
Surviving little Bobby are his parents,
his grandparents, and two brothers, two
sisters, several aunts and uncles.
(The death certificate states that
Bobby Eugene
Gulley was born in Wetaug, Ill., the son
of Jess
Gulley, a native of Dongola, Ill., and
Dassie E.
Godman, a native of Union Co., Ill.
His marker in the I. O. O. F.
Cemetery at Dongola reads:
Bobby
Gulley Born March 8, 1928 Died Feb. 20,
1931.—Darrel
Dexter)
J. W.
Gallion, age 81 years, passed away Monday morning at his home in
Villa Ridge. Mr.
Gallion was one of the oldest and most
highly respected residents of Pulaski
County. He would have attained the age
of 82 years had he lived until April.
Left to mourn his passing are four
daughters, Mr. F. M.
Block,
of Cairo, Mrs. B. I.
Britton, of Villa Ridge, Mrs. C. C.
Johnson, of Brookfield, Fla., and Mrs.
George
Nichols, of Springfield, Illinois; one
son, William
Gallion, of Champaign, Illinois; and a
brother, James
Gallion, of Aurora, Mo., besides a number of grandchildren and a
host of friends.
Funeral services were held Tuesday
afternoon at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
B. I.
Britton, in Villa Ridge. The services were conducted by J. C.
Mench,
of the Y. M. C. A. of Mounds.
Immediately following the services at the
residence the cortege moved by automobile to
Beech Grove Cemetery at Mounds where
interment was made. G. A.
James
directed the funeral.
(Frank
Block, 24, born in Aurora, Ind., the son of William
Block
and Sarah
Cheek, married on 21 Feb
1899, in Pulaski Co., Ill., Aetna
Gallion, 18, born in Smithand, Ky., the
daughter of John
Gallion and Tennie Daniels.
B. I.
Britton married Emma
Gallion on 7 Jan 1894, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill.
His death certificate states that
John W.
Gallion was born about 1850 and died 23
Feb 1931, in Road District 5, Union Co.,
Ill., husband of Anna
Gallion.—Darrel
Dexter)
E. J. B.
Aldridge, many years ago a resident of this city, passed away in St.
Petersburg, Fla., on February 12, according
to word received recently in this city.
Mr.
Aldridge will be remembered by only a few of the residents of this
city due to the fact that it had been
probably thirty-five years since he had made
his home here. At that time he was
employed on the
Patriot, a weekly publication which was
later changed to the
Pulaski Enterprise. After leaving
here he went to DuQuoin, where he was
employed for a while in newspaper work later
becoming manager of the telephone exchange
there. He made his residence there
until the beginning of winter when he went
to Florida where he passed away.
Charles Kenneth
Hannan, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Hannan, of Olmsted, passed away at St. Mary’s Infirmary in Cairo
Saturday evening at 6 o’clock at the age of
2 years, 3 months, and 4 days. The
little one had been ill for some time and
had been at the infirmary twelve days.
Mr. and Mrs.
Hannan have one other child, a seven
weeks old baby.
Funeral services were held Monday
morning at 10 o’clock at the Catholic church
at Grand Chain and interment as made in the
Grand Chain cemetery. The services
were conducted by Father
Orlett and G. A.
James was the funeral director.
(The death certificate states that
Charles Kenneth
Hannon was born 17 Nov 1928, in Olmsted,
Ill., the son of Edward
Hannan and Geraldine
Castleman, and died 21 Feb 1931, in
Cairo, Ill.
His marker in St. Catherine Cemetery
at Grand Chain reads:
Charles K.
Hannon Born Nov. 17, 1928 Died Feb. 21, 1931.—Darrel
Dexter)
(Jonathan
Shick,
31, born in Chester Co., Pa., the son of
Amos
Shick and Elizabeth
Hook, married on October 23, 1879, in Union Co., Ill., Mary Elizabeth
Frick,
30, born Union Co., Ill., the daughter of
Jacob
Frick and Sarah
Miller.
His marker in Jonesboro Cemetery
reads:
Jonathon
Shick
Born June 22, 1848 Died Feb. 19, 1931 Mary
E.
Shick his wife Born Nov. 17, 1843 Died
Dec.20, 1925.—Darrel
Dexter)
Walter Ausby
Stokes was born near Mt. Pleasant, Union County, Illinois, Dec. 21st,
1869 and died at the Hale-Willard Hospital,
Anna, Ill., Friday, Feb. 20th,
1931, age __ years, 1 month and 28 days.
He was the son of Mathew and Sarah E.
Stokes.
Mr.
Stokes spent his entire life farming in Union County. On
August 29, 1887, he was united in marriage
to Ollie
Amburn. To this union were born five children, Ernest M.
Stokes, of Indianapolis, Ind., Mrs.
Fount
Roberts, of Buncombe, Ill., Mrs. Lollo
Hepp,
of Mounds, Mrs. William
Menk,
of Chicago, and Mrs. Jack
Lowry,
also of Mounds.
Surviving him are his wife and five of
his children, five grandchildren and
numerous other relatives and friends.
(Matthew
Stokes married Sarah E.
Boswell on 24 Aug 1865, in Union Co.,
Ill.
Walter A.
Stokes married Ollie
Amburn on 29 Aug 1888, in Johnson Co.,
Ill.
His marker in Anna City Cemetery
reads:
W. Ausby
Stokes Dec. 21-1869-Feb. 20 1931 Father Ollie
Stokes his wife Nov. 9, 1872-Feb. 2, 1951 Mother.—Darrel
Dexter)
John W.
Gallion, for many years a resident of this county, died at one
o’clock Monday morning at the Anna hospital.
He had reached the age of 81 years.
Surviving him are four daughters, Mrs.
B. I.
Britton, of Villa Ridge, Mrs. F. M.
Block,
of Cairo, Mrs. Claude
Johnson, of Brookfield, Fla., and Mrs.
George
Nichols, of Springfield, Ill.; also one
son, William
Gallion, of Champaign, Ill.; and one
brother, James
Gallion, of Aurora, Mo.
Funeral services were held Tuesday
afternoon at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Britton, at Breezy Summit farm near Villa Ridge, Secretary J. C.
Mench,
of the Y. M. C. A., officiating.
Interment was made in Beech Grove Cemetery
with Undertaker G. A.
James
in charge.
Among those attending the funeral from
Mounds were Mr. and Mrs. L.
Hodge,
Mrs. A.
Holbrook, Mr. and Mrs. William
Earle,
Mrs. R. C.
Poole,
Mrs. George
Stinnett, Mrs. A. C. Burr,
Mrs. A.
Deeslie, Mrs. Ora
Pollock, Mrs. H. C.
Fellenstein, and Mrs. Ida
Weaver.
Thomas N. Habirts was born September 15, 1860, in Detroit, Michigan, and died
February 19, 1931, in Mounds, Ill. On
his father’s side he was of French descent.
His mother was a Norwegian doctor, something
unusual in that day. He was educated
for the priesthood and while he later
renounced Catholicism, he was devoutly
religious throughout his life. Mr.
Habirts spoke both French and Spanish
fluently and had some knowledge of the
German language.
His life story reads like a romance.
In the prime of life he was a brilliant,
successful business man, a general
contractor in Pittsburg, Pa., acquiring much
wealth and losing it in later years.
He made frequent business trips to South
America, Central America and Mexico, where
he was sole engineer in the construction of
battle ships for these counties at that
time.
Reverses overtook him, his health
failed and he felt keenly the cessation of
his activities.
For the last twenty years he had lived
with his daughter, Mrs. Perry
Keefe,
in Vienna, Ill., for some years in
Metropolis, going there in 1918 and in
Mounds since July 1924.
He is survived by three daughters, Mrs.
Perry
Keefe, of Mounds, Mrs.
McLaughlin, of Toledo, Ohio, and Mrs.
Walter
Lewis,
of Philadelphia, Pa., also one son and one
grandson.
Mr.
Habirts became a Mason May 5th 1916, and received the
Shriners’ degree April 22, 1920.
Funeral services were held at the
Mounds M. E. church Saturday afternoon
February 21st and he was buried
with Masonic honors in Spencer Heights
Cemetery.
(According to his death certificate,
Thomas Napoleon
Haberts was born 15 Sep 1860, in
Detroit, Mich., Joseph
Haberts, a native of France, and Ellen
Emery,
a native of Holland, died 19 Feb 1931, in
Mounds, Ill., and was buried in Spencer
Heights Cemetery at Mounds.—Darrel
Dexter)
We wish to express our sincere
appreciation for the many kindnesses shown
us during the illness and at the death of
our husband and father, Walter Ausby
Stokes. We also wish to thank those who sent flowers.
The Pulaski Enterprise, Friday, 6 Mar 1931:
Mrs. Julia
Sally, sister of Mrs. P. B.
Dunsworth, of this city, passed away at
her home in Augusta, Ga., Friday afternoon
at 2:30 o’clock. The body was brought
to Mound City arriving Sunday and was taken
to the
Dunsworth home on South Fourth Street
where funeral services were held Monday
afternoon. The services were conducted
by Rev. Mr.
Ward
of Dongola, pastor of the Baptist Church.
Immediately after the services at the
residence the cortege left
via
automobile for Grand Chain where interment
was made in the Grand Chain cemetery.
Mrs.
Sally is survived by her husband, one sister, Mrs.
Dunsworth, and a nephew, Leo
Dunsworth. Mrs.
Sally
was before her marriage Miss Julia
Yoakum, of this city, and was quite well
known in the community, having resided here
before going to Augusta to reside.
G. A.
James was the funeral director.
Andrew Harrison
Blakley, age 51, years, passed away Friday at his home near Ullin.
A coincidence of his death was that he
passed away on his birthday anniversary.
He is survived by his widow, a sister,
who resides in Cleveland, Ohio, and two
brothers, William and Richard
Blakley, of Evansville, Ind. The
body was taken to Evansville Saturday, the
cortege leaving Ullin by automobiles.
Funeral services were held Monday in
Evansville, followed by interment in the
cemetery there. W. J.
Rhymer was the funeral director.
(Andrew H.
Blakely married on 15 Oct 1908, in Vanderburgh, Ind., Carrie B.
Koozley.
After Mr.
Blakely’s death, she married William
Akers.—Darrel Dexter)
Harry
Hamilton, colored, will probably face either death or life
imprisonment, following the killing of
Garner
McClinton, also colored, at Grand Chain, on last Friday night.
Hamilton, four hours after his dispute with
McClinton, stepped from behind an automobile and called out to him
as he shot one time.
McClinton staggered back a few steps and
dropped, dying in a few minutes.
Details of the shooting are missing in
some instances.
Hamilton claimed that
McClinton took $10 from him in the joint
that
McClinton was operating. It was
taken when
Hamilton laid down $10 and
McClinton picked it up, so
Hamilton asserts, and not as the result
of gambling.
Angry and sore,
Hamilton began to seek revenge and started hunting for a shotgun, it
is asserted trying to borrow one. He
was seen about Grand Chain all evening and
asked to borrow a shotgun from one person.
A car containing Ulysses
Calhoun, Clifford
Calhoun, and Mrs. Harry
Hamilton, drove up near the home of
Harry
Edwards, which is at the turn of the
rods as your leave Grand Chain to go to
Karnak.
Hamilton
was seen behind the woodshed at this place
and it is said at that time he did not have
a gun. It was about 8 o’clock.
A moment later when
McClinton stepped from the rear or side
door of the house and came towards the car,
Hamilton stepped from behind the car, and addressing the
McClinton, “There’s the ____ that I’m
going to kill,” he leveled the shotgun and
fired. Some think his wife bought the
gun. Ownership of the gun has not been
established.
The charge struck
McClinton in the stomach and he staggered back a few steps, dropped
down and died.
Hamilton went on a few steps, came back and viewed his victim.
Then he went on the road toward Levings
where officers found him.
Hamilton maintains that he fired in self-defense. He asserts
that the thought
McClinton was about to shoot. But
the fact that he hung about Grand Chain for
four hours armed himself and suddenly
stepped out, points to deliberate shooting.
Search of
McClinton’s body failed to reveal any firearms. There was
around $3 on him.
Hamilton’s served time for petit larceny at Dam 53 and had not
been out so very long. Many consider
his case as one in which either a long
prison sentence will result or possibly the
electric chair. Both men were married.
(Garner
McClinton was born 22 Jul 1904, in Mississippi, the son of Sam
McClinton and Josia
Taylor, natives of Mississippi, died 27
Feb 1931, in Grand Chain, Ill., husband of
Smithia
McClinton, and was buried in Medioth (?) Cemetery in Road District
5, Pulaski Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mounds Independent,
Friday, 6 Mar 1931:
Andrew Harrison
Blakely, age 51 years, died Friday at his home near Ullin in his
birthday anniversary. He is survived
by his widow, a sister, who resides in
Cleveland, Ohio, and two brothers, William
and Richard
Blakely, of Evansville, Ind. The body was taken to Evansville,
Ind., Saturday morning, the cortege leaving
Ullin by automobile.
Funeral services were held Monday March
2, in Evansville with interment in the
cemetery there. W. J.
Rhymer, undertaker at Ullin had charge
of the funeral.
John R.
Smith, 57 years, died near Ullin yesterday. He was at the home
of W. H.
Evans,
his nephew, with whom he had made his home
for a number of years. His funeral was
held this morning at __ o’clock at Cache
Chapel.
(His death certificate states that John
R.
Smith was born about 1875, the son of
Albert
Smith,
and died 11 Mar 1931, in Road District 3,
Pulaski Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Mary Ann
Holt, age 89 years, mother of W. J.
Crocker, of Mounds, passed away Monday morning at the home of her
son.
Funeral services were held Tuesday
afternoon at 2 o’clock at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. F. M.
Craig,
at Elkville, where the body was taken
Tuesday morning, leaving Mounds at 5:17
o’clock.
Interment was made in the Elkville cemetery.
Mrs.
Holt was born November 7, 1841. She is survived by her
daughter, Mrs.
Craig,
and her son, Mr.
Crocker, besides many other relatives
and friends. G. A.
James
had charge of arrangements at Mounds and the
shipping of the body.
(Francis M.
Craig married Rosa D. Crocker
on 6 Jul 1898, in Jackson Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Word has been received in this city
stating that James
Fisher, brother-in-law of Miss Belle
Goldsmith, had passed away early Sunday
morning, March 8, at his home in Memphis,
Tenn., following a brief illness.
Mr.
Fisher formerly resided in Mound City, having united in marriage to
Miss Ollie
Goldsmith, daughter of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Henry
Goldsmith. While in Mound City he
was an employee of the Marine Ways.
Mr.
Fisher and his family moved from Mound City to Memphis several years
ago where they have since resided.
Left to mourn his passing are his
widow, one daughter, and two sons, and a
wide circle of friends, both in Memphis and
this community. His sister-in-law,
Miss Belle
Goldsmith, who has been confined to her
home by illness, was unable to attend the
funeral.
William
Settlemoir, age 86 years, passed away at his home in Anna Sunday
night following an illness of several
months. Mr.
Settlemoir was the eldest brother of I. J.
Settlemoir, and had on several occasions visited his brother and
other relatives in Mound City. He was
well known throughout Union County, being
one of the most prominent farmers in the
county. For the past several years or
since his retirement from active farm life,
Mr.
Settlemoir and his wife had resided in
Anna, where he had made many friends.
He was a man of fine Christian character and
until the infirmities of age crept upon him,
was the possessor of jovial disposition.
He was a man of unusual kindness and in all
conditions of life, extremely optimistic.
Surviving Mr.
Settlemoir are his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth
Settlemoir, six children, three brothers, I., J.
Settlemoir, of Mound City, John
Settlemoir of Benton, Illinois, and Eph
Settlemoir, of Anna; one sister, Mrs.
Elizabeth
Treece, of Malden, Mo.; more than forty
grandchildren and several great
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at Anna at
the family residence Tuesday afternoon at 2
o’clock which were largely attended.
Interment was made in the Anna Cemetery.
At the cemetery full military honors were
given. Mr.
Settlemoir being a veteran of the Civil
War. He leaves many close friends who
deeply sympathize with the bereaved aged
widow and the family.
(William W.
Settlemoir, 18, born in Union Co., Ill., 5’ 4 ½”, light hair, grey
eyes, fair complexion, enlisted as a private
on 23 Mar 1865, in Co. F, 14th
Illinois Infantry at Danville, Ill., to
serve one year.
William W.
Settlemoir married Elizabeth
Phelan on 25 Sep 1867, in Union Co.,
Ill.
His death certificate states that he
was born in Tennessee, the son of John
Settlemoir.
His marker in Anna City Cemetery
reads:
William W.
Settlemoir Born Oct. 8, 1845 Died March 8, 1931 Co. F, 14 Ill. Inf.
Father Elizabeth
Settlemoir Born Jan. 25, 1849 Died Jan.
9, 1935 Mother.—Darrel
Dexter)
Funeral services of Lucreasy
Pryor,
who passed away March 2, 1931, at her home
five miles northeast of Villa Ridge were
held at Church of God in Christ Tuesday
afternoon at 1:30 o’clock.
Mrs. Lucreasy was born in state of
Louisiana. She was 105 years old.,
Surviving her are three sons, Grant
Pryor,
Dan
Pryor, Isaac
Pryor, and one daughter, Mary
Woody, all of Villa Ridge, 28
grandchildren, 45 great-grandchildren and a
host of friend.
(The 105 years seems to be an
exaggeration and she was closer to 82 years
old.
The 1870 census of Caledonia, Pulaski
Co., Ill., states that Loucretia
Prior
was born about 1849 in Arkansas.
The 1880 census of Mound City states
that Cresa
Prior
was born about 1850 in Arkansas.
The 1930 census of Pulaski states
that Lucrecea
Prior
was born about 1858 in Arkansas.
Her death certificate states that
Lucretia
Prior
nee
Marshall was born about 1835 in Baton Rouge, La., died 2 Mar 1931,
in Pulaski, Ill., and was buried in
Caledonia Cemetery.
Dan
Prior,
24, born in America, son of Alfred
Prior
and Lourena
Marshall, married 14 May 1896, in
Pulaski Co., Ill., Millie A.
Gray
20, born in Villa Ridge, daughter of Charlie
Gray and Susan Sitters.
Andrew
Prior,
22, of Villa Ridge, son of Alfred
Prior
and Loucretia
Marshall, married on 4 Aug 1896, in
Pulaski Co., Ill., Mrs. Ella
Offord, 20, born in Nashville, Tenn.,
daughter of William
McKinney and Lizzie Voars.—Darrel
Dexter)
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. William
Crippen, of Mounds, who was born at St.
Mary’s Infirmary in Cairo Thursday, March 5,
was buried Thursday afternoon in the
cemetery at Mounds. Mrs.
Crippen, was before her marriage Miss
Agnes
Schuler of this city.
(His death certificate states that
William Robert
Crippen was stillborn 5 Mar 1931, in
Cairo, Ill., the son of W. A.
Crippen, a native of Villa Ridge, Ill., and Agnes
Schuler, a native of Mound City,
Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mounds Independent,
Friday, 13 Mar 1931:
Mrs. Mary Ann
Holt, mother of W. J. Crocker,
died early Monday morning, March 9, 1931, at
the home of Mr.
Crocker, where she had lived for a
number of years. Mrs.
Holt,
who was born Nov. 7, 1841, had reached the
advanced age of 89 years, 3 months and 28
days. She is survived by her son, and
a daughter, Mrs. F. M.
Craig,
of Elkville, also other relatives and
friends.
Funeral services were held Tuesday
afternoon at the home of her daughter in
Elkville and interment was made in the
Elkville Cemetery. G. A.
James
was the undertaker in charge.
(Her death certificate states that Ora
Keller was born 8 Sep 1886, in Pulaski
Co., Ill., the daughter of Charles
Rhymer, a native of North Carolina, and
Victoria
Sowers, born in Pulaski Co., Ill., died
9 Mar 1931, in Centralia, Ill., wife of J.
W.
Keller, and was buried in New Hope
Cemetery.
Her marker in New Hope Cemetery near
Ullin reads:
Orah wife of J. W.
Keller 1886-1931.—Darrel
Dexter)
We desire to express our deep
appreciation and heartfelt thanks to our
neighbors and friends for their many acts of
kindness and their words of sympathy during
the illness and following the death of our
beloved mother, Mrs. Mary Ann
Holt. Especially do we wish to thank those who sent floral
offerings and those who furnished cars.
Your kindness will ever be remembered.
Mrs. Nancy
Williams, prominent colored woman of this city, passed away at her
home at 7 o’clock Thursday morning at the
age of 60 years. She was the mother of
John
Watts, mail carrier in north Mound City.
She is also survived by three daughters,
Misses Ona and Birdie
Williams, and Mrs. Carrie
Lackey, all of this city.
Funeral services will be held Saturday
at 12 o’clock noon at the A. M. E. Church of
this city.
Undertaker
Donaldson of Cairo has charge of funeral
arrangements. Interment will be made in the
cemetery at Mounds.
Dr. Elmund
Cuffle, age 59 years, well known colored veterinarians of
Mounds, passed away Thursday night at 8
o’clock following an illness of several
months. He practiced his profession
for more than a score of years in Pulaski
County and was well known and highly
respected throughout the community by both
white and colored residents.
Surviving him are three daughters, Mrs.
Amanda
Chishom and Miss Annie
Cuffle,
of Pontiac, Mich., and Mrs. Bernice
Pearson, of Newark, N.J., and two
brothers, Andrew
Cuffle,
of Cairo and Henry
Cuffle,
of Mounds.
Funeral services were held Monday
afternoon at 2 o’clock at St. John’s Baptist
Church of Mounds, the Rev. J. T.
Dodson officiating. Interment was
made in the cemetery at Mounds.
(According to his death certificate,
Edmond
Cuffie was born 14 Oct 1871, in
Charleston, Mo., the son of Hiram
Cuffie, a native of Georgia, died 12 Mar
1931, in Pulaski Co., Ill., the husband of
Mame
Cuffie, and was buried Thistlewood Cemetery.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Cynthia
Bowers, age 33 years, wife of Curtis
Bowers, passed away at her home in this city at 5:15 o’clock
Wednesday morning following a brief illness
of pneumonia. Mrs.
Bowers, who was before her marriage,
Miss Cynthia
Talley, was born in Grand Chain and came
to Mound City when quite young, where she
has since made her home. She was
united in marriage February 17, 1916, to
Curtis
Bowers, and to this union one son was
born.
Surviving Mrs.
Bowers are her husband, one son, Ralph, age 13 years, her father, J.
W.
Talley of this city, two sisters, Mrs.
C. B.
Mohundro, of Cairo, and Mrs. Henry
Hall,
of this city, six brothers, Mark, Noah,
Adolphus, Charles, Earnest, and Gilbert
Talley, all of Mound City, several
nieces and nephews and a number of other
relatives.
Funeral services will be held at 2
o’clock this afternoon (Friday) at the
residence on Main Street conducted by Rev.
W. J.
Ward, pastor of the Baptist Church of
Dongola and formerly pastor of the Baptist
Church in this city. Interment will be
made in Spencer Heights Cemetery at Mounds
by G. A.
James,
undertaker in charge.
Casket bearers will be Albert
Boekenkamp, Harry
Dalton, Edward Ellenwood,
John
Edwards, Alva
Smith
and Roy
Beaver.
(Her marker in Spencer Heights Cemetery
reads:
Cynthia
Bowers Born Oct. 12, 1898 Died March 18,
1931.—Darrel
Dexter)
William
Washington, well known colored resident of the Olmsted section
passed away at his home on the B.
Bierbaum farm east of Olmstead March 6,
at the age of 101. He had asserted
that he was born October 25, 1830, in
Columbus, Miss. He claimed to have
served in the Civil War under Gen. Robert E.
Lee,
being in the Siege of Richmond. He was the
father of 11 children and had 17
grandchildren.
(His death certificate states that
William
Washington was born 25 Oct 1830, in
Lowndes Co., Miss., the son of Henry Kitchen
Keen and Susie Brown,
and died 7 Mar 1931, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill., the husband of Callie
McCray Washington.
The 1900 census of Gibson Co., Tenn.,
states he was born in October 1830.
The 1910 census of Gibson Co., Tenn.,
also gives his year of birth as about 1831.
The 1930 census of Pulaski Co., Ill.,
gives his age as 100.—Darrel
Dexter)
Ike
Bodkin, lumberman of Wickliffe, Ky., took his life yesterday morning
by cutting his throat with a razor.
Quite a number of people here who have been
in the lumber business knew him.
William
Mayer passed away at his home three miles northwest of Olmstead at
6:30 o’clock Thursday morning following a
brief illness of pneumonia. He was 55
years of age and had been a resident of the
Olmstead district about twenty-five years.
He is survived by his widow, four
children, Earnest
Mayer,
of Grand Chain, Fred, of St. Louis, Mrs.
William
Temke,
of Ullin, and Lorene, residing at home with
her parents.
Funeral services were held Saturday
afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Lutheran
church at Olmsted, the Rev.
Huebotter officiating. Interment
will be made in Concord Cemetery by G. A.
James,
undertaker in charge.
(His marker in Concord Cemetery near
Olmsted reads:
William
Mayer
1875-1931 Josephine
Mayer
1873-1950.—Darrel
Dexter)
(Her marker in New Hope Cemetery near
Ullin reads:
Orah wife of J. W.
Keller 1886-1931.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mounds Independent,
Friday, 20 Mar 1931:
Mrs. Winifred
Penrod Palmer died in the
Willard-Hale Memorial Hospital, Anna, Ill.,
March 16, following an operation for
appendicitis.
Mrs.
Palmer was the widow of the late Manley
Palmer, of this city, Illinois Central fireman who was killed in a
wreck near Belleville about two years ago.
She was born November 2, 1902, and had
reached the age of 28 years.
Surviving her are her mother, a sister,
Mrs.
Parker, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and a
brother, Ray
Penrod, of Anna.
Funeral services were held at the First
Baptist Church of Anna, Ill., Wednesday
afternoon, March 18th, at 2
o’clock. Interment was made in the
Mounds cemetery.
(According to her death certificate,
Winifred
Palmer was born 2 Nov 1902, in Illinois,
the daughter of James Allen
Penrod and Malinda
Meisenheimer, died 16 Mar 1931 in Anna,
Ill., and was buried at Mounds, Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Dr. Edmond
Cuffie, colored, for many years a practicing veterinarian in Mounds
and Pulaski County, died at his home here
Thursday, March 12. While he had been
in poor health for some time, he had been
able to attend to his practice until quite
recently.
Dr.
Cuffie was born October 14, 1871, and had reached the age of 59
years, 4 months and 26 days.
Funeral services were held Monday
afternoon at the St. John Baptist Church,
the Rev. J. T.
Dodson officiating. Interment was made in Thistlewood
Cemetery.
Vester
Webb, who with his family formerly resided here, died last Sunday at
his home in Arlington, Ky. Mr.
Webb leaves his widow and four children, three sons and one
daughter.
Mrs. Isabella
Lanning Candee of Cairo,
first president of the Illinois Federation
of Woman’s Clubs, died Saturday, March 14th,
at the home of her son, H. S.
Candee, of Chicago, at the age of 84.
Mrs.
Candee was one of the organizers of the Cairo Woman’s Club and
Library Association in 1873 and was second
president of the club. At the time of
her death she was its president emeritus.
Mrs.
Candee was a member of the board of lady managers of the World’s
Columbian Exposition and she also served
many years as state president of the Women’s
Auxiliary of the Episcopal Church in
Illinois.
News has been received in Mounds City
announcing the death of Thomas S.
Rouse,
of Hammonton, N.J., which occurred Monday,
March 23.
Mr.
Rouse was born in Baltimore, Md., but was reared in Mound City.
He was the son of the late James W. and
Rachael G.
Rouse.
He was quite well known here among the older
settlers, the
Rouse
family being pioneer settlers of the county.
Left to mourn his passing are his
widow, four daughters, several
grandchildren, one sister, Mrs. Eva M.
Bowling, of St. Louis and one brother,
James W.
Rouse,
of Memphis, Tenn. Funeral services
were held at this home in Hammonton,
Wednesday and interment was made in the
cemetery there.
(Jesse L.
Bowling married Eva M. Rouse
on 23 Apr 1873, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Emery
Haas, formerly of Grand Chain, is missing and it is supposition that
he was drowned Friday shortly after he went
to work. He was employed on the U. S.
government fleet at Paducah. Every
effort is being made to recover the body.
He leaves a wife, Mrs. Louise
Reichert
Haas, and small daughter age 3 years. Mrs.
Haas
is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Reichert, who formerly resided at Grand
Chain, but now live at Olive Branch.
She is also a cousin of Mrs. C. E.
Richey of this city. Mr. and Mrs.
Richey motored to Paducah Tuesday and
spent a few hours with Mrs.
Haas.
Mrs. Emily Jane
Cagle, widow of George Cagle,
passed away at the home of her daughter in
St. Louis at the age of 77 years. Mrs.
Cagle,
who was affectionately known to her friends
in this community as “Grandma
Cagle”
was ill about three months. She made her
home in Mound City many years and about five
years ago left here and for some time
resided in Arkansas later going to St.
Louis, where she has since made her home.
She was a woman of beautiful Christian
character and to know her was to love her.
Her kind and sympathetic disposition had won
for her many loyal friends. She was a
kind and loving mother and one who will be
greatly missed by her children. She
had made her home since leaving Mound City
with her daughter, Mrs. Al
Maples.
She is survived by four daughters, Mrs.
Daisy
Maples, of St. Louis, Mrs. Della
Dumm,
on New Madrid, Mo., Mrs. Beel
Reid,
and Mrs. Georgia Ann
Wallace, of Arkansas, and one son
Daniel, of St. Louis, besides a number of
grandchildren and other relatives.
Funeral services were held at the grave
Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock conducted by
a minister from St. Louis. Interment
was made in Thistlewood Cemetery, G. A.
James
of Mound City directed the funeral.
(Laurence
Harris, 24, born in Coles Co., Ill., son of James
Harris and Frances
Blevins, married on 24 Mar 1901, in Pulaski Co., Ill., Laura B.
Cagle,
24, born in Benton Co., Tenn., daughter of
George W
Cagle
and Emily
Wright.
Her marker in Beechwood Cemetery at
Mounds reads:
Emily J.
Cagle 1851-1931.—Darrel
Dexter)
Word has been received by relatives in
this city stating that Joe
Masterson, of Monroe, La., a former
resident of Mound City, passed away at his
home Saturday night, following a brief
illness of pneumonia.
Mrs. Martha
Curry, age 87 years, widow of James
Curry, passed away suddenly at her home three miles east of Pulaski
late Tuesday afternoon. Her death has
brought great sadness to the community as
she was very much loved by a large circle of
friends. She had been ill less than
two weeks, but was thought to be improving
as just before the end she seemed in good
spirits and seemed to be much better.
She was known to her many friends as
“Aunt Martha” or “Grandma Curry.” She
was very active considering her age and even
until the end her will to go and do
astonished her family and friends.
She came to Pulaski County when quite
young while southern Illinois was still a
wilderness and she lived almost her entire
life on the farm where she was living at the
time of her death. This farm was
cleared by her husband, James
Curry,
who preceded his wife in death many years
ago.
She is survived by six children,
Charles
Curry,
with whom she had lived; Olen
Curry,
of Detroit, Mich.; Mr. Essie
Rives,
of Pulaski; Mrs. Ab
Bankson, of Pulaski, Mrs. Edward
Lackey, of Pulaski, and Mrs. George
Mumford, of Ullin. She is also
survived by a large number of grandchildren
and great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held in the New
Concord Methodist Church four miles east of
Pulaski at 2 o’clock Thursday afternoon.
Interment was made in the Concord Cemetery
beside the grave of her husband. W. H.
Aldred directed the funeral.
(James
Curry married Martha E.
Rodgers on 24 Dec 1865, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill. Her death certificate states that
Martha Ellen
Curry
was born 16 May 1844, in Mayfield, Ky.,
daughter of Anthony and Lucy
Rogers, died 24 Mar 1931, in Pulaski Co., Ill.
J.
Edward
Reeves, 20, born in Union Co., Ill., son
of W. T.
Reeves and Barbara
Smoot,
married on 6 Aug 1899, in Pulaski Co., Ill.,
Essie
Curry, 21, born in Pulaski Co., Ill.,
daughter of James
Curry and Martha Rodgers.
Abner C.
Bankson married Laura B.
Curry
on 27 May 1883, in Pulaski Co., Ill. E.
J.
Lackey married Stella
Curry
on 5 Aug 1894, in Pulaski Co., Ill.
Peter
Lentz
married Nancy A.
Curry
on 28 Jan 1880, in Pulaski Co., Ill.
George M.
Mumford married Mrs. Alice
Lentz on 30 May 1888, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
John T.
Ellis, age 70 years, 11 months and 15 days, died at the home of his
sister, Mrs. Charles
Rose,
March 1_, 1931, at 3 p.m. He was the
son of D. R.
Ellis, of Pope County, Illinois.
He was united in marriage early to Nora
Blake.
To this union one daughter was born, Mrs.
___nnett,
now residing in St. __, Idaho. Later
in life he was married to Sue
Chenoth, of Granite City, __nn.
Unto this union 2 sons were born, namely,
Harold D., of Knoxville, Tenn., and Fred, of
Los Angeles, Calif.
He was never confined to his bed ___t
of his breathing. His ___position will
be missed by those who came in contact with
him.
Funeral services were conducted
_________ Wednesday night by J. L.
Littleton. Interment was made in
the Odd Fellows Cemetery at Golconda,
Illinois.
(His death certificate states that John
T.
Ellis died 17 Mar 1931, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill., the son of David R.
Ellis
and Catherine
Watson.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Martha
Curry, 87, a Pulaski County pioneer, died at her home near Pulaski
Tuesday. She is survived by six
children: Charles, with whom she
lived, Mrs. Essie
Rives,
Mrs. Ab
Bankson and Mrs. Edward
Lackey, all of Pulaski, Mrs. George
Mumford, of Ullin, and Olen, of Detroit,
Mich.
Mrs. Effie
Stull, of Cairo, a former resident of Mounds, died Wednesday, March
25th, at the Bernard Hospital in
St. Louis, where she had been a patient for
some time.
Surviving Mrs.
Stull are her husband, Oscar
Stull, and five children, Mrs. Georgia
Volker and Mrs. Ruby
Haige,
of East St. Louis, Mrs. Beulah
Stroud, of St. Louis, Mrs. Hazel
Boyle,
of Mounds and Raymond
Stull
of Cairo. She also leaves one brother,
Mark
Britt, of Mounds, and four sisters, Mrs.
Robert
Anglin, Mounds, Mrs. Robert
Welch,
and Mrs. Lacy
Hughes, of Attica, Ind., and Mrs. Cloara
Morford, of St. Louis.
Funeral services will be held at the
family home in Cairo this afternoon at 1:30
o’clock with interment in Thistlewood
Cemetery, Mounds. G. A.
James
will direct the funeral.
Mrs. Bertha
Martin, age 39 years, passed away Saturday night in the hospital at
Anna. The body was removed to the home
of her sister, Mrs. Henry
Corzine, in Dongola, and funeral
services were held Monday morning at the
Christian Chapel near Dongola, the Rev. W.
W.
Karraker officiating.
James A.
Crow, age 50 years, passed away at his home north of Mounds
Saturday. Surviving Mr.
Crow
are his widow and three children, Leonard
Crow,
Mrs. Edith
Daniels, and Miss Edna Marie
Crow,
all of Mounds; two sisters, Mrs. Myrtle
Umphrey, of Jackson, Tenn., and Mrs.
Nora
Duncan, of Murphysboro; besides five
grandchildren and other relatives and a
large circle of friends.
Funeral services were held Tuesday
afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at the Shiloh
Baptist Church with Rev. W. J.
Ward,
pastor of the Baptist Church at Dongola,
officiating. Interment was made in the
Shiloh Cemetery.
George
Hartwell and son directed the funeral.
(His death certificate states that
James Augustus
Crow
was born 15 Feb 1881, near Carbondale, Ill.,
the son of Jesse
Crow and Sarah Burgeous,
died 29 Mar 1931, in Pulaski Co., Ill., the
husband of Ollie
Crow, and was buried in Shiloh Cemetery near Villa Ridge.
His marker in New Shiloh Cemetery
reads:
James A.
Crow
Born Feb. 15, 1880, Died March 28, 1931
Ollie B.
Crow Born Dec. 27, 1880 Died April 11, 1973.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Florence
Hamilton, of Grand Chain, colored, was held for the grand jury
following a preliminary hearing held
yesterday before C. M.
Thompson. This is the case in
which Harry
Hamilton shot Garner
McClinton with a shotgun. The
state expects to show that she got the gun
and delivered it to her husband who then
shot
McClinton within a minute or so after
receiving the gun.
Mrs. Harriet
Hargan, mother of Dr. J. F.
Hargan, of this city, passed away at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Myrtle
Corbett, near Dongola, at 2 o’clock
Thursday afternoon. Mrs.
Hargan was 97 years of age and all her
life had been unusually active despite her
age, until a year ago when he health began
to fail.
She had been confined to her bed only
two weeks.
She was born in Hardin County,
Kentucky, and had only resided in Illinois
the past four years where she had made her
home with her daughter, Mrs.
Corbett, and family. Until about
two years ago she with her daughter and
family resided in Pulaski County near
America on the
Hendricks farm.
In 1851 she was united in marriage to
Alfred
Hargan and to this union thirteen
children were born, eight of who survive
their mother. Left to mourn her
passing are four sons, Dr. J. F.
Hargan, and Ben
Hargan of Mound City; Oscar
Hargan, of Louisville, Ky., and Virgil
Hargan, of Paducah; four daughters, Mrs.
Betty
Goodman, and Mrs.
Corbett of Dongola, Mrs. Kate
Leonard, of Elizabethtown, Ky., besides
a number of grandchildren and three
great-grandchildren and a large circle of
friends.
Funeral arrangements have not been
completed at press time.
(Her death certificate states that
Harriet
Hargan was born 24 Apr 1834 in Hardin
Co., Ky., the daughter of John K.
Davis, died 2 Apr 1931,
in Union Co., Ill., the wife of Alfred
Hargan, and was buried in Thistlewood
Cemetery at Mounds, Ill.
Her marker in Beechwood Cemetery at
Mounds reads Harriet
Hargan 1837-1931 In Memory of Our
Mother—Darrel
Dexter)
Several from here (Beech Grove) attended the funeral of
“Aunt” Martha
Curry
last Thursday at New Concord.
Mounds Independent,
Friday, 3 Apr 1931:
James Augustus
Crow, was born near Marion, Williamson County, Illinois, February
18, 1881, and passed away at his home
northwest of Mounds, March 28, 1931, aged 50
years, 1 month and 13 days.
He made a profession of faith when
about 14 years of age and united with the
Baptist Church at Murphysboro. He had
been a resident of this county 28 years.
Surviving him are his widow, Ollie
Pennell
Crow, and three children, Leonard
Crow, Mrs. Raymond Daniels,
and Edna Marie
Crow,
all of Mounds; two sisters, Mrs. Myrtle
Umphrey, of Jackson, Tenn., and Mrs.
Nora
Duncan, of Murphysboro, also five
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Tuesday
afternoon at Shiloh Baptist Church with the
Rev. W. J.
Ward in the pulpit. George P.
Hartwell and Son directed the funeral.
Mrs. Harriet
Hargan, known to everyone as “Grandma
Hargan,” passed away at 2 o’clock Thursday afternoon at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. Tony
Corbett, in Dongola.
Until one month ago she made her home
in Mounds with Mrs.
Corbett, going to Dongola with her
daughter when she moved to that city.
She has been a member of the Methodist
Church for over 80 years. Up to ten
days before her death she was able to be out
and enjoy her work and friends. She
would have reached her 97th
birthday April 24th.
Mrs.
Hargan was the mother of thirteen children, eight living, Mrs. Tony
Corbett, of Dongola, Mrs. Betty
Goodman, of Dongola, Dr. John
Hargan, of Mound City, B. I.
Hargan, of Cairo, W. V.
Hargan, of Paducah, Ky., Mrs. Lucy
Leonard, Mrs. Kate
Bagard, and Oscar Hargan,
all of Vinegrove, Ky.
She is the grandmother of Mrs. Carl
Harper, Mrs. Robert
Wildy,
Hazel
Corbet, Effie Corbett,
and Mrs. Floyd
Butler, all living in Mounds.
Besides grandchildren, she leaves a number
of great grandchildren to mourn her death.
Funeral services will be held at the
Baptist Church in Dongola this afternoon,
Rev.
Ward of Dongola and Rev. H. B.
Shoaff of Mounds officiating.
Interment to be made in the Mounds cemetery.
___e
Peron, colored, 28 years old, passed away at her home in Mounds
Tuesday. She was a ___ of the late Dr.
Edwin
Cuffle, well known veterinarian who died in Mounds about a month
ago. Funeral services were held Friday
afternoon at 2 o’clock at the St. John’s
Baptist Church conducted by ___so.
Interment was made in Thistlewood Cemetery.
Funeral services for Mrs. Harriet
Hargan age 97 years, who passed away at
the home of her daughter, ___ny
Corbett, in Dongola, ___y afternoon at 2
o’clock ___ Friday afternoon at the Baptist
Church in Dongola with Rev. W. I.
Ward
officiating. Immediately following the
services at which the cortege left by
automobile for Mounds where interment was
made in Thistlewood Cemetery.
Karcher Brothers directed the funeral.
Many sorrowing friends of the family
attended services and floral offerings were
profuse and beautiful.
Pallbearers were H. J.
Neibauer, Clem
Baggott, Preller Douglas,
___
Penrod, Frank
Armon___,
John
Goodman, Tell Groner,
Arthur
Albright. Mrs.
Hargan was the mother of Dr. J. F.
Hargan, of this city and Ben
Hargan of Ur___.
George
King, age 52 years, passed away Tuesday morning at his home in
Joppa, Illinois. Mr.
King
formerly resided in Mound City where he was
in the garage business, and was quite well
known here. He was only ill one week.
He is survived by his widow and three
sons, and several other relatives.
Funeral services were held Wednesday morning
at 11 o’clock and interment was made in the
cemetery near there.
(His death certificate states that
George
King
was born 12 Sep 1879, in Elkville, Ill., the
son of Miles Brouney
King,
native of Bowling Green, Ky., and Olive A.
Hillen, native of Illinois, died 7 Apr
1931, in Joppa, Massac Co., Ill., husband of
Anna
King, and as buried in Reevesville,
Johnson Co., Ill.
Miles B.
King
married Olive A.
Hillen on 1 Jul 1874, in Randolph Co.,
Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
A body of a man which was badly
decomposed was found in South Mounds
Saturday in a pile of rubbish. One arm
was missing from the body and the features
were almost entirely obliterated so that
identification would be impossible. This is
the second finding of this kind in the last
two months. A white man of middle age
was found dead under a tree in south Mounds
here some two months ago with nothing on the
body by which an identification could be
established.
The body which was discovered by
workmen was in such a state of decomposition
that it offered no clue to identification.
His age is believed to be about fifty
according to Coroner O. T.
Hudson and Undertaker George P.
Hartwell and Sons who handled the body.
Coroner
Hudson did not empanel a coroner’s jury inasmuch as nothing was
available which could be used to identify
the man. The body was buried Saturday.
Mounds Independent,
Friday, 10 Apr 1931:
A.J.
Williams returned Wednesday from Golden Gate, Illinois, where he had
been called by the death of his mother, Mrs.
____ now Mrs.
Snow,
who was stricken Sunday with paralysis and
died Monday night, was ___ years, 3 months
and 15 days. She was the mother of ten
children, four of whom survive. She
also leaves 14 grandchildren and 13
great-grandchildren. She had been
helpless for years.
Patrick J.
Levitt, of Villa Ridge, died at St. Mary’s Infirmary, Cairo, early
Friday morning, April 4th,
following a lingering illness. Mr.
Levitt, who was 39, had spent most of
his life in Cairo where he was born, but had
moved to Villa Ridge when his health began
to fail.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Roseanna
Graves
Levitt; four children, John Edward, Rosemary, Leon and Raymond; his
mother, of Cairo; two brothers, John J.
Levitt and Leonard
Levitt, also of Cairo; and three
sisters, Mrs. Carl
Bucher, of Memphis, Tenn., Miss Edna
Levitt, and Mrs. Joseph
Nelson, both of Cairo.
Funeral services were held Monday
morning at St. Patrick’s Church, Cairo with
Father Bernard
Pender officiating. Interment as made in Villa Ridge Cemetery.
(His death certificate states that
Patrick James
Levitt was born 13 Mar 1892, in Cairo,
Ill., the son of John J.
Levitt, born in Sandusky, and Ellen
Doud
born in County Gallway, Ireland, died 4 Apr
1931, in Cairo, Ill., the husband of Rosanna
Levitt. His marker in Calvary Cemetery
at Villa Ridge reads:
P. J.
Levitt 1892-1931.—Darrel
Dexter)
Judge T. W.
Hanes, Civil War veteran and a longtime resident of Mounds, is
quietly celebrating his 91st
birthday today. He was born in
Vermillion County, Ind., April 10, 1840, and
was reared in the State of Iowa, coming to
Illinois in March 1861.
He enlisted for service in the Civil
War from Douglas County, Ill., on May 14,
1861. U.S.
Grant
was his first colonel. This enlistment
was for a period of three months and at the
end of this time he enlisted for a period of
three years and was mustered in at
Springfield, Ill. Again, in Feb. 1864,
at Ooltewah, Tenn., he enlisted this time
for three more years or until the close of
the war. His regiment participated in
27 “stiff” battles besides numerous
skirmishes. Mr.
Hanes
served on the Mexican border and was at the
capture of Atlanta, Ga.
Judge
Hanes proudly wears a Grand Army of the Republic badge which bears
the following inscription: Co. D, 31st
Illinois Veterans Volunteers, 1st Brigade,
1st Division, 4th Army Corp.
(T. W.
Hanes died two months later on 23 Jun 1931.—Darrel
Dexter)
George
Gleason, prominent Ullin resident, died suddenly Thursday evening
between 6:30 and 7 o’clock at the wheel of
his Chevrolet sedan while returning home
from the farm. In the car with him
were three other men. Just as they
reached the Chicago and Eastern Illinois
viaduct north of Ullin, the car veered to
one side of the highway and Mr.
Gleason’s companion noticed that he had been stricken. He was
brought at once to the office of Dr. H. J.
Elkins of this city, who found that Mr.
Gleason had already passed away.
He had been suffering for some time from
high blood pressure.
Mr.
Gleason is the father of Mrs. Guy
Ganong, of Mounds. He is survived by his widow, two daughters,
Mrs.
Ganong, Mrs. Helen
Maloney, of Dongola, and one son, John
Gleason, of St. Louis.
(His death certificate states that
George
Gleason, the son of John
Gleason and Helen
James, died 9 Apr 1931, in Ullin, Ill., the husband of Hattie
Gleason.)
Many persons in Mounds will remember
the “Palace on Wheels” that passed through
here last fall and was parked in front of
the Woodard Garage while its owner, Dr. Mark
L. Smith, and Mrs. Smith
visited with Mr. and Mrs. W. L.
Toler.
Below is an article taken from the
Grayville Mercury-Independent which we
believe will be of interest to our readers.
A pamphlet prepared for the funeral
services of Dr. Mark L.
Smith,
formerly Grayville man, who was buried in
Los Altos, Calif., February 18, a few days
after his sudden death, caused by an
automobile accident, has been received by
relatives here. From it is taken the
following story of his work in India:
“Dr. Mark
Smith, with his brother, Dr. Daniel
Smith, established a great imperial dental service in Calcutta,
which expanded to the great capital centers
of the various provinces and kingdoms of
India, Bombay, Delhi, and other cities.
Some twenty-five years ago he was called by
the Amir of Afghanistan and arrangements
were made for him to be conveyed by
sixty-five soldiers from British India to
Kabul, the capital, in the mountainous
interior of Afghanistan, where he gave a
month of noble service to the king, the Amir
and his royal household.
“With such ability, fair dealing and
fine sprit was the work accomplished, that
after the death of the Amir, and the
enthronement of the son in more recent
years, when the younger king needed dental
work for himself and the royal household, he
sent to India to secure the
Smith
brothers’ dental service. Dr. Mark
Smith
and his brother were both at this time in
America, but Mark’s own son, who had become
a famous dentist at Delhi, India, went to
Afghanistan and gave a service to the Amir
and his royal family, similar to the service
his father had given.
“It is believed that the dental
establishment of Dr. Mark L.
Smith
and his brother, Dr. Daniel
Smith,
gave more service to kings, princes, rajahs,
viceroys, and other distinguished men of the
royal families and of the English government
than any other dental establishment in the
world.
“Their great offices, with headquarters
in Calcutta, Bombay, Delhi and other cities,
were centers of American life and influence.
Their home were also the centers of social
and religious culture, supporters of every
hospital organization and missionary
service. Dr.
Smith’s
mountain home in Darjeeling was ever open to
visitors and the center of union,
interdenominational and missionary activity
of that great official capital.
“Dr.
Smith’s influence was a link that helped to bind the English
speaking governing class and the native
rulers and people of India into a closer
affiliation and into a better sympathetic
attitude and spirit toward each other.
He was without portfolio, but an American
Business Ambassador of Good Will. He
gave unstintingly of his time, money and
talents for the advancement not only of his
own great dental establishment, but for the
progress of every great and noble cause in
Indian, native or European.
“The
Smith Brothers establishment were known from the Himalaya Mountains
to the Equator as centers of relief,
comfort, health and restored strength.”
William Frazier
O’Donley, father of Mrs. J. T.
Thompson, of this city, died at his home
near Kevil, Ky., Friday, April 3, 1931,
death resulting from a paralytic strokes
suffered fifteen months ago.
Mr.
O’Donley was born October 13, 1859, and had reached the age of 71
years. He is survived by his widow and
nine children, Mrs. J. T.
Thompson, of Mounds, Roy
O’Donley, Mrs. Julian
Capps,
Mrs. Mae
Grief, Booker O’Donley,
Mrs. Carnie
Grief,
and Mrs. Elmo
Lanier, all of Ballard County, Ky., and
Mrs. Rex
Nuckolls and Mrs. Thelbert
McKinney, both of Detroit, Mich.
Mrs.
Thompson had spent much of the time helping care for her father
during his long illness.
Young
Politan shot himself while in a confectionary store at Colp. A
clerk, Josie
Bartoni, witnessed the shooting. A
disappointment in love was given as the
cause of the suicide—Marion
Post
The infant of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Christian was drowned when it fell into
a lard can partly filled with water.
Interment was made in Mt. Olive
Cemetery Saturday morning.
(The death certificate states that C.
W.
Christian was born about 1930, the son
of Clarence
Christian and Pauline
Rice,
and died 9 Apr 1931, in Road District 8,
Union Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Lulu
House received a message Tuesday morning stating that her sister,
Mrs. J. C.
Dinkins, of Paris, Tenn., had passed
away at her home Monday night.
Funeral services were held Wednesday
afternoon at the residence in Paris and
interment was made in the cemetery there.
Besides her sister, Mrs.
House,
she is survived by her husband and four
sons. Mrs.
House
was unable to attend the funeral of her
sister.
“The grave gave up its dead” when the
body of a man exhumed by some negro tenants
on a farm just north of Cache bridge in
Pulaski County, perhaps a mile south of
Mound City and east of the interurban
tracks. The discovery of the body was
made when the farmers were digging to repair
a pump which had ceased to function
properly.
It is supposed that the body is that of
a Civil War veteran and that he had been a
member of the U.S. Navy as a few buttons
which had stood the test of time and the
elements remained preserved. The
buttons wore the initials U. S. N. and had
three five-pointed stars and a seaman’s
anchor across the face. The buttons
bore the date of 1851. Nothing was
left of the body but a few decayed bones,
even the casket or coffin in which the man
had been buried, having long ago decayed.
George
Gleason, age 50, of Ullin, passed away very suddenly Thursday night
about 7 o’clock before reaching the office
of Dr.
Elkins of Mounds. Mr.
Gleason was engaged in loading some corn
and livestock in cars at Ullin and was just
about ready to bill out the cars when he was
suddenly stricken with apoplexy and fell to
the ground unconscious. He was removed
to Mounds as quickly as possible, but it is
thought he died
en
route to Mounds.
Mr.
Gleason was a highly respected citizen and very useful businessman
of Ullin. He was well and favorably
known throughout Pulaski County. He
carried on quite a few business interests
and was an asset in the community in which
he lived. He was a grain and hay
dealer, lumberman, livestock dealer, saw
mill man, and also farmed on quite a large
scale. He will be greatly missed in
his community.
Left to mourn his passing are his
widow, two daughters, Mrs. Guy
Ganong, of Mounds, Mrs. Edward A.
Maloney, of Dongola; one son, Johnnie
Gleason, of St. Louis. He also
leaves two brothers, James
Gleason, deputy sheriff, of Pulaski County residing at Mound City,
and Harry
Gleason, of Cairo; and one sister, Mrs.
M.
Lay, of Kansas City, Mo.
Funeral services which were largely
attended were held Sunday afternoon at 2
o’clock at the residence at Ullin. The
Rev. S. A.
Morgan, of Steelville, officiating.
Interment as made in the cemetery at Anna by
undertaker E. J.
Ford
of Dongola.
(According to his death certificate,
George Ernest
Gleason was born about 1881, the son of
James
Gleason and Helen
James, and died 9 Apr 1931, in Ullin, Ill, the husband of Hattie
Gleason. His marker in Anna City
Cemetery reads:
George E.
Gleason 1880-1931 Hattie E.
Gleason 1882-1951.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mounds Independent,
Friday, 17 Apr 1931:
Funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon for George
Gleason, of Ullin, who died suddenly
Thursday evening while at the wheel of his
car within a short distance of his home.
The services were conducted in the home at 2
o’clock by Rev. S. A.
Morgan, of Steelville, a former pastor
of the Ullin M. E. Church. Interment
was made in the Anna Cemetery. The
attendance at the funeral was unusually
large and there are many who mourn his
passing.
Mr.
Gleason leaves his widow, two daughters, Mrs. Guy
Ganong, of Mounds, Mrs. E. A.
Malongey, of Dongola, one son, John
Gleason, of St. Louis, two brothers,
former sheriff James
Gleason, of Mound City and Harry
Gleason, of Cairo; and one sister, Mrs.
M.
Lay, of Kansas City, Mo.
Herbert
Eden, for many years a Mounds resident, died Saturday, April 11th
in the Anna State Hospital, where he had
been a patient for some time. He is
survived by one daughter, Ruby
Eden,
a son Carthell, a granddaughter, Catherine,
and a half-brother, Clint
Kemp.
Funeral services were held Monday
afternoon at 2 o’clock at St. John Baptist
Church, the Rev. J. T.
Dodson officiating. Interment was
made in Spencer Heights Cemetery.
(The death certificate states that
Hubbard
Eden
was born about 1870 and died 11 Apr 1931 in
Union Co., Ill., the husband of Lena
Eden.—Darrel Dexter)
Mrs. Elmer
Sponsler, age 64, died Saturday night at her home in Carbondale,
following an illness of two weeks.
Funeral services were held at the First
Baptist Church of Carbondale, to which
organization she had belonged for 32 years.
She leaves her husband, two sons, Leo, of
Mounds, Alvin, of Carbondale, and one
daughter, Mrs. Bess
Tygett, of St. Louis.
(Elmore
Sponsler married Emma Poteat
on 17 Jan 1886, in Williamson Co., Ill.
Her death certificate states that
Emma Teresa
Sponsler was born 11 Jan 1867, in Marion, Ill., daughter of George
W.
Poteete and Miss
Stroud, died 11 Apr 1931, in Carbondale,
Ill., and was buried in Oakland Cemetery in
Carbondale, Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
(John H.
Hartline, 21, born in Pulaski Co., Ill., son of Charles
Hartline and Mary Ann
Myers,
married on 4 Oct 1885, in Union Co., Ill.,
Martha A.
Peeler, 21, born in Union Co., Ill.,
daughter of Jesse
Peeler and Mary
Miller.
John Wesley
Canupp married Mrs. Martha
Hartline on 16 May 1897, in Johnson Co.,
Ill.
The death certificate states that
Martha Ann
Peeler Cannupp died 18 Apr 1931, in Cypress, Ill.
Her marker in Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
near Wetaug, Ill., reads:
Martha A.
Hartline Born June 26, 1864 Died April
18, 1931 John H.
Hartline Born Sept. 4, 1864 Died Jan.
17, 1896.—Darrel
Dexter)
(Nellie
Guild, the daughter of James Bruce
Guild
and Catherine
Sullivan, married in 1915 in Sheridan
County, Wyoming, Fred
Creswell.
His marker in Sheridan Municipal
Cemetery reads:
Fred Harold
Creswell 1924-1931.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mr. and Mrs. Zon
Walston attended the funeral of the latter’s nephew, Ray
Mangum, in Anna, Friday afternoon.
Mr.
Mangum was an ex-soldier of the World War, serving in the Medical
Corps. He had been ill at Jefferson
Barracks for a number of weeks prior to his
death. The funeral was in charge of
the American Legion.
(His marker in Anna City Cemetery
reads:
Ray J.
Mangum Nov. 13, 1892-April 14, 1931 Illinois PFC Ambulance Co. 36
World War I.—Darrel
Dexter)
The Pulaski Enterprise, Friday, 1 May 1931:
Mrs. Irene
Ledbetter, age 27 years, wife of Alvin
Ledbetter, passed away Wednesday, May 29, at the home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Harmon, of Ullin, following a prolonged
illness.
Surviving Mrs.
Ledbetter are her husband; three children, Sherman, Margaret and
Donald; one brother, Lawrence
Harmon, of Ullin; and four sisters, Mrs.
Getta
Rogers, and Miss Lorene
Harmon, of Ullin, Mrs. Marie
Backwell, of Chicago, and Mrs. Bennie
Height, of Carbondale.
Funeral services were held Saturday
afternoon at 2 o’clock at the M. E. church
in Ullin, the Rev.
Loar,
pastor of the church, officiating.
Interment was made in the Ullin Cemetery by
Undertaker W. H.
Aldred, of Pulaski.
Miss Wilma L.
Kerr, age 21 years, passed away at the home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles
Kerr,
near Dongola, Friday, following a prolonged
illness of tuberculosis.
Funeral services were held Saturday
morning at 10 o’clock at the Mt. Pisgah
Lutheran Church near Wetaug, with the Rev.
W. J.
Ward, of the First Baptist Church of
Dongola, officiating. The funeral was
directed by E. J.
Ford,
of Dongola, and interment was made in the
Mt. Pisgah Cemetery.
Miss
Kerr is survived by her parents and several sisters and brothers.
(Her marker in Mt. Pisgah cemetery near
Wetaug reads:
Wilma L.
Kerr
Born Jan. 26, 1910 Died April 29,
1931.—Darrel
Dexter)
Funeral services for John
Hubbard, father of Mrs. M. C.
Waterbury, and Mrs. Herman
Dunn,
of this city, who passed away at the home of
his son, Ross
Hubbard, of San Francisco, Calif.,
Wednesday morning, April 29, was held
Tuesday afternoon at Dexter, Mo., in the
chapel of the C. O.
Biggs Funeral Home. Rev. John
Dougherty, pastor of the Missionary Baptist Church of Dexter,
officiated. The casket bearers were
members of the W. O. W. order, of which Mr.
Hubbard was a member.
Besides Mr.
Hubbard’s daughters in Mound City, he is survived by two sons in San
Francisco, Calif., and several
grandchildren.
Mrs.
Dunn, Mr. and Mrs. M. C.
Waterbury, and daughter, Miss Iona,
attended the funeral in Dexter.
James
Richey, father of C. E.
Richey, of this city, passed away at his
home in Greenwood, Ind., Tuesday morning at
5 o’clock following a brief illness.
Mr. and Mrs.
Richey left Monday for Greenwood in response to a message they had
received stating that Mr.
Richey was seriously ill. Tuesday,
Mrs. Paul
Baccus, granddaughter of the deceased,
received a message from her parents, stating
that he had passed away Tuesday morning.
His death, while it has been a great
shock and grief to his family, was not
unexpected as he had been in a critical
condition for several days.
Funeral services for Amos E.
Echols, of Villa Ridge, who was
instantly killed near Tamaroa, Illinois,
when the truck which he was driving struck a
bridge bannister and exploded, were held at
the M. E. Church in Ullin Thursday afternoon
at 1:30 o’clock, the Rev. W. E.
Browning, of Hoyleton, Illinois, officiating.
Mr.
Echols was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo
Echols, of Ullin, and was quite well
known in that vicinity. He also was
well known in this community, having been
employed last summer at the Sears Nichols
Canning Co.
Besides his widow, he is survived by
his parents, one brother, Philip
Echols, of Anderson, Ind.; three
sisters, Misses Marie and Louisa
Echols, of Ullin, and Mrs. Ruth
Farnbaker, of Anna; and many other relatives and a large circle of
friends. Mr.
Echols was a very likeable man and
quickly made friends wherever he went.
Interment was made in the New Hope
Cemetery by W. J.
Rhymer, of Ullin, undertaker in charge.
Mounds Independent,
Friday, 1 May 1931:
Robert
Truitt, four-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Truitt, of St. Louis, died Sunday, April
26th, of that dread disease
spinal meningitis. Mrs.
Truitt will be remembered in Mounds as
Miss Alice
Brunner, daughter of Mrs. Clyde
Auld.
She spent most of her girlhood days here and
has many friends who will sympathize with
her and her husband in their bereavement.
A man identified as Amos
Echols, 26, of Villa Ridge, employed as
a truck driver for a Pana trucking concern,
was instantly killed and burned beyond
recognition early Tuesday morning when the
truck he was driving crashed into a bridge
banister north of here.
The man whose identity was traced
through the license number on the truck, was
en route to Alto Pass with some furniture when the accident
occurred. It is believed he fell
asleep while driving.
There were no witnesses to the
accident, although several persons reported
hearing the explosion.
The body of the man was found 75 feet
from the truck. Furniture was
scattered over a wide area.
There was nothing to identify the man.
A piece of paper was found nearby with the
names of Ellen Ray
Trent
and Igle Ray
Trent dated March 29, Herrin, Illinois. It is believed the
paper may have come from furniture drawers
in the wreckage.
Funeral services for Emery P.
Haas
were held Sunday afternoon in the
Congregational church at Grand Chain.
Mr. Haas, who was 31 years of age, met a tragic death by drowning on
March 20, when he fell from the government
fleet at Paducah, where he was employed.
Diligent search was made for the body for
many days, but it was not recovered until
Saturday, when it was found on some drift in
the Mississippi River, eight miles below
Hickman, Ky. G. A.
James
brought the body to Mound City late Saturday
evening and prepared it for burial.
The funeral services were largely attended
and the Masonic order of Grand Chain, of
which he was a member, conducted the
services at the grave. The casket
bearers were members of the Paducah I. O. O.
F. lodge of which he was also a member.
There was an abundance of beautiful floral
pieces, which silently extended their
sympathy to the bereaved family.
Following the services, interment was made
in the Grand Chain cemetery by G. A.
James, funeral director. Mr.
Hass was the son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. E. A.
Reichert, formerly of Grand Chain, but now residing in Olive Branch.
He leaves his widow and one little daughter
to mourn his passing.
(His marker in Grand Chain Masonic
Cemetery reads:
Emery P.
Haas
Born Jan. 26, 1900 Died March 20,
1931.—Darrel
Dexter)
The youth, according to his mother and
an invalid sister, who witnessed the
slaying, shot his father when the latter
advanced on him with a poker while he was
washing his face in the kitchen.
Gibbons, first threatened his son when the boy returned home from
the grist mill with half the quantity of
corn he had ordered the son to take to the
mill. The boy left home and obtained
an automatic pistol.
When he returned home he went directly to the kitchen and
was washing his face, the father entered
with the poker and began threatening him.
Young
Gibbons shot his father five times in
the breast and shoulder.—Herald Enterprise
(According to the death certificate, Ed
Gibbons was born about 1880, the son of
James
Gibbons and Jane
Carpenter, and died 18 Apr 1931, in Crab
Orchard, Williamson Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
The penny had been hit by shrapnel or
bullet. The lodge here plans to have
the penny encased and framed and attached to
Forsythe’s picture hanging in the lodge
hall.
Forsythe was Master of the Blue Lodge
here at the time he entered the service.—Free
Press
Truly has it been said, “To live in
lives we leave behind is not to die,” and
our dear friend and coworker of many years,
Mrs. Isabella
Lanning
Candee, who went from this earthly
country to the heavenly, March 14, 1931,
after a long and well spent life of more
than fourscore years, fully exemplified
these words.
For fifty-six years she held her
membership in our Cairo Woman’s Club,
filling the office of president three
different terms and being at the time of her
demise, President Emeritus, and she was the
last one of that brave, intrepid band of
women, who were the pioneers in the work of
clubs, in this part of our dear Illinois.
It meant much in the early ‘70s to come
out from the seclusion of the home and take
their place in this new and untried effort
of women, and I have been told by some of
these loyal, far-visioned women, that the
ridicule and the sarcasm to which they were
subjected even from some of their own dear
friends was very had to bear.
But undaunted, they carried on,
perseveringly looking far into the future
and by the eye of faith, seeing the place
and the power which the club women were
destined to occupy in this twentieth
century.
All through the more than sixty years
of Mrs.
Candee’s life in Cairo, she was one of
our foremost women, never standing back and
waiting for someone else to do the planning
of any public work, she was always ready
with advice, counsel, time and labor to
assist in any and every good work, for the
advancement of her dearly loved hometown.
In the church of her choice, the Church
of the Redeemer (Episcopal), she gave
liberally of time, labor, money and prayer
to advance the cause of her Master and the
lasting memorial to her is the beautiful
walnut altar carved by her own hands.
A teacher for many years in the Sunday
school, women her mature years today in
Cairo owe much to the instruction she gave
them, in the way of the Christian life.
She told the writer, about a year ago,
after the inactive life had begun, when she
could no longer walk and the dimmed eyes no
longer permitted her to read, which was one
of her greatest pleasures, this:
“When the long night comes on, and
sleep is denied me, I don’t count sheep,
that’s so silly, but I have the beautiful
Shepherded Psalm and ten poems and those I
repeat over and over, until I slumber.”
She was always interested in everything
pertaining to our club work and as the first
president of our great State Federation, she
felt, may I say, a mother’s interest and
pride in the accomplishments of every club
in the state, from the large city clubs with
their many departments of work and their
great advantages, even to the small club in
the small town, whose work is principally in
the uplift of their own vicinity.
Again we say, “To live in hearts we
leave behind, is not to die,” and we know
her love and interest is ours today, we
rejoice in the thought that for her the long
day of this life is ended, the suffering,
the pain and loneliness is over and that now
in the Paradise of God, she rests from her
labors, but her work lives on.
(The article contains a photo of Mrs.
Isabella
Lanning Candee.)
Mounds Independent,
Friday, 8 May 1931:
Funeral services for Amos
Echols, of Villa Ridge, who was killed
Tuesday near Tamaroa, Ill., when the truck
he was driving struck a bridge banister and
exploded, were held at the M. E. church in
Ullin Thursday at 1:30 p.m., Rev. W. E.
Browning, of Hoyleton, officiating.
Amos was the oldest son of Mr. and Mrs.
Alonzo
Echols, of Ullin.
He leaves, besides his wife, Leatha
Parker
Echols; his parents; one brother, Philip
Echols, of Anderson, Ind.; three sisters, Misses Marie and Louisa
Echols, of Ullin, and Mrs. Ruth
Farnbaker, of Anna.
(Alonzo
Echols, 22, born in Ullin, Ill., son of Augustus
Echols and Louisa C.
Nickens, married on 26 Apr 1892, in
Union Co., Ill., Julia A.
Meisenheimer, 18, born in Alexander Co.,
Ill., daughter of Moses
Meisenheimer and Eliza
McMellon.
His
marker in New Hope Cemetery near Ullin
reads:
Amos Ivan
Echols Born Jan. 29, 1903 Died April 29, 1931.—Darrel
Dexter)
Cecil
Hanes, the son of Judge T. W.
Hanes, died at the Anna Hospital early
Saturday morning, May 2nd,
following an illness of more than three
years.
Mr.
Hanes was the son of T. W. and Susan E.
Mattson Hanes and was
born at Villa Ridge, Ill., December 2, 1883.
He had reached the age of 47 years and 5
months. Many years of his life were
passed in Mounds, where he had many friends.
His mother passed from this life April
11, 1922. Those immediate relatives
who survive him are his father, stepmother,
two half brothers, Albert and Art
Mattson, and an aunt, Mrs. Ab
Butler, of Pulaski, Ill.
Funeral services were held at the
Methodist church Sunday afternoon at 2
o’clock with interment in the Villa Ridge
cemetery. Rev. H. B.
Shoaff conducted the services.
Mrs. Ellen
Pierce, age 65 years, passed away at her home on a farm near Dongola
at 7:15 o’clock Monday.
Funeral services were held at her home
Wednesday afternoon at 1 o’clock conducted
by Rev. F. L.
Cress, pastor of the Dongola Lutheran Church. Interment was
made in the Pleasant Grove Cemetery by the
side of her late husband. E. J.
Ford,
directed the funeral.
Surviving Mrs.
Pierce, one brother, Monroe
Dillow, of Dongola, and a number of
nieces and nephews and a large circle of
friends.
(William R.
Pierce, 55, son of Morgan
Pierce and Mary
Shourd, married on 11 Feb 1906, in Union
Co., Ill.,
Margaret Ellen
Dillow, 39, daughter of Jacob
Dillow and Rosena
Cruse.—Darrel Dexter)
George
Hanle, age 67 years, well known and highly respected resident of
Karnak, passed away suddenly about 6:30
o’clock last Friday morning as the result of
a heart attack. Mr.
Hanle
had not been in the best of health for
several weeks, but was not confined to his
bed. Thursday night he was out in his
car, but while preparing to go to his work
the following morning, he suffered an attack
and passed away almost instantly.
He had been a resident of Karnak for
many years, his family of six children being
reared there. He had been employed for
some time in the Main Brothers Mill.
Surviving him are his widow, and the
following children, Lawrence
Hanle,
of Canada, Charles, of Johnston City,
Illinois, Gilbert, Ed, and Jake, of Karnak,
and one daughter, Lena, living in Missouri.
Funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon at Karnak and interment was made
in the Grand Chain Cemetery by undertaker N.
W.
Wilson.
(His death certificate states that
George I.
Hanle
was born 16 Aug 1864, in Posey Co., Ind.,
the son of George I.
Hanle, Sr., and Barbary
Aberhost, died 8 May 1931, in Karnak,
Ill., and was buried in Grand Chain.
His occupation was listed as lumber
sorter.
His wife was Catherine
Wagner.—Darrel Dexter)
John
Mitchell, colored, died Tuesday at 11 o’clock at his home in this
city following the amputation of his leg
Sunday. He had been afflicted with a
bad leg for several months. He
consulted Dr. J. F.
Hargan, who, after examination, found it
to be cancer and advised amputation, which
he consented to have done. John was
quite a familiar figure in Mound City
because of his affliction. His leg was
bent at the knee and had become stiff,
causing him to walk very crippled.
Funeral services were held Wednesday
afternoon at the undertaking parlors of G.
A. James and interment was made in the cemetery at Mounds. The
services were conducted by the minister of
the colored Baptist church of this city.
His wife and a number of relatives
survive him.
(His death certificate states that John
R.
Mitchell was born 16 Dec 1873, the son
of John
Mitchell, died 12 May 1931, in Mound
City, Ill., husband of Lizzie
Mitchell, and was buried
in Spencer Heights Cemetery at
Mounds.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Golda M.
Tosh, age 35 years, 4 months and 5 days, wife of E. E.
Tosh,
of Fulton, Ky., passed away Saturday
afternoon at St. Mary’s Infirmary in Cairo.
Mrs.
Tosh received a serious spinal injury on April 21, and at the time
she did not think the injury serious, but a
week later she was suddenly stricken ill and
was removed to St. Mary’s Infirmary where
she remained in an unconscious state until
her death. She was brought to the
infirmary Monday, April 27.
Mrs.
Tosh was the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. J.
Williams, of Mounds, and spent
practically all her life in Mounds, being
reared from childhood there. She was
born at Olmstead, Illinois, her parents
moving to Mounds when she was a small child.
She received her education in the Mounds
school and attended a school of music in St.
Louis. She was an accomplished
musician, taking an active part in musical
affairs of the Baptist Church of Mounds and
of the community. She was a valued
member of the Baptist Church of Mounds and
also a member of the Mounds Woman’s Club.
She was a kind and loving mother, her first
thoughts being for her little family.
She always had time to play with her
children and entertain them, and it was
while playing with her small child that she
received the serious injury to her spine.
Mrs.
Tosh had just recovered from a severe
attack of the flue which left her spine in a
weakened condition, making it more
susceptible to injury.
Left to mourn her passing, besides her
husband, are three children, Jack, age 6;
Paul, age 4; and Mary, age 1; her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. A. J.
Williams; and a brother, Harry
Williams, of Mounds. She is a
niece of William I.
Baccus, of near America, who formerly
resided in this city. Her immediate
relatives were at her bedside when the end
came.
Funeral services were held Monday
afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at the Baptist
church in Mounds, the Rev. T. C.
Ury,
officiating, assisted by the Rev. C. C.
Cloyd,
pastor of the Christian Church of Fulton,
which Mr. and Mrs.
Tosh
attended. Interment was made in Beech
Grove Cemetery by undertaker, G. A.
James.
Casket bearers were Mr.
Ingram, Mr.
Liggon, and Mr. Pickering,
of Fulton, Ky., Howard
Copeland, C. F.
Melton, and Ed
Adams,
of Mounds.
(Andrew J.
Williams, 27, married on
10 Sep 1893, in Pulaski Co., Ill., Mary
Belle
Baccus, 16.—Darrel Dexter)
Mrs. Mary
Copeland Tucker, age 72
years, widow of the late James H.
Tucker, passed away at her home in
Memphis, Tenn., Sunday morning. For
many years, Mrs.
Tucker with her family, resided in Mound
City, where her children were reared.
Mr. Tucker was an employee of the shipyard in this city.
Surviving Mrs.
Tucker are three children, one daughter, Mrs. George M.
Tolson, formerly Miss Alice
Tucker, of Memphis; and two sons,
Elijah, of Natchez, Miss., and Harry
Tucker, of Helena, Ark. John
Tucker, of this city, was a
brother-in-law of the deceased. Mrs.
Tucker’s husband passed away in 1912.
Funeral services were held Monday
afternoon at 2 o’clock at a funeral home in
Memphis, the Rev. M. L.
Pate
officiating. The body arrived at
Mounds Tuesday morning at 11:50 o’clock and
interment was made in Beech Grove Cemetery.
Service was held at the grave by Rev. O. B.
Allen,
pastor of the First M. E. Church, of Cairo.
E. A.
Burke directed the funeral.
A number of friends of the deceased
from Mound City and Cairo attended the
services. Mrs.
Tucker and family also resided in Cairo
for a short time before moving to Memphis.
Mounds Independent,
Friday, 15 May 1931:
All Mounds was grieved late Saturday
afternoon when news of the death of Mrs.
Golda
Williams Tosh was
telephoned from St. Mary’s Hospital, Cairo,
where she had been a patient for the past
week.
Known and loved by everyone, and in
the midst of a life of service both in the
home and in church and music circles, her
passing was widely mourned.
Mrs.
Tosh had suffered an injury to her back Tuesday, April 28, while at
play with her children and two days later
had fallen to the floor at her home at
Fulton, and had at once been taken to the
Cairo hospital.
Golda Mae
Williams Tosh, wife of
Ernest E.
Tosh,
and daughter of A. J. and Mae
Williams, was born at Olmstead, Ill.,
January 4, 1896, and died May 9, 1931, in
Cairo, Ill., age 35 years, 4 months, and 5
days. She was united in marriage to
Ernest E.
Tosh
on March 5, 1918. To this union three
children were born: John W., six, Paul
A., four, and Mary Mae, one year old.
She was converted at the age of eleven
years and united with the Congregational
Church of Mounds, changing her membership to
the First Baptist Church in 1922. She
was educated in the public schools of Mounds
and was graduated from Forest Park
Conservatory of Music, St. Louis, Mo.,
Having much natural talent in her chosen
art, she was highly gifted both as teacher
and performer and was ever generous with her
services in church, Woman’s Club, and any
other good cause. From a small child
she had lived here until June 7, 1930, when,
with her husband and family, she moved to
Fulton, Ky.
She leaves her husband, three children,
her parents and one brother, Harry B.
Williams, of Mounds, with other relatives and many friends.
Funeral services were conducted at the
First Baptist Church of Mounds at 2:30
o’clock Monday afternoon by the pastor, Rev.
T. C.
Ury, assisted by Rev.
Cloyd,
pastor of the Christian Church of Fulton,
Ky.
Interment was made in Spencer Heights
Cemetery, directed by Undertaker G. A.
James. Pallbearers were Messrs.
Ingram, Pickering, and
Logon,
of Fulton, Ed
Adams,
Howard
Copeland, and C. F. Melton,
of Mounds.
After three hours deliberation the jury
in the
McClinton murder case rendered a verdict
of guilty in the trial of Harry
Hamilton and placed his sentence at 14 years. Florine
Hamilton, Harry’s wife, and co-defendant
in the case, was found not guilty and was
released.
Approximately 100 prospective jurors
were examined and the better part of a
week’s time was consumed before the case was
tried. The crime for which
Hamilton was sentenced was committed at
Grand Chain on February 27. Garner
McClinton was fatally shot in a quarrel
with
Hamilton. All parties concerned
were colored.
We desire to thank our many friends for
their deeds of kindness and expressions of
sympathy during the sickness of our loved
one and in the hour of our bereavement.
Especially do we thank the donors of the
many beautiful flowers and the friends who
gave the use of their cars. All of
these kind attentions will ever be
remembered.
C. E.
Enlow, age 67, years, 6 ___ pastor of the Union Congregational
Methodist Church of Villa Ridge passed away
suddenly ___ Saturday at his home. He
had been feeling fairly well until ___ night
when he became suddenly ill while attending
a basketball game played by the Boy Scouts
of Villa Ridge. He was taken to his
home and seemed to be improving ___ attack
Saturday, which led to his death.
__
Enlow had previous to this ___ ___red ill health and one two _____
was compelled to abandon the pulpit, but
each time sufficiently recovered to be able
to return to his chosen work. He had
_____ medicine for ten years at ____ because
his voice failed. _____ greatly
interested in the _____ of the community and
was _____ supporter of Boy Scout _____ came
to Villa Ridge ____ years ago when he took
____ with the Union Church. At that
time he resided in ____. He had many
friends _____ the entire community will be
greatly missed by his ____ion and his
friends of the _____y.
Surviving Rev.
Enlow are his four daughters, Mrs. Maud ____, Altamont Springs,
Fla., ___
Enlow
Steele, of DeLong, ___, Mrs. Miriam
Enlow Dodds, ____ Park,
Illinois, and Mrs. _____
Enlow
Sutch,
of Pittsburg, ___; one son, Elmer Reemer
Enlow,
of Atlanta, Ga., besides a number of other
relatives and a large circle of friends.
Funeral services were held Tuesday
afternoon at 2:30 o’clock in the ___
Congregational Methodist Church, the Rev. S.
C.
Benninger, of the Congregational Church
of Grand Chain officiating. He was
assisted by ___
Shoaff, of Mounds, pastor of the M. E.
Church. Interment was made in the
cemetery at Cobden, Illinois. G. A.
James
of Mound City directed the funeral.
Pallbearers were three deacons and
three trustees of the ___ namely:
Messrs. Earnest ___, W.
Hogendobler, Harry ___, E. J.
Koonce, G. W.
Al____, R. L. Spaulding.
(According to the death certificate,
Charles Egbert
Enlow
was the son of Thomas
Enlow
and Mary
Ames,
and died 16 May 1931, in Villa Ridge, Ill.,
the husband of Susan M.
Enlow.
Thomas J.
Enlow married Mary
Ames on 30 Oct 1851, in Adams Co., Ill.
His marker in Cobden Cemetery reads:
Dr. C. E.
Enlow
Born Nov. 15, 1863 Died May 16, 1931.—Darrel
Dexter)
Fred
Leidigh, Jr., while driving his car near Baton Rouge, La.,
accidently hit a man instantly killing him.
The man was walking on the wrong side of the
road and the lights from an approaching car
blinded Mr.
Leidigh and caused him to hit the man.
The accident occurred Thursday night,
May 7, on the highway near Baton Rouge.
He was exonerated from all blame. Mr.
Leidigh is one of our Pulaski County
boys, having resided at Villa Ridge before
leaving a few years ago with the Jones
Construction Company with whom he has
employment.
Mrs. Goldia
Essex, age 41 years, wife of Isaac
Essex, passed away at her home near Mounds Friday evening at 6
o’clock.
She is survived by her husband, three
children, Willie, Clarence, and Ruth; a
brother, Ollie
Daniels, of Ullin; and a sister, Mrs. Frances
Daniels, of Anna; besides a number of other relatives.
This is the third death which has
occurred in the family of Mrs.
Essex
since the first of the year, she having lost
her mother three weeks ago and a brother
passed away in January.
Funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon at 2:30 o’clock in the Shiloh
Church near Villa Ridge with the Rev. W. J.
Ward
of Dongola officiating. Interment was made
in the Shiloh Cemetery by undertakers George
Hartwell and Son.
(Thomas
Daniels married Bell
Biggerstaff on 19 Apr 1877, in Pulaski
Co., Ill.
Her death certificate states that
Goldia
Essex was born 29 Oct 1889, in Mounds, Ill., the daughter of Tom
Daniels and Bell
Biggerstaff, married Isaac
Essex, died 15 May 1931, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill., and was buried in Shiloh Cemetery.
Her marker in New Shiloh Cemetery
near Villa Ridge reads:
Goldia M.
Essex
born Oct. 23, 1889 Died May 15, 1931 Isaac
A.
Essex Born Feb. 20, 1883 Died Nov. 27,
1960.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mounds Independent,
Friday, 22 May 1931:
Mrs. Goldie
Daniels Essex, died
Friday evening, May 15, at 6 o’clock at her
home west of this city at the age of
forty-one years. Her death was the
third in the
Daniels family in the year 1931, Gus
Daniels, her brother, having died in January and her mother three
weeks ago.
Surviving Mrs.
Essex are her husband, three children, Willie, Clarence and Ruth; a
sister, Miss Frances
Daniels, of Anna; and a brother, Ollie
Daniels, of Ullin.
Funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at Shiloh Church
near Villa Ridge, conducted by the Rev. W.
J.
Ward, of Dongola. Interment was
made in Shiloh Cemetery.
Hartwell and Son directing.
The entire county was shocked Saturday
afternoon when the news of the sudden death
of the Rev. Dr. C. E.
Enlow,
of Villa Ridge, was spread from one to
another of his friends and parishioners.
Only a few knew that on Friday night at a
Boy Scout basketball game in the Villa Ridge
gymnasium he had suffered a heart attack.
He was better the next morning, but near
noon he suddenly expired.
Dr.
Enlow, a former practicing physician and later a Congregational
minister, organized the Community Church of
Villa Ridge, a consolidation of the
Congregational and Methodist congregations.
For more than a year he had served as
pastor of this community church and had won
the love and esteem of his entire
congregation.
Surviving him are his widow, three
daughters, and two sons. The
daughters, Mrs. William
Steele, of DeLong, Ill., Mrs. J. W.
Dodds, of Villa Park, Ill., Mrs. Beatrice
Sutch, of Pittsburgh, Pa., and one son, E. R.
Enlow, of Decatur, Ga., arrived to attend the funeral. A son
who lives in Florida was unable to attend.
The funeral services were held Tuesday
afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at the Union
Church of Villa Ridge, conducted by the Rev.
S. C.
Benninger, pastor of the Mounds and the
Grand Chain Congregational churches.
Interment was made in the Cobden Cemetery in
charge of Undertaker G. A.
James.
(Ivey
Hill married Lucy Edmondson
on 1 Jul 1897, in Gallatin Co., Ill.
His death certificate states that
Elmer Ivy
Hill
was born about 1877, the son of James
Hill
and Cynthia
Hips,
and died 24 Apr 1931, in Eldorado, Saline
Co., Ill., the husband of Lucy
Hill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Tom
Johnson, husband of Mrs. Ruth
Johnson, who was formerly Miss Ruth
Painter, of this city, passed away at
his home in St. Louis, Sunday. Mrs.
Johnson is a cousin of Mrs. E. P.
Easterday, of this city and was a
daughter of the late William A.
Painter, who several years ago met a
tragic death when he was deputy sheriff
under L. F.
Crain,
who was the sheriff of Pulaski County. Mrs.
Johnson spent her girlhood in Mound City
and was a graduate of the Mound City high
school. She has many friends here
among the older settlers who are sorry to
learn of her bereavement.
Mrs.
Easterday went to St. Louis to attend the funeral.
Abner C.
Bankson, age 75 years, 1 month and 21 days, passed away at his home
near Pulaski Monday morning, May 25th,
at 3 o’clock. Mr.
Bankson had been in very poor health the
past four years, but had been able until
recently to be up and around his farm.
His death was caused from a kidney trouble
and other complications. Throughout
his many years of suffering, he retained his
jovial and kindly disposition and his good
will toward his fellow men.
Mr.
Bankson was born April 4, 1856, on a farm near the Old Liberty
Cemetery in Pulaski County. On this
farm he grew to manhood. He was the
son of George and Sarah Jane
Bankson. He received his education
in the public schools of the county near
where he lived. In 1875 he was
united in marriage to Miss Julia
Snell,
and to this union two children were born,
one son, Imon Alfred
Bankson, now circuit clerk of Pulaski
County, residing in Mound City, and Miss
Abbie Julia
Bankson, who owns and operates a funeral
home at Linn Creek, Mo.
Mr.
Bankson’s first wife passed away in January 1882 and in the latter
part of the year of 1883, he was again
married to Miss Laura Bell
Currey. To this union eight
children were born, two passing away in
infancy. The surviving children of
this union are Mannon
Bankson, deputy U.S. marshal of Benton,
Illinois; Mrs. Hallie
Reeves, of Pulaski, Mrs. Lois
Day, Ullin; Mrs. Mona
Lackey, Mattoon; Clyde
Bankson, who holds a position with the
Trustee Service System of Chicago; and Wayne
Bankson, who is studying for the ministry at Kimberline College,
Kilberline Heights, Tenn. His widow
and several grandchildren also survive him.
The outstanding characteristics of Mr.
Bankson’s life was the great interest he
always felt for the public welfare of the
community in which he lived. He took
unusual pride in all civic improvements of
the county. He was always ready with a
friendly handshake and a word of cheer for
his fellowman.
Speaking of Mr.
Bankson regarding his home life, he was an unusually kind and
considerate husband, and to his children, he
was more than a father; he was a companion
and a pal to whom they felt no hesitancy in
going to with their joys and sorrows.
His sympathetic and understanding
disposition will be long remembered by his
family and friends.
Mr.
Bankson was prominent in politics in this county, having served a
term of from 1906 to 1910 as sheriff and
collector of Pulaski County. Aside
from the four years spent in Mound City his
entire life was spent on the farm where he
passed away with the exception of the first
nineteen years of his life, which were spent
on the farm which belonged to his father and
adjoining the one where he lived after his
first marriage.
At one time Mr.
Bankson was one of the largest land owners in Pulaski County.
He also dealt extensively in the buying and
selling of stock. He was a descendent
of one of the pioneer families of Pulaski
County. It is said that a member of
the
Bankson family was teacher of the first
school ever taught in Pulaski County.
Mr.
Bankson confessed his faith in Christ and was baptized December 22,
1930, and united with the Christian Church
of Pulaski.
His body lay in state at the family
residence on the farm until 1 o’clock
Wednesday afternoon where many friends
passed in and out extending sympathy to the
bereaved family. His remains were then
moved to the church yard of the Old Liberty
Cemetery where he lay in state under the
beautiful shade trees until 2:30 o’clock.
Upon the arrival of the body at the cemetery
a large number of friends were found in
waiting. At 2:30 o’clock the casket was
closed and funeral services were held under
the shade of the trees. Rev. Mr.
Holloman, pastor of the Christian Church
of Anna, officiated. He was assisted
by Rev. W. H.
Baker,
pastor of the Christian Church of Cairo and
Gene
Ligon, who is a student at Kimberline
College where Mr.
Bankson’s son, Wayne, is studying for the ministry. The music
was furnished by a quartette from the
Christian Church of Pulaski, the quartette
being composed of lifelong friends and
neighbors of Mr.
Bankson. The floral tributes were numerous and beautiful and
were silent tokens of the esteems of his
many friends.
Immediately following the service,
interment was made in the Liberty Cemetery,
undertaker, W. A.
Aldred, of Pulaski, directing the
funeral.
The casket bearers who bore the remains
of their loved one to the last resting place
were his four sons, Imon, Mannon, Clyde, and
Wayne, and two nephews, Everett
Bankson, of Olmstead, and Dr. Berry
Rife, of Mounds.
In the cemetery were Mr.
Bankson was interred rests the remains
of his parents, both his paternal and
fraternal grandparents and many other
relatives of the old
Bankson family.
After the services at the cemetery, a
scene long to be remembered took place.
Friends and relatives of Mr.
Bankson, now advanced in years, who had
come to pay their respect, clasped hands and
exchanged greetings. Their common
sorrow and grief had brought them together
after years of separation. And the family
and their friends stood together once more
in that binding relation of kin and
friendship.
(George W.
Bankson married Jane Canady
on 24 Jun 1839, in Alexander Co., Ill.
A.C.
Bankston
married Julia
Snell
on 10 Dec 1876, in Pulaski Co., Ill.
Abner C.
Bankson married Laura B.
Curry on 27 May 1883, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill.
His death certificate states that
Abner C.
Bankson was born 4 Apr 1858, in Pulaski
Co., Ill., the son of George W.
Bankson and Sarah
Kennady, died 25 May 1931, in Pulaski Co., Ill., and was buried in
Liberty Cemetery.
His marker in Liberty Cemetery reads:
Abner C.
Bankson 1856-1931.—Darrel
Dexter)
Miss Margaret K.
Kinney, of Milwaukee, Wis., formerly of this city, and a sister of
Dr. T. J.
Kinney, of this city, passed away at her
home in Milwaukee, Saturday morning
according to a message received by
relatives.
Surviving Miss
Kinney are four brothers, Dr.
Kinney, of Mound City, Hugh and John
Kinney, of Milwaukee, and Edward, of
Chicago; and three sisters, Mrs. R. E.
Cahill and Mrs. Agnes
Farnbaker, of Milwaukee, and Sister Mary
Julia, of Chicago. She also leaves several
nieces and nephews, Mrs. Orville
Childress, of Cairo being a niece.
Miss
Kinney was born and reared in Anna, but for a number of years
resided in Mound City. For the past
several years she made her home in
Milwaukee.
Funeral services were held Monday
morning at St. Thomas Acquantis Catholic
Church at Milwaukee and interment was made
in Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Chicago.
(Michael D.
Eller, 41, born in North Carolina, son of George
Eller
and Rosena
Goodman, married 2nd on 1 Jan 1893, in Union Co., Ill.,
Mrs. Docia
Blackburn, 42, born in Union Co., Ill.,
the daughter of Abner
Keller and Polly
Gales.
Her
death certificate states that Docie
Keller was born 8 Dec 1850, in Illinois,
the daughter of Abbie
Keller, died 21 May 1931, in Anna, Ill., wife of Mike
Eller, and was buried at Mt. Olive Cemetery.—Darrel
Dexter)
(James Franklin
Dexter married on 31 Jul 1909, in Pulaski Co., Ill., Georgia Elmira
Mumford, the daughter of George
Mumford and Alice
Curry. George M.
Mumford married Mrs. Alice
Lentz
on 30 May 1888, in Pulaski Co., Ill.
Peter
Lentz married Nancy A. Curry
on 28 Jan 1880, in Pulaski Co., Ill.
Abner C.
Bankson married Laura B.
Curry
on 27 May 1883, in Pulaski Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
A. C.
Bankson, former sheriff of Pulaski County, died early Monday
morning, May 25, at his home near Pulaski,
following a long illness. Mr.
Bankson, who was 75, had been for many
years prominently identified with the
political life of the county belonging to
the Republican Party. He served a term
as sheriff and two of his sons have filled
various county offices.
Surviving him are his widow, and eight
children—Mannon, U. S. deputy marshal, of
Benton, Ill.; Abby, of Linn Creek, Mo.; Mrs.
Hallie
Reeves, of Pulaski; Mrs. Lois
Day,
of Ullin; Mrs. Mona
Lackey, of Mattoon; Imon, of Mound City,
Circuit clerk of Pulaski County; Clyde of
Chicago; and Wayne A., a ministerial student
at Kimberlin Heights, Tenn.; also one
sister, Mrs. B. A.
Royall, of Villa Ridge, and one brother,
Lon
Bankson, of Pulaski.
Funeral services were held Wednesday
afternoon at 2 o’clock at Liberty Church,
the Rev. Mr.
Holloman officiating. Interment was made in Liberty Cemetery.
J. B.
Healy, 75, in former years a resident of Mounds, died Sunday
afternoon, May 24, at the home of his son,
Charles
Healy, in Memphis, Tenn., where he had been ill for a number of
weeks. Mr.
Healy
was an Illinois Central engineer for many
years and had been retired and pensioned by
the company. His former home in Mounds
was what is now the Chris
Bauer
residence, Mr.
Bauer
having purchased the place from Mr.
Healy.
He is survived by his widow and two
sons, Worth B.
Healy,
of East St. Louis, and Charles
Healy,
of Memphis, Tenn. The sons grew to
manhood in this city and were married before
Mr. and Mrs.
Healy
left here to make their home in Paducah,
Ky., at which place they have since lived.
Funeral services were held Wednesday
afternoon at 3 o’clock in the Broadway
Methodist Church of Paducah. Burial
was in the Paducah cemetery.
These from Mounds who attended the
funeral were Mrs. A.
Deeslie, Mrs. Homer
McKenzie, Mr. and Mrs. A. S.
Calhoun, Mr. and Mrs. W. E.
Givens, and daughter, Virginia, J. C.
Mench,
Mrs. Ora
Pollock, Mr. and Mrs. H. C.
Fellenstein and Mr. and Mrs. George
Sitter.
(According to his death certificate,
James B.
Healy
was born 13 Oct 1856, in Ohio, the son of
Patrick
Healy
and M.
Fogarty, natives of Ireland, died 24 May
1931, in Memphis, Tenn., the husband of Mary
Bone Healy.—Darrel Dexter)
Clarence
McClellan, age 29 years, died Tuesday night at 8:10 o’clock at the
home of his father, Henry
McClellan, west of town. He had
been ill for some two months.
Mr.
McClellan is survived by his widow, a daughter, ten months old, his
father, stepmother, two uncles, Dow
McClellan, of Mounds, and George
McClellan, of Memphis, Tenn., four aunts
and two grandmothers.
Funerals services were held Thursday
afternoon at Shiloh Baptist Church, Rev. W.
J. Ward of Dongola officiating. Burial was in Shiloh Cemetery
with
Hartwell and Son directing.
Earl
Giles, age 41 years, of Mounds, Illinois, passed away at the
Illinois Central Hospital in Chicago,
Saturday morning at 4:30 o’clock following
an illness of three months. Mr.
Giles has been a patient in the hospital in Chicago or several weeks
and, although his death was not unexpected,
it has shocked and saddened the entire
community. He was a man of excellent
character and was well liked by all who knew
him. He was a member of Trinity Lodge
No. 562 A. F. & A. M. at Mound City,
Illinois, and he had many friends in the
order as well as in the community in which
he had resided for a number of years.
He was also a member of the Mystic Shrine of
the Ainad Temple of East St. Louis.
Mr.
Giles was born in Anna and came to Mounds to reside in 1910.
February 8th, 1911, he was united
in marriage to Miss Metta
Shearer of Mound City and to this union
two children were born.
Surviving Mr.
Giles are his widow, a son, Earl Jr., age 19; and a daughter,
Louise, age 17 years. The son is with
the U.S. Navy stationed at New York.,
He also leaves four half-brothers, Elmer
Standard, of Columbus, Ohio, Charles and W. W.
Standard of Bensonville, Illinois, and Tommy
Cole, of Drummond, Wis. His mother, Miss Minnie
Cole,
preceded him in death about four years ago.
Funeral services were held Tuesday
morning at 10 o’clock at the Methodist
Church in Mounds, the Rev. W. L.
Hanbaum, pastor of the First M. E.
Church of Mound City officiating in the
absence of Rev.
Shoaff, pastor of the Mounds church. The beautiful Masonic
rites were given at the church.
The body was then removed to his home
where it remained until five o’clock when
interment was made in Spencer Heights
Cemetery. This was necessary on
account of Earl Jr., not arriving until
12:30 o’clock. G. A.
James
directed the funeral. Two brothers
from Bensonville, Illinois, were in Mounds
to attend the funeral.
(His death certificate states that
George E.
Giles
was born 17 Jul 1889, in Illinois, the son
of George
Giles
and Minnie
Cole,
and died 30 May 1931, in Chicago, Cook Co.,
Ill.
He was an engineer and his wife was
Metta
Giles.
S. A.
Standard married Mrs. Minnie
Giles
on 22 Mar 1890, in Alexander Co., Ill.
His marker in Spencer Heights
Cemetery reads:
George E.
Giles
1889-1931.—Darrel
Dexter)
James W.
Rouse, age 79 years, passed away at his home in Memphis, Tenn.,
Saturday, May 30, at 3:30 p.m. following a
ten days’ illness. Mr.
Rouse
was in the government service for 57 years
and five years ago retired from active
duties. He was born July 12, 1852, at
Baltimore, Md. Fifty-one years ago he
was married to Miss Juliett
Hunter. Mr.
Rouse
was a former resident of Mound City. He was
the son of the late James and Rachel
Rouse, he and his wife both being members of pioneer families of
this community. During his residence
in this city, he was an employee of the
Marine Ways, leaving here with his family
several years ago, locating in Memphis,
where he was connected with government work.
The cause of his death was intestinal
hemorrhage.
He was a life member sf Desoto Lodge
No. 299, A. F. and A. M. and of the
Consistory. Mr.
Rouse is survived by his widow, Mrs. Juliett
Hunter Rouse; a daughter,
Mrs. Harry E.
Allen,
of Memphis; two sons, Hunter N.
Rouse,
of Memphis and Walter
Rouse,
of Emmet, Neb.; and a sister, Mrs. Eva M.
Bowling, of St. Louis, and a number of
other relatives and a large circle of
friends who join in extending sympathy to
the bereaved family.
Funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon at the J. W.
Norris Funeral Home at 3:30 o’clock
conducted by the Rev. Dr. C. A.
Marrs,
Masonic funeral services were held at the
grave in Forrest Hill Cemetery by members of
the De Soto Lodge.
(James W.
Rouse married Julia E. Hunter
on 18 Feb 1879, in Pulaski Co., Ill.
Jesse L.
Bowling married Eva M.
Rouse
on 23 Apr 1873, in Pulaski Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mounds Independent,
Friday, 5 Jun 1931:
Albert E.
Clift, president of the Central of Georgia railway and a former
senior vice-president of the Illinois
Central Railroad, died Saturday in Savannah,
Ga., after an illness of several weeks.
He had undergone an operation for abdominal
trouble on May 25.
Born in Urbana, Ill., in 1869, Mr.
Clift
began his railroad career as brakeman for
the Illinois Central in 1888.
Promotions followed and he became yard
master, train master and in 1905,
superintendent of the St. Louis Division
with headquarters at Carbondale. In
1910 he was made general superintendent of
the system; from 1917 to 1923 he was
assistant general manager and general
manager and in 1923 and 1924 was vice
president in charge of operations. In
addition to his residency of the Central
Georgia railway, he was president of the
Ocean Steam Ship Company.
Mr.
Clift is survived by his widow, Mrs. Letitia
Yeats Clift, and his
mother, Mrs. Emma E.
Clift,
of Urbana.
(Albert E.
Clift married Letitia Yeats
on 9 Feb 1892, in Champaign Co.,
Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
George Earl
Giles, machinist for the Illinois Central Railroad, died Saturday in
the Illinois Central Hospital, Chicago,
where he had been a patient for about three
weeks. His condition was serious from
the beginning and gradually grew worse until
the end.
George Earl
Giles was born July 17, 1889, and died May 30, 1931, at the age of
41 years, 10 months and 13 days. He
was born at Anna, Ill., but has resided in
Mounds since 1910. His mother died
four years ago.
He was united in marriage on February
8, 1911, to Miss Metta
Sheerer, of Mound City, and to this
union two children were born: Earl,
Jr., age 19 years, who has been stationed at
Fort Slocum, New York in Air Corps which was
to sail for Hawaii on May 5, but on account
of the serious condition of his father he
has been transferred to Scott Field,
Illinois, and Louise, age 17 years, who is
at home.
He also leaves four half-brothers,
Elmer
Standard, Columbus, Ohio, Tommie Cole,
Drummond, Wis.; William W.
Standard, and Charles
Standard, of Bensonville, Ill., William
W. and Charles being in Mounds for the
funeral. The others were unable to
come. T. L.
Cole,
a stepfather, also survives.
Funeral services were held Tuesday
morning at 10 o’clock at the M. E. church of
Mounds, Rev. W. L.
Hanbaum of Mound City gave the sermon
and Masonic rites were administered with C.
E. Ferrill conducting after which the body was taken home to await the
coming of the son, who arrived on the noon
train. At 5 o’clock burial was made in
Spencer Heights Cemetery with a prayer
service, Rev.
Hanbaum of Mound City officiating and G.
A.
James directing the funeral.
(According to his death certificate,
George E.
Giles
was born 17 Jul 1889, in Illinois, the
son of George
Giles
and Minnie
Cole,
died 30 May 1031, in Chicago, Ill., the
husband of Metta
Giles.—Darrel
Dexter)
Ruth
Pulley, 15, of Mounds, and Charles
Grable, Jr., 16, of Cairo, met death about 8:43 p.m. Monday evening
when the motorcycle on which they were
riding crashed with an interurban car at the
crossing about a quarter mile south of
Mounds. Miss
Pulley sustained two fractures of the
skull, while
Grable probably lived 15 or 20 minutes.
His death was due either to the excessive
loss of blood when his left leg was severed
below the knee, or concussion of the brain,
or to a combination of these and shock.
Had early arrivals applied tourniquets to
Grable’s leg, he might be alive today.
Witnesses state that
Grable had Miss
Pulley riding on the cross bar between the seat and handlebar and
was traveling 45 or 50 miles per hour south
from Mounds. He turned out from behind
cars that had stopped for the interurban and
made for the crossing. W. H.
Mylott, of Mounds, who was walking,
shouted a warning to
Grable, but he probably never heard it.
Grable was following Louis
Sams
of Cairo who had a girl on the motorcycle
with him.
The crash took place on the west side
of the crossing and from all indications,
the left side of the interurban struck the
motorcycle. The momentum of the motorcycle
carried it about 30 feet south and to the
right where it landed.
There were cars waiting for the
interurban to cross, for the car had slowed,
whistled, and then seeing the cars, stopped,
put on speed to cross when the crash took
place. Some think that
Grable did not see the interurban
because Miss
Pulley obstructed the view.
It was about 10 minutes after the
accident that Dr. O. T.
Hudson of Mounds was summoned and
arrived. All this time nothing had
been done to stop the arterial bleeding of
Grable. When Dr.
Hudson arrived there was still heart
action and
Grable’s leg was pumping blood.
Immediately he stopped this and on getting
him to the office, salt solution was pumped
into his veins to increase the blood.
It was possible, Dr.
Hudson stated, that
Grable died from loss of blood or that
there may have been concussion sufficient to
have been fatal or the shock and operation
to amputate may have all combined to induce
death. Ten minutes of unchecked
bleeding of an artery in the leg will drain
almost all the blood from the human body.
Miss
Pulley died instantly from her injuries.
The inquest was held Tuesday with few
new facts learned. The motorists who
had stopped for the interurban were not
found to testify.
Funeral services were held Wednesday
afternoon at 3 o’clock at the residence and
were largely attended by sorrowing friends
and relatives of the family. Rev. W.
M. Baker, pastor of the First Christian Church of Cairo, officiated.
The floral offerings were profuse and
beautiful. Four of Ruth’s most
intimate friends and school mates acted as
flower bearers: Misses Lucille
Henson, Evelyn Mae
Winchester, Eleanor
Bauer,
and Madeline
Fox.
The casket bearers were Lester
Grandstaff, Robert
Pletcher, Eugene Roberts,
Roderick
Connell, Carlos
Walston, Mounds, and Floyd
Knight, William
Garrett, and Claude Waite,
of Mound City.
Funeral services for Charles
Grable, Jr., were held at 1:30 o’clock
at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles
Grable, 509 Center Street at Cairo. Following the services the
cortege moved by automobile to Spencer
Heights Cemetery where interment was made by
Karcher Brothers of Cairo. Rev.
Baker
also officiated at the funeral of Charles.
Casket bearers were Louis
Sams, Charles Yarbrough,
Robert
Smith,
Jack
Rees, Eddie
Kern, Sam Parker, Paul
Jones,
and Woodrow
Duncan.
Miss
Pulley is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. L.
Pulley; one sister, Carolyn; and a
brother, William; and a grandmother, Mrs.
Addie
Curtsinger, of Mounds.
Left to mourn the passing of Charles
are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Grable, of Cairo; four sisters, Dorothy,
Hazel, Shirley Jean, and Barbara Ann, of
Cairo; and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
M. Mowery, of Tamms.
(Charles B.
Grable, 21, born in Hopkins Co., Ky., son of William and Mary
Grable, married on 29 Aug 1912, in Union
Co., Ill., Minnie May
Mowery, 19, daughter of Jacob M.
Mowery and Huldah
Casper.
Her marker in Spencer Heights
Cemetery at Mounds reads:
Ruth W.
Pulley Born Dec. 26, 1915 Died June 8,
1931.—Darrel
Dexter)
Glenn Edward, the week old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Wallace
Hankins, of St. Louis, passed away
Thursday afternoon at the home of his
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh
Williams, on Pearl Street. The
little one had not been well since birth.
Short services were held at the
residence of Mr. and Mrs.
Williams, Friday afternoon at 2:30
o’clock and interment as made in Spencer
Heights Cemetery by undertaker G. A.
James.
Rev.
Shoaff, pastor of the M. E. Church of
Mounds officiated in the absence of Rev.
Hanbaum of this city.
Mrs.
Hankins, mother of the baby, was before her marriage, Miss Ada
Williams, of this city, and a daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh
Williams.
Mounds Independent,
Friday, 12 Jun 1931:
Ruth
Pulley, 15-yar-old Mounds girl, and Charles
Grable, Jr., 16, of Cairo, were victims
of a motorcycle accident Monday evening at
8:40 o’clock at the interurban crossing on
Route 2 just south of Mounds. Miss
Pulley was instantly killed and the youth was so badly injured that
he died less than six hours later.
Their motorcycle and the 8:45 interurban car
collided on the crossing, the impact
throwing the young couple from the
motorcycle and into the weeds at the
southwest side of the track. It is
thought the girl’s head struck a concrete
stone as it was badly crushed. Her
glasses were found some distance away,
intact.
Young
Grable had purchased the motorcycle only a few days ago. He and
Louis
Sams, also of Cairo, both riding
motorcycles, had stopped at
Mattson’s lunch stand where a crowd of
young folk were playing volleyball and
otherwise amusing themselves. Pearl
Mattson mounted the motorcycle of young
Sams and Ruth
Pulley that of young Grable,
planning to ride south to the Mound City
Cairo Y and return. It is said that
Ruth, in a joking way, waved her hand at the
crowd and said, “Good-bye, if I don’t see
you again.” As they approached the
crossing the interurban car was winding its
way toward the same point of intersection.
An automobile going south had paused to
await the passing of the street car.
Young
Sams and Miss
Mattson were in the lead and got across
safely. Young
Grable dashed around the automobile
perhaps not seeing the approaching car as
Ruth was sitting on the handle bars of his
motorcycle. The crash came and two
young lives were lost.
Dr. O. T.
Hudson pronounced the girl dead and gave first aid to the boy, whose
left side was injured. He was first
taken to Dr.
Hudson’s office and later removed to St.
Mary’s Hospital, Cairo, where he died at 2
o’clock Tuesday morning.
The body of Miss
Pulley was removed to
Hartwell and
Ryan’s
funeral parlor where it was found the victim
had sustained a crushed skull and numerous
other wounds.
Coroner O. T.
Hudson conducted an inquest over Miss
Pulley Tuesday morning at 10:30 o’clock at which time a verdict of
accidental death was returned.
At the inquest over young
Grable conducted in Cairo by Dan
Sullivan, coroner of Alexander County,
Leslie
Hodge,
the motorman on the interurban car, is
reported to have testified that he sounded
his whistle for the crossing signal and had
the car under control, that the motorcycle
almost cleared the tracks, the street car
striking only the outside of the machine
near the car.
W. H.
Mygatt, who was walking along the highway at the time, is reported
to have testified that he cried out in
warning to
Grable. The speed of the motorcycle was estimated by
Mygatt at about 45 miles and by Motorman
Hodge
as 50 miles.
Ruth was the second child of Mr. and
Mrs. Carol L.
Pulley. She was born in Mounds,
Dec. 26, 1915 and had lived here all her
life. She would have been a junior in
high school next year.
Surviving her are her parents, a
sister, Carolyn, a brother, William; a
grandmother, Mrs. William
Curtsinger, all of Mounds; two aunts,
Mrs. Mettie
Minton, of Caruthersville, Mo., and Mrs.
Lydia
Jenkins, of Mounds; six uncle, T. L.
Pulley, of Maywood, Cal., R. T.
Pulley, of Jonesboro, Ill., Urban
Curtsinger, of Fulton, Ky., and Artel
and Robert
Curtsinger, of Cairo. She also
leaves numerous other relatives and a host
of friends, especially among the young
people with whom she was a favorite.
Funeral services were held at the
family residence on Blanche Ave., Wednesday
afternoon at 3:00 o’clock, conducted by Rev.
W. M.
Baker, pastor of the First Christian
Church, of Cairo, assisted by Rev. H. B.
Shoaff, pastor of the M. E. Church of
Mounds. Interment was made in Beech
Grove Cemetery undertaker
Hartwell and
Ryan in charge. There was a large attendance and the flowers
were many and beautiful.
Young
Grable was a freshman in the Cairo high school. He was the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Grable, of Cairo. He is survived
by his parents, four sisters, Dorothy,
Hazel, Shirley Jean and Barbara Ann; a
brother, Clarence and his grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. M.
Mowery, of Tamms.
His funeral services were held the same
day at an earlier hour—1:30 o’clock—by the
same minister. He was buried in
Spencer Heights Cemetery.
Word has been received here of the
death of Mrs. C. E.
Horsley’s mother, Mrs.
Timms,
which occurred at the
Horsley home in Chicago a number of
weeks ago. Mrs.
Timms
made her home with her daughter while the
family were residents of Mounds and her many
friends here who will grieve to hear of her
passing.
Clinton S.
Thompson, age 35, formerly of Ullin, passed away at Marion,
Illinois, Tuesday, June 9. Mr.
Thompson was a nephew of Dr. and Mrs. J.
B.
Mathis, of Ullin, and was reared in
their home, as one of their own children and
in fact had always been as dear to them as
if he had been their own son.
Besides the family of Dr.
Mathis, he is survived by his widow, who
before her marriage was Miss Leta
Clark,
a teacher in the Ullin School. He also
leaves several uncles and other relatives.
Funeral services were held Thursday
afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at the M. E.
Church at Ullin, the Rev. M. H.
Loar,
of Carbondale officiating. Interment
took place in the Ullin Cemetery.
Services at the grave were conducted by the
Masonic order. Undertaker W. J.
Rhymer directed the funeral.
Casket bearers were M. G.
Hart,
Russel
Holcomb, C. G. McIntire,
Carl
Sichling, Lloyd
Rhymer, and Clifford
Needham.
(His death certificate states that
Clinton Samuel
Thompson was born 1 Mar 1896, in
Illinois, the son of Louis
Thompson and Judah
Lentz,
and died 9 Jun 1931, in Marion, Ill.
His occupation was electrical
engineer.
His marker in Ullin Cemetery reads:
Clinton S.
Thompson Born March 1, 1896 Died June 9, 1931.—Darrel
Dexter)
Anemia, which may have been contracted
from constant use of x-ray lights when she
was an assistant in a doctor’s office, is
believed to have been the cause of the death
Tuesday of Marguerite Pauline
Veail,
33 years old, 1354 North Topeka Avenue,
Kansas City, a sister of Ira
Veail, of Pulaski.
Miss
Veail, who was the daughter of Mrs. George
Bailey, 1354 North Topeka Avenue, had been suffering from this
anemic condition for more than a year and a
half, during which time she was a patient in
several hospitals, undergoing several blood
transfusions and receiving other treatment.
She had been employed in a doctor’s
office for more than five years. The
x-ray, while beneficial to the patients, is
used only a short time, but the operator, in
a course of duties is in frequent contact.
Miss
Veail has resided in Wichita since early childhood. Besides
her mother, she is survived by a twin
sister, Mrs. Marie
Schlesx, Indianapolis, Ind.; a brother, Ira, of Pulaski, Illinois;
and the following aunts: Mrs. Emma
Woodbury, 1354 North Topeka Avenue, Mrs.
R. M.
Fouts, and Mrs. Mamie
Maggard, Wichita.
There has been no identification of the
floater found last Friday in the river just
above the shipyard by Junior
Cowles and Harry
Layton. Efforts to find out who he was have proved unavailing,
and as the body was in no condition to be
kept, it was interred that afternoon.
Layton and Cowles
were throwing rocks in the river when they
spied the form they thought was a scarecrow
washed from some farmer’s field. A
closer look revealed that it was a man’s
body and, after securing it, so it would not
float down the river, they went for help.
The man had been in the river about two
weeks, it was estimated by G. A.
James,
who cared for the remains that was beginning
to decompose. Swelling had distorted
the features and size so that accurate
estimates are hard. He was dressed in
a pin stripe suit, was about 50 years of
age, about 5 feet 7 inches high and weighing
around 160 pounds. Neither his clothing nor
the contents of his pockets revealed
anything concerning his identity. A
collar button and a few pennies were all
that they contained. His shoes were
gone. There were no marks of violence.
Sheriff
Hudson sent word as far up the river as Paducah, but so far, nothing
has been heard.
Mounds Independent,
Friday, 19 Jun 1931:
Three boys walking along the levee at
Mound City Friday morning discovered the
body of a man floating down the Ohio River.
The boys immediately notified Sheriff I. J.
Hudson, concerning their gruesome find and the body was taken from
the water and removed to the undertaking
establishment of G. A.
James.
State’s Attorney Joe
O’Sullivan has been active in trying to
establish the man’s identity which will be
possible only through his clothing as the
body had been in the water long enough to be
in advanced stage of decomposition.
Mrs. W. J.
Smith, formerly Miss Annie
Malley, of Mounds, passed away Saturday
in a hospital in New Orleans, following a
serious operation. She had been in
very poor health for the past four years.
She was born in the county of Donegal, near
Mt. Charles, Ireland, and at the age of 18
came to Cairo to make her home with her
aunt. Three years later, the family moved to
Mounds. She was married to William
Smith and moved to New Orleans in 1922 where Mr.
Smith
is superintendent of the Fruit Dispatch.
Surviving Mrs.
Smith are her husband, two sons, Tom, who is studying to be a priest
in Perryville, Mo., and William Jr., of New
Orleans; four brothers, Pat
Malley, of New Orleans, Mike, of Oregon,
Pete of Texas and John, of Mounds; an aunt,
Mrs. Cassie
Travis; two cousins, John
Travis, and Mrs. Ed
Raub,
of Mounds.
Funeral services were held Monday at
New Orleans and interment was made there.
Mrs. Cassie
Travis, and Mr. and Mrs. John
Travis, attended the funeral.
An unidentified colored man was shot
and killed at Villa Ridge Friday night by
George
Green, while he was in the act of holding up Miss Agnes
Gunn,
who operates the confectionary there.
Miss
Gunn was in the car when the colored man faced her with a gun.
Green,
who was in the confectionary and was
closing, saw what was in progress and
stepped out. He fired as the negro
turned, the bullet entering his chest not
far from the heart and lodging near the
spine and almost at the surface of the skin.
That was the only shot fired. By
the time the would-be robber was taken to
Mounds, he was dead.
The dead man was about 5 feet 10 inches
in height, had a Roman nose, brown in color
and had a scar on the right side of his
chin. He was somewhere around 25 or 30
years of age.
This confectionary has been held up
before and precautions are taken by both
Miss
Gunn and Mr. Green
against robbery. It has been less than
six or eight months that shots were fired at
someone trying to break in. This was
the second shot ever fired from
Green’s
.38 special.
Thomas William
Hanes, age 91 years, who was the only surviving member of the Grand
Army of Republic in his precinct, passed
away at his home in Mounds at 2:35 o’clock
Tuesday morning following a paralytic
strokes, which he suffered about a week ago.
He was a veteran of the Civil War, having
served four years. He had been a
resident of Mounds for many years.
He is survived by his widow and two
step sons, E. A.
Matson and A. E.
Matson, both of Mounds.
He leaves no other near relatives.
Funeral services were held Thursday
afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the Methodist
church in Mounds, the pastor, Rev. H. B.
Shoaff, officiating. Interment was
made in the National Cemetery at Mound City
and full military honors were accorded the
old soldier. The funeral was directed
by
Hartwell and
Ryan, undertakers of Mounds.
(Thomas W.
Hanes, 19, born in Vermilion Co., Ind., 5’6”, with light hair, gray
eyes, dark complexion and farmer,
enlisted on 14 Jun 1861, in Tuscola,
Ill., as a private in Co. D, 21st
Illinois Infantry.
He re-enlisted 27 Feb 1864, and was
discharged 16 Dec 1865. Thomas W.
Hanes married Mrs. Susie E.
Mattson on 11 Feb 1883, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill.
George
Mattson married Susan E.
Butler on 24 Feb 1869, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill.
His death certificate states that
Thomas William
Hanes
was born 10 Apr 1840, in Indiana, the son of
John
Hanes,
died 23 Jun 1931, in Mounds, Ill., and
was buried in the Mound City National
Cemetery.
His spouse was Josephine Marie
Hanes
and his occupation was given as building
contractor.
He was buried in section F grave
4964S.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Fern
Winter McMahan, age 26,
passed away at the home of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles
Winter, in Dongola, Wednesday afternoon,
June 18, at 2 o’clock following an illness
of several months.
Her husband, Martin L.
McMahan, passed away, April 27, 1931. One little daughter,
Tina, who is about 2 years of age, survives
her parents.
Mrs.
Mahan is a native of Dongola and after finishing her high school
education was employed in the drug store of
J. A.
Dillow at Dongola.
Funeral services were held from the
First Baptist Church in Dongola Friday
afternoon at 2 o’clock conducted by the
pastor, Rev. W. J.
Ward.
Interment was made in the Dongola I. O. O.
F. Cemetery.
Funeral director E. J. Ford was in
charge.
Casket bearers were R. S.
Dillow, W. O.
Corzine, Guy L. Penrod,
Oscar E.
Jones,
H. N.
Holshouser, and C. E.
Baggot.
Besides her parents and little
daughter, she leaves one brother, Robert S.
Winter, of Dongola, several uncles and aunts, and a large circle of
friends.
(Her marker in I. O. O. F. Cemetery at
Dongola reads:
Fern
Winter McMahan Born Aug. 28, 1904 Died June 17, 1931.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mounds Independent,
Friday, 26 Jun 1931:
“Hands up,” said a negro to Miss Agnes
Gunn,
who had just started the engine of her car
after leaving the Gunn Confectionery at
Villa Ridge Friday night at about eleven
o’clock. George
Green, who operates the filling station for Miss
Gunn,
and was fastening the door had not yet
entered the car. And there’s where the
fellow made his last and most costly
mistake. When he turned to cover Mr.
Green, the latter had drawn his own revolver and fired first.
The bullet entered the breast of the
marauder and lodged just behind the skin in
his back. Death came before medical
attention could be secured.
The body was brought to the undertaking
establishment of
Hartwell and
Ryan
in this city, where it lay unidentified
until Saturday evening when identification
was made by John
Robinson, a colored man of Sandusky, who
gave the dead man’s name as Otto
Perkins, his age as 21, and his
residence at St. Louis, Mo.
William
Perkins, of St. Louis, father of the dead boy, arrived in Mounds
Sunday and positively identified the body of
his son. The
Perkins family had formerly lived in southern Illinois and its
members were highly respected. Otto
Perkins had come to this vicinity at the
opening of the berry season and it is
claimed that he had not previously been
known as a law breaker. Another
colored man had accompanied him here from
St. Louis and this man has disappeared since
the shooting.
A coroner’s inquest was conducted at
the undertakers Saturday morning by Coroner
O. T.
Hudson and a verdict of justifiable homicide was returned.
Burial was made in Thistlewood Cemetery
Monday afternoon, services being held at the
grave.
Hartwell and
Ryan
directed the funeral.
(The death certificate states that Otto
Perkins, of 1217A North 8th
St., St. Louis, Mo., was born 1 Oct 1909, in
Villa Ridge, Ill., the son of William
Perkins, a native of Villa Ridge, Ill.,
and Ella Davis, a native of Levings, Ill.,
died 19 Jun 1931, in District 1, Pulaski
Co., Ill., and was buried in Thistlewood
Cemetery.—Darrel
Dexter)
Friends of Mrs. W. J.
Smith,
formerly Miss Annie
Malley, of this city, will hear with
regret of her death in a New Orleans
hospital the latter part of last week.
Mrs. Cassie
Travis, an aunt, and Mr. and Mrs. John
Travis, all of Mounds, attended the
funeral, which was held in New Orleans
Monday.
Mrs.
Smith was born in the county of Donegal, near Mt. ___arles, Ireland,
and came to this county and to Cairo at the
age of 18, to make her home with her aunt,
Mrs.
Fitzpatrick. Three years later the
family moved to Mounds, where she was later
married to William J.
Smith.
In 1__2 they moved to New Orleans, where Mr.
Smith
is superintendent of the Fruit Dispatch
Company.
Surviving her are her husband, two
sons, Thomas and William; four brothers, Pat
and John
Malley, of Mounds, Mike, of Oregon and Pete of Texas. Pat was
with his sister at the time of the death.
She also leaves her aunt, Mrs.
Travis, and her cousins, __n, Ed.
Raub,
and J. R.
Travis.
Judge W. T.
Hanes, a prominent longtime resident of Mounds, died early Tuesday
morning, June 23, at the family residence on
Blanch Avenue, following a paralytic stroke
suffered some two weeks ago. He had
celebrated his 91st birthday on
April 10th, and at that time was
in fairly good health, having retained all
his faculties to a remarkable degree.
Always interested in public affairs, he
could talk with ease on almost any subject.
He had served the community as Justice of
the Peace a number of terms. In his
earlier days he was in the contracting
business. For a number of years he was
been in the real estate business.
His only son, Cecil
Hanes,
died May 2nd of this year and his
death was a blow to the aged father.
He is survived by his widow, four stepsons
and two stepdaughters.
The following obituary was written by
Judge
Hanes himself before his last illness.
“Thomas William
Hanes was born at Eugene, Vermillion County, Indiana, son of John
and Rebecca
Hanes,
on April 10th, 1840. His
parents moved to Van Buren County, Iowa, in
1846 and settled near Keosauqua. He
lived with his parents until February 1861,
then came to Illinois and made his home with
an uncle in Douglas County near Newman until
the outbreak of the Civil War. He
enlisted in Co. ‘D’ of the 21st
Illinois Infantry for three years, May 14,
1861. The regiment was commanded by
Ulysses S.
Grant,
and he served with his regiment until
finally the regiment was discharged at
Springfield, Ill., Jan. 19, 1866, having
been in the service 4 years, 8 months and 5
days.
“Since leaving the army he has made his
home in Pulaski County, but has lived in St.
Louis, Mo., and New Orleans, La., for short
times, but has always done his voting in
Pulaski County, Ill. He first married
Miss Nancy
Cook,
of Union County, on March 8th,
1867. She was killed in Cape
Girardeau, Mo., March 5, 1868. No
children survive this union.
“On February 14, 1883, he married Mrs.
Susan E.
Mattson, of Villa Ridge, Ill. To
this union there was born one son, Cecil B.
Hanes. Mrs. Hanes
died April 11, 1922, at the age of 76 years,
2 months, and 8 days. She was a member
of the First Methodist Church of Mounds,
Ill.
“T. W.
Hanes, professed religion in the First M. E. Church of Mounds on the
11th day of March, 1925, at a
revival conducted by Evangelist
Reagon, a union meeting held by the
Congregational and Methodist churches.
He joined the church March 29, 1925.
“He married again October 27, 1926, to
Mrs. Josephine Marie
Mattson, of Mounds, Ill. No
children by this marriage.”
Funeral services were held Thursday
afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the Methodist
church, with the pastor, Rev. H. B.
Shoaff, in the pulpit. Burial was
with full military honors, in the National
Cemetery between Mounds and Mound City,
where 5,000 soldiers of the Civil war are
resting, more than half of them unknown.
Chester
Cunningham, age 39 years, passed away Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock
at the Anna hospital where he had been a
patient for several months. Mr.
Cunningham had been in ill health for
some time, but his condition became serious
just a week ago. He was a son of Mr.
and Mrs. A. J.
Cunningham, of Valley Recluse.
He was born and reared in Mound City
and had made his home here until a few years
ago. Besides his parents, he is
survived by one brother, Jesse
Cunningham, and a nephew, Carl
Cunningham, of Rock Island, Illinois.
The body was removed from the funeral
home of G. A.
James
to the home of his brother Wednesday
evening, where it remained until Thursday
afternoon at 2:30 o’clock when it was
removed to the Congregational Church and
funeral services were held. The Rev.
Benninger pastor of the Congregational
Church at Grand Chain officiated.
Interment was made in the Thistlewood
Cemetery at Mounds.
Casket bearers were E. E.
Keller, Olan
Bowers, Ive Calvin,
George
Gunn,
Clifford
Biggs,
and George
Beaver. G. A. James
was the funeral director.
(Andrew
Cunningham married Mary Maria
Alloway on 30 May 1886, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill.
His marker in Beechwood Cemetery at
Mounds reads:
Chester H.
Cunningham 1891-1931.—Darrel
Dexter)
William
Biggs, employee for years of the Illinois Light and Power Co.,
dropped dead about 5:20 at the power station
yesterday afternoon. He was talking
with a stranger and went inside to fill in
on a report sheet. He returned to the
door, staggered and fell backward and was
dead in a moment.
The inquest this morning will probably
give the cause of his death, although,
according to a physician who was called, he
either died of the heat or of heart trouble.
In either case, his death was almost
instantaneous.
Mr.
Biggs is well known in this city and has lived here for years and
was held in respect by all who knew him.
His death is a shock.
Besides his wife, there survives two
sons, Henry
Biggs,
who is manager of the Rhodes Burford store
at Mounds, Clifford
Biggs, who is at home; and one daughter, Bernice, of Memphis, Tenn.
No funeral arrangements could be given
at press time, but it will doubtless be
Saturday afternoon.
(His death certificate states that
William
Biggs
was born about 1860, the son of Cass and
Zaeva
Biggs and died 2 Jul 1931, in Mound
City, Ill.)
(Willis
Stearns, 23, born in Union Co., Ill., son of Adam
Stearns and Julia A.
Outland, married on 9 Mar 1884, in Union
Co., Ill., Annie E.
Black,
18, born in Calhone Co., Ark., daughter of
George
Black and Lucinda Clemons.
The death certificate states that he
was born 20 Dec 1860, in Pomona, Ill., and
died 28 Jun 1931.
His marker in Oakland Cemetery in
Carbondale, Ill., reads:
Willis
Stearns M.D. 1860-1931.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mounds Independent,
Friday, 3 Jul 1931:
William
Shaw, colored, age 26, died Thursday, July 2, at the home of his
mother in North Mounds, following a long
illness. Arrangements for the funeral
have been delayed pending the arrival of a
brother and other relatives.
(According to his death certificate,
William
Shaw
was born about 1906, the son of Preston
Shaw
and Jane
Hammonds, and died 2 Jul 1931, in
Mounds, Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Edwin B.
Thomas, age 85, passed away at the home of his daughter, Mrs. E. H.
James,
near Ullin, June 30. He had been in
failing health for some time suffering from
a severe stomach trouble.
His remains were taken to his old home
in Milburn, Ky., where funeral services were
held Thursday, July 2, the Rev.
Sutton officiating. Interment was
made in the Milburn Cemetery. E. J.
Ford,
funeral director of Dongola, had charge of
the funeral.
Surviving Mr.
Thomas are two children, Mrs. E. H.
James, of Ullin, and W.E.
Thomas, of Chicago. Five sisters
and one brother also survive.
(His death certificate states that
Edwin B.
Thomas was born 6 Jul 1845, in Kentucky,
the son of Elijah
Thomas and Louisa
Ship,
died 30 Jun 1931, in Alexander Co., Ill.,
and was buried in Milburn, Ky.
His wife was Anna L.
Thomas.—Darrel Dexter)
Funeral services for William
Biggs,
who passed away suddenly last Thursday were
held Sunday afternoon at the First M. E.
Church at 2:30 o’clock, Rev. W. L.
Hanbaum, pastor of the church,
officiating. The church was filled
with friends and relatives of the deceased
and his family. The profusion of
beautiful floral offerings which were banked
upon the chancel was a silent tribute to the
deceased and showed the high esteem in which
he was held by his friends in this
community. A quartette composed of
Miss Cora
Fullerton, Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Karraker, and G. A.
James,
sang, “The Old Rugged Cross,” and “Beautiful
Isle.” Interment was made in Spencer
Heights Cemetery by undertaker G. A.
James.
Casket bearers were James
Finley, George
Cunn, Olen Bowers, S. F.
McIntire, Imon
Bankson, and Ivan Galvin.
Mr.
Biggs was born in Hamletsburg, Pope County, Illinois, February 18,
1859, and departed this life at Mound City
July 2, 1931, at the age of 72 years, four
month and fourteen days.
He was united in marriage to Miss Zoe
Eva
Carnes, July 27, 1889, and to this union
were born, one daughter, Miss Bernice, now
of Memphis, Tenn., and two sons, Henry and
Clifford, of this city.
In 1900 he became a member of First M.
E. Church of Cairo and later transferred his
membership to the M. E. Church of this city.
He at one time was a teacher of the Men’s
Bible Class for a number of years. He
was a member of the Modern Woodmen of
America, Camp No. 5151 and was a charter
member of the Cairo chapter.
For many years he has been an employee
of the Illinois Power and Light Corporation
plant in Mound City. He was known and
commended for his loyalty and faithfulness
to his duties. Besides his widow, two
sons and daughter, he is survived by one
granddaughter, Doris
Biggs,
of Grand Chain.
(W. M.
Biggs married Zoever Carnes
on 26 Jul 1889, in Pulaski Co., Ill.
His marker in Spencer Heights
Cemetery t Mounds reads:
William
Biggs
1859-1931.—Darrel
Dexter)
Edgar Louis, the 16-month-old baby of
Mr. and Mrs. Mark
Dover,
passed away at the home of his parents,
Saturday morning. The little one had
been ill two weeks. Besides his
parents, he is survived by a brother, age
about three years, his paternal
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Dover,
of Grand Chain, his maternal grandmother,
Mrs.
Hayes, of this city.
Funeral services were held Sunday
morning at St. Mary’s Catholic Church.
Father Eugene
Traynor officiating. Interment was made in St. Mary’s Cemetery
at Mounds. The funeral was in charge
of G. A.
James,
funeral director.
(His marker in St. Mary’s Cemetery at
Mounds reads:
Edgar L.
Dover
Born March 6, 1930 Died July 4, 1931.—Darrel
Dexter)
The entire community has received a
shock in the death of C. C.
Terrell, prominent shoe merchant of
Cairo, which occurred Monday morning at this
home 2837 Park Place West. Mr.
Terrell had been suffering or sometime
of angina pectoris, but it was not thought
that death was near.
He was born in Ballard County, Ky., and
came to Cairo as a young man working as a
clerk in a shoe business. Later he
went into business for himself and since has
been senior partner in the shoe store on
Commercial Avenue, which was then known as
Terrell-Howe Shoe Company
and later
Terrell-Karcher.
He was well and favorably known throughout
Pulaski County. His congenial smile,
hearty greeting and friendly handshake will
long be missed form his place of business.
Funeral services were held Wednesday
afternoon at the First M. E. Church in
Cairo, the Rev. O. B.
Allen,
pastor of the church officiating.
Interment was made in the I. O. O. F.
cemetery at Charles, Mo., by the side of his
wife, who preceded him in death two years
ago.
(His death certificate states that
Clinton Christopher
Terrell was born 17 Feb 1869, in New
Slater, Ky., the son of Christopher C.
Terrell, a native of Virginia, and Anna
Hall, died 6 Jul 1931, in
Cairo, Ill., and was buried in Charleston,
Mo.—Darrel
Dexter)
H. Grant
Peeler, age 61, passed away at his home near Dongola Saturday
morning. He had suffered ill health
for several months, but the end came
suddenly following a heart attack.
Funeral services were held at the First
Baptist Church in Dongola, where he was a
member, at ten o’clock Monday morning,
conducted by Rev. W. J.
Ward,
pastor of the church. Interment was
made in Mt. Pisgah cemetery near Wetaug.
E. J.
Ford directed the funeral.
Mr.
Peeler was a member of the M. W. of A. Camp at Dongola. He is
survived by his widow, Mrs. Emma
Peeler, and seven children as follows:
Mrs. John
Taylor, Mrs. Floyd Peeler,
Harley, Raleigh, Sam and Mattie
Peeler, all of Dongola, and Mrs. Emory
Lingle, of Pontiac, Mich.; also sisters
and brothers as follows: Mrs. Eli
Mowery, Mrs. C. W.
McCommons, of Dongola, Mrs. George
Hartline, of Plant City, Fla., Mrs. Berty
Arey, of Cairo, and Sam
Peeler, of Cypress, and a large circle
of other relatives and friends.
(Grant Henry
Peeler, 22, the son of Jesse
Peeler and Emeline
Miller, married on 2 Jan 1892, in
Pulaski Co., Ill., Amy Isabelle
Hartline, 21, the daughter of Charles W.
Hartline and Susan Anna
Casper.
His death certificate states that
Henry Grant
Peeler was born 1 Feb 1870, in Dongola,
Ill., the son of Jesse
Peeler and Mary Emiline
Miller, natives of North Carolina, died
4 Jul 1931, in Union Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mounds Independent,
Friday, 10 Jul 1931:
Clinton C.
Terrell, of Cairo, age 62 years, died at his home Monday morning at
9:30 o’clock from angina pectoris.
Mr.
Terrell had been in the shoe business in Cairo for many years and
was well and favorably known throughout
Southern Illinois, Southeast Missouri, and
Northwestern Kentucky. He had been
prominently identified with all community
affairs and will be greatly missed. He
was born in Ballard County, Ky., and his
wife, who preceded him in death two years
ago, was from Charleston, Mo.
Funeral services were held Wednesday
afternoon in the First Methodist Church of
Cairo, of which Mr.
Terrell was a devoted member.
Interment was made in Charleston, Mo.,
beside the body of his wife.
The funeral of William Norval
Shaw
was held July 5, 1931, at St. Paul A. M. E.
Church by Rev. Herman
Fiske.
William was born at Cobden, Ill., July 18,
1904, and died July 2, 1931, at his home in
North Mounds. He was a graduate for
Mounds High School, with Prof. E. C.
Hamilton, as principal. He leaves
a mother, one brother, Henry
Shaw, of Richmond, Ind., and other relatives. Miss Maud
Kennedy and brother, Robert, of St.
Louis, cousins, of the deceased, motored
here to attend the funeral.
(According to his death certificate,
William
Shaw
was the son of Preston
Shaw
and Jane
Hammonds. Henry P.
Shaw
married Jane S.
Hammonds on 24 Dec 1896, in St. Clair
Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
(His death certificate states that
Joseph
Yearack, a coal miner, was born 10 Jan
1893, in Coal City, Ill., the son of Victor
Yearack and Anna Mandelik,
natives of Germany, died 24 Jun 1931, in
East Marion, Ill., and was buried in Marion,
Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Funeral services for Mrs. Ellen
Gaskill, prominent resident of Ullin and
a sister of S. A.
Cantrell, of this city, who passed away
at the Anna Hospital Tuesday, July 7, were
held Wednesday afternoon, July 8, at 2:30
o’clock at the Ullin Methodist church, the
Rev. S. A.
Morgan, of Steelville, Illinois, a
former pastor at Ullin, officiating.
Many floral offerings were sent as marks of
sympathy for the deceased and her family.
Mrs.
Gaskill was born and reared near Ullin and for a number of years
conducted a store there, until her health
failed and she was compelled to retire from
active service.
She was a devout member of the
Methodist church and to serve the cause of
Christianity was one of her greatest and
most sacred privileges.
Surviving her are her husband, a
daughter, Mrs. D. W.
Jordan, of Tamms; a son, Frank, of
Ullin; a brother, S. A.
Cantrell, of Mound City; a sister, Mrs. A. J.
Mowery, of Bedford, Ind., and many other relatives and a large
circle of friends. She was a valued
member of the Royal Neighbors Lodge of Ullin
and that order took part in the services
acting as casket bearer and flowers bearer.
Interment was made at the New Hope
Cemetery, with W. J.
Rhymer directing the funeral.
(Adam Jerome
Mowery married on 16 Oct 1881, in Pulaski Co., Ill., Martha
Victoria,
Cantrell.
Jacob A.
Heddinger married Ellen J.
Cantrell on 16 Oct 1881, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill.
A marker in New Hope Cemetery reads:
Jacob A.
Heddinger March 22, 1860 Nov. 10, 1913.
Her death certificate states that
Ellen
Cantrell was born 2 Apr 1865, in
Illinois, the daughter of Richard
Cantrell and Sarah
Stevens,
died 7 Jul 1931, in Union Co., Ill., and
was buried in New Hope Cemetery near Ullin.
Her husband was Enos
Gaskill.—Darrel
Dexter)
(J. W.
Roy married M. M. Gaunt
on 23 Jun 1880, in Pulaski Co., Ill.
A marker in Anna City Cemetery reads:
Mary M.
Roy
Born May 12, 1861 Died July 9, 1931 John W.
Roy
Born Dec. 4, 1857 Died June 19, 1957.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mounds Independent,
Friday, 17 Jul 1931:
Mrs. Mary M.
Roy, wife of John W. Roy,
of Anna, died suddenly Thursday of last week
following an attack of acute indigestion.
She is survived by her husband and five
married children—three sons and two
daughters.
For years Mrs.
Roy had been a prominent club woman in the 25th District,
having been a member of the board of
directors for a number of terms. She
was also an active worker in the Eastern
Star Lodge.
(J. W.
Roy married M. M. Gaunt
on 23 Jun 1880, in Pulaski Co., Ill.
According to her death certificate,
Mary M.
Roy
was born in Grand Chain, Ill., the daughter
of James M.
Gaunt and Mary M. Steen.
Her marker in Anna City Cemetery
reads:
Mary M.
Roy
May 12, 1861-July 9, 1931 John W.
Roy
Dec. 4, 1857-June 16, 1957.—Darrel
Dexter)
Nova A.
Warren, 30, of Centralia, a switchman for the Illinois Central
railroad, was run over and killed by a
northbound freight in the yards at Wamac, a
suburb of Centralia at 11:30 o’clock
Saturday night.
Warren was on his way to work when he was stuck. He is
survived by a wife and 4-year-old daughter.
(According to her death certificate,
Nova A.
Warren was born 7 Feb 1901, in Hardin,
Ky., the son of James
Warren and Lucilla
Mowfield, natives of Hardin, Ky., died
11 Jul 1931, in Irvington, Ill., the husband
of Flora L.
Ohlan, and was buried in the Baptist cemetery in Hardin, Ky.—Darrel
Dexter)
C. E.
Koonce received a message Sunday night conveying the news of the
accidental death of two cousins, Misses
Addie and Charlotte
Lovett, in a grade crossing accident
near Greenville, Ill., that evening.
Both were killed instantly when their
automobile was demolished by a fast
passenger train on the Pennsylvania
Railroad.
The two spinster sisters, Addie, age
78, and Charlotte, age 74, had lived alone
on their farm since the death of their
mother and sister. On the 30th
of December, 1930, they attended the golden
wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs.
Koonce, which was celebrated at the
Koonce Hotel here in Mounds.
(According to her death certificate,
Charlotte A.
Lovett was born 22 Nov 1857, in Bond
Co., Ill., the daughter of John C.
Lovett, a native of Vermont, and Elizabeth
Koonce, a native of Harper’s Ferry, W. Va., and die 12 Jul 1931, in
Greenville, Bond Co., Ill.
Her sister, Addie J.
Lovett was born 24 Oct 1853, in
Greenville, Ill., according to her death
certificate.—Darrel
Dexter)
Doctor
Lawler said he had handed what he believed was empty an automatic
rifle to Gilbert to place in the kitchen.
The youngster snapped it at his playmate and
the shot pierced the playmate’s heart.
He rushed into the
Lawler’s living room and died a few
minutes later in Dr.
Lawler’s arms.
(His death certificate states that
Richard
Watkins was born 17 Jun 1923, in
Taylorville, Ill., the son of Gus
Watkins, a native of Christian Co.,
Ill., and Beulah
Drennan, died 10 Jul 1931, in Taylorville, Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
William
Lipe, age 61 years, passed away suddenly at his home in Olmstead
early Monday morning.
Mr.
Lipe
had been in failing health for the past two
years and his death was not unexpected, but
Monday morning he suffered a heart attack
which caused his death.
Mr.
Lipe leaves one sister, Mrs. Elizabeth
Johnston, of Olmsted. He had never married.
Funeral services were held Tuesday
afternoon at the residence at 2 o’clock,
Rev.
Osborne, of Cairo, officiating. Interment was made in the
Grand Chain Cemetery by undertaker G. A.
James,
of Mound City.
(His death certificate states that
William
Lipe
was born about 1870, the son of William
Lipe,
Sr., and Mary
Ray,
and died 20 Jul 1931, in Olmstead, Pulaski
Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Ruth
Wilson Sutton, age 50
years, passed away at the home of her
mother, Mrs. Elizabeth
Wilson, Wednesday night at 10 o’clock
following a lingering illness. Her
father, W. R.
Wilson, passed away about two years ago.
Mrs.
Sutton was born and reared in this city residing here with her
parents until a few years ago when she left
Mound City for Battle Creek, Mich., where
she has since held a responsible position
with an abstracting company. About six
weeks ago she was compelled to give up her
position on account of ill health.
Later she came to the home of her mother in
Mound City, where she has been in a critical
condition. About two weeks ago she was
removed to St. Mary’s Infirmary in Cairo in
the hope that something could be done to
relive her condition, but it was found to be
too late and she was removed to her mother’s
home in this city three days later.
She was a graduate of Mound City high
school and for a number of years held
responsible positions with various firms in
Mound City. For several years she held
a position in the circuit clerk’s office
during the administration of E. P.
Easterday as circuit clerk. She
has many friends in this community who are
made sad by her passing and who deeply
sympathize with the bereaved family.
Surviving Mrs.
Sutton are her mother, one brother, Harry
Wilson; an adopted sister and niece, Miss Elizabeth
Wilson, of this city; one sister, Mrs.
Helen
Dawson; and a niece, Miss Vera
Dawson, of Ecorse, Mich.; besides a
number of relatives residing in Pulaski
County.
Funeral services will be held this
afternoon (Friday) at 2 o’clock at the First
M. E. Church of this city, Rev. W. L.
Hanbaum, officiating.
Interment will be made in the
Thistlewood Cemetery at Mounds by Undertaker
G. A.
James of this city.
(According to her death certificate,
she was the daughter of W. R.
Wilson and Elizabeth
Dishinger.
Her
marker in Beechwood Cemetery at Mounds
reads:
Ruth B.
Sutton Born Feb. 27, 1881 Died July 22,
1931.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Bessie
Tanner, age 35 years, wife of Ernest
Tanner, passed away at her home near America, Illinois, Saturday
afternoon.
Surviving her besides her husband are
three children, four stepchildren, and the
following sisters, Mrs. Julia
Farlos, of Granite City, Mrs. Nettie
Clutts, of America, Mrs. Annie
Nicholson, of McClellan, Texas, and Mrs.
Lena
Stroud, of Sedalia, Mo.; and a brother,
William
Eaves,
of Mounds.
Funeral services were held Monday
afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at the Pentecostal
church in Mounds followed by interment in
Spencer Heights Cemetery.
Hartwell and Ryan of
Mounds directed the funeral.
(According to her death certificate,
Bessie Irene
Tanner was the daughter of Jesse
Eaves
and Bridget Mae
Guest,
and died 18 Jul 1931.
Her marker in Spencer Heights
Cemetery at Mounds reads:
Bessie
Eaves
Tanner Born Oct. 9, 1895 Died Aug.
25, 1931.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Ella
Dunham, wife of John Dunham,
died Thursday at her farm home on Hudgeons
Creek after a few days illness from
paralysis. She was 60 years old and a
daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Riley
Wright, early pioneer residents of this
section. Her life was an open book to
all her friends who had known her since
early girlhood days. She was a member
of the Lyerla Chapel Church. Funeral
services were conducted from the Alto Pass
Baptist Church by Rev.
Hunsaker, of Cobden, and she was laid to
rest in the Alto Pass Cemetery. She is
survived by her husband, an adopted
daughter, Mrs. Dave
Gale,
of Alto Pass; and one brother, W. R.
Wright, of Murphysboro.
(Miles Alonzo
Roach, 21, born in Williamson Co., Ill., the son of Abner W.
Roach
and Mary
Bennett, married on 24 Feb 1889, in Union Co., Ill., Sarah Isabelle
Lasley, 20, born in Union Co., Ill.,
daughter of William
Lasley and Louisa
Lence.
Her death certificate states
that Martha Evaline
Roach
was born 23 Feb 1893, in Anna, Ill., the
daughter of M. A.
Roach and Isabelle Lesley,
died 17 Jul 1931, in Alto Pass, Ill.,
wife of James R.
Harrell, and was buried in Alto Pass
Cemetery.
Her marker in Alto Pass Cemetery
reads:
James S.
Harrell Born Jan. 13, 1879 Died Nov. 9,
1955 Martha E.
Harrell his wife Born Feb. 23, 1893 Died
July 17, 1931.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mounds Independent,
Friday, 24 Jul 1931:
Toy
Morgan, 20, of Water Valley, Miss., was found dead at 2:58 o’clock
this morning, one mile south of the Mounds
Illinois Central yards by two young
companions, A. B.
Smith
and Estes
Davis,
also of Water Valley. Young
Morgan had fallen asleep with his head
on a northbound track and had been hit by
the fast passenger train No. 16, known as
the Chickasaw.
This is another tragedy whose
underlying cause is found in the present
unemployment situation.
These three young men left their
homes in Water Valley with high hopes of
finding work in the peach orchards of Union
County. Unable to do so, they decided
to return to their homes, catching rides as
best they could. Early this morning,
while waiting for a southbound freight
train, along the I. C. tracks, the three
agreed that
Smith
and Davis would get some sleep while
Morgan watched for the freight. Later, awakened by the noise
of a passing train, his companions
discovered young
Morgan lying dead with his head on a northbound track, evidently
having fallen asleep in the path of the fast
passenger.
The body was removed to the
Hartwell &
Ryan Funeral Home and a telegram was sent to his mother at Water
Valley, conveying to her the sad news of her
son’s death.
Mrs. Lena
Black has received word of the death of her brother-in-law, A. G.
Morrison, which occurred at the family
home in Portersville, California, on
Thursday, July 16, about 4:30 in the
morning.
His death followed a stroke of
paralysis and a three weeks illness from
double pneumonia. Funeral services
were held Saturday July 18.
Mrs.
Morrison will be remembered as Mrs. Mollie
Stern Serbian, daughter
of the late Mr. and Mrs. Philip
Stern,
of this city.
Mr. and Mrs. H. C.
Eisner returned Saturday from Detroit,
Mich., where they had been called by the
death of Mr.
Eisner’s brother, Maurice
Eisner. The following concerning Mr.
Eisner’s death was taken from a Detroit
paper:
“Maurice
Eisner, 118 Woodmere Ave., passed from this life quite suddenly July
12, aged 74 years, ten months and 18 days.
Mr. Eisner had been in his usual health until about two hours before his
death. He was born in Philadelphia,
August 24, 1856, and was united in marriage
to Ida May
Seward, at Auburn, Ind., May 12, 1881.
To this union four children were born, there
of whom are living. Surviving also are
10 grandchildren, two great-grandchildren,
one sister, Mrs. Luly
Tibbets, of Detroit, and one brother, H.
C.
Eisner, of Mounds. Mr. and Mrs.
Eisner celebrated their golden cycle of
their wedded life on May 12 of this year at
the home of their son in Toledo, Ohio.”
The Pulaski Enterprise, Friday, 31 Jul 1931:
Joseph
Herbert, age 26 years, well known and popular young man of Cairo,
passed away in the National Jewish Hospital
at Denver, Colo., Tuesday afternoon at 2:17
o’clock following an illness of three years.
Mr.
Herbert was the son of Albert
Herbert of Villa Ridge. Since he
was an infant he had made his home with his
aunt, Mrs.
Steger, of 36th St., Cairo, Illinois.
He was a nephew of Mrs. M. L.
Capoot, of this city. He received his education in the Cairo
high schools and graduated with the Class of
‘22. He also attended Washington
University in St. Louis and the University
of Chicago. He was captain of the
Cairo high school football team and a star
of the school in the game. He also
played with the Washington University team
and starred on the independent team in
Cairo. He was a member of the Sigma
Alpha Epsilon fraternity.
Besides his father, his aunt in Mound
City and his aunt and uncle in Cairo, he is
survived by a number of other relatives in
this vicinity.
He had been in failing health for some
time and hopes for his recovery had been
abandoned several months ago.
The body arrived in Cairo Thursday
night at 9:15 o’clock accompanied by his
aunt, Mrs.
Steger, who was with him when the end came, and was taken to the
Steger home. At the time the
Enterprise went to press no arrangements
had been made for the funeral.
Funeral services for the infant
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Spier,
who passed away Tuesday morning at the home
of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John
Coleman, west of Mounds, was held
Tuesday afternoon at the residence.
Interment was made in Beech Grove Cemetery
by
Hartwell and
Ryan,
funeral directors.
(According to her death certificate,
the infant was stillborn on 28 Jul 1931, in
Road District 7, Pulaski Co., Ill., the
daughter of Charles E.
Spier,
a native of Arkansas, and Cleta May
Miller, a native of Mounds, Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Funeral services for Mrs. Ruth
Wilson
Sutton, who passed away at the home of her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth
Wilson, Wednesday night, were held
Friday afternoon at the First M. E. Church.
Rev. W. L.
Hanbaum, officiating. The church was filled with sympathizing
friends of the family.
Members of the church choir very
sweetly and impressively sang two of Mrs.
Sutton’s favorite hymns, “God Will Take
Care of You” and “Going Down the Valley.”
The casket bearers were George R.
Martin, George
Gunn, Thomas Campbell,
John
McNeile, C. E.
Richey, and Imon
Bankson.
Immediately following the services the
cortege moved by automobiles to Spencer
Heights Cemetery where interment was made by
G. A.
James, funeral director.
Lavel
Smith, colored, 19 years old, was shot in the abdomen, the ball
passing through his body at a picnic north
of Karnak near the Stratton Cache Bridge on
Saturday night about 11:30. George
Stratton, about 40 years of age, also colored, was the one that did
the shooting.
A negro picnic was in full sway at time
of the shooting with about 200 present.
As is usually the case, drawn off to one
side of the group of merry makers was a crap
game in progress. It was here that
Stratton and
Smith
had a quarrel; both it was reported were
intoxicated. During the squabble
Stratton drew a .38 caliber revolver and fired at young
Smith.
Smith was taken to a nearby house where medical aid was
summoned, but the youth died within thirty
minutes, after being shot. He was
employed on
Main
Bros. farm under the supervision of Herbert
Hodge
at Mermet.
An inquest was held on Saturday night,
resulting in the arrest of
Stratton for his part in the shooting.
He was taken to the Massac County jail,
where he is being held on a murder charge.—Vienna
Times
Falling asleep by the track while
watching for a freight, proved fatal to Tom
Morgan, 20, of Water Valley, Miss., early last Friday morning at
Mounds, when the fast Chickasaw train struck
him.
Morgan was in company with A. B.
Davis and Estes Davis,
also of Water Valley.
The trio had gone into Union County
seeking work in the orchards. They
were returning and tired, decided to sleep.
Morgan lay close to the track to watch
and his companions were off the track.
They awoke when the train thundered by and
then went to
Morgan to wake him. Blood on his
face made them know he was hurt and when he
did not respond they went for help.
Morgan had probably been hit by a step
or end of the car when he roused suddenly
and lifted his head. The body was
shipped to his mother at Water Valley.
About two weeks ago a boy lost his life
near Golconda. He was not identified
as the train had run over him and mutilated
his body.
(Her marker in Fairmount Cemetery in
Cape Girardeau, Mo., reads:
Mary A.
Yow
1883-1931 W. Thomas
Yow
1881-1955.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mounds Independent,
Friday, 31 Jul 1931:
Mrs. Sarah
Porter, mother of Mrs. Zon
Walston, of this city, died at her home
in Anna, late Friday afternoon, July 24,
following an illness of several weeks
duration.
Mrs.
Porter was well known in Mounds, where she had often visited her
daughter, Mrs.
Walston and granddaughter, Mrs. Herman
Peak.
The following article concerning the
life of Mrs.
Porter was handed us for publication:
“Impressive funeral services were held
in the Anna Christian Church for Mrs. Sarah
Carmack Porter Sunday
afternoon. The Rev.
Hoax
told of the righteous life that Mrs.
Porter had lived and how she had been a
member of the Anna Christian Church for over
40 years. That she had sacrificed to
help build and organize the church that its
members are now enjoying. He spoke of
her religious influence, of her popularity
with her many friends and stated that she
was a very worthy mother—never shirking her
duty to her loved ones through all these
years. The flowers were many and
beautiful and the Christian choir rendered a
number of beautiful selections. Scores
of friends and relatives attended the
funeral.
“Mrs.
Porter was 75 years old. She had resided in Union County for
over 50 years and was a well-known pioneer
citizen.
“She leaves seven children, four
daughters, Mrs. U. G.
Mangum and Miss Maude
Carmack of Anna, Mrs. Zon
Walston, of Mounds, and Mrs. Arthur
Rackliffe, Los Angeles; and three sons,
John, of Elco, Jim, Matthews, Mo., and Will,
Anna; also a brother, John
Perkins of Mill Creek; fourteen
grandchildren, six great-grandchildren, a
number of other relatives and scores of
friends.
“Interment was made in the Anna
Cemetery.”
(William J.
Carmack, 21, married Sarah F.
Perkins, 21, on 6 Aug 1874, in Union
Co., Ill.
According to her death certificate,
Sarah F.
Porter was born 21 Nov 1856, in Washington Co., Ky., the daughter of
Granderson
Perkins and Lydia
Kelley, natives of Kentucky, died 24 Jul
1931, in Anna, Ill., wife of John J.
Porter, and was buried at Anna, Ill.
Ulysses E.
Mangum, 34, born in Johnson Co., Ill.,
the son of S. J.
Mangrum and Miss
Casper, married on 21 Feb 1900, in Union
Co., Ill., Lydia S.
Carmack, 22, born in Anna, daughter of
William J.
Carmack and Sarah
Perkins.—Darrel
Dexter)
(According to his death certificate,
Thomas Alva
Spain
was born 1 May 1864, in Gallatin Co., Ill.,
the son of George
Spain and Ann Wilkerson,
died 24 Jul 1931, in West End, Saline Co.,
Ill., husband of Alzra
Spain, and was buried in Tate, Saline Co., Ill.
According to his brother’s death
certificate, George Randall
Spain
was born about 1874 and died 24 Jul 1931, in
Zeigler, Franklin Co., Ill., husband of Lena
Spain.
George R.
Spain
married Lenie A.
Hall
on 21 Sep 1894, in Saline Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
We wish to express our thanks to our
many friends, who sent flowers and to those
who so kindly helped to console us in our
time of sorrow at the death of our mother
and grandmother.
The Pulaski Enterprise, Friday, 7 Aug 1931:
Mrs. George
Burgois, well-known resident of Ullin, Illinois, passed away at her
home Thursday morning, July 30, following an
illness of several weeks.
Mrs.
Burgois is survived by three children, Mrs. J. W.
Binkley, of Ullin, Mrs. Roy D.
Sichling, of Taft, Calif., and E. A.
Burgois, of Cobden, Illinois, besides
several grandchildren and
great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at the Baptist
church in Ullin, followed by interment in
the Ullin Cemetery. W. J.
Rhymer, of Ullin, directed the funeral.
(George
Burgeois married Anna Downs
on 19 Dec 1877, in Pulaski Co., Ill.
According to her death certificate,
Annie
Burgeois was born 16 May 1860, in Ullin,
Ill., the daughter of Andrew
Down
and Sarah Jane
Russell, and died 30 July 1931 in
District 3 in Ullin, Ill.
Her marker in Ullin Cemetery reads:
Mother Annie
Burgeois Born May 16, 1860 Died July 30,
1931.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Florence
Barringer, of Cambria, Illinois, passed away at midnight Monday
night following a brief illness. She
is the mother of Louis
Braswell, of this city, and Mr. and Mrs.
Braswell and son, were called to her
bedside Saturday. Besides her son in
Mound City, she is survived by her husband
and two other sons, Minor and Tom
Braswell, and a daughter, who resides at
Burnsides, Illinois.
Funeral services were held Wednesday
afternoon and interment was made in the
cemetery at Cambria.
(Her death certificate states that
Florence
Barringer was born 11 Dec 1864, in
Williamson Co., Ill., the daughter of Robert
Hampton and Mary Weber,
died 4 Aug 1931, in Carterville, Ill., the
wife of the Rev. William
Barringer, and was buried in Hampton
Cemetery in Grassy Township, Williamson Co.,
Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Dennis
Meadows, a highly respected colored man of this city, passed away
Monday afternoon at his home in this city.
G. A.
James conveyed the body to Paris, Tenn., where interment was made in
Oak Grove Cemetery near Paris.
(According to his death certificate,
Dennis
Meadows was born about 1874, the son of
Reed
Perry and Harriet
Meadows, and died 27 Jul 1931, in
Mounds, Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Loren Leroy
Mattson, age 25 years, of Mounds, brother of Sam
Mattson, of this city, passed away in
the hospital at Paducah, Sunday evening.
Mr. Mattson had undergone a surgical operation in the hospital about ten
days ago. He was well and favorably
known in Mounds and the community, where he
had many friends.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Lelia
Thomasson
Mattson; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. A.
Mattson, of Mounds; and the following brothers and sisters,
George
Mattson, of Mounds, and Sam
Mattson, of Mound City.
Mr.
Mattson was born and reared in Mounds and received his education in
the Mounds schools. For some time he
had been employed with the Illinois Central
Railroad Company at Mounds.
Funeral services were held Tuesday
afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Methodist
church in Mounds.
Interment was made in Spencer Heights
Cemetery by
Hartwell and
Ryan,
funeral directors.
The casket bearers were Richard
Schneider, Lawrence
Schneider, Hard
Young, James Young, Leo
Knupp,
and Carl
Reed.
Mrs. Mary Frink
Kelsey Milford, age 88 years, mother of
Mrs. Laura
Milford Rife, formerly superintendent of
schools in Alexander County, passed away at
her home, 611 Thirty-sixth Street, Saturday
night at 3 o’clock, following a brief
illness. Mrs.
Milford was well known in Pulaski
County.
She was a sister of Mrs. Annie
Kelsey
Burgess, of America, and an aunt of Rev. Joel
Burgess, who formerly was pastor of the Pilgrim Congregational
Church of this city.
Mrs.
Milford’s father and mother, Capt. and Mrs. Namaan
Kelsey, settled in Illinois in 1857 and
made their home for a number of years near
America. When a girl she was a member
of the Loyal League, at Mound City during
the war. This was an organization of
young women who assisted in administering to
the comforts of the soldiers who were in the
hospital at Mound City, their activities
being to write letters, roll bandages, and
delivering flowers.
Mrs.
Milford attended the Cincinnati High School before coming to
Illinois and attended the old State Normal
University at Normal, Illinois. She taught
her first school in Mound City and will be
remembered by the older settlers of this
city. She also taught in Thebes and
Richwoods in Alexander County and two years
in Lake County, Illinois. Some of her
pupils of the Mound City school probably
still reside here.
Besides her daughter, Mrs.
Rife,
of Cairo, and sister, Mrs.
Burgess, of America, who is now 86 years
of age, she is survived by two sons, George
E. Milford, of Diboll, Texas, and J. Eugene
Milford, of Hurst, Illinois; three stepsons, John A.
Milford, of Olive Branch, H. M.
Atkinson, of Cairo, and W. E.
Milford, of Unity; a stepdaughter, Mrs.
Lida
Milford Dixon, of Dallas, Texas; and a
number of grandchildren, a great-grandson,
and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held Tuesday
afternoon at 2 o’clock at the family
residence in Cairo, with her nephew, Rev.
Joel
Burgess, pastor of the Christian Church
of Carbondale, and Rev. W. H.
Hart,
pastor of the Cairo Baptist Church
officiating. After the services, the
cortege moved by automobile to the Atherton
Cemetery, two miles west of Unity, where
interment was made. The active casket
bearers were sons and grandsons of Mrs.
Milford. Honorary casket bearers
were former pupils of Mrs.
Milford.
Karcher Bros. directed the funeral.
(W. J.
Milford married Mary F.
Kesley on 25 Dec 1875, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill.
According to her death certificate,
Mary Frank Kelsey Milford was born 4 May 1843, in Cincinnati, Ohio, the
daughter of Namaan
Kelsey, a native of New York State, and
Sarah J.
Barlow, a native of Hartford, Conn.,
died 1 Aug 1931, in Cairo, Ill., the wife of
William J.
Milford, and was buried in Atherton
Cemetery in Unity, Ill.
Her marker in Richwood Cemetery in
Alexander Co., Ill., reads:
William J.
Milford Born Sept. 25, 1821 Died Nov. 21, 1884 Bertie
Milford Born Aug. 5, 1883 Died Sept. 15,
1884 Gone to His Father Mary Frank
Kelsey wife of Wm.
Milford Born 1843 Died 1931.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mounds Independent,
Friday, 7 Aug 1931:
Loren Leroy
Mattson died Sunday evening between six and seven o’clock in the
Illinois Central Hospital, Paducah, Ky.,
following an illness of only a few weeks
duration. He had been in the hospital
for ten days during which time he had been
dangerously ill.
Mr.
Mattson was born Feb. 2, 1906, and died Aug. 2, 1931, at the age of
25 years and 6 months. He was educated
in the Mounds schools and in October 20,
1927, was married to Miss Lelia
Thomasson, his childhood sweetheart. He was the son of Mr. and
Mrs. A. E.
Mattson. Surviving him are his
parents, his wife, three brothers, Sam
Mattson, of Mound City, George of
Detroit, Mich., and Charles at home; three
sisters, Mrs. Flora
Perry,
of Detroit, Mich., Irma and Pearl, at home;
also many other relatives and many friends.
Mr.
Mattson was of pleasing disposition and his untimely passing is
mourned not only by his relatives and close
friends, but by the entire community.
He was an employee of the Illinois Central
railroad.
Funeral services were held Tuesday
afternoon at the M. E. Church, conducted by
the pastor. Rev. H. B.
Shoaff. The casket bearers were
young men friends of the deceased, Richard
and Laurence
Schneider, Harold and James
Young, Carl
Reed
and Leo
Knupp.
The flower girls were Frances
Mattson, Mrs. Carl
Harper, Mrs. Louis
Graves, Miss Marjorie Ferrell,
Miss Ruby
Beisswingert, and Mrs. Cline
Cole.
Interment was made in Spencer Heights
Cemetery with Funeral Directors
Hartwell and
Ryan
in charge.
The passing of Mrs. Mary
Kesley Milford of Cairo brings to the
attention of the present generation a leaf
from the pages of the Civil War period in
Pulaski County history.
Mrs.
Milford was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, May 4, 1843. Her father,
Captain Naaman
Kelsey, was pilot on the gunboat
Choctaw, during the Red River Expedition
in Civil War times, the family having come
to Illinois in 1857 and located a few miles
north of Mound City on the Ohio River.
Mrs.
Milford then Mary Kelsey,
was a member of the Loyal League of Mound
City during the war, an organization of
young women who administered to the comfort
and relief of soldiers in the hospital at
Mound City.
She attended the Cincinnati high school
before coming to Illinois and later attended
the old State Normal University at Normal,
Ill. She was one of the pioneer
normal-trained teachers of Southern Illinois
and taught her first school at Mound City.
She was the mother of Mrs. Laura
Milford Rife, of Cairo.
We desire to express our most sincere
thanks to our friends for the many kind
expressions of sympathy shown during the
illness and following the death of our
beloved husband, son and brother.
Gibson H.
Moore, age 57 years, passed away at his home in Grand Chain Friday
evening at 6:30 o’clock. Mr.
Moore’s
health had been failing for several years,
yet his death was a great shock and has
brought much sadness to his relatives and
many friends in the community in which he
has lived so many years.
He was born near Levings and all his
life has resided in Pulaski County. In
Grand Chain he was prominent in business
circles, having conducted a restaurant for a
number of years. He was also
interested in farming, his main venture
being fruit farming.
Mr.
Moore is survived by his widow; one son, Willard; three brothers,
James and Robert
Moore,
of Grand Chain, and H. C.
Moore,
of Mounds. Two sisters also survive,
Mrs. Fanny
Bristow, of Chicago, and Mrs. Inda
Jerdon, of Grand Chain, besides many other relatives and a large
circle of friends.
Funeral services were held Monday
morning at nine o’clock at the Catholic
church at Grand Chain, Fr.
Orlett officiating. Interment was made
in the Grand Chain cemetery, the funeral
being directed by G. A.
James,
of Mound City.
(According to his death certificate,
Gibson Hughes
Moore,
merchant and restaurant owner, was born 3
Aug 1874, in Grand Chain, Ill., the son of
Richard
Moore,
a native of Ohio, and Mary
Juddugher, a native of Illinois, died 7
Aug 1931, in Grand Chain, Ill., husband of
Kate
Moore.—Darrel Dexter)
Among the letters of condolence
received by Mrs. Elizabeth
Wilson after the death of her daughter,
Ruth, was one from the firm with which she
was employed in Battle Creek, Mich.
The letter brings forth the high esteem in
which Miss
Wilson was held by her employer and
states, “that they have lost one of their
most trusted and sincere employees.”
Ed
Early, age 66 years, well known and highly respected colored citizen
of this county, passed away at his home near
America, Friday night.
He had resided in this county all his
life and had always lived an honorable,
clean life. He had many friends both
his own raced and the white people of the
county.
Funeral services were held Tuesday
afternoon at the residence at America and
interment was made in a private family
cemetery on his farm. G. A.
James,
of Mound City, directed the funeral.
(According to his death certificate,
Edward
Early
was born 15 Dec 1864, in West Virginia, the
son of Palmer
Early,
died 7 Aug 1931, in Road District 6, Pulaski
Co., Ill., the husband of Laura
Early,
and was buried near America, Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Friday night about 7:30 when a party
consisting of twelve young people living in
the vicinity of Mermet were
en
route to a revival meeting, the wagon in
which they were riding was crashed into by a
Ford automobile driven by Wesley
Williams, of Vienna, about one mile
south of Mermet on Route No. 1.
Both vehicles were headed north.
According to
Williams, the driver of the automobile, he passed another car which
blinded him and he did not see the wagon in
time to stop. Occupants of the wagon
claimed that Hallard
Meyers was sitting in the rear of the
wagon holding a lighted lantern at the time
the crash came.
Hallard
Meyers was thrown beneath the front of the car, which struck the
wagon, and when pulled from beneath the
machine he was unconscious. Reba
Lindsey was also taken from the wreck
unconscious.
Meyers and the two girls that were injured were placed in a
passing car and taken to the Fisher Hospital
in Metropolis.
Meyers died at 11:30 without gaining
consciousness, suffering from a fractured
skull and other injuries.
Sheriff George
Krueger and Deputy Fred
Risinger, of Metropolis, went to the
scene of the accident. A search of the car
resulted in the finding of a half-gallon of
whiskey in a paste board carton and near the
wreck three other fruit jars of liquor and
two broken jars were found.
Williams was placed under arrest and taken before Police Judge
Thomas
Sharp
and committed to jail, charged with
transportation and possession of
intoxicating liquor, which, it is reported,
he admitted was his property and the
violation of the state highway laws.
(According to his death certificate,
Hallard B.
Meyer
was born about 1908, the son of Fritz
Meyer
and Bertha
Anderson, and died 31 Jul 1931, in
Metropolis, Massac Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mounds Independent,
Friday, 14 Aug 1931:
G. H.
Moore, of Grand Chain, passed away at his home Friday evening,
August 7, following a short illness caused
from getting overheated while threshing
wheat.
Mr.
Moore is survived by his widow; one son, Willard
Moore;
three brothers, H. C.
Moore,
of Mounds, James and Robert, both of Grand
Chain; two sisters, Mrs. Fannie
Bristow, of Chicago, and Mrs. Inda
Jerdon, of Grand Chain.
Funeral services were held Monday
morning at 9 o’clock with burial in the
Grand Chain cemetery.
(This is likely the same person as
Eunice
Howell, who, according to her death
certificate, was born 12 Jul 1905, in
Cambia, Ill., the daughter of Hershal
Johns,
a native of Tennessee, and Bertha
Tyner,
a native of Williamson Co., Ill., died 30
Jul 1931, in Carterville, Ill., the wife of
Paul
Howell, of Chicago, Ill., and was buried
at Carterville, Ill.
Herschel
Johns
married Bertha
Tyner
on 2 Jan 1900, in Williamson Co.,
Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Clyde
Brown, 13-year-old son of Gib
Brown, who lives between Cypress and
Belknap, drowned at Fort Massac last Sunday
when he went off in deep water while
swimming. One of his companions nearly
drowned trying to get him out and was pulled
out the third time he came to the surface
and was senseless. The body was
recovered some 200 yards down the stream
when it caught on a trout line.
(According to his death certificate,
Clyde
Brown was born 23 Nov 1918, in Illinois,
the son of Henry E.
Brown
and Bertha
Fains,
died 16 Aug 1931, in District 6, Massac Co.,
Ill., and was buried in Johnson Co.,
Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. J. M.
Richards, age 73 years, whose home is near Ullin, Illinois, passed
away at the Anna hospital Tuesday. She
is survived by her husband, a daughter, of
Carbondale, and another daughter, of Herrin,
besides fourteen grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Thursday
afternoon at 2 o’clock at the residence,
followed by interment in Cache Chapel
Cemetery. W. J.
Rhymer, of Ullin, directed the funeral.
(According to her death certificate,
Harriet Louisa
Richards was born 9 Jun 1859, in
Harrisburg, Ill., the daughter of Olvina
Travelstead, died 18 Aug 1931, in Union Co., Ill., the wife of James
Marcus
Richards.
Her
marker in Cache Chapel Cemetery near Ullin
reads:
Harriet
Richards 1859-1931.—Darrel
Dexter)
Clarence
Ford, age about 32, passed away Tuesday morning, August 18,
following a lingering illness of
tuberculosis. His body was brought to
Dongola Tuesday night and was taken to the
home of his father-in-law, J. F.
Karraker.
Mr.
Ford was cashier of the bank at Anna at the time it was closed.
On Thursday afternoon funeral services
were held at the First Baptist Church,
conducted by Rev. C. W.
Culp,
of DuQuoin, Illinois, assisted by Rev. W. J.
Ward,
of Dongola. Interment was made at
Dongola directed by Mr.
McCarty, undertaker at Anna.
Mr.
Ford is survived by his widow, who was formerly Miss Clara M.
Karraker, of Dongola, his father, W. J.
Ford;
three brothers, Harry and Roy and Elmer
Ford,
who is in the undertaking business in
Dongola.
Mr. and Mrs.
Ford came to Mound City in 1918 and resided here five years.
During their residence here, they made many
friends who deeply sympathize with the
bereaved widow and family.
(According to his death certificate,
Clarence R.
Ford
was born in Dongola, Ill., the son of
William J.
Ford,
died in Menard City, Randolph Co., Ill., the
husband of Clara
Ford.
His marker in I. O. O. F.
Cemetery at Dongola reads:
Clarence R.
Ford
Born Dec. 17, 1897 Died Aug. 18, 1931
Clara F.
Ford
Feb. 23, 1898 Died April 21, 1984.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Annie
Kelsey Burgess, 79 years of age, remains critically ill at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. C. C.
Poynter, of America. Her son, Rev.
Joel
Burgess, and daughter, of Carbondale,
have been called to her bedside.
Another son, Henry
Burgess, of San Francisco, has been
notified of his mother’s condition.
The shock which Mrs.
Burgess received in the death of her
sister, Mrs. Mary
Milford, which occurred in Cairo several
weeks ago, is thought to have brought on
this illness. Owing to the infirmities
of age, Mrs.
Burgess is not expected to recover.
A colored man, apparently about 30
years old, was found dead on the M. & O.
track near Luck Rock, south of Alto
Pass, Saturday morning by the train crew.
No 16 brought the body to the M. & O. depot
where the
Harden and
Broadway undertakers took charge.
H. O.
Taylor, coroner, was called, a jury was
empaneled and viewed the body Saturday
morning and adjourned until Sunday.
The jury returned a verdict of accidental
death by being hit or falling off the train.
A letter in his pocket indicated that he was
from Escatawpa, Miss. Communications
were sent to the place and it was learned
his name was James
Underwood, of Escatawpa, Miss. The
body was buried in the Alto Pass Cemetery.
(According to his death certificate,
Berry James
Underwood, divorced, of Escatawpa,
Miss., black, died 15 Aug 1931, in Union
Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Cairo tore down its arch, a thing of
beauty when lighted, but also the scene of
mob violence the night when mob ruled Cairo
and wrested from authorities Froggy
James, a colored man, and hanged him on the arch.
James was accused of the murder of Anna
Pelley, and her body was found in an alley in Cairo when she was
supposed to have spent the night with a
friend.
James was cornered in a barn near Karnak and the mob took over a
train on the Big Four and went up got
James,
brought him back in a coach with blinds and
then hanged him on this arch. His body
was decapitated and the head set on a pole.
Not satisfied with that, the mob got
hold of Mr.
Salzner, who was charged with killing
his wife, and they did not give him the
dignity of the arch for a scaffold.
They used a telephone pole. That was
about 1909.
Now the arch is down, the scaffold of
Froggy
James
and the scene of one night when Cairo was
ruled by mob law is no more. Its
colored lights blink no more, nor can the
clamor of the mob be heard. Like the
victim, who breathed his life there, the
arch is no more.
Frank
Morrison, 14 years of age, was shot and instantly killed at 9:30
o’clock Wednesday morning by his sister
Helen, age 19 years. The parents were
in Charleston, Mo., attending the funeral of
Mrs.
Morrison’s grandmother, when the fatal
shooting occurred.
An inquest was held by Coroner Dan
Sullivan at the E. A.
Burke
Funeral Home in Cairo Wednesday afternoon
and a verdict of accidental shooting was
reached.
The
Morrisons live on the McManus-Luby property on the Beech Ridge Road
and the shooting took place in the house.
One charge from a double barrel 12 gauge
shotgun fired at close range entered the
boy’s chest directly over the heart.
His death was instantaneous. The
sister is prostrated over the tragedy.
(According to his death certificate,
Frank H.
Morrison was born 3 Nov 1916, in Benton,
Mo., the son of J. C.
Morrison, a native of Blytheville, Ark.,
and Annie
Kethel, a native of Charleston, Mo.,
died 19 Aug 1931, in Cairo, Ill., and was
buried in Calvary Cemetery at Villa Ridge,
Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Huldah
James Powell, another dear old pioneer mother, has been called from
our midst. Mrs.
Powell died at the home of her brother,
George
James,
Sr., at the old homestead where her
childhood days and early girlhood days were
spent. In her old age she wandered
back among her brothers at the old home
where many childhood memories were recalled.
She was a dear old mother and her brother’s
home was always sweetened with her smile
when she came to visit, old and young loved
her and honored her and her kind and loving
smile is badly missed.
She was married to Daniel F.
Powell, of Fredericktown, Mo. To
this union six children were born, three
sons and three daughters, all with their
father having preceded her in death, except
two daughters, Mrs. J. D.
Boyd,
of Commerce, Mo., and one daughter in Idaho.
Funeral services were conducted from
the home of her brother, where she died,
Rev. W. W.
Hunsaker, of Cobden, officiating, with Rev. Vincent
Crosslin and Rev. Marion
Wilson, assisting. Everyone bowed heads
in sorrow as the one who had lived a period
of 78 years among them had come to the
evening of life and was laid to rest in the
Alto Pass Cemetery. Besides her two
daughters, she is survived by two
brothers, George
James,
Sr., Joe Jacob and William
James,
nine grandchildren and 13
great-grandchildren.
(According to her death certificate,
Hulda M.
Powell was born 6 Dec 1852, in Alto
Pass, Ill., the daughter of Wilson
James
and Hulda
Abernathy, died 2 Aug 1931, in Union
Co., Ill.
Wilson J.
James
married Huldah M.
Abernathy on 5 Nov 1846, in Union Co.,
Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mounds Independent,
Friday, 21 Aug 1931:
Frank
Willey, Jr., 30, postmaster at Alto Pass, and Glenn
Joram,
22, of Cobden, met instant death Sunday
afternoon when
Joram’s
plane, in which
Willey was a passenger, took a nose dive
in the vicinity of the state forest preserve
and crashed to the ground.
Young
Joram, son of Mr. and Mrs. Perry
Joram, of Cobden, had recently completed a flying course at Wichita,
Kan., and had brought his plane to the
flying field south of Jonesboro. He
was taking
Willey for a flight over Alto Pass while
the plane was out of gasoline.
Willey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Willey, of near Alto Pass, had visited friends in Mounds Saturday
night and it was a great shock to them to
hear of his sudden death only a few hours
later.
(According to his death certificate,
Willis Franklin
Willey was born in Alto Pass., Ill., the
son of Frank Willey, a native of Wilmington,
Kan., and Flora E.
Cauble, a native of Alto Pass, Ill.
His
marker in Alto Pass Cemetery reads:
Frank
Willey, Jr., Born Jan. 10, 1906 Died Aug. 16, 1931.
According to his death certificate,
Glenn H.
Joram
was born 27 Aug 1909, in Cobden, Ill.,
the son of Harry R.
Joram,
a native of Cobden, Ill., and Susie
Ragsdale, a native of Kentucky.
A
marker in Cobden Cemetery reads:
Glenn H.
Joram
Born Aug. 28, 1909 Died Aug 16, 1931.—Darrel
Dexter)
(According to her death certificate,
Nancy Jane
Drenckpohl was born 13 Aug 1931, at
Mounds, Ill., the daughter of Vernon
Drenckpohl, a native of Centralia, and Lula Mae
Afflack, a native of Illinois, died 16
Aug 1931, in Mounds, Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Dr. N. W.
Cox, age 45 years, prominent dentist of Cairo passed away Saturday
evening at six o’clock following an illness
of about a year. Even though Dr.
Cox
had been in failing health for some time,
his death was very sudden, as he was at his
office attending to his daily tasks Friday
before his death occurred Saturday.
His death has brought a great shock and much
sadness to his friends in this community.
He was one of the best known men in
southern Illinois and had many friends who
are grieved to learn of his death.
He is survived by his widow, three
children, Eunice, Sue and Nick, Jr.; and his
mother, Mrs. James A.
Cox.
His father preceded him in death about a
year ago.
Funeral services were held at the
family residence, 2605, Walnut Street,
Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock, with Rev.
O. B.
Allen, pastor of the First M. E. Church,
of which he was a member, officiating. Rev.
Allen was assisted by Rev. H. W.
Berneking, pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church. Interment was
made in Beech Grove Cemetery with E. A.
Burke in charge.
Casket bearers were selected from his
most intimate friends from the lodge, Rotary
associates, business and professional.
(His marker in Beech Grove Cemetery at
Mounds reads:
N. W.
Cox 1886-1931 Eunice W. Cox
1885-1973.—Darrel
Dexter)
According to word received here, Edward
Miller, son of B. Frank
Miller, former Alto Pass residents, of
Kansas City, Mo., was burned to death August
13 while operating and plowing with a
tractor in a wheat stubble field in
southwestern Kansas. The fire started
on an adjoining ranch and swept across two
hedgeways to the field where Edward was
working with four others.
Miller was caught by the flames on his
tractor and his clothing was almost burned
from his body. He walked half mile where he
was met by a car and rushed to a hospital at
Garden City, Kansas, where he died.
His parents were notified and reached his
bedside about an hour before he died.
His fellow workmen were not seriously
injured. The family moved to Kansas City
about 12 years ago.
Miller’s mother was formerly Miss Nina
Gray,
of Alto Pass.
(His death certificate states that
Jerome
Henderson, a student, was born 17 Oct
1907, in Illinois, the son of Harry C.
Henderson and Edith B.
Thompson, natives of Illinois, died 24
Aug 1931, of tuberculosis at Long’s
Sanitorium at El Paso, Texas, and was buried
in Carrier Mills, Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Dr. Nicholas W.
Cox, prominent dentist and a leading citizen of Cairo, died at his
home Saturday, August 22, following a stroke
of apoplexy. He had been in failing
health for the past year.
Dr.
Cox was a native of Cairo, a graduate of the Cairo High School and
the only graduate of the school to take up
dentistry, having graduated from the
Northwestern University dental school.
He was the first president of the Cairo
Rotary Club.
Surviving him are his widow, the former
Miss Eunice
Conant; a son, Nicholas, Jr.; and two
daughters, Mrs. Jack
Gray, of Maryville, Mo., and Miss Sue
Cox, of Cairo. He also leaves his mother, his father having
died about one year ago.
Funeral services were held Tuesday
afternoon, conducted by the Rev. O. B.
Allen,
of the Cairo Methodist Church, an
organization to which Dr.
Cox
was intensely devoted. Interment was
made in the Beech Grove Cemetery of Mounds.
Miss Ruby Beatrice
Watkins, age 17 years, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. William
Watkins, of Ullin, Illinois, passed away
Saturday morning at 3:15 o’clock at the home
of her grandparents in Carbondale.
Funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon at 4 o’clock at the Methodist
church in Ullin, followed by interment in
the Ullin Cemetery. W. J.
Rhymer directed the funeral.
(According to her death certificate,
Ruby Beatrice
Watkins was born 6 Dec 1913, in Ullin,
Ill., the daughter of William
Watkins and Zella Holder,
natives of Makanda, Ill., died 29 Aug 1931,
in Carbondale, Ill., and was buried at
Ullin.—Darrel
Dexter)
(This may be the same person as Walter
E.
Foster, who was born 24 May 1931, in
Perks, Ill., the son of Walter
Foster, a native of Round Mountain,
Ala., and Ellen
Chestnut, a native of Spillertown, Ill., died 29 Aug 1931, in Road
District 13, Pulaski Co., Ill., and was
buried near Cypress, Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
The death angel came to the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Coy
Girtman last Sunday and claimed for its
victim their little daughter, Maxine, who
was just 21 months old. Little Maxine
was a favorite in the neighborhood where her
short life was spent and her little sunny
smile will be missed. The home has
been made sad, but she was just a precious
little flower budded on earth to blossom in
Heaven with Jesus who once said, “Suffer the
little children to come unto me and forbid
them not, for of such is the Kingdom of
Heaven” and little Maxine is one more jewel
added to that Heavenly land. The
little casket was covered with many
beautiful flowers brought by sympathizing
friends. The funeral cortege went to
the Casper Church near Anna, where the
funeral services were conducted and the
precious little body was laid to rest
beneath the summer grasses in the Casper
Cemetery. She is survived by her parents and
one little brother, and many other
relatives.
(According to her death certificate,
Maxine
Girtman was born 11 Nov 1929, in Alto
Pass, Ill., the daughter of Coy
Gertman, a native of Goreville, Ill.,
and Dorothy
Little, a native of Anna, Ill., and died
23 Aug 1931, in Alto Pass.
A
Lutz
&
Rendleman Funeral Home marker in Casper
Cemetery reads:
Maxine
Girtman 1929-1931.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Loretta Melvina
Davis,
age 78, well known resident of Dongola,
passed away Tuesday at her home.
Funeral services were held Thursday
afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Lutheran
Church at Dongola, followed by interment in
the I. O. O. F. Cemetery. W. H.
Rhymer, of Ullin, directing the funeral.
Mrs.
Davis is survived by a brother, Jacob
Miller, of Mill Creek; a son, Jacob
Peeler, of Dongola; and two daughters, Mrs. Della
McIntosh, and Mrs. Mabel
Keller, both of Dongola; besides a
number of other relatives and a large circle
of friends.
(Jacob A.
Peeler married Loretta M.
Miller on 28 Nov 1872, in Union Co.,
Ill.
According to her death certificate,
Loretta Melvina
Davis was born 1 Aug 1853, in Mill Creek, Ill., the daughter of
Solomon
Miller, and died 1 Sep 1931near Dongola,
Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Dr. G. K.
Farris, a well-known Vienna physician, died Tuesday afternoon at
Harrisburg from injuries suffered in a motor
car accident a week ago near there. He
was a member of the Masonic order and
Johnson County Medical Society and other
similar organizations in the county.
Mounds Independent,
Friday, 4 Sep 1931:
Former Southern Illinois Resident Dies in
California
Riley
Lentz, a veteran Civil War soldier, died
at the home of Mrs. A. J.
Lentz,
of El Modena, Calif., August 19, at the age
of 86 years. Mr.
Lentz
was born at Dongola, Illinois, and was in
the service of the Illinois Central Railroad
at Arcola, for many years.
He was a member of the Christian
Church of Elmodena from which he was buried
with military honors.
Surviving him are there
grandchildren, of Arcola, Ill., and one
brother, Silas
Lentz,
of Howard Lake, Minn., besides other
relatives among whom are his nephews, Dr. O.
T. Hudson, of this city, and Sheriff I. J.
Hudson, of Mound City, a niece, Mrs. J. B.
Mathis, of Ullin, and grandniece, Mrs. Joe
Biggerstaff, of this city.
Mr.
Lentz
was a great traveler and until the last year
or so had made an annual pilgrimage to
Illinois from California, touring many
different states at different times.
(His grave marker in Santa Ana
Cemetery in Orange Co., Calif., reads:
S. Riley
Lentz
1846-1931 Rozella F.
Lentz
1851-1920.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Arthur
Rackliffe, of Los Angeles, Calif., who
was called to Anna by the death of her
mother, Mrs. Sarah
Porter, visited last week with her
sister, Mrs. Zon
Walston.
Miss Ruby Watkins,
who has been very ill with typhoid fever for
some time, passed away at her grandmother’s
home in Carbondale, at 3 o’clock Saturday
morning, August 29th.
Funeral service were held Sunday, Aug. 30,
at the Methodist church in Ullin.
Burial was in the Ullin Cemetery.
Jefferson D.
Trant, age 59 years, passed away at his home in Mounds, Sunday night
at 11:45 o’clock.
Surviving Mr.
Trant are his widow, two daughters, Mrs.
Cotilla and Miss Delcie Trant,
and one son, Clarence
Trant.
Interment was made in Thistlewood
Cemetery by Undertaker G. A.
James.
(Jefferson D
Trent married Laura E. Adauer
on 16 Mar 1890, in Alexander Co., Ill.
According to his death certificate,
Jefferson
Trent was born 25 Sep 1871, in Illinois, and died 6 Sep 1931, at
Mounds, Ill., husband of Laura
Trent,
and was buried in Thistlewood Cemetery at
Mounds.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. James
Gleason, of this city, received a message last Wednesday from
Wesley, Iowa, stating that her father was
seriously ill. Mrs.
Gleason left immediately for Wesley, but
upon her arrival found that her father had
passed away. He was 86 years of age.
Mrs. Mary A.
Case, of Karnak, age 78 years, passed away at her home in Karnak,
Saturday, September 5.
Funeral services were held Monday
afternoon at 2 o’clock, Rev. Elmer
Smith
officiating. Interment was made in the
Grand Chain Cemetery.
Mrs.
Case is survived by her husband, A. K.
Case, and one daughter, Mrs. Capitola
Walker, of Grand Chain, besides many other relatives and a large
circle of friends.
(Her marker in Grand Chain Masonic
Cemetery reads:
Mary A.
Case
Born June 6, 1853 Died Sept. 5, 1931.—Darrel
Dexter)
James Clifton
Carter, age 19 years, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Carter, of Cypress, Illinois, was
fatally injured last Friday at Port Clinton,
Ohio, while riding on a bicycle. He
was struck by a taxicab.
He lived only 7 hours after the
accident.
The body was brought to Cypress to the
home of his parents at 11 o’clock Monday
morning and funeral services were held
Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at his
home. Interment was made in the
Cypress Cemetery by G. A.
James
of this city.
He was a member of the standing army
and was stationed at Jefferson Barracks,
Mo., and had gone to Port Clinton, for rifle
practice.
Mrs.
Carter, mother of the victim, was quite well known in lodge circles
in Mound City, she being a member of Zion
Shrine No. 58, Order of the White Shrine of
Jerusalem.
Mounds Independent,
Friday, 11 Sep 1931:
Cobden Youth Dies Suddenly in Local Doctor’s
Office
Came in on Freight Train during the Night
Harry
Zimmerman, age 22 years, died very
suddenly Wednesday morning at 11:30 o’clock
in the office of Dr. H. J.
Elkins, where he had been carried in an
unconscious condition from the Illinois
Central viaduct a short while before.
The youth had come to Mounds on a
through freight from East St. Louis and had
been carried through Cobden near which place
he lived with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank
Zimmerman. He was quite ill when
he reached Mounds at 2 o’clock that same
morning and received medical attention at
that time at the office of Dr.
Elkins. He felt great relief and walked from the office to the
viaduct with the intention of catching the
northbound freight train that would take him
to Cobden. He was suffering from
organic heart trouble and collapsed again at
8:30 at which time he was removed to the
doctor’s office.
His father was notified of his death
and came to Mounds with a representative of
the
McCarthy Funeral Home at Anna, who took
charge of the body and removed it to the
family home near Cobden.
(According to his death certificate,
William Henry
Zimmerman was born in Cobden, Ill., the
son of Frank
Zimmerman, a native of Murphysboro,
Ill., and Hallie C.
Harbaugh, a native of Cobden, Ill., died in Mounds, Ill., and was
buried at Cobden.
His marker in Cobden Cemetery near
his parents, Frank Benjamin and Hallie
Esther
Zimmerman, reads:
William Henry
Zimmerman Born Aug. 12, 1909 Died Sept. 9, 1931.—Darrel
Dexter)
Former Mounds Resident Commits Suicide
Allan
Pullen, a former Mounds resident, passed
away at a hospital in Paducah, Ky., Tuesday
morning, September 9th, from the
effects of a dose of bi-chloride of mercury
taken with suicidal intention Tuesday,
September 2.
Mr.
Pullen had been out of employment for
some time and had but lately returned from
Denver, Colo., where he had visited his
parents. While in Mounds he was
employed by the Illinois Central.
During his residence here he was
married to Miss Mary Gray
McWherter, who survives him.
According to reports he left a note
to his wife telling her of his intention to
take his life giving as the reason the fact
that he was out of employment and did not
wish to burden her. He suffered great
agony during the days that he lingered near
death’s door.
(According to his death certificate,
Allen Thomas
Pullen was born 3 May 1903, in Graves
Co., Ky., the son of H. H
Pullen and Annie
Wilkerson, natives of Graves Co., Ky.,
died 8 Sep 1931, of nephritis and bichloride
mercury poisoning, the husband of Mary
Grey
Pullen, and was buried in Fulton,
Ky.—Darrel
Dexter)
In Memoriam
In loving memory of our dear son, who passed
away Sept. 9, 1929.
Dear son, you are not forgotten. Though on earth
your are no more, Still in memory you are
with us. As you always were before.
His parents,
Mr. and Mrs. R. W.
Wiedemann, Mounds, Ill
Jefferson D. Trent Dies Sunday, Sept. 6
Jefferson D.
Trent
died at his home in Mounds, Sept. 6, 1931,
age 59 years, 11 months and 11 days.
He was born near Pulaski and had lived in
Mounds for the past 12 years. He
leaves his wife, Mrs. Laura
Trent,
two daughters and one son as follows:
Delsie
Trent,
Clarence
Trent,
and Mrs. Bertha
Cotilla.
Funeral services were conducted by
Rev. T. C.
Ury
at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Cotilla in North Mounds at 10:30 a.m.,
Sept. 8. Interment was in Beech Grove
Cemetery. G. A.
James
was the undertaker in charge.
Mrs. Van Snyder
received a message this week that her sister
had died in California Sunday. The
body was sent to Joppa, Ill., for burial.
BENTON—Physicians
today attributed the death of Miss Dorcas
Russell, 70, as due to starvation.
She died at her home last night without medical attention.
The elderly spinster reportedly lost her
savings in failure of two banks here.—Post
(According to her death certificate,
Dorcas
Russell was born 10 Oct 1857, in West
Frankfort, Ill., the daughter of William
Russell and Anna
Moore, natives of Indiana, died 2 Sep 1931, in Benton, Ill., and was
buried in Logan Cemetery, Logan, Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
A colored man, captured near Pulaski
some months ago after breaking jail at
Marion, was given the third degree in the
county jail at Marion recently. Effort
was made to wring from him information
concerning a murder. He was knocked
insensible, left on his bunk and fell to the
floor, fracturing his skull. For a
time it was thought that he might not live.
Mrs. Garland
Joehannis, sister of Mrs. Van
Snider, of Mounds, passed away at her
home in Napa, California, Sunday, September
6. The remains were brought to Joppa,
arriving there Friday where funeral services
were held and interment made in the cemetery
there.
Besides her sister in Mounds, she is
survived by her husband, her parents, two
other sisters and three brothers.
Those from Mounds who attended her funeral
were Mr. and Mrs. J. O.
Essex,
Mr. and Mrs. L.
Keller, Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Adams,
Mrs. J.
Stewart, Mrs. C. Stone,
Mrs. T.
Lackey, Mrs. G.
Robertson, Mrs. W.
Adams, Mrs. T. B. Thomason,
and Mrs. S.
Fisher and daughter Rivers.
(Florence
Johannes was born about 1911 and died 6 Sep 1931, in Napa,
Calif.—Darrel
Dexter)
Jack Leon
Easley, age 22, passed away in Chicago hospital late Tuesday night
following an operation. He was the nephew of
Mrs. F. M.
McBride and Guy L. Penrod,
of Dongola, and spent part of his childhood
in Dongola where he was well known. His body
was taken to his former home in Illmo, Mo.
Funeral services were held Friday
afternoon and interment was made in the I.
O. O. F. Cemetery at Dongola, the cortege
reaching the cemetery at 3 o’clock Friday
afternoon.
(His death certificates that Jack Leon
Easley was the son of Ellis Hunter
Easley and Anna
Penrod.—Darrel Dexter)
Mina Jean
Schweiger, age 16 months, only child of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred
Schweger, of Mounds, passed away Tuesday
morning.
Funeral services were held Wednesday
afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at the residence
in Mounds, followed by interment in
Thistlewood Cemetery. Rev.
Ury,
pastor of the Baptist Church of Mounds,
officiated.
The funeral was directed by G. A.
James.
(Her death certificates states that
Mina Jean
Schweiger was born 19 May 1930, in
Cairo, Ill., the daughter of Alfred
Schweiger and Gladys DuPree,
died 22 Sep 1931, in Mounds, Ill.
Her
marker in Beechwood Cemetery at Mounds
reads:
Mina Jean
Schweiger Born May 9, 1930 Died Sept. 22, 1931.—Darrel
Dexter)
John F.
Newsom, age 63 years, a well-known resident of Olmstead, passed away
at the home of Mrs. Kate
Bagby,
near Olmsted Tuesday.
Funeral services were held Wednesday
afternoon at 3 o’clock at Center Church,
with the Rev. Mr.
Corey of Pulaski officiating. Interment was made in Concord
Cemetery, W. H.
Aldred directing the funeral.
Mr.
Newsom was a member of Friendship Lodge A. F. and A. M. No. 89.
(John L.
Newsom married Julia Ann
Orshorn on 17 Sep 1867, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill.
J. F.
Newsom married Artie
Sharp
on 23 Nov 1890, in Pulaski Co., Ill.
According to his death certificate,
John F.
Newsom was born 14 Aug 1868, in
Illinois, the son of John and Julia Ann
Newsome, died 15 Sep 1931, the husband
of Arti
Newsom,
and was buried in Concord
Cemetery.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. T. L.
Pulley, sister-in-law of C. L.
Pulley and Mrs. Lydia
Jenkins, of Mounds, passed away at her
home in Maywood, Calif., Tuesday morning.
Funeral services were held Thursday
afternoon at Huntington Park, Calif. and
interment will be made at the Angelus Abbey
Mausoleum.
Mrs. Mattie
Mowery, age 63, passed away at her home in Ullin Tuesday evening,
September 22, at 7:30 p.m. She has
been ill for some time and hasn’t been
expected to live for days.
She is survived by her husband, ten
children, Mrs. Lennie
Cantrell, of Centralia, Hugh, of
Mayfield, Ky., Verno, Floyd, and Oris, of
Ullin; Ralph, of Carbondale; Orville, of
Allendale, Harley, of Dupo, Lolo of St.
Louis, and Miss Ina Lois
Mowery, of Ullin. She also leaves
six daughters-in-law, one son-in-law;
fifteen grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs.
Warren
Richie, of Olmsted; and Mrs. Molley
Lentz,
of California; three brothers, Charlie
Bundschuh, of Ullin, John and Chris
Bundschuh, of California.
Funeral services will be held Thursday
afternoon at 2 p.m. at the Methodist Church
at Ullin, with Rev.
Bush,
of West Frankfort officiating. The
casket bearers will be her Sunday school
class. Interment will probably be made
in St. John’s Cemetery with funeral director
E.J.
Ford, of Dongola, directing the funeral.
Mrs. Kate
Weece, of Grand Chain passed away suddenly at St. Mary’s Infirmary
in Cairo Tuesday night at 11:30 o’clock.
Mrs.
Weece had made her home with her daughter, Mrs. August
Reichert, for several years and three
weeks ago she suffered a broken hip when she
fell at the home of her daughter. She
was removed to St. Mary’s Infirmary in Cairo
following the accident where she has since
been a patient.
Funeral services will be held at Grand
Chain at St. Catherine’s Catholic Church at
nine o’clock this morning and interment will
be made in the Grand Chain Cemetery.
Mrs.
Weece is survived by two sons, W. A.
Price, of Olmsted, and J. A.
Weece, of Galva, Illinois, and two
daughters, Mrs. August
Reichert and Mrs. Lena
Bayless, of Grand Chain, besides
fourteen grandchildren and one great
grandson.
Hartwell and Ryan, of
Mounds, directed the funeral.
(Abraham
Weece married Mrs. Kate Price
on 10 Mar 1881, in Pulaski Co., Ill.
William
Price
married Kate
Roach
on 12 May 1874, in Pulaski Co., Ill.
Her marker in St. Catherine Cemetery
at Grand Chain reads: Kate
Roach
Weece Born Nov. 1, 1855 Died Sept. 22,
1931.—Darrel
Dexter)
After serving 23 years of his life
behind bars for the alleged murder of a
Wabash County farmer, Jesse
Lucas,
of Mt. Carmel, may win his freedom from the
Southern Illinois penitentiary at Menard
within a few weeks to live to see himself
cleared of the murder charge.
The death-bed confession of George
Pond,
farmer and fisherman who died at Decker,
Ind., June 30, may be the basis on which the
pardons board will order the release of
Lucas
who had been sentenced in Wabash County in
1908 for life.
Lucas was convicted of the murder of Clyde
Showalter, Wabash County farmer, whose
body was found buried in a shallow grave
near the junction of the Patoka and Wabash
rivers in Indiana.
Wednesday of the past week Dr. M. P.
Hollingsworth, Princeton coroner at the
time of the murder; Ray
Sisson, former Evansville newspaper man
and now a druggist at Decker; Mrs. Anna
Smith,
neighbor of Pond, who allegedly heard
confession; and Mayor Ben
Wright, Mt. Carmel, Illinois, visited
the pardon board at Springfield, Illinois,
and presented evidence which will clear the
innocent man of crime for which he was
convicted in 1908. Forgotten by most
persons, some who did not believe
Lucas,
but still fresh in the memory of guilty, the
old crime lived again June 30 this year.
Pond, desperately ill, called his wife, the fourth, he had wed in
his 62 years, and Mrs.
Smith
to his bedside.
He told them of a crime he had
committed of which they had never heard.
He told them he was the person who killed
Clyde
Showalter, prosperous cattle trader and
member of a good family of Patton, six miles
north of Mt. Carmel. He told of
Lucas,
an innocent man, who was serving a life
sentence for the deed. He further
confessed to the murder of another man at
Milltown 40 years before, the story goes.—Grayville
Independent
Mounds Independent,
Friday, 25 Sep 1931:
Little One Passed Away
Mina Jean
Schweiger, little daughter of Alfred and
Gladys
Schweiger, was born in Mounds, Ill., on
May 19, 1930, and died at the home of her
parents on North Oak Street in Mounds on
Sept. 22, 1931, aged 1 year, 4 months and 3
days. She leaves her father and mother
and both grandfathers and grandmothers.
Her illness was brief as was her little
life. The morning glory of an hour
envies not the pine tree of a thousand
years. It casts its beauty and is soon
gone, yet content.
Funeral services were conducted at the
home on Wednesday at 2 p.m. by Rev. T. C.
Ury
of the Baptist church.
Burial was in Beech Grove Cemetery with
G. A.
James in charge.
Mrs. T. L. Pulley Dies in California
Mrs. Lydia
Jenkins and brother, Carol
Pulley, have received word of the death
of their sister-in-law, Mrs. T. L.
Pulley, which occurred Tuesday morning
at her home in Maywood, Calif. She is
survived by her husband.
Mr.
and Mrs.
Pulley, formerly resided in southern
Illinois.
ALTO PASS—The
appointment of Frank
Willey, Sr., to the postmastership of
the post office at Alto Pass has been
announced. Mr.
Willey succeeds in that position, his
son, who was killed in an airplane accident
about six weeks ago.—Cobden
Review
The Pulaski Enterprise, Friday, 2 Oct 1931:
Mrs. Bettie
Ritchie, aged 80 years, passed away Friday morning at 9 o’clock at
the home of Mrs. Hattie
Cagle
in this city. Mrs.
Richie had made her home with Mrs.
Cagle
and family the past two years. She had
been a resident of Mound City for several
years, having lived here with her husband,
Dave
Richie, who preceded his wife in death several years ago.
Mrs.
Richie had been blind for a number of years and had also been in
failing health for several years. She
bore her infirmities with a wonderful
patience. So far as is known, she left
no relatives. She was a Christian
woman and was loved by all who knew her.
Funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at the First M. E.
Church in Mound City with the Rev. W. L.
Hanbaum officiating. Interment was
made in the I. O. O. F. lots in Beech Grove
Cemetery at Mounds. G. A.
James
directed the funeral.
Casket bearers were Edward
McDonald, Otto
Edwards, James Dolan,
John
Travis, and J. A.
Lutz,
of this city, and Mr.
DeCrow, of Cairo.
(Her death certificate states that
Bettie
Ritchie was born 8 Jan 1865, in
Tennessee and died 25 Sep 1931, in Mound
City, Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Lester
King, of this city, received a message a few days ago stating that
her mother was seriously ill. Mrs.
King
and daughters left immediately for Water
Valley, Miss., to be at her mother’s
bedside. She passed away soon after
their arrival.
Fred
Scheler, age 50 years, passed away at his home, 211 Ohio Street,
Cairo, Saturday night following an illness
of six weeks. He was a brother, of
Mrs. N. A.
DeVore, of Vicksburg, Miss., formerly of
this city.
Besides his sister, Mrs.
DeVore, he leaves his widow, Mrs. Ida
Scheler, a son, Fred Austin
Scheler, of Cairo.
Funeral services were held Tuesday
morning at 9:30 o’clock at the funeral home
of Karcher Brothers, the Rev. C. Robert
Dunlap officiating. Immediately after the services the cortege
left by automobiles for Beech Grove Cemetery
at Mounds, where interment was made.
(His death certificate states that Fred
Scheler was born 25 Jun 1881, in Cairo,
Ill., the son of Frederick
Scheler, a native of Germany, and died
26 Sep 1931, in Cairo, Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Richard David
Richardson, age 95 years, veteran of the Civil War, passed away
Saturday night following an illness of a few
days at his home, 727 37th
Street, Cairo.
“Grandpa”
Richardson, as he was affectionately known among the youngsters, was
well known among the kitties of Mound City
and Cairo, as he annually appeared as Santa
Claus during the holiday season in Cairo.
He was a friend to the children in and
around Cairo.
Funeral services were held Tuesday
afternoon at the residence, Father Bernard
Pender, pastor of St. Patrick’s Church,
officiating, and interment was made in the
National Cemetery at Mound City. Full
military honors were extended the war
veteran with casket bearers from the
American Legion, a firing squad and taps by
a bugler at the conclusion of the last
rites. A flag supplied by the
government draped the casket of the aged
veteran, who served his country for four
years.
(His death certificate states that
Richard David
Richardson was born 30 Mar 1836, in
Philadelphia, Pa., the son of David
Richardson, also a native of Philadelphia, died 26 Sep 1931, in
Cairo, Ill., the husband of Mary Ellen
Richardson.
He was buried in Mound City National
Cemetery and served as a private in Company
D, 1st Maryland Infantry.—Darrel
Dexter)
Funeral services for Rev.
DeWeece, a retired Methodist minister
who passed away at his home in Karnak, were
held Tuesday morning at the M. E. Church at
Olive Branch, Illinois, and interment was
made in the Olive Branch Cemetery.
G. A.
James of Mound City furnished his funeral coach and went to Karnak
where he assisted the undertaker of that
place in the funeral arrangements. He
also accompanied the remains to Olive
Branch.
(According to his death certificate, J.
W.
Deweese was born in Kentucky, the son of
Purson
Deweese, and was the husband of Sarah E.
Deweese.
His marker in Olive Branch Cemetery
reads:
J. W.
Deweese Born Aug. 22, 1850 Died Sept. 27, 1931 Caroline
Deweese Born Jan. 22, 1855 Died Jan. 3,
1930 Robert M.
Deweese Born Feb. 9, 1885 Died April 18,
1953.—Darrel
Dexter)
Clement J.
Spencer, age 69 years, passed away at his home in Mounds Saturday
afternoon about four o’clock. Mr.
Spencer’s death was a great shock to his
family and friends as he was thought to be
in his usual health just a few minutes
before his death. His death has
brought much sadness to his many friends in
this community where he had resided a
greater part of his life.
He was born in Madison, Wis., in 1862
and was the son of E. T. and Sarah
Spencer, pioneer settlers of this
county. His parents, a brother and
sister preceded him in death several years
ago. He came when quite young to
Pulaski County with his parents and sisters
and brother, where he resided on a farm near
Pulaski for several years, spending the
remainder of life in other parts of Pulaski
County.
Funeral services, which were largely
attended, were held Monday afternoon at 1:30
o’clock at the residence on South Reider
Ave., at Mounds and interment was made in
the Villa Ridge cemetery by the side of his
parents. Thomas
Meredith, a representative of the
International Bible Institute, officiated at
the funeral service. At the cemetery
the services were in charge of the Masonic
order of which Mr.
Spencer was a member.
Mr.
Spencer is survived by his widow; one son, Forrest J.
Spencer, of Mounds; one sister, Mrs. U.
S. A.
Gadbois, of Villa Ridge; and several
nieces and nephews of Pulaski and Alexander
counties. Mrs. George
Piper,
of Cairo, Mrs. Albert
Herbert and Mrs. John
Clancy, of Villa Ridge, are nieces of
Mr.
Spencer.
He was a member of Trinity Lodge No.
562 A. F. and A. M. of Mound City and of the
Knight Templar of Cairo. He also
belonged to a number of other branches of
the Masonic order and was a member of the I.
O. O. F. Lodge.
For a number of years he was game
warden of Pulaski County and afterwards had
charge of the state game reserve at
Horseshoe Lake in Alexander County. G.
A. James directed the funeral.
(His death certificate states that
Clement J.
Spencer was born 18 Feb 1863, the son of
Elias
Spencer, and died 26 Sep 1931, in
Mounds, Ill., the husband of Addie
Spencer. His marker in
Cairo City Cemetery at Villa Ridge reads:
Clement J.
Spencer 1862-1931.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mounds Independent,
Friday, 2 Oct 1931:
The entire community was shocked when
word of the sudden death of C. J.
Spencer was passed from one to another
of the residents following his unexpected
demise Saturday afternoon, September 26th,
at 2:45 o’clock.
While Mr.
Spencer had not been well for some time, he was able to be about at
the time of his death and had been to Cairo
on Saturday morning. According to his
physician the real cause of death was poison
in the system from tooth infection this
having affected the arteries of the heart.
Clement J.
Spencer was born February 18, 1863, at Meads, Wisconsin, and died
September 26 at Mounds, Ill., at the age of
68 years, 7 months and 8 days. He was
the son of E. T. and Sarah
Spencer. On August 1, 1901, he was united in marriage to Miss
Addie
Ferrell at Stonefort, Illinois.
This this union was born a son, Forrest F.
Spencer.
Surviving Mr.
Spencer are his widow, his son, a sister, Mrs. U. S. A.
Gadbois, of Villa Ridge and several
nieces and nephews.
Four years Mr.
Spencer advocated the establishment of a State Game and Fish
Preserve at Horseshoe Lake and no one was
more delighted than he when this idea became
a reality. He was appointed
superintendent of the Preserve and during
his term of service, gave his time and
thought to its development. He was an
active member of the Sportsman’s League, a
member of the I. O. O. F. Lodge and of
several branches of the Masonic order,
including the Knights Templar.
Funeral services were held at the home
Monday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock conducted
by Thomas
Meredith, of Ohio, a representative of the International Bible
Students. Burial was in Villa Ridge
Cemetery, the Masons having charge of the
ceremonies. G. A.
James
was the funeral director.
Mrs. Nellie
Kleb, of Cairo, member of Zion Shrine No. 58, Order of the White
Shrine of Jerusalem, which is held at Mound
City, passed away at her home at 2:50
o’clock Monday morning following a prolonged
illness.
Miss
Kleb had many friends and acquaintances in Mound City and vicinity
who are grieved to learn of her death.
She made many friends throughout Pulaski
County during her employment as sales lady
for Kaufman Bros. Dry goods Store in Cairo. She served in that
capacity a number of years.
Funeral services were held Tuesday
afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the Church of
the Redeemer and interment was made in the
Villa Ridge cemetery.
(According to her death certificate,
Nellie Elizabeth
Kleb
was born in Cairo, Ill., the daughter of
Leo
Kleb and Louisa
Zimmerman, natives of Germany, and died
in Cairo, Ill.
Her marker in Cairo City Cemetery at
Villa Ridge reads:
Leo
Kleb
Born April 10, 1835 Died Jan. 30, 1884 Leo
Kleb
Born April 4, 1875 Died May 18, 1878
Dorothea
Zimmerman Kleb Born Sept. 14, 1804 Died April 21, 1882 Nellie E.
Kleb
Born Feb. 10, 1873 Died Oct. 5, 1931 Minnie
Kleb
Born Aug. 15, 1878 Died Nov. 14, 1955 Amelia
C.
Kleb Born July 7, 1868 Died Feb. 19,
1943 Annie
Kleb
Vincent—Darrel
Dexter)
Mounds Independent,
Friday, 9 Oct 1931:
About 5:30 Saturday morning
Burk’s
body was discovered lodged against some
piling in the river opposite Reynoldsville
by William
Dusky,
who towed it ashore and it was subsequently
taken to the mortuary of
Norris & Son in Jonesboro, where Dr. H.
O.
Taylor held a coroner’s inquest Saturday
evening, a verdict of accidently drowning
being returned. One of the negroes who
was in the boat with him testified at the
inquest that their efforts to rescue
Burk were hopeless because he sank at once and never came to the
surface. The body was buried in the
Jonesboro Cemetery Sunday morning.
(According to his death certificate,
James Harvey
Burke
was born in Jackson Co., Ill., the son of
Frank P.
Burke,
a native of Kentucky, and Margaret
Harley, a native of Arkansas, died 26
Sep 1931, in Road District 10, Union Co.,
Ill., husband of Margaret Burke.
His marker in Jonesboro Cemetery
reads:
James Harvey
Burke
Born Aug. 2, 1893 Died Sept. 24,
1931.—Darrel
Dexter)
(Her death certificate states that Dora
Louise
Mertz
was born 7 Jun 1873, in Carbondale, Ill.,
the daughter of H. C.
Mertz, a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Elnora
Boren,
a native of Caledonia, Ill., died 27 Sep
1931, in Carbondale, Ill., and was buried in
Oakland Cemetery.
Her marker in Oakland Cemetery in
Carbondale, Ill., reads:
Dora L.
Mertz
1873-1931.—Darrel
Dexter)
Edward William
Thielecke, age 76 years, passed away at 9:30 o’clock Friday morning
at the home of his daughter, Mrs. William E.
Rife, at Villa Ridge. He was stricken only two days ago with
cerebral meningitis and death came suddenly
which was a great shock to his many friends
in this community.
Mr.
Thielecke took a decided stand upon every issue of public interest
and swung the sentiment of the people in
many a political campaign. He was
always outspoken with criticism and on one
occasion roused so much feeling against him
for this reason that he was shot at the
bullet lodging in the wall of the office
above his desk. He dug this bullet out
of the wall and until his departure from
this life he wore it as a watch charm.
Surviving Mr.
Thielecke are his daughter, Mrs.
Rife, three grandchildren and three nephews, and a number of other
relatives.
Funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at the residence
of his daughter at Villa Ridge, Rev. E. O.
Allen,
pastor of the Union Congregational Methodist
Church officiating. Interment was made
in the Grand Chain cemetery, G. A.
James
of Mound City being the undertaker in
charge. Casket bearers were old
friends and associates of Mr.
Thielecke, Alexander
Wilson, Hunter
Bird,
John
Thistlewood, Clyde Sullivan,
John C. and Seldon
Fisher, all of Cairo.
(E. W.
Thielecke, 44, of Cairo, Ill., married on 7 Sep 1898, in Pulaski
Co., Ill., Cora
Bartleson, 28, of Grand Chain.
According to his death certificate,
Edward William
Thielecke was born 31 Dec 1853, in
Germany, the son of William
Thielecke, a native of Germany, died 10 Oct 1931, in Road District
1, Pulaski Co., Ill., the husband of Cora
Thielecke.
His
marker in Grand Chain Masonic Cemetery
reads:
Edward
Thielecke 1853-1931.—Darrel
Dexter)
W. H.
Ervin, age 67 years, well known resident of Ullin, passed away at
his home Friday night at 9 o’clock.
Funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon at one o’clock at Cache Chapel
with the Rev. Mr.
Holloman, pastor of the Christian Church of Pulaski, officiating.
Interment was made in the Cache Chapel
Cemetery. W. H.
Aldred directing the funeral.
Surviving Mr.
Ervin are his widow, three sons, Henry, Arthur and Floyd, and one
daughter, Mrs. Edna
Oliver, all of whom reside near Ullin.
He also leaves a number of other relatives
and a large circle of friends.
(His marker in Cache Chapel Cemetery
reads:
William H.
Ervin Born Aug. 5, 1884 Died Oct. 8, 1931 Cora L.
Ervin
Born Aug. 8, 1874 Died Dec. 5, 1954.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Rosa
Carter, wife of Melvin Carter,
passed away at her home on North Commercial
Avenue at 3 o’clock Saturday afternoon.
Mrs.
Carter was 42 years of age and had been
ill for several months.
She is survived by her husband and
several children and a number of other
relatives.
Funeral services were held Monday
morning at 10 o’clock at the Pentecostal
Church in this city, Rev.
Van Meter, Pentecostal
minister of this city, officiating.
Interment was made in Spencer Heights
Cemetery by G. A.
James,
funeral director.
(According to her death certificate,
Rosa
Carter was born 5 Mar 1891, in Arkansas,
the daughter of Marion
Arnold, a native of Arnold, died 10 Oct
1931, in Mound City, Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mounds Independent,
Friday, 16 Oct 1931:
Edward William
Thielecke, age 76, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. William E.
Rife
near Villa Ridge, Saturday, October 10,
following a two day illness from cerebral
meningitis.
For more than forty years Mr.
Thielecke edited the
Cairo
Bulletin, becoming editor of that paper
in 1880 under the ownership of E. A.
Burnett and remaining editor through
several changes in ownership until 1925,
except for a time about ten years ago when
he engaged in the advertising business with
his brother in Chicago. Upon the death
of his brother, Mr.
Thielecke returned to Cairo and again
became editor of the
Bulletin, retiring from active work in
1925.
Mr.
Thielecke was born in Germany, December 31, 1854, and was brought to
the United States by his parents when four
years of age. He had spent the greater
part of his life in Cairo.
The
Cairo Citizen says of his editorial writing:
“Always a forceful writer, Mr.
Thielecke took a decided stand upon
every issue of public interest and swung the
sentiment of the people in many a political
campaign. For his outspoken criticism
of a political faction that was dominating
Cairo at one time he was shot at while
seated at his desk in the old
Bulletin office on Ohio Street.
The bullet was imbedded in the wall at his
side and he dug it out and wore it as a
watch charm for the remainder of his life.
While he contended he knew who fired the
shot, he never would divulge the name and
continued his editorial attacks upon the
political faction.”
Funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
W. E.
Rife, near Villa Ridge, Rev. E. O.
Allen, pastor of the Union Church of Villa Ridge conducting the
service. Burial was at Grand Chain by
the side of his wife, with G. A.
James
in charge. The pallbearers were old
friends and associates, Alexander
Wilson, Hunter
Bird,
John
Thistlewood, Clyde
Sullivan, John C. and Selden
Fisher, all of Cairo.
Lelan
Crippen, eight year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Olen
Crippen, of Ullin, died at his home
Tuesday morning at eleven o’clock, after an
illness of nine days with diphtheria.
He is survived by his parents, three
brothers, Junior, Gerald, Harold; and a
sister, Eloise; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
John
Sutton, and several uncles and aunts,
also other relatives.
Funeral services were held Wednesday at
2 p.m. at the residence.
Interment was made in the Ullin
Cemetery with W. J.
Rhymer directing the funeral.
(According to his death certificate,
Leland Clair
Crippen was born 7 Jun 1923, in Ullin,
Ill., the son of Olen
Crippen, a native of Ullin,
and Mabel
Sutton, a native of Tunnel Hill, Ill.,
and died 20 Oct 1931, in Ullin, Ill.
His marker in Ullin Cemetery
reads:
Leland C. son of O. H. & M. C.
Crippen June 7, 1923-Oct. 20,
1931.—Darrel
Dexter)
J. H.
Hendricks, aged 66 years, prominent resident of this county, passed
away at his home northeast of Mounds, at 1
o’clock Saturday morning following an
illness of several weeks. For a number
of years he had been engaged in farming, his
farm being located about halfway between
Mounds and Valley Recluse.
Funeral services were held at the
family residence at 2:30 o’clock Sunday
afternoon, Rev. C. Robert
Dunlap, pastor of the Lutheran Church of
Cairo, officiating. Interment was made
in the Thistlewood Cemetery by G. A.
James,
funeral director.
Mr.
Hendricks is survived by his widow, two children, Miss Mary and
Henry
Hendricks, of Mounds and two brothers,
C. C. and G. W.
Hendricks, of Malden, Mo.
Mr.
Hendricks was born in Cypress, Ind., June 28, 1865, and in 1891 was
united in marriage to Miss Amelia
Koppa.
For a time they lived in west Kentucky later
moving to Pulaski County where they have
since resided.
In 1903 Mr.
Hendricks received an injury to his limb by traumatic pressure.
Later the injury carried a cancerous
appearance. At the time of the cyclone
which hit the county north of Mounds his
home was completely ___ant pinning Mr.
Hendricks under heavy timber. He
received ___ minor injuries, but none
serious. In 1919 it was found
necessary to amputate the limb which was
done by Dr. J. F.
Hargan of Mound City.
Active casket bearers were Forest
Nixon,
H. C.
Moore, J. M. Mahoney,
Fred
Hoffmier, Alex
Parker, and Robert
Anglin.
Honorary Jake
Blum, M. F. Browner,
Robert
Spaulding, O. B.
Hastings, Harry
Carpenter, Lowell Hargan,
C. S.
Miller, Dr. J. F.
Hargan, Warner
Wall, Joe Crain, and Earl
Smoot.
(His marker in Beechwood Cemetery at
Mounds reads:
John Henry
Hendricks 1865-1931 Father.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Mary
Britton, wife of R. L.
Britton, of Mounds, age 41 years, passed
away Thursday night at St. Mary’s Infirmary
in Cairo following a prolonged illness.
Mrs.
Britton had been a patient at St. Mary’s Infirmary about three weeks
where she underwent an operation but up to
the time that he was removed to the hospital
she was able to be up and about her home.
The body was taken to the home in Mounds
where funeral services were held Saturday
afternoon at 2 o’clock the Rev. W. D.
Richardson, pastor of the Methodist
Church, officiating. Interment was
made in the Villa Ridge cemetery,
Hartwell and
Ryan
directing the funeral.
Mrs.
Britton was before her marriage Miss Mary
Thornton, and was born in Jonesboro, Illinois, January 19, 1889.
She was a sister to the first wife of Mr.
Britton and for a time made her home with them.
She is survived by her husband, a
daughter, Mrs. Alfred G.
Hendrickson, of Los Angeles, Calif., two
sons, Eugene, age 12 and Wiley, age 9.
She also leaves two stepdaughters, Mrs.
Howell
Byrd,
of Los Angeles, and Mrs. Clinton C.
Terrell, of Cairo, and a stepson
Richmond
Britton, of Mounds. Her
stepchildren were also her nieces and
nephew, being her sister’s children.
Four sisters survive, Mrs. George
Menees, of Phoenix, Ariz., Mrs. Ira
Stringer, of Lakeland, Fla., Mrs. Charles
Peck, of Peoria, and Mrs. E. C.
Vanboorebeck, of Marseilles, the two latter sisters being with her
at the time of her death.
(According to her death certificate,
Mary
Britton was born 19 Jan 1889, in
Jonesboro, Ill., the daughter of William
Thornton, a native of England, and Mary Jane
Chester, a native of Jonesboro, Ill., died 15 Oct 1931, in Cairo,
Ill., wife of R. L.
Britton.
William T.
Thornton married Mary J.
Chester on 25 Jan 1872, in Union Co.,
Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Eva M.
Bowling, for many years a resident of Mound City, passed away
at her home at 4536 Laclede Ave., St. Louis,
Thursday, October 15, following an illness
of several months. Mrs.
Bowling was 77 years of age and was the
daughter of the late James and Rachael
Rouse
and sister of the late Thomas and James W.
Rouse.
Mrs.
Bowling and two brothers have all passed
away within the year. Thomas
Rouse
died in the East several months ago and
about a month later, James W.
Rouse
passed away at his home in Memphis.
Several months ago Mrs.
Bowling suffered a serious illness and
for a time her life was despaired of.
At that time she was a patient in a
hospital. After a time she improved in
health and it was thought she would regain
her former health.
Mrs.
Bowling left Mound City several years ago, going to St. Louis where
she has since made her home. She was
well known in Mound City, where she had many
friends who are grieved to learn of her
passing.
Surviving Mrs.
Bowling are three grandchildren, Mrs. Mary
Bowling McCockle, and J.
Lyles
Bowling, of Washington, D.C., and Leo
Whitney
Bowling, of Norfolk, Va., and several
nieces and nephews and other relatives.
Mrs. Harry
Allen
and brother, Hunter
Rouse,
of Memphis, Tenn., formerly of Mound City,
are a niece and nephew of the deceased.
Funeral services were held in St. Louis
from Ellis Chapel, 5240 Delmar Blvd.,
Friday, October 16, at 2:30 p.m. and
interment was made in Bellefontaine
Cemetery.
Mrs.
Bowling was a member of Occidental Chapter No. 185 O. E. S. and was
a woman of fine Christian character.
The old
Rouse homestead where Mrs.
Bowling resided with her parents while
residents of Mound City, formerly stood on
Main Street opposite
Bode’s
Drug Store, but has since been removed to
the back of the same lot facing Pearl
Street. The
Rouse
family was one of the oldest and most
prominent families in this community.
(Jesse L.
Bowling married Eva M. Rouse
on 23 Apr 1873, in Pulaski Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Julliete Rouse,
son, Hunter
Rouse,
and daughter, Mrs. Harry
Allen,
of Memphis, Tenn., passed through Mound City
Saturday afternoon
en route to their home from St. Louis where they had been being
called there by the death of Mrs. Eva
Bowling.
John
Sowers, son of Jesse and Sally
Sowers, was born November 14, 1854, died
October 14, 1931, age 76 years, 11 months.
The place of his death was the place of his
birth. He was born, grew up and has
always lived on the same farm and in the
same place from which God called him home.
He was united in marriage about the
year 1874 to Mary
Casper, who was called home December 5,
1891. To this union were born 9
children, 5 boys and 4 girls, namely Ida
Bell, deceased; John Calvin, of Cypress,
Illinois; Arna, also deceased; Mrs. Effie
Peeler, Oscar and Herman, of Dongola;
Mrs. Mary
Bevet,
of Johnston City; Ira, of Perks; and Mrs.
Sada
Karraker, of Dongola. He was married a second time to Ella
Patterson June 30, 1898, to this union 8
children were born, seven of which survive.
Emery, of Harvey, Illinois, Emma
Hartline, of Johnston City, Floyd, of
Raymondville, Texas, Lonnie, of Dunning,
Illinois, Katy
Bough,
of Mound City, Illinois, Ulmont and Walter
living at home, Vermont deceased.
He professed a faith in Christ about
the year 1893 and united with Mt. Olive
Baptist Church and of which he was a
faithful and consecrated member when God
called him to his reward.
He became afflicted with little more
than year ago with that dreaded disease
known as cancer which caused him much
suffering and intense pain, but he bore his
suffering with much patience and Christian
fortitude and often expressed his
willingness to go. He leaves to mourn
his going his faithful companion, the
children before names, 24 grandchildren, 3
great-grandchildren, and a host of other
relatives and friends. The companion
has lost a good husband, the children a
faithful father, the community a good
citizen and the church one of its most loyal
members. Truly a great has fallen, but
our loss is Heaven’s gain for this it is
written, “Blessed are dead which die in the
Lord from henceforth yea saith the Spirit
they shall rest from their labors and their
words do follow them.”
The funeral was conducted by H. W.
Karraker assisted by A. M.
Troutman and Lowell
Arnhart at Mt. Olive Church and buried
in Mt. Olive Cemetery.
(John
Sowers, son of Sarah Mize,
married Mary E.
Casper on 29 Apr 1875, in Union Co.,
Ill.
John
Sowers, 43, born in Union Co., Ill., son
of Jesse
Sowers and Sarah
Peeler, married on 30 Jun 1898, in Union
Co., Ill., Sarah E. R.
Patterson, 19, born in Shelby, Ill.,
daughter of James A.
Patterson and Cathren Show.
Jesse
Sowers married Sarah Peeler
on 29 Oct 1840, in Union Co., Ill.
Shepherd
Mize
married Mrs. Sally
Sowers on 18 Sep 1873, in Union Co.,
Ill.
His death certificate states that
John
Sowers was born 14 Nov 1854, near
Dongola, Ill., and died 14 Oct 1931.
His marker in Mt. Olive Cemetery near
Dongola reads:
John
Sowers 1854-1931 Mary
Sowers 1851-1891.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mounds Independent,
Friday, 23 Oct 1931:
Miss Mary
Bowers died at the home of her parents in Villa Ridge, Saturday,
October 17, 1931, following a lingering
illness. She was born February 7,
1906, and had reached the age of 25 years, 3
months and 10 days.
Miss
Bowers is survived by her mother and father, three sisters and one
brother, also a host of other relatives and
friends.
Funeral services were conducted by her
pastor, Rev. T. M.
Brandon, of Villa Ridge.
(Her death certificate states Mary
Bowers was born 7 Feb 1906, in Villa
Ridge, Ill., the daughter of Warren
Bowers, a native of Tennessee, and Ida
Roy,
a native of Selma, Tenn., black, died 17 Oct
1931, in Villa Ridge, Ill., and was buried
in Villa Ridge Cemetery.—Darrel
Dexter)
The passing of J. H.
Hendricks, prominent farmer whose home
for many years was near Mounds, came as a
shock to his many acquaintances and friends.
While it was known he was not in the best of
health, few knew of his serious illness.
John Henry
Hendricks, was born in Cypress, Ind., June 28, 1865, and died at his
home near Mounds, Ill., October 16, 1931, at
the age of 66 years, 3 months and 19 days.
In 1891 he was married to Miss Augusta
Amelia
Kopps.
For some years they made their home in
Western Kentucky moving there to Pulaski
County, Ill., where they have since made
their home. Mr. and Mrs.
Hendricks had a beautiful home near Water Valley that was destroyed
by a cyclone in 1917. They then bought
the spacious home of William
Crain
nearby and have since lived there.
Mr.
Hendricks is survived by his widow, one son, Henry
Hendricks, one daughter, Miss Mary
Hendricks, and one grandson, John Henry
Hendricks, all living near Mounds.
He also leaves two brothers, C. C. and G. W.
Hendricks, both of Malden, Mo.
Funeral services were held at the
residence Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock
the Rev. C. Robert
Dunlap, pastor of the Cairo Lutheran
Church officiating. Pall bearers were
Forrest
Nixon, H. C. Moore, J. M.
Mahoney, Alex
Parker, Fred L.
Hoffmeier, and Robert Anglin.
Burial was made in Thistlewood Cemetery
with Funeral Director G. A.
James
in charge.
(His death certificate states that John
Henry
Hendricks was the son of Henry
Hendricks and Margaret
Weiskopf.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. R. L.
Britton died Thursday night, October 16, at 9:15 o’clock at St.
Mary’s Infirmary, Cairo, following a
surgical operation made some eight days
before in a vain attempt to save her life.
Mrs.
Britton was the wife of Richmond L.
Britton, former assessor and treasurer of Pulaski County.
Her maiden name was Mary
Thornton and her childhood home was in Jonesboro, Ill.
She was born January 19, 1889, and
had reached the age of 41 years.
She was first married to Mr.
Ecker.
Following his death and the death of
her sister, the first Mrs.
Britton, she and her brother-in-law
married.
She is survived by her husband, a
daughter, Mrs. Alfred G.
Henricson, of Los Angeles, formerly Miss
Mable
Ecker, of Cairo; and two sons, Eugene,
12, and Wiley, 9.
She also leaves two stepdaughters,
Mrs. Howell
Byrd,
of Los Angeles, and Mrs. Clinton C.
Terrell, of Cairo, and a stepson,
Richmond
Britton, of Mounds.
Four sisters also survive, Mrs.
George
Menees, of Phoenix, Ariz., Mrs. Ira
Stringer, of Lakeland, Fla., Mrs.
Charles
Peck,
of Peoria, and Mrs. E. C.
Van
Hoorebeck, of Marseilles.
Funeral services were held Saturday
afternoon at the residence with the Rev. W.
D. Richardson, pastor of the Methodist Church, officiating.
Immediately after the services the
funeral cortege left by automobiles for
Villa Ridge, where interment was made.
Funeral Directors
Hartwell and Ryan were in
charge.
We desire to extend our heartfelt
thanks and appreciation to the kind friends
and neighbors who assisted us in any way
during the illness and following the death
of our beloved husband and father, John
Henry
Hendricks. We extend our special
thanks to those who sent floral tributes and
to those who furnished cars. We assure
you that your kindness will ever be
remembered.
We desire to express in this manner our
sincere thanks to all our relatives and
friends for the kindness and sympathy shown
us during the illness and following the
death of our beloved wife and mother.
Especially
do we thank those who sent the beautiful
flowers and those who offered the use of
their cars.
Also we wish to thank the Rev. Mr.
Richardson for his consoling words.
Your kindness will be held in grateful
appreciation.
Those from this city who attended the
funeral of Hon. John M.
Moore,
who passed away Sunday evening at 6:30
o’clock at his home in Wickliffe, Ky., were
C. E.
Richey, William
Bestgen, George Muscovalley,
Mrs. E. B.
Ewers,
Peter
Duncan, and Mrs. W. S.
Deering, of Morganfield, Ky.
Funeral services for Judge
Moore
were held at the Methodist Church at
LaCenter, Ky., his body being removed to the
home of his brother at LaCenter Monday.
Interment was made in the cemetery at
Barlow, Ky.
Judge
Moore had a number of friends in Mound City who are grieved to learn
of his death.
News has been received in this city of
the death of John H.
Jones,
of Memphis, Tenn., a former resident of this
city. Mr. and Mrs.
Jones
had been visiting with relatives at
Dyersburg, Tenn., and on Saturday afternoon
in company with a grandson, was returning to
their home in Memphis, when near the city
their automobile turned over when rounding a
sharp curve. Mr.
Jones
suffered a broken neck and other injuries
which resulted in his death. The other
occupants of the car escaped with minor
injuries.
Mr.
Jones and his family were former residents of this city. For a
number of years he was connected with the
old McDowel Saw Mill, later being employed with the National Pump
Company, leaving here with Mr. A. P.
Smith,
when he returned to the south to take charge
of another manufacturing concern.
Mr.
Jones is survived by his widow, his stepfather and mother, Mr. and
Mrs. Jesse
Starks, several children and
grandchildren.
Mrs. Matilda B.
Hicks, age 45 years, passed away at her home in this city Tuesday
night at 8 o’clock.
Funeral services were held at 1 o’clock
at the residence, Rev.
Humphrey, pastor of the First M. E.
Church of this city officiating.
Immediately following the services the
cortege left for Kentucky where interment
was made in the Hazelwood Cemetery near
Barlow. G. A.
James was the funeral director.
(According to her death certificate,
Matilda B.
Hicks
was born 4 Sep 1886, in Lawrenceville, Ill.,
the daughter of John
Baledge, a native of Germany, and Rosa
Cochran, a native of Illinois, died 27 Oct 1931, in Mound City,
Ill., the wife of Morgan S.
Hicks,
and was buried Hazlewood Cemetery in Barlow,
Ky.
John L.
Ballage married Rose Ella Frances
Cochran on 31 Dec 1876, in Lawrence Co.,
Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Thomas
Campbell, age 63 years, passed away at his home on North Main Street
Sunday afternoon at 1 o’clock following a
lingering illness.
Mr.
Campbell is survived by his widow, Mrs. Laura
Campbell, besides a number of close friends.
(Thomas
Campbell was born 29 Jan 1868, in Missouri, died 25 Oct 1931, in
Mound City, Ill., husband of Laura
Campbell, and was buried in Spencer
Heights Cemetery at Mounds.—Darrel
Dexter)
George
Miller, age 65, was found dead in bed early Saturday morning.
Mr.
Miller had made his home in and around
Karnak for the past 16 years and had made
many friends there. He was discovered
dead when he failed to respond to a call for
breakfast. He had been staying at the
home of Mel
Carpenter and as he did not answer when
called the family went to his room where he
was found dead.
Dr.
Vineyard was immediately summoned and found that death had occurred
several hours before.
Mr.
Miller had no relatives in this section so far as known. He
had been in the restaurant business in
Karnak until recently, but had not been
engaged in any other recently. He
apparently was in his usual health Friday,
except that he complained of a slight pain
in his breast when he retired Friday night.
Funeral services for Henry J.
Neibauer, prominent banker and land
owner of Dongola, whose death occurred
suddenly Monday afternoon following a
cerebral hemorrhage, were held Wednesday
afternoon at the residence with Rev. F. L.
Crane
and the Rev. C. F.
Kiest
officiating. Interment was made in the
I. O. O. F. Cemetery at Dongola undertaker
E. J.
Ford directing the funeral.
Scores of friends of Mr.
Neibauer attended the services, many
being from points other than Dongola.
The floral offerings were abundant and
beautiful which was a silent testimony of
the high esteem in which Mr.
Neibauer was held by his many friends.
Active casket bearers were Ray C.
Keller, R. A.
Anderson, C. C. Baggott,
W. P.
Rial, R. S.
Dillow, John
St. Ledger and Clyde Schluter.
There were also a number of honorary casket
bearers who were also intimate friends of
the deceased and his family and are as
follows: Joe E.
Johnston, W. A.
Elliott, Guy L. Penrod,
Alex
McCowen, P. C.
Douglas, Dr. C. A. C.
Parker, T. W.
Jones, John B. Jackson,
Charles
Goodman, W. A.
Albright, N. T. Lawrence,
H. A.
Plott, E. L.
Goodman, D. L.
Boyd, Wallace Karraker,
F. M.
Karraker, and Ray
Karraker.
He is survived by his widow, a brother,
William
Neibauer, of Anna, and a nephew, Frank
Neibauer, of Cairo. He also leaves
a sister, Mrs. George
Worley, of Colorado Springs, Colo., and an aunt, Mrs. Julia
Boettner, of Jonesboro. (Henry J.
Neibauer married on 27 Nov 1890, in
Union Co., Ill., Nora B.
Mason, 23, born in Dongola, Ill., daughter of W. A.
Mason
and Sophronia
Andrews.
George
Worley married Lucinda
Neibauer on 25 Oct 1891, in Union Co.,
Ill.
His death certificate states that
Henry Julius
Neibauer was born 21 Feb 1865, in
Dongola, Ill., the son of Frank
Neibauer, a native of Germany, and Rachel
Keller, a native of Illinois, and died 26 Oct 1931, in Dongola, Ill.
His marker in the I. O. O. F. at
Dongola reads:
Henry J.
Neibauer Born Feb. 21, 1865 Died Oct 26,
1931.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mounds
Independent, Friday, 30 Oct 1931: Gus W. Swoboda, of Cairo, Dies Suddenly
Saturday
Gus W.
Swoboda, of Cairo, Alexander County
Commissioner, died Saturday afternoon at St.
Mary’s Infirmary, where he had been taken
only two days before. Poison in the
blood from an infection in the throat was
the cause of his sudden death. Mr.
Swoboda, aged 49, is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Lilly
McElligott Swoboda, his mother, Mrs.
Selma C.
Swoboda; four brothers, Albert, Robert,
Gilbert, and Carl; and a sister, Mrs. Harry
Hughes, all of Cairo. He was born
and reared in Cairo and had always made
Cairo his home. The funeral, which was
largely attended, was held Monday afternoon
at the
Swoboda home.
(His death certificate states that
Gustave William
Swoboda was born 7 Sep 1882, in Cairo,
Ill., the son of Adolph
Swoboda, a native of Germany, and Selma C.
Kobler, a native of Pennsylvania, died 24 Oct 1931, in Cairo,
Alexander Co., Ill., husband of Elizabeth
Swoboda,
and was buried at Villa Ridge.
His marker in Calvary Cemetery at
Villa Ridge reads:
Gustave W.
Swoboda Oct. 24, 1931.—Darrel
Dexter) George Miller of Karnak, Found Dead in
Bed George
Miller, of Karnak, aged 65, was found
dead in bed Saturday morning, October 24,
when he failed to appear for breakfast on
being called. Mr.
Miller, who had lived in Karnak for 16 years, was staying at the
home of Mel
Carpenter and was found dead by members
of the
Carpenter family. Dr.
Vinyard, of Karnak, was called and
stated that death had occurred some hours
before. Coroner O. T.
Hudson, of this city, was notified and
gave a verdict of death from heart seizure.
Dr.
Miller, who had been in the restaurant
business in Karnak until recently, had no
known relatives in the community. (According
to his death certificate, George
Miller, an orphan, was born 6 May 1864,
died 24 Oct 1931, in Karnak, Ill., and was
buried in Grand Chain, Ill.—Darrel
Dexter) Friends in
Ullin were grieved to hear of the death of
Henry
Neibauer, of Dongola.
Kenneth Leroy infant son of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert
Haley,
age 6 months, passed away at the home of his
parents at 1:30 o’clock Monday evening
following a brief illness of pneumonia.
Funeral services were held Monday after
noon at the family residence at 2 o’clock,
conducted by Rev. G. W.
Humphrey, pastor of the M. E. Church.
Interment was in Thistlewood Cemetery by
James, undertaker in charge.
(His death certificate states that
Kenneth Leroy
Haley
was born 1 May 1931, in Madora, Illinois,
the son of Robert D.
Haley, a native of Mt. Carmel, Ill., and Hager
Bolen, a native of New Madrid, Mo., died 2 Nov 1931, in Mound City,
Ill., and was buried at Mounds, Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Halloween party, in which liquor seems
to have figured, proved fatal when Dorothy
Vick,
19 years of age, of Tamms, was picked up
Sunday night under a C. & E. I. train at
Tamms with both legs cut off below the knee.
She died later in the hospital at Cairo.
The coroner’s jury gave a verdict
yesterday saying that her death was
accidental. She had gotten out or been
put out near her home in Tamms Sunday night
after a party, which started Saturday night,
and had lain down upon the tracks.
Some thought that she had been beaten and
thrown out, but the jury found no evidence
to this effect.
Those in the party included Thomas
Clinard, of Cairo; Roy
Crozier, of Miller City; Raymond
Bledsoe, of Tamms; R. L.
Jacobs, of Columbus, Mo.; Ruby
Smith,
of Mound City; and Erlene
Heater, of Unity.
(Her death certificate states that
Dortha J.
Vick
was born 29 Aug 1912, in Tamms, Ill., the
daughter of Guy A.
Vick
and Leona M.
McCrite, natives of Tamms, Ill., died 2
Nov 1931, in Cairo, Ill., and was buried in
Olive Branch, Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
News has been received by relatives in
Mound City of the death of Sam
Williams, which occurred at his home in
Joliet, Illinois, Tuesday.
Mr.
Williams is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Anna
Bailey and Miss Myrtle
Williams, of Joliet, one brother, Hugh
Williams, of Mound City, besides a
number of nieces and nephews and a large
circle of friends.
For a number of years Mr.
Williams made his home in Mound City.
His wife preceded him in death several years
ago. A brother Andrew
Williams also passed away in this city
several years ago.
Mr.
Williams had many friends in this community who are sorry to learn
of his death.
Mounds
Independent,
Friday, 6 Nov 1931:
Fred P.
Ingram, for many years a conductor on
the Illinois Central Railroad, with
headquarters in Mounds, dropped dead in
Bluford, Ill., Monday, November 2.
When the cut-off was opened, Mr.
Ingram went from Mounds to Bluford to
work and to reside.
(According to
his death certificate, Fred P.
Ingram, of Fulton, Ky., was born 4 Sep
1881, in Richview, Ill., the son of Henry P.
Ingram and Maggie
Clark, natives of Richview, Ill., died 2 Nov 1931, in Weber,
Jefferson Co., Ill., the husband of Lela
Hobbs,
and was buried in Elmwood Cemetery at
Centralia, Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Samuel E.
Carney, for twenty years a resident of
Ullin, died at his home there Tuesday night
following an illness of a month’s duration.
His age was 63 years.
Mr.
Carney is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Lola
Carney, and two sons, Louis E.
Carney, of Houston, Texas, and George
Revis
Carney, of Ullin. Another son,
Steven
Carney, died in France during the World
War. Mrs. Hugh
Caudle, a stepdaughter, also preceded him in death.
Funeral
services were held Thursday afternoon at the
Methodist church of Ullin, the Rev. Mr.
Loar
officiating. W. H.
Aldred of Pulaski directed the funeral.
(Mannon F.
Hooppaw married Lola
Ellison on 14 Oct 1888, in Fayette Co.,
Ill.
Samuel
Carney married Lola A. Hoopa
on 25 Nov 1894, in Fayette Co., Ill.
According to his death certificate,
Samuel E.
Carney, a tile mason, was
born 29 Dec 1867, in Acton, Ind., the son of
Eli and Amanda
Carney, died 4 Nov 1931, in Ullin, Ill.,
husband of Lola A.
Carney. His
marker in Ullin Cemetery reads:
Samuel E.
Carney 1867-1931 Lola Carney
Crippen 1867-1941.—Darrel
Dexter)
Dorothy
Vick,
18, of Tamms, was fatally injured Sunday
evening about 6:45 o’clock when run over by
a C. & E. I. passenger train at Tamms
crossing. One of her legs was cut off
and the other ground to pieces beneath the
wheels of the train. She was given
emergency aid and then taken to the Cairo
Hospital where she died at 4 o’clock Monday
morning.
The accident
was the culmination of a Halloween
celebration begun Saturday night with the
girl in company with other young people,
attended a dance at Hodges Park. When
the dance closed at 1:30 Sunday morning,
Dorothy left with an automobile party
composed of four young men, R. L.
Jacobs, of Columbia, Mo., Raymond
Bledsoe, of Tamms, Ray
Crozier, of Miller City and Thomas
Clinard, employed by the Badger
Construction Co., and two other girls, Ruby
Smith,
16, of Mounds City, and Erlene
Heater, 17, of Unity. The girls
were dressed in Halloween costume and during
their traveling Sunday each one was taken at
some time to her home where she changed her
clothing and rejoined the party.
Sunday
afternoon some of the boys purchased a jar
of white mule liquor at Sandusky.
After the
accident to Dorothy
Vick,
an Alexander County deputy sheriff learned
with whom she had been all day and the two
other girls and four boys were arrested at
Irene
Heater’s home in Unity and taken to the county jail in Cairo.
To the sheriff they told the story of their
celebration and said that Dorothy had been
drinking and had insisted on being let out
of the car near the railroad crossing,
giving as her reason that her grandmother,
Mrs. Amanda
McCrite, with whom she made her home,
would be angry because she had been
drinking.
(William J.
McCrite married Amanda J.
Helms
on 7 Jan 1897, in Alexander Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
(Her death
certificate states that Mandrandy
Hughey was born 28 Aug 1869, in Peoria,
Ill., died 26 Oct 1931, in Carbondale
Township, Jackson Co., Ill., wife of Charles
Hughey, of S. Washington, Peoria, Ill., and was buried in Oakland
Cemetery in Carbondale.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs.
Judd,
at one time, lived in Calhoun, Illinois.
That was before she was married.
One day the
parents of Mrs.
Judd
missed her. She didn’t appear for some time
and they began to see visions of their
daughter being manhandled by kidnappers and
sight of her lifeless body lying along a
lonely road. A search was instigated
at once and after many hours of search, Rev.
Lawler reported that he found her in his
barn loft.
When he
discovered the girl, she was clad in her
natal clothing and when she was returned to
her parents, she had weird tales to tell.
After tracing all of her stories down, they
found that she had manufactured them.—Herald
Enterprise.
The Pulaski Enterprise,
Friday, 13 Nov 1931:
Mrs. Mary Eunice
Chapman, wife of James
Chapman, who has been a resident of
Pulaski County for over 16 years, passed
away at her home near Pulaski Thursday.
Funeral services were held Saturday
afternoon at 3 o’clock at the Christian
church in Pulaski, the Rev.
Holloman officiating. Interment
was made in Rose Hill Cemetery. W. H.
Aldred directed the funeral.
Surviving Mrs.
Chapman, besides her husband, are three daughters, Mrs. Letha
Goins,
Mrs. Minnie
Sullivan and Miss Dorothy
Chapman, all of Pulaski.
(According to her death certificate,
Mary Eunise
Chapman was born 30 Jan 1873, in Union
Co., Ky., the daughter of Charley
Shanks, a native of Kentucky, died 5 Nov 1931, in Pulaski, Ill., the
wife of James Allen
Chapman, and was buried in Pulaski, Ill.
Her
marker in Rose Hill Cemetery at Pulaski
reads:
Mary E.
Chapman 1873-1931 Mother.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mark L.
Kennedy, age 73 years, prominent resident of Mounds, passed away at
his home Sunday morning at 9:50 o’clock
following an illness of long duration.
Mr.
Kennedy had only been confined to his
bed a few days when the end came. His
condition was not thought to be serious
until within a few days prior to his death.
Funeral services were held Tuesday
afternoon at 2 o’clock at the residence in
Mounds, Rev. D. W.
Richardson, pastor of the M. E. Church,
officiating. Interment was made in
Thistlewood Cemetery by the side of his
daughter, Hazel, who passed away at the age
of 21 several years ago. G. A.
James
directed the funeral.
Active casket bearers were George
Piper,
I. Koonce, A. Kupfer, J. F.
Lentz,
J. V.
DeCrow, and S. Clanton.
Honorary casket bearers were George
Scruggs, W. T.
Jaccard, M.
McBride, W. J.
Biggerstaff, F. Parker
and W. L
Oliver, all members of the I. O. O. F.
lodge of long standing. Out of sympathy for
Mrs.
Kennedy, who is junior past president of
District 31 of the Rebekah State Assembly,
all officers of the district were present as
well as many other Rebekahs of Southern
Illinois. The Odd Fellows, of which
Mr.
Kennedy was a prominent member, had
charge of the services at the cemetery.
Mr.
Kennedy is survived by his widow, one son, Mark L.
Kennedy, Jr., and a granddaughter, Anna
Laura
Kennedy, all of Mounds; a sister, Mrs.
Nannie
Stone,
of Hollywood, Miss.; and a brother, John
Kennedy, of Tunica, Miss., both of whom
were in Mounds to attend the funeral of
their brother.
Mr.
Kennedy and family have resided in Mounds since 1901, moving there
from Anna, Illinois. He was born and
reared in Pulaski County and was very
prominent in business circles until ill
health forced him to retire from active
business. For several years he was in
the mercantile business and for eight years
served as postmaster at Mounds. The
entire community is saddened by the passing
of Mr.
Kennedy.
(His death certificate states that Mark
Lindsey
Kennedy was born 28 Apr 1858, in Pulaski
Co., Ill., the son of Samuel
Kennedy and Caroline Carlew,
died 8 Nov 1931, in Mounds, Ill., the
husband of Cora B.
Kennedy, and was buried at Mounds, Ill.
Marcus
Kennedy married Cora
Morrow on 14 Jun 1885, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill.
A marker in Beechwood Cemetery at
Mounds reads:
Mark L.
Kennedy, Sr., 1858-1931 Cora B.
Kennedy 1866-1949.—Darrel
Dexter)
Harry
Lackey, a member of the
Lackey family of this county and a
resident here for years, died at his home in
Robertsville , Mo., a short distance from
St. Louis on Thursday of last week, after an
illness extending over a period of a year.
His critical illness was of short duration.
Mr.
Lackey was the son of Thomas and Jane
Lackey and was born at the
Lackey homestead south of Pulaski on
August 22, 1868, being 63 years, 2 months
and 12 days of age at the time of death.
He spent his early life on the farm,
attending public schools and was married to
Miss Emma
Bagby in the fall of 1892. He lived on the farm for a time and
later went to work for the C. I. P. S. Co.
and helped in construction of the big power
plant at Grand Tower. Later still he
went to work for the government on a dredge
boat.
Funeral services were held Saturday
afternoon at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church in
Pulaski and interment was in the Lackey
Cemetery. Many gathered to pay their
respect it their former friend and neighbor.
The survivors besides his wife, three
children, Clarence and Forest and Mrs.
Althea
Bradley, all living in St. Louis, one brother, E. J.
Lackey, of Pulaski and one sister, Mrs.
A. J.
Lilly, of Pulaski and two grandchildren
and many relatives both near and distant.
(H. W.
Lackey married Emma Bagby
on 1 Feb 1891, in Pulaski Co., Ill.
His
marker in Lackey Cemetery near Pulaski
reads:
Harry
Lackey 1868-1931.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mounds
Independent,
Friday, 13 Nov 1931:
The community
was shocked Sunday morning when news of the
death of M. L.
Kennedy, Sr., was passed from one to
another. He had been in failing health for a
number of years, but had been able to be
around and downtown during the week.
Mark Lindsey
Kennedy was born near Villa Ridge April
28, 1858, and died at his home in Mounds,
November 8, 1931, age 73 years, 6 months and
10 days. He was the son of Samuel
Kennedy and Caroline
Carlew
Kennedy.
Surviving him
are his widow, Mrs. Cora B.
Morrow Kennedy, a son, Mark L.
Kennedy, Jr., a granddaughter, Anna
Laura
Kennedy, all of Mounds; a sister, Mrs.
Nannie
Stone,
of Hollywood, Miss., and a brother, John
Kennedy, of Tunica, Miss. A
daughter, Hazel Maude, died in young
womanhood.
Funeral
services were held at the family residence
on McKinley Ave., Tuesday afternoon at 2
o’clock, conducted by the Rev. Mr. W. D.
Richardson, of the M. E. Church. The services at Beechwood
Cemetery were in charge of the Odd Fellows
of Mounds, Mound City, and Cairo.
Through sympathy for his widow, Mrs. Cora B.
Kennedy, who is immediate past president of the District No. 31 of
the Rebekah State Assembly, all of the
officers were present, also many other
Rebekahs and Odd Fellows from Southern
Illinois lodges.
The active
pallbearers were I. E.
Koonce, J. F.
Lentz,
A. Kupfer, S. Clanton, J.
DeCrow, and George
Piper. Honorary pallbearers were W. J.
Biggerstaff, George M.
Scruggs, W. T.
Jaccard, M. J.
McBride, F.
Parker and W. R. Oliver.
Among those
from out of town who attended the funeral
were Mrs. L. L.
Pace,
Dyersburg, Tenn., Mrs. O. O.
Rogers, Memphis, Tenn., Mr. and Mrs. T.
O.
Scott, East St. Louis, J. W.
Kennedy, Tunica, Miss., Mr. and Mrs.
Frank
Badgley, Grand Chain, Mrs. Pearl
Davidge, and Mrs. Elsie
Bloss,
Cairo, Mrs. Aurilla
Spiller, Cobden, Mrs. T.
Keese
and Mrs.
Campbell, of Jonesboro.
Mrs. Lottie
Hosler has received word of the death of
her grandson, William Arthur
Hosler, age six, which occurred October
16 at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Archie B.
Hosler, in Cotton Plant, Ark.
Mr.
Hosler is a former resident of Pulaski
County. He is a contractor and is
doing well in Cotton Plant.
Concerning
his son’s death, he wrote thus to his aged
mother:
“Our little
Buddie, as we called him, died with
tonsillitis. He was sick only three
days. He was surely dear to us and to
everyone who knew him. We miss the
dear little fellow so much.”
(Ernest
Hosler, 21, born in Villa Ridge, son of
Thomas S.
Hosler and Lottie L.
Pirdy,
married on 5 Feb 1899, in Pulaski Co., Ill.,
Leota
Williams, 20, born in Montezuma, Ind.,
daughter of John L.
Williams and Fannie Johnson.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Mary
Eunice
Chapman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Charlie
Shanks, was born January 30th,
1873, in Union County, Ky., and passed away
at her home in Pulaski, Nov. 5th,
1931, age fifty-eight years, nine months,
and five days.
She was
united in marriage to James
Chapman in 1896. To this union
five children were born, two having died in
infancy. The three surviving are Mrs.
Leatha
Goins, Mrs. Minnie Sullivan,
and Miss Dorothy
Chapman, all of Pulaski.
She united
with the Catholic Church at Fancy Farm, Ky.,
when quite young and continued in this faith
until 1926, when she united with the Pulaski
Christian Church. She was a faithful
member of this church until the time of her
death.
Surviving her
are also three sisters, Mrs. Sarah
Carico and Mrs. Maggie
Riley,
of Fancy Farm, Ky., and Mrs. Anna
Bennett, of Carlisle, Ky.
Funeral
services were held at the Christian Church
in Pulaski, Saturday, Nov. 7th,
at 3 p.m., the Rev. T. J.
Holloman, of Anna, pastor of the church
officiating. Interment was made in the
Lackey Cemetery, W. H.
Aldred funeral director was in charge.
Harry Walter
Lackey, son of Thomas M.
Lackey and Jane
Lackey, was born Aug. 22, 1868, at Pulaski, Ill., and died Nov. 4th,
1931, at his home at Robertsville, Mo., age
63 years, 2 months and 12 days.
He was
married to Miss Emma
Bagby
in 1892. To this union were born three
children, Clarence, Forest and Mrs. Altha
Bradley, all of St. Louis, Mo.
Surviving Mr.
Lackey are his wife and three children,
three grandchildren, one brother, E. J.
Lackey, a sister, Mrs. A. J.
Lilley, both of Pulaski, and many other
relatives.
Funeral
services were conducted by Rev. H. E.
Vick
at the Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church in
Pulaski, Saturday, Nov. 7th, at 1
p.m. with interment in the Lackey Cemetery.
Undertaker W.
H.
Aldred was in charge of the funeral.
Word has been received in Mound City of
the serious illness of Mrs. Sarah
O’Sullivan, who left about two weeks ago
for Memphis to spend the winter with her
daughter, Mrs. Earnest
McKinney, and family. Another
daughter, Mrs. Wayne
Elder,
of Louisville, Ky., and her son, Dan
O’Sullivan, of Chicago, are at her
bedside. Her brother, John
Bray, and wife of Kansas City, Mo., have also been summoned to her
bedside. There is very little hope for
her recovery.
The infant son who was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Everett
Jones
on North Main Street a few days ago, passed
away Tuesday and on Wednesday morning short
services were held at the residence by Rev.
Van Meter, pastor of the
Pentecostal Church of this city.
Interment was made in Spencer Heights
Cemetery by G. A.
James
undertaker in charge. The little one
had been ill since its birth.
(The infant’s death certificate states
he was born 14 Nov 1931, in Mound City,
Ill., the son of Everett
Jones
and Anna
Barth, natives of Illinois, died 17 Nov 1931,in Mound City,
Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Dr. Hall
Whiteaker, a member of the medical staff at the state hospital at
Anna, Illinois, who has been confined to his
apartment at the hospital for the past
months, is in a critical condition and there
is very little hope for his recovery.
Dr.
Whitaker was a practicing physician in this city a number of years
ago and has many friends in this community
who are sorry to learn of his illness.
Celia Kathyrn
Fletcher was born February 19, 1878, to John W. and Susan
Fletcher near Pomona, Illinois, died at
her home near Alto Pass, November 11, 1931,
age 52 years, 9 months and 22 days.
In the year 1901 she was united in
marriage to Sherman
Rodgers.
To this union were born seven
children, three dying in infancy.
Those who with the father survive to mourn
her loss are Wilson, Herbert and Monroe
Rodgers, of Alto Pass; Mrs. Harnie
Penrod, of Murphysboro; also one
stepson, Henry
Rodgers, Alto Pass, Mrs. Lloyd
Howell, Buncombe; and Mrs. Charles
Jones,
of St. Louis; one sister, Mrs. P. G.
Wendtland, of East St. Louis; Jesse
Fletcher, East St. Louis; and George
Fletcher, of Alto Pass, also many other
relatives and loving friends who will miss
that meek spirit that has returned to God
who gave it. She was a kind and loving
Christian mother striving with all the power
God gave her to live for Jesus. Mrs.
Rodgers has been in ill health for some
time. Her death was attributed to
heart trouble brought on by obesity.
She professed faith in Christ early in life
and remained a true Christian till her
death.
Funeral services were conducted from
the Pentecostal church with Rev.
Kent
of Marion officiating, assisted by Rev. Will
Jackson, of Pomona. She was laid to rest in Alto Pass
Cemetery.
The out-of-town folks to attend the
funeral were Jesse
Fletcher and Mrs. P. G.
Wendtland and son Billy E., of St.
Louis, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence
Lacy
and daughter Gladys and Clarence
Fletcher, Jonesboro, Mr. and Mrs.
Earnest
Penrod, Murphysboro.
(John William
Fletcher married Susan Malinda
Simpson on 7 Oct 1866, in Jackson Co.,
Ill.
The death certificate states that
Celia Catherine
Rodgers was born 19 Feb 1878, in Pomona, Ill., died 11 Nov 1931, in
District No. 7, Union Co., Ill., and was
buried in Alto Pass Cemetery.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mounds
Independent,
Friday, 20 Nov 1931:
J. B.
Hester and family and Ray
Scott
and family were called to Carbondale
Saturday by the illness and death of J. M.
Scott, father of Mrs. Hester
and Mr.
Scott.
Funeral services were held at Simpson Sunday
afternoon.
Elder B. T.
Rodman, age 82, dean of Baptist
ministers in Southern Illinois and former
executive secretary of the Illinois Baptist
State Association, died on Monday of this
week at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Oscar
Schultz, in Pinckneyville, Ill. He
was influential in the organization of the
First Baptist Church of Mounds, having held
a meeting here in a brush arbor before the
organization of the church. Funeral
services were conducted on Thursday
afternoon at the First Baptist Church in
DuQuoin of which the deceased was a member.
William
Magner, chief engineer of the Cairo
Water Company, died suddenly Saturday
afternoon in New Rochelle, N.Y., where he
had gone on business for the company.
With him in Rochelle was William C.
Shoemaker, also an employee of the Cairo
Company.
Mr.
Magner was a native of Cairo and his
entire life had been spent there. For
42 years he had been chief engineer of the
Water Company. He had been an alderman
from his ward and for the last 14 years he
had been a member of the city board of
elections. He was a member of St. Joseph’s
Church.
Surviving him
are two sons, Michael and William
Magner, Jr., of Denver, Colo.; and two
daughters, Miss Mary J.
Magner, of El Paso, Texas, and Mrs. Walter
Neff, o Cairo. He also leaves one sister, Mrs. Margaret
Moore,
of Ft. Smith, Ark.; and a brother, in-law,
Thomas
Meehan of Cairo.
(William M.
Magner married Mary A.
Meehan on 13 Nov 1889, in Alexander Co.,
Ill.
A marker in Calvary Cemetery at Villa
Ridge reads:
William M.
Magner 1866-1931
Mary
Magner His Wife 1870-1928.—Darrel
Dexter)
(Lieut. Ralph
F.
Bradford of the U. S. S.
Colorado died in the line of duty on 5
Nov 1931, in Los Angeles, Calif., and was
buried in Southside Cemetery in Pontiac,
Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Sarah
Brown, of Miller City, passed away at her home Thursday and funeral
services were held at her home Saturday
afternoon.
Mrs.
Brown was the mother of Mrs. Henry
Fisher, of Mound City. Mrs.
Fisher was at her mother’s bedside when she passed away.
Those from this city who attended the
funeral were Henry
Fisher, Mrs. and Mrs. Otis
Apple
and family, Thomas
Smithey, William
Smithey, and Mrs. Otho
Morehead and family.
(The death certificate states that
Sarah
Miller Brown was born 1 Jan 1845, in
Union Co., Ill., died 20 Nov 1931, at Miller
City, Ill., and was buried in Olive Branch
Cemetery.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Effie
McRoy, wife of Monroe McRoy,
of Mounds, passed away Monday morning at
3:18 o’clock at her home.
Funeral services were held Wednesday
morning at 11 o’clock at the First Baptist
Church in Carbondale, where the body was
taken Tuesday morning. Interment was
made in Pleasant Hill Cemetery,
Hartwell and
Ryan of Mounds directing the funeral.
Surviving Mrs.
McRoy besides her husband are her father, Daniel
Goodman, of Michigan, and two sisters,
Mrs. J. R.
Parker, of Michigan, and Mrs. Jessie
Donaldson, of Creal Springs, besides a
number of other relatives.
(Her death certificate states that Nora
Effie
McRoy was born 14 Jan 1887, in Makanda,
Ill., the daughter of Daniel H.
Goodman and Mary E. Waloni,
natives of Illinois, died 23 Nov 1931, in
Pulaski Co., Ill., wife of James M.
McRoy, and was buried at Carterville, Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Funeral services for the infant
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Hines,
of Mounds, were held Monday afternoon
followed by interment in Beech Grove
Cemetery.
Hartwell and
Ryan
directed the funeral.
(The death certificate states that the
infant was stillborn 22 Nov 1931, the
daughter of Frank
Hines and Madeline Easton,
natives of Junction, Ill., and was buried in
Spencer Heights Cemetery at Mounds.—Darrel
Dexter)
DONGOLA MAN DIES
Joseph E.
Davis, aged 67, a farmer living near Dongola, passed away at his
home Wednesday evening following an illness
of about two weeks.
Funeral services were held at the Mt.
Zion Church near Dongola at 2 o’clock
Saturday afternoon. Rev. J. A.
Hill,
of Marion, officiated. Interment was
made in the Mt. Zion Cemetery, E. J.
Ford, of Dongola, directing the funeral.
Mr.
Davis is survived by his wife, Mrs. Clara
Davis; and two sons, Montie E.
Davis
and A. Ray
Davis,
both of whom are in business in Dongola.
(His death certificate states that
Joseph Edward
Davis
was born 22 Jan 1864, in Elco, Ill., the son
of Dow
Davis,
a native of Tennessee, and Eliza
McCrite, a native of Illinois, died 18
Nov 1931, in Pulaski Co., Ill., husband of
Clara
Davis, and was buried in Union Co., Ill.
Lorenzo D.
Davis married Eliza Jane
McCrite on 30 May 1854, in Alexander
Co., Ill.
Joseph E.
Davis,
25, born in Alexander Co., Ill., married on
24 Jun 1890, in Union Co., Ill., Clara
Hargis, 17, born in Pulaski Co., Ill.,
daughter of Morgan
Hargis and Sallie
Albright.
His marker in Mt. Zion
Cemetery near Dongola reads:
Joseph E.
Davis
Born Jan. 22, 1864 Died Nov. 18, 1931
Clara L.
Davis Born Aug. 11, 1872 Died May 9,
1936.—Darrel
Dexter)
Word has been received in Mound City of
the death of Rev. B. F.
Rodman, brother of the late W. R.
Rodman, former druggist of Mound City.
Rev.
Rodman passed away November 16, at 3:30
o’clock at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Oscar
Schulz, in Pinckneyville, following an
illness of several months.
Funeral services were held Thursday
afternoon, November 19, at the First Baptist
Church of DuQuoin, the Rev. C. W.
Culp
officiating. Rev.
Culp
was assisted by Rev. Iver E.
Miller, pastor of the Pinckneyville
church. Interment was made in the
Pinckneyville cemetery.
(According to his death certificate,
Benjamin F.
Rodman was born 3 Aug 1850, in Madison
Co., Ky., the son of John
Rodman and Elizabeth
Cook,
died 16 Nov 1931, in Pinckneyville, Ill.,
husband of Isabel
Halley, and was buried in Pinckneyville, Ill.
Benjamin F.
Rodman married Belle Halley
on 7 Nov 1889, in Alexander Co.,
Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Dr. Hall
Whiteaker, age 62, passed away at 11:10 o’clock Tuesday morning in
his apartment at the Anna State Hospital
following an illness of six weeks duration.
Dr.
Whiteaker was one of the most prominent physicians in Pulaski
County, having started his practice a number
of years ago at Olmstead, later entering the
medical profession in Cairo. He then
came to Mound City, where he practiced a
number of years until he left for
California. While in California he
enlisted in the U. S. Army and served
overseas later returning to Mound City,
where he practiced for a short time.
He was united in marriage to Miss Cina
West,
who preceded him in death in 1917. He
later remarried after returning to
California and to this union two children
were born.
For the past seven years Dr.
Whiteaker has been a member of the
medical staff at the state hospital at Anna,
where he and his family had since resided.
He formed many true and lasting friendships
in Pulaski County during his residence here
and his many friends are sincerely grieved
to learn of his death.
Much could be said of the life of Dr.
Whiteaker and of his capability as a
physician. His jovial disposition
among his fellowmen will be greatly missed.
As a physician and surgeon he has been
unusually successful.
Dr.
Whiteaker was a member of Trinity Lodge No. 562 A. F. and A. M.,
Mound City, also the Commandery at Cairo and
the Modern Woodmen Lodge No. 5151 of Mound
city. During his residence in Mound
City he was a member of the Pilgrim
Congregational Church.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Grace
Whiteaker, two little daughters, Ellen
and Wanda; his aged mother, who is past 90
years; one brother, Dr. William
Whiteaker, of Dongola; four sisters,
Mrs. Rista
McElroy, of Harrisburg, Mrs. Lizzie
Mathis, of Vienna, Mrs. Neva
Brown,
of Harrisburg, and Mrs. Amos
Compton, of Marion; besides a number of
nieces, nephews, and other relatives and a
large circle of friends. He was a son
of the late Mark
Whiteaker, of Vienna.
The body remained at Anna until two
o’clock Wednesday afternoon, when it was
removed to Vienna and taken to the home of
his sister, Mrs.
Mathis. Funeral services were held
Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the First
Methodist Church and interment was made in
the Vienna Cemetery.
Music was furnished by the choir of the
Pilgrim Congregational Church of Mound City
who sang several beautiful hymns. Miss
Cora
Fullerton very sweetly and impressively
sang, “Face to Face.”
At the cemetery the beautiful and
impressive rites of the Masonic order were
given by members of Trinity Lodge of Mound
City.
A number of friends from Mound City
attended the funeral.
(His death certificate states that Hall
Whiteaker was born 17 Oct 1869, in New
Burnside, Ill., the son of Mark
Whiteaker and Elizabeth
Deaton, died 24 Nov 1931, in Union Co.,
Ill., husband of Florence Grace
Whiteaker, and was buried
in Vienna, Ill.
Hall
Whiteaker married Mary J. B.
Cook
on 15 Aug 1873, in Johnson Co.,
Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
W. A.
Goodfellow, of Mounds, age 54 years, for many years a conductor for
the I. C. R. R. Co. passed away at the
Illinois Central Hospital in Chicago Sunday.
Mrs.
Goodfellow was
en
route to Rochester, Minn., where he
expected to enter the Mayo Brothers Clinic
when he was compelled to go to the Chicago
hospital. Mrs.
Goodfellow was with him when he passed
away.
The body arrived in Mounds Tuesday
morning an on Wednesday afternoon at 2
o’clock funeral services were held at the
Congregational church, the Rev.
Benninger, pastor of the church,
officiating. Interment was made in
Thistlewood Cemetery, by
Hartwell and
Ryan,
funeral directors.
Mr.
Goodfellow is survived by his widow, three sisters, Mrs. D. M.
Tanksley, Jacksonville, Fla., Mrs. Him
Moore,
Laudy, Fla., Mrs. W. H.
Edwards, Pollard, Ala., and one brother,
James
Goodfellow.
Mr.
Goodfellow was quite well known in the community and his death has
been a shock to his many friends. He
was a member of the Moose Lodge and also a
member of the O. R. C.
(His death certificate states that
William A.
Goodfellow was born 14 Aug 1877, in
Pulaski, Tenn., the son of Dave
Goodfellow and Adaline
Pittman, died 23 Nov 1931, in Chicago,
Ill., the husband of Nellie
Goodfellow, and was buried at Mounds, Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
W. A.
Goodfellow, conductor on the Illinois
Central Railroad died Sunday night, November
__, in the Illinois Central Hospital in
Chicago, while
en
route to the Mayo Brothers Clinic in
Rochester, Minn. Mrs.
Goodfellow was at his bedside, also his sister, a resident of
Florida, who has since had to return to her
home on account of the illness of her
husband.
“All that was
mortal” was brought to Mounds Tuesday
morning and taken to the
Hartwell &
Ryan Funeral Home on First Street.
Funeral
services were held Wednesday afternoon at
the Congregational Church at 2:00 o’clock,
the Rev. S. C.
Benninger, pastor of the church,
officiating.
Dr. Hall
Whitaker, for years a practicing
physician in Mound City, died Tuesday,
November 24, at the Anna State Hospital,
where he was a member of the medical staff.
He had been ill for more than a month.
Dr.
Whiteaker was the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Mark
Whitaker, of Vienna. His brother,
Will
Whiteaker, is a practicing physician
located in Dongola.
The Pulaski Enterprise,
Friday, 4 Dec 1931:
Mrs. Ida May
Crippen, wife of Henry
Crippen, who resides near Ullin, died at
the Holden Hospital in Carbondale Sunday
morning at 10 o’clock.
Funeral services were held Tuesday
afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Methodist
church at Ullin, followed by interment in
New Hope Cemetery. W. J.
Rhymer directed the funeral.
Besides her husband, Mrs.
Crippen is survived by several children
and other relatives.
(According to her death certificate,
Ida Jane
Crippen was born 12 Feb 1876, in
Makanda, Ill., the daughter of Daniel C.
Hurst and Melvina Dillow,
died 29 Nov 1931, in Carbondale, Ill., the
wife of Henry
Crippen, and was buried in Ullin Cemetery.
Her marker in Ullin Cemetery reads:
Father William H.
Crippen 1867-1942 Mother Ida J.
Crippen 1876-1931.—Darrel
Dexter)
Rev. John
Hesselrode, age 66 years, brother of Mrs. W. T.
Parker, of this city, passed away at his
home at Poplar Bluff, Mo., Monday, November
30.
Rev.
Hesselrode was a retired Methodist minister, having served the
church for 27 years. The Christian
life he had lived made his passing a thing
of beauty. Just a day before he passed
away he remarked that it was the happiest
day of his life.
His death was caused from blood
poison, being brought on by trimming a corn.
The latter years of his life were spent on a
farm, having just recently moved with his
family near Poplar Bluff.
Mr. and Mrs.
Parker were called to his bedside several days ago and they have
just returned to their home here Saturday
afternoon.
Surviving Rev.
Hesselrode are his widow, seven children, a number of grandchildren,
his sister, Mrs.
Parker of Mound City, and many other
relatives and a large circle of friends.
(John
Hesselrode married Alice
Croner on 8 Apr 1888, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill.
His marker in Ash Hill Cemetery in
Fisk, Mo., reads:
John
Hesselrode Aug. 14, 1865 Nov. 30,
1931.—Darrel
Dexter)
Harry M.
Goldsmith, age 72, for many years a postal clerk on the Cotton Belt
Railroad, passed away at his home in Mounds
Tuesday morning at 4 o’clock following an
illness of but two days.
Mr.
Goldsmith retired from the postal service a few years ago and had
been making his home in Mounds since then.
Mr.
Goldsmith is survived by his widow and four children, Mrs. Alice
Myrtle
Lane,
of Muncie, Ind., Mrs.
Green,
of Memphis, Tenn., Mrs. Ethel
Elliott, of Kellogg, Ia., and Fred
Goldsmith, of Gainesville, Fla.
Funeral services were held Thursday
afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Methodist
church at Mounds, Rev. D. W.
Richardson officiating. Interment
was made in the Thistlewood Cemetery.
Hartwell and
Ryan
directed the funeral.
(His death certificate states Harry M.
Goldsmith was born 15 May 1859, in
Pella, Iowa, the son of Jacob
Goldsmith, died 1 Dec 1931, in Mounds,
Ill., the husband of Ida
Goldsmith, and was buried at Mounds, Ill.
Harry M.
Goldsmith married Nelia
Howard on 1 May 1892, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
A. T.
Morgan, age 70 years, a former resident of Mounds, passed away at
his home in Bonegap, Illinois, Sunday.
Mr. Morgan’s death was not unexpected as he had been suffering from a
long illness following a stroke of apoplexy
some time ago. He was well and
favorably known in this community.
Mr.
Morgan was a devout member of the
Methodist Church and was active in church
and community affairs. Funeral
services were held in Bonegap, at the
Methodist church Tuesday afternoon.
Interment was made in the Bonegap cemetery.
Surviving Mr.
Morgan are his widow, three sons, E. A.
Morgan, of Mounds, and two others, and an adopted son who resides in
Detroit, Mich. Mrs. E. G.
Britton, of Mounds, is a cousin of Mr.
Morgan.
L. V.
Snider, age 69, passed away at his home in Dongola Saturday evening
at 6 o’clock following a paralytic stroke
about ten days ago. Mr.
Snider had been a resident of Dongola
forty years, having come to Dongola to
reside when a young man. Since he has
been a resident here, he has been connected
with the business world. He conducted a
grocery and meat market for a number of
years. He retired from active business
a few years ago and for the past few years
had devoted his time to office work.
He was at the time of his death the police
magistrate of Dongola, was also justice of
the peace, notary public and was the local
correspondent for both county papers, the
Talk and The Democrat.
He also was president of the Jonesboro
Mutual Life Insurance Co. and a director in
the Anna Mutual Life Insurance Co. He
had also served as village clerk, and
village trustee at different times.
Funeral services were held at the
Baptist church of which he was a member at 2
o’clock Monday afternoon, conducted by the
pastor, Rev. W. J.
Ward,
assisted by Rev. F. L.
Cross,
pastor of the Lutheran Church.
Interment was made in the I. O. O. F.
Cemetery at Dongola. E. J.
Ford
directing the funeral.
Mr.
Snider is survived by his widow, Mrs. Josephine
Snider; two brothers, Willis and Frank
Snider, of Centralia; one sister, Edna
Gaddis, of Decatur; and the following
children: Mrs. Fay
Felker and Mrs. Dorothy
Schinderdorf both of St. Louis, Mrs.
Vera
Vaughn, of Centralia, Van
Snider, of Mounds, Helene and Kent, both
at home; and six grandchildren.
(Louis V.
Snider, 30, born in Centralia, Ill., son of James
Snider and Jane
Maddox, married on 22 Mar 1893, in Union Co., Ill., Josie E.
Ridenhour, 16, born in Dongola, Ill.,
daughter of William H.
Ridenhour and Sarah A.
Carter.
His marker in I. O. O. F. Cemetery at
Dongola reads:
Josie E.
Snider Born July 11, 1876 Died Oct. 30, 1958 Louis V.
Sider
Born Dec. 31, 1865 Died Nov. 28,
1931.—Darrel
Dexter)
Everett C.
Leonard, known to many in Mound City as “Buck”
Leonard, age 37 years, committed suicide Saturday evening in his
home on Poplar Street at 6:30 o’clock by
drinking nearly an ounce of carbolic acid.
Leonard died an hour after drinking the
poison, never regaining consciousness.
The body was taken to Metropolis
Sunday, where funeral services were held.
Interment was made in the cemetery at
Metropolis with undertaker G. A.
James
of Mound City in charge.
Mr.
Leonard is survived by his widow, a three-week old baby and three
children by a former marriage.
Despondency on account of ill health
and his inability to work was given as the
cause for taking his life. His act was
not unexpected as he has been heard to say
several times that he intended to take his
life.
Coroner O. T.
Hudson empanelled a jury which returned a verdict at the inquest to
the effect that Leonard came to his death by
drinking carbolic acid with suicidal intent.
The coroner’s jury was composed of A.J.
Ridings, Mike
Winkler, Earl Watson,
Earl
Karraker, John
Royce,
and W. F.
Caldwell.
(The death certificate of Everett C.
Leonard states he was born 2 Jun 1894,
in Illinois, son of George
Leonard and Josephine
Carson, died 28 Nov 1931, in Mound City,
Ill., husband of Lottie
Leonard, and was buried at Metropolis,
Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
James Graham
McBride, nine years of age, passed away at Desloge, Mo., Tuesday
morning, November 24, of diphtheria, having
been ill only since Sunday.
His body was brought back to Dongola,
his former home and a private funeral
service was conducted at the home of his
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. F. M.
McBride, Thursday afternoon, November
26, at 2 o’clock, Rev. W. J.
Ward, pastor of the Baptist Church in Dongola, officiating.
Interment was made in the I. O. O. F.
Cemetery at Dongola.
His father, Mark
McBride, preceded him in death several years ago and since his death
the family have made their home in Desloge,
with Mrs.
McBride’s parents.
He is survived by his mother, Mrs.
Selma
McBride, a younger brother, and his
paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. F. M.
McBride, of Dongola, and his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
Frank
Graham, of Desloge, Mo., and a number of
other relatives.
(His marker in I. O. O. F. Cemetery at
Dongola reads:
James Graham
McBride Born Aug. 19, 1922 Died Nov. 24,
1931.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Elizabeth
Corzine passed away at her home in Anna, Illinois Wednesday morning
at 11:30 o’clock following an illness of two
months. While her condition was
considered serious, yet her death has been a
great shock and has brought much sadness to
her family and friends.
The body was removed to Mounds and
funeral services were held Friday afternoon,
November 27, at the First M. E. Church at 2
o’clock, the Rev.
Dever,
formerly pastor of the Mounds church, but
now of Pinckneyville, conducted the funeral.
Interment as made in the cemetery at Mounds
by Hartwell and Ryan,
undertakers in charge.
Mrs.
Corzine is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Amos
Burris, of Mounds, Mrs. James M.
Johnson, of Carbondale, Mrs. W. P.
Lewis,
of Anna, and Miss Ethyl
Corzine, of St. Louis. She also
leaves two sons, Ward
Corzine, of Mounds, and Lloyd
Corzine, of Centralia, and four
grandchildren, a sister, Mrs. George
Resch, of Dongola, and two brothers, Thomas
Knupp, of Illmo,. Mo., and Daniel
Knupp, of Olmsted, a number of other relatives and friends.
Mrs.
Corzine formerly resided in Mounds and a large number of friends in
this community are sincerely grieved at her
passing.
(Columbus H.
Corzine, 25, born in Union Co., Ill., son of Jacob
Corzine and Caroline
Murphy, married on 28 Dec 1890, in Union
Co., Ill., Undine
Knupp,
27, born in Wetaug, Ill., daughter of Eli
Knupp
and Nancy
Smoot.
George H.
Resh, 23, born in Mississippi son of
Georg
Resh and Rachel
Eubanks, married on 19 Dec 1886, in
Union Co., Ill., Melinda
Knupp,
18, born in Pulaski Co., Ill., daughter of
Eli
Knupp and Nancy
Smoot.
According to her death certificate,
Elizabeth Undine
Corzine was born 7 Mar 1861, in Dongola,
Ill., the daughter of Eli
Knupp,
died 25 Nov 1931, in Anna, Ill., ex-wife
of C. H.
Corzine, and was buried in Thistlewood
Cemetery at Mounds, Ill.
Her marker in Beechwood Cemetery at
Mounds reads:
Elizabeth
Corzine Born March 7, 1861 Died Nov. 25,
1931.—Darrel
Dexter)
Charles W.
Wheeler, age 49 years, of Mounds, passed away Tuesday at St. Mary’s
Infirmary, in Cairo. Mr.
Wheeler was the son of the late C. W.
and Amanda
Wheeler.
Funeral services were held Thursday
morning at 10 o’clock at the funeral home of
Hartwell and Ryan in
Mounds, Rev.
Gilmartin officiating. Interment
was made in Thistlewood Cemetery.
Mr.
Wheeler is survived by his stepmother, Mrs. Agnes
Wheeler; two sisters, Mrs. Ella
Strauss, of East St. Louis and Mrs.
Sarah
Dean, of Atlanta, Ga. He also is
survived by four half-brothers, Eugene
Wheeler, of Springfield, Illinois, John
Wheeler, of San Francisco, Calif., Albert
Wheeler, of San Pedro, Calif., and Matthew
Wheeler, of Mounds; besides three half-sisters, Mrs. Martha
Gannon, and Miss Abbie
Wheeler, of Mounds, and Miss Elizabeth
Wheeler, of Columbus, Ohio.
(Charles W.
Wheeler, 57, born in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Conn., son of Levi
Wheeler and Elvira
Booth, married 2nd on 18 Oct 1897, in Pulaski Co., Ill.,
Agnes C.
Glynn,
26, born in Cairo, Ill., daughter of Michael
Glynn
and Bridget
Fox.—Darrel
Dexter)
Henry S.
Salmon, age 67 years, passed away at the home of his son, Paul
Salmon, at Miller City, Wednesday
morning, November 25, following a brief
illness.
The body was removed to the home of his
daughter, Mrs. John
Lentz,
of Cairo, Thursday and on Friday morning at
ten o’clock November 27, the body was taken
to Hickman Ky., where funeral services were
held at the grave and interment was made in
the Hickman cemetery. A Pentecostal
minister of Cairo officiated.
Mr.
Salmon was born in Hickman, Ky., in 1864 and spent his boyhood
there. He later moved with his family
to Mound City where he spent many years.
About seven years ago he moved to Cairo,
later going to Miller City where he has
since made his home.
The surviving members of his family are
his widow, Mrs. Lucy
Salmon, four daughters, Mrs. Frederick
Edmond, of Portland, Ore., Mrs. C. E.
Barney, of Detroit, Mich., Mrs. Hugh
Lusk,
of Aurora, and Mrs. John
Lentz,
of Cairo, four sons, Paul, of Miller City,
Sam, of Chicago, Harry and William, both of
Mound City, besides 22 grandchildren, and
two great-grandchildren. Treva
Salmon, daughter of Mrs. Pearl
Salmon, and Paul
Salmon, son of Mrs. Hazel
Salmon, of this city, are grandchildren
of Mr.
Salmon.
(According to his death certificate,
Henry S.
Salmon was born 8 Feb 1864, in Kentucky,
the son of Quint
Salmon and Fanny Johnson,
natives of Kentucky, died 25 Nov 1931, in
Alexander Co., Ill., husband of Lou
Salmon—Darrel
Dexter)
Mounds Independent,
Friday, 4 Dec 1931:
A. T.
Morgan, of Bone Gap, Ill., father of Earl A.
Morgan, died Sunday morning at his home following an illness of
about two months, having suffered a stroke
of paralysis. Surviving him are his
widow, three sons and a foster son.
Earl, who is now a guard at the Joliet
penitentiary, has been at his father’s
bedside whenever it was possible. Mrs.
Morgan left Tuesday for Bone Gap to
attend the funeral.
Everett C.
Leonard, 37, ended his life Saturday evening at his home in Mound
City by drinking carbolic acid. He
lived only one hour after drinking the
poison and never regained consciousness.
He leaves his wife, a baby only a few weeks
old, and three children by a former
marriage.
Leonard “Buck” as he was familiarly
known, was despondent over ill health and
unemployment, according to his wife, who
stated that he was suffering from
tuberculosis and had been told by physicians
he would not recover.
Coroner O. T.
Hudson was called. The coroner’s jury returned a verdict of
“death by drinking carbolic acid with
suicidal intent.”
The body was taken to Metropolis
Sunday, where funeral services were held and
where burial was made. Undertaker G.
A.
James was in charge.
Charles W.
Wheeler, a prominent farmer living just west of Mounds, died Tuesday
afternoon, December 1, at St. Mary’s
Hospital, Cairo, following a short illness.
Mr.
Wheeler was the son of the late C. W. and Amanda
Wheeler. Surviving him are his
stepmother Mrs. Agnes
Wheeler; two sisters, Mrs. Ella
Strauss, of East St. Louis, Mo., and
Mrs. Sarah
Dean
of Atlanta, Ga.; four half-brothers, Eugene
Wheeler, of Springfield, Ill., John
Wheeler, of San Francisco, Calif., Albert
Wheeler, of San Pedro, Calif., and Mathew
Wheeler of Mounds; also three half-sisters, Mrs. Martha
Gannon, and Miss Abbie
Wheeler, of Mounds, and Miss Elizabeth
Wheeler, of Columbus, Ohio.
Funeral services were held Thursday
morning at 10 o’clock at the funeral home of
Hartwell and Ryan, the
Rev. Father
Gilmartin officiating. Interment
was made in Thistlewood Cemetery.
Flowers
were omitted by request of the family.
Mrs. Ida J.
Hurst Crippen, wife of W.
H.
Crippen, of Ullin, died Sunday morning,
November 29, 1931, at the Holden Hospital
Carbondale.
Mrs.
Crippen was a daughter of the late Rev. D. C. and Melvina
Hurst,
born February 12, 1876, at Makanda,
Illinois. At the age of 12 she
received her baptism by her father, joining
the Lutheran Church, then after her
marriage, she removed her membership to the
M. E. Church at Ullin. She was united in
marriage to W. H.
Crippen, October 23, 1892. To this
union were born fourteen children, seven of
whom preceded her in death. She is
survived by her husband, five daughters,
Mrs. Ruth
McClellan, Reola, Lena, and Wilmont, all
of Ullin, and Mrs. Ina
Sowers, of Mounds, two sons, Vernon and
Curtis, both of Ullin, one sister, Mrs. Mary
Morton, of Daisy, Mo., one brother, John
Hurst,
of Oak Ridge, Mo., and twenty-one
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Tuesday
afternoon at 2 o’clock at the M. E. church
in Ullin, with the Rev.
Loar,
pastor of the church, in the pulpit.
Interment was made in the Ullin cemetery.
Mrs. Elizabeth
Corzine, for many years a resident of Mounds, died Wednesday,
November 25, at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Walker T.
Lewis, in Anna. She had been ill for some time.
Following an operation at St. Mary’s
hospital, Cairo, she was brought to the home
of her son, Ward, where she remained until
some three weeks ago, when she was taken to
Anna where she had made her home the last
two years.
Elizabeth
Knupp Corzine was born in
Union County March 7, 1861, and died in the
same county, November 25, 1931, at the age
of 70 years, 3 months and 18 days.
Surviving her are two sons, Lloyd H.
Corzine, of Centralia, Ward
Corzine, of Mounds, and four daughters,
Mrs. Amos B.
Burris, of Mounds, Mrs. James M.
Johnson, of Carbondale, Mrs. Walker T.
Lewis,
of Anna, and Miss Ethyl
Corzine of St. Louis. A son, Clyde
Corzine, died in 1913 at the age of 21.
She leaves four grandchildren, Carl, Lloyd
Jr., and Edward Dee, children of Mr. and
Mrs. Lloyd
Corzine, and Kathyrn
Burris; a sister, Mrs. George
Resch,
of Dongola, and two brothers, Thomas
Knupp,
of Illmo, Mo., and Daniel
Knupp,
of Olmstead.
Funeral services were conducted at the
M. E. Church of Mounds Friday afternoon
November 27, at 2 o’clock, the Rev. J. S.
Dever,
of Pinckneyville officiating. Interment was
made in Beechwood Cemetery in charge of
Hartwell and
Ryan.
Harry M.
Goldsmith died at his home on South Delaware Avenue early Tuesday
morning, December 1, at the age of 72 years.
A former resident of Cairo, he was for many
years a postal clerk on the Cotton Belt
Railroad. He had been living in Mounds
only a few months.
Surviving are his widow and four
children, Mrs. Alice
Green,
of Memphis, Tenn., Mrs. Myrtle
Lane,
of Muncie, Ind., Mrs. Ethel
Elliott, of Kellogg, Iowa, and Fred
Goldsmith, of Gainesville, Fla.
Romal lived with his mother, Zola
Teal,
and his grandfather, W. C.
Wilson, who was boiling the water to
scald slaughtered hogs with.
Wilson’s farm is 12 miles from here.
(According to his death certificate,
Romel
Teal was born 19 Apr 1930, in Gordon,
Mo., the son of Asco
Teal
and Zola
Wilson, natives of Illinois, died 26 Nov
1931, in Carrier Mills, Ill., and was buried
in South Aminson Cemetery at Carrier Mills,
Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
The little girl, a pupil in the fifth
grade, of the West Salem schools collided
with Deloris
Hall, bumping her head. She went home before school was
dismissed, was later taken to a hospital,
where it was found she was suffering from a
fractured skull.—Grayville
Mercury-Ind.
(According to her death certificate,
Bessie Lucille
McConnell was born 9 Apr 1921, in
Parkersburg, Ill., the daughter of Clarence
McConnell and Effie Davis,
natives of Wayne Co., Ill., died 18 Nov
1931, in Olney, Ill., and was buried in
Richland Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Susan
Anderson Parham, age 73 years, mother of T. A. and R. J.
Parham, who formerly resided in Mounds,
passed away at the home of he daughter, Mrs.
M. T.
McLean, in Jackson, Tenn., Monday night at 10:30 o’clock.
Besides the mentioned she is survived
by four other daughters, Mrs. W. J.
Coonrey, of Jackson, Mrs. J. F.
Greathouse, of Ft. Smith, Ark., Mrs. C.
T.
Keenan, of Memphis, Tenn., and Mrs. W.
E.
Carel, of Greenville, Miss. Also
three other sons, J. L. and W. B.
Parham, of Jackson, Tenn., and J. D.
Parham, of Fulton, Ky., T. A. and R.J.,
who formerly resided in Mounds now resided
in Jackson. A brother, Neal
Anderson, and two sisters, Miss Doon
Anderson, of Jackson, and Mrs. C. B.
Stout,
of Texas, also survive. Funeral
services were held Wednesday, December 2, in
the Methodist church at Jackson.
Mrs. Katherine
Mellein, age 73, one of the oldest and most highly respected
residents of Grand Chain passed away at her
home there at 1 o’clock Saturday morning
following a paralytic stoke late Friday.
Mrs.
Mellein had been blind since 1904, but
in spite of this handicap, she lived alone,
did her own work cared for a large flock of
chickens and performed other work about her
home. Her husband preceded her in
death several years ago.
Mrs.
Mellein is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Kate
Moore,
Mrs. Louise
Beshers, Mrs. Mae Evers,
of Grand Chain; three sons, Will and Frank
Mellein, of Grand Chain, and John
Mellein, of Okawville, Illinois.
All the children, with the exception of
John, were at the bedside of their mother
when the end came. Three sisters, Mrs.
Mary
Von Der Ahe, of St. Louis, Mrs. Louise
Bennett, of East St. Louis, and Mrs. Atolonia
Fresler, of Mounds and one brother,
John
Maured, Highland, Illinois, also
survives.
Funeral services were held Monday
morning at 10 o’clock at the Catholic
Church, Rev. Father
Orlett officiating. Interment was made in the Grand Chain
cemetery by Undertaker G. A.
James
of Mound City.
(Andreas
Mellein married Catharina
Maurer on 13 Jan 1874, in St. Clair Co.,
Ill.
According to his death certificate,
Katherine
Mellein was born 8 May 1853, in Belleville, Ill., the
daughter of Sebastian
Maruier and Katherine
Phillips, natives of France, died 5 Dec
1931, in Grand Chain, Ill.
John
Melline 57, of New Madrid, Mo., born in
Belleville, Ill., the son of Jacob
Mellein and Maria Kuhn,
married 2nd on 29 Oct 1900, in
Pulaski Co., Ill., Mrs. Katie
Melline, 42, born in Millstadt,
Ill., daughter of Sebastian
Maurer and Katharina
Philip.
John Andrew
Melline, 23, born in Belleville, Ill., son of Andrew
Melline and Cath.
Maurer, married on 20 Apr 1897, in Pulaski Co., Ill., Tillie
Diehl,
18, born in Belleville, Ill., daughter of
William
Diehl
and Charlotte
Vogt.
J. B.
Eves,
24, of Grand Chain, Ill., married on 1 Feb
1898, in Pulaski Co., Ill., Mary
Melline, 17, of Grand Chain Ill.
Benjamin
Evers,
22, of Grand Chain, Ill., married on 13 Jan
1896, in Pulaski Co., Ill., Katie
Melline, 18, of Grand Chain, Ill.
William
Vonderae married Mary
Maurer on 24 Jan 1880, in St. Clair Co.,
Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Samuel
Wright, age 83 years, passed away at his home on South First Street
in this city Saturday morning at 3:20
o’clock following a lingering illness.
Mr.
Wright was born in Creal Springs, Illinois, and moved to Grand Chain
when a young man. He resided in Grand
Chain for several years and about fifteen
years ago moved to Mound City, where he has
since resided.
Surviving Mr.
Wright are his widow, Mrs. Ann
Starks Wright; a son, Rew
Wright, of Mound City; a daughter, Mrs.
Fred
Weaver, of Evansville, Ind.; a brother,
Francis
Wright, of Marion, Illinois; four
grandchildren, Mrs. Grace
Robinson, of Mound City, Mrs. Ethel
Barnett, of Villa Ridge, Miss Ella
Weaver, and John Weaver,
of Evansville, Ind.; and a great-grandson,
Max Robinson, of Mound City.
Funeral services were held Monday
afternoon at 2 o’clock at the residence,
Rev. G. S.
Humphrey, pastor of the First M. E. Church officiating. Rev.
Humphrey’s remarks were very appropriate
and impressive. The church choir sang
two beautiful hymns, “Rock of Ages” and “In
the Hour of Trial.” The floral
offerings were abundant and beautiful.
Interment was made in the cemetery at Grand
Chain under the direction of G. A.
James,
undertaker of Mound City. Casket bearers
were Harry
Darragh, Rohan Lutz,
James
Hayden, Joe
Lutz,
Carl
McIntire, and S. F. McIntire.
The funeral party was met at the
cemetery at Grand Chain by Mr.
Wright’s brother, Francis
Wright, and daughter, of Marion.
The funeral was largely attended in
Mound City by friends of Mr.
Wright and his family. At Grand Chain
the funeral party was met at the cemetery by
a large number of old friends of the
Wright family.
Mr.
Wright was highly respected in the communities in which he spent his
life and the bereaved family have the
sympathy of all.
(According to his death certificate,
Samuel
Wright, a livestock dealer,
was born 13 Nov 1849, in Illinois, the
son of John
Wright, a native of Ireland, and Mary
Arnel,
a native of Illinois, and died 5 Dec 1931,
in Mound City, Ill., the husband of Ann
Wright.
His marker in Grand Chain
Masonic Cemetery reads Samuel
Wright 1849-1931.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Vilma V.
Melton, age 46 years, prominent resident
of Mounds, passed away at her home Saturday
following a brief illness. Her sudden death
came as a great shock to her family and
friend as she had always enjoyed perfect
health. Acute indigestion was the
cause of her death.
Mrs.
Melton, who before her marriage was Miss Vilma V.
Dacus,
was born January 20, 1885, near New Albany,
Miss. She was united in marriage to
Herbert A.
Melton, of Mounds, February 24, 1909,
and to this union four children were born,
Holloway, Harold, Mildred, and Juanita, all
of who reside in Mounds.
Mrs.
Melton was a member of the First M. E. Church of Mounds and had been
active in church work since girlhood.
Besides her husband and children, Mrs.
Melton is survived by her mother, Mrs.
W. L.
Dacus, of Drew, Miss., and B. B.
Dacus,
of Inverness, Miss. She also leaves a
number of nieces and nephews. Her
father and six brothers preceded her in
death several years ago.
Funeral services were held Monday
afternoon at 2 o’clock at the First
Methodist Church, with the Rev. D. W.
Richardson officiating. Interment
was made in the cemetery at Mounds. G.
A. James directed the funeral.
(According to her death certificate,
Velma V.
Melton was born 20 Jan 1885, in Fayette
Co., Miss., the daughter of Tempie
Holloway, and died 5 Dec 1931, in Mounds, Ill., the wife of H. A.
Melton.
Her marker in Spencer Heights
Cemetery at Mounds reads:
Herbert A.
Melton 1875-1954 Velma D.
Melton 1885-193.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mounds Independent,
Friday, 11 Dec 1931:
The six-month-old infant of Mr. and
Mrs. Charlie
Lindsey died Thursday afternoon at the
home of Mrs.
Lindsey’s brother, Henry
Powell, on the Thistlewood place.
Arrangements for the funeral have not been
completed.
Mrs. Josephine
Huddleston, colored, died Thursday, December 3, 1931, after an
illness of more than a year. She was
born in Mounds, Ill., February 27, 1904.
Surviving her are her husband, John
Huddleston, of La Porte, Ind., her
father, Wren
Harris; mother, Georgia
Harris; four brothers, Frank, Charlie,
Sam and Roy; two sisters, Blanche
Davis,
of St. Louis, and Hazel
Hill,
of Philadelphia, Pa.; two daughters, Hazel
and Ilene
Huddleston.
Funeral services were held at the home
of her father on Monday, December 7.
Interment was made in Villa Ridge cemetery
with
Donaldson and
Ingram in charge.
(According to her death certificate,
Josephine
Huddleston was born 26 Feb 1904, in
Mounds Ill., the daughter of Wren
Harris, a native of Essaquina Co.,
Miss., and Georgia
Brass, a native of Hopkinsville, Ky., black, died 3 Dec 1931, in
Mounds, Ill., the wife of John
Huddleston, and was buried at Villa
Ridge, Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Samuel
Wright, a former resident of Mounds, died Saturday, December 5, at
his home in Mound City, at the ripe old age
of 83. He had been ill for some
months.
Mr.
Wright a native of Pulaski County was born in Grand Chain, where he
lived for many years. Since leaving
there he has lived in Mounds and Mound City.
Surviving him are his widow, Mrs. Annie
Wright; a son, Rew
Wright, of Mound City; a daughter, Mrs.
Fred
Weaver, of Evansville, Ind.; a brother,
Francis
Wright, of Marion; four grandchildren,
Mrs. Grace
Robinson, of Mound City, Mrs. John
Barnett, of Villa Ridge, Miss Ella
Weaver, and John
Weaver, of Evansville, and a
great-grandson, Max
Robinson of Mound City.
Funeral services were held Monday
afternoon at the family residence in Mound
city with interment in the Grand Chain
cemetery. G. A.
James
directed the funeral.
Mrs. Velma
Dacus Melton, ill only one day, died Saturday evening near 9 o’clock
at her home on Blanche Avenue. She had
suffered an attack of acute indigestion and,
seemingly, had rallied. Without
warning, her heart failed and mortal became
immortal. The shock to her family and
friends was almost too great to bear.
Mrs.
Melton had never known serious illness,
and death seemed something far removed from
her in the thought of those accustomed to
her presence.
Velma
Dacus, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. L.
Dacus, was born January 20, 1885, near New Albany, Miss., and died
Dec. 5, 1931, at Mounds, Ill. She was
united in marriage to Herbert A.
Melton, of Mounds, February 24, 1909.
Since that time they had made their home in
Mounds. Four children blessed this
union, Holloway, Harold, Mildred, and
Juanita. Besides caring for her family
and her home, Mrs.
Melton gave much time and thought to the
work of the church of her choice, the
Methodist Episcopal.
Funeral services were held Monday
afternoon at 2 o’clock at the M. E. Church
which was filled long before the hour set.
The brief obituary was read by the Rev. Paul
Galloway, of Joiner, Ark., the prayer
was offered by the Rev. H. B.
Shoaff, of DuQuoin, a former pastor of
the Mounds church, and the sermon was
delivered by the Rev. W. D.
Richardson, the present pastor.
Interment was made in the Spencer Heights
Cemetery directed by W. D.
Gates,
for G. A.
James,
who had charge of three funerals that day.
Among those from out of town who
attended the funeral were A. H.
Dacus,
Drew, Miss.; R. B.
Dacus,
Inverness, Miss.; H. C.
Melton, Joiner, Ark; Leonard and Gilbert
Melton, Chicago; Mr. and Mrs. Russell
Terrell, Chicago; Grover
Chandler, Mr. and Mrs. W. J.
Chandler, Mr. and Mrs. Jess
Taylor, Mrs. Bertha
Brooks, Raymond
Rudd, Mr. and Mrs. Homer Rudd,
Mrs. M. A.
Melton, all of Martin, Tenn.; Mr. and
Mrs. John
Rich,
Carbondale, Mr. and Mrs. T.
Olson,
Centralia; Rev. and Mrs. H. B.
Shoaff, and sons, Carl and Ray
Shoaff, DuQuoin Rev. Paul
Galloway, Joiner, Ark., and Elizabeth
Wash,
Martin, Tenn.
Mrs. Katherine
Mellein, 78, Grand Chain, sister of Mrs. Apolonia
Trexler, of this city, died at her home
Friday, December 4, 1931, following a
paralytic stroke of a week before.
She was a pioneer resident of her
community and had the high regard of all who
knew her. Although she had been blind
for 27 years, she lived alone, doing all her
work and caring for a large flock of
chickens. She had been a widow for a
number of years.
Surviving Mrs.
Mellein are three daughters, Mrs. Kate
Moore, Mrs. Louise Beshers,
and Mrs. Mark
Evers,
all of Grand Chain; three sons, Will and
Frank
Mellein, of Grand Chain, and John
Mellein of Okawville, Ill.,
She also leaves three sisters, Mrs. Apolonia
Trexler, of Mounds, Mrs. Mary
Von
Der Abe, of St. Louis and Mrs. Louise
Bennett, East St. Louis, and one
brother, John
Maured,
of Highland, Ill. She was an aunt of
Mrs. H. C.
Moore, of this city.
Funeral services were held in Grand
Chain Monday morning at 10 o’clock, the Rev.
Father
Orlett officiating. Interment was made in the Grand Chain
cemetery.
We wish to express our sincere thanks
to the citizens of Mounds and surrounding
communities for their sympathy following the
death of our loving wife and mother.
Realizing that you did not expect this
to entirely heal a wound of this kind, we
would like for you to know that it makes us
feel grateful that we have had the companion
and mother that received the respect from a
community that our loved one did.
We went the community in and about
which we are living to know that we
appreciate this to the extent that we will
hold this a grateful remembrance in
connection with the loss of our loved one.
___
Bland, well known and highly respected colored man of ____, passed
away at Gary, Ind., ____y and his remains
were brought to Mound City Tuesday and ___
Thursday afternoon at 12:30. Funeral
services were held at Missionary Baptist
Church, ___fe
officiating. Interment was made in the
cemetery at ____.
Deceased is survived by his wife, one
son, one sister and an aged mother, besides
several other relatives.
He was 48 years of age and was a ___own
cemetery contractor of ___y for many years.
G. A.
James directed the funeral.
(This may be the same person as John
Bland,
50, born in Tennessee, plasterer, negro, who
is in the 1930 census of Mound City, Ill.,
with his wife, Dollie, 35, born in
Illinois.—Darrel
Dexter)
Jesse A.
Eller, age 27, passed away at the home of his parents, in Perks,
Illinois, Sunday morning, December 13.
He had been ill for about eight months
following an operation for appendicitis.
Funeral services were held Monday
morning at 11 o’clock at the Pentecostal
church in Perks, the Rev.
Langston, officiating. Interment
was made in the Mt. Olive Cemetery near
Dongola. E. J.
Ford of Dongola directed the funeral.
Mr.
Eller is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. David
Eller,
of Perks, one brother and one sister and a
number of other relatives and friends.
(According to his death certificate,
Jessie Adams
Eller
was born 31 May 1904, in Dongola, Ill., the
son of David
Eller
and Mary A.
Dry,
natives of Illinois, died 13 Dec 1931, in
Pulaski Co., Ill., the husband of Jessie May
Neely,
and was buried in Union Co., Ill.
His marker in Mt. Olive Cemetery near
Dongola reads:
Jessie A.
Eller
Born May 31, 1904 Died Dec. 13, 1931.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mounds Independent,
Friday, 18 Dec 1931:
Mr. and Mrs. W. L.
Toler
were called to Grayville Tuesday by the
death of Mrs. Larry
Calkins, of Freeport, Ill., who died
suddenly at the home of her mother, Mrs.
John M.
Blood,
of Grayville, with whom she was visiting.
Mrs.
Calkins, a niece, of Mrs.
Toler,
was a frequent visitor in Mounds in her
girlhood days. She will be remembered
here as Miss Catherine
Blood.
Rev. W. D.
Richardson was also notified of Mrs.
Calkins’s death and was asked to preach her funeral. The Rev.
Mr.
Richardson was formerly pastor of the M.
E. church of Grayville. He and Mrs.
Richardson and son, Harry, and Mr. and Mrs.
Toler attended the funeral which was held Tuesday afternoon.
(Her death certificate states that
Catherine
Calkins was born 22 Jul 1897, in
Grayville, White Co., Ill., the daughter of
John M.
Blood,
a native of Grayville, Ill., and Mary L.
Seil,
a native of Lacon, Ill., died 13 Dec 1931,
in Grayville, Ill., the wife of William L.
Calkins, and was buried at
Grayville.—Darrel
Dexter)
L. W.
Benson, aged and well known resident of Dongola, passed on to the
Great Beyond last Friday morning following a
several weeks’ illness. He leaves to
mourn his deceased his wife, Mrs. Delia
Benson, and three children, Albert, Frank and Ruby, all of Dongola,
besides a host of other relatives and
friends who knew and cherished his
friendship.
Funeral services were conducted by Rev.
W. J.
Ward at the First Baptist Church in
Dongola and interment was made in the Chapel
Cemetery near Dongola. Funeral
Director E. J.
Ford
was in charge of the funeral.
(A marker in Christian Chapel Cemetery
near Dongola reads:
Willie
Benson 1850-1931.—Darrel
Dexter)
Funeral services for Mrs. Bessie
Clothier, of Los Angeles, Calif., were
held last Sunday afternoon at the
Thistlewood Cemetery, Rev. T. C.
Ury,
pastor of the First Baptist Church of
Mounds, officiating.
Mrs.
Clothier was formerly Miss Bessie
Whelan and is the daughter of Dr.
Whelan, well known conductor for the Mobile and Ohio. Mrs.
Clothier’s husband and a daughter were
unable to attend the funeral due to the
illness of Mr.
Clothier. Three sisters and a brother, Fred
Whelan, were in attendance at the
funeral.
(Bessie H.
Clothier, 41, died 14 Dec 1931, in Los Angeles, Calif.—Darrel
Dexter)
J. E.
Harrell, Mounds, for several years a fireman for the Illinois
Central, met his death early Sunday morning
in a train crash when the engine which he
was firing hit the rear end of extra No.
1314 while it was taking water, about 21
miles south of Bluford on the Edgewood
cut-off. S. R.
Stinde, of Centralia, engineer on the
same train escaped death when he jumped from
the cab of the engine, but had to be taken
to the I. C. Hospital at Paducah due to a
broken collar bone and other painful
injures.
The accident is said to have occurred
about 5:05 Sunday morning during a heavy
fog. Railroad officials are conducting
an investigation.
Mr.
Harrell is survived by his wife and daughter, Catherine, who is
attending the Southern Illinois Normal
University at Carbondale; his father, Frank
Harrell, of Piggott, Ark., and four
brothers, Walter, Eugene, Charles and W. A.
Harrell, all of Piggott. Many friends and relatives survive
who held Mr.
Harrell in high esteem and had learned
to enjoy his friendly manner and sunny
disposition.
The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon
with
Hartwell and
Ryan
in charge.
(According to the death certificate,
Jude E.
Harrell was born about 1890 in
Dielstadt, Mo., the son of Francis A.
Harrell, a native of Vienna, Ill., and
Sarah
Jackson, a native of Smithland, Ky.,
died 30 Dec 1931, in Stonefort Township,
Saline Co., Ill., and was buried at Mounds,
Ill.
His marker in Spencer Heights
Cemetery at Mounds reads:
Retta E.
Harrell Born June 9, 1893 Died Feb. 3,
1974 Julius E.
Harrell Born July 28, 1890 Died Dec. 20, 1931.—Darrel
Dexter)
Funeral services for Mrs. Annie
Kelsey Burgess, almost a lifelong
resident of this county, were held this
Thursday afternoon at 1 o’clock at the
Congregational Church here. Many
people who had known her during her long
life were present to pay their last respects
and give tribute to this woman whose life
was one of splendid service.
She was born in Cincinnati, on November
27, 1851, and in early life came to live at
America and here she grew to womanhood and
here she lived to rear her family and to
grow into old age and finally to die at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. T. C.
Poyner, not very far from where she had always lived. She was
the daughter of Captain Naaman
Kelsey and Sarah Jane
Barbour Kelsey.
Mrs.
Burgess had been ill for some time. She grew better and was
able to be up and then Sunday she became
much worse and the end came quickly.
During her life, Mrs.
Burgess saw the country change from vast
wooded tracts through which ran trails
passable only on foot or horseback to wide
acres of cleared land over which stretched
ribbons of concrete. She witnessed the
heyday of the steamboat and as a girl, she
saw considerable of the activities of the
Civil War. In her closing hours she
sometimes talked of it as though it were the
present.
Mrs.
Burgess became a member of the Episcopal Church in childhood and
remained a faithful member. Her mother
was one of those who was largely responsible
for the organization of the Episcopal Church
in Mound City. For the past 20 years
Mrs.
Burgess has been a member of the
Christian Church.
There survives two sons, Rev. Joel
Burgess, of Carbondale, pastor of the
Christian Church there, and Rev. Henry
Burgess, of San Francisco, also a pastor
of a Christian Church there, and her
daughter, Mrs.
Poynter. To the church she had
given two sons. There also survives a
stepdaughter, Mrs. Hannah
Hester, of Mounds.
Her death is the last of a family of
eight, almost all of whom lived well past
the allotted time and it marks the close of
another long and useful life.
(Peter
Burgess married Anna B.
Kelsey on 29 Dec 1885, in Alexander Co.,
Ill.
Her marker in Beechwood Cemetery at
Mounds reads:
Peter
Burgess 1843-1920 Annie
Kelsey Burgess 1851-1931.—Darrel
Dexter)
Jesse
Eller passed away Sunday at 8 a.m. in Perks after several months’
illness following an operation for appendix
trouble. He was very patient, always
talking with hope of recovery. He was
27 years old last May and leaves to mourn
his loss a father and mother, three sisters
and one brother and a score of friends.
The funeral was conducted by Rev.
Langston from the Pentecostal Church.
He was willing to go where sickness will be
over and all clouds will vanish away and all
will be eternal sunshine. He was
buried at Mt. Olive Cemetery, Mr. E. G.
Ford,,
Dongola, directing the funeral.
Julius E.
Harrell, well known Illinois Central engineer of this city lost his
life Sunday morning at 5:02 o’clock when the
engine in which he was firing collided with
a caboose on another ___ on the same track.
TThe accident occurred one and one half
miles north of Stonefort ___ one-track
Illinois Central ___ called the cut-off.
At the ___ there was a heavy fog. At
___ place there is a 60-foot embankment,
rock filled. Four men ___on the engine
on which ___ was firing when the crash ____.
Three of them jumped to ___ but he was on
the left side of the cab and went over with
the engine when it was thrown from the track
and rolled some ___y feet down the
embankment to the left. His body was
found in the debris.
When it was extricated it was found
that his neck had been broken and his skull
crushed. He was burned and scalded but
evidently had not lived to feel an instant
of pain.
__ R. Stinde, of Centralia, engineer of the ill-fated engine, was ___ed
and taken to the Paducah hospital where it
was found he had a broken collar bone and
other minor injuries.
Two other men, Jesse Par___,
of Jackson, Tenn., brakeman, and J. H.
West,,
of Memphis, ___eer was learning the ___ off
road were uninjured.
__l McNew, Paducah, Ky., was the conductor on the other train which had
stopped for ___r. William
Morgan, of Centralia was the flagman.
McNew
formerly lived in Mounds.
Mr. Harrell’s body was brought to his home here on ___day. Funeral
services were held in the Methodist church
___day afternoon, the Rev. W. __.
Richardson,, pastor of the church,
officiating, with Rev. H.
Shoaff, of DuQuoin assisting.
Interment was made in Spencer Heights
Cemetery with
Hartwell and
Ryan in charge.
The following obituary was read at the
funeral service:
Julius E.
Harrell, son of F. A. and S. E.
Harrell was born July __, 1890, at Dielstadt, Mo., and departed this
life Dec. 20, 1931, at the age of 41 years,
4 months and 22 days. He lived in Missouri four years, and then moved with his parents to Illinois, where he has since made his home. He had seven brothers and one sister. His ___her, sister and three brothers preceded him in death. His brother Everett was killed in the World War Oct. the 14, 1918. At the age of eighteen, Mr. Harrell joined the Modern Woodman of America and was a member until his death. He was united in marriage to Reta Estell Wafford, Dec. 24, ___. To this union four children were born, Catherine Evelyn, a son, who died at birth, Laura Marie, who lived three months, and another daughter who died at birth. Surviving him are his wife, his eldest daughter, Catherine, his father and stepmother, four bothers six aunts, and families, one uncle and family, a large number of cousins and other relatives. These with a host of friends mourn his departure. He was a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen. He was a good husband and father, lovingly and tenderly devoted to his family and will be sadly missed in the home. He was a good neighbor and highly respected by all who knew him" Brought Here for Burial
Mrs. Bessie
Whelan Clothier, of Los Angeles, Calif., who died at her home,
December 16, was brought here for interment
in Thistlewood Cemetery Sunday, December 20.
Mrs.
Clothier was a former resident of this
section. She was the daughter of
Conductor D.
Whelan and Mrs.
Whelan.
Her husband and little daughter were
unable to come for the funeral on account of
the illness of Mr.
Clothier. Her father, three
sisters and a brother, Fred
Whelan,, were in Mounds to attend the sad
rites. Rev. T. C.
Ury of the Baptist church conducted the services.
We wish to express our sincere thanks
and appreciation to all our many friends and
neighbors for the many kindness shown us
during our recent bereavement.
We thank those who gave the use of
their cars and those who sent the beautiful
flowers.
We thank Rev.
Shoaff and Rev. Richardson
for their words of consolation.
Mrs. Peter
Burgess, who had lived in Pulaski County for many years, passed
quietly away at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. T. C.
Poyster, of America, Tuesday evening, December 22. She
had been ill for many weeks, but had seemed
to grow better and the end came unexpectedly
after all her suffering.
She was married to Peter
Burgess December 30, 1885, at the Church
of the Redeemer in Cairo. Mr.
Burgess died eleven years ago.
Surviving her are two sons, the Rev. Joel
Burgess, of Carbondale, and the Rev.
Henry
Burgess of San Francisco, one daughter,
Mrs.
Poynter, of America; eight grandchildren
and a stepdaughter, Mrs. Hannah
Hester, of Mounds. |