Reno County Deaths
1916 List of Deaths from the Hutchinson News
The list below, published at the end of the year, is incomplete, insofar as the number of deaths in 1916; deaths of "old settlers and prominent businessmen" were only listed, with few women and no children.
William Ross, pioneer plainsman, aged 91, Jan. 1
W. W. Jackson, truck gardener, Jan. 6
Phil J. Leimback, agent for the M. P. R. R., and veteran railway man, Jan. 8
Edwin R. Bonnell, old soldier, Jan. 8
Swan Eskelson, pioneer farmer, Jan. 15
Capt. W. A. Watkins, pioneer settler, January 15
Mrs. B. S. Hoagland, pioneer Hutchinson woman, Jan. 18
W. J. Cross, old resident, Jan. 25
Charles Bloom, veteran business man, Jan. 29
Rev. John B. Schlichter, pioneer Congregational preacher, aged 85, Feb. 4
Mrs. Mary Ellen Harmony, pioneer resident, Feb. 4
Miss Addie Snode, church deaconess and mission worker, Feb. 3
William L. Little, former city councilman and pioneer merchant, Feb. 7
Mrs. Mary E. Worthington, pioneer Reno county woman, Feb. 7
Alvin R. Murray, Civil war veteran and early settlers, Feb. 13
Mrs. Mary Collingwood, Reno county pioneer, Feb. 12
L. D. Pollock, former city councilman and business man, Feb. 14
Charles Malick, electrician, Feb. 27
Bruce Sanders, traveling salesman, March 11
William Byron, veteran retired farmer, March 15
Samuel A. Bulley, contractor, March 18
Earl A. Ryder, insurance agent, March 19
Edgar A. Burnett, painter contractor, March 30
Robert Briggs, Civil war veteran, March 30
C. P. Richardson, barber, April 23
Judge J. M. Jordan, former probate judge, May 2
Hugh N. Johnson, pioneer settler and grocer, died Oct. 26 and his wife died May 2
J. P. Harsha, former mayor, May 13
Harry D. Wells, old company secretary, May 25.
Joseph Crouch, Civil war veteran, May 30
B. F. Tucker, pioneer settler, June 9
Phillip Obee, young business man, June 22
T. O. Gould, early settler, June 30
William J. Blakely, old resident, July 1
Carson M. Bay, prominent Reno county stockman, July 4
James F. Rogers, contractor, July 6
James Haston, veteran stockman and State Fair official, July 8
Charles L. Snyder, young business man, July 14
Robert C. Childs, Civil war veteran, July 21
J. W. Beard, old resident, July 25
Mrs. Alice C. Devier, pioneer resident, July 28
B. P. Moore, pioneer Reno county farmer, July 30
Mrs. Dan Whelchon, pioneer resident, July 30
Mrs. L. A. Beebe, old resident, Aug. 1
Thomas M. Riley, Civil war veteran, Aug. 3
Mrs. Julia Gagnebin, pioneer Reno county woman, Aug. 3
Lewis W. Oakes, automobile dealer, Aug. 5
S. D. Robinett, prominent stockman, Aug. 7
B. F. Griffin, president of thresher company, Aug. 10
Mrs. Almira Brown, pioneer of '70's, Aug. 12
John E. Miles, machinist, Aug. 10
George F. Hawley, traveling salesman, Aug. 15
Mrs. Margaret Eagan, pioneer Hutchinson woman, Aug. 16
D. D. Mayfield, veteran citizen, Aug. 19
Dr. H. S. Justice, pioneer physician, Aug. 24
W. M. Wright, veteran contractor, Aug. 30
Mrs. J. I. Dearth, prominent club woman, Sept. 2
Mrs. Katherine Wright, pioneer resident, Sept. 4
Mrs. Henry J. King, pioneer resident, Sept. 4
Mrs. George W. Winans, prominent club woman, Sept. 7
Benjamin Stewart, pioneer merchant, Sept. 12
J. Puntman Shunk, former councilman and merchant, Sept. 15
Oscar F. Davis, former business man, Sept. 19
Oliver Clouse, real estate agent, Sept. 18
Clyde Cathcart, former business man, (died in California) Sept. 13
Rouley McBride, tinner, Sept, 22
Rev. A. H. Brooks, presiding elder, A.M.E. church, Sept. 24
Mrs. J. B. Talbott, pioneer Hutchinson woman, Sept. 27
Rev. L. E. Farhney, county Sunday school missionary and veteran minister, Sept. 27
Judge D. S. Gibbs, one of Hutchinson's oldest citizens, (died in Ohio) Oct. 7
Mrs. Pete Tellin, old resident, Oct. 10
Edgar E. Phillips, prominent lodge worker, Oct. 12
Polk Collins, veteran shoemaker, Oct. 14
Mrs. A. J. Bulte, clubwoman, Oct. 16
Mrs. Ben Nussbaum, leading club woman, Oct. 23
Paul Huxman, former principal of Pretty Prairie schools, Oct. 22
E. K. Pentz, district manager of insurance company,
Bernard Lavielle, pioneer and veteran of French army, Oct. 25
H. D. Winslow, manager of grain company and former merchant, Oct. 30
Aaron S. Landis, young business man, Nov. 8
Thomas J. Dreibelbis, pioneer farmer, Nov. 9
James M. Bean, early settler of Reno county, Nov. 12
William Goodwin, old resident, Nov. 13
W. J. Holt, retired farmer, Nov. 21
G. L. Ellsworth, veteran merchant, Nov. 28
R. H. Shepherd, well driller, Dec. 5
Washington Shaffer, old soldier, Dec. 12
D. S. Lusk, old resident, Dec. 14
Andrew J. Lentz, civil war veteran, Dec. 15
M. A. Tyler, veteran janitor, Dec. 17
Rev. J. H. Dunn, colored Baptist church preacher, Dec. 17
Andy Delzell, commercial traveler, Dec. 19
A. J. Graves, pioneer businessman, Dec. 18
Mrs. Belle DePry, prominent lodge official, Dec. 21
Alex Cook, pioneer merchant, Dec. 23
Mrs. A. H. Foeltzer, pioneer Hutchinson woman, Dec. 25
Joseph P. Fontron, former Hutchinson boy, died at Kansas City, Dec. 29
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