Barry Co., MO, Newspapers

Cassville Republican, 1917 Newspapers

1917 Extracts from Barry County, MO, Newspapers
An interlibrary loan of microfilm from the State Historical Society of MO, was the source of the below given data.

April 5, 1917, Thursday, Cassville Republican, Barry Co., MO

Local And Personal

Mrs. Thos. J. Talbert of Columbia is visiting Mr. Talbert's relatives in this city.

News reached this city Tuesday that Mrs. James Keeling of the Clark locality northwest of Butterfield had died.

J. C. McQuarry who has been located at Seligman for some time and formerly of Monett is moving to Kansas City where he means to go into the real estate business.

Jesse Robbins who is now located at Dewey, Okla., writes to the REPUBLICAN mailed to his address there as he wants the news from his old home.

Mrs. George Thompson will leaves soon for El Centro, Calif., where her husband has a position with a large furniture establishment.

Charles Ray attended the funeral of his friend Edward McKinney, Friday.

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Otto Bower, Saturday, March 31, a ten and one-half pound boy.

Dr. S. A. Newman was called Monday to near Jenkins by the illness of Mrs. Will Potter. Mrs. Potter is a daughter of the late Edward McKinney of Hailey.

Creed Hamilton of Shell Knob said Tuesday while in Cassville that White River was too high to ferry Sunday.

Blaine Bailey of this city and Miss Malda Porter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Porter southwest of Cassville, surprised their friends Monday when they announced that on that day they had been united in marriage.

Mrs. H. C. Jones Dies

Mrs. H. C. Jones, aged 75 years, died at her home at Exeter, at 2:10 o'clock, Tuesday morning, April 3. Her death was caused by complications resulting from the growth of a goiter. She had been ill for two weeks and had been unconscious since Sunday.

Mrs. Jones lived at Monett for many years. Her husband, Mr. Purvis, died after which she married H. C. Jones who died a few years ago. They owned the property on Third street which was bought from them by S. T. Clutter. After selling their home they moved to a small truck farm at Exeter.

On learning of her death her friends, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Breese, Mrs. Ben Willoughby and Mrs. D. N. Jewett motored to Exeter to attend to affairs. The funeral will be held at that place, Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Monett Times.

The Reaper's Garner

Edward (Ned) McKinney died Thursday, March 29, at his home near Hailey at the age of 61 years, following a brief illness of lagrippe and pneumonia.

Only a few days before the death he contracted a severe attack of what was thought to be only lagrippe but pneumonia soon developed and before many of his friends even knew of his illness he had passed away.

Impressive funeral services were held at the home Friday, conducted by Rev. J. W. Ennes and his body was laid to rest in the family burial ground on the McKinney old homestead.

Edward McKinney was the youngest son of the late William McKinney a pioneer citizen of this county who emigrated from Alabama and settled the McKinney old homestead near Hailey in 1841. Edward McKinney's grandfather was a native of Culpepper county, Virginia. The family moved to Tennessee and after Alabama became a state they moved to Alabama and lived there until they came to Barry County, Missouri, in 1841. In those pioneer days game was plentiful and the population very sparse and this county offered a splendid opportunity for the pioneer family.

Edward McKinney was born Dec. 25, 1855 on the farm settled eleven years before by his parents. His entire life, except perhaps a brief time during the Civil War, was spent in Barry County and in the locality where his parents' settled 76 years ago. For many years he has been known as one of this county's most substantial farmers.

About the year 1880 he was married to Miss Alice Hailey. To them seven children were born, four of whom are living. They are W. E. McKinney of Konawa, Okla., Myrtle, wife of Will Potter of near Jenkins; Alice Norris of Indiana and Grover of Seattle, Wash.

Mrs. McKinney died many years ago. Later he married Miss Cordie McCary, youngest daughter of the late Henry McCary. To them one child was born, but died at the age of two years. Mrs. Cordie McCary McKinney lived only a year of two after the marriage.

He leaves one brother, Thos. C. McKinney of Shawnee, Okla., and two sisters, Mrs. Celia Vance of Richland, New Mexico and Mrs. N. L. Hailey of this city.

Mr. McKinney was a prosperous farmer and recognized as one of the best in the county. He was the very soul of honor and enjoyed the highest esteem of a large circle of friends. In his passing Barry County loses one of her most worthy citizens.

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