1911 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. Extracts from Barry County, MO, Newspapers

Extracted by: Donna Cooper, Coordinator
March 9, 1911, Thursday, Cassville Republican, Barry Co., MO


Aged minister Passes Away:


Rev. Samuel Babb died at the home of his son, J. W. Babb, at Hugo, Okla., Friday, March 1, 1911, at the advanced age of 83 years, of general debility.

Samuel Babb was born in Tennessee, April 10, 1829. There he grew to manhood undergoing all the hardships and privations of the early pioneers. At the age of nineteen yeas he professed faith in Christ and at twenty-three he was ordained to preach and became an active minister. He preached his last sermon when 81 years old. The sermon was preached at the request of friends of Grant, Okla., where he then lived.

He was married to Miss Elizabeth Roberts in Tennessee in 1848. Mrs. Babb died a few years ago. To them were born ten children, two of whom died in infancy, the remaining eight are living. The are Mrs. Sarah Lowder, Cassville; J. W. Babb, Hugo, Okla.; Miss Rhoda Babb, Washburn; Mrs. Minta Wallen, Fairland, Okla.; Mrs. Lena Hefley, Cassville; Mrs. Tina Bradley, Miami, Okla.; M. B. Babb, Cassville; Mrs. Laura Ezra, Mt. Vernon.

As a great many other Tennesseans did, he caught the desire to move west and came to Missouri. For about thirty years the family has lived in Barry County.

Samuel Babb was a man who in every sense of the term lived up to all the tenets of the Golden Rule. He was a conscientious Christian gentleman, a man of earnest convictions and a man of deep religious temperament. His friends were always number by his acquaintances.

The body was shipped to Cassville and buried at the Corinth Cemetery after funeral services held Saturday afternoon by Rev. J. W. Ennes.

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Mr. and Mrs. Babb of Hugo, Okla., accompanied the body of Mr. Babb's father, Rev. Samuel Babb, from Hugo to Cassville.

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All of the children of Samuel Babb who are living were present at the funeral Saturday.

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Jefferson Woodward died Feb. 28, at the home of his nephew D. Woodward near Corsicana, aged 83 years. Jefferson Woodward was one of the oldest citizens of the county and the settlement in which he lived was named after the Woodward family. In the vicinity of Woodward Creek were made some of the first settlements in Barry County.

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We are authorized to announce W. E. Hankins of Butterfield as a candidate for the office of Superintendent of Schools of Barry County election at annual school meeting April, 1911.

We are authorized to announce James Waddell of Shell Knob as a candidate for County Superintendent of Schools at April elections.

We are authorized to announce E. A. Frost as candidate of the office Superintendent of Schools of Barry County at April election.

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C. W. Williams has resigned as deputy collector and J. R. Wallen has accepted the appointment as deputy collector.

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W. H. Blakesley who had practiced medicine in Monett for a few weeks was arrested in Springfield Monday and turned over to Monett officials charge with practicing medicine with a license. He is a stranger in Monett
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