| 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. xtracts from Barry County, MO, Newspapers Extracted by: Donna Cooper, Coordinator |
April 6, 1911, Thursday, Cassville Republican, Barry Co., MO
R. H. Sands Dead:
R. H. Sands died very suddenly at his home about three miles southwest of Cassville, Tuesday morning April 4. He had been sick only for a day or two and that was not thought to be serious. Sunday and Monday he had been bothered with a stomach trouble. Tuesday morning he was up and around about the house, he turned suddenly sick at [sic] his stomach and in a very short time expired. The news of his death was a great shock to his neighbors and to friends over the county as he was known to be in general good health. Mr. Sands was one of the prosperous farmers in this community. He was in every respect an excellent citizen. He was a valuable citizen to the locality in which he live was progressive and always interested in pushing for better things. As a farmer he was a leader and was successful. He will be greatly missed. He leaves a widow and four daughters and three sons. One daughter and two sons are unmarried and are at home. The funeral is to be held Thursday (today) and interment made at Horner Cemetery. ***
S. S. Cornelius living near the Star School house on Flat Creek, between McDowell and Jenkins, was stabbed, cut, and otherwise beaten, while at church on the night of March 26, at the Star school house. Chas. Wheeler has been placed under arrest, charged with assisting in the attack upon Cornelius. Sherman and Claiborne Stubblefield are wanted for the crime. They have not yet been caught, although the officers have been searching for them. Cornelius had left the house on account of the heavy wind and had gone to a window to motion to his wife for them to go home when he was attached by the parties. He received one stab in the right breast, a cut on the forehead and also on the neck. His coat was cut across the left lapel and but for the protection from a spectacle case in the vest pocket the would have received a wound in the left breast about the heart. The wounds caused much loss of blood but were not serous and Cornelius is getting along very well. One of the parties who assisted in the assault beat him about the head resulting in some bad bruises. There had existed no ill will between Cornelius and the Wheeler and Stubblefield boys, and there seems to be no excuse whatever for the attack. The boys are said to have been drinking and perhaps thought that when Cornelius came out to the house it was for the purpose of watching them. |
| Return to
|
Return to
|
|
|
|
||
You are newspaper visitor |
||
You are website visitor |
||