| 1914 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 |
September 17, 1914, Thursday, Cassville Republican, Barry Co., MO
Succumbs to Typhoid:
Willis Brock, 23 years of age, son of W. J. Brock, a prominent and well known citizen of near Shell Knob, died early Sunday morning of typhoid fever. Willis, was at the time of taking sick, engaged in teaching the Fairview school near Shell Knob. His illness from the beginning became very serious and on account of his frail constitution he gradually gave way to the disease after nine days sickness. Willis was an industrious young man with an ambition to live a life of usefulness. He possessed those traits of character that would have rounded out a useful life and he had been permitted to live. Interment was made atthe Painter Cemetery Sunday afternoon following short funeral services conducted at the grave by Rev. Cottrell. Sad Death:
Mrs. Kimball, wife of Rev. Virgil Kimball, was thrown from a buggy and killed in a runaway about one and a half miles, south of Shell Knob, Thursday morning of last week. Mrs. Kimball had spent Wednesday night at the home of J. W. Brock attending her grandson, Willis Brock, who was sick with typhoid fever, and was returning home in company with her granddaughter, Miss Mayme Brock, when the sad accident occurred. Mrs. Kimball was driving their family mare with a bridle without a throat latch. The mare being in a dissatisfied condition worked off the bridle, causing her to become excited and runaway. Mrs. Kimball and MissBrock were thrown out of the buggy. Mrs. Kimball was advanced in age and her injuries proved fatal within a short while after the accident. Miss Brock was only slightly injured. The funeral service swere not held until Saturday afternoon owing to the lateness of the arrival of Rev. Kimball who was in Oklahoma at the time of the accident. A large number of friends of the family and of the deceased attended the funeral. Interment was made at the Painter Cemetery near Shell Knob. Rev. Kimball and immediate relatives have the heartfelt sympathy of the public. |
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