| 1916 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 |
October 5, 1916, Thursday, Cassville Republican, Barry Co., MO
Mrs. Charles Galloway Dead
Mrs. Nellie Vancil Galloway, wife of Charles Galloway, died at 3 o'clock Monday morning, Oct 2, of Peritonitis. She became seriously ill Friday and a physician and nurse came from Joplin to assist in caring for her, but nothing could be done for her relief. Mrs. Galloway was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Vancil of Joplin. she was born in Joplin, April 12, 1880. She was married about years ago to Charles Galloway and until a year ago they made their home at Lamar. In October 1915 the family came to Monett where Mr. Galloway went into business. Mrs. Galloway leaves husband, two small children, father, mother and four brothers. Funeral services will be held at the Presbyterian Church at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, Oct 3, conducted by H. H. Koontz, pastor of the church. Interment will be in the Odd Fellows cemetery. Though Mrs. Galloway had lived here but a short time and had been ill much of the time, she had made many friends by her sweet and friendly ways. Monett Times Clanton Funeral
The funeral of Edward Clanton Southeast of this city was held on Wednesday afternoon of last week, conducted by Rev. Clanton of Seligman who is a relative of Edward Clanton. He spoke feelingly of his relative and commented upon his virtues and of his standing as an up-right citizen. A large crowd of neighbors and friends were present to pay their last tributes of respect to their good neighbor and kind friend. In the sketch appearing in the last week's REPUBLICAN there were some errors due to the imperfect information received the morning the paper went to press. He was born in Tennessee not Arkansas and lived there before coming to Missouri. He leaves three sons and six daughters. Mrs. Rebecca Clark, Mrs. Mary Henson, Mrs. Mattie Henson, J. A. Clanton and Mrs. Florence Sands of near this city of a second marriage. ***
Elmer Skelton is going into the mercantile business again at Eagle Rock. The store of Whittington & Skelton burned last spring and the insurance company which carried the risk has failed and none of the loss of the firm has ever been collected. ***
W. S. Carlin of Purdy was in Cassville Tuesday. He stated he had failed to obtain a satisfactory settlement on the insurance he carried upon his store which burned at Purdy a few weeks ago. He is planning to institute legal proceedings at once against the company. Demented Man Caught
Citizens of Washburn Prairie informed Sheriff Brixey Sunday that a strange man, apparently demented, was in that locality. The Sheriff drove out and brought him up to Cassville where he was locked up until an investigation could be made. He gives his name as Fred Hamlet. He appears to be a nervous wreck. While in the Washburn Prairie locality he had acted like a wild man, running through fields, briers and timber until he had lost his clothing. Mrs. Delia Blakeslee
Mrs. Delia Blakeslee who for many years resided on Stones Prairie north of Purdy died Thursday September 28, at the home of the daughter, Mrs. NM. V. Alleback in Springfield. Mrs. Blakeslee was 83 years of age and had been an invalid for about two years. She is survived by three sons and three daughters, H. J. Blakeslee of Purdy, L. J. Blakeslee of Monett, D. C. Blakeslee of Fayetteville, Ark., Mrs. William Norris of Josephine, Saskatchewan, Canada, Mrs. Mary Reno and Mrs. N. V. Allebach with whom she was making her home at the time of her death. The body was shipped to Purdy where the funeral was held Saturday afternoon. |
| Return to
|
Return to
|
|
|
|
||
You are newspaper visitor |
||
You are website visitor |
||