Obituaries

of

Albion Journal Register

 

1940

 

Donated by Bettie Wheat, Compiled by Laurie Selpien

Below is a summery of the obituaries printed in the Albion Journal in 1940. Complete obituary is available by request. Death certificate numbers were found on the Illinois death index 1916-1950 when the obituary did not give the actual date of death.

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Name

Birth date

Death date

Married

Buried

Obituary

Date

Father /Mother

ADAMS, Benjamin Hardin

June 5, 1884

Cape Girardeau

Missouri

Aug 15, 1940

Albion

June 7, 1920

Betty Tucker

Graceland

Albion Journal

Register

Aug 22, 1940

s/o Benjamin & Martha CASEBOLT Adams

ALBERT, Eli

 

June 22, 1940

Drowned Kaskaskia River

Margaret BROEDEL Longnecker

June 26, 1940

Albion Journal

Register

June 27, 1940

Death Cert# 173 Fayette Co.

ANNISS, William Butcher

Dec 15, 1860

Huntingdonshire, England

Feb 23, 1940

Wayne Co

Death cert# 26

Mar 20, 1889

Isabelle Chalcraft

d. Nov 22, 1931

Graceland

Albion Journal

Register

Feb 29, 1940

Came to America Dec 15, 1879

s/o Thomas & Jane Anniss

ATWOOD, William Quigley

Oct 13, 1900

Davis Co. Iowa

July 23, 1940

July 31, 1921

Rachel Elsie Gardner

In Nebraska

 

Albion Journal

Register

Aug 1, 1940

 

BAILEY, Lewis Witszel

May 17, 1868

Edwards Co., Il.

Nov 9, 1940

Wayne Co

Death cert# 155

Dec 18, 1890

Zon Belle Severns

Samaria

Albion Journal

Register

Nov 14, 1940

s/o Eli & Lucretia BROCK Bailey

BARBER, Robert T.

 

Jan 18, 1940

Sat. Afternoon

Barnes Hospital

Mary Brown Large

Mt. Carmel Cem.

St. Louis

Albion Journal

Register

Jan 25, 1940

Feb 1, 1940

s/o J. W. Barber

BARNES, Isabelle MARKS

Apr 23, 1868

Edwards, Co.

Aug 21, 1940

Bone Gap

m.1 1898

Louis Martin

d. 1898

m.2 1899

Chas. J. Barnes

d. 1925

Shiloh Church Cemetery

Albion Journal

Register

Aug 29, 1940

d/o Martin & Eliza Jane SHELBY Marks

BASS, Mary L. JOHNSON

Browns

53y

Evansville, Ind.

Dec 2, 1909

Dr. Bass

Graceland

Albion Journal

Register

Aug 22, 1940

d/o Mr. & Mrs. Francis Johnson

BAXTER, Sarah E. IBBOTSON

Dec 16, 1866

Albion

June 22, 1940

Wabash Co.

Death cert# 80

June 1889

William H. Baxter

d. 1933

Bethel

Near Bellmont

Albion Journal

Register

June 27, 1940

d/o Joseph & Frances NASH Ibbotson

BELL, Elizabeth Rae LEVEQUE

June 26, 1920

Linton, Indiana

July 7, 1940

drowned

Feb 11, 1939

Riley Bell

Graceland

Albion Journal

Register

July 11, 1940

d/o Mr. & Mrs. Frank Leveque

BENDER, George A.

Nov 28, 1883

Edwards Co.,

May 18, 1940

Wabash Co.

Death cert# 78

Dec 10, 1913

Lena may Wick

Oak Grove Cemetery

Albion Journal

Register

May 23, 1940

s/o Fredrick & Henrietta Bender

BERG,  PORTERFIELD, Grace L.

Oct 6, 1883

Wayne Co.

July 31, 1940

Mar 1, 1906

David C. Berg

McKendree

Albion Journal

Register

Aug 8, 1940

d/o James T. & Mary Ellen Porterfield

BERRY, Harvey

Apr 19, 1852

Perrysburg, Ohio

Apr 26, 1940

Sept 25, 1878

Emma Warfield

I. O. O. F.

Cemetery

Albion Journal

Register

May 2, 1940

 

BIGGERS, Isiline SMITH

June 5, 1853

Wanboro

Feb 11, 1940

Union Co., Il

Death Cert# 57

Mar 14, 1872

Garland Biggers

d. Oct 28, 1923

Albion Cemetery

Albion Journal

Register

Feb 15, 1940

d/o Charles & Elizabeth CHALCRAFT Smith

BOGLE, William Bancroft

Sept 9, 1875

Maroa

Jan 9, 1940

May 1908

Ida Swinson Heidon

Maroa

Military Burial

Albion Journal

Register

Jan 18, 1940

s/o Frances & Jennie Bogle

BORAH, U. S. Senator William Edgar

June 29, 1865

Wayne Co., Il.

Washington

Friday night

Miss Maimie McConnell

 

Albion Journal

Register

Jan 25, 1940

 

BOWERS, William “Bill”

Aug 15, 1869

Boultinghouse Prairie

Dec 20, 1940

Death cert#79

Edwards Co.,

Sept 11, 1891

Lillie B. Vincent

Graceland

Albion Journal

Register

Dec 26, 1940

s/o Matthew & Eliza SPRUEL Bowers

BOWMAN, Albert Hall

 

July 5, 1940

Chicago

Death cert# 9517

 

 

Albion Journal

Register

July 11, 1940

Purchased the Albion Journal from Walter Colyer early 1900’s

BRINES, Edward A.

Apr 6, 1878

Wabash Co.

July 10, 1940

Apr 3, 1904

Nellie Fenton

Lick Prairie Cemetery

Albion Journal

Register

July 11, 1940

July 18, 1940

s/o John & Susan GARD Brines

BROCK, Dempsey Charles

June 14, 1862

Sept 19, 1940

Golden gate Wayne Co.

Death cert# 131

Aug 24, 1888

Sarah E. Galloway

d. Oct 4, 1895

m2 1897

Nancy Griffin  d.

Samaria

Albion Journal

Register

Sept 26, 1940

s/o David Brock

BROSTER, Thomas Edward

 

Mar 26, 1940

75y

Edwards Co.

Death Cert # 22

 

Graceland

Albion Journal

Register

Mar 28, 1940

Apr 4, 1940

 

BYRNE, Samuel P.

 

Sept 13, 1940

Richland Co. Death Cert# 182

Age 83

 

 

Olney

Albion Journal

Register

Sept 19, 1940

 

BUCHANAN, Ethel SNIDLE

Mar 4, 1910

Albion

Mar 23, 1940

Aug 4, 1928

George Buchanan

Graceland

Albion Journal

Register

Mar 28, 1940

d/o Matthew & Eliza Snidle

BUCKLES, J. F.

 

Washington

 

 

Albion Journal

Register

Oct 3, 1940

s/o Lewis Buckles

BUNTING, Florence STAFFORD

Feb 15, 1852

England

Apr 8, 1940

Edwards Death cert#26

Feb 17, 1870

Charles Morris Bunting

d. Feb 26, 1925

Little Prairie

Albion Journal

Register

Apr 11, 1940

d/o James & Elizabeth Stafford

BUNTING, Paul Howard

 

Feb 4, 1940

Richland Co.

Death Cert# 28

  Infant heart condition

Graceland

Albion Journal

Register

Feb 8, 1940

s/o Mr. & Mrs. Enos Bunting

BUNTING, Thomas Stafford

Jan 17, 1868

Near Albion

June 27, 1940

Mar 26, 1890

Anna Hunt

McKendree

Albion Journal

Register

July 4, 1940

s/o Sylvester & Rachel STAFFORD Bunting

BUTLER, Agnes WICK

Apr 4, 1876

Edwards Co., Il.

June 11, 1940

Aug 12, 1896

Amzi Butler

Graceland

Albion Journal

Register

June 13, 1940

June 20, 1940

d/o john J. & Martha WEST Wick

CAMPBELL, Henry

Nov 1, 1861

Near Curtisville

 

m.1 Sept 2, 1885

Laura Smith

d. Oct 27, 1892

m 2Sept 5, 1893

Ann Shelby Potter

M3 Sept 17, 1931

Lillian Holmes

 

Albion Journal

Register

Oct 31, 1940

s/o Samuel & Emerald DOBBS Campbell

m. died  1866

f. died 1869

CAREY, Ida Lula CANTWELL

Apr 24, 1883

W. Salem

Jan 7, 1940

Monroe, La.

1905

Sanford Billings d.

1916

Manford Carey

d. Feb 1934

Moravian Cemetery

Albion Journal

Register

Jan 11, 1940

d/o Thomas Benton & Susan Rebecca Cantwell

CARLYLE, Ella Taylor HALL

June 23, 1875

Winchester, Kentucky

June 6, 1940

Oct 28, 1896

James C. Carlyle

Graceland

Albion Journal

Register

June 6, 1940

June 13, 1940

d/o James E. & Anna Rebecca Hall

CLARK, Mrs. John

May 28, 1859

Harrison, Ohio

Jan 23, 1940

July 24, 1879

John H. Clark

d. Jan 24, 1933

Grayville

Albion Journal

Register

Jan 25, 1940

Feb 1, 1940

d/o Peter & Stella Miller

COAD, Joseph Clayton

July 5, 1910

Edwards

June 13, 1940

 

Oak Grove

Albion Journal

Register

June 20, 1940

s/o Harry J. & Mary G. Coad

COAD, Martha MOIT

Oct 24, 1868

Stockton California

Nov 14, 1940

1898

Thomas W. Coad

 

Albion Journal

Register

Nov 21, 1940

d/o Joseph & Mary DOWEN Moit

COALE, R. Edgar

Dec 21, 1857

Cumberland Co. Penn.

Mar 26, 1940

Edwards Co.

Death cert# 25

 

Bethel

Albion Journal

Register

Mar 28, 1940

 

CLODFELTER, Laura Craver KAERICHER

Nov 1, 1861

 

Jan 8, 1940

Morris H. Clodfelter

Moravian Cemetery

Albion Journal

Register

Jan 11, 1940

d/o John & Susan CRAVER Kaericher

COLBERT, Charles Ronald

 

infant

 

 

Albion Journal

Register

Oct 17, 1940

s/o Mr. & Mrs. Arlan Colbert

COWLING, Sophia RIEFFEL

May 11, 1850

Mittlebergheim, Alsace Lorraine, Germany

Thursday

May 11, 1870

Thomas Cowling

d. 28y before

Oak Grove

Grayville

Albion Journal

Register

May 9, 1940

d/o John & Sophia Rieffel

CRAWFORD, Martha Millie

Apr 19, 1863

Buffalo Ind

May 18, 1940

Death Cert#120 Champaign

1882

Peter Rigg

d. 1909

m.2 1914

Fred Crawford

d. 1929

 

Albion Journal

Register

May 23, 1940

 

CRETORS, Mrs. Edwin (Ted)

 

June 25, 1940

Detroit Mich.

After operation

 

 

Albion Journal

Register

July 4, 1940

 

CHRISTY, Bruce

 

d. Tuesday

Electrocuted

Electric welder

 

Moravian

Albion Journal

Register

Aug 8, 1940

s/o Mrs. Mahala Christy

DALE, Harry

(Perry Slavens)

 

July 21, 1940

Edwards Co., Il.

Death Cert# 47

 

Liberty Cemetery

Harrisburg

Albion Journal

Register

July 25, 1940

Worked for Leo Stafford, by the name Harry Dale thought to have no family, after killed by bull it was found his real name was Perry Slavens brother of Rev. Edgar Slavens

DANIELSON, John

Nov 7, 1856

Washington Co., Ohio

Sept 13, 1940

Edwards Co.

Death cert#60

Aug 9, 1883

Vesta Rigg

Wells Cemetery

Albion Journal

Register

Sept 19, 1940

s/o Rufus & Lucinda Danielson

DAWES, Mary

 

June 18, 1940

Spokane, Washington

 

 

Albion Journal

Register

July 4, 1940

d/o Mr. & Mrs. Josiah Dawes

DUMAS, Ray

Eldorado, Arkansas

Derrick Collapsed

Married

 

Albion Journal

Register

Feb 8, 1940

 

DUNK, Myrtle Dica MALONE

Oct 10, 1875

Gibson Co., Ind.

Feb 26, 1940

Death Cert#13

Edwards Co.,

64y 4m 16d

Apr 2, 1896

Sidney Dunk

Grayville

Albion Journal

Register

Feb 29, 1940

d/o Benjamin & Laura DILDAY Malone

EDGE, Thomas E.

Oct 15, 1869

Edwards Co.

Apr 19, 1940

Suicide

Oct 21, 1893

Ada Howell

d. May 16, 1935

Oak Grove Cemetery

Albion Journal

Register

Apr 25, 1940

s/o John & Elizabeth Edge

EIMERS, Jessie SNOW

Sept 7, 1863

Somersetshire, England

 

Jason Bunting d.

George Eimers d.

Graceland

Albion Journal

Register

Oct 31, 1940

d/o Robert & Mary Ann Snow

ELLEN, John A.

“Uncle John”

Jan 17, 1870

Wanboro

July 27, 1940

Death cert# 48

Edwards Co., Il. 70y 6m 10d

Dec 17, 1914

Carrie Metcalf

d. Dec 27, 1917

Graceland

Albion Journal

Register

Aug 1, 1940

s/o James & Annetta MANN Ellen

ETTEN, Charles Van

Jan 18, 1869

Iowa