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

Thursday

1891

Martha Burkhart

d. 1934

Macomb

Albion Journal

Register

Mar 28, 1940

 

FAWKES, James W.

Jan 26, 1846

London Co., Virginia

Mar 8, 1940

94y 1m 12 d

Apr 26, 1881

Eliza Arvilla Cory

d. Nov 8, 1936

Graceland

Albion Journal

Register

Mar 14, 1940

s/o William H. & Anna MARRIOTT Fawkes

FIEBER, Herman Lee

 

Saturday

 

Grayville

Albion Journal

Register

Apr 4, 1940

 

FELDMAN, Charles

Mar 7, 1874

W. Salem

Mar 22, 1940

Aug 12, 1896

Augusta Gentz

Moravian

Albion Journal

Register

Mar 28, 1940

s/o John & Lucy LIBKIE Feldman

FLOYD, Robert

 

Killed by car hitting his bike

 

 

Albion Journal

Register

Oct 17, 1940

s/o Joe Floyd

FRITZ, Frank

 

Tuesday

 

Seymour, Ind.

Albion Journal

Register

May 16, 1940

 

GAINES, Mary E. PUTTNAM

July 24, 1870

Lawrence Co.

July 29, 1940

Aug 14, 1904

Henry Gains

d. 1920

Friendsville

Cemetery

Albion Journal

Register

Aug 1, 1940

d/o Eber & Elizabeth KING PUtnam

GADAU, William

June 18, 1849

Letzlinigen, Kreis Gradelegren, Regierungs Bezirk Magdenburg, Provinz Sachsen, Koenigreich Preuhsen

Oct 4, 1940

W. Salem

1875

Catherina Gehret

d. 1910

Dec 18, 1911

Lucy Gentz

Evangelical Cemetery

Albion Journal

Register

Oct 10, 1940

s/o Fredrich & Dorothy EBLING Gadau

Came to America W. Salem May 17, 1867

GAMON, Margaret EDMINSON

Apr 11, 1848

Albion

Jan 31, 1940

June 22, 1870

Peaker Stanley

d. Sept 12, 1878

m.2 Feb 5, 1924

B. H. Gamon

d. Oct 27, 1926

Albion Cemetery

Albion Journal

Register

Feb 1, 1940

Feb 8, 1940

d/o Robert & Dianah Edminson

GANONG, Charles Elbert

Apr 23, 1892

Oct 21, 1940

Whitter California

Aug 14, 1915

Thirza G. Franklin

Rose Hill

Whitter Calf.

Albion Journal

Register

Nov 21, 1940

s/o Daniel & Eliza Ganong

GARNER, Olive RIGG

Dec 30, 1852

Feb 25, 1940

Nov 7, 1877

Joseph Garner

d. Jan 16, 1928

Grayville

Albion Journal

Register

Feb 29, 1940

d/o Harris B. & Fannie Rigg

GENTZ, Richard Arthur

June 12, 1874

West Salem

Jan 17, 1940

Keensburg

Bessie Staninger

42 years ago d.

m.2 1919

Minnie Rehr

Moravian

Albion Journal

Register

Jan 25, 1940

s/oWilliam & Dorothy RECKLING Gentz

GILL, Thomas Franklin

“Frank”

Dec 24, 1859

West Village

Mar 22, 1940

Edwards Co.

Death Cert# 20

Dec 22, 1878

Mary Alice Bond

West Village

Albion Journal

Register

Mar 28, 1940

s/o Thomas & Eliza Gill

GREATHOUSE, Chester

 

Aug 24, 1940

62y 6m 3d

May 27, 1896

Alta Brown

Ebenezer

Albion Journal

Register

Aug 29, 1940

 

GREEN, Camilla WICK

Jan 13, 1869

Edwards co., Il.

Nov 19, 1940

Death cert#73

Edwards co.,

Nov 2, 1887

Joseph Green

d. Jan 18, 1929

Graceland

Albion Journal

Register

Nov 28, 1940

d/o John J. & Martha Wick

HALL, Bessie DENNIS

Nov 23, 1863

England

Aug 28, 1940

Union Co. Death cert# 319

Never married

Graceland

Albion Journal

Register

Aug 29, 1940

Came to Albion with aunt and Uncle Mr. & Mrs. William Hibbie adopted by Elder & Mrs. J. C. T. Hall 1875

HALL, Lillian C.

June 6, 1857

Grayville Il.

Sept 12, 1940

Glen Ellyn

Never married

Family plot Grayville

Albion Journal

Register

Sept 19, 1940

Sept 26, 1940

d/o Judge Samuel L. & Martha Hall

granddaughter of William Hall came to English settlement in 1820 from Ewell Surrey England

HALLAM, Ivan Thomas

Oct 23, 1891

Edwards Co., Il

Mar 27, 1940

Streator

m. 1917

Flossie Templeton

 (divorced)

Mt. Zion

Albion Journal

Register

Mar 28, 1940

Apr 4, 1940

s/o Joseph & Ollie Hallam

Army  131st Co. Coast Artillery 1914-1916

Reenlisted Feb 23, 1918

HARMON, Mary SCHMIDT

Jan 18, 1865

Richland Co.

Feb 18, 1940

Jan 14, 1890

Newton Harmon

d. 1920

Moravian

Albion Journal

Register

Feb 29, 1940

d/o Christ & Barbara Schmidt

HARMS, Rosa Anna HOWARD

Jan 21, 1879

Edwards Co., Il.

Sept 20, 1940

June 1931

Lowe Harms

W. Salem Cemetery

Albion Journal

Register

Sept 26, 1940

d/o John & Maria FISHER Howard

HARRINGTON, Mary Alice BUCHANAN

Sept 13, 1854

Wabash Co.

Dec 20, 1940

W. Salem

John F. Harrington  d.

 

Albion Journal

Register

Dec 26, 1940

Jan 2, 1941

d/o Robert & Elizabeth HERSHEY Buchanan

HARRIS, Mrs. R. F. STEWART

 

73y

Sedalla Mo.

R. F. Harris

Graceland

Albion Journal

Register

Feb 8, 1940

d/o Charles S. & Isabella WEED Stewart

HENSLEY, Ellen FRANKLAND

Sept 28, 1866

Edwards Co.

Jan 29, 1940

d. white Co.

Death cert# 8

Jan 28, 1891

Thos. A. Hensley

d. Dec 21, 1907

Mt. Zion Cem

Albion Journal

Register

Feb 1, 1940

 

HICKS, Robert Eugene

Feb 20, 1928Richland Co.

July 27, 1940

12y died after crushed by tractor

 

Parkersburg

Albion Journal

Register

Aug 8, 1940

s/o William & Lola Hicks

HIGGINS, Lodemia BARTLETT

Aug 9, 1857

Ashland Co., Ohio

Aug 28, 1940

1880

William Lenear

d. 1899

1901

James S. Higgins

 

Albion Journal

Register

Sept 5, 1940

d/o David & Adeline Bartlett

HOCKING, Ansel

Aug 9, 1865

Bone Gap

Jan 1, 1940

Bone Gap

Oct 21, 1888

Eva Stella Parker

June 3, 1935

m.2 Aug 4, 1938

Mrs. Della Vandever

 

Albion Journal

Register

Jan 4, 1940

Jan 11, 1940

s/o Richard & Temperance Hocking

HOLLIDAY, Laura MARRIOTT

 

Mar 27, 1940

Sagamon Co.

Death Cert# 326

 

Springfield

Albion Journal

Register

Mar 28, 1940

 

HORNER, Gov. Henry

 

 

 

 

Albion Journal

Register

Oct 10, 1940

 

HOUSER, Dr. John A.

Jan 23, 1855

June 28, 1940

Quincy

Anna Busefink

d.

Moravian

Albion Journal

Register

July 4, 1940

s/o Edwin & Caroline SCHULTZ Houser

Grandson of Martin Houser (German) charter member of the Moravian Church

HOWEY, Perry

Oct 9, 1869

Edwards Co.

Jan 2, 1940

Edwards Co.,

Death Cert# 2

Feb 10, 1897

Clara Barnhart

W. Village Cemetery

Albion Journal

Register

Jan 4, 1940

s/o Joseph & Mary CURTIS Howey

HUNGET, Kate

 

June 26, 1940

73y

 

Oak Grove

Albion Journal

Register

June 27, 1940

 

HURD, Clarence

 

July 29, 1940

Death Cert #100

Mt. Carmel

 

Rose Hill

Albion Journal

Register

Aug 1, 1940

 

IBBOTSON, Harry

Sept 12, 1862

Jan 2, 1940

Parksburg

m. 1

Dec 18, 1884

Christina Blackledge

d. Sept 1920

m.2 Apr 18, 1922

Mrs. Effie Quigley

Marion Cemetery

Albion Journal

Register

Jan 11, 1940

 

ISRAEL, Wm. H.

Mar 21, 1858

Nazareth Pennsylvania

Feb 27, 1940

1881

Clara Kaericher

Moravian

Albion Journal

Register

Feb 29, 1940

s/o John C. & Carolyn BOECHER Isreal

JACKS, Esther Maude

 

Sunday

4 years

 

 

Albion Journal

Register

Mar 28, 1940

d/o Mr. & Mrs. Herman Jack

JACKSON, Thomas W.

 

Sept 7, 1940

Death cert#126

Wabash

Suicide

47 y

 

Cunningham

Albion Journal

Register

Sept 12, 1940

 

JACOBS, James D.

 

Dec 16, 1940

73 birthday

 

Graceland

Albion Journal

Register

Jan 4, 1940

s/o James D. Jacobs Sr.

JENNINGS, Mrs. B. C.

 

May 19, 1940

75y

 

Oak Grove Cemetery

Albion Journal

Register

May 23, 1940

 

JENNINGS, John W.

July 9, 1862

Tennessee

Oct 16, 1940

Parkersburg

Dec 3, 1885

Catherine Isabell Jones

d.

Walnut Grove

Albion Journal

Register

Oct 24, 1940

s/o William & Martha Jennings

JOHNSON, Linn B.

Apr 17, 1855

Near Nebo Ky.

Apr 25, 1940

Aug 9, 1889

Priscilla Mason

Samaria

Albion Journal

Register

May 2, 1940

s/o Louis Willis & Susiana Johnson

KOENECKE, William Frederick

Feb 26, 1869

Litzlingen, Prussia, Germany

Feb 1, 1940

Edwards Co

Death cert# 12

 

Moravian

Albion Journal

Register

Feb 8, 1940

Immigrated to America w/ family 1872

s/o John Frederick & Louisa Sophia HEINS Koenecke

KOONTZ, Herman D.

Aug 11, 1940

6 week old

d. of neglect

 

 

Albion Journal

Register

Sept 26, 1940

s/o Roberta George

KNACKMUHS, Minnie SCHERER

Jan 18, 1873

Olney Twp. Richland Co. Il.

Aug 31, 1940

Tuscola Hosp.

Car accident

Apr 9, 1891

Henry Knackmuhs

Moravian

Albion Journal

Register

Sept 5, 1940

Sept 12, 1940

d/o Peter & Harriett ARNOLD Scherer

KNOWLTON, Clarence Lee

 

Los Angeles Calf. Age 90

 

 

Albion Journal

Register

Nov 28, 1940

 

LIPE, Mrs. W. P.

 

Age 43

Elkville

 

Elkville Cemetery

Albion Journal

Register

Oct 3, 1940

 

MARCH, Nathan

 

May 26, 1940

White Co.,

Death cert# 103

 

Oak Grove

Albion Journal

Register

May 30, 1940

 

MARKMAN, Anna Elizabeth SCHOLZ

Nov 11, 1875

Edwards Co., Il.

May 10, 1940

Edwards Co.

Death cert# 32

Oct 24, 1894

William G. Markman

Moravian

Albion Journal

Register

May 16, 1940

d/o William Fredrick & Charlotte HAWF Scholz

MARRIOTT, Ida Mary BUMP

Feb 3, 1870

Edwards Co., Il.

 

June 8, 1892

Henry Marriott

d. Dec 6, 1911

Oak Grove Grayville

Albion Journal

Register

Oct 31, 1940

d/o Marshall & Emma Bump

MARSHALL, Charley

June 24, 1877

Tuesday

E. St. Louis

 

 

Albion Journal

Register

Apr 11, 1940

Edwards Co Sheriff

1906-1910

MARSHALL, Kathleen

 

d. Monday

Mattoon

 

 

Albion Journal

Register

Feb 8, 1940

d/o Louis & Laura WEAVER Marshall

MARSHALL, Mrs. R. C.

 

May 10, 1940

Springfield

74y

 

Monroe City Mo.

Albion Journal

Register

May 23, 1940

 

MARX, Bufford Alen

 

May 17, 1940

Will Co.

Death Cert# 297

 

 

Albion Journal

Register

May 23, 1940

s/o Mr. & Mrs. Alva Marx

MARX, Louis Edwin

May 28, 1854

Wabash Co.

Jan 2, 1940

Dec 21, 1876

Hattie Hinderliter

 

Albion Journal

Register

Jan 11, 1940

s/o Fredrich & Minnie SCHAUN Marx

MARX, Mary Jemima HINDERLITER

Aug 29, 1863

Mar 30, 1940

Lancaster

Sept 1, 1887

George F. Marx

Lancaster

Albion Journal

Register

Apr 4, 1940

d/o William & Mary Hinderliter

McCLANE, Alva

June 7, 1860

Kitchen’s Bridge Wabash Co.

July 18, 1940

80y

Browns

Jan 24, 1894

Nellie Gill

Graceland

Albion Journal

Register

July 18, 1940

July 25, 1940

s/o Jackson & Margaret McClane

Hermitage Lodge 356, A. F. & A. M. & Albion Chapter 237, R. A. M.

McCOY, Herbert Allison

 

Grayville Car accident 23y

 

 

Albion Journal

Register

Oct 17, 1940

s/o Herbert McCoy

McKIBBEN, Edward

Dec 12, 1861

Edwards Co.

June 3, 1940

Fairfield

Sept 14, 1892

Arabella Canull

Feb 18, 1936

Little Prairie

Albion Journal

Register

June 6, 1940

June 13, 1940

s/o David & Mary McKibben

McKIBBEN, Frank

May 16, 1861

Edwards

Last Friday

78y

Mary Pearce

d. Mar 1926

Graceland

Albion Journal

Register

Jan 18, 1940

s/o Peter & Ellen GREEN McKibbens

McKINNEY, David

Dec 8, 1860

Sullivan Co., Ind.

July 23, 1940

Aug 20, 1885

Charity Conrad

 

Albion Journal

Register

Aug 1, 1940

s/o Thos. & Mary Ann McKinney

MEDLER, Nathan

July 24, 1861

Sept 22, 1940

Anna State Hospital

m1 Alice F. Grim

m2 Sept 28,1910

Elizabeth Whitlow

 

 

Albion Journal

Register

Sept 26, 1940

s/o William & Rachel GREEN Medler

MILLER, Charles Woodrow

 

Aug 14, 1940

Drowned Swimming in Wabash River 19y old

 

 

Albion Journal

Register

Aug 15, 1940

s/o Sam & Edna GONTER Miller

MILLER, Robert W.

Aug 25, 1895

St. Louis Mo.

June 15, 1940

Car accident

June 1919

Amy Gill

d. June 6, 1936

m.2 Aug 10, 1939

Themis Spiller

 

Graceland

Albion Journal

Register

June 20, 1940

s/o Rolla N. & Nellie HICKS Miller

WWI Vet

MITCHELL, Harold Jr.

Sept 15, 1922

Edwards Co., Il.

Mar 3, 1940

Edwards Co.,

Death cert#17

 

Graceland

Albion Journal

Register

Mar 7, 1940

s/o Harold J. Rosa SMITH Mitchell

MONTGOMERY, James

July 9, 1872

Edwards Co., Il.

July 21, 1940

Heart Attack

Dec 23, 1920

Ida Naomi Harms

 

Albion Journal

Register

July 25, 1940

s/o Sam & Amelia Montogmery

MORRISON, Hattie THREAD

Sept 14, 1863

Old Bone Gap

Aug 2, 1940

St. Petersburg Fla.

Feb 19, 1884

James S. Morrison

Bone Gap Cemetery

Albion Journal

Register

Aug 8, 1940

d/o Robert & Anna RHODES Thread

MORRISON, James S.

Oct 14, 1863

Kenney, Il.

Aug 11, 1940

Danville, Il.

Feb 19, 1884

Hattie Thread

d. Aug 2, 1940

buried Aug 4,

 

Albion Journal

Register

Aug 15, 1940

s/o John & Angeline Morrison

MYERS, Louis M.

Albion

Sunday

Denver Colorado, Vet hospital

 

 

Albion Journal

Register

Dec 19, 1940

s/o Henry & Annie Myers

MYERS, Wilbur Allen

Aug 29, 1881

Jan 20, 1940

Assumption

Car &  train accident

1909

Della Elliott

Moravian

Albion Journal

Register

Jan 25, 1940

s/o Joseph & Catherine GATES Meyers

NAYLOR, Charles

(Mayor of Albion)

Dec 21, 1868

Albion

Jan 15, 1940

Edwards Co., Il

Death Cert#4

Nov 8, 1895

Lilly D. Moye

Graceland

Albion Journal

Register

Jan 18, 1940

s/oJames & Mary Ann BATSON Naylor

NEU, Andrew

June 7, 1859

German Twp., Vanderburgh Ind.

Sunday

Evansville, Ind.

Sept 21, 1882

Anna Rodian

Posey Co., Ind.

 

Albion Journal

Register

Aug 22, 1940

 

PAGE, Jerry Mack

Dec 23, 1859

Dec 30, 1940

m.1  1879

Katie Black

d. 1881

m.2 1882

Nancy Elliott d.

m.3 July 30, 1895

Nancy Carter

d. Feb 4, 1923

m.4 Oct 8, 1932

Elizabeth Carter

Sister to Nancy

Union, Albion

Albion Journal

Register

Jan 4, 1940

s/o James & Lucinda Page

PAINTER, George  W.

Mar 13, 1860

Wabash Co., Il.

Dec 11, 1940

Bone Gap

Dec 24, 1884

Lillie C. Elliott

d. Oct 1887

Bone gap

Albion Journal

Register

Dec 12, 1940

Dec 19, 1940

s/o Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Painter

PAINTER, Walter Allen

July 1890

Edwards co., Il.

Nov 9, 1940

Tucola

Nora McDowell

d.

Nella Cane

 

Albion Journal

Register

Nov 21, 1940

s/o Joseph & Flora Painter

PENROD, Minnie PETTY

June 10, 1874

Wayne Co., Il.

May 31, 1940

Edwards

Death cert#36

June 16, 1892

Thomas Penrod

Graceland

Albion Journal

Register

June 6, 1940

 

PETERS, Christian  Julius

Aug 25, 1859

Albion, Edwards Co.

July 23, 1940

Winter Haven Fla.

Dec 25, 1887

Sarah Gawthrop

d.

Ebenezer

Albion Journal

Register

Aug 1, 1940

 

PETTIGREW, Lena B. LOCK

July 22, 1893

Gridley Il.

July 4, 1940

Feb 22, 1912

Thomas M. Pettigrew

Graceland

Albion Journal

Register

July 11, 1940

d/o Thomas W. & Arminda Lock

PHELPS, Bedford Eldon

July 27, 1863

Woodbury

Butler Co., KY

Dec 1, 1940

W. Salem

Sept 6, 1885

Susan Barnhart

d. May 9, 1895

m.2 Dec 30, 1903

Minnie L. Shaw

d. Apr 3, 1909

m.3 Oct 16, 1912

Eliza Ireland

Macedonia Cemetery

Albion Journal

Register

Dec 5, 1940

Dec 26, 1940

s/o Bedford & Mary E. Phelps

POOL, Rosa J. MYERS

Aug 5, 1877

Wabash Co., Il

Nov 17, 1939

Washington

Oct 16, 1895

S. O. Pool

 

Albion Journal

Register

Feb 1, 1940

d/o Albert & Ann Elizabeth Myers

POPE, Sybil Alice WALKER

 

Oct 9, 1940

Yakima, Washington

 

 

Albion Journal

Register

Nov 7, 1940

d/o Mr. & Mrs. Charles H. Walker

PRITCHETT, Rozie Mae DUNCAN

Aug 9, 1894

May 30, 1940

Dec 5, 1913

Ernest Utley

Feb 2, 1924

Elbert Pritchett

Mt. Zion

Albion Journal

Register

June 6, 1940

d/o W. D. & Mary Ann Duncan

RABER, Adam

July 26, 1859

Posey Co., Ind.

Dec 9, 1940

Death cert#170

Wabash Co.

Apr 15, 1884

Magdalena Rodrian

d. Jan 25, 1939

Friedens Evangelical Church cemetery

Albion Journal

Register

Dec 12, 1940

s/o Jacob & Margaret GOEBLE Raber

RAMSEY, Alice Belle NICHOLSON

Oct 27, 1861

Cincinnati, Ohio

78y 8m 11d

Mar 22, 1886

John A. Ramsey

d. 1931

Bethel

Wayne Co., Il.

Albion Journal

Register

July 11, 1940

d/o John W. & Kathryn Nickolson

RAMSEY, Nelle JONES

Aug 30, 1900

Gibson Co., Ind.

Mar 26, 1940

Dec 27, 1918

Ross Ramsey

Graceland

Albion Journal

Register

Mar 28, 1940

Apr 4, 1940

d/o Charles & Villa Jones

f. died when she was young

m. d. Dec 28, 1937

REID, Arch

Mar 12, 1877

July 23, 1940

Mt. Carmel Hosp. Cancer

Apr 19, 1903

Della Oakley

West Village

Albion Journal

Register

July 25, 1940

s/o Francis M. & Maretta J. Reid

REID, Dr. Horace W.

 

Wednesday

Oakland City

Wife d.

Feb 18, 1899

Montgomery

Albion Journal

Register

Mar 7, 1940

 

ROBERTSON, Sue WILLIAMS

Apr 28, 1858

Grayville

Mar 28, 1940

Edwards

Death Cert# 23

Mar 25, 1891

John F. Robertson

Graceland

Albion Journal

Register

Apr 4, 1940

d/o John T. & Susan Williams

ROBINSON, William

Feb 4, 1854

Christian Co. Il.

Mar 18, 1940

w. Salem

Nov 1874

Louisa J. Rigsby

d. 1892

July 31, 1895Mary Y. Woodruff

Marion

Albion Journal

Register

Mar 21, 1940

s/oWilliam & Ellen Robinson

ROOT, Betty Pearl COWLING

Jan 23, 1879

Aug 11, 1940

White Co., Il.

Apr 17, 1907

Frank J. Root

Oak Grove Cemetery

Albion Journal

Register

Aug 15, 1940

d/o Thomas & Sophia Cowling

SANFORD, James R.

 

May 5, 1940

Turrell, Ark.

Edith Jordan

 

Albion Journal

Register

May 23, 1940

 

SCHERNEKAU, Lucille Jones

 

July 17, 1940

Crawford Co.

Death cert#160

Leonard Schernekau

d. May 24, 1939

Crawford Co.

Death cert# 109

 

Albion Journal

Register

July 25, 1940

 

SCHMIDT, Miss Emma

Nov 1, 1869

Edwards Co., Il.

Feb 24, 1940

 

Moravian

Albion Journal

Register

Feb 29, 1940

d/o Christopher & Barbara WIES Schmidt

SCHWARZLOSE, Dorothy SCHMIDT

Sept 26, 1850

Letzlingen, Prussia Germany

Nov 24, 1940

Oct 9, 1873

William Schwarzlose

d. Feb 2, 1931

Evangelical Cemetery

Albion Journal

Register

Nov 28, 1940

Dec 5, 1940

 

SCOTT, John J.

Sept 22, 1856

Leech Twp.

May 16, 1940

Wayne Co.

Death Cert# 78

Lula May

d. 1934

Bethel

Albion Journal

Register

May 23, 1940

 

SCOTT, Raymond

 

DeFuniak Springs Florida

Car accident 46y

 

DeFuniak Springs Florida

 

Albion Journal

Register

June 13, 1940

s/o Mr. & Mrs. Forrest Scott

SHELBY, Emma MAVIS

June 29, 1867

Sept 20, 1940

Mar 2, 1892

Ellsworth Shelby

d. Apr 8, 1937

W. Village Cemetery

Albion Journal

Register

Sept 26, 1940

d/o John & Elizabeth Mavis

SHILLINGS, Hazel Mae

June 8, 1935

Edwards

Feb 19, 1940

Fairfield, Wayne Co.

 

Little Prairie

Albion Journal

Register

Feb 22, 1940

d/o Lawrence & Mary Shilling

SMITH, Henry L.

Mar 17, 1865

Sept 23, 1940

Jan 9, 1889

Emma Witte

d. Dec 9, 1939

 

Albion Journal

Register

Sept 26, 1940

Oct 3, 1940

 

SMITH, Herbert

Oct 1, 1879

Sept 2, 1940

60y 11m 1 day

Death cert#56

Edwards Co., Il

Graceland

Albion Journal

Register

Sept 5, 1940

s/o Moses & Eleanor GARNER Smith

SMITH, Olive

July 4, 1874

65y 6m 3d

 

W. Village Cemetery

Albion Journal

Register

Jan 11, 1940

d/o Isaac & Mary REID Smith

SMITH, Rena  SKINNER

Feb 2, 1883

Wayne Co.,

May 26, 1940

Edwards

Death cert#35

Apr 3, 1901

Samuel J. Smith

Graceland

Albion Journal

Register

May 30, 1940

d/o Samuel A. & Mary E. Skinner

SMITH, William J.

“Uncle Billy”

Dec 3, 1858

Evansville, Ind.

(Dec 3, 1854)

Family records

Nov 22, 1940

Dec 23, 1875

Ann Smith

d. 1933

Graceland

Albion Journal

Register

Nov 28, 1940

s/o James & Harriet Smith

SPENCER, Harry Dale

 

Oct 7, 1940

Death cert#69

Edwards Co.,

 

Grayville

Albion Journal

Register

Oct 10, 1940

15 y old

Cut in half by train

SPRUELL, Audrey La Joy

Jan 25, 1940

Apr 24, 1940

Edwards

Death cert# 28

 

Graceland

Albion Journal

Register

Apr 25, 1940

May 2, 1940

d/o Mr. & Mrs. Smith Spruell

STAFFORD, Mary COULTER

Mar 9, 1889

Grayville

Apr 8, 1940

Death cert#27

Edwards co.,

March 1921

Leo Stafford

Graceland

Albion Journal

Register

Apr 25, 1940

d/o Chas. W. & Sarah E. Coulter

STONE, John Charles

Albion

May 21, 1940

73y St. Petersburg, Fla.

 

 

Albion Journal

Register

May 30, 1940

 

SUMMERFIELD, Lee A.

Sept 16, 1878

Edwards Co., Il.

Aug 26, 1940

Olney

Aug 8, 1906

Gertrude Findley

Walnut Grove

Cemetery

Albion Journal

Register

Aug 29, 1940

Sept 5, 1940

s/o John & Lena STARKMAN Summerfield

SWARTZBAUGH, George

Mar 16, 1864

Springfield

Mar 18, 1940

Evansville, Ind.

Oct 27, 18889

Mary E. Gott

Bone Gap

Albion Journal

Register

Mar 28, 1940

s/o William & Elizabeth Swartzbaugh

SWARTZBAUGH, Sarah Melissa MONTGOMERY

Aug 6, 1871

Mar 9, 1940

Nov 16, 1890

William Warren Swartzbaugh

Bone Gap

Albion Journal

Register

Apr 4, 1940

d/o James & Silda Mongomery

TERRY, Henderson Elijah

Dec 13, 1854

W. Salem

May 2, 1940

W. Salem

Dec 5, 1894

Minnie Victoria Chitty

Moravian

Albion Journal

Register

May 9, 1940

s/o Stephen & matilda CLODFELTER Terry

THRALL, Lyman

Aug 10, 1861

Edwards Co.

Oct 23, 1940

79y 2 m 13d

Dec 28, 1890 Margaret Sloan

 

Albion Journal

Register

Oct 24, 1940

Oct 31, 1940

s/o Benjamin Franklin & Margaret RICE Thrall

TILROE, Rev. William Edwin

Dec 26, 1861

Niles Michigan

June 3, 1940

79y

Los Angeles California

1885

Alice C. Gould

 

Albion Journal

Register

June 6, 1940

July 3, 1940

f. from Holland &  Civil War Vet

m. Mary Ann Dunning

THOMPSON, Margaret McDONNEL

Nov 25, 1848

Gibson Co., Indiana

July 6, 1940

Death cert#45

Edwards Co.

91y 7m 11d

Feb 14, 1876

Curt Lindsey

m.2 Andrew Simpson

m.3

June 10, 1893

Henry Thompson

 

Albion Journal

Register

July 11, 1940

d/o George & Malinda McDonnel

VANDEVER, Pauline Ruth McDOWELL

July 2o, 1906

Edwards Co.

Apr 14, 1940

Mt. Carmel

May 30, 1925

Charles Vandever

Bone Gap

Albion Journal

Register

Apr 18, 1940

d/o Samuel & Jessie McMANAMAN McDowell

VOLL, Frank J.

 

Aug 27, 1940

Vermillion Co.

Death cert# 469

 

Bone Gap

Albion Journal

Register

Sept 5, 1940

 

WEAVER, Maurice Edward

Jan 11, 1867

Albion

May 12, 1940

Edwards Co.

Death cert#34

Nov 25, 1891

Lucy Voight

Graceland

Albion Journal

Register

May 16, 1940

s/o Oliver & Elizabeth Weaver

WEAVER, William G.

Oct 21, 1875

Albion

Dec 14, 1940

Death Cert #78

Edwards Co.

 

Graceland

Albion Journal

Register

Dec 19, 1940

s/o John C. & Isabelle B. Weaver

Spanish War Vet.

WEBBER, Charles C. G.

July 20, 1888

Belleville

Feb 8, 1940

Outwood KY

Veteran’s Hosp.

Nov 16, 1937

Margaret Kellet

Graceland

Albion Journal

Register

Feb 15, 1940

s/o Louis & Mary C. HUMPHREYS Weber

WWI Veteran

WILES, Frank

July 6, 1877

Ellery

Apr 4, 1940

Hunter Kansas

Dec 1, 1897

Elsie M. Michels

Rose Valley Cemetery

Hunter Kansas

Albion Journal

Register

Apr 11, 1940

Apr 18, 1940

s/o Thomas & Mary Wiles

WHITAKER, Katherine

 

Sunday

Evansville, Ind.

Harold Whitaker

Lights Cem.

Tecumseh, Oklahoma

Albion Journal

Register

June 13, 1940

 

WOOD, Willis

May 22, 1895

Browns

Aug 3, 1940

E. St. Louis Hospital

Olive MILLS

Bethel Cem.

Wabash Co.

Albion Journal

Register

Aug 8, 1940

s/o Daniel & Winnie Woods

WWI vet Died due to Aluminum Ore Company where he worked exploded

YONAKA, Howard Henry

Richland Co.

June 3, 1940

Richland Co.

Death cert#116

Geneva Weagle

Moravian

Albion Journal

Register

June 6, 1940

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