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At Ft. Scott, Kansas, April 6 of consumption, Thomas Gray, late of Saratoga township, aged 40 years. We chronicle with sorrow in this issue the demise of Thomas Gray, who died in Kansas two or three weeks since. He went there from Saratoga township for this health, but experienced no relief from the change, and died from consumption contracted from exposure while in the service of his country. He came to Illinois 20 years ago, and has lived in Marshall county about 10. He was one of the first men who enlisted from Whitefield, and joined Capt. Shaw's company of Lacon, as a three month's man; afterwards enlisted in Capt. Gordan's company of the 47th, and served a three years term, filling honorably, in succession, the office of orderly sergeant, and 2d and 1st lieutenant. He was generally esteemed, and was a candidate last fall before our county republican convention for office of sheriff, and came near being the choice of the convention. He was born in Harrison county, Ind. Mr. G. was a master mason in good standing, member of Lawn Ridge lodge No. 415, and was buried by the Masonic fraternity at Fort Scott. He leaves a wife and two children behind. His memory will be ever precious. (Henry Republican, April 27, 1871, submitted by Nancy Piper) JARRETT, M. M. Jarrett, a Texas railroad man, died Thursday at Fort Scott from injuries received six weeks ago when he fell of a freight train. (Kansas Semi-Weekly Capital, July 20, 1897, page 3) KANFIELD, GEORGE W. Fort Scott, Kan. Dec. 20 - George W. Kanfield of Denver, Col., proprietor of the George W. Kanfield physicians supply house of that city, died alone and unexpectedly while sitting in a chair in his room at the Interstate hotel in this city yesterday afternoon. He was traveling for his health an in the interest of his house. He arrived here yesterday. About noon today he went to his room and was not seen until the moanings of pain attracted the attention of the occupants of the room next to him. A physician was summoned, who revived the sick man and left him apparently well. Mr. Kanfield did not come down to dinner, and at 2 o'clock a Mr. Cunnery stepped into him room and found him dead in a rocking chair. In his hand was a letter he had just received from his wife at Denver, in which she asked him to come home for Christmas. It was learned that he had purchased a ticket for Denver. Mrs. Kanfield lives at 1him room and found him dead in a rocking chair. In his hand was a letter he had just received from his wife at Denver, in which she asked him to come home for Christmas. It was learned that he had purchased a ticket for Denver. Mrs. Kanfield lives at 1547 Stout Street, Denver. His body was removed to an undertaker's room, where it will remain until she is heard from. (Topeka Weekly Capital, December 21, 1894, page 3) LATTERNER, SUSANA Fort Scott, Kan., May 14 - Mrs. Susana Latterner, mother of a well-to-do man living here, had a presentiment of death today and took her daughter-in-law to an upstairs room and designated in what clothes she desired to be buried. Shortly afterwards she was stricken with what the doctors called heart disease and within an hour she was dead. The family declares she was well and around the house this morning without complaint. (Kansas Semi-Weekly Capital, May 18, 1897, page 2) MILLS, JOSEPH DR. Fort Scott, Kan., April 7 - Dr. Joseph Mills, a lawyer and physician of this city, died in the Kansas asylum for the insane at Osawatomie yesterday, leaving a valuable business block here and no heirs. He was declared insane shortly after his wife was divorced from him. (Kansas Semi Weekly Capital, April 9, 1897, page 3) MURPHY, MALE From the Fort Scott weekly Press, we learn that
on Friday night last a man by the name of Murphy, got drunk and was making his way out of town, when near the bridge
over the branch between Fort Scott and East Fort Scott, he was either attacked by some person or persons and beaten
almost to death; or he, in attempting to cross the bridge, fell from it and broke the skull of the back part of
the head. The story that he was beaten over the head with a club is the one believed in general. If such was the
case, the party that guilty of the foul deed must have left him for dead; as he traveled four miles from the place
he was attacked, when he stopped at a house, was admitted and died Sunday morning. PRITCHARD, D. E. Fort Scott, Kan., - April 21 - D. E. Pritchard, the oldest druggist here and at one time one of the wealthiest men of the town, died this morning at a hotel in Indianapolis, where he had gone two weeks ago to receive medical treatment. He was a bachelor. (Kansas Semi-Weekly Capital, April 23, 1897, page 2) Fort Scott, Kan., April 22 - The remains of D. E. Prichard, the pioneer Fort Scott druggist who died at Indianapolis Wednesday, arrived here today and the funeral will be conducted tomorrow. The Fort Scott Pharmaceutical association held a special meeting today to arrange for the funeral. As a mark of respect every drug store in the city will be closed tomorrow afternoon. (Kansas Semi-Weekly Capital, April 23, 1897, Page 2) REDINGNOUR, CHILD CHILD BURNED TO DEATH Burning Tent Falls on a Sleeping Family at Fort Scott Special to the Capital Fort Scott, Kan., April 2 - At the Gilfillen flagstone quarries near here this morning a burning tent fell on the sleeping family of a quarryman named Redingnour. He and his wife escaped with three children and he dashed back into the flames after the fourth child, which he carried. The child was burned to death and the father's hands were so badly burned that he can never use them again. (Kansas Semi-Weekly Capital, April 3, 1900, page 1) RUSSELL, JOSHUA Near Fort Scott, Kan., Jan. 9, at the residence of G. D. McVicker, of pneumonia, Joshua Russell, aged 51, formerly of this city. We received on Thursday last, (too late for our paper) a Fort Scott Monitor, containing the death, on January 9, of Mr. Joshua Russell. The only particulars given were that he died at the residence of Mr. G. D. McVicker, a brother-in-law, of pneumonia, and giving the time of his funeral. As Mr. Vicker lives several miles from Mr. Russell, the presumption is that he was there when he was taken sick, and finally died away from home. Mr. Russell was an old residenter of this vicinity, owning years ago the farm now in possession of E. G. Green in Whitefield. Selling that, he entered the hardware trade in Henry, doing a large business, realizing a wide acquaintance and esteemed for honesty in deal, and manliness of character. He was public spirited, once alderman of our city, and liberal in purse as he was charitable to the poor and needy. In 1871, the firm, consisting of J. Russell, C. Russell and L. N. Hitchcock, moved to Fort Scott, from which subsequently Mr. Russell retired, and went to farming, he having several good farms in the vicinity. At the time of his death he owned the store occupied by Hull & Hulce here, as also the residence he lived in when here. Mr. Russell was also a zealous member of the Christian church, in the faith of which he was reared from infancy. Thus has gone a most excellent citizen, bereaving a large circle of friends and acquaintances. His age was 51 years. LATER - Since the above was put in type a letter to Mrs. George F. Paskell gives further particulars. Mr. Russell and wife spent New Years at Mr. Henry Ham’s at Prescott, Kan., some 20 miles from Fort Scott. Returning on Friday, the 2d, he was taken with a chill on the road, and becoming very sick, they stopped at Mr. G. D. McVicker’s, where pneumonia set in, causing death in just a week after being taken down. (Henry Republican, January 22, 1874, submitted by Nancy Piper) STEWART, ROBERT Fort Scott, Kan., March 29, - Robert Stewart, a pioneer resident of this city, died at his home today of kidney trouble, age 75 years. He came to this city in 1864 and was the first member of the board of education of this city. He later was employed by the Memphis railroad company to manage a large company farm in Arkansas. (Kansas Semi-Weekly Capital, March 3, 1897, page 7) THEISS, DENNIS Dennis Theiss, of the firm of Keyser & Co., formerly of this city, but now located in Fort Scott died recently of consumption in that city. Mr. Theiss was extensively known in Leavenworth, and the announcement of his early demise will be received with deep regret by his numerous friends. (Leavenworth Bulletin, February 25, 1871, page 4) WHITE, J. A. J. A. WHITE DEAD Former Supt. Of Sugar Works Died This Morning After Long Illness Funeral Friday at 3 p.m. The death of J. A. White, once superintendent of the old sugar works, and a civil war veteran, died this morning at 11 o'clock at the family home at 124 North Broadway, after an illness of five years. He had been confined to his bed since May first. The end came while surrounded by his family. Besides a wife he is survived by the following children, Mrs. A.A. Bean, Ottawa, Kas., Mrs. C.F. Chase, Pittsburg, Kas., Mrs. R.S. Phillips, Cherokee, Kas, and Catherine White of this city, besides three grandchildren and his aged mother of Fall River, Mass., aged 92 years. He was united in marriage with Miss Mattie Becker on April 13th, 1879. Of the eight children born to them, three died in infancy. J. A. White was born at Auchust, Mass., on March 8, 1845. He enlisted in Company D, 17th Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry U.S.A. on September 6, 1864. He served one year. Afterwards he came to Kansas, locating at Emporia. The family moved to Ottawa in 1880, thence to Fort Scott in 1887. He had charge of the W.S. Parkinson sugar mill as superintendent. At the time of his death, he was 73 years, 3 months and 12 days of age. The funeral services will be conducted at the family
residence, 124 North Broadway, Friday at 3:00 o'clock p.m. Burial will be in National cemetery. Rev. W. L. Morris
will officiate. The pallbearers will be A.A. Wines, I.H. Lane, Andy Keys, Warren Grimes, William Childress and
E.S. Melton WILLIAMS, CHARLES Fort Scott, Kan., Dec. 16 - Charles Williams, who was killed at Washburn, North Dakota, two years ago, has been identified as a son of Lucretia Williams, an aged lady living five miles south of Uniontown in this county. He left an estate of from $800 to $1,000 exclusive of the costs of administration, and the mother was employed counsel to obtain it for her. Williams left home eighteen years ago at the age of 22. Before his death he said that his mother lived here, but she was not located until recently. (Kansas Semi-Weekly Capital, December 18, 1900, page 3) |
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