Lyon County, Kansas
Obituaries
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MARTIN,
C. L. MRS.
Mrs. C. L. Martin,
Emporia, mother of two El Doradoans, died Sunday in an Emporia hospital. She would have been 73 years old Tuesday.
Mrs. Martin was the mother of Mrs. Glenn Jones, 516 South High and Clyde Martin, 240 State. Funeral services will
be held at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home at Emporia and burial will be in Blakely
cemetery at Madison. (El Dorado Times, April 17, 1969)
McAULEY, BEULAH G.
Beulah G. McAuley, 78, of Emporia
died this morning at Holiday Resort.
The time and place of services will be announced by Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home.
Beulah Geraldine McAuley died Saturday, Dec. 15, 2007, at the Holiday Resort where she was a resident. She was
79.
Mrs. McAuley was a teller at the Admire Bank in Emporia for five years before she retired 23 years ago.
The daughter of John and Lottie Gaines Metcalfe, she was born April 7, 1928, at Americus. She married Charles W.
Lewis on Aug. 30, 1949. He died Aug. 21, 1972, at Emporia. She married Leroy Austin “Mac” McAuley
in 1985 at Miami, Okla. He died July 18, 2003, at Emporia.
Mrs. McAuley was a member of Bethel Baptist Church.
She is survived by one daughter, Candy L. Schade of Emporia; one son, Stan C. Lewis of Vancouver, Wash.; two stepsons,
Bill Lewis of Charleston, Ill., and Don Lewis of Sun City West, Ariz.; three brothers, Ronald E. Metcalfe of Emporia,
John H. Metcalfe of Concord, Calif., and Chet Metcalfe of Golden Valley, Ariz.; three grandchildren; six stepgrandchildren;
two great-grandchildren; and eight stepgreat-grandchildren. Two brothers, George William Metcalfe and James L.
Metcalfe; and three sisters, Gwen Tatman, Mildred Willey and Freda M. Bacon, died earlier.
The funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home. The Rev. Joe Tuttle of Bethel
Baptist Church will conduct the service. Burial will be in Americus Cemetery at Americus. The family will meet
friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions to the Emporia Friends of the Zoo may be sent in care of the funeral home, P.O. Box 175,
Emporia, KS 66801. (Emporia Gazette ~ Monday ~ 17 Dec 2007)
McCALLON, DOROTHY
AILEEN BIRK
Dorothy Aileen
McCallon of Burlington died Sunday, Oct. 14, 2007, at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka. She was 87. Mrs. McCallon
was elected Coffey County Treasurer in 1964 and served for 20 years until she retired. She also was a homemaker
and helped her husband farm. The daughter of Joseph J. and Ruth R. Tipton Birk, she was born Aug. 16, 1920, on
the family farm southwest of Burlington. She graduated from Burlington High School in 1939. She moved to Burlington
in 1964. She married Charles A. Ellis on Feb. 28, 1940, at the Methodist parsonage at Lebo. They lived on a farm
south of Lebo, later moved to Gridley, the Otter Creek Community and, in 1952, to LeRoy. Mr. Ellis died in a hunting
accident on Dec. 20, 1963. She married Albert D. McCallon on April 16, 1993, at Overbrook. He died Sept. 3, 1993.
Mrs. McCallon was a member of the United Methodist Church in Burlington. She was a member of the B.P.W., TOPS and
the Rebekah Lodge. Earlier, she helped her children with 4-H and other activities. For the past six years she has
lived with her granddaughter, Monique Burns, and her family in Burlington. She is survived by one daughter, Betty
Skillett of Emporia; two sons, Bob Ellis of Overbrook and Bill Ellis of Winthrop Harbor, Ill.; 13 grandchildren;
and 21 great-grandchildren. One sister, Wanda Miller; and four brothers, Harold Birk, Rex Birk, Paul Birk and Edward
Birk, died earlier. The funeral will be at 1:30 p.m Wednesday at the United Methodist Church in Burlington. Burial
will be in Lincoln Cemetery at Lebo. The family will meet friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Jones Funeral
Home in Burlington. Memorial contributions to the church may be sent in care of the funeral home, P.O. Box 277,
Burlington, KS 66839. (Emporia Gazette ~ 15 Oct 2007)
MACKEY,
WILLIAM
William Mackey, aged about 50 years died at his home in Center township, Lyon county on Thursday at 1 o’clock of
paralysis. He was an old and highly respected citizen of that community. He leaves a wife and five children. (Topeka
Weekly Capital, June 28, 1894, page 5)
McLEAN,
MARGARET
Mrs. Margaret McLean died at her home north of Emporia last Wednesday, after a long and painful illness. Mrs. McLean
was a native of Scotland and came to this country in 1880, since which time she has been a resident of Lyon county.
(Topeka Weekly Capital, June 28, 1894, page 5)
Yesterday afternoon the body of Taylor Markley's son, Ned, arrived from Oklahoma, where he died after a brief illness with pneumonia, and was taken to Haworth cemetery, nine miles west of town and was buried in the family lot.
The death of young Mr. Markley comes
with special sorrow because of the severe illness in the Markley family at present. The body could not be taken
home because several of the deceased's brother and sisters are sick with scarlet fever. Two of the Markley children
are reported to be very low today. Ned Markley was a young man 23 years old and had lived in Lyon county nearly
all his life. His father, who lives in the Liberty district nine miles west of Emporia, is one of the oldest settlers
in Pike township.
(Emporia Weekly Gazette ~ February 25, 1904)
Mrs. Avis M. Moore, 57 years of age, died at her home, 22 West street, Sunday, of cancer. The funeral was held at the home at 3 o'clock Tuesday. Interment was in Maplewood cemetery.
The funeral services were in charge
of Elder Emerson, of Topeka. Mrs. Moore was formerly Miss Avis Shaw, and was born in Ulcirus, Ohio, February 25,
1847. She came to Kansas in 1870 and lived for years in Greenwood county. She was married in 1889 to J. V. Moore,
and has lived in Emporia since that time. Mr. Moore is blind, which makes the loss of his wife doubly hard, and
he has the sincere sympathy of all his friends and acquaintances.
(Emporia Weekly Gazette ~ April 7, 1904)
The funeral of Engineer William
E. Moody, was held Sunday afternoon at the Methodist church. Rev. J. V. Latinuer conducting the services. The pall
bearers were those mentioned in Saturday night's Gazette. The church was crowded and the procession that escorted
the body to the grave was over a quarter of a mile long. The interment was made in Maplewood cemetery. The ceremony
at the grave was conducted by Engineer McClure, representing the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
(Emporia Weekly Gazette ~ April 21, 1904)
Tuesday at her home, No. 13 Peyton avenue, Mrs. Jeannette McHardy, died of stomach trouble. She was 82 years old, and was born in Inverness, N. Y. Her maiden name was Jeanette McDonald. She leaves beside her husband, two chidlren, a daughter, Jeanette, at home and a son, George, at San Antonio, Tex., where he is in the cattle business.
Mr. and Mrs. McHardy came to Kansas in 1896 from Geneva, N. Y., and settled at their present home in Lyon county. Ever since then Mr. McHardy has been in the stock business, and has been successful.
Mrs. McHardy has a sister in Geneva, N. Y., who is unable to come to the funeral being older and more feeble than Mrs. McHardy was before her death. This sister is now the only living descendant of the settlers who bought the land about Geneva from the government 100 years ago when they came from old Inverness, in Scotland.
Mrs. McHardy has been a Christian for many years, uniting with the Geneva church fifty years ago. She was a member of the First Presbyterian church here. She has always been a kindly woman and well liked by all her neighbors and friends.
The funeral will be held this afternoon at the house, 13 Peyton avenue. Dr. F. J. Sauber will conduct the services. Interment will be made in Maplewood.
George McHardy, the son, who is
at present in California will not be able to be here for the funeral.
(Emporia Weekly Gazette ~ July 14, 1904)
Pearl Miller, the younger of the two Millers sisters who were injured in the hand-car accident south of here Friday morning, died Saturday night at 8 o'clock. Although she was conscious when she was found by the trainmen Friday morning, she was the more seriously injured of the two girls. She lost consciousness shortly after she was brought home and didn't regain it before her death, and it was feared from the first that she could not recover. She was standing between the two handles of the car when the accident occurred and when the trainmen found them she was lying partly under the car. Her left thigh was broken and the flesh badly bruised, she was injured internally and was badly bruised all over her body.
She was 16 years old, and the youngest of eleven children, nine girls and two boys. The two brothers and five sisters live here. Three of the sisters live in Colorado and arrived here yesterday.
The other sisters live in Sacramento,
Calif., and was unable to get here in time for the funeral which was held Monday at 3 o'clock at the Lutheran church.
Rev. Zimmerman, pastor of this church, is sick, so the funeral services were conducted by Rev. Faust, of the St.
Paul's Reformed church. Interment was made at Maplewood cemetery.
(Emporia Weekly Gazette ~ July 21, 1904)
Rev. J. P. McElfresh died Friday morning at the home of his son, Charles, 1126 Exchange street. Rev. McElfresh was 78 years old, and had been sick for some time. He was pastor of the Free Methodist church in Emporia for several years, and had also filled the pulpits of other Lyon county churches. For several years he had not been actively engaged in praching as the work was too hard for a man of his advanced years.
He was born in Maryland in 1828,
living in that state until 1856, during which year he moved to Kansas. In 1866 he married Miss Jamima Welch, and
six children were the result of the union. Mrs. McElfresh died several years ago. The surviving children are: Charles
McElfresh, of Emporia; Norris, of Denver; Mrs. Henry Pyle, of Americus; Mrs. Ana Warren, Miss Elle and Miss Lena,
of Mayville, N.D.
(Emporia Weekly Gazette ~ February 1, 1906)
W. C. McCormick, formerly of Emporia, died Sunday in St. Louis, where he has made his home for several years. Mr. McCormick was a brother of Mrs. J. G. Shoeck and Mrs. J. D. Moon, of Emporia. He was a Lyon county resident during the early part of his life, and lived in Emporia for several years.
During his residence here he perfected
and patented a cash carrier system for business houses, which is now used in stores all over the country. His was
the first invention of the kind although others have been patented since. Mr. McCormick moved to St. Louis in order
to better handle the business connected with his invention. Mr. McCormick was in Emporia a few weeks ago. He was
returning from a visit to Seattle, Wash. Mrs. McCormick is in Seattle.
(Emporia Weekly Gazette ~ February 22, 1906)
MRS. CATHERINE J. MAYNARD DEAD
Mrs. Catherine J. Maynard, mother of the late Mary E. Maynard, died Wednesday at the home of T. G. Wibley, on Union street. Since the time of her daghter's death, July 31, of this year, Mrs. Maynard has been living alone at her home 329 Sylvan street. Several times each day the neighbors would run in to see Mrs. Maynard, but she preferred to be alone and would not leave her home. Since the death of her daughter she has been declining in health. Last Saturday morning she was taken seriously sick, and after crawling to the door and calling to a colored boy who was passing, she was able to get word to the neighbors. Mrs. Otis Jillson, who lives near, found Mrs. Maynard in a serious condition. Sunday she was taking to the Wibley home on Union street, where she died. Mrs. Maynard had no living relatives to the knowledge of anyone in Emporia, and no one knows her exact age. At one time the Maynard family lived in Iowa, where Miss Mary Maynard was born. From Iowa the family moved to Columbia, Mo., and from Columbia to Kansas City, where they lived for four years.
The family consisted of the husband and father, James A. Maynard, who died of pneumonia fifteen years ago; a son, Ed Maynard, who was a railway conductor He also died of pneumonia about ten years ago. The daughter, the late Mary E. Maynard, died last July. The Maynard family moved from Kansas City to Chase county, where they lived on a ranch for two years. In 1883 the family moved to Emporia.
Mrs. Catherine J. Maynard was best known in Emporia through her daghter, who had probably taught more Emporia people in the public schools than any other teacher.
The funeral was held Thursday at
10:30 at the Wibley home, corner Sixth and Union. Interment was made at Maplewood.
(Emporia Gazette ~ November 15, 1906)
JOHN McPHERSON DEAD
John McPherson, who lives half a
mile south of Plymouth, a bachelor 86 years old, dropped dead at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning, while in the barn
on his farm. He had no near relatives, and had been living with the Carey family, who live on his farm. His death
was probably due to apoplexy.
(Emporia Gazette ~ February 7, 1907)
LOIS MORGAN DEAD
Lois Edna Morgan, died at the home
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Morgan, 425 Congress street, yesterday morning at 1 o'clock. The funeral was
held this afternoon at the home and was conducted by Rev. S. L. Girgsby, of the First Presbyterian church, assisted
by Rev. H. J. Whitby. Interment was made in Lower Dry Creek cemetery. Miss Morgan was born in Emporia September
19, 1879, and had lived here all her life with her parents. Besides her father and mother, she leaves a brother,
Q. A. Morgan, and a sister, Mrs. John Wilkie, of Emporia.
(Emporia Gazette ~ April 12, 1909)
R. T. MILLER A SUICIDE
Robert T. Miller, of Emporia, a traveling salesman for the Poehler Mercantile Company, committed suicide in the Carleon hotel, in Independence, Kan., last night, probably about 11 o'clock. The body was found at noon today. Mr. Miller's friends here say they know of no reason for his action, and think he had suddenly become insane, the result of an injury which he received in a runaway accident a couple of weeks ago. Mr. Gutler, manager of the Poehler Mercantile Company, says he was one of his most careful, dependable salesmen, and that his accounts are absolutely straight. No news of the tragedy other than the telegraph message containing the bare statement had been received up to 4 o'clock this afternoon. George Bardenkircher and F. O. Stone went to Independence this afternoon and will bring the body home tomorrow.
Mr. Miller, with Mrs. Miller and
their two children, a girl 5 years old and a boy of two months, lived at 1005 Market street. They came here from
Missouri, and have made many warm friends here. The sympathy of the entire community is with the heart-broken wife
and little children.
(Emporia Gazette ~ April 16, 1909)
THE MILLER FUNERAL TOMORROW
The funeral of Robert T. Miller will be held tomorrow afternoon at the home, 1005 Market street, and will be conducted by Rev. S. L. Grigsby, of the First Presbyterian church. The Masons and the Elks will also take part in the services. The pall-bearers have been selected from among the traveling salesmen of the Poehler Mercantile Company, Mr. Miller having been one of their number. They will be F. O. Stone, R. S. Baird, J. S. Burion, G. W. Draganier, R. S. Cahill and H. S. Frazier. The interment will be in Maplewood. F. O. Stone and George Bordenkircher, who went to Independence yesterday on receipt of the news of Mr. Miller's death, arrived with the body late this afternoon.
Mrs. Annie Green and Miss Green, mother and sister of Mrs. Miller, are here from Miami, Okla., and two sisters, one of whom is Mrs. Walter Eaton, formerly of Emporia, will arrive tonight from Beloit. A brother, W. L. Miller, is expected tonight from Tulsa, Okla.
Mr. Miller was born in Spring City,
Mo., in 1878. He was married to Miss Susie Green about six years ago, and they came to Emporia five years ago.
(Emporia Gazette ~ April 17, 1909)
The funeral of Robert T. Miller
was held at the home, 1005 Market street, yesterday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, and was conducted by Rev. S. L.
Grigsby, of the First Presbyterian church. The Masons and Elks assisted in the ceremonies. Interment was made
in Maplewood cemetery.
(Emporia Gazette ~ April 19, 1909)