Lyon County, Kansas
Obituaries
HENDERSON, HORTIE
At Emporia, Kan., July 8, Hortie, aged 4 months, infant son of Martin and Sarah Jane Henderson. (Henry Republican, July 20, 1876, Submitted by Nancy Piper)
HENDERSON, SON
A son of James Henderson, at Emporia, Kansas, fell from the top platform of a flight of stairs, to the landing below, oen day last month, from the injuries of which fall the child died May 25th. The age of the child was about three years. The family had reached that place from Henry only about three weeks before. The friends here sympathize with Mr. and Mrs. H. in their loss. (Henry Republican, June 20, 1878, submitted by Nancy Piper)
HENDERSON, ATHILIATH
Died at Emporia, Kansas, Aug. 27, of rheumatism, Athiliath, 71 years, 11 months, wife of James Henderson, late of this city. (Henry Republican, September 9, 1880, submitted by Nancy Piper)
Little Marilla Keplar, daughter of Harry B. and Myrtle Keplar, died on July 17, after, three weeks sickness, and the funeral was held Saturday July 18, at 2 o'clock. The sermon was preached by Rev. Price of the First M.E. church, the burial was made in Maplewood cemetery. The following little girls acted as pall bearers Franke Thompson, Helen Carroll, Gertie Fugate, Morie Vernon. (Emporia Gazette, July 20, 1903, submitted by T. Keplar)
Daugherty Baby Dead
Robert Lee Daugherty, 3 months old, son of Mr and Mrs George Daugherty, 614 Rural, died this morning at 3 o'clock
at the home.
The baby was born December 29 1926 in Emporia, and is survived by his parents.
No funeral arrangements have been made. (Emporia gazette, March 24, 1927, page 2, submitted by T. Keplar)
The funeral of Est Johnson formerly of this vicinity who was hurt near Strong City, was preached at Liberty Sunday by Rev. McClure and the remains were laid in the Haworth cemetery. (The Emporia Gazette, July 11, 1903, page 2)
Funeral services for H. R. Traw, Lyndon, who died Tuesday in Emporia, will be at 2 p.m. Fiday in the Christian Church in New Strawn. Burial will be in the Hoover Cemetery southwest of Lebo. The Jones Funeral Home, Lebo, is in charge of arrangements. (Emporia Gazette, June 5, 1964, submitted by Curtis Huffman)
READING – Louis R. Willits, a longtime resident of Reading and a retired distributor for the Sinclair Oil Company, died this morning in his home.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev. William Winter. Burial will be in the Reading Cemetery. The Jones Funeral Home in Lebo is in charge of the arrangements.
The son of George and Rachel Connor Willits, Louis Willits was born Oct. 9th, 1887, at Alma, and he moved to Reading in 1906 from Skiatook, Okla. He was married to Minnie Armstrong Feb.8th, 1908, in Emporia. He is survived by his wife, of the home; one son, Ben, of Tulsa, Okla.; two daughters, Mrs. Alfred Steen, Osage City, and Mrs. Runnels Cox, 728 East Logan Ave., Emporia; two sisters, Carrie Tyner, Skiatook, and Lillian Farr, Los Angeles, Calif., nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. (Emporia gazette, June 5, 1964, submitted by Curtis Huffman)
Funeral services for Mrs. Ollie Wathen, 911 Rural St., who died Wednesday morning in her home, were held Saturday afternoon in Roberts - Blue - Barnett Chapel, conducted by the Rev. James O. Leffingwell, pastor of the First Baptist Church. Mrs. Jerry Bremmer sang, accompanied by Mrs. Robert Plummer. Pallbearers were Otho Johnson, M. E. Hollicke, S. J. Robinson, Roscoe Emley and Joseph M. and James F. Kinnevan. Members of the Twin Mound Women's Society attended in a group.
Out-of-town relatives who attended were Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kinnevan and family, and Messrs. and Mesdames Frank Kinnevan, Jonnie F. Kenick and Carl Younts, Kansas City, Mo., Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Kinnevan, hawthorne, Calif., H. A. Shaw, Protection, Mr. and Mrs. Frank O. Frost, Guam, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Briggs, Violet Horner and Vera sue Simonds, WIchita; Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Crowell, Towanda, Mr. and Mrs. Verne L. Zugenluhlee, Lee, N. J., Mrs. Carl Rathke, Olpe and Mrs. Robert Allen, Dunlap. (The Emporia Gazette, October 29, 1962, page 6, transcribed by Peggy Thompson)
Wathen, Mrs. Ollie, Funeral services will be held Saturday 2 p.m. Roberts-Blue-Barnett Chapel. Burial will be in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Olpe. Rev. James C. Leffagwell will be in charge. (The Emporia Gazette, October 25,1962, page 6, transcribed by Peggy Thompson)
EMPORIA --- Barbara J. Bishop, 80, Emporia, died Thursday, April 25, 2002,
at her home.
She was born Sept. 15, 1921, in Emporia, the daughter of Guy B. and Ilgra Stinson Campbell. She graduated from
Emporia State University and served as a corporal in the Marine Corps.
Mrs. Bishop was a member of TOPS and the auxiliary to the Fraternal Order of Eagles.
She married John L. Bishop on June 15, 1943, at New Bern, N.C. He died June 4, 1989. Mrs. Bishop also was preceded
in death by a son, Danny Charles Bishop.
Survivors include a son, Gary Richard Bishop, Wichita; a daughter, Diantha Bishop, Emporia; a brother, Bill Campbell,
Paola; three grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home in Emporia. Military honors will
be conducted by Post No. 1980 of the VFW. Cremation will follow the services. Inurnment at Memorial Lawn Cemetery
in Emporia will be at a later date.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hand In Hand Hospice and sent in care of the funeral home. (The Emporia Gazette,
April 27, 2002, submitted by Gary R. Bishop)
IN MEMORY OF John L. Bishop
DATE OF BIRTH
January 30, 1921
Magee, Mississippi
DATE OF DEATH
June 4, 1999
Emporia, Kansas
Survived by his wife Barbara J Bishop of Emporia, KS
He was oldest son of Tilmon Melvin Bishop (1902 - 1983) and Minnie Mae Sellers Bishop (1902 - 1972) of Magee, MS.
Survived by his son Gary R Bishop and daughter Diantha S Bishop.
OFFICIANT
Mr. Lee Hoskins
Emporia, Kansas
MUSIC
"In The Garden"
Mr. J. Trevor Lewis, Soloist
"I Did It My Way"
"The Marine Corps Hymn"
Mrs. Robert R. Lanigan, Organist
MILITARY GRAVESIDE SERVICE
Lowry-Funston Post #1980
Veterans Of Foreign Wars
Ball-McColm Post #5
American Legion
INTERMENT
Memorial Lawn Cemetery
Emporia, Kansas
Some of the cremated remains were sent back to Simpson County, Mississippi were they were buried near the Bishop
home stead on Cole Road South. (June 6, 1999, submitted by Gary Bishop)
ILL HEALTH IS CAUSE
OF SUICIDE
Robert Leslie Goff, 51, who lived about 2 miles north of Emporia, west of the job in Highway 11, was found dead,
in a chicken house, by his wife about 10:30 o'clock this morning. Coroner W. T. Crawford said death was caused
by a charge from a single barrel, 12-gauge shotgun and that a notebook found suspended from a wire in the poultry
house carried a message explaining that Mr. Goff's wound about the heart was self-inflicted. The note stated that
he had taken his life because of poor health, officers said. No inquest will be held, according to Coroner Crawford.
Officers Go to Farm
Sheriff Roy E. Davis and Under-Sheriff Walter Keehn received a call about 11:30 o'clock from W. A. Gladfelter,
a neighbor of the Goffs. The officers picked up Coroner Crawford and made an investigation of Mr. Goff's death.
Mr. Goff, who was a World war veteran, had been in poor health since the war and it is said Mr. Goff was a shell-shock
victim of the war.
To Emporia in 1924.
Mr. Goff was born July 17, 1886, in Tarkio, Mo. He was the son of Mrs. Letitia Goff, of Topeka, and the late James Goff. He married Luesa P. Stadge on April 17, 1918, in Topeka. Mr. Goff formerly lived in Seneca and came to Emporia in July, 1924. He was a World war veteran. Mr. Goff was a private in Company, H, 353rd Infantry, 89th Division. He enlisted April 28, 1918, and was discharged January 25, 1919. He participated in the St. Mihiel, France, offensive. Mr. Goff was a member of the Christian church. He was also a member of the Moose lodge.
Mr. Goff is survived by his widow; his mother, Mrs. Letitia Goff, and a brother, William O. Goff, both of Topeka.
Funeral Date Not Set.
Funeral arrangements have not been made.
(The Emporia Daily Gazette ~ Tuesday ~ December 28, 1937 ~ Submitted by Lori DeWinkler)
GOFF FUNERAL THURSDAY
Funeral services for Robert Leslie Goff, who lived north of Emporia and who died Tuesday, will be held Thursday
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Sutton Funeral home. Rev. Claude G. Large, pastor of the First Christian church,
will conduct the services. Burial will be in Memorial Lawn cemetery.
The casket will be open at the home, north of Emporia, from 10 o'clock Thursday morning until 1 o'clock in the
afternoon. It also will be open at the funeral.
(Emporia Daily Gazette ~ Wednesday ~ December 29, 1937 ~ Submitted by Lori DeWinkler)
The funeral of Mrs. Mary Griffith was held at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Hoffer. Rev. R. Henry Jones, assisted by Rev. D. M. George, conducted the services.
interment was made in Lower Dry Creek cemetery. The pall-bearers were Jacob O. Jones, R. D. Thomas, Rowland Morgan,
Hugh W. Hughes, Owen Thomas, Peter Hughes.
(Weekly Emporia Gazette ~ May 26, 1920 ~ Submitted by Lori DeWinkler)
FUNERAL OF A BABY
The funeral of Maxine Taylor, the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. F.
Taylor, who died yesterday morning was held this morning at the home, 629 Arundel Avenue at 10 o'clock. Rev. S.
H. Maxwell conducted the services. The singers were Misses Beatrice Richards, Mollie Hoover, Viola Chapman, Grace
Cole, Miss Alta Maxwell accompanied on the organ. Interment was made in Maplewood Cemetery.
(Emporia Gazette ~ July 3, 1913 ~ Submitted by Lori DeWinkler)
The fatal accident of William L Drummond, of Emporia, Kansas, on Wednesday,
was a very sad affair. He was a brakeman of freight No. 34, but was not a regular one. As 34 pulled east he mounted
the top of the train from the front and started toward the rear for the caboose. It was raining and the cars were
slippery. While about half way from the engine to the caboose he tripped on a nail and fell between the cars, many
of which passed over his right leg mashing to a jelly to the thigh. His other bruises were also very sever and
his right hip was crushed. He was immediately carried to the Windsor Hotel and medical aid summoned. Mrs. Drummond
was sent for and arrived about 35 minutes before his death, which occurred at 8 o’clock on the same evening of
the accident. (The Clipper Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas April 15, 1889
page – 3 *** column 2 submitted by Rose Stout)
Miss Marie Elliott, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Giles Elliott, died Tuesday
night at midnight at St. Mary's hospital. Miss Elliott was born in Emporia in 1897 and had lived here all her life.
Besides her parents, she is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Archie Knox, Mrs. A. J. Bowling, of Chicago, and two
brothers, J. W. Elliott, of Kansas City, and Hobart Elliott, of Chicago. They all will attend the funeral. Miss
Elliott was a member of the Mount Olive A. M. E. Church. The funeral will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock
at the Mount Olive A. M. E. Church.
(Emporia Gazette ~ January 1, 1920)
LESTER SNYDER, 20 YEARS OLD, DIED FROM INJURY
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Snyder---Accident Happened On West Sixth Avenue Yesterday Morning
Lester Snyder, 20-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Snyder, who live on West Sixth Avenue, was fatally injured at 9:30 o'clock yesterday morning when he was thrown from his motorcycle. The accident happened while young Snyder was coming to town. No oone saw him fall but it is thought his machine hit a rut or bump in the road about 25 feet from the end of the Sixth Avenue paving, and he was thrown violently under the motorcycle. A gash six inches long was cut in the back of his head by some part of the machine and the shock and loss of blood proved fatal.
Several persons living near Sixth Avenue and Chestnut Street reached Snyder soon after he fell and he was rushed to St. Mary's Hospital, where he died six hours later. He did not regain consciousness. According to T. D. Roberts, who employed Snyder at the Emporia Sporting Goods Company for three years, the young man was a good motorcycle rider and accustomed to handling a machine. Mr. Roberts said today there was nothing wrong with the motorcycle and the only explanation of the accident is that Snyder hit a bump in the road and was thrown. He was riding slowly, it is reported.
Lester H. Snyder was born in New London, Iowa, November 8, 1899. He moved
to Kansas in 1907. He had lived one and one-half miles west of Emporia on Sixth Avenue for three years. He is survived
by his parents; two sisters, Misses Alta and Freda Snyder; four brothers, Ernest Snyder, of Americus, and James,
George and Delbert Snyder, all of Emporia. Lester Snyder was a member of the Friends Cottonwood Church. The funeral
services probably will be held Sunday at 11 o'clock at the Cottonwood Friends Church. Rev. T. J. Strickler and
Reverend Haynes will conduct the services. Interment will be in Cottonwood Cemetery.
(Emporia Gazette ~ January 2, 1920)
Edwin J. Alexander, colored, a farmer, died Sunday morning in the Newman memorial hospital of Bright's disease.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in the A. M. E. church. Rev. R. S. Everett, pastor of the church, will conduct the services. Interment will be in a private lot on the Alexander farm east of Emporia.
Edwin J. Alexander was born September 15, 1853, in North Carolina. He came
to Lyon county 50 years ago. He never was married.
(Emporia Gazette ~ May 14, 1923)
DEATH OF A CHILD
Clarence Harry Kirk, 2-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kirk, 14 South Congress, died Sunday evening in St. Mary's hospital.
The child was born October 21, 1920, in Emporia. He is survived by his parents, a brother, Edwin, and a sister, Bertha.
Funeral services will be at the home Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock conducted
by Rev. J. R. Nanninga, pastor of the Evangelical church. Burial will be in the Bushong cemetery.
(Emporia Gazette ~ July 23, 1923)
UNCLE HENRY O'DAIR DEAD
Uncle Henry O'Dair, a well known old colored character died last evening
at 4 o'clock at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Ella Burton, 205 State street. Uncle Henry's wife, Aunt Dicey O'Dair,
died just five days ago. Uncle Henry was born in Augusta, Ga., and was sold to Indians and was brought to the nation
when he was a small boy. He came to Kansas in 1863. The O'Dairs were the first colored family in Emporia. After
living here several years he went back to the Indian Territory and lived among the Indians several years. Uncle
Henry didn't know just how old he was but it is supposed he was near 96. He leaves four sons: John, William, Harry,
and Joseph; and two daughters, Mrs. Ella Burton, and Mrs. Stepter whose home is in Oklahoma. The funeral will be
held at 205 State street. Memorial services will be held a week from Sunday at the church to which he has belonged
the most of his life.
(Emporia Gazette ~ July 3, 1903 ~ Submitted by Lori DeWinkler)
Susan Tipton, better known as Aunty Tipton, died at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. James Stafford, in Kansas City, Monday at 12 o'clock. She has been unwell for some time, but has been seriously
sick for only a short time. She never knew just when she was born, but she was about 83 years old. She had been
in Emporia since 1871. She has been a nurse most of her life. She was raised on a plantation near Elizabeth, Tenn.,
and some of the tales she could tell of her experiences during the war were more interesting than fiction. She
was the mother of four children, David Tipton and Mrs. Wm. Smith, of Emporia, Mrs. Jas. Stafford, of Kansas City
and Geo. Tipton, who lives in Oklahoma. The body was brought here for burial. The funeral was held at the A. M.
E. church Wednesday at 2 o'clock and was conducted by Rev. Guy, of Argentine. Aunty Tipton was one of the best
known characters in Emporia. She was one of the kindest souls in town and her going will bring sadness to a great
many people in Emporia besides her relatives.
(Emporia Gazette ~ January 16, 1901 ~ Submitted by Lori DeWinkler)
MRS. JOHN H. WILLIAMS DEAD
Mrs. John H. Williams, who lives on Lewis avenue near Chestnut street, died last Saturday at 1:15 of cancer, from which she has been suffering for several years. Mrs. Williams and her husband were among Lyon county's first settlers. They came here in 1865 and until fifteen years ago they lived on a farm three and half miles southeast of Emporia. Fifteen years ago they moved into town and since have resided in the house where Mrs. Williams died.
Mrs. Williams was born in North Wales and came to America when quite young. Previous to 1865, when she came to Emporia, she lived in Cambria, Wis.
Mrs. Williams was a member of the Welsh Presbyterian church. She leaves
a husband and one son, Hugh F. Williams, who is employed in the Department of the Interior at Washington.
(Emporia Gazette ~ September 19, 1901 ~ Submitted by Lori DeWinkler)
Mrs. Fred Corbett died Sunday night at 7 o'clock, after a sickness of less than forty-eight hours. The direct cause of Mrs. Corbett's death was heart failure resulting from morphine poisoning. Thursday she was visiting at her father's Samuel Pettit, on West street. She was perfectly well at that time. Saturday she was taken sick and Sunday she was confined to her bed. It was thought she was suffering from stomach trouble and she complained of a violent headache. Sunday evening L. L. Corbett, her father-in-law, got some morphine tablets for the headache. This has been a family remedy with Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Corbett for severe headaches.
In response to a call from his father, Fred sent two grains in one-eight grain capsules to the house. The first of these was administered by L. L. Corbett. It gave much relief. Later in the evening Mrs. Fred Corbett again became very sick and begged one of the neighbors, who was with her, to give another capsule. The friend did so and the sick woman soon fell into a doze apparently free from pain. The morphine began to show its deadly effects.
Dr. Stewart was called at 2 p.m. and found her unconscious and almost dead. He used a stomach pump immediately and gave an injection of brandy and bromide with stropine, which seemed to relieve her. He returned at 5:30 and found his patient conscious and able to talk. She complained of being very tired and wished to sleep. The doctor considered her out of danger and allowed her husband to go and see after his work and get someone to fill his place. She was apparently resting easy, but at 7 o'clock she turned on her back, gave a gasp and was dead.
They tried to revive her with injections of brandy and by employing artificial respiration, but to no purpose.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Corbett were married about four years ago. Mrs. Corbett was 27 years old and leaves besides her husband, two boys. One is 3 years old and the other 14 months.
The funeral of Mrs. Fred Corbett took place Tuesday afternoon at the Christian
church. The services were conducted by Rev. W. A. Parker. Music was furnished by a quartett; Mrs. National, Mrs.
Poindexter, Mr. McCain and Mr. Kelley. The pall bearers were P. H. Lunbeck, Ed Mellinger; Fred Gregg, Frank Adams,
W. D. Lee and Mr. Wilcox. The floral tributes which were many and beautiful only examplified the high esteem in
which Mrs. Corbett was held. The interment was made in Maplewood cemetery.
(Emporia Gazette ~ October 3, 1901 ~ Submitted by Lori DeWinkler)
Mrs. Minnie Bartch, one of Emporia's old settlers, died at her home in New
York City last Saturday. The body will be brought to Emporia for interment. It is expected here today and will
be taken directly from the train to the cemetery.
(Emporia Gazette ~ October 3, 1901 ~ Submitted by Lori DeWinkler)
Harry McCandliss died Thursday afternoon at twenty minutes past two o'clock, of typhoid fever, at his home, corner of Rural street and Fifth avenue, aged 23 years. He came home from Lawton and El Reno one week ago Wednesday. He was sick then with malarial fever and he had been sick in Lawton several weeks before his father or friends knew of his illness. He was able to come home alone but has grown steadily worse. Last Saturday he had a bad hemorrhage of the bowels but Drs. Gardiner and Foncannon checked the hemorrhages and Wednesday they entertained the hope that if his constitution could stand the run of fever he might get well. He had a sinking spell at 3 o'clock that morning but rallied. Thursday, at 11:30 another sinking spell came on which ended his life at 2:20. With him at his death were his father, Dr. R. R. McCandliss, who is greatly broken; his brother, Will, who arrived Monday from Chicago; Miss Fay Priestly, his betrothed; her mother and a few close friends and neighbors.
One of the hardest things this office has ever had to do has been to write the death notice of Harry McCandliss. He has been a part---an active vigorous, helpful part---of this paper nearly ever since the present management took control.
He came to the paper five years ago. He was then a school boy, 18 years old, bright, willing, intelligent to an unusual degree. He was a natural born newspaper man. He was successful instinctively. He was the best reporter the town has ever produced. For the past two years he has taken a deep personal interest in the business part of the office. He was as successful at that as he was at reporting.
When the new country became talked about he decided to go down and see the opening with the view of going into business if a good opportunity offered itself. He took several hundred dollars with him and he made a good deal of money.
His place on this paper was always open to him and he had filled that place so well and made it so valuable by his faithfulness, his industry and his integrity that no one else will ever be able to fill it.
There will always be a vacant place on the GAZETTE, and a vacant place in the heart of its editor. That is Harry McCandliss' place.
THE FUNERAL
The funeral of Harry McCandliss was held at the family hom, 427 Rural street at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon. The services were brief but deeply impressive. They were conducted by Dr. Sauber, assisted by Rev. Cantrell. The floral offerings were almost countless and fittingly beautiful. There were several large floral pieces. One of them was from the printers of Emporia. It was a casket bouquet of white roses and upon the card were the craft words, "30 is in." "30" used in the newspaper profession means "the last piece of news for the day is in."
The pall bearers were, Clarence Wheldon, Frank Jacobs, Walter Hughes, Frank
O'Neil, Frank Lepper and Walter Tiffany. The interment was made in Maplewood cemetery. There beside his mother
and brother Harry McCandliss was laid to rest, beneath a mound, flower strown. His was a brave spirit, large and
thoroughly genuine, God's gift of peace be his.
(Emporia Gazette ~ October 10, 1901 ~ Submitted by Lori DeWinkler)
A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT
Fred Hackett, a Santa Fe brakeman, met with an accident at Wakarusa Tuesday night which will probably result in his death. He is one of the crew under Conductor McMann, runs between Argentine and Emporia. McMann's crew left here last evening at 6:30 o'clock with east-bound freight train 36, carrying a load of stock. At Wakarusa, just on this side of Topeka, the trian was switching. Hackett was hanging to the iron ladder of one of the cars and as the train went past the elevated platform of the depot he was caught between it and and the moving cars and the life was almost crushed out of him before he was rescued. He was dangerously hurt and was taken to the Topeka hospital. The accident happened between 9 and 10 last night.
A report was about this morning that Hackett had died from the effects of injuries received Tuesday night, but is not known as a fact; in all probabilities he will not recover.
Fred Hackett's home is in Argentine, but as he ran regularly into Emporia,
he was here much of his spare time, and was well acquainted especially among the railroad men, who speak of him
as one of the best fellows they ever knew. He is 23 years old. His father is a conductor between here and Argentine.
(Emporia Gazette ~ October 17, 1901 ~ Submitted by Lori DeWinkler
FRED HACKETT DEAD
Fred Hackett, the Santa Fe brakeman who was hurt Tuesday night at the Wakarusa depot platform, died Wednesday morning in the Topeka hospital. As stated in Wednesday's GAZETTE, he was caught between the elevated platform and a moving car and crushed. Hackett's intestines were literally torn out of him, but he was conscious from the time he was hurt, about 9:30 Tuesday night, until he died Wednesday morning at a few minutes after 10 o'clock. His mother and sister were notified of the accident at their home in Argentine and were at his bedside when he died.
Hackett was a bright young man who had a best of friends. He has been an
employee of the Santa Fe for nine years and was well known on this division, especially in Emporia. The funeral
services were held at the family home.
(Emporia Gazette ~ October 24, 1901 ~ Submitted by Lori DeWinkler)
Mrs. Charles F. Cooper, who lives at 709 Merchant street, received a telegram Sunday night saying her husband, Charles F. Cooper, had died in the Santa Fe hospital at La Junta, Colo. The telegram says that he was taken sick about 6 o'clock Saturday night and he died just twenty-five hours later. The telegram does not state the cause. Mrs. Cooper has wired that the body be sent here. Mr. Cooper is well known here. Several years ago he was a brakeman on the Santa Fe. Since then he has been painting and hanging paper. Last winter he worked as brakeman on a railroad in Texas. He left here about two weeks ago to brake on the Santa Fe between La Junta, Col., and Radan, N. M. He leaves a wife and two little boys. His mother is Mrs. Rachel M. Cooper who keeps the boarding house at 709 Merchant street. No funeral arrangements have been made. Interments will be made in the Duck Creek cemetery fifteen miles northeast of Emporia.
FUNERAL OF CHARLES COOPER
The funeral of Chas. F. Cooper will be held Wednesday at 10 o'clock at the
home and will be conducted by Rev. Ward. The pall bearers will be D. A. Dryer, J. W. Mcculloch, O. H. Kendig, E.
E. Phillips, Dr. W. H. Richard and W. E. Bray. Interment will be made in Duck Creek cemetery, fifteen miles north
of town.
(Emporia Gazette ~ December 12, 1901 ~ Submitted by Lori DeWinkler)
A. S. BARNES DEAD
A. S. Barnes died suddenly Tuesday morning, it is thought, of heart disease.
He got up in the morning at the usual time and after eating his breakfast he complained of not feeling well and
went back to bed and in fifteen minutes he was dead. Dr. Page, the coroner, was called and as heart trouble is
hereditary in Mr. Barnes' family he decided that Mr. Barnes had died from an attack, of heart trouble. Mr. Barnes
was fifty years old. He leaves a wife and six children. The oldest, Lorrin, is an extra mail carrier in Emporia.
The family live at the corner of Twelfth and Peyton avenue. They have lived in Emporia six years.
(Emporia Gazette ~ December 26, 1901 ~ Submitted by Lori DeWinkler)
MISS DELIA BECHTEL DEAD
Delia Bechtel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alois Bechtel, who live at 213 Cottonwood
street, died Saturday night at 11:30 o'clock. She has been suffering the last four months with quick consumption.
She was nineteen years old. She leaves a mother and father, two brothers, George and Albert Bethtel, Mrs. Henry
Knittel, Mrs. Adolph Ellison, Mrs. Ben Strator and Miss Theresa Bechtel, to mourn her loss, together with other
relatives and many friends. The funeral was held Tuesday at 9 o'clock at the Catholic church. The body will be
buried at the Catholic cemetery.
(Emporia Gazette ~ January 12, 1902 ~ Submitted by Lori DeWinkler)
Mrs. Atkinson, wife of J. W. Atkinson, died Saturday at her home on South
Commercial street, of pneumonia. Mrs. Atkinson was unusually well Wednesday but was taken sick that night. She
leaves a husband and five children: Mrs. J. R. Cannon, and Helen, Francis, Charles and Edward. The funeral was
held at the home Monday at 2 o'clock and was conducted by Rev. F. G. Ward of the First Congregational church. Interment
was made in Maplewood.
(Emporia Gazette ~ March 6, 1902 ~ Submitted by Lori DeWinkler)
The funeral of Mrs. William Humphreys was held at the Welsh Congregational
church Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. H. J. Whitby, assisted by Rev.
J. M. Hughes. Interment was made in Maplewood.
(Emporia Gazette ~ March 6, 1902 ~ Submitted by Lori DeWinkler)
REV. LUCAS DEAD
The Rev. H. R. Lucas, colored, pastor of the A. M. E. church died at the
parsonage on West Sixth avenue Sunday morning about 8 o'clock of heart disease. Rev. Lucas was 55 years old. He
was born near St. Louis. A wife, son, mother, and two sisters survive him. The body was sent to Topeka for burial.
(Emporia Gazette ~ March 20, 1902 ~ Submitted by Lori DeWinkler)
THE FUNERAL OF MRS. STANTON
The funeral of Mrs. A. J. Stanton was held Sunday at the West Side Mission.
It was in charge of the Select Knights and Ladies. The services were conducted by Rev. Hinshaw, of the Friends
church. About twenty-five members of the lodge accompanied the body to Cottonwood cemetery. The pall bearers were:
Carl Ewbanks, James Melonley, Robert Baccus, Walter Hamilton, James Dukes and A. Scranton.
(Emporia Gazette ~ March 20, 1902 ~ Submitted by Lori DeWinkler)
Cyrus E. Glass, a former and well known citizen of Emporia, died last week
at his home in Cripple Creek, Colo. He leaves a wife and three children, two sons and a daughter. Mr. Glass was
a brother of Mrs. M. S. Piper and a nephew of Mrs. Margaret Duguid, 1127 Merchant Street. He moved to Cripple Creek
from Emporia eight years ago.
(Emporia Gazette ~ April 10, 1902 ~ Submitted by Lori DeWinkler)
The body of little Frankie Folsom, the 7-year-old son of Frank Folsom, was
interred Tuesday in Maplewood cemetery. The funeral service was held at the home of his grandfather, W. H. Folsom,
520 State street. Rev. Sauber conducted the service.
(Emporia Gazette ~ April 17, 1902 ~ Submitted by Lori DeWinkler)
Ella Williams, daughter of Mrs. Mary Williams and the late Lewis Williams,
died Wednesday at 8:30 a.m. Ella had been ailing for some years and her friends knew she would never regain her
strength. She attended the city schools and having passed the grades, went to the Normal from which she graduated
in 18??. She taught some time in the Osage City schools and then at the Garfield here. Ella was a member of the
second Congregational church of this city and while in health was an active member of the Y. P. S. C. E. and a
Sunday School teacher. She leaves a mother, two brothers, John L. Williams, Osage City, and Henry Williams of Badger
Creek and a sister, Jennie Williams. The mother and sister waited upon her to the last. She will be missed by a
large circle of friends. The funeral will be held Friday at 2:30 p.m. at the home, 121 Union street. Rev. H. J.
Whitby will conduct the services, assisted by Rev. Hughes.
(Emporia Gazette ~ May 1, 1902 ~ Submitted by Lori DeWinkler)
THE FUNERAL OF THOME PRICE
The funeral of Thomas Price was held at the home, 520 Neosho street Sunday
afternoon at 2 o'clock. The services at the home were in charge of the Christian Science church and were conducted
by John R. Wheeler, C.S. of Kansas City. The floral offerings were unusually large and beautiful. A few selections
were sung by a quartette composed of D. O. Jones, H. L. Bate, J. F. Kenney and E. R. Strong. After the services
at the home the body was escorted to Maplewood by the Emporia commandry, Knights Templar and the Second Regiment
band. The pall bearers were E. F. Sprague, Wm. Martindale, J. J. Buck, J. M. Steele, L. L. Halleck and L. W. Lewis.
(Emporia Gazette ~ May 1, 1902 ~ Submitted by Lori DeWinkler)
A BAD ACCIDENT
The little 5-year-old son of John A. Williams was drowned Wednesday in a
well at the home six miles southwest of town. The little fellow was out in the field with his father and went to
the well to get some water. About an hour and a half afterwards his father became alarmed at his absence and went
to the well and found the body of his son. The funeral was held Thursday at the home at 3 o'clock.
(Emporia Gazette ~ May 1, 1902 ~ Submitted by Lori DeWinkler)
FELL DEAD FROM HEART FAILURE
S. R. Smith, an old soldier, dropped dead from heart failure at the home of his sister, Mrs. Harriet Hickox, 202 South State, at 5 o'clock Monday evening. Mr. Smith had not been feeling well for the last two weeks, but was able to be around all of the time. Monday evening while sitting in the yard he complained of feeling faint and started toward the house, but fell dead before he reached it.
Mr. Smith was 64 years old and leaves two married daughters, a son, a brother
and three sisters. Before coming here to live with his sister, his home was in Severy. He was a member of the G.A.R.
there and his body was taken there Wednesday. The funeral will be held thursday. Two sisters arrived here Tuesday
from Iowa to attend the funeral
(Emporia Gazette ~ June 19, 1902 ~ Submitted by Lori DeWinkler)
Furley, the 4-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Marks died Friday, of typhoid
and spinal trouble. The funeral was held Sunday at the home, on South East street. Rev. W. C. Davidson, of the
United Presbyterian church, preached the funeral sermon and the choir of the same church was present and sang.
The interment was made in Maplewood. The following were the pall-bearers: Ralph and Harry Samuel, Paul Hutchison
and Earl Marceilus.
(Emporia Weekly Gazette ~ September 6, 1906)
MRS. R. H. BURR'S FUNERAL
Wednesday at 2:30 the lawn in front of the home of R. H. Burr was filled
with the friends and neighbors of the family, to pay their last tribute of respect to Mrs. Burr. Rev. W. A. Parker
offered a prayer, a choir composed of Miss Achsah Harris, Mrs. Robert L. Jones, and Messrs. Held and Winn, sang
"Lead, Kindly Light." After a few words of consolation and hope the choir sang and the pall-bearers,
Colonel David Taylor, S. Nation, L. A. Lowther, Frank Dale, R. D. Thomas and W. A. White bore the body of their
friend away from the home she loved. At the grave Rev. Parker's short prayer followed "Nearer My God to Thee,"
and the mourners went about the streets.
(Emporia Gazette ~ September 6, 1906)
JAQUITH FUNERAL THIS AFTERNOON
Austin E. Jaquith, who died at his home in Americus Thursday at midnight, was born in Cheshire county, N. H., January 3, 1828. His father was a shoemaker, who moved with his family to Edgar county, Ill., and here Mr. Jaquith received his early education. After a few years' residence here, the family moved to Albion, Mich., where his education was completed in what at that time was called the Albion boarding school, but which is now a Methodist institution. Mr. Jaquith was married in 1853 to Miss Elizabeth L. Henderson, at which time he was clerk of the steamer Northern Indiana, on Lake Erie. Following this, he moved to Trenton, Mich., where he engaged in the general merchandise business until 1861, in which year, at the beginning of the Civil war, he enlisted in Company #, Fifteenth Michigan infantry. He was commissioned captain of his company January 1, 1862, and was promoted to lieutenant colonel September 20, 1863. He resigned from the service June 1, 1864, on a surgeon's certificate of disability. Mr. Jaquith participated in the battles of Shiloh, Iuka, Corinth, Holly Springs, Davis Mills, Jackson, Resaca and Dallas, Ga., and was in the siege of Vicksburg.
AFter his discharge, Mr. Jaquith returned to Trenton, Mich., and continued in the mercantile business until 1868, when he moved to a farm near Flat Rocks, Mich. Here, February 10, 1870, Mrs. Jaquith died. Their children are Frank E. Jaquith, Mrs. Belle Royal, who is dead; Walter, Mrs. Helen House, of Kalamazoo, Mich.; Mrs. Grace Woodmausee, of Americus, and R. H. Jaquith, of Emporia. In 1871, Mr. Jaquith married Miss Maria Nowland, and to them four children were born---E. W. Jaquith, Fred and Gordon, who are dead, and Miss Jessie M. Jaquith.
In 1876, the Jaquiths moved to Lyon county, and lived on a farm till Mr. Jaquith's health failed, when they moved to Americus. He has been a good citizen through his long life in whatever community he has lived, and leaves his children the memory of an unblemished character. He was a devoted member of the Methodist church.
The funeral was held this afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Methodist church,
of Americus, and the services were conducted by Rev. Funston, pastor of that church. The Masonic order, of which
Mr. Jaquith had been a member since before the Civil war, had the services in charge. The interment was in the
Americus cemetery.
(Emporia Gazette ~ February 27, 1909)
FUNERAL OF CHARLES NORTHINGTON
The body of Charles Northington, who died at his home in Chicago, Tuesday evening, will be brought here tomorrow on Santa Fe train No. 1, due to arrive at 3:35 o'clock in the afternoon. Services were held in Chicago this afternoon, and the body will be taken to Haworth cemetery, southwest of town, upon its arrival here, where short services will be held before interment. Rev. W. C. Macurdy, of the First M. E. church, will conduct the services.
Mr. Northington moved from here to Chicago about fifteen years ago. His
death was due to pneumonia. He was 42 years old, and a wife and two daughters survive him. They will come here
tomorrow. He was a brother of Mrs. Lon Parker, John E. James, and S. E. Northington, of this place.
(Emporia Gazette ~ April 1, 1909)
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