Clark County, Missouri Genealogy Trails

Obituaries

- Bender -
Peter Bender was born in Frankfurt-on-the-Main, Germany April 19, 1825, the fifth of six children. His parents, Frederick and Mary Bender, never left the Fatherland. Our subject received a German education and embarked for America at the age of 19. He received further education in New York and then located near Baltimore, Md., where he engaged in farming until 1856, when he removed with his family, to Alexandria, Missouri, where he rented a farm for about three years, when they bought a well improved farm of 80 acres.
Politically he was a Democrat. He and his wife were members of the German Lutheran church.
After the death of his wife, in 1888, he sold his home and bought property here, where he had lived for many years. He remained a citizen of this city until troubled and taken sick with cancer, when it became necessary for him to be sent to the St. Joseph hospital, where he remained for two years and four months. He gently passed away on the evening of February 22, 1913 at 5:30. The funeral services were held at the German Evangelical St. Paul's
church, Monday, Feb. 24. at 10 a.m., conducted by the pastor, Rev. Bechtold.
The interment was in the church cemetery.
Submitted by: Bev Nichols, bnichols@upchurchassociates.com

Mrs. Mary Mutton

July 17, 1879

AT Kahoka, Mo., July 15, of old age, Mrs. Mary Mutton, aged 70 years, 2 months, 5 days of Whitefield township in this county.

A telegram to her son W. H. Mutton was received here yesterday, conveying the intelligence of the death of his mother, Mrs. Mary Mutton of Whitefield township, which took place at Kohoka, Mo. Her daughter, Mrs. T. A. Doran had been with her some weeks, called at a time when her mother was lying very low and was not expected to live. The invalid so far recovered as to be persuaded to accompany the daughter home to Missouri, for which state they started last week Friday, reaching their journey’s end the same day with apparently no inconvenience. This was the first time the mother had even scanned the interior of a passenger coach, and her first ride on a railroad. Further, in the 36 years she had resided in Marshall County, she was never 15 miles from home but once, and then was absent but one week in Galva. She survived the journey but four days, going to rest at the great age of 70 years. She survived her husband, Richard Mutton but seven years. They were among the earlier of the old settlers of the west side of the county, locating here in 1843; were industrious, hardworking people, and of their savings amassing quite an estate, which is left to their four surviving children and their families. Mr. and Mrs. Mutton were English people, married across the water, the deceased being a second wife. Mrs. Richard Tremain is the only child of the first wife, and William H. of the deceased, now residing in this county.
Source: Henry Republican, Henry IL - Nancy Piper 2009