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Highland County, Ohio

Obituaries

At Hillsborough, Highland county, Ohio, on Sunday morning last, 10th inst., Mrs. Margaret Galloway, (mother of the present Secretary of State) in the 80th year of her age. The deceased was a native of Adams county, Pennsylvania, and had been communicant of the Presbyterian Church for 63 years. She died in the full assurance of faith and hope, bearing testimony to the preciousness of her Saviour.

Daily Ohio Statesman
Feb 25, 1845

Departed this life, on the 26th day January 1845, Mrs. Susan Rees, wife of Samuel Rees, of Highland county, Ohio.

In announcing the death of Mrs. Rees, it becomes our painful duty to refer back to her suffering and affliction, the Christian fortitude with which she endured all her pain, and the triumph and manner in which she left this world, with the bright prospect of a better one. She was confined to a bed of an affliction for something like nine months, with what is called pulmonary consumption. Mrs. Rees was a Christian in every sense of the word. She belonged to the Methodist Episcopal Church, and was a warm hearted and devote server of all its rules and of its discipline. She was an ornament to the society to which she belonged and was respected and beloved by all the members of the church. As a companion, she was amiable and respectful, knowing no other path but that of virtue.- She was interesting and agreeable, and has left behind her one who, no doubt, feels the aching void created by her untimely death, with many bright prospects they had before them. She has left a number of brothers and sisters to lament and mourn after the loss of one who, to all her friends, who was so benevolent and kind. She has left a band of motherless children to mourn the loss of a friend who is best calculated of all others to direct the youthful mind, and to bring them up in the way they should go. Her death to them is sad and heart-rending. She has left behind her a large number of friends and acquaintances, who most seriously deplore her loss to them. She was kind and benevolent, and those who were best acquainted with her, esteemed her most. Her death has caused many a tear, but those tears may be dried to a greater extent, by reflecting that she has paid a debt we all owe, and that she was so well prepared and willing to submit to Him who giveth and who taketh away. She was I believe about 38 years of age.

Daily Ohio Statesman
Feb 25, 1845

Departed this life, on the 16th day of February, 1845, Mrs. Matilda Henley, wife of John Henley, of Leesburg, Highland county, Ohio. In announcing the death of Mrs. Henley, it becomes our duty to speak of her affliction- her Christian fortitude under that affliction- of her standing in society- the respect and influence she had among her neighbors, by her kind and benevolent treatment towards them- of the doting fondness of a disconsolate and heart-broken companion, and a father and mother, who must feel as though there was nothing in this world that is worth living for, and of brothers and sisters and friends, who must no doubt feel that they have been bereaved, and had to part with a relation and friend that was an ornament to society and a blessing and a consolation to all of her female friends and acquaintances. But such is the way of the world and the treasures thereof. Mrs. Henley was a Christian in every sense of the word. To her Maker, she paid the most strict and devoted veneration, not only as duty, but with feelings of gratitude and submission. As a companion, she was amiable, consoling and kind, and was possessed of all those qualities that are so well calculated to smooth the troubled sea of man's pilgrimage whilst he sojourns here below. She has left a companion who had looked up on her with the fondest and brightest hopes of their future happiness and prosperity. But now uncertain are all things here below, and yet our prospects fair. She has left behind her a kind and benevolent father, and a fond and doting mother, to lament the early loss of one whom they had every prospect would be permitted to remain with them. But in this their hopes have been disappointed, and now have to mourn the loss of a kind and amiable daughter, and one in whom they had built the brightest prospects of future happiness. She has left behind a large number of brothers and sisters, and a large circle of relatives, who no doubt mourn the loss of one so worthy of their respect and esteem. She has left behind her a number of fon and motherless children, to mourn the loss of that mother, who, of all others, is best calculated to direct and protect the growing, inexperienced and tenderminded. To them the loss is irreparable and heart-rending. As a friend and neighbor, Mrs. Henley was true, warm-hearted and kind, and all those who knew her best, respected her most. She has therefore left a void in her social circle that will rarely be filled by one so worthy. She was confined to a bed of affliction for something like six months, with what is called pulmonary consumption, of which disease she died.

Perry Republican
Oct 28, 1915

Death of Centenarian

Ann Roberts was born of Quaker parentage in Highland County, Ohio, Jan 1, 1815, and closed her eyes in death Oct 23, 1915 at 10 a.m., being at the time of her death passing 100 years 9m and 23 days old. She married Alfred Marshall Van Pelt  Sept 2, 1834. Mr. Van Pelt proceeded her to the better land Jan. 26, 1894. There came to bless this union eleven children seven whom died in infancy or early childhood. Four grew to the age of manhood or womanhood and are: Mrs. J. O. Barnard of Terlton, Okla., Mrs. Minnie Hostetter and Alfred Corwin Van Pelt of Perry, Okla. One daughter, Elleanor Jelly, who died in early womanhood, was the mother of Miss Annie Jelly who has cared for Grandma Van Pelt for over 30 years. So Grandma leaves behind her to mourn her loss, 3 children, 5 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, and 9 great-great-grandchildren. Indeed, lon life and old age was granted this quiet, quaker-spirited woman who loved flowers, children and God's great out-of-doors. on January firat she celebrated the day she had longed to see- her one hundredth birthday. Indeed, the Lord answered her prayer that she might live to be a Centenarian and it was Bible measure , "pressed down and running over", for nearly ten months more of life was hers. Grandma Van Pelt has been a familiar figure in Perry for years and her experiences reach back to the pioneer days in four States of our Union, Ohio, Iowa, Kansas and Oklahoma. A century this has been of great development and progress and one set of  human eyes have seen much indeed. But few have ever seen as much in change and progress. Mrs. Van Pelt was a member of the local Presbyterian church and the choir and Pastor, Rev. M. J. Millard, Ph. D., conducted brief services at the residence and at the cemetery. The 91st Psalm furnished the Scripture lesson and the text, "With long life will I satisfy him, and show him my salvation. It was a beautiful Sabbath afternoon, the nature she loved was in autumn grandeur, the service was Quaker-like in its simplicity; flowers were on every hand, and multitudes of friends went out to the Hillside where she will rest in the long last sleep.