Date of Death: 1 Mar 1917
Subject: Daniel Coffman
Source: St. Joseph Observer, 7 Apr 1917 and Holt County Sentinel, 16 Mar 1917, p. 7 (exact)

Savannah was only three years old when Daniel Coffman, who died recently at that place, came with his father to live on a homestead in that locality. Having living continuously in Andrew county since 1844, Mr. Coffman died March 1, aged 88 years, and survived by fifty-four descendants. The Savannah Reporter speaks of this venerable man as one of the strong characters, inseparably associated with the building of Andrew county.

Date of Death: 14 Jun 1919
Subject: Vincent Amos Cobb
Source: Holt County Sentinel, 20 Jun 1919, p. 1

The many friends of Dr. and Mrs. C. L. Evans will sympathize with them in the sad and sudden death of her brother, V. A. Cobb, which occurred in Savannah, Saturday last, June 14, in a most shocking manner. Of a family of thirteen children, Mr. Cobb’s death is the first one of these to occur, and is the second death in this large family, the father having been called several years ago.

Mr. Cobb was 52 years of age, and a farmer near Savannah, and proprietor of an ice and feed business in that city. He was a bachelor, and lived with his mother, preferring to care for her and to stay with her in her declining years.

Mr. Cobb was instantly killed last Saturday, June 14, 1919, when a team of mules attached to a load of ice became unmanageable, and he was thrown under the wheels of the wagon. Mr. Cobb had lived in Savannah and vicinity forty-five years, and was possessed of considerable wealth.

Saturday morning, Mr. Cobb had gone with some of his men to the ice-house, more than a mile north of Savannah, to haul in ice. There were two wagons, and he was riding in the second wagon. The team frightened, and in an effort to aid the driver, Cobb grasped the lines just as the team broke loose from the wagon. He was jerked to the ground, and the wheels of the wagon passed over his body.

The dead man was a native of England. He was a member of the Masonic lodge, of Savannah; of St. Joseph Council No. 9, Royal and Select Masons; Hugh de Payens Commandery, Knights Templar, and Moila Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., St. Joseph.

His mother, Mrs. H. B. Cobb, of Savannah, and eight sisters and four brothers survive– Mrs. Mary Griffith, Mrs. G. W. E. Scott, Mrs. Etta Reece, Mrs. B. L. Ralph, Mrs. O. V. Sells, all of Savannah; Mrs. C. L. Evans, Oregon, Mo.; Mrs. A. T. Clark, Clarinda, Iowa; Mrs. E. H. Williams, Chillicothe, Mo.; C. B. Cobb, Oluskee, Okla.; A. H. Cobb, Savery, Wyo.; E. A. and W. B. Cobb, Bedford, Iowa, all of whom, except A. H. Cobb of Savery, Wyoming, were present at the funeral. A niece, Mrs. R. A. Evans, of Fort Scott, Kansas, was also present.

Many floral tributes came from friends, and especially large pieces came from the Knights Templar, and Council No. 9, of St. Joseph. He was one of the oldest members of Hugh De Payne Commandery. Over 100 Masons and 100 Eastern Star members were in line to pay their last sad tribute to the memory of their dearly beloved brother.

The funeral was conducted at the First Baptist church in Savannah, at 2:30 o’clock, Tuesday afternoon of this week, with the Masons in charge of ceremonies at the cemetery, and an escort of Knights Templar from St. Joseph.

Date of Death: 30 Apr 1891
Subject: Jonathan Cobb
Source: Savannah Reporter, May 1891

Jonathan Cobb died at his home, 2 1/2 miles west of Savannah, at 10:15 o’clock, April 30, 1891, of paralysis. He was born near Gill’s Mills, Rowan county, Ky., Dec. 26, 1811. He moved with his parents to Montgomery county, Mo., in 1820, was married to Eliza J. Fergison, Sept. 13, 1838, and moved to the Platte Purchase Oct. 23 of the same year, when he pre-empted the land on which he has resided until his death. He was an old school Baptist. In politics he was always a staunch Republican. Mr. Cobb was the oldest resident of the Platte Purchase, and received a chair at Rosendale, several years ago, on account of that honor. He was buried in the Savannah cemetery from the Presbyterian church, Saturday, May 2, by Rev. Pollard, of St. Joseph. He leaves a wife and seven children living, four girls and three boys.

Date of Death: 18 Oct 1881 & 16 Oct 1881
Subject: Anthony Clemmens & Sarah (Jobe) Clemmens
Source: Savannah Reporter, 28 Oct 1881

Anthony C. Clemmens and wife, old, well known citizens of Platte township, died at their residence last week. The wife went first, and although there was said to be no really perceptible ailment from which Clemmens was suffering, the bereaved husband took to his bed, and begged those in attendance not to bury his aged partner until he died, and then bury them both together. The wishes of the grief stricken old man were heeded to, and in three hours less than two days after the death of Mrs. Clemmens, her faithful partner through the long pilgrimage of her life, had joined her in death and together they will enter the portals of heaven, where they will receive the rewards of a well spent life.

Date of Death: 31 Mar 1919
Subject: Sarah Elizabeth (George) Clemmens
Source: unknown, Apr 1919

Sarah Elizabeth George was born in Ohio, August 21, 1836. When ten years of age, she, with her parents, moved to Andrew county, Missouri, and settled southwest of Whitesville where she lived until her death which came after a long illness, Monday morning, March 31. On February 14, 1864, she was married to Jesse Clemmens and to this union three children were born, William of Omaha Nebraska, George L, living near the old home, and Edward L. of Hebron, Nebraska. She was a loving wife, a faithful mother, and a friend to all who knew her. Although her cross was heavy during some six years of her late life her Christian character shown out as the noon-day sun. No one met her but who was made stronger in his Christian faith. Hers was a well-rounded out Christian life. Besides the husband, three sons and a number of grandchildren, she leaves two sisters, Mrs. N J Ashley, who has so tenderly cared for her during her affliction and Mrs. Ella Eppler of Colorado, who hold her memory sacred. The funeral services were conducted from the Rea church by a former pastor, Rev. C. S. Crowder of Cameron, Missouri, assisted by Rev. E. O. Wells of Bolckow and R. F. George, a relative of the family from Newton, Kansas. The body was placed in the McLaughlin cemetery southeast of Wyeth.

Date of Death: 18 Oct 1881 & 16 Oct 1881
Subject: Anthony Clemmens & Sarah (Jobe) Clemmens
Source: Savannah Reporter, 28 Oct 1881

Anthony C. Clemmens and wife, old, well known citizens of Platte township, died at their residence last week. The wife went first, and although there was said to be no really perceptible ailment from which Clemmens was suffering, the bereaved husband took to his bed, and begged those in attendance not to bury his aged partner until he died, and then bury them both together. The wishes of the grief stricken old man were heeded to, and in three hours less than two days after the death of Mrs. Clemmens, her faithful partner through the long pilgrimage of her life, had joined her in death and together they will enter the portals of heaven, where they will receive the rewards of a well spent life.

Date of Death: 16 Oct 1917
Subject: A. J. “Jack” Clemmens
Source: St. Joseph Observer, 20 Oct 1917

A. J. (“Jack”) Clemmens, one of the former best known business men of Amazonia, died Tuesday. He was 80 years of age.

Date of Death: [Jan] 1876
Subject: William Thomas Clasbey
Source: Andrew County Republican, 11 Feb 1876, p. 1

At a regular communication of Ben Franklin Lodge No. 353, A. F. & A. M., held at their hall, in Savannah, Mo., January 1st, 1876, the undersigned were appointed to draft resolutions on the death of William T. Clasby, expressive of the feelings of the Fraternity of which he was a member.

Whereas, It has pleased the Supreme Architect of the Universe to take into His rest our beloved brother and friend, William T. Clasby, thus releasing him from the labors of life, in the vigor of manhood, and at a period in life when his counsel and protection were most needed in his family. Therefore,

Resolved, That this Lodge receives the Providence in sorrow and sadness, and yet in humble resignation; … [other resolutions of sympathy and mourning, including:]

Resolved, That in his death this Lodge has been deprived of one of its most exemplary members, society of a genial companion, his beloved wife and children an affectionate husband a kind and devoted father…

Date of Death: 19 Apr 1872
Subject: Thomas H. Clarke
Source: Andrew County Republican, 26 Apr 1872, p. 3

Judge Thomas H. Clarke, an aged and highly respected citizen of this community, departed this life at the residence of his son-in-law, Mr. P. Hyde, in Savannah, Missouri, on Friday, the 19th day of April, 1872.– The deceased was born in Utica, New York, August 27, 1793, where he served an apprenticeship and worked awhile at the printing business; thence he removed to Terre Haute, Indiana, where his sterling qualities were so far recognized as to secure an election by the people to the office of Sheriff of Vigo county and also Associate Justice of the district. In 1829 he removed to Manhattan, Putnam county, Indiana, and in 1846 settled in Savannah, Mo. In 1857 he was appointed, under the administration of President Buchanan, to the position of Pension Agent for the State of Missouri, the duties of which office required his removal to St. Louis. In 1861 he returned to Savannah once more, where he resided until his death. The deceased was once Postmaster at Savannah, and also Justice of the Peace for a time. Our citizens knew Judge Clarke as a pure-minded, honest citizen, winning the love and respect of all whose fortune it was to be intimate with him. His long life has been one replete with usefulness and good works, and his many firm friends in various parts of the country will be pained to learn of the demise of their old companion and true friend. His last moments were calm and peaceful, and he sank quietly and serenely into the arms of death, putting trust in Him “who doeth all things well.”

The remains were interred in the cemetery near this city on Sunday, the 21st inst., under the auspices of Savannah Lodge No. 71 and Ben Franklin Lodge No. 353, who performed the last earthly rite over their deceased brother with all the honors of Masonry. Judge Clarke was made a Mason in 1815, in Utica, New York, and up to the time of his death has been an honored and worthy member of that order.

(St. Joseph Gazette, St. Louis Republican and Terre Haute papers please copy.)

Date of Death: 4 Jul 1875
Subject: Silas Clark
Source: Andrew County Republican, 9 Jul 1875, p. 8

Died. At Whitesville, Mo., July 4th, at 6 o’clock a.m., after a lingering illness of six months, Silas Clark, aged 65 years.

Date of Death: 4 Jun 1877
Subject: Jeremiah Clark
Source: Savannah Reporter, 8 Jun 1877

Died,

On Monday morning June 4 at 3:00 o’clock, Jeremiah Clark aged almost 71 years.

The funeral took place on Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock and was attended by a large number of his old friends. Mr. Clark was a pioneer of Andrew County, and these lines will cause a pang of genuine sorrow to thrill the heart of many a fellow settler who assisted in subduing the wilderness in the earliest days of the county. One by one the old landmarks pass away and before long they will live only in the memory of a grateful people surrounded by the comforts of civilization secured to them through the efforts of the sturdy pioneer. The following points of the life of the deceased are from the Democrat:

Deceased was born in 1806, in Rockingham County, New Hampshire and resided there until he arrived at manhood. He graduated as Civil Engineer at Dartmouth College in 1824. In 1831 he removed to Illinois where he pursued his vocation, surveying, until 1835, when he removed to the Platte Purchase, where he married Miss Elizabeth Duncan, who survives him and with whom he lived happily until his race on this earth was run. Of this union there were born nine sons and three daughters of whom there are still living six sons and three daughters who are honored and esteemed by all who know them.

Date of Death: 3 Feb 1913
Subject: Edna May Clark
Source: Holt County Sentinel, 14 Feb 1913, p. 2

Edna May, the daughter of John and Lizzie Clark, was born in Buchanan county, Missouri, January 16, 1896, and died February 3, 1913, with consumption, aged 17 years and 18 days. She has gone to meet her sister, Ethel, who had gone on before her, and to meet her dear Savior. She was always kind and cheerful and loved by all who knew her. She leaves father, mother, one sister, two brothers and a little niece and a host of other relatives and friends to mourn their loss. Funeral services were conducted at the Nodaway church by Rev. J. W. Garrett, of St. Joseph; his text was taken from St. John, 11th chapter, 28th verse.

She was laid to rest in the Green cemetery, near St. Joseph, by the side of her sister, Ethel, who died January 23, Our sympathy indeed goes to this bereaved family.

Edna we miss thee from thy place, A shadow o’er our life is cast, We miss thy sunshine [sic] face, We miss thy willing hand, Thy fond and earnest care. Our home is sad without thee, We miss thee everywhere.

A Friend.

Source: Holt County Sentinel, 7 Feb 1913, p. 2

Edna, the 17-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Clark, died at her home near Nodaway, on Monday, February 3d, from tuberculosis. Mrs. William Fancher, a sister, died January 23d, from the same disease. At the funeral Wednesday the same style coffin will be used, the same horses will draw the bodies, and the same pallbearers will act as at the funeral of Mrs. Fancher. The bodies will lay side by side in the same cemetery.

Date of Death: 2 Sep 1922
Subject: James Thomas Clare
Source: St. Joseph Observer, 16 Sep 1922

James Thomas Clare was born January 4, 1827 [sic], in Mt. Vernon, Rock Castle county, Kentucky, died at the home of his son, Robert E. Clare, in Bolckow, September 2, 1922, age 95 years, 7 months and 23 days. He was married to Sarah Collier, March 9, 1857. With his wife and one child he came to Missouri in 1858, locating on a farm southwest of Bolckow. He united with the Christian church in 1875, and was baptized by the Rev. William Trapp.-Savannah Reporter

Date of Death: 23 Jan 1872
Subject: James Clardy
Source: Andrew County Republican, 31 Jan 1872, p. 3

On Tuesday of last week Mr. James Clarady [sic], who lived about four miles West of Bolckow, was killed under the following circumstances. He had started to the woods with his team for a load of railes, was sitting on the front hounds [sic] of the wagon, and driving in a brisk trot, when from some cause or other, the wagon became uncoupled and threw him under his team, which consisted of a pair of wild mules, one of which kicked him in the head and killed him almost instantly. Deceased was a very estimable young man, and we understand was to be married on Wednesday to a young lady of this Co.

Date of Death: 7 Nov 1873
Subject: Mikey Chronister
Source: Andrew County Republican, 14 Nov 1873, p. 3

Died. At Nodaway Station, of congestive fever, Mikey, infant son of Michael and Clara Chronister, on Friday, November 7, 1873, aged 10 months and 20 days.

Our dear little Mikey, our sweet little boy Who already had proved our solace and joy, Has ascended to heaven and left us behind. May God in his mercy make us resigned. He has left us alone, in repining and tears, But we know that the angels are now his compeers, And that when our long days of sorrow are o’er, We will meet our dear child on heaven’s bright shore.

Date of Death: 6 Aug 1875
Subject: Charles F. Christie
Source: Andrew County Republican, 13 Aug 1875, p. 8

We learn that on Friday morning, a little boy of Cyrus Christy [sic], living a mile and a half northeast of Rosendale, killed himself while playing with a pistol. He had managed in some way to get hold of it and carried it off with him in the field near by, a short distance from the house. His grandmother in going into the field to carry water to some of the hands, found him dead, shot through the breast, the ball passing through the body.

Date of Death: 17 Mar 1875
Subject: Maud Chittenden
Source: Andrew County Republican, 19 Mar 1875, p. 8

Died. Chittenden.– In Savannah, on the 17th inst., at 12 o’clock and five minutes, a.m., of bronchitis and measles, Maude, infant daughter of A. S. and Cinderilla Chittenden– aged 1 year, 10 months and 17 days.

Date of Death: 4 Aug 1872
Subject: Eliza (Evans) Channel
Source: Andrew County Republican, 9 Aug 1872, p. 3

On Sunday evening last, about 6 o’clock, Mrs. Channel, who resided on a place owned by Judge C. P. Woodcock, in Clay Township, about five miles north of Fillmore, on the Graham road, in this county, committed suicide by hanging herself on an apple-tree in an orchard. Mrs. Channel had been very despondent and low-spirited for several days, and it is presumed that in a fit of nervous despondency she committed the above dreadful act. We are informed the deceased leaves four or five children.. Deceased has lived here about a year. She attempted to drown herself in a creek about a month ago, but the shallowness of the water made the effort a failure. It is also said she attempted her life in Ohio before she came to Missouri. From this is appears insanity must have been the cause of the act.

Source: Holt County Sentinel, 23 Aug 1872, p. 3

Two weeks ago last Sunday, a Mrs. Channal [sic], who resides four miles north of Fillmore, near Judge Woodcock’s, committed suicide by hanging herself with a thin bed-cord on an apple tree. She had been suffering for some time with a spinal affection and neuralgia in the head, seriously affecting her mind. Some months ago she made an effort to drown herself in the Nodaway, but was rescued by the fortunate interposition of her friends.

Date of Death: 19 Jun 1922
Subject: William A. Chapman
Source: St. Joseph Observer, 24 Jun 1922

Rev. W. A. Chapman of Rosendale, a well known Christian preacher of Northwest Missouri, was struck by a Burlington train between Savannah and Rosendale Monday forenoon and killed. He did not hear the train whistle for the crossing.

Date of Death: 4 Feb 1906
Subject: Amanda (Dunlap) Cayton
Source: Holt County Sentinel, 9 Feb 1906, p. 5

Ludwig Weigel, was in town Wednesday, having come over from the other side of the Nodaway for the purpose of meeting Oscar Caton [sic], who came from Portland, Ore. to attend the funeral of his mother, Mrs. Frank Caton, of Fillmore, who died Sunday last, February 4, 1906.

Date of Death: 1 Feb 1906
Subject: Myrtle (Walker) Carter
Source: Holt County Sentinel, 9 Feb 1906, p. 1

Homer Carter and wife, of Whitesville, Andrew county, were so severely burned January 28, 1906, that Mr. Carter is dead and Mrs. Carter is not expected to live. Mrs. Carter attempted to start a fire in the kitchen stove by pouring the oil from a three gallon can. Mr. Carter who was near was so seriously burned that he died in terrible agony a few hours after the accident. A 15-year-old sister of Mrs. Carter, in an adjoining room, rushed in and by heroic exertion put out the fire which was burning the house and saved the injured from incineration. She was severely burned but not dangerously.

Date of Death: 28 Jan 1906
Subject: David Homer Carter
Source: Holt County Sentinel, 9 Feb 1906, p. 1

Homer Carter and wife, of Whitesville, Andrew county, were so severely burned January 28, 1906, that Mr. Carter is dead and Mrs. Carter is not expected to live. Mrs. Carter attempted to start a fire in the kitchen stove by pouring the oil from a three gallon can. Mr. Carter who was near was so seriously burned that he died in terrible agony a few hours after the accident. A 15-year-old sister of Mrs. Carter, in an adjoining room, rushed in and by heroic exertion put out the fire which was burning the house and saved the injured from incineration. She was severely burned but not dangerously.

Caleb C. Carriger. Among the valued and esteemed men who came to Sonoma Valley in its pioneer days were the Carriger brothers….His father, Christian Carriger was of German birth, and his mother, Lovisa (Ward) Carriger, was born in England. After marriage they located in Carter County, Tennessee, and there all of their children were born.

When Caleb C. Carriger was a small boy the family moved to Andrew County, Missouri where stories reached them of the great fertility and delightful climate of lands west of the mountains. The Carrigers as a family were noted for daring and adventure. It is believed that the proposition to brave the dangers to be encountered in coming to this coast, met with no opposition from any member of the family. April 27, 1846, the family started with the intention of going to Oregon but later determined to make California their destination. The journey was attended by dangers, privation and great suffering. On Yuba River, Sept. 26, Christian Carriger, the head of the family died at the age of sixty-seven years. Sadly and tenderly the family buried him in his lonely grave, and then pursued their weary way.

The first place reached in California was Johnson’s Ranch on the Bear River. From there, slowly but without unnecessary delay, the family made their way to Sonoma Valley, reaching Sonoma Oct. 6, 1846, and making that their home. Daniel, Nicholas and Solomon, the three eldest of the boys, at once in enlisted in the war for the acquisition of California. Daniel and Solomon under Freemont and Nicholas in the Navy. Each did good service. Daniel, a year or to after, died at Sonoma. Nicholas lived to acquire great wealth, his death occurring in 1885. Solomon, who a few years ago returned East… lives in Tennessee, in the county of his birth. One sister who came to this coast later, Mrs. Phebe Whittington, now lives in Oregon; and another sister, Mrs. Lovisa McAllan, lives in Missouri.

Caleb C. Carriger, whose name heads this sketch was born in Carter County, Tennessee Nov. 11, 1832, and he was in his fourteenth year when his family left Andrew County, Missouri, to cross the plains and mountains to this coast. His home was made with his widowed mother in Sonoma for several years. She passed to the better life many years ago. In partnership with his brother, Solomon, Mr. Carriger bought 640 acres of land on the west side of the Sonoma Valley, nearly due west of Sonoma. Upon a portion of that purchase he yet lives. In the thirty years that Mr. Carriger has kept a record of the temperature of this location, but once has the temperature registered as low as twenty above zero, and that was in the winter of 1887-8. Oranges grow abundantly and profitably from his property. From 170 trees a single crop is marketed for $700. Apricots, prunes, plums, quinces, pomegranates, pears and lemons all thrive aty this favored place, and produce abundantly.

Source: History of Sonoma County- 1889, by the Lewis Publishing Co., 113 Adams St., Chicago, IL
Submitted: Monica Schirmer Eshelman

Date of Death: 20 Apr 1875
Subject: Elizabeth Ann (Marr) Carpenter
Source: Andrew County Republican, 23 Apr 1875, p. 8

Died.– Of consumption, at her residence, in Savannah, Mo., April 20th 1875, Mrs. Elizabeth A. Carpenter, aged four one years, four moths [sic] and one day. Mrs. Carpenter was a very estimable lady and loved by all who knew her. The funeral rites were performed on the 21st, attended by a large number of sympathizing friends. She leaves a family of two girls and three boys and a large circle of warm friends to mourn her loss.

“On earth thou wert all but divine, As thy should shall immortality be; And our sorrow may cease to repine, When we know that thy God is with thee; For why should we mourn for the blest.”

Date of Death: 21 Jan 1915
Subject: Mary (Osborn) Carl
Source: probably St. Joseph News-Press, Jan 1915

Mrs. Mary Carl, 72 years old, widow of James D. Carl, died yesterday at the residence of her son, Oscar Carl, 2540 Jule street. Besides the son with whom she had been making her home, she is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Henry Petrie, 920 North Second street.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2 o’clock tomorrow afternoon at the home of her son, Rev. C. M. Chilton, pastor of the First Christian church, of which she was a member, officiating.