Date of Death: 22 Jan 1887
Subject: Jane (Liggett) Barr
Source: Savannah Reporter, 28 Jan 1887

Died January 22 of pneumonia, Mrs. Jane, wife of Andrew Barr of Hackberry Ridge. She was born March 25, 1827 in County Down, Ireland, and came with her father, William Liggett and family to this county 1831 [or 1834]. She married Andrew Barr on March 13, 1844. She joined the Presbyterian Church of Mount Zion, Gentry county, Mo. in 1855, and joined the Presbyterian Church of Savannah in 1865, and the HackberryChurch at its organization. Burial was Monday at the Union Church.

Source: Savannah Reporter, 26 Mar 1897

The remains of Andrew Barr and his wife, which had been buried at the Union Cemetery, west of Savannah, were exhumed last Friday and brought to Savannah. They were re-interred in the Savannah Cemetery.

Date of Death: 22 Jul 1876
Subject: infant of William Barr
Source: Andrew County Republican, 27 Jul 1876, p. 1

Died, on last Saturday a little child of Wm. A. and Lizzie Barr, and was buried on Sunday in the Fillmore cemetery. Relatives were present from near Savannah.

Date of Death: 8 Feb 1896
Subject: Andrew Barr
Source: Savannah Reporter, 14 Feb 1896

Andrew Barr was born County Down, Ireland, December 10, 1822. He died at his home in Andrew county, February 8, 1896, at the age of 73 years 1 month and 26 days. He came with parents to America at about age eight, settling in New York. state. About three years later, they removed to Scioto Co., Ohio, and removed to Andrew county in 1865. He married Jane Liggett, March 13, 1844, and to this union were born five sons and two daughters. The wife died nine years ago. He united with Mount Zion Presbyterian Church in Gentry county in 1855. Mr. Barr donated the land for the Hackberry Ridge Presbyterian Church. Burial was in the UnionCemetery.

[Note: He was later reinterred at Savannah.]

Date of Death: 28 Mar 1875
Subject: Odency (Hudson) Barnes
Source: Andrew County Republican, 2 Apr 1875, p. 8

Died. Barnes.– In Savannah, on Sunday, March 28th, 1875, Mrs. Odency Barnes, an old and esteemed resident of Savannah.

Date of Death: 21 Mar 1891
Subject: Delilah (Osborn) Barada
Source: unknown, May 1891

Died Saturday morning at 10 o’clock, Mrs. Delilah Barada of congestion of the lungs.

Deceased was born in Ohio, July 4, 1821, and has lived in St. Joseph forty-three years. She leaves but one daughter to mourn her death.

Date of Death: 31 Mar 1917
Subject: Cora May (Moore) Banks
Source: Holt County Sentinel, 20 Apr 1917, p. 2

Mrs. Cora Banks, wife of Joseph Banks, died at a St. Joseph hospital March 31, 1917, after five weeks of suffering. She was born in Andrew county, October 20, 1882, and was united in marriage to Joseph Banks, April 18, 1899. To this union three children were born– Chester, aged 12; Orville, aged 6, and Wauneta, aged 3. She leaves to mourn her departure a husband and these three children; two brothers, James and Richard Moore, of St. Joseph, Mo.; three sisters, Mrs. Emma Taylor and Mrs. Roda Hurst, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Mrs. Polly Clark of St. Joseph, Mo., and a host of friends and relations to mourn her going away. She made her peace with God just three weeks before He called her home. But to know she is not dead is a blessing to those she left behind. She bore her suffering with the will of God– she said it was His will to take her she was ready to go, but she wanted to live for her children’s sake and her husband’s sake. To know Cora is not dead but just asleep in Jesus’ arms, and to await for her loved ones she left to mourn her. Her birthday verse was Matthew xxiv:44: “Therefore be ye also ready, for in such hour as ye think not, the Son of Man cometh.”

A Friend

Janeva K. Baile is looking for information on Caleb BALEY/BAILEY, b ca1805 in VA, lived in Andrew Co, MO. Caleb BALEY was a brother to Gillum BALEY, an early minister in Andrew County, MO. Their parents, William BALEY and Margaret (REED) BALEY, had seven children – all of whom lived in Andrew and Nodaway counties at some time.

In 1849-50, Caleb, Gillum, and William Right BALEY went to California to look for gold. Caleb left his wife Jane (FUNDERBURK) BAILEY in the Bolckow area with four kids. Caleb died in the gold mines, but I have been told his death is recorded in the 1850 death records for Andrew Co. The other brothers came back to their families. However, in 1857-8, they all moved with their families to CA except for Caleb’s widow and children.

I am also trying to find the place of death and burial of his wife Jane b. ca 1805 in TN. Other members of this family lived in Nodaway, Co. Jane is on the 1880 census in Nodaway Co, but no death records exist there for her. Their oldest son John BALEY farmed in Andrew Co and later was a saloon keeper there. He married Sarah Jane BROWN. I have only been able to find census records for him–nothing else. I would appreciate any information on this family.

I have verified most of this through census records and death certificates. The story part comes from Fresno, CA. Gillum BALEY became a judge there and there are several books containing his biography.

Janeva K. Baile who also used “Mortality Records of 1850, Andrew County, Missouri” compiled by Elizabeth Ellisberry.

Charles S. L. Baker, widely known St. Joseph negro inventor, died Wednesday at the home of his daughter, 1712 Messanie street. He is survived by the daughter, Mrs. Belle Hardy, he is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Ellen Sherrell and Mrs. Samuel Todd, St. Joseph. The funeral service will be conducted Saturday at 2:30 o’clock p.m., and burial will be at Savannah . . .

Source: St. Joseph News-Press, 6 May 1926, p. 3, col. 6

Date of Death: 15 Jul 1904
Subject: John “Tip” Bailey
Source: Savannah Reporter, 22 Jul 1904

Died at his home in Whitesville on Friday, July 15, 1904, John T. Bailey, aged 79 years, 8 months and 2 days. Uncle Tip, as he was usually called was born in Harlan county, Ky., and was married to Eliza Shelton in Andrew county, November 15, 1847. To this union was born eight children, two daughters, and six sons. Three of these children died when very young, another, a son, died after year of maturity. Mr. Bailey professed faith in Christ in February, 1860, and united with the Whitesville Baptist Church soon afterward, of which he remained a member until death. Rev. J. B. Kearby, of Savannah, who until recently has been pastor of the Whitesville Baptist church for many years, delivered a beautiful funeral tribute in his solemn and impressive manner, in honor of the departed one, after which the Masonic fraternity, of which he was an honored member, took charge of the service, and the body was laid to rest in the Whitesville cemetery, there to await the resurrection morn.

Date of Death: 21 Apr 1874
Subject: Thomas Austin
Source: Andrew County Republican, 22 May 1874, p. 8

On Wednesday morning, at 2 o’clock, Thomas Austin (familiarly known to every one as “Uncle Tommy”) died, after a long, lingering illness. The funeral services took place yesterday morning at 9 o’clock, at the sixth street Methodist church, conducted by Rev. J. Gillies. A large number of friends were in attendance. Thomas Austin was born in New Jersey, sixteen miles west of Philadelphia, on March 5, 1805. In 1815 the family removed to Greene county, Ohio. From thence he went to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he kept hotel successfully for ten years, accumulating some property. He returned to Greene county afterward, and at the close of the late war removed to Savannah, where he continued to reside and do business until his death. He first bought the Union House, (afterward the Clifton House, and burned down) which he kept a number of years, and subsequently took the St. Charles Hotel, which he managed up to shortly before the time of his death. Deceased was married three times, but leaves only a single heir, the wife of Mr. Charles Barber. “Uncle Tommy” was a thorough-going business man, and enjoyed and deserved the confidence and respect of all who knew him.

Date of Death: 23 Nov 1913
Subject: Jeremiah Atkins
Source: Holt County Sentinel, 5 Dec 1913, p. 6

New Point and Vicinity.– Mr. Atkins received the word, Sunday morning, that his brother Jerry, living in Andrew county, had died early that morning. The funeral was held Monday afternoon.

Date of Death: 18 Mar 1876
Subject: Asahel P. Ashley
Source: Andrew County Republican, 21 Apr 1876, p. 8

Died, March 18th, 1876, at the residence of Mr. A. F. Owen, Capt. A. P. Ashley, aged 85 years. Deceased was buried March 19th, in Bennett Lane Cemetery, under the auspices of Savannah Lodge, No. 71, A. F. & A. Masons, of which he had been a member since the establishment of the Lodge in 1844. He was also a member of Savannah Royal Arch Chapter, No. 83. having been a Mason for many years before emigrating to Missouri, he had battled against the relentless storm of Anti-Masonry and come out triumphant, and in his ripe and honored old age he exchanged earthly sorrows for the richer heritage of life eternal.

… [resolutions at a Masons’ meeting]… Resolved, That as a mark of respect for our deceased brother, it is ordered that the Hall of this Lodge and the furniture be draped in mourning for a period of thirty days, and that the accompanying memorials be spread upon our record books, and that a copy of the same under seal of the Lodge, be sent to the family of deceased….”

Date of Death: 22 Jan 1907
Subject: John Asher
Source: Holt County Sentinel, 25 Jan 1907, p. 5

Vincent Elliott, the young man who was drowned in the Nodaway river near Leach’s mill, on the 10th inst., the particulars of which we gave in our issue last week, was born near Fillmore, February 4, 1882, and was therefore within a few weeks of being 24 [sic] years of age. He had been working in Kansas, and had but recently returned to his home. Besides his parents, he leaves two sisters and a brother. He is spoken of as a young man of excellent morals, industrious, and of good ability. John Asher, who was 82 years old, was his mother’s father, and he committed suicide, at Bolckow, on the day previous the drowning of young Elliott.

ROBERT O. ARMSTRONG, an enterprising farmer of the Capay Valley, in Yolo County, is a son of William C. and Elizabeth (Smith) Armstrong. His father, a native of Kentucky, was a farmer most of his days, and crossed the plains to California in 1857; followed farming and stock-raising here and in Capay Valley, and later he went to Lake County, where he died in 1885. The subject’s mother, a native of Tennessee, died in Capay Valley, in 1862. All their seven children are living in California. Mr. Armstrong, the subject of this paragraph, was born June 14, 1848, in Andrew County, Missouri, where he lived until 1877, when, as before stated, the family came to California. They lived in Nevada County for a few months, and then came into Capay Valley, where Robert and five brothers are still living. Mr. Armstrong started out in the world for himself in 1866, first renting a place of Mr. Davis for three years, and in 1871 purchased his present place, which is situated in the finest little valley in the State; it consists of 165 acres of excellent land. Mr. Armstrong was married in the “City of the Woods,” February 21, 1873, to Miss Maggie J. Alexander, who was born in Capay Valley in 1854. Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong have two sons and three daughters, namely, Otta M., Robert A., Erma P., Alma L. Agnes L. and Ernest C.

Source: The Lewis Publishing Company, editor, A Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California, Illustrated, p. 660.

Date of Death: 23 Mar 1913
Subject: Mabel A. (Howell) Armfield
Source: Holt County Sentinel, 4 Apr 1913, p. 5

Funeral services for the four persons who were killed in the tornado, Easter Sunday night, which virtually wiped out the village of Flag Springs, were held, Thursday of last week. Flag Springs is in Andrew county, five miles from Union Star, in DeKalb county. The dead are Mr. and Mrs. Armfied [sic], who were killed outright, and Mr. Auterburn [sic] and Mr. Reed, who died of injuries received in the storm. Two children of the Armfields were badly injured. Homes in the village were demolished and livestock was killed.

Date of Death: 23 Mar 1913
Subject: Luther A. Armfield
Source: Holt County Sentinel, 4 Apr 1913, p. 5

Funeral services for the four persons who were killed in the tornado, Easter Sunday night, which virtually wiped out the village of Flag Springs, were held, Thursday of last week. Flag Springs is in Andrew county, five miles from Union Star, in DeKalb county. The dead are Mr. and Mrs. Armfied [sic], who were killed outright, and Mr. Auterburn [sic] and Mr. Reed, who died of injuries received in the storm. Two children of the Armfields were badly injured. Homes in the village were demolished and livestock was killed.

Date of Death: 2 Dec 1873
Subject: Ann (Fox) Anderson
Source: Andrew County Republican, 12 Dec 1873, p. 3

Died.
On December 2, at the head of Lower Neely Grove, between Rosendale and Bolckow, Anna Fox, the beloved wife of Judge Wm. Anderson, aged 53 years.

Deceased was a native of Ohio, and had been failing since June with paralysis. She leaves a kind, good husband, large family, and numerous relatives and friends to mourn her loss; but they mourn not as those without hope, for as she had been a consistent member of the M. E. Church for over 20 years, they have reason to believe she has gone to her reward.

Date of Death: 26 Feb 1906
Subject: William Bethel Allen
Source: Holt County Sentinel, 9 Mar 1906, p. 5

William B. Allen, one of the 1841 settlers of Andrew county, died at his home near Rosendale, February 26, 1906 aged 84 years.

Date of Death: 3 Apr 1899
Subject: Charles Allen
Source: Holt County Sentinel, 7 Apr 1899, p. 1

Charles Allen, aged about 65, died at his home near the Richville school house, in Nodaway township, April 3, 1899, and was buried in the Fillmore cemetery on the following day. He was an old bachelor, living alone, and was very eccentric, hardly ever coming to town– was an old soldier and a pensioner, having belonged to Co. D., 22nd Indiana volunteers. He owned 40 acres of land on which he lived, and had recently had a new house built. He was supposed to have considerable money hidden around the house, but thus far, Public Administrator, Giles A. Laughlin, who has taken charge of the estate, has only found $276.00 in gold, and a little over $12 in silver, which was discovered in a glass fruit jar inside of an old tin can, covered over with rags. The only relative in this county, is reported to be a Mrs. Shields, residing near Maitland.

Date of Death: 1 Jul 1872
Subject: James Alexander
Source: Andrew County Republican, 5 Jul 1872, p. 3

On Monday last, Mr. James Alexander, a well known citizen and farmer of Jackson township, left his dwelling in apparently as good health as even, to go to a piece of woods near by to cut poles for a fence. At noon the dinner-horn was blown several times, and Mr. Alexander not making his appearance, the family went in search of him. Their consternation may be imagined when they found him dead, his head lying on a sappling [sic] which he had that morning cute down. We have since learned from Mr. Chambers, of Fillmore, that a Coroner’s jury held an inquest over the remains on Monday evening, who rendered a verdict that the deceased came to his death by falling backward upon the stick of wood upon which his head was resting when found. The opinion was, that in attempting to evade a falling limb, he stepped back, tripping and falling as above, causing instant death.

Date of Death: 7 Mar 1902
Subject: Eli Alderman
Source: The Democrat, 14 Mar, 1902, p. 4, column 2

A Pioneer Passes Away

Eli Alderman, who was one of Savannah’s pioneer citizens passed away at his home in this city on Friday, March 7, 1902. Mr. Alderman was born in Morgan county, Ohio, in 1822, where he continued to reside until he came to Savannah in 1865. He was the founder of the Dry Goods firm, which is now known as M. H. Alderman & Co. The business was started by him in the same building in which the above firm is now doing business.

He was married to Mary J. Joy, who passed to the great beyond in 1893, in 1846 in Ohio, and to this union were born three sons and one daughter, two sons, Carl J. and M. H. survive him.

Mr. Alderman in middle life became a member of the M. E. church, and was a member of that body to the day of his death.

The funeral services were conducted from the Sixth Street M. E. church

Date of Death: 24 Jun 1907
Subject: William Adkins
Source: unknown, Jun 1907

William Adkins was born in Monroe county, Ohio, March 24, 1848, and died at his home, northwest of Savannah, June 24, 1907. He married January 5, 1863, to Mary A. Miner. He leaves his wife and nine children, all of whom, except Mrs. Ruth Fleming, of Giasco, Kansas were at the funeral. Others of his children are: James Adkins, Mrs. Laura Todd, Miner Adkins, and Mrs. Maude Buis, of Savannah; Charlie Adkins and Mrs. Belle Quinn, of St. Joseph; Mrs. Gertie Smith of Kansas City; and Mrs. Juana Robison of Helena. He also leaves three sisters and one brother. Mrs. Lizzie Trapp, of Skidmore, Mrs. Amy Duel, of Sheridan, Oregon; and Mrs. Anna Werth, and James Adkins, of Fillmore. There were also present except Mrs. Duel. Aside from these he leaves twenty-two grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday by Rev. Geo. McGee, and interment was at Bennett Lane Cemetery.

Date of Death: 13 May 1874
Subject: Martha Ann (Pyle) Adkins
Source: Andrew County Republican, 22 May 1874, p. 1

Flag Springs Items. The spinal meningitis has made its appearance in our midst. Mrs. A. P. Adkins died of it last week. A daughter is low with it now, but hopes are entertained of her recovery.

Date of Death: 2 Jun 1883
Subject: Lavinia (Todd) Adkins
Source: Savannah Reporter, 8 Jun 1883

Sunday the wife of Barnabas Adkins died at her residence below this City. Funeral Tuesday.

The two-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. William Addington of Rochester, Mo., is dead at a hospital in St. Joseph from a bullet wound caused by the accidental discharge of a revolver held by the baby’s mother. While putting the child to bed Mrs. Addington was amusing it with a revolver she found under her husband’s pillow. She did not think the weapon was loaded and snapped the trigger. The mother is in a state of collapse.

Source: The King City Democrat, 24 September 1915, p. 6

Child Killed by Mother

The St. Joseph papers tell of a sad accident at Rochester a few days since. They state that a Mrs. Wm. Addington was preparing her 2-year-old baby for bed and picked up a revolver and playfully pointed it at the baby and was snapping it to amuse the child, when it discharged and the ball entered the side and lodged in the left side. The mother was horror stricken. The child was at once taken to St. Joseph and operated on, but without much hope for its recovery. It died the next morning. It is the empty or supposedly empty revolver again that has brought such unspeakable grief to that home and ever to be remembered sorry to the mother heart. — King City Chronicle

Source: The Albany Capital, 23 September 1915, p. 2

Date of death: 10 Sep 1915
Subject: Donald David Leroy Addington
Source: St. Joseph Gazette, 20 Sep 1915, p. 5

[Much of article illegible]

Different Version of Death of Child

Letter From Rochester, Mo., Explains Accidental Killing of Little Boy

Chief of Police James A. Clouser received a letter explaining the accidental shooting of the 2-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. William Addington, Rochester, Mo., the night of … The letter said Mrs. Addington … for the night … under … and was away … As … the gun … accidentally discharged. … was brought here to a hospital … died a few hours after ar…

… differs from that published in the Gazette, the latter … Mrs. Addington was snapping the revolver to amuse the baby and that it was accidentally discharged. The writer of the letter to Chief Clouser was a neighbor of the Addison’s [sic].