Joseph M. Walker, seventy-four years old, a retired stone mason, died at 10 o’clock yesterday morning at his home, 1437 North Fifteenth street, after a prolonged illness. Mr. Walker was born in Andrew County and had lived in St. Joseph eighteen years . . .

Source: St. Joseph News-Press, 4 June 1923, p. 6

Date of Death: 29 Jan, 1858
Subject: Milly Ann (McDonald) Wakefield
Source: St. Louis Christian Advocate, 18 Feb 1858, p. 4

Died in this city on the 29th ult. of typhoid pneumonia, Sister Milly Ann Wakefield, wife of Dr. M. F. Wakefield, aged 36 years.

For twenty years Sister Wakefield had been a faithful, zealous member of the Methodist Church (of the Church South since its organization). As a Christian, she lived “by the faith of the Son of God,” and in the constant enjoyment of religion. She was a Christian, and a devoted friend of the Church of Christ– doing all in her power to promote its interests, and the glory of God in the salvation of souls. The influence of her piety was felt especially in her family, her husband, children and servants sharing in her prayers and godly counsels. Her house was the home of Methodist preachers, where they always found a cordial greeting. A. Caples, Ashby, Devlin, the writer and other members of the Missouri Confernece, can testify to the delight she took in ministering to the comfort of itinerant preachers. Our sainted Patten often toward the close of life rested his weary frame beneath her hospital [sic] roof.

Living in the enjoyment of the love of God, it is no marvel that her death chamber was a scene of Christian triumph, and that as she descended deep in death’s cold flood, she softly whispered back to weeping friends, “I soon shall be where sickness and sorrow, pain and death are felt and feared no more.”

In her death the M. E. Church South has lost one of its brightest lights and most devoted friends; her husband, a devoted wife; her children, an affectionate mother; her parents, a dutiful child; her neighbors, a kind and sympathizing friend. Yet we all feel that our loss is her eternal gain.

Her funeral was preached by the writer in the Methodist Church, previous to her burial. She had done more for the erection of our Church than any one individual in the city, and her funeral was the first service ever held in it.

May the Lord help us to follow her, as she followed Christ, and, when time with us shall be no more, meet her again where parting is unknown.

Savannah, Mo., Feb. 1, 1858, R. R. Baxter

Date of Death: 7 Jan 1916
Subject: Caroline (Schafer) Wagenblast
Source: unknown, 7 Jan 1916

Mrs. Caroline Wagenblast, seventy-eight years old, widow of John Wagenblast, died at 8:45 o’clock this morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. A. J. Kelly at Avenue City. She is survived by five other daughters, Mrs. August Vogle and Mrs. H. A. Theis, Clarksdale, Mo.; Mrs. L. O. Brown and Miss Anna Wagenblast, Bolckow, Mo., and Mrs. Fred Keiser, Cosby, Mo.; and five sons, Marion Wagenblast, Whiting, Kan.; George Wagenblast, Cosby, Mo.; Henry Wagenblast, Tulsa Okla.; Frank Wagenblast, Jewell City, Kan.; and Charles Wagenblast, Helena, Mo.

Date of Death: 7 May 1919
Subject: Pearl Waegele
Source: Holt County Sentinel, 16 May 1919, p. 5

The many friends and relatives of Mr. and Mrs. Ludwig Waegele and family will sympathize with them in the death of their daughter, Miss Pearl, which occurred at Denver, Colorado, May 7, 1919. Miss Pearl after teaching in Holt and Andrew counties went to Colorado for her health and where she taught for several years, but finally had to abandon her work on account of the inroads upon her constitution by that sure victor, consumption.

She was born in the Richville district thirty years ago and grew to a beautiful Christian character in this section of our county. She was greatly beloved, and was an earnest church and Sunday school worker, and her requests that her pall-bearers should be selected from the ranks of her former school pupils in this and Andrew county was gratified by her parents. Her passing is the first death in the family, and the blow seems too hard to bear.

She is survived by her parents, four sisters and three brothers.

The body was brought to the home of her parents, near Fillmore, Sunday last, May 11, and the funeral services were conducted from the Fillmore Christian church, on Tuesday, May 13, by her former pastor, Rev. Sauceman, now of Skidmore.

Date of Death: 15 May 1913
Subject: Sarah Ellen (Donovan) Wachtel
Source: Holt County Sentinel, 23 May 1913, p. 6

Mrs. Andy and [Mrs.] Henry Hershner received word Thursday of the death of their sister, Mrs. John Wachtel, of Rosendale.

Ed. Fuhrman drove to Rosendale, Saturday, in his car, taking Mrs. Andy and Henry Hershner and James Donovan over to attend the funeral of Mrs. Wachtel.

Date of Death: 20 May 1920
Subject: George Violett
Source: St. Joseph Observer, 15 May 1920

When a truck laden with five tons of crushed rock and driven by Ralph Hall, struck George Violette [sic], a seventy-four-year-old Amazonia man, on South Fourth street Monday, the fender knocked Violette down and then the wheels held him fast. It was necessary to back the truck off the prostrate man before he could be released. His left leg and ankle were crushed, and he also sustained internal injuries. He was taken to the home of relatives in North St. Joseph.

Date of Death: 6 Mar 1889
Subject: Jefferson Adams Verdier
Source: Ste. Genevieve [MO] Fair Play, 16 Mar 1889, p. 1

Jefferson A. Verdier, seventy years of age, dropped dead, a few nights ago, from heart disease, at his home, five miles northeast of St. Joseph, on the Rochester road. Deceased leaves a wife, three boys and five girls. He was one of the oldest settlers of Andrew County.

Date of death: 14 Jun 1911
Subject: Emma (Dersch) Vennekohl
Source: unknown St. Joseph newspaper, Jun 1911

The funeral of Mrs. Emma Vennekohl, wife of Henry Vennekohl, of Cosby, Mo., who died of apoplexy Wednesday evening after an illness of only a few hours, will be held from her home near Cosby at 3 o’clock this afternoon. The burial will be in the cemetery near the church of the Evangelical Zion association, near her home.

Mrs. Vennekohl was born and raised in St. Joseph and belonged to one of the pioneer German families of North St. Joseph. She lived here up to the time of her marriage. Her maiden name was Dersch and a number of relatives live here. Mrs. R. V. Nichols of St. Joseph is a sister of Mr. Vennekohl.

A number of St. Joseph people will go to Cosby this morning to attend the funeral.

Mrs. Vennekohl, who is survived by her husband and son, Clarence, was 47 years old.

Date of Death: 23 Aug 1876
Subject: Amos S. Vaux
Source: unknown, quoting St. Louis Evangelist

VAUX – Died, August 23d, 1876, Amos S. Vaux, of Typhoid fever. Our friends was a young man of great promise, much loved by all who knew him, a constant member of the Sabbath school and Bible class in Andrew county, Missouri.

He has gone, yes, gone forever,
From this world of sin and care;
Gone to dwell with angels ever
In a world that’s bright and fair.

How we miss our dear companion
Since he left our little band;
But we trust he is in heaven,
In that happy, better land.

Never was his seat found vacant
Until death called him to go;
And our class seems sad and lonely
Since he left us here below.

May we all prepare to meet him
When this changing life shall cease;
May we have a joyful meeting
In that home of blissful ease.

Date of Death: 20 Jan 1889
Subject: Martin VanSchoiack & James Gabbert
Source: unknown, 25 Jan 1889

Double Funeral

Old Martin VanSchoiack died in St. Joseph asylum last Sat. Remains were returned to the old homestead on Sunday, in Jefferson township. Among others waiting was the corpse of James Gabbert, about 40 years, who has been raised in the VanSchoiack family. He died about one hour before body arrived from St. Joe. Both were buried on Monday in Long Branch Cemetery.

Date of Death: 8 May 1852
Subject: Josiah Vanschoiack
Source: Savannah Sentinel, Saturday, May 15, 1852, p. 2

Cholera- We regret to learn that this dread contagion is again on the trail of the emigration, and that Mr. Vanschoiack from this county, with whole families of emigrants, on the route from St. Joseph, have been swept off. It is also said, that several deaths occur daily in St. Joseph, but that the mortality appears to be confined principally among the emigrants. No case has yet been reported in this place….

Date of Death: 26 Jun 1905
Subject: Magdalena (Siegfried) Twedell
Source: Holt County Sentinel, 7 Jul 1905, p. 5

Mrs. L. E. Twedell, died at her home in Mound City, on Monday, June 26, 1905. she was 28 years of age and leaves a husband and two children. The body was taken to Amazonia, the deceased having formerly resided near there.

Date of Death: 23 Apr 1874
Subject: Edward Turpin
Source: Andrew County Republican, 1 May 1874, p. 1

Died. Turpin– On Saturday, April 23, 1874, at his residence on the East St. Joe road, three miles from Savannah, Edward Turpin, aged 67 years, 3 months and 5 days.

The deceased was an old citizen of Andrew county, having settled here in 1844. He was born in Kentucky, removed to Indiana when thirteen year[s] of age, whence he came to Missouri. Deceased was widely known in the county as a charitable, honorable man, and his death is mourned by a family consisting of an aged wife and five children. His remains were interred in the “Camp Ground” graveyard on Monday, the 27th.

Date of Death: 31 Jan 1916
Subject: Samuel Turner
Source: St. Joseph Gazette, 1 Feb 1916, p. 5

Samuel Turner, 89 years old, died early yesterday at his home, five miles north of St. Joseph, on the east Savannah road. He was a retired farmer and a widower, and is survived by three daughters, Fannie, Mildred and Martha Turner, who lived with him. The funeral will be from the house today at 2 o’clock. Burial will be in Savannah cemetery.

Date of Death: 30 Apr 1875
Subject: Rebecca (McElwain) Townsend
Source: Andrew County Republican, 7 May 1875, p. 8

Died. Townsend– On Friday morning last, at the old family homestead near Jimtown, Mrs. Rebecca Townsend, aged sixty-four years. She was for many years an active member of the Methodist church. She leaves six children to mourn the loss of as good and an affectionate a mother as ever the world saw: Thomas Townsend, of Andrew county; John and Edward Townsend of St. Joseph; Moses and George Townsend, of Troy, Kansas, and Wm. Townsend, now in California.

H. S. Townsend, member of the firm of Baird & Townsend, Marble & Granite Works, of Warrensburg, Missouri, was born March 17, 1857 in Andrew county, Missouri. He is the son of Jonathan and Kittie Ann (Landers) Townsend, the former a native of Indiana and the latter of Missouri. Jonathan Townsend was born June 17, 1827, and when 18 years of age came to Missouri from Indiana. He located in Andrew county when St. Joseph had but one store, which was conducted by a Frenchman named Rubidoux [sic], who traded with the Indians. Jonathan Townsend settled on a farm near Savannah and there spent the remainder of his life. To Jonathan and Kittie Townsend were born the following children: W. B., Whitesville, Mo.; F. M., Whitesville, Mo.; James S., Bolckow, Mo.; E. E., Savannah, Mo.; Mrs. John Roe, Savannah, Mo.; Mrs. Louisa J. Todd, who died in 1891; and H. S., the subject of this review. Mrs. Townsend died in 1861. Jonathan Townsend’s death occurred at the age of 90 years in Savannah, which had been his home for 20 years. Prior to moving to Savannah he had lived on his farm near that place 52 years. Mr. and Mrs. Townsend lived in the first home which he built for 52 years and in the 72 years they lived in but two different homes. The remains of both father and mother were interred in the cemetery at Savannah, Mo. The father served in the State Militia under Capt. D. C. Stotts during the Civil War. H. S. Townsend received his early education in the public schools of Andrew county, Mo. He later attended Lagrange College, Lagrange, Mo., for three years. Mr. Townsend entered the teaching profession after leaving college and for 15 years was engaged in teaching during the winter and farming in the summer time. Twenty-three years ago, in 1894, Mr. Townsend came to Warrensburg, and entered the dairy business. Fifteen years ago he went into partnership with J. B. Baird in the marble and granite business and in farming and stock raising. Baird & Townsend, Marble & Granite Works, are successors of the Farley Brothers. Four years ago they moved to their present location on East Pine street, where they have two display rooms, 24 x 118 and 24 x 30 feet in dimensions respectively. The firm employs 3 traveling salesmen and has an extensive business all over the state of Missouri and extending into adjoining states. Frequently carloads of stone are shipped to a single point in the state. They import granite and marble in the rough from quarries in Missouri, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine, besides obtaining some foreign shipments. This firm has undoubtedly the finest stock on hand of any company in western Missouri. Mr. Townsend is well known through out the state and is universally esteemed, possessing a pleasing personality which has won for him scores of friends. In addition to the granite and marble business, the firm is also engaged in farming and stock raising, owning a splendid stock farm ten miles south of Warrensburg. This farm comprises 169 acres and is devoted to dairy stock. In 1880, H. S. Townsend was united in marriage with Florence I. Clark, daughter of Silas and Marguerite Clark, of Andrew county, Missouri. Both parents of Mrs. Townsend are now deceased. To H. S. and Florence I. (Clark) Townsend have been born two children: Glenn, an only son, who died at the age of 13 months, who is interred in the cemetery at Warrensburg; and Nellie Grace, who is the wife of Harley Hoar, of Warrensburg. Mrs. Townsend is president of the Johnson County Women’s Christian Temperance Union and has held this office for the past five years. She was elected delegate to the national meeting of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union held at Seattle, Washington at the State meeting in 1915, but on account of illness was unable to attend. Mr. Townsend is affiliated with the Modern Woodmen of America, of which lodge he has been one of the officers in Warrensburg for many years, and with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of which he has been a member for the past ten years. He has been a deacon in the Baptist church for 12 years and superintendent of the Sunday School four years.

Source: History of Johnson County, Missouri, by Ewing Cockrell, 1918
Submitted: Monica Schirmer Eshelman

Date of Death: 19 Dec 1872
Subject: John Toles
Source: Andrew County Republican, 21 Feb 1873, p. 3

Died. On December 19, 1872, at Whitesville, John Toles, from Ohio, aged 72 years.

Date of Death: 26 Feb 1915
Subject: Oscar Todd
Source: Hamburg [IA] Reporter, 5 Mar 1915

Word was received here Friday of the death of Oscar Todd at Helena, Mo., following an illness of some weeks. Mr. Todd suffered from lung trouble, which caused his death. Mr. Todd will be well remembered here by many and was employed at the canning factory for several seasons. He was an exceptionally popular young man and was a trusted employe [sic] of the Waterloo Canning company.

Date of Death: 10 May 1891
Subject: Jarusha (Farris) Todd
Source: Savannah newspaper, 15 May 1891

The wife of Isaac Todd died on the 10th inst.

Date of Death: 25 Mar 1875
Subject: Japheth [Jephthah] Todd
Source: St. Joseph Daily Gazette, 28 Apr 1875, p. 4 col. 2

GONE TO HIS REWARD

Death of Japheth Todd, of Andrew County

Japeth Todd [sic], one of the oldest citizens of Andrew county, and a gentleman well known and highly respected throughout the Northwest, died last Sunday morning at his residence, about six miles distant from this city, after a protracted illness of several months. Mr. Todd was born in Estelle county, Kentucky, upon the 4th day of June, 1808. He removed with his parents to Missouri, while yet a child, and lived for a number of years in that large section of country lying north of the Missouri river, at time known as Howard county. Mr. Todd was married in 1838, and seven children were the offspring of the reunion. The mother was called away from earth about a month ago. The father did not long survive this sad bereavement. An insidious disease had for some time been preying upon his vitals, and the loss of his beloved wife hastened his final dissolution. Last Sunday morning he breathed his last, in the blessed hope of an eternity of bliss with the dear ones who had preceded him. Japheth Todd was a gentleman of the old school–an honest, honorable, upright, Christian man. To know him was to respect and love him. The loss of such a man cannot be too sincerely lamented.

Date of Death: 31 Mar 1875
Subject: Huldah A. (Todd) Todd
Source: St. Joseph Daily Gazette, 2 Apr 1875, p. 1 col. 3

Passing Away

On Wednesday, March 31st, another of the old citizens of the Northwest passed from life, and is now numbered with the dead. We refer to Mrs. Huldah A. Todd.

She was born in Estel county, Kentucky, on the 12th day of July, 1812, an in the year 1838 was married to Jeptha Todd. She had been a member of the regular Baptist Church for forty years. She leaves a family of seven children, four boys and three girls, only one of whom is married. One by one the links that bind the present prospects to the posts of privation are being severed, and soon the last one will be broken.

Date of Death: 26 Mar 1903
Subject: David Todd
Source: St. Joseph Daily News, 28 Mar 1903, p. 1

David Todd, 78, father of Richard Todd, died 6:40 last night at his home in Centralia, Mo. Mr. Todd had been a resident of this state for fifty years. He is survived by four sons and four daughters. They are Richard Todd of St. Joseph, Walter and Mrs. Anna Todd, Centralia, Mo., J. C. Todd, Topeka, William Todd, Chicago, Mrs. W. McCallon, Savannah, Mo., Mrs. T. Crawson, Mexico, Mo., and Mrs. James Young, Maryville, Mo.

The funeral was held this afternoon from the home of Richard Todd, 913 Ridenbaugh. The interment was in the family cemetery north of the city.

Source: St. Joseph Gazette, 28 Mar 1903, p. 3

David Todd of Centralia, Mo., died at his home at 7:00 p.m. yesterday. Mr. Todd is the father of Walter Todd, Richard Todd, and Mrs. Anna Thomas of this city. Richard Todd is a partner in the firm of Toss & Todd. The deceased is an old resident of Missouri and is well known throughout the state. He leaves four sons and daughters besides those mentioned. They are Mrs. James Young, Maryville, Mo., J. C. Todd of Topeka, Mrs. Fannie Crawson of Mexico Mo., William Todd, Chicago, Mrs. William McCallon of Savannah, Mo. The funeral will be from the home of Richard Todd, 913 Ridenbaugh at 1 o’clock this afternoon. Interment will be at Todd cemetery north of the city.

Date of Death: 14 Oct 1914
Subject: William Harvey Tilson
Source: Savannah newspaper, Oct 1914

William Harvey Tilson was born in Franklin County, Indiana, September 6, 1839, and died at his home in Rosendale, October 14, 1914. When seven years of age he came to Missouri with his parents and located near Savannah. He was married to Emaline Dobbs June 25, 1863. Of this union fourteen children were born, eight sons and six daughters, one son and one daughter dying in infancy. Seven sons and five daughters with the mother survive him. He moved to Nodaway County in 1880 and returned to Andrew County about 1892. Since that time this has been his home.

In August 1861 he enlisted in the State Militia and later on he re-enlisted in Company B, 61st Missouri Regiment, of which he was the captain. He was mustered out in the summer of 1865. He has been a member of the Christian Church for more than fifty years. The funeral was conducted from the Rosendale Christian Church by Rev. A. R. Hunt, and interment was in the Coffman Cemetery.

Date of Death: 31 Jan 1918
Subject: Emeline (Dobbs) Tilson
Source: Maryville MO newspaper, 1 Feb 1918

Mrs. Emiline Tilson, mother of W. R. Tilson of Maryville, died at 8:30 last night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. G. L. Markley, in St. Joseph, as the result of a long illness of paralysis. Funeral services will be held at 10 o’clock, tomorrow in St. Joseph. The body will be taken to Rosendale for burial.

Mrs. Tilson was over 70 years old and is well known in Maryville, having spent several months here at the home of W. R. and John Tilson. She is survived of twelve children, who are: W. R. Tilson, Maryville, Mrs. William Burks of near Pickering; Mrs. William Turner and Mrs. Samuel Pettigrew, Bolckow; John, Alice, James, Lester, Roscoe and Loren Tilson, and Mrs. G.L. Markley, all of St. Joseph.

Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Tilson and Mrs. William Burks left this afternoon for St. Joseph to attend the funeral.

Date of Death: 18 Mar 1913
Subject: B. Luther Tilson
Source: Savannah newspaper, 21 Mar 1913

Succumbs to Heart Trouble

B.L. Tilson Passed Away Tuesday Morning at His Home in Savannah

The remains of B. Luther Tilson were placed in the Savannah cemetery yesterday morning after a funeral at the residence, conducted by Rev. A. J. Quirin and Rev. C.C. Hatcher. He died at 10:20 a.m., Tuesday, March 18, 1913, aged sixty-eight years, eleven months and seven days after an illness of ten weeks confinement to his room and a year of poor health from heart trouble and a complication of diseases.

Mr. Tilson has lived in Savannah for the past six years and his happy disposition, kindliness to all and his abundance of good qualities make his departure a great loss but his personality will be remembered and continue indefinitiely to do good. He was born in Johnson County, Indiana, April 11, 1844, and came to AndrewCounty in 1847, his mother dying when he was three years old.

The late W. B. Allen and his wife raised him from this age and these good people also raised Mr. Tilson’s wife who was Anna Sitton, whose parents died when she was twelve years old and they took her. They were married in 1866 and six children with Mrs. Tilson survive, H. H. Tilson of Savannah, L.C. Tilson, A. D. Tilson, both of St. Joseph, E. B. Tilson of Concordia, Kans., Mrs. O.U. Lash of Moberly and Mrs. Alice VanZant of Savannah. They have four daughters and two sons who had proceded [sic] him to the land beyond. One daughter Mrs. Georgia Moffitt of Afton, Iowa, died about a year ago.

Mr. Tilson has been a Christian for over forty years, having been converted at a revival meeting at the old Glenwood school near his home. He united with the Methodist Episcopal church then and has been a member ever since. During the Civil War he served three years in the 36th Missouri regiment. For several years he kept store at Wyeth and at Rosendale and is respected and honored all over the county.