Date of Death: 6 Aug 1873
Subject: Jessee Elliott
Source: Andrew County Republican, 22 Aug 1873, p. 3

Died. In Clay township, Andrew county, Mo., August 6th, Jesse Elliot [sic], aged 63; penitent and happy, believing in Christ Jesus, the Savior of the world.

Date of Death: 19 Nov 1913
Subject: Lydia (Harvey) Eisiminger
Source: Savannah Reporter, Nov 1913

Mrs. Eisiminger Buried Today

The funeral of Mrs. Lydia Eisiminger will take place this afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Christ[ian] church and the remains will … placed in the Savannah ceme…. She had been proprietor of … Richelieu hotel for the pas… years and was sick only a few …, having done her usual work … Friday, dying Wednesday at … o’clock aged seventy-two year… -en months and seventeen da…. was the widow of Henry Eis… and had been the mother of … children, six of whom are l….”

Source: unknown, Nov 1913

Mrs. Eisiminger Buried Friday

The remains of Mrs. Lydia Harvy Eisiminger were placed in the Savannah cemetery Friday after a funeral sermon at the Christian church by Rev. A.R. Hunt. Mrs. Eisiminger had been a member of the Methodist church for over forty years. She was born near Louisville, Ky., on April 2, 1841, and died at her home in the Richelieu hotel November 19. She came with her parents from Kentucky when she was two years old and located near Amazonia. She was united in marriage to Henry Eisiminger December 24, 1859, and to them were born sixteen children, six of whom survive their mother. She also leaves four sisters, sixteen grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Six of her grand[sons] acted as pallbearers. She was …y industrious woman and worked …thin a few days of her death… did all possible to bring her … up in respect and honor.

Date of Death: 1 Oct 1907
Subject: John Eisiminger
Source: The Holt County Sentinel, 11 Oct, 1907, p. 4

John Eisiminger, a prosperous farmer, of Clay township, Andrew county, was accidentally killed, last week. He was on the way home from Bolckow on Monday afternoon, September 30, 1907, when his horse fell with him and inflicted injuries from which he died the following Tuesday afternoon. He was buried at Gravelvall [sic] cemetery on Thursday, Oct. 3. Frank, Claude and Arthur Petree attended the funeral. The deceased was one of the oldest residents of Andrew county, having come to the county with his parents in 1839, and lived there continuously until his death. He leaves a widow and five married daughters. His widow was a sister of the late Judge Benjamin Petree, father of the Petree Brothers.

Date of Death: 27 Dec 1881
Subject: John Eisiminger
Source: Savannah Reporter, 20 Dec 1881

John Eisiminger, an old citizen of this county, died at his home 2 miles southwest of Savannah, on Thursday afternoon, aged 83 years.

Date of Death: 19 Feb 1894
Subject: James A. Eisiminger
Source: Savannah Reporter, Feb 1894

James A. Eisiminger was born in Pennsylvania, August 19, 1826 and died at 2:30 PM February 19, 1894. He came to Missouri in 1854. [sic] He joined the ME church in 1846. In 1848, he married Elizabeth Baker and to this union were born 9 children, 4 boys and 5 girls, of which 3 boys and 3 girls survive him. In 1883, he married Jane Milholland, who survives him.

Date of Death: 25/27 Jul 1915
Subject: Samuel Egger
Source: Holt County Sentinel, 30 Jul 1915, p. 7

Samuel Egger was born in Frutingen, Switzerland, January 24, 1829. He spent his youth at his birth-place. Later he went to Munchenbachsee to take a teacher’s training course, in which calling, as teacher, he served 29 years. Nine years, he also served as post and telegraph officer.

In the year 1854, he was married to Miss Rosa Klopfenstein. This union was blessed with nine children, a little girl died in infancy. After fifty years of happy life, his wife died December 5, 1904. He leaves five sons and three daughters, 28 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren to mourn his decease; the children are: Rosa Nesser, Switzerland; Samuel Egger, Lunal Glen, Cal.; Albert and Adolph Egger, Oregon, Mo.; W. F. Egger, Lizzie Miller and Emma Rudolph, Amazonia, Mo., and Rev. J. Egger, Deepwater, Mo.

He came to this county with his family in the spring of 1881, and located, near Amazonia, where he resided 27 years, until he moved to his son, Albert’s, where he remained until his end, which came July 27, 1915. He was old and tired of life, waiting for a call to come home. He found peace with God, which he earnestly sought for years.

Funeral services were conducted by Rev. W. L. Meyer, at Amazonia, where interment took place Wednesday, July 28, at 11 a.m.

Date of Death: 24 Feb 1907
Subject: John Adolph Egger
Source: Holt County Sentinel, 1 Mar 1907, p. 8

We sympathize with Mr. and Mrs. Albert Egger in the loss of their little four-year old baby boy, that died Sunday last, February 24th, from meningitis. The little one was laid to rest in the Nodaway church graveyard on Tuesday.

Same, different column

Mr. and Mrs. Albert Egger feel truly grateful to those kind neighbors and friends who rendered them such valuable help and assistance during the long suffering of their little one– and when death came their sympathy and help was of such sweet consolation that they can only say: “God bless each and every one.[“]

Date of Death: 1 Aug 1875
Subject: Susannah (Small) Edwards
Source: Andrew County Republican, 6 Aug 1875, p. 8

Andrew county has lost another of its oldest and worthiest citizens, in the person of Mrs. Susan Edwards, who departed this life on Tuesday last, in the 80th year of her age. She was attacked with prostration common to old age a few days previous. She lived about a mile and a half south of town, and was buried on Wednesday, in the city cemetery, where her husband, William Edwards, was buried about a couple of years ago. She was followed to her last resting place by a large number of our citizens and sympathizing friends and relations. Mr. and Mrs. Edwards were among the oldest settlers of Andrew county, and leave an honored name behind them. Their descendants are among our best citizens. They were the parents of Henderson and Phineas Edwards, of this county.

Date of Death: 15/16 Aug 1876
Subject: Mary C. (Osburn) Edwards
Source: Andrew County Republican, 17 Aug 1876, p. 4

Died. In this county, near Fillmore on Tuesday, August 15th, 1876, Mrs. Mary C. Edwards, aged about 37 years wife of Phineas Edwards, late clerk of the Circuit Court of Andrew county. Her death was quite sudden. She was a most worthy and estimable lady, an affectionate mother, a good member of society, and leaves behind her a large circle of relatives and friends to mourn her loss. She was the mother of thirteen children, the oldest only eighteen years of age, who are now left to realize a mother’s loss.

Date of Death: 8 Jun 1850
Subject: John Edwards
Source: The Weekly Tribune [Liberty, KS], 12 Jul 1850

A GREAT MAN FOR ISRAEL HAS FALLEN

Elder John Edwards, departed this life on the 8th day of June, 1850. He was born in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, the 16th day of March, 1778, and migrated to Kentucky in 1792, from thence to Clay County, Missouri, in 1826 and finally to Andrew County Missouri, where he died.

He commenced preaching the Gospel in 1800, in Kentucky; his first text was taken from lst Corinthians, IV Chapter, and 8th Verse: — “For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound who shall prepare himself to the battle.”

Elder Edwards was a tall spare man, more than six feet high, whose countenance was deeply marked with gravity and solemnity, and yet a pleasant serenity was always manifested.

The years 1800-1-2-3, in Kentucky, are seasons that will be handed down to posterity as an epoch in the Church of God that will never be forgotten. Many thousand during this period heard the sound of this “Trumpet, and prepared for the battle,” and joined the ranks of the soldiers of Christ. He cut a conspicuous figure in his happy revival when some thousands were baptized. His whole heart was imbued with, and only concerned in the sounding of this trumpet in the holy mount of God, for the gathering of the people together and the journeying of the camps of Israel. He remained in these camps 26 years and thence came to Missouri, where he was equally indefatigable in blowing this ‘Trumpet” to the joy .and transport of many in this state. He uniformly maintained the doctrine of grace as reigning in Election, in Regeneration, and final Glorification of the Redeemed of the Lord. For fifty years he was a burning and shining light in the army of saints, — his bright example both as a minister and a saint was highly worthy of imitation.

This venerable man of God after having lived 72 years in the kingdom of nature, and having spent fifty of these brilliantly in the kingdom of grace, had a sudden attack on Tuesday, evening, closed his labors on Saturday evening, and was buried on the following Lords day surrounded by an immense concourse of brethren, neighbors, and friends not far from his own meeting house. The Apocalyptic Angel commanded John to write: — “Blessed are the dead who died in the Lord.” “Our fathers where are they, and the prophets do they live for ever.” No, no, for the battle is ended, and he is now enjoying the triumph and glory for there remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.

He has left a dear and worthy consort, five sons and four daughters to mourn their loss, but their loss is his eternal gain; and they should not sorrow as those with out hope, for they have every reason to believe that he has gone home to that conquered promised rest.

The Church of God has lost a valuable member, a loving associate, and a faithful, discreet and a brilliant minister of the Gospel, of the grace. of God. The Angel in the Apocalypse, has written the divine epitaph himself on the death of all his servants, in the following sublime strain: — “They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more, neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat for the Lamb which is in the midst of them shall feed them and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters, and God shall wipe tears from their eyes. AMEN.

Date of Death: 4 Jan 1875
Subject: Frances (Sleet) Earls
Source: Andrew County Republican, 8 Jan 1875, p. 8

On the 4th day of January, 1875, at her residence, one mile east of Savannah, Andrew county, Missouri, Mrs. Frances Earls departed this life– aged 78 years, 8 months and 4 days.

She was born and raised in Boone county, Kentucky, and removed with her husband, Jonathan Earls, to Clay county, Mo., in the fall of 1838, and remained during the winter; then removed to Andrew county, Mo., in the spring of 1839, and located on the present farm, where she lived for 36 years. She has been a kind and affectionate mother, and leaves a family of eight children, who deeply mourn her loss.

For many years this aged mother sought to love and follow Jesus. She professed faith in Christ and united with the Baptist Church in Boon [sic] county, Kentucky, and has been a faithful member of the same branch of Christ’s church, until death. Very suddenly and unexpectedly her spirit was summoned from the body, without a struggle. In her sudden death, we are reminded of the uncertainty of human life, and the importance of being in a state of readiness. While her sudden departure is a source of sorrow to her friends, how much better for her than to linger, suffer and pine away.

No sickness, or sorrow, or pain,
Shall ever disquiet her now;
For death to her spirit was gain,
Since Christ was her life here below.
Her soul has now taken its flight
To mansions of glory above,
To mingle with angels of light,
And dwell in the kingdom of love.

O! what a transition! from a world of care, tears and affliction, to the land that knows no clouds, no afflictions, and no tears.

Date of Death: 21 Apr 1917
Subject: Benjamin F. Earls
Source: Savannah Reporter, 27 Apr 1917, p. 1

Ben Earls the son of Jonathan Earls and [sic] early pioneer of this county, died at his home in Salt Lake City, Utah, Sunday and the body will arrive in Savannah this Friday morning and burial will take place from the Burlington station. He was about eighty-two years of age, and leaves two children, Will of Salt Lake and Cora from Kansas. His wife, who was formerly Miss Mary Leland was raised in this county, and she survives him.

Source: Holt County Sentinel, 4 May 1917, p. 1

Frank Petree was over at Savannah, Friday of last week, attending the burial of his uncle, Benjamin F. Earls, a brother of Mr. Petree’s mother, Lucy A. Petree. Charles F. and Arthur Petree, of Mound City, also attended the funeral. Mr. Ballard’s mother was also a sister of the deceased.

The Earls family were among the earliest settlers of Andrew county. The father, Jonathan Earls, came from Kentucky in the year 1837, and left his family in Clay county, while he came to Andrew county and entered a homestead, one mile east of the present site of Savannah. His wife and children, five sons and five daughters, came in the early part of 1838. Mrs. Petree was a babe and Benjamin F. was about two years old.

The old Earls homestead was well known to the early settlers in Holt county. The meetings, or associations as they were then called, of the Baptist church were usually held at the Earls farm, and many of the old settlers from Holt county attended them.

Of the Earls family there are now only two left– Mrs. Petree, now in Paris, Kentucky, with her daughter, Dr. Martha Petree, and Weeden S. Earls, of North Yakima, Washington. These are the two youngest children of the family. Weeden S. Earls was born in Andrew county. He is now 76 years of age, and Mrs. Petree is 79. The brother who just died was almost 82.

Date of Death: 13 Aug 1907
Subject: James Selmer Dysart
Source: Holt County Sentinel, 23 Aug 1907, p. 5

Selman [sic] the 11-year-old son of James Dysart and wife, living 9 miles southwest of Bolckow, was killed Tuesday of last week, August 13th, on the farm of Mrs. Mollie Dysart, near Parker. He with his father and brother had gone for sand. Mr. Dysart stopped at the house and the boys went on to the sand bank. While they were at work the bank caved in on Selman, causing instant death.

Mrs. Caroline Durkee, age seventy-eight, died at 9 o’clock this morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ellen Shelton, 2411 Doniphan avenue. She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Ellen Shelton of St. Joseph, Mrs. R. L. Limerick of Savannah, Mo., and Mrs. W. L. Trewett of Maryville, Mo., and by a son, E. C. Durkee of Granby, Mo. Savannah, Mo., was her home and the body will be taken there for burial.

Source: St. Joseph News-Press, 2 April 1912, p. 6.

Date of Death: 4 Mar 1922
Subject: Minnie J. (Strock) Durant
Source: St. Joseph Observer, 11 Mar 1922, p. 1

Called to Rest

Mrs. Minnie J. Durant Crosses Over the River to Rest Eternal

One of the hardest trials of this life is the final parting with a loved wife and mother– and such a one was that when Lafayette Durant, postmaster at Cosby, and his three children, Willis of Cosby, and Mrs. F. L. Hug and Mrs. Nellie E. Wakefield, daughters, both of this city, were on Saturday obliged to give up the one who held the place of love and honor in their hearts.

Mrs. Minnie J. Durant was sixty-four years of age when she was called upon to leave those she loved. For over two generations she had walked hand-in-hand with the husband whom she had chosen in the days of her youth. She was a gentle Christian woman who believed in her God, her family and the Golden Rule, which she strictly adhered to. The funeral occurred from the church in Cosby where she worshipped, on Monday, and a great throng of those who knew and loved her followed the remains to their final resting place.

Date of Death: 18 Jul 1890
Subject: James W. Duncan
Source: Holt County Sentinel, 25 Jul 1890, p. 4

And is he dead? Nay, not so, he but sleepeth, For souls, like his, Can never die.

In the still quiet, morning hours of Friday, July 18th, 1890, there passed peacefully away from amongst us, after a stormy career, more than an ordinary man, and the gallant heart that never knew a few, faced the grim messenger of death as heroically as he had ever faced his fiercest foe on earth. This after months of wearing illness, with his last days rendered more pathetic by the sad and unexpected death of his noble wife, passed away the indomitable spirit of James W. Duncan. The end had come, it found the man ready, and the grand and rugged figure that never feared the hand of man, bowed resignedly to the decree of God.

“Thus when some noble soul doth part, Quitting earth’s joys without a moan, To face with brave and steadfast heart The shadows of the great unknown, Then though with grief our eyes may fill, Our hearts must beat, our bosoms thrill That of all honors life could lend, There’s naught because him like the end.”

James W. Duncan was born in Franklin county, Penn., September 6th, 1815, and while a lad moved with his parents to Wayne county, Ohio, in 1833. Here his youth and young manhood were spent, and here amid the rugged surroundings that marked that pioneer era, he early imbibed that hatred of human slavery, and love of freedom and human rights, which, in after years, so tinged and marked a notable career. He was married in 1836 to Miss Christina Forney who died in January, 1871. His second marriage to Miss Henrietta Vinsonhaler occurred in 1873, whose sudden and unexpected death a few weeks since, is still so fresh in the hearts of our community, as to prevent our dwelling upon its sad features here.

In 1846 he removed with his family to Andrew county, Mo., being one of the earliest settlers, and engaged in the milling business, in which he continued until 1878 when he retired on an ample competency, removing to Oregon, Mo., where he lived until his death. His family consisted of eleven children, Benjamin F., Mary J., John B., Peter A., Sarah A., Harriet E., Frances L., James M., Alfred C., Joseph P. and William T. Of these seven yet survive, all useful and honored citizens of the several localities in which they respectively reside.

The years from 1842 to 1860, the pioneer period in the Platte Purchase, developed in young Duncan those latent traits of leadership, which hardships and struggles against contending forces always develop in men, who, like him, are by nature cast in more than ordinary mould. During this time events of portentious importance were transpiring; the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, and the invasion of Kansas by the border ruffians were forming new issues of vital importance and far reaching power. Against this aggressive measures James W. Duncan took a bold and pronounced stand, always opposed to slavery, his ardent nature led him at once into active membership with that young and active force then rising on the field of national politics– the Republican party. The position of men, who like Duncan, held these views, was then critical in the extreme. They were, as yet, only a handful in number, and were living in a slave state, surrounded by a fierce and domineering slave holding aristocracy. They were uniformily [sic] poor men or men of limited means, for the vast wealth and power of the state of Missouri was then, as now, in the hands of the slave holding Democracy. The very name Republican and Abolitionist, was everywhere an epithet of opprobrium and contempt. They were looked upon in the light of incendiaries, and their every act and speech distorted and maligned by the inflamed and maddened leaders of the all-powerful slave power. It is hard for us, in this, the peaceful year 1890, to realize the state of feeling then prevailing in this community. The Border Ruffians, fresh from the attempt to force slavery upon the unwilling territory of Kansas, were the leaders of public thought and opinion. The conscience of the masses seemed dead, men who feared they might be accused of favoring abolition sentiments actually bought slaves in order to show how heartily they were in accord with the prevailing public sentiment. A debauched and subsidized press hurled anathemas and denunciations at all who dared to express contrary opinions. Black lists were printed and circulated, and Republicans found themselves in more respects than one marked men in the community. Every avenue of public trust, preferment and employment was closed against them, the laws were being constantly made more and more stringent to crush out this heresy that only asked liberty for man. The circulation of “Helper’s Crisis” and such papers as the New York Tribune were made indictable offences, and every power known to miscalled law and real oppression was ruthlessly used to crush out the rising tide of liberty. The polished gentleman who so eloquently dwelt on the beauties of liberty in a recent Fourth of July oration in this city, was one of the foremost and most zealous men from his position on the bend to publicly urge and charge the grand juries to properly punish the infamous crime of circulating and publishing abolition papers. The words of Madam Roland forcibly suggest themselves when on passing the statue of Justice as she was being led to her execution, she uttered that celebrated apostrophe, when turning her eyes to the statue, she said: “Oh, Justice, what crimes are committed in thy name!” Think of this, and you can form some idea of what it took to be a Republican in Northwest Missouri from 1856 to 1861. But active as the forces of repression were, they were met with an active and determined opposition. Judge Duncan in Andrew county, F. M. Tracy in Buchanan and George A. Lehmer and William Kaucher in Holt, and a few more equally determined and kindred spirits, stood like a rock against the aggressions of the slave power, and for free speech, free thought, free soil and free men. The contest may have been an unequal one in respect to numbers, but in natural ability, personal courage and devotion to principle these men had no superiors. Then came the election of Lincoln, an incident connected with this election shows Judge Duncan’s usual spirit. On reaching the polls at Fillmore he asked how many votes had been cast for Lincoln, (the voting being then viva voca instead of by ballot as now). In reply he was informed by one of the election judges and clerks that no votes had been polled for Abraham Lincoln, and furthermore that none should either be polled or counted, to which Duncan replied: “By the Eternal! gentlemen, there will be votes cast here for Lincoln, and they will be counted, too.” When the polls closed at sunset Abraham Lincoln had sixteen votes at Fillmore precinct, and the name of James W. Duncan headed the list.

Another incident happening some years previous to the event just narrated may not be inappropriate. Rev. Isaac Chivington, a Methodist preacher, afterwards the famous cavalry Colonel, and Indian fighter, had at different times passed through the Duncan neighborhood, stopping generally on these occasions at the Judge’s residence; but owing to the prejudice existing at that time against “Northern” Methodist preachers, he had never been able to secure either an audience or a place of worship. Imagine the surprise of the community, when one Sunday evening, at the close of the services, held at the nearest church in the vicinity, Judge Duncan slowly arose in the back of the house and announced that Rev. Isaac Chivington would preach in the Duncan school house on the following Sunday at 10:30 in the morning. Now, at that time, no such place as the Duncan school house existed, and conjecture was rife as to how preaching could take place at a spot having no existence, but all doubts were set at rest when next day Judge Duncan took all the hands at work on the mill he was then building, and set the whole force at work on the new school house. By Saturday night the house was built, shingled, seated and ready for use, and promptly at 10:30 Sunday morning, as announced, Rev. Isaac Chivington took the pulpit and preached an old-fashioned Methodist sermon, to the great edification of the over-flowing congregation gathered therein.

The inauguration of Lincoln, followed by the attack upon Fort Sumpter, set the whole border in a blaze. The time for dalliance had past, the time for action had come. Judge Duncan was no halfway man in anything, he stood uncompromisingly for the Union, and probably there is no man now living in the State of Missouri whose services to the Union cause exceeded that of James W. Duncan. Bold, fearless, active and vigilant he at once became the recognized leader of the loyal cause of Northwest Missouri. Nor was their leadership misplaced, he was a born leader of men, he never knew a fear, his courage was supurb [sic], his patience infinite, hardships that daunted ordinary men only roused him to greater exertions, his generosity to the wives and children dependent on the Union soldiers was boundless, but above all, like the ‘bow of promise spanning the clouds, was his undying faith in the justice of the Union cause; thus was James W. Duncan in the time that tried men’s souls, and thus he remained until the end. He struck traitors and treason with a mailed hand, and like all such positive characters, the hate of baffled malice followed him to the grave. The uncompromising character of the man is well shown in his reply to the rebel State Senator, who, with a party of Southern sympathizers, came to the mill one day, and told him that a detachment of Price’s army had been sent to take possession of the mill, and that they would expect him to grind grain and corn for the rebel army. “Sir,” said the old loyalist, “this mill contains all the property I have in this world, but before it shall grind one pound of grain for the rebel army, I will myself but a torch under each of its four corners, burn it to the ground and dance in the smouldering ashes.” It took a Spartan to say this, but then Judge Duncan was a Spartan. His life during these days teemed with peril and adventure, and if truly written would be of thrilling interest. He bore a charmed life, however, and his great personal courage undoubtedly at different times saved his life, such was notably the case when the noted bushwhacker, Hart, made his raid through Andrew county for the avowed purpose of killing Judge Duncan. At the close of the war Judge Duncan resumed the ordinary avocations of life retaining, however, his keen interest in public affairs until his death. He never sought or desired public office, but served one term as County Judge of Andrew county with credit to himself and honor to the county. There was probably no position of honor at that time but what could have been his for the mere asking. His private character was irreproachable. He was strictly honest in his every dealing, and his word was never given in vain to any man. His reminescenses [sic] of the war period, tinged with anecdote and pathos as they were– for Judge Duncan was a conversationalist of rare and marked ability– always gathered around him a group of admiring listeners, and his broad sympathies and genial and courteous manners made him a general favorite in all circles, and especially attached to him the young men of his acquaintances, whose lives, whose ambitions and whose aspirations he always sympathized with, appreciated and aided in every way in his power. And in a marked degree was this the case with the young and aspiring men of the great political party with which he had been for so many years so promanently [sic] and so ably identified. Judge Duncan, like men of his strong nature always are, was a partisan, but he was also a true patriot. He thought like a trip hammer and struck like a giant, but one his enemies subdued, his heart was gentle as a babe’s. An unarmed foe had nothing to fear from this noble, generous gentleman. Like all men of his pronounced type, James W. Duncan was warm in his friendships and bitter in his enmities, but God rarely put a nobler soul in a stauncher frame. He was a true patriot in every sense of the word, and left a name that should ever live in the grateful hearts of all true lovers of their country, as long indeed as legend lives in romance, or valor breathes in song.

Oh, heart of the Lion, true to God and the State,
Make room, Philip Sydney, for thy comrade is late.

E. A. W.

He was converted when twenty-eight years of age, and was made very happy in a counsciousness [sic] of pardoned sin. He stood identified with the Protestant Methodist church for a number of years.

His remains were taken to Fillmore, Andrew county, Saturday last, where he wished his body to be deposited.

Date of Death: 9 Aug 1875
Subject: Mrs. Elizabeth Duncan
Source: Andrew County Republican, 20 Aug 1875, p. 1

From Monroe Township. Two of Monroe’s oldest citizens were called away from this stage of action during last week,– Mrs. Duncan, an esteemed lady, and the venerated pioneer Mr. Samuel Brown.

Date of Death: 23 Nov 1881
Subject: Levi Ducolin
Source: The County Paper [Oregon, MO], 2 Dec 1881, p. 1

Just as we go to press news reached here of the killing of a man by the name of Duklin [sic], about two miles north of Filmore [sic], Andrew county, by a man named Hunt. It seems they had been old enemies for a long time when they unexpectedly met and the difficult immediately commenced, which results in Hunt drawing a pistol and shooting Duklin through the head. Hunt immediately surrendered himself to the authorities of Andrew county.

Source: The County Paper, 23 Dec 1881, p. 1

Hunt, who killed Duclon recently in Andrew county, has been indicted for murder in the first degree. Public sentiment is said to be largely in favor of the defendant.

Date of Death: 14/15 Mar 1904
Subject: Ola Bell Dreher
Source: Holt County Sentinel, 25 Mar 1904, p. 4

Miss Ola, the 19 year old daughter of W. F. Dreher and wife, died at the home of her parents in Andrew county, from consumption, on Tuesday, March 14, 1904. The remains were laid to rest in the Antioch cemetery on the 16th inst., the funeral services being conducted by Rev. M. H. Jordan. The deceased was a granddaughter of James Kneale, of this city, and her aunt, Mrs. Luella Markt, of this city, attended the funeral.

Date of Death: 12 Sep 1915
Subject: Verline Dreher
Source: Holt County Sentinel, 17 Sep 1915, p. 7

The infant girl of Sol Dreher and wife, died at the home of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. L. Brickey, Sunday morning. The mother was taken to Colorado to try to benefit her health, and was on the road, when the baby died. Mr. and Mrs. Brickey desire to return their heartfelt thanks to the neighbors and kind friends, who rendered them every assistance during the sickness and death of the little one.

Nero.

Date of Death: 6 Aug 1912
Subject: Mary A. (Kneale) Dreher
Source: Holt County Sentinel, 16 Aug 1912, p. 5

Died, at her home near Fillmore, Mo., August 7 [sic], 1912, Mrs. Mary A. Dreher, wife of William F. Dreher, aged 53 years, 3 months and 21 days.

Mrs. Dreher was the oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Kneale, and was born near the place of her death, November 16, 1858.

On February 14, 1882, at Oregon, Mo., she was united in marriage to William F. Dreher, and to this union thirteen children were born, seven of whom, with the husband, survive her. The surviving children are: Solomon W., Mrs. Marcell Brewer, Mrs. Fred Bare, Mrs. Henry Ewards [sic], James L., Byle F. and Homer W. Dreher. She is also survived by five grandchildren, her mother, six brothers and three sisters.

In the year 1898 she united with the Oregon, Mo., Presbyterian church and remained in the same until her death. She was a faithful and sacrificing mother and wife, and will be sadly missed in the home. The following was handed to the minister officiating at the funeral by one of the family:

“A loved one from us has gone, A voice we loved is still, A chair is in our home That never can be filled.”

Funeral services were held in Antioch church, Andrew county, Thursday, August 8, at 11 o’clock a.m., and were conducted by Rev. Henry A. Sawyers, of Savannah, Mo., who was her former pastor. These services were attended by an unusually large congregation, and at their close the body was laid to rest in the cemetery at the side of the church.

X.

Date of Death: 20 Jan 1916
Subject: Hattie (Brickey) Dreher
Source: Holt County Sentinel, 28 Jan 1916, p. 1

Hattie Brickey-Dreher was born in Washington county, Indiana, November 27, 1894, and died at the home of her parents, Lucius and Eliza Jane Brickey, near Fairview church, Holt county, Missouri, Jan. 20, 1916.

She was united in marriage to Solomon Dreher in Oregon, Mo., February 1, 1911. To this union three children were born, all girls [sic], two of whom preceded her in death, leaving one daughter living, Mary, aged 4 years. She united with the Antioch Christian church in Andrews [sic] County, Mo., in 1910, and remained a faithful member until death.

Her trouble was tuberculosis; and September 11, 1915, her husband took her to Akron, Col., with the hope that she would be benefited. But, alas! she continued to grow worse, and on Jan. 19, 1916, she was brought back to her parents’ home, where she passed away the following day. An infant baby boy that she left here with her parents, aged three months, died Sept. 12, 1915, while she was in Colorado, and another child, a daughter, Alma, died while they ere in Colorado; all from the same dread disease– tuberculosis.

She leaves to mourn her departure a father and mother, husband and one daughter, five sisters and four brothers.

Short services were held from the home of her parents by Rev. Sturgess and then the remains were taken to the Antioch Christian church, in Andrew county, near her former home, where funeral services were held and interment was made Jan. 21.

Source: Holt County Sentinel, 28 Jan 1916, p. 4

Sol. Dreher and wife came from Colorado Wednesday to Lucius Brickey’s, where Mrs. Dreher died a little past midnight. Sol. certainly has the sympathy of many friends. This is the third member of his family in a little over four months to die. He has but one child, a little girl, left. The funeral was at Antioch church, in Andrew county, Friday.

Date of Death: Aug 1897
Subject: J. Preston Dray
Source: Holt County Sentinel, 20 Aug 1897, p. 4

The little seven months old child of Will Dray of Mound City, was buried on Thursday of this week.

Date of Death: 5 Mar 1922
Subject: Marion Roberts Dowd
Source: St. Joseph News-Press, 6 Mar 1922, p. 6

Marion Dowd, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Dowd of Whitesville, Mo., died at 8:20 o’clock this morning at a St. Joseph hospital following an operation. The body was taken to Whitesville for burial.

Date of Death: 4 Mar 1858
Subject: Rosy Ann (Rich) Dougherty
Source: St. Louis Christian Advocate, 1 Apr 1858, p. 4

Died, on the 4th of March, 1858, in Andrew county, Mo., Mrs. R. A. Dougherty, consort of Joseph L. Dougherty, in the 42d year of her age.

Sister Dougherty was religiously trained by a pious father, and when young embraced religion and united with the Methodist Church.

Her sufferings from disease were long and severe. The disease was cancer, which had afflicted her for years; but the last year of her life she suffered exceedingly, yet she bore up under all with a patience and resignation that characterize the Christian only. The writer visited her in her last illness, and conversed with her on the subject of religion and she seemed perfectly resigned. She told her her religious training when young and the happy effect it had had upon her through life, and that now, when she had to die, she felt to rejoice that she had a praying father to instruct her when young.

She leaves a kind husband and four children to mourn her loss. I would say to the family, your best friend has gone to heaven. Are you prepared to meet her? If not, seek that religion that sustained her in a dying hour, and when life with you is past you will meet that dear wife, that kind mother, in a better world than this, where death shall never enter., where the tear of grief never falls, and parting is never known.