Date of Death: 5 Mar 1893
Subject: Eliza Ann (Baker) Donovan
Source: Holt County Sentinel, 19 Mar 1893, p. 4

Mrs. Eliza Donovan, mother of Mr. James Donovan, of New Point, died at her home three miles southwest of Rosendale, Andrew county, Mo., on Sunday morning, March 5, 1893, and was buried on Monday, the 6th, in Bennett Lane cemetery. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Chapman, of the Christian church, of which denomination she had been a constant member for twenty-five years. Her age was 68 years, 1 month and 6 days, and the cause of her death was la grippe.

Date of Death: 21 Oct 1897
Subject: infant son of Jacob Doersam
Source: Holt County Sentinel, 29 Oct 1897, p. 4

Died, October 21, the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Jake Dorsam [sic]. Funeral services at Amazonia the following day.

Date of Death: 17 Nov 1876
Subject: infant of William Dobbs
Source: Andrew County Republican, 23 Nov 1876, p. 1

We learn of a terrible occurrence that took place at the house of William Dobbs, living about four and a half miles north-east of Savannah, on Friday evening last, about sundown. Mr. and Mrs. Dobbs were both out of the house at the time, the former feeding and the latter milking, leaving their infant child in the cradle, before the fire-place. On returning to the house they were horrified to find the cradle on fire, and the poor little child so terrible burned it died in a few hours. The origin of the accident is unknown with certainty. Some think a coal of fire must have popped into the cradle; another theory is, that, as it was playing with a calico string, this may have caught fire, and been pulled into the cradle. It was buried last Sunday at the Coffman burial ground. Mr. Dobbs has a great many relatives and friends throughout the county, who deeply sympathize with him.

Source: Holt County Sentinel, 1 Dec 1876, p. 3

Andrew County. A heartrending accident occurred at the residence of William Dobbs, living four and a half miles northeast of Savannah, last week. Mr. and Mrs. Dobbs were both out of the house at the time, the former feeding and the latter milking, leaving their infant child in the cradle, before the fire-place. On returning to the house they were horrified to find the cradle on fire, and the poor little child so terribly burned it died in a few hours. The origin of the accident is unknown with certainty. Some think a coal of fire must have popped into the cradle; another theory is, that, as it was playing with a calico string, this may have caught fire, and been pulled into the cradle.

Date of Death: 20 Aug 1872
Subject: Thomas Dickey
Source: Andrew County Republican, 30 Aug 1872, p. 3

On Monday last Mr. Ezra T. Dickey, of this city, commenced digging a well on the place of Mr. Joseph Buhler, near this city. When he had got down about twenty feet, it was found difficult to remain in the well very long at a time, on account of the “damps.” When he ceased digging, that evening, the well was some thirty feet deep, and the atmosphere at the bottom was very highly impregnated with the poison. Mr. Dickey warned any one from attempting to dig in it the following day, as by that time he thought no one would be able to remain in the well any time at all. On Tuesday, however, although lighted candles previously let down into the well had been extinguished by the “damps” before reaching the bottom, Mr. Thomas Dickey essayed to go into the well, with the understanding with Mr. Buhler, who let him down, that upon a signal that he couldn’t stand it he was to be hauled up immediately. Upon being lowered nearly to the bottom (water had not yet been reached), Mr. Dickey was heard to exclaim: “I can’t stand it.” Mr. Buhler at once commenced hauling him up, but Thomas was at the same moment so overcome by the insidious poison that he fell lifeless from the bucket in which he was standing. Mr. Buhler immediately gave the alarm, and it was many minutes before Mr. John Dickey, uncle of the unfortunate victim in the well, appeared, and was about to climb precipitately down the rope to rescue his nephew, and would thereby only have added his own to the corpse already lying at the bottom. The rope was made fast to him first, however, and the lifeless form of the unfortunate man was soon brought to the top. Medical aid was hastily sent for, but the fatal poison had effectually done its work, and he was therefore beyond the assistance of mortal power. The deceased was buried on Tuesday afternoon.

Date of Death: 18 Jan 1921
Subject: Malven Devault
Source: St. Joseph Observer, 22 Jan 1921

Martin [sic] Devault, who resided near Avenue City in Andrew county, and who was awaiting trial in that county on the charge of having killed his wife last year, killed himself at the residence of his sister, Mrs. O. E. Gillip, 109 East Rosine street, Tuesday, by turning on the gas in his room. He left a note in which he denied any knowledge of the killing of his wife and asked his father to see that his name was cleared of the charge. Devault was thirty years old and a farmer. He leaves one child– a daughter.

Date of Death: 18 Mar 1922
Subject: Millie M. (Cobb) DeSpain
Source: St. Joseph Gazette, 19 Mar 1922

Mrs. Millie M. DeStain [sic], 47 years old, wife of Edward DeStain, living on the waterworks hill road, died of influenza at 2 o’clock Saturday morning at a local hospital. She is survived by her husband; a daughter, Dora Ellen DeStain, at home; her mother, Mrs. Elisha Cobb, St. Joseph; three brothers, John M. Cobb of St. Joseph, H. I. Cobb of Savannah, Mo., and J. C. Cobb of Los Angeles, Cal.; and four sisters, Mrs. William Fetzner, Mrs. John Corwin, Mrs. Joseph Baldwin and Mrs. Arvil Castle, all of St. Joseph. Funeral services will be conducted at the Heaton-BeGole chapel at 2:30 o’clock Sunday afternoon and burial will be in Green cemetery.

Date of Death: 30 Apr 1911
Subject: Harvey Deen
Source: New York Times, 1 May 1911

Buried in Storm Cellar

When a Tornado Came Along the Earth Caved in and Covered Family

St. Joseph, Mo., April 30.– A tornado early to-day cause the death of Harvey Deen, 4 years old, and the serious injury of his father, Henry Deen, and the Deen baby at the family home in Avenue City.

A recently completed storm cellar caved in and buried the Deen family beneath several feet of earth. Mrs. Deen escaped with only slight bruises and burrowed her way to the open air and summoned help. Both Deen and the baby were unconscious when removed from the cellar by the neighbors.

The Deens recently came from Oklahoma, where they had been frightened by tornadoes.

Date of Death: 18 Dec 1909
Subject: Isaac H. DeCoursey (or Decourcy)
Source: St. Joseph News-Press, 18 Dec 1909, p. 1

I. H. Decoursey, a carpenter, was stricken with apoplexy at the Burris & Windish livery barn, 1926 Frederick avenue, at 10 o’clock this forenoon, and died while he was being carried to Mrs. Mary Ferguson’s boarding house, 1928 Colhoun street, where he had been living for the last eight months.

DeCoursey was sixty-four years old and his home is in Savannah, where he has a wife and four children. He had been employed in St. Joseph by the J. C. O’Hair Construction Company, but did not go to work this morning on account of feeling badly.

DeCoursey went into the livery barn where he sat in the office and talked with the employes of the place. After he had been there about a half an hour, he suddenly rose from his chair and pitched forward. Several men were in the room when he fell and they carried him to his boarding house. Coroner C. F. Byrd was notified and views the body. He decided that the cause of death was apoplexy.

The surviving children range in age from seven to fifteen years. The body was removed to an undertaking establishment and will probably be sent to Savannah for burial.

Date of Death: 21 May 1903
Subject: William K. DeBord
Source: Holt County Sentinel, 5 Jun 1903, p. 5

W. K. DeBord died at his home in Andrew county at 8 o’clock last Tuesday morning, and was buried in the Gravel Wall grave yard. Mr. DeBord was 77 years old, and had been quite feeble for some time. He was a cousin of W. H. DeBord, of Maitland, and father of King DeBord, who married Daisy Cowan, and who died at his home near New Point, a few years ago.

Date of Death: 12 Oct 1911
Subject: James Franklin DeBord
Source: Holt County Sentinel, 27 Oct 1911, p. 4

Alexander Van Buskirk attended the funeral of J. F. De Bord, which was held from the home of the deceased near Fillmore, on the 15th inst., Mr. Van Buskirk being a cousin to Mrs. De Bord. Mr. De Bord died in a St. Joseph hospital, following an operation for appendicitis. He was born and raised near Maitland.

Date of Death: 12 Sep 1876
Subject: Charles O. Deaton
Source: Andrew County Republican, 21 Sep 1876, p. 1

Some time since an infant son of Charles Deaton received a severe burn, and from the effects of it died on Monday night, 11th [sic].

Date of Death: 21 Jun 1921
Subject: William Powell Dean
Source: St. Joseph Observer, 25 Jun 1921

After living practically all of his life in Andrew county, William Powell Dean, one of the respected residents of that county, died at his home in East Savannah on Tuesday night, after an illness of several months. He was 68 years of age and leaves a wife, two daughters, Mrs. Francis Crabb and Mrs. Frank Freytag, Jr., and two sons, Claude and Edward, all of whom were with him when the end came. The funeral occurred from the First Christian church on Thursday, conducted by Rev. Snodgrass and Rev. Rogers. At the grave the Masonic services concluded the ceremonies. The funeral was very largely attended, showing the high esteem in which the deceased was held in the community in which he had passed his long and honorable life.

Date of Death: 19 Feb 1874
Subject: Mary Ann (Moran) Dawes
Source: Andrew County Republican, 27 Feb 1874, p. 3

Died. Daws– On Thursday, February 19, 1874, in King City, Gentry county, Mo., Mrs. Mary Ann Daws, in the 41st year of her age.

Deceased was an exemplary wife and mother, was greatly esteemed among her numerous friends and acquaintances, and died in full faith of life everlasting. She was the sister of David Moran, of this county, from whose residence the funeral took place on Friday, the 21st; her remains being followed to their last resting place in the private grave-yard of her brother, by a large number of relatives and friends. Rev. J. F. Munroe conducted the funeral services. The deceased leaves a husband and six children to mourn her loss.

Date of Death: Dec 4 1906
Subject: Nancy Davison
Source: St. Joseph News-Press, 6 Dec 1906, p. 6

Savannah, Mo., Dec. 6.– Mrs. Anson Davis [sic] died at the home of her grandson, Joseph Boatright, Tuesday, and was buried yesterday in the Daily Cemetery, near Kodiak. Mrs. Davison was ninety-seven years old.

Note: Her husband’s name was Anderson, not Anson.

Date of Death: 14 Oct 1873
Subject: Mary Matilda Davison
Source: Andrew County Republican, 24 Oct 1873, p. 3

Fillmore Items. We were sorry to learn of the death of one of Mr. Robert Davison’s daughters, aged about seventeen years. She died on Sunday night the 12th [sic] inst., and was buried on the following Monday evening. The funeral sermon was preached at the M. E. Church by Rev. Mr. Beers, of Holt county, of the United Brethren Church. The funeral procession was one of the largest we have ever seen in this place.

Source: Holt County Sentinel, 7 Nov 1873, p. 3

Died, at Fillmore, Mo., Oct. 12 [sic], 1873, Mary Matilda, daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Davison, aged 17 years 3 months and 12 days.

Date of Death: 17 Nov 1872
Subject: Rufus Davis
Source: Andrew County Republican, 22 Nov 1872, p. 3

Mr. Rufus Davis, an old and respected citizen of Fillmore, died in that town on Monday last, of consumption.

Date of Death: 4 Feb 1914
Subject: Mary E. (Collison) Davis
Source: Savannah Reporter, 6 Feb 1914, p. 1, column 2

Mrs. Nelson Davis Dead.

The funeral of Mrs. Nelson Davis will be held this afternoon at her home by Rev. Quirin if he returns from Wisconsin in time and if delayed Rev. Snodgrass will have charge. She had been a sufferer and bedfast for fifteen years with paralysis but was cheerful and a great lesson to those more fortunate than herself, in patience and fortitude and was resigned to the call of death. Her son Charles from Kansas City was at her bedside for several days before she died. Their son O. C. Davis died a few years ago and the other children are Mrs. Jesse Sroufe of Savannah, Arthur Davis of Vancouver, British Columbia and Mrs. Anna Waters of the state of Washington and the last two were unable to be here. Mrs. Davis had been a member of the Methodist church for many years and Rev. Quirin was her pastor. She was sixty-eight years, eight months and twenty-three days old.

Date of Death: 25 Apr 1874
Subject: Clifton L. Davis
Source: Andrew County Republican, 1 May 1874, p. 1

Died. Davis– On Sunday morning, April 26, 1874, at 4 o’clock, Cliffie, only child of Mrs. Ida Davis, of consumption, about five miles northwest of Savannah. Buried on Monday at Fillmore, Missouri.

Never more shall I on earth behold thee; Thou’st left my side and gone to other rest. My child! I know the Savior’s arms enfold thee– I know thou’rt sleeping on his pitying breast.

Date of Death: 6 Jun 1911
Subject: William R. Davidson
Source: Holt County Sentinel, 9 Jun 1911, p. 3

Despondent over the death of his wife, Henry [sic] Davidson, living three miles south of Fillmore, drank carbolic and died in a few hours, Tuesday evening, June 7th [sic]. He leaves a married daughter and a small son.

Date of Death: 29 Dec 1915
Subject: Mary B. (Stafford) Harris Davidson
Source: Holt County Sentinel, 14 Jan 1916, p. 4

Mary B. Stafford was born June 30, 1864 [sic], in Rock Bluff, Cass county, Neb., and died December 30, 1915, at Mercy Hospital, Council Bluffs, Iowa. She bore her suffering with Christian patience.

She was married to James Harris in the year 1887. To this union two children were born, when her husband died, and in 1894 she married Daniel B. Davidson. To this union five children came to bless the home.

Mrs. Davidson leaves to mourn her loss her seven children, Mrs. Jennie Wolfe, of Newark, N. J.; Frank Harris, of Council Bluffs, Iowa; Ola Maurey, San Francisco, Cailf.; Dewey, Sidney, Lelah and Irene [sic] Davidson, all of Council Bluffs, Iowa; three brothers and five sisters, A. D. Stafford, of Sacramento, Calif.; Zelma Harris, of Fillmore, Mo.; Mrs. Fannie Eakin and W. M. Stafford, of Council Bluffs, Iowa; Mrs. Emma George, of St. Joseph; Mrs. Elsie McIntyre and J. S. Stafford, of Oregon, Mo.; Mrs. Jessie Lance, of Fillmore, Mo.

Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Bennet [sic] at the M. E. church at Fillmore and remains were laid to rest in the Fillmore cemetery.

“Mother, sister, we have parted From this earthly home below– May we meet you in a mansion Far above this world of woe.”

Date of Death: 13 May 1902
Subject: John Buchanan Davidson
Source: Holt County Sentinel, 23 May 1902, p. 4

Jno. B. Davidson, who formerly lived in our neighborhood, but for the past few years in Andrew county, died last Tuesday, and was buried on Wednesday in the Fillmore cemetery. He leaves a wife and four children.

Date of Death: 12 May 1892
Subject: Hannah Ann (Cornelison) Davidson
Source: Holt County Sentinel, 20 May 1892, p. 1

Hannah Ann Davison [sic] died at the residence of the daughter, Mrs. Jane Calhoun, of Hickory township, Thursday morning, May 12, 1892, aged 62 years. She was a resident of Andrew county, and was here visiting her daughter when she died, palsy being the cause of death. The remains were taken to Andrew county for interment.

Date of Death: 7 Oct 1912
Subject: Daniel Davidson
Source: Holt County Sentinel, 18 Oct 1912, p. 5

Elder F. D. Augustine was called to Fillmore, Tuesday, of last week, to preach the funeral of Daniel Davidson, a well and favorably known citizen of that section who had died the day previous.

Date of Death: 2 Sep 1873
Subject: Katie Danford
Source: Andrew County Republican, 5 Sep 1873, p. 3

Died. On Tuesday morning, September 2, 1873, the infant daughter of B. M. and Eliza Danford, of this city. Its remains were interred in the cemetery Tuesday evening, following by a number of friends of the bereaved parents.

Date of Death: 22 Apr 1919
Subject: Eli E. Dane
Source: St. Joseph Observer, 26 Apr 1919

Eli E. Dane, a retired farmer residing at Bolckow, died following an operation at a local hospital, Tuesday night.