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: 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: 5 Oct 1921
Subject: Lucy (Earls) Petree
Source: Savannah Reporter, 7 Oct 1921
The body of Mrs. Lucy Petree was buried in the Antioch cemetery yesterday afternoon. She was 84 years old and had spent the summer with her son Frank and family at Oregon.
Mrs. Petree was taken to the hospital in St. Joseph about a week ago and died there Tuesday morning. The body was taken to Oregon where the funeral was preached yesterday.
Mrs. Petree grew up at Savannah and was the daughter of Weed Earls and she [was] married to Benjamin Petree, another pioneer of the county, who died in 1901 and was buried at the Antioch cemetery.
Date of Death: 12 Aug 1897
Subject: Edward Delaware Gould
Source: Holt County Sentinel, 20 Aug 1897, p. 1
Edward Gould, the 14 year old son of E. S. Gould, who was operated upon for apendicitis [sic], last Tuesday, died on Thursday, August 12, 1897, and was buried the following day at Fillmore. We extend our sympathies.
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: 16 Apr 1897
Subject: Benjamin Petree
Source: Savannah Reporter, 23 Apr 1897
Died, At his resident on Clay township, Friday morning, April 16, 1897, at 8:30, Judge Benjamin Petree, aged 63 years, 2 months and 12 days. Buried at Antioch at 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 17.
Benjamin Petree was a man of sterling, upright principles, and in an active and eventful life maintained a character for honor, probity and sound judgement [sic] second to no man in the county. Thrown early on his own resources, he acquired the habit of self-reliance, industry and careful and impartial discrimination in practical and public matters in the highest degree. He was born in Franklin county, Indiana, and came to Andrew county with his parents and family in 1843. In 1849 he went with his father to California, and remained there in the gold mines until 1857, when he returned to Savannah, purchased a farm east of the city, and in 1860 married Miss Lucy Earls, daughter of Jonathan Earls, the first Treasurer o Andrew county. He served in the Eighteenth Missouri regiment in the last war, taking part in General Sherman's great march through Georgia and the Carolinas, returning home in July, 1865, and labored diligently on his farm until 1876, when he traded for the larger farm in Clay township, where he continued to live up to the time of his departure for the great beyond. In 1880 he was elected a County Judge, serving two years. Five sons, two daughters and his faithful wife survive him. In the last few years his health has been so poor he was able to do very little work, and during the winter it became evident he had but a few short months to live. An honorable and pure man, a faithful husband, a dutiful and loving father, and an unswerving friend to truth and right, his loss is deplored by all good people, and his life is an example for those who would leave an honored name among the people where they have lived a long and useful life.
Date of Death: 5 Nov 1918
Subject: Charles Scheub
Source: Holt County Sentinel, 15 Nov 1918, p. 6
Charles Scheub, the son of Mr. Christ. Scheub, living about three and a half miles southeast of New Point, was born in Holt County, Missouri, May 10th, 1900, and died in a hospital at Loveland, Colorado, November 5th, 1918, at the age of 18 years, six months and 25 days.
It was a little more than two months ago that Charlie went out to Colorado, and obtained work in a sugar factory. But it was not for long, for the epidemic wave of influenza, on its way westward, reached that place, and he was one of the many victims of that special enemy of the young. And in just seven days the disease had run its course and Charlie was numbered with the dead. It would be only natural that the loved ones at home should think that, maybe, if he had not gone away; if he had only been at home, where he could have received home care and attention it might have been different. Maybe he would not have taken the disease, or if he had he might have got well. Yes, but there are all those uncertainties and it still remains true that we do not know which course would have been the better one to have pursued, and we must remain in the dark, till--
"Not now, but in the coming years, It may be in the better land, We'll read the meaning of our tears, And there, sometime, we'll understand."
Charles attended the New Point Presbyterian sabbath school for several years, and a year ago last summer, at the union revival meetings held in New Point, he confessed Christ as his Savior, and on the 29th of June, 1917, he united with the Presbyterian Church and made that his church home. On receipt of the sad news, Mr. Scheub went out to Loveland, and brought the body of his boy back home for burial. At one o'clock, on Friday afternoon, November 8th, the funeral services were conducted at the family home, and were in charge of his pastor, Rev. T. D. Roberts, assisted by singers from the Nodaway and New Point Sabbath schools, in songs appropriate for the occasion. Notwithstanding the bad condition of the roads, the attendance at the funeral, of friends and neighbors was quite large.
Charles was a quiet young man, and somewhat retired in his manner, but was highly esteemed for his excellent habits and good character and he will be greatly missed by his acquaintances. He is survived by his father, an own sisters, Mrs. Clint. Markham, of Graham, Missouri, his stepmother, and three half brothers.
At the conclusion of the services at the home, the remains were taken to the Antioch cemetery, in Andrew county, Missouri, and laid to rest beside the grave of his mother, who died some years ago.
R.
Date of Death: 24 Feb 1906
Subject: Myrtle Edna Schweikhardt
Source: Holt County Sentinel, 9 Mar 1906, p. 5
A terrible accident occurred Friday, February 23, 1906, at the home of I. E. Schweikhardt, 10 miles west of Bolckow. Mrs. S. had just finished washing and taken a boiler of hot suds from the stove to scrub with when their little girl, Myrtle, in stepping back to get out of her mother's way, fell over backwards into the scalding hot suds. When her mother pulled the hot clothing off the child, skin and flesh came with them, and althought [sic] everything possible was done to save her, she died at 9 a.m. Saturday, aged 5 years, 6 months and 1 day-- Bolckow Enterprise.