Date of Death: 23 Oct 1875 Subject: Layman Rockwood Source: Andrew County Republican, 5 Nov 1875, p. 8 Mr. Lyman [sic] Rockwood, an old citizen of this county, died at his residence near Spence’s Mill, on the Hundred and Two on the 23d ult., of typhoid fever. The deceased was sixty-three years of age. He…
Date of Death: 24 May 1890 Subject: Francis Xavier Rochambeau Source:St. Joseph Daily News, 26 May 1890, p. 6 FRIGHTFUL DEATH A K.C. Brakeman Thrown Under a Moving Train and Instantly Killed Last Saturday night Frank R. Shombeau [Rochambeau], a switchman in the employ of the Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council Bluffs Railroad was…
Date of Death: 17 Nov 1876 Subject: Sanford Robinett Source: Andrew County Republican, 23 Nov 1876, p. 1 Mr. Sandford Robinett, of Nodaway county, died on Saturday morn- [sic] last, and was buried at the Rhodes’ grave yard, some four and a half miles north of Savannah, where a number of his wife’s relatives are…
Date of death: 23 Oct 1919 Subject: Susan Catherine (Clore) Edds Roberts Source: St. Joseph News-Press, 23 Oct 1919, p. 6 Mrs. Susie C. Roberts, seventy-six years old, widow of William C. Roberts, died at 2:30 o’clock this morning at the home of her son, W. E. Edds, 1923 Union street. Besides the son at…
Date of Death: 17 Oct 1920 Subject: Moses Roberts Source: St. Joseph News-Press, 18 Oct 1920, p. 6 Moses Roberts, eighty-eight years old, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Mary McCullough, 1501 Paris avenue, Sunday morning. He is survived by a son, Louis Roberts, Denver, and two daughters, Mrs. J. Gritz [?], Chaney,…
Date of Death: 13 Mar 1884 Subject: Lewis Roberts Source: Savannah Reporter, 21 Mar 1884 Lewis Roberts died at the residence of Jasper Bradford, one and a half mile [sic] south of Fillmore, on Thursday morning at six o’clock, March 13, 1884. Deceased was fifty-three years of age.
Date of Death: 21 Dec 1892 Subject: William H. Roach Source: Holt County Sentinel, 30 Dec 1892, p. 6 Mr. J. H. Chambers and wife were suddenly called last Thursday to attend the funeral of their nephew, Mr. William Roach, of Andrew county. He met with an accident from a runaway team last week, which…
Date of Death: 21 Mar 1922 Subject: Joseph H. Roach Source: St. Joseph Observer, 25 Mar 1922 Joseph H. Roach, 52 years of age, a resident of Andrew county nearly all his life, and the present county collector, died at a local hospital Tuesday night.
Date of Death: 25 Oct 1882 Subject: Mrs. Emma Riley Source: unknown, 1882 Died, on the morning of the 25th of October, at the residence of her daughter, in Andrew county, Mo., Mrs. Emma C. Riley, in the 83rd year of her age. She was the widow of Benj. W. Riley, a prominent Baptist preacher,…
Date of Death: 29 Sep 1880 Subject: Royal Riggin Source: The Sedalia [MO] Weekly, 19 Oct 1880, p. 3 A young lady residing near Filmore [sic] Andrew county, daughter of Joe Van Berry, a wealthy farmer, was engaged to be married to a young man who emigrated to Colorado. During his absence she was wooed…
Date of death: 5 Nov 1905 Subject: Holland (Vanschoiack) Ridgeway Source: St. Joseph News-Press, 6 Nov 1905, p. 8 Ridgeway … widow of Thomas Ridgeway … 8:35 a.m., aged 54 … take place from … Joseph avenue … at 1 o’clock. Interment at Vanschoiack cemetery. Source: St. Joseph Gazette, 6 Nov 1905, p. 8 Mrs….
Date of Death: 12 May 1860 Subject: Elizabeth (Elgin) Ricketts Source: St. Louis Christian Advocate, 31 May 1860, p. 4 Elizabeth Elgin Ricketts– Mother Ricketts, the subject of this notice, was born and raised in Culpepper county, Va. Of the eighty years, wanting two days, of her earthly pilgrimage, between thirty and forty of them…
Date of Death: 16 Mar 1875 Subject: Leonard Rich Source: Andrew County Republican, 19 Mar 1875, p. 8 Mr. L. Rich, hotel-keeper, of Rochester, is very low with diseases of the head and bowels. He has been afflicted about two weeks, and on one or two occasions, his life was despaired of by his attending…
William B. Reynolds is an intelligent and thoroughly practical farmer, who is actively and prosperously prosecuting his vocation on one of the finest farms in Southern Nebraska; 120 acres of his land, that on which he makes his home, lies on sections 34 and 35, Liberty Precinct, and the remaining 120 acres in Otoe County,…
Date of Death: 26 Mar 1913 Subject: William Henry Reid 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,…
George W. Reed, present mayor of Axtell and cashier of the Citizens Bank, has been actively identified with that community for the past ten years. The Citizens Bank of Axtell was established in 1886. It began with a state charter and has remained a solid and conservative financial institution for over thirty years. Its capital…
Date of Death: 12 May 1874 Subject: Sarah Louise Reece Source: Andrew County Republican, 29 May 1874, p. 8 Died. Reece– On Tuesday, May 12, 1874, a little northeast of Whitesville, of spinal meningitis, Sarah Louise, daughter of Joel Reece, aged 14 years.
Date of Death: 13 Jun 1874 Subject: Joel M. Reece Source: Andrew County Republican, 19 Jun 1874, p. 1 To-day, at about 4 p.m., as Mr. Joseph [sic] Reece was hurrying across a field (Bird Allen’s place), he was struck by a bolt and instantly killed. His clothing was literally torn into shreds– not a…
Date of Death: 9 Oct 1891 Subject: Joseph Reddick Source: Savannah Reporter, Oct 1891 One by one the old landmarks and pioneer settlers are passing away, constantly reminding us of the ever consuming process of time which illegible the way of all earth. Joseph Reddick, sen., died at the home of his son-in-law, Judge Joseph…
Date of Death: 13 Jun 1901 Subject: David Rea Source: New York Times, 14 Jun 1901 St. Joseph, Mo., June 13.– David Rea, ex-congressman from this district, died today at Savannah, Mo. Mr. Rea was a native of Indiana and was seventy years old. He came to Missouri in his youth, and afterward became a…
Date of Death: 17 Mar 1902 Subject: Vincent Rankin Source: Holt County Sentinel, 21 Mar 1902, p. 1 Vincent Rankin, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Rankin, of Andrew county, died at the home of his grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. Vance, in this city, March 14 [sic], 1902. Vincent was 5 years old and…
Date of Death: 20 Dec 1903 Subject: Mary Luetta (Vance) Rankin Source: Holt County Sentinel, 1 Jan 1904, p. 5 Mrs. Mary Rankin, wife of George Rankin, died at her home in Rosendale, Andrew county, Dec. 20, 1903, at the age of 38 years. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Vance, of…
Date of Death: 26 Apr 1874 Subject: William A. Pyle Source: Andrew County Republican, 1 May 1874, p. 8 We are pained to learn that W. A. Pyle met with the loss of a child by death on Sunday last.
Date of Death: 21 Dec 1912 Subject: James Lewis Proffit Source: Holt County Sentinel, 27 Dec 1912, p. 3 James Proffit, the eldest of the brothers, George, Harve and Robert, died at the Sisters’ hospital in St. Joseph, Saturday last, December 21, from locked bowels. His brother, Harve and Robert, were down to see him,…
Date of Death: 27 Oct 1919 Subject: George Proffit Source: Holt County Sentinel, 7 Nov 1919, p. 5 George Proffit, Jr., was born July 2, 1880, and died October 27, 1919, in the Sisters’ Hospital, St. Joseph, Mo., from a complication of diseases. The deceased had been in failing health for the past few weeks….
Date of Death: 16 Sep 1899 Subject: Elizabeth (Derr) Proffit Source: Holt County Sentinel, 29 Sep 1899, p. 4 Monday occurred the funeral of Mrs. Geo. Proffit from the M. E. church, Rev. Clark conducting the services. Mrs. Proffit passed quietly away at the home of her husband three miles southwest of here, in Holt…
Date of Death: Nov 1917 Subject: Elizabeth (Hobson) Price Source: St. Joseph Observer, 17 Nov 1917 The remains of Mrs. William Price of Savannah were taken through this place Wednesday from Baldwin, Kas., where she died, and were interred that afternoon in Savannah. Source: Holt County Sentinel, 30 Nov 1917, p. 2 Many years ago,…
Date of Death: 31 Oct 1909 Subject: Nancy Jane (Nease) Praiswater Source: Holt County Sentinel, 5 Nov 1909, p. 3 Mrs. B. F. Praisewater [sic] and Mrs. C. C. Hardman received word Sunday morning that their sister-in-law, Mrs. Tim Praiswater, died at St. Joseph Sunday. Mrs. Praiswater had been sick since last spring and went…
Date of Death: 22 Jan 1907 Subject: Rev. George W. Praiswater Source: unknown, Jan 1907 Rev. George W. Praisewater [sic, throughout] was born in Boone County, Indiana, on March 28, 1853, died at his home six miles northwest of Fillmore, Mo., Jan. 22, 1907, aged 53 years, 9 months and 24 days. In the year…
Date of Death: 30 Sep 1916 Subject: Thomas M. Powell Source: Holt County Sentinel, 13 Oct 1916, p. 2 When a standard on his wagon gave way under the weight of a load of logs, T. M. Powell, of Whitesville, was caught under a log and fatally injured, dying the following day.
Date of Death: 20 Apr 1917 Subject: Georgia Dorris Powell* Source: Savannah Reporter, 27 Apr 1917, p. 1 S. C. Powell’s Daughter Dies Georgia Dorris Powell was born in Savannah, June 1, 1897, and died April 20, 1917. She graduated from the Franklin Grammar school, after which she attended the Bartlett High School in St….
Date of Death: 30/31 Oct 1899 Subject: Absalom Pollock Source: Holt County Sentinel, 10 Nov 1899, p. 1 Ab Pollock, a prominent citizen of Bolckow, Andrew county, committed suicide by hanging himself in his barn at that place, Monday, Oct. 30. He had not been of sound mind for some time.
Date of Death: 8 Oct 1874 Subject: John Pixler Source: Andrew County Republican, 6 Nov 1874, p. 1 John Pixler, a former resident of Oregon, died very suddenly on the 8th. He was well and hearty the day before he died. It is supposed that he died of apoplexy.