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…
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….
Date of Death: 14 Dec 1918 Subject: Callie Thompson Source: St. Joseph Observer, 21 Dec 1918 Miss Callie Thompson of Bolckow was struck by a motor car driven by Dr. Thomas Redmond in front of the August Schwien residence on North Eleventh street Saturday evening and dragged by the car for some distance. When taken…
Date of Death: 12 Mar 1918 Subject: Elizabeth (Donaldson) Thomas Source: St. Joseph Observer, 16 Mar 1918 Mrs. Elizabeth Thomas, who, could she have lived to June 1st, would have attained the century mark, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. E. Castle, 2637 State street, Tuesday morning. She was a relative of…
Date of Death: 28 May 1875 Subject: David Henry Terhune Source: Andrew County Republican, 11 Jun 1875, p. 8 Died. Terhune– At 12 o’clock, on Thursday night, May 27th [sic], 1875, at his father’s residence, near Savannah, Mr. David H. Terhune, son of John Terhune, in the 23rd year of his age. The deceased was…
Date of Death: 15 Apr 1872 Subject: Amy Elizabeth Terhune Source: Andrew County Republican, 19 Apr 1872, p. 3 Died. On Monday, the 15th instant, Miss Amy Elizabeth Terhune, daughter of John Terhune, Esq., of Jefferson township, one of our best and most respected citizens. Miss Terhune has been afflicted for a year past with…
Date of Death: 28 Oct 1910 Subject: Thomas Taylor Source: The Valley Falls [KS] New Era, 3 Nov 1910, Thursday, p. 8 Thomas Taylor was born Nov. 18, 1824 and died at the home of his son in this district Oct. 28, 1910, aged 85 years, 11 months and 8 days. Mr. Taylor was the…
Date of death: Oct 1903 Subject: John Clayton “Clate” Taylor Source: St. Joseph Gazette, 20 Mar 1904, p. 4 Through the identification of a bandit killed in a battle following the holdup of an electric train in the suburbs of Aurora, Ill., on the night in last October, as Clate Taylor of Nodaway Station, by…
Date of Death: 22 Mar 1903 Subject: George Taylor Source: Holt County Sentinel, 3 Apr 1903, p. 4 Died at his home in Holt county March 22, George Taylor, he had reached the ripe age of 88 years, 11 months, and 20 days. Uncle George, as he was called, was one of Missouri’s pioneers having…
Date of Death: 10 May 1888 Subject: John Talbot Source: Atchison[KS] Globe, 10 May 1888 John Talbor [sic], aged 87 years, residing with his daughter, Mrs. Wentworth, at 835 Santa Fe street, died today of old age. The remains will be taken to Savannah, Mo., tomorrow.
Date of Death: 9 Mar 1874 Subject: Isaac Tabler Source: Andrew County Republican, 13 Mar 1874, p. 1 Fillmore Items. We also have to announce the death of an old and much esteemed citizen, Mr. Tabler, who died on the same day [as Samuel Warner], and but a few hours previous to the death of…
Date of Death: 14 Sep 1919 Subject: Laura B. (Yoder) Swartz Source: St. Joseph Observer, 20 Sep 1919 Mrs. Laura B. Swartz of Rosendale died at a hospital here Sunday.
Date of Death: 14 Aug 1914 Subject: Francis M. Sutton Source: Savannah Reporter, 21 Aug 1914 After being a helpless invalid from a stroke of paralysis, for five years, Frances M. Sutton passed away in death at his home in Bolckow on Aug. 14, at the age of eighty years, eight months and twenty-five days….
Date of Death: 24 Apr 1917 Subject: John Calvin Sutherland Source: Savannah Reporter, 27 Apr 1917, p. 1 Dr. John Calvin Sutherland, who lived in Savannah many years, died Tuesday in St. Joseph at the hospital. He was 78 years old and had lived in St. Joseph four years. He leaves a son and five…
Date of Death: 27 Dec 1909 Subject: Hulda J. (Karnes) Sullivan Source: St. Joseph Gazette, 28 Dec 1909, p. 2, [partially abstracted] Mrs. H. J. Sullivan died last evening. [She] lived in St. Joseph and vicinity sixty-seven years. She was born in Russell county, Kentucky on March 17, 1829, and moved with her parents to…
Date of Death: 1 Feb 1874 Subject: Eli Stingley Source: Winterset, Iowa Madisonian, 12 Feb 1874 Information has been received of the violent death of Eli Stingley, of Andrew Co., Mo., formerly of this county. He was kicked to death by a horse. He went to the stable to curry and feed and was found…
Date of Death: Apr 1921 Subject: Ben Stewart Source: St. Joseph Observer, 23 Apr 1921 The body of Ben Stewart, who died on Hamburg Avenue Saturday, was taken to Cosby for burial, Monday.
Date of Death: [Aug] 1902 Subject: infant of John Stephenson Source: Holt County Sentinel, 8 Aug 1902, p. 8 Mrs. John Stephenson, of near Chillicothe, this state, came up on a visit to see her aged father, Grandpa Taylor, nearing 90 years. While here their adopted infant son died and was buried at Amazonia. Mrs….
Date of Death: 18 Oct 1868 Subject: Richard R. Stephens Source:Holt County Sentinel, 30 Oct 1868, p. 3 At a Baptist meeting at Bethel Church, Andrew county, Mo., on the 18th inst., a young man named Stephens, who had just received the ordinance of baptism, fell dead as he was stepping from the water. The…
Date of Death: 11 Jun 1873 Subject: William C. Steeby Source: Andrew County Republican, 13 Jun 1873, p. 3 Willie Steeby, sixteen years old, son of Gotlieb Steeby, living nine miles west of Savannah, was killed by a team of mules running away at his father’s farm Wednesday noon.
Date of Death: 6 Jul 1906 Subject: John L. Stanton Source: Holt County Sentinel, 13 Jul 1906, p. 4 Judge John L. Stanton, one of Andrew county’s old and highly respected citizens, died at his home in Savannah, Friday last, July 6, 1906, at the age of 78 years. Prior to the war Mr. Stanton…
Date of Death: 19 Aug 1919 Subject: Luzetta Agnes Stallsworth Source: St. Joseph News-Press, 20 Aug 1919 Luzetta A. Stallsworth, five years old, died of diphtheria at 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Stallsworth, 2005 North Second street. Besides the parents she is survived by two…
Date of Death: 16 Jul 1900 Subject: Albert Mearl Stafford Source: Holt County Sentinel, 27 Jul 1900, p. 1 Little Mearl Stafford, died at the home of his parents in Richville, July 16, at the age of one year, 7 months, 16 days. Mearl was a very bright little boy, being at the age that…
Date of Death: 2 Jul 1873 Subject: Mary E. Spicer Source: Andrew County Republican, 8 Aug 1873, p. 3 Fillmore Items. An infant, nine months old, died Tuesday morning, of scrofulous affection. It was the child of Mr. and Mrs. Winfield Spicer.
Date of Death: 21 Jul 1913 Subject: Caroline (Carver) Spicer Source: Holt County Sentinel, 1 Aug 1913, p. 4 Mrs. Caroline C. Spicer, of Fillmore, died Monday of last week, July 21st, at the age of 780 years. She was reputed to be the wealthiest woman in Andrew county. Mrs. Spicer owned 2,807 acres in…
Date of Death: 14 Nov 1889 Subject: Henry Speaker Source: Holt County Sentinel, 29 Nov 1889, p. 1 Henry Speaker, an aged farmer residing about five miles northeast of Bolckow, came to death in a frightful manner Thursday forenoon. He was in a wood lot preparing timbers for the foundation for a corn crib. He…
Date of Death: 28 Jun 1903 Subject: Colin Campbell Somerville Source: Holt County Sentinel, 17 Jul 1903, p. 5 C. C. Somerville, who had been a resident of Savannah for 41 years, died at his home in that city June 28 at the age of 77 years.
FARMER FOUND DEAD. John Thomas Snyder, a Bachelor Who Died Alone Near Barnard, Dead Two Days When Discovered BARNARD, Mo., Jan. 20. John Thomas Snyder, fifty years of age, a bachelor who lived alone on a farm a mile and a half from Barnard, was found dead late yesterday afternoon in his home by a…
Date of Death: 7 Jan 1917 Subject: Mary Elizabeth (Allison) Snapp Source: Holt County Sentinel, 12 Jan 1917, p. 5 Mrs. Mary Sapp [sic, throughout], died in St. Joseph, Sunday last, January 7th, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Thomas Lewis, at the age of 67 years. She was the widow of M. M….
Date of death: 8 September 1900 Subject: William A. Smith Source: St. Joseph Daily News, 8 September 1900, p. 5 William A. Smith, aged 40 years, 8 months, 11 days, died at the residence of his father, Michael Smith, No. 1411 North Twelfth street, last night at 9:15, after a lingering illness. Funeral services will…
Date of Death: 26 Nov 1902 Subject: Thomas K. Smith Source: The Democrat, 15 Dec 1902, p.1 It is with infinite sadness that we chronicle the death of one of Andrew counties [sic] pioneer citizens, a man loved and respected by all who knew him and whose name has always been synonomous [sic] of uprightness….
Date of Death: 7 May 1911 Subject: Telitha (Turpin) Smith Source: Holt County Sentinel, 12 May 1911, p. 2 Mrs. John Smith died suddenly at the home of Lum Patterson, Sunday last, May 7th, aged 74 years. She leaves a husband, one son and two grandchildren. Prior to her marriage she was Telithia [sic] Turpin,…
Date of Death: 5 Apr 1904 Subject: Susannah (Copple) Smith Source: probably Savannah Reporter, Apr 1904 At. 3 o’clock p.m. Sunday, April 5th, there were interred in the Fairview cemetery, five miles north of Savannah, the mortal remains of one who for the last twenty years has held the distinction of being the oldest resident…