Date of Death: 24 Jan 1878 Subject: Julius Payton Fimple Source: Savannah Reporter, Jan 1878 Robert Fimple in Monroe township, went to the neighbors to clean some beans and hemp seed. Returning home his 9-year old boy was sitting in a tub on the sack. The wagon ran against a stump, threw the boy out…
Date of Death: 29 Apr 1872 Subject: Rhoda (Leonard) Ferguson Source: Andrew County Republican, 3 May 1872, p. 3 We learn of the death, on Tuesday last, of Mrs. Ferguson, an aged and highly respected lady, near Bennett Lane, in this county.
Date of Death: 23 Jan 1913 Subject: Clara Ethel (Clark) Fancher Source: Holt County Sentinel, 31 Jan 1913, p. 7 Ethel (Clark) Fancher, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Clark, was born the 15th of March, 1893. She was 19 years, 10 months and 8 days of age. She was married to Willie Fancher,…
Dates of death: 10 May 1923 & 14 May 1923 Subject: Agnes Louise Etchison & Millard L. Etchison Source: Savannah Reporter, 18 May 1923, p. 1, column 5 Two Children Die With Diphtheria The daughter and son of Mrs. Gladys Huffman Russell died within a week of each other at the home of Mrs. Russell’s…
Date of Death: 8 Dec 1920 Subject: John R. Etchison Source: Savannah Reporter, 24 Dec 1920 Former Resident Dies John R. Etchison died in St. Joseph December 8, 1920, at his home, 2010 Boyd street. He was born May 4, 1849, on the Etchison farm near the Long Branch church, where he lived until 1885,…
TWO BOYS DROWNED Carl and Busey Etchison Perish in One-Hundred-and-Two River Carl and Busey Etchison, brothers aged respectively nine and six years, were drowned in One Hundred and Two River at Avenue City, seven miles northeast of St. Joseph, at 2 o’clock Thursday afternoon. Ollie Swift, nine years old, had a narrow escape from death…
TWO BOYS DROWNED Carl and Busey Etchison Perish in One-Hundred-and-Two River Carl and Busey Etchison, brothers aged respectively nine and six years, were drowned in One Hundred and Two River at Avenue City, seven miles northeast of St. Joseph, at 2 o’clock Thursday afternoon. Ollie Swift, nine years old, had a narrow escape from death…
Dates of death: 10 May 1923 & 14 May 1923 Subject: Agnes Louise Etchison & Millard L. Etchison Source: Savannah Reporter, 18 May 1923, p. 1, column 5 Two Children Die With Diphtheria The daughter and son of Mrs. Gladys Huffman Russell died within a week of each other at the home of Mrs. Russell’s…
Date of death: 28 Jul 1904 Subject: Thomas H. Ensor Source: St. Joseph Gazette, 1 Aug 1904, p. 8 Savannah, Mo., July 31.—Thomas Ensor died at his home here July 28, aged 48 years. He leaves a wife, a daughter and son.
Date of Death: 8 Oct 1918 Subject: Lewis Dean Embrey Source: Holt County Sentinel, 18 Oct 1918, p. 2 The second to fall a victim of the Spanish influenza was Dean Embrey, who died at Camp Funston, October 8, 1918, aged 22 years, 11 months and 5 days. He was called to the colors from…
Date of Death: 29 Aug 1852 Subject: Sarah (Stevenson) Elliott Source: Savannah Sentinel, Saturday, September 4, 1852, p. 2 Died– On Sabbath the 29th of August, at about 1 o’clock, at the family residence, Mrs. Sarah Elliott, consort of Mr. Robert Elliott of this county. The deceased was born in Woodford county Ky., March 25th…
Date of Death: 14 Aug 1874 Subject: John R. Elliott Source: Andrew County Republican, 28 Aug 1874, p. 8
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…
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…
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…
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….
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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….
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…
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…
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….
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…
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…
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…