Date of Death: 4 Feb 1906 Subject: Amanda (Dunlap) Cayton Source: Holt County Sentinel, 9 Feb 1906, p. 5 Ludwig Weigel, was in town Wednesday, having come over from the other side of the Nodaway for the purpose of meeting Oscar Caton [sic], who came from Portland, Ore. to attend the funeral of his mother,…
Date of Death: 1 Feb 1906 Subject: Myrtle (Walker) Carter Source: Holt County Sentinel, 9 Feb 1906, p. 1 Homer Carter and wife, of Whitesville, Andrew county, were so severely burned January 28, 1906, that Mr. Carter is dead and Mrs. Carter is not expected to live. Mrs. Carter attempted to start a fire in…
Date of Death: 28 Jan 1906 Subject: David Homer Carter Source: Holt County Sentinel, 9 Feb 1906, p. 1 Homer Carter and wife, of Whitesville, Andrew county, were so severely burned January 28, 1906, that Mr. Carter is dead and Mrs. Carter is not expected to live. Mrs. Carter attempted to start a fire in…
Caleb C. Carriger. Among the valued and esteemed men who came to Sonoma Valley in its pioneer days were the Carriger brothers….His father, Christian Carriger was of German birth, and his mother, Lovisa (Ward) Carriger, was born in England. After marriage they located in Carter County, Tennessee, and there all of their children were born….
Date of Death: 20 Apr 1875 Subject: Elizabeth Ann (Marr) Carpenter Source: Andrew County Republican, 23 Apr 1875, p. 8 Died.– Of consumption, at her residence, in Savannah, Mo., April 20th 1875, Mrs. Elizabeth A. Carpenter, aged four one years, four moths [sic] and one day. Mrs. Carpenter was a very estimable lady and loved…
Date of Death: 21 Jan 1915 Subject: Mary (Osborn) Carl Source: probably St. Joseph News-Press, Jan 1915 Mrs. Mary Carl, 72 years old, widow of James D. Carl, died yesterday at the residence of her son, Oscar Carl, 2540 Jule street. Besides the son with whom she had been making her home, she is survived…
Date of Death: 25 Nov 1904 Subject: James D. Carl Source: Savannah Reporter, 26 Nov 1904 James D. Carl, one of the early settlers of St. Joseph, died yesterday morning. Mr. Carl was born at Frankfort, Kentucky, Nov. 5, 1826. He came to St. Joseph in 1849, and soon after his arrival opened the first…
Date of Death: May 1898 Subject: Henry Green Caples Source: Tabor Beacon [IA] 27 May 1898 Our Percival letter which was received too late for this issue, contains the news of the suicide of H. G. [sic] Caples, a prominent physician of that place, last Saturday. From the particulars given in the letter, it seems…
Note: There is not definite confirmation that Andrew H. Campbell is buried at High Prairie. Date of Death: 29 May 1876 Subject: Andrew H. Campbell Source: Savannah Reporter, Jun 1876 “In last week’s Reporter was a brief notice of Mr. Andrew H. Campbell, of Monroe township, being struck by lightning. We have since learned the…
Date of Death: 31 Jan 1914 [even though tombstone says 1913] Subject: George M. Calvert Source: Savannah Reporter, 6 Feb 1914, p. 1, column 2 George Calvert Buried at Amazonia. After the funeral at the residence Monday the remains of George Calvert were taken to Amazonia for interment. He was fifty-three years old and had…
Date of Death: 26 Apr 1905 Subject: Rosa (Ott) Callen Source: Holt County Sentinel, 5 May 1905, p. 5 Mrs. Rosa Ott Callens [sic], died at her home near Nodaway, Mo., April 26, 1905, aged 27 years. She had been a long sufferer from consumption. In 1897 she was married to Luther Callens, who with…
Date of Death: 1 Jun 1912 Subject: Rachel (Townsend) Callen Source: Holt County Sentinel, 21 Jun 1912, p. 3 Rachel Callen died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. A. H. Bushman, in Nodaway, June 10 [sic], at 2:30 p.m. She was born in Armstrong county, Penn., August 12, 1829. She was 82 years, 9…
Date of Death: 10 Jan 1918 Subject: John Rice Caldwell Source: Savannah Reporter, 18 Jan 1918 John Rice Caldwell was the great-grandson of William Caldwell, who was born in Scotland, and the grandson of John Caldwell, who was born in Ireland and who later settled in Ross county, Ohio, and who in 1807 was united…
Date of Death: 20 Mar 1897 Subject: Margaret (Barr) Cain Source: unknown, Mar 1897 Died – Saturday, March 20th at about 2 o’clock P.M. at the home of her father, Boyd Barr, near this city, Mrs. A. J. Cain, aged 43 years and 3 days. The funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church Monday…
Date of Death: 28 Jan 1905 Subject: Amy M. Cain Source: unknown, [Feb] 1905 Amy M. Cain was born May the 11th, 1889 and died January the 28th, 1905, aged 15 years, 8 months and 17 days. She had been afflicted for some weeks with inflammatory rheumatism and suffered great agony for several days prior…
Date of Death: 29 May 1884 Subject: Ida B. Cagg Source: The Democrat, 6 Jun 1884, p. 3, column 4 Cagg – Ida B., daughter of Isaac W. Cagg, by his first wife, and beloved by her step-mother, died at the residence of her father in Benton township, on Thursday morning, May 29, 1884, at…
Date of Death: 18 Jan 1875 Subject: Benjamon Byers Source: Andrew County Republican, 29 Jan 1875, p. 8 Obituary. Monday, January 18th, 1875, at 1 p.m., of Pneumonia, Benny R., only son of William and Sophonia [sic] Byers, aged 15 months and 10 days. Sweet angel child of heavenly birth, He was too good and…
Date of Death: 30 Aug 1903 Subject: William E. Burtch Source: Holt County Sentinel, 4 Sep 1903, p. 8 Dr. W. E. Burtch, who has been practicing medicine in Southeastern Holt for over a quarter of a century, while out, on his way to answer a sick call, was found dead in his buggy in…
Date of Death: 13 Sep 1913 Subject: Phillip Burns Source: Savannah Reporter, 19 Sep 1913 Phillip Burns was born in Morgon [sic] county, Ind., January 28, 1836. He departed this life at his home three and one half miles northwest of Savannah September 13, 1913, aged seventy-seven years, nine months and fifteen days. He was…
Date of Death: 11 Jul 1914 Subject: John Columbus Burns Source: Savannah Reporter, 17 Jul 1914 John C. Burns Buried Monday The funeral of John Columbus Burns was held at the M. E. Church, South, on Monday at 2:30 p.m. Mr. Burns was the son of John and Susanna Burns, and was born in Morgan…
Date of Death: 22 Jun 1866 Subject: Mary (Welch) Bryant Source: Liberty [MO] Tribune, 29 Jun 1866 Died in Smithville, Clay county, on Friday, 22d of June, in the 24th year of her age, Mrs. Mary, wife of Richard G. Bryant. The deceased had resided only eight months in this place, and was a devoted…
Date of Death: 7 Oct 1920 Subject: Susan Catherine (Wise) Clemmons Bruner Source: The Beloit [KS] Daily Call, 18 Oct 1920, Monday, p. 2 Susie Catherine Wise was born at Louisville, Kentucky on October 17, 1870, and died near East Lake, Colorado, on October 7th, 1920, at the age of 49 years, 11 months and…
Date of Death: 9 Aug 1875 Subject: Samuel Brown 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: 21 May 1906 Subject: Joseph C. Brooks Source: Savannah Reporter, 25 May 1906- probably partial Mr. Brooks came to Andrew County with his parents in 1857 from Rockcastle County, Ky. The family lived near Kodiak, Rochester Township. Mr. Brooks taught school for about eight years. While he was threshing, a serious injury…
Date of Death: 28 Sep 1912 Subject: John Brewer Source: unknown, [Oct] 1912 John Brewer was born in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, October 10, 1830. He passed away in death at his home 3 miles northeast of Bolckow, Mo., September 28, 1912, age 81 years, 11 mos. and 18 days. In the year 1855 he was…
Date of Death: 16 Sep 1915 Subject: Celestina (Turpin) Breit Source: Holt County Sentinel, 24 Sep 1915, p. 2 J. E. Breit, of Nodaway township, returned Saturday of last week, from Crown Hill church in Andrew county, Missouri, where he had been for several days, at the bedside of his mother, Mrs. Tina Breit, who…
Date of Death: 16 Jan 1917 Subject: James Breckenridge Source: Holt County Sentinel, 26 Jan 1917, p. 3 A resident of Andrew county since 1844, and of Savannah since 1884, James Breckenbridge [sic] died last Tuesday, aged 81.
Date of Death: 6 Nov 1871 Subject: Duffield Bradford Source: Andrew County Republican, 8 Nov 1871, p. 3 From Dr. John M. Huffman of Whitesville, we learn of the death of Duff Bradford, Esq. one of the best citizens of that place– he went to bed in usual health on Sunday night; at about a…
Date of death: 23 Dec 1922 Subject: Cyntha? (Reno) Bradbury Source: St. Joseph News-Press, 25 Dec 1922, p. 6 Mrs. Miller Bradbury, thirty-two years old, a former resident of St. Joseph, died Saturday at her home in Kansas City. She is survived by her husband, four sisters, Mrs. L. W. Newland, Mrs. A. L. Casey,…
Boyles, Phillip M., farmer and stock-buyer, Sec. 29; P. O. Winterset; born Canaan Twp., Athens Co., Ohio, June 5, 1823; he was the second son of George and Martha Boyles, and one of the twelve children; his father was a farmer and the son assisted him in the duties of farm life; in 1839 he…
Interesting Reminiscences of an Old Pioneer Within the past month or so, one of the original pioneer settlers of Andrew county, whose name heads this article, took up his residence in Savannah, with his son, Jeff. Boyles, having lived on the same piece of land, one mile south of Flag Springs, which he bought as…
Date of Death: 30 Jun 1873 Subject: Clayton M. Boyles Source: Andrew County Republican, 11 Jul 1873, p. 3 On Monday, the 30th of June, Clayton M. Boyles, an aged, widely known and highly respected citizen of Andrew county, departed this life, surrounded by his family and numerous friends, being in the fifty-fourth year of…
Date of Death: 23 Jan 1874 Subject: Alice (Christie) Boyles Source: Andrew County Republican, 6 Feb 1874, p. 3 Died, at the residence of her uncle, William Caldwell, Esq., Savannah, Mo., January 23, 1873 [sic], Mrs. Alice Boyls [sic], aged 23 years. That fatal malady which lulls its victim into a delusive tranquility, and feeds…