Gallia County Newspaper Obituaries [R]

Radekin, Newt R.

N. R. Radekin, WWI Veteran, Is Claimed At 69
     Newt R. Radekin, 69, a veteran of World War I, and a resident of 1066 First Ave., died at his home at 3 p.m. Thursday. He had been in failing health for five years, and his condition had been serious for three weeks.
     Mr. Radekin had been a bus driver for 25 years in Columbus before coming to Gallipolis 20 years ago. He was the owner and operator of the Riverside Motel.
     He was born in Vinton April 19, 1896, son of the late George W. and Elizabeth Calhoun Radekin. He was twice married, his first being to the former Mae Hammerick, who died Feb. 8, 1953. His second marriage was to the former Myrtle Church on May 5, 1954, and she survives. A sister, Mrs. Will (Grace) Troth of Gallipolis survives. Brothers who preceded him in death were Elva, Frank, Richard, Edward, Luther and George.
     Mr. Radekin was a member of Grace Methodist Church, the Masonic Lodge in Columbus, Scottish Rite, Aladdin Shrine, Gallipolis Shrine Club, and a life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
     Services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday (DST) at the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home. Rev. Hughey Jones will officiate and burial will be in Mound Hill cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday. The following will serve as pallbearers; Elmer E. Caldwell, Craig Slagle, P. D. McCreedy, John E. Halliday, John Morgan and Raymond Shato.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Friday, July 2, 1965
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron

Rader, Elizabeth

Aged Mrs. Rader Dies Today
Rites Sunday
     Mrs. Elizabeth F. Rader, who was 87 years old on March 9, died this morning at the home of Thomas Quickle in Vinton, where she had lived for the last ten years.
     Mrs. Rader was a native of Page County, Virginia and her maiden name was Cloud. She was the widow of John F. Rader, who died 29 years ago and left no immediate relatives.
     Funeral services will be held at the Quickle residence Sunday morning at 8:30 by Rev. J. B. Stephenson after which or about 9 a.m. the body will be taken for burial in the Milford Center cemetery, near Marysville, for interment by H. Kerr Butler.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
March 19, 1937
Transcribed by Joanne Galvin

Rader, Frank

     In the quiet hours of the dawning of Saturday, December 21, the death angel came through the room and claimed our dear brother, Frank. Although his suffering was great, he was waiting for him.
     Frank Rader was born June 23, 1904; and departed this life December 21, 1946 at the age of 42 years and six months.
     He was the son of the late John L. and Rose Harrington Rader. He leaves to mourn his death two brothers; Reverend Glenn Rader of Middleport, Ohio; William Rader of Cheshire; one sister, Mrs. Verna Blazer of Gallipolis, and many other relatives and friends.

'Tis hard to break the tender core
When love has bound the heart
'Tis hard, so hard, to speak the words:
"We must forever part."

Dearest loved one we must lay thee
In the peaceful grave's embrace
But thy memory will be cherished
'Till we see thy heavenly face.

[Note: From Stone - Mina Chapel, Green Twp.]

Gallipolis paper
December 1946
Transcribed by Theresa E. Smith

Rader, George

George Rader
Died
     George Rader, of Green township, of whom mention was made last week, died at his home near Harrington’s mill, on Thursday, March 1, 1894. Mr. Rader was born near Graham’s Station, W.Va., February 1810, and was over 84 years of age. He was married in 1836 to Mary Day, and his is the first death in the family. Mr. Rader leaves three sons, John A., G. H., and E. S. Rader of Northup, Ohio, and one daughter, Mrs. Cal. Rose of Pliny, W. Va.; also an adopted daughter taken when 18 months old, Miss Viola Robinson and raised to womanhood.
     Uncle George, as he was known throughout the county, was one of the best citizens, perfectly upright in his dealings with his fellowmen, and few men in so long and useful life passes to rest with so many, warm personal friends as he.
     His burial was conducted by Wetherholt, at Centenary, at 12 o’clock, March 3d.

Gallipolis Journal
March 7, 1894
Contributed by Henny Evans Top of Page

Rader, Neal

Neal Rader, the twelve year old son of Mr. and Mrs. S.P. Rader, died at their home on Niel Avenue, last Friday of pneumonia. The funeral services were conducted Sunday morning by Mr. E.L. Menager, interment at Centenary. Neal was the oldest boy and was nice little fellow and the sorrowing parents will have the sympathy of everyone.

Gallipolis Bulletin
Friday, May 20, 1904
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Rader, W. M. (Dick)

"Dick" Rader , 80, Died 1:30 A.M.
     W.M. (Dick) Rader, well known in business circles in this county for half a century, died at 1:30 this morning at his home on Fourth and Pine. It was generally known that he was critically ill. He was in his 81st year, but he never looked or acted like an elderly man and had been quite active until the last year or so.
     A telephone message was received by The Tribune to the effect that the funeral will be held at the Northup Church at 2 p.m. Friday. The body was taken to O. E. Elliott's Mortuary.
     Among the survivors are his second wife, who was Elizabeth Gladman and three granddaughters living in Cleveland.
     Mr. Rader was one of the first to open a garage here at the beginning of the "automobile age" and his place of business was on State St, where Earl Moore is planning to erect a new building.
     Up to 1 p.m. repeated efforts to obtain some biographical data about Mr. Rader proved futile. He had lived at various places in the county, including Rio Grande and had a wide circle of friends.

[Note: stone...Mound Hill Cemetery 1865-1946. Death Certificate..William McClanahan Rader born Sept. 25, 1865; died Feb. 19, 1946; 80 years 4 months and 23 days of age. Parents: Cornelius Rader and Elizabeth Howard. Burial Mound Hill Cemetery]

Gallipolis Paper
No date
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Raike, Lena M.

   Lena Mae Raike, 90, 461 Pike Street, Kanauga, died Monday morning at Overbrook Center in Middleport. Born June 6, 1899, in Gallipolis, she was the daughter of the late William and Lydia R. (Betz) Witham.
   Preceding her in death was her husband, John Raike, on May 30, 1976, whom she married July 16, 1919 at Point Pleasant, WV. Also preceding her in death was one daughter, three sisters and four brothers. She is survived by two sons, John B. Raike of Columbus and Dana M. Raike of Gallipolis and three grandchildren.
   She was a member of the Fair Haven Methodist Church, WSCS and CIC of Fair Haven Methodist Church. Services will be Wednesday, 1 p.m. at the Fair Haven Methodist Church with the Rev. Debbie Foster, officiating. Burial will be in the Mound Hill Cemetery. Friends may call Tuesday, 6-9 p.m. at the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home. The body will lie in state at the church one hour prior to the services.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
June 27, 1989
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Raines, Allie Jane

Gallia Native Dies In Beckley, W. Va.
     Mrs. Allie Jane Raines, 97, a native of Gallia county, and resident of 302 Adams Ave., Huntington, died Thursday in a Beckley, W. Va. hospital.
     Mrs. Raines was born in this county March 17, 1868, daughter of the Late Felix and Melissa Cranston Van Fleet. Her husband, James Perry Raines, died in 1922.
     She was a member of the Baptist Temple. Survivors include three sons, Auris Raines of Chase, Md., Joseph V. Raines of Baltimore, Md., and Leo Raines of Rt. 1, Chesapeake. There are four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The body is at the Chapman Funeral Home, Huntington.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Friday, July 2, 1965
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron Top of Page

Ralph, Ethel

Graveside services will be held for Mrs. Ethel Ralph, 90, a resident of Pompano Beach FL and former resident of the Eno community, Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Robison Cemetery, Eno. Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. L. Judd Chase, Pompano Beach, FL; one granddaughter; nine great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Officiating at the service will be the Rev. C.J. Lemley.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the McCoy-Moore Funeral Home, Vinton.

[Note: Born Nov. 13, 1887; died March 3, 1979]

Gallipolis Paper
March, 1979
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Ralph, Forest and Lawrence

Double Tragedy
Two Brothers Are Smothered To Death By Gas In An Old Mine at Silver Run
They Go To a Store and Stop In The Mouth Of The Mine To Cool And Are Found Side By Side
     An unusual tragedy happened near the mouth of Silver Run in the extreme lower end of Meigs County on Tuesday forenoon of this week. Forest Ralph, aged 13 and Lawrence Ralph, aged 11, sons of Mr. & Mrs. Blaine Ralph, were sent to the Long Grocery Company to get a sack of middlings. The Ralphs live quite a distance back from the river and the boys no doubt got quite warm in making the trip. At the store they were unable to get the middlings and started back with the empty bag. On the way they passed the mouth of an abandoned coal mine which has not been operated for some 15 years and was last operated by the Carl family. Some time in the forenoon Elliott Rothgeb, a farmer and a neighbor, was passing from one field to another and noticed a bag at the mouth of the mine. He stopped to investigate and found the two boys lying side by side a few feet in from the mouth of the mine dead.
     An alarm was raised and a doctor hurried to the scene, but neither of the boys could be revived. There was a small amount of coal in the sack and the supposition is that the boys had gathered up a few loose pieces from about the opening of the mine and being hot and tired went into the mine to cool off and were overcome by gas, which was drawn out from the workings back in the hill by an outward suction of the air.
     The funeral will be held from the old Kyger Church Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The bodies will be buried in separate graves in the Gravel Hill cemetery at Cheshire.
     Three other children are left in the family, a girl of sixteen, a boy of six and a baby one and a half years old. The boy of six in the habit of going everywhere with his older brothers, but on this occasion he was not permitted to go for the reason that there is whooping cough in the neighborhood.

OBITUARY
Forest and Lawrence Ralph, oldest sons of Blaine and Edith Hix Ralph, departed this life June 18, 1918. Forest was aged 13 years, 1 month and 10 days of age and Lawrence was aged 11 years, 26 days, It was an unexpected wave of sorrow that swept over the community when the sad tidings came that the spirits of Forest and Lawrence had gone to the God that gave them, but it was God's will that the Flowers loaned for awhile should be gathered to him.
They leave to mourn, Papa and Mama, 2 sisters, Gladys and Lucille and 1 brother, Kenneth and grandfather and host of relatives and friends. forest and Lawrence will be sadly missed in their home and Sunday School to which they were faithful attendants, although we can't understand why we should have this great loss, but God tenderly blinds our eyes and the light will come bye and bye.

Two little Angels on high
They hand in hand together roam
Two links now bind us to the sky
Two fingers beckon us to come.

Lord give us strength our loss to bear
And lead us in the heavenly way,
Oh, may we meet our children there
In realms of everlasting day.

Funeral services were held at First Kyger F.W. Baptist Church at 2 p.m., conducted by Rev. Reed.
Pallbearers were their Sunday School classes. For Forest they were Raymond Rife, Raymond Grover, Dale Scott, Vaughn Scott, Alex Shuler and Arthur Thomas. for Lawrence; Dana Story, Dale Mulford, Willie Swisher, Bennie Jenkins, Emmett Shuler, Marlin Rife. Laid at rest side by side in Gravel Hill Cemetery by Undertaker Demain.

[Note: death certificates, Forest born April 23, 1905; Lawrence born May 23, 1907.]

Gallipolis Papers
June, 1918
Transcribed by F.K. Brown Top of Page

Ralph, infant son

Baby Dies
The infant son of Blaine and Edna Ralph passed away Monday at their home in Kyger. Funeral will be Tuesday with burial in the Cheshire cemetery in charge of Rawlings.

[Note: Died January 21, 1929, burial in Gravel Hill cemetery]

Newspaper Not Named
Date Not Listed
Gallipolis, Ohio
Transcribed by Margaret Calvin

Ralph, Judah

Mrs. Judah L. Ralph died at her home on Front Street last Saturday at on o'clock. Her husband, the late N. N. Ralph died March 5th. She had been in poor health for sometime, suffering from a complication of diseases, growing gradually worse and passed away despite the kind attention of her family. She was a most estimable lady, kind and charitable, and respected by all who knew her. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. B. F. Jackson, at her late home, Sunday afternoon. Interment at Pine Street Cemetery, by Wetherholt.

Gallipolis Bulletin
Vol. xxviii No. 31
June 8, 1895
Transcribed by Margaret Calvin Top of Page

Ralph, Nial Nye

Mr. Nial Nye Ralph, one of our best known citizens, died last Tuesday evening from a complication of troubles, which had confined him to his bed for six months. A widow and several children survive him.
Mr. Ralph was a gunsmith by trade, and resided in this city for about twenty-five years. He came here from Addison.
The funeral services were conducted at his late home, at the upper end of Front Street, on Thursday afternoon, at two o’clock. Rev. B. F. Jackson officiated, and the burial was at the Old Cemetery.

The Gallipolis Bulletin
Saturday, March 9, 1895
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Ralston, McCoy

Death of McCoy Ralston
     McCoy Ralston died at his home in Addison Township, near Cheshire, on Friday morning last, aged nearly 78 years. He had been troubled for sometime past with rheumatism which affected his heart, and at an early hour on Friday morning Dr. Barton had been called, and he was with him when death came. He was not considered in a dangerous condition, and in fact arose from his bed and dressed himself as usual.
     Mr. Ralston was born in Gallia County, January 15, 1815, and his long and useful life was spent at the spot where he first saw the light of day. He married Sarah E. Gaston, a half-sister of Mr. A. S. Bing, February 17, 1847, who survives her husband. Four children are also living - one daughter and three sons.
     Mr. Ralston was the fourth son of Andrew J. and Elizabeth Ralston. Mr. Ralston was one of the best of men. In all the relations of life he was a manly man ~ true to his friends and devoted to his family. He had the entire confidence of all who knew him, and he died without an enemy.

Our friend has gone to his eternal home, yet why should we weep?
He had passed the allotted period - was nearing four score
And how noble those years were rounded!

Ye sigh not when the sun, his course fulfilled,
His glorious course, rejoicing earth and sky,
In the soft evening, when the winds are stilled,
Sinks where his island of refreshment lie,
And leaves the smile of his departure, spread
O’er the warm-colored heaven and ruddy mountain’s head.

Why weep ye, then, for him, who having won
The bound of man’s appointed years, at last,
Life’s blessings all enjoyed, life’s labors done,
Serenely to his final rest has passed,
While the soft memory of his virtues get
Lingers like twilight hues, when the bright sun is set.

The Bulletin
Saturday, January 7, 1893
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron Top of Page

Ramsey, Esther

     Mrs. Esther Ramsey died at her home at Addison, Saturday, January 26, 1907, aged about 81 years, after a long illness. Her husband, Mr. E. B. Ramsey, who conducted a blacksmith shop at Addison for many years, preceded her to the great beyond in November, 1896. Mrs. Ramsey is associated with the earliest recollections of the writer, who played around her home and the blacksmith shop when but a lad. Her motherly, kindly ways made her a favorite with all the children and she was respected and loved by all her neighbors. Her life was full of good deeds and her death is regretted by all who knew her.
     The funeral services were held Monday morning at Addison M. E. Church by Rev. W. J. Fulton, interment following at the Maddy burying ground by Wetherholt.
     The following children survive; Madison B. of Kanauga, Samuel M. and Homer A., of Bayless, Ill., Leverett H., of New Orleans, and Matilda and Laura, at home. She also leaves one brother, Mr. Samuel Logue and one sister, Mrs. Harry Hern.

Gallipolis Bulletin
Friday, February 1, 1907
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron

Ramsey, Wallace C.

Former Gallia Countian Dead
     Relatives here have received word of the death of Wallace C. Ramsey, 85, of near Kirkerville, Tuesday at his home after an illness with pneumonia.
     Mr. Ramsey formerly lived in Gallia County near Evergreen, where he had a farm. He was married to a Gallia County girl, Miss. Martha Watts, daughter of Andrew Watts, formerly superintendent of the county infirmary. Besides his wife two sons, James and Wilbur, of near Columbus; a brother, William Ramsey, of Evergreen; eleven grandchildren and two great-grandchldren survive.
     Funeral services for Mr. Ramsey were conducted Thursday afternoon in the Kirkerville M.E. Church with internment in Pataskala.

[Note: Death Certificate--Wallace Cromwell Ramsey born May 4, 1843 Fayette County, WV; died March 27, 1928 Etna Township, Licking County, Ohio; age 84 years, 10 months and 23 days of age. Parents: J. Riley Ramsey (born Monroe Co. VA) and Jane Legg (born WV).]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Friday, March 30, 1928
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Randolph, Ferrell Gene

Ferrell Randolph
     Ferrell Gene Randolph, 59, of Mulberry Avenue, Pomeroy, died Wednesday, March 6, 1996, at Holzer Medical Center. Born March 5, 1937 in Gallia County, son of the Mildred Smeltzer Randolph, Gallipolis, and the late Elmer Earl Randolph, he was a self-employed painter.
     In addition to his mother, he is survived by his wife, Rosa Kiser, at Evergreen, whom he married July 11, 1992, a son, Michael Randolph, Evergreen, a daughter, Heidi Randolph; three brothers, Carl (Paula) Randolph of Gallipolis, Dale (Diana) Randolph of Gallipolis, Elmer (Jiggie) Randolph of Baltimore, Md.; and three sisters, Deloras Baker of Harrison Township, Gallia County, Linda (Clyde) Ward of Bristol, Va., and Janet (Larry) Rathburn of Columbus.
     Services will be 2 p.m. Friday at McCoy-Moore Funeral Home, Vinton, with Rev. Ted Glassburn officiating. Burial will be in Campaign Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Thursday from 6-8 p.m.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
March 7, 1996
Transcribed by Margaret Calvin

Rankin, Georgia Pike

Mrs. Rankin Dies At Crown City
--Burial, 2 Tuesday
     Mrs. Georgia Pike Rankin, ill for more than a year and known to be in a serious condition, died at 11:20 Sunday morning at her home in Crown City. She was the widow of John W. Rankin, a merchant and active and well-known citizen of Crown City. Mrs. Rankin was also born and reared there and was 66 years old.
     Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday at the Crown City Methodist church, of which decedent was a member with Rev. Oma Williams officiating. Burial at same place by J. Lee Stevers.
     Mrs. Rankin is survived by five children, as follows: Samuel Craig Rankin, Max Owen Rankin and Virginia Rankin, all of Crown City, and Mrs. Myrtle Knight and J. Everett Rankin, both of Huntington. There are 13 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

[Note: from stone in Crown City cemetery, Guyan Twp., 1874-1941]

Gallipolis newspaper
1941
Transcribed by Joanne Galvin                                                                            Top of Page

Rannells, Robert Longstreth

Rannells
     Robert Longstreth Rannells, age 86, of Ft. Pierce, Fla. and longtime resident of Upper Arlington and Gallipolis, OH., died Monday January 30, 1995 at Lawnwood Regional Medical Center in Ft. Pierce, Fla.
     He retired after 44 years of service as Vice President of Distribution and Service with Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Company, where he had started working as a meter reader. Former Division Manager of the Nelsonville and Gallipolis offices and former manager of the Southern Division Office, Columbus.
     He is survived by his wife, Alice Frye Rannells; daughters and sons-in-law, Sarah R. and Kenneth W. Simonds, Indian Wells, Calif., Mary Kay and James G. Dodds, Rolling Hills Estates, Calif. Rebecca R. and David G. Neeley, Dallas, Tex.; 10 grandchildren; 6 great-grandchildren; brother and sister-in-law, Thomas L. and Lucille Rannells, New Plymouth, OH.; sister and brother-in-law, Mary Elizabeth and Joseph Gabel, Carroll, Oh. and Barefoot Bay, Fla. Preceded in death by his grandson, Douglas J. Neeley and sister Florence M. Powell.
     He attended First Community Church; member of Rotary and Kiwanis Clubs in Columbus. In Gallipolis, he was Past President of the Gallipolis Chamber of Commerce; Past President of the School Board; and a member of the local Masonic Lodge and the Elks.
     Friends may call from 7-9 p.m. Wednesday at the Schoedinger Northwest Chapel, 1740 Zollinger Rd. Funeral service 10 a.m. Thursday, February 2, 1995 at the Burkhart Chapel of First Community Church, 1320 Cambridge Blvd. Rev. Barbara Cunningham officiating. Graveside service to follow at 2 p.m. Thursday in Elk Cemetery, McArthur, Oh. Those who wish may contribute to the Robert L. and Alice Frye Rannells Scholarship Fund, c/o University of Rio Grande, 218 North College Ave, Rio Grande, OH 45674, in his memory.

Gallipolis Newspaper
No Date
Transcribed by Margaret Calvin

Rathburn, Daniel

DIED - In Rutland, Meigs county, on the 28th ult., Daniel Rathburn, aged 85 years, 7 months and 4 days. The deceased was a native of Connecticut, from which State he emigrated to Ohio in 1804, and was one of the earliest settlers in that part of the State where he resided. He was the father of Judge Rathburn of this county. Mr. R. had been a member of the Methodist Church for the last sixty years.

Gallipolis Journal
October 7, 1852
Transcribed by Linda Halley Criner

Rathburn, Ina

Ida Rathburn Dies on Sunday
     Ina Dale Holmes Rathburn, 62, died Sunday at 2 p.m. at her home on Route 141.
Mrs. Rathburn was born Nov. 10, 1891, a daughter of John W. and Margaret Coughenour Holmes, of Cheshire Twp.
     She was united in marriage to Carl A. Rathburn, who survives. The greater part of her married life was spent in the Eno area.
     Mrs. Rathburn was a member of the Eno Grange and of the WSCS of the Eno Methodist church.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by two sons, John H. of Columbus and Carl Lewis of Gallipolis Rt. 2; two sisters, Mrs. Minnie Roush of Marion, and Mrs. Garnet Crego of Columbus.
     Services will be conducted at the Eno Methodist church Wednesday at 1 p.m., with Rev. Leroy Collier officiating, and burial will be in the Robinson Cemetery in Eno.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
March 1, 1954
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Ray, Ed

Ed Ray Dead
Ed Ray died at his home in Columbus Wednesday. His body was brought to Mt. Zion church in Ohio township Friday for funeral services and burial. He was a native of Waugh Bottom and has many friends and relatives here.

Gallipolis paper
Date Unknown
Transcribed by Theresa E. Smith

Ray, Fred Hamilton

Death of a Young Lad
   Fred Hamilton Ray, son of Oakley and Ethel [Hamilton] Ray, of Green Township and in the 9th year of his age, died Sunday evening at 10 o'clock of typhoid pneumonia and meningitis.
   The funeral services will be Wednesday at 10 a.m. conducted at Centenary by Rev. George W. Brown of the Rodney Circuit and the burial at the same place by Wetherholt.
   He was the eldest child of his parents and they will have the sympathy of many friends.

[Note: Death Certificate born July 7, 1903; died Sept. 10, 1911; 8 years, 2 months and 3 days of age.]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Sept. 12, 1911
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Raynes, Mary Frances

   Mary Frances Raynes, 67, 113 Vinton Court, Gallipolis, died Thursday, March 21, 1996 at her residence. Born Sept. 24, 1928 in Gallia County, daughter of the late Isaac Hively, Sr. and Edith S. Kemper Hively, she was a retired licensed practical nurse at Gallipolis Developmental Center.
   Surviving are two daughters, Glenna Snyder and Nila (Robert) Hall, both of Gallipolis; three grandchildren; a sister, Rachel Mae Colley of Florida, and two brothers, Isaac Hively, Jr. of Gallipolis, and John Hively of Murrysville, Pa. She was also preceded in death by a sister, Mildred McGuire.
   Services will be 2 p.m. Sunday in the Willis Funeral Home, with the Rev. Manuel Lee Aldridge officiating. Burial will be in the Ohio Valley Memory Gardens. Friends may call at the funeral home from 6-8 p.m. Saturday.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Friday, March 22, 1996
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Raynor, Charles

C. Raynor of Rodney Dies in Hospital Here
Passes Away Yesterday at Holzer Hospital
Funeral at 2 Saturday
     Charles Raynor, perhaps the oldest resident of Rodney and vicinity, and long a familiar figure not only in that community but in Gallipolis as well, died at the Holzer Hospital at 2:40 Wednesday afternoon. He had been brought there a week ago suffering from infirmities incident to his 85 year.
     Mr. Raynor was a farmer and esteemed by his neighborhood and acquaintances generally as a good citizen and a straight forward man. He was married twice. His first wife was Emma Zink and she is the mother of his children. His second wife, who was Sallie Bretz and a sister of the Rev. Mr. Bretz, and these four children survive: Robert Raynor of near Kerr; Mrs. Ross Phillips, Gallipolis; Mrs. Charles Duncan, Huntington; Mrs. Carmen St. Clair, Nelsonville. Miss Garnet Whiting of near Rodney was a niece, her mother and Mr. Raynor having been sister and brother.
     The funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Saturday, but the complete arrangements for the last rites were not learned. Elias Wetherholt will have charge of the interment.

[Note: Mr. Raynor is buried at Calvary in Rio Grande, 1851-1936, and his death record states he was the son of Thomas and Janet Gillespie Raynor.]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
January 8, 1936
Transcribed by Henny Evans                                                                             Top of Page

Raynor, Emma

Death of Mrs. Raynor
     Mrs. Emma Raynor, aged sixty-five, passed away at her home in Rodney at 2 a.m. Thursday, September 15, after an illness extending over a period of ten months. She had a cancer of the
stomach.
     Mrs. Raynor leaves besides her husband, three daughters; Mrs. Charles Duncan, of Gallipolis, Mrs. Charles Shmeley of Nelsonville and Mrs. Otho Powell of Kerr's Station. One son, Robert Raynor, lives at Bidwell. She also leaves two brothers.
     The funeral services will be conducted at the Rodney M.E. Church, Thursday morning at 10 o'clock with Rev. E. L. Morrell. Interment will follow at the Rio Grande Cemetery, with Wetherholt & Entsminger in charge of the burial.
     Mrs. Raynor was a kind and noble woman who will be greatly missed in her home and
community.

[Note: According to Emma's death record she was the wife of Charles Raynor and the daughter of John and Betsie Ingels Zink. She was buried in Calvary in Rio Grande. 1855-1921]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
September 16, 1921
Transcribed by Henny Evans

Raynor, Shannon

   Shannon L. Raynor, 19, E.S.R., Gallipolis, died Monday from injuries received in an auto accident.
Miss Raynor was a member of the First Baptist Church in Gallipolis. She was born May 22, 1970, in Gallipolis, daughter of David L. and Barbara Ashworth Raynor of E.S.R., Gallipolis.
   Also surviving are three sisters, Tracy Brumfield of Gallipolis, Lee Ann Raynor, Heather Raynor and one brother, David Raynor, all at home; paternal grandmother, Eloise Collins of Proctorville, Ohio and maternal grandmother, Imo Ashworth of Huntington, WV.
   Services will be 1 p.m. Wednesday at Willis Funeral Home with the Rev. Archie Conn, Rev. Joseph Godwin and Rev. Alvis Pollard officiating. Burial will be at Ridgelawn Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 6-9 p.m. Tuesday.

[Note: Died Dec. 18, 1989]

Gallipolis Paper
December, 1989
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Reed, Cora Belle

Mrs. Reed is Claimed at 79 After Illness
     Mrs. Cora Belle Reed, 79, a resident of 1059 Second Ave., died at 12:50 a.m. Wednesday in Gallipolis Medical Center Hospital. She had been hospitalized for 24 days, and she had been in failing health for a year and a half.
     Mrs. Reed was born in Clay Twp., July 10, 1885, and was the last of 10 children born to the late George and Rosina Brucker Meal. She attended school at Yellowtown. Her marriage to Emmett Reed took place in 1901, and he preceded her in death in 1953. A son, Cecil Reed, died May 2, 1926. Her only survivors are 10 nieces and nephews. She was a member of Grace Methodist Church.
     Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Miller’s Home for Funerals. Rev. Hughey Jones will officiate and burial will be in Pine Street Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home on Friday, and until the hour of the service.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Thursday, July 8, 1965
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron

Rees, D. Donald

   D. Donald Rees, 77, 509 First Ave., Gallipolis, died Saturday at his residence. He was a retired appraiser from the Gallia County Auditor's office. He was also a partner in the Sigler Lanier Clothing Company and operated a farm in Perry Township.
   Born Dec. 15, 1909 in Hartline, Wash., he was a son of the late Timothy Rees and Ajesta Childers Rees. Married to Madeline Campell on Nov. 15, 1945, she survives, along with a brother, Gene Rees of Springfield, Ohio, and a sister, Mrs. Dorothy Young of Gallipolis; several neices(sic) and nephews.
   He was a member of Nebo Church; Post 4464 VFW; Lafayette Post of the American Legion and a life member of the Gallipolis Elks Lodge. He was a treasurer and trustee for Nebo Church and Nebo Cemetery Association. He was also trustee and treasurer for Welsh Gynamfu.
   He was a United States Army veteran of World War II, with the 6th Armored Division of Gen. George S. Patton. He served in Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland. He received the Silver Star, five Bronze Stars and the Purple Heart.
   Services will be conducted Tuesday, 11 a.m. at Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home, the Rev. Gomer Jenkins officiating. Burial follows in Mound Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home, Monday, 6 to 9 p.m. Graveside flag presentation will be made VFW Post 4464.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Monday, November 7, 1988
Transcribed by Nancy S. Edwards

Rees, David

Death of David Rees
David Rees, a former resident of this county, died at Mt. Carmel Hospital, Columbus Friday morning and his body arrived here Saturday noon. Undertaker Davis of Thurman took charge of the remains and the funeral was held at Tyn'Rhos Sunday morning at 10 o'clock Dr. J. M. David conducting the services. Mr. Rees had been employed at the State Imbecile Asylum for some years and was 59 years of age. He is survived by three brothers, Rev. Evan of Castleton, Ill., Aaron of Elgin, Ill., and S. Newt of Portland, Ore., and by four sisters, Mrs. Mary Ann Richards of Cora, Mrs. David T. Jones of Keystone, Mrs. Elizabeth Rees of Thurman and Mrs. James Davis of Santa Anna, Cal. He was a member of the Welsh Congregational Church and a highly respected man.

[Note: per stone, b. 1852]

Gallipolis Bulletin
November 23, 1911
No. 46 p. 1
Transcribed by Jan Rader Top of Page

Rees, Mabel Alice

[The following is copied from the original which was in a box of records and
pictures belonging to Mabel's cousin, Debbie Vivian Gooch Logue.]

     The subject of this sketch was born to David C. and Hollis Corn Rees Oct. 23, 1903 and with the exception of a few short visits in different parts of the state, spent her entire life of twenty-eight years on the farm near Ebenezer where she was born. When she was a very small child, she was stricken with a serious illness that for a time threatened to wrest her away. Due to loving care and her own inherent physical strength, she finally rallied but with a body too frail to enable her to gratify fully her ardent ambition to secure a liberal education. Compelled to discontinue attendance at the township high school because of failing health, her steadfastness of purpose prompted her to continue her studies at home in leisure hours, when household duties which she assumed did not demand her attention. She thus earned the credits necessary to be graduated from Rio Grande High School with the class of 1932. This attainment reinforced by wide, well-chosen and discriminate reading – this jeweled crown of her young womanhood secured by her own firm resolve – to-gether with systematized study, equipped her with a broader view, a more extended vision, a grander philosophy of life than that acquired by many with good health and greater opportunities. She was more familiar with current topics and had a greater knowledge of world history than many college students.
     It was the writer’s privilege to spend much time with her alone in the great out-of-doors. He knew her intimately and well. Her quick perception, her alert and inquiring mind, her keen sense of humor, her unselfish kindness and consideration so manifest in her attitude toward others made her a most enjoyable companion, a staunch and splendid friend. Development along the lines which she had chosen is the only thing that was necessary to have made her truly great. Who shall say that this development has ended? Who shall say that it may not have just begun? It is a consoling thought that her soul may be building even more “stately mansions”
that those she constructed here while she was unconsciously garnering our most copious measures of admiration, respect and love. Her strong public spirit manifested itself in many ways.
     She has been the organist at Ebenezer Sunday School for the past fifteen years and has served as its treasurer for ten years. In a county wide contest, her government itself recognized this virtue by presenting her with a medal for having sold the greatest number of War Saving Stamps. She was appointed to a federal office of trust that required careful painstaking effort.
     She became a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Thurman under the pastorate of Rev. J. E. Dibert.
     Shortly after the dawn of a new day on June 8, 1932 she was summoned to that unknown, an-to-us-unknowable, realm – one however which we thoroughly believe to be governed by a supreme and benevolent Intelligence, where the wrongs of this world are righted, where the mistakes of this life are rectified, where care and worry cease and Peace that passeth all understanding reigns supreme. There, awaiting her, she will find the little sister and baby brother who have preceded her. She bequeaths a blessed memory to her father, mother, sister, Florence, and a multitude of other relatives and friends. Better than stocks and bonds, better than houses and lands, better than money or anything that wealth can devise is this rich legacy, this bountiful heritage of a loving memory that honors and reveres the one who bestowed it.

The world stands out on either side
No wider than her heart was wide;
Above the world is stretched the sky
No higher than her soul was high;
The heart can push the sea and the land
Farther away on either hand;
Her soul hath cleft a rift of blue
Through which the face of God shines through.

Transcribed by Karen Seibert

Rees, Mary Lewis

Mrs. Mary Rees Dies Wednesday
     Mrs. Mary Lewis Rees, 74 widow of Evan Rees, died at her home in Columbus at 1 a.m. Wednesday. Her death was sudden but she had been in declining health for a period of several years. Her death took place at her home, 933 E. Mound St. She had moved to Columbus from Gallia County about a year and a half ago.
     Mrs. Rees was a native of Wales and had spent most of her life in Jackson. She was first married to Rev. J.J. Matthews, who for many years was pastor of the Welsh Presbyterian church at Jackson. After his death she was married to Evan Rees, who preceded her in death March 23, 1955.
     She is survived by two daughter and a son, Miss Grace Matthews of Columbus, Muriel of Dayton and Edward of Piqua. Two step children who survive are Bob Rees, Gallipolis auto dealer and Miss Gertrude Matthews.
     Funeral arrangements are in charge of the John Thomas Funeral home at Jackson. Time for the service will be announced later and will be held in Jackson with burial there. Friends may call at the Funeral home.

Unknown newspaper
December 4, 1956
Transcribed by Marjorie Wood Top of Page

Rees, Robert S.

Robert S Rees, Gallipolis Businessman, Dead at 60
     Gallipolis, Ohio, businessman Robert S.Rees,60,of Patriot, Ohio, Star Route, died Friday [Sep 22, 1972] in a Gallipolis hospital.
     Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 1 p.m. at Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home at Gallipolis by the Rev. Gomer Jenkins and the Rev. Linson H Stebbins.Burial will follow in Tyn Rhos Cemetery near Rio Grande, Ohio.
     Born Sept 21, 1912 in Perry Township, Ohio, he was a son of the late Evan D. and Jerry Samuels Rees. He was owner of the oldest automobile agency in Gallia County, Bob Rees Pontiac, Inc. and also of Bob Rees Acceptance Corp., a director of the First National Bank of Gallipolis, a director of Ameritel Enterprises, Inc. of Cambridge, Ohio,and was developer and principal stockholder of the Gallipolis Holiday Inn ,scheduled for completion in October.
     A member of Nebo Church, he belonged to Eastern Star Chapter 444 at Thurman, Ohio, Patriot Lodge 496 AF & AM , Scottish Rite of Columbus,Ohio, Alladen Temple Shrine in Columbus, Gallipolis BPOE 107 and was a veteran of World War I.
     He is survived by several cousins, all of the Gallipolis area.

Huntington Hearld Dispatch
Sept 23,1972
Transcribed by Ernie Wright

Reese, Laura

     Laura Reese, 79, a former resident of Gallipolis, died Monday at 2830 Osceola Ave., Columbus, following a long illness. Mrs. Reese was born, Dec 24, 1896, in Gallia COunty, daughter to the late Arnold Serepta Kincaid Langdon.
     Survivors include two sons, James, Columbus and Ed, Gallipolis, one daughter, Gladys, Columbus. Ten grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren survive. She was preceded in death by her husband, Bill; three sisters and three brothers.
     Funeral services were held this afternoon in Columbus.

Gallipolis paper
No date
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall

Reid, Della

Short Illness Fatal for Mrs. Matt Reid
     Brief illness of only ten days resulted fatally for Mrs. Della Brown Reid, wife of Matt Reid, early Thursday morning at Holzer Hospital. Mrs. Reid had suffered a burn two weeks ago, and was taken to the hospital ten days ago; where an operation was performed Wednesday night as a last effort to save her life. Death came at 5:40 a.m.
     Born in Mason county, West Virginia, Sept. 3, 1880, Mrs. Reid was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Brown of this city. She married Sept. 1, 1915. For sixteen years she was employed in the Ohio Valley Laundry and since 1921 has worked with her husband in the Gallipolis Dye Shop. She was a member of the Royal Neighbors of America and had a host of friends.
     Besides her husband and parents, she is survived by one sister, Mrs. Minnie Walker, and one brother, Jacob Brown, both of this city.
     Funeral arrangements which are in charge of Geo. J. Wetherholt and Sons have not been completed pending word from relatives but the services probably will be held Sunday afternoon.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Thursday, May 8, 1930
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron

Reid, Della

Reid Funeral Sunday
The funeral services for Mrs. Matt Reid will be held at the Presbyterian Church Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m., Rev. Wood Duff officiating.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Friday, May 9, 1930
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron Top of Page

Reid, Kate Ward

Native Of This City Dies In Charleston
     Mrs. E. A. Reid, wife of the Vice-President of the Charleston National Bank and a native of this city, died early yesterday in the West Virginia Capital City.
     Funeral Services were held this afternoon. Burial in Spring Hill Cemetery.
     Mrs. Reid was born here in 1864 and was a granddaughter of the late Orland Ward. She attended Gallipolis and Charleston schools and married Mr. Reed in 1888.
     Surviving her are her husband's two nephews; Fred W. Goshorn [?] and Donald Goshorn [?] of Charleston; two nieces Mrs. Frank Field of Charleston and Mrs. Albert W. Foster of Philadelphia.

[Note: Death Certificate: Kate Ward Reed died July 8, 1937 ......72 years, 11 months and 19 days of age. Parents: Sarah Shees and J.K. Reese. Husband: E.A. Reid ]

Gallipolis Paper
No date
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Reinwald, Helen Romaine

Helen Romaine Reinwald, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Reinwald died at her home at Erie, Penn Sunday, April 21, aged 17 years, after a long illness. The remains were brought here Tuesday and taken to the home of her grandmother, Mrs. Susan Shuler, on Third Avenue.
The funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon by Rev. J. A. Newton of the First Baptist Church, burial following at the Pine Street Cemetery. She leaves father, mother and sisters Kathleen and Esther to mourn their loss. The deceased was born in this city and had been a resident of Erie for eight years. She was a bright, lovable girl and the family will have the sympathy of all in their ??? loss.

Gallipolis Journal
April 24, 1912
Transcribed by Irene Hively Blamer Top of Page

Reno, Capt. W. D.

Death of Capt. Reno
Capt. W. D. Reno, suffering with pneumonia, was taken from the towboat, Joseph Walton at this place on Friday morning of last week and conveyed to the Marine Hospital, where he died at 9:30 o’clock that same evening. He had been placed in command of the Watson during the absence of Capt. Wishart, who was here taking treatment at the hospital, but who was sufficiently improved to start for Pittsburgh on his boat on Friday morning.
Capt. Reno had been in the employ of the Walton Company as a master and pilot for the past twenty years. His home was at Rochester, Pa., and a wife and three children survive him. The remains were prepared for shipment by Undertaker Wetherholt, and were taken to Rochester for burial on Monday morning by Mr. J. I. Reno, a cousin of the deceased.

Gallipolis Bulletin
Saturday, January 14, 1899
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron

Repass, Edward

Edward Repass
     Edward Orville Repass, 35, a resident of Rt. 3, Gallipolis (Rodney Cora Rd.) was killed in a boating accident on Chickamauga Creek around 9:25 p.m. Thursday.
     Mr. Repass was a self-employed truck driver and a former employee of Bob Myers Ashland Distributor. He was born June 28, 1944, at Oak Ridge, Tenn., son of the late Edward E. Repass and Lucille Larke, who survives and resides at Gates City, Va. Mr. Repass is survived by his wife, Vickie Webb Repass, and one daughter, Jennifer, 8, at home. One brother, Barton Repass, Rt. 3, Gallipolis, survives along with two sisters, Mrs. Linda Bright, Hilton, Va., and Mrs. Norma McCellan, Pulaski, Va.
     Mr. Repass had resided in Gallia County the past five years. He was a member of the Cheshire Masonic Lodge.
     Funeral Services will be held Sunday at the Warren Funeral Home at Gates City, Va. Burial will be at Oakview Cemetery, Kingsport, Tenn. Local arrangements are under the direction of the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Friday, June 29, 1979
Transcribed by Marjorie Wood

Resener, George W.

OBITUARY
     Died of Typhoid Pneumonia, at his father's residence in Cheshire, Ohio, Thursday Afternoon, July 08, 1886, George W. RESENER, son of H and M Resener aged 21 years, 8 months and 27 days.
     Mr. Resener was born at Cincinnati, Ohio, Nov. 11, 1861; he removed to Cheshire with his parents in 1865. While attending school at Rio Grande College in 1883, he united with the Free Will Baptist Church.
     Possessing the confidence and esteem of all his associates, he will be missed in the family circle, by the church and by the community. His sickness was of only a few days, though from the first he felt impressed it would be fatal, and on the morning of his death he told his mother he was going to glory.
     He was a kind and affectionate son, a loving brother and a true and faithful friend. His merry laugh and cheerful voice will be missed in every sphere in which he moved; of him it may be truly said he added to the sum of human joys by the sunshine of his presence.
     Words fail in their mission when used to console hearts which are almost broken with grief; but if heart-felt sympathy affords any consolation, the bereaved and sorrowing parents and family may rest assured that our entire community extend that consolation.
     Funeral services were held at the M.E. Church, Saturday afternoon at 8 O clock, conducted by Rev. J. M. Davis of Rio Grande.
     'Remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth;' who, from the beginning spoke in sympathetic eloquence which permeated every heart in the vast congregation, and streaming eyes gave evidence how deeply they were impressed. He was assisted by Rev. T. E. Pedon of Cheshire.
     The remains were followed to their last resting place in Gravel Hill Cemetery, by a large con[illegible] of relatives and friends."

Gallipolis Journal
Weds., July 28, 1886
Transcribed by Teresa Herrmann Top of Page

Ressinger, Nellie Marie

Miss Ressinger Dies Saturday
     Miss Nellie Marie Ressinger, 59, of 2937 Meadowbrook Dr., Pt. Pleasant, a registered nurse and employee of Holzer Hospital, died Saturday in Holzer Hospital.
     An employee of Holzer Hospital for 14 years, Miss Ressinger resided in Pt. Pleasant with Miss Christine Fruth, who is also a registered nurse.
     Born July 13, 1908, at Germantown, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Edward and Eva Mears Ressiinger. The only survivor is a sister, Mrs. Wanetta Manley, Portsmouth.
     Services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Foglesong Funeral Home at Mason by the Rev. Lowell Keeney. Burial will be in Kirkland Memorial Gardens near Pt. Pleasant. Friends may call at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Monday, July 31, 1967
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron

Reynolds, Alva Claude

Death of Addison Soldier
Claude Reynolds, whose critical illness was spoken of this week, died Thursday night of pneumonia while in limited military service camp near Syracuse, N.Y. He was a fine young fellow from Addison aged about 30 years, the son of W. H. Reynolds. A wide circle of friends here regret his death. It is not known when the remains will arrive, but the arrangements will be stated later.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Friday, Sept. 27, 1918

Funeral of Soldier Boy
The funeral of the late Claude Reynolds, soldier, who died at the Syracuse, N.Y. camp was conducted by Rev. Mr. Orr of Middleport from the M. E. Church at Addison Sunday at 2 p.m. A large crowd was present and a profusion of flowers were sent. The body was interred in the family cemetery at Addison by Wetherholt & Entsminger.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Monday, September 30, 1918

Reynolds, Alva Claude

MILITARY HONORS - Accorded Young Addison Soldier Who Died For His Country
   Gallia County mourns the loss of another of her soldier boys, sacrificed on the altar erected by the manhood of America to stay the bellish ambition of the Hun to dominate the world.
   Alva Claude Reynolds, 32, son of William H. Reynolds of Addison, died Thursday evening, Sept. 26, 1918, in a military hospital at Oswego, N.Y. He had entered limited military service from Gallia County on August 15, and was ordered to Syracuse, N. Y. On being taken ill with pneumonia he was sent to the hospital where he later died.
   The young soldier’s body arrived at Addison Saturday evening and was taken to his father’s home. The funeral services were held Sunday afternoon in the Addison M. E. Church, conducted by Rev. Orr, the Presbyterian minister stationed at Middleport. A military escort was furnished by Company B at Pt. Pleasant and burial with military honors was given the young soldier.
   Besides his father, Mr. Reynolds is survived by his twin sister, Miss Maude, a teacher in the Huntington schools, who was with him when he passed away.
A large concourse of sorrowing relatives and friends were in attendance at the funeral and paid their last respects to the memory of the young soldier, and followed him to his final resting place in the Addison cemetery.
   The father and sister have the deep sympathy of all who know them, and many friends will cherish the memory of this young man who gave up his life in the service of his country.

The Gallia Times
Wednesday October 2, 1918
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Reynolds, James

At the residence of his son-in-law, Andrew Holmes, in Morgan township, Nov. 30th, 1881,
of old age. James Reynolds, in the 94th year of his age. He was a native of Virginia, coming to this county when about 20 years of age, settling on a farm on Kyger creek where he lived over 60 years. He was a soldier of the War of 1812, and as such drew a pension. During the last six years of his life he had been unable to attend to his business, and was under guardianship. His wife died about ten years before him.

[Note: He is buried in Van Zant Cemetery in Cheshire Township.]

Gallipolis Journal
December 15, 1881
Transcribed by Henny Evans Top of Page

Reynolds, Laurine

   Laurine (Granny) Celcus Reynolds, 70, a resident of Rt. 1, Bidwell, died Tuesday evening in University Hospital, Columbus.
   She was born July 23, 1907 in Lawrence, KY, daughter of the late William E. and Sally Smith. She married the late Edward G.H. Reynolds in Ashland, KY, July 11, 1925. He died in 1969.
   Survivors include two sons, William Reynolds of Bidwell; Gary Reynolds of Columbus and Mrs. Malcolm (Roma) Ward, Rt. 1, Bidwell. There are also eight grandchildren and three great-grandchldren. A brother, Ballard Easton of Tampa, FL and three sisters, Mrs. Juanita Rae Fairchild of Baltimore, MD; Mrs. Marquerite Calhoun and Kathleen Easton of Ashland, KY. She was a member of White Oak Enterprise Baptist Church.
   Arrangements will be announced by the McCoy-Moore Funeral Home at Vinton.

[Note: Stone - White Oak Cemetery, Cheshire Township. Died March 28, 1978]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
March 29, 1978
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Reynolds, Reva

     Mrs. Reva Reynolds, 71, of 61 Mill Creek Rd., died at 7:30 p.m. Monday in Holzer Medical Center. She had been in failing health seven years and in serious condition the past month. A retired employee of the Gallipolis State Institute, she also worked at the Haskins-Tanner Clothing Store approximately 10 years.
   She was born Jan. 9, 1903, in Morgan Twp., Gallia County, daughter of the late Oscar and Stella Miller Rupe. She married Levi Wilburt Reynolds on Dec. 25, 1921, at Eno. He preceded her in death on Nov. 24, 1953. The following children survive: Ralph Reynolds, Bidwell; Mrs. Charles (Louise) Bush, Logan, Ohio; Mrs. Edwin (Lucille) Thaxton, Gallipolis; Mrs. George (Helen) Ferrell, Jackson; Mrs. Wendell (Esther) James, Gallipolis; Miss. Florence Reynolds, Chillicothe and Mrs. Delbert (Frances) Hanna, Gallipolis. Ten grand and three great-grandchildren survive.
   She was a member of Westerman United Methodist Church, Evergreen. She was a member of the Eastern Star Chapter, Cheshire, and a charter member of that chapter and a past matron.
   Funeral services will be held 1 p.m. Thursday at the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home with Rev. Freeland Norris officiating Burial will be in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Cheshire. Friends may call at the funeral home from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Wednesday. Eastern Star services will be held by the Cheshire chapter 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Gallipolis Tribune
Feb. 11, 1974
Transcribed by J. Farley

Reynolds, W. E.

W. E. Reynolds Of Middleport Dies Tuesday
     William E. Reynolds, 81, died Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 p.m. at his home on Palmer St. after a long illness. Mr. Reynolds was born June 15, 1882 in Bradbury. He was the son of Thomas and Lucettia Reynolds.
     He was a member of the Middleport Church of Christ where he served as deacon for many years until he became ill after suffering a stroke. He has been a deacon emeritus for the past several years.
     Mr. Reynolds was one of three brothers who owned and operated the Reynolds Livery Stable from 1900-1920. He was employed by the New York Central Railroad from 1920-1951, retiring in Feb. 1951 because of illness. He worked for the railroad in Charleston, W.V., for nine years. He was a member of the Modern Woodmen for 63 years and the BMI (Boiler Makers International).
     He is survived by his wife Helen E. Rupe Reynolds; one son, William K. Reynolds, Kalamazoo Mich. and a daughter, Mrs. Mary E. King, Lansing, Mich.; five grandsons, and one granddaughter, including Richard and Robert King, Lansing; Ritchey, Kenneth, Michael, and Patricia Reynolds, Kalamazoo; and one great grand-daughter, Shellie King, Lansing.
     Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m., at the Rawlings Coats Funeral home with burial in Gravel Hill Cemetery at Cheshire. Friends may call after 6 P.m. Thursday.

Gallipolis Tribune
February 18, 1964
Transcribed by J. Farley                                                                              Top of Page

Reynolds, Williams

REYNOLDS--William Reynolds, a prominent merchant of Proctorville, died this Wednesday, morning. His death was quite sudden, though he had been a little sick for a few days. Mr. Reynolds was a native of this city, and well known here."

Gallipolis Journal
Wednesday, November 24, 1886
Transcribed by Teresa Herrmann

Rice, Charles W.

Services Set For C. W. Rice Wednesday PM
   Funeral services for the Rev. Charles W. Rice, 68, who died at 4 a.m. Saturday in Intercession City, Fla., will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Olive ME Church, with the Rev. Vernon Shafer officiating. Burial will be in the family cemetery at the Rice home between Cadmus and Flagg Springs.
     Mr. Rice was born June 8, 1884, in Gallia County to the late Enoch and Sarah Maddy Rice. In 1906 he was married to Addie Sanders, who survives.
     Other survivors include his son, Fred, Sugar Grove; Mrs. Sylvia Burnette, Gallipolis; three brothers, Glenn, Gallipolis, Leonard, Columbus and Chester, Patriot, three sisters, Mrs. George (Clona) Corbin, Bradenton, Fla.; Mrs. Don (Ida) Green, Patriot; Mrs. Chancey (Goldie) Harrison, Leeta.
One brother and three sisters preceded him in death.

With Intercession Institute
   For the past few years, Mr. Rice had been associated with the Intercession Institute in Florida. He also served as its president.
   Mr. and Mrs. Rice had spent their summers at their home near Flagg Springs and their winters in Florida.
     Mr. Rice had been ailing six years, suffering from high blood pressure.
     Decedent was a graduate of Rio Grande College and Owosso Theological Seminary, Owosso, Mich., the latter of which he served three years as president.

Cadmus, Waterloo Principal
He was principal of Waterloo and Cadmus High Schools for a number of years and for a time he and his son operated the Rice Furniture Company in Gallipolis.
Elliott and Sanders Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements for the funeral. Friends may call after 6 p.m. Tuesday at the home of Mr. Rice's daughter, Mrs. Granville Burnette, Portsmouth Rd. Pallbearers for the funeral are M. C. Carter, E. G. Slagle, J. C. Miller, H. E. Willis, C. J. Price, and Cecil McDaniels.

Newspaper (date unknown, but likely Gallipolis) clipping found in the Simmerman files, Maddy file, Bossard Library.
Transcribed by Lynn Anders Top of Page

Rice, George Allen

Allen Rice Dead
Mr. Allen Rice, of Guyan township, near 77 years old, died Sunday night, leaving a wife and daughter, Mrs. Riley Cartt of Crown City and sons Charles of Mason, and Hiram of Crown City.
He was a son of the old pioneer Reuben Rice. He was a soldier, an artilleryman during the war and was a good citizen and his death was generally regretted.

[Note: Buried Townhouse-Johnson Cemetery in Guyan Township; 1830-1911]

Gallipolis Tribune
April 17, 1911
Vol. XXXXL No. 14 p. 1
Transcribed by Jan Rader

Rice, Opal

   Opal Rice, 74, died Monday at her home in Whitehall, Ohio. She was a retired Psychiatric Aid of the State Hospital of Ohio and was raised and educated in Waterloo.
   She was preceded in death by husband, Earl Edwin; sons, Larry and Lonnie Rice, and brother Carl Adams. She is survived by daughter and son-in-law Carla M. and Bernie Vogel of Lilburn, Ga.; sons and daughters-in-law John Allan and Gayle Ann Rice, Richard Earl and Bonnie Rice, all of Pickerington; five grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; brother Earl Adams of Crown City; and nieces and nephews.
   Services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at Flagsprings United Methodist Church, Waterloo with Mr. Carl Craven of the Philadelphia Church of God officiating. Burial will be at Flagsprings Cemetery, Waterloo. Friends may call Tuesday 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. at Cotner Funeral Home, 7369 E. Main St., Reynoldsburg.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Tuesday, September 21, 1993
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Richards, Cecilia

Mrs. Cecilia Richards died at the home of her son, Mr. Evan C. Richards, in Racoon Tp., on the 28th of April. Funeral services were held on Wednesday, and burial was at Tyn Rhine. She was a good woman, whose death is much regretted.

[Note: Burial in Mound Hill Cemetery Info from Tombstone D.4/29/1895 , age 70Y 1M - Native of Wales]

Gallipolis Bulletin
May 14, 1895
Transcribed by Maxine Mashall

Richards, Mrs. D. Gomer

Mrs. Richards Dies Tuesday
     Mrs. D. Gomer Richards, 62, prominent in club and community life, died at her home in Rio Grande at 2:45 p.m., Tuesday. She had been in declining health for several years and had been a hospital patient on frequent occasions.
     was a past president of the French Colony Chapter, Daughter of the American Revolution and of the Tyn Rhos Congregational Church.
     She was a native of Harrison Twp., where she was born on March 14, 1894, the daughter of the late William H. and Rhoda Walter Clark. She was one of nine children of whom three survived. Her early schooling was received in Harrison schools and later she attended Rio Grande college.
     Her marriage to D. Gomer Richards took place on Sept. 17, 1914, and he survives. The marriage took place at her parents home and was performed by the late Rev. W. J. Fulton.
     They were the parents of six children, a son, Jack Clark, died in infancy and the following five survive: Burton of East Liverpool, Charles of Waterloo Star Rt., Mrs. Stanly (Helen) Barnes of Gary, Ind., Miss Mary Jane Richards, a teacher in the Kettering schools and Mrs. Harold E. (Dorothy) Denney of Gallipolis.
     Other survivors are the three sisters, Mrs. George (Lyrl) Van-Hyning of Chicago, Ill., Mrs. James (Faye) Collins of Ironton (wife of Judge Collier) and Mrs. Genevieve Campbell of New Boston. There are 13 grandchildren.
     Funeral services will be held at Miller’s Home for Funerals, with the burial to follow in Tyn Rhos cemetery. The hour of the services will be announced later. Friends may call at Miller’s Thursday evening.

Unknown Gallia County newspaper
January 22, 1956
Submitted by Marjorie Wood Top of Page

Richards, Emma

Emma Richards, Retired Nurse Claimed Today
   Miss Emma Richards, revered registered nurse, died at her Rio Grande home at 6:30 a.m. today. She had been in failing health for several years, and had retired from nursing in 1958. Until recent weeks, she had been living with Mrs. Delia Kirkendall.
     Miss Richards was a lifelong resident of Gallia county. She was the daughter of the late Daniel and Margaret Benglog Jones Richards and was the last of six children born to that union. Sisters and brothers who preceded her in death were Hannah, Mary Ann, J. E. Richards, Daniel Richards and David Robert Richards. Her survivors are a sister-in-law, Mrs. Jesta Richards of Rio Grande and a niece and two nephews, Mary Margaret Walker, John Earl Richards of Columbus and Robert M. Richards of Gallipolis.
     She was a nurse for 46 years. Her training was acquired at St. Francis School of Nursing in Columbus in 1912. The first employment here was as a nurse for Dr. Charles E. Holzer, Sr., at the GSI, and she and Miss Ann Hill of Fourth Ave., were the first nurses employed when Holzer Hospital was founded in the Barton house.
     In her early years, she was affiliated with the Welsh Presbyterian Church at Centerville, but later she became an active member of Simpson Chapel Methodist Church at Rio Grande.
     Services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at Miller’s Home for Funerals. Rev. Roy Wigel will officiate, and burial will be in the Hill cemetery at Thurman. Friends may call at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday. Memorial gifts are suggested by the family.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Wednesday, June 19, 1963
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron

Richards, John Elias (Jack)

JACK RICHARDS LOST BRAVE FIGHT
Well Known and Respected Citizen Passed on to His Reward Last Wednesday
     After battling bravely for man weary weeks against the illness which had him in its grip. Mr. John Elias Richards passed away Wednesday morning, July 18, 1917 at his home in this city, of consumption. For two weeks his condition had been critical, but his remarkable vitality, aided by the constant and carful attention of those ministering to him enabled him to fight a losing battle tenaciously.
     "Jack" Richards was known to hundreds and all were his friends. He was born in Raccoon Township 47 years ago the 20th of next month, a son of Daniel D. and Margaret Richards, both deceased. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ruth Mills Richards, three children Mary Margaret, Earl and Robert, a brother, David R. Richards of Athens and two sisters, Mrs. Hannah Richards Bower of St. Cloud, Florida and Miss Emma Richards of this city, all of whom were at his bedside.
      Before removing to Gallipolis several years ago, Mr. Richards was prominent politically and in church and religious affairs in his home township. Prior to 1913 he served as deputy auditor of the county and in that year entered upon his duties as county auditor, an office which he filled satisfactorily to all.
      The funeral services were held in Grace M. E. Church in this city Friday afternoon, of which he had long been a memeber and a singer in the choir, by Rev. W. D. Cherington, assisted by Dr. J. M. Davis and Rev. W. J. Fulton of Rio Grand and Rev. E. L. Morrell of Rodney. The interment followed in Mt. Zion cemetery
      The funeral Friday was one of the largest in point of attendance ever held in Gallipolis. The singing of several numbers by a double male quartette from Oak Hill was particularly fine and touching. Persons from all sections of this and many from Jackson county, all bound to Mr. Richards by ties of kinship, affection and respect, crowded the church edifice to the doors. The floral pieces were profuse and beautiful.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Jack died July 18, 1917
Transcribed by Marian Schoonover

Richards, James

     James B. Richards, 71, died at 4:50 p.m. Saturday at Holzer Hospital where he had been a patient for the past week. He was born at Thurman, Ohio a son of the late Evans C. and Sarah Owens Richards. He was employed for 18 years as a salesman for the Heer Printing Co. in Columbus and for 16 years at Haskins-Tanner prior to his retirement. He was a veteran of World War I, and was a member of Barracks No. 2353. He was a member of the Simpson Methodist Church and Blue Lodge at Thurman.
     He is survived by his wife, Marie Fowler Richards, whom he married March 14, 1942; two sisters, Mrs. Carrie Fisher of Van Buren, Ohio; and Mrs. Steve Jenkins of Gallipolis and two brothers John Richards of Thurman and Kinrick Richards of Thurman. Four borthers preceded him in death.
     Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 1:50 p.m. at the Simpson Methodist Church with Dr. Robert Mussman and the Rev. Charles Weed officiating. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery. Masonic rites will be conducted at the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home at 7:30 p.m. Monday.
Friends may call at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday, or at the church for one hour prior to the services.

Athens Messenger
December 18, 1967
Contributed by Joyce Robinson Top of Page

Richards, Ruth A.

     Ruth A. Richards, 70, of 285 Jackson Pike, Gallipolis, died at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in Cabell-Huntington Hospital, Huntington, W.Va. Born Sept. 4, 1911, in Syracuse, daughter of the late Clermont and Edna Ashworth Arnold, she was a 1932 graduate of the Holzer School of Nursing, a member of the Grace United Methodist Church, the Eamon Club and Chapter 283 of the order of the Eastern Star.
     She married Robert M. Richards, who survives, on Sept. 2, 1932, in Catlettsburg, Ky. Also surviving is a son, Jack of Gallipolis; a daughter , Eleanor Kay Evans of Gallipolis; a sister, Evelyn Elliott of Rand, W. Va.; four grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
     Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday in the Grace United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Huey Jones and the Rev.James Frazier officiating. Burial will be in Mount Zion Cemetery. Friends may call at the Willis Funeral HOme from 4-8 p.m. Friday. Pallbearers will be Tom Woodward, Dan Dunkle, Bill Richards, Mike Null, David Chapman, Jon McCarthy and John Byers.

Gallipolis Tribune
September 24, 1981
Transcribed by J. Farley

Richards, Mrs. Ruth Mills

Mrs. Richards, Retired Tribune Employee, Is Dead
     Mrs. Ruth Mills Richards, 76, a retired Tribune employee and lifetime resident of Gallia county, died at her home, 84 Locust St., at 7:35 a.m. today. She had been in failing health for several years and had recently suffered a stroke, when her condition became worse.
     Mrs. Richards was born May 25, 1885, at Mills Station to the late James and Mary Halliday Mills. She was the youngest in a family of six children and one sister Mrs. Homer(Myrtie) Kerr of Gallipolis survivees. Three brothers and a sister who preceded her in death were Ed, Ira and Harry K. Mills and Miss Mabel Mills.
     Her marriage was to John E. Richards and he preceded her in death on July 18, 1917. Children who survive are Robert M. of Jackson Pike, J. Earl of Columbus, and Mrs. William (Mary Margaret) Walker, now living in Cali, Colombia, South America. There are seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
     Mrs. Richards, after the death of her husband, was employed for four years in the office of Supt. of Schools W. G. Scarberry. She took up her employment with the Tribune in the summer of 1923 and retired Sept. 1, 1959. During her long period of service for the newspaper, which covered 36 years, she served in the capacity of reporter, society editor and circulation manager, with most of her tenure being with the business office.
     Mrs. Richards was a member of Grace Methodist Church. WSCS, Eastern Star and was a charter member of the Gallipolis Business and Professional Women's club. A few years ago she was honored by the latter organization for her outstanding achievements as chairman of the membership committee.
     The body is at Miller's Home for Funerals and funeral arrangements will be announced later.

Gallipolis Tribune
march 14, 1962
Transcribed by J. Farley                                                                                Top of Page

Richardson, Charity

Ex-Slave Dies
Mrs. Charity Richardson, 80 Years
Steamboat Steward
     Mrs. Charity Richardson, of 998 Neil avenue, died at 8:30 Monday morning at the age of 80 years. Mrs. Richardson was born in North Carolina on the plantation owned by Samuel White, where she grew up, was married to Mr. Richardson, who was then owned by a different master. In 1855 Mr. and Mrs. Richardson with their two children came to Ohio, and settled in Gallipolis, where the husband and one child are buried, the other daughter, Mrs. James Russell survives.
     For 30 years Mrs. Richardson was stewardess on a boat plying between Pittsburg and New Orleans, with Capt. "Jim" Williamson 20 years, then with Capt. Maddy 10 years. With the money saved from this long service, Mrs. Richardson bought a home in Gallipolis, which was later sold and the home on Neil avenue was then purchased.
     Her colored friends as well as her white neighbors, held Mrs. Richardson in highest esteem and the children and grand-children of her old master in Mebane, N.C., have continued writing to "Aunt Charity" and a letter from her old home was one of her greatest pleasures. During the past year Mrs. Richardson has seemed impressed with her coming death, saying to her friends, "I'm just waiting for the Lord to call me. I'll soon slip away."
     When a young girl Mrs. Richardson joined the Presbyterian church and of late has attended the Cumberland church on Second avenue where she was most courteously received. Rev. C. G. Watson will officiate at the funeral held at home Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock. ....Columbus Paper

[Note by HE: My first thought was that Charity lived on Neil Avenue in Gallipolis but I knew there was no address that high. Then when I saw the Columbus paper at the end of the article I did a search and found that in 1900 Charity was listed in Columbus, Ohio, age 83, born 1817 and was living as mother-in-law in the home of James Russell and his wife Cherney. This is the daughter mentioned in the obit. It also stated that Charity had had 5 children with one living. Cherney had first married a Brock as there was a John Brock, step-son of James, also in the home. Capt. Maddy was from Gallipolis.]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
November 13, 1905
Transcribed by Henny Evans

Richie, Bess

In Memory
     On January 16, 1929, as the shadows of evening were falling upon the earth bringing to a close another day, the Angel of Death, so like this shadow, came into the home of W.E. and Rose (Angel) Richie of Swan Creek, Ohio, bearing away in peace and quietness the soul of their daughter Bess to that home eternal where all is day and shadows are no more. Those who stood by her realized how glorious is death to those who have faith in God.
     Bess was yet in the spring time of life, being 31 years, six months and 22 days of age when she, as she expressed it, "heard the call." Her going leaves great sorrow in the hearts of two sisters, Mrs. Veva Waugh of Swan Creek and Mrs. Virginia McPhee of Detroit, Mich., and a brother, George Richie at home. A brother, Merrill, preceded her homeward in early childhood. She leaves also two nieces, Arbutus and Justine Waugh, a nephew, Calvin Waugh and a number of uncles, aunts, cousins and a host of friends and neighbors who will miss the cheerful smile she always had for them.
     While engaged in clerical work for a railroad corporation in Cleveland, she was taken ill with tuberculosis, and for three years bore without complaint intense suffering. When at last the hands of a devoted mother and loving friends could no longer ease the pain, God, in His compassion, soothed her to sleep, triumphant over death, to life everlasting. Her last words were, "God is good."

[Note: Funeral services were held at Swan Creek church by Rev. Radford. Buried at Swan Creek]

Gallipolis paper
January 1929
Transcribed by Theresa E. Smith Top of Page

Rife, Ellis

Ellis Rife Passes
Ellis Rife, 83, died at the home of his son Cornelius in Cheshire early Saturday Morning. He is survived by five sons, two daughters, seventeen grand children, eight great, grand children, one brother, William of Kyger. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at the home in Cheshire with burial in charge of J. L. Coleman following at Gravel Hill.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
May 10, 1930
Transcribed by Henny Evans

Rife, Elza

Soldier Killed In France
     Gallia County should add another star to her service flag, another Gallia County boy, Elza Rife of Kyger, has made the supreme sacrifice over in France, and the little mound in foreign soil that marks his last resting place should ever be green in memory of his fellow citizens.
     Early last week his sister, Mrs. Ross Shuler, of Cheshire Township, received word that her brother had been killed in action and the newspaper causality list carried his name among the slain. She had been named as beneficiary when young Rife took out his insurance papers and she will receive the sum of $10,000, paid in monthly installments.
     Young Rife's mother resides in the lower end of Pomeroy and his father is a resident of Addison Township. Since early boyhood he had made his home with his sister. He was 26 years of age.

Gallia Times
[no date
Transcribed by F.K. Brown Top of Page

Rife, Esther F.

Died
     At the residence of her son, Jonas McCarty, near Cheshire, Gallia Co., Ohio, September 4th, 1884, Mrs. Esther S. Rife.
     Was born in Greenbrier County, W.Va., March 23, 1791. She was married to Jonas McCarty in 1811. Her husband died June 20, 1851. She remained a widow until her death. She was the mother of seven children, four of whom are yet living. She has 61 grandchildren, 104 great grandchildren and 22 great great grandchildren.
     She joined the Freewill Baptist Church in 1811 and lived a devoted Christian life. She was a kind and loving mother, a good neighbor, and has been a blessing to the community in which she lived and will be kindly remembered by many. She has lived with her son Jonas McCarty for 30 years and received from him and his family every attention that loving hearts and hands could give. Being 93 years, 2 months and 24 days, was perhaps the oldest woman in Cheshire Township.
     The Baptist minister not being at home, her funeral was preached by the Rev. P. Henry, of the M.E. Church.

From the Gallipolis Tribune
About June 1884
Contributed by great-granddaughter, Cheryl Enyart

Rife, Eugenia Rowenia

   Eugenia Rowenia Rife, 90, died Monday in Springfield Villa Nursing Home. She was born in Gallipolis March 20, 1895 to the late George Long and Lydia Ann Walters Long.
   Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Charles (Virginia) Dixon, South Charleston, Ohio and Mrs. James (Violet) Conklin, Marion, Ohio; several nieces and nephews; seven grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; six great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Levi L. Rife.
   Friends may call at Littleton Funeral Home, 830 North Limestone St., Springfield, Ohio, Wednesday 5 to 8 p.m. Funeral services 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial in Ferncliff Cemetery.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Monday, March 10, 1986
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Rife, Fanny

"IN MEMORY OF MRS. FANNY RIFE.
     Fanny Rife was born December 5, 1829, and departed this life January 15, 1910, aged 80 years, 1 months, 10 days.
     She was united in marriage to Joseph Rife December 12, 1850. To this union were born nine children, six sons and three daughters, two sons and two daughters having preceded her to their eternal home. Four sons Aaron, Jerry Levi and Howard and one daughter Mrs. Tena Hix still survive her; she also leaves twelve grandchildren and seven great-grand-children and a host of other friends and relatives to mourn their loss.
     She united with the Campaign F.W.B. Church October 12, 1876, and kept the faith until God said "it is enough, come up high." She was indeed faithful to the many duties of life and was a gentle mother and kind and good neighbor.
     She was tenderly cared for in her declining years in her own home by her youngest son, Howard, and wife, and all that kind hands could do was done for her, but all to no avail. God thought best to take her home and our loss is her eternal gain.

I would not live away, I ask not to stay
Where storm after storm rises o'er the dark way
The few lurid mornings that dawn on us here
Are enough for life's woes full enough for its cheer.

I would not live away. No--Welcome the tomb,
Since Jesus has lain there, I dread not its gloom,
There, sweet be my rest, till he bid me arise,
To hail him in triumph descending the skies,

Who, who would live away from his God
Away from you heaven, that blissful abode,
Where rivers of pleasure flow o'er the bright plains
And the noon-tide of Glory eternally reigns.

Where saints of all ages in harmony meet,
Their Savior and brethren, transported to greet,
While anthems of rapture unceasingly roll,
And the smile of the Lord is the feast of the soul."

[Written by the children]

Gallipolis Tribune
July 1910
Submitted by Teresa Herrmann, Columbus, Ohio Top of Page

Rife, Hurley W.

Hurley W. Rife, 82
Died Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Hurley W. Rife, 82 of Wellston, Ohio, and formerly of Coalton, died Tuesday morning, October 20, 2009, at his home. He had been in failing health. He was born in Kyger, Ohio, on July 15, 1927, son of the late Archie M. Rife and Ruby Garnet Rupe Rife. He drove for the Royal Crown Cola Company for many years, the Dan-Dee Potato Chips Company, and the Gem Bottling Company. He then was a self-employed truck driver, hauling mulch. He attended the Savageville Methodist Church and enjoyed his woodcrafts and his grandkids in his spare time. His greatest enjoyment in life was mowing lawns for all of his family and friends. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Mildred Cleland Rife in 2006; a son, Terry Lee Rife, in 1969; a daughter, Shirley Rife Anderson in 1994; and a sister, Vivian.
Surviving are one daughter, Karen (Roger) Goheen of Wellston; six sons, Charles (Marolyn) Rife of Wellston, Dallas (Donna) Rife of Wellston, Ed Rife of Jackson, Joe (Jane) Rife of Wellston, Ray (Rita) Rife of Wellston, and Jimmy Rife of Wellston; one sister, Helen Young, of Middleport, Ohio; 28 grandchildren, several great-grandchildren and great-great grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.

Jackson Times Journal
Published: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 10:58 AM EDT
October 21, 2009
Submitted by Brenda Dotson

Rife, Levi E.

Levi E. Rife, 82, Called By Death
Former Trustee Dies Of Injuries
   Levi E. Rife, 82, longtime Addison Twp. trustee and former president of the Gallia County Association of Township Trustees and Clerks, died at 7:35 p.m. Wednesday in Holzer Hospital of injuries he suffered Nov. 28 when he was struck by a truck during the great snow.
   Renowned as “the tall hickory of Campaign,” Mr. Rife twice was a candidate for membership on the Gallia County Board of Commissioners. In his first candidacy in 1946, he was runner-up to Commission Chairman Thomas E. Daniels, carrying both Addison precincts, both Cheshire precincts, both Huntington precincts, Raccoon, Centerville, Bidwell, Springfield, and Kanauga. In his second candidacy in 1948, he finished fourth with 1,270 votes in the Republican primary which nominated Chauncey L. Johnson and Harry Wilcox. He was first elected an Addison Twp. trustee nine years ago.
   Born Sept. 2, 1868 to Joseph and Frances Darst Rife, on the Addison Twp. farm now owned by his niece, Mrs. Belle Fulton. Mr. Rife was married Jan. 15, 1950 to the former Ella Furst, who survives. For 30 years he had been superintendent of the Sunday School and a Sunday School teacher of the Campaign Church. He attended Rockville School, which occupied a corner of the farm on which he was born. He and a brother ran a meat shop in Cheshire in 1894, and then he painted in the Pennsylvania Railroad shops in Columbus.
   For nine years until 1920, he and Mrs. Rife lived on a farm near Rutland, and then he bought the old farm place of 90 acres on which he was born, a half-mile from the Bulaville Church. They sold the farm in 1935. In April, 1892, he joined the Knights of Pythias, and transferred to Naomi Lodge 55, when the Cheshire lodge closed. He was also a member of the Masons.
   Masonic funeral services under auspices of Morning Dawn Lodge No. 7, F and AM, will be featured by pallbearers who are both Masons and Pythians: Thomas E. Mills, Harry W. Dexter, August Arnold, Harry Cameron, William H. Beabout, and Briggs Kirby.
   The final rites will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in Miller’s Home for Funerals, the Rev. William Howard Green, pastor of the First Baptist Church, officiating with the assistance of the Rev. Leonard A. Donnally, pastor of the Grace Methodist Church. Burial will be made in Gravel Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at Miller’s Home for Funerals Friday.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Thursday, January 4, 1951
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Rife, Lydia L.

Mrs. C.A. Rife's Long Sickness Ended Friday
Widow Of Late Beloved Physician Succumbs In Kyger
Funeral Is Sunday
     Mrs. Lydia L. Rife, widow of the late C.A. Rife of Kyger died at their home Friday night following an illness of about a year's duration. Her age was 80 years, two months, and 14 days. She was the daughter of Charles and Tephena Matthews and was born September 6, 1856 back of Cheshire on Turkey Run.
     On March 24, 1880 she married Dr. Rife who was then just beginning to practice his profession and down through the years she proved herself an exceptional helpmate and mother. Like her beloved husband she endeared herself to the community they served. Their golden wedding celebrated in 1930 was a memorable occasion as was the dinner which honored Dr. Rife on retirement from active practice.
     To them were born five children all of whom survive. They are: Mrs. Bert Carson, Middleport R. D., Mrs. Harland Athey, Kyger, Stanley, Marion, Mrs. Cora Mizer, Columbus, and Charles at home.
     Mrs. Rife was a member of the Free Will Baptist Church at Kyger of the Order of Eastern Star and of the Daughters of America.
     Funeral services will be conducted at the Kyger Methodist church Sunday at 2:30 p.m. by Rev. Snyder and burial will be made in Gravel Hill cemetery by Undertaker J. L. Coleman. The casket will not be opened at the church.

Gallipolis Tribune
Nov. 1936
Transcribed by J. Farley

Rife, Mary T

Mrs. Mary Rife Dead
Mrs. Mary T. Rife, wife of Capt. Jacob M. Rife, died at Columbus February 11th and was buried there. She had been almost helpless the last years of her life and the Captain is also badly afflicted. Mrs. Rife was one excellent woman and her friends in this county will be sorry to know of her death. Her husband was a member of the 7th Reg. W. Va. Calvary and was also pastor on the Gallipolis circuit and will be remembered by many Gallia county people. Mrs. Rife leaves besides her aged husband three children.

Gallipolis Bulletin
March 11, 1910
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall Top of Page

Rife, Thomas Edison

Infant Dead
The 17 months old son, Thomas Edison, of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rife at Bulaville died Friday. The funeral was Saturday by Rev. Scott Mossman, burial there by Undertaker Tope.

[Note: From death certificate born Feb. 10, 1927,died July 27, 1928. Buried Rife cemetery, no stone.]

Newspaper Not Named
No Date
Gallipolis, Ohio
Transcribed by Margaret Calvin

Riffle, Cecil P.

     Cecil P. Riffle, 81, 828 Second Ave., Gallipolis, died Sunday, May 29, 1994 in Holzer Medical Center.
Born Feb. 10, 1913 at Beech Hill, W. Va., son of the late Early and Cassie Riffle, he was a retired civil service employee at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton and a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, serving in the European theater.
     Surviving are his wife of 40 years, Hilda Russell Riffle; three sons, Herbert B. Miller of Gallipolis, Gary S. (Donna) Riffle of Cocoa Beach, Fla., and Anthony (Democracia) Riffle of Yokota Air Base, Japan; and four grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a brother, Herman Riffle, and a sister, Gladys Taylor.
     Services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday in the McCoy-Moore Funeral Home Wetherholt Chapel, Gallipolis, with the Rev. Alfred Holley officiating. Burial will be in Centenary Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel tonight from 6-9 p.m. The American flag will be folded and presented at the gravesite by VFW Post No. 4464.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Tuesday, May 31st and Wed. June 1, 1994
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron Top of Page

Riggs, Edward

Edward Riggs Died Tuesday Morning
     Ed Riggs, prominent and highly respected farmer, died at his home at Raccoon Island, Tuesday, December 11, 1917, aged 65 years, after a long illness from heart trouble.
     Funeral services will be conducted this (Thursday) afternoon at Clay Chapel. He was a Mason and had been a member of the Clay Chapel Church since boyhood, serving as Sunday School Superintendent for 20 years.
     For 30 years he ran produce boats to Vicksburg and New Orleans, being in business with Graham and Clark. Of late years he devoted his time to agriculture and had one of the finest farms in the County. He was a kindly, honorable man and his death will be regretted by his many friends. During his long, useful and upright life Mr. Riggs endeared himself to everyone with whom he came in contact. All who knew him spoke always of him in terms of praise, and his influence for good in the community in which he lived will remain long in the hearts of those with whom he came in daily contact.

[Note: Picture in paper]

Gallipolis paper
December 11, 1917
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall

Riggs, Elizabeth M

Mrs. Riggs joined husand in death
     Following closely upon the departure of her husband, the late Hon. Jacob Riggs of Raccoon Island, who passed away on Dec. 20, 1915, Mrs. Elziabeth Riggs died on last Tuesday evening, Jan. 11, 1916, at the Riggs family homestead in Clay township. She was in feeble health at the time of the death of her husband, some three weeks ago, and the shock combined with grief and worry, gradually wore away her strength. She looked forward to and longed for the time when she and her lifetime companion would be united on the other shore, and glaldly welcomed the messenger who summoned her to him.
     Mrs. Riggs was 88 years of age at the time of her death, and Mr. Riggs was 92. For more than 67 years they had traveled life's pathway together, experiencing to the full its joys and sorrows, pleasures and pains, and it is peculiarly fitting that they should take up the life that lies beyond hand in hand. It was their desire, and happily it coincided with God's plan.
     Her funeral services were held THursday afternoon at Clay Chapel, the sermon being preached by Rev. Dailey. The interment was made in the churchyard cemetery beside her husband in the family burial lot. The services were beautiful, impressive --- ---, and were participated in --- ---- sympathizing friends. The --- ----- was read at the [ends here]

     Elizabeth Mary Guthrie, daughter of Truman and Hannah Guthrie, was born August 24, 1828, at Newbury, Washington County, Ohio. When she was 8 years of age her parents emigrated to Gallia County, moving household goods, lumber for a house and the family on a flatboat down the Ohio river to a point just below Raccoon Creek. There her father built a home and reared his family of seven children, Elizabeth being the oldest. In 1839, at the age of eleven years, she was converted and joined the M. E. Church then at Riggs Landing near the Ohio river.
     In 1848 she was united in marriage to the late Jacob Riggs and they began their wedded life on Riverside farm at Raccoon Island where they lived for 22 years, then moved to the present home where they completed a pleasant and holy union of nearly 68 years. Eight children were born to them, five of whom this day in the midst of a host of friends mourn the loss of their parents. Besides her eight children, Mrs. Riggs has raised and educated one niece and two grandchildren, and her home has sheltered many orphans.
     In the history of Clay Chapel Mrs. Riggs has been worthilly called Dorcas, such has been the effect of the 80 years she has lived a consistent Christian, practicing and thus exemplifying in her everyday life the teachings and character of Christ. She is the last charter member of the L. F. M. Society of Clay Chapel. She was a Mother in Israel and her children will continue to rise up and call her blessed for generations yet to come. Many sorrows has she known, yet patiently she bore them and well may we close by saying,

"Servant of God, well done,
Thy glorious warfare's past;
The battle is fought, the victory won,
And thou art crowned at last."

The surviving children of Mr. and Mrs. Riggs are Edward A., Mary Rose, Mrs. B. H. Ingels, and Ernest J. Riggs. While for them the home circle is broken, they are happy in the consciousness that their parents' lives here on earth were filled with good deeds, and that their good works yet do follow after them.

[Note: picture in paper]

Gallipolis paper
Jan. 11, 1916
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall Top of Page

Riggs, Grace R.

Grace McFann Riggs Dies at Huntington
     Mrs. Grace R. Riggs, 62, whose early life was spent between Bladen and Swan Creek, died Saturday morning at the home of her son, L.D. Riggs, 406 W. Tenth ave., Huntington, following a long illness.
     She was a daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth McFann Ward of Bladen and a cousin of Mrs. Oretha O'Brien of this city.
    Her early married life was spent in Colorado Springs but for 18 years had been a resident of Huntington and at one time was connected with the office staff of the Adelphi Hotel. She was a member of Johnson Memorial church.
     Surviving her besides those already named are three brothers and a sister: W.W. and W.A. McFann, Lesage; O.S. McFann, Milford, Ill., Mrs. Lena Rousch, New York City. Also two grandchildren, Joan and Jack Riggs.
     Funeral services at Kincaid Funeral Home at 2 o'clock today, with burial at Mt. Zion in Ohio tp. For pall bearers were selected W.D. Keister, W.N. Rardin, F.A. Howard, J.B. Porter, W.M. Nestor and F.J. Hoback, all of Huntington.

[Note: From stone b.29 Aug. 1872 - d. 23 Feb. 1934]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Feb. 1934
Transcribed by Theresa E. Smith

Riggs, Jacob

Jacob Riggs Dead
One of Oldest and Best Loved Residents of County Passes.
     Hon. Jacob Riggs, one of the most venerable and best loved men in Gallia County, passed away at his home at Clay Chapel in Clay township Monday after a week's illness. He had been in failing health for several years. The funeral services will be held Wednesday at Clay Chapel at 2 p.m. Eastern time, conducted by Rev. J. R. Fields, the interment following in the church cemetery.
     Mr. Riggs was born in Monroe County, this state on Jan. 22, 1824, and moved to Gallia County with his parents, James and Mary Riggs when about eight years of age. His parents were among the pioneer settlers in that section, and the rugged physique, honest purpose and upright life which they led was passed on in full measure to their son.
     On March 4, 1848, almost 68 years ago, Mr. Riggs was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Guthrie of Clay township, and who survives him with the following children: Misses Rose and Mary Riggs, Mrs. B. H. Ingels, Mr. Edward Riggs, and Mr. Ernest Riggs, the latter now of Marietta. One brother, Harvey Riggs, located in the west, and a sister, Mrs. Mary Hall of Bloomington, Ill., survive him, both at great age.

In Memory
     Jacob Riggs was born in Monroe county, Ohio, January 22, 1824, and departed this life December 20, 1915, at the advanced age of 91 years, 10 months and 28 days.
He was married to Miss Elizazbeth M. Guthrie, March 28, 1848. To them were born eight children, five of whom are living. Three children, James, Mrs. W. D. Graham and Mrs. George Gilman have preceded their father to the home beyond.
     Mr. Riggs was converted and united with the Methodist Episcopal church at Clay Chapel when he was only a boy and retained his membership here until he became a member of the church triumphant. He was an industrious hard working man and by industry, frugality and honest and careful business methods was able not only to accumaulate considerable property, but to occupy an enviable position in the community. The fact that he occupied such a position never led him to use it to gain a single advantage of any fellowman no matter how humble that man's place. His situation rather deepened his sense of responsibility and gave him the conviction that he was his brother's keeper, and no one who knew his life, doubts for a momment that his life was dominated largely by that conviction.
     While the business side of his life was marked and prominent it was the religious side that made him the man that everybody knew and loved. He had great faith in God, a faith that was childlike in its simplicity. God and Heaven were realities to him. He lived in the constant companionship of the one and in the full expectation of the enjoyment of the other.
     While his life was deeply religious it was intensely practical. He believed that religion is a thing for this --- and that it is for every day; that --- --- life is under its control. He heard his Master say: "In as much as ye did unto one of the least of these ye did it unto me." So no cry of need ever went unheeded. No one was ever turned hungry from his door. No one could complain of dishonest or unfair treatment at his hand.
     The great rule laid down by the Christ for the regulation of or conduct toward one another, was the Golden Rule of his life. His deep interest in the church has been life long. Not only by his means and by his active participation in all church enterprises, but by the unconscious influence of a great and noble life has he presented the Christ of Calvary to needy men. No paster has gone from Clay Chapel in more than half a century without good reason to thank God for Jacob Riggs.
     For several years his health has been failing. For all this time he has moved about in his quiet way as though waiting for the end. It has finally come. A long life is ended. A life's work is done. A journey is finished and at Home, he can rest. After an acquaintance of more than ten years and after hearing expressions from the lips of many people from various walks of life, we believe we can truthfully say:"None knew him but to love him or named him but to praise."
     He leaves to mourn their loss an aged and devoted wife, two sons, three daughters, seven grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and a circle of relatives and friends as large as his acquaintance.

[Note: picture in paper]

Gallipolis paper
December 20, 1915
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall                                                                         Top of Page

Riggs, Mary

Mrs Mary Riggs
Mrs. Mary Riggs, mother of Mrs. Jacob Riggs, died Sunday evening last at 9 o'clock, in her 87th year. Funeral services were held last evening at Clay Chapel, by Rev. Finney.

Gallipolis Paper
No date
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Riggs, Rose

Miss Rose Riggs Dead
   Miss Rose Riggs passed away suddenly Saturday morning, May 14 1927 at the home of her brother-in-law, Mr. Bert Ingels, where she had been staying while her sister, [cannot read] Ingels, is in Columbus with her daughter, Mrs. Frances Ingels Brown. Miss Riggs complained of feeling badly to her niece, Miss Mildred Ingels, and a doctor was summoned but she died before medical aid could reach her.
   Miss Riggs was aged 69 years, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Riggs. She leaves a brother, Mr. Ernest J. Riggs,and two sisters, Mrs. B. H. Ingels and Miss Mary Riggs.
   Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at Clay Chapel, conducted by Rev. J. R. Fields of [cannot read] and Rev. Ernest Champer of Charleston. Interment was made in the Chapel cemetery.

[Note: Dates on tombstone read 1857-1927]

Galipolis paper
1927
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall

Rinehart, James Loren (Riney)

Services Friday For J. L. Rinehart With Burial In Magnolia Plot
Sudden Death Claims Renowned Bridge Builder
     Renowned as a bridge builder while he was connected with the Gallia County road department, James Loren (Riney) Rinehart died at 11:50 a. m. Wednesday and his funeral services will be held at 7 p. m. Friday at Miller’s Home for Funerals.
     He had been ill only one hour from a heart attack, but, a giant of a man, Mr. Rinehart had been in failing health for some time.
     The Friday funeral, with the Rev. H. M. Smith, pastor of the Church of God, officiating, will be the first of two. The second will be at 2 p. m. Saturday graveside with a Lutheran minister officiating, at Magnolia.
   Magnolia was Mr. Rinehart’s birthplace March 19, 1885. He was one of six children – and the first to die – of W. E. Rinehart and Arletta Knotts who are buried in Magnolia. He was brought up on a Carroll County farm, became a West Virginia coal miner, and entered the coal business for himself in Boone County, W. Va., later.
     He came to Vinton County after several years in West Virginia, and owned and operated a coal mine. In 1923 he moved to Gallipolis (to 1058 First Ave., where Postmaster Elmer E. Caldwell now resides), and entered the sand business out on the old Womeldorff farm near town on U. S. Route 35.
     A member of the Lutheran church in Waynesburg, O., the decedent married Myrtle Church Oct. 24, 1936, and she survives with these children from a former marriage:
Clerk of Courts Marjorie Rinehart; Mrs. R. B. (Dorothy) Crockett, Harbourside, Me.; Mrs. Orville (Helen) Chambers, Athens; and Max Rinehart, Fort Wayne, Indiana.
     The three surviving sisters and two brothers are Mrs. Byron (Ann) Long, Waynesburg; Mrs. Robert (Ida) Clark, Akron; Mrs. Joseph (Helen) Eckley, Carrollton; Richard Rinehart, Canton; and William Rinehart, Kent.

Gallipolis Tribune
25 May 1949
Transcribed by Lew Casey Top of Page

Ripley, David C.

     RIPLEY-At the residence of his son, Sanford Ripley, Esq., in Riverton Township, Judge David Ripley, at two o'clock in the morning of Tuesday. July 26, 1881, aged 81 years and 6 months. Judge Ripley was born in the state of New York in February (20), 1798. Shortly before coming of age he removed to Ohio, where he was married when 21. Here he lived until 1854, holding in the meantime the office of Sheriff for twelve years and representing his county one term in the Legislature. In 1854 he moved to this county. He was elected County Judge which position he held during the old county seat fight. In 1861 he went to Colorado, where he saw service with the Territorial Rangers during the Indian wars. He was also a member of the Legislature.
     In 1866 he came east, stopping in Missouri, where he lived one year. He then came back to Iowa, settling in Fremont County. He returned to this county in August, 1870, and has since lived with his son Sanford Ripley in Riverton twp.
     He has been hopelessly afflicted for the past five years with enlargement of the prostate gland, and has suffered greatly. His death, though long expected, will be heard of with sincere regret by his many friends throughout the county. Honest in his convictions and earnest in carrying them out, he always carried with him the respect even of his strongest opponents. He has rounded a life of sterling worth, and goes to his grave mourned by all who knew him. "Peaceful be his sleep and green be the grass above him."
     He left two sons, Mr. Sanford Ripley of this county, and Frank Ripley of Benficklin, Tom Green County, Texas, and four daughters, Mrs. W. B. Carter, Mrs. James Wood, Mrs. John Allison, and Mrs. Henry Allen.
The funeral took place at the Thompson School house in Riverton, Wednesday, July 27, at 10 o'clock, am, and was largely attended. Burial was in Riverton Cemetery.

[Note: David Ripley is a son of Joshua and Rhoda Ripley, early arrivals to Gallia County. He and Easter Griswold were married in Lawrence County, Ohio in 1819. David Ripley died and is buried in Floyd County, Iowa.]

Charles City Intelligencer July, 1881
Obituary located by Val Fisher in 2002
Transcribed by Lynn Anders

Ripley, Mrs. David

Death of Mrs. David Ripley
Mrs. David Ripley, of Carlton, whose critical illness has been mentioned, died Monday night, aged about 70 years. She left two daughters Mrs. Chas. Long of Cheshire, and Miss Esther at home. She was a fine old lady respected by all who knew her. Her maiden name was Rothgeb, and she the last one of the old members of that extensive family and was aunt of Mrs. D. M. Blosser and otherwise related to the Mauck family, of Cheshire. Her funeral services were conducted this Wednesday forenoon, the burial following at Gravel Hill cemetery.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
February 5, 1897
Transcribed by Henny Evans Top of Page

Ripley, Sanford

Sanford Ripley Dead
Sanford Ripley, an old resident of "Ripley's Mills," near Carrville, died Monday. He was one of the oldest residents of Floyd County, being 87 years old, and having resided there for over fifty years. He was well known around here, having lived in this vicinity for so many years. His death seemed to be due to old age, although he maintained his mental faculties until the last.

The Nashua Reporter/Accessed through Ancestry/Newspapers and Periodicals
Thursday, June 6, 1907

Ripley, Sanford

     Died at his home in Riverton township, Floyd county, Iowa, Monday, June 3, Sanford Ripley, of ailment incident to old age. He was 87 years, 10 months and 6 days old.
     He was born in Gallia county, Ohio. In the spring of 1852 he settled at Nashua. In 1854 he settled in section 34, range 15, Riverton, and died there. In 1847 he was married to Susan Norton, nee Baumgardner, who was also a native of Gallia county, Ohio. To this union there were born three daughters, who still survive him. His father, David Ripley, was elected county judge of this county in 1858, on the county seat issue, he being the candidate for that office of the friends of the geographical center.
     Sanford Ripley had everything to do with the very early settlement of this county, helped lay out the first roads surveyed in the county. He was a famous violin player and manufacturer of violins and sold many of his own make to various persons in the county. In every way he was a most exemplary citizen, one of the best of neighbors, generous to a fault, upright and honest in all his dealings. He lived a peaceful, quiet, inoffensive life, popular with all classes. We never heard of a wrong word spoken or a wrong deed committed by him. He was buried in Riverton cemetery, funeral (service?) being held at the home.

[Note: Sanford Ripley is a son of David C. and Easter (Griswold) Ripley]

Newspaper clipping (unknown, but very likely from The Nashua Reporter, June 1907) found in the Simmerman files, Ripley file, Bossard Library.
Transcriptions by Lynn Anders

Ripley, Susan Baumgardner Norton

Our little community has been saddened by the death of two of our most respected old ladies within the last few days. The first, (Mrs. Olney)........................... Mrs. Sanford Ripley was stricken with paralysis about two weeks ago, and never rallying, lived 16 days before being called to rest by her Heavenly Father. She was 81 years of age and for 54 years lived a most happy, peaceful married life with her husband, Sanford Ripley, who has seen his loved and loving wife go Home and leave him behind. Besides the bereft husband are three daughters and eight grandchildren and many friends and neighbors. We miss her but know she is at rest, seeing always the face of our Master and Lord.

On another page.........

Mrs. Sanford Ripley died at her home in Riverton township, Floyd county, Tuesday, November 5, at the age of 82 years. Death was due to a stroke of paralysis which she suffered some weeks ago. She was one of the earliest settlers of Floyd county, she with her husband settling on a farm in Riverton township in 1853 and had lived there ever since until her death. She leaves three daughters- Mrs. Geo. Wert and Mrs. S.A. Parker of Riverton, and Mrs. Chas. Linderman of Charles City. The funeral was held from the home last Friday conducted by Rev. Sours of Charles City. Interment took place in Riverton cemetery.

[Note: Susan Baumgardner married Harvey Norton September 23, 1841 in Gallia County. They had one daughter, Candice. Susan Norton and Sanford Ripley were also married in Gallia County June 21, 1846. The date of birth from her stone is January 28, 1820.]

The Nashua Reporter/Accessed through Ancestry/Newspapers and Periodicals
Thursday, November 14, 1901
Transcribed by Lynn Anders Top of Page

Ritchie, George Mathew

Services Wednesday For G. M. Ritchie, 38, Swan Creek Resident
     George Mathew Ritchie, 38 years old Swan Creek resident and father of eight children, will be buried Wednesday after he drowned Saturday night in Dillons Lake, an offshoot of the Ohio River at the Gallipolis Dam at Eureka.
     Mr. Ritchie’s body was recovered at midnight Saturday after he fell in the small lake two hours earlier.
An operator of heavy construction equipment for the Holderman Construction Co., he had recently been working on the highway job at Chester in Meigs County.
     He and a 15 year old son, Bobby Ritchie, were fishing at the edge of the lake when he fell in. Known as being able to swim, he made an attempt to reach shore. The son tried to reach him with a fishing pole but was unsuccessful after wading into the water to shoulder depth.
The boy ran to a summer cottage near the lake, owned by Ned Eachus, State St., where he summoned Eachus and former Gallia County Deputy Sheriff Jim Mills. Eachus and Mills hurried to the lakeside and Mills dove three times in the effort to reach the man.
     Mills said an offshore ledge deepens the water to over 20 feet in the lake and he was unable to reach Mr. Ritchie. Mills recovered the fishing pole the boy had used. Deputy Sheriff Woodrow Saunders and others were called to the scene with city owned grappling hooks and the body was then recovered.
The son said he was unable to explain his father’s fall into the water.
     A graduate of Gallia Academy High School and member of a well know family of near Bladen, the victim was a son of W. E. and Rosa Angel Ritchie, who survive.
     He leaves his widow, the former Sadie Walters whom he married in 1931; four sons, Clifford, a Mercerville High School senior and a Gallipolis Rotary Club Junior Rotarian for April, the son Bobby, Gary, 6, Dane, 4; and four daughters, Sandra, 8, Rose Mary, 3, Texanna, 16 months and Rhonda Kay, one month.
     He also leaves a sister, Mrs. Virginia Pfeiffer of Canton. Two sisters and a brother preceded him in death.
     Funeral services Wednesday will be at 2 p.m. from the Swan Creek Chapel with the Rev. Frank Harding in charge, with burial at Swan Creek Cemetery. The body was taken to the Miller Home for Funerals, where friends may call tonight. Tomorrow it will be taken to the Ritchie home and friends may also visit there Tuesday night.

Gallipolis Tribune
Abt 1949
Transcribed by Lew Casey

Roach, Emily Exia

Funeral of Emily Exia Roach
     The sad and untimely death of Miss Emily Exia Roach at 4 o'clock Saturday morning at the home of Capt. D.L. Thomas in Gallipolis, noted in Saturday's Daily Journal, ended a bright young life and saddened many hearts among her many friends and relatives at Chambersburg, this county, where she formerly resided, and at Dayton, Ohio where her parents and family now reside. The deceased, who was a daughter of Calvin E. and Elizabeth J. Roach of Dayton, was born in Ohio township, Gallia county, November 17, 1883 and was consequently 16 years, 10 months and 26 days of age at the time of her demise. Besides her father and mother, the deceased leaves the following brothers and sisters to mourn her demise, Samuel T. Roach, Batty. G, 4th U.S. Artillery now stationed at Fortress Monroe, Va; Mrs. Fleetia A. Brown, Dayton; Mrs. Wavie W. Chambers, Chambersburg; and Leathy M., Harley Carlin and Clemina Roach with their parents at Dayton.
     The deceased was a bright, highly respected and handsome young lady and her death away from her father and mother was as sad as it was sudden and unexpected. As stated in the Journal, Miss Roach was taken sick Monday morning with symptoms of pneumonia lingering only until the early dawn of Saturday morning when she peacefully crossed over the river in the presence of her sister, Mrs. Wavie W. Chambers, her cousin, Miss Blanche Halley and her affianced husband, Harry G. Chambers, an employee of the Treasure Stove Foundry of this city. A few hours before her death she remarked to the watchers at her bedside that she would soon be with angels and just a few minutes before the end she sang a few chords of "Am I a Soldier of the Cross."
     The remains were taken from this city to the home of John Chambers of Chambersburg and the interment was at Clay Chapel cemetery Sunday afternoon by Wetherholt.
     The pall-bearers were Misses Levia Smith, Mabel Todd, Nellie Fletcher, Elma Evans, Maggie Martindill and Bessie Lewis assisted by Meesrs. R.B. Cornwell, J.J. Boston, Joshua Todd, Gus Martindill, Charles Green, and William Smith.

[Note: From Funeral home died 13 Oct 1900]

Gallipolis paper
Oct 1900
Transcribed by Theresa E. Smith Top of Page

Roach, Robert Perry

OBITUARY
     Robert Perry Roach, aged 24 years, died of typhoid fever, Oct.21, at his home in Perry tp.
Mr. Roach was becoming well known in this county as a teacher of district schools and a student of Rio Grande College. He was a young man of nice appearance and considerable ability, and was making preparation for the further prosecution of his studies.
     He left a grief-stricken mother, and sorrowing sisters and brothers who find some consolation however in the patience and fortitude exhibited during his sickness, and his still position to renew his religious life and trust himself to the mercy of the Judge of all the earth.
     The funeral services were conducted at the house of the deceased by Rev. A.G. Ebright of Rodney, and were largely attended. They were participated in by the teachers of Rio Grande College. Appropriate selections were sung by students, six of whom were selected to act as pall bearers.
     The following resolutions were passed by the Shakespearian Literary Society of Rio Grande College, of which the deceased was a member and in connection with which he had received a prize for excellence in declamation at a public competition.

     Whereas, in the providence of Almighty God, who doeth all things well, it has pleased Him to take from among us our esteemed fellow member, Robert P. Roach, and whereas we bow in humble submission to the Great Ruler of the Universe and feel assured that the decrees and council of Him, who holds the destiny of man in His hands, are right and justified that He --seth all things well,. Therefore be it
      Resolved, That the Shakespearian Literary Society of Rio Grande College lovingly bear testimony to the worth of Robert P, Roach as a member of our organization and as a kind associate
      Resolved, That we express our deepest sympathies to his bereaved mother, and to his brothers and sisters.
      Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be presented to his mother, also that a record of them be placed on the Secretary's book.
                          Thomas B. Davis, E. E. Booton, HA. Bandyberry, Committee.

[Note: Buried in Hulbert Cemetery in Green Township]

Gallipolis Journal
November 17, 1881
Transcribed by Margaret Calvin

Roadarmour, Barbary

Mrs. Barbary Roadarmour, 81, late wife of Col. John Roadarmour, on 16 Apr 1870...came to Gallia Co. in 1804 with her father, Christian Tyler, (sic, Syler) and his family of mostly females.

Gallipolis Journal
12 May 1870
Transcribed by Sunda Peters

Roadarmour, Barbary

Mrs. Barbary Roadarmour, late consort of Col. John Roadarmour, departed this life on the 16th day of April last, in the 81st year of her age.
It is but a just tribute of respect to say that she possessed all the noblest traits of the human family, particularly in the discharge of her duty as a wife, a mother, a neighbor, and a member of society. She came to Gallia county in 1804, with her father, Christian Tyler and family, mostly females, who had been trained to usefulness by an exemplary mother, and soon found husbands of high standing and usefulness, and became good wives and mothers, and from them have grown up a numerous line of highly useful and distinguished citizens now spread over Southern Ohio.

Gallipolis Journal
May 12, 1870
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron Top of Page

Roadarmour, Myrtie

Mrs. Willis Roadarmour Dies
   Mrs. Willis Roadarmour passed away Thursday about 3:30 p. m. after after(sic) an illness of several weeks. Mrs. Roadarmour, who was 48 years of age, before her marriage was Myrtie Buckle, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Buckle and was a native of this county where she lived her entire life.
   Surviving relatives are her husband, one daughter, Miss Dorothy, a techer(sic) in the local schools, one brother and five sisters, R. W. Buckle of Colorado, Misses Della, Grace and Frances Buckle, Mrs. Grover Shoemaker and Mrs. Okey Saunders, of Northup.
   Funeral services will be conducted at her late home, 708 2nd ave., Monday at 1:30 p. m., conducted by Rev. W. E. Ewing, of Mt. Sterling, O., and burial in Mound Hill in charge of A. E. Tope.

Gallipolis Tribune
February 9, 1928
Transcribed by Nancy S. Edwards

Roadarmour, Rhoda

     Mrs. Rhoda Roadarmour died at the family residence in Harrison Tp. last Wednesday night after a briefillness with cardic asthma. She was born Sept. 22, 1816 and was 94 years, 8 months and 20 days old. She had always been a resident of this county except for a few years spent in Kentucky shortly after her marriage. Her husband Thomas J. Roadarmour died over 60 years ago. She was a good, christian woman and a member of the Christian church.
     She is survived by three sons, Alden L., an attorney of this city, John of Harrison Tp., and Jacob of Lexington, Ky. and by two daughters, Mrs. Amelia Haskins and Mrs. Caroline Perkins of Harrison Tp. Mrs. Roadarmour was the mother of six children and there were in her family at one time 24 grandchildren, 45, great-grandchildren and 3 great-great-grandchildren. One of the latter was present at her funeral.
     The funeral services were held at the family residence Friday and were conducted by Rev. J. B. Massie. Burial at the Louks cemetery by Wetherholt.

[Note: from stone Died May 10, 1911]

Gallipolis paper
May 10, 1911
Transcribed by Irene Blamer

Roark, Edward Paul, Jr. "Ed"

1943 - 2003
     Edward Paul 'Ed' Roark Jr., age 60, of Rio Grande, died unexpectedly Thursday August 14, 2003. Born June 17, 1943 in Gallipolis, he was the son of the late Maxine Dickey Roark. He is survived by one brother: Gary Roark of Pt. Pleasant, a special friend: Patsy Schuldt of Gallipolis, and will be sadly missed by a multitude of friends.
     Ed was an associate professor and the assistant to the coordinator of graduate studies at the University of Rio Grande and as head of the independent production agency RSR Enterprises, which helped to fund several education scholarships.
     Funeral services will be 10:00 A.M. Monday August 18, 2003 at the Waugh-Halley-Wood funeral home. Burial will follow in Ohio Valley Memory Gardens. Friends may call at the funeral on Sunday form 6-9 P.M. In lieu of flowers contributions can be made to the Merlin G. Ross Scholarship fund, P.O. Box 500 Rio Grande, Ohio 45674 to the attention of the office of Institutional Advancement

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
August 15,2003
Transcribed by Cheryl A. Enyart                                                                        Top of Page

Robbins, George

Death of George Robbins
George Robbins, who was badly injured in an accident at Wellsville last week, died, and his remains were brought here Monday evening and taken to Wetherholt's undertaking rooms. The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon under the auspices of the American Mechanics, burial at Pine Street Cemetery.

[Note: The stone in Pine Street Cemetery was read as George Robbines]

Gallipolis Bulletin
January 25, 1907
Transcribed by Margaret Calvin

Roberts, Carrie May

ROBERTS - At her home in Maple Shade, O., March 19th, 1891, CARRIE MAY, infant daughter, of William and Dora Roberts, aged 5 months and 10 days. The funeral services were conducted at Damron Chapel by Rev. Jones of the M.E. Church. He chose for the subject of his discourse the language of David, 'He cannot return to me but I can go to him.'
Burial at old cemetery by G.W. Wetherholt.

A precious one from us has gone;
A voice we loved is stilled;
A place is vacant in our homes
Which never can be filled.

As the vernal flowers that scent the morn,
But withers in the rising day;
Thus lovely was the infant's dawn,
Thus swiftly fled its life away.

It died to sin, it died to care,
But for a moment felt the sod;
Oh mourner such the Lord declares
Such are the children of our God.

Sleep on in they beauty,
Thou sweet angel child;
By sorrow unblighted,
By sin undefiled.

Like the dove to the ark,
Thou hast flown to thy rest;
From the wild sea of strife,
To the home of the blest.

Safe in the arms of Jesus,
Safe on His gentle breast;
There by His love o'ershadowed
Sweetly thy soul shall rest.

Safe in the arms of Jesus,
Safe from corroding care;
Safe from the world's temptations,
Sin cannot harm you there.

By ALICE GIBSON

Gallipolis Journal
April 1, 1891
Transcribed by Theresa E. Smith Top of Page

Roberts, Jennie Bell

Mrs. Roberts, 88, Claimed Early Today
     Mrs. Jennie Bell Roberts, 88, Rio Grande, died early today at the home of her daughter, Miss Faye Roberts, with whom she resided.
     She was born March 8, 1873, at Gallipolis Ferry, W. Va., daughter of the late Richard and Cynthia Steed Bonecutter. She was the widow of William Roberts, who preceded her in death 11 years ago.
She was a member of the Baptist church. Surviving in addition to the daughter are two sons, Guy Roberts of Rio Grande and Lawrence Roberts of Gallipolis Ferry. Two brothers, Charles Bonecutter of Rio Grande and Dan Bonecutter, Gallipolis Ferry, also survive.
     Three sisters surviving are Mrs. Viola Casey of Gallipolis Ferry, Mrs. Zona Milliron of Pt. Pleasant and Mrs. Minnie Milliron of Jackson. Eight grandchildren, and nine great-grand-children survive. One son and a daughter preceded her in death.
     Funeral services will be held Friday, 2 p.m., at the L.G. Mohr Funeral Home, Pt. Pleasant.
Burial will be in the Mt. Pisgah cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2: p.m. Thursday.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Wednesday, August 16, 1961
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Roberts, Louise

Death of Mrs. Louise Roberts
     Mrs. Louise Roberts, wife of Mr. Jules Roberts, the well known jeweler, died very suddenly on Friday evening of last week. She had been ill for about a week with heart trouble, but was able to be about the house. A few minutes before her death she laid down upon the bed to sleep. Her daughter, Miss Amelia, went into the room to give her some medicine and spoke to her. Getting no answer, she thought her mother had fainted, and called to her father, who ran for the doctor, but before medical assistance could arrive, Mrs. Roberts had expired.
     She was about seventy-four years of age and was a native of Switzerland. She was married to Mr. Roberts in New Orleans, and came here with him in 1856. Mrs. Roberts was very popular with, and much esteemed by all who knew her.
     The funeral services were conducted at the Presbyterian Church by Rev. W. E. I.d’Argent, Sunday afternoon at two o’clock. Burial at Mound Hill.

The Gallipolis Bulletin
Saturday, November 10, 1894
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron Top of Page

Roberts, Mary Jane

DIED - In this county, on the 28th ultimo, Mrs. Mary Jane Roberts, wife of Mr. James Roberts, in the 29th year of her age.

Gallipolis Journal
October 7, 1852
Transcribed by Linda Halley Criner

Roberts, Nellie

Nellie Roberts
     GALLIPOLIS - Nellie Roberts, 87, of Gallipolis, died Friday, May 2, 1997 in Pleasant Valley Hospital, Point Pleasant, West Virginia. Born May 15, 1909 in the Cora Community, Gallia County, she was the daughter of the late Evan E. Reese and Mattie M. Reese.
   On March 26, 1932, she married Shelby F. Roberts, who preceded her in death on July 12, 1989. Also preceding her is a special son-in-law, Henry Jenkins, and three brothers and three sisters. Surviving are a son and daughter-in-law, Richard B. "Butch" and Sally Roberts of Gallipolis; a daughter, Mary Margaret Jenkins of Columbus; four grandsons, Douglas (Pam) Jenkins of Perry, Ohio, Harold (Kitty) Jenkins of Dublin, Ohio, Richard A. (Jozie) Roberts of Gallipolis, and Larry J. (Rosa) Roberts of El Paso, Texas; and six great-grandchildren.
   Nellie lived her entire life in Gallia County. She worked at the former Lafayette Hotel, for the G. C. Murphy Company, and at the Reese Cab Company. She and her husband Shelby owned and operated a plumbing business in Gallipolis for many years. In later years, Nellie and her husband worked for the Gallipolis Golf Club. She was a member of the Grace United Methodist Church, and a member of the Abigail Circle at the church.
   Services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 6, 1997 in the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home, with Pastor David Hogg officiating. Burial will follow in Mound Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Monday, May 5, 1997.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
No Date
Transcribed by Nancy S. Edwards

Roberts, Shelby F.

Shelby F. Roberts
     Shelby F. Roberts, 82, of 727 First Ave., died Wednesday, at Holzer Medical Center following a lengthy illness. He was a retired plumber. Born Dec. 12, 1906 in Huntington, W. Va., he was a son of the late James Roberts and Margaret Denny Roberts.
     He was also preceded in death by two brothers and two sisters. Surviving are his wife, Nellie Reese Roberts, whom he married March 26, 1932; one daughter, Mary Margaret Jenkins of Columbus; one son, Richard (Butch) Roberts of Gallipolis; and four grandchildren , six great grandchildren.
     He worked for Dexter Plumbing, and founded Shelby Roberts and Son Plumbing in 1951. He also worked at the Philip Sporn Plant and ran the clubhouse at the Gallipolis Golf Course for a number of years. He was a member of Grace United Methodist Church and served in the Ohio State Militia in World War II.
     Services will be conducted Saturday, 10:30 a.m. at Waugh - Halley - Wood Funeral Home, the Rev. David Elliott officiating. Burial follows in Mound Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Friday, 2 to 4 p. m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Pallbearers will be Rick Roberts, Douglas Jenkins, Harold Jenkins, Bob Saunders, John Davis and Roger Frazer.

[Note: Died July ......, 1989]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
No date
Transcribed by Charles Wright                                                                          Top of Page

Roberts, Wm.

Death of Wm. Roberts
     Mr. Wm. Roberts died at his home in East Gallipolis Sunday, June 11, 1926, after three weeks illness at the age of 59 years.
     He leaves his widow, two sons John and George and one daughter Nancy, age 2 years.
     Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at his home by Rev. Venz with burial in Pine street cemetery in charge of Wetherholt and Entsminger.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
June 14, 1926
Transcribed by Henny Evans

Robertson, Jesse

Pneumonia Victim
Jesse Robertson, brother of Ed, Robertson, the telegrapher, living on Mill Creek, died this morning, April 5, 1918, of pneumonia after a few day's illness. He was about 40 years of age and is survived by his widow and three children; sister Mrs. Clyde Phillips. He was a well liked man and his sudden death is a shock to all. The funeral arrangements have not been made.

[Note: Death Certificate---Jesse Goodwin Robertson born June 24, 1871 Addison Township, Gallia County, Ohio; died April 5, 1918; age 46 years and 4 months. Parents: James V. Robertson (born Giles Co. VA) and Narcissis McCoy (born Putnam County, WV). Burial at Maddy Cemetery in Addison Township.]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
April 5, 1918
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Robinson, Adda

Mrs. W. H. Robinson
Mrs. W. H. Robinson, wife of the popular uptown barber, died suddenly about noon Saturday, Jan. 2, 1904, though she had been in ill health for about a week. She was a native of Cleveland, Ohio, and her maiden name was Adda Stewart. Mrs. Robinson was a most estimable lady with a wide circle of friends who will unite with the Bulletin in sympathizing with the bereaved ones. The funeral services were conducted at the A. M. E. Church, interment following at the Pine Street cemetery by Haward & Son, Tuesday afternoon.

Gallipolis Bulletin
January 8, 1904
Transcribed by Margaret Calvin

Robinson, Charles B.

Death of C. B. Robinson
   Col. Vance received a postal this morning from Walter Holcomb at Vinton stating that Mr. Charles B. Robinson was dead at his home at Vinton, without any particulars. We learned that he was distressingly ill last Saturday with heart failure, but was better. It is presumed in the absence of other information that another attack of the same carried him off. The postal card was dated Tuesday, the 7th inst., and we suppose he died that day.
     He was one of the very best citizens of this county, a son of the late Jonah Robinson, of Morgan township, and leaves a widow and two step children. His wife was the widow of Walter Fogg, we believe, an estimable lady who will have the sympathy of all in her bereavement.
   Mr. Robinson was Postmaster at Vinton we believe for five or nearly five years. He was an agent for the Ohio Farmers' Insurance Company for years and is well and favorably known all over this county. He was also one of the Board of Trustees of the Childrens' Home. We think he was in the neighborhood of 62 years of age. We met him when he was in town only a few days ago and received a letter from him last Sunday written only a day or so before. We part with an old friend who was true as steel to all men, with the greatest of regret. He had been in poor health for sometime, but the news of his death was entirely unexpected, we know, to every one.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
February 8, 1899
Transcribed by Romaine Smith

Robinson, Charley

Old Fiddler Dead
Charley Robinson, colored, died at the County Infirmary Monday, aged 80 years. Robinson was a fiddler of wide repute and many a gathering in town and county in days gone by has been enlivened by the strains produced from his old violin.

Gallipolis Bulletin
Thursday, Feb. 29, 1912
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron Top of Page

Robinson, Hannah S.

Remains Brought Here for Burial
Mrs. Hannah S. Robinson died in Clairmont (sic) county near New Richmond, O., Saturday, October 28, from cerebral hemorrhages in her seventieth year. She has a son William living in Kanauga, also sons Ben and Otis of New Richmond. She was the widow of the late T.M. Robinson who died in 1913. They formerly resided at Kanauga. The remains arrived here this morning over the B. and O. and were taken in charge by Wetherholt and were buried this afternoon beside her late husband on the Robinson lot at Mound Hill cemetery.

The Gallipolis Tribune, Friday
10 November 1916
Submitted by Eve Hughes

Robinson, Hester

Good Woman Gone
Mrs. Hester Robinson, widow of James Robinson, passed away at a hospital in Columbus on Friday, August 14, 1914. The remains were brought here and taken to the home of her son Bert, on Garfield Avenue, where the funeral services were held Sunday afternoon. The remains were laid to rest in the Mound Hill Cemetery.
The deceased was a fine woman with many friends and is survived by six sons, Will of Columbus, Albert of Cora, Everett of Dakota, Lewis of Mercerville, John and Bert of Gallipolis, and by three daughters, Mrs. Harry Kerns, and Nellie and Ona Robinson of Columbus.

[Note: Hester was born in 1844 according to her tombstone.]

Gallipolis Bulletin
August 20, 1914
Transcribed by Henny Evans

Robinson, Hoke Robinson

Hoke Robinson
     Hoke Robinson, 109 Cedar St., Gallipolis, died at Holzer Medical Center Wednesday. Born June 9, 1906 in Clendenin, W. Va., he was a son of the late Anderson and Ivy Taylor Robinson. In his early years, he was a mechanic for C. J. Winters, and later was a bus driver. For 14 years he was an engineer at Gallipolis Ice Co. and for 30 years, was a machinist for Point Pleasant Auto Parts.
     He married Ethel McCormick Robinson 59 years ago, and she survives. Also surviving are one son, David M. Robinson, four grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren; three brothers; Ralph and Harold Robinson, both of Gallipolis, and Paul Robinson, Melbourne, Fla.; one sister Sylvia Cole, Grove City, and several nieces and nephews.
     He attend Grace United Methodist Church, and was vice-president of French City Campers.
Services will be 3 p.m. Saturday in the Cremeans Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Joe Hefner officiating.
     Burial will be in the Ohio Valley Memorial Gardens. Friends may all at the funeral home chapel 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Friday. Pallbearers will be Thomas J. Robinson, Edward Springer, John McCormick, John Nibert, Todd Smith and John Sturgeon. In lieu of flowers , contributions may be made to the Senior Citizens United Methodist Church Memorial Fund.

[Note: Died February 4, 1987]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
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Robinson, James D

     James D. Robinson, 70, Hobe Sound, Fla, formerly of Gallipolis, died Sunday, March 8, 1998 in the Martin Memorial Hospital South, Port Salerno, Fla. Born Oct. 29, 1927 in Gallipolis, he had been a postal employee and had resided in Hobe Sound for two years after moving there from Gallipolis.
     A U.S. Navy veteran of World War II and a 32nd Degree Mason, he was a member of Gallipolis Elks Lodge 107, where he was past ex-ruler and district deputy grand ex-ruler, the Aladdin Temple of Columbus, the Gallipolis Shrine Club, the VFW and the AMVETS.
     Surviving are his wife of 44 years, Mary K. Robinson, two daughters, Suzelle Snowden of Covington, Ky., and JeniLynn Robinson of Orlando, Fla., and four grandchildren.
   A memorial service is to be held in Gallipolis at a later date. Arrangements are by the All-County Funeral Home & Crematory Treasure Coast Chapel, Stuart, Fla. Memorial contributions can be made to the American Heart Association.

Gallipolis paper
1998
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall

Robinson, James E.

James E. Robinson, city, editor of The Tribune for nearly 20 years, died this morning at the home of his son, Will A. Robinson. He was in his 74th year.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
March 19, 1914
Transcribed by Joanne Galvin Top of Page

Robinson, John S.

J. S. Robinson Dies at Home on Campaign
     John S. Robinson, who was nearing his 75th birthday, died at 3:15 Sunday morning at his home on Campaign. Death resulted from a third stroke occurring on Friday, the first one dating back some three years.
     Mr. Robinson was born at Mercerville Jan 25, 1863, and was a son of James and Hester Niday Robinson. He was twice married. His first wife was Emma McLean, and two children of this marriage survive: Garland and Glenn Robinson, both of Norwood, Ohio.
     He is also survived by his second wife, who was Elizabeth Saxton?, and the following brothers and sisters: William Robinson of Columbus; Everett, South Dakota; Al, who lives on Mud Creek in Green tp,; Bert Robinson, Garfield ave.; Mrs. Mary Tagg, Delaware, and Nellie Robinson, Columbus.
     Funeral services will be conducted by Rev. R. R. Denney at the residence (on the farm adjoining that of the late John H. Irwin) at 2 o'clock Tuesday, under the auspices of the Jr. O.U.A.M. Burial at Prospect by J.L. Coleman.

[No stone but death date from death certificate Dec 19, 1937]

Gallipolis paper
1937
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall

Robinson, May Irene

GALLIPOLIS - Miss May Irene Robinson, 90, of 81 Cedar St, died at 8 p.m. Sunday at her home after a four-month illness. She taught private piano lessons in early life. Born in Gallipolis, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Mary E. Seshole Robinson. Surviving are three sisters, Miss Carrie Robinson, Miss Stella Robinson and Mrs. Mahala Rue, all of Gallipolis; and two brothers, Luther V. Robinson, Gallipolis, and Charles Robinson of Bidwell. Two brothers and a sister preceded her in death.
Private funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home by the Rev. Albert MacKenzie. Burial will be in Mound Hill Cemetery. There will be no calling hours.

The Athens Messenger, Athens, Ohio
Monday, January 15, 1968, page 5 Top of Page

Robinson, May Irene

Miss Robinson Claimed Sunday After Illness
     Miss May Irene Robinson, 90, of 81 Cedar St., died at 8 p.m. Sunday at her home. She had been in failing health for four months. Miss Robinson resided in Gallipolis her entire life and in her younger days was a piano instructor.
   Born Aug. 10, 1877, in Gallipolis, she was the daughter of the late Charles B. and Mary E. Seashole Robinson. A sister, Garnet, and two brothers, John and Frank Robinson, preceded her in death. She is survived by three sisters, Miss Carrie Robinson and Miss Stella Robinson, 81 Cedar St., and Mrs. Mahala Rue, 340 Third Ave., and two brothers, Luther V. Robinson 81 Cedar St., and Charles B. Robinson, Bidwell.
     Private services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home by the Rev. Fr. Albert H. MacKenzie. Burial will be in Mound Hill Cemetery. There are no calling hours.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Monday, Jan. 15, 1968
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Robinson, T. M.

Death of Mr. Robinson
Mr. T. M. Robinson, of New Richmond, O., born in this county, and residing at one time on the Guthrie farm and an uncle of Mr. John F. Robinson, died in that city Sept. 2nd, 1913, in his 63rd year. Funeral services were held in New Richmond yesterday, and the body was brought here for burial this morning and taken charge of by Undertaker Wetherholt, and conveyed to Mrs. Anna Robinson's on Grape street, the burial following this afternoon at one o'clock at Mound Hill cemetery.

The Gallipolis Tribune
September 12, 1913
Contributed by Eve Hughes

Robinson, Wilburt

Death of Wilburt Robinson
Mr. Wilburt Robinson, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Robinson of Addison, died Sunday, Jan. 24, of pneumonia, aged 36 years. He was a well respected man and had been conducting a store at Addison, and leaves a wife but no children.
His funeral services were conducted Tuesday morning at Addison at 10 a.m., by Rev. Thomas and interment followed at Mound Hill by Undertaker Wetherholt under the auspices of the Order of the Elks.

Gallipolis Bulletin
Friday, January 29, 1909
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron

Robinson, Wilfred W.

     Wilfred W. Robinson, 88, 580 Fourth Ave., Gallipolis, was found dead Tuesday morning at his home.
He had been the chief engineer at the Athens waterworks and custodian of Portsmouth High School and YMCA.
     He was born in Meigs County, the son of W.W. and Julia Robinson. His wife, the former Ida M. Williams, preceded him in death March 1963.
     He is survived by two sons, Kenneth W., Point Pleasant; Robert O., Madiera; and 10 grandchildren.
He had lived in Gallipolis for three and a half years, coming from Point Pleasant where he was a member of Trinity Methodist Church.
     Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Waugh-Halley-Wood funeral home with the Rev. C.S. Thompson, Jr. officiating.
     Burial will be in Fairmount Cemetery, Jackson. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Wednesday.

Athens Messenger
Feb. 23, 1965
Contributed by Joyce Robinson Top of Page

Robinson, William

Native of Bladen Dies In Huntington
     William Robinson, 63, a native of Bladen, died Saturday p.m. at his home, 311 Main street, Huntington. Funeral was held at First Guyandotte Baptist church at 2 o'clock today.
     Robinson was a machinist at the C. & O. shops and had lived in Huntington 15 years.
     Surviving are the wife and two children, Owen Robinson and Mrs. W. R. Murray; two brothers, B. F. Robinson of Anderson, Ind., and Otis Robinson of Glendale, O.

[Note: from 1930 Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia census, William's year of birth was 1877. Date of death approximately 1940]

Gallipolis newspaper
1940
Transcribed by Joanne Galvin

Robinson, William Lorah

     William Lorah Robinson was born at Chest Springs, Pa., Apr. 16, 1860. He is the son of Thomas S. and Mary Sulloway Robinson, and the grandson of Jonathan Robinson and Thomas and Mary Stuart Sulloway. The Robinsons came originally from England to New England, and the Sulloways from Ireland.
     W. L. Robinson attended the public schools of Pennsylvania and was for two years a student at Mt. Pleasant, Pa. Academy. His father died while he was at the Academy, and all his plans for further education at the institution were disrupted. He was eighteen years old at the time, and went to work immediately in his brother's drug store at Buffalo., W. Va. After three years there he accepted a position in the drug store of Charles D. Kerr of this city in July, 1882, where he has remained ever since. When the business was incorporated as The C. D. Kerr Drug Co., he became its secretary.
     On Oct. 3, 1880, Mr. Robinson married Miss Mary H. Timms of Buffalo, W. Va. She is the daughter of Jesse A. and Mary McCowan Timms. The Timms family came from Pennsylvania, and the McCowans from Virginia. The children resulting from the union of Mr. and Mrs. Robinson are:
Miss Ethel, now a stenographer with the Calkins Holden Co., advertising agents, in New York City.
Harry Stuart, a student of the violin in the College of Music at Cincinnati.
Miss Mary Timms, at home.
Lorah, at home.
     All the children are musicians, Lorah and Miss Mary being pianists, and Harry an unusually promising violinist. Mr. Robinson himself is a musician and violinist, having conducted the Robinson orchestra of this city for many years, until business responsibilities made it necessary for him to disband it.
Mr. Robinson is a member of the M. E. Church, of Morning Dawn Lodge of Masons, of the Elks, and of the Board of Trade. He is also Secretary of the National Union.

Transcribed from the Gallipolis Daily Tribune
July 29, 1909
By Maxine Marshall

Rocchi, Lillja

   Lillia Rocchi, 87, 231 Second Avenue, Gallipolis, died early this morning (Friday) at Holzer Medical Center. She had been in failing health several years. Born April 30, 1895, in Bagni Di Lucca, Italy, to the late Eugenio Brunicardi and Argentina Malone.
     She married A. "Shorty" Rocchi on Oct 24, 1920 at Lucci, Italy. She had lived in Galliplis since 1922. Mrs. Rocchi and her husband operated the Grande Cafe restuarant on Second Avenue for several years. She was a member of St. Louis Catholic Church, VFW Auxiliary, and American Legion Auxiliary.
   Survived by her husband; two sons, Robert and Remo; two sisters; 16 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
     Services will be held 10 a.m. Monday at St. Louis Catholic Church, with Rev. William R. Myers officiating. Burial will be at Mound Hill Cemetery. Friends may call 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Sunday at Waugh Halley-Wood Funeral Home. Rosary services will be 8 p.m. Sunday.

[Died Ocdt 8, 1982]

Gallipolis paper
Friday, Oct 8, 1982
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall

Rodgers, Mrs. Charles

Mrs. Charles Rodgers Dead
     Mrs. Charlie Rodgers, who has been ill with the flu, which developed in pneumonia, died at her home near the Children's Home Friday night, March 5, 1920. Besides a husband Mrs. Rodgers leaves four children, two boys and two girls, aged 3, 5, 8 and 11.
     The funeral will be held at the Pt. Pleasant Baptist Church Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock and
conducted by Rev. O. F. Jackson. Burial at the Kincade Cemetery by Wetherholt and Entsminger.
     The Rodgers family located here about one year ago, coming from West Virginia. Mr. Rodgers was
employed on the Charles Switzer farm.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
March 16, 1920
Transcribed by Henny Evans Top of Page

Rodgers, Oma

Mrs. Rodgers Died Here Saturday P.M.
Mrs. Charles Rodgers, 23, of Apple Grove, W. Va., died at the Holzer Hospital Saturday night, a few hours after she had been brought there. She was formerly Oma Erwin, daughter of Carl Erwin, and she and Charles Rogers [sic] were married here by Rev. W. Scott Westerman on Dec. 23, 1937. The marriage records showed she was 22 last Oct 31; a report made at the hospital when she entered indicated she was still in her teens.

[Per DC B.30 Oct 1931 - D.15 Jan 1939 - Bur Apple Grove]

Gallipolis paper
Jan 16, 1939
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall

Rood, Ira

Ira Rood Dies
Rites 2 Tuesday
     Ira Rood died Saturday night at the home of his sister, Mrs. Della Canterbury, 944 First Avenue, where he had been tenderly cared for during the past year. He suffered with cancer and bore his distressing and long illness patiently.
     He would have been 67 years old Oct 3. In addition to his sister, he is survived by a daughter, Helen Harris. His parents and four brothers preceded him in death.
     Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Entsminger Funeral Home. Rev. Vernon Shaffer will officiate and burial will be in Pine Street Cemetery.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Monday, July 16, 1945
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron

Ropeter, August

     Mr. August Ropeter died at his home in Walnut Township last Monday morning at five o’clock. A week ago last Saturday Mr. Ropeter returned from a visit to relatives in the West, and after reaching home, complained of feeling badly. On the following Monday he took worse, and one week from that day passed away.
     Mr. Ropeter was about 66 years of age and was one of the best known citizens of the county. His death was a shock to his wide circle of friends, who know that a good man has passed away.
     The funeral services were conducted on Wednesday at the Lutheran Church near his late resident. Rev. Becker, of Pomeroy, officiated. A widow and seven children survive him and mourn their loss.

The Bulletin
Saturday, October 20, 1894
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron

Rose, Alma

Death of Child
     Alma, 9 months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rose, died at the Holzer Hospital late Friday afternoon, having been removed there for special treatment. The child was afflicted with a rare form of hemorrhages or general bleeding of the system and all methods used to effect a cure were unavailable. Another child, Lena May, survives.
     The funeral was held at Bethel church in Ohio Tp. at 11 o'clock Sunday, Rev. McConnell officiating. Burial by Wetherholt.

[Tombstone dates 4 Apr 1915 - 7 Jan 1916]

Gallipolis paper
Jan 7, 1916
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall                                                                     Top of Page

Rose, Amanda

Mrs. James Rose, formerly of near Vinton, who had been making her home with relatives near Marion, died Tuesday at the age of 93. Her body was to arrive here at noon Thursday. Funeral will be at Mt. Tabor by Rev. Williams at 1:30 p.m. burial in the Church cemetry by Butler.

[Note from stone: 10/29/1837-2/22/1932.]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Feb. 25, 1932
Transcribed by Henny Evans

Rose, Delia Howard

Mrs. H.W. Rose Dies
Mrs. Delia Howard Rose, 73, died Sunday at her home near Bethesda. She was the wife of Harvey W. Rose, who survives. She also leaves four sons, Jay and Clarence Holdridge of Cedarville; Archie Rose of Dayton and Arthur Rose at home, a daughter, Mrs Eliza Champer of South Dakota and three brothers.
Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Bethesda Church by Rev. J.W. McConnell. Burial in Neal Cemetery, in charge of O.E. Elliott.

[Note: death certificate: Cordelia M. Rose born Cedar Rock County, WI on Sept. 25, 1857; died Feb. 9, 1931; 73 years, 4 months and 11 days of age. Parents: Albert Howard (born Franklin NY) and Sarah Ann Crouch (born Newhaven NY). Cause of death Bronchial pneumonia followed by edema of lungs.]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Feb. 11, 1931
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Rose, Esther A.

Mrs. Rose, 67, Dies Today
     Mrs. Esther A. Rose, 67, a resident of 121 Pine Street, died in Holzer Hospital at 2:50 a.m. today. She had been a patient there for two days following a stroke at her home. She was one of nine children born to the late Wiley and Sarah Hill Angel. Her birth took place on Nov. 2, 1897 in Harrison Township and in her youth she attended the Bullskin School.
     She is survived by a sister, Mrs. Maude Persinger and one half-sister, Mrs. Jennie Shaw, both of Gallipolis and two brothers, Ray Angel of Greenfield and John Angel of Columbus. Three sisters and two brothers proceded her in death.
     Her first marriage was to Lear Roberts of Huntington in March, 1920. He preceded her in death in 1957. Her second marriage was to Charles Rose and he died in 1958. Two children survive the first marriage are Mrs. James (Mildred) Brewer of Harrison and Mrs. Lawrence (Nellie) Mitchell of Gallipolis. A granddaughter, Marcia, was reared in her home. There are 8 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild.
     Mrs. Rose was employed as a cook for many years at the Queen Bee Restaurant and retired in 1955 due to ill health.
     Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Miller's Funeral Home for Funerals. Rev. Cecil Mable will officiate and burial will follow in Pine Street Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Thursday evening and until the hour of the service.

Gallipolis Paper
No date --Died Nov. 23, 1960
Submitted by F.K. Brown Top of Page

Rose, Harvey W.

Rose
     Harvey W. Rose, aged 81, an industrious and successful farmer, died at 4 o'clock Monday afternoon at his home in the mouth of German Hollow in Walnut Township. He had been seriously ill only a few days. However, his health had not been good for a year.
     Mr. Rose was a large man and had been a familiar figure in Gallipolis for many years and was in town about a week ago.
     He was born in Lawrence County, on Aug. 8, 1861, a son of Jehu and Elizabeth Niday Rose. He was one of 11 children, of whom there is now but a single survivor, Stephen Rose of Oklahoma.
     When 24 years old Mr. Rose located in Kansas, spending 18 years in the Sunflower State. There he married Cordelia Howard and some years thereafter they came to this county and Walnut Township. Mrs. Howard died 12 years ago and they are survived by these three children, Mrs. Etha Champer of Monroe, WA; Archie Rose, Dayton and Arthur, living at the German Hollow homestead. Another son, Hubert, was drowned in Symmes Creek in 1916.
     Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock (fast time) at Bethesda, with Rev. Jennings Cremeens in charge. Burial in Neal Cemetery by O.E. Elliott.

[Note: death certificate...he died June 28, 1943]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
June 1943
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Rose, J. Cal.

Rose

J. Cal. Rose died at Pliny, W. Va. on Monday, Aug. 15, 1904, death caused by typhoid fever. He was 65 years of age and left a wife and three children He was son of the late Daniel Rose, once Sheriff of Gallia County. The remains were buried at Centenary Tuesday afternoon.

[Note: Clay Twp]

Gallipolis Bulletin
Vol. XXXVII, No. 73
Aug. 19, 1904

Transcribed by Charles Wright Top of Page

Rose, James
Funeral services for James Rose, who died at the home of his son Arthur on Lincoln Ridge, Dec. 1, 1931, were conducted Thursday afternoon by Rev. J.W. McConnell.

[Note: Death Certificate shows him born Nov. 4, 1852; 79 years and 27 days of age when he died. Wife, Sally. Parents: Lewis Rose and Margaret Lambert. Burial Bethel Cemetery]

Gallipolis Paper
Dec. 1, 1931
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Rose, Redmond L.

Redmond L. Rose, Crown City, Dies
     Redmond Lake Rose, aged 72, one of Guyan Township's most estimable citizen passed away at his home in Crown City today after more than a year's illness. Stricken in October of a serious heart ailment his condition gradually grew worse and the end had been expected momentarily throughout the past four weeks.
     The passing of this most useful citizen marks finish to another historical landmark of the village in which he lived for more than thirty years, with the ultimate close of and the passing into oblivion of the old blacksmith shop in which he worked faithfully many, many years. His adeptness in making small, intricate shop tools was widely known and no doubt will be sorely missed by all.
     Surviving are the faithful wife, Willia Moore Rose and the following children: Ray, Columbus; Mrs. Roma Myers, Marietta; Rolland, Crown City; Mrs. Opal Sheppard, Gallipolis; Mrs. Nellie McKown, Bladen; Mrs. Janice Gorby, Proctorville and Mrs. Robert Smith, Crown City.
     Funeral arrangements are in charge of F.l. Stevers and no date has been set for services but internment probably will be at Crown City.

[Note: stone 1874-1946. Death Certificate born May 19, 1874 in Lawrence County, Ohio; died Sept. 4, 1946 in Guyan Township, Gallia County, Ohio; 75 years 5 months and 15 days of age. Parents Lewis Rose and Sarah Hoskinson. Burial Crown City Cemetery.]

Gallipolis Paper
No date
Transcribed by F.K. Brown Top of Page

Rose, Reuben

Death Claims Reuben Rose, 73
     D. Reuben Rose, age 73, died around midnight at his home on Fourth Ave. at the foot of Grape. Particulars as to the cause of death or the duration of his illness were not learned.
     Rose, a quaint and jovial character, was born and reared and spent most of his life in Raccoon Twp., and below Rio Grande. He was a son of Euri and Elizabeth Gaskins Rose.
     He is survived by his wife who was Lorena Beaver, and by the following children: Edgar Rose, store manager, Buffalo, W. Va.; George Rose, Crown City, Lavada Smith, Kanauga; Elizabeth Hill and Dorothy Harrington, City, and Lester Rose, Vinton. There also survives a brother and a sister, William Rose, First Ave., and Mary Lee, Springfield.
     Funeral arrangements have not been completed, but burial will be at Mound Hill at 2 Friday by A. E. Tope.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
1 Feb 1939
Transcribed by Kathy Hill Lynch

Rose, Sallie Edwards

Passes Away
After Operation, From Effects of Cancer---Mrs. J. E. Rose of Bladen Dead.
     Mrs. J. E. Rose, of Bladen, died Saturday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock at the Holzer Hospital, where she underwent an operation Friday morning. It was hoped that the operation would develop that she was suffering from a tumor but it was found that her trouble was due to cancer. She had been in ill health for about 10 years and her condition had been critical for some time. She was 52 years, 10 months and 16 days old and her maiden name was Sallie Edwards. She was a member of the Christian Church and led a Christian life in its true sense. She is survived by her husband and four children, Arthur of Lincoln, Edward and Fred of Bladen and Mrs. Addie Shato of Bladen and by one brother, James Edwards of Angola. The many friends of the family deeply sympathize with them in their affliction.
     The funeral services were held at Bethel church near Bladen Monday forenoon at 11 o'clock and were conducted by Rev. Dailey. Burial at the church cemetery by Wetherholt.

[Note: tombstone at Bethel Cemetery, Ohio Township, states, Rose, Sallie; 1858-1911, w/o James. Birthdate: 14 Jun 1858, died: 29 Apr 1911 per death records]

Gallipolis newspaper
May 1911
Transcribed by Joanne Galvin                                                                            Top of Page

Rose, Vesta Fay

Mrs. Vesta Rose Dies In Hospital
     Mrs. Vesta Fay Rose, 41, died at 3:15 a.m. today in the Holzer Hospital where she had been admitted at midnight Wednesday suffering from cerosis (sic) of the liver. Her home was at 75 Spruce St.
     Mrs. Rose was born Sept. 11, 1912, in Harrison Twp., the daughter of Clarence Minor, deceased and Stella Harrison Minor, who is now Mrs. Clarence Rose.
     She was one of four children, two of whom survive: Mrs. Edward (May) Fields, Richmond, Ohio, and Mrs. Esta Flint, Gallipolis. A brother Russell was killed in an automobile accident about 30 years ago near Swan Creek. A half-sister, Mrs. Delbert Dray, Gallipolis, and a brother, Donald Rose, at home survive.
     Decedent attended the old Garfield school and later the Washington school. She worked as a housekeeper for Mrs. John Lupton during her early years and dressed chickens for the Christian and Sons Poultry Processors during World War II.
     In 1929 she married Howard Rose, Gallipolis, with James Millisor, Justice of the peace, officiating.
One son, Willard, Middleport, survives, along with three grand-children.
     Mrs. Rose was visiting in Pittsburg during the Christmas holidays when she became ill and was taken to the Allegheny Hospital where she was a patient for five weeks. She never fully recovered from this illness. Her condition had been considered critical for the past month. She was taken to the Holzer Hospital at midnight Wednesday.
     Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Miller’s Home for Funerals with the Rev. Earl Cremeens officiating. Burial will be in Pine St. Cemetery.

Gallipolis Tribune
4 June 1953
Transcribed by Lew Casey Top of Page

Rose, Willie

Death Claims Mrs. Rose, 85
     Mrs. Willie Rose, 85, Crown City, widow of Redmond Rose, died after an extended illness at 6:30 a.m. Friday in Holzer Hospital. Daughter of the late Lafayette and Wilma Rossiter Moore, she was born May 20, 1882 in Gallia County.
     Survivors include five daughters, Mrs. Nellie McCown, Mrs. Opal Sheppard, and Mrs. Geraldine Smith, all of Gallipolis; Mrs. Roma Myers, Crown City; and Mrs. Janice Gorby of Columbus; two sons, Ray Rose, Columbus, and Roland Rose, Canal Winchester; one sister, Mrs. Jessie Harrison, Crown City; one brother, Seldon L. Moore, Cheshire; nine grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
     Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday at the F. L. Stevers Funeral Home by Evangelist Cleveland of the Church of Christ in Huntington, W. Va. Burial will be in Crown City Cemetery. Friends may call after 6 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Friday, April 19, 1968
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Ross, Alice Caldwell

Mrs. W. Grant Ross, 63, Dies Last Night
Mrs. Alice Caldwell Ross, 63, wife of W. Grant Ross, died at 9 o'clock last night at their home on Horse Creek in Ohio tp. She had been in poor health for two years.
She had no children but is survived by, besides her husband, one sister, Mrs. Sarah Jane Montgomery of the same community.
Funeral services will be held at Mt. Zion church, of which decedent was a member, at 2 o'clock Tuesday. Rev. H.K. Riggs of Reedsville will conduct the rites. Burial will be in the cemetery there by Undertaker C.R. Halley

[Note: From stone 1871 - 1935]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Date Unknown - 1935
Transcribed by Theresa E. Smith

Ross, Elmira

     Mrs. Elmira (Mide) Lane Ross, 75, widow of Jesse A. Ross, died at 8:10 AM today at her home in Bladen. She had become steadily worse from a heart ailment since her visit this summer with two daughters, Mrs. Bessy Caldwell and Mrs. Clema Trosteri, Erie, Pa.
     Born Nov. 11, 1874, in Ohio Twp. to Louis Lane and his wife, whose maiden name was Mooney, the decedent is survived by these sons in addition to the daughters mentioned: B. W. Ross, Raymond Ross, and Homer Ross, Bladen; Charles E. Ross, Catlin, Ill; and a grandson whom she reared from from 11 months of age: Clarence Waugh. Two sisters also survive: Mrs. John (Effie) Gladman, Gallipolis and Mrs. Ella Phillips, Bladen.
     Funeral services will be held at 2 PM Wednesday in Mt. Zion Church, the Rev. Oma Williams officiating, and burial will be made by F. L. Stevers in Mt. Zion Cemetery.

[Note: d. 25 July 1949 from Funeral Book]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Transcribed by Jean Yount Top of Page

Ross, Jesse A.

Jesse A. Ross Passes In Bladen 1:25 A.M. Today
Funeral Is Set For 2 P.M. Friday at Mt. Zion
     Jesse Alexander Ross, a native and lifelong resident of Ohio Township, died at 1:25 this morning at his home in Bladen after an extended illness. His age was 80 years, 3 months and 15 days.
     He is survived by his wife Elmyra Ross and the following children: B.W. Ross, merchant and Raymond and Henry Ross, all of Bladen; Charles Ross, Catlin, IL; Mrs. Bessie Caldwell and Mrs. Clemma Prosperi, both of Erie, PA. There are 21 grandchildren, one of whom, Clarence, was reared in the decedent's home; 10 great-grandchildren; one brother, Grant Ross, of Columbus and one sister, Mrs Ella Moorefield of Uniontown, PA. One son and two daughters preceded Mr. Ross in death.
     Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. at Mt. Zion Church, in charge of Rev. Oma Williams of Crown City. Internment at the same place by F.L. Stevers. This evening the body will be at the home where friends may call.

[Note: stone..1865-1946. Death Certificate: born Oct. 21, 1865; died Feb. 6, 1946. Parents Busbon(?) Ross and Arminta King. Burial Mt. Zion Cemetery.]

Gallipolis Paper
No date
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Ross, Larry Allen

Infant Son Dies
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at Mt. Zion Baptist church below Bladen by Rev. Oma Williams for Larry Allen, three-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Ross, who died Saturday at 11:30 a.m. at his parents' home. Burial followed there.

[Note: dates from stone 6 Jul 1941-11 Oct 1941]

Gallipolis newspaper
October 1941
Transcribed by Joanne Galvin Top of Page

Ross, Mary

Mary Ross
Mrs. Mary Ross was born in Pennsylvania in October, 1785 and died at Rio Grande, Ohio, August 28, 1886, at the extreme age of almost 101 years. Her maiden name was Cline. Her first husband name was Rawson, with whom she came to Gallia County about 1815. Her second husband was named Judge Ross, who died while a member of the Ohio Legislature. There were four children by the first husband and three by the second. For the most of the time for many years past she had lived with her daughter, Mrs. Susan Varney and died at her home.
Grandma Ross kept her mental faculties to the last and it was always a great pleasure to converse with her. She became a Christian in early life and never backslid. Of a most quiet and equable disposition, kind and affectionate to all around her and with a comforting and child-like faith in God, she spend a pleasant and beauteous old age and though her death could not be a surprise, it has left a void to the hearts of those left behind. She knew how to endear herself to the hearts of the children of the household, a wisdom which many old persons have not and which in itself is proof of a good heart and of well ripened graces of character. Her final illness was of brief duration. Her last words were " I have been here a long time", and shortly after, on the bright summer morning, she closed her eyes on the earthly day to open them in the eternal brightness of the Christian's future. Her funeral was preached by Rev. J.M. Davis.

Text Eccl. 12:7

O think while you're weeping here,
Her hand a golden harp is stringing,
And with a voice serene and clear
Her ransomed soul, without a tear,
Her Saviour's praise is singing.

And think that all her pains are fled,
Her toils and sorrows closed forever,
While He whose blood for man was shed,
Has placed upon His servant's head
A crown that fadeth never.

[Note: Buried Calvary Baptist Cemetery, Raccoon Township]

Gallipolis Paper
Aug. 28, 1886
Transcribed by F.K. Brown Top of Page

Ross, Unnamed Male

On Saturday, October 23, 1926, a darling baby boy came to brighten the home of Raymond and Ruth Ross. On October 28, God plucked this little jewel from its earthly home and carried it to that beautiful home far beyond the skies. Where two little hands are beckoning to the loved ones left behind to follow and enter that beautiful home where we shall take our darling baby in our arms and parting shall be no more.

The little crib is empty now,
The little clothes laid by;
A Mother's hope, a father's joy
In deaths cold arm doth lie.

Go little pilgrim to this home
On yonder blissful shore,
We miss thee here, but soon we'll come
Where thou hast gone before.

[Note: Buried Mount Zion Cemetery]

Gallipolis paper
1926
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall

Ross, William J.

OLD RESIDENT TAKEN
William J. Ross, who died at the County Infirmary last week, was a native of Ohio Township and a member of one of the oldest families in this part of the state. He was past the four score and ten mark and was hale and hearty up to the time of his death, hardly knowing what it was to be sick a single day. For several years he served as Justice of the Peace in his township and held other offices of trust, all of which he filled with honor and distinction. He was engaged in the merchandise business at Bush's Mill for several years and was also postmaster at that place until the office was discontinued. His wife was Miss Kate Holloway, a member of the famous Holloway family of Gallipolis. She preceded him in death over 20 years ago. They had no children. Mr. Ross's only brother, Brown Ross, is now living in Cincinnati. "Uncle Jack." as everyone called him, was a deep thinker and read extensively, keeping posted on the events of the day. He loved to be in the company of his friends and after his home was broken by the death of his companion lived alone for several years near those who could look after his daily wants, and it was not until old age enfeebled him did he consent to become a county charge, preferring to do this rather than be a burden on his friends and relatives.

Gallipolis newspaper
Undated
Transcribed by Joanne Galvin Top of Page

Rosser, Mrs. J. E.

Death of Mrs. J. E. Rosser
Mrs. J. E. Rosser, mother of Harry Rosser of this city, died at Parkersburg Thursday. The remains were brought here and the funeral was conducted from the Welch church at Centerville at 10 a. m. Monday

Gallipolis Journal
May 17, 1917
Vol 99 No. 16 P1
Transcribed by Sharon Hobart

Rothgeb, Amazonia Hern

Mrs. E. Rothgeb, 87 Of Addison, Died This Morn
Funeral Is Set For 2 Monday At Addison
     Mrs. Amazonia Hern Rothgeb, widow of Edwin Rothgeb, died at 9 o'clock this morning at her home above Addison. She had been bedfast nearly all summer and had been in poor health more than a year and underwent a major operation here last October. She would have been 87 next November 16.
     Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock (EWT) Monday at the Addison Methodist Church, of which she was a member, with Rev. Harry Yost, a former pastor now living at Fultonham, Ohio, in charge. Interment will be made in Gravel Hill cemetery.
     Mrs. Rothgeb was born Nov. 16, 1856, in Addison Twp., a daughter of John T. and Phoebe Russell Hern. Her marriage to Mr. Rothgeb was an event of Feb. 14, 1880. Mrs. Rothgeb lived all her life in Addison Twp., but shortly before her health began to fail noticeably she spent a year or more with relatives in the Far West.
     Surviving are these children: Mrs. Georgia Bell, Yakima, Washington; Mrs. Edna Guyan, San Francisco, now teaching at Lyndyl, Utah; Mrs. Gertrude Carmen and Chaunsey (?) E. Rothgeb, both of Addison. There are also eight grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and these two brothers and sister: C.C. Hern, Hayward, Calif.; Pearl F. Hern, Polson, Montana; and Flora Hern, Los Angeles.
     Mr. Rothgeb, well-remembered for his genial and genteel traits and exemplary character, died Oct. 6, 1935. Thereafter, the children, always devoted to their parents, gave them the full measure of loving attention. Mrs. Guyan, after spending months at her mother's bedside, left just a few weeks ago to resume her duties as teacher, and Mrs. Bell had spent months here during the last two years. Neither will be able to return for the funeral.

[Note: From death certificate her name was Sarah Amazonia; date of death September 18, 1943.]

Newspaper (September 1943, Gallipolis Daily Tribune) clipping found in the Simmerman files, Gatewood file, Bossard Library.
Transcribed by Lynn Anders

Rothgeb, Dale Jr.

Dale Rothgeb, Jr
     Dale Rothgeb, Jr. 41, of 544 Jackson Pike, News Editor for Ohio Valley Publishing Company since 1978, died Friday at Ohio State University Hospital following a lengthy illness.
     Rothgeb graduated from Kyger Creek High School in 1963 and joined the Gallipolis Daily Tribune staff in October that year. In 1966, he became News Director of WJEH radio and returned to the newspaper as City Editor and Sports Reporter in 1970.
     He was a registered baseball and football official with the Ohio High School Athletic Association, a former Little League manager in Gallipolis and a Pony League manager at Cheshire. At one time, he was an assistant baseball coach at Kyger Creek High School.
     Rothgeb, a charger member of the Gallipolis Area Jaycees, served three years on the Kyger Creek Board of Education and one year on the Gallia County School Board.
     The son of Glenna Shaver Rothgeb of Cheshire and the late Dale Rothgeb, Sr., he married Patricia Seubert Rothgeb on June 9, 1979 at Harrison, Ohio.
     He was a member of Campaign Freewill Baptist Church, where he served as Sunday School Superintendent. He also attended St. Louis Catholic Church.
     In addition to his wife and mother, he is also survived by four brothers, Robert Rothgeb and David Lee Rothgeb both of Gallipolis; MSgt. James K. Rothgeb, Bossier City, LA and Mickey J. Rothgeb, Colorado Springs CO; his grandmother, Mrs. Ellen Rothgeb of Chillicothe, two nephews and three nieces.
     Funeral services will be conducted Monday, 11 a.m. Cremeens Funeral Chapel, the Rev. Charles Hively and Rev. William R. Myers. Burial follows in Campaign Cemetery, Addison Township. Friends may call at the funeral home Sunday, 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to the Ohio State University Cancer Research Institute, 410 W. Tenth Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210.

Gallipolis Paper
No date
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Rothgeb, Edith

Death of Mrs. Rothgeb
Mrs. Edith Rothgeb, wife of Phillip Rothgeb, died at her home in Green township Tuesday morning, aged 39 years. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Ed Beck, one son Perry, and an infant child a few days old, besides her husband.
The funeral was held at Bulaville Wednesday, burial at Rife Cemetery by Hayward & Son. She was a fine lady and her family have the sympathy of every one.

Gallipolis Bulletin
Friday, January 8, 1909
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron Top of Page

Rothgeb, Edwin

Edwin Rothgeb Aged 83, Dies Near Midnight
Upright, Genial Man Lived Long, Useful Life - Funeral At 2 Wednesday
     Edwin Rothgeb, one of the county's best-known farmers and a stalwart, worthy citizen, died at his home between Addison and Cheshire at 12:15 this morning. As was generally known his health had been failing for weeks or months. There was a sudden turn for the worse a week ago that caused two of his daughters to hurry to his side. Death was due to pernicious anemia.
     Mr. Rothgeb had entered his 84th year, having been born Sept. 25, 1852. He was a son of Captain Samuel and Frances Leonard Rothgeb, whose original home occupied the site of the present George Rothgeb home. Except for business trips by flatboat down the Mississippi and vacation trips to the Far West, Mr. Rothgeb's whole life was spent in the Addison community and was devoted to farming, though for a period years he was engaged in the merchandising business in Addison village.
     His ancestors migrated to the Ohio Valley from the Shenandoah; and their selection of a home in the wilds was a happy one. The Rothgeb acres are considered to be perhaps the most fertile in the county and the view from the Rothgeb home on the hillside is strikingly beautiful and impressive.
     As a boy of 10 years Rothgeb saw the Morgan Raiders and heard and probably witnessed some of the fighting that took place on this hill a Civil War incident often referred to as the Battle of Coal Hill.
     His schooling was climaxed by attending the old Gallia Academy, of which he was one of the early pupils. But he never stopped studying. He was of a philsophical turn and a lover and student of nature.
When 21 he became a Mason and was active and prominent in the affairs of Cheshire lodge as long as he was able to attend its meetings. A Medal was awarded to him in recognition of his half a century service in Masonry. In his early years, too, he played a cornet in the Cheshire band and was fond of music to his last days.
     In 1880 he married Amazonia Hern of the same township and their marriage was a happy and harmonoious one. She and four children survive; Mrs. Walter Bell, Yakima, Wash.; Mrs. T. C. Guyn, Ft. Hall, Idaho; Mrs. S. R. Carman and Chauncey E. Rothgeb, both of Addison. All were with him when he died and all had idolized him down through the years. There are these eight grandchildren; Edwin, Ross and Fred Carman; Jane Eloise and Raymah Rothgeb: Mrs. Marian Bell Hull, William Bell and Jack Guyn. A Brother and near neighbor, George Rothgeb, and a sister, Mrs. Clara Randall of this city, survive.
The funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Wednesday at the home under the auspices of the Masons, with Rev. J.W. MeMahan of Cheshire officiating. Burial in Gravel Hill cemetery by Funeral Director F. J. Entsminger.
     On account of the nature of his illness Mr. Rothgeb remained alone for hours at a time at frequent intervals. But he had found "There is a pleasure in philosophy, and a lure even in the mirages of metaphysics." In reflection, as he sat upon his front porch gazing at the unusual panaroma that unfolded up, down and across the river - a view that embraces the mouth of Kyger and Dam 25, with a vast expanse of Cheshire bottoms and the West Virginia flats and hills - he found life well worth while. There again and again he "pulled himself up out of the maelstrom of circumstance" and found peace and complacency and genuine happiness in the companionship of his loved ones and in his contemplation of the wonders of Nature's workshop.

Gallipolis Tribune
Oct. 7, 1933
Transcribed by J. Farley                                                                               Top of Page

Rothgeb, Nancy Fulton

     Nancy Pearle Fulton Rothgeb, 86, died at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in Holzer Medical Center following a lengthy illness.
     Born Aug. 3, 1896, in Cheshire Township, Gallia County, daughter of the late Rev. Samuel and Elizabeth Shuler Fulton, she was a 1915 graduate of Cheshire Academy, a 70 year member of Cheshire Baptist Church and taught school for several years after attending Rio Grande College.
     She married Otto Thomas Rothgeb on March 27, 1920. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. M. Rucker (Mary Jane) Neal and Mrs. Carl H. (Verla Mae) Myers, both of Cheshire and Mrs. J. Timothy (Betty Lou) Evans of Rodnes and five grandchildren and six great-grandchldren. She was also preceded in death by a brother and four sisters.
     Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in Rawlings-Coats-Blower Funeral Home, Middleport, with Rev. William Uber officiating. Burial will be in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Cheshire. Friends may call at the funeral home from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Saturday. Pallbearers will be James R. Neal, David T. Evans, Jon T. Rothgeb, Carl H. Myers, Robert D. Huestis and Travis E. Burille.

[Note: Died Feb. 24, 1983]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Feb. 25, 1983
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Rothgeb, Nannie V.

Mrs. Rothgeb Found Dead In her Bed
     Mrs. Nannie V. Rothgeb, 82, was found dead in bed at her Kanauga home at noon Thursday. She had been suffering from a cold, therefore, the family was not alarmed when she did not get up, thinking she was only sleeping.
     Mrs. Rothgeb was born in Meigs county, Aug. 31, 1881, daughter of the late Joshua and Clarrisse Fife Vance. The family moved to Kanauga when she was two years old and she had been a resident of the community for 80 years. She was a life long member of Fair Haven Methodist Church and active in the WSCS.
     Her marriage to William R. Rothgeb took place in the parental home Dec. 24, 1899. Mr. Rothgeb preceded her in death Jan. 18, 1929. Survivors are two daughters, Miss Evelyn Rothgeb, at home, an employee of Davis-Shuler Co. and Mrs. Gilbert (Irene) Beard of Third Ave., Gallipolis. There are five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. One sister, Mrs. Otis (Leola) Lewis of Kanauga also survives.
     Services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Fair Haven Methodist Church. Rev. Wesley Bennett will officiate, and burial will be in Pine Street Cemetery under the direction of Miller’s Home for Funerals. The body will lie in state at the church for one hour prior to the service. Friends may call at the funeral home until the hour of the service.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Friday, January 17, 1964
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron Top of Page

Rothgeb, Ray J.

     Ray J. Rothgeb, 67, First Avenue, Beaver, died at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in Holzer Medical Center.
He was born Nov. 12, 1918 in Marion, the son of Jacob and Sarah Jones Rothgeb. A retired construction worker, he was a World War II Army Veteran and a member of the Beaver Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9942 and Disabled American Veterans of Jackson.
     Surviving are his wife, Marcella Moore Rothgeb, whom he married on Oct. 16, 1946. Also surviving are his mother, Mrs. Sarah Rothgeb, of Chillicothe; a daughter, Mrs. Danny (Betty) Sturgill of Jackson; a brother, Ora Rothgeb, of Darbyville; three sisters, Virginia George of Vinton and Melva Ross and Arta Rothgeb, both of Chillicothe and a grandson, Danny Ray Sturgill of Jackson. He was preceded in death by his father, two brothers and two sisters.
     Services will be 2 p.m. Sunday, Cox Funeral Home, Beaver, the Rev. Albert Reed will officiate. Burial will be in Beaver Union Cemetery. Military rites will be observed by Beaver VFW Post #9942 and Jackson DAV.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Saturday and before the funeral on Sunday.

[Note: Died July 9, 1986]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
July 11,1986
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Rothgeb, Samuel

Samuel Rothgeb Dies Suddenly Monday Evening
Cerebral Hemorrhage Climaxes Week's Illness----Funeral Set for 2 O'clock Wednesday Afternoon.
      Samuel Vinton Rothgeb, 81, died at his home between Addison and Cheshire at 4:15 Monday afternoon. He had been ill about a week, suffering from a bronchial infection, but death resulted from a cerebral hemorrhage.
      With him at the time were his daughter, Ella, and his physician, Dr. C. A. Rife, of Kyger. Both of them, as well as the patient himself, felt that his condition was improving. One of his last inquiries was as to the fate of the Lindberg baby. He then asked that the curtain be pushed back that he might look out at the snow-covered landscape that he had known from his babyhood. A moment later he was stricken and quickly he passed away.
      Mr. Rothgeb was born and reared and had spent his life on the farm where he died, his home marking the intersection of the Gravel Hill road with State Route No. 7. He was a son of the late Wesley Rothgeb and is survived by the devoted daughter and only child, already mentioned, and by one brother and
one sister--Reuben Marcellus Rothgeb and Mrs. Esther Swisher, both of Los Angeles. His wife, who was Julia Watson, died 19 years ago. Edwin and George Rothgeb were second cousins and near neighbors.
      As a boy of 13 he witnessed some of the stirring scenes incident to Morgan's raid into this territory. The Confederate and Union forces had quite a lively skirmish on Coal Hill, just a short distance up the slope from the Rothgeb home--perhaps the most serious encounter that ever occurred on Gallia County soil.
      Mr. Rothgeb was a pleasant companion, an honest and upright citizen, and enjoyed the respect and esteem of all who knew him. He would have been 82 years old on June 18. He had been a Mason for 56 years, a member of Siloam lodge at Cheshire and an Eastern Star.
      Funeral Services will be conducted at the home at 2 O'clock Wednesday by Rev. E. C. Vens of Kanauga under Masonic ausupices. Burial in Gravel Hill Cemetery by J. L. Coleman of Bidwell.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Tuesday, March 08, 1932
Contributed by Teresa Herrman                                      Top of Page

Rousculp, Ralph E.

      RALPH E. ROUSCULP Columbus--Ralph Eugene Rousculp, 83, of Columbus, died Wednesday, April 13, 1994 at Kobacker House in Columbus.
     He was born on Jan. 14, 1912 in Thornville to the late Albert W. and Nancy (Swinehart) Rousculp. A World War ll U.S. Army Veteran who served with the 147th Combat Engineers, he was a retired U.S. Postal Service clerk with 16 years of service. He was also a member of Linden Lutheran Church, the VFW Post 9857, the American Legion, the AARP, NAFRE and the Battle of Normandy Foundation.
      Survivors include his wife, Addamay (Brown) Rousculp, a 1939 Gallia Academy High School graduate; three sons Kenneth Rousculp of Columbus, Edwin Rousculp of Washington (state) and Gary Rousculp of Califoria (state); six grandchildren; one brother, Frank E. Rousculp; and one sister, Luella Ricketts. Also preceding him in death was his first wife Margaret Rousculp. The funeral was held Saturday at Linden Lutheran Church in Columbus, where Pastor Dean Bright officiated. He was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, where military honors were conducted.Gallipolis Daily Tribune

Transcribed by Marian Baker Schoonover

Roush, Cornelius

Cornelius Roush
In Memory
     On Monday evening, April 28, the Cheshire community was inexpressively shocked when the news went out that Cornelius Roush was dead. His death occurred while he was about his farm duties, and he was found by a neighbor underneath his overturned buggy.
     His passing closes the book of a long and very useful life, for at his death he was 80 years, 8 months and 11 days of age. He was born at Bulaville, in Addison township, Sept. 17, 1849, and was the son of Reuben and Catherine Watson Roush.
     On July 5th, 1898, he was united in marriage to Andorra Shaffer, and to this union was born one son, George Hanley, who met a tragic death from a fall of slate seven years ago. This son, his father, mother, and two sisters, Amanda and Helen, wait to welcome him on the other shore. One devoted sister, Addie, of Cheshire, survive him.
     With this sister, a wife, a daughter-in-law, Hilah, three little grandchildren, Catherine Elizabeth, Norma Emiline, Georgia Marie, and unnumbered relatives and friends, mourn the loss of one whose place in their hearts can never be filled.
     Some years ago he was baptized and became a member of the Cheshire Baptist church. He was also a member of the Little Kyger Grange. For many years he was sexton of the Gravel Hill cemetery at Cheshire.
     These words briefly sum up the life of a man known and liked by every one far and near. How can pen or tongue tell of his sincere goodness? He was a deep thinker, a reader, and above all a lover of the great out-of-doors. He died, as he perhaps would have wished, in that great out of doors. But we shall miss him as the days go by more and more.

    To him who in the love of nature,
     Holds communion with her visible form,
     She speaks a various language,
     For his gayer hours, she a voice of gladness,
     And a smile and eloquence of beauty
     And she glides into his darker moorings
     With a mild and gentle sympathy
     That steals away their sharpness, ere he is aware.
     So live that when the summons comes to join the innumerable caravan,
     That moves to the pale realms of shade,
     Though go like one who wraps the drapery of his couch about him
     And lies down to pleasant dreams.

Card of Thanks…We wish to thank our neighbors and relatives for their sympathy, assistance and beautiful flowers given during our bereavement caused by the sudden death of husband and brother, Cornelius Roush on April 28; also Rev. Edward Reed for sermon and consolation, the organist, Mrs. Pearl Rothgeb and singers, Mrs. Will Cochran and Mrs. Catherine Hern, for beautiful and impressive music rendered, Little Kyger Grange for official service and Undertaker Coleman for efficient burial service.
       Andora E. Roush,
         Addie Roush

Gallia Times
May 15, 1930
Transcribed by Henny Evans                                                                           Top of Page

Roush, Cornelius

Runaway Fatal for Aged Sexton of Gravel Hill
Body of Cornelius Roush Found Near his Overturned Buggy Monday Evening
     Cornelius Roush, 80, who resided in the village of Cheshire, was found dead a short distance from his overturned buggy at Gravel Hill cemetery of which he was sexton late Monday afternoon. The body was found by Baker Matthews.
     It was believed from all indications that the aged gentlemen’s horse had been frightened in some way, resulting in the overturning of the buggy and the death of the occupant. The horse was loose from the buggy when the body was discovered. While it could not be determined how long the man had been dead, those viewing the body believed it to have been dead several hours.
     A coroner was called and viewed the remains before they were removed to the Roush home in Cheshire. The deceased was survived only by his widow. No funeral arrangements had been made Tuesday morning.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Tuesday, April 29, 1930
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron

Roush, Gordon D.

     Gordon D. Roush, 75, formerly of Cheshire, living at Indian Trail Nursing Home in Carey, Ohio, died this morning in Findlay, Ohio. He farmed and was a retired coal miner.
     Born in Gallia County, Sept 19, 1913, he was a son of the late Hollis and Belle Gordon Roush. He was also preceded in death by two brothers and a sister. He is survived only nieces and nephews in Gallia County.
     A member of the Cheshire Freewill Baptist Church, services will be at Stombaugh Memorial Funeral Home in Carey, Ohio, Saturday, 2 p.m. with Rev. Paul D. Moss officiating. Burial follows in Spring Grove Cemetery, Carey, Ohio. Friends may call at the funeral home 7-9 p.m. Friday.

[Note: died Aug. 31, 1989]

Gallipolis Paper
Aug. 31, 1989
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Roush, Melissa

     Mrs. Melissa Roush, 92, a resident of 651 Third Ave., Gallipolis, died Sunday at 7 a. m. at the Holzer Medical Center. She had been a patient there for one week. Mrs. Roush was born July 190, 1881 in Gallia County, daughter of the late Eliot and Angeline Coughenour Gordon. Her Husband, Maurice Roush died in 1944.
     Survivors include two sons, Glenn Roush of Porter; George Roush of Marion, Ohio; three daughters, Mrs. Luther Goetting (Myrtle) of Texas, Mrs. William (Madge) Frazier of Gallipolis and Mrs. Howard (Lucille) Brannon of Gallipolis, a sister, Mrs. Lela Vollborn with whom she made her home in Gallipolis. She was a member of the Vinton Easter Star and Poplar Ridge Baptist Church.
     Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the McCoy-Moore-Wetherholt Funeral Home with Rev. Harry Cole officiating. Burial will be in Vinton Memorial Park. Visitation will be held at the funeral home from 2-4 and 7-9 today.

The Gallipolis Daily Tribune
February 04, 1974
Submitted by Dorothy Frazier Top of Page

Roush, Moses

Death of a Pioneer
Moses Roush, of Eno, 97 years old and prominent and well-to-do with a host of friends and relatives died Monday evening. He wasa the grandfather of the Lollis boys here in the stogie making business and was a fine old man. His funeral services will be by Rev. W. J. Fulton Wednesday, and his interment at the Roush family burying ground.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
August 4, 1908
Transcribed by Henny Evans

Roush, Ross R.

Ross Raymond Roush, 87, 19 Neil Ave., Gallipolis, died Tuesday afternoon, having been in failing health for the past year. Born April 27, 1895, in Sutton Township, Meigs County, son of the late E.E. and Jessie Darst Roush, he taught school in Meigs County for several years, had a clerical position with New York Central Railroad during World War I, and was employed for 37 years at...article cutoff

[Note: died 1983]

Gallipolis paper
1983
Transcribed by Irene Hively Blamer

Roush, Sarah

Sarah Roush, wife of Moses Roush, was born in West Virginia, April 2d, 1814, and died at her home near Eno, O., Feb. 12, 1892, aged 77 years, 9 months and 17 days. She leaves a husband, seven sons and two daughters to mourn their loss, and two daughters who survive her in another world. She lived to see the wilderness bud and blossom as the rose. She was a faithful Christian until death, loved by all who knew her, kind and affectionate to one and all.
We miss you here, dear grandmother. But our loss is their eternal gain. To mortal mind it would seem that such a gentle, kind-hearted grandmother could not be spared from among us. Yet God knew best. Therefore, all must unite in saying: Thy will be done.

Then let our sorrows cease to flow,
God has recalled His own;
But let our hearts in every woe
Still say: Thy will be done.

Jesus, while our hearts are bleeding
O'er the spoils that death has won,
We would at this solemn meeting
Calmly say: Thy will be done.
Though cast down, we're not forsaken,
Though afflicted, not alone;
Thou didst give, and thou hast taken,
Blessed Lord, Thy will be done.
A precious one from us has gone,
The one we loved so dear,
A place is vacant in our home,
Which never can be filled. Linda Roush

Gallipolis Bulletin
March 5, 1892
Transcribed by Henny Evans Top of Page

Roush, Wendell

Wendell Roush
     CHESHIRE - Wendell (Wink) Roush, 67, Cheshire, Rt. 1, died Friday at Holzer Medical Center. Mr. Roush was born Oct. 30, 1905, at Cheshire the son of the late Oliver and Mina Rife Roush. He was also preceded in death by three brothers.
     Mr. Roush was a retired custodian at the Gallia County court house, retired machinist of the New York Central Railroad and owned and operated a coal mine. Dale Allensworth and Mr. Roush managed the Cheshire Tigers little league baseball team several years. He was a member of the Cheshire Masonic Lodge.
     He is survived by his wife, Louise Bradbury Roush; two daughters, MRs. William(Darlene) Price, Cheshire, and Miss. Ortha Roush, Cincinnati; three sisters, Mrs. Verna Thomas, Columbus; Mrs. Lilith Frances, Dayton, Ky., and Mrs. Ruth Turley, Dunbar; six grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
     Funeral services will be Monday at 2 p.m. at the Old Kyger Free Will Baptist Church, with the Rev. John Jeffrey officiating. Burial will be in Gravel Hill Cemetery.
     Friends may call at the Rawlings Coats Funeral Home today from 4 p.m. until noon Monday when the body will be taken to the church to lie in state one hour prior to services. Masonic services will be held this evening at 6:30 p.m. at the funeral home conducted by Cheshire Masonic Lodge.

Gallipolis Tribune
Nov. 24, 1972
Transcribed by J. Farley

Roush, William L.

Services for William (Bill) L. Roush, 18, Rt. 1, Cheshire, were today at the Willis Funeral Home with the Rev. Robert Sanders officiating. Burial was in Gravel Hill Cemetery in Cheshire. Pallbearers for the service were David Russell, Eric Russell, Matt Nibert, Scotty Curfman, Luke Oxyer, Charles Ranegar and Shannon Polcyn.

Gallipolis Tribune
August 30, 1989
Transcribed by J. Farley

Rowley, Francis (Frances Sarah Clark ROWLEY)

Another Middleport Lady Passes Away
     Mrs. Francis Rowley died Thursday morning about 1 o’clock from heart trouble, the effects of which she had been suffering from for some time.
     She was the widow of the late Isaac Rowley and was the mother of Mrs. Ben Sisson and Mrs. William Bullis, of Washington D. C., Joseph Rowley of Fredonia, Kansas, Samuel, Mrs. E. K. Asher of Columbus and Miss Emma, Mrs. M. G. White and Mrs. Margaret Coe, of this place.
     The deceased was born and reared in Gallia county near Bidwell and moved with her family to this place about thirty years ago. She was a member of the M. E. church and a good christian woman.
     There will be a short service at the house, after which they will leave on the 2:45 train for Porter with the remains for burial.

[Note – daughter of William Clark Jr. & Elizabeth Shepard]

Meigs Republican
4/15/1910
Transcribed by Suzanne Giroux Top of Page

Rowley, G.W.

Passes Away Suddenly in Pomeroy
Born at Kyger
     Dr. George W. Rowley, aged 52, died in Pomeroy Sunday evening of cerebral hemorrhage. He was stricken about 9:30 a.m. Before that he felt as well as usual and had made three professional calls.
     Dr. Rowley was born and reared near Kyger and was a son of Oscar Rowley. He graduated from Starling College in 1890 and located in Syracuse. Six years later he moved to Pomeroy. While in Syracuse he united with the M.E. Church. He was also a Mason and an Elk.
     Dr. Rowley married twice. His first wife, Kate Bing Rowley, now lives in Akron. To them were born three sons, Oscar, Victor and Wendell. On April 25, 1916, he and Mrs. Winifred Utnahmer, who survives him, were united in marriage.
     Dr. Rowley was a thoro student of medicine and a diagnostician of recognized ability.
As a man he was clever, generous and companionable. His death brings sorrow to the many who knew him well.
     Peace to his memory!
     The funeral was held at the residence in Pomeroy at 1:30 Tuesday. Burial in Beech Grove Cemetery there.

[Note: Gravestone-Gravel Hill Cemetery 1865-1917. Death Certificate: George W. Rowley born Nov. 24, 1855; died July 29, 1917; however it is showing him as 51 years, 8 months and 5 days of age. He was the son of Oscar Rowley and Barbra Sigler]

Gallipolis Paper
Aug. 5, 1917
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Rubenstahl, Helen Suzanne

Private Funeral Ordered By City
Helen Rubenstahl, 4, Succumbs At Hospital
     Helen Suzanne Rubenstahl, four-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Rubenstahl, 705 First Ave., died at 5 p.m. Wednesday at the Holzer Hospital six hours after she was admitted. She had been ill since 3 a.m. Wednesday, and death was due to a severe infection, but the attending doctor at the hospital said it was not meningitis.
     The little girl was a member of the Church of Christ in Christian Union. Her mother was the former Helen Watson.
     On Nov. 27, 1950 the child was hit by a taxi cab and was a patient in the hospital at that time.
     Besides the parents, these relatives survive; a brother, James, 3; a sister, Kathryn Jean, 1; grandmothers, Mrs. Rosa Watson, Gallipolis, and Mrs. Lucille Rubenstahl, Youngstown; and six half-brothers, Paul, David, Earl, George, Jerry, and Ronny Webb, Chesapeake.
     Due to the nature of her illness, City Health Commissioner J. Roy Bartlett has ordered a private funeral. The services for the family will be held at 4 p.m. Friday at Miller’s Home for Funeral. The Rev. John Jenkins will conduct the services, and burial will be made in Pine Street Cemetery.

Gallipolis Tribune
14 June 1951
Transcribed by Lew Casey Top of Page

Rucker, Asa L.

ASA L. RUCKER 69 of Crown City died Saturday in a Gallipolis hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 1 p m at Miller Home for Funerals at Gallipolis. Burial will be in Mercerville Cemetery. Born 2 Oct 1901, he was the son of the late Asa and Sarah Neal Rucker. A farmer, he is survived by the widow, Mrs Effie Thornton Rucker; a son John Rucker of Columbus, Ohio, and three grandchildren. Friends may call after 2 p m today.

Huntington Hearld Dispatch
Monday , 12 Oct 1970
Submitted by Ernie Wright

Rudd, John H.

Rudd Services Held
Funeral services for John H. Rudd, age 46, who died last Tuesday after an illness of three months, were held Thursday afternoon at the Geo. J. Wetherholt and Sons Funeral Home, with Rev. Floyd Workman officiating. Burial followed in Mound Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Rudd, who was born in Lewisburg, W.Va., and his family were tenants on the farm of Tom Agee in Perry Township. Surviving besides his wife are six sons and a daughter; also several brothers and sisters.

Athens Messenger
Apr. 5, 1946
Contributed by Joyce Robinson

Rudd, John

John Rudd Dies
Burial Mound Hill
     Funeral services for John H. Rudd, 48, tenant of Tom Agee's Perry Township farm where he died Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. of cancer, were held this afternoon at the George Wetherhold and Sons Funeral Home, with Rev. Floyd Workman officiating. He had been ill three months.
     Decedent was born in Lewisburg, WV, to John R. and Anna Simpson Rudd, both natives of Tazewell, VA. He is survived by his widow, six sons and a daughter and several brothers and sisters.
     Burial was made in Mound Hill Cemetery.

[Note: death certificate--John Harrison Rudd born Jan. 27, 1900; died April 2, 1946]

Gallipolis Paper
April 4, 1946
Transcribed by F.K. Brown Top of Page

Ruff, Frank Bill

     Frank Bill Ruff, 79, of S.R. 279, Thurman, died Sunday at his home. He was born on Nov. 28, 1908 in Thurman to the late Frank and Helen Ruff.
     He was a member of Thurman United Methodist Church, the Thurman Grange and the Centerville Masonic Lodge. He served as a Democratic Central Committee member and was chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee in Gallia County. He most recently sat on the Gallia County Election Board and the Gallia County Health Board. He was a former Centerville Councilman and a Centerville School Board member. He was also a founding member of the Centerville Volunteer Fire Department and a life member of the National Rifle Association.
     He was preceded in death by two sisters, one brother and one great-granddaughter. Survivors include his wife ,Marie Ruff; a son, Robert Ruff; a daughter ,Dorothy Ruff, all of Centerville, five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
     Services will be Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Kuhner-Lewis Funeral Home in Oak Hill. The Rev. Dirk Elliott will officiate. Burial will be in Hill Cemetery. Calling hours will be Tuesday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.

[Note: Died Feb. 28,1988]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Feb. 29, 1988 Page 10, col. 3
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Runyan, Douglas A.

     Douglas A. Runyan, 63, of Gallipolis, died Sunday, November 29, 1998 at his residence. Born February 11, 1935, in Cambridge, Ohio, son of Smith B. Runyan and Bernetta "Sadie" Baker Runyan of Gallipolis, he retired from AEP in 1997.
     A member of the Fellowship Baptist Church in Gallipolis, where he was a deacon and a choir member, he was a retired member of the Gallipolis Volunteer Fire Department, following 31 years of service. He was a member of Morning Dawn Lodge No. 7 in Gallipolis.
     Surviving in addition to his parents are his wife, Doris Jean Frasher Runyan, whom he married May 8, 1960 in Gallipolis, a brother and a sister-in-law, Smith E. and Saundra Runyan of Delaware, Ohio; an aunt, Lena B. Larkin of Reno, Nevada; three nieces, Holly (Rick) Fossen of New Jersey, Suzanne (Craig) Erkfitz of Pennsylvania and Andrea Dawn Davis of Hilliard; and three nephews, Smith S. (Diana) Runyan of Delaware, Steven (Megan) Davis of Canton, and Travis J. Frasher of Gallipolis.
     Services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, December 2, 1998 in the Fellowship Baptist Church, with Pastor Joseph Godwin officiating. Burial will be in the Salem Cemetery. Friends may call at the Willis Funeral Home from 5-9 p.m. Tuesday, December 1, 1998.
     The body will be taken to the church one hour prior to the services on Wednesday, December 2,1998.
In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to the Holzer Hospice or the American Cancer Society.
Pallbearers will be Bill Kuhn, Lewis Miller, Bob Armstrong, David Steven Davis, Travis J. Frasher and Chip Runyan. Honorary pallbearers are Ed Stewart, Don Mink, Earl Chaplin, Dr. Ismael Jamora and John Godwin.

Gallipolis paper
1998
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall

Rupe, Arthur

Arthur Rupe, 54, Succumbs To Heart Attack

Death Comes Like Flash As Rupe And Others Are Working In Gravel Pit

     Arthur Rupe, 54, of Old Kyger, dropped dead at 3:30 Friday afternoon while working in a gravel pit near Gravel Hill cemetery, a mile back of Cheshire. Death resulted from a heart attack; and he had experienced one the previous day. (Decedent should not be confused with Arthur Rupe, merchant at Kyger).
     Mr. Rupe was working for the township trustees and gravel was being obtained from a point just over the bank on Kyger creek near the lower end of the cemetery. He and wife and son, Arthur, lived a short distance below the Old Kyger church.
     Mr. Rupe was a son of the late Newton Rupe and was born in Vinton county, Aug. 2, 1883. His earlier ancestors were from the Kyger community and his father's family moved there a generation ago. Arthur married Lydia Searls, a daughter of the late Levi Searls of Kyger, on Aug. 20, 1904, Squire M.C. Boice officiating.
     There survive, besides Mrs. Rupe and the son named, two other children, Floyd Rupe and Mrs. Florence Scott, wife of Harrison Scott all of that community; his mother, Mrs. Alice Barrett Rupe of Kyger, and the following brothers and sisters; Joseph Rupe, Beech Hill (or is it Beech Grove?) Indiana; Mrs. Vernon Edy, Blair, Ohio; Mrs. Cora Burchett, Plain City; Ben, Selby and Isaac Rupe, Mrs. W. R. Athey and Mrs. Harvey Mulford, all of Kyger and vicinity.
     Funeral services will be conducted at 2:30 Sunday at the Kyger M.E, church of which Mr. Rupe was a member, by Rev. H.N. Snyder. Burial in Kyger cemetery by J.L.Coleman.

Gallipolis Tribune
1937
Transcribed by J. Farley

Rupe, Clarence

     Clarence E. Rupe, 85, died Friday morning at the home of a stepdaughter, Mrs. Howard (Eva) Seidenable., Route 1, Middleport, with whom he made his home.
     Mr. Rupe was born Dec. 3, 1889 at Kyger, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Rupe. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Violet Brown Rupe, and two sisters.
     Surviving besides Mrs. Seidenable are two stepsons Leland Brown of Middleport and Clarence Brown of Albany; a sister, Mrs. Leona Kennedy, Columbus, and four step-grandchildren.
     Mr. Rupe was a member of the Middleport Fire Dept., a veteran of World War 1, a member of Feeney-Bennett Post 128, American Legion and the auxiliary of the Ohio State Patrol.
     In lieu of flowers, friends may contribute to the Middleport Fire Dept. Mr. Rupe was a member of the Middleport Baptist Church. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Rawlings-Coats Funeral Home with the Rev. Peter Grandall officiating. Burial will be in the Gravel Hill Cemetery at Cheshire Friends may call at the funeral home from 2 to 4 and from 7 to 9 p.m. on Saturday.

Gallipolis Tribune
Nov. 28, 1975
Transcribed by J. Farley

Rupe, Claude M.

     Claude M. Rupe, 87, Kyger, died Monday, Jan. 22, 1996 in Holzer Medical Center. Born Aug.26, 1908 in Cheshire Township, Gallia County, son of the late David Perry and Laura S. Lyle Rupe, he was a farmer, factory worker, township trustee and storekeeper, and belonged to the Siloam Lodge 456 F & AM, Cheshire.
     Surviving are his wife, Lena Rupe of Kyger; a son, Perry Rupe of Lowell; and a daughter, Martha Adkins of Kyger. He was also preceded in death by four sisters and two brothers.
     Services will be 1 p.m. Thursday in the Birchfield Funeral Home, Rutland, with Pastor Robert E. Musser officiating. Burial will be in the Coy Hill Cemetery, Danville. No calling hours will be observed.

Gallipolis Tribune
Jan. 1996
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Rupe, D. Perry

D. Perry Rupe, 76, Passes at Home at Kyger
His Useful, Though Simple Life Was Spent In One Community---Burial At 2 Thursday
     David Perry Rupe, aged 76, father-in-law of County Supt., H. B. Bradbury, died at 4 o'clock this morning at his home a mile west of Kyger (Cheshire R. D. 2). He had been ailing since a week ago Saturday when he suddenly toppled over in his yard. Though he rallied from that heart attack or stroke, his condition had been regarded as grave since the middle of last week.

Always Lived Thereabouts
     Mr. Rupe was born in a quarter of a mile of where he died and his whole life was spent on the upper waters of Kyger. He was an industrious, upright, home-loving man of goodly moral fiber and simple tastes and enjoyed the confidence and esteem of all his acquaintances. For many years he was manager of the Blue Sulphur farm.
     He was the next youngest son of Washington and Elizabeth Rothgeb Rupe and was born March 12, 1860, his age being 76 years, 3 months, 4 days. On Nov. 11, 1888, he and Laura S. Lyle were united in marriage at her home in Kyger. She and the following children survive; Mrs. Laude F. (Elta) Miller, Athens; Mrs. Charles E. (Agnes) Swisher, Middleport; Walter Perry Rupe, Chillicothe; Mrs. Luella Bradbury, Gallipolis; Theodore Marcus Rupe, at home; Claude Miller Rupe, Cheshire.
     There also survive three brothers, Jacob, the oldest, living near Cheshire and in a serious condition; William, who has long been an invalid and Frank Rupe, both neighbors of the decedent. There are 10 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
     Funeral services will be held at the Kyger M. E. church at 2 o'clock Thursday, under Masonic auspices. Burial by J. L. Coleman at Gravel Hill.

Gallipolis Tribune
June 16, 1936
Transcribed by J. Farley

Rupe, Earl

Earl Rupe, 42 W. War Soldier Dies This Morn
     Earl Rupe, 42, World War soldier, who with his family had occupied the old Bradbury homestead in Kyger, died at the Holzer Hospital shortly after 9 o'clock this morning. He succumbed to heart trouble, aggravated by erysipelas, and his illness was known to be hopeless soon after his arrival at the hospital on Sunday.
     Rupe's career as a soldier included 18 months service in France. Clarence Earl Rupe was reared in Kyger and there married Mary Bradbury, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Bradbury, and he was the father of three children, Jean 15, Gertrude 10, and Wade 12. He was a son of the late Newton Rupe and is survived by his mother, five brothers and three sisters most of them residents of Cheshire tp. another sister, Mrs. Stimble, died in February in the Holzer Hospital.
     Until activities were curtailed there as a result of the depression, Mr. Rupe was employed as a carman at Hobson. He was quiet and reserved but devoted to his family, being kind and indulgent and had a host of friends who lament his passing and sympathize with his wife, children, mother and other sorrowing relatives.
     He was member of J.O.U.A.M. council at Kyger and of the American Legion.

Gallipolis Tribune
March 1935
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Rupe, Elizabeth Caroline

     Elizabeth Caroline Rupe, daughter of Mathias and Emily Rupe, was born in Gallia county, Ohio, near Kyger November 27, 1847, departed this life May 18, 1933, at the age of 85 years, 5 months and 21 days.
     On the 8th day of October, 1868, she was united in marriage with Charles Walter, and to this union were born five children; Homer C., Mary Emma, Minnie O., Sarah E. and Courtland C. M. The husband and one daughter, Mary Emma, who is now Mrs. D. W. Denney, are the only survivors of this immediate family.
     Besides these she leaves a step-mother, Mrs. Ellen Rupe, two sisters, Mrs. Rhoda Harrison of Rutland, O., Mrs. Electa Runyon of Charleston, W. Va., two half-sisters, Mrs. Lillie Rupe and Mrs. Arthur Sumner, of Hurricane, W. Va., one half-brother, Hollis Rupe, of Huntington W. Va., three grandchildren, ten great-grandchildren and a host of more distant relatives and friends who will sadly miss her.
     Figuratively speaking, the door of this home was always open. The stranger was treated with due respect and courtesy; and neighbors and friends feasted upon their hospitality and good cheer.
The sick neighbor relished the dish that "Aunt Cal" brought and felt relieved.
     Early in life she acknowledged Jesus as her Savior and remained in the faith. For many years her voice has been heard in the class rooom where her testimonies proved an inspiration to all true believers. The preaching of the word and prayer and social service delighted her as it does all christians, for they bring a slight view of the rest that remains for the peope of God.

Gallipolis Tribune
May 1933
Transcribed by J. Farley

Rupe, Elza M.

E.M. Rupe Passes at 4 This Morhing
County Is Shocked By The News Of Death Of Prominent Morgan Tp. Citizen, One-Time County Commissioner--Funeral At Eno At 2 O'Clock Monday.
     Early today throughout the county and beyond its northern borders the saddening and startling news was passed along that Elza M. Rupe had died. The end came at 4 o'clock at his home on Vinton Route 1 (the Eno community) of a heart weakness that had become serious only a few days ago. Few were aware of his illness, though many had known he was aware of an unsatisfactory heart condition.

Elza Was a Man's Man
     Mr. Rupe was a former county commissioner, a most honorable and capable one; he was a pillar in the Eno M.E. church and did his full part in making Eno one of the fine communities of the county; he was a man of many interests and contacts, and a pleasant, companionable, home-loving, useful and exemplary man.
     He was born in the community where he died and was a son of JOseph Rupe (a Union soldier) and Mary Ralph Rupe. His birthdate was Feb. 5, 1869, and hence he lacked but nine days of being 71 years old. On Feb. 12, 1899, he married Wilda Roush, who survives him and they were grandly devoted to each other. Their only child, Ona Geace, was born in 1906 and died four years later. Abrother, Oscar A. Rupe, and a sister, Mrs. Bernice Searls, wife of George Searls, all of the same community, survive.
     Mr. Rupe, in addition to his church connections, was a member of the Eno Grange, a charter member of the Eastern Star at Vinton and but recently installed as Worthy Patron. He was a member of the Blue Lodge of Masons at Cheshire, of the Knights Templars of Gallipolis, and the Shrine of Columbus.

Gallipolis Tribune
Jan. 27, 1940
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Rupe, Floyd C.

     GALLIPOLIS - Floyd C. Rupe, 57, Cheshire, died unexpectedly at 7:10 p.m. Friday in Holzer Hospital. Mr. Rupe became ill at a local restaurant and died 30 minutes after reaching the hospital.
     Born in Cheshire he was the son of the late Arthur and Lidia Searles Rupe. He spent his life in Cheshire and had been employed as a coal miner, but had not worked since he was injured in 1950.
Survivors include his wife, the former Lucille Ralph; two sons, Jerald of Columbus, and Bobby J., a military policeman in the Army in Alaska; a daughter Miss Elata Rupe sophomore at Eastern Kentucky State College, Richmond, Ky.; a brother and sister, Arthur Rupe and Mrs. Florence Scott, both of Zanesville, and four grandchildren.
     The Miller funeral home will announce arrangements.

Gallipolis Tribune
Sept. 27, 1964
Transcribed by J. Farley

Rupe, Frank S.

Frank S. Rupe Dies Suddenly This Morning
Funeral Services Will Be Held At Kyger M. E. Church At 2 Saturday
     Frank S. Rupe died of a heart attack at his home a mile and a half up Kyger creek from Kyger village at 12:50 this morning. He was in his 75th year and father of Arthur Rupe, Kyger merchant, and Raymond Rupe of this city.
     Mr. Rupe had been ailing somewhat but had worked in his garden last evening and his death came as a shocking surprise to relatives and friends.
     He was born and reared about half a mile from where he died and his whole life had been spent in that immediate neighborhood. He was an industrous, honest home-loving man who had many friends and probably no enemies.

Gallipolis Tribune
June 23, 1938
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Rupe, Garnet

Mrs. Garnet Rupe 80, a resident of 125 Second Ave., Gallipolis, died at 6:15 p.m. Saturday in the Holzer Medical Center. A seamstress, she was born Sept. 27, 1893 in Gallia County, daughter of the late JOhn E. and Allie Thaxton Roush. Mrs. Rupe, a member of the Grace United Methodist Church, was preceded in death by her husband, Chester C. Rupe in 1925.

Gallipolis Tribune
Jan. 12, 1974
Transcribed by J. Farley

Rupe, J.M.

J.M. Rupe 79, Succumbs In Indiana
     Joseph Merrill Rupe, Sr. 79, a native of Gallia county and a resident of 4040 Minnesota St., Indianapolis, Ind., died on Monday at his home. He was an employee of the New York Central Railroad for 40 years. Mr. Rupe was a member of the Carman's Union and Calvary Tabernacle Church.
     He was born at Kyger on Dec. 13, 1886, son of the late James Newton and Alice Barrett Rupe. He was one of 13 children. Survivors include his wife, the former Nita Jenkins of Poplar Ridge, two daughters, Mrs. Henry P. (Grace) Lagena, and Miss Emily Rupe, three sons, Martin Luther, and Joseph M. Rupe, Jr., both of Indianapolis, and James Newton Rupe of Rt. 1, Fairland, Ind. There are eight grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
     Other survivors are two sisters and a brother, Mrs. Lyda Eddy of Bellaire, O., Mrs. Cora Hardin of Piqua, O., and Benjamin Wesley Rupe of Rt. 1, Cheshire.
     Services were held Thursday morning at Calvary Tabernacle Church and burial was in Acton cemetery located in a southern suburb of Indianapolis.
     Relatives attending the last rites were; Mr. and Mrs. Ben W. Rupe of Cheshire, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn S. Rupe of Huntington, Arthur Coughenour, Lawrence Rupe and son, Larry, of Langsville, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Rupe and family of Cleveland, Marion Rupe of Wilmington, Lloyd Jenkins of Pomeroy, John Jenkins of Springfield, Otho Coughenour of Columbus and Mrs. Cora Hardin of Piqua.

Gallipolis Tribune
Sept. 1966
Transcribed by J. Farley

Rupe, Jacob

J. Rupe Spent All But 2 Of 87 Years Here
Large Crowd Expected To Attend Rites At Cheshire At 2 Sunday
     Except for two years in Missouri, the late Jacob Rupe spent all of his 87 years in this county. He was an industrious, honest man and had acquired considerable property, it is believed. One of his chief interests was the Masonic Lodge to which he had belonged more than half a century. He was a member of Cheshire Lodge F & A. M.; Pomeroy Chapter, No. 80, R. A. M.; Bosworth Council, No 46, R. & S. M.; Ohio Valley Commandery No. 24, K. T.; and Scioto Valley Consistory, 32nd Degree Masons of Columbus.
     In addition to the three children and two brothers named in yesterday's paper as his survivors, there are six grandchildren, Merrill, Beatrice, Helen and Dorothy Briggs, William and Mary Reynolds,. the mother of decedent's children, the former Mary Ellen Richey, died No. 14, 1896.
     Funeral rites will be conducted Sunday afternoon at the Cheshire Baptist church at 2 o'clock with Rev. H. W. Wilbur of Gallipolis officiating. Masonic rites will be conducted by the Knights Templar Commandery of Pomeroy, according to his final request, which also asked that the Knights Templars of Gallipolis be given special invitation to attend the rites in a body, as were members of the Cheshire lodge. A very large turnout of Masons and of others is looked for.

Gallipolis Tribune
Sept. 1936
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Rupe, Laura S.

At 2 [pm] Saturday
     Mrs. Laura S. Rupe, widow of D. Perry Rupe, died at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon at the home of a daughter, Mrs. H. B. Bradbury, at Kyger. She was in her 83rd year and had been an invalid for 18 months and during that period had been tenderly cared for at the home of her children. Death is believed to have resulted from a stroke.
      Mrs. Rupe was a daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth Reynolds Lyle and she was the last of her generation of the family. She was born Sept. 3, 1863, in Kyger and had spent nearly all her life within a radius of a mile of a birthplace. She was a gentle, kind soul, a great favorite among the extended circle of her kinfolk, and was highly esteemed for her many gracious and sterling qualities from childhood on.
     Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Kyger Methodist Church, with burial at Gravel Hill by J. L. Coleman and Son.
     Mr. Rupe, who was long the manager of the Blue Sulphur Springs farm, died June 16, 1936, at the age of 76. His marriage to Laura Lyle was an event of Nov. 11, 1888.
     They are survived by these children in addition to Mrs. Luella Bradbury; Mrs. Agnes Swisher, Columbus; Marcus Rupe, at the family home a mile west of Kyger; Mrs. Elta Miller, Albany; Walter Rupe, Chillicothe; Claude Rupe, Pt Pleasant. One daughter, Mrs. Alma Swisher, preceded her mother in death.

Gallipolis Tribune
May 1946
Transcribed by J. Farley

Rupe, Newton

Death of Mr. Rupe
Mr. Newton Rupe, of Kyger, died at his home November 24, 1905, of pneumonia. He leaves a wife and six children and was a brother-in-law of Mr. C.A. Walters of Vanceton. He was a coal miner having charge of the Wm. Bradbury farm and was a good citizen. The funeral was held at Kyger, interment following at the Miller cemetery in Morgan township.

Gallipolis Tribune
November 1905
Transcribed by J. Farley

Rupe, Lena Rumfield

Lena Rumfield Rupe
     Cheshire - Lena M. Rumfield Rupe, 84, Cheshire Township, Gallia County, died Friday May 17, 1996 in Holzer Medical Center.
     Born Oct. 14, 1911 in Salem Township, Meigs County, daughter of the late Ora O. and Jesta E. Lemley Brumfield she was a homemaker.
     Surviving are a son, Perry Rupe of Middleport; a daughter, Martha (Paul) Adkins of Bidwell; a sister, Leanna Jacks of Langsville; and several nieces and nephews.
She was also preceded in death by her husband of 61 years, Claude Rupe,in January 1996; and by two brothers, Floyd Rumfield and George Rumfield.
     Services will be 11 a.m. Monday in the Birchfield Funeral Home, Rutland. Burial will be in the Coy Hills Cemetery, Danville. Friends may call at the funeral home Monday one hour prior to the services.

Gallipolis Tribune
May 1996
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Rupe, Mabel Pansy

Thirty-One-Year-Old Mother Dies at Kyger
     Mrs. Mabel Pansy Rupe, young wife and mother, died Sunday at ther home at Kyger after an illnes of three weeks.
     Mrs. Rupe, who was but thirty-one-years, was the daughter of Amos Rife, of Kyger and the wife of Selby Rupe, to whom she was married in 1922. She had resided in the Kyger community all her life.
     Four children, in addition to the husband survive: Stanley, 11, Marion, 9, Lawrence, 8 and Nina May 5. A daughter, Violet died in 1932. She is also survived by two sisters and a brother: Mrs. Ella LaRue, Miss. Nina Rife of Kyger and Marlin Rife, of Cheshire.
     Funeral will be held at the Kyger M.E. church at 2 p.m. Wednesday. Burial will follow in the Kyger cemetery by J. L. Coleman of Bidwell.

Gallipolis Tribune
April 1, 1934
Transcribed by J. Farley

Rupe, Nina Rife

     MIDDLEPORT - Last rites will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Rawlings-Coats-Blower Funeral Home here for Nina G. Rife Rupe, 65, Rt. 1, Cheshire, who died Thursday in Holzer Medical Center. Burial will be in Gravel Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4 to 9 p.m. today.
     Survivors include her husband, Leo; brother and sister-in-law, Marlin and Garnet Rife, Rt. 1, Cheshire, and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Charles Marvin Rupe, and two sisters.

Gallipolis Tribune
Mar. 23, 1980
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Rupe, Ora Marie

     Ora Marie Rupe, 83, of Columbus, died Tuesday, June 23, 1992 at Norworth Convalescent Center in Worthington. She was born on Feb. 14, 1909 in Gallia County to the late Nelson I. and Marie (Johnson) Swisher. She married Raymond (Tamp) Rupe in 1928. He died in 1956.
     Also preceding her in death were two sons, three brothers and one sister. Survivors include three sons (Kenny Rupe of Gallipolis, and Richard and Garold Rupe, both of Columbus), four daughters (Mrs. Mary Donnelly of Sarasota, Fla., Frances McGuffin of Huntington, W.Va. and Delores Stevens and Eunice Woodall, both of Columbus), one stepdaughter (Annabelle Sisson of Kyger), 44 grandchildren, several great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren, and one sister, Mrs. Roxie Bush of Kingston.
     Services will be announced later by Waugh-Walley-Wood Funeral Home.

Gallipolis Tribune
June 1992
Transcribed by J. Farley

Rupe, Ray

Ray Rupe, 70, World War I Veteran, Dies
     Ray Rupe, 70, died in Memorial Hospital, Sarasota, Fla., at 10:30 Monday morning.
Mr. Rupe was born at Kyger on May 10, 1896, one of three children in the family of Cassius Rupe and Myrtle Simms Rupe. One brother, Roy, preceded him in death in 1946. A sister, Hazel, Mrs. Charles Thompson, Delaware, O., survives.
     Mr. Rupe attended Gallia county schools, and was a structural steel worker, and also was an employee of the Marietta Manufacturing Co., for a number of years.
     He was married to Effie Wilson, of Sutton, W. Va., in 1931, in Columbus. They had no children. She survives.
     Mr. Rupe was a World War I veteran. He was a member of the Gallipolis American Legion Post. The body will be shipped here for burial in Reynolds Cemetery, Addison. Other arrangements will be announced Wednesday by Miller’s Home for Funerals.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Tuesday, April 25, 1967
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron

Rupe, Sarah C.

Mrs. Wm. Rupe Dies At Kyger
Funeral Set For 2 Sunday; Burial Robinson Cemetery
     Mrs. Sarah C. Rupe, wife of William Rupe, died at 6:30 Thursday morning at their home a mile from Kyger on the north fork of Kyger Creek. She had been blind for a quarter of a century and her aged husband has been an invalid for many years.
     Mrs. Rupe was in her 87th year and her long life was spent within a radius of two miles of her birthplace. She was a daughter of Jacob and Abbie Barrett Halfhill and her birthdate was November 3, 1856. She and Mr. Rupe were married on May 12, 1876, and their later years were spent in a house they built close by the old Rupe Homestead.
    Mrs. Rupe is survived by, besides the husband, these four children: Ida Kennedy and Iva Spires, Bidwell R. D. (White Oak): Lona Kennedy, Langsville and Clarence Rupe, Middleport. There are two surviving brothers, Samuel and Frank Halfhill, Cheshire R. D.
Mrs. Rupe was a member of the Poplar Ridge Baptist Church.
     Funeral services will be held at Eno at 2 o'clock Sunday, with Rev. J. R. Brown in Charge. Interment will be made in Robinson Cemetery.
Gallipolis Tribune
Jan. 7, 1943
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Rupe, Theodore M.

     Theodore Marcus Rupe, 82, Pomeroy Health Care Center, died Saturday in Veterans Memorial Hospital.
Born Dec. 4, 1903, at Kyger, son of the late David Perry and Laura S. Lyle Rupe, he was a retired farmer.
     Surviving are a sister, Luella Bradbury of Kyger, a brother, Claude M. Rupe of Middleport; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by a brother, Walter Perry Rupe, and by three sisters, Elta F. Miller, Alma Swisher and Agnes Swisher.
     Services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday in Hunter Funeral Home, Rutland.

Gallipolis Tribune
Apr. 28, 1986
Transcribed by J. Farley

Rupe, Wade

     GALLIPOLIS - Wade Rupe, 56, a resident of Crooksville, died Friday morning at Bethesda Hospital, Zanesville, where he had been a patient the past six weeks.
     Mr. Rupe was born in Kyger, Sept. 8, 1922, son of Mary Bradbury Rupe Sisson, Kyger, and the late Earl Rupe. He was an employee of Reichold Chemical Factory, Bremen, Ohio. Mr. Rupe was a World War II veteran and a member of the Disabled American Veterans.
     Survivors besides his mother are his wife Rosamae Ewing Rupe, Crooksville; five daughters: Mrs. Robert (Margie) Wiseman, Roseville; Mrs Fred (Barbara) Ferguson, Crooksville; Mrs. Ronald (Paula) Nelson, Mrs. Neil (Becky) King and Mrs. Karen Wiggins, all of New Lexington; three sons: Gary, Roseville; Earl, Zanesville, and Randy, at home. Twenty grandchildren survive. Dale Sisson, his step-father, Kyger, also survives. Two sisters survive: Mrs. Jean Schuler, Portland, Ohio; and Mrs. Gertrude Sabins, Marysville.
     Funeral services will be held 1 p.m. Monday at the Goebel Funeral Home in Crooksville. Burial will be in Mt. Hored Cemetery, near Crooksville.

Gallipolis Tribune
April 27, 1979
Transcribed by J. Farley

Rupe, Wash

Kyger Native Dies At Greensburg, Ind.
     Wash Rupe, who was born and reared in Cheshire tp., died a few days ago at his home at Greensburg, Indiana. The news of his passing came to his older brother, Jacob Rupe, now said to be the oldest man in Cheshire precinct.
     Funeral and burial took place at Greensburg, Where decedent had long made his home. He was 83 and is survived by his wife, who was Dilla Butcher of Cheshire tp., three sons and one daughter. There are three surviving brothers besides Jacob Rupe: william, D. Perry and Frank, all of whom live a mile or more west of Kyger in the community where they were born and reared. William Rupe, long in ill health, lives where the home of his father, Wash Rupe, stood.

Gallipolis Tribune
April 15, 1936
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Rupe, Washington

     Washington Rupe died at his home in Cheshire township on October 18th, 1888, aged 79 years 4 months and 17 days.
     The subject of this sketch was born in East Virginia, June 1st, 1809, emigrated to Ohio with his parents in 1812, settling in Gallia County, where he has since lived. He married Elizabeth Rothgeb May 12, 1837. They were the parents of eleven children, eight of whom with the aged companion and mother, survive him.
     He was stricken with paralysis one year ago, from which he never recovered, though he was up and around until a few weeks before his death. He professed faith in Christ in 1851, and united with the Second Kyger Free Will Baptist Church. He ever tried to live an upright, consistent Christian life, and his brethren feel that truly a strong pillar in the church has fallen.
     His funeral services were held at the church October 20th, which was largely attended, and his mortal remains were laid in the churchyard (beside those who preceded him) in resrrection hope. Funeral services by Rev. W. J. Fulton.

Unknown Source
October 1886
Transcribed by J. Farley

Rupe, William

William Rupe Dies In 27 Hours After His Wife
Double Funeral To Be Held At Eno At 2 Sunday
     Twenty-seven hours after his wife had died, William Rupe passed away at his home a mile above Kyger. The end came at 9:30 Friday morning. Within a stone's throw of where both had lived many years and where both had died formerly stood the house in which Mr. Rupe was born and reared.
     His birthdate was March 11, 1856, and her birthdate was less than nine months later Nov. 3, 1856. Their married life covered a span of more than 66 years, or since spent within two or three miles of both their birthplaces. Both had been invalids for many years and as stated in Friday's paper, Mrs. Rupe had been blind for a quarter of a century.
     A double funeral will be held at 2 o'clock Sunday at the Eno Methodist Church, with Rev. J. F. Brown in charge. Burial in Robinson Cemetery by Coleman & Son.
     William Rupe was the last surviving child of Washington and Elizabeth Rothgeb Rupe. He is survived by these children: Ida Kennedy and Iva Spires, Bidwell, R. D. (White Oak); Lona Kennedy, Langsville, and Clarence Rupe, Middleport.
     He had numerous relatives of younger generations and among his nieces and nephews are Mr. H. B. Bradbury of Mercerville and Arthur Rupe, Kyger merchant.

Gallipolis Tribune
Jan. 8, 1943
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Rupp, Harriet H.

Death of Mrs. Joseph Rupp
     Mrs. Harriet H. Rupp, one of very old residents of this city, departed peacefully to her eternal home on the evening of April 10th, 1889. She was a daughter of the late Geo. Phillips, and was born in Franklin, Pendleton Co., Virginia, May 10th, 1810, lacking, to a day, but one month of being 79 years of age.
     She was married to the late John Peeples in 1826, who died in 1832. She was married to Mr. Rupp, her surviving husband, August 12, 1839, and the coming mid-summer would have reached the 50th anniversary of that wedding. She came to Gallipolis the same month of that year, and, for these nearly fifty years, has been one of the Gallipolis family of people.
     Her funeral services were conducted at the family residence, on the 12th inst., by Elder J. C. Arbuckle, in the presence of a large congregation of sympathizing friends. On the afternoon of the 13th, her remains were accompanied by her husband and son, Col. Wm. Harry Peeples, to Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, where they were laid away in a beautiful lot to await the glad tidings of a heavenly resurrection.
     It is our privilege and satisfaction in this sad hour, to the bereaved relatives and friends, to attest in our feeble way to the many virtues of our old departed friend, whom we have known from earliest childhood. She was one of the kindest hearted old ladies in the world. Her heart was always responsive in sympathy to the needy and distressed. She was ever hospitable and gracious to her friends, and forbearing to her enemies if she could be said to have them. She was a faithful wife, a loving mother and an affectionate grandmother, and these noble attributes of character were returned to her with interest, by them, in the most kindly and watchful attentions during the two years of her declining health, and during the last week of her illness, when she lay upon her bed for the last time on earth.

    “There is no death! An angel form
     Walks o’er the earth with silent tread.
     He tears our best loved things away,
     And then we call them dead.”

Gallipolis Journal
April 17, 1889
Transcribed by Henny Evans

Russell, Bert

     Bert Russell, son of Sylvester and Angeline Russell, was born August 6, 1879, departed this life November 9, 1931, at his home at Porter, Ohio. He was united in marriage to Blanche Moore, Aug. 12, 1900. To this union was born four children, Nellie May who died in infancy, Carl, Mary, and Anna Gilfilen and one grandson, Edgar. His mother and father and two brothes[sic] Harvey and Edward preceded him to the great beyond several years ago.
     Loved ones left to mourn their loss are his wife and children, five sisters: Mrs. Maggie Volk, Mrs. Mary Farley, Mrs. Eva Sansbury and Miss Mattie Russell, all of Columbus, Ohio, and Mrs. Fannie Wilson of Chicago, Ill.; two brothers, Warren of Porter, Ohio, and Charlie of Bidwell, Ohio; many nieces and nephews and hosts of friends and relatives are left to mourn their loss.
     Bert was always a kind and loving husband and father and will be sadly missed in his home. He was converted at Porter M. E. church about 8 years ago during a revival conducted by Rev. L. C. Shaver.
     The night was never to [sic] dark or the hour ever to [sic] early or late for him to render his service to his neighbors and friends. His many kind deeds and acts will long be remembered.

Oft we tire of service here,
Oft the flesh is weary,
But the cares of life will cease
When we cross the portal,
We shall find a sweet release
We shall be immortal.

Oft we grieve o'er loved ones flown,
Oft we weep in sorrow;
Oft we long to clasp our own
On some bright tomorrow.
But no shadows will annoy
When we cross the portal,
Sorrow will be turned to joy--
We shall be immortal.

Funeral services were held at Porter M. E. church Nov. 12 at 1 p.m. conducted by Rev. Shaver of Amanda, Ohio, assisted by Rev. Stump of Bidwell, Ohio, burial was made at Clark's cemetery by Undertaker Coleman.

Card of Thanks
We desire to extend our sincere thanks to each and every one who so kindly assisted us in any way during the illness and death of our loved husband and father. We especially thank Rev. and Mrs. L. C. Shaver, Rev. Stump, the quartet and to those who contributed flowers, which were many and beautiful: also Undertaker Coleman for his efficient service. The Family

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
November 1931
Transcribed by Irene Hively Blamer

Russell, Bertha

Mrs. Bertha Russell, wife of Mr. Ernest Russell died at her home here after a several days illness. Besides her husband, she leaves twelve children. Funeral was held by Rev. David Williams at the Baptist Church Monday morning, burial in McGhee Cemetery by Undertaker Butler.

The Gallia Times
Vinton News Notes
Tuesday, March 14, 1929
Transcribed by Sandy Milliron Top of Page

Russell, Clarissa

Mrs. Wm. Russell Dies At Daughter’s Home Near Vinton
     Mrs. Clarissa Russell, 73, wife of William Russell, died Friday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Wilt, in Morgan tp. (Vinton R. D. 1). She was born near Morgan Center and she and Mr. Russell after their marriage had lived in that section, but in late years their home had been in Middleport. They went to the Wilt home when the flood began to threaten Middleport and she was taken ill a week ago.
     Mrs. Russell was a daughter of Harvey Eblin. There survive five children, besides Mrs. Wilt; Mrs. Ella McManis, Wyandotte, Mich.; Don Russell, Marion; Alvin, Orville, O.; Mrs. Owen Roach and Asta Russell, Middleport.
     Funeral services will be held at Pine Grove Church at 2 o’clock Sunday in charge of Rev. Lester Searls. Burial by Funeral Director H. K. Butler.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Saturday, February 20, 1937
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Russell, Daniel

Death of Mr. Russel
Mr. Daniel Russell of Springfield township, died Tuesday morning at the age of 65. He is survived by a sister, Mrs. James Sprague and two or three brothers and is said to have been a good citizen who will be missed in the community in which he lived.

[Note: Born December 1848- Died April2, 1912 Buried in Prospect Cemetery in Springfield township.]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Wednesday April 3, 1912
Transcribed by Margaret Calvin

Russell, Ella Montgomery

Mrs. Ella Russell of Kanauga Died 11:45 Last Night
Funeral at Church There At 2 P.M. Sunday
     Mrs. Ella (Montgomery) Russell, who was 61 last month, died at 11:45 last night at her home in Kanauga. She had been in poor health a long time, bedfast 17 weeks and had failed progressively the last two weeks, especially since the first of this week. Death was ascribed to Hodgkin’s disease, which is characterized by an enlargement of the lymphatic glands and anemia.
     Mrs. Russell was born in Mason County, had lived in Kanauga 34 years, was an estimable Christian woman. Her husband, Jesse Russell, died 15 years ago. They are survived by these children: Dick Russell, Mrs. Florence Allen, Mrs. Essie Lee, and Dessie Russell (who is a clerk in the probate judge’s office), and Roy Russell, a half-brother of the other children. All of them live in Kanauga and Miss Dessie lived with her mother.
     Mrs. Russell is also survived by two brothers and two sisters; Loma Montgomery and Mrs. Jack Edwards of near Leon, W.Va. and William Montgomery and Mrs. Phil Edwards of Middleport.
     Funeral services were set, at least tentatively for 2 o’clock Sunday at the Kanauga Methodist Church, of which decedent was a member. Rev. Jennings Cremeens and Rev. Julius Chandler will officiate. Interment will be made in Maddy Cemetery by C. H. Raynes of Buffalo, W. Va.
     Funeral services for Mrs. Ella Russell were carried out as announced with both Rev. Julius Chandler and Rev. Jennings Cremeens officiating. The pall bearers were Leslie Deem, Wade Ables, Tom Adams, Ed Vance, Sidney Stewart and Wm. Messler.

Card of Thanks
     The family of Mrs. Ella Russell of Kanauga, Ohio, wish to express their deep appreciation for the beautiful floral offerings sent to them by the erection department and the labor department of the Marietta Manufacturing Company. The family of Mrs. Ella Russell wish to express their deep appreciation of the kindness and sympathy shown in their sorrow.

[Note: 8/2/1883-9/7/1944]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Friday, September 8, 1944
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron [Granddaughter]

Russell, Emanuel

Vinton Man’s Brother Dies at Pt. Pleasant
PT. PLEASANT - Manuel Russell, 77, died at his home in Arbuckle this morning following a stroke suffered five days ago. He was a retired railroader. Surviving are a brother Ike, Vinton; Marlow, Carroll; three sons and a widow. Funeral is 2 p.m. Wednesday at Bethel Church near Leon. Body is at Crow Funeral Home.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
July 21, 1952
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron Top of Page

Russell, Irene

     GALLIPOLIS - Irene Russell, 94, Gallipolis, died Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2002, at Arbors of Gallipolis. Born Dec. 20, 1907, in Point Pleasant, W.Va., daughter of the late John and Ida Neal Shiflet, she was a longtime member of Fair Haven United Methodist Church, Kanauga, and attended First Church of the Nazarene.
     She was also preceded in death by her husband, Roy Russell, in 1983; two sons, Roy Wayne Russell and Jesse A Russell; and five sisters, Kathryn Price, Midgie Neville, May Shiflet, Genevieve Kerwood and Ida Mae Brothers.
     Surviving are a son, John W. (Wanda) Russell of Gallipolis; two daughters, Hilda M. Riffle of Gallipolis and Betty Jo (Walter) Bulmer of Gardena, Calif.; 12 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren; a brother, Howard Shiflet of Columbus; and a sister, Katy Lambert of Point Pleasant.
     Services will be 11 a.m. Friday in McCoy-Moore Funeral Home Wetherholt Chapel, Gallipolis, with the Rev. Eugene Harmon officiating. Burial will be in Maddy Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 6-8 p.m. Thursday.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2002
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron

Russell, Jesse

Kanauga Man Dies After Long Illness
Funeral of Jesse Russell To Be Held Tuesday
Mr. Jesse Russell, aged 52, of Kanauga, died at his home Sunday morning, Jan. 27 at 9: a.m. of tuberculosis. He is survived by his wife, five children, Roy, Troy, Florence, Essie and Dessie, all at home; five brothers and one sister. Mr. Russell had been in Phoenix, Ariz., for about three months for his health, but returned home about Thanksgiving.
The funeral services will be conducted by Rev. Day from Kanauga church at 2 o’clock Tuesday afternoon with burial at Maddy cemetery in charge of Geo. J. Wetherholt and Sons.

[Note: Son of William and Lydia Jane Oiler Russell; 10/7/1876-1/27/1929]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Monday, January 28, 1929
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron [Granddaughter] Top of Page

Russell, Jesse Ainsworth

Jesse Russell, 47, Succumbs
     Jesse A. Russell, 47, of Seattle, Wash., formerly of Kanauga, Ohio, died at his home May 16, 1980.
He had been ill for several months, and underwent surgery in February of this year. He was born May 22, 1932 at Kanauga, Ohio, son of Roy and Irene Russell.
     Jesse attended Gallia Academy High School. He entered the service on June 14, 1950, had his basic training at Ft. Knox, Ky. And then was sent to Ft. Lawton, Seattle, Wash. He had the rating of Corporal when discharged in the fall of 1954. While in the service, he met Barbara Heitman of Seattle, whom he later married. He was a long-time employee of Boeing Aircraft, Seattle.
     Survivors include his wife; two sons, Gregory and Jeff, two daughters, Janine and Jennifer, his parents, Roy and Irene Russell, of Kanauga, Ohio; sisters, Betty Jo Bulmer of Gardena, Calif., Hilda Riffle of New Carlisle, Ohio; and a brother John William of Gallipolis, Ohio. One brother, Wayne, preceded him in death in 1933. He is also survived by his maternal grandmother, Ida Shiflet, of Gallipolis Ferry, W. Va. And many other relatives in the area.
     The funeral service was held May 20, at Yarington’s White Center Funeral Home in Seattle, with Rev. Lowell Knutson officiating. Interment was in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Seattle, Wash. His sister, Betty Bulmer, husband, Walter and daughter, Kella, attended the last rites. His mother and father were unable to attend the funeral, since his father was hospitalized and quite ill at that time.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
June 10, 1980
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron

Russell, Lawrence

Mr. Russell Claimed at 74 Monday
     Lawrence Russell, 74, of 705 Third Ave., Gallipolis, died at 11:05 a.m. Monday at his home. He was a veteran of World War I. Mr. Russell had been in failing health the past year, and his condition had been serious for the past four months.
     He was born March 10, 1891, in Gallia county, son of the late John and Mary Benson Russell. He is survived by his wife, Dottie Persinger and one daughter, Genevie. One daughter is deceased. One grandson survives. Two brothers and two sisters are deceased. Mr. Russell spent his entire life in Gallia county, and for 27 years was a broom maker for the Tabit Broom Factory on State Street.
     He was married on July 3, 1919, in Gallipolis. He was a member of the First Baptist Church. Many knew the Gallian as “Jar-Buck”.
     Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home with the Rev. Joseph Chapman officiating. Burial will be in the Pine Street Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. Wednesday. Military services will be conducted by the Gallipolis American Legion Post.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Tuesday, August 24, 1965
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron Top of Page

Russell, Luella

MRS. LUELLA RUSSELL DEAD
     Mrs. Luella J. Russell, 76, a lifelong resident of the Leaper neighborhood, passed away at her home there Tuesday, Nov. 5, 1929, after a long illness. She was the widow of William Russell and a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jackson T. Smith.
     Mrs. Russell is survived by a daughter, Mrs. A.D. Dickey of Logan, WV; two sisters, Mrs. Alice V. Keeler of Dayton and Miss Emma Smith at home; two brothers, Frank M. Smith of Columbus and Charles at home.
     Funeral Services were held Thursday by Rev. J.V. Stone of Gallipolis, internment following in Mound Hill Cemetery.

Gallipolis Paper
Nov. 5, 1929
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Russell, Mary Blanche

     Mrs. Mary Blanche Russell, 75, died at the home of a daughter at 516 Fourth Ave., at 3:15 a.m. today. She had been in failing health for the past year. She was a native of this county having been born near Vinton on Sept. 10, 1882. She was the daughter of the late Caleb and Barbara Fee Moore and was one of seven children born to that union. One sister, Mrs. Maude Thomas of Gallipolis, survives. She was preceded in death by two brothers and three sisters.
     She was married to Bert Russell on Aug. 12, 1900, and he preceded her in death 26 years ago. To this union four children were born of whom three survive, Mrs. Mary Casto, with whom she made her home in Gallipolis, Mrs. Anna Gilfilen of Columbus and Carl B. Russell of Newark. One daughter, Nellie, died in infancy. There are six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
     Mrs. Russell was a member of the Royal Neighbors and attended the Church of God. Funeral services will be held at Miller's Home for Funerals at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. Rev. H. McDonough will officiate and burial will follow in the Clark Chapel cemetery near Porter. Friends may call at the late home Sunday evening.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
November 30, 1957
Transcribed by Irene Hively Blamer

Russell, Nancy

Death of Mrs. Enoch Russell
     Mrs. Enoch J. Russell, of Columbus died there Tuesday night, where she had been living in her own property with her nephew William T. Blair. Her funeral services will be held there and her burial will be here at Mound Hill Friday.
     Mrs. Russell has been living in Columbus for the past four years. She formerly resided on First avenue and her request was to be buried by her late husband, Uncle Enoch, as he was familiarly called. She was in her 71st of 72d year and is survived by two step-children--Solomon R. Russell and Randall E. Russell of Green township. She leaves one brother, Mr. James Blair of Ashland, Ky. She was a nice, kindly old lady, well liked by every one and was a member of the M. E. Church.
     Full arrangements for the burial were not complete at this writing.

Gallipolis Bulletin
November 18, 1910
Transcribed by Romaine Smith

Russell, Noble Evbon

     Rev. Noble Evbon Russell, 69, of Route 2, Vinton, died at his residence Thursday. He was a minister and retired journeyman roofer. A member of the Journeyman Roofers Local 185 of Charleston, W. Va., a member of Morgan Center Christian Holiness Church and a World War II veteran of the United States Army.
     Born Nov. 26, 1917 near Vinton, he was a son of the late Ernest and Bertha Russell. He married Mozelle Shupe on Aug. 16, 1937 at Vinton, and she survives, along with three sons and one daughter, Lee and Lawrence Russell of Vinton, Lauren Russell of Piketon and Mrs. Elwood (Lena) George of Obetz; 10 grandchildren and one great grandson; six brothers, Rev. Novel Russell of Athens, Norwood Russell of Carroll, Neral (Dick) Russell of Black Lick, Ohio, William and Paul Russell of Gallipolis, Vernon Russell of Hilliard; seven sisters, Lledo McGlothlin of Marion, Lura Gee of Jackson, Annabelle Jeffries of Bradenton, Fla., Leron Great of Marion, Leah Jeffries of Toledo, Ernestine Edisto of Vinton, Bertha Stover of Addison.      He was preceded in death by one brother, two sisters and his stepmother, Ruby. Funeral services will be conducted at 2: p.m. on Sunday, at Morgan Center Wesleyan Church, Rev. A. B. Maloy officiating.
     Burial follows in Morgan Center Cemetery. Friends may call at McCoy-Moore Funeral Home in Vinton on Saturday, 3 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Friday, Sept. 18, 1987
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron Top of Page

Russell, Ray William

Infant Dies of Diphtheria
Ray William Russell, aged seven months, died at the home of its parents in Kanauga Sunday at 4:30 a.m. as a result of diphtheria. The funeral will be held at the home Tuesday at 10: a.m. with burial in the Maddy cemetery by Geo. J. Wetherholt and Sons.

[Note: 4/29/1924 - 12/15/1924; Son of Jess & Ella Montgomery Russell.]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Dec. 16, 1924
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron

Russell, Reuben O.

     In Memory of Reuben O. Russellson of Mr. and Mrs. Buell Russell, of Green Township, Gallia Co., Ohio. He was born Dec. 9, 1857; died Nov. 9, 1894, aged 36 years and 11 months. Three brothers and two sisters---John V. Randall P., Buell L., Rebecca and Lenora---survive him, and together with the aged father and mother are left desolate by the death of one whom they dearly loved. Flowers may bloom and be looked upon by man with admiration and love, but soon they must bow in submission to the sovereign Ruler of nations, who is the Creator of all things that exist.
     It seemeth wise to Him to call from our midst through his reliable agent, Death, the youth as well as the aged, and yet when we see one of His subjects plucked from among us, instanteously, with the bloom of youth adorning the fair face, our hearts are weighed down with grief. We can but reflect upon the social pleasures indulged in, just a few short months gone by, with him that now sleepeth on the other shore, whose ringing laugh has forever ceased to greet the ears of good friends and loving relatives--whose chair is hence forward vacant at the assembling of his associates, and whose smiles are no longer watched with parental fondness by the nearest and dearest of his friends.
     Thou, the mighthy God of all, and consoler of the broken hearted, be to the
grief-stricken parents and friends of this youth, so suddenly called away, a comforter, counselor and constant friend; soothe the temporal wounds of their hearts with Thy Spiritual love, and may we all meet in heaven.

Dearest brother, cherished one,
How we miss thee now at home,
Father, mother, sisters, brothers,
All will mourn thy loss forever.

Now our home is filled with sadness,
And our hearts are full or woe;
As we see thy vacant place
Tears unbidden still will flow.

A gentle voice has called him
Unto his Savior's breast,
And safe within those loving arms
Our precious brother rests.

Father, mother, weep not for him,
Think, oh think, he is ever near,
Watching each of thy footsteps trod,
Nearing, yes, nearing Heaven and God.

Mother, dry thy tears and think
He has passed the water's brink;
Think of him on that bright throne,
Waiting, waiting for thee to come.

Brothers, sisters, weep not nor say,
For every one must sometime die;
Try and meet in thy future home,
Brother, dear, the darling one.

Sickness and pain are felt no more,
Death never enters on that shore.
Who in Jesus not doth sleep,
While watch with him the Angels keep.

So we feel we have not lost him,
Though to us he may not come,
For we'll find him up in heaven
When the angels bear us home.

[Note: Reuben O. Russell is buried in Centenary Cemetery, Green Township, Gallia County.]

Gallipois Bulletin
December 15, 1894
Transcribed by Henny Evans Top of Page

Russell, Reuben Oscar

     GALLIPOLIS - Reuben Oscar (Ruby) Russell, 78, a resident of Bloomdale, Ohio, died at 1:45 p.m. Friday at his home in Wood County.
     A retired farmer and trucker, he was born Aug. 12, 1897, in Gallia County, son of the late Buel Leonard Russell and Blanche Niday Russell.
     He was twice married, first to Jennie Reese, who died in 1932 and to Norma Ledbetter who survives.
Also surviving are these children, Rudy C. Russell, Bloomdale; Mrs. Dean (Barbara) Thompson, Defiance; Joe Russell, Patriot and Mrs. Melba Wice, Bloomdale; 18 grand and one great-grandchild; a brother, Hollis B. Russell, Bloomdale and a half-brother, Braden L. Russel, Fostoria, Ohio. One son preceded him in death.
     He was a member of the Patriot Masonic Lodge.
     Funeral services will be held 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home with Rev. Paul Hawks officiating Burial will be in Mound Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 3-5 to 7-9 p.m. Monday. Masonic services by the Patriot Lodge will be held 7:30 p.m. Monday.

The Sunday Times - Sentinel
Jan. 11, 1976
Transcribed by J. Farley

Russell, Roy

     Roy Russell, 82, Kanauga, died at 7 p.m. Thursday in Holzer Medical Center [Nov. 17, 1983]. Born Nov. 7, 1901, in Mason County, son of the late Jess and Margaret Greenlee Russell, he was a retired employee of Marietta Manufacturing Co.
     He married Irene Shiflet, who survives, in 1925. Also surviving are a son, John W. of Gallipolis; two daughters, Mrs. Walter (Betty) Bulmer of Gardena, Calif., and Mrs. Cecil (Hilda) Riffle of Gallipolis; 13 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren; a brother, Dick of Point Pleasant; and three sisters, Mrs. Florence Allen and Mrs. Dessie Holcomb of Point Pleasant, and Essie Lee of Kanauga. He was also preceded in death by a brother and two sons.
     Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in Miller’s Home for Funerals in the former Warehime Funeral Home, with the Rev. J. D. Finnicum and the Rev. Carl Litchfield officiating. Burial will be in Maddy Cemetery, Georges Creek Road. Friends may call at the funeral home from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Saturday.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Nov. 18, 1983
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron Top of Page

Russell, Roy Wayne

7 Year Old Succumbs After Three Operations
     Roy Wayne Russell, the seven year old son of Roy and Irene Shiflet Russell, of Kanauga, died Monday evening in the Holzer Hospital. Death ended an illness of two weeks, three operations failing to give the lad relief from complications following an attack of appendicitis.
     He was a bright, manly little fellow, the oldest of the Russell’s four children. Those left besides the grief stricken parents are two sisters, Betty Jo and Hilda Mae, and brother, Jesse.
     Funeral services will be held Thursday, 2 p.m. at Fair Haven M. E. Church at Kanauga, with Rev. Davidson of Cheshire Circuit, officiating. Burial in the Maddy Cemetery by J. L. Coleman of Bidwell.

[Note: Oct. 23, 1926 - July 24, 1933]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
July 25, 1933
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron

Russell, Reuben O.

Death of Reuben O. Russell
     Reuben O. Russell, died at one o’clock Friday morning last, November 9, 1894, while on board a Pullman car enroute home, at a point between Albuquerque and Las Vegas, New Mexico. His remains were brought home, reaching Gallipolis at noon, Monday, and the funeral was held at Centenary on Wednesday last, at 1 p.m., the burial following at the Centenary Cemetery. The Odd Fellows, of which Order Mr. Russell was an honored member, met the body at the depot and acted as escort to the undertaking establishment of Messrs. Hayward & Son, and the funeral was under the direction of that Order, the attendance of the brethren from this city being very large. Rev. W. E. I. d’Argent, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, preached the funeral sermon, and the burial was by Wetherholt.
     Mr. Russell was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Buell Russell, of Green Township. Three brothers and two sisters - Randall P., John, Buell L., Rebecca and Leonora - survive him, and together with the aged father and mother, are left desolate by the death of one whom they dearly loved, and whose daily walk, cheerful disposition and manly qualities had endeared him to each one of his acquaintances, all of whom feel deeply the great loss they have sustained.
     Mr. Russell was born on the 9th of December, 1857, and died on the 9th of November, 1894, making him 86 years and 11 months old. Until the latter part of August last, his whole life was spent in Gallia. He was engaged about six years in teaching, but in late years was a stock dealer, in which business he was successful. For many years he was a severe sufferer with rheumatism, and for some time before leaving for the West, he had trouble with his stomach. It is believed that his health was seriously undermined by these two diseases.
     In August last, Mr. Russell was appointed Farmer at the Chemawa (Oregon) Indian Industrial and Training School, and assumed the duties of the position on the 1st of September. He was successful in the performance of his duties, and his services were highly complimented by his superiors. The climate, however, did not agree with him. In letters to the writer of these lines, he referred to growing weakness, the effect of the climate. To such an extent was he affected, that application was made to the Department at Washington for a change of location. This was endorsed by the Supervisor of Indian Schools; and in a strong letter to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, the Supervisor refers to Mr. Russell in the highest terms of commendation. The change would have been made had Mr. Russell lived.
In his last letter, dated October 29, Mr. Russell said he did not think it advisable to wait for the order of transfer, and that he had that morning wired the Department for 30 days’ leave of absence, which he proposed to spend in Southern California, in the hope that the change would benefit him.
     He arrived at Fresno, Cal., on the 2d inst., and was met at the depot by his brother Randall, who resides in that city. He was then very weak, and required assistance to reach the home of his brother. When leaving Chemawa he was accompanied to the train by the entire School - officers, employes and pupils.
     He remained at Fresno until 1 o’clock Wednesday morning, November 7, when, accompanied by his brother, he started via the Southern Pacific Railroad for home. During Wednesday and Thursday he appeared improved, but about 11 o’clock Thursday night there was a change, and at 1 o’clock Friday morning, without a struggle, he quietly passed away.
     At Las Vegas, the body was prepared for burial, and accompanied by his brother, Randall, was brought home. At Kansas City, his brother John joined the mournful cortege. A good man is gone to his eternal reward. We sorrow over the death of one so true, loyal and manly, but the ways of the Divine Master are inscrutable, and we must bow to His will.

The Gallipolis Bulletin
Saturday, November 17, 1894
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron   Top of Page

Russell, Reuben O.

IN MEMORY-
     Reuben O. Russell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Buell Russell, of this county, was born Dec. 9, 1857; died Nov. 9, 1894, aged 36 years and 11 months. He had been in poor health for some time past, and some months ago received a position in business in Oregon. He went thinking it best for his health, but in the last few days he and his brother, Randall started for home, trying to make home his last resting place. But his sickness grew worse and he died near Las Vegas, New Mexico.
     The record of his life is unmistakable, and leaves us without a shadow of doubt but what he had the blessed assurance as to the abundant entrance into the place Jesus went to prepare. He was jolly and intelligent, always in the best of humor, and one whose amiable qualities and winning ways enabled him to entertain his friends.
     He was known as one of Gallia County’s best citizens, perfectly upright and just in his dealings with his fellow-men. Few men pass to rest with so many friends as Reuben. We do not believe that he had an enemy. In fact, all who knew him liked his genial and social temperament, and were ready at all times to assist him in all his doing.
     But death thrust in his sickle and gathered him home in his icy arms, and smilingly bore him to the gates of Paradise, as he softly sang, “Too pure for earth.”
     To the father and mother, the empty garments will cause many an aching heart, as we remember how often the sunlight of his presence banished the gloom from our home. Brothers and sisters will remember his kind voice and the watch for footsteps will cause unbidden tears to flow. But he has passed through the dark shadow of death into the brightness and beauty of that blissful inheritance held in reserve for the pure in heart.
     An interesting and impressive discourse by Rev. d’Argent was listened to by a large and sympathetic congregation of neighbors and friends. To the stricken parents and sorrowing brothers and sisters we extend our warmest sympathies in their irreparable loss.
His body was laid to rest in Centenary Cemetery, November 14, by Wetherholt. The attendance was large, testifying to the high esteem in which the deceased was held. May the God of all consolation comfort the lonely ones in the home from which he was taken.

My tender parents, kind and dear,
I bid farewell to you;
Though nature feels, and I can find,
“Tis hard to say adieu.

Ye brothers and sisters, me you love,
And love I also feel,
I see your tender passions move,
Your grief you can’t conceal.

Ye friends and kindred love me much,
Ye hold me near your heart;
And still I feel that I can love,
And find it hard to part.
Ola S. Boster.

The Gallipolis Bulletin
Saturday, November 24, 1894
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Russell, Ruby George

Death Claims 48 Year Old Gallia Native
     Mrs. Ruby George Russell, 48, wife of Ernest Russell, retired sexton of Mound Hill cemetery, died at 11 p.m. Saturday in Holzer hospital following a cerebral hemorrhage. The family home is near Clipper Mills after being at the cemetery for a period of 11 years.
     Mrs. Russell was born in Morgan twp., Sept. 17, 1915, daughter of the late Elmer and Bertha Spires George. Her marriage to Mr. Russell took place in 1931, and he survives.
     There are three sons and two daughters who survive, Mrs. Phillip (Ruby) Edminston, Vinton, Mrs. Harold (Bertha) Stover of Addison, Vernon Russell of Rt. 1 Gallipolis, William Russell of Gallipolis and Paul Russell at home. There are seven grandchildren.
     Other survivors are eight brothers and two sisters, Don George of Marion, Ewing, Allen and Roy George, all of Columbus, Clinton George of Rt. 1 Ewington, Wallie, Turley and Wendell George of Rt. 1 Vinton, Mrs. Larlyn Russell of Rt. 1 Bidwell and Mrs. Glenna Cochran of Rt. 1 Vinton.
     Services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the McCoy Funeral Home. Rev. A. D. Malloy of Wellston will officiate. Burial will be in Vinton Memorial Park. Friends may call at the funeral home until the hour of the service.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Monday, July 29, 1963
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron Top of Page

Russell, Samuel

Killed by a Falling Tree
Samuel Russell of Morgan Township, about 25 years of age, was instantly killed by a falling tree near Vinton last Tuesday morning. He leaves a wife and one child.

[Note: Son of William and Lydia Jane Oiler Russell; 1861-Jan. 30, 1894]

Gallipolis Journal
Wednesday, February 7, 1894
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron

Russell, Solomon

Solomon Russell Green Township Died Last Thursday--Burial Sunday
     As a result of double pneumonia. -----owing an operation for goiter, Solomon Russell prominent farmer and well known resident of Green township, died last Thursday at the Holzer hospital. Mr. Russell had been afflicted with goiter for years and recently had suffered intensely. When he arrived at the hospital he was suffering with a severe cold, and insisted upon an immediate ---ation and owing to his weakened condition pneumonia followed.
     He was 56 years and 12 days old and was born, Dec. 27, 1836. His wife died Nov. 9, 1910 and he is survived by one son, Oscar E. of ---hup and one brother, Randall of Green township.
     The funeral services were held at Centenary church Sunday morning at 11 o'clock, conducted by Rev. J. W. McCormick. Burial at the church cemetery under the auspices of the I. O. O. F. of this city, by Wetherholt.

Gallipolis Journal
Wednesday, January 15, 1913
Transcribed by Karen Strojin

Rust, Eugene

Message Tells Of Eugene Rust Drowning In East
     Eugene Rust, born and reared here, was drowned at Bristol, Pa., where he had been employed in an airplane factory, according to word received this morning by Mrs. J. P. Haskins from Mrs. Rust. Particulars are lacking. The Rusts have lived apart some years, Mrs. Rust being in Pittsburgh. A son, Charles, age about 20, also survives.
     Eugene Rust was a well-known dashing young fellow when he left Gallipolis to become an arr_____ aviator. His last visit here followed the death of his father, Capt. John F. Rust about___ years ago; and most if not for his old friends had lost track of him. His mother, who preceeded Capt. Rust in death, was Jenny Campbell, a native of Swan Creek.
     Arrangements for the funeral have not been completed, but there is a likelihood the body will be cremated and the ashes sent here for interment. Bristol is in the extreme eastern part of Pennsylvania.

[Note: from 1910 census, Gallia County, Ohio, he was born ca 1896, no record of interment]

Gallipolis newspaper
unknown
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Rust, Jennie Campbell

     Mrs. Jennie Campbell Rust, wife of Capt. John F. Rust, well-known captain, passed away at her home on [unreadalbe] Street Saturday morning, aged [unreadable] years.
     Funeral services were conducted at the residence Tuesday morning by Rev. R. O. McClure, interment being made in the Swan Creek Cemetery by undertaker Hayward.
     She had been ill since Monday with the grippe, which developed into an attack of spinal meningitis, from which she failed to rally.
     Mrs. Rust was born at Swan Creek, being a daughter of John and Julia Campbell, both deceased. She is survived by her husband and son Clarence at home, son Lieut. Eugene Rust, of the U. S. Army, a sister, Mis Rust of the U. S. Army, sister Miss Effie Campbell and a brother, William Campbell.
     Mrs. Rust was a noble woman, a devoted wife and mother. She was a member of the Grace M. E. church of this city. Her death brings sorrow to a wide circle of friends.

[Note: from stone 1864 - 1918]

Gallipolis paper
1918
Transcribed by Irene Blamer

Rust, John F.

Capt. John Rust Died Wednesday
Veteran Riverman Buried at Swan Creek on Friday
     Capt. John F. Rust, 74, a native of St. Albans, WV, died at his home in Gallipolis Wednesday, March 7, 1928, after a long illness. The funeral was Friday in Grace M.E. Church by Rev. Beardsley, interment following at Swan Creek.
     He is survived by a son, Capt. Eugene Rust of the Air Service in the U.S. Army and a brother and sister in West Virginia. Mrs. Rust, formerly Miss Jennie Campbell of Swan Creek, died a number of years ago.
     Capt. Rust had been a steamboat captain and pilot on the Ohio and Kanawha Rivers for many years.

[Note: Death Certificates shows John Fleece Rust born Oct. 20, 1854 in Lock WV; died March 7, 1928 in Gallipolis at 73 years, 4 months and 17 days of age. His late wife is listed as Janice Campbell. Father: Samuel Rust, Mother: Elizabeth McClanehan]

Gallipolis Paper
March 7, 1928
Transcribed by F.K Brown

Rutherford, Lucy M.

     Lucy M. Rutherford, 93, 916 N. Russell St., Urbana, Ohio, died Friday morning at Mercy Memorial Hospital in Urbana.
     Born April 26, 1895 in West Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Sheldon and Mary Jane(Young) Spencer. She was a member of the Christian Church in West Virginia.
     She is survived by four daughters, Mrs. S.S. (Velma) Davis,Thelma Rutherford and Mrs. Londia (Alulu Mae) Vanhoose, all of Urbana, and Mrs. Maybelle Berry of Westville, Ohio; two sons, Charles Rutherford of Bellefontaine, Ohio, and John S.Rutherford of West Liberty, Ohio; 17 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Alberta Jarvis of Vinton.
     She was preceded in death by her husband, Roscoe, in July 1969; one daughter, Mary Eleanor Ganson; two sons, Walter Clarence Rutherford and Roscoe Cecil Rutherford, Jr.
     Services will be Sunday, 6 p.m. at the Walter-Schoedinger Funeral Home, 642 S. Main St., Urbana. The Rev. Ray Kaffenbarger will officiate. Burial will be at the Wright Cemetery, near Langsville, Ohio. Graveside services will be Monday at 1 p.m. at Wright Cemetery. Friends may call Sunday, 2 to 4 p.m. at the funeral home.

Gallipolis Tribune
Nov. 13, 1988
Transcribed by J. Farley

Rutt, Clarence W.

     GALLIPOLIS - Clarence Wyman Rutt, 76, a resident of Rt. 2, Patriot (Cadmus community) died at 1:25 a.m. Saturday in Holzer Medical Center. Mr. Rutt had been in failing health the past 10 years.
He was a retired state employee and former school bus driver and custodian in the Cadmus school system.
     Mr. Rutt was born April 23, 1903 in Cadmus, son of the late William Henry and Stella Lloyd Rutt.
He married Mildred Ross on Sept. 17, 1927, in Oak Hill. She survives, along with one son; James D. Rutt, Rt. 2, Patriot; one sister; Mrs. Melvin (Bertina) Smeltzer, Gallipolis; two grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Two brothers preceded him in death.
Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Monday at the Willis Funeral Home with Rev. James Rainey officiating.
     Burial will follow in Olive Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Sunday. Nephews will serve as pallbearers.

[Died April 19, 1980]

Gallipolis paper
April 1980
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall