Gallia County Newspaper Obituaries [B-Bet]

Bacon, Ora M.

     Mrs. Ora M. Bacon, 64, Route 1, Racine, died Saturday night at the Holzer Medical Center, after becoming ill at her home.
     A housewife, Mrs. Bacon was born Aug. 7, 1918 at Millwood, W. Va., a daughter of the late Jerry and Clara Snyder Graham. She was a member of the Auxiliary of the Disabled American Veterans and the Auxiliary of the Racine Fire Department.
     Surviving are her husband, Judge John C. Bacon: four daughters Ramona Roush, Minersville; Wanda Lyons, Racine; Rita Boggess and Agnes Boggess, both of Racine; two sons, Franklin Brinker, Point Pleasant, W. Va., and Harold Brinker, Route 4, Pomeroy; five brothers, Robert Graham, Antiquity; John Graham, Atlanta, G.; Jerry Graham, Jr., Parkersburg W. Va.; Douglas Graham, Lapine, Ala., and Allan Graham, Sandwich, Ill., and 15 grandchildren. Besides her parents she was preceded in death by a son, two brothers and a sister.
     Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Ewing Funeral Home with the Rev. Stanley Merrifield officiating. Burial will be in Letart Falls Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday.

Gallipolis Tribune
Jan. 17, 1983
Transcribed by J. Farley

Bailey, Anne

Mrs. Anne Bailey
Died in Harrison Township in this county, on Tuesday the 22nd, the celebrated Mrs. Anne Bailey.
     From the best account we have had she must have been about 115 years of age. According to her own account her father was a soldier in the Queen Anne's War, that on getting a furlough to go home, he found his wife with a fine daughter in her arms, whom he called Anne, after the Queen, as a token of respect.
     In 1714, she went from Liverpool to London, with her mother, on a visit to her brother; while there she saw Lord Lovatt beheaded [note beheaded in 1747]. She came to the U.S. the year after Braddock's Defeat, aged then 46 years. Her husband was killed at the Battle of Point Pleasant in 1774, after that to avenge his death she joined the garrison, under the command of Col. William Clendinen, where she remained until the departure of the Indians from the country. She has always been noted for intrepid bravery.
     Col. Clindenin says, while he was commander of the garrison, where Charleston, Kanawha, is located, an attack by the Indians was hourly expected, on examination it was believed that the ammunition on hand was insufficient to hold out a siege of any length; to send even two, three or four men to Lewisburg, the nearest place it could be had, a distance of 100 miles was like sending men to be slaughtered and to send a larger force was weakening to the garrison.
     While in this state, Anne Bailey, volunteered to leave the fort in the night and go to Lewisburg. She did so and travelled the wilderness where not the vestige of a house was to be seen; arrived safe at Lewisburg, delivered her order, received the ammunition and returned to her post amidst the pandits of a grateful people.

[Note: The Queen Anne War was between 1702-1713. Lord Lovatt was the last person beheaded in England...this was in the year 1747. Some researchers believe that Anne was born in 1742 and died Nov. 22, 1825, thus making her not as old as this article thinks her to be; however, her heroics are legend. She has four nicknames..."A Daughter of the Revolution", The Pioneer Heroine of the Great Kanawha Shore", "The White Squaw of Kanawha" and "Mad Anne". The last name was given to her because the Indians thought her either possessed by an evil spirit or that she was insane because of her fearless adventures.
     She became a skilled frontier scout, horsewoman, hunter, messenger and storyteller, wearing buckskins, carrying hatchet, knife and long rifle. Her husband, John Bailey, another frontiersman and army ranger, the forerunners of today's special forces. They moved to Clendenin's Settlement in the Great Kanawha Valley where she would make her famous ride. Her career continued until 1795 and the signing of the Greenville Treaty to end the Indians Wars.
     Anne was born Anne Hennis. She married Richard Trotter in 1765 and he was killed at the Battle of Point Pleasant Oct. 19, 1774. They had one son, William, who was born April 25, 1767, in Virginia and died March 20, 1831 in Gallia County. Anne married John Bailey Nov.3,1785 in Lewisburg, (West) Virginia and he died in 1802. In 1817, her son, William, moved to Gallia County and she accompanied him. She was buried in Gallia County, but later relocated to "Tu-Endie-Wei", Point Pleasant Battle Monument State Park in Point Pleasant, West Virginia.]

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

Bailey, Carrie W.

Mrs. J. D. Bailey
Mrs. Carrie W. Bailey passed away Friday, April 1st. Mrs. Bailey suffered for a long time with that scrouge, consumption. She was a lady much respected for her domestic virtues and the sweet patience exhibited under all circumstances. She leaves a husband and four children. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. C. F. Creighton, Sunday. We heartily sympathize with Mr. Bailey in his great loss.

[Note: Buried in Mound Hill Cemetery in Gallipolis Tp]

Gallipolis Journal
Thursday April 7, 1881
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall

Bailey, Charles D.

Bailey, Charles D. Found Dead in His Pasture Lot Sunday Noon
and Badly Used by Vicious Bull
     Hon. C.D. Bailey was found dead and rigid in his pasture lot Sunday noon, Nov. 4, 1906.
The startling intelligence was quickly passed from house to house over town, and many friends went up to his farm, about two miles and a half above the city, only to find his family terribly shocked and excited over the truly awful occurrence. Mr. Bailey left home between seven and eight o'clock Sunday morning, as was his custom to frequently do, going over to his pasture beyond the first rows of hills back of his residence.
     The family had dinner about 11 o'clock or possibly a little later, and Mr. Bailey had not yet arrived. They thinking he would do so every minute sat down and finished their dinner. He still not coming, Dick Long and Charles Tyler, employed on the place, were sent to look him up, and found him as stated, and more they found that he had been crushed and rolled on the ground for perhaps a hundred yards, by a vicious Poll Bull kept in the pasture. The conclusion was that the bull had attacked and overcome him, and after killing him had continued to butt and crush him.
     Dr. Bean, the family physician was called and also Coroner Parker who reviewed the remains. Dr. Bean made the post mortem and found his back, and the ribs on his right side broken, his collar bone and shoulder crushed, the back of his hands bare of skin and his face badly lacerated. They also found that he had been dead for sometime, being cold and rigid. His watch had stopped at 9:15, which is supposed to have been the time he was attacked.
     About two and a half years ago Mr. Bailey had a light attack of paralysis. He has been complaining of late and Dr. Bean has been treating him. The Doctor thinks that one of these attacks may have come on, or that it was coming on and being sick, dead or bad off, he was incapable of making any resistance and that the animal wounded and bruised him while he was unconscious. His hat and cane were lying practically undisturbed where he had apparently placed them, and it may be that he was practically dead when the bull attacked him. Mr. Bailey knew it was vicious. Others saw the bull come up to within 40 or 50 feet of where Mr. Bailey would be sitting and paw and bellow for a fight, one of the boys had shot out one of the animal's eyes in defending himself from it, and it is strange that Mr. Bailey would put himself in his way, but one of Mr. Bailey's characteristics was his fearlessness, and he must have been at a great disadvantage or there would have been signs of a struggle. His cane was not marked to show that it had been used at all, nor were there any marks on the animal. It is a terribly sad affair be as it may.
     Mr. Bailey was the eldest son of Emory and Sophronia Bailey and was born in this city 79 years ago and was reared and educated here. He is survived in his parents family by his brother J. Dudley Bailey, of Apache, Oklahoma, sisters, Mrs. Summers and Misses Frank and May Bailey.
     He was united in marriage with Miss Margaret Cherrington, dau. of Hon. Pennel Cherrington and his wife Janet Johnston. They became the parents of ten children,only four surviving, two sons James J., and Chas. P. Bailey, the latter of Lexington, Ky., and daughters Mrs. W.A. Sharon and Miss May Bailey.
     In early life he was a steamboat clerk on the Kanawha river. He afterwards formed a partnership with his brother-in-law, the late Wm. Cherrington, and they carried on before and during the war an extensive livery business. They became government contractors during the war and became very rich furnishing horses for the war as well as hay and other feed. After the war he and Mr. Cherrington retired from the livery business and built themselves beautiful homes up the river road. Mr. Bailey met with reverses and losses through endorsing for friends, and by the depreciation of high-priced property bought during the war shrinking to prices that were lower than ever known. Notwithstanding all this he weathered the storm and came out on the top and on the right side. While he was prominent in city affairs, member of Council, member and President of the Board of Education, one of the charter members and Vice President of the Ohio Valley Bank for years, member of Board of Directors and President of half or more of the past Gallia County fairs, dealer in the finest cattle and at one time fine bred horses, member of the Board of County Commissioners, member of the State Board of Agriculture and at one time President of the Board, always an active minded pushing man of great importance and good to his town.
     Personally he was pleasant and agreeable, a true friend honest and upright, a Mason, and a man of worth and force and even though he had reached a great age, he will still be missed. Such men as he never outlive their usefulness. His family will have the warmest sympathy from all who
knew him or knows them.
     The funeral services will be Tuesday at 10 a.m. at his late residence, conducted by the Rev. H.B. Lewis of Grace M.E. Church. The burial will be by Hayward & Son at Bethel on Chickamauga.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
November 5, 1906
Transcribed by Henny Evans

Bailey, Charles Pennel

Charles Bailey Dead
Mr. Charles Pennel Bailey, son of the late C. D. Bailey of this city, died Sunday at his home in Huntington. He was a brother of Mrs. Arthur Blazer, who resides on the home farm, and Mrs. W. A. Sharon of Chickamauga. The funeral was held in Huntington.

The Gallia Times
February 3, 1921
Transcribed by Sharon Hobart

Bailey, Henry Nelson

Death of Captain H.N. Bailey
   Henry Nelson Bailey died last Sunday morning a few minutes before nine o'clock, after an illness with Bright's disease that had confined him at home and forbidden the prosecution of business for more than sixteen months.
   He was fifty-two years of age last March and was the third in the family of seven living children of Mr. & Mrs.. Emory Bailey--Hon. Charles D. Bailey being first, Mrs. Capt. James E. Summers second, Mrs. W.M. Ridenour fourth, Mr. J. Dudley Bailey fifth, Miss Frank Bailey sixth and Miss Mary Bailey seventh. When young he learned to be a steamboat engineer, and was one of the best that ever plied the river. His lively disposition, strict attention to duty and courteous manners made him very popular whereever known. He was a prudent in his expenditures and had an ambition to advance, and did advance in the line of his business and became the commander of several fine boats. for many years he was in what was called the "Red River trade" and made money rapidly for his employers and himself and finally became the owner of a valuable boat, The Nettie Hartupee, which was destroyed by fire at the Gallipolis wharf.
   In the fall of '65' he quit the river and with his brother-in-law, Mr. W.M. Ridenour, went into the boot and shoe business on Court Street and for many years the firm of Bailey & Ridenour, wholesale dealers in boots and shoes, was one of the leading firms in Southern Ohio and did an immense business. Long before he was confined at home, however, he was in delicate and failing health and the business was gradually contracted and a few years ago the partnership was dissolved and finally merged into the retail trade only.
   With the lessening of his cares and anxieties he fondly hoped to recruit his failing health and at times he was greatly encouraged in the belief that he was doing so, but for many years his health has been a serious of relapses and rallies and without permanent improvement and for the past sixteen months he has held death at arm's length and seemed to live through courage and force of will. A little over two weeks ago he desired to be taken to the country, to the old homestead of his wife, one of the daughters of the late Hon. Penel Cherrington, on Chickamauga. He seemed to improve for a week or more, when he suffered a relapse and there, where he wooed and won his wife and where their fortunes were united on the 11th day of July, twenty-six years ago, he left her where he found her, beneath the same old family roof-tree and passed away peacefully as a child upon its mother's bosom and with that same fond trust and confidence in his Saviour that the infant has in the arms of its Mother.
   He united with the Methodist Church some fifteen years ago and was not only prominent in the affairs, but faithful to its creed and precepts and was always ready to advance its interest with his purse and time. He loved his church next to his family and next to his family was beloved by it. For worldly honors he was not aspirant, but no enterprise of moment among his fellow citizens were failed to receive the recognition it deserved at his hands. He was twice elected member of the City Council from his ward and was mainly instrumental in having the site of Mound Hill Cemetery purchased by the city and in the railroad, steamboat and commercial interests of the city his counsel and advise were always respected and he was always one of the prominent moulders of public opinion in every matter of importance and gave it hearty and cordial support.
   He will be missed --missed by his family, a widow, son and daughter to whom he was ever kind and affectionate and by whom he was dearly beloved and from whom through all his long struggle with disease, he received every token of kindness and affection. He will be missed--missed by the members of his church, who cannot fail to remember his cheery presence in meeting and class and his ever open purse to every needful demand. He will be missed--missed by his business acquaintances, who were ever wont to call upon him in the furtherance of every good work. He will be missed--sadly missed by the poor, unfortunate and distressed, who have ever found him a friend in need. He will be missed by a wide circle of sincere friends, who ever found in him a pleasant and courteous companion, whom they loved. And lastly, though not least, he will be missed by the writer of these lines, who has known him intimately for many years, and who as he seeks to record a weak testimonial to his many virtues, finds his eyes blinded with tears and a heart paralyzed as it were.

[Note: Burial: Bethel Cemetery, Addison Township....1850 census shows him as 16 (birth 1834? Death 1886?)]

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

Bailey, J. Dudley

J. Dudley Bailey Dead
Passed Away in West. He was a former Gallipolis merchant
     We regret exceedingly to record the death of J. Dudley Bailey, a former citizen and merchant of this city. Word was received by his sisters, the Misses Frances and May at Fair Haven, Monday that he had died in the hospital at El Reno, Oklahoma, the day before. The body will be brought home for funeral services and burial and will arrive here Wednesday evening and be taken to the home of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Eliza Bailey. As to the final disposition nothing has been determined as yet.
   It is not known exactly what his trouble was. When he was here on a visit in the early summer he was treated by Dr. Bean for complicated liver and heart trouble. He was about 63 years old, a son of the late Emory Bailey and besides the sisters named is survived by one sister, Elizabeth, widow of the late Capt. James Summers, the veteran pilot and coal merchant.
     Dud as he was familiarly called was an old Gallia Academy boy. He became a leading merchant of this city, built and occupied the block now owned by Mrs. James C. Priestley and occupied by the Corn's bottling works, Miss Thompson's confectionery and Kuhn's nickel show. He was a partner in business with Capt. Summers for a long time at the corner of Cedar and 2nd Avenue.
   He was united in marriage with Miss Carrie Wynne, daughter of Jacob Wynne of Cincinnati and niece of John Wynne in that day the leading people of Cincinnati. His wife was a beautiful and lovely woman and bore him five children, only two of whom survive, Frank of Minneapolis and Alice, wife of William Gray of Cincinnati. His wife died many years ago.
   Mr. Bailey was not fortunate in business here and went West many years ago and tried to regain a fortune. How he succeeded is not known as he was very reticent in regard to his private affairs He was a man that was generally well liked and had lots of friends. He was a younger brother of the late C.D. Bailey and Capt. Henry N. Bailey, both among our leading citizens.
     Mr. Bailey on his visit here last summer and the summer before met as many of his old friends as possible and it seemed to bring him great happiness. We will have further particulars in a day or so.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
September 19, 1911
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Bailey, Mrs. Walter

     Mrs. Walter Bailey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Clark of Chambersburg, died at the home of Mrs. Wm. Allen at Michigan City, Ind., Feb. 14, 1908, of consumption. Her home was in Chicago but she had gone to Michigan City for treatment, where she had been a few weeks before the end came.
     Mrs. Bailey was born Dec. 19, 1872, in Gallia County and was therefore aged 35 years, 1 month, and 28 days. She leaves besides a loving husband in Chicago, a father and mother, brothers Noah S. and John of Chambersburg, and Lon of Arabia, and sisters Mrs. W. S. Archer of London. O., and Mrs. C. W. Bodimer of Chambersburg.
     She united with the Mt. Carmel M. E. Church when quite young and was a consistent christian lady and her death brings sorrow to a host of friends.

Gallipolis Bulletin
February 28, 1908
Vol. XLI No. 14
Transcribed by Sharon Hobart

Baine, R. M.

Dr. R.M. Baine, who has been practicing medicine in Gallipolis for several months past, died of consumption on the 16th inst. His remains were taken to Cambridge for interment.

Athens Messenger
April 29, 1972
Transcribed by Connie Cotterill Schumaker Top of Page

Baird, Lola Gail

   The call was given, the answer clear. We never thought that death was so near; yet Lola Gail, the daughter of Frank and Dillie Lemley Halfhill answered this call at the close of the day December 18, 1966. Gail was one of seven children of this union; she was born November 4, 1897 in Cheshire Township, being 69 years, 1 month and 14 days at the time of passing, where she spent her early life.
   On January 15, 1918, she was united in marriage to Ora Baird who preceded her in death July 22, 1952; to this union was born eight children; the following survive, Wayne of Ashville; Elmer of Cheshire; Mrs. Flossie Boggess of St. Albans, WV; Mrs. Frances Parsons of Vinton; Mrs. Della Casto of Circleville and Mrs. Dillie McCormick of Gallipolis, Route 1; besides the children there are 31 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren, one brother, Ora Halfhill of Cheshire and two sisters, Mrs. Vail Pullins of Cheshire and Mrs. Phyllis Burns of Evergreen. Two brothers, Harrison and Bud Halfhill and two sisters, Mrs. Nellie Baird and Mrs. Thelma Taylor and a half-sister, Mrs. Nora Adams, preceded her in death.
   Gail was a member of the Bulaville Grange and Campaign Baptist Church; where she took active part in all activities. She was a member of the Happy Home Club of the church and attended their last meeting on December 8th giving the opening prayer of the club.

[Note: buried Campaign Cemetery, Addison Township]

Gallipolis Paper
December 18, 1966
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Baird, Nellie

Mrs. Baird Dies at 54 In Hospital
     Gallipolis -- Mrs. Nellie Baird, 54, died at 10:05 p.m. Saturday at Holzer Hospital, where she had been a patient for 11 days.
     Daughter of Mrs. Dillie Lemley Halfhill and the late Frank Halfhill, Mrs. Baird was born April 11, 1900, in Cheshire Township, one of nine children. One brother and five sisters survive: Ora Halfhill of Cheshire, Gail Baird of Bulaville, Mrs. Fonzo (Thelma) Taylor and Mrs. Walter (Vail) Pullins of Poplar Ridge, Mrs. Matthew
(Phyllis) Burns of Evergreen, and a half-sister, Mrs. Nora Adams, who is hospitalized in Los Angeles. Two brothers preceded her in death: Harrison and Bud Halfhill.
     She attended the Africa Road School in Cheshire Township (the school no longer exists), and she was a member of Kyger Council of the Daughters of America. As a girl she was a member of the Poplar Ridge Baptist Church, but moved her membership to Campaign Church after she was married Dec. 22, 1922, to Stacy Baird, who survives. They were married by Justice of the Peace A. E. Dunn in the Gallia County Courthouse. They moved from the Campaign vicinity two years ago.
     Their son, Charles William Baird, was killed in 1947 in Cheshire in an automobile accident. She is survived by these six daughters: Mrs. James (Sylvia) Mayes of Gallipolis; the other five at home -- Grace Baird, Nora and Stella, telephone operators; Mary Ann, a senior, and Anna May, a junior, GAHS students.
     Last rites will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in Campaign Church, the Rev. Sherley Woods of Cheshire officiating, and burial will be in Campaign Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Maurice Thomas, C.E. Thomas, Carl Rife, Roy Thaxton, Virgil Thaxton, and Ernest Carpenter. The Rev. S.C. Hoelle, pastor of Gallipolis First Church of God, will assist the Rev. Mr. Woods. Friends may call at the last residence, 128 Fourth Ave. after 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Athens Messenger (Athens, Ohio)
Monday, April 19, 1954. Page 3
Transcribed by Ronni Mayes Top of Page

Baker, America Northup

Rites For America Northup Baker Are To Be Held Sunday
Time is 2 P.M. At Wetherholt Funeral Home
     Funeral services for America Northup Baker, who died Wednesday afternoon at 12:30 o’clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. W. Sigler, 238 First Avenue, less than a month before her 89th birthday anniversary, will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at the George J. Wetherholt and Sons funeral home.
     The venerable widow of J. N. Baker, whom she married March 24, 1880, in the same Green Twp. house in which she was born February 7, 1857 was strictly “a homebody”, was intensely interested in her family, and made her home a model of hospitality for all friends and relatives who called on her. Her husband died in the autumn of 1938 at the age of 88 years.
     Mrs. Baker spent all her life within a radius of one mile from her birthplace except for four years during which she and her husband lived in Hampton, Ia., and nearly three years just passed during which she resided with her daughter, Mrs. Garnet Sigler in Gallipolis. Infirmities of old age were the cause of her death, but she had been critically ill for about 10 days.
     Daughter of Ansel and Lavenia McCall Northup decedent is survived by Mrs. Sigler, Wilbur A. Baker, Springfield, Ill., Mrs. Pearl Heil, Malta, O., Mrs. Bernice Anderson and Charles E. Baker, Jacksonville, Ill., and Mrs. Jessie Berridge, Royal Oak, Mich.; eight grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren. Two sisters, who will be unable to attend the funeral, also survive: Mrs. F. C. Smith, Los Angeles, and Mrs. Mary Pickens Springfield. A daughter, Margaret, died in infancy.
     Rev. Charles G. Baird, rector of the St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, will officiate at the funeral; burial will be made in Mound Hill cemetery. Pall bearers will be Harry Maddy, Stanley Lanier, Dr. L. C. Cowden, H. W. McHenry, Elmer Hatfield, and Lew Grube.

Newspaper clipping, undated.
Date of death: 9 Jan 1946
Transcribed by Joanne Galvin                                                                        Top of Page

Baker, Audrey A.

Mrs. Baker, 40, Claimed Early Today
   Mrs. Audrey A. Baker, 40, of Rt. 1, Patriot (Loucks Rd.) died at 12:15 a.m., today in the Holzer Medical Center. She had been in failing health four years. She had been employed by the G. C. Murphy Co., several years before retiring, due to ill health.
   She was born March 12, 1932, in Gallia County, daughter of Roy and Lillian Albright Monroe, who survive. She is also survived by her husband, Ray Baker, whom she married on July 22, 1950, at Northup, and one son and one daughter, William Lewis Baker, Rt. 2, Patriot, and Carolyn Sue Baker, at home. She spent her life in Gallia County. She attended Salem Baptist Church.
   Funeral services will be held 2 p.m., Wednesday at the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home with Rev. Ronald Nichols officiating. Burial will be in the Ohio Valley Memorial Gardens. Friends may call at the funeral home between 7 and 9 p.m. Tuesday.

[Note: From Social Security Death Index/Ancestry date of death was September 11, 1972.]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Transcribed by Lynn Anders

Baker, Charles Ernest

Charles E. Baker Ends Own Life
     Charles Ernest Baker, 62, a familiar figure about the two towns for the past 2 1/2 years, ended his own life by hanging himself in the garage at the home of his sister, Mrs. Frank Heil of Upper Malta, Monday morning. Mr. Baker, who was injured a number of years ago in a fall down an elevator shaft, had contracted the “flu” or virus infection which has been going the rounds here, this winter, some weeks ago, but had been working at the Tidy House plant. However, he had complained about his injured arm giving him much pain and, on Monday, a bright sunshiny day, told Mrs. Heil he though he would go for a bicycle ride to cheer himself up. This was about 8:30 and when he did not return at 10, she became alarmed and went to the garage to investigate and found him dead.
     Malta Patrolman William D. Huntsman was summoned and Coroner Dr. A. A. Coulson who gave a verdict of suicide by hanging. The body was removed to the Fisher funeral home and taken to Gallipolis, yesterday, where funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock, this (Thursday) afternoon, with burial in Mound Hill Cemetery.
     Born at Gallipolis, Mr. Baker was a son of Jacob and America Northrup (sic Northup) Baker and was a retired farmer, having resided on the farm and looking after his parents until their death. Later he was employed at factory work in Illinois. After coming to the home of his sister, Mrs. Heil, 2 ½ years ago, to reside, Mr. Baker made a host of friends in the community with his sunny disposition and pleasant manners. He was especially fond of children and often joined them in their games. He was literate and on a number of occasions contributed articles to the Herald, which were thoughtful and well written. A member of the Masonic lodge at Jacksonville, Ill., he was also a Scottish Rite Mason, holding membership in an Illinois Consistory, and was a regular attendant at local Masonic functions. He belonged to the Malta Methodist church. Surviving are the following brother and sisters: Mrs. Garnet Sigler of Gallipolis, Wilbur Baker of Springfield, Ill., Mrs. Heil of Malta, Mrs. Bernice Anderson of Jacksonville, Ill., and Mrs. Jessie Berridge of Royal Oak, Mich.

[Note: Charles E. Baker b. 17 June 1893, d 27 Feb. 1956]

From an undated newspaper clipping believed to be the Malta [Ohio] Herald
Transcribed by Joanne Galvin Top of Page

   Gracie Marie Baker, 77, Rt. 2, Patriot, died at 1 p.m. Thursday in St. Joseph's Hospital, Parkersburg, WV; having been in failing health for the past several years. Born Sept. 18, 1905, in Walnut Township, Gallia County, daughter of the late Isaac and Talitha Null Myers, she attended Olive Methodist Church.
   Surviving is her husband, Ernest Baker, whom she married March 22, 1924 in Gallipolis.
Also surviving are a daughter Ms. Don (Dottie) Black of Proctorville; five sons, Ray, Carroll E., Ernest E., Clay and Donovan, all of Rt. 2, Patriot; three sisters Mrs. Edwin (Dortha) Baker of Bidwell, Mrs. Lester (Nora) Haner of Northup and Mrs. Clyde (Retha) O'Neil of Gallipolis; two brothers, Hollis of Lancaster and Kenneth of Waterloo; 12 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. A son and two sisters also preceded her in death.
   Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home with Rev. [missing rest of article].

Dec. 28,1899
J.S. Barker of Raccoon Island is seriously ill at the residence of his son-in-law W. S. Boster of Huntington WV. He has pneumonia. (This should have been J. P Baker) He went to Huntington on the boat Carrie Brown

JACOB BAKER RITES TO BE HELD SUNDAY
One Of Grand Old Men Of Green Tp. Succumbs To Infirmities Of His Years
    Jacob N. Baker, whose death occurred yesterday at this home on Raccoon below Northup, had been an industrious, thrifty, prosperous and upright farmer. He never spoke ill of anyone, attended strictly to his own proper affairs, and commanded the respect and esteem of all who knew him and the abiding
love of those who belonged to his immediate circle by reason of kinship or association.
     For nearly a week he had lain in a coma, for a fortnight he had been unable to take nourishment except very sparingly of the lightest foods, and he passed away from this sphere gently and quietly and peacably and thus in harmony with the tempo of his long life. He was 88 Years old.
     Mr. Baker was born near Marietta and in Washington County, Oct. 15, 1850, having entered upon his 89th year. He was named for his father and his mother's maiden surname was Kasch. He was the last of his generation of his family. When he was quite young the family moved to this county. In his early days he worked for the Smithers family of this city.
     On March 24, 1880, he married America Northup, who survives him, and who looks back over nearly three score years of loving service to a loyal and devoted husband and six appreciative and worthy children.
     Except for four years at Hampton, Iowa, and two years on Little Bull Skin, the Bakers had spent their married life in the home in which he died.
     Surviving children are Garnet, wife of W.W. Sigler of this city; Wilbur A. Baker, Springfield, Ill.; Mrs. Pearl Heil, Malta, Ohio; Mrs. Bermice (sp) Anderson, Jacksonville, Ill.; Charles E. Baker, at the old homestead, and Mrs. Jessie Berridge, Royal Oaks (sp), Mich. One child died in infancy. There
are eight grandchildren and these two great-grandchildren, Sonny Withrow and Kenneth Baker, both of Springfield, Ill.
     Funeral services will be held at the residence at 1 o'clock Sunday, with Rev. L. W. Gishler of the Presbyterian church in charge. Burial in Mound Hill cemetery by George J. Wetherholt & Sons. For pall bearers have been selected Charles Northup, Henry Kerns, Lewis Grube, Luther Donally, Herman Northup and Charles Rose.

     James R. Baker, 83, Addison, a retired section foreman of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, died Monday in the Herman Nursing Home where he had been a patient for a week. Born at Morgan Center (Gallia County), he was a son of the late Moses and Julia Vance Baker.
     He attended the Addison Methodist Church and was a member of the Brotherhood of Maintanence of Way.
He is survived by his wife, Helen Ann Keeler Baker, whom he married in 1907; two daughters, Mrs. Lawrence (Freda) Hesson of Addison and Mrs. Rhea Miller of Lancaster and a son, Paul Baker of Syracuse.
     He is also survived by two sisters, Mrs. Ora Rouse of Cheshire Route 1 and Mrs. Orrin (Mina) Gretsinger of Stuebenville; 11 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. Two brothers and three sisters preceded him in death.
     Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in the Addison Methodist Church with the Rev. C. Linley and the Rev. Carl Shuler officiating. Burial will be in the Addison-Reynolds Cemetery. Friends may call at the home of Mrs. Hesson after 1 p.m. Wednesday. Funeral arrangements were completed by Waugh-Halley Funeral Home.

W. M.Baker Killed Accidentally
Well Known Resident of This City Victim of Gun When He Pulled It Through Fence
     Wilbur M. Baker, 34, well known resident of Garfield Avenue, this city, was accidentally killed Wednesday afternoon when he attempted to pull a small target rifle through a fence at his home. The gun discharged, the bullet passing almost through his body. Internal hemorrhage caused his death.
Mr. Baker left home early in the afternoon intending to shoot crows which had been disturbing his chickens. Around five o'clock Mrs. Baker sent one of the children to call him to the house and his dead body was discovered.
   Baker had fallen backward near the fence and the gun was entangled in the wire. His shirt, underclothing and body were powder-marked, showing the muzzle was close to his body when the gun discharged. Neighbors were quickly summoned and the coroner called. After viewing the body, the latter gave a verdict of accidental death.
   Wilbur Baker was a son of the late Tom Baker. Born in Pomeroy he lived for a time with his parents near Eno. Coming to Gallipolis, he married Miss Hattie Rose, daughter of John Rose of this city. They became parents of Freddie and Charles Baker. The mother died when the children were of tender years.
On March 19, 1924, Mr. Baker and Mrs. Daisy Fry Saunders were married. She is a daughter of Mr. Cub Fry of Mercerville. They have one daughter, Violet Irene. Mrs. Baker's first husband was the late Chauncey Saunders and they had three children, Willard, Melba and Howard Saunders. All lived in the Baker home.
   Mr. Baker is survived by his mother, Mrs. Josephine Eads Baker, who has been making her home with her sister-in-law, Mrs. John Roush in this city, and a brother, Albert Baker, in Youngstown.
   He was a paper hanger and painter and had been doing considerable work this spring. Members of his family say he was in good health and spirits on the day he was killed.
   Funeral services were held in the Eno M. E. church Saturday afternoon by Rev. Jennings Cremeens, interment following in the Robinson cemetery there. Mr. Baker was reared in the Eno neighborhood, and his parents lived there until about seven years ago when Mr. Baker died.

DIED SATURDAY - Mr. Jas. Baldwin, a former painter at the Epileptic Hospital, died Saturday afternoon at his home on Mill Creek near Second Ave. Mr. Baldwin, who leaves a wife and several children, has been blind for some time. He will be buried Tuesday. Baldwin and wife were in poor circumstances and were to have been taken to the Infirmary tomorrow.

Death Claims Mrs. Juanita Pruitt Bales
Mrs. Juanita Pruitt Bales, 22, wife of William Bales and a former resident of Rt. 2, Bidwell, died at 2:45 a.m. Saturday in Holzer Hospital. The family had been living in Spencer, W. Va., in recent years.
Mrs. Bales was born Aug. 16, 1940 in McDowell county, W. Va., daughter of the late James and Leona Hagerman Pruitt. Her marriage to William Bales took place Feb. 10, 1959, and he survives.
Services were held at 2 p.m. today at the Jackson Pike Church of God. Rev. O. F. White and Rev. C. J. Crawford officiated. Burial was in Gravel Hill Cemetery under the direction of the McCoy Funeral Home.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Monday, June 24, 1963
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron Top of Page

Ball Nellie H.

     Nellie H. Ball, 68, a native of Gallipolis, died Sunday morning at the home of her niece, Mary J. Ray, 3015 Stadium Drive, Columbus. She was born Sept. 15, 1910, in Gallipolis, daughter of the late John S. and Myrtie Hanlin. She was a retired employee of Gallia County Department of the Aid for the Aged where she worked 29 years.
   In addition to her niece, with whom she made her home, she is survived by one nephew, William Chambers, Columbus. She was preceded in death by her husband, William Ball, on Feb. 11, 1972.
   Private graveside services will be conducted 2 p.m. Tuesday at Pine Street Cemetery with Rev. James Frazier officiating. There will be no visitation. Arrangements are under the direction of the McCoy-Wetherholt-Moore Funeral Home.

Gallipolis Tribune
Feb. 1979
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Ball, Rhonda Kay

     Rhonda Kay Ball, 19, of 44 Olive St., Gallipolis, died Wednesday at Holzer Medical Center. She was a 1987 graduate of Gallia Academy High School.
     Born Sept. 15, 1969 in Columbus, she was the daughter of Hilda Bettis of Gallipolis and the late Carlis Ball.
     Also surviving are two sisters, Barbara Reynolds, Gallipolis and Carla Taylor of Columbus; one brother, Garcia Criner of Newport News, Va.; a fiance, Terry Queen.
     She was a member of Pleasant View Baptist Church, Columbus.
     Services will be conducteed 1 p.m., Saturday, Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home, the Rev. Kenneth Sanders officiating. Burial follows in Mina Chapel Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Friday, 2 to 4 p.m., and 7 to 9 p.m.

Gallipolis Tribune
Sept. 21, 1989
Transcribed by J. Farley

Ball, Robert Stewart

Robert S. Ball Dies Of Injuries Received In Wreck
     Robert Stewart Ball, 44, Rodney, became the first 1963 Gallia County traffic fatality when he died at 1:25 p.m., Tuesday in the Cabell-Huntington Hospital. He had been a patient there since Friday. The principal of Green Elementary school was critically injured in a headon collision with a Michigan car and trailer last Thursday on Rt. 35, just east of Rodney. He was admitted to Holzer hospital, then taken to Huntington Friday morning.
     Mr. Ball was active in many community affairs. He was a member of Rodney Methodist Church, Rodney Grange, Pomona Grange, local and state teachers associations, and the National Education Association.
     He was a graduate of Gallia Academy High school, and received his bachelor of science degree from Rio Grande College, and at the time of his death was taking work at Ohio University on his masters degree.He served in the Navy for two years during World War II.
     He was born June 11, 1918 in Walnut twp., near Cadmus, son of Jacob Ellis and Ethel Wilson Ball, who survive. His marriage of Annabelle Bradbury took place Aug. 24, 1940 at Ashland, Ky.. She survives along with a son, Robert Stewart Ball, Jr.
     Brothers and sisters who survive are William, Edgar, and Charles Ball, Mrs. Charles (Eleanor) Roberts, and Mrs. Jim (Katherine) Sigler, all of Gallipolis, Mrs. Hollis (Jane) Taylor, Columbus, and Paul Ball of the Navy, who is stationed at Kingston, R.I.
     Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral home. Rev. Charles Hill, a former Rodney minister now of Darby, assisted Rev. Don Rankin, will officiate. Burial will be in Ohio Valley Memory Gardens. Friends may call at the funeral home from 3 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Thursday.

Gallipolis Tribune
March 1963
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     RIO GRANDE - Velma Ruby Ball, 47, Rio Grande, died Friday in Holzer Medical Center following an extended illness. Born Feb. 18, 1935, in Pineville, W. Va., she was the daughter of Robert D. Osborne, who survives in Centerville, and the late Ethel Osborne.
     She married Marrell Ball, who survives, in May, 1954. Also surviving are five sons, Marrell, Jr., of Huntington, W. Va.; Coy of Fort Pope, La., Gregory of Columbus, and Douglas and Dale, both at home; a daughter, Mrs. Deborah Gibson of Jackson; two grandchildren; three brothers, Bruce of Bellefontaine, Junior of Columbus and Larry of Centerville; three sisters, Mrs. Betty Jo Higley of Kanauga, Mrs. Shirley Terry of Centerville and Mrs. Donna Mullins of Vinton. A brother and a sister also preceded her in death.
     Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday in the McCoy-Moore Funeral Home, Vinton, with the Rev. Lloyd Fry officiating. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 3-5 and 7-9 p.m. today.

Death Claims Pearl Ballard
     Death has claimed Pearl Ballard, 70, a resident of the Gallia Hotel, who died at 2:30 a.m. today in the Holzer Medical Center. A native of Mason County, Mr. Ballard was born Feb. 17, 1900, to the late Lewis Ballard and Anna Wears Ballard.
     A retired carpenter and cement finisher, he had been in failing health the past six years. Survivors include his wife, Hester; two daughters, Mrs. Raymond (Sharon) Moss, Gallipolis, and Mrs. William (Beverly) Guinther, Syracuse.
     He was twice married, the first to Bessie Mullins, who preceded him in death. Surviving that union are two daughters, Mrs. Kathryn Raye, Parkersburg, and Mrs. Jerry Snodgrass, also of Parkersburg. A son and three infant daughters preceded him in death. There are also 13 grand- children surviving.
     He attended the Assembly of God Church on Eastern Ave. Last rites will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday from the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home with Rev. Merritt Sanders officiating. Burial will be in the Providence Cemetery. Visitation will be held at the funeral home from 2-4 and 7-8 Saturday.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Thursday, August 13, 1970
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron Top of Page

Death of John Baltzell
   The melancholy tidings of the death of Mr. John Baltzell at his home in Washington, was flashed over the telegraph wires to Gen. Geo. D. McBride Friday morning. Deceased had been sick for three or four weeks, but his Gallipolis relatives were not aware that his condition was so critical. He breathed his last Friday morning.
   Mr. Baltzell was the only son of Mrs. F.A. Baltzell and was a printer by trade, having worked for Col. Vance and at other offices in the city before going to Washington fifteen years ago to accept a position there. He has been connected with that department the largest portion of the time since his removal to Washington. He was aged about thirty-eight years and was a son of the late John Baltzell, who preceded him years ago.
   He was a member of the Morning Dawn Lodge F. & A. M. and a gentleman of many good qualities. He was a nephew of Mrs. Harriett Gardner, of this city and a cousin of Messrs. J.W. and B.L. Gardner.

[Note: Death Certificate--John Baltzell born 1852; died Feb. 17, 1899 in Washington D.C.. 47 years of age/single.]

DIED- in this place, on Saturday, the 29th, ult., Mrs. Margaret Baltzel, in the 54th year of her age, leaving a large circle of friends and relations to mourn over their irretrievable loss.

Bane
Oct. 4, 1883, Bessie, infant daughter of W.H. and E.C. Bane. From the rosy dawn of youth to death's sad night was but a few days. At dawn of day, just as the sun touched the horizon, her tender spirit wrapt in the dreamless drapery of death, like the little rivulet, without a murmur and without a ripple, passed into the waveless ocean of eternal peace.

Gregory T. Bane
   Gregory Thomas Bane, 30, of 2651 Reynolds Dr., Winston-Salem, N. C., formerly of Gallipolis, died Tuesday at the North Carolina Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem. He was a former employee of Woodland Center. For most of his life, he was a self-employed musician.
     Born July 30, 1957 in Gallipolis, he was a son of Gary and Shirley Thomas Bane of Gallipolis, who survive. He married Joanne Henderson on May 28, 1986 in Kansas City, Mo., and she survives, along with grandmothers Esther Thomas of Pt. Pleasant and Virginia L. Bane, Cortez, Fla. He was preceded in death by a brother Michael Davis Bane in 1979.
   He was a member of the Gallipolis Elks Lodge, Morning Dawn Masonic Lodge 7, Scottish Rite Valley of Columbus, Aladdin Temple Shrine of Columbus. A 1975 graduate of Gallia Academy High School, he completed bachelors degree from Rio Grande College in 1979, graduating magna cum laude.
   He was a member of Grace United Methodist Church, where a memorial service will be conducted Sunday at 1 p.m., Rev. Joe Hefner officiating. Burial will be in Mound Hill Cemetery. There will be no calling hours.

Mr. H. D. Bane, of Harrison township, died Thursday morning, Feb. 23d, 1905, of old age and the infirmities incident thereto, he being over 84 years. He was a fine old gentleman, and his funeral services were at Macedonia this morning, at 10 o'clock by Rev. Massie. Burial by Wetherholt.

[Note: Born- September 13, 1819; Died - February 23, 1905; Burial - Macedonia Cemetery, Harrison Township]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
February 25, 1905
Transcribed by Irene Hively Blamer

Bane, James

James Bane, a farmer living near the Blessing Bridge over Raccoon Creek, suicided on Friday evening of last week, by jumping into that stream. His wife had been ill for a long time, and brooding over her sickness is supposed to have driven Bane to commit the rash act. He was about forty years of age, and left a wife and several children.

[Note: His death record states he was 46 years and 4 days and was born and died in Harrison Twp. No stone has been found.]

Gallipolis Bulletin
December 22, 1894
Transcribed by Henny Evans Top of Page

Mrs. Henry Bane living with her son-in-law Mr. John Price, and mother of S. H. Bane, died Friday night. Her sons Robert and John at Detroit have been telegraphed for.

[Note: Born - September 6, 1818; Died - January 31, 1903; Buried - Macedonia Cemetery, Harrison Township]

     Mrs. Nettie Allbright Bane, 82, widow of former Gallia county auditor Wilbur W. Bane, died at 8:30 p. m. Thursday at the home of her son Maurice Bane, Lower River Rd. She had been apparently her normal self until just a few hours before her death.
     Mrs. Bane was born in this county on Jan. 23, 1877, to Jacob and Eveline Drummond Allbright. Her marriage to Mr. Bane was an event of March 18, 1903, and he died on Feb. 25, 1937.
     Also surviving are a son and two daughters Charles Bane and Mrs. Wilford (Gertrude) Evans, Lower River Rd.; and Mrs. A. R. (Virginia) Trout of South Charleston, W. V.,; eight grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. A daughter died in infancy.Sisters and brothers who survive are Oscar, Leonard, Elizabeth, William, and Ralph Allbright. Mrs. Michael Miller and Mrs. Elma Smith. A brother and two sisters preceded her in death.
     Mrs. Bane was a member of the Omo Chapel Methodist church and of the Women's Society for Christian Service.
     Services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Wetherholt Elliott Sanders funeral home. Burial will be in Mound Hill cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p. m. Saturday and until the hour of the service.

Death of Wm. H. Bane
     Mr. Wm. H. Bane, living with his father, Henry D. Bane, of Northup, died Monday morning, August 3, 1903, of cancer with which he had been afflicted for a long time, and was aged 54 years. He had been married to a daughter of the late Samuel Kerr, but it did not prove a happy one and they separated and he remained single and their child died.
     He was a school teacher by profession and one of the best the county ever afforded. Later in life he farmed and sold nursery stock. He was good dispositioned and very agreeable with every-body and was tactful and possessed the power of getting along nicely with every one and was a natural born politician.
     Everyone who knew him will regret to learn of his death. His mother died last winter, aged 85, and his father survives at about the same age. He has three surviving brothers, Samuel A., of Yellow Towns, one of the most successful farmers, in the county. His other brothers, John and Robt. R. both live in Detroit and are builders of sugar factories. Also two sisters, Mrs. J. L. Thorne, of Mason county, W. Va., and Mrs. John Price of Harrison township, this county.
     The funeral services of Mr. Bane will be conducted at Macedonia at 2 o’clock Wednesday afternoon by Rev. Massie, the interment by Wetherholt following. It is likely that his brothers and sisters will be at the funeral. They will have the sympathy of all in their bereavement.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Tuesday, August 4, 1903
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron Top of Page

Baney, Floris G.

     MARION - Floris G. Baney, 63, 358 Mary St., Marion, died Friday in Marion. Born April 16, 1921, at Gallipolis, she was the daughter of the late Grover C. and Rosa D. Dray Long.
     Surviving are her husband, Donald E. Baney; three sons, John Richard Baney of Fort Hood, Texas, and Barry Eugene Baney and Robert Kent Baney, both of Marion; two daughters, Mrs. Garland (Pat) Lanthron and Mrs. Walter (Sherry) Jones, both of Marion; three brothers, Carl E. Long of Kenton, and Carl G. Long and James A. Long, both of Columbus; three sisters, Mrs. William (Mazie) Reno of Madison, Mrs. Ted (Elinor) Walker of Columbus, and Mary Short of Marion; and seven grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by three brothers.
     Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Mound Hill Cemetery, Gallipolis. Friends may call at Gunder-Hall Funeral Home, Marion, from 6-9 tonight.
   Memorial contributions may be made to the Quality of Life Hospice, in care of Marion General Hospital.

Gallipolis Tribune
January 20, 1985
Transcribed by J. Farley

Barcus, Florilla Mae

MEMORIAL OBITUARY
Entered into eternal rest Tuesday Aug., 4, 1987
Barcus
Florilla Mae Barcus, age 81, 125½ Third Ave., Gallipolis, early Tuesday morning Holzer Medical Center. Retired from the Dietary Dept. Hozler Medical Center. Survived by daughters and sons-in-law, Addie and William Jewell, Opal and Kenneth Halfhill, all of Columbus, Lola and Frederick Richards, Springfield, VA., Rebecca and Bruce Unroe, Ina Belle and William Sibley, Kathryn Baker all of Gallipolis, Ernestine and Norman Kelley, Evergreen, Oh., Donna and Willard Keesee, Orlando, Fla.; sons and daughter-in-law, Ray Barcus, Gallipolis, Ralph and Cathy Barcus, Rodney, Oh., sister, Mary Angel, Gallipolis. Funeral service 2 p.m. Friday Canaan Missionary Baptist Church, Mercerville, Oh. Rev. Curtis Sheets and Rev. Bruce Unroe, officiating. Burial Mina Chapel Cemetery. Friends may call 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Thursday Cremeens Funeral Chapel, 75 Grape St., Gallipolis.

A Tribute published in the pages of The Columbus Dispatch, Columbus, Ohio Aug 5, 1987
Memorial Card
Transcribed by Margaret Calvin

The same obituary submitted by Henny Evans from:
The Columbus Dispatch
August 5, 1987

     James Robert Barcus, eldest son of Alexander and Sarah Ann (Lewis) Barcus first saw the light of day on John's Creek in Guyan Twp., Gallia County, Ohio, August 17, 1869. Departed a long and well-spent life at his home in Eureka in the early morning hours of May 3rd, 1947. Having attained the advanced age of 77 years, 8 months, 16 days.
      On Sept. 5, 1900, he was united in marriage with Clara Lanthorn and for nearly half century they shared the joys and sorrows of life's pathway. Eight children came to bless this union, one of whom, Harold, preceded his father in death some ten years ago.
     The loving companion and the following children survive to mourn the loss of a kind husband and father - Homer Barcus, Gallipolis; Harry, Bladen; Mrs. Frank James (Norma) and Mrs. Nola Spurlock, Eureka; Mrs. Sherman Criner (Golda) and Mrs. Harold Criner (Emmogene), Gallipolis; and Mrs. Brady Saunders (Mildred), Bladen.
     Surviving also are five brothers; Truman, Columbus; Thomas and Stanley, Gallipolis; John and Ross of Bladen. Twenty-nine grandchildren and great-grandchildren and many other relatives and friends. One brother, Richard, and two sisters deceased, Alpha and Janie.
     Mr. Barcus was converted, followed the example of his Saviour in the ordinance of baptism and united with the Providence Baptist church in early manhood and lived a quiet and industrious life. He was a good man, an obliging neighbor respected in his community by all who knew him. A short time before his passing over the Dark River he remarked that he was prepared and wished to go home and rest, so while his frail body will be returned to earth to await the resurrection, his spirit was wafted to that Celestial mansion in the heavens.

[Note: Buried - Mina Chapel Cemetery, Green Twp.]

     Josiah Barcus, 79 of Albany, Ohio died suddenly Tuesday evening. He was a retired master sergeant of the U.S. Army after 25 years of service. He was born Aug. 30, 1896 in Gallipolis to the late Thomas J. and Alvira Whitaker Barcus.
     Survivors include his wife, Lavada Amos Barcus, whom he married Aug. 19, 1974. Other survivors are: two brothers, Clarence and Wyman, both of Gallipolis. Two sisters preceded him in death. He was a member of Mina Chapel Church.
     Funeral services will be 1:30 p.m. Friday at Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home with the Rev. Bruce Unroe officiating. Burial will be in Mina Chapel Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Thursday. Military rites will be conducted by a military detachment from Ft. Knox, Ky.

R.W. Barcus Dies Early Last Night at Ashland, KY
Last Rites at Baptist Church Thursday 2 P.M.
     Richard William Barcus, a lifelong resident of Gallia County, died about ten o'clock last night in Kings Daughters' Hospital at Ashland, KY.
     The news of Mr. Barcus' death will be a shock to his friends and associates here; many of whom did not know of his illness or that he had left Gallipolis. He had suffered a heart ailment for some time and as it became increasingly worse he had to give up his work at the Spring Hill Dairy Co., where he had been employed for several years. Three weeks ago he and Mrs. Barcus went to Ashland to be near their only daughter, Audrey, wife of Clifford Justice.
     Mr. Barcus was the son of the late Alexander and Sarah Anne Lewis Barcus and was born in Ohio Township. He would have been 58 years old July 5.
     He is survived in addition to the daughter mentioned before by his wife, who was Myrtle Crouse, before her marriage and two sons, Virgil of Huntington and Floyd of Columbus. He also leaves six brothers and a sister; Robert of Clipper Mill, Thomas and Stanley of Gallipolis, Truman of Columbus, John and Ross Barcus and Mrs. Janie Crouse of Bladen. There are five grandchildren.
     He was a member of the local lodge of Odd Fellows and the last rites will be under their auspices. They will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at the First Baptist Church here. Rev. Waid Radford of Pleasantville, formerly of the Methodist charge at Eureka, will officiate. Burial will follow in Mound Hill Cemetery by A.E. Tope.

[Note: Per stone Died 1942. Death Certificate shows he was born July 5, 1882; died June 2, 1942]

Sarah Frances Barcus, daughter of W. R. and Flora Barcus, was born Sept. 12, 1917, and departed this life Dec. 6, 1921, being 4 years, 2 months an 24 days. She was taken sick Dec. 1, with diphtheria. Everything was done for her that loving hands could do, but to no avail.
She leaves her parents and one sister with a host of friends to mourn their loss. We weep not for little Frances for she has gone to Him who said "suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of Heaven."

Thomas J. Barcus, 76, Dropped Dead At Roush Home
     Thomas J. Barcus, retired farmer, who was well-known in Gallipolis and other Gallia County communities in which he had lived, dropped dead at 12:25 p.m. Tuesday. Death resulted from a thrombosis, was the verdict of Dr. Paul Foster, coroner. It occurred at the home of his son-in-law and daughter, Clarence and Anna Roush, Rt. 2, Gallipolis.
     Until several months ago Mr. and Mrs. Barcus lived at 135 State St., near the Tabit factory building. Smoking his pipe, he was long a familiar figure on the Ohio Valley Bank corner. Soon after the Roushes bought what is known as the Klicker farm on the Chillicothe Rd. the Barcuses went there to make their home.
     Mr. Barcus was 76 years old last July. He was born in Guyan Twp. and was a son of Alexander and Sarah Ann Lewis Barcus. At Eureka on May 31, 1893, he and Elvira Whittaker were united in marriage by Squire A.E. Sibley. All his years were spent in his native county. He was a member of the Mina Chapel Church.
     Surviving him besides his wife and the daughter named are three sons and another daughter; Josiah Barcus, Gallipolis; Clarence and Wyman Barcus, Clipper Mills; and Mrs. Mae Ferguson, Vinton. There are three brothers, Truman of Columbus, John Barcus of Bladen and Ross Barcus, also of Bladen.
Funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Mina Chapel, with Rev. Charles Lusher in charge, burial in the church cemetery by Claude mortuary, will be taken to the church at noon Friday.

SERVICES TUESDAY FOR W.R. BARCUS
     Funeral services for Wellington Ross Barcus, 59, Rt. 1, Bladen, who died of heart trouble at 11:30 a.m. Saturday in the Holzer Hospital, will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Clay Chapel Methodist Church, the Rev. Earl Cremeens, Gallipolis, officiating.
     Burial will be made by F. L. Stevers in Clay Chapel Cemetery. Friends may call at the home of a surviving brother, John Barcus, Rt. 1, Bladen, until hour for the funeral.
     Mr. Barcus was admitted to the hospital at 2:30 p.m. last Friday. A farmer, he was born June 9, 1890, near Bladen, to Alexander and Sarah Lewis Barcus. For 15 years he was a member of Providence Baptist Church.
     The decedent was divorced, but he never remarried. His former wife bacame Mrs. Harry Chambers, and she survives with one daughter, Mrs. James McCLure, Springfield, and three grandchildren.
     Three surviving brothers are Stanley, Rt. 2, Gallipolis; Truman, Columbus, and John Barcus, Rt. 1, Bladen.

Death of Thomas Bardon
     Mr. Thomas Bardon, son-in-law of Squire Lewis Safford, his wife’s name being Lena, ill for a long time with what is called stone cutter’s consumption, died this Friday morning, February 17, 1899, at Mr. Safford’s, mentioned, three miles from town.
     Wetherholt took charge here, and the remains will be shipped to Columbus, where he belongs to the Sons of St. John, the Stone Cutter’s Association, and other orders. He was an Englishman, born in England about 40 years ago, and having come to this country several years ago.
     He leaves a widow, but no children. He had been married seven or eight years ago, and was a first rate man with lots of friends, and President of the Stone Cutters’ Association. He spent the most of the past summer here in an invalid condition. He returned to Columbus last September, and returned here during the holidays and this winter has gradually declined.

     PATRIOT - Albert P. Baker, 48, Rt 2, Patriot, died at 4:30 p.m. Friday at Pleasant Valley Hospital following a lengthy illness. Born Dec 29, 1931, in Morehead, Ky., son of the late Allie and Lucy Butcher
Barker, he owned and operated his own trucking firm in Gallia County for nearly 20 years and served in the U.S. Army in 1950-52.
   He married the former Beatrice Wickline, who survives, on Feb. 10, 1961, in Greenup, Ky. Also surviving are four sons, Hobart, Jimmy, Paul and Bobby, all at home; four daughters, Catherine, Mary, Becky and Jean, all at home; two brothers, John of Carroll and Archie of Middletown, Del., and two sisters, Mrs. Nora Drake of Amanda, and Mrs. Mary Stamper of Bunker Hill, Ind. A son, John, three brothes and a sister preceded him in death.
   Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday in the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home, with the Rev. Steve Ebert and the Rev. Jim Patterson officiating. Burial will be in Mound Hil Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home from 4-9 p.m. Monday.

   Teddy Barker, Sr., 77, Patriot Star Route, died Saturday morning in Holzer Medical Center. Born Aug. 2, 1905, in Boyd County, KY, son of the late Henry and Kathryn Childers Barker, he was a retired iron worker.
     He married Thelma Lockwood, who survives, on Dec. 3, 1924, in Boyd County. Also surviving are five daughters, Mrs. Ralph (Elizabeth) Barber of Wheelersburg, Mrs. Alex (Betty) Cress of Lexington, KY; Mrs. James (Bonnie) Simms of Gallipolis, Mrs. Flem (Sheila) Arrowood of Oak Hill and Mrs. Walter (Sue) Brown of Mount Sterling; six sons, Ted Jr. of Ashland, KY; Bill of Raceland, KY, Harold of Lakeland, FL; Alben of Portsmouth, Gerald of Gahanna and David of Chillicothe; four brothers, Robert and Clarence, both of Ashland; Henry of Baltimore, MD and John of Turlock,CA; a sister, Lucy Wellman of Colorado Springs, CO; 26 grandchldren and seven great-grandchildren. A son, two brothers and a sister also preceded him in death.
     Graveside services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday in Ohio Valley Memory Gardens, with the Rev. Robert Colvin officiating. Friends may call at Willis Funeral Home from 2-8 p.m. today. Pallbearers will be grandsons, Chris Barker, Darrell Barker, Teddy Barker, Jack Barker, Jeff Barker, Jimmie Simms and Steve Arrowood.

     J. Robert Barker passed away at his home on Grape Street at 12 o'clock Wednesday night, April 3, 1918. His death was due to bladder trouble. Mr. Barker was compelled to retire from his shoe business one year ago on account of ill health and has been failing ever since until the end finally came.
     Mr. Barker was born at Sample's Landing 66 years ago, Feb. 25, and was the son of John R. and Mary Barker. He was married to Miss Mary Margaret Gee and to them were born the following children, all of whom survive:Mrs H. M. Harding and Butler of this city, Mrs. Ernest Weaver and John of Newark, OH. His wife preceded him in death Oct., 1914. He also leaves two sisters, Mrs. Peru Harrington and Mrs. Betty Spurlock of Bladen.
     He was interested in his younger days in flatboating coal down the river from Sampler's Landing. Of late years he conducted a shoe store and repair shop. Mr. Barker served two terms as city councilman from the First Ward. He was a man of a generous, kindly nature, a friend to all and devoted to his family and his death will be regretted by a host of friends. He was a member of the Jr. O.U.A.M.
     The funeral will be conducted from his late home Saturday morning at 11 o'clock by Rev. W. Ross Yokley with interment at Mound Hill Cemetery by Wetherholt and Entsminger.

[Note: Death Certificate--John Robert Barker was born Feb. 25, 1851. His mother's maiden name was Mary Ann Thompson.]

Mr. B. S. Barlow, former Gallipot. Dead at Streator
Ernest Cating received a telegram Tuesday announcing the death of his uncle B. S. Barlow Monday at Streator, Ill, at the age of 82 years. Mr. Barlow in his early years was a prominent shoe merchant in this city and was a straight forward man in every way and had many friends here who will regret his death. He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Fred LeRoy, with whom he resided, and one brother, Tel Barlow, of Streator.
The remains will be interred at Peoria, Ill, beside those of his wife.

Miss Eliza Barlow
Miss Eliza Barlow, aged 81 years, and who had been making her home with her nephew, Mr. Marion Barlow, died at one o’clock on last Wednesday morning. The funeral services were conducted from her late home on Thursday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock, Rev. Magee, of the M.E. Church, officiating. Burial was at the Pine Street Cemetery by Wetherholt.

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

Barlow, Frank

Frank Barlow's Death
     The following taken from the Evening News of Roswell, New Mexico, gives further particulars concerning the death of B. Frank Barlow, a former Gallipolis resident, who died at Artesia, New Mexico, recently.
     B. F. Barlow, a prominent business man of Artesia, died suddenly yesterday of heart trouble. Mr. Barlow conducted a news agency and cigar store having as his asssociate in business his son. Mr. Barlow was an Elk and the funeral which was conducted this afternoon, was under the auspices of the Roswell B. P. O. E., Exalted Ruler, C. M. Einhart going down with a number of members to officiate in the ceremonies. Other local Elks attending were G. W. Robinson, F. R. Faville, Henry Johnson, Hial Colbean, Milo Pearce, Jr. and Harry. . .[rest of article cut off]

Gallipolis Bulletin
Aug 31, 1916
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall                                                                       Top of Page

Man Killed In Columbus--Brought Here For Burial
William Sherman Barlow, aged 40, a native of Gallia County, was killed Monday morning at his work in Columbus where he was removing snow from a switch of the H.V.R.R. He is survived by his wife, five children and four brothers, Alva, Ernie, Calvin and Stanley of Mudsock. The body will be brought here Tuesday evening on the H.V. for funeral services at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Walnut Church. Rev. Frist officiating and burial in Drummond Cemetery in charge of A.E. Tope.

[Note: Death Certificate...Born: Sept. 1886 in Gallia County; died Feb. 20, 1928 in Marion Township, Franklin County, Ohio. 41 years of age. Section Hand. Divorced. ]

Barnes, Sarah Catherine

     Sarah Catherine Barnes who was 83 years of age on March 11, went quietly to her rest on Friday March 25 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ed Barnes. Mrs. Barnes made no claim of earthly greatness, but by her love and concern made the word "Mother" a beautiful word to her children and the word "Friend" live in the hearts of those who knew her. To the very end she wanted to serve rather than be served.
     Sister Barnes was converted and baptized at an early age and became a member of the Baptist Church at Greenbottom, W. Va. Some twenty years ago she rededicated her life to Jesus at Victory Baptist Church. She was never very demonstrative of her faith but her daily walk spoke her faith to the world. She lived conscious of the presence of Jesus and lived to please Him. As she felt the end near she told her daughter Lulu she was ready to go and together they said: Yea though I walk through the valley of death I will fear no evil, for thou art with me.
     Mrs. Barnes was twice married- first to Harvey Spurlock who died in 19??. To this union was born four children, two dying in infancy and Cecil Spurlock of Cheshire, Ohio, who died in 1933. Mrs. Ed Barnes, Crown City, who lovingly cared for her mother to the end is the only surviving child of this marriage. Her second husband was William J. Barnes and of this union there remains Mrs. Oherl Perkins and Mrs. Hattie Best, both of Cleveland, Ohio. There are also 14 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren, one sister Mrs. Miriam Peters of Walker W. Va. survives.
     On March 11, the family gathered for the birthday of Sister Barnes, little realizing it would be the last earthly gathering with this dear one. Now as the family gathers again there is a word of comfort you should hear- the words of an old song Sister Barnes tried to sing the night before her death-

[Note from stome 1866 - 1949 Ridge Lawn Cemetery]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
No date
Transcribed by Jean Yount Top of Page

OBITUARY OF ARNOLD BARRY
     PROCTORVILLE -- Arnold Barry, 84, of 106 Grant St., Proctorville, died Wednesday at St. Mary's Hospital in Huntington, W.Va.
     He was born Aug. 19, 1905, in Gallia County and was the son of the late John and Navada Moore Barry. He was a member of the Linville Church of Christ and was a retired employee of Carlisle Tile.
     He was preceded in death by his first wife, Charlene Wilson Barry; one son, Clovis Lee Barry; one sister; and five brothers. Survivors include his wife, Stella Stephens Barry; one daughter, Chloie Barry Whitehead of Ironton; two sons, Chancie Barry of Kitts Hill and Frank Barry of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; four stepdaughters, Betty Reed of Chesapeake, Mary Shepard of Hilliard and Doris Sexton and Selva Singer, both of Merrit Island, Fla.; four stepsons, Roger Stephens of Des Moines, Iowa, Frank Stephens of Peoria, Ariz., and Ralph Stephens and Gary Stephens, both of Virginia Beach, Va.; one brother, Lawrence Barry of Kitts Hill; five grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; 15 step grandchildren; 12 great-step grandchildren.
     Service will be 2 P.M. Friday at Linville Church of Christ with David Smith officiating. Burial will be at Ross Cemetery at Kitts Hill.
     Visitation is 6 - 9 P.M. today at Hall Funeral Home in Proctorville and one hour prior to service at the church.

Ironton Tribune
August 9, 1990, page 2
Contributed by Jeff Hayes [email protected]                                                Top of Page

OBITUARY OF CHANCY BARRY
     Chancy "Buck" Barry, 88, of Willow Wood, Ohio, died Wednesday in VA Medical Center, Huntington.
He was born May 29, 1894, in Gallia Co., a son of the late John and Nevada Moore Barry. He was an Army Veteran of World War I and retired farmer. He was a member of the Linville Church of Christ.
     Survivors include one sister, Mrs. Sylvia Watson of Willow Wood; two brothers, Lawrence Barry of Aid, Ohio, and Arnold Barry of Proctorville; 15 nieces and nephews.
     Funeral services will be conducted at 2 P.M. Sunday at the Linville Church of Christ by Ministers Charlie Ross and Roy McKeand. Burial will be in Good Hope Cemetery. Friends may call at the Schneider Funeral Home, Chesapeake, from 3-5 and 6-9 P.M. Saturday.

SOURCE: Clipping from the Ironton Tribune. The clipping is in the possession of Ernestine Berry Hayes.
Contributed by Jeff Hayes [email protected]

Dies On Monday
     James Barry, 81, well-known retired farmer of the Mercerville community, died in Holzer hospital at 6:15 p.m., Monday. He had been a patient there for a period of two weeks, and prior to that time had been in fair health.
     He was a lifelong resident of the county. He was born in Guyan twp., on Jan. 7, 1876, the son of the late James and Grace Devaull Barry. Of that union two brothers survive, Lafayette of Scottown and Levi of Mercerville.
     Barry was united in marriage to Myrtie Martin, and she survives. They would have celebrated their 57th wedding anniversary, if he had lived until Christmas day. Twelve children were born to this union and those who survive are five sons and three daughters: Stanley of Proctorville, Owen, Carl and Dale, all of Mercerville; Alden of Chesapeake, Mrs. Bessie Sheets of Mercerville, Mrs. Earl Montgomery of Scottown and Mrs. Kathleen Dalton of Gallipolis. Three sons and a daughter preceded him in death.
     Funeral services will be held at 12 p.m., Thursday at the Good Hope Church. Rev. Earl Cremeens will officiate and burial will be in Ridgelawn Cemetery under the direction of the C. R. Halley Funeral Home. Friends may call at the late home after 3 p.m. Wednesday and until the funeral hour.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Tuesday, October 9, 1956
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

OBITUARY OF LAWRENCE BARRY
     LAWRENCE BARRY, 99, of Kitts Hill, widower of Bessie Mae Wilson and Edith Carrie Hart Jenkins, died Thursday in Sunset Nursing Home. He was a retired truck driver with Allied Chemical Co.
     Survivors include two sons, Billy W. Barry of Jamestown and Paul G. Barry of Ironton; three stepdaughters, Judy Daugherty of Deering, Susan Drummond of Pennsylvania and Jane Butler of Florida; one stepson, Everett Jenkins of Rock Camp. Funeral 2 P.M. Sunday at Phillips Funeral Home; burial in Linnville Lutheran Cemetery. Friends may call from 6 to 9 P.M. Saturday at the funeral home.

Huntington Herald-Dispatch
Friday, August 7, 1998, page 2-E
Contributed by Jeff Hayes [email protected]                                                 Top of Page

OBITUARY OF NAVADA (MOORE) BARRY
     Mrs. Navada Barry, 90, of Willow Wood died Friday at her home. Mrs. Barry was born in Noble Co., Ohio on August 18, 1869, daughter of the late Lafayette and Wilma (sic) Rossiter Moore.
     She was married to John D. Barry in 1887 and he preceded her in death in 1929. They spent most of their life in Gallia County, moving to Lawrence County in 1921.
     Surviving are one daughter Mrs. Sylvia Watson of Willow Wood, six sons, Arnold Barry of Kitts Hill, Charles Barry (sic) of Patriot, Jesse Barry of Huntington, Chauncey Barry at home, and Lawrence and Clovis Barry of Willow Wood, two brothers, Seldon Moore of Cheshire, Ohio, and Stanley Moore of Crown City, Ohio, two sisters, Mrs. Willa Rose and Mrs. Jessie Harrison of Crown City; 19 grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren, and 5 great-great-grandchildren.
     Funeral services will be held today at 2 PM in Linville Church of Christ. Evangelists Arnold Taylor and J. W. Holcomb will officiate with burial in Good Hope Cemetery, Gallia County.
     The body was removed from the Phillips Funeral Home to the residence where friends may call.

The Ironton (Ohio) Tribune
Sunday, January 3, 1960, page 9.
Contributed by Jeff Hayes [email protected]

     Peter Bartels of Gallia died at the home of his son Hobart Bartels in Dayton Tuesday afternoon. He had been a patient at a Dayton hospital underwent an operation there. He was 67 years of age and had been in declining health for some time. Funeral Director Kinnison of Jackson, brought the body home Wednesday evening.
     Surviving are his wife, three sons, William, Hobart, ad Ralph of Dayton, two daughters, Mrs. Homer Lloyd of Peniel and Mrs. Lola Snyder of Canton.
     Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at the Gallia Baptist church with Rev. H. O. Thompson of Newark officiating. The Oak Hill Order of I. O. O. F. had charge of the services.

Mrs. Geo. A. Barton Dead
Highly Respected Wife of Dr. Barton Passes Away
     Mrs. Clara Ruth Burdette Barton, wife of Dr. Geo. A. Barton of 507 Second avenue, died Saturday afternoon, Jan. 17, 1920, at 3:15, after an illness of about seven months, of tuberculous peritonitis, in her 37th year.
     She was the daughter of Capt. and Mrs. Millard Burdette of this city, was born Apr. 4, 1883, and she and Dr. Barton were married August 21, 1902. Two children were born of their union, Miss Georgia R., and James A., who with her husband, survive her. Soon after her marriage she united with the Methodist Church at Addison, and died in its faith.
     The funeral will be at Grace M. E. Church in this city at 1:30 Tuesday afternoon by the Rev. Mr. Wood, and the interment will follow in the Addison Home Cemetery by Wetherholt & Entsminger.
     Mrs. Barton was a devoted wife and mother, a most industrious lover of her home and family, and won the respect and good opinion of all her acquaintances. Her death in the very prime of life is one of those unfathomable mysteries of life which brings to her husband and children the deep sympathy of the entire community.

The Gallipolis Daily Tribune, p. 1
January 19, 1920
Transcribed by Mary Kay Clark

     Mrs. Gusta Lewis Barton, wife of James Barton, died yesterday at her home at Jackson. She was a native of Gallia county, the daughter of the late Joshua and Rachel Scarberry Lewis and the sister of President W. A. Lewis of Rio Grande college.
     Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p. m. at the Adventist church at Jackson.
     Mrs. Barton was 64 and is survived by two sons and three daughters.

[Note: from death record born 2 Jan 1875; died 29 Mar 1939 Fairmount Jackson Co., Ohio]

Mrs. Barton Dead
Mrs. Lucevia Barton, 72, wife of Dr. C.C. Barton of Addison, died Monday morning of paralysis. She had lived in that neighborhood all her life. Besides her husband, she leaves a son, Dr. George Barton of Gallipolis and a daughter, Mrs. Julia Boley of Middleport. A sister, Mrs. Florence Marsh, lives in Addison and another sister, Mrs. Mary Diehl of Meigs County. The funeral was held at the Addison M.E. Church Wednesday morning.

[Note: Death Certificate.. born: July 31, 1863; died April 5, 1926; age 72 years, 8 months and 4 days. Parents: Henry C. Poindexter and Dolly Ann Carrier. Burial in Addison/Reynolds Cemetery in Addison Township.]

Death of Mr. George Bashore
     Mr. George Bashore died near Angola, this county, last Tuesday afternoon at one o'clock, after an illness of several weeks with typhoid fever. He was in the thirty-first year of his age, having been born Jan. 9, 1863. For several years preceding his death he was engaged with his brother in store-keeping at Angola. The funeral services were held at Clay Chapel, at two o'clock Wednesday.
   Mr. Bashore was one of the best known and most popular young men in this county, with a wide circle of friends who held him in the highest esteem. His death, although it was known for several days before that he would probably not survive, was a great shock to them and is sincerely mourned.
     Mr. Bashore was a Mason and an Odd Fellow, having been a member of the Gallipolis Lodge of the latter. Quite a large delegation went from here to his funeral. He was also postmaster at Angola and Treasurer of Clay Township.
     His brother, John, is also dangerously ill with the same disease and at the time of this was written, it was thought that he could not survive.

[Note: Death Certificate: Born 1863 Clay Township, Gallia County; Died Nov. 14, 1893 Clay Township...Single]

Bashore, Jacob

Death of Jacob Bashore
     Jacob Bashore of Angola died at Holzer Hospital Tuesday afternoon, March 19, 1912 at two o'clock after a lingering illness with a peculiar form of blood impovirshment and tubercular trouble. Death was directly due to weakness resulting from those troubles. He was about 63 years of age and was postmaster of Angola and engaged in the merchandise business with his brother____. He is survived by his brother and four sisters.
     A week ago Sunday he was taken to Grant Hospital at Columbus and the diagnosis _his trouble as made by Dr. Holzer was confirmed and he was told that death was only a matter of time. He returned to this city Monday night, accompanied by Dr. Holzer. Mr Bashore was a good, well liked man and we shall have a more extended account of his death in our next issue.

[Note: stone at Clay Chapel Cemetery, Clay Twp., gives birthdate as 1849. Verified by Gallia County death records.]

Gallipolis newspaper
March 1912
Transcribed by Joanne Galvin                                                                        Top of Page

Death of Miss Bashore
The death of Miss Sarah Jane Bashore as foreshadowed by her condition Wednesday, occurred that evening, Aug. 9, 1905. She had been ill a week or more, when she was attacked by apoplexy. She was 48 years old and the daughter of the late John and Jane Bashore. Her mother died last February, we believe. She is survived by one sister, Mrs. George Denny and her brother, John.
Her funeral services will be at her late home on 4th Avenue, near Vine Street, Friday at one o'clock. The burial will be at Mt. Zion by Wetherholt and where other kindred are buried.

     Miss Sarah J. Bashore died at her home on Fourth Ave., Wednesday evening, August 9th, at 8:15 P.M. She had been in good health until a week before her death when her brother John returned home from his fishing camp and found the house locked up. He broke in and found Miss Bashore lying on a bed unconscious. Medical aid was summoned and everything that could be done was done. She rallied and was thought to be better, but Wednesday morning suffered a stroke of apoplexy and never regained consciousness, passing away as above stated.
     Miss Bashore was the daughter of John and Jane Bashore and was about 48 years of age. She was a good hearted, industrious lady and was well looked after by her brother John, who has always provided for his folks. Besides a brother, John, she leaves one sister, Mrs. Geo. Denney, and a half-sister, Mrs. Mary Haner, of Guyan township.
     The funeral services will be held today at one o’clock, interment following at Mt. Zion by Wetherholt. The sympathy of the community will be with the relatives in their bereavement.

The Gallipolis Bulletin
Friday, August 11, 1905
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

     Lawrence (Panzo) Bastiani, 76, of 101 Bastiani Drive, Gallipolis, died Friday, Aug. 24, 1990, in Rome, Italy. Born May 15, 1914 in Lucca, Italy, he was a son of the late Oscar Bastiani and Teodora Fabbri Bastiani. He was also preceded in death by a brother, Oscar Bastiani.
     Surviving are his wife, June Pulley Bastiani; three daughters, Jill Memarchi of Alta Loma, Calif., Gay Lanier of Medina, Ohio and Beth Bastiani of Columbus; four grandchildren; a brother, Oscar Bastiani, Jr. of Gallipolis.
     A graduate of Gallia Academy High School, he attended Ohio State University. He was a United States Army Captain in World War II, and became the owner and operator of Oscar’s Restaurant in 1946, retiring in 1980.
     He was a member of St. Louis Catholic Church, Elks Lodge 107, Gallipolis Gun Club, VFW Post 4464, Moose Lodge, Conservation Club and the president of the Metropolitan Housing Authority. He was a former member of the city health board.
     Services will be arranged at a later time by Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the St. Louis Catholic Church or St. Peter’s Episcopal Church.

The Mass of Christian burial for Lawrence (Panzo) Bastiani of Gallipolis will be held 10 a.m. Saturday at the St. Louis Catholic Church with Father Al MacKenzie and Father Bill Myers officiating. Burial will be in Mound Hill Cemetery. There will be no visitation.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the St. Louis Catholic Church or St. Peter’s Episcopal Church. Pallbearers will be John Bastiani, Matt Lanier, Chris Demarchi, Bob Marchi, Bill Jenkins and Jimmy Haskins.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Friday, August 31, 1990
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

     ADRIAN MICH. - Mildred Mae Bates, 79, of Adrian, passed away Tuesday, May 8, 2001, surrounded by her loving family, after a brief stay at Lynwood Manor. She was born August 19, 1921 in Gallipolis, the daughter of Charles and Eva Mae Brown Burnette. She married Armon Edwin Bates in Gallipolis. He preceded her in death in November, 1982.
     In her earlier years, Mildred was with Mother Singer Group, that went around in the area singing. Being from a large family, she enjoyed canning for her family. Mildred was a warm and loving mother, grandmother. She will be greatly missed by her family.
     Mildred is survived by her children, Jerry (Barb) Bates of Palmyra, Michigan, Linda (Kenneth) Poe of Sebring, Florida, Brenda Shaffer of Adrian, Glenda (Barry) Byers of Hudson, Michigan, and Gary (Cheryl) Bates of Adrian; two grandchildren that she raised, Tracy Bates and Stacy (Jack) Wilson; three sisters, Evelyn Woodall, Ruth (Bob) Robbins and Juanita Milliron, all of Gallipolis; and 29 grandchildren and 36 great-grandchildren.
     Besides her husband, Armon, she was preceded in death by her parents; sons, Charles, Clarence and Eugene; brothers, Charles and William Burnette; four sisters, Mary Louise Amos, Marie Burke, Eleanor Wigget and Hilda Faye Burnette.
     Services for Mildred will be 11 a.m. on Friday May 11, 2001, at Braun Everiss Wagley Funeral Home in Adrian, with Captain William Hogg and his wife, Kathy DeBaptiste, officiating.
     Burial will follow in Palmyra Cemetery. Friends may call at Braun Everiss Wagley Funeral Home on Wednesday, May 9, 2001 from 6-8 p.m. Memorial donations in Mildred’s name may be made to the Salvation Army.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Wednesday, May 9, 2001
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Bates, Samuel Lee

Funeral For Sam L. Bates, Father Of 17, At Noon Sunday
     Samuel Lee Bates, whose death at his home in Harrison Thursday night was announced in yesterday's paper, was 58 years old and was the father of 17 children.
     He was a native of West Virginia but had lived in this county a decade.
     Funeral rites will be held at Smith Creek Baptist church, back of Huntington, at noon Sunday. Burial there by O. E. Elliott. The funeral party will leave the home about 9 a.m.
     Mr Bates was married twice. His first wife was Susan Beckett. They had six children: Clyde, who is dead; Leslie of Columbus; Cecil and Virgil, Toledo; Willard, at home; Mrs. Elsie Steele, Shelby, O.
     His second wife, who was Judith Porter, survives. To this union were born 11 children: Armon, Handford, Herman, Halley, Delbert, Jewell, Delmar, Betty, at home. James, Gilbert and Garland are dead.

[Note: date of death: March 18, 1937]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
March 20, 1937
Transcribed by Joanne Galvin

Death Claims D. C. Baughman
Rites Here Wednesday For Former Resident
     David Cornelius Baughman, 90, who lived in Gallipolis for a quarter of a century, died at 8:30 p.m. Sunday in Guysville, W. Va. Owner of the Warren Perrin home on Eastern Ave., just above the Mill Creek fill, a house which was gutted by fire last Jan. 9, Mr. Baughman had lived in it until eight years ago, when he went back to Guysville.
     It was at Guysville that he married Nancy Jane Gibson of Virginia June 23, 1881, and they became the parents of five children, who now reside on farms in the Guysville neighborhood. After her death, Mr. Baughman married Alice Spinks Feb.28, 1909, and she died June 3, 1937 ~ 20 years after they moved to Gallipolis. One son Delmas Baughman, who lives on Rt. 141 near Northup (he is the husband of Ernestine Sheets) survives.
     A big, raw-boned man who was always affable and who his friends say never uttered a word of denunciation against anyone, Mr. Baughman wore a mustache. He farmed in his youth in West Virginia, and he had a garden over the river bank in Gallipolis.
     He was born Oct. 1, 1859, at Birch River, W. Va. (then it was Old Virginia) to Samuel D. and Agnes Bail Baughman.
     Funeral services will be held at 9 a.m. Wednesday at the Hawman Funeral Home, Guysville, and the body will be brought to Miller’s Home for Funerals in Gallipolis. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Mound Hill Cemetery, where the casket will be opened, and the Rev. I. A. Nihizer will officiate.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Tuesday, Feb. 14, 1950
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron Top of Page

Mrs. Mary Baumgardner Dead
Mrs. Mary Baumgardner died at her home in Columbus Friday. She is the mother of Leo Baumgardner of Cleveland. The body will arrive here Saturday noon and will be taken to the home of her sister, Miss Caroline Petry, where the funeral will be held at 3 o'clcok Sunday by Rev. Wood Duff. Burial at Pine Street Cemetery by Geo. J. Wetherhold and Sons.

Mr. Baumgardner Dies Saturday After Illness
     Willis F. Baumgardner, 83, who resided in the Park Central Hotel, died at 5:45 p.m. Saturday in Holzer Hospital. He had been in failing health since January, 1966. A retired steel melter, his last employment was with U. S. Steel in Coraopolis, Pa. He had made his home here for the past eight years.
     He was born on Sept. 2, 1884, in Mason, W. Va., son of the late Lewis and Emma Jane Butcher Baumgardner. One foster daughter survives, Mrs. Charles (Gail) Neal, 152 Fourth Ave., Gallipolis. His wife, Nora A. Wilson Baumgardner, died on Sept. 22, 1962. One son, Frank, preceded him in death. One granddaughter, four great-grandchildren, two foster grandchildren and five foster great-grandchildren survive. He was a member of the American Association of Retired People.
     Services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home under the direction of Rev. Paul Bauders. Burial will be in Gravel Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home between 7 and 9 p.m. Tuesday.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Monday, January 22, 1968
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Baxter, Chan H.

CHAN H. BAXTER DIED SUDDENLY LAST NIGHT
Born, Reared In this City--Funeral Services Are Set For Sunday At 2 O'clock
     Gallipolis was startled late last night and this morning as the news spread that Chancellor H. Baxter had passed away at his home at 721 Third Avenue. Few of his friends were aware of his illness; nor did he surmise the imminence of death. About 10 o'clock he went out on the sidewalk, walked a short distance up street; and suddenly collapsed in front of the home of Mrs. John Casey. He was carried into his own home and died in about 15 minutes, the victim of a heart attack. Mr. Baxter would have been 55 next Wednesday, July 15.
     He was born and reared here and was a son of the late Captain Zenas and Mary Dennis Baxter. The father managed the wharfboat here for many years and Chancellor was his assistant part of the time. Mr. Baxter married Miss Mary White, sister of Judge W. R. White, on Nov. 28, 1919. Since that time he had engaged in the grocery and restaurant business in Columbus and here and he moved back to Gallipolis from Columbus about three years ago. He is survived by his wife and by two sisters, Mrs. Lulu Rose of Huntington and Mrs. Bessie Stockhoff of Columbus. Preceding him in death were two brothers and a sister: Frank and Charles Baxter and Mrs. Lillie Kaneff.
     Funeral services will be held at the home at 2 o'clock Sunday, in charge of Rev. George Sagen. Burial in Pine St. cemetery by F. J. Entsminger. Friends may view the body up to a short time before the funeral hour.

The Gallipolis Tribune
10 July 1936, p. 1
Contributed by Eve Hughes Top of Page

Baxter, Charles Nevius

Sudden Death Comes to Charles N. Baxter
Revolver in his own hand discharged apparently by accident
     Mr. Charles Nevius Baxter, son of Capt. Zenas Baxter, of the Gallipolis Wharfboat, and a clerk and bookkeeper on the wharfboat, himself, died by his own hand Friday night, June 17, 1904, at 11:45 o'clock.
     The funeral services will be conducted Monday morning at the residence of Mrs. Julia Nevius, his aunt, with whom he has made his home since he was a child of two or three years, Rev. T. S. Armentrout, of the First Presbyterian church officiating. The interment will follow at Mound Hill cemetery under the direction of Undertakers Hayward & Son. The services will be at 10:30 o'clock and friends are invited. Burial will be private at the cemetery.
     Mr. Baxter's death is a sad one, whatever theory may be adduced as the cause. He was unusually strong-minded and was accounted by those on the wharfboat as having more than ordinary executive ability and was the possessor of shrewd, keen business ability that gave rich promise of him becoming a useful business man in this community. He had been out driving with his aunt Mrs. Nevius early in the evening and seemed to be in usual health and good spirits. He later went down in town and dropped in at the impromptu dance at the Buckeye Club rooms. He did not remain long, however, but disported himself around town at different places and falling in with his friend Mr. Verne Bostwick they started up Second avenue in his company. Just previous to this he had telephoned Miss Ida Nevius, his cousin, that he was coming up right away and she sat awaiting his coming. His aunt, Mrs. Julia Nevius, was at Capt. Ed Maddy's where Mrs. Maddy was entertaining the Jolly Sixteen Club.
     As he and Verne passed up the avenue and on the south side of it, and when at the upper end of the lot on which Mr. Henry Davis the saddle and harness merchant lives, he asked Verne if he had a revolver and to see it, as he had been thinking of buying one. Verne, in substance told him he had a self-cocking revolver of 38 caliber in his pocket, and suiting the action to the word pulled it out of his pocket and handed it to him, in the same breath telling him to be careful. Charles took the revolver and giving it a flourish pulled the trigger, it is believed by many, accidentally, or to shoot it off and frighten Verne. If the latter was his intention, he evidently put pressure on the trigger he did not intend, and discharged the weapon before he got the muzzle elevated sufficiently to miss his head.
     Dr. Bean's theory is that it was accident purely. His every action the day previous contradicts the idea that it was a suicide. He had daily access to his father's revolver on the wharfboat, and his folks do not harbor for an instant the idea that he shot himself intentionally. He fell instantly, with the report, upon his face, with his feet down street. Verne ran down street after some one and Dr. Claude Parker, the Coroner, and Dr. John Alcorn went up and Dr. Garfield Alcorn, a little above and across the way, went over. In the meantime two men from the O.H.E. came along in a buggy and were really the first ones to him. He was in a pool of blood when the physicians arrived with the revolver clinched (sic) tightly in his right hand. Drs. Alcorn and Parker and Mr. Tom Rhodes and someone else standing near picked him up and carried him over to Dr. Bean's office, nearly opposite, where his wounds were examined, but it was painfully evident that he could not live, and as stated before passed away in about 30 minutes after being shot and in from 10 to 15 minutes after being laid down in Dr. Bean's office. He was utterly unconscious and never knew for a moment what hurt him. The bullet had entered the right side of the head one and a half inches above the ear, and had passed clear through the head and out on the opposite side, two and a half inches above the ear and two inches front. Coroner Parker's verdict was that he came to his death by his own hand. Dr. Bean made the post-mortem report. After his death he was taken to the Nevius residence where he yet is.
     He leaves beside his father and aunt and several cousins one brother, Chancellor, clerking on the Bonanza, and sisters Mrs. L. A. Rose, Mrs. Warren Kaneff and Mrs. George Clark, all of Proctorville., Lawrence county, and all of whom will be in attendance upon the funeral serivces, and all of whom will have the kindest sympathy of all in their bereavement.

The Gallipolis Tribune
June 22, 1904

Funeral Services
The funeral services of the late Mr. Charles Baxter at 10:30 a.m. this Monday morning, were largely attended by friends of the family and the deceased. They were conducted by Rev. T. S. Armentrout assisted by Rev. W. H. Miller, the interment following at Mound Hill Cemetery. The floral tributes were many and beautiful, a large number being from among his young associates with whom the deceased was very popular. The pall bearers selected for the occasion were as follows: Messrs. Bert Rose, Chancellor Baxter, Ned Deletombe, Fred Ashworth, Henry Burton and Warren Kaneff. The floral escort was composed of Messrs. Frank Shaw, G. A. Roedell, H..L. Maddy, Fletcher Irwin and Herman Uhrig.

The Gallipolis Tribune
Friday June 24 1904
Submitted by Eve Hughes Top of Page

Baxter, Charlie

Death of Mr. Baxter
Mr. Charlie Baxter died at his home on Second avenue at eleven o'clock Sunday night. Although Mr. Baxter has been in very poor health for the past year this news will come as a sudden shock to his many friends in this city. He was out walking around Friday afternoon but took suddenly worse Sunday. He was seventy five years of age, born and raised here and a gentleman whom every one loved and respected. His wife Susan died over three years ago. Mr. Baxter leaves six children, four sons, Charlie who is in the South, Henry, of Huntington; Coleman who is at Athens Hospital and John of this city, also two daughters, Nellie and Fonnie who have been away from home some time. Mr. Baxter was a brother to Mrs. John H. Nevius, Mrs. Susan Johnston and Capt. Zenas S. Baxter.
The funeral services will be conducted at his late home Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 by Rev. Gelvin. The burial at Pine street cemetery by Hayward & Son. The pall bearers will be Capt. Charlie Small, Capt. Charlie Clendenin, Mr. Joseph Mullineaux, Mr. A. R. Chase, Mr. E. L. Neal and Capt. Edward Morgan

Baxter, Jas

Mr. Jas. Baxter, a baker and son of the late Julius Baxter, died Saturday of consumption, at the age of 27 years. A younger brother is ill with the same disease.

Baxter, Julius R.

     JULIUS R. BAXTER died in this city last Tuesday evening, November 7th, 1882, in his 57th year, having been born in August 1826. He was the second child of the late Zenas Baxter, and Mrs. Susan Baxter, the latter yet living. He was a baker by trade, and followed the business quite extensively until about eight years ago, when his health began failing him, and since which time he was only able to work part of the time, and latterly not at all, and for the past month he has been failing rapidly.
     He was a man of iron constitution, but contracted lung trouble by the excessive heat of his bakery and exposure to cold, which, complicated with other troubles, hastened his death. During the day preceding his death he seemed much better. At supper he ate heartily, but grew much worse about nine o'clock, and seemed to have no strength to relieve his lungs, and passed away easily and conscious to the last.
     Mr. Baxter was a kind hearted and very generous man, and in his best days would divide the last cent with a friend. He leaves a second wife and several children. He was buried by the side of his first wife, an English woman, in the old cemetery. Rev. G.J.E. Richards conducted the religious services at his home on Front Street.

[Note: Julius' first wife was Elizabeth Priestley, born in England, and the second was Julia A. Martin.]

Julius R. Baxter, son of the late Zenas Baxter, died Tuesday night of last week while sitting in a chair. Mr. Baxter had been an invalid for several years, but was abel to walk around. He had as good a heart in him as aver throbbed, byt he was worst to himself, thereby shortening his days. In his youth he was a man of remarkable physicla power, and knew not fear. His remains were buried in the upper cemetery. His age was 55 years.

Gallipolis Journal
16 NOV 1882 page 3 column 1
Submitted by Kathleen Guisti Top of Page

Baxter, Mayme (White)

City Native Dies in Raleigh, N.C.
     Mrs. Mayme White Baxter, a native of Gallipolis, died at 1 a.m. today in a Raleigh, N.C. hospital. She made her home in Raliegh with her nephew, Robert White.
     Mrs. Baxter was the widow of Chancellor Baxter, a river man. She was the daughter of the late William R. and Phoebe Holcomb White. Her father was for many years Gallia county engineer. She was preceded in death by her, brother, Ross White, Gallia county Common Pleas judge.
     The body will be brought to the Miller's Home for Funerals Thursday. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
29 JAN 1964 page 1 column 1 Section A
Submitted by Kathleen Giusti

Baxter, Sarah Margaret

MEMOIR
Sarah Margaret Baxter, wife of Capt. Zenas Baxter, of this city, was born at Bridgeport, Belmont county, Ohio, July 31, 1849, and died at Gallipolis, Ohio, October 6, 1886. Her illness was sudden and severe, being sick only 21 hours. She joined the Methodist Episcopal Church at Gallipolis in 1885. During the protracted meeting of the winter of 1886 (sic) she professed conversion. Since that time she has been a regular and faithful attendant upon all the services of the church. When she was taken sick she and her husband were getting ready to go to the Tuesday evening prayer meeting.
She leaves a husband and five little children to mourn her loss. Her last words were words of trust and faith. She commended her family to God and said she was ready to go. Her funeral services were conducted at the home on the 7th inst. A large concourse of sympathizing friends were gathered, and her remains were laid peacefully away in the beautiful grounds of the old cemetery. For the sorrowing family many earnest hearts sympathize and pray. J. C. Arbuckle

Bays
Mrs. Lottie Bays, wife of C. M. Bays, died Tuesday noon at her home on Second Ave. after a long illness with lung trouble, leaving a husband and infant child. The remains were taken to Patrick, W. Va. For burial Wednesday.

Gallipolis Bulletin
April 7, 1905
Transcribed by Margaret Calvin Top of Page��

Mrs. Ellen Beale, widow of the late Charles T. Beale, and known here by many of our people as a most excellent Christian lady, died Wednesday morning at 5 o'clock at her home in Point Pleasant. Deceased was a sister of John W. Steenberger, of Gallipolis Ferry, whose oldest sister died last week. The news of her death will be heard with sorrow.

Gallipolis Bulletin
Feb 2, 1897

Transcribed by Charles Wright

Beall, Col. Albert Gallatin

     LAST COMMAND - Answered by Col. Ab Beall, Who Passed Away Wednesday. Col. Albert Gallatin Beall, oldest son of Henry and Susan Beall, answered the final summons at the home of his brother, Mr. W. P. Beall, in this city, at 1:30 o’clock Wednesday, Feb. 22. Deceased was born at Rush Run, Jefferson county, O., October 23, 1850, hence was in his 49th year of age.
     He received his educational training at New Market College and after fortifying himself for future usefulness, he left his home and came to this city in ‘69, his parents following him in ‘70. He secured employment in the grocery of the late Samuel Lasley, with whom he remained a few years before accepting a position in the wholesale store of Henking-Bovie Co., with whom he was identified until hostilities between Spain and America broke out, when he enlisted at St. Louis, Mo., in the 19th Regt. U. S. Inf.
He traveled for the Henking-Bovie Co. for twenty three consecutive years and was regarded as the most popular salesman they had on the road. His jovial, amiable manners ingratiated himself in the hearts of many. No one went to “Ab” for a favor that was refused. He was plain, out-spoken and liberal to a fault.      After enlisting he went to Florida with his regiment, thence to Port Tampa and embarked with the first expedition for Porto Rico. His command was among the first troopers to set foot on Porto Rican soil. He passed through the campaign on that island and it was while there that he contracted sickness that resulted in his death. The hardships of a soldier weakened him and in an emaciated condition he was sent to Brooklyn from Porto Rico for treatment, thence to St. Louis, where he was cared for in the Protestant Hospital for three weeks. From here he was transferred to the Columbus barracks and when sufficiently recovered he returned to Ft. Thomas, Ky., where he received his discharge two weeks ago last Friday. He came here and has been with his brother ever since.
     It was hoped that the comforts of home life and care would restore him to his usual condition and until last Thursday evening he improved. That day he contracted a slight cold, which developed into pneumonia. His weakened condition made it impossible to battle with that disease and after a short period of suffering, death claimed him.
     He realized his condition was grave and Monday sent for an attorney and made his will, bequeathing all of his possessions to his wife. He was married in Jefferson county to Virginia Presbury about 26 years ago, and two children came to bless their home, one of whom survives him, viz; Mrs. Carl Berry, of Columbus. Mrs. Beall and daughter were at Burlington, Iowa, visiting when Mr. Beall died. They were telegraphed for.
     Deceased was a member of the U. C. T., K of P.’s, Odd Fellows, U. R. K. of P.’s and the Uniform Rank of the I. O. O. F. Mr. Beall had friends everywhere and the news of his death will be heard with regret. He was true to his friends, always in buoyant spirits and a very companionable gentleman. In the Odd Fellows he has held several offices of distinction, the honor of Colonel being conferred upon him by the uniform rank of that order.

The Gallipolis Journal
Wednesday, March 1, 1899
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Beall, A. G.

Funeral Services of Mr. A. G. Beall
The funeral services of the late Mr. A. G. Beall will be conducted at the residence of Mr. W. P. Beall, brother of the deceased, on Third street above Locust, Friday afternoon at 1:30 by Rev. L. L. Magee, of Grace M. E. Church. The interment will follow at the Pine Street cemetery by Undertaker Wetherholt. The pall bearers will be three from the Odd Fellow’s Lodge and three from the K. of P. Lodge. The funeral will be participated in by both of these lodges, members of the U. C. T. and the Military Companies of Captains W. B. Fuller and V. M. Boyle.
Mrs. Beall and James P. Beall arrived at noon today; the other brothers it was impossible to reach, two being somewhere over East and one West and their addresses unknown.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Thursday, Feb. 23, 1899
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron Top of Page

Beall, Geo. S.

The Columbus Dispatch of Saturday evening has a good picture of the deceased and an elaborate sketch of his life. He died shortly after 4 o'clock on the morning of the 17th inst. He had only left the city this Wednesday before accompanied by one of his buyers. He had only been ill a short time that morning. He was born in Jefferson county April 4, 1859. He graduated from our high school at 17. A year later he entered a Cincinnati dry goods store at $3 a week. At 21 he accepted a place with Harmison & Beall & Co. He went to Columbus in 1884 and opened a small grocery store at 83 North High street. He prospered and in September 1900 opened up at his present place of business.
He was married to Miss Madeline Stevenson July 7, 1880. The funeral services will be held from Board Street Presbyterian church in charge of the members of Mt. Vernon Commandery No. 1 Masons.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Monday, January 19, 1905
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall

Bean, Julia B.

Mrs. Julia Bean Died Saturday
     Mrs. Julia B. Bean, 81, widow of the late Dr. Leo C. Bean, a resident of 449 First Ave., Gallipolis, died unexpectedly Saturday night of an apparent heart attack at the Holzer Medical Center.
     Mrs. Bean, a graduate of Ohio University, was a former Professor of Dramatics at Ohio University, Athens. She was an elder of the First United Presbyterian Church, former member of the Gallipolis Board of Education, organizer of the first girl scout troop in Gallipolis, first president of the Tri-County Community Concert Assn., a trustee of the Holzer Medical Center, member of the Philomathean Club, and
former chairman of the Gallia County Cancer Society.
     Born at Beavertown, Ohio, April 25, 1890, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Louise Zenner Baker. Surviving are two daughters. Mrs. Charles (Betty) McGinness of Gallipolis and Mrs. Theodore Reed Jr., of Pomeroy; five grand and four great-grandchildren, and two sisters, Mrs. Henry Arth and Miss
Ann Baker, both of Zanesville.
     Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday from the First United Presbyterian Church with Rev. Glenn R. Hueholt and Rev. Linson H. Stebbins officiating. Burial will be in Mound Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the McCoy-Wetherholt-Moore Funeral Home from 2-4 and 7-9 today. The family requests in lieu of flowers, contributions by made in her name to various charities.
     Pallbearers are Dr. H.B. Thomas, Dr. Oscar W. Clarke, Warren F. Sheets, John E. Halliday, James Walker and Dr. George Davis.

Gallipolis Tribune
1971
Transcribed by J. Farley                                                                                    Top of Page

Bean, Leo

Dr. Leo Bean, Leading City Doctor is Dead
     Dr. Leo C. Bean, 68, who had played a leading part in the development of modern medicine in Gallipolis, died at 12:30 p.m. Friday in Holzer Hospital. Several years ago he retired from his active practice due to a heart condition and a recent years had undergone surgery on several occasions.
     Dr. Bean started his practice of medicine in Gallipolis in 1919 with his late father, Dr. Lewis Bean, after an extensive course of education and training. He attend Gallipolis schools and took his high school training in the preparatory department of Ohio University. He received his bachelors degree from that university in 1911 and entered Johns Hopkins University Medical College, graduating in the class of 1915. Following his graduation there he interned at Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, and became a member of the faculty of Washington University Medical College. He was diplomat in internal medicine, a member of the American College of Physicians, American Medical Assn., and the Ohio Medical Assn. He was the third generation of his family in the medical profession his father and grandfather being doctors.
     After coming to Gallipolis from St. Louis he took a leading role in his profession and civic affairs. He was on the staff as specialist in internal medicine at Holzer Hospital and in November 1939 with Dr. Homer B. Thomas and Dr. N.A. Martin, founded the Gallipolis Clinic. He was a charter member and first president of the Gallipolis Rotary club, a member of the Gallipolis Lodge of Elks and was a member of the board of trustees and an elder in the First Presbyterian church. At the time of his death he was a director of the Gallipolis Savings and Loan Co.
     He was a man with many hobbies, which gave him much satisfaction following his retirement from active practice and he was among those who helped to start the Gallipolis Golf Club. Dr. Bean for a period was on of the trustees of the Holzer Hospital Foundation. He was a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity.
     Dr. Bean was born in Rutland, on April 1, 1889, the son of the late Dr. Lewis and Mable Jackson Bean. The family moved to Gallipolis when he as a small boy. During his university days he met Julia Baker of Zanesville and they married on Sept. 3, 1917, and celebrated their 40th anniversary this past September. Two children were born to them, Mrs. C. Mae (Betty McGinnies, Lower River Rd. and Mrs. Eugene (Nancy) Plymale, Gallipolis who with the wife survive. There are two grandchildren. Other survivors are Mr. Hugh I. (Edith) Evans, a sister of New York City and a half-brother, Dr. Lewis A. Bean of Coca Beach, Fla.
     Funeral Services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the First Presbyterian Church. Rev. L. H. Stebbins will officiate and burial will follow in Mound Hill cemetery, under the direction of the Wetherholt Funeral home. Friends may call at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday. The family request the omission of flowers.

Unknown Gallia County Newspaper
Nov. 15, 1957
Transcribed by Marjorie Wood Top of Page

Bean, Dr. Lewis C

Dr. L.C. Bean Dies Last NIght
     Dr. Lewis C. Bean, 74 years, prominent local physician, died last night at his home 538 Second avenue at 10:30 p.m. His death was due from a paralytic stroke he suffered two weeks ago.
     Dr. Bean was a very widely known throughout the Ohio Valley and had hundreds of esteemed friends who will be sorry to hear of his death. Dr. Bean was very active in Civic affairs, being the present president of the City Commission, president of the Ohio Valley Bank, president of the board of trustees of the Presbyterian church.
     He was born in Rutland Ohio, in 1867, the son of the late Dr. and Mrs. George Bean of that city. He is survived by his present widow, Manda Amos Bean, formerly of Addison, Ohio, two sons Dr. Leo Bean, a prominent local physician, and Lewis C. Bean, Jr., a college student of this city and one daughter, Mrs. Hugh Evans of Dayton, Ohio, whose husband is Rev. Hugh Evan, Pastor of the largest Presbyterian church of that city. He is also survived by one sister, Mrs. M. E. Rathburn Rutland.
     The funeral service will be held at the Presbyterian church 10:00 Saturday morning. Rev. Lewis Weber Gishler will be in charge of the services and burial at Mound Hill cemetery with Funeral Director Frank Wetherholt in charge.

[Note: from stone, date of death: 1941]

Gallipolis newspaper
1941
Transcribed by Joanne Galvin

Bean, Dr. Lewis C.

Dr. L. C. Bean, 74
Leader In Community Succumbs Last Night To Fortnight's Illness
Dr. Bean Was Successful Practitioner And Served City In Many Important Roles
Funeral Is Set For 10 A.M. Saturday At Presbyterian Church
Death has ended the long and useful career of Dr. Lewis C. Bean and taken from this city an outstanding and dynamic leader. The end came at 10:30 last night at his home, after he had lain in a coma since Sunday. In point of service he was the dean of his profession in Gallipolis and Gallia county.
Though into every nook and cranny of the county the word had gone that the valiant physician’s illness had become hopeless, the news of his passing, like the news of his first illness, came as a shock, as something to tax the credulity of those who had been closely associated with him down through the years.

Ill Exactly Two Weeks
     It was two weeks ago last night that Dr. Bean had suffered a stroke while alone in his office. It was realized then that his condition was not only serious but might become critical at any hour. But for a few days at least he appeared to improve and hope was revived that he might again return to the important posts in which he had served faithfully, efficiently and for long periods.
   Dr. Bean had practiced medicine here for 49 years; he had been a member of the directorate of the Ohio Valley Bank for 30 years and served as its president since the death of Sherman H. Eagle in July, 1938; he had been president of the Board of Trustees of the Presbyterian church for 25 years; he was president of the Gallipolis City Board at the time of his death and had so served during two separate periods; he was Service Director at another period.
   It seems justifiable and deserved to say that Dr. Bean rendered more gratuitous service to his adopted city than any of his contemporaries. And he served with unflagging zeal, showing a keen interest in every department of the city government and was ever courageous in pressing for action when action seemed necessary. That his public services were appreciated by his constituents was attested by repeated and unmistakable votes of confidence he received.

Born In Illinois
   Despite his varied interests, Dr. Bean will be best remembered for his ministration to the ailing and infirm. He had achieved a remarkable and continuing success as a practitioner; and for countless folk hereabouts his passing will mean a weakening of that sense of security that comes from confidence in the devotion and knowledge of one's chief advisor in important matters.
   Lewis C. Bean was born Dec. 9, 1866, at Fairfield, Ill., and was in his 75th year. He was a son of Dr. George and Celinda Jane Crouch, who moved to Rutland when their son was a small boy.
He attended school there and the Ohio University. He was graduated from Starling Medical College, which subsequently was merged into Ohio State University. He did post graduate work in New York, Chicago and Cleveland and began the practice of medicine here on April 4, 1892. Soon after that he was placed in charge of the Marine Hospital and served in that capacity until he retired [from there] just a few years ago.
   Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Amanda Amos Bean, whom he married June 19, 1921, and their son, Lewis C., a pre-medic student at the University of Michigan; also an older son, Dr. Leo C. Bean of this city, who attended his father in his last illness and who is widely known as a physician, and a daughter, Mrs. Edith Evans, wife of Dr. Hugh Ivan Evans, pastor of Westminster Presbyterian church, Dayton.
The latter two are the children of Dr. Bean and Mabel Jackson Bean, who died in 1906.
   The grandchildren are Hugh Bean Evans of Princeton, N. J., Mrs. Mabel Evans Mcgregor of New York, Miss Betty Bean of Cleveland, and Miss Nancy Bean (student) of Mt. Holyoke, Mass.
There is one sister living, Mrs. M. E. Rathburn of Rutland, who has long been prominent in business, civic and political circles.
   Dr. Bean was a vigorous, virile man. He had strong convictions concerning all the issues that interested him and because of his many interests and rich endowment of energy had doubtless tried to do too much in late years. He will be greatly missed in various ways; and to many observers his passing will seem like the passing of an epoch in the affairs of the city.
   Funeral services will be conducted at 10 o'clock Saturday at the Presbyterian church, with Rev. Lewis Weber Gishler, pastor, in charge. Interment will be made in Mound Hill cemetery by George J. Wetherholt & Sons. After noon Friday the body will be taken to the home at 538 Second avenue, where friends may view the features. It will lie in state at the church for two hours before the service.

[Note: From death certificate his full name was Lewis Chapman Bean, date of death March 19, 1941.]

Gallipolis newspaper unknown
March 20, 1941
Provided from Debbie Carter Evan's collection/Transcribed by Lynn Anders Top of Page

Beard, Ben

Death of Ben Beard
     Miss Nina Aryes received a telegram this morning from Mrs. Julia Billings that Mr. Benjamin Beard, ill at Clarksburg, had died. Mrs. Billings had gone over to be with him when she heard of his illness. He had been ill for five weeks with typhoid fever. His remains will arrive here Friday. He leaves a brother Frank in a National Bank at Chattanooga, TN; besides his wife to whom he has not been married a great while. Both were well known Gallipolis boys being the sons of Ben. L. and Margaret Cheney-Beard and Mrs. Julia Billings was his aunt.
     He was a bookkeeper by occupation and used to be engaged in W.H. Mitchell's bookstore here. Then he went to Wheeling, then to Pittsburgh and we believe was employed by the Standard Oil Company and an insurance company and perhaps another business.
     He was a bright,genial, capable and popular with everyone. We believe there were only the two boys. His mother used to teach in the Academy and died of yellow fever, brought here by the John Porter steamboat. Many friends will deeply mourn his death and sympathize with his relatives. He must have been near 40 years of age.

[Note: Death Certificate...Ben L. Beard born 1858, Gallipolis, Ohio; died April 7, 1903 Clarksburg, WV., cause of death: Typhoid Fever, complications perforation of bowels. Age 45 years. Married. Buried April 10, 1903 Mound Hill Cemetery, Gallipolis Township.]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Wednesday, April 8, 1903
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Beard, Frank

Dies At Chattanooga, Remains Sent Here For Burial
     The regretful news was received here Sunday morning by Miss Nettie Billings of the death of her cousin, Mr. Frank Beard, a well remembered Gallipolis boy with a host of friends.
     We have no particulars but his body will arrive here this evening in the care of Mr. James LeClereq, another former Gallipolis boy, brother of Mrs. H.N. Ford and will be taken to the residence of Miss Billings from whose home the funeral services will be conducted at 9 o'clock a.m. Tuesday by Rev. A.P. Cherrington of Grace M.E. Church, the burial following by Hayward at Mound Hill beside his wife, Mrs. Minnie Hepler Beard. The pall bearers will be Dr. J.A. Lupton, Frank Bell, E.W. Vanden, Jacob H. Frank, S.M. Cherrington and E.N. Deardorff.
     Mr. Beard was engaged in the insurance and real estate business in Chattanooga and was a capable, courteous, genial gentleman, greatly liked by everyone. Indeed it would be difficult to find two men so universally popular as he and his brother Ben were when they lived here. He is thought to have been about 53 years old. He has visited here several times, taken the Gallipolis papers and kept in touch with the town whose people all had a warm place in his heart. He was a noble hearted man, generous and whole souled and loved his fellow men with all his heart and no one can think of him but kindly and with sorrow at his death.

[Note: Death Certificate...born 1848; died June 25, 1910 Chattanooga, TN; age 48. Buried as J.F. Beard]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
June 27, 1910
Transcribed by F.K. Brown                                                                              Top of Page

Beard, John N. Esq.

John N. Beard, Esq., who is referred to as one of the most active and energetic young business men of Gallipolis, died on Monday of last week.

Athens Messenger
July 29, 1875
Transcribed by Connie Cotterill Schumaker

Beardsley, Anna M.

     DIED - Beardsley--Anna M., daughter of H.J. and Eliza Beardsley, was born in Gallia County, March 14, 1860 and died at her childhood home Jan. 14, 1881.
     She had never been a person of robust health, but since last April had been rapidly declining. During the last weeks of her life she was closely confined to her bed where the powers of life with wonderful determination resisted the onward march of the fatal disease. For long weeks with sufferings as her companions--more constant than the attention of dearest earthly friends--she bore herself with remarkable patience--patience that could only be the result of the grace of God in the heart. As the hour of her departure drew nigh she talked with friends of death with no alarm, regarding her prospective release from her pains as a God-sent blessing.
     Two years ago under the labors of the Rev. P.P. Hamilton, she united with the M.E. Church at Alexander and lived in connection with that society until the weary wheels of life stook still, when she went to join the church triumphant.

[Note: Buried Hulbert Cemetery in Green Township]

Gallipolis Daily Journal
Feb. 17, 1881
Transcribed by F.K. Brown Top of Page

Beardsley, Henry Judson

Death of H.J. Beardsley
A Pioneer Resident Passes To The Great Beyond
     Mr. Henry Judson Beardsley, of Alexandria, Green Township, in feeble health for some time on account of his age, passed away Monday afternoon, March 30, 1903, aged 82 years. He was a pioneer resident of the county and widely known. He was an ardent member of the M.E. Church and a lifelong Republican. He was an honorable, upright man, lived a correct life and died reconciled and certain that all was well with him. He was conscious to the last moment and his life expressions were those of the true Christian and gentleman, that had nothing to fear.
     He left children as follows: Dr. A.J. Beardsley of Green Bottom, WV; J. Oscar Beardsley of Salem, Oregon; Mrs. Victor Priestley, Mrs. William Ingels of Wigner; Mrs. Effie E. Rose of Gallipolis; Mrs. G.B. Sawyers of Bidwell; Mrs. Bert McCormick of Gallipolis, Harry Beardsley at home and Mrs. R.J. Graham of Chillicothe. His wife preceded him in the better land Aug. 25, 1900. We know of no sisters or brothers.
     The funeral services will be at his late residence Wednesday at 10 a.m., conducted by Rev. John W. McCormick, assisted by Rev. J.W. Gibbons and Rev. J.E. Gordon, all of the same township. The interment will be by Wetherholt at the Hulbert Graveyard.
     In the early years of our life it was our good fortune to have spent much time at Mr. & Mrs. Beardsley and can testify knowingly to their unstinted and cordial hospitality always to be found under the roof of their home. That early acquaintance and friendship was never broken and although they had lived out the usual span of life their deaths brought sorrow to our hearts as it has to a legion of other friends.

[Note: Death Certificate Henry born 1821; died March 30, 1903; aged 82 years. Married Eliza J. Roach on Dec. 18, 1856 in Gallia County, Ohio. Eliza born 1835; died Aug. 23, 1900; aged 65 years]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Tuesday Evening, March 31, 1903
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Beare, Oella R.

Mrs. Virgil Beare Dies Early Today At Columbus Home
     Mrs. Oella R. Beare, widow of Virgil Beare, died early this morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Edna Manring, 2334 North 4th Street, Columbus, after a short illness of pneumonia. She would have been 90 years old on March 15.
     Mrs. Beare was the oldest and last of the family of William Johnson. Her entire life, up to about 20 years ago when she went to Columbus to live, was spent in Gallipolis. In addition to Mrs. Manring, another daughter, Mrs. John Story, and a son Ira Beare, both of Columbus, also survive.
     Funeral services will be held at the Columbus home Thursday afternoon at 2:30 and burial will follow in Union Cemetery there.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Tuesday, Feb. 24, 1942
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron

Beaver, Charlotte Sowards

Mrs. John Beaver Died Last Night
Funeral Is Set For 2 Sunday At Mercerville
     Mrs. Charlotte Sowards Beaver, wife of John W. Beaver of Northup R. 1, died at 9:23 last night at the Holzer Hospital. She was in her 72nd year. Mrs. Beaver fell at her home and broke a hip on November 6 and was then brought to the hospital. After she was able to be taken home complications developed and she was brought back to the hospital some days ago.
     Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Mercerville Baptist Church, in charge of Rev. H.M. Smith. Burial in the cemetery there by Claude Miller.
     Decedent was a daughter of Charles Henry Sowards and Sarah Jane Gothard Sowards and was born July 11, 1875. She spent her whole life in Gallia County.
     She is survived by two children, Esta, now Mrs. Wyman Caldwell, who lives back of Clay Chapel, and Luther Beaver, who lives near the parental home. E.H. Sowards of Bladen R. is the only surviving.

[Note: From Death Certificate - died 12 Dec. 1946]

Gallipolis paper
Date Unknown
Transcribed by Theresa E. Smith Top of Page

Beaver, Jesse

     Jesse (Dude) Beaver, 86, of Cheshire, died Wednesday at Holzer Medical Center following an extended illness. He retired as an employee of the city of Gallipolis in 1972.
     Born Oct. 10, 1902, in Guyan Township, Gallia County, he was a son of the late Brice Beaver and Belle Wells Beaver. He married Garnet Williams on Oct 27, 1928 and she preceded him in death on Oct. 6, 1987. Surviving are two sons, Jesse A. Beaver Jr., Cheshire and Paul Beaver of Gallipolis; three daughters, Luella Tucker, Baltimore, MD; Violet Mae Jones, Hammond, LA and Joann Roach, Gallipolis; 16 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren; a brother, Cecil Beaver, Gallipolis.
Another daughter died in infancy.
     He was a member of the Church of Christ in Christian Union on Eastern Avenue, Gallipolis, where services will be conducted 1 p.m. Saturday, the Rev. Leland Allman officiating. Burial follows in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Friends may call at the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home on Friday, 1-4 and 7-9 p.m.

[Note: died Sept. 26, 1989]

Gallipolis Paper
Sept. 28, 1989
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Beck, Cordelia

Beck
Died - On the 22d day of May, 1875, near Chambersburg, Mrs. Cordelia Beck, wife of Mr. Henry Beck, and daughter of Geo. W. Eaches, Esq., aged twenty-two years. Her remains were interred at Salem Church cemetery, near Patriot.

The Journal, Gallipolis, Ohio
June 3, 1875
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron Top of Page

Beck, Da Ruben

Da Ruben Beck, 59, died recently in Corpus Christi, Texas, where he had resided for the past seven years. He was born July 26, 1920, son of Ruben S. and Maud Day Beck. He is survived by four children, Karl in the Peace Corps in Africa, Kirk of Fort Myers, Fla., Kim and Kellen in school in Massachusetts. There are several cousins in Gallia County. He was a 1938 graduate of Gallia Academy High School.
He had resided in Middleport and was founder and owner of D. L. Beck Manufacturing Co. where they made Jeep tops, for which he held the patent before moving to Florida, later moving to Texas.
Burial was in Corpus Christi, Texas.

Gallipolis Tribune
Jan. 17, 1980
Transcribed by J. Farley

Beck, Eva Marie

     Mrs. Eva Marie Beck, 74, a native of Gallia county, died at 1:10 p.m. Monday in Holzer hospital, where she had been a patient for 10 hours. She had been in failing health for several years. Mrs. Beck was a resident of Rodney.
     She was the widow of Oscar Beck, who preceded her in death Nov. 20, 1947. Mrs. Beck was born in Harrison twp., Nov. 2, 1889, daughter of the late Charles M. and Louise Houck Hively.
     Survivors are two sons and two daughters, Leslie Beck of Rt. 141, Staff Sgt. Bobby Lee Beck, stationed with the Air Force in Germany, Mrs. Bradford (Katherine) Massie of Carpenter and Mrs. Garland (Helena) Lear of Rodney. There are 17 grandchildren. Other survivors are a brother and sister, Stanley Hively of Northup and Mrs. William Kerns of Ft. Pierce, Fla.
     Mrs. Beck was a member of the Hopewell Baptist church. The body is at the Wetherholt-Elliott-Sanders Funeral home, and funeral arrangements will be announced when word is received from the son overseas.

[Buried in Mound Hill Cemetery, died Nov. 1963]

Gallipolis, Ohio Daily Tribune
November 7, 1963
Transcribed by Irene Hively Blamer Top of Page

Beck, Homer T.

Homer T. Beck Is Heart Victim
     Homer Thomas Beck, 70, highly respected citizen of Gallipolis, died suddenly at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, following a heart attack. Mr. Beck, who had been in his usual good health, had left his home on an errand to the home of the late Mrs. Fannie Kraus, a sister-in-law, which adjoins his home on Vine St When he did not return, his wife investigated, and found him lying on the floor but before medical aid could reach him, he expired. The Beck family home was at 16 Vine St.
     The deceased was noted for his industry and neighborliness and took pride in his gardening and other avocations. He had been employed for the past 10 years by the State highway department, and prior to that had been engaged for many years as a stogie maker. He was active in Democratic party circles and had served many years as a trustee of Gallipolis township, and several terms as a central committee man in the First Ward.
     Mr. Beck held membership in the Knights of Pythias Lodge and the Modern Woodman. In his youth he had joined the Centenary Methodist Church.
     He was born in Green twp., Feb. 17, 1885, the son of the late Morgan and Susan Errette Beck. He was united in marriage to the former, Leona North, on June 26, 1910, and she survives. Others who survive are two sisters, Mrs. Cecil (Shirley) Brown, longtime employe of the Gallipolis Tribune, and Miss Grace Beck. One nephew, Robert Brown, is another survivor. One brother, Walter Beck, preceded him in death.
     Funeral services will be held at the Wetherholt Funeral Home at 2 p.m., Tuesday, with Rev. Linson H. Stebbins officiating. Burial will follow in Mound Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Monday evening and until the hour of the funeral. Pallbearers who will serve are John O’Dell, Ernest Tonkin, Evan Plymale, T. A. Thomas, James Mehaffey and his nephew, Robert Brown.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Monday, June 13, 1955
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Beck, Leonard

ALMOST A HUNDRED
Leonard Beck Dies Lacking Only 15 Days of 100 Years Gallia County’s Oldest Citizen Passes to the Great Beyond
     Born on Sewickley Creek, Westmoreland County, seven miles from Greensburg, Pa. January 25, 1810. Died on Chillicothe road near Gallipolis, January 10, 1910.
     This is the span of life that Leonard Beck, one of the good citizens of these grand United States and of Gallia County, O. compassed in his career, only 15 days less than One Hundred Years. He came here with his parents Jacob and Mary Beck in 1815 and brother, George and sister, Betsey, both younger than he. Wilbur, Susannah, Sarah were all born here, but he survived them all.
     His parents settled on the David Lasley place, later known as the Pitrat farm just this side of Clipper Mill on the river. They lived there only a short time until they moved to Green Township, cutting a road across through the country which was then a woods and wilderness, and Gallipolis a city of cabins of the most primitive sort.
     The first acquaintances they made were John Sanns and Francis LeClercq and John Richardson, a tavern keeper at what is now the Stockoff Bros. wholesale Grocery house corner.
     They bought 62 acres of land of John Richardson and Ed and John Beck, Wm Beck’s grandchildren still own that property.
     Father Jacob prospered in the wilderness and bought afterward what is know as the Steinbeck place, Morgan Beck’s and Leonard Beck, Jr. place and the August Engel and John Preston place, in all 395 acres. The farm afterwards was di9vided among his childr3n and 50 acres fell to Leonard, the subject of this sketch, to he added 170 and owned at his death 110 undivided acres which he farmed as late as last summer and fall.
     In 1835 before most of us were born he married Mary A. Swigert, and they rode horseback over to Squire Giles Harrington on the Abe Hutsinpillar place where Henry Klicker now lives to be married and there was a big crowd there to see them arrive and see the marriage ceremony preformed and help eat one of the biggest dinners ever set in the county up to that date. They returned to Leonard’s home the next day and were received by his mother very coldly for she had her objections as mothers sometimes do. His father died in 1833 at the age of 43 of pleurisy. They got along however, after a until the next fall when they went to housekeeping and struggled along toiling industriously everyday, and each year saw them a little further ahead than the year before. Leonard never used liquor, nor tobacco, and very little meat, was a good eater and a good sleeper, paid every debt he owed and cheated nor gouged no one.
     His companion died in 1876 and for 34 years Leonard ha struggled on treading the wine press alone, and like an eagle never mated but once. The children who have been ever kind and attentive to him and survive him are Mrs. Jacob Schartz, mother of Billy, the single man, Mrs. George Anderson, mother of Charley, the grocer, Mrs. John McGath, of this city, Mrs. Silas Cheney and Leonard Beck, Jr. and he left 31 grand children and 5 great grand children, unless there are more born since last May when we last talked with Uncle Leonard and took these notes.
     When Mr. Beck got old enough to come to town and make notes of things the principal people that were prominent and talked about were Francis LeClercq, Charles Creuzet, John Sanns, Roman Menager, Jos. DeVacht, Peter Farrard, Christopher Ruby and Louis Souverain.
     LeClercq was Postmaster, John Sanns was the baker, Charles Creuzet, a cigar maker, Squire Bureau was a merchant, Memo DeVacht repaired watches, Farrard was a brick maker, Ruby kept store, Souverain was the Sheriff, Harry Cushing kept hotel where the “Our House” is. Not more that 50 homes in the place and they were occupied mostly by the Frenchmen, and mostly on the river bank, and he says the river was not more than a quarter as wide as it is now. Wolves, turkeys and Indians constituted nearly the entire country population. The Choctaw Indians had a trail through to Chillicothe. When he was married Royal Hayward, brother of undertaker Will C. Hayward’s father made his wedding clothes and Frank Cheney’s grandfather made his hat. Col. Robert Safford had a still house and made corn and rye whiskey.
     Uncle Leonard has seen wonderful changes in that span of life of his and we are all sorry that he could not have lived on for many years. Harmless, inoffensive, honest, upright, esteemed by everybody, he has finally gone down the oldest of all the oaks in the forest and may peace be with him everywhere.
     His body was brought to his daughter’s, Mrs. John McGath’s this Monday afternoon. The funeral services will be conducted by Rev. Father Kessler at St. Louis Catholic Church at 9 or 10 o’clock, Thursday morning, the interment by Hayward following at Mound Hill Cemetery.
     The pall bearers will be his grandsons---Will Anderson, Homer Beck, Luther Beck, Robert McGath, John Cheney and Blake Schartz.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
January 10, 1910
Submitted by Dorothy Frazier Top of Page

Beck, Leonard

Death of Leonard Beck
     Mr. Leonard Beck died very suddenly with a cerebral hemorrhage at the home of his daughter Mrs. Bert Rose Thursday, Feb. 28, 1924, at the age of 77 years.
     Mrs. Beck preceded him on Dec. 10, 1923. He is survived by the following children: Frank and Luther Beck of Cornell, Ill., Mrs. Laura Davis, Mrs. D.B. Spain and Miss Nora Beck of Columbus, Mrs. Earl Parish of Oneonta, N.Y., and Mrs. Bert Rose of this city with whom he has made his home since the death of Mrs. Beck. Also, two sisters, Mrs. John McGath and Miss Josephine Beck.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
February 29, 1924
Transcribed by Henny Evans

Beck, Sarah Jane Denney

     Sarah Jane Denney Beck, daughter of Samuel and Mary Boyles Denney, was born October 30, 1841, near Bidwell, Gallia County, Ohio, and departed this life May 13, 1925, at the home of her daughter near Gallipolis, Ohio, aged 83 years, 6 months and 13 days. All of her early years were spent near Harris. She was a very obedient and helpful daughter and almost a mother to her younger brothers.
     After the Civil War came to a close, she was united in marriage to William Beck, on April 17, 1870, and to this union were born seven children, namely two daughters, Mrs. Harry Coulson and Mrs. D. W. DeWitt, and five sons, Oscar, Reuben, John and Edward, all of Gallia County, and W. F. Beck of Erie, Pa., and also twenty three grandchildren of whom four have preceded her to the great beyond.
     She became a member of the M. E. church about the year 1868, and has lived a faithful member until death. She spent her life trying to do her best for her children; no sacrifice was too great for her to make for them. She was a kind and loving wife and a good neighbor. She has been in failing health for a few years and on February 13, 1925, she was stricken with paralysis; she rallied but had to keep her bed these last months. Tuesday afternoon she became worse and continued so until the end came. All through her sickness she was never known to complain.

It's a mother's hand that guides us
Through childhood's happy days;
It's a mother's faith that tides us
When we're past the years of play.

And the truest love is mother's,
For it has no selfish aim,
And through all the years in passing,
Her heart beats just the same.

[Note: Buried in Mound Hill cemetary]

The Gallia Times
May 28, 1925
Transcribed by Irene Hively Blamer Top of Page

Beck, Walter H

Death of Walter Beck
     Walter H. Beck, age 42, son of Mrs. Susan Beck, died at St. Anthony's Hospital in Columbus, Thursday, Nov. 12, 1925, after a short illness with pneumonia. His remains arrived here Friday evening and were taken to the home of his mother, 117 Fourth Avenue.
     Mr. Beck is survived by his mother, two sisters, Miss Grace and Mrs. Cecil Brown and one brother, Homer Beck, of this city. His father, Mr. Morgan Beck, died several years ago.
     Funeral services were held at the home Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock by Rev. Robt. Pierce. Burial at Mound Hill in charge of Wetherholt & Entsminger.

[Note: Death Certificate..born 1885, died Nov. 19, 1925, Columbus, OH; aged 40 years. Single ]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Nov. 21, 1925
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Beck, William

Wm. Beck, Molder, Dies At Erie, Pa.
     Word was received here yesterday that William Beck, who was born and reared and spent the most of his life in this community, had died at his home in Erie, Pa. He was a molder. Mr. Beck was a son of William and Sarah Denney Beck and was born near Gallipolis but in Green tp. 65 years ago.
     On Dec. 20, 1896, he was united in marriage to Flora McCall of this county by Rev. John Rose. She and three children survive. Also surviving are these four brothers and two sisters: Reuben S. Beck, Raccoon Island; Ed, John and Oscar Beck, Mrs. Rose DeWitt and Mrs. Jane Coulson, all of Green tp.
     Funeral was to be held in Erie today, the Tribune was told.

[Note: Ann Simmerman wrote "April 1938" on the obituary.]

Newspaper (Gallipolis Daily Tribune, April 1938) clipping found in the Simmerman files, Beck-Betz file, Bossard Library.
Transcribed by Lynn Anders

Beck, William

William Beck Dies
     Relatives here have been informed of the recent death and burial on Friday of William Beck, aged 65 years, a native of Green Township and a Gallipolis resident for a number of years.
     Beck, a son of Mr. & Mrs. William Beck, married Miss Flora McCall here on Dec. 20, 1896. She and three children survive him.
     Brothers and sisters all living in this county are Reuben S. Beck... (rest of article missing)

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

Beckett, Evan

It is reported that Evan Beckett, 21, of Proctorville, has died in an army cap of pneumonia. His mother was formerly Miss Annie Blazer, a sister of Wilson Blazer of near this city.

The Gallia Times
Wednesday, October 9, 1918
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Beever, Charles

Charles Homer Beever, 84, died Tuesday in a Huntington Hospital. Mr. Beever was born June 1, 1889, in Gallia County, son of the late F.M. and Lititia Halley Beever. He was preceded in death by his wife, Lydia Beever, in 1972. Mr. Beever was a member of the Otterbein United Methodist Church in Huntington and the Men's Gideon Bible Class. One daughter, Mrs. Ernest H. Jones, Huntington, survives. Three grandchildren and three great grandchildren survive. Three brothers preceded him in death.
Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Thursday at the Kincaid-Mann Mortuary, Huntington, with Rev. Carl Burrows officiating. Friends may call from 6-9 p.m. Wednesday at the mortuary. Burial will be in Crown City Cemetery.

Gallipolis newspaper,
1973
Transcribed by Lynn Anders

Beilstein, Edward L.

E. L. Beilstein, 57, Dies In Huntington
Burial Will Be Made Wednesday At Mound Hill
     Edward L. Beilstein, who lived the greater part of his life in Gallipolis died Sunday morning at his home 1909 Seventh Avenue, Huntington. He was 57 years old.
     Mr. Beilstein left here about Sept. 1. He had been employed at the Walter Chick Hatchery when his health began to fail. He was treated in a Huntington hospital, but was never able to work after going to Huntington. He was one of two sons of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Beilstein of Garfield Avenue. The other son, Robert, preceded him.
     He is survived by his wife, who has been an invalid for about two years and a son and daughter by a former marriage. Lewis Beilstein, with the Army Air Forces in China, and Mrs. Elizabeth Souder of Gahanna.
     Funeral services will be held at the home in Huntington Wednesday morning at 11 o’clock. Burial will follow on the Beilstein family lot in Mound Hill Cemetery. Willis Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Monday, Nov. 5, 1945
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron

Belcher, Rose Smeltzer

Death Comes Suddenly To Mrs. William H. Belcher
     At seemingly shortening intervals lately Death has paid his visits to Gallipolis homes. One shock after another has come in rapid succession and the latest is caused by the news of the passing of Mrs. Rose Smeltzer Belcher, wife of William H. Belcher. This beloved woman died at 3:25 Thursday afternoon at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Grate, in Middleport. She succumbed to a heart attack.

Lived 74 years, 2 days
     Mrs. Belcher had been slowly failing since Christmas, Mr. Belcher said today. Saturday, she went to Middleport because she and Mr. Grate customarily celebrated their birthdays together, his being on March 3, hers on March 5- her 74th. Tuesday, she became seriously ill and Mr. Belcher was summoned. She grew steadily weaker, but remained conscious till the end.
     Mrs. Belcher was born in Gallipolis in 1866, a daughter of Lewis and Mariah Ripley Smeltzer, and her whole life was spent here. Her marriage to Mr. Belcher occurred Oct. 5, 1886, and their wedlock has been marked by mutual and unfailing devotion. Both of them became members of the Baptist church when it was organized here in the early '80's and held its first meetings in the old Academy building.
     Surviving, besides the husband and one brother, Pete Smeltzer, are two daughters, Mrs. Grate, already named, and Mrs. Asa Houck, who lives next door to the Belcher home on First ave. below Grape. There are seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
     Mrs. Belcher was a member of the Pocahontas degree of the Red Men, Rebekahs, Royal Neighbors, Pythian Sisters, and the Gallia County Council No. 114, D. of A. (which honored her with a handkerchief shower on Monday night, though she was unable to attend.)
     Last evening the body was brought from Middleport to the Entsminger mortuary. Funeral services will be held at 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the Baptist church, with Rev. George Sagen in charge. Burial will follow in Mound Hill.

[Note: Death certificate indicates dob March 5, 1866, dod March 7, 1940.]

Newspaper (March, 1940 Gallipolis) clipping found in the Simmerman files, Ripley file, Bossard Library.
Transcribed by Lynn Anders

Bell, Wm. W.

     Mr. Wm. W. Bell residing on lower 4th avenue, passed away Thursday evening about 9 o'clock March 27, 1913. No definite arrangements have been made for the funeral services at this time but they will probably be Sunday. Undertaker Wetherholt has charge of the body.
     Mr. Bell was born in Marietta, O, December 1, 1853, and was a carpenter by occupation. He went to Raccoon Island in 1857, and was united in marriage with Miss Effie [sic], March 26, 1879.
     He joined the M. E. Church at Ohio Chapel in 1895, and was a pleasant well liked man by everyone.
Of late years he had been employed at the Treasure Store. Works [sic] until he was taken ill. Last fall he went to Colorado in quest of health but came back unimproved, and after arriving at home seemed to grow better and to be getting along, until this late bad spell of weather set in. His trouble was pulmonary and of the heart and he succumbed very quickly, not having been regarded as serious until two days before his death.
     He is survived by his wife, two sons, Brooks J. Bell of this city and Joseph Garrett Bell of Pueblo, Col., and one daughter, Bessie, wife of Mr. Oliver Lyle of this city. He was a member of the Jr. O. C. A. M. of Chambersburg in good standing and went to his end with the highest respect and esteem of all who knew him.
     He was also a member of the Patriotic Sons of America.

[Note: Buried in Mound Hill cemetery]

Gallipolis paper
March 1913
Transcribed by Irene Hively Blamer

Belville, Albert

Albert Belville Dead
     Another one of the good citizens of our community has been taken from us by the grim hand of death. Albert Belville departed this life at his home in Guyan township, Thursday morning, November 30, 1922, following a long illness of yellow jaundice. Mr. Belville was born in Noble county, Ohio, November 30, 1863, and at the time of his death was exactly sixy-nine years old. He was the son of Springer and Mahala Belville, and was one of the members of the Nobel county colony which emigrated to Guyan township in the early seventies.
     On January 31, 1878, he was united in marriage to Nancy Barry, daughter of James Barry, another one of the sturdy colonists. She is still living. Twelve children were born to this union, ten of whom are still living as follows: Sam and Mrs. Bessie Zimmerman of Huntington, W. Va., Bert of Camden, O., Ferman, Walden, Mrs. Letha Massie and Mrs. Addie Wells of Crown City, Stanley and Mrs. Dellie Taug of Greasy Ridge, O., and Mrs. Grace Corn of Miller, O. Other surviving relatives are five brothers, Sam and William of Huntington, Wesley of Lecton, O., Thomas of Cumberland, O., and Forest of Gallipolis, and a sister, Mrs. Harriet Thompson of Stafford, Ohio. Mr. Belville also had a wide circle of friends who regret his departure from among them.
     He was a farmer by occupation and was one of the first tobacco growers in Guyan township. He was an upright citizen and a useful man in the community. He was a member of the Christian faith and a few days before his death he was baptized by his friend and neighbor, Rev. George Johnson, who is also a native of Nobel county and Mr. Belville's senior by only a few months.
     Funeral services were held from the Good Hope church Sunday evening and attended by over five hundred people. Rev. Johnson delivered a touching funeral sermon, after which burial followed in the cemtery in charge of Albert E. Tops.

Gallipolis Times
Dec 7, 1922
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall Top of Page

Beman, M. E.

Dies of Cancer
Gallipolis, O., November 1--Cancer today caused the death here of M. E. BEMAN, 70, former Republican state senator, from Gallia County and reputed to have been one of the wealthiest persons in this section.

The Times Recorder, Zanesville, Ohio
November 2, 1929
Teresa Herrmann, Columbus, Ohio

Beman, M. E.

M. E. Beman Dies Friday After Long Illness
Wealthy Gallia County Man Former State Senator Dies In Hospital
     M. E. Beman, one of Gallia county’s most prominent citizens, died in Holzer Hospital Friday morning after a long illness. He had been in the hospital since last Sunday.
     Mr. Beman was 70 years old and had been a resident of Gallia county all his life. He was of a pioneer Gallia county family, his father, before him having been a leading citizen and banker at Thurman. He served in the state Senate for one term, during the years 1913-14. Mr. Beman was one of the county’s wealthiest citizens, and was said to be the largest individual taxpayer in the county.
     He was widely known for his progressive enterprises. He was a director in the First National Bank of this city and his farm is one of the most modern and best developed in this section. Mr. Beman was known throughout this part of the state as a successful breeder of pure bred cattle.
     He had been ill for more than a year, relatives said, but he had not been confined by his illness until recently. An attack came some weeks ago while he was on the street in Thurman, and he was taken to his home where he remained until his physician advised his removal to the hospital here. Death came at 6:56 Friday morning.
     He is survived by his widow and one son, D. M. Beman, of Thurman. Mr. Beman was the last of a large family of brothers and sisters.
     Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock from the Beman home in Thurman, by Rev. W. P. Cherrington. Burial will be in the cemetery at Thurman in charge of George J. Wetherholt and Sons.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Friday, November 1, 1929
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron

Bennett, Rev. Albert

Death Claims Rev. Bennett
     Former pastor of several Gallia County churches, the Rev. Albert Bennett, 79, died Monday in his home in Windsor Twp., Greasy Ridge, Lawrence County, after a 15-week illness. He had been a member of Perkins Ridge Baptist Church for 57 years and funeral services will be held from there tomorrow at 2 PM with the Rev. Clifford Suitor and the Rev. Olaf Jenkins officiating.
     Ordained more than 30 years ago, the Rev. Mr. Bennett had served pastorates in Gallia and Lawrence Counties. Born in Cabell County, W. Va., Dec. 13, 1870, he was a son of the late Squire and Caroline Smith Bennett. Early in the Rev. Mr. Bennett's life they moved to Lawrence County and resided at the Windsor Twp. address.
     He was prededed in death by his wife in 1941. Surviving are eight of his nine children: Mrs. Lawrence Wells, Columbus; Earl Bennett and Clyde Bennett, Willowwood, Otha Bennett, South Charleston; Mrs. Orpha Dennison, Mrs. Merrill Dunfee, Vernon Bennett and Mrs. Lester Ellcessor, Springfield. Also surviving is a brother, Amos Bennett, Chesapeake.
     Friends may visit at the home until time for services. Burial will be in Perkins Ridge Cemetery.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
No date
Transcribed by Jean Yount Top of Page

Bennett, Hattie Mauck

Bennett Funeral Set For Sunday
    Funeral services for Mrs. Hattie Mauck Bennett will be held at 2 o’clock Sunday at the Rawlings-Coats funeral home in Middleport. Rev. Ralph Zundell of the Middleport Baptist Church will officiate. Interment will be made in Gravel Hill Cemetery.
     Death resulted from an arterial blood clot about 10 o’clock Thursday morning. Mrs. Bennett had eaten her breakfast, worked among her flowers, re-entered the house, and present complained of severe pains. Dr. Raymond Boice was summoned. He administered palliatives and arrangements were being made to bring Mrs. Bennett to the Holzer Hospital when she suddenly expired.
     Mrs. Bennett would have been 80 years old on September 5.
     Her first husband was William H. Kail. They were married in 1885 and lived for a decade at Augusta, Kans. His health having failed, they returned to the Mauck homestead near Cheshire, where he died in the summer of 1896. Some years later she married William C. Bennett of Middleport, remembered as a passenger-train conductor on what was formerly known as the Hocking Valley Railway. He died 14 years ago. Thereafter she and her only living sister, Miss Allie Mauck, and their brother-in-law, C. F. Besserer, lived together at the Besserer home in Middleport.

[Note – Hattie died 7/23/1942 – daughter of Daniel Mauck & Mary Rothgeb]

Undated newspaper article
Transcribed by Suzanne Giroux

Benning, Zanna

     Word was received here today of the death of Mrs. Zanna Benning, 100, Springfield. Mrs. Benning died at her home, 204 North Douglas Ave., at 10:40 p.m. on Sunday.
     She was born Dec. 26, 1879, in Gallia County, a daughter of John H. and Elizabeth J. Short Thornton, and had resided in Springfield most of her life. She had owned and operated several restraurants in the Springfield area the past several years. Mrs. Benning was a member of the Columbus Avenue United Methodist Church.
     Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Louise Benning Bostick, Springfield; two sons, Willis, Holliday, Fla.; and Richard H., Springfield; 11 grandchildren, 32 great-grandchildren, two sisters, Mrs. Rena Sowards and Mrs. Lucille Porter, both of Springfield, and several nieces and nephews. Her Husband, David, died Jan. 11, 1917. Five sisters are also dead.
     Burial was in Ferncliff Cemetery on Wednesday.

Gallipolis Tribune
May 1980
Transcribed by J. Farley

Benson, Carline Parron

Death of Mrs. Benson
Mrs. Curt Benson of Maple Shade died this morning at 7 o'clock. She was taken to Mt. Zion Church in Mason County Wednesday at 7 o'clock where her funeral and burial will be. She left a husband and eight children, two married. She had been ill for eighteen months with cancer of the womb. She was a good, well liked woman with many friends and a middle aged woman about fifty years old.

[Note: Death Certificate..born March 25, 1864 Mason County, WV; died March 16, 1909 Gallia County. Father: Tranivon Parron. Burial Mt. Zion Cemetery]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
March 16, 1909
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Benson, Nancy Ann

Death Claims Mrs. Benson, 80
     Mrs. Nancy Benson, 2075 Chatham Avenue, Gallipolis, died at 11 p.m. Saturday at the age of 80 years. She was born December 18, 1866 to Mr. and Mrs. Odal Hickenbotham, married Burt Benson January 23, 1914, and was a member of the Gallipolis Church of God.
     Mrs. Benson is survived by three brothers and a sister; George Hickenbotham, Middleport; Homer Hickenbotham, Walbridge, O.; Mrs. Mina Ewing and Elija Hart, both of Cheshire.
     Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday in decedent’s late residence, with the Rev. H. M. Smith officiating. Interment will be made by J. L. Coleman and Son in Poplar Ridge Cemetery.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Monday, March 10, 1947
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron Top of Page

Berridge, Annie

Death of Mrs Sheridan Berridge
     Mrs. Annie Berridge, wife of Mr. Sheridan Berridge, died at her home in this city Monday night, April 3, 1893, at about ten o'clock, aged about twenty-six years and after an illness of five months with consumption and leaving a husband and one little girl.
     Her maiden name was Carter and she had been married about seven years. She was a woman of kindly disposition and a devoted Christian. Her funeral services were conducted at Bethesda Church, near Patriot, by Rev. J.W. Mohler today and her burial by Wetherholt.
     Her mother, three sisters and three brothers and a large circle of acquaintances are left to mourn her early death.

Gallipolis Journal
April 12, 1893
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Berridge, C. K.

C.K. Berridge
Formerly of Royal Oak
     C.K. Berridge, age 70, died of a heart attack Sunday at this home in Springerville, Arizona. Mr. Berridge was born Oct. 12, 1889 in Gallipolis, Ohio. He was retired from the building business five years ago and had built many houses in this area.
     During World War I he was a captain in the U. S. Army and had served in the Aleutian Islands during World War II.
     Surviving are two brothers, John F. of Gallipolis and Lester P, 622 North Main, Royal Oak. Services were held in Arizona.

The Daily Tribune
Royal Oak, Mich.
Oct. 13, 1960
Transcribed by Joanne Galvin Top of Page

Berridge, Carrie

Mrs. Carrie Berridge
Mrs. Carrie Berridge, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. William Carter. Mrs. Berridge was born July 21, 1859 and died March 11, 1882. She was united to her now bereaved husband, Neal Berridge, April 26, 1879, with whom she lived in loving wedlock, until her Saviour called her home to rest.
She was a member of the Methodist Church and a faithful member until death. With her kind husband, she leaves a little boy, nearly two years old and a father, mother and brothers and sisters to mourn her loss and a number of relatives and friends. She was confined to her bed a few days, when death relieved her of suffering. It was hard to give her up, but the will of God is Supreme. For months that dread disease, consumption, was sapping her vitals. Her mind was anchored on God.

Afflictions a long time she bore,
Called for physicians, but in vain,
Till Christ at last did take her home,
Where pain and conflicts all are past.

Farewell, my friends, weep not for me,
For me, breathe not a sigh,
For when life is so painful here
Tis a pleasant thing to die.

Gallipolis Paper
March 11, 1882
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Berridge, Christian C.

Death of C. C. Berridge
     Mr. Christian C. Berridge died at his home near Rodney Saturday night, October 14, 1905, after a long illness, aged 87 years. Mr. Berridge was born in England but came to this country when a young man and for many years had been a resident of this county. He was one of the substantial farmers of the county and was highly respected by all who knew him. He was a member of the Methodist Church and a Christian gentleman.
     Besides his wife, he leaves the following named children: John L. Berridge, of Ironton; George Berridge, of Jackson; Andrew Berridge, of Gallia county; Mrs. Mary Howell, of Illinois; Mrs. Rhoda Daniels, of Gallia county; Noah Berridge, of Washington state; Mrs. Mattie Reese, of Gallia county; Christopher Berridge, Jr., Neal Berridge, of Ironton; Sheridan Berridge, of Pittsburg, and Sherman Berridge, of Gallipolis.
     The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon at Macedonia Church, interment following by Wetherholt.

Gallipolis Bulletin
Friday, October 20, 1905
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Berridge, Henry Sylvester

Death of Henry Sylvester Berridge
     Mr. Henry Sylvester Berridge, son of George and Jane Berridge, died at his home Wednesday, Feb. 27, 1924, at the age of 71 years. He leaves one daughter Mrs. Chas. Sigler of this city and two sons Carl of Marion and Fred of Columbus.
     Funeral services were held today (Friday) at 10 a.m. by Rev. Pierce at the residence of Mrs. Sigler on Mill Creek. Burial by Undertaker Entsminger at Pine Street cemetery.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
February 29, 1924
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Berridge, Jessie

Entered Into Eternal Rest Monday, Oct. 11, 1965
Mrs. Lester Berridge
     A resident of Royal Oak for 47 years, Mrs. Jessie Berridge, age 69, 622 North Main, died Monday in the University Hospital, Ann Arbor.
     Mrs. Berridge was born Aug. 6, 1896, in Gallipolis, Ohio, to the late Mr. and Mrs. Jacob N. Baker (America North(r)up). She was married to Lester P. Berridge on April 7, 1916, in Pomeroy, Ohio. He survives.
     Also surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Kenneth D. (June) Miller of Trenton; two grandchildren; and a sister, Mrs. William (Garnet) Sigler of Gallipolis.
     Mrs. Berridge was a life member of Royal Oak Chapter 392, OES.
     There will be a memorial service at 8:30 p.m., tonight, at C. F. Schnaidt Funeral Home, 1026 West Eleven Mile, Royal Oak. The Rev. Robert E. Holly, First Baptist Church, Royal Oak, will conduct funeral services at 10 a.m., Thursday, at the funeral home. Burial will be in Oakview Cemetery.

The Daily Tribune
Royal Oak, Michigan
Oct. 12, 1965
Transcribed by Joanne Galvin

Berridge, John

     John F. Berridge, 94, of Eureka Star Route, Gallipolis, died Thursday morning at Pleasant Valley Hospital, Point Pleasant, W.Va.
     He was born on January 20, 1893 in Gallia County, to the late John W. and Lillie B. Berridge.
A veteran of both World Wars, he attended the U. S. Army Air Force Intelligence School in Harrisburg, Pa. A second lieutenant in World War I, he was a captain in World War II in the Army Air Force.
He worked for 20 years in the Far East for Standard Oil Company as an executive salesman.
He was preceded by three brothers, one sister and a son, Charles. His wife H. Marie Berridge, whom he married in San Francisco, Calif., on December 22, 1922, survives.
     Services will be Monday at 11: a.m. at the Willis Funeral Home. The Rev. Charles Lusher will officiate. The remains from the cremation will be buried at Mound Hill Cemetery.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Thursday, October 8, 1987
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Berridge, John L.

John L. Berridge Killed By A Train
     A very distressing accident which resulted in the death of J.L. Berridge shortly after the noon hour Wednesday, shocked the entire community as soon as the news was heard. Mr. Berridge was the father of C.E. Berridge of this city and resided on a farm near the Newcastle Road. He was struck by the noon N & W passenger train and received injuries which resulted in his death within an hour after the accident.
      Mr. Berridge resided near the intersection of the Newcastle Road with the N& W tracks. Shortly before noon today he was out on the tracks just east of the tower near his home. A storage yard filled with cars and a car on another track blocked one's view down the N & W tracks. Mr. Berridge was behind some of these cars and stepped out in front of the fast flying train. He was struck and hurled a distant of 40 feet receiving many injuries. One of his feet was cut off, his skull fractured and his body bruised and scratched. The train was stopped and Mr. Berridge's body picked up and brought to Ironton. He was still alive but it was evident to everybody that he could live but a short time. Physicians made a hasty examination and even before this was concluded the spark of life had fled. C.E. Berridge had Bingaman and Jones take charge of the remains and prepare them for burial.
     The victim of this distressing accident was 72 years of age and was a retired farmer. He had always been a hard working, industrious man and was admired by everyone for his rugged character. He was a man of strict honesty and integrity and was of the old school. He had strong convictions and once he thought he was right he could not be moved or swayed from his position.

Ironton Register

Mr. Berrridge was born in Virginia and came to Harrison Township, this county, when a child. He is survived by his widow, Missouri Lewis Berridge, also of Harrison Township; sons C.E. of Ironton and Alonzo of Duluth, MN and by the following brothers and sisters: Andrew J. of Clay Lick ;Neil of Oklahoma; T.S. of Gallipolis; Noah of Washington; Sheridan of Pittsburgh; Chris of Illinois; Mrs. G.W. Daniels of Green Township; Mrs. H.W. Howell of Tolono, IL.

[Note: Death Certificate....born Dec. 24, 1844; died March 17, 1915 West Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio; aged 70 years 2 months and 24 days of age. Burial-Woodland Cemetery, Ironton, Ohio. Parents: C.C. Berridge born England and Deborah Josephs born WV.]

Gallipolis Bulletin
March 25, 1915
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Berridge, Josephus

OBITUARY
Josephus Berridge
Josephus, son of C.C. Berridge and Sarah C. Berridge, was born August 22, 1863; was married to Miss Addie Butler, Sept. 3, 1884; died Feb. 23, 1888. He leaves a wife and one child and many relatives and friends to mourn his loss.
In January 1887, he united with the First Harrison F.W. Baptist Church. From that time he lived a faithful member until our Heavenly Father called him from his earthly home to share with Him the glories of a better world. Before he passed away he called his friends around him, bid them good-bye and said "All is right, the Lord is with me, with His face as bright as the morning star."

How silently the shades of evening
Gather around our lonely door;
Silently they bring before us
Faces we shall see no more.

How such holy memories cluster,
Like the stars when storms are past,
Pointing up to that fair Heaven
That we shall again at last.

Meet again! when life is o'er,
Meet again! to part no more,
How it cheers the drooping heart
When from friends we are called to part.

Meet again! How passing sweet!
Friends long lost again to meet!
Careworn souls, by tempest driven,
Oh, how sweet to meet in Heaven.

Gallipolis Paper
[Feb. 23, 1888]
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Berridge, Laura Wallace

Mrs. Berridge Dies at Age 98 In Columbus
     Mrs. Laura Wallace Berridge, 98, a native of Gallia county, and former resident of Gallipolis, died at her home, 39 Bickle St., Columbus, at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday. Mrs. Berridge would have been 99, if she had lived until Oct. 2.
     She was born in this county on Oct. 2, 1868, daughter of the late John and Elizabeth Fierbaugh Wallace. Her marriage was to T. Sherman Berridge, a prominent Gallipolis insurance man, and he preceded her in death on Aug. 13, 1957. She is survived by a daughter, Norma Berridge, with whom she made her home, and several nieces and nephews. She was the last of her family, and was preceded in death by several brothers and sisters, among whom were Mrs. Tom Eachus, and Ross Wallace.
     Mrs. Berridge was a member of Grace Methodist church. Services will be held there at 12: noon on Friday. Burial will be in Mound Hill cemetery. The body will lie in state for one hour at the church prior to the service.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Wednesday, June 1, 1966
Transcribed by Sandy Milliron Top of Page

Berridge, Leland Eugene

L. E. Berridge Dies Recently In Florida
     Leland Eugene Berridge, 43, a native of Gallipolis, died Sunday in the Florida Sanitarium and Hospital at Orlando, Fla., after being in failing health for eight months. Mr. Berridge was born July 21, 1924, son of Bessie Harrison Berridge of Kanauga, and the late Verne Berridge.
     He is survived by his wife, Winnel of Orlando, mother, Bessie Berridge of Kanauga; sons, Gene Berridge with the U. S. Navy at Bethesda, Md., David and Michael of Gallipolis; daughters, Patricia and Sally of Gallipolis, and brother, Marlin, of Fort Stuart, Ga.
     He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Gallipolis, and had attended the Temple Baptist Church of Orlando. He was an electrician for TWA at Cape Kennedy prior to his death.
     Funeral services were held Tuesday at the Temple Baptist Church, and were conducted by the Garden Chapel Funeral Directors with burial in Chapel Hill Cemetery in Orlando. Pallbearers were Gene Berridge, David Berridge, Albert Waller, Charles Walden, Donald Cossett and Donald Corsic. Mr. Berridge was a member of the Coast Guard during World War II, and a member of the Order of the Moose.

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

Berridge, Missouri Lewis

Mrs. Berridge Died Friday
     A telegram was received Friday night by Mrs. C. E. Berridge from Mr. Berridge who is at Gallipolis, O., stating that his mother, Mrs. Missouri Lewis Berridge, had passed away at four o'clock Friday afternoon at the home of her brother, Rev. Samuel Lewis of Bladen, Gallia county. Her sons, C. E. Berridge, of this city, and A. L. Berridge of Duluth, Minn, visited her recently and at that time Mrs. Berridge seemed improving. A message was received by Mr. Berridge Friday announcing the critical illness of his mother and he left at once for her bedside, but she passed away shortly before his arrival there.
     Mrs. Berridge was a pioneer of lower Gallia county and was widely known throughout the county. She was loved by her every acquaintances and her death has caused genuine grief among her wide circle of friends. Two sons, C. E. and A. L. Berridge are the children who survive.
     The remains will be brought to Ironton where funeral services will be held but the exact hour has not yet been announced. Bingaman and Jones will have charge of the interment, which will occur in Woodland cemetery, where Mr. Berridge was laid to rest.

Semi-Weekly Register, 22 October 1918, Tuesday, Page 3.
Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio
Reprinted with permission from Peggy Wells who transcribed the obituary. Thank you, Peggy!

Berridge, Tecumseh Sherman

Tecumseh Berridge, 91, Former Insurance Agent, Teacher, Dies
     Tecumseh Sherman Berridge, 91, one of the prominent figures of this city, died at his home at the corner of Third Ave., and State Street at 4: p.m. Tuesday. He had been in failing health since his retirement from the insurance business five years ago, and had been confined to his home for a large part of that period.
     For 20 years he was a salesman for the Henking-Bovie wholesale grocery company and was known in many circles in this part of the Ohio and Kanawha River valleys. Before his retirement he was the representative for the Columbus Mutual Life Insurance Co. From that company he had received the highest honors it could bestow and was the high production underwriter connected with the company. Prior to his becoming a salesman, he taught school at Rio Grande for a period of 15 years.
     He received his early schooling at Clay Lick, and later attended and graduated from Rio Grande College. Early in life he became a member of the Methodist church. He was an official of Grace Methodist church and was an honorary member of the official board at the time of his death. He taught St. Johns Bible class for 31 years. Berridge was a member of the Gallipolis board of education for several terms and was serving on that board when Gallia Academy was built in 1916.
     A native of the county, he was born on Clay Lick on Jan. 2, 1866, the son of the late Christopher and Sarah Scarberry Berridge. He was one of five children and was the last of his family. His marriage to the former Laura Wallace of Clay Lick took place on July 17, 1889, and they celebrated their 68th wedding anniversary this past month. Mrs. Berridge survives along with a foster daughter, Norma, who has cared for her parents for several years.
     Funeral services will be held at 2: p.m. Friday at Miller’s Home for Funerals. Rev. Warren H. Wilson will officiate and burial will follow in Mound Hill Cemetery. The St. Johns Bible class will act as honorary pallbearers. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7: p.m. Wednesday and until the funeral hour.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Wednesday, Aug. 14, 1957
Transcribed by Sandy Milliron Top of Page

Berridge, Violet

     Violet (Dudie) Berridge, 62, 2249 Coventry Rd., Columbus, died Saturday at her residence. She was a former employee of Gallipolis Developmental Center and retired from Ohio State University Hospital where she was a switchboard operator.
     Born Oct. 13, 1926 in Gallipolis, she was the daughter of the late Wilbur and Daisy Fry Baker. She was married to Leland E. Berridge, who preceded her in death on July 14, 1968. Surviving are two sons, David Berridge of Jacksonville, Fla., and Mike Berridge of Gallipolis; two daughters, Patricia Berridge of Fremont, Calif., and Sally McGregor of Columbus; and one grandson. Also surviving are a sister, Melba Steiner of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, and a brother, Howard Baker Saunders of Gallipolis. She was preceded in death by a son, Leland E. Berridge II, and a brother, Willard Saunders.
     She was a member of Grace United Methodist Church, and supported Operation Liftoff and the Make a Wish Foundation.
     Friends may call at Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home, 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday. Private family services will be conducted. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Operation Liftoff, in care of Jerry Davis, Box 1094, Gallipolis, Ohio. 45631.

[Note: Died Sept., 19, 1997; this was date handwritten on the copy of the obituary. It does not match up with the age stated above.]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
No Date
Transcribed by Nancy S. Edwards

Berry, Charles W.

OBITUARY OF CHARLEY BERRY
     Charles W. Berry, 79 of Patriot, Ohio, died Monday in a Huntington hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 1:30 P.M. at the Schneider Funeral Home at Chesapeake. Burial will be in the Fox Fairview Christian Cemetery at Patriot, Ohio.
     A retired farmer, he was born on June 22, 1888, at Crown City, Ohio, a son of the late John and Nevada Berry (sic). He was a member of the Fox Fairview Christian Church.
     Survivors include the widow, Mrs. Dochia (sic) Berry; four daughters, Mrs. George Newton of Huntington, Mrs. Sesco Adkins of Fort Myers, Fla., Mrs. Sylvester Mount of Kitts Hill, Ohio, and Mrs. Donald Hayes of Proctorville; four sons, Stacy Berry of Patriot, James and John Emerson Berry of Columbus, and Charles O. Berry of Lucasville; four brothers, Arnold, Clovis, Chauncey and Lawrence Berry, and a sister, Mrs. Sylvia Wilson (sic), all of Linville (sic), Ohio, and 20 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Friends may call at the funeral home after 6 P.M. today.

The Herald-Dispatch
Tuesday, November 7, 1967, page 14.
Gallipolis Daily Tribune, Tuesday, November 7, 1967, page 1.
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Berry, David

The Late D.W. Berry
     The not unexpected death of David W. Berry occurred at his home near Addison, Monday, Nov. 12, 1900 at 12 m. He had been gradually sinking for some months and the end came peacefully and without a struggle.
     He was born in Addison Township, Gallia County, Ohio, Jan. 2, 1828. His parents were Elijah and Charlotte Berry. To them were born six children, he being the last to pass away. After his marriage to Miss Martha McKown, which occurred Jan. 3, 1856, he bought the farm adjoining his father's and lived there until his death. Their union was blessed with seven children, Charles W., Sarah E.,Mrs. W.H. Vanden, Everette E., David S., Mrs. H.S. Ramsey and J. Harmen. All but two survived him.
     He joined the Methodist Episcopal Church under the preaching of Rev. L.Q. Adams at the age of 21. For 52 years he was known to be a consistent Christian and a pillar in the church. He was an unmovable rock for righteousness and a Methodist through and through. Every fiber of him quivered with joy over the news of the success of his chosen church. Her doctrines were the satisfaction of his soul. His faith in her methods and principals was like a column of some ancient temple, that overlooked the path of pilgrims going up to the shrine. Some said he was prejudiced. But his prejudices were only a magnificent loyalty to the church of his choice. He loved the truth and he loved men with a love that shallow men have no right to challenge for faults.
     He was an affectionate husband, a kind father, a good neighbor and charitable to the poor. He always gave liberally for the support of the gospel and took delight in doing so. He had a sweet disposition, always had a smile and a pleasant word for all he chanced to meet.
     He loved life, but said he was ready and willing to go when the Master called. It is needless to try and describe his pure life; it was an open book to all and speaks for itself. None knew him but to love him. After seeing his pure life and peaceful death, we would not call him back, but trust in Him who doeth all things well. He hath said: "Be thou faithful until death and I will give thee a crown of life."

"He is not dead, but sleepeth."

Gallipolis Weekly Times
Nov. 16, 1900
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Berry, Doshie Myers

     CHESAPEAKE -- Mrs. Doshie Berry, 84, Kitts Hill, a former resident of Patriot in Gallia County, died Saturday in a Huntington hospital following a brief illness.
     She was born Sept. 12, 1888, in Gallia County, daughter of the late John and Harriett Pyles Myers.
Her husband, Charles Berry, preceded her in death in 1967. She was a member of the Fox-Fairview First Christian Church in Patriot.
     Mrs. Berry is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Sylvester Mount, Kitts Hill; Mrs. Donald Hayes, Proctorville; Mrs. George Newton, Huntington; and Mrs. Sesco Adkins, Ft. Myers, Fla.; four sons, Stacy and James O., Tarlton, Ohio; John E. Berry, Columbus, and Charles O. Berry, Lucasville; two brothers, Amer Myers, Gallipolis and Alan Myers, Scottown; three sisters, Mrs. Martha Roach, South Charleston, Ohio; Mrs. Ora Burcham, and Mrs. Meda Boster, both of Huntington, and 20 grand and 18 great-grandchildren.
     Funeral services will be held 2 P.M., Monday at the Schneider Funeral Home, Chesapeake with Rev. Raymond Dillon officiating. Burial will be in Fox-Fairview Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 P.M. Sunday.

The Sunday Time Sentinel (Gallipolis Daily Tribune)
Sunday, December 31, 1972, page 9.
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Berry, Lenna Lafon

OBITUARY OF LENNA LAFON BERRY
     LENNA LAFON BERRY, 87, of Marietta, Ohio, formerly of Linnville, Ohio, died Saturday, November 15, 1997 at Marietta Center for Health and Rehabilitation.
     She was born May 29, 1910 in LaFayette, Ind., and daughter of the late Albert T. and Eva Miller LaFon. She was a retired school teacher of 37 years with the Symmes Valley School System, and a member of the Linville Church of Christ.
     She was preceded in death by her husband Clovis Berry, and two brothers, Kenneth and Clovis LaFon. She is survived by one daughter and son-in-law, Kay and Rod Hineman of Belpre, Ohio; two brothers, Samuel LaFon of Phoenix, Ariz. and Herbert LaFon of Baltimore, Md.; two grandchildren, David Hineman of Lancaster, Ohio and Kim and her husband Tom Weiner of South Parkersburg, W.Va.; and several nieces and nephews.
     Funeral services will be 2 P.M. Tuesday, November 18, 1997 at Schneider-Slack Funeral Home by the Rev. Donald Seevers. Burial will follow in Centenary Cemetery. Friends may call from 6 to 9 P.M. Monday at the funeral home.

Huntington Herald-Dispatch
Contributed by Jeff Hayes [email protected]

Berry, Martha

     Mrs. Martha Berry, widow of the late Davis Berry, died Tuesday, January 29, 1907, at her home near Addison, aged about 72 years, after an extended illness. She fell and broke her arm about a year ago and had gradually declined in health since that time.
     Her maiden name was Miss Martha McKown and she was born in Hancock County, Va. She was a member of the Methodist church and was a consistent Christian lady, a faithful wife and a kind and indulgent mother.
     She leaves two daughters, Mrs. W. H. Vanden of Rio Grande, and Mrs. H. S. Ramsey of Addison, and three sons, Charles and Harrison, of Addison, and Everett of Gallipolis.
     The funeral services were held Thursday at Addison M. E. Church by Rev. A. B. Davis, interment at Pine Street cemetery by Wetherholt.

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

Berry, Martin B.

Martin Berry, 57, Victim
Neck Is Broken - Warehime.
     A Kanauga resident, Martin Berry, 57, who lived alone in a cabin at the 7-35 Club, lost his life in an accident at the bridge of the New York Central Railroad, which crosses the tracks of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad just below the Kanauga Station at 7:10 p.m. Friday. He fell off the bridge between the tracks and the bridge railing and landed on his head on the C and O tracks, with one leg across the track.
Dr. Donald Warehime, Gallia county coroner, who gave the cause of death as accidental, is of the opinion that the fall seriously injured him and that he might have been dead before the Chesapeake and Ohio freight train hit him.
     The train was enroute from Logan to Pomeroy. The engineer was George S. Davis and fireman, Harry Shaw, both of Rt. 2, Logan, were in the engine cab. They saw the body lying on the tracks, and made an attempt to stop by applying the emergency brakes, but their efforts were futile. At the time of the accident he was wearing a uniform of the Kanauga Block Co., where he had been employed. He was released from Holzer Hospital Friday morning, where he had been a patient for several days.
     He is survived by a brother, Riley Berry, who resides on Georges Creek and by several sisters. There are four children living in the Columbus area. The body is at Miller’s Home for Funerals, and funeral arrangements will be announced later.

The Gallia Times
Saturday, May 16, 1964

Berry Services Scheduled For 1 P.M. Tuesday
     Services for Martin B. Berry, 56, who was killed after falling from a bridge of the New York Central tracks to C & O tracks below Friday evening near Kanauga, will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Carmel Church near Jackson. Rev. Jack Stutler will officiate and burial will be in the church cemetery under the direction of Miller’s Home for Funerals. Friends may call at the funeral home.
     Mr. Berry was born April 22, 1907, at Louisa, Ky., one of nine children born to the late James and Margaret Moore Berry. He is survived by three sisters, and one brother, Mrs. Sarah Spencer of Bidwell, Mrs. Cora Spencer of Columbus and Mrs. Mattie Perry of Bloomfield and Riley Berry of Kanauga.
     Mr. Berry came to Ohio 40 years ago and his marriage was to the former Freda Kerns of Pt. Pleasant. They were the parents of the following five children who survive; Mrs. Billy (Sadie) Nicholson, who is with her husband stationed with the Army in Turkey; Herbert, Donald, and Marvin Berry, all of Columbus and Victor Berry who is in the Navy and stationed in Puerto Rico. There are 10 grandchildren.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Monday, May 18, 1964
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Berry, Norma

Norma Berry
     Norma Berry, 82, Gallipolis, died Thursday, April 23, 1998 in St. Mary's Hospital, Huntington, W. Va.
Born February 26, 1916 in Gallipolis, daughter of the late Chauncy J. CHICK and Mary CALLHOUN HARRISON, she was a homemaker, and a member of Grace United Methodist Church.
     She was also preceded in death by her husband, John C. BERRY. Surviving are three sons, John L. CARTER of Leonard, Md., James C. CARTER of Racine, and Charles W. POWELL of Gallipolis; five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; and a sister, Gail SPRAGUE of Vinton.
     Services will be 1 p.m. Sunday in the Willis Funeral Home, with the Rev. David HOFF officiating. Burial will be in the Ohio Valley Memory Garden. Friends may call at the funeral home from 7-9 p.m. Saturday.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune pg 3.
4-24-1998
Submitted by Charles & Fran Longsdorf, Midland, MI Top of Page

Besserer, Mary Florence (Mary Florence Mauck BESSERER)

    Mary Florence Besserer, daughter of Daniel and Mary Rothgeb Mauck, was born at Cheshire, February 23, 1855. She was educated at Cheshire Academy and Hillsdale college. She taught in the public schools and was a private teacher of music.
     On May 17, 1881 she was married to Charles Frederick Besserer. Thereafter her life was spent at Middleport where she died July 12, 1929, survived by her husband.
     These are the rough outlines of the useful life of a charming woman. She had too many interesting traits to be described with a phrase. Perhaps, however, after her devotion to her home, her love for beauty in general was her most outstanding characteristic. She loved music, painting, poetry and flowers and her devotion to the beauties of the external world brought her the natural reward of a beautiful inner spirit. She was a cultured woman and a merry one. Her wit was keen and her laughter infectious. She happily blended sympathy and sunshine and did her full part in bringing joy to a large circle of devoted friends.
     She had been a member of the Presbyterian Church for many years and was a charter member of the Middleport Literary club. Also one of the organizers and Past Worthy Matrons of the Order of the Eastern Stars.

Undated newspaper article
Transcribed by Suzanne Giroux

Betz, Basil

Basil Betz, 89, Died Saturday At Jamestown
Funeral 1 Tuesday Here, With Burial In Mound Hill
     Basil Betz, closely followed in death by his wife Mrs. Cora Woolweaver Betz, when he passed away New Year's morning. Just two weeks before, Mrs. Betz had died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Emmett Mossman, at Jamestown and his death was at the same place.
     He was born at Morgan Center in Gallia county 89 years ago and spent practically all of his life here. Death was due to complications of his advanced years. Mr. Betz was twice married. His first wife, Elizabeth Kennedy, died in 1925. They were parents of four sons and a daughter of whom but the daughter, Mrs. Inez Barker of St. Petersburg, Fla., survives. His second marriage was in 1927. He was the brother of Mrs. Rachel Allshouse and Mrs. Celia Brown of Gallipolis and also leaves three grandchildren and twelve great grand children.
     The body arrived here at noon today and was taken to the George J. Wetherholt and Sons funeral home where services will be conducted Tuesday afternoon at one o'clock CWT by Rev. W. S. Westerman. Burial will be in Mound Hill Cemetery.

[Note: From death certificate date of birth November 22, 1854; date of death December 31, 1943; parents not named (unknown by informant).]

Newspaper (prob. January 1944, Gallipolis) clipping found in the Simmerman files, Beck-Betz file, Bossard Library.
Transcribed by Debbie Carter Evans

Betz, Clarence O.

Clarence Betz Claimed Suddenly This Morning
     Death came instaantly to Clarence O. Betz at about 9:15 this morning shortly after he went to his work at the Chesapeake and Ohio freight depot and his family and numerous acquaintances among the business people of this area suffered a severe shock. While he had not felt well last Sunday, he attributed his discomfort to indigestion and Wednesday felt as well as usual. He had remained at the courthouse wherre his son Common Pleas Judge-elect Robert M. Betz was receiving election returns until time to report for work Wednesday morning. Last night he slept well and went to work as usual this morning but a sudden heart attack ended his life before he reached Holzer Hospital where he was taken immediately.
     For 45 years he had been a familiar figure around the Gallipolis railroad yars, having entered the employment of the old Kanawha & Michigan Railway in 1903 at the age of 17. For a time he was employed as a ticket agent with the New York Central, later became a rate and bill clerk and since 1916 had been cashier of the C. & O. here.
     He was the son of Colonel T. and Bella Bane Betz and was born March 29, 1886 at the old Betz home, 644 Fourth Avenue, his sister, Jennie, wife of Charles McElhinny, is the only survivor of his immediat family.
     On April 17, 1909 he married Mabel Chick of this city who also survives, and to them was born one son already referred to; one grandchild, Bobbie also survives.
     For a quarter of a century the Betz family has occupied the prim and comfortable residence at 431 Second Ave., which bears unmistakable evidence of the handiwork of its owner who has continued a perpetual program of restoration and improvement.
     Always especially attentive to the welfare of his son who was the victim of infantile paralysis in babyhood, the decedent was known for this unselfish devotion to the comfort of his loved ones and his attention to the needs of his friends.
     He was a member of Morning Dawn Lodge No. F & AM., Order of Eastern Star, Modern Woodmen of America and Ohio Valley Grange.
     No funeral arrangements had been made today pending return of Mrs. Betz's nephew. Funeral Director Clarence Waugh, from Columbus.

Unknown publication in Bossard Memorial Library in Gallipolis
November 4, 1948
Submitted by Charles & Fran Longsdorf, Midland, MI Top of Page

Betz, Ira

Ira Betz, 78, Dies Very Suddenly
     Ira Betz, aged 78, died suddenly of a cerebral hemorrhage about 9:30 last night at his home at 26 Mill Creek street. He had not been well for a while and on that account had not been working at his trade of carpentering.
     Mr. Betz is survived by his wife, formerly Naomi Kesterson; one son, John J. Betz, Clear Lake, Wash., and a daughter, Mrs. Ora Chapman, Cincinnati.
     Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Monday at the Gallipolis Mission in charge of Rev. J. P. Keefer. Burial in Mound Hill cemetery by George J. Wetherholt & Sons.

[From death certificate date of birth January 28?, 1862; date of death June 7, 1940; father John J. Betz; mother Bella (Salso?). His full name on the death certificate is given as Ira Almerian Betz with the Almerian very difficult to make out exactly.]

Newspaper (prob. June 1940, Gallipolis) clipping found in the Simmerman files, Beck-Betz file, Bossard Library.
Transcribed by Debbie Carter Evans

Betz, James L. (Luther)

James L. Betz, 75, Contractor Dies Suddenly
Suffers Heart Attack As He Sat In Chair - Funeral At 2 Wednesday
     James L. Betz, known all over Gallia county and beyond as a contractor, died very suddenly last evening at Dot Kennett's "batching" quarters just below Kanauga. He had been ailing for six weeks at least and had spent a few days recently in the Holzer Hospital. While seated in a chair he toppled over and called for help and expired soon after the arrival of a physician. Death was attributed to a heart affection.
     Mr. Betz was an industrious man and a genial soul and had a host of friends hereabouts. He was in his 75th year, having been born here Dec. 31, 1861. He was a son of Amos Betz, who came here from Steubenville, and Cynthia Vance Betz, a native of Morgan Center.
     Four brothers and four sisters survive: Mrs. Martin Vollborn, Rodney; Charles Betz, Mrs. J. E. Harrison, Mrs. Daisy Spurlock [Note: Scurlock in the William W. Betz obituary- DCE.], and William Betz (a half-brother), all of Gallipolis; Timothy Betz, Patriot; Mrs. David Lloyd, Rio Grande; Num Betz and Edward Betz, Bidwell R.D. For some time Mr. Betz had made his home with Charles and Mrs. Spurlock at 245 Second ave.
     Funeral services will be conducted by Rev. George Sagen at the Baptist church at 2 o'clock on Wednesday. Burial in Pine st. cemetery by A. E. Tope.

[Note: From death certificate date of death July 6, 1936. Middle name of Luther given.]

Newspaper (prob. July 1936, Gallipolis) clipping found in the Simmerman files, Beck-Betz file, Bossard Library.
Transcribed by Debbie Carter Evans

Betz, James S.

Death of James Betz
     Death again enters into another home and removes a kind father and loving husband in the person of James Betz, who passed away quietly, and almost without warning. He had always been a strong and healthy man until two weeks ago he commenced to complain of shortness of breath, but still continued his daily routine of business. He came home Wednesday evening from work feeling worse than usual, and about 11 o'clock he called his wife up telling her that he was feeling quite badly. A neighbor was called and as he rapidly grew worse medical aid was summoned, but he passed away at 3 o'clock Thursday morning before aid reached him. His sudden death was supposed to be heart trouble.
     Mr. Betz was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, January 17, 1828 and spent his early years in the rural districts, following the occupation of a farmer. He was married November 7, 1850 to Miss Rebecca Margaret Tweed, daughter of Gen. William Tweed, a resident of Harrison County. A year later they came to this county and have since resided here. There was born to them seven children, all of whom are alive and scattered in various places. Three are in Lincoln, Neb., one in Cincinnati and one in Columbus and one son, Orin, engaged in the tinning business here. He also leaves two sisters and three brothers. It seems singular, but his father dropped dead while riding a horse; his uncle died while sitting in a chair, as did also his sister.
     The last few years Mr. Betz has been engaged in the steel roofing business and has been quite successful. He was a highly honored and respected man, and his bereaved family have the deepest sympathy of all.

[Note: buried in Mound Hill Cemetery; date of death 2 May 1895]

Gallipolis Journal
Sat. May 4, 1895
Vol. LX, No. 25
Transcribed by Joanne Galvin

Betz, James S.

     James S. Betz died suddenly at 2:00 o'clock Thursday morning, at his home in the suburbs of this city. His death was caused by heart trouble, from which he had been a sufferer for many years. The summons came suddenly, the begining of the fatal attack not occurring until about 11:00 o'clock Wednesday night. When it was realized that the seizure was serious, Dr. F. A. Cromley was summoned, but before he could reach the bedside death had come.
     Mr. Betz was a respected citizen, and as a business man, neighbor and friend had the esteem of all of his acquaintances. He was a devoted husband and father, and his death is a sorrowful blow to those left behind.
     He was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, and was 87 years old on the 17th of January, 1895. For 51 years he had been a resident of Gallia County, and since 1879 made his home in Gallipolis Township. In November 1850, he married Rebecca Margaret Tweed, of Harrison County, Ohio, who survives him.
     Seven children were born to them, all of whom are living - William T., John A., and Laura M. of Nebraska, James H. and Eliza A., of Cincinnati, Oliver O., of Columbus and Orion H. of Gallipolis.

Gallipolis Bulletin
May 4, 1895
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall

Betz, Leroy C.

Leroy Betz, 57, Taken Suddenly
     At about the time he picked up his key at the G.S.I administration building basement key room preparatory to going on duty as a night attendant last night Leroy C. Betz, 51, sat down on a settee there and died in about two minutes, hospital attaches said today. Death was attributed to a heart attack.
     A robust fellow who had long been a familiar figure hereabouts, Roy had not been ill recently though he had not been in the best of health for a rather long period. He had been employed at the hospital since Oct. 17, 1946.
     The son of the late William Betz, he was born Jan. 28, 1897 and had worked the greater part of his life as a molder here and elsewhere, but had always maintained his residence here, presently at 817 Second Ave.
     He married Garnet Duncan, who was in Columbus at the time of his passing and had not yet been able to reach here, and to them were born three sons, all of whom survive: Leroy, a sargeant [sic] in the regular army who is believed to be stationed in the far east; Farrell, a student in a radio television school in Cleveland; and William, a student at Rio Grande College.
     Claude Miller took charge of the body but funeral arrangements will await the arrival of the widow and the flood's subsidence.

[Note: From death certificate date of death April 13, 1948; mother Charlotte Cooper; burial at Pine Street CE.]

Newspaper (prob. April 1948, Gallipolis) clipping found in the Simmerman files, Beck-Betz file, Bossard Library.
Transcribed by Debbie Carter Evans

Betz, Mabel

Mabel Betz
     Mrs. Mabel Betz, 888, a former resident of 431 Second Ave., Gallipolis, died around 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Kimes Nursing center, Athens. She had been in failing health several years.
     She was born March 2, 1888, in Harrison Twp., daughter of the late Thomas Chick and Elizabeth Boster Chick. She married Clarence O. Betz. He preceded her in death on Nov. 4, 1948.
     One son, former Probate Judge Robert M. Betz, preceded her in death in April, 1969. One daughter-in-law, Mrs. Sarah Betz, Gallipolis, survives. One grandson, Robert M. Betz, Jr., Athens, survives. Two great-grandsons, Robert M. Betz III and Nathan E Betz, both of Athens, survive. One twin sister, Mrs. E. C. (Jessie) Waugh, Portsmouth, survives. Two brothers and one sister preceded her in death. She spent all her life in Gallia County.
     She was a member of Grace United Methodist Church, Gallipolis Chapter, Eastern Star, Gallipolis Emblem Club and Lafayette Shrine of Gallipolis.
     Funeral services will be held 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Waugh-Halley-wood Funeral Home with Rev. Paul Hawks officiating. Burial will be in Pine Street Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 8 until 9 p.m. Monday.

[Dated May 1976, she died May 2, 1976]

Unknown publication in Bossard Memorial Library in Gallipolis
May, 1976
Submitted by Charles & Fran Longsdorf, Midland, MI Top of Page

Betz, Smith

Smith Betz Died in West

     Smith Betz, father of Col. F. and Robert E. Betz, well known contractors of this city, passed away at the age of 74 years, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. John Hunt, living two miles east of Sioux City. Mr. Betz had been in poor health since last January from a cancerous growth. He was born in Jefferson county, O., and moved to this city from Lincoln, Neb., about seven years ago. His wife, Phoebe Prichard Betz, died 4 years ago.
     Mr. Betz is survived by nine children, James Franklin Betz, of Kansas City, Mo., John Betz and Isaac Betz, of Lincoln, Col. Robert and Charles Betz of this city, Jacob Betz, of Joplin, Mo., and Mrs Ida Betz Hunt and Mrs Mattie Betz Gagger, of Sioux City.
     An unusual feature of the funeral of Smith Betz, which was held at Sergeant Bluffs, was that six sons acted as pallbearers.
     The sons are Smith Betz, of Kansas city, Mo., John Betz of Lincoln, Neb.; Lawson Betz, of Joplin, Mo. and C. F. Betz, of Sioux City.
     The funeral was largely attended by former friends of the deceased man, many from Sioux City.   The funeral was held at the Hunt house near Sergeant Bluffs. Interment was at that place.
   The above clipping from a Sioux City paper was handed to us by Mr. Ross Betz. Smith Betz lived here many years and at one time operated a saw mill just above the water works power house. He moved west about 30 years ago. He is an uncle of Ross Betz and has many relataives in this county.

Gallipolis Bulletin
September 1907
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall

Betz, Tim V. [Vinton]

Tim V. Betz, 67, Dies of Injuries Received Thurs.
Funeral To Be Held At Rio Grande At 1 O'clock Friday
     Tim V. Betz, 67, of Patriot, who was hurt in an unusual automobile accident last Thursday afternoon at the O. E. Elliott home, died at the Holzer Hospital at 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. His pelvic bone was fractured and he received severe chest injuries from which he suffered much.
     Mr. Betz is survived by his wife, who has been ill since early in January and who but recently left Holzer Hospital. Her maiden name was Ethel Gooch and they have been married 42 years. The surviving children are Harry Betz, this city; Hanley, a teacher in the Bloomfield (Jackson county) school; Mrs. Mildred Baumgardner, Pt. Pleasant, and Mrs. Geneva Haskins. There are 10 grandchildren.
Rev. George Sagen will conduct the funeral at 1 o'clock Friday at Rio Grande. Burial in Calvary cemetery by A. E. Tope.
     Mr. Betz had gone to the Elliott home to engage an ambulance to remove Mrs. Betz from the hospital. His car, after being parked, started backward down a grade. In his efforts to stop it, he was caught between the car, with its door partly opened, and a building and was held there for some time before he could be extricated. Unless The Tribune is forgetful, Mr. Betz's death is the first resulting from an auto accident so far this year in this county.
     Mr. Betz's daughter, Mrs. Mildred Baumgardner, is doubly bereaved for Mrs. T. P. Baumgardner, mother of her husband, Gory Baumgardner, died Tuesday morning at New Haven. Gory Baumgardner is one of the owners (....Remainder was cut off)

[Note: From death certificate middle name of Vinton given; date of birth September 30, 1872; date of death May 14, 1940; father Amos Betz; mother Cinthia Vance.]

Newspaper clipping found in the Simmerman files, Beck-Betz file, Bossard Library.
Gallipolis Daily Tribune (May 15, 1940)
Transcribed by Debbie Carter Evans

Betz, William W.

William W. Betz Aged 89 Passes At Early Hour
Funeral Is Set For 2 Friday At Tope's Parlors
     William W. Betz, believed to be among the oldest if not the oldest man in Gallipolis, died at __ o'clock this morning at the home of his son, Roy C. Betz, 817 Second avenue. He was 89 years old last Saturday, March 29. Mr. Betz had been confined to his bed for four months because of a heart ailment and suffered a stroke four weeks ago that made his condition hopeless and helpless.
     For many years Mr. Betz was employed as a carpenter by the old Hocking Valley Railroad, now a part of the C.&O. system. In his later years, until physically disabled, he operated a junk yard on First avenue.
     On July 29, 1884, Mr. Betz married Charlotte Cooper. She died Oct. 28, 1921. Decedent was a son of Amos and Polly Vance Betz of Rio Grande and was born March 29, 1852, and was a lad of nine years when the Civil War broke out. Besides the son named, there was another son, Fred E. Betz, Huntington clothier. There are three grandsons, Junior, Farrell and Billy - Roy's sons - and these sisters and brother; Charles Betz and Mrs. Daisy Scurlock, Gallipolis; Mrs. David Lloyd, Rio Grande; Num Betz of near Ewington.
     Funeral services will be held at A. E. Tope's funeral parlor at 2 o'clock Friday. The body is there now but will be taken home Thursday and not returned to Tope's until shortly before the funeral hour. Rev. W. S. Westerman will officiate at the services.

[Note: Buried at Pine Street CE. From death certificate date of death April 2, 1941.]

Newspaper (prob. April 1941, Gallipolis) clipping found in the Simmerman files, Beck-Betz file, Bossard Library.
Transcribed by Debbie Carter Evans