Gallia County Newspaper Obituaries [Br-By]

Bradbury, Audrey A.

     Audrey A. Bradbury, 86, of Kyger died Saturday, April 24, 1999 in the Overbrook center, Middleport. Born september 30, 1912 in Cheshire Township, she was the daughter of the late Hollis W. Rife and Ethel M. Thomas Rife. She retired from Gallipolis Developmental Center, and was a member of the Gallipolis Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star No. 283, Eno Grange No. 2080 and the Kyger United Methodist Church.
     She was preceded in death by her husband, Wendell Bradbury; two sons, William D. Thaxton and Larry Thaxton; and a sister, Ada Ward. Surviving are her son, Richard(Linda) Bradbury of Columbus; two daughters-in-law, Judith Jenson of Lancaster, and Geraldine Thaxton of Westerville; six grandchildren. Lori and Brian Bradbury, Jeff, Larry R. and Lisa Thaxton, and Jana(Joseph) Peachman; two great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Evelyn Roush of Rockledge, Florida, and Ermal(Grover) Cremeans of Cheshire.
     Services will be 1 p.m. Tuesday, April 27, 1999 in the McCoy-Moore Funeral Home Weatherholt Chapel, Gallipolis, with the Rev. Charles Mash officiating. Burial will be in the Gravel Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel from 4-6 and 7-9 p.m. Monday, April 26, 1999.

Gallipolis Tribune
April 1999
Transcribed by J. Farley

Bradbury, C. A. ["Allie"]

C.A. Bradbury, 67, Dies At Kyger Home
36 Descendants Mourn The Loss Of This Kindly Man
Funeral Services Will be Held At Kyger Wednesday Afternoon at 2 O'clock
     C.A. Bradbury, popularly known as "Allie" Bradbury, died at 1:55 Sunday morning at his home at Kyger. Death was caused by a heart condition that became serious four weeks ago today, after he had exerted himself more than usual in a hayfield. Halloween day was his 61st birthday. Mr. Bradbury rallied satisfactorily from the first attack and finally was able to sit up and even smoke, but recurring relapses left him in worse condition than the first heart attack.

Had Friends Galore
   Numerous inquiries received by Tribune workers daily reflected the widespread interest that his illness had aroused. As a former merchant and farmer, as a lodge man, as one interested in public affairs and variously active over a long period, he was known throughout the county and had hundreds of close personal friends.
   Funeral services under Masonic auspices, will be held at the home at 2 o'clock Wednesday, with Rev. Lewis Weber Gishler, pastor of the Presbyterian church here in charge. Interment will be made at Gravel Hill by Coleman & Son. The body was to be taken home from the Bidwell mortuary this evening.
   Clyde Allison Bradbury was the next oldest child of William and Louisa Belle Bradbury. His passing leaves but one of his generation of a family that came from Maine to the Kyger country in 1809, the survivor being an older brother, Asa H. Bradbury, widely known salesman and resident of Middleport. H. Poe Bradbury, the youngest of that group, died here on June 1. Though as a boy Allie had lived a while in Columbus, and for a year or two or longer he had lived at Old Kyger immediately after his marriage, he had resided in Kyger village longer than any other male resident now living there.
   On Nov. 6, 1802, he and Flora Jenkins were united in marrriage. She, the personification of wifely and motherly devotion, survives. Their first child died in infancy, but there are 12 living children, 23 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. The children are Wymond, merchant at Kyger;H. Bion, principal of the Mercerville schools; Mary, wife at Earl Rupe, Kyger; Thomas of Huntington,; Perry, of Kyger; Helen Gail Kennedy, Middleport; Louise, wife of Wendell Roush; and Lucille wife to Dale Mulford of Cheshire R.D.(Old Kyger); Wendell and Comer, at home, Clyde of Gallipolis and Philip, in a CCC camp at Stanfield, Oregon.
   With the exception of E. J. Resener of this city. Mr. Bradbury had belonged to the Lodge of Masons longer than any other member - 47 years. He was also a Knight of Pythias, a member of the Grange, Eastern Star, Daughters of America and interested and active in most if not all these organizations.
Allie Bradbury was a man of simple tastes but diversified enjoyments. From day to day, year after year, he found life in teresting and worthwhile, but any foreboding that the end might be near did not disturb him. He was unafraid.
   As a boy he was undoubtedly the most popular in that group of intimates who then knew him best. He had not only sympathy for, but was quick to extend a helping hand to anyone deserving it; and to his family and his friends and to all who would meet him half-way he was always kind and indulgent. To many familiar with the scene the passing of Allie Bradbury means the passing of an epoch for the community in which he spent threescore years and more.

Gallipolis Tribune
Nov. 4, 1940
Transcribed by J. Farley

Bradbury, C. Comer

     CHESHIRE - Services will be 2 p.m. Sunday in the Cheshire Baptist Church for C. Comer Bradbury, 79, Cheshire, who died Thursday, Nov. 2, 1995 in Holzer Medical Center. The Rev. C. J. Lemley will officiate and burial will be in the Gravel Hill Cemetery. The body will be taken to the church one hour prior to the service. Arrangements are by the Willis Funeral Home, Gallipolis. Millitary graveside rites will be conducted by Feeney-Bennett American Legion Post 128, Middleport
     Born Nov. 28, 1915 in Gallia County, he was the son of the late Clyde Allison and Flora Jenkins Bradbury. He was an educator for 36 years, serving as a teacher and principal at Cheshire High School, superintendent and principal at Kyger Creek High School and as Superintendent of the Gallia County Local School District.
     Surviving are a son, Chuck (Connie) Bradbury of Cheshire; and three sisters, Mrs. Dale (Mary) Sisson of Marysville, and Mrs. Wendell (Louise) Roush and Mrs. Dale (Lucille) Mulford, both of Cheshire.

Gallipolis Tribune
November 1995
Transcribed by J. Farley

Bradbury, Clyde A.

     GALLIPOLIS - Clyde A. Bradbury, 71, of 156 Woodland Dr., Gallipolis, died Saturday at Holzer Medical Center. He retired from Gallipolis State Institute in 1972 after 35 years. He also worked seven years for Ohio Bell.
     He was born July 20, 1914 at Kyger to the late Clyde Allison and Flora Jenkins Bradbury.
Survivors include his wife Ethel Roush Bradbury, whom he married March 29, 1935; one son, Paul Dale Bradbury of Gallipolis; two brothers, Wendell Bradbury of Kyger and Comer Bradbury of Cheshire; four sisters, Mrs. Dale (Mary) Sisson of Kyger, Mrs. Dale (Helen) Kennedy of Middleport, Mrs. Wendell (Louise) Roush and Mrs. Dale (Lucille) Mulford, both of Cheshire; and three grandchildren.
     He was preceded in death by five brothers, Wymond Brandbury, Bion Bradbury, Thomas Bradbury, Perry Bradbury and phillip Bradbury.
     He was a World War II veteran of the U.S. Navy and a commissioned Kentucky Colonel. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Gallipolis and was a member of all Masonic bodies.
     Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Monday at Willis Funeral Home with Rev. Joseph Godwin and Rev. Alvis Pollard officiating. Burial will be in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Cheshire. Friends may call from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Pallbearers will be Richard Baker, W. R. (Dick) Brown, Ali Golji, John Finney, Tom Moulton, Allen Baker and Roy Saunders. Honorary pallbearers will be members of the John Stam Sunday School Class of First Baptist Church, Gallipolis.
     In leiu of flowers, friends may make contributions to the Gallia County Unit of the American Cancer Society of the First Baptist Church Building Fund.

Gallipolis Tribune
March 1986
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Bradbury, Elizabeth

Mrs. J. P. Bradbury
Clerk Bradbury received a telegram Saturday morning conveying the intelligence that Mrs. Judge J. P. Bradbury had just passed away. Mrs. B., when a girl, lived at Racine. Her maiden name was Elizabeth Wood. She had long been ill with that dread disease, so peculiar to our climate, consumption, and had been a great sufferer. She was a lady highly spoken of; possessing many excellent traits of character. She left no children, and at the time of her death was about 35 years of age. She was buried at Pomeroy yesterday afternoon.

Gallipolis Bulletin
Oct. 10, 1882
Transcribed by J. Farley

Bradbury, Flora Jenkins

Mrs. Flora Jenkins Bradbury Dies Suddenly At Kyger Home
   Mrs. Flora Jenkins Bradbury 74, who has apparently been quite well until yesterday, when she complained of an unusually tired condition, died at her home in Kyger this morning at 6:15 o'clock.
Comer Bradbury, principal of Cheshire School, who lives nearby; was with his mother until around 11 o'clock last night, leaving her in a weakened but seemingly satisfactory condition. Mrs. Bradbury called her son to her bedside early this morning and it was while he was trying to get an ambulance to take her to the hospital that she passed quietly away.
   Mrs. Bradbury, who was born at Old Kyger in Cheshire Twp. spent her entire lifetime in the Old Kyger and Kyger communities. She was the daughter of the late Benjamin and Lucy Evans Jenkins. On Nov. 7, 1892 she was married to Clyde Allison Bradbury, who passed away in 1940. She was an active member of the Order of Eastern Star, the Daughters of America and the grange.
   The following children survive; Wymond Bradbury of this city, Mary B. Sisson of Kyger, Tom of Huntington, J. Perry of Kyger, Mrs. Helen Kennedy, Middleport, Mrs. Louise Roush, Cheshire, Mrs. Lucille Mulford, Cheshire, Wendell bradbury, Kyger, Clyde Bradbury, Gallipolis and Comer and Phillip Bradbury of Cheshire, H. Bion Bradbury, another son, died in 1944. Also surviving are the following brothers and sisters Mrs. Nora Tate, Kyger, Arthur Jenkins, Cheshire, Carl Jenkings, Cheshire, Floyd Jenkins of Marion and Mrs. Fannie Searls, also of Cheshire. Twenty-three grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren also survive.
   Funeral services will be held at the family home in Kyger Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock with Mrs. Elia A. Miller, Christian Science practioner officiating. Burial will be made in Gravel Hill Cemetery by J. L. Coleman and Son.

Gallipolis Tribune
Mar. 22, 1951
Transcribed by J. Farley

Bradbury, Grace V.

Mrs. Grace V. Bradbury
     Mrs. Grace V. Bradbury, 99, of Huntington, W. Va., widow of Thomas L. Bradbury, passed away Saturday, July 12, 1997 in St. Mary's Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, July 15, 1997 at Chapman's Mortuary with the Rev. Wendell A. Roberts officiating. Graveside funeral services will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 15, 1997 at Gravel Hill Cemetery, Cheshire, Ohio.
     She was born June 7, 1898 in Gallia County, Ohio, a daughter of the late William and Crista Vance. She was a retired school teacher. In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by a daughter-in-law, Nancy deSilva Bradbury and a great grandson, Timothy M. Taylor. She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, H. Poe and Judith C. Bradbury of Huntington; a grand daughter, Lesa J. Taylor of Huntington; a grandson, Scott C. Bradbury; and a great grand daughter, Nancy N. Taylor, a great grand son, Jacob S. Taylor; and two step grandsons, R. Scott Boston and David M. Boston. Friends may call at Chapman's Mortuary from 10 a.m. until 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 15, 1997.

Huntington Herald Dispatch
July 16, 1997
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Bradbury, H. Bion

H. Bion Bradbury
     Horace Bion Bradbury was borned at Old Kyger December 29, 1897. He passed away at 8:25 Sunday night, July 30, 1944. His age was 46 years, 7 Months and 4 days. He was the second son of Clyde Allison and Flora Jenkins Bradbury and he was the scion of a family that had come from Penobscott County, Maine, to the Kyger Valley 119 years ago.
     Bion attended the Kyger school and obtained his B. S. degree from Ohio University. On his 20th birthday he was united in marriage to Miss Luella Rupe of the same community and entered upon a successful career as a teacher. His first school was on Turkey Run, where he won recognition as a disciplinarian. Then as the years rolled on he taught successively in Athens County and at Eno, Crown City, Gallia and Mercerville.
     For about nine of the last twelve years he has served as county Superintendent of Schools and has much to do with the consolidation movement and with other notable alterations and improvements in the local school system.
     During the interval between the two periods of his tenure as superintendent he assembled a vast amount of pertinent data with a view to writing a comprehensive history of Gallia County. At frequent intervals he wrote brief historical sketches for publication in Gallipolis and other papers.
He was a member of the Masonic Lodge at Cheshire, of the Cheshire Chapter O. E. S., Bladen Grange, and the Kyger Methodist Church.
Bion Bradbury was a man of simple tastes, strong convictions, and loyal friendships. He was a dutiful son, a devoted husband and father, a stalwart and helpful brother and a well informed and capable official.
     A large family, and extended circle of friends, the citizenry of his entire native county laments the death which has brought us today to this religious temple. To those nearest and dearest his passing means an irreparable and overwhelming loss.
     He is survived by his wife and mother and six children: Annabelle, wife of Robert Ball, Mary, wife of Julius Farley, Jr., Bion Burdell, Naomi, Joe and Jimmie. There is one grandchild, Robert Ball, Jr
Survivors also include 11 brothers and sisters; V. Wymond Bradbury, Mary Rupe, J. Perry and Wendell Bradbury, all of Kyger: Mrs. Helen G. Kennedy, Middleport; Thomas L. Bradbury, Huntington; Mrs. Louise Roush and Mrs. Luicille Mulford, both of Cheshire; Clyde A. Bradbury, Gallipolis; Charles Comer Badbury with the army in Porto rico and Phillip Bradbury with the army in New Guinea.

Gallipolis Tribune
August 1944
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Bradbury, H. Joe

H. Joe Bradbury
PINKERINGTON - H. Joe Bradbury, 72, Pickerington, died Monday, March 4, 2002. Son of the late H. Bion and Luella Bradbury, he was a teacher in Licking County Public Schools. Surviving are his wife, Ann Bradbury; two brothers, Bion(Virginia) Bradbury of Urbana, and Jim (Mary) Bradbury of Kyger; and two sisters, Annabelle Fellure of Gallipolis, and Naomi Mangum of Washington, D.C. He was also preceded in death by a sister, Mary Breazeale.
Graveside services will be 1 p.m. Thursday at Glen Rest Memorial Estate Chapel, 8029 E. Main St., Reynoldsburg. Arrangements are by Schoedinger Funeral Service East Chapel, 5360 E. Livingston Ave., Columbus.

Gallipolis Tribune
March 6, 2002
Transcribed by J. Farley

Bradbury, H. Poe

H. Poe Bradbury Dies Early This Morning
Well-Known Citizen And Lodge Man Passes Away Suddenly At His Home
Funeral Will Be Held There At Three O'Clock Monday
   Poe Bradbury is dead! That was the startling message flashed over the city this morning. Even those aware of his precarious condition shook their heads incredulously. It seemed unbelievable that this dynamic personality had ceased to be. The end came about 5:30 at his home, 729 Second avenue. He had been bedfast since Tuesday, following a severe attack of angina pectoris - the most severe of the many he had experienced over a period of several years.

Aged 53 Years
     About 5:20 he had a coughing spell that aroused Mrs. Bradbury. She spoke to him, but he told her he was all right, as he arose to go to the bathroom. She was not reassured and as she hastened to him he sagged to the floor and quickly expired.
     Hiram Poe Bradbury was in his 54th year, having been born at Kyger Oct. 8, 1886. He was the youngest child of the late William and Louisa Belle Bradbury. For more than 35 years he had called Gallipolis his home and during that period had been an active and generous supporter and booster for many organizations and worthy causes. He had been a toll collector on the Silver Bridge for seven years or more. As boy and man he was a "dead game, square-shooting fellow," as many a lifelong acquaintance has remarked today.
   He was a man of strong convictions, outspoken and even combative, but beneath a rugged exterior there was heart overflowing with kindness. The night was never too dark or the weather too bad for him to go forth to do a favor for a friend or a service for anyone in distress. He was proud of and tenderly devoted to his wife and his son, Bobbie, and the little foster daughter, Betty Lou, and they reciprocated his feelings in fullest measure.
   Poe Bradbury was never a student, in the common acceptance of that term, but he had a keen mind and an intellectual honesty of a rare sort. In his younger years he had filled countless kinds of jobs and thus acquired an amazing fund of practical knowledge.

Owned River View
   When this country entered the World War, Poe was eager to become an aviator and did enlist in the aviation service, but there was a flaw then in his heart's functioning that excluded him from the flying school. After the war he owned and operated the River View Hotel for a few years, later leasing the property to others and finally selling it to Dr. C. E. Holzer.

Gallipolis Tribune
June 1, 1940
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Bradbury, J. Perry

J. Perry Bradbury Dies
     CHESHIRE - J. Perry Bradbury, 69, Cheshire Route 1, a retired coal mine operator, died Sunday afternoon at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Pomeroy.
     Born at Old Kyger on May 21, 1903, he was the son of the late C.A. and Flora Jenkins Bradbury. He was also preceded in death by three brothers.
     Mr. Bradbury was a member of the Kyger Methodist Church, where he was Sunday School superintendent; belonged to the Little Kyger Grange and was a 48 year member of Siloam Masonic Lodge 456, F&AM, Cheshire.
     Surviving are his wife, Malinda Simms Bradbury; two daughters, Mrs. Leslie (Allie) Hawley, Middleport, and Mrs. Robert (Peggy) Wood, Canal Winchester; a son Keith Bradbury, Columbus; four sisters, Mrs. Dale (Mary) Sisson, Kyger; Mrs. Dale (Helen) Kennedy, Middleport; Mrs. Wendell (Louise) Roush, Cheshire Route 1, and Mrs. Dale (Lucille) Mulford, Cheshire Route 1; four brothers, Wendell, Kyger; Clyde, Gallipolis; Comer, of Cheshire and Wymond, Gallipolis; Seven grandchildren, two great-grandchuldren, and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
     Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Rawlings-Coats Funeral Home with the Rev. Chester Lemley and the Rev. William Beagle officiating. Burial will be in Gravel Hill Cemetery at Cheshire. Friends may call at the funeral home any time after 10 a.m. Tuesday.

Gallipolis Tribune
Feb. 11, 1973
Transcribed by J. Farley

Bradbury, John W.

     John W. Bradbury, 72, 44 Locust St., Gallipolis, died Monday, Oct. 5, 1992, at Holzer Medical Center following two years of failing health. He was born Dec. 13, 1919 in Cheshire Township, Gallia County, son of the late Wymond and Mary Grace Mack Bradbury.
     He was retired from Cris-Craft Corp., and a former employee of the Gallipolis State Institute and Marietta Plant. In his earlier years, he attended Kyger Baptist Church, was a member of Cheshire Masonic Lodge, VFW Post 4464, and an Army veteran of World War II.
   Survivors include his wife, Marjorie Scott Bradbury, who he married in 1939; three daughters, Mrs. Bobby(Patty) Betz of Athens, Mrs. Eugene (June) Stout of Bidwell, and Sandy Bradbury of Gallipolis; one son Robert Bradbury of Gallipolis; four grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Betty Saunders of Columbus.
     He was preceded in death by one brother, Victor.
Services will be held 2 p.m. Wednesday at Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home, with the Rev. Alvis Pollard officiating. Burial will be in Gravel Hill Cemetery. A graveside military flag presentation will be conducted by VFW Post 4464.
     Friends may call at the funeral home on Tuesday from 7-9 p.m. Masonic services will be conducted by Cheshire Masonic Lodge at 8 p.m.
Pallbearers will be Bobby Betz, Mark Stout, Nathan Betz, Chris Stout, Eugene Stout, and Allen Scott.

Gallipolis Tribune
October 1992
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Bradbury, Joseph S.

     Joseph S. Bradbury, brother of O.L. Bradbury of Pomeroy, died at his home at Frost, Kentucky, on Monday the 20th inst. He had been in poor health for some years, and for the past few weeks had been an intense sufferer from a complication of troubles.
     Seventy three years ago the 14th of this month Mr. Bradbury was born at Kyger, O., being the youngest of a family of ten children. He grew to manhood there. He was married to Mollie Higley of Rutland and for a number of years was a prominent school teacher in Rutland and Middleport. Over forty years ago he entered the railway mail service where he remained until failing health caused his retirement a few years ago, to a farm home opposite Portsmouth.
     He is survived by his wife and three children and a number of grandchildren, also by the brother mentioned and three sisters, Electa and Juliet Bradbury of Cleveland and Mrs. Amanda Johnson of Story's Run.

Gallipolis Times
Apr. 6, 1922
Transcribed by J. Farley

Bradbury, Louisa Belle

Death of Louisa Belle Bradbury
Mrs. Louisa Belle Bradbury, widow of the late William Bradbury, died at the house of her daughter, Mrs. C. R. Comer, in Huntington, at nine o'clock Saturday evening, Dec. 22, after a short illness.
The body arrived here today (Monday) and the funeral took place at 2 o'clock at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hollis C. Johnston, Burial at Cheshire followed. Mrs. Bradbury is survived by three sons, Asa H. Bradbury of Middleport, C. A. Bradbury of Kyger and H. Poe Bradbury of this city. Another son and a daughter died several years ago.

Gallipolis Tribune
Dec. 22, 1923
Transcribed by J. Farley

Bradbury, Luella

Luella Bradbury
     Luella Bradbury, 92, of 63 Cemetery Rd., Kyger community, Cheshire, died Sunday, Feb. 16, 1992, at Holzer Medical Center.
     She was born Nov. 2, 1899 in Cheshire Township, Gallia County, daughter of the late David Perry and Laura Sidney Lyle Rupe. She was a post mistress at Kyger, a member of Kyger Methodist Church and a charter member of the Cheshire Chapter 460 Eastern Star.
     Survivors include three sons, James M. Bradbury of Kyger, Bion Burdell Bradbury of Urbana, and H. Joe Bradbury of Pickerington; two daughters, Mrs. Howard (Annabelle) Fellure of Bidwell, and Naomi Mangum of Washington, D.C.; eight grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren and one brother, Claude Rupe of Cheshire.
     She was preceded in death by her husband, H. Bion Bradbury in August, 1944; two daughters, Julia Juanita, and Mary Martha; three sister; and two brothers.
     Funeral services will be held 10 a.m. Tuesday at Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home, with the Rev. Ernest Pickens officiating. Burial will be in Gravel Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral on Monday from 6-9. Eastern Star services will be held 8:30 p.m. Monday. The grandsons will serve as pallbearers.

Gallipolis Tribune
Feb. 17, 1992
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Bradbury, Malinda D.

Malinda D. Bradbury
Malinda D. Bradbury, 94, Westerville, died Monday May 5, 1997 at her residence. Born Dec. 2, 1902 in Kyger, she was a member of the Kyger United Methodist Church. She was also preceded in death by her husband J. Perry Bradbury; and a daughter, Peggy L. Wood. surviving are a daughter, Allie F. Hawley of Cheshire; a son, Keith P. Bradbury of Westerville; and seven grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
Graveside services will be 1 p.m. Wednesday in the Gravel Hill Cemetery, with the Rev. O.J. Davis officiating. Private family vistation will be conducted. Arrangements are by the Dwayne R. Spence Funeral Home, Canal Winchester.
Gallipolis Tribune
May 1997
Transcribed by J. Farley

Bradbury, Margaret

Margaret Bradbury
     Funeral services for Margaret S. Bradbury will be held 1 p. m. Thursday at the Waugh - Halley -Wood Funeral Home, Gallipolis, with Rev. Alfred Holley officiating. Burial will be in Mound Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home on Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m.
     Mrs. Bradbury, 86, a resident of 729 Second Ave., Gallipolis, died at her home Monday.
A retired registered nurse and hospital administrator, Mrs. Bradbury was born Dec. 6, 1896 in Jeannette, Pa., daughter of the late Winfield Scott Stevenson and Laura Ann Gressman Stevenson.
She married Poe Bradbury on Oct. 21, 1927, in Gallipolis. He preceded her in death on June 1, 1940.
Survivors include one son, Robert Bradbury, New Carlisle, Pa., and one daughter, Betty Fried, Baltimore, Md. Four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren survive. One grandson and one sister preceded her in death.
     Mrs. Bradbury graduated from Bethesda Hospital at Zanesville in 1921. Her first employment was superintendent of public nursing in Muskingum County. From 1922 through 1926, she was superintendent of Barberton Hospital in Barberton, Ohio. Mrs. Bradbury became Gallia County's second public health nurse in 1926. She was also a truant officer for area schools, and was involved in the welfare nursing program in the 1930s. After completing affiliation with several government programs during the depression, Mrs. Bradbury served as superintendent of Marion City Hospital from 1943 through 1946; Bellefontaine Hospital 1946 -1951 and Circleville Hospital from 1952 to 1954. Mrs. Bradbury was chairperson of the Ohio State Nurses Insurance program in 1947.
     In April. 1955, she accepted the superintendent's job at the Ohio Eastern Star Home in Mt. Vernon, serving in that capacity for either and one-half years. Mrs. Bradbury retired from nursing in 1963. She returned to Gallipolis where she operated a circulating library for a year and one-half at the Gallipolis State Institute. She was a member of the Parent Volunteer Association and Volunteer Services.
     She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, Emblem Club, Eighth district Ohio Nursing Association and Gallipolis OES No. 283 of which she served as Worthy Matron in 1939-1940. Mrs. Bradbury was also a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and Lafayette Unit, American Legion for more than 50 years. She was a former member of the White Shrine and Eight and Forty.

[Note: Died Jan 17, 1983, Buried Jan. 21, 1983]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
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Bradbury, Mary Grace

     Mary Grace Bradbury, 89, 645 Third Ave., Gallipolis, died Sunday at Holzer Medical Center after a brief illness.
     She was born Dec. 8, 1897 in Kyger, the daughter of the late Charles and Hattie Mack. She married Wymond Bradbury, on May 9, 1917 in Kyger. He preceded her in death in 1976.
     Surviving are one son, John W., Bradbury, Gallipolis; one daughter, Mrs. Betty Saunders, Columbus; one grandson, Don Hodge who was reared in her home; five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by two brothers and one son, Victor Bradbury.
     She attended Rio Grande College and taught at Old Kyger School and Stingy Creek School. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Gallipolis, past matron and 64 year member of Cheshire Chapter 450 Order of the Eastern Star, charter member of Lafayette White Shrine of Jerusalem , and Gallipolis Garden Club.
     Funeral Services will be announced by Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home.

Gallipolis Tribune
Dec. 1986
Transcribed by J. Farley

Bradbury, Phillip A.

     Phillip A. Bradbury, 34, of Cheshire died Friday night in an automobile accident. Bradbury was born Sept. 6, 1951 to the late Phillip Warren Bradbury and Wanda Bradbury Jacobs. He served in the U. S. Army and was the president of the Ball Association in Cheshire.
     He is survived by his wife Faith Juanita Amos Bradbury, three Sons Phillip,Jr., Michael Shane and Brian James all at home; two sisters, Pam Shaw of Rio Grande, and Judith Ann Greer, Shelbyville, Texas; several aunts, uncles, neices and nephews.
     Friends may call at the Willis Funeral Home in Gallipolis, Sunday from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 a.m.
     Services will be 2 p.m. Monday at the funeral home with the Rev. William Price and the Rev. Steve Rollins presiding. Burial will be at Gravel Hill Cemetery in Cheshire. Pallbearers will be Luther p. Amos, John W. Amos, Jon P. Westfall, Samuel L. Herlow, Ray Cox, Jim Bush and Wimber Halfhill. VFW.

Gallipolis Tribune
June 1987
Transcribed by J. Farley

Bradbury, Sallie

Miss Sallie Bradbury, of Kygerville, this county, died last Sunday night. At the time of her death, which was caused by the grip, she was in the 79th year of her age. She was an aunt of Hon. H. R. Bradbury, of this city. The funeral services were conducted on Tuesday, by Rev. W. J. Fulton, of Rio Grande. Miss Bradbury was an estimable lady, highly respected by all who knew her, and her death is much regretted.

The Bulletin
Saturday, January 13, 1894
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron

Bradbury, Thomas Ellison

Died Very Suddenly
Thomas Ellison Bradbury Stricken Down Saturday
    Thomas Ellison Bradbury, aged 41 and the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Horace R. Bradbury of Gallipolis, died quite suddently at his home on Cedar street in this city Saturday evening, May 8, 1915, from what is thought to have been a stroke of apoplexy. He had been in failing health for several years, but was about town as usual on the day of his death.
     The funeral services were held at his late home Tuesday afternoon by Rev. Mr. Wilder of Athens and Rev. Hugh Evans of Gallipolis Presbyterian Church. The interment followed in the family lot at Mound Hill cemetery.
     Mr. Bradbury was born at Kyger, this county, on March 21, 1874. He graduated from the public schools here in 1892 and from the Cincinati law school two years later.
   In 1897 he was united in marriage with Miss Alice Grace Lupton, who, with one daughter, Anna, survive him. His mother and a brother, George, now located in Cleveland, also survive him.
     Mr. Bradbury possessed unusual talents, and his companionable qualities won for him hosts of friends. He served several terms as city clerk, justice of the peace, and mayor. For several years he held the rank of major in the Ohio National Guard, and was always interested in military affairs. He attained high honors in Masonic circles, and was a member of various other fraternal and secret societies. He was also a member of St. Peters Episcopal Church of this city.

Galipolis Paper
1915
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall

Bradbury, Thomas Ellison

Major T. E. Bradury
Dies Suddenly of Apoplexy - Long Prominent in Legal, Political and Lodge Circles
     Major Thomas Ellison Bradbury died suddenly at his home in this city at 5 o'clock last Saturday afternoon. Half an hour before he had gone to bed because he felt weak and fatigued and his mother insisted that he should lie down and rest. he made no complaint and quickly fell sleep and passed peacefully away without any sign or murmur of pain or distress. His mother, however, soon after he went to bed, felt that his indisposition might prove serious. She telephoned Dr. Ella Lupton. This required only a minute or two, but when she returned to the bed room it was apparent to her that a great change had come over him. She then telephoned his wife, Mrs. Alice Bradbury, who was at her music store. Before she arrived, and a moment after Dr. Lupton arrived, he had died. Apoplexy is believed to have been the cause of his death.
     For 20 years Major Bradbury had been active in city affairs. He had served as city clerk, justice of the peace, was elected major without opposition when 26 or 27 years old, and was clerk of council at the time of his death. It is probable that no one else had so large a personal acquaintance in this city as he. Companionable, kind and generous, he made friends by the score, here and elsewhere. With him big heartedness was a fault, and a fault that made it exceedingly difficult for him to overcome [torn off] handicap.
     He was active in fraternal bodies as well, having been Master of the Masonic lodge in 1900, High Priest of the Chapter in 1905, Master of the Council in 1898, and Commander of Knight Templars in 1901; and Exalted Ruler of the Elks. He was also a 32d degree Mason, a Shriner and a member of the Eastern Star. He used to take great interest in matters military and attained the staff rank of Major in the O.N.G.
     The deceased was the older son of the late Horace R. and Mrs. Anna Ellison Bradbury, and was born at Kyger March 21, 1874, being in his 42nd year. He attended the Gallipolis public schools and was graduated from them in 1892, and in 1894 graduated from the Cincinnati Law School. On Nov. 25, 1897, he was married to Miss Alice Grace Lupton, who survives him, with their daughter, Miss Anne. He is also survived by his brother, George, who is practicing law in Cleveland. He was a member of St. Peters Episcopal Church.
     The funeral was held from the family residence on Cedar street at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, conducted by Rev. A. J. Wilder of Athens. Interment at Mound Hill by Hayward. The pall-bearers were George Bovie, Jas. Martin, O. L. Kiger, Merril Kerr, W. R. White and Robert McCormick.

[Note: Tombstone reads 1874-1915]

Gallipolis paper
May 14, 1915
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall Top of Page

Bradbury, Victor Wymond

Bradbury Rites Are Being Held
     Funeral services for Victor Bradbury are being conducted at the parental home in Kyger this afternoon by Rev. w. Scott Westerman of this city and Rev. George Brooks, new Methodist pastor of the Cheshire charge.
   Interment will be made in Gravel Hill cemetery by J. L. Coleman & Son under Masonic auspices. The pall bearers selected are Comer Bradbury, Harold Mack, Briggs Kirby, Carl Jenkins, Branch Fleming and John Wesley Coughenour.
     In yesterday's account of the most shocking Christmastide tragedy in this section the name of the sister was omitted from the list of bereaved survivors, Betty Bradbury is the youngest of the V. Wymond Bradbury family, while Victor was the oldest of the children, John William being the other one of the trio.
Betty is a beautician and is employed in the Charm Shop operated by Mrs. Allie Scott on State street.
Victor was born Feb. 17, 1918, in the house across the street from the home the Wymond Bradburys built----the home where scores of lifelong friends yesterday viewed the features of the decedent.

Gallipolis Tribune
December 1940
Transcribed by J. Farley

Bradbury, Wendell

     Wendell Bradbury, 76, of Route 1 Cheshire, died Wednesday at his residence. He was a retired fourth-generation farmer. He was also a Cheshire Township Trustee. He attended Kyger United Methodist Church and was a member of Eno Grange. He was also a member of Siloam Lodge 456 in Cheshire. Born Nov. 20, 1911 in Kyger, he was a son of the late Clyde Allison Bradbury and Flora Jenkins Bradbury.
     He is survived by his wife Audrey A. Riffe Bradbury, whom he marred Nov. 27, 1946.
Also surviving are one son, Richard Bradbury of White hall, Ohio, one stepson, Larry Thaxton of Westerville, Ohio; four sisters, Mrs. Dale(Mary) Sisson of Kyger, Mrs. Dale(Helen) Kennedy of Middleport, Mrs. Wendell(Louise) Roush of Cheshire and Mrs. Dale(Lucille) Mulford of Cheshire; one brother, Comer Bradbury of Cheshire; six grandchildren. One stepson, William Thaxton, preceded him in death, along with six brothers.
     Services will be conducted 1:30 P.m. on Sunday at Willis Funeral Home, Rev. C. J. Lemley officiating. Burial follows in Gravel Hill Cemetery Friends may call at the funeral home on Saturday, 3 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m.

Gallipolis Tribune
January 1988
Transcribed by J. Farley                                                                                 Top of Page

Bradbury, William Wendell

Wendell Bradbury Committed Suicide
Waded Into The Ohio River At Huntington Last Sunday Night and Shot Himself With A Revolver
     Gallipolis was terribly shocked Monday afternoon when the news came from Huntington that William Wendell Bradbury had suicided. The manner in which he died was an unusual one, as he had evidently waded into the Ohio River and shot himself, his body, with a bullet hole in the head, being taken from a trot-line on Monday afternoon.
     There was no doubt that his mind was in an unbalanced condition when he committed the act of self-destruction, as his health had been failing for some time and his friends and relatives had been greatly worried about his condition.
     Wendell had worked in Huntington for some time, first for the Standard Oil Company and then for the Empire Furniture Co., when his brother-in-law, Charles Comer, took charge of the latter concern. He failed to report for work Monday morning and Mr. Comer went to his room at noon and found his watch and money on the dresser. A revolver belonging to his room-mate was missing and the worst was feared. Shortly after the body was taken from the river and identified as that of the missing man.
     The deceased was 26 years of age and was the son of Mrs. L.B. Bradbury, his father, William, having died in 1905. He is survived by his mother, one sister, Mrs. Gail Comer of Huntington and brothers, Asa H. of Middleport; A.C. of Kyger and H. Poe of this city.
     The body was brought from Huntington Tuesday morning and taken to the residence of his mother at the Riverview Hotel. The funeral services were held there Wednesday morning by Rev. J.W. Fulton and the remains were laid to rest in Gravel Hill Cemetery, near Cheshire.
     The Lodge of Elks had charge and their beautiful and impressive ritualistic ceremony was used at the grave. The floral tokens of love and remembrance were many and beautiful. Wetherholt had charge of the remains and the following Elks acted as pallbearers: William Sigler, Clyde C. Ingels, Fred Ward, Oscar Ecker and Stanley Plymale.
     Wendell had an unusually large number of friends and he will be greatly missed and most sincerely mourned.

Gallipolis Bulletin
Friday, July 29, 1940
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Bradbury, Wymond

     GALLIPOLIS - Wymond Bradbury, 80, a resident of 645 Third Ave., Gallipolis, died at 11:40 p.m. Friday at his home. He had been in failing health the past two years.
     A past employee of the Quaker State Refining Corp., who had retired in 1961, he was born Aug. 24, 1895, in Cheshire Twp., near Kyger, son of the late Clyde Allison Bradbury and Flora Jenkins Bradbury.
     Mr. Bradbury is survived by his wife, Grace, whom he married May 9, 1917, at Kyger; one son and one daughter, Mrs. Betty Saunders, Whitehall, Ohio and John Bradbury, Gallipolis; five grand and three great-grandchildren; these brothers and sisters, Wendell Bradbury, Kyger; Clyde Bradbury, Gallipolis; Comer Bradbury, Cheshire; Mrs. Dale (Mary) Sisson, Kyger; Mrs. Dale (Lucille) Mulford, Cheshire; Mrs. Dale (Helen) Kennedy, Middleport, and Mrs. Louise Roush, Cheshire. Four brothers and a son Victor, preceded him in death
     Mr. Bradbury taught school six years and operated a country store at Kyger 28 years. After his retirement from the Quaker State Refining Corp., he worked in the Gallia County Engineeers; office and served as a member of the Gallipolis City Commission eight years.
     He was a member of First United Presbyterian Church, Gallipolis, Cheshire Masonic Lodge, Gallipolis Elks Lodge, Alladin Shrine, and the Gallipolis Gun Club of which he was a charter member.
     Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home with Rev. Frank Hayes and Rev. L. H. Stebbins officiating burial will be in Gravel Hill Cemnetery, Cheshire.
Friends may call at the funeral home on Monday from 3 - 5 and 7 - 9 p.m.

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

Brading, William J.

William Brading Dead
     Wm. J. Brading, son of Mrs. Mary Brading and the late W. G. Brading, died at the home of his sister, Mrs. Paul A. Hennig, in this city Saturday morning, March 11, 1922. The funeral services were held Monday at two o'clock at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hennig.
     Mr. Brading suffered a stroke of paralysis about a year and a half ago while in Oregon. He improved, but later was taken worse, and a few weeks ago came here hoping his condition would improve. He was tenderly cared for by his mother and sister and other relatives until the end.
     Mr. Brading never married. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church of this city, and had many friends here who regret his death.

Gallia Times
March 16, 1922
Transcribed by J. Farley

Bradley, Anderson Thomas

Anderson T. Bradley
     Gallipolis -- Anderson Thomas Bradley, 78, of Proctorville, died Tuesday in a Huntington Hospital. He was the father of a Gallia County woman. Born in Lawrence County, he was the son of the late Lloyd and Lillie Sowards Bradley.
     Survivors include his wife, Ruby Shafer Bradley; three sons, John, of West Jefferson; Russell and Grover, both of Proctorville; five daughters, Mrs. Doris Callicoat, Crown City; Mrs. Sylvia Hayes, Mrs. Josephine Dalton and Mrs. Charlene Carpenter, all of Proctorville: and Miss Mildred Bradley, at home; one brother, Taylor, of Huntington; five sisters, Mrs. Mary Graham and Mrs. Ruth Shafer, both of Proctorville; Mrs. Myrtle Long, Huntington; Mrs. Nanny Simms and Mrs. Hattie Rice, both of Cincinnati; 16 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
     Services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Thursday at the Schneider Funeral Home Chesapeke, by the Rev. Raymond Bragg. Burial will be in Centenary Cemetery at Chesapeake. Friends may call at the funeral home after 6 p.m. Thursday.

Athens Messenger
May 13, 1970
Transcribed by Connie Cotterill Schumaker                                                      Top of Page

Bradshaw, Thomas Evans

THOMAS EVANS BRADSHAW 84 of Lower Road, Gallipolis, husband of Marie Hughs Bradshaw, died Thursday at his home, also surviving is a son Dr Jay Bradshaw of Gallipolis. He was a disabled Veteran of World War I. Funeral 1 p m today at Gobel Funeral Home, Crooksville, burial in Crooksville Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.

Huntington Hearld Dispatch
Saturday 16 Feb 1980
Submitted to Ernie Wright

Brandebury, William

Pioneer Citizen Dead
Wm. Brandebury of Rio Grande Departs this Life and Join the Silent Majority
    We have the sad work of reporting the death of one of our aged and worthy citizens, Mr. William Brandbury, aged 82 years, departed this life at about 7:30 this Monday morning May 13th, 1907, after five months of severe sickness.
     The funeral services will be at the M. E. Church at Rio Grande, O., Dr. J. M. Davis aided by other ministers officiating, burial following at the Mt. Zion cemetery, Mr. Butler Undertaker of Vinton in charge, services at 2 p.m. Wednesday.
     Mr. Brandebury leaves to mourn his loss two daughters, Mrs. H. A. Wood of Rio Grande and Miss Minnie at home, seven sons, S. M. of Cincinnati; William of Redlands, Cal., Dr. H. A. of Huntington, W. Va.; C. E. of Blanchester; J. Robert of Rio Grande; Thos. of Vinton; and Frank of Illinois. His wife died in 1896, also one or more children than have preceded home where he in his lifetime has worked for.
     He was one of which it might well be said that he was a child of the church, always as long as health permitted at his post of duty serving the office of Class Leader of his church for many years and also a man highly thought of by his many neighbors and friend who now extend their sympathy to the sorrowing children. D. R. E.

[Note; stone is in Old Pine Cemetery, Racoon Twp., Gallia County]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
May 14, 1907
Transcribed by Joanne Galvin                                                                         Top of Page

Brandstetter, Anthony/Anton

Mr. Anthony Brandstetter, a half-brother of Mrs. S. Naegele, the milliner, dropped dead at his residence in this city, Sunday morning. Father Oeink conducted his funeral services yesterday.

[Note: Anton was the son of Xavier Brandstetter and his first wife Cecilia Biser. He is buried in Pine Street Cemetery. 1833-1890]

Gallipolis Journal
July 16, 1890
Transcribed by Henny Evans

Brandum, Jacob M.

Services for Jacob M. Brandum, 77, Rt. 2, Vinton, were today at the McCoy-Moore Funeral Home in Vinton with the Rev. Robert Manley officiating. Burial was in Prospect Cemetery. Pallbearers for the service were David Marcum, David Marcum, Jr., Michael Marcum, Donnie Oiler, Paul Swick, and Paul Lee.

Gallipolis Tribune
August 30, 1989
Transcribed by J. Farley

Brandstetter, Theresa

     After a long illness Mrs. Theresa Brandstetter, widow of the late Xavier Brandstetter, died at her home, on the Chillicothe road, on Saturday last, aged seventy-eight years.
     She was born in Baden, Germany. For many years she has been a resident of this city. Her surviving children are Mrs. Henry Lautenschalger, of Charleston, and Mrs. Naegele, Mrs. Erfurt, Mrs. Henkle, and Mr. Anthony Brandstetter of this city.
     The funeral will take place this morning at the Catholic Chruch, the burial being in the Old Cemetery (Pine Street) under the direction of Messrs. C. Skees & Co. Mrs. Brandstetter was held in high esteem by her many friends, and she will be sadly missed by them. Mr. Brandstetter died in Gallipolis in 1876.

[Note: Date of death was February 16,1899.]

Gallipolis Bulletin
February 19,1889
Transcribed by Henny Evans

Bratt, John

     Mr. John Bratt died at his home on the Portsmouth Road last Wednesday evening, January 31, 1894, at seven o’clock, after a prolonged illness. At the time of his death, he was in the fifty-fifth year of his age. Two daughters survive him, his wife, having died several years since.
     Mr. Bratt was a most excellent citizen, and his death is much regretted. For many years he was employed in the stove foundry of Kling & Co., and was popular with his fellow workmen.
     The funeral services were held Friday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock, and the interment was at the Old Cemetery.

The Bulletin
Saturday, February 3, 1894
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron

Bratton, Henry C.

Death Of H.C. Bratton
Mr. H. C. Bratton died Tuesday night of Bright's disease at the home of Mr. & Mrs. Ed H. Kuhn, age 62 years. Mr. Bratton has made his home with Mr. & Mrs. Kuhn for about four years and was a brother of Mrs. Kuhn. He was a native of Vinton County. Besides Mrs. Kuhn, he is survived by a sister who resides in California.
Funeral services will be held at the Kuhn residence Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock and burial will take place in McArthur Friday afternoon. George Wetherholt and Sons have charge of the remains.

[Note: Death Certificate..Henry C. Bratton born Feb. 2, 1861 McArthur, Ohio; died Jan. 30, 1924 Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio; aged 62 years 11 months and 10 days. Single Shoe Cobbler Parents Edward A Bratton born PA and Ruth Owen born Cambridge Ohio. Cause of death: Chronic Intestitial Nephritis]

Gallia Times
Wednesday, Jan. 30, 1924
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Bratton, Ruth C.

Death of Mrs. Ruth C. Bratton
     Mrs. Ruth C. Bratton, aged 71, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ed H. Kuhn, on Cedar Street, Saturday, June 19, 1897, after a lingering illness with dropsy.
     She was the widow of the late Hon. Edward A. Bratton, member of the Athens Bar, and member of the Legislature, and had been making her home with her son-in-law and daughter since the death of her husband ten years ago.
     She was the mother of ten children, five of whom survive her. She lived a true Christian life and was a member of the M. E. Church. The remains were taken to McArthur Monday, accompanied by Marshal and Mrs. Kuhn, and were interred Tuesday.

Gallipolis Bulletin
Saturday, June 26, 1897
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron

Breazeale, Mary

Mary Breazeale
     Mary Breazeale, 58, a resident of District Heights, Md., died Wednesday evening in Washington Central Hospital following an illness. She was born in Gallia County on Sept. 26, 1922, daughter of the late Bion Bradbury and Luella Bradbury, who survive and reside in Kyger. She married Jim Breazeale. He survives along with one daurhter, Jinx Ann Farley, Poolesville, Maryland.
     The following brothers and sisters survive: Mrs. Annabelle Fellure, Gallipolis; Burdell Bradbury, Urbana; Joe Bradbury, Reynoldsburg; Naomi Mangum, Washington, D. C. and Jim Bradbury, Kyger.
She was employed by the FBI 30 years before her retirement.
     Funeral services and buria will be in the Washington area.

Gallipolis Tribune
May 1980
Transcribed by J. Farley

Breedlove, Laura J.

Judge Stormont's Sister Passes At Hutchinson, Kan.
Mrs. Laura J. Breedlove, aged 80, died this morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Alberta Roof, in Hutchinson, Kansas, according to a message received by her only surviving brother, Judge A. J. Stormont.
Mrs. Breedlove was born in Guyan tp., went west in 1886, married and remained there. Besides the daughter and brother, there are three half-brothers and two half-sisters surviving, all living in the west.
Funeral will be held at her home at 2 o'clock Saturday, the message said.

[Note: From findagrave.com date of birth November 19, 1855; date of death March 19, 1936; burial at Hutchinson Eastside CE.]

Newspaper (prob. March 1936, Gallipolis) clipping found in the Simmerman files, Stormont file, Bossard Library.
Transcribed by Debbie Carter Evans

Brewer, Paul A.

     Paul Andrew Brewer, 6 1/2 month old son of Rosa Brewer Lawrence and Danny Saxon, died Saturday evening when fire destroyed their home. He was born July 24, 1991, in Pt. Pleasant, W.Va.
     In addition to his parents, he is survived by two brothers, Noah Jake Robinette and Joseph Lawrence Jr., and a sister Crystal Dawn Lawrence, all at home. Other survivors include paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. charles Saxon of Bidwell, and Maternal grandmother, Doris Brewer of Vinton.
     Services will be conducted 11 a.m., Tuesday, at the McCoy-Moore Funeral Home in Vinton with the Rev. Elmer Geiser officiating. Burial will be in the Brush Cemetery. Friends may call one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.

Gallipolis Tribune
Feb. 1992
Transcribed by J. Farley

Briggs, Anna

Mrs. Anna Briggs Passes Saturday,
Last Rites Tuesday
    Mrs. Anna Briggs, mention of whose critical illness had been made in The Tribune, died Saturday evening at her home, 911 Fourth avenue, after a long period of failing health. She had lain in a coma for the past week.
     Mrs. Briggs who was 83 years old, was one of the best known and highly esteemed colored residents of the city. Two sons survive: Leslie of Huntington and Charles of this city. There are also five grandsons, Charles, James, Theodore, George and Paul Briggs.
     The body will be taken tonight to the home of her son, 833 Fourth avenue, there to rest until tomorrow at 2 o'clock when funeral services will be conducted at the Paint Creek Baptist Church.

[Note: from 1930 Gallia County census, Mrs. Briggs was 73 years old and born in 1857, from that we deduce that she died in 1940]

The Gallipolis Tribune
1940
Transcribed by Joanne Galvin                                                                     Top of Page

Briggs, Anna

Cheshire Lady Passes Away
     Mrs. Anna Briggs, wife of George Briggs of Cheshire, passed away about noon Sunday at Holzer Hospital. Death was due to cancer.
     Mrs. Briggs was about 72 years of age. She leaves husband George Briggs and two children Garnet and David and several brothers and sisters to mourn her loss.
     Funeral will be held at the Baptist Church at Cheshire Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock, with burial in Gravel Hill Cemetery in charge of Rawlings.

[Note: stone:1856-1928. Death Certificate shows born June 24, 1857; died Nov. 18, 1928, 71 years 4 months and 24 days of age. Parents: David Percy Penour and Rachel McCarty.]

Gallipolis Paper
Nov. 1928
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Briggs, David W.

     GALLIPOLIS - David W. Briggs, 85, Rt. 1, Cheshire, died at 7:45 a.m. Saturday at his home. He had been in failing health eight months. A retired farmer, Mr. Briggs was born Dec. 17, 1888, in Cheshire Twp., son of the late George H. and Ann Coughhenor Briggs. He married Carrie Mae Rupe on Sept. 4, 1910. She preceded him in death in 1969 as did a daughter.
     Surviving are two children, Merrill and Mrs. Paul (Beatrice) White, both of Cheshire; three grand and two great-grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. Garnet Kirby, Cheshire.
     He spent all his life in Gallia County. He was a charter member of the Little Kyger Grange.
     Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home with Rev. Alfred Holley officiating. Burial will be in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Cheshire. Friends may call at the funeral home from 7 until 9 p.m. on Monday.

Gallipolis Tribune
February 23, 1974
Transcribed by J. Farley

Briggs, Lucy

Lucy Briggs Dead
Mrs. Lucy Briggs, wife of William Briggs, died Saturday afternoon about four o'clock after a few weeks illness with pneumonia. The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon at the Paint Creek Baptist Church, services by Elder Shadd. Burial was at Pine Street Cemetery by Hayward & Son. Mrs. Briggs was well known around town and was a well liked and highly respected colored lady.

Gallipolis Bulletin
March 28, 1912
Transcribed by Margaret Calvin

Briggs, Merrill D.

     Merrill D. Briggs, 77, of Cheshire, died Friday at his residence. He was a farmer.
     Born Sept. 22, 1911 in Cheshire, he was a son of the late David W. Briggs and Carrie Mae Rupe Briggs. He married Rhoda McKean on April 24, 1964, and she survives, along with one son, David Briggs of Tucson, Ariz; two granddaughter; one sister, Beatrice White of Cheshire.
     He was also preceded in death by a granddaughter and a sister.
     A member of Cheshire Baptist Church, he spent his entire life in Gallia County. He was scoutmaster for over 20 years and received the Silver Beaver Award.
     Services will be conducted 1 p.m. Tuesday, Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home, Rev. Stewart Jamison officiating. Burial follows in Gravel Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home, 6 to 9 p.m. on Monday.

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

Briggs, Nellie

Old Mrs. Nellie Briggs living near the J.C. Vanden property on First avenue died about 8:30 Friday evening after a long illness. She was a fine old colored woman 75 or 80 years old and leaves several adult children. The funeral will be at Paint Creek Baptist Church by Elder Shadd, and the burial at Pine Street by Hayward & Son, just at what time is not known at this writing, but probably Sunday afternoon.

[Note: There is no stone for her and her death certificate states she was born in 1831 and died July 9, 1909. No parents or spouse given on certificate.]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
July 10, 1909
Transcribed by Henny Evans Top of Page

Briggs, Paula Jane

2-½ Month Old Girl Succumbs
     Paula Jane Briggs, 2-½ month old child of Dayton L. and Marion Smith Briggs of Bidwell, died in Holzer hospital at 10:40 p.m. Monday. Her death was due to a heart condition.
     She was born at Holzer hospital on May 23, 1958, and was one of five children in the family. The brothers and sisters who survive and Arlene 5, Gay 4, Leon 2, and Marsha 1. Other survivors are the maternal grandfather, Oscar Smith of Kerr, and the paternal grandmother and step-grandfather, Mr. and Mrs. Homer Fultz.
      Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Miller’s Home for Funerals. Rev. Elbert McGhee will officiate and burial will follow in the Buck Ridge Cemetery.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Tuesday, August 5, 1958
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Bright, Mary E.

Mrs. Bright Dead
Well Known Woman Died Last Sunday, Aged 59 Years
     Mrs. Mary E. Bright of Guyan Township, died Sunday, Aug. 14, 1910, of cancer of the stomach, aged 59 years, 4 months and 17 days of age. She was the daughter of Alexander and Barbara Thompson.
     The funeral services were held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Victor Baptist Church in the same township, conducted by Rev. Edward Sheets, the burial by Weatherholt, following at the Campbell Cemetery.
     She is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Rengie Brumfield and Mrs. Lewis Halley and two brothers Charles and William Thompson, all of this county. She was a member of the Christian Church and was formerly of this county, but went to Newark to live six years ago. Three months ago she came here on a visit and was taken ill and never recovered. Her daughter is Mrs. Lewis Carpenter of Parsons, Kansas and her three sons are J.A. Bright and G.H. Bright of Newark and Grover of Toronto, Ohio. She was a good woman much beloved by all who knew her.

Gallipolis Bulletin
August 19, 1910
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Bright, Melissa L (Switzer}

Mrs. Bright Dead
Died Wednesday Night at the Home of Her Son Robert in This City
     Melissa L. (Switzer) Bright died at the home of her son, Robt. M. Switzer, on First avenue Wednesday night, July 20, aged 85 years, 1 month and 22 days. Her death was the result of paralysis from which she suffered several strokes recently.
     She was born in Page county, Virginia, May 29, 1825, coming to Ohio with her parents, Robert and Esther Mauck, four years later, the family settling near the late residence of Daniel Trichler in Addison township. She was next to the youngest of nine chldren: Salina Rodgers, Rebecca Plummer, Naney Guy, Catharine Rothgeb, John A. Newton and William Mauck, all of whom are dead.
     She was married to Valentine Switzer August 21 , 1860 and to this union were born five children: Washington, Robert. M., Benj. M., Catharine and Salina Ivy Switzer. Only two of these, Robt. M., of this city and Benj. M., of Columbus, Ohio, surviving her. She also left a step-son, Charles J. Switzer, of Washington, D.C. Another step-son, Ex-Sheriff Valentine Switzer, died some time ago. Her husband, Valentine Switzer, died in 1876 and in 1881 she married Abram Bright of Lewisburg, W. Va., who died in September, 1893, since which time she has resided with her son Robt. M. Switzer, of this city. In early life she united with the M. E. Church, of which she was a member at the time of her death.
     The funeral services will be held at the residence of Robt. M. Switzer this Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The burial will take place at Bethel church [Addison Twp] by Hayward & Son. Mrs. Bright was a noble woman, universally beloved and her death will be regretted by a large circle of friends.

Gallipolis Bulletin
Jul 22, 1910
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall

Brink, Elizabeth

DIED
On the 6th day of May, A.D., 1870 of Consumption, at the residence of L. C. Sherron, of Addison township, Gallia county, Ohio, Elizabeth Brink, of Jackson County, Ohio, in the fourteenth year of her age.
Elizabeth was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Sherron when small, and shared their kindness from then till her death. In her last sickness, which was but short, a mother could have bestowed no attention that was not cheerfully given by Mrs. Sherron, and also her many kind young friends who frequently visited her. O.W.C.

Gallipolis Journal
May 26, 1870
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron

Brock, Fannie

Death of Miss Fannie Brock
Miss Fannie Brock, aged 70 years, a highly respected colored lady, died at her home on Third Avenue Friday morning after an illness of only three days following a stroke of paralysis. She leaves one sister, Mariah Brock; a nephew, Wayman Brock, of Stuebenville, Ohio and a niece, Laura Brock, of Columbus.
Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the home by Rev. Bridges. Interment at Pine Street Cemetery by Hayward.

[Note: Death Certificate...Born 1846; died Dec. 19, 1924]

Gallia Tribune (weekly)
Dec. 26, 1924
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Broiles, Nort

Death of Mr. Broiles
Mr. Nort Broiles, ill for a long time with dropsy, died at his home on Vine street Saturday morning, leaving a wife and four small children. The remains were buried at Thevenin Sunday afternoon by Hayward & Son.

Gallipolis Bulletin
Friday, May 24, 1907
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron

Brosius, Mary

Remains Of Mrs. Brosius Arrived From Texas
     The remains of Mrs. Will Brosius arrived today noon on the Hocking Valley from Brownsville, Texas and were taken to the home of her brother, Mr. Frank Bell, where a short funeral service was read this afternoon at 3 o'clock by the Rev. Mr. Robinson of the Presbyterian Church.
   Pallbearers were Mr. W.P. Beall, Mr. Gilbert Bush, Mr. E.L. Neal, Dr. J.A. Lupton, Mr F.M. Bovie and Mr. Harry Hanson, a nephew of the deceased. Mr. Brosius was unable to accompany the remains on account of illness.
     Interment at Mound Hill under the direction of W.N. Hayward.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Thursday, May 26, 1921

The Funeral Of The Late Mrs. Will Brosius
The funeral of the late Mrs. Brosius of Texas at the home here of her brother, Mr. Frank Bell, Thursday afternoon was well attended and the floral tributes were many and beautiful.
The service was conducted by the Rev. Dr. Robison of the Presbyterian Church in a most impressive and beautiful manner. The interment was at Mound Hill by funeral director Hayward.

[Note: Mary A. was born Sept. 1851; died 1921. Husband William James Brosius]

Gallipolis Papers
1921
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Brothers, George W.

George W. Brothers Dies At Home of Daughter
     Mr. George W. Brothers died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. A. K. Merriman, Saturday evening, Jan. 2,, his death following several days of illness and a stroke of paralysis. Mr. Brothers was in his eighty-second year, having been born in 1844. He was married twice. His wife Caroline Martin, preceded him many years ago; his second wife, Jemima Elliott, two daughters, Mayme and Georgia and a son, Fred, within the past few years.
     The following children survive, with several grandchildren: Herbert of Columbus; Mrs. Ross Halley of Thivenir; Curtis of Westminster, ME; Charles of Abbottstower, PA and Mrs. Merriman.
     Mr. Brothers was almost a life long resident of Gallia County and Gallipolis, coming here from Wellsburgh, WV, where he was born, at the age of 4 years. He was twenty-five years engaged in the grocery business in Gallipolis. He became a member of the Baptist Church in his young manhood.
     He passed as he had lived; quietly, peacefully. He was a good man with a sunny nature and kind disposition, greeting everybody with a smile and a kindly word. His passing will leave a vacant spot in the lives of many friends.
     Funeral services will be held at the home of Mrs. Merriman Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock by Rev. Genn, assisted by Rev. Pierce, burial following at Mound Hill by W.N. Hayward.

[Note: Death Certificate--George W. Brothers born 1844; died Jan. 2, 1926 in Gallipolis, son of Joshua and Eliza Farquar Brothers.]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Jan. 4, 1926
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Brothers, Infant Daughter

Mr. and Mrs. William Brothers, living near Mina Chapel, lost their infant daughter by death on last Sunday evening. The funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon at Mina Chapel by Rev. J. H. Perry, burial following at Oak Grove Cemetery by underaker Wise.

Gallipolis Bulletin
Sept 24, 1898
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall

Brothers, Lucy E.

Lucy E. Brothers, 72, Passes At Mill Cr. Home
Rites To Be Held At Nazarene Church At 2 Sunday
     Lucy E. Brothers, wife of Lew Blaine Brothers, died at 11:05 Friday forenoon at their home on Mill Creek. She had been ill and under the care of a local physician.
     Mrs. Brothers was 72 years and 10 days old, having been born here Oct. 12, 1871, and was a daughter of George and Mary Michael Valentine.
     she was twice married. Her first husband was George Oldaker and they were married 52 years ago. He died in 1911. Two sons of this union survive - Lawrence and Clyde Oldaker, both of this city. Her marriage to Mr. Brothers occurred Aug. 4, 1939, in Pomeroy.
     Surviving besides the husband and two step children, Viola and Woodrow Brothers are two brothers, Alonzo Valentine of Gallipolis and Richard E. Valentine of Columbus.
     Funeral services will be conducted at 2 o’clock Sunday at the Nazarene Church, with burial following in Pine Street Cemetery by Elias Wetherholt. The body will be removed this evening to the home of the son, Clyde Oldaker, 45 Lincoln Street.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Saturday, Oct. 23, 1943
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Brothers, Phoebe

Died in Oklahoma
     Mrs. Phoebe Brothers, widow of the late Robert Brothers, died at El Reno, Oklahoma, December 8, 1909, aged 72 years. Mrs. Brothers for many years lived on the old homestead on Portsmouth avenue. A short time after the death of her husband she accompanied her son Horace and family to Oklahoma where they have lived for the past five years. She had been blind for the past 20 years and though precious sight was denied her, yet she took a great interest in life.
     She was a good, kind, charitable woman, a faithful wife and a splendid mother and had many friends who will regret to know of her death. She was a member of the Baptist Church and a consistent christian so all is well with her. She is survived by three sons, Theodore and James of this city, and Horace of El Reno, Okla., where she was buried.

Gallipolis Bulletin
December 17, 1909
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Brothers, Wheeler M.

Prominent Citizen of Clay Township Died Friday
—Burial Monday
     Wheeler M. Brothers, a prominent and highly respected citizen of Clay township, near Thievener, died Friday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock after a ten day illness with pneumonia. His death came as a distinct shock to his many friends. He was 65 years 8 months and 8 days, and was born near Wheeling, W Va. His parents, John and Susanna Groves Brothers, moved to this county when he was a child. He had always been engaged in farming and led a good Christian like.
     He is survived by his wife, who was Miss Markins before her marriage, and by a son, John of Huntington and two daughters, Mrs. Lindsey Cornell of Clay and Mrs. Henry Klicker of Green Tp., also by one brother and one sister.
     The funeral services were held Monday at 11 o’clock at Mina Chapel under the auspices of the Odd Fellows of this city and the Knights of G. E. of Mercerville and were conducted by Rev. J.L. Porter at the cemetery by Wetherholt.

Gallipolis Tribune
April 5, 1911
Submitted by Mary James

Brothers, Wheeler

Wheeler Brothers Died Last Friday
     Mr. Wheeler Brothers living this side of Thevenin on the Mercerville Road, died Friday, March 31, of pneumonia after a week's illness. He was a good citizen and neighbor and a fine man in every respect.
     Mr. Brothers is about 66 years of age and is survived by a widow, son John of Huntington and daughters, Mrs. Lindsey Cornell of Thevenin and Mrs. H.W. Klicker of Green Township. He also leaves one brother, Edward, of Marion, Ohio and sister, Mrs. Belle B. Potts of Townsend, Montana.
     The funeral services were held Monday at Mina Chapel by Rev. Joh Porter, under the auspices of the Odd Fellows and Golden Eagles of which he was an honored member. Burial by Wetherholt.

[Note: Death Certificate: born July 23, 1845 Wheeling, WV; died March 31, 1911; aged 65 years, 8 months and 8 days. Parents John Brothers and Susanna Grover-both born Brook County, WV.]

Gallipolis Bulletin
April 9, 1911
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Brothers, Wheeler

Funeral Services
The funeral of Mr. Wheeler Brothers was said to be one of the largest ever attended in Gallia County. The road was lined with vehicles, buggies, expresses and carriages. The Order of the Golden Eagles was represented in full and of the I. O. O. F. there was a goodly attendance. There must have been very nearly 200 people in all. The sermon was by Rev. John Porter and was delivered in a kind and sympathetic manner. He spoke in pleasing terms of the deceased as a brother Odd Fellow, a Knight of the Golden Eagles and neighbor. The sermon in fact was most excellent. Judging from the way Wheeler was honored at his death, it pays to live honestly and uprightly. A good and useful citizen has passed away, but his uprightness of living will never be forgotten.

[Note: Buried in Mound Hill Cemetery in Gallipolis Township; 1845-1911]

Gallipolis Tribune
April 17, 1911
Vol. XXXXL No. 14 p. 2
Transcribed by Jan Rader Top of Page

Broughman, John

Death of John Broughman
John Broughman, who recently had his leg amputated, died at Thurman Saturday of complications following the amputation. He was about 40 years of age and is survived by his widow and two young children. He was a nephew of C.F. Varney and a fine man. The funeral will be held at Centerville Tuesday.

[Note: Death Certificate...Born Dec. 6, 1875; died April 19, 1919; aged 44 years, 4 months and 13 days. Parents: Jacob Broughman (born VA) and Sarah Varney (born OH). Burial: Centerville on Hill.]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
April 21, 1919
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Brown, Mrs. M. D.

Mrs. M. D. Brown, wife of Capt. M. D. Brown, died at her residence at Hartford City, W. Va., last Sunday night, December 4, 1898. She was 60 years of age, and had been ill for some time with consumption. She was a member of the M. E. Church and was a woman highly esteemed by all who knew her. The funeral services were conducted from her late home on Tuesday afternoon, with burial following in the Brown burial ground at Hartford City.

Gallipolis Bulletin
December 10, 1898
Transcribed by Margaret Calvin

Brown, Addie

Mrs. Addie Johnson Brown Dies In N.Y.
Former Resident Had Two Sisters in Gallipolis
     Mrs. Frank Brown (Addie Johnson), who has many friends here in her former home, passed away Sunday morning at her home in Syracuse, NY. She had been ill for some time and a few weeks ago her sister, Mrs. Jennie V. Lyon went to be at her bedside.
     In addition to her husband and sister, Mrs. Lyon, she is survived by three other sisters, Mrs. Charles Johnson, Mrs. Virgil Beare of Columbus and Mrs. Meredith Donnally of this city.
     Mrs. Lyon will accompany the remains here and they are expected to arrive on the New York Central train at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday. The body will be taken to the home of her sister, Mrs. Donnally, on Third Avenue, from where the funeral will be held. The time to be announced later.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
March 5, 1928
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Brown, Alma S.

Miss Brown Is Claimed by Death
     Miss Alma Shirley Brown, 61, of 46-½ Mill Creek St., who had been ill since she suffered a stroke last November, died early Wednesday in Holzer Hospital.
     She was a retired employee of the Gallipolis State Institute, where she was first employed as a kitchen worker and her last position was as an attendant.
     Born Sept. 24, 1905, in Addison Twp., she was the daughter of the late Lee and Nancy Jane Rothgeb Brown. She was a member of the First Church of the Nazarene.
     Survivors include three sisters and a brother, Mrs. Eva Burnette, Gallipolis; Mrs. Zelva Oldaker, Columbus; and Mrs. Clara Vaughn, Cincinnati; and Levi Rife, Springfield.
     Services will be conducted at 2: p.m. Saturday at Miller’s Home for Funerals. Burial will be in Pine Street Cemetery.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Wednesday, March 29, 1967
Transcribed by Sandy Milliron

Brown, Andrew

     Mr. Andrew Brown, whose serious and finally critical condition has been mentioned in the Tribune so frequently, departed this life at his residence on east Fourth street, at about 4 o'clock, Wednesday afternoon, September 8, 1897, in the 79th year of his age.
     The funeral services will be conducted from his late residence by Rev. A.J. Hawk, Friday afternoon at half past one o'clock, the interment following at the Pine Street cemetery, conducted by Undertaker Wetherholt.
     Mr. Brown was born in Genessee county, New York, in 1818, and was united in marriage with Miss Margaret James, daughter of William and Elizabeth James, of Green township, this county, and became the father of six children, two of whom, Misses Mary and Ella, single and at home, being the only surviving ones of his family, beside his loving wife, to whom he was united fifty-two years ago. For over half a century they have been residents of our city and have lived a truly happy married life, honored and respected by all who knew them.
     Mr. Brown was a carpenter and cooper by trade and while living an uneventful life, lived as became the strictly moral citizen that he was in private and public. He was an ardent Republican in politics and was elected constable on that ticket many times, and in the discharge of his duties was fearless and faithful.
For fifteen years he had done no labor, owing to physical infirmities but by good management had secured enough of this world's good to have a beautiful home, and all necessary comforts for his declining years. Since the shadows have been lengthening o'er his life he has been surrounded by an affectionate family, whose chiefest pleasure has been to administer unto him and his setting sun was undimmed save by that sorrow that comes to all in death.
     The pall bearers selected for the funeral services are as follows: Judge J.J. Thomas, Judge S.D. Cowden, Messrs. A.R. Weaver, Enoch Russell, Henry McGath and S.B. Winters.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
September 9, 1897
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Brown, Belva Jane

Long Illness Is Ended For Mrs. Brown, 77
     Mrs. Belva Jane Brown, 77, a resident of 71 Grape St., died at 8:30 a.m. Thursday after an extended illness. She was the wife of Verna Brown. Mrs. Brown was a native of Reedy, W. Va., where she was born on Feb. 12, 1885, the daughter of the late William and Susan Conrad Dalrymple. Most of her life has been spent in Gallipolis.
     In addition to her husband, she is survived by two sons, Wilson Rusk of Gallipolis and Elmer Rusk of Columbus, and a daughter, Mrs. Mary James of Gallipolis. A son and a daughter preceded her in death.
Mrs. Brown was a member of the First Baptist church and Daughters of America Council No. 114.
     Services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Wetherholt-Elliott-Sanders Funeral home. Rev. Charles Lusher of Chillicothe will officiate and burial will be in Mound Hill cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today and until the hour of service.

[Note: Ohio Deaths/Ancestry date of death May 17, 1962.]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
May 1962
Transcribed by Lynn Anders

Brown, Carroll C.

     Carroll C. Brown, Bidwell, left this world for heaven on Friday, February 20, 2004 at 9:55 p.m. after an extended illness. He was born in Gallia County on July 20, 1930 and was a proud member of the Gallia Academy High School Class of 1948.
     He leaves behind his wife of 53 years, the former Eleanor Strong, whom he married on February 3, 1951 at the First Church of Christ in Xenia, Ohio. He also leaves behind four daughter, Diana (Ron) Struve and Denise (Jeff) Chase of West Chester, Ohio; Nancy (Will) Downs of Villa Rica, Georgia and Becky (Billy) Holland of Gallipolis.
     He also leaves behind 17 grandchildren, Brad, Mark (Heather), Jaime, Tim and Todd Struve, Brent, Jeremy and Jennifer Chase; Jaymi, Brandon, Taylor and Hanna Downs, Jason, Tiffany and Kaylee Wells; Michael Holland and Raysean Allen. Two great grandchildren are also left behind, Alex and Hanna Struve. He also leaves behind one brother G. Richard (Ann) Brown of Gallipolis and nieces and nephew, Sandy Bledsoe, Cindy Fellure, Amber and Travis Fellure.
     He was preceded in death by his father, Herbert Brown in 1987 and by his mother, Laura Ann Allbright Brown in 1993.
     Carroll spent over 50 years in Gallia County and was retired from Holzer Medical Center since 1992. He was an active member and Sunday school teacher at Gallipolis Christian Church and was an active Republican, serving most recently as a Springfield Township Central Committeeman.
     Friends may call at Cremeens Funeral Chapel on Monday from 6-9 p.m. The funeral will take place at the Gallipolis Christian Church Tuesday, February 24, 2004 with Pastor Mike Lynn officiating. Interment will follow on the family plot in Mound Hill Cemetery. The body will lie in state at the church one hour prior to service.
     In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in Carroll’s memory to the Gallipolis Christian Church, Gallipolis, or to Holzer Hospice, 100 Jackson Pike, Gallipolis, Ohio 45631.

Sunday Times Sentinel
February 22, 2004
Transcribed by Sandy Bledsoe Top of Page

Brown, Charles

Charles Brown, Retired Teacher, Died on Monday
Funeral Is Set for 2:30 [p.m.] Wednesday At Clay Chapel
     Charles E. Brown, a native and former teacher of this county, died at 7:30 Monday morning at Marietta whither he had been removed from his home on lower Third Ave. about a month ago.
     Mr. Brown had been hopelessly ill for several years and as a result of a diabetic condition it was necessary for him to submit to an amputation of one of his legs above the knee, here a few years ago.
     Decedent was born at Crown City Feb 22, 1877 and hence was in his 67th year. He was the youngest of three sons of Matthew L and Ruth Canterbury Brown.
     From Crown City the family moved to Eureka and it was there Charles E. spent most of his early and middle years. He taught school for a long time but had lived in Gallipolis the last 15 years or more. His wife died here three or four years ago.
     Surviving are these two brothers: G. A. Brown, retired carpenter of Crown City and Herschel V. Brown, a building contractor of Marietta. It was the latter who arranged for Mr. Brown's removal to Marietta, where better care might be provided for him.
     Mr. Brown's closest friend was Earl Shaw and their friendship was indeed close and of long duration and Shaw's companionship and helpfulness did much to brighten the last years of the afflicted man.
     Funeral services will be held at Clay Chapel at 2:30 Wednesday afternoon. Internment at the same place by Dixon and Schafer, Marietta undertakers.

[Note: stone: died Nov. 29, 1943. Death Certificate: Charles Edward Brown died Nov. 29, 1943 at age 66 years.]

Gallipolis paper
No date
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Brown, Charles

Charles Brown Dead
Charles Brown, age twenty-one, died Monday evening Nov. 7, 1921. Mr. Brown’s death was caused from a long suffering of tuberculosis. He had many friends about town and in the county having lived on the Mill Creek Road.
The funeral services will be Thursday at 10: a.m. at the Christian Church at Bulaville and the burial will be by Wetherholt & Entsminger in the Rife Cemetery at Bulaville.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Wednesday, November 9, 1921
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron Top of Page

Brown, Charles E.

Charles Brown, Retired Teacher, Died On Monday
Funeral Is Set For 2:30 Wednesday At Clay Chapel
     Charles E. Brown, a native and former teacher of this county, died at 7:30 Monday morning at Marietta, whither he had been removed from his home on lower Third Ave. about a month ago.
Mr. Brown had been hopelessly ill for several years; and as a result of a diabetic condition, it was necessary for him to submit to an amputation of one of his legs, above the knee, here a few years ago.
     Decedent was born at Crown City, Feb. 22, 1877, and hence was in his 67th year. He was the youngest of three sons of Matthew L. and Ruth Canterbury Brown. From Crown City, the family moved to Eureka and it was there Charles E. spent most of his early and middle years. He taught school for a long time but had lived in Gallipolis the last 15 years or more. His wife died here three or four years ago.
     Surviving are these two brothers: G. A. Brown, retired carpenter of Crown City, and Herschel V. Brown, a building contractor of Marietta. It was the latter who arranged for Mr. Brown’s removal to Marietta, where better care might be provided for him. Mr. Brown’s closest friend was Earl Shaw and their friendship was indeed close and of long duration - and Shaw’s companionship and helpfulness did much to brighten the last years of the afflicted man.
     Funeral services will be held at Clay Chapel at 2:30 Wednesday afternoon. Interment at the same place by Dixon & Schafer, Marietta undertakers.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Tuesday, November 30, 1943
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Brown, Clarice E. Baker

Mrs. M. F. Brown Dead
     Clarice E. Baker was born in Gallia County, Clay Township, on January 20, 1895 and died August 13, 1921, at the age of 26 years, seven months and seven days. She was united in marriage to Maurice F. Brown on June 5, 1920.
     At the age of ten years she became a member of Clay Chapel Methodist Church and has been active in church work ever since. In recent years Clarice took special interest in the young people of the community and was of much help to them in many ways. Thru her interest and efforts the Clay Chapel Epworth League was re-organized more than a year ago. She served faithfully as its President.
     Clarice was a lover of music and became accomplished thru study with Miss Julia Moch of Gallipolis and extra work at Rio Grande. She served many years as organist in the church and later pianst. She was ever ready with willing hands to share burdens of organizations and to carry out what ever duty rested upon her faithfully to the end. As a Granger she was unexcelled in this relation.
     After finishing common school she taught country school and took work at Rio Grande during the summer months. For six terms she taught school. The first three years she taught at Sardis, one year at Rose-Bud, another at Waugh Bottom; and her last year, that she considered her most successful one was taught at Hernietta, Ohio, in Loraine County.
     Clarice and her mother were very closely associated in their home life. They always shared their confidence, their joys and sorrows, and were real chums from childhood on to the last day.
     Outside of a host of friends there are left a father and mother, one sister, five brothers, a husband and two babies, Adda May and Baker Eugene.
     The death of Mrs. Morris Brown came upon us as a community shock, the bereavement was so generally shared. The very large funeral at Clay Chapel was an expression of it more forcible than words. About 400 persons witnessed the last sad rites which we pay to those departed.

RIVER FRUIT FARM
     The news flashed over the wire Sunday morning announcing the death of C. W. Baker's daughter, Mrs. Morris Brown. She gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, and later had convulsions and passed away at 8:30 Saturday evening.

[Note: Buried Clay Chapel Cemtery]

Gallipolis paper
August 13, 1921
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall                                                                       Top of Page

Brown, Clarice E.

Mrs. Morris F. Brown Dies at Raccoon Island
     An extremely sad death occurred at Raccoon Island Saturday, evening August 13, 1921, when Mrs. Morris F. Brown died from hemorrhage followed a few hours after giving birth to twins, a boy and girl who are still living and getting along nicely.
     Mr. Brown is a son of Mr. Elza Brown; a well known farmer. Mrs. Morris Brown was 28 years old and before marriage was a Miss Baker. She was a most estimable lady and her sudden death came as a great shock to her many friends and relatives. The family will have the sympathy of the entire community in their great bereavement.
     The funeral was held at Clay Chapel Monday afternoon, the interment being in charge of funeral directors Wetherholt & Entsminger of this city.

The Gallipolis Daily Tribune
August 15, 1921
Transcribed by Mary Kay Clark

Brown, Earl

     Earl Brown, 91, a resident of Rt. 2, (Neighborhood Rd.) died around 8:30 a.m. Monday at his residence following a brief illness. Mr. Brown was born Feb. 23, 1888, in Gallia County, son of the late Lee and Rosa McConnell Brown.
     He married Edna Louise Baker on Nov. 16, 1912, at Point Pleasant. She preceded him in death on Dec. 31, 1971. Three sons survive: Ernest Brown, Wayne Brown and Merrill Brown, all of Gallipolis; one daughter, Mrs. Douglas (Janet) Wetherholt, Baton Rouge, La. Four grandchildren survive. He was preceded in death by one twin daughter and one brother.
     Mr. Brown was a retired employee of the state highway department, serving as superintendent from 1917 through 1935. He was also employed by the Gallia County Highway Department and also worked at the Navy yards in Pt. Pleasant from 1941 through 1945.
     Funeral services will be held 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home with Rev. James Frazier officiating. Burial will be in Mound Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Tuesday. Pallbearers will be Robert Brown, Richard Bane, Willie Shaw, Janet Craft, Richard Baker and Charles Blazer.

Gallipolis Tribune
September, 1979
Transcribed by Lynn Anders

Brown, Ella

Death of Mrs. Frank Brown
Mrs. Ella Brown, wife of Frank Brown, died Friday evening at 6:40 after a prolonged illness of over two months. Mrs. Brown was 65 years of age and besides her husband and adopted son leaves the following sisters and brothers to mourn her death, Mrs. Sarah Angel, Mrs. Hannah Campbell, Mrs. Phobe Goddard, Mrs. Ada M. Campbell, Mrs. Margaret L. Campbell and Mrs. Susan J. Grover, and Mr. Charles A. Ward and Mr. Hiram L. Ward.
The funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 at the M. E. Church, Rev. Harry B. Lewis officiating. Burial was by Wetherholt at Pine Street Cemetery.

Note: [5/12/1841~10/5/1906]

Gallipolis Bulletin
Friday, October 12, 1906
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Brown, Elza

Elza Brown is Buried Sunday
Prominent Resident of Raccoon Island Died at Home Thursday of Pneumonia
     Elza Brown, 60, one of the best known resident of the Raccoon Island vacinity, died at his home there Thursday evening, April 9, 1931, after a brief illness from pneumonia. Funeral services were Sunday afternoon at Clay Chapel by Rev. E.L. Miller, interment following in the cemetery there.
     Mr. Brown was born at Swan Creek, a son of the late John and Martha Brown. At the time of his death, he operated one of the best farms in the county at Raccoon Island. He was a charter member of the Jr. O.U.A.M. at Chambersburg and the Methodist Church.
     Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mae Fletcher Brown, two sons, Harold G. Brown, highway superintendent in Athens County and Morris F. Brown of the Blue & Gray Bus Line; a daughter, Miss Mildred Brown at home; two brothers, Dr. Homer C. Brown of Columbus and Otis Brown of Irving, TX and a sister Mrs. Maggie Ghrist of McKeesport, PA.

Gallipolis Paper
April, 1931
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Brown, Emma

Miss Brown Dead
Miss Emma Brown died at her home at Swan Creek, Saturday, December 21, 1912, aged 39 years. She had been an invalid for years and her death was caused by a complication of diseases. The funeral was held Monday, interment following by undertaker Hayward. She is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Brown, two sisters, and two brothers Elza Brown of Swan Creek, and Dr. Homer C. Brown of Swan Creek. She was a good Christian woman who will be sadly missed by a wide circle of friends.

Gallipolis paper
December 21, 1912
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall Top of Page

Brown, Ethel S.

Mrs. Ethel Brown Dies Thursday
     Mrs. Ethel S. Brown, 75, mother of Dr. W. Lewis Brown, died in Holzer hospital at 10:30 p.m., Thursday. She had been a patient there for two weeks, but had been in declining health for a period of eight months.
     Mrs. Brown was a resident of Athens, a next door neighbor of the late Merrill and Bessie Kerr, former Gallipolis residents. She was a native of Malden, W. Va., and the widow of Hunter S. Brown, who died in Holzer hospital in May, 1945.
     For many years her late husband was associated with the Stedman Packing Co., at Athens and was later engaged in the coal business at Boomer, W. Va., going from there to St. Clairsville, where he was connected with the Hanna Coal Co.
   In addition to the son here, she is survived by another son, Hunter S., St. Clairsville, four grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
     Funeral services will be held at the Dowler -Ferguson Funeral Home, Athens, at 4 P.M., Sunday, with burial to follow in the Hebbardsville Cemetery, near Albany.
Mrs. Brown was a member of the Athens Presbyterian Church and was active in club work in that city.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Friday, July 1, 1955
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Brown, Everett E.

Everett Brown
     Everett E. Brown, 85, of 209 Lower River Rd., died at 11:10 p.m. Saturday at HMC. He had been in failing health for several years. He was a retired brick mason and worked for Dave Mehl for 40 years.
     He was born Sept. 6, 1895 in Gallia County to the late Richard M. Brown and Nancy DeWitt. He was married two times- first Coilie Edith Hurshman, who preceded him in death in 1920; he then married Pva [sic] Mehl, who survives, in 1926.[In a correction from the Tribune- also survived by a daughter, Mrs. Lenora McGuire of Gallipolis.]
     Four brothers and one sister survive: Denver, Gallipolis; Harvey, Gallipolis; Fred, also of Gallipolis; Herbert, Bidwell and Mrs. Marilla Gothard, also of Bidwell. Four brothers and two sisters preceded him in death. He was also preceded in death by one daughter.
     He attended the First Baptist Church and was a member of the Brick Masons Union Local, Pomeroy. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home with the Rev. Alfred Holley. Burial will be in Mound Hill Cemetery. Friends may call from 6-9 p.m. Tuesday.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
November 10, 1980
Transcribed by Lynn Anders Top of Page

Brown, Frances

Mrs. Alvin Brown
Mrs. Frances Brown, 72, widow of Alvin Brown, died at her home in this city Sunday noon. The funeral was from her late home Wednesday, interment in Pine street cemetery. She is survived by her daughter, Mrs. Frank Shaw, with whom she made her home, and a son, Dr. Harry Brown. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church and a good Christian woman.

[Note: Marker has B.11-1-1848 D.2-15-1920]

Gallia Times
Feb 22, 1920
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall

Brown, Fred

     Fred Brown, 86, of Portsmouth Rd., died Tuesday, Jan. 1, 1991, in University Hospital, Columbus.
He was born Aug. 17, 1904 in Green Township, Gallia County, son of the late Richard M. and Nancy Kay DeWitt Brown.
     He was a retired state employee and attended the Garfield Avenue Church of God. He is survived by his wife, Geneve (Musser) Brown. Also surviving are three daughters, Aretta May Montgomery of Letart Falls, Ohio, Dorothy Ann Haskins of Nelsonville and Virginia Lee Schmeltzer of New Matamoras, Ohio; one sister, Marilla Gothard of Bidwell; nine grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by eight brothers and two sisters.
     Funeral services will be conducted 1 p.m. Friday at Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home with Rev. Paul Voss officiating. Burial will be in Ohio Valley Memory Gardens. Friends may call at the funeral home from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday. Grandsons and great-grandsons will serve as pallbearers.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
January 1991
Transcribed by Lynn Anders Top of Page

Brown, Georgia

Death of Little Girl
Miss Georgia Brown, twelve year old daughter of Mrs. Nancy Brown died of pneumonia Friday afternoon at two o’clock. The funeral will be Monday from the residence on Mill Creek. Interment by Wetherholt & Entsminger at Pine Street Cemetery.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Saturday, October 26, 1918
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Brown, Harvey E.

     Harvey E. Brown, 72, of 201 Fourth Avenue, Gallipolis died Wednesday, January 31, 1996 at the Holzer Medical Center. Born March 15, 1923 in Mason County, W. Va., he was the son of the late Harvey L. and Lillie Cox Brown. He retired after nearly 30 years of service from Columbia Gas of Ohio. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II, and was stationed in Italy. He was also an avid fisherman.
     He married Eulah H. Miller on Feb. 17, 1943, in Miami, Fla., and she survives as does one daughter and son-in-law, Peggy and Charles E. Huber II of Gallipolis; two granddaughters survive: Amy Huber of Kent, Ohio and Abbey Huber of Gallipolis; a grandson also survives, Toby Brown of Gallipolis. He was a member of VFW Post #4464 and the American Legion. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his son, Gary Lee Brown, and an infant brother, Charles Edward Brown.
     Funeral services will be held 1 p.m. Saturday, February 3, 1966 [sic, 1996], in the Cremeens Funeral Chapel, Gallipolis. The Rev. Alfred Holley will officiate. Burial will be in the German Ridge Cemetery in Walnut Township. Friends may call the chapel from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday. Casketbearers are Roger Brown, Dick Brown, Gene Moore, Luther Moore, John Paul Kearns, and Richard Miller.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
February 1996
Transcribed by Lynn Anders

Brown, Harvey L.

     Harvey L. Brown, 85, 38 Garfield Ave., Gallipolis, died Thursday evening at Pine Crest Care Center. He retired from the city fire department, born May 9, 1902, in Gallia County, to the late Richard and Nancy Dewitt Brown.
     Survived by one son, Harvey E. Brown, Jr. of Gallipolis; one sister, Marilla Gothard of Bidwell; two grandchildren and three great great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife, Lillie Mae (Cox) Brown May 29th 1983, son Charles Edward Brown, six brothers and two sisters.
     Graveside services will be on Sunday, at 1 p.m. at Mound Hill Cemetery, with Rev. Alfred Holley, officiating. Friends may call Saturday 7 to 9 p.m. at the Willis Funeral Home. Pallbearers are Freddie Cox, Roger Brown, Luther Moore, Gene Moore, Vern Brown, Arthur W. Brown. Honoraries are G. Richard Brown, Carroll Brown, Francis Johnson, Donald Cox and Larry Cox.

[Note: Ohio Deaths/Ancestry date of death July 23, 1987.]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
July 1987
Transcribed by Lynn Anders Top of Page

Brown, Hearl

Hearl Brown
     Gallipolis -- Hearl Brown, 73, Gallipolis Route 2, died Friday at his home on Neighborhood Road. Born in Gallia County, the son of the late Richard and Nancy DeWitt Brown, he was a former employe of the state and Gallia County Highway Departments and the city of Gallipolis.
     Survivors include his wife, Ora M. McIntyre Brown; a son, Verne I. of Thurman; a daughter, Mrs. Ted (Mae) Baker, Columbianna; a sister, Mrs. Carl (Mervilla) Gothard, Bidwell; seven brothers, Everett, of Gallipolis; Denver and Fred, both of Gallipolis Route 2; Verne, of Patriot; Harvey, of Eureka; Herbert, of Bidwell; and Luther, of Chesapeake; and two grand-children.
     Services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday with evangelist Lewis Mikell officiating. Burial will be in Mound Hill Cemetery. Arrangements are being made by McCoy-Weatherholt Funeral Home.

Athens Messenger
June 7, 1970
Transcribed by Connie Cotterill Schumaker

Brown, Herbert

     Herbert Brown, 80, of Route 1 Bidwell, died Saturday at Holzer Medical Center, following an extended illness. He retired as a carpenter from Columbus State Hospital in 1968 after 14 years service. Prior to that, he was employed by Hoy Furniture Company and Mason Furniture Company.
     Born October 17, 1906 in Green Township to the late Richard M. Brown and Nancy Dewitt Brown.
He married Laura Allbright on September 14, 1929, and she survives, along with two sons, G. Richard Brown of Gallipolis, and Carroll C. Brown of Bidwell; six grand daughters, 11 great grandchildren; one brother, Fred Brown of Gallipolis and a sister, Marilla Gothard of Bidwell. Seven brothers and two sisters preceded him in death.
     He was a member of Mina Chapel Church.
     Services will be conducted Tuesday, 1 p.m., from Waugh-Halley -Wood Funeral Home, Denny Coburn officiating. Burial follows in Mound Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Monday, 6 to 9 p.m.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Monday, July 27, 1987
Transcribed by Sandy Bledsoe Top of Page

Brown, Janis

Little Brown Twin Dies Monday Night
   Death came to little Janis Brown, twin daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Brown, 1072 Second Avenue, Monday evening about 7:30 p.m. at Holzer Hospital where she had been treated for a week. The little one's illness which covered a period of eighteen days, had been watched with much concern by the many friends of the parents.
     In addition to the father and mother, the twin sister, Janet and three brothers survive.
     The funeral services at which Rev. J. V. Stone will officiate, will be held at the home Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, A.E. Tope will be in charge of the burial.

[Note: Death Certificate--Janice Brown born Sept 7, 1928; died Oct. 13, 1931, 3 years, 1 month and 5 days of age. Parents: Earl Brown and Louise Baker. Burial Mound Hill Cemetery.]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
October 13, 1931
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Brown, Jerry A.

Jerry A. Brown
     Gallia county mourned the passing of one of its best beloved citizens this week with the sudden death of Capt. Jerry A. Brown, who succumbed last Sunday evening at Brownsdale, Pa. Mr. Brown was 79 years old. He was born July 29, 1860. He was the youngest son of Gideon Brown, who lived at Mercers Bottom, W. Va., a farmer who owned property near Kanawa, reaching way back from the Ohio River.
     Decedent ran a wharf boat at Rochester, Pa., some years ago and attained the respect and the friendship of every river man who met him. For about 15 years he and his wife, Anna Thorniley, daughter of Walter Thorniley lived at the home of Walter Thorniley at Raccoon Island.
Details of Capt. Brown's passing, as well as of his life, are lacking at this writing. The news of his death reached here Sunday night.
     Funeral services were held at the George J. Wetherholt & Sons Funeral Home at 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Burial was at Mound Hill cemetery.

[Note: From tombstone died 1939]

Gallipolis Newspaper
No Date
Transcribed by Margaret Calvin

Brown, John

John Brown Dead
     John Brown, retired, well-to-do farmer and well-known in Gallia, Meigs, Jackson and Cabell counties, died last Thursday afternoon at the home of his son, Elza Brown, at Raccoon Island. Death was caused by pneumonia, whch he contracted less than two weeks before. He was nearly 77 years old.
     Mr. Brown recently sold his big Swan Creek farm to Perry Gatewood for $30,000 and after that traveled quite a good deal and visited his children and other relatives. Shortly before he was taken ill he rented apartments in Huntington and had expected to reside there.
     Mrs. Brown died last summer. Mr. Brown is survived by three sons and two daughters - Dr. Homer of Columbus; Elza and Miss Annette, Raccoon Island; Otis, Irving, Texas; and Mrs. Maggie C. Ghrist, Corapoppis, PA. To them has come the loss of an indulgent and devoted parent; one to whom they were tenderly devoted.
     The decedent was born and reared near Racine, Ohio, and was a son of Gideon Brown. For nearly half a centurey, however, he resided at Swan Creek and made a notable success as a farmer. He had nine brothers and four sisters, a half-brother and a half-sister. The men were large, powerful, industrious; honorable and useful citizens, who achieved success and deserved it. Of the large family of Gideon Brown there are now but four survivors - Jerry, Rochester, Pa; Mrs. ? E. Gwinn, Columbus; Hiram and William Brown and Mrs. Geo Moore, Mercer's Bottom.
     The funeral services were held at Swan Creek M. E. Church at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon. Rev. D. Finley Wood officiating. Burial by Hayward.

[Tombstone dates are 1842-1919]

Gallipolis paper
1919
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall

Brown, John

John Brown Dead
Prominent Swan Creek Farmer Passes Out at Seventy-Seven
     John Brown, well known resident of the county, aged 77 years, died Thursday afternoon at the home of his son Mr. Elza Brown at Raccoon Island from pneumonia.
     The funeral will be at the Swan Creek Methodist Church, of which he was a member, at 2 p.m. Saturday. Three sons and two daughters survive him--Dr. H.C. of Columbus; Ezra at Raccoon Island; Otis at Irving, Tex.; Mrs. Maggie C. Ghrist of Corapolis, Pa., and Miss Annette at Raccoon Island.
Mr. Brown was a brother of Capt. Jerry Brown of Rochester, Pa. He was born and raised in Meigs county near Racine, O. Mr. Brown's wife preceded him but a few months ago.
     He was a very successful farmer at Swan Creek for 48 years and many friends will regret to hear of his death. A long, industrious, useful and honorable life is closed by Mr. Brown's death.
Undertaker Hayward has charge of the remains.

[Note: He is buried in Swan Creek Cemetery in Ohio Township.]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
April 25, 1919
Transcribed by Henny Evans                                                                     Top of Page

Brown, John

At 6:30 o’clock last Monday morning, 25th February, 1895, death closed the earthly career of a respected citizen, Mr. John Brown. Mr. Brown had been in failing health for some time before his death, not so much from old age, though he was 75 years old, but on account of weakness and ailments the result of many hardships. For a long while he had suffered very much from erysipelas in the knee.
Mr. Brown’s parents moved here from Pennsylvania when he was two years old. He was twice married; first to Miss Margaret Benner, and after her death to Miss Campbell. From the first marriage were born ten children, seven of whom survive; from the second marriage, there is one child. The funeral services were conducted at Mr. Brown’s home by Rev. B. F. Jackson.

The Gallipolis Bulletin
Saturday, March 2, 1895

Death of John Brown
     Grim death has once more visited our town and removed one of our most respected citizens - one of Gallipolis’ pioneers - Mr. John Brown, who passed away at 6:30 o’clock Monday morning at the age of 75. Mr. Brown had been poorly for quite a while and on account of his age, he suffered terribly and became very feeble from erysipelas on his knee caused by a wound while defending his country.
     Mr. Brown came to this county from Pennsylvania with his parents when about two years of age, and with them settled at Gallipolis and lived to see the town grow from a French village to a well populated city. In early life he followed various occupations, but for many years he has been a teamster, and by industry and application to his duties won the respect of all.
     He was twice married. The first time to Miss Margaret Benner, Feb. 11, 1845, who died several years ago. From this union there were born ten children, seven of whom survive him. He was again married March 25, 1886, to a Miss Campbell, a most worthy woman and one child was born to bless and comfort his declining years. With the exception of the youngest, the children have grown to man and womanhood. Some of them living near to succor him in his trying hour while some are out West, but probably will be here to see his body laid away to rest.
     The funeral services of the late John Brown will be conducted at his late residence by Rev. B. F. Jackson, Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Burial following at Mound Hill by Wetherholt.

The Gallipolis Journal
Wednesday, February 27, 1895
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Brown, John R.

     GALLIPOLIS- John Rutherford Brown, 86, Rt. 1, Patriot, died Saturday in Holzer Medical Center.
Born June 13, 1904, in Gallia County, son of the late Celia Jane Allbright Fulton, he was a graduate of Waterloo High School and attended Rio Grande College. A lifelong farmer, he retired from the Ohio Department of Transportation after 27 years service. He was a member of the Mount Zion Methodist Church near Mudsoc, where he served as Sunday school superintendent for many years. He recently attended Walnut Ridge Church.
     Surviving are four sons, Wayne Dennis Brown of Springboro, James Daniel Brown of Lexington, S. C., John Marshall Brown of San Diego, Calif., and Donald Ray Brown of Laguna Nigel, Calif.; two daughters, Mrs. Melvin (Bonnie) Tabor of Gallipolis, and Mrs. Donna Niday of Gallipolis; and 15 grandchildren.
     Services will be 2 p.m. Monday in the Chapel of Grace United Methodist Church, Gallipolis, with the Rev. Joe Hefner officiating. Burial will be in Mount Zion Cemetery, Mudsoc. Friends may call at the McCoy-Moore Funeral Home Wetherholt Chapel, Gallipolis, Sunday from 5-8 p.m.

[Note: Ohio Deaths/Ancestry gives death date of March 16, 1991.]

Gallipolis Bulletin
March 17, 1991
Transcribed by Lynn Anders

Brown, Joseph

Wealthy Farmer Commits Suicide
Joseph Brown Cuts Throat At Brother’s Home at Mercer’s Bottom
     Joseph Brown committed suicide at the home of his brother, Robert Brown, at Mercer’s Bottom, Monday evening by cutting his throat with his pocket knife. He sold his farm to S. P. Black a few years ago and moved down below Huntington where he bought another place. Since then he has been dissatisfied and melancholy. He came up on the Greenwood Sunday and spent the night at a hotel here but could not sleep. He got up early and must have walked down to Plymale’s for he boarded the Carrie Brown there on her down trip, accompanied by his son.
     He acted strangely on the boat. Arriving at his brother’s home at Mercer’s Bottom, he was very melancholy and the family endeavored to cheer him up. About 4 o’clock, Robert Brown went out of the house and had not proceeded far when he heard the sound as of a heavy body falling in the house. He returned and saw his brother on the floor, with blood spurting from a deep gash in his throat. The jugular vein had been severed and he died almost instantly.
     Mr. Brown was about 60 years of age and well and favorably known in this city. He was a son of the late Gideon Brown and leaves a wife, two sons and two daughters, who will have the sympathy of everyone.

Gallipolis Bulletin
Friday, February 12, 1909
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron

Brown, Katherine Flesher

Mrs. Brown Dies in Hospital Here Last Night
Had Long Been Patient
Rites Wednesday For Prominent Middleport Woman
     Mrs. Katherine Flesher Brown, prominent Middleport woman, died at 7:55 last night at the Holzer Hospital, where she had been a medical patient for a month. Death was caused by nephritis and her condition was pronounced hopeless by Dr. Leo Dean and member of the hospital staff soon after she was brought to the hospital.
     At intervals almost daily her passing had seemed imminent since a week ago last Saturday and those attending her marvelled at the brief but frequent rallies. Occasionally she would appraise her loved ones that "I am not going today". And sometimes her casual remarks indicated she had glimpses of scenes of the Great Beyond.
     Mrs. Brown was born 61 years ago at Antiquity, a daughter of Captain B.T. and Mary Addie Francis Flesher. Captain Flesher located at Antiquity because of the boatyards there and he became a widely known riverman in the closing years of his career he operated the ferryboat, which bore his name between Huntington and Chesapeake.
     Katherine Flesher was graduated from the Middleport High School. The family had moved there when she was a child and five-sixths of her years were spent there. In 1935, she and Charles F. Rathburn, an outstanding merchant of the community, were united in marriage. Their beautiful and commodious home was a center of gayety and hospitality till his death about 15 years ago. Six years ago Mrs. Rathburn married Milton George Brown, a Michigan native, who had come to Middleport from Seattle. He died May 3, 1945.
     Mrs. Brown is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Austin (Vashti) Wood, Wheeling; Mrs. W. T. (Frances) Moore and Mrs. R.I. (Bertha) Hamilton, Chesapeake; a nephew, Robert Flesher of Providence RI; who was reared by Mrs. Brown; a niece, Mrs. Francis Kline, well-known Middleport newswriter and other nieces ad nephews. Mrs. Kline spent part of each day with Mrs. Brown during the period of her hospitalization and they had been tenderly devoted to each other down through the years. The three sisters also have been here much of the time.
     Mrs. Brown (then Mrs. Charles F. Rathburn) was active in politics back in the 20s but never sought office She was very close to the ex-Governor and Mrs. Myers Cooper. She was S.E. District Director of the Ohio Association of Garden Clubs and past President of the Middleport Garden Club; District director of the DAR and Post Regent of the Return Jonathan Meigs Chapter; active in the Daughters of American Colonials; was a member of the Methodist Church and the WSCS.
     Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. Wednesday at the Brown home on Rutland St in Middleport, with Rev. W. B. Moore in charge. Burial will be in the Middleport Cemetery by Rawlings-Coates.

[Note: born Jan. 20, 1889; died May 31, 1948. Parents: Benjamin T. Flesher and Mary A. Francis]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Tuesday, June 1, 1948
Submitted by F.K. Brown Top of Page

Brown, Laura A.

     Laura A. Brown, 83, Bidwell, died Sunday, April 25, 1993 at Holzer Medical Center. She was born November 30, 1909 in Walnut Township, Gallia County, to the late Joseph and Harriet Brown Allbright. She was a retired employee of Columbus State Hospital and a member of the Gallipolis Christian Church.
     Survivors include two sons, G. Richard Brown of Gallipolis and Carroll C. Brown of Bidwell; six granddaughters and nine great grandchildren; two sisters, Lillian Monroe of Cadmus and Clarabelle Drummond Brown of Gallipolis; and one brother, Dallas Allbright of Gallipolis.
     She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Herbert Brown.
     Friends may call 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home. Services will be held 1 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home with Pastor Denny Coburn officiating. Burial will follow in Mound Hill Cemetery.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Monday, April 26, 1993
Transcribed by Sandy Bledsoe

Brown, Martin L., Capt.

Capt. Brown Dead
Well Known River Man Passes Away at Hartford
Capt. Martin L. Brown, of Hartford, W. Va., long ill, and mentioned several times in this paper, died at his home Thursday evening, July 16, 1903. He was never married and was 52 years old. He was the youngest of the family, and the first one to die out of a family of ten. He left brothers, Matt, Melvin, Miles, Marlin and Manley, and sisters, Mrs. C. W. Bird, Mrs. W. B. Guthrie and Miss Martha Brown. Miles and the sisters all reside here.
Capt. Martin Brown was a first class steamboat pilot and master, his last boating being as pilot of the Gallipolis and Huntington packet, Chevalier owned by his brother, Capt. Marlin Brown. He was a man well liked by all who knew him, was gentlemanly in his manners and had many friends all along the river who will be pained to hear of his death. The funeral services of Martin L. Brown will be at Hartford at one o'clock, Sunday afternoon.

[Note: Only 8 brothers & sisters are named]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
July 17, 1905
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall

Brown, Mary

Miss Mary Brown Dead
Miss Mary Brown passed away at her home on Fourth Avenue (this) Wednesday morning, Jan. 28, 1920.
She has resided here all her life and was a lovable lady with a wide circle of friends.
The funeral will be Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the house conducted by Rev. Mr. Wood. Burial will be at Pine Street Cemetery by Wetherholt and Entsminger.

[Note: Death Certificate..born May 25, 1852; died Jan. 20, 1920. Parents: Andrew Brown and Margaret James]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Jan. 28, 1920
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Brown, Miles H.

Capt. Miles H. Brown Dead

     Word was received here this morning of the death of Capt. Miles H. Brown at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Jesse Fee, in New Orleans. The body will arrive here Tuesday noon, and burial will take place at Mound Hill under direction of George Wetherholt & Sons.
     Capt. Brown suffered a fall a few weeks ago which caused him a great deal of suffering and it is believed that his death was the result of complications in connection with the accident. He was 84 years of age. The body is accompanied from New Orleans by his grandson, Mr. Dart Fee. His son, Major Brown, of Columbus, is to meet the body at Cincinnati and will arrive here Tuesday noon.
     Capt. Brown was a resident of Gallipolis for many years and was prominently identified with the steamboat business here. There remain in this many of his friends who will be grieved to learn of his death.
     Capt. Brown owned and operated the packets Carrie Brown, Vesper and Wild Gazelle in the Huntington and Gallipolis trade. He and his brothers the late Capt. Marlin Brown and Capt. Mell Brown built the steamer Big Kanawha and also the B.T. Enos. Capt. Miles Brown at one time owned and operated the Gallipolis ferry boat Francis.
     The remains will be taken to Wetherholt & Sons on Court Street. Funeral arrangements will not be known until this evening.

Gallipolis Daily Tribunue
May 26, 1924
Transcribed by Henny Evans Top of Page

Brown, Nancy Dewitt

Mrs. R.M. Brown, 60, Passes
Funeral In Baptist Church
     Mrs. Richard M. Brown, who had been critically ill for the past two weeks, died Sunday morning about 5:30 in the Holzer Hospital. Mrs. Brown had been in poor health for a long time, but her condition became serious about two weeks ago when she was removed to the hospital where an operation for a kidney ailment with the aid of three blood transfusions failed to relieve her.
     As Nancy Dewitt she was born in Gallia county sixty years ago next month and spent her entire life here. In addition to the husband, nine sons and one daughter survive. They are Hearl, Everett, Harvey, Denver, Verne, Fred, Herbert, Bert and Luther Brown and Marilla, the wife of Oyer Moore, all of whom live at or near the family home on Portsmouth road. Four brothers also survive, Wesley, Bert, Isaac and Lester Dewitt, and eleven grandchildren. She was a devoted mother; a good wife and highly esteemed by those who knew her.
     Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock by Rev. George Sagen at the First Baptist church. She was a member of the Mt. Carmel church since early girlhood. Burial will be in the Mound Hill cemetery in charge of George J. Wetherholt & Sons.

[Note: From death certificate date of birth April 30, 1875; date of death March 10, 1935; father John M. Dewitt; mother Elizabeth Unrae.]

Gallipolis newspaper
March, 1935
Transcribed by Lynn Anders

Brown, Nancy J.

Mrs. Nancy Brown, 69, Dies
Funeral Here 2 [p.m.] Saturday
     Mrs. Nancy J. Brown, aged 69, died at 2:30 Thursday afternoon at her home at 52 Mill Creek after a long illness. She was the widow of Lee Brown, who died about three years ago. She made her home with her daughter, Alma, who is employed at the O.H.E.
     Mrs. Brown was a daughter of Jacob and Susan Shaver Rothgeb. She was married twice. Of the first marriage, there is a surviving son, Levi Rife, of Springfield. Of the second marriage, there are two daughters, besides the one mentioned, Mrs. Eva Burnette and Mrs. Zelva Oldacre, both of Gallipolis. Also surviving is a sister, Mrs. Florilla Rife of Bulaville.
     Funeral services will be held at the Church of the Nazarene near the head of Second Avenue at 2: o’clock Saturday, in charge of Rev. George Sagan. Burial in Rife cemetery in Addison twp. By Albert E. Tope.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Friday, June 16, 1939
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron

Brown, Nelle Virginia

Death Learned Here Of Former City Resident
     Mrs. Fred Wood Brown, 77, who was reared and educated in Gallipolis, died Aug. 1 in Greenville, S.C., where she is buried with her husband and 17 year-old son, Wells Gatewood Brown.
She was the former Nelle Virginia Gatewood, a first cousin of Mrs. O. O. McIntyre. Mrs. Brown had lived in Asheville, N.C., and in Greenville until her husband’s retirement to Pass-A-Grille Beach, Fla. After her husband’s death in 1960, she returned to Greenville.
     She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Lowry Gatewood of Gallipolis and the sister of Mrs. Ira W. Booton of Port Washington, Long Island. Another sister is Mrs. William G. Drummond, Burbank, Calif. The late Mrs. Edward Jenkinson and Harry Gatewood were her sister and brother.
     Other survivors include her son, Fred Wood Brown, Jr., and grandson, Fred Wood Brown, III, both of Greenville, S.C. After her marriage, Mrs. Brown resided in Marceline, Mo., until she and her husband went south. Mrs. Marion Lowks whose home is on Rt. 141, is a niece.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Thursday, August 8, 1963
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron

Brown, Ora A

Death of Mrs. Brown
     Mrs. Ora A. Brown, wife of Mr. H.V. Brown, living on the corner of Third and Spruce Streets, passed away this Friday morning at 6:30 after an illness of seven months. The funeral services will be held at Mins Chapel at 2 p.m. Saturday by Rev. H.E. Brill of the M.E. Church, of which Mrs. Brown had been a life long member. The interment will be at the same place, conducted by Undertaker Wetherholt.
     Mr. and Mrs. Brown moved here from Clipper Mill six months ago. Mrs. Brown was a daughter of Mathew R. and Nancy M. Dickey and was married to Mr. Brown only last January.
     She was a highly esteemed young lady, being under 22 years of age, and her death is a sad one to her parents, two brothers and two sisters and a large circle of friends. Mr. Brown will have the sympathy of all in his great bereavement.

[Note: Death Certificate-Ora Anna Brown born 1878; died Dec. 10, 1897 Gallipolis, age 19. ]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
December 12, 1897
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Brown, Robert F

Death of Robert Brown
Mr. Robert Brown died at his home in Huntington Thursday at 9 a.m., Nov. 12, 1925, after several days illness at the age of 76 years. He leaves three daughters, Mrs. Myrtle Trobridge, Mrs. Ulah Window and Miss Wealthy Brown. Two sisters, Mrs. Rebecca Null of Gallipolis , Mrs. Martha Walters and one brother, Mr. Sam Brown, of Walnut Township. His body will be brought to Walnut Ridge Saturday where the funeral services will be held.

[Note: Death Certificate..born Aug. 22, 1849; died Nov. 12, 1925; age 76 years, 2 months and 20 days of age. Parents: first names not listed...Father/Brown; Mother/Clark. Burial: Electa, Ohio]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Nov. 13, 1925
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Brown, Stephen A.

Stephen Anthony Brown, 83, Middleton Estates, Gallipois, died at 11 p.m. Friday. Born June 6, 1902, in Austria-Hungary, son of the late Sylvester and Rosetta Brown, he was a 52-year resident of Gallipolis.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in St. Louis Catholic Church, with the Rev. Anthony Giannamore officiating. Burial will be in St. Louis Catholic Cemetery. Arrangements are by Miller's Home for Funerals in the former Warehime Funeral Home.

Gallipolis Tribune
1985
Transcribed by J. Farley

Brown, Waldo

Waldo Brown, 72, succumbs
     Waldo Franklin Brown, 72, semi-retired insurance agent and an active member of the Gallia County Junior Fairboard for 18 years, died at 1:30 a.m. today in Holzer Medical Center. Mr. Brown had been in failing health the past six months.
     Mr. Brown was born Jan 9, 1902, in Decatur, Ohio, son of the late Walter Richard and Adeline Cluxton Brown. He is survived by his wife, Eva Simbro Brown, whom he married on June 3, 1938, in Xenia, Ohio. Two sons survive: Paul W. Brown, Cortexz, Colo., and W. R. (Dick) Brown, Gallipolis. Four grandchildren survive. One brother and one sister survive: Clarence Brown Decatur and Mrs. Nellie West, Winchester, Ohio.
     Mr. Brown moved to Gallia County in 1949. He came here as manager of the Gallia County Farm Bureau Coop Store. Prior to coming to Gallipolis, Mr. Brown was manager of the Farm Bureau bulk plant in Xenia. In 1951, Mr. Brown started an insurance agency here with Anderson and Robinson. He continued in that capacity until his semi-retirement in 1967.
In 1964, his son, W. R. (Dick) Brown, became a partner in the insurance agency and now is manager of that agency.
     A current member of the Gallia County Junior Fairboard, Mr. Brown was Fairboard president in 1966. He was a charter member and past president (1964-1965) of the Gallipolis Lions Club; a member of the K of P Lodge, Gallipolis and the Dokies; a member of the Farm Bureau, and French City Camping Club.      He was also a member, treasurer and trustee of the Gallipolis Christian Church.
Since the Gallipolis Christian Church has a new church under construction, funeral services will be held at the First Baptist Church in Gallipolis 2 p.m. Saturday with Rev. Denny Coburn and Rev. wilson Wahl officiating.
     Burial will be in Ohio Valley Memory Gardens. Friends may call at the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Friday. Pallbearers will be B. B. Matthews, Frank Mills, Jr., William Russell, Jim Saunders, Paul Butler and Ray Davis. Honorary pallbears will be Milton Houdashelt, William Schonover, Jerry McManniss, George Nash, William Marra and and James Williams.

[Note: Died Jan 5, 1975]

Gallipolis Paper
Jan 5, 1975
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall

Brownell, Audrey T.

     Audrey T. Brownell, 94, 221 Omar Ave., Gallipolis, died Wednesday, Nov. 4, 1998. Born Aug. 7, 1904 in Letart Falls, daughter of the late Alta B. and Lena O. Riggs Wood, she was a former employee of the Kanauga Elementary School and was a member of the Fair Haven United Methodist Church in Kanauga.
     Surviving are three daughters, Doris Pickens of Rossville, Ga., Wanda (James) Crosby of Picayune, Miss., and Dian (Bill) Brown of Gallipolis; a son, Dean (Karen) Brownell of Gallipolis; 15 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren; and a sister, Dorothy (Fern) Norris of Racine.
     She was also preceded in death by her husband, Harry C. Brownell; a daughter, Joyce Jenkins; and three brothers, Jess Wood, Robert Wood and Ralph Wood.
     Services will be 2 p.m. Sunday in the Fair Haven United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Raymond Jenkins officiating. The body will lie in state one hour prior to the services. There will be no calling hours. Burial will be in the Lone Oak Cemetery, Point Pleasant, W. Va. Arrangements are by the Cremeens Funeral Chapel, Gallipolis.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Friday, Nov. 6, 1998
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Brownell, Harry C.

H. C. Brownell, 63, Kanauga, Is Claimed Sunday
     Harry C. Brownell, 63, a resident of 441 Burnette Rd., Kanauga, died at 11:40 p.m. Sunday in Holzer Hospital where he had been a patient for three and a half hours. Mr. Brownell, a retired riverman, had been in failing health for four years and had suffered a stroke last fall.
     Mr. Brownell in his early years served as a railroad conductor and later as a yard brakeman. His last employment was on various river boats. He was born Jan. 8, 1900, in Jackson County, W. Va., son of the late Lewis and Dora Barnett Brownell. His marriage was to the former Audrey Wood of Apple Grove, O., who survives along with five children. The children are Mrs. James (Wanda) Crosby of Picayune, Miss., Mrs. Thomas J. (Doris) Pickens of Warner-Robbins, Ga., Miss Joyce Brownell of Falls Church, Va., and twins, Mrs. Dian Stalnaker of Columbus and Dean Brownell of Kanauga. There are six grandchildren. A surviving sister is Mrs. Hazel Carrier of Hendersonville, N. C., and a half-sister, Mrs. Perry Miller of Conway, Pa. His only brother, Walton Brownell, died in Xenia in March of this year.
     Services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Miller’s Home for Funerals. Rev. Wesley Bennett will officiate and burial will be in Suncrest Cemetery at Pt. Pleasant. Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 p.m. Wednesday, and until the hour of the service.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Monday, April 8, 1963
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Broyles, Casby

Mrs. Casby Broyes Dies
     Mrs. Casby Broyles, 80, widow of Solomon Broyles, died early Sunday night at the home of her niece, Mrs. Augusta Angel, in Ohio township. She was a victim of paralysis.
     Seven children survive her. They are Mrs. F. M. Landthorn and Mrs. Marvin Gothard of Eureka, Mrs. George Coon and Chauncey H. Broyles of Columbus, John W. Broyles of Thivener, Foster Broyles of Fostoria, and Mrs. Fred Lewis of Ravenswood. A brother, Paris Elkins, lives at Thivener, and a sister, Mrs. George Roe, in this city.
     Funeral services were at St. Nicholas church Tuesday afternoon by Rev. Lee Wallace, with burial there.

[Note: Dates from tombstone 30 Mar 1854 - 23 Sept 1934]

Gallipolis paper
23 Sept 1934
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall                                                                      Top of Page

Broyles, Ezra

     Ezra E. Broyles, 39 years of age, died Friday, October 25, 1917, at his home on Fourth Avenue in this city, following a long illness from tuberculosis.
     He was a son of Solomon Broyles and was a native of Gallia County. He is survived by his widow, Elizabeth Broyles, son Chester, sisters Lecia Gothard, Leonora Coon, Clara Johnson, Mirand Landthorn and Oda Lewis and brothers Chauncey and Foster.
     He was a good, industrious citizen and served in Company C in the Spanish American War.
The funeral services were conducted at Clay Chapel Sunday morning by Rev. King, interment following in the McClellon Cemetery. The following Spanish-American War veterans acted as pall-bearers: M. F. Merriman, Carl Wall, Berry Chick, Garfield Jones.

Gallipolis paper
October 25, 1917
Transcribed by Irene Blamer

Broyles, George Henry

Geo. H. Broyles Died Last Night At Farm Home
     George Henry Broyles, Sr., 75, died at 9 o’clock last night at his home on the Neighborhood Rd., near Mina Chapel, Gallipolis, R. 2. As a raiser and distributor of small fruits and vegetables in the local market, Mr. Broyles was quite well-known in and around Gallipolis. However, failing health prevented him of late years from making his rounds of calls on old patrons. He was an industrious man, a good neighbor, and whole-heartedly devoted to his home and his loved ones. His brick house is one of the notable landmarks of his community.
     Mr. Broyles was born in Clay Twp., Dec.29, 1871, and was named for his father. His mother was Fidelia Gibson Broyles. He was the third born of their 11 children, of whom the only survivors are Mrs. Albert Kemp, Gallipolis, and Mrs. Rhoda McIntyre, Pt. Pleasant.
     He is also survived by his wife, Ada Lee Broyles, and these nine children: Mrs. Frank (Edna) Balseley, Cleveland; George H. Broyles, Findlay; Harold Broyles, Gallipolis; Mrs. Charles (Mildred) Allen, Columbus; Miss Ellen Broyles, Orlando, Florida; Fred Broyles, former beauty shop operator here, who has lived at the old home and looked after the farm for several years; Major Enoch Broyles, St. Petersburg, Fla.; Nick Broyles, Columbus; Miss Ruth Broyles, nurse at the Holzer Hospital. Another son, Luther, died when but 18 months old.
     The body is at Miller’s Home for Funerals, but funeral arrangements will not be completed until the children, living at a distance, are heard from.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Thursday, May 1, 1947
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Broyles, Luther

Painter Drops Dead While At Work Here
Luther Broyles, World War Veteran Succumbs To Heart Attack
     Luther Broyles, aged 39, died suddenly this (Wednesday) morning about 8 o’clock from a heart attack. Mr. Broyles had seemed in his usual health when he left his home in the morning and was at the office of Dr. G. A. Mack, where he was engaged at his work as painter, when stricken. He had passed away before Dr. Mack was able to reach his side.
     Mr. Broyles was a world war soldier leaving here with Co. F. and seeing service overseas. He had had a heart attack several months ago, but it had not been regarded seriously.
     He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth Chandler Broyles, a foster daughter, Mary Waugh, his father F. M. Broyles, two brothers, Patsy, of this city, four sisters, Mrs. Hiram Bradley, city, and Ora, of Detroit Mich., and of Joplin, Mo., Mrs. V. F. Newton, Mrs. Violet Roof and Miss Mildred Broyles of Columbus.
     Funeral arrangements which are in charge of George J. Wetherholt and Sons will be announced later awaiting word from distant relatives.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
April 9, 1930
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron

Broyles Funeral Friday
Funeral services for Luther Broyles, who was fatally stricken Wednesday morning, will be conducted by Rev. George Sagen, under the auspices of the American Legion, Friday at 2: p.m. at his late home on Garfield Avenue. Burial in Mound Hill cemetery in charge of George J. Wetherholt and Sons.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Tuesday, April 10, 1930
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron

Broyles, Stachy B.

    Stachy Blanche Broyles, 96, Patriot Star Route (Centenery), died at 4:45 a.m. today at Holzer Medical Center, having been iln failing health for the past three years.
     Born Aug. 11, 1887, in Clay Township, Gallia County, daughter of the late W.D. and Emily Wooten Boston,. She was a member of Jehovah’s Witness Church inl Gallipolis. She was twice married: her first husband, Grover Harbour, preceded her in death in 1951 and her second husband, Foster Broyles, preceded her in death in 1963.
     Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Adeline Wallace of Patriot Star Route; a sister, Mrs. Flora Chambers of Crown City; a brother, Billy of Rt. 2,. Bidwell; and 14 grandchildren and several great-grancdhildren. She was also preceded in death by four sons, three brothers and four sisters.
     Funeral services will be held 1 lp.m. Saturday in Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home, with Edgar Harrop Jr. officiating. Burial will be in Providence Cemebery, near Mercerville. Friends may call at the funeral home 3-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Friday.

Publication unknown
Aug. 11, 1983
Contributed by Jacquelyn Woolley Top of Page

Broyles, Sylvia L.

     Sylvia L. Broyles, 76, 900 E. High St., Fostoria, died Sunday morning in Wyandot Memorial Hospital, Upper Sandusky. Born Oct. 19, 1907, in Gallia County, daughter of the late Foster and Minnie Bostic Broyles, she was a member of High Street United Methodist Church in Fostoria.
     Surviving is a sister, Mrs. Irene Price, of Findlay. She was also preceded in death by two sisters.
     Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in Mann-Hare Funeral Home, Fostoria, with Rev. W. Bruce Harris officiating. Burial will be in Memory Gardens, Arcadia. Friends may call at the funeral home from 3-5 and 7-9 today. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to High Street United Methodist Church Center or Providence Cemetery in Gallia County.

[Note: Died April 24, 1983]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
April 25, 1983 Page 6, Col 2
Transcribed by F.K Brown

Brucker, John A.

    John Adam Brucker, 90, Rt. 2, Gallipolis, died Sunday at the home of his nephew, Charles Plymale, in Sabina, Ohio, where he had made his home for the past year.
     Born March 28, 1892, in Gallia County, son of the late John and Anna Chevalier Brucker, he was a member of several Masonic organizations: Eureka Lodge 469, Rose Commandery 43, Knights Templar, Moriah Council 32, Gallipolis Chapter 79, Royal Arch Masons.
     Surviving is a brother, Nelson of St. Albans, W.Va., and several nieces and nephews. He was also preceded in death by two brothers and two sisters.
     Funeral services will be held at 1 lp.m. Wednesday in Willis Funeral Home, with the Rev. Charles Lusher officiating. Burial will be in Mound Hill Cemetery. There will be no calling hours. A Masonic graveside service will be held by Eureka Lodge 469. Pallbears will be lPete Nuckles, Harold Saunders, Don Perkins, Bill Brucker, Rodney Plymale and Ray Cartwright.

Unknown publication
Abt. 1982
Contributed by Jacquelyn Woolley

Brucker, Leslie

    Leslie Lawrence Brucker, 69 a resident of 936 Second Ave., Gallipolis, died Saturday at 9 p.m. in Holzer Medical Center. He had been hospitalized the past week following a stroke at his home on March 1.
     He was born Oct. 24, 1910, in Yellowtown, son of the late Adam H. and Mary Henshaw Brucker. He attended school at Mercerville High School. In his earlier years, he helped his parents run a fruit farm in the Yellowtown area. He was active in Gallia County Senior Citizens events.
     He was twice married, first to Catherine Wise of Yellowtown. Two sons were born to that union—Leslie, Jr., who was killed in combat during the Vietnam War, and Michael Keith, of Columbus. His second marriage was to Edith O’Dell Rowley on Oct. 5, 1961. Other survivors include twin brothers, Harvey, Greenfield, and Harley, of Upland, Calif.; Herman, Rt. 1, Crown City; one sister, Mrs. Edith Boster, Gallipolis.
     Mr. Brucker was superintendent of the Ohio State Fairgrounds for 10 years and was in charge of maintenance at the Ohio Youth Comission Honor Camp, located on the fairgrounds. Following his retirement three years ago, Mr. Brucker moved to Gallipolis. He was a member of Elizabeth Chapel Church.

Unknown publication
March 8, 1950
Contributed by Jacquelyn Woolley Top of Page

Bruff, Stella Ray

Mrs. Stella Ray Bruff Dies At Ambridge, Pa.
Writer of Note - Rites Here 1 P.M. Saturday
     "Mrs. Stella Ray Bruff, formerly of your staff and city, died at her home in Ambridge, Pa., Friday. Interment and short services will be held at Pine Street Cemetery in Gallipolis Saturday 1 p.m." She was the wife of Collins W. Bruff. This shocking message was received by The Tribune this morning from the Ambridge Daily Citizen, on whose staff Mrs. Bruff had served as society editor and later as columnist. James Pethtel received a similar message from Mr. Bruff and it revealed that Mrs. Bruff had died very suddenly.
     Stella Ray was born and reared here and was a daughter and the next youngest child of James and Emma Ray. She was a bright and comely girl and learned to be a typesetter on the old Gallipolis Journal.
     Her marriage to Mr. Bruff was an event of 30 years ago, their romance developing when he was a time-keeper on the construction of Dam 26, long before the super dam at Eureka was dreamed of. They lived for a while in Huntington but went to Ambridge soon after the locks and dam were completed. There he held an important position with the American Bridge Company, founder of the town or city.
     Some years later Gallipolitans began to hear that as a contributor to the local paper, Mrs. Bruff was winning more than local acclaim. Still later she turned to poesy and developed a remarkable talent for versification and many of her poems are preserved in the book-form collections of Pennsylvania’s poets.
     Often in her writings her ardent love for her native city was revealed and she paid many a beautiful tribute to those whom she had admired or loved in her girlhood. The news of her passing will be deeply regretted here and much sympathy for the devoted husband.
     Mrs. Bruff is survived by an older sister, Mrs. Minnie Pethtel of New Kensington, Pa., and a younger brother, James Ray of Bellaire, O. Her parents were late James and Emma Ray.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Friday, July 13, 1945

Bruff Rites Here Late Saturday
     Rev. J. E. Hakes, pastor of the First Baptist Church, conducted the graveside rites for Mrs. Stella Ray Bruff, wife of Collins Bruff, Saturday afternoon at Pine Street Cemetery. The funeral party arrived here from Ambridge, Pa., later than had been expected due to heavy showers.
     Among those in the party besides the husband were his brother, sister and nephew; Mrs. Bruff’s sister, Mrs. Minnie Pethtel, and her two daughters, her son, Ray and his wife, all of New Kensington, Pa. and her brother James Ray, and his wife of Bellaire, O. The pall bearers were all or mostly Odd Fellows of Ambridge.
     All had dinner at the Lafayette Hotel and they started home. Despite the rather persistent rain, there was a considerable number of old friends of Mr. and Mrs. Bruff at the cemetery when the funeral cortage appeared.

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

Brumfield, Clarence E.

Clarence E. Brumfield, Clothier, Dies Suddenly At His 4th Avenue Home
Lifelong Resident Of County And Esteemed And Useful Citizen And Churchman
---Funeral Will Be Held At 5:30 [P.M.] Tuesday
During the quietude of Sunday afternoon, Gallipolis lost another of it's substantial and esteemed citizens, Clarence E. Brumfield, 51, clothier, died at 3 o'clock at his home, 623 Fourth Avenue. Though suffering from a heart condition that became serious a year ago last November, Mr. Brumfield had seemed to be considerable better in recent weeks. He went to his store almost daily, waited on customers, attended the picture show Saturday night and on Friday morning had worked a while in his garden.

End Comes Quickly
     Sunday afternoon about 2:30 p.m., he accompanied Roy Ratliff, hardware merchant, to Chickamauga Park to watch horseshoe game--his favorite sport. In a matter of minutes after his arrival there he remarked in that characteristically calm manner to Ratliff, I'm not feeling well; I think I should go home". He was rushed home, put to bed, given a heart stimulant and a physician was called. Though obviously in a weak and critical condition, he said to Mrs. Brumfield, " Don't get excited; calm yourself." Within a few minutes he expired.
     For nearly 30 years Clarence Brumfield had been a figure of growing importance because of the nature and diversity of his activities, until the heart ailment forced him to cease his normal activities and to spend nine months in bed.
     His sudden passing has prostrated Mrs Brumfield, who had not recovered her strength since undergoing a major operation a few weeks ago and it is a terrible blow to the three children and other loved ones and a county-wide circle of friends.
     To a large extent, Mr. Brumfield made his own funeral arrangements, revealing a little at a time as to his wishes in conversation with Mrs. Brumfield.
     Mr. Brumfield was born in Harrison Township on Dec. 18, 1894, a son of James and the late Martha Lanier Brumfield. After attending his community's school, he entered Rio Grande for a while and then began teaching. He was awarded a teaching certificate when but 18.
     About 30 years ago he quit teaching to accept a clerkship in the Moch Clothing Store. On Jan. 4, 1921, he married Marie Carter, a daughter of the late George E. Carter and Mrs. Lena Carter. In 1932, he formed a partnership with T.A. Thomas and opened the clothing store, located on Second Ave. facing the Park---a store that is a fine monument to his and his partner's business acumen.
     Decedent is survived by, besides his devoted wife, three children, Carter, Luther and Katie; two brothers, Will of near Mills Station and Vance Brumfield of Mercerville and a half-brother, J.O. Lanier, of Rochester, NY.
     Mr. Brumfield had been a member of and worker in Grace Church since he was a young man. He had served as superintendent of Sunday School and a member of the board and was active in the St. John's Bible Class and a supporter of other church groups. He was a member of the Blue Lodge of Masons and had been a member of other fraternities until he was stricken with a grave illness. He served two or more terms as a member of the Gallipolis district Board of Education.
     None knew better than he did the gravity of his illness, but he calmly and uncomplainingly went the even tenor of his way. To Mrs. Brumfield he often remarked " I know there is a better place than this, but because of you and the children and my good friends I would prefer to remain here a while longer." He was a daily reader of the Bible and his favorite copy of the Good Book was found opened on his bed Sunday.
     Funeral services will be held at 5:30 p.m. tomorrow at Grace Methodist Church, in charge of Rev. W. Cott Westerman. Burial will be in Mound Hill Cemetery by F.J. Entsminger. From 4:30 to the funeral hour the body will lie in state in the vestibule of the church. Active pallbearers will be Supt. of Schools E.E. Higgins, next-door neighbor, Mr. Ratliff; William McKnight, Lehr Davies, W.L. Troth, all of Gallipolis and Oliver Unroe, Pomeroy. Honorary pallbearers; Stanley Evans, Clyde Warner, J. Everett Gills and E.E. Caldwell.

[Note: Death Certificate Clarence Ezra Brumfield born Dec. 18, 1894; died June 23, 1946; age 51 years, 6 months and 5 days. ]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Monday, June 24, 1946
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron & F.K. Brown Top of Page

Brumfield, James C.

     James Clifford Brumfield, 65, Route 1, Gallipolis, died Friday in Holzer Medical Center. Born March 4, 1919, in Glenwood, WV, son of the late James Blaine and Tracey Elliott Brumfield, he was a retired employee of Gallipolis Developmental Center and a retired bus driver for the Gallipolis City School District.
     He was a member of the Church of God at Rodney, a World War II Army Veteran, a member of VFW Post 4464 and American Legion Lafayette Post 27, a member of Cheshire Masonic Lodge 456, Order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem 44 at Gallipolis and Cheshire Order of the Eastern Star 450.
     Surviving are his wife, Jewell Adams Brumfield, two sons, Donald Wayne of Middleport and Nelson Blaine of Gallipolis; seven grandchildren and a great-grandchild; a sister, Mrs. Ruth Castleberry of Huntington, WV and an aunt, Letha Webb, of Huntington. He was preceded in death by four brothers and sisters.
     Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday in Willis Funeral Home, with the Rev. John D. Bucher officiating. Burial will be in White Chapel Memorial Gardens, Barboursville, WV. Friends may call at the funeral home from 6-9 p.m. today.
VFW Post 4464 and American Legion Lafayette Post 27 will present the flag at the graveside.

[Note: Died Nov. 23, 1984]

Gallipolis Sunday Times Sentinel
Nov. 25, 1984 Page 7, Col. 1
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Brumfield, Lieueta Frances

Mrs. Brumfield Is Buried Sunday
     Short services were conducted by James Stewart Sunday afternoon at four o'clock at her late home near the Mooney school house in Ohio township for Mrs. Lieueta Frances Brumfield, who died Saturday evening. Burial followed in the Mooney family cemetery by F. L. Stevers.
     She was the wife of Lorenzo D. Brumfield and her death at the age of 73 years and 13 days followed an illness of two years. She is also survived by a son and two daughters of her marriage to Albert Unrue, who died 15 years ago. They are E. Lester Unrue of Crown City Route 1, Mrs. Cora E. Roush of Bidwell and Mrs. Ora. G. Caldwell of Gallipolis, who are twins. She also leaves a brother, Charles (Snack) Mooney of Gallipolis.
     Memorial services for Mrs. Brumfield will be held some time in the near future with Rev. Talmadge Duncan in charge by [remainder of text missing].

[Note: from funeral home, date of death: 1 Nov. 1941]

Gallipolis newspaper
November 1941
Transcribed by Joanne Galvin                                                                       Top of Page

Brumfield, Loren

Loren Brumfield Dead at 61
     Loren Brumfield, 61, a native of Greasy Ridge and former resident of Gallipolis, died in a Dayton hospital at 2:30 p.m. Friday. He had suffered from a heart condition for the past seven years.
Prior to going to Dayton, he had lived here in the former Lee home across from the Empire Furniture Store. In Dayton he had been operating a hardware store.
     He was the son of the late Alonzo and Ella Brumfield and is survived by his wife, the former Lennie Notter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Notter of Lecta; a daughter, Mrs. Theo (Mildred) Webster of Dayton and a half-sister of Springfield. Harold Notter of Gallipolis is a brother-in-law and Leon Saunders is a nephew.
     Funeral services vil be held at 8 p.m. Monday in Dayton and graveside services are set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Walnut Cemetery near Lecta.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
July 14, 1958
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Brumfield, Lorenzo Dow

L. D. Brumfield, 81, Died On Saturday
Rites To Be Held At Mercerville At 2 P.M. Tuesday
     Lorenzo Dow Brumfield, who was 81 last April 19, died at 8 o'clock Saturday night at the home of his son, Earl near Bethesda Church in Walnut Township (Northup Rt. 1).
     Death resulted from a stroke he had three weeks ago. A week later he was removed from his home, Crown City R.D. to the son's home. Virtually his whole life was spent in Ohio and Guyan Townships.
     Decedent was a son of Franklin and Malinda Massie Brumfield. His wife, who was Phoebe Thompson, died in 1926 and they are survived by these children, in addition to the one named; Virgie and Hershel Brumfield, Crown City, Mrs. W.M. Church, Bladen and Mrs. Mary Sims, Thurman. Also surviving are a brother, Charles of Huntington and Maggie of Leewood WV.
     Funeral will be held at 2 p.m Tuesday at the Mercerville Church with Rev. Elmer Jeffers of Lawrence County in charge. Burial in Campbell Cemetery by O.E. Elliott.

[Note: Death Certificate born March 19, 1865; died June 6, 1946; 81 years 2 months and 16 days of age.]

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

Brumfield, Marie

     Marie Carter Brumfield, 84, a former resident of Vine St., Gallipolis, died Wednesday morning at Scenic Hills Nursing Center She had been in failing health for several years. Born May 18, 1898, in Perry Township, she was the daughter of the late George F. Carter and Lena Cook Carter.
     She married Clarence Brumfield on Jan. 4, 1921, at Pt. Pleasant. He preceded her in death in 1946.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. John (Katie) Sprow, Rt. 1, Gallipolis; two granddaughters and two great-granddaughters. Two sons, Carter and Luther Brumfield preceded her in death.
     She was a member of Grace United Methodist Church, Progressive Bible Class and a former member of the OES Chapter, Gallipolis and the DAR.
     Memorial services will be held 2 p.m. Friday at Grace United Methodist Church with Rev. James Lusher and Rev. George Wolffbrandt officiating. Burial will be in Mound Hill Cemetery. Friends may call from 12:30 p.m. until 2 p.m. on Friday at Grace United Methodist Church. Floral contributions may be made to Grace United Methodist Church building fund or Scenic Hills Nursing Center. Arrangements are under the direction of Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home.

[Note: Died Feb. 2, 1983]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Feb. 2, 1983 Page B8
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Brumfield, Myron Dale

     Myron Dale Brumfield, 49, Sandusky, Ohio, died Monday morning after a brief illness. Born in Crown City, he was employed by the Magic Chef Co., in Bellevue, Ohio.
     Survived by his wife, Anna Swain Brumfield; mother, Beulah; two sons, Joseph and Myron II, at home; one daughter, Barbara Sue Moore, Criston, Ohio; three brothers, James and Paul, Criston; and Norman, Scottown; and two grandchildren. His father, James, preceded him in death.
     Calling hours are 7-9 p.m. today at Frey-Groff Funeral Home, Sandusky. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Wednesday at Crown City Methodist Church. Burial will follow at Crown City Cemetery.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Tuesday, December 14, 1982
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron

Brumfield, Vance

    Vance Brumfield, 78, a resident of Eureka Star Route, died Monday afternoon at his home. Mr. Brumfield was a retired farmer and served as a Harrison Twp. Clerk for 10 years. He was born May 20, 1897, in Harrison Twp., son of the late James M. and Martha Lanier Brumfield.
     He is survived by his wife, Juhl Burnett whom he married May 20, 1933, in Gallipolis. One son, Vance Eugene Brunfield, London, Ohio, survives. Two grandchildren survive, along with one sister, Vada Brumfield Jackson. Three brothers and one sister preceded him in death.
     Mr. Brumfield spent all his life in Gallia County. He was a member of the Mercerville Baptist Church. He was a World War I army veteran.
     Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Mercerville Baptist Chuirch with Rev. Jack Templeton and Rev. Bruce Unroe officiating. Burial will be in Mound Hill Cemetery. Friends mayo call at the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home from 4 until 9 p.m. today.

Unknown publication
Abt. 1975
Contributed by Jacquelyn Woolley

Bryan, William H.

Death of Wm. H. Bryan
     Wm. H. Bryan ill since last November with inflammatory rheumatism and a complication of troubles growing out of it, ending in stomach trouble, died Sunday evening at 10 o'clock, July 26, 1891, at his late residence, opposite Point Pleasant.
     Mr. Bryan had always been a resident of Gallia County and was united in wedlock in 1860 to Miss Julia M. Leonard, daughter of the late John Leanord, one of the early settlers of the county. By this union he became the father of four children, three of whom are living--Nathaniel L. of Point Pleasant; Cora B., wife of C.O. Blake, of Oklahoma Territory and Charles L. who lived with him at his late home, the brothers being single but of adult age. At the time of his death he was past 57 years of age. He was a member of the M.E. Church and a well known prosperous citizen of sterling integrity of character, honored and respected by all who knew him.
     His funeral services were conducted at his late home by Rev. P.A. Baker. His burial was conducted by Hayward & Sons at the Maddy graveyard in Addison Township, Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock and was honored with a large and respectful attendance.

[Note: Death Certificate: died July 24, 1891 Addison Township, Gallia County, Ohio. Marriage records--He and Julia were married April 8, 1860 in Gallia County.]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
July 29 1891
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Burnett, Drusilla

Mrs. Charles Burnett
Mrs. Charles Burnett died Wednesday morning, Feb. 14, at her home in this city after a two weeks' illness with pneumonia. She was formerly Miss Drusilla Darst, and was born in Clay township. She was a faithful member of the Methodist church. She leaves her hsuband, and one grandson, Floyd Kuhn, who has always lived with her. The funeral was held Friday morning at Mina Chapel.
[Note: Dates from tombstone 1873-1923. Buried Clay Chapel, Clay Twp]

Gallipolis paper
1923
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall Top of Page

Burnett, Edward D.

Died, Burnett
In Green township, on the 23d November, 1866, of consumption, Mr. Edward D. Burnett, in the 28th year of his age.
The deceased served in the 91st Ohio infantry, in subduing the late rebellion, as a true patriot and faithful soldier. He was an acceptable member of the M. E. Church for over 7 years, and died in hope of a blissful immortality.
J. W. M.

[Note: Buried centenary Cemetery, Green Township; B. August 7, 1838]

Gallipolis Journal
December 6, 1866
Transcribed by Jan Rader

Bruney, Ruth Helen

     Gallipolis -- Mrs. Ruth Helen Bruney, 47, Wellston, died at 12:45 p.m. Tuesday in Holzer Medical Center. She had been a patient there since Sunday. Born in Jackson County, the daughter of the late James and Annabelle Lee Stewart, she was a member of the Pentecostal Church at Wellston.
     Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. James Howard of Bidwell; two sons, William and Frederick, both of Wellston; two sisters, Mrs. Florence Rider, Wellston; and Mrs. Gertrude Harris, Columbus; and three brothers, Harry of Wellston; and George and Ernest, both of Columbus, and two grandchildren.
     Services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at Miller's Funeral Home with the Rev. Moses Cuffie officiating. Burial will be in Woodson Cemetery in Jackson county.

Athens Messenger
May 13, 1970
Transcribed by Connie Cotterill Schumaker                                                      Top of Page

Buchanan, George

Mr. Geo. Buchanan of Addison township, aged 71, died at the Infirmary this morning. Burial by Hayward & Son at Mound Hill Thursday afternoon. His death leaves 58 in the Infirmary.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Wednesday, Feb. 15, 1899
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Buchanan, James

To the Editor of the Journal:
    You no doubt have heard of the sudden and unexpected death of my son, James BUCHANAN, and I thought I would give you his age and particulars of his death, that you might say anything you may want to in the JOURNAL.
     He was 29 years 6 months and 22 days old, and died of congestive chill on the 15th of October 1866. He had been making his home with his uncle, John R. T. Montgomery, near Poplar Bluffs, Missouri, where he died.
     He had been having an occasional chill, incident to Southeastern Missouri, but was feeling unusually well on Thursday, October 14th, and Friday morning the 15th until about 10 a.m. When he was taken suddenly with what proved to be a congestive chill, from which he died 15 minutes before 12 p.m.; he was buried beside my father; Col. Thomas MONTGOMERY, who died the 12th of March last, who, prior to his death, selected the spot where he wished to rest, on a beautiful knoll near his son's residence, and the place intended as the family burying ground.
     He was an honest, truthful boy, kind and true to all who did not mistreat him; he reared no foe, stood by what he thought to be right and _______[illegible] what he thought was wrong; he had educated himself and had taught three years of school in Gallia county, and two in Butler county, Missouri, and had a school engaged for the present fall and coming winter.
     His politics were Democratic, and he had been reading law the past three years in view of educating himself for that profession.
     His sudden and unexpected death strikes us like a thunder bolt and ___________[illegible] I have faced death so ___________[illegible] and so ___________[illegible] this has completely unverved me.

Respectfully, J.M. MONTGOMERY

Gallipolis Journal
Wednesday, October 27, 1886
Transcribed by Teresa Herrmann

Buckle, James

Buckle Funeral
The funeral of the late James Buckle will be held at the Buckle residence on Clay Lick Thursday morning at 10 o’clock with Rev. W. F. Ewing in charge. The burial will follow at Mound Hill in charge of undertaker Tope. Ross Buckle, son of the deceased, arrived on the noon train today.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Wednesday, August 31, 1921
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Buckner, George W.

Death of Mr. Buckner
Mr. Geo. W. Buckner, who was so dreadfully burned by the explosion of an oil can while kindling a fire at his home near the Safford Schoolhouse, Tuesday morning, died Wednesday afternoon at half past 4 o'clock in his 41st year. He leaves a wife and five children, the youngest 18 months old and the eldest 13 years old. He will be buried by Wetherholt at Providence church Friday morning at 11 o'clock. His parents, brothers and sisters, except a half brother, are all dead. He was born in Clay township, was a moulder by trade, worked at the Treasure Stove Works, and was an industrious good man, and his untimely death is regretted and his family have the sympathy of all in their bereavenent.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Thursday, September 14, 1905
Contributed by Jacquelyn Woolley and Kathy Lynch

Buckner, George

Coal Oil Exploded
Mr. Geo. Buckner was badly burned about the face and hands at his home near Safford’s School house Tuesday morning. He was lighting the fire and a can of coal oil exploded, setting him on fire and assistance was necessary to extinguish it. Dr. Ellsworth was called and rendered medical assistance, but the burns were so severe that Mr. Buckner died Wednesday afternoon. The funeral will be at Providence Church this Friday morning at 11 o’clock.

Gallipolis Bulletin
Friday, September 15, 1905
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Buffington, Mary Mayes

Buffington, Mrs. Mary Mayes -- 80, of 208 Reynolds St., died yesterday at her home after a long illness. A native of Gallipolis, Ohio, she was a Charleston resident since 1919. Mrs. Buffington was a retired restaurant and hotel operator, and was owner and operator of the Driscoll Hotel on Kanawha Blvd from 1919 to 1940. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Gallipolis. Surviving are two sons, Hary Mayes and Robert Mayes, both of Columbus, Ohio; two daughters, Mrs. Helen Hess and Mrs. Edith Errington (sic) of Charleston; 11 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. The body was taken last night from Cunningham mortuary to the residence.

The Charleston Gazette (Charleston, West Virginia)
Monday, October 15, 1956
Page 8
Transcribed by Ronni Mayes Top of Page

Bunce, Jane Daniels

Mrs. Jane Daniels Bunce, widow of the late William Bunce died very suddenly at her home near Bulaville Saturday evening. She had been in her usual health when she was suddenly stricken. Since the death of her husband several years ago, her son Byron and wife had lived at the home with her. Besides the son named she leaves another son, Thurman of Columbus, two daughters, Mrs. Harry Swisher, Mrs. Ernest First of Addison and the following step children. Geo. Bunce of Addison, Perry of Columbus, Mrs. Frank Vance of Bulaville, and another step daughter of Columbus, one son Stanley died many years ago. The funeral will be held Tuesday at 1:30 at the home, burial at the Bulaville cemetery.

[Note: Bulaville is known as the Rife Cemetery in Addison Township.]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
May 9, 1927
Transcribed by Henny Evans

Bunce, Lyvonia

Lyvonia Bunce, 91, of Gallipolis, died Thursday afternoon, January 23, 2003, at her residence.
     She was born February 5, 1911, in Springfield Township, Gallia County, daughter of the late Merch I. and Sara Ada Hoffman Clark.
     In May of 1936, she married Robert Shaver Bunce, who preceded her along with a son, Dr. William Robert Bunce, and a foster brother, Howard Hardway.
     In 1929, Lyvonia started her career as a teacher. She taught in several area schools, including Bidwell High School, Cheshire High School and Kyger Creek High School. She later was a substitute teacher in all the area schools until her retirement in the late 1970’s.
     She was a member of Addison United Methodist Church, the Ohio Retired Teachers Association, the Gallia County Retired Teachers Association and the Gallipolis Chapter Eastern Star No. 283.
     She is survived by special friends, Richard and Ann Hardway Brown of Gallipolis, Carol and Howard McDougal McDaniel of Mason, West Virginia, and many friends, neighbors and former students.
     Services will be 1 p.m. Monday, January 27, 2003, in the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home, with Pastor Mary Syrus officiating. Burial will follow in Gravel Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday, January 26, 2003. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to the Addison United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 15, Cheshire, OH 45620. Pallbearers will be Tom Watts, Joe Drummond, Mike Hughes, Jim McDougal, Pete Neal and Kenny Wheeler. The honorary pallbearer is Delmar Quickle.
     To send condolence to the family, visit us at www.timeformemory.com/whw.

The Sunday Times Sentinel
Sunday, January 26, 2003
Transcribed by Sandy Bledsoe Top of Page

Bunce, Robert Shaver

     Robert Shaver Bunce, 61, a resident of Upper River Rd., Rt. 1, Gallipolis, died at 3 p.m. Saturday in the Holzer Medical Center following a brief illness.
     Mr. Bunce, a millwright at the Kaiser Aluminum Plant at Ravenswood, was born in Addison Twp. March 7, 1913, only son of Byron Bunce of Gallipolis and the late Margaret Shaver Bunce. He married Lyvonia Clark in May 1936, and she survives along with a son, Dr. William Robert Bunce, a professor at the University of Cincinnati. Mrs. Bunce is a commercial teacher at Kyger Creek High School. In his earlier years, Mr. Bunce served as a millwright in the construction of the Kyger Creek, Philip Sporn and Kaiser plants.
     He was a member of the Morning Dawn Lodge 7, F & AM and the Grace United Methodist Church.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday from Miller's Home For Funerals with Rev. Paul Hawks and Rev. Alfred Holley officiating. Burial will follow in Gravel Hill Cemetery at Cheshire. Visitation will be held at the funeral home from 7-9 tonight. Pallbearers will be Oscar C. Baird, Paul Harrison, Harry Wheeler, Paul Rees, Paul Yoder, Ray Hughes and William Bunce.

[Note: Ohio Deaths/Ancestry date of death February 8, 1975.]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
February 1975
Transcribed by Lynn Anders

Bunce, William R.

William R. Bunce
     William Robert Bunce, 50, 575 Galbraith Road, Cincinnati, died at Bethesda Hospital, Cincinnati April 7. Born September 21, 1937, in Gallia County, he was the son of Lyvonia C. Bunce of Gallipolis and the late Robert S. Bunce. Survived only by his mother, he was the only grandchild of the late Byron and Margaret Shaver Bunce and the late Merch and Sara Hoffman Clark.
     At the time of his death, he was an associate director and professor in the Division of Professional Practice, Department of Co-Op Education at the University of Cincinnati; which he served for 22 years.
A graduate of Gallia Academy High School, he received his A.B. Degree at Ohio University, a Master's Degree in European History at the American University in Washington D.C. and his Juris Doctorate at the University of Cincinnati.
     In his youth he was active in many activities at Grace-United Methodist Church. On April 13, 1977, he was presented by William G. Black, then rector of the church at Our Saviour in Cincinnati and received his confirmation there. He served in the church vestry and as junior warden in 1985. He recently completed a four-year education course in lay ministry.
     Services were held at the Church of Our Savior in Cincinnati on Sunday with the Charles A. Miller Funeral Home, Northside, handling the arrangements. Memorial services were held at the graveside Monday at the Gravel Hill Cemetery in Cheshire.

[Died April 7, 1988]

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

Bunch, Sam

Elderly Negro Dies In Morgan
     Sam Bunch, aged colored man, died last evening at the Harrington home near White church in Morgan tp. There he had been cared for the last 10 months. He had suffered a series of strokes since last September.
     He was a son of Pleasant and Elizabeth Wood Bunch and was born Dec. 25, 1859, and hence was in his 81st year. Most of his life was spent at Bidwell. Surviving are a son, Harris of Columbus, and a sister-in-law, Mrs. Emmett Bunch of Bidwell.
     Funeral services will be conducted by Rev. C. M. Payne at 2 o'clock Saturday at the Harris Colored Baptist church. Burial in the church cemetery by Butler- McCoy.

[Note: From death certificate date of death February 28, 1940.]

Newspaper (prob. February-March 1940, Gallipolis) clipping found in the Simmerman files, Cousins file, Bossard Library.
Transcribed by Debbie Carter Evans

Burcham, Ruby

Mrs. H. Burcham Died This Morning
Funeral 1 [o'clock] Saturday At Platform, Burial At Crown City
     Mrs. Ruby Burcham, wife of Henry Burcham, died at 7:05 this morning at her home on Proctorville Route 1, near Scottown. She had an extended illness and lacked less than a month of reaching her 52nd birthday.
     Mrs. Burcham was the daughter of Sylvester and the late Olive Henry Williams of Crown City. In addition to her husband and father she is survived by two sons and two daughters; Russell Burcham, Miami FL; Mrs. Avanelle Eaton, Proctorville; Mrs. Gertrude Dunfee Marler (by a former marriage), Huntington and Stanley Burcham at home.
     She also leaves a step-daughter, Mrs. Carrie Burcham Stumbo, Greasy Ridge and these brothers and sisters, Mrs. G.L. Wells, Rainford and John Williams, Columbus; Mrs. F.L. Stevers, Mercerville; Mrs. Brady Sheets, Bladen and Samuel Williams, Rutland.
     Friends may call at her late home after ten o'clock Thursday morning. Funeral services are set for 1 p.m. Saturday at the Guyan Valley Baptist Church, Platform, with Rev Clifford Suiter officiating. Burial will be at Crown City by F.I. Stevers.

[note: stone 1894-1946. Death Certificate..Ruby Garnet Burcham born May 30, 1894 Crown City, Ohio; died May 1, 1946 Windsor Township, Lawrence County, Ohio; 51 years 11 months and 11 days of age ... lists mother as Alice Henry.]

Gallipolis Paper
[no date]
Transcribed by F.K. Brown Top of Page

Burchett, Henry F.

Dairyman Found Dead In His Bed
     Henry F. Burchett, 68, a resident of Rt. 1 Thurman (Rt. 325 near Gage), was found dead in bed at 8:30 a.m. Thursday. Mr. Burchett, a dairy farmer, had been a resident of Gallia county for eight years, having come here from Pikeville, Ky.
     He was born on March 30, 1893, at Andicott, Ky., the son of the late Joseph M. and Angeline Dotson Burchett. His marriage to the former Fannie Bevins took place on October 30, 1920, and she survives.
     Twelve children who survive include Mrs. Gladys Hent of Washington, Mich.; Mrs. Madeline Waugh of Columbus, Mrs. Emma Lou Scalf of Warren, Mich.; William, Mrs. Joan Osborne, and Mrs. Julian Bunce, all of Hazel Park, Mich.; Mrs. Myrtle Osborne of Ypsilanti, Mich.; Mrs. Bonnie Jordon, Mrs. Rosalie Hill, Mrs. Jean Shato, all of Thurman; Mrs. Geraldine Waugh of Harrisburg and Janet Burchett, at home. There are 29 grandchildren.
     Brothers and sisters who survive are Ollie of Garners Ford, Elbert B., Mrs. Nora Nunary, Mrs. Opal Clark, and Mrs. Amy Taylor, all of Andicott, Ky., Mrs. Georgia Collins and Mrs. Stella Stratten of Pikeville, Ky., and Mrs. Della Wagner and Mrs. Sylvia McCoy of Michigan.
     Mr. Burchett was a veteran of World War I. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Old Pine Church. Burial will be in the church cemetery, under the direction of Miller’s Home for Funerals.
Lafayette Post, American Legion, will conduct graveside rites. Friends may call at the residence on Saturday and the body will lie in state for one hour before services at the church. Rev. Orville Axline will officiate.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Friday, February 9, 1962
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron

Burdette, Andrew

Andrew Burdette Dies Early Today
     Short graveside funeral services will be held at Vinton Memorial Park Sunday for Andrew M. Burdette, 74 year old farmer who died at his home at 4 a.m. today.
     Mr. Burdette had engaged in farming since coming to Gallia County from Point Pleasant with his wife in 1922. His residence is located on a township road between Bidwell and Rodney.
     Born in West Virginia March 21, 1875, he was a son of the late Harvey and Cynthia Thomas Burdette and was the last surviving member of his family. His only immediate survivor is his widow, Mrs. Mella Meddings Burdette, whom he married in Point Pleasant in 1921.
     The graveside rites will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday and burial will be under the direction of J. L. Coleman and Son.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Friday, June 3, 1949
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Burdette, Jesse Little

Gallia Native Dies In Dayton
     Mrs. Jesse Little Burdette, 68, a native of Gallia county, and former resident of Gallipolis, died at her home, 1832 Hale Ave., Dayton, Tuesday. She had removed to Dayton 36 years ago but her early years were spent here. At one time she was employed by the Kate McIntyre millinery shop at Court and Third and was later employed by the telephone company at Huntington.
     Mrs. Burdette was born and reared at the farm home of her parents on Engels Hill in a home built 70 years ago. She attended Safford school and completed her education in the Gallipolis schools. In her early years she attended Centenary Sunday school and on removing to Gallipolis attended the First Baptist church.
     She was the daughter of the late George and Mary Comer Little. Her grandfather, George B., operated the livery stable where the Ford garage is now located, and the family was quite prominent. An only brother, George Jr., preceded her in death several years ago.
     Mrs. Burdette was first married to Walter Rankin who preceded her in death. To this union one daughter was born. Mrs. Forrest (Virginia) Bryndt, who survives along with two grandchildren. Later she was married to Ray Burdette who survives. Survivors in this county are Bessie M. Comer and Thomas Comer, both of Gallipolis, and William Comer of Vinton, cousins.
     Funeral services will be held at the Morris and Son Funeral home in Dayton at 6 p.m., Thursday. Burial will take place after graveside services at Mound Hill cemetery at 1 p.m., Friday. The casket will be opened at the grave.

[Note: Simmerman wrote the date 5-14-1957 on the obituary.]

Newspaper (prob. May 1957, Gallipolis) clipping found in the Simmerman files, Comer-Lee file, Bossard Library.
Transcribed by Lynn Anders

Burke, Marie

     Mrs. Marie Burke, 54, a former resident of Gallipolis, died Thursday at her home at 2423 Hays Ave., Cincinnati. She had been in failing health several years.
     Mrs. Burke was born August 4, 1923 in Gallipolis, the daughter of the late Charles and Eva Mae Burnette.
     She is survived by her husband, William, in Cincinnati, and eight brothers and sisters, William (Bill)     Burnette, and Mrs. Louise Amos, both of Gallipolis; Mrs. Eleanor Wiget, London, Ohio; Mrs. Mildred Bates, Adrian, Michigan; Mrs. Evelyn Woodall and Mrs. Dorothy Milliron, both of Gallipolis; Charles R. Burnette, Kerr; and Mrs. Ruth Robbins, Gallipolis. She was preceded in death by a sister, Hilda Faye.
Mrs. Burke was a World War II veteran, having served in the Waves.
     Funeral services will be held 9:30 a.m. Monday, Nov. 14 at the Miller and Son Funeral Home in Cincinnati. Burial will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery there. Friends and family may call at the funeral home between 2: and 6: p.m. Sunday.

Sunday Times Sentinel [8/4/1923~11/10/1977]
Sunday, Nov. 13, 1977
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Burlile, Hazel Womeldorff

Mrs. Burlile, Community Leader, Tribune Correspondent, Dies
     Mrs. Hazel Womeldorff Burlile, 57, Rio Grand correspondent of the Tribune, died at her Adamsville home at 6 p.m. Wednesday. She had been in failing health for sometime and nine weeks ago fell and fractured her hip.
     She was born in Gallipolis on April 5, 1902, the daughter of the late Jack D. and Dora Watts Womeldorff. Her father was a former Deputy Sheriff of Gallia County and for a time the family home was at the present location of the Miller's Home for Funerals. She attended Gallipolis schools and Gallia Academy.
     Mrs. Burlile was active in many community affairs. She was a past matron of Morning Star Chapter, Eastern Star at Centerville, member of Lafayette White Shrine, Calvary Baptist Church, Rio Grande Garden Club, past President of Rio Grande PTA and was a teacher in the primary department of Calvary Baptist Church.
     Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Calvary Baptist Church. Rev. Luther Tracy will officiate and burial will be in Calvary Cemetery at Rio Grande under the direction of the Steve Thomas Funeral Home. Friends may call at the funeral home after 1 p.m. Friday until one hour before the service when the body will be taken to the church. Pallbearers will be George Northup, Evan H. Evans, Wade Evans, Homer Brannon, Frank Denney and John Meyers.

[Note: died 1959]

Gallipolis Paper
[no date]
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Burnett, Charles

Chas. Burnett Dies At Home Garfield Ave.
     Charles Burnett, 73, a native of Clay tp, and a lifelong resident of the county died at 3:45 Thursday afternoon at his home on Garfield avenue after a week's illness. His condition becoming worse, Judge Clark, a close friend, advised and arranged for his removal to the Holzer Hospital. Before this could be done, he expired of a sudden heart attack.
     With Mr. Burnett lived his grandson, Floyd Kuhn, linotype operator for The Tribune, and the two were tenderly devoted to each other. As a young man Mr. Burnett worked on the farm of Judge Clark's father, Amos Clark, at Raccoon Island. After his marriage to Drusilla Darst he remained there as a tenant. Later they lived in the back end of Clay tp. and more than 15 years ago they moved to Garfield ave.
     They had one child, Rosa, who married Caleb Kuhn. She died when her son, Floyd, was a mere infant and he was reared by his grandparents. Mrs. Burnett died from six to eight years ago, after which her husband and grandson continued to maintain a home.
     Mr. Burnett was a carpenter, an honest and industrious man, and he enjoyed the respect and the esteem and genuine affection of all who knew him well.

[Note: Tombstone gives dates 1861-1934 - Clay Chapel, Clay Twp]

Gallipolis paper
1934
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall                                                                        Top of Page

Burnett, Charles [Burnette]

Charles Burnett Dead
     Charles Burnett died this morning about 7 o’clock at his home on Mill Creek street near the Water Works pumping station. Mr. Burnett, who was 39 years old, had been in failing health for some time having lost his eyesight from his poor health some time ago.
     He leaves his wife, Eva Burnett, and eight children. Funeral arrangements were being completed by A. E. Tope

Note: [7/7/1893 - 12/6/1933]
Gallipolis Daily Tribune
December 6, 1933

Burnett Funeral Today
     Funeral services for Charles Burnett who died Wednesday morning were held this afternoon at 2 o’clock at Epworth M. E. Church. Rev. George Sagen, officiating. Interment was in Pine Street Cemetery by A. E. Tope.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
December 7, 1933
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Burnett, Edward [Burnette]

To Hold Autopsy Today After Death of Edw. Burnett
     Dr. Paul C. Foster coroner of Gallia County, scheduled an autopsy this afternoon for Edward Burnett, 65, who died at 4:08 p.m. Thursday. An empty bottle of carbolic acid was found near the body, L. Claude Miller said.
     Son of Jessie E. and Susan Long Burnette, descendent was born July 2, 1881. He is survived by his widow, the former Florence Caldwell, and these children; Miss Edna Burnett, Columbus; Mrs. Nellie Svonevies; Detroit; Mrs. Gracie Wood, Akron; Leslie Burnett, Willow Run, Mich.; Herman A. Burnett, Galion; Mrs. Elise Walters, Gallipolis; and three brothers and sisters: Albert, Herman, Henry, Osee, Nettie, Olie and Saphronia Burnett, and Mrs. Emma Mayes.
     Unable to work for the last 16 years, Mr. Burnett had retired as a finisher in a furniture factory in 1930. Funeral arrangements from Miller’s Home for Funerals were incomplete pending word from the children.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Friday, April 18, 1947

Heart Disease Is Coroner’s Verdict
Dr. Paul C. Foster’s official coroner’s verdict for Edward Burnett is “death by heart disease,” he told a reporter from The Gallia Times this morning. Mr. Burnett died at 4:08 p.m. Thursday.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Church of God, the Rev. H. M. Smith officiating. Burial will be made by Miller’s Home for Funerals in Pine Street Cemetery. The body will be taken this afternoon to the home of his daughter, Mrs. Leland Walters, 933 Third Ave., where friends may call until the funeral hour.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Saturday, April 19, 1947
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron Top of Page

Burnett, Evelyn

Death of Mrs. Burnett
     Mrs. N. B. Burnett died at her home in Guyan township, Friday, March 5, 1897, at 11 o'clock p.m. She was seemingly well as usual until a few hours before her death. She was at a neighbor's but a short distance from her home, when she complained of a numbness in one of her hands and started for home. Upon reaching her residence she became exhausted, evidently from paralysis, and everything possible was done to revive her, but to no avail, and passed away in a few hours at the time above named.
     Rev. Burnett, who was away from home, was dispatched for and arrived about an hour before the fatal moment and after his wife had become unable to speak or recognize him. Deceased was a good christian lady, loved by all her acquaintances, and leaves beside her husband a large family who will have the sympathy of all in their bereavement.
     The funeral services were conducted by Rev. C. B. Cofer, assisted by Rev. E. L. Sheets at Siloam Baptist church, of which deceased was a faithful member, and at 4 o'clock Saturday her remains were laid to rest in the cemetery near by.

[Note: Buried Siloam Cemetery]

Gallipolis Journal
March 9, 1897
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall

Burnett, Floyd H.

Suicide At O. H. E.
Floyd H. Burnett killed himself about 1:30 o’clock Tuesday afternoon by cutting his throat. He was found near the dancing pavilion on the road toward Cottage I. Mr. Burnett had been a patient at the institution since 1918. He was at the Huntington Hospital for about five years before coming here. On two occasions he had previously attempted suicide. Once at his home in Marion and a second time at the O. H. E. about a year ago.
Mr. Burnett is survived by a wife and two children. He was about 40 years of age. Some thirteen years ago he was an upholsterer at the O. H. E. and suffered from epilepsy first while working there. His brother, Mr. Charles Burnett of Athens, who was with The Harry Franks’s Sons Co. here, reached him before he died, as he happened to be in the city.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Wednesday, January 31, 1923
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Burnett, Frank Edward

Frank Edward Burnett, born June 23 1914, departed this life Dec. 16, 1924. Frank was a bright and intelligent little fellow and loved to go to school and Sunday School and it was on his way to school that he met up with what caused his death. His death came as quite a shock to their friends and neighbors and he will be missed so much by his little friends and school mates.
He leaves to mourn his loss his father, mother and two brothers, Leslie and Herman, three sisters, Edna, Nellie and Gracie. Funeral services were conducted at the home of his grandmother on Sycamore Street Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock by Rev. Peirce. Burial at Pine St. cemetery by Wetherholt & Entsminger. The pall bearers were his uncles, Ase, Herman, Charlie and Albert Burnett. The floral tributes were beautiful.

A precious one from us has gone,
A voice we loved is still,
A place is vacant in our home
Which never can be filled.
God in His wisdom has recalled
The boom his love has given
Though the body slumbers here
The soul is safe in heaven.

Card of Thanks
We wish to thank our friends and neighbors for their kindness shown us during the death of our beloved son, Frank Edward Burnett. Also to the choir and to those who brought floral offerings. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Burnett

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Saturday, Dec. 20, 1924
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron Top of Page

Burnett, Julia A.

Mrs. Julia A. Burnett, aged 59 years, living on Garfield Avenue, died on Thursday night of last week at 9:30 o’clock. Acute pneumonia, as a result of the grip, was the cause of her death.
She was the wife of Mr. Hezekiah Burnett, and was a woman highly respected and esteemed by all who knew her. The funeral and burial occurred at Clay Chapel on Saturday afternoon, Rev. J. W. Smith conducting the funeral services and Wetherholt the burial.

Note: [6/7/1840 - 1/12/1899 -- 1st Wife of Hezekiah Burnett]

The Gallipolis Bulletin
January 21, 1899
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Burnett, Louisa

Mrs. Burnett Dead
     Mrs. Louisa Burnett of near Clay Chapel, passed away Thursday, June 8, 1911, in her 87th year. Thursday morning she arose not feeling well, but thought she would soon be better and laid down. Shortly after her grand-daughter, Miss Bert Irione went to her and found she had passed into the Great Beyond.
     She was united in marriage to William Burnett in 1844 and they became the parents of ten children. Her husband and two sons, Hezekiah and William Henry, have preceded her several years. Those surviving are Eddie of Columbus, Jessie and Richard of this city, Charles, Alva, and Mrs. E. Martindill of Angola, Mrs. Gilbert Northup of Raccoon Township, and 21 grandchildren.
     She joined the Methodist Church when a girl and lived a devoted Christian life. Her funeral was conducted Friday by Rev. Mr. Dailey at Clay Chapel and her burial by Undertaker Stevers at Mina Chapel. She was a kind mother and good neighbor and was loved by all who knew her.

Note: [Born 9/9/1824 in Halifax Co., Va. - Died 6/8/1911 in Clay Twp., Gallia Co., Daughter of
Meady Martin and Elizabeth Wallace Martin]

The Gallipolis Bulletin
Thursday, June 15, 1911
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Burnett, Mary Elizabeth

Mrs. Mary E. Burnett Dies Sat. Morning
Funeral Services Will Be Held Monday Afternoon
Mrs. Mary E. Burnett died at her home on Portsmouth Avenue Saturday, Jan. 5, 1929 at 7 a.m. She leaves two brothers and two sisters, Enos King, who made his home with Mrs. Burnett, Mrs. Wm. Wright and Henry King of Xenia and Mrs. Charlotte Rees of Girard, Kan., and a host of nieces and nephews.
She was a member of Grace M. E. Church, the Ladies Bible Class and the D of A’s.
Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at the home by Rev. A. H. Beardsley with burial in Mound Hill in charge of Wetherholt and Entsminger.

Note: [Dec. 15, 1859 - Jan. 5, 1929 ~ 2nd Wife of Hezekiah]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Saturday, January 6, 1929
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron Top of Page

Burnett, Richard [Burnette]

Richard Burnett Dies Monday
     Following a month’s illness, Richard Sampson Burnett passed away early Monday morning, at his home on Third Ave., at the age of 73. He was born in Gallia county and had lived in this city about thirty years.
     Surviving relatives are his wife, four daughters, Mrs. Pearl Graves of Middleport, Mrs. R. J. Parsons, Huntington, Mrs. Kerns Boster and Mrs. August Miller, Gallipolis, and two brothers, Alva, of Angola, O., and Charles Burnett, Garfield Ave., this city.
     Funeral in charge of A. E. Tope will be announced later.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Monday, December 19, 1927
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Burnett, Susan [Burnette]

Mrs. Burnett Dies Here Saturday
     Mrs. Susan Burnett, nearly 90, died at 5 p.m. Saturday at her home, 36 Mill Creek St. Ailing for a year, since her son, Ed Burnett, died, the decedent had pneumonia then, and cancer later was diagnosed. Unusually active for her age, Mrs. Burnett frequently walked to downtown Gallipolis from her home in the upper end of town.
     Born May 18, 1858, in Clay Twp. to James and Mary Crawford Long, she married Jess Burnett 68 years ago. They had 10 children, four of whom survive. Albert, Gallipolis; Herman, London; Henry, Columbus and Emma, Charleston. Mr. Burnett died Feb. 5, 1923. Thirty-five grandchildren and 40 great-grandchildren also survive.
     Funeral arrangements had not been completed at noon today, but services will be held at 2 p.m. either Tuesday or Wednesday in Miller’s Home for Funerals with interment in Pine Street Cemetery. Her father was a native Virginian and her mother a native Kentuckian. Note: [5/18/1858 ~ 4/10/1948]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Monday, April 12, 1948
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Burnett, Truman Fulton

Obituary
     Truman Fulton Burnett was born in Guyan Township, Gallia County on July 18, 1891, the son of Richard W. and America Sheets Burnett. In 1914 he married Stella Smith, a daughter of the venerable W.H. Smith and the late Mrs. Smith
     To Truman and Stella Burnett were born three daughters and seven sons, namely: Morris, Helen, Rachel Borton, Woodrow, Vinton, Claude, Clyde, Robert, Mary Ann and Truman Jr. Morris and Woodrow have been discharged from the armed services and Vinton is still in the Navy and in Japan when last heard from.
     Truman Burnett was a tenderly devoted to and equally proud of his family He was highly respected as a gentleman and a good citizen by all who knew him and he was recognized as a genial and kindly man by his large circle of friends.
     After three and one half months of a distressing illness, which slowly took away his life, he ceased living on earth at 10:15 a.m. on March 7, 1946, at the age of 54 years, 2 months and 10 days.
     The light of a beautiful life went out when Truman Burnett crossed over to the Great Beyond. The heroic struggle he made for life was pathetic, cheerful , hopeful and serene. All that love and science could do was done but to no avail. This was an untimely ending of a useful and happy life. He was genial, sociable and kind, of sturdy principles and sound words, a true gentleman in the real sense of the word. His devotion to his family and friends, his companion able traits his love for mankind, all go to build a monument of enduring quality. He was truly a honest man and in his capacity of son, husband and father, he was a tall oak in the forest of men.
     God alone knows the anguish of these hearts today; but in the pang of sorrow, like stars in the night of their grief, let them know that after a little longer pilgrimages, a little longer separation, they will find him waiting to greet them to the vestibule of the Palace Beautiful, for

Death is but a covered way
That leadeth unto light
Wherein no blinded child may stray
Beyond the Father's sight.

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

Burnett, William

Mr. Wm. Burnett, of Raccoon Island is reported in a dying condition. He is 76 years old and a nice old man, a life long Republican. He has a large family of married children and one son, Alva, at home.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
February 28, 1899

Mr. William Burnett, of Angola, a one armed man in his 78th year died Tuesday forenoon. The funeral services were conducted at Clay Chapel this morning at 10 a.m., by Rev. J. W. Smith, burial at Mina Chapel by Undertaker Wise.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Wednesday, March 1, 1899
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Burnett, Woodrow

     Woodrow (Woody) Burnett, 69 of Route 1, Gallipolis, (Addison community), died Thursday, Jan. 31, 1991 at Holzer Medical Center after several months of ailing health.
     He was born March 2, 1921 in Gallia County, son of the late Truman and Stella Smith Burnett. A U. S. Navy veteran of World War II, Mr. Burnett was a roofing and heating contractor, a member of the Gallipolis VFW Post 4464, the Moose Lodge of Pt. Pleasant, W. Va., a trustee of the Addison Reynolds Cemetery Association and he attended the Men’s Fellowship Cheshire Baptist Church. He was a life-time resident of Gallia County.
     He was preceded in death by his wife, Carolyn Scott Burnett in 1976. He is survived by two sons, Woodrow R. Burnett II of Gallipolis and Jeffrey Scott Burnett of Eaton; three daughters, Nicolyn Sue Burnett of Gallipolis, Jacolyn Rae Darst of Cheshire and Laualyn Kay Burnett of Reynoldsburg; five brothers, Claude, Clyde, Robert, Truman, Jr., and Vinton Burnett, all of Gallipolis; two sisters, Helen Strickland and Mary Ann Bowman, both of Gallipolis; and three grandchildren. One brother, Morris Burnett and one sister, Rachael Borton, preceded him in death.
     Funeral services will be conducted 2 p.m. Sunday at Addison Methodist Church, with Rev. Chester Lemley officiating. Burial will be in Reynolds Cemetery. Friends may call at the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. on Saturday.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Friday, February 1, 1991
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron Top of Page

Burnette, America F.

Mrs. Burnette, 80, Died Mon. P. M. At Niday Home
Rites 2 Thursday Mercerville; Burial At Mound Hill
     Mrs. America F. Burnette, widow of R. W. Burnette, died at 4:50 p.m. Monday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Goldie Niday, on Garfield Ave.
     After suffering a stroke three weeks ago, Mrs. Burnette was brought from her own home west of Mercerville to the Niday home, and was tenderly cared for by her loved ones. Her death was the result of subsequent strokes. She was in her 81st year, having been born Oct. 21, 1863, and had been a life-long resident of Guyan Twp.
     Mrs. Burnette was a daughter of Gory W. and Eliza Mart Sheets. She was one of 10 children, five of whom survive: Eura Sheets, Crown City; Herbert Sheets, Gallipolis; Mrs. Bertha McComas and James Sheets, Huntington, and Mrs. Joe Garlic, Platform.
     Mrs. Burnette's children, in addition to Mrs. Niday are Mrs. W. W. Fife and Mrs. Frank Stevers, Columbus; Ralph Burnette, Middleport; Truman F. Burnette, near Kanauga; Gory M. Burnette, U. S., Navy; Mrs. Stanley Thornton, Crown City. There are 22 grandchildren, of whom five are in the armed services, and seven great-grandchildren.
     Funeral will be held at 2 o'clock (slow time) Thursday at the Mercerville Church, with burial in Mound Hill Cemetery by C. R. Halley. Rev. Jennings Cremeens will officiate. The body will be brought by Mr. Halley to the Niday home at 6 o'clock this evening.

[Note: From Tombstone 1943]

Gallipolis Newspaper
No Date
Transcribed by Margaret Calvin

Burnette, Charlene

Charlene Burnette
     Charlene Burnette, 55, of 101 Garfield Avenue, Gallipolis, died Wednesday, April 1, 1987, in Holzer Medical Center. She was a former employee of Ohio Valley Bank.
     Born June 6, 1931 in Gallipolis, she was a daughter of Marnie Niday Robinson of Gallipolis and the late Frank Robinson. She was twice married, first to Dan C. Black, who preceded her in death in 1983, then to Paul E. Burnette, who survives. Also surviving are two sons, John B. Black, Aberdine, Ohio and Robert D. Black, Louisville, KY; four step-daughters, Paula Jane Trainer of Columbus, Jean Hill of Gallipolis, Nancy Rose of Thurman and Judy K. Hall, Thurman; seven step-grandchildren, several nieces and one aunt, Eloise Brown of Florida.
     She was a member of First Baptist Church of Gallipolis and graduated from Gallia Academy High School. She attended Ohio University.
     Services will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Willis Funeral Home, Rev. Joseph Godwin officiating. Burial follows at Mound Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Saturday 5-9 p.m. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Gallia County Arthritis Unit in care of Nancy Crossen, Treasurer, 479 Jackson Pike, Gallipolis, Ohio 45631.

[Note: buried April 5, 1987]

Gallipolis Paper
[no date]
Transcribed by F.K. Brown Top of Page

Burnette, Charles R. (Chase)

     Charles R. (Chase) Burnette, 47, a resident of Kerr, died in Holzer Medical Center at 11:18 a.m. Wednesday. He had been in failing health the past year. Mr. Burnette was born Dec. 27, 1932, in Gallipolis, son of the late Charles and Eva Mae Brown Burnette.
     He was a former employee of the water treatment plant in Gallipolis. He married Ollie Belle Dauber on June 30, 1953, in Porter. She survives, along with one brother and six sisters, William Mack (Bill) Burnette, Mrs. Mary Louise Amos, Mrs. Evelyn Virginia Woodall, and Mrs. Dorothy Juanita Milliron, Mrs. Ruth Darlene Robbins, all of Gallipolis; Mrs. Eleanor Elizabeth Wigett, London, Ohio and Mrs. Mildred Mae Bates, Michigan. Two sisters preceded him in death.
     He was a member of the Vinton Baptist Church and a past member of the Gallipolis Golf Club. He served in the U. S. Air Force.
     Graveside services will be held 3 p.m. Friday at Ohio Valley Memory Gardens with Rev. Jerry Neal officiating. There will be no calling hours. Post 4464, Veterans of Foreign Wars, will conduct military graveside rites. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to the Gallia County Heart Fund.
     Pallbearers will be Jim Northup, James (Jeep) Holley, Jack Vance, Jim Patterson, William Hatten, Jr., and Bill Wooldridge. Honorary pallbearers will be Mike Woomer, Richard Harrington and Bill Sibley. Funeral services are under the direction of Willis Funeral Home.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Thursday, July 3, 1980
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Burnette, Drusilla

OBITUARY - Mrs. Drusilla Burnette.
     Mrs. Drusilla Burnette, wife of Chas. Burnette, was born April 20, 1873, died Feb. 14, 1923, of pneumonia at her home on Garfield Ave. She united with the Christian Church at the age of 16. But since coming to Gallipolis has been a member of the Methodist Sunday School.
     She was united in marriage Nov. 12, 1885. To this union was born one child, Mrs. Rosa Kuhn, who preceded her fifteen years ago. She left one son who has always made his home with Mrs. Burnette (his grandmother). She leaves to mourn her loss, her husband, one grandchild, Floyd Kuhn, mother Mrs. Alice Burnette, step-father Mr. Richard Burnette, one brother Dilman Darst of Huntington, and sisters, Mrs. Pearle Graves of Middleport, O., Mrs. August Miller and Mrs. Russell Parsons of Huntington, W. Va., Mrs. Kerns Boster of this city.
     She was a devoted wife, lovable mother, daughter and sister.

“A precious one from us has gone,
A voice we loved is stilled.
A place is vacant in our home,
Which never can be filled.”

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
February 15, 1923
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron Top of Page

Burnette, Jessie B. [Jesse E.]

Death of J. B. Burnette
Mr. Jessie B. Burnette, died suddenly at his home on Sycamore Street Monday night, Feb. 5th, 1923, at 12 o’clock after suffering a stroke of apoplexy at 10 o’clock. Mr. Burnette was in his 65th year. He is survived by his wife, formerly Miss Susan Long and nine children, namely; Ed, Charlie, Herman, Albert and Henry Burnette of this city; Otis of Columbus, Nettie Scarberry of Huntington, and Emma Mayes and Olie Burnett of this city.
The funeral services were held Wednesday and the burial was at Pine Street Cemetery by Wetherholt & Entsminger.
Note: [ 3/15/1857 - 2/5/1923]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Wednesday, February 7, 1923
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Burnette, Ollie Stevers

Mrs. C. Burnette Died This Morning Following Stroke
Rites At Athens At 1:30 Wednesday; Burial Here 3:30
     Mrs. Ollie Stevers Burnette, widow of Charles O. Burnette, died at 4:40 this morning at the Sheltering Arms Hospital in Athens of a cerebral hemorrhage.
     She was stricken last evening at her home, 20 N. High St. in that city. She had notified a neighbor she would call on her and, failing to keep the appointment, the neighbor went to Burnette home and found Mrs. Burnette in a helpless condition on the steps at the rear of the house. Help was called and the stricken woman was rushed to the hospital.
     Mrs. Burnette was a native of this county, a daughter of George and Catherine Stevers, but had lived in Athens for 30 years. Her husband, a clothier, and also a native of this county, died of a similar cause and under similar circumstances on March 31, 1945.
Decedent was a sister of Mrs. Charles Martin of 334 Third Ave., Gallipolis. The latter's daughter, Miss Ruth, went to Athens last night soon after the tragic news was received. Mr. and Mrs. Martin went up this morning.
     Survivors include another sister, Mrs. Curtis Cornell of Detroit, and a brother Erb Stevers of Cleveland. There are numerous cousins thereabouts, among them Charles Stevers, Mrs. T.A. Haskins and Mrs. John Fraley.
     Mrs. Stevers was a member of the Athens Methodist Church and a most estimable woman.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 Wednesday at the home with Rev. Harold Kellogg in charge. Interment will be made in Mound Hill Cemetery by Dowler and Ferguson. There will be a short service at the grave at 3:30.

[Note: From Stone 1882-1946]

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

Burnette, Otis [Osee]

Otis Burnette Dies In Huntington
     Otis Burnette, died suddenly Sunday morning at his home 417 Nineteenth St., Huntington, of heart failure. Mr. Burnette, who was 48 years old, was a former Gallipolis resident, working here as a paper hanger. He was a Spanish-American War Veteran.
     He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Carrie Burnette, also leaves his mother, Mrs. Susan Burnette and several brothers and sisters in this city.
     The body was brought to the home of his mother on Sycamore Street Sunday afternoon by Fred Entsminger. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock in the Crown City M. E. Church. Rev. Webb of Huntington officiating. Burial there in charge of Wetherholt and Entsminger.

[Note: 10/29/1882 - 3/10/1929]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Monday, March 11, 1929
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Burnette, William M.

     William M. Burnette, 67, Rt. 4, Gallipolis, died at 10:41 p.m. Sunday in Holzer Medical Center. Born Dec. 29, 1914, in Gallipolis, son of the late Charles and Eva Brown Burnette, he was a retired Gallipolis Golf Course employee.
     Surviving is his wife, Mary Kathryn Kemper Burnette; two sons, Thomas of Gallipolis and Timothy, at home; three daughters, Mrs. Larry (Tammy) Keller of Rt. 1., Bidwell, and Teresa and Kathryn, both at home; two daughters by a previous marriage, Ellen Addis and Nancy Brumfield, both of Crown City; six sisters, Eleanor Wiggett of London, Mildred Bates of Michigan, and Louise Amos, Juanita Milliron, Ruth Robbins and Evelyn Woodall, all of Gallipolis; and five grandchildren. A brother and sister also preceded him in death.
     Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Willis Funeral Home. Burial will be in Pine Street Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Tuesday.

Gallipolis Tribune
June 1982
Transcribed by J. Farley

Burns, Christopher Columbus

C. C. Burns, 87, Dies in Columbus
     Christopher Columbus Burns, 87, a retired railroad worker, died at 5 a.m. Wednesday in a Columbus rest home. He was a former resident of Gallipolis, with his last residence here being at 46 Court St.
Mr. Burns was born Sept. 25, 1875 in Mason county, W. Va., son of the late Harvey and Elizabeth Slayton Burns.
     He was twice married, first to the former Nettie Roush, who preceded him in death in February, 1946. His second was to the former Elizabeth Cox, who survives in Columbus.
     There were 12 children by the first marriage. Surviving are Frank and Walter Burns, both of Columbus; George Burns and Mrs. Lucille Perry, both of Albany; Clarence Burns and Mrs. Berdie Davis, both of Gallipolis; Matthew and Thomas Burns and Mrs. Madeline Long, all of Bidwell; Mrs. Leona Taylor of Kanauga, and Marcus Burns of Ashtabula. A daughter, Carrie Lawson is deceased. There are 24 grand children. A sister, Mrs. Katie Casto, Pt. Pleasant, survives.
     Service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, at the Church of Christ in Christian Union on Eastern Ave., Rev. Everett Delaney will officiate, and burial will be in Pine Street cemetery under the direction of Miller's Home for Funerals. Friends may call at the funeral home.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
July 11, 1963
Transcribed by Margaret Calvin Top of Page

Burns, Margaret Ann

OBITUARY
     Margaret Ann Burns was born at Bladen, in Ohio Township, Gallia County, May 11, 1868. She was one of five children born to John Wolfe and Elizabeth Cantebury Wolfe. Her early life was spent in the Bladen community and in 1889 she was married to Luke Burns of Bladen. To them two children were born, a son Morton Burns, who was accidently drowned in 1912 and a daughter, Oma, who was later to become Mrs. John McVey. She died in 1920.
     Mrs. Burns from early youth accepted the teaching of her Master and used her time and talents in his work. In her younger years, she and a sister, gave of their talents in music, singing at funerals and other special occasions. The sister was blind and Margaret was attentive and unselfishly gave light to the life of her handicapped sister. In her later years and after all of her family had been called by death, she was devoted to her nieces and nephews and was a useful neighbor and friend.
     She worked tirelessly in the Church of the Nazarene here, helping in the collection of the funds to build the new building and wrote every check in payment for it. She served as treasurer of the Church and Sunday School and she will live long in the memory of the people of this community for her good work.
     Her home was at 11 Mill Creek Street but she usually spent the winter months in the home of her niece and nephew, Dr. & Mrs. Earl Vance. Her health had been about as good as usual, but last Friday, she became ill and over the week her condition grew weak and on Sunday morning, May 4, at 10 o'clock, she peacefully slept away and fell into an external sleep, but those knew her in this life, feel the assurance in their hearts, that she lived a good life and will awaken at the Master's touch in Paradise.
     All of "Aunt Mag's",as she was fondly called by her friends, closest relatives preceded her in death. She will be missed by her nieces and nephews and her neighbors, friends and fellow church workers, but if all those who know her could emulate her life, they would walk close to their Master and would be ready to answer when their Savior calls.

Is it not a beautiful fancy
This sunset thought of mine;
That the Gates of Heaven are always
Open at the day's decline;

That those whose day is ended
Of earthly woes and ills.
Have passed to the morning brightness
That shines on the Heavenly hills.

"They are not dead! They have but passed
Beyond the mists that bind us here
Into the new and larger life,
Of that serener sphere.

They have but dropped their robe of clay;
To put their shining raiment on;
They have not wandered far away,
They are not lost, not gone.

And ever near us, though unseen,
The dear immortal spirits tread,
For all the boundless universe,
Is Life--there are no dead."

[Note: from stone..Pine Street Cemetery. Died May 4, 1952]

Gallipolis Paper
May 1952
Transcribed by F.K. Brown Top of Page

Burns, Maxine

    Maxine Marie Burns, 72, 109 Locust St. Pomeroy, died Thursday, Jan. 31, 1991 at Veterans Memorial Hospital. Born Dec. 7, 1918 in Gallia County, she was the daughter of Homer Daugherty and Anna Fowler Daugherty.
     She was a member to the Christian Brethern Church of Mason, W. Va. Mrs Burns is survived by her husband, Paul Burns, Pomeroy; seven daughters, Mrs. Lewis (Cheri) Rupe of Phoenix, Ariz. Mrs. William (Carla) McKinney of Middleport, Mrs. Donald (Sandi) Van Matre of Point Pleasant, W.Va., Mrs Edward (Paula) Elks of Wilmington, N. C. Mrs Ronnie (Jan) Roush of New Haven, W.Va., Beth Birchfield and Tom Schoonover, Rutland; Mrs. David (Susan) Hall of New Haven, W.Va. and seven sons, Gary "Buck" Burns of Wilmington, N.C. Richard Burns of Phoenix, Ariz. ,Larry Burns of Eastford , Conn. Jerry Burns of Kodiak, Alaska. Eddie Burns of New Haven, W.Va., Michael Burns of Cheshire, and Douglas Burns of Pomeroy; 38 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren and a sister, Thelma Schoonover, Gallipolis.
     She was preceded in death by one son, Roger Burns, three grandchildren, three brother and one sister.
     Funeral services will be held Monday at 2p.m. at the Fisher Funeral Home. Pastor Bill Little will officiate and burial will be in Reynolds Cemetery in Addison. Friends may call at the funeral from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday.

Sunday Times Sentinel
Transcribed by Marian Schoonover

Burton, Bessie

Mrs. Burton Dead
     Mrs. Bessie M. Burton, 34, daughter of the late J. F. Markin of Raccoon Island, and wife of W. H. Burton, died at her home in Frederick, Oklahoma, on August 5.
     While at a neighbor's home she ran a needle in her thumb. Bloodpoison developed, and after twelve days' suffering she passed away. She was a member of the Clay Chapel M. E. Church at Raccoon Island, and had many friends and relatives in that neighborhood.
     Her husband, two children, mother, three brothers, and a sister of her immediate family survive her.

[Note: based on 1910 census, it is believed that she died ca 1919-1920]

Gallipolis newspaper
Undated
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Burton, John Alfred

Masonic services will be held in Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home at 8 p.m. Saturday by Ancient York Lodge No. 33, Ph, F&AM, for John Alfred Burton, 90, 837 Third Ave., Gallipolis, who died Thursday.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Sunday in the funeral home. Pallbearers will be Bobby Gordon, Bobby Dean Gordon, Roderick Gordon, Charles Grant, Robert Casey and Christopher Anderson. Honorary pallbearers will be Frank Washington, Charles Williams, William Casey, George Gilmore, Forrest Borden and Albert Neal.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Friday, April 26, 1985
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Burton, W. H.

W. H. Burton Dead

W. H. Burton, formerly of Swan Creek, who moved with his family to Frederick, Okla., about 5 years ago, died in that place the first of last week, and relatives at Angola got a telegram to that effect, and that they would arrive here sometime Saturday, and that sometime Sunday the funeral services would be at Swan Creek M. E. Church.
Mr. Burton was about 60 years old and leaves a family of wife and grown up children, two married daughters, Mrs. A. E. Waugh and Mrs. H. C. Allman of Swan Creek, and two sons Henry and Van in Oklahoma and one brother, Ed Burton of this city and a sister, Mrs. Taylor in the West. He was a good man, industrious and pushing, and many friends will regret his passing.

[Note: Tombstone in Clay Chapel, Clay Twp reads 1851-1921]

Gallipolis paper
1921
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall

Bush, Alice

Alice Bush
     Alice Jean Bush, 63, of 77 Halliday Heights, Gallipolis, died Tuesday morning at her home. She was born on December 4, 1923, a daughter of Gilbert Pumphrey and Mildred Benedict Bush.
     She was a 1941 graduate of Gallia Academy and a 1945 graduate of the Holzer School of Nursing.
She was a retired operating room supervisor. She was a member of Grace United Methodist Church, Gallipolis, the Grace Guild, the Gallia Historical Society, the Pembroke Club, and the Philamatheon Club.
     She is survived by a brother, Gilbert Bush, Gallipolis; a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Butler, Crown City; two nephews, James G. Bush, Dallas, Texas, and Paul E. Butler Jr., Crown City; and two nieces, Mrs. Carolyn Haner and Mrs. Paula Saunders, Gallipolis.
     Services will be held Friday at 11 a.m. in the Grace United Methodist Chapel, Rev. Joseph Hefner officiating. Burial follows at Mound Hill Cemetery. Friends may call Thursday at the McCoy-Wetherholt-Moore Funeral Home in Gallipolis from 7 to 9 p.m. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Alzheimer Disease and Related Disorders Association Inc., 360 North Michigan Ave., Chicago, Ill., 60601.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Wednesday, May 6, 1987
Transcribed by Nancy S. Edwards Top of Page

Bush, Chas F. [Frank]

Death of Chas. F. Bush
Mr. Charles F. Bush, familiarly known as Frank Bush, died at his home on Fourth Avenue last Friday morning, aged 32 years. He had been ill for five weeks with typhoid fever. Hope of his recovery had been abandoned two days before his death. A wife and three small children, seven brothers and one sister and a father survive him. He was a stove molder, working at the Thompson & Francis Foundry, where he has been employed for several years. He was a hard-working, steady young man, of good habits, and had many friends who will regret his untimely end. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Harry B. Lewis Saturday afternoon, interment following by Wetherholt at Mound Hill.

[Note: Born Dec 14, 1875 - Died Jan 11, 1907]

Gallipolis Bulletin
Jan 18, 1907
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall

Bush, Cornelius

CORNELIUS BUSH DEAD
Cornelius Bush, aged 86 years, passed away Friday night, of infirmities that had confined him to his bed for five years. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. W. S. Landthorn of Clipper Mill and Mrs. Franklin of Bladen. The body was taken to Mercerville by Undertaker J. W. Stevers for burial Sunday.

[Note: from funeral home records, date of death: 16 Feb 1919]

Gallipolis newspaper
February 1919
Transcribed by Joanne Galvin

Bush, Helen E.

     Helen E. McDade Bush, 85, 6 State St., Gallipolis, died Friday, Jan. 1, 1993, at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital North, Hospice Unit, Covington, Ky., following a brief illness.
She was born Feb. 11, 1907, at Portland, Meigs County, daughter of the late Wardie E. and Lucy A. Middleswart McDade.
     A graduate of Gallia Academy High School, se attended Ohio University and received a Certificate of Education. She was employed by local city schools until her marriage in 1930 to George E. Bush, Jr., 2nd Lt. U.S. Army. For the next 35 years, she accompanied her husband in various military assignments throughout the United States and Europe.
She and her family were survivors of the World War II Japanese attack on the Hawaiian Islands, Dec. 7, 1941. She and her husband, Major General George E. Bush, returned to Gallipolis upon his retirement in 1964.
     Mrs. Bush is a member of Grace United Methodist Church, The Daughters of the American Revolution, and the Thursday Club.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by two daughters, Jane Bush Norvell and Susan Bush, both of Columbus; two granddaughters, Lucy Norvell and husband, Thomas H. Barclay of Covington, Ky., and Melissa Novell Cote and husband, Mark Cote of Dublin; and one great grand-son, George Albert Novell Barclay.
     Services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Grace United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Joseph Hefner officiating. Burial will be in Mound Hill Cemetery.
Friends may call at the McCoy-Moore Funeral Home, Wetherholt Chapel, Gallipolis, on Tuesday from 7-9 p.m. DAR services will be held at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Samuel Bossard Memorial Library, 641 Second Ave., Gallipolis, 45631.
     Pallbearers will be Lynn Ours, Thomas Barclay, Marc Cote, Ron McDade, Jay Moore, and Joe Moore.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
January, 1993
Transcribed by Henny Evans Top of Page

Bush, Lambert

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Faith Baptist Church, Rodney, for Lambert Bush, 64, Rt. 4, Gallipolis, who died Thursday.
The Rev. Lynn D. Lahale will officiate, and burial will follow in Vinton Memorial Park.
Friends may call at the McCoy-Moore Funeral Home, Vinton, from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Saturday. The body will lie in state one hour prior to the service.

Gallipolis Tribune
Jan. 29, 1982
Transcribed by J. Farley

Bush, Nancy

     Nancy (LeMaster) Bush, 29, 1935 Chatham Avenue, Gallipolis, died Thursday morning at Holzer Medical Center. Born Feb. 16, 1960, in Lawrence County, she was the daughter of Dora Mae Marshall of Crown City. She was a certified operating room technician at Holzer Medical Center. A member of the First Church of God in Gallipolis and she was a graduate of Gallia Academy High School in 1978.
     Also surviving are her husband, Michael E. Bush, whom she married June 4, 1978, in Gallipolis; one daughter, Amy Renae Bush; three sisters, Rebecca Grady of Point Pleasant, WV; Eva Denice Scott of Union Ridge, WV and Emily Beth Marshall of Crown City; one brother, John H Montgomery of Crown City; grandmother, Ruth I Murray, of Gallipolis and aunt, Mrs. Richard (Jeannie) Ross, of Eureka.
     Services will be Saturday 2 p.m. at the First Church of God with the Rev. Paul Voss officiating. The body will lie in state one hour prior to the service. Burial will be in Ohio Valley Memory Gardens. Friends may call Friday 3-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. at the Willis Funeral Home.

[Note: Died Sept. 7, 1989]

Gallipolis Paper
Thursday, Sept. 7, 1989
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Bush, Olevia Shaw

OBITUARY
     Olevia, daughter of J. C. and Margaret Shaw, was born December 15th,, 1856, and departed this life March 21st, 1926, being at the time of her death 70 years, 3 months and 6 days of age.
     In the year 1879 she was united in marriage to Frank Bush, and this union was blessed with two children as follows: Wilbert of Downing, Ohio, and Elmer of Cadmus, this county. Besides these two sons, in her departure, she leaves the following brothers and sisters: Elbin Shaw, S. C. Shaw, Mrs. Alta Mosier and Mrs. Janie Call. A sister, Ella died in early life. She also leaves seven grand children.
     She was left a widow in the year 1903 and 13 years later remarried to Rev. N. B. Barnett whom she survived. During her last years she has had in her home a nephew, Earl Shaw, who has helped to bear the burdens of her declining years, and has loyally acted the part of a son to her great satisfaction and joy.
     In her home life she was always faithful, industrious and devoted, freely giving her time and effort to make her home one of contenment and happiness. No task was too ardous for her to attempt if its accomplishment would add to the joys of home.
     Early in life she united with the Providence M. E. Church of which she continued to be a faithful and devoted member during the remaining years of her life. She had implicit faith in the Bible, believing it to be the infallible word of God, and gave much time to its study. Though suddenly called from this life, we believe she has gone to her eternal reward.
     In her death the children, brothers and sisters have lost a tender and loving mother and sister, and the Church and community a noble christian character which should be an inspiration to all.

Gallia Times
April 14,1927
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Butcher, Wm. Mrs.

Mrs. Wm. Butcher of Cheshire died Monday morning of typhoid fever after a long illness. She is survived by a husband but no children. She had many friends and relatives in the upper part of the county who will be shocked to hear of her death.
The funeral services were held at the M. E. church Wednesday by Rev. Thomas interment following at Gravel cemetery.

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

Butcher, Milton

Milt Butcher, 73, Died Sunday A.M., Burial 2 Tuesday
     Milton Butcher, 73, of near Bidwell died Sunday morning, the end coming rather unexpectedly. He had made his home with his brother, Tom Butcher, and family and with another brother, France. The Butcher home is near Fairview Cemetery.
     Milton was born and reared near Morgan Center and was a son of John S. and Nancy Crowell Butcher; and his birth date was August 21, 1869. He never married and was never particularly active.
Decedent is survived by, besides the two brothers named, a sister, Mrs. Chauncey C. Smith of near Campaign Church and a half-sister, Mrs. Virgil Halley of 502 Fourth Avenue, Gallipolis.
     Funeral services will be held at the home at 2 o’clock Tuesday afternoon, in charge of Rev. Frank McMillen from Hartford. Burial in Fairview Cemetery by Coleman & Son.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune [Note: Aug.21, 1869~Jan. 3, 1943]
January 4, 1943
Transcribed by Linda Halley Criner

Butcher, Nola Safford

VINTON - Mrs. Butcher Dead
     Mrs. Nola Safford Butcher died at her home near here Friday after an illness of three months. She was the widow of John S. Butcher, and lived on the farm formerly owned by the late Cash Fisher on Route 160 between Porter and Vinton. Mrs. Butcher was the daughter of the late Lewis and Joanna Safford of Green township, was born Oct. 21, 1875, and was aged 60 years, one month and 15 days at the time of her death. [December 6, 1935]
     She leaves one daughter, Bertis at home, two sisters and two brothers, Mrs. Elizabeth Day and David Safford of Columbus, Mrs. Alice Brown of Strasburg and Charles Safford of Winona, W.Va. Five sisters preceded her in death.
     Mrs. Butcher was quite a worker in the church and community as long as her health permitted and will be greatly missed by her family and friends.
     Funeral services were held at the home at 1 o’clock Sunday by Rev. Butler of Coolville and Rev. John Spires, burial in the Centenary Cemetery by H. K. Butler.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
December 7, 1935
Transcribed by Linda Halley Criner Top of Page

Butcher, Thomas

Thomas Butcher Buried Alive as Vault Caves In
Digging 30 Feet Down To Sand When Cave In Suffocates Him
     Thomas Butcher, aged about 40, instantly killed Monday about 5 p. m. in a cave in at a cess pool on the property of H. C. Cunningham, better known as the Wade place, on upper Second avenue near the O. H. E. grounds.
     Mr. Butcher and Lou Neal were engaged in digging the excavation for the cesspool for which J. L. Betz had the contract from Mr. Cunningham. They had reached the sand at a depth of approximately thirty feet and were ready to begin the lining of it with brick, it was said, when it is believed the sand slipped letting the heavier soil above down on the workman. He was alone in the excavation at the time but assistance went to him at once but he was suffocated before he could be reached.
     The fire department which was called, was delayed by being given the wrong address, and it was impossible to revive him. Mr. Butcher is survived by a wife. Funeral arrangements are in charge of Wetherholt & Entsminger.

[Note: Buried at Pine Street cemetery in Gallipolis Township. June 11, 1877 - September 21, 1937]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune, p. 1
Tuesday, September 22, 1931
Transcribed by Mary Kay Clark

Butler, H. Kerr

H. Kerr Butler Route 160 at Mills Station, killed in auto accident October 19 [1937]

[Buried Vinton Memorial - Stone reads 1879-1937]

Gallipolis paper
1937
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall

Butler, Joseph M.

Death of Joseph M. Butler, One Of Our Oldest Citizens
     Mr. Joseph Martin Butler, Sr., a citizen of this city since 1896, departed this life Nov. 26, 1906 at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. M. O. Ward, No. 3 Court Street.
     The funeral services will be conducted from Mrs. Ward's most probably by Rev. Harry B. Lewis of Grace M.E. Church of which he is a member at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. The interment following by Wetherholt under the aspices of the Jr. O FA&M at Pine Street Cemetery.
     Mr Butler was born Amelia, Clarmont County, Ohio, on Sept. 3, 1827 and was consequently in his 80th. year. He was married in Cincinnati to Miss Elizabeth Crossman, March 17, 1850 and they became the parents of A.D. Butler of Manchester, Ohio; S.C. and O.C. Butler of Charleston, Joseph M. Butler, Jr. and Mrs. M.O. Ward of Gallipolis; Mrs. J.E. Johnson of Lewiston, WV and Mrs. M.F. Ely of Stuebenville. They will all be here in attendance upon the funeral services except Mrs. Johnson, who is at the point of death herself. He is also survived by one younger brother, Mr. T.S. Butler, of Glenwood, WV.
     Mr. Butler followed the business of saw-milling all his life in Ohio, Kentucky, Illinois and West Virginia and wherever known had many warm friends and he was worthy of them, being agreeable in business and upright and honorable in all the walks of life
     He came here from Charleston with his wife in 1892, his son, Joseph and wife having preceded him here from Racine and he being so well and favorably known to everyone that none could realize but that he [rest of article missing].

Butler, Joseph M.

     Mr. Joseph M. Butler, Sr., a citizen of this city since 1896, departed this life Nov. 26, 196, at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. M.O. Ward, No 3 Court Street.
His funeral services will be conducted from Mrs. Ward's.
     He was kindly and polite and was extremely well liked. He has been very infirm for three or four years, but incapacitated by afflictions coupled with age to do anything much for at least two years. It was not thought he would get through last winter, but he did and rallied quite a good deal at times only to fall back more feeble than before. He was a good old man and while full of years all who knew him will regret his death.

[Note: Burial in Pine Street Cemetery in Gallipolis Township]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Nov. 27, 1906
Transcribed by F.K. Brown                                                                     Top of Page

Butler, Julia Ann

     Julia Ann Butler, 44, Crown City, died Friday, March 15, 1996, at her residence. Born January 31, 1952 in Gallipolis, daughter of James Craft and Laura Jean Baker Craft of Gallipolis, she was a homemaker. She was a member of the Christ United Methodist Church, and the United Methodist Women and Christian Women's Club.
     Surviving in addition to her parents are her loving husband, Paul "Ed" Butler, Jr., whom she married November 7, 1971 at Gallipolis; two sons, Edward Jason Butler of Crown City, and his finance, Bryna Volhorn, and Charles Kentworth Butler of Crown City; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Cindy and Eddie Gilmore of Melverne, Arkansas; and their children, Kimi Barnard of Panama City, Florida, and Jill Loyd of Sheridan, Arkansas, and Linda and Ron Tetrick of Pleasant Hill, California, a brother and sister-in-law, James and Gwen Craft of Gallipllis, and their children, Nicholas, Lehanna, Caleb and Joel Craft, all at home; a maternal grandfather, Charles L. Baker of Rio Grande; a paternal grandmother, Clare A. Craft of Gallipolis, a mother and father-in-law, Paul E. and Elizabeth Butler, Sr. of Crown City; a sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Carolyn and Bob Haner of Gallipolis, and their daughter, Jencie Haner of Gallipolis, a sister-in-law, Paula Saunders of Gallipolis, and her sons, Chris and Scott Saunders of Gallipolis. Ann is survived by a multitude of loving family and friends.
     Services will be 2 p.m. Sunday, March 17, 1996 in the Christ United Methodist Church, with Rev. Tom Hite officiating. Burial will be in the Swan Creek Cemetery. Friends may call at the Willis Funeral Home from 5-9 p.m. Saturday, March 16, 1996.
     Pallbearers will be Rick Baker, David Baker, Jim Allie, Tom Matthews, Donnie Ours and Mark Clark.
The famly requests that in lieu of flowers, donations be made in loving memory of Ann to the charity of choice.

Gallipolis paper
1996
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall

Butler, W. F.

The Late W.F. Butler
     William F. Butler passed away at his home in Vinton, this county, Friday evening, July 23, 1920, following an illness extending over a period of several months. The news of his passing was received with deep regret by countless friends over the entire county, who knowing his strong physique and indomitable will power, hoped that he might be able to overcome his illness. His body lay in state at his home in Vinton until Monday afternoon, and many friends and neighbors of long years standing called to pay their tribute of respect to this good old man.
     The funeral was held at his late home Monday afternoon and was largely attended. The last services were conducted by Dr. J. M. Davis and Rev. W. J. Fulton of Rio Grande, both life-long friends of Mr. Butler. Each paid a high tribute to the life and works of their friends, and their words of praise and commendation found corroboration in the hearts of all their hearers.
     Vinton Lodge, F. & A. M., of which Mr. Butler was a member for more than half a century, held ritualistic ceremonies both at the home and cemetery. He was laid to rest in the McGhee cemetery, overlooking the village where he had labored so long and faithfully and over which we believe his spirit will continue to exercise a benign influence.
     The following memorial was read at the funeral by Rev. W. J. Fulton: William Francis Butler, the son of Fleming and Elizabeth Eagle Butler, was born Jan. 13, 1838, and died July 23, 1920, aged 82 years, 6 months and 10 days. He was the youngest son of a family of eleven, his sister, Aunt Polly Porter, being the only surviving member of the family. His parents came from Virginia, settling in Ohio in 1816. His father was a veteran in the War of 1812, serving the entire course of the war. He was born, reared and lived his whole life in Huntington township. There was one unusual fact connected with activities during the War of the Rebellion, and that was while he was intensely loyal to his country and its flag, he could not serve in its army on account of a rupture with which he was afflicted all his life. He hired a substitute to take his place on the firing line, being one of only a very few men in the entire north when they themselves were excused from active service by irremovable physical disability. He was always an intensely patriotic American, a splendid citizen, unflagging in his devotion to the interests of the community, state and nation. During the late war he was, despite his advanced years, one of the most active men in Gallia County in all war work, giving his time, energy and talents in every way to help win the victory. He was a man of unusual judgment in all lines of business, and was constantly consulted by those who knew and respected his ability along those lines, and any service he could perform was always given__generously. He had a wide acquaintance and was always a distinguished figure in any gathering in which he participated. His was a social nature, he loved his fellowman and got keen enjoyment from the social relations of all with whom he came in contact. He filled a large and useful place in the community and county, and his familiar figure will be missed by the large circle of people who were his friends. Mr. Butler was married to Annie Jane Kerr on Nov. 28, 1866, and to this union were born three children, Mrs. Maggie Hamilton of Columbus, Mrs. Nellie Feltman and Mr. H. K. Butler, both of Vinton. His devotion to his family was unusual, and he cared for his afflicted companion for years with sympathetic tenderness that marked his affectionate and kindly nature. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity for fifty-eight years and was a faithful member of that order, maintaining an active interest until compelled by illness to resist. He was early in life connected with the church, was a staunch believer in its tenets and a liberal contributor in personal and financial aid toward the advancement of religious influence. He has moved forward, but truly his works do follow him.

Gallia Times, Gallipolis, OH
Thurs., July 29, 1920
Contributed by Linda Halley Criner Top of Page

Butterfield, Margaret Randall

     Margaret Randall Butterfield was born Dec. 5, 1837, departed this life Feb. 8, 1920, aged 82 years, 2 months and 2 days.
     She was married to George W. Butterfield on March 24, 1868 at Gallipolis. To this union was born four sons, one dying in infancy. The three sons who have grown to manhood are: James and Lorain of Logan, Ohio and Harry of Warren, Ohio. She leaves six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Her husband preceded her to the better land the 25th. day of September, 1918.
     The three brothers now left to mourn for their mother, have always loved and cherished their parents and since their father's death had taken special care of their dear old mother. Having been for a number of years an invalid her last sickness was of short duration, bronchial trouble resulting in death.
     She was very quiet and after taken down, did not talk but little. But on the Friday morning before her death she told her nurse she was not afraid to die when Jesus called her. She never made any loud profession, but we firmly believe, as her lifeless body lies before us, she is asleep in Jesus. Blessed Sleep!! And we mourn not as those who have no hope.

[Note: Buried Pine Street Cemetery. Parents: Christopher Randall and Jean McCallan]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Feb. 17, 1920
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Byer Elba

R. R, Employee Is Killed By Bar On Motor Car
Spike End Pierces Neck of Elba Byer, Died In Hospital.
     Elba Byer, 42, section foreman of the Hocking Valley Railroad, died in Holzer Hospital Thursday night at 8 o'clock as a result of an accident which occurred while he was returning from work on a motor rail car near the overhead bridge at the O. H. E. Byer was with his crew on the car, among them his son, Woodrow Byer, 18, when a lining bar fell from the car and rebounded from the road bed, penetrating Byer's neck below the chin, and into the base of his brain. He was brought to the Hocking Valley station by a passenger train from Pomeroy which came in about that time.
     None of the section crew with Byer could explain just how the accident occurred It is thought that the bar may have been struck by the wheels of the car so as to throw it back into the car with the force it did. Another theory is that Byer grabbed for the bar as it struck the ground and involuntarily directed the rebound toward him, at the same time, falling from the car himself. The crew was using an old type of motor car which had no provision for placing tools on it.
     Byer is survived by his wife and two children Woodrow and Beulah, who lived with him in Maple Shade. He was a son in law of John Walters, also of Maple Shade.

[Note: Buried in Pine Street Cemetery in Gallipolis Township]

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Gallipolis, Ohio
Transcribed by Margaret Calvin