Gallia County Newspaper Obituaries [M-McC]

Mack, Edith

Mrs. R. A. Mack Dies In Flemingsburg
Wife of Local Attorney Passes At Home of Sister In Kentucky City
     Mrs. R. A. Mack of this city, died Wednesday evening a little after seven o'clock in the home of her sister, Mrs. Ava Dudley, at Flemingsburg, Ky. Mrs. Mack, who had been in ill health for several months, had gone to her sister's home four weeks ago in the hope that the change would be of benefit to her. While her family and friends were much concerned over her illness they had not expected a fatal termination, so her death came as a great shock to them.
     Mrs. Mack, as Edith Stith, was born forty-eight years ago May 5, at Stithton, Ky., a town which was founded by her grandfather.
     In addition to her husband and sister, Mrs. Mack leaves a daughter, Polly (Babe) Mack, a patient in a sanitarium at Biltmore, N.C., and two brothers, Stephen and Horace Stith of Kentucky.
     The remains will be brought here Thursday evening by funeral directors, George J. Wetherholt & Sons, who went for them. Arrangements will be completed after their arrival.

[Note: Buried Mound Hill Cemetery. Marker dates 1881-1931]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
May 14, 1931
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall

Mack, Wilhelmina

Mrs. Charles E. Mack Dies At Age Of Ninety
Mother Of Prominent Local Citizens Lived Here Since Coming From Germany
     Mrs. Wilhelmina Vollborn Mack died Thursday at 3:30 o'clock after an illness of several weeks. She was 90 years of age April 19 of this year. She had made her home in Gallia County since she was 13 years old, when she came to this country from Germany.
   Mrs. Mack was born in Haaslfeldt, Germany, April 19, 1838 and lived there until she came with her parents to America. She was married to Charles E. Mack Sept. 13, 1857 and to this union there were born eight children. A son, Martin Mack, died in infancy. Her husband, Mr. Charles E. Mack, died in 1912.
     Four sons and three daughters survive: Christian C. Mack, Charles E. Jr., Dr. Gus A. Mack and Randolph A. Mack of this city, three daughters, Mrs. F.A. Crumley, Mrs. Harry Stockhoff and Mrs. W.H. Slaymaker, of this city. She leaves also four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
     Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon from her late residence on lower Third Avenue at two o'clock.
Burial will be in Mound Hill Cemetery in charge of George J. Wetherholt and Sons.

[Note: Death Certificate...Died May 3, 1928; 90 years 14 days of age. Parents: Christian Vollborn and Caroline Hedison. Husband Charles Emery Mack.]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
May 4, 1928
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Maddox, Mary L.

Mary L. Maddox, 76, Dies At Son’s Home
Ill Several Years, Esteemed Woman Suffered Stroke Monday
   Mrs. Mary L. Maddox, 76, passed away this morning at 8 o’clock at the home of her son, Brady Maddox at Rodney where she had made her home for several years. She had been in poor health for several years and suffered a stroke early Monday morning. Mrs. Maddox was born to Benjamin Casto and Mary M. Craig Casto at Fairplain, W. Va. on May 25, 1873.
   The decedent is survived by three sons: Rolley and Oren C. at Charleston; and Brady Maddox, Rodney, and two sisters, Mrs. W. A. Lee, Gallipolis and Mrs. Addie Austin, Given, W. Va. She was a member of the Big Pine Methodist Church at Gim Ridge, W. Va.
   The Rev. Lowell A. Nihizer will conduct the services Sunday at 2: 00 p.m. at the Kenna Baptist Church at Kenna, W. Va. Burial will be made at the church cemetery under the direction of J. L. Coleman and Sons.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Saturday, March 11, 1950
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Maddy, Daisy Lee

Maddy Rites
Mrs. Daisy Lee Maddy, wife of Frank Maddy, died at 11: a.m. Tuesday at the family home above Kanauga. Her death followed a long illness. Mrs. Maddy was born to the late Bennett and Cynthia Peck Fowler and was a native of Pt. Pleasant. Also surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Gertrude Deem of Kanauga and three brothers, Earl and Jim Fowler of Anderson, Ind., and a twin, Don C. Fowler of Pt. Pleasant. Six sisters and five brothers preceded her in death.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Wetherholt-Elliott-Sanders Funeral home Rev. C. J. Lemley will officiate. Burial will be in the Reynolds cemetery at Addison. Friends may call at the funeral home Wednesday evening and until the hour of the service.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Wednesday, April 29, 1959
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron Top of Page

Maddy, Flora Probst

Widow of Captain A. Maddy Dies- Burial in Pomeroy Tuesday
Mrs. Flora Probst Maddy, an aunt by marriage of Harry Maddy, died Saturday at her home in Columbus. The body will be brought to Pomeroy, her former home, and interment will be made in Beech Grove cemetery at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning.
Mrs. Maddy was the widow of Captain Arthur Maddy, who was born and reared on Georges Creek in Addison tp., and was one of the Maddy brothers widely known as steamboatmen. In his later years he was associated with his wife's family, the Probsts, in the furniture business.

[Note: Unable to locate a death certificate. Ann Simmerman wrote "July 13, 1935" on the obituary.]

Newspaper (Prob. July 1935, Gallipolis or Pomeroy) clipping found in the Simmerman files, Maddy file, Bossard Library.
Transcribed by Lynn Anders

Maddy, Frank

Frank Maddy, Retired Farmer, Dies At Age 70
     Frank Maddy, 70, a retired farmer, died at 1: a.m. today at his home in Kanauga. He was born in Addison twp., June 21, 1893, son of the late James and Flora Claflan Maddy. His marriage was to the former Daisy Dowler, who preceded him in death, April 29, 1959. A daughter, Mrs. Gertrude Deem of Gallipolis, survives.
     Other survivors are two brothers, L. L. Maddy of Kanauga and Elman Maddy, Texas Rd. He was preceded in death by two brothers and a sister.
     Services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Wetherholt-Elliott-Sanders Funeral Home. Rev. Hughey Jones will officiate, and burial will be in Addison-Reynolds Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Tuesday evening.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Monday, March 23, 1964
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Maddy, Harry

Gallipolis In Sorrow Over Death Of Her Noble, Notable Son
     Death came like a flash to Harry Maddy, cashier of the Ohio Valley Bank, while at his post of duty early this afternoon. Standing at the middle window and waiting on Miss Anna Simmerman, he suddenly took a backward step, fell to the floor, and passed away instantly, it was said by his fellow-workers. One of these workers, his own daughter, Ruth, had left the bank a short time before for the lunch period. Time of death was around 12:15.
   It is one of the most shocking tragedies this reporter has ever been called on to report. For in the long history of Gallipolis it seems doubtful that any other citizen ever had so many friends- so many warm friends- for he was friendly and hospitable and kind indeed to everyone who came his way. Despite a long and close friendship, this writer never heard any intimation from Harry Maddy or anyone else that all was not well with him physically; and that association included a dinner and ride together into the country yesterday. Since his passing it is learned he had been advised not to work so hard and so assidously [sic]. Presumably death resulted from a heart attack.
   A crowd gathered in front of the bank as the news of the tragedy began to go forth in all directions and saw Frank Wetherholt, Col. Morris Haskins and others lift the body into a waiting ambulance. It was taken thence to the Wetherholt mortuary. Previously Dr. Leo Bean had been called from the Clinic to the bank but there was nothing for medical skill to do.
   Harry Maddy would have been 68 years old next month. He was born in what used to be the Jim Hall home on Pine near First Ave. and most of his six years had been spent here. He was the only son of the late Captain Edwin and Maria Ball Maddy. Some of his boyhood was spent in Cincinnati and during that period he was the bat boy and mascot of the Cincinnati Reds.
     The father was a noted steamboat captain and once commanded a bulkheaded Ohio River packet down the Mississippi and across the Gulf of Mexico and around Florida and up the east coast to Jacksonville for delivery to purchasers who planned to use the boat on the St. Johns River. It was a marvelous feat.
   In the '90's, the family moved to Gallipolis and Harry soon became a clerk in the post-office and during the larger part of his tenure the office was located in the rear end of the building in which he died today.
During the first decade of this century he was a book-keeper for the Silverman, Levi and Co. here and then under the James M. Cox administration held an important post in the State Welfare Department in Columbus. He returned to Gallipolis more than 20 years ago to accept the bank cashiership at a salary in excess of what had been previously paid here for that sort of position.
   In his young manhood Harry Maddy, a riverman at heart, but highly proficient as a book-keeper and banker joined his father and later Captain S. A. Dunbar in operating packets on the upper Ohio.
   Last year Edwin, the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Maddy, passed away after a long and distressing illness. That was a terrible blow but it was borne with Christian resignation and stoical fortitude.
   The Maddys continued to "live by the side of the road" and their home continued to radiate that warm hospitality that endeared them to multiple thousands here abouts and all along the river. May God somehow soften the blow and assuage the anguish that have come to the devoted wife and daughter, will be the fervent wish of all who have known them.

[Note: From death certificate date of birth May 19, 1878; date of death April 22, 1946; wife is given as Syd Campbell Maddy; mother is given as Mary Bayes and not Maria Ball as written in the obituary. There is a marriage record for Edwin Maddy and Mary M. Bayes in Gallia County in 1874. Burial was in Mound Hill.]

Newspaper (prob. April 1946, Gallipolis) clipping found in the Simmerman files, Maddy file, Bossard Library.
Transcribed by Lynn Anders Top of Page

Maddy, Hudson

Hudson Maddy Killed by Train
Aged Man Did Not Hear Approaching Engine
     Well Known Farmer at Addison and Good Man Mr. Hudson Maddy one of the best known men in Gallia county among farmers, having followed the threshing business in this county for 30 years or more, was instantly killed this morning about 7 o'clock, in front of his own residence, a half a mile perhaps above Addison, by a local freight of the Hocking Valley. As near as we can get the facts they are as follows: He was standing on the railroad track conversing with his neighbor, Mr. J. Harrison Berry when two local freights came along one behind the other and pretty close together. Some woman near by saw Mr. Maddy's danger and hallooed and waved to him and the train sounded its danger whistle, but Mr. Maddy was 71 years old, bad bad hearing and worse eyesight. It seems he stepped back and out of the way of the first train and thinking it passed stepped back to his former position, or at least so near, that he was struck by the end of the pilot beam of the engine, somewhere about the middle of the body, and was carried by the impetus of the train and then pitched perhaps 25 feet striking on his head against the end of some ties, when he was picked up by the engine, instantaneously, and hurled 20 feet further. He was dead when they got to him or practically so, and was found to have had his skull crushed over the eyes, his left leg and left arm broken and his face badly bruised and it looked as though his neck were broken but of this we are not certain. No arrangements at this time have been made for the funeral but Wetherholt has charge of the remains.
     It is an extremely lamentable and tragic occurrence. Mr. Maddy was liked by every one. He was a good citizen and an industrious fine man. He is a cousin of Capt. Ed Maddy of this city. He has been married twice. By his first wife he leaves a son Charles in Oklahoma and a daughter at Castleman, Ill. He is also survived by his last wife and four children, Susie, wife of Leon Bing of Cheshire, William, motorman on the Kanauga Traction line, Fannie, single at home, and George with the Huber Manufacturing Co. of Marion, O. His widow was formerly Miss Louise Preston.
     Coroner Parker was called and he and Sheriff Manring, C.R. Cunningham of the Traction Co., and perhaps others went right up as soon as the news was received here and every attention of kindness and sympathy were shown, and will be shown to him.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
August 6, 1908
Transcribed by Henny Evans Top of Page

Maddy, Mrs. Maria

Mrs. Maria Maddy, residing at Huntington W. Va. and wife of the late Capt. William Maddy, died at her home on last Monday. She had been ill for sometime with rheumatism. Mrs. Maddy was the daughter of the late Dr. S. G. Shaw, of Point Pleasant and was a sister of Mrs. W. P. Carpenter and Mrs. Mattie Miller of P-ea W.Va. She was the mother of Mr. Sam Maddy clerk of the steamer Sun; Edward and Misses Anna and Lizzie of Huntington. She was an aunt of Capt. Edward Maddy of this city, who accompanied by Sam Maddy attended the funeral and burial on Tuesday Afternoon.

Gallipolis Bulletin
Saturday April 22 1899
Transcribed by Mary James

Maddy, Mary Mariah

Mrs. E.F. Maddy Dead
Passed Away Friday At Home Of Son in Columbus
     Mrs. Mary Mariah Maddy, widow of Captain Edwin Maddy, died at the residence of her son, Harry, in Columbus Friday morning, July 26, 1918. Mrs. Maddy was the last surviving member of the family of the late Captain Harry Bays, who like Capt. Maddy was well known and loved along the Ohio River. Mrs. Maddy was married to Capt. Maddy on Thanksgiving Day, 1874 and during most of her life has resided in Gallipolis,. Latterly she has lived at Columbus where she could be near her only son, Harry, with whom she has been living for several weeks.
     Mrs. Maddy had been a sufferer for many years but continued as interesting and pleasant companion for her very large circle of friends, both here and elsewhere, for few ladies enjoyed a more extensive acquaintanceship than she.
     The body fo the deceased will be brought here on the evening Hocking Valley train and will be taken to the residence of Mr. C.G. Niday on Fourth Avenue. Burial by Hayward at Mound Hill will follow funeral services by Rev. Mr. Beery at the Presbyterian Church Sunday at two o'clock. The pallbearers are C.M. Adams, E.L. Neal, J.M. Kaufman, Dick Brown, Frank L. Sibley and Harold Wolfe.

[Note: Death Certificate...born Sept. 27, 1827; died July 25, 1918.. Parents: Harry Bayles and Pauline Donnely.]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Saturday, July 27, 1918
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Maddy, Syd Campbell

Mrs. Harry Maddy Dies Suddenly At Her First Ave. Home Early This Morning; Funeral Set Sunday Prominent Local Woman, Former Elections Board Clerk, Claimed After 5 A.M. Attack; Husband Was Pioneer Riverman Here, Died in 1946
   Mrs. Harry Maddy died at 5:30 a.m. today after suffering a heart attack at her home, 228 First Ave., a half hour earlier. One of the city's most prominent and best loved women, Mrs. Maddy had been suffering from a heart ailment for the past several months and had been forced to resign as clerk of the county board of elections after being a patient at the Holzer Hospital here in August.
   Born Syd Campbell, Mrs. Maddy was widowed in 1946 when her husband died in April of that year. The family had been stricken by tragedy just a year earlier when the only son, Edwin, died.
     At 5 a.m. today Mrs. Maddy became critically ill. Her surviving daughter, Miss Ruth, and a roomer at the home, Miss Dorothy Melton, called Dr. N. Howard Foster, who was with her when she died.
     Mrs. Maddy, 61 years of age, was a daughter of the late Edwin S. and Eleanor Womeldorff Campbell, born in Gallia County May 17, 1889. She married Harry Maddy, one of the city's pioneer rivermen, Oct. 11, 1914.
     Mrs. Maddy was a deacon of the First Presbyterian Church, a member of the Sons and Daughters of the Pioneer Rivermen, and had served as an assistant clerk of the elections board prior to becoming its clerk.
     In addition to the daughter, who is associated with the Ohio Valley Bank here, decedent leaves two sisters, Mrs. Robert Hoffman of Batavia and Mrs. Chauncey Nida of Columbus; and two brothers, Bill and Bob Campbell, both of Gallipolis.
   Funeral services will be held Sunday at 3 p.m. from the Wetherholt Funeral Home with the Rev. L. H. Stebbins officiating. Interment will follow in Mound Hill Cemetery under the direction of Frank Wetherholt.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. Saturday.

[Note: Ann Simmerman has the date "12-8-1950" written on the obituary.]

Newspaper (prob. December 1950, Gallipolis) clipping found in the Simmerman files, Maddy file, Bossard Library.
Transcribed by Lynn Anders

Maddy, William

River Captain is Drowned
Capt. William Maddy Lost Life in Kanawha River at Charleston
     Capt. William Maddy of the towboat George T. Price was drowned in the Kanawha river Wednesday afternoon. In some manner he fell from the deck of his boat, which was moored to the bank, and drowned before assistance could reach him. His cries were heard by the engineer of the boat and others. Capt. Maddy, it is said, could not swim. His body was recovered three hours later.
     Capt. Maddy is survived by his wife and two little daughters and four brothers, Frank, Albert, Lew and Elmer Maddy. He was a son-in-law of Capt. T. S. Haines of Kanauga.
   Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the Kanauga church by Rev. H. W. Anderson of the Baptist church in this city, interment following in Pine Street cemetery. He was a member of the local lodge Knights of Pythias, and that body attended in a body and gave the deceased a Pythian burial.
     Capt. Maddy stood high in the esteem of his employees, and Mr. Kelly, owner of the boat said of him; "He was one of the most deserving and honorable men in our employ. We have never had a man for whom we had a higher regard, and wish to extend to his family our most sincere sympathy."

Gallia Times
May 19, 1927
Transcribed by J. Farley

Maguet, Emma

Death Of Mrs. Emma Maguet
     Mrs. Emma Maguet, 1546 Ninth Street, the wife of M.N. Maguet, died yesterday morning, death being due to ptomaine poisoning. She had been ill for two weeks. Mrs. Maguet was 61 years old. The deceased was born in Stuebenville, Ohio, in 1852, later moving to Gallipolis. Her marriage to Mr. Maguet took place in 1875.
     Surviving besides the husband are children: William, Silas, Constance, Grace, Eleanor, Jessie and Donald and sisters: Mrs. John Griggs, Crown Point, IN; Mrs. Charles Bowen, Columbus, Mrs. Tillie Barlow and Miss Anna Lanning, Streaton, IL.
     Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at the home in charge of Rev. A.S. Hughes and the Rev. J.W. Dillon. Only relatives and immediate friends will attend the service. The deceased was a member of Trinity Church.

Portsmouth Blade

[Note: Death Certificate: Born Oct. 10, 1851; died Aug. 11, 1913 Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio; aged 61 years, 9 months and 1 day of age. Parents: Joseph Lanning born NJ and Susan Fisher born OH. Burial Greenlawn Cemetery]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Aug. 14, 1913
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Maguire, Enos

Enos Maguire, son of John Maguire of Mt. Zion, died at his father's home Tuesday night, March 19, 1918, following a number of weeks illness with an abcess on the brain. He was at the Holzer Hospital for treatment recently but his case had developed too far for operation.

Gallipolis paper
March 1918
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall Top of Page

Maige, Otto Lewis

Death of Maige Boy
Otto Lewis Maige, the three year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Maige of Beale, W.Va., died Monday evening, Nov. 7, 1921, after a several weeks illness of diphtheria. The funeral services were held at the home at Beale and the burial made by Wetherholt & Entsminger at Jordon Chapel Cemetery.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Wednesday, Nov. 9, 1921
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Major, Caroline (Cad) Booton

Caroline Major
Mrs. Caroline (Cad) Booton Major, 79, died suddenly at 6 p.m. Friday at her home in Charleston, W. Va. Mrs. Major is the last of the family of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Booton and was born in Gallipolis. Her father was a former Gallia County Recorder, and a co-founder of the Gallia Times.
She was preceded in death by several brothers and sisters including Orland Booton, former Williamson, W. Va., publisher, Ch--- Booton, and Mrs. Adolph Henke. Mrs. Major's husband, Floyd, a Charleston news agency executive, died many years ago. A son, Floyd, and a daughter, Caroline, survive.
Mrs. Stella Booton of Gallipolis, is a sister-in-law, and J. Sherman Porter is a nephew.

Sunday Times Sentinel/ Gallipolis Daily Tribune
April 24, 1966 page 2 column 1 Section A
Gallipolis, Ohio
Transcribed by Margaret Calvin

Malaby, Mary

Mrs. William Malaby Died Last Saturday
Was Widely Connected With Prominent Gallia County Families
     Mrs. William Malaby, aged 78, a former resident of Springfield Township, died Saturday at the home of her daughter in Milford Center, Ohio.
   Mrs. Malaby was connected throughout the county with many prominent families. She was twice married. From the first marriage two children survive, F.H. Leonard, Hotel Dennison, Columbus and Mrs. R.R. Malaby of Glenwood Springs, CO., the children left from the last marriage are W.F. Malaby, Sandusky, Mrs. W.E. Walker, Albany, Mrs. Chauncy Russell and Mrs. Bessie Carmachael, Columbus and Mrs. Villa George, Milford Center. In addition she leaves two brothers, James Jones, Mill Creek and Jonathan Jones, Bulaville and a sister, Mrs. Alonzo Garrett, Gallipolis.
   The body will arrive Tuesday noon and will be taken to Campaign Church where the funeral services will be conducted by Rev. R.R. Denney and burial in the Cemetery at the church.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
April 23, 1928
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Malaby, William

Death of William Malaby
Mr. William Malaby of Addison Township, died Sunday, May 5, 1907, of heart trouble
His funeral services were put off until Wednesday to give his brother, Hon. John Malaby of Kansas time to get here and attend the services. They will be conducted by Dr. J. M. Davis, President of Rio Grande College at 11 a.m. of that day.
Mr. Malaby was a fine old gentleman whom everyone liked and respected.He had been a member of the Free Will Baptist Church and a valued member for many years and will be missed greatly in the neighborhood in which he lived.

[Note: buried in Campaign Cemetery in Addison Township]

Gallipolis Paper
May 7, 1907
Transcribed by F.K. Brown Top of Page

Mallaby, John

DIED
In Cheshire township, on Wednesday morning last, Mr. JOHN MALLABY, aged 50 years.

Gallipolis Journal
October 26, 1843
Transcribed by Teresa Herrman

Mannion, Mary

The Death of Mary Mannion
   Mary Elizabeth Mannion, daughter of John William Mannion, who died four years ago, and Isabel Shober Mannion, died at 3:45 Monday afternoon, Feb. 19, 1912, after an illness of over two years. Mary was born April 14, 1890, at Newark, Ohio, and leaves in her immediate family her mother and two sisters, Lillian and Genevieve.
   Her funeral will occur Thursday morning about nine o’clock at St. Louis Catholic Church. The interment will be at Mound Hill where her father sleeps, by Hayward.
   When disease attacked her unmistakably, she was taken by her mother to Mt. Vernon Hospital for three months in the spring of 1910, and in November of the same year to New Mexico, where she remained until May, 1911. Since then she has been at home in Gallipolis gradually nearing the end.
   Mary Mannion was a girl of unusual physical beauty, but the charm of her good looks was supplemented by the graces of an immaculate mind and heart, which endeared her to all she met, and her early death is a grief not only to her relatives, but to a wide circle of true friends. An appreciation of her character appears in the editorial column of this paper.
   The pallbearers at her funeral service will be Paul Jones of Marietta, Darius Maxon of Columbus, Charley Cadot, Clyde Ingels, Henry Cherrington and Fred Cherrington of this city.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Tuesday, February 20, 1912

The Funeral of Mary Mannion
Services over the remains of Mary Mannion were held at St. Louis Catholic Church this (Thursday) morning, by the Rev. Father Kessler. The floral memorials to the dead girl were many and exquisite, and the music very beautiful. A church full of friends heard the impressive mass, after which Father Kessler delivered a most happily conceived sermon, which closed with an eloquent and touching tribute to the life and character of the deceased.
The interment at Mound Hill followed in the presence of the immediate family and a few intimate friends.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Thursday, February 22, 1912
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Mary Mannion Dead
     There was universal sorrow in this city when the sad intelligence became known that the beautiful young life of Mary Mannion had passed away at 3:30 o’clock Monday afternoon. She had been in a gradual decline for several years and everything known to science was done to restore her health and strength. Last winter, accompanied by her devoted mother, she went to Albuquerque, New Mexico, returning in the Spring and the change of climate proved somewhat beneficial. However, her vitality was not strong enough to overcome that dear malady, but her condition was not alarming until several days ago, when she seemed to grow weaker and gradually and peacefully sank to rest.
     Mary Elizabeth was the eldest daughter of John and Isabel Shober Mannion, and would have been 22 years old the 14th of April. She was born in Newark, Ohio, where the family lived until the death of Mr. Mannion, four years ago, after which they moved to this city.
   She was an unusually beautiful and attractive young woman and her lovely character, and sweet gentle, lovable nature endeared her to everyone who knew her. Her mother and two young sisters, Lillian and Genevieve are left to mourn her loss, but the memory of her beautiful life will ever be a consolation to them.
   The funeral services will be held this (Thursday) morning at 9:00 o’clock at St. Louis Church by Rev. Father Kessler and the burial following at Mound Hill Cemetery by Hayward & Son. The following will act as pall bearers: Paul Jones, Darius Maxon, Clyde Ingels, Charles Cadot, Henry Cherrington and Fred Cherrington.

The Gallipolis Bulletin
Thursday, February 22, 1912
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Manring, Clarence O.

C.O. Manring, Grocer, Passes This Morning
Funeral To Be Held At Up-Town Home At 2 [o'clock] Sunday
Clarence O. Manring, age 50, died at 8:15 this morning of pneumonia at the Holzer Hospital. He had been ill several weeks and was taken yesterday morning to the hospital, where he had been treated back in January. He was a grocer at 1222 Second Avenue.
Mr. Manring was born at Waverly, Ohio, Aug. 29, 1890 and was the only son of the late J.M. Manring. He is survived by his mother, Clara Saunders Manring and his wife, who was Elizabeth Broyles before their marriage.

[Note: Clarence Otto Manring died March 12,1941; aged 50 years, 6 months and 17 days of age. Father: James]

Gallipolis Paper
March, 1941
From the Debbie Carter Evans Collection
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Manering/Manring, Ruie

Death of Miss Manering
Miss Ruie Manering, making her home with her nephew, Mr. Wesley Cherrington near Thurman, died Sunday morning at 11 o'clock, aged 83 years. She was one of a family of 19 children, seven of whom survive her, among them Mrs. Cherrington of Thurman, Mrs. Cherrington of Rodney, and Mrs. D.W. Dickabaugh (should be Rickabaugh) of Rio Grande, the rest being in the West. Her funeral services were conducted Monday at 2 p.m. by Dr. J.M.Davis.
Burial at the Mt. Calvary (Calvary Baptist) Cemetery. She had for many years been a faithful member of the Baptist Church at Rio Grande, but has not been able to attend services of late years.

[Note: The correct spelling of the surname is thought to be Manring.]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
July 1, 1910
Transcribed by Henny Evans

Marchi, Betty Lou

     Betty Lou Marchi, 57, of 182 Greenbriar Dr. died Thursday at Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital in Pakersburg. Born May 1, 1930 in Gallia County, she was a daughter of Elaine Pitchford Baker of Gallipolis and the late Charles Vance Baker.
     She married Robert L. (Bob) Marchi on March 4, 1957 in Gallipolis, and he survives, along with one son Bobby Marchi of Parkersburg; one sister, Mrs. Raymopnd (Mary Margaret) Willis of Gallipolis; and one brother Carl Lewis Baker of Sgt. Bluff, Iowa.
     She was past president of Washington Elementary School PTA, a 1948 graduate of Gallia Academy High School, where she played in the band and was drum-majorette. She was secretary to Marshall Boggs at Washington School for four years; worked in travel control of Bell Telephone at Columbus for six years; an officer and partner in Marchi Distributing Company of Gallipolis.
     Sevices will be conducted Monday, 10 a.m. St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Rev. Albert MacKenzie and Rev. William Myers officiating. Burial follows in Mound Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home 6 to 9 p.m. on Sunday.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune

Friday March ll, 1988

Marian Baker Schoonover Top of Page

Marchi, Ines

   Ines Marchi, 85, Rt. 3; Gallipolis, died Sunday at Holzer Medical Center. Born Feb. 26, 1904 in Bagni di Lucca, Italy, she was a daughter of the late Roberto Buonamici and Imola (Barsitti) Buonamici.
   She was also preceded in death by her husband, Louis G. Marchi, in 1980, and a daughter, Lillian Marchi. Surviving are two sons, Bob Marchi and Gee Marchi, both of Gallipolis; five grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; two brothers, Aladino Buonamici and Bruno Buonamici, both of Lucca, Italy, and one sister Celida Cianelli of Stockholm, Sweden.
   She and her husband owned and operated a restaurant in Gallipolis for many years. She was a member of St. Louis Catholic Church, the American Legion Auxiliary 27, Eight and Forty, and the Catholic Womens' Club.
   Services will be conducted Wednesday 10 a.m., at the St. Louis Catholic Church with the Rev. William R. Myers and the Rev. Albert MacKenzie officiating. Burial will follow in Mound Hill Cemetery.
Friends may call Tuesday, 6 to 9 p.m. at the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home. Rosary service will be Tuesday, 8:30 p.m. Pallbearers will be Bobby, Mike and Scott Marchi, Remo Rocchi, Don Robinson and Lawrence (Panzo) Bastiani.

[Note: Died 1989]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
1989
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall

Marchi, Louis

   Louis (Gee) Marchi, 60, Route 3, Gallipolis, died Wednesday at Holzer Medical Center following a lengthy illness. He operated a restaurant and carry-out business for 23 years and was a buyer at Gallipolis Parts Warehouse.
   Born Dec 14, 1929 in Marietta, Ohio, he was a son of the late Louis (Gee) Marchi, Sr., and Ines Buonamici Marchi. A sister, Lillian, also preceded him in death. Surviving are his wife; Wanda Glover Marchi; two sons, Michael Marchi and Scott Marchi, both of Gallipolis; two daughters, Marissa Marchi of Columbus and Maryann Clark of Zanesville; four grandchildren; and one brother, Bob Marchi of Gallipolis.
   He was a football player at Gallia Academy High School, and graduated there in 1949. He attended Ohio University and served in the United States Navy during the Korean Conflict. He was a member of St. Louis Catholic Church, the Gallipolis Elks Lodge, American Legion Lafayette Post 27, and the Knights of Columbus.
   Mass of Christian Burial will be conducted 10 a.m. Friday at St. Louis Catholic Church, the Rev. William Myers officiating. Burial follows in Mound Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home today, 6 to 9 p.m. Rosary devotions will be at 8:30 p.m. Military flag presentation will be by Post 4464 Veterans of Foreign Wars.
   Pallbearers will be Sam Clark, David Durbin, John Cornett, Bobby Marchi, Remo Rocchi, James Miller, Alfred Gabrielli, Richard Cornett, Billy Joe Johnson.
   Contributions may be made to the ALS Association, 1900 East Dublin Granville Road, Columbus, Ohio, 43229.

[Died January 24, 1990]

Gallipolis paper
Thursday, January 25, 1990
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall

Marchington, Homer J.

     Homer J. Marchington, 83, a retired farmer who resided at 1152 Second Ave., died in Holzer hospital at 7:45 p.m. Wednesday. He had been admitted to the hospital at 5 p.m. the same day, and had been ill for a week.
     Mr. Marchington had been a resident of Gallipolis for 15 years, coming here from Dexter. He was a native of Harrisonville in Meigs county, and was born on Feb. 22, 1877, to the late James and Mahala McCarty Marchington. He was one of four children born to that union and was the last of his immediate family.
     Three children were born to that union and two survive, Mrs. Loyal (Leva) Folden of Gallipolis and a son Emerson Marchington of Columbus. One child died in infancy. There are four grandchildren.
Mr. Marchington was a former member of the Knights of Pythias at Guysville, the Odd Fellows of Dexter and the Church of Christ.
     Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Miller’s Home for funerals. Rev. C. J. Lemley will officiate and burial will follow in Gravel Hill cemetery at Cheshire. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7:30 p.m. today.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Thursday, July 21, 1960
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron

Marcum, Noah

   GALLIPOLIS - Noah "Buster" Marcum, 58, Rt. 1, Northup, formerly of Loraine, Ohio, died Friday in Holzer Medical Center. Born Feb. 13, 1926, in Mingo County, W. Va., son of the late John W. and Lula McCloud Marcum, he was a World War II Navy veteran and former employee of U. S. Steel.
   Surviving are his wife, Dolly Marcum; two sons, Bill of Talmadge and Terry of Loraine; four daughters, Judy Adcock of Elyria, Linda Dennis of Loraine, Mary Benson of Cleveland, and Patricia Riggs of Vermillion; 12 grandchildren and a brother, Grover of Gallipolis.
   Funeral arrangements by Reidy-Scanlan Funeral Home, Loraine are pending.

Gallipolis Tribune
September 9, 1984
Transcribed by J. Farley

Markin, Charles C.
     Chas. C. Markin, son of J.T. and Isabella (Boggs) Markin was born July 21, 1875 died at Newark, O., Jan 9, 1929, of flu and pneumonia. Deceased had been a resident of Newark, Ohio, since 1898 where he has worked as a molder.
     He was preceded in death by his father and mother and one sister, Mrs. W.H. Burton of Frederick, Okla. He leaves to mourn his loss Mrs. Henrietta Markin, his wife, two brothers, W.M. of Eureka, O. and J.R. of Cleveland, Ohio.
     He was a member of the Masonic Fraternity. The veteran of foreign wars, and J.O.U.A.M. of Gallipolis, O. The large attendance at his funeral and the many beautiful floral offerings attested to the high esteem in which he was held by his friends and neighbors. He was laid to rest in beautiful Cedar Hill cemetery in Newark, O. Jan 12, 1929. Besides the near relatives he leaves a large number of friends and relatives in Gallia County.
     He was a member of 2nd Reg. B. Co.U.S. Vol. Engineers during the Spanish American War, spending several months in Cuba. Immediately after his discharge from the army took up his residence in Newark, O., where he has worked since as a stove molder. A faithful friend, a loving husband and brother. We will miss him in the family circle and the home.

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

Markin, Isabel Boggs

Mrs. Markin Dead
Mrs. Isabel Boggs Markin died Monday night at the home of her son, Wheeler Markin, Chambersburg, at the age of 80 years. She was the widow of Taylor Markin, a Civil War veteran and was a life long resident of Gallia county. Surviving her are three sons, W. M. at home, C.C. of Newark, J.Q. of Lakewood, a daughter, Mrs. J.P. LaSalle, Gooding, Idaho, another daughter, Mrs. Bessie Bunton, preceding her in death. Rev. W.J. McConnell will conduct the funeral services at Clay Chapel Wednesday afternoon.

Gallia Times
Aug. 18, 1927
Transcribed by J.Farley

Markin, Wheeler

Wheeler Markin Dead
Mr. Wheeler Markin, well known resident of Eureka, died there Wednesday, Jan. 21, 1931. The funeral was held at Clay Chapel Friday afternoon by Rev. Miller, with the Masonic lodge of Eureka in charge. He leaves his wife, a brother J.Q. Markin of Cleveland and a sister, Mrs. Lasalle of Boise City, Idaho.

[Note: Death Certificates shows: W.M. Markin born 1872; died Jan. 21, 1931 at age 58....Merchant....Wife: Pearl Brown Markin....Parents: Taylor Markin and Isabelle Boggs...Burial Clay Chapel Cemetery.]

Gallipolis Paper
Jan. 21, 1931
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Marlow, James

IN MEMORIUM
James Marlow
James Marlow, son of Hugh and Leanora Tate, was born Aug. 25, 1904; died Sept. 2, 1905, aged 1 year and eight days. Worthy, Harry and twin brother Harlow are bereft of a sweet brother.
In his short life he smiled his way into the affections of all that knew him. Our Heavenly Father has seen fit in his wisdom to take from us this darling boy and place him as a beacon light, that we may not miss the way to everlasting bliss.

There is no such thing as death.
An angel form starch o'er the earth with silent tread.
And bears our loved ones away,
And then we call them dead.

The man who has a thousand friends
Has not a friend to spare
But he who has an enemy
Will meet him everywhere.

[Note: buried Gravel Hill in Cheshire Township]

Gallipolis Paper
September, 1905
Transcribed by F.K. Brown Top of Page

Marple, Fern M.

   Fern M. Marple, 85, of 227 Fourth Ave., died Monday night at Holzer Medical Center following an extended illness. She was born on Nov. 2, 1904 in Lawton, Okla., daughter of the late Fred Shaw and Carrie (Fisher) Summers.
   She was a retired bookkeeper for the Ohio Valley Grocery Company and a former machine operator for the Hercules Clothing Company of Columbus. She was a member of the Gallia County Senior Citizens, the Ohio Avenue United Methodist Church of Columbus, the United Methodist Women’s Association and the Guild of Riverside Methodist Hospital.
     She was preceded in death by her husband, Benjamin Waite Marple in 1960; one brother and one sister. Survivors include one step-daughter, Mrs. Geraldine Peterson of Zanesville; one step-son, William Marple of Newark; three nieces (Kay Shane and Lois M. Young, both of Gallipolis; and Cathy Summers of San Francisco, Calif.) and one nephew, Harold Smith of Addison.
     Services will be Thursday at 10:30 a.m. at Cremeens Funeral Chapel, with Rev. Ernest Perkins officiating. Burial will be in Glenrest Memorial Estates in Reynoldsburg. Friends may call at the chapel Wednesday from 7-9 p.m. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Gallia County Senior Citizens.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Tuesday & Wednesday
September 11 & 12, 1990
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Marshall, Lawrence

Lawrence M. Marshall, 59, a former Gallipolis resident, died Wednesday, March 2, 1994, in Columbus. He was born Oct. 18, 1934, in Gallipolis, son of the late Mathew L. Marshall and Edna A. Marshall, who survives. Other survivors include a daughter, Aquanetta L. and a granddaughter, Ashley Nicole; aunt Eleanor Bates and several cousins.
Friends may call at the Crosby Funeral Home, 2323 East Fifth Avenue, Columbus on Monday, after 1 p.m. The family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. Services will be 1 p.m Tuesday at Paint Creek Baptist Church, Gallipolis with Rev. Gerald Turner officiating. Burial will be in Pine Street Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Charles Williams, William Jamison, Gene Armstrong, Pete Anderson, William Armstrong and Tony Williams.

Gallipolis Paper
March 7, 1994
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Martin, Alonzo

Sudden Death
Alonzo Martin, whose home was in Columbus, but who had been spending a few days on his wife's farm (the old Jacob Blazer place) near Yellowtown, was taken ill Tuesday morning with ptomaine poisoning and died that night. His wife and children were expected to arrive here last evening from Columbus. G. J. Wetherholt will have charge of the funeral.

[Note: Buried in Mina Chapel in Green Twp. From death certificate date of birth November 2, 1873 and date of death April 29, 1919.]

Gallipolis Bulletin
May 1, 1919
Transcribed by Lynn Anders Top of Page

Martin, Audrey A.

Vinton~ Audrey Anna Martin, 84, Vinton, died Saturday, March 23, 1996 in Holzer Medical Center. Born Feb. 13, 1912 in Waterloo, daughter of the late Newton and Myrtle Marcum Reed, she attended the Church of Christ in Christian Union, Ewington.
Surviving are her husband, Morris Martin, whom she married Jan. 12, 1939 in Jackson; a son, John Martin of Vinton; two daughters, Wilma Pearl (Bob) Sullivan of Glouster, and Opal (Denver) Mays of Bidwell; and nine grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. She was also preceded in death by three grandchildren, a brother and a sister.
Services will be 1 p.m. Tuesday in the McCoy-Moore Funeral Home, Vinton, with the Rev. Alfred Holley officiating. Burial will be in the Vinton Memorial Park. Friends may call at the funeral home from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Monday.

Gallipolis Sunday Times Sentinel
March 24, 1996
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Martin, Benjamin

     Mr. Benjamin Martin, whose long illness has been known to his many friends, died at Middleport, April 14th, 1889, at his brother Albert’s residence, of heart disease, and his remains bought to Gallipolis for interment. The funeral took place from his parents residence, Tuesday afternoon, and the remains were interred in the Mound Hill Cemetery, Rev. Coulter officiating.
     Benjamin Martin was married to Mrs. Jerusha Ward, Nov. 7, 1873. He leave a wife and two daughters to mourn their loss.

     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 boon His love had given,
     And though the body moulders here,
     The soul is safe in heaven.

Gallipolis Journal
May 15, 1889
Transcribed by Henny Evans                                                                              Top of Page

Martin, Charles W.

Charles W. Martin Died Friday Morning
     Mr. Charles W. Martin passed away at his home on lower Third avenue Friday, Feb. 4th, 1921, at 9:15 o’clock after an illness of 24 hours with acute indigestion.
     He was the son of Caswell and Sarah Blazer. Martin, was born in Gallipolis May 29th, 1849, and has always been a resident of this county. He was a member of Grace M. E. church, of the K. of P. lodge and was a carpenter by trade.
     His wife and six children preceded him several years ago. He leaves two brothers, J. F. Martin of Rio Grande, and Milton of Columbus. One sister, Miss Eta Martin, with whom he has made his home since the death of his wife, who has been a faithful and loving sister in all his affliction.
     Funeral services will be held at his late home Monday at 2 p. m. conducted by Rev. L. H. Stafford of Camden, O. Burial at Mound Hill by Undertaker G. W. Wetherholt.

The Gallipolis Daily Tribune
February 4, 1921
Transcribed by Mary Kay Clark

Martin, Cora Holcomb

Illness Fatal To Mrs. Martin
A three months illness from heart trouble and dropsy was fatal at 7 a.m. today for Mrs. Cora Holcomb Martin, 59, at the home of her sister, Mrs. Ada Bostic, 62 Olive St. Widow of James Martin, who died seven years ago, decedent is survived by three stepchildren: Leonard Martin, Mrs. Josephine Ross and Mrs. Belva Angell, all of Bladen; a brother and three sisters: Elmer Holcomb, Bladen; Mrs. Bostic, Gallipolis; Mrs. Maggie Frazier, Lancaster; Mrs. Eva Baldwin, Mill Creek St., Gallipolis. Mrs. Martin, who had lived in Gallipolis for 15 years, would have been 60 years of age April 27. She was a member of the Order of Eastern Star.
The body will be at the home of Brady Angell, Bladen, after 4 p.m. Wednesday, and friends may call there. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Ohio Twp's Bethel Church, with burial by O.E. Elliott in Bethel Cemetery.

[Note: From Stone died 1 April 1947]

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

Martin, Edith

Death of a Bright Little Girl
Mr. A.E. Martin, stone quarry man, living on Sycamore Street between Third and Fourth, lost his little daughter, Edith, ten years old last August, by membraneous croup, at 9 o'clock this morning. She had been ill for a week, taking a relapse after previous illness. She was a winsome, bright little girl and anxious to go to school and went before she was entirely well. Her death is greatly deplored.
She left besides her parents, a younger sister. The funeral services will be conducted Wednesday afternoon at her late home by Rev. A.J Hawk, interment by Weatherholt following at the old cemetery.

[Note: Death Certificate - Edith Martin born Oct. 10, 1887 in Gallipolis; died December 6, 1897 in Gallipolis; age 10. Daughter of Ezra Martin and Sarah Pick]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
December 6, 1897
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Martin, Elizabeth, Mrs

Death Of Mrs. Elizabeth Martin

     Mrs. Elizabeth Martin, wife of Sheriff Joseph F. Martin, died suddenly on Thursday last, at about 12:30 o'clock.
     She was in comparatively good health on Thursday fornoon, and had prepared dinner and it was partaken of by the family. After the meal was finished, and the dishes were being cleaned, Mrs. Martin fell to the floor. The only one present in the dining room at the time was her five-year-old daughter, who ran upstairs crying, telling the prisoners that her mother had fallen down. The prisoners called for help, as Sheriff Martin and his son Clarence had gone to the Court room. When help reached her, it was found that she was dead. Heart disease was undoubtedly the cause of her sudden death.
     Mrs. Martin's maiden name was Board, and she was a native of this county. Eight children were born of her marriage with Mr. Martin, six of whom survive to mourn their loss.
     The sympahty of the entire community is extended to Sheriff Martin and family in the overwhelming sorrow that has befallen them.

[Note: Buried Mound Hill Cemetery]

Gallipolis Bulletin
February 4, 1893
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall

Martin, Elizabeth

The funeral services of the late Mrs. Elizabeth Martin, wife of Sheriff Martin, of whose sudden death we spoke last week, were very largely attended. The pall bearers' carriage was overturned by careless driving, as they were returning from the burial at Mound Hill, and Messers, Chas. Stuart, Mayor Alexander, Geo. W. Alexander, H. R. Bradbury and Judge Hanna received more or less injury. Capt. Stuart and Mayor Alexander being confined to their homes by their bruises next day.

Gallipolis Journal
Feb 11, 1893
Transcribed By Maxine Marshall

Martin, Ethel W.

Death of Miss Martin
     Miss Ethel W. Martin; oldest daughter of Chas. W. and Cleona Martin, died Wednesday, March 21, 1906, after a long illness of tuberculosis, aged 24 years, 1 month and 20 days. Miss Martin was very active in church affairs, being a member of Grace M. E. Church, the Epworth League and the Young Ladies’ Foreign Missionary Society.
   For several years she was employed as a compositor on local papers and was regarded as one of the best in the city. At the time she was taken sick, she was in the employ of the Central Union Telephone Company.
   She was a dutiful daughter, a loving, amiable young lady and her death will be a source of regret to innumerable friends,. Besides a father, she leaves two brothers, Harry and Justus, sister, Miss Blanche and aunt Miss Etta Martin, who gave her a mother’s care during her illness.
   The funeral services will be held this afternoon at Grace Church by Rev. Lewis, interment following at Mound Hill by Wetherholt. The pallbearers are Wm. Anderson, Virgil Thaxton, Merrill Kerr, Harry Hern, W. H. Needham and Harry McCready.

Gallipolis Bulletin
Friday, March 23, 1906
Transcribed by Sandy L Milliron

Martin, Harrison

Death of Harrison Martin
     The Journal family will be sorry to learn of the death of Mr. Harrison Martin, which sad event took place on Monday, of last week, Dec. 9, at his home in Harrison Township. Mr. Martin was engaged during the forenoon of that day out on his farm, making rails. His grandson, Albert Hoyt, a young man seventeen or eighteen years of age, was with him, when he saw Mr. Martin sink to the ground unconscious, probably from paralysis of the heart. Mr. Hoyt went to the schoolhouse, not far away, where he got assistance and Mr. Martin was carried to his home about a quarter of a mile distant, dying that afternoon at about 8 o'clock. His burial was conducted at noon, Wednesday, at Gilbert Graveyard. The funeral sermon will be preached in the future.
   Mr. Martin leaves a widow and sons, Henry and John and daughters, Mrs. Frank M. Smith, Mrs. Barbara Hoyt and Mrs. F.M. Howell, all of Harrison Township.
   Mr. Martin was born in the State of New Hampshire, May 2, 1815 and came to this county with his parents when only seven years old. He had lived in his home, where he died, uninterrupted for 48 years, enjoying the confidence, esteem and good will of all his neighbors and friends wherever known. Mr. Benjamin Martin, of this city, was a brother and Auditor Kerns, a nephew.
   Mr. Martin was a thriving, prosperous farmer, accumulating considerable property. He was of a pleasing, social character, straight in his dealings, without enemies and a most excellent companion. He was strongly Republican in politics, but was formerly an old Line Whig and voted for General Benjamin Harrison in 1840. Much of his early life was spent in flatboating in New Orleans and he loved to bring up the reminiscences of those days, in the recounting of which, he was very entertaining. His life was a noble one and he has gone to his reward.

[Note: Death Certificate..died Dec. 8, 1884; age 74 years.]

Gallipolis Journal
Dec. 18, 1884
Transcribed by F.K. Brown Top of Page

Martin, John L

John L. Martin's Funeral Is Set For 2 Wednesday
Principal Musgrave Says Youth Was Good Student
   Funeral services for John Luther Martin, 17, who died here of a self-inflicited gunshot wound, will be held at 2 o'clock Wednesday at the Cheshire Baptist Church, Rev Ralph Zundell will officiate. Burial will be made at Gravel Hill Cemetery by Rawlings-Coats.
     Some of the missiles of the charge of shot that entered the boy's body just below the left nipple came through on the opposite side, it is said. None of them had entered the heart. While there has been no clarification of the sucidal motive, the report that young Martin had worried about his school work seems to have been without substantial basis.
     Acting Principal, E. M. Musgrave of the Cheshire schools telephoned The Tribune this morning that Martin was rather an outstanding student; that he had caught up with his fellow Juniors in his class work, despite a six-weeks absence from school while employed in the Pt. Pleasant defense area, and that there was no need for worry on that score.
     John Luther Martin was a popular young man and his death has shocked and saddened the whole community. He was a son of John and Isabelle Brechtel Martin and was a grandson of Luther Martin, who lives below Cheshire, and of Gus Brechtel, who lives on Storys Run.

[Note: Tombstone read 1925-1942]

Gallipolis Tribune
1942
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall

Martin, John W.

John W. Martin Dies On Tuesday
   John W. Martin, 80, died at 8 p.m., Tuesday, at the home of his son, Edward, near the Bethesda church. He was a native of Gallia county and had lived his entire lifetime here with the exception of one year spent in Chicago, where he worked as a carpenter. He was one of the progressive farmers of his native heath.
   He was born on Lincoln Ridge on July 25, 1875. He was married to the former Ethel Powns who preceded him in death in March, 1953. They were the parents of seven children who survive, Mrs. Millard (Elva) Grube of Patriot, Mrs. Raymond (Fern) Buckley of Lisbon, Mrs. Lawrence (Loris) Barlow of Northup, Mrs. Herbert (Mildred) Monroe of Paulding, Miss Faye at home, Morris of Ewington and Edward of Bethesda. There are 19 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren among the survivors.
   Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Bethesda Methodist church, Rev. P.A. Casto will officiate and burial will follow in Neal cemetery under the direction of Elliott-Sanders Funeral home.
Friends may call at the late home Thursday evening and until the funeral hour.

[Note: Date of "4-24-1956" is written on the obituary.]

Newspaper (prob. April 1956, Gallipolis) clipping found in the Simmerman files, Martin file, Bossard Library.
Transcribed by Lynn Anders

Martin, Matthew

Matthew Martin, a resident of Maple Shade, was taken to the Infirmary about a month ago. He was quite sick when taken there, and continued to grow worse, dying on Friday of last week. He was about forty-nine years of age, and was a member of the First Christian Church. A widow and four children survive him. He was buried at Mound Hill by Hayward & Son.

Gallipolis Bulletin
Saturday Mar 9, 1895
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall

Martin, Reuben H.

Reuben Martin
     Mr. Reuben H. Martin died at his home on Mill Creek Tuesday afternoon after a long illness of heart trouble and grippe. He would have been 44 years old next month. He was a son of the late Thomas and Mary Martin, and besides a wife leaves two brothers, T. C. and Ezra Martin, of this city, and sisters, Mrs. Margaret Hazelett of Cincinnati, and Mrs. Wealthy Fell of East St. Louis, Ill.
     The funeral services will be conducted this afternoon, interment following at the Pine Street cemetery by undertaker Wetherholt. Mr. Martin was a good citizen and had many friends who will regret his death.

Gallipolis Bulletin
Feb. 19, 1904
Vol. XXXVII No. 17
Transcribed by Charles Wright                                                                     Top of Page

Martin, Sarah J.

Martin
Mrs. Sarah J. Martin, wife of A. C. Martin, died Monday morning after a long illness with lung trouble.
She leaves a husband and one daughter, Hazel, and two brothers, George and Jack Peck. The funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon by Rev. Lewis, the interment following at Mound Hill by Wetherholt. She was a good woman and had many friends who will regret her untimely demise.

Gallipolis Bulletin
Jan. 6, 1905
Vol. XXXVIII , NO. 11
Transcribed by Charles Wright

Martin, Vance

Vance Martin Drowns in McCormick's Pond 3:45 [P.M.] Sunday Afternoon
Rescue Efforts of Two Comrades Fail--Boy Was Son of Clarence Martin
-- Funeral To Be Held At 2 [o'clock] Wednesday At Mercerville
A 16 year old boy drowned Sunday afternoon in a pond in the Fairfield farm of Edwin R. "Pete" McCormick. Ten or 20 boys were swimming at the pond at the time, but it was emphasized that it was not a Boy Scout outing.
At 3:45 P.M. Wilbur Vance Martin, 16 year old son of Clarence and Ruby Workman Martin, Gallipolis Route 1, sank while he was swimming in the pond. Two of his comrades, Richard Roach, 16, Gallipolis Route 2 and Kenneth Houck, 16, of 93 Garfield Avenue, attempted to rescue him.

Find Body in 2 Hours
     They failed and Gallipolis Post, State Highway Patrol and the Gallipolis Fire Department dragged the pond with grappling hooks They found the body at 5:45 P.M.
     The Clarence (Petty) Martin family bought and moved into the Tinker Brown property at the upper edge of the airport two or three months ago, coming from the southwest corner of Harrison Township. He is employed at the Gallia County Produce Co. plant and the boy, who had finished his second year at Mercerville High School, had been working at the Morris store.
     Mr. & Mrs. Martin left this afternoon for Ironton to accompany the body back from the Phillips Mortuary to their home where it will remain until a short time before the funeral hour.
     Born January 21, 1930, Vance Martin is survived by two brothers, Carl (in the Navy near Guam) and Harold at home; three sisters, Eleanor Ruth, Margaret and Patricia Ann, all at home and his parents.
     Funeral services will be held at 2 P.M. Wednesday at the Mercerville Church with Rev. Earl Cremeens officiating. Burial will be made in Mercerville's Ridgelawn Cemetery.

[Note: Death Certificate: born Jan.21, 1930; died June 23, 1946; 15 years, 5 months and 2 days of age.]

Gallipolis Paper
No date
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Martin, Viola

Death of Mrs. Martin
Mrs. Viola Martin, wife of Mr. Charles Martin, of Bidwell, died Saturday last. The funeral services Sunday at noon at Centenary conducted by Rev. John W. McCormick, the interment following at the same place by Undertaker Ward of Bidwell. Mrs. Martin gave birth to a fine little daughter two weeks ago which is living with it's Grandma Skinner and bids fair to live.
Mrs. Martin leaves several other children by a former husband, Mr. James Watts, who died about 15 years ago. She was united in marriage with Mr. Martin three years ago and was an industrious good woman, a member of the M.E. Church and had many friends to regret her death.

[Note: Death Certificate...Ola Martin born Feb. 10, 1867; died June 24, 1910; aged 43 years 3 months and 14 days of age. Parents: John Skinner and Nannie Kerns. Burial Centenary Cemetery. Cause of death Puerperal fever.]

Gallipolis Bulletin
July 1, 1910
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Martin, Wilbur Vance

Vance Martin Drowns In McCormick’s Pond 3:45 Sunday Afternoon
Rescue Efforts Of Two Comrades Fail - Boy Was Son of Clarence Martin -
Funeral To Be Held At 2 Wednesday At Mercerville
     A 16-year-old boy drowned Sunday afternoon in a pond on the Fairfield farm of Edwin R. “Pete” McCormick. Ten or 20 boys were swimming at the pond at the time, but it was emphasized that it was not a Boy Scout outing.
     At 3:45 p.m. Wilbur Vance Martin, 16 year-old son of Clarence and Ruby Workman Martin, Gallipolis Route 1, sank while he was swimming in the pond. Two of his comrades, Richard Roach, 16, Gallipolis Route 2 and Kenneth Houck, 16, of 93 Garfield Avenue, attempted to rescue him.

Find Body In 2 Hours
     They failed, and Gallipolis Post, State Highway Patrol, and the Gallipolis Fire Department were called, along with Dr. Paul C. Foster, coroner, who returned a verdict of “accidental drowning.” Clarence Rose and Frank Woods of the fire department dragged the pond with grappling hooks. They found the body at 5:45 p.m.
     The Clarence (Petty) Martin family bought and moved into the Tinker Brown property at the upper edge of the airport two or three months ago, coming from the southwest corner of Harrison Twp. He is employed at the Gallia County Produce Co. plant and the boy, who had finished his second year at Mercerville High School, had been working at the Morris store.
     Mr. and Mrs. Martin left this afternoon for Ironton to accompany the body back from the Phillips Mortuary to their home where it will remain until a short time before the funeral hour.
     Born January 21, 1930, Vance Martin is survived by two brothers Carl, (in the Navy near Guam) and Harold, at home; three sisters, Eleanor Ruth, Margaret, and Patricia Ann, all at home; and his parents.
     Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Mercerville Church, with Rev. Earl Cremeans officiating. Burial will be made in Mercerville’s Ridgelawn Cemetery.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Monday, June 24, 1946
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Martindale, Mrs. E. M.

Mrs. Martindale Dead
Mrs. E. M. Martindale, died early Tuesday morning in Columbus where she had made her home for the past two years. Mrs. Martindale, whose maiden name was Burnett, came from a prominent Gallia county family and was a resident of this county where she still has many relatives until about two years ago. She has been in failing health for some time.
She is survived by one son, J. Elmer and four daughters, Mrs. Madge Gheen, Mrs. Minnie Irion, Mrs. Myra Boggs and Mrs. Vada Smeltzer, all of whom live in Columbus. Her body will be brought here for burial and the funeral will be held at Clay Chapel, Thursday at 2 p.m.

Gallia Times
Aug. 18, 1927
Transcribed by J.Farley

Martindale, Lucretia

Mrs. Lucretia Martindale Dies at Granddaughter's Home Near Columbus
     Mrs. Lucretia Weed Martindale died Monday night at the home of her granddaughter, Mrs. E.P. Corbin, Columbus, where she resided. Death was due to injuries she sustained in a fall at her home about a month ago and to infirmities of age.
     Mrs. Martindale was born 83 years ago near Bidwell, her parents being pioneers in Gallia County. She was the widow of Warren W. Martindale, who died many years ago. With her husband Mrs. Martindale was prominent in social and church work during her residence in Gallipolis, Mr. Martindale having been mayor of the city and also county treasurer. She moved to Columbus a few years ago to be near her relatives, many of whom lived in or near that city.
     Surviving her are three daughters, Mrs. Mary E. Booten, Eureka Springs, Ark., Mrs Bertha R. Lasley of Bethel, Mrs. Metta M. Bowen of Cambridge and one son C.H. Martindale, of Los Angeles, cal., one sister, Mrs. Lizzie Harrison, of Columbus, and four brothers, John, of Colorado, Simeon, Virgil and James Weed all of Columbus.
     Her body will be brought to Gallipolis on the noon H.V. train Friday and her nephew, Rev. Fred Weed, of Pomeroy, will conduct the funeral services at Mt. Zion at 1:30 p.m. that day. Interment in Mt. Zion cemetery in charge of Wetherholt and an aunt of J.W. Mossman and Mrs. Warren Carter of this city and Homer Mossman and Mrs. Frank Wade of Bidwell.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
January 6, 1927
Transcribed by Henny Evans

Martindill, (Unidentified young male)

DEATH OF A LITTLE BOY
The youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Martindill, who formerly lived on First Ave. above State St. but who have been living on the Poplar Grove farm for some time died Sunday morning. He was about 6 years old and death was caused by typhoid fever. The funeral was at Jordan Chapel, conducted by Rev. R. R. Denney and the burial was in charge of Undertaker Wetherholt.

Gallipolis newspaper
Date unknown
Transcribed by Joanne Galvin Top of Page

Martindill, Mrs. E. W.

DEATH OF MRS. MARTINDILL
Mrs. E. W. Martindill, of Chambersburg, who died Wednesday morning and which was briefly mentioned before was laid away to rest this morning in Bethel Cemetery. Her illness had been a long and painful one but she is said to have borne it with that peaceful resignation belonging only to the good and when the last sad end came she was ready.
She was an excellent lady, a leading member of and worker in the M.E. Church, which she loved. She was the mother of several children and a good and affectionate mother and her death will be bereavement to them and her husband that will always be felt with the keenest sorrow. They have our deepest sympathy.

Gallipolis Paper
No date
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Martindill, Jane

     Mrs. Jane Martindill of Clay township, died last Wednesday evening, the result of a paralytic stroke. She was 70 years old and resided with her daughter, Mrs. Shed Cofer.
     Mrs. Martindill was carrying a lighted lamp at the time she was stricken, and when the lamp dropped it set fire to the house. Members of the family rescued her from the flames and carried her to the home of a neighbor, James Smith, where death relieved her suffering.
     Neighbors quickly gathered and heroic efforts were made to extinguish the fire and save as much of the household effects as possible, but their efforts were of little effect.
     Mrs. Martindill was the widow of the late Wilbur Martindill and is survived by the following children: Mrs. Roma Cofer, with whom she made her home; Mabel Dawson, Harry and Lowell Martindill, all of Wheeling; Vesta Sells, Martins Ferry, O.; Sadie Knox, Pitcairn, Pa.; and Helen Gregg, of New York.
     Funeral services were held at Clay Chapel last Saturday at 2 o'clock, Rev. Tracy Martindale officiating. Interment at the cemetery there.

[Note: dates from stone, 1868-1939]

Gallipolis newspaper
1939
Transcribed by Joanne Galvin

Martindill, Mrs. Jane

Woman, Stricken, Drops Lamp, Fires House, Then Dies
     Out of Clay township comes as strange and startling a story of tragedy as has been heard here in many a day. Mrs. Jane Martindill, 70, who made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Sherd Cofer, near the townhouse, suffered a stroke about 6 o'clock last evening, after going to her upstairs room carrying a lighted lamp. She either dropped the lamp or knocked it over and set the house afire. Members of the household rescued her from the flames and carried her to the nearby home of James Smith. Others rushed to the scene to fight the flames or try to save some of the family's belongings, but there was little they could do. About the time the fire "had burned itself out," of around 11:30, Mrs. Martindill died.
     Mrs. Martindill was the widow of Wilbur Martindill, who died 14 years ago. They are survived by besides Mrs. Roma Cofer, these children: Mabel Dawson, Harry and Lowell Martindill, all of Wheeling; Vesta Sells, Martins Ferry, O.; Sadie Knox, Pitcairn, Pa.; Helen Gregg, New York.
     The body was removed to the home of a granddaughter, Mrs. Clay Haffelt on the ridge below Thivener. Funeral services will be held at Clay Chapel at 2 o'clock Saturday in charge of Rev. Tracy Martindale. Burial there by C. R. Halley.

[Note: From Tombstone 1868 - 12 Dec, 1939]

Gallipolis Newspaper
No Date
Transcribed by Margaret Calvin Top of Page

Martindill, Morrisella M.

OBITUARY
Morrisella M. Martindill
     It is painful to record the untimely death of our dear departed friend, Mrs. Morrisella M. Martindill, who departed this life September 21, 1884, yet in the morning of her lovely womanhood. It would seem that there are two deaths, apart from our regrets and sorrows, that impress us with a painful sense of discord.
     Death intervenes before their work is done; the story is broken off; the drama has no close; the music jars into discord and ends; we stand about the grace and from the earthly side there is a sense of incompleteness. We are cheated by a promise that is never filled; death comes and closes the story before the first page is finished.
   When the angel Death brings his summons in middle-life, when tied by family, friends and social duties, the center of a thousand interests, with work all round them unfinished, broken off in the midst of fragmentary and chaotic, we call them untimely deaths. But God's wisdom remains unrevealed to our mortal eyes and we must bow and pass under the rod, saying, O God, Thy will be done.
     To those who believe in the Christian religion, there is one consolation; in the midst of these afflictions there is a time coming when Old Time, the father of centuries, and the tomb builder of generations, will drop his broken scythe, break his glass, careen and fall a giant in ruins. Then such a believer can stand over the fallen monarch and exultingly exclaim, O! Death! where is thy sting! O!rapacious grave, thy victory!
     Mrs. Martindill's life was beclouded by sorrow and her last days' suffering untold; all of which she bore so uncomplaining and patiently, withholding her bodily anguish to lighten the sorrow of her surrounding friends and dear ones present.
     But she is gone! and her many virtues and nobleness of principle will survive the mouldering body, as the broken vase of flowers retains their perfume long after their decay.
                                                                              A Friend

[Note: Buried: Pine Street Cemetery, Gallipolis]

Gallipolis Paper
Sept. 21, 1884
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Martt, Charles Albert

Mr. Albert Martt, aged 29 years, died at his residence in Harrison township, June 24, 1890, from consumption, caused by the continuance of la grippe. He leaves a widow, two children and many relatives and friends to mourn their loss.

Farewell, oh, farewell! thou hast broken the chain
And the links that have bound us, are parted in twain,
But long shall my heart in its sad sorrow tell
How I grieved o'er thee, dear one! - farewell, oh, farewell!

[Note: Buried Martt Cemetery in Harrison Twp. Marker dates 10-2-1861 - 6-24-1890]

Gallipolis Paper
1890
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall

Martt, Heber H.

     Heber H., son of E. L. and Nettie Martt, was born in Gallia County, Ohio, Jun 7, 1883, and departed this life at his home at 2033 Seventh Avenue, Huntington, W. Va., February 20, 1920, aged 36 years, 8 months, and 13 days.
     He was united in marriage with Elizabeth Gothard January 29, 1906. To this union were born two children, Lillian aged 14 years and Lawrence aged 13 years. With these he leaves to mourn their loss his father and mother of Huntington, two brothers Carlton and Irion of Omaha, Nebraska, two sisters, Mrs. T. C. Richards of Oak Hill, Ohio, Mrs. O. M. Thomas of Huntington, and a host of other relatives and friends. One sister, Lula, preceded him nine years ago.
     Mr. Martt resided in Gallia County until about six months ago where he with his family moved to Huntington. He made friends with all whom he met and has made a good record and woven the net that constitutes a successful man and attains a home in heaven. He made his profession with Christ and lived a true and noble life. He had been a sufferer for several years but bore it all with patience and trusted in Him who ran heal all. Though the reaper has called him so early in life we have the assurance that all is well with him, for he said he was ready to meet his Saviour and willing to go.
     Funeral services were held at the home of his parents Monday, February 23 at 8 p.m. by Rev. Roy McCuskey of the Seventh Avenue M. E. Church. The burial was at Stewart Chapel in Gallia County Tuesday afternoon.

Dearest friend, thou hast left us,
And thy loss we deeply feel,
There's sorrow in our hearts
That none but death can heal.

Oh, it seems so hard to lay thee
In the cold and silent grave,
Oh, we feel we could not bear it
But God gives to us his grace.

Beloved friend we are so lonely
Since we know that thou art gone,
But we will put our trust in God,
And say "Thy will be done."

And now, dear wife and children,
For Heber do not grieve,
For God has only called him Home
With Him in Heaven to live.

[Note: Stewart Cemetery is located in Section 20 of Greenfield Township in the southwest quarter. The property is now owned by the government. No tombstone for Mr. Martt was located.]

Gallipolis newspaper
February, 1920
Transcribed by Joanne Galvin Top of Page

Martt, Lydia F.

Martt
Lydia F., widow of the late Joseph Martt, was born Feb. 28, 1829; died in Gallia County, Ohio, April 23, 1883; age 54. She was trained religiously and for 34 years enjoyed communion with God and was all of that time a consistent member of the Methodist Church. We visited her the day before her death -- found her filled with joyful anticipation of her heavenly reward. She called her children around her, inviting them to meet her in Heaven and passed away sweetly trusting in Jesus. She was the mother of 11 children, 4 of whom preceded her. W.J. Pitchford

[Note: Buried Old Walnut Ridge Cemetery]

Gallipolis Paper
April 23, 1883
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Martt, Eddie
Martt William

Judson Martts Lose Two Sons in Pacific
Lt. Eddie Martt
Lt. William Martt
    Judson Martt of Zanesville, son of the late William H. Martt of Raccoon Island, has two sons among the casualties of war. Lt. Eddie Martt of the Army Air Force has been missing since Jan. 27, 1945. He was ferrying a thunderbolt (P-47) from Leyte and has not been heard from. His commanding officer reported that searching parties were sent out, but there has been no further news of his fate. The other son, William D. Martt, was a First Lieutenant in the Marines. He and his men were sent to establish a beach head on Iwo Jima, Feb. 20, last.
     Nearly all of the officers were killed and only a few men escaped. William was injured the second day after they landed and lay in mud and rain for two days before he was taken on a hospital ship, the Solace, to Saipan. From the ship he wrote his home folk saying that he had some injuries, the worst being in the neck; that he was unable to take nourishment and that he was on his way to a base hospital.
     The Martt family received a letter from William's Captain, telling them that their son was operated and that the chance for the recovery was doubtful. He also stated that William had the care of a special nurse and that he was cheerful. A cablegram came a few days later stating that First Lt. Martt died at Saipan Hospital on March 1 from the injuries he received on Feb. 20.
     William D. Martt had been in the Marines ever since he was graduated from Ohio Wesleyan in 1942. He was married to Miss Jeanne Bangham, also an Ohio Wesleyan graduate, July 1, 1944; and went overseas July 22 of that year. Mrs. Martt is a Zanesville girl, the daughter of the pastor of the Coburn Methodist Church in Zanesville. She has been teaching in the Zanesville schools.
     Judson Martt is a prosperous dairyman of Zanesville R.F.D. 1. He will be well remembered here where he was raised as will his sons who often visited their grandfather.

Gallipolis Paper
No date
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Mason, Sarah E.

Mrs. Mason Dead
Sarah E. Mason, a highly respected colored woman, died on Sunday, March 31st, aged 66 years. She was the widow of George W. Mason, who passed away in 1892. She leaves sisters, Miss Margaret Vaughn and Miss Laura Brock and half-brothers Thomas and James Hill of this city. The funeral was held at the John Gee Chapel, Wednesday afternoon by Rev. Turner. Burial following at the Pine Street Cemetery by Hayward & Son.

Gallipolis Bulletin
April 4, 1912
Transcribed by Margaret Calvin Top of Page

Massie, Candace A.

DIED - At Centerpoint, O., Nov. 27, 1887, Candace A. Massie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Massie, aged 11 years, 10 months, 15 days. She was an affectionate little girl and the pet of the family; therefore, it was hard to give her up; but there is comfort and consolation, leaving earth and its troubles, that God has taken her to His glorious home above, where there is no sickness or death.
Her funeral took place on the 29th. Religious services by D. S. Jones. She was buried at the new graveyard at Centerpoint.

Gallipolis Bulletin
Tuesday, February 7, 1888
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Massie, Clarence E.

Death Claims C. E. Massie Early Today
     Clarence E. Massie, 74, a resident of 10 Pine St., died at his home at 8:35 a.m. today. He had suffered from heart trouble for two years, and his condition became serious Tuesday evening. Mr. Massie was a farmer in his early years, and had been an employee of the Farmers Hardware in recent years. The family had resided in Gallipolis for five years.
     Mr. Massie was born April 24, 1889 at Lecta, son of the late Rev. James B. and Margaret E. Wiseman Massie. His marriage to the former Bessie F. Rose, who survives, took place Feb. 27, 1909 at her home, and the ceremony was performed by Rev. Massie.
     Three sons who survive are Dale M. Massie of Ceredo, W.Va., Carl B. Massie of Portsmouth, and Clarence F. Massie of Waverly. A daughter, Mrs. John (Mildred) Taylor died July 13, 1960. There are 13 grandchildren and one great-granddaughter. Two sisters and a brother, Mrs. Edith Mertz, Mrs. Pearl Dickey and Curtis R., preceded him in death.
     He was a member of the Fox Fairview Church. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home. Rev. Hughey Jones will officiate, and burial will be in Mound Hill cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 p.m. Thursday.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Wednesday, July 17, 1963
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron

Massie, Elizabeth A.

Died
     Jan. 21st, 1892, near Wales, O., Mrs. Elizabeth A. Massie, wife of Mr. Bingham Massie, in her 51st year. The departed was kind in her general deportment, attended well to her household; an affectionate wife and mother, and ready to help her neighbors in affliction and sickness. She united with the United Brethern Church when fifteen years of age and lived a consistent Christian life. She died as she lived, quietly but firmly trusting in her Saviour.
     She leaves a husband and three children and quite a large circle of relatives and friends to mourn their loss.
     Her remains were taken to Emory graveyard on the 23d and laid in the silent grave, in the presence of a large congregation. Religious services by Rev. D. S. Jones, Undertaker, T.E. Jones.

[Note: Emory is in Jackson County, Ohio.]

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

Massie, Lettie

Mrs. John Massie of Flag Springs Died Here Friday
     Mrs. Lettie Massie, 64, wife of Johnny Massie, died at 1:20 Friday p.m. at the Holzer Hospital. She had been in poor health a good while and was brought to the hospital on Thursday. The Massie home is at Flag Springs, Walnut Township.
     Mrs. Massie was born in that community, a daughter of the late John Collins. She and Mr. Massie were married in 1894. Of six children born to them, these four survive: Mrs. Ethel Marcum of Waterloo; Earl Massie of Mt. Sterling; Lowell of Flag Springs and Zelma at home. Also surviving are a brother and two sisters: Tom Collins and Mrs. Vint Bostic, both of Walnut Township and Mrs. Harry Goodall of Huntington.
     Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Monday at the Flag Springs Church, with Rev. C.W. Frye in charge. Burial there by W.W. Phillips.

[Note: Lettie Massie born Nov. 10, 1876; died Nov. 29, 1940; aged 64 years, 19 days. Parents: John Collins and Jane Pierce.]

Gallipolis Paper
Nov. 1940
From the Debbie Carter Evans Collection
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Massie, Mary Elzena

MRS. MASSIE, 74 DIES AT LECTA
     Mrs. Mary Elzena Massie, aged 74, died at 1 o'clock yesterday at the home of her son, Linus Massie, a mile or two east of Lecta on Greasy Ridge. Though she had been ill for two years, her death was sudden and resulted from a heart attack.
     Mrs. Massie was a sister of the late James W. Myers of this city and the widow of Perry Massie, who died 35 years ago.
     Besides Linus, another son and a daughter survive: Marcus Massie, merchant at Lecta, and Mrs. Rufus Elcessor of this city. Also surviving are these brothers: Joe Myers of Springfield, Stephen of Lecta, George of Columbus, and Charles Myers of Huntington.
     Funeral services will be held at 1 o'clock Sunday at Okey church, in charge of Rev. J. F. Bostick. Burial there by O. E. Elliott.
Unknown publication
Contributed by Jeff Hayes [email protected]

*Mary was born 03 October 1865 and died 26 October 1939 Top of Page

Massie, Mary Woods

OBITUARY
   Mary (Woods) Massie died at her home in Ewington, May 25, 1922, aged 65 years. She was the eldest daughter of William and Jane (Henry) Woods and was born in Huntington Township where, with the exception of two years, she was a resident all her life.
   She was united in marriage with Alexander Massie on Dec. 24, 1899. Her husband died in January, 1907, after which time she lived alone.
   She was converted many years since in Gallipolis while attending a religous revival at the M.E. Church at that place. By trade she was a dressmaker, at which she diligently worked until failing health caused her to desist. Her work was always well and neatly done. For several years she was a sufferer from cancer and heart trouble. She bravely battled with these enemies of the body and by treatment of her own, prolonged her life. In her last sickness her suffering was intense and she welcomed death as a friend. She was an honest, industrious woman who will be sadly missed by her many friends.
   The funeral was held at the Ewington M.E. Church, Rev. Alexander officiating. The funeral text was John 14:2-3 The floral tributes were many and beautiful. Burial at the Woods Cemetery by Undertaker Butler.
   Peace to the ashes of our departed friend She sleeps but for a time and our Heavenly Father who in His infinite wisdom and mercy closed her eyes shall open them to the glory of life everlasting.

[Note: Death Certificate..Mary Florence Massey born April 4, 1858; died May 25, 1922 Huntington Township, Gallia County; age 64 years, 1 month and 21 days.]

Gallia Tribune
June 2, 1922
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Massie, Nola Notter

Mrs. Massie Is Claimed Sunday After Illness
     Mrs. Nola Notter Massie, 67, a resident of 133 Third Ave., died at 11:05 a.m. Sunday. She had been in failing health for two years, and her condition had been serious for the past 10 days. Mrs. Massie was a lifelong resident of Gallia and Lawrence counties. She was born July 20, 1895 in Walnut twp., daughter of the late Noah D. and Margaret Vanfleet Notter. Her marriage to Marcus Massie, who survives, took place April 19, 1916 at Lecta.
     Three daughters who survive are Mrs. Everett (Bernice) McMahon and Mrs. William (Wanda) Withrow, both of Gallipolis, and Mrs. Woodrow (Maybelle) Pope of Scottown. A nephew, Paul Notter, was reared in the Massie home. A son died in infancy. There are six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. A brother and sister who survive are Mrs. Harley (Hazel) Myers and Dan Notter, both of Scottown. One brother is deceased.
     Mrs. Massie was a member of the Lecta E. U. B. church, Waterloo Chapter, Order of Eastern Star, Lafayette Chapter, White Shrine of Jerusalem, and the Centenary Grange.
     Last rites will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral home. Rev. Charles Lusher will officiate and burial will be in Ohio Valley Memory Gardens. Eastern Star services will be held at the funeral home at 8 p.m. Tuesday. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Tuesday until the hour of the service.

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

Massie, Stephen Osborne

Obituary
     Stephen Osborne Massie, born March 24, 1868, passed away at his home in Gallipolis Feb. 20, 1944, his age was 75 years and 26 days.
     He was the only son of Jefferson and Effie McGowan Massie, birthplace was at Greasy Ridge in Lawrence County. He spent the greater portion of his life in Gallia County. In 1933, he was baptized by the late Rev. John Tipton and was respected by all who knew him.
     He was united in marriage to Alzona Carlt [?] of Greenup, Kentucky July 28, 1889. To this union were born the following children: Mrs. W.H. (Ora) Livesay, Mrs. Walter (Edith] Champer, both of Gallipolis, Mrs. John Rench, Pleasant Hill, Mrs. Frank (Garnett) Hammond, Washington, Ohio; Mrs. Ira (Nellie) Blair, Mills, PA; Charles [?] Ohio; Orville, Marysville; Calvin, Columbus; 23 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. Four children preceded his death.
     The widow with the following sisters also survive, Mrs. H. Edwards, Gallia; Mrs. [?] Ham, Centerpoint and Mrs. Calvin [?], New Morfield, Ohio.
     He bore his illness with [?] and all that loving hands could [?] could not save him. He saw time had come and everything alright with the Lord and [?] all to meet him in Heaven..God Bless You All. What a memory for those left to mourn his passing. [?] He will be sadly missed by all.

[Note: this obit is very faint and missing words...Death Certificate: Burial Old Pine Cemetery, Gallia County]

Gallipolis Paper
No date
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Massie, William C.

     William Carter Massie, 68, a resident of 345 Fourth Ave., died at 7:15 a.m. Saturday at his home following an apparent heart attack. He had been in failing health one month.
   Mr. Massie was a retired teacher and superintendent in both the Gallia and Lawrence County School Systems. His last superintendency was in the former North Gallia School District. He retired there in the early 60’s. Following his retirement, he established the Massie Realty Company, which he operated the last eight years.
   He was born Feb. 2, 1908 in Greasy Ridge Community of Lawrence County, son of the late Otha L. Massie and Alcosta Dunfee Massie. He is survived by his wife, Jewell Myers, a daughter, Mrs. Keith (Doris) Getteys of South Point; two sons, Herman Massie of Columbus and Gordon Massie of Circleville; two grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Gladys Callicoat of Ironton, and Mrs. Ernest (Verna) Shaffer, Ironton. Two brothers preceded him in death.
     Mr. Massie was a member of the Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church located on Greasy Ridge, Waterloo Masonic Lodge and Wilgus Grange.
     Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church on Greasy Ridge with Rev. Earl Hinkle and Rev. Wilson Wahl officiating. Burial will be in church cemetery. The body will lie in state at the church one hour before the service. Masonic service by Waterloo Lodge will be held at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.

Sunday Times Sentinel
June 6, 1976
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Masters, Clarence L.

    Clarence L. Masters, 75, of 616 Fourth Ave., died at 7:10 Thursday in the Holzer Medical Center. He had been in failing health for 12 years. He was a service and sales manager for the Sohio Oil Co from 1928 until 1957 when he retired due to ill health. Prior to that he was an engineer at the Hope Natural Gas Co. in Clarksburg.
     Born in Wetzel County, he was a son of the late John L. and Johanna Harley Masters. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and an elder of the church for many years. He was a member of the American Legion and commander in 1943. He was a World War I veteran . Mr. Masters served as disaster chairman for the American Red Cross for seven years and was a member of the Morning Dawn Masonic Lodge.
     His wife, the former Ruth Cherrington Miller, survives with a daughter, Mrs. William R. (Rachel Ann) Nelson, Woodland Hills, Calif., two sisters, Mrs Roy Rush, Akron and Mrs. Harry Moreland, Shreveport, La two brothers Oriion of Lowell and Russell C. of Belmont and four grandchildren.
     Masonic services will be held at 7:30pm, Friday at Waugh Halley Wood Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 pm with the Rev. Glenn R. Holt officiating. Military graveside rites will be held. Burial will be in Pine Street Cemetery.Friends may call at the funeral home 7 to 9 Friday

Athens Messenger
Feb 6, 1969
Transcribed by Cheryl A Enyart                                                                        Top of Page

Masters, Ruth

     Ruth Miller Masters, 92, a former resident of 616 Fourth Avenue, Gallipolis, died Friday morning, April 30, 1993, in Pleasant Valley Care Center, Point Pleasant. A retired Gallia Academy High School teacher, Mrs. Masters taught at GAHS from 1941 until 1960.
     She graduated from GAHS in 1918 and Wooster College in 1923 with a BA degree. Early in her career, she taught in Belmont, Lorain, and the Gallia County school systems. She served as a student advisor of the GAHS Student Council and Government Club. She was a charter member of the Pembroke Club, a member of the AAUW, First Presbyterian Church were she served as a deacon; member of the American Legion Auxiliary for more than 50 years, Gallia County Historical Society, and a past president of the Washington School PTA. She also worked several years with the French Art Colony. She served on the research committee for the city’s 175th anniversary in 1965. She also served on the research committee for the Presbyterian Church’s 150th anniversary. She was listed in Dr. Clyde Hissong’s 1968 book, “Ohio Lives”.
     She married Clarence L. Masters on Dec. 9, 1925, at Clarksburg, W.Va. He preceded her in death on Feb. 6, 1969. She was born July 27, 1900, at Vinton, daughter of the late Edward B. Miller and Annie Cherrington Miller. One daughter survives, Mrs. William R. (Rachael Ann) Nelson, Woodland Hills,
Calif., along with three grandsons and one granddaughter and three great granddaughters. One infant son, John Edward, preceded her in death.
     Funeral services will be held 1: p.m. Monday at Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home
with Rev. Al Earley officiating. Burial will be in Pine Street Cemetery. Friends may call
at the funeral home on Sunday from 6-8: p.m.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Friday, April 30, 1993
Transcribed by Sandy Milliron

Masterson, James Ray

Death of J.R. Masterson
     James Ray Masterson, who was well known in Gallia and bordering counties in West Virginia as a school teacher of prominence, whose serious illness has been noted in the Journal from time to time since his sudden prostration with paralysis or ocomotor ataxia in July last, died at the home of his father-in-law, Hon. John H. Bryan of Cabell County, at 11 o'clock a.m. Friday and his remains were deposited in the family burying ground in Bethel Cemetery, near Bladen, this county, at 1 p.m. Sunday.
     The deceased was the second son of the late Bernard Masterson and Mrs. Mattie Masterson of Bladen, and was born at Patriot Sept. 13, 1856. By profession he was a school teacher and was prominently known as an educator in Gallia and the bordering counties in West Virginia.
     On Sept. 19, 1894, he was united in marriage to Miss Rosalie Bryan, the union being blessed with two daughters, who with the mother survive. Besides the widow and two infant daughters, the deceased leaves a mother, Mrs. Mattie Masterson, of Bladen and three sisters, Miss Ann Masterson, Mrs. W. E. Neal of Bladen and Mrs. John Howarth of Chambersburg and three brothers, John, Homer, and Walter Masterson, all of Bladen, who with a host of friends mourn his early demise.
     The corpse was brought from Swan, West Virginia, where the deceased died to Glenwood, West Virginia, in charge of members of Glenwood Castle No. 26 Knights of the Golden Eagle, of which Castle deceased had been a member for about one year and thence to Bladen on the steamer Enos Taylor, specially chartered for the occasion. Sixty of the one hundred Knights of the Castle accompanied the remains of their departed brother and participated in the services at the church and grave.
     Funeral services at the church were conducted by Rev. Brill,local pastor and Rev. Bush, of the M.E. circuit, where the deceased had resided four years prior to his death.
     A incident which probably resulted in his untimely death occurred a few days before he was first prostrated in July last. He was standing in the door of his father-in-law's store during a thunder storm and received a shock of electricity in his right side. Soon after he was prostrated with fever which was [missing word] by progressive paralysis or locomoter ataxia.
     The deceased who was a young man holding qualities and promises of a bright future, was converted during revival services at Bethel M.E. Church, where his remains now repose, one year ago and has been a [missing word] valued worker in the [missing word] Sunday School and Epworth [missing word]. The deceased will be missed by the communites Bladen and [missing rest of article].

[Note: gravestone died Jan. 1, 1898. Death Certificate ...death reported on Feb. 7, 1898..died Jan. 28, 1898 age 32, Teacher. cause of death paralysis]

Gallipolis Journal
January, 1898
Transcribed by F.K. Brown Top of Page

Mathews, Phineas

     At Cheshire Township, Gallia County, on sunday morning, the 2d inst., Capt. Phineas Mathews, in the 85th year of life. His remains were deposited in the grave yard on the farm of the late John Bing, Esq., in Addison township, where they were followed by numerous friends and relations, and interred with Masonic rites.
     The deceased was a native of the State of Massachusetts, where he resided until his twenty-third year, during which time he served as a solider in the state Line called to quell "Shay's Insurrection." He emigrated to the Northwest Territory in 1793 and landed in Marietta with Wayne's troops, and for several years resided there and at Belpre, part of which time he was fortified, with other inhabitants, to protect themselves from the Indians. About the year 1802 he came to what is now Gallia County, and located on the banks of the Ohio River, at the eight mile Island, where he married and raised a large and respectable family of children. The deceased was among the pioneers and first settlers on the County, when all was rude and wild, and lived to see "the wilderness bud and blossom as the rose."
     Although the deceased lived to a "green old age" before the fell monster Death summoned him to his court, it should not flatter any that their term of probation will be thus long extended; but should serve to admonish that the "King of Terrors" is sweeping the earth with a beasom of destriction; for "Joseph died and all his breathern, and all the men of that generation."

[Note: died 1854]

Gallipolis Journal
Thursday, 6 April
Contributed by Cheryl Enyart

Matthew, Sgt. Cecil L.

Ex-Gallia Resident Is War Victim
     Sgt. Cecil L. Matthew, 22, a resident of Lincoln Village, Columbus, and former resident of Gallia County, was killed in action in Vietnam last week according to the U. S. Defense Department.
     He was better known in this area as “Butch” Matthew. He attended North Gallia High School in the early 1960s. Matthew was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil L. Matthew, Columbus.
     According to a story in the Columbus Dispatch, young Matthew had only three months of duty remaining in Vietnam. He died of fragment injuries suffered when he walked into a booby-trap north of Saigon. He was a machine gunner with the 101st Airborne. Matthew had planned to continue his education after service.
     Besides his parents, he is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Dianna Weber and Sarah J.; one brother, Jerry Carl, and two nephews.
     Funeral arrangements will be by the Long Funeral Home, 1173 E. Hudson St., Columbus. Services will be held 1:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Monday, July 29, 1968
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Matthews, Charles W.

Charlie Matthews Dead
Well Known Vinton Citizen Crosses Dark River
     Charles W. Matthews died Monday evening, March 1st, 1920, at Vinton aged 48. He leaves a wife and three children, two married daughters, Mrs. Everett Evans and Mrs. Dale Alexander, also of Vinton, and one son, Bruce at home.
     Mr. Matthews was a Knight of Pythias and member of the Baptist Church. The funeral will occur Thursday afternoon and be conducted by Rev. W. J. Fulton. Burial by Butler at the McGhee cemetery.
     Mr. Matthews was engaged in the livery business at the time of his death. He had been a partner in that business with Mr. Ed B. Miller, now with the Standard Oil Company Station of this city. Mr. Matthews was a fine man and his death is much regretted by a large circle of friends.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
March 3, 1920
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Matthews, Esther A.

MATTHEWS - Esther A., wife of J. C. Matthews, at her home in Vinton, Gallia county, Ohio, September 30, 1885, aged 47 years 5 months and 10 days.
Mrs. Matthews was the daughter of L. A. and Calphurnia Macomber, was born in Wilkesville township, then Gallia county, Ohio, April 20 1838. Was united in marriage with Josehns(?) C. Matthews February 1, 1855. She United[sic] with the Freewill Baptist Church in the year 1866, since which time she lived the life of a faithful and consistent Christian until the call of death summoned her to come up higher. It seemed to be her earnest desire to make the most of the years given her and to crowd all the good into them she possibly could.

The sick she soothed, the hungry fed,
Bade care and sorry fly,
And loved to raise the downcast head
Of friendless poverty.

She had no enemies; every one placed a high estimate on her character. She was everywhere found at the bedside of the sick and suffering. She was a true sister, wife and mother. She expressed herself as ready and willing to meet her Savior. She leaves an aged father, a number of brothers and sisters, a weeping husband, four children, and a host of relatives and friends to mourn their loss.
Her funeral services were conducted by Rev. M. A. Rice, at the M. E,. Church, Vinton, Ohio, October 2, 1885, after which her remains were taken to Mt. Tabor Cemetery for interment, followed by a large coucoarse(?) of relatives and friends, all anxious to pay a last tribute of love and respect to one so loved and loving.

We know thou art gone where the Christian is blest,
Where life's weary turmoil shall cease,
To that land of delight where the weary may rest,
And where all shall be happy in peace.

Gallipolis Journal
September 30, 1885
Transcribed by Nancy S. Edwards

Matthews, Harriet

Civil War Vet's Widow Dies After Five Years Illness
     Mrs. Harriet Matthews, 74, widow of Charles Matthews and a lifelong resident of Cheshire township, died early Wednesday morning after an illness covering a period of five and a half years. Mrs. Matthews was the daughter of Richard McCarty, who was killed in the south during the Civil War. She was taken when but a small child and reared by her grandfather, Benjamin McCarty, who it is said was the first white child born in Cheshire township.
     Surviving are a son and a daughter: Cline M. Matthews, teacher in Cheshire high school, and Mrs. Blanche Haskins, a member of the faculty of the Middleport high school. Two sisters also survive, Mrs. Kate Mulford and Mrs. William Switzer of Cheshire.
     Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p. m. at Old Kyger church by Rev. E. C. Venz. Burial in Gravel Hill cemetery by A. E. Tope.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune, p. 1
March 9, 1932
Transcribed by Mary Kay Clark

Matthews, Mary

MATHEWS
      Deceased - Mary Matthews, widow of the late M. R. Matthews, of Vinton, Gallia county, Ohio. She was born December 19, 1812, at Silver Run, Meigs county, Ohio and passed to the better life Sunday, Dec. 24, 1893, at 9 o’clock a.m., at the ripe age of 81 years and 4 days, having survived her husband 15 years.
      Mrs. Matthews was the seventh child of Timothy and Mary Smith, who settled at Silver Run in an early day and built a treadmill in 1808, the first mill built in Meigs county. She was the mother of thirteen children, ten of whom survive her, and all of whom were present at her death and in attendance at her funeral December 27th.
      Services were conducted by Rev. W. M. Jones, pastor of the First Universalist Church of Columbus, Ohio, which faith she with her husband embraced early in their married life, and to which glorious faith she was ever faithful, and consistent, and never for a moment doubting the love and protecting care of her    Heavenly Father, through the shadows of the dark valley which she passed.
      She was the mother of Major T. S. Matthews, Mrs. G. H. Rupp, and Mrs. Dr. B. F. Holcomb, of Jackson, O.; Charles Matthews, of Washington, D.C.; M. R. Matthews and Mrs. Edward Henderson, of Columbus, Ohio; and John T. Matthews, Mrs. Cynthia Kent, Misses Samantha and Nancy Matthews, of Vinton, Ohio.

Gallipolis Journal
Wednesday, January 3, 1894
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Matthews, Sarah

     DIED - Miss Sarah MATTHEWS, daughter of the late Judge Moses R. MATTHEWS, was born at Vinton, Gallia county, Ohio, August 30, 1840. She died August 12, 1886, at Jackson, Ohio, at the home of Dr. B. F. HOLCOMB, her brother-in-law.
     About one year ago she made known to her friends that she was suffering with the terrible disease of cancer. Although she had suspected its existence for over two years she kept it a secret for the season, as she expressed it, "that her friends might not be unduly concerned and worried about her." Soon afterwards she underwent a very severe and difficult operation of cutting away the affected parts, with the hope of a cure, or at least of staying its progress, but to no avail.
     The last three or four months of her sickness was spent in constant and uninterrupted pain and suffering. But with a courage and fortitude characteristic of her energy and determination she bore her terrible afflictions uncomplainingly. She was a young woman of rare ability and
accomplishments, strong in intellect and generous in heart.   She was ever and active worker in the Christian graces of ministering unto the needs and wants of the afflicted and suffering.
     Possessed with one of the gayest and happiest dispositions she was always an entertaining and agreeable companion in society, and the most distinct remembrances of her will be the recollections of her extraordinary social qualities. In her religious belief she was thoroughly a Universalist, uniting with that denomination in her early girlhood.
     During her sickness she constantly talked of the comfort and consolation she derived from the faith she had in her religious belief, and the nearer she drew to the end the more firmly was she anchored in her religious faith. When asked if she was afraid to die, she said, "believing as I do you don't think I ought to be afraid to die, do you?" And she passed away sustained and soothed by an unfaltering trust in the promises of God."

Gallipolis Journal
Wednesday, September 15, 1886
Transcribed by Teresa Herrmann

Matthews, Taphe

     OBITUARY - Mrs. Taphena Matthews departed this life on Monday, July 23, 1883. She was a daughter of the late General Samuel R. Holcomb; was born Jan 8, 1813 and was married to Charles W. Matthews in 1831. She was the mother of twelve children and lived her married life near where she died. Six of her children still live.
     She was one of the very best of women. Generous and kind, she had not an enemy. Never did a word escape her lips evil of another. Her friends were as the sands on the sea shore. Her children have her memory to revere.
    "Cruel stars have torn her from her children's arms, but never from their hearts". But her work was finished and in Heaven the joys of meeting will repay the pangs of absence.
     Her remains were buried in the Bing Cemetery; funeral by Rev. Fulton.

[Note: Married Charles Whipple Matthews on July 28, 1831 in Gallia County. Charles born Dec. 7, 1803; died Nov. 1, 1889 in Gallia County, Ohio.]

Gallipolis Journal
July 26, 1883
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Matthews, Thomas R.

DIED - - At Jackson, Ohio, on Sunday evening, the 17th day of May, 1868, Mr. Thomas R. Matthews, late Postmaster at that place, and formerly Editor and Publisher of the Jackson Standard in the 54th year of his age.

The Gallipolis Bulletin
Wednesday, May 27, 1868
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Mauck, Adaline Rosetta Sigler (Mrs. Joseph Mauck Jr.)

Death of Mrs. Mauck
Our readers will remember the late Joseph Mauck, of Cheshire, who with his brother Daniel was a prominent contractor and speculator during the war. He died probably 20 years ago and his widow has been living with her son Amos at Yorktown, Va.
She died a day or two ago (we have no particulars) and was buried today at Cheshire.

Gallipolis Tribune
10/6/1905
Transcribed by Suzanne Giroux

[Note – Adaline died 9/28/1905 - daughter of Eli Sigler & Melinda Phelps] Top of Page

Mauck, Allie Mauck (Allie U. Mauck)

Death Claims Allie Mauck At Age of 96
     Miss Allie Mauck of Middleport died at 9:30 a. m. today at the Meigs General Hospital, where she had been a patient for the past three weeks.
   At the age of 96 Miss Mauck was one of Meigs County’s oldest residents. She was a member of a pioneer family of the Cheshire area but had maintained her Third Ave., home at Middleport for many years.
     Miss Mauck had been in failing health for the past several months and had been a patient at the hospital in Pomeroy at various times during that period.
     Last surviving member of her immediate family, she leaves a nephew, Charles Armel of Columbus; a niece, Mrs. Mary Clark of Lancaster; and a niece by marriage, Mrs. Earl Mauck of Gallipolis. Earl (Squire) Mauck, veteran Gallipolis newspaper man, preceded his aunt in death three years ago.
     The body was taken to the Rawlings-Coats Funeral Home at Middleport, where friends may call, and where funeral arrangements are being made.

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Allie Mauck (Allie U. Mauck)

Miss Allie Mauck Dies in Pomeroy
     Aunt Allie Mauck died at 3:30 a.m. today at the Meigs General Hospital where she had been a patient for three weeks.
     She celebrated her 96th birthday Feb. 9, in the hospital and had a birthday cake and was showered with cards from her friends.
     Miss Allie suffered a heart attack at her home at Middleport and was taken to the Meigs County hospital where she had another heart attack last Thursday.
     Miss Allie Mauck was born in the large brick house near Gravel Hill Cemetery, the daughter of Daniel and Mary (Polly) Rothgeb Mauck. She was the last of eight children.
     For many years she made her home with Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Besser (sic) and Mrs. Hattie Bennett, Middleport, and after their death she lived alone until the more recent months.
     She was an aunt of the late Judge R. J. Mauck and E. W. “Squire” Mauck. Until his death a few years ago, Squire was a frequent visitor of his aunt and helped her with her affairs. Since Squire’s death, Mrs. Mauck has made many trips to Middleport to look after her.
     Her survivors include a nephew, Charles Armel, Columbus; and a niece, Mrs. Curtis Clark, Canal Winchester; and a number of great nieces and nephews.

[Note – Allie died 2/16/1953; Besser is actually Besserer – daughter of Daniel Mauck & Mary Rothgeb]

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Mauck, Anna (Annie Sherwood Good MAUCK)

FUNERAL IS HELD
MIDDLEPORT, Dec. 10.—The funeral of Mrs. Anna Mauck, widow of the late Isaac Mauck, was held at the late residence at Cheshire, with burial in the Cheshire Gravel Hill Cemetery. C. F. Besserer, Miss Allie Mauck and their nephew and niece, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Armel, the latter couple coming from Columbus, attended the funeral which was held Saturday afternoon.

The Messenger of Athens, OH
Monday, Dec. 10, 1928
Transcribed by Suzanne Giroux

Mauck, Annie (Annie Sherwood Good Mauck)

Mrs. Annie Mauck, aged 75, passed away Wednesday evening at the home of her daughter, Mrs. C. C. Clark at Groveport. The deceased was brought to her home here Saturday where funeral services were conducted by Rev. Skinner of Middleport. Burial was made at Gravel Hill.

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[Note – daughter was wife of J. C. Clark not C. C. Clark]

Annie S. Mauck (Annie Sherwood Good Mauck)

Annie S. Mauck, daughter of William and Ann Good, was born at Cincinnati, Ohio, on the 4th day of July, 1853. She was married to Isaac N. Mauck, November 29, 1876, and to them were born two children, Arthur L. Mauck, who died in young manhood and Mary Mauck Clark of Groveport. Her husband died in 1914.
From her youth she was a member of the Presbyterian church and was deeply devoted to it. Mrs. Mauck was a wide reader and during her declining years found much pleasure in the printed page. She was however, essentially a family woman and almost her every though (sic) was for her loved and loving daughter and the grandchildren, whose progress meant so much to her. She had a bright mind polished by much reading, a keen sense of humor and a charming manner that gave her a lasting place in the hearts of all those who knew her.

[Note – Annie died 12/5/1928 – daughter of William Good & Ann Marie Bierce & wife of Isaac Noah Mauck]

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Mauck, Anna

POMEROY, Dec 8 -- Mrs Anna Mauck, 75, died Thursday evening at her home at Cheshire. She was the widow of Isaac Mauck, former well known and influential resident of Cheshire.
Funeral services are to be held at the residence at two o'clock this afternoon, in charge of the Rawlings Undertakers of Middleport.

Athens Messenger
Dec 9, 1928
Transcribed by: Connie Cotterill-Schumaker

Mauck, Arthur Lewis

     Arthur Lewis Mauck was born near Cheshire, Gallia Co., Ohio, January 16, 1879 and died at his home in Cheshire, November 2, 1903. He was married to Mary Bing, February 22, 1902. He leaves a wife, father, mother and one sister and many relatives and friends to mourn his death.
   It is not saying too much to say that he was universally esteemed. He had not an enemy in his wide circle of acquaintances. He was loved most by those who knew him best. Of a loving, generous disposition, all who came in intimate contact with him loved him. Although he had always been in poor health it was hoped that he would be spared to his loved ones for many years, but he was taken with a severe cold and rapidly sank to his death in spite of all that loving hands and hearts could do for him. He was taken in the first years of his young manhood, just when a happy, useful life was opening before him.
     Words of consolation are of little worth to the loved ones left behind, but the record of his manly, unselfish life while he was spared to them must be a balm to their aching hearts.

   The gates of life swing either way,
    On noiseless hinges, night and day,
    One enters through the open door,
    One leaves us to return no more,
    And which is happier—which more blest?
    God knoweth best.

    We greet with smiles the one who comes,
    Like sunshine to our hearts and homes,
    And reach out longing hands with tears
    To him who in his ripened years,
    Goes gladly to his heavenly rest,
    God knoweth best.

    He guards the gates. We need not dread
    The path these little feet must tread
    Nor fear for him who from our sight,
    Passed through them to the realms of light,
    Both in his loving care we rest;
    God knoweth best.

[Note – son of Isaac Noah Mauck & Annie Sherwood Good]

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Mauck, Carrie

Mrs. Carrie Mauck Answers Summons
Well Known Cheshire Resident is Victim of Infirmities of Age
Mrs. Carrie Resener Mauck, 80, passed away at her home in Cheshire Wednesday morning. She was the widow of the late Robert Mauck, who preceded her in death some years ago. She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Thompson, of Cincinnati and one son, Stanley Mauck of Columbus. Mrs. Mauck also leaves many friends in Cheshire and in this locality.
Funeral services will be conducted at the Methodist Church Friday at 2 o'clock with burial at the Gravel Hill Cemetery in charge of Rawlings.

[Note: Death Certificate..Born Oct 27, 1850; died May 6, 1931; aged 80 years, 6 months and 10 days. Parents, Henry Reasnor and Margurette Bellingham, both born Germany]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Thursday, May 7, 1931
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Mauck, Daniel

A Good Man Gone to His Reward
Mr. Daniel Mauck, well know in Gallia and Meigs counties, died at his home, one mile out from Cheshire, on Wednesday morning last, June 3, 1891, lacking one day of being 76 years old. The circumstances attending is death are as follows: In the evening of Tuesday, June 2d, he went to bed, apparently in good health, and certainly a happy man. It was probably about 5 o’clock in the morning of June 3d, when Mrs. Mauck told him to remain in bed until she would call him for breakfast. When breakfast was ready, she called him, but received no reply. Going to his room, and to his bedside, she again spoke, but still received no answer. Mrs. Mauck then took his hand in hers and at once discovered that he was unconscious and dying. A doctor was summoned, but before he arrived the spirit had fled, and the good man was at rest.
Mr. Mauck was born June 4, 1815; he was one of a family of fourteen children—six boys and eight girls; he was the father of ten children, of whom three are buried by his side, and seven are living. Two of these—Mrs. A. D. Guthrie and Mrs. C. F. Besserer—reside in Middleport. He was married August 29, 1839, to Miss Mary Rothgeb. He joined the Freewill Baptist Church early in 1841, and for over a half a century has been one of its faithful members, doing everything for the upbuilding of the church of his choice and the furtherance of all good works. He fell asleep from the effects of an apoplectic stroke, and awoke to the glories of heaven. The funeral occurred on Thursday afternoon, at his late residence, and such was the esteem in which he was held, that perhaps there were five hundred people in attendance. Rev. J. M. Davis, of Rio Grande College, officiated, assisted by three other ministers. Many went down from Middleport. The loving wife and children have great sympathy in their sore affliction, for no man was kinder to his family; no man possessed purer love.

    “Were a star quenched on high,
      For ages would its light,
      Still traveling downward from the sky,
      Shine on our mortal sight.

    “So when a good man dies,
      For years beyond our ken
      The light he leaves behind him lies
      Upon the path of men.”Undated newpaper article

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Mauck, Daniel

     Although notice has already been given in this paper of the death of Daniel Mauck, his long and useful life, his worth as a man and his prominence as a citizen require that a fuller history be given.
     He was born June 4, 1815, at the old Mauck homestead near Cheshire, Gallia county. His parents, Joseph and Elizabeth Mauck, left their home in Page county, Virginia, in 1810, and made their new home at Cheshire in the spring of 1811. Daniel was their eighth child. Of the six sons, all are now dead; and of the eight daughters, only two are living, Mrs. Catharine Ashworth and Mrs. Lydia Agee.
     August 29, 1839 he was married to Mary Rothgeb, and to them were born ten children, three sons and seven daughters. The mother and seven children are yet living.
     August 29, 1889, Daniel and Mary Mauck celebrated their golden wedding, marking a golden point in the lives of two people who could look back upon fifty years spent together, that had brought to them the honor and esteem of a wide circle of friends and the devotion of children and grandchildren.
     Up to the time of his death, he was a man of good health and active habits. On the evening of June 2d, he was well, and spent the evening in conversation with his family. Early on the morning of the 3d, he suddenly and quietly died of apoplexy, being 76 years of age less one day.
     It would take far more space that is at our disposal to speak fully and fitly of the many admiral qualities he possessed, but a few words must be devoted to the more prominent features of his career and character.
     He was a very active business man, and his business record and reputation were of the highest character. He built a beautiful home a mile west of the village of Cheshire, and it was not only a home of comfort and plenty, but also of love and hospitality, of intelligence and refinement. His known judgment and integrity made his council and assistance highly prized, and in addition to the successful management of his own affairs, he was often called upon to assume important trusts for others.
     The cause of Christian education was one for which he took great interest and for which he did a great work. From the beginning to the end of the history of Cheshire Academy he was one of its strongest supporters. He purchased a scholarship in Hillsdale College, Michigan, and sent six of his children to that institution, besides loaning his scholarship to other worthy young people. From the foundation of Rio Grande College he was a member of the board of trustees and was not only regularly present at its annual meetings but was also one of its most thoughtful, progressive and valued members. At the time of his death he was preparing to attend the trustee meeting and the comment as he (text missing).
     When his colleagues met one week after his death, it was with sad hearts that they noted his absence. It may be truly said that among the men who have spent their lives in Gallia county, few, if any, have exerted themselves more than he did to build up the intelligence and virtue of the people.
     But that which gave the firm foundation and the finishing graces to his character was the religion of Jesus Christ. Daniel Mauck was a true Christian man. He was a member of the Freewill Baptist Church for over fifty years. He was converted Jan. 5, 1841, baptized ten days later, and joined soon afterwards the first Kyger church as one of the original members. In 1861 the Cheshire class was organized as an auxiliary of the Kyger church, and he was a member of this class. This class was organized as Cheshire church September 8, 1856, and he was elected clerk, a position which he held until the day of his death. For many years the Cheshire church worshiped in the hall of the Academy, but some time ago, brother Mauck and others decided that a church building should be erected. Although beyond three score and ten years of age, he exerted himself actively toward this end, gave very largely, and when the beautiful and commodious structure that now belongs to the church was dedicated, November 10, he, as chairman of the building committee, publicly delivered its keys into the hands of the pastor. Through all his Christian life he not only supported the cause of religion most liberally but also made the more valuable contribution of a devoted, and consistent Christian life.
     The funeral sermon was preached at the family residence on Friday, June 5, by Rev. J. M. Davis, of Rio Grande. Revs. W. J. Fulton, R. J. Poston and S. J. Weed were present and assisted in the services. An unusually large number of people were present. His body was buried in the Gravel Hill cemetery.
     Of his seven children, one daughter, Alice, resides at home with her mother. Mrs. Guthrie and Mrs. Besserer reside in Middleport, Mrs. Armel in Cincinnati, Mrs. Kail in Kansas. His son Isaac, lives upon a farm near Cheshire; the other living son, Daniel B., is a merchant at Proctorville.
     J. M. Davis

[Note - son of Joseph Mauck & Elizabeth Whaley]

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Mauck, Elizabeth (Elizabeth Whaley)

Departed this life, in Addison, Gallia Co., O., June 14th, Elizabeth, wife of Joseph Mauck, aged 71 years 1 month and eight days. The subject of this notice was born in Northumberland Co., Va., married in 1802 in Page Co., Va., and in 1812 moved to the place where she ever afterwards lived and died. She bore her last illness, which was of eight weeks duration, without a murmering word. Said at the early of seven years, she was left in this world without parental protection, felt conscious her Savior had been her nearest friend, and would now do what seemeth best. She experienced religion at an early age—united with the F. W. Baptist church 30 years coming August, and remained a member until death released her spirit to join the church triumphant. A few moments before she left, said she “I am at the door and will soon be in.” Truly could she had said—

   Jesus can make a dying bed,
    Feel soft as downy pillows are;
    While on his breast I lean my head,
    And breathe my life out sweetly there.

She was the mother of 15 children; raised 14, and leaves 12, all of whom live within twenty miles of their parental home. It seemed to lessen her sufferings to have all her children, with their father surround her in her affliction; she spoke of the lonely hours of the aged one she would leave, said for his sake she was willing to live but if Christ bid her come, she was willing to die.

    O, my mother’s voice is gone away,
    Around our social hearth;
    Yes, we lost its tones that pleasant day,
    She bade farewell to earth.

    We stood around her dying bed,
    We saw her bright eyes close;
    While from the heart the pulses fled
    Of angel’s wings she rose.

    We know there is a world above,
    Where all the blessed meet;
    Where we shall gaze on those we love,
    Happy at Jesus’ feet.

    And I shall hear my mother’s voice,
    In holier, purer tone,
    With all happy spirits rejoice,
    Before the eternal throne.

Funeral sermon by Elder G. A. Stubbins—text Sec. Cor. 5th chap. 1st verse.

[Note – Elizabeth died 6/14/1855 – Probably daughter of Thomas Whaley & Margaret Pugh]

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Mauck, Harlow B. (Harlow Bradbury Mauck)

HARLOW B. MAUCK CLAIMED BY DEATH
Retired Orchardist and Merchant Succumbs to Illness of Two Months
    Harlow Bradberry (sic) Mauck, 61 years old, one of the tri-state’s best known orchardists and retired merchants, died at his home at Proctorville Thursday morning at 2:40 o’clock.
    Death ended a critical illness of two months of myocarditis. He had been in poor health, however, for the last three years, since his retirement from business, but did not become bedfast until a few months ago.
    Definite funeral arrangements have not been completed, but services will probably be held Sunday at the home with burial at Proctorville.

Attended Northwestern
    Mr. Mauck was a member of one of the earliest families in southern Ohio, and was a son of the late Lewis and Frances Bradberry (sic) Mauck, of Cheshire, O., where he was born February 19 1867.
    He received his early education in the public schools of Cheshire and later attended Rio Grande college and Northwestern university at Ada, O. Following his marriage to Miss May L. Bay, daughter of the late Captain George W. Bay, a widely known Ohio river steamboat operator, he moved to Proctorville and entered the merchandising business.
    For thirty years he operated a general merchandise store, retiring from this field on account of failing health four years ago. He then centered all of his interests on his fruit farm at Proctorville, considered one of the finest in Lawrence county, only relinquishing it when he became seriously ill.
    He was a thirty-second degree Mason and a member of the Baptist church at Cheshire.
    Surviving are his widow, three daughters, Miss Minnie Mauck, of Ironton, newspaperwoman, Mrs. R. Birnbaum and Mrs. Carl Fisher, of Huntington; two brothers, Judge Ross Mauck, of Gallipolis, and Squire Earl Mauck, of Logan, and an uncle, Daniel B. Mauck, of 2542 Third avenue. A son, Harlow B. Mauck, Jr., died in 1916.

[Note – son of Lewis Wesley Mauck & Frances Bradbury]

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Mauck, Isaac Noah

Passes Away at Cheshire—Game, Patient, Brave to the Last
Isaac N. Mauck, aged 64, County Commissioner from 1899 to 1905, died at his home in Cheshire between 8 and 9 o’clock, Sunday, Sept. 27. He had been in poor health for years, a sufferer from asthma, and for several months his condition at intervals had been serious. Death was the result of physical exhaustion, tho just previous to his death his condition was apparently slightly improved. He seldom referred to his sufferings, tho they were terrible and long continued, with never a prospect of permanent relief.

The following obituary was read at the funeral:
Isaac Noah Mauck, son of Daniel and Mary Rothgeb Mauck, was born in Addison Township June 15, 1850. He was married to Annie Good thirty-eight years ago. He died at his home at Cheshire September 27, 1914, survived by his wife and daughter, Mary Clark, of Athens. In addition to some minor offices, he was for six years a commissioner of Gallia County. For many years he was a devoted member of Siloam Lodge of the Masonic Order. These few meager facts convey little impression of the life and character of Isaac Mauck. Indeed it is difficult to describe these characteristics that bonded him to his friends with the links of affection. Of course he was honest. He was truthful. He was generous. He had almost all the traits that man loves to find in his fellows. He looked out upon life with a kindly smile. His voice was always laden with good feeling and the nod of his head indicated good wishes to every one. He perhaps saw things in others that did not please him, but he had no tongue to scandalize or scold, and though he staggered under a burden of affliction, he tried to turn a smiling face to his neighbor. He delighted in sharing his pleasures with others while he tried to endure his troubles alone. He had a rare touch of humor that enlivened his conversation and enhanced the pleasure of his companionship. His life was clean and his thoughts were pure. To those who knew him best he was the most unselfish, the most loyal and the most loving and loved of friends. He deserves that richest of tributes, that can be expressed in these simple words: Isaac Mauck was a good man.
The funeral services were conducted by Rev. W. J. Fulton, a friend of the deceased for many years, at the Cheshire Baptist Church at 2 o’clock Tuesday afternoon, under the auspices of the Masons led by H. B. Gentry of this city. The attendance was very large. The pall bearers were Dr. J. T. Hanson, Morris and Jonathan Ralston, Dr. C. W. (text missing) and Johns S. Boatman. Burial at Gravel Hill by DeMains.

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Mauck, Isaac (Isaac Noah Mauck)

ISAAC MAUCK PASSES EARLY SUNDAY MORNING
Prominent Cheshire Township Man Succumbs to Asthma.
     Isaac Mauck, uncle of Roscoe J. and Earl W. Mauck of this city, died Sunday morning about nine o’clock of disabilities resulting from chronic asthma, in the village of Cheshire, this county. He had been in poor health for several years, and was about 65 years of age. He leaves a widow and one daughter, Mrs. Curtis Clark of Athens, a son having died years ago.
     Mr. Mauck, who was a son of Daniel Mauck, and old time resident of Cheshire, was married about 1881 to Annie Good. He was born in Addison township, and lived in Addison and Cheshire townships all his life. He was a farmer by occupation, and leaves a farm one mile west of Cheshire on which he lived for many years.
     From 1901 to 1907 Mr. Mauck served two terms as county commissioner, and was an upright and efficient official, elected by the Republican party. He served his township as trustee, as a member of the board of education, and perhaps in other offices. He was a member of Siloam Lodge of Masons.
     The funeral will occur at Cheshire Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock.
     Mr. Mauck was a most amiable and companionable man, who attracted friends from every side. His friendly disposition, with a character of strict integrity and tolerance for the opinions of others, gave him a wholesome influence in affairs the county over, which was always exerted for the better things. His death will be sincerely regretted by all who ever knew him.

[Note – Isaac died 9/27/1914; son of Daniel Mauck & Mary Rothgeb & husband of Annie Sherwood Good]

Undated newspaper article – probably Gallipolis paper
Transcribed by Suzanne Giroux Top of Page

Mauck, Joseph

OBITUARY - The following resolutions were adopted by Siloam Lodge No. 456, Free and Accepted Masons, June 28, 1882:

Whereas, It has pleased the Supreme Ruler of the universe in his all wise dispensation to remove from us by death our highly esteemed and much beloved worthy Brother, Joseph Mauck, on May 28, 1882, in the 62rd year of his age, thereby dissolving all those Fraternal earthly ties that we so much cherished.

Therefore
     Resolved, That we will always keep and cherish in grateful remembrance his noble and worthy example as a man and Mason.
     Resolved, That we part with out dead brother with less sorrowful feelings, being assured by the hope we have, that he was fully prepared for his great change.
     Resolved, That in his death his family has lost a kind, indulgent, exemplary husband and father; our Fraternity a valuable, worthy brother; the community an esteemed, honored citizen; the poor man a friend.
     Resolved, That as a token of our respect and esteem for his memory, that the charter and furniture of this Lodge be draped in mourning for sixty days, and the family of our deceased brother be presented with a copy of these resolutions and also the several papers published in this county for publication.

William Symmes,

J.J. Bing
Robert Mauck
Committee

[Note: Buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery]

Gallipolis Journal
July 6, 1882
Transcribed by F.K. Brown Top of Page

Mauck, Mary (Mary Rothgeb MAUCK)

     MAUCK - Mrs. Mary Mauck, widow of the late Daniel Mauck, died at the family home at Cheshire, O., on Dec. 29, 1909. She was born May 29, 1820, and was married Aug 29, 1839. In August, 1889, they celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Mauck were the parents of ten children, seven of whom are living and were present at her funeral. There are also five surviving grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
     In early life she and her husband became members of the Freewill Baptist church and were all their lives active and liberal supporters, not only of the local church, but also of the educational and missionary enterprises of the denomination.
     The funeral services were conducted by President John M. Davis and Rev. W. J. Fulton, both of whom had served as pastors of the Cheshire church, from the residence on Dec. 31, 1909. A very large number was present, and there was touching testimony to the warm love of all her acquaintances for Aunt Polly, as she was lovingly and familiarly called, and of their grief at her death.

[Note – daughter of John Rothgeb & Anna Strickle. Also from another obituary the following information was obtained: Her living children are I.N. Mauck of Cheshire, D.B. Mauck, of Huntington, W.Va., Mrs. Guthrie of Lancaster, Mrs. Bennet and Besserer of Middleport, Mrs. Humphrey of Toledo, and Miss Allie Mauck of Cheshire. Mr. H.B. Mauck of Proctorville, and R.J. and E.W. Mauck of Gallipolis, are grandsons.
Gallipolis paper January 1910]

Gallipolis Journal (Reprint of article in another unknown newspaper)
Date unknown
Transcribed by Suzanne Giroux

Mauck, Nell Mullineaux

Nell M. Mauck Is Found Dead In Bed At Home
Widow of Judge Mauck--Funeral at 2 Monday
     Mrs. Nell Mullineaux Mauck, widow of Judge Roscoe J. Mauck, was found dead in bed at her home at 427 Third avenue early this afternoon by neighbors who forced an entrance to the house. Dr. N. Howard Foster, coroner, was called and it was his finding that death had resulted from a heart attack (coronary occlusion) 10 or 12 hours before. Though she had long seemed to be frail, her health had been about as good as usual; and her most intimate friends and close neighbors were astounded by the news of her passing. Miss Catherine Hayward had called on her at her home last night and found her characteristically cheerful. About noon today when others noted and mentioned to one another they had not seen her it was decided to enter the house. To a few she had confided that her heart had troubled her for several days.
     A death message was telephoned to John W. Galbreath of Columbus, husband of Helen Mauck Galbreath, and both are expected to arrive late this afternoon.
     Judge Mauck died here June 10, 1934.
     Mrs. Mauck is survived by, besides the daughter, a granddaughter and grandson, Joan and Daniel Galbreath, and a brother, Will Mullineaux of Nashville, Tenn.
     Mrs. Mauck was born and reared here, the only daughter of John and America Day Mullineaux, and except for a few years spent in Columbus when her husband was in the attorney general's office she had always lived here.
     Later--Funeral has been tentatively set for 2 o'clock Monday.

[Buried in Mound Hill Cemetery]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Nov. 15, 1941
Transcribed by Joanne Galvin                                                                          Top of Page

Mauck, Roscoe J. (Roscoe Jay Mauck)

JUDGE R. J. MAUCK DIES SUDDENLY SUNDAY AFTER VERY BRIEF ILLNESS
ENTIRE COUNTY SHOCKED BY UNEXPECTED DEATH OF FOREMOST CITIZEN – FUNERAL SERVICES TUESDAY AFTERNOON WERE LARGELY ATTENDED – BURIAL MADE IN MOUND HILL CEMETERY
    The entire county mourns the sudden passing of its foremost citizen—Judge R. J. Mauck. His sudden and unexpected death in the Holzer hospital Sunday morning was a distinct shock to hundreds of persons who enjoyed his friendship.
    Saturday Judge Mauck entered the hospital for observation. His condition was largely induced by worry over the fact that Mrs. Mauck was a patient there following a severe operation, although she was then and is now making satisfactorily progress.
About midnight Saturday he began suffering from heart attacks and steadily grew worse until death came at 11:15 Sunday morning.
    Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon in Grace M. E. church by the pastor, Rev. H. H. Wilbur, with the Knights Templars’ ritualistic service there and at the grave in Mound Hill cemetery.
    Roscoe Jay Mauck was a native of Cheshire, the second son of Lewis. W. and Frances Bradbury Mauck, and was born May 17, 1870. He attended school there and taught for a time before completing his course at Ohio Universtiy, expecting to prepare himself for the ministry.
    Deciding to follow law, Mr. Mauck studied at Ohio University and the University of Virginia. He returned to Gallipolis in 1893 to enter practise (sic) and in 1894 was elected mayor of this city.
    He later served as building and loan commissioner and assistant attorney general of Ohio, and in 1912 was Gallia’s delegate to the Ohio constitutional convention where he served with distinction.
    In 1914 he was elected Common Pleas judge here, serving until his elevation to a place on the court of appeals. He was serving his third term there, which would have expired in 1936.
    Judge Mauck was a member of the board of trustees of Athens state hospital and president of the board of trustees of Rio Grande college. He belonged to many social and fraternal organizations, and one of his outstanding activities was teaching St. John’s Bible Class, a Methodist men’s organization, which he greatly loved.
    On September, 4, 1895, Judge Mauck and Miss Nelle Mullineaux were married here. Mrs. Mauck and a daughter, Helen, (Mrs. John Galbreath of Columbus) and a brother, Earl W. Mauck, survive him, as do two step-brothers, Arthur E. Boatman of Cleveland and John W. Boatman of Kyger.

Undated newspaper article
Transcribed by Suzanne Giroux Top of Page

Roscoe J. Mauck (Roscoe Jay Mauck)

Gallipolis, Ohio, June 11—(INS),--Judge Roscoe J. Mauck, 64, veteran Ohio jurist and a member of the fourth Ohio district court of appeals, was dead today, victim of a heart attack. He was stricken in a hospital here yesterday.
     Judge Mauck, a Republican, had served on common pleas and appellate benches for more than 25 years. He served as assistant to Wade Ellis, former attorney general, and was a delegate to the fourth Ohio constitutional convention.
     He attended Ohio State university and studied law at Charlottsville, Va.
     Funeral services will be conducted here tomorrow afternoon with the Knights Templar in charge. Mrs. Mauck is a patient in the Gallipolis hospital following a major abdominal operation. Their daughter, Helen, is the wife of John W. Galbreath, Columbus contractor.

Unknown newspaper article
Transcribed by Suzanne Giroux

Roscoe Jay Mauck

Memorial
     Judge Roscoe Jay Mauck, long a member of the Gallia County Bar, departed this life on June 10, 1934. Born at Cheshire, Gallia County, Ohio, May 17, 1870, the greater part of his boyhood was spent on a farm and attending the public school of Cheshire, where he afterwards taught before completing his education at the Ohio University. Soon after leaving college he was appointed message clerk of the Ohio senate.
     His preparation for his chosen profession in addition to his general education and private reading consisted of ten weeks’ instruction in the summer law course of 1892 under Professor John B. Minor, the noted law lecturer of the faculty of the University of Virginia and about ten weeks in the law course of the Ohio State University.
     Admitted to the Bar in December, 1892, he soon afterwards located at Gallipolis to enter into the practice of law and was elected Mayor of the city the following year.
     Some years later he served as Building and Loan Commissioner under A. I. Vorys, State Superintendent of Insurance of Ohio and later he was an assistant to Wade H. Ellis, Attorney General of Ohio.
     Elected a member of the State Constitutional Convention of 1912, from Gallia County, two years later he was elected Common Pleas Judge of the County, and in 1920 elected a Judge of the Court of Appeals of the Fourth Appellate Judicial District of Ohio, and re-elected in 1926 and again in 1932, a continuous service on both Benches of about twenty years.
     For several years he was a member of the board of trustees of the Ohio Hospital for the Insane at Athens, a member of the board of trustees of Rio Grande College for forty-three years and the president of the board for five years prior to his decease.
     He was a Mason, Knight Templar, Modern Woodman, Knight of Pythias and Elk, and a member of local organizations and societies identified with the social, recreational and welfare activities of the community.
     He was a member of the Baptist church and at the time of his death and for many years prior thereto the teacher of the St. John’s Bible Class of the Grace Methodist Episcopal Church of Gallipolis.
     On September 4, 1895, he was married to Miss Nelle Mullineaux, a daughter of John and America Mullineaux of Gallipolis, and to them was born a daughter, Helen, the wife of John W. Galbreath of Columbus, Ohio.
     Possessing a keen, incisive mind, quick to grasp and thoroughly analyze all phases and angles of every proposition or discussion coming under his observation, he readily reached sound conclusions based on an all persuasive reasoning.
     Well informed at all times on worthwhile current events and topics, keeping to the forefront in the study of public questions and movements, having for their purpose the improvement and elevation of society, the upbuilding of the state and nation, his mind was ever busy with instructive suggestions and plans for carrying on civic movements, and to secure the enactment of laws for effecting needed reforms and to properly regulate our ever-changing conditions.
     He was an orator with few superiors and an advocate—forceful and strongly convincing.
     His striking and dignified appearance, his courteous and gentlemanly bearing, his clear and penetrating voice, and his lucidity in expression and aptness in the application of his wealth of learning, graced the Bench with a judicial luster, impressive, elevating and long to be remembered.
     A good and most useful citizen has gone. His helpful activities in civic affairs have ceased; but his numerous illuminating court opinions, the result of his labor in twenty years service on the Bench, recorded in the Juridical Reports of his state, remain a lasting testimonial to his profound learning, wisdom and outstanding ability, ranking him one of Ohio’s great jurists—an enduring fame.
     The members of the Gallia County Bar deeply mourn his untimely departure; his genial companionship will ever be to them a pleasant memory; to his family we extend our sincere sympathy.

Robert M. Switzer,
Henry W. Cherrington,
Harry M. Miller,
Committee

[Note – Roscoe died 6/10/1934]

Undated newspaper article
Transcribed by Suzanne Giroux Top of Page

Maupin, Elizabeth Jane

Died of Pneumonia
     Mrs. Elizabeth Jane Maupin, Widow of Charles White Maupin, Died Sunday Morning At her home at Arbuckle, Union District, this (Mason) county, on Sunday morning, January 26th, 1908, Mrs. Elizabeth Jane Maupin, widow of the late Charles White Maupin, died after several week's illness of pneumonia.
     She was born in Shennandoah (sic) county, Virginia, February 8, 1829, her parents being Morgan and Mary (Allen) Moore, who emigrated to this county, to Mercers Bottom, when the daughter was a child. She was united in marriage at Gallipolis, on July 1, 1848, to Mr. C.W. Maupin and to this union twelve children were raised to maturity.
     Mrs. Maupin's remains were brought here Wednesday morning on the K&MRR, and taken to the M E Church, Sough, where the services were conducted by Rev. John Martin, assisted by Rev. R P Bell, the interment took place in Lone Oak Cemetery, where she rests beside her husband.
     Mrs. Maupin had a wide acquaintance in the county. She was much of the time in the store, her husband conducted for so many years. She was a famous "house mother" as the Germans so fitly put it, and who, that recalls the early years, of the Mason County Fairs but remember the boxes and baskets of good things to eat that carried off the blue ribbons, and were made by Mrs. Maupin as were the prize wines and quilts and articles of house hold manufacture. Here hands seemed never to have been idle. But her activity constituted her chief happiness and she has earned the folding of hands for her long rest.

Attended The Funeral
     Mr. and Mrs. John Beale, of Guyandotte, Miss Ethel Moore, of Huntington, Mrs. Col. Moore, of Ben Lomond, Mr. Charles Day, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bell, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Armstrong, of Gallipolis, Messrs. John Couch of Herne, Sam Couch, of South Side, J A Dunn, of Arbuckle, C F Sterrit, Mrs. Earl Emerick, Tom Poffenbarger of Beech Hill, Mrs. Rankin Hill, of Three Mile, were among those from out of town here yesterday to attend the funeral of Mrs. C W Maupin.

The State Gazette, Point Pleasant, WV
Front Page
Thursday, January 30, 1908
Transcribed by Eve Hughes

Maxon, Charles Darius

Death of Mr. C. D. Maxon
     Mr. Charles Darius Maxon, bedfast for two weeks from an accident mentioned at the time, died this Wednesday morning, April 2d, 1902, at half past 7 o'clock. No definite arrangements have been made for the funeral services, though we might say that they will be conducted from his late home on Court street fronting the Park, by Rev. A. H. Beavin of St. Peter's Episcopal church, probably on Saturday, Hayward & Son having charge of the burial which will be under the direction of the Masonic order, of which he was a member.
     Mr. Maxon was the son of Dr. Darius Maxon and Mary Newsom Maxon being a grandson of the late General Lewis E. Newsom and he leaves two sisters -- Mrs. Mary Nash, wife of General W. H. Nash of Columbus and Mrs. George Hamilton, of Vinton and one brother, Ned S. Maxon. His father died in 1851 and his mother in 1887.
     He was married most happily October 17, 1889, to Miss Emma Kling daughter of the late Adam Kling, and sister of Mr. William Kling of the Kling Stove Works, Rev. R. H. Coulter of the Presbyterian Church, officiating. By this union he became the father of three children, a fine little son and two daughters, one born only recently, the last giving him great happiness especially, there being so much time between it and the other children.
     Mr. Maxon was born in 1849 and would have been 53 years old on the 8th of next month. He has always been known as one of the most industrious of men, and has always held responsible positions that required the best attributes of manhood. He was always at his post of duty, an untiring worker, never shirking a responsibility. He was a good business man and whenever he was employed this was recognized and appreciated. He received a good education at Gallia Academy and the city schools prior to that was a great reader and a very intelligent man.
     The first employment for which he received pay that we remember of was during the civil war in the Quartermaster's department with Capt. Boggess and then with Capt. Forsythe being a great favorite with both of those officers, and when the Post was closed here, he went with Mr. F. M. Bovie to Indianapolis with Capt. Forsythe. With this exception he has always lived in Gallipolis and was liked by every one. He was with the J. T. Halliday & Co. dry goods house a long time, then the wholesale house of Barlow, Lanning & Co., and the wholesale shoe house of Bailey & Ridenour a long time and for the past ten years has been the city and county salesman for the Henking-Bovie Co., and from all of them he received praise for his indefatigable industry honesty and attentiveness to his duties. Mr. Bovie informs us that he will be greatly missed by his house and we know that his death will be universally regretted wherever he is known.
     He had an attack of la grippe this winter that enfeebled him to some extent but he was nearly himself again and was flying around with his accustomed energy when death marked him for its own. He seemed to have some sort of premonition of his accident. The morning that he started to the country he said to Mr. C. D. Kerr at the drug store, that for some reason he hated to make the trip more than any one he had ever made for the house. He was asked why, and answered that he wasn't feeling first class and he expected that he would be hauled home in a wagon sometime.
     On that fatal day at about 5 o'clock in the afternoon, he was nearing the store of Mr. Gromer Jones' of Cora, when one wheel of his wagon dropped into a chuck hole, the horses lunged suddenly forward when his seat tipped and he fell over upon his head. The horses went on to Mr. Jones' and Mr. Jones and others ran to where he was thrown out and found him senseless. They carried him to Mr. Jones' house where everything possible was done for him, but it was six hours before he recovered consciousness. This happened on March 11th. He became some better and was brought to his home by Mr. Aaron Frank on the 14th, and at first there was every expectation that he would recover, but paralysis resulting from an injury to his brain by the fall terminated his useful life.
     He has at least $5,000 insurance on his life, showing that he with his usual business sagacity, was ever mindful of his family to whom he was greatly devoted. Between himself and sisters there was also great affection. He had been like a father to them and their hearts are nearly broken at his death.
     We do not know that it would be out of place here to say that the family have been singularly fated to accidents. His father fell from the second story of the old Fisher building that stood where the Silverman Levi Co. is, and lived but a short time. His mother died from a broken hip received by a fall. His brother-in-law T. N. Wilson was killed in a wreck on the K. & M. and Mr. Wilson's mother died from a fall. Mrs. Hamilton's first husband Mr. Kline, died from a stroke of apoplexy which caused him to fall down the stairway and lastly himself.
     To the sorrowing wife, children and sisters, who are prostrated by the shock of his untimely death, the Tribune extends its kindliest sympathy and condolence.

[Note: he is buried in Pine Street Cemetery in Gallipolis Township. May 18, 1849 - April 2, 1902]

The Gallipolis Tribune, p. 1
April 2, 1902
Transcribed by Mary Kay Clark

Maxon, Elizabeth

Death of Mrs. Elizabeth Maxon
Mrs. Elizabeth Maxon was born in this city March 13, 1810, and died February 3, 1899 at 3:20 p.m. The funeral services were conducted from the Presbyterian Church last Sunday afternoon, at 2:00 o’clock. Rev. Frederic Walton, of the Episcopal Church, officiating. The burial was at the Pine Street Cemetery, by Hayward & Son.
Mrs. Maxon was the daughter of Thomas and Christena Rodgers, who came to this city in 1804. In July, 1839, she was united in marriage to Mr. Samuel Maxon, who died June 4, 1853. Several children were born to this union, one of whom, Miss Hannah Maxon, survives, besides a stepdaughter, Mrs. Lucy Cherrington.
She became a member of the old-school Presbyterian Church when quite young, and had lived the life of a Christian. On November 7, 1897, Mrs. Maxon received a severe fall, and had been confined to her bed ever since, though she never complained.

The Gallipolis Bulletin
Saturday, February 11, 1899
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Maxon, Elizabeth

Death of Mrs. Maxon
     Mrs. Elizabeth Maxon, generally spoken of as Mrs. Eliza Maxon, widow of the late Samuel Maxon, departed this life Friday afternoon February 3d, 1899. Her funeral services will be conducted at the Presbyterian Church at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon by Rev. Frederic Walton, of the Episcopal Church, the interment by Hayward & Son following at the Pine street cemetery. The pall bearers selected are Messrs. James, John and Joseph Mullineux, Edward H. Neal, W. T. Minturn and Major S. F. Neal.
     Mrs. Maxon was the third child of Thomas and Christiana Rodgers and was born in a small frame house on Front street, now owned by Mrs. Eliza Mcclurg, March 13th, 1810, making her almost 88 years of age at the time of her death. Her brothers were the late Ronsell and John A. Rodgers; her sisters Christiana Sherriff, Eliza Margaret Pierson, Helen M. Hayward, Miss Mary Rodgers, Miss Romaine Rodgers and Miss Isabelle Rodgers. Mrs. Hayward and Miss Mary Rodgers survive. Her folks moved to the farm on Chickamauga in 1815.
     She was united in marriage with Samuel Maxon in July, 1839. Mr. Maxon died June 4th, 1853. Five children were born unto them two, Mrs. Lucy Cherrington and Miss Hanna U. Maxon surviving.
     She received a fall November 7, 1897, and from that time until her death never walked a step or stood alone or was able to turn herself in bed, but through her long confinment never murmured or complained.
     She was united with the Old School Presbyterian Church many years ago, and lived a consistently religious life. Her place in all churches was never vacant until failing health compelled it.
     Her life was quiet and retiring, but her hand was always open and ready to bestow charity or perform any deed necessary to relieve trouble or distress, and she never let her right hand know what the left one was doing. She avoided all publicity. God knew, that was enough. She was always cheerful and ever ready with a kindly greeting to those she knew. She was happy in the thought of meeting those she loved. Life lost its charm when talking of her everlasting home. Without a doubt or uncertainty she quietly, peacefully breathed her last as one lying down to peaceful slumber.

[Note by Henny Evans: Lucy Cherrington, born 1836, was actually the daughter of Samuel Maxon's first wife, Lucy McIntosh.]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
February 4, 1899
Transcribed by Romaine Smith Top of Page

Maxon, Hannah Utl

Because of its length, this obituary was put on a separate page.

Maxon, John James

Death of Jno. J. Maxon
     Jno. J. Maxon died at home in this city, at 6 o'clock Saturday morning last, succumbing a victim to the dread fever that he had so long battled with. Mr. Maxon returned some weeks ago from attendance on the Richmond fair, as was his usual custom, suffering from the lingering effects of malaria that he had contracted while there. There was nothing in his condition at that time, however, to excite alarm, and the consciousness of a strong constitution and unusual physique made him thoughtless as to proper care, and unknowingly he invited by exposure the ruthless disease that finally caused his death. The beginning of his last sickness dates from election day and was brought on by exposure on that occasion. The fever soon developed into typhoid, and although his sound physique encouraged his loving family and faithful physicians in the hope that he would be able to baffle it, yet the previous malarial attack had left his system in too weakened a condition to do so.
     Mr. Maxon was one of our prominent citizens, and that he was held in kind regard by the community in which he had lived from birth could be no better shown than by the universal interest and anxiety manifested daily in the news from his bedside and in the very large concourse of friends who assembled to pay tribute at his final obsequios.
     The deceased was in his 42d year, a native of this city, the only son and youngest child of the late Mr. Samuel Maxon. His aged mother and two sisters, Mrs. Wm. Cherrington and Miss Hannah Maxon, survive him. He was married December 31st, 1872, to Miss Genevieve Heisner, oldest daughter of Capt. Jno. and Fanny Heisner. Six children, two boys and four girls, were born of this union, the oldest boy of 15 years old, the youngest a baby boy in arms. All of these survive him, and to their sad affliction they have the heartfelt sympathy of the entire community.
     The funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon, at Presbyterian Church, by Rev. Jno. Moncure and Rev. R.H. Coulter. The burial took place at the old cemetery in charge of undertaker Wetherholt. The pall-bearers were Messrs. Geo. House, Jos. Mullineux, B.T. Enos, Sam A. Dunbar, J.S. Blackaller, Wm. Kling, Ed. W. Vanden and Hollis C. Johnston, Escort, Dr. Jas. A. Lupton and Mr. Geo. D. McIntyre.

[Note: He is buried in Mound Hill Cemetery and was born April 24, 1847 and died December 1, 1888.]

Gallipolis Journal
December 5, 1888
Transcribed by Henny Evans

Maxon, Samuel N.

Sam N. Maxon Dead
Found In Bed In New York Hotel Sunday Noon
     Samuel N. Maxon, brother of J. Heisner Maxon, of Muncie, IN, was found dead in the Wallack Hotel in New York at noon Sunday. He left Muncie Friday night on a business trip apparently in the best of health, arriving in New York Saturday evening.
     The cause of his death is not yet known here but Capt. Verne Bovie is making an investigation of it.
The body left New York this Monday afternoon and will arrive in Gallipolis Tuesday evening or Wednesday noon. It will be in charge of Hayward.
     The funeral will be in St. Peter's Church Wednesday at 1:30, with the Rev. Mr. Day of Muncie in charge.
The deceased was next in age to Heisner and was raised in Gallipolis.

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

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Monday April 4, 1919
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Maxon, Thomas

Death of Thomas Maxon
     Mr. Thomas Maxon, an old Gallipolis gentleman, nephew of the late Dr. Darius, Hiram and Samuel Maxon, died suddenly at Huntington, Saturday evening. His wife was Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Ezekiel and Parnell Cheney and sister to Mr. Frank Cheney and Mrs. Julia Billings of this city. Mrs. Billings left Sunday after receiving news to be with her sister. Mr. Maxon left a son, Mr. Oscar Maxon an expert bookkeeper and accountant of New York City and a daughter, Mrs. Maggie Phillips of Avondale, wife of an attorney.
     Mr. Maxon was a warm hearted, genial man, who was a general favorite wherever known. Before the war he carried on a marble shop here, but was burned out, leaving here and going to Ironton, thence to Ashland and to Xenia and returning here and thence to Springfield and Dayton. He had other business besides the marble business, being a general all around trader and finally invented a lifting jack much used on railroads and out of which he made considerable money.
     About two years ago he formed a partnership with a man named Miller and they carried on the business at Huntington, WV. Sometime ago he met with a dreadful accident at Huntington by being struck with a train and his life was despaired of for a long time. It is believed here that it was the cause of his death, though to all appearances he had recovered from it. He was troubled greatly with sore eyes and handicapped by the infirmity, but not withstanding, was full of business and a live man, whose death will be greatly regretted.
     The remains will be bought to Wetherholt's by Tuesday morning train and after remaining there twenty minutes, be taken to Mound Hill for burial.

[Note: Death Certificate..Died Jan. 20, 1900 Huntington, WV. Age 65 Cause of Death: Heart Disease]

Gallipolis Tribune
Jan. 22, 1900
Transcribed by F.K. Brown Top of Page

Maxwell, James Richard

     GALLIPOLIS - James Richard Maxwell, 20, of 23 Berger Ave. Gallipolis, was among the victims of the Silver Bridge disaster. He was an upholsterer for the French Colony Furniture Co. of Gallipolis.
     Born at Gallipolis he was a son Ernest and Melville Lane Maxwell of Gallipolis. He is also survived by his wife, Mrs. Linda Preston Maxwell; two brothers, William and Timothy Maxwell of Gallipolis and five sisters; Mrs. Janet Thomas of Columbus, Mrs. Patty Phillips of Danville, Ky., Mrs. Christine Wray and Mrs. Marilyn Skidmore both of Gallipolis, and Miss Terri Maxwell at home.
     Funeral services will be held at the Miller Funeral Home at 3 p.m. Friday with the Reverend Everett Delaney officiating. Burial will be in the Pine Street Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. Thursday.

Athens Messenger
Dec. 21, 1967
Contributed by Joyce Robinson

Maxwell, Maude R.

Maude R. Maxwell Holzer Hospital Maid Dies 9 a. m.
     Mrs. Maude Rutherford Maxwell, wife of “Steeplejack” William Maxwell, died suddenly about 9 o’clock at their home at 750 First Ave. She had worked at the Holzer Hospital yesterday as usual but sent word this morning she was unable to leave home. She suffered from some pain she attributed to indigestion or some other minor ailment, but Dr. Howard Foster was of the opinion she had succumbed to a coronary thrombosis.

At Hospital 13 Years
      For faithful service and devotion to her family and to her hospital duties, Mrs. Maxwell won the respect and admiration of hundreds who knew something about her life story. She was a maid on the second floor and had been so employed since January, 1934. For every patient she saw she had a kind word and manifested a friendly and sympathetic interest; and today at the hospital all employees are deeply saddened and shocked by her passing.
     Mrs. Maxwell was 54 years old, having been born here March 29, 1892. She was a daughter of Thomas and Gertrude Bratt Rutherford. She and Mr. Maxwell, a painter, were married Sept. 23, 1919, but she was then a widow, her first married name having been White.
     Surviving are the husband, one son, Ernest, who has been in poor health for a year of more, and five little grandchildren, all living under one roof, and all receiving the full measure of love and care during the hours she was at home.
     The body was removed to Claude Miller’s mortuary.

Gallipolis Tribune
3 Oct 1946 Top of Page

Mayes, Alfred

Sergeant Alfred Mayes's Funeral
The funeral of Sgt. Alfred Mayes will be held from the Baptist Church at 2:30 p.m. Thursday and will be conducted by Rev. Mr. Petree. All men who have seen military service in Army and Navy are requested to meet in full uniform at the Elk's Hall at 1 p.m. to attend the funeral. Hayward has charge of the remains which will be interred at the Mound Hill Cemetery.

[Note: Death Certificate..born 1896; died April 21, 1919. Parents A.C. Mayes and Mary Johnston. Single. Discharged Soldier. Cause of death: automobile accident.]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Wednesday, April 23, 1919
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Mayes, Clate

Clate Mayes, aged 56, was instantly killed at 11:20 this forenoon when the front wall of the old brick building between the Miller produce house and the Harmony Creamery establishment tumbled down over the sidewalk. Mayes was buried under the brick and never knew what happened to him, his skull being crushed. The body was taken to Wetherholt's and the coroner sent for. Dr. Holzer was the first physician on the scene.
Mayes had been out of the penitentiary on parole for about two weeks, and was recently sued for divorce by his wife, who, with nine living children survive him. It is thought the heavy rain last night weakened the walls of the building, and the high winds did the rest.

The Gallipolis Daily (Gallipolis, Ohio)
Saturday, March 17, 1917
Transcribed by Ronni Mayes

Mayes, Darlene Kay

Mayes Services
     Funeral services for Darlene Kay Mayes, 13, of Kanauga, a victim of Friday's Silver Bridge tragedy, will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Church of Christ in Christian Union in Point Pleasant. She died in the collapse of the bridge along with her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Victor Turner.
     Miss Mayes was born in Gallipolis, a daughter of Robert and Louella Jarrell Mayes. She was a student at Gallia Academy Junior High School. Surviving in addition to her parents are a brother, Jerry, of Lima; a sister, Connie, at home, and her paternal grandmother, Mrs. Georgia Robbins of Kanauga.
     Friends may call at the Mohr-Stevens Funeral Home after 5 p.m. Tuesday.

Athens Messenger
Dec. 19, 1967
Contributed by Joyce Robinson

Mayes, James Wendell

Mayes, James Wendell -- 58, died early yesterday morning at his home, 313 1/2 Reynolds St. He was a veteran of World War I and a retired stove moulder for the Poling Foundry Co., Columbus, O. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Anna Mayes; four sons, James and Alfred of Gallipolis, O., Robert of Akron O., and Charles with the Army in Germany; a daughter, Helen Marie Mayes, Gallipolis; his mother, Mrs. Mary
Buffington, Charleston; two brothers, Harry and Robert, both of Columbus, O.; two sisters, Mrs. Helen Thomas and Mrs. Elmer Belcher, both of Charleston and three grandchildren. The body is at the
Cunningham Mortuary.

[James W. Mayes was the son of Alfred Clayton Mayes and Mary Ann Johnson, born 17 Jan 1892 in Galliapolis. Buffington was his mother's third husband.]

The Charleston Gazette (Charleston, West Virginia)
July 19, 1950, page 8, column 3.
Transcribed by Ronni Mayes Top of Page

Mayes, Lida Jane

Mrs. Mayes Dies At 82
     Mrs. Lida Jane Mayes, 82, died at 9:05 a.m. Wednesday at the home of a daughter on the Cora-Beaver Rd. She had been ill for a period of two years.
     A native of Putnam county, W. Va., she was born May 18, 1877, to John and Alice Racer Ruby. Prior to coming to Gallia county, she spent most of her life at Scot Depot, W. Va., and at Oak Hill. She was married to L. L. Mayes on July 11, 1894; and he died in May, 1958.
     Surviving are Mrs. Sam Guthrie of Route 1, Gallipolis, Mrs. Ethel Paul, Thayer Mayes, Cecil Mayes, Mrs. Opal McNealey, Van Mayes, Clifton Mayes, Phillip Mayes and Ervin Mayes, all of Charleston, Mrs. Ada Harden of St. Albans, W.Va., Mrs. Pearl Frazier of Oak Hill, Mrs. Lorene Curtis of Jackson, and Mrs. Robie Hodge of Bell, W.Va., children; 20 grandchildren, two brothers and a sister, John and Ervin Ruby and Mrs. Bessie Shanks, all of Scot Depot, W.Va.
     Mrs. Mayes was a member of the Baptist church at St. Albans, W. Va. The body will be sent to the Allen-Castorth Funeral home at St. Albans by the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral home. Services and burial will be at St. Albans.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Thursday, July 23, 1959
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron

Mayse, Clara May Dewitt

Mrs. Mayse Dead
Clara May Dewitt Mayse died of influenza last Thursday at her home in Clay Township, after a two weeks' illness. She was in her 28th year, having been born in Harrison Township, Aug. 17, 1891.
On Nov. 14, 1908, she was married to Elmer Mayse and to them were born two sons, John Truman aged 9 and Elmer Dewitt aged 5 years. Besides her two sons and husband, she is survived by her father, John Dewitt, a sister, Mrs. Richard Brown of Gallipolis, and brothers Wesley and Riley of Gallipolis, Bert of Addison and Isaac Lester of Raccoon Island. She was a member of the Clay Chapel Church. The funeral was held at her home Friday by Rev. R. P. McCarley. The interment following at Clay Chapel by Undertaker Stevers.

[Note: Buried in Clay Chapel Cemetery, Clay Township, date of death from stone: 1919]

Gallipolis newspaper
1919
Transcribed by Joanne Galvin

McAllister, Charles

Stroke Fatal To Charles McAllister

Charles McAllister, who suffered a stroke of paralysis Friday, died early Monday morning in the Holzer hospital. Mr. McAllister, who was a member of the board of education of Cheshire special district, was stricken while attending a meeting of the county boards at the court house. He was fifty two years of age and is survivied by his wife, a son and daughter. He was employed in the shops at Hobson until about a year ago when his failing health caused him to retire. Funeral arrangements are in charge of Rawlings of Middleport.

[Gravel Hill Cemetery stone: 1872-1930]

Gallipolis Paper
1930
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall

McAllister, Charles

Cheshire Man At Board Meeting is Victim of Stroke.

     Charles McAllister, age 57years, passed away suddenly Sunday morning at the Holzer Hospital.
Mr. McAllister, apparently in good health, was attending a meeting of the school board a Gallipolis Friday when he was seized with a stroke of paralysis. He was immediately rushed to the Holzer hospital and died there.
     Mr. McAllister, who lives near Cheshire, was employed at the Hobson shops for a number of years
He is survived by his widow , one son George and one daughter Lillian and one sister, Mrs. Isaac Lambert of Bradbury. A son, John preceded him in death about twelve years ago.
     Funeral services will be held Wednesday at two o'clock at the Methodist church in Cheshire with burial in Gravel Hill cemetery in charge of the Rawlings funeral home., Funeral will be in charge of the Masonic Lodge of Middleport.

[Note: From death certificate: born October 21, 1872, died January 19, 1930.]

Newspaper Unknown
No Date
Gallipolis, Ohio
Transcribed by Margaret Calvin Top of Page

McAllister, Charles

Death Comes Twice in One Family
Charles McAllister
The death of Charles McAllister, an account of which appeared in our Monday evening edition brings to the family of his widow, who was Miss Louise Zuspan, the second death in less than a month. Their sister, Miss Kate Zuspan died Jan. 2nd and Mr. McAllister's death occurred on Jan 18.

[Note: death certificate: Charles McAllister born Oct. 21 1872 in WV; died Jan. 19, 1930 in Gallipolis...age 59 years, 2 months and 28 days. Parents: Allen McAllister and Harriett Michael He was a machinist for the NYC Railroad.]

Gallipolis Paper
January, 1930
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

McBride, Annie

Another Sad Note
Mrs. George D. McBride Called By Death Tuesday
     Mrs. Annie S. McBride, wife of Mr. George D. McBride, passed away at the noon hour Tuesday, June 21, 1910. The funeral services will be at her late home Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, the interment by Hayward at Mound Hill on one of the prettiest lots in that beautiful cemetery.
     Mrs. McBride and Mrs. A.R. Chase were daughters of the late W.R. and Margaret Stevens. After their marriage and the death of their parents their husbands improved the old Stevens homestead on 2nd Avenue between State and Locust and the two families occupied it jointly the sisters and their husbands living together in the greatest happiness.
     Two years ago last March Mrs. Chase was called away after long illness and while her death made sad the happy home and bore upon Mrs. Bride heavily it yet seemed that all was not gone and they tried to forget their sorrow, but in about two months afterward Mrs. McBride was paralyzed by a stroke of apoplexy and though she recovered to a great extent fell into an invalid condition and has been treated with the kindness and consideration of an invalid ever since.
     This morning she was up and about her household duties as usual. The help who had waited upon her left the evening before to be married, it is said, and her husband tried to persuade her to not do much and save her strength until they could get somebody and to prepare a light dinner, but she insisted on having some peas for dinner and was overcome with a second stroke while engaged in preparing them at about 8:30 o'clock.
     Mr Chase was there assisting about and noticed the change that had come over her and notified Mr. McBride at the store, who was home in a few moments and Ms. Karnes and Mrs. Entsminger and physicians were sent for. She was conscious and continued so until about 10 o'clock, her husband understanding everything she said. She then relapsed into a comatose condition and continued until death.
     Mrs. McBride was a handsome lady when young and always known as one of the most excellent ladies our city afforded, good to everyone and especially dear to her household. "She was the best friend I ever had" said her weeping husband and she was a good, kind woman to everyone and the news of her death will be received with regret everywhere she is known. They sympathy of our entire community will go out to the sorrowing husbands, bereft of their loving companionship and the hope entertained that in some way their grief may be alleviated and their hearts comforted.

[Note: Death Certificate..Annie E. McBride born July 1840; died June 21, 1910; aged 70 years.]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Tuesday, June 21, 1910
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

McBride, Annie Stevens

Death of Mrs. Geo. D. M'Bride
Annie Stevens, wife of George D. McBride, passed away at her home in this city Tuesday, June 21, 1910, her death being caused by a stroke of paralysis. Mrs. McBride and the late Mrs. A. R. Chase were daughters of W. B. Stevens and the Chase and McBride families had made their home for many years in the old Stevens residence on Second avenue. About two years ago Mrs. Chase died and shortly after Mrs. McBride suffered a paralytic stroke from which she never fully recovered.
The funeral services were held at her late residence Thursday afternoon by the Rev. D. W. Cox, a former Episcopalian rector here. The following acted as pall-bearers Jos Mullineux, Thos Bell, Frank Ulsamer, C. M. Adams, J. W. Gardner and Robert Coleman. The remains were laid to rest in Mound Hill cemetery by Hayward & Son.

Newspaper Unknown
June 24, 1910
Transcribed by Nancy S. Edwards

McCall, Alec

Death of Mr. Alex McCall
     Mr. Alec McCall, living three miles above Proctorville, died Sunday night of lobar pneumonia. He was a man of high standing with all his acquaintances, being in his 86th year.
     He is survived by one sister, Mrs. Niday, of Third avenue, a daughter, at Proctorville and one at the old home place, also two sons, one residing at Columbus, and the other at Springfield.
     The remains were brought up Monday evening on Str. Bowyer and were taken in charge by Hayward and conveyed this morning to to the old Joe McCall farm. The services will be conducted this afternoon by Rev. John Porter, interment following at the family cemetery.

[Note: he is believed to be buried at the McCall Cemetery in Harrison Township altough there is no marker. 5/18/1828-3/9/1914 from death certificate]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
March 10, 1914
Transcribed by Henny Evans

McCall, Earl

Limb Falls, Kills Earl McCall, 61
     Ernest McCall of near Mercerville has received further particulars about the accidental death of his brother, Earl, which occurred at Quincy, Calif., on Jan. 8. The first message, a telegram, told but little.
Earl McCall, a lumberman, succumbed to injuries received when a falling limb from a tree struck him.
     Interment was made in the Quincy cemetery. Decedent was in his 62nd year, having been born in this county Sept. 7, 1881. He went to California 35 years ago and had not been here on a visit for about 30 years. He owned several mines.
     Mr. McCall never married but is survived by these sisters and brothers, in addition to the brother mentioned: Mrs. O. W. Dickey, Gallipolis; George McCall, Bangor, Calif.; Mrs. William Beck, Erie, Pa.; Grover C., Pulaski, Va.

[Note: From California Death Index/Ancestry date of death January 8, 1943 in Plumas County; mother's maiden name Smith.]

Newspaper (prob. January 1943, Gallipolis) clipping found in the Simmerman files, McCall file, Bossard Library.
Transcribed by Lynn Anders Top of Page

McCall, Etta M.

Mrs. Etta McCall Dies Early Sunday; Rites Wednesday
     Seriously ill for the past 4 1/2 weeks and in failing health for several years, Mrs. Etta M. McCall, 76, died at her home, 620 Third Ave., at 1:45 a.m. Sunday. Her death was attributed to complications.
     A daughter of the late Brice H. and Samantha Wilcoxen Sheets, Mrs. McCall was born in Guyan Twp. and spent her entire life in the county. She married Claudie McCall and spent most of her married life in the Clay Lick community. Mr. McCall died March 3, 1933, and she moved to Gallipolis after that. Prior to her marriage, she was employed for 14 years at the Ohio Hospital for Epileptics.
     Mrs. McCall was a member of the Northern Baptist Church, the Eastern Star, Gallia Council 114, Daughters of America, and the Daughters of Union Veterans.
     She leaves a foster daughter, Mrs. Merrill McCormick of Portsmouth Rd.; two sisters, Mrs. Emma Bevan of Gallipolis and Mrs. Nancy Hineman of Crown City; and two brothers, Alfonso Sheets of Crown City and Silas Sheets of Huntington. Two brothers and three sisters preceded her in death.
     Funeral services will be held from the Baptist church here at 2 p.m. Wednesday with the Revs. Earl Cremeens and Charles Lusher officiating. Burial will be in Mound Hill Cemetery under the direction of Clarence Waugh. Friends may call at the Waugh Funeral Home until the funeral hour.
     The Daughters of America will conduct rites of their order at the funeral home Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. They requested Daughters of the Union Veterans members to also attend the rites.

[Note: From death certificate date of birth May 25, 1872; date of death March 20, 1949.]

Newspaper (prob. March 1949) clipping found in the Simmerman files, McCall file, Bossard Library.
Transcribed by Lynn Anders

McCall, James

James McCall, Aged Farmer, Died Today
Strokes Seven Weeks Ago Proved Fatal-Rites At Son's Home Sunday
     James H. McCall, a venerable farmer and lifelong resident of the county, died at 1:45 this morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Virgil B. Carter, at Northup where he had been bedfast for seven weeks following two paralyzing strokes.
     He was nearing his eighty-fourth birthday- Sept. 17 - but despite his advanced age had been active and all his life was very industrious and thrifty. During his lifetime he had owned many acres of land in Green and Harrison townships.
     On October 3, 1877 he was married to Lucinda C. Folden who preceded him in death twenty years ago. To them were born six children of whom four survive: Arthur of Conover, O.; Mrs. Glen E. Tope, Prague, Okla.; Emmett of Green township and Mrs. Virgil Carter at whose home he died.
     The body will be taken to the home of Emmett McCall on Saturday evening where it may be viewed by friends until the hour of the funeral, 10 a.m. Sunday. The services will be conducted there also by Rev. Charles W. Fry of the Patriot charge with burial following in the Houck cemetery by A. E. Tope.

[Note: From death certificate date of birth September 17, 1856; date of death July 7, 1939; father Alexander McCall; mother Lucinda Howell.]

Newspaper (prob. July 7, 1939, Gallipolis) clipping found in the Simmerman files, McCall file, Bossard Library.
Transcribed by Lynn Anders Top of Page

McCall, Mabel E.

Word has been received by the Tribune of the May 22 death of Mabel E. McLaughlin McCall, 64, Indio, Calif, a former Gallipolis resident. Services were held May 26 at White Emerson Mortuary with burial in Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, Calif.
Surviving are her husband, John Reuben McCall; two daughters, Mary Lou Garrison of Whittier, and Patty Loar of Sunnymead, Calif; two sons, John Jr., of Whittier and Elmer "Bill" of Idio; 23 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; and two brothers, Johnnie McLaughlin of Toledo and Clarence McLaughlin of Gallipolis.

[Note: Died May 22, 1983]

Gallipolis Daily Tribue
1983
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall

McCall, Rachel Jean

Death of Small Child
Mr. and Mrs. E.O. McCall lost their 6 month old child Thursday after a short illness at their home on Clay Lick. Burial was held (this) Saturday.

[Note: Death Certificate...born July 7, 1924; died Nov. 27, 1924; 5 months and 20 days of age. Parents: Edward O. McCall and Margaret Shoemaker. Burial Mount Hill Cemetery. Cause of death: Intussusception.]

Gallipolis Tribune
Dec. 5, 1924
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

McCall, Rebecca

Mrs. Cyrus McCall, Aged 78, Passes At Bloomdale, O.
     Mrs. Cyrus McCall, who was born and spent nearly all her years in Green tp., died at 7:30 last evening at Bloomdale, Wood county, Ohio. She went there to live with her brother, Buell Russell, in September, 1937, or soon after the death of her husband.
     She was formerly Rebecca Russell, daughter of the late Buell and Sophia Russell of near Northup. She was born Feb. 15, 1860. She had no children and her one brother is the last survivor of his generation of the family.
     Mr. Russell, who arrived here today, said the funeral will be held at Centenary at 1 o'clock Wednesday p.m., with Rev. Thomas Taylor in charge if available. Burial there by W.W. Pmillips [sic- Phillips].

[Note: From death certificate date of death December 4, 1938; mother Sophia Daniels.]

Newspaper (prob. December 1938, Gallipolis) clipping found in the Simmerman files, McCall file, Bossard Library.
Transcribed by Lynn Anders

McCalla, Bessie Lorain Martindill

     Bessie Lorain Martindill McCalla was born at Ashland, Kentucky, April 16, 1880, and departed this life March 7, 1915. She was united in marriage with Mr. Maurice McCalla of Swan Creek on Jan. 31, 1900, at Gallipolis. She leaves to mourn her departure, husband and four children, parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Martindill of Swan Creek and one brother, Dr. Edwin M. Martindill of Huntington.
     Practically all of her life was spent at Swan Creek, and her last resting place is in the beautiful churchyard cemetery there. Her death came as a great shock after five days of suffering sweetly and patiently borne, and her going leaves a dreadful void which never can be filled. Mrs. McCalla was a noble woman, a devoted wife, mother, daughter and sister, and her cheerful disposition won all hearts.
     The funeral services were conducted at Swan Creek Church Tuesday afternoon by Rev. J. W. McConnell of Raccoon Island, and were largely attended by neighbors and friends who all had a word of sympathy for the sorrowing ones.

Gallipolis paper
March 7, 1915
Transcribed by Irene Blamer

McCalla, Bessie

Died After Long Illness
     Mrs. Bessie McCalla, wife of Mr. Morris McCalla of Swan Creek, and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Martindale, died Saturday night after long illness. Her husband, four children and a brother, Dr. Ed Martindale of Lawrence County, survive her.
     The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon at Swan Creek church by Rev. McConnell.

[Note tombstone gives dates of 1880-1915]

Gallipolis paper
1915
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall                                                                         Top of Page

McCalla, John W.

John W. McCalla, Nearly 57, Dies Early Sunday
Funeral is Set for 10:30 [A,M,] Tuesday At Ohio Chapel
     John Wesley McCalla, aged 56, died at 3 o'clock Sunday morning at his home back of Clipper Mills, after a lingering illness. He never fully recovered from an operation he underwent a year ago, it is said, and there was a turn for the worse in his condition two or three weeks ago.
     Mr. McCalla's adult years were spent in the community where he died. He was a son of the late Morris and Sarah McCalla and was born Jan. 28, 1886.
     On April 5, 1911, he married Blanche Chevalier, a daughter of Charles Chevalier and to them were born 12 children. All but one of these survive and they are; Edna McCalla and Mrs. Myrtie Bauer, both of Columbus; Mrs. Lois Sironko, Everett, WA; Frank, who is in the U.S. Navy, somewhere in the Pacific; John Jr and Bessie, Gallipolis; Nellie, Muriel, Pauline, Mary Jean and Patsy, all at home. Also surviving are two sisters and a brother; Mrs. Chauncey Thivener, Clipper Mills; Mrs. Louis Sheeley, Manchester, Ohio and a brother, William McCalla, Bellefontaine, Ohio. There are three grandchildren, Betty ad Phillip Arrington and Max McCalla.
     Funeral will be held at 10:30 Tuesday at Ohio Chapel, with Rev. Earl Cremeens and Rev. H.W. DeWolfe in charge. Burial in Mt. Zion Cemetery in Ohio Township by C.H. Halley.

[Note: died 1941]

Gallipolis Paper
No date
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

McCalla, Lulu B.

Lula Blance McCalla, 99, of South State Route 7, Clipper Mill community, died Saturday, March 28, 1992, at Scenic Hills Nursing Care Center. She was born Nov. 14, 1892 in Clipper Mill, daughter of the late Charles and Naomi Baker Chevalier. She was a homemaker and a meber of the Christ United Methodist Church.

Survivors include six daughers, Mrs. Myrtle Bauer of Inverness, Fla., Mrs Kerr (Muriel) Myers of Commercial Point, Mrs Gene (Pauline ) Winfough of Grove City, Mrs. Nellie Jenkins of Huntington, W.Va. Mrs Willis (Joy) Fanin, Grove City, and Mrs. Lois Collinger of Louisville, Ky. two sons John E. McCalla and Frank McCalla, both of Gallipolis; 24 grandchildren; 36 great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Wesley McCalla in December 1941; three daughters, Bess Gillispie, Mary Jean Galbreath and Edna F. Seat; and one son, Charles Maurice McCalla.

Services will be held 1p.m. Tuesday at Christ United Methodist Church, with Rev. Scot Ocke and the Rev. Michael W. Smith officiating. Burial will be in Mount Zion Cemetery, Ohio Township. The body will be taken to the church one hour prior to services on Tuesday. Friends may call at the Cremeens Funerla Chapel from 69 Monday. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune

Transcribed by Marian Baker Schoonover Top of Page

McCalla, Marian

     Marian McCalla, son of Maurice and Sarah McCalla was born in Adams Co. O., Feb. 26, 1878 died at his home near Gallipolis May 12, 1911 aged 33 years, 2 months and 10 days. He had been ill with tubercular and bronchial trouble for some months and was unable to talk for several weeks prior to his death.
     Dr. C. G. Parker attended him and loving hands did all things possible to rescue him from the fatal disease, relieve his suffering and make his last hours pleasant. We have known Marian since the family located in Gallia Co., several years ago and can truthfully say that he was an exception of a young man, excellent christian character, kind and quiet and well spoken of by all who knew him best.
     He leaves a father, three brothers and two sisters and many friends in whose memory his kind words and loving deeds can never die. His body was laid to rest beside his mother and sister at Mr. Zion church Saturday morning by Hayward and son. Brothers and cousins acting as pall bearers. Funeral by Rev. S. S. Denney.

Gallipolis paper
May 12, 1911
Transcribed by Irene Blamer

McCalla, Morris

Morris McCalla, Produce Dealer, Died Thursday
Funeral Being Held At Mt. Zion Near Swan Creek
     Morris Perry McCalla, aged 60, died Thursday morning in Memorial Hospital, Huntington, following a brief illness.
     When a young man he came to this county with other members of the family from near Manchester, Adams county, where he was born May 17, 1880. Here he engaged in shipping livestock and produce, traveling between Cincinnati and Pittsburgh and becoming well known among rivermen. In December, 1917, Mr. McCalla established a produce business at the Huntington city market and continued with it till his death.
     Surviving are his widow, Georgia McCalla; two sons, A. L. McCalla of Charleston and Max of Ola, Arkansas; a daughter, Eileen Wahneeta of Huntington; five grandchildren, Billie, Marie, Julia Lou, Conard M., Lorraine and John E. Freshcorn; and two brothers, John McCalla of near Gallipolis and Rev. W. A. of Belle Center; two sisters, Mrs. Chaucey Thevenin of Clipper Mills and Mrs. Sam Sheely of Manchester.
     Funeral services are being held this afternoon at Mr. Zion church near Swan Creek. Active pall bearers are Jeff Withers, Gay Waugh, Wilbut Waugh, Jim Hannan, Ira Neal and Wick Ritchie. Honorary pall bearers: W. B. Peebles, Homer Bradley, Fred Kaiser, Thurmond Mounts, Morris Blake, T. O. Wikel, A. C. Simpson, Ed Bates. Elza Baldwin, Theo Love, Smalley Conrad, J. Templeton, Don Pemberton, Percy Watson, Donald Jock, C. O. Blake, Clarence Wats, C. Boling, Mack Adkins, Bert Fulks, Roswell Eaton, W.M DeWese, Walter Davis, Dell Singer, Buster McNeeley, P. T. Taylor, C. Bruce Taylor, Sherd Mullins, Luke Scaggs, Joe Cook, Jim Lettingwell, John Jerrel, Robert McCormick, Carl Pratt, Everett Carico.

[Note: date of death from stone: 1940]

Gallipolis newspaper
1940
Transcribed by Joanne Galvin

McCarley, Arrilla Straight

Arrilla Straight McCarley
     Mrs. Rilla McCarley, 87, Gallipolis Rt 2, widow of the Rev. R.P. McCarley who died in 1946, died Thursday afternoon in Holzer Hospital where she had been a patient for two hours. She had been ill for several weeks with a heart condition.
     Born in Flag Springs Jan 20, 1879, she was the daughter of the late Lewis and Mary Ellen Waddell Straight. She died November 10, 1966, at 87 yrs. 9mo. 20 ds. She was a member of the Ohio Valley Methodist church and a member of the WSCS of the church. She was a charter member and helped to organize the Ohio Valley Grange. She and her late husband were active in both state and national Grange work. She married Rev. McCarley May 13, 1899.
     Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Basil Mildred Evans, Gallipolis Rt 2, with whom she resided; a grandson, Billy Gene Evans and a granddaughter, Mrs. Zelma Vance, both of Gallipolis, and four great grandchildren. A brother John and two sisters, Sally and Jane Straight, preceded her in death.
     Funeral serviced will be held Sunday at 2:30 PM at the Ohio Chapel Methodist Church by the Rev. Earl Cremeens and the Rev. Jack Stutler. Burial will be in the Mound Hill Cemetery. The body is being taken from the Miller Funeral Home to the home of the daughter where friends may call after 7 pm Friday.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
November 10, 1966
Transcribed by Cheryl A. Enyart                                                                       Top of Page

McCarley, Ethel May

     And so the Hands of the Clock of Life stopped for our dear friend, Miss Ethel May McCarley, when she passed quietly away Tuesday morning, November 12, at the Medical Center Hospital on 4th Avenue, Gallipolis, Ohio. She had suffered a thrombosis Saturday night at the home of Mrs. Garnet Betz on 2nd Avenue in Gallipolis; where she had lived happily for the past several months.
     Miss McCarley, "Ethel: as she was lovingly and familiarly known, was born Dec. 17, 1891, the eldest of three children of Thomas E. and Luella Lackey McCarley. Her early life was spent on the farm near Rio Grande where she later returned to care for her ailing parents.
     Survivors are her brother, Elmer, of Rio Grande, two nephews, three nieces and several grand-nephews and nieces. She was preceded in death by her parents and her younger sister, Mary Mildred (Mrs. Ralph Palmer of near Urbana, Ohio). The death of this dearly loved sister was a severe blow to her.
     She attended the Rio Grande schools and was graduated from Rio Grande College in 1912. Her teaching career began in Gallia County in the Bidwell and Vinton High Schools and later she taught in other counties. Always interested in her chosen profession, she continued her education by obtaining a Bachelor of Science degree in 1915 from Ohio University and in 1928 a Bachelor of Arts degree from the same institution.
     She was a member of the Simpson Chapel United Methodist Church of Rio Grande and was faithful in attendance as long as her health permitted.

Gallipolis Paper
No date
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

McCarley, Etta

Death of Mrs. McCarley
     Mrs. Etta McCarley, wife of Mr. John McCarley living between Harrisburg and Rio Grande, and sister-in-law to Mrs. Bert McCarley who died recently, died this morning (Wednesday.) She is a niece of Mr. Sam Shires and she died after he left. He had heard of her not being well, but she was a large robust woman and he had no idea of her death.
     She was a daughter of Mr. Peter Myers of Adamsville. She is survived by two daughters and her husband, and two brothers, Ed and Fred Myers and Mrs. Kate Shoemaker and Mrs. Connie McDonald of Jackson and her parents.
     She was a member of the Harrisburg Free Baptist Church and was a fine woman and nursed her sister-in-law, Mrs. Bert McCarley, all through her illness. Here are two brothers losing their wives inside of two weeks.

[Note: Born Feb 20, 1868 - Died Dec 28, 1910 Buried Calvary Baptist Cemtery]

Gallipolis Bulletin
Dec 30, 1920
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall

McCarley, Jessie Stewart

Death Claims Mrs. McCarley This Morning
Funeral Services Will Be Conducted At Olive Church At 2 Sunday
     Mrs. Jessie Stewart McCarley, wife of N. S. (Stephen) McCarley, Gallipolis R.D. 2 (Alexander community), died at the Holzer Hospital at 3 o'clock this morning. She was brought to the hospital the first of the week but had long been ill. Death was attributed to cancer of the liver. Decedent was nearing her 59th birthday, having been born Oct. 2, 1870, the daughter of the late John T. Stewart. Her mother, now Mrs. Nellie Powell, is living at Osborne, O.
     On June 5, 1905, she was married to Mr. McCarley. They never had any children. Surviving brothers and sisters are Claude Stewart, Gallipolis; Charles Stewart, Bidwell R.D. 1; Rhoda, Alice and Archie, all of Osborne; Willie, Dan, Gomer and Mrs. Alberta Summers, all of Dayton.
     Mrs. McCarley was a member of the Flag Springs M. E. church. Funeral services will be held at Olive church near Cadmus at 2 o'clock Sunday, probably in charge of Rev. O. L. Hall of Wellston. Burial at the same place by J. L. Coleman.

[Note: Year of death from her gravemarker 1939.]

Newspaper unknown
From the collection of and transcribed by Debbie Carter Evans

McCarley, Margaret

Mrs. McCarley Dead
Mrs. Margaret McCarley, 70 years of age, widow of Washington McCarley, died Sunday at her home near Cadmus of leakage of the heart. She leaves several adult children. The funeral was Wednesday at Olive M. E. Church by Rev. Hall, the interment following by Undertaker Tope.

The Gallia Times
November 18, 1920
Transcribed by Margaret Calvin Top of Page

McCarley, Nathaniel Washington

Gallia Man Dies In Springfield
Funeral services for the late Washington McCarley will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday at Mt. Olive Church, near Cadmus, by his nephew, Rev. R.P. McCarley, Clipper Mill. Mr. McCarley, who was a native of Walnut Township, this county, died Friday at the home of his son, Pierce McCarley in Springfield. A.E. Tope will be in charge of the funeral, going up to Springfield Saturday for the body.

[Note: Death Certificate...Nathaniel W. McCarley born Feb. 6, 1845 in Gallia County; died Feb. 16, 1928 in Springfield, Clark County, Ohio; aged 83 years and 10 days. Parents: John McCarley and Nancy Boggs. Wife: Mary. Burial Mt. Olive Cemetery as Nathaniel W.]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Feb. 18, 1928
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

McCarley, Oley

Oley McCarley, son of Mr. and Mrs. John McCarley of Glenn, this county, died at Camp Sherman Friday of pneumonia. His body was sent home Monday and the burial was held the same afternoon at Mt. Olive, interment by Kerr Butler of Vinton.
The family have the sympathy of all in their loss of their soldier son.

[Note: 3/13/1894 - 10/4/1918; WWI 32nd Co. 8th Tr. Bat. Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, Ohio]

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

McCarley, Susan

Mrs. Susan McCarley, widow of the late John McCarley, died on Saturday, last. She was 75 years old and a lady much respected and with many friends. Funeral services were held on Sunday. Interment at the family burying ground near Vinton.

The Gallipolis Bulletin
Saturday, October 27, 1894
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron Top of Page

McCartney, Mary Ann

     Mary Ann Hall McCartney, daughter of Jesse and Mary Hall, was born in Jackson County, Ohio, March 9, 1844 and passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. N.E. McCarley, April 4, 1922, aged seventy-eight years and twenty-five days.
     She was married to J.F. McCartney in Feb. 1862, who preceded her to the Great Beyond May 23, 1917. To their union were born six children, five girls and one boy, two of the children dying in infancy. One daughter, Mrs. Herbert Winkles, preceded her to the unknown land, in 1900. The children living are: Mrs. Addie Drummond of Hanging Rock, Ohio; Mrs. Effie Aleshire of Klamath Falls, Oregon and Mrs. N.E. McCarley of Gallia, Ohio.
     She also leaves ten grandchildren, five great grandchildren, two half sisters, one half brother and a host of relatives and friends to mourn her loss.
     She was converted in early life and united with the Palestine Baptist Church, but later transferred her membership to Sandfork Baptist Church, where she remained a member until her death. She was always in her place in Church and Sunday School, when her health would permit. SHe had been in failing health for some time, but had been able to attend to her household duties until the morning of April 4, when she was suddenly called away.
     She was a devoted mother and grandmother. Nothing that she could possibly do was too hard for her when any of her loved ones were sick or in trouble.
    For thirteen years she had faithfully cared for a sister-in-law who is now left behind. One of her chief characteristics was her kindness to the poor and needy. She will be missed not only by her relatives, but a host of friends who will not soon forget her kindness to them in the past.

We can truly say:
"We sorrow not as those who have no hope.
This life of mortal breath
There is no death, what seems so is transition;
Is but a suburb of the life Elysian
Whose portals we call death."

The funeral of Mrs. McCartney was held Thursday, April 6, at the Sandfork Baptist Church. Rev. O.L. Hall had charge of the funeral service and Wm. P. Phillips was the Undertaker.
Mrs. McCartney was greatly loved and respected by all who knew her. She spent much of her time in taking care of the sick and needy. Her desire to live was that she might be of service to others.

[Note: Buried in Sandfork Cemetery.]

Gallia Times
April 13, 1922
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

McClain, Rachel

Death of Mrs. McClain
Mrs. Rachel McClain, a widow of Chambersburg, died Sunday morning. She was the daughter of the late Wes Wright and about 60 years of age. She left two daughters, Mrs. Jean Robinson and Miss Emma McClain at home.
Her funeral services were conducted today by Rev. H.E. Brill at Bethel M.E. Church and burial by Weatherholt at the Bethel graveyard. She was called by everyone a fine woman and had many friends.

[Note: Death Certificate - Rachel McClain born 1847; died Dec. 19, 1897 Ohio Township, Gallia County, Ohio; age 50.]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
December 20, 1897
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

McClaskey, Bryce

     PORTER - Bryce McClaskey, 82, a resident of this community, died Friday afternoon in the Holzer Medical Center. [March 5, 1976] He was born at Rowlesville, Ohio, son of the late Charles and Ella Hutchinson McClaskey.
     He is survived by his wife, the former Dale Russell McClaskey; a daughter, Mrs. Bruce (Virginia) Stout, Rt. 1, Bidwell; three sons, Pearl Wayne McClaskey, Ewington; Marshall McClaskey, Junction City, Ohio, and Colby McClaskey, Norwalk, Ohio; 15 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Seven children, four brothers and two sisters preceded him in death.
     He was a member of the Porter United Methodist Church and Gallipolis Odd Fellows Lodge.
     Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday from the McCoy-Moore Funeral Home with Rev. Charles Lusher officiating. Burial will be in Vinton Memorial Park. Visitation will be held at the funeral home from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. today.

Gallipolis Sunday Times Sentinel
March 7, 1976
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron Top of Page

McClaskey, Colby H.

     Colby H. (Mac) McClaskey, 71, of Norwalk, died Friday, Dec. 6, 1991, at his home. He was born on Feb. 17, 1920 in Vinton, son of the late Bryce and Dale (Russell) McClaskey.
     He was an operating engineer for the A. J. Baltes Construction Company of Norwalk for 20 years and was a member of the International Union of Operating Engineers. The World War II veteran, who served in the U.S. Army, was also a member of the VFW Post 2743 of Norwalk and of the Sch-Loe-Man American Legion Post 547 of Monroeville.
     Also preceding him in death were two brothers. Survivors include two step-daughters, Mrs. Linda Feltis of Collins and Mrs. Pam Lodermeier of Willard; one stepson, Ken Bergstedt of Norwalk; six step-grandchildren; one sister, Virginia Stout of Vinton; one brother Marshall McClaskey of Florida (city unknown); and several nieces and nephews.
     Services will be Thursday at 11 a.m. at the Kubach-Smith Funeral Home, 314 E. Main St., Norwalk. The Rev. Fred Wiechers of St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church of Norwalk will officiate. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery in Norwalk, where the VFW Post 2743, will conduct graveside military honors.
Friends may call at the funeral home Wednesday from 2 to 4 p.m. and from 6 to 8 p.m.
     Memorial contributions, if desired, may be given to the American Cancer Society’s Huron County unit, P.O. Box 532, Norwalk, OH 44857.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Thursday, December 10, 1991
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron

McClaskey, Marshall C.

     Marshall C. McClaskey, 72, Bidwell, died Tuesday, Sept. 12, 1995 in St. Mary’s Hospital, Huntington, W. Va. Born May 18, 1923 in Vinton, son of the late Bryce and Samma Dale Russell McClaskey, he retired in 1978 as an employee of the Ohio Department of Corrections in Chillicothe and Junction City.
     A U.S. Army veteran of the Pacific Theater during World War II, he was a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church, and a former 4-H leader of the Porter Explorers Club.
     Surviving are his wife, Delcie Reynolds McClaskey, whom he married Dec. 24, 1942 in Gallipolis; a daughter, Barbara Sue Regent of Orlando, Fla.; a son, Ronald McClaskey of Fort Myers, Fla.; two grandchildren, Shawn McClaskey, with the U.S. Marine Corps in San Diego, Calif., and Sheri McClaskey of Fort Myers; and a sister, Virginia Stout of Porter.
     He was also preceded in death by three brothers, Pearl Wayne McClaskey, Colby McClaskey and Robert McClaskey.
     Services will be 1 p.m. Friday in the McCoy-Moore Funeral Home, Vinton. Burial will be in the Vinton Memorial Park. Friends may call at the funeral home from 6-9 p.m. Thursday. Military graveside rites will be conducted by American Legion Post 161, Vinton.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Wednesday, Sept. 13, 1995
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron Top of Page

McClaskey, Pearl Wayne

     Pearl Wayne McClaskey, 64, a resident of Ewington, died in Holzer Medical Center Monday evening. [Dec. 13, 1982]
     A retired heavy construction worker, Mr. McClaskey was born August 2, 1918, in Marion, Ohio, son of the late Clarence Bryce and Samma Dale Russell McClaskey. He married Virginia Roberts July 5, 1941, in McArthur. She survives, along with seven sons and one daughter: James W. and Pearl K., both of Columbus; Robert, Gary, Mark Allen, all of Vinton; Daniel, U.S. Army in Germany; Colby Dale, at home and Mrs. Charles (Sandra) Burris, Vinton. Also surviving are two brothers, Colby, Norwalk, Ohio and Marshall, Naples, Fla.; one sister, Mrs. Shirley (Virginia) Stout, Rt. 3, Bidwell, and 11 grandchildren.
Mr. McClaskey was preceded in death by one brother. He was a member of the Church of Christ in Christian Union in Ewington, and Vinton American Legion Post No. 161.
     Funeral services will b e held 1 p.m. Thursday at the Church of Christ in Christian Union with Rev. Tom Rhoads officiating. Burial will be in Vinton Memorial Park. Friends may call at the McCoy-Moore Funeral Home in Vinton on Wednesday from 6 until 9 p.m. The body will lie in state at the church one hour prior to the services.

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

McClaskey, Robert Leonard

Vinton Man Victim Of Electrocution
Bob McClaskey Hits 7,200 Volt Line In Scioto
     Robert Leonard McClaskey, 27, Vinton, a veteran of the Korean War and for the past six years employed by Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co., was electrocuted Thursday afternoon when he came in contact with a 7,200 volt line near Rarden, ten miles east of Peebles, in the northwest corner of Scioto county.
McClaskey was one of a nine-man crew operating out of the Middleport division on maintenance work. The men were replacing cross arms and poles on the Peebles-McDermott line, which carries two circuits, a 33,000 volt transmission line and the lower voltage distribution line with which the victim made contact. He was working on a pole at the time.
     Artificial respiration was administered for three hours by members of the crew, and McClaskey was taken to a Portsmouth hospital, where he was reported dead on arrival.
     The accident victim was born at Vinton, Aug. 9, 1926, the son of Brice and Dale Russell McClaskey, who survive, and are residents of Porter. He was graduated in 1944 from Vinton High School and served in the armed forces in Korea.
     He was united in marriage to the former Phyllis Harder of Ewington on April 25, 1953. They were the parents of one son, Cletus Richard. Other survivors are a sister and three brothers, Mrs. Virginia Stout, Colby Howard, and Marshall, all of Porter, and Pearl Wayne of Ewington.
     Funeral services will be held at the Vinton Baptist Church at 4 p.m. Sunday, with Rev. William H. Green officiating, assisted by Rev. William Turner. Burial will be in Vinton Memorial Park under the direction of the McCoy Funeral Home. Friends may call at McCoy’s until 5 p.m. Saturday, when the body will be taken to the late residence in Vinton, where it will remain until shortly before the funeral hour.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Friday, July 22, 1955
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron Top of Page

McClaskey, Samma Dale Russell

     BIDWELL - Samma Dale McClaskey, 86, a resident of Rt. 1, Bidwell, died at 9:30 a.m. Saturday in the Holzer Medical Center. She was born June 1, 1894, in Morgan Twp. to the late Samuel and Ida Dyke Russell. She married Bryce McClaskey Aug. 5, 1913 in Point Pleasant. He preceded her in 1976.
     She is survived by three sons and a daughter, Pearl Wayne of Ewington; Colby of Norwalk, Marshall of Rt. 1, Bidwell, and Mrs. Bruce (Virginia) Stout, Rt. 1, Bidwell. She was preceded by one daughter and five sons, and one sister. There are also 15 grandchildren, six step-grandchildren, and 15 great-grandchildren surviving.
     She was a member of the Porter United Methodist Church. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday from the McCoy-Moore Funeral Home in Vinton with burial following in Vinton Memorial Park. Friends may call at the funeral home from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. today.

Gallipolis Sunday Times Sentinel
September 14, 1980
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron Top of Page

McClaskey, Thomas M.

Served as Head of County Home Nearly Decade
Three Sons And One Daughter Survive
Thomas M. McClaskey, for 10 years superintendent of the County Home, died at 3:20 this morning at the home of his son, Heber, first door below the Baptist parsonage on Third Avenue.
A week ago he was brought to his son's home. His condition was then deemed hopeless. He became seriously ill in January--so serious that he was prompted to resign the official position--and his death come on the second day after he and Mrs. McClaskey had been succeeded as superintendent and matron by Mr & Mrs. John J. Rees.

Native of Morgan
     Mr. McClaskey's death was due to a complication of heart and kidney ailments of long duration. He would have been 69 years old on April 20, next.
     Decedent was born in Morgan Township, a son of James and Demarius Carpenter McClaskey. He was twice married. His first wife was Pluma E. Ward of the same township. They were married May 1, 1893, by Squire E.H. Robinson. She died leaving one daughter, Susan, now the wife of John R. Lusher of Mercerville.
On May 1, 1901, Mr. McClaskey and Mrs. Phoebe Longstreth Halliday were married by Squire J.M. Robinson.
     They are survived by three sons, besides Heber, Clayton McClaskey, Gallipolis, Homer, who is in the army and stationed at Des Moines, IA; Loren who moved from Chillicothe to Findley about 1 year ago. There are 10 surviving grandchildren and these three brothers, Charles, living at Marion; Homer, Vinton and John at Racine.
     Mr. McClaskey was extensively acquainted in the county before his appointment as head of the County Home on April 1, 1927. As a young man he was a member of a railway section crew. He farmed in Morgan and later moved to Turkey Run and then to Cheshire and conducted a meat market there. For some years he was a salesman of imported horses for a Maryland concern.
     Mr. McClaskey was a member of the First Baptist Chuch here and of the Knights of Pythias. He was a genial, kindly man, devoted and indulgent in his family life, attentive and considerate in looking after the elderly and helpless persons committed to his care and a useful and worthy citizen.
Funeral arrangments will not be completed until after the arrival of Homer; but burial will be by H.K. Butler of Vinton.

[Note: Thomas McClaskey born April 20, 1868; died March 2, 1937; aged 68 years, 11 months and 13 days. Burial: Memorial Cemetery, Vinton]

Gallipolis Paper
March, 1937
From the Debbie Carter Evans Collection
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

McClellan, Hazel

     Hazel McClellan, 42, 90 Hubbard Ave., Gallipolis (Kanauga), died Friday, Sept. 16, 1994 in Holzer Medical Center. Born April 12, 1952, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Elaine Runyon.
     Surviving are her husband, Jack D. McClellan, whom she married Jan. 8, 1966; two sons, Timothy (Cindy) McClellan of Gastonia, N.C., and Christopher (Staci) McClellan, both of Gallipolis; two daughters, Nora McClellan and Elaine McClellan of Gallipolis; six grandchildren; and two brothers, Frank Runyon of Gastonia, and James Runyon of Gallipolis. She was also preceded in death by a brother.
     Services will be 2 p.m. Sunday in the McCoy-Moore Funeral Home Wetherholt Chapel, Gallipolis, with the Rev. Eugene Harmon officiating. Burial will be in the Centenary Cemetery.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
September 18 1994
Transcribed by Irene Hively Blamer Top of Page

McClellan, Dr. James S.

Death of a Former Resident
Word reached Gallipolis Wednesday of the death of Dr. James S. McClellan at his home in Bellaire Wednesday morning, May 16, 1923, at 10 o'clock after a few days illness. He was the son of the late Andrew and Sarah McClelland and family resided here.
He is survived by his wife and daughter, Mrs. James Robinson of Bellaire and three sisters, Mrs. Mary Gatewood and Mrs. William Schoenlain of Pomeroy and Mrs. George Mohr of Columbus. The funeral will be held at his late home Friday afternoon.

[Note: Death Certificate..born June 8, 1855 Gallipolis]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
May 17, 1923
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

McClintock, Virginia

     Services were to be held today at 10 a.m. in the Denton Funeral Home Chapel for Virginia McClintock, 82, 1017 Eddy, who died Tuesday (Sept. 22, 1992) at Guadalupe Medical Center.
     The Rev. Herb Orrell of Epworth United Methodist Church was to officiate; burial was to follow in Carlsbad Cemetery.
     Mrs. McClintock was born July 1, 1910, in Gallipolis, Ohio. She married James E. McClintock March 15, 1930, in Ripley, N.Y. She was employed as a bank teller in Cleveland for 19 years before retiring in 1971, when they moved to Carlsbad. She was a member of the American Iris Society Organization.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
September 28, 1992
Transcribed by Irene Hively Blamer

McClure, Adam C.

A.C. McClure, Pioneer, Dead at Crown City
Leaves Widow, Children, Grandchildren and Great Grandchildren

     A.c. McClure, of Crown City, one of the pioneers of this section of the country, died yesterday, about ten days after a second stroke of paralysis. A similar attack twelve years ago broke the health of Mr. McClure, a man of seventy-four years, and forced him to retire from active business life. He was a prosperous general store keeper and farmer.
     In 1861 and 1862 in the early days of the settlement,the late Mr. McClure had a general store in Huntington at the corner which is now Second avenue and Sixth street. For several years and before there was a town this side of the Guyan river he operated the store.
     Later the aged citizen went to Millersport and still later to Crown City. After he had suffered the first paralytic stroke he retired from the merchandise business and bought a large farm close to Crown City where he lived until the time of his death.
     The widow of the late Mr. McClure, whose age is seventy-two years, is in feeble health and is not expected to live long. The shock of her husband's death was great, and it is feared, may hasten the end.
     Since the attack to Mr. McClure ten days ago, he had not been conscious. Seven sons and daughters were at the bedside at the time of death.
     Wednesday was the fifty-fifth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. McClure. However, with both in serious condition, it was impossible to observe the day excepting that a number of persons called and expressed wishes for the recovery of Mr. McClure.
     Besides the sons and daughters twenty grandchildren and three great grandchildren survive, making four generations.
     The names of the near relatives follows: The widow, C.W. McClure and B.C. McClure of Huntington, and Robert McClure of Crown City, sons; Mrs. S.R. Bishop of Huntington, Mrs. Charles Garlic and Mrs. Linus Berry of Crown City, and Mrs. Jesse Snyder of Le Sage, daughters; Charles McClure, Jr. of Huntington, and John McClure of near Columbus, O., brothers.
   The great grandchildren are from five to ten years old.
   The late Mr. McClure was born in Lawrence county, Ohio, the son of a well-to-do farmer. He was a member of the Methodist church, and the Masonic lodge. He was an Odd Fellow. The funeral will be held Saturday morning at ten o'clock at the farm home of the late Mr. McClure. It is expected to be one of the largest funerals ever held at Crown City. The late Mr. McClure was well known in Cabell county, and in Lawrence and Gallia counties in Ohio.

[Note: Death records show that his full name was Adam C. and that he is buried in Miller's Cemetery in Lawrence County.]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
August 21, 1914
Transcribed by Henny Evans Top of Page

McClure, C. W.

C.W. McCLURE DIES
Retired C&O Man
Charles W McCLURE, Sr., 72, of 2016 Fifth Ave, former roundhouse foreman for the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. here died at 11 PM last night in a Huntington hospital following a brief illness. He was a 32nd degree Mason, and was a member of the Twentieth Street Baptist Church. He belonged to the Junior Order of United American Mechanics and the Woodsmen of the World.
A native of Gallia,County, OH he had resided here for 58 years. He was retired from the railroad in 1933. Surviving are his widow, one daughter, Mrs Eula Charles; one son, Charles W McClure, Jr.; three grandchildren, Mrs Sallie Cromwell, Miss Edna Belle Charles and Joe Charles and one great grandson, John Cromwell Jr., all of Huntington, and three brothers, CG and Otto McClure of Huntington, and Fred C McClure of Charleston.

Huntington Hearald Dispatch
12 MAR 1947
Transcribed by Ernie Wright

McClure, Nellie

McClure Rites Set Wednesday
     Mrs. Nellie Kennedy McClure, 62, wife of Mr. D.C. McClure of Huntington and a native of this county, died suddenly at her home at 216 Nineteenth St., Huntington, Sunday morning at 7 o'clock. Although she had been ailing for almost three years, from a serious heart ailment, Mrs. McClure's condition seemed much improved and her sudden passing came as a distinct shock t her family and friends.
     Mrs. McClure was the daughter of the later Mr. and Mrs. A. Jack Kennedy, pioneer settlers of the Swan Creek community. She was married to D.C. McClure, a native of Crown City, 41 years ago and they had spent their entire married life in the home in which she died.
     Mrs. McClure was deeply devoted to her family and friends and seemed to reap her greatest enjoyment in serving them. Although her health had been precarious for many months, she continued to make frequent visits to relatives and [missing words] She was a lifelong member of the Mt. Zion Baptist Church of Bladen but attended Twentieth Street Baptist Church in Huntington, where she was a member of the AMOMA class. She was also an active member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Axillary.
     In addition to her husband, a former Cabell County Tax Deputy, she is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Mary E. Shank of Baltimore MD; two sons, Dennis W. and Jack K. McClure, both of Huntington; one sister, Miss Mary Kennedy of Bladen; two brothers, Edgar K. Kenned of Belmont, IA and Stanley S. Kennedy of Urbana, IL and six grandchildren.
     Funeral services will be held at the late home, Wednesday afternoon at 1 o'clock and the body will be brought to Swan Creek for burial in a private family plot on the Kennedy farm. Chapman's Mortuary in Huntington has charge of the body, which is at the late home where friends may call.

[Note: Death Certificate....Born April 27, 1887; died Sept. 23, 1951; aged 64 years, 6 months and 16 days of age. Parents: Andrew J. Kennedy and Mary Elizabeth Clark..cause of death..coronary occlusion. Burial Kennedy Cemetery, Ohio Township.]

Gallipolis Paper
Sept. 1951
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

McCoglin, Leona E. Hern

     Leona E. Hern, daughter of John T. and Phoebe Hern, was born Feb. 20th, 1870; died Dec. 29th, 1894, aged 24 years, 10 months and 9 days.
     She was married 28th of Oct., 1892, to James J. McCoglin, of Huntington, who was born 28th day of Oct. 1869, and who was killed Nov. 8th, 1894, at the Gallipolis Water Works, aged 25 years, 11 days. They left two children, one whose age is 2 years and an infant 7 days old.
     She was a devoted wife, mother and friend. She evinced through her whole life a cheerful, patient disposition, such as very few possess, always thoughtful of others and anxious to serve them. Only to God were the secrets of her heart known, but her friends and neighbors will ever remember that the seeds of the Holy Spirit grew and bore fruits in her life.
     She leaves a father, mother, six brothers and three sisters to mourn. Two brothers are absent in the far West, unable to have the sad news to reach them. Two brothers and two sisters have preceded her to the better world.
     Funeral services were held at Addison Townhouse on Monday, December 31st, Rev. W. E. I. d’Argent officiating.

The Gallipolis Bulletin
January 5, 1895
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron Top of Page

McComb, Esther Marie

Young Wife Dies of Bright's Disease At South Side
     Mrs. Esther Marie McComb, wife of J.C. McComb, died at her home in South Side, WV, Tuesday, March 30, after a two week illness with Bright's Disease. She was 25 years of age and was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E.W. Johnson, formerly of this county.
     Mrs. McComb was a member of the Harmony Baptist Church of South Side. She is survived by her husband, father and mother, one brother, M.W. Johnson and sister, Miss Stella Johnson. Another sister, Nellie, who preceded her in death seven years ago.
     Funeral services were held Thursday, April 1, with Rev. Dye of Pt. Pleasant officiating.

[Note: Death Certificate..born April 7, 1901; died March 30, 1926 Mason County, WV; age 24 years, 11 months and 23 days of age.. Mother: Lida S. Bechtel. Burial Mountain Valley Cemetery]

Gallia Times
April 8, 1926
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

McCombs, Savannah Tipton

Wife of James McCombs Died this Morning
Born and Reared in Walnut Tp.---Funeral Services Set for 2 Friday At Bethesda Church
     Mrs. Savannah Tipton McCombs, died early today at her home at Bethesda after a long illness at the age of fifty-eight. Mrs. McCombs had been in failing health for the past two years. About three months ago she suffered a stroke and a week ago another, the last one proving fatal.
     She was the wife of James McCombs and was born and reared and spent her entire life in the neighborhood where she died. In addition to the husband nine children survive: Mrs. Esther Rhodes, Mrs. Ada Edwards, Mrs. Florence McLeod, Mrs. Violet Gearhart and Elmer McCombs, all of Columbus, Alfred McCombs, Springfield, Mrs. Lucille Drummond, Walnut township and Leslie and Raymond at home. Two brothers also survive: Alva Tipton, in Michigan and Claude Tipton, Bowling Green.
     Mrs. McCombs was a member of the Bethesda M. E. church. She was a devoted wife and mother and a helpful and much esteemed resident of her community.
     Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at Bethesda church with the pastor, Rev. Kyser, assisted by Rev. E. R. Denny in charge. Burial will be in Salem cemetery by O. E. Elliot.

[Note: From death certificate date of birth November 26, 1875; date of death June 13, 1934; father Lewis Tipton; mother Eliza Wilson.]

Newspaper (prob. June 1934, Gallipolis) clipping found in the Simmerman files, Tipton file, Bossard Library.
Transcribed by Debbie Carter Evans

McConnehea, Eulah

Eulah McConnehea
Eulah McConnehea, 83, Gallipolis, died Monday, January 1, 1996 in Holzer Medical Center. Born February 9, 1912 in Gallipolis, daughter of the late Ira and Ella Baker Chick, she was a homemaker. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Harry McConnehea; and one three sisters, Carrie Chick, Esther Plymale and Irene Delaney. Surviving are a nephew, Garland Plymale of Gallipolis; a great-nephew, Richard Plymale of Gallipolis; a great neice, Sheri Plymale of Gallipolis; and two great-great nephews, Chris Plymale and Charles Plymale, both of Gallipolis.
Services will be 1 p.m. Wednesday, January 3, 1996 at the Pine Street Cemetery, with the Rev. Bruce Unroe officiating. There will be no visitation. Arrangements are by the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home.

Unknown publication
1-2-1996
Submitted by Charles & Fran Longsdorf, Midland, MI Top of Page

McConnell, Charles

OBITUARY
Again we are called upon to announce the sad death of a dear friend and brother. CHARLES McCONNELL, oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. James McConnell died May 7, 1886; aged 22 years. He was a young man of good habits and loved by all who knew him. Just a few months ago his mother was called from this world of toil and sorrow to her heavenly home, and a few weeks ago that dreadful disease, spinal, visited that home and marked Charley for its victim. Why the young are taken and the aged left to pine and sorrow is more than we can understand; but God knows best. Charlie joined the Salvation Army and was a faithful member. He was not afraid to die, and we know he would as soon be with his mother, who hath gone on before. He leaves a number of relatives and a host of friends to mourn his loss. Rev. W. H. Lewis preached his funeral at his father's residence, on Fourth street, and his remains were taken to Mound Hill Cemetery for burial.

Dear Charlie, thou art gone where the weary are blest,
And the mourner looks up and is glad;
There in the arms of thy Savior to rest,
And never more to be sad.

We listen in vain for a footstep light,
A step that forever is still;
There's an aching void in our hearts to-day,
A void time never can fill.

Then let us not weep for Charley, though gone,
He is free from all burden and care;
He lives in the light of our Father's love,
And sorrow cannot reach Charlie there.
By a friend

Gallipolis Journal
Wednesday, May 19, 1886
Transcribed by Karen Strojin

McConnell, James M.

Jas. McConnell Dead
James McConnell, who was reared to manhood here, died Sunday at his home in Ironton after a long period of failing health. He was the son of the late A. M. McConnell and among the relatives surviving is a sister, Miss Flo McConnell, of Gallipolis. His wife is said to be critically ill.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 in a funeral home at Ironton.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Monday, July 10, 1933
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

McConnell, James W.

James McConnell Dies at Ripe Age of 90
     James Wilson McConnell, son of the late William and Susan Brothers McConnell, died Sunday, June 13 at 8 a.m. at the age of nearly ninety-one. He passed away at his home here, where he had been so well cared for by his daughter, Miss Flo.
     Mr. McConnell was born at Wellsburg, Va., November 21, 1835, and had been preceded in death by his wife who before her marriage was Amelia Wooley. Mr. McConnell's father was born in Ireland.
     Surviving him are three daughters: Mrs. Clara McConihay of East Bank, Mrs. Bell Wooldredge of Charleston, and Miss Flo at home, four sons: James of Ironton, Fred of Charleston, Bob of Chelyan, W. Va., and Tom of Cabin Creek.
     Funeral services will be conducted from the home Tuedsay at 1:30 p.m. by Rev. Robert Peirce of the First Baptist church. Burial will follow at Mound Hill by Geo. J. Wetherholt & Sons.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
June 14, 1926
Transcribed by Henny Evans                                                                            Top of Page

McConnell, John W.

     Rev. John W. McConnell, 80, retired Methodist minister and one of the best known residents of the county, died at his home at Bethesda in Walnut township Wednesday morning, April 24, 1935.
He had suffered a paralytic attack some six weeks before and had been confined to his bed. Prior to that he had been in poor physical condition from heart trouble.
     Mr. McConnell was born on Greasy Ridge in Lawrence county, and was active in political matters in addition to his ministerial duties. At one time he represented Lawrence county in the State legislature.
He is survived by his wife formerly Miss Emma Dement. They are the parents of Alva McConnell, Mrs. Ben Robinson and Mrs. Charles Webb of Huntington, Charles McConnell of near Springfield and Ray McConnell of Columbus.
     Funeral services were held Sunday morning at Bethesda and later at Locust Grove in Lawrence county, where interment was made.

[Note: Death record April 24, 1935]

Gallipolis paper
April 24, 1935
Transcribed by Irene Blamer

McConnell, John W.

In Memory
John W. McConnell
     John W. McConnell, son of Jackson and Sarah McLucas McConnell, was born in Lawrence county, April 6, 1855. His last illness was of short duration and full of intense suffering but he bore it all patiently, and continually admonished his friends to prepare for a future life. All that could be done by medical science, loving hearts and kind hands for his recovery was done but to no avail. God called him to his reward April 24, 1935 at the age of 80 years and 18 days.
     In 1878 he united in marriage with Emma Dement. To this union were born four sons, Alva of Huntington, Charles of Cable, Ohio, Roy of Columbus, Ohio, and Leo who died in infancy; also two daughters, Mrs. Ben Robinson of Huntington, and Mrs. Charles Webb of Springfield, Ohio.
     At the age of 17 he was converted and became a servant of Him who is able to keep that which we commit unto Him against that day. The greater part of his life was spent in Lawrence county, from which he was sent as Representataive to the Legislature for two consecutive terms, 1893-95. Twenty-two years ago he came to Gallia county. Seven years of that time he was pastor of Patriot circuit; also pastoring other churches for five years and was a faithful attendant as long as health permitted.

O, for a faith that will not shrink,
Though pressed by every foe;
That will not falter on the brink
Of any earthly woe.

He leaves besides his companion, sons and daughters, nineteen grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren, and many other relatives and friends to mourn his passing.

In heaven there'll be no parting, no pain to bear;
No care-worn brow, no sigh, no silvery hair;
No death to snatch our loved ones from our side,
No angry waves, no sea, no treacherous tide.

In heaven there'll be no thirst, no cry for bread;
No soul that knows not where to lay his head;
No one to feel the Winter's chilling blast,
For there the piercing storm will all be past.

In heaven there'll be no toil without repay;
No building for a brief ephemeral day;
For all the joys that prophets old have told
'Twill take the endless ages to unfold.

In heaven, there'll be no weary pilgrim band;
No seeker, for a better, fairer land;
For all who reach that blissful, happy shore,
Will never cry nor sigh, nor wish for more.

Gallipolis paper
April 24, 1935
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall Top of Page

McConnell, Lucretta [Mrs. Quincy]

Mr. Richard Rader whose wife is a sister of Mrs. Quincy McConnell, received word Monday that Mrs. McConnell had died in Columbus Monday morning, June 16, 1913, of complicated troubles. She had been blind for nearly a year and in poor health. The funeral services and burial will be at Marietta at 10 a.m. Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Rader will attend from here.
Her maiden name was Lucretta Halley, being a daughter of Jesse Halley of Thevenin, and she was about 57 years of age. Four sisters survive, Mrs. Homer Wise of Leaper, Mrs. Myrt Ingels of Rockwood, and Mrs. Carl Simms of Piney, and three brothers, Lafayette of Thevenin, Sandford of Mexico and Emery of Onway, Mich. Her mother survives her also making her home with Mr. Rader. Three children, two sons and a daughter also survive. Mr. McConnel has been living on Columbus for the past five years and prospering. They formerly lived here and Mr. McConnell served on the police force for many years.

Galipolis Daily Tribune
June 17, 1913
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall

McCune, Clarence

DROWNED
Demented Man Meets Death In Ohio River
     Clarence McCune, a deckhand on the Cando, fell overboard and was drowned in the Ohio River opposite Clipper Mill Sunday morning. McCune was frolicking on the gang plank, when he got too far out and it tipped throwing him into the river.
     McCune came to town with the Barnum & Bailey show last month. He acted queerly and was arrested and placed in jail and upon examination, it was ascertained that he had been confined in an asylum at Pittsburgh. Sheriff Manring wrote his father and he replied that he could do nothing with his son and declined to have anything to do with him.
     McCune was then released, as he had grown normal and took the job on the Cando that led to his death. His relatives have been notified. The body was found near Raccoon Island Wednesday, and buried at Clay Chapel.

Gallipolis Bulletin
Friday, October 5, 1906
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

McCormick, Augusta Halliday

Rites Will Be Held At 2 Sunday-Interment To Be In Mound Hill Cemetery
Mrs. Augusta Halliday McCormick, widow of Hon. Charles H. McCormick, died at 6:15 last evening at the family home at Fairfield or McCormick. Death was due to a blood clot and came after she had been in a coma nearly a week, though she had appeared to be better Tuesday and Wednesday.
In fact, her improvement had continued up to within an hour or so of her death and during that period relatives of Meigs county had paid her a visit and left there with the feeling she might recover.

Oldest In Township
     Mrs. McCormick would have been 93 next January 21 and was the oldest woman and doubtless the oldest person in Green tp. since the recent removal of Emma Rader to West Virginia.
     Mrs. McCormick was an outstanding woman in an outstanding rural community. Though the very oldest persons of this day are not to be considered pioneer (numerous newspapers to the contrary notwithstanding) Mrs. McCormick, in her strength of character, in her religious faith, in her generous impulses, in her self-reliance and in her achievements as a mother and homemaker, seemed to typify the best of our pioneer heritage. She was a member of Fairfield M.E. church and the Fairfield Social was organized in her home.
     She was born in Gallipolis and was one of eight children- five girls and three boys- of Captain Laing and Margaret Walker Halliday. Their home stood at 218 Second ave. on the site of the present home of Mrs. Myrtie Hanson, the youngest and the only survivor of the eight. Captain McCormick as the owner of the Ohio line of packets (the last one being the Ohio No. 4) was prominent all along the Ohio and its tributaries.

Lived In Gallipolis
     Charles H. McCormick was interested in the mercantile business when he and Augusta Halliday were married here. They at first lived next door below her birthplace and later in what is now the J. C. Butz home overlooking Garfield ave. At different periods he conducted a retail dry goods store on Court st. and was associated with her uncle, the late Captain John T. Halliday, in the wholesale dry goods business.
Later they moved to the farm and home where both died. Mr. McCormick became a farm leader and was widely known as such and represented the county in the General Assembly. He died Jan. 2, 1917, at the age of 70. Two of their children preceded her in death- Ocie, the firstborn, dying when but four years old, and Alex Miles McCormick dying at Gretna, La., about three years ago.
     Surviving children are T. Wey McCormick, living near the old home; Laing Halliday McCormick, at Leadore, Idaho; Earl L. near the parental home; Charles D., Arimo, Idaho, and Edwin at home. There are grandchildren and many distant relatives.
     Funeral services will be held at Fairfield church at 2 o'clock Sunday, in charge of Rev. Thomas Taylor, pastor, and Rev. Fred Rice, former pastor, now at Haverhill. Burial in Mound Hill cemetery by George J. Weatherholt & Sons. For pall bearers have been selected [sic] Postmaster A. K. Merriman, Judge John E. Halliday, Harry Maddy, Harry K. Mills, C. J. McCormick and J. Paul Mossman.

In a second obituary........

McCormick, Augusta Halliday

Mrs. Augusta McCormick Dies Thurs. Evening
Was Probably Oldest Resident in Green Township
Was Outstanding Community Leader
     Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon for Mrs. Augusta Halliday McCormick, 93, who died at her home at Fairfield Thursday evening. She was the widow of the late Charles H. McCormick who at one time was well known in local mercantile business. In his later years they moved to the farm home where Mrs. McCormick resided at the time of her death. He became well known as a farm leader and represented the county in the general assembly.
     Mrs. McCormick was born in Gallipolis, January 21, 1847. She was the daughter of Captain Laing and Margaret Walker Halliday. Captain Halliday was a prominent riverman and operator of a packet boat line on the Ohio and its tributaries.
     Surviving are the following children: T. Wey McCormick, Fairfield; Laing Halliday McCormick, Leadore, Ohio; Earl L. McCormick, Fairfield; Charles D. McCormick, Arime, Idaho and Edwin at home. One sister, Mrs. Myrtie Hanson also survives.
     Last rites were held from the Fairfield M.E. Church, of which she was a member. Services were in charge of Rev. Fred Rice and Rev. Thomas Taylor. Interment was made in Mound Hill cemetery. Active pallbearers were A.K. Merriman, Judge John E. Halliday, Harry Maddy, Harry K. Mills, C. J. McCormick and J. Paul Mossman.

[Note: From death certificate date of death November 23, 1939; "Emma Augusta".]

Newspaper (prob. November 1939, Gallipolis)
clipping found in the Simmerman files, McCormick file, Bossard Library.
Transcribed by Lynn Anders Top of Page

McCormick, Bert

Bert McCormick of Athens Dies In Cleveland, O.
Rites At Athens Monday, Interment At Mound Hill
     J. Bert McCormick, a member of a prominent Gallia County family, died unexpectedly Friday evening in the home of his daughter Mrs. Ray (Ruth) Davis in Cleveland.
     Mr. McCormick had been in failing health for some time from a heart ailment and just a few weeks ago he and Mrs. McCormick had closed their home in Athens and gone to Cleveland to spend the winter. His death came in a sudden heart attack.
     He was the son of the late Harvey McCormick, and the only surviving member of his father's family is a brother Clyde McCormick. In addition to the widow, Mrs. Mary Beardsley McCormick, herself in ill health, and the brother, survivors are three daughters, Mrs. Davis before mentioned, Frances and Dorothy both of whom are married and live outside of Ohio. Decedent was a contracting carpenter.
     Funeral services will be conducted Monday morning at the home in Athens after which the body will be brought here for interment in Mound Hill Cemetery, presumably shortly after noon.

[Note: From death certificate date of birth February 5, 1873; date of death November 10, 1944; father James Harvey McCormick; mother Mellissa (?) Thompson.]

Newspaper (prob. November 1944, Gallipolis) clipping found in the Simmerman files, McCormick file, Bossard Library.
Transcribed by Lynn Anders

McCormick, Charles H.

McCormick's Rites to be 2 Wednesday
     Funeral services for Charles H. McCormick will be held at Alexander church at 2 o'clock Wednesday, in charge of Rev. C. W. Frye and Rev. Thomas Taylor. Burial will be in Mound Hill cemetery by A. E. Tope.
Mr. McCormick was a well known farmer, who took a keen interest in public affairs, and was a familiar figure in Gallipolis. He had not been robust for a good while, and his last illness was a distressing one.
Decedent was in his 69th year, having been born below Rodney on March 28, 1870, the son of J. Harvey and Malissa Thompson McCormick.
     On Nov. 29, 1894, he and Gwinnie Jones were united in marriage. She was a sister of W. Gomer Jones and the late John J. Jones and she died March 9, 1933.
     After their marriage they located in Bidwell, where he pursued the blacksmith trade for several years. Then he bought the farm on which he died. He was a good, industrious man. He belonged to the Gallipolis Council, Jr. O.U.A.M., members of which will have charge of the rites at the grave.
     As stated in yesterday's paper, the surviving children are Hayden McCormick, Columbus; Halsey, Akron; Hollis and Merrill, both of Gallipolis, and Mrs. E. N. Reynolds, Orrville, O. Also surviving are these brothers and sisters: Mrs. E. G. Waddell, Green tp, Frank McCormick, Rio Grande; Mrs. Roscue Fov, Rodney; Bert McCormick, Athens, and H. Clyde McCormick, Somerset, Pa. Edward M. McCormick of this city, who died last January 1, was another brother. There are 11 grandchildren.

[Note: Ann Simmerman wrote "Oct. 18, 1938" on this obituary.]

Newspaper (prob. October 1938, Gallipolis) clipping found in the Simmerman files, McCormick file, Bossard Library.
Transcribed by Lynn Anders Top of Page

McCormick, Charles Way

Death Of An Infant
Charles Way, the two months old son of Mr. and Mrs. Way McCormick, died Sunday and the funeral services and burial were held at Rodney Monday by Rev. G. W. Brown and Undertaker Wetherholt. The baby only weighed three pounds at birth and had never gained in weight or strength.

The Gallipolis Journal
Wednesday, January 31, 1912
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

McCormick, Clarence Judd

C. J. McCormick, Farmer, Florist, Died Saturday
Funeral Services Are Being Held At Fairfield Church
     Probably no local news of the New Year was so shocking as that of the death of Clarence Judd McCormick which occurred around 3 o'clock Saturday morning at his home in the Fairfield (or McCormick) community of Green Twp.
     Mr. McCormick had not been well for many months and had undergone an operation or two the past year. He had been somewhat active, however, after having nearly recovered from the flu. A relapse followed and death is believed to have been caused by a heart attack. Mrs. McCormick was at his bedside at 2 o'clock and when she returned to him about two hours later he was dead. He was in his 71st year.
     Funeral services are being held this afternoon, starting at 2 o'clock, at Fairfield church, with Rev. James M. Lane in charge. Interment will be made in Mound Hill Cemetery by F. J. Entsminger.
     Mr. McCormick was the son of the late George H. and Eustacia Gardner McCormick and was born October 14, 1873. He attended Green Twp. Schools and the Gallipolis high school in the early '90s.,
On Sept. 12, 1906, he married Leona Durr and she and the following children survive: Margaret (Mrs. Lloyd Blazer) and Ethel (Mrs. Hoke Robinson), both of Gallipolis, and Gardner, living at the parental home. There are five grandchildren: three brothers, Robert of Huntington, Dale of Sunbury, and Carl of Proctorville, and one sister, Alice (Mrs. Ernest Riggs) of Utica, New York, but now in Florida.
     Mr. McCormick was engaged in farming but devoted much time to rose culture and his home was a showplace season after season. He was a worthy citizen, an earnest and active member of the church where the funeral is being held, a devoted husband and father.
     Pallbearers were Edwin and T. Way McCormick, C. Y. Lakin, William Tawney, Glenn Powell and Hugh Bartlett.

Gallipolis Newspaper
No Date
Transcribed by Margaret Calvin

McCormick, Deborah

Death of Deborah McCormick
Mrs. Deborah McCormick, widow of the late James McCormick and residing at Rodney, passed away Friday. She was aged 89. She was the second wife, George H. and Harvey McCormick, well known in Gallipolis, being the surviving members of Mr. McCormick's first wife. She was much respected in her community. The burial services were held at Mt. Zion Church, Sunday, by Rev. John W. McCormick.

The Gallipolis Journal
August 5, 1913
Vol. 45 NO. 32
Transcribed by Sharon Hobart Top of Page

McCormick, Earl Leander

     Earl Leander McCormick was born in Green township, Gallia county, Ohio on Jan. 2, 1878. He is the son of Charles H. and Emma Halliday McCormick, and the grandson of John R. and Sarah Waddell McCormick and Laing and Margaret Walker Halliday. The McCormicks came originally from the North of Ireland, and the Hallidays from Scotland in 1823.
     Earl L. McCormick was educated in the Gallipolis public schools, graduating in 1896. That fall he attended one term at the Ohio State University at Columbus. Being anxious to get to work he secured employment with the Columbus dry goods firm of Bancroft, Sheldon & Co., and remained with them four years, in the house and as city sales man. He then came to Gallipolis and succeeded T. Sid Cowden as manager of The C. B. Hanson Co. Two years later, he resigned this position and went with The Sheldon Dry Goods Co., of Columbus, traveling for them three years. He then returned to Gallipolis, where he has since remained as manager of The C. B. Hanson Company.
     On June 18, 1901, he married Miss Ruth Emily Fuller, daughter of Thomas D. and Emily Hedges Fuller. Mr. Fuller has been an insurance man in Columbus for forty years. His family came originally from England.
Two children have resulted from the marriage of Earl L. and Ruth Fuller McCormick: Thomas Fuller, and Alice Margaret.
     Mr. McCormick is a member of the M. E. Church, and of the Board of Public Safety by appointment of Mayor Merriman to succeed Mr. Chas. R. Comer. He was made a Mason in Morning Dawn Lodge of Gallipolis several years ago.

Transcribed from the Gallipolis Daily Tribune
July 13, 1909
By Maxine Marshall

McCormick, Frank Hanson

     Frank Hanson McCormick, son of William and Catherine Hanson McCormick, was born March 10, 1862. He was married to Emma Keller on May 17, 1883 and lived in Gallipolis for a number of years. They moved to Oklahoma and were of the original settlers of Clinton, Oklahoma. Mrs. McCormick died July 27, 1908. He afterwards married Martha MacMasters of Clinton, Oklahoma, who survives him.
     The funeral services will be held Friday morning at 10 o'clock in his old home now occupied by Walter B. McCormick.

McCormick Funeral
     The body of Mr. Frank H. McCormick will arrive here Thursday evening on the Hocking Valley and will be taken to the home of his brother, W.B. McCormick, where funeral services will be held on Friday morning at 10 a.m. by Rev. A.H. Beardsley, with burial in Mound Hill Cemetery by George J. Wetherholt and Sons.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
November 11, 1926
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

McCormick, G. C.

Gallia Native Dies Wednesday
     G. C. McCormick, 75, a retired farmer and fruit grower, died at 10:40 a.m. Wednesday at his residence in Proctorville after a lengthy illness.
     Born Nov. 6, 1878, in Gallia county, he is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lena Waddell McCormick, five sons: C. W., Proctorville; G. H., Oak Ridge, Tenn.; Donald A., Proctorville; Clyde, Huntington; Robert, St. Albans; a daughter, Mrs. Julia Frances Ash, Proctorville; a sister, Mrs. Ernest Riggs, St. Petersburg, Fla.; and two brothers, Dale, Westerville; and Robert M., Huntington. Thirteen grandchildren also survive.
     Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 2:30 p.m. from his late residence by Rev. J. D. Klein with burial following in Rome cemetery by Schneider Funeral Home.

[Note: Ann Simmerman wrote 2 (?)-10-1954 on this obituary.]

Newspaper (poss. February 1954, Gallipolis) clipping found in the Simmerman files, McCormick file, Bossard Library.
Transcribed by Lynn Anders Top of Page

McCormick, George H.

Suddenly Called!!
George H. McCormick Of This City Found Dead By His Son Thursday Morning
     Mr. George H. McCormick, aged 77 years, a well known and highly respected citizen, died very suddenly Thursday morning of heart failure. Mr. McCormick had been gardening a plot of ground under the river bank at First and Vine and on Thursday went to it rather early to do some work Shortly after seven o'clock his son Robert, who wished to see his father on a business matter, went to the garden and found Mr. McCormick in a reclining position and lifeless.
     Mr. McCormick leaves his wife and six children. They are: Clarence J. McCormick of Nitro, WV; Dale H. McCormick of Sunbury, Ohio; Carl McCormick of Proctorville, Malcomb McCormick of Ravenna, Ohio and Robert H. McCormick and Mrs. Dallas Neal of this city.
     The funeral services of the late Mr. McCormick were held Sunday at 1 o'clock at his late home, conducted by Rev. C.W. Brady of Portsmouth and Rev. Smith of this city. The interment was in Mound Hill Cemetery.
     Mr. McCormick spent many of his active years on the farm in Green Township, later moving to Gallipolis, where he operated the tile and brick plant north of this city. He was a splendid man, a good citizen and hosts of friends mourn his death.

[Note: Death Certificate..born 1845; died Sept. 28, 1922; aged 78 years. Parents : James McCormick (born VA) and Margaret Waddell (born Gallia County). Wife Eustacia.]

Gallia Times
Oct. 5, 1922
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

McCormick, Hannah

Death of Mrs. McCormick
     Mrs. Hannah McCormick, widow of the late William H. McCormick died at noon, Wednesday, December 2, 1908, after a long and painful illness.
     She was a daughter of the late Ansel T. Blake and was aged 69 years, 5 months and 3 days. November 8, 1865, she was married to W. H. McCormick and three children, Alexander W., Walter B. and Paul A. McCormick blessed the union.
     Since the death of her husband, she has made her home with her son, Walter, where during her long illness she received every attention. Her other sons Alex and Paul will not be present at the funeral, the former being in New York state and the latter in Utah. She also leaves step-children, John R. McCormick, Frank McCormick, Mrs. J. W. Miles and Mrs. W. H. Andrews, two sisters, Mrs. Martha B. Moore, of Gallipolis, and Mrs. Julia Eaton, of Proctorville and one brother Ex-Sheriff Nat Blake, of Swan Creek.
     Mrs. McCormick was a most estimable lady. Religious, kind, charitable, an indulgent mother and a faithful wife, she was loved and respected by all who knew her and her death brings sorrow to many friends.
     The funeral services will be conducted Friday at 12:30 o’clock at her late home, by Rev. John W. McCormick, assisted by Rev. Meyer and Rev. Cherrington. The interment will be at Mt. Zion by the side of her husband, by Undertaker Wetherholt. The pall bearers will be Wm. Eaton, Sherwood Moore, Fon Blake, J. E. Halliday and Thomas and Earl McCormick. Peace to the spirit of this good woman.

Gallipolis Bulletin
Friday, December 4, 1908
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron

McCormick, James

     James McCormick died at his home in Green township, Dec. 1st, 1890. He was born on the farm now owned by Thomas M. McCormick, Feb. 1st, 1813, and at the time of his death was aged 77 years and 10 months. In his boy-hood and youth he did not possess the advantages and facilities for mental training such as are now furnished to the young, but using the means attainable in the little log school-houses of that day, he procured the rudiments of an education, and by industry, self-denial and good common sense, and the foundation for a long, useful, and exemplary life.
     He was married to Margaret A. Waddle (Waddell), Dec. 5, 1833. With but little to begin life, their industry and thrift soon secured for them a house of comfort and independence, where they raised their family of four sons and one daughter. His first wife dying, he was married to Miss Mary Cherrington, May 2d, 1855. Three children, a son and two daughters were born to them. His 2d wife dying, he was married to Miss Vesta Trobridge, in 1866. She dying, he was again married to Mrs. Deborah Wray his surviving wife, Oct. 11, 1876. Mr.
     McCormick's occupation was farming and stock raising. Being a man of industrious and frugal habits, and possessed of good judgment, he managed his affairs with such prudence and success as to win for himself the confidence and respect of all who formed his acquaintance. About the time of his first marriage he joined the Methodist Episcopal Church, and lived a faithful and consistent member of the same till death. Though timid, and lacking confidence in his ability to take an active part in church work during his early christian life, he was honest and conscientious, and faithfully adhered to the discharge of christian duty, and attendance upon the means of grace until he learned to glory in the cross of Christ. He was for many years a class-leader in the society to which he belonged, and here his earnestness and usefulness in christian work were clearly manifested. His faith failed him not when he could enjoy the privileges of the sanctuary no longer, but when affliction came and death drew near, he longed to enter the christian's final rest, and meet the loved ones gone before. A good old man has entered the great here-after. He leaves a widow, four sons and two daughters to mourn their
loss.
     After funeral services at Mt. Zion Church, his remains were laid to rest in the cemetery at that place.

Gallipolis Journal
December 10, 1890
Transcribed by Henny Evans                                                                            Top of Page

McCormick, Jerry Lee

Jerry Lee McCormick Loses Long Battle With Leukemia
     Jerry Lee McCormick, 16, lost his long struggle for life, which had stirred the residents of this community for over two years. He had a type of leukemia. The end came at 5:15 p.m. Monday [June 8, 1959] at Holzer Hospital. During the two years of his illness, which had been pronounced incurable when he first took ill and was sent to Children’s Hospital at Columbus, he had been much in the thoughts of his fellow students at Gallia Academy and among the many friends of the family. He had been a patient at intervals at the hospital, and spent the last Christmas season at the family home, 321 Fourth Ave., reentering the hospital Dec. 31, 1958, and had been a patient there ever since.
     Had he lived he would have been a senior at Gallia Academy High School next year. He was a popular student at the school and active in youth affairs. He was a member of Grace Methodist Church and its Youth Fellowship and of the Boy Scouts.
     He was born at Charleston, W. Va., on Dec. 30, 1942, the son of Rex and Jeane Murray McCormick, who survive along with a sister, Miss Judith Ann McCormick, 15, and a brother, John Michael, 12. Other survivors are the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl H. Murray of Roanoke, Va., and Mr. and Mrs. M. H. McCormick of St. Albans, W. Va. The family have resided in Gallipolis for five years, where Mr. McCormick is the manager of the Gallipolis Motor Co.
     Services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at Grace Methodist Church. Rev. Warren H. Wilson will officiate. Burial will be in Mound Hill Cemetery under the direction of the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home. The body will lie in state at the church from 1:30 p.m. until the time of the service. Friends may call at the funeral home after 6 p.m. today.
     Pallbearers will be Jerry Walker, Fred Ferguson, Robert Mackenzie, Charles Neal, Sr., Delmar Gingerich and Ronald Walker. The Gallipolis Motor Co. will be closed all day Wednesday.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Tuesday, June 9, 1959
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

McCormick, Malcolm

Malcolm McCormick Dies At Home In Ravenna, Ohio
     Malcolm McCormick, scion of a prominent Gallia county family, died Friday at his home in Ravenna, Ohio, according to messages received by local relatives last evening. Though he had not been well for a while, the news of his passing came as a shock to kinfolk and old friends here.
     Funeral services will be held at 2:30 Monday at the Ravenna Methodist church and it is thought interment will be made there. Malcolm was a son of the late George H. and Eustasia Gardner McCormick and was born at McCormick. He married Bessie Gibbons and she and three married sons survive. The youngest of these sons was born here.
     The sons are Ernest and Riggs McCormick, both of whom hold important positions in the federal service at Washington, and William, the youngest, who has a position not far from the parental farm.
Mr. McCormick attended Rio Grande College and was graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University. When still in his teens he taught school in this county. He was a devout and active member of the Methodist church for many years. He was 58 or 59 years old.
     The McCormicks immediately after their marriage, lived at Indianapolis; then they were here a few years; then at Batavia a few years, going from there to Ravenna 18 to 20 years ago. He was a salesman for the American Gypsum Company.
     There are four surviving brothers and a sister: Clarence McCormick of Gallipolis R. D., Dale of Sunbury, Mrs. Alice Neal of St. Petersburg, Fla., Carl of near Proctorville, and Robert McCormick of Huntington.

[Note: From death certificate date of birth April 9, 1880; date of death March 21, 1941; wife’s name on death certificate is Bessie Guthrie McCormick.]

Newspaper (prob. March 1941, Gallipolis) clipping found in the Simmerman file, Bean file, Bossard Library.
Transcribed by Debbie Carter Evans Top of Page

McCormick, Mary Anna

Death Claims Mrs. McCormick After Illness
     Mrs. Mary Anna McCormick, 98, of 144 First Ave., who had been in failing health for the last six years, died Saturday night at Holzer Hospital.
     Mrs. McCormick had been a member of Grace Methodist Church for more than 50 years. Born June 8, 1869, in Gallia County, she was the daughter of the late Albert and Mary Anna Carter McCormick. She spent the major part of her life in Gallia County.
     On April 27, 1891, she was married to James H. McCormick, and he preceded her in death in 1926. She is survived by one daughter, Miss Alma McCormick, 144 First Ave., an employee of Holzer Hospital.
     Several members of the family preceded her in death, including a son, a brother and a sister.
     Funeral services will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home by the Rev. Paul Bauders. Burial will be in Mound Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Harold Smith, Bryce Smith, James C. Saunders, Aldo K. Jeffers, Lee Rose, and Don Rose. Friends may call at the funeral home from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Monday.

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

McCormick, Sarah R.

Sarah R. M'Cormick
     Mrs. Sarah R. McCormick died at her home in Green Township Friday, January 1, 1904, aged 98 years, 8 months and 12 days. She was the daughter of William and Mary Ross Waddell, and was the last of her father's household, consisting of one son and nine daughters, to enter the great beyond. Five children, Rev. John W. McCormick, Mrs. Mary J. Hulliday, Mrs. John S. Mills, Mrs. Irene E. Miles of Columbus, and Chas. H. McCormick, with whom she had made her home for several years.
     The funeral services were conducted at Mt. Zion Sunday afternoon in the presence of a large concourse of friends and relatives.
     Mrs. McCormick was born and grew to womanhood in the old home on the Waddell farm, and was married to John R. McCormick September 20th, 1827. To them were born twelve children: four died in infancy, three in mature life, leaving two sons and three daughters living. Of her immediate descendants besides her own children there are 34 grandchildren, 25 great grandchildren and 4 great-great-grandchildren. There are pictures in possession of several members of the family representing five generations.
     Mr. and Mrs. McCormick began married life in a primative log cabin in humble circumstances on the farm on which they lived and died, amid what would be considered great inconveniences and privations in these modern days but with a will and determination to make the best of their surroundings, and by industry, energy and frugality, they made their way up to better conditions in life and their home was soon made one of comfort and of social enjoyment, not only to its immediate inmates, but to all who freely found a welcome to its hospitality and bounty. The husband died September 7, 1854, leaving the wife and mother to journey alone in her widowhood for nearly 50 years, about 40 of which she took charge of the farm, managing the same prudently, skillfully and successfully, as long as her physical condition warranted her in so doing.
     She was a woman of more than ordinary will power and force of character, prudent, economical, and orderly in the management of all her household duties, and devoted to the comfort and welfare of her companion and children; she filled well the relations of wife and mother.
     She was ever a ready, willing helper to friend and neighbor in times of need and affliction. For over three-quarters of a century she was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. As long as she could hear the preached word, and until the infirmities of age prevented, she was found in her place in the sanctuary to participate in and enjoy the privileges of divine worship. In her younger days she was a sweet singer and in her home life she seemed to cheer life's pathway with a song, while in the worshipping congregation her voice could be distinctly heard in leading hymns of melody and praise. She was a great reader and kept well posted in the news of the day as well as in the secular affairs of life.
     In her final sickness as long as she could speak she would quote the precious promises of the Bible and repeat the old familiar hymns she used to love to sing so well, and in audible and silent prayer she pleaded for the coming of her blessed Savior.
     Quietly the shadows of death gathered about her with the closing hours of the old year and ere the dawning of the morning light of the new year on earth doubtless there was the unfolding to her enraptured vision the glorious eternal sunlight of the heavenly Paradise.

Gallipolis Bulletin
January 8, 1904
Page 1
Transcribed by Margaret Calvin Top of Page

McCormick, Willard "Mac"

     Willard 'Mac' McCormick, 58, of Gallipolis Route 2, died Saturday in Pleasant Valley Hospital. He was a Superintendent of Maintenance for the City of Gallipolis. He was employed by the city for more than 25 years. Born November 22, 1930 in Boyd County, KY, he was a son of the late Clinton McCormick and Lora Belle Smith McCormick.
     Surviving are his wife, Mary Simms McCormick, whom he married April 19, 1964 in Chesapeake, Ohio. Also surviving are six sons, David McCormick of Northup, Michael McCormick of Point Pleasant, John McCormick of Florida and Steven McCormick, Charles McCormick and Robert McCormick, all of Gallipolis; six daughters, Diana Radau, Roberta Butler, Sharon Kremer, Carol Hicks and Bonnie Pullam, all of Florida and Paula Russick of California; 24 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren. Additional survivors include one brother, Otis McCormick of Oak Hill and Mary Ann Hickman of Louisa,KY; Nora Hogan of Boyd County,KY and Myrtle Cordell of Columbus,Ohio. Two sons preceded him in death, in addition to two brothers and two sisters.
     Services will be conducted Tuesday, 1 p.m. from Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home, the Rev. Billy Pullam and Rev. Frank Conner officiating. Burial follows in Gallia Baptist Cemetery. Friends may call Monday at the funeral home, 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Nephews will serve as pallbearers.

Gallipolis Bulletin
June 26, 1989
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

McCoy, Minnie M.

The Death of Minnie M. McCoy - Daughter of Charles and Mary McCoy, who died Monday,
April 19, 1886.

Our little two-year old Minnie
Has left us and crossed the waters o’er,
And now she is happy and rejoicing
With the angels on that beautiful shore.

But oh, how lone and sad is our home,
With no Minnie to love and caress;
But Jesus, the loving Protector,
Called her, as He always knows best.

But put away the little chairs and playthings,
That our darling one week ago used,
For she has gained the love of the Master,
That she never, O never, can lose.

Parents, weep not for your treasure,
As her joy can ne’er be excelled;
But ever be ready to meet her,
When Jesus whispers, “All is well.”

J. A. I.

Gallipolis Bulletin
Tuesday, May 4, 1886
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

McCullough, Jennie

     DIED - At her home in Addison Tp., Gallia County, Ohio, September 20, 1893, Jennie, the second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John McCullough, with that dreaded disease, consumption, aged 24 years.
     A sweet, Christian spirit was the rule of her life. It was natural to be kind to all. She took much pleasure in living and was cheerful, but when she found that she must resign this world she did it without a single regret. She spoke of death as though it were a night’s sleep. She said, don’t weep. Yes, dear mother, she said, don’t cry, it is all for the best. No more will the sound of thy loving voice cheer aching hearts. He has called Jennie from this world of sin and sorrow to the beautiful home on high. Yes, we know that she is not dead, but sleeping. Her sufferings are over. She rests in peace. Her spirit has returned to God who gave it.
     The family circle is broken by death the second time. Two have passed over to the other shore. She leaves father, mother, six brothers and two sisters, and quite a large circle of relatives and friends to mourn their loss.
     Her funeral services were conducted by Rev. P. A. Baker the follow day, at the home of her parents, after which her remains were taken to Mason Co., W.Va. for burial, whence the family removed about a year ago.

“Daughter, thou was mild and lovely,
She has left this world of sorrow.
Gentle as the summer breeze,
For a world of peace and joy,

Pleasant as the air of evening,
Father, mother, live for Jesus,
When it floats among the trees.
And you’ll meet your darling there.

Brothers, sisters, weep not for her,
She was always good and gentle,
She has only gone before,
Always so cheerful and kind,

Just to lead to you the pathway,
Few with as pure a nature,
To that bright celestial shore.
In this life we find.

Oh, what a meeting that will be,
When we all together roam;
The fields above so bright to see
In Heaven, our happy home.”
Ella G. First

The Gallipolis Bulletin
Saturday, October 14, 1893
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron Top of Page

McCulty, Marie

     Marie McCulty, 81, Rt. 3, Bidwell, died Saturday at the Pine Crest Care Center. Born August 24, 1907 in Gallia County, she was the daughter of the late Samuel Withum and Mary Williams Denney.
     She is survived by her husband, Teddy McCulty; three sons, Wayne McCulty of Columbus; Robert Gene McCulty and Billy McCulty, both of Gallipolis; one daughter, Mrs. D. Lois Stout, Route 2, Bidwell; 10 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; two brothers, John E. Denney, Rt. 2, Bidwell and Thomas O. Denney, Rt. 2, Bidwell; three sisters, Margaret Edwards, Rt 2, Bidwell; Mrs. Gilmer (Kathryn) Knotts, Rt. 2, Bidwell and Mrs. Alice Myers of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. She was preceded in death by one grandchild, two brothers and one sister. She was a member of the Harris Grange, Vinton OES No. 375 and the Harris Baptist Church.
     Services will be Wednesday, 1 p.m. at the Harris Baptist Church with the Rev. Ronnie Lemley officiating. Burial will be in the Vinton Memorial Park. The body will lie in state one hour prior to the service. Friends may call Tuesday, 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. at the McCoy-Moore Funeral Home, Vinton. Eastern Star services will be 6:45 p.m. by the Vinton OES No. 375.

[Note: died December 10, 1989]

Gallipolis Paper
December 10, 1989
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

McCulty, Ted A.

Services of Ted A. McCulty, 83, Bidwell, will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at the Harris Baptist Church in Harrisburg with the Rev. Ronnie Lemley officiating.
Calling hours will be today from 2-4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. A Masonic service will be held by Masonic Lodge 131 at 8:45 p.m. tonight at the McCoy-Moore funeral home in Vinton. Casket bearers for Friday's service will be Richard McCulty, Bob McCulty, Billy McCulty, Stephen McCulty, Stephen Stout, Don Denney, Paul Denney, Jr. and Dion Taylor. Honory (sic) casket bearers will include Merrill McCulty, Harold Denney, Charles Denney, John M. Denney, Richard R. Denney, James Denney, Wendell Denney, Robert Denney, John Kurlick, David Meyers and Jane Argabright.

[Note: Buried June 16, 1989]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
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Transcribed by Charles Wright