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

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

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.

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

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

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.
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Contributed by Jeff Hayes [email protected]

*Mary was born 03 October 1865 and died 26 October 1939

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

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
Transcribed by Henny Evans

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."

GALLIPOLIS JOURNAL --- Thursday -- 6 April 1854 DIED --
Contributed by Cheryl Enyart

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

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]

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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Transcribed by Suzanne Giroux

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

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

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[Note - son of Joseph Mauck & Elizabeth Whaley]

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.

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

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.

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

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.

Undated newspaper article
Transcribed by Suzanne Giroux

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.

Undated newspaper article – probably Gallipolis paper
Transcribed by Suzanne Giroux

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

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.

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

[Note – daughter of John Rothgeb & Anna Strickler]

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

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

Undated newspaper article
Transcribed by Suzanne Giroux

[Note – Roscoe died 6/10/1934]

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
Transcribed by Lew Casey

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.

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

[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.]

Meadows, Birdella

Mrs. Meadows, 82, Succumbs
     Mrs. Birdella Meadows, 82, who had been a resident of Gallipolis for 37 years died at her home on Chillicothe Rd. at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday. Mrs. Meadows had been in failing health in recent years and had been bedfast for two years. She was the widow of Joseph Meadows who died in March, 1927.
     Mrs. Meadows was born at Glenwood, W.Va. on July 27, 1877 and was the last of the six children born to the late Greenville and Mary Cremeans Halley.
     She is survived by a son and daughter. Casby Meadows, Gallipolis furniture merchant and Mrs. C. E. (Ruby) Evans of Chillicothe Rd. There are four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by a daughter Miss Flossie Meadows on Jan. 11, 1957.
     Services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Friday at Miller's Home for Funerals. Dr. Howard G. Young will officiate and burial will follow in Mound Hill cemetery. Pall bearers will be Bill Joe Evans, Casby Meadows, Jr., Edwin Edleblute, Ed Thompson, Carl Maniskas and Howard Thivener. Friends may call at the funeral home until the hour of service.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
April 21, 1960
Transcribed by Henny Evans

Meadows, Casby Jr.

     CASBY MEADOWS Jr., 75, of Portsmouth Road, Gallipolis, husband of Betty Thomas Meadows died Saturday in Holzer Medical Center, Gallipolis. He was the owner of Empire Furniture Co., Gallipolis. Also
surviving are two sons, Casby "Skip" Meadows, and Tom Meadows, both of Gallipolis. Funeral 1 p m
Tuesday at Waugh - Halley - Wood Funeral Home, Gallipolis. Burial in Mound Hill Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 4 p m and 7 to 9 p m at the funeral Home. Expressions of sympathy may be made to Arthur James Cancer Hospital and Research Center, care of Ohio State University, Columbus. [Somehow I doubt this last. Maybe donations?]

23 Aug 1993
Huntington Hearld Dispatch
Submitted by Ernie Wright

Meadows, Joseph

Joseph Meadows Dies As Result Of Pneumonia
     Joseph Meadows, 76, died at midnight Thursday in his Brandstetter Heights home after an illness dating from a Monday onset of influenza, which changed into pneumonia.
     Operator of a grocery on Vine Street until 1934, when he retired, Mr. Meadows was a prominent member of the First Baptist Church and of its Berea Sunday School class. Class members will be honorary pallbearers for his funeral at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the church, the Rev. J. Edward Hakes officiating. Members of the Judson Bible Class will be active pallbearers. Burial will be made by Claude Miller in Mound Hill Cemetery.
     Decedent was born February 24, 1871, in Glenwood, W.Va., to Andrew and Elizabeth Frances Taylor Meadows. April 22, 1893, he married the former Birdella Holley, who survives, and in 1913 they moved to Cora. In 1929 they moved to Gallipolis. Besides his widow, Mr. Meadows is survived by three children, Casby Meadows, Miss Flossie Meadows, and Mrs. C. L. (Ruby) Evans, all of Gallipolis, four grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
These brothers and sisters survive:
     F. M. Meadows and Ela Meadows, Ashton, W. Va., Isaac Meadows, Wellsville; Calvin Meadows, Louisville; Thomas Meadows, Somerset; Euri Meadows, Mrs. Charles Clark, Mrs. Phillip Holly, all of Huntington; Mrs. J. B. Camp, Ashton, W. Va.; two stepsisters: Mrs. E. E. Meadows, Huntington, and Mrs. Timmy Stevens, Huntington.
     From childhood, Mr. Meadows had been a Baptist, uniting early with Glenwood’s Palestine Baptist Church. He transferred his membership in 1919 to Gallipolis’s First Baptist Church of which he was treasurer and a deacon.

March 28, 1947
Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Transcribed by Henny Evans

Merritt, Addison

Addison Merritt, Soldier, Quaint Character, Dies --
Was Hunter of Local Renown -- Rites Set For Tuesday 
     Early this morning death removed from Gallipolis one of its interesting and picturesque figures -- Addison C. Merritt, 52, World War I veteran, known throughout the county as "Bank Mule." He was otherwise well know as the county's leading ground-hog hunter. Perhaps he had killed more such animals than anyone else in the United States.
     A series of strokes culminated in his death at 6 a.m. at his home at 827 Fourth Ave. His health had been failing for two years. Since Tuesday, he had been unable to speak or help himself. He was normally a man of powerful physique and a genial, pleasant man, who was a great favorite of his children, step-children and grand-children.
     Mr. Merritt was born in Dunville, Kentucky, Feb. 28, 1893, and lacked but five days of reaching his 52nd birthday. He was a son of the late Charles and Betty West Merritt. It was not learned with what military unit he was identified, but he fought in the Argonne and other great battles, is said to have had a good record as a soldier, and was a member of the American Legion. He came to Gallipolis soon after his discharge from military duties.
     In 1921, he married Rosa Lewis Casey, widow of Edward Casey of this city. She and these children survive: Mrs. Rose Merritt Kinder, wife of Richard Kinder, now in service, whose home is at 117 Pine Street, and who will be remembered as a scholarship winner when she was graduated from GAHS in 1940; Seaman 1/c Arthur Merritt, stationed at Newport, R.I.; Curtis, Barbara, and Maxine, all at home. Stepchildren, Basil Casey, Gallipolis Ferry; Mrs. Virgie Casey, Mrs. Renee Ward, Mrs. Virgie Hill, all of Gallipolis. Also Surviving are a sister, Nancy Sweeney of Liberty, KY., and a brother, Sam Merritt, Danville, Ky. There are 13 grandchildren.
     Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock next Tuesday at the daughter's home, 117 Pine Street, with burial probably in Pine Street by F. J. Entsminger.

Gallipolis Tribune
Feb 23, 1945
Transcribed by Lew Casey

Might, Cora Marilla

     Middleport -- Mrs. Cora Marilla Might, 62, Middleport Route 1, died Tuesday morning at Holzer Medical Center, Gallipolis.
     She was born in Gallia County, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Robertson. She was preceded in death by her husband, Raymond, three years ago, a son, and a brother.
     She is survived by two sons, Clair and Bernard, both of Middleport Route 1, two sisters, Mrs. Arthur (Mary) Roberts, Wooster, and Mrs. Ray (Rosie) Searles, Rutland, and two grandchildren.
     Services will be conducted Thursday 2:30 pm at the Rawlings-Coats Funeral Home with the Rev. Alfred Halley, Gallipolis, officiating. Burial will be in Old Kyger Cemetery, Kyger. Friends may call at the funeral home any time.

Athens Messenger
December 17, 1969
Contributed by Cheryl Enyart

Miller, J. Dale

     J. Dale Miller, 77, Rio Grande, died at 6:30 pm . Thursday in the Orlando Regional Medical Center, Orlando, Florida.
     Born February 11, 1904, in Meigs County, OHio, son of the late John Lewis and Minnie Alberta Coughenour Miller, he was a retired Rio Grande village employee and a retired farmer.
     He married the former Zella George, who survives, in Rio Grande on July 25, 1925.
     Also surviving are a son George of Rio Grande; four daughters, Mrs. Dick (Dot) Thomas of Gallipolis, Mrs George(Louise) O'Briant of Bucyrus, Mrs. Richard (Mary Lou) Tenney of Ithaca , NY, and Mrs Charles (Carol) Huff of Usk, Wash. a sister Mrs Marie Cox of Ewington; 17 grandchildren and four greatgrandchildren. Also preceding him in death was a son John Robert Miller.
     Funeral arrangements will be announced by the McCoy-Moore Funeral Home.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
March 15, 1981
Contributed by granddaughter, Cheryl Enyart

Miller, Alberta Coughenour (Mrs. J. L Miller)

In Memory
     Minnie Alberta (Coughenour ) Miller, was the daughte of David and Rachel McCarty Coughenour, and was born Jan 25, 1867, at Old Kyger, Cheshire township, Ohio and passed away at Rio Grande, Ohio August 8, 1933, aged 66 years, 6 months and 14 days. She united with the First Kyger Chuch at the age of 17 , under the pasterute of W. J. Fulton, and spent her youthful days in the activities of Sunday School and Church work at that place; being a Sunday School teacher and leader of the Missionary Society there. After they moved on the farm near Rio Grande, she transferred her membership to the Calvary Baptist Church where she was a faithful worker and a member of the Lady's Auxilliary.
     She was united in marriage to J. L. Miller, May 30, 1897 . To this union were three children born; one son and two daughters. "Our Darling" (not otherwised named) died in infancy; John Dale living on the farm, Minnie Marie at home.
     She has one sister, Mrs. Luella Butcher, of Cheshire and one brother Mr. A. A. Coughenour, Vinton, Ohio R.D. and four granchildren, Dorothea, George, Louise and Robert to whom Grandma was much endeared. and her home was a paradise to them.
     Mrs Miller was much interested in the public welfare, neighborly, social and religiously and as far as her health would permit was always active in doing something to contribute to its needs. It was by doing a deed by a woman in Christ's time that she built an ever eduring memorial of her which Christ recommended above heaps of stone. So the motive that seems to have actuated the life of Mrs. Miller is well expressed in the following lines written by Charles H. Gabriel :

So , let my name and place be forgotten
Only my life-race be lovingly run
So let me pass away peacefully , silently
Only remembered , only remembered by what
I have done.

CARD OF THANkS --We highly appreciate the help and sympathy given us by all our neighbors and friends at the time of the sudden death of our beloved wife and mother and we wish to thank all for their kindness and service.
John Lewis Miller and children Dale and Marie.

Gallipolis Tribune
August 10, 1933
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Mrs. J. L. Miller Dies at Rio Grande Home. August 8, 1933
     Mrs. J.L. Miller, aged 66, died at her home in Rio Grande, at about 3:30 pm Tuesday afternoon. She had been in poor health a long time but the end came suddenly and as a shock to the residents of Raccoon Twp and to many frineds around Cheshire and elsewhere.
     Mrs. Miller was the youngest daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. David Coughenour and she was born and reared at Old Kyger.
     She had been a member of the Baptist church her childhood and was an estimable and worthy woman.
     Funeral services will be held at the Baptist church in Rio Grande at 1 o'clock, Thursday, with Rev. C.O. Clark in charge. Burial will be in Gravel Hill cemetery, Cheshire.
     Mrs. Miller is survived by , besides her husband, a sister, Mrs. J.L. Butcher, Cheshire and a brother, Al Coughernour, Vinton; Capt. Oliver G. Lyle of this city is a nephew.

Gallipolis Tribune.
August 1933
Contributed by great-granddaughter, Cheryl Enyart

Miller, Coretta

MRS CORETTA MILLER, 90 of Gallipolis, died Sunday in a Gallipolis hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 1 p m at the Waugh - Halley - Wood Funeral Home at Gallipolis. Burial will be in the Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Gallia County. Born 3 Oct 1880 she was the daughter of the late Davis and Mary Goolsby Thierry. Her husband John Miller died in 1954. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs Ernestine Brown of Gallipolis, and Miss Katherine Miller at home; a sister and a grandchild. The body is at the funeral home where friends may call from 6 to 9 p m Tuesday.

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

Miller, John Lewis

BOARD MEMBER IS DEAD AT 86
     John Lewis Miller, 86, Rio Grande, died at 4a.m. today at the home of his son , Dale, in Rio Grande.
     Miller was born in Langesville, Jan.26,1867, son of John Wilson Miller and Lucinda Barton Miller. He was one of 12 children of whom two brothers, Ray W. of Parkersburg, WVa and Vaughn and two maiden sisters , Miss Daisy and Miss Ethel, all at home place in Langsville, survive.
     Miller was married to Minnie A. Coughenour , Old Kyger , May 30, 1897, at the brides home. She preceeded him in death, Aug 3, 1933.
     As a young man Miller taught school at Kygerville, Addison and Kyger. Later he bought a farm near Rio Grande where he lived until his death.
     Miller was a graduate from Ohio University in education and has been a trustee of Rio Grande College since 1908. He was later appointed trustee emeritus. He was also a deacon in the Calvary Baptist Church, Rio Grande. For many years Miller was a member of the Gallia County Grange until age prevented his attendance.
     Surviving besides his brothers and sisters are two children Dale of Rio Grande and Mrs. Stanley (Marie) Cox, Gallipolis., five grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren. One daughter died in infancy.
     Funeral services will be held 2 pm. Thursday at the Calvary Baptist Church. Internment will be in Gravel Hill Cemetery by Miller's Home for Funerals. Friends may call at his late home after noon on Wednesday.

Gallipolis Tribune
July 29, 1953
Contributed by greatgranddaughter, Cheryl Enyart

Miller, Ora May

     Mrs. Ora May Miller, 85, of Chillicothe Road, Gallipolis, Ohio, who died Sunday in a Gallipolis hospital following a three week illness, will be buried in Jordan Chapel Church Cemetery at Gallipolis Ferry, WVa, after funeral services Wednesday at 1 p m at Millers Home for Funerals, Gallipolis, Ohio. The Rev. Paul Hawks will officiate.
     Born Feb 18,1887, at Talcott Va., she was a daughter of the late Allen C and Nancy Evans Walters.
She was a member of Jordan Chapel Church. Her Husband, Darius C Miller, died in May of 1951.
     Survivors include two sons. W. R. Miller and L. Claude Miller, owner of Millers Home for Funerals, both
of Gallipolis; three daughters Mrs. Arlene Morris of Chillicothe, Ohio. Mrs. Lena Miller of Columbus, Ohio
and Mrs. Marie Taylor of Gallipolis, 10 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Another daughter, Mrs. Ruth Evans preceded her in death.
     Friends may call at the funeral home between 2 and 4 and 7 to 9 p. m. today.

Huntington Hearld Dispatch
17 Oct 1962
Submitted by Ernie Wright

Miller, Zella

ZELLA MILLER
     Zella Lucina Miller, Fruita Colo. , a former Rio Grande resident , died Sunday , Oct 30, 1994 at the Family Health Care West in Fruita.
     A graduate of Rio Grande High School and Rio Grande College, she taught school in Gallia County for a short time and was a retired employee of Rio Grande College Cafeteria with 21 years of service. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church, Rio Grande Ladies Auxiliary and the Rio Grande College Atwood Club.
     Born November 10, 1903 in Addison Twsp., Gallia County, she was the daughter of the late Edward and Etta Swisher George. She married J. Dale Miller July 25, 1925 at Rio Grande and he proceeds her in death in 1981.
     Survivors include on son, George Miller of Rio Grande ; four daughters, Dorothea Thomas , Gallipolis; Louise O'Briant of Sycamore, Mary Lou Tenney of Ithaca, NY, and Carol Huff of Grand Junction, Co.; one sister Esta Vollborn of Bidwell; 21 grandchildren and 28 greatgrandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, one son Robert, five brothers, one sister and two grandsons.
     Friends may call 7-9 pm. Friday at the McCoy Moore Funeral home in Vinton and on half hour prior to services, will be held 10am Saturday at the Calvary Baptist Church in Rio Grande. The Revs. Luther Tracy and Jeff McKinney will officiate . Burial will be in the Calvary Cememtery. Pall Bearers will be Mark Miller, Glenn Miller, Dennis Lear, Larry Lear, Bill Jackson and Steve Ragland.

Gallipolis Tribune
Novemeber 2,1994
Contributed by Cheryl Enyart