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Copyright 2000 Shiela Ramos BEEBOP50@aol.com **************************************************************************** MAHAN, MAGGIE Miss Maggie Mahan, sister of Thos. Mahan, the concrete contractor, died Thursday, Jan 6, 1910 at 2 o'clock of cancer, after a prolonged suffering. The brother and sister came here several years ago from Mason County. Last summer, Miss Mahan underwent a surgical operation at St. Joseph's Hospital at Lexington, in the hope of relief. Deceased was a member of St. Luke's Catholic church. The funeral arrangements were not completed as the Journal went to press. MASON, HUGH L. A dispatch from Lancaster says: Circuit Clerk W. B. Mason has word of the death of his brother, Hugh L. Mason, aged 55, in Chicago. His wife, who preceded him to the grave, was Miss Sue Shelby, of Lincoln. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Mason, and three brothers, W. B. and Benjamin Mason, of Lancaster, and Geo. T. Mason, of Chicago. The deceased was a nephew of the late Mrs. Hannah Scott, of Camp Nelson. (no date included in the 1-26-1912 issue) MASTERS, JOHN GABRIEL After a long illness, John Gabriel Masters, died at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank P. Taylor, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 1910, aged eighty years. Recently he was brought home from Florida, where he had been spending his winters for many years and since his retirement from the insurance business. Years ago, he was a prominent dry goods merchant. He was a kind, gentle, Christian man, and died as he lived, with only friends. He leaves one sister, Mrs. Alice Hoover, of Paola, Kan. The funeral was held from the residence of Mr. Taylor, Thursday morning and the interment was to Maple Grove Cemetery. The funeral was preached by Dr. E.W. McCorkle. Deceased was married to Miss Annie Logan and she passed away some years ago. There was no issue from this union. His death was from general debility. MARTIN, MRS. TELITHA J. Died of paralysis, at her residence near Union Mills, June 6, 1904, Mrs. Telitha J. Martin, in her 86th year. She was twice married, her first husband, Joseph H. Marshall; second, the late Mallory Martin. She leaves four children; Jas. D. Marshall, Denver, Co., Mrs. J. C. Huggins, Mrs. C. W. West and Mrs. C. H. Johnson, of this county; also three brothers and two sisters living; J. W. and Dudley Portwood, Fort Worth, Tex.; A. B. Portwood, Lawrenceburg, Ky.; Mrs. Mary Long, Mrs. Sarah Coffman, Jessamine County. Funeral at the residence Wednesday morning, June 8, 10 o'clock, conducted by Rev. I. B. Timberlake. Interment in Maple Grove cemetery. MASTERS, ANNIE Died, at the Eastern Kentucky Lunatic Asylum, in Lexington, Thursday morning, June 29, 1899, Mrs. Annie Masters, wife of Jno. G. Masters, of Nicholasville. The deceased was born in Jessamine County, March 16, 1850, and was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. B. Logan. Besides husband, father and mother, Mrs. Masters leaves two sisters and one brother, Mrs. J. J. Bronaugh, Lexington, Miss Randa Logan, Nicholasville, and W. A. Logan, Perry, Iowa. The burial took place at Maple Grove cemetery yesterday afternoon at 6 o'clock. MATHEWS, JAMES T. "God's finger touched him and he slept." This sentiment describes the passing out into eternity of James T. Mathews at his home last Saturday morning, Oct. 21 1916, on the Wilmore and Hanly turnpike. Mr. Mathews retired last Friday night in his usual health and was found dead in bed the following morning by friends. He had been in failing health for some time, but relatives and friends did not suspect that death was so near, as he was in Nicholasville Thursday, Oct. 19 attending to business, and his sudden passing away was a great shock to his relatives and friends. In his death, the county loses an upright citizen and one who tried to regulate his life by the plumb-line of Justice, and who endeavored to conform his life by the square of virtue. His wife, who was, before her marriage, Miss Sallie Mathews, of Hillsboro, preceded him to the grave by eight years, and he has since traveled the pathway of life alone. He lived the simple virtues of the Methodist faith. The funeral services were held at his late home, Sunday, Oct 22, conducted by Rev. F. B. Jones, of the Methodist church, Wilmore, and the large crowd present attested the manly rectitude of the departed one. The Independent Order of Odd Fellows conducted ritualistic servics at the home, and at the grave in Maple Grove cemetery. Jas. T. Mathews was born in this county, Sept. 26, 1858, and was the son of William H. and Sarah Mathews. He is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Buckner Bryant of this county; Mrs. Celia Keen, St. Louis; Mrs. Margaret Land, Lexington; four brothers, Dr. W.H. Mathews and John Mathews of Nicholasville, and Rev. Joseph Mathews of Mt. Carmel M. E. Church, South and Caleb M. Mathews, Lexington. Mr. Mathews was a member of the Jessamine County fiscal court, and attended the meetings of that body regularly. (rest of obit unreadable) MATHEWS, MARY WILLIS Mrs. Mary Willis Mathews, wife of C. M. Mathews, died at her home in Lexington, Wednesday morning, Oct. 14, 1909, from nervous exhaustion, after an illness of two years. Mrs. Mathews is survived by her husband, three daughters, Misses Margurite, Georgia and Sarah, and one son, Willis Mathews; also three brothers, Rev. Scott Willis, Hustonville; L. C. Willis, a prominent lawyer, Shelbyville; Geo. L. Willis, private secretary to Congressman Helm, and two sisters, Misses Bettie and Virgil Willis, of Shelbyville. The deceased resided for a number of years at Hanly, where her husband was engaged in business. She was a most excellent woman and had a great many friends in this county. MATHEWS, SALLIE E. The sudden call of the death angel came to the home of Mr. James T. Mathews, in the Hanly neighborhood, Friday morning, Aug. 9, 1907, and took, from his side, the wife of his youth. Mrs. Sallie E. Mathews was the daughter of the late Rev. Joseph McDowell Mathews, a prominent educator of the Methodist church, who was principal of Jessamine Institute just before the civil war. and later, was located at Hillsboro, Ohio, as president of the Hillsboro Female College. Here she was educated and, after leaving school, came to Jessamine County to visit her relatives, met her cousin and was married to him. She possessed a beautiful christian character, and, though retiring in disposition, wielded a great influence for good in her church and community. She had no children, but the husband and a large circle of relatives grieve over her passing into the "great beyond". The funeral services were held at her late residence Saturday morning, conducted by Rev. E. L. Shepherd, pastor of the M. E Chruch, of Nicholasville. The pall bearers were her nephews, Messrs. Isaac Bourne, Joseph Edwards, William Mathews, Scott Mathews, Roy Land and Willie Mathews, and interment took place at Maple Grove Cemetery. She was a sister-in-law of Dr. W. H. and J. S. Mathews of Nicholasville, C. M. Mathews of Lexington, Mrs. M. P. Land, Richland, and Mrs,. Buckner Bryant, of Jessamine County. The Journal extends to all of these sympathy in their bereavement. MATHEWS, SARAH A. Mrs. Sarah A. Mathews died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Margaret Land, in Fayette county, Thursday night, Jan. 2, 1902, after an illness of ten days from pneumonia. The deceased, who was a most estimable lady, was born in Jessamine County in February, 1826. She was the widow of the late Wm. H. Mathews, who has been dead a number of years. Nine children survive, (rest of obit unreadable) MCCAMPBELL, MRS. MAMIE Mrs. Mamie McCampbell, wife of Andrew McCampbell, died at her home in Fort Worth, Texas, Sunday, April 24, after a lingering illness. She leaves a husband and one daughter, Miss Annie Bell, to mourn her loss. Mr. McCampbell was born and reared in Nicholasville and moved from this county about thirty-two years ago. The McCampbell family are cousins to the Vince and Wilmore families of this county. MCCUBBIN, ISABELLA Mrs. Isabella McCubbin died at her home near South Elkhorn, Saturday, March 8, 1903, aged 76. Funeral services were at her late residence, "Dearside", Monday morning, Rev. Dr. Edwin Mullin officiating. The burial took place in the Lexington cemetery. MCDOWELL, MRS. H. H. A telegram to Mrs. W. L. Steele, Thursday, March 19, 1914, announced the death of her sister, Mrs. H. H. McDowell, at her home in Lee's Summit, Mo., that morning. Mrs. McDowell was, before her marriage, Miss Elizabeth Barkley and was born and reared in Jessamine County. The deceased was 77 years old and her death was due to infirmities of age. Besides her husband, she is survived by a daughter, Miss Susan, and three sisters, Mrs. W. L. Steele, Mrs. Alice Walker, of Nicholasville; Mrs. W. R. Doty, of Winnsboro, SC; one brother, S. C. Barkley of this county. The family will arrive with the remains Saturday. Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock, at the residence of Mayor W. L. Steele, conducted by Rev. E. W. Coakley. Interment in Maple Grove Cemetery. MCQUERRY, MARY ANN Mrs. Mary Ann McQuerry died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. William Twohig, at Camp Nelson, July 19, 1908. The deceased leaves five children. MESSICK, CHARLES Mr. Charles Messick, aged about twenty-five years, died at Liberty, Mo., Tuesday, February 26, 1901, of consumption. The deceased was a son of Mr. and Mrs. John Messick, who are well known in Jessamine County, and a nephew of Mrs. J. S. C. Bronaugh. MESSICK, MATHEW Died, at Glenwood Springs, Col., of cholera morbus, Mathew Messick, brother of Mrs. M. A. Dennis (Donnis?), Nicholasville. The deceased was born in Jessamine, July 4, 1837. He left here in 1879 and went to Colorado Springs, where he resided until 1885 where he cast his lot with the early pioneers of Glenwood Springs. The ledger, a weekly newspaper published in the town where Mr. Messick lived and died, contains the following notice of the deceased: "He stood high, in the estimation of the community and his life and character were known to have been exemplary. He was, at one time, justice of the peace and gave entire satisfaction in rendering unbiased decisions. He was a member of the Christian Church and was one of it's founders and main supporters here. Mr. Messick leaves a wife and four children-two sons and two daughters-to mourn the sudden separation. His death was very sudden and scarcely anticipated even by his close attendants. A large number of friends followed the body to it's last resting place. The family has the sympathy of the entire community." (date of death not available) MESSICK, TILFORD Mr. Tilford Messick died at thehome of his brother, John Messick at Liberty, Mo. Dec. 27, 1902, of cancer of the stomach. He was a native of Jessamine and brother to Mr. R. F. Spears. The deceased was married 27 years ago to Miss Farra, of Fayette county and lived for many years in Nebraska MILES, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN At his home one mile east of Nicholasville, on the Sulphur Well turnpike, Mr. Benjamin Franklin Miles died on Wednesday, July 4, 1894, of dropsy, aged 77 years. The deceased had been in ill health for a year from a complication of diseases. Mr. Miles was born and reared in Jessamine, near the farm where he resided at the time of his death. He was the son of William Miles and Francis Hudson Miles, both of whom died in Marion County, Mo. at an advanced age. Mr. Miles married Miss Mary Jane Welch, Sept. 29, 1840, who died May 25, 1871. She was a sister of Dr. S. D. Welch, of this county. MILLER, EUGENIA Miss Eugenia Miller, daughter of the late Jno. T. Miller, died at her home in Boston, Mass., July 18, 1908. The remains were brought to Lexington and interred in the family lot. MILWARD, EMILY JANE Mrs. Emily Jane Milward, widow of the late J. C. Milward, aged 85 years, died at her residence, the home of her daughter, the widow of David C. Frost, No. 415 West Third Street, Lexington, after an illness of several weeks, death being due to infirmities of old age. Mrs. Milward is survived by her daughter, Mrs. Frost, with whom she lived and one son, H. L. Milward. (no date of death included in this 1-7-1910 issue of The Jessamine Journal.) MITCHELL, CHARLES S. Charles S. Mitchell, aged 59 years, died at his home in Lexington, Saturday, Oct. 7, 1916. His death was due to paralysis following a protracted illness. He is survived by a wife, Mrs. Laura Waller Mitchell, two children, Walter and Frances, two sisters, Mrs. James McConathy and Miss Emma Mitchell, Lexington, and two brothers, A. P. Mitchell, of Union Mills and F. F. Mitchell, of Trenton, Todd County. Mr. Mitchell was a native of Jessamine and well known here where he was formerly engaged in the hardware business with Luther Davis, and, at one time, a member of the Board of Council of Nicholasville. The deceased was descended from one of the early families of the Spears neighborhood. His father, Geo. S. Mitchell, was a successful and substantial citizen and farmer, and served as magistrate from the Marble Creek neighborhood for several years. The funeral took place from the residence in Lexington, Monday, at 2:30 o'clock, conducted by Rev. J. W. Porter, of Lexington, and Rev. B. F. Swindler, of East Hickman church. The pall bearers were J. E. Phelps, J. L. Waller, and James A., Charles, Joseph H and Howard G. McCunathy of Lexington, and the interment was in the family lot in Lexington cemetery. MORROW, JUDGE THOS J. Judge. Thos. J. Morrow, a prominent lawyer and politician, died at his home near Hopkinsville on the 29th of April, 1898, aged 50 years. He served in the Confederate army and in 1872 married Miss Elizabeth McCampbell, daughter of J. H. McCampbell, who was agent at the old K. O. depot in Nicholasville. Mrs. Morrow will be remembered by many Jessamine people. MOSELEY, GEORGE S. Mr. George S. Moseley, one of Jessamine's most respected and honored citizens, died at his home near Keene, October 25, 1900, after an illness of about five weeks. Mr. Moseley was born and reared in this county, his birth place being almost within a stone's throw of where he died. He was born July 14, 1822. Mr. George S. Moseley was a born gentleman. Courtesy was to him as natural as breathing. In all the dealings of a long business life, it was never darkened by suspicion. He bore his last illness with a great deal of patience and expressed himself as being perfectly ready and willing to die-having obtained full salvation during his sickness. The deceased leaves a wife, aged 74 and six children; Mrs. I. W. Wilson, Mt. Sterling; W. G. and G. B. Moseley, Mrs. E. C. Savage and Mrs. J. B. Smither. Also two brothers and two sisters-Ephraim and Edward Moseley, Mrs. Elizabeth Smith and Mrs. Clay McTyre. The funeral services were conducted from the late residence last Saturday morning by Rev. E. C. Savage, assisted by W. Moseley Eldridge. MOSS, ELLEN Mrs. Ellen Moss died Monday, Dec. 15, 1913, at her home at Camp Nelson, of infirmities of old age. Mrs. Moss was a native of Garrard County and 82 years old. She was a great sufferer during her four months illness and bore her suffering with fortitude. Mrs. Moss, before her marriage to John Moss, was Miss Ellen Dunn, of Garrard County and had lived in Jessamine County since her marriage. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Ben Bell and Mrs. William Leavell; three sons; R. Z. Moss, McKinney Moss and Ray Moss, of Middlesboro, also one sister, Mrs. Thomas Moore. Funeral services were held Wednesday morning at the late residence, conducted by Rev. W. L. Clark, of Wilmore. Interment in Maple Grove Cemetery. MUNDAY, MRS. LUCRETIA Mrs. Lucretia Munday died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Joseph Curd, at Fresno, Cal., January 19, 1905, aged 90 years. The deceased was well known in Jessamine and Woodford counties, being the aunt of Esq. J. F. Barkley, Mrs. B. M. Arnett and Miss Lillie Barkley, of Nicholasville. She had been in California about six years. Mrs. Orlie Haggan, of Woodford County, aged 91 years, is a sister of Mrs. Munday.