Barry County Missouri - Anson Harrell 1840 - 1918
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 Obituary Anson Harrell 1840 - 1918

Source: Scrapbook bought at the estate sale of Vivian Roller by  Ted  W.
Roller

ANSON HARRELL DEAD

A good man has fallen; a Christly man has gone  to  Him,  who  gave  him
life, that was lived for  good  and  to  help  make  others  fitted  for
eternity. His  every  walk  in  life  was  to  better  humanity  and  he
succeeded, Bless his memory.

Anson Harrell was born in Indiana, August 26th, 1840 and lived to  young
manhood there. At the age of 17 years, he enlisted in the U.S. Army  and
served until it closed in 1865.  He  then  returned  home  and  went  to
Franklin county, Ill., where he was afterwards  married  to  Miss  Susan
Louisa Putnam, on Oct. 26, 1865. To this union were born seven children,
four boys  and  three  daughters,  four  dying  in  infancy.  The  three
surviving him, are: Mrs. M.D. Hughes and Boda Harrell of Mt. Vernon Mo.,
and Mrs. Ollie Ledgerwood of Oilton, Oklahoma.

In 1877 he moved to Oregon county, Mo., for his health, but the  country
was rough and he only remained there on year  and  then  moved  to  Dade
county and resided there until 1887, when he moved  to  Shell  Knob  and
lived there until his wife died in 1911; he then made his home with  his
three children.

He died Dec. 31, 1918, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. M.D. Hughes  in
Mt. Vernon, and his remains were shipped to Cassville and then  conveyed
to Shell Knob and there laid to rest in Painter Cemetery beside his wife
Jan. 4, 1919.

He joined the Masonic Order  at  an  early  age  and  was  a  member  of
Pythagoras Lodge of this city, when he passed away. He was  a  true  and
zealous Mason and lived up to its teachings.

He was christened in the Methodist Church when a  baby  and  remained  a
member until he joined C.P. Church, with his  wife,  where  he  remained
faithful until his death. In his active life, nothing was too  much  for
him to do for the sick or needy. He was an active church worker  for  35
or 40 years and was superintendent of Sunday School for the same  length
of time. He died very suddenly, going to bed at 8 p.m. as well as  usual
and passed away by 9 p.m. The cause  of  his  death  is  thought  to  be
hemorrhaging of the brain.

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