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The Liberty Weekly Tribune 1849
DEATHS IN THE WEEKLY TRIBUNE, CLAY COUNTY, MISSOURI

The following death notices appeared in The Weekly Tribune, Liberty, Clay 
County, Missouri during the year of 1849.  Some the deaths did not occur in 
Clay County.  The date of publication is shown prior to the item(s).

Jan 5, 1849:
In this county, on the 23rd ult., Mary Ann, wife of Thomas J. Waller, aged 
about 20 years.
“O cherish’d and revered! fond memory well 
On thee, with sacred, sad delight, may dwell!
So poure, so blest they life, that death alone
Could make more perfect happiness thine own:
He came – thy cup of joy serenely bright,
Full to the last, still flowed in cloudless light;
He cam – an angel, bearing from on high
The all it wanted – Immortality!”

Jan 26, 1849:
In this county on the 20th inst., Mary Frances, infant daughter of Edward J. 
and Ann Turner – aged 11 months and 12 days.
“Yes! thou art fled, ere guilt had power
To stain they cherub soul and form,
That never felt a storm!
The sunbeam’s smile, the zephyr’s breath,
All that it knew from birth to death.”

Feb 2, 1849:
In Hainsville, Clinton county, Mo., on Friday 27th inst., Virginia; eldest 
daughter of Abraham and Louisa Funkhouser – aged 13 years.
“ As pure a flower, and bright as ever,
Sprung from earth; ‘twas not long
Ere death’s Envious hand did sever
Thee from afflictions tender throng.”

Feb 9, 1849:
In Richmond, Ray county, on the 30th January, after a short illness of typhoid 
fever, Mr. Frederick Branstetter, in his 27th year.
Among all the young men with whom I am acquainted, Death could scarcely have 
seized upon one, whose loss I so much lament, and not only lamented by me, but 
by all who knew of his genuine and unpretending worth and merit – his upright 
bearing, and exemplary deportment in all respects, justly gained for him the 
respect and confidence of the entire community.  In society we mingled 
together, and in this sphere, he developed those excellencies of character 
which met with universal admiration  - smiling away by his cheerfulness and 
kindness, whatever gloom and sadness, that seemed to hang around the minds of 
others.  Thus has died, a dutiful son, an affectionate brother, a sincere 
friend and an honest man.

Feb 16, 1849:
In this county on the 11th inst., Mrs. Margaret Field, wife of Joseph T. Field.

Feb 23, 1849:
In this county, on the 18th inst., Mrs. Barbara Lurty, wife of M.K. Lurty, and 
daughter of Wm. Laidlow.

On the same day, William, infant son of M.K. Lurty – aged 11 months.

Mar 2, 1849:
In this place, on the 22nd, Mildred, daughter of Cullen and Julia Melone, aged 
about 4 years.

Mar 16, 1849:
In this place, on the 14th inst., Sarah Alice, infant daughter of John and 
Sarah Baxter.

Mar 23, 1849:
In this county on the 16th, Thomas H., son of J.W. Cockrell – aged about 8 
years.

Mar 30, 1849:
In this county, on the 27th inst., after a painful illness Leroy Mitchell, aged 
22 years.

In this place, 10 o’clock, on the 27th inst., of Inflamation of the brain, 
David W. son of James H. & Martha N. Reed, aged 11 years, 3 months, and 17 days.
  The subject of this brief notice was a child of lovely form, and of uncommon 
sprightliness of mind.  Nature had endowed him with such excellent qualities 
that his parents and friends looked forward with pleasing anticipations of the 
future.  He gave forth promise of the highest usefulness; but the buds of 
promise have been suddenly chilled by the hand of death, and the fragile form 
of that boy, so loved by his associates and school-fellows, together wit the 
hopes of them that loved him, are laid in the silent tomb.
How melancholy the reflection,
“Death aims at the brightest mark,
And aims, too, a deadly dart.”
  What parent is there who has lost a son or a daughter that does not chide the 
power of Fate, this, “my sweetest, my dearest, my loveliest child is no more?”  
But reflect, what other one could have been better spared? – Death makes his 
own selection, and it becomes us, with Christian resignation, to submit to the 
will of our Heavenly Father, whose Providence is inscrutable and full of 
mercy.  The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away.  May He comfort the hearts 
of the mother and the father who have lost such a jewel.         J.T.H.

May 18, 1849:
At his residence, in Clay county, Mo., on the 9th of May, 1849, after a severe 
illness of a few days duration, John W. Cockrell, in the 53d year of his age.
  It is seldom, we have been called upon, to mourn the loss of so amiable, and 
worthy, a citizen as the deceased.  He was truly a man, of exemplary character –
 as a father, he was kind and indulgent, as a husband, kind, and affectionate – 
and as a citizen, intelligent, industrious, and honourable.  Sad and sorrowful 
as this bereavement must to the relatives and numerous friends, he has left 
behind him; they “sorrow not as those without hope.”  Having attached himself 
to the United Baptist Church; he led a pious and christian life while on earth –
 and now that he has passed from this “vale of tears,” his friends may feel 
assured that his soul has been translated to a better and brighter sphere of 
existence.

May 25, 1849:
In this county, on Thursday the 17th inst., Mrs. Elizabeth E. Samuel, wife of 
Edward M. Samuel – aged 37 years, 1 month and 20 days.

Jun 8, 1849:
Died, on Wednesday, May 23rd, A.D., 1849, in Richmond, Mo., in the 31st year of 
her age, Mrs. Emily H. McCoun, wife of James L. McCoun, of Richmond.
  This dispensation of Divine Providence, in removing from our midst one whose 
many virtues had secured the esteem of a large circle of friends, while it is 
deeply felt by the interesting family of which she was a valued member, falls 
with peculiar force upon the surviving husband and their four children, who, by 
it, have been deprived of one who discharged with the utmost tenderness and 
fidelity, all the duties of an affectionate wife, and a devoted mother.  The 
deceased was a daughter of David Dale, dec’d of the county of Clay, where she 
was married to James L. McCoun in the year 1836, since which time they have 
resided in the county of Ray, and during the last few years in Richmond.  The 
disease which produced her death was chronic gastritis, terminating in a 
general derangement of the vital organs, which baffled the skill of our best 
physicians; and although she lingered for some months previous to her decease, 
she appeared from her first attack to have a presentiment that her disease 
would terminate fatally.  But she awaited the approach of death with Christian 
fortitude, and meekly submitted herself to the will of her heavenly father.  
She had not postponed her eternal destiny to be attended to while laboring 
under heavy afflictions; but when blessed with health, and with a long life in 
prospect before her, she had consigned the interest of her soul to that Saviour 
on whom, in her last hours, she relied with confidence, for a safe passage 
through the valley of the shadow of death, and for a triumphant entrance into 
mansions prepared for her in heaven.   – Six years previous to her death, she 
became a member of the Presbyterian church, and from that time until she was 
called away, she earnestly and sincerely endeavored to live in conformity with 
the precepts of the Gospel.  It is a consolation to her surviving relations and 
friends to be assured that she died the death of a Christian.  May each one of 
them be admonished by this event, of the certainty of death, so that when the 
summons comes, they may be ready to depart in peace, and join her whose loss we 
deplore, in a brighter and better world.
“There’s a land where the loved and the lost shall again
Be restored to our bosoms, and torn from us never,
Where death has no power, and true bliss will reign,
In the hearts of the sanctified spirits forever.”

In Hannibal, Friday, 25th ult., Mr. Richard Bridgford, in the 60th year of his 
age.  

Jun 15, 1849:
In this county on the 10th inst., Mrs. Lucy Jane, consort of Alfred M. Riley – 
aged 39 years.

Jun 22, 1849:
In this county, on the 19th, Mrs. Brown, wife of Lewis Brown Esq.

Jul 6, 1849:
In Columbia on the 22d instant, John H., Bryan, Esq., in the 41st year of his 
age.
  For many years the deceased was a resident of this county, in which he formed 
numerous and devoted friends.  He was a man of indomitable energy; but, as if 
Fate had decreed otherwise, his purposes were usually abortive.  He had just 
procured an outfit for California, and was prepared to make a last adventure 
for Fortune, when his arm was paralyzed by that disease which consigned him to 
the remorseless Tomb.
  He had been, for some years, an exemplary member of the Baptist Church.  He 
was no enthusiast, but such was his resignation to the will of Providence, that 
he bore his sufferings without a murmur; and met death with that composure 
which the hope of a blissful immortality alone can ensure.
  Many have made more noise in the world, but few have left it with less cause 
of regret;  and his friends have full confidence not only in his exemption from 
sorrow, but in his entrance upon the joys of the Righteous.
 Indeed, though Death may long extend
An iron scepter o’er our race;
His Strength and Empire both shall end,
And Life Eternal take their place.

Jul 13, 1849:
In St. Louis, on the 30th of June, Mrs. Maria Henrietta Hockaday, first 
daughter of Hon. S. Hanson, formerly of Washington City, now of Kentucky, 
consort of P.B. Hockaday.

Aug 10, 1849:
In this county on the 2d, Mrs. Margaret M., consort of R.G. Gilmer, and 
daughter of A. Robinson.

Aug 24, 1849:
In this county, on the 22nd, Mrs. Ann Arthur, wife of John Arthur – aged about 
18 years.

In this place, on the 21st, Andrew, infant son of Andrew Gartin, Esq.

Sep 7, 1849:
In this place, on Monday morning the 20th of August Mrs. Margaret Thompson, 
wife of Judge J.V. Thompson.

Sep 21, 1849:
In this place, on the 16th, Mrs. Matilda E. Garlichs, wife of Dr. F. Garlichs, 
of this place.

In this county on the 15th, Mr. Robt. P. Clark, aged 71 years, and 4 months.  
He was Born in Louisa county, Va., on the 12 of May, 1778; has resided in this 
county for upwards of 20 years, and sustained in all the relations of life, and 
irreproachable character.  He was emphatically an honest man.  No man was ever 
heard to say aught against the honesty of “Uncle Bob Clark.”

Sep 28, 1849:
In St. Joseph on the 16th inst., Robert C., infant son of Robert and Mary 
Donnell, aged about 5 months.

Oct 19, 1849:
In this county, on the 16th inst., after a long and lingering illness, Mr. John 
H. Sublette, aged about 28 years.

In Daviess county, Mo., on Saturday the 15th of Sept, 1849, Mrs. Eliza L. 
Casey, wife of Capt. John D. Casey, in the 45th year of her age.  

Oct 26, 1849:
In this place on the 21st, after a protracted illness of some months, Mr. James 
A. Fritzlen, aged about 31 years.

In Daviess county, Mo., on Saturday the 15th of Sept., 1849, Mrs. Eliza L. 
Casey, wife of Capt. John D. Casey, in the 45th year of her age.

Nov 9, 1849:
At her residence in Columbia Mo., on the 19th ult., in the 36 year of her age 
Mrs. Eliza M. Bennett, consort of Dr. James H. Bennett, and daughter of the 
late Fr. A.W. Rollins.

Nov 16, 1849:
In St. Joseph, on the 11th inst., after an illness of some 12 days, Rev. J.M.C. 
Inskeep, (formerly of this place) aged about 38 years.



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