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The Liberty Tribune 1862
DEATHS IN THE LIBERTY TRIBUNE, CLAY COUNTY, MISSOURI

The following death notices appeared in The Liberty Tribune, Liberty, Clay 
County, Missouri during the year of 1862.  Some the deaths did not occur in 
Clay County.  The date of publication is shown prior to the item(s).

Jan 3, 1862:
S. Stark – We regret to announce the death of Charles S. Stark, which took 
place in Jackson co., on the 19th ult.  The particulars, as reported to us are 
as follows:  Mr. S. in company with several others, were riding together near 
Blue Mills in Jackson county, when he stopped to light his pipe, his companions 
passing on; but before hew was aware of the presence of a hostile force, he was 
surrounded by a party claiming to be federals and shot.  Mr. Stark was a 
citizen of this county for a number of years previous to his death, and leaves 
a wide circle of relatives, friends and acquaintances to mourn his tragic end.  
He leaves a young wife and one or two children, who have the sympathies of this 
community in their sad bereavement. 

Feb 7, 1862:
Obituary – Died at Clay county, on January 30th, 1862, Nathaniel Mothershead, 
aged sixty years.  He was born in Anderson county, Ky., and lived in Missouri 
more than twenty-five years.  The deceased was always identified with the 
Democratic Party of Clay county, and, in the best days of that party, wielded 
no inconsiderable influence.  He has many friends and relations in Clay County, 
who regret his death, and an old acquaintance writes,            Requiescat in 
Pace.  

Feb 21, 1862:
In this county, on the 19th inst., John, son of Mr. Stephen S. Major, in the 
8th year of his age.

In this city, at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Talbott, on the 13th 
inst., Mr. Samuel Oldham, in the 88th year of his age.

In Dekalb county, Mo., on the 30th of January 1862, Mrs. Emily Vance, consort 
of C.C. Vance, Esq., in the 27th year of her age.  

Death of Mr. Silver. – We are pained to hear of the sudden decease of Mr. Silas 
Silver, of Lexington, Missouri, on Tuesday last.  Mr. S. was a prominent and 
highly esteemed citizen, a man of wealth and of great public enterprise, and 
his loss will be greatly felt and mourned by a large circle of friends and 
acquaintances.  The cause of his death we have not heard, but are informed his 
demise was sudden, having been, almost up to the hour of his dissolution, 
remarkably robust and healthy. – Republican.

Feb 28, 1862:
In this county, on the 26th inst., at the residence of Mr. M. Mitchell, Jr., 
Martha Adaline Mitchell, of Bates county, Mo., aged 59 years.

Mrs. Mary Steen, wife of Lt. Col. Steen, died in St. Louis on the 19th, in the 
35th year of her age.

Mar 7, 1862:
In this city on the 23d ult., Mr. Jacob Varble, aged about 32 years. 

Maj. Willie W. Snell, of Calloway co’ty died on the 5th ult.

Mar 14, 1862:
Died in this county on the 6th inst., at the residence of F.M. Hutchinson, 
after an illness of 36 hours, Mr. Abraham Keller, in the 23rd year of his age.

In this city on the 9th inst., after a protracted illness, Jefferson, son of 
William G. Garth, in the 6th year of his age.
“Another voice has joined the songs
That echo sweetly through the skies,
Another form is gliding through
The shining courts of Paradise.
Wouldst thou recall its ransomed soul
From that eternity of bliss,
To live, to suffer, and to feel
The sorrows of a world like this?
O! bear with resignation meek
The chastenings of thy Father’s rod,
Be joyful, for thou hast returned
Thy child, an angel, back to God.”

Mar 21, 1862:
In this city on the 15th inst., Mrs. Sarah Corbin, aged about 70 years.

Died, in Cameron, Mo., of measles, March 16th, Mary, infant of Emma and Wm. E. 
Croysdale, aged 7 months.
Rest, little Mary, in happiness rest
Mingling with Angels, I know thou art blest;
Far from the trials that temp us to stray.
God, in His mercy, has called thee away.
Short was they stay in this valley of tears,
Bright was thy mission, sweet babe of our fears,
Twining thy little self close round our heart,
Soon may we meet thee, never to part.             M.

Mar 28, 1862:
In this city on the 24th instant, John R. Palmer, infant son of Dr. C.N. 
Palmer, aged three months.

Apr 11, 1862:
Died, in Bloomington, Macon Co., Mo., on the 24th ult., Mrs. Catharine Watson, 
aged 71 years, 2 months and 12 days.  

Apr 18, 1862:
In this county, on the 27th ult., of typhoid fever, Wm. B. Griffith, son of 
J.A. Griffith, in the 19th year of his age.

In this city, on the 14th inst., after a very short illness, William H. Hunt, 
aged 20 years, 3 months and 28 days.

Obituary. – Died at the residence of his father in the city of Liberty, Jesse 
S., son of Mortamore and R.J. Dearing, aged four years, two months and eleven 
days.  The deceased was a child of very attractive manners, and of singular 
purity of character; and his death will be regretted by the many friends of the 
family.  To his bereaved and affectionate parents the only consolation that can 
be offered is that derivable from the language of our Savior: “Suffer, little 
children, to come unto me; and forbid them not, for of such is the Kingdom of 
Heaven.”

Apr 25, 1862:
At the Military Hospital, in this city, on the 23d inst., of conjestive 
pneumonia, Joshua Wilson, (formerly of Palermo, Kansas,) aged about 21 years.

May 9, 1862:
Thomas H. Curd, of Fulton, Mo., died on the 28th ult., in his 38th year.

Elder Thomas Skelton, Principal of the Audrain Female Seminary, died a few days 
ago.

In this county, on the 4th instant, David Lincoln, Esq., aged 62 years.
The deceased was one of our oldest inhabitants, and was universally esteemed by 
all who enjoyed his acquaintance.  Peace to his ashes.  

Jun 6, 1862:
Died in Carrolton, Mo., May 23, of Typhoid fever, Mrs. Ann Smith Glover, aged 
22 years.
Thou hast crossed deaths rapid river,
To return to earth no more;
There with saints to dwell forever,
And thy father gone before.
Where so lately he was summoned,
Where no stormy passions rave;
Where the reign of death is numbered,
With the victory of the grave.
Shall we see the loved one standing,
Down by Jordan’s boisterous flood;
When our weary souls are landing,
Over on the other side.
Yes the loved one will surround us,
When we reach the heavenly shore,
Where our loving Savior’s crowned us,
Kings and priests forever more.

Jun 13, 1862:
Died, March 22nd, 1862, at Elkhorn, Ark., of a wound received at the battle of 
Pea Ridge, on Friday, March the 7th, Col. W.S. Hyde, of the Mo. Volunteers, 
C.S.A.  He was born Nov. 13th, 1827, in Spotsylvania county, Va.  Col. Hyde was 
a graduate of the State University, and afterwards editor of the Brunswicker.  

Jun 20, 1862:
In this county, on the 13th inst., Mrs. Adaline H. Sutton, wife of A.J. Sutton, 
in the 30th year of her age.  She was born and raised in Madison county, Ky., 
and was the daughter of James B. and Matilda Moran.  She was a most estimable 
lady, and her loss will be deeply lamented by all who enjoyed her 
acquaintance.  

Jul 11, 1862:
Obituary – Died at the residence of her grandmother, Mrs. Evaline Thompson, on 
the 7th of July, 1862, Mary Ella Bright, aged eight years, eight months and 
seven days, daughter of William F. and Virginia Bright, both deceased.  She was 
just budding into womanhood, when death called her, although a child, in the 
manners and grace of childhood, her endearing manners attached all to her who 
knew her.  Her loss is regretted by a numerous circle of friends and relatives, 
who know that
“Snatched from a darker deep
And waves of wilder foam,
Thou Lord her trusting soul will keep
And waft her home;
Home, where no tempests sound,
Nor angry waters roar,
Nor troublous billows heave around
The peaceful shore.”

Jul 18, 1862:
Obituary. – Died, at her father’s residence in Clay county, on the 8th of July, 
1862, Maggie Brown Hogan, aged 9 years, and ten months, daughter of John M. and 
Elizabeth Hogan.
Although a child, she was very sprightly and bid fair to become an ornament to 
society.  She was much beloved by all who knew her, and her untimely death is 
regretted by a large circle of friends and relatives, thus
“The loved, the good, the gifted ones,
Are passing from our sight,
Like stars that fade from out the sky,
Before the morning light,
They seem to us a season lent,
To us in kindness given,
That we may know how truly blest
Are those who dwell in heaven.”    J.M. Wilhoit

Jul 18, 1862:
Memento Mori.
Death has seized another victim.  Heaven has received another ransomed spirit.  
Crittenden Moss, infant son of Hon. James H. and Susan M. Moss, departed this 
life early on Thursday morning, at the residence of his uncle O.P. Moss, Esq., 
Liberty, Clay co’ty, Mo., aged 23 months.  After enduring with surprising 
fortitude and patience two months extreme suffering, he sweetly fell asleep in 
Jesus.  What a comfort to grief-stricken parents to know that their children 
dying got to Him, who during his incarnation, taking a little child into his 
arms said “Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of 
such is the kingdom of heaven.”  It is trying – very trying – to part with 
them, so playful, so innocent, so beautiful, so affectionate; but when our 
Heavenly Father calls them into his presence, instead of murmuring, or desiring 
to detain them in this world of sin, shame, sorrow and affliction we ought 
rather in perfect resignation to exclaim “it is the Lord, let him do what 
seemeth him good.”
Crittenden’s parents suffered the loss of several children ere he was taken 
from them, but they are all together in the Paradise of God, anxiously longing 
for their parents arrival there.
Our whole community profoundly sympathise with the bereaved in their 
unutterable anguish, as will many friends at a distance when they hear of this 
painful dispensation.  May the ever living hopes and abounding consolation of 
the Christian religion sustain them, and in due time may they also enter into 
eternal life, and be with their beloved offspring, just spirits perfected, 
angels and God forever.                                     B.

Jul 25, 1862:
In this county on the –th day of June 1862, Mr. John Shouse, aged about 60 
years.  He had been a citizen of this county for 36 years.

Aug 1, 1862:
At Ridgley, Mo., on the 22d, of Consumption Mrs. Catharine Sayle, wife of E.O. 
Sayle in the 29th year of her age.

Aug 15, 1862:
In Platte City, on the 13th inst., Doniphan, son of Elder A.B. and Kate M. 
Jones, aged about 2 years.

Aug 29, 1862:
In this city on the 22d, Mr. John Estes, aged about 50 years.  He had been a 
citizen of Clay for many years.

Sep 5, 1862:
In this city, on the 1st inst., of Consumption Mrs. Amanda Donaldson, (daughter 
of Mr. John Berry,) aged about 35 years.

Sep 19, 1862:
In this county, on the 5th inst., Mrs. Susan Crockett, in the 87th year of her 
age.

Sep 26, 1862:
In this city, on the 20th inst., Jefferson Wirt, son of Wm. A. and Florence 
Hall, aged 1 year, 3 months and 14 days.

In this county on the 24th inst., of pulmonary consumption, Elizabeth Davidson 
consort of A.S. Davidson.

In this county on the 22d inst., Mr. John Q. Capps, aged about 32 years.

Oct 3, 1862:
In this county on the 25th ult., of the disease of the heart, David Adams, aged 
27 years.  

Oct 10, 1862:
Matt. Ward. – The Missouri Democrat has a report from Helena, that Matt. Ward 
was shot a few days since, on his plantation below Helena, and that his death 
was likely to ensue.  Ward will be remembered as the man who killed Butler the 
teacher in Louisville some years ago.  Ward is dead.  

Oct 17, 1862:
On Wednesday the 8th inst., Ellen, infant daughter of John and Mary Jane 
Robinson, aged 20 days.

In this city on the 12th Samuel Gordon, son of Col. Samuel D. and Margaret W. 
Pitcher, aged 1 year, 8 months, and 21 days.

A man by the name of Henry Younger was found dead in the road, about three 
miles from Westport on the Harrisonville road, last evening.  He was shot while 
riding along in his carriage.  The murderers are unknown.  

Oct 31, 1862:
In this county, on Thursday the 23d inst., after a protracted illness, Mr. 
George M. Potter, aged 32 years.

Nov 28, 1862:
We regret to learn the death of Judge John F. Broadhurst, of Platte county.  He 
was Judge of the Platte County Court for some years, and stood deservedly high 
as an officer and man.  Peace to his ashes.  

Dec 5, 1862:
Mrs. Emilie Jane Drumhiller, consort of Maj. Wm. Drumhiller, of Col. Penick’s 
regiment, died in St. Joseph on the 1st inst., aged 20 years and 3 months.

Dec 12, 1862:
Mrs. Mary Burnes, widow of the late Judge James Burnes, died in Weston, at the 
residence of her son James N. Burnes last week, aged 76 years.

Sad Accident. – On Wednesday evening inst., as Mr. Ed. F. Pence, of this 
county, was mounting his horse on the corner opposite our office, the horse 
reared, threw Mr. P. with great violence to the ground, and falling on him, 
fatally injured him.  Mr. P. was taken up speechless, and received prompt 
surgical attendance from the several physicians of our city, but their efforts 
were fruitless. He remained in his speechless condition until Thursday morning 
about ten o’clock, when he died.  He was this morning interred in the burying 
ground of the family, with Masonic honors.
Mr. Pence leaves a wife and two children, with whom our community sincerely 
sympathize in their sad bereavement. – Weston Sentinel
Mr. Pence formerly lived in this county, and was a son of the late Edward Pence 
of Big Shoal neighborhood.  









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