Belmont-Noble-Guernsey County OhArchives News.....Deaths in the Belmont Chronicle Newspaper for 1856 1856 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ronald Reid rreid21@cox.net September 15, 2012, 11:55 am Belmont Chronicle 1856 Deaths in the Belmont Chronicle during 1856. Belmont Chronicle, January 17, 1856, page 3. Died. On the 15th inst., of Liver complaint, William John, son of Mrs. Isabell Young, of this place, aged 3 years and 3 months. On the 14th inst., George Francis Hutchison, son of Jane and Bethshaba Hutchison, aged seven months, two weeks and 4 days. Belmont Chronicle, January 24, 1856, page 3. Died. On Monday evening last, at the residence of her father, 3 miles south of this place, of small pox Miss Betsey Ault, daughter of Frederick Ault. Departed this life, at the residence of his father, in Bristol township on the 4th inst., John Ryan, Jr., in the 27th year of his age; leaving a large circle of friends and acquaintances to lament his early death. They mourn not as those who have no hope. They think of him, as having exchanged the trials and sufferings of earth for the joy and blessedness of Heaven. He had been long afflicted. He suffered, but having faith in Christ he endured, knowing that “these light afflictions work, for the child of God, “a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory.” “Blessed are the dead that died in the Lord.” “It matters little at what hour The righteous fall asleep; death cannot come To him untimely, who is fit to die, The less of this cold world the more of Heaven. The briefer life, the earlier immortality.” W.M.G. Morgan Herald. Belmont Chronicle, January 31, 1856, page 3. Died. On Friday, 25th inst., Mrs. Vermillion, wife of C.D. Vermillion, of this place. Belmont Chronicle, February 7, 1856, page 3. Died. On Sunday, 3d inst. of Pulmonary Consumption, Miss Emeline Scatterday, daughter of Pulaski Scatterday, Esq., of Wheeling, formerly of this vicinity. On the 31st ult., of decline, Mary Harrison, in the 79th year of her age. Belmont Chronicle, February 14, 1856, page 3. Died. At his residence in Pittsburg, on Thursday, 7th inst., Samuel Sharpless, aged 74 years. The deceased was, upwards of twenty years since, a resident of our village, and bore an irreproachable character, and is remembered by many of our citizens as a man of amiable manners, and unusual kindness of heart. He was a member of the Society of Friends, and was buried in their burying ground in this place, on Monday last. His life was an impressive sermon on the text: “ A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches.” Full of years, respected of men and fearing God, he has gone to his rest. Belmont Chronicle, February 28, 1856, page 3. Died. Very suddenly, on Monday February 25th, of disease of the heart, Mr. John McCune, and aged and highly respected citizen of Barnesville, in this county. On the 19th inst., at his father’s residence in Wheeling township, William C., only son of Eli V. and Rebecca Cleaver, aged 6 years and 10 months. We tender our sympathies to the bereaved parents in their affliction. There is balm in Gilead. Belmont Chronicle, March 13, 1856, page 3. Obituary. Of Consumption , on the 15th of February, at Uniontown, Ohio, Mary, eldest daughter of Dr. John and Jane Campbell, in the 24th year of her age. For several years the deceased was a professed follower of Jesus. Her life was evidence that she loved the church of God, and delighted in. “Her sweet communion - solemn vows, Her hymns of love and praise.” Possessed of more than ordinary musical talent, she delighted, even to the moment of death, in the Songs of Zion. When by feebleness she was deprived of going to the sanctuary, the Bible, Hymn book and Dr. Alexander’s Practical Sermons were her constant companions. Her deportment in health, was such as to win honor from youthful companions and love from superiors in age. But the only consolation in her death is, that she was loved of Jesus – that she loved Him, and died in Him, and now reigns with Him. The conflict between the attachments of an earthly home and the attractions of an heavenly – was long, but the victory through grace, was complete and glorious. For days she waited calmly to be taken home. When she felt that the messenger had come she summoned her friends to her bed-side. To her father she said – “Its death now.” To her mother – “I’m going home – if this is death, its sweet, its pleasant. Death has no terrors now.” Then, with calmness known only to Faith, she bade farewell to each one present – giving each a parting blessing, and solemnly urging those out of Christ to flee to Him, and to follow her to heaven. This done, she requested the hymn – “Mid scenes of confusion,” &c., to be sung. In this she participated with great clearness, to the end, and as she pronounced the last word, “home,” her lip quivered, her tongue faltered, and her spirit was borne to the presence of Jesus; there “with glorified millions to praise Him at home.” Belmont Chronicle, March 27, 1856, page 3. Died. Of consumption, on the 19th of February, at the residence of Maj. N.B. Steele, in Louisa Co., Iowa, Mr. John Steele, of Belmont co., Ohio, in the 48th year of his age. At her residence in Martinsville, on the 19th inst., Miss Elizabeth Woodcock, wife of Mr. Bancroft Woodcock, in the 64th year of her age. Unexpectedly as the message came to call her home, her friends have every reason to believe that she was prepared. To her afflicted husband and children it may be truly said, that their loss is irreparable, yet “their loss is her eternal gain.” Obituary. Died, at his residence in Wheeling township, Belmont county, Ohio, Feb. 5th 1856, Mr. William Larimer Duff, in the 46th year of his age. The deceased was trained in the principles of religion in early life, under the ministry of Rev. William Taggart, in the congregation of Upper Wheeling, and took an interest in the formation of the congregation of St. Clairsville. He was elected to the office of ruling elder in the latter congregation in 1843, and reluctantly consented to serve in the duties of the office which he was chosed to fill. He always took a warm interest in everything belonging to the welfare of the congregations; and by his influence encouraged minister, elders and people. About three years since, a neglected cold seriously impaired his health and undermined his constitution, and eventually brought him to the grave. Although he recovered from the prostration connected with the severity of his first attack, his health was never fully restored. He loved the ordinances of the gospel and enjoyed its comforts and consolations, and found support in his affliction by meditating on its promises. From the first of December last, he was confined to his house, and shortly after, to his bed. About a month before his death, we found him aware of the progress of his disease, and calmly looking forward to his approaching end, and trusting for support in the Savior whom he loved. By that Savior he was upheld. A friend writes, “His reason remained with him to the last, and he die das only the Christian can die – calmly, hopefully, trustfully. May his wife and children find their help in Him, who is a judge of the widows, and a Father of the fatherless.” Belmont Chronicle, April 3, 1856, page 3. Died. On the morning of the 3d inst., at his residence in Wayne township, of Disease of the Heart, Mr. Thomas Mays, aged 68 years. The deceased was born in Washington county Pa., and settled in this part of the State immediately after the war of 1812, in which struggle he bore a part. He was long a resident of this vicinity, and in the spring of 1849 removed to Wayne township, in this county, where he resided up to the time of his death. The deceased was a man of unobtrusive manners, amiable disposition and possessed of all the positive qualities of an indulgent father, kind husband, accommodating neighbor, and good citizen. He me the grim king of terror as a peaceful messenger, and was in readiness to attend his summons. Belmont Chronicle, April 17, 1856, page 3. Died. Died, in Fairview, Guernsey Co., Ohio, March 28th, Alzira D. wife of John Taylor in the 24th year of her age. Seldom has it been our privilege to become acquainted with one possessed of fewer faults – the common inheritance of fallen humanity – than Mrs. Taylor. She was, naturally, the best person I ever knew- modest, gentle, retiring and unobtrusive, affectionate and confiding. She loved everybody and everybody loved her. As a wife, Mrs. Taylor was tenderly affectionate, and steadfastly devoted to the interest, comfort, and happiness of her husband – every ready with a word of commendation and encouragement. Seldom, very seldom, does the stream of Matrimonial happiness flow with such uninterrupted evenness as did that of our now afflicted brother. Her gentle soul ever looked out upon him beaming with pure love; and, when borne far out on the receding billow of death, she whispered back to him in broken utterance –“I-love—you, --I—love—you!” Early in Dec. 1854, Mrs. Taylor became the subject of religious influence and awakening; and, with characteristic promptness, she fled to the cross, unburdened her heart in prayer, and obtained the witness of pardon and adoption. She immediately joined the church, and, to the day of her decease, shed a luster upon her profession, adorning the doctrines of religion with a chaste conversation, and an unimpeachable walk. Her religious life was an even stream. Severe in her criticisms of self, and truly humble, she never manifested outbursts of joy, neither did she give place to despondency. Mrs. Taylor’s last affliction was very great – O how she suffered! – but she never gave utterance to a murmur, or complaint; all was patiently borne, and she was truly “made perfect through suffering.: On the 28th of March, the lamp of life, which, for weeks, had burned dimly, began to flicker in its socket; and at 11 o’clock P.M., it expired – the huge wave of death went over her, and the pure, and gentle spirit escaped into the “house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.” As a child, neighbor, friend and wife, Mrs. Taylor was all that could be desired; as a Christian, “though dead, she yet speaketh.” J.W. Shirer. Fairview, April 7th A.D. 1856 At his residence in Colerain Township on the 13th inst., MR. Charles Eckels, in the 35th year of his age. The deceased was a native of Berkeley Co., Va., but has long been a resident of Belmont County, and leaves a large circle of relatives. His reason remained with him to the close of life, and he died in the hope of a glorious immortality. At his residence in Flushing township, on Monday, 14th inst., Isaac H. Chandler, Esq. On Monday, 14th inst., in Martinsville, of Consumption, Sarah, wife of James M. Woodcock. Belmont Chronicle, May 1, 1856, page 3. Died. In St. Louis, on the 23d ult., Mrs. Agnes Wishart, widow of Dr. James Wishart, formerly of this place, in the 57th year of her age. On the 24th inst., of typhoid fever, at the residence of her father, in Warren township, Jane, eldest daughter of Washington and Mary Buchanan, in the 26th year of her age. Belmont Chronicle, May 8, 1856, page 2. Died. Departed this life on the morning of the 15th ult., in the 25th year of her age, Mrs. Sarah L. Woodcock, of Martinsville, O. Sister Woodcock was a member of the Presbyterian Church. I have never seen a brighter display of the sustaining grace of God, in sickness and in death, than I witnessed in her case. The disease with which she died was consumption. She lingered for some eight months, but for the last eight weeks she sank rapidly, and suffered greatly. But according to her day so was the grace of God. She was never known to murmur or complain; always pleasant, always resigned. When she stood in the cold waters of death, she called her husband and friends and bid them farewell, telling them not to weep after her; for, said she, “I am going to heaven.” She continued strong in faith, giving glory to God, until life’s latest moment. She said to me, “I am resigned to God’s blessed will, I would not wish to recover, but to glorify God by my life, and train up my child in his fear. But the will of the Lord be done.: A short time before she died, seeing her friends around her bed weeping, she said, I do not know why you all love me so much.” Her brother (Rev, W.M. Grimes,) said “Lucy, do you know that we think you are dying.” “Yes,” said she, “I am dying.” “Are you conscious of what you are saying, Lucy!” “Oh, yes, I am, I know that I am going home to heaven.” She sweetly fell asleep in Jesus, leaving a kind husband, one little babe, and a large circle of friends and relatives to mourn their loss, which is her eternal gain. The departure of this sister reminded me of the setting of the morning star. The sun is lost for a time from our sight behind the western hills, enveloped in clouds and darkness. Not so with the morning star, it passed out of our sight and is swallowed up in the brightness of the sun. So passes out of our sight the saint of God, not leaving us in darkness and uncertain doubt with regard to their future home. The echo comes back – I am gone to God May the blessed god grant unto her surviving friends such a death as hers. J.J. McIlyar. Martinsville, April 26, 1856. In Goshen township, on the 23d ult., Wm. Moore, in the 87th year of his age. Belmont Chronicle, May 15, 1856, page 3. Died. On the 1st inst., of consumption, Mrs. Eliza White, consort of William White, of Guernsey county. Mrs. Jane Hutchison, widow of the David Hutchison died on the 27th of April in the 74 year of her age. Although long the subject of affliction she went off very suddenly at the last; she took her breakfast as well as usual, was taken worse at ten o’clock, and died in the evening. She was for many years a member of the Presbyterian Church in this place. We have seldom met with any one who was more humble, and retiring in her disposition, or who gave better evidence of being a real Christian. She was remarkable for keeping with great relish and strictness the Sabbath, and the last day she spent on Earth was the Sabbath and truly glorious we doubt not was its close to her, as she passed away a ransomed spirit into the Church triumphant. Belmont Chronicle, May 22, 1856, page 3. Died. On Monday, 19th inst., of Consumption at his residence near Morristown, Gen. Christopher Hoover. The deceased has been for many years a resident of this county, and is well known for his probity and uprightness of character. On the evening of the 10th inst., Mrs. Mary Spillman, wife of Mr. Philip Spillman aged about 55 years. Died suddenly, on the 30th April, at his residence in Union Township, John Nichols, in the 74th year of his age. He lived for the last 50 years on the farm on which he died, and was esteemed as an excellent neighbor and an honest man. Belmont Chronicle, May 29, 1856, page 3. Died. At his residence in Edgar Co., Illinois, on the 12th of April of disease of the throat and lungs, Stephen K. Reynols, aged 48 years. The deceased was from many years a resident of this County, and was well known to many of our readers. He was respected and esteemed by all who knew him, as an honest man and a Christian. Lured by the flattering prospects offered in the West, he fell a victim to the unhealthy climate of his new home. At her residence in this vicinity on Sunday morning, 25th inst., Mrs. Margaret Butcher, aged 72 years. The deceased was a native of Scotland, but for many years she has lived in the same home where she died. By her exemplary life she won the respect and esteem of all who knew her, and a large circle of friends and relatives mourn her departure. She lived and died in the fear of God. Belmont Chronicle, June 5, 1856, page 3. Died. On Wednesday May 27th, at Martinsville, Mrs. Ralston, wife of A. Ralston of that place. We learn by the Enterprise, that her remains were intered at Hopedale in Harrison Co., on Friday. On the 12th ult., at his residence, in Smith township, Mr. David Milligan in the 90th year of his age. The deceased was a native of Ireland, Antrim county, and emigrated to this county in 1821, where he resided until his decease. Belmont Chronicle, June 12, 1856, page 3. Died. At his residence in Kirkwood on Monday the 9th ult., Joseph Kirkwood, aged 72 years. The deceased was one of the oldest settlers in this part of the State, being connected with the Indian history of this county. His father, the gallant Capt. Robert Kirkwood, was killed at St. Clairs defeat, where he fought with great bravery. The deceased raised a large family of children and his decendents are very numerous in this county. He lived respected and died regretted. Thus one by one the old men who lived those “times that tried men’s souls” are passing away, and soon we will be without a remembrance of them except the noble fabric of government they gave their blood and fortunes to rear and perpetuate. “After life’s fitful fever he sleeps well. Nothing can touch him farther.” At the residence of her son, Smith Hirst, on the 8th inst., Mrs. Ann Hirst, relict of David Hirst, in the 82s year of her age. Belmont Chronicle, June 19, 1856, page 3. Died. On the 12th inst., John, son of Isaac Hoge of Colerain Tp., aged 7 months and 9 days. Belmont Chronicle, July 3, 1856, page 3. Died. On Friday, 27th ult., at his residence in this township, Mr. Abraham Gandy, aged 90 years. The deceased has been long a resident of this county, and has always borne the name of being a man of regular habits, strict integrity, and affable and courteous manners. He voted Gen. Washington for President in 1788, and has voted at every Presidential election since. Belmont Chronicle, August 7, 1856, page 3. Died. On the 24th ult., of pulmonary consumption, in the 24th year of her age, Miss Elizabeth Ann Moore, daughter of Mr. Camby Moore. The deceased was much beloved by a large circle of relatives and acquaintances. At the residence of Mr. Reddick Grimes on the 26th ult., of pulmonary consumption; Mr. Josiah Coats in the 20th year of his age. Of the same disease, on the night of the 1st inst., Mrs. Mary Ann Myers, daughter of James Porterfield, late of Richland Township. Belmont Chronicle, August 14, 1856, page 3. Died. Mrs. Barbara Neff departed this life on Saturday the 9th inst., at the residence of her son Col. Henry Neff, in the 78th year of her age. Mrs. Neff and her husband Henry Neff Senr., were among the early settlers of this county, having emigrated to this State about forty-eight years since and spent a large portion of their active and industrious lives in clearing the forest and furnishing for themselves and children, a delightful home on one of the most attractive farms in that part of the country. Mrs. Neff has been a widow for eighteen years; a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for about twenty five years. She manifested her attachment to Christian principles, by her regard for the institution of the church and in the moral and religious training of her children and the general duties of home and friendship. Her death was caused by a paralytic affection and for about ten days before her death she was unable to speak or recognize her friends. Her remains were consigned to their last resting on the next day after he death in the Methodist Burial Ground in St. Clairsville, with appropriate religious services and attended by a large concourse of sympathizing friends and relatives. On Saturday morning, August 9th, of Appoplexy, Mr. Samuel Woodmansee, of East Richland, aged about 78 years. Mr. Woodmansee died very suddenly, having retired to bed on Friday evening, in his usual health. He was long a resident of this county, where he was well and favorably known by a large circle of friends and relatives. Of croup in this county, near Somerton, on the 29th July, Margaretta Leanora daughter of Archimedes and Elizabeth Scatterday aged 1 year and 11 months. On Thursday, 6th inst., of Consumption Florin Genin, son of Thos. H. Genin, Esq., of this vicinity, aged 32 years. Belmont Chronicle, August 21, 1856, page 3. Died. At his residence in Washington Township on Saturday August the 9th, 1856, John Mechem, aged 83ys 11mo & 9days. The deceased came to this county from Chester county Pennsylvania, in April 1804, and has resided principally from this time until his death he was a member of the society of Friends a good Neighbor; an honest man, and an exemplary Christian. Belmont Chronicle, August 28, 1856, page 3. Died. On Monday, August 18th, at the residence of her husband in Steubenville, Mrs. Priscilla T. Wife of C.T. Holloway, formerly of Flushing, in this county. The many relatives and friends of the deceased in this county will mourn the early death of Mrs. H., and sympathize deeply in the loss of the bereaved husband. At his fathers residence in this vicinity on Thursday the 21st of this month, John Taylor, about thirty eight years of age. He came to this County from the State of Virginia in 1838. He was an upright man, beloved in the family circle and exemplary in all his deportment. Belmont Chronicle, September 4, 1856, page 3. Died. At her residence three miles South of St. Clairsville, on the morning of the 1st inst., of a dropsical affection, Mrs. Catherine Kent, aged about eighty years. Belmont Chronicle, September 11, 1856, page 3. Died. On Friday, Sept., 5th, at his residence in this township, George Benton, aged 44 years. The deceased had been confined to his room for upwards of nine months, with the disease which finally carried him off, but although a great sufferer, bore his affliction with resignation. He was a gentleman well respected by all who knew him, upright in all his dealings, and affable in his deportment towards his neighbors. He leaves behind a wife and family and a large circle of friends to mourn his departure. On Monday, Sept. 1st, of Cholera Infantum, William Kennon, infant Son of Barclay, and Susan C. Munday, aged 3 weeks and 3 days. Belmont Chronicle, September 25, 1856, page 3. Died. On the 9th inst., Alexander McPherson, Sr., at the residence of his son, in Uniontown, in this county, in the 89th year of his age. Belmont Chronicle, October 16, 1856, page 3. Married. On the 7th inst., by Rev. John Moffat, Mr. George Brown, and Miss Sarah J. Sutton. On the 2d inst., by Rev. John Moffat, Mr. Joseph Giffin, and Miss Mary Jane Ault. Sept 30th by Rev. J.W. Shirer, Mr. Joseph P. Acton and Miss Mary E. Fowler, all of Belmont County. Belmont Chronicle, October 16, 1856, page 3. Died. At the residence of her husband in Warren township, Mrs. Sarah Mead, wife of Samuel Mead, Esq., in the 76th year of her age. The deceased has been afflicted with a lingering and painful disease for more than 10 years, which was borne with true Christian resignation. She was the mother of ten children, nine of whom survive her to mourn their irreparable loss. We knew the deceased, and in her several stations of wife, mother, neighbor, friend and Christian, she sustained a most irreproachable character. Blameless in life and conversation, she has passed from earth and obeying her Master’s summons, has gone up higher. On the sixth day, September 56, of Typhoid Fever, Sarah wife of Abner Hoge of Lloydsville, in the 68th year of her age. (length poem follows) After a short illness on the 5th inst., of Flux and Typhus Fever, Mary Jane Daughter of Mrs. Deborah Clark of Richland Township Belmont Co., in the 20th year of her age. Belmont Chronicle, November 6, 1856, page 3. Died. Sudden Death, Lucinda Hicks, wife of Joseph Hicks resident near Bridgeport, died suddenly on the 22d inst., She had been almost a helpless sufferer from palsying disease for several years. On Monday, Oct. 6th, at his residence in Sparta Buchanan Co., Missouri, James McConnell, of Typhoid Fever. Mr. McConnell was formerly a resident of this vicinity and moved to Missouri about two years ago with the intention of making that State his future home. He was respected by a large circle of friends and relatives for his upright moral character, and exemplary Christian deportment and they now sincerely mourn his loss. On the 25th of Oct. 1856, at La Salle, Illinois, Richard W. Charlesworth, in the 28th year of his age. Belmont Chronicle, November 13, 1856, page 3. Died. On Saturday 8th inst., Robert, son of Parker and Martha Anderson, of this place aged 4 years and 2 months. On the 8th inst., Mr. Zedekiah Brown, of this place, aged 49 years. On Oct. 29th at the residence of her son-in-law W. Hoge; Mary, relict of the late Jacob Gregg of Lloydsville, of Pleurisy and inflammation of the Lungs in the 83d year of her age. (Obituary the following week of November 20 contains a lengthy poem) File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/belmont/newspapers/deathsin121gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ohfiles/ File size: 25.6 Kb