Belmont-Noble-Guernsey County OhArchives News.....Deaths in the Newspaper in 1859 1859 ************************************************ 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 26, 2012, 1:26 am The Belmont Chronicle 1859 Belmont Chronicle, Deaths in the Newspaper in 1859. Belmont Chronicle, January 20, 1859, page 3. Died. On the 25th ult., at his residence in Malaga Tp., Monroe county, Ohio, Lewis Gates, aged 31 years. On the 27th ult., at his residence in Malaga tp., Monroe county, Ohio Mr. Archibald Cooper, aged about 57 years. Belmont Chronicle, January 27, 1859, page 3. Obituary. Mrs. Elizabeth Tate died at her residence in St. Clairsville on the 13th inst., in the 79th year of her age. (obituary follows) Belmont Chronicle, February 10, 1859, page 3. Died. In St. Clairsville, on Tuesday the 8th inst., Mrs. Pleasy Brown, in the 82d year of her age. Belmont Chronicle, February 24, 1859, page 3. Died. Of Consumption on Saturday 19th inst., at his residence, in Hendrysburgh, Belmont Co., Ohio, Mr. Johnathan Grey, aged 31 years. (tribute follows) Belmont Chronicle, March 3, 1859, page 3. Died. Departed this life, at her residence in Pleasant Valley, Belmont county, Ohio, 7th day, the 26th of second month, Mary, consort of John Kinsey, aged 70 years, one month and 17 days. She endured her lingering and painful illness, which was Cancer of the Face, with great patience and when apprised of her approaching end, very touchingly replied: “The birds may sing in spring time; as sweetly as ever, but I will not be here to listen to them.” Her death was a Christian triumph. Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord, from Henceforth. Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours, and their works do follow them.” Belmont Chronicle, March 17, 1859, page 3. Obituary. DIED – Of Cancerous Tumour, on the 26th day of February, 1859 in Colerain tp., Belmont county, Ohio, Mary Kinsey, consort of John Kinsey. The deceased was one of that interesting class that are passing away. I mean the older residents of our community, having settled in this county at an early day, and lived for half a century in the old homestead, from which she was carried in her coffin. Her disease was of long continuance and extremely painful, yet she endured months of acute suffering with great fortitude and patience, nay, with tranquility and cheerful submission. Never was human sufferer more kindly cared for – more faithfully nursed or watched over with deeper solicitude. No hopes of her recovery could be reasonably entertained – death was inevitable, not far in the distance, and her comfort became the object of studied effort, her wishes were anticipated, her descent to the dark valley guarded with sleepless vigilance, yet, so long as she could walk, she strove to avoid being troublesome, and moved about from room to room with a saintly composure that readily disarmed approaching dissolution of half its gathering terrors. Then, in sweetly soothing tones, she would encourage her aged companion to trust in the Great Supreme, and bear up under the thought of coming loneliness. Then this gray-haired couple – the wife with her foot in the grave – would converse affectionately of their re-union in a better world, as they once did, in early life, of a temporary settlement in this. Then it was, the patient sufferer would take occasion to prepare her children for the sunset hour that shall leave them motherless. And when finally, borne down by the wasting ravages of fearful disease – when sinking nature was utterly exhausted by intense, and untold suffering; and she could no longer rise from her bed, even then, she would greet her attendants with smiles of grateful acknowledgment, and whisper words that were “as pictures set in silver.” Very much of her time, during her illness, was spent in fervent prayer and holy communion with God. Her conversation was in heaven, and evidenced patient expectation of the coming Saviour. Often her spirit would rise superior to physical suffering in blissful anticipation of uninterrupted rest beyond the margin of death’s dark river. On one occasion, she said to her eldest daughter, “Weep not dear, for I shall soon be safe at home.” For several days previous to her death she was partially released from pain; her mind was serene and vigorous, and continued so, until her eyes were gently closed in that long, long, sleep. Thus ended – “as dies the wave along the shore” – the earthly pilgrimage of one whose character is worthy an enduring record. As a Christian, she lived and died a member of the Society of Friends, and her profession was nobly sustained by the entire tenor of a well spent life. She was not reluctantly religious, as though spiritual devotion was a task imposed on faltering humanity, nor impulsively pious, as though piety were dependent on eternal circumstances; but, I the full sense of the word, she was “an Israelite indeed.” Her religion was a high and holy principle, embraced from conviction of its truth and excellence, and carried out in every act, in every department and period in life. In early life she received “the truth in the love of it” – and the doctrines of the gospel were enshrined in her heart. She delighted in the duties of religion and its spirit was her second nature. Her life was a literal exemplification of the Christian graces – kind and courteous, gentle, affectionate and even tempered, her earthly adornment was a meek and quiet spirit. She loved the Holy Bible, regarded it as her counselor and guide – walked in newness of life, lived long in the comforting assurance that when her clayey tenement should be dissolved, an entrance should be administered to a better inheritance. Her life was upright – her end was peace, and the remembrance of her virtues, like the fragrance of the crushed rose, lingers round the place of her departure. As a wife, she reverenced her husband, ever seeking to promote his happiness, ever contributing to his comfort, and gladly making his pleasure her own. Her domestic arrangements were well ordered, and her house was emphatically a home. Her manners were mild and winning, and conjugal discord was never heard in her dwelling. But, her excellence as a wife, are best appreciated by her bereaved companion, who, after a happy union of fifty years, is in his own tearful expression, “left to finish life’s journey alone.” He will miss the gentle step, the placid smile, and evening chat; yet the hope of future bliss may soothe the anguish of a brief separation. As a mother, her virtues shine out resplendently. Her children were trained with judgment and tenderness; they respected her authority, feeling assured it was directed by love. While they were young, she directed and guarded their footsteps, and in their mature years, she was their dearest earthly friend and companion. She lived out the measure of human existence, of Three-score years and ten – lived to rear eleven children, and see them all married and settled in life – lived to endear her memory to all who knew her; and now that she is no more, what wonder the impressive silence that brooded o’er her confined remains, should be broken by one of the family circle? – “Sweet Mother – she’s gone to glory!” Thus speaks the bereaved heart over departed goodness, it is the echo of life’s loneliness that speaketh after death. Each heart knows its own bitterness, and the loss of wife and mother, is a sad, sad bereavement, but God’s grace is sufficient. May his spirit comfort the mourner and guide the footsteps of the surviving members of this once happy family band – now broken up and separated – in the ways of pleasantness and peace, and bring them to a blissful re-union beyond the precincts of the mouldering tomb. D.T. Belmont Chronicle, March 24, 1859, page 3. Died. On Friday, the 18th, Mrs. Sarah Rinker. On March 15th of Consumption, in Richland township, Miss Mary C. Knight, daughter of John and Mary A. Knight, in the 13th year of her age. Belmont Chronicle, March 31, 1859, page 3. Died. At his residence in this vicinity, on Sabbath Morning, March 27th, Mr. John McMechan, in the 97th year of his age. “Thou shalt come to thy grove in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in his season.” Departed this life, on the 14th of second month Jane M. Baldertson, wife of Stephen B. Baldertson, of Marshall county, Illinois, formerly of Belmont county. She leaves a husband and four children to mourn her departure. Departed this life, on the 17th of tenth month, Jane W. Pickering, daughter of Mr. Jno. L. Pickering, Sen., aged 24 years, 4 months, and two days. On the 9th of March, of heart disease and dropsy, Mr. Vanleer Drummond, of Wayne Township, Belmont county, Ohio, aged 39 years, 3 months and 21 days. Belmont Chronicle, April 21, 1859, page 3. Died. In Loydsville, on the 16th inst., Miss Josephine Vanfossen, in the seventeenth year of her age. Belmont Chronicle, May 5, 1859, page 3. Died. In Wayne township, Belmont county, Ohio, on April 22d, Mr. John Thomas, in the 76th year of his age. Belmont Chronicle, May 5, 1859, page 3. Died. At her residence in Loydsville, on the morning of the 11th inst., of Typhoid Fever, Mrs. Hannah Elizabeth Eaton, consort of Wm. Eaton, in the 28th year of her age. Belmont Chronicle, June 2, 1859, page 3. Obituaries. Died – In Morristown, on the 28th inst., of Bronchial Consumption, Mrs. Margaret Hamilton, consort of Dr. R. Hamilton, in the 53d year of her age. (tribute follows) Died – In Leavenworth City, Kansas Territory, on the 18th inst., of Typhoid Fever, Jos. Kelly, son of John Kelly, Esq., of Bellaire, in the 19th year of his age. (Tribute follows) The remains were brought to Barnesville on the 26th and on the 27th, were followed to the grave by a large number of his friends. Belmont Chronicle, June 23, 1859, page 3. Died. On the 10th inst., Phebe, wife of M. Hatcher, in the 73d year of her age. Belmont Chronicle, June 30, 1859, page 3. Died. On the 16th of June, at the residence of Mrs. S. J. Morrison, in St. Clairsville, Ohio, Mrs. Sally B. Gore, of Paralysis in the 74th year of her age. Near St. Clairsville, Ohio, on the 24th of June, 1859, of Consumption, Mrs. Hester Lindsey, in the 39th year of her age. Belmont Chronicle, July 7, 1859, page 3. Died. Of consumption, at the residence of her father, in this county, on the 21st of 6th month, Jane L. eldest daughter of John and Amelia Branson, in the 42d year of her age. Belmont Chronicle, July 14, 1859, page 3. On the 12th inst., of Typhoid Fever, at the residence of Mr. Wm. Ramage, Mr. Thos. Deburton, in the 70th year of his age. Belmont Chronicle, August 4, 1859, page 3. Obituary. Died – In Martinsville, Ohio, July 13th, 1859, Mrs. Elizabeth Dean, in the 77th year of her age. The deceased was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, in the year 1782, and emigrated with her parents to Columbiana county, Ohio, in 1805, and cast their habitation in the then unbroken forest. At the early age of 13, she united with the Lutheran Church, and made a profession of her faith in Christ, and by an humble walk, ever leaning with faith on an all sufficient Savior, she evinced to the Church her own sincerity, and to the world the power and truth of the Christian religion – In the year 1826, she and her husband removed to Wheeling, Virginia, where she united with the Methodist Episcopal Church in the year 1836, she removed to Martinsville, Ohio, where she remained surrounded by her friends, until her Savior called her home. (Tribute continues) Belmont Chronicle, July 25, 1859, page 3. Died. On August 14th, near St. Clairsville, Ohio, Mrs. Janet Duncan, in the 93d year of her age. On August 9th, in Loydsville, Anne Laura youngest daughter of John H. Thompson, aged 9 months. On August 22d, in this place, William G. Horner, formerly of the District of Columbia, in the 60th year of his age. Belmont Chronicle, September 1, 1859, page 3. Deaths. On first day evening, 8th month, 21st, at the residence of Isaac Clark, her son in law, Mrs. Mary Hustler, aged 80 years. On August 14th near St. Clairsville, Ohio, Mrs. Janet Duncan, in the 93d year of her age. She and her husband, with several children, emigrated from Scotland to his county about fifty years ago. Her husband died about 34 years ago and left her with thirteen children, nine of whom are still living. (Tribute follows) Belmont Chronicle, September 8, 1859, page 3. Deaths. At his residence in Bureau county, Ills., eight month, 3d, 1859, of Typhoid Fever, Clarkson Q. Fields, son of John and Sarah Fields, in the 34th year of his age – formerly of Belmont county. Belmont Chronicle, September 15, 1859, page 3. Deaths. At the residence of Mrs. Thoburn, near St. Clairsville, on Saturday, 10th inst., of Cholera Infantum, Mary Bella, infant daughter of B.R. and Ellen T. Cowen, of Bellaire, aged sixteen months. At his residence on 2nd inst., George Washington Brock, aged forty-nine years, one month, and two days. The deceased was formerly a resident of Belmont county, an demigrated from Ohio in 1833 to Fulton county, Illinois, and from thence to Johnson county, Kansas, in Oct., 1858. In early life he became the subject of religion, and was connected with the M.E. Church. Through life he maintained a character in harmony with his profession. His affliction, which was short but severe, was borne with patience and resignation to the Divine will. His funeral was attended by a large number of his friends and acquaintances, and conducted according to the usage and under the direction of Masonic Fraternity, and all testified by their presence their esteem of his character and respect of his memory. The sermon preached by the Rev. Davis, from the XVth chapter, 1st Cor., and XXIst verse: “For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.” J.D.B. Uniontown, Kansas, Sept. 5th, 1859 Belmont Chronicle, October 20, 1859, page 3. Deaths. John Meek died at his residence in this county on Thursday, September 22d, 1859, in the 40th year of his age. (Length Tribute follows) Belmont Chronicle, December 8, 1859, page 3. Deaths. On the 1st inst., of Dropsy, Mr. Jacob Weldon, of this place, in the 56th year of his age. Belmont Chronicle, December 29, 1859, page 3. Deaths. In Kansas Territory, on Nov. 9th, 1859, of Remittent Typhoid Fever, Joseph McKelvey, formerly of Belmont county, Ohio, in his twenty fourth year. On the 5th of November, Mrs. Sabina Brown, consort of Cyrus Brown, of New York and daughter of J.W. and Maria Hutchinson. 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