Belmont-Noble-Monroe County OhArchives News.....Deaths Notices in Belmont Chronicle for 1855 1855 ************************************************ 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 J. Reid rreid21@cox.net September 7, 2012, 3:29 pm The Belmont Chronicle 1855 Deaths in The Belmont Chronicle Newspaper, January 1855 to December 1855. Transcribed by Ronald J. Reid, 20012. Belmont Chronicle, February 1, 1855, page 3. Died – On the 17th inst., in Wayne Township, Belmont co., O. after a short but severe illness, Mr. William Templeton, in the 45th year of his age. The deceased leaves a wife and six children to mourn his departure. His remains were followed to the Presbyterian graveyard, at Centreville, by numerous friends and relatives. AS a husband an father he was ever kind and affectionate, as a neighbor and citizen he stood unparalleled. He was a member and Elder of the Associate Reformed church, at Centreville. So constant was his attention to the duties of religion, that each Sabbath found him seated in his pew, awaiting the sound of the Gospel, which was as a sweet morsel to his soul, which thirsted after Righteousness; but his seat is vacated; his work in finished, his race is run, he has fought the good fight, he has finished his course, and the glad tidings have been proclaimed, “Well done; thou good and faithful servant enter thou into the joys of the Lord.” Mourn no longer for him Who hath passed away, For in Glory he’ll stand, At the judgment day. Yea, blessed are they, who trust in the Lord, And openly confess him on earth, For their’s is a righteous reward, Of much Glory and honor and worth. And when all earthly toils are o’er. Their spirits in ecstacy fly, To join him who has gone before To prepare a mansion on high. Belmont Chronicle, February 1, 1855, page 3. On the 5th inst., in Wayne Tp, Belmont co., O., Mr. William Frost, sr., in the 87th year of his age. The deceased was among the first residents of Wayne Tp. He leaves many friends and relatives to mourn his departure, which tho’ not unexpected was deeply felt. How hard to part from those Whom affection holds dear, Though with locks as white as the snows Of each rolling years. Belmont Chronicle, February 22, 1855, page 3. Deaths On Monday evening last, at 4 ½ o’clock, in Wheeling, Mrs. Eliza Lewis, wife of Rezin Lewis, of wheeling, and formerly of this place. The deceased has been for a long time suffering with disease of the lungs, of which she finally died. She leaves a large number of relatives and friends to mourn her loss. Her remains were interred in the Friend’s Burying Ground in this place on Wednesday. At this father’s residence in Semerton, O., on Tuesday, 13th inst., James M. Kiger, in the 17th year of his age. Belmont Chronicle, March 1, 1855, page 3. Deaths. Died – At the American House in St. Clairsville on the 25th inst., after an illness of ten days, Mr. Steel Smith, in the 77th year of his age. The deceased has been a resident of St. Clairsville since April 1814. Belmont Chronicle, March 22, 1855, page 3. Deaths. On the 24th of February, 1855, at his residence in Cambridge Guernsey Co., Ohio of typhoid fever, Dr. Robert W. Patton, formerly of Pultney township Belmont co., Ohio in the 41st year of his age. The deceased leaves a wife and seven children, and a large circle of relations to mourn his departure, he was a member of the Associate Church, as a husband and father, he was ever kind and affectionate, as a neighbor and citizen, highly esteemed. – Bellair Times. Belmont Chronicle, April 5, 1855, page 3. Deaths. On Thursday, March 29th, at the residence of his son, H.W. Scovern, Esq., in this place, Mr. Wm. Scovern, aged 80 years. The deceased was a native of England, but for a few years past has resided with his children in this country. His remains were taken to Zanesville for interment. Belmont Chronicle, April 12, 1855, page 3. Deaths. In Powhattan, on the 13th ult., of scarlet fever, Lydia M., daughter of James W. and Amanda Garrison, aged four years, three months, and fourteen days. Belmont Chronicle, April 26, 1855, page 3. Deaths. On the 15th inst., at Providence, R.I., of Typhoid fever, George Barbour, youngest son of Mrs. Elizabeth Barbour, formerly of this place, in the 15th year of his age. On Monday, the 16th, at the residence of her brother, Mr. Hugh Anderson, in this place, Mrs. Mary Dixon, aged about 88 yrs. Belmont Chronicle, May 3, 1855, page3. Deaths. At Uniontown, Belmont County, Ohio, on the 24th inst., Mrs. Rachel A. Thompson, in the 23d year of her age. Belmont Chronicle, May 24, 1855, page 3. Deaths. Obituary. Mrs. Mary Welsh, wife of Judge John Welsh of this vicinity, departed this life on Monday the 14th inst., in the 41st year of her age. Mrs. Welsh and her husband became members of the M.E. Church in 1835, when the Rev. David C. Merryman was in charge of the St. Clairsville circuit, during an extensive revival upon the portion of the circuit in which they resided. Mrs. Welsh evinced her attachment to the principles of divine truth by persevering attention to the active duties of life and her consistent practice of her religious obligations. She was an affectionate wife, a tender mother, devoting all her energies to the welfare of her numerous family and esteemed by all for her kind and social qualities. She leaves a husband and nine children and numerous relatives too mourn her somewhat early departure, but leaves them also the consolation of believing that she is now in a higher and holier sphere of endless life, with a bright example of truthfulness and integrity left for them to follow, that they also may be ready when the time of their change shall come. Her funeral took place on the next day after her death with appropriate religious services. Her remains were deposited in their last resting place on a beautiful mound on the farm of her husband near the line of the Central Ohio Rail Road, attended by a large concourse of sympathizing friends and neighbors. On the morning of the 17th inst., of Scarlet Fever, after a short illness, John Sylvanus, son of Samuel M. and Pleasey Ellen Thompson, of Richland Tp., aged 2 years and nine months. Parents lament their lovely boy And drop the scalding tear; The loved one smiles n angels’ joy, With God our Father near. At his residence in Pultney Tp., on the 17th inst., Mr. James Hutchinson, Esq., in the 86th year of his age. Belmont Chronicle, May 31, 1855, page 3. Deaths. Benjamin David, formerly of Belmont County, O., died at the residence of his mother, in Noble Co., O. April 11, 1855, in the 22d year of his age. This young brother had been an acceptable member of the church for some fifteen months previous to his death; during which time he seemed to delight much in the means of grace. For some months previous to his death, there was evident signs of rapid decay as the fell destroyer consumption, had taken possession of the citadel of life. But not withstanding his youth, and the sort time he had been engaged in the service of God, when he found that there was but a brief space between him and death, he spoke with great calmness and peace of mind in regard to his approaching end. He gave great assurance to his friends that he was about passing to possess a heavenly inheritance, telling his widowed mother not to weep for him. Thus, we trust, while his friends weep because he’s gone from earth, angels are singing his heavenly birth. May the Lord sustain his afflicted mother, sisters and brothers until life’s last hours, then may they meet where the word farewell is never heard, to enjoy the sweets of an eternal life. G.G. Watters. Belmont Chronicle, June 14, 1855, page 3. Deaths. On the 5th inst., Mr. Thomas Marlow, Sen., of Pease Township, Belmont Co., O. aged 86 years. Died of Consumption after a protracted and painful illness, in Belmont, Belmont Co., Ohio, Mrs. July Ann Fawcett. The deceased bore her severe suffering with meekness, and died in the blessed hope of a happy futurity; she leaves a husband three children and a large circle of friends to mourn her loss. “Yet truly can it be said that is their loss, is her infinite gain.” Her friend P.D. At Woodsfield, on the 8th, after a lingering illness, Rachel H., wife of Mr. Wm. W. Jordan, aged 25 years, 1 month and 11 days. Belmont Chronicle, July 5, 1855, page 3. Died. At Powhatan Point, Belmont Co., Ohio, June 26th, Elisa Jane, wife of A.K. Brown, formerly of Manchester, N.H. At the residence of William L. and Caroline Duff, on the 27th ult., their son Joseph Calvin Duff, aged four years and twenty seven days. Belmont Chronicle, July 12, 1855, page 3. Died. At Madison, Wisconsin on the 20th ult., of Comsumption, Mrs. Ethalinda Hopkins daughter of Rezin Lewis formerly of this place, aged about 21 years. Belmont Chronicle, July 19, 1855, page 3. Died. In the city of Wheeling, on Friday, the 13th inst., Mr. J. Sylvanus Lewis, formerly of this place, aged 24 years. Thus, is the bright morning of life, ere yet the sun of manhood has reached its full meridian, man is called away by the grim tyrant Death. It admonishes those who stand in grief around the open grave, that they should also be ready. On the 15th inst., at the residence of its parents, Wm. and Elizabeth, Albert E. Lake, of Cholera Infantum, aged 20 months. Belmont Chronicle, July 26, 1855, page 3. Died. On the 18th inst., at this residence in Pease township, in this County, John Clark, aged 89 years. Belmont Chronicle, August 2, 1855, page 3. Died. On Sunday morning, 22d ult., at his residence below Bell Air, of Consumption, James Gill, aged 40 years. On Wednesday July 11th, of Scarlet Fever Emma Marie daughter of John Kelly, of Bell Air, and formerly of this place. Belmont Chronicle, August 23, 1855, page 3. Died. Died of Pneumonia on the morning of the 15th inst., Phebe C. wife of Smith Herst of Flushing township in the 38th year of her age. On the 11th inst., at East Richland Sarah T. Daughter of John and Fanny Haines, aged 16 years. Belmont Chronicle, August 30, 1855, page 3. Obituary. At the residence of her father Mr. Lewis Suttons’ of pulmonary affection on the 16th inst., in the 38th year of her age Mrs. Mary W. Brown wife of Mr. George Brown of this place. The deceased was for a number of years a consistent member of the Presbyterian church, at St. Clairsville. She was not suddenly taken away, but let gently and gradually down to the grave, by a slow and oft flattering disease which undermined her constitution. “I have had this cough” she said a few weeks before her death, “for about four years.” During the first stage of her disease she was in great spiritual darkness but the light of the gospel gradually shone in upon her mind, and produced a trust in her Saviour which never left her, but grew stronger as death drew near. “I have,” she said a day or two before she died, “given up the world; I have given up my husband and my child, and all my friends, and I have divided my little affairs among them, and I think I have done all this without shedding any tears. I have done it cheerfully, and now here I am trusting in my Saviour, I hope to come and take me to himself. What is your loss mourning friends, is her gain; she has gone to the Church triumphant, to her Saviour and her God and to Christian friends and dear children, who did welcome her with songs of praise into those Blest regions of everlasting repose. “While you are weeping,” she said to her friends, “over my departure, they will be rejoiced at my arrival.” O, what a pleasing interview between the mother and her children in that world of renewed and finished friendship. Obituary. On the 11th inst., at East Richland Sarah T. Daughter of John and Fanny Haines, aged 16 years. The deceased had for nearly two years been the subject of a disease, of the most painful and afflicting nature; yet through all her long illness, she bore her sufferings with a patience, far beyond her years. Though sad to behold the young girl, thus, pale and suffering, confined to her sick room, while her companions were abroad in the light and busy world. Yet is was indeed beautiful to witness the meekness and fortitude which she manifested under all her trials. Though she never expressed her hope of salvation, and immortal glory through the intercession of Christ’s blood, previous to her last days, yet tis to be presumed she thought much on the subject of religion. A few hours before her death, feeling that her hour of dissolution was fast approaching, and feeling alarmed for her souls safety she requested some friends to pray for her. They did so, at the same time urging her to pray for herself. She covered her face and lay for a time as if in close communion with the Invisible, all seeing, and then expressed herself satisfied and willing to go. Being asked a short time before her death, if she had any doubts, she replied with calm composure, she had none. These were among her last words. Her freed Spirit passed away from its frail suffering tenement, to Him who gave it, and we have reason to believe, to the joys of Heaven. She is gone; and she is missed in the hearts that will long wait her coming. Not amid the group of her young companions will we look for her; for those who greeted her there in other days have long since grown familiar with her absence, and others have filled the place she left vacant there. But in her own loved home, there is a widowed and bereaved Mother. There is a Brother and three young sisters. There are the hearts, that mourn her stay. How longingly will they look to the corner where she was wont to sit in her easy chair, and how vainly list for the low voice of the departed daughter and sister. Oh tis hard to familiarize our hearts with Death in our family circle. There is the vacant seat. There is the favorite book and every object with which they were associated, to tell us they are gone. And there is Memory more faithful than any of these mementoes, to remind us of the dear lost one. But look up, stricken Mother, to the glorious home they child has won, where she sits crowned amid the radiant angel throng. Look up Brother and Sisters and dry your tears. Look beyond the dark and chilling grave, to the world of joy and peace, where Death can never enter, and where you may meet her, whom you mourn. Belmont Chronicle, September 6, 1855, page 3. Died. On Sunday, 2d inst., of dropsy, after a lingering and painful illness, James McMillan, of this township, aged 67 years. The deceased well known as one of our best citizens, and his demise will leave a breach in his community not easily filled. He passed away in the full hope of enjoying a blessed immortality, through the merits of a crucified Redeemer. On Sunday morning Sept. 2d, at the Sprigg House, Wheeling, of typhoid fever, Mr. Samuel McNeis. Belmont Chronicle, September 13, 1855, page 3. Died. September 7th at her residence in Jefferson County, Mary West, aged 70 years. Belmont Chronicle, September 27, 1855, page 3. Died. On the 16th inst., of cancer in the breast, Mrs. Greenlee, wife of Wm. Greenlee, aged 50 years. Belmont Chronicle, October 4, 1855, page 3. Died. Mrs. Tieza A. Ramsey, widow of Dr. W.H. Ramsey, and youngest daughter of the Hon. Benjamin Ruggles, departed this life on the 26 ult., in the 39th year of her age, at the residence of her father. On the 16th inst., of cancer in the breast, Mrs. Elizabeth Greenlee, wife of Wm Greenlee, of Smith township, aged 50 years. On the 21st inst., Mr. William Nichol of this township, in the 67the year of his age. Without designing to eulogize him or flatter surviving friends, it may be remarked while few others had as many relatives, he was not disgrace to them. He was noted for punctuality in all his engagements, and seldom absent from his post, in either church or state. Though a man of considerable property, naturally of a warm temperament, and having much to do with others, he was decidedly averse to lawing, and his character is unblemished by litigation, as his friends confidently believe, he never had a lawsuit in his life. Since his first connection with the Church, some forty years since, nothing is known to have ever suspended for a moment his rights to the enjoyment of all its privileges. And as he advanced in years, his regard for the sacred observance of the Sabbath increased – also his punctuality in attending to all the duties of the Christian profession, both public and private. But in the family – on all of whom may his mantle fall, he was a model in gentleness, kindness and affection. Belmont Chronicle, October 11, 1855, page 3. Died. On Monday 1st inst., in Mead Township, of dropsy, Mrs. Rachel Richardson, aged 43 years. On Monday the 8th inst., of typhoid fever, at his residence 2 miles east of this place, Jacob Hall, aged 41 years. The deceased was well and favorably known to our citizens. He was a man of the strictest integrity, indefatigable in business and affable and gentlemanly in all his intercourse with his fellow men. His loss will be deeply felt. Belmont Chronicle, October 18, 1855. Died. On the 5th inst., of Pulmonary Consumption, after a lingering illness, Wm. R. Carle, Clerk of the Court of Common Please, and District Courts of this County. The deceased was a man of the strictest integrity, and in all the relations of life he maintained the character of a worthy citizen and affectionate husband and father, and a true friend. He leaves a large family to mourn his departure. On the 4th inst., at his residence, near Lloydsville, John Shannon, in the 72d year of his age. On the 20th ult., at his daughter’s residence, in Guernsey county, John Piggott, aged 77 years and 3 months. The deceased resided for about 50 years in the neighborhood of St. Clairsville. He was a worthy member of the Society of Friends. Belmont Chronicle, October 25, 1855, page 3. Died. On the 18th inst., of Pulmonary Consumption, after a lingering illness, Mrs. Arabella Patton, wife of Mr. John Patton of this place. The deceased had become endeared to a large circle by her amiable manners, and exemplary life, and her loss will be deeply felt. An affectionate husband has lost a devoted wife, an interesting family have been bereft of a kind mother, and society of a useful member, while they mourn her decease, may they imitate her virtues. Belmont Chronicle, November 1, 1855, page 3. Died. In La Salle Ill. On the 16th inst., Mr. Richard Charlesworth formerly of this place. Belmont Chronicle, November 15, 1855, page 3. Died. On Sunday morning, 11th inst., Mrs. Rachel Denham, aged 84 years. On Saturday, 10th inst., Herod oldest son of Wm. P. Frasier of this vicinity, aged 13 years. Belmont Chronicle, December 6, 1855, page 2 Died. On the 3d, of Dec. Miss Sarah McMillan, in the 63 year of her age, resident of Richland Township. Belmont Chronicle, December 27, 1855, page 3. Died. On the 17th inst., of Scarlet Fever Ferdinand Alonzo, infant son of Alonzo P. and Elizabeth R. Miller, aged one year and seven mo. and ten days. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/belmont/newspapers/deathsno150nnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ohfiles/ File size: 19.7 Kb