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No subject line is necessary, but if your software requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #1 Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2002 20:21:55 EST From: SCHcrochet@aol.com To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <13d.7482e3d.296900b3@aol.com> Subject: more obits Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by ohmx02.mgw.rr.com id g06K5Ej17873 Hi all, Here's a few more from a Circleville paper with no header Funeral of Hugh Egan: The funeral of Hugh F. Egan, editor of the Adelphi Border-News was held Wednesday, March 8. An immense throng of people gathered in the little village to attend the services. =A0Members of the Red Men order, which the deceased was affiliated gathered from all over the state. =A0Quite a number from this city were in attendance. Following a religious service at his home conducted by Rev. Father Halpin, the remains were taken to the city hall while the body lay in state for an hour preceding a public funeral service. Eulogies of the deceased were read by Judge Louis B. Houck, of Mt. Vernon, past great sachem, H. B. Chalfin, of Dennison, great sachem, Thomas Irwin, of Martins Ferry, great chief of records and E. P. Smith, of Waverly, past great sachem. =A0Rev. Landsittle and Rev. Myers and George Witwer spoke feelingly of the loss of such a citizen to the community where he will be sorely missed. The city hall was filled to overflowing. =A0Following the public funeral the remains were taken back to the home of the deceased where a short funeral service was conducted by Rev. Father Halpin and the remains were then removed to the Adelphi cemetery for interment. =A0Ritualistic serviciis was conducted at the graveside by Judge Louis B. Houck for the Order of Red Men. Please note there is no date this appeared in the paper, but since it refers to the date of funeral, as March 8th, we can assume it was after that. - ------------------------------------------ Mrs. Mary Greer Died at Home of Daughter of High Street Monday Morning. Mrs. Mary P. Greet, widow of Basil Greet, died t the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ella Delong, 140 East High Street, Monday morning March 6, at 6:30 o'clock of complications after seven weeks illness. =A0Deceased was a daughter of John and Sarah Dunn Pickens and was born in Circleville June 3, 1838. She is survived by the following children: =A0Mrs. Delong, and Miss Mattie Angel, of this city; and John Greet of Columbus. =A0Of her immediate family she is survived by a brother, Jonas Pickens, of Lancaster; and a sister, Emma Pickens, of Cleveland. The funeral was held at the house Wednesday at 10 o'clock. Rev. Wallin Riebel, of the united Brethren church officiated. Burial in Forest Cemetery. Again please note no date from paper, we know it's after March 6th, as the was the date of death. - ----------------------------------- MAXINE BROWN date written in by hand is March 9 (assume that to be the newspaper date) Little Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Brown died Tuesday. Maxine May Brown, daughter of Virgil and Bertha May Brown died this morning at 3 o'clock at the home of her parents, East Mound Street. =A0The child's death was due to ingestion. =A0She took sick last Sunday. =A0She was born in this city November 12, 1919. =A0Besides her parents, two sisters, Cleo and Stella, survive. The funeral services were held Thursday morning at 10 o'clock at the Trinity Lutheran church Rev. G. J. Troutman officiated. =A0Interment in Reber Hill Cemetery. - ---------------------------------- Caused Death of Mrs. Mary C. Kuhn--Husband Died January 11. Mrs. Mary C. Kuhn, widow of Ferguson Kuhn, died at her home in Madison township, March 5, at 10:30 o'clock of pneumonia after six weeks' illness. =A0Her husband preceded her in death January 11, last. Deceased was a native of Coshocton and was a daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Bainter Huff and was born July 16, 1843. =A0She is survived by two sons, Raymond Kuhn of Columbus and Orla Kuhn. =A0Of her immediate family she is survived by four brothers and one sister. The funeral was held at the residence Wednesday at 2 o'clock. Rev. Winterhoff officiated. =A0The remains were placed in Obetz mausoleum. Again am sorry to say, when this was photocopied they neglected to get date, sometime after March 5. - ------------------------------- The year is missing on all the above, however; the photo copies appear on the same page as one of my relatives, Jacob Frederick Mader, who's date of death was in 1912. Sandy Searching Family Stories with Sandy ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #2 Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2002 12:37:50 EST From: SCHcrochet@aol.com To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <129.a6d709a.2969e56e@aol.com> Subject: more obits Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" MIME-Version: 1.0 Hi all Still cleaning off the desk with these extra goodies: Circleville newspaper, no header FISHER W. H. Fisher, a well known farmer died Monday night Aug 2, at his home in Monroe township aged 80 years. He had been afflicted for several years with heart trouble and complications, and on July 29, he had a stroke of paralysis from which he never regained consciousness. He leaves two sons, three daughters, four sisters, and many other relatives and friends. The funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon, Aug 4, at the Yankeetown M. E. church, rev. G. C. McKibben officiating. Burial was in the old Yankeetown cemetery. the date written in by hand is Aug. 2 - ------------------------------- CAR ROBBED, J. R. HARDMAN N. & W. detective, was in the city Aug 5, investigating a case of robbery in which the seal of a car of merchandise was broken the night before before near the freight depot; several pairs of shoes consigned to A. D. Schumm, and some scrap tobacco were the only things that were stolen. no date is written in by this article, however the one before and after contain the hand written date of Aug 10. -------------------------- BIG LAND SALE. One of the largest land sales in the county was held at the court house in Circleville Monday afternoon when 533 acres of land in Monroe township, belonging to the late Jonathan Taylor were sold at Sheriff's sale, in the partition suit of Rebecca Haggard vs. Olivia Porter. The farm was divided into six tracts and the whole was bid on at $102.05 an acre and afterward sold in tracts. Tract one, 106 acres and 156 poles, and tract two, 126.69 acres, were purchased by Callie Taylor, Olivia Porter and Ida McCafferty, daughters of Mr. Taylor, at $127.75 an acre. Tract three, containing 75.31 acres, and tract four 79.07 acres were purchased by A. K. Junk at $98.60 an acre. Tract five, containing 85 acres and 32 poles, and tract six, containing 59 acres and 100 poles were purchased by W. C. Adkins and Marion Davis at $67.10 an acre. The total amount of the sale was $54,793.33. F. A. Chaffin, of Washington C. H. and Barton Walters, of this city; represented the plaintiffs, and I. N. Abernethy, the defendants. Tracts five and six will be transferred to A. H. Crownover by Davis Adkins. hand written date of Aug 10 for this one. - ----------------------------- Lininger Land Sold for $42,000. The lands belonging tot he estate of the late Michael Lininger were sold at auction Thursday Aug 5 and netted nearly $42,000. These lands comprised about 335 acres, situated near Johnson's Crossing. The home farm of 200 acres was bid in by Jesse and Charles Lininger at $125 per acre. The Hess Road farm of 135 acres was to John Lininger, of this county, at his bid of $120 per acre. the date written in by hand is Aug 10 as the date this appeared in the newspaper. - ---------------------------------------- GRANT Gerald William, infant son of Clarence and Gertrude Hartman Grant, died at their home in East Ringgold, Tuesday, of inanition, aged three weeks. The funeral services were held at the home Wednesday afternoon, Rev. G. F. Hughes of the United Brethren church of this city, officiating. Interment was in Reber Hill Cemetery. the date written in by hand is Aug 30 - ------------------------------------ MRS. CORA L. DELAY, Died at her residence in Williamsport, Wednesday morning at 1:30 o'clock, of childbirth, aged 43 years. Deceased was the daughter of Andy J. and Ariminta (McGath) Furniss, and was born in Williamsport, Feb 29, 1872. The date written in by hand is Aug. 16 ------------------- Note there is no year listed above. However, these all appear on the same page as one of my family, Edward K. Ebert, husband of Lena K. Mader; whose date of death was in the year 1915. - --------------------------- Sandy Searching Family Stories with Sandy -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V02 Issue #6 *****************************************