Adams County, Ritzville, WA ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Sue Gardner sueboo18@hotmail.com ==================================================================== The Washington State Journal and Ritzville Times, Thursday, July 6, 1916, issue Walter Jansen Last Friday at 6:30 in the afternoon in Tacoma occurred the death of Walter Jansen, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Jansen. Walter was born Dec. 17, 1906, and was thus 9 years 6 months, 13 days old when death cut him short in his youth. Ever since November he has been under the doctor's care. The cause of his death as given by the doctor was acute dilation of the heart or a chronic endocarditis with valves of heart completely incompetent. Last fall he was taken with rheumatism and later with pneumonia, and finally heart trouble developed. Everything possible that could be done to prolong his life was done. He was treated in a hospital in Walla Walla for eleven weeks and then removed to Tacoma in hopes that the change would prove beneficial, but he passed away after about ten days in the latter city. He was given the best attention but steadily grew weaker till his death. Despite great pain he remained cheerful, and was conscious to the last. Walter was born in Lind and attended the public schools there and in Ritzville. He was a bright boy and a favorite of all who knew him. He bore his suffering uncomplainingly and to the last hoped he would recover. Funeral services were held Sunday at 2 p.m. from the Methodist Episcopal church at Lind, conducted by the pastor. Interment was made in the Lind cemetery. Besides his father and mother, two brothers and two sisters remain to mourn his untimely passing. The Washington State Journal and Ritzville Times, Thursday, July 13, 1916, issue Hired Man Drops Dead Dropping dead of heart failure was the fate of Jim Madison, who has been employed as a farm hand for J. C. Gillett for the past several months. The attack came Saturday afternoon as he was working about the Gillett place. No one was present when death came, his body being found later. During the morning he and Mr. Gillett had been at work hauling. He seemed to be feeling all right and went about his work with his customary vigor. In the afternoon Mr. Gillett went to town directing Madison to continue working with the wood. On his return Mr. Gillett found that Madison was dead. He had hauled his last load of wood, unhitched the team and watered them, and had turned apparently to enter the barn when the fatal attack seized him. A doctor was called immediately and he pronounced him dead from heart failure. In his opinion death had come quickly. Very little was known of Madison. He was not very communicative and Mr. Gillett had never inquired into his personal affairs. He was a man about fifty years of age. Once last fall he remarked that if he voted he would vote in Portland, indicating that as his residence. A message was sent to the chief of police of Portland and an ad run in the Portland papers but no relatives were located. Tuesday afternoon funeral services were conducted at Haight undertaking parlors, Rev. C. W. Williams having charge of the service. Interment was made in the Ritzville cemetery. Infant Dies Last Saturday the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Ahern, who reside six and one-half miles north of town, passed away. The child was 12 days old. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon being conducted by the Rev. C. W. Williams, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church. The Washington State Journal and Ritzville Times, Thursday, July 20, 1916, issue Mrs. Ben Roth Sunday morning about 2 a.m. occurred the death of Mrs. Ben Roth. The end came suddenly. While Mrs. Roth had not been well for a few months and had been complaining for days prior to her death, nothing serious was thought to be the matter. Saturday night she retired as usual. Within a half hour before her death she talked to her husband, but when he next spoke to her she made no response. Being unable to rouse her he summoned Dr. Armann who lives nearby. He pronounced her dead, the cause being heart failure. Matilda Jacobs Roth was born in Lunden, Germany, in 1865. She grew up in Germany and there married Adolph Tim. One son, Hans, was born to them. After the death of Mr. Tim she removed to this country with her son, settling in Washtucna in 1906. In 1913 she was married to Mr. Ben Roth of Ritzville. Besides her husband, the son Hans survives. He is a druggist in Roslyn. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon from the Zion church. Rev Egerland had charge of the services. Burial was made in the Ritzville cemetery. The Washington State Journal and Ritzville Times, Thursday, July 27, 1916, issue William Daughters On Tuesday morning last William Daughters was found dead at the Willow Springs farm north and east of the city. His son, T. A. Daughters, of Coeur d'Alene had recently purchased the place and returned to Coeur d'Alene prepratory to take possession. His father remained at the farm, sleeping in the barn Monday night. When notified of his father's death the son came down and accompanied the remains to Coeur d'Alene where the funeral and burial took place. Deceased was 81 years and 11 months old. The Washington State Journal and Ritzville Times, Thursday, August 3, 1916, issue A. S. Newland Answers Last Call Last Thursday afternoon A. S. Newland, one of the most prominent farmers of the county, answered the final summons. His death had been expected for some time, as chronic kidney trouble had afflicted him for some months, but with the news of his passing there was genuine and heartfelt grief among all the people of the community for Mr. Newland was universally respected. Coming to the county shortly after it was organized, locating on a homestead west of the city, Mr. Newland has been very active in affairs through much of the county's history. Mr. Newland was a man of irreproachable character. Honest in his dealings, open-minded in his judgements, earnest in his convictions, he lived an exemplary life. In his young manhood he served as a soldier in the Confederate army, but when victory rested with the north he acquiesced in the result and no one could have been a more loyal citizen of the republic. He was an honory member of the G. A. R. Mr. Newland was an active member of the First Congregational church of this city. He also was a prominent democrat in politics being a familiar figure at party conventions and gatherings. Funeral services were conducted from the First Congregational church last Saturday afternoon, the stores closing during the hours of the service in tribute of respect to Mr. Newland. The church was filled with his old friends and neighbors. The members of the G. A. R. attended in a body, and it was an impressive sight to see them stand in line at the conclusion of the service while the casket was borne to the hearse, paying a silent tribute to a man once a foe in arms, but now a friend. Andrew S. Newland was born in Crab Orchard, Lincoln County, Kentucky, October 19, 1844 and died at Ritzville, Washington, July 27, 1916, aged 71 years, 9 months and 8 days. In 1856 the family emigrated to Missouri and at the beginning of the Civil War Mr. Newland and his two brothers enlisted in the Confederate army, one brother named John having been killed at the battle of Alatoona, Georgia. In Cape Girardeau county, Missouri, in 1880 occurred the marriage of Mr. Newland and Fannie Hickman the couple coming to Adams county in 1884. Five children survive, three sons and two daughters. They are Mrs. John Truax, Miss Emma Newland, and Robert, Hickman and Charles. Girl Dies Of Injuries Last Friday morning Geneva Hunt died of the injuries received two days preceding when she was run over by a heavy wagon. She was the eleven-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur E. Hunt of near Ralston. Funeral services were held that afternoon at the Haight undertaking parlors, being conducted by Rev. J. S. Penix, pastor of the Ralston church. The body was taken to Dayton for burial. Besides her parents she leaves a sister to mourn her tragic passing. The Washington State Journal and Ritzville Times, Thursday, August 17, 1916, issue Man Killed In Wreck Last night about ten o'clock a wreck occurred on the Milwaukee road out near Marengo. An east-bound freight was going along when the engineer saw a light looming ahead. He supposed it was an approaching train and fearing a head on collision applied the air brakes to his train. As a result his train was doubled up. The cars piled up. One man was killed and another seriously injured. The man killed was O. D. Simpson. Simpson and C. J. Graham with a third man, a stranger, boarded a car of ties at Lind. Simpson was killed in the wreck, and Graham had his head cut and badly bruised. The third man had his nose broken but no other injuries. The body of Mr. Simpson was removed to Lind, awaiting the result of an effort to locate his people. Simpson and Graham have been homesteading in this county near Jacob Harder's place. Mr. Simpson was a young man about 24 years of age. His people are dead, but he was adopted by W. T. Green of Moscow, Ohio, who has been notified of the accident. He has one brother who recently completed a term of enlistment in the Fourteenth Infantry. County Pioneer Called Hence Complying with his request, the body of Tarble W. Martin, better known as Uncle Will, was brought from Pullman Wednesday and buried beside his wife and mother and in a cemetery he had purchased many years before his death. Although he had failed rapidly the past few years, his last sickness was of two weeks' duration. He died Tuesday at the home of his nephew, T. C. Martin, who resides at Pullman, and with whom he had made his home for several years. Mr. Martin was one of four who were the first settlers on Rattlesnake Flat, filing on government land in the year of 1883. He was one of those pioneers, sturdy type; whole-souled and whole-hearted; a friend to everyone and everyone's friend. The funeral was held from the Christian church, Rev. J. S. Penix, pastor of the Presbyterian church at Ralston, conducting the services, and burial was made on a high butte about eight miles northeast of Washtucna. Tarble Willard Martin was born at Danville, Illinois, May 25, 1833, and at his death was 83 years of age. He moved from Illinois to a homestead in Adams county and still owned the land at the time of his death. He was a veteran of Indian wars, and if not the last he was among the last surviving of that war. He is survived by one brother, Hutson Martin, who is his senior, and resides at Rockport, Illinois. He was not the father of any children, but he and Mrs. Martin raised an orphan, by the death of his parents, at the age of two years. This boy was their nephew, T. C. Martin, who cared for his uncle during his declining years. Until the last two or three years he possessed a good memory and could relate some interesting things that took place during the early days of this county. During the Indian war he and his comrades wintered at the mouth of the Palouse river. Because of the severe winter the Government was unable to get supplies to them and to keep from starving they were compelled to eat horse meat. This was only one of his many experiences. Where is body now rests, is without a doubt the oldest established cemetery in Adams county. In it is buried the body of Henry Kemno, the first burial in this portion of the county, and it is thought to be the first burial in Adams county. Mr. Kemno was killed by a falling bucket while digging a well on Rattlesnake Flat. There being no established burial grounds, his friends took the body to the top of a high round hill or mound, where they buried it, thinking the place would be the least disturbed. Two years later Mr. Martin placed a fence around the grave. Fifteen years ago occurred the death of Mrs. Martin, and her body was buried too on top of the high hill. Mr. Martin then purchased an acre of ground, placed a substantial iron fence around a small tract, including the grave of his wife and that of his mother, and requested that when he died his body be buried within the enclosure. There are now nine graves in this isolated cemetery, but it is quite likely that Mr. Martin's body is the last to be buried there. -Washtucna Enterprise The Washington State Journal and Ritzville Times, Thursday, September 28, 1916, issue Clarence F. Plunket Clarence F. Plunket died in Seattle on Saturday, Sept. 22, 1916. Death came as a result of injuries received while at work. A pipe struck him on the head causing a skull fracture. The accident occurred on Friday, Sept. 15. Mr. Plunket formerly resided here. He married Maude McCann, daughter of Asa McCann. They have three children, two girls and a boy. Interment was made in Seattle.