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Died--At Ashley Creek Mills, near Potosi, Washington County, Mo, DAVID BARCLAY, of pneumonia on the 24th day of February 1880, at 7:25 A.M., oldest son of the late James Barclay Chryston, of Glasgow, Scotland, and brother-in-law to A. Gardner, of Des Arc, Iron County.
Iron County Register, Ironton, Missouri, June 1, 1871, Page 3.
DIED--May 20, 1871, Mrs. ELIZABETH BARNACLE, in the 52d year of her age.
WHEREAS, it has pleased Almighty God to remove from our midst our late Sister Elizabeth Barnacle, member of the Order of Good Templars, of Pilot Knob Lodge, No. 113; and, WHEREAS, This Lodge and Order have lost of their most Christian and upright sisters; therefore, be it
Resolved, That in her death society has lost a worthy member, upright and virtuous, a shining member of the Church of God.
Resolved, That this Lodge extends its heartfelt sympathy and consolation to the bereaved husband and children, who have lost a fond and affectionate and worthy wife and mother, pointing them to that bright and glorious immortality that fadeth not away, and to have an abiding faith in the reunion of the redeemed.
Resolved, That the members of this Lodge wear the usual badge of mourning for twenty days, and that a copy of these resolutions be presented to husband and orphans of the deceased sister.
LIZZIE MEAD,
LIZZIE DAVIS
LIZZIE HANCOCK,
Committee.
Iron County Register, Ironton, Missouri, Thursday, June 27, 1895, Page 4.
In Memoriam.
Mrs. Anselm Begle of Ironton, Mo., departed this life Thursday, June 20th, 1895, at 10:40 p.m., aged 59 years, 1 month, and 15 days.
Mrs. Begle, the daughter of Michael Spitzmiller, was born in Germany, and came to this country with her parents in 1850, locating first at Ste. Genevieve, and removing thence to Pilot Knob a few years after. The subject of this sketch was united in marriage to Mr. Begle on January 1, 1859. Of this union were born three children, of whom two -- a son and daughter--survive. Both--Mrs. J. Norman of Murphysboro, ILL., and Geo. Begle of Poplar Bluff, were with her in her last moments, and are left to comfort the father bereft of his companion of thirty-six years. Both her parents had preceded her, the father twelve, and the mother nine years, to that bourne whence no traveler returns. Three brothers and one sister--the latter being Mrs. Vogt of Cape Girardeau--survive to mourn her loss.
The procession which attended the remains to their last resting place was very large, and attested to the place of the family in the affections and respect of the community. Peace to her who has gone, and quiet and resignation to the declining years of him who is left to await the decree of time.
In this connection, the family desires us to state their full appreciation of the kindness of their neighbors and friends. Its memory will abide while life continues.
Iron County Register, Ironton, Missouri, September 1, 1881, Page 5.
At Pilot Knob, on August 25th, 1881, John Behm, of typhoid fever--aged 26 years.
In San Antonio, Texas, Friday morning, August 5th, Mrs. ANNA F., wife of Mr. S. C. Bellis.
"Annapolis News" column. Thursday, November 23, 1911:
Robert Berryman, aged 75 years, an old-time resident of Iron and Reynolds Counties, died at Leeper, MO, (where he has been living ever since he left the Dugald restaurant in north Ironton), November 17, 1911. In accordance with the wishes of the deceased his remains were interred in the Annapolis Cemetery, near this town, where he claimed to have spent his happiest days. I knew Mr. Berryman when Abraham Lincoln was elected President.
The deceased at that time was chopping cordwood for James Buford in the field to the left of the road at Germanville, near Graniteville. There was no town there at that time. Middlebrook was the place where all went to vote that day. Everybody got on a "high lonesome" and began to prepare for the old Confederate flag, under Jeff Davis, the gallant leader of the south. Robert Berryman and Capt. Berryman were among the first to enlist. The writer can say Mr. Berryman was an honest and upright man. Peace to his ashes! My sympathy to the bereaved widow and children.
Iron County Register, Ironton, Missouri, June 19, 1884.
In Memoriam.
Whilst it is expected that his relatives will prepare a notice of the death of Mr. Thomas N. Berryman, yet at the request of a number of his old neighbors, the following sketch is prepared for publication.
Mr. Thomas N. Berryman died in Belleview, Iron Co., Mo., June 13, 1884, aged almost seventy-seven years.
He was born in Nelson County, Kentucky and buried three wives there. He came to Missouri in 1866, and in the same year married the widow of Mr. Edward Wyatt, who survives him. He was a successful farmer and stock dealer. Socially he stood very high. But his best monument is in his family, the members of which are not only of our best citizens but ornaments to any community.
Early in life he connected himself with the Methodist Episcopal Church and was a steadfast member. His death was peace. His last utterance was "all is well." The funeral services were conducted at Cedar Grove church on the 14th inst., by his brother, Rev. J.C. Berryman.
"Does the dark and soundless river stretch so wide,
The homeward rolling tide o'er which have crossed
Our loved and lost, that their unsealed eyes may never see
The farther side, where still amid this coil and misery we hide?
We are yearning for their secret. Though we call, no answers ever fall
Upon our dullard ears, to quell our nameless fears.
Yet God is over all, whatever may be;
And, trusting so, patience! Oh hearts, a little while,
And we shall know."
Iron County Register, Ironton, Missouri, Thursday, October 17, 1895, Page 4. Obituary.
Mollie, daughter of Wm. Johnston, was born October 2, 1871; was married to Monroe Black, February 11, 1891, and departed this life October 5th, 1895--aged 23 years, 11 months and 23 days.
Monroe Curtis, son of Monroe and Mollie Black, was born August 6, 1895, and went home Oct. 11, 1895, aged 2 months, and 5 days.
Mrs. Black, spent her married life in this community and endeared herself to all who knew her, by her gentle, loving ways.
She left her parents, her desolate husband, and three motherless sons, (the youngest of whom followed her to the grave), to the loving care of the Savior whom she earnestly sought and found during her last illness. Her remains were attended to their final resting place by a large number of sympathizing neighbors and friends.
Mr. Black has the sympathy of all who know him, in his sore bereavement.
Iron County Register, Ironton, Missouri, April 6, 1871, Page 3.
Suicide--On last Saturday a young man named JOHN BOATWRIGHT committed suicide by shooting himself through the heart. For some time past he had been threatening to perpetrate the act which we are chronicling, and on one or two occasions endeavored ineffectually to procure poison from Dr. Haller, who, suspecting his intentions, refused him. On last Saturday morning, young Boatwright took a rifle and went out to an old farm, about 2 miles west of Pilot Knob formerly occupied by the Boatwright family, but now inhabited by an old man engaged in hauling wood for the Pilot Knob Company. Entering the unoccupied house, he placed the breech of the rifle upon the floor, with the muzzle to his left breast, and discharged the gun by touching the trigger with the ramrod. When discovered, in the afternoon, he was lying upon his face, with the ramrod upon one side of him, and the rifle on the other. Such are the facts as presented before the coroner's jury which sat upon his body on Saturday evening. The causes which led to the rash act are, dissipation and disappointment in some love affair. The deceased leaves a mother and two sisters, who reside at Pilot Knob.
Iron County Register, Ironton, Missouri, December 10, 1885, Page 5.
William Bollinger, better known as Billie, was killed on Friday last at Sabula, by the falling of a sapling, which struck him upon the head while driving his team through the woods. Mr. Bollinger was one of those free, jolly and generous-hearted boys who occasionally are found scattered over the country, and whose absence will make a vacancy not soon to be filled in his immediate neighborhood. The sad accident occurred about one o'clock. The attention of Mr. Wilson, who was some fifty yards in advance with a team, so engaged in hauling for Wm. Coleman, was attracted by the sudden silence of his companion, whose cheerful voice had but a moment before been echoing through the hills, and on going back he found Billie lying on his face, and the team rearing up and endeavoring to get away from the wagon. At the suggestion of Wilson, he arose, and wanted to know what was the matter, and did not realize his condition for sometime afterwards, when he insisted on his wife being brought to him; and upon being conveyed to his home, threw his arms about his eldest child, a boy about 4 years of age, who had literally to be forced away. He died about 11 o'clock P.M. He leaves a wife and three children who deeply mourn his loss, and the sympathy of the entire community is extended to them in this their sad hour of mourning.
Iron County Register, Ironton, Missouri, Thurs. Nov. 1, 1900
DIED -- At Ironton, Mo., on Friday, October 26th, 1900, at 8:40 o'clock p.m., William Boswell, aged 83 years, 11 months and 23 days. Deceased was buried in the Masonic Cemetery Sunday afternoon, a large concourse attending. He was born in Licolnshire, England, where he attained the age of manhood and married. At the age of about 30 years he, with his family, emigrated to this country, residing in various states until after the close of the Civil War, when he came to Iron county. He purchased a farm on Marble Creek and resided there until two years ago, when his infirmities rendered it necessary that he be brought to town. He was an honest, upright, hard-working man and a good citizen: without pretense faithfully performing the task laid out for him. An aged widow and one son and four daughters survive him.
Iron County Register, Ironton, Missouri, August 11, 1881, Page 5.
At Ironton, Sunday, August 7, 1881, Olive E., daughter of A. L. and Ellen Bowman, aged one year, five months and nine days.
Iron County Register, Ironton, Missouri, Thursday, September 27, 1894, Page 5.
In Memoriam.
On Sunday morning, September 16, 1894, Miss Nellie Brainerd passed quietly away, after an illness of only a few days.
She came from Gainsville, N.Y., a little over a year ago to visit her brother, B.M. Brainerd, and soon after her arrival at Keener, she was employed by E.W. Graves & Co., as book-keeper, and held that position until the 1st inst., when she quit, thinking she needed a rest.
She was just upon the threshold of mature womanhood, having passed her 19th birthday, and although she was full of life and energy, and looked the picture of health, yet beneath it all disease had fastened itself upon her and she could not withstand it long. God called her from the labor of earth to the rest of Heaven.
Nellie was one of those pleasant, quiet, sweet-tempered girls who made friends wherever she went and was loved and admired by all who knew her. But best of all, she was a true Christian, and though death came so unexpectedly to her, yet we feel the blessed assurance that she was prepared to die, because she lived the life of a consistent Christian and when such is the case, there is no fear of death. She was converted and joined the M.E. church when but 15 years of age, and when she left her home in New York, she was Chaplain of the Good Temperance Lodge; also, President of the Y. P. S. C. E.; then when she went to Keener she helped to organize a Sunday School and was a teacher in that up to her last illness.
Her mother was telegraphed, for the best medical aid in Poplar bluff was secured, and all that loving relatives and friends could do was done to spare her life till her mother could get there, but all in vain. Nellie had been dead 24 hours when her mother reached her. To her bereaved mother, brother and younger sister we extend our heartfelt sympathy and trust they will look beyond to the time when they too, shall be called to join her who has bone to await their coming.
We can but commend them to God who is our comforter in time of trouble, for He healeth the broken in heart and bindeth up their wounds.
So brightly beautiful, so fair!
So lovely in her tender years,
Ye might have known she could not bear
To tarry in a life of tears.
Those long-fringed lashes never more
With drops of sorrow shall be wet,
For she hath reached a blessed shore
And only left us to regret,
And broken hearts and troubled care,
And garbs of grief that mortals wear.
Then bear her to a quiet spot,
And break for her the moistened earth,
The burden of each tender thought,
The blessing of the household hearth
And let the May flower gently wave
With life like hers as brief, as fair,
In fragrant beauty on her grave,
And the dust that slumbers there,
While her pure spirit, from above
Bends her home of earthly love.
Iron County Register, Ironton, Missouri, March 30, 1882, Page 5.
Sudden Death--On last Friday morning, about 11 o'clock, Mr. JOHN BRENAN, a stone-cutter at the Granite Quarry, feeling a pain at the heart, started for home, and got as far as Mr. Daniel O'Brien's house when he fell dead. He leaves a wife and six children, the oldest child being nine years old.
Iron County Register, Ironton, Missouri, November 15, 1945
Evaline (Hale) Brewer, daughter of Jim and Polly Hale, was born in Cumberland Mountain, Tennessee, on October 11, 1856, and passed away at her home in Annapolis on October 23, 1945.
She was united in marriage to Isaac Brewer at the age of 16 years, and after six months he was taken sick and passed away.
After two years she was united in marriage to John Brewer. To this union four children were born, two whom passed away in infancy. One son, James Edwin Brewer, and one daughter, Ora Brewer Lewis, passed away several years ago. There are two grandsons, Darwin and Orville Lewis, of St. Louis; one granddaughter, Mrs. Madelyn Sullivan, of St. Louis; nine great grandchildren, besides many other relatives and friends who mourn her passing.
Aunt Eva," as she was better known, professed a hope in Christ at the early age of 14 years. She united with the General Baptist Church of which she always was a true and faithful member. Her greatest pleasure was when she could talk with someone on the Bible and of God's mercy and His great love.
Now that we realize she is indeed gone, we feel assured that our loss is her eternal gain.
We cannot mourn for her her as we feel that she is free from the cares, pains and troubles of this world.
Submitted by Linda Lewis
Iron County Register, Ironton, Missouri
May 20, 1915...Annapolis news...Mr. John Brewer, aged 67, passed away Tuesday, May 11th, 1915, a sufferer from Bright's disease. His last words were that he was ready to go and in my judgment if any one was prepared to go it was John Brewer; if he had an enemy I do not know who it was. A widow, a son, Edwin Brewer of Bonne Terre, and a daughter, living near here, mourn him. The remains were laid to rest in the Annapolis cemetery Wednesday.
Submitted by Linda Lewis
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