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Iron County Register, Ironton, Missouri, April 5, 1888.
Mary Hale was born in Marion Co., Tennessee, 1823. After an illness of ten days died at the residence of her son-in-law, John Brewer, Cranepond, Saturday, March 24, 1888, aged 65 years. Deceased was the oldest daughter of George Lewis who died in 1858. Having lost her husband Jas. Hale, about the year 1862 she removed with her children, 3 in number, to Iron county, Mo., 1873, where she lived until the evening of the 24th when it pleased kind Providence to call her from earth away. Many sorrowing relatives and friends followed her to the family burying ground, near Sabula, where she was quietly laid to final rest beside her sleeping father.
The mother of 11 children, 6 of whom survive her, she was always an active christian worker, leading a quiet and useful life. Although we deeply feel the loss, yet we will not grieve, knowing that our loss is her great gain. We will, therefore, bow in submission to the will of Him who does nothing wrong. The bereaved children and friends have the sympathy of the whole community in this sad, sad hour.
Submitted by Linda Lewis
Iron County Register, Ironton, Missouri, September 24, 1885, Page 5.
Iron Mountain, Mo., Sept. 21st, 1885.
Ed. Register--In this correspondence I am called upon to record another one of those sad misfortunes, which sometimes befall the lives of some of our less fortunate fellow beings. It happened this time to Mr. ANDY HALL, and adds another victim to the long list of train horrors.
On last Saturday evening, Hall, in company with F.M. Harris, left Graniteville to come on a visit to arch Hall, and to spend Sunday at this place. They brought a bottle of whiskey along with them, it is said, and were drinking some; but it is claimed by Harris that they were not drunk. It is not known at what time they reached this place, but as late as one o’clock Sunday Morning, it is said that Hall called at a friend’s house up town, but did not stay long. He made a few inquiries, and then left, when it is supposed he afterwards met Harris and both went to the depot. Here they lay down on the platform and went to sleep; Hall with his legs over-hanging the edge of the platform, his feet resting on the ground near the track, it seems; while Harris lay down on the small incline near the wall of the freight-room. Shortly after the men went to sleep, the freight train, first 622, came along, struck Hall, dragged him from the platform and cut both legs nearly off; the left just below the knee, and the right just above the ankle joint; also inflicting a scalp wound with sufficient force to produce concussion of the brain.
This happened about half past 2 o’clock Sunday morning. About the time the train was passing the depot, the engineer discovered the man, but not in time to prevent the horrible catastrophe. He reversed his engine, it is said, and stopped the train as soon as it could be done; but not until the train had passed the platform. The train men then went back, and found Hall in the condition described above. About this time, Mr. Jamison, who is watchman at the Iron Mountain Company’s stables, heard a groaning in the direction of the depot, and went over to see who it was, and to find out what was the matter. He says he came up and in the darkness called out: “Who is that?” to which Hall answered: “Is that you, Mr. Jamison?” “Yes,” answered Mr. J., “Who are you?” “Andy Hall,” he replied. “What is the matter?” Mr. J. continued. “I am hurt, go for a doctor,” said Hall. “How did you get hurt?” asked Mr. Jamison. “I don’t know,” said Hall. By this time Mr. Jamison had reached the spot, and found two of the train men and Harris working with Hall trying to get him upon the platform. When questioned as to how the accident occurred, Harris knew nothing. Said that he was asleep and heard no train, and did not know that Hall was hurt for sometime afterwards.
The men placed the injured man on the platform, and sent for Dr. Pilley, who bandaged the wounds, and sent for Dr. Thomas. The train men then went on with their train, and as soon as help could be procured, the unfortunate man was taken to his brother’s a few yards from the depot, when all the aid and attention that could be rendered were given him. Dr. Thomas arrived about six o’clock, when he and Dr. Pilley thought to amputate the broken limbs; but after a careful examination of the patient, it was decided not to take off the legs as no good could result from such an operation. This was a wise decision, and saved the poor man unnecessary pain. He died at half past ten o’clock, and furnishes another sad example of the evil of intemperance. His relatives and friends have our sympathy. H. C. D.
Tri County Journal, Franklin County, Missouri
Edna M. (nee Amelung) Hall, 85, Festus, died Nov. 14 at her residence. She was born Aug. 2, 1909, in Pilot Knob, the daughter of Herman and Mary (nee Schleuter) Amelung.
She is survived by her husband Edward C. Hall, Festus; one daughter, Mary James, Cadiz, Ky.; two brothers, Henry Amelung, Ironton, and Warren Amelung, Pacific; one sister, Nelle White, Pilot Knob; and two grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; one daughter, Karen Hall, and three brothers, Herbert Amelung, Herman Amelung and Oscar Amelung.
She was a homemaker and a lifetime member of Pilot Knob Lutheran Church.
Arrangements were by Lemme Funeral Home, Festus. Funeral was Nov. 27 at Arcadia Valley Memorial Park, Arcadia Valley, Mo.
Memorials may be made to the Jefferson Memorial Hospital Hospice Program.
Iron County Register, Ironton, Missouri, Thursday, November 21, 1895, Page 5.
Died Jeff Hampton at Popular Bluff, brother of J.B. Hampton of Annapolis. [no dates given]
Iron County Register, Ironton, Missouri, August 11, 1881, Page 5.
Died--Tuesday, August 2d, 1881, Clarence, infant son of S. B. and Elizabeth Harris, aged one year and eleven days.
Arcadia Valley Enterprise Newspaper, Ironton, Missouri, April 15, 1909, Page 5.
FRANK HARRIS, one of the participants in the notorious Harris-Dooley battle, which occurred at Doe Run several years ago, died at the home of his brother, Jim Harris, on the Porter farm, south of Elvins, last Saturday of tuberculosis, aged 31 years. Harris, it will be remembered, served a term in the penitentiary for shooting a man by the name of Stout at Iron Mountain a few years ago. Harris was sentenced for five years, but was let out on two-thirds time. It was while in prison that the disease which caused his death developed. The funeral was held at Elvins last Sunday. Services were conducted by Rev. Humphreys, after which the remains were interred at the cemetery there. Among other relatives the deceased leaves three brothers. __ Farmington News.
Iron County Register, Ironton, Missouri, Thursday, July 11, 1895, Page 4.
Mrs. Anna Hawk of Clones passed from life to eternity on the 30th inst. Gone to meet her loved ones in those bright mansions above, where sin and sorrow never enter.
At the residence of August Rieke, Ironton, Missouri, Saturday, March 17th, 1900 ate 12 o'clock, WILHELMINA HEITKAMP passed away. She was the relict of the late Christian Heitkamp, aged 78 years and 7 days.
Funeral was from the Lutheran Church, Pilot Knob, on Monday, 19th, at 2 o'clock pm. Internment was in the Pilot Knob Cemetery. Friends of the family are requested to attend.
Iron County Register, Ironton, Missouri, Thursday, September 13, 1894, Page 4.
Francis J. Henderson was born January 11th, 1853, and died at his home in Iron County, Missouri, August 8th, 1894. Married to Miss Mary E. Logan December 23rd, 1875. They lived happily together until by death she was taken from him April 14th, 1893. They had three children; one went before them to Heaven, the other two survive.
Brother and Sister Henderson were Christians. She became a member of the Presbyterian Church in early life, and he was converted and united with the Methodist Episcopal Church South in the winter of 1889, under the gospel ministry of Rev. A. B. Crumpler. The church and the community in Belleview Valley were they lived and died, do greatly miss and feel the loss of these two choice members of their society. May the influence of their example be to their children a constant reminder of all that is good for their imitation, till parents and children meet in Heaven.
J.C. Berryman
Iron County Register, Ironton, Missouri, November 24, 1892, Page 5.
Departed this life on Sunday morning, November 13th, 1892, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Lindsay, St. Louis, Mo., Mrs. NANCY HENDRICKS, aged 77 years. The remains were taken to Union, Franklin county, Mo., and tenderly laid to rest beside the loved ones gone before.
Mrs. Hendricks was well known as a woman of sterling qualities and high Christian character. She was the daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth Brown, and the wife of Madison Hendricks, who died in 1862, leaving the care of a family devolving upon her; and as to how well she kept that trust her useful and honorable children are testimonies more lasting than graven monuments; and to-day the sweet memory of that noble mother, with her life of abiding faith and glad acquiescence in the Master's will, is left to the waiting ones on Time's side as a priceless legacy, far more precious than silver or gold. In early life she espoused the cause of Christ, and for many years the interests of the Methodist Church were dear to her heart. A good soul has passed away, and as true a heart as ever beat has ceased to throb. To those who sit in the shadow of this earthly sorrow we would say, "Not lost, but gone before." As in life she served the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, do thou likewise, and follow her footsteps up to the gates of day and be forever safe. To her the pathway of life seemed long and hard, and weary of earth's pilgrimage she gladly entered into that rest that remaineth for the people of God.
Iron County Register, December 16th, 1909, page 5.
Chas. Henson, who lived about six miles west of Ironton on the Reagan farm, came to town last Wendesday afternoon with a load of hub logs. He was cold when he got here, about four o'clock, that he was unable to get off the wagon and had to be carried into the house. He was somewhat revived and then taken to the home of Cad Lashley, a relative, where he died that night. Deceased was about thirty-five years of age and leaves a wife and four children to mourn his sudden end.
Iron County Register, Ironton, Missouri, March 16, 1944
Margaret Sarah Henson (nee Allen) was born January 17, 1861, and departed this life March 10, 1944, aged 83 years, 1 month and 29 days.
She was born in Iron County where her entire life was spent. On Dec. 24, 1883 she was united in marriage to William Newton Henson, who preceded her in death about a year and a half ago. Ten children blessed this union, three of whom preceded her in death also. Surviving are Wm. Henson, St. Louis; Fred Henson, Chicago, ILL; Ethel Bennett, Ironton; Walter Henson, St. Louis; Emma Dunning, St. Louis; Al Henson, Boulder Colorado; Grace Krutzman, St. Louis, 17 grandchildren, 7 great grandchildren and one niece. Early in life Mrs. Henson was saved and united with the Cove Baptist Church, later transferring her membership to the Ironton Baptist Church, of which she remained a member until her death.
Thus another of Iron Count’s landmarks has fallen. During the period of her abode on earth she made a record worthy of strong commendation and to be emulated by those of her acquaintance. She contributed to her children the guiding force of their lives. Her love and sacrifices for them were evidenced by their tender affections and noble manner in caring for her during the declining days. She was devoted to life’s duties, and filled her place in the home with nobility and distinct credit to her family. She has performed her duties in a way which should merit an abundant reward in heaven. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Earl Gooch from the residence Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Burial in Cove cemetery by White. The register tenders profound sympathy to the bereaved relatives.
Submitted by Phyllis Swift
August 13th, 1908, page 1.
Died at his home, near Ironton, Walker Henson, July 30th at six A.M. Mr. Henson had been suffering with dropsy for several months, when the Lord called him home to rest. He had been a member of the Baptist church for twenty-two years. He leaves nine children, five boys and four girls, and a host of friends to mourn his loss. His remains were taken to the Cove Cemetery and there laid to rest by the side of his loving wife who passed away eight years ago. They are resting now with our blessed Savior where parting will be no more.
Weep not for me, my children dear, I am not dead but sleeping here; I am not yours but God's alone, He loved me best and took me home. Martha.
Iron County Register, July 2, 1942 – Dec 28, 1944.
Thursday, 29 October 1942
William Newton Henson, aged 82 years, 2 months and 4 days, died at his home 5 miles Southeast of Arcadia Friday, October 23, 1942. Mr. Henson had been a life-long resident of this county, was well known and highly regarded by all. Funeral services were conducted from the residence at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon with internment in the Cove Cemetery. Deceased is survived by his widow, Mrs. Margarette Henson, three sons and three daughters, who have universal sympathy in their loss.
Submitted by Phyllis Swift
Iron County Register, Ironton, Missouri, January 5, 1893, Page 5.
Mrs. ANNIE HERSHIR was born in Switzerland, December 7, 1822, and died at the residence of her son, John Luenberger, at Edge Hill, Reynolds County, Missouri, December 24, 1892, aged 60 years and 17 days.
Mother Hershir came to Missouri a few years ago to pass the remainder of her life with her dearly loved son. She was a devoted member of the Ev. Lutheran church, and a short time before her loving spirit left its clay tenement, she said, "I am ready to depart. I do not fear death."
Her aged husband, her son and his family have the sympathy of their neighbors, and they have the assurance that their loved companion and mother is at rest where sorrows never enter, and where bliss has no alloy. Her funeral services were conducted by Rev. M. Adams.
A Friend.
Iron County Register, Ironton, Missouri, September 22, 1881, Page 5.
Died--At Ironton, Mo., of consumption, on Thursday, September 15, 1881, LANDON HILL, aged eighteen years.
Iron County Register, Ironton, Missouri, January 28, 1886, Page 5.
DIED--At the residence of his father, A. W. Holloman, Arcadia, Mo., on Friday morning, January 22d, 1886, ALLAN AUGUSTUS HOLLOMAN, aged 44 years, 10 month and 12 days. Obituary next week.
Iron County Register, Ironton, Missouri, February 4, 1886, Page 5.
Allan Augustus Holloman born the 11th of March, 1841, in Ste. Genevieve County, State of Missouri. His father, A. W. Holloman, then represented that county in the legislature at Jefferson City; Francis DeGuire representing the district in the other House. The child, Augustus, was inflicted with a trachaic, if not a pulmonary complaint, from a very early period of his infancy, and from which he suffered all through life: even to the extent of complete prostration at intervals; and paroxysms of blood spitting which reduced him, from time to time, to a condition of emaciation. When in 1849 his father moved to Arcadia Valley to take advantage of the school there for the education of his children, Augustus, from his delicate health, was but little able to avail himself of the facilities afforded for a perfect education, and as the physicians consulted in his case had proclaimed the impossibility of his living to attain the period of manhood, he was allowed by his friends to indulge his versatile spirit in the various desultory readings which have so much attraction for the mind of a boy, though fortunately for the purity of his mind, the world of America had not yet been cursed by the introduction of that low London literature which has since proven the bane of so many youths of the present day.
Under the kind influences of a tender, watchful mother, an exemplary father, and sisters and brothers, who studied constantly to procure the means of alleviating his sufferings, he attained his majority and lived, to the astonishment of all who had known him in early days, to reach the age of forty-five years, very nearly: and then quietly went to sleep in the bosom of his family, surrounded by regretful friends and acquaintances not one of whom but remembered his good deeds, the fidelity to parents, the tenderness to little nephews and nieces, the manly truthfulness to brothers, by blood and in law, and that devotion to his sisters which has left them all testimonials of his love in the labor of his hands which built a house for the one, a dining-room for the other, and a studio for the writer of these lines.
Iron County Register, Ironton, Missouri, Thursday, May 23, 1895, Page 1.
In Memoriam.
[Photo is included of the deceased in the newspaper.]
The subject of this notice, ALLAN W. HOLLOMAN, died at his residence, Arcadia, Mo., on Sunday, May 5th, 1895, aged 90 years, 4 months and 4 days.
Mr. Holloman was born in Raleigh, N.C., January 1, 1805, and was the eldest of eight children born to his parents, Edmund and Mary (Barret) Holloman, both of whom were born and reared in North Carolina. In 1810 the father moved to Upper Louisiana Territory, as it was then called, and landed at Cape Girardeau in the fall of that year. Here he remained until 1811, and it was during this year that the great earthquake occurred. In the fall of 1812 Edmund Holloman removed to Ste. Genevieve County, where he continued to reside until his death. His son, A.W. Holloman, received the best education that schools at that day afforded. In 1825 he commenced business for himself as a farmer, and also engaged in the sawmill business, which he carried on several years.
In 1846 he was elected one of the judges of the county court of Ste. Genevieve County, and served until the fall of 1849, when he moved to Arcadia Valley, for the purpose of educating his children. Here Mr. Holloman engaged in the sawmill and gristmill business, and united his efforts with other enterprising citizens of Arcadia Valley to build up the county, which was then Madison, but was changed to Iron County, in 1858. Mr. Holloman was appointed surveyor by the county court and elected at the general election, and has filled the office ever since with the exception of one year. In 1875, in the seventieth year of his age, he was chosen representative in the Twenty-eighth General Assembly, the responsible duties of which honorable position he filled in an able and efficient manner. He cast his first vote for Andrew Jackson for president, and has always been a stanch Democrat. His parents were Methodists, and his mother was a devoted Christian, which led him to believe that her church was right. In 1844 he voted against the division of the church, but when the division took place he adhered to the southern branch, of which he died a member. He voluntarily relinquished the position of Presiding Judge of the County Court at the beginning of the present year, which place he had filled for twelve years, and at the time of his death held the office of County Surveyor.
Until three months prior to his death, Mr. Holloman was active and energetic, and despite his 90 years he was accustomed to take long horseback rides in attending to his duties. His family is noted for longevity. He is survived by a brother and sister who are over 80 years old, while one brother died three months ago aged 75 years. For over half a century he had been a prominent Free Mason, and his remains were interred in the Masonic Cemetery near this place, the funeral services being conducted by the members. [last line is very dark and hard to read]
Iron County Register, Ironton, Missouri, September 22, 1881, Page 5.
Died--At Ironton, Mo., on Sunday, September 18, 1881, MARY A., wife of Robert Hotson, aged 30 years and 20 days.
It is with feelings of deep regret we are called upon to make the above announcement, and we tender our sympathies to the bereaved family. Mrs. Hotson leaves a husband and three children--one of them only a week old--to mourn her sudden demise.
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