Saunders County NEGenWeb Project
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Chritton
The Independent
Wahoo, NE
Thursday, January 3, 1878
Page 3, col. 3
Died
Chritton - At her residence, near Cedar Bluffs, Saunders county on Dec., 16th, 1877, the wife of R. B. Chritton aged 56 years.
The deceased had lived in this state sixteen years and is lamented by a host of friends who mourn over her loss.
Stoup, Andrew
The Independent
Wahoo, NE
Thursday, January 10, 1878
Page 3, col. 3
Died
Stoup - In Center precinct, Dec., 27, 1877, Andrew Stoup aged 29 years.
The deceased was a native of Marshall Co., Ind., and had been a resident of Saunders Co., but a few weeks when he was stricken with the hand of death. Yet in that short time he had endeared himself to those with whom he had become acquainted and though a stranger in a strange land, a host of mourning friends followed his corpse to the grave.
Trechnile, George and Mary
The Independent
Wahoo, NE
Thursday, January 10, 1878
Page 3, col. 4
Trechnile - On Monday Jan. 7th, 1878, at his residence near Cedar Bluffs George Trechnile aged 65 years.
Trechnile - On Sunday morning Jan. 6th, 1877, at her residence near Cedar Bluffs, Mary, wife of George Trechnile aged 62 years.
United in their lives in their deaths they were not divided. They were buried side by side in one grave on Tuesday, Jan. 8th, the funeral services being largely attended, Rev. Mr. Delamatyr of Fremont officiating. They leave a large circle of mourning friends and relatives who will receive the sympathy of the entire community. May they rest in peace and long be remembered by the dear ones they left behind.
Fleming, Agnes May
The Independent
Wahoo, NE
Thursday, January 10, 1878
Page 3, col. 4
Fleming - In Douglas Precinct, Dec. 25th 1877, Agnes May, infant daughter of Walter and Julie Fleming.
"She sleeps in the valley so sweet,
Above her the green willows wave,
We planted a rose at her feet,
To bloom and decay over her grave.
She sleeps in the valley so sweet,
No sound ere disturbs her repose,
So quiet in this calm retreat,
She rests secure from life’s woes.
She sleeps in the valley so sweet,
Her spirit has taken its flight,
Her form is but dust neath our feet,
While she is an angel of light.”
Davis, Nancy
The Independent
Wahoo, NE
Thursday, January 24, 1878
Page 3, col. 3
Died
Davis - At her residence near Sand Creek in this county, on Friday January 14th, 1878 of congestion of the brain Nancy, wife of A. J. Davis aged 49 years.
Rev. J. H. White of this town was called upon to officiate at the funeral which took place on Saturday afternoon following her death, and preached an appropriate discourse on the occasion. The funeral was largely attended by friends and neighbors, all of whom with the afflicted relatives mourn the loss of a good woman, an affectionate wife and a loving mother.
Gregory, Noble
The Independent
Wahoo, NE
Thursday, March 28, 1878
Page 3, col. 3
Funeral Services
The funeral services appropriate to the decease of Father Gregory, will be held at the school house in this city, on Sunday, April 7th, 1878 at 11 o'clock a.m. These services will be conducted by Rev. D. S. Davis of David City, who has long been acquainted with the deceased and who thoroughly understands his life and character.
Gregory, Noble
The Independent
Wahoo, NE
Thursday, March 21, 1878
Page 3, col. 4
Obituary
Gregory - At the residence of his son by M________ precinct on Tuesday March 12, 1878 of apoplexy Noble Gregory in the 76th year of his age.
Father Gregory as he was familiarly known in this county, was born in Green county, PA., on the 24th day of July 1802. In 1825 he was married to Elizabeth Reed. In 1836 he emigrated to Delaware county, Indiana, with his family. He left Indiana and located in Wisconsin in 1855 - thence to Iowa in 1868 and the year following 1869 to Saunders county, Nebraska, where he has since resided. Father Gregory was eminently a religious man. He claimed he was saved through faith in the Lord Jesus, when only six years old. At about the age of 12, he united with the M.E. church in a public profession of religion and lived a consistent Christian life since that time, honored by all who knew him and loved by hundreds who now that he has passed away, revere his memory and mourn his loss. At the age of 25 years, he was licensed as an ex_______, according to the discipline of the church. He was licensed as a local preacher in 1837 and received deaconate orders in 1847.
Since his advent into Saunders county he has been actively engaged in religious meetings and active in every good work. During the morning of his death he was much engaged in prayer and was especially anxious concerning a young man who worked for his son, exhorting him to "return to his Fathers house and be saved." He sat down with the family around the dinner table but had scarcely partaken of his food when he put his hand up to his eyes and spoke of the sharp pain that seemed to be darting through his head. He was laid down upon the floor and from thence carried to a bed and in less than thirty minutes from the time he first complained, he had breathed his last. Father Gregory goes down to his grave like a shock of corn truly ripe and has no doubt entered upon ______ _____ _____ spoke of and _____ ______ for _____ leaves behind him a memory ____
with good deeds and kind words, a _____ _____ the ______ legacy that _____ ______ have.
On Friday, March 15 his remains were consigned to their _______ earthly home in the cemetery at this place _______ presence _____ _____ large number of relatives and friends who gathered to pay their last respects to the good man who had passed away and while his good deeds and pure child like life are remembered the consolation will also be cherished he has fallen ____
"Asleep _________________________
From __________________________
_______________________________
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Bailey, Jacob
The Independent
Wahoo, NE
Thursday, May 30, 1878
Page 3, col. 4
Sudden and Mysterious Death
Jacob Bailey of Benton, about 4 miles south east of North Bend, Sanders county died very suddenly at 11 o'clock last Friday morning. Mrs. Bailey's relatives say that he took 30 grains of strychnine with the intent of committing suicide. Citizens of the neighborhood think the circumstances surrounding the case look suspicious. It is said that Dr. Simmons, of North Bend, desired an inquest on the body of the deceased but that Bailey's wife's people would not consent to it. If this be true there is ample ground for an investigation and we hope that one will be had. Mr. Bailey is said to have been of sound mind and a man who had the respect of his neighbors. He leaves a wife and three children.
We hope that on investigation the facts developed will fully explain the circumstances which now seem to involve the case in mystery. If it is suicide, let it be known. We anxiously wish that it may not prove to be a crime worse than suicide. Mysterious murders are getting to be altogether to common.
Hill, William
The Independent
Wahoo, NE
Thursday, May 30, 1878
Page 3, col. 4
Obituary
Hill - Died at his residence on Sunday morning inst. of lung fever. Mr. Wm __ Hill aged 33 years.
Mr. Hill was born in Warwick county, Indiana, thirty-three years ago last October and has been a resident of this state quite a number of years. He was a son-in-law of Capt. Wm. Davis of Weston and leaves a widow, some small children and a large number of friends and relatives to mourn his loss. He was honored and respected by those who knew him as an upright citizen and an honest man. He was a worthy member of the M.E. church and his many friends mourn for him as those who have hope of meeting again in a better world than this. In his death, the editor of this paper almost feels a personal loss and though our acquaintance was bried, we had as we thought measured his character and knew he was a quiet, good man, faithfully performing his allotted duties and while wronging no man, earnestly striving to protect and care for his own. We deeply regret his loss and tender our warmest sympathy to his afflicted friends in this hour of their great grief.
Little, Frank B.
The Independent
Wahoo, NE
Thursday, June 27, 1878
Page 3, col. 3
Obituary
Frank B. Little, son of Wm. and Elizabeth Little, was born in Marshall co., IA, Oct. 9, 1868 and died May 29, 1878, at his home in Butler county, Nebraska. The deceased was taken away in the bloom of childhood after an illness of only forty eight hours. He was a child of more than ordinary ability and seized every opportunity for intellectual improvement; and the parents were looking forward to the day when he would occupy a place for usefulness in this world. He was also a faithful Sunday School scholar, manifesting a desire to be a worker in the vineyard of the Master; and from his own testimony we are assured that he has already felt the pardoning influence of Christ's blood; so the parents hope to meet him on the other side of the river.
The funeral sermon was preached to a full house of sympathizing friends, June 23, by Rev. C. G. Lathrop; text, "Is it well with thee? is it well with thy husband? is it well with the child? And she answered, IT is well."
Asplund, Willie
The Independent
Wahoo, NE
Thursday, July 25, 1878
Page 3, col. 3
A Terrible Accident
One of the most painfully distressing accidents that we have ever been called upon to chronicle occurred last week about fifteen miles south of this place, resulting in the death of a little boy named Willie Asplund. The facts, as we obtained them from Dr. Youngstelt, the attending physician, were as follows. Mr. Asplund, the father of the little hero (for he was a hero) was harvesting a field of grain and was driving the cutting machine himself. A servant girl employed in the family went out to the field of grain to take the hands some water, and passed near Mr. Asplund. Little Willie who was only five years old, had followed the girl, and when approaching his father, afraid of being reprimanded stepped into the tall grain to secrete himself while the reaper was passing. Mr. Asplund's attention being momentarily attracted in another direction, he did not notice his boy, who had hidden directly in the path of the approaching machine, until it was to late to avert the impending calamity. He stopped the team, but not quick enough. Willie's legs were both severed midway between the knee and ankle, the right limb hanging by the muscles or tendons. The anguish of the father may be imagined, not described, as the little fellow picked up the dissevered and still bleeding limb, saying, "Father, see what you have done!" The father, almost distracted, took the poor sufferer tenderly in his arms and carried him to the house. Dr. Youngstedt who had long been the family physician was hastily summoned. He took Dr. Flobrecht with him. On arriving it was decided that, although the case was almost hopeless, amputation might be beneficial. Accordingly, the sufferer was put under the influence of chloroform and amputation performed with a view to taking up and severing the arteries, and thus stopping the flow of blood. But all efforts were unavailing; neither science nor skill could stay the approach of death, and after telling his mother not to cry that he was "going to take a long ride," that he felt "oh, so light!" he fell into that sleep that knows no waking here.
We gladly draw the veil on this sorrowful picture, after expressing the hope that in the future people will be more careful than ever to guard against similar accidents in future.
Mosher, Charity
The Independent
Wahoo, NE
Thursday, September 19, 1878
Page 3, col. 4
Obituary
Died - At Wahoo, Neb., on the 12th day of Sept. of chills and fever, Mrs. Charity Mosher, wife of Hon. John Mosher, in the 65th year of her age.
Mrs. Mosher was born in the town of Shaftsbury, VT, August 25, 1813. She was the only daughter of Lucy and David Cross. She early joined the Baptist church to which she belonged when she removed to Waterloo, Wis., in 1852. In '56 she became a materialist and did not believe in the future existence. When spiritualism broke out she read of and studied its phenomena and principals, and attending séances and lectures for some ten years finally became a confirmed spiritualist, and departed this life in fall faith of its truths.
To know her was but to love her. She will be sadly missed by her many acquaintances and dear friends. Like the honey bee, she was constantly extracting, the sweets of life. Always forgiving and full of charity, her beautiful character stood out in bold relief. Thus has passed away and over, another beautiful spirit to the summer land, where sickness and sorrow is known no more.
Boyle, Billy
The Independent
Wahoo, NE
Thursday, September 26, 1878
Page 3, col. 3
Sad Accident
We learn from the Fremont Herald, the particulars of the death of Billy Boyle, well known in this county. His body was found on the track near the Sioux City depot, Fremont, on Friday night, by the watchman, severed completely in two, having been run over by a passing train. It does not appear from the evidence adduced before the coroner's jury that any blame should attach to the employees of the train, though a report was current that the accident was the result of carelessness on their part. Boyle's parents reside at Clear Creek, and his death will be a cruel blow to them and also to his sorrowing brothers and sisters.
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