SELECTED DEATH NOTICE FROM JACKSON COUNTY, K ANSAS, NEWSPAPERS VOLUME VI 1903-1905 COMPILED BY DAN FENTON SELECTED DEATH NOTICES FROM JACKSON COUNTY, KANSAS, NEWSPAPERS VOLUME VI 1903-1905 COMPILED BY DAN FENTON 2004 ii INTRODUCTION At the beginning of the time period covered by this volume, there were four newspapers being published in Holton, The Holton Weekly Recorder, The Holton Weekly Signal, The Tribune, and The Kansas Sunflower. The Holton Weekly Signal continued publication through this time period The Holton Weekly Recorder and The Tribune merged and was called The Recorder-Tribune. The Kansas Sunflower ceased publication on March 10, 1.904. The short-lived Holton Sunbeam began on April 9. 1904 and ceased publication on August 17, 1904. The Soldier Clipper, Whiting Journal , and the Hoyt Sentinel, continued in their respective cities. In Circleville the Jackson County World, continued its publication. The Denison Herald barely made it past the New Year, ceasing publication on January 29, 1903. The Netawaka Times started up on October 15, 1903 and folded on November 17, 1904. The Mayetta News was also short-lived, being published from July 20, 1904 through February 24, 1905 As noted in the previous volumes, not every death reported in these newspapers is included in this book, only those seeming to have some connection with Jackson county. A death notice could appear in different newspapers and from different sources within a paper. One principal notice is listed with excerpts from other accounts being used only when there is differing or additional information. Accolades to the deceased success as a Christian, parent and citizen have been deleted when possible, because of space consideration. Three ellipses denote the deletion of part of a sentence and four that of a sentence or even paragraphs. Each death notice is numbered consecutively and it is this number that appears in the index, not the page number. This is an all surname index that I hope will help the researcher identify family relationships that otherwise would be hidden. The index begins on page 1107. As with any book of this type there have been mistakes made in transferring the information from the newspapers to book form. If you believe there should be a death notice for your ancestor and it is not included, or other information is not correct, please check the original newspapers for that time period. i i i iv 4773. Louisa Bannister Jones was born in Utoxeter, Staffordshire, England, December 30, 1846, and died at her home in this city Sunday night, December 28, lacking but two days of being 56 years old. She was the daughter of Rev. Wm. H. and Hannah Jones, who brought her with them to America in the spring of 1851. They settled in Illinois where they lived until they came to Kansas and settled at Indianola near Topeka, in 1.863. A year later they moved to Holton. September 15, 1870 she was married to S. H. Scott. To this union four children were born, two of whom died in infancy. Her husband and two daughters, Jessie and Mabel, are left to mourn ... Mrs. Scott's father died about eleven years ago, since then there has been no death in the family until she was called to pass over the river. Her aged mother, brother Ed. B., and sister Mrs. Hattie Williams, and many other relatives were present Tuesday at the funeral, which was conducted at the residence. Two brothers, William, who lives in Idaho, and her sister Mary who lives in Chicago, could not attend the funeral .... She was converted and joined the Methodist church in girlhood .... The Holton Recorder, January 1, 1903. .... leaves an aged mother, Mrs. Hannah Jones, three brothers, Ed. B. Jones, of this city, and Harry and William, of Caldwell, Idaho, and two sisters, Mrs. Hate Williams, of this city, and Mrs. Mary Ahrens, of Chicago .... laid at rest in the Holton cemetery. The Holton Weekly Signal, December 31, 1902. .... moved to America settling in Bureau county, Ill., and in 1863 they came to Kansas. The next year they moved to the Hinnen farm east of Holton which was the Jones homestead for several years .... The Tribune, January 2, 1903. Captain Scott of Nadeau, was called home Monday on account of the death of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Howard Scott. The Kansas Sunflower, January 1, 1903. 4774. Denison. December 23, 1902. Miss Rene Conley, who has been sick for several weeks, passed away Tuesday night .... The Holton Recorder, January 1, 1903. Denison. January 1. Rena Conley aged 22 years was buried Wednesday in the R. P. cemetery after a lingering illness of two months .... The Tribune, January 2, 1903. 4775. Bertha Elizabeth Roller, the fifth child of Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Roller, was born the Bit' day of June, 1883, and departed this life at 12:30 p.m. on the first day of the year .... The Holton Recorder, January 1, 1903. Circleville .... heart failure was the cause of her death .... The remains were interred in the Circleville cemetery .... The youngest daughter .... The Ho/ton Recorder, January 8, 1903. ... born near Circleville ... died at Circleville .... The surviving members of the family are the parents, one brother Oswade Roller, two sisters, Miss Myrtle Roller and Mrs. R. J. Oursler, and one aunt, Miss Jane Eaden .... The Denison Herald, January 8, 1903. 4776. Lost District. December 22. Mr. Geo. Dellinger who lived on the reservation was buried last Wednesday. The Tribune, January 2, 1903. Adrian. Mr. Dellinger, an aged man who lived in the reservation, died and was buried in the Adrian cemetery, Wednesday, Dec. 24ti'. The Kansas Sunflower, January 1, 1903. 7 4777. Glenwood. December 29. Mr. Dunlap received the sad news of the death of his father who lives in Iowa ... The Tribune, January 2, 1903. 4778. Miss Nellie Ayers was born July 19, 1876, and died Dec. 21st, 1902, aged 26 years, 5 months and 2 days. She was the daughter of John Ayers of Adrian. She has been afflicted all her life ... became a member of the United Brethren church about 9 years ago ... remains were taken to the Shield cemetery and quietly laid to rest. She had a mother, two brothers, and one sister ... The Tribune, January 2, 1903. .... leaves three brothers, five sisters, a father and step-mother, she being preceded by three brothers, one sister and her mother. The remains were laid to rest in the Little Cross Creek cemetery. The Kansas Sunflower, January 1, 1903. 4779. Died, at the home of his nephew, C. O. Scudder, Chicago, Ill., Jan. 1st., 1903, Theodore Youman Frost of Whiting. The remains were interred at Whiting on Saturday the 3d with Masonic service .... Theodore Youman Frost was born near Carmel, Putnam Co., New York, Aug. 26, 1824. His boyhood was spent on a farm, mostly with his grandfather, for whom he was named .... At the age of 16 he became a carpenter's apprentice to Russell W. Stevens, of New Fairfield, just across the Connecticut line from where his boyhood was spent .... At the age of 21, we find him starting out for himself and ... high position he soon gained as an architect and builder. He undertook to win, by himself, a higher education, taught school for several winters in eastern New York, entered an architect's office in New York City and learned the profession thoroughly. He acted as architect and superintendent of many notable places, among which was that of James Raymond, of Morrison, N. Y., and John F. Seaman, on Manhattan Island, near King's Bridge a suburb of New York City, where for five years he had charge of 150 men, quarrying the stone, designing and shaping it into a marble palace costing more than half a million dollars .... Meantime he had been married to Eliza A. Scudder, whom he had met in the later years of his life in Connecticut. His marriage occurred in December 1848 and in the autumn of 1859 he came to Ogie Co., Illinois, where he brought a farm near Dement, upon which he lived until 1874. In December 1876 he brought his present farm at Whiting, where he has since resided. His dearly loved wife passed to the higher life about a year since ... visiting relatives in Chicago he was attacked by inflammation of the stomach .... The Ho/ton Weekly Signal, January 7, 1903. Local and Personal. Clarence Scudder of Chicago ... Whiting Journal, January 9, 1903. 4780. Personals. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Miller attended the funeral of Mr. Miller's cousin in Topeka last week. The Holton Weekly Signal, January 7, 1903. 4781. Harry McCellan Scneder, son of J. W. and Delilah Scneder, was born in Westmoreland county, Penn., September 23, 1861. He came with his parents to Ottawa county, Kan. in 1877 and since 1881 has been a resident of Jackson county. He departed this life January 2, 1903, being 41 years, 3 months and 10 clays of age. He was united in marriage to Blanche Paige in the fall of 1888. To this union were born five children, three sons and two daughters, one son and one daughter having gone on before. He left to mourn his loss his beloved wife, one daughter, Priscilla, two sons, Willie and Dave, his father and mother, two sisters, three brothers . Netawaka .... Mr. Scneder taught school in this county for ten years .... He leaves a wife, three children, a mother and father, one sister and two brothers .... The Ho/ton Recorder, January 8, 1903. (cont'd) 8 4781. (coned) Personals. H. M. Scneder and family were called to Netawaka Friday by the death of his brother, Harry Scneder.