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Obituaries
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submitted by: Julia Johnson - juliajoh@usc.edu
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Times-Republican Thursday May 27, 1926 [p. 6] Louisa
Caskey Wells Louisa
Ellen Caskey,
daughter of William and Rebecca [Gilmore] Caskey, was born in Morgan County, Ky.,
Feb. 21st, 1847, and died at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Sarah George
in Hopkins, Mo., May 21st, 1926, aged 79 years and 3 months. She spent her girlhood days in Kentucky
where she married John J. [efferson] Wells on Sept. 1st, 1861. He preceded her in death Nov. 7,
1894. She leaves to mourn
their loss three daughters, Mrs. Sarah George, Mrs. Maggie Margason and Mrs. Belle Thompson. Also thirteen grandchildren, Mrs. Eva Covey, Morrilton, Ark.; Mrs. Ethel
Campbell,
Mt. Grove, Mo.; Omer Margason, Riverside, Calif.; Arthur and Ellen Margason, Morrilton, Ark.; Laurence and Floyd Margason, Tulsa, Okla.; Paul, Claude,
Doyle, Aileen, Naomi,
and Wilma Thompson,
Bedford, Iowa. Eight great
grandchildren, Roberta, Louise and Allen Covey, Morrilton, Ark.; Lenore, Lois, Monna Belle and Collis Fay Campbell, Mt. Grove, Mo.; Margaret Enola
Margason,
Riverside, Calif. Two brothers,
W. T. Caskey,
San Dimas, Calif., Lee A. Caskey, Hazel Green, Ky.
Two sisters, Mrs. Angeline Wilson, Vicksburg, Mich., and Mrs. Evaline Havens, Hazel Green, Ky. She was for a number of years a member
of the Berea Church of Christ, near Bedford, later placing her membership
with the Eagle Grove Church of Christ near the same place, at which
place she was a member at the time of her death.
She obeyed the Gospel in early life and remained a faithful consistent
Christian until death. She
was patient sufferer for 18 months and was willing to go when God saw
fit to take her. Times-Republican December
11, 1923 [p.
3] The
Community Shocked Sunday
evening about 6:00 oÕclock, word was sent out over the phone announcing
the death of Mrs. V. [irgil] M. Kinnison [Loa Keith], wife of the Clerk of the District
Court, which took place at the home of her sister [Zetta Keith Thompson]
south of Bedford. Mrs.
Kinnison had gone to the country to visit her sister, when she was taken
seriously ill. Medical aid was secured and everything
done that could be, but death claimed her Sunday evening. Mrs. Kinnison was the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. [oseph] H. Keith [Polly Helm], reared in Bedford and before her marriage was one
of our teachers in the Bedford schools, and was one of BedfordÕs best
girls. Everybody was LoaÕs
friend and her sudden death has cast a gloom over the entire city and
saddened many hearts. She
could say with the poet: ÒI
know not what the future hath, Of marvel or surprise; Assured
alone that life and death His mercy underlies. ÒAnd
so beside the silent sea, I wait the
muffled oar; No
harm from Him can come to me On ocean
or on shoreÓ. At
the time of her death, she was aged 31 years, 8 months and 8 days. Funeral services will be held at the Christian church
today (Tuesday), December 11, at 2:00 p.m., conducted by Leslie Cobb.
Interment will be made in Bedford Cemetery. The
husband, parents and relatives have the deepest sympathy in their great
loss. Times-Republican March
16, 1922 Mrs.
W. H. Gartside,
Aged 65, Dies of Pneumonia Mrs.
Mattie Belle Gartside,
wife of W. [illiam] H. Gartside, a farmer southeast of town, died Monday at the home after
an illness of several weeks of pneumonia. She was 65 years, 6 months and 29 days old and beside her husband
is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Goldie Mae Hoover of Bartlett [Nebraska], and two
sons, Harry Glen Gartside of Chetopa [Kansas] and Merl Webb Gartside of Parsons [Kansas], and five grandchildren,
Gaylord and Dale Hoover of Bartlett, Stanley and Floris Gartside of Chetopa, and Gerald Gartside
of Parsons [Kansas]. Three
sisters, Mrs. Charles Taylor
[Nancy] of Bedford, Ia.; Mrs. Sarah
Nendick
of Omaha, Nebr., and Mrs. Etta Titus of Clark County, South Dakota, and a brother, William
Webb
of Paloma, Ill., also survive her. The
funeral was held Wednesday afternoon from the Christian church here,
Rev. C. M. Thomas of Oswego, officiating and burial being at Oak Hill
Cemetery. Mattie
Belle Webb
was born at Bedford, Ia., July 29, 1856.
She remained with her parents until she was 27 years of age,
when she was united in marriage to W. [illiam] H. Gartside, November 29, 1883. To this union, three children were born,
as mentioned above. With
her family she moved to Nebraska, where they lived until 1914, when
they moved to Chetopa, buying a farm southeast of here, which had since
been the home. Mrs.
Gartside had united with the Christian church at the age of 15 years
and her life had been one of devotion to her religious faith and her
family. Her life also had attracted a great circle of devoted friends.----Chetopa,
Kansas, Advance Mrs.
Gartside, whose death is mentioned above, was born in Bedford and was
among the oldest settlers. The
family left here about 20 years ago.
They had many friends in the county who will sympathize with
the bereaved husband and children in the loss of wife and mother.
Before her marriage she was known as Miss Mattie Belle Webb, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.
[illiam] A. Webb,
former residents of Bedford, but now residing in Illinois
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