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Obituaries
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submitted by: Julia Johnson - juliajoh@usc.edu
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Taylor County
Republican March 27, 1884 [p. 4] A Sad Event Death of Havilla Bailie As we go to press
the sad intelligence reaches us of the death, by suicide, of Havilla
Bailie, long a well-known citizen of Taylor County. Mr. Bailie cut his throat this morning
at twenty minutes of seven o'clock, at his residence in this city. The weapon used was a razor, and the determination
with which the act was committed is indicated by the fact that three
cuts were made in the neck, one of them reaching entirely around the
throat and nearly severing the jugular vein.
Drs. H. F. Dunlavy, M. C. Connett, W. F. Randolph and A. H. Connett
were promptly on the ground in response to a call for medical aid, doing
all that was possible to save the wounded man's life, and although they
succeeded in tying the vein above the wound, their efforts were fruitless
and the patient expired at fifteen minutes before eleven this morning. The deceased was
about sixty-four years of age and was married in Knox County, Ohio,
to Miss Nancy Cox,
in 1850. He came from Ohio to Taylor County with
his family about seventeen years ago, locating in Jackson Township,
where he has ever since resided until the first of the present month,
when he removed to Bedford in order to give his children the benefit
of the Bedford schools. He leaves a wife, who is in delicate health,
and five children, four boys and one daughter. He has one brother living in Taylor County,
Mr. Richard Bailie,
and a sister [Mary Elizabeth], who is the wife of Mr. E. [dmund]
C. Martin. A
brother and sister, Dr. Bailie
and Mrs. Mattie Weddel,
reside in California, and another sister, Mrs. Margaret Rork, resides in Kansas. The deceased became
a member of the M. E. Church many years ago in Ohio, and still retained
his membership here, being connected with the Platteville charge. He was a man of excellent character and
habits, and was in good circumstances, being the owner of a three-hundred-acre
farm in Jackson Township, which is regarded as one of the finest farms
in the county, as well as a considerable amount of other property. His domestic relations were pleasant and
he was highly esteemed by all who knew him. During the past few weeks, however, he has been laboring under
an attack of mental depression, bordering closely upon insanity, his
trouble being an idea that his business affairs were all going wrong
and that his farm was being mismanaged, an idea, however, for which
there was not the slightest foundation. This has grown worse and for
some days past his children had thought it necessary to watch him, and
last night removed and, as they thought, concealed a razor and revolver
that were in the house. The latter weapon, with the usual shrewdness,
which usually accompanies the suicidal mania, he endeavored to have
left with him by telling his children that somebody had been trying
to get into the house. There
is not the slightest doubt that insanity was the cause of the rash act,
which has thrown its shadow over the community. The funeral will
take place from the family [residence?] on Saturday next at two o'clock
p.m., and the remains will be interred in the Bedford cemetery. Times-Republican Thursday March 19, 1903 [p. 8] Mortuary This afternoon at about 2 o'clock
Garrett Newkirk passed away. He
has been more or less ill all winter and the end is not a surprise to
the relatives and friends. He
is an old soldier and is quite aged, being about 77 yrs of age. He is an old resident of this county and
is widely known. At this writing no definite arrangements
have been made for the funeral but [it] will probably occur tomorrow. Times-Republican January 26, 1905 [p. 1] Death of An Old Settler Mrs. William A. Webb [Martha
Ann Goodwin]
died at her home in the south part of the city, this morning at 5 o'clock
of old age and heart failure. Mrs. Webb was one of the oldest
settlers in Taylor County, having come here with her husband nearly
half a century ago. For
many years Mr. Webb was engaged in business here, but has been dead
for several years. During the last five years Mrs. Webb has
lived in two rooms rented of Clark Kinnison in the home occupied by
him. Up to yesterday noon Mrs. Webb
seemed to be in her accustomed health, but a little later she was stricken,
sinking rapidly until [death?] came early this morning. Five children survive her: Mel
[vin] Webb
of Omaha; Wm. Webb
whose home is in Illinois, but who for the past month has been visiting
relatives in the vicinity of Gravity; Mrs. Ellis Titus [Etta May] who lives four miles west of
town; Mrs. William Nendick [Sarah Elizabeth] and Mrs. Chas. Taylor [Nancy
J.] of
Bedford. The funeral will be held Thursday
but no other definite arrangements have been made. Bedford Free Press September 26, 1907
[p. 1] Melvin C. Webb Melvin C. Webb was born in Bedford in August 1867, and died at
his home in Omaha, Monday, September 16, 1907. The deceased was the son
of Mr. and Mrs. W. [illiam] A. Webb [Martha Goodwin], now both deceased, and it was here he grew to manhood,
leaving here about 20 years ago.
For a number of years he has been working at his trade as a barber
in Omaha. The funeral occurred
at his home on Wednesday, September 18, and [was] under the auspices
of the Catholic Church, of which he was a devout member. Aside
from a wife and two children he leaves to mourn a brother, W. [illiam]
A. Webb, of Paloma, Ill.;
three sisters, Mrs. Belle Gartside,
Chester, Neb.; Mrs. Ellis Titus [Etta] and Mrs. Chas. Taylor [Nancy], this county. The sympathy
of all is extended to the bereaved. Bedford Free Press September 26, 1907
[p. 1] Robert Johnson Salen Robert Johnson Salen was born in Davis County, Iowa, February 17, 1845,
and died at his home west of Bedford, September 19, 1907, at 8 o'clock,
from the affects of a paralytic stroke. In 1862 he moved to Taylor
County, Iowa, and on December 19, of the following year, he enlisted
in the 29th Iowa Volunteer Infantry, Co. F, and served faithfully
until mustered out at New Orleans with his company on the 10th
of August, 1865. As a soldier
his comrades are a unit in saying there never was a better man or braver
to shoulder a musket during those troublous days. At the close of the war
he returned to Bedford, and here it was that he married Miss [Marilla]
Jane Howe on February
4, 1866, and they soon settled on a farm.
These two happy young people started their married life with
willing minds and a cheerful disposition, two prerequisites for success
and happiness. To them five children were born. They are Mrs. E. [ugene] H. [arlan]
Simpson [Alice May], Des
Moines; Mrs. S. [amuel] W. [infrid] Gant [Mary Etta], Mason township; [?} [Robert] A. [rthur] Salen
and Albert Salen, this
county; one died in infancy. He
also leaves a heart broken wife, a brother, Thos. Salen, of Monett, Kas., to mourn his death, besides 12
grandchildren. The deceased
united with the Baptist Church of Bedford in January 1866, and remained
a faithful member until God called him higher. As a citizen, husband,
father, neighbor he was all that man could be.
Learning when quite young to do his duty as he saw it, he never
faltered [?] in it in later life.
He had just about finished a comfortable new residence on his
home farm, and was preparing to take life easier. The
funeral was held at the late residence on Saturday afternoon, conducted
by Rev. A. I. Jones. Burial
[words missing] by K post of Bedford, at the Titus [Graceland] cemetery. The bereaved relatives have the sympathy
of a host of friends in their sorrow.
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