Baker, Charles L.

     RIO GRANDE - Charles L. Baker, 95,died Friday, July 18, 1997 at his residence.  Born August  29, 1901 in Clay Township, Gallia County, son of the late Lewis Baker and Martha Sigler Baker, he was a retired mechanic for the State of Ohio.
     He was widowed twice; by his first wife, Helen Henry Baker, in 1957, and his second wife, Leahanna Plymale Baker, in 1970; and was preceded in death by a daughter, Laura Jean Craft; a son, Roger Baker, a granddaughter, Julia Ann Baker, and by five sisters and a brother.
     Surviving are a son and daughter-in-law, Richard A. and Laura Baker of Gallipolis, a son-in-law, James H. Craft of Gallipolis; grandchildren, Rick (Cindy) Baker of Logan, David (Rita) Baker of Tipp City, Linda (Ron) Tetrick of Pleasant City, California, Cindy (Eddie) Gilmore of Melverne, Arkansas, Jim (Gwen) Craft of Gallipolis and Ed Butler of Crown City; and 12 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
     Services will be 1:30 p.m. Monday, July 21, 1997 in the Christ United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Bob Steele officiating.  Burial will follow in Mound Hill Cemetery.  Friends may call at the Willis Funeral Home from 6-9 p.m. Sunday, July 20, 1997.
     The body will be taken to the church one hour prior to the services on Monday, July 21, 1997.   In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Christ United Methodist Church Building Fund.   Pallbearers will be Jim Craft, Jason Butler, Kent Butler, Rick Baker, Curt Baker and David Baker.   Honorary pallbearers are Paul Butler, Sr., Charles Jeffers, Walter McGhee, Walter J. Wood and Paul Sebastian.
 

Gallipolis paper
July 1997
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall

Ball, Arminta A

     Arminta Avanelle Ball, 58, of Rt. 3, Gallipolis, died Wednesday night at Pine Crest Care Center following a long illness. A lifelong Gallia County resident, she was born Oct. 6, 1927 in Guyan Township to the late Chancey and Iva Suthers Harrison.
     She was a retired employee of the Evans Grocery Warehouse and the Gallipolis State Institute. She attended the First Baptist Church and was a member of the White Shrine of Jerusalem.
     Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Carl (Kay) Beaver of Eureka Star Route and Mrs. Keith (Betty) Adkins of Rt. 3, Gallipolis; one son, Kenneth Earl Cremeens of Gallipolis; two stepdaughters, Mrs. Margaret Bryant of Rio Grande and Mrs. Louis McMillen of Dallas, Texas; two sisters, Mrs. Joe (Lucille) Carter of Patriot and Mrs. Eloise Johnson of Chiefton, Fla.; four stepsisters, Mrs. Glenna Whealdon of Furman, Mrs. Carol Graham of Gallipolis, Mrs. Sarah Kiser of Mt. Vernon and Mrs. Dorothy Lewis of Washington; two stepbrothers, Terry Johnson of West Cada, Minn., and Teddy Johnson of Mt. Lebanon, Pa.; step-mother, Mrs. Wilma Harrison of Gallipolis; seven grandchildren and three step-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Monroe Ball, who died in December 1979.
     Funeral services will be 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home with Rev. Robert Colvin, Rev. Alfred Holley and Rev. Denny Coburn officiating. Burial will be in Crown City Cemetery. Friends may call from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Pallbearers will be Gary Bryant, Gene Caton, Jim Edwards, Johnny Ball, Ronnie Saunders, Joe Carter, Honorary Pallbearers will be Carl Elliott, Buford Ball, David Saunders, James Lusher.
     In lieu of flowers, contributions may be sent to the American Heart Fund, in care of Lola Mae Suiter 661 Second Ave., Gallipolis.

Gallipolis Tribune
March 6, 1986
Transcribed by J. Farley

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Ball, Buford W.

     Buford Wesley (Bo) Ball, 17, of 7769 Spring Port Road, Parma; Mich., formerly of Vinton, died Saturday from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident near his home. He was a high school senior, born July 26, 1969 to Buford and Kay Hawks Ball, who survive in Michigan.
     Also surviving are two sisters,Mrs. Fred (Christine) Newbecker of Michigan, and Mitzi Ball of Maryland; maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Hawks, Vinton.
     Graveside services will be conducted at Brush Cemetery, 2 p.m. Saturday, Rev. Marvin Sallee
officiating. Local arrangements by McCoy-Moore Funeral Home, Vinton.

Gallipolis Tribune
May 26, 1987
Transcribed by J. Farley

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Ball, Ethel R.

Mrs. Ball, 82, Claimed
     Ethel R. Ball, 82, Rt. 1, Gallipolis, died at 5:15 a.m. today in the Holzer Medical Center. Mrs. Ball had been in failing health the past three years.
     She was born March 12, 1890, near Waterloo, daughter of the late William B. and Ella Baker Wilson. She married Ellis J. Ball on Sept. 2, 1908. He preceded her in death on June 8, 1970.
     The following children survive: James Edgar Ball, Gallipolis; Paul Ball, Hornell, N.y.; Mrs. Jim (Kathryn) Sigler, Gallipolis; Mrs. Eleanor J. Roberts, Gallipolis; Mrs. Hollis (Jane) Taylor, Columbus. The following children preceded her in death Walter, Joseph, Mary, Margaret, Robert S., Charles M. and William B. Ball. The following brothers and sisters survive: Hobart and John Wilson, Gallipolis: Mrs. Josie Wiseman, Waterloo; Mrs. Irene Lambert, Pedro, and Mrs. Madie Stewart, Pedro.
     Three sisters preceded her in death, Mrs. Othel Spicer, Mrs. Nettie Stewart, and Mary O. Wilson. She was a member of Grace United Methodist Church.
     Funeral services will be held 1 p.m., Friday at Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home with Rev. Alfred Holley officiating. Burial will be in Ohio Valley Memory Gardens. Friends may call at the funeral home from 3-5 and 7-9 P.m., on Thursday.

Gallipolis Tribune
April 1972
Transcribed by J. Farley

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Ball, Marrell H.

Gallipolis Tribune
January 8, 1993
Transcribed by J. Farley

     Mrs. Ellen Beale, widow of the late Charles T. Beale, and known here by many of our people as a most excellent Christian lady, died Wednesday morning at 5 o'clock at her home in Point Pleasant.  Deceased was a sister of John W. Steenberger, of Gallipolis Ferry, whose oldest sister died last week.  The news of her death will be heard with sorrow.

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Beall, A. G.

Funeral Services of Mr. A. G. Beall
     The funeral services of the late Mr. A. G. Beall will be conducted at the residence of Mr. W. P. Beall, brother of the deceased, on Third street above Locust, Friday afternoon at 1:30 by Rev. L. L. Magee, of Grace M. E. Church. The interment will follow at the Pine Street cemetery by Undertaker Wetherholt. The pall bearers will be three from the Odd Fellow’s Lodge and three from the K. of P. Lodge. The funeral will be participated in by both of these lodges, members of the U. C. T. and the Military Companies of Captains W. B. Fuller and V. M. Boyle.
     Mrs. Beall and James P. Beall arrived at noon today; the other brothers it was impossible to reach, two being somewhere over East and one West and their addresses unknown.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Thursday, Feb. 23, 1899
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron

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Bean, Leo

Dr. Leo Bean, Leading City Doctor is Dead
     Dr. Leo C. Bean, 68, who had played a leading part in the development of modern medicine in Gallipolis, died at 12:30 p.m. Friday in Holzer Hospital. Several years ago he retired from his active practice due to a heart condition and a recent years had undergone surgery on several occasions.
     Dr. Bean started his practice of medicine in Gallipolis in 1919 with his late father, Dr. Lewis Bean, after an extensive course of education and training. He attend Gallipolis schools and took his high school training in the preparatory department of Ohio University. He received his bachelors degree from that university in 1911 and entered Johns Hopkins University Medical College, graduating in the class of 1915. Following his graduation there he interned at Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, and became a member of the faculty of Washington University Medical College. He was diplomat in internal medicine, a member of the American College of Physicians, American Medical Assn., and the Ohio Medical Assn. He was the third generation of his family in the medical profession his father and grandfather being doctors.
     After coming to Gallipolis from St. Louis he took a leading role in his profession and civic affairs. He was on the staff as specialist in internal medicine at Holzer Hospital and in November 1939 with Dr. Homer B. Thomas and Dr. N.A. Martin, founded the Gallipolis Clinic. He was a charter member and first president of the Gallipolis Rotary club, a member of the Gallipolis Lodge of Elks and was a member of the board of trustees and an elder in the First Presbyterian church. At the time of his death he was a director of the Gallipolis Savings and Loan Co.
     He was a man with many hobbies, which gave him much satisfaction following his retirement from active practice and he was among those who helped to start the Gallipolis Golf Club. Dr. Bean for a period was on of the trustees of the Holzer Hospital Foundation. He was a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity.
     Dr. Bean was born in Rutland, on April 1, 1889, the son of the late Dr. Lewis and Mable Jackson Bean. The family moved to Gallipolis when he as a small boy. During his university days he met Julia Baker of Zanesville and they married on Sept. 3, 1917, and celebrated their 40th anniversary this past September. Two children were born to them, Mrs. C. Mae (Betty McGinnies, Lower River Rd. and Mrs. Eugene (Nancy) Plymale, Gallipolis who with the wife survive. There are two grandchildren. Other survivors are Mr. Hugh I. (Edith) Evans, a sister of New York City and a half-brother, Dr. Lewis A. Bean of Coca Beach, Fla.
     Funeral Services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the First Presbyterian Church. Rev. L. H. Stebbins will officiate and burial will follow in Mound Hill cemetery, under the direction of the Wetherholt Funeral home. Friends may call at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday. The family request the omission of flowers.

Unknown Gallia County Newspaper
Nov. 15, 1957
Transcribed by Marjorie Wood                                                                        Top of Page

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Bean, Dr. Lewis C

Dr. L.C. Bean Dies Last NIght
     Dr. Lewis C. Bean, 74 years, prominent local physician, died last night at his home 538 Second avenue at 10:30 p.m. His death was due from a paralytic stroke he suffered two weeks ago.
     Dr. Bean was a very widely known throughout the Ohio Valley and had hundreds of esteemed friends who will be sorry to hear of his death. Dr. Bean was very active in Civic affairs, being the present president of the City Commission, president of the Ohio Valley Bank, president of the board of trustees of the Presbyterian church.
     He was born in Rutland Ohio, in 1867, the son of the late Dr. and Mrs. George Bean of that city. He is survived by his present widow, Manda Amos Bean, formerly of Addison, Ohio, two sons Dr. Leo Bean, a prominent local physician, and Lewis C. Bean, Jr., a college student of this city and one daughter, Mrs. Hugh Evans of Dayton, Ohio, whose husband is Rev. Hugh Evan, Pastor of the largest Presbyterian church of that city. He is also survived by one sister, Mrs. M. E. Rathburn Rutland.
     The funeral service will be held at the Presbyterian church 10:00 Saturday morning. Rev. Lewis Weber Gishler will be in charge of the services and burial at Mound Hill cemetery with Funeral Director Frank Wetherholt in charge.

[Note: from stone, date of death: 1941]

Gallipolis newspaper
1941
Transcribed by Joanne Galvin

Bean, Dr. Lewis C.

Dr. L. C. Bean, 74
Leader In Community Succumbs Last Night To Fortnight's Illness
Dr. Bean Was Successful Practitioner And Served City In Many Important Roles
Funeral Is Set For 10 A.M. Saturday At Presbyterian Church
     Death has ended the long and useful career of Dr. Lewis C. Bean and taken from this city an outstanding and dynamic leader. The end came at 10:30 last night at his home, after he had lain in a coma since Sunday. In point of service he was the dean of his profession in Gallipolis and Gallia county.
Though into every nook and cranny of the county the word had gone that the valiant physician’s illness had become hopeless, the news of his passing, like the news of his first illness, came as a shock, as something to tax the credulity of those who had been closely associated with him down through the years.

Ill Exactly Two Weeks
     It was two weeks ago last night that Dr. Bean had suffered a stroke while alone in his office. It was realized then that his condition was not only serious but might become critical at any hour. But for a few days at least he appeared to improve and hope was revived that he might again return to the important posts in which he had served faithfully, efficiently and for long periods.
     Dr. Bean had practiced medicine here for 49 years; he had been a member of the directorate of the Ohio Valley Bank for 30 years and served as its president since the death of Sherman H. Eagle in July, 1938; he had been president of the Board of Trustees of the Presbyterian church for 25 years; he was president of the Gallipolis City Board at the time of his death and had so served during two separate periods; he was Service Director at another period.
     It seems justifiable and deserved to say that Dr. Bean rendered more gratuitous service to his adopted city than any of his contemporaries. And he served with unflagging zeal, showing a keen interest in every department of the city government and was ever courageous in pressing for action when action seemed necessary. That his public services were appreciated by his constituents was attested by repeated and unmistakable votes of confidence he received.

Born In Illinois
     Despite his varied interests, Dr. Bean will be best remembered for his ministration to the ailing and infirm. He had achieved a remarkable and continuing success as a practitioner; and for countless folk hereabouts his passing will mean a weakening of that sense of security that comes from confidence in the devotion and knowledge of one's chief advisor in important matters.
     Lewis C. Bean was born Dec. 9, 1866, at Fairfield, Ill., and was in his 75th year. He was a son of Dr. George and Celinda Jane Crouch, who moved to Rutland when their son was a small boy.
He attended school there and the Ohio University. He was graduated from Starling Medical College, which subsequently was merged into Ohio State University. He did post graduate work in New York, Chicago and Cleveland and began the practice of medicine here on April 4, 1892. Soon after that he was placed in charge of the Marine Hospital and served in that capacity until he retired [from there] just a few years ago.
     Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Amanda Amos Bean, whom he married June 19, 1921, and their son, Lewis C., a pre-medic student at the University of Michigan; also an older son, Dr. Leo C. Bean of this city, who attended his father in his last illness and who is widely known as a physician, and a daughter, Mrs. Edith Evans, wife of Dr. Hugh Ivan Evans, pastor of Westminster Presbyterian church, Dayton.
The latter two are the children of Dr. Bean and Mabel Jackson Bean, who died in 1906.
     The grandchildren are Hugh Bean Evans of Princeton, N. J., Mrs. Mabel Evans Mcgregor of New York, Miss Betty Bean of Cleveland, and Miss Nancy Bean (student) of Mt. Holyoke, Mass.
There is one sister living, Mrs. M. E. Rathburn of Rutland, who has long been prominent in business, civic and political circles.
     Dr. Bean was a vigorous, virile man. He had strong convictions concerning all the issues that interested him and because of his many interests and rich endowment of energy had doubtless tried to do too much in late years. He will be greatly missed in various ways; and to many observers his passing will seem like the passing of an epoch in the affairs of the city.
     Funeral services will be conducted at 10 o'clock Saturday at the Presbyterian church, with Rev. Lewis Weber Gishler, pastor, in charge. Interment will be made in Mound Hill cemetery by George J. Wetherholt & Sons. After noon Friday the body will be taken to the home at 538 Second avenue, where friends may view the features. It will lie in state at the church for two hours before the service.

[Note: From death certificate his full name was Lewis Chapman Bean, date of death March 19, 1941.]

Gallipolis newspaper unknown
March 20, 1941
Provided from Debbie Carter Evan's collection/Transcribed by Lynn Anders         Top of Page

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Beard, John N. Esq.

     John N. Beard, Esq., who is referred to as one of the most active and energetic young business men of Gallipolis, died on Monday of last week.

Athens Messenger
July 29, 1875
Transcribed by Connie Cotterill Schumaker

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Beardsley, Anna M.

     DIED - Beardsley--Anna M., daughter of H.J. and Eliza Beardsley, was born in Gallia County, March 14, 1860 and died at her childhood home Jan. 14, 1881.
     She had never been a person of robust health, but since last April had been rapidly declining. During the last weeks of her life she was closely confined to her bed where the powers of life with wonderful determination resisted the onward march of the fatal disease. For long weeks with sufferings as her companions--more constant than the attention of dearest earthly friends--she bore herself with remarkable patience--patience that could only be the result of the grace of God in the heart. As the hour of her departure drew nigh she talked with friends of death with no alarm, regarding her prospective release from her pains as a God-sent blessing.
     Two years ago under the labors of the Rev. P.P. Hamilton, she united with the M.E. Church at Alexander and lived in connection with that society until the weary wheels of life stook still, when she went to join the church triumphant.

[Note: Buried Hulbert Cemetery in Green Township]

Gallipolis Daily Journal
Feb. 17, 1881
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

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Beare, Oella R.

Mrs. Virgil Beare Dies Early Today At Columbus Home
     Mrs. Oella R. Beare, widow of Virgil Beare, died early this morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Edna Manring, 2334 North 4th Street, Columbus, after a short illness of pneumonia. She would have been 90 years old on March 15.
     Mrs. Beare was the oldest and last of the family of William Johnson. Her entire life, up to about 20 years ago when she went to Columbus to live, was spent in Gallipolis. In addition to Mrs. Manring, another daughter, Mrs. John Story, and a son Ira Beare, both of Columbus, also survive.
     Funeral services will be held at the Columbus home Thursday afternoon at 2:30 and burial will follow in Union Cemetery there.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Tuesday, Feb. 24, 1942
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron                                                                  

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Beaver, Charlotte Sowards

Mrs. John Beaver Died Last Night
Funeral Is Set For 2 Sunday At Mercerville
     Mrs. Charlotte Sowards Beaver, wife of John W. Beaver of Northup R. 1, died at 9:23 last night at the Holzer Hospital. She was in her 72nd year. Mrs. Beaver fell at her home and broke a hip on November 6 and was then brought to the hospital. After she was able to be taken home complications developed and she was brought back to the hospital some days ago.
     Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Mercerville Baptist Church, in charge of Rev. H.M. Smith. Burial in the cemetery there by Claude Miller.
     Decedent was a daughter of Charles Henry Sowards and Sarah Jane Gothard Sowards and was born July 11, 1875. She spent her whole life in Gallia County.
     She is survived by two children, Esta, now Mrs. Wyman Caldwell, who lives back of Clay Chapel, and Luther Beaver, who lives near the parental home. E.H. Sowards of Bladen R. is the only surviving.

[Note: From Death Certificate - died 12 Dec. 1946]

Gallipolis paper
Date Unknown
Transcribed by Theresa E. Smith                                                                    Top of Page

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Beaver, Jesse

     Jesse (Dude) Beaver, 86, of Cheshire, died Wednesday at Holzer Medical Center following an extended illness. He retired as an employee of the city of Gallipolis in 1972.
     Born Oct. 10, 1902, in Guyan Township, Gallia County, he was a son of the late Brice Beaver and Belle Wells Beaver. He married Garnet Williams on Oct 27, 1928 and she preceded him in death on Oct. 6, 1987. Surviving are two sons, Jesse A. Beaver Jr., Cheshire and Paul Beaver of Gallipolis; three daughters, Luella Tucker, Baltimore, MD; Violet Mae Jones, Hammond, LA and Joann Roach, Gallipolis; 16 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren; a brother, Cecil Beaver, Gallipolis.
Another daughter died in infancy.
     He was a member of the Church of Christ in Christian Union on Eastern Avenue, Gallipolis, where services will be conducted 1 p.m. Saturday, the Rev. Leland Allman officiating. Burial follows in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Friends may call at the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home on Friday, 1-4 and 7-9 p.m.

[Note: died Sept. 26, 1989]

Gallipolis Paper
Sept. 28, 1989
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

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Beck, Cordelia

Beck
     Died - On the 22d day of May, 1875, near Chambersburg, Mrs. Cordelia Beck, wife of Mr. Henry Beck, and daughter of Geo. W. Eaches, Esq., aged twenty-two years. Her remains were interred at Salem Church cemetery, near Patriot.

The Journal, Gallipolis, Ohio
June 3, 1875
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron

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Beck, Da Ruben

     Da Ruben Beck, 59, died recently in Corpus Christi, Texas, where he had resided for the past seven years. He was born July 26, 1920, son of Ruben S. and Maud Day Beck. He is survived by four children, Karl in the Peace Corps in Africa, Kirk of Fort Myers, Fla., Kim and Kellen in school in Massachusetts. There are several cousins in Gallia County. He was a 1938 graduate of Gallia Academy High School.
     He had resided in Middleport and was founder and owner of D. L. Beck Manufacturing Co. where they made Jeep tops, for which he held the patent before moving to Florida, later moving to Texas.
Burial was in Corpus Christi, Texas.

Gallipolis Tribune
Jan. 17, 1980
Transcribed by J. Farley

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Beck, Eva Marie

     Mrs. Eva Marie Beck, 74, a native of Gallia county, died at 1:10 p.m. Monday in Holzer hospital, where she had been a patient for 10 hours. She had been in failing health for several years. Mrs. Beck was a resident of Rodney.
     She was the widow of Oscar Beck, who preceded her in death Nov. 20, 1947. Mrs. Beck was born in Harrison twp., Nov. 2, 1889, daughter of the late Charles M. and Louise Houck Hively.
     Survivors are two sons and two daughters, Leslie Beck of Rt. 141, Staff Sgt. Bobby Lee Beck, stationed with the Air Force in Germany, Mrs. Bradford (Katherine) Massie of Carpenter and Mrs. Garland (Helena) Lear of Rodney. There are 17 grandchildren. Other survivors are a brother and sister, Stanley Hively of Northup and Mrs. William Kerns of Ft. Pierce, Fla.
     Mrs. Beck was a member of the Hopewell Baptist church. The body is at the Wetherholt-Elliott-Sanders Funeral home, and funeral arrangements will be announced when word is received from the son overseas.

[Buried in Mound Hill Cemetery, died Nov. 1963]

Gallipolis, Ohio Daily Tribune
November 7, 1963
Transcribed by Irene Hively Blamer

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Beck, Leonard

ALMOST A HUNDRED
Leonard Beck Dies Lacking Only 15 Days of 100 Years Gallia County’s Oldest Citizen Passes to the Great Beyond
     Born on Sewickley Creek, Westmoreland County, seven miles from Greensburg, Pa. January 25, 1810. Died on Chillicothe road near Gallipolis, January 10, 1910.
     This is the span of life that Leonard Beck, one of the good citizens of these grand United States and of Gallia County, O. compassed in his career, only 15 days less than One Hundred Years. He came here with his parents Jacob and Mary Beck in 1815 and brother, George and sister, Betsey, both younger than he. Wilbur, Susannah, Sarah were all born here, but he survived them all.
     His parents settled on the David Lasley place, later known as the Pitrat farm just this side of Clipper Mill on the river. They lived there only a short time until they moved to Green Township, cutting a road across through the country which was then a woods and wilderness, and Gallipolis a city of cabins of the most primitive sort.
     The first acquaintances they made were John Sanns and Francis LeClercq and John Richardson, a tavern keeper at what is now the Stockoff Bros. wholesale Grocery house corner.
     They bought 62 acres of land of John Richardson and Ed and John Beck, Wm Beck’s grandchildren still own that property.
     Father Jacob prospered in the wilderness and bought afterward what is know as the Steinbeck place, Morgan Beck’s and Leonard Beck, Jr. place and the August Engel and John Preston place, in all 395 acres. The farm afterwards was di9vided among his childr3n and 50 acres fell to Leonard, the subject of this sketch, to he added 170 and owned at his death 110 undivided acres which he farmed as late as last summer and fall.
     In 1835 before most of us were born he married Mary A. Swigert, and they rode horseback over to Squire Giles Harrington on the Abe Hutsinpillar place where Henry Klicker now lives to be married and there was a big crowd there to see them arrive and see the marriage ceremony preformed and help eat one of the biggest dinners ever set in the county up to that date. They returned to Leonard’s home the next day and were received by his mother very coldly for she had her objections as mothers sometimes do. His father died in 1833 at the age of 43 of pleurisy. They got along however, after a until the next fall when they went to housekeeping and struggled along toiling industriously everyday, and each year saw them a little further ahead than the year before. Leonard never used liquor, nor tobacco, and very little meat, was a good eater and a good sleeper, paid every debt he owed and cheated nor gouged no one.
     His companion died in 1876 and for 34 years Leonard ha struggled on treading the wine press alone, and like an eagle never mated but once. The children who have been ever kind and attentive to him and survive him are Mrs. Jacob Schartz, mother of Billy, the single man, Mrs. George Anderson, mother of Charley, the grocer, Mrs. John McGath, of this city, Mrs. Silas Cheney and Leonard Beck, Jr. and he left 31 grand children and 5 great grand children, unless there are more born since last May when we last talked with Uncle Leonard and took these notes.
     When Mr. Beck got old enough to come to town and make notes of things the principal people that were prominent and talked about were Francis LeClercq, Charles Creuzet, John Sanns, Roman Menager, Jos. DeVacht, Peter Farrard, Christopher Ruby and Louis Souverain.
     LeClercq was Postmaster, John Sanns was the baker, Charles Creuzet, a cigar maker, Squire Bureau was a merchant, Memo DeVacht repaired watches, Farrard was a brick maker, Ruby kept store, Souverain was the Sheriff, Harry Cushing kept hotel where the “Our House” is. Not more that 50 homes in the place and they were occupied mostly by the Frenchmen, and mostly on the river bank, and he says the river was not more than a quarter as wide as it is now. Wolves, turkeys and Indians constituted nearly the entire country population. The Choctaw Indians had a trail through to Chillicothe. When he was married Royal Hayward, brother of undertaker Will C. Hayward’s father made his wedding clothes and Frank Cheney’s grandfather made his hat. Col. Robert Safford had a still house and made corn and rye whiskey.
     Uncle Leonard has seen wonderful changes in that span of life of his and we are all sorry that he could not have lived on for many years. Harmless, inoffensive, honest, upright, esteemed by everybody, he has finally gone down the oldest of all the oaks in the forest and may peace be with him everywhere.
     His body was brought to his daughter’s, Mrs. John McGath’s this Monday afternoon. The funeral services will be conducted by Rev. Father Kessler at St. Louis Catholic Church at 9 or 10 o’clock, Thursday morning, the interment by Hayward following at Mound Hill Cemetery.
     The pall bearers will be his grandsons---Will Anderson, Homer Beck, Luther Beck, Robert McGath, John Cheney and Blake Schartz.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
January 10, 1901
Submitted by Dorothy Frazier                                                                        Top of Page

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Beck, Leonard

Death of Leonard Beck
     Mr. Leonard Beck died very suddenly with a cerebral hemorrhage at the home of his daughter Mrs. Bert Rose Thursday, Feb. 28, 1924, at the age of 77 years.
     Mrs. Beck preceded him on Dec. 10, 1923. He is survived by the following children: Frank and Luther Beck of Cornell, Ill., Mrs. Laura Davis, Mrs. D.B. Spain and Miss Nora Beck of Columbus, Mrs. Earl Parish of Oneonta, N.Y., and Mrs. Bert Rose of this city with whom he has made his home since the death of Mrs. Beck. Also, two sisters, Mrs. John McGath and Miss Josephine Beck.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
February 29, 1924
Transcribed by Henny Evans                                                                         

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Beck, Sarah Jane Denney

     Sarah Jane Denney Beck, daughter of Samuel and Mary Boyles Denney, was born October 30, 1841, near Bidwell, Gallia County, Ohio, and departed this life May 13, 1925, at the home of her daughter near Gallipolis, Ohio, aged 83 years, 6 months and 13 days. All of her early years were spent near Harris. She was a very obedient and helpful daughter and almost a mother to her younger brothers.
     After the Civil War came to a close, she was united in marriage to William Beck, on April 17, 1870, and to this union were born seven children, namely two daughters, Mrs. Harry Coulson and Mrs. D. W. DeWitt, and five sons, Oscar, Reuben, John and Edward, all of Gallia County, and W. F. Beck of Erie, Pa., and also twenty three grandchildren of whom four have preceded her to the great beyond.
     She became a member of the M. E. church about the year 1868, and has lived a faithful member until death. She spent her life trying to do her best for her children; no sacrifice was too great for her to make for them. She was a kind and loving wife and a good neighbor. She has been in failing health for a few years and on February 13, 1925, she was stricken with paralysis; she rallied but had to keep her bed these last months. Tuesday afternoon she became worse and continued so until the end came. All through her sickness she was never known to complain.

It's a mother's hand that guides us Through childhood's happy days; It's a mother's faith that tides us When we're past the years of play. And the truest love is mother's, For it has no selfish aim, And through all the years in passing, Her heart beats just the same.

[Note: Buried in Mound Hill cemetary]

The Gallia Times
May 28, 1925
Transcribed by Irene Hively Blamer

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Beck, William

Wm. Beck, Molder, Dies At Erie, Pa.
     Word was received here yesterday that William Beck, who was born and reared and spent the most of his life in this community, had died at his home in Erie, Pa. He was a molder. Mr. Beck was a son of William and Sarah Denney Beck and was born near Gallipolis but in Green tp. 65 years ago.
     On Dec. 20, 1896, he was united in marriage to Flora McCall of this county by Rev. John Rose. She and three children survive. Also surviving are these four brothers and two sisters: Reuben S. Beck, Raccoon Island; Ed, John and Oscar Beck, Mrs. Rose DeWitt and Mrs. Jane Coulson, all of Green tp.
     Funeral was to be held in Erie today, the Tribune was told.

[Note: Ann Simmerman wrote "April 1938" on the obituary.]

Newspaper (Gallipolis Daily Tribune, April 1938) clipping found in the Simmerman files, Beck-Betz file, Bossard Library.
Transcribed by Lynn Anders

Beck, William

William Beck Dies
     Relatives here have been informed of the recent death and burial on Friday of William Beck, aged 65 years, a native of Green Township and a Gallipolis resident for a number of years.
     Beck, a son of Mr. & Mrs. William Beck, married Miss Flora McCall here on Dec. 20, 1896. She and three children survive him.
     Brothers and sisters all living in this county are Reuben S. Beck... (rest of article missing)

Gallipolis Paper
No date
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Beckett, Evan

     It is reported that Evan Beckett, 21, of Proctorville, has died in an army cap of pneumonia. His mother was formerly Miss Annie Blazer, a sister of Wilson Blazer of near this city.

The Gallia Times
Wednesday, October 9, 1918
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

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Beever, Charles

     Charles Homer Beever, 84, died Tuesday in a Huntington Hospital. Mr. Beever was born June 1, 1889, in Gallia County, son of the late F.M. and Lititia Halley Beever. He was preceded in death by his wife, Lydia Beever, in 1972. Mr. Beever was a member of the Otterbein United Methodist Church in Huntington and the Men's Gideon Bible Class. One daughter, Mrs. Ernest H. Jones, Huntington, survives. Three grandchildren and three great grandchildren survive. Three brothers preceded him in death.
     Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Thursday at the Kincaid-Mann Mortuary, Huntington, with Rev. Carl Burrows officiating. Friends may call from 6-9 p.m. Wednesday at the mortuary. Burial will be in Crown City Cemetery.

Gallipolis newspaper,
1973
Transcribed by Lynn Anders

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Beilstein, Edward L.

E. L. Beilstein, 57, Dies In Huntington
Burial Will Be Made Wednesday At Mound Hill
     Edward L. Beilstein, who lived the greater part of his life in Gallipolis died Sunday morning at his home 1909 Seventh Avenue, Huntington. He was 57 years old.
     Mr. Beilstein left here about Sept. 1. He had been employed at the Walter Chick Hatchery when his health began to fail. He was treated in a Huntington hospital, but was never able to work after going to Huntington. He was one of two sons of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Beilstein of Garfield Avenue. The other son, Robert, preceded him.
     He is survived by his wife, who has been an invalid for about two years and a son and daughter by a former marriage. Lewis Beilstein, with the Army Air Forces in China, and Mrs. Elizabeth Souder of Gahanna.
     Funeral services will be held at the home in Huntington Wednesday morning at 11 o’clock. Burial will follow on the Beilstein family lot in Mound Hill Cemetery. Willis Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Monday, Nov. 5, 1945
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron

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Belcher, Rose Smeltzer

Death Comes Suddenly To Mrs. William H. Belcher
     At seemingly shortening intervals lately Death has paid his visits to Gallipolis homes. One shock after another has come in rapid succession and the latest is caused by the news of the passing of Mrs. Rose Smeltzer Belcher, wife of William H. Belcher. This beloved woman died at 3:25 Thursday afternoon at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Grate, in Middleport. She succumbed to a heart attack.

Lived 74 years, 2 days
     Mrs. Belcher had been slowly failing since Christmas, Mr. Belcher said today. Saturday, she went to Middleport because she and Mr. Grate customarily celebrated their birthdays together, his being on March 3, hers on March 5- her 74th. Tuesday, she became seriously ill and Mr. Belcher was summoned. She grew steadily weaker, but remained conscious till the end.
     Mrs. Belcher was born in Gallipolis in 1866, a daughter of Lewis and Mariah Ripley Smeltzer, and her whole life was spent here. Her marriage to Mr. Belcher occurred Oct. 5, 1886, and their wedlock has been marked by mutual and unfailing devotion. Both of them became members of the Baptist church when it was organized here in the early '80's and held its first meetings in the old Academy building.
     Surviving, besides the husband and one brother, Pete Smeltzer, are two daughters, Mrs. Grate, already named, and Mrs. Asa Houck, who lives next door to the Belcher home on First ave. below Grape. There are seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
     Mrs. Belcher was a member of the Pocahontas degree of the Red Men, Rebekahs, Royal Neighbors, Pythian Sisters, and the Gallia County Council No. 114, D. of A. (which honored her with a handkerchief shower on Monday night, though she was unable to attend.)
     Last evening the body was brought from Middleport to the Entsminger mortuary. Funeral services will be held at 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the Baptist church, with Rev. George Sagen in charge. Burial will follow in Mound Hill.

[Note: Death certificate indicates dob March 5, 1866, dod March 7, 1940.]

Newspaper (March, 1940 Gallipolis) clipping found in the Simmerman files, Ripley file, Bossard Library.
Transcribed by Lynn Anders

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Bell, Wm. W.

     Mr. Wm. W. Bell residing on lower 4th avenue, passed away Thursday evening about 9 o'clock March 27, 1913. No definite arrangements have been made for the funeral services at this time but they will probably be Sunday. Undertaker Wetherholt has charge of the body.
     Mr. Bell was born in Marietta, O, December 1, 1853, and was a carpenter by occupation. He went to Raccoon Island in 1857, and was united in marriage with Miss Effie [sic], March 26, 1879.
     He joined the M. E. Church at Ohio Chapel in 1895, and was a pleasant well liked man by everyone.
Of late years he had been employed at the Treasure Store. Works [sic] until he was taken ill. Last fall he went to Colorado in quest of health but came back unimproved, and after arriving at home seemed to grow better and to be getting along, until this late bad spell of weather set in. His trouble was pulmonary and of the heart and he succumbed very quickly, not having been regarded as serious until two days before his death.
     He is survived by his wife, two sons, Brooks J. Bell of this city and Joseph Garrett Bell of Pueblo, Col., and one daughter, Bessie, wife of Mr. Oliver Lyle of this city. He was a member of the Jr. O. C. A. M. of Chambersburg in good standing and went to his end with the highest respect and esteem of all who knew him.
     He was also a member of the Patriotic Sons of America.

[Note: Buried in Mound Hill cemetery]

Gallipolis paper
March 1913
Transcribed by Irene Hively Blamer

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Beman, M. E.

Dies of Cancer
     Gallipolis, O., November 1--Cancer today caused the death here of M. E. BEMAN, 70, former Republican state senator, from Gallia County and reputed to have been one of the wealthiest persons in this section.

The Times Recorder, Zanesville, Ohio
November 2, 1929
Teresa Herrmann, Columbus, Ohio        

Beman, M. E.

M. E. Beman Dies Friday After Long Illness
Wealthy Gallia County Man Former State Senator Dies In Hospital
     M. E. Beman, one of Gallia county’s most prominent citizens, died in Holzer Hospital Friday morning after a long illness. He had been in the hospital since last Sunday.
     Mr. Beman was 70 years old and had been a resident of Gallia county all his life. He was of a pioneer Gallia county family, his father, before him having been a leading citizen and banker at Thurman. He served in the state Senate for one term, during the years 1913-14. Mr. Beman was one of the county’s wealthiest citizens, and was said to be the largest individual taxpayer in the county.
     He was widely known for his progressive enterprises. He was a director in the First National Bank of this city and his farm is one of the most modern and best developed in this section. Mr. Beman was known throughout this part of the state as a successful breeder of pure bred cattle.
     He had been ill for more than a year, relatives said, but he had not been confined by his illness until recently. An attack came some weeks ago while he was on the street in Thurman, and he was taken to his home where he remained until his physician advised his removal to the hospital here. Death came at 6:56 Friday morning.
     He is survived by his widow and one son, D. M. Beman, of Thurman. Mr. Beman was the last of a large family of brothers and sisters.
     Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock from the Beman home in Thurman, by Rev. W. P. Cherrington. Burial will be in the cemetery at Thurman in charge of George J. Wetherholt and Sons.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Friday, November 1, 1929
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron                                                        

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Bennett, Rev. Albert

Death Claims Rev. Bennett
     Former pastor of several Gallia County churches, the Rev. Albert Bennett, 79, died Monday in his home in Windsor Twp., Greasy Ridge, Lawrence County, after a 15-week illness. He had been a member of Perkins Ridge Baptist Church for 57 years and funeral services will be held from there tomorrow at 2 PM with the Rev. Clifford Suitor and the Rev. Olaf Jenkins officiating.
     Ordained more than 30 years ago, the Rev. Mr. Bennett had served pastorates in Gallia and Lawrence Counties. Born in Cabell County, W. Va., Dec. 13, 1870, he was a son of the late Squire and Caroline Smith Bennett. Early in the Rev. Mr. Bennett's life they moved to Lawrence County and resided at the Windsor Twp. address.
     He was prededed in death by his wife in 1941. Surviving are eight of his nine children: Mrs. Lawrence Wells, Columbus; Earl Bennett and Clyde Bennett, Willowwood, Otha Bennett, South Charleston; Mrs. Orpha Dennison, Mrs. Merrill Dunfee, Vernon Bennett and Mrs. Lester Ellcessor, Springfield. Also surviving is a brother, Amos Bennett, Chesapeake.
     Friends may visit at the home until time for services. Burial will be in Perkins Ridge Cemetery.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
No date
Transcribed by Jean Yount                                                                             Top of Page

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Bennett, Hattie Mauck

Bennett Funeral Set For Sunday
    Funeral services for Mrs. Hattie Mauck Bennett will be held at 2 o’clock Sunday at the Rawlings-Coats funeral home in Middleport. Rev. Ralph Zundell of the Middleport Baptist Church will officiate. Interment will be made in Gravel Hill Cemetery.
     Death resulted from an arterial blood clot about 10 o’clock Thursday morning. Mrs. Bennett had eaten her breakfast, worked among her flowers, re-entered the house, and present complained of severe pains. Dr. Raymond Boice was summoned. He administered palliatives and arrangements were being made to bring Mrs. Bennett to the Holzer Hospital when she suddenly expired.
     Mrs. Bennett would have been 80 years old on September 5.
     Her first husband was William H. Kail. They were married in 1885 and lived for a decade at Augusta, Kans. His health having failed, they returned to the Mauck homestead near Cheshire, where he died in the summer of 1896. Some years later she married William C. Bennett of Middleport, remembered as a passenger-train conductor on what was formerly known as the Hocking Valley Railway. He died 14 years ago. Thereafter she and her only living sister, Miss Allie Mauck, and their brother-in-law, C. F. Besserer, lived together at the Besserer home in Middleport.

[Note – Hattie died 7/23/1942 – daughter of Daniel Mauck & Mary Rothgeb]

Undated newspaper article
Transcribed by Suzanne Giroux                                                                     

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Benning, Zanna

     Word was received here today of the death of Mrs. Zanna Benning, 100, Springfield. Mrs. Benning died at her home, 204 North Douglas Ave., at 10:40 p.m. on Sunday.
     She was born Dec. 26, 1879, in Gallia County, a daughter of John H. and Elizabeth J. Short Thornton, and had resided in Springfield most of her life. She had owned and operated several restraurants in the Springfield area the past several years. Mrs. Benning was a member of the Columbus Avenue United Methodist Church.
     Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Louise Benning Bostick, Springfield; two sons, Willis, Holliday, Fla.; and Richard H., Springfield; 11 grandchildren, 32 great-grandchildren, two sisters, Mrs. Rena Sowards and Mrs. Lucille Porter, both of Springfield, and several nieces and nephews. Her Husband, David, died Jan. 11, 1917. Five sisters are also dead.
     Burial was in Ferncliff Cemetery on Wednesday.

Gallipolis Tribune
May 1980
Transcribed by J. Farley

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Benson, Nancy Ann

Death Claims Mrs. Benson, 80
     Mrs. Nancy Benson, 2075 Chatham Avenue, Gallipolis, died at 11 p.m. Saturday at the age of 80 years. She was born December 18, 1866 to Mr. and Mrs. Odal Hickenbotham, married Burt Benson January 23, 1914, and was a member of the Gallipolis Church of God.
     Mrs. Benson is survived by three brothers and a sister; George Hickenbotham, Middleport; Homer Hickenbotham, Walbridge, O.; Mrs. Mina Ewing and Elija Hart, both of Cheshire.
     Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday in decedent’s late residence, with the Rev. H. M. Smith officiating. Interment will be made by J. L. Coleman and Son in Poplar Ridge Cemetery.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Monday, March 10, 1947
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron                                                                  Top of Page

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Berridge, Annie

Death of Mrs Sheridan Berridge
     Mrs. Annie Berridge, wife of Mr. Sheridan Berridge, died at her home in this city Monday night, April 3, 1893, at about ten o'clock, aged about twenty-six years and after an illness of five months with consumption and leaving a husband and one little girl.
     Her maiden name was Carter and she had been married about seven years. She was a woman of kindly disposition and a devoted Christian. Her funeral services were conducted at Bethesda Church, near Patriot, by Rev. J.W. Mohler today and her burial by Wetherholt.
     Her mother, three sisters and three brothers and a large circle of acquaintances are left to mourn her early death.

Gallipolis Journal
April 12, 1893
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

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Berridge, C. K.

C.K. Berridge
Formerly of Royal Oak
     C.K. Berridge, age 70, died of a heart attack Sunday at this home in Springerville, Arizona. Mr. Berridge was born Oct. 12, 1889 in Gallipolis, Ohio. He was retired from the building business five years ago and had built many houses in this area.
     During World War I he was a captain in the U. S. Army and had served in the Aleutian Islands during World War II.
     Surviving are two brothers, John F. of Gallipolis and Lester P, 622 North Main, Royal Oak. Services were held in Arizona.

The Daily Tribune
Royal Oak, Mich.
Oct. 13, 1960
Transcribed by Joanne Galvin                                                                         Top of Page

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Berridge, Carrie

Mrs. Carrie Berridge
     Mrs. Carrie Berridge, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. William Carter. Mrs. Berridge was born July 21, 1859 and died March 11, 1882. She was united to her now bereaved husband, Neal Berridge, April 26, 1879, with whom she lived in loving wedlock, until her Saviour called her home to rest.
     She was a member of the Methodist Church and a faithful member until death. With her kind husband, she leaves a little boy, nearly two years old and a father, mother and brothers and sisters to mourn her loss and a number of relatives and friends. She was confined to her bed a few days, when death relieved her of suffering. It was hard to give her up, but the will of God is Supreme. For months that dread disease, consumption, was sapping her vitals. Her mind was anchored on God.

Afflictions a long time she bore, Called for physicians, but in vain, Till Christ at last did take her home, Where pain and conflicts all are past. Farewell, my friends, weep not for me, For me, breathe not a sigh, For when life is so painful here Tis a pleasant thing to die.

Gallipolis Paper                                                                                             
March 11, 1882
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

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Berridge, Henry Sylvester

Death of Henry Sylvester Berridge
     Mr. Henry Sylvester Berridge, son of George and Jane Berridge, died at his home Wednesday, Feb. 27, 1924, at the age of 71 years. He leaves one daughter Mrs. Chas. Sigler of this city and two sons Carl of Marion and Fred of Columbus.
     Funeral services were held today (Friday) at 10 a.m. by Rev. Pierce at the residence of Mrs. Sigler on Mill Creek. Burial by Undertaker Entsminger at Pine Street cemetery.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
February 29, 1924
Transcribed by Henny Evans                                                                           Top of Page

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Berridge, Jessie

Entered Into Eternal Rest Monday, Oct. 11, 1965
Mrs. Lester Berridge
     A resident of Royal Oak for 47 years, Mrs. Jessie Berridge, age 69, 622 North Main, died Monday in the University Hospital, Ann Arbor.
     Mrs. Berridge was born Aug. 6, 1896, in Gallipolis, Ohio, to the late Mr. and Mrs. Jacob N. Baker (America North(r)up). She was married to Lester P. Berridge on April 7, 1916, in Pomeroy, Ohio. He survives.
     Also surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Kenneth D. (June) Miller of Trenton; two grandchildren; and a sister, Mrs. William (Garnet) Sigler of Gallipolis.
     Mrs. Berridge was a life member of Royal Oak Chapter 392, OES.
     There will be a memorial service at 8:30 p.m., tonight, at C. F. Schnaidt Funeral Home, 1026 West Eleven Mile, Royal Oak. The Rev. Robert E. Holly, First Baptist Church, Royal Oak, will conduct funeral services at 10 a.m., Thursday, at the funeral home. Burial will be in Oakview Cemetery.

The Daily Tribune
Royal Oak, Michigan
Oct. 12, 1965
Transcribed by Joanne Galvin                                                                        

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Berridge, John

     John F. Berridge, 94, of Eureka Star Route, Gallipolis, died Thursday morning at Pleasant Valley Hospital, Point Pleasant, W.Va.
     He was born on January 20, 1893 in Gallia County, to the late John W. and Lillie B. Berridge.
A veteran of both World Wars, he attended the U. S. Army Air Force Intelligence School in Harrisburg, Pa. A second lieutenant in World War I, he was a captain in World War II in the Army Air Force.
He worked for 20 years in the Far East for Standard Oil Company as an executive salesman.
He was preceded by three brothers, one sister and a son, Charles. His wife H. Marie Berridge, whom he married in San Francisco, Calif., on December 22, 1922, survives.
     Services will be Monday at 11: a.m. at the Willis Funeral Home. The Rev. Charles Lusher will officiate. The remains from the cremation will be buried at Mound Hill Cemetery.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Thursday, October 8, 1987
Transcribed by Sandy Milliron                                                                         Top of Page

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Berridge, Josephus

OBITUARY
Josephus Berridge
     Josephus, son of C.C. Berridge and Sarah C. Berridge, was born August 22, 1863; was married to Miss Addie Butler, Sept. 3, 1884; died Feb. 23, 1888. He leaves a wife and one child and many relatives and friends to mourn his loss.
     In January 1887, he united with the First Harrison F.W. Baptist Church. From that time he lived a faithful member until our Heavenly Father called him from his earthly home to share with Him the glories of a better world. Before he passed away he called his friends around him, bid them good-bye and said "All is right, the Lord is with me, with His face as bright as the morning star."

How silently the shades of evening Gather around our lonely door; Silently they bring before us Faces we shall see no more. How such holy memories cluster, Like the stars when storms are past, Pointing up to that fair Heaven That we shall again at last.

Meet again! when life is o'er, Meet again! to part no more, How it cheers the drooping heart When from friends we are called to part. Meet again! How passing sweet! Friends long lost again to meet! Careworn souls, by tempest driven, Oh, how sweet to meet in Heaven.

Gallipolis Paper
[Feb. 23, 1888]
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

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Berridge, Laura Wallace

Mrs. Berridge Dies at Age 98 In Columbus
     Mrs. Laura Wallace Berridge, 98, a native of Gallia county, and former resident of Gallipolis, died at her home, 39 Bickle St., Columbus, at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday. Mrs. Berridge would have been 99, if she had lived until Oct. 2.
     She was born in this county on Oct. 2, 1868, daughter of the late John and Elizabeth Fierbaugh Wallace. Her marriage was to T. Sherman Berridge, a prominent Gallipolis insurance man, and he preceded her in death on Aug. 13, 1957. She is survived by a daughter, Norma Berridge, with whom she made her home, and several nieces and nephews. She was the last of her family, and was preceded in death by several brothers and sisters, among whom were Mrs. Tom Eachus, and Ross Wallace.
     Mrs. Berridge was a member of Grace Methodist church. Services will be held there at 12: noon on Friday. Burial will be in Mound Hill cemetery. The body will lie in state for one hour at the church prior to the service.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Wednesday, June 1, 1966
Transcribed by Sandy Milliron                                                                         Top of Page

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Berridge, Missouri Lewis

Mrs. Berridge Died Friday
     A telegram was received Friday night by Mrs. C. E. Berridge from Mr. Berridge who is at Gallipolis, O., stating that his mother, Mrs. Missouri Lewis Berridge, had passed away at four o'clock Friday afternoon at the home of her brother, Rev. Samuel Lewis of Bladen, Gallia county. Her sons, C. E. Berridge, of this city, and A. L. Berridge of Duluth, Minn, visited her recently and at that time Mrs. Berridge seemed improving. A message was received by Mr. Berridge Friday announcing the critical illness of his mother and he left at once for her bedside, but she passed away shortly before his arrival there.
     Mrs. Berridge was a pioneer of lower Gallia county and was widely known throughout the county. She was loved by her every acquaintances and her death has caused genuine grief among her wide circle of friends. Two sons, C. E. and A. L. Berridge are the children who survive.
     The remains will be brought to Ironton where funeral services will be held but the exact hour has not yet been announced. Bingaman and Jones will have charge of the interment, which will occur in Woodland cemetery, where Mr. Berridge was laid to rest.

Semi-Weekly Register, 22 October 1918, Tuesday, Page 3.
Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio
Reprinted with permission from Peggy Wells who transcribed the obituary. Thank you, Peggy!  

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Berridge, Tecumseh Sherman

Tecumseh Berridge, 91, Former Insurance Agent, Teacher, Dies
     Tecumseh Sherman Berridge, 91, one of the prominent figures of this city, died at his home at the corner of Third Ave., and State Street at 4: p.m. Tuesday. He had been in failing health since his retirement from the insurance business five years ago, and had been confined to his home for a large part of that period.
     For 20 years he was a salesman for the Henking-Bovie wholesale grocery company and was known in many circles in this part of the Ohio and Kanawha River valleys. Before his retirement he was the representative for the Columbus Mutual Life Insurance Co. From that company he had received the highest honors it could bestow and was the high production underwriter connected with the company. Prior to his becoming a salesman, he taught school at Rio Grande for a period of 15 years.
     He received his early schooling at Clay Lick, and later attended and graduated from Rio Grande College. Early in life he became a member of the Methodist church. He was an official of Grace Methodist church and was an honorary member of the official board at the time of his death. He taught St. Johns Bible class for 31 years. Berridge was a member of the Gallipolis board of education for several terms and was serving on that board when Gallia Academy was built in 1916.
     A native of the county, he was born on Clay Lick on Jan. 2, 1866, the son of the late Christopher and Sarah Scarberry Berridge. He was one of five children and was the last of his family. His marriage to the former Laura Wallace of Clay Lick took place on July 17, 1889, and they celebrated their 68th wedding anniversary this past month. Mrs. Berridge survives along with a foster daughter, Norma, who has cared for her parents for several years.
     Funeral services will be held at 2: p.m. Friday at Miller’s Home for Funerals. Rev. Warren H. Wilson will officiate and burial will follow in Mound Hill Cemetery. The St. Johns Bible class will act as honorary pallbearers. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7: p.m. Wednesday and until the funeral hour.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Wednesday, Aug. 14, 1957
Transcribed by Sandy Milliron                                                                         Top of Page

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Berridge, Violet

     Violet (Dudie) Berridge, 62, 2249 Coventry Rd., Columbus, died Saturday at her residence. She was a former employee of Gallipolis Developmental Center and retired from Ohio State University Hospital where she was a switchboard operator.
     Born Oct. 13, 1926 in Gallipolis, she was the daughter of the late Wilbur and Daisy Fry Baker. She was married to Leland E. Berridge, who preceded her in death on July 14, 1968. Surviving are two sons, David Berridge of Jacksonville, Fla., and Mike Berridge of Gallipolis; two daughters, Patricia Berridge of Fremont, Calif., and Sally McGregor of Columbus; and one grandson. Also surviving are a sister, Melba Steiner of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, and a brother, Howard Baker Saunders of Gallipolis. She was preceded in death by a son, Leland E. Berridge II, and a brother, Willard Saunders.
     She was a member of Grace United Methodist Church, and supported Operation Liftoff and the Make a Wish Foundation.
     Friends may call at Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home, 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday. Private family services will be conducted. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Operation Liftoff, in care of Jerry Davis, Box 1094, Gallipolis, Ohio. 45631.

[Note: Died Sept., 19, 1997; this was date handwritten on the copy of the obituary. It does not match up with the age stated above.]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
No Date
Transcribed by Nancy S. Edwards

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Berry, Charles W.

OBITUARY OF CHARLEY BERRY
     Charles W. Berry, 79 of Patriot, Ohio, died Monday in a Huntington hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 1:30 P.M. at the Schneider Funeral Home at Chesapeake. Burial will be in the Fox Fairview Christian Cemetery at Patriot, Ohio.
     A retired farmer, he was born on June 22, 1888, at Crown City, Ohio, a son of the late John and Nevada Berry (sic). He was a member of the Fox Fairview Christian Church.
     Survivors include the widow, Mrs. Dochia (sic) Berry; four daughters, Mrs. George Newton of Huntington, Mrs. Sesco Adkins of Fort Myers, Fla., Mrs. Sylvester Mount of Kitts Hill, Ohio, and Mrs. Donald Hayes of Proctorville; four sons, Stacy Berry of Patriot, James and John Emerson Berry of Columbus, and Charles O. Berry of Lucasville; four brothers, Arnold, Clovis, Chauncey and Lawrence Berry, and a sister, Mrs. Sylvia Wilson (sic), all of Linville (sic), Ohio, and 20 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Friends may call at the funeral home after 6 P.M. today.

The Herald-Dispatch
Tuesday, November 7, 1967, page 14.
Gallipolis Daily Tribune, Tuesday, November 7, 1967, page 1.
Contributed by Jeff Hayes Hiestzie76@aol.com                                                

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Berry, Doshie Myers

CHESAPEAKE -- Mrs. Doshie Berry, 84, Kitts Hill, a former resident of Patriot in Gallia County, died Saturday in a Huntington hospital following a brief illness.
     She was born Sept. 12, 1888, in Gallia County, daughter of the late John and Harriett Pyles Myers.
Her husband, Charles Berry, preceded her in death in 1967. She was a member of the Fox-Fairview First Christian Church in Patriot.
     Mrs. Berry is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Sylvester Mount, Kitts Hill; Mrs. Donald Hayes, Proctorville; Mrs. George Newton, Huntington; and Mrs. Sesco Adkins, Ft. Myers, Fla.; four sons, Stacy and James O., Tarlton, Ohio; John E. Berry, Columbus, and Charles O. Berry, Lucasville; two brothers, Amer Myers, Gallipolis and Alan Myers, Scottown; three sisters, Mrs. Martha Roach, South Charleston, Ohio; Mrs. Ora Burcham, and Mrs. Meda Boster, both of Huntington, and 20 grand and 18 great-grandchildren.
     Funeral services will be held 2 P.M., Monday at the Schneider Funeral Home, Chesapeake with Rev. Raymond Dillon officiating. Burial will be in Fox-Fairview Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 P.M. Sunday.

The Sunday Time Sentinel (Gallipolis Daily Tribune)
Sunday, December 31, 1972, page 9.
Contributed by Jeff Hayes Hiestzie76@aol.com                                                 Top of Page

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Berry, Lenna Lafon

OBITUARY OF LENNA LAFON BERRY
     LENNA LAFON BERRY, 87, of Marietta, Ohio, formerly of Linnville, Ohio, died Saturday, November 15, 1997 at Marietta Center for Health and Rehabilitation.
     She was born May 29, 1910 in LaFayette, Ind., and daughter of the late Albert T. and Eva Miller LaFon. She was a retired school teacher of 37 years with the Symmes Valley School System, and a member of the Linville Church of Christ.
     She was preceded in death by her husband Clovis Berry, and two brothers, Kenneth and Clovis LaFon. She is survived by one daughter and son-in-law, Kay and Rod Hineman of Belpre, Ohio; two brothers, Samuel LaFon of Phoenix, Ariz. and Herbert LaFon of Baltimore, Md.; two grandchildren, David Hineman of Lancaster, Ohio and Kim and her husband Tom Weiner of South Parkersburg, W.Va.; and several nieces and nephews.
     Funeral services will be 2 P.M. Tuesday, November 18, 1997 at Schneider-Slack Funeral Home by the Rev. Donald Seevers. Burial will follow in Centenary Cemetery. Friends may call from 6 to 9 P.M. Monday at the funeral home.

Huntington Herald-Dispatch
Contributed by Jeff Hayes Hiestzie76@aol.com                                                

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Berry, Martha

     Mrs. Martha Berry, widow of the late Davis Berry, died Tuesday, January 29, 1907, at her home near Addison, aged about 72 years, after an extended illness. She fell and broke her arm about a year ago and had gradually declined in health since that time.
     Her maiden name was Miss Martha McKown and she was born in Hancock County, Va. She was a member of the Methodist church and was a consistent Christian lady, a faithful wife and a kind and indulgent mother.
     She leaves two daughters, Mrs. W. H. Vanden of Rio Grande, and Mrs. H. S. Ramsey of Addison, and three sons, Charles and Harrison, of Addison, and Everett of Gallipolis.
     The funeral services were held Thursday at Addison M. E. Church by Rev. A. B. Davis, interment at Pine Street cemetery by Wetherholt.

Gallipolis Bulletin
Friday, February 1, 1907
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron

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Berry, Norma

Norma Berry
     Norma Berry, 82, Gallipolis, died Thursday, April 23, 1998 in St. Mary's Hospital, Huntington, W. Va.
Born February 26, 1916 in Gallipolis, daughter of the late Chauncy J. CHICK and Mary CALLHOUN HARRISON, she was a homemaker, and a member of Grace United Methodist Church.
     She was also preceded in death by her husband, John C. BERRY. Surviving are three sons, John L. CARTER of Leonard, Md., James C. CARTER of Racine, and Charles W. POWELL of Gallipolis; five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; and a sister, Gail SPRAGUE of Vinton.
     Services will be 1 p.m. Sunday in the Willis Funeral Home, with the Rev. David HOFF officiating. Burial will be in the Ohio Valley Memory Garden. Friends may call at the funeral home from 7-9 p.m. Saturday.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune pg 3.
4-24-1998
Submitted by Charles & Fran Longsdorf, Midland, MI                                         Top of Page

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Besserer, Mary Florence (Mary Florence Mauck BESSERER)

    Mary Florence Besserer, daughter of Daniel and Mary Rothgeb Mauck, was born at Cheshire, February 23, 1855. She was educated at Cheshire Academy and Hillsdale college. She taught in the public schools and was a private teacher of music.
     On May 17, 1881 she was married to Charles Frederick Besserer. Thereafter her life was spent at Middleport where she died July 12, 1929, survived by her husband.
     These are the rough outlines of the useful life of a charming woman. She had too many interesting traits to be described with a phrase. Perhaps, however, after her devotion to her home, her love for beauty in general was her most outstanding characteristic. She loved music, painting, poetry and flowers and her devotion to the beauties of the external world brought her the natural reward of a beautiful inner spirit. She was a cultured woman and a merry one. Her wit was keen and her laughter infectious. She happily blended sympathy and sunshine and did her full part in bringing joy to a large circle of devoted friends.
     She had been a member of the Presbyterian Church for many years and was a charter member of the Middleport Literary club. Also one of the organizers and Past Worthy Matrons of the Order of the Eastern Stars.

Undated newspaper article
Transcribed by Suzanne Giroux                                                                     

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Betz, Basil

Basil Betz, 89, Died Saturday At Jamestown
Funeral 1 Tuesday Here, With Burial In Mound Hill
     Basil Betz, closely followed in death by his wife Mrs. Cora Woolweaver Betz, when he passed away New Year's morning. Just two weeks before, Mrs. Betz had died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Emmett Mossman, at Jamestown and his death was at the same place.
     He was born at Morgan Center in Gallia county 89 years ago and spent practically all of his life here. Death was due to complications of his advanced years. Mr. Betz was twice married. His first wife, Elizabeth Kennedy, died in 1925. They were parents of four sons and a daughter of whom but the daughter, Mrs. Inez Barker of St. Petersburg, Fla., survives. His second marriage was in 1927. He was the brother of Mrs. Rachel Allshouse and Mrs. Celia Brown of Gallipolis and also leaves three grandchildren and twelve great grand children.
     The body arrived here at noon today and was taken to the George J. Wetherholt and Sons funeral home where services will be conducted Tuesday afternoon at one o'clock CWT by Rev. W. S. Westerman. Burial will be in Mound Hill Cemetery.

[Note: From death certificate date of birth November 22, 1854; date of death December 31, 1943; parents not named (unknown by informant).]

Newspaper (prob. January 1944, Gallipolis) clipping found in the Simmerman files, Beck-Betz file, Bossard Library.
Transcribed by Debbie Carter Evans

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Betz, Clarence O.

Clarence Betz Claimed Suddenly This Morning
     Death came instaantly to Clarence O. Betz at about 9:15 this morning shortly after he went to his work at the Chesapeake and Ohio freight depot and his family and numerous acquaintances among the business people of this area suffered a severe shock. While he had not felt well last Sunday, he attributed his discomfort to indigestion and Wednesday felt as well as usual. He had remained at the courthouse wherre his son Common Pleas Judge-elect Robert M. Betz was receiving election returns until time to report for work Wednesday morning. Last night he slept well and went to work as usual this morning but a sudden heart attack ended his life before he reached Holzer Hospital where he was taken immediately.
     For 45 years he had been a familiar figure around the Gallipolis railroad yars, having entered the employment of the old Kanawha & Michigan Railway in 1903 at the age of 17. For a time he was employed as a ticket agent with the New York Central, later became a rate and bill clerk and since 1916 had been cashier of the C. & O. here.
     He was the son of Colonel T. and Bella Bane Betz and was born March 29, 1886 at the old Betz home, 644 Fourth Avenue, his sister, Jennie, wife of Charles McElhinny, is the only survivor of his immediat family.
     On April 17, 1909 he married Mabel Chick of this city who also survives, and to them was born one son already referred to; one grandchild, Bobbie also survives.
     For a quarter of a century the Betz family has occupied the prim and comfortable residence at 431 Second Ave., which bears unmistakable evidence of the handiwork of its owner who has continued a perpetual program of restoration and improvement.
     Always especially attentive to the welfare of his son who was the victim of infantile paralysis in babyhood, the decedent was known for this unselfish devotion to the comfort of his loved ones and his attention to the needs of his friends.
     He was a member of Morning Dawn Lodge No. F & AM., Order of Eastern Star, Modern Woodmen of America and Ohio Valley Grange.
     No funeral arrangements had been made today pending return of Mrs. Betz's nephew. Funeral Director Clarence Waugh, from Columbus.

Unknown publication in Bossard Memorial Library in Gallipolis
November 4, 1948
Submitted by Charles & Fran Longsdorf, Midland, MI                                         Top of Page

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Betz, Ira

Ira Betz, 78, Dies Very Suddenly
     Ira Betz, aged 78, died suddenly of a cerebral hemorrhage about 9:30 last night at his home at 26 Mill Creek street. He had not been well for a while and on that account had not been working at his trade of carpentering.
     Mr. Betz is survived by his wife, formerly Naomi Kesterson; one son, John J. Betz, Clear Lake, Wash., and a daughter, Mrs. Ora Chapman, Cincinnati.
     Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Monday at the Gallipolis Mission in charge of Rev. J. P. Keefer. Burial in Mound Hill cemetery by George J. Wetherholt & Sons.

[From death certificate date of birth January 28?, 1862; date of death June 7, 1940; father John J. Betz; mother Bella (Salso?). His full name on the death certificate is given as Ira Almerian Betz with the Almerian very difficult to make out exactly.]

Newspaper (prob. June 1940, Gallipolis) clipping found in the Simmerman files, Beck-Betz file, Bossard Library.
Transcribed by Debbie Carter Evans

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Betz, James L. (Luther)

James L. Betz, 75, Contractor Dies Suddenly
Suffers Heart Attack As He Sat In Chair - Funeral At 2 Wednesday
     James L. Betz, known all over Gallia county and beyond as a contractor, died very suddenly last evening at Dot Kennett's "batching" quarters just below Kanauga. He had been ailing for six weeks at least and had spent a few days recently in the Holzer Hospital. While seated in a chair he toppled over and called for help and expired soon after the arrival of a physician. Death was attributed to a heart affection.
     Mr. Betz was an industrious man and a genial soul and had a host of friends hereabouts. He was in his 75th year, having been born here Dec. 31, 1861. He was a son of Amos Betz, who came here from Steubenville, and Cynthia Vance Betz, a native of Morgan Center.
     Four brothers and four sisters survive: Mrs. Martin Vollborn, Rodney; Charles Betz, Mrs. J. E. Harrison, Mrs. Daisy Spurlock [Note: Scurlock in the William W. Betz obituary- DCE.], and William Betz (a half-brother), all of Gallipolis; Timothy Betz, Patriot; Mrs. David Lloyd, Rio Grande; Num Betz and Edward Betz, Bidwell R.D. For some time Mr. Betz had made his home with Charles and Mrs. Spurlock at 245 Second ave.
     Funeral services will be conducted by Rev. George Sagen at the Baptist church at 2 o'clock on Wednesday. Burial in Pine st. cemetery by A. E. Tope.

[Note: From death certificate date of death July 6, 1936. Middle name of Luther given.]

Newspaper (prob. July 1936, Gallipolis) clipping found in the Simmerman files, Beck-Betz file, Bossard Library.
Transcribed by Debbie Carter Evans

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Betz, James S.

Death of James Betz
     Death again enters into another home and removes a kind father and loving husband in the person of James Betz, who passed away quietly, and almost without warning. He had always been a strong and healthy man until two weeks ago he commenced to complain of shortness of breath, but still continued his daily routine of business. He came home Wednesday evening from work feeling worse than usual, and about 11 o'clock he called his wife up telling her that he was feeling quite badly. A neighbor was called and as he rapidly grew worse medical aid was summoned, but he passed away at 3 o'clock Thursday morning before aid reached him. His sudden death was supposed to be heart trouble.
     Mr. Betz was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, January 17, 1828 and spent his early years in the rural districts, following the occupation of a farmer. He was married November 7, 1850 to Miss Rebecca Margaret Tweed, daughter of Gen. William Tweed, a resident of Harrison County. A year later they came to this county and have since resided here. There was born to them seven children, all of whom are alive and scattered in various places. Three are in Lincoln, Neb., one in Cincinnati and one in Columbus and one son, Orin, engaged in the tinning business here. He also leaves two sisters and three brothers. It seems singular, but his father dropped dead while riding a horse; his uncle died while sitting in a chair, as did also his sister.
     The last few years Mr. Betz has been engaged in the steel roofing business and has been quite successful. He was a highly honored and respected man, and his bereaved family have the deepest sympathy of all.

[Note: buried in Mound Hill Cemetery; date of death 2 May 1895]

Gallipolis Journal
Sat. May 4, 1895
Vol. LX, No. 25
Transcribed by Joanne Galvin      

Betz, James S.

     James S. Betz died suddenly at 2:00 o'clock Thursday morning, at his home in the suburbs of this city. His death was caused by heart trouble, from which he had been a sufferer for many years. The summons came suddenly, the begining of the fatal attack not occurring until about 11:00 o'clock Wednesday night. When it was realized that the seizure was serious, Dr. F. A. Cromley was summoned, but before he could reach the bedside death had come.
     Mr. Betz was a respected citizen, and as a business man, neighbor and friend had the esteem of all of his acquaintances. He was a devoted husband and father, and his death is a sorrowful blow to those left behind.
     He was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, and was 87 years old on the 17th of January, 1895. For 51 years he had been a resident of Gallia County, and since 1879 made his home in Gallipolis Township. In November 1850, he married Rebecca Margaret Tweed, of Harrison County, Ohio, who survives him.
     Seven children were born to them, all of whom are living - William T., John A., and Laura M. of Nebraska, James H. and Eliza A., of Cincinnati, Oliver O., of Columbus and Orion H. of Gallipolis.

Gallipolis Bulletin
May 4, 1895
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall
                                                                  

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Betz, Leroy C.

Leroy Betz, 57, Taken Suddenly
     At about the time he picked up his key at the G.S.I administration building basement key room preparatory to going on duty as a night attendant last night Leroy C. Betz, 51, sat down on a settee there and died in about two minutes, hospital attaches said today. Death was attributed to a heart attack.
     A robust fellow who had long been a familiar figure hereabouts, Roy had not been ill recently though he had not been in the best of health for a rather long period. He had been employed at the hospital since Oct. 17, 1946.
     The son of the late William Betz, he was born Jan. 28, 1897 and had worked the greater part of his life as a molder here and elsewhere, but had always maintained his residence here, presently at 817 Second Ave.
     He married Garnet Duncan, who was in Columbus at the time of his passing and had not yet been able to reach here, and to them were born three sons, all of whom survive: Leroy, a sargeant [sic] in the regular army who is believed to be stationed in the far east; Farrell, a student in a radio television school in Cleveland; and William, a student at Rio Grande College.
     Claude Miller took charge of the body but funeral arrangements will await the arrival of the widow and the flood's subsidence.

[Note: From death certificate date of death April 13, 1948; mother Charlotte Cooper; burial at Pine Street CE.]

Newspaper (prob. April 1948, Gallipolis) clipping found in the Simmerman files, Beck-Betz file, Bossard Library.
Transcribed by Debbie Carter Evans

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Betz, Mabel

Mabel Betz
     Mrs. Mabel Betz, 888, a former resident of 431 Second Ave., Gallipolis, died around 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Kimes Nursing center, Athens. She had been in failing health several years.
     She was born March 2, 1888, in Harrison Twp., daughter of the late Thomas Chick and Elizabeth Boster Chick. She married Clarence O. Betz. He preceded her in death on Nov. 4, 1948.
     One son, former Probate Judge Robert M. Betz, preceded her in death in April, 1969. One daughter-in-law, Mrs. Sarah Betz, Gallipolis, survives. One grandson, Robert M. Betz, Jr., Athens, survives. Two great-grandsons, Robert M. Betz III and Nathan E Betz, both of Athens, survive. One twin sister, Mrs. E. C. (Jessie) Waugh, Portsmouth, survives. Two brothers and one sister preceded her in death. She spent all her life in Gallia County.
     She was a member of Grace United Methodist Church, Gallipolis Chapter, Eastern Star, Gallipolis Emblem Club and Lafayette Shrine of Gallipolis.
     Funeral services will be held 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Waugh-Halley-wood Funeral Home with Rev. Paul Hawks officiating. Burial will be in Pine Street Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 8 until 9 p.m. Monday.

[Dated May 1976, she died May 2, 1976]

Unknown publication in Bossard Memorial Library in Gallipolis
May, 1976
Submitted by Charles & Fran Longsdorf, Midland, MI                                         Top of Page

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Betz, Tim V. [Vinton]

Tim V. Betz, 67, Dies of Injuries Received Thurs.
Funeral To Be Held At Rio Grande At 1 O'clock Friday
     Tim V. Betz, 67, of Patriot, who was hurt in an unusual automobile accident last Thursday afternoon at the O. E. Elliott home, died at the Holzer Hospital at 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. His pelvic bone was fractured and he received severe chest injuries from which he suffered much.
     Mr. Betz is survived by his wife, who has been ill since early in January and who but recently left Holzer Hospital. Her maiden name was Ethel Gooch and they have been married 42 years. The surviving children are Harry Betz, this city; Hanley, a teacher in the Bloomfield (Jackson county) school; Mrs. Mildred Baumgardner, Pt. Pleasant, and Mrs. Geneva Haskins. There are 10 grandchildren.
Rev. George Sagen will conduct the funeral at 1 o'clock Friday at Rio Grande. Burial in Calvary cemetery by A. E. Tope.
     Mr. Betz had gone to the Elliott home to engage an ambulance to remove Mrs. Betz from the hospital. His car, after being parked, started backward down a grade. In his efforts to stop it, he was caught between the car, with its door partly opened, and a building and was held there for some time before he could be extricated. Unless The Tribune is forgetful, Mr. Betz's death is the first resulting from an auto accident so far this year in this county.
     Mr. Betz's daughter, Mrs. Mildred Baumgardner, is doubly bereaved for Mrs. T. P. Baumgardner, mother of her husband, Gory Baumgardner, died Tuesday morning at New Haven. Gory Baumgardner is one of the owners (....Remainder was cut off)

[Note: From death certificate middle name of Vinton given; date of birth September 30, 1872; date of death May 14, 1940; father Amos Betz; mother Cinthia Vance.]

Newspaper clipping found in the Simmerman files, Beck-Betz file, Bossard Library.
Gallipolis Daily Tribune (May 15, 1940)
Transcribed by Debbie Carter Evans

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Betz, William W.

William W. Betz Aged 89 Passes At Early Hour
Funeral Is Set For 2 Friday At Tope's Parlors
     William W. Betz, believed to be among the oldest if not the oldest man in Gallipolis, died at __ o'clock this morning at the home of his son, Roy C. Betz, 817 Second avenue. He was 89 years old last Saturday, March 29. Mr. Betz had been confined to his bed for four months because of a heart ailment and suffered a stroke four weeks ago that made his condition hopeless and helpless.
     For many years Mr. Betz was employed as a carpenter by the old Hocking Valley Railroad, now a part of the C.&O. system. In his later years, until physically disabled, he operated a junk yard on First avenue.
     On July 29, 1884, Mr. Betz married Charlotte Cooper. She died Oct. 28, 1921. Decedent was a son of Amos and Polly Vance Betz of Rio Grande and was born March 29, 1852, and was a lad of nine years when the Civil War broke out. Besides the son named, there was another son, Fred E. Betz, Huntington clothier. There are three grandsons, Junior, Farrell and Billy - Roy's sons - and these sisters and brother; Charles Betz and Mrs. Daisy Scurlock, Gallipolis; Mrs. David Lloyd, Rio Grande; Num Betz of near Ewington.
     Funeral services will be held at A. E. Tope's funeral parlor at 2 o'clock Friday. The body is there now but will be taken home Thursday and not returned to Tope's until shortly before the funeral hour. Rev. W. S. Westerman will officiate at the services.

[Note: Buried at Pine Street CE. From death certificate date of death April 2, 1941.]

Newspaper (prob. April 1941, Gallipolis) clipping found in the Simmerman files, Beck-Betz file, Bossard Library.
Transcribed by Debbie Carter Evans

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Bevan, Dicie M.

     Dicie M. Bevan, 87, Rt. 1, Crown City, died at 2:45 p.m. Wednesday at her residence, having been in failing health since March.
     Born Sept. 17, 1895, in Harrison Township, Gallia County, daughter of the late George and Lurella Houck Martt, she was a member of Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church.
She married Carnot Bevan on May 15, 1917 in Gallipolis and he also preceded her in death on Sept. 11, 1982.
     Surviving are two sons, Ivan of Buffalo, NY and Dwight of Rt. 1, Crown City; two daughters, Mrs. Michael (Vivian) Kalk of Boulder, CO and Mrs. Robert (Georgia) Brown of Troy; 12 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. She was also preceded in death by four sisters and a grandson.
     Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday in Willis Funeral Home, with Rev. James Lusher officiating. Burial will be in Ridgelawn Cemetery, Mercerville. Friends may call at the funeral home from 7-9 p.m. today. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers.

[Note: Social Security-Sept. 27, 1895; died June 22, 1983]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
June 23, 1983 Page 8, Col. 1
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

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Bias, Lorena May

Lorena May Bias Dies At Age 81
     Mrs. Lorena May Bias, 81, died at her home 103 Fourth Ave., at 3:30 pm Tuesday. She had been ill for four years, and was a patient in Holzer Hospital last fall.
     She was a native of Guyan Twp., where she was born on Oct. 7, 1874, the daughter of the late William and Ellen Lee Beaver. Her early years were spent in Guyan Twp., but she had been a resident of Gallipolis during her adult years.
     Mrs. Bias was twice married. Her first was to Reuben Rose in 1894 at Pt. Pleasant. He preceded her in death in February, 1939. To this union eight children were born of whom five survive, Edgar of Charleston, Mrs. Dorothy Harrington of Erie, Pa., Mrs. Elizabeth Hill and Mrs. Lavada Smith of Gallipolis and Lester Rose of Vinton. A son Horton, a World War I veteran, died in 1929 and another son, George died in 1954. The other child died in infancy. Other survivors are two brothers and two sisters, John of Columbus, Edgar of Washington, D.C., Mrs. Ola Bailey of Columbus and Mrs. Fronia Monk of Jackson.
     She was married the second time to Arbeit Bias who preceded her in death in December, 1952.
     At one time Mrs. Bias was a member of Grace Methodist Church. Funeral services will be held at Miller's Home for Funerals at 4 p.m., Thursday with Rev. John McCalla officiating. Burial will be in Mound Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at Miller's Wednesday evening and until the funeral hour.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
6 Jun 1956
Transcribed by Kathy Hill Lynch                                                                     

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Bickel, Dinah E.

Memoirs
     Died, in Gallia county, Ohio, February 26, 1874, Mrs. Dinah Bickel, in the 78th year of her age. Sister Bickel was born in North Carolina May 19, 1796; and happily married to Mr. Anthony Bickel, of Virginia, July 7, 1814. Shortly after her marriage she removed with her husband and settled in Gallia county, Ohio, where they both soon became useful members of the M.E. Church. They raised nine children, all of whom became pious and useful members of the church; one of the sons, R.S. Bickel, of Point Pleasant, West Virginia, is well known and greatly beloved throughout the bounds of the Western Virginia Conference.
     The husband, Bro. Anthony Bickel, died March 24, 1860, in full triumphs of a living faith and rest from his labors. Sister Bickel was one of those women of whom it may in truth be said, “she looketh well to the ways of her household and eateth not the bread of idleness, her children rise up and call her blessed.” And after struggling on for near a half century in the service of her blessed Savior she fell asleep in Jesus and has gone to that rest above where labor, pain and sorrow are felt and feared no more. Her children (though they weep and sorrow) have a bright hope of meeting her in glory.

“Hope looks beyond the bounds of time When what we now deplore, Shall rise in full immortal prime And bloom to fade no more.”           C. F. Crooks

From a regional Methodist publication in Kentucky
Contributed by great-great-grandson, Neil Elvick                                              Top of Page

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Bickel, Mrs. George