gallia county newspaper obituaries
The following obituaries
are from the files of various
Gallia County Newspapers and other publications. They
are listed below in alphabetical order of the surname.
Haffelt, Charles Henry
Charles Henry Haffelt was born in Clay Twp. August 19, 1865, the son of Barbara Ann Houck Haffelt and George Adams Haffelt. He was reared in the community in which he was born and was a farmer by occupation.
On November 27, 1895, he and Roena Patterson were married by the Rev. Hugh Plymale. To the union five children were born: Anna, Mrs. Clifford Earwood, Gallipolis; Elmer, Lower River Road, Gallipolis; Clara, Mrs. Oliver Unroe of Pomeroy, and Clay Sexton at Mound Hill Cemetery, another son, Charles Albert died in infancy.
Mr. Haffelt was a charter member of the Knights of the Golden Eagles and Junior Order of Mechanics of Yellowtown, but both chapters are no longer active. He was a good farmer, loved the outdoors, hunted and fished. He showed great talent in wood carving, and after he was unable to work spent much of his leisure time "whittling" and talking with his friends. He never lacked words or a subject on which to converse with his friends and acquaintences. He did not belong to a church, but those who knew him, felt that a man could not love God's World, and the people in it and the many works of God as Mr. Haffelt did and not believe and love God, also.
The first Mrs. Haffelt died January 8, 1930, he later married Frances Rinehart Graham and she passed away im March 1939. Since the death of the second Mrs. Haffelt he had lived at the home of his daughter, Anna, and his health had not been good. For the past four years he had been bedfast and each day he became more weakened, and on Saturday, July 30, 1949 at 2:15 PM passed away at the age of 84.
The four children named above survive him also four grandchildren: George Amyl Haffelt, Lower River Road, Donna June Unroe of Pomeroy and Marilee and Gerald Haffelt of Gallipolis. He was one of four children and of that four only one brother John William Haffelt of Mercerville survives. He will be missed by his children and grandchildren and friends, but he lived a long and happy, useful life, and his family can feel comforted that his suffering is over.
| "Slowly, slowly, dark'ning, The evening hours roll on; And soon behind the cloudland Will sink my setting sun. To him I yield my spirit On him I lay my load; Fear ends with death; beyond it I nothing see but God. Thus moving towards the darkness I calmly wait his call. Now sleeping, fearing nothing; But hoping, trusting all!" |
Card of Thanks
We wish to extend our sincere thanks and appreciation to all who sent floral offerings, to the pallbearers, the quartet, the Reverand Charles Lusher, the undertaker Claude Miller for his services. The Haffelt Children.
[Note: from stone d. 1949 Mound Hill Cemetery]
Gallipolis Daily Tribune
No date
Transcribed by Jean Yount
Hafflet, George A.
Geo. A. Haffelt, Clay Township, Died This Morning At J. Berridge Home
Rites 2 [o'clock] Wednesday
At St. Nicholas Church, Thivener
As a result of a stroke which occurred April 2, George A. Haffelt, died at 2:10 this morning at the home of John Berridge, where he had been tenderly cared for. He was in his 84th year, having been born Jan. 13, 1863, the son of G. Adam and Barbara Haffelt.
On Jan. 5, 1897, he married Rhoda Gillingham, who survives him. Three children were born to them but all died in infancy. However, they reared two children, Maggie Jenkins, now Mrs. Emory Wetherholt of this city and John Berridge. Besides the wife and foster children, the decedent is survived by these two brothers, Charles, now living with his daughter, Mrs. Anna Earwood and John, who lives at the site of the old family homestead in Clay Township.
He was converted and baptized and has been a member of Elizabeth Chapel at Yellowtown for many years. He was an honest and upright man and an excellent neighbor always willing to lend a helping hand.
The body has been taken to the Halley Funeral Home at Mercerville where it will remain until early Wednesday morning when it will be brought to his recent home on Route 218 just beyond Thivener (Yellowtown) from Gallipolis.
Funeral services will be at Elizabeth Chapel at 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 24. Burial will follow at St. Nicholas Church on Friendly Ridge, near his home for many years.
At Mr. Haffelt's request the funeral services will be brief and simple. He requested three songs to be sung, a passage of scripture and his obituary to be read and a prayer be said.
Furthermore he has requested that no flowers at all be sent as he felt that such sums of money could be spent to better improve the conditions of the living.
[Note: death certificate died: April 22, 1946; 83 years of age. Parents George Adam Haffelt and Barbara Houck]
Gallipolis Paper
No date
Transcribed by F.K. Brown Top of Page
Haffelt, Louise V.
She retired from the Gallipolis Development Center and attended many churches in the Gallia County area.
Preceding her in death is her husband, Clay Haffelt on August 25, 1988. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Walt (Marilee) Lambert of Gallipolis; one son, Gerald E. Haffelt of Springfield, Ohio; one brother, Edwin Cofer of Gallipolis; five grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted 2 p.m. Thursday at Willis Funeral Home with the Rev. Alfred Holley officiating.
Burial will be in Mound Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Johnny Haffelt, Jerry Haffelt, Billy Cofer, Terry Johnson, Richard LeMaster and Walt Lambert. Friends may call the funeral home 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday.
Gallipolis Tribune
Jan. 30, 1990
Transcribed by J. Farley
Haffelt, William
William Elmer Haffelt, 87, of Lower River Road, Gallipolis, died Wednesday afternoon at Gwin’s Nursing Home in Crown City, following a long illness.
He was born on May 6, 1900, in Gallipolis, a son of the late Charles H. and Rowena Haffelt.
He was the owner and operator of the Sterling Oil and Gas Station in Gallipolis for several years. He was also a farmer. In addition, he worked for some time for the Stanley Saunders Monument Co.
A lifelong resident of Gallia County, he was a member of the Chapel Hill Church of Christ.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Lucille, who died in 1971; and two sisters and a brother. Survivors include a son, Amyl Haffelt of Gallipolis; two grandchildren, George Haffelt of Gallipolis, and Mrs. Pam Large of Arat, Va.; three great-grandchildren; and one brother Clay of Gallipolis.
Services will be Saturday at 2: p.m. at Chapel Hill Church of Christ. Evangelist William B. Kughn and Brother Lewis Mikell will officiate. Burial will be at Mound Hill Cemetery.
Friends may call at the Cremeens Funeral Chapel Friday from 2 to 4 p.m. and from 7 to 9 p.m.. The body will lie in state at the church one hour before the service.
Pallbearers are Roger Garlic, Fred, Jerard R., John, Marabele, Mark and Max Haffelt, Bobby Jones and Don McKinney.
Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Thursday, October 8, 1987
Transcribed by Sandy Milliron Top of Page
Hager, Clark W.
Clark W. Hager, 77, Route 1, Gallipolis, died Sunday morning at Fort Myers, FL.
Born Jan. 4, 1912 in Lincoln County, WV, he was the son of Sarah E. Smith Hager of Gallipolis and the late Gilbert Hager, who died in 1954.
He was the retired owner and operator of the Flamingo Club in Gallipolis. He attended Marshall University and Ohio University.
He is survived by his former wife, Dutch Faley Hager of Huntington, WV; one daughter, Linda Rae Hager of New York City; one son, Keith Barton of Huntington; one special cousin, Charles Q. Smith of Proctorville and two brothers, Joseph H. Hager of Buchannon, WV and Victor D. Hager of Gallipolis.
Also preceding him in death were three brothers.
Services will be Thursday, 1 p.m. at the Willis Funeral HOme with the Rev. Everett Delaney. Burial will be at the Gravel Hill Cemetery in Cheshire.
Friends may call Wednesday 7-9 p.m. at the funeral home.
Pallbearers will be Lawrence Bastiani, Claude Burnett, Fred Burnett, Ralph Ferguson, Joe G. Hager and Joe H. Hager. Honorary pallbearer will be Charles Q. Smith.
Gallipolis Daily Tribune
June 27, 1989
Transcribed by F.K. Brown
Hale, Susan Trowbridge
Native of Ohio Tp. Susan Trowbridge Hale, 87, is Dead
Mrs. Susan Hale, most of whose life was spent in this county, died on Christmas Day at her home in New Castle, Pa. She was 87 years old and had been ailing and infirm and succumbed to a heart ailment.
Mrs. Hale was a native of Ohio tp. and a daughter of John and Mary Elliott Trowbridge. Her husband, Andrew J., preceeded her in death some years ago. Surviving children are Bertha of Detroit, Frank of Boston, Harry and Virginia, both of New Castle; and it was with the last-named that decedent made her home. There are also three surviving brothers, Jacob Trowbridge of Gallipolis, Wesley of Chesapeake, Ohio, and Ernest of Eleanor, W.Va.
The body has been shipped and will arrive at Pt. Pleasant about 4:30 this evening. The funeral and burial will be held some time Wednesday at Bethel, in charge of Stevers.
[Note: From Stevers Funeral Home D. 26 Dec. 1939]
Gallipolis paper
Dec. 1939
Transcribed by Theresa E. Smith Top of Page
Hall, John F.
John F. Hall, 84, Route 1, Vinton, died Monday afternoon in Holzer Medical Center.
Born Nov. 21, 1898, in Floyd County, KY, son of the late James and Jane Pruitt Hall, he was a retired coal miner and farmer.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Minnie, in 1971.
Surviving are six sons, Truman of Flat Rock, MI; Ranel of New Boston, MI; James and John Burton, both of Route 1, Vinton; Lonnie Gene of Harold, KY; a daughter, Mrs. Billy (Mae) Skeens of Lorain; 29 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren.
Four brothers and four sisters also preceded him in death.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday in McCoy-Moore Funeral Home, Vinton, with Rev. Clyde Ferrell and Rev. Larry Justice officiating. Burial will be in Pine Grove Cemetery, ear Vinton. Friends may call at the funeral home from 3-5 and 7-9 p.m. Thursday.
[Note: died April 25, 1983]
Gallipolis Paper
April 26, 1983
Transcribed by F.K. Brown
Hall, Orin
Death of Orin Hall
Mr. Orin Hall died at his residence in this city last Saturday evening at eight o’clock, in the sixty-second year of his age. He had been troubled for a long time with fatty degeneration of the heart. A week or two since he contracted a severe cold which seemed to further affect his heart’s action, but his condition was not regarded as serious until the morning of the day he died.
Mr. Hall was born at Elizaville, Ky., and began work in his youth as a clerk. He came here in 1863 as a salesman at the John Dages boot and shoe house. He was afterwards in the grocery business and the retail boot and shoe business and foreman of a department at The Fuller & Hutsinpiller Co.’s factory.
In 1863 he married Miss Mary Vanden, of this city, and seven children were born to them, all of whom survive.
The funeral services took place from the family residence Tuesday afternoon at two o’clock, and were conducted by Rev. B. F. Jackson, of the M. E. Church, of which church Mr. Hall had been a member for many years. Interment at Mound Hill.
Mr. Hall was a good citizen, whose wide circle of friends extend their heartiest sympathy to the bereaved family.
Gallipolis Bulletin
February 9, 1895
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron Top of Page
Halley, Bertis
GALLIPOLIS - Bertis Joanna Halley, 67, of 502 Fourth Ave., Gallipolis, died at 5:30 p.m. Friday , May 28, 1982 , in Holzer Medical Center, having been in failing health for the past six months.
Born May 26, 1915, in Gallia County, daughter of the late John and Nola Safford Butcher, she attended Grace United Methodist Church.
Surviving is her husband, Darius V. Halley; two daughters, Mrs. Ervin (Linda) Criner of Hilliard and Mrs. Brian (Diana) Lintala of Wellston; a son, John of Dayton; and four grandchildren. She was also preceded in death by six half-brothers and half-sisters.
Funeral services will be held at 1: p.m. Monday in the Willis Funeral Home, with the Rev. Albert McKenzie officiating. Burial will be in Ohio Valley Memory Gardens. Friends may call at the funeral home from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. today.
American Legion Auxiliary services will be held in the funeral home at 7 p.m. today.
Gallipolis Sunday Times Sentinel
May 30, 1982
Transcribed by Linda Halley Criner
Halley, Bonnie
Bonnie Halley 67 of Gallipolis, widow of Avoid Halley died yesterday in Holzer Medical Center, Gallipolis. Survivors include two sons Bob Halley of Crown City, and James Halley of Gallipolis. Funeral 1 p m Tuesday at Waugh - Halley - Wood Funeral home, Gallipolis; burial in Ridgelawn Cemetery Merverville, friends may call from 6 to 9 pm tomorrow at the funeral home.
Huntington Hearld Dispatch
Sunday 10 Feb 1980
Submitted by Ernie Wright Top of Page
Halley, Calvin
Calvin Halley, aged 20, and a native of Bladen, this county, was electrocuted in Huntington last week while engaged in his duties as electrician.
The funeral services were held at Bladen Thursday. The young man's stricken family has the sympathy of many neighbors, friends and acquaintances.
The following account of the accident is taken from the Huntington Herald:
Touching a live wire carrying an electric current of 1100 volts, Calvin Halley, 20, 1812 Third avenue, an employe of the Ohio Valley Electric Railway company, was instantly electrocuted yesterday shortly after noon.
Halley was working at the Johnson Lane sub-station when the fatality occurred.
With a fellow workman by the name of Morgan, Halley was installing a new bank of transformers on a raised platform about seven feet from the floor. Although the materials with which he was working were not charged, Halley in some manner came into contact with a terminal near by. The force of the current passing through his body threw him from the platform to the ground.
A deep cut was inflicted in his forehead by the fall, which did not fracture his skull, according to the opinion of a doctor who was called. Before the arrival of the physician the men at the sub-station attempted to revive Halley, but all efforst proved futile. Later Coroner L. T. Vinson, viewing the remains, pronounced death due to the passing of an electric current through his body.
The body was taken to the Johnson morgue on Fourth avenue. Halley's sister, living at 1812 Third avenue, was notified, as was his father, U. O. Halley, said to be an employe at Lock No. 2. The boy's father arrived last evening and made arrangements for taking of the body to Bladensburg, Gallia County, Ohio, for burial. They will leave tomorrow over the B. & O.
Halley, who had been in the employ of the electric company about two weeks, had been in Huntington for some time, coming here from Chambersburg. He was a member of the Independent Brotherhood of Electrical Wokers and of the American Federation of Labor.
[Note: Burial Bethel, Ohio Tp. 1900-1920]
Halley, D. Virgil
D. Virgil Halley, 75, of 502 Fourth Avenue, Gallipolis, died Wednesday at Holzer Medical Center, Dec. 31, 1986.
Born Aug. 8, 1911 in Gallia County to the late Darius Irvin and Omega Ethel White Halley, he was married to Bertis Joanna Butcher Halley, who preceded him in death, May 28, 1982. They married Dec. 21, 1938 in Greenup, Ky.
He was associated from 1935 until his death with the Wheeler family theater business and help build the Colony Theater and Kanauga Drive-In. He also worked for the Miller Construction Company in the 1930’s; helped build the Gallipolis Golf Course and was head greens-keeper of the course, retiring in 1979.
He graduated from Mercerville High School in 1928 and attended Rio Grande College and played football there in 1928-29. He was a member of the Lafayette Post 27 of the American Legion and was a World War II Navy veteran.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Ervin (Linda) Criner, of Hilliard and Mrs. Brian (Diana) Lintala of Wellston; one son, John D. Halley, of Dayton; and five grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a step-father, John Roman Harrison; and four brothers, H. Chester Halley, Victor E. Halley, Alfred Vance Harrison and Robert Lee Harrison.
Funeral services will be Saturday, 2: p.m. at Willis Funeral Home, Rev. Albert MacKenzie officiating. Burial follows in Ohio Valley Memory Gardens. Friends may call at the funeral home Friday, 6 to 9 p.m. and Saturday from 12:30 until time of the service.
Pallbearers will be John D. Halley, Ervin Criner, Brian Lintala, Daniel Criner, Tom Wheeler and Fred Wheeler. Honorary pallbearers will be Harry Wheeler, George Allen, Rudy Criner, Ernest Brown, John Houck, and Lester Elkins.
Lafayette Post 27 of the American Legion will present the flag in graveside ceremonies.
Gallipolis Daily Tribune
January 2, 1987
Transcribed by Linda Halley Criner Top of Page
Halley, Darius
Death of Mr. Halley
Darius Halley, of Clay Township, died Tuesday noon, Jan. 31, 1911, after a few days illness. He is survived by a wife and one son. He was the son of Shannon Halley and was about 30 years old, and a well liked man.
Henry Halley, teacher on Mill Creek, was a half brother, also Clay Halley, and Miss Emma Halley. We have no particulars of the funeral, a young lady was his half sister.
Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Wednesday, Feb. 8, 1911
Transcribed by Linda Halley Criner
Halley, Etta
Mrs. Etta Halley Dies At 3 A.M.
Funeral Is Set for 2 P.M. Sunday at Victory Church
Mrs. Etta Halley, widow of Patrick H. Halley, died at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Layne, between Bladen and Mercerville, at 3:30 o'clock this morning, after an extended illness. Her age was 68 years, 8 months, 14 days.
Funeral services will be held at Victory Baptist Church Sunday, 2 p.m., with Rev. Charles Lusher in charge, assisted by James Stewart, burial in Kings Chapel Cemetery by F.L. Stevers.
Mrs. Halley is survived by, in addition to the daughter named, two other daughters, Mrs. Charlie Lambert of Bladen and Mrs. Sidney Stewart of Gallipolis; 13 grandchildren and one great-grandchild; four sisters, Mrs. Perry Lambert of Crown City, Nell Williams of Bladen, Mrs. May Glover of Eureka, and Mrs. Alice Halley of Gallipolis R.2; two brothers, John Williams of Eureka and Ezra Williams of Gallipolis.
[Note: From Stone 1878-1946]
Gallipolis paper
Date Unknown - 1946
Transcribed by Theresa E. Smith Top of Page
Halley, Harold Chester
OBITUARY
Harold Chester Halley, the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Darius Halley, passed away at their home on South Liberty Street, Friday afternoon, Feb. 28th, aged two years.
| The little crib is empty now, The little clothes laid by; A mother’s hope; a father’s joy, In death’s cold arm doth lie; Go little pilgrim to thy home On yonder blissful shore; We miss thee here but soon will come Where thou hast gone before. |
A bud the gardner gave us, A pure and lively child He gave it to our keeping To cherish undefiled; But just as it was opening To the glory of the day, Down came the heavenly angel, And took our bud away. |
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Feb. 28, 1906 ~ Feb. 28, 1908
Card of Thanks
We wish to express our most heartfelt thanks to friends and neighbors for kindnesses shown us during the sickness and death of our beloved darling; also for the beautiful floral offerings. Mr. and Mrs. Darius Halley
Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Transcribed by Linda Halley Criner Top of Page
Halley, Hartley Granville (Sam)
SAM HALLEY DIES IN PITTSBURGH OF FRACTURED SKULL
Hartley G. (Sam) Halley, aged about 43, of Eureka, died of a fractured skull early Sunday morning in Allegheny Hospital, Pittsburgh. He had been working on some boat in the Pittsburgh pool for some time.
Halley hurt himself at 8 p.m. Friday when he fell in the Riverman's Cafe at 207 Federal St. and an investigation was made by the Pittsburgh homicide squad. Before going to Pittsburgh "Sam" Halley had worked at the Marietta plant about 15 years and made his home with his parents, Alzora U. and Osie Landthorn Halley at Eureka. On Oct. 13, 1923, he married Margaret Kinder of the same community. He then gave his birthdate as Jan. 30, 1902. They had separated and Mrs. Halley and children live in an apartment on the first floor of the Park Central Hotel and she is employed by Junior Simmons in the Economy Cleaners Shop.
Other surviving relatives besides the wife, children and parents are a brother and a sister: Joe Halley, in the armed service in the South Pacific, and Mrs. Vaught Winters, who lives in Tennessee.
Funeral services will be held at Methodist Church in Eureka Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment at Clay Chapel by C. R. Halley.
Gallipolis Tribune
1945
Transcribed by Lew Casey
Halley, James Buchanan
In Memoriam
James Buchanan Halley
It has been the will of the Eminent Grand Commander on high to call home to Himself the spirt of James Buchanan Halley, son of Mrs. Ann Halley. James was born Oct. 20, 1858 and died March 14,1889. He leaves an aged mother, two sisters and three brothers and a large circle of relatives to mourn his sad demise. While they are bowing in humble submission to the mandate of Him who makes no mistakes, they realize that they have lost a noble son and loving brother; whose memory will remain forever green in their hearts.
He was a well respected young man and nothing pleased him better during his sickness than to hear a song from a sister's lips. He had been in poor health for some years and was taken sick with typhoid fever. His sufferings and heavy burdens can never be described. His aged mother has lost an amiable son, for no matter what happened James always had a smile for Mother. Heavy sorrow leave deep scars, which we must carry to the mouth of the tomb. They do not wear out and memories of the dead are ever mournful memories. And yet we could not forget them if we would and would not if we could forget the smile of the loved one, the voice or music, the hands that were always reached forth to bless, doing ever good, kind deeds for us. The feet now fettered, which once went on missions of love! O never though memory should break the heart, we would not forget. Time, which does away with so many evils, bearing them from our pathway on wings, does not take away anything from the heavy sorrow. Often the weight of the burden beneath which the heart faints seems to increase instead of being lessened as the days go by. For in the first shock of our grief we do not realize the depth, height and breadth of our woe. With God all things are possible. He can recall the lost, the dead or give us nobler in their stead. He can ordain that the estranged and long parted shall meet again.
The remains were interred in Mercerville graveyard. This is the second time in a little while that a similar affliction has visited this family. But amidst all their trials and afflictions we truly rejoice that their lot has been cast among Christian people, who show by their acts such a spirit of Christian generosity. For God's grace to the heart strips us of selfishness and makes a heart to feel for another and may it be God's will that the friends may all be spared the bitter trials that have encompassed this family. One thing shall comfort all their friends:
| That he has gone to rest No temptations snare his feet No troubles cross his breast, He was beloved by everyone And his death has cast a gloom Which time alone can...[missing text] For none can...[missing text] |
[Note: burial Mercerville Cemetery, Guyan Township]
Gallipolis Tribune
March 14, 1889
Transcribed by F.K. Brown Top of Page
Halley, Jennie
Halley Funeral Set For 2 [o'clock] Friday at Providence
Decedent Born 68 Years Ago
At Beaver Falls
Only brief mention could be made in Tuesday's paper of the death of Mrs. Jennie Halley, wife of Lee Halley, which occurred at 1:15 p.m. after a long illness, at their home on Brandstetter Heights.
Mrs. Halley was born in Beaver Falls, PA, on Jan. 22, 1875 and her age was 68 years and 18 days. When she was quite young her parents, Mr. & Mrs. Waterson, moved to Mason County and she lived there until her marriage on June 30, 1901.
She leaves to mourn her passing, besides her husband, a daughter, Mrs. Ross (Gladys) Goodwin of Columbus, who had spent a great deal of time with her Mother during her illness; a son, Harold of Cincinnati; two grandchildren, Robert Halley of the U.S. Navy and Bonnie Louise Halley of Columbus; the aged and feeble mother of Milton RD. There are five surviving sisters, Mrs. Esther Rowsey, Mrs. Lizzie Jolly, Mrs. Uticia Conrad, Mrs. Flossie Fisher, all of Mason County and Mrs. Maria Gooldin of Bladen and many other relatives.
Mrs. Halley was a member of the United Brethren Church of Mason County.
Funeral will be held at 2 o'clock Friday at Providence Church, in charge of Rev. Jennings Cremeens. Interment will be made by Coleman R. Halley under the auspices of the Royal Neighbors.
[Note: stone...died 1943. Death Certificate...Hannah Virginia Halley born June 21, 1875 Beaver Falls, PA; died Feb. 9, 1943 Gallia County. Parents Anderson Waterson and Sarah Reid]
Gallipolis Paper
No date
Transcribed by F.K. Brown
Halley, Jesse
Jesse Halley
Mr. Jesse Halley died at his home near Thevenin last Sunday, aged about 70 years. He was a nice old gentleman, highly respected by all who knew him. Besides a wife, whose maiden name was Plymale, he leaves the folloing children: Galena, Lucretia, Louise, Mary, Rhoda, Emma, Lafayette, Ernest, Sanford and Emory. The last sad rites were performed Monday forenoon by Rev. John Porter.
Gallipolis Bulletin
January 8, 1904
Transcribed by Margaret Calvin
Halley, John R.
IN LOVING MEMORY
Another one called home. John R. Halley, son of Frank and Nancy Halley, was born Aug. 3, 1872, in Greenup County, Ky., and departed this life Oct 18, 1919, at his home near Bladen, aged 47 years, 2 months and 15 days.
When a small boy his parents moved to Gallia County where he has since resided, having been a resident of this place for about 27 years. He suffered an attack of influenza last Spring, from which he never fully recovered. Other diseases developed and he gradually failed until he was compelled to quit work, yet he kept active for a time, trying to exercise by taking walks to regain his strength, but all in vain. Tuberculosis of the bones, developed and caused his death, just in the prime of life and when needed by his family most.
He was married to Ola D. Walters of Swan Creek, daughter of the late Herman Walters and Nancy Walters, Sept. 5, 1899.
To this union were given six children, one having preceded him in death, Roy Allen.
The following surviving ones are left to mourn their loss; his devoted wife who cared for his every want during his long illness, never leaving him only when extremely necessary, five children, Conrad F., John H., Lorena Gertrude, Leslie Carl and Nannie Fay, his aged mother, one brother and one sister, Samuel T. Halley of South Webster, Ohio and Mrs. Etta Fisher of Reger, Mo., with a host of relatives and friends.
But we sorrow not as those who have no hope, as he has left the evidence that he was a child of God. He was a devoted husband and father, a good son and brother, a kind neighbor and friend.
He had fulfilled all the requirements essential to a new life, being converted in 1911 during a revival at Bethel under the ministry of Rev. Dailey. He joined the Mt. Zion Baptist Church and with his companion was baptized by Rev. Ira Sheets.
He has lived a faithful and consistent Christian, never murmuring or complaining. He bore his sufferings with patience and Christian fortitude. All was done that loving hands and medical skill could do to save the loved one, but God in His mercy knows best, so we must say Thy will be done, not mine.
| One by one our hopes grow brighter As we near the shining shore, For we know across the river Wait the loved ones gone before. |
Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Samuel Lewis, and burial at Swan Creek Chapel by J. W. Stevers.
Gallipolis paper
Oct. 18, 1919
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall Top of Page
Halley, Joseph H.
J. H. Halley, 61, Succumbs
Joseph H. Halley, 61, Eureka, died at 9 a.m. Tuesday in the Holzer Medical Center following an extended illness.
Born Oct. 25, 1911 in Gallia County, he was the son of the late Alzora Halley and Mrs. Osa Halley of Eureka. In addition to his mother, he is survived by a sister, Mrs. Rosalie Hudgins of LeNoir City, Tenn., several nieces and a nephew. He was a veteran of World War II and the Korean Conflict and was a member of the VFW.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday from the F. L. Stevers Funeral Home at Mercerville with Rev. Bruce Unroe officiating. Burial will follow in Clay Chapel Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 6 p.m. today.
Unknown publication in Brossard Library in Gallipolis
Nov. 1, 1972
Submitted by Charles & Fran Longsdorf, Midland, MI
Halley, Lawrence E
Services for Lawrence E. Halley, 82, Rt. 1, Crown City, will be Friday, 1 p.m. at the Willis Funeral Home with the Rev. James Lusher officiating. Burial will be in Ridgelawn Cemetery. Friends may call today 6-9 p.m. at the funeral home. Pallbearers for the service will be Roger Puckett, Jim Swain, Ron Willis, Charles Brumfield, Mike Dennison and Roy Lee Bickle.
Gallipolis Paper
1989
Transcribed by F.K. Brown
Halley, Lillie
Mrs. Lillie E. Halley, 83, formerly of Huntington, died Wednesday in an Ironton hospital after a long illness.
Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Saturday at Beard Mortuary by the Rev. R. J. Chenoweth Jr. Burial will be in Providence Cemetery, Gallia County.
She was born Aug. 5, 1892, in Gallia Conty, a daughter of the late C. A. and Eva Clark Waugh.
She was a member of the Daughters of America and was preceded in death by her husband, C. M. (Jack) Halley, who died in 1958, and by a son, John H. Halley who died in 1972.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Hartie Justine Clark of Farmington, Mich.; one son, William E. Halley of Huntington; one sister, Mrs. Pluma W. Murray, of Gallipolis; four grandchildren, Mrs. Kathy Rice and John Halley of Huntington, David Halley of Sutton, W. Va. and Mrs. Sue Chaffin of South Point; and three great-grandchildren.
Friends may call after 4:30 p.m. Friday at the mortuary.
Publication unknown
d. March 31, 1976
Contributed by Jacquelyn Woolley Top of Page
Halley, Melissa Porter
Mrs. Melissa Porter Halley, 90, Old-Time Teacher, Dies In Hospital
Mrs. Melissa Porter Halley, 90, died at 2:30 a. m. today in Holzer Hospital of a heart ailment. She had had flu for three weeks, but had been taken Thursday night to the hospital in the Miller’s Home for Funerals ambulance.
Oldest resident of Chambersburg, Mrs. Halley taught school as long ago as 70 years or more in West Virginia and Ohio, having had schools in all sections of Gallia County. When she first taught in West Virginia she received a certificate which previously had been granted only to men, and some observers expressed the belief that she may have been the first woman certified teacher in the neighbor state.
Mrs. Halley was born Sept. 5, 1858, at Sample’s Landing, Gallia County, to Daniel Topas and Nancy Wilson Porter, and she married Samuel T. Halley, who died in 1929.
She was the last of the children of Daniel T. Porter to die, but she is survived by two daughters and a son: Miss Cecil Vivian Halley, Youngstown school teacher; Mrs. Nina Beryl McCormick, Montreal, Can.; and Paul Porter Halley, Chambersburg. One grandchild, Chester, Montreal, also survives.
Afternoon Sunday and until 12:30 p. m. Monday the body will be at the home of her nephew, Jim Porter, 917 Fourth Ave., where friends may call. The body will lie in state at Bethel Church, back of Bladen, until the funeral hour, 2 p. m. Monday. The Rev. Charles Lusher will officiate and burial will be made by Coleman R. Halley in Bethel Cemetery.
Gallipolis Tribune
1949
Transcribed by Lew Casey
Halley, Melissa
Porter Rites For Mrs. Halley Fill Bethel Church
Bethel Church, back of Bladen, was filled Monday afternoon by friends, neighbors and relatives of 90-year old Melissa Porter Halley who was buried by Coleman R. Halley in the hilltop cemetery. The Rev. Charles Lusher preached, and the Swan Creek Grange quartet - Leslie Gothard, Mr. and Mrs. Truman Sheets, and Emmett Sheets - sang. Pallbearers were all relatives of the decedent: Ernie Day, and four nephews, John, Tom, Clyde, and Jim Porter, and grandnephew, Jimmy Porter.
[Note: from stone 1858 - 1949]
Gallipolis Daily Tribune
No date
Transcribed by Jean Yount Top of Page
Halley, Norma E.
Norma Halley
Norma E. Halley, 79, Eureka, died at 7:15 p.m. Monday at Pleasant Valley Hospital. She had been in failing health approximately six months.
She was born Dec. 28, 1897 in Clay Twp., Gallia County, to the late James E. and Clara Nibert Jeffers. She married Cecil E. Halley Nov. 3, 1917. He preceded her in death June 26, 1966.
Survivors include one son and one daughter, Mrs. Charles (Evelyn) Jeffers, Eureka and Wendell, Hebron; three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; three brothers and one sister, Hugh, Sardis; Ralph, Rt. 2, Crown City; Eustace, Eureka, and Mrs. George (Addie) Gothard, Eureka.
She was a member of Christ United Methodist Church, the church women's society.
Funeral services will be 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home with the Rev. Larry Poling officiating. Burial will be in Clay Chapel Cemetery. Friends may call from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Publication unknown
January 12, 1979
Contributed by Jacquelyn Woolley
Halley, Ola Della
Mrs. John Halley Dies At Bladen
Funeral Is Set
For 1:30 [P.M.] Sunday
At Swan Creek Chapel
Mrs. Ola Della Halley, widow of John R. Halley, died suddenly at the family home at Bladen at 5:10 a.m. Thursday of a heart attack. Her age was 65 years and 23 days. Mrs. Halley had been in frail health a number of years but her death came as a shock to her family and neighbors.
Surviving her are these children, Connard F. Halley, Pittsburgh; John H. Halley, Zanesville; Leslie C. Halley, who has been at home since his discharge from the Navy, and Mrs. Roy Jeffers, Akron. Two grandchildren, after the death of their mother, lived with the grandmother, Mrs. Vance K. Jeffers and Richard H. Halley, now of Akron. There are four other grandchildren, one great-grandchild; a sister Mrs. John Raike, Shrewsbury, WV; two brothers, Charles and "Bruz" Walters, both of Eureka.
The body will be at the family home after 6 o'clock this evening. Funeral will be held at 1:30 p.m. Sunday.
[Note: Stone..1889-1946. Death Certificate born April 4, 1881, died May 2, 1946; 65 years, 23 days. Parents Harman Walters and Nancy Woodward. Burial Swan Creek Cemetery]
Gallipolis Paper
No date
Transcribed by F.K. Brown
Halley, Osa Edna
Mrs. Halley Dies Monday
Osa Edna Halley, 95, 76 Court St., formally of Eureka, died at 4 a.m. Monday at Holzer Medical Center. She had been in failing health for several years.
She was born Feb. 16, 1881 in Gallia County to the late Joseph and Mary Lanthorn. She married Alzora Halley July 2, 1901. He preceded her in death in 1955.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Rosalie Hudgins, Lenoir City, Tenn.; one sister, Mrs. Lesta Gatewood, Crown City; seven grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren and 10 great- great- grandchildren. Three sons, two sisters and one brother preceded her in death.
She was a member of the Mercerville Baptist Church.
Gallipolis Daily Tribune
9 Aug 1976
Transcribed by Kathy Hill Lynch Top of Page
Halley, Patrick Henry
Patrick Henry Halley, 59, whose home is near Bladen, died Friday afternoon, Sept. 28, 1934, from heart trouble after a year's illness. Funeral services were at the family home Sunday morning by Rev. Lee Wallace, burial in the King cemetery.
He leaves his wife, Mrs. Etta Williams Halley, three daughters, Mrs. Sherman Lane, Mrs. Charles Lambert and Mrs. Carl Gothard, ten grandchildren, his step-father, Hugh P. Halley and two brothers, G. Oscar Halley of Bladen and Chauncey Halley of Huntington.
[Note: from stone date of birth 1874]
Gallipolis paper
September 28, 1934
Transcribed by Irene Blamer
Halley, S. C.
S.C. Halley, 56, Died at Porter This Morning
Funeral Services Set For 2 Sunday--Burial Here
Solomon C. Halley, 56, scion of a well known Guyan Township family, died at 9:50 this morning at his home in Porter. He had been ill a year, suffering from a malignant ailment and it was known that his condition was rather hopeless ever since he was taken home after spending a period in the Holzer Hospital last October.
Mr. Halley was formerly a teacher at Porter, Northup and perhaps other places in the county, but he had been employed at the O.H.E. for six or eight years prior to the beginning of his last illness.
He was a son of the late C. Ross Halley, veteran teacher and Melissa Phillips Halley and was born in Guyan May 8, 1886, He is survived by his wife, Cleon Blazer Halley; three children, Marjorie of Dayton; Myron at home and Mrs. Hazel Dorsey of Rittman, Ohio; two grandchildren, Roderick Dorsey of Rittman and Richard Dean Halley and these six brothers; Cecil C. Halley, Crown City and Gallipolis; head of the Gallia County Division of Aid for Aged; Elmer E. Halley, Fairmont WV; Harlan Halley, Springfield; William D. Parkersburg; Coleman R, Funeral Director, Mercerville and Heber M. Halley, Cleveland.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 o'clock Sunday at the Porter Methodist Church by Rev. J.L. Stephenson and Rev. Mr. Brown. Interment will be made in Mound Hill Cemetery by J.L. Coleman and Son.
The decedent was a member of the Northup Baptist Church. His grandfather, William R. Halley, was born in this county more than 120 years ago and his mother's ancestors were pioneers of this county and Lawrence and he was named for his grandfather, Solomon Phillips.
[Note: from stone..died Aug 27, 1942. ]
Gallipolis Paper
No date
Transcribed by F.K. Brown
Halley, Samuel
Samuel Halley, Retired Mail Carrier, Died
Funeral Is Set For 2:30 Wednesday Crown City
Samuel D. Halley, retired rural mail carrier, died at 10:15 Sunday forenoon at his home in Crown City. He had been in failing health a long time and was treated at the Holzer Hospital for some weeks last year.
By reason of his long service, his interest and activity in public affairs, and his friendly and jovial nature, Mr. Halley was known throughout the county. He made an excellent record as a mail carrier, according to a sketch written by W. A. Lanier, then postmaster, and published in these columns.
Mr. Halley is survived by his wife, who was Maude Cooper, and two daughters, Mrs. S. T. (Tressie) Watts and Miss Lettie Halley. There are five grandchildren and one surviving sister, Mrs. John Saunders, Raccoon Island.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. at the...[remainder of text missing]
[Note: dates from stone in Crown City cemetery, Guyan Twp., 1867-1942]
Gallipolis newspaper
1942
Transcribed by Joanne Galvin Top of Page
Halley, Shannon
Death of Shannon Halley
Mr. Shannon Halley of Clay township, near Yellow Town, died Sunday evening about 6: o’clock of apoplexy or paralysis. He was found in the morning lying on the ground near the barn, and in being carried into the house died that evening. Physicians could do nothing for him.
His funeral will be conducted at St. Nicholas Church Tuesday morning at 11: o’clock by Rev. W. E. Ewing, the burial following at the same place by Wetherholt.
Mr. Halley was about 55 years of age and is survived by his wife, formerly Miss Northup, and by four children, Mrs. Clara Cooper, H. P. Halley, teacher of Mill Creek School, Clay at home and a single daughter at home whose name we can’t recall. [Emma]
Mr. Halley was one of the finest men in the country well liked by all who knew him.
Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Monday, January 22, 1912
Transcribed by Linda Halley Criner
Halley, Thomas Lee
T. Lee Halley Passes; Rites Are Tuesday
Thomas Lee Halley, known best as Lee Halley, whose home was in Brandstetter Heights, died at 7:20 o’clock this morning at the Holzer Hospital. He entered the hospital two weeks ago and underwent a major operation. His recovery had seemed assured, though yesterday he did not feel quite as well as he had been, and he succumbed suddenly and unexpectedly to a heart condition.
Mr. Halley was 72 years old and was retired some years ago as an employee of the Columbus and Southern Electric Company. He had served both as a lineman and a repairman.
Host of Warm Friends
He was a jovial, companionable man, with a host of warm friends about town and in the country; and his loved ones and old cronies are extremely saddened today by his passing.
Decedent was a son of Hugh P. Halley and was born January 1, 1875. Forty-seven years ago he married Jennie Watterson, and she died five years ago.
Son, Daughter Survive
They are survived by a son, Harold Halley, Cincinnati, and daughter, Mrs. Ross (Gladys) Goodwin, Columbus, both of whom were here during most of the period of their father’s illness. There are two grandchildren, Robert and Bonnie Lou Halley, Columbus, and three brothers, F. R. and J. B. Halley, Bladen, and A. V. Halley, Eureka.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Providence Church, of which Mr. Halley was a member. Rev. Charles Lusher will officiate. Burial in Providence Cemetery by C. R. Halley.
Gallipolis Tribune
1947
Transcribed by Lew Casey Top of Page
Halley, Ura Otis
Ura Otis Halley was born in Gallia county, Ohio, October 11, 1868 and departed this life, October 31, 1932, at the Holzer hospital, aged 64 years and 20 days.
Mr. Halley's sickness was of short duration. God's finger touched him on Wednesday, October 26 and on the following Monday afternoon at 2:30 his soul slipped its mooring and sailed out across the bar as quiet and peaceful as though he had fallen asleep. Everything was done that human hands could do to avert his going.
Mr. Halley was always of a kind and friendly disposition toward all, ever ready to help his community any time or in case of sickness. He was a good citizen and neighbor and his passing will be a distant loss to the community. He was a member of Gallia Lodge F. & A.M. of Chambersburg and member of Jr. O.U.A.M. and I.O.O.F. of Bladen and a member of Swan Creek Grange.
On April 8, 1895, he was united in marriage to Savannah F. Lewis, and to this union was born 10 children, four boys and six girls. Two boys, Calvin O. and Joseph D. and a daughter, Clementine F., preceded their father in death several years ago. The living children are, Mrs. B.W. Ross and James Halley of Bladen, Stanley Halley of Eureka, Mrs. Shirley Saunders of Thivener, Mrs. Jessie Johnson of Crown City, Mrs. Essa Wilson of Huntington and Mrs. John Hawkins of Middleport. Surviving also is his devoted companion, mother, three brothers, one sister and nineteen grandchildren.
Where a star quenched on high, forever would its light.
Still streaming downward through the sky, beam on our mortal sight,
So when a good man dies, for years beyond his kin,
The light he leaves behind him, lies upon the paths of men.
[Note: Buried in Bethel Cemetery, Ohio Twp.]
Gallipolis Daily Tribune
October 1932
Transcribed by Theresa E. Smith
Halley, Wealthy
IN MEMORIAM
Wealthy Halley
At ten o'clock Sunday morning Feb. 10th., at the residency of Mr. Frank Halley, near Slater, Ohio, the "pate boatsman" moved his phantom bark and claimed as a voyager across the mystic river, Wealthy Halley, youngest daughter of Mr & Mrs. Frank Halley. Her beloved parents, brothers and friends went down with her to the shadowy shore and
| They heard the dip of the golden oars, And caught a glimpse of the snowy sail, But lo, she had passed from their yearning hearts; She had crossed the stream and gone for are, They saw not the angels that met her there, Nor the gates of the city could they see, But they knew she was safe on the other shore, Where all the ransomed and angels be. |
The subject of this memoir was born February 15, 1877 in Ohio Township. She was of cheerful and affectionate disposition and was alwayshealthy until stricken with typhoid fever. All that loving parents and kind friends could do was done, but God saw fit to call her home. To the ones that are left the home will seem lonely and the vacant chair will cause tears to fall in coming days; but remember that the same Jesus, who in days of His flesh, with His own soft hands, wiped away the tears from sorrowful eyes and brushed away the death dew from dying brows---Remember He is the same Jesus still, and will acquaint Himself with your grief and mingle His tears with yours.
The remains were buried in Mercerville graveyard, Monday afternoon, at two o'clock. The words of that loving mother, when looking at her darling child for the last time, were words of consolation and sympathy to the rest of the stricken ones and taught all to look away from the body and the grave to the soul in its home far away among angels and with God.
| It take that Omnipotence alone Can heal the wound He gave; Can point the careful grief-worn eyes To scenes beyond the grave. |
Gallipolis Paper
No date
Transcribed by F.K. Brown Top of Page
Halliday, Maude Dunbar
Mrs. Maude Dunbar Halliday, 78, descendant of French 500, Dies after Six Weeks' Heart Trouble
Funeral Scheduled 3 p.m. Sunday at Same House in Which decedent Born - 63 Cedar St., Gallipolis With Private Committal Service in Mound Hill Lot. Death ended today the six weeks illness from heart trouble of Mrs. Maude Dunbar Halliday, 78, widow of J. Ernest Halliday.
She succumbed at 12:01 a.m. in Holzer Hospital where she had been a patient for one week today, having been flown from St. Petersburg, Fla., where she had spent the winter with her sister, Mrs. Sherwood (Frances) Moore. April 25 was also the date of death of her husband and of her father.
J. Ernest Halliday died April 25, 1949, and Capt. Samuel A. Dunbar, her father, died April 25, 1918.
Both Mr. Halliday and Capt. Dunbar were former postmasters of Gallipolis.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday in the house in which she was born, Oct. 16, 1873 - 63 Cedar St., where her son, Pros. John F. Halliday and family now reside.
The Rev. W. Cleveland Brown, Point Pleasant Episcopal rector, will officiate, and burial will be made in Mound Hill Cemetery by Wetherholt Funeral Home after private committal services.
Mrs. Halliday's mother was Frances Miller and her home at 63 Cedar was the old William C. Miller residence. Her grandmother, Mrs. William C. Miller, the former Caroline Newsome, was the daughter of Gabrielle Menager, only daughter of Clodius Menager.
Ancestor's Marriage First
Clodius Menager was one of the French 500 who landed Oct. 17, 1790, in Gallipolis and his marriage to Mary Bobin was the first in the new settlement. Peter Menager, their son, was among the first natives of Gallipolis. It was Peter Menager's home where the Evans Supermarket now stands, that was the residence of Mrs. Halliday for the later years of her life.
Mrs. Halliday is survived, besides her son, by two daughters, Mrs. Boyd (Frances) Cherry, Westport, Conn., who was due to arrive today, and Mrs. Joe (Lady) Penfold, Denver Colo., who will arrive tomorrow. Another Son, Lieut. Tom D. Halliday, was killed in action Oct. 6, 1918, in France in World War I.
Besides Mrs. Moore, Mrs. Halliday is survived by another sister, Mrs. William D. (Carrie ) McElhinney, Columbus.
Resident of Court St.
Much of Mrs. Halliday's married life was spent in the Court St. house now occupied by Miller's Home for Funerals.
Decedent was a member of the St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Daughters of the American Revolution, and the American Legion Auxiliary.
Mrs. Halliday's father was co-owner of the Gallipolis wharfboat several decades ago, the Nevis and Dunbar wharfboat.
Thursday Club Member
Mrs. Halliday's mother was a charter member of the Thursday Club, and Mrs. Halliday was a devoted member of it.
Mrs. Halliday was so renowned for her hospitality that her home was always open to all the greater social functions. She and her husband entertained numerous prominent people. It was the gathering place, also, for all her relatives. Intensely interested in national politics, Mrs. Halliday was a faithful Democrat, and she was well read in many fields, especially international affairs.
Lieut. Tom D. Halliday's widow, Mrs. Gertrude Liter Halliday, lives in Point Pleasant, where he is high school English teacher.
[Note: picture included in article]
Gallipolis Newspaper
Undated.
Transcribed by Margaret Calvin Top of Page
Halliday, Tom
"Dad, I'm going to enlist."
That was the message Mr. J. Ernest Halliday of this city received from his eldest son, Tom, then a student at Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, Ohio, three hours after the United States had entered the war against Germany.
He immediately made application for admission into the first officers training school at Ft. Ben Harrison, Indianapolis, Ind., and on the day following his 21st birthday entered army service.
After completing his course of training, Tom was commissioned a second lieutenant and assigned to the 59th Infantry, U. S. A., then stationed at Gettysburg, Pa. Later his regiment was ordered to Camp Greene, Charlotte, North Carolina. From there young Halliday went to Ft. Sill, Oklahoma, to study army tactics, and returned to his command as chief liason officer, leaving for France the latter part of April, 1918.
Tom first won distinction and was cited for promotion at the memorable battle of Chateau Thierry. He was attached to the headquarters company, and was not in the line of active duty, but when word came that his comrades at the front were in need of food and water, Tom volunteered to get the needed supplies to them. With ten American and ten French soldiers under his direction they worked through to the battle front and relieved the stress for the time being. For this act he was recommended for a captaincy.
On Oct. 6, 1918, while on duty in the Argonne, Lieut. Halliday was struck by a piece of bursting shell and killed. "Tom" Halliday was one of the best known and popular boys in Gallipolis. Of strong physique and a natural athlete, he excelled in all manner of field sports. He graduated from the Gallipolis high school in the class of 1913, later attended the University of Virginia, and was a student at Ohio Wesleyan when he entered the army. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity and a letter man of his school in football, basketball and swimming. In February, 1918, he was united in marriage with Miss Gertrude Leiter, a charming young woman of Pt. Pleasant. Besides his wife and his parents, two sisters, Misses Frances and Lady Halliday, and a younger brother, John Halliday, and numerous other relatives survive him.
The body of Lieut. Tom Halliday arrived here Saturday noon and was taken to the home of his parents on Court street. The funeral and burial were Sunday afternoon.
The American Legion acted as an escort Sunday afternoon when the body was conveyed to St. Peter's Episcopal Church, where Rev. Ross read the impressive burial service for the dead. The church was filled to overflowing with friends and relatives.
Following the church service, interment was made in Mount Hill cemetery with full military honors.
The pall bearers were C. V. Holzer, Maynard Craig... [unreadable]
Gallipolis paper
1918
Transcribed by Irene Blamer
Hamilton, Elizabeth
Mrs. Elizabeth Hamilton, wife of Capt. Sam Hamilton, the veteran river man, passed away at her home in this city Friday morning, July 14, 1911, aged 76 years. She had been in failing health for over a year and her death was due to a general break-down, caused by complication of diseases. Her maiden name was Burnett and she was born near Raccoon Island. She was married to Capt. Hamilton in 1854. She is survived by her husband, sons George and Frank of this place, and Millard of Parkersburg and 11 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren. The funeral services were conducted from the family residence on First Avenue Sunday afternoon by Rev. A.P. Cherrington of the M.E. Church, interment following at Pine Street Cemetery by Wetherholt. The family will have the sympathy of all in their great loss.
Gallipolis Journal
July 19, 1911
Submitted by Martha Hamilton Top of Page
Hamilton, Grace
Funeral of Mrs. Chas. Hamilton
Mrs. Hamilton, who was 25 years old, was Grace, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Lusher, who live near Yellowtown. She was educated in the schools and college at Rio Grande and was a teacher in this county several years. She was married to Charles Hamilton, last Nov. 6, and with him, had gone to Columbus to make their home.
Dec. 22, she was brought to Holzer hospital, but her case was seen to be hopeless at that time. Surviving besides her husband and parents are one brother, Lawrence Lusher, of Glenn Mills, Pa., and three sisters, Miss Mary Lusher of this city, Mrs. Ross Buckle and Mrs. Walter Evans, of Colorado, the latter having been here for several weeks caring for her sister. Burial was at Mound Hill cemetery.
[Note: Tomstone dates are: 1901-1927]
Gallipolis paper
1927
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall
Hamilton, James
We have to record the death, this week, of James Hamilton, of Clay township. On Thursday, he worked all day, and at night retired in apparent health. On Friday morning his wife was aroused by his restlessness, and went into an adjoining room to procure a light. When she returned she found her husband dead. Heart disease was found to be the cause. Mr. Hamilton was a good citizen, and his loss
will be felt both at home and abroad.
Gallipolis Journal
Thursday, March 10, 1881
Submitted by Martha Hamilton Top of Page
Hamilton, James Franklin
J. F. Hamilton
James Franklin Hamilton, 89, a resident of Manner Nursing Center at Piketon, formerly from Gallia County, died at 1:30 a.m. today in the Pike County Hospital at Waverly. He had been in failing health for several years and in serious condition for three days.
A retired farmer and employee of the GSI, he was born April 2, 1884, son of the late John and Mary Glover Hamilton. He was preceded in death by his wife, Zola Caldwell, two brothers and two sisters.
Survivors include several nieces and nephews and Mrs. Raymond (Nettie) Carter of Kerr who was reared in the Hamilton home, and a sister, Mrs. Bessie Zebert of New York City.
He was a member of Victory Baptist Church. Last rites will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday from the King's Chapel Church near Crown City with Rev. Alfred Holley officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Calling hours will be held at the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home from 6-9 Tuesday.
Publication unknown
d. December 24, 1973
Contributed by Jacquelyn Woolley
Hamilton, John
Died At Bladen
John Hamilton, an aged, and respected resident of Bladen, passed away last week following a long illness.
Gallipolis paper
No date
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall Top of Page
Hamilton, John P.
John Hamilton, Died Last Night
John P. Hamilton, aged 79, died at his home on the Neighborhood Road last evening.
Surviving are a son, William (Bud); a daughter, Mrs. Oakley Ray of Delaware; seven grand-children and 15 great grandchildren. Mrs. Hamilton who was Alice L. Sibley, died last May 10. There are also two surviving sisters and a brother; Mrs. Randall E. Russell, Portsmouth Road; Mrs. Pruda Stephenson, Sidney, O.; and Frank Hamilton, living in Minnesota.
Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Wednesday, in charge of Rev. Jennings Cremeens, at Mina Chapel. Interment at Centenary by George J. Wetherholt & Sons.
[Note: 1 Aug 1938 from Wetherholt Funeral Home records.]
Gallipolis Newspaper
No Date
Transcribed by Margaret Calvin
Hamilton, Josiah Thomas
Josiah Thomas Hamilton, son of James and Hariat Hamilton, Born in Gallia County,
July 22, 1863. Died December 20, 1927, aged 64 years, 4 months and 24 days.
Married March 12, 1886 to Rachel E. Rose.
To this union nine children were born.
Rose Anne, Elizabeth having preceded him to that bourne from which no traveler returns.
The children who survive are: James Hamilton, Lecta, O.; Ray Hamilton,
Indianapolis, Ind.; Eva Featherstone, Indianapolis, Ind.; Jehu Hamilton, Columbus, O.; Mary Landthorn and Chas. Hamilton at home.
He leaves to mourn their loss besides wife and children thirteen grand children,
one sister, Mrs. W.S. Craft and two brothers, Herman and Arthur and a host of relatives and friends. He was converted and joined Ohio Chapel Church in 1887 and has been an active worker in the church since that time.
The path of duty was to him a way of pleasantness and when affliction, pain and
disease preyed upon his body his faith never wavered and he put his trust in Him who doeth all things well. When the shadows of death began to fall upon him, with implicit faith he heard the "Well done, thou good and faithful servant enter thou into the joys of thy Lord."
[Note: He is buried in Clay Chapel Cemetery.]
Gallipolis Daily Tribune
January 19, 1928
Transcribed by Henny Evans Top of Page
Hamilton, Capt. R. L.
Death of Captain Hamilton
Capt. R. L. Hamilton of the Gallipolis ferry boat, Champion, the well known river man, died at his residence in the Third ward at 12:30 today, Saturday, February 18, 1899, in the 62d year of his age. The time of the funeral services has not been named, but Undertaker Wetherholt is in charge of the burial.
Capt. Hamilton leaves a widow, Mrs. Sarah Hamilton, daughter of the late Thomas McCafferty, and two daughters, Mrs. S. H. Eagle and Miss Nettie Hamilton.
He was a Virginian by birth, and came here with his widowed mother about the year 1850 with an elder brother, Davis Hamilton, afterward a well known river engineer and younger brothers John A. Hamilton, so long cashier of the First National Bank of Gallipolis, and Robert A. Hamilton, also a well known river engineer, and two sisters, every one now passed away.
He went on the river very early in life, but did his first engeering on the old steamer, Hurricane, that plied between here and Charleston. He remained with Capt. Donnally many years and afterward boated for the Davison Company on the Upper Mississippi for several years. Later he was on the river with Capt. John Hutsinpiller on the steamer Gray Eagle that plied between Pomeroy and Cincinnati. After that he went into a Company with Capt. James A. McClurg, Peter A. Sanns, J. M. Kerr and two others whose names we cannot recall, and they built the Boone that ran so long between here and Charleston. The Company was dissolved about 11 years ago, and he bought of the late Capt. John J. Maxon’s widow or administrator the ferryboat, Champion, and has been engaged in that business ever since.
He had been complaining for three or four months of not feeling well, and three weeks ago, came home quite sick with a complication of troubles. A physician was called and he gradually improved up to last Sunday or Monday, and seemed entirely rid of the troubles that had confined him to his home, but his appetite was poor, and he was very weak, and though about the house seemed to gain no strength and to be showing signs of collapse. Everything possible was done to avert the impending trouble, but he gradually sank, and for a day or two has been unconscious at times and finally passed away with prostration or heart failure.
He was one of the best hearted men that ever lived. Straight, true, and honest in all his business transactions and an agreeable companion to every one that knew him and a revered husband and father.
He was both a Mason, and Odd Fellow, but dropped from the Odd fellows order and retained his membership with the Masonic fraternity, under whose direction it is supposed he will be laid away to rest.
He was one of the best river men on the Ohio and Kanawha rivers in his day, and was well known and liked at every port, and his death will be universally regretted.
Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Saturday evening, February 18, 1899
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron
Hamilton, Sam
Veteran River Man
Capt. Sam Hamilton, Passes Away Friday at Home in This City
Capt. Sam A. Hamilton, aged nearly 87, died Friday noon of paralysis. He had spent a long and active career on the Ohio river as pilot and___________________
[Note: from funeral home book, died 5 Jan 1923, buried in Pine Street Cemetery, Gallipolis Twp.]
Gallipolis newspaper
January 1923
Transcribed by Joanne Galvin Top of Page
Hamilton, Sarah J.
OBITUARY
Sarah J. Hamilton
Sarah J., wife of Robert Hamilton, died at her home in Green Township, July 12, 1887, in the 53rd year of age and was interred at Centenary. The funeral services were held at Centenary Church, conducted by Rev. John. W. McCormick; burial by Hayward and Son.
More than two years ago she was taken sick with the enlarging of the glands. Although everything that physcians and kind friends could do to stay its progress, but in a short time she was confined to her bed, where she lingered until released by death. Her affliction was protracted and severe. Though reduced to a mere skeleton, she bore her suffering with patience and resignation.
She leaves a husband, eight children, four sisters and a brother, to mourn their heavy loss. She was a faithful wife, loving mother and a kind neighbor, beloved by all who knew her. O,it did seem impossible for us to give her up, but she is gone and though in hours of loneliness and sorrow we cannot realize why she was taken, yet we know that He who rules the world "doth all things well."
Mother, thou has gone to rest; Dearest Mother, thou has left us, |
Gallipolis Paper
July 12, 1887
Transcribed by F.K Brown
Hamilton, Zola A.
Rites Set Sunday For Mrs. Hamilton
Funeral services for Mrs. Frank Hamilton, 64, who died at 1 a.m., Thursday at her home, 914 Second Ave., Gallipolis, will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in King's Chapel Church, the Rev. Earl Cremeens officiating.
Burial will be made by Coleman Halley in King's Chapel Cemetery.
A four-month illness from dropsy was assigned as the cause of death.
Born March 31, 1884, in Ohio Twp. to J.T. and Elizabeth Caldwell, the decedent is survived by her widower, her half-sister, Mrs. Nettie Carter, whom she reared from 18 months of age; and these brothers:
Vesper Caldwell, Crown City; C.A. Caldwell, Bladen; Calvin Oral Caldwell, Bladen; and these half-brothers: Vernal Caldwell, Middleport; Ira Caldwell, Clayton Caldwell and Ezra Caldwell, all of Casttown, O.
[Note From Stone: Zola A. Hamilton 1884 - 1948]
Gallipolis paper
Date 1948
Transcribed by Theresa E. Smith
Hamm, Maude
Death of Miss Hamm
Miss Maude Hamm of Rio Grande was taken ill Friday and died today. She was a nice young lady and her death is greatly deplored. Her funeral services will be conducted at Old Pine Church Tuesday afternoon. She was 23 years old and a daughter of Mr. & Mrs. W.J. Hamm. She leaves a brother, James. of Bloomingburg, Ohio and a sister, Annie, at home, younger.
[Note: Buried: Old Pine Cemetery, Raccoon Township]
Gallipolis Paper
No date
Transcribed by F.K. Brown Top of Page
Hamm, Ray
Ray Hamm, 21, a young soldier at Camp Sherman, died last Thursday at noon of pneumonia. He was a son of the late James E. Hamm of Rio Grande, and a grandson of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Hamm. The boy’s mother and a brother Earl reside at Bloomingsburg, Ohio. The funeral was held there Sunday and was attended by Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Hamm and other relatives from this county.
The Gallia Times
Wednesday, October 9, 1918
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron
Hand, Mrs. Helen
Former Gallipolis Girl Dies In California Hospital
Fred Ferguson has received word of the death in Los Angeles, Calif., of Mrs. Helen Hand, formerly Miss Helen Lewis, a niece of Mr. Ferguson, who was a resident of this city until several years ago when she went to Los Angeles to teach school.
Her death occurred in a hospital following an appendicitis operation. She was a popular girl here and many friends will deeply regret her death.
Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Tuesday, September 16, 1930
Transcribed by Linda Halley Criner
Haner, Lawrence M.
Lawrence Haner, Retired Barber, Died at 3 A.M.
In Soldiering Day He Guarded Rebel Filipino Prisoners.
Lawrence M. Haner, retired barber, died at 3 o'clock this morning at his home 534 Third Ave. He had been ill for more than two years but his condition did not become grave until a week ago. He lacked a week of reaching his 67th birthday.
Up to the last Mr. Haner was calm and cheerful, with a smile on his face for every little kindness and attention he received from his devoted wife, Pearl Miller Haner.
Mr. Haner was born in Guyan Twp. Dec. 18, 1877, and more than half of his years were spent in Gallipolis.
He was a Spanish-American War veteran, serving 33 months on the island of Luzon in the Philippines. After the war with Spain had ended, and after the Filipino rebellion had been crushed and its leader, Emilia Aguinaldo, had been captured and placed in prison, Haner was assigned to guard him. They became friends.
After his soldiering days were over, Mr. Haner came here and opened a shop in the room next to Eddie's Place, in the then Ulsamer Hotel building. Later his shop occupied the Park Central Hotel corner and in more recent years he had a shop in the basement of his Third Ave. home.
Lawrence Haner was a neat, genteel man, honest and upright, an exemplary husband, a capable and painstaking member of his trade, and he had and deserved a host of friends.
Surviving besides Mrs. Haner, are two brothers and a sister, Dennis of Eureka, John of Gallipolis, and Mrs. Alice Boyd of near Mercerville.
Solemn Requiem High Mass at 8:30 Thursday morning with interment on Mound Hill by Geo. Wetherholt & Sons.
Gallipolis Newspaper
No Date
Transcribed by Margaret Calvin
Hanes, George W.
MEMORIAL
George W. Hanes
George W. Hanes was born June 20, 1868 and died March 5, 1886, aged 19 years, 8 months and 15 days.
| Thou art gone, dear brother, Where sorrow is no more, Thou hast left this vain land For a bright and happy shore. Thy work on earth is done-- Thy mission is fulfilled; Thou hast followed where He led, And done as He hath willed. As 'round his couch we stood, Mourning so great a loss; Said he, "Weep not, dear friends, For I can bear the cross." |
Of death he had no fear, His heart was full of love, For he knew the summons Came from his God above. He knew that angels bright Were waiting very near, To bear away his soul To Him who was so dear. Then, dear friends, mourn him not, Who rests beneath the sod; Though his dust lies there His soul is with its God. A Friend |
Gallipolis Paper
March 5, 1886
Transcribed by F.K. Brown Top of Page
Hanes, James F.
MEMORIAL
James F. Hanes
James F. Hanes was born April 15, 1865 and died March 5, 1886, age 11 months and twenty days.
| Oh do not wish your darling back To this sad world of care; But rather pray that you with him Eternal life may share. A gentle voice has welcomed him Unto his Saviour's breast And safe within those loving arms Our precious baby rests. Then fond parents, cease thy weeping, And meekly kiss the sod; That little gem was only lent-- It still belong to God. A Friend |
Gallipolis Paper
March 5, 1886
Transcribed by F.K. Brown
Hanger, D. J.
D. J. HANGER RITES ARE HELD TUESDAY
(Vinton Cor.)
The funeral of David J. Hanger, who died in a Chillicothe Veterans' hospital, was held at the M. E. church Tuesday at 1:30 by Rev. M.V.B. Stump of Racine, Ohio. The body was laid to rest in the Memorial cemetery by the following pallbearers: G. E. Glenn, Cline Gerlach, G. P. Ewing, E. A. Evans, Cush Strong, and H. M. Wilcox. Flowers were carried by the military escort, W. A. Crawford, Luther Dyer and I. N. Edwards. Funeral in charge of H. K. Butler.
Among those who attended the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Luther Dyer and Mr. Ed Denney of Wellston, Mr. and Mrs. Byron Grover of Cheshire, Mr. and Mrs. James Oliver and Mr. Neal of Gallipolis, Kyle Stump and Miss Eileen Roush of Zanesville, Mr. and Mrs. Clem Glassburn and son Loren of Bidwell.
[Note: buried in Vinton Memorial Cemetery, Huntington Twp., Gallia County--served in Spanish American War]
Gallipolis Daily Tribune
March 18, 1937
Transcribed by Joanne Galvin
Hanger, David
Death of David Hanger
David Hanger, a prominent citizen of Morgan township, father of Squire W. E. Hanger, died Sunday night last from a stroke of paralysis, aged 74 years. He leaves a wife and five children, four daughters and a son all married. He was a member of the U.B. Church for forty years. He was buried at Mt. Olive Church, where Rev. Simmons conducted the funeral services. He was a farmer and left a good estate and was a good citizen.
Gallipolis Daily Tribune
September 11, 1897
Transcribed by Henny Evans Top of Page
Hanlin, Mrs. Moses
Mrs. Hanlin
Mrs. Moses Hanlin died at her home on Mill Creek Thursday evening of last week after three weeks' illness of paralysis, aged 58 years. A husband and seven children are left to mourn their loss. The funeral services were conducted last Sunday morning. Mrs. Hanlin was a good woman and for many years had been a member of the Christian Church.
Gallipolis Bulletin
Feb. 19, 1904
Vol. XXXVII No. 17
Transcribed by Charles Wright
Hanna, Julia
Death of Miss Julia A. Hanna
The illness of Judge Hanna's daughter, Miss Julia, has been frequently mentioned by the Journal, so that our readers are well apprised that she has been seriously ill for sometime. Miss Hanna had the grip a year ago last winter, which left her with a bad cough. She was her father's deputy and resumed her business in the office, however, until last November, when she became so ill, that on the advice of Dr. Whittaker, of Cincinnati she ceased to attend to the duties of the office, and was confined to the house for the greater part of the time.
Last March it was determined to take her to Pueblo, Col., for her health and she and her mother left here for that place on the 18th of that month. At first it was thought improvement was noticed, and great hopes were entertained that she would be returned to her home with her health entirely restored. It soon became evident, however, that her improvement was but temporary, and she grew weaker, day by day, until Friday morning, when a telegram was received announcing that she had passed away, Thursday evening May 4th, at five o'clock. Miss Hanna's death is unusually sad and distressing. She was about twenty-two years of age, of bright and vivacious disposition and made friends wherever she made acquaintances.
As an assistant to her father in the Probate Court she could hardly have had a superior. She was an exceptionally beautiful scribe and her books and papers stand as models of penmanship and neatness. She was of a hopeful, bouyant disposition and on leaving home entertained no thought but that she would return in a few weeks entirely well and was hopeful of this to the last. She was a member of the Methodist Church and Epworth League, and faithful to all of her religious duties. Her place in the family circle will be missed as none but that circle can tell. Her host of friends will also miss and mourn for her because she was eminently worthy to be mourned.
[Note: She is buried in Mound Hill Cemetery in Gallipolis.]
Gallipolis Journal
May 10, 1893
Transcribed by Henny Evans
Hannan, Emma
Emma Hannan, 84, Dies in Maysville.
Miss Emma Hannan, 84, died Friday afternoon at the home of her sister, Mrs. Laura Worthington, in Maysville, Ky.
Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock E. W. T. in the Swan Creek Church with burial in the church cemetery by a Maysville undertaker.
Besides the sister, Miss Hannn is survived by one niece, Mrs. James Parry, Paris, Ky., one nephew, john Morrison, Beaufort, N.C. and various Hannan and Mills relatives in the Swan Creek neighborhood. The decedent was born July 30, 1860.
[Note: 1860-1945, handwritten on obituary]
Gallipolis Newspaper
No Date
Transcribed by Margaret Calvin Top of Page
Hannan, James H.
Death Claims James H. Hannan
Death this morning at 9:50 o'clock took James H. Hannan, 74, Bladen farmer. Mr. Hannan had been ill since June 10 and death came in the old Hannan homestead in which he was born. A son of Henry and Sadie Arbuckle Hannan he was born March 5, 1873. His wife, the former Mary Rebekah Kuykenball, died in 1915, five years after their marriage. Mr. Hannan leaves one son, James H. Hannan Jr., now living in Mexico.
Time of funeral services has not yet been set, although it is known rites will be held in Swan Creek Chapel. Burial will be made in Morefield, W.Va.
Gallipolis paper
Date unknown
Transcribed by Theresa E. Smith
Hannan, James H.
J. Hannan's Body To Be Buried At Moorefield, W.Va.
Funeral services for James H. Hannan were held at 10 o'clock today at Swan Creek Chapel, with Rev. Frank Harding of Crown City in charge.
Immediately thereafter the funeral party left for Moorefield, W.Va.--350 miles away--where Mr. Hannan will be buried beside his wife, who died May 10, 1915, five years after their marriage. Her maiden name was Mary Rebekah Kuygenball and she was a native of that section. Moorefield is in Hardy County, which borders on Shenandoah County, Va.
Decedent's grandparent's, Henry and Rhoda Henderson Hannan settled in this county in 1819.
Gallipolis paper
Date Unknown
Transcribed by Theresa E. Smith
Hanson, Ed
Death of Edward Hanson
Mr. Ed Hanson, so well known here, a son of the late John Hanson, and brother of Mrs. Ross Williams, died last Wednesday morning, and was buried Friday.
He had been in bad health several years past, being the victim of consumption. Some seven years ago he went to Colorado and found in the salubrious climate of that State some relief. But he left there and went to Kansas, where he remained about two years, gradually growing worse and came home to Gallipolis. He gradually grew worse to the time of his death. He was young man of 31 years, and was loved by all knew him.
Rev. R. H. Coulter conducted the funeral, and at the request of friends we give a portion of his remarks: Mr. Coulter said in reference to the doctrine of the immortality of the soul: (rest omitted)
October 15, 1890
Gallipolis paper
Transcribed by Henny Evans Top of Page
Hanson, Frances B.
Frances B. Hanson, 84, former Gallipolis Twp. clerk and former registrar of vital statistics for the Gallipolis City Hearlth
Department, died at 1:20 a.m. today (Monday) at the Jackson Care Center near Oak Hill.
She had been in failing health for about three months. Her residence was at 250 First Ave., Gallipolis.
Mrs. Hanson was born Dec. 3, 1894, in Gallia County, where she spent her entire life in the Gallipolis community. Her parents
were James and Lena Wood Dillon.
She married Fred Hanson on Feb. 22, 1913, at St. Peter's Episcopal Church, of which she was a member, and he died in
Janurary, 1941. Two sons survive: James B. Hanson, Gallipolis and Bert Hanson, Portsmouth; five grandchildren survive, and
six great-grandchildren. One grandson preceded her in death.
She was a member of the Gallipolis Emblem Club and the St. Peter's Episcopal Curch Women.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday at St Peter's Episcopal Church, the Rev. Albert H. MacKenzie officiating,
and burial will be in Mound Hill Cemetery. Friends may call 7-9 p.m. Tuesday at the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home. If
friends so desire, they may contribute in lieu of flowers to the St. Peter's Episcopal Church Building Fund, c-o Albert H.
MacKenzie, 541 Second Ave., Gallipolis 45631.
Gallipolis Tribune
Feb. 12, 1979
Transcribed by J. Farley
Hanson, Mary Miller
Miss Mary Miller was born in Washington Co., Penn., March 16th, 1813, and died in Gallipolis, Ohio, Dec. 13th, 1893. She was married to Geo. Hanson, Sept. 14, 1837.
There was born to them ten children, eight sons and two daughters. Four sons died in infancy, and one at the age of fifty years. Three sons are still living, Richard F., James W., and John O., also the two daughters, Mrs. Carrie Davis, of Jackson, O., and Miss Lizzie, of this city with whom she made her home.
She united with the Methodist Episcopal Church at the early age of 17 years, and lived a consistent Christian life until her death. Her life was one of devotion to her family and her church. Her opportunities were not such as enabled her to render what the world would call great service to the church, but she gave an acceptable service. It can truly be said of her, “She hath done what she could.” She was a rare character that grew like a beautiful flower, not in a garden of luxury, but by the wayside to refresh and cheer the dust-begrimed, sore-footed pilgrims in the weary march of life.
Her piety was of that cheerful, inspiring type that made the burdens of life sit lightly. During her last illness she expressed no desire to recover except that she might a little longer be company for her dear daughter, with whom she made her home. She was sweetly resigned to the Master’s will, and “Drawing near her death, she sent most pious thoughts and harbingers to heaven; and her soul saw a glimpse of happiness through the chinks of her sickness-broken body.”
Her funeral was conducted from the M. E. Church in Gallipolis. P. A. Baker
The Gallipolis Bulletin
Saturday, February 17, 1894
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron
Haptonstall, Mrs. (Vanzant)
Haptonstall
Mrs. Haptonstall, wife of Capt. Haptonstall, of Middleport, and daughter of Mr. James Vanzant, of Cheshire, died at the home of her father, where she had been on a visit for sometime, on Thursday, June 9, 1898. She was a most estimable lady and her friends, who were legion, learned of her death with profound sorrow. The remains were taken to Middleport for interment.
Gallipolis Bulletin
June 18, 1898
Transcribed by Karen Strojin Top of Page
Harbour, Grover
Death Claims Bladen Man
Grover Harbour, 67, Rt. 1, Bladen, farmer, died at 10 p.m., Thursday at his home near Providence Church. He had been ill for more than a year due to cancer.
He was born May 5, 1884, to George and Mary Harbour in Mason County, W. Va.
Besides his widow, the former Stachy Boston, he is survived by three children: Grover H., Heights, W. VA.; Adaline M. Wells, Rt. 1, Bladen; Vernon, Detroit; Fred F. Chillicothe; Paul B. Harbour, Columbus; 10 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
These brothers and sisters also survive: Homer and Shelby Harbour and Mrs. Grace Richardson, Heights, W. Va.; Mrs. Emma Robinson, Grove City, and Mrs. Carrie Errett, Kansas. One brother, Edward, and a sister, Effie, residents of Kansas, preceded him in death.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Sunday at the Providence Church.
Gallipolis Tribune
1951
Transcribed by Lew Casey
Harbour, Paul B.
Paul B. Harbour
Paul B. Harbour, 60, Darbyville, Ohio died at 12:30 a.m. Sunday at the Berger Hospital in Circleville following an automobile accident.
An employee of the Columbus City Water Dept., he was born Oct. 31, 1915 in Huntington, W. Va. to Stacy Boston Broyles of Darbyville and the late Grover Harbour.
He is survived by three children, Clifford, Columbus; Edwin, Vera Beach, Fla.; Freda, Columbus; six grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. Adaline Wallace, Darbyville.
Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Wednesday at the O. R. Woodyard Chapel at 255 East State St., Columbus with Mr. Howard M. Snyder officiating. Friends may call at the chapel Tuesday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Graveside services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Providence Cemetery on Tyn Teens Run Rd. Local arrangements are under the direction of Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home.
Publication unknown
October 3, 1976
Contributed by Jacquelyn Woolley
Harbour, Mrs. Thomas
Mrs. Harbour Dead
Mrs. Thomas Harbour of near Mercerville, died Sunday night of a complication of diseases, after an illness of long duration. She was about 65 years of age and is survived by her husband and five children: Her mother, Mrs. Keziah Wood, died on the 3rd of this month at the age of 84. Mrs. Harbour was a good woman and highly respected. The funeral services were held at Bethel church, near Bladen, yesterday afternoon at one o'clock. Burial at the church cemetery by Wetherholt.
Gallipolis Bulletin
November 23, 1911
Transcribed by Jan Rader Top of Page
Harbour, Vernon
Gallia County Native Dies in California
Vernon Harbour, 55, a native of Gallia Coounty, died Wednesday morning in Gardenia, California.
Mr. Harbour was born on March 27, 1911, son of Mrs. Stacey Broyles of Rt. 2, Crown City. He attended Huntington schools.
He is survived by his wife, the former Joy Casey of Gallipolis, and two sons and two daughters, Dale Harbour of Gibralter, Mich., Peter, Paula and Pamela Harbour, all at home. Other survivors are a brother and a sister, Paul Harbour, of Columbus and Mrs. Adaline Wells of Rt. 2, Crown City. Two brothers preceded him in death.
Services were held today in Gardenia, Calif.
Publication unknown
d. July 27, 1966
Contributed by Jacquelyn Woolley
Harding, Hale
Hale Harding, 81, Dies Suddenly Heart Ailment
End Came Last Night at Houston Home at Kanauga
Funeral At Poplar Ridge Sunday P. M.
Hale Harding, a retired farmer of exemplary character, died at 11 o'clock last night at the home of his step-daughter, Mrs. W. E. Houston, just above Kanauga. Death was caused by heart trouble and came suddenly, as he had been ill but a few hours. However, he had contracted that ailment long ago.
Mr. Harding was a native of Kyger, but had lived at Kanauga for the last five and a half years. His age was 81 years, one month and 14 days, having been born Dec. 17, 1852. He was the last survivor of eight children of Alvin and Jane Lewellen Harding. The other seven were Lewis who died a few months ago; Casper, Orton and Edson Harding, Jane Wheaton, and Emaline Sydenstricker.
Mr. Harding was twice married. His first wife was Emma Ward, of which union a daughter, Ada, wife of J. Emory Gordon, survives and lives near her father's former home about midway between Kyger and Eno. His second wife was Zella Riggs and they were married in 1906. In his later years he was tenderly cared for by his wife and his step-daughter and the latter's husband, Mr. Houston, and Mr. Harding was ever equally solicitous of their comfort and welfare. Concerning him since his death, Mr. Houston said: "Mr. Harding was one of the sweetest of Christian men, living so closely in accord with Christ's teachings as to be a beautiful example for all who knew him."
The funeral services will be held at poplar Ridge church at 2 o'clock Sunday, with Rev. Harley Bolton of Rutland in charge. Burial at the same place by Undertaker J. L. Coleman.
Gallipolis Tribune
February 1934
Transcribed by J. Farley Top of Page
Harding, Hazel H.
Hazel H. Harding
Hazel Helen Harding, 84, Rt. 1 Cheshire, a former Piqua resident, died at 4:55 p.m. Monday [Jan. 31, 1983] in Scenic Hills Nursing Center, having been in failing health for the past 12 years.
Born July 28, 1898, in Union County, daughter of the late Chancey E and Mittie Ball Fife, she was a member of Cheshire Baptist Church and Ohio State Grange and former member of Cheshire Ladies Guild. She married Ross E. Harding on March 23, 1915, at Jackson, TN and he also preceded her in death on June 6, 1979.
Surviving are two daughter, Mrs. Ada Hayes of Rio Grande and Mrs. Joe (Ida Mae) Thompson of Rt. 1, Cheshire; two sons, Joseph A. of Piqua and Walter E. of Penellas Park, FL; 16 grandchildren, 38 great-grandchildren and eight great-great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday in Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home with Rev. William Uber and Rev. Robert Colvin officiating. Burial will be in Gravel Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 6-9 p.m. Wednesday. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers.
Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Feb. 2, 1983
Transcribed by F.K. Brown
Harding, Lewils Walter
Lewis Walter Harding
son of Alvin and Jane Lewellen, born October 15, 1854, and died at the home of his son, Mr. Ross Harding of Kanauga, on July 31, 1933, aged 78 years, 9 months, 16 days.
He was married to Sarah Catherine Ward on September 5, 1873. To this union the following children were born: Mrs. Minnie Turner of Williamsport; Orion, deceased; Mrs. Bertha Mazeline of Pataskala; Mrs. Jessie Coughenour, deceased; and Mr. Ross Harding of Kanauga.
There remains only one living brother. All the others of the paternal home have passed on before and await his coming.
Mr. Harding bore his long suffering with cancer patiently, and knew that he must sooner or later bid his earthly friends a last farewell. While his sufferings were intense, he was conscious up until the very last, and made all his business transactions, and arranged for his funeral rites.
He was converted while young but never joined the Baptist church, yet always attended and helped to support that denomination, and wished to be buried under the auspices of that denomination.
He was affectionate to those who waited upon him during his illness and tried in every way to lighten their burden. He belived in letting the life he lived be his memorial after death, and requested simple and plain funeral rites.
So, a kind husband, father, and grand-father has left us. Our loss will be his gain. we must submit to god's plans.
Gallipolis Tribune
August 1933
Transcribed by J. Farley
Harding, Mary
Mrs. Mary Harding
Died...Near Porter, March 6th, 1862, Mrs. Mary Harding.
She was born in the State of New York in Jan., 1773, and removed to Gallia county, near 40 years ago. She was bereaved of her husband abut eleven years ago. She has left four children and a number of grand children to mourn the loss of one so aged and devoted to God. She has been an acceptable member of the Presbyterian church near seventy years.
Her funeral services took place at Kygerville, March 8, by the writer, from Num. 23, 10, before a large congregation of friends and relatives.
May the writer, the hearers and readers meet her in Heaven. M.D. Vaughn
Gallipolis Journal
Mar. 20, 1862
Contributed by Henny Evans Top of Page
Harding, Mollie
Death of Mrs. A. B. Harding
Mrs. A. B. Harding, whose serious illness we mentioned in last week's issue, died Friday morning at her home near Kyger. Her maiden name was Mollie Thompson and she was born in West Moreland county, Pa., Feb. 24, 1844. The family moved to Meigs county in the fifties and a short time after settled in Cheshire township. She was married to A. Bartlett Harding May 15, 1864, and lived happily with him until he passed away Jan. 30, 1908. Mrs. Harding suffered a stroke of paralysis six years ago and never completely recovered. She was again stricken on April 24 and the physicians soon determined that her condition was hopeless.
She leaves two children, H. M. Harding, the produce dealer of this city, and Editor A. R. Harding of the Hunter-Trader-Trapper, of Columbus. She was a member of the Second Kyger Baptist Church, a good wife and mother and a lady who was esteemed and respected by all who knew her. The funeral services were conducted at Kyger, Saturday morning, by Rev. W. J. Fulton, interment following at Gravel Hill. Undertaker Rawlings of Middleport.
[Buried as Mary Harding]
Gallipolis Bulletin
May 16, 1910
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall
Hardway, Howard S.
Howard S. Hardway, 65, Is Claimed By Death Saturday
Howard S. Hardway, 65 of 90 Cedar St., Gallipolis, industrial arts teacher at Kyger Creek High School and a former minor league baseball pitcher, died at 8:30 p.m., Saturday in the Holzer Medical Center on First Ave. Mr. Hardway had suffered from a heart condition the past five years.
He was born in Irondale, Ala., on Aug. 30, 1904, son of the late Hugh and Mary Shuler Hardway.
He is survived by his foster parents, Mr. and Mrs. Merch I. Clark, Gallipolis, and a foster sister, Mrs. Lyvonia Bunce, Gallipolis; his wife, Mrs. Mildred Williams Hardway; two daughters, Mrs. G. Richard Brown, Gallipolis and Miss Karen Hardway, at home; one son, Mike Hardway, Gallipolis, two sisters, Mrs. Rebecca Reid, Clayton, N.M., and Mrs. Elizabeth Sims, Maxwell, N.M. One son and two brothers preceded him in death. Four grandchildren survive.
Mr. Hardway graduated from Rio Grande College and Ohio State University with a major in history and English and a minor in industrial arts. He also held a Ph.D in education.
He began his teaching and coaching career at Mercerville where he served as high school principal and basketball coach.
In 1942, Mr. Hardway entered the political field. He served as Gallia County Clerk of Courts six years before becoming principal and basketball coach at Bidwell-Porter High School in 1948.
Mr. Hardway served as head baseball coach and assistant football coach at Oak Hill prior to joining the Kyger Creek staff in 1958.
Prior to entering the teaching profession, “Lefty” Hardway, as he was called in the 1930’s, pitched baseball several years in the minor leagues. He was a member of the St. Louis Cardinals and Pittsburgh Pirates farm clubs. He was an outstanding hurler for the Huntington Boosters, Springfield Chicks and Little Rock, Ark., teams.
Mr. Hardway was a member of the Grace United Methodist Church and a past member of the Crown City Masonic Lodge, Gallia County Gun Club, and Eagles Lodge.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday from the Grace United Methodist Church in Gallipolis with Rev. Paul S. Bauders officiating. Interment will be in Crown City Cemetery. The body will lie in state one hour at the church prior to the services. Visitation will be held at the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Tuesday.
The Sunday Times Sentinel
Sunday, March 29, 1970
Transcribed by Sandy Bledsoe
Hardway, Michael Irwin “Mickey”
Michael Irwin “Mickey” Hardway, 67, of Grove City, died Friday at his residence.
Born June 4, 1938 in Gallia County, he graduated from Gallia Academy High School in 1956. He was formerly employed at the Goodyear Plant in Apple Grave, W.Va. He later moved to Columbus where he was employed by the Ohio Furniture Company. He then worked for Goodwill Industries in Columbus, from which he retired in 2003.
He was preceded in death by his father, Howard Shuler Hardway in 1970, and by a brother, Charles Hardway in 1936.
He is survived by his mother, Mildred Williams Hardway Jenkins, of Gallipolis; wife, Brenda Hollens Esterbrook Hardway of Grove City; four children, Michael I. Hardway, Jr., of Cross Lanes, W.Va., Marc K. (Kay) Hardway , of Cheshire, Michelle (Darrell) Esterbrook Bruffy, of Columbus, Jimmy Esterbrook, of Florida; five grandchildren, Brittany and Dayton Hardway, Darchelle and Jessica Bruffy and Ashlee Esterbrook; two sisters, Ann (Richard) Hardway Brown, of Gallipolis, and Karen (Dan) Hardway Black, of Rapid City, S.D.; three nieces, Morgan Black, Sandy Bledsoe and Cindy Fellure; one great niece, Amber Fellure, and one great nephew, Travis Fellure.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home with Pastor Doug Stockton officiating. Burial will follow in the Crown City Cemetery. Friends may call from 6-9 p.m. Wednesday at the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to The American Heart Association, P.O. Box 182039 Dept. 013 Columbus, Ohio 43218-2039 or to the American Diabetes Association, 937 N. High Street Worthington, Ohio 43085.
To send condolences, please visit us at www.timeformemory.com/whw.
The Sunday Times Sentinel
Sunday, July 10, 2005
Transcribed by Sandy Bledsoe Top of Page
Harmon, Alice
Death Claims Mrs. Alice Harmon Here
Mrs. Alice Harmon, wife of the Rev. Jerry Harmon of Wilgus, died Tuesday afternoon in the Holzer Hospital, where she had been a patient for 12 days.
Prior to 1935the Harmons lived at Wilgus and he is a Missionary Baptist minister.
Funeral services will be conducted tomorrow afternoon at o'clock at the Newcomb Baptist Church at Shoals, Wayne County, W. Va., Mrs. Harmon's birthplace. She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jim McCallister.
The Rev. Earl Cremeens will officiate and burial will follow in the Brumfield cemetery.
The body will be removed from the residence at Wilgus at noon tomorrow to the church at Shoals.
Mrs. Harmon is survived by her husband' an adopted son, Roy Harmon, and two sisters, Mrs. Rosa Hall and Mrs. Martha Harmon of Huntington.
Gallipolis Newspaper
No Date
Transcribed by Margaret Calvin
Harmon, Rebecca E. Kent Grover
Obituary
Rebecca E. Kent, daughter of Judge H. A. Kent and Matilda Kent, was born February 4th, 1865, in Ewington, Gallia County, Ohio, and died September 3d, 1894, at the home of her parents, near Middleport, Ohio, aged 29 years, 6 months and 29 days. She was married twice - the first time to Nelson B. Grover, the second time to John Harmon, who now survives her. She leaves 2 children - Chloe Grover, aged 6 years, and Eve Harmon, aged 18 months, whom she committed to the care of Almighty God on her death bed.
Rebecca joined the Methodist Episcopal Church in Gallipolis, Ohio, when she was about 12 years of age, but was not converted until some years later, at Porter, Ohio. She took sick at her home in Huntington, West Virginia, on the 18th day of March 1894. From the first she said she would never get well. She yearned to come home - home to her father, mother and sisters - the happy home of her chldhood. Oh! how much that meant to her, God only knows. She got a little better, and came home on the 2d day of June 1984. How glad she was to get home! although, as she said, she "came home to die." For a short time she seemed to grow better, and her eyes that had been dimmed with tears, now brightened and for a while we fondly hoped we could rob death of his victim. But, alas! it was not be as we hoped. The Lord must come to claim His own. She grew suddenly worse, and suffered intensely. But she bore it all with patience and resignation. "Death had lost his sting" long before she died, and she could exultingly exclaim, "Oh grave, where is thy victory?" During her last sickness, she gave frequent witness of her faith and hope in her loving Savior. But she is dead! Oh no, not dead, but gone before. The remembrance of her will live with us, and the words, "Pa kiss me." will linger and reverberate along the years of life until we meet on the other side.
Galllipolis Bulletin
September 22, 1894
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall Top of Page
Harmon, William J. “Bill”
William Joseph “Bill” Harmon, 53, Gallipolis, died Sunday, March 31, 1997 in Holzer Medical Center.
Born Feb. 3, 1944 in Kanawha County, W. Va., son of the late Clayton Mason and Clara Rhoda Quesenberry Harmon of Charleston, W. Va., he was a former employee of the Marietta
Plant and a U. S. Navy veteran.
Surviving in addition to his mother are three brothers, Michael Harmon and Thomas Harmon, both of Charleston and Larry Harmon of Florida.
Services were conducted at 1 p.m. today, Tuesday, April 1, 1997 in the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home. Burial was in the Meigs Memorial Gardens. A military flag presentation was conducted at the graveside. Arrangements were by the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home.
Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Tuesday, April 1, 1997
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron
Harrington, Mrs. Charles
In Memoriam
In loving memory of our dear wife and mother, Mrs. Charles Harrington, who passed away one year ago today, March 15, 1940.
[Long poem signed: Mrs. F. E. Trout, 542 Third Ave. So. Charleston, W. VA.; Only identified here as Mrs. Charles Harrington but there is a tombstone in Mound Hill Cemetery for a Mamie D. Harrington who died in 1940.]
Gallipolis Newspaper
No Date
Transcribed by Margaret Calvin
Harrington, Eva Mae
Mrs. Fred (Eva Mae) Harrington, 62, Rt. 2, Gallipolis, died in the Cleveland Clinic around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday following an extended illness.
Mrs. Harrington retired from her teaching duties in the city schools system this past spring, due to ill health.
She is survived by her husband, Fred, along with two children, Doug, a lieutenant in the U. S. Navy, Virginia Beach, Va., and Judy Harrington, a secretary with Bob Evans Farms, Columbus. Two grandchildren, Kelly Anne and Doug, Jr., survive.
The following brothers and sisters survive: Paul Halley, Homewood, Ill.; Ellis Halley, Powell, Ohio; Mrs. Paul (Bessie) McNealey, Gallipolis, and Mrs. Erman (Virginia) Cremeens, Northup. One brother, Gerald, preceded her in death. She was a member of the Centenary Church.
Private funeral services will be held 1 p.m. Sunday at the Willis Funeral Home. Burial will be in Ohio Valley Memorial Gardens with Rev. G. Daryl Fourman officiating.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations for the American Cancer Fund. There will be no calling hours.
Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Friday, July 18, 1974
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron
Harrington, Henry Clay
IN MEMORY
Henry Clay, son of Eri and Margaret Harrington, was born in Clay township, Gallia County, Ohio, Nov. 28, 1845. While he had been in failing health for sometime his death was a shock to his many friends and neighbors. All that loving hands and medical aid could do was done to relieve his sufferings, yet the angel of death called and he answered the summons on Sunday morning, May 2, 1920, at the age of 74 years, 6 months and 4 days.
A good man has been called, for he was a kind father, a faithful husband, a true friend, ever ready to help those who needed help.
On March 12, 1876, he was united in marriage to Katherine Steger. To this union five children were born, Charles, residing in Green township, Mrs. Dora Sibley and Mrs. Edna Thivenin of Dickens, Iowa; William at home and Albert, who died in infancy. He leaves three brothers, one sister, five grandchildren. His devoted wife and children realize a place is vacant in the home which never can be filled.
| Dearest father, thou has left us, We will miss thee evermore, But we hope to ever meet thee On that bright and happy shore. |
Gallipolis Daily Tribune
May 8, 1920
Transcribed by Linda Halley Criner Top of Page
Harrington, Herbert H.
Herbert H. Harrington, 83, of Route 4 Gallipolis, died Monday at Holzer Medical Center following an extended illness. He was a retired carpenter.
Born in Gallipolis on March 23, 1904, he was a son of the late Ezra and Elizabeth Ann Houck Harrington.
He married the former Ethel Dray on Nov. 24, 1924 in Gallipolis. She survives along with two sons, Herbert Jr. of Columbus and Richard Lee of Gallipolis; four daughters, Mrs. William (Catherine) Van Meter of Reynoldsburg, Mrs. Buddy (Ruth) Sanders of Columbus,
Mrs. James (Janet) Martin of Cleveland and Mrs. James (Donna) Cantrell of Grove City; one brother, Harold of Frederickstown, Ohio; four sisters, Grace Payne of Florida, Margaret Johnson of Gallipolis, Mary Dobbins of Bidwell and Hattie Belle Gothard of Gallipolis; 25 grandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by one son, Jackie Merrill in 1979; two brothers and one sister.
Services will be conducted Thursday, 11 a.m. at McCoy-Wetherholt-Moore Funeral Home, Gallipolis, Rev. James Patterson offficiating. Burial follows at Centenary Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home Wednesday, 7 to 9 p.m..
Gallipolis Tribune
May 26, 1987
Transcribed by J. Farley
Harrington, John
Death of John Harrington
Mr. John Harrington died at his home below town on the river road, Friday afternoon after a two weeks illness of pneumonia. He was a son of Era and Margaret Harrington and left brothers Henry, William, Frank, Nice, Reis, Roman, Virgil and one sister Mrs. Shannon Gilmore. Besides his wife he is also survived by four daughters and three sons as follows: Ezra of this city, Mrs. H. C. Rader of Thevenin, Mrs. James Brown, of Columbus, Mrs. Elmer Leeper of Middleport and Harley, Ethel, and Chauncey at home. He was a good industrious citizen and besides his relatives leaves many friends to mourn his death.
The funeral was conducted Sunday by Rev. John Porter at Macedonia in Harrison township, interment following by Wetherholt.
Gallipolis Bulletin
April 16, 1909
Transcribed by Margaret Calvin
Harrington, Mayme Dell
Mrs. Harrington, 51, Succumbs to Extended Illness
Mrs. Charles Harrington, who had been ill for two years or more and suffered much, died last night at her home in the Mina Chapel neighborhood.
She was born in Huntington but nearly all her life was spent hereabouts. She was a daughter of the late Charles and Amanda Perkins Irion and was born Feb. 13, 1889 and her given name was Mayme Dell.
Her marriage to Mr. Harrington occurred Sept. 2, 1911 and he and three children survive; Helen wife of Forest [missing] of Charleston; Fred of Gallipolis and Curtis of Dayton. Also surviving are three brothers and one sister, Roy of [missing]; Frank of Gallipolis; Wayne of Pennsylvania and Mr. V[?] Thevenin of Iowa.
Before her marriage she taught school both at Swan Creek and Oak Grove. She was member and closely associated with the Ohio Chapel E. Church.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 o'clock Monday by Rev. H.W. DeWolfe. Burial in Mound Hill.
[Note: death certificate: Mayme Dell Harrington born: Feb. 13, 1889 in Huntington WV; died March 15, 1940 in Green Township at the age of 51 years, 1 month and 2 days of age.]
Gallipolis Paper
No date
Transcribed by F.K. Brown
Harrington, Peru
WAR VETERAN DIED SATURDAY
Peru Harrington of Bladen buried Sunday with Military Honors
Peru Harrington, 79, a well known resident of the Bladen neighborhood, died at his home Saturday morning, Feb. 26, 1932. He is survived by his wife and a step-daughter.
Funeral services were held Sunday morning with military honors. Mr. Harrington, at the age of 45, enlisted here in the old Seventh Ohio, during the war with Spain in 1898. He was the oldest man in his company and the largest.
[Note: Buried in Harrington Cemetery, Clay Township]
Gallipolis Paper
Feb. 26, 1932
Transcribed by F.K. Brown Top of Page
Harris, Albertus
Albert Harris Passed Away Last Evening
Albertus Harris, long in poor health and in acute distress since the flood routed him and his wife from their Pine St. home, died at the Red Cross emergency shelter in the Rice building on upper Second Ave. at around 5 o’clock last evening. Suffering from tuberculosis, he had been isolated there as much as possible, while his wife, who became ill during the flood period, was cared for at the home of a friend and neighbor, Mrs. Arnold.
Harris would have been 55 years old on March 10. He was born here and was a son of the late Andrew and Henrietta Casidy Harris. He had a brilliant mind but it was his misfortune to be placed where his unusual talents might have been effectively used to promote his own happiness and welfare and that of society in general.
As a writer on current topics he had no superior in Gallipolis, in the opinion of this writer, who had urged him to seek editorial work. Failing health probably made it impossible for him to act on the suggestion.
On Oct. 26, 1908, Mr. Harris and Althea Pannell were married. They have no children. He is survived by, besides his wife, a brother Charles.
The body is at the Tope Funeral Home, but funeral arrangements had not been completed at noon.
Funeral services will be held at the Tope Funeral Home at 2 o’clock Thursday, in charge of Rev. Robert Lake, rector of the Pomeroy and Gallipolis Episcopal churches. Burial in Pine St. cemetery.
Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Wednesday, February 24, 1937
Funeral Postponed
Funeral services for Albertus Harris have been postponed till 2 o’clock Friday. They will be held at the Tope Funeral Home under the auspices of the Colored Masonic Lodge. Burial in Pine Street Cemetery.
Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Thursday, February 25, 1937
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron
Harris, Bess
Bess Banks Harris, 92, died this morning at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Lloyd Fry, Rt. 1 Thurman, following an extended illness.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of McCoy-Moore Funeral Home in Vinton.
Gallipolis Tribune
Apr. 26, 1989
Transcribed by J. Farley
Harris, Blanche Ann
Mrs. Harris Claimed After Long Illness
Mrs. Blanche Ann Harris, 77, a resident of 132 Pine St., died at her home at 6:20 p.m. Wednesday. She had been in declining health for over a year.
Mrs. Harris was born July 13, 1885 in Pomeroy, one of six children born to the late Thomas and Lucy Davis Morton. A brother, John Morton of Wheeling, W. Va., survives.
When she was quite young, the family moved to Pt. Pleasant, where she received her education. She met and married Charles W. Harris of Gallipolis on April 3, 1903. He preceded her in death in October, 1940.
Fourteen children were born to that union and the nine who survive are Mrs. Thompson (Lucille) Casey, Mrs. James (Betty) Spencer, Wendell and Paul Harris, all of Gallipolis, Kenneth Harris of Chillicothe, Mrs. Frank (Loretta) Diggs of Coalton, Mrs. Raymond (Virginia) Ratcliffe of Berryville, Va., Dale Harris of Tulsa, Okla., and Billy Harris, who is serving with the Air Force in England. A step-son Harmon, lives in Columbus. Four children died in infancy and a son Charles, three years ago.
Mrs. Harris was a member of Paint Creek Baptist Church, but in recent years attended John Gee Chapel. Services will be held at Miller’s Home for Funerals, and burial will be in Pine Street cemetery. The date and hour of the service is awaiting word from the son in England.
Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Thursday, September 27, 1962
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron
Harris, Charles Merrill
Charles Harris Drops Dead
Charles Merrill Harris, 47, 132 Pine St., Gallipolis, dropped dead at 6:45 a.m. today while on his way to work at Mt. Vernon. He was in the trucking business and was on a road project when he suffered the fatal heart attack.
He was born July 2, 1911, to the late Charles Harris and his mother, Blanch Morton Harris, a resident of Gallipolis survives. He was one of 14 children. Those who survive are Mrs. Thompson (Lucille) Casey, Wendell and Paul Harris, and Mrs. James (Betty) Spencer, all of Gallipolis, Mrs. Frank (Loretta) Diggs of Coalton, Mrs. Raymond (Virginia) Radcliff of Morefield, W. Va., Kenneth of Chillicothe, Dale of Tulsa, Okla., and Billie, who is serving in the Air Force at Lake Charles, La. Twin brothers and three infants preceded him.
He was married to the former Helen Virginia Rood at Pomeroy in 1928 and she survives along with 14 children.
Mr. Harris attended Lincoln school and Gallia Academy. He was employed in a local furniture factory and later was associated in the coal business and the family plant operations.
Services will be held at 2: p.m. Sunday at Miller’s Home for Funerals. Rev. Porter Richards of Bidwell will officiate and burial will follow in Pine Street cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Saturday evening and until the hour of the service.
Gallipolis Daily Tribune
June 18, 1959
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron
Harris, John Wesley
John Wesley Harris Dies
John Wesley Harris died early Sunday at his home from a short illness of pneumonia. He is survived by his wife, Sarah Harris. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 10 a.m. at his late home, 130 Locust Street. Burial in the Maddy cemetery by A. E. Tope.
Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Monday, January 6, 1930
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron Top of Page
Harris, Sean C.
Sean C. Harris, 17, 487 Kathy St., Gallipolis, died Saturday in Gallipolis. Born March 29, 1971 in Point Pleasant, WV, he was the son of Al L. Harris, who survives in Gallipolis and Pam Harris Dotson, who also survives in Gallipolis.
A senior at Gallia Academy High School, he was a member of the GAHS Key Club. He was a member of Boy Scout Troop 200 and earned the rank of Eagle Scout in 1987. He also was a member of the Nazarene Youth Club.
Also surviving are one brother, Brad Harris of Gallipolis; a maternal grandfather, James Clendenin in Clendenin, WV and a paternal grandmother, Jean Harris of Dunbar, WV.
He was preceded in death by his maternal grandmother, Lornea Rucker Clendenin and his paternal grandfather, French Harris.
Services will be Monday, 1 p.m. at First Church of the Nazarene with the Rev. Michael Bearden officiating. Burial will be in Ohio Valley Memory Gardens.
Friends may call Sunday 6-9 p.m. at Willis funeral Home.
Pallbearers will be Stoney Johnson, Matt Johnson, Troy Johnson, Coby Davis, Shannon Mayes, Troy Miller, John Cremeans and Chris Bailey. Honorary pallbearers will be J.D. Campbell and Tom Byers.
In lieu of flowers, friends may make contributions to the Academic Boosters Club of the Gallipolis City Schools in the name of Sean Harris.
Gallipolis Paper
Jan. 8, 1989
Transcribed by F.K. Brown
Harrison, Alfred Vance
Death Claims A. V. Harrison Early Today
Alfred Vance Harrison, 42, a resident of 135 State St., died at 4: a.m. today. He was one of the most ardent athletic fans of the city, and for several years managed Little League teams.
He was born June 22, 1920 in Harrison twp., son of the late John R. Harrison and his mother, Ethel White Harrison , survives. He attended city schools and graduated from Gallia Academy in 1938.
Other survivors are two half-brothers, Virgil and Victor Halley; A brother, Bobby Harrison, was killed in an auto accident in 1944 and another, Chester, died in infancy.
Private services will be held at 2: p.m. Sunday at the family residence. David Pharr of the Church of Christ will officiate and burial will be in St. Nick Cemetery under the direction of Miller’s Home for Funerals.
Gallipolis Daily Tribune
May 25, 1963
Transcribed by Linda Halley Criner Top of Page
Harrison, Alva M.
A. M. Harrison Dies Suddenly, Painter Was 72
Alva M. Harrison, 72, a painter, died suddenly at his home, 662 Third Ave., at 3 p.m. Wednesday. He had been in failing health for a period of three and a half years. He had retired from his position of painter at the Gallipolis State Institute.
Mr. Harrison was born Jan. 26, 1893 in Harrison twp., son of the late Simeon and Luizza Leach Harrison. His marriage to the former Bessie Myers took place March 23, 1917 in Columbus and she survives.
Children who survive are Mrs. Gordon (Evelyn) Fisher, Upper River Rd., Clifford Harrison, Mrs. Bill (Audrey) Adkins and Mrs. Don (Norma Jean) Hemsworth, all of Gallipolis. There are seven grandchildren and one great grandchild. Four brothers and three sisters are deceased.
Mr. Harrison spent his entire lifetime in Gallia county. He was a member of Macedonia Church and was a bass singer in the noted Harrison quartet.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. (DST) Sunday at the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home. Rev. Everett Delaney will officiate, and burial will be in Mound Hill cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Saturday afternoon, and until the hour of the service.
Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Thursday, June 17, 1965
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron
Harrison, Bobby Lee
Bobby Lee Harrison Dies As Automobiles Collide at Swan Creek
Bobby Lee Harrison, 16, sophomore at Gallia Academy High School, died almost instantly this morning at 1:10 o’clock directly in front of the Swan Creek School on Route 7 when the automobile in which he was riding skidded flatly sideways into another automobile.
Four other persons were injured, one youth, 17 year-old Robert Simms, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Simms, 526 Fourth Avenue, being so critically hurt that death was considered not unlikely. Simms had a fractured skull and a brain injury.
Defense Worker Hurt
The other injured were: Sanford Bills, 37, Crown City, driving alone toward his home from his TNT plant job across the river (a cut on the scalp at the forehead). James Neal Betz, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Betz, 521 Fourth Avenue, driver of the death car in which he and three other Gallia Academy High School youngsters were riding (abrasions, cuts, bruises, concussion). Barbara Woods, 17, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Woods, Chillicothe Road, and granddaughter of Gallipolis Fireman Frank Woods (broken left leg, broken nose, severe lacerations).
State Highway Patrolman, P. D. McCreedy, who investigated the accident, said that the Betz car was moving north on Route 7, struck the berm, skidded out into the highway and slid sideways toward the Bills automobile coming in the opposite direction. McCreedy said the collision all but demolished both automobiles.
Paul Butler, a graduate of Gallia Academy High School a year ago, who resides at the scene of the smash-up - across the road from the Swan Creek School took all the young people to the Holzer Hospital. Bobby Lee Harrison was dead on arrival, McCreedy said.
Harrison Killed Instantly
McCreedy quoted Dr. Paul Foster, coroner, as saying that the youth died of fractured skull, pelvic fracture, and broken neck. Doctor Foster was quoted as saying he was sure Harrison’s death was almost instantaneous by the fact the broken ribs had not penetrated the lung and by other indications.
Bobby Lee Harrison was a drum major in the marching band, had just sung with the a cappella choir Friday night in the Washington auditorium (his name is listed in an adjoining column in the choir’s personnel), he was a member of the boys’ glee club, and he was an employee of Western Union. He had been employed at The Tribune several months ago. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Rome Harrison, 128 Second Avenue.
Betz had taken Joan Gatewood, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Gatewood, home and was on his way back to deliver Barbara Woods home, according to the report. The Gatewoods live a mile and a half below Swan Creek.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock at Grace Methodist Church with Rev. W. S. Westerman officiating. The casket will be open at the church for the hour preceding the last rites so that friends may view the body. Burial will follow in St. Nicholas Cemetery by George J. Wetherholt and Sons.
Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Saturday, April 22, 1944
Transcribed by Linda Halley Criner Top of Page
Harrison, Edna
Edna, the sixteen months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Harrison, died last Friday of lung fever after a six weeks illness. The funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the residence of Mr. Harrison in Maple Shade, interment following at Pine Street cemetery by Wetherholt.
Gallipolis Bulletin
Friday, December 14, 1906
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron
Harrison, Fred
Obituary
Fred Harrison, son of Francis Marion and Caroline Canterbury Harrison, was born April 1, 1884 and departed this life June 16, 1945; age 61 years, 2 months and 16 days of age.
He was united in marriage to Mary Lewis and to this union were born nine children, namely: Mrs. Archie Richards, Mrs. Homer Beaver, Mrs. Hetzel Russell, Mrs. Samuel Curry, Mrs. Howard Landthorne, Lowell and Wayne Harrison. Homer and Verne in the service. Also surviving are 23 grandchildren, two brothers and five sisters, one half-sister and a step-mother, Mrs. Misha Donnelly and a host of friends and relatives. One sister, Martha, was buried one year to the day of his burial.
Early in life he gave his heart to God and since has lived a true and devoted Christian life. He was active in Sunday School and Church and as long as his health permitted was always at his post of duty. He was a kind and loving companion and father and will be missed by many who knew him.
| As the sun is slowly setting And day was dying Our kind and loving Father was gently called to rest. |
[Note: Buried Macedonia in Harrison Township]
Gallipolis Paper
June 16, 1945
Transcribed by F.K. Brown Top of Page
Harrison, Goldie Pearl
Illness Fatal To Mrs. Harrison
Mrs. Goldie Pearl Harrison, wife of Chauncey E. Harrison, Lecta, died at 5 a.m. today at their home after an extended illness.
She was 48 years old, the daughter of Enoch and Sarah Maddy Rice.
Mrs. Harrison was a teacher in the Mercerville School. She was a member of Walnut Ridge EUB Church and the Mercerville Grange.
She was first married to Finley T. Fry, Gage. After his death, she was married to C.E. Harrison in 1941.
Besides her husband she is survived by these daughters: Mrs. Glenna Waugh, Gallipolis; Mrs. Dorothy Unroe and Miss Sarah Fry, Columbus; Mrs. Carol Graham, Bermuda Islands; these stepdaughters, Mrs. Eloise Elliott, Gallipolis; Mrs. Lucille Carter, Cadmus, and Mrs. Avonelle Cremeens, at home.
She also leaves these brothers and sisters: Glenn Rice, Gallipolis; Leonard Rice, Columbus; Mrs. Ida Greene, Patriot; Chester Rice, Patriot; Mrs. Clona Corbin, Gallipolis. Charles Rice and Nelson Rice, brothers, preceded her in death as did three infants.
Three grandchildren and seven step-grandchildren also survive.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the Walnut Ridge EUB Church, with the Rev. Charles W. Lusher, Painsville, assisted by the Rev. Orvil Carico, pastor of the church, officiating. Burial will be in Crown City Cemetery by the F.L. Stevers Funeral Home.
Friends may call after 4 p.m. Tuesday at her late home.
[Note: From death certificate date of birth November 20, 1906; date of death March 30, 1953.]
Gallipolis Daily Tribune
March 30, 1953
Clipping found in the Simmerman files, Fry file, Bossard Library
Transcribed by Lynn Anders
Harrison, John H.
Harrison Rites Here 2 [o'clock] Thursday;
Slayer Held on Murder Charges
Interment
Will Be Made
In Mound Hill Cemetery
Funeral services for John H. Harrison, who was shot and killed at his home south of Lancaster Tuesday morning, will be held at the First Baptist Church here at 2 p.m. Thursday. Burial will be made in Mount Hill Cemetery.
Masons will have a service this evening at the Harrison home. Mr. Harrison was a member of all the Masonic bodies up to that of the 32nd degree.
Harry T. Bush, 67, who fired the fatal sot, has been bound over to the grand jury on a first degree murder charge and remains in the county jail at Lancaster, the Tribune learned from the sheriff's office this afternoon.
Mr. Harrison is survived by his wife, Sybil Bush Harrison; his son John Harrison, Lancaster; a step-son, Seaman (1C) Leslie Hall, with the Navy in Florida; his parents, Mr. & Mrs. I. Delbert Harrison, Gallipolis Route 2, Harrison Township; two brothers, Mervin, at home and Chauncey Harrison, Lecta; three sisters, Mrs. Dorothy Stegers, 309 S. Powell Ave., Columbus; Mrs. Bessie Berridge, Kanauga and Mrs. Sylvia Fowler, Gallipolis.
Former residents of Gallipolis, the Harrisons moved to Lancaster several years ago. They had operated the 45 acre truck farm for about a year.
Harrison, a former Gallia County Sheriff's Deputy, lost an arm several years ago when a gun he was cleaning accidentally discharged.
According to Fairfield Deputies, Jack Gardner and Charles Poling, Harrison took his wife, Sybil, to work at the Hocking-Anchor Glass Factory and returned home about 7:30 a.m. Mrs. Harrison's brother, Harrry Lorene Bush, 21, who had been living at the Harrison home for a short time, said his father and Harrison planned to do some farm work and he himself went to a neighbor's home nearby.
Young Bush said he heard a shot and ran home. He said he found his brother-in-law shot in the back of the head and lying face down on a pile of ashes. His father was standing nearby holding a 12-gauge single-barrel shotgun, he said.
Deputies said the gun apparently had been shot at close range.
Young Bush said his father had been ill about three weeks with a heart ailment. He told deputies that when he left home Harrison was in a smokehouse and Bush was starting out to repair a fence.
Deputies said the gun belonged to Bush and was kept in a shed.
[Note: stone..1899-1946. Death Certificate..born Oct. 1, 1899; died March 5, 1946; 46 years, 5 months and 4 days of age. Parents: Isaac Harrison and Armita Sheets.]
Gallipolis Paper
No date
Transcribed by F.K. Brown Top of Page
Harrison, John Roman
John Harrison Dies At Age 80
John Roman Harrison, 80, died at his home at 500 Fourth Ave. Saturday evening at 8:40, after a two-year period of failing health, the last two weeks of which were critical.
He was one of 11 children born to Frank and Caroline Cantebury Harrison in Harrison Twp., Gallia County, Oct. 18, 1873. His early years were spent in Harrison Twp. Where he attended school, and worked as a farmer and a coal miner.
On May 17, 1919, he was married to Mrs. Ethel White Halley in Gallipolis by Justice of the Peace Kerns. They became the parents of one son, Alfred, who with Mrs. Harrison survives. He is also survived by two stepsons, Victor and Virgil Halley of Gallipolis, and a brother Elmer Harrison of Gallipolis Ferry, W. Va. And the following sisters, Emma, Mrs. Everette Watts and Mrs. Ella Wright of Gallipolis, Minnie, Mrs. Lester Irion of Rio Grande, Clara, Mrs. Chester Lewis of Reese Station, and a half-sister. Mrs. Theodore Haberstitch of the Neighborhood Rd., Gallipolis and five grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Miller’s Home for Funerals with burial in St. Nichols cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 o’clock Monday evening.
The Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Monday, April 19, 1954
Transcribed by Linda Halley Criner
Harrison, Nancy Jane Walker
Mrs. Nancy Jane Walker Harrison, 81, Kanauga, died Sunday in Holzer Hospital. Born March 9, 1886, at Henderson, W. Va., she was the daughter of the late Vint and Ella Robbins Walker. He husband, William Harrison, died in July 1965.
She is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Nellie Thivener and Dorothy Harrison, Kanauga; Mrs. Mary Kovelesky, Detroit, Mich., and Mrs. Mildred Hoffman, Middleport and two sons, Enos Harrison, Cheshire, and Vernon Harrison, Hollywood, Fla.; two sisters, Mrs. Ruth Locke, Stockton, Calif.; two brothers, Hugh Walker, Gallipolis, and Lee Walker, Santa Ana, Calif.; 11 grandchildren, 14 great grandchildren and four great-great grandchildren.
Services were held Wednesday at Miller’s Home for Funerals. Burial was in Pine Street Cemetery.
Gallipolis Sunday Times Sentinel
July 16, 1967
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron Top of Page
Harrison, Omega Ethel
Mrs. Harrison Dies at Age 83
Mrs. Omega Ethel Harrison, 83, whose son died Saturday morning, died at 7: a.m. today at her home 135 State St., just as she was being prepared to be taken to Holzer Hospital; Mrs. Harrison had been in ill health for several months.
She was born in Clay twp., Feb. 7, 1880, daughter of the late John and Hannah Davis White. She was twice married. Her first was to Darius Halley in 1903, and he preceded her in death in 1911. Three sons were born to this union. Those who survive are Victor and Virgil Halley, both of Gallipolis. A son, Chester, died in infancy.
Her second marriage was to Rome Harrison, in 1919, and he died in 1955. Two sons born to that union were Alfred, who died Saturday, and Bobby, who was killed in 1944. There are five grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Services will be held at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at Miller’s Home for Funerals. David Pharr of the Church of Christ will officiate and burial will be in St. Nick Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday.
Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Monday, May 27, 1963
Transcribed by Linda Halley Criner
Harrison, Roma
IN MEMORY
Roma Harrison, daughter of Shannon and Elizabeth Harrison, was born Feb. 22, 1909 and departed this life, May 15, 1931, at the age of 22 years, 2 months and 23 days. Miss Harrison was a lovely girl, having lived a good Christian life. She joined the Elizabeth Chapel Church at Yellowtown six years ago.
She lived in Harrison Township all her life until four years ago, when she left home for Columbus, Ohio to attend high school. Having graduated from Central High School on June 15, 1930. At the time of her death she was employed at the Mazer Cigar Factory.
She leaves to mourn her loss, her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Harrison; seven sisters and two brothers; Mrs. H.C. Dickey, Mrs. William Vance and Mr. Lester Edler of Gallipolis; Mrs. Ernest Holbein and Mrs. Frederick Holbein of Columbus, Ohio; Mrs. Vahan Mainsain, Huntington, WV; Mrs. Charles Cochran and Grover Harrison of New Jersey and Harry Harrison at home; also ten nieces and four nephews: Lawrence Dickey, Myrtie Dickey, Velma Dickey, Leona Dickey, Maxine Dickey, Juanita Edler, Wilma Holbein, Cora Holbein, Ival Holbein, Ruby Holbein, Billy Vance, Otis Caldwell, Woodrow Holbein and Eleanor Harrison and a host of friends, especially two dear friends, William Scheffler and Mabel McBride, both of Columbus.
We miss thee from our home dear sister, We miss thee from thy place. A shadow o'er our life is cast, We miss the sunshine of thy face, We miss the kind and willing hand, Thy fond and earnest care Our home is dark without you We miss you everywhere. |
Gallipolis Paper
May 15, 1931
Transcribed by F.K. Brown Top of Page
Harrison, Hazel
Harrison, Eileen
Mother, Daughter Drowned in Ohio Saturday Evening
Mrs. John Harrison and Daughter Eileen Victims of Accident Due to Unusual Weather---Burial Made in Double Casket---Mother Had Premonition of Early Death and Left a Letter of Instructions
High Water, rain, fog and fate combined to work a terrible tragedy in Gallipolis Saturday, taking a young mother and daughter to sudden death, and leaving a distracted father and young son to carry on alone.
Mrs. Hazel Harrison, 39, beloved wife of Mr. John Harrison, and their only daughter, Eileen, aged nine, were drowned in the Ohio river directly in front of the family residence at 822 First avenue, between Pine and Olive streets. The news of the deaths of these two persons shocked the entire city and county as it became known.
Mr. Harrison operates the Shell gasoline station at Third and Vine streets in this city. As was her custom, Mrs. Harrison and their two children, Eileen and John Halley Harrison, 11, drove the family car down to the station to bring Mr. Harrison home on Saturday nights.
After doing some shopping about town following the closing of the gas station, the happy family drove home with Mr. Harrison at the wheel, the little girl on the front seat beside him and the mother and son occupying the rear seat.
Just in front of their home and where the street is quite narrow, Mr. Harrison swung the car out to the edge to make a turn into his drive way. His vision obscured by the fog and mists arising from the water, he ran too close to the river bank, which crumbled and allowed the car to plunge over.
Mr. Harrison, it is said, had the door on the side by the wheel open the better to see in driving, and as the car started down the bank he jumped out. In a flash, it seemed the car had gone down the bank and settled in the muddy waters.
The son of the family, John Halley Harrison, managed to get the glass in the door on his side of the car open after it was submerged in the water. He escaped through it, and declares he felt his mother's hands assisting him out, the last act of a loving mother intent upon saving her child.
The boy paddled about in the water until he was able to grasp a bush, and supported himself until rescued from his perilous position by a colored man, Joe Jackson, who was driving past at the time. Jackson stopped his car so the lights shone over the bank and scrambled down and pulled the boy from the water.
Neighbors and passersby hurried to the scene, and the fire siren was blown to bring assistance. Elmer Caldwell, who lives on the the same block, and others secured a boat and went to the submerged car. A hole was chopped in the roof and the bodies of the mother and daughter lifted through it.
They were taken into their home where every effort was made to restore the breath of life, but they had been too long in the water and they were past all earthly help.
The Harrison home presented a most pitiful scene and one that wrung the hearts of neighbors and friends who gathered to extend sympathy to the bereft and distracted father and young son and brother in the terrible calamity that had befallen. All mingled their tears together over the still, cold bodies of the mother and daughter so suddenly and tragically taken away.
[Note: From Estate Died 18 March 1933]
Gallipolis paper
March 1933
Transcribed by Theresa E. Smith Top of Page
Harrison, Hazel
Harrison, Eileen
[Note: first few lines were cut off on the copy I received ]
at Mercerville, was the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ross Halley. Her mother died several years ago. After teaching for 12 years, she and Mr. Harrison were married August 27, 1921. Mrs. Harrison taught at Eno and Mercerville, a term each, following her marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Harrison lived on a farm near Lecta before coming to Gallipolis in February, 1927, when he was appointed deputy by Sheriff Oscar Russell.
Mrs. Harrison was greatly beloved by a wide circle of friends. She was active in the work of the Baptist church, devoted to her family, and held in the highest respect and esteem by all who knew her.
Besides her husband, son and father, she leaves seven brothers, Elmer E. Halley of New Martinsburg, W.Va.; Cecil Halley of Crown City; Sol C. Halley of near Bidwell; William D. Halley of Parkersburg; Coleman R. Halley of Mercerville; Heber Halley of Cleveland; Harlan Halley of Mercerville.
Little nine year old Eileen Halley, the daughter, was a sweet, bright child with winning ways. She was constant in her school and Sunday school attendance and had endeared herself to young and old alike.
A double casket has been prepared for the last resting place of mother and daughter, and they will rest united in death as they were in life.
Funeral services for Mrs. Harrison and daughter will be held in the First Baptist church in this city at ten o'clock Thursday morning by Rev. Ira J. Sheets and Rev. George Sagen. Mrs. Harrison's wishes, as expressed in her letter left to relatives, will be carried out as fully as possible. Burial will be made in Mound Hill cemetery.
Gallipolis paper
Date Unknown
Transcribed by Theresa E. Smith
Harrison, Hazel
Harrison, Eileen
Dual Funeral Services For Drowning Victims
Baptist Church Building Filled to Overflowing for Harrison Funerals Thursday
The Baptist church edifice was filled to capacity Thursday morning at the time set for the funeral services of Mrs. John Harrison and her daughter Eileen, victims of drowning in the Ohio river here, when a car in which they were riding went over the bank.
Instructions in a letter written by Mrs. Harrison in the event she should die, and published last week, were carried out.
The services were in charge of Rev. Ira J. Sheets and Rev. Sagen, with singing by Mrs. Fisher.
Burial was made in Mound Hill cemetery, the funeral cortege going by way of Fairfield and Centenary because of prevailing flood conditions.
Gallipolis paper
Date Unknown
Transcribed by Theresa E. Smith Top of Page
Harrison, Sophia
DEATH IN AWFUL FORM -- Mrs. Harrison Run Down and Killed by a K & M Train Thursday --
There was a terrible accident on the railroad just this side of the Gallipolis Tile Works, about one mile above the city, this afternoon. The K & M train due here at 1:14, was running along as usual, and at about the place named, an old lady was seen walking along the side of the track carrying some berries. As the train drew too near to stop or to check up, that lady started directly across the track and was run down and instantly killed, having her neck broken and both legs and one arm severed from her body, ribs broken chest crushed and face cut. The train came on, leaving a man to guard the body, and Baggage Master Edward Harrison of the K & M, and some others went up to look into the occurrence. On arriving at the scene of the accident, Mr. Harrison was horrified to find the victim of the cruel wheels was his own mother, Mrs. Sophia Harrison, aged 65 years. His feelings may be better imagined that described. Word has also been conveyed to Dr. Bean, surgeon of the road, and Constable F. E. Martin, who went up immediately, and when this was written an inquest was being held.
Mrs. Harrison was then immediately carried to her home which is just above Reuben S. Canaday's store in Maple Shade where the inquest is being held.
She leaves sons Marion, Edward, and Emmerson and one daughter Mrs. Dilman Darst, of this city and sons Andrew, Perry of Pomeroy, and Jacob and Charles. At this writing the funeral arrangements had not been made. The family will have the deepest sympathy of all in their shocking bereavement.
MRS. HARRISON -- The funeral services of Mrs. Sophia Harrison, killed by a K & M train as told in the Thursday's Tribune, will be conducted at Morgan Center, at 10 o'clock Saturday morning, Rev. W. J. Fulton, of Rio Grande, officiating, and Undertaker Wetherholt conducting the burial. All of her nine children, mentioned yesterday, will be in attendance and the pall bearers will be her sons. The funeral cortege will leave her late happy home, here, Saturday morning at 6 o'clock, accompanied by many sympathising relatives and friends.
There was nothing of importance gleamed by the examination held Thursday afternoon by Dr. L. C. Bean and Dr. C. G. Parker before Justice Bradbury, acting Coroner, other than has already been published. She had been out blackberry picking with two little girls, and was on her return home when she met her sad fate. The little girls had become tired and ran on home ahead of her. She was coming down the railroad between the main track and a siding, on which were some cars standing. As the train approached she may not have heard as she was a bit hard of hearing and wore a sunbonnet, or deeming it safer for her to cross over to the outside of the track than to be between it and the cars on the siding as the train whizzed by, and misjudging its nearness, attempted to cross over to the outside when she was cut down. She must have been hurled from 60 to 79 feet, and death was instantaneous.
She was a good, kindly, christian old lady, much beloved by all who knew her for the many kindly acts of charity and in time of trouble. She had a happy, pleasant home and lived with two of her sons, and those in business at Middleport and Pomeroy made their home with her when there were here. No such idea as suicide is entertained by any of the family for a moment. She had not been melancholy or dejected and nothing of this sort was elicited at the inquest, or was repented to any one of the family, and they are grieved to think that such a report had been published. Her age was 69 years and she was a happy old lady who had lived an honored and blameless life and she was laid to rest beside her husband Lewis Harrison who died four years ago. They came to this city nine years ago from Morgan township and she has many old friends in that section. She was a daughter of the late Jacob Caldwell and was a consistent and upright member of the Christian church and leaves behind her a memory that will be cherished by not only her children, but all who knew her.
Gallipolis Weekly Tribune
Friday -- 13 July, 1900
Contributed by Sandra Maskew Top of Page
Harrison, Stanley
Stanley Mervin Harrison, 72, Rt. 3, Gallipolis, died at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Holzer Medical Center.
A retired farmer and employee of Gallipolis State Institute, he was born Feb. 6, 1910, in Guyan Township, Gallia County, to the late Isaac Delbert Harrison and Arminta Sheets Harrison.
He is survived by his wife, Mildred Northup Harrison, whom he married Dec. 5, 1929, in Athens.
Harrison is also survived by two sons, Stanley, of Vienna Va., and John Elmer, Little Rock, Ark.: one daughter, Mrs. Jim (Jennie) Trout, Kennewick, Wash.; two sisters , Mrs. Bessie Berridge, Kanauga, and Mrs. Charles (Dorothy) Steger, Gallipolis; 10 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
He was predceded in death by one grandchild, two brothers and one sister.
Harrison was a member of Centenary Church as well as member of Patriot Masonic Lodge, Chapter, Council and Commandary in Gallipolis; Scottish Rite and Aladdin Shrine; and the Gallipolis Chapter Order of the Eastern Star No. 283.
Services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday from Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home, Gallipolis, with Rev. Charles Lusher. Burial will take place in Mound Hill Cemetery. Calling hours will be held Monday from 4 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home. Mason services by Patriot Lodge will take place at 8 p.m. Monday.
Pallbearers are Lonnie J. Harrison, David Stanley Harrison, James Timothy Trout, Paul Frederick Trout, Joseph Brian Morrison and Peter Ray Terry.
Honorary pallbearers are Claude Evans, John Matt Plymale, Hubert Sheets, Merril McCormick, Ray Trout, Paul Walter, Guy Northup, Kenneth Steger, Ronnie Burnette and Bill Northup.
Gallipolis Tribune
January 17, 1983
Transcribed by J. Farley
Harrison, Virginia V.
Virginia V. Harrison, 75, Route 4, Gallipolis, died Sunday at Holzer Medical Center.
She was born on May 31, 1914 in Ohio Township, daughter of the late Jacob and Malzena (Lewis) Trowbridge.
A retired employee of Federal Glass Co., Columbus, she also worked for several years at the Gallipolis Developmental Center.
She was preceded in death by four brothers and one sister.
Surviving are a brother, Samuel W. Trowbridge; a sister, Rosalean Logan and a nephew Michael Trowbridge, all of Gallipolis.
Services will be conducted Tuesday at 1 p.m. at Willis Funeral Home. The Rev. Joseph Godwin will officiate. Burial follows in Calvary Baptist Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home 7-9 p.m. Monday.
[Note: died Oct. 1, 1989]
Gallipolis Paper
Monday, Oct. 2, 1989
Transcribed by F.K. Brown Top of Page
Hart, Virgil
Death of Virgil Hart
Virgil Hart, son of Mr. George Hart, and living with his grandfather, Wm. Raynor, near Adamsville, died Friday night, August 21, 1908, aged 20 years.
He had been in ill health for sometime, and leaves a father and one sister to mourn their loss.
The funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at Mt. Calvary at Rio Grande, and interment followed at the same place.
[Note from tombstone: Born 1888 died 1908.]
Gallipolis Bulletin
Vol. xvi No. 40
August 28, 1908
Transcribed by Margaret Calvin
Hartsook, Balser
Mr. Balser Hartsook, the oldest man in Huntington Township, died Feb. 4, 1902, aged 88 years. He was married to Sarah Moore 65 years ago and she still survives at the age of 80. They reared a family of ten children, eight of whom survive the father. He was a charter member of the Huntington F. W. B. Church organized in 1852, and held his membership with this church until his death. Funeral services were conducted Thursday, February 6, 1902, by Rev. W. J. Fulton.
[Note: buried in Brush Huntington Twp.]
Gallipolis Bulletin
February 14, 1902 Vol. XXXV No. 16
Transcribed by Irene Blamer
Hartsook, Mary E.
Harville, Lewis
Former Resident’s Husband Dies
Lewis Harville, who, on Dec., 20, last, married Miss Annabel Smith of Gallipolis, died suddenly of a heart attack at their home in Dayton Saturday.
Apparently in good health, Mr. Harville had been at his work in a Franklin paper mill the day before he succumbed.
The funeral was held in Dayton yesterday.
Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Tuesday, Feb. 24, 1942
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron
Haskins, Cora Maude
Mrs. T. Haskins Dies Suddenly Tuesday Night
Rites Set Thursday for Garfield Ave Resident, Age 66
Cora Maude Haskins, wife of Thomas A. Haskins, Garfield Ave., died suddenly Tuesday night at 11:45 at the Holzer Hospital following a brief illness. She was 66 years and 27 days old.
Mrs. Haskins was the daughter of the late J. L. and Mariah Evans Stevers.
She is survived by the following brothers and sisters: J. W. Stevers, Mercerville; Ed Stevers, Garfield Ave.; Charles B. Stevers, Gallipolis; L. A. Stevers, Crown City; Frank Stevers, Columbus; Mrs. Ed. Plymale, Gallipolis; and Mrs. Oma Williams, Crown City, and several nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Haskins' death is especially tragic because her husband has been in poor health for several years and had a foot amputated at the Holzer Hospital several months ago.
She was a member of Grace Methodist Church and the Order of Eastern Star.
The body will be brought to her late home on Garfield Ave. from the Stevers mortuary today at 3 p.m.
Friends may call there until Thursday at 11:30 a.m. when the body will be removed to the Waugh Funeral Home were funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m.
The Rev. L. A. Donnally will read the services and burial will be made in Mound Hill Cemetery by F. L. Stevers.
[Note: born 22 Nov, 1884; Died 19 December 1950; hand written on obituary]
Gallipolis Newspaper
No Date
Transcribed by Margaret Calvin Top of Page
Haskins, Hollis
Mr. and Mrs. Emsey Haskins of Crown City, lost their eight year old son, Hollis, by diphtheria Tuesday night. He was a bright little chap and his death has left his parents almost heart broken. They will have the sympathy of everyone.
Gallipolis Bulletin
Friday, December 4, 1908
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron
Haskins, James L.
Local Business Leader J. L. Haskins, 76, Dies
Native Of Guyan Tp. Achieved Success And Won Esteem Of Thousands---Funeral To Be Held At 2:30 Thursday
The useful, successful career of James L. Haskins same to an end at 5:45 last evening at the Holzer Hospital. For several days it had been known that hopes for his recovery were no longer entertained, and most of the afternoon his death had been expected momentarily.
Most of Mr. Haskins' 76 years were spent in Gallipolis. He had become the dean of the city's clothiers; he was not only known in but had warm friends in every nook and cranny of his native county; he was a pillar in his church; he had achieved a great measure of success as a businessman; he had had reverses and accepted them with a smile and overcame them; and in the sorrow that his death occasions thousands will share, and poignancy will be added because of the realization of the irreparable loss his family and close associates must bear.
Burial At Mound Hill
Funeral services will be held at the First Baptist church, to whose upbuilding the decedent had contributed most liberally, at 2:30 Thursday. Rev. George Sagon, between whom and Mr. Haskins there had been a loyal and steadfast friendship and attachment, will officiate. Interment will be made in Mound Hill cemetery.
Mr. Haskins was one of 11 children born to the late Lewis B. and Rosanna Abbott Haskins of Guyan tp. HIs birthdate was January 26, 1864. Hence his age was 76 years, 2 months, 4 days. He was educated in Guyan schools and Adrian College, Adrian, Mich.
Mr. Haskins came to Gallipolis half a century or more ago. In employ of Harry Frank & Sons he became a crack salesman and took the lead in organizing a company to take over that concerns clothing business when the last of the Franks (Jake) decided to retire and locate elsewhere. He was the first vice president of the Commercial & Savings Bank.
He remained in business here till 1923 when he moved to Marietta to engage in the same business. He and family returned to Gallipolis in 1931, re-entered business and subsequently organized the Haskins-Tanner Company which took over the business at the old Harry Frank's stand.
In June 1903, Mr. Haskins and Miss Hattie Morris were united in marriage at the bride's home in Winfield, W. Va. To them were born two children, Virginia Catherine, now Mrs. Buhrl Hood of Marietta, and Col. Morris Haskins, who has been associated with his father in business since he reached [undecipherable text] estate. There are two surviving grandchildren, Roger Hood and Carol Sue Haskins.
Gallipolis Daily Tribune
April 2, 1940
Transcribed by Joanne Galvin Top of Page
Haskins, Martha Ann
Martha Ann Haskins, 68, 1113 Ohio Ave., Gallipolis, died Sunday at her residence.
Born Feb. 24, 1918, in Gallipolis she was the daughter of the late William Howell and Vivian Robinson McCormick.
She is survived by her husband, Frank (Chink) Haskins, whom she married Oct. 2, 1937 in Ashland, Ky.
Also surviving are a son, James R. Haskins of Gallipolis' Two daughters, Mrs. Fred (Betty Ann) Cremeans of Athens, and Mrs. Dennis (Joan) Pilarczyk of Cheshire, Conn.; seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren: and a brother, Billy McCormick of Point Pleasant.
She was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Gallipolis and the Gallipolis Emblem Club.
Services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday in Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home, with the Rev. Les Shear officiating Burial in Pine Street Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 7-9 p.m. Tuesday. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Dr. Samuel L. Bossard Memorial Library, 651 Second Ave., Gallipolis.
Gallipolis Tribune
April 28, 1986
Transcribed by J. Farley
Hatfield, Elias Sr.
GUYTON, GA. - Elias Hatfield Sr., 58, of Guyton, Ga., a former Rt. 1, Gallipolis resident died Friday morning at his home following a long illness.
He was born Jan. 20, 1929 in Mingo County, W. Va., to the late George and Rose Vance Hatfield and was a member of Beech Creek Church of Church of Christ of Devon, W.Va. He was a retired corrections officer and had been employed by the Florida State employed by the Florida State Prison and the Coastal Correctional Institute, Flint Hill Masonic Lodge F&AM 810 of Bessema, Ala.
Survivors include his wife, Francis Jones Hatfield; of Point Pleasant W.Va., Elias Hatfield Jr., of Bidwell, and Art E. Hatfield of Jacksonville, Fla.; two daughters, Mrs. Ronald (Lois) Kemper of Gallipolis and Mrs. Cirby (Glendene) Johnson of Bidwell; Four sisters, Eleanor Waldron of Savanah, Ga., Mary Lou Douglas of Waycross, Ga., Esther Johnson of Elroy, Ariz., and Rhondena Peck of Matewan, W.Va.;three brothers, Havan Hatfield of Flagstaff, Ariz., John Hatfield of Matewan, and Grover Hatfield of Waycross, Ga.; three stepsons, seven grandchildren and three step grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by an infant daughter, one sister and one brother.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Monday at North Salem Baptist Church in Guyton. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Strickland's Funeral Home in Rincon, Ga. is in charge of arrangements.
Gallipolis Tribune
Mar. 9, 1986
Transcribed by J. Farley Top of Page
Hatfield, Elmer E.
Funeral Held Today For Former Gallia Co. Sheriff
Services for Elmer E. Hatfield, 73, former sheriff of Gallia county, were held at 2 p.m. today at the Wetherholt-Elliott-Sanders Funeral home. Rev. Charles Hill officiated and burial was in Mound Hill cemetery.
Pallbearers were Morton Dickey, Clay and Archie Priestly, Johnny Ecker, Harold Safford and Paul Niday.
Mr. Hatfield died at 11:45 a.m. Saturday at his home, 846 First Ave. He had been in failing health for several years and had been hospitalized several times in the past year.
He was born April 6, 1888 in Lawrence county, the son of the late James J. and Fannie Warren Hatfield. He was engaged in business in Ironton for a number of years and came to Gallipolis in June, 1922 to operate a meat shop on Court St.
In November, 1932, he was elected sheriff of Gallia county and served 16 years, or four terms until 1949. He was a member of Ironton lodge of Masons and belonged to all York bodies in Gallipolis, including Gallipolis Chapter, Moriah Council and The Rose Commandery, Knight Templar.
His marriage was to the former Pearl Ecker, county health nurse, who survives. One son, Karl C. Hatfield of San Carlos, Calif., a brother Walter Hatfield of Greenville, O., survive. A brother, Fred, preceded him in death.
Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Monday, March 26, 1962
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron
Hathaway, Belinda
Belinda Hathaway
Belinda Hathaway was born in Hampshire Co., VA , Nov. 17, 1815. Removed with her parents to Somerset, Perry County, Ohio in the fall of 1829.
In the winter of 1835, under the labors of Rev. Jacob Young, she was converted to God and united with the Methodist Episcopal Church,. She was married to Rev. J.D. Hathaway Aug. 30, 1838 and with him entered upon the itinerant life in the fall of 1857. For nearly 24 years of her life was given to the itinerancy, patiently enduring its hardships and thankfully enjoying its pleasures. she was a Christian lady, modest and retiring, yet she was faithful to all duty, and her confidence in Christ as her Saviour and friend grew stronger to the last.
She was taken down with pulmonary consumption and heart disease Oct 1, 1880 and began to fail rapidly. Her affliction was long and severe, but was borne with Christian fortitude and resignation. she requested her husband to preach Christ and to warn sinners as long as he was able to work. Shortly before her death, when asked how it was with her, she replied, "All is well! I feel that I am prepared." In her faith she passed away on the 25th of May, 1881. At her own request her funeral services were held at Clay Chapel, where her remains were lain away by loving and sympathizing friends. May the grace of God, which always causes us to triumph, sustain our dear brother and the bereaved children and bring them all to the better land.
Gallipolis Paper
May 25, 1881
Transcribed by F. K. Brown Top of Page
Hathaway, Elizabeth
MRS. HATHAWAY DEAD
Venerable Third Avenue Lady Passes On After Brief Illness
Mrs. Elizabeth Hathaway passed away at her home in this city after a sickness lasting but ten days. Her maiden name was Elizabeth Chick: she was born in Walnut township, Gallia County, more than ninety years ago, and was married to James Monroe Coffman when seventeen years of age. Nine children were born, six of whom survive her; three sons, Benton, George and Roy; and three daughters, Harriet Hay, Effie Jackson and Kate Cherrington. Roy and Kate reside in this citym, the other children living in the West. After the death of her first husband, she and the Reverend J. D. Hathaway were married. He was called home thirty years ago.
Mrs. Hathaway was a kind and noble christian whom none knew but to love, and to her children she spoke of her abiding faith in God and of the mansion prepared and waiting for her in His kingdom, because Christ her Savior, a carpenter knew just what she wanted and would call her when He had it ready for her, which He did Tuesday evening, June 3, 1919
Funeral 5:30 Thursday evening, June 5. Burial at Mound Hill.
Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Wednesday June 4, 1919 Front page
Submitted by Charles & Fran Longsdorf, Midland, MI
Hawk, Benjamin
Hawk
Died - In Wilkesville township, Vinton county, May 26th, 1875, of inflammation of the bowels, Benjamin Hawk, aged 61 years.
The Journal, Gallipolis, Ohio
June 3, 1875
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron Top of Page
Hawk, John
RIO GRANDE
Mr. John HAWK, of Harris, was buried at Mt.Calvary last Sunday. He died after an illness of only a few days. Mr. Hawk was a soldier in the late war. He lost a limb in one of the many bloody battles in which he took part.
It always gives us pain to see our old veteran heroes depart, yet we know that they go to a far brighter and happier world than this, and to one where battles have been unknown since the expulsion of Satan from that celestial throne.
Gallipolis Journal
Wednesday, March 17, 1886
Transcribed by Teresa Herrmann
Hawk, Mary S.
Death Claims 2 Women, Each 85 Years Old
Two women of the same age--one a resident of Gallipolis, the other of Rodney, passed away Thursday. Miss Mary S. Hawk, aged 85, died suddenly Thursday morning at Rodney, where she lived with her only sister, Miss Carrie Hawk. Death was caused by a stroke. Their home was at the curve of the road just this side of the village, but most of their years were spent in Dutch Hollow a few miles southeast of Rodney. Decedent is survived by one brother, August, who lives at Fostoria, and by a large number of nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be conducted by Rev. J. L. Stephenson of Bidwell at Centenary Sunday afternoon. The funeral party will leave the home at 1 o'clock. Burial will be at Centenary by George J. Wetherholt & Sons.
Gallipolis Daily Tribune
January 24, 1936
Transcribed by Henny Evans Top of Page
Hawk, Raymah J.
Raymah J. Hawk, 62, of Gallipolis, died Tuesday, July 13, 1999 in the Ohio State University Hospital, Columbus.
Born May 24, 1937 in Gallipolis, daughter of the late Dale Fife and Alberta L. Fife, she was a devoted wife and mother.
She was a member of the First Church of the Nazarene in Gallipolis.
Surviving are her husband, Raymond "Buster" Hawk, whom she married September 1, 1957 in Gallipolis; two daughters and sons-in-law, Tammy and Frank Cox of Columbia, South Carolina, and Jennifer and Jeff Boyd of Hilliard, a son and daughter-in-law, Kevin and Tami Hawk of Beavercreek, and six grandchildren, Katie, Jacob and Hannah Cox, Kelsey and Seth Hawk, and J. Caleb Boyd.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a sister, Diana Houck, and a brother, Larry Fife.
A Celebration of Life will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, July 16, 1999 in the First Baptist Church of Gallipolis, with Pastor Alvis Pollard and Pastor Ron Justice officiating. Burial will be in the Ohio Valley Memorial Gardens. Friends may call at the Willis Funeral Home from 7-9 p.m. Thursday, July 15, 1999.
Pallbearers will be nephews, Jamie Houck, Justin Houck, Joshua Houck, Shane Houck, Dwayne Evans and Dwight Evans.
Gallipolis Daily Tribune
July 1999
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall
Hawk, Sarah Jane
DIED
Sarah Jane Hawk was born in Springfield Township, Gallia Co., Ohio, June 8th, 1826, and died near the place of her birth, June 5th, 1882, aged 55 years, 11 months and 27 days.
In October, 1843, she was married to her now bereaved husband, with whom she shared thirty-eight years' voyage over the sea of life. She was blessed with religious training, and at the early age of 10 years was converted and joined the M .E. Church, of which she continued a faithful member to the end of life. Always a regular attendant upon the means of grace, she will be much missed by the congregation at Mt. Zion; as also by her large circle of relatives and personal friends. who have known her favorably for many years. But more than all will Brother Hawk and his two sons be painfully conscious of the vacuum in their home made by the death of this faithful wife and affectionate mother.
Mrs. Hawk had been for years in poor health, but after all her death was sudden, and shocking to her friends. Her last illness was brief, during the most of which she was in a state of unconsciousness,. Every effort was made by her brother, who was her physician---Dr. Mills - for her recovery; but with all the end came and "The weary wheels of life stood still."
Gallipolis Journal
June 22, 1882
Page 2, column 6
Gallipolis, Ohio
Transcribed by Margaret Calvin
Hawkins, C. C.
Mr. C. C. Hawkins, brother of Mr. Wellington Hawkins, died at his home at Hulsey, Texas, Feb. 23, 1905. Mr. Hawkins will be remembered by our elder citizens only, as he left here about fifty years ago, and since then had lived in the west and south. He leaves one daughter, his wife having died several years ago.
March 19, 1905 Vol. XXXVIII Vol. 21 ????
Hawkins, Julia
Mrs. P. C. Hawkins died suddenly last Wednesday morning about 2 o’clock. She was in her usual health the evening before, and retired with her sister, Mrs. John Miller. At the hour stated, she awoke her sister, saying “I have such a dreadful pain in my head”. Her sister arose and stirred the fire, and returning found her unconscious. The household was called at once and a physician (Dr. Howell) called, but by the time he arrived, she had passed away.
Her funeral services were conducted at the house Friday afternoon by Rev. W. H. Lewis; her burial at the old cemetery, by Hayward & Son, in an elegant casket, costing $150. Mrs. H. would have been 67 years old next month.
She was a daughter of the late John Vanden, and sister of Martin Vanden, of Union City, Ind., and late merchant on Court St.; also of John Vanden, at the mouth of Poca. She had been ill for about eighteen months, but her sudden death was entirely unexpected.
The Bulletin
Gallipolis, Ohio
Tuesday, January 15, 1884
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron
Hawkins, Pickney C.
Pickney C. Hawkins
We made brief mention in yesterday's Daily Journal of the death of Mr. P.C. Hawkins. Mr. Hawkins was the son of John and Elizabeth Hawkins, who came to this county from Monroe County, WV in 1831. His brothers, Kiser, Monroe, Wellington, Castleredagh, Olivia, Indiana, Louisiana, America and Virginia. When they first came here they settled on a farm near Vinton in Huntington Township, coming to this city in 1841. The father died in 1849; aged 67 years, and the mother, aged 76, died in 1858. Monroe died in Alabama of yellow fever; Virginia died in Springfield Township, this county; Louisiana died in Vinton; Kiser lives in IL; Castleredagh is in Texas [note: on Ancestry I found a person by this name buying land in MO in 1859]; Olivia in Missouri, Wellington a few miles from town and Indiana and America, this city.
Mr. P.C. Hawkins married Miss Julia, daughter of the late John Vanden, uncle of John C. Vandon, living on Front St.. She died in Jan. 1881, since which time Mr. Hawkins has made his home part of the time with Miss Hattie Lawry, daughter of Alonzo Lowery of Point Pleasant, whom he reared from infancy. Miss Hattie has been educating herself in Columbus in shorthand and other accomplishments since which time he has roomed by himself and then has meals at his sisters, Misses America and Indiana Hawkins on Front St.
He was a farmer by occupation and during his extensive business career, of the late William H. Langley, was one of the trusted managers of his farms and outdoor business becoming a horse, cattle, sheep and hog buyer, real estate dealer and general produce buyer. He was in his prime a shrewed, keen businessman, seldom making mistakes, faithful to his employer for nearly a lifetime and though farseeing and nearly always getting the best end of the bargain, was a man with whom people liked to deal and who had a host of warm strong friends. Of late years he has been most an invalid and business neglect brought on complicated law suites and business entanglements of one sort and another and he seemed to have lost energy and taste for business and was unlike himself of other days. If he was a friend, he was warm and steadfast and there was no sacrifice too great for him to make. But as an enemy he was equally as vigorous.
At one time he was possessed of considerable means. He had complained a little for a long time of heart trouble and moved about cautiously and quietly. On Saturday evening he ate supper as usual with his sisters. On Sunday morning, he evidently went to their home for breakfast, as usual. But they had not yet arisen from bed and he moved about the yard. His sister, America, saw him on arising, sitting in the yard with blood flowing from his mouth. She and Mr. James Johnson went to him at once. He only said" Let me be. I want to go into the house.". He made an effort to do so and they assisted him, one upon either side, into the house, where he dropped into a chair and in a few moments expired without a moan, word or struggle. Dr. Howell was called but he had joined the great majority when he arrived. Religious services were conducted at his sisters yesterday afternoon by Rev. R. Buell Love, of the Presbyterian Church and he was laid to rest in the old cemetery.
[Note: burial Pine Street Cemetery]
Gallipolis Daily Journal
[Sept. 1892]
Transcribed by F.K. Brown Top of Page
Hayward, Catharine
HAYWARD --- On Tuesday morning, March 24, 1868, of pneumonia, Mrs. Catharine Hayward, wife of Mr. Solomon Hayward, aged 71 years. Funeral services at First Presbyterian Church today, Thursday at 10 o'clock, forenoon. Friends of the family are respectfully invited.
lMarch 26, 1868 Vol. XXXIII, No. 19
Hayward, Nellie Gardner
Death Claims Mrs. Hayward at 94 Years
Mrs. Nellie Gardner Hayward, 94, a resident of 421 First Avenue, died at her home at 8 P.M. Friday. She had suffered a second fractured hip several weeks ago, and had been in serious condition in recent days.
Mrs. Hayward was the scion of an old Gallipolis family, and was a member of the Society of Mayflower Descendants. She was active in church and social affairs over a long period, and was a 50 year member and Past Regent of French Colony Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution.
A talented musician she was a graduate of the Cincinnati College of Music, and prior to her marriage was organist at Grace Methodist Church, and was active in music presentations of the Presbyterian Church. She was graduated from Gallia Academy, and for over 50 years she taught a Sunday School Class at the First United Presbyterian Church, of which she was a member.
She was born in Gallipolis March 9, 1869, daughter of Catherine Damron Gardner, the late James W. and Sarah. Her birthplace was the home torn down on the site of the A. and P. store. Her marriage to W. N. Hayward, a former Gallipolis funeral director took place November 27, 1890, and he preceded her in death December 29, 1949.
Children who survive are Miss Catherine Hayward of Gallipolis, Mrs. Arthur (Helen) Jones of Cincinnati and Gardner Hayward of Youngstown. There are five grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. Dr. L. C. Cowden of Gallipolis and Carson Damron of Columbus, cousins, are the only other relatives.
Services will be held at the residence 421 Third Avenue, at 2 P.M. Monday. Rev. Glen Heuholt will officiate and burial will be in Mound Hill Cemetery under the direction of the Wetherholt -Elliott -Sanders Funeral Home. Friends may call at the funeral home between the hours of 3 to 4 and 7 to 9 P.M. Sunday. The family requests that gifts be made to the First Presbyterian Memorial Fund in lieu of flowers.
[Note: Previously typed transcription (author unknown) found in the Simmerman files, Damron file, Bossard Library.]
Gallia Times
Volume 65
Number 32
August 10, 1963
Sent by Lynn Anders Top of Page
Hayward, Will Neal
Will N. Hayward Dies Thursday Night at Home
Retired Mortician, Scion of Pioneer Family Here, to be Interred Sunday
Will N. Hayward, 87, died at 10:15 P. M. Thursday at the home in which he was born, reared, and spent his entire life, 421 Third Avenue.
He succumbed to a heart ailment which had made him ill only a week and a half. Never before in his life had this tall and slender man been sick enough to go to bed until December 19, when his physician was called.
Retired for more than 10 years as a funeral director, Will Neal Hayward was the third generation of his family to operate the Hayward Funeral Home. However, even during his retirement he continued active in the Ohio State Funeral Directors Association, having attended with Frank Wetherholt the District 19 (Gallia, Lawrence, and Scioto Counties) meeting as recently as December 2 in Ironton.
Mr. Hayward received a 50 year pin for his membership in the OSFDA three years ago from Jerry Gordon, association secretary. His grandfather, Solomon Hayward, founded the business in 1853, and his father William Clendenin Hayward continued it.
Will N. Hayward joined the firm in 1883 and continued it for 57 years. For 30 years the Hayward Funeral Home had been located on Second Avenue near the Locust Street intersection - where the Chauncey Johnson grocery now is. Before that it had been located in the Hayward building, corner of Third and State Street, which was constructed by his grandfather.
Solomon Hayward was one of the founders of the First Presbyterian Church in 1815, and his grandson had been a member of it longer than any other living person - as well as one of its most faithful members. Will N. Hayward attended church every Sunday without fail, having a consecutive Sundays record which must have extended back several years until last Sunday. He missed rarely in his entire life time.
For 42 years Mr. Hayward was an usher of the First Presbyterian Church. He had been a member of the board of trustees.
A familiar figure to Gallipolitans of several generations, Mr. Hayward was erect in bearing, and he walked briskly pausing to chat with friends and maintaining an active interest in church and community affairs to the end. Too, he was always upright in principle.
He attributed his longevity to fixed and regular habits. Mr. Hayward was precise in dress and in everything that he did, and his regularity in all things was meticulous. Characteristic of him was his answer when someone asked him the time. “ I will tell you the exact time,” he said.
Born November 8, 1862, to Will C. and Irene L. Neal Hayward, the decedent was graduated in 1880 from the old Gallia Academy. As a student he was a high jumper and took part in foot races. As a young man he played tenor drum in a community band which played for dances and concerts in the old Aleshire building where the C and J Auto Parts Company is now located. And he played on orchestras which accompanied crowds on steamboat excursions in this part of the Ohio River valley.
Wed November 27, 1890, to Helen (Nell) Gardner, Mr. Hayward became the father of Mrs. Arthur F. (Helen I.) Jones, Shaker Heights; William Gardner Hayward, Youngstown; and Miss Catherine Hayward, at home. Besides the widow and children he is survived by five grandchildren, Jo Ann, Hugh, and Betty Hayward, Youngstown; Mrs. John F. (Catherine Ellen) Reed, Seattle; Mrs. Dale (Marian Hayward Jones) Larson, Indianapolis; and two great-grandchildren.
Mr. Hayward was the only surviving charter member of Gallipolis Lodge 107, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
His father was an early member, if not one of the founders of the Ohio State Funeral Directors Association. His grandfather Hayward was a cabinet maker, and then became a funeral director himself.
Mr. Hayward’s paternal grandmother. Catherine Tillaye, was a member of one of the oldest families in Gallipolis. His maternal grandparents were Henry H. and Martha Neal.
Baseball captured Mr. Hayward’s interest. He rarely missed the broadcast of a baseball game on his radio during the last decade.
Funeral services will be held at 2 P. M. Sunday in his late residence, the Rev. Linson H. Stebbins officiating. Burial will be made in Mound Hill Cemetery. Friends may call after 7 P. M. today in the Wetherholt Funeral Home, and the body will be taken to the residence Sunday morning.
[Note: Previously typed transcription (author unknown) found in the Simmerman file, Damron file, Bossard Library.]
Gallipolis Daily Tribune
December 30, 1949
Sent by Lynn Anders Top of Page
Hayward, William Clendenin
Death Comes To Many Homes The Past Week
William Clendenin Hayward departed this life Sunday, April 8, 1912, after an illness of several weeks. He was the son of Solomon Hayward and Catherine Tillnro Hayward and was born in Gallipolis on September 3, 1835. He had an elder brother Charles who was accidently killed and sisters, Mrs Geo. Stevenson, Mrs. W. H. Andrown, Mrs. W. S. Newton, and Mrs. Emily Jeffries. Mr Hayward was the last remaining member of his father's family.
In 1860 he was married to Mrs. Irene Neal, daughter of Henry Neal, the miller. One son, William N. Hayward, was born to this union, who, with his mother, survives to mourn the loss of husband and father. Mr. Hayward went into the undertaking and coffin making business with his father in 1853under the name of Hayward & Son. After the death of his father in 1882, he continued the business, taking his son, William N. Hayward, into the business in 1883. He was a charter member of the order of Odd Fellows and had been for many years a member of the First Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Hayward was one of our most respected citizens and in his death the community loses a man whose place will be hard to fill.
The funeral services were conducted at the family residence on Third Avenue Wednesday afternoon by Rev. Hugh Evans of the Presbyterian Church. Interment following at Mound Hill Cemetery under the auspices of the Odd Fellows, the following acting as pall bearers: George Bratt, F. E. Cherrington, Julius Kaufman, Gus Lear, F. M. Snead and Harry Stockhoff.
Gallipolis Journal
April 11, 1912
Transcribed by Margaret Calvin
Hazlett, Myroe
Myroe Hazlett Drops Dead At Winfield Home
Former Eureka Resident Had Worked At Nitro Plant
Myroe Hazlett, who spent most of his 56 years in and around Eureka dropped dead of a heart attack about 5 o’clock Wednesday morning while at work at the Ohio Apex Co. plant at Nitro. He was a mechanic and he and family lived at Winfield. They had moved there five or six years ago.
It is unlikely that funeral arrangements will be completed before Friday morning as word is awaited from two of his sons who are in the army. But interment will be made at Winfield.
Mr. Hazlett is survived by his wife, Gertrude Landthorn Hazlett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Landthorn of Eureka, and by these children: Francis, who is in a Georgia army camp; Edward, who is in Camp Chaffee, Arkansas; Franklin, Leo and Dorothy, all at home. Also surviving is decedent’s mother, Mrs. Mollie Kamp, Eureka, who though, is in poor health, expected to go to Winfield this forenoon.
Mr. Hazlett was born in this county Dec. 15, 1887. He used to work at old Dam 26 and other dams in this district and had a host of friends who will be surprised and saddened to hear of his passing.
Gallipolis Tribune
1944
Transcribed by Lew Casey