Gallipolis Daily Tribune
August 6, 1908
Transcribed by Henny Evans                                                                         Top of Page

Maddy, Syd Campbell

Mrs. Harry Maddy Dies Suddenly At Her First Ave. Home Early This Morning; Funeral Set Sunday Prominent Local Woman, Former Elections Board Clerk, Claimed After 5 A.M. Attack; Husband Was Pioneer Riverman Here, Died in 1946
     Mrs. Harry Maddy died at 5:30 a.m. today after suffering a heart attack at her home, 228 First Ave., a half hour earlier. One of the city's most prominent and best loved women, Mrs. Maddy had been suffering from a heart ailment for the past several months and had been forced to resign as clerk of the county board of elections after being a patient at the Holzer Hospital here in August.
     Born Syd Campbell, Mrs. Maddy was widowed in 1946 when her husband died in April of that year. The family had been stricken by tragedy just a year earlier when the only son, Edwin, died.
     At 5 a.m. today Mrs. Maddy became critically ill. Her surviving daughter, Miss Ruth, and a roomer at the home, Miss Dorothy Melton, called Dr. N. Howard Foster, who was with her when she died.
     Mrs. Maddy, 61 years of age, was a daughter of the late Edwin S. and Eleanor Womeldorff Campbell, born in Gallia County May 17, 1889. She married Harry Maddy, one of the city's pioneer rivermen, Oct. 11, 1914.
     Mrs. Maddy was a deacon of the First Presbyterian Church, a member of the Sons and Daughters of the Pioneer Rivermen, and had served as an assistant clerk of the elections board prior to becoming its clerk.
     In addition to the daughter, who is associated with the Ohio Valley Bank here, decedent leaves two sisters, Mrs. Robert Hoffman of Batavia and Mrs. Chauncey Nida of Columbus; and two brothers, Bill and Bob Campbell, both of Gallipolis.
     Funeral services will be held Sunday at 3 p.m. from the Wetherholt Funeral Home with the Rev. L. H. Stebbins officiating. Interment will follow in Mound Hill Cemetery under the direction of Frank Wetherholt.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. Saturday.

[Note: Ann Simmerman has the date "12-8-1950" written on the obituary.]

Newspaper (prob. December 1950, Gallipolis) clipping found in the Simmerman files, Maddy file, Bossard Library.
Transcribed by Lynn Anders

Maguire, Enos

     Enos Maguire, son of John Maguire of Mt. Zion, died at his father's home Tuesday night, March 19, 1918, following a number of weeks illness with an abcess on the brain. He was at the Holzer Hospital for treatment recently but his case had developed too far for operation.

Gallipolis paper
March 1918
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall                                                                     Top of Page

Maige, Otto Lewis

Death of Maige Boy
     Otto Lewis Maige, the three year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Maige of Beale, W.Va., died Monday evening, Nov. 7, 1921, after a several weeks illness of diphtheria. The funeral services were held at the home at Beale and the burial made by Wetherholt & Entsminger at Jordon Chapel Cemetery.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Wednesday, Nov. 9, 1921
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Major, Caroline (Cad) Booton

Caroline Major
     Mrs. Caroline (Cad) Booton Major, 79, died suddenly at 6 p.m. Friday at her home in Charleston, W. Va. Mrs. Major is the last of the family of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Booton and was born in Gallipolis. Her father was a former Gallia County Recorder, and a co-founder of the Gallia Times.
     She was preceded in death by several brothers and sisters including Orland Booton, former Williamson, W. Va., publisher, Ch--- Booton, and Mrs. Adolph Henke. Mrs. Major's husband, Floyd, a Charleston news agency executive, died many years ago. A son, Floyd, and a daughter, Caroline, survive.
Mrs. Stella Booton of Gallipolis, is a sister-in-law, and J. Sherman Porter is a nephew.

Sunday Times Sentinel/ Gallipolis Daily Tribune
April 24, 1966 page 2 column 1 Section A
Gallipolis, Ohio
Transcribed by Margaret Calvin

Malaby, William

Death of William Malaby
Mr. William Malaby of Addison Township, died Sunday, May 5, 1907, of heart trouble
     His funeral services were put off until Wednesday to give his brother, Hon. John Malaby of Kansas time to get here and attend the services. They will be conducted by Dr. J. M. Davis, President of Rio Grande College at 11 a.m. of that day.
     Mr. Malaby was a fine old gentleman whom everyone liked and respected.He had been a member of the Free Will Baptist Church and a valued member for many years and will be missed greatly in the neighborhood in which he lived.

[Note: buried in Campaign Cemetery in Addison Township]

Gallipolis Paper
May 7, 1907
Transcribed by F.K. Brown                                                                               Top of Page

Mallaby, John

DIED
     In Cheshire township, on Wednesday morning last, Mr. JOHN MALLABY, aged 50 years.

Gallipolis Journal
October 26, 1843
Transcribed by Teresa Herrman

Mannion, Mary

The Death of Mary Mannion
     Mary Elizabeth Mannion, daughter of John William Mannion, who died four years ago, and Isabel Shober Mannion, died at 3:45 Monday afternoon, Feb. 19, 1912, after an illness of over two years. Mary was born April 14, 1890, at Newark, Ohio, and leaves in her immediate family her mother and two sisters, Lillian and Genevieve.
     Her funeral will occur Thursday morning about nine o’clock at St. Louis Catholic Church. The interment will be at Mound Hill where her father sleeps, by Hayward.
     When disease attacked her unmistakably, she was taken by her mother to Mt. Vernon Hospital for three months in the spring of 1910, and in November of the same year to New Mexico, where she remained until May, 1911. Since then she has been at home in Gallipolis gradually nearing the end.
     Mary Mannion was a girl of unusual physical beauty, but the charm of her good looks was supplemented by the graces of an immaculate mind and heart, which endeared her to all she met, and her early death is a grief not only to her relatives, but to a wide circle of true friends. An appreciation of her character appears in the editorial column of this paper.
     The pallbearers at her funeral service will be Paul Jones of Marietta, Darius Maxon of Columbus, Charley Cadot, Clyde Ingels, Henry Cherrington and Fred Cherrington of this city.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Tuesday, February 20, 1912

The Funeral of Mary Mannion
     Services over the remains of Mary Mannion were held at St. Louis Catholic Church this (Thursday) morning, by the Rev. Father Kessler. The floral memorials to the dead girl were many and exquisite, and the music very beautiful. A church full of friends heard the impressive mass, after which Father Kessler delivered a most happily conceived sermon, which closed with an eloquent and touching tribute to the life and character of the deceased.
     The interment at Mound Hill followed in the presence of the immediate family and a few intimate friends.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Thursday, February 22, 1912
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Marchi, Betty Lou 

     Betty Lou Marchi, 57, of 182 Greenbriar Dr. died Thursday at Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital in Pakersburg. Born May 1, 1930 in Gallia County, she was a daughter of Elaine Pitchford Baker of Gallipolis and the late Charles Vance Baker.
     She married Robert L. (Bob) Marchi on March 4, 1957 in Gallipolis, and he survives, along with one son Bobby Marchi of Parkersburg; one sister, Mrs. Raymopnd (Mary Margaret) Willis of Gallipolis; and one brother Carl Lewis Baker of Sgt. Bluff, Iowa.
     She was past president of Washington Elementary School PTA, a 1948 graduate of Gallia Academy High School, where she played in the band and was drum-majorette. She was secretary to Marshall Boggs at Washington School for four years; worked in travel control of Bell Telephone at Columbus for six years; an officer and partner in Marchi Distributing Company of Gallipolis.
     Sevices will be conducted Monday, 10 a.m. St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Rev. Albert MacKenzie and Rev. William Myers officiating. Burial follows in Mound Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home 6 to 9 p.m. on Sunday.

 Marchi, Ines

     Ines Marchi, 85, Rt. 3; Gallipolis, died Sunday at Holzer Medical Center. Born Feb. 26, 1904 in Bagni di Lucca, Italy, she was a daughter of the late Roberto Buonamici and Imola (Barsitti) Buonamici.
     She was also preceded in death by her husband, Louis G. Marchi, in 1980, and a daughter, Lillian Marchi. Surviving are two sons, Bob Marchi and Gee Marchi, both of Gallipolis; five grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; two brothers, Aladino Buonamici and Bruno Buonamici, both of Lucca, Italy, and one sister Celida Cianelli of Stockholm, Sweden.
     She and her husband owned and operated a restaurant in Gallipolis for many years. She was a member of St. Louis Catholic Church, the American Legion Auxiliary 27, Eight and Forty, and the Catholic Womens' Club.
     Services will be conducted Wednesday 10 a.m., at the St. Louis Catholic Church with the Rev. William R. Myers and the Rev. Albert MacKenzie officiating. Burial will follow in Mound Hill Cemetery.
Friends may call Tuesday, 6 to 9 p.m. at the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home. Rosary service will be Tuesday, 8:30 p.m. Pallbearers will be Bobby, Mike and Scott Marchi, Remo Rocchi, Don Robinson and Lawrence (Panzo) Bastiani.

[Note: Died 1989]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
1989
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall

Marchi, Louis

     Louis (Gee) Marchi, 60, Route 3, Gallipolis, died Wednesday at Holzer Medical Center following a lengthy illness. He operated a restaurant and carry-out business for 23 years and was a buyer at Gallipolis Parts Warehouse.
     Born Dec 14, 1929 in Marietta, Ohio, he was a son of the late Louis (Gee) Marchi, Sr., and Ines Buonamici Marchi. A sister, Lillian, also preceded him in death. Surviving are his wife; Wanda Glover Marchi; two sons, Michael Marchi and Scott Marchi, both of Gallipolis; two daughters, Marissa Marchi of Columbus and Maryann Clark of Zanesville; four grandchildren; and one brother, Bob Marchi of Gallipolis.
     He was a football player at Gallia Academy High School, and graduated there in 1949. He attended Ohio University and served in the United States Navy during the Korean Conflict. He was a member of St. Louis Catholic Church, the Gallipolis Elks Lodge, American Legion Lafayette Post 27, and the Knights of Columbus.
     Mass of Christian Burial will be conducted 10 a.m. Friday at St. Louis Catholic Church, the Rev. William Myers officiating. Burial follows in Mound Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home today, 6 to 9 p.m. Rosary devotions will be at 8:30 p.m. Military flag presentation will be by Post 4464 Veterans of Foreign Wars.
     Pallbearers will be Sam Clark, David Durbin, John Cornett, Bobby Marchi, Remo Rocchi, James Miller, Alfred Gabrielli, Richard Cornett, Billy Joe Johnson.
     Contributions may be made to the ALS Association, 1900 East Dublin Granville Road, Columbus, Ohio, 43229.

[Died January 24, 1990]

Gallipolis paper
Thursday, January 25, 1990
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall

Marchington, Homer J.

     Homer J. Marchington, 83, a retired farmer who resided at 1152 Second Ave., died in Holzer hospital at 7:45 p.m. Wednesday. He had been admitted to the hospital at 5 p.m. the same day, and had been ill for a week.
     Mr. Marchington had been a resident of Gallipolis for 15 years, coming here from Dexter. He was a native of Harrisonville in Meigs county, and was born on Feb. 22, 1877, to the late James and Mahala McCarty Marchington. He was one of four children born to that union and was the last of his immediate family.
     Three children were born to that union and two survive, Mrs. Loyal (Leva) Folden of Gallipolis and a son Emerson Marchington of Columbus. One child died in infancy. There are four grandchildren.
Mr. Marchington was a former member of the Knights of Pythias at Guysville, the Odd Fellows of Dexter and the Church of Christ.
     Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Miller’s Home for funerals. Rev. C. J. Lemley will officiate and burial will follow in Gravel Hill cemetery at Cheshire. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7:30 p.m. today.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Thursday, July 21, 1960
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron

Marcum, Noah

     GALLIPOLIS - Noah "Buster" Marcum, 58, Rt. 1, Northup, formerly of Loraine, Ohio, died Friday in Holzer Medical Center. Born Feb. 13, 1926, in Mingo County, W. Va., son of the late John W. and Lula McCloud Marcum, he was a World War II Navy veteran and former employee of U. S. Steel.
     Surviving are his wife, Dolly Marcum; two sons, Bill of Talmadge and Terry of Loraine; four daughters, Judy Adcock of Elyria, Linda Dennis of Loraine, Mary Benson of Cleveland, and Patricia Riggs of Vermillion; 12 grandchildren and a brother, Grover of Gallipolis.
     Funeral arrangements by Reidy-Scanlan Funeral Home, Loraine are pending.

Gallipolis Tribune
September 9, 1984
Transcribed by J. Farley

Markin, Charles C.
     Chas. C. Markin, son of J.T. and Isabella (Boggs) Markin was born July 21, 1875 died at Newark, O., Jan 9, 1929, of flu and pneumonia. Deceased had been a resident of Newark, Ohio, since 1898 where he has worked as a molder.
     He was preceded in death by his father and mother and one sister, Mrs. W.H. Burton of Frederick, Okla. He leaves to mourn his loss Mrs. Henrietta Markin, his wife, two brothers, W.M. of Eureka, O. and J.R. of Cleveland, Ohio.
     He was a member of the Masonic Fraternity. The veteran of foreign wars, and J.O.U.A.M. of Gallipolis, O. The large attendance at his funeral and the many beautiful floral offerings attested to the high esteem in which he was held by his friends and neighbors. He was laid to rest in beautiful Cedar Hill cemetery in Newark, O. Jan 12, 1929. Besides the near relatives he leaves a large number of friends and relatives in Gallia County.
     He was a member of 2nd Reg. B. Co.U.S. Vol. Engineers during the Spanish American War, spending several months in Cuba. Immediately after his discharge from the army took up his residence in Newark, O., where he has worked since as a stove molder. A faithful friend, a loving husband and brother. We will miss him in the family circle and the home.

Gallipolis paper
January 1929
Transcribed by Theresa E. Smith                                                                      Top of Page            

Markin, Wheeler

Wheeler Markin Dead
     Mr. Wheeler Markin, well known resident of Eureka, died there Wednesday, Jan. 21, 1931. The funeral was held at Clay Chapel Friday afternoon by Rev. Miller, with the Masonic lodge of Eureka in charge. He leaves his wife, a brother J.Q. Markin of Cleveland and a sister, Mrs. Lasalle of Boise City, Idaho.

[Note: Death Certificates shows: W.M. Markin born 1872; died Jan. 21, 1931 at age 58....Merchant....Wife: Pearl Brown Markin....Parents: Taylor Markin and Isabelle Boggs...Burial Clay Chapel Cemetery.]

Gallipolis Paper
Jan. 21, 1931
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Marlow, James

IN MEMORIUM
James Marlow
     James Marlow, son of Hugh and Leanora Tate, was born Aug. 25, 1904; died Sept. 2, 1905, aged 1 year and eight days. Worthy, Harry and twin brother Harlow are bereft of a sweet brother.
     In his short life he smiled his way into the affections of all that knew him. Our Heavenly Father has seen fit in his wisdom to take from us this darling boy and place him as a beacon light, that we may not miss the way to everlasting bliss.

[Note: buried Gravel Hill in Cheshire Township]

Gallipolis Paper
September, 1905
Transcribed by F.K. Brown                                                                            Top of Page

Marshall, Lawrence

     Lawrence M. Marshall, 59, a former Gallipolis resident, died Wednesday, March 2, 1994, in Columbus. He was born Oct. 18, 1934, in Gallipolis, son of the late Mathew L. Marshall and Edna A. Marshall, who survives. Other survivors include a daughter, Aquanetta L. and a granddaughter, Ashley Nicole; aunt Eleanor Bates and several cousins.
     Friends may call at the Crosby Funeral Home, 2323 East Fifth Avenue, Columbus on Monday, after 1 p.m. The family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. Services will be 1 p.m Tuesday at Paint Creek Baptist Church, Gallipolis with Rev. Gerald Turner officiating. Burial will be in Pine Street Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Charles Williams, William Jamison, Gene Armstrong, Pete Anderson, William Armstrong and Tony Williams.

Gallipolis Paper
March 7, 1994
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Martin, Alonzo

Sudden Death
     Alonzo Martin, whose home was in Columbus, but who had been spending a few days on his wife's farm (the old Jacob Blazer place) near Yellowtown, was taken ill Tuesday morning with ptomaine poisoning and died that night. His wife and children were expected to arrive here last evening from Columbus. G. J. Wetherholt will have charge of the funeral.

[Note: Buried in Mina Chapel in Green Twp. From death certificate date of birth November 2, 1873 and date of death April 29, 1919.]

Gallipolis Bulletin
May 1, 1919
Transcribed by Lynn Anders                                                                          Top of Page

Martin, Audrey A.

Vinton~ Audrey Anna Martin, 84, Vinton, died Saturday, March 23, 1996 in Holzer Medical Center. Born Feb. 13, 1912 in Waterloo, daughter of the late Newton and Myrtle Marcum Reed, she attended the Church of Christ in Christian Union, Ewington.
Surviving are her husband, Morris Martin, whom she married Jan. 12, 1939 in Jackson; a son, John Martin of Vinton; two daughters, Wilma Pearl (Bob) Sullivan of Glouster, and Opal (Denver) Mays of Bidwell; and nine grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. She was also preceded in death by three grandchildren, a brother and a sister.
Services will be 1 p.m. Tuesday in the McCoy-Moore Funeral Home, Vinton, with the Rev. Alfred Holley officiating. Burial will be in the Vinton Memorial Park. Friends may call at the funeral home from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Monday.

Gallipolis Sunday Times Sentinel
March 24, 1996
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Martin, Benjamin

     Mr. Benjamin Martin, whose long illness has been known to his many friends, died at Middleport, April 14th, 1889, at his brother Albert’s residence, of heart disease, and his remains bought to Gallipolis for interment. The funeral took place from his parents residence, Tuesday afternoon, and the remains were interred in the Mound Hill Cemetery, Rev. Coulter officiating.
     Benjamin Martin was married to Mrs. Jerusha Ward, Nov. 7, 1873. He leave a wife and two daughters to mourn their loss.

     A precious one from us has gone,
     A voice we loved is still,
     A place is vacant in our home,
     Which never can be filled.

     God in his wisdom has recalled
     The boon His love had given,
     And though the body moulders here,
     The soul is safe in heaven.

Gallipolis Journal
May 15, 1889
Transcribed by Henny Evans

Martin, Cora Holcomb

Illness Fatal To Mrs. Martin
     A three months illness from heart trouble and dropsy was fatal at 7 a.m. today for Mrs. Cora Holcomb Martin, 59, at the home of her sister, Mrs. Ada Bostic, 62 Olive St. Widow of James Martin, who died seven years ago, decedent is survived by three stepchildren: Leonard Martin, Mrs. Josephine Ross and Mrs. Belva Angell, all of Bladen; a brother and three sisters: Elmer Holcomb, Bladen; Mrs. Bostic, Gallipolis; Mrs. Maggie Frazier, Lancaster; Mrs. Eva Baldwin, Mill Creek St., Gallipolis. Mrs. Martin, who had lived in Gallipolis for 15 years, would have been 60 years of age April 27. She was a member of the Order of Eastern Star.
     The body will be at the home of Brady Angell, Bladen, after 4 p.m. Wednesday, and friends may call there. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Ohio Twp's Bethel Church, with burial by O.E. Elliott in Bethel Cemetery.

[Note: From Stone died 1 April 1947]

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

Martin, Edith

Death of a Bright Little Girl
     Mr. A.E. Martin, stone quarry man, living on Sycamore Street between Third and Fourth, lost his little daughter, Edith, ten years old last August, by membraneous croup, at 9 o'clock this morning. She had been ill for a week, taking a relapse after previous illness. She was a winsome, bright little girl and anxious to go to school and went before she was entirely well. Her death is greatly deplored.
     She left besides her parents, a younger sister. The funeral services will be conducted Wednesday afternoon at her late home by Rev. A.J Hawk, interment by Weatherholt following at the old cemetery.

[Note: Death Certificate - Edith Martin born Oct. 10, 1887 in Gallipolis; died December 6, 1897 in Gallipolis; age 10. Daughter of Ezra Martin and Sarah Pick]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
December 6, 1897
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Martin, John L

John L. Martin's Funeral Is Set For 2 Wednesday
Principal Musgrave Says Youth Was Good Student
     Funeral services for John Luther Martin, 17, who died here of a self-inflicited gunshot wound, will be held at 2 o'clock Wednesday at the Cheshire Baptist Church, Rev Ralph Zundell will officiate. Burial will be made at Gravel Hill Cemetery by Rawlings-Coats.
     Some of the missiles of the charge of shot that entered the boy's body just below the left nipple came through on the opposite side, it is said. None of them had entered the heart. While there has been no clarification of the sucidal motive, the report that young Martin had worried about his school work seems to have been without substantial basis.
     Acting Principal, E. M. Musgrave of the Cheshire schools telephoned The Tribune this morning that Martin was rather an outstanding student; that he had caught up with his fellow Juniors in his class work, despite a six-weeks absence from school while employed in the Pt. Pleasant defense area, and that there was no need for worry on that score.
     John Luther Martin was a popular young man and his death has shocked and saddened the whole community. He was a son of John and Isabelle Brechtel Martin and was a grandson of Luther Martin, who lives below Cheshire, and of Gus Brechtel, who lives on Storys Run.

[Note: Tombstone read 1925-1942]

Gallipolis Tribune
1942
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall

Martin, John W.

John W. Martin Dies On Tuesday
     John W. Martin, 80, died at 8 p.m., Tuesday, at the home of his son, Edward, near the Bethesda church. He was a native of Gallia county and had lived his entire lifetime here with the exception of one year spent in Chicago, where he worked as a carpenter. He was one of the progressive farmers of his native heath.
     He was born on Lincoln Ridge on July 25, 1875. He was married to the former Ethel Powns who preceded him in death in March, 1953. They were the parents of seven children who survive, Mrs. Millard (Elva) Grube of Patriot, Mrs. Raymond (Fern) Buckley of Lisbon, Mrs. Lawrence (Loris) Barlow of Northup, Mrs. Herbert (Mildred) Monroe of Paulding, Miss Faye at home, Morris of Ewington and Edward of Bethesda. There are 19 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren among the survivors.
     Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Bethesda Methodist church, Rev. P.A. Casto will officiate and burial will follow in Neal cemetery under the direction of Elliott-Sanders Funeral home.
Friends may call at the late home Thursday evening and until the funeral hour.

[Note: Date of "4-24-1956" is written on the obituary.]

Newspaper (prob. April 1956, Gallipolis) clipping found in the Simmerman files, Martin file, Bossard Library.
Transcribed by Lynn Anders

Martin, Reuben H.

Reuben Martin
     Mr. Reuben H. Martin died at his home on Mill Creek Tuesday afternoon after a long illness of heart trouble and grippe. He would have been 44 years old next month. He was a son of the late Thomas and Mary Martin, and besides a wife leaves two brothers, T. C. and Ezra Martin, of this city, and sisters, Mrs. Margaret Hazelett of Cincinnati, and Mrs. Wealthy Fell of East St. Louis, Ill.
     The funeral services will be conducted this afternoon, interment following at the Pine Street cemetery by undertaker Wetherholt. Mr. Martin was a good citizen and had many friends who will regret his death.

Gallipolis Bulletin
Feb. 19, 1904
Vol. XXXVII No. 17
Transcribed by Charles Wright                                                                     Top of Page

Martin, Sarah J.

Martin
      Mrs. Sarah J. Martin, wife of A. C. Martin, died Monday morning after a long illness with lung trouble.
She leaves a husband and one daughter, Hazel, and two brothers, George and Jack Peck. The funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon by Rev. Lewis, the interment following at Mound Hill by Wetherholt. She was a good woman and had many friends who will regret her untimely demise.

Gallipolis Bulletin
Jan. 6, 1905
Vol. XXXVIII , NO. 11
Transcribed by Charles Wright

Martin, Vance

Vance Martin Drowns in McCormick's Pond 3:45 [P.M.] Sunday Afternoon
Rescue Efforts of Two Comrades Fail--Boy Was Son of Clarence Martin
-- Funeral To Be Held At 2 [o'clock] Wednesday At Mercerville
     A 16 year old boy drowned Sunday afternoon in a pond in the Fairfield farm of Edwin R. "Pete" McCormick. Ten or 20 boys were swimming at the pond at the time, but it was emphasized that it was not a Boy Scout outing.
     At 3:45 P.M. Wilbur Vance Martin, 16 year old son of Clarence and Ruby Workman Martin, Gallipolis Route 1, sank while he was swimming in the pond. Two of his comrades, Richard Roach, 16, Gallipolis Route 2 and Kenneth Houck, 16, of 93 Garfield Avenue, attempted to rescue him.

Find Body in 2 Hours
     They failed and Gallipolis Post, State Highway Patrol and the Gallipolis Fire Department dragged the pond with grappling hooks They found the body at 5:45 P.M.
     The Clarence (Petty) Martin family bought and moved into the Tinker Brown property at the upper edge of the airport two or three months ago, coming from the southwest corner of Harrison Township. He is employed at the Gallia County Produce Co. plant and the boy, who had finished his second year at Mercerville High School, had been working at the Morris store.
     Mr. & Mrs. Martin left this afternoon for Ironton to accompany the body back from the Phillips Mortuary to their home where it will remain until a short time before the funeral hour.
     Born January 21, 1930, Vance Martin is survived by two brothers, Carl (in the Navy near Guam) and Harold at home; three sisters, Eleanor Ruth, Margaret and Patricia Ann, all at home and his parents.
     Funeral services will be held at 2 P.M. Wednesday at the Mercerville Church with Rev. Earl Cremeens officiating. Burial will be made in Mercerville's Ridgelawn Cemetery.

[Note: Death Certificate: born Jan.21, 1930; died June 23, 1946; 15 years, 5 months and 2 days of age.]

Gallipolis Paper
No date
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Martindill, (Unidentified young male)

DEATH OF A LITTLE BOY
     The youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Martindill, who formerly lived on First Ave. above State St. but who have been living on the Poplar Grove farm for some time died Sunday morning. He was about 6 years old and death was caused by typhoid fever. The funeral was at Jordan Chapel, conducted by Rev. R. R. Denney and the burial was in charge of Undertaker Wetherholt.

Gallipolis newspaper
Date unknown
Transcribed by Joanne Galvin                                                                        Top of Page

Martindill, Mrs. E. W.

DEATH OF MRS. MARTINDILL
      Mrs. E. W. Martindill, of Chambersburg, who died Wednesday morning and which was briefly mentioned before was laid away to rest this morning in Bethel Cemetery. Her illness had been a long and painful one but she is said to have borne it with that peaceful resignation belonging only to the good and when the last sad end came she was ready.
      She was an excellent lady, a leading member of and worker in the M.E. Church, which she loved. She was the mother of several children and a good and affectionate mother and her death will be bereavement to them and her husband that will always be felt with the keenest sorrow. They have our deepest sympathy.

Gallipolis Paper
No date
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Martindill, Jane

     Mrs. Jane Martindill of Clay township, died last Wednesday evening, the result of a paralytic stroke. She was 70 years old and resided with her daughter, Mrs. Shed Cofer.
     Mrs. Martindill was carrying a lighted lamp at the time she was stricken, and when the lamp dropped it set fire to the house. Members of the family rescued her from the flames and carried her to the home of a neighbor, James Smith, where death relieved her suffering.
     Neighbors quickly gathered and heroic efforts were made to extinguish the fire and save as much of the household effects as possible, but their efforts were of little effect.
     Mrs. Martindill was the widow of the late Wilbur Martindill and is survived by the following children: Mrs. Roma Cofer, with whom she made her home; Mabel Dawson, Harry and Lowell Martindill, all of Wheeling; Vesta Sells, Martins Ferry, O.; Sadie Knox, Pitcairn, Pa.; and Helen Gregg, of New York.
     Funeral services were held at Clay Chapel last Saturday at 2 o'clock, Rev. Tracy Martindale officiating. Interment at the cemetery there.

[Note: dates from stone, 1868-1939]

Gallipolis newspaper
1939
Transcribed by Joanne Galvin

Martindill, Mrs. Jane

Woman, Stricken, Drops Lamp, Fires House, Then Dies
     Out of Clay township comes as strange and startling a story of tragedy as has been heard here in many a day. Mrs. Jane Martindill, 70, who made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Sherd Cofer, near the townhouse, suffered a stroke about 6 o'clock last evening, after going to her upstairs room carrying a lighted lamp. She either dropped the lamp or knocked it over and set the house afire. Members of the household rescued her from the flames and carried her to the nearby home of James Smith. Others rushed to the scene to fight the flames or try to save some of the family's belongings, but there was little they could do. About the time the fire "had burned itself out," of around 11:30, Mrs. Martindill died.
     Mrs. Martindill was the widow of Wilbur Martindill, who died 14 years ago. They are survived by besides Mrs. Roma Cofer, these children: Mabel Dawson, Harry and Lowell Martindill, all of Wheeling; Vesta Sells, Martins Ferry, O.; Sadie Knox, Pitcairn, Pa.; Helen Gregg, New York.
     The body was removed to the home of a granddaughter, Mrs. Clay Haffelt on the ridge below Thivener. Funeral services will be held at Clay Chapel at 2 o'clock Saturday in charge of Rev. Tracy Martindale. Burial there by C. R. Halley.

[Note: From Tombstone 1868 - 12 Dec, 1939]

Gallipolis Newspaper
No Date
Transcribed by Margaret Calvin                                                                      Top of Page

Martindill, Morrisella M.

OBITUARY
Morrisella M. Martindill
     It is painful to record the untimely death of our dear departed friend, Mrs. Morrisella M. Martindill, who departed this life September 21, 1884, yet in the morning of her lovely womanhood. It would seem that there are two deaths, apart from our regrets and sorrows, that impress us with a painful sense of discord.
     Death intervenes before their work is done; the story is broken off; the drama has no close; the music jars into discord and ends; we stand about the grace and from the earthly side there is a sense of incompleteness. We are cheated by a promise that is never filled; death comes and closes the story before the first page is finished.
     When the angel Death brings his summons in middle-life, when tied by family, friends and social duties, the center of a thousand interests, with work all round them unfinished, broken off in the midst of fragmentary and chaotic, we call them untimely deaths. But God's wisdom remains unrevealed to our mortal eyes and we must bow and pass under the rod, saying, O God, Thy will be done.
     To those who believe in the Christian religion, there is one consolation; in the midst of these afflictions there is a time coming when Old Time, the father of centuries, and the tomb builder of generations, will drop his broken scythe, break his glass, careen and fall a giant in ruins. Then such a believer can stand over the fallen monarch and exultingly exclaim, O! Death! where is thy sting! O!rapacious grave, thy victory!
     Mrs. Martindill's life was beclouded by sorrow and her last days' suffering untold; all of which she bore so uncomplaining and patiently, withholding her bodily anguish to lighten the sorrow of her surrounding friends and dear ones present.
     But she is gone! and her many virtues and nobleness of principle will survive the mouldering body, as the broken vase of flowers retains their perfume long after their decay.
                                                                                A Friend

[Note: Buried: Pine Street Cemetery, Gallipolis]

Gallipolis Paper
[Sept. 21, 1884]
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Martt, Heber H.

     Heber H., son of E. L. and Nettie Martt, was born in Gallia County, Ohio, Jun 7, 1883, and departed this life at his home at 2033 Seventh Avenue, Huntington, W. Va., February 20, 1920, aged 36 years, 8 months, and 13 days.
     He was united in marriage with Elizabeth Gothard January 29, 1906. To this union were born two children, Lillian aged 14 years and Lawrence aged 13 years. With these he leaves to mourn their loss his father and mother of Huntington, two brothers Carlton and Irion of Omaha, Nebraska, two sisters, Mrs. T. C. Richards of Oak Hill, Ohio, Mrs. O. M. Thomas of Huntington, and a host of other relatives and friends. One sister, Lula, preceded him nine years ago.
     Mr. Martt resided in Gallia County until about six months ago where he with his family moved to Huntington. He made friends with all whom he met and has made a good record and woven the net that constitutes a successful man and attains a home in heaven. He made his profession with Christ and lived a true and noble life. He had been a sufferer for several years but bore it all with patience and trusted in Him who ran heal all. Though the reaper has called him so early in life we have the assurance that all is well with him, for he said he was ready to meet his Saviour and willing to go.
     Funeral services were held at the home of his parents Monday, February 23 at 8 p.m. by Rev. Roy McCuskey of the Seventh Avenue M. E. Church. The burial was at Stewart Chapel in Gallia County Tuesday afternoon.

[Note: Stewart Cemetery is located in Section 20 of Greenfield Township in the southwest quarter. The property is now owned by the government. No tombstone for Mr. Martt was located.]

Gallipolis newspaper
February, 1920
Transcribed by Joanne Galvin                                                                        Top of Page

Martt, Lydia F.

Martt
     Lydia F., widow of the late Joseph Martt, was born Feb. 28, 1829; died in Gallia County, Ohio, April 23, 1883; age 54. She was trained religiously and for 34 years enjoyed communion with God and was all of that time a consistent member of the Methodist Church. We visited her the day before her death -- found her filled with joyful anticipation of her heavenly reward. She called her children around her, inviting them to meet her in Heaven and passed away sweetly trusting in Jesus. She was the mother of 11 children, 4 of whom preceded her.              W.J. Pitchford

[Note: Buried Old Walnut Ridge Cemetery]

Gallipolis Paper
April 23, 1883
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Martt, Eddie
Martt William

Judson Martts Lose Two Sons in Pacific
Lt. Eddie Martt
Lt. William Martt
    Judson Martt of Zanesville, son of the late William H. Martt of Raccoon Island, has two sons among the casualties of war. Lt. Eddie Martt of the Army Air Force has been missing since Jan. 27, 1945. He was ferrying a thunderbolt (P-47) from Leyte and has not been heard from. His commanding officer reported that searching parties were sent out, but there has been no further news of his fate. The other son, William D. Martt, was a First Lieutenant in the Marines. He and his men were sent to establish a beach head on Iwo Jima, Feb. 20, last.
     Nearly all of the officers were killed and only a few men escaped. William was injured the second day after they landed and lay in mud and rain for two days before he was taken on a hospital ship, the Solace, to Saipan. From the ship he wrote his home folk saying that he had some injuries, the worst being in the neck; that he was unable to take nourishment and that he was on his way to a base hospital.
     The Martt family received a letter from William's Captain, telling them that their son was operated and that the chance for the recovery was doubtful. He also stated that William had the care of a special nurse and that he was cheerful. A cablegram came a few days later stating that First Lt. Martt died at Saipan Hospital on March 1 from the injuries he received on Feb. 20.
     William D. Martt had been in the Marines ever since he was graduated from Ohio Wesleyan in 1942. He was married to Miss Jeanne Bangham, also an Ohio Wesleyan graduate, July 1, 1944; and went overseas July 22 of that year. Mrs. Martt is a Zanesville girl, the daughter of the pastor of the Coburn Methodist Church in Zanesville. She has been teaching in the Zanesville schools.
     Judson Martt is a prosperous dairyman of Zanesville R.F.D. 1. He will be well remembered here where he was raised as will his sons who often visited their grandfather.

Gallipolis Paper
No date
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Mason, Sarah E.

Mrs. Mason Dead
     Sarah E. Mason, a highly respected colored woman, died on Sunday, March 31st, aged 66 years. She was the widow of George W. Mason, who passed away in 1892. She leaves sisters, Miss Margaret Vaughn and Miss Laura Brock and half-brothers Thomas and James Hill of this city. The funeral was held at the John Gee Chapel, Wednesday afternoon by Rev. Turner. Burial following at the Pine Street Cemetery by Hayward & Son.

Gallipolis Bulletin
April 4, 1912
Transcribed by Margaret Calvin                                                                      Top of Page

Massie, Clarence E.

Death Claims C. E. Massie Early Today
     Clarence E. Massie, 74, a resident of 10 Pine St., died at his home at 8:35 a.m. today. He had suffered from heart trouble for two years, and his condition became serious Tuesday evening. Mr. Massie was a farmer in his early years, and had been an employee of the Farmers Hardware in recent years. The family had resided in Gallipolis for five years.
     Mr. Massie was born April 24, 1889 at Lecta, son of the late Rev. James B. and Margaret E. Wiseman Massie. His marriage to the former Bessie F. Rose, who survives, took place Feb. 27, 1909 at her home, and the ceremony was performed by Rev. Massie.
     Three sons who survive are Dale M. Massie of Ceredo, W.Va., Carl B. Massie of Portsmouth, and Clarence F. Massie of Waverly. A daughter, Mrs. John (Mildred) Taylor died July 13, 1960. There are 13 grandchildren and one great-granddaughter. Two sisters and a brother, Mrs. Edith Mertz, Mrs. Pearl Dickey and Curtis R., preceded him in death.
     He was a member of the Fox Fairview Church. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home. Rev. Hughey Jones will officiate, and burial will be in Mound Hill cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 p.m. Thursday.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Wednesday, July 17, 1963
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron

Massie, Elizabeth A.

Died
     Jan. 21st, 1892, near Wales, O., Mrs. Elizabeth A. Massie, wife of Mr. Bingham Massie, in her 51st year. The departed was kind in her general deportment, attended well to her household; an affectionate wife and mother, and ready to help her neighbors in affliction and sickness. She united with the United Brethern Church when fifteen years of age and lived a consistent Christian life. She died as she lived, quietly but firmly trusting in her Saviour.
     She leaves a husband and three children and quite a large circle of relatives and friends to mourn their loss.
     Her remains were taken to Emory graveyard on the 23d and laid in the silent grave, in the presence of a large congregation. Religious services by Rev. D. S. Jones, Undertaker, T.E. Jones.

[Note: Emory is in Jackson County, Ohio.]

Gallipolis Bulletin
March 5, 1892
Transcribed by Henny Evans                                                                            Top of Page

Massie, Mary Elzena

MRS. MASSIE, 74 DIES AT LECTA
     Mrs. Mary Elzena Massie, aged 74, died at 1 o'clock yesterday at the home of her son, Linus Massie, a mile or two east of Lecta on Greasy Ridge. Though she had been ill for two years, her death was sudden and resulted from a heart attack.
     Mrs. Massie was a sister of the late James W. Myers of this city and the widow of Perry Massie, who died 35 years ago.
     Besides Linus, another son and a daughter survive: Marcus Massie, merchant at Lecta, and Mrs. Rufus Elcessor of this city. Also surviving are these brothers: Joe Myers of Springfield, Stephen of Lecta, George of Columbus, and Charles Myers of Huntington.
     Funeral services will be held at 1 o'clock Sunday at Okey church, in charge of Rev. J. F. Bostick. Burial there by O. E. Elliott.
Unknown publication
Contributed by Jeff Hayes Hiestzie76@aol.com

*Mary was born 03 October 1865 and died 26 October 1939

Massie, Nola Notter

Mrs. Massie Is Claimed Sunday After Illness
     Mrs. Nola Notter Massie, 67, a resident of 133 Third Ave., died at 11:05 a.m. Sunday. She had been in failing health for two years, and her condition had been serious for the past 10 days. Mrs. Massie was a lifelong resident of Gallia and Lawrence counties. She was born July 20, 1895 in Walnut twp., daughter of the late Noah D. and Margaret Vanfleet Notter. Her marriage to Marcus Massie, who survives, took place April 19, 1916 at Lecta.
     Three daughters who survive are Mrs. Everett (Bernice) McMahon and Mrs. William (Wanda) Withrow, both of Gallipolis, and Mrs. Woodrow (Maybelle) Pope of Scottown. A nephew, Paul Notter, was reared in the Massie home. A son died in infancy. There are six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. A brother and sister who survive are Mrs. Harley (Hazel) Myers and Dan Notter, both of Scottown. One brother is deceased.
     Mrs. Massie was a member of the Lecta E. U. B. church, Waterloo Chapter, Order of Eastern Star, Lafayette Chapter, White Shrine of Jerusalem, and the Centenary Grange.
     Last rites will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral home. Rev. Charles Lusher will officiate and burial will be in Ohio Valley Memory Gardens. Eastern Star services will be held at the funeral home at 8 p.m. Tuesday. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Tuesday until the hour of the service.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Monday, June 24, 1963
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron                                                                   Top of Page

Massie, Stephen Osborne

Obituary
     Stephen Osborne Massie, born March 24, 1868, passed away at his home in Gallipolis Feb. 20, 1944, his age was 75 years and 26 days.
     He was the only son of Jefferson and Effie McGowan Massie, birthplace was at Greasy Ridge in Lawrence County. He spent the greater portion of his life in Gallia County. In 1933, he was baptized by the late Rev. John Tipton and was respected by all who knew him.
     He was united in marriage to Alzona Carlt [?] of Greenup, Kentucky July 28, 1889. To this union were born the following children: Mrs. W.H. (Ora) Livesay, Mrs. Walter (Edith] Champer, both of Gallipolis, Mrs. John Rench, Pleasant Hill, Mrs. Frank (Garnett) Hammond, Washington, Ohio; Mrs. Ira (Nellie) Blair, Mills, PA; Charles [?] Ohio; Orville, Marysville; Calvin, Columbus; 23 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. Four children preceded his death.
     The widow with the following sisters also survive, Mrs. H. Edwards, Gallia; Mrs. [?] Ham, Centerpoint and Mrs. Calvin [?], New Morfield, Ohio.
     He bore his illness with [?] and all that loving hands could [?] could not save him. He saw time had come and everything alright with the Lord and [?] all to meet him in Heaven..God Bless You All. What a memory for those left to mourn his passing. [?] He will be sadly missed by all.

[Note: this obit is very faint and missing words...Death Certificate: Burial Old Pine Cemetery, Gallia County]

Gallipolis Paper
No date
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Masters, Clarence L.

    Clarence L. Masters, 75, of 616 Fourth Ave., died at 7:10 Thursday in the Holzer Medical Center. He had been in failing health for 12 years. He was a service and sales manager for the Sohio Oil Co from 1928 until 1957 when he retired due to ill health. Prior to that he was an engineer at the Hope Natural Gas Co. in Clarksburg.
     Born in Wetzel County, he was a son of the late John L. and Johanna Harley Masters. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and an elder of the church for many years. He was a member of the American Legion and commander in 1943. He was a World War I veteran . Mr. Masters served as disaster chairman for the American Red Cross for seven years and was a member of the Morning Dawn Masonic Lodge.
     His wife, the former Ruth Cherrington Miller, survives with a daughter, Mrs. William R. (Rachel Ann) Nelson, Woodland Hills, Calif., two sisters, Mrs Roy Rush, Akron and Mrs. Harry Moreland, Shreveport, La two brothers Oriion of Lowell and Russell C. of Belmont and four grandchildren.
     Masonic services will be held at 7:30pm, Friday at Waugh Halley Wood Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 pm with the Rev. Glenn R. Holt officiating. Military graveside rites will be held. Burial will be in Pine Street Cemetery.Friends may call at the funeral home 7 to 9 Friday

Athens Messenger
Feb 6, 1969
Transcribed by Cheryl A Enyart                                                                        Top of Page

Masters, Ruth

     Ruth Miller Masters, 92, a former resident of 616 Fourth Avenue, Gallipolis, died Friday morning, April 30, 1993, in Pleasant Valley Care Center, Point Pleasant. A retired Gallia Academy High School teacher, Mrs. Masters taught at GAHS from 1941 until 1960.
     She graduated from GAHS in 1918 and Wooster College in 1923 with a BA degree. Early in her career, she taught in Belmont, Lorain, and the Gallia County school systems. She served as a student advisor of the GAHS Student Council and Government Club. She was a charter member of the Pembroke Club, a member of the AAUW, First Presbyterian Church were she served as a deacon; member of the American Legion Auxiliary for more than 50 years, Gallia County Historical Society, and a past president of the Washington School PTA. She also worked several years with the French Art Colony. She served on the research committee for the city’s 175th anniversary in 1965. She also served on the research committee for the Presbyterian Church’s 150th anniversary. She was listed in Dr. Clyde Hissong’s 1968 book, “Ohio Lives”.
     She married Clarence L. Masters on Dec. 9, 1925, at Clarksburg, W.Va. He preceded her in death on Feb. 6, 1969. She was born July 27, 1900, at Vinton, daughter of the late Edward B. Miller and Annie Cherrington Miller. One daughter survives, Mrs. William R. (Rachael Ann) Nelson, Woodland Hills,
Calif., along with three grandsons and one granddaughter and three great granddaughters. One infant son, John Edward, preceded her in death.
     Funeral services will be held 1: p.m. Monday at Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home
with Rev. Al Earley officiating. Burial will be in Pine Street Cemetery. Friends may call
at the funeral home on Sunday from 6-8: p.m.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Friday, April 30, 1993
Transcribed by Sandy Milliron

Masterson, James Ray

Death of J.R. Masterson
     James Ray Masterson, who was well known in Gallia and bordering counties in West Virginia as a school teacher of prominence, whose serious illness has been noted in the Journal from time to time since his sudden prostration with paralysis or ocomotor ataxia in July last, died at the home of his father-in-law, Hon. John H. Bryan of Cabell County, at 11 o'clock a.m. Friday and his remains were deposited in the family burying ground in Bethel Cemetery, near Bladen, this county, at 1 p.m. Sunday.
     The deceased was the second son of the late Bernard Masterson and Mrs. Mattie Masterson of Bladen, and was born at Patriot Sept. 13, 1856. By profession he was a school teacher and was prominently known as an educator in Gallia and the bordering counties in West Virginia.
     On Sept. 19, 1894, he was united in marriage to Miss Rosalie Bryan, the union being blessed with two daughters, who with the mother survive. Besides the widow and two infant daughters, the deceased leaves a mother, Mrs. Mattie Masterson, of Bladen and three sisters, Miss Ann Masterson, Mrs. W. E. Neal of Bladen and Mrs. John Howarth of Chambersburg and three brothers, John, Homer, and Walter Masterson, all of Bladen, who with a host of friends mourn his early demise.
     The corpse was brought from Swan, West Virginia, where the deceased died to Glenwood, West Virginia, in charge of members of Glenwood Castle No. 26 Knights of the Golden Eagle, of which Castle deceased had been a member for about one year and thence to Bladen on the steamer Enos Taylor, specially chartered for the occasion. Sixty of the one hundred Knights of the Castle accompanied the remains of their departed brother and participated in the services at the church and grave.
     Funeral services at the church were conducted by Rev. Brill,local pastor and Rev. Bush, of the M.E. circuit, where the deceased had resided four years prior to his death.
     A incident which probably resulted in his untimely death occurred a few days before he was first prostrated in July last. He was standing in the door of his father-in-law's store during a thunder storm and received a shock of electricity in his right side. Soon after he was prostrated with fever which was [missing word] by progressive paralysis or locomoter ataxia.
     The deceased who was a young man holding qualities and promises of a bright future, was converted during revival services at Bethel M.E. Church, where his remains now repose, one year ago and has been a [missing word] valued worker in the [missing word] Sunday School and Epworth [missing word]. The deceased will be missed by the communites Bladen and [missing rest of article].

[Note: gravestone died Jan. 1, 1898. Death Certificate ...death reported on Feb. 7, 1898..died Jan. 28, 1898 age 32, Teacher. cause of death paralysis]

Gallipolis Journal
January, 1898
Transcribed by F.K. Brown                                                                           Top of Page

Mathews, Phineas

     At Cheshire Township, Gallia County, on sunday morning, the 2d inst., Capt. Phineas Mathews, in the 85th year of life. His remains were deposited in the grave yard on the farm of the late John Bing, Esq., in Addison township, where they were followed by numerous friends and relations, and interred with Masonic rites.
     The deceased was a native of the State of Massachusetts, where he resided until his twenty-third year, during which time he served as a solider in the state Line called to quell "Shay's Insurrection." He emigrated to the Northwest Territory in 1793 and landed in Marietta with Wayne's troops, and for several years resided there and at Belpre, part of which time he was fortified, with other inhabitants, to protect themselves from the Indians. About the year 1802 he came to what is now Gallia County, and located on the banks of the Ohio River, at the eight mile Island, where he married and raised a large and respectable family of children. The deceased was among the pioneers and first settlers on the County, when all was rude and wild, and lived to see "the wilderness bud and blossom as the rose."
     Although the deceased lived to a "green old age" before the fell monster Death summoned him to his court, it should not flatter any that their term of probation will be thus long extended; but should serve to admonish that the "King of Terrors" is sweeping the earth with a beasom of destriction; for "Joseph died and all his breathern, and all the men of that generation."

[Note: died 1854]

Gallipolis Journal
Thursday, 6 April
Contributed by Cheryl Enyart                      

Matthews, Charles W.

Charlie Matthews Dead
Well Known Vinton Citizen Crosses Dark River
     Charles W. Matthews died Monday evening, March 1st, 1920, at Vinton aged 48. He leaves a wife and three children, two married daughters, Mrs. Everett Evans and Mrs. Dale Alexander, also of Vinton, and one son, Bruce at home.
     Mr. Matthews was a Knight of Pythias and member of the Baptist Church. The funeral will occur Thursday afternoon and be conducted by Rev. W. J. Fulton. Burial by Butler at the McGhee cemetery.
     Mr. Matthews was engaged in the livery business at the time of his death. He had been a partner in that business with Mr. Ed B. Miller, now with the Standard Oil Company Station of this city. Mr. Matthews was a fine man and his death is much regretted by a large circle of friends.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
March 3, 1920
Transcribed by Henny Evans

Matthews, Esther A.

     MATTHEWS - Esther A., wife of J. C. Matthews, at her home in Vinton, Gallia county, Ohio, September 30, 1885, aged 47 years 5 months and 10 days.
     Mrs. Matthews was the daughter of L. A. and Calphurnia Macomber, was born in Wilkesville township, then Gallia county, Ohio, April 20 1838. Was united in marriage with Josehns(?) C. Matthews February 1, 1855. She United[sic] with the Freewill Baptist Church in the year 1866, since which time she lived the life of a faithful and consistent Christian until the call of death summoned her to come up higher. It seemed to be her earnest desire to make the most of the years given her and to crowd all the good into them she possibly could.

     She had no enemies; every one placed a high estimate on her character. She was everywhere found at the bedside of the sick and suffering. She was a true sister, wife and mother. She expressed herself as ready and willing to meet her Savior. She leaves an aged father, a number of brothers and sisters, a weeping husband, four children, and a host of relatives and friends to mourn their loss.
     Her funeral services were conducted by Rev. M. A. Rice, at the M. E,. Church, Vinton, Ohio, October 2, 1885, after which her remains were taken to Mt. Tabor Cemetery for interment, followed by a large coucoarse(?) of relatives and friends, all anxious to pay a last tribute of love and respect to one so loved and loving.

Gallipolis Journal
September 30, 1885
Transcribed by Nancy S. Edwards

Matthews, Mary

MATHEWS
      Deceased - Mary Matthews, widow of the late M. R. Matthews, of Vinton, Gallia county, Ohio. She was born December 19, 1812, at Silver Run, Meigs county, Ohio and passed to the better life Sunday, Dec. 24, 1893, at 9 o’clock a.m., at the ripe age of 81 years and 4 days, having survived her husband 15 years.
      Mrs. Matthews was the seventh child of Timothy and Mary Smith, who settled at Silver Run in an early day and built a treadmill in 1808, the first mill built in Meigs county. She was the mother of thirteen children, ten of whom survive her, and all of whom were present at her death and in attendance at her funeral December 27th.
      Services were conducted by Rev. W. M. Jones, pastor of the First Universalist Church of Columbus, Ohio, which faith she with her husband embraced early in their married life, and to which glorious faith she was ever faithful, and consistent, and never for a moment doubting the love and protecting care of her    Heavenly Father, through the shadows of the dark valley which she passed.
      She was the mother of Major T. S. Matthews, Mrs. G. H. Rupp, and Mrs. Dr. B. F. Holcomb, of Jackson, O.; Charles Matthews, of Washington, D.C.; M. R. Matthews and Mrs. Edward Henderson, of Columbus, Ohio; and John T. Matthews, Mrs. Cynthia Kent, Misses Samantha and Nancy Matthews, of Vinton, Ohio.

Gallipolis Journal
Wednesday, January 3, 1894
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron

Matthews, Sarah

     DIED - Miss Sarah  MATTHEWS, daughter of the late Judge Moses R. MATTHEWS, was born at Vinton, Gallia county, Ohio, August 30, 1840.  She died August 12, 1886, at Jackson, Ohio, at the home of Dr. B. F. HOLCOMB, her brother-in-law.
     About one year ago she made known to her friends that she was suffering with the terrible disease of cancer. Although she had suspected its existence for over two years she kept it a secret for the season, as she expressed it, "that her friends might not be unduly concerned and worried about her."  Soon afterwards she underwent a very severe and difficult operation of cutting away the affected parts, with the hope of a cure, or at least of staying its progress, but to no avail.
     The last three or four months of her sickness was spent in constant and uninterrupted pain and suffering.  But with a courage and fortitude characteristic of her energy and determination she bore her terrible afflictions uncomplainingly.  She was a young woman of rare ability and
accomplishments, strong in intellect and generous in heart.   She was ever and active worker in the Christian graces of ministering unto the needs and wants of the afflicted and suffering.
     Possessed with one of the gayest and happiest dispositions she was always an entertaining and agreeable companion in society, and the most distinct remembrances of her will be the recollections of her extraordinary social qualities. In her religious belief she was thoroughly a Universalist, uniting with that denomination in her early girlhood.
     During her sickness she constantly talked of the comfort and consolation she derived from the faith she had in her religious belief, and the nearer she drew to the end the more firmly was she anchored in her religious faith. When asked if she was afraid to die, she said, "believing as I do you don't think I ought to be afraid to die, do you?"  And she passed away sustained and soothed by an unfaltering trust in the promises of God."

Gallipolis Journal
Wednesday, September 15, 1886
Transcribed by Teresa Herrmann

Matthews, Thomas R.

DIED - - At Jackson, Ohio, on Sunday evening, the 17th day of May, 1868, Mr. Thomas R. Matthews, late Postmaster at that place, and formerly Editor and Publisher of the Jackson Standard in the 54th year of his age.

The Gallipolis Bulletin
Wednesday, May 27, 1868
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Mauck, Adaline Rosetta Sigler (Mrs. Joseph Mauck Jr.)

Death of Mrs. Mauck
     Our readers will remember the late Joseph Mauck, of Cheshire, who with his brother Daniel was a prominent contractor and speculator during the war. He died probably 20 years ago and his widow has been living with her son Amos at Yorktown, Va.
     She died a day or two ago (we have no particulars) and was buried today at Cheshire.

Gallipolis Tribune
10/6/1905
Transcribed by Suzanne Giroux

[Note – Adaline died 9/28/1905 - daughter of Eli Sigler & Melinda Phelps]              Top of Page

Mauck, Allie Mauck (Allie U. Mauck)

Death Claims Allie Mauck At Age of 96
     Miss Allie Mauck of Middleport died at 9:30 a. m. today at the Meigs General Hospital, where she had been a patient for the past three weeks.
     At the age of 96 Miss Mauck was one of Meigs County’s oldest residents. She was a member of a pioneer family of the Cheshire area but had maintained her Third Ave., home at Middleport for many years.
     Miss Mauck had been in failing health for the past several months and had been a patient at the hospital in Pomeroy at various times during that period.
     Last surviving member of her immediate family, she leaves a nephew, Charles Armel of Columbus; a niece, Mrs. Mary Clark of Lancaster; and a niece by marriage, Mrs. Earl Mauck of Gallipolis. Earl (Squire) Mauck, veteran Gallipolis newspaper man, preceded his aunt in death three years ago.
     The body was taken to the Rawlings-Coats Funeral Home at Middleport, where friends may call, and where funeral arrangements are being made.

Undated newspaper article
Transcribed by Suzanne Giroux

Allie Mauck (Allie U. Mauck)

Miss Allie Mauck Dies in Pomeroy
     Aunt Allie Mauck died at 3:30 a.m. today at the Meigs General Hospital where she had been a patient for three weeks.
     She celebrated her 96th birthday Feb. 9, in the hospital and had a birthday cake and was showered with cards from her friends.
     Miss Allie suffered a heart attack at her home at Middleport and was taken to the Meigs County hospital where she had another heart attack last Thursday.
     Miss Allie Mauck was born in the large brick house near Gravel Hill Cemetery, the daughter of Daniel and Mary (Polly) Rothgeb Mauck. She was the last of eight children.
     For many years she made her home with Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Besser (sic) and Mrs. Hattie Bennett, Middleport, and after their death she lived alone until the more recent months.
     She was an aunt of the late Judge R. J. Mauck and E. W. “Squire” Mauck. Until his death a few years ago, Squire was a frequent visitor of his aunt and helped her with her affairs. Since Squire’s death, Mrs. Mauck has made many trips to Middleport to look after her.
     Her survivors include a nephew, Charles Armel, Columbus; and a niece, Mrs. Curtis Clark, Canal Winchester; and a number of great nieces and nephews.

[Note – Allie died 2/16/1953; Besser is actually Besserer – daughter of Daniel Mauck & Mary Rothgeb]

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Mauck, Anna (Annie Sherwood Good MAUCK)

FUNERAL IS HELD
MIDDLEPORT, Dec. 10.—The funeral of Mrs. Anna Mauck, widow of the late Isaac Mauck, was held at the late residence at Cheshire, with burial in the Cheshire Gravel Hill Cemetery. C. F. Besserer, Miss Allie Mauck and their nephew and niece, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Armel, the latter couple coming from Columbus, attended the funeral which was held Saturday afternoon.

The Messenger of Athens, OH
Monday, Dec. 10, 1928
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Mauck, Annie (Annie Sherwood Good Mauck)

     Mrs. Annie Mauck, aged 75, passed away Wednesday evening at the home of her daughter, Mrs. C. C. Clark at Groveport. The deceased was brought to her home here Saturday where funeral services were conducted by Rev. Skinner of Middleport. Burial was made at Gravel Hill.

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[Note – daughter was wife of J. C. Clark not C. C. Clark]

Annie S. Mauck (Annie Sherwood Good Mauck)

     Annie S. Mauck, daughter of William and Ann Good, was born at Cincinnati, Ohio, on the 4th day of July, 1853. She was married to Isaac N. Mauck, November 29, 1876, and to them were born two children, Arthur L. Mauck, who died in young manhood and Mary Mauck Clark of Groveport. Her husband died in 1914.
     From her youth she was a member of the Presbyterian church and was deeply devoted to it. Mrs. Mauck was a wide reader and during her declining years found much pleasure in the printed page. She was however, essentially a family woman and almost her every though (sic) was for her loved and loving daughter and the grandchildren, whose progress meant so much to her. She had a bright mind polished by much reading, a keen sense of humor and a charming manner that gave her a lasting place in the hearts of all those who knew her.

[Note – Annie died 12/5/1928 – daughter of William Good & Ann Marie Bierce & wife of Isaac Noah Mauck]

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Mauck, Anna

     POMEROY, Dec 8 -- Mrs Anna Mauck, 75, died Thursday evening at her home at Cheshire. She was the widow of Isaac Mauck, former well known and influential resident of Cheshire.
     Funeral services are to be held at the residence at two o'clock this afternoon, in charge of the Rawlings Undertakers of Middleport.

Athens Messenger
Dec 9, 1928
Transcribed by: Connie Cotterill-Schumaker

Mauck, Arthur Lewis

     Arthur Lewis Mauck was born near Cheshire, Gallia Co., Ohio, January 16, 1879 and died at his home in Cheshire, November 2, 1903. He was married to Mary Bing, February 22, 1902. He leaves a wife, father, mother and one sister and many relatives and friends to mourn his death.
     It is not saying too much to say that he was universally esteemed. He had not an enemy in his wide circle of acquaintances. He was loved most by those who knew him best. Of a loving, generous disposition, all who came in intimate contact with him loved him. Although he had always been in poor health it was hoped that he would be spared to his loved ones for many years, but he was taken with a severe cold and rapidly sank to his death in spite of all that loving hands and hearts could do for him. He was taken in the first years of his young manhood, just when a happy, useful life was opening before him.
     Words of consolation are of little worth to the loved ones left behind, but the record of his manly, unselfish life while he was spared to them must be a balm to their aching hearts.

   The gates of life swing either way,
    On noiseless hinges, night and day,
    One enters through the open door,
    One leaves us to return no more,
    And which is happier—which more blest?
    God knoweth best.

    We greet with smiles the one who comes,
    Like sunshine to our hearts and homes,
    And reach out longing hands with tears
    To him who in his ripened years,
    Goes gladly to his heavenly rest,
    God knoweth best.

    He guards the gates. We need not dread
    The path these little feet must tread
    Nor fear for him who from our sight,
    Passed through them to the realms of light,
    Both in his loving care we rest;
    God knoweth best.

[Note – son of Isaac Noah Mauck & Annie Sherwood Good]

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Mauck, Daniel

A Good Man Gone to His Reward
     Mr. Daniel Mauck, well know in Gallia and Meigs counties, died at his home, one mile out from Cheshire, on Wednesday morning last, June 3, 1891, lacking one day of being 76 years old. The circumstances attending is death are as follows: In the evening of Tuesday, June 2d, he went to bed, apparently in good health, and certainly a happy man. It was probably about 5 o’clock in the morning of June 3d, when Mrs. Mauck told him to remain in bed until she would call him for breakfast. When breakfast was ready, she called him, but received no reply. Going to his room, and to his bedside, she again spoke, but still received no answer. Mrs. Mauck then took his hand in hers and at once discovered that he was unconscious and dying. A doctor was summoned, but before he arrived the spirit had fled, and the good man was at rest.
     Mr. Mauck was born June 4, 1815; he was one of a family of fourteen children—six boys and eight girls; he was the father of ten children, of whom three are buried by his side, and seven are living. Two of these—Mrs. A. D. Guthrie and Mrs. C. F. Besserer—reside in Middleport. He was married August 29, 1839, to Miss Mary Rothgeb. He joined the Freewill Baptist Church early in 1841, and for over a half a century has been one of its faithful members, doing everything for the upbuilding of the church of his choice and the furtherance of all good works. He fell asleep from the effects of an apoplectic stroke, and awoke to the glories of heaven. The funeral occurred on Thursday afternoon, at his late residence, and such was the esteem in which he was held, that perhaps there were five hundred people in attendance. Rev. J. M. Davis, of Rio Grande College, officiated, assisted by three other ministers. Many went down from Middleport. The loving wife and children have great sympathy in their sore affliction, for no man was kinder to his family; no man possessed purer love.

    “Were a star quenched on high,
      For ages would its light,
      Still traveling downward from the sky,
      Shine on our mortal sight.

    “So when a good man dies,
      For years beyond our ken
      The light he leaves behind him lies
      Upon the path of men.”Undated newpaper article

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Mauck, Daniel

     Although notice has already been given in this paper of the death of Daniel Mauck, his long and useful life, his worth as a man and his prominence as a citizen require that a fuller history be given.
     He was born June 4, 1815, at the old Mauck homestead near Cheshire, Gallia county. His parents, Joseph and Elizabeth Mauck, left their home in Page county, Virginia, in 1810, and made their new home at Cheshire in the spring of 1811. Daniel was their eighth child. Of the six sons, all are now dead; and of the eight daughters, only two are living, Mrs. Catharine Ashworth and Mrs. Lydia Agee.
     August 29, 1839 he was married to Mary Rothgeb, and to them were born ten children, three sons and seven daughters. The mother and seven children are yet living.
     August 29, 1889, Daniel and Mary Mauck celebrated their golden wedding, marking a golden point in the lives of two people who could look back upon fifty years spent together, that had brought to them the honor and esteem of a wide circle of friends and the devotion of children and grandchildren.
     Up to the time of his death, he was a man of good health and active habits. On the evening of June 2d, he was well, and spent the evening in conversation with his family. Early on the morning of the 3d, he suddenly and quietly died of apoplexy, being 76 years of age less one day.
     It would take far more space that is at our disposal to speak fully and fitly of the many admiral qualities he possessed, but a few words must be devoted to the more prominent features of his career and character.
     He was a very active business man, and his business record and reputation were of the highest character. He built a beautiful home a mile west of the village of Cheshire, and it was not only a home of comfort and plenty, but also of love and hospitality, of intelligence and refinement. His known judgment and integrity made his council and assistance highly prized, and in addition to the successful management of his own affairs, he was often called upon to assume important trusts for others.
     The cause of Christian education was one for which he took great interest and for which he did a great work. From the beginning to the end of the history of Cheshire Academy he was one of its strongest supporters. He purchased a scholarship in Hillsdale College, Michigan, and sent six of his children to that institution, besides loaning his scholarship to other worthy young people. From the foundation of Rio Grande College he was a member of the board of trustees and was not only regularly present at its annual meetings but was also one of its most thoughtful, progressive and valued members. At the time of his death he was preparing to attend the trustee meeting and the comment as he (text missing).
     When his colleagues met one week after his death, it was with sad hearts that they noted his absence. It may be truly said that among the men who have spent their lives in Gallia county, few, if any, have exerted themselves more than he did to build up the intelligence and virtue of the people.
     But that which gave the firm foundation and the finishing graces to his character was the religion of Jesus Christ. Daniel Mauck was a true Christian man. He was a member of the Freewill Baptist Church for over fifty years. He was converted Jan. 5, 1841, baptized ten days later, and joined soon afterwards the first Kyger church as one of the original members. In 1861 the Cheshire class was organized as an auxiliary of the Kyger church, and he was a member of this class. This class was organized as Cheshire church September 8, 1856, and he was elected clerk, a position which he held until the day of his death. For many years the Cheshire church worshiped in the hall of the Academy, but some time ago, brother Mauck and others decided that a church building should be erected. Although beyond three score and ten years of age, he exerted himself actively toward this end, gave very largely, and when the beautiful and commodious structure that now belongs to the church was dedicated, November 10, he, as chairman of the building committee, publicly delivered its keys into the hands of the pastor. Through all his Christian life he not only supported the cause of religion most liberally but also made the more valuable contribution of a devoted, and consistent Christian life.
     The funeral sermon was preached at the family residence on Friday, June 5, by Rev. J. M. Davis, of Rio Grande. Revs. W. J. Fulton, R. J. Poston and S. J. Weed were present and assisted in the services. An unusually large number of people were present. His body was buried in the Gravel Hill cemetery.
     Of his seven children, one daughter, Alice, resides at home with her mother. Mrs. Guthrie and Mrs. Besserer reside in Middleport, Mrs. Armel in Cincinnati, Mrs. Kail in Kansas. His son Isaac, lives upon a farm near Cheshire; the other living son, Daniel B., is a merchant at Proctorville.
     J. M. Davis

[Note - son of Joseph Mauck & Elizabeth Whaley]

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Mauck, Elizabeth (Elizabeth Whaley)

     Departed this life, in Addison, Gallia Co., O., June 14th, Elizabeth, wife of Joseph Mauck, aged 71 years 1 month and eight days. The subject of this notice was born in Northumberland Co., Va., married in 1802 in Page Co., Va., and in 1812 moved to the place where she ever afterwards lived and died. She bore her last illness, which was of eight weeks duration, without a murmering word. Said at the early of seven years, she was left in this world without parental protection, felt conscious her Savior had been her nearest friend, and would now do what seemeth best. She experienced religion at an early age—united with the F. W. Baptist church 30 years coming August, and remained a member until death released her spirit to join the church triumphant. A few moments before she left, said she “I am at the door and will soon be in.” Truly could she had said—

   Jesus can make a dying bed,
    Feel soft as downy pillows are;
    While on his breast I lean my head,
    And breathe my life out sweetly there.

     She was the mother of 15 children; raised 14, and leaves 12, all of whom live within twenty miles of their parental home. It seemed to lessen her sufferings to have all her children, with their father surround her in her affliction; she spoke of the lonely hours of the aged one she would leave, said for his sake she was willing to live but if Christ bid her come, she was willing to die.

     Funeral sermon by Elder G. A. Stubbins—text Sec. Cor. 5th chap. 1st verse.

[Note – Elizabeth died 6/14/1855 – Probably daughter of Thomas Whaley & Margaret Pugh]

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Mauck, Harlow B. (Harlow Bradbury Mauck)

HARLOW B. MAUCK CLAIMED BY DEATH
Retired Orchardist and Merchant Succumbs to Illness of Two Months
    Harlow Bradberry (sic) Mauck, 61 years old, one of the tri-state’s best known orchardists and retired merchants, died at his home at Proctorville Thursday morning at 2:40 o’clock.
    Death ended a critical illness of two months of myocarditis. He had been in poor health, however, for the last three years, since his retirement from business, but did not become bedfast until a few months ago.
    Definite funeral arrangements have not been completed, but services will probably be held Sunday at the home with burial at Proctorville.

Attended Northwestern
    Mr. Mauck was a member of one of the earliest families in southern Ohio, and was a son of the late Lewis and Frances Bradberry (sic) Mauck, of Cheshire, O., where he was born February 19 1867.
    He received his early education in the public schools of Cheshire and later attended Rio Grande college and Northwestern university at Ada, O. Following his marriage to Miss May L. Bay, daughter of the late Captain George W. Bay, a widely known Ohio river steamboat operator, he moved to Proctorville and entered the merchandising business.
    For thirty years he operated a general merchandise store, retiring from this field on account of failing health four years ago. He then centered all of his interests on his fruit farm at Proctorville, considered one of the finest in Lawrence county, only relinquishing it when he became seriously ill.
    He was a thirty-second degree Mason and a member of the Baptist church at Cheshire.
    Surviving are his widow, three daughters, Miss Minnie Mauck, of Ironton, newspaperwoman, Mrs. R. Birnbaum and Mrs. Carl Fisher, of Huntington; two brothers, Judge Ross Mauck, of Gallipolis, and Squire Earl Mauck, of Logan, and an uncle, Daniel B. Mauck, of 2542 Third avenue. A son, Harlow B. Mauck, Jr., died in 1916.

[Note – son of Lewis Wesley Mauck & Frances Bradbury]

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Mauck, Isaac Noah

Passes Away at Cheshire—Game, Patient, Brave to the Last
      Isaac N. Mauck, aged 64, County Commissioner from 1899 to 1905, died at his home in Cheshire between 8 and 9 o’clock, Sunday, Sept. 27. He had been in poor health for years, a sufferer from asthma, and for several months his condition at intervals had been serious. Death was the result of physical exhaustion, tho just previous to his death his condition was apparently slightly improved. He seldom referred to his sufferings, tho they were terrible and long continued, with never a prospect of permanent relief.

The following obituary was read at the funeral:
     Isaac Noah Mauck, son of Daniel and Mary Rothgeb Mauck, was born in Addison Township June 15, 1850. He was married to Annie Good thirty-eight years ago. He died at his home at Cheshire September 27, 1914, survived by his wife and daughter, Mary Clark, of Athens. In addition to some minor offices, he was for six years a commissioner of Gallia County. For many years he was a devoted member of Siloam Lodge of the Masonic Order. These few meager facts convey little impression of the life and character of Isaac Mauck. Indeed it is difficult to describe these characteristics that bonded him to his friends with the links of affection. Of course he was honest. He was truthful. He was generous. He had almost all the traits that man loves to find in his fellows. He looked out upon life with a kindly smile. His voice was always laden with good feeling and the nod of his head indicated good wishes to every one. He perhaps saw things in others that did not please him, but he had no tongue to scandalize or scold, and though he staggered under a burden of affliction, he tried to turn a smiling face to his neighbor. He delighted in sharing his pleasures with others while he tried to endure his troubles alone. He had a rare touch of humor that enlivened his conversation and enhanced the pleasure of his companionship. His life was clean and his thoughts were pure. To those who knew him best he was the most unselfish, the most loyal and the most loving and loved of friends. He deserves that richest of tributes, that can be expressed in these simple words: Isaac Mauck was a good man.
     The funeral services were conducted by Rev. W. J. Fulton, a friend of the deceased for many years, at the Cheshire Baptist Church at 2 o’clock Tuesday afternoon, under the auspices of the Masons led by H. B. Gentry of this city. The attendance was very large. The pall bearers were Dr. J. T. Hanson, Morris and Jonathan Ralston, Dr. C. W. (text missing) and Johns S. Boatman. Burial at Gravel Hill by DeMains.

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Mauck, Isaac (Isaac Noah Mauck)

ISAAC MAUCK PASSES EARLY SUNDAY MORNING
Prominent Cheshire Township Man Succumbs to Asthma.
     Isaac Mauck, uncle of Roscoe J. and Earl W. Mauck of this city, died Sunday morning about nine o’clock of disabilities resulting from chronic asthma, in the village of Cheshire, this county. He had been in poor health for several years, and was about 65 years of age. He leaves a widow and one daughter, Mrs. Curtis Clark of Athens, a son having died years ago.
     Mr. Mauck, who was a son of Daniel Mauck, and old time resident of Cheshire, was married about 1881 to Annie Good. He was born in Addison township, and lived in Addison and Cheshire townships all his life. He was a farmer by occupation, and leaves a farm one mile west of Cheshire on which he lived for many years.
     From 1901 to 1907 Mr. Mauck served two terms as county commissioner, and was an upright and efficient official, elected by the Republican party. He served his township as trustee, as a member of the board of education, and perhaps in other offices. He was a member of Siloam Lodge of Masons.
     The funeral will occur at Cheshire Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock.
     Mr. Mauck was a most amiable and companionable man, who attracted friends from every side. His friendly disposition, with a character of strict integrity and tolerance for the opinions of others, gave him a wholesome influence in affairs the county over, which was always exerted for the better things. His death will be sincerely regretted by all who ever knew him.

[Note – Isaac died 9/27/1914; son of Daniel Mauck & Mary Rothgeb & husband of Annie Sherwood Good]

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Mauck, Mary (Mary Rothgeb MAUCK)

MAUCK—Mrs. Mary Mauck, widow of the late Daniel Mauck, died at the family home at Cheshire, O., on Dec. 29, 1909. She was born May 29, 1820, and was married Aug 29, 1839. In August, 1889, they celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Mauck were the parents of ten children, seven of whom are living and were present at her funeral. There are also five surviving grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. In early life she and her husband became members of the Freewill Baptist church and were all their lives active and liberal supporters, not only of the local church, but also of the educational and missionary enterprises of the denomination. The funeral services were conducted by President John M. Davis and Rev. W. J. Fulton, both of whom had served as pastors of the Cheshire church, from the residence on Dec. 31, 1909. A very large number was present, and there was touching testimony to the warm love of all her acquaintances for Aunt Polly, as she was lovingly and familiarly called, and of their grief at her death.

[Note – daughter of John Rothgeb & Anna Strickle. Also from another obituary the following information was obtained: Her living children are I.N. Mauck of Cheshire, D.B. Mauck, of Huntington, W.Va., Mrs. Guthrie of Lancaster, Mrs. Bennet and Besserer of Middleport, Mrs. Humphrey of Toledo, and Miss Allie Mauck of Cheshire. Mr. H.B. Mauck of Proctorville, and R.J. and E.W. Mauck of Gallipolis, are grandsons.
Gallipolis paper
January 1910]

Gallipolis Journal (Reprint of article in another unknown newspaper)
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Mauck, Nell Mullineaux

Nell M. Mauck Is Found Dead In Bed At Home
Widow of Judge Mauck--Funeral at 2 Monday
     Mrs. Nell Mullineaux Mauck, widow of Judge Roscoe J. Mauck, was found dead in bed at her home at 427 Third avenue early this afternoon by neighbors who forced an entrance to the house. Dr. N. Howard Foster, coroner, was called and it was his finding that death had resulted from a heart attack (coronary occlusion) 10 or 12 hours before. Though she had long seemed to be frail, her health had been about as good as usual; and her most intimate friends and close neighbors were astounded by the news of her passing. Miss Catherine Hayward had called on her at her home last night and found her characteristically cheerful. About noon today when others noted and mentioned to one another they had not seen her it was decided to enter the house. To a few she had confided that her heart had troubled her for several days.
     A death message was telephoned to John W. Galbreath of Columbus, husband of Helen Mauck Galbreath, and both are expected to arrive late this afternoon.
     Judge Mauck died here June 10, 1934.
     Mrs. Mauck is survived by, besides the daughter, a granddaughter and grandson, Joan and Daniel Galbreath, and a brother, Will Mullineaux of Nashville, Tenn.
     Mrs. Mauck was born and reared here, the only daughter of John and America Day Mullineaux, and except for a few years spent in Columbus when her husband was in the attorney general's office she had always lived here.
     Later--Funeral has been tentatively set for 2 o'clock Monday.

[Buried in Mound Hill Cemetery]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Nov. 15, 1941
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Mauck, Roscoe J. (Roscoe Jay Mauck)

JUDGE R. J. MAUCK DIES SUDDENLY SUNDAY AFTER VERY BRIEF ILLNESS
ENTIRE COUNTY SHOCKED BY UNEXPECTED DEATH OF FOREMOST CITIZEN – FUNERAL SERVICES TUESDAY AFTERNOON WERE LARGELY ATTENDED – BURIAL MADE IN MOUND HILL CEMETERY
    The entire county mourns the sudden passing of its foremost citizen—Judge R. J. Mauck. His sudden and unexpected death in the Holzer hospital Sunday morning was a distinct shock to hundreds of persons who enjoyed his friendship.
    Saturday Judge Mauck entered the hospital for observation. His condition was largely induced by worry over the fact that Mrs. Mauck was a patient there following a severe operation, although she was then and is now making satisfactorily progress.
    About midnight Saturday he began suffering from heart attacks and steadily grew worse until death came at 11:15 Sunday morning.
    Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon in Grace M. E. church by the pastor, Rev. H. H. Wilbur, with the Knights Templars’ ritualistic service there and at the grave in Mound Hill cemetery.
    Roscoe Jay Mauck was a native of Cheshire, the second son of Lewis. W. and Frances Bradbury Mauck, and was born May 17, 1870. He attended school there and taught for a time before completing his course at Ohio Universtiy, expecting to prepare himself for the ministry.
    Deciding to follow law, Mr. Mauck studied at Ohio University and the University of Virginia. He returned to Gallipolis in 1893 to enter practise (sic) and in 1894 was elected mayor of this city.
    He later served as building and loan commissioner and assistant attorney general of Ohio, and in 1912 was Gallia’s delegate to the Ohio constitutional convention where he served with distinction.
    In 1914 he was elected Common Pleas judge here, serving until his elevation to a place on the court of appeals. He was serving his third term there, which would have expired in 1936.
    Judge Mauck was a member of the board of trustees of Athens state hospital and president of the board of trustees of Rio Grande college. He belonged to many social and fraternal organizations, and one of his outstanding activities was teaching St. John’s Bible Class, a Methodist men’s organization, which he greatly loved.
    On September, 4, 1895, Judge Mauck and Miss Nelle Mullineaux were married here. Mrs. Mauck and a daughter, Helen, (Mrs. John Galbreath of Columbus) and a brother, Earl W. Mauck, survive him, as do two step-brothers, Arthur E. Boatman of Cleveland and John W. Boatman of Kyger.

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Roscoe J. Mauck (Roscoe Jay Mauck)

Gallipolis, Ohio, June 11—(INS),--Judge Roscoe J. Mauck, 64, veteran Ohio jurist and a member of the fourth Ohio district court of appeals, was dead today, victim of a heart attack. He was stricken in a hospital here yesterday.
     Judge Mauck, a Republican, had served on common pleas and appellate benches for more than 25 years. He served as assistant to Wade Ellis, former attorney general, and was a delegate to the fourth Ohio constitutional convention.
     He attended Ohio State university and studied law at Charlottsville, Va.
     Funeral services will be conducted here tomorrow afternoon with the Knights Templar in charge. Mrs. Mauck is a patient in the Gallipolis hospital following a major abdominal operation. Their daughter, Helen, is the wife of John W. Galbreath, Columbus contractor.

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Roscoe Jay Mauck

Memorial
     Judge Roscoe Jay Mauck, long a member of the Gallia County Bar, departed this life on June 10, 1934. Born at Cheshire, Gallia County, Ohio, May 17, 1870, the greater part of his boyhood was spent on a farm and attending the public school of Cheshire, where he afterwards taught before completing his education at the Ohio University. Soon after leaving college he was appointed message clerk of the Ohio senate.
     His preparation for his chosen profession in addition to his general education and private reading consisted of ten weeks’ instruction in the summer law course of 1892 under Professor John B. Minor, the noted law lecturer of the faculty of the University of Virginia and about ten weeks in the law course of the Ohio State University.
     Admitted to the Bar in December, 1892, he soon afterwards located at Gallipolis to enter into the practice of law and was elected Mayor of the city the following year.
     Some years later he served as Building and Loan Commissioner under A. I. Vorys, State Superintendent of Insurance of Ohio and later he was an assistant to Wade H. Ellis, Attorney General of Ohio.
     Elected a member of the State Constitutional Convention of 1912, from Gallia County, two years later he was elected Common Pleas Judge of the County, and in 1920 elected a Judge of the Court of Appeals of the Fourth Appellate Judicial District of Ohio, and re-elected in 1926 and again in 1932, a continuous service on both Benches of about twenty years.
     For several years he was a member of the board of trustees of the Ohio Hospital for the Insane at Athens, a member of the board of trustees of Rio Grande College for forty-three years and the president of the board for five years prior to his decease.
     He was a Mason, Knight Templar, Modern Woodman, Knight of Pythias and Elk, and a member of local organizations and societies identified with the social, recreational and welfare activities of the community.
     He was a member of the Baptist church and at the time of his death and for many years prior thereto the teacher of the St. John’s Bible Class of the Grace Methodist Episcopal Church of Gallipolis.
     On September 4, 1895, he was married to Miss Nelle Mullineaux, a daughter of John and America Mullineaux of Gallipolis, and to them was born a daughter, Helen, the wife of John W. Galbreath of Columbus, Ohio.
     Possessing a keen, incisive mind, quick to grasp and thoroughly analyze all phases and angles of every proposition or discussion coming under his observation, he readily reached sound conclusions based on an all persuasive reasoning.
     Well informed at all times on worthwhile current events and topics, keeping to the forefront in the study of public questions and movements, having for their purpose the improvement and elevation of society, the upbuilding of the state and nation, his mind was ever busy with instructive suggestions and plans for carrying on civic movements, and to secure the enactment of laws for effecting needed reforms and to properly regulate our ever-changing conditions.
     He was an orator with few superiors and an advocate—forceful and strongly convincing.
     His striking and dignified appearance, his courteous and gentlemanly bearing, his clear and penetrating voice, and his lucidity in expression and aptness in the application of his wealth of learning, graced the Bench with a judicial luster, impressive, elevating and long to be remembered.
     A good and most useful citizen has gone. His helpful activities in civic affairs have ceased; but his numerous illuminating court opinions, the result of his labor in twenty years service on the Bench, recorded in the Juridical Reports of his state, remain a lasting testimonial to his profound learning, wisdom and outstanding ability, ranking him one of Ohio’s great jurists—an enduring fame.
     The members of the Gallia County Bar deeply mourn his untimely departure; his genial companionship will ever be to them a pleasant memory; to his family we extend our sincere sympathy.

Robert M. Switzer,
Henry W. Cherrington,
Harry M. Miller,
Committee

[Note – Roscoe died 6/10/1934]

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Maupin, Elizabeth Jane

Died of Pneumonia
     Mrs. Elizabeth Jane Maupin, Widow of Charles White Maupin, Died Sunday Morning At her home at Arbuckle, Union District, this (Mason) county, on Sunday morning, January 26th, 1908, Mrs. Elizabeth Jane Maupin, widow of the late Charles White Maupin, died after several week's illness of pneumonia.
     She was born in Shennandoah (sic) county, Virginia, February 8, 1829, her parents being Morgan and Mary (Allen) Moore, who emigrated to this county, to Mercers Bottom, when the daughter was a child. She was united in marriage at Gallipolis, on July 1, 1848, to Mr. C.W. Maupin and to this union twelve children were raised to maturity.
     Mrs. Maupin's remains were brought here Wednesday morning on the K&MRR, and taken to the M E Church, Sough, where the services were conducted by Rev. John Martin, assisted by Rev. R P Bell, the interment took place in Lone Oak Cemetery, where she rests beside her husband.
     Mrs. Maupin had a wide acquaintance in the county. She was much of the time in the store, her husband conducted for so many years. She was a famous "house mother" as the Germans so fitly put it, and who, that recalls the early years, of the Mason County Fairs but remember the boxes and baskets of good things to eat that carried off the blue ribbons, and were made by Mrs. Maupin as were the prize wines and quilts and articles of house hold manufacture. Here hands seemed never to have been idle. But her activity constituted her chief happiness and she has earned the folding of hands for her long rest.

Attended The Funeral
     Mr. and Mrs. John Beale, of Guyandotte, Miss Ethel Moore, of Huntington, Mrs. Col. Moore, of Ben Lomond, Mr. Charles Day, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bell, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Armstrong, of Gallipolis, Messrs. John Couch of Herne, Sam Couch, of South Side, J A Dunn, of Arbuckle, C F Sterrit, Mrs. Earl Emerick, Tom Poffenbarger of Beech Hill, Mrs. Rankin Hill, of Three Mile, were among those from out of town here yesterday to attend the funeral of Mrs. C W Maupin.

The State Gazette, Point Pleasant, WV
Front Page
Thursday, January 30, 1908
Transcribed by Eve Hughes

Maxon, Elizabeth

Death of Mrs. Maxon
     Mrs. Elizabeth Maxon, generally spoken of as Mrs. Eliza Maxon, widow of the late Samuel Maxon, departed this life Friday afternoon February 3d, 1899. Her funeral services will be conducted at the Presbyterian Church at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon by Rev. Frederic Walton, of the Episcopal Church, the interment by Hayward & Son following at the Pine street cemetery. The pall bearers selected are Messrs. James, John and Joseph Mullineux, Edward H. Neal, W. T. Minturn and Major S. F. Neal.
     Mrs. Maxon was the third child of Thomas and Christiana Rodgers and was born in a small frame house on Front street, now owned by Mrs. Eliza Mcclurg, March 13th, 1810, making her almost 88 years of age at the time of her death. Her brothers were the late Ronsell and John A. Rodgers; her sisters Christiana Sherriff, Eliza Margaret Pierson, Helen M. Hayward, Miss Mary Rodgers, Miss Romaine Rodgers and Miss Isabelle Rodgers. Mrs. Hayward and Miss Mary Rodgers survive. Her folks moved to the farm on Chickamauga in 1815.
     She was united in marriage with Samuel Maxon in July, 1839. Mr. Maxon died June 4th, 1853. Five children were born unto them two, Mrs. Lucy Cherrington and Miss Hanna U. Maxon surviving.
     She received a fall November 7, 1897, and from that time until her death never walked a step or stood alone or was able to turn herself in bed, but through her long confinment never murmured or complained.
     She was united with the Old School Presbyterian Church many years ago, and lived a consistently religious life. Her place in all churches was never vacant until failing health compelled it.
     Her life was quiet and retiring, but her hand was always open and ready to bestow charity or perform any deed necessary to relieve trouble or distress, and she never let her right hand know what the left one was doing. She avoided all publicity. God knew, that was enough. She was always cheerful and ever ready with a kindly greeting to those she knew. She was happy in the thought of meeting those she loved. Life lost its charm when talking of her everlasting home. Without a doubt or uncertainty she quietly, peacefully breathed her last as one lying down to peaceful slumber.

[Note by Henny Evans: Lucy Cherrington, born 1836, was actually the daughter of Samuel Maxon's first wife, Lucy McIntosh.]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
February 4, 1899
Transcribed by Romaine Smith

Maxon, Hannah Utl

Because of its length this obituary was put on a separate page.

Maxwell, James Richard

     GALLIPOLIS - James Richard Maxwell, 20, of 23 Berger Ave. Gallipolis, was among the victims of the Silver Bridge disaster. He was an upholsterer for the French Colony Furniture Co. of Gallipolis.
     Born at Gallipolis he was a son Ernest and Melville Lane Maxwell of Gallipolis. He is also survived by his wife, Mrs. Linda Preston Maxwell; two brothers, William and Timothy Maxwell of Gallipolis and five sisters; Mrs. Janet Thomas of Columbus, Mrs. Patty Phillips of Danville, Ky., Mrs. Christine Wray and Mrs. Marilyn Skidmore both of Gallipolis, and Miss Terri Maxwell at home.
     Funeral services will be held at the Miller Funeral Home at 3 p.m. Friday with the Reverend Everett Delaney officiating. Burial will be in the Pine Street Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. Thursday.

Athens Messenger
Dec. 21, 1967
Contributed by Joyce Robinson   

Maxwell, Maude R.

Maude R. Maxwell Holzer Hospital Maid Dies 9 a. m.
     Mrs. Maude Rutherford Maxwell, wife of “Steeplejack” William Maxwell, died suddenly about 9 o’clock at their home at 750 First Ave. She had worked at the Holzer Hospital yesterday as usual but sent word this morning she was unable to leave home. She suffered from some pain she attributed to indigestion or some other minor ailment, but Dr. Howard Foster was of the opinion she had succumbed to a coronary thrombosis.

At Hospital 13 Years
      For faithful service and devotion to her family and to her hospital duties, Mrs. Maxwell won the respect and admiration of hundreds who knew something about her life story. She was a maid on the second floor and had been so employed since January, 1934. For every patient she saw she had a kind word and manifested a friendly and sympathetic interest; and today at the hospital all employees are deeply saddened and shocked by her passing.
     Mrs. Maxwell was 54 years old, having been born here March 29, 1892. She was a daughter of Thomas and Gertrude Bratt Rutherford. She and Mr. Maxwell, a painter, were married Sept. 23, 1919, but she was then a widow, her first married name having been White.
     Surviving are the husband, one son, Ernest, who has been in poor health for a year of more, and five little grandchildren, all living under one roof, and all receiving the full measure of love and care during the hours she was at home.
     The body was removed to Claude Miller’s mortuary.

Gallipolis Tribune
3 Oct 1946                                                                                                    Top of Page

Mayes, Clate

     Clate Mayes, aged 56, was instantly killed at 11:20 this forenoon when the front wall of the old brick building between the Miller produce house and the Harmony Creamery establishment tumbled down over the sidewalk. Mayes was buried under the brick and never knew what happened to him, his skull being crushed. The body was taken to Wetherholt's and the coroner sent for. Dr. Holzer was the first physician on the scene.
     Mayes had been out of the penitentiary on parole for about two weeks, and was recently sued for divorce by his wife, who, with nine living children survive him. It is thought the heavy rain last night weakened the walls of the building, and the high winds did the rest.

The Gallipolis Daily (Gallipolis, Ohio)
Saturday, March 17, 1917
Transcribed by Ronni Mayes

Mayes, Darlene Kay

Mayes Services
     Funeral services for Darlene Kay Mayes, 13, of Kanauga, a victim of Friday's Silver Bridge tragedy, will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Church of Christ in Christian Union in Point Pleasant. She died in the collapse of the bridge along with her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Victor Turner.
     Miss Mayes was born in Gallipolis, a daughter of Robert and Louella Jarrell Mayes. She was a student at Gallia Academy Junior High School. Surviving in addition to her parents are a brother, Jerry, of Lima; a sister, Connie, at home, and her paternal grandmother, Mrs. Georgia Robbins of Kanauga.
     Friends may call at the Mohr-Stevens Funeral Home after 5 p.m. Tuesday.

Athens Messenger
Dec. 19, 1967
Contributed by Joyce Robinson

Mayes, James Wendell

Mayes, James Wendell -- 58, died early yesterday morning at his home, 313 1/2 Reynolds St. He was a veteran of World War I and a retired stove moulder for the Poling Foundry Co., Columbus, O. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Anna Mayes; four sons, James and Alfred of Gallipolis, O., Robert of Akron O., and Charles with the Army in Germany; a daughter, Helen Marie Mayes, Gallipolis; his mother, Mrs. Mary
Buffington, Charleston; two brothers, Harry and Robert, both of Columbus, O.; two sisters, Mrs. Helen Thomas and Mrs. Elmer Belcher, both of Charleston and three grandchildren. The body is at the
Cunningham Mortuary.

[James W. Mayes was the son of Alfred Clayton Mayes and Mary Ann Johnson, born 17 Jan 1892 in Galliapolis. Buffington was his mother's third husband.]

The Charleston Gazette (Charleston, West Virginia)
July 19, 1950, page 8, column 3.
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