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 The following obituaries are from the files of various Gallia County Newspapers and other publications. They are listed below in alphabetical order of the surname.

Radekin, Newt R.

N. R. Radekin, WWI Veteran, Is Claimed At 69
     Newt R. Radekin, 69, a veteran of World War I, and a resident of 1066 First Ave., died at his home at 3 p.m. Thursday. He had been in failing health for five years, and his condition had been serious for three weeks.
     Mr. Radekin had been a bus driver for 25 years in Columbus before coming to Gallipolis 20 years ago. He was the owner and operator of the Riverside Motel.
     He was born in Vinton April 19, 1896, son of the late George W. and Elizabeth Calhoun Radekin. He was twice married, his first being to the former Mae Hammerick, who died Feb. 8, 1953. His second marriage was to the former Myrtle Church on May 5, 1954, and she survives. A sister, Mrs. Will (Grace) Troth of Gallipolis survives. Brothers who preceded him in death were Elva, Frank, Richard, Edward, Luther and George.
     Mr. Radekin was a member of Grace Methodist Church, the Masonic Lodge in Columbus, Scottish Rite, Aladdin Shrine, Gallipolis Shrine Club, and a life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
     Services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday (DST) 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 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday. The following will serve as pallbearers; Elmer E. Caldwell, Craig Slagle, P. D. McCreedy, John E. Halliday, John Morgan and Raymond Shato.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Friday, July 2, 1965
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron

Rader, Elizabeth

Aged Mrs. Rader Dies Today
Rites Sunday
     Mrs. Elizabeth F. Rader, who was 87 years old on March 9, died this morning at the home of Thomas Quickle in Vinton, where she had lived for the last ten years.
     Mrs. Rader was a native of Page County, Virginia and her maiden name was Cloud. She was the widow of John F. Rader, who died 29 years ago and left no immediate relatives.
     Funeral services will be held at the Quickle residence Sunday morning at 8:30 by Rev. J. B. Stephenson after which or about 9 a.m. the body will be taken for burial in the Milford Center cemetery, near Marysville, for interment by H. Kerr Butler.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
March 19, 1937
Transcribed by Joanne Galvin

Rader, Frank

     In the quiet hours of the dawning of Saturday, December 21, the death angel came through the room and claimed our dear brother, Frank. Although his suffering was great, he was waiting for him.
     Frank Rader was born June 23, 1904; and departed this life December 21, 1946 at the age of 42 years and six months.
     He was the son of the late John L. and Rose Harrington Rader. He leaves to mourn his death two brothers; Reverend Glenn Rader of Middleport, Ohio; William Rader of Cheshire; one sister, Mrs. Verna Blazer of Gallipolis, and many other relatives and friends.

[Note: From Stone - Mina Chapel, Green Twp.]

Gallipolis paper
December 1946
Transcribed by Theresa E. Smith

Rader, George

George Rader
Died
     George Rader, of Green township, of whom mention was made last week, died at his home near Harrington’s mill, on Thursday, March 1, 1894. Mr. Rader was born near Graham’s Station, W.Va., February 1810, and was over 84 years of age. He was married in 1836 to Mary Day, and his is the first death in the family. Mr. Rader leaves three sons, John A., G. H., and E. S. Rader of Northup, Ohio, and one daughter, Mrs. Cal. Rose of Pliny, W. Va.; also an adopted daughter taken when 18 months old, Miss Viola Robinson and raised to womanhood.
     Uncle George, as he was known throughout the county, was one of the best citizens, perfectly upright in his dealings with his fellowmen, and few men in so long and useful life passes to rest with so many, warm personal friends as he.
     His burial was conducted by Wetherholt, at Centenary, at 12 o’clock, March 3d.

Gallipolis Journal
March 7, 1894
Contributed by Henny Evans                                                                             Top of Page

Rader, Neal

     Neal Rader, the twelve year old son of Mr. and Mrs. S.P. Rader, died at their home on Niel Avenue, last Friday of pneumonia. The funeral services were conducted Sunday morning by Mr. E.L. Menager, interment at Centenary. Neal was the oldest boy and was nice little fellow and the sorrowing parents will have the sympathy of everyone.

Gallipolis Bulletin
Friday, May 20, 1904
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Rader, W. M. (Dick)

"Dick" Rader , 80, Died 1:30 A.M.
     W.M. (Dick) Rader, well known in business circles in this county for half a century, died at 1:30 this morning at his home on Fourth and Pine. It was generally known that he was critically ill. He was in his 81st year, but he never looked or acted like an elderly man and had been quite active until the last year or so.
     A telephone message was received by The Tribune to the effect that the funeral will be held at the Northup Church at 2 p.m. Friday. The body was taken to O. E. Elliott's Mortuary.
     Among the survivors are his second wife, who was Elizabeth Gladman and three granddaughters living in Cleveland.
     Mr. Rader was one of the first to open a garage here at the beginning of the "automobile age" and his place of business was on State St, where Earl Moore is planning to erect a new building.
     Up to 1 p.m. repeated efforts to obtain some biographical data about Mr. Rader proved futile. He had lived at various places in the county, including Rio Grande and had a wide circle of friends.

[Note: stone...Mound Hill Cemetery 1865-1946. Death Certificate..William McClanahan Rader born Sept. 25, 1865; died Feb. 19, 1946; 80 years 4 months and 23 days of age. Parents: Cornelius Rader and Elizabeth Howard. Burial Mound Hill Cemetery]

Gallipolis Paper
No date
Transcribed by F.K. Brown                                                                                Top of Page

Raike, John

     John Raike, 79, a resident of 461 Pike St., Kanauga, died unexpectedly at 11:45 a.m. Sunday in Greenup, Ky. He had been in failing health several years. Mr. Raike was a retired self-employed river captain on the Edward Boggs.
     He was born Aug. 14, 1896 in Millwood, W. Va., son of the late William P. and Mary Jane Fetters Raike. Mr. Raike is survived by his wife, Lena May Witham Raike, whom he married July 16, 1919 in Pt Pleasant. Two sons survive, John Raike, Columbus, and Dana Raike, Gallipolis. One daughter preceded him in death. Three grandchildren survive.
     One sister survives, Mrs. Mae Morrow, Pt. Pleasant, along with one brother, Douglas Raike, Gallipolis Ferry. Two brothers and one sister preceded him in death. He was a member of Fair Haven Methodist Church, Lafayette Post No. 27, American Legion. He was a World War I veteran.
     Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Wednesday at Fair Haven Methodist Church with Rev. Bill Beagle officiating. Burial will be in Mound Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Tuesday.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Tuesday, June 1, 1976
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Raike, Lena M.

     Lena Mae Raike, 90, 461 Pike Street, Kanauga, died Monday morning at Overbrook Center in Middleport. Born June 6, 1899, in Gallipolis, she was the daughter of the late William and Lydia R. (Betz) Witham.
     Preceding her in death was her husband, John Raike, on May 30, 1976, whom she married July 16, 1919 at Point Pleasant, WV. Also preceding her in death was one daughter, three sisters and four brothers. She is survived by two sons, John B. Raike of Columbus and Dana M. Raike of Gallipolis and three grandchildren.
     She was a member of the Fair Haven Methodist Church, WSCS and CIC of Fair Haven Methodist Church. Services will be Wednesday, 1 p.m. at the Fair Haven Methodist Church with the Rev. Debbie Foster, officiating. Burial will be in the Mound Hill Cemetery. Friends may call Tuesday, 6-9 p.m. at the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home. The body will lie in state at the church one hour prior to the services.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
June 27, 1989
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Raike, Norma Jean

Norma Raike Dies At Kanauga Home
     Norma Jean Raike, whose condition was known to be hopeless, died at 7:30 last night at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Raike, in Kanauga. She was 14 on August 2 and had been ill since July, suffering from a malignant ailment.
     Funeral services will be held at 2 Friday at the Kanauga Church, with Rev. E. C. Venz in charge. Interment at Mound Hill by A. E. Tope.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Thursday, October 23, 1941
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Raines, Allie Jane

Gallia Native Dies In Beckley, W. Va.
     Mrs. Allie Jane Raines, 97, a native of Gallia county, and resident of 302 Adams Ave., Huntington, died Thursday in a Beckley, W. Va. hospital.
     Mrs. Raines was born in this county March 17, 1868, daughter of the Late Felix and Melissa Cranston Van Fleet. Her husband, James Perry Raines, died in 1922.
     She was a member of the Baptist Temple. Survivors include three sons, Auris Raines of Chase, Md., Joseph V. Raines of Baltimore, Md., and Leo Raines of Rt. 1, Chesapeake. There are four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The body is at the Chapman Funeral Home, Huntington.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Friday, July 2, 1965
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron                                                                  Top of Page

Ralph, Ethel

     Graveside services will be held for Mrs. Ethel Ralph, 90, a resident of Pompano Beach FL and former resident of the Eno community, Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Robison Cemetery, Eno. Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. L. Judd Chase, Pompano Beach, FL; one granddaughter; nine great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Officiating at the service will be the Rev. C.J. Lemley.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the McCoy-Moore Funeral Home, Vinton.

[Note: Born Nov. 13, 1887; died March 3, 1979]

Gallipolis Paper
March, 1979
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Ralph, Forest and Lawrence

Double Tragedy
Two Brothers Are Smothered To Death By Gas In An Old Mine at Silver Run
They Go To a Store and Stop In The Mouth Of The Mine To Cool And Are Found Side By Side
     An unusual tragedy happened near the mouth of Silver Run in the extreme lower end of Meigs County on Tuesday forenoon of this week. Forest Ralph, aged 13 and Lawrence Ralph, aged 11, sons of Mr. & Mrs. Blaine Ralph, were sent to the Long Grocery Company to get a sack of middlings. The Ralphs live quite a distance back from the river and the boys no doubt got quite warm in making the trip. At the store they were unable to get the middlings and started back with the empty bag. On the way they passed the mouth of an abandoned coal mine which has not been operated for some 15 years and was last operated by the Carl family. Some time in the forenoon Elliott Rothgeb, a farmer and a neighbor, was passing from one field to another and noticed a bag at the mouth of the mine. He stopped to investigate and found the two boys lying side by side a few feet in from the mouth of the mine dead.
     An alarm was raised and a doctor hurried to the scene, but neither of the boys could be revived. There was a small amount of coal in the sack and the supposition is that the boys had gathered up a few loose pieces from about the opening of the mine and being hot and tired went into the mine to cool off and were overcome by gas, which was drawn out from the workings back in the hill by an outward suction of the air.
     The funeral will be held from the old Kyger Church Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The bodies will be buried in separate graves in the Gravel Hill cemetery at Cheshire.
     Three other children are left in the family, a girl of sixteen, a boy of six and a baby one and a half years old. The boy of six in the habit of going everywhere with his older brothers, but on this occasion he was not permitted to go for the reason that there is whooping cough in the neighborhood.

OBITUARY
     Forest and Lawrence Ralph, oldest sons of Blaine and Edith Hix Ralph, departed this life June 18, 1918. Forest was aged 13 years, 1 month and 10 days of age and Lawrence was aged 11 years, 26 days, It was an unexpected wave of sorrow that swept over the community when the sad tidings came that the spirits of Forest and Lawrence had gone to the God that gave them, but it was God's will that the Flowers loaned for awhile should be gathered to him.
     They leave to mourn, Papa and Mama, 2 sisters, Gladys and Lucille and 1 brother, Kenneth and grandfather and host of relatives and friends. forest and Lawrence will be sadly missed in their home and Sunday School to which they were faithful attendants, although we can't understand why we should have this great loss, but God tenderly blinds our eyes and the light will come bye and bye.

     Funeral services were held at First Kyger F.W. Baptist Church at 2 p.m., conducted by Rev. Reed.
Pallbearers were their Sunday School classes. For Forest they were Raymond Rife, Raymond Grover, Dale Scott, Vaughn Scott, Alex Shuler and Arthur Thomas. for Lawrence; Dana Story, Dale Mulford, Willie Swisher, Bennie Jenkins, Emmett Shuler, Marlin Rife. Laid at rest side by side in Gravel Hill Cemetery by Undertaker Demain.

[Note: death certificates, Forest born April 23, 1905; Lawrence born May 23, 1907.]

Gallipolis Papers
June, 1918
Transcribed by F.K. Brown                                                                            Top of Page

Ralph, infant son

Baby Dies
    The infant son of Blaine and Edna Ralph passed away Monday at their home in Kyger. Funeral will be Tuesday with burial in the Cheshire cemetery in charge of Rawlings.

[Note: Died January 21, 1929, burial in Gravel Hill cemetery]

Newspaper Not Named
Date Not Listed
Gallipolis, Ohio
Transcribed by Margaret Calvin

Ralph, John

    DIED - RALPH - In this city, July 27, 1882, John, son of M & S Ralph, aged 11 months and 27 days.

[Note: Born Aug. 5, 1881 in Gallipolis; Parents: Milton Ralph and Sarah Brown]

Gallipolis Paper
July 1882
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Ralph, Judah

     Mrs. Judah L. Ralph died at her home on Front Street last Saturday at on o'clock. Her husband, the late N. N. Ralph died March 5th. She had been in poor health for sometime, suffering from a complication of diseases, growing gradually worse and passed away despite the kind attention of her family. She was a most estimable lady, kind and charitable, and respected by all who knew her. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. B. F. Jackson, at her late home, Sunday afternoon. Interment at Pine Street Cemetery, by Wetherholt.

Gallipolis Bulletin
Vol. xxviii No. 31
June 8, 1895
Transcribed by Margaret Calvin                                                                     Top of Page

Ralph, Nial M.

     Mr. Nial M. Ralph died Saturday morning, Oct. 29, 1904, after a long painful illness. Mr. Ralph fell on the ice last January and the resultant bruise developed into a cancer. Several operations were performed in the hope that the ravages of the dread disease might be checked but all in vain and after an illness of eight months, he passed away as above stated. He would have been 42 years of age the 4th of November.
     Mr. Ralph was an honored member of the Odd Fellows, American Mechanics and the Rebekahs. He was an honorable, upright man and for many years had been an employee of the Gallipolis furniture factory, by whom he was held in the highest esteem.
     Besides a wife, who was formerly Miss Cora Nance, he leaves a daughter, May and son, George, two brothers, Ed and Harry, and two sisters, Mrs. Andrew White and Mrs. James Gibson.
     The funeral services were held Monday afternoon by Rev. Lewis, interment following at Pine Street cemetery, where services were also conducted by the orders to which he belonged.

Gallipolis Bulletin
Friday, November 4, 1904
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Ralph, Nial Nye

     Mr. Nial Nye Ralph, one of our best known citizens, died last Tuesday evening from a complication of troubles, which had confined him to his bed for six months. A widow and several children survive him.
Mr. Ralph was a gunsmith by trade, and resided in this city for about twenty-five years. He came here from Addison.
     The funeral services were conducted at his late home, at the upper end of Front Street, on Thursday afternoon, at two o’clock. Rev. B. F. Jackson officiated, and the burial was at the Old Cemetery.

The Gallipolis Bulletin
Saturday, March 9, 1895
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Ralston, McCoy

Death of McCoy Ralston
     McCoy Ralston died at his home in Addison Township, near Cheshire, on Friday morning last, aged nearly 78 years. He had been troubled for sometime past with rheumatism which affected his heart, and at an early hour on Friday morning Dr. Barton had been called, and he was with him when death came. He was not considered in a dangerous condition, and in fact arose from his bed and dressed himself as usual.
     Mr. Ralston was born in Gallia County, January 15, 1815, and his long and useful life was spent at the spot where he first saw the light of day. He married Sarah E. Gaston, a half-sister of Mr. A. S. Bing, February 17, 1847, who survives her husband. Four children are also living - one daughter and three sons.
     Mr. Ralston was the fourth son of Andrew J. and Elizabeth Ralston. Mr. Ralston was one of the best of men. In all the relations of life he was a manly man ~ true to his friends and devoted to his family. He had the entire confidence of all who knew him, and he died without an enemy.

The Bulletin
Saturday, January 7, 1893
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron                                                                  Top of Page

Ramey, Armintie Harper

Mrs. Ramey Dies Sunday
     Mrs. Armintie Harper Ramey, 73, Rt. 1, Ewington, died at 7 p.m. Sunday at the Jones Nursing Home in Vinton. A native of Bloomington, Ky., she is survived by her husband, W. C. Ramey; four sons, Grover of Crum, W. Va.; Lee, Athens; Noah, Concord, Mich., and Junior, of Gallipolis; three daughters, Mrs. Christina Hawks, Vinton; Audrey, Columbus, and Katherine, Delbarton W. Va.; two brothers, John Harper, Nolan, W. Va., and Archie of South Williamson, Ky.; four sisters, Virgie Miller, Inez, Ky.; Viola Saunders, Arrington, Va.; Tish Blevins of Bradshaw, W. Va., and Sara Eveland, Chesapeake City, Md., and 37 grand and 38 great-grandchildren.
     She was a member of the United Baptist Church at Maher, W. Va. Funeral arrangements will be announced by the McCoy Funeral Home at Vinton.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Monday, August 17, 1970
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Ramsey, Esther

     Mrs. Esther Ramsey died at her home at Addison, Saturday, January 26, 1907, aged about 81 years, after a long illness. Her husband, Mr. E. B. Ramsey, who conducted a blacksmith shop at Addison for many years, preceded her to the great beyond in November, 1896. Mrs. Ramsey is associated with the earliest recollections of the writer, who played around her home and the blacksmith shop when but a lad. Her motherly, kindly ways made her a favorite with all the children and she was respected and loved by all her neighbors. Her life was full of good deeds and her death is regretted by all who knew her.
     The funeral services were held Monday morning at Addison M. E. Church by Rev. W. J. Fulton, interment following at the Maddy burying ground by Wetherholt.
     The following children survive; Madison B. of Kanauga, Samuel M. and Homer A., of Bayless, Ill., Leverett H., of New Orleans, and Matilda and Laura, at home. She also leaves one brother, Mr. Samuel Logue and one sister, Mrs. Harry Hern.

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

Ramsey, Marie

     Marie Adkins Ramsey, 73, Rt. 2, Patriot, died Thursday night in University Hospital, Columbus. Born March 3, 1912, at Harts, W. Va., daughter of Aaron and Cora Lilly Adkins, she was a member of Gallia Baptist Church.
     She was preceded in death by her husband, William Ramsey. Surviving are a son, Bill Ramsey of Oak Hill; three daughters, Freda Lowery of Jackson, and Lynda Dunlap and Mary Sites, both of Patriot, nine grandchildren; and a brother, Golden Adkins of Harts.
     Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday in Gallia Baptist Church, with the Rev. Ronnie Hammond officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call at Kuhner-Lewis Funeral Home, Oak Hill, from 4-9 p.m. Saturday.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Friday, April 26, 1985
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Ramsey, Wallace C.

Former Gallia Countian Dead
     Relatives here have received word of the death of Wallace C. Ramsey, 85, of near Kirkerville, Tuesday at his home after an illness with pneumonia.
     Mr. Ramsey formerly lived in Gallia County near Evergreen, where he had a farm. He was married to a Gallia County girl, Miss. Martha Watts, daughter of Andrew Watts, formerly superintendent of the county infirmary. Besides his wife two sons, James and Wilbur, of near Columbus; a brother, William Ramsey, of Evergreen; eleven grandchildren and two great-grandchldren survive.
     Funeral services for Mr. Ramsey were conducted Thursday afternoon in the Kirkerville M.E. Church with internment in Pataskala.

[Note: Death Certificate--Wallace Cromwell Ramsey born May 4, 1843 Fayette County, WV; died March 27, 1928 Etna Township, Licking County, Ohio; age 84 years, 10 months and 23 days of age. Parents: J. Riley Ramsey (born Monroe Co. VA) and Jane Legg (born WV).]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Friday, March 30, 1928
Transcribed by F.K. Brown                                                                                Top of Page

Randolph, Ferrell Gene

Ferrell Randolph
     Ferrell Gene Randolph, 59, of Mulberry Avenue, Pomeroy, died Wednesday, March 6, 1996, at Holzer Medical Center. Born March 5, 1937 in Gallia County, son of the Mildred Smeltzer Randolph, Gallipolis, and the late Elmer Earl Randolph, he was a self-employed painter.
     In addition to his mother, he is survived by his wife, Rosa Kiser, at Evergreen, whom he married July 11, 1992, a son, Michael Randolph, Evergreen, a daughter, Heidi Randolph; three brothers, Carl (Paula) Randolph of Gallipolis, Dale (Diana) Randolph of Gallipolis, Elmer (Jiggie) Randolph of Baltimore, Md.; and three sisters, Deloras Baker of Harrison Township, Gallia County, Linda (Clyde) Ward of Bristol, Va., and Janet (Larry) Rathburn of Columbus.
     Services will be 2 p.m. Friday at McCoy-Moore Funeral Home, Vinton, with Rev. Ted Glassburn officiating. Burial will be in Campaign Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Thursday from 6-8 p.m.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
March 7, 1996
Transcribed by Margaret Calvin

Rankin, Georgia Pike

Mrs. Rankin Dies At Crown City
--Burial, 2 Tuesday
     Mrs. Georgia Pike Rankin, ill for more than a year and known to be in a serious condition, died at 11:20 Sunday morning at her home in Crown City. She was the widow of John W. Rankin, a merchant and active and well-known citizen of Crown City. Mrs. Rankin was also born and reared there and was 66 years old.
     Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday at the Crown City Methodist church, of which decedent was a member with Rev. Oma Williams officiating. Burial at same place by J. Lee Stevers.
     Mrs. Rankin is survived by five children, as follows: Samuel Craig Rankin, Max Owen Rankin and Virginia Rankin, all of Crown City, and Mrs. Myrtle Knight and J. Everett Rankin, both of Huntington. There are 13 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

[Note: from stone in Crown City cemetery, Guyan Twp., 1874-1941]

Gallipolis newspaper
1941
Transcribed by Joanne Galvin                                                                            Top of Page

Rannells, Robert Longstreth

Rannells
     Robert Longstreth Rannells, age 86, of Ft. Pierce, Fla. and longtime resident of Upper Arlington and Gallipolis, OH., died Monday January 30, 1995 at Lawnwood Regional Medical Center in Ft. Pierce, Fla.
     He retired after 44 years of service as Vice President of Distribution and Service with Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Company, where he had started working as a meter reader. Former Division Manager of the Nelsonville and Gallipolis offices and former manager of the Southern Division Office, Columbus.
     He is survived by his wife, Alice Frye Rannells; daughters and sons-in-law, Sarah R. and Kenneth W. Simonds, Indian Wells, Calif., Mary Kay and James G. Dodds, Rolling Hills Estates, Calif. Rebecca R. and David G. Neeley, Dallas, Tex.; 10 grandchildren; 6 great-grandchildren; brother and sister-in-law, Thomas L. and Lucille Rannells, New Plymouth, OH.; sister and brother-in-law, Mary Elizabeth and Joseph Gabel, Carroll, Oh. and Barefoot Bay, Fla. Preceded in death by his grandson, Douglas J. Neeley and sister Florence M. Powell.
     He attended First Community Church; member of Rotary and Kiwanis Clubs in Columbus. In Gallipolis, he was Past President of the Gallipolis Chamber of Commerce; Past President of the School Board; and a member of the local Masonic Lodge and the Elks.
     Friends may call from 7-9 p.m. Wednesday at the Schoedinger Northwest Chapel, 1740 Zollinger Rd. Funeral service 10 a.m. Thursday, February 2, 1995 at the Burkhart Chapel of First Community Church, 1320 Cambridge Blvd. Rev. Barbara Cunningham officiating. Graveside service to follow at 2 p.m. Thursday in Elk Cemetery, McArthur, Oh. Those who wish may contribute to the Robert L. and Alice Frye Rannells Scholarship Fund, c/o University of Rio Grande, 218 North College Ave, Rio Grande, OH 45674, in his memory.

Gallipolis Newspaper
No Date
Transcribed by Margaret Calvin

Rathburn, Daniel

     DIED - In Rutland, Meigs county, on the 28th ult., Daniel Rathburn, aged 85 years, 7 months and 4 days. The deceased was a native of Connecticut, from which State he emigrated to Ohio in 1804, and was one of the earliest settlers in that part of the State where he resided. He was the father of Judge Rathburn of this county. Mr. R. had been a member of the Methodist Church for the last sixty years.

Gallipolis Journal
October 7, 1852
Transcribed by Linda Halley Criner

Rathburn, Ina

Ida Rathburn Dies on Sunday
     Ina Dale Holmes Rathburn, 62, died Sunday at 2 p.m. at her home on Route 141.
Mrs. Rathburn was born Nov. 10, 1891, a daughter of John W. and Margaret Coughenour Holmes, of Cheshire Twp.
     She was united in marriage to Carl A. Rathburn, who survives. The greater part of her married life was spent in the Eno area.
     Mrs. Rathburn was a member of the Eno Grange and of the WSCS of the Eno Methodist church.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by two sons, John H. of Columbus and Carl Lewis of Gallipolis Rt. 2; two sisters, Mrs. Minnie Roush of Marion, and Mrs. Garnet Crego of Columbus.
     Services will be conducted at the Eno Methodist church Wednesday at 1 p.m., with Rev. Leroy Collier officiating, and burial will be in the Robinson Cemetery in Eno.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
March 1, 1954
Transcribed by Henny Evans                                                                       Top of Page

Rathburn, Jackie L.

     Jackie L. Rathburn, 49, of 1140&½ Second Avenue, Gallipolis, died Wednesday, Dec. 12, 1990 at Holzer Medical Center. He was a supervisor at the Federal Mogul Plant, a member of the Chapel Hill Church of Christ, and a U. S. Army Veteran, serving as a military policeman.
     Rathburn was born June 20, 1941 in Gallia County to the late John and Lucille Rathburn, of Gallipolis. Besides his mother, he is survived by his wife, Karen Williams Rathburn, to whom he was married on May 29, 1965. He is also survived by two sons, Jeffrey Lewis Rathburn, Centenary, and Christopher Lee Rathburn, Gallipolis; one daughter, Mrs. Randy (Kimberly) Canaday, Gallipolis; one sister, Mrs. Victor (Carolyn) Dix, Wooster, and two grandchildren. A brother, Lewis Rathburn, preceded him in death.
     Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Friday at the Willis Funeral Home with Evangelist William B. Kughn officiating. Burial will be at Gravel Hill Cemetery. Friends may call 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Thursday at Willis Funeral Home. Pallbearers will be Don Brabham, Dwayne Jolley, Harold Dilley, Les Davis, Charles Philabaun and Jack Vance.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Wednesday, Dec. 12, 1990
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Rathburn, James Irwin

Dr. J.I. Rathburn Dies At Russell, KY
Native of Gallipolis Was Prominent in Professional and Business Circles
     Dr. James Irwin Rathburn, died early Friday morning at his home in Russell, KY, after several months valiant fight against a breakdown which he was not able to overcome.
     Dr. Rathburn was the son of Mr. & Mrs. James W. Rathburn and was born in this city in Feb. 1881. After graduating from G.A.H.S., he attended Ohio State University where he finished in 1900, going on to the Starling Medical College from where he graduated in 1904. He practiced here for a few months and then located in Russell, KY, where he has been ever since. He became prominent in his profession and was interested financially in many business affairs. He was a surgeon for the C & O Railroad and was President of the Marting Hospital in Ironton. He was a member of the Lions Club at Ironton and the F. & A. M. Lodge at Russell, R.A.M. Knights Templar and El Hasa Temple, all of Ashland.
     In addition to his parents, Mr. & Mrs. J.W. Rathburn, he is survived by his widow, one daughter, Mrs. Robert Wilson, of Russell, a sister, Mrs. Jett Rathburn, who has been with her brother during his long illness and a brother, Albert Rathburn of this city.
     Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon in Russell and burial will be in the Ashland Cemetery. Mr. Albert Rathburn will go down to the funeral, his parents having been called Thursday by Dr. Rathburn's critical illness and were with him when the end came.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Friday, March 1, 1929
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Ray, Ed

Ed Ray Dead
     Ed Ray died at his home in Columbus Wednesday. His body was brought to Mt. Zion church in Ohio township Friday for funeral services and burial. He was a native of Waugh Bottom and has many friends and relatives here.

Gallipolis paper
Date Unknown
Transcribed by Theresa E. Smith

Ray, Fred Hamilton

Death of a Young Lad
     Fred Hamilton Ray, son of Oakley and Ethel [Hamilton] Ray, of Green Township and in the 9th year of his age, died Sunday evening at 10 o'clock of typhoid pneumonia and meningitis.
     The funeral services will be Wednesday at 10 a.m. conducted at Centenary by Rev. George W. Brown of the Rodney Circuit and the burial at the same place by Wetherholt.
     He was the eldest child of his parents and they will have the sympathy of many friends.

[Note: Death Certificate born July 7, 1903; died Sept. 10, 1911; 8 years, 2 months and 3 days of age.]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Sept. 12, 1911
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Ray, Rachel M.

Tribute To The Memory of Mrs. R.M. Ray
     Mrs. Rachel M. Ray, wife of the Rev. J.D. Ray, died at Pilgrim's Cottage, Mount Ebenezer, Gallia county, Ohio, on Wednesday evening, at 25 minutes past 11 o'clock. She was removed from time to eternity in the sixty-fifth year of her age; and being "justified by faith" she had "peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ." Romans 5:1
     It may be interesting to her numerous friends to have a brief notice of the life and character of this most excellent woman. She was born in Chester county, Pennsylvania, on the 22nd of March 1799. During her childhood her father and family moved to Canonsburgh, Washington county, Pennsylvania, where he resided until the time of his death which occurred on the 1st of June 1825. The name of John McFarland will long be remembered and revered by the members of the Reformed Presbyterian church in that region, for his usefulness, fidelity, punctuality, and godly sincerity. His house was ever the welcome and hospitable home of the ministry and friends of Christ. His widow who was truly a mother of Israel and remarkable for her kind, pacific, and gentle disposition, and for her unobtrusive piety survived her husband for nearly eleven years. She died at the residence of the Rev. J.D. Ray, at Mt. Carmel, in the faith and hope of the Gospel, on the 12th of March, 1836.
     Her (Rachel M.) only surviving sister, and indeed the only surviving member of her father's house, remarked in a letter to the writer, received during the illness of the deceased that "she was a praying christian from her youth up, and remarkable for her integrity and purity of life." The same testimony might be given by hundreds, who knew her well in the relations of daughter, girl, and wife, and above all as a meek and humble disciple in the school of Christ in which she excelled many in christian knowledge and experience, whose advantages in some respects, were far superior to hers.
     On the 24th of October, 1826, the Rev. J.D. Ray and this lovely, devout, and interesting girl were united in the sacred bonds of matrimony at her mother's house in Canonsburgh, Pennsylvania. In a short time after this they removed to Mt. Carmel, and during the pastorate of her husband over the churches of Mount Carmel, the North Branch, and Mount Tabor, Virginia, embracing a period of about 28 years, no woman could have more faithfully and conscientiously performed the arduous and often perplexing duties of a pastor's wife.
     She leaves a bereaved and disconsolate husband, with numerous relatives and friends to deplore her removal from this life, though well assured she is now numbered with the spirits of the "just made perfect' in the Paradise of God.
     The funeral services being closed, her mortal remains were conveyed to the Smeltzer Grave-yard, followed by many neighbors and friends, and there interred in the cold and silent grave.

[Note: She is buried at Centenary CE. Gravemarker date of death December 16, 1863, 67 y, w/o Rev. J.D.]

Simmerman files, Tope file with a notebook of handwritten obituaries that Ann Simmerman copied from Mary Tope's scrapbook, Bossard Library. This obituary is 5 1/2 handwritten pages. I only abstracted the genealogical information for transcription.
Transcribed by Lynn Anders

Raynes, Mary Frances

     Mary Frances Raynes, 67, 113 Vinton Court, Gallipolis, died Thursday, March 21, 1996 at her residence. Born Sept. 24, 1928 in Gallia County, daughter of the late Isaac Hively, Sr. and Edith S. Kemper Hively, she was a retired licensed practical nurse at Gallipolis Developmental Center.
     Surviving are two daughters, Glenna Snyder and Nila (Robert) Hall, both of Gallipolis; three grandchildren; a sister, Rachel Mae Colley of Florida, and two brothers, Isaac Hively, Jr. of Gallipolis, and John Hively of Murrysville, Pa. She was also preceded in death by a sister, Mildred McGuire.
     Services will be 2 p.m. Sunday in the Willis Funeral Home, with the Rev. Manuel Lee Aldridge officiating. Burial will be in the Ohio Valley Memory Gardens. Friends may call at the funeral home from 6-8 p.m. Saturday.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Friday, March 22, 1996
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Raynor, Charles

C. Raynor of Rodney Dies in Hospital Here
Passes Away Yesterday at Holzer Hospital
Funeral at 2 Saturday
     Charles Raynor, perhaps the oldest resident of Rodney and vicinity, and long a familiar figure not only in that community but in Gallipolis as well, died at the Holzer Hospital at 2:40 Wednesday afternoon. He had been brought there a week ago suffering from infirmities incident to his 85 year.
     Mr. Raynor was a farmer and esteemed by his neighborhood and acquaintances generally as a good citizen and a straight forward man. He was married twice. His first wife was Emma Zink and she is the mother of his children. His second wife, who was Sallie Bretz and a sister of the Rev. Mr. Bretz, and these four children survive: Robert Raynor of near Kerr; Mrs. Ross Phillips, Gallipolis; Mrs. Charles Duncan, Huntington; Mrs. Carmen St. Clair, Nelsonville. Miss Garnet Whiting of near Rodney was a niece, her mother and Mr. Raynor having been sister and brother.
     The funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Saturday, but the complete arrangements for the last rites were not learned. Elias Wetherholt will have charge of the interment.

[Note: Mr. Raynor is buried at Calvary in Rio Grande, 1851-1936, and his death record states he was the son of Thomas and Janet Gillespie Raynor.]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
January 8, 1936
Transcribed by Henny Evans                                                                             Top of Page

Raynor, Emma

Death of Mrs. Raynor
     Mrs. Emma Raynor, aged sixty-five, passed away at her home in Rodney at 2 a.m. Thursday, September 15, after an illness extending over a period of ten months. She had a cancer of the
stomach.
     Mrs. Raynor leaves besides her husband, three daughters; Mrs. Charles Duncan, of Gallipolis, Mrs. Charles Shmeley of Nelsonville and Mrs. Otho Powell of Kerr's Station. One son, Robert Raynor, lives at Bidwell. She also leaves two brothers.
     The funeral services will be conducted at the Rodney M.E. Church, Thursday morning at 10 o'clock with Rev. E. L. Morrell. Interment will follow at the Rio Grande Cemetery, with Wetherholt & Entsminger in charge of the burial.
     Mrs. Raynor was a kind and noble woman who will be greatly missed in her home and
community.

[Note: According to Emma's death record she was the wife of Charles Raynor and the daughter of John and Betsie Ingels Zink. She was buried in Calvary in Rio Grande. 1855-1921]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
September 16, 1921
Transcribed by Henny Evans

Raynor, Shannon

     Shannon L. Raynor, 19, E.S.R., Gallipolis, died Monday from injuries received in an auto accident.
Miss Raynor was a member of the First Baptist Church in Gallipolis. She was born May 22, 1970, in Gallipolis, daughter of David L. and Barbara Ashworth Raynor of E.S.R., Gallipolis.
     Also surviving are three sisters, Tracy Brumfield of Gallipolis, Lee Ann Raynor, Heather Raynor and one brother, David Raynor, all at home; paternal grandmother, Eloise Collins of Proctorville, Ohio and maternal grandmother, Imo Ashworth of Huntington, WV.
     Services will be 1 p.m. Wednesday at Willis Funeral Home with the Rev. Archie Conn, Rev. Joseph Godwin and Rev. Alvis Pollard officiating. Burial will be at Ridgelawn Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 6-9 p.m. Tuesday.

[Note: Died Dec. 18, 1989]

Gallipolis Paper
December, 1989
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Reed, Cora Belle

Mrs. Reed is Claimed at 79 After Illness
     Mrs. Cora Belle Reed, 79, a resident of 1059 Second Ave., died at 12:50 a.m. Wednesday in Gallipolis Medical Center Hospital. She had been hospitalized for 24 days, and she had been in failing health for a year and a half.
     Mrs. Reed was born in Clay Twp., July 10, 1885, and was the last of 10 children born to the late George and Rosina Brucker Meal. She attended school at Yellowtown. Her marriage to Emmett Reed took place in 1901, and he preceded her in death in 1953. A son, Cecil Reed, died May 2, 1926. Her only survivors are 10 nieces and nephews. She was a member of Grace Methodist Church.
     Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Miller’s Home for Funerals. Rev. Hughey Jones will officiate and burial will be in Pine Street Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home on Friday, and until the hour of the service.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Thursday, July 8, 1965
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron

Reed, Martha M.

Death of Mrs. Reed
     Mrs. Martha M. Reed, residing in East Gallipolis, died last Monday evening. She was in the fifty-third year of her age and leaves a husband, two sons and one daughter. The funeral services were conducted Wednesday morning and the burial at Pine Street cemetery by Wetherholt.

Gallipolis Bulletin
Friday, March 9, 1906
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Rees, Chas

     In Rodney, 26th ult, Mr. Chas. Rees, in his 82d year. He came to this country in 1830, from Wales - joined the M. E. Church in Centerville, in 1836. In 1858 he became a member of the Free Will Baptist Church. He is in the hands of Him who doeth all things well.

Gallipolis Journal
Sept 7, 1876
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall

Rees, D. Donald

     D. Donald Rees, 77, 509 First Ave., Gallipolis, died Saturday at his residence. He was a retired appraiser from the Gallia County Auditor's office. He was also a partner in the Sigler Lanier Clothing Company and operated a farm in Perry Township.
     Born Dec. 15, 1909 in Hartline, Wash., he was a son of the late Timothy Rees and Ajesta Childers Rees. Married to Madeline Campell on Nov. 15, 1945, she survives, along with a brother, Gene Rees of Springfield, Ohio, and a sister, Mrs. Dorothy Young of Gallipolis; several neices(sic) and nephews.
     He was a member of Nebo Church; Post 4464 VFW; Lafayette Post of the American Legion and a life member of the Gallipolis Elks Lodge. He was a treasurer and trustee for Nebo Church and Nebo Cemetery Association. He was also trustee and treasurer for Welsh Gynamfu.
     He was a United States Army veteran of World War II, with the 6th Armored Division of Gen. George S. Patton. He served in Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland. He received the Silver Star, five Bronze Stars and the Purple Heart.
     Services will be conducted Tuesday, 11 a.m. at Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home, the Rev. Gomer Jenkins officiating. Burial follows in Mound Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home, Monday, 6 to 9 p.m. Graveside flag presentation will be made VFW Post 4464.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Monday, November 7, 1988
Transcribed by Nancy S. Edwards

Rees, David

Death of David Rees
     David Rees, a former resident of this county, died at Mt. Carmel Hospital, Columbus Friday morning and his body arrived here Saturday noon. Undertaker Davis of Thurman took charge of the remains and the funeral was held at Tyn'Rhos Sunday morning at 10 o'clock Dr. J. M. David conducting the services.       Mr. Rees had been employed at the State Imbecile Asylum for some years and was 59 years of age. He is survived by three brothers, Rev. Evan of Castleton, Ill., Aaron of Elgin, Ill., and S. Newt of Portland, Ore., and by four sisters, Mrs. Mary Ann Richards of Cora, Mrs. David T. Jones of Keystone, Mrs. Elizabeth Rees of Thurman and Mrs. James Davis of Santa Anna, Cal. He was a member of the Welsh Congregational Church and a highly respected man.

[Note: per stone, b. 1852]

Gallipolis Bulletin
November 23, 1911
No. 46 p. 1
Transcribed by Jan Rader                                                                                 Top of Page

Rees, Floyd

     Floyd H. Rees, 85, Gallipolis, died Saturday, June 3, 1995 at Holzer Medical Center. A lifelong resident of Gallia County, he was a graduate of Cadmus High School. He worked for many years at the Gallipolis Motor Company.
     Born Dec. 6, 1908, he was the son of Charles and Blanche Klicker Rees. He married Thelma Dabney July 5, 1936 in Olive Hill, Ky., and she survives. In addition to his wife, he is survived by one daughter, Lynda (Terry) Heaton of Northville, Mich.; one son, Larry (Laura) Rees of Westerville; two grandsons, Robert and Christopher Heaton; one sister, Geneva (Nolan) Carter of Gallipolis; and one sister-in-law, Faye Rees of Gallipolis. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by one brother, Paul Rees.
     Friends my call 6 to 9 p.m. today at the McCoy-Moore Funeral Home, Wetherholt Chapel, where the service will be held 11 a.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in Mound Hill Cemetery. Pall bearers will be Wayne Brown, Tom Grube, Tommy Mathews, Larry North, Eugene Rees and Paul Rees.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
June 5, 1995
Transcribed by Debbie Carter Evans

Rees, Gertrude Lucille

Lucille Rees, Recorder, Dies Early This Morning
     The remarkable career of County Recorder Gertrude Lucille Rees has ended. She passed away at 2:30 this morning at the Holzer Hospital. Most of her friends knew she was suffering from an uncommon blood disease and that her condition was hopeless.
     Miss Rees worked in her office on Monday, Jan. 26, but entered the hospital that evening. In a few days she responded to treatment and expert care and blood transfusions. Then came a turn for the worse and on Saturday it was thought she would not live through the day. On the death certificate Dr. C. E. Richards said death was caused by agranulocylosis. That is a condition in which the granulocytes in the blood are absent or greatly reduced in number. Leucocytes are white or colorless corpuscles.
     Sunday there were moments when she apparently recognized her sister, Mrs. Amy Wedemeyer, who remained at her side to the limit of her endurance. But there was no mistaking of the fact that death was drawing near, as revealed in Monday's Tribune.
     Lucille Rees was one of the most popular and most capable officials within the memory of present-day voters. In 1932, when she was but 21, she won the Republican nomination for recorder in a spirited contest. She was elected that fall, assumed her duties in 1933, had served the last 15 years, and was a candidate for reelection. She was chosen for six two-year terms and in 1944 for four-year term. In primary and general elections her pluralities were increasingly impressive. They reflected her acquaintanceship, her astuteness as a campaigner, and her [compet-runner-up candidate for nomination for sheriff in 1916 when H. W. Sowards was the winner- sic].
     Mr. and Mrs. Rees and Lucille moved to Gallipolis in 1925, the older daughter having married Walter Wedemeyer of Walnut Twp. (Rt. l, Patriot) about that time. Lucille was graduated from the GAHS four lears (years) later. In her childhood she was united with the Nebo Congregational Church. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and was secretary and a moving spirit in the Nebo Cemetery Association. Here she became a member of the Baptist Church.
     Mr. Rees died in 1930 and Mrs. Rees in 1937. Thereafter, the late Miss Ella Davies became Miss Rees's housekeeper. Her place was taken by Miss Genevieve Baker and the two had lived together for several years in the upper half of the double frame house which Miss Rees owned at 425-427 Fourth Ave. (Hobart Wilson and family live in the other half).
     Mrs. Rees is survived by, besides the sister named, the latter's three sons and a daughter, on whom the aunt lavished her affection, and many first cousins and other kinfolk. And there were friends in every community of the county who will be saddened to hear of her death. There is solace in the knowledge that she accomplished so much despite handicaps that would have destroyed the usefulness of one of less stamina.

[Note: From death certificate date of birth November 20, 1910; date of death February 10, 1948. Her father was John E. Rees (e) and mother Elizabeth (Lizzie) Davies/Davis. She is buried at Nebo CE.]

Newspaper unknown
From the collection of and transcribed by Debbie Carter Evans

Rees, John

John Rees Died This Forenoon Holzer Hospital
Suffered Stroke While With Other Highway Workers
     John (Jack) Rees, state highway employee, who lived in the 600 block of Second Avenue, died at 11:20 this forenoon, at the Holzer Hospital. He was about 63 years old.
     Mr. Rees suffered a severe heart attack or a stroke after 8 o'clock while he was riding with other highway workers out on Route 141 near what used to be Blazer Post Office.
Estminger's ambulance was called and he was removed to the hospital. His condition seemed to worsen during this trip and he was unable to speak and hardly able to breath because of constant and severe coughing.
     Mr. Rees was born and reared in the Centerpoint community and was the son and only child of the late James and Rachel Jenkins Rees. To distinguish him from others of the same name he was for a long time commonly called John Jim Rees, but here he was better known as Jack Rees.
     He is survived by his wife, who was Marie Klicker and her mother, Mrs. David R. Klicker, who lived at the Rees' home. They were married about 15 years ago and had lived here nearly all the period of their wedlock.
Mr. Rees was a large and stout looking man, but he had had heart trouble for a good while.

[Note: Death Certificate...born Aug. 12, 1898; died Oct. 3, 1944; aged 64 years 1 month and 2 days. Burial: Tyn Rhos Cemetery]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Oct. 3, 1944
Transcribed by F. K. Brown

Rees, John J.

Superintendent Of County Home, Died 2 Saturday
Rites To Be Held There At 2 P.M. Wednesday
     Hundreds of Gallia County folk were shocked during the weekend by the news that John J. Rees, superintendent of the County Home, had died there at 2 o'clock        
     Saturday afternoon. He had been ill and bedfast but a few days.
This faithful, capable and conscientious public servant passed away on his 54th birthday, after serving his county and its aged and unfortunate wards for nearly a decade.

Military Funeral
     Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the home, with the Masons taking a part therein. Interment in Mudsoc Cemetery under the auspices of Lafayette Post, American Legion. Rev. Charles H. Lusher will officiate.
     John Jenkin Rees was born near Patriot on September 21, 1892, a son of David and Margaret Davis Rees. He became a soldier in World War I and was an infantry sergeant.
     Early in 1920 he married Ruby Dailey, a daughter of the late V.F. Dailey, and they lived in the Alexander neighborhood before their selection as superintendent and matron of the County Home, then more often than now called the Infirmary. They assumed their new duties in March, 1937. He succeeded the late Thomas McClaskey. Their only daughter, Virginia, died in August of that year.
     Mr. Rees is survived by his devoted wife and competent co-worker and one son, Vance Rees, who lives at 1112 First Avenue and works for the Gallipolis Motor Company. There is one grandchild, David Leonard Rees. Also surviving are these brothers and sister: Charles Rees, living on the old homestead at Patriot, Floyd Rees, who represents the International Harvester Co. at Springfield, Mo., Thomas Rees, Philadelphia and Mrs. Laura Shelton, Ashland, Ky.
     Decedent was a member of the Masonic Lodge of Patriot and the Patriot Grange and Lafayette Post.
Neighbors and county officials in position to know of the work done by Mr. and Mrs. Rees declare that their record is simply excellent. They were kind and considerate of those placed in their charge and they were industrious and attentive in their duties and the interests of the taxpayers. None praised them higher than former county auditor, Emmet D. Keeler, and the present auditor, Emmett Slagle. Mr. Keeler said in his opinion no county in the state had the peers of the Reeses as managers of a county home.

[Note: Burial is in Neal CE (aka Mudsoc); year of birth on gravemarker has 1891; date of death September 21, 1946.]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
September 23, 1946
Transcribed by Lynn Anders

Rees, Lizzie L.

Mrs. Lizzie L. Rees, 65, Died This Morning
Widow Of Jack Rees And Mother Of Recorder Rees- Funeral Friday P. M.
     Mrs. Lizzie L. Rees, mother of County Recorder Lucille Rees, died at 4:30 this morning at the Holzer Hospital, whither she had been removed yesterday. Death was due to diabetes. Though her health had been slowly declining for more than a year, comparatively few of her friends were aware of the seriousness of her condition. She had been bedfast much of the time since week ago Friday and there was a turn for the worse on Sunday. Mrs. Rees was the widow of John E. Rees, who died here seven years ago. She was in her 65th year.

Native of Raccoon
     She was a daughter of William J. and Amy Jane Davies and was born in the Tyn Rhos community (Thurman R.D.) but in Raccoon tp. on August 20, 1871. She and Mr. Rees, who was a native of the Nebo community, Perry tp., were married March 20, 1907. They lived in that community and he became an active figure in county affairs. After his health began to fail they moved to Gallipolis in 1925.
     For about a year Mrs. Rees and daughter, Lucille, had lived at 517 Second avenue, across the street from the City building. Another daughter, Amy, wife of Walter Wedemeyer of Patriot R.D. survives. To these daughters the mother was tenderly devoted, and they were to her.
     Also surviving are three sisters and three brothers: Miss Ella Davies, Columbus; Mrs. David Jones, Thurman; Mrs. Amy Fellows, Saginaw, Mich.; Evan W. Davies, Van Wert; Jenkin W. Davies, Venedocia, Ohio; Dan O. Davies, Lancaster. Another brother, John Hamilton Davies, the oldest, died in 1807 [1907?].
     Mrs. Rees was a member of the Congregationalist church of Nebo and of the Daughters of Union Veterans and she held the respect and esteem of a circle of friends extending across the county.
     Brief funeral services will be held at the residence at 12:30 Friday, with Rev. George Sagen in charge. Then the body will be conveyed to Nebo for further services at 2 o'clock. Burial in Nebo cemetery by Davis & Thomas.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
March 31, 1937
Transcribed by Lynn Anders

Rees, Mabel Alice

[The following is copied  from the original which was in a box of records and
pictures belonging to  Mabel's cousin, Debbie Vivian Gooch Logue.]

     The subject of this sketch was born to David C. and Hollis Corn Rees Oct. 23, 1903 and with the exception of a few short visits in different parts of the state, spent her entire life of twenty-eight years on the farm near Ebenezer where she was born. When she was a very small child, she was stricken with a serious illness that for a time threatened to wrest her away. Due to loving care and her own inherent  physical strength, she finally rallied but with a body too frail to enable her to gratify fully her ardent ambition to secure a liberal education. Compelled to discontinue attendance at  the township high school because of failing health, her steadfastness of purpose prompted her to continue her studies at home in leisure hours, when household duties which she assumed did not demand her attention.  She thus earned the credits necessary to be graduated from Rio Grande High School with the class of 1932. This attainment reinforced by wide, well-chosen and discriminate reading – this jeweled crown of her young womanhood secured by her own firm resolve – to-gether with systematized study, equipped her with a broader view, a more extended vision, a grander philosophy of life than that acquired by many with good health and greater opportunities.  She was more familiar with current topics and had a greater knowledge of world history than many college students.
     It was the writer’s privilege to spend much time with her alone in the great out-of-doors.  He knew her  intimately and well.  Her quick  perception, her alert and inquiring mind, her keen sense of humor, her unselfish  kindness and consideration so manifest in her attitude toward others made her a  most enjoyable companion, a staunch and splendid friend. Development along the lines which she had chosen is the only thing that  was necessary to have made her truly great.  Who shall say that this development has  ended?  Who shall say that it may  not have just begun?  It is a consoling thought that her soul may be building even more “stately mansions”
that those she constructed here while she was unconsciously garnering our most copious measures of admiration, respect and love. Her strong public spirit manifested itself in many ways.  
     She has been the organist at Ebenezer Sunday School for the past fifteen years and has served as its treasurer for ten  years.  In a county wide contest,  her government itself recognized this virtue by presenting her with a medal for having sold the greatest number of War Saving Stamps.  She was appointed to a federal office of trust that required careful painstaking effort.
     She became a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Thurman under the pastorate of Rev. J. E. Dibert.
     Shortly after the dawn of a new day on June 8, 1932 she was summoned to that unknown, an-to-us-unknowable, realm – one however which we thoroughly believe to be governed by a supreme and benevolent Intelligence, where the wrongs of this world are righted, where the mistakes of this life are rectified, where care and worry cease and Peace that passeth all understanding reigns supreme.  There, awaiting her, she  will find the little sister and baby brother who have preceded  her. She bequeaths a blessed memory to her father, mother, sister, Florence,  and a multitude of other relatives and friends.  Better than stocks and bonds, better  than houses and lands, better than money or anything that wealth can devise is  this rich legacy, this bountiful heritage of a loving memory that honors and  reveres the one who bestowed it.

Transcribed by Karen Seibert

Rees, Margaret Davis

     Margaret Davis Rees, daughter of Thomas H. and Elizabeth Davis, was born January 19, 1848, and departed this life June 30, 1927, aged 79 years, 5 months and 11 days. She was united in marriage to David Rees, whom she lived pleasantly for more than half a century.
     Her sudden death came as a shock to her many friends. A few hours before her death she sat on the front porch at her home greeting her friends. The sudden death of Mrs. Rees removes from this community a good woman, whose life was an inspiration to all who knew her. She united with the church in early childhood, and has been a faithful and devout Christian nearly all of her long and useful life. Her span of life has closed. She has finished her work and passed into the beyond where we trust, there is a crown of righteousness laid up for her.
     She was the mother of nine children, four of whom preceded her into the Great Beyond. Her devoted husband passed away last October. She is survived by the following children, Chas. W., of Patriot, Thos, of Lancaster, Floyd R., of Aldrich?, Mo., John J., of Cadmus and Laura at home. She is also survived by twenty grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, one sister, Mrs. Lizzie Tanner? of Gallipolis and two brothers, Thos T. David of Patriot, David Davis of Alice.
     Her many friends mourn her departure and write in extending sympathy to the bereaved family.

[Note: Buried Salem Baptist Cemetery in Perry Township]

Gallia Times
Aug 4, 1927
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall

Rees, Mary Lewis

Mrs. Mary Rees Dies Wednesday
     Mrs. Mary Lewis Rees, 74 widow of Evan Rees, died at her home in Columbus at 1 a.m. Wednesday. Her death was sudden but she had been in declining health for a period of several years. Her death took place at her home, 933 E. Mound St. She had moved to Columbus from Gallia County about a year and a half ago.
     Mrs. Rees was a native of Wales and had spent most of her life in Jackson. She was first married to Rev. J.J. Matthews, who for many years was pastor of the Welsh Presbyterian church at Jackson. After his death she was married to Evan Rees, who preceded her in death March 23, 1955.
     She is survived by two daughter and a son, Miss Grace Matthews of Columbus, Muriel of Dayton and Edward of Piqua. Two step children who survive are Bob Rees, Gallipolis auto dealer and Miss Gertrude Matthews.
     Funeral arrangements are in charge of the John Thomas Funeral home at Jackson. Time for the service will be announced later and will be held in Jackson with burial there. Friends may call at the Funeral home.

Unknown newspaper
December 4, 1956
Transcribed by Marjorie Wood                                                                          Top of Page

Rees, Robert S.

Robert S Rees, Gallipolis Businessman, Dead at 60
     Gallipolis, Ohio, businessman Robert S.Rees,60,of Patriot, Ohio, Star Route, died Friday [Sep 22, 1972] in a Gallipolis hospital.
     Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 1 p.m. at Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home at Gallipolis by the Rev. Gomer Jenkins and the Rev. Linson H Stebbins.Burial will follow in Tyn Rhos Cemetery near Rio Grande, Ohio.
     Born Sept 21, 1912 in Perry Township, Ohio, he was a son of the late Evan D. and Jerry Samuels Rees. He was owner of the oldest automobile agency in Gallia County, Bob Rees Pontiac, Inc. and also of Bob Rees Acceptance Corp., a director of the First National Bank of Gallipolis, a director of Ameritel Enterprises, Inc. of Cambridge, Ohio,and was developer and principal stockholder of the Gallipolis Holiday Inn ,scheduled for completion in October.
     A member of Nebo Church, he belonged to Eastern Star Chapter 444 at Thurman, Ohio, Patriot Lodge 496 AF & AM , Scottish Rite of Columbus,Ohio, Alladen Temple Shrine in Columbus, Gallipolis BPOE 107 and was a veteran of World War I.
     He is survived by several cousins, all of the Gallipolis area.

Huntington Hearld Dispatch
Sept 23,1972
Transcribed by Ernie Wright

Rees, Rosena W.

     RIO GRANDE – Rosena Wiseman Rees, 62, 403 W. College Street, Rio Grande, died Friday, May 31, 1991. She was a retired elementary school teacher with the Gallia County Local Schools, a member of the Simpson Chapel United Methodist Church, Rio Grande, the Morning Star Chapter 444, Order of the Eastern Star, Thurman, and the Gallia County Teachers Association.
     She was born January 11, 1929 at Rio Grande, the daughter of the late Ernest and Alice Clyse Wiseman.
She is survived by her husband, David L. Rees, and four sons, David L., Dwane, Dean and Dwight Rees, all of Rio Grande; eight grandchildren, one brother: John Wiseman, Point Pleasant, W. Va.; and two sisters: Mrs. Elwood (Betty) Brown, Minford and Mrs. Richard (Hope) Davison, Richmondale. She was preceded in death by two brothers: Harold and E. M. (Ike) Wiseman.
     Private funeral services will be conducted under the direction of the McCoy-Moore Funeral Home, Vinton, with Rev. Webster Cox officiating. Burial will be in the Calvary Cemetery, Rio Grande. There will be no visitation.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Simpson Chapel United Methodist Church, Rio Grande

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
June, 1991
Transcribed by Sandi Hardesty                                                                          Top of Page

Rees, William J.

     DIED - Rees: Of consumption near Rio Grande, June 25, 1882, William J. Rees died but three days before his first score of youthful years had terminated, after a protracted illness of several months and the following Tuesday his remains, followed by a very large concourse of relatives and friends, were interred in the Tyn Rhos Cemetery. The obsequies were conducted by Revs. T.E. Pedin, in English, and R. Richards, Jenkin Rees and J. Davis in Welsh.
     Will, was a young man noted for his sociability, humor and wit. He was loved and respected by all that knew him. He bore his afflictions with the greatest of patience, not once murmuring at his condition but always, "I'm pretty well".
     He leaves an affectionate father and mother, five brothers and sisters to mourn his absence here on earth; but consoled by the knowledge that virture will be rewarded.

[Note: From cemetery marker; died at age 19 y 11 m 27 d. Parents John A. & Jane Rees]

Gallipolis Bulletin
July 11, 1882
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Reese, David, Mrs.

     Death visited the home of Mr. David Reese Wednesday, 17th, and took from this life his beloved wife. Deceased was about forty-eight years of age and puerperal fever was the malady that caused death. She leaves sorrowing husband, and four children, three boys and a girl, to whom her death is a severe blow. The funeral will take place Thursday from her late home, Rev. Rice officiating, and interment being at Nebo. The bereaved family have the sympathy of a wide circle of friends.

Gallipolis Journal
March 30, 1894
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall

Reese, Elizabeth

Mrs. Elizabeth Reese Dead
     Mrs. Elizabeth Reese, widow of D.J. Reese of Huntington Township, died recently, aged 72 years, 8 months and 7 days. The funeral was held at Ebenezer Church by Rev. W.J. Fulton.
     She was the daughter of H.A. and Margaret Griffith and was born Jan. 16, 1850 in Louisa County, Iowa. She was united in marriage to Evan Lloyd and resided in Cincinnati for a few years. To them were born a son, Arthur. A short time after, her heart was saddened by the news that her husband was accidentally killed while at work. In a few months, her son was called to the great beyond.
     On Nov. 29, 1877, she was united in marriage to D.J. Reese. For over forty years they lived happily, when about a year and a half ago he was called. Their home was blessed with four children, David of Newark, Margaret, deceased, Mrs. Walter Metcalf and John of Vinton. She leaves a sister, Mrs. Harvey Phelps of Athens and four grandchildren, besides many other relatives and friends.
     Mrs. Reese became a Christian early in life and at the time of her death was a member of the First Huntington Church.

Card of Thanks
     We desire to extend our thanks to neighbors and friends for their kindness and sympathy during the illness and death of our mother.
     The Children

Gallipolis Journal
Oct. 5, 1922
Transcribed by F.K. Brown                                                                                Top of Page

Reese, Esta

REESE, ESTA
     Esta Reese, 87, Gallipolis, died Thursday May 8, 1997 in Veterans Memorial Hospital. Born Jan. 3, 1910 in Kyger, daughter of the late Arthur and Halda Swisher Jenkins, she was a homemaker. A member of the First Baptist Church, she was a member and past president of the Gallipolis Garden Club, and a member and Past Worhty High Priestess of the White Shrine. Surviving is a nephew, Larry Jenkins of Miamisburg.
     Services are 11 a.m. Monday in the Waugh-Halley-Wood funeral Home, with Pastor Archie Conn officiating. Burial will be in Gravel Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 6-9 p.m. Sunday.
White Shrine services will be conducted at 8:30 p.m. Sunday in the funeral home.

Gallipolis Tribune
May 9, 1997
Transcribed by J. Farley

Reese, John E.

Complications From Fractured Hip Fatal
John E. Reese Dies At His Home Here Wednesday At Age 57
     John E. Reese passed away at his home on Third Avenue at 6:30 Wednesday evening from complications following a fractured hip he received, although he never fully recovered from the critical illness he suffered five years ago.
     He was born at Gallia, O., and was 57 years old this last June, and has always resided in Gallia county, moving to this city six years ago. He was formerly an employee of the O. H. E. but conducted a cream station recently. He was also county truant officer for the schools, and a life member of the Congregational church at Nebo. He was also a member of the Masonic order, and a citizen well liked by all who had his acquaintance.
     He was the son of David E. and Elizabeth Reese, both having preceded him in death.
The following close relatives survive, his widow Mrs. Elizabeth Davis Reese, two daughters, Lucille at home and Mrs. Walter Wedemeyer of Walnut township and one grand child, Ray Wedemeyer, one sister Mrs. J. E. Evans of Cora and three brothers Evan E. of this city, Thomas of Los Angeles, Calif., and Dan L. of Columbus.
     The funeral services will be conducted Friday from his late home at 6:30 (?) and the remains will be taken to Nebo cemetery for interment.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Thursday, September 18, 1930
Transcribed by Lynn Anders                                                                              Top of Page

Reese, Laura

     Laura Reese, 79, a former resident of Gallipolis, died Monday at 2830 Osceola Ave., Columbus, following a long illness. Mrs. Reese was born, Dec 24, 1896, in Gallia COunty, daughter to the late Arnold Serepta Kincaid Langdon.
     Survivors include two sons, James, Columbus and Ed, Gallipolis, one daughter, Gladys, Columbus. Ten grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren survive. She was preceded in death by her husband, Bill; three sisters and three brothers.
     Funeral services were held this afternoon in Columbus.

Gallipolis paper
No date
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall

Reese (Rees) Margaret Davis

Mrs. David Reese Burial Sunday
     Mrs. Margaret Davis Reese was buried Sunday in the Salem cemetery following the funeral services which were held at the Patriot church at 2 p.m. that day. Mrs. Davis [sic- Rees/Reese], who was the widow of David Reese, died suddenly Friday about 10 p.m. at her home in Patriot. She was born in Gallia county, 79 years ago and had lived her entire life in the neighborhood where she was born. She was a member of the Siloam church from early childhood.
     Surviving relatives are one daughter, Laura, at home and four sons, Floyd, Missouri; Thomas, Lancaster; John and Charles, Patriot; one sister, Mrs. Lizzie Tanner, of Gallipolis, two brothers, Thomas Davis, Patriot, and David Davis of Alice, all of whom were present at the funeral with a large number of friends from all parts of the county. A quartet composed of Messrs. J. P. Martin, D. W. Thomas, Mrs. J. P. Huntington and Miss Mayme Berridge sang some beautiful hymns.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
July 5, 1927
Transcribed by Lynn Anders                                                                              Top of Page

Reid, Della

Short Illness Fatal for Mrs. Matt Reid
     Brief illness of only ten days resulted fatally for Mrs. Della Brown Reid, wife of Matt Reid, early Thursday morning at Holzer Hospital. Mrs. Reid had suffered a burn two weeks ago, and was taken to the hospital ten days ago; where an operation was performed Wednesday night as a last effort to save her life. Death came at 5:40 a.m.
     Born in Mason county, West Virginia, Sept. 3, 1880, Mrs. Reid was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Brown of this city. She married Sept. 1, 1915. For sixteen years she was employed in the Ohio Valley Laundry and since 1921 has worked with her husband in the Gallipolis Dye Shop. She was a member of the Royal Neighbors of America and had a host of friends.
     Besides her husband and parents, she is survived by one sister, Mrs. Minnie Walker, and one brother, Jacob Brown, both of this city.
     Funeral arrangements which are in charge of Geo. J. Wetherholt and Sons have not been completed pending word from relatives but the services probably will be held Sunday afternoon.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Thursday, May 8, 1930
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron

Reid, Della

Reid Funeral Sunday
     The funeral services for Mrs. Matt Reid will be held at the Presbyterian Church Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m., Rev. Wood Duff officiating.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Friday, May 9, 1930
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron                                                                  Top of Page

Reid, Kate Ward

Native Of This City Dies In Charleston
     Mrs. E. A. Reid, wife of the Vice-President of the Charleston National Bank and a native of this city, died early yesterday in the West Virginia Capital City.
     Funeral Services were held this afternoon. Burial in Spring Hill Cemetery.
     Mrs. Reid was born here in 1864 and was a granddaughter of the late Orland Ward. She attended Gallipolis and Charleston schools and married Mr. Reed in 1888.
     Surviving her are her husband's two nephews; Fred W. Goshorn [?] and Donald Goshorn [?] of Charleston; two nieces Mrs. Frank Field of Charleston and Mrs. Albert W. Foster of Philadelphia.

[Note: Death Certificate: Kate Ward Reed died July 8, 1937 ......72 years, 11 months and 19 days of age. Parents: Sarah Shees and J.K. Reese. Husband: E.A. Reid ]

Gallipolis Paper
No date
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Reinwald, Helen Romaine

     Helen Romaine Reinwald, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Reinwald died at her home at Erie, Penn Sunday, April 21, aged 17 years, after a long illness. The remains were brought here Tuesday and taken to the home of her grandmother, Mrs. Susan Shuler, on Third Avenue.
     The funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon by Rev. J. A. Newton of the First Baptist Church, burial following at the Pine Street Cemetery. She leaves father, mother and sisters Kathleen and Esther to mourn their loss. The deceased was born in this city and had been a resident of Erie for eight years. She was a bright, lovable girl and the family will have the sympathy of all in their ??? loss.

Gallipolis Journal
April 24, 1912
Transcribed by Irene Hively Blamer                                                                    Top of Page

Reisinger, Lottie Stewart

Stroke Is Fatal To Mrs. Reisinger Friday Morning
     Mrs. Lottie Stewart Reisinger, wife of D. Luther Reisinger, 722 Second Ave., died at 8:05 this morning at the Holzer Hospital. She suffered a stroke on Tuesday and was taken to the hospital but there was little that could be done for her. Up until Sunday she had appeared to be in normal health.
     Funeral services will be held at the residence at 3 p.m. Sunday, with Rev. W. Scott Westerman and Rev. L. H. Stebbins officiating. Interment will be made in Mound Hill Cemetery by George J. Wetherholt & Sons. Friends my call at the Second Ave. address after 7 p.m. Saturday.
     Lottie Belle Stewart was born July 12, 1869, at Flag Springs in Walnut Twp. She was the youngest of the children of Joseph and Charlotte McIntyre Stewart. Now there is but one survivor of that family circle, a brother, John Stewart, Gallipolis. There are numerous surviving nephews and nieces and great-nephews and great-nieces.
     For many years decedent tenderly cared for and ministered to the ailing and infirm of her kinfolk and thus endeared herself to young and old alike. To them and to the kindly and devoted husband her passing comes as a profound shock. She was a member of the Methodist Church and had lived an exemplary life.
     On July 15, 1932, she married Edward O. Anderson and they lived at Wallowa, Ore., until 1941 when they moved to Gallipolis. He died here the next year. Her marriage to Mr. Reisinger was an event of April 3, 1946, and it had been a happy and harmonious one.

[Note: From death certificate date of death September 12, 1947.]

Newspaper (prob. September 1947, Gallipolis) clipping found in the Simmerman files, Stewart file, Bossard Library.
Transcribed by Debbie Carter Evans

Reiter, Martin York

     OBITUARY - Martin York Reiter, son of Daniel and Mary Jane Reiter, was born Feb. 10, 1902, at White Sulphur Springs, WV and was drowned near Ben Lomond, WV, Nov. 21, 1920; aged 18 years, 9 months and 11 days.
     York spent his early life in Greenbrier County, WV and came to Ohio with his father in December, 1917 and resided on a farm near Harrisburg. At the time of his death he was employed by his brother, James D. Reiter, at Hogsett. He was of a kind disposition and liked by all who knew him. He gave his life to Christ and united with the Methodist Episcopal Church at Neola at the age of fourteen.
     He leaves to mourn their loss his father, one brother, James D. of Hogsett, WV; six sisters, Mrs. Robert Stroup of Rainell, WV; Mrs. Henry Hambrick of Hogsett; Mrs. James D. Foster of Neola, WV; Mrs. Elmer Strausbaugh of Bairdstown, Ohio; Mrs. Bernard Hoover and Miss Alice at home and an aged grandmother, Mrs. James Gillespie of Rodney. His mother preceded him when he was aged two years; also one brother and three sisters died in infancy.
     Relatives and friends had been in suspense and with heavy hearts since last November when he left his brother's home in search of wild ducks along the Ohio River. Indications led searchers to believe him overcome in some way while in the water and drowned. Diligent search was made along the river and liberal rewards offered, but of no avail until the first of April, when his body was found by a member of a houseboat crew who was fishing along the West Virginia shore some three miles below his brother's farm.      
     His body was taken to Gallipolis, in charge of Undertakers Wetherholt & Entsminger, who prepared it for burial. On account of his long stay in the water, it was impossible to have church services and he was taken direct to Calvary Cemetery at Rio Grande Saturday, April 2 and he was placed in his last resting place. Short services were held at the cemetery by Rev. Wood. The floral contributions were beautiful.
     May the God of Love comfort them in this hour of darkness. We do not always understand why God plucks the young and tender flowers; but may we all be able to say, "Not our will but Thy will be done, O Lord, on Earth as it is in Heaven."

Gallia Times
April 14, 1921
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Reno, Capt. W. D.

Death of Capt. Reno
     Capt. W. D. Reno, suffering with pneumonia, was taken from the towboat, Joseph Walton at this place on Friday morning of last week and conveyed to the Marine Hospital, where he died at 9:30 o’clock that same evening. He had been placed in command of the Watson during the absence of Capt. Wishart, who was here taking treatment at the hospital, but who was sufficiently improved to start for Pittsburgh on his boat on Friday morning.
     Capt. Reno had been in the employ of the Walton Company as a master and pilot for the past twenty years. His home was at Rochester, Pa., and a wife and three children survive him. The remains were prepared for shipment by Undertaker Wetherholt, and were taken to Rochester for burial on Monday morning by Mr. J. I. Reno, a cousin of the deceased.

Gallipolis Bulletin
Saturday, January 14, 1899
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron

Repass, Edward

Edward Repass
     Edward Orville Repass, 35, a resident of Rt. 3, Gallipolis (Rodney Cora Rd.) was killed in a boating accident on Chickamauga Creek around 9:25 p.m. Thursday.
     Mr. Repass was a self-employed truck driver and a former employee of Bob Myers Ashland Distributor. He was born June 28, 1944, at Oak Ridge, Tenn., son of the late Edward E. Repass and Lucille Larke, who survives and resides at Gates City, Va. Mr. Repass is survived by his wife, Vickie Webb Repass, and one daughter, Jennifer, 8, at home. One brother, Barton Repass, Rt. 3, Gallipolis, survives along with two sisters, Mrs. Linda Bright, Hilton, Va., and Mrs. Norma McCellan, Pulaski, Va.
     Mr. Repass had resided in Gallia County the past five years. He was a member of the Cheshire Masonic Lodge.
     Funeral Services will be held Sunday at the Warren Funeral Home at Gates City, Va. Burial will be at Oakview Cemetery, Kingsport, Tenn. Local arrangements are under the direction of the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Friday, June 29, 1979
Transcribed by Marjorie Wood

Resener, George W.

OBITUARY
     Died of Typhoid Pneumonia, at his father's residence in Cheshire, Ohio, Thursday Afternoon, July 08, 1886, George W. RESENER, son of H and M Resener aged 21 years, 8 months and 27 days.
     Mr. Resener was born at Cincinnati, Ohio, Nov. 11, 1861; he removed to Cheshire with his parents in 1865. While attending school at Rio Grande College in 1883, he united with the Free Will Baptist Church.
     Possessing the confidence and esteem of all his associates, he will be missed in the family circle, by the church and by the community. His sickness was of only a few days, though from the first he felt impressed it would be fatal, and on the morning of his death he told his mother he was going to glory.
     He was a kind and affectionate son, a loving brother and a true and faithful friend. His merry laugh and cheerful voice will be missed in every sphere in which he moved; of him it may be truly said he added to the sum of human joys by the sunshine of his presence.
     Words fail in their mission when used to console hearts which are almost broken with grief; but if heart-felt sympathy affords any consolation, the bereaved and sorrowing parents and family may rest assured that our entire community extend that consolation.
     Funeral services were held at the M.E. Church, Saturday afternoon at 8 O clock, conducted by Rev. J. M. Davis of Rio Grande.
     'Remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth;' who, from the beginning spoke in sympathetic eloquence which permeated every heart in the vast congregation, and streaming eyes gave evidence how deeply they were impressed. He was assisted by Rev. T. E. Pedon of Cheshire.
     The remains were followed to their last resting place in Gravel Hill Cemetery, by a large con[illegible] of relatives and friends."

Gallipolis Journal
Weds., July 28, 1886
Transcribed by Teresa Herrmann                                                                   Top of Page

Resener, Henry

Death of Mr. Henry Resener
     Mr. Henry W. Resener died at his home at Cheshire Tuesday evening at 5 o'clock Oct. 6, 1903, aged about 50 years. The funeral services will be at 1 o'clock Thursday, under the direction of Silvain Lodge F. &A.M. and of which he was a member, assisted by Morning Dawn Lodge of this city.
     Mr. Resener was the son of the venerable Mr. & Mrs. Henry Resener, still living at Cheshire. He also left a brother, Mr. E.J. Resener, proprietor of the Diamond Flouring Mill of this city and sisters, Mrs. Robert Mauck, Mrs. M.W. Ralston and Mrs. Amos Walker; all of Cheshire. His wife and two children Alfred of this city, at Harry Franklin Sons and Mrs. Jacob Zelhr of Pomeroy. He was first a clerk on the river in starting out in life, but became a bookkeeper in his father's flour mill at Cheshire and occupied that position until it was discontinued. He then was elected Treasure of Gallia County serving four years and residing with the family in this city during that time.
     He became an invalid from locomotor ataxis during his last term, but with invincible courage and resolution performed his duties to the close of his term with the assistance of his good and very capable wife and when his term of office expired about two years ago removed to Cheshire. His disease was one of great affliction but he faced and he bore it with the courage of a Spartan and even as late as last Saturday was pushed about in his native village in a reclining chair. He was sociable and friendly and had lot of friends. Peace to his ashes.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Wednesday Evening, Oct. 7, 1903
Transcribed by F. K. Brown

Ressinger, Nellie Marie

Miss Ressinger Dies Saturday
     Miss Nellie Marie Ressinger, 59, of 2937 Meadowbrook Dr., Pt. Pleasant, a registered nurse and employee of Holzer Hospital, died Saturday in Holzer Hospital.
     An employee of Holzer Hospital for 14 years, Miss Ressinger resided in Pt. Pleasant with Miss Christine Fruth, who is also a registered nurse.
     Born July 13, 1908, at Germantown, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Edward and Eva Mears Ressiinger. The only survivor is a sister, Mrs. Wanetta Manley, Portsmouth.
     Services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Foglesong Funeral Home at Mason by the Rev. Lowell Keeney. Burial will be in Kirkland Memorial Gardens near Pt. Pleasant. Friends may call at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Monday, July 31, 1967
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron

Reynolds, Alva Claude

Death of Addison Soldier
     Claude Reynolds, whose critical illness was spoken of this week, died Thursday night of pneumonia while in limited military service camp near Syracuse, N.Y. He was a fine young fellow from Addison aged about 30 years, the son of W. H. Reynolds. A wide circle of friends here regret his death. It is not known when the remains will arrive, but the arrangements will be stated later.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Friday, Sept. 27, 1918

Funeral of Soldier Boy
     The funeral of the late Claude Reynolds, soldier, who died at the Syracuse, N.Y. camp was conducted by Rev. Mr. Orr of Middleport from the M. E. Church at Addison Sunday at 2 p.m. A large crowd was present and a profusion of flowers were sent. The body was interred in the family cemetery at Addison by Wetherholt & Entsminger.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Monday, September 30, 1918

Reynolds, Alva Claude

MILITARY HONORS - Accorded Young Addison Soldier Who Died For His Country
     Gallia County mourns the loss of another of her soldier boys, sacrificed on the altar erected by the manhood of America to stay the bellish ambition of the Hun to dominate the world.
     Alva Claude Reynolds, 32, son of William H. Reynolds of Addison, died Thursday evening, Sept. 26, 1918, in a military hospital at Oswego, N.Y. He had entered limited military service from Gallia County on August 15, and was ordered to Syracuse, N. Y. On being taken ill with pneumonia he was sent to the hospital where he later died.
     The young soldier’s body arrived at Addison Saturday evening and was taken to his father’s home. The funeral services were held Sunday afternoon in the Addison M. E. Church, conducted by Rev. Orr, the Presbyterian minister stationed at Middleport. A military escort was furnished by Company B at Pt. Pleasant and burial with military honors was given the young soldier.
     Besides his father, Mr. Reynolds is survived by his twin sister, Miss Maude, a teacher in the Huntington schools, who was with him when he passed away.
A large concourse of sorrowing relatives and friends were in attendance at the funeral and paid their last respects to the memory of the young soldier, and followed him to his final resting place in the Addison cemetery.
     The father and sister have the deep sympathy of all who know them, and many friends will cherish the memory of this young man who gave up his life in the service of his country.

The Gallia Times
Wednesday October 2, 1918
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Reynolds, Henry

     Speaking of the death of Henry Reynolds, whose death in Lawrence County, was mentioned yesterday, an Ironton paper says his death was caused by old age coupled with injuries received by falling downstairs and that he was born in this city Dec. 11, 1825 and was married in 1846 to Alice C. Blagg, who died last October.
     He had resided in Lawrence County since 1866. He left three children, W.E. Reynolds of Toomsubs, MS, Mrs. E. Berkstresser of Worthington, Ohio and Mrs. Isaac L. Thomas of that city.

[Note: Death Certificate - born 1825 in Gallia County; died Nov. 6, 1900 in Lawrence County. 75 years of age Married.]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Nov. 8, 1900
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Reynolds, Henry

Porter Resident Dead
     Henry Reynolds, aged resident of Porter, died suddenly Wednesday night at his home there. He had just returned that day from a visit at Orwell, O., with his son Ed Reynolds and family. He is survived by his wife and several children.

[Note: Buried at Fairview Cemetery in Springfield Township.]

The Gallipolis Daily Tribune, p. 1
June 7, 1928
Transcribed by Mary Kay Clark

Reynolds, Iva Miss

Miss Iva Reynolds Of Cheshire, Succumbs to Dreaded Typhoid Fever at Cincinnati
     News reached here Tuesday morning announcing the sad news of the death of Miss Iva Reynolds, a most estimable young lady of Cheshire, whose death occurred at Cincinnati Monday afternoon, of typhoid fever.
The young lady was taking a course of dentistry at the Ohio Dental College, and when stricken with the dreaded fever, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Reynolds, hastened to her bedside and were with their daughter when the end came.
     Her remains accompanied by the bereaved parents arrived at Cheshire Tuesday evening, and the funeral and interment took place Wednesday afternoon.
     Miss Reynolds was about 20 years of age, and leaves besides her broken hearted parents, one brother, Lathe, and one sister, Mrs. Bing. She was a well educated, refined and accomplished teacher. Her disposition sweet and kind -her movement graceful -beautiful in form and character. She was a prominent member and worker in the Presbyterian church and in the Christian Endeavor Society and her sudden death has cast a pall over her wide circle of friends who pour out their heart-felt sympathy to her grief-stricken family.

[Note: From tombstone b. 11/23/1879 d. 12/30/1901]

No paper or date.
From the newspaper collection of Harold and Odella Mack.
Transcribed by Shari Little-Creech

Reynolds, James

      At the residence of his son-in-law, Andrew Holmes, in Morgan township, Nov. 30th, 1881, of old age. James Reynolds, in the 94th year of his age. He was a native of Virginia, coming to this county when about 20 years of age, settling on a farm on Kyger creek where he lived over 60 years. He was a soldier of the War of 1812, and as such drew a pension. During the last six years of his life he had been unable to attend to his business, and was under guardianship. His wife died about ten years before him.

[Note: He is buried in Van Zant Cemetery in Cheshire Township.]

Gallipolis Journal
December 15, 1881
Transcribed by Henny Evans                                                                             Top of Page

Reynolds, Laurine

     Laurine (Granny) Celcus Reynolds, 70, a resident of Rt. 1, Bidwell, died Tuesday evening in University Hospital, Columbus.
     She was born July 23, 1907 in Lawrence, KY, daughter of the late William E. and Sally Smith. She married the late Edward G.H. Reynolds in Ashland, KY, July 11, 1925. He died in 1969.
     Survivors include two sons, William Reynolds of Bidwell; Gary Reynolds of Columbus and Mrs. Malcolm (Roma) Ward, Rt. 1, Bidwell. There are also eight grandchildren and three great-grandchldren. A brother, Ballard Easton of Tampa, FL and three sisters, Mrs. Juanita Rae Fairchild of Baltimore, MD; Mrs. Marquerite Calhoun and Kathleen Easton of Ashland, KY. She was a member of White Oak Enterprise Baptist Church.
     Arrangements will be announced by the McCoy-Moore Funeral Home at Vinton.

[Note: Stone - White Oak Cemetery, Cheshire Township. Died March 28, 1978]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
March 29, 1978
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Reynolds, Reva

     Mrs. Reva Reynolds, 71, of 61 Mill Creek Rd., died at 7:30 p.m. Monday in Holzer Medical Center. She had been in failing health seven years and in serious condition the past month. A retired employee of the Gallipolis State Institute, she also worked at the Haskins-Tanner Clothing Store approximately 10 years.
     She was born Jan. 9, 1903, in Morgan Twp., Gallia County, daughter of the late Oscar and Stella Miller Rupe. She married Levi Wilburt Reynolds on Dec. 25, 1921, at Eno. He preceded her in death on Nov. 24, 1953. The following children survive: Ralph Reynolds, Bidwell; Mrs. Charles (Louise) Bush, Logan, Ohio; Mrs. Edwin (Lucille) Thaxton, Gallipolis; Mrs. George (Helen) Ferrell, Jackson; Mrs. Wendell (Esther) James, Gallipolis; Miss. Florence Reynolds, Chillicothe and Mrs. Delbert (Frances) Hanna, Gallipolis. Ten grand and three great-grandchildren survive.
     She was a member of Westerman United Methodist Church, Evergreen. She was a member of the Eastern Star Chapter, Cheshire, and a charter member of that chapter and a past matron.
     Funeral services will be held 1 p.m. Thursday at the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home with Rev. Freeland Norris officiating Burial will be in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Cheshire. Friends may call at the funeral home from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Wednesday. Eastern Star services will be held by the Cheshire chapter 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Gallipolis Tribune
Feb. 11, 1974
Transcribed by J. Farley

Reynolds, W. E.

W. E. Reynolds Of Middleport Dies Tuesday
     William E. Reynolds, 81, died Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 p.m. at his home on Palmer St. after a long illness. Mr. Reynolds was born June 15, 1882 in Bradbury. He was the son of Thomas and Lucettia Reynolds.
     He was a member of the Middleport Church of Christ where he served as deacon for many years until he became ill after suffering a stroke. He has been a deacon emeritus for the past several years.
     Mr. Reynolds was one of three brothers who owned and operated the Reynolds Livery Stable from 1900-1920. He was employed by the New York Central Railroad from 1920-1951, retiring in Feb. 1951 because of illness. He worked for the railroad in Charleston, W.V., for nine years. He was a member of the Modern Woodmen for 63 years and the BMI (Boiler Makers International).
     He is survived by his wife Helen E. Rupe Reynolds; one son, William K. Reynolds, Kalamazoo Mich. and a daughter, Mrs. Mary E. King, Lansing, Mich.; five grandsons, and one granddaughter, including Richard and Robert King, Lansing; Ritchey, Kenneth, Michael, and Patricia Reynolds, Kalamazoo; and one great grand-daughter, Shellie King, Lansing.
     Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m., at the Rawlings Coats Funeral home with burial in Gravel Hill Cemetery at Cheshire. Friends may call after 6 P.m. Thursday.

Gallipolis Tribune
February 18, 1964
Transcribed by J. Farley                                                                                Top of Page

Reynolds, W. H.

W. H. Reynolds Dies This Morn Addison Home

Retired Teacher and Worthy Citizen Was 86 in December
Funeral at 2 Friday
     William H. Reynolds, the oldest resident of Addison and a widely known and highly respected citizen, died at his home there at 5:50 this morning. The end had been expected at any hour since Saturday, but his health had been failing for a long time. Though he never appeared to be a robust man, he showed remarkable vitality. His calm but pleasant demeanor and his whole attitude toward those around him always dispelled any impression that he was an old man, though the fact is he had entered his 87th year on December 19.
     Mr. Reynolds was a retired school teacher and farmer, and the older folk remember him as a most capable teacher. His teaching career covered 19 years, three of them in Kansas. By way of preparing for this work, he attended the Gallia Academy.
     Mr. Reynolds was born in the house where he died and where he had always lived except for the years he spent in the West. He was the next oldest son of Robert and Sarah Mills Reynolds. Of their 10 children but three now survive: J. A. Reynolds of Addison, Mrs. C. A. Smith and W. D. Leonard, both of this city. The oldest son Charles a Union soldir, died after being furloughed home on account of illness., Mrs. Mary Jane Watson, the eldest daughter, died Nov. 25 and another daughter, Mrs. J.W. Roush, died last summer.
The Reynolds name has been a familiar one here for more than 125 years or since Robert Reynolds and wife came to the "Ohio country" on horseback from Botetourt county, Va., and settled at Addison.
     W. H. Reynolds and Miss Ida Tuning were married Dec. 24, 1885. To them were born two children, Claude and Maude, twins. Mrs. Reynolds died July 29, 1887, and Claude passed away after entering military service, following the World War. There is one grandson, Billy Reynolds Nelson, the apple of his grandfather's eye. Maude became the wife of L. H. Nelson and they have lived at the old homestead, giving to her father loving care and brightening his last days by their unstinted and constant devotion.
Mr. Reynolds was a member of the Presbyterian church of Middleport for many years. In token of his membership in Naomi lodge No. 55, Knights of Pythias, for half a century he was presented a badge by the Order last fall.
     He was reserved and genteel in Manner, well-informed and well-balanced, a man of prudence and poise and he exercised a wholesome influence in local affairs down through the years.
     Funeral services will be conducted by Rev. H.H. Wilbur and Rev. J.W. McMahan at 2 o'clock Friday at the church in Addison. The rites will be under the auspices of the Knights and the pall bearers will be selected from that group in compliance with decedent's request. Burial will be in the Reynolds cemetery there by Funeral Director F. J. Entsminger.

Gallipolis Tribune
March 6, 1935
Transcribed by J. Farley

Reynolds, William

Cheshire Man Dies In Columbus
     REYNOLDS, WILLIAM - of Cheshire, Ohio. Mr. Reynolds' death occurred in St. Francis Hospital, Wednesday, where he was a patient for two weeks. He was a barber and was 64 years old. Death was due to diabetes. Funeral arrangements are in charge of the Egan Undertaking Co.
                                                 Columbus Dispatch

[Note: Death Certificate...William Reynolds born 1864 Gallia County; died Feb. 15, 1928 in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Parents: John Reynolds and Caroline Jones. Burial Kyger.]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Feb.18, 1928
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Reynolds, Williams

     REYNOLDS--William Reynolds, a prominent merchant of Proctorville, died this Wednesday, morning.  His death was quite sudden, though he had been a little sick for a few days.  Mr. Reynolds was a native of this city, and well known here."

Gallipolis Journal
Wednesday, November 24, 1886
Transcribed by Teresa Herrmann

Rice, Charles W.

Services Set For C. W. Rice Wednesday PM
     Funeral services for the Rev. Charles W. Rice, 68, who died at 4 a.m. Saturday in Intercession City, Fla., will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Olive ME Church, with the Rev. Vernon Shafer officiating. Burial will be in the family cemetery at the Rice home between Cadmus and Flagg Springs.
     Mr. Rice was born June 8, 1884, in Gallia County to the late Enoch and Sarah Maddy Rice. In 1906 he was married to Addie Sanders, who survives.
     Other survivors include his son, Fred, Sugar Grove; Mrs. Sylvia Burnette, Gallipolis; three brothers, Glenn, Gallipolis, Leonard, Columbus and Chester, Patriot, three sisters, Mrs. George (Clona) Corbin, Bradenton, Fla.; Mrs. Don (Ida) Green, Patriot; Mrs. Chancey (Goldie) Harrison, Leeta.
One brother and three sisters preceded him in death.

With Intercession Institute
     For the past few years, Mr. Rice had been associated with the Intercession Institute in Florida. He also served as its president.
     Mr. and Mrs. Rice had spent their summers at their home near Flagg Springs and their winters in Florida.
     Mr. Rice had been ailing six years, suffering from high blood pressure.
     Decedent was a graduate of Rio Grande College and Owosso Theological Seminary, Owosso, Mich., the latter of which he served three years as president.

Cadmus, Waterloo Principal
     He was principal of Waterloo and Cadmus High Schools for a number of years and for a time he and his son operated the Rice Furniture Company in Gallipolis.
     Elliott and Sanders Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements for the funeral. Friends may call after 6 p.m. Tuesday at the home of Mr. Rice's daughter, Mrs. Granville Burnette, Portsmouth Rd. Pallbearers for the funeral are M. C. Carter, E. G. Slagle, J. C. Miller, H. E. Willis, C. J. Price, and Cecil McDaniels.

Newspaper (date unknown, but likely Gallipolis) clipping found in the Simmerman files, Maddy file, Bossard Library.
Transcribed by Lynn Anders                                                                          Top of Page

Rice, Jewell Pearl

Mrs. Rice, 59, Succumbs Today
     Jewell Pearl Rice, 59, Rt. 1, Gallipolis, died at 5 a.m. today in the Holzer Medical Center on Fourth Ave. She had been in failing health the past three years and in serious condition the past three months. She was born June 1, 1912, in Guyan twp., daughter of the late Alva Fellure and Lona Sheets Rice, who resides in Gallipolis.
     She is survived by her husband, Irvin, whom she married on Aug. 1, 1935, in Greenup, Ky., and the following brothers and sisters, Irvin Fellure, Eureka Star Route; Mrs. Edith Saunders, Hazel Fellure, Mrs. Virgie Houck, Mrs. Frances Lillia Stover, all of Gallipolis; Garrett Fellure, Northup, Mrs. Fred (Naomi) Beman, Thurman and Mrs. Thomas (Erma) West, Lancaster.
     She spent all her life in Gallia County. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Gallipolis. Burial will be in Gravel Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home between 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Tuesday. The body will lie in state at the church one hour prior to the services.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Monday, October 18, 1971
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron                                                                         Top of Page

Rice, Opal

     Opal Rice, 74, died Monday at her home in Whitehall, Ohio. She was a retired Psychiatric Aid of the State Hospital of Ohio and was raised and educated in Waterloo.
     She was preceded in death by husband, Earl Edwin; sons, Larry and Lonnie Rice, and brother Carl Adams. She is survived by daughter and son-in-law Carla M. and Bernie Vogel of Lilburn, Ga.; sons and daughters-in-law John Allan and Gayle Ann Rice, Richard Earl and Bonnie Rice, all of Pickerington; five grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; brother Earl Adams of Crown City; and nieces and nephews.
     Services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at Flagsprings United Methodist Church, Waterloo with Mr. Carl Craven of the Philadelphia Church of God officiating. Burial will be at Flagsprings Cemetery, Waterloo. Friends may call Tuesday 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. at Cotner Funeral Home, 7369 E. Main St., Reynoldsburg.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Tuesday, September 21, 1993
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Rice, Wilma Margaret

Obituary of Wilma Margaret Rice
     Wilma Margaret Rice, was born June 4, 1910 and departed this life April 24, 1934, aged 23 years, 10 months and 20 days. She leaves to mourn her loss, her husband, Fred Rice of Gallipolis, one son, Charles Rice, age 3, a father and mother, Hudson and Myrtle Roberts of Waterloo, two brothers, Joseph and Orland, two sisters, Wilda and Mildred. Also a host of relatives and friends. An older sister, Flossie, at the age of 18 months, preceded her to the better land.
     Wilma was converted at an early age and joined church at Waterloo. Like many other folks she was not always faithful bat at different times she tried anew. In her final illness of one short week she stated she was ready to go.
     The night before she died she sang the song, "Where the Soul of man never dies." She was well known singer and was expecting to sing at the Church of God in Gallipolis next Sunday. Her favorite song was "Does Jesus Care."

[Note: Buried Waterloo Cemetery in Walnut Township]

Gallipolis Paper
April, 1934
From the Debbie Carter Evans Collection
Transcribed by F.K. Brown                                                                                 Top of Page

Richards, Cecilia

Death of Mrs. Cecilia Richards
     Mrs. Cecilia Richards passed away April 28, at the home of her son, Evan C. Richards, in Raccoon township, at the ripe old age of 75 years. Mrs. Richards was born in Wales, about 1820 and emigrated to this country some years later.
     She was twice married, her first husband being Morris Williams, and her second, Thomas L. Richards, a well-known stock buyer of this county. She has been an invalid for several years with heart trouble.
     She will be buried at Tyn Rhos Wednesday. She leaves eight children to mourn the loss of a kind and affectionate mother.

Gallipolis Journal
Wednesday, May 1, 1895
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Richards, Cecilia

     Mrs. Cecilia Richards died at the home of her son, Mr. Evan C. Richards, in Racoon Tp., on the 28th of April. Funeral services were held on Wednesday, and burial was at Tyn Rhine. She was a good woman, whose death is much regretted.

[Note: Burial in Mound Hill Cemetery Info from Tombstone D.4/29/1895 , age 70Y 1M - Native of Wales]

Gallipolis Bulletin
May 14, 1895
Transcribed by Maxine Mashall

Richards, Emma

Emma Richards, Retired Nurse Claimed Today
     Miss Emma Richards, revered registered nurse, died at her Rio Grande home at 6:30 a.m. today. She had been in failing health for several years, and had retired from nursing in 1958. Until recent weeks, she had been living with Mrs. Delia Kirkendall.
     Miss Richards was a lifelong resident of Gallia county. She was the daughter of the late Daniel and Margaret Benglog Jones Richards and was the last of six children born to that union. Sisters and brothers who preceded her in death were Hannah, Mary Ann, J. E. Richards, Daniel Richards and David Robert Richards. Her survivors are a sister-in-law, Mrs. Jesta Richards of Rio Grande and a niece and two nephews, Mary Margaret Walker, John Earl Richards of Columbus and Robert M. Richards of Gallipolis.
     She was a nurse for 46 years. Her training was acquired at St. Francis School of Nursing in Columbus in 1912. The first employment here was as a nurse for Dr. Charles E. Holzer, Sr., at the GSI, and she and Miss Ann Hill of Fourth Ave., were the first nurses employed when Holzer Hospital was founded in the Barton house.
     In her early years, she was affiliated with the Welsh Presbyterian Church at Centerville, but later she became an active member of Simpson Chapel Methodist Church at Rio Grande.
     Services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at Miller’s Home for Funerals. Rev. Roy Wigel will officiate, and burial will be in the Hill cemetery at Thurman. Friends may call at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday. Memorial gifts are suggested by the family.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Wednesday, June 19, 1963
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron

Richards, H. Francis

Mrs. Richards Dies Tuesday
     Mrs. D. Gomer Richards, 62, prominent in club and community life, died at her home in Rio Grande at 2:45 p.m., Tuesday. She had been in declining health for several years and had been a hospital patient on frequent occasions.
     was a past president of the French Colony Chapter, Daughter of the American Revolution and of the Tyn Rhos Congregational Church.
     She was a native of Harrison Twp., where she was born on March 14, 1894, the daughter of the late William H. and Rhoda Walter Clark. She was one of nine children of whom three survived. Her early schooling was received in Harrison schools and later she attended Rio Grande college.
     Her marriage to D. Gomer Richards took place on Sept. 17, 1914, and he survives. The marriage took place at her parents home and was performed by the late Rev. W. J. Fulton.
     They were the parents of six children, a son, Jack Clark, died in infancy and the following five survive: Burton of East Liverpool, Charles of Waterloo Star Rt., Mrs. Stanly (Helen) Barnes of Gary, Ind., Miss Mary Jane Richards, a teacher in the Kettering schools and Mrs. Harold E. (Dorothy) Denney of Gallipolis.     
     Other survivors are the three sisters, Mrs. George (Lyrl) Van-Hyning of Chicago, Ill., Mrs. James (Faye) Collins of Ironton (wife of Judge Collier) and Mrs. Genevieve Campbell of New Boston. There are 13 grandchildren.
     Funeral services will be held at Miller’s Home for Funerals, with the burial to follow in Tyn Rhos cemetery. The hour of the services will be announced later. Friends may call at Miller’s Thursday evening.

Unknown Gallia County newspaper
January 22, 1956
Submitted by Marjorie Wood                                                                            Top of Page

Richards, James

     James B. Richards, 71, died at 4:50 p.m. Saturday at Holzer Hospital where he had been a patient for the past week. He was born at Thurman, Ohio a son of the late Evans C. and Sarah Owens Richards. He was employed for 18 years as a salesman for the Heer Printing Co. in Columbus and for 16 years at Haskins-Tanner prior to his retirement. He was a veteran of World War I, and was a member of Barracks No. 2353. He was a member of the Simpson Methodist Church and Blue Lodge at Thurman.
     He is survived by his wife, Marie Fowler Richards, whom he married March 14, 1942; two sisters, Mrs. Carrie Fisher of Van Buren, Ohio; and Mrs. Steve Jenkins of Gallipolis and two brothers John Richards of Thurman and Kinrick Richards of Thurman. Four borthers preceded him in death.
     Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 1:50 p.m. at the Simpson Methodist Church with Dr. Robert Mussman and the Rev. Charles Weed officiating. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery. Masonic rites will be conducted at the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home at 7:30 p.m. Monday.
Friends may call at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday, or at the church for one hour prior to the services.

Athens Messenger
December 18, 1967
Contributed by Joyce Robinson                                                                        Top of Page

Richards, John

Body of John Richards Arrives at Hoboken Thursday
     Word has been received that the body of John Richards will arrive in Hoboken Thursday, August 25th. John Richards was killed in action October 23, 1918, in the Meuse-Argonne offensive. He was a member of Company F, 357th Infantry, 90th Division, and made the supreme sacrifice near Bantheville.
     Arrangements will likely be made to have the funeral and burial at the same time as that of Mirl Vance, whose body arrives in Hoboken at the same time.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Monday, August 22, 1921

Richards, John

    Mirl Vance was killed in action Sept. 28, 1918, and John Richards October 23, 1918, in the terrible fighting in the Meuse-Argonne. The funerals of both will be held together at Pine Street Cemetery at 1:30 Sunday afternoon. American Legion Escort will go after the body of Vance on First Avenue and another after that of Richards at Wetherholt’s undertaking rooms. The Rev. Mr. Peirce will conduct the services. Interment by Geo. Wetherholt.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Thursday, September 8, 1921
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Richards, John Earl

John Earl Richards passed away Thursday, May 20, 1999
     Earl was born in Gallia County on July 21, 1911, the son of John Elias and Ruth Mills richards. Earl grew up with his brother, Robert 'Robbie,' and sister, Mary Margaret (Walker), in the town of Gallipolis, on the north bank of the Ohio River, for which he had a lifelong affection. He completed high school at the Gallia Academy and went on to study at the Ohio State University. There he obtained a Baccalaureatre degree in Civil Engineering in 1935, specializing in Sanitary Engineering. He immediately put his education to use as an engineer in the Ohio Department of health, focusing on industrial water pollution control.
     On July 2, 1938, Earl married Kathryn Virginia Myers of Parsons, West Virginia, to whom he was wed for 60 years. Following the outbreak of World War II, Earl volunteered for service and was commissioned a first Liertenant in the Sanitary Corps of the U. S. Army. During the war, he served at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, Camp Pickett, Virginia, Camp Carson, Colorado, and Omaha, Nebraska. He left active service as a Major in July 1946, but retained a commission in the U.S. Army Reserve. As a Reserve officer, he served primarily in the U.s. Army Reserve School unit located at Fort Hays in Columbus until his retirement from the Army Reserve in 1969 with the rank of Colonel.
     Following the war, Earl returned to Ohio, resuming his employment with the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. In the early 1950's he completed a Master's degree in Public Health Administration, conferred by the University of Michigan. (Although he held degrees from both OSU and Michigan there was absolutely no doubt where his loyalties lie in the great rivalry between those two schools; Earl was an Ohio State Buckeye through-and-through!)
     In the Ohio EPA, Earl was instrumental in the efforts of a multi-state task froce that resulted in the cleanup of Lake Erie. Earl eventually rose to Assistant Director of the Ohio EPA., which was the highest position in the agency not filled by a political appointee. He retired from state employment in 1978 and joined the firm of Burgess & Niple Consulting Engineers.
     Earl and Kathryn resided and raised a faimily in Worthington until they relocated to Punta Gorda, Florida, in 1983, where they lived for 14 years. Earl and Kathryn moved to the Roanoke, Virginia, area in early 1997.
Earl was preceded in death by Kathryn; he is survived by his son, Robert of Albuquerque, New Mexico, his wife Andrea, and grandchildren Robyn and Brandyn; his daughter, Rebecca of Courtenay, British Columbia, Canada, her husband Craig Oliver, and grandchildren Richard and Megan; and his daughter, Kathryn of Roanoke, Virginia her husband Kim Buskirk and granddaughter Kaitlyn.
     Earl enjoyed his last year at the Our Lady of the Valley assisted-living facility in Roanoke, where he was lovingly cared for by staff and management. His transition to his final home was eased by Good Samaritan Hospice and his caregivers, Barbara Crews, Angela Miller and Teresa Hogan with whom love and respect was mutual.

Gallipolis Tribune
May 18, 1999
Transcribed by J. Farley                                                                                     Top of Page

Richards, John Elias (Jack)

Jack Richgards Lost Brave Fight
Well Known and Respected Citizen Passed on to His Reward Last Wednesday
     After battling bravely for man weary weeks against the illness which had him in its grip. Mr. John Elias Richards passed away Wednesday morning, July 18, 1917 at his home in this city, of consumption. For two weeks his condition had been critical, but his remarkable vitality, aided by the constant and carful attention of those ministering to him enabled him to fight a losing battle tenaciously.
     "Jack" Richards was known to hundreds and all were his friends. He was born in Raccoon Township 47 years ago the 20th of next month, a son of Daniel D. and Margaret Richards, both deceased. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ruth Mills Richards, three children Mary Margaret, Earl and Robert, a brother, David R. Richards of Athens and two sisters, Mrs. Hannah Richards Bower of St. Cloud, Florida and Miss Emma Richards of this city, all of whom were at his bedside.
      Before removing to Gallipolis several years ago, Mr. Richards was prominent politically and in church and religious affairs in his home township. Prior to 1913 he served as deputy auditor of the county and in that year entered upon his duties as county auditor, an office which he filled satisfactorily to all.
      The funeral services were held in Grace M. E. Church in this city Friday afternoon, of which he had long been a memeber and a singer in the choir, by Rev. W. D. Cherington, assisted by Dr. J. M. Davis and Rev. W. J. Fulton of Rio Grand and Rev. E. L. Morrell of Rodney. The interment followed in Mt. Zion cemetery
      The funeral Friday was one of the largest in point of attendance ever held in Gallipolis. The singing of several numbers by a double male quartette from Oak Hill was particularly fine and touching. Persons from all sections of this and many from Jackson county, all bound to Mr. Richards by ties of kinship, affection and respect, crowded the church edifice to the doors. The floral pieces were profuse and beautiful.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Jack died July 18, 1917
Transcribed by Marian Schoonover                                                                      Top of Page

Richards, Joseph

Jos. Richards' Funeral
     The remains of Joseph Richards, who was killed by a train at Stuebenville, Ohio, two weeks ago, were brought here on the Steamer Queen City Wednesday afternoon and were laid to rest in Mound Hill Cemetery. Rev. Ben Dunn, of the Baptist Church conducted the religious services. Wetherholt had charge of the remains.

[Note: Death certificate...informant was a Henry B. Mettenberger of Stuebenville and he didn't know when Joseph was born or who his parents were. He died June 12, 1910 and was believed to be around 55 years of age. Cause of death..left chest crushed causing internal injuries by being struck by a train.]

Gallipolis Bulletin
July 1, 1910
Transcribed by F.K. Brown                                                                                 Top of Page

Richards, Ruth A.

     Ruth A. Richards, 70, of 285 Jackson Pike, Gallipolis, died at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in Cabell-Huntington Hospital, Huntington, W.Va. Born Sept. 4, 1911, in Syracuse, daughter of the late Clermont and Edna Ashworth Arnold, she was a 1932 graduate of the Holzer School of Nursing, a member of the Grace United Methodist Church, the Eamon Club and Chapter 283 of the order of the Eastern Star.
     She married Robert M. Richards, who survives, on Sept. 2, 1932, in Catlettsburg, Ky. Also surviving is a son, Jack of Gallipolis; a daughter , Eleanor Kay Evans of Gallipolis; a sister, Evelyn Elliott of Rand, W. Va.; four grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
     Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday in the Grace United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Huey Jones and the Rev.James Frazier officiating. Burial will be in Mount Zion Cemetery. Friends may call at the Willis Funeral HOme from 4-8 p.m. Friday. Pallbearers will be Tom Woodward, Dan Dunkle, Bill Richards, Mike Null, David Chapman, Jon McCarthy and John Byers.

Gallipolis Tribune
September 24, 1981
Transcribed by J. Farley

Richards, Ruth Mills

Mrs. Richards, Retired Tribune Employee, Is Dead
     Mrs. Ruth Mills Richards, 76, a retired Tribune employee and lifetime resident of Gallia county, died at her home, 84 Locust St., at 7:35 a.m. today. She had been in failing health for several years and had recently suffered a stroke, when her condition became worse.
     Mrs. Richards was born May 25, 1885, at Mills Station to the late James and Mary Halliday Mills. She was the youngest in a family of six children and one sister Mrs. Homer(Myrtie) Kerr of Gallipolis survivees. Three brothers and a sister who preceded her in death were Ed, Ira and Harry K. Mills and Miss Mabel Mills.
     Her marriage was to John E. Richards and he preceded her in death on July 18, 1917. Children who survive are Robert M. of Jackson Pike, J. Earl of Columbus, and Mrs. William (Mary Margaret) Walker, now living in Cali, Colombia, South America. There are seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
     Mrs. Richards, after the death of her husband, was employed for four years in the office of Supt. of Schools W. G. Scarberry. She took up her employment with the Tribune in the summer of 1923 and retired Sept. 1, 1959. During her long period of service for the newspaper, which covered 36 years, she served in the capacity of reporter, society editor and circulation manager, with most of her tenure being with the business office.
     Mrs. Richards was a member of Grace Methodist Church. WSCS, Eastern Star and was a charter member of the Gallipolis Business and Professional Women's club. A few years ago she was honored by the latter organization for her outstanding achievements as chairman of the membership committee.
     The body is at Miller's Home for Funerals and funeral arrangements will be announced later.

[Note: Burial was in Mt. Zion Cemetery in Green Township.]

Gallipolis Tribune
march 14, 1962
Transcribed by J. Farley                                                                                Top of Page

Richardson, Charity

Ex-Slave Dies
Mrs. Charity Richardson, 80 Years
Steamboat Steward
     Mrs. Charity Richardson, of 998 Neil avenue, died at 8:30 Monday morning at the age of 80 years. Mrs. Richardson was born in North Carolina on the plantation owned by Samuel White, where she grew up, was married to Mr. Richardson, who was then owned by a different master. In 1855 Mr. and Mrs. Richardson with their two children came to Ohio, and settled in Gallipolis, where the husband and one child are buried, the other daughter, Mrs. James Russell survives.
     For 30 years Mrs. Richardson was stewardess on a boat plying between Pittsburg and New Orleans, with Capt. "Jim" Williamson 20 years, then with Capt. Maddy 10 years. With the money saved from this long service, Mrs. Richardson bought a home in Gallipolis, which was later sold and the home on Neil avenue was then purchased.
     Her colored friends as well as her white neighbors, held Mrs. Richardson in highest esteem and the children and grand-children of her old master in Mebane, N.C., have continued writing to "Aunt Charity" and a letter from her old home was one of her greatest pleasures. During the past year Mrs. Richardson has seemed impressed with her coming death, saying to her friends, "I'm just waiting for the Lord to call me. I'll soon slip away."
     When a young girl Mrs. Richardson joined the Presbyterian church and of late has attended the Cumberland church on Second avenue where she was most courteously received. Rev. C. G. Watson will officiate at the funeral held at home Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock. ....Columbus Paper

[Note by HE: My first thought was that Charity lived on Neil Avenue in Gallipolis but I knew there was no address that high. Then when I saw the Columbus paper at the end of the article I did a search and found that in 1900 Charity was listed in Columbus, Ohio, age 83, born 1817 and was living as mother-in-law in the home of James Russell and his wife Cherney. This is the daughter mentioned in the obit. It also stated that Charity had had 5 children with one living. Cherney had first married a Brock as there was a John Brock, step-son of James, also in the home. Capt. Maddy was from Gallipolis.]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
November 13, 1905
Transcribed by Henny Evans

Richie, Bess

In Memory
     On January 16, 1929, as the shadows of evening were falling upon the earth bringing to a close another day, the Angel of Death, so like this shadow, came into the home of W.E. and Rose (Angel) Richie of Swan Creek, Ohio, bearing away in peace and quietness the soul of their daughter Bess to that home eternal where all is day and shadows are no more. Those who stood by her realized how glorious is death to those who have faith in God.
     Bess was yet in the spring time of life, being 31 years, six months and 22 days of age when she, as she expressed it, "heard the call." Her going leaves great sorrow in the hearts of two sisters, Mrs. Veva Waugh of Swan Creek and Mrs. Virginia McPhee of Detroit, Mich., and a brother, George Richie at home. A brother, Merrill, preceded her homeward in early childhood. She leaves also two nieces, Arbutus and Justine Waugh, a nephew, Calvin Waugh and a number of uncles, aunts, cousins and a host of friends and neighbors who will miss the cheerful smile she always had for them.
     While engaged in clerical work for a railroad corporation in Cleveland, she was taken ill with tuberculosis, and for three years bore without complaint intense suffering. When at last the hands of a devoted mother and loving friends could no longer ease the pain, God, in His compassion, soothed her to sleep, triumphant over death, to life everlasting. Her last words were, "God is good."

[Note: Funeral services were held at Swan Creek church by Rev. Radford. Buried at Swan Creek]

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

Richie, Timothy Len

Tim Richie, 19, Wreck Victim
     Tim Richie age 19 died of injuries suffered in a traffic accident at 3:04 a.m. Sunday on Eastern Avenue near the Working Man’s Friend Service station.
     Timothy Len Richie, (Portsmouth Rd.) Rt. 2 Gallipolis was born Oct 20 1957 in Gallipolis to Bobby L and Rosa Lee Pierotti Richie. He was an employee of the Pennyfare Market and a 1975 graduate of Gallia Academy High School. In addition to his parents he is survived by three sisters, Cathy, Chrissy, and Diane; two brothers Thomas and John all at home and his grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Pierotti and Sadie Richie, Crown City.
     He was a member of St. Louis Catholic Church and assistant Boy Scout leader of Troop 200. Funeral services will be 9 a.m. Wednesday at St. Louis Catholic Church with the Rev. A.J. Golubiewski officiating. Burial will be in Mound Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday. Rosary service will be at 8 p.m.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Monday, May 25, 1976
Contributed by Mary James

Rife, Charles A. Dr.

Dr. Chas. Rife of Kyger Died Sunday Evening
For More Than 50 Years He Served as Physician
Funeral at Kyger Home at 2 Wednesday
     Dr. Charles A. Rife, who had practiced medicine at Kyger more than 50 years, and who was one of the county's best known citizens, died at 6:33 Sunday evening at the Holzer Hospital.
     For about three years he had suffered from carcinoma, or cancer, of the mouth. Everything that medical science had to offer to stay the dread disease was made use of in his case. At intervals during the
long fight he seemed to improve, but generally the tide was against recovery. He spent weeks at the hospital last winter or spring and was brought back there the middle of last week. As the result of blood transfusions and other heroic measures, he was temporarily strengthened and Friday evening he seemed to be quite
noticeably improved. But the patient himself not infrequently disclosed to close friends, with that familiar smile on his face, that he could hardly expect to be restored to health and his profession, and he appeared to be ready for whatever fate might decree.

Many Will Miss Him
     Thousands of people living nbetween Cheshire and Vinton, from Campaign up to and beyond the Meigs line, experienced a sense of personal loss when Dr. Rife was compelled to end his long career as a
practitioner. For more than half a century he had ridden the highways and byways, day and night, to administer to the afflicted, no matter how poor they might be or how isolated their home.
     Charles Augustus Rife was born on Campaign in Addison tp., the son of Jonathan and Rosella Rowley Rife, on November 26, 1858, and lacked less than a month of being 75 years old. When a boy he lost his left forearm when it was caught in the cog wheels of a cane mill. Being a strong, robust man, and acquiring
great dexterity in the use of his right hand and the stub, he overcame his handicap to a large extent.

Surviving Relatives
     On March 24, 1880, at the outset of his professional career Dr. Rife married Lydia L. Matthews of Cheshire tp. Down through the years she has been his faithful companion and helpmate and she and the
following children survive him: Clara V. Carson, Middleport R.D.; Phena A. Athey, Cheshire R.D.; Stanley M. Rife, Marion; Cora R. Miser, Columbus, and Charles B. Rife, Kyger. He is survived too, by three brothers; Samuel R. Rife, Columbus, A. L. and Frank B. Rife, Gallipolis R. D.
     On the night of March 9, 1932, at the Lafayette Hotel, a big dinner party was given in his honor by professional colleagues and other friends by way of celebrating his half century of service as an active physician. He and Mrs. Rife and family and friends had previously celebrated their golden wedding anniversary.
     Dr. Rife was a member of the Cheshire lodge, Knights of Pythias, Jr. O.U.A.M. and Daughters of America.
The funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Wednesday at the home in Kygerville-his home for 53 years- with Rev. A. S. Davison of Cheshire in charge. Burial in Gravel Hill cemetery by Undertaker J. L. Coleman.

Gallipolis Tribune
Oct 30, 1933
Transcribed by J. Farley                                                                                     Top of Page

Rife, Ellis

Ellis Rife Passes
Ellis Rife, 83, died at the home of his son Cornelius in Cheshire early Saturday Morning. He is survived by five sons, two daughters, seventeen grand children, eight great, grand children, one brother, William of Kyger. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at the home in Cheshire with burial in charge of J. L. Coleman following at Gravel Hill.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
May 10, 1930
Transcribed by Henny Evans

Rife, Elza

Soldier Killed In France
     Gallia County should add another star to her service flag, another Gallia County boy, Elza Rife of Kyger, has made the supreme sacrifice over in France, and the little mound in foreign soil that marks his last resting place should ever be green in memory of his fellow citizens.
     Early last week his sister, Mrs. Ross Shuler, of Cheshire Township, received word that her brother had been killed in action and the newspaper causality list carried his name among the slain. She had been named as beneficiary when young Rife took out his insurance papers and she will receive the sum of $10,000, paid in monthly installments.
     Young Rife's mother resides in the lower end of Pomeroy and his father is a resident of Addison Township. Since early boyhood he had made his home with his sister. He was 26 years of age.

Gallia Times
[no date
Transcribed by F.K. Brown                                                                                 Top of Page

Rife, Esther F.

Died
     At the residence of her son, Jonas McCarty, near Cheshire, Gallia Co., Ohio, September 4th, 1884, Mrs. Esther S. Rife.
     Was born in Greenbrier County, W.Va., March 23, 1791. She was married to Jonas McCarty in 1811. Her husband died June 20, 1851. She remained a widow until her death. She was the mother of seven children, four of whom are yet living. She has 61 grandchildren, 104 great grandchildren and 22 great great grandchildren.
     She joined the Freewill Baptist Church in 1811 and lived a devoted Christian life. She was a kind and loving mother, a good neighbor, and has been a blessing to the community in which she lived and will be kindly remembered by many. She has lived with her son Jonas McCarty for 30 years and received from him and his family every attention that loving hearts and hands could give. Being 93 years, 2 months and 24 days, was perhaps the oldest woman in Cheshire Township.
     The Baptist minister not being at home, her funeral was preached by the Rev. P. Henry, of the M.E. Church.

From the Gallipolis Tribune
About June 1884
Contributed by great-granddaughter, Cheryl Enyart

Rife, Eugenia Rowenia

     Eugenia Rowenia Rife, 90, died Monday in Springfield Villa Nursing Home. She was born in Gallipolis March 20, 1895 to the late George Long and Lydia Ann Walters Long.
     Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Charles (Virginia) Dixon, South Charleston, Ohio and Mrs. James (Violet) Conklin, Marion, Ohio; several nieces and nephews; seven grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; six great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Levi L. Rife.
     Friends may call at Littleton Funeral Home, 830 North Limestone St., Springfield, Ohio, Wednesday 5 to 8 p.m. Funeral services 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial in Ferncliff Cemetery.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Monday, March 10, 1986
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Rife, Fanny

"IN MEMORY OF MRS. FANNY RIFE.
     Fanny Rife was born December 5, 1829, and departed this life January 15, 1910, aged 80 years, 1 months, 10 days.
     She was united in marriage to Joseph Rife December 12, 1850. To this union were born nine children, six sons and three daughters, two sons and two daughters having preceded her to their eternal home. Four sons Aaron, Jerry Levi and Howard and one daughter Mrs. Tena Hix still survive her; she also leaves twelve grandchildren and seven great-grand-children and a host of other friends and relatives to mourn their loss.
     She united with the Campaign F.W.B. Church October 12, 1876, and kept the faith until God said "it is enough, come up high." She was indeed faithful to the many duties of life and was a gentle mother and kind and good neighbor.
     She was tenderly cared for in her declining years in her own home by her youngest son, Howard, and wife, and all that kind hands could do was done for her, but all to no avail. God thought best to take her home and our loss is her eternal gain.

[Written by the children]

Gallipolis Tribune
July 1910
Submitted by Teresa Herrmann, Columbus, Ohio                                                Top of Page

Rife, Hurley W.

Hurley W. Rife, 82
Died Tuesday, October 20, 2009
     Hurley W. Rife, 82 of Wellston, Ohio, and formerly of Coalton, died Tuesday morning, October 20, 2009, at his home. He had been in failing health. He was born in Kyger, Ohio, on July 15, 1927, son of the late Archie M. Rife and Ruby Garnet Rupe Rife. He drove for the Royal Crown Cola Company for many years, the Dan-Dee Potato Chips Company, and the Gem Bottling Company. He then was a self-employed truck driver, hauling mulch. He attended the Savageville Methodist Church and enjoyed his woodcrafts and his grandkids in his spare time. His greatest enjoyment in life was mowing lawns for all of his family and friends. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Mildred Cleland Rife in 2006; a son, Terry Lee Rife, in 1969; a daughter, Shirley Rife Anderson in 1994; and a sister, Vivian.
     Surviving are one daughter, Karen (Roger) Goheen of Wellston; six sons, Charles (Marolyn) Rife of Wellston, Dallas (Donna) Rife of Wellston, Ed Rife of Jackson, Joe (Jane) Rife of Wellston, Ray (Rita) Rife of Wellston, and Jimmy Rife of Wellston; one sister, Helen Young, of Middleport, Ohio; 28 grandchildren, several great-grandchildren and great-great grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.

Jackson Times Journal
Published: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 10:58 AM EDT
October 21, 2009
Submitted by Brenda Dotson

Rife, Levi E.

Levi E. Rife, 82, Called By Death
Former Trustee Dies Of Injuries
     Levi E. Rife, 82, longtime Addison Twp. trustee and former president of the Gallia County Association of Township Trustees and Clerks, died at 7:35 p.m. Wednesday in Holzer Hospital of injuries he suffered Nov. 28 when he was struck by a truck during the great snow.
     Renowned as “the tall hickory of Campaign,” Mr. Rife twice was a candidate for membership on the Gallia County Board of Commissioners. In his first candidacy in 1946, he was runner-up to Commission Chairman Thomas E. Daniels, carrying both Addison precincts, both Cheshire precincts, both Huntington precincts, Raccoon, Centerville, Bidwell, Springfield, and Kanauga. In his second candidacy in 1948, he finished fourth with 1,270 votes in the Republican primary which nominated Chauncey L. Johnson and Harry Wilcox. He was first elected an Addison Twp. trustee nine years ago.
     Born Sept. 2, 1868 to Joseph and Frances Darst Rife, on the Addison Twp. farm now owned by his niece, Mrs. Belle Fulton. Mr. Rife was married Jan. 15, 1950 to the former Ella Furst, who survives. For 30 years he had been superintendent of the Sunday School and a Sunday School teacher of the Campaign Church. He attended Rockville School, which occupied a corner of the farm on which he was born. He and a brother ran a meat shop in Cheshire in 1894, and then he painted in the Pennsylvania Railroad shops in Columbus.
     For nine years until 1920, he and Mrs. Rife lived on a farm near Rutland, and then he bought the old farm place of 90 acres on which he was born, a half-mile from the Bulaville Church. They sold the farm in 1935. In April, 1892, he joined the Knights of Pythias, and transferred to Naomi Lodge 55, when the Cheshire lodge closed. He was also a member of the Masons.
     Masonic funeral services under auspices of Morning Dawn Lodge No. 7, F and AM, will be featured by pallbearers who are both Masons and Pythians: Thomas E. Mills, Harry W. Dexter, August Arnold, Harry Cameron, William H. Beabout, and Briggs Kirby.
     The final rites will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in Miller’s Home for Funerals, the Rev. William Howard Green, pastor of the First Baptist Church, officiating with the assistance of the Rev. Leonard A. Donnally, pastor of the Grace Methodist Church. Burial will be made in Gravel Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at Miller’s Home for Funerals Friday.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Thursday, January 4, 1951
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Rife, Lydia L.

Mrs. C.A. Rife's Long Sickness Ended Friday
Widow Of Late Beloved Physician Succumbs In Kyger
Funeral Is Sunday
     Mrs. Lydia L. Rife, widow of the late C.A. Rife of Kyger died at their home Friday night following an illness of about a year's duration. Her age was 80 years, two months, and 14 days. She was the daughter of Charles and Tephena Matthews and was born September 6, 1856 back of Cheshire on Turkey Run.
     On March 24, 1880 she married Dr. Rife who was then just beginning to practice his profession and down through the years she proved herself an exceptional helpmate and mother. Like her beloved husband she endeared herself to the community they served. Their golden wedding celebrated in 1930 was a memorable occasion as was the dinner which honored Dr. Rife on retirement from active practice.  
     To them were born five children all of whom survive. They are: Mrs. Bert Carson, Middleport R. D., Mrs. Harland Athey, Kyger, Stanley, Marion, Mrs. Cora Mizer, Columbus, and Charles at home.
     Mrs. Rife was a member of the Free Will Baptist Church at Kyger of the Order of Eastern Star and of the Daughters of America.
     Funeral services will be conducted at the Kyger Methodist church Sunday at 2:30 p.m. by Rev. Snyder and burial will be made in Gravel Hill cemetery by Undertaker J. L. Coleman. The casket will not be opened at the church.

Gallipolis Tribune
Nov. 1936
Transcribed by J. Farley

Rife, Mary T

Mrs. Mary Rife Dead
     Mrs. Mary T. Rife, wife of Capt. Jacob M. Rife, died at Columbus February 11th and was buried there. She had been almost helpless the last years of her life and the Captain is also badly afflicted. Mrs. Rife was one excellent woman and her friends in this county will be sorry to know of her death. Her husband was a member of the 7th Reg. W. Va. Calvary and was also pastor on the Gallipolis circuit and will be remembered by many Gallia county people. Mrs. Rife leaves besides her aged husband three children.

Gallipolis Bulletin
March 11, 1910
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall                                                                           Top of Page

Rife, Pearl J.

Pearl J. Rife, Cheshire Twp. Farmer, Passes
Good Citizen And Untiring Worker
Funeral At Cheshire At 2 Sunday
     Pearl J. Rife, whose serious illness had been mentioned in these columns, died at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at his home on the Lindsey Hill, near Kyger. For two weeks he had been bedfast and he succumbed to Bright's disease.
     Several months ago Mr. Rife found it advisable to consult physicians and was told he must cease his strenuous activities and take the best care of himself possible. He was slow and reluctant to comply with these commands. He had been a worker from his boyhood and to him there came a deep satisfaction in getting things done. He was a successful farmer, a worthy citizen and husband and father, and his illness and death caused sorrow among all who knew him.
     Mr. Rife's age was 53 years, 6 months, 5 days. He was born and reared at Old Kyger, little over a mile across country from the home he built. He was the older son of the late Jacob and Ella Gross Rife, the mother dying about 13 months ago. He is survived by his wife, who was Nellie Salser, a daughter of the late Milton Salser of Addison tp., to whom he was married May 27, 1902. He is survived also by a married daughter, Mrs. Helen Lane, who with her family lives on the Rife farm; two grandchildren, Charles and Gertrude Lane, and one brother, Lawrence A. Rife of Johnstown, Ohio.
     Mr. Rife was a member of Kyger council, Jr. O. U. A. M. and of Little Kyger Grange.Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Sunday at the Cheshire Baptist church, with Rev. E. C. Venz in charge. Burial at Gravel Hill by Funeral Director Coleman.

[Note: From tombstone: 1882 - 1936]

No paper or date.
From the newspaper collection of Harold and Odella Mack.
Transcribed by Shari Little-Creech

Rife, Thomas Edison

Infant Dead
     The 17 months old son, Thomas Edison, of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rife at Bulaville died Friday. The funeral was Saturday by Rev. Scott Mossman, burial there by Undertaker Tope.

[Note: From death certificate born Feb. 10, 1927,died July 27, 1928. Buried Rife cemetery, no stone.]

Newspaper Not Named
No Date
Gallipolis, Ohio
Transcribed by Margaret Calvin

Rife, Wayne Kerns

Death of Wayne Rife
     Mr. Wayne Kerns Rife, died at the home of his mother, Mrs. Dora K. Rife, Thursday evening, Sept. 7th, 1905, after a four weeks’ illness of typhoid fever.
     He was in his twentieth year and a son of the late Wm. Rife. Wayne had been employed at the store of W. Pres Beall for several years working in the mornings and evenings while attending school. He graduated from the Academy High School with honor last spring and since then has been steadily employed at the store, and his refined, cheerful disposition made him a favorite with both proprietor and patrons.
     He was a good son and a kind brother and his death is an awful blow to his mother and sister who fairly idolized him. He was a great favorite with his associates and his untimely death is universally regretted.
     The funeral services were held at Grace M. E. Church Sunday afternoon by Rev. Lewis, interment following at Mound Hill by Hayward & Son. The large attendance and the many and beautiful floral tributes attested the high esteem in which he was held by everyone.

Gallipolis Bulletin
Friday, Sept. 15, 1905
Transcribed by Sandy L. Millironl                                                                         Top of Page

Rife, William M.

W. M. Rife, 78, Died Today At Home On Kyger
     William M. Rife, aged 78, died early this morning at his home at Old Kyger (Cheshire R. D.) of heart trouble from which he had suffered for seven years.
     In what is known as the Rife settlement, about midway between Cheshire and Kyger, he was born, reared, and spent his whole life. Until his health failed, he was a stalwart figure, a pillar in the First Kyger Baptist church, an upright, exemplary citizen. In addition to farming he was part owner and operator of a threshing machine for many years.
     Mr. Rife paid a visit to Gallipolis three weeks ago and many of his old friends then were surprised to note the changes time had wrought in his once powerful physique. He was born Aug. 11, 1855, and his age was 78 years, 9 months, 8 days.
     On Dec. 12, 1880, he was united in marriage to Anna L. Scott of the same community. Three children survive him; Chauncey Rife, Mrs. Elna Spurlock and Mrs. Edna Taylor all of Cheshire.
     Funeral services will be held at the church named at 2 o'clock Monday, in charge of Rev. Harvey Belton of Rutland. Burial in Gravel Hill by Undertaker J. L. Coleman.

Gallipolis Tribune
May 19, 1914
Transcribed by J. Farley

Riffle, Cecil P.

     Cecil P. Riffle, 81, 828 Second Ave., Gallipolis, died Sunday, May 29, 1994 in Holzer Medical Center.
Born Feb. 10, 1913 at Beech Hill, W. Va., son of the late Early and Cassie Riffle, he was a retired civil service employee at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton and a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, serving in the European theater.
     Surviving are his wife of 40 years, Hilda Russell Riffle; three sons, Herbert B. Miller of Gallipolis, Gary S. (Donna) Riffle of Cocoa Beach, Fla., and Anthony (Democracia) Riffle of Yokota Air Base, Japan; and four grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a brother, Herman Riffle, and a sister, Gladys Taylor.
     Services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday in the McCoy-Moore Funeral Home Wetherholt Chapel, Gallipolis, with the Rev. Alfred Holley officiating. Burial will be in Centenary Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel tonight from 6-9 p.m. The American flag will be folded and presented at the gravesite by VFW Post No. 4464.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Tuesday, May 31st and Wed. June 1, 1994
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron                                                                  Top of Page

Riggs, Edward

Edward Riggs Died Tuesday Morning
     Ed Riggs, prominent and highly respected farmer, died at his home at Raccoon Island, Tuesday, December 11, 1917, aged 65 years, after a long illness from heart trouble.
     Funeral services will be conducted this (Thursday) afternoon at Clay Chapel. He was a Mason and had been a member of the Clay Chapel Church since boyhood, serving as Sunday School Superintendent for 20 years.
     For 30 years he ran produce boats to Vicksburg and New Orleans, being in business with Graham and Clark. Of late years he devoted his time to agriculture and had one of the finest farms in the County. He was a kindly, honorable man and his death will be regretted by his many friends. During his long, useful and upright life Mr. Riggs endeared himself to everyone with whom he came in contact. All who knew him spoke always of him in terms of praise, and his influence for good in the community in which he lived will remain long in the hearts of those with whom he came in daily contact.

[Note: Picture in paper]

Gallipolis paper
December 11, 1917
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall

Riggs, Elizabeth M

Mrs. Riggs joined husand in death
     Following closely upon the departure of her husband, the late Hon. Jacob Riggs of Raccoon Island, who passed away on Dec. 20, 1915, Mrs. Elziabeth Riggs died on last Tuesday evening, Jan. 11, 1916, at the Riggs family homestead in Clay township. She was in feeble health at the time of the death of her husband, some three weeks ago, and the shock combined with grief and worry, gradually wore away her strength. She looked forward to and longed for the time when she and her lifetime companion would be united on the other shore, and glaldly welcomed the messenger who summoned her to him.
     Mrs. Riggs was 88 years of age at the time of her death, and Mr. Riggs was 92. For more than 67 years they had traveled life's pathway together, experiencing to the full its joys and sorrows, pleasures and pains, and it is peculiarly fitting that they should take up the life that lies beyond hand in hand. It was their desire, and happily it coincided with God's plan.
     Her funeral services were held THursday afternoon at Clay Chapel, the sermon being preached by Rev. Dailey. The interment was made in the churchyard cemetery beside her husband in the family burial lot. The services were beautiful, impressive --- ---, and were participated in --- ---- sympathizing friends. The --- ----- was read at the [ends here]

     Elizabeth Mary Guthrie, daughter of Truman and Hannah Guthrie, was born August 24, 1828, at Newbury, Washington County, Ohio. When she was 8 years of age her parents emigrated to Gallia County, moving household goods, lumber for a house and the family on a flatboat down the Ohio river to a point just below Raccoon Creek. There her father built a home and reared his family of seven children, Elizabeth being the oldest. In 1839, at the age of eleven years, she was converted and joined the M. E. Church then at Riggs Landing near the Ohio river.   
     In 1848 she was united in marriage to the late Jacob Riggs and they began their wedded life on Riverside farm at Raccoon Island where they lived for 22 years, then moved to the present home where they completed a pleasant and holy union of nearly 68 years. Eight children were born to them, five of whom this day in the midst of a host of friends mourn the loss of their parents. Besides her eight children, Mrs. Riggs has raised and educated one niece and two grandchildren, and her home has sheltered many orphans.
     In the history of Clay Chapel Mrs. Riggs has been worthilly called Dorcas, such has been the effect of the 80 years she has lived a consistent Christian, practicing and thus exemplifying in her everyday life the teachings and character of Christ. She is the last charter member of the L. F. M. Society of Clay Chapel. She was a Mother in Israel and her children will continue to rise up and call her blessed for generations yet to come. Many sorrows has she known, yet patiently she bore them and well may we close by saying,

    The surviving children of Mr. and Mrs. Riggs are Edward A., Mary Rose, Mrs. B. H. Ingels, and Ernest J. Riggs. While for them the home circle is broken, they are happy in the consciousness that their parents' lives here on earth were filled with good deeds, and that their good works yet do follow after them.

[Note: picture in paper]

Gallipolis paper
Jan. 11, 1916
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall                                                                         Top of Page

Riggs, Grace R.

Grace McFann Riggs Dies at Huntington
     Mrs. Grace R. Riggs, 62, whose early life was spent between Bladen and Swan Creek, died Saturday morning at the home of her son, L.D. Riggs, 406 W. Tenth ave., Huntington, following a long illness.
     She was a daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth McFann Ward of Bladen and a cousin of Mrs. Oretha O'Brien of this city.
    Her early married life was spent in Colorado Springs but for 18 years had been a resident of Huntington and at one time was connected with the office staff of the Adelphi Hotel.  She was a member of Johnson Memorial church.
     Surviving her besides those already named are three brothers and a sister: W.W. and W.A. McFann, Lesage; O.S. McFann, Milford, Ill., Mrs. Lena Rousch, New York City.  Also two grandchildren, Joan and Jack Riggs.
     Funeral services at Kincaid Funeral Home at 2 o'clock today, with burial at Mt. Zion in Ohio tp. For pall bearers were selected W.D. Keister, W.N. Rardin, F.A. Howard, J.B. Porter, W.M. Nestor and F.J. Hoback, all of Huntington.

[Note: From stone b.29 Aug. 1872 - d. 23 Feb. 1934]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Feb. 1934
Transcribed by Theresa E. Smith

Riggs, Mary

Mrs Mary Riggs
     Mrs. Mary Riggs, mother of Jacob Riggs, died Sunday evening last at 9 o'clock, in her 87th year. Funeral services were held last evening at Clay Chapel, by Rev. Finney.

[Note: Buried in Clay Chapel Cemetery. Died 6/24/1888.]

Gallipolis Paper
No date
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Riggs, Rose

Miss Rose Riggs Dead
     Miss Rose Riggs passed away suddenly Saturday morning, May 14 1927 at the home of her brother-in-law, Mr. Bert Ingels, where she had been staying while her sister, [cannot read] Ingels, is in Columbus with her daughter, Mrs. Frances Ingels Brown. Miss Riggs complained of feeling badly to her niece, Miss Mildred Ingels, and a doctor was summoned but she died before medical aid could reach her.
     Miss Riggs was aged 69 years, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Riggs. She leaves a brother, Mr. Ernest J. Riggs,and two sisters, Mrs. B. H. Ingels and Miss Mary Riggs.
     Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at Clay Chapel, conducted by Rev. J. R. Fields of [cannot read] and Rev. Ernest Champer of Charleston. Interment was made in the Chapel cemetery.

[Note: Dates on tombstone read 1857-1927]

Galipolis paper
1927
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall

Rinderlee, Joseph

Joseph Rinderlee Dead
     Joseph T. Rinderlee, son of Mrs. Amelia Lautenschlager, died at Quincy, IL, Friday, March 31, of peritonitis. He was born and reared in this city and was about 43 years of age. He was a moulder by trade and left here 23 years ago, though during that period he has visited his mother here several times.
     He married Miss Hannah Beal, an Ironton lady and is survived by her and a son 17 years of age. He also leaves besides his mother, two sisters, Mrs. Bertha Rose of Columbus and Miss Theresa Lautenschlager of this city. Joe was popular as a boy and man and had many friends who will regret his end and sympathize with the bereaved ones.
     The remains arrived here Sunday afternoon and were taken to the home of his mother on lower Third Avenue. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Father Kessler at St. Louis Catholic Church Monday, interment following Pine Street Cemetery by Hayward & Son.

Gallipolis Bulletin
April 6, 1911
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Rinehart, James Loren (Riney)

Services Friday For J. L. Rinehart With Burial In Magnolia Plot
Sudden Death Claims Renowned Bridge Builder
     Renowned as a bridge builder while he was connected with the Gallia County road department, James Loren (Riney) Rinehart died at 11:50 a. m. Wednesday and his funeral services will be held at 7 p. m. Friday at Miller’s Home for Funerals.
     He had been ill only one hour from a heart attack, but, a giant of a man, Mr. Rinehart had been in failing health for some time.
     The Friday funeral, with the Rev. H. M. Smith, pastor of the Church of God, officiating, will be the first of two. The second will be at 2 p. m. Saturday graveside with a Lutheran minister officiating, at Magnolia.
     Magnolia was Mr. Rinehart’s birthplace March 19, 1885. He was one of six children – and the first to die – of W. E. Rinehart and Arletta Knotts who are buried in Magnolia. He was brought up on a Carroll County farm, became a West Virginia coal miner, and entered the coal business for himself in Boone County, W. Va., later.
     He came to Vinton County after several years in West Virginia, and owned and operated a coal mine. In 1923 he moved to Gallipolis (to 1058 First Ave., where Postmaster Elmer E. Caldwell now resides), and entered the sand business out on the old Womeldorff farm near town on U. S. Route 35.
     A member of the Lutheran church in Waynesburg, O., the decedent married Myrtle Church Oct. 24, 1936, and she survives with these children from a former marriage:
Clerk of Courts Marjorie Rinehart; Mrs. R. B. (Dorothy) Crockett, Harbourside, Me.; Mrs. Orville (Helen) Chambers, Athens; and Max Rinehart, Fort Wayne, Indiana.
     The three surviving sisters and two brothers are Mrs. Byron (Ann) Long, Waynesburg; Mrs. Robert (Ida) Clark, Akron; Mrs. Joseph (Helen) Eckley, Carrollton; Richard Rinehart, Canton; and William Rinehart, Kent.

Gallipolis Tribune
25 May 1949
Transcribed by Lew Casey                                                                                Top of Page

Ripley A. S. (Ammon Sanford)

Sanford Ripley Dead
     A. S. Ripley living at Patriot died about 4 p. m. Thursday, July 19, 1917 after a lingering illness with a complication of ailments. He was a good citizen well liked by all who knew him.
     The funeral will be held at Patriot at 10 a.m. Sunday.

[Note: From death certificate date of birth January 21, 1853; father Ammon Ripley; mother Lovica Allison; buried at Ripley CE; half brother to James Oliver Ripley.]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
July 20, 1917
Transcribed by Lynn Anders

Ripley, David C.

     RIPLEY-At the residence of his son, Sanford Ripley, Esq., in Riverton Township, Judge David Ripley, at two o'clock in the morning of Tuesday. July 26, 1881, aged 81 years and 6 months. Judge Ripley was born in the state of New York in February (20), 1798. Shortly before coming of age he removed to Ohio, where he was married when 21. Here he lived until 1854, holding in the meantime the office of Sheriff for twelve years and representing his county one term in the Legislature. In 1854 he moved to this county. He was elected County Judge which position he held during the old county seat fight. In 1861 he went to Colorado, where he saw service with the Territorial Rangers during the Indian wars. He was also a member of the Legislature.
     In 1866 he came east, stopping in Missouri, where he lived one year. He then came back to Iowa, settling in Fremont County. He returned to this county in August, 1870, and has since lived with his son Sanford Ripley in Riverton twp.
     He has been hopelessly afflicted for the past five years with enlargement of the prostate gland, and has suffered greatly. His death, though long expected, will be heard of with sincere regret by his many friends throughout the county. Honest in his convictions and earnest in carrying them out, he always carried with him the respect even of his strongest opponents. He has rounded a life of sterling worth, and goes to his grave mourned by all who knew him. "Peaceful be his sleep and green be the grass above him."
     He left two sons, Mr. Sanford Ripley of this county, and Frank Ripley of Benficklin, Tom Green County, Texas, and four daughters, Mrs. W. B. Carter, Mrs. James Wood, Mrs. John Allison, and Mrs. Henry Allen.
The funeral took place at the Thompson School house in Riverton, Wednesday, July 27, at 10 o'clock, am, and was largely attended. Burial was in Riverton Cemetery.

[Note: David Ripley is a son of Joshua and Rhoda Ripley, early arrivals to Gallia County. He and Easter Griswold were married in Lawrence County, Ohio in 1819. David Ripley died and is buried in Floyd County, Iowa.]

Charles City Intelligencer July, 1881
Obituary located by Val Fisher in 2002
Transcribed by Lynn Anders

Ripley, Mrs. David

Death of Mrs. David Ripley
     Mrs. David Ripley, of Carlton, whose critical illness has been mentioned, died Monday night, aged about 70 years. She left two daughters Mrs. Chas. Long of Cheshire, and Miss Esther at home. She was a fine old lady respected by all who knew her. Her maiden name was Rothgeb, and she the last one of the old members of that extensive family and was aunt of Mrs. D. M. Blosser and otherwise related to the Mauck family, of Cheshire. Her funeral services were conducted this Wednesday forenoon, the burial following at Gravel Hill cemetery.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
February 5, 1897
Transcribed by Henny Evans                                                                             Top of Page

Ripley, Florence J.

Widow Of Sanford Ripley Dies At Her Home In Patriot
     Florence J. Ripley, eighty year old widow of A. Sanford Ripley died at her home in Patriot about six o'clock this morning following a lingering illness with an incurable disease which had kept her bedfast since last fall. Her husband died about twenty years ago.
     She was the mother of three girls, all of whom died when quite young. But she reared a nephew, Jack Edler, who is located in Columbus. Five brothers and a sister survive: A.A. Carter, Gallia; James O. of Iowa; P.B. of Chicago, and John H. Carter of California, and Mrs. Mary Powell, city.
     Funeral services for Mrs. Ripley will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Patriot by Rev. Mr. Frost. Interment will be in the Ripley cemetery on the George Carter farm by O.E. Elliott.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
March 15, 1938
Transcribed by Lynn Anders

Ripley, Harvey

Death of Mr. Ripley
     Mr. Harvey Ripley of Patriot, died Monday night, March 15th at 10 o'clock after a long illness with consumption. He left a wife but no family. Mr. Ripley was a good citizen and well liked by all who knew him.

[Note: Death Certificate..Born Dec 25, 1842; died March 15, 1909; aged 66 years 2 months and 20 days. Parents Amos Ripley and Polly Griswold (both born NY). Burial Mound Hill Cemetery.]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
March 16, 1909
Transcribed by F.K. Brown                                                                                Top of Page

Ripley, Malinda A. (Peck)

     Mrs. John Ripley, who lived near the mouth of Story Run, was buried last Sunday. Her death is much lamented by her host of friends in that vicinity.

[Note: Buried at Gravel Hill Cemetery in Cheshire Twp.]

Gallipolis Bulletin
Tuesday, October 23, 1888
Transcribed by Suzanne Giroux

Ripley, Nathan

     Nathan Ripley died Friday, Sept. 23. He was buried at Patriot Saturday. The funeral was preached by Rev. T. H. Neal.

The Gallipolis Journal
Sandfork News Notes
Wednesday, September 18, 1892
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Ripley, Sanford

Sanford Ripley Dead
     Sanford Ripley, an old resident of "Ripley's Mills," near Carrville, died Monday. He was one of the oldest residents of Floyd County, being 87 years old, and having resided there for over fifty years. He was well known around here, having lived in this vicinity for so many years. His death seemed to be due to old age, although he maintained his mental faculties until the last.

The Nashua Reporter/Accessed through Ancestry/Newspapers and Periodicals
Thursday, June 6, 1907

Ripley, Sanford                                                                                                Top of Page

     Died at his home in Riverton township, Floyd county, Iowa, Monday, June 3, Sanford Ripley, of ailment incident to old age. He was 87 years, 10 months and 6 days old.
     He was born in Gallia county, Ohio. In the spring of 1852 he settled at Nashua. In 1854 he settled in section 34, range 15, Riverton, and died there. In 1847 he was married to Susan Norton, nee Baumgardner, who was also a native of Gallia county, Ohio. To this union there were born three daughters, who still survive him. His father, David Ripley, was elected county judge of this county in 1858, on the county seat issue, he being the candidate for that office of the friends of the geographical center.
     Sanford Ripley had everything to do with the very early settlement of this county, helped lay out the first roads surveyed in the county. He was a famous violin player and manufacturer of violins and sold many of his own make to various persons in the county. In every way he was a most exemplary citizen, one of the best of neighbors, generous to a fault, upright and honest in all his dealings. He lived a peaceful, quiet, inoffensive life, popular with all classes. We never heard of a wrong word spoken or a wrong deed committed by him. He was buried in Riverton cemetery, funeral (service?) being held at the home.

[Note: Sanford Ripley is a son of David C. and Easter (Griswold) Ripley]

Newspaper clipping (unknown, but very likely from The Nashua Reporter, June 1907) found in the Simmerman files, Ripley file, Bossard Library.
Transcriptions by Lynn Anders

Ripley, Susan Baumgardner Norton

     Our little community has been saddened by the death of two of our most respected old ladies within the last few days. The first, (Mrs. Olney)........................... Mrs. Sanford Ripley was stricken with paralysis about two weeks ago, and never rallying, lived 16 days before being called to rest by her Heavenly Father. She was 81 years of age and for 54 years lived a most happy, peaceful married life with her husband, Sanford Ripley, who has seen his loved and loving wife go Home and leave him behind. Besides the bereft husband are three daughters and eight grandchildren and many friends and neighbors. We miss her but know she is at rest, seeing always the face of our Master and Lord.

On another page.........

     Mrs. Sanford Ripley died at her home in Riverton township, Floyd county, Tuesday, November 5, at the age of 82 years. Death was due to a stroke of paralysis which she suffered some weeks ago. She was one of the earliest settlers of Floyd county, she with her husband settling on a farm in Riverton township in 1853 and had lived there ever since until her death. She leaves three daughters- Mrs. Geo. Wert and Mrs. S.A. Parker of Riverton, and Mrs. Chas. Linderman of Charles City. The funeral was held from the home last Friday conducted by Rev. Sours of Charles City. Interment took place in Riverton cemetery.

[Note: Susan Baumgardner married Harvey Norton September 23, 1841 in Gallia County. They had one daughter, Candice. Susan Norton and Sanford Ripley were also married in Gallia County June 21, 1846. The date of birth from her stone is January 28, 1820.]

The Nashua Reporter/Accessed through Ancestry/Newspapers and Periodicals
Thursday, November 14, 1901
Transcribed by Lynn Anders                                                                             Top of Page

Rippey, Stella

Mrs. Rippey, 90, Succumbs
     Mrs. Stella Rippey, 90, a resident of 746 Fourth Ave., died at 11:40 a.m. Friday in Medical Center Hospital 90 minutes after being admitted. She was a native of Ma__son, W. Va., and had lived in Gallipolis since 1913. She was the daughter of the late Neal and Nannie Posey Johnson. She was twice married. Her first was to George Cathie, in 1894, who preceded her in death. Children surviving that union are George Cathie, Harrison Cathie, Mrs. Ida Mae Harrington, all of Columbus, and Frances Cathie. Her second marriage was to Ish Rippey, in 1913, and he preceded her in death on Aug. 21, 1956.
     She was a member of the Triedstone Baptist Church. The body is at Miller’s Home for Funerals. Services will be 2 p.m. Monday at Triedstone Baptist Church. The body will lie in state for one hour at the church. Rev. Gul will officiate and burial will be in Providence cemetery.

The Gallia Times
Saturday, March 13, 1965
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Risen, Harriett

Death of Good Old Colored Woman
     Mrs. Harriett Risen, a highly respected old colored woman, aged 80 years, died at her home on First Avenue Monday morning after a short illness with pneumonia. She was born in slavery in old Virginia and for the past 45 years has been in the employ of the family of the late Capt. W. O. Martin and has resided here since. The funeral was held from the A. M. E. church at 2 P. M. today. Interment followed at Pine Street cemetery by Wetherholt.

[Note: no stone d. 2.26.1917]

The Gallipolis Daily Tribune
February 27, 1917
Transcribed by Mary Kay Clark

Rison, Will

     A little colored boy named Will Rison, aged ten years, was playing on a train of freight cars that were in motion, on Spruce Street, last Saturday morning, and was knocked off and instantly killed and badly mangled. Mr. W. C. Hayward happened to be present at the time and took charge of the remains. It seems impossible for the Railroad officers to keep the little chaps from playing on the cars when hitching and unhitching on this street and at the Incline, and the wonder is that some of them have not been killed before this.

Gallipolis Bulletin
Oct 12, 1883
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall                                                                          Top of Page

Ritchie, George Mathew

Services Wednesday For G. M. Ritchie, 38, Swan Creek Resident
     George Mathew Ritchie, 38 years old Swan Creek resident and father of eight children, will be buried Wednesday after he drowned Saturday night in Dillons Lake, an offshoot of the Ohio River at the Gallipolis Dam at Eureka.
     Mr. Ritchie’s body was recovered at midnight Saturday after he fell in the small lake two hours earlier.
An operator of heavy construction equipment for the Holderman Construction Co., he had recently been working on the highway job at Chester in Meigs County.
     He and a 15 year old son, Bobby Ritchie, were fishing at the edge of the lake when he fell in. Known as being able to swim, he made an attempt to reach shore. The son tried to reach him with a fishing pole but was unsuccessful after wading into the water to shoulder depth.
The boy ran to a summer cottage near the lake, owned by Ned Eachus, State St., where he summoned Eachus and former Gallia County Deputy Sheriff Jim Mills. Eachus and Mills hurried to the lakeside and Mills dove three times in the effort to reach the man.
     Mills said an offshore ledge deepens the water to over 20 feet in the lake and he was unable to reach Mr. Ritchie. Mills recovered the fishing pole the boy had used. Deputy Sheriff Woodrow Saunders and others were called to the scene with city owned grappling hooks and the body was then recovered.
The son said he was unable to explain his father’s fall into the water.
     A graduate of Gallia Academy High School and member of a well know family of near Bladen, the victim was a son of W. E. and Rosa Angel Ritchie, who survive.
     He leaves his widow, the former Sadie Walters whom he married in 1931; four sons, Clifford, a Mercerville High School senior and a Gallipolis Rotary Club Junior Rotarian for April, the son Bobby, Gary, 6, Dane, 4; and four daughters, Sandra, 8, Rose Mary, 3, Texanna, 16 months and Rhonda Kay, one month.
     He also leaves a sister, Mrs. Virginia Pfeiffer of Canton. Two sisters and a brother preceded him in death.
     Funeral services Wednesday will be at 2 p.m. from the Swan Creek Chapel with the Rev. Frank Harding in charge, with burial at Swan Creek Cemetery. The body was taken to the Miller Home for Funerals, where friends may call tonight. Tomorrow it will be taken to the Ritchie home and friends may also visit there Tuesday night.

Gallipolis Tribune
Abt 1949
Transcribed by Lew Casey

Roach, Emily Exia

Funeral of Emily Exia Roach
     The sad and untimely death of Miss Emily Exia Roach at 4 o'clock Saturday morning at the home of Capt. D.L. Thomas in Gallipolis, noted in Saturday's Daily Journal, ended a bright young life and saddened many hearts among her many friends and relatives at Chambersburg, this county, where she formerly resided, and at Dayton, Ohio where her parents and family now reside. The deceased, who was a daughter of Calvin E. and Elizabeth J. Roach of Dayton, was born in Ohio township, Gallia county, November 17, 1883 and was consequently 16 years, 10 months and 26 days of age at the time of her demise. Besides her father and mother, the deceased leaves the following brothers and sisters to mourn her demise, Samuel T. Roach, Batty. G, 4th U.S. Artillery now stationed at Fortress Monroe, Va; Mrs. Fleetia A. Brown, Dayton; Mrs. Wavie W. Chambers, Chambersburg; and Leathy M., Harley Carlin and Clemina Roach with their parents at Dayton.
     The deceased was a bright, highly respected and handsome young lady and her death away from her father and mother was as sad as it was sudden and unexpected. As stated in the Journal, Miss Roach was taken sick Monday morning with symptoms of pneumonia lingering only until the early dawn of Saturday morning when she peacefully crossed over the river in the presence of her sister, Mrs. Wavie W. Chambers, her cousin, Miss Blanche Halley and her affianced husband, Harry G. Chambers, an employee of the Treasure Stove Foundry of this city. A few hours before her death she remarked to the watchers at her bedside that she would soon be with angels and just a few minutes before the end she sang a few chords of "Am I a Soldier of the Cross."
     The remains were taken from this city to the home of John Chambers of Chambersburg and the interment was at Clay Chapel cemetery Sunday afternoon by Wetherholt.
     The pall-bearers were Misses Levia Smith, Mabel Todd, Nellie Fletcher, Elma Evans, Maggie Martindill and Bessie Lewis assisted by Meesrs. R.B. Cornwell, J.J. Boston, Joshua Todd, Gus Martindill, Charles Green, and William Smith.

[Note: From Funeral home died 13 Oct 1900]

Gallipolis paper
Oct 1900
Transcribed by Theresa E. Smith                                                                       Top of Page

Roach, Gertrude G.

     GALLIPOLIS - Mrs. Gertrude G. Roach, 92, former resident of Clay Twp., Gallia County, died at 2:30 p.m. Friday at the home of Mrs. Norene Shaffer at Crown City. A native of Gallia County, she was born March 10, 1875, daughter of the late John and Nancy Lemley Gaskins. Her husband, Hemby L. Roach preceded her in death in 1954. She spent most of her life in Huntington, W. Va.
     Her only survivor is a son, Ora Roach, whose whereabouts are unknown. There are four grandchildren. A granddaughter is Mrs. Merrill Grube, Anchorage, Alaska. Millers’ Home for Funerals will announce arrangements.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Sunday, January 21, 1968

Graveside Services
     Graveside services for Mrs. Gertrude G. Roach, 92, Crown City, who died Friday, will be conducted at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Pine Street Cemetery by the Rev. James Early.
     Mrs. Roach’s only survivor is a son, Ora Roach, whose whereabouts are unknown. There are four grandchildren.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Monday, January 22, 1968
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Roach, Okey, Jr.

     Okey Hamilton Roach, Jr., 50, a native of Gallipolis, died in United Hospital at Port Chester, New York, Dec. 2. The body was cremated and the ashes sent to Gallipolis for burial.
     Brief memorial services will be held at Miller’s Home for Funerals Saturday morning at 11 o’clock by Rev. Jack Finnicum. Burial will follow in Pine Street Cemetery.
     Mr. Roach was born in Gallipolis Oct. 28, 1923, son of the late Okey H. Roach and Allie Long Roach. He attended Gallipolis schools and served in the Army in World War II. He was formerly employed as a truck driver for the Jenkins Concrete Co.
     He was married to Dorothy Nibert. She survives and lives in Gallipolis. Two sons, John, in the Army in Colorado and James of Gallipolis, one daughter, Mrs. Richard (Kathy) Cremeans of Gallipolis survive, along with one granddaughter. Two brothers, James of Sealy, Ala., and Ira, of Chicago, and a sister, Mrs. Homer (Thelma) Simmons of Fairborn, also survive.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Tuesday, December 18, 1973
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron                                                                         Top of Page

Roach, Oscar Phmore

Former Resident Dies
     Oscar Phmore Roach, aged 72. Funeral services for Mr. Roach, who died at his home at 779 South High Street, Friday night will be held at the residence Tuesday at 9 a.m.
     Burial in Gallipolis under the direction of Cook & Son - Columbus Dispatch.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Monday, November 11, 1929
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Roach, Robert Perry

OBITUARY
     Robert Perry Roach, aged 24 years, died of typhoid fever, Oct.21, at his home in Perry tp.
Mr. Roach was becoming well known in this county as a teacher of district schools and a student of Rio Grande College. He was a young man of nice appearance and considerable ability, and was making preparation for the further prosecution of his studies.
     He left a grief-stricken mother, and sorrowing sisters and brothers who find some consolation however in the patience and fortitude exhibited during his sickness, and his still position to renew his religious life and trust himself to the mercy of the Judge of all the earth.
     The funeral services were conducted at the house of the deceased by Rev. A.G. Ebright of Rodney, and were largely attended. They were participated in by the teachers of Rio Grande College. Appropriate selections were sung by students, six of whom were selected to act as pall bearers.
     The following resolutions were passed by the Shakespearian Literary Society of Rio Grande College, of which the deceased was a member and in connection with which he had received a prize for excellence in declamation at a public competition.

[Note: Buried in Hulbert Cemetery in Green Township]

Gallipolis Journal
November 17, 1881
Transcribed by Margaret Calvin                                                                          Top of Page

Roadarmour, Barbary

     Mrs. Barbary Roadarmour, 81, late wife of Col. John Roadarmour, on 16 Apr 1870...came to Gallia Co. in 1804 with her father, Christian Tyler, (sic, Syler) and his family of mostly females.

Gallipolis Journal
12 May 1870
Transcribed by Sunda Peters

Roadarmour, Barbary

     Mrs. Barbary Roadarmour, late consort of Col. John Roadarmour, departed this life on the 16th day of April last, in the 81st year of her age.
     It is but a just tribute of respect to say that she possessed all the noblest traits of the human family, particularly in the discharge of her duty as a wife, a mother, a neighbor, and a member of society. She came to Gallia county in 1804, with her father, Christian Tyler and family, mostly females, who had been trained to usefulness by an exemplary mother, and soon found husbands of high standing and usefulness, and became good wives and mothers, and from them have grown up a numerous line of highly useful and distinguished citizens now spread over Southern Ohio.

Gallipolis Journal
May 12, 1870
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron                                                                      Top of Page

Roadarmour, Myrtie

Mrs. Willis Roadarmour Dies
     Mrs. Willis Roadarmour passed away Thursday about 3:30 p. m. after after(sic) an illness of several weeks. Mrs. Roadarmour, who was 48 years of age, before her marriage was Myrtie Buckle, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Buckle and was a native of this county where she lived her entire life.
     Surviving relatives are her husband, one daughter, Miss Dorothy, a techer(sic) in the local schools, one brother and five sisters, R. W. Buckle of Colorado, Misses Della, Grace and Frances Buckle, Mrs. Grover Shoemaker and Mrs. Okey Saunders, of Northup.
     Funeral services will be conducted at her late home, 708 2nd ave., Monday at 1:30 p. m., conducted by Rev. W. E. Ewing, of Mt. Sterling, O., and burial in Mound Hill in charge of A. E. Tope.

Gallipolis Tribune
February 9, 1928
Transcribed by Nancy S. Edwards

Roadarmour, Rhoda

     Mrs. Rhoda Roadarmour died at the family residence in Harrison Tp. last Wednesday night after a briefillness with cardic asthma. She was born Sept. 22, 1816 and was 94 years, 8 months and 20 days old. She had always been a resident of this county except for a few years spent in Kentucky shortly after her marriage. Her husband Thomas J. Roadarmour died over 60 years ago. She was a good, christian woman and a member of the Christian church.
     She is survived by three sons, Alden L., an attorney of this city, John of Harrison Tp., and Jacob of Lexington, Ky. and by two daughters, Mrs. Amelia Haskins and Mrs. Caroline Perkins of Harrison Tp. Mrs. Roadarmour was the mother of six children and there were in her family at one time 24 grandchildren, 45, great-grandchildren and 3 great-great-grandchildren. One of the latter was present at her funeral.
     The funeral services were held at the family residence Friday and were conducted by Rev. J. B. Massie. Burial at the Louks cemetery by Wetherholt.

[Note: from stone Died May 10, 1911]

Gallipolis paper
May 10, 1911
Transcribed by Irene Blamer

Roark, Edward Paul, Jr. "Ed"

1943 - 2003
     Edward Paul 'Ed' Roark Jr., age 60, of Rio Grande, died unexpectedly Thursday August 14, 2003. Born June 17, 1943 in Gallipolis, he was the son of the late Maxine Dickey Roark. He is survived by one brother: Gary Roark of Pt. Pleasant, a special friend: Patsy Schuldt of Gallipolis, and will be sadly missed by a multitude of friends.
     Ed was an associate professor and the assistant to the coordinator of graduate studies at the University of Rio Grande and as head of the independent production agency RSR Enterprises, which helped to fund several education scholarships.
     Funeral services will be 10:00 A.M. Monday August 18, 2003 at the Waugh-Halley-Wood funeral home. Burial will follow in Ohio Valley Memory Gardens. Friends may call at the funeral on Sunday form 6-9 P.M. In lieu of flowers contributions can be made to the Merlin G. Ross Scholarship fund, P.O. Box 500 Rio Grande, Ohio 45674 to the attention of the office of Institutional Advancement

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
August 15,2003
Transcribed by Cheryl A. Enyart                                                                        Top of Page

Robbins, George

Death of George Robbins
     George Robbins, who was badly injured in an accident at Wellsville last week, died, and his remains were brought here Monday evening and taken to Wetherholt's undertaking rooms. The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon under the auspices of the American Mechanics, burial at Pine Street Cemetery.

[Note: The stone in Pine Street Cemetery was read as George Robbines]

Gallipolis Bulletin
January 25, 1907
Transcribed by Margaret Calvin

Roberts, Anna

DIED
     In Gallipolis, Ohio, January 6, 1864, Anna, wife of S. Roberts, in the 34th year of her age. Mrs. Roberts was born in England on the 16th of January 1830.
     In 1839 she was sent from home to school, where she remained until she was thoroughly educated for the duties of a teacher. She first taught in the family of her relative, General Darroch, of the British Army. Her accomplishments as school teacher and musical governess were found so complete that she was recommended and persuaded to emigrate to act as governess in the family of her uncle, Col. Cotter, brother of Sir James Lawrence Cotter, Bart., of England. She arrived in New York in 1848 with others who accompanied her, and instead of going on with Col. Cotter, took charge of a school for the Rev. Mr. Watson, Episcopal minister at Newark, New Jersey. She made her home at the residence of Mr. Lowell, whose name is familiar to readers of The New York Ledger, until married to Mr. Roberts at Christ church, Newark, N.J., in June 1850.
     Early in the year 1850 she was confirmed by the Rev. Mr. Lowell, Episcopal minister at Newark.
A funeral sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. Thompson at the Episcopal church to a very large, attentive, and sympathizing audience.

[Note: I could not find a burial for her or Mr. S. Roberts.]

Simmerman files, Tope file with a notebook of handwritten obituaries that Ann Simmerman copied from Mary Tope's scrapbook, Bossard Library.
Transcribed by Lynn Anders

Roberts, Carrie May

     ROBERTS - At her home in Maple Shade, O., March 19th, 1891, CARRIE MAY, infant daughter, of William and Dora Roberts, aged 5 months and 10 days. The funeral services were conducted at Damron Chapel by Rev. Jones of the M.E. Church. He chose for the subject of his discourse the language of David, 'He cannot return to me but I can go to him.'
     Burial at old cemetery by G.W. Wetherholt.

Gallipolis Journal
April 1, 1891
Transcribed by Theresa E. Smith                                                                   Top of Page

Roberts, Fannnie [Waddell]

Death Of Mrs. Roberts
     Mrs. Fannie Waddell Roberts, whose long illness has been mentioned from time to time, came to an end Thursday, Oct. 26, 1911, in the 58th year of her age. She was the daughter of Franklin and Mary Waddell and was born in Green Township and spent most of her life near the scene of her early home.
     She married Thomas M. Roberts and to this union were born a daughter, Ruby and a son, Earle, who with their father survive. These with her mother and one sister, Mrs. Emma Roach, in Green Township and brothers Herbert with a Bridge Co. at Kenova, WV; Charles at Camden, N.J.; George at Knab, Washington; together with many friends and relatives are left to mourn the loss of this dear one.
     Early in life she became a member of the M.E. Church at Rodney and died in the Christian faith to which she clung through the years. Rev. George Brown delivered a beautiful address on Saturday, Oct. 28, after which her body was laid to rest in the Waddell Cemetery near Alexandria Church.

[Note: Death Certificate..Born Feb. 14, 1854, died Oct. 26, 1911; age 57 years 8 months and 12 days. Mother's maiden name Scott. Cause of death: Tuberculosis. Burial: Hulbert Cemetery in Green Township.]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Oct. 30, 1911
Transcribed by F. K. Brown

Roberts, Jennie Bell

Mrs. Roberts, 88, Claimed Early Today
     Mrs. Jennie Bell Roberts, 88, Rio Grande, died early today at the home of her daughter, Miss Faye Roberts, with whom she resided.
     She was born March 8, 1873, at Gallipolis Ferry, W. Va., daughter of the late Richard and Cynthia Steed Bonecutter. She was the widow of William Roberts, who preceded her in death 11 years ago.
She was a member of the Baptist church. Surviving in addition to the daughter are two sons, Guy Roberts of Rio Grande and Lawrence Roberts of Gallipolis Ferry. Two brothers, Charles Bonecutter of Rio Grande and Dan Bonecutter, Gallipolis Ferry, also survive.
     Three sisters surviving are Mrs. Viola Casey of Gallipolis Ferry, Mrs. Zona Milliron of Pt. Pleasant and Mrs. Minnie Milliron of Jackson. Eight grandchildren, and nine great-grand-children survive. One son and a daughter preceded her in death.
     Funeral services will be held Friday, 2 p.m., at the L.G. Mohr Funeral Home, Pt. Pleasant.
Burial will be in the Mt. Pisgah cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2: p.m. Thursday.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Wednesday, August 16, 1961
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Roberts, Louise

Death of Mrs. Louise Roberts
     Mrs. Louise Roberts, wife of Mr. Jules Roberts, the well known jeweler, died very suddenly on Friday evening of last week. She had been ill for about a week with heart trouble, but was able to be about the house. A few minutes before her death she laid down upon the bed to sleep. Her daughter, Miss Amelia, went into the room to give her some medicine and spoke to her. Getting no answer, she thought her mother had fainted, and called to her father, who ran for the doctor, but before medical assistance could arrive, Mrs. Roberts had expired.
     She was about seventy-four years of age and was a native of Switzerland. She was married to Mr. Roberts in New Orleans, and came here with him in 1856. Mrs. Roberts was very popular with, and much esteemed by all who knew her.
     The funeral services were conducted at the Presbyterian Church by Rev. W. E. I.d’Argent, Sunday afternoon at two o’clock. Burial at Mound Hill.

The Gallipolis Bulletin
Saturday, November 10, 1894
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron                                                                  Top of Page

Roberts, Margaret

Death of Mrs. Roberts
     Mrs. Margaret Roberts died at her home in Porter Sunday, May 15, 1904, aged 77 years, 6 months and 15 days. Her death was due to the infirmities of old age. She was the widow of P. J. L. Roberts, a soldier of the War of 1812, who was one of the first settlers of the village of Porter.
     She was the mother of six children, all of them dying in infancy. Mrs. Roberts had been a faithful member of the Porter M. E. Church for more than fifty years and was a fine old lady respected and loved by all who knew her.

Gallipolis Bulletin
Friday, May 27, 1904
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Roberts, Mary Jane

     DIED - In this county, on the 28th ultimo, Mrs. Mary Jane Roberts, wife of Mr. James Roberts, in the 29th year of her age.

Gallipolis Journal
October 7, 1852
Transcribed by Linda Halley Criner                                                                      Top of Page

Roberts, Nellie

Nellie Roberts
     GALLIPOLIS - Nellie Roberts, 87, of Gallipolis, died Friday, May 2, 1997 in Pleasant Valley Hospital, Point Pleasant, West Virginia. Born May 15, 1909 in the Cora Community, Gallia County, she was the daughter of the late Evan E. Reese and Mattie M. Reese.
     On March 26, 1932, she married Shelby F. Roberts, who preceded her in death on July 12, 1989. Also preceding her is a special son-in-law, Henry Jenkins, and three brothers and three sisters. Surviving are a son and daughter-in-law, Richard B. "Butch" and Sally Roberts of Gallipolis; a daughter, Mary Margaret Jenkins of Columbus; four grandsons, Douglas (Pam) Jenkins of Perry, Ohio, Harold (Kitty) Jenkins of Dublin, Ohio, Richard A. (Jozie) Roberts of Gallipolis, and Larry J. (Rosa) Roberts of El Paso, Texas; and six great-grandchildren.
     Nellie lived her entire life in Gallia County. She worked at the former Lafayette Hotel, for the G. C. Murphy Company, and at the Reese Cab Company. She and her husband Shelby owned and operated a plumbing business in Gallipolis for many years. In later years, Nellie and her husband worked for the Gallipolis Golf Club. She was a member of the Grace United Methodist Church, and a member of the Abigail Circle at the church.
     Services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 6, 1997 in the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home, with Pastor David Hogg officiating. Burial will follow in Mound Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Monday, May 5, 1997.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
No Date
Transcribed by Nancy S. Edwards

Roberts, Shelby F.

Shelby F. Roberts
     Shelby F. Roberts, 82, of 727 First Ave., died Wednesday, at Holzer Medical Center following a lengthy illness. He was a retired plumber. Born Dec. 12, 1906 in Huntington, W. Va., he was a son of the late James Roberts and Margaret Denny Roberts.
     He was also preceded in death by two brothers and two sisters. Surviving are his wife, Nellie Reese Roberts, whom he married March 26, 1932; one daughter, Mary Margaret Jenkins of Columbus; one son, Richard (Butch) Roberts of Gallipolis; and four grandchildren , six great grandchildren.
     He worked for Dexter Plumbing, and founded Shelby Roberts and Son Plumbing in 1951. He also worked at the Philip Sporn Plant and ran the clubhouse at the Gallipolis Golf Course for a number of years. He was a member of Grace United Methodist Church and served in the Ohio State Militia in World War II.
     Services will be conducted Saturday, 10:30 a.m. at Waugh - Halley - Wood Funeral Home, the Rev. David Elliott officiating. Burial follows in Mound Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Friday, 2 to 4 p. m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Pallbearers will be Rick Roberts, Douglas Jenkins, Harold Jenkins, Bob Saunders, John Davis and Roger Frazer.

[Note: Died July ......, 1989]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
No date
Transcribed by Charles Wright                                                                          Top of Page

Roberts, Wm.
 
Death of Wm. Roberts
     Mr. Wm. Roberts died at his home in East Gallipolis Sunday, June 11, 1926, after three weeks illness at the age of 59 years.
     He leaves his widow, two sons John and George and one daughter Nancy, age 2 years.
     Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at his home by Rev. Venz with burial in Pine street cemetery in charge of Wetherholt and Entsminger.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
June 14, 1926
Transcribed by Henny Evans

Robertson, Clara Effie

Kanauga Native Dies At Home
     Mrs. Clara Effie Robertson, 86, a native of Kanauga, died in her Washington, D. C. home on Sunday. She suffered a second stroke on Dec. 27 and had been in poor health for a year. Mrs. Robertson was the widow of J. E. Robertson who was stationed as a telegrapher and station agent at Kanauga Station and later at Gallipolis where the family lived for a number of years.
     She was born on Jan. 12, 1874 and had lived in this county, until about 25 years ago. Survivors are a son, Louis, of Wauseon, Wisc., and two daughters, Miss Mabel Robertson and Mrs. Virginia Hiley, both of Washington, D.C. There are six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
     The body will arrive in Gallipolis Tuesday and friends may call at the Miller’s Home for Funerals Tuesday evening and until the hour of graveside services at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in Mound Hill Cemetery.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Monday, Feb. 1, 1960
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Robertson, Jesse

Pneumonia Victim
     Jesse Robertson, brother of Ed, Robertson, the telegrapher, living on Mill Creek, died this morning, April 5, 1918, of pneumonia after a few day's illness. He was about 40 years of age and is survived by his widow and three children; sister Mrs. Clyde Phillips. He was a well liked man and his sudden death is a shock to all. The funeral arrangements have not been made.

[Note: Death Certificate---Jesse Goodwin Robertson born June 24, 1871 Addison Township, Gallia County, Ohio; died April 5, 1918; age 46 years and 4 months. Parents: James V. Robertson (born Giles Co. VA) and Narcissis McCoy (born Putnam County, WV). Burial at Maddy Cemetery in Addison Township.]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
April 5, 1918
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Robinson, Adda

Mrs. W. H. Robinson
     Mrs. W. H. Robinson, wife of the popular uptown barber, died suddenly about noon Saturday, Jan. 2, 1904, though she had been in ill health for about a week. She was a native of Cleveland, Ohio, and her maiden name was Adda Stewart. Mrs. Robinson was a most estimable lady with a wide circle of friends who will unite with the Bulletin in sympathizing with the bereaved ones. The funeral services were conducted at the A. M. E. Church, interment following at the Pine Street cemetery by Haward & Son, Tuesday afternoon.

Gallipolis Bulletin
January 8, 1904
Transcribed by Margaret Calvin

Robinson, Annie E.

     Mrs. Annie E. Robinson, the beloved wife of Mr. James E. Robinson, passed to the great beyond Monday morning, October 3, 1904, at 12:23 o’clock, after a long illness with tuberculosis, aged 63 years, 7 months and 7 days. Mrs. Robinson was a daughter of the late Wm. H. Langley, in his day the leading merchant of Southern Ohio. She was married to J. E. Robinson Oct. 13, 1863, and is survived by her husband and two sons, Ned C. and Wm. A. Robinson.
     She was a member of the M. E. Church, President of the Woman’s Relief Corps, and also of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union. Her wonderful executive ability made a success out of everything she undertook and she was frequently called upon to straighten out knotty problems in the management of the affairs of the orders to which she belonged.
     Mrs. Robinson was a thoroughly good woman. She was a sincere Christian and faced the end with the same unfaltering courage that for more than a year had marked her fight with a relentless disease. She was a pure, high minded lady, courteous and dignified in her every day life, charitable to a fault, and loved her family with an affection that grew stronger with advancing years. She will be sadly missed by her many friends, who will long remember her as one in whom all the noble tributes of character were so finely mixed.
     The funeral services were conducted from her late residence Tuesday afternoon by Elder A. J. Hawk, burial following at the Pine Street Cemetery by Hayward & Son. The last sad rites were largely attended, and the many floral tributes attested the esteem in which she was held by those among whom she had spent her noble life.

Gallipolis Bulletin
Friday, October 7, 1904
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Robinson, Charles (aka Mike)

Died at Huntington
     Charles Robinson, formiliarly [sic] known as Mike Robinson, a butcher by occupation and a native of this City, died at Huntington, Wednesday. The remains will be brought here for burial.
     Mr. Robinson belonged to a colored family of which the late Alex Robinson a barber, was the head. W. H. Robinson, up-town barber is a brother, and Jim another barber known far and near, was another brother. A sister survives.
     The family were noted for their strong traits of character respecting decision and mental brightness. The deceased was a jolly soul, very strong physically and was aged about 60.

Gallipolis Journal
Friday, September 11, 1914
Transcribed by Suzanne Giroux

Robinson, Charles B.

Death of C. B. Robinson
     Col. Vance received a postal this morning from Walter Holcomb at Vinton stating that Mr. Charles B. Robinson was dead at his home at Vinton, without any particulars. We learned that he was distressingly ill last Saturday with heart failure, but was better. It is presumed in the absence of other information that another attack of the same carried him off. The postal card was dated Tuesday, the 7th inst., and we suppose he died that day.
     He was one of the very best citizens of this county, a son of the late Jonah Robinson, of Morgan township, and leaves a widow and two step children. His wife was the widow of Walter Fogg, we believe, an estimable lady who will have the sympathy of all in her bereavement.
     Mr. Robinson was Postmaster at Vinton we believe for five or nearly five years. He was an agent for the Ohio Farmers' Insurance Company for years and is well and favorably known all over this county. He was also one of the Board of Trustees of the Childrens' Home. We think he was in the neighborhood of 62 years of age. We met him when he was in town only a few days ago and received a letter from him last Sunday written only a day or so before. We part with an old friend who was true as steel to all men, with the greatest of regret. He had been in poor health for sometime, but the news of his death was entirely unexpected, we know, to every one.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
February 8, 1899
Transcribed by Romaine Smith

Robinson, Charles B.

Death of Chas. B. Robinson
     On the morning of the 8th inst., the sad news was received by the editor of The Bulletin, from Mr. Walter Holcomb, of the death, at his home at Vinton, of Charles B. Robinson. He was the son of the late Jonah Robinson, of Morgan Township, and was 65 years of age. During the past year his health, at times, had been precarious, but when we last met him, he was buoyed with the hope that he would soon be restored to his usual vigorous health. But such was not to be the case.
     He was born at Wellsville, Ohio, October 23, 1833; moved to Gallia County with his parents; settled in Morgan Township, where he lived until the last fifteen years, when he removed to Vinton. He was married to Victoria Fogg, March 11, 1889. He had been failing in health for two years, and was taken suddenly ill Sunday night at 2 o’clock, and died at 7 o’clock Tuesday morning, from complication of kidney and heart trouble. The funeral was held at one o’clock on Thursday.
     For many years Mr. Robinson has conducted an insurance business that brought him in contact with a large majority of the citizens of this county, who will all testify to his great worth. As postmaster at Vinton, and as a Trustee of the Children’s Home, Mr. Robinson made an enviable record, discharging the duties of his office in an able, conscientious and satisfactory manner.
     His was of a jovial disposition, and he made friends wherever he went. Kind and charitable, no person worthy of aid ever applied to him in vain. In his death Gallia County loses one of her best citizens, honorable and upright, a gentleman of the old school. His legion of friends here and elsewhere will learn of his demise with deep regret. The sorrowing relatives have the sincere sympathy of the whole community in their great loss.

The Gallipolis Bulletin
Saturday, February 11, 1899
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Robinson, Charley

Old Fiddler Dead
     Charley Robinson, colored, died at the County Infirmary Monday, aged 80 years. Robinson was a fiddler of wide repute and many a gathering in town and county in days gone by has been enlivened by the strains produced from his old violin.

Gallipolis Bulletin
Thursday, Feb. 29, 1912
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron                                                                  Top of Page

Robinson, Hannah S.

Remains Brought Here for Burial
     Mrs. Hannah S. Robinson died in Clairmont (sic) county near New Richmond, O., Saturday, October 28, from cerebral hemorrhages in her seventieth year. She has a son William living in Kanauga, also sons Ben and Otis of New Richmond. She was the widow of the late T.M. Robinson who died in 1913. They formerly resided at Kanauga. The remains arrived here this morning over the B. and O. and were taken in charge by Wetherholt and were buried this afternoon beside her late husband on the Robinson lot at Mound Hill cemetery.

The Gallipolis Tribune, Friday
10 November 1916
Submitted by Eve Hughes

Robinson, Hester

Good Woman Gone
     Mrs. Hester Robinson, widow of James Robinson, passed away at a hospital in Columbus on Friday, August 14, 1914. The remains were brought here and taken to the home of her son Bert, on Garfield Avenue, where the funeral services were held Sunday afternoon. The remains were laid to rest in the Mound Hill Cemetery.
     The deceased was a fine woman with many friends and is survived by six sons, Will of Columbus, Albert of Cora, Everett of Dakota, Lewis of Mercerville, John and Bert of Gallipolis, and by three daughters, Mrs. Harry Kerns, and Nellie and Ona Robinson of Columbus.

Gallipolis Bulletin
August 20, 1914
Transcribed by Henny Evans

Robinson, Hester

Died In Columbus
     Mrs. Hester Robinson, wife of the late James Robinson, died Friday in a Columbus hospital. The funeral and interment were at Gallipolis Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Robinson is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Harry Kerns, Ona and Stella Robinson of Columbus, six son, Will of Columbus; Albert of Cora; Everett of Dakota; Lewis of Mercerville; John and Bert of Gallipolis.

[Note: Death Certificate...born June 1845, died Aug. 14, 1914; age 69. Buried in Mound Hill Cemetery in Gallipolis Township.]

Gallia Times
Aug. 19, 1914
Transcribed by F. K. Brown

Robinson, Hoke Robinson

Hoke Robinson
     Hoke Robinson, 109 Cedar St., Gallipolis, died at Holzer Medical Center Wednesday. Born June 9, 1906 in Clendenin, W. Va., he was a son of the late Anderson and Ivy Taylor Robinson. In his early years, he was a mechanic for C. J. Winters, and later was a bus driver. For 14 years he was an engineer at Gallipolis Ice Co. and for 30 years, was a machinist for Point Pleasant Auto Parts.
     He married Ethel McCormick Robinson 59 years ago, and she survives. Also surviving are one son, David M. Robinson, four grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren; three brothers; Ralph and Harold Robinson, both of Gallipolis, and Paul Robinson, Melbourne, Fla.; one sister Sylvia Cole, Grove City, and several nieces and nephews.
     He attend Grace United Methodist Church, and was vice-president of French City Campers.
Services will be 3 p.m. Saturday in the Cremeans Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Joe Hefner officiating.         
     Burial will be in the Ohio Valley Memorial Gardens. Friends may all at the funeral home chapel 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Friday. Pallbearers will be Thomas J. Robinson, Edward Springer, John McCormick, John Nibert, Todd Smith and John Sturgeon. In lieu of flowers , contributions may be made to the Senior Citizens United Methodist Church Memorial Fund.

[Note: Died February 4, 1987]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune 
Transcribed by Charles Wright                                                                              Top of Page

Robinson, James D

     James D. Robinson, 70, Hobe Sound, Fla, formerly of Gallipolis, died Sunday, March 8, 1998 in the Martin Memorial Hospital South, Port Salerno, Fla. Born Oct. 29, 1927 in Gallipolis, he had been a postal employee and had resided in Hobe Sound for two years after moving there from Gallipolis.
     A U.S. Navy veteran of World War II and a 32nd Degree Mason, he was a member of Gallipolis Elks Lodge 107, where he was past ex-ruler and district deputy grand ex-ruler, the Aladdin Temple of Columbus, the Gallipolis Shrine Club, the VFW and the AMVETS.
     Surviving are his wife of 44 years, Mary K. Robinson, two daughters, Suzelle Snowden of Covington, Ky., and JeniLynn Robinson of Orlando, Fla., and four grandchildren.
     A memorial service is to be held in Gallipolis at a later date. Arrangements are by the All-County Funeral Home & Crematory Treasure Coast Chapel, Stuart, Fla. Memorial contributions can be made to the American Heart Association.

Gallipolis paper
1998
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall                                                                          Top of Page

Robinson, James E.

     James E. Robinson, city, editor of The Tribune for nearly 20 years, died this morning at the home of his son, Will A. Robinson. He was in his 74th year.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
March 19, 1914
Transcribed by Joanne Galvin                                                                              

James E Robinson Passes
Lays Down His Pencil As City Editor At the Tribune Forever
Made A Matchless Record As Reporter On The Bulletin, The Journal And The Tribune
Was In His Twentieth Year of Service On This Paper
     James E. Robinson died in Gallipolis at 7:30 o'clock Friday morning, March 30, 1914, at the home of his son, Will A. Robinson. Funeral services will be conducted at the residence on Monday morning at 10 o'clock by the Rev. F.M. Evans and the Masonic Fraternity will be in charge of the body, which will be interred at Pine Street Cemetery beside his wife with Hayward in charge.
     Last Saturday afternoon Mr. Robinson was in The Tribune office for the last time. For a month or more he has been having spells of illness which have confined him to the home of his son, Mr. Will A. Robinson, for two or more days at a time. Talking of the physical troubles he had had during the week, he remarked that they had been more severe and had left him more exhausted, than any he could remember. A little chill of apprehension came to us, but Mr. Robinson had been a semi-invalid so long and had battled so successfully against his disease, the asthma, for years, that we felt no serious doubt that he would get along this time.
     Returning from a Columbus trip Tuesday, we found Mr. Robinson had been confined to his room since Sunday, because of weakness, but on Wednesday and Thursday mornings the word came that he was "getting along" so we were wholly unprepared for the shocking news of his death at 7:30 this morning of March 20,1914, after a light stroke of paralysis Thursday.
     The news spread rapidly over the city and was everywhere received with profound regret. No man in Gallipolis had a larger part in the affairs of the people. He made the public records of their lives, rejoiced with them in their joys and successes, sympathized with them in their reverses and misfortunes and wrote their obituaries when they died, for a period of thirty years or more of his public life as a newspaper reporter.
The exact dates of Mr. Robinson's life are not available at this time and perhaps will not be until after his funeral. He had a summary sketched out in anticipation of his death, to which he called his son's attention some years ago, but there has been time for only a hurried search and that has been unsuccessful.
He was born at Winchester, Illinois, November 17, 1840 and was, therefore, in his 74th. year. In 1863, he was married to Annie Langley, who with a son and daughter, preceded him to eternity.
     Practically al his life has been spent in Gallipolis, where his school education was completed in Gallia Academy in the days of Mr. Sears, its famous principal. On January 21st, 1895, Mr Robinson became the City Editor of The Daily Tribune under a "three years" contract and with the positive assurance that he should hold the position so long as he was able to perform his duties. He plunged into his work enthusiastically and its effect was felt immediately in increased circulation and business. He was always on the job, day or night, always faithful in his trust, always loyal to the interests of the paper.
     For twelve years Mr. Robinson covered practically the whole city of Gallipolis every day, from the Hocking Railroad Station to Vine Street and it was a very remote and obscure item he did not research. Of late years the effect of his chronic asthma made it impossible for him to cover so much territory and his work was confined to the business portions of the city. Instead of being on the streets from seven in the morning, he was urged to start later and to adopt a more leisurely habit. This made his work less fatiguing. For years he worked at night as well as through the days and this also his employer urged him to abandon, although he never entirely gave it up. His idea of a newspaper man's work was that it must be continuous, with never a let-up. He had his eyes open to cover every point every day and the amount of work he turned out until he began to break was simply prodigious.
     His manner was naturally cordial, breezy and friendly and all the combined annoyances and nerve-racking incidents of daily paper life, were rarely able to break his uniform good humor. In his prime, during the thirty years he spent as local editor of The Bulletin, The Journal and The Daily Tribune, he was by all odds the most capable and industrious newsgather Gallipolis ever knew. He was accurate, dependable and clever. We have known him to walk four blocks to be sure that some minor detail of a news story was correct.
     We presume no man in Gallipolis had as many personal acquaintances in the town as Mr. Robinson---men, women and children. And for them all he had a smile and a kind word. His manner was rarely reserved and his face radiated kindness and good will. He lived to have lovely grandchildren gather about his knee and his affection for them was of the warmest kind. The sorrows which came to him through the death of his only daughter, his younger son and his wife, were deep and abiding. A momentary reference to either of them years after they had passed away, usually brought the tears to his eyes.
     The grief which has come to his only surviving son and his family is shared not only by all associated with him for many years in the Tribune office, but also by the circle of personal friends in the city and county and in nearly every state in the Union to which the weekly editions of the paper goes.

[Note: Death Certificate..Father's name Joel Robinson]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Friday, March 20, 1914
Transcribed by F.K. Brown                                                                                 Top of Page

Robinson, James G.

     Mr. James G. Robinson, the popular Court Street barber, died at his home Sunday afternoon at 4:30 o’clock. Mr. Robinson was the son of the late Alexander and Ann Robinson. He is survived by brothers Will H. and Charles, of this city, and Sam, of St. Louis; also a sister, Mrs. Alice Qualls, of Huntington. Of his own family he is survived by his wife, formerly Mrs. Mamie Howell, and step daughter Mabel, and one son, Carl, a lad of eight years.
     Mr. Robinson began to fail in health about three weeks ago and kept getting worse all the time. On July 4th he was seized with violent hemorrhages and Sunday he was taken with an internal hemorrhage which caused his death.
     He was about 55 years of age and had been in the barbering business ever since a lad with his father and for the last 23 years had carried on business for himself where his present shop is and on the corner.
Every one who knew him will regret to hear of his death and will extend to the family sympathy in their trouble. The funeral services were held at the A. M. E. Church on Pine Street Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock by Rev. Palmer, the burial under the direction of the colored Knights of Pythias, by Hayward & Son at the Pine Street Cemetery.

Gallipolis Bulletin
Friday, July 28, 1905
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Robinson, John S.

J. S. Robinson Dies at Home on Campaign
     John S. Robinson, who was nearing his 75th birthday, died at 3:15 Sunday morning at his home on Campaign. Death resulted from a third stroke occurring on Friday, the first one dating back some three years.
     Mr. Robinson was born at Mercerville Jan 25, 1863, and was a son of James and Hester Niday Robinson. He was twice married. His first wife was Emma McLean, and two children of this marriage survive: Garland and Glenn Robinson, both of Norwood, Ohio.
     He is also survived by his second wife, who was Elizabeth Saxton?, and the following brothers and sisters: William Robinson of Columbus; Everett, South Dakota; Al, who lives on Mud Creek in Green tp,; Bert Robinson, Garfield ave.; Mrs. Mary Tagg, Delaware, and Nellie Robinson, Columbus.
     Funeral services will be conducted by Rev. R. R. Denney at the residence (on the farm adjoining that of the late John H. Irwin) at 2 o'clock Tuesday, under the auspices of the Jr. O.U.A.M. Burial at Prospect by J.L. Coleman.

[No stone but death date from death certificate Dec 19, 1937]

Gallipolis paper
1937
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall

Robinson, Joseph M.

Joe Robinson, Died at Early Hour
Worthy Citizen Passes In Huntington Hospital
Funeral Sunday P.M.
     Joseph M. Robinson, retired mail clerk of Bidwell, died about 3 o'clock this morning in St. Mary's Hospital, Huntington. Members of the family had known since Sunday that his condition was nearly hopeless, but to most of his numerous friends and even close neighbors the news of his passing came as a shock. Born in June, 1866
     Mr. Robinson entered the hospital about a month ago and was operated for a prostate condition. His sister-in-law, Mrs. Jennie Boatman, was with him when he died, having gone Tuesday to relieve Mrs. Robinson; and someone, near and dear, had been there about all the time.
     Mr. Robinson lacked 20 days of reaching his 74th birthday, having been born June 27, 1866, presumably at the Robinson homestead at Eno now owned by Oscar Rupe. He was the youngest and the last survivor of the four children of Samuel and Mary C. Titus Robinson. The late and lamented J. Titus Robinson was the next youngest.
     In the early '90's Joesph March Robinson and Jessie Coughenour, second daughter of the late S. F. Coughenour, were united in marriage. They lived at Eno for a number of years and then moved to Bidwell when he became a rural mail carrier. Failing health finally forced his retirement but he remained at Bidwell.
     Though never a very robust man, Mr. Robinson was very industrious. He was a man of abstemious and exemplary habits, reserved and genteel, a kind and devoted husband and father. He had a deep and abiding sympathy for those in need of sympathy and in his quiet, unostentatious way he lived the good life all the time.

No paper and no date -died ca. June 7, 1940.
From the newspaper collection of Harold and Odella Mack
Transcribed by Shari Little-Creech

Robinson, May Irene

      GALLIPOLIS - Miss May Irene Robinson, 90, of 81 Cedar St, died at 8 p.m. Sunday at her home after a four-month illness. She taught private piano lessons in early life. Born in Gallipolis, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Mary E. Seshole Robinson. Surviving are three sisters, Miss Carrie Robinson, Miss Stella Robinson and Mrs. Mahala Rue, all of Gallipolis; and two brothers, Luther V. Robinson, Gallipolis, and Charles Robinson of Bidwell. Two brothers and a sister preceded her in death.
     Private funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home by the Rev. Albert MacKenzie. Burial will be in Mound Hill Cemetery. There will be no calling hours.

The Athens Messenger, Athens, Ohio
Monday, January 15, 1968, page 5                                                              Top of Page

Robinson, May Irene

Miss Robinson Claimed Sunday After Illness
     Miss May Irene Robinson, 90, of 81 Cedar St., died at 8 p.m. Sunday at her home. She had been in failing health for four months. Miss Robinson resided in Gallipolis her entire life and in her younger days was a piano instructor.
     Born Aug. 10, 1877, in Gallipolis, she was the daughter of the late Charles B. and Mary E. Seashole Robinson. A sister, Garnet, and two brothers, John and Frank Robinson, preceded her in death. She is survived by three sisters, Miss Carrie Robinson and Miss Stella Robinson, 81 Cedar St., and Mrs. Mahala Rue, 340 Third Ave., and two brothers, Luther V. Robinson 81 Cedar St., and Charles B. Robinson, Bidwell.
     Private services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home by the Rev. Fr. Albert H. MacKenzie. Burial will be in Mound Hill Cemetery. There are no calling hours.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Monday, Jan. 15, 1968
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

Robinson, Samuel

     SAMUEL ROBINSON - Samuel Robinson, of Morgan Township, one of the most respected citizens of Gallia County, died at the residence of his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Ledlie, in Athens County, at 2:00 o'clock last Sunday morning, of neuralgia of the heart, with which he had suffered at times for years past.
     Mr. Robinson and his brother-in-law, Mr. Abram Titus, drove to Athens the day preceding his death. He retired for the night with Mr. Titus and about 2 o'clock Sunday morning the latter was awakened by Mr. Robinson's labored breathing. He could not be aroused and in a few minutes death came.
     On Monday afternoon the remains were brought by rail to Langsville, where they were met by Undertaker Glassburn and taken to his old home in Morgan.. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. W.J. Fulton, on Wednesday forenoon and the interment was at the Robinson graveyard, on the old Jonah Robinson farm.
     Mr. Robinson was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, on the 9th. of April 1829 and at an early age came to this county with his father (the late Kinsey Robinson) and family.
     April 9, 1857, he married Miss Mary C. Titus and has made his home at the old homestead. His wife, two sons, Elmer H. and J.T. Robinson, merchants at Eno, one daughter, Mrs. Ledlie, survive him and mourn the loss of a husband and father whose unvarying love and devotion can never be forgotten, but will be a tender memory so long as life lasts.
     During his life, Mr. Robinson was called upon by his fellow citizens to fill many positions of trust and honor. In all of them he was faithful and he died in the possession of the respect and esteem of all who knew him.

Gallipolis Bulletin
May 12, 1894

     OBITUARY - Samuel March Robinson was born in Columbiana Co., Ohio, April 9, 1829; died May 7, 1894, aged 65 years and 28 days. He moved to Gallia County in 1840 and settled on the farm where he has since lived. He was married April 9, 1857 to Mary C. Titus, who with their four children, three sons and one daughter, survives him.
     Mr. R. was extensively and favorably known; he was a good citizen and respected by all who knew him as he was a kind and obliging neighbor, a true and faithful friend; a devoted and affectionate husband and a kind and indulgent father. He loved the right and the good and always gave his word and influence to promote peace among his fellow men. Truly a good man hath left us, but his work will follow him.
     His funeral was very large in which his many friends showed their respect for the departed and their sympathy for the friends that survive him. The funeral service was conducted by Rev. W.J. Fulton of Rio Grande, after which he was buried in the Robinson Cemetery in resurrection hope.
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Gallipolis Bulletin
May 12, 1894
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

Robinson, T. M.

Death of Mr. Robinson
     Mr. T. M. Robinson, of New Richmond, O., born in this county, and residing at one time on the Guthrie farm and an uncle of Mr. John F. Robinson, died in that city Sept. 2nd, 1913, in his 63rd year. Funeral services were held in New Richmond yesterday, and the body was brought here for burial this morning and taken charge of by Undertaker Wetherholt, and conveyed to Mrs. Anna Robinson's on Grape street, the burial following this afternoon at one o'clock at Mound Hill cemetery.

The Gallipolis Tribune
September 12, 1913
Contributed by Eve Hughes

Robinson, Wilburt

Death of Wilburt Robinson
     Mr. Wilburt Robinson, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Robinson of Addison, died Sunday, Jan. 24, of pneumonia, aged 36 years. He was a well respected man and had been conducting a store at Addison, and leaves a wife but no children.
     His funeral services were conducted Tuesday morning at Addison at 10 a.m., by Rev. Thomas and interment followed at Mound Hill by Undertaker Wetherholt under the auspices of the Order of the Elks.

Gallipolis Bulletin
Friday, January 29, 1909
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron

Robinson, Wilfred W.

     Wilfred W. Robinson, 88, 580 Fourth Ave., Gallipolis, was found dead Tuesday morning at his home.
He had been the chief engineer at the Athens waterworks and custodian of Portsmouth High School and YMCA.
     He was born in Meigs County, the son of W.W. and Julia Robinson. His wife, the former Ida M. Williams, preceded him in death March 1963.
     He is survived by two sons, Kenneth W., Point Pleasant; Robert O., Madiera; and 10 grandchildren.
He had lived in Gallipolis for three and a half years, coming from Point Pleasant where he was a member of Trinity Methodist Church.
     Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Waugh-Halley-Wood funeral home with the Rev. C.S. Thompson, Jr. officiating.
     Burial will be in Fairmount Cemetery, Jackson. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Wednesday.

Athens Messenger
Feb. 23, 1965
Contributed by Joyce Robinson                                                                         Top of Page

Robinson, William

Native of Bladen Dies In Huntington
     William Robinson, 63, a native of Bladen, died Saturday p.m. at his home, 311 Main street, Huntington. Funeral was held at First Guyandotte Baptist church at 2 o'clock today.
     Robinson was a machinist at the C. & O. shops and had lived in Huntington 15 years.
     Surviving are the wife and two children, Owen Robinson and Mrs. W. R. Murray; two brothers, B. F. Robinson of Anderson, Ind., and Otis Robinson of Glendale, O.

[Note: from 1930 Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia census, William's year of birth was 1877. Date of death approximately 1940]

Gallipolis newspaper
1940
Transcribed by Joanne Galvin

Robinson, William Lorah

     William Lorah Robinson was born at Chest Springs, Pa., Apr. 16, 1860. He is the son of Thomas S. and Mary Sulloway Robinson, and the grandson of Jonathan Robinson and Thomas and Mary Stuart Sulloway. The Robinsons came originally from England to New England, and the Sulloways from Ireland.
     W. L. Robinson attended the public schools of Pennsylvania and was for two years a student at Mt. Pleasant, Pa. Academy. His father died while he was at the Academy, and all his plans for further education at the institution were disrupted. He was eighteen years old at the time, and went to work immediately in his brother's drug store at Buffalo., W. Va. After three years there he accepted a position in the drug store of Charles D. Kerr of this city in July, 1882, where he has remained ever since. When the business was incorporated as The C. D. Kerr Drug Co., he became its secretary.
     On Oct. 3, 1880, Mr. Robinson married Miss Mary H. Timms of Buffalo, W. Va. She is the daughter of Jesse A. and Mary McCowan Timms. The Timms family came from Pennsylvania, and the McCowans from Virginia. The children resulting from the union of Mr. and Mrs. Robinson are:
Miss Ethel, now a stenographer with the Calkins Holden Co., advertising agents, in New York City.
Harry Stuart, a student of the violin in the College of Music at Cincinnati.
Miss Mary Timms, at home.
Lorah, at home.
     All the children are musicians, Lorah and Miss Mary being pianists, and Harry an unusually promising violinist. Mr. Robinson himself is a musician and violinist, having conducted the Robinson orchestra of this city for many years, until business responsibilities made it necessary for him to disband it.
     Mr. Robinson is a member of the M. E. Church, of Morning Dawn Lodge of Masons, of the Elks, and of the Board of Trade. He is also Secretary of the National Union.

Transcribed from the Gallipolis Daily Tribune
July 29, 1909
By Maxine Marshall