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

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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.

The world stands out on either side
No wider than her heart was wide;
Above the world is stretched the sky
No higher than her soul was high;
The heart can push the sea and the land
Farther away on either hand;
Her soul hath cleft a rift of blue
Through which the face of God shines  through.

Transcribed by Karen Seibert

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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

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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

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Richards, John Elias (Jack)

JACK RICHARDS 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

I would not live away, I ask not to stay Where storm after storm rises o'er the dark way The few lurid mornings that dawn on us here Are enough for life's woes full enough for its cheer. I would not live away. No--Welcome the tomb, Since Jesus has lain there, I dread not its gloom, There, sweet be my rest, till he bid me arise, To hail him in triumph descending the skies, Who, who would live away from his God Away from you heaven, that blissful abode, Where rivers of pleasure flow o'er the bright plains And the noon-tide of Glory eternally reigns. Where saints of all ages in harmony meet, Their Savior and brethren, transported to greet, While anthems of rapture unceasingly roll, And the smile of the Lord is the feast of the soul.

[Written by the children]"

Gallipolis Tribune
July 1910
Submitted by Teresa Herrmann, Columbus, Ohio

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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

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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

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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

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Roadarmour, Barbara

     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

Transcribed by Marian Baker Schoonover

Roush, Moses

Death of a Pioneer
     Moses Roush, of Eno, 97 years old and prominent and well-to-do with a host of friends and relatives died Monday evening. He wasa the grandfather of the Lollis boys here in the stogie making business and was a fine old man. His funeral services will be by Rev. W. J. Fulton Wednesday, and his interment at the Roush family burying ground.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
August 4, 1908
Transcribed by Henny Evans

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Roush, Sarah

     Sarah Roush, wife of Moses Roush, was born in West Virginia, April 2d, 1814, and died at her home near Eno, O., Feb. 12, 1892, aged 77 years, 9 months and 17 days. She leaves a husband, seven sons and two daughters to mourn their loss, and two daughters who survive her in another world. She lived to see the wilderness bud and blossom as the rose. She was a faithful Christian until death, loved by all who knew her, kind and affectionate to one and all.
     We miss you here, dear grandmother. But our loss is their eternal gain. To mortal mind it would seem that such a gentle, kind-hearted grandmother could not be spared from among us. Yet God knew best. Therefore, all must unite in saying: Thy will be done.

Then let our sorrows cease to flow, God has recalled His own; But let our hearts in every woe Still say: Thy will be done. Jesus, while our hearts are bleeding O'er the spoils that death has won, We would at this solemn meeting Calmly say: Thy will be done. Though cast down, we're not forsaken, Though afflicted, not alone; Thou didst give, and thou hast taken, Blessed Lord, Thy will be done. A precious one from us has gone, The one we loved so dear, A place is vacant in our home, Which never can be filled. Linda Roush

Gallipolis Bulletin
March 5, 1892
Transcribed by Henny Evans

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Rowley, Francis (Frances Sarah Clark ROWLEY)

Another Middleport Lady Passes Away
     Mrs. Francis Rowley died Thursday morning about 1 o’clock from heart trouble, the effects of which she had been suffering from for some time.
     She was the widow of the late Isaac Rowley and was the mother of Mrs. Ben Sisson and Mrs. William Bullis, of Washington D. C., Joseph Rowley of Fredonia, Kansas, Samuel, Mrs. E. K. Asher of Columbus and Miss Emma, Mrs. M. G. White and Mrs. Margaret Coe, of this place.
     The deceased was born and reared in Gallia county near Bidwell and moved with her family to this place about thirty years ago. She was a member of the M. E. church and a good christian woman.
     There will be a short service at the house, after which they will leave on the 2:45 train for Porter with the remains for burial.

Meigs Republican
4/15/1910
Transcribed by Suzanne Giroux

[Note – daughter of William Clark Jr. & Elizabeth Shepard]

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Rubenstahl, Helen Suzanne

Private Funeral Ordered By City
Helen Rubenstahl, 4, Succumbs At Hospital
     Helen Suzanne Rubenstahl, four-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Rubenstahl, 705 First Ave., died at 5 p.m. Wednesday at the Holzer Hospital six hours after she was admitted. She had been ill since 3 a.m. Wednesday, and death was due to a severe infection, but the attending doctor at the hospital said it was not meningitis.
     The little girl was a member of the Church of Christ in Christian Union. Her mother was the former Helen Watson.
     On Nov. 27, 1950 the child was hit by a taxi cab and was a patient in the hospital at that time.
     Besides the parents, these relatives survive; a brother, James, 3; a sister, Kathryn Jean, 1; grandmothers, Mrs. Rosa Watson, Gallipolis, and Mrs. Lucille Rubenstahl, Youngstown; and six half-brothers, Paul, David, Earl, George, Jerry, and Ronny Webb, Chesapeake.
     Due to the nature of her illness, City Health Commissioner J. Roy Bartlett has ordered a private funeral. The services for the family will be held at 4 p.m. Friday at Miller’s Home for Funeral. The Rev. John Jenkins will conduct the services, and burial will be made in Pine Street Cemetery.

Gallipolis Tribune
14 June 1951
Transcribed by Lew Casey

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Rucker, Asa L.

ASA L. RUCKER 69 of Crown City died Saturday in a Gallipolis hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 1 p m at Miller Home for Funerals at Gallipolis. Burial will be in Mercerville Cemetery. Born 2 Oct 1901, he was the son of the late Asa and Sarah Neal Rucker. A farmer, he is survived by the widow, Mrs Effie Thornton Rucker; a son John Rucker of Columbus, Ohio, and three grandchildren. Friends may call after 2 p m today.

Huntington Hearld Dispatch
Monday , 12 Oct 1970
Submitted by Ernie Wright

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Rudd, John H.