Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1878-10-19
THE TOMB.

Died-In Middleton township. LAFAYETTE coun-
ty. No. recently. MIR. JOEL MEADOWS.
in Dover township. Lafayette county,
No, Sunday, Oct llth, infant son VI j. II. and
Georgia VIM, aged l day.
- In Middleton township, Lafayette coun-
ty. Mo-. . 'tober 9th. MARY L infant child
of Mr.. J. +. Strong.
In old town, Lexington. No, October
sth, AMY NICHOLS. coior"d, aget Is years.
in St. Louis. NO, October 18th. ANNIE
McFadden. Its remains Were inferred rear those
of its mother in Aschpelah cemetery.
Near Greenton, Lafayette county, Mo-,
October 18th. OF general debility. JAMES X.
TIBBS, aged " years.
Mr.. Tibhs was al old citizen Of the county,
having removed here from Kentucky at an early
day. He was . man of positive views. Of strict
integrity of character. and had the respect and
esteem Of a large circle of friends.
AT the residence OF Milton Ewing, in Vernon
county, Mo j., August Il, ISIS, of typhoid fever,
Mrs. ELIZABETH. cunsort OF the late Young
Ewing. of Lafayette county, aged 80 vars I
months and 9 days.
The subject OF the above notice was among the
first settlers Of Lafayette county, having resided
IN Missouri 50 years. spending the greater part
OF her life in Lafayette county. She WAS q sis
ter of the late Robert Renick. who was one OF
the pioneer preachers of this county. Aunt
Betsy, as she was called by nearly everybody,
lived with her youngest son, Milton Ewing.
- In ST. Louis, Mo. Oct. 18th, Mrs. LOUISA
SCIILEGEL, wife of Daniel Schleg.l. Esq ;.
proprietor of the Thaibotc, in this CITY, aged %
years. The lady had been suffering Tor many
months with and her death was
not an unexprcted one. She wa, a kind and AZ
NEE, to her bsreAved husband. she leaves two
children. girls. aged five and eight years: The
Thulbote Office. on the day ot her death, was
closed rs a mark OF respect to her memory.
OBITUARY.
Thomas Lay was born in Granger county,
East Tennessee, on sept id, 1870: WAS married
immigrnted to Missouri in the spring of The same
year, accompanied by most of his fathers
family. They settled near Sineveh. Affair
county, the county being very sparsely settled.
ami the footprints OF the Indians scarcely OBJ
liberated. In 1850 he removed to Schuy Ter coun.
ty. two miles west of the present site OF Queer
City, where he improved y handsome farm lie
was justice of the peace for several years, ant
his decisions secured thr highest respect for thelI
justice and uprightncss: He took Il rather active
part in the political affairs and interests of his
county. In ls6, he removed. with all his tan lily
consisting OF his wife, four sons and three
daughters, TO Lafayette county. and IN 1867 he
bought at VIM. Is. Steel the farm known As the
George Is. steele farm. twelve miles south ol
Lexington, where HI, family still reside. ii.
died Oct. 9th 1873 al 80 minutes u. m, without s
struggle, OF cancer of the face, Of the mos
painful aud malignant type. He had been suf
fering the most intense pain for the last six ol
seven months of his life. so intense. in fact
st.N 80 ''sy 'H't ." ''"s ""J ''hA'
could withstand the nervous tension so long
Within the last three years OF mis- life he prob.
ably sudere,i As mu3h bodily affection us AM
man, for the same time, having been confined,
frst. for u whole winter with flesh erysipelas IL
the leg. Then twelve months aiterward, III
WAS att &C sed with pneumonia from which, 70.
several days few hopes were entertained of hi
recovery. Then, TO crown al came six or sever
months of the keenest physical suffering that i
Is possible Tor human flesh to endure. from til,
effect OF the cancer IRON which he died. Blu
though the body was racked with misery tn
mind seemed perfectly composed AMI at ease
and he bore his suiIerings with the most remark
able herolsm. Neither time nor money were
spnrei in securing the best medical assistance
and he visited Quincy, Ills . twice for treatment
accompanied by his wife, whose endurance
tenderness and faithfulness were only exceeds,
by IN. sunrrinRs OF her husband. He WAS burie'
in tue Greenton cemetery, under the auspices o
the Patrons of HushAndry. His loss to . wild
circle of friend is krenly felt. and to his fam'l!
the loss is irrepararle. To the family he was
noble and seli-sacrIicinE husband and father
and to his aoquAintances an estimsble neighbo
aud friend,