Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-10-01
THR TOMB.

Died-Near Concordia, September 10th, infant
son of Mr.. e.. Meyer. i'"H.
typhoid fever. Miss ALICE, daughter Of Raw.
DIR. Garnet, aged 30 years.
At Odessa, on the 18th Of September, of
cholera iniantum, infant daughter Of Joseph
Mclaughlin. /
At Odessa. on the seth Of September, Of
malarial lever. Mr.. THEODoRE AHART
aged about 26 years. .tte. ass l.,
At Odessa. on the Ed Of September, Of
malarlul fever. Mr.. - MILLER, aged about
p years, formerly of Cooper county.
his residence; in Kansas CITY. q TYPHOID
aged q years,
Deceased was u son of B.. II. Wilson. Of this
| county, and was we'll known and respected in
this city. His remains were buried in Machpe-
lah cemetery last Sunday evening. He leaves q
wife and II three-year old daughter. who have
the sympathy Of u large circle Of friends.
At her home, near wellington, NO.,
Tqesdryi ssPts%psr 20, lssl; ssser = : short Hines nes
Ellen Thomas. aged twenty-one years..
At last the golden chain is broken, and ons of
Its brigheat links removed to the endless chain
OF eternity. At12 O'Clock a. M, Eiia's spirit
winged its flight heavenward, leaving our
he,.rts empty ard almost breaking. Her death
has thrown u gloom over the entire community.
and to those who knew her. best and loved her
most herSlo seems irreparable. just when
/ lie bpTtul Oub Ue1OIc uGK 1iAC y HOAuch OA0aau
OF happiness, God called her home, and the
grim monster, death, claimed her for his own.
Her gentleness and nobleness Of healt had won
for her II host of warm friends. and her place
will be vacant, and those with whom she was
most associated will wait in vain for her words
OF comfort. Ere the bloom OF gentle woman
hood had rlpened into perfection, the flower
WAS transplunted i'll the garden OF love. there to
eyer bloom in perennial beauty. We would say
to the bereaved ones, to look "bey0nd it alp to
the home OF peace, and 30 live that when they,
3 too, are called. they may &c through the turbid
waters of death with u perfect faith in Him who
will give them joy forever. and again strike
n hands with their loved one gone before, where
I the chain that Is now severed will be reunited.
and again together, will sing praises to God.
s,Asleep in Jesusi. far from thee
T Thy kindred and thy graves may be.
j., But there Is still u blessed sleep
From which none ever wake to weep
--f.t-i 'f''t TRULY A FBIEND.
:, At A his pssids en- sss near RI th1 Ss ss{, On sssu y.
U MITCHELL. aged ~ years.
IN MONOGRAM.
One by one the old settlers of our county are
passing away. The landmark Of the people art
falling. But u few years more and there will b
none left of those who subdued the native Wild
Is OF our county, and fitted it for the habitati0n o
al civilized man. We are called upon to recort
the death OF DR.. Nathaniel c. Mitchell, who wa
one Of our first settlers, and Of our oldest, mos
hOnOred citizens. DR.. Mitchell was the son o
9, Thomas and Elizabeth (Moran) Mitchell. H
was born in Cock county, Tennessee. Novembe
18th, 1891. In 1sl8, in company with his fAthe
III and family, he arrived in Cooper county In thi
is state. and. first lived at ''Cole's old Fort. - bu
al afterward in q settlement which was the
lie formed three miles east OF Boonville. In ISL
by he moved to BOOnYille, and began the study o
medicine under DIR. Jabez Hubbard, and after
or ward finished his course OF reading with Dl
Nathaniel Hutchinson: He located in this count
" in 1924, where he began the practice of medicine
" On the 10th day of February he was ma
yer riei to Miss Eliza T. Gleaves, daughter of WI
~ ian Gleaves. of Kentucky. For fifteen years
he devoted his time to medicine, having Q praciis
tn extending through this and parts of Jackson ar
ed Johnson counties. In 1882 he was elected
,rr the Legislature, and was reelected to ill y v,
: cancy caused by the death OF William McCaui
land and while in the legislature for the first ter
he cast the vote OF this county for the third ter
oe of Thomas Ii. Benton, as United States senator
&c He was elected a member OF the second const
t tulonal convention in 1915. and?was afterws1
appointed a judge OF the county court, but d
clined to accept, not desiring Office. He 10
NJ heavily during the late. war, as.much as $40, o
). in slaves and other personal property. He "
opposed to secession, but voted for Stephen !
Douglas for president, bat his sympathies We
TAU all with The south. having four soma in the co
W. feuerate army; one Of whom, Nathaniel Is. v
Eat killed therein. The DOCTORS first wife died
10 1853, and he was again married in 1850 to Nj
the Rebsccs Evans. who died in 1859. He rails
md tsn children, al! by his first wife, five Of who
an survive him-two sens, John and David, a
three daughters. Mrs. Nancy J. Howe, MI
Letitia Hammer and Mrs. Susan Hammer o
daughter. Mrs. Elizabeth Harbor. and four 90
William L. Charles H., James and Nathan
'ys' Is Mitchell. after reaching maturity, proceed
him to the grave. In the latter part OF Februs
.us- last. ne was taken i'll, brought on by exposu
DIV. but his illness was not considered. serious III
sometime IN May, from which time his hea
failed rapidly. For the last two months he v
bciiast, and for some weeks altogether helple
He bore his long illness and suffering with ]
DON t,ent fortitude, without a murmur or complain
Though speeches. for some days before
D. death he WAS conscious to the last, ana he q
Pc every sign Of assent that lie was fully preps
for and ready to welcome death and religion
prepared to meet his God. He was q member
sv, the Cumberland Presbyterian church though
n.r connected with any ORGANIZATION In {
County. He was an unfaltcring believer in q
atlifilfec OF Cnrlstlahlty, oIlCtiy MORAL anu I
'ies- ''nobicst work of GOd,'' q thoroughly hOr
man. The record Of his citizenship is bril-
tf, fold .h.y,. IL ,,y.rs ;, long and useful rfo
fourscore years. lie died on the Gath day
7 oId September, lSsl, and In his death Lafay
ago, county ios' one VI hf oes' ""o "o1thiest
lat il zcns.
mt to we HAY Ill INCUR" hie al ou' hot as u
layrc mourn WHO nave "o ''h'o'"'ioh- 10
AIDED PRINTED unto all men once to dic,'' and "
,ovr. death came with his sickle to cut him dowr
lrapc was found like ripe corn ready Tor
Far harvest, one fit to be garnered away in the s
COM house of eternity with the treasures of the L.
SEES OF