Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-11-30
DEATHS,

AH' W. w. Pollock. a mile and
nah east of town. at $3.50 Monda
morning. Mrs. Gibbs had been An 4
health for about a year.
Mns. Mary A. Gibbs was the dang
Ter OF DR.. John RothwelI and chin
Rothwei. she was born In "a,
: rard county. KY. in 1929. wbe
she was about four years old be, =,
ents moved to Galloway county MI,
sour, and there she resided unt
d about rs years ago. At that tim
she came to Mexico. and resided .
3 East Promenade street unti about
. year age, when she went to live wit
! with Mr.. and Mrs. Pollock.
she was married to John Pember
ton Gibbs In 1S4s and to this unaor
aen children We're born. eight q
whom survive and we're at her bed
side when the end came. They are.
John R. Gibbs. Kansas CITY; DIR. r
7. Gibbs. MEXICO: Frank L. Gibbs.
Boone county; Emmett A. Gibbs
Audrain county; r. C. Gibbs. Mex.
leo; Mrs. J.. A. Glandon, Columbia.
Mo-; Mrs, H. L. Miller and Mrs. w
w. Pollock, Mexico.
Her husband died In 1869.
Tho deceased has been a devoted
member of the Baptist Church al.
most her entire life. In 1856 she
united with the primitive Baptist
Church at Cedar Greek, Galloway
county, during the p~astorate Of the
Rev. Peyton L. Stephens.
OF Mrs. Gibbs it may be truly said
there was never a more devoted
wife loving mother, a nobIer Chris.
tian character, OF a kinder friend
than she.
The Ledger joins other friends In
extending sincere sympathy to the
bereaved ones
John (Jack) Morris died at the
home Of his sister, Mrs. shoup, re-
siding near the Fair Grounds, satur-
DAY afternoon. Jack was about "A
years old. He has suffered with eansI
GER of the stomach and this is civ
en- as the aus of his death. Be-
sides four sistens, Mrs. NJ. H. Shom.
Mrs. G, R. Byrns, Miss Mary Norris
and Mrs. ]. e. Goodrich, he is sur
vived by his mother. Mrs. Carrie E.
Morris.
The funeral will be Sunday AFTER.
noon at 2 o'clock from the home. Tn
Rev, ]. E. Ayscue will conduct the
services.
The Ledger extends sympathy.
Miss Gertrude Fecht, daughter OIL
Mr.. and Mrs. John Fecht, died at the
home OF her parents. west of this
city Saturday morning at 2 o'clock.
The deceased was about 10 years
Did. She had been an invalid for
several months. For the past four
Years she has been In LII health.
The funeral will be Sundya morn.
ng at HOO at the Catholic Church,
Rev. Father Dillon conducting
he services, Interment will be in
he Catholic cemetery.
The Ledger extends sympathy. 4
yandalia. Mo-. Nov. "a. !,
Hardin McPike, a wealthy farmer,
on the streets hero Saturday
right, He was taken to the home In
he suburbs Of vandaMa, where he
Iied Sunday. Mr., McPike was
70 years old and was the son Of ,
,ol. Aaron McPike, founder of Van ,
lalia, He leaves a wife.
Mrs. H. l.. Jones, of Clinton, Ok
who has been the guest of her
laughter, Mrs. G. L. Martin, of
his city. was called home Sunday
morning by the serious illness of f,
Ter husband, which later proved ia
al. The deceased suffered a stroke
# paralysis. He is SO years old.
drs. Martin is the wife of c. f.
of the electrical firm of
& Ellis. The Ledger extends
ympathy.
Caleb Martin, a well known form |
r citizen of Audrain county, died
) the Baptist Sanitarium in st. Lou
S Saturday, Nov. rs. 1911, Mr.. Mar
in underwent a operation for a
on his face from which OPERA
ion he never recovered. The body {
vas taken to Auxvasse, Mo-, Sunday
burial. The funeral services 9
we're conducted by Rev. W. l.. Nash,
of the deceased at Maple I
wood, from the Auxvasse Baptist
Jhurch Sunday morning at 10 O'clock
The remains were inferred at the I
Iartin cemetery at Auxvasse. l
He was a son of William Mar
in, the founder of Martinsburg, Au-
county, Missouri. He was !
lorn at Richland, Galloway county, }
April 20, 1887, and was educated at !
Westminster College in Fulton; after
which he was railroad agent at Mar
insburg. being the first agent at :
hat point; afterward he engaged in
he mercantile business at Martins
lurg and was a partner of the firm
Williams & Martin for many
,ears and for several years was
i~uccessful farmer. |,
The deceased is survived by al.
wife and the following children;
Ifrs. G, II. Woodward, of Dallas.
Texas; Mrs. A. s. Macfarlane, OF St.
Jouis; DR.. w. II. Martin, of Maple
wood. Mo-; Marvin Z. and Charles
=, both of Dallas, Texas. 1,
Mr.. Martin was q most highly re-
ipected citizen and was well known
n Galloway and Audrair ~countles
where he had many friends. |,
The Ledger joins other friends III
extending sincere sympathy to the +: