Mexico weekly ledger., 1912-06-13
DEATHS.

luage l.. \, asasS died al his hosae
On Ess; rrosaeusae street. "a q
eesork on Friaay nornlaE. asscr al
alncss os aasnost swo years. General
dsARsS Is given IS ska rasse AZ h's
ds&;A- 1ze wss ono of Mexiuos oll-
oss IS ~ell ~ nsSst hssAsv sessec'ea
cssirens. 2
The SsceAsed Nss bora ia Iawreace
cmasy. Ina. AprA n. 1852. lie ~
oesvea his primary education N che
schools Of ais couaiy, when tha
War broke OK. he joined he conEed,
eraae Array and seSved IA Gen.
Price's brsganae
At the csose az the var he took mp
carPeaser work in IHinois. In 1866,
he came 10 Missouri and locasea in
Sch1yicT. Fos several years he was
justice of die peace IN that county.
Later he came TO Mexico and for a
whise he Worked at The carpenters
trade heTe-
At one tiHse he took up che study
oS law. bet discontinued Il. How
ever. he READ 1sw after coxling to
lth's city, and was wellEersed IN the
statates covering cases ia the JUS
Itsce eozrss. He was justice OF the
peace Of salt River township for a
number OF years. and at the time
| he was forced 10 give mp his Office
he was serving a term as iusttce.
Il Though feeble for some time. he
lieonsinaed to be at his office each
dag anta last fail For several
months before he quit coming uT
town. be was hauled to HIS office
daily.
He married before coming to Mex
lco About twenty-five years age
his wife died. and be continued fc
I i've with hts two daughters in this
city. Five children survive. They
. are. NJ. J. Bass. Galveston. Texas
l. T. Bass. Argentine, Kan; u Nv
Bass. Dclsyan. Wis; ard Misses Ma
. ~ api Emma Bass, OF this city.
Fay Bass. OF Louisiana. Mo. Is
grandson.
The Ledger joins p5lSer friend
. in extending sincere sympathy 10 iiii
(; bereaved ones
William Pratt died at ihe home 0
( his sister. Mrs. Kolley Roberts
Q shortly after O'Clock on THURSDAY
! morning. Complication of diseases !
5 given as the causc Of his death. IL
4 was 35 years old and married
i The funeral was from tho hom
/ Of his father. J. W. Pratt on Eas
a breckenridge at $3.50 on Friday al
i ternoon, the Rev ]. u. AyscIe O
the First Baptist Chunch. condacte
/. services. Interment was in Elm
wood cemetery.
! Besides his wife. he Is suryiye
!, by two clildren, Harold and Gene
a we've His father, thres sisters an
n two brothers also survive. The s'stel
n and brothers are: Mrs. Birdie He
( ford. Sedalia; Mrs. Jennie Gallowa
i and Mrs. Gertie Roberts and Ed an
!. Harry. of this city.
The deceased had been i'll for som
n months and his death was not une,
/. pected. The Ledger joins oths
Is friends in extending sincere symps
Il thy to the bereaved ones.
II The funeral over the remains {
D James p. Coil, who died at his HON
I. in Colorado Springs. Col. May 2
I 1912 were held at the Masonic Cha
IA el in that city. The order Of Easter
n Star. assisted. The deoeast
was born May n, 1874, at shamroci
Callaway county, Mo.
In 1874. he married Miss Clara
e Lander. who with two sons sirvi,
e him, J. Sam Coil of Oklahoma CH
Okla. and Harry Coil OF Denver. CO
orado Besides his wife and two so
three sisters also survive him, Mr.
= Margaret H'ekareo1. Of weHsvill
q Mo Mrs. Mary s. Farthing. Of Tex:
g and Mrs. Robert n. Armstrong,
% Mexico. Mo
ne Jim" Coil. while resident
y Mexico. had many warm friends W
as join the Ledger in extending since
eat sympathy to the bereaved famtl.
C. MISS RUTH HoxsEY
no GRADUATE
re Tuesday, Jure IS. Miss Ruth Ho
Soy. Of Mexico, graduates from u
'sl St Elizabeth Iustiiu'e, under ii
management OF the Sisters of Il