The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1913-01-24
THEY CROSSED THE RIVER.
The Sentinel's Record Of Deaths
for the Year Of
1912.

dDIe, YET from tne larger pOIDI OI
view, apart from individual bereave.
ment, Providence has fitted the
great scheme Of things to these la
mentable exigencies. The ranks close
up; the gap is filled. Out Of every L.
GO,OOO who are born the same year,
$4,000 live for 20 years, and s,s4l for
10 years, and but one out Of this num-
Der live for 1903 years. The year Just
closed witnessed the death In Holt
county Of one who reached his 9th
years reached 20 years or past: 10
reached so years or more and no
years or more. There have been five
Of our residents who passed their
Tooth year before death, since the ere.
alton Of Holt county, In 1871. These
were:
Elizabeth BRADY. died Oct. :. 1878,
age 1O4.
Isaac Hayes, died Oct. Is, 1880,
age l02.
Elizabeth Pope, died Oct. :, 1873,
age i0i.
Jesse WEIGH, died March -. 1903,
age lOa.
Peter Meade. died May .. 1907. age
1903.
Our records show that during the
past - years. including 1912, there
have been 10 deaths Of persons In our
county who had reached no years and
nd all hAs
who had reached M years was that Of
David Pollock, who died January >,
1907, at the age Of " years.
The first death occurring during
the year 1912 was that Of Mrs. Daniel
Huiatt, January ,. age ~. The last
was that of Marguerite Giltillan. lice.
~, aye I.
The oldest person to pass over the
river was Henry G. Long, Of Bigelow,
who died November ~, at the age Of
~.
The greatest number Of deaths DC.
Cured In March, II being reported TO
as; In January and August there were
II each.
The total number of deaths during
the year 1917 was lll-4i males aud ~
females. The average aye Of the
males was 81 years, and Of the fe.
males 81 years. In making our rec.
ords We do not include deaths under
One year.
The late census gives the average
~ IA la, q A.. Ia,
1853: IN Missouri the rate l. |. AMI in
Holt county II was 80 For the year
l9l2 the death rate ~ Holt county
was - per loo.
The greatest vitality in human ifc
Is shown Ia be- between he ages ui -
and ~ IRON ~ 10 - the death rate
Is Il per cent: between - and ~ II Isl
per cent. Denver has the iighc,,
dea,h rate, 23d per 1000; ST Joseph
80 per looo populations: Holt county
I.3 per ln0O. Asa general rule jir
first three months ~ the year aic the
most fatal. oar record shows - of
the III total. during the first three
months.
There VAS an average Of one birth
every " hours, and death every -
hours In the county during 1912.
There were several deaths during
the year that were out of the ordi-
nary run Of disease, and were especial
~ sad to relatives and friends. Two
were killed by the railroad in our
county. These were:
" I. !. White, killed by the cars at
Forest City, August 30.
-, John Scott, aged 8. ran overly the
train south Of Crazy, April -.
;, Geo. =. StrOup died suddenly on the
train between Blgelow and Craig, de.
cember 3.
Charline king, age 2, drank carbolic
acid, and died July %.
lngle Buckminster, aye IL, was
killed by lightning, June 30, at Cor
don, Nebraska. .s...-..
4 Catharine Bunker, age ., died from
burns, January -. :
i Alfred ID. Reavis was drowned near
;lardenier, Washington, May 8.
= VIM. GOens suicided at ST. Joseph,
'AprtA 80, by taking carbolic acid.
1 Hugo Cell, age 10, was stricken
swith apoplexy while playing football
Yin Oregon, and died the following day,
ySeptember -, Il
\ Bert Joselyn, formerly Of BigeleH,
Nage %, was murdered near Rulo, IE-
2cember u.
Cornelius Jones, negro: body
yfonnd In drift near Rulo bridge, July
I;ls.
4 Piper, \, d., killed In railroad
Swreck, near Kansas City, January II.
E Hanna, Mrs. Tom, colored, burned
/, to death, at her home in Oregon, Ja,i-
! uary II. T.