The Columbus Telegram, January 6, 1922
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MANNINGTON--Death of Mr. Mannington.
In the death of Wallace W. Mannington, which occurred Saturday, December 31, at 9:13 a. m., Monroe loses one of its earliest settlers, another of its few remaining civil war veterans and one of its most respected citizens. Cerebral softening was the immediate cause of his death, although he never fully recovered from the shock occasioned by the loss of his wife, who passed away June 1 of the same year. Funeral services were held at the home at 1 o’clock Monday afternoon, Rev. Aston officiating. Services were continued at the Union church at 2 o’clock, the I.O.O.F. lodge having charge of the service. The pallbearers were D. W. Jenkinson, Charles Potter, Wm. Sigea, Lytt Franklin, E. A. VanAllen and J. T. Smith, who also bore the body of Mrs. Mannington to its last resting place. As a token of respect for the services Mr. Mannington rendered his country during the civil war, and because so few of his comrades were left to do the tribute, the world war veterans attended in uniform, standing at attention in two long columns, through which the funeral party passed, outside the church. The casket was draped with flags. Burial was made in the Friends’ cemetery by the side of his wife. Wallace W. Mannington was born September 1, 1838, in Hulmeville, Pa. He enlisted in Co. I, 7lst Pennsylvania Volunteers, and experienced three long years of service in the civil war. The battle of Gettysburg was the most important one in which he took part and the one to which he most frequently referred. After his discharge at the close of the war he was united in marriage to Miss Amanda G. Snyder on March 19, 1865, at Washington, D. C. He joined the Neshaming lodge of I.O.O.F. at Hulmeville, being an Odd Fellow for over fifty years and a true believer in its teachings of service and kindly deeds. In the spring of 1871 Mr. and Mrs. Mannington came to Nebraska, locating at Columbus, where he worked at the carpenter trade for some time. Shortly afterwards he homesteaded on the present home site. Leaving the family on the claim he entered the government employ on the Pawnee reservation, then located at Genoa. When the Indians were removed to the Indian territory in 1875 Mr. Mannington went as one of the escorts, taking his family with him. They remained for three years when they again made the overland trip back to the home on the Nebraska prairie. They underwent all the hardships which were a part of the pioneer life, starting out in a sod house, which later grew into a modern house and later was remodeled in to a home of beauty and comfort. All the years was their home one of great hospitality and good cheer. In politics Mr. Mannington was a life-long republican. Outside of his business of farming, his time and service was given to the betterment of the community. He served as treasurer of the schools for over thirty years. Raised in the Quaker faith, he and his family attended the Friends meeting home near Genoa until there were a sufficient number of people in the community to organize a Sunday school. Following this the Presbyterian church was organized and he was elected a trustee When the Union church was formed he continued his services in that capacity until he was made an elder for life. He was also a member of Baker Post, G.A.R., at Columbus. One daughter, Mrs. Ruth Kenyon, one granddaughter, Mrs. Raymond Smoots, and four great grandchildren are the immediate relatives left to mourn his death. Eighty-three years and four months was the time allotted for his life work spent in doing good.
None knew him but to love him,
None named him but to praise.
The Columbus Daily Telegram, January 4, 1922
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SCHMEID--Adam Schmeid, veteran of the civil war and original owner of the present townsite of Clarkson, Colfax county, died Wednesday night at 11:30 at his late home in Columbus, Ninth street and Twenty-fourth avenue. Death followed a prolonged illness with a complication of ailments.
Definite arrangements for the funeral have not been made, but it probably will be held at the home Sunday afternoon. The service will be conducted by Rev. R. Neumarker of the Evangelical Protestant church and an assisting clergyman.
Mr. Schmeid was a native of Canton Glarus, Switzerland, where he was born April 2, 1843. While the civil war was in progress he came to America and located at Madison, Wis. He volunteered enlistment with a Wisconsin regiment and served till the close of the war. He then returned to Madison, and while residing here [sic] was married to Barbara Baumgartner, March 8, 1870.
In 1872 Mr. and Mrs. Schmeid came to Nebraska and located in Colfax county. Practically their entire farm is now the present townsite of the village of Clarkson. In 1879 they bought the old home place in the Shell Creek valley, eleven miles northwest of Columbus. There they lived and labored as pioneers and empire builders, reared their family and acquired a comfortable competence. Eight years ago they moved to Columbus.
Mr. Schmeid is survived by four daughters and three sons. His wife died six years ago. The sons and daughters are Mrs. Samuel Gertsch, Mrs. Emil Klug, Mrs. Walter Pelter and Miss Mary Schmeid, Columbus; Matthew, Adam and Martin Schmeid. Martin resides on the old home place in the Shell Creek valley, and his brothers reside in that vicinity.
The Columbus Telegram, Friday, March 3, 1922
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ELSTON--Death came to Mrs. Cordelia Elston at her home, Fourteenth street and Thirty-eighth avenue, at 9 o'clock Wednesday evening. She had been in failing health for the past year, and had been bedfast about six weeks. Her death was due to complications incident to old age.
Mrs. Elston had been a resident of Columbus forty-five years. As Cordelia Acenith Flint, she was born in Alleghany county, New York, February 7, 1841. Her marriage to George W. Elston took place January 1, 1857. They lived for some years in Minnesota, coming to Columbus from there about 1877. Mr. Elston passed away ten years ago.
Surviving members of the family are five sons and three daughters--Mrs. Alice Brady, of Monterey, Cal.; John W. Elston, of Boone, Ia.; Sam Elston, of Springview, Nebr.; Mrs. Mary Kohler, of Long Pine, Nebr.; Marvin, Mamie, Will and Ed Elston, all residing in Columbus.
Funeral services will be held at the residence Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, Rev. Thomas Griffiths officiating.
The Columbus Telegram, March 10, 1922
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ODENTHAL--Cancer of the stomach, which had rendered him bedfast for a period of two weeks, caused the death of William Odenthal, father of Mrs. W. J. Walter and brother of Mrs. Phillip Greisen at the General hospital last Saturday.
Mr. Odenthal was born in Cologne, Germany May 11, 1847. He came to America in 1865 and farmed for many years near Dixon, Illinois. About eight years ago he and Mrs. Odenthal came to Columbus to make their home. His health had been impaired during the past year.
Besides his wife, he leaves four daughters and six sons--Mrs. Chester Parker of Kramer, Ind.; Elmer L. of Rochelle, Ill; Mrs W. J. Walter and Miss Christine Odenthal of Columbus; John of Chicago; Joseph of San Diego, Cal; William and Fred of Dixon, Ill. Two sisters also survive--Mrs. Greisen of Columbus and Mrs. Peter Ripp of Sublimity, Ore.
Mrs. Parker and Fred Odenthal arrived Saturday in response to messages advising them of his serious illness, but they reached Columbus after he had passed away.
In company with Mrs. Odenthal, Mrs. Walter and Miss Odenthal, they took the body to Dixon Saturday evening for burial.
Mr. Odenthal's father, Joseph Odenthal, passed away in Columbus a few years ago. His brother, Joseph and the latter's wife and daughter, died within the space of a week at their home in Dixon, Illinois a month or two ago.
The Columbus Daily Telegram, June 29, 1922
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SCHAEFER--Born to Mr. and Mrs. Will Schaefer, Sunday, June 25, a baby boy. He was named Gerald. [St. Bernard.]DIED
BELLER--Mrs. Josephine Beller, the aged mother of Anton and Egnatz Beller, passed away at her home in Lindsay Saturday. Funeral services were held at Lindsay Thursday morning at 9 o'clock after which the remains were brought here to be buried beside those of her husband, in the St. Bernard Catholic cemetery. [St. Bernard.]SUEPER--The body of Bernard Sueper, one of the St. Bernard boys who gave his life for his country in the world war, arrived here last week Wednesday evening from Winchester, England, accompanied by a guard of honor detailed from the army. The body was in a flag draped casket which was taken to the home of his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mosicker, and was in charge of the American Legion. Funeral services were held Thursday morning at 9 o'clock in the St. Bernard Catholic church with a solemn requiem high mass at which Rev. Fr. Germain, assisted by Rev. Fr. Othmar, officiated and was attended by a large crowd of people who came to pay their last respects to him who had given his life for his country. The funeral services were attended in a body by the members of the Young Men's Sodality, American Legion Post, representatives of the Foltz and Zuerlein Post, of Humphrey, and members of the Knights of Columbus, of which Mr. Sueper was a member. Beautiful floral offerings were given by the Knights of Columbus. After the service at the church the body was taken to the St. Bernard Catholic cemetery where it was laid in its final resting place with full military honor. The large procession of relatives and friends, the largest ever held in our village, followed the remains to the cemetery. On September 18, 1917, he was called and joined the Madison boys going to Camp Funston, Kansas. On October 20, 1917, he was transferred to Camp Cody, N.M., and on June 15, 1918, was again moved to Camp Merritt, N.J., from which point he sailed for England, arriving there June 10, 1918. He took sick while crossing the ocean, and death came six days after he landed in England. Burial was made in a beautiful little cemetery near Winchester, England, where his body was resting for four years, until a few weeks ago. The deceased was the oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sueper, pioneers of this parish. He was one of the first boys from this community that was called to the colors. At the time of his death he was 26 years and 3 months old. He also leaves to mourn besides his parents, one brother, Albert Sueper, and five sisters, Ven. Sister Frederica, Miss Mary, a graduate nurse from the St. Joseph's hospital, Omaha, Mrs. Henry Heiman, Misses Anna and Clara Sueper, and a large number of other relatives and friends. [St. Bernard.]
The Columbus Daily Telegram, September 1, 1922
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JONES--Postville Farmer Ends His Own Life
Financial worries, largely fanciful, given as reason in note found in pocket
Despondent over financial matters, though he had no good cause to worry on that score, R. H. Jones, wealthy farmer in the Postville neighborhood, in Joliet township, took his own life yesterday by hanging. He left a note in his pocket telling of his intention and ascribing his act to financial worry.
He had been suffering from melancholia the past two years. Some months ago he told a friend in Columbus that he "would end it all some day," but the friend did not take the remark seriously.
Mr. Jones left the house about 10 a.m. yesterday. When he did not return an hour and a half later Mrs. Jones became alarmed and went in search of him. She found his body in the barn, suspended from a rafter. County Attorney Walter was notified this morning, but held that no inquest would be necessary.
For more than 25 years Mr. Jones has been a prominent farmer in Joliet township. That his financial worries were occasioned by the melancholia with which he had suffered the last two years rather than by his financial obligations is indicated by the fact that he had his home place of 200 acres clear of all debt. He still owed some money, it is said, on another 120-acre farm that he bought two years ago, but friends say he could easily have sold the place for all he paid for it and possibly a profit.
He was about 60 years old and had a splendid family consisting of a wife and six children, three of the latter being still minors.
Funeral arrangements have not yet been announced.
The Columbus Daily Telegram, September 2, 1922
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JONES--Richard H. Jones was born Nov. 30, 1862, in Oneida county, New York, and died August 31, 1922. He came with his parents to eastern Iowa in the fall of 1867 and lived there until March 1873 when he came to Nebraska. In 1893 he was united in wedlock to Miss Beatrice Jones, of the Postville neighborhood. To this union were born six children all of whom survive him, and were at home with the exception of one son, Thomas, who had been visiting relatives in Colorado. He leaves to mourn his loss, his faithful wife and six children, Thomas, Arthur, Lewis, Miss Bertha, Everett, and Clarence, all of this place and also three brothers, Hugh H. Jones of Alberta Canada; Henry H. Jones, and Thomas D. Jones, both of Carroll, Neb., and one sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Mason, of Roswell, N. M. Definite funeral arrangements have not yet been made on account of relatives from a distance coming. Mr. Jones had been in ill health for the past two years and his condition grew steadily worse until death claimed him. He was a faithful member of the Welsh church and will be greatly missed in church circles. Condolence is extended to the bereaved family. [Postville.]
The Columbus Daily Telegram, November 14, 1922
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SCHULTE--Death of Mrs. Schulte - Mrs. Gerhard Shulte, a resident of Grand Prairie nearly 40 years, passed away last Friday morning at 8 o'clock at the family home two and one-half miles southeast of Platte Center. Death was caused by pneumonia after a two weeks' illness. Mrs. Schulte was born 76 years ago in Germany. She is survived by her husband Gerhard Schulte, and four children by a former marriage, Henry, John, and Miss Hattie Husmann, residing at home and Mrs. Harry Kamm, of Platte Center. Funeral services were conducted at the home Monday afternoon at one o'clock by Rev. P.O. Spehr, pastor of the Grand Prairie Lutheran church and burial was made in the Grand Prairie cemetery.