NICHOLSON, Alfred.
ST. CLOUD TRIBUNE April 20, 1922 pg. 8
ALFRED NICHOLSON, died April 8th, at the age of 70 years.
The body was prepared for shipment and on the 11th was shipped to
Elgin, Ills. by the Eiselstein Brothers.
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PETERS, August
ST. CLOUD TRIBUNE, May 8, 1924, pg. 5
August Peters, age 80 years, died at his home Saturday
morning. The funeral was held at the Methodist church Tuesday
morning at ten o'clock with Rev. Wm. Landiss officiating, the body
was shipped to Chicago for burial accompanied by Mrs. Peters.
PIERCE, Edwin G.
ST. CLOUD TRIBUNE, Thursday, June 18, 1914
EDWIN G. PIERCE
Edwin G. Pierce, was born in Onedia Co., New York, Nov. 10,
1840, and died in St. Cloud Fla. At his home on Michigan Avenue,
June 11, 1914, aged 73 years 6 months and 22 days. In 1855 his
parents moved to Marquith Wis., where he grew to manhood and where
in 1862 he enlisted in Co. I, 11th Wis., Vol. Inf., and served until
the close of the war. In 1862 he was married to Miss Mellissa Kyes
at Weshkoro, Wis., and after his return from the war they moved to
Alma city Minnesota where Mrs. Pierce died April 7, 1873. To this
union was born five sons fours of whom survive their father, Edwin
B. Henry C. South Dakota, Windell P. Orleans Neb., William Harlowton
Montana and Frank L. Breckenridge, Minn. Oct. 23, he married Sarah
M. Winch, at Milbank South Dakota, who still survives him. Mr.
Pierce and his wife were among the first settlers in St. Cloud,
coming from Orleans Nebraska November 1909. When the town was
organized the following year he was chosen a member of the conucil
[sic]. He was one of our most highly respected citizens and held in
esteem by all who knew him.
He held his membership in the Presbyterian church of which
he was a trustee and had been chosen a few weeks previous to his
death as teacher of old Veterans class in Sunday School.
E. G. Pierce was a man of intigrity [sic] of industry of
consideration for his fellows, worthy in every relation at home, in
business, in church.
He filled honorably and conscienciously [sic] the places to
which he was called. No evil could be spoken of him, What more can
be said of any man.
His funeral was held from the Presbyterian church and
attended by the Mitchell Post of which he was a member together with
a large number of citizens. The sermon was preached by the Pastor W.
L. Hackett from the text, "Be Ye Also Ready" Matt. 24-44, at the
close of which the Post gave their beautiful ritual service. The
body was taken to Wilsonville Neb. For burial.
PIFER, Jacob M.
ST. CLOUD TRIBUNE, June 21, 1917, pg. 2
DEATH OF AN OLD VETERAN AT MIFLINVILLE, PA.
Jacob M. Pifer Responds to the Last Roll Call - Spent Last Winter
In St. Cloud
We clip the following from the Berwick, Pa., Enterprise of
June 11. The subject of the notice was well known in St. Cloud
having spent the whole of last winter here with his son, the
proprietor of the Pifer House. He first came to St. Cloud in 1909,
and had been coming with more or less regularity ever since. He was
a property owner here, but is said to have disposed of his holdings.
No particulars are given of his death, but a later number of the
same paper in speaking of the funeral services uses the head line
"Funeral Service on Drowning Victim."
"The death of Jacoob [sic] M. Pifer, a well known resident
of Miflinville, occurred at the home of his son, John at
Miflinville, Saturday morning. Aged 82 years, December 2nd last, his
death was due to the infirmities of old age.
Born in Northumberland County, Mr. Pifer had been a resident
of Miflinville for the last forty years, where for many years he
conducted a tailor shop. His first wife, Miss Katherine Shaffer,
died fifty-one years ago, and the death of his second wife, formerly
Mrs. Kate Fry, occurred about seven weeks ago. HE was in the South
with his son, Jerome Pifer of Nescopeck, until April. Surviving him
are his son, Jerome of Nescopeck, and Mrs. Jacob Oliver, by his
first wife, and the following children by his second wife: William,
of Shickshinny; Jon of Miflinville and Grant of Watsontown.
He was a veteran of the Civil war serving with the light
artillery having four years service. He was a member of the G. A. R.
at St. Cloud, Florida, and the Odd Fellows at Weatherly. He was a
member of the Lutheran church."
POPE, Dr. F. F. H.
ST. CLOUD NEWS, Friday, April 26, 1935, front page
DR. POPE DIES AT KENT, O.
Word has been received of the death of Dr. F. F. H. Pope,
the last Civil War veteran living in Kent and the last member of
Dalton G. A. R. Post. Funeral services were held at the Lutheran
church in Kent.
Dr. Pope was the son of Rev. and Mrs. Benjamin Pope and was
born at Delaware, Ohio, 90 years ago. He practiced medicine and
conducted a drug store at Dalton, Ohio, for some time.
The deceased was one of the pioneer residents of St. Cloud
and was at one time engaged in the lumber business here. Until he
was sticgken [sic] with paralysis, he spent every winter in St.
Cloud with his daughter, Mrs. Rodgers. Dr. Scott, his son-in-law is
the only member of the family who has been down this winter. He was
one of St. Cloud's most prominent citizens and his loss will be felt
here.
PRIDE, J. N.
ST. CLOUD TRIBUNE, December 8, 1938, front pg. & pg. 8
J. N. PRIDE, 96, DIES DEC. 3RD AT HOME HERE
Funeral For Prominent Grand Army Veteran of St. Cloud and South
Windham, Maine, Held Tuesday; Interment In Maine.
Funeral services for Jason N. Pride, 96, of 1523 Eleventh
St., St. Cloud, and South Windham, Maine, were conducted from the
Eiselstein-Wigginton funeral chapel on Tuesday at 10 a. m. with the
Rev. G. Leon Wells, pastor of the Methodist Church, officiating.
Mrs. Edith Pride Elliot, daughter of the deceased,
accompanied the body to their old home in South Windham, Maine,
where interment will be made.
The deceased is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Elliott, and
Mrs. Alice B. Rogers of South Windham, and fourteen
great-grandchildren.
Mr. Pride died on Saturday, Dec. 3, after a several days'
illness, although he had ben in failing health for the past six
months. He had just returned to his winter home in St. Cloud with
his daughter, Mrs. Elliott, from South Windham about three weeks
ago, his trip South this Winter being delayed by his frail health
during the past Summer.
Mr. Pride, a Civil War veteran, was born in 1842, at
Windham, Me., and was the oldest man in Windham. Until the past
several months he enjoyed splendid health, retaining his full mental
and physical vigor, and until about a year or two ago he was still
able to drive his own car.
He first learned the blacksmith's trade and then became a
machinist, achieving the rating of "First Class" machinist at the
Mare Island Navy Yard, for 20 years. He spent 15 years in Cuba as
engineer on a sugar plantation, later going to California to become
engineer for a mining company.
He had one and a half years of service in the Union Army
during the Civil War, and much of this time was spent as a guard on
the bridge across the Potomac river at Washington.
Mrs. Pride died in 1907, while they were living in
California. HE came to Florida from California, first building his
winter home here in 1914 and residing here every winter since 1919.
He was a member of L. L. Mitchell Post Grand Army of the
Republic, and an honorary member of the Charles W. Field Post,
American Legion of South Windham, Maine. He had been a member of the
Maine Lodge, I. O. O. F., in Portland, Maine, since 1866, a life
member of Bramhall Lodge, Knights of Phythias, a member of the
Presumpscot Lodge of Masons, of No. Windham, Maine, since 1871, and
a member of the Eagle Royal Arch Chapter, F. & A. M., of Westbrook,
Maine. He received the medal given for 50 years of membership in the
Masonic fraternity.
PRUYN, J. W.
ST. CLOUD TRIBUNE, Thursday, September 19, 1912
Comrade J. W. Pruyn died Wednesday from Bright's disease. The
funeral services were held Wednesday evening and the body was
shipped to Nebraska. Mr. Pruyn served in Co. F, 23rd Iowa Volunteer
Infantry.
PRY, D. M.
ST. CLOUD TRIBUNE November 1, 1928 pg. 8
D. M. PRY
D. M. Pry was born near Cross Creek Village, Washington
County, Pennsylvania, on the 16th day of June, 1842, and was a
resident of the county all his life. He died October 24, at his home
on North Ohio avenue, St. Cloud, Florida.
Mr. Pry was raised on a farm, attended the common school at
Cross Creek Village during the winter months, until the spring of
1860, when he entered the Academy at Cross Creek, which he attended
until the summer of 1862, when at the call of Abraham Lincoln for
300,000 volunteers for the army in the suppression of the rebellion,
caused by the southern states seceding from the Union, he enlisted
for three years, and became a member of Company “K” 140th Regiment,
Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, which proved to be the banner
regiment of all the Pennsylvania troops of over 200 Regiments,
having lost more men on the battle line in killed and wounded than
any other regiment of the state. He was wounded at Hancock’s charge
at Spottsylvania, Va., on the 12th day of May, 1864, and taken to a
hospital at Washington, D. C.
After his return from the army he conducted a farm for about
three years, when he removed to Burgettstown, and engaged in the
mercantile business which he followed all together in Burgettstown
about 35 years.
After retiring from merchandising, and during the old and
coal development, he was engaged principally in abstracting land
titles and general conveyancing [sic]. From 1888 he was, for four
years, a member of the State Board of Agriculture of Pennsylvania.
In politics he was a Republican, and as such he was
frequently honored by his party for his steadfast belief in its
principles. During the old delegate system of nominating state and
county tickets by county conventions, composed of delegates from the
various townships and Boroughs of the county, which were usually
very interesting and largely attended, he was twice elected chairman
of such Convention, and was twice elected by such Convention as a
delegate to the Republican State Convention at Harrisburg, Pa.
In religion he was a Presbyterian, and ruling elder upwards
of thirty years, and at one time elected a delegate by the
Presbytery of Washington to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church of the United States meeting in the city of Chicago.
Note: Funeral records state he was buried in Burgettstown, PA.
PURDY, Peter V. L.
ST. CLOUD TRIBUNE, April 10, 1924, pg. 12
BODY OF V. L. PURDY BURIED AT MILTON, N. Y.
The burial services for the late Peter V. L. Purdy of St.
Cloud, Fla., were held at the M. E. Church on last Friday afternoon.
Mr. Purdy was a former resident of Milton. He was a veteran of the
Civil War and for some years now has been a resident of St. Cloud,
Fla. He visited his northern relatives and friends two years ago. -
Milton (N. Y.) News, of March 24th.
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RALLS, B. F.
ST. CLOUD TRIBUNE August 17, 1922 front pg.
FORMER MAYOR OF ST. CLOUD DIES IN OKLAHOMA AUG. 5TH
A letter from Mrs. B. F. Ralls, of Apache, Okla., brings the
sad news of the death of former Mayor B. F. Ralls, which occurred in
Apache on August 5th. Mr. Ralls was among the pioneers of St. Cloud
about twelve years ago, and served for a time as mayor of this city.
While here he was also engaged in the real estate and insurance
business, and has many friends here who extend to the bereaved
family their heartfelt sympathy.
Apache,
Oklahoma
Aug. 10,
1922
Editor St. Cloud Tribune:
Dear Friend; - It is with a sad heart that I write you of
the death of my dear husband, B. F. Ralls. He died at 1:00 a. m.
Saturday morning, August 5th, 1922. We laid him to rest at 4:00 p.m.
in a beautiful cemetery here in Apache.
Poor man! He had a long hard struggle. His disease finally
developed dropsy. While he suffered no acute pain, he wore himself
out with nervousness and restlessness.
It was so hard to give him up, yet, I try hard to feel that
he is better off, for the condition his mind was in, there was no
pleasure for him in life. It is a great comfort to me that I am here
with my children. I will likely go to my daughter in Colorado
Springs in the fall. It will take me some time to get rested from
the care and strains that has been on me so long.
With love to all my old friends in St. Cloud. Yours truly,
MS. B. F.
RALLS
P. S. – B. F. Ralls was born in Iowa City, Iowa, Feb. 10,
1847. He served in the U.S. Navy two years on the Mississippi river
and Gulf of Mexico.
ST. CLOUD TRIBUNE August 24, 1922 pg. 2
MR. B. F. RALLS GOES HOME
After a lingering sickness of several months the Death Angel
visited the home of Mr. B. F. Ralls early Saturday morning, the
darkness parted and his soul winged its flight to the Mercy Throne
to rest on the banks of the River of Eternal Life. Mr. Ralls was in
his 75th year. He served throughout the war between the States in
the navy and played a man’s part in the awful strife. In civil life
Mr. Ralls was a busy man, fulfilling his social obligations with
conscientious care. About a year ago the family removed from Florida
to Apache to make their home (Mr. Ralls being the stepfather of our
townsman, Mr. W. W. Waterman). At no time since coming to Apache had
his health been good and decline set in rapidly. The past several
months Mr. Ralls had been practically bedfast and doubtless the
near-end was a relief from the burdening sickness. Elder F. Graylord
Roberts conducted a short religious service at the residence after
which the remains were laid to rest in the silence of the tomb in
beautiful Fairview Cemetery. The many friends of the family will
extend sympathy to his aged companion and the relatives who bourn
his departure. –
Apache (Okla.) Review.
RIDDLE, Michael
ST CLOUD TRIBUNE, 4 May 1916
Michael Riddle
Michael Riddle aged 76, who resided in the east part of the
city, died last Monday night. The body was taken to Carlson's morgue
and prepared for shipment to Columbus, Ohio, his old home. He was a
soldier in the Civil war and had an honorable record.
RICKERMAN, Geo.
ST. CLOUD TRIBUNE August 24, 1922 pg. 2
GEO. RICKERMAN DIES
Word has been received in this city of the death of George
R. Rickerman, which occurred at Pipestone, Minn., on August 15,
after an illness since last January. Mr. Rickerman lived in St.
Cloud, at the Haven for four winters, and fas [sic] taken to
Minnesota by his son, Elmer, who came here to tatke [sic] his father
to the home of relatives. He suffered greatly during his last
illness, but was patient and cheerful to the end. He was a veteran
of the civil war and made many friends here while a winter resident.
ROBINSON, Carman Alanson
ST. CLOUD TRIBUNE, February 13, 1919, pg. 8
NEW YORK VETERANS ASSOCIATION TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF C. A.
ROBINSON
Whereas, on Friday morning, February 7, 1919, the ranks of
the New York Veteran's Association was one more broken .... our
faithful secretary and treasurer, Comrade C. A. Robinson, who was
one of the organizers of the Association ...
Resolved that a copy hereof be sent to the sorrowing family,
a copy spread on the minutes and a copy sent to the St. Cloud
Tribune for publication.
Carman Alanson Robinson was born at Bellport, N. Y.,
January 28th, 1845, and died at St. Cloud, Fla., February 7th, 1919,
aged 74 years and ten days. He enlisted in Co. E. 11th New York
cavalry January 4, 1862, at the age of 16 years and re-enlisted at
the end of a three year term and was wounded in action March 14,
1865 near Memphis, Tenn., which caused the loss of his right arm. He
was discharged June 30th, 1865 after serving his country for three
years and six months. He leaves beside his wife, three sons and
three daughters and one brother and four sisters to mourn his loss.
Mr. Robinson had lived in St. Cloud for several years, and
was one of the best known and most loved citizens of the veteran's
colony.
The funeral was conducted from G. A. R. Memorial hall
Tuesday, Rev. J. B. Westcott officiating.
CARD OF THANKS - husband & brother Amelia R. Robinson,
Oliver W. Robinson
(Additional note: records state he was buried in Patchogue, L.
I., NY)
ROWE, Wm. H.
ST. CLOUD TRIBUNE August 3, 1922 pg. 2
IN MEMORIUM
Sergeant Wm. H. Rowe, youngest son of John and Alma Rowe,
was born at Stratford Vermont, April 26, 1840. Died at St. Cloud,
Florida July 23rd, 1922. Was united in marriage to Mary P. Barker,
of Cleveland, Ohio, November 24, 1866. To them were born five
children, four of whom are now living and were privileged to be with
their mother here to minister to their father the last few days of
his life.
For nearly fifty-six years this worthy couple have walked
side by side, sharing alike lifes joys and sorrows. In 1912 they
decided to try a miler climate and came to St. Cloud, Florida, where
they built a modern, up to date bungalow on Pennsylvania avenue and
9th street, where they lived their quiet, simple life, being for the
most part “year-around citizens.”
Comrade Rowe was a member of Co. E, Sixth Wis., Inf., a part
of the “Old Iron Brigade,” and served thru the whole of the Civil
War, being twice wounded in service. He was always at his post of
duty, achieving a gallant record for meritorious service and
soldierly conduct at all times. At the close of the war, he was a
teacher in the schools of Wisconsin and Iowa for about fifteen
years.
“Soldier rest! Thy warfare o’er.
Sleep the sleep that knows not breaking.
Dream of battlefields no more.
Days of danger, nights of waking.”
MARY ROWE
CARD OF THANKS from –
MRS. W. H. ROWE,
DR. A. N. ROWE,
D. I. ROWE,
Mrs. Georgia Van Valkenburg
Note: Funeral records state he was buried in Osakis, MN
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