Alexander Walker
Source: The Fairbury Gazette, January 27, 1894
Alexander Walker, aged 66 years, 7 months and 18 days, died at
this residence in this city last Wednesday morning at 2 o'clock,
of congestion of the kidneys. The deceased was the landlord of the
Central hotel and a well known and respected citizen of this
place. The funeral services were held at the home on Fourth street
Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. Sherman Kirk delivering the
address. The late Mr. Walker was a member of the G.A.R. and K. of
P. Lodges, the funeral being under the auspices of the former. The
remains were interred in the Fairbury cemetery. The deceased
precedes a wife and seven grown children--four girls and three
boys.
C. W. Waples
Source: The Fairbury Journal, June 1914
The death of C.W. Waples, a former resident of this county,
occurred at Paragould, Ark., June 23, 1914. Mr. Waples was born in
McDowell, Ill, July 19, 1860. On January 13, 1880, he was married
to Miss Alice Clark. Four children were born to them, being Mrs.
Lutie Cone of Summerfield, Fla., Harvey, who died about five years
ago, Mrs. Goldie Ross of Pontiac, Ill., and Wayne, who lived with
his parents. In 1883 or '84, the family moved to Nebraska and
lived northwest of Fairbury and later near Thompson. In 1902, they
moved back to Illinois where Mr. Waples followed the carpenter
trade until his health failed him. Last December they located at
Paragould, where he was bedfast most of the time. The body was
interred at Paragould, June 25, 1914.
August Warman
Source: The Fairbury Journal, January 8, 1909
At his home, the Parsons place, south of Fairbury, August Warman
died Tuesday, after an Illness of one day of paralysis. He leaves
a wife and six children. The funeral will be held today, conducted
by Rev. Cline.
August Warman
Source: The Fairbury News, Jan. 1909, Vol.12 No.6
August Warman was born in Germany in April, 1828, and lived in the
home of his birth until he was married to Miss Augusta Werner in
1869. He served in the French and German War in 1870-71. He came
to America in 1886 and lived in Jefferson County up to the time of
his death which occurred at his home one and one-fourth miles from
town, on Tuesday, January 5th. He had been ailing all fall, but
seemed better than usual and went to town on the day preceding his
death. He was stricken with appolexy about midnight Monday night
and died Tuesday morning at 8:30. He leaves a wife and eight
children-four sons and four daughters. They are Ernest, William,
Henry and Guss, all married and living in Jefferson County, and
Mrs. Speiser of Chickasha, Okla.; Mrs. C.F.Ehrett of Brunswick,
Mo.; Mrs. J.E. Cook and Minnie Warman who lived at home. Besides
he leaves sixteen grandchildren and a host of friends to mourn his
death.
Fred M. Warren
Source: The Fairbury Gazette, Saturday May 22, 1897
Some three weeks since we referred to the illness of Fred M.
Warren of Nebraska City, son of M. Warren of this place and of his
undergoing a surgical operation at the Sanitarium. The tumor
removed proved to be of a cancerous growth and resulted in
paralysis. He was taken to Chicago but the physicians there
pronounced the case hopeless and he returned home and died on
Friday morning of last week. His parents attended the funeral
which was last Sunday afternoon and was largely attended by the
friends among whom he had lived so long. Mr. Warren was born in
Ohio some forty-seven years ago and came to Fairbury with his
parents in 1871. Not long afterwards he secured a position with
the Sant Fe road and remained in its employ five years when he
entered the service of the B. & M. He was first stationed at
Cowles bu was soon transferred to Nebraska City, where he has been
cashier in the freight department for upwards of seventeen years.
He was always faithful to his duties, working early and late and
taking very few vacations. It was doubtless the constant and close
confinement to his office that shortened his life. He was married
at Nebraska City and his wife and two children survive him. He
left his family in comfortable circumstances, having a pleasant
home which was unincumbered and $6,000 life insurance.
Sylvia E. Wells
Source: The Fairbury Gazette, Saturday Jan. 16, 1897
Sylvia E., only daughter of Charles and Ella Wells, aged five
weeks, died Jan. 10, 1897. After a few hours of suffering she left
us to join the angel band. "Safe in the arms of Jesus, Safe on His
gentle breast, There by His love o'ershaded, Sweetly my soul shall
rest."
Mrs. M. A. White
Source: The Fairbury Gazette, Saturday May 29, 1897
The funeral of Mrs. M.A. White took place at 3 o'clock on Tuesday
afternoon at the Richland Center U.B. Church and cemetery, Rev.
R.G. Carter conducting the services. The deceased died at 2
o'clock Monday morning. She had been sick about two weeks with
dropsy and was so low that her death was looked for at any time.
She stood the suffering she had to undergo with patience, and was
ready to go whenever her Master should call her, and said "she was
only waiting for Him to call her home." Mrs. White's maiden name
was Matilda Daugherty. She was born September 23, 1824 in the
state of Mississippi. Her family moved to Illinois when she was
ten years old, where she was married to G.W. White, from which
place they moved with their family to this state in 1870. She was
the mother of eleven children of whom three remain to mourn her
departure. The deceased was a member the United Brethren in Christ
church, and has always been an earnest and faithful Christian.
F.S. Whitmore
Source: The Fairbury Journal, May 5, 1911
Word was received here Monday of the death of F.S. Whitmore, at
the home of his son, at Ottumwa, Iowa, May 1, at the age of 71
years. Mr. Whitmore lived in Fairbury for three years, and was
president of the G.A. White Piano Co., of which his son, Frank
Whitmore, is manager. For 35 years he traveled for a wholesale
hardware house. He was born in Deleware, Ohio. at the outbreak of
the Civil War he enlisted and served three years in Co. K. 21st
Regiment, N.Y. Vol. Inf. Besides his wife, he leaves four
children. One child died in infancy. The living are F.P. Whitmore,
and Mrs. George White of Fairbury, Neb., Chester Whitmore, an
attorney of Ottumwa, Iowa, and Mrs. Earl Tibbals of Ovid, Colo.
Mrs. White and Frank Whitmore left Tuesday noon for Ottumwa, to
attend the funeral.
Sarah Ann Widner - Go to H, see Sarah Ann Widner Holliday
Hazel Mary Wiswell - Go to G, see Hazel Mary Garber
Christine W. Witt - Go to B, see Christine W. Busing
Nicholas Wittekien
Source: OBITUARY OBTAINED FROM A NEWSPAPER CLIPPING IN THE
POSSESSION OF LOIS K. (WHITTEKIEND) GOODWIN:
"Nicholas Wittekien as born in Germany, May 11th, 1825. Came to
America when seven years of age, was married to Miss Temperance
Kuhns, January 1st 1852. Was converted and became a member of the
M. E. [Methodist Episcopal] Church when seventeen years of age and
remained a faithful, conscientious member since. He died at
Fairbury, on Thursday, October 11th, 1894, leaving six children,
all but one of whom are married, his wife having departed this
life some three years ago. He was an old soldier, a member of
Slocumb Post, NO. 141, G.A.R. at Endicott, which society escorted
the body to its burial place in Steele City Cemetery, on Friday
the 12th Inst., Rev. Smith, The M. E. Pastor at Endicott,
officiating.
A well spent life, a painless death, like a watchworn and weary sentinel, he put his armour off to rest in heaven, praise enough to fill the ambition of any worthy man."
"Sleep after toil, port after stormy seas,
Ease after war, death after life,
GOD giveth quietness at last."
