Carrollton Patriot Newspaper
Deaths in 1917
as published 03 Jan 1918 by The Carrollton Patriot
January
1 Mrs. Frances Ball Witt, 80
1 Mrs. Geo C. Gillean, Waco, Texas, 50
6 Mrs. Cynthia Fears, Hillview, 69
7 Mrs. Mary Orr, Hillview, 74
8 Capt Elihua, Jones, Patterson, 87
9 Hardin Armstrong, 72
10 John N. Thomason, Woodville, 83
10 Mrs. Mary Davidson, White Hall, 80
11 Mrs. Sarah E. Vedder, 75
14 James, A. Gillham, 84
14 Mrs. Jesse Elmore, Woodville, 54
14 Mrs. A. B. Gregory, St Louis, 76
17 Orville Camerer, 53
17 Alex Aulabaugh, Granite City, 76
17 Mrs. Wm Heywood, A’ville, 77
18 Wm Auten, White Hall, 85
18 Emanuel Ferguson, Kane
18 John Griffith, Wrights, 58
19 Mrs. Michael Hayes, Fayette, 46
25 John Gehlhausen, Seely’s Mill, 82
28 Mrs. James Shaw, Eldred, 65
29 Mrs. Frances Brosie, Eldred, 65
29 Mrs. Geo Atteberry, Hillview, 65
30 Mr. Conner Carmody, 78
February
1 Mrs. Everett Maberry, Wrights
5 E.S. Boulton, Greenfield, 79
8 Mrs. Sarah Harrington, Bluffdale, 77
11 Mrs. Emeline Cunningham, Greenfield, 87
13 Daniel Molster, 79
16 Amos Irwin, Kane, 80
18 George Adcock, Woody, 60
26 John Dayton, Eldred, 48
26 James K.P. Flatt, Eldred, 78
27 John Clatlin, Eldred, 52
March
2 Mr. J.C. Bowman, 48
2 Mrs. Anna Butler, Kane, 85
3 Mrs. Chas Drumb, 66
8 Nellie Hill, 48
10 Edward Pruitt, Walkerville, 26
13 Lieut. E.C. Sackett, 85
14 Elmer Caster, Woody, 14
14 Elden Moris, Okla, 31; buried at Kane
15 Geo B. Metcalf, Greenfield, 68
16 Mr. James Dawdy, W. Hall, 53
16 Mrs. David McMahon, White Hall, 55
18 Mrs. Geo Sturmon, Woody, 59
20 Ward Dickson, 16
20 John Baldwin, Okla, buried at White Hall
20 Chester Crabtree, Hillview, 77
21 Andrew J. Zerby, Woody, 71
21 Mrs. George Tapp, 49
23 Squire R.G. Robinson, 79
25 Mrs. D.P. Stone, Jalappa, 59
25 Harvey Valentine, Greenfield, 76
27 William Fritz, 36
30 Mrs. Martha Carr, W. Hall, 68
31 Mrs. Martha Christian, Roodhouse, 72
April
1 Frank Eberlein, Alton, 37
2 Marshall Steel, Cane Valley, KY, 70
5 Saul Hicks, White Hall, 79
5 John A. Wright, Kanetown, 82
6 John Walker, White Hall, 50
7 Mrs. Lydia Colton, Hillview, 75
11 Mrs. J.R. Bradley in Ark, 76; buried here.
13 James V. Carter’s body found under load of wood near Wrights
14 Elihu Yates, Roodhouse, 83
20 Mrs. Wm Teter, White Hall, 70
May
1 Frank E. Strang, White Hall, 48
1 Mrs. Thos McNamara, Wrights
2 Mrs. Daily Brown, White Hall, 35
2 Mrs. Sarah Thomason, Woody, 74
4 Capt Thos A. Weisner, Rockbridge, 77
6 Mrs. Ann McCormick, Woody, 80
12 Laurence J. Short, suicide, Woody, 25
14 Freeman Long, Kane, 46
15 Frank L. Linn, 47
17 Joseph Westnedge, pioneer stage driver, buried at White Hall,
86
17 Jesse Goolsby, White Hall, 78
18 Martin V. Bowman, Los Angeles, 73
19 Fred B. Strang, Roodhouse, 47
19 Mrs. Edw Ralston, Patterson, 52
20 John Sykes, Greenfield, 70
21 D.M. Beasley, White Hall, 70
22 Phineas T. Doughty, 69
24 Michael Whorton, White Hall, 81
27 Mrs. Eugene Hudson, White Hall, 56
31 Iva Stout, 47, Kiowa, Kas; buried here
June
3 Helen Farrelly, Springfield
5 Leslie Woolsey, 12 killed by collapse of bridge near Kane
5 Mrs. Elmira Andrews, Greenfield, 87
5 Mattie Keating, Los Angeles
9 Mrs. Alice Cullimore, 68
9 Sarah Carson, Greenfield, 60
10 Joseph Dagley, White Hall, 64
17 John Hankins, Greenfield, 69
18 E.A. Belknap, Greenfield, 69
22 Mrs. Albert L. Pierson, 51
22 Mrs. Theresa Carr, White Hall, 85
24 Mrs. J.K. Lewis, Eldred, 45
26 Joseph Lanham, Kane, 66
27 Mrs. Wm Vermillion, White Hall, 49
July
2 James Thompson, 89
14 Vernon Davis, White Hall, 39
16 Mrs. Theresa Baldwin, White Hall, 65
16 Jerry Bethard, Wrights, 80
18 Mrs. F.P. McDonough, 51
20 Uen Linder, 72
21 Mrs. Rebecca Baker, Greenfield, 79
22 Henry C. Kenney, 72
24 Mrs. Catherine Berman, Eldred, 78
24 Chas F. Fuler, Jerseyville, 64
30 Mrs. Arthur Martin, Woody, 29
August
3 Mrs. Mary V. Smith, 69
4 Mrs. Lillie Cunningham, Wrights
5 John Caffery, killed by interurban car at Wood River, 52
9 Mrs. Lorenzo Walton, 60
10 Mrs. Ellen Prindable, at Alton
11 Wm. Shannon, Granite City, 40
17 Landolin Rissier, 60
12 W.H. Osburn, 63
27 Frank Rice, Greenfield, 40
28 Wm Schroeder, 55
31 Mrs. Mary Bradshaw, 80
31 J. H. Yingling, Jacksonville, 79, buried here
September
3 Mrs. Catherine DeLong, Linder, 89
4 Mrs. James Flatt, Eldred, 62
5 Thos Plogger, Greenfield, 84
12 Emert Brannan, 21 killed by cave-in near Hettick
14 Lemuel Dayton, White Hall, 73
16 Mrs. Albert Kelley, Linder, 33
18 Oscar Rutschke, White Hall, 39
20 Mrs. L.F. DePolster, White Hall
23 J.L. Solomon, Greenfield, 65
22 Geo B. Danforth, White Hall, 72
26 Mrs. Ira White, Kane, 65
26 Mrs. A.D. Rollins, Greenfield, 58
26 Mrs. Fronie Waltrip, Wrights
27 J.B. Rowe, Roodhouse, 70, suicide
28 W.F. Thompson, Roodhouse editor, 77
October
1 “Knapsack” McCarthy, veteran driver, result of accident at
Fair
7 Mrs. Sarah Wooley, Greenfield, 95
8 Mrs. Amanda Pegram, 93
8 Wm. Nettles, White Hall, 73
10 Mrs. Frank Norris, Spankey, 40
12 Harry Rhoads, 30
13 Arnold Tendick, Rockbridge, 72
17 Andrew Lovell, 82
19 Fred E. Kelly, burned to death, 29
23 Thos Henneberg, Rockbridge, 40
26 Louise Graham, 18
28 Mrs. S.O. Smith, 76
30 Andrew Konzleman, Walkerville, 77
November
2 Ornam Pierson, 79
3 Fred Robs, Bartonville, buried here
5 Samuel Perrin, Rockbridge, 27
14 Mrs. Martha Sharon, Nevada, Mo; buried here
29 Mrs. Fred Bermes, Greenfield, 34
December
1 Ella Howard, Rockbridge, 55
7 Mrs. Randall Raines, St. Louis, 70
8 Mrs. Elizabeth Browning, Eldred
9 Corp. Harold Varner, in France
12 Gen. Beurchel, Camp Taylor
15 Mrs. Ben Finley, Greenfield, 53
15 Mrs. Phillip Green, Greenfield, 40
22 Fred Meldrum, E. St. Louis, 35
24 John Gough, 76
Transcribed 09 Dec 2002 by Chris Sawyer