Obituaries - Bu-By
George H. Bueschel was born in Beardstown,
February 2, 1850, and died at his home in Jerseyville, February
2nd, 1924, aged 74 years.
From Beardstown he was taken by his parents to Galesburg where
he grew to manhood and in 1866 he came to Greene county. He was
married to Miss Huldah Bridges in 1867, who lived only for a
short time. After her death he was united in marriage to Miss
Eunice Parker who died one year after the marriage. On Feb. 13,
1876, he was again united in marriage to Miss Nancy riley and to
this union were born 19 children. Only six of them lived to
reach maturity and of these ten preceded him it death. George
Woodford died at Camp Taylor, Ky., and Mrs. Hattie Mains
Jerseyville.
His wife also died at their home in Jerseyville, December 25,
1920. He leaves to mourn him four children, Mrs. Della Perkins
of Kane, Mrs. Katie Gaunt of Carrollton, Walter and Henry of
Jerseyville; one sister, Mrs. Kate Lofton, of Kane; fifteen
grandchildren, thirteen great grandchildren and many other
relatives and friends.
At the early age of twelve years, he obeyed the gospel and
united with the Church of Christ at Henderson, Knox county,
Illinois, and in 1887 he transferred his membership to the
church of Christ in Kane. Funeral services were held in Kane
Monday, at 2 p. m. at the church of Christ, Elder T. J. Roady
officiating. Interment was in Kane cemetery.
CAPTAIN NICOLAS BUESEN, 81 YRS, 1
MO, 29 DAYS,D AT LUTHERAN HOSP,
ST LOUIS, AFTER A BRIEF ILLNESS.
HE HAD BEEN AT THE HOSP ABOUT 4 WKS. A CHANGE FOR THE
WORSE CAME SAT AFT, AND MRS N B PORTER AND MRS I D SNEDEKER,
SISTER-IN-LAW AND NIECE OF CAPTAIN BUESEN WERE CALLED TO ST LOUIS.
HIS STEP-SON AND DAUGHTER, MR & MRS GUS CASAVANT OF
CHICAGO, WERE ALSO CALLED TO ST LOUIS.
ANOTHER STEPSON, LEO CASAVANT, ARRIVES THIS EVENING FROM
DETROIT, BUT LOUIS CASAVANT OF NEW YORK CANNOT BE HERE,
FOR THE FUNERAL. MRS
SNEDEKER RETURNED SUN EVE FROM
ST LOUIS, BUT MRS PORTER AND OTHER
RELATIVES WILL ACCOMPANY THE BODY TO JERSEYVILLE ON THE TRAIN
TUES AM. IT WAS TAKEN TO
MRS PORTER'S HOME WHERE THE FUNRAL WAS HELD.
REV L W PORTER OFFICIATED.
INTERMENT WAS IN OAK GROVE MAUSOLEUM.
HIS NEPHEWS, HERMAN AND WALTER GOSSRAU OF
ST LOUIS, OTTO KRAMER OF ALTON,
PAUL PORTER OF CHICAGO, ALFRED FIGGEN OF QUINCY, AND FRED W ECK OF JERSEYVILLE WERE THE
ACTIVE PALLBEARERS.
HONORARY PALL BEARERS WERE JUDGES CHJARLES S WHITE, FRED JACOBS,
JACOB WAGNER, FRANK MILLER, ISAAC D SNEDEKER, JOHN BROKAMP, JOHN
J MCGUIRE AND EDWARD CROSS.
AMONG THOSE FROM OUT OF TOWN ATTENDING SERVICES WERE:
CAPT JOHN HERMAN, MRS R GOSSRAU, MR & MRS OTTO GOSSRAU
AND DAU, IRMA, MR & MRS HERMAN GOSSRAU, WALTER GOSSRAU, AND MIS
TESSIE BERTMAN OF ST LOUIS; MR & MRS O KRAMER AND SON, CARL, MR
& MRS MEYER AND THE LATTER'S MOTHER, MRS KRAMER, MRS BERTHA
BERTMAN AND DAUS, MISSES BERTHA MARIE AND LOUISE BERTMAN, MR
ELBLE AND CHARLES SEIBOLD OF ALTON; MR & MRS GUS CASAVANT, PAUL
PORTER AND MRS GEO D DOGE OF CHICAGO; LEO DASAVANT OF DETROIT,
MI; ALFRED H FIGGEN OF QUINCY; MR & MRS JOHN BERTMAN OF
ROCKBRIDGE AND MRS MINNIE SLOAN OF CARROLLTON.
CAPTAIN BUESEN, WAS ONE OF THE BEST KNOWN MEN IN
JERSEYVILLE AND HAD A PICTURESQUE CAREER AND WAS A RIVER BOAT
CAPT WHEN THE RIVER TRAFFIC WAS IN THE DAYS OF ITS YOUTH AND
ROMANCE. CAPT BUESEN WAS
BORN IN HOLSTEIN,
GERMANY, AND CAME TO THE USA AT THE AGE
OF 18. WHEN HE WAS UNABLE
TO SPEAK THE LANGUAGE. HE
ATTENDED NIGHT SCHOOL WHILE BEING EMPLOYED IN THE COAL BUSINESS
AND SAVED MONEY WITH WHICH HE LATER ENTERED THE RIVER TRADE
BUSINESS. -------A, MISSOURI
ACCEPTED A POSITION IN A DRY GOODS HOUSE.
WITH THIS FIRM HE REMAINED UNTIL THE LATTER PART OF 1864
WHEN HE, TOGETHER WITH 2 COMPANIONS LEFT FOR
VICKSBURG, MISS, WHERE THEY EXPECTED TO
ENGAGE JOINTLY IN SOME MERCHANTILE BUSINESS BUT OWING TO THE
WAR; THEY FOUND THINGS SO UNSETTLED THAT THEY DID NOT THINK IT
PRUDENT TO VENTURE INTO BUSINESS AT THAT PLACE.
CONSEQUENTLY THEY LEFT VICKSBURG AND RETURNED NORTH AS
FAR AS MEMPHIS, TN; BUT AS THEY DID NOT MEET WITH BETTER
ENCOURAGEMENT IN THE LATTER CITY, HIS TWO COMPANIONS LEFT HIM
AND TOOK PASSAGE ON A STEAMER FOR ST LOUIS, WHILE HE REMAINED IN
MEMPHIS AND SHORTLY AFTERWARDS TOOK A POSITION WITH A
MISSISSIPPI REVER PILOT AS STEERSMAN ON THE STEAMER "BELL
CREOLE" AND FROM THAT TIME HE FOLLOWED STEAM-BOATING UNTIL THE
YERA 1883, WHEN ON ACCOUNT OF FAILING HEALTH HE RETIRED FROM THE
RIVER. CAPT BUESEN HAS
STEAMBOATED ON NEARLY ALL OF THE WESTERN RIVERS, BUT MOST OF HIS
SERVICES WERE RENDERED ON THE UPPER MISSOURI AND
YELLOWSTONE, IN THE CAPACITY OF CLERK, CAPTAIN OR
PILOT, AS OCCASIONS REQUIRED.
HE WAS IN CHARGE OF THE STEAMER "KEY WEST" WHEN THAT BOAT
MADE THE FAMOUS EXPLORING TRIP UP THE YELLOWSTONE RIVER IN APR 1873.
THIS BOAT WAS SENT UP THAT STREAM BY ORDER OF GEN PHIL
SHERIDAN TO ASCERTAIN WHETHER THAT RIVER COULD BE NAVIGATED AS
FAR AS POWDER RIVER; THE LATTER A TRIBUTARY OF THE YELLOWSTONE
ABOUT 200 MI FROM ITS MOUTH.
THE BOAT AFTR A CAREFUL SOUNDING OF THE CAHNNEL IN A
GREAT MANY PLACES, MADE A SUCCESSFUL TRIP TO ITS REQUIRED
DESTINATION, FOR WHICH CAPT BUESEN HAD THE HONOR OF BEING
REWARDED WITH THE FIRST PILOT'S LICENSE ISSUED FOR THAT RIVER BY
THE US GOV. IN THE
CAPACITY OF PILOT, HE BECAME VERY WELL KNOWN TO TRADERS AND
RIVERMEN BETWEEN ST LOUIS
AND THE FAR NORTHERN POINTS ON THE
MISSISSIPPI
IN S DAKOTA. HE ACQUIRED
WEALTH AND AT ONE TIME HE WROTE A BOOK ON RIVER TRADE IN THE
NORTHWEST. WHILE CAPT OF
THE SILVER
CITY, BUESEN MADE MANY TRIPS TO YANCTOWN, SD
WHEN PRACTICALLY ALL OF THE RIVER TRADING WAS BEING DONE BY
INDIANS. ON ONE OCCASION
BUESEN HAD AS HIS PASSENGERS MEMBERS OF THE ORIGINAL SEVENTH
UNITED STATES CAVALRY, COMMANDED BY GEN CUSTER, WITH WHOM BUESEN
WAS WELL ACQUAINTED. ON THE 21 APR, ???? CAPT BUESEN WAS UNITED
IN MARRIAGE TO MRS MINNIE CASAVANT, ------ F LOUIS J CASAVANT.
THE --------HOME WITH MRS
BUESEN'S ---------HELEN BERTMAN IN THIS ----------PRECEDED HIM
IN DEATH --------AGO.SURVIVING A NIEDE MRS R GOSSRAU AND 1
NEPHEW JOHN J HERRMAN, AND 3 STEPSONS.
THE BODY WAS TAKEN TO THE A KRON UNDERTAKING COMPANY.
HELEN BUHRER, 86, OF
CARROLLTON, DIED JUNE 7, 1988 AT CARLINVILLE TERRACE NURSING HOME.
SHE WAS BORN JULY 20, 1901 IN JESEY CO TO THE LATE FRED LAND &
CLARA E BROOKS. SHE MARRIED DR W G BUHRER ON JUNE 27, 1946. HE
DIED JAN 2, 1969. SHE WAS A TELEPHONE OPERATOR. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A
STEP DAU, MABEL STRINGHAM OF BACAVILLE, CA; 1 SIS PAULINE HORTIN
OF URBANA; 1 BRO ARTHUR BROOKS OF GODFREY; 1 STEP GRANDDAUGHTER;
AND 2 STEP G-GRANDCHILDREN. GRAVESIDE RITES WERE HELD AT OAK
GROVE CEM WITH R3EV MIKE MICHELS OFFICIATING. Memorials may be
given to MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOC.
Mrs. Pauline M. Buie of Carrollton, relict
of the late Donald Buie, died last week at the ripe age of 82
years. Funeral services were held last Wednesday at St. John’s
Catholic church in Carrollton. Two children of their first
marriage to August Fetty survive her. [1915]
ASHER A BULL, 85 YRS-2 MO-28 DAYS, DIED AT A
PHYSICIANS OFFICE WHERE HE HAD BEEN MOVED BY AMBULANCE. THE
JERSEYVILLE RESIDENT WAS A SON OF THE LATE GEORGE W & MARY
(CARRICO) BULL. HE WAS BORN IN GILEAD. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS
WIFE, CLARA M BULL; 3 DAU, MRS GUS (MARY) ORBAN OF BRIGHTON, MRS
RALPH (ELIZABAETH) BAUSER AND MRS JUITTE (NORMA) GILL OF ALTON;
2 SONS, FLOYD HAROLD BULL OF JERSEYVILLE, AND EDWARD N BULL OF
BOWLING GREEN, KY; 18 GRANDCHILDREN; AND 17 G-GRANDCHILDREN. 5
CHILDREN, LESLIE AND ROSALIE, AND 3 INFANTS PRECEDED HIM IN
DEATH. FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD AT GOSPEL ASSEMBLY CHURCH. REV
HARRY FRAZER AND REV LOUIS KAPPLER OFFICIATED AND BURIAL WAS IN
OAK WOOD CEM (UPPER ALTON). VISITATION WAS AT Jacoby Brothers
Funeral Home in Jerseyville.
Fatal Accident — On last Tuesday, Burnett Burch
an old citizen of Fieldon, Jersey county, while attempting to
get on the cars at Venice was so severely injured that he died
the following Thursday. His arm was broken and his body badly
crushed. He was placed aboard the cars and brought to Alton,
from which place news of the said affair was telegraphed to
Jerseyville, and through the kindness of Mr. C. H. Bowman a
conveyance was procured and Mr. Burch’s daughter at Fieldon
notified. His body was brought home on Friday and on Saturday
was interred in the Fieldon graveyard—The funeral services were
performed by Rev. Wm. Tipton at the M. E. Church.
Mr. Burch was 67 years old and had been a resident of Jersey
county for 35 years and was highly esteemed by all who knew him.
The family of the deceased requested us to tender their thanks
to Mr. George Schwartz and Mr. Wiley Scribner for their kind
assistance. [Jersey County Democrat 22 Nov 1867]
DEBRA LYNN BURCH, 8, DAU OF LEONARD & BETTY
(PICKETT) BURCH, RR CARROLLTON, DIED OCT 6 AT CHILDREN'S HOSP IN ST
LOUIS. SHE WAS A THIRD GRADE STUDENT OF CARROLLTON ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL. SHE WAS BORN JULY 22, 1966 IN JERSEYVILLE. SURVIVING ARE
HER PARENTS, 1 SIS, TAMMY, AT HOME AND 2 HALF SIS, MRS STEVEN
(CINDY) McGOUGH OF CLOVIS, NM, AND MRS EDWARD (CARLA) SHAW OF
KANE. FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD AT Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home
in Jerseyville. REV ROBERT GRIDLEY OF MT GILEAD CHURCH
OFFICIATED AND BURIAL WAS IN OAK GROVE CEM.
DALE LINDEN BURCH, OF JERSEYVILLE, DIED AT BOYD
MEM HOSP IN CARROLLTON DEC 30. FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD AT
KANE BAPTIST CHURCH, NEW YRS DAY. REV EARL CLAGG OFFICIATED AND
BURIAL WAS IN KANE CEM. VISITATION FROM Jacoby Brothers Funeral
Home in Jerseyville. MR BURCH, A RETIRED MOULD MAKER AT OWENS IL
CO, WAS A NATIVE OF GREENE CO. HE WAS BAORN DEC D9, 1906, A SON
OF THE LATE EDSON & STELLA (VARBLE) BURCH. SURVIVORS ARE 1 SIS,
MRS STELLA MAE CLENDENEN OF KANE; 1 BRO, RALPH R BURCH OF
JERSEYVILLE; 8 NEPHEWS AND 6 NIECES. HE WAS A MEMBER OF KING
SOLOMON LODGE, AF & AM, KANE ELIZABETH CHAPT EASTERN STAR, KANE
AND KANE BAPTIST CHURCH. MR BURCH WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS
PARENTS, 2 BRO, DEE AND ALVA BURCH, AND 1 SIS EDNA BURCH.
Edson Burch Dies Wednesday Evening - Edson
Burch, well known resident of this vicinity, passed away at his
home, 8 miles west of Kane at 6:30 o’clock Wednesday evening,
Nov. 2nd.
The deceased was the son of Terry and Margaret Burch and was
born in Ft. Scott, Kansas, on August 21, 1874. At the time of
his death he was 64 years, 2 months and 11 days of age. For the
past 35 years Mr. Burch has resided near Kane and was a member
of the Modern Woodman Lodge and Masonic Order of Kane.
He was united in marriage to Stella Varble on November 19, 1900,
and to this union six children were born. Edna, who died in
1918; Des, of Mozior, Ill.; Alva, of Fieldon; Dale, who lives at
home; Ralph, of Jerseyville; and Mrs. Stella Clendenen of Kane.
Mr. Burch leaves surviving him besides his widow, Stella Burch,
the above named children, seven sisters, three brothers and ten
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday afternoon, at
the Kane Baptist Church. The Rev. Leonard F. Todd, Elder T. J.
Roady and Rev. A. R. Pixley officiated and burial was in the
Kane Cemetery. The Masonic Lodge had charge of the services.
[Jersey County Democrat 19 Nov 1938]
FRED L BURCH, 74, OF KANE, DIED DEC 16, AT
JERSEY COMM HOSP. BURCH WAS BORN MARCH 26, 1904 IN GREENE CO. HE
WAS THE SON OF JACOB & EMMA (RICHLINE) BURCH. HE MARRIED THELMA
GREEENE APR 24, 1944 IN JERSEYVILLE. HE WAS A FARMER. SSURVIVORS
AARE HIS WIFE; 2 SONS, NORMAN BURCH OF JERSEYVILLE AND HERSCHEL
BURCH OF FOSTERBURG; 2 STEP SONS, NORMAN ABBOTT OF COLUMBIA, SC
AND ROBERT ABBOTT OF GRAFTON; 3 DAU, ROZELLA HINSON, OTTERVILLE,
RUTH CROTCHETT OF SHIPMAN AND ANNA ROBUCK OF ROODHOUSE; 1 BRO,
HARRY BURCH OF ROCKBRIDGE; 3 SIS, ELLA FREAND OF JERSEYVILLE,
MAE FREAND OF KANE AND FAY MCADAMS OF PEORIA; 12 GRANDCHILDREN
AND 14 G-GRANDCHILDREN. VISITATION AND FUNERAL WERE FROM Jacoby
Brothers Funeral Home in Jerseyville. REV WILLIAM TURNER
OFFICIATED AND INTERMENT WAS IN KANE CEM. Memorials may be given
to AMERICAN CANCER SOC.
NORMAN FREDRICK BURCH, 59, D UNEXPECTEDLY JUNE 11,
1991, AT JERSEY COMM HOSP, JERSEYVILLE. HE WAS A MACHINIST AT OWEN-IL IN
GODFREY. BORN ON APR 8, 1932, IN GREENE CO, HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE FRED
& ZELLA (BIEDERMAN) BURCH. ON OCT 15, 1950, IN ARK, HE MARRIED THE FORMER
DIMPLE MAE WHITE, AND SHE SURVIVES. ALSO SURVIVING ARE 1 SON RANDY BURCH OF
JERSEYVILLE; 2 DAU, JUDY WOOLSEY OF JERSEYVILLE AND SHERRY LAIRD OF GRAFTON;
8 GRANDCHILDREN; 1 BRO, GENE BURCH OF GODFREY; 3 LSIS, ROSELLA HINSON OF
OTTERVILLE, RUTH CROTCHETT OF SHIPMAN AND ANNA ROEBUCK OF ROODHOUSE; AND
STEPMOTHER, THELMA BURCH OF JERSEYVILLE. VISITATION AND SERVICES WERE HELD
AT Gubser Funeral Home in Jerseyville. REV RICK FRANCIS OFFICIATED AND
BURIAL WAS IN OAK GROVE CEM. Memorials may be given to PEACE UNITED CHURCH
OF CHRIST, JERSEYVILLE, WHER HE WAS A MEMBER.
RALPH R BURCH, 79, DIED APR 3, 1989, AT
GREENWOOD MANOR IN JERSYVILLE. BURCH WAS EMPLOYED 22 YRS AT WEST
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, JERSEYVILLE, AS CUSTODIAN. HE RETIRED DEC 1,
1972. BORN IN KANE HIS PAARENTS WERE THE LATE EDSON & BERTHA
STELLA (VARBLE) BURCH. HE MARRIED THE FORMER MILLIE (BROOKS)
BURCH, FEB 20, 1931 IN JERSEYVILLE. SHE SURVIVES. ALSO SURVIVING
ARE 1 SON, DFELBERT BURCH OF JERSEYVILLE; 2 DAU, DORIS DARR OF
BRIGHTON AND MARGIE WARD OF DOW; 8 GRANDCHILDREN; 8
G-GRANDCHILDREN; AND 1 SIS, STELLA MAE CLENDENEN OF KANE. HE WAS
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY 3 BRO, DEE, ALVA, AND DALE BURCH; AND 1
SIS, EDNA BURCH. VISITATION AND SERVICES WERE FROM Gubser
Funeral Home in Jerseyville. REV EARL CLAGG AND REV NORMAN MOORE
OFFICIATED. BURIAL WAS IN KANE CEM. Memorials may be given to
GREENWOOD MANOR, JERSEYVILLE.
SAM BURCH, 77, DIED DEC 17, AT THE HOME OF HIS
NIECE, MRS SAM ABBOT OF KANE. SERVICES WERE HELD AT BETHANY
BAPTIST CHURCH, INTERMENT AT LAX CEM. MR BURCH WAS BORN IN
GREENE CO, JAN 13, 1861. HIS WIFE PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH IN 1911.
HE LEAVES 1 BRO, HENRY BHURCH OF KANE.
DOCIE M BURGER, 87 YRS, 7 MO, 15 DAYS, A
RETIRED SCHOOL TEACHER, WAS BORN IN GREENE CO, 1880. SHE WAS A
DAU OF THE LATE ALFRED B & LYDIA (BAIRD) SIMMONS. FUNERAL
SERVICES WERE HELD AT Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in
Jerseyville. REV JOHN HENDERSON OF ALTON OFFICIATED AND
COMMITTAL SERVICES WERE HELD AT OAK GROVE CEM. FOR THE PAST 4
YRS, MRS BURGER HAD MADE HER HOME AT BLU FOUNTAIN MANOR. HER
SURVIVORS ARE 2 NEPHEWS, LEON AND LOYAL GIMMY OF WOOD RIVER. SHE
WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND, FREEMAN BURGER.
LLOYD DEAN BURGER, 92, DIED MAY 25, 1993, AT
JERSEY CARE CENTER IN JERSEYVILLE. HE WAS A FARMER NEAR
CARROLLTON AND ALSEY AND WORKED WITH THE SCOTT CO ROAD DIST FOR
10 YRS, RETIRING IN 1974. HE WAS A MEMBER OF ROCKBRIDGE BAPTIST
CHURCH. BORN IN ROCKBRIDGE ON MARCH 30, 1901, HE WAS A SON OF
STHE LATE JAMES & MINNIE (COONROD) BURGER. HE MARRIED HELEN
(RYAN) BURGER IN JERSEYVILLE SEPT 22, 1926. SHE SURVIVES. ALSO
SURVIVING ARE 3 SONS, GERALD BURGER OF CARROLLTON, DWIGHT BURGER
OF WAYNE CITY, AND WILLARD GLEN BURGER OF BASSVILLE, AR; 1 DAU,
BERNICE KESINGER OF WAVERLY; 13 GRANDCHILDREN; 13
G-GRANDCHILDREN; 3 G-G-GRANDCHILDREN; 1 BRO, RUSSELL BURGER OF
GREENFIELD; AND 3 SIS, ANNA PRUITT OF GREENFIELD, EDNA CORYELL
OF ALTON AND MABEL RYAN OF CARROLLTTON. 1 GRANDSON, 4 BRO AND 4
SIS PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH. VISITATION AND SERVICES WERE HELD AT
AIRSMAN-HIRES FUNERAL HOME IN CARROLLTON. REV BILL SMITH
OFFICIATED WITH BURIAL IN CARROLLTON CITY CEM.
MINNIE MAE BURGER, DIED [1942] AT THE HOME OF
HER DAU, MRS HENRY RYAN. FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD APR 21 AT
ROCKBRIDGE BAPTIST CHURCH, WITH REV F L CROUCH OFFICIATING AND
BURIAL IN WITT CEM. PALLBEARERS: A VERY PITXHFORD, MEADE
CANNEDY, JAMES PRUITT, ERIC CARNEY, HENRY RYAN AND BURL CLARK.
MRS BURGER WAS THE MOTHER OF 17 CHILDREN, 4 DYING IN INFANCY AND
1 DAU AT THE AGE OF 23. SHE WAS BORN AT ROCKBRIDGE AND AS A
SMALL CHILD WENT WITH HER PARENTS, THE LATE MR & MRS NEWPORT
COONROD, TO TX WHERE THEY LIVED FOR A FEW YRS AND ALSO IN THE
INDIAN TERRITORY. THEY RETURNED TO ILLINOIS BY COVERED WAGON
DRAWN BY OXEN, FORDING RIVERS AND CAMPING AT BY THE ROADSIDE.
TWO OF MRS BURGER'S SONS SERVED IN WW I AND SHORTLY BEFORE HER
DEATH SHE RECEIVED WORD THAT HER GRANDSON, VIRGIL LOUIS
PITCHFORD OF ROCKBRIDGE, SON OF MRS ARTIE PITCHFORD, WAS WITH
GENERAL MCARTHUR'S FORCES. IN ADDITION TO 12 CHILDREN MRS BURGER
IS SURVIVED BY 40 GRANDCHILDREN AND 7 G-GRANDCHILDREN.
Died - On the 30 of October 1869, at the residence of her
father, Thomas F. Chapman, Mrs. Mary F. Burke,
wife of James Burke, aged 23 years, 11 months and 12 days.
[Jersey County Democrat 30 Oct 1869]
William Burke, aged 75 years a long time
resident of Jerseyville, died Saturday evening at 5:20 o’clock
at his home on South Lafayette street, following a long illness.
He is survived by one brother, Michael Burke, of this city and
three sisters, Misses Annie and Margaret Burke of this city and
Mrs. Mary Daly of St. Louis.
Funeral services were conducted from the Holy Ghost Church on
Monday morning at 9:00 a.m. Requiem Mass was celebrated by Rev.
Father F. J. Lawler. Interment was in St. Francis Xavier’s
cemetery. [Jersey County News 10 Nov 1927]
ANN BURNETT, 80, OF ALTON, DIED [1984] AT
JERSEYVILLE CARE CENTER. BORN IN CHESTERFIELD, A DAU OF THE LATE
ALEX & MARY (MARSHALL) TAYLOR. SHE MARRIED BILL BURNETT, WHO
PRECEDED HER IN DEATH IN AUG 1967. SURVIVING ARE 4 DAU, CALRA
BELLE WOODS OF GODFERY, MILDRED KRAUSHAAR OF JERSEYVILLE AND
GEORGIA ABBOTT AND HAZEL ABBOTT, BOTH OF KANE; 3 SONS, WILLIAM
ADAMS OF JERSEYVILLE, HARRY "BUD" ADAMS OF ARIZONA AND BOBBY
ADAMS OF BATCHTOWN; 20 GRANDCHILDREN AND 27 G-GRANDCHILDREN.
VISITATION AND SERCVICES WERE HELD AT Jacoby Brothers Funeral
Home in Jerseyville. REV JAMES PEPPER OFFICIATED AND BURIAL WAS
IN OAK GROVE.
Funeral services for Charles Burnett aged,
71 years, who died at the home of his aunt, Mrs. Nancy Fones, in
Newbern Wednesday, March 26th, were held from the Newbern Church
Friday, March 28th, at 2:00 o’clock and interment was in the
Newbern Cemetery. [1930]
GOLDIE ANN BURNETT, 68, OF JERSEYVILLE DIED TUES AT ALTON MEM HOSP. VISITATION AND FINAL SERVICES WERE HELD
AT Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in Jerseyville. REV M EDWARDS
BREED OFFICIATED AND BURIAL WAS IN HARTFORD CEM. BORN DEC 15,
1902, IN GREENE CO, SHE WAS THE DAU OF FRANK & DELLA (CARTER)
CROSS. HER HUSBAND WAS THE LATE FRANK BURNETT. SURVIVORS ARE 1
SON, ERNEST F BURNETT OF JERSEYVILLE; 1 DAU, MRS EDWARD JANES OF
COLUMBUS, IN; 1 GRANDDAUGHTER; 3 SIS, MRS SAM WHITE OF
CARROLLTON, MRS JOSEPHINE ANGELO OF BLUFFS AND MRS ORVILLE
CARLTON OF MICHAEL; 2 STEP GRANDCHILDREN; 1 G-GRANDDAUGHTER; AND
4 STEP G-GRANDCHILDREN. HER PARENTS AND 2 BROTHERS PRECEDED HER
IN DEATH.
JESSIE A BURNETT, 67, OF JERSEYVILLE, DIED JAN
3, AT JERSEY COMM HOSP. SHE WAS BORN MARCH 30, 1918, IN ELDRED,
THE DAU OF THE LATE RUBEN & GEORGIA (TUCKER) BUSHNELL. SHE
MARRIED ERNEST BURNETTT JUNE 1, 1948, IN HARTFORD. SHE WAS A
QUALITY CONTROL INSPECTOR FOR OLIN CHEMICAL CORP FOR 40 YRS,
RETIRING IN 1983. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE EASTERN STAR AND THE
MOOSE, EAGLES AND AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARIES. SHE IS SURVIVED
BY HER HUSBAND ERNEST; 1 SON KENNETH WELLER OF JERSEYVILLE; 1
DAU SHIRLEY CLOSSER OF DRAKESVILLE, IA; 3 SIS, EVA RETHERFORD OF
JERSEYVILLE; CLARA GILBERT OF CARROLLTON AND MARY FRALEY OF
ANNABELLE, MO; 5 GRANDCHILDREN, AND 5 G-GRANDCHILDREN.
VISITATION AND SERVICES WERE FROM Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home
in Jerseyville. THE EASTERN STAR HELD A SPECIAL SERVICE. JAMES
PEPPER OFFICAITED AND BURIAL WAS IN OAK GROVE CEM.
M ANN BURNETT, 80, DIED OCT AT JERSEYVILLE CARE
CENTER. SHE WAS BORN MARCH 10, 1904 IN CHESTERFIELD TO THE LATE
ALEX & MARY (MARSHALL) TAYLOR. SHE MARRIED BILL BURNETT, WHO
DIED AUG, 1967. VISITATION AND SERVICES WEREHELD AT Jacoby Brothers
Funeral Home in Jerseyville. REV JAMES PEPPER OFFICIATED AND
BURIAL WAS IN OAK GROVE CEM. SURVIVING ARE 3 SONS, LWILLIAM
ADAMS, JERSEYVILLE, HARRY "BUD" ADAMS, AZ, AND BOBBY ADAMS OF
BATCHTOWN; 4 DAU, CLARA BELLE WOODS, GODFREY, MILDRED KRAUSHAAR,
JERSEYVILLE, GEORGIA ABBOTT AND HAZEL ABBOTT, BOTH OF KANE; 20
GRANDCHILDREN AND 27 G-GRANDCHILDREN.
WM G BURNETT, OF GREENFIELD, IL, FORMERLY OF
JERSEYVILLE, DIED [1918] AT HOT SPRINGS, ARK, WHERE HE AND HIS
WIFE WERE SPENDING THE WINTER. A PHONE MESSAGE INFORMED H S
DANIELS THAT THE FUNERAL WOULD BE HELD AT THE HOME OF THE
BURNETTS IN GREENFIELD. MR DANIELS, F D HELLER, AND T W KIRBY OF
JERSEYVILLE WILL ACT AS PALLBEARERS. FOR MANY YRS MR BURNETT WAS
IN THE DRY GOODS BUSINESS IN JERSEYILLE AND THEY HAD MANY
FRIENDS HERE.
DR W L BURNETT, L49, DIED [07-1891] AT HIS HOME
IN KANE, IL. FUNERAL FROM BAPTIST CHURCH IN KANE, UNDER AUSPICES
OF LUCIEN KING LOST, GAR, AND KANE CAMP MWA. REV CUNNINGHAM
OFFICIATED WITH BURIAL IN OAK GROVE CEM.
Last Tuesday, Henry Richter, in company with several others
who were searching for John Burns, who had been
missing for several days, found his body frozen in the ice just
a short distance below Bloom's Landing.
About a month ago his mind became deranged and while in that
state, he tried to take the life of George Emes, who is employed
by Henry Richter. A few weeks ago his friends missed him and
started to search for him. His wife, who is an invalid and has
been staying with her son south of Alton was summoned, and she,
in company with her son, broke open his door and found $1 and
his best clothes, and as he could not be found she returned with
her son. He was traced across the river and part of the way back
to where his body was found. He was almost beyond recognition
only that he always wore his hair long and around his shoulders,
and this was the only means to identify him. It is thought that
in a fit of insanity, he began wandering and fell through the
ice and being unable to get out, he froze and in this way met
his death. [04 Mar 1902]
LENA PAULINE BURNS, 42 YRS, 7 MO, 20 DAYS,
DIED AT THE HOME OF HER DAU, MRS JOSEPH MARCH, IN CARROLLTON, FEB 11,
AFTER A LONG ILLNESS. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD FROM THE
EVANGELICAL CHURCH IN JERSEYVILLE. REV L W PORTER OFFICIATED AND
INTERMENT WAS IN ST FRANCIS CEM. THE REMAINS WERE VIEWED AT THE
HOME OF HER MOTHER, MRS EMMA WURTH, JERSEYVILLE. MRS BURNS IS
SURVIVED BY 2 DAU, MRS MARCH OF CARROLLTON AND MISS MAURITA
BURNS; HER MOTHER EMMA WORTH, 2 SIS, MISSES G---IE AND CLARA
WURTH OF JERSEYVILLE AND 1 BRO, HENRY WURTH OF ----.
Forty Years Ago - Mrs. Margaret E. (Black) Burns
died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. E. E. Cameron, where she
had made her home during the past few years since the death of
her husband. She was a native of Pennsylvania and was aged 76
years. [17 Sep 1948]
Mrs. Melissa Burroughs, wife of the late Wm.
P. Burroughs, died August 11, at her residence in Greenfield –
aged 71 yrs. She was born in Addison County, Vt. In 1812 – and
moved to Greene County with her father, Everts Griswold in 1831.
Married Wm. P. Burroughs in 1832. Eight children were born, only
two of who are living – David H. Burroughs and Mrs. Lydia Jayne.
Burial in West Cemetery of the family burial lot. [Argus 18 Aug
1883]
PAUL W BURROWS, 79, FORMERLY OF JERSEYVILLE,
DIED JULY 4, AT ALTON MEM HOSP. HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE WILLIAM
& LUCY (SHAW) BURROWS. HE RETIRED AS MILLRIGHT FROM CARPENTER
UNION LOCAL 377, GRANITE CITY, AND WAS A MEMBER OF ST PATRICK
CATHOLIC CHURCH IN ALTON. SERVICES WERE HELD AT Jacoby Brothers
Funeral Home in Jerseyville. FATHER EDWARD C DOMME OFFFICIATING.
BURIAL WAS IN OAK GROVE CEM. SURVIVORS ARE HIS WIFE, LORETTA
(LINDSEY) BURROWS WHOM HE MARRIED NOV 26, 1964 IN ALTON; 3 SONS,
BILL OF ROCKBRIDGE, BOB OF ALTON AND RICHARD OF WOOD RIVER; 1
STEP SON, MICHAEL LINDSEY OF ALTON; 2 DAU, JUNE MEUTH OF
JERSEYVILLE AND DORIS TAYLOR OF BRIGHTON; 1 SIS, VERNA CUMMINGS
OF JERSEYVILLE; 11 GRANDCHILDREN AND NUMEROUS G-GRANDCHILDREN.
ADA BURWASH OF ROSSVILLE, COUSIN OF MRS
WILBUR ROWDEN OF THE KANE VICINITY,D APR 19 [1972] AT HOOPESTON
COMM MEM HOSP WHERE SHE HAD BEEN A PATIENT SINCE MARCH 20. SHE
WAS BORN IN JERSEYVILLE ON JAN 16, 1887, THE DAU OF HORACE &
ANNA (COMBS) MERSHON. SHE MARRIED MILO E BURWASH DEC 31, 1916.
SURVIVING ARE HER HUSBAND; DAU, MRS SARAH HODSHIRE OF PEORIA; 4
SONS, H M OF ALBUQUERQUE, NM, MILO OF PAXTON, ROBERT R OF
DALLAS, TX, AND DONALD E OF DANVILLE, 11 GRANDCHILDREN AND 4
G-GRANDCHILDREN. SERVICES WERE HELD AT CHRISMAN FUNERAL HOME IN
ROSSVILLE WITH REV ROBERT ROEDERER OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN
ROSSVILLE CEM.
GEORGE FREDERICK BUSCH, 70 YRS, 10 MOS, 1
DAY, PROMINENT RETIRED FARMER AND FORMER SUPERVISOR IN OTTER
CREEK TWSP, DIED MARCH 28, AT JERSEY COMM HOSP. HE HAD BEEN A
PATIENT FOR THE PAST 3 WKS. FRIENDS CALLED AT Jacoby Brothers
Funeral Home in Jerseyville. FINAL RITES WERE HELD AT METHODIST
CHURCH IN JERSEYVILLE MARCH 30. THE PASTOR, REV EARL DICKEY,
OFFICIATED AND INTERMENT WAS IN OTTERVILLE CEM. MR BUSCH WAS A
SON OF THE LATE SIEGEL F, & OTHILDA (BROCKMEYER) BUSCH AND WAS
BORN AT WOODVILLE IN GREENE CO MAY 27, 1888. HE CAME TO JERSY CO
AT THE AGE OF 5 AND SPENT ALL HIS LIFE ON THE SAME FARM. IN
ADDITION TO HIS FARMING INTERESTS, MR BUSCH SERVED A 4 YR TERM
AS SUPERVISOR FROM OTTER CREED TWSP, AND AT THE TIME OF HIS
DEATH WAS JUSTICE OF THE PEACE THERE. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE
METHODIST CHURCH. MR BUSCH MARRIED MABEL (FREDENBURG) JAN 7,
1909, AND THE COUPLE CELEBRATED THEIR GOLDEN WEDDING ANN JAN 11
AT THE METHODIST CHURCH, JERSEYVILLE. SURVIVING ARE HIS WIFE, 2
DAU, MRS KEARNEY (ALICE) DABBS AND MRS RAYMOND (IRENE) GERSON OF
FIELDON; 2 SONS HOWARD F BUSCH OF DOW AND VIRGIL BUSCH OF
JERSEYVILLE; 11 GRANDCHILDREN; 5 G-GRANDCHILDREN, 1 SIS, MRS
LLOYD MAGUIRE OF JERSEYVILLE AND 2 BRO, CARL BUSCH OF
JERSEYVILLE AND ROY BUSCH OF WARRENTON, MO. 1 DAU, RUTH ROWENA,
DIED IN INFANCY.
LOUISE A BUSCH, 77, OF BIRGHTON, DIED APR 23,
1988, AT ST JOSEPH HOSP, ALTON. SHE WAS BORN OCT 22, 1910 IN
JERSEY CO NEAR FIELDON TO THE LATE AUGUST & ELLA (ISRINGHAUSEN)
KRAUSE. SHE MARRIED HOWARD F BUSCH AUG 7, 1929, IN JERSEYVILLE;
HE DIED SEPT 16, 1987. SHE WAS A HOMEMAKER, A MEMBER AND PAST NOBLE
GRAND OF RUBY REBEKAH LODGE OF JERSEYVILLE NO 263, AND A MEMBER
OF ST JOHN UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST IN BRIGHTON. SURVIVORS ARE, 3
DAU, JUNE NIEHAUS OF ROSEWOOD HEIGHTS, JOANN SCHAAF OF BRIGHTON
AND DORENE NICKELS OF BRIGHTON; 1 SIS, IRENE KESSLER OF
JERSEYVILLE; 2 BRO, WILLIAM KRAUSE OF JERSEYVILLE AND ARTHUR
KRAUSE OF KANE; 9 GRANDCHILDREN AND 6 G-GRANDCHILDREN.
VISITATION AND THE RUBY REBEKAH CEREMONY WERE APR 25 AT Gubser
Funeral Home in Jerseyville, WHERE SERVICES WERE HELD WITH REV
HENRY LIPPERT OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN VALHALLA MEM PARK IN
GODFREY. Memorials may be given to ST JOHN UNITED CHURCH OF
CHRIST, BRIGHTON.
Jerseyan’s Sister Dies - Miss Matilda Busch,
76, of Woodville, sister of Stegel Busch of Jerseyville, died
Monday, July 23, in Jacksonville. The lady was taken to the
Kergher funeral parlor in Carrollton and short services will be
held at 2:30 p.m., Thursday, July 26, at the Busch cemetery
where interment will be made. [Jul 1934]
DANIEL A BUSHNELL, 78, DIED AT HIS HOME NEAR
ELDRED, FOLLOWING SEVERAL WKS ILLNESS. THE FUNERLA UNDER
DIRECTION OF MEHL & SON WAS HELD AT THE BAPTIST CHURCH IN
ELDRED, REV FRAZIER CONDUCTING. BURIAL WAS IN ELDRED CEM. D A
BUSHNELL WAS A SON OF HIRAM & JULIA BUSHNELL AND WAS BORN IN THE
ELDRED VICINITY AUG 21, 1863. THE GREATER PART OF HIS LIFE HAS
BEEN SPENT AS A FARMER IN ELDRED. IN 1889 HE MARRIED PACHIA
(GARRETT) SHE SURVIVES. ALSO SURVIVING ARE 1 DAU, MRS MELVIN
MARTIN; 2 GRANDCHILDREN AND 1 BRO, ORVILLE BUSHNELL.
Aged Eldred Lady Gone - Mrs. Walter Bushnell, Nearly 81
Elizabeth, wife of Walter Bushnell,
died last Thursday afternoon at 4 o’clock, at her home one mile
south of Eldred, aged 80 years, 11 months, 20 days. The funeral
service was conducted Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock, at the
Eldred church, by Rev. Wm. Gaither, and the burial was in Eldred
cemetery.
Mrs. Bushnell was a daughter of Silas and Mary Carpenter, and
was born Feb. 20, 1835, at Chillicothe, Ind. She married in 1857
to Walter Bushnell, and to them six children were born, of whom
three are living. They are Mrs. Douglas Hoots and Alvin Bushnell
of Eldred, and Chas. Bushnell of Roodhouse. She leaves also an
aged husband, one sister, Mrs. Almeda Garratt of Eldred, and two
brothers, Marcus Carpenter of Deerfield, Mo., and William
Carpenter of Sheldon, Mo.
Many years ago, while yet a girl in Kentucky, she became a
member of the Baptist church, and all who knew her loved her as
a warm-hearted, sympathetic friend.
David Bushnell of Mexico, Mo., Chas. Bushnell and family of
Roodhouse and Mrs. Rosa LeTour of St. Louis were among those
from out of town who attended the funeral. [Carrollton Patriot
1916]
THOMAS BUTLER, 88 YRS, 1 MO, 28 DAYS, DIED APR
29, AT WATSON NURSING HOME IN JERSEYVILLE. FUNERAL SERVICES WERE
HELD MAY 1, REV CARL BALDRIDGE, PASTOR OF KANE BAPTIST CHURCH,
OFFICIATED AND INTERMENT WAS IN KANE CEM. MR BUTLER WAS BORN IN
DELHI, IL, MARCH 1, 1868. HIS SURVIVORS ARE 2 SONS, GEORGE
BUTLER OF WOOD RIVER AND ANDREW BUTLER OF ALTON; 1 DAU, MRS
BERTHA PAVLEKIS OF ST LOUIS, AND 1 SIS, MRS ELLA FINDLEY OF
ALTON.
Irene Byland died Tuesday, July 13, 1993, at Boyd
Memorial Hospital in Carrollton.
Arrangements are pending at Airsman-Hires Funeral Home in Carrollton.
