OBITURARY
Wichita
Eagle 18 OCT 1947
BAILEY --- Funeral services for Mitchell
Franklin Bailey, age 51 of 1314 South Topeka, who
passed away October 15, 1947 in St. Louis, Mo., will be
conducted Sunday at 1:00 pm at Byrd-Snodgrass Funeral
home, Rev. John E. Lander of the Methodist church will
officiate. Pallbears will be Lloyd Sparr, Walter Inman,
Fred Wiese, John Muret, Louis West, William Higgins. Interment
will be at Perth Cemetery, Perth, Ks. (Sumner County)
THE EL DORADO
TIMES 4 APR 1939
Mrs. Giletta Bailey Apel, of Wichita,
daughter of W.L. Bailey, of El Dorado, died last night
in Wesley Hospital at Wichita following an illness of
three weeks. She was 38 years old. Mrs. Apel, a former
El Doradoan, resided here many years but left El Dorado
about 14 years ago to go to California. She resided there
until two years ago when she moved to Wichita. Mrs Apel
was born in Barry County, Mo., on November 21, 1901 but
came to Butler Co. with her parents when she was four
years old. The former El Dorado Woman was a member of
the Christian Church. Surviving besides her father, are:
a brother, Mitchell, of Wichita, and two sisters, Mrs.
Thelma Simpson, of Wichita, and Mrs. Charles Brumback,
of El Dorado. Funeral services will be held at the Byrd
Funeral Home here Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock, and
interment will be made in Belle Vista Cemetery.
OBITUARY(S)
of ISAAC WILSON
WICHITA EAGLE 23 JUN 1928
Isaac Wilson Passes. Isaac Wilson, 83,
a ward of the First National Bank, died last night at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. A.C. Mullins, 1105 North Poplar
Ave., where he lived for the past year and a half. Mr.
Wilson lived at Eureka many years where he was a member
of the Brotherhood Presbyterian Church and the Knights
of Pythias Lodge. But one relative, a daughter, Mrs. Alice
Boyle of Kansas City, had been located last night by the
Downing Mortuary.
25 JUNE 1928 EUREKA HERALD
Isaac Wilson ran a blacksmith shop
in Eureka died Friday June 22, 1928 at his home in Wichita
at the age of 83 years of a stroke. Will be buried in
Eureka on Monday June 25, 1928. Born in Greenville, Ohio
on the 23rd of August, 1844. His wife died in 1876 and
daughter Florence in 1910.
His survivors are daughter Adah of Chicago,
Ill., Alice of K.C., Mo., Stella of Wichita - - 3 sisters,
including Mrs. Al Frazier, Eureka, and one Brother. Came
to Eureka in 1874 from Ohio (Iowa according to 1875 Kansas
Census) and moved to Wichita several years ago.
EUREKA HERALD 25 JUN 1928
I. Wilson Passes Away in Wichita. Isaac
Wilson, who for many years ran a blacksmith shop in
Eureka, died Friday at his home in Wichita following a
stroke of Apoplexy. He was 84 years of age at the time
of his death. He was brought to Eureka for burial and
funeral services were held this afternoon at the Greenwood
Chapel. Interment in Greenwood Cemetery.
EUREKA HERALD 28 JUN 1928
Isaac Wilson was born in Greenville,
Ohio, 23 August, 1844, and died in Wichita, Kansas, 22
June, 1928, at the age of 83 years and 10 months. He lost
his wife in 1876 (1877) and a daughter, Florence, in 1910.
He is survived by three other daughters, Adah of Chicago,
Ill., Alice of Kansas City, Mo., and Stella of Wichita;
also three sisters and two brothers. One sister, Mrs.
Al Frazier, lives in Eureka. He came to Eureka in 1874
from Ohio (1875 State Census indicated moved from Iowa)
and lived here until he moved to Wichita several years
ago. He was a member of the K.P. lodge joining in Nov.
1882. This lodge had charge of services at the chapel
at the cemetery Monday June, 25. Burial was by the side
of his wife in Eureka Cemetery. Funeral was conducted
by Rev. L.T. Faulders.
EUREKA
HERALD (Wednesday) 6 FEB 1878
Mrs. Samuel Wilson, aged about 50
years died about sun-up last Monday morning and was buried
yesterday evening. She leaves a husband and several children
to morn her departure who have the full sympathy of the
community.
EUREKA HERALD (Thursday) 7 FEB 1878
Mrs. S. Wilson of this place, died
last Sunday morning and was buried on Monday.
EUREKA PIONEER
MOTHER PASSES
Frances Caroline Wilson, daughter
of Samuel and Delila Wilson, was born in Tippiecanoe,
Layfette County, Indiana, October 24, 1861, and departed
this life March 10, 1949, at her home 414 North Elm St.
at the age of 87 years, four months and 16 days.
She came to Kansas with her parents in a
covered wagon in the year of 1873. On Jul 5, 1880, she
was united in marriage to Albert Frazier at Emporia, Kansas.
To this union were born five children.
Those who preceded her in death were her
husband; one daughter Zelma, at the age of four years;
six sisters and six brothers. Those who survive her are
two sons, Arthur and Fred of Eureka; two daughters, Mrs.
Chas. Delacour of La Habra, California and Mrs. Gladys
Wilson of Wichita; Five grandchildren, Mrs. Frances Mahskanoff,
Long Beach, California; Betty Lou Brumback, Eureka; Virginia
Lee Crane, Wichita; Geraldine Gackstetter and Albert Delacour,
La Habra, Calif.; and one half-brother, Clarence Wilson,
Okmulgee, Oklahoma; and seven great grandchildren.
She was past Noble Grand of the Silver Leaf
Rebekah Lodge. When this lodge surrendered its charter,
she joined the Eastwood Rebekah Lodge 557.
Mrs. Frazier was a charter member of the
Women's Relief Corps. She was a member of the Elm Street
Baptist Church and was an active worker as long as her
health permitted.
Grandma Frazier, as she was often remembered
was very interested in her yard, watching as each spring
drew nigh for the flowers she tended and cared. As long
as she was able she was engaged in fancy needlework and
crocheting. She was very interesting in her conversations
of the recollections of pioneer days and her faithfulness
to her church and Sunday school. She will be remembered
in her last days as she went to the final resting place
by the pleasant smile on her face.
Funeral service was held from the Baird
Funeral Home Saturday, March 12, at 2:30 pm with Rev.
R.R. Schaechtele in charge. Interment was in Greenwood
Cemetery.
OBITUARY
of GEORGE WILSON
Last Saturday while enroute to the home
of his daughter, Mrs. Carl Slavig, near Duncan and accompanied
by Mrs. Wilson, Geo. Wilson whose home is one half mile
south of Nash, fell dead in a restaurant at Marlow, ten
miles this side of Duncan where he had gone for lunch,
the train having been delayed at that point.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson left Enid that morning
in good spirits and health enroute to spend Christmas
season with their daughter and her family but when the
train was delayed, so late they decided to get a lunch,
and for that purpose Mr. Wilson left the train and went
to a nearby restaurant in Marlow. He had purchased the
lunch and started to the door when a stranger spoke to
him and the two felt they had met before. They had each
introduced himself and were shaking hands when Mr. Wilson
fell breathing but a few times after he fell.
Funeral services were held last Thursday
at the Christian Church conducted by Rev. Tyler of the
Baptist Church where Mr. Wilson was recently converted.
Nash (Okla.) News. The report of Mr. Wilson's death as
given in last week's paper is somewhat different from
the above account. The particulars were not known and
our reporter wrote the account of his death on information
which was supposed to be authentic at the time it was
given to us.
OBITUARY
of SAMUEL WILSON
Samuel Wilson, The oldest resident
of Eureka, died at his home in southeast Eureka Wednesday
morning, July 9, 1913, after a long and tedious illness
of several months' duration. Mr. Wilson was born at Claremount,
Ohio, March 13, 1820, and was at the time of his death
93 years, 3 months and 26 days.
He was married to Delilah Moyer of Darke
County, Ohio. To this Union 13 children were born, six
of whom are living: Isaac Wilson of Eureka, James Wilson
of El Dorado, George Wilson of Nashville, Okla., Mrs.
Melissa Daniel of Cleveland, Ohio, William G. Wilson of
Saskatchewan, Canada and Mrs. Frances Frazier of Eureka,
Kans., Wive of Mr. A. Frazier.
In 1865 Mr. Wilson moved his family to Indiana,
where they lived after the Civil War, removing from there
to Illinois, where they lived until 1873, when they came
to Kansas and lived on what is know known as the Hicklebridge
farm five years, moving to Eureka in 1878, and working
at his trade, that of wagon maker, for many years, giving
up active work when compelled to do so by the infirmities
of advancing years. Soon after moving to Eureka his first
wife died. In 1881 he was united in marriage to Mrs. Rose
Rash. To them one son was born, Clarence Wilson of Okfuska,
Okla. December 25, 1889
Mr. Wilson, was married to Mrs. Elsa Short,
who survives him. Mrs. Wilson has one son, John Shot of
Reece, Kans., and two grandchildren Mrs. Glen Miller and
Willie Preston of Eureka, children of her daughter, Mrs.
Pearl Shot Preston, who died a few weeks ago.
Funeral services were held at the residence
in east Eureka Thursday afternoon at 3:00, conducted by
Rev. Gillette of the Christian church. Burial was made
in Greenwood cemetery.
SUSAN E.
BRUMBACK
El Dorado Times 13 February 1937
Mrs. Susan Elisabeth Allphin Brumback, whose death
occurred Wednesday night at her home in Brainerd, after
she had been ill a few days with influenza, had a rare
alertness of mind, excellent health and she filled her
99 years with gracious usefulness. During a 67 years of
residence in Western Butler County, she was active in
church, school, and other community affairs, and never
was happier than when performing a service for her family,
or for the ill or unfortunate. And her sincere devotion
to her friends was reciprocated. Plans were being made
for the observance of Mrs. Brumback one hundredth birthday
anniversary, which would have been March 1. Her daughter
last week had placed an order with a confectioner for
a large cake to hold 100 candles, Thelma Marsh of New
York City and Chicago, had written that she was sending
a cake decorated with 100 birthday candles of the event.
An omnivorous reader and a student of world affairs and
politics all her life, Mrs. Brumback's foremost thought
as a young mother, was education of her sons and daughters,
most of whom became lawyers and teachers. A granddaughter
of Peter Brumback who served through out the Revolutionary
War and whom, as a small girl, she visited when he owned
slaves and lived in Kentucky. Mrs. Brumback had a background
of patriotism. She was born March 1, 1837, the daughter
and Reuben Mansfield and Susan (Brumback) Allphin. Her
father and her brother William, were in the war the Mexico.
Her husband Oliver Hazard Perry Brumback, organized a
company in Schuyler County, Ill., which was mustered into
service as Company F, 119th Regiment Illinois Infantry,
with which he served as first lieutenant in the Civil
War, and four of her grandsons served in the World War.
Mrs. Brumback maternal grandmother was Mrs. Elisabeth
Lee Simpson Brumback, who was born in Fauquier County,
Va., in 1767. Her paternal grandmother, Mrs. Letita Clarkson
Allphin, of Irish descent5, was born in Orange County,
Va. Her paternal great grandmother was born in France.
After the Civil War, Oliver H. P. Brumback was a merchant
in Huntsville, Ill., until May 1870, when he and Mrs.
Brumback and their six children journeyed in a covered-wagon
from Illinois to Kansas, through El Dorado and Towanda,
which then was the only town in Western Butler County.
In Milton Township they staked a claim on which they lived
forty years. The five pioneering couples in that section
of the county when the Brumbacks arrived were Mr. and
Mrs. Amos Adams, Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Moore, Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Adams, Mr. and Mrs. James Jones and Mr. and Mrs.
William J. McCraner. As a girl Mrs. Brumback was a Cumberland
Presbyterian, but as no church of that denomination existed
in her community in the this county of some time, she
became a Methodist. She read the Bible carefully and thoroughly,
almost daily. Her interest in the Book and her religious
faith never wavered. She taught Sunday School classes
and delighted in a sermon. Mrs. Brumback was the mother
of eleven children, of whom the two surviving are Austin
Mansfield Brumback, who was a member of the first class
of University of Kansas Lawrence, and Mrs. Grace Haskins
of Cushing, Okla. After her own children were grown, Mrs.
Brumback took into her home three small grandchildren
when their parents died, and gave to them as generously
as she had given to her own, her tenderest care and affection.
Her keen sense of humor, wide information, innate brightness
of spirit and dignity were some of the fine qualities
which made her presence an inspiration.
The ELDORADO
TIMES 13 FEB 1933
Funeral services for Mrs. Isaac Essex, (Margaret
Emma Bailey) who died at her home, 926 West 5th
Ave., Friday, were held at the Byrd Funeral Home yesterday
afternoon with Rev. Fred W. Condit, pastor of the Christian
Church, officiating. A large crowdof friends and relatives
attended the services to pay their last respects. Pallbears
were: Mrs. C.C. Bailey, Mrs. Glen Bailey, Mrs. Oma Rice,
Mrs. Ray Shuman, Miss Fern Shuman, and Mrs. Earl Essex.
Intermant was in Belle Vista Cemetery.
OBITUARY
GEORGE W. WILMOTH
George W. Wilmoth passed away at
the family home January 5, 1950 at the age of 86 years,
2 months and 1 day. He was born in Texas November 4, 1863.
The son of Billy and Emmaline Wilmoth, and moved with
his parents to this vicinity when a small child. In the
year 1887 he was united in marriage to Margaret Mariah
Johnson, who proceeded him in death May 10, 1944. To this
union one son and three daughters were born, all of whom
survive. Namely, Elmer W. Wilmoth, Miss Dollie Wilmoth,
Mrs. Falvie Jones, Mrs Violet Van Bidder, all of near
Decatur. There are eleven grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren
also one brother Mack Wilmoth, Beaver, Oklahoma, and a
host of nephews and nieces. Mr. Wilmoth was Falling Springs
oldest pioneer resident as well as oldest known Wilmoth.
He has spent practically all of his life here. He had
resided 62 years on the same farm. In accordance with
his usual sound judgment and forethought for his loved
ones, he recently disposed of his real estate holdings.
Although not affiliated with any religious organization,
he upheld and supported the principals and tenets of the
Christian religion and anxiously awaited release from
his body to the reward of an ever loving heavenly Father.
He was honest, upright and sober, a man slow to speak
but always with words of wisdom and understanding. He
did what he thought was right and expected the same from
others. He was more than a good neighbor, a kind husband
and a loving father. He was an example of good citizenship,
long to be remembered, a worthy pattern of youth of today.
The EL DORADO
TIMES 20 SEP 1950
Mrs. Katie Bailey Shuman, 75, 513
South Star died at Norton at 10 o'clock last night. Death
followed a long illness. Born in Missouri on April 17,
1875, she came to Butler Co. at the age of 7. In 1903,
she moved to Buffalo, Ok. for a 13 year residence, and
then moved near Rosalia. About a year later she came to
El Dorado and has been a resident since. She was married
to Marion Wilson Shuman on April 4, 1898, in El Dorado.
He died in 1933/ Surviving are three sons, LeRoy Shuman,
Belle Plaine, Frank Shuman, Wilmington, Calif., and Kenneth
Shuman, Lynwood, Calif., two daughters, Mrs. P.E. Ford,
424 South Summit and Mrs. Vic. Angle, 609 South Denver;
8 grandchildren, and a great granddaughter. Another daughter
Mrs. Vivian Gratten died in 1942. Byrd Funeral Home.
THE RUSHVILLE
TIMES 10 SEP 1880
Mrs. Aleshires of Burnsides, formerly Miss
Jessie Brumback of this place died Saturday of
last week (Huntsville).
OBITUARIES
FOR THE YEAR 1885 RUSHVILLE, ILLINOIS
Brumback, Mrs. Ann E. -- Died Tuesday
morning, March 17th, 1885, Mrs. Ann E. Brumback, of Huntsville,
in the seventy-sixth year of her age. She was born in
Jefferson County, Kentucky, July 21st, 1809, was married
to Peter W. Brumback, October 6, 1829, and in 1865 they
took a journey which landed them in Illinois, wherein
has been their abode until death. She survived her husband
seventeen years, and was the mother of twelve children,
seven of which live to mourn the loss of an affectionate
and godly mother. She was a member of the M.E. Church
in 1825, in which profession she has ever since lived
as becomes a true and faithful Christian. Her last words
were "Jesus is with me." She supported intense suffering
until the last hour when she went gently to sleep to awake
in the City of Life.
| Sweetest thought the Christian has, |
| Though quick the change of life. |
| To him 'tis peace eternal, |
| To the wicked endless strife. A Friend |
OBITUARY
of WILLIAM GAIL WILSON
William Gail Wilson, son of Samuel
and Delia Wilson, was born in Darke County, Ohio, January
31, 1854, died at Eureka, Kansas, at the home of his
sister, Mrs. Al Frazier, august 28, 1931, at the age
of 77 years, 6 months and 27 days. He came to Kansas
with his parents September 19, 1872. After coming to
Kansas he located at Eureka where the reminder of his
life was spent, with the exception of twelve years he
spent in Canada. Returning from Canada, he made his
home with his sister, Mrs. Al Frazier.
He leaves to morn his loss, two sisters,
Mrs. Al Frazier of Eureka, and Malissa Daniel of Cleveland,
Ohio: one brother, James Wilson, of El Dorado, Kansas,
also a host of nephews and nieces. Funeral service was
conducted at the Baptist church by Rev. A.M. Horan,
Sunday, August 29.
Interment in Greenwood cemetery. Eureka
Herald ---- August 31, 1931
EUREKA
MESSENGER NUMBER 51
LT. BRUMBACK KILLED (Charles Edward
Brumback). Mrs. Betty Lou Brumback Received Message
that He Was Killed April 19, 1944 Was Navigator on B-17
Flying Fortress in European War Area When Killed.
LEAVES 10-MONTH-OLD TWINS
Lieut. Charles E. Brumback, 23, who was
reported missing in action on April 25, 1944, is now reported
to have been killed in action on April 19, 1944, in the
European war area, according to a message received Saturday
morning by his wife, Mrs. Betty Lou Brumback, from the
United States War Department. The message stated that
the report had come from the German government through
the International Red Cross, and also said a letter would
follow.
Mrs. Brumback and twin daughters, Linda
Lou and Sandra Sue, are residing with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. A.W. Frazier, 509 N. School, Eureka.
Lt. Brumback was born in El Dorado on September
29, 1920, son of Mr. and Mrs., Charles B. Brumback. He
attended the El Dorado schools, and graduated from the
high school in 1938, and from the Junior College in 1940.
He received his certificate as a Civilian
Pilot in June, 1941, after completing a course taught
by Ermin White in El Dorado.
On May 23, 1942, he was married to Miss
Betty Lou Frazier of Eureka, after enlisting in the Army
Air Corps on April 1, 1942. He received his training at
various flying centers, and was commissioned a second
lieutenant and received his wings at the Army Air Force
Navigation School in Monroe, La., on November 13, 1943.
He was serving as a navigator on a B-17 Flying Fortress
when he was killed.
Besides his wife and twin daughters, now
ten month old, he is survived by his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles B. Brumback, of El Dorado; a brother, Oscar
Brumback, who is a chemical engineer with the DuPont Powder
Company in New Jersey; and two sisters, Barbara Jean and
Betty Jane, of El Dorado.
Mrs. Brumback graduated from the Eureka
high school with the class of 1938 and later took a course
in nurse's training in the Allen Memorial Hospital in
El Dorado.
BEDA OPAL
LOTTIE MAUREEN WILMOTH WOODS CASE BURRIS
Almost everyone called her Opal. I called
her Grandma. Anyone who knew Opal will attest to her love
of family. She always wanted to do more for her loved
ones; they were satisfied just to call her Mom, Grandma
or Friend. Grandma is the person who sparked my desire
to know more about my ancestry. I guess it was because
she knew so little about hers.
Born in Decatur, Benton County, Arkansas,
the 19th of September 1897. She was the youngest of five
daughters born to Moncher Carl Wilmoth and Mary Frances
Vaden. When Grandma was almost two years old, her father
and a sister died in a cholera epidemic. Her mother, who
was sick with tuberculosis, took the children to Maple
City, Kansas, to be with family. Grandma's mother died
in Maple City only five months after her father. Sarah
Jane (Vaden) Woods, Grandma's aunt, was awarded legal
guardianship of the four orphan girls.
Life for the Wilmoth children was tough,
but they came from "tough" stock. Grandma's great grandfather,
William Hicks Wilmoth, was known as "the best fighter
in Alabam." The sisters gradually split and went to live
with various families. Grandma ended up living with the
Case family. She kept in touch with her sisters through
a "round-robin" letter. There was always so much work
and so little free time, that visits with her sisters
were rare, but special.
Grandma married Lawrence Wesley Burris.
"Wes" was a widower with three small children, Lawrence
Jay, Clyde Alfred and Sarah Susanna. The family was increased
by three when Bradley Hale, Worthy Eldred and Leonard
Sylvester were born to Wes and Opal. It took a very special
person to keep up with a girl and five boys.
Grandma was with us for 94 years, 3 months
and 8 days. She is with the Lord today, but her memory
continues to live in each of us.
(Written by Gary W. Burris the evening
before her funeral and read by the preacher at her service)
OBITUARY of
JAMES M. WILSON
James Murdock Wilson, 78, 508 Sharpville,
died at his home at 4:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon after
an illness of four years. He had been seriously sick a
week. Born August 18, 1869, at Tusco, Ill., Mr. Wilson
came to El Dorado from Emporia in 1911. For many years
he operated the Jim Wilson Transfer Company here and retired
from business a few years ago when he sold the firm to
a grandson, Glenn Richardson.
Before coming to El Dorado Mr. Wilson lived
at Emporia and Eureka, arriving at the latter place with
his parents when he was a child. He was married to Ida
May Thomlinson on July 4, 1892, at Eureka.
Survivors include his wife, two daughters,
Mrs. Elmer Richardson and Mrs. J.H. Lackey, both of El
Dorado; a son, Thurlow E. Wilson also of El Dorado; a
sister, Mrs. Al Frazier, Eureka, five grand-children and
eight great-grandchildren. A son, Walter Wilson, died
at Fort Sill, Okla., during the first World War and a
daughter Verta, died in infancy. Funeral services will
be announced later through the Byrd Funeral Home.
OBITUARY
of GEORGE FRAZIER
GEORGE FRAZIER DEAD. George Frazier,
for over thirty years a prominent citizen of Greenwood
County, died of heart failure Tuesday, at 11:35 p.m.,
at his home at Toronto, aged 68 years. George and Al Frazier
came to Kansas from Melvin, Iowa, in March 1872, and took
up a homestead in Butler County where they lived for five
years, moving to Eureka in 1877.
After about fifteen years of town living
George Frazier bought a farm several miles east of Eureka
and has resided there until two years ago, when he moved
to his late home at Toronto.
He is survived by a wife and four children,
Bert and George, of Toronto, Mrs. Belle Steel, of Toronto,
and Mrs. Mary Dixon, of Springfield, Mo., and his brother
Al of Eureka.
Funeral services, conducted by Rev. G.H.
Clymer, were held this afternoon at 2 o'clock from the
Presbyterian church of Toronto and Burial was in the Toronto
cemetery.
Eureka Herald -- March 24, 1911 FRAZIER
DIED
G.W. Frazier died very suddenly at his home
at Toronto, Tuesday, March 21st, at eleven o'clock p.m.
at the age of 67 years. He had been suffering from an
attack of the grippe but was not considered seriously
ill, when his condition suddenly became alarming and he
died in a short time.
He was an old settler, having lived in Eureka
until about twenty years ago, and engaged in blacksmithing
under the firm name of Frazier and Reed, when he sold
his business here and bought a farm in Pleasant Grove
township, where he lived until about three years ago,
when he moved to Toronto and resided there until his death,
last Tuesday. He was an old soldier and served his country
well in time of need.
His wive and four children survive him,
Mrs. Belle Steel, of Toronto; Mrs. Mary Dixon, of Springfield,
Mo., Bert Frazier, who lives in Utah, and G.W. Frazier
Jr., of Toronto. His death came as a great shock to the
family who were unprepared for the sudden blow. They have
the sympathy of their many friends in their bereavement.
Eureka Herald - Thursday, March 30, 1911
Obituary Frazier - George W. was born in
Janesville, Ohio, March 1, 1845, and died in Toronto,
Kansas, March 21, 1911, age 69 years and 21 days. He sailed
from New York to San Francisco in '61, where he enlisted
in the 2nd California Cavalry and served until the end
of the war. When mustered out he settled at Malcolm, Iowa.
Here he was united in marriage to Alma Brown, September
26, 1868. The next year he journeyed to Butler County,
Kansas, and took up a homestead near El Dorado. In 1871
he moved to Eureka, Kansas, and lived there until 1878
when he removed, by wagon, to Canon City, Colorado, living
there until 1883 when he again returned to Eureka, Kansas,
where he was engaged in blacksmithing until he moved to
his farm. In 1908, he sold the farm and moved to Toronto,
Kansas, where he lived at the time of his death. He leaves
a wife, a brother, Al Frazier, of Eureka, Kansas, and
four children, Mrs. Wm. Steele and Geo. B. Frazier, of
Toronto, Kans., H.V. Frazier, of Hanna, Utah, and Mrs.
A.J. Dixon, of Springfield, Mo., and nine grandchildren
to mourn his death. To our neighbors and friends we wish
to express our deepest thanks for your help and sympathy
in our recent and sudden bereavement.
OBITUARY of NANCY A. FRAZIER
Deceased, Mrs. Nancy A. Frazier,
beloved wife of Albert Frazier on the 24th year of her
age. Mrs. Frazier was a native of North Carolina, but
has for several years resided in Eureka. On last New Year's
day she united in marriage with Mr. Frazier. She was affectionate
daughter and devoted wife, and was much esteemed by her
friends and neighbors. She became deeply interested on
the subject of religion more than a year ago, and those
who knew her most intimately believe her to be a sincere
Christian. She had intended uniting with the Church but
was hindered by feeble health. A large concourse of relatives
and friends attended the funeral service, which were conducted
in the Congregational Church.
Eureka Herald -- Nov. 1, 1877
Mrs Frazier had been sick for sometime,
but only recently called a physician, no serious symptoms
having been made manifest until a few days ago. (From
the week before the obituary)
OBITUARY
of ZELMA FRAZIER
DIED - ZELMA FRAZIER At the home
of the family, this city, Sunday, August 19, 1894, from
typhoid fever, Zelma, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Albert W. Frazier, aged 4 years 3 months and 6 days. Little
Zelma, a sweet and lovable child, was born May 13, 1890.
She was her father's pet and her mother's joy. All loved
her, and she was worthy of the love of all. It will be
long before the stricken hearts are reconciled. The funeral
services, conducted by Rev. G.W. Stafford, were held at
the family residence, Monday morning, at 10 o'clock. Interment
in Greenwood.
OBITUARY
of MARCUS D. LaFAYETTE KIMBERLIN
Died on Sunday morning, March 18th, 1888,
at his residence in Plum Grove Township, Marcus D.
Lafayette Kimberlin, of pneumonia. The deceased who
lived to the age of 68 years has been a resident of this
country for a number of years. He was highly respected
by all of his neighbors as an honest upright citizen and
a kind neighbor. There are 7 children to mourn his departure
from this life to the life beyond. The remains were entred
in the Halderman Cemetery on Tuesday afternoon.
Obituary
of Nathan Brumback
"On Friday the favorable news came from
Newton that Nathan Brumback had satisfactorily
undergone an operation, and was doing well but on Saturday
came the sad intelligence of his death. His trouble was
stricture of the bowels, and the complaint an old one,
although his last illness began only about two weeks ago.
Nathan Brumback was born in 1846 and spent
his early days in Kentucky. At about sixteen he joined
the Kentucky home guards, and did much service during
the war of the rebellion, but was never mustered into
the regular army, and consequently was not granted a pension.
He came to Kansas in the late 1860's and first located
on the Whitewater and later on the place where he last
week left his home and family, never to return to them.
Financially he was always a poor man, and
no doubt, he and his family passed through many hardships.
In his last illness, however, he had a helpful friend
in F.A. Wells, who has paid all the expenses.
The remains were laid to rest at Florence
Sunday afternoon and the funeral was in charge of the
Masons, of which order he was a member in good standing."
Obituary of Ann(a) Elizabeth
(Estes) Brumback
"Died on Tuesday morning, March 17,1885,
Mrs. Anna E. Brumback of Huntsville, in the seventy-sixth
year of her age. She was born in Jefferson County, Kentucky,
July 21st, 1809; was married to Peter W. Brumback, October
6th, 1829, and in 1865 they took a journey which landed
them in Illinois, wherein has been their abode until death.
She survived her husband seventeen years, and was a mother
of twelve children, seven of which live to morn the loss
of an affectionate and godly mother. She was made a member
of the M.E. Church in 1825, in which profession she has
ever since lived as becomes a true and faithful Christian.
Her last words were "Jesus is with me." She supported
intense suffering until the last hour, when she went gently
to sleep to awake in the City of Life. Sweetest thought
the Christian has, Though quick the change of life. To
Him 'tis peace eternal, To the wicked endless strife."
ELK CITY ENTERPRISE
FRIDAY MARCH 18, 1892
Peter Kolb died at home 3 or 4 miles
SW of town Wednesday morning March 16th aged 59 years.
Born in Germany 1833, emigrated 27 years ago. Funeral
at the Kolb home today.
THE EUREKA
HAROLD JULY 22, 1875
There were two deaths by lightning in this
County during the storm Saturday night. A man named Banks
was killed near the Flint Ridge. He had taken refuge in
a barn, which was struck. The other man was named Culp
(Kolb), and lived near Charleston. Two brothers were in
the same bed when the house was struck. One was killed,
the other stunned, but he soon recovered. (This is
Jacob Kolb, brother of Adam Kolb)
ARKANSAS GAZETTE
JUN 17, 1947
O. R. Renfroe, age 72 years, 5120
Centrell Road died in a Little Rock hospital Monday morning.
He was a retired hotel manager, Spanish American war veteran,
and a member of John T. Faley CAmp # 20, Elks, Calvary
Baptist Church and Son s of Confederate Veterans. Survivors:
wife, Nora, son John H. Renfroe; daughter, Mrs. L. P.
Claxton, all of Little Rock, three sisters Mrs. George
Cunningham, Jacksonville, Mrs. Arthur Frazier, Eureka,
Ks, and Mrs Lee Laster, Los Angles, Calif. Burial in National
Cemetery.
OBIT--DATED 13 JUNE, 1927
Mrs. Viola Brumback Kinney of Brainerd,
died a 9 o'clock last night in Bethel Hospital at Newton,
succumbing to an illness of several weeks. Funeral arraignments
had not been completer this morning. Mrs. Kinney, who
was sixty-five years of age, was born in Butler County
and attended the _____ normal institutes held in El Dorado.
She taught school before her marriage. Mrs. Kinney is
survived by Mr. Kinney and three sons, Olin of Webb City,
Mo., and Oliver and Edgar Kinney of Colorado Springs,
Co.; her mother S. E. Brumback of Brainard, and two brothers
and sister, Austin Brumback of Los Angles; Ernest Brumback
of Newton, and Mrs. George Haskins of Cushing, Ok.. Since
Mrs. Kinney's illness became serious her sons, brothers
and sister have been with her. All have been at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Brumback, of Newton to be near Mrs.
Kinney and also her mother Mrs. S. E. Brumback, who has
been in the Bethel Hospital the past month recovering
from a broken hip. Mrs. Kinney was widely known in Butler
County, although she had lived in other parts of the state
and in other states a large part of the time since her
marriage. In Wellsville, her home of many years she was
active in the Presbyterian Church and club circles, and
while there devoted some time to writing, her articles
appearing in the Woman's Home Companion and other publications.
ARKANSAS
BAPTIST, LITTLE ROCK, ARK
DECEMBER 18, 1890
Renfroe--Cary Kathleen, infant daughter
of J. S. and Kate Renfroe, departed this life November
28, 1890. She was born at Alma, Crawford county, Arkansas,
April 21, 1890. Little Kathleen was the youngest of eight
children, and the idol of father, mother, brothers, and
sisters, but the fairest flower has been snatched away,
and eyes have been made to weep, but may the God of Mercy,
"who doeth all things well" abide with the sorrow-stricken
parents, and enable them to say, "not my will, but Thine
be done." She has gone to be with the angels. Such a little
break in the sod! So tiny to be a grave! Oh, how can I
render so soon to God, the beautiful gift he gave! Escaped
earth's thorns and harms, the only path she has trod is
that which leads from the Mother's arms into the arms
of God. "The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away; blessed
be the name of the Lord." Clara E. Wilson , Alma, Ark.
Mr. J. S. Renfroe has made a good record as sergeant-at-arms
in the house. He has been constant in attendance, never
missing a message from the senate or governor, and if
he had, under orders, to rush members a little he soon
thereafter handed around a box of cigars to so soothe
any possible irritation. Mr. Renfroe was born in MIssissippi
so he grew up just in time to be ripe for food for powder.
He enlisted in the Ninth Mississippi infantry, re-enlisted
in Wirt Adams' Cavalry, and was seriously wounded in the
line of duty. After the war he became a merchant, went
into farming in Tennessee in 1871, and came to Arkansas
ten years later, engaging in farming in Crawford county.
He has recently been in ;the real-estate business and
is aiding to bring from the north and elsewhere men to
develop the resources of the grand old state of Arkansas.
