“Henry B. Ruel, 66, of 731 Fourth street, president of the board of Scioto county commissioners, was fatally hurt Monday afternoon when he fell 20 feet from a ladder in a barn on his Raven Rock farm. Mr. Ruel fell about 4 PM and died in Portsmouth General hospital at Continue Reading
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Death of Mrs. C.C. Hyatt
“Elizabeth Taylor Hyatt, wife of CC Hyatt, died Sunday evening at ten minute before six o’clock, after a lingering illness, aged 79 years, 5 months and 12 days. She was a patient sufferer, looking forward to a better life with a Christian hope. She born in Maryland, near Baltimore, May Continue Reading
The Obituary of Mrs. Dora B. McAllister
“Mrs. Dora B. McAllister, 1530 Robinson avenue, died at 8 AM today at her home following an illness since last August. She had been bedfast a week and her death was attributed to complications.” “She was born in Greenup county, a daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Clutts Hornbuckle. She came Continue Reading
The Death of CC Hyatt
“Thomas T. Yeager received a telegram Wednesday from Mrs. McClure, at Hemet, California, conveying the sad news of the death of her venerable father, CC Hyatt, who passed away Sunday and was buried yesterday.” “Mr. Hyatt went west in November, 1898, with his daughter, settling in Little Rock, Arkansas, and Continue Reading
Schoolmates as Pallbearers
“The funeral of Master George Russ, who died after a week’s illness with pneumonia, took place from St. Mary’s church, Wednesday morning. Six of the boy’s school classmates acted as pallbearers. They were Ralph Brennan, Walter Welty, Frank Bruch, Stan Switalski, Ed and Cornelius Schaefer.”
Portsmouth to Condem Land to Expand Greenlawn Cemetery
“From a reliable source it is learned that application will be made to the city council, Wednesday evening, to condemn the land necessary for the proposed extension of Greenlawn Cemetery.” “Members of the board of public service when questioned about the matter thought that the time had not yet quite Continue Reading
Body Found at Portsmouth’s Marietta & Cincinnati Railroad Depot
“A rumor crept out last Thursday that the body of a person, packed in sawdust, had been discovered at the freight depot of the M&C Railroad in this city, and a Times reporter sharpened his pencil, fathered up nearly a quire of blank paper, hurried down stairs three steps at Continue Reading
Odle Creek Man Preparing for Death
“Down on Odle Creek Daniel Thatcher, a well-known farmer, has lived all his life. He was born and reared there. The scenes of his childhood have so endeared themselves to the aged farmer that the mere thought of being seperated from these cherished environments, even in death, is unbearable to Continue Reading
Death of Mrs. Colonel Henry Ewing Jones
“Last Saturday morning about half-past eight o’clock, Mrs. Harriet Jones, relict of Colonel HE Jones, expired at the residence of her mother, Mrs. Timbrooks, in the eastern suburbs of the city, after a long and tedious illness of consumption. Deceased was in her 45th year, and by her genial, sunny Continue Reading
The Obituary of Little Elizabeth Patterson
“The sincere sympathy of many friends go out to Mr. and Mrs. James H. Patterson, of Greenlawn Heights, in the sad bereavement which has befallen them. Their little daughter, Elizabeth, died Saturday evening of spinal meningitis, at about half-past seven. She was three years and five months old. The remains Continue Reading