Ida Louise Murray Bailey (1874-1932)

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Mrs. Ida Louise Bailey, 57, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Anna Bell Wilson, 616 Wendel, at 7am Thursday (11 Feb 1932).  She is survived by one son, W.J. Bailey; two daughters, Mrs. Pargie Pearl Hoegner and Mrs. Wilson; three brothers, F.C., C.D. and M.E. Murray; one sister Mrs. W.A. Murray and her mother, Mrs. E.E. Lee, all of Houston.

Funeral services will be held at the Morse Funeral chapel at 3:30pm Friday with the Joe Isaacs officiating.  Burial will be in Hollywood cemetery.  Active pallbearers: B.A. Rogers, T.A. Bailey, L.J. Veterano and Ezelle Rhoden.

++ Obituary published in unidentified newspaper in Houston, Texas.  Cemetery records indicate date of birth 27 Nov 1874 in Texas.  Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.

Henry Frank Bailey (1856-1931)

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Henry Frank Bailey, 75, died at his home, 2208 Bringhurst, at 8:05pm Wednesday.  He is survived by four sons, H.A., R.E., W.O. and G.F. Bailey; four sisters, Mrs. Sarah Ross, Mrs. Annie Dierlam, Mrs. Sophie Terry and Mrs. Rosie Kirkland; five brothers, F.N. Bailey, Albert Bailey, Walter Bailey, J.J. Bailey, all of Houston, and E.O. Bailey of Texas City; 11 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. 

Funeral services will be held at the Fogle-West chapel at 4pm Friday, with Rev. T.J. Windham officiating.  Pallbearers will be W.E. Woodruff, H.M. Hamilton, E. Carpenter, L. Beck, R. Winsham and C.L. Goehring.  Burial will be in Hollywood Cemetery under the direction of the Fogle-West Company.

++ Obituary from unidentified Houston, Texas newspaper.  Cemetery records indicate date of birth 4 July 1856 in Matagorda, Texas and date of death 10 February 1931.  Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.

Julian Charles Baer (1880-1932)

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Julian Charles Baer, 51, of 2702 Helena Street, died at his home at 9:30pm Wednesday (2 Mar 1932).  He is survived by his wife (Florence) of Houston and two brothers, Earl and Mannie Baer of Associated, Cal.  Funeral services will be held at the Westheimer-Vollus Funeral Home at 11am Friday, with Rabbi Henry Barnston officiating.  Burial will be in Hollywood Cemetery.

= Obituary from unidentified Houston newspaper.  Cemetery records indicate date of birth 5 Dec 1880 in Kentucky.  Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.

Audrey Vahl Arnold (1911-1932)

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Mrs. P.B. (Audrey) Arnold, 20, died at a local hospital at 4:30am Tuesday, 24 May 1932.  She is survived by her husband, two sons, P.J. and R.H. Arnold of Houston; her parents Mr. and Mrs. John Vahl of Little York; two sisters, Miss Gertrude Vahl of Little York and Mrs. L.E. Ellisor of Houston.  Three brothers, L.E., A.L. and J.M. Vahl, all of Houston.

Funeral services will be held at 3pm Wednesday from the residence at Little York, with Rev. T.J. Windham officiating.  Active pallbearers will be H.M. Flournoy, Homer Williams, Will Clay, Richard House, Jack Smith and Edgar Lamb.  Burial will be in Hollywood Cemetery under the direction of the Fogle-West Undertaking Company.

== Obituary clipped from an unidentified Houston newspaper.  Cemetery records indicate date of birth 8 October 1911 in Dayton, Texas.  Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.


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Robert Albright (1893-1932)

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Robert Albright, 39, of 218 James Street (in Houston, Texas), died at his home at 6:35am Tuesday (13 Sep 1932).  He is survived by his mother Mrs. Lizzie Albright, and one brother, N.Y. Albright. 

Funeral services will be held at the Fogle-West chapel at 3pm Wednesday, with Rev. T.J. Windham officiating.  Burial will be in Hollywood Cemetery.  Mr. Albright was a member of the Painters Local Union No. 130.

== Obituary from unidentified Houston newspaper.  Cemetery records indicate date of birth 9 July 1893 in Victoria, Texas.  Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.

Mary Iona Day Amason (1891-1932)

Mrs. Mary Iona Amason, 63, died at her home, 1603 Campbell, at 7:10am Monday (22 August 1932).  She had lived in Houston for the past 30 years.  She was a member of the Grand Lodge of the Ladies' Auxiliary to the B.R.T. and Women's Benefit Association.  She is survived by one son, Roy Needles; two grandchildren; two brothers, John and Verner Day, both of California; one sister, Mrs. Charles Carr of California.

Funeral services will be held in the drawing room of Settegast-Kopf Funeral Home (in Houston, Texas) at 3pm Tuesday.  Rev. Thomas J. Windham will officiate.  Burial will be in Hollywood Cemetery.  Active pallbearers will be H.H. Hagler, Al Williams, W.R. Dickson, C.S. Anderson, C.P. Davis and H. Scott.  Settegast-Kopf Company is in charge.

Obituary published in unidentified newspaper.  Cemetery records indicate date of birth December 1891 in Missouri.  Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.

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Delcinia Elizabeth Doyle Gooch (1857-1946)

Mrs. Elizabeth Gooch, nee Delcinia Doyle, born October 18, 1857 in Boone County, Missouri, died Tuesday (5 March 1946) at her late residence in Abbeville, Louisiana.

Funeral rites were conducted from the residence by Rev. M.G. Fall, pastor of the Abbeville Baptist Church Thursday morning, and burial was in the Graceland Cemetery.  Rev. Dan E. Goldsmith, pastor of the Abbeville Presbyterian Church, assisted in the rites. 

Surviving are five sons, John E. Gooch of Kaplan, Claude Gooch of Abbeville, Claire Gooch of Gueydan, Steoppe Gooch of Houston, Texas, and Dee Gooch of Cut Off.  Also two daughters, Mrs. Charles Evans of Gueydan, and Mrs. John LeBlanc of Port Arthur, Texas; 24 grandchildren and 33 great-grandchildren.

She and her late husband, James Elijah Gooch, who died fifty years ago, moved to Vermillion from the Indian Territory in 1886, in the covered wagon days. 

== This obituary was found among papers held by the Board of Confederate Pensions in Baton Rouge, LA.  It was a small clipping and no mention was made of the newspaper that published it.  Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.

Isabella Atkins Rector (1808-1899)

Isabella Atkins Rector quietly passed away on December 30, 1899 at the home of her son-in-law Les Talkington in McKinney, Texas.  She was born near Crab Orchard, Kentucky on September 10, 1808.  When she was approximately four years old, she moved with her parents to Missouri, where she grew to womanhood and married Charles Rector.  Charles was a miller in Boonsville when they married, on October 11, 1828.  This union was a most happy one which lasted fifty two years, or until the death of Mr. Rector, Dec. 21, 1880. 

 

In the fall of 1855, the family emigrated to Texas and settled on what is now known as the old Fields farm, nine miles west of McKinney, removing in about 1864 to near Little Elm, Denton County.  Uncle Charles Rector, as he was known, was a cattleman, a leading citizen and an Odd Fellow, being largely instrumental in putting the McKinney lodge of that order on its present successful footing.

 

At the time of her death,  she was a member of Cottonwood Rebekah Lodge No. 59 and had been a faithful member of the Methodist church for 75 years.  She was a loving wife, devoted mother and a good and kind neighbor.  Many are the charitable deeds and kindly acts recorded of her during her long and busy life.  Until the last she retained both her mental and physical faculties to a remarkable degree for one of her advanced age, though in recent years her mind lived wholly in the past.

Seven children and a large number of grand children and great-grandchildren survive her.  The children are William H. Rector of Hartfield, California; Mrs. Mary Woods of Bunceton, Missouri; Ed Rector of Arlington, Texas, Doc. Rector of Veal's Station, Texas,  Mrs. Lee Talkington of McKinney, Texas, and Mrs. Lou Fields of Rockhill, Texas.  Nat Rector, a wealthy cattleman, died in Jack county, in 1884.

Funeral services were conducted at the residence Saturday at noon by Rev. E. H. Casey, after which the corpse was conveyed by loving hands to Uncle Kellis Quisenberry's near Lebanon that evening and next day to the family  burying ground at Bethel Cemetery, where the interment was made in the presence of a large concourse of people.  Rev. Wm. Allen of Eurida, assisted  by Rev. Clifton of the Bethel circuit, conducted brief services at the grave.

 

+++ Based on an obituary in the Houston Daily Post, 1 Jan 1900.  Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.

 

 

Jacob Warren Manning (1826-1904)

Jacob Warren Manning died on September 16, 1904 at his home in Reading, Massachusetts.  He was born at Bedford, New Hampshire on February 21, 1826, and came of old New England ancestry, being of the eighth generation in descent from William Manning, born in England in 1620, who was an early settler in Cambridge, Mass.  Mr. Manning remained on his parents' farm, engaging in agricultural pursuits and lumbering until he reached the age of twenty-one years.

In March, 1847, at twenty-one years of age, Mr. Manning went to Chelmsford, where he was employed by Amos Carleton in farm, fruit, and nursery work, remaining with him until January, 1848. his wages being fifteen dollars per month. He then came to Reading, remaining until the following spring, when he returned to the farm of Mr. Carleton.

In 1849, he became superintendent of the Winnesemitt Nursery at Chelsea, the proprietor of which was S. W. Cole, the editor of the Boston Cultivator and author of "The American Fruit Book," one of the most valuable works of its kind.  It was in the Cole place that he was connected with the Concord grape.

In subsequent years, he became gardener for John J. May, of Dorchester, Dr. Nathaniel Frothingham of Burlington, and Levi A. Dowley, of Brattleboro, Vermont.  He settled in Reading in 1854, and established his Reading Nursery.  He achieved a wide reputation as importer, raiser, and introducer of large and small fruits and ornamental shrubs and trees, including evergreen trees in variety, prominent among them being the Rocky Mountain blue spruce (I'icea pungens), as early as 1872, his Rocky Mountain evergreens numbering ten different varieties.

The Cutter seedling strawberry was named and introduced by Mr. Manning in the spring of 1850. and caused increased activity among gardeners in the production and improvement of that fruit, as well as an increase in the demand for it. This variety was named after Mr. B. F. Cutter, of Telham, N.H., who gave the stock to Mr. Manning.

Outside of the line for his chosen profession the late Jacob Manning was a thorough going New Englander and took the liveliest interest in the absorbing associations of his location at Reading in the headwaters of the Mystic River—so full of names and people famous in the history of the country. He took us back to the very men who made the history.

Mr. Manning was a staunch believer in associated effort and steadily supported a number of organizations of horticultural interest, being a member of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, The American Pomological Society, the American Florists and the American Association of Nurserymen, and he conscientiously attended the several meetings of these bodies. In this way he became known to a wide circle of friends.

Mr. Manning married Lydia B. Chandler, of Concord, N. H., in 1858. She survives him, as do five sons, Warren H., J. Woodward, A. Chandler and Benjamin F., of Reading, and William S., of Newark, N. J. 
Mr. Manning's name is closely identified with the introduction of very many plants that have been landmarks in horticultural progress, among them Clethra alnifolia in 1857; the Celtis in 1859; the John Sweet Apple in 1800; Yucca fllamentosa in 1862; and the Granite Beauty apple in 1806

The catalogues of the Reading nursery are interesting to look over at this date, they show what was done so long ago, and are invaluable as indices of the passing events.
 

Henry F. Graff, M.D. (1900-1993)

Dr. Henry F. Graff, an ophthalmologist from Hagerstown, MD, died April 14, 1993.  He was born 1 Feb 1900 in West Virginia, the son of grocer Frederick L. Graff.  He graduated from Marietta College in Ohio and the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor.  He married Florence Hill, and practiced ophthalmology in Baltimore for twenty years before entering practice with his brother Fred Jr. in Hagerstown in 1948. 

Dr. Graff was state supervising ophthalmologist in the Public Assistance to the Needy Blind Program from 1937 until he retired in 1964.  A diplomate of the American Board of Ophthalmology, he was also a member of the AMA.  He was an assistant professor of ophthalmology at the University of Maryland and chief of the Ophthalmological Clinic.  He served as a clinical assistant at the Wilmer Ophthalmic Clinic for ten years.

He was a member of St. John's Episcopal Church and a former member of the Kiwanis Clubs of Baltimore and Hagerstown. 

++ based on obituary published in the Maryland Medical Journal August 1993.  Compiler is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family. 

Mrs. Elizabeth Ladwig (1846-1903)

Mrs. Elizabeth Ladwig, age 56, died at 1:30am on Monday the 9th of February 1903 in Houston Texas.  She was born in Germany in May, 1846.  She was the widow of Julius A. Ladwig, and is survived by two daughters, Annie and Lillie.  Funeral services were held at the family home at 13 Chenevert by the Rev. W.A. Knolle, and burial was in the German Cemetery.

++ Based on obituary published in the Houston Daily Post, 10 Feb 1903.  Compiler is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.

Albert P. Wilson (1876-1902)

Mr. Albert P. Wilson, age 27, a brakeman on the Houston and Texas Central, met a terrible death yesterday in the yards of the company at Hempstead.  He was one of the crew of the local freight coming from Hearne to Houston.  There were some cars to be sidetracked at Hempstead and he threw the switch that was to let them on the siding.  As he did so, his foot was caught in the frog and try as he might he could not extricate himself.  The cars came down on him and crushed out his life.  One car and the forward wheels of another passed over him.  It was stated that death was instantaneous.

The remains were brought to Houston, his home, last night on the regular passenger train and were taken in charge by undertakers Wall & Stabe and prepared for burial.  Mr. Wilson resided at 27 Stanley Place.  He leaves a wife and child, several brothers and sisters, and parents Joseph B. and Eliza Wilson.  He was a member of the Texas Star Lodge No. 284, Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen.  The funeral will be held this afternoon at 4 o'clock under the auspices of the brotherhood and the members are requested to meet at Union Labor Hall at 2 p.m.  The interment will be made in German Cemetery.

++ published in the Houston Daily Post, 2 March 1902.  Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family. 

Mary Norvell George (1837-1903)

A dispatch received this morning from St. Louis states that Mrs. George, widow of the late Dr. William George, one of the pioneer pastors of this city (Fort Worth), passed away in that city last night, aged 67 years.  The remains will arrive here Thursday, accompanied by members of the family.

Published in the Houston Daily Post, Houston Texas - 21 January 1903.
Note: Rev. William George (1828-1896) was a Presbyterian minister who served in Midway, Mount Horeb and Bethel. 

Mary Jane Tarver Scarbrough (1835-1903)

Mrs. M.J. Scarborough, aged 68 years, died yesterday afternoon at the family residence at 115 Haight Street in Gainesville, Texas.  The deceased has lived in the city for fifteen years and is of a prominent family.  Funeral services were held this afternoon at 4pm.
Published in the Houston Daily Post, 21 January 1903.

Note: Mary Jane Tarver was born in November 1835 in Georgia, according to census records, and was widowed by 1900.  She had a son named Newton.  We found two variations of the spelling of her married name, and Gainesville is located in Cooke County, TX.  We are not related to this family and have no further information.

Kinchen Collins, Jr. (1869-1903)

Kinch Collins, Jr., age 33, died in Hempstead, Waller County, Texas on 17 January 1903, at the home of his aunt Mrs. Emma Pier.  He had been suffering from a lingering illness of consumption, according to his obituary in the Houston Daily Post.  Kinch was the son of Mary and Kinchen Collins of Austin County, Texas.  His brothers and sisters were Milam, Linda, Lucien and Cochran Collins.

Jennie Biggers Nettle (1872-1954)

Mrs. Jennie Biggers Nettles, age 82, of Hampton, Arkansas, widow of John M. Nettles, died Thursday September 23, 1954 at the Hampton Clinic.  She was a daughter of Alexander J. Biggers and Harriet J. Means Biggers, and a member of the Church of Christ. 

Mrs. Nettles is survived by two sons, John Nettles and Ray Nettles, both of Hampton; three daughters, Mrs. L.B. Dilworth, Mrs. C.L. Daniel and Miss Jo Nettles.  She also leaves two brothers, Bob Means Biggers and A.J. Biggers, and one sister, Mrs. J.C. Strickland.  Twelve grandchildren also survive.

Funeral services will be held at the Church of Christ in Hampton at 3:30pm Friday.  Burial will be in Means Cemetery by Benton Funeral Home of Fordyce.  Bro. Earl Richardson of Shreveport, Louisiana will conduct the services.

=== based on an obituary in the Camden News, 23 Feb 1954.  Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding Mrs. Nettles or her family.

Paul Marshall (1801-1899)

One of the oldest citizens of Carroll County, Paul Marshall, departed this life April 20, 1899, at the residence of his son-in-law, Aaron A. Davis, in Polo Township.  The deceased was one of twin brothers born June 1, 1801, and would have been 99 years old if he had reached his next birthday.  The other brother, Saul Marshall, was still living at Kadesh, Virginia, when last heard from the second day of last March.

Paul Marshall had raised a large family, sixteen children in all, and of these five are still living, the youngest one being now fifty years of age.  During his long residence in this county he had made many friends.

== published in the Arkansas Gazette, April 1899.  Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.

Elizabeth Bacchus Cranford (1834-1935)

Mrs. Elizabeth Bacchus Cranford, Ouachita County's oldest white woman, who recently celebrated her 101st birthday, died at the home of her daughter Mrs. C.D. Tutt, eight miles south of Camden on the Stephens Highway.  Her death, on Sunday, October 3rd, 1935, was sudden, as the former schoolteacher was in good health on Saturday.

She was born in Henry County, near Paris, Tennessee, on April 25, 1834.  She came with her parents to Ouachita County in 1840 and taught school continuously from 1859 to 1870.  She later taught at intervals for many years.  On April 25, 1934, Mrs. Cranford celebrated her 100th birthday with a party at her home and more than fifty of her friends and neighbors and many of her former students honored her that day. She received a message of congratulations from President Roosevelt.

Her father was Judge Asa W. Bacchus, Ouachita County's first county judge after Arkansas was admitted as a state.  Although she was a busy teacher during the Civil War, she found time to do much for Confederate soldiers.  Four of her brothers fought for the South, and three of them were killed.  She was married in 1870 to the Rev. H.G. Cranford, a minister of the Christian Church.  He also served in the Confederate Army.  He died at Stephens on December 11, 1911.

She is survived by three daughters; Mrs. Tutt, Mrs. G.T. Criner of Little Rock, and Mrs. Lula Brown, one sister, Mrs. Susan Criner of Stephens; ten grandchildren and ten great grandchildren.  Funeral services were held at Whitefield Church on Monday.  Proctor Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

== published in the Camden News, 4 Oct 1935, Camden, Arkansas.  Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.

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Charles A. Westfall (1874-1951)

Charles A. Westfall, 77, retired Baptist minister of Dierks, Arkansas, died in a Little Rock hospital on Friday following a long illness.  He was born March 4, 1874 in Davidson County, North Carolina to Andrew H. Westfall and Elizabeth Cornish Westfall.  He had been pastor for churches in Howard, Hempstead, Pike and Sevier counties for the last 47 years.  He had been hospitalized for the last three months.

Survivors include his wife, Mattie Keeling Westfall, two sons, O'Neal Westfall, now in the Army, and Charles S. Westfall of Hot Springs, two daughters, Myrtle Westfall of Nashville Tennessee, and Mrs. Jewel (Herbert) Cates of Texarkana; two brothers, two sisters, four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. 

Services will be conducted at 2:30pm today in the First Baptist Church by the Rev. W.E. Perry and burial will be in Ozan Cemetery in Bingen.

=== published in the Arkansas Democrat, 18 March 1951.  Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family or the career of Rev. Westfall.

Thomas Edward Barron (1872-1951)

Thomas Edward Barron, 79, of 1921 North Spruce St. in Little Rock, died at his residence on March 17, 1951.  He was born on May 14, 1872 in South Carolina to James S. and Alice Legg Barron.  He retired in 1936 from Little Rock Laundry after fifty years of employment there.  He was a member of the First Methodist Church and an honorary member of its Board of Stewards.

Mr. Barron is survived by three daughters; Mrs. William Bohle, Mrs. Harvey (Helen) Brown, and Miss Lalla Lee Barron, all of Little Rock.  Also four sons; Robert A. Barron and Dr. Edwin N. Barron of Little Rock, Rev. William W. Barron of Carthage, Arkansas and James O. Barron of Tulsa.

Also surviving are two brothers and four sisters; Claude Barron and J.W. Barron, Mrs. Harry Hermann, Mrs. Paul C. (Annie) Lang, Mrs. Gertrude Buzbee and Mrs. Lee (Sallye) Reinhardt, all of Little Rock.

Funeral arrangements will be announced by Griffin-Leggett.

== obituary published in the Arkansas Democrat, 18 March 18, 1951.  Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family or the career of the deceased.