This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McQuitty, Smith, Gause Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Am.2ADI/250 Message Board Post: Obituary from an unidentified, undated news clipping "Died at his home in this city on last Saturday afternoon at four o'clock, J. E. McQuitty, aged fifty years. For several months he has been suffering from the effects of a cancer on his face and some time ago all hopes of his recovery were given up and he patiently waited for death to relieve him of his suffering. John E. McQuitty was born April 9, 1852, in Boone county, Mo. When quite young he came with his parents to Linn county, which has ever since been his home. His parents were well known and highly respected citizens of this county and his father was largely instrumental in building the Baptist church of this city. While not a member of any church, John's inclination was toward the Baptist faith and he was a firm believer in the Lord. "He was united in marriage, October 14, 1879, to Miss Amanda Smith and to them four children were born, Guy, Gertrude, Blanche, and Bryan, who with their widowed mother, are left to mourn the loss of husband and father. "Funeral services were held at the late residence on Sunday afternoon at four o'clock conducted by Rev. E. N. Gause and were largely attended, and the body was interred in the city cemetery. "The bereaved relative have the sympathy of the community in their great loss." (My gg uncle)