"The Kansas City Journal" (Missouri) Tuesday, April 25, 1899 SHE SLEPT TOO LATE. Eugene HOWARD, of 2920 Wyandotte street, went home about 10 o'clock last Saturday morning and found his wife in bed fast asleep. Her laziness angered him and he dragged her out of bed, took the bedstead apart and loaded it into a wagon along with the cook stove and a lot of other furniture. Then he drove downtown and disposed of the furniture and his team and wagon, intending to leave home forever. His wife located him yesterday and had him arrested on a charge of disorderly conduct. "I'm guilty, your honor," HOWARD said to Judge BURNHAM, when arraigned in the police court yesterday morning, "but it made me mad when I went home and found the old woman taking a snooze at that time of day. I am not sorry for anything I did. On the contrary I am glad I hauled off the furniture." HOWARD took the matter as a joke and laughed heartily after Judge BURNHAM had assessed a fine of $10 against him. It seemed to please him because his wife was left without a home while he was to be provided for at the workhouse. ====================================================== (I have no connection with this family but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful.) johnobrien@kc.rr.com ======================================================

ALEXANDER, BAKER, CRUZEN, FISCHER, GRIMSMAN, HARRIS, HART, HIGGINBOTHAM, JONES, LOVE, PENN, POLLOCK, SINGLEMAN, SMITH, STABLES, STILWELL, WILLIAMS "The Kansas City Journal" (Missouri) Wednesday, April 19, 1899 BIRTHS REPORTED. R. L. and Fleta HIGGINBOTHAM, 911 West Twenty-first, April 16, boy A. J. and Maggie LOVE, 1708 Cherry, April 13, boy James and Mary HARRIS, 624 Cottage Lane, April 13, boy L. C. and Anna ALEXANDER, Myrtle Avenue, April 3, girl N. G. and Mary CRUZEN, 4214 Walnut, April 10, girl Oliver and Mrs. P. PENN, 1608 Tracy, April 10, boy (-------) and Levina SMITH, 3713 East Fifteenth, April 14, boy J. F. and Elma POLLOCK, 649 Olive, April 15, girl John A. and Daisy WILLIAMS, 2925 Indiana, April 12, girl Henry and Mrs. GRIMSMAN, 1610 Prospect, April 1, girl Henry and Osey SINGLEMAN, 1225 Walnut, April 13, boy Thomas and Sylvia STABLES, 208 East Thirtieth, April 15, boy C. and Katherine FISCHER, 919 Bell, April 15, girl J. and Mrs. Jones, Mathis hospital, April 16, girl Henry and Mary STILWELL, 1216 Tracy, April 13, boy George L. and Eva HART, 18 McClure Place, April 14, girl W. R. and Effie BAKER, 1610 Kansas, April 14, boy Note: these are not all the births for the period. Births were published when reported. ====================================================== (I have no connection with any of these families but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful.) johnobrien@kc.rr.com ====================================================== neirbo4

"The Kansas City Journal" (Missouri) Monday, April 24, 1899 A PIONEER LAID TO REST. The funeral of Orlando S. BARTLETT, the Kansas pioneer who died Friday morning, was held yesterday afternoon at the family home, 619 Orville avenue, Kansas City, Kas. The services, which were conducted by Rev. Mr. Harlan G. MENDENHALL, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, were largely attended. The deceased was widely and favorably known in the metropolis. He had been a resident of Kansas for forty-two years. The burial was in Oak Grove cemetery, a burying ground which was laid out by the deceased many years ago. It is now the prettiest cemetery in the city. ====================================================== (I have no connection with this family but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful.) johnobrien@kc.rr.com ======================================================

"The Kansas City Journal" (Missouri) Monday, April 24, 1899 SMALLPOX SCARE. People living in the vicinity of Fourteenth and Lydia were treated to a smallpox scare yesterday. Dr. T. C. UNTHANK, who lives at 1416 Lydia avenue, has been attending the WILLIAMS cases in the West bottoms, and yesterday morning was taken down with the disease himself. He telephoned the City Physician COFFIN stating his condition and the police department was notified to quarantine the premises. An officer was on guard for a few hours yesterday morning, but most of the day the house was unguarded. The upper front windows to the UNTHANK house were open and a number of the neighbors, fearing the consequences, called upon Dr. COFFIN last night and asked that the place be quarantined. An officer was immediately sent to the house and a quarantine established. Dr. UNTHANK was removed to the pesthouse last night. ====================================================== (I have no connection with this family but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful.) johnobrien@kc.rr.com ======================================================

POWELL, SEYMOUR "The Kansas City Journal" (Missouri) Tuesday, April 18, 1899 A JESSE JAMES JUROR DIES. King R. POWELL, aged 63 years, died of catarrh of the stomach at the home of his son-in-law, W. S. SEYMOUR, 623 Walnut street, Monday. He was a member of the jury that tried Jesse JAMES for train robbery and was one of the best known stationary engineers in the West. Mr. POWELL was born in Massachusetts and came to Kansas before the civil war. He was present at the Hamilton massacre in Lynn county, Kas. He was a member of the Stationary Engineers' union, and that organization will have charge of the funeral services. The funeral will be held Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock and the burial will be in Elmwood cemetery. ====================================================== (I have no connection with this family but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful.) johnobrien@kc.rr.com ======================================================

BRENHAM, BRETZER, BROTHERTON, DEEMS, GEORGE, HAMMER, KATES, KNAPPER, MERZER, MORN, SCOTT, STOCKDALE, STRICKLAND, TARR "The Kansas City Journal" (Missouri) Sunday, April 16, 1899 SEVEN COUPLES TO WED. The following couples were licensed to wed by Probate Judge Snyder in Kansas City, Kas., yesterday: Charles W. KATES, Kansas City, Mo .... 24 Lena B. BRENHAM, Kansas City, Kas .. 18 David BRETZER, Pittsburg, Kas ........ 25 Jessie B. SCOTT, Kansas City, Kas .. 22 William G. KNAPPER, Kansas City, Mo ..... 32 Mary STRICKLAND, Kansas City, Mo ......... 19 William MORN, Kansas City, Kas ........ 30 Nellie TARR, Kansas City, Kas ............ 21 Edward E. STOCKDALE, Kansas City, Kas ........... 33 Anna L. BROTHERTON, Tonganoxie, Kas .............. 28 Ferman E. MERZER, Kansas City, Mo ........ 31 Mammie A. HAMMER, Fort Scott, Kas ........ 18 Frank GEORGE, Kansas City, Kas ........ 27 Inez D. DEEMS, Kansas City, Kas ........ 17 ====================================================== (I have no connection with any of these families but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful.) johnobrien@kc.rr.com ======================================================

Death of: John E. SPECK Date: 11 February 1944 Place: St. Joseph Hospital, Kansas City, MO Age: 50 Born: Kansas City, KS Residence: Grandview, MO Occupation: Employed 34 years, Kansas City Public Service Company Survivors: Wife: Julia K. SPECK of the home Daughter: Mrs. Margaret GRABLE of the home Son: John Vincent SPECK of the home Brother: Joseph H. SPECK, 3509 Monroe Avenue Brother: Robert D. SPECK, Sixty-ninth Street and Blue Ridge Blvd Brother: Charles F. SPECK, 3404 South Benton Half-brother: Walter MANNING, Sixth-ninth and Blue Ridge Blvd Services: Rosary - 8 p.m., February 13, Quirk & Tobin chapel Funeral - 9 a.m., February 14, St. Aloysius Church Burial - Calvary Cemetery Reference: "The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Saturday, February 12, 1944 ====================================================== (I have no connection with this family but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful.) johnobrien@kc.rr.com ======================================================

DIAMOND, ENGLISH, EWELL, GILCHRIST, THOMPSON, WALLACE "The Kansas City Journal" (Missouri) Tuesday, May 5, 1903 DEATHS AND FUNERALS. John R. EWELL, 49 years old, died yesterday at Merriam, Kas., of Bright's disease. He formerly resided in this city. The funeral will take place from his home in Merriam at 1 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Rosa WALLACE, 73 years old, widow of the late Robert W. WALLACE, died yesterday at the residence of her son, 405 Independence avenue, of old age. The funeral will take place from the residence at 9 o'clock Wednesday morning. Interment will be in Mount St. Mary's cemetery. Frederick ENGLISH, aged 42 years, died Sunday in El Paso, Tex., of consumption. He was proprietor of a saloon at Fourteenth and Main streets. The body reached Kansas City yesterday from El Paso and was taken charge of by Eyler Bros., undertakers. The funeral will take place at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Interment will be in Elmwood cemetery. Mrs. Ella E. DIAMOND, 25 years old, died yesterday at her residence, 823 Independence avenue, of paralysis. Her maiden name was Ella E. GILCHRIST and she resided in Kansas City all her life. No funeral arrangements have been made. Ida M. THOMPSON, wife of Wells THOMPSON, of the J. Case Thresher Company, died at 8 o'clock last night at her residence, 1659 West Prospect street, of peritonitis after a short illness. The body will be taken to Lawrence, Kas., her former home, this afternoon, where the funeral service will be conducted by the Daughters of Rebekah. ====================================================== (I have no connection with these families but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful.) johnobrien@kc.rr.com ======================================================

BACHMAN, BRADSHAW, COFFEY, DEACY, FLANDERS, KEIRIE, MANAGAN, MILLER, NORRIS, PASQUELO, STOUT, TEICHMAN, TOMLIN, TROTT, WARD, WEEKS, WILLIAMS, WOODS, WYLIA "The Kansas City Star" (Missouri) Tuesday, May 15, 1906 BIRTHS. The following births had been reported to the board of health up to noon to-day: Herman and Mrs. TEICHMAN, 1929 Oak street, April 25, boy Jerome E. and Marie FLANDERS, 1320 Park, May 1, boy C. B. and Maud WEEKS, 1210 Monroe, May 5, girl Claud and Grace WILLIAMS, 7015 East Thirteenth, May 7, boy B. M. and Nellie MILLER, 1304 Locust, May 7, boy Henry and Belle TROTT, 2530 Cleveland, May 12, boy Cippola and Mary PASQUELO, 608 East Fourth, May 12, girl Adolph and Eva BACHMAN, 1100 Missouri avenue, May 12, boy Martin and Susan COFFEY, 536 Tracy, May 13, girl W. S. and Johanna WOODS, 4416 Brooklyn, May 13, boy Alvia and Oliver WARD, 925 East Seventeenth, May 13, girl F. R. and T. K. KEIRIE, 1821 Mercier, May 13, girl A. V. and Cecilie S. NORRIS, 4317 East Fifteenth, May 14, boy Owen B. and Nettie WYLIA, 4200 Washington , May 14, girl IN THE WEST END. James and Mamie DEACY, 1946 North Fifth, May 12, girl William A. and Mrs. STOUT, 1969 1/2 North Sixth, May 10, girl P. R. and Catharine MANAGAN, 629 South Third, May 11, girl Charles and Mrs. BRADSHAW, 240 Thorp, May 10, boy James and Mrs. TOMLIN, 1045 Splitlog, May 10, twins, boy and girl Note: these are not all the births for the period. Births were published when reported. ====================================================== (I have no connection with any of these families but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful.) johnobrien@kc.rr.com ======================================================

ARNOLD, AYRES, CHERRY, CLARK, HOCKER, HUTTIG, JENKINS, LUCAS, MILLER, MOORE, PAGE, PENNELL, SCHWITZGEBEL, STONE, TANNER, WOODSON "The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Friday, June 14, 1912 DEATHS IN KANSAS CITY. Funeral services for James H. ARNOLD, who died yesterday morning, will be held at 3 o'clock this afternoon at the family home, 3231 Prospect Avenue. The Rev. Burris JENKINS of the Linwood Boulevard Christian Church will officiate. The active pallbearers will be A. M. CLARK, William HUTTIG, John A. MOORE, Charles MOORE, J. Z. MILLER, Richard W. HOCKER, John PENNELL, Harry PAGE, and Dr. Samuel AYRES; honorary pallbearers, J. W. MOORE, H. C. SCHWITZGEBEL, J. B. STONE, William TANNER, W. P. CHERRY, S. C. WOODSON and William LUCAS. ====================================================== ----- Original Message ----- From: Nzkarnold@aol.com To: JohnOBrien@kc.rr.com Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 9:25 PM Subject: request obit James Arnold June 1912 Dear John, I saw your posting on rootsweb of deaths in Jackson co, June 1912. I do have a James Arnold that may be this one. Could you please send me the notice you have? Thank you, Nancy K. Arnold

Shelley I'm sending your message to St. Louis. The only Missouri William Behrend & family shows up in St. Louis, married 25 yr old, in 1910 & family man in 1920. Wife Sarah?, daughter Altah, son Thos. Richard. In 1930 William is seen in Los Angeles. Daughter, Altah, is still in the home. There is a 15 yr old Thomas in LA too living with a different family headed by a woman named Irene Ottstad?. He is shown as a son, but that is not accurate because she is 29 and he is 18. Her sons are 8 and 2. I am relatively certain this is the same family. Shirley > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > BEHREND Family Photograph > From: > "Shelley Cardiel" <familia@sprintmail.com> > Date: > Thu, 22 Apr 2004 06:37:37 -0700 > To: > MOJACKSO-L@rootsweb.com > > >I've "rescued" an old photograph of William BEHREND taken at the Schwartz >Studio in Kansas City, Missouri. The photograph was probably taken in the >1870's with William appearing to be about 6-7 years old at the time. I'm >hoping to locate someone from this family so that this wonderful old >photograph can once again be treasured by family. > >If you are a member of this family or know someone who might be, please >contact me. > >Thanks, >Shelley > >

I've "rescued" an old photograph of William BEHREND taken at the Schwartz Studio in Kansas City, Missouri. The photograph was probably taken in the 1870's with William appearing to be about 6-7 years old at the time. I'm hoping to locate someone from this family so that this wonderful old photograph can once again be treasured by family. If you are a member of this family or know someone who might be, please contact me. Thanks, Shelley

"The Kansas City Star" (Missouri) Thursday, December 11, 1904 Daniel MARTIN, 560 Harrison street, told the surgeon at police headquarters at 1 o'clock this morning that he had attended a dance near Independence avenue and Harrison street. MARTIN did not remember leaving the dance but the surgeon sewed up a scalp wound for him and treated a sprained wrist. MARTIN said he believed someone threw him out of the hall by way of a window. He was sent to the city hospital. ====================================================== (I have no connection with this family but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful.) johnobrien@kc.rr.com ======================================================

ALDRICH, BURGET, HAWKINS, HAYDE, HILDRETH, McKEES, MILLS, PRICE, SHEPHERD, SLOAN "The Kansas City Star" (Missouri) Thursday, December 11, 1904 BIRTHS. The following births had been reported to the board of health up to noon to-day: George F. and Theresa S. SHEPHERD, 3202 East Twentieth, Nov 29, girl William P. (deceased) and Ida W. HAYDE, 1117 Brooklyn, Nov 24, girl George and Hilda HILDRETH, 3008 Cherry, November 26, girl Willard and Rosella BURGET, 1206 West Twenty-ninth street, Nov 21, girl Emanual and Charlotte HAWKINS, 614 Gilliss, November 23, girl A. W. and Rosa M. MILLS, 1333 Paseo, November 26, girl S. C. and Pearl PRICE, 308 East Thirteenth, November 28, boy D. W. and Sarah SLOAN, 1703 1/2 Agnes, November 27, boy C. W. and Helen ALDRICH, 1714 Baltimore, November 7, boy E. F. and Eva McKEES, 46 North Lawndale, November 25, boy Note: these are not all the births for the period. Births were published when reported. ====================================================== (I have no connection with any of these families but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful.) johnobrien@kc.rr.com ======================================================

ALLEN, ANDERSON, APPERSON, BAKER, BALLANTINE, BARNES, BENSON, BIRD, BOYD, BREWSTER, BULLENE, BURKMASTER, BURTON, BYERS, CARTER, CLARK, COOK, CRAVENS, DAVIS, DAY, DEWEY, DICK, DICKINSON, DOGGETT, DUNSCOMBE, ELLISON, FARRER, FERREY, FOSTER, FRANKLIN, FRITH, FURGASON, GILL, HACKETT, HAFF, HANNA, HARDING, HAWKINS, HEARNE, HIBBARD, HICKS, HOLDEN, HUDSON, HUGHES, JONES, KEILL, LESTER, LEAVINS, KIMBALL, MARCH, McCAY, McDONALD, McGEE, McGUIRE, McLEAN, McMILLAN, MILLETT, MITCHENER, MOISE, NAVE, NEISWANGER, OGDEN, OLEVIS, PARISH, PAYNE, PENN, POWELL, REESE, ROBBINS, SELLERS, SHEIDLEY, SHORT, SMITH, STEPHENS, STUYVESANT, THOMPSON, TOMLINSON, TORRENCE, VINCIL, WEBSTER, WEIRICK, WHEELER, WHITE, WILLIE, WILSON, WILTSEE "The Kansas City Journal" (Missouri) Thursday, January 1, 1880 "OPEN HOUSE" List of Ladies Who Will Receive Calls from Their Gentlemen Friends To-Day. Mrs. Frank B. MITCHENER and Miss Annie PAYNE will receive at No. 732 McGee street. Mrs. Wm. E. BENSON, assisted by Miss Nettie STEPHENS and Miss Carrie WILSON, will receive at her residence, 512 Holmes street. Misses Eliza and Fannie GILL and Miss Josie PENN will receive with Mrs. A. H. MOISE on Tracy avenue, 624. Miss Ada HUGHES will receive with Miss Alberta ANDERSON at her home on Cherry street. Miss Laura B. BOYD and Miss Mattie E. TORRENCE will receive their friends from 1 o'clock to 8 p.m. at 1220 Cherry street. "At Home" will welcome friends during the day and evening at 1010 Cherry street. Miss Ida PARISH will receive with the Misses HACKETT, at their residence, corner of Fourteenth and Central streets. Mrs. J. B. WEBSTER will receive, assisted by Miss Nannie COOK and Miss Mollie CARTER, at 1264 Summit street. Miss Mollie and Miss Jennie SMITH and Mrs. Wm. L. ELLISON will receive with Mrs. C. C. KIMBALL, at her residence, 214 West Tenth street. Mrs. Matt FOSTER will receive at her home, corner of Eleventh and Central streets, assisted by Miss Mollie HEARNE, Miss Nettie HARDING, Miss Jennie WEIRICK, Mrs. Chas. I. THOMPSON and Mrs. Dr. DUNSCOMBE. Miss Lulu BYERS will receive New Year's calls at her home at 306 Charlotte street assisted by Miss Aggie LESTER and Miss Lillie BARNES, Miss Jennie McCAY and Miss Edalette FARRER, of Independence. Mrs. W. S. BIRD, Mrs. Witten McDONALD and Miss Carrie BIRD, assisted by Miss Alice VINCIL, of St. Louis, will be at home from 2 until 11 o'clock, at 1300 Locust street, to-day. At Dr. DEWEY's, 414 West Sixteenth street, Mrs. DEWEY, Miss Alice DEWEY, Mrs. Chas. DICKINSON and Miss Carrie DAVIS will receive calls. Mrs. S. Marshall APPERSON and Miss Dora APPERSON will receive at 910 Jefferson street, assisted by Miss Winnie SHORT, Mrs. J. E. POWELL and Mrs. A. HAWKINS. Mrs. Benj. McLEAN and daughter will receive on New Year's day, at their residence, No. 1016 Central street, from 1 until 10 p.m., assisted by Miss Emma HAFF, Miss Minnie SELLERS, Miss Julia BURTON and Miss Etta McGUIRE. Mrs. E. G. DICK, Miss Josie PAYNE, Miss Addie CLARK and Miss Gertrude OLEVIS, of Lawrence, Kas., will receive with Misses Mollie and Lou OGDEN, 503 West Sixteenth street. Mrs. B. J. FRANKLIN and her daughter Miss Willie, will keep open house on New Year's day, assisted by Misses Gertie and Aggie HANNA and Miss Nellie NEISWANGER. Miss Gertrude BULLENE, of Lawrence, Miss Ada REESE, Miss Fannie McGEE and Miss Flora McMILLAN will receive with Miss Aileen MARCH, at her home on the corner of Oak and Thirteenth streets. Mrs. E. B. MILLETT, Seventh and Bluff streets, will receive with, whom will be also Miss MILLETT, of Austin, Texas, Miss SHEIDLEY and Mrs. Chas. A. BAKER, of Kansas City. Mrs. J. R. FRITH, assisted by her sister, Miss Mollie STUYVESANT and Miss Maud LEAVINS, will receive after 1 o'clock at the residence, No. 1004 Cherry street. Mrs. J. M. NAVE will receive calls at her residence corner of Seventh and Central streets, assisted by Ms. W. J. FERREY, Miss BALLANTINE and Miss BURKMASTER, of Alton, Ill. Miss TOMLINSON will receive at 1212 Broadway, assisted by Mrs. Frank HUDSON, Miss Ethel ALLEN, Miss Emma HIBBARD, and Miss Belle NEISWANGER. Mrs. L. F. WILSON, Mrs. Charles BREWSTER, Mrs. John DOGGETT, Mrs. H. M. HOLDEN, Mrs. C. S. WHEELER, Mrs. J. K. CRAVENS, will receive with Mrs. O. C. DAY, at 429 West Eleventh street. On east Fifth street, 617, Mrs. WILTSEE will receive, and on McGee at 607, Mrs. I. N. HICKS will receive. Miss May ROBBINS, with Miss Stella FURGASON and the Misses HOLDEN, will receive from 2 until 10 at the residence of her mother, 1507 Oak. Miss Anna KEILL of 909 Washington street, will be assisted by Miss JONES of Port Huron, Mich., and Miss WHITE of Ft. Wayne, Ind. ====================================================== (I have no connection with any of these families but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful.) johnobrien@kc.rr.com ======================================================

ATHERSON, BACON, BEALS, CAMPBELL, DUNLAP, FINK, GEE, GREEN, HAYDE, HUCKETT, KELLY, KING, MOSELY, ROBINSON, SQUIRE, SMITH, SPEERS, TATCHER, WILKINSON, WILSON "The Kansas City Sunday Times" (Missouri) May 15, 1881 CITY SUMMARY. (Kansas City, MO) J. J. SQUIRE's little boy is lying very ill with malignant malarial fever. A large party of Englishmen went out to Victoria over the Union Pacific road yesterday. A savage dog belonging to a man named KING attacked and severely bit J. J. MOSELY, near the Fort Scott shops, yesterday. Thomas GEE, caught in the act of picking pockets during the circus procession, was arrested by Officer HAYDE yesterday. A man was at the depot yesterday, stating he had been made the victim of the price of a $1,000 mile ticket by a St. Louis scalper. An old citizen says: "Why don't you put the small pox patients in Shelley park?" He wants to see this plat useful if not ornamental. A boy named FINK was thrown from a horse near the stockyards exchange yesterday morning, and striking against a tree box, two ribs were broken. John KELLY, charged with stealing a trunk at the depot, was bound over by Justice BACON yesterday in the sum of $500 and committed to the county jail. There was a sheriff's sale in progress at the TATCHER tanking company's works yesterday, and the investigations of the health officer were temporarily deferred. A number of prominent physicians will leave this week to attend the annual session of the State Medical Association, which meets at Mexico, Mo., May 17, 18 and 19. Hon. Wesley JONES of Burlington, is in the city, looking after the business of his flourishing branch house. His manager here, Mr. WILSON, who has been very ill, is now rapidly recovering. During the passage of the circus procession yesterday there were several runaways, the horses becoming frightened at the bands and strange animals and furious at the sight of the elephants. O. E. GREEN was arrested yesterday evening on a warrant sworn out by Fannie WILKINSON, charging him with using indecent language toward her at the corner of Sixteenth and Grand avenue. Justice BACON delivered his opinion in the CAMPBELL case yesterday. He discharged the prisoner on the charge preferred, holding him on the charge of common assault. The trial will come up Wednesday. Mr. John F. WILSON, equestrian manager of John ROBINSON's circus, was warmly greeted yesterday by his many friends in this city. WILSON is the champion manipulator of the arena in America, and is excelled by no one, not even old John himself. The local board of the Detroit Mutual Benefit association held a meeting on Friday and elected the following officers for the year: President, J. W. DUNLAP; vice president, P. G. ATHERSON; medical examiner, Dr. H. J. BEALS; secretary and treasurer, Elliott H. SMITH. During the flood, a large cat fish got into one of the inundated houses at Harlem and was unable to get out again. The family moved back yesterday and found the carcass of a cat fish weighing 100 pounds, lying on the floor. P. S. Chief SPEERS is responsible for this fish story. Somebody made Ollie HUCKETT, police clerk, a present of a velocipede yesterday. ====================================================== (I have no connection with any of these families but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful.) johnobrien@kc.rr.com ======================================================

"The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Thursday, May 16, 1895 Fanny C. MILLER, the wife of E. N. MILLER of 3233 Smart street, died at her home Tuesday night of heart failure. Mrs. MILLER was 31 years of age. The remains were sent to Morrison, Ill., yesterday for interment. ====================================================== (I have no connection with this family but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful.) johnobrien@kc.rr.com ======================================================

"The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Thursday, May 16, 1895 Mrs. L. SIMMONS, 73 years of age, died Wednesday night at her home, 2212 East Eighteenth street, of old age. The funeral was held at the home at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The remains were interred in Union cemetery. ====================================================== (I have no connection with this family but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful.) johnobrien@kc.rr.com ======================================================

"The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Thursday, May 16, 1895 The funeral services of Mrs. Ann McBREEN, the woman who dropped dead at 2806 East Eighteenth street Tuesday night, will be held at the Church of the Holy Name at 2 o'clock this afternoon. The remains will be placed in a vault in Mount St. Mary's cemetery. ====================================================== (I have no connection with this family but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful.) johnobrien@kc.rr.com ======================================================

Hi list, I visited Forest Hill Cemetery this past week and found all my McCraw family. If anyone has any information for Nora McCraw Connely, Martha McCraw Welch, or Josephine McCraw Cockrum, I would appreciate hearing from you. I have death dates and would like obits for the following: A. (Andrew)J. McCraw Feb 20, 1911; Josephine Cockrum Jan 16, 1958; John Cockrum Apr 10, 1948 Elmer McCraw Feb 15, 1937; Nora Connely Sep 15, 1962; Albert Connely Jan 11, 1948; Grover C. McCraw May 31, 1958; Mamie McCraw Dec 21, 1955. Thanks for all your help, I only have years of death for the following: Martha E. McCraw Welch 1947; J W Welch 1956. I will call the cemetery on Monday and see if they will give me the actual date. With the new privacy act, She was reluctant to tell me much on Thursday, but this may not fall into that category. Jackie