I'm adding some more material this evening from this old yard sale book. Neither of the next two persons died in Mercer County, but they lived in the county and for anyone trying to trace either of them into and out of the county, may find some help here. "A PIONEER CALLED HOME. BRO. JOSEPH M. SALLEE. After a brief illness, save that likely to attend one who had passed the full limit of the Psalmist's (four score years,) brother Joseph M. Sallee quietly fell asleep at his home near Mt. Moriah on Saturday Feb. 20, 1897 at 1:00 a.m. "Brother Sallee was born Feb. 13, 1815, in Buckingham county, Va. When about 8 years of age he went with his parents to Montgomery county, Tenn., where he was married , in 1837 to Miss Matilda Ann Dunkeson. the next year he and wife came to Missouri and settled near spring Hill in Livingston county and from there to Mercer county five miles north-east of Cainsville, where he continued to reside until 1877, when he sold his old homestead and bought the farm adjoining Mt. Moriah in Harrison county where he has lived for twenty years. "Brother Sallee was twice married. To the first union 9 children were born, 5 of whom are now living to witt: James H. Thos. E., Allen M., John J. and Robert, the latter is in California. The others being so generally and widely known in Harrison and Mercer counties need no introduction. "In 1854 his first wife died, and with his motherlss children looking him in the face, he was on the verge of returning to Tennessee, but the wise and brotherly counsel of the late Dr. Clemands caused him to remain. "In Sept. 1855, he was married to Miss J. J. Thompson who has been his faithful helpmate for more than 41 years and who still survives him. "To this union were born 9 children, 6 of whom are living and were present at the funeral. All the first children were also present, except Thomas E., who lives in Chillicothe and was sick, and Robert who is on the Pacific coast. "In Feb. 1861, brother Sallee and son, Thomas E., publicly professed faith in Christ, united with the Cainsville Baptist church and were baptised by Eld. John Woodward on the first Sunday in March following. "On the removal of Bro. Wm. Chambers to Mt. Moriah in 1862, (and who had been Clerk of the Church for 17 years,) Bro. Sallee was elected Clerk and Treas. for 3 or 4 years. Since maing his home at Mt. Moriah, his membership and that of his wife and a part of children have been with that church. Bro. Sallee was a firm believer in education and always took special pains to give to his children a good education, several of them being our best teachers. "During President Cleveland's first administration, Bro. Sallee was post Master at Mt. Moriah. "He was a man of good judgment, conservative in mind and firm in his convictions of what he deemed to be right, and, while he may not have soared so high as many in his religious experience, neither did he fall so low, and the trend of his daily life was onward and upward. He was a fathful husband, an affectionate parent, a good citizen and a living exemplar of the Christian religion. "Monday, February 22, 1897, we tried to comfort the bereft amidst their tears by the consolation of God's Word and the undrying love of Christ Jesus, reading a part of John xi: and Rom viii: 31 to 39, using the last two verses as a text. Some beautiful songs were sung and the remains laid to rest in the Mt. Moriah cemetery beside two dear children gone on before. The remains were followed to their last resting place by a large concourse of people, considering the almost impassible condition of the roads. "A genuine faith lifts us above the bitterness of grief; a sense of Christ's living presence takes away all unbearable loneliness. In the darkest hours, to know that our dear departed ones still live and love as we live and love them, oh, what unspeakable consolation! Affectionately transcribed, Thy brother in Christ, J. H. BURROWS." (In the Mercer County cemetery book by Joe Dale Linn, the first wife is listed in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery: "Matilda Ann, wife of Joseph M. Sallee died Mar. 31, 1856 aged 43 y? 2 m 11 d [stone is weathered; oldest marked grave]"--this would be the oldest marked grave in this cemetery--JV) (In Volume 3 of the Mercer County Pioneer Traces 1997 is the following from Lindley Twp.: "BURR OAK This trading center consisted of a store and a post office located southeast of Saline in Lindley township. It was the fourth post office in the county and was established on December 6, 1850, with Joseph M. Sallee as postmaster. Six years later on May 6, 1856, it was discontinued. It was reestablished on December 23, 1862, with Mr. Sallee again as the postmaster. On February 7, 1865, John C. Platt became the postmaster and was still in office when the post office closed on February 3, 1867."--JV) "OBITUARY. The following obituary was published by one of the Leon, Iowa papers, sent to us by a friend of the deceased with a request that we publish, which we cheerfully do on account of the former residence of the deceased being here, and the family have many friends living in our county: "Dr. Josiah Robinson McClelland was born in Monroe County, Kentucky on the 15th day of December, 1823, and died on the 24th day of December, 1893, and was therefore seventy years and nine days old at the time of his death. "His father's name was Josiah McClelland and his mother's maiden name was Rhoda Condra: his paternal ancesters were Scotch-Irish. When two years old the parents of the deceased moved to Jackson County, Tennessee, and in 1841 to Mercer County, Missouri. He was raised on a farm and only had the advantages of a common school education. He spent two years in mercantile house in Princeton, Missouri, and then, in July 1848, commenced reading medicine at the same place with Dr. J. B. Bell attending medical lectures in St. Louis. He was married to Miss Amanda M. Rhea, of Mercer County, Missouri, on the 18th day of March, 1851, and commenced the practice of medicine with his preceptor, Dr. Bell, at Princeton, remaining there two years, and then in February 1853, moved to Decatur County, Iowa, and settled on the Tash farm two and one half miles west of the present site of Leon, there being no town here at that time. He built one of the first frame houses in the county, hawling t! he lumber from Ottumwa, Iowa. He endured all these hardships and privations of a frontier life: his practice extending throughout the county and often in adjoining counties and the State of Missouri. He remained on his farm until 1854, when he went to Decatur City and lived there until 1856, when he moved to Leon and bought the property where he lived coninuously until the time of his death. Although not having the advantage of a collegiate education, still, by close application and wide research, and making his profession his life work, he reached a high standing as a skilful physician. He was very kind hearted and sympathetic and possesses these qualities which made his presence especially accepted in the sick-room. Though making all departments of medical science his study, physiology was his favorite branch, in which he made marked advancement. He also gave much attention to the subject of insanity and diseases of the mind, and was a member of the board of commiss! ioners of insanity of his county for fifteen years prior to his death. He was a member and most of the time President of the Decatur County Medical Association from its organization. He joined the Masons January 3rd, 1850, and remained a consistent member of that fraternity from that time until his death. He was also a member of the Odd Fellows Lodge at Leon at the time of his death, and had been for many years prior thereto. "Dr. McClelland was a member of the Christian Church from boyhood until the time of his death, lived a consistent irreproachable life, and was a noble specimen as the christian gentleman. "For forty years he impressed himself upon the people of Decatur County by his upright and christian character that all who knew him will feel that in his death, not only his family, the church, the medical profession and fraternities to which he belonged sustained a great loss, but the community as well. He sufered intensely for more than a year prior to his death, and had not been able to give any attention to his profession for nearly two years. "He leaves surviving him his wife, and three children: Mrs. Etta M., the wife of J. P. Hall, of Denver, Colorado; Edgar B. and Mrs. Emma G., wife of Willard P. Clark of the firm of Clark and McClelland, of Leon; and one grandchild, Etta G. Clark four years old, who was a great favorite with the doctor and was his almost constant companion during his long confinement and suffering. "In his death, we are again reminded that as the years go by, 'friend after friend depart.' Those that we have known in infancy, in childhood, in youth and in maturity, one by one pass from our sight. "Yesterday they were with us full of life and joy and love. Today they are gone and our homes are desolate and our hearts are sad with a sadness for which earth has no remedy. The dearest and the nearest, the truest and the noblest pass from us in answer to the call of him who doeth all things well." Here is one last obituary for today: "OBITUARY. Henry W. Pittman died the morning of the 15th of Jnauary, 1894, of Consumption, at Colorado springs, Colorado, where he went last fall for his health. He had been in poor health for two years. "He was born in Indiana February 15, 1855 and at the age of 16 moved with his parents to Mercer county, Missouri where he had made his home. He leaves a wife and two children, a mother and three brothers to mourn their loss which is his gain. "He united with the Christian Union church in the year 1885 at the Pine church near Princeton, Mo., and had living faith in Christ and before he died said he was going to that bright home over yonder where he would not suffer nor die any more. "His brother, G. W. Pittman, came from his home in Trenton, Nebraska, to see him but arrived too late to see him alive. "His remains were brought back to Trenton, Neb. and interred in the Trenton Cemetery near his brother's little girl that is buried there. "We mourn not as those who have no hope of meeting in the sweet by and by."