Monday 1 Oct 1883 - Wednesday 31 Oct 1883 Moberly Daily Monitor = MDM; published every day (except Sunday), G. B. Kelly, Business Manager ======================================= Death Dates & Estates Boucher, B. R. {Mrs.} -- d. 11 Oct 1883, aged 35y, w\o Ben Boucher, leave 5 children, one an infant one week old, funeral 12 Oct = Prairie Cem; MDM Friday 12 Oct 1883 Buchanan, Jimmie -- d. 24 Oct 1883, aged 6y 2m 29d, [s\o John T. & Jennie F. Buchanan]; funeral 25 Oct = Sugar Creek Cem; MDM Thursday 25 Oct 1883 Cabble, Mattie -- d. 4 Oct 1883 of gunshot wounds inflicted by her husband Dave Cabble on 24 Sep 1883; MDM Friday 5 Oct 1883 Daring, Louis L. -- killed 22 Oct 1883 by Ella Straub w\o William Straub an aunt by marriage near Clifton Hill with a hammer; William Straub had filled for divorce & Ella Straub had been absent a number of days, returned & became incensed of Daring recent marriage, stated that she bore a child by Daring; MDM Tuesday 23 Oct 1883 Davis, Florence -- d. 5 Oct 1883 in asylum at Fulton, funeral 8 Oct, 4 miles east of Renick = James Martin farm; MDM Monday 8 Oct 1883 Fort, Patsy F. S. -- d. 5 Oct 1883 at R. D. Young, aged 88y, mother of Col. H. T. Fort, funeral 6 Oct = Oakland Cem; MDM Friday 5 Oct 1883 Godfroy, Edwin A. -- d. Oct 1883 railroad engineer in CO, funeral 21 Oct at his father-in-law James R. Robertson; MDM Monday 22 Oct 1883 Johnson, Mollie (Million) -- d. 21 Oct 1883 of typhoid fever, aged 42y, w\o Milton Johnson; leaves sisters: Mrs Sarah Pendleton of Monroe City & Mrs. Louisa V. Estes of Moberly; brother: Edwin Millon of Ralls Co. & adopted son Emmett McGowan, funeral 23 Oct = Oakland Cem; MDM Monday 22 Oct 1883 Parish, Charles -- d. 1883 of flus, aged 3y; [s\o Hamp & Lizzie Parish] = Vince Cem; MDM Wednesday 3 Oct 1883 Ridgway, Jennetta -- d. 4 Oct 1883 of cancer of the stomach, funeral 5 Oct = McCanne Cem near Jacksonville; MDM Thursday 4 Oct 1883 Santee, George -- 10 Oct 1883 of typhoid, burial 11 Oct = Oakland Cem; MDM Thursday 11 Oct 1883 Smothers, D. J. -- d. 16 Aug 1883, aged 35y, funeral by Revs. J. E. Sharp & L. W. Baker = Grand Prairie Cem; MDM Tuesday 2 Oct 1883 Smothers, Willie -- d. 16 Aug 1883, aged 3y 6m, [son of D. J. Smothers]; father & son died 3 hours apart; burial in same casket = Grand Prairie Cem; MDM Tuesday 2 Oct 1883 Summers, Mabel -- d. 1883, aged 1y; (d\o Mr. & Mrs. Summers); MDM Wednesday 3 Oct 1883 ======================================= Marriage & Divorce Brock, R. D. -- of Macon Co, m. 14 Oct 1883 Mrs. Bettie Brock of Rand at J. A. Newton; MDM Monday 15 Oct 1883 Cobb, Sterling -- m. Clifton Hill 26 Sep 1883 Mollie Baker at bride's father by Rev. S. Y. Pitts; MDM Thursday 18 Oct 1883 Guy, Lee -- m. Mollie Shackleford by Rev. Shackleford, father of the bride; MDM Thursday 11 Oct 1883 McCormick, William H. -- m. 11 Oct 1883 Josie L. Malone at George Malone by Rev. W. W. Jones; MDM Thursday 18 Oct 1883 Paul, Lewis M. -- of Chariton Co, m. 4 Oct 1883 Maggie LaBonta of Moberly, at Johnnie Straub by Rev. J. H. Cox; MDM Friday 5 Oct 1883 Pendleton, A. F. -- m. 14 Oct 1883 M. S. Williams at Mr. Fife by Rev. C. Grimes; MDM Monday 15 Oct 1883 Riegle, Valentine -- m. 11 Oct 1883 Mrs. Annie Sibert by Mr. Steigert, both of Moberly; MDM Friday 12 Oct 1883 ======================================= Misc. Birthday celebration -- 11 Oct 1883 of both Ella Fullington & Phoebia North at Charles Fullington; MDM Friday 12 Oct 1883 Bragg, Franklin -- d. 7 Oct 1883, brother of Benjamin Bragg, burial at La Plata, MO; MDM Monday 8 Oct 1883 Brothel Shooting -- Madam Otis shot 2 Oct 1883 George Weiss in the left cheek with 32 caliber revolver; MDM Wednesday 3 Oct 1883 Forner, D. S. -- mayor of Moberly, visited by his father Dr. Forney of Burlington, IA; MDM Friday 12 Oct 1883 Hassett, George L. -- of Moberly, visited by his brother W. H. Hassett of Tecumseh, NE; MDM Monday 8 Oct 1883 Johnson, Mollie-- of Moberly, visited by her sister Sarah Pendleton & son Eddie of Monroe City & brothe Edwin Millon; MDM Monday 15 Oct 1883 Miller, Paulina -- d. 3 Oct 1883 of consumption, w\o Robert W. Miller, funeral 4 Oct = River Side Cem, Hannibal; MDM Wednesday 3 Oct 1883 Nichols, George {Mrs.} -- of Moberly visited by her mother Mrs. Danforth of Lewis Co, MO, grandmother of Marshal Nichols who drowned not long ago; MDM Monday 1 Oct 1883 Palmer, S. W. {Mrs.} -- & children Arthur & Gertie of Moberly, visiting her brother W. E. Curran of Denver, CO; MDM Tuesday 16 Oct 1883