Below are clippings from several scrapbooks we have at the Linesville Historical Society. Please enjoy them, and I hope you are able to make a connection! OBITUARY - One more in her youth has gone before us through the silent dwellings of the dead. The form once so active and beautiful now lies cold in death. The eyes that sparkled with animation of the future, are closed. The voice that sang out in the school room, is hushed and there is a vacant seat in the family circle. The death of Miss Nina Talcott was an event that came upon us not without warning. For seven months she struggled with disease, when consumption claimed her for a victim. We are as human beings too unwilling to believe that those we love must die. Hope tells us flattering tales and it is only when the form is tenantless and worthless clay, that we wake from our dream to realize our fallacies. Hope in this instance deceived us awhile and fled, leaving us to bow before our Maker in grief and humility, to mourn the departed. Nina was a great sufferer most of the time. When spoken to in regard to the future she said she was trusting in the Savior. Her friends did all they could to relive her sufferings, attending to all her calls. Sadly we fell that her footsteps can never again be heard on the streets or in our houses. A firm friend, a dutiful and loving daughter and affectionate sister has been lost to her friends and the community generally. She will be missed by all, and we can but say in the language of the poet: 'Tis very hard to give her up And leave her neath the sod; But, well we know she has a friend Whose constant care will never end, Her Father and her God The above was sent to us for publication the week before last, too late for the issue of that week, and thinking perhaps it would be a little old a week later, we laid it aside, but as the friends of the deceased, Miss Nina Talcott very much desire to have it appear in print, we gladly gave it a place in the Independent this week. - Ed. IRONS - In Linesville, Dec. 11th, 1883, of cancer, after a lingering illness, Mrs. Amanda, wife of B.O. Irons, aged 52 years, 1 month and 12 days. OBITUARY - Mrs. B.O. Irons, wife of our postmaster, died at her home on Tuesday, as before stated in these columns. She has been a sufferer from cancer for eight years and has looked anxiously forward to the time when she would leave this "vale of tears." Though she suffered everything, still there was no relief that could be found. Mrs. Amanda Irons was a daughter of Lewis and Lorinda Ward. She was born in Summit township, Oct. 30th, 1831. When a young girl her parents removed to Cussewago township, where she lived until her marriage, since which Linesville has been her home the greater portion of the time. When yet a young woman she united with the old Carmel Baptist Church near Mosiertown, and on coming to Linesville, united with the Church in this place, of which she was a worthy member at her death. Her funeral was attended by a large circle of friends, some being present from Kingsville, Greenville and other places. "Found Dead in Bed" About nine o'clock Thursday morning Mr. John McEwen was found dead in bed. He was staying at home alone for a few days, taking his meals at R.A. McEwen's, his son, and went to bed in as good health as usual, so far as known, the night before. As he did not come to breakfast the next morning his son went to his house to see what was the matter. He found the doors locked and had to force an entrance when he found his father dead in bed. What was the cause of his death we are unable to say, or when and how he died will always remain a mystery. He had been in his usual health and in good spirits the evening before. He was around on the streets the day before and no one thought of death coming to him so sudden. It is thought he had a stroke of something similar to apoplexy, but this is only surmised. He was seventy years of age the second day of February past. Mr. McEwen was one of our old residents. He has lived in Linesville nearly forty years. He was the oldest Mason in the place. He was always a good citizen, and well thought of by his neighbors. He will be buried from h is late residence at 2:00 PM today, according to the Masonic and Odd Fellow rites. McEWEN - At his residence in this place, June 12th, 1884, Mr. John McEwen, aged 70 years, 4 months and 10 days. That's all for this page! Kathy Brubaker Volunteer Genealogist Linesville Historical Society kbrbkr@toolcity.net