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Obituaries
Edgar Davis 1880-1928 Glouster, Sept. 12 - (staff Special) - Edgar Davis, 50, a former resident, died Monday at a hospital in Wheeling as a result of injuries he received last Saturday while at work in the mines of eastern Ohio. The body was brought to this city Tuesday by C. F. Wallace, funeral director, and the services will be held at the funeral home on Front Street this afternoon at 4 o'clock in charge of the Rev. Roberts. Burial will be made in the cemetery at Maplewood. Mr. Davis was twice married and leaves a daughter, Mrs. William Ramsey of Steubenville, by his first marriage. His second wife is a daughter of William Frye of this city. He also leaves three brothers and a sister - Silas Davis, Amesville; Frank and Howard Davis, and Mrs. Lizzie Willing (sic), near Athens. {9/12/1828}
Lola May Hale (wife of Bruce North) 5/11/1876 - 12/03/1921 In paper 12/5/1921: The remains of Mrs. Bruce North, formerly of Morgan County were brought here from Crooksville Saturday and taken to Mountville for interment. Mrs. North died Thursday at her home at Crooksville. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Hale of Crooksville former Morgan County residents. Her husband and a 12? year old son survive. *newspaper clipping, unknown newspaper Sarah Maris Harris (wife of John North) 1876 - March, 1922 : In paper 3/4/1922 Amesville, March 4 – Mrs. Sarah North died Saturday morning after a one day’s illness with pneumonia at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Roberts of near Broadwell. Mrs. North was 76 years old and the widow of the late John North, old residents of near Amesville. Three sons and two daughters are left. Funeral services will be held Monday, the home not being resided upon and the burial made in the Amesville Cemetery. *unknown newspaper clipping Obituary from Athens Messenger, 3/4/1922 -
Mr. Charles Henry McLean, husband of Mrs. Florence McLean, was born at Meadow Run at Jackson Co., Ohio, May 19,1896, departed this life June 24, 1937 at the age of 41 years, 1 month, 7 days. He was a good neighbor, was kind and generous to all his friends. He was always ready in sickness or death to help his friends in need. He leaves of his family his wife, Mrs. Florence McLean and 5 (five) children, William, age 9, James, age 7, Janet, age 5, Ruth, Age 2, Delores, Age 8 months, and one brother, John McLean of Southville, PA. and one sister, Mrs. Mary Rivers of Sugar Creek (Poston), also a hostess of relatives and friends to mourn his loss. McLean, William Elwood (1928-1992) Jacksonville - William E. McLean, 63, of Jacksonville, died unexpectedly Thursday at O'Bleness Memorial Hospital, Athens. Born in Poston, he was the son of the late Charles H. and Florence D. McLain McLean. He worked as a security guard for T.S. Trim in Athens, was a World War II and Korean War Army veteran, and a member of Jacksonville Veterans of Foreign Wars and Athens Disabled American Veterans. He is survived by his wife, Ann McClain McLean; four daughters, Mrs. Ted (Debbie) Davis of Hilliard, Mrs. John (Teresa) Young of Jacksonville, Mrs. Butch (Cindy) Smathers of Trimble, and Mrs. David (Beth) Bartlett of Glouster; six grandchildren; and two sisters, Janet Lawrence of Amesville, and Mrs. James (Delores) North of Circleville. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, Pfc. William E. McLean; a brother, James; and a sister, Ruth Holdcroft. Services will be Sunday, 1 p.m., at Cardaras Funeral Home in Glouster with Rev. Connie Powers officiating. Burial will be in Hilltop Cemetery, Millfield, where military graveside services will be conducted by the Combined Color Guard unit. Friends may call at the funeral home today, 7 to 9 p.m.. and Saturday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sarah McLean Stevenson (Sarah Ann Wilson) 10/11/1873 - 8/21/1932 Chauncey, Aug. 22nd.- Mrs. Sarah Stevenson (*formerly Mrs. Adam McLean), 59, wife of James Stevenson, died Sunday morning at the family home in Sugar Creek, following a short illness. Funeral services conducted by Rev. Gilbert Courtney of Chauncey Church of Christ will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Sugar Creek Church. Interment will be made in the Augustine Cemetery. Mrs. Stevenson is survived by her husband, one daughter, Mary, wife of Herbert Rivers, Sugar Creek, and two sons, John McLean and Charles McLean, Sugar Creek. A daughter Maggie, and a son George, preceded their mother in death. Mrs. Stevenson had been a resident of Sugar Creek for many years and was well known in this district. 10/29/1940 Athens Messenger
*newspaper clipping, unknown newspaper William S. North 11/16/1869 - 10/16/1929 In paper 10/20/1929 Former Amesville Man Dies on Way to a Hospital Amesville, Oct. 19 - William North, aged about 60, a well known resident of Bern and a former resident of Amesville, was taken sick Sunday. His physician pronounced it a case of appendicitis and on Wednesday he was started to be taken to the hospital at Marietta, but died soon after leaving home. He had a family of eight children. He was buried at the Amesville Cemetery Friday afternoon, after services at the M. E. Church by the Rev. McCormack. |