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Times-Republican Thursday May 27, 1926 [p. 6] Louisa Caskey Wells Louisa Ellen Caskey, daughter of William and Rebecca [Gilmore] Caskey, was born in Morgan County, Ky., Feb. 21st, 1847, and died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Sarah George in Hopkins, Mo., May 21st, 1926, aged 79 years and 3 months. She spent her girlhood days in Kentucky where she married John J. [efferson] Wells on Sept. 1st, 1861. He preceded her in death Nov. 7, 1894. She leaves to mourn their loss three daughters, Mrs. Sarah George, Mrs. Maggie Margason and Mrs. Belle Thompson. Also thirteen grandchildren, Mrs. Eva Covey, Morrilton, Ark.; Mrs. Ethel Campbell, Mt. Grove, Mo.; Omer Margason, Riverside, Calif.; Arthur and Ellen Margason, Morrilton, Ark.; Laurence and Floyd Margason, Tulsa, Okla.; Paul, Claude, Doyle, Aileen, Naomi, and Wilma Thompson, Bedford, Iowa. Eight great grandchildren, Roberta, Louise and Allen Covey, Morrilton, Ark.; Lenore, Lois, Monna Belle and Collis Fay Campbell, Mt. Grove, Mo.; Margaret Enola Margason, Riverside, Calif. Two brothers, W. T. Caskey, San Dimas, Calif., Lee A. Caskey, Hazel Green, Ky. Two sisters, Mrs. Angeline Wilson, Vicksburg, Mich., and Mrs. Evaline Havens, Hazel Green, Ky. She was for a number of years a member of the Berea Church of Christ, near Bedford, later placing her membership with the Eagle Grove Church of Christ near the same place, at which place she was a member at the time of her death. She obeyed the Gospel in early life and remained a faithful consistent Christian until death. She was patient sufferer for 18 months and was willing to go when God saw fit to take her. Times-Republican December 11, 1923 [p. 3] The Community Shocked Sunday evening about 6:00 oÕclock, word was sent out over the phone announcing the death of Mrs. V. [irgil] M. Kinnison [Loa Keith], wife of the Clerk of the District Court, which took place at the home of her sister [Zetta Keith Thompson] south of Bedford. Mrs. Kinnison had gone to the country to visit her sister, when she was taken seriously ill. Medical aid was secured and everything done that could be, but death claimed her Sunday evening. Mrs. Kinnison was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. [oseph] H. Keith [Polly Helm], reared in Bedford and before her marriage was one of our teachers in the Bedford schools, and was one of BedfordÕs best girls. Everybody was LoaÕs friend and her sudden death has cast a gloom over the entire city and saddened many hearts. She could say with the poet: ÒI know not what the future hath, Of marvel or surprise; Assured alone that life and death His mercy underlies. ÒAnd so beside the silent sea, I wait the muffled oar; No harm from Him can come to me On ocean or on shoreÓ. At the time of her death, she was aged 31 years, 8 months and 8 days. Funeral services will be held at the Christian church today (Tuesday), December 11, at 2:00 p.m., conducted by Leslie Cobb. Interment will be made in Bedford Cemetery. The husband, parents and relatives have the deepest sympathy in their great loss. Times-Republican March 16, 1922 Mrs. W. H. Gartside, Aged 65, Dies of Pneumonia Mrs. Mattie Belle Gartside, wife of W. [illiam] H. Gartside, a farmer southeast of town, died Monday at the home after an illness of several weeks of pneumonia. She was 65 years, 6 months and 29 days old and beside her husband is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Goldie Mae Hoover of Bartlett [Nebraska], and two sons, Harry Glen Gartside of Chetopa [Kansas] and Merl Webb Gartside of Parsons [Kansas], and five grandchildren, Gaylord and Dale Hoover of Bartlett, Stanley and Floris Gartside of Chetopa, and Gerald Gartside of Parsons [Kansas]. Three sisters, Mrs. Charles Taylor [Nancy] of Bedford, Ia.; Mrs. Sarah Nendick of Omaha, Nebr., and Mrs. Etta Titus of Clark County, South Dakota, and a brother, William Webb of Paloma, Ill., also survive her. The funeral was held Wednesday afternoon from the Christian church here, Rev. C. M. Thomas of Oswego, officiating and burial being at Oak Hill Cemetery. Mattie Belle Webb was born at Bedford, Ia., July 29, 1856. She remained with her parents until she was 27 years of age, when she was united in marriage to W. [illiam] H. Gartside, November 29, 1883. To this union, three children were born, as mentioned above. With her family she moved to Nebraska, where they lived until 1914, when they moved to Chetopa, buying a farm southeast of here, which had since been the home. Mrs. Gartside had united with the Christian church at the age of 15 years and her life had been one of devotion to her religious faith and her family. Her life also had attracted a great circle of devoted friends.----Chetopa, Kansas, Advance Mrs. Gartside, whose death is mentioned above, was born in Bedford and was among the oldest settlers. The family left here about 20 years ago. They had many friends in the county who will sympathize with the bereaved husband and children in the loss of wife and mother. Before her marriage she was known as Miss Mattie Belle Webb, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. [illiam] A. Webb, former residents of Bedford, but now residing in Illinois [GARTSIDE, MARTHA BELLE "MATTIE" WEBB] [GARTSIDE, MARTHA BELLE "MATTIE" WEBB]
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