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McCullough Dies At Home of Daughter In Lebanon</div> <div> Mrs. Minnie J. McCullough, of Milton, died at 11:30 p.m. Sunday, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Stanley Beeler in Lebanon, seventeen days after the death of her husband, A.E. McCullough, on January 19. She had been in poor health the past several years.</div> <div> Mrs. McCullough was the former Minnie J. Lewis. She had resided in and near Milton the last 32 years. She and her husband had moved to the home of their daughter several months ago to spend the winter months.</div> <div> Surviving is one daughter, Mrs. Beeler, of Lebanon, and one son, Ernest E. McCullough of Kahoka, Missouri.</div> <div> Funeral services were conducted at two o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the Burnett funeral home. Burial was in the Sunnyside cemetery in Milton.</div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Loyd E Beatty - Obituary</U></B><B><U> <A NAME="loyd_beatyy_obit"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></U></B></div> <div> The Billings Gazette, Monday, Jan 31, 1977 page 10A</div> <div> BEATTY</div> <div> Loyd E. Beatty, 80, formerly of Billings, died of a heart attack Jan 26 in Escondido, California. He was born Nov. 6, 1896, in Winona, Minnesota; a son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred E. Beatty. The family homestead near Miles City. Mr. Beatty came to Billings as a young man and worked as a United States postal inspector. He retired and moved to Escondido. He was a Navy veteran of World War I and a member of Ashlar Lodge No. 29 AF&AM. Survivors include a son, Bruce Beatty of Fairfax, California and a brother, Arnold Beatty of Escondido. Masonic committal services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Mountview Cemetery with Michelotti-Sawyers Mortuary in charge.</div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Dora Olive Kittle - Obituary</U></B><B><U> <A NAME="dora_kittle_obit"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></U></B></div> <div> The Billings Gazette, Sunday, May 31, 1925 pg 8</div> <div> MRS. HART FUNERAL TO BE HELD SUNDAY</div> <div> Funeral services for Mrs. A.P. Hart, who died suddenly of a heart attack at her home, 324 South thirty-first street, will be held Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock in the Methodist church. The Rev. Raymond B. Walker of the Congregational church will conduct the service. Mrs. T.C. Clarke of Englewood, California, daughter of Mrs. Hart, will arrive in billings Friday afternoon. </div> <div> Hold Service Today For Pioneer Woman</div> <div> Funeral services for Mrs. A.P. Hart, pioneer resident of Billings will be held Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the First Methodist church. The services will be in charge of the Rev. Raymond B. Walker. The pallbearers will be George M. Hays, Harry M. Allen, Charles Spear, Charles Newman, L.E. Schad and T.W. Polly.</div> <div> Mrs. Hart was an early resident of the city coming here in 1883 shortly after her marriage. She had been an active member of the Methodist church. Her husband is commander of William McKinley post of the G. A. R., and she was a member of the Ladies of the G. A. R. She was also active in the work of the Pythian Sisters and they will have charge of the services at the grave.</div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Ernest Ellsworth McCullough - Obituary</U></B><B><U> <A NAME="ernest_mccullough_obituary"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></U></B></div> <div> McCULLOUGH SERVICES</div> <div> Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Weston Behner Funeral home in Fairfield for Ernest McCullough, 53, formerly of Davis and Wapello counties, who was killed in a truck-train collision October 15 in Glendora, Calif. Burial was in Memorial cemetery, Fairfield.</div> <div> McCullough was a former Ottumwa resident, going to California two years ago from Milton. He owned and operated a fruit market in Glendora.</div> <div> Survivors are his wife, the former Mrs. Catherine Robinson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gantz of near Batavia; a son and daughter by a former marriage, Mrs. Alvin Irvin and Eugene McCullough, both of Ottumwa. There also are five grandchildren, one sister, Mrs. Ora Beeler, of Lebanon and two step-daughters, Mrs. Eugene Alexander of Yakima, Washington, and Miss Wilma Robinson, formerly of Fairfield but now living with her mother, Mrs. McCullough, in Glendora. </div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Leroy Dye Stoops - Obituary</U></B><B><U> <A NAME="leroy_stoops_obit"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></U></B></div> <div> Van Buren County Genealogical Society Obit, Book E, page 136</div> <div> Obituary of LeRoy D. Stoops.</div> <div> LeRoy Dye Stoops, son of Eugene and Mary Stoops, was born near Selma, Io., Oct. 18, 1881, and departed this life at 11 o'clock the morning of April 29, 1927 at the St. Joseph's hospital at Ottumwa, Iowa, at the age of 45 years, 6 months and 11 days. He joined the Methodist church at Pittsburg, Iowa, at the early age of 14 years and has never forgotten the sacred truths learned there, but was always ready and willing to do anything for the betterment and uplift of mankind. He was married to Addie Craig Dec. 24, 1902. To this union were born two sons, Craig and Ralph. All his life was spent in this county, having lived in the present home 17 years. He numbered his friends by the score, these he always welcomed with a pleasant smile and cheery greeting, although many times he was suffering with pain. He was an honored member of Keosauqua Lodge No. 10, A. F. & A.M.; More Chapter No. 23, Royal Arch Masons; El Chanan Commandery, No. 28, Knights Templar; Lynd Chapter No. 27, Order of Eastern Star, and Kaaba Temple, Order of the Mystic Shrine at Davenport, Iowa. His last illness was of short duration. All that willing hands and loving hearts could do was done, but to no avail. He was called home; his mission on earth was finished. His wife, two sons, mother and one sister, Mrs. Wm Haney, of Cantril, Iowa, a brother, Ralph Stoops, of Centralia, Washington, and many other relatives and friends survive to mourn the departure of a devoted husband, kind parent, loving son and brother and obliging neighbor.</div> <bR> <div> <B><U>DANIEL K KITTLE - Biography</U></B><B><U> <A NAME="daniel_k_kittle_biography"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></U></B></div> <div> From the Portrait and Biographical Album of Jefferson and Van Buren Counties - 1890 County </div> <div> DANIEL K. KITTLE </div> <div> Daniel K. Kittle, the efficient Recorder of Van Buren County, and a representative citizen of Keosauqua, was born in Hamilton County Ohio, on August 2, 1826. The Kittle family originated in Holland and the American progenitor was Daniel Kittle, the grandfather of our subject, who at an early day braved the hardships and difficulties of an ocean passage to make a home in the New World. He settled in the Taggart Valley of Virginia, and married Miss Catherine Crum, a native of Holland. They became parents of the following children: John wedded a Miss Gibson and settled in Indiana; William married a sister of his brother's wife and became a resident of the same state; Jacob made his home in Dearborn County Indiana; Elias, who was joined in wedlock with Miss Hayes, died in Dearborn County; Solomon married a Miss Gibson; Phineas was the father of Daniel K; and Daniel wedded a Miss Downey, sister of Judge Downey of Indiana. </div> <div> Phineas Kittle, who was a native of Virginia, married Margaret Luke, and shortly afterwards removed with his young bride to Indiana, settling in Dearborn, now Ohio County. At that time, the entire country round about was a waste wilderness and the pioneers of the community hewed out their farms in the midst of the heavy timber. Not a railroad crossed the State and the only means of conveyance was the prairie schooner. It will readily be seen that the early settlers thus had but few comforts and conveniences and were forced to endure many hardships and difficulties such as are incident to life on the frontier. Mr. Kittle devoted his time and attention to the development of a farm and being an industrious and energetic man succeeded in his undertaking. He and his estimable wife were numbered among the highly respected citizens of the community in which they located. Unto them was born a family of ten children, nine of whom lived top adult age: Thomas, the eldest, was twice married and died in Ohio County Indiana; Eleanor is the wife of Eli Corson of Clarke County Missouri; D.K. of this sketch, is the next younger; Mary is the wife of A. McCullough, of Van Buren County Iowa; John is also living in the same county; Solomon married Miss Clement and is living in Ohio County Indiana; Samuel is married and makes his home in Van Buren County; Martin Van Buren is located in Ohio County Indiana; and Richard, the youngest, makes his home in Kansas. </div> <div> For thirty-five years, D.K. Kittle has been a resident of Van Buren County and almost from the date of his settlement he has been regarded as one of the prominent and influential citizens of the community. He has aided not a little in the building up of the county's best interests, especially in the advancement of the cause of education, and for a number of years was employed in the capacity of teacher. His own education was somewhat limited. He became familiar with the elementary branches of learning in a log schoolhouse with a puncheon floor, slab seats and oiled paper windows, but many men of note were similarly trained in their youth. When a lad of fifteen years, in the winter of 1840-41, he was attacked with the white swelling and in all these years has failed to find a remedy which would affect a permanent cure. This unfitted him for hard manual labor and his attention was necessarily called to other pursuits. Being studious by nature and desirous of obtaining a better education, his brother John gave him financial assistance and he was enabled to prosecute his studies until he became a well-informed man. The spring of 1854 witnessed the arrival of Mr. Kittle in Iowaville, Van Buren County, and embarking in the profession of teaching he followed that pursuit with marked success until 1872. Previous to that time he had filled a number of township offices, having acted as clerk, assessor, etc., and in the autumn of the year above mentioned he was elected Recorder of Van Buren County. Almost two decades have since passed away, yet with the exception of a term of two years, he has been continuously the incumbent of that office and for one year during his absence from he same, he served as Deputy Treasurer. </div> <div> In the autumn succeeding his arrival in the county, Mr. Kittle was united in the holy bonds of matrimony with Miss Lavina McCullough and five living children grace their union, the eldest of whom is Dora, wife of A.P. Hart of Yellowstone County Montana; Della, the next younger, is at home; Roger holds the position of Deputy Recorder; George is employed in the marble works of Oskaloosa; and Myrl completes the number. </div> <div> In early life Mr. Kittle was a supporter of Democratic principles and affiliated with that party until the Presidential election of 1860, when his views coinciding with those of the Republican party he gave his support to Abraham Lincoln and has since been a stalwart advocate of the party, which then for the first time gained control of the reins of government. His constituents have had no occasion to regret placing him in the various offices he has filled and in his long continued service as County Recorder, we find ample proof of his efficiency and fidelity to duty. Few men are better known in this section of the country that D.K. Kittle and none are more universally respected that he. </div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Eugene Taylor Stoops - Obituary</U></B><B><U> <A NAME="eugene_stoops_obit"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></U></B></div> <div> Keosauqua Republican 18 Feb 1904</div> <div> EUGENE T. STOOPS.</div> <div> Eugene T. Stoops was born May 3, 1850 at Selma, Iowa, and died Feb 13, 1904, at Pittsburg, Iowa. He was married to Mary Dye, February 16, 1870, near Eldon. To this union were born five children, three of whom are now living, namely, Lillian May Haney, Ralph Ovid and Leroy D. Stoops. In 1886 while living in Cantril, Mr. Stoops united with the Christian church to which he faithfully adhered until his departure from this life. He was a great sufferer for many years, gradually growing worse, but with great fortitude and resignation to God's will he patiently endured his afflictions. The deathbed scene of Mr. Stoops is one that can never be effaced from the memory of those present. In the last forty-eight hours of his life he seemed to have opened up to him the wonderful scenes and glories of the celestial world. The importance of salvation from sin seemed to come upon him with such power that though his physical frame was paralyzed and cold, and life almost extinct, there seemed to be some superhuman energy take hold of life's dying embers and in this state he prayed for his family and friends, calling each by name and affectionately commanding them to the Saviour who would save them, exhorting all to be true Christians, and now and then pausing for moment and pointing upward appearing to have caught a glimpse of the beautiful scenes of paradise. near morning of the 13th he told the bedside watchers that he would be called away at one o'clock and at one o'clock p.m. the power of further communication between this and the glory world ceased and he rapidly sank and at 2:20 the esteemed spirit returned to Go who gave it and his wife and children with many relatives and friends are left to mourn his departure. Funeral services were held at the M.E. church at Pittsburg, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 1904, the sermon being preached by Rev. H.C. Ethel, after which the body was laid to rest in the nearby cemetery. </div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Sebert Franklin McCullough - Obituary</U></B><B><U> <A NAME="sebert_mccullough_obit"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></U></B></div> <div> McCullough, Sebert Franklin</div> <div> Tribune-Star December 10, 1986 </div> <div> Sebert Franklin "Mac" McCullough, 71, of 3012 N. Fourth St., died at 10:56 a.m. Tuesday in Union Hospital. He was a retired supervisor for Quaker Maid division of the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. He was born July 10, 1915 in Dennison, Ill to Thomas McCullough and Mary Ann Eldridge McCullough. </div> <div> Survivors include his wife, Frances Akers McCullough, one daughter, Dottie Gaines of Terre Haute; two sisters, Mary Robinson of West Terre Haute and Mable Douglas of Marshall, Illinois, five grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. He was a Navy veteran of World War II and a member of Murdock Racing Club, American Legion Post 104, Voiture 21, 40 & 9, and Patton Church of Dennison. Services are scheduled for 1 p.m. Thursday in Bedino Chapel of the Valley at West Terre Haute, with the Rev. Walter Volkers officiating. Burial is in Bethesda Cemetery with military graveside rites by Post 104. Visitation is 3 to 9 p.m. today.</div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Russell B McCullough - Obituary</U></B><B><U> <A NAME="russell_mccullough_obit"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></U></B></div> <div> Trib Star October 30, 1991</div> <div> Terre Haute Tribune Star  October 30, 1991</div> <div> Russell B. McCullough</div> <div> Russell B. McCullough, 84, formerly of South 14 1/2 Street died at 6:38 p.m., Monday, Oct 28, 1991 at Countryside Nursing Center. He was a retired millwright for Terre Haute Products. He was born Nov. 14, 1906 in Edgar County, Illinois to Thomas Jefferson McCullough and Mary Jane Eldridge McCullough.</div> <div> Survivors include his wife, Nelva Mae Brown McCullough; one daughter Betty Jane Sizemore of Middleburg, Florida; one son James D. Sr. of Terre Haute; one sister Mabel Douglas of Marshall, Illinois; nine grandchildren; 13 great grandchildren; one step-grandchild; one step-great grandchild; and nieces and nephews. He was a member of Rio Grande Baptist Church. Services are 1 p.m. Thursday in DeBaun Springhill Chapel with the Rev.s Bob Welling, Walter Volkers and Virgil Romans officiating. Burial is in Roselawn Memorial Park. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. today.</div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Lila Augusta Jones - Obituary</U></B><B><U> <A NAME="lila_jones_hart_obit"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></U></B></div> <div> The Billings Gazette-Friday, April 10, 1953</div> <div> EARLY-DAY Billings Resident Dies</div> <div> Mrs. Lila Hart, 78, Came Here in 1886</div> <div> Mrs. Lila Augusta Hart, 78, of 4011 2nd Ave., S., died of infirmities of age at 9:15 p.m. Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Flandia M. Lockwood of 444 Clark Ave. She had been a resident of Billings since 1886 and had been at the address since October.</div> <div> She was born Oct. 26, 1874, in Jefferson, Ia., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dudley E. Jones. The family came here in 1886 and she married Arthur Jesse Hart in Billings Oct. 11, 1899.</div> <div> Her husband was an early resident of the Billings area, coming here Sept. 23, 1883. He was born at Sioux City, Ia., while his parents were on their way from southeastern Iowa to Deadwood, S.D., traveling in a covered wagon. He was a pupil in the first school building built here.</div> <div> He worked at many different jobs including surveying, ranching and newspapers, and was for several years an employee of The Billings Gazette. As a member of the tourist committee of the Commercial Club, he suggested the name "Black Otter Trail" for the road along the Rimrocks north of the city. He died here April 30, 1941.</div> <div> Preceding her marriage, she had worked in a dress shop on Montana Ave., owned and operated by her mother, and had sold clothes to such well-known persons as Calamity Jane.</div> <div> For about three years after her husband's death Mrs. Hart operated Hart's Print Shop, now Peterson's Print Shop, which her husband started and operated about 25 years.</div> <div> Mrs. Hart was a member of the Pioneers of Eastern Montana and the First Presbyterian Church.</div> <div> Survivors include her sister, Mrs. Winifred Masterson of 224 N. 23rd St., a grandson, Bruce Beatty and a granddaughter, Barbara Beatty, both of 245 Ave. B.</div> <div> Funeral services are planned at Smith's Chapel at 10 a.m. Saturday and burial will be in Mountview Cemetery. </div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Alonzo Putnam Hart - Obituary</U></B><B><U> <A NAME="alonzo_hart_obit"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></U></B></div> <div> The Billings Gazette, Mon, April 23, 1928</div> <div> PIONEER DEAD</div> <div> A. P. Hart, 82, who died Sunday morning, marched with Sherman to the sea before coming to Montana 59 years ago. He was identified with the early history of Billings and held office as chief federal court bailiff, United States commissioner, justice of the peace, police magistrate and deputy sheriff. He came to Coulson in 1881. </div> <div> CIVIL WAR VET, PIONEER DIES AT LOCAL HOSPITAL</div> <div> Alonzo Putnam Hart, Famous Early Billings Settler, Passes at Age of 82.</div> <div> Alonzo Putnam Hart, who marched to the sea with Sherman in the civil war, and came to Montana in 1869, died at the Billings Deaconess hospital Sunday morning at the age of 82. Death was due to infirmities incident to old age.</div> <div> Mr. Hart had been active in billings since the origin of the city. He came to Coulson, the now extinct town just east of Billings, in 1881, and moved here with the founding of the city a year later.</div> <div> As prospector, office-holder and war veteran, Mr. Hart became widely known in Montana. He was past state commander of G. A. R., and past commander of the local William McKinley post. He served as justice of the peace, police magistrate, deputy sheriff and prior to his death was chief bailiff of the federal district court.</div> <div> Mr. Hart came to Montana 50 years ago to aid in the preliminary survey for the laying of Northern Pacific railway tracks out of Bismarck, N.D., into the undeveloped territory. He remained as a prospector, except to join in the Black Hills gold rush by returning east to the then unruly town of Deadwood, S.D., in 1876. He remained in Deadwood for three years.</div> <div> Mr. Hart was well versed in the lore of prospecting, but never made a sensational strike. He combed the Beartooth mountains for gold, and also much of the other territory adjacent to Billings. He was reputed to have declared that he knew the secret of the "Lost Cabin" mine but consistently evaded discussion of his supposed knowledge.</div> <div> During the Civil war, Mr. Hart served with Company E. Seventh Iowa infantry, and was under General Sherman at the time of the historically famed march through Georgia.</div> <div> Mr. Hart was the second survivor of the march to the sea to die within a week. Ezra Dakins, 88, who also was one of the Union soldiers making the arduous trip, died April 18, at Birchwood, Wis.</div> <div> The death of Mr. Hart thinned to nine the surviving members of the William McKinley post, Grand Army of the Republic. The remaining veterans are W. D. White, post commander; James R. Goss, Daniel C. Harris, Ben Trenholm, John Ellis, James Patterson, William De Vaul, Thomas McGirl and Z. M. Cantrell.</div> <div> Mr. Hart was born Feb. 7, 1846, at Cattelsburg, Ky. He was married three times. His last wife, whom he married Sept. 25, 1883, in Ottumwa, Iowa, died in Billings, May 26, 1925.</div> <div> Surviving are one son, Arthur J. Hart, 4011 Second avenue south, proprietor of Hart's Lettercraft shop; and two daughters, Mrs. C.T. Salsbury, 38 Jackson avenue, and Mrs. Tom C. Clark of Inglewood, Cal. Six grandchildren, Mrs. Alpha Hart Beatty, Paul L. Salsbury, Fred Salsbury, all of Billings; Richard Clark, Junior Clark and Shirley Clark, all of Inglewood, also survive as well as on great-grandchild, Bruce Beatty of Billings.</div> <div> Mrs. Tom C. Clark will arrive in Billings Tuesday morning. Funeral arrangements will be made after her arrival. The services will be held here and burial will be in Mountview cemetery.</div> <div> Mr. Hart was a member of the Knights of Pythias lodge, Pioneers of Eastern Montana and attended the First Methodist Episcopal church.</div> <div> Mr. Hart became chief bailiff of the federal court about three years ago. He served at court sessions in Billings and Great Falls and occasionally in Butte.</div> <div> The "Lost Cabin" mine which Mr. Hart was declared to have maintained he found was a reputed rich lode in the covered by prospectors who built a cabin and were attacked by Indians. One prospector, according to the story, was killed outright and the other died of his wounds in a military camp in the Black Hills.</div> <div> The mine is a constant source of speculation for prospectors and many have sought to locate it.</div> <div> Mr. Hart also was a carpenter and contractor for several years. </div> <bR> <div> The Billings Gazette</div> <div> Wednesday, April 26, 1928</div> <div> SERVICES HELD FOR A.P. HART</div> <div> Final Tributes Paid to War Veteran and Pioneer</div> <div>    Funeral services were held for A.P. Hart, pioneer and Civil War veteran at Smith's Funeral home Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock with veterans of four wars and pioneers of Billings participating in the rites which were under the direction of the Ladies of the G.A.R. There was a large attendance at the funeral.</div> <div>    Spanish-American war veterans, Indian war veterans and World war veterans were represented among the active pallbearers. Billings remaining Civil war veterans were honorary pallbearers. A squad of Spanish-American war veterans in uniform fired a salute at the grave and a World war veteran played taps.</div> <div>    The services was conducted by the Rev. Jesse Lacklen, pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal church. Burial was in Mountview cemetery, beside Mr. Hart's wife, who died in 1925.</div> <div>    Members of the Knights of Pythias lodge, No. 58, also attended the funeral and had a representative among the pallbearers. Mrs. C.T. Salsbury, a daughter of Mr. Hart, is president of the G.A.R. Ladie's circle, which was in charge of the rites.</div> <div>    The pallbearers and the organizations they represented are Dr. O.B. Prickett, Knights of Pythias; George M. Hays, Eastern Montana Pioneers; Thomas Kehoe, Spanish-American war veterans; Henry Klenck and Frank Becker, Indian war veterans, and W.W. McKenzie, American Legion.</div> <div>    Honorary pallbearers, all members of William McKinley post, G.A.R., were W.D. White, Daniel C. Harris, William DeVaul, John Ellis, James R. Goss, James Patterson, Benjamin Trenholm, Thomas McGirl.</div> <div>    Members of the firing squad were A.R. Blair, O.L. Lueck, T.W. Roach, H.C. Cornwell and Fred Burnstead. Mr. Blair, commander of Bruce Wallace post, No. 4, Spanish-American War Veterans, was in charge. Nolan Talmadge, bugler for Yellowstone post No. 4, American Legion, played taps at the grave. Mrs. Kline sang at the services in the chapel.</div> <div>    Mrs. T.C. Clark of Inglewood, Cal., and daughter Shirley, arrived in Billings on Tuesday to attend the funeral. Mrs. Clark is a daughter. Mrs. Mary Hart Burch of Pasadena, Cal., a sister, was unable to attend. Other immediate relatives are Mrs. Salsbury and Arther J, Hart, a son, both of Billings.</div> <div>     Mr. Hart, who was 82 years old, figured in several events of historic importance. He marched with Sherman to the sea in the Civil war, aided in preliminary survey through Montana for the Northern Pacific railway in 1869, and participated in the Black Hills gold rush in 1876. During an active and colorful life, he was by turns, soldier, pioneer, prospector, contarctor and office-holder.</div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Oliver Grover Thomas - obituary</U></B><B><U> <A NAME="oliver_thomas_obit"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></U></B></div> <div> Plainview Evening Herald</div> <div> December 14, 1944</div> <div> Rites Saturday For O.G. Thomas</div> <div>    Funeral services for Oliver G Thomas, 59, will be conducted here at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon. Thomas, formerly of Plainview, died at 2:40 this morning at his home in Amarillo where he had lived for the past three years.  Rev. L.B. Reavis, pastor of the Plainview First Baptist Church, will officiate in the rites at the Roy G Wood funeral chapel. Burial will be in the Plainview cemetery.</div> <div>    Thomas lived here for 12 years before moving to Amarillo. He was empluyed as supervisor storekeeper at the Amarillo Air Field at the time of his death.  Thomas was born at Springtown, Oklahoma. He was a member of the Methodist church.  Survivors are his wife and three daughters, Misses Elizabeth and Margaret Thomas, both of Amarillo, and Mrs. Joseph A Jordan, Denver, Colo. Two sisters and two grandchildren also survive.  The body will arrive here this afternoon from Amarillo and will be at the Wood Funeral Home.</div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Lawrence Jeffre Thomas - obituary</U></B><B><U> <A NAME="lawrence_thomas_obit"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></U></B></div> <div> Plainview Evening Herald</div> <div> Tuesday, February 6, 1940</div> <div> L.J. Thomas Funeral Held</div> <div>    Last rites were held here this afternoon for Lawrence J. Thomas, 24, one of three persons fatally injured in an automobile accident here Sunday night.  Services were conducted at 2 o'clock at the First Methodist Church with Dr. E.A. Reed, pastor, assisted by Rev. L.B. Reavis, Baptist pastor, officiating.  Burial was in the Plainview cemetery under direction of the Roy Wood Funeral Home.</div> <div>    Thomas had resided in Plainview for ten years and was a graduate of the Plainview High School.  He served four years in the Army and at one time was one of the youngest officers in the U.S. Army. he attained the rank of first lieutenant. He had been emplyed with the J.C. Penny store here since June and recently was promoted to manager of the store's shoe department.</div> <div>    Survivors are his parents, mr. and Mrs. O.G. Thomas of Plainview;  two children, Jerry and Margaret Faye Thomas, Cheyenne, Wyoming, and three sisters, Elizabeth, Margaret and Martha, Plainview.  Pallbearers were J.S. Domke, Joe Hobbs, Thurman Thomas, Noble Byars, Bill Grundy and Raleigh Canning.  Others fatally injured in the automobile accident were Carl Shepard of Plainview and Miss Alta Duncan of Lockney.  Thomas died while being taken to the hospital in an ambulence and Miss Duncan died a few minutes after reaching the hospital.  Shepard was killed instantly.</div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Dorothy F Dempsey - Obituary</U></B><B><U> <A NAME="dorothy_dempsey_obit"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></U></B></div> <div> Plainview Daily Herald</div> <div> July 29, 1977 page 2</div> <div> Mrs. Thomas dies in city</div> <div>    Mrs. Dorothy Thomas, 82, of Plainview died at approximately 6:30 p.m. Thursday at a city nursing home.  Graveside services are set for 10 a.m. Saturday at Plainview Cemetery. Rev. Tommie Beck, pastor of Trinity United Methodist Church, will officiate with Wallace Funeral Home of Tulia handling arrangements.</div> <div>    Mrs. Thomas was born Aug. 23, 1894 in Eldon, Iowa and moved to Plainview in 1927 from Austin, Minn.  She moved to Amarillo in 1941 and back to Plainview in 1971.  She married O.G. Thomas Aug. 8, 1914 in Coeur D'Alene, Idaho. He died Dec. 14, 1944 in Amarillo.</div> <div>    Mrs. Thomas was very active in the Amarillo Quilting Club and a member of the Forest Hill Methodist Church of Amarillo.  She is survived by three daughters; Mrs. Cy (Margaret) Ramsey of Plainview, Mrs. Charles (Martha) Bowen of Amarillo, and Mrs. Elizabeth Beckman of Seattle, Wash; eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.</div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Peter Edgar Walker - Obituary</U></B><B><U> <A NAME="peter_edgar_walker_obit"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></U></B></div> <div> P. E. Walker 1852-1911 </div> <div> OBITUARY </div> <div> The following obituary of P. E. Walker was handed us last week by Rev. J. W. Carson, but too late for publication in that issue: </div> <div> P. E. Walker was born Oct. 4, 1852, at Libertyville, Iowa, Jefferson county. He was a strong, robust child until the age of 14, when he jumped from a tree fifteen or twenty feet high and injured himself, from which he never fully recovered and was laid up at this time for some months. After he recovered sufficiently he worked on a farm until a young man, when he commenced to teach school and was a school teacher for ten or more years. Mrs. Walker, his wife, was one of his pupils and it was in the school room that ties were formed that have never been broken. </div> <div> He and his brother Will studied law together, but he never took the examination. Feb. 15, 1883, he was united in marriage to Miss Olietta C. McCullough on the old home farm two miles north of Douds. They moved immediately to a farm one mile south of Leando and remained on the farm for four years and left on account of failing health and moved to Leando, after which he went to Shenandoah and took a commercial course. On his return from Shenandoah he was elected recorder of Van Buren county and served for four years, at the expiration of which time he went into the abstract and realty business, and followed that, with the exception of his stay in Burlington, the remainder of his life. </div> <div> I want to speak now of the most enjoyable part of his life--his christian life. He was converted at the age, or thereabout, of 14, and united with the Methodist Episcopal church and was ever after one of the strong pillars of the church, faithful in every department of church work. He was one of God's great Bible teachers. </div> <div> Four children came to gladden their home, Erwin of Keokuk, Elda who died in infancy, Floyd of Ottumwa, and Bertha yet at home. </div> <div> He went to Keokuk June 26 for an operation and was operated on June 27. The operation seemed to be very successful. He recovered nicely and on Friday, July 28, went to the home of his son in Keokuk and was so happy at the thought that he was on the way to his home in Keosauqua, expecting in the next move to go home. On Sunday, Aug. 6, they sang from memory many of the old familiar songs he had learned in his youth, and the neighbors remarked what a sweet voice he had. </div> <div> The funeral services were conducted by Rev. C. A. Field, assisted by Rev. J. W. Carson, Rev. G. W. Barber and Rev. W. H. Slack. </div> <div> He departed this life August 14, 1911. Peace to his memory. </div> <bR> <div> <B><U>William Silas Haney - Obituary</U></B><B><U> <A NAME="william_silas_haney_obit"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></U></B></div> <div> William Silas HANEY </div> <div> William Silas Haney, son of Aaron and Milisa [sic] Haney, was born at Keosauqua, Iowa, May 18, 1870, and departed this life at his home in Milton, Iowa, on September 27, 1945 at the age of 75 years, 4 months and 9 days. At Pittsburg, Iowa, on the 4th of October, 1891, he was united in marriage to Lillian May Stoops. He spent all his life in Van Buren county, except a few years at Ft. Madison. Seventeen years of this time was spent in Milton. He served two terms as deputy sheriff and two as Sheriff of Van Buren county. While a resident of Ft. Madison he served as the Chief of Police. </div> <div> When a young man he confessed Christ and became a member of the Christian church and was a trustee of the Milton church at the time of his death. </div> <div> Besides his faithful and loving wife, he leaves to mourn his loss, three brothers, Frank of Washington, Iowa, Charles of Keosauqua, Iowa and Oscar of Macomb, Ill., and a number of nephews and nieces. His parents, five sisters and one brother preceded him in death. </div> <div> His illness extended over a period of a year. He was a very patient sufferer and made his care as little trouble as possible. He had many friends to whom he was loyal and true. </div> <div> ********************************************************** </div> <div> Those attending the funeral of W. S. Haney Sunday from out of town were Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Stoops and Mrs. Eddie Stoops of Stockport; Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Orman, Mrs. Louise Flashburn; Mr. and Mrs. John Claypool, Jr., and Mr and Mrs. John Claypool Sr., of Ottumwa; Mr. and Mrs. Ellerick Orr of Centerville, Harry Kuntz, Mrs. Carry [sic] Ramsey, Cpl. David (Gerald) McGaffey, Mr. and Mrs. David McGaffey, Mrs. Frank Hudson, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Gray and Mrs. Vera Hysel of Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Thad Sherod, Mrs. Charles Wallace, Mr. and Mrs. George Buckles and L. Liddy of Keosauqua and Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Haney of McComb, Ill. </div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Mary G Dye - Obituary</U></B><B><U> <A NAME="mary_dye_obit"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></U></B></div> <div> Mary Dye Stoops 1849-1930 </div> <div> OBITUARY </div> <div> Mary Dye, daughter of Eli and Nancy Dye, was born October 9, 1849, and departed this life April 6, 1930, aged 80 years, 5 months and 28 days. </div> <div> She confessed Christ as her Savior in early life under the ministry of Elder Mose Downing, uniting with the old Mt. Gillian Christian church. </div> <div> On February 16, 1870, she was united in marriage to Eugene T. Stoops. To this union five children were born, Lillian May, Winnie E., Warren T., LeRoy D. and Ralph O. Stoops. Her husband and three children, Winnie, Warren and LeRoy, preceded her in death. </div> <div> She leaves to mourn her departure, one daughter, Mrs. W. S. Haney of Cantril; one son Ralph O. Stoops of Centralia, Washington; two grandchildren, Craig E. Stoops, of near Bonaparte and Ralph E. Stoops of near Keosauqua; one half-sister, Mrs. Florence Reasor of Cedar Falls; also other relatives and many friends. </div> <div> Mrs. Stoops was the daughter of an old pioneer, her parents having come to Iowa from Ohio in 1846. She was also one of the pioneer school teachers of Van Buren county. Practically her whole life was lived in Van Buren county and in her passing the county has lost one of its oldest and most respected citizens. </div> <div> She was a member of the Cantril Christian church for many years, having transferred her membership to the Keosauqua Christian church upon her removal to that place. She has also been a member of the O. E. S. at Keosauqua for many years. </div> <div> Mother Stoops was a loving mother, a kind friend and a generous neighbor. She was an ardent lover of her home and family and will be greatly missed by those who knew her best. </div> <div> Funeral services were held at the Cantril Christian church Tuesday at 1 p.m., Elder Herbert C. Shaw, officiating. Her sisters of the O.E.S. of Keosauqua and Cantril attended the services in a body. Burial in the Pittsburg cemetery.</div> <div> "Oh Mother, round thy hallowed name</div> <div> Such blissful memory springs,</div> <div> The heart in all but years the same,</div> <div> With reverent worship clings."</div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Arthur Jesse Hart - newspaper writings</U></B><B><U> <A NAME="arthur_jesse_hart_news"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></U></B></div> <div> Chief Black Otter</div> <div> (Located at the eastern end of the north rims, where 6th Ave and Highway 10 (Main Street) join each other, it was near the landmark called “Indian Rock.”)</div> <div> The Chippewa steamboat caught fire on June 22, 1861, on the Missouri River, about ten miles west of Poplar River, in Montana Territory. (Steamer Big Horn was left stranded a few years later at about the same place.) The passengers and crew got safely ashore and cast the steamer adrift before its cargo of gunpowder caught fire and blew up. (The Chippewa and the Key West were the first two boats to reach Fort Benton, its final destination on the Missouri River, in 1860.) Chief Black Otter was leading a party of Crow Indians in the area when the steamer exploded. (Frank L. Worden, co-founder of Missoula and Hell Gate, was among the surviving passengers) They went to the scene and began to salvage articles from the damaged boat. A Sioux war party took this opportunity to attack their enemy, the Crows, and during the battle, an arrow broke Chief Black Otter’s thigh. His brother-in-law came to his rescue, and was killed. The other members of the Crow party succeeded in driving off the Sioux, killing a large number of them, but during the battle, Chief Black Otter also was killed. Before he died he asked that he be buried in the heart of Crow Country, at a high point on the Yellowstone River (Elk River; e.g., E-che-ta-cos-asha), at the top of the high point of the rim rocks on the north side of the river. His tribal members took his body by Travois to this point “where his spirit could see west and east up and down the river.” The burial place was not precisely known, but believed to be in a pine tree’s branches, at the peak of the north rims (Kelly Mountain), as was the current custom. The sign was posted near the summit.</div> <div> Chief Black Otter Sign</div> <div> “Back in the days when Indians were industriously wafting arrows whiteman-ward instead of playing college football, Black Otter (Bay-poo-tay Spita-cot) was a Crow war chief. The Crows or Absarokas, as they called themselves, carried on a brisk and sanguinary feud with the Sioux. During one of these neighborhood clashes Black Otter’s medicine failed him and a Sioux arrow broke his hip. The wound subsequently sent him to join his fathers amidst the lamentations of his kin. The unfortunate casualty occurred several hundred miles from here. Before Black Otter departed for the Happy Hunting Grounds he asked his relatives to pack his body back to the rimrocks where his spirit could ever gaze over the tribal domains along the Yellowstone.”</div> <div>      Chief Black Otter Trail, which winds around the north side of the rimrocks from Boothill Cemetery to the airport, was named in his honor. Arthur J. Hart, printer for the Evening Journal, Billings, recorded the legend of Chief Black Otter. Hart resided among the Crows for a portion of his life before becoming a printer. Very little other information about Chief Black Otter’s life has been located. </div> </td> </tr></table></body>