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Obituaries
Macoupin County, Illinois
BALDWIN, ALONZO JUSTIN
- Staunton Man Died
From Accident. Alonzo Justin Baldwin 52,
a wood chopper of Staunton died at St Francis hospital this morning of blood
poison. Mr Baldwin while
riding a bronco several weeks ago to his work was thrown off as he was near the
railroad tracks. He rolled down the embankment on to
the tracks and a train ran over his foot cutting off his toes.
He was rendered unconscious but when he came to he walked to a farm
house and was brot to St Francis hospital. Blood poison developed which caused his death. He has one brother. The body was
taken to Dood's Undertaking Parlors where Coroner
Boyd conducted the inquest. The body was taken back to
Staunton for burial.
[Litchfield Daily Union, Monday, May 28, 1928 - Submitted by: Lynn Boyd Reener]
BOTKIN, WILLIAM - who lately lived some 4 miles north of the
city died of Typhoid Fever last Fri.
[Litchfield Monitor, 1 Mar 1876 Page 5 Col 1 - Submitted by Lynn Boyd Reener]
BOTKIN, LESTER V.
Graveside services
for Lester V Botkin of 10 Randall Court,
Jacksonville, formerly of Irving, WW I veteran, were conducted Fri morning at
11 o'clock in the Irving Cemetery of Irving. Mr Botkin, 96 last Dec 23, died
Tues afternoon, Feb 13, in his residence. Born at
Hornsby, a son of the lat William and Mary C Freeman Botkin, he married Nell Funk, Aug 7, 1922 at Irving. Mr Botkin
operated a restaurant in Irving for many years and was retired from Shell Oil
Co, at Wood River. He was a member of the American
Legion post at Jacksonville. Besides his wife, Nell,
he is survived by a daughter, Martha, wife of Donnivan
Sturgeon of Jacksonville; two grandchildren, Suzanne Mettetal
of Houston, TX, and Gary Sturgeon of Jackosnville;
two great grandchildren, Michael and May Mettetal of
Houston TX. Preceding him in death were three brothers
and two sisters. Williamson Funeral Home,
Jacksonville, was in charge of arrangements.
[Litchfield News Herald, Mon 19 Feb 1990 - Submitted by Lynn Boyd Reener]
BRENDLE
(BRINDLE), ELIZA
Died December 29,
1926, buried January 1, 1927. The
remains of Mrs. Eliza Brendle (Brindle) wife of Rev
T.W. Brindle, who passed away at their home in Girard was brought to Union
Chapel Saturday just afternoon an interment mad in the family lot of a former
husband Taylor Jenkins. The funeral
services were held at 11a.m. Saturday at the Baptist
Church in Girard, conducted by Rev. O. Troy Thomas, assisted by Rev A.B
Winner. Mrs. Brendle
(Brindle) was the daughter of Rev Charles Bush, a pioneer Baptist minister of
Macoupin County.
[Submitted by Debbie Hemberger]
BUSH,
JOHN S.
Died February 4,
1927 at 10 pm. Funeral services for John
Bush, aged 81 years, 3 months and 25 days who died at
his home at Nilwood Friday morning, were held at
10:30 o’clock Monday morning at the Nilwood Baptist
Church, Rev. S. N. Griggs officiating.
Interment was made in Union Chapel cementary. Surviving
are his wife, three sons, I.B., Nilwood; Edward and
William, Lansing Mich; three sisters, Mrs Henry Killian (Kilian), Girard; Mrs. Nancy Lewis,
Alton, and Mrs. Jennie Lawerence, Gibson City; two
brothers, Henry, Nome, Nebraska, and Samuel, Carlinville. One sister, Mrs. Thos. Brendle
died about one month ago.
[Submitted by Debbie Hemberger]
BUSH, REV. C.H.
Died Wednesday morning, July 11, 1900, occurred the death of Charles Haskins
Bush at the home of his son C.H. Bush at Ong,
Nebraska, Age 77 years, 7 months, and 19 days.
Mr. Bush was born on the 22 day of November, 1822, in Anderson Co.
Kentucky. His boyhood and youth were
spent at the place of birth, and on July 5, 1842, he was married to Miss Nancy
Bruner. Five children blessed this
union, one boy, and three girls still surviving their father. Mr. Bush and family moved to Ill. In 1856 where in the same year his wife was
called to her home in heaven. On
September 1857, Mr. Bush was again married, this time to Mary Francis Husbands,
also of Anderson Co. Ky. To this union
were born 7 children, three boys and four girls all of
whom are living. Mr. Bush was converted
and united with the United Baptist Church at the age of 21; and in 1869 was
regularly ordained a minister of the gospel of that church. The deceased and family lived in Ill. Until October 30, 1884, when he came to Clay County, Nebraska,
where he lived until his death.
Mr. Bush was ailing a year before death, being
confined to his bed since last December.
During the last weeks of his illness, his suffering was intense. Everything that mortal
hands could do to alleviate the pain done by the loving children, who were at
his bedside. His
patience at the times when the agony was almost unendurable only bound the
loved ones that much closer to the husband and father, and made the parting
harder, but they know they shall meet him a little way on In the future and the
voice that addressed them so kindly and the hand that grasped their own so
cordially, will again greet them on the other side. In a poem which we will
publish next week, one of his daughters has very beautifully pictured
the life of him who has been called to inherit the mansions above.
[Submitted
by Debbie Hemberger]
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