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John Dwyer Sr.
FEBRUARY 4, 1892
Taken From the Henry Republican (Courtesy Kandi Anderson
McLaney)
By the death of John Dwyer, another old settler is called from earth. He had lived in this vicinity about 40 years. He first located on a farm at Lone Tree. Afterwards he sold and purchased the Danley farm, three miles below Henry consisting of 320 acres where he lived, he and his boys conducting the farm operations. Five years ago he purchased a house in Henry where he and his wife have since resided, the sons remaining on the farm. Having been feeble for some time, when the grip came, it was so violent that it proved fatal. A large funeral at St. Joseph Church attested the esteem in which he was held. He leaves his wife, three sons and two daughters to mourn his loss.
John Harney
September 1892
Taken From the Henry Republican (Courtesy Kandi Anderson
McLaney)
Died Sept. 11, 1892, from the effects of la grippe, at his home inWhitefield, Mr. John Harney in his 60th year of his age and was buried from St.Joseph's Church in Henry, on Tuesday, Sept. 13, surrounded by a large concourse of sympathizing friends.
Mr. Harney was born in Parish Galdally, Tipperary, Ireland, and came to America with his father's family in 1846. They landed in St. Louis where the father died, when the widow with her large family came to Magnolia where she stayed a while and then moved to Henry where the subject of this sketch was married to Miss Mary Boice in 1857. Soon after he moved to Putnam and in 1873 moved out to the farm where he was living at the time of his death. Seven children have been born to him, six of whom are living. Wm H. who lives in Superior, Wis, Edward in Minneapolis, John in South Dakota, Mrs. T.L. Harrington in Henry, and Thomas and Katy still in the home nest. Mr. Harney was always industrious and frugal and in consequence leaves to his family a nice property, consisting of the home farm in Whitefield, 160 acres of as fine land as is in the state, besides a large sum in notes and mortgages. Quite a number of relatives of the deceased from a distance attended the funeral: Thomas, of Chicago, and William of Bradford, brothers, and Mrs. Mary Berry and husband of Morris, ILL., sister of Mrs. Harney's, and from Wenona, came Mr. Daniel Boice, Sr. and Jr., Ed. A.C., J.R. and Miss Nora Boice, Mr. John Burke and Wife, Mrs. Daniel Sullivan and mother, J.B. Kane and Jason Winans; Mr. W.O'Leary and wife of Sparland was also there. Surrounded by relatives and friends, mourned for by all, he was laid to rest according to the beautiful ritual of the Catholic church, in the pleasant cemetery they have prepared for their dead."
Hue King
The Putnam Record
April 12, 1894
The body of Hue King, who was drowned with Sammy Baxendale, while skating on the Illinois a couple of months ago, was found on the east bank of the river, last Sunday about 4 miles south of Lacon. Two railroad men of Chillicothe were the first to discover the body and they at once started for that place to tell the news. While they were gone however, Ed Brereton and John Davis, who down the river on a boat found the corpse and returning to Lacon, sent word for the coroner, who took charge of the body that evening and had it taken to Chillicothe. The remains were badly decomposed and had evidently been out of the water for several days. In one of the pockets of the boy’s vest, his father’s gold watch was found and there was another small amount of change in another pocket. They boy’s mother who is almost distracted with grief refused to believe that the body found is that of her son. But there is no doubt of his identity. - Marshall County Democrat.
Joseph Roth
TAKEN FROM THE HENRY REPUBLICAN, HENRY, IL
November 21, 1895
The owner of the Spotted Dutchman place since 1871 died last Friday at the good old age of 74 years, 8 months and 18 days. He was a native of France, born February 24, 1821. Came to Canada when 12 years of age. To Henry in 1871. He married Mary Freece in Buffalo, New York by whom he had 10 children, 4 boys and six girls, all surviving and all married except one Peter. This wife died about three years ago. In the fall of 1893, he married to Mrs. Mary Haws, who survived him with the children, 62 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren. The funeral was held at St. Mary’s Church on Monday morning at 9 o’clock, Rev. P.J. Gerhardy, the pastor officiating,/ and the body was laid to rest in Calvary cemetery. He was an excellent man and respected by all.