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OBITUARIES FOR DONIPHAN COUNTY, KANSAS
SNETHEN, WILLIAM ELDER SNETHEN DEAD – A letter received in Troy from Mrs. Snethen, brings news that Elder William Snethen died at Council Bluffs, IA, about 11 o’clock, Tuesday. His death must have been sudden, as a letter we published from him last week, reported them as enjoying themselves. They had gone to Council Bluffs, several weeks ago, to visit their children. Mr. Snethen was somewhere in the neighborhood of 70 yrs. of age. Her was born in Montgomery County, Ohio, and served in the Rebellion. He was a preacher in that branch of the Christian Church commonly known as Newlights, and was a good man and citizen. We regret to learn of his death. (The Weekly Kansas Chief, Jan. 8, 1891, submitted by Ruth I. Stude) Elder Snethen died Jan. 6, 1891, of malarial fever, at his youngest son’s home in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Ever since leaving the army, he had been afflicted with sciatic rheumatism and had also, for a long time, a heart trouble. He and Mrs. Snethen left home Dec. 15th, to pay his son a visit of a few weeks. On Christmas day there was a family reunion. Forty-two persons were present, all but three of them relatives. It was his purpose to remove to Council Bluffs, and with that in view, went out the morning after Christmas to look for a suitable location. In the evening of the same day he was taken sick, and lingered twelve days, during which he suffered much. For three days and nights he had not slept. But from the first he was in a happy state of mind. He quoted a great deal of Scripture, prayed much, and sang more than he had ever been known to do. He was conscious to the end. His last words to his wife were: “My work is done. The last work I had to do, was to make a minister of you.” The services were at the house, and were under the direction of the G.A.R Post. The sermon was by Elder C. Munroe of the Disciples’ Church, from Paul’s words: “I have fought a good fight. I have finished my course. I have kept the faith.” Also, from the words of John: “I go to prepare a place for you.” He was laid to rest in the beautiful Soldiers’ Cemetery. At Mrs. Snethen’s request, one of the Gospel Hymns, “Shall We Gather at the River?” was sung at the grave; and it was a remarkable coincidence, unknown to Mrs. Snethen till afterwards, that a colored woman who joined in the singing was one to take part in singing that same hymn at the grave of Mr. Snethen’s first wife, twenty years before. Brother Snethen was born in Montgomery County, Ohio, near Dayton, Nov. 6, 1823. He had been the father of thirteen children. Seven are now living; six sons and one daughter. He was a member of the Christian denomination, sometimes know as New Lights, which is not to be confounded with the Campbelites. His father was a preacher before him, in Kentucky, and was called “The Barefooted Preacher.” He once allowed Alexander Campbell to preach in his house, when the latter was getting together his followers, about the year 1827. The Christan Church (New Light) ante-dated the Campbelite Church several years, and had its origin in this way: 1st. The O’Kelly secession from the M.E. Church took place in 1793. His followers were first called Republican Methodists, but afterwards Christians. 2d A Baptist Church was formed in 1800, by Dr. Abner Jones, of Hartland, Vermont. He had many followers from the Baptists, Free Will Baptists, and others. 3d A body of Presbyterians of Kentucky and Tennessee seceded from the parent church, in 1801, and took the name of “Christian” in 1803. One of these bodies it is said, accidentally discovered one of the others, and upon finding that their views were very similar, exclaimed, “We have found a New Light.” These three Societies united, and formed the Christian Church, often call New Lights. The denomination has a college in Lincoln Centre, Kansas, and several other educational institutions in different States. The writer remembers having heard Brother Snethen say that the first religious paper published in this country was published by their church. It was called The Herald of Gospel Liberty, and is still published at Dayton, Ohio, under the same name. Brother Snethen preached 46 years, twenty-five years of that time in Kansas. He was associated with others in securing a charter in the state of Kansas under the name of “The Christian Church”, and his denomination is the only one so chartered. Their principles are as follows: 1. The Holy Bible our rule of faith, and From the above, it appears that there is very little difference between them and the evangelical denominations. They are extremely liberal in their treatment of those who differ with them as to the mode of Baptism, receiving members from other churches without rebaptism, if the applicant is satisfied in his own conscience. Many of the Quakers who do not believe in any kind of water baptism, but only in the baptism of the Holy Spirit, are members of this church. Brother Snethen’s life was very exemplary. Many a pleasant chat have we had together at his house, on topics social and religious. He made a pleasant call, a few days before his departure for Iowa. He will be missed from this community by many friends. “Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his.” -- H.N. Pond (The Weekly Kansas Chief, Jan. 22, 1891, submitted by Ruth I. Stude) Death of Oscar Allen Oscar Allen, age 72, was buried Saturday, Oct. 26, in the White Cloud Cemetery. (Atchison Sunday Globe, Oct. 27,1957) Hugh Corcoran, age 73 died Saturday, September 11, 1954 in St. Joseph Missouri; he was born in Severance and lived there all his life, the son of Patrick Corcoran; survived by his wife, May; two nephews, T. J. Lyons, Wathena, and Roger Morley, Independence, KS; two nieces, Mrs. John Sheda, Severance and Mrs. Paul Hargis, Mission, and a great nephew, Larry Ebner, Kansas City; burial in St. Benedict's Cemetery (The Atchison Globe, Sept. 12, 1954) DITTEMORE, MARGARET ELIZABETH PRICE Funeral of Margaret Elizabeth Price Dittemore The funeral of Mrs. Margaret Elizabeth Dittemore, age 81, was held on September 13, 1954. Burial was in the Mt. Olive Cemetery at Troy. She was born Nov. 10, 1872 near Sparks, and was one of nine daughters of Josiah D. and Elizabeth (Poulter) Price; On Sept. 6, 1891, she married Wiley H. Dittemore in St. Joe. He survives, along with three daughters, Mrs. H. D. Williams and Mrs. G. H. Johnson, both of Bendena, and Mrs. A. W. Denton, St. Joe; three sons, Homer P. Dittemore, St. Joe, and Earl C. and J. Marvin Dittemore of Atchison; two sisters, Mrs. Etta P. Graves, San Jose, Calif., and Miss Daisy B. Price, Troy; 19 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. (The Atchison Globe, Sept. 13, 1954) Joseph Bede Emmerich, age 61, died Nov. 23, 1957 in Troy. He was born Aug. 7, 1896 in Bendena, the son of George and Anna (Hess) Emmerich; he married Anna Thurn, Aug. 5, 1924 in Bendena. She survives, along with two daughters, Mrs. Esther Newman, Stuttgart, Germany, and Mrs. Frances Ferrario, St. Louis; two brothers, Francis of Wadsworth and Albert of Nortonville; four grandchildren. Burial Nov. 25 at St. Charles Cemetery, Troy. (Atchison Sunday Globe, Nov. 24, 1957) Calvin L. Eylar, age 68, died Nov. 6, 1944 in Lancaster. He was born April 15, 1878, at Bendena, to Aaron and Matilda Eylar. He married Ada Powell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Powell, at Bendena on April 22, 1913. Survived by his wife, two sons, Eugene S, of Lancaster and Merle D., of Atchison; a brother, Alfred, of Good Intent and six grandchildren. Preceded in death by a sister, Lydia Welk/Weik/Werk. Burial in Denton Cemetery. (Atchison Sunday Globe, Nov. 6, 1944) FRANK, DAVID Franklin L. Grover died Nov. 22 at his home near Bendena. He was born Feb. 17, 1885 near Huron, to William Riley and Caroline Clem Grover; he married Ida Gaul in 1907; preceded in death by his parents, a sister, Mrs. Bessie Buck, and a brother, Leslie; survived by his wife, Ida; two sons, Riley Franklin of Bendena and Leslie Franklin of Denton; two daughters, Mrs. C. A. (Gladys) Martin, and Mrs. Ralph "Gertrude" Oswald, Kansas City; two brothers, John of Atchison and W. O. of Bendena; a sister, Goldie Cummings of Huron and nine grandchildren. The funeral of Franklin L. Glover was Nov. 24, 1957; burial at the Mt. Olive Cemetery, Troy. (Atchison Sunday Globe, Nov. 24, 1957) Mrs. Mary Leinbach, age 62 died Dec. 5, 1957 in Lebanon, Ore. She was a former resident of Troy. Survived by her husband, five daughters: Mrs. Florence Karn, Bendena; Mrs. Mildred Brown and Mrs. Betty Laughter, both of California, and Mrs. Frances Streaner and Mrs. Darlene Brechtel, both of Oregon; a son, William, of Lebanon, Ore.; and two sisters, Mrs. Ella McKittrick, Bendena, and Mrs. Roy Briggs, Troy. (Atchison Sunday Globe, Dec. 8, 1957) The Atchison Globe, Feb. 27, 1879 LYNESS, C. E. MRS. (HILDEBRAND) Mrs. C. E. Lyness, age 71, died Dec. 5th at the U.S. Naval Academy. Born in Lone Tree, Ia., the daughter of Jacob and Anna Hildebrand; she married Charles Lyness in 1916; he preceded her in death. Survived by a son, Charles, of Annapolis, Md., two other sons and a daughter. She was a former resident of Troy. Funeral will be Monday, Dec. 9, 1957 in Troy, and burial will be in the Mt. Olive Cemetery. (Atchison Sunday Globe, Dec. 8, 1957) George Meidinger, age 78, died today at his home in Doniphan. He was born in 1876 near Wathena; married Nelita North in Waisenburg Colo..; survived by his wife, an adopted daughter, Mrs. Floyd Chase of Doniphan, five grandchildren, Billy Lee, Diana, George, Joan and Gary Chase; four brothers, Otto M., of Atchison, Louis, of St. Joe, Henry, of Phoenix, Ariz., and Edward of Elwood. No burial information. (The Atchison Globe, Sept. 8, 1954) Atchison Sunday Globe, Dec. 8, 1957 (abstract)
Death of child of Charles Pape Burial of Barbara Brenner Poirier Death of Milton Saltzman Death of Gunder Severtson Death of K. W. Stratton Death and Burial of John P. Stricker John P. Stricker, 23, was killed in action and buried at sea in the South Pacific. He was born November 17, 1921 near Highland to Mr. and Mrs. John P. Stricker, Jr. He graduated from Bendena High School in 1940. Besides his parents he is survived by a sister, Mrs. Geraldine Hall, and an aunt, Mrs. Leroy Byers of Highland. (Atchison Daily Globe, May 28, 1945) Mrs. Minnie A. Therman, age 75, died last night at the home of her son, near Doniphan. She was a lifelong resident of the county. She is survived by four sons: Arthur, of near Doniphan; William, North Kansas City; Oscar, of Cedarburg Wis.; Lothar, Hayburn, Idaho; a daughter, Mrs. Alvin Brown, St. Joe; two sisters, Mrs. Laura Trader and Mrs. Ida Therman, both of St. Joe; a brother, Adolph Gutzman, of Kansas City, Kas.; 15 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral services were not set. (The Atchison Globe, July 6, 1954) Death of Mrs. Petra Jensine Thomas DONIPHAN, ALEXANDER W. GENERAL Death of
General Alexander W. Doniphan The death of Gen. Alexander W. Doniphan, who was a veteran of the Mexican War, was recorded but a few days ago, taking place his home in Richmond, Mo. He was for many years a conspicuous figure. Born near Maysville, Ky., in July, 1808, of a revolutionary ancestry, he was graduated at the age of 19 from the Methodist college at Augusta, Ky. In 1829, after a due course of study, he was admitted to practice in the courts of Ohio and Kentucky. In 1830 he removed to Lexington, Mo., and thence to Liberty, then on the border of civilization, three years later. In 1836 he represented his county in the state legislature, and on two subsequent occasions was elected to the same position. In 1838 he was a brigadier general of the Missouri militia, and his brigade was sent to drive the Mormons out of the state [transcribers note: he refused to obey orders to execute Joseph Smith, leader of the Mormons]. He was prominent in Kansas in the days when ruffianism was rampant there. In 1846, when the governor of Missouri made a requisition for volunteers to join Gen. Kearny in his expedition to Mexico. Gen. Doniphan was made commander of the First regiment of Missouri Mounted volunteers, and with his regiment marched 900 miles across a treeless desert and over lofty mountains, dispersed the Mexican forces defending Santa Fe, entered that ancient capital and annexed all New Mexico to the United States. [transcriber's note; although a brigadier general in the Missouri militia, Doniphan's highest rank during the Mexican war was colonel] Late in September, Kearny started for California with several companies of dragoons, leaving Doniphan in command of New Mexico, with orders to reduce the Navajoes on the western slope of the Rocky mountains to submission. Crossing the mountains, Gen. Doniphan quickly subdued the Indians. On December 14 he started for central Mexico. The force passed through a desert in whose length of ninety miles neither wood nor water was to be found, and were about to go into camp on Christmas Day when the cry ran along the ranks that the enemy was in front. Doniphan quickly formed his line of battle and awaited the attack. The Mexicans charged, but in less than an hour they were in full retreat, leaving over 200 dead and wounded men men upon the field. Not a single Missourian was killed and only seven were wounded. On March 1 he took possession of Chihuahua. Learning that Gen. Wood was at Saltillo, 700 miles away, Doniphan set out for that place, and on May 21 bivouacked near the battlefield of Buena Vista. The war on that line being ended, Taylor ordered the Missourians to Brazos Santiago, where they embarked for New Orleans, and were mustered out of service. The regiment was welcomed home in a speech by Senator Benton and an enthusiastic popular demonstration. Resuming the practice of his profession, Gen. Doniphan led a quiet life until 1861, when he was one of five from the border states, who, by special invitation, held an interview with President Lincoln to counsel and advise as to the best method of preserving peace, maintaining the Union and settling the difficulties that then environed the nation. He was the last of the five to "pass over to the other side". (Atchison Daily Globe, August 31, 1887) At White Cloud, Kan., July 30, of congestion of the brain, Willie, 7 months 26 days, son of George L. and Jennie Biedleman and grandson to Loton. (Henry Republican, August 11, 1881) Obit: A GOOD MAN GONE Obit: COMMISSIONER TEUFLER DEAD Noah Andrew Rittenhouse born Dec. 31, 1881, passed away at his home on Dec. 31, 1959. Mother and father was Casander Ware and Noah Andrew.He was born on the old Rittenhouse farm located West of Troy, KS in the Moray neighborhood. He lived on the farm until he moved to Oakley, KS in 1907. There he met and married Mary Belle Wise on Nov 12, 1913. In 1919 they moved back to Troy. He was a member of Christ Lutheran Church. Died at the home without warning after doing chores in the evening with a sudden heart attack. Funeral services were held at the Christ Lutheran Church. Father of Inez, Ruby, Noah, Mary Ruth, and Robert.
Submitted by Dennis Rittenhouse C. W. Hargis died up on his farm near Troy, Doniphan county, last week. Mr. Hargis was an old timer in Kansas having come to this state in 1803. (Topeka Weekly Capital, February 22, 1894, page 10) After an illness of several weeks, during which he was a great sufferer from heart disease, Noah Rittenhouse, one of the best known and most highly respected citizen of this community, passed away from earth on Monday morning between five and six o’clock. The announcement of his death caused many expressions of sorrow, for Mr. Rittenhouse was a man who had hosts of friends. As a citizen he was above reproach, as a neighbor he was ever ready to respond to the aid in cases of sickness or distress. Generous and charitable to the poor. Many can testify to his kindness liberality in relieving the destitute and caring for the needy. In his family a loving, tender husband and a kind father, ever seeking by precept and example to lead his sons and daughters in the paths of right. Honest and upright in his business dealings he was above all and beyond all a true, earnest Christian. Quiet and unassuming, for more than forty years his life has been one of practical efficient service in the cause of Christ. He lived a kindly life, at peace with God and man, and while there are many sad hearts that one so useful as he and one whose influence for good was so great, should be removed, we cannot doubt that it is well with him. Would there were more like him the world would be benefited and mankind lifted higher in the scale of purity and right living. Noah Rittenhouse was born in Fayette county, Ohio, December 16, 1847; died at his home northeast of Severance, February 17, 1908; aged 60 years, 2 months and 1 day. He came to Doniphan county, Kansas, with his parents in 1865, and this has been his home ever since. In 1966 he was converted at a camp meeting and joined thee Methodist Episcopal church in Severance and has remained a follower of its teachings ever since. October 27, 1870, he was united in marriage to Miss. Cassandra Ware. Together they at once set up home on the farm and their lives have been spent. Five children were born to them. Annie, now Mrs. Guy Holbrook, of Oakley, Kansas, Evelyn, a teacher near Helton, Arthur, who is living at home, Noah, Jr., Whose home is near Oakley and Grace, who has been teaching in Arizona. All were home during their father’s last days except Miss. Grace who did not reach here until Monday. Funeral services were held at the M. E. church in this city on Thursday, Rev. Byers conducting (unreadable) Interment was in Wolf River cemetery where the aged parents of both Mr. and Mrs. Rittenhouse and other relatives are resting in hope of (unreadable) and certain resurrection. Resting in sickness and sorrow Lived to a Ripe Age In the death of Stephen Watson, who died in Wathena, Kans. Sunday, Jan. 29, 1911. Wichita loses an honored citizen and Kansas a loyal pioneer. The deceased was well and favorably known in this city where he had lived for a number years and where he with his beloved wife, who preceded him by two years to the land of bliss had reared a family of noble and honored sons and daughters. Stephen Watson was born in Wilson county, Tenn. Dec. 25th 1826, died Jan. 29th 1911 and was therefore 84 years 1 month and 4 days old at the time of his death. His death was hastened by a fall which he sustained while visiting with his son in Wathena, Kansas. He came to this city in 1884 where he has since made his home. He confessed religion 16 years ago and was baptised and admitted to membership in the 2nd Baptist Church of this city by Rev. S. M. Hall. He survived by 8 children, 36 grandchildren and ?6 great-grandchildren and a large number of warm friends. (Wichita Searchlight, February 4, 1911, page 4) Morgan Lee died at his residence in this Township, Tuesday morning, after a long illness of something of the nature of dyspepsia. He was buried today in the cemetery near the Junction with the beautiful rites of the Masonic fraternity. Mr. Lee was about 35 years of age, and was a son of David Lee one of the oldest citizens of the county, formerly County Commissioner. (The Weekly Kansas Chief, July 25, 1872) Gored to Death by a Bull - Joseph D. Price, living on Rock Creek, in this County, three miles from Doniphan, met with a terrible death, on Monday morning last. He owned a large blooded bull, for which he had paid a large sum of money, but the animal was very vicious. On Monday morning, the bull attacked Mr. Price's boy, and the father got into the lot to save the boy, when the bull made for him and caught him against a bank, where he gored him until he was so badly hurt that he died shortly afterwards. Mr. Price was a prominent farmer and a highly respected citizen, and was a cousin of Judge Price of this place. He leaves a wife and several children.(The Weekly Kansas Chief, August 1, 1872) Died --- June 1st, 1898, at the age of 24 years,
Harmon H Gronniger, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gronniger, of Doniphan Co., Kan., at the home of his friend, John Burtling,
six miles north of Haven, Kan. Heart trouble was the great alley of death. The deceased was taken very sudden
only being sick a few days.
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