Obituary – Julia Davis

Miss Julia Davis, aged 30, while out with a fishing party near West Quincy, jumped into the water and drowned herself. Source: The Daily Herald, Chicago, Illinois, Jun 1, 1901.

Obituary – Kelly Family

Obituary of Daniel B. Kelly Daniel B. Kelly, one of the oldest residents of Quincy, died Thursday morning at 2 o’clock of kidney trouble, aged 96 years. He was born March 11, 1828 at Woodbridge, N.J. and was married in 1850 to Miss Rebeccah Conroy, who died in...

Obituary – Lawrence Amen

Lawrence Amen Dies Suddenly At Home Here Former Coroner Dies As He Prepares for Day’s Work Lawrence Amen, age 47, former coroner and deputy sheriff of Adams county and candidate for the Democratic nomination for sheriff next month, died suddenly in the bathroom...

Obituary – Mary Wood

Quincy, Ill., Jan 22. Mrs. Mary Wood, the widow of ex-Governor Wood, of this city, of which he was the founder, died yesterday, aged eighty-one years. She had been a resident for fifty-seven years. Source: The Decatur [IL] Daily Review, January 22,...

Obituary – Michael E. Cavanaugh

BULLET WOUND CAUSED DEATH Michael E. Cavanaugh, who was wounded during the Civil War Died This Morning – Shot in Lung Resulted in Death A bullet wound received through the lung during the Civil War of 1864, was the indirect cause of the death of Michael E....

Obituary – Nancy Chipman Davis

This is an obituary from the Clayton Enterprise for Nancy Chipman Davis. Her husband, Washington Jackson Davis, was the oldest son of one of Clayton Township’s earliest settlers, Edward Davis. Nancy and Washington’s children were Joseph W. Davis, David A....

Obituary – Nathan Miller

Camp Point, November 3 — This town was thrown into a state of intense excitement by a rumor that Nathan Miller, a prominent and wealthy old citizen, had committed suicide by hanging. Inquiry developed the fact that Mr. Miller was found about 6 o’clock by...

Obituary – Ostermiller Family

Obituary of Antoinett A. Ostermiller Mrs. Antoinett A. Ostermiller, 75, of 2048 Oak died Tuesday (Sept. 30, 1969) at 5 a.m. in St Mary Hospital where she had been a patient since Sept 11.  Mrs. Ostermiller was born March 10, 1894, in Quincy, the daughter of Bernard J....

Obituary – Reverend Louis Zahn

The Daily Herald, Chicago IL June 1, 1901 Quincy Minister Drops Dead Rev. Louis Zahn, pastor of St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, died suddenly of paralysis of the heart at Quincy. He was delivering an address at the corner stone laying of St. Jacobi new...

Obituary – Simon Friday

Simon Friday Died Friday. Simon Friday, one of Mt. Sterling’s veterans of the Civil War, passed away last Friday in the Soldiers’& Sailors’ Home hospital, Quincy, where he had been making his home for over a year. The cause of his death was...