BOOKER, Kate

d. 13 Feb @ ae 46y 9m 3d of consumption; m1) 1875 J. H. Browing, 4 ch;

m2) 1887 Albert Booker, 3 ch.  He d 1891; bur. Lovington Cemetery.

BRAMHALL, M.

d. 17 Mar, Lovington; bur. in New Carlisle, Indiana

BRICKER, Winfield

d. 3 May victim of terrible accident; b 1 Jan 1875 in Effingham, IL; m 26 Aug 1900 Hattie Burress.

BROWN, Minerva

d. 10 Feb; Lovington Cem. (b 1 Apr 1847 w/o Curtis W. Brown)

CHEEVER, Mary A.

d. 2 Jul Lovington; Hewitt Cem.; b 16 Apr 1827 Pickaway Co., OH

m. 1842 Nathan Cheever; 6 ch; resided in Lovington all her life.

CUNNINGHAM, Mrs. James

Aged lady d. Mon. 3 Nov @ Kankakee where she had been the past 2 mths an inmate of the insane asylum.

DAILEY, Mary

d. _ Sept @ ae 71 y @ home of her brother W. B. SHOOK; b. in Sangamon Co., IL; bur. Ayr, NE; had resided in NE since 1872.

DEDMAN, Mrs. Claude (Bessie Marlow)

b. 21 Apr 1876; d. 10 July Lake City of tubercular meningitis (Kellar Cem.; w/o C. N. Dedman).

DIXON, Simon

d. @ his home in Ross Co., OH Mon. of heart trouble-18 Aug. @ 66 y. Brother of John W. Dixon of Ulrich, IL.

EDWARDS, Thomas

b. 1868 High Park, PA; d. 19 July Lovington; m. Lizzie Rees, 4 ch burial Kellar Cemetery –(no stone)

ENSMINGER, Phillip

d. 25 Mar 1902

FLEMING, Mrs. Warren (Martha P. Littleton)

d. 22 Jan, Arthur; (w/o Warren M. Fleming, Sheriff of Moultrie Co., IL): DAR.

FRANTZ, Catherine E.

b. 7 Jun 1825 new Holand, Pickaway Co., OH; d. 2 Aug @ ae 77y 1m 25d; Lovington Cem.; m 19 Mar 1854 Calvin Frantz.

FULK, Jesse Leroy

d. @ ae 18 hrs 12 July; run down by I.D.& W. train near Casner Saturday evening; mor, 3 bros & 2 sisters live nar Long Creek.

GIBBON, John Miller

b. 14 Apr. 1868 Girard, IL; d. 19 July Terre Haute, IN; res. In Lowe Twp, Moultrie Co., IL; m. Anna Howell; 4 children.

GREER, Miss Madella Alice

d. Sun 8 Jun @ ae 20yr 7m 3d of consumption; teacher; b. 5 Nov 1881 @ Litchfield, IL

GRIFFIN, Harry

d. 1 Oct, run over & killed Tues night near Turpin by IL Cen. Freight train; age 20 yrs; farming near Dalton; s/o Patrick Griffin now of Attica, Ind.

HARPIN, Frank

d. 9 Jun from gunshot wounds inflicted by Frank Hortenstine.

HEWITT, Harry

d. 6 Mar @ age 2m 26d; s/o George Hewitt; bur Hewitt Cemetery.

HILLIGOSS, William J.

d. 18 Jan. 1902

HOUT, Elsie May

b. Lovington 1890; d 1 July @ home of James Cherry @ ae 12y 1m 1d; Kellar Cem.; d/o William Sherman Hout; removed to Brownstown, Fayette Co., IL; had returned for visit; services @ Christian church, Lovington.

HOWELL, Cal

Who lives in Sullivan lost his wife & 3 ch by death during the past 6 weeks.  2 ch died of scarlet fever, an infant died soon after birth; the mother died last Fri evening of blood poison.  Another dau is seriously ill with pneumonia.  Mother died 14 Feb 1902.

HOWELL, Eliza E.

b. 4 Nov 1836 Washington Co., OH; d. 27 June of heart attack @ home; Lovington Cem; m. Charles Howell; 9 daughters and 2 sons.

KELLAR, Henry Y.

d. @ home in Effingham 1 Dec @ ae 77 y 4m 17d of heart disease; pioneer in Lovington Twp; b. Oldham Co., KY 16 Aug. 1826; to Ill while a child; united with Christian church 1842; was ordained a minister in 1845; m. 3 times & had 7 ch., only one of whom, Mrs. David Kingery is living; bur. Kellar Cemetery.

KELLEY, Benjamin

Of Arthur b. 1824; d. 2 Feb. @ ae 72y; Kellar Cemetary

KESTNER, Arley Lorenzo

d. 27 Feb; infant s/o James & Mollie Kestner.

KINZEL, Grandma

d. @ ae 82y Tuesday 2 Dec. @ home of her son W. O. Kinzel; bur. Bement Cemetery; 1 sister, 3 sons, 1 daughter survive her.

KRALL, Eliza

An aged lady, & an invalid, d. @ home of her brother, Harrison Krall 9 Mar. 1902; bur. Hammond Cemetery.

LONG, Elizabeth

d. 17 Apr. @ ae 76y 9m 21d; Dellar Cem.; w/o Peter D. Long.

LOY, Voris M.

Of Effingham, mangled by freight train at Lanton Thurs., d. 24 July @  ae 18 years; s/o R. L. & Clara Smith Loy.

LUX, Peter

Of Milmine, oldest citizen, d. 16 Apr; born in Alsace 11 Jan 1813; m. 26 Sep 1840 Miss Christina Frank, Logansport, IN-d. 9 Jul 1899 @ age 76 years; had 9 sons and 3 daughters.

McCRAVEY, Howard

d. 5 Apr. 1902; s/o C. G. McCravey

McCULLOUGH, Mrs. S.

d. 7 Mar. 1902

McDONALD, Mrs. Oscar

Of Williamsburg, IL d. 12 Apr after illnes of almost a year.  She leaves her husband.

McFARLAND, Margaret

D. 19 Apr @ home of her son-in-law, S. B. Cochran at Clarksburg, OH @ ae 77y7m 19d; widow of Edward D. McFarland m. 26 July 1840 burial at Brown’s Chapel, Clarksburg, Ohio.

McGURTY, Dr. P. H.

Died of consumption at Charlestown Wed. last week, 21 May practiced medicine in Arcola; formerly visited Lovington twice a month.

MILLER, Stephen

d. 5 Aug @ ae 47y 1 mile easat of Dalton City, IL

MIZE, Charley

d. Monday 1 Dec. of diptheria @ ae 10 months; s/o Walter Mize; bur. Lovington Cemetery.

NEWLAN, Lydia

d. 2 Sept. @ ae 1y 9m 12d; d/o Albert I & Anna L. Bliss Newlan; bur. Lovington Cemetery.

NEWLAN, Sophia Isadore

b. 15 Feb 1881; d. 18 Aug @ home; bur. Lovington Cem.; had Bright’s disease; d/o F. M. Newlan.

PHILLIPS, Florence Adeline

d. 17 Jan @ ae 3 y 1 m 16 d; Kellar Cem.; (d/o R. P. and Sarah E. Phillips)

RHODES, Walter

Killed at Bethany Friday 5 Sept.; 9y old s/o H. B. Rhodes

RUSSELL, Mrs. Ezra

d. 16 June at home north of Lovington; bur. Martinsville, IN.

SHERIDAN, B. F.

d. 7 June @ home on W. Harrison, Sullivan (bur. Greenhill)  Had been in an altercation with Clyde Monroe a week previous while being intoxicated;  a prominent business man but drank heavily.

SPRINGER, Wheeler

Of Lake City d. 27 July; Lovington Cem. (no stone); former resident in Ullrich.

SPRINKEL, Lillian

d. 13 Sept. bur. Mechanicsburg Cem.; moved to Lovington in April 1902.

TITUS, Grace Cooper

d. 19 June @ ae 24y, Terre Haute, IN; suicide by carbolic acid.

TURNER, _____(twins)

d. 12 Mar 1902; parents-Fred Turner

WAGGONER, Gilbert

Oldest man in county, d @ home in Whitley Twp. Monday 17 Nov.  Had he lived until next May, he would have been 95 years old. He came to this county & settled in Whitley Twp @ ae 20 yrs & had lived in one place for about 74 years.

WILDMAN, Arminta Bliss

b. 2 Mar 1862; d. 18 May in Oregon; w/o Rodney L. Wildman, m. 29 Mar 1884; 2 children; home-Princeville, IL.

WILLIAMS, Mrs. Mary

d. 14 May @ Rest, Kansas @ ae 86 yr 8 m 5 d; lived in Lovington 1850 to 1869 when they left for KS; w/o John F. Williams, better known to our older citizens as “jug” Williams.  Mr. Williams was a blacksmith here.

WININGS, Scott

Took his own life Mon. night @ home of his father, Squire William Winings in Lake City; d. 13 Oct. @ ae 40y & a widower; leaves an 18 yr. Old daughter; bur. Long Creek Cemetery.