Randolph County, Indiana
Obituaries
A Randolph County Area NewspaperMrs. Garnett Smithson, 82, 11 E. Henry street, Farmland, died Wednesday in a Greensburg nursing home following an extended illness. Widow of Ira Smithson who died November 18 of this year, Mrs. Smithson was the daughter of Elza and Regina Foster and was a lifelong resident of the Farmland area. Mrs. Smithson was a member of the Farmland Friends meeting and of the Thursday Afternoon Club.
December 19, 1965
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Garnett Smithson, Lifelong
County Resident, Dies
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Survivors include one son, John E. Smithson of Greensburg; two grand-daughters, and six great-grandchildren.
Services will be conducted Saturday at 1:30 at the Farmland Friends meetinghouse with Joe Reese the officiating minister.Burial will be in Woodlawn cemetery, Maxville. The family will receive friends at the Thornburg funeral home , Farmland, from 2 to 5 and 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday and at the Friends meetinghouse for one hour before start of the services on Friday.
Contributed by Mary Jo Bailey
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A Randolph County Area NewspaperMrs. Thelma M. Smithson, 38, former teacher in Jay and Randolph counties, passed away at 8:40 p.m. Tuesday at the family home four miles north of Farmland. She had been in ill health for several years.
Feb. 2, 1949
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Former County Teacher
Dies Near Farmland
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Surviving are the husband, Richard; one daughter, Virginia at home; three sons, Byron, Roy and John, all at home; her mother, Mrs. Elydia Sipe of Ridgeville, and one sister, Mrs. Ralph Hardwick of Ridgeville.
Funeral services for Mrs. Smithson will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Hopewell church in charge of Rev. Milton Persons with Rev. Merton Spaulding assisting. Interment will be in the church cemetery. The body will be removed from the Thornburg funeral home in Farmland to the residence Thursday morning where friends may call.
Contributed by Gina Richardson
A Randolph County Area NewspaperMrs. Eliza Jane Smithson, wife of the deceased G. W. Smithson, passed away Friday, June 24, 1927. She was the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Frazier of Illinois.
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Died June 24, 1917
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When she was five years of age her parents brought her to Iowa, where they settled on a farm near Lyndon. She was married to George Leslie Smithson in 1866. To this union eight children were born, six of whom are living. Two daughters, Ina Nella and Lulu Bell, passed away a number of years ago. Her husband preceeded her in death eight years.
Those living are: Frank L. Smithson of St. Joseph, Missouri; Mrs. Clint Taylor of Centerville, Iowa,Mrs. Will Trotter of Afton, Iowa; Bird Smithson of Falls City, Nebraska; Dallas Smithson of Mount Ayr, Iowa, and W. T. Smithson of St. Joseph, Missouri, who mourn her death.
----------Mrs. Smithson passed away Friday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Clint Taylor. Funeral services were conducted at ten o'clock on Monday by Rev. Alexander Robertson of the Baptist church of Centerville.
The music was furnished by Mrs. Robertson and Miss Beulah Smith. The body was then shipped to Mount ----- [balance of the obit not available]
----------A short funeral service was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clint Taylor west of town this morning for Mrs. G. W. Smithson, mother of Mrs. Taylor. Rev. A. Robertson preached the sermon, and Mrs. Robertson and Miss Beulah Smith sang.
In Memorium
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(hand-written note says, "died June 24, 1927)
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Eliza Jane Frazier was born in Ohio June 19, 1849.When five years of age she with her parents moved to Lindon, Iowa which became the family home.
She was married 17 years of age to George Wesley Smithson, who preceeds her in death, passing away eight years ago this coming August. Eight children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Smithson: Ina Zella, who died in infancy; Frank Leslie, living in St. Joseph, Missouri;Mrs. Ophie Taylor of Centerville; Mrs. Will Trotter of Afton, Iowa; Mrs. Deatherage, deceased: Bird of Falls City,Nebraska; Dallas L. of Mount Ayr, Iowa; W. T. of St. Joseph, Missouri.
Mrs. Smithson united with the Baptist church of Mt. Ayr forty-four years ago and has been a faithful member of that church ever since. For the past two and one-half years she has been helpless and dependent as a result of a paralytic stroke.
On Wednesday of last week Mrs. Taylor brought her here in the expectation of her remaining with her for some time, but on Friday her heavenly father called her to her eternal home. The remains were taken to Mt Ayr, the old home, where she will be laid to rest beside her husband.
The six surviving children will be present for the burial services.
Contributed by Mary Jo Bailey
The Winchester JournalMrs.Caroline Beck, wife of John C. Smithson, died Monday of last week at their home near Ridgeville after an illness of nearly ten years, aged 76 years.
Wednesday, April 13, 1910.
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Death notice:
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The deceased passed forty-four years of her married life of over sixty years on the farm on which she passed away. She is survived by her husband, eight sons, one daughter, thirty-one grandchildren and sixteen great-grandchildren.
The aged husband is in a critical condition. Her remains were interred Wednesday at Hopewell cemetery.
Contributed anonymously
The Winchester JournalCaroline M. Beck, daughter of Michael and Elizabeth Beck, was born in Dayton, Ohio, May 1, 1834, departed this life at the old home near Ridgeville, Indiana, April 4, 1910, aged 75 years, 11 months and 3 days, having lived at the present home for 44 years.
Wednesday, April 20, 1910
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Obituary
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She at the age of 10 years with her parents moved from Dayton to Hagerstown, Indiana, and later to Windsor and was there married to John E. Smithson, March 14, 1850, and lived in the vicinity of Windsor for 16 years. To this union were born ten children, one girl and nine boys, one boy George Michael, having preceded her to the spirit world at the age of 38 years.
She was converted at the Union Christian church near Windsor early in her married life and was baptized and joined the church there. She was an unusually strong woman and helped her husband faithfully with all the cares of the home and farm and bore patiently her part of the hard work of the early settlers' life.
She was posessed of a very sunny disposition and she always had a kind word and a cheery smile for all who she came in touch with. She seemed to carry sunshine to the sick and cheer sunshine to the sick and cheer to the downcast and maintained her disposition till the last, never complaining, but patience seemed to embody her and when asked about her future she replied that all is well and I am ready to go. She had been a constant sufferer for almost 10 years. On the fouorth of September, 1900, she took with paralysis and has been almost helpless ever since but her sweet dispositon and trust in God made her life more easy than it otherwise would have been.
She leaves to mourn today a loving husband, eight sons and one daughter, the daughter and one son not present, Eliza Mendenhall of Long Beach, California, and Sater of Long Beach, California, three brothers and two sisters, thirty-one grandchildren and sixteen great-grandchildren beside a large circle of relatives and friends to mourn their loss.
So passes the life of one we loved, one we shall cherish in memory, one who did us good and not evil.
But the work is done, the hands have ceased to toil but the word says: "Yea, they rest from their labors but their works do follow them."----------We wish to express our sincere and heartfelt thanks to all our friends and neighbors and everyone who has in any way helped and sympathised with us in our sad bereavement.
CARD OF THANKSJohn E. Smithson and childrenContributed by Mary Jo Bailey
A Randolph County Area NewspaperSMITHSON, George W., b. Cornell Co. Va. Jan. 1,1794-d. July 11, 1892 ae 97y 6m 10d. He came to R.C. at age 19y where he has since lived. In 1816 he m. Eliz. d/o Isaac and Rebecca Thornburg. (Rebecca Hodson). They had 1 son and 4 dts., 2 dts are dec'd. He was a mem. of the Newlight Christian Church since 1835. Fun at New Dayton, bur. in Cem. nearby. He had 3 bros, Isaac, Joab and Job.
1892
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Contributed by Sandra Mumah
A Randolph County Area NewspaperSMITHSON, Edward, b. in Nettle Crk. twp. R.C. Feb.18,1856-d. Mar. 5, 1888 ae 32y. He m. Mary Patty Oct. 23, 1875, they had 3 children. He was the s/o Ira and Christena (Clevenger). Died at the res. at Neff, Ind. of Pneumonia, bur. at the Union Cem, So. of Windsor. He was a mem. of the Christian Church.
1888
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Contributed by Sandra Mumah
A Randolph County Area NewspaperSMITHSON, Eli R., of Stoney Crk. twp. b. in Va. in 1800, Came to Ohio at the age of 13 yrs. He m. Mary Moore at the age of 21yrs and came to R.C. in 1838. His wf. d. 13 yrs ago. He d. Aug. 2, 1887 ae 87y 5m 23d. They had 9 children. He was a mem. of the Union Chapel Christian Church.
1887
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Contributed by Sandra Mumah
A Randolph County Area NewspaperSMITHSON, Christina, the wf/o Ira b. in R.C. Apr. 10, 1835-d. Jan. 31, 1886. Bur. in the Union City Cem. She m. Ira Smithson Aug. 23, 1852, formerly Chrlstlna Clevenger. Surv. are the husband and 4 children.
1886
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Contributed by Sandra Mumah
A Randolph County Area NewspaperSMITHSON, Lena Gertrude, d/o Levin & Mary E. Smithson & gr dt/o George & Priscilla Addington d 12/2/1879, ae 4y 2m 14d. New Dayton Cem.
1879
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Contributed by Sandra Mumah