Kathryn Leoan Shively And Frederick Augustus Marsh In Mercer County, Illinois

 

Kathryn Shively/Frederick Marsh Marriage

Kathryn Leoan Shively was born on 1-Oct-1869 and died on 18-May-1959 in Mercer County, IL. She was married on 25-Sep-1893 in Mercer County, IL to Frederick Augustus Marsh.  He was born on 4-Nov-1866 in Mercer County, IL and died on 11-Jul-1930 in Mercer County, IL. Fred Marsh was married first to Rose Wetherholt on 18-Sep-1889 in Franklin County, OH. Rose was born on 1-Jan-1871 in Mercer County, IL and died on 25-Apr-1892 in Mercer County, IL.  Fred Marsh was the son of William Marsh (1833-1913) and Mary Jane Patterson (1837-1892).  

Listed on the 1870 Borough of Union, Allegheny County, PA census is the family of Richey Shively age 22, wife S. A. age 22, son George age 5, daughter C. L. age 1, Virginia Chester age 5, and house keeper E. J. Brown.  On the 1900 Millersburg Township Mercer County, IL census are Frederick Marsh born Nov-1866 age 33 and wife Catherine born Oct-1870 age 29.  Copied from the 1910 Millersburg, 1st Precinct, Mercer County, IL census is the household of Fred A. Marsh age 43 being married twice and wife Catherine L. age 38 being married once. Copied from the 1920 Aledo City, Mercer Township, Mercer County, IL census are Fred Marsh age 53 and wife Katherine age 48.  Listed on the 1930 Aledo City, Mercer Township, Mercer County, IL census is the household of Fred Marsh age 63 and wife Kate age 58. On the 1940 Aledo, Mercer Township, Mercer County, IL census living at 1009 W. 8th Street is Katherine L. Marsh age 69. Listed on the 1950 Mercer County Nursing, Mercer County, IL census is Kathryn Marsh age 80.  

Following are two newspaper obituaries for Kathryn Shively Marsh. Note that the place of birth is different. Copied from The Rock Island Argus, Rock Island, Illinois, Monday, May 18, 1959, Page 17, Column 1:

MARSH

ALEDO — Mrs. Kathryn Marsh, 82, of Aledo, a resident of the Mercer County Nursing Home since Oct. 25, 1948, died at 7:25 this morning in Mercer County Hospital. She was admitted to the hospital yesterday.

Funeral arrangements are pending at the Sherrard Funeral Home, Aledo.

Mrs. Marsh, the former Kathryn Schievly, was born Oct. 1, 1876, in Jefferson County, Ohio. She came to Mercer County when young and was married in Aledo to Fred Marsh. They resided southwest of Aledo for many years and moved to Aledo in the early 1920s. Mr. Marsh died about 25 years ago.

She was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church near Aledo.

Surviving are a stepdaughter, Mrs. May Youngs of Lincoln, Neb., and several nieces and nephews.

Extracted from the Galesburg Register, Galesburg, Illinois, Tuesday, May 19, 1959, Page 21, Column 2:

Mrs. Kathryn Marsh

ALEDO — Mrs. Kathryn Marsh, 89, of Aledo, died in Mercer County Hospital Monday morning after being admitted Sunday. She had been a resident of the Mercer County Nursing Home.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Sherrard Funeral Home, Aledo. The Rev. Ray Wyatt of Moline will officiate. Burial will be in Aledo Cemetery.

The former Kathryn Shively was born Oct. 1, 1869, in Pittsburgh, Pa., and came to Mercer County as a young girl She was married in Aledo to Fred Marsh Sept. 25, 1893. Mr. Marsh died about 25 years ago.

She was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church near Aledo.

Surviving are a stepdaughter, Mrs. May Youngs of Lincoln, Neb., and several nieces and nephews.

The newspaper obituary for Fred Marsh was copied from The Rock Island Arugs, Rock Island, IL, Saturday, July 12,1930, Page 16, Column 6:

Life Resident Of Mercer Dies At Aledo Home

Fred Marsh Dies Of Heart Attack On Friday Evening; Was 63 Years Old

(Special to The Argus.)

Aledo, Ill., July 12 — Fred Marsh, aged 63, died at his home on West Eighth  street in Aledo yesterday evening at 5:15 o’clock of cardiac asthma, after an illness since last January.

He was born six and one-half miles southwest of Aledo, where he followed the occupation of farming for many years. For the last 17 years he had been a resident of Aledo.

About forty years ago he was married to Miss Rose Wetherholt at Columbus, Ohio. After the death of his first wife he was married in 1893 to Miss Kathryn Shively of Aledo.

Mr. Marsh was a member of the Adventist church. Surviving are the widow; one daughter, Mrs. Paul Youngs of Westmont, Ill., and three sons, Leslie, Raymond and Gladwin of Chicago; two brothers, Wilson of Aledo and Philip of Michigan, and three sisters, Mrs. Tam F. Greer, Mrs. Samuel Greer, both of Aledo, and Mrs. Edward Greer of Seaton.

Funeral service will be held tomorrow afternoon from the Murphy funeral home in Aledo, with Rev. Loyal M. Thompson officiating. Burial will be in the Aledo cemetery.

Lawrence Dale Shively From Caldwell County, Missouri To Mercer County, Illinois

Lawrence Dale Shively was born on 22-Feb-1885 in Breckenridge, Caldwell County, MO and died on 6-Oct-1942 in Baldbluff, Henderson County, IL. He never married. Lawrence was the son of John Wesley Shively (born ca 1850 in Hocking County, OH died 10-Dec-1917 in Washington County, AR) and married 2nd to Addah Armenta Karns (born10-Jan-1867 in McArthur, Vinton County, OH died 7-Aug-1956 in Harrisonville, Cass County, MO). John W. Shively was the son of David Shively and Rachel Amy Bell.

Listed on the 1900 Gomer Township, Caldwell County, MO census is the household of John Shively born Apr-1850, wife Adda A. born Jan-1867, son Arthur N. born Oct-1883, son Lawrence D. born Feb-1885, daughter Daisy I. born Feb-1888, daughter Nellie L. born May-1894, son John M. born May-1896, grandfather James M. Dennison born Mar-1817 and servant Perry Green born Nov-1873.  On the 1920 Abingdon Township, Mercer County, IL census is the household of Joseph Thorton age 43 and in the household is hired man Lawrence Shiverly age 42.

Copied from the Daily Review Atlas, Monmouth, Illinois, Wednesday, October 7, 1942, Page 2, Columns 6-7:

Seaton, Oct. 7.—Lawrence D. Shively of Seaton was instantly killed Tuesday afternoon when he was crushed under a corn sheller. The accident occurred about 3:30 o’clock on the lane leading from the Homer Clark farm near Belmont, 6 miles southwest of Seaton. Mr. Shively was employed by Roy Rader and son Edward, the latter being the driver of the tractor drawing the sheller. They had finished shelling at the Clark farm and were enroute from there when the hitch broke letting the sheller loose. Mr. Shively was on the sheller and was thrown into the path as it overturned several times. Dr. H. D. Stites of Aledo was called but Mr. Shively was dead before he arrived. Coroner Mellor of Henderson county conducted an investigation and several witnesses told of the accident. The remains were taken to the Sherrard funeral home in Aledo, pending the arrival of relatives who will attend to the funeral arrangements. His mother Mrs. J. W. Shively is expected from Braymer, Mo., today and also a brother Wm. from the same place.

Lawrence Shively was 58 years old. He came here in 1917 from Missouri and was employed on farms in this vicinity for many years. He made his home in Seaton.

The following was taken from The Braymer Bee, Braymer, Missouri, Thursday, October 15, 1942, Page 1, Column 5:

Killed At Monmouth By Sheller Tipping

This paper last week carried the fact that Lawrence Shively, son of Mrs. J. W. Shively and brother of Wm. R. Shively of this city, had been killed in an accident near Monmouth, Ills.

A brother, John of Warrensburg joined Wm. R. here and they went to Seaton to attend the funeral which took place at the Seaton church last Friday morning at 10 o’clock. The burial was in Seaton cemetery.

The Seaton Independent in telling of the accident said:

Lawrence D. Shively, 57, was killed about 3:30 o’clock Tuesday afternoon when he was thrown from a corn sheller and crushed by it as it overturned several times. The accident occurred on the Homer Clark lane, six miles southwest of Seaton as Mr. Shively and Edward Rader were leaving the Clark farm where the sheller had been in operation. Mr. Rader was driving the tractor which pulled the sheller. The rivets in the hitch connecting the two machines gave way and the sheller toppled sideways into a ditch and over.

Lawrence D. Shively was born at Breckenridge, Missouri, Feb. 24, 1885 and came to the Seaton community which had been his home since 1917. He had received injuries when a lad of 14 which had handicapped him considerably. He was able to work and was employed in farm work during his 25 years of residence.

He is survived by his mother Mrs. J. W. Shively of Braymer, four brothers and two sisters. The brothers, A. N. Shively of Prairie Grove, Ark., John M. of Warrensburg, Mo., W. R. of Braymer, Missouri and C. F. in the United States Army at San Francisco, California.

The sisters are Mrs. R. D. Gains of Lennox, Ia., and Mrs. R. N. Duncan of Westling, Missouri.

Another account of the accident was found in The Dallas City Review, Dallas City, Illinois, Tuesday, October 20, 1942, Page 1, Column 3:

Farm Accident Kills Henderson County Man

Lawrence Shively, aged 57 years, a farm hand employed in the vicinity of Seaton, was killed on Tuesday afternoon of last week when he was crushed beneath a corn sheller. He fell from the sheller when the tractor hitch broke, and the heavy machine toppled over him.

As the accident happened in the Homer Clark lane, six miles southwest of Seaton, in Henderson county, Coroner C. R. Mellor of Stronghurst was called, but no inquest was ordered.

The deceased was born in Braymer, Mo., in February of 1885, and came to Seaton in 1917, and had been employed as a farm hand on a number of farms since that time.

His survivors include his mother, four brothers and two sisters. Two of his brothers came to Aledo to make arrangements for the funeral at the Sherrard Funeral Home, where they body had been taken after his death.—-Stronghurst Graphic.