Liggett, Elizabeth Jane - Entered into rest on Friday, May 7, 1909, at 5 p.m., Elizabeth Jane Liggett, widow of John E. Liggett.

Funeral from 32 Vandeventer place, on Sunday May 9, at 2:30 p.m. Interment private. Please omit flowers.

WIDOW OF MILLIONAIRE TOBACCO MANUFACTURER WHO IS DEAD
Mrs. Elizabeth J. Liggett, Dead of Heart Disease

Widow of Rich Tobacco Manufacturer Succumbs at Home of Her Daughter at age of 83.

After a month's illness from heart disease, Mrs. Elizabeth J. Liggett died at 5 o'clock Friday evening at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Charles Wiggins, 32 Vandeventer place. Mrs. Liggett was the widow of John E. Liggett, millionaire tobacco manufacturer, of the old firm of Liggett & Myers. She was 83 years old.

Mrs. Liggett had spent a part of the winter in Florida. Returning about a month ago apparently in good health, she was taken ill, and was confined to her bed until her death. The funeral services will be held at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon, details to be announced later.

Mrs. Liggett leaves three daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Kilpatrick, Mrs. Cora Fowler and Mrs. Elizabeth Wiggins.

Died, in this city, this morning, the venerable Col. Auguste Chouteau, the Patriarch of St. Louis. At the advanced age of eighty years, he closed a life of singular usefulness, possessing, in every vicissitude, the esteem of his fellow citizens. His eulogy is written in the hearts of the numerous circle of friends whom he had attached to him by his philanthropy, his unpretending benevolence, and the amenity of his manners.

Note: Originally buried in the Catholic Church cemetery on Walnut Street, his remains were afterward removed to Calvary Cemetery.

Virginia Elodie Priest, wife of John G. Priest, and daughter of the late Col. Auguste P. Chouteau, Tuesday, May 11, 1897, at 10:00 p.m., aged 71 years, 3 months and 3 days. Notice of funeral in Thursday morning's paper.

ENGLISH - November 20, at 2:30 o'clock, Catherine English, widow of the late Elkanah English, aged 82 years, 8 months.

Funeral from residence 2314 Rosatti at 2 o'clock p.m. on Wednesday, November 22.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend.

Note: Catherine (Foulk) English was laid to rest at St. Marcus Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri.

Died, on Saturday night last, of a short illness, Edward Hempstead, Esq., counselor and attorney at law, and formerly a delegate from this territory to Congress. In the dear relation of husband, son, and brother, the deceased is believed to have fully acted up to his duty. The sorrow of his widow and relations offered the most eloquent expression of his domestic worth. On Monday the corpse of the deceased was attended to the place of interment (at the plantation of his father, Stephen Hempstead, Esq.) by no greater number of respectable citizens than we have ever witnessed here on a similar occasion.

Note: Taken from Hempstead's sketch in Bench and Bar of Missouri

Colonel Charles Keemle, a genuine representative of the old style type of pioneer, died in St. Louis a few days since. The Democrat sketches his career as follows:

"Colonel Keemle was born in Philadelphia. When a young man he learned the printer's trade at Norfolk, Va., and shortly after (about the year 1814) emigrated westward, stopping first, for one or two years at Vincennes, Ind., where he edited and published a paper, which gave him quite an extensive local reputation. St. Louis was at that time but little more than a French village, but it had its political factions, and political warfare even then was quite as bitter as at the present day. There was then, we believe, only one paper published here, but it was not long before the second one was projected, and Col. Keemle, whose reputation had preceded him, was selected as its editor and general manager. He accepted the position and came to St. Louis about the year 1817. There were scarcely any dwellings at the time, west of what is now Third street - known at that time, however as Barn street, on account of the number of barns located upon it. The locality where the court-house now stands, was then a high hill, over grown with bushes and abounding in game.

After pursuing his profession here for two, three or four years, Col. Keemle was offered and accepted a position as agent of the fur company of St. Louis, and proceeded to the Rocky Mountains. In that wild region, then only reached by means of flatboats, he passed several years, and his life was full of romantic adventure. He was chosen Colonel of his band of trappers, and on several occasions had some sharp fighting with the Indians and hairbreadth escapes. He, however, resigned his position with the company, and once more resumed his position in St. Louis as printer and publisher, which he followed until about the year 1847, at which time he was engaged in publishing the St. Louis Reveille - one of the spiciest sheets ever published in this city. During all this time Col. Keemle was a warm personal friend and supporter of Col. Benton, and he himself frequently held prominent positions of public trust. He was for several years County Recorder - holding the office previous to the present incumbent - but of late years he retired completely from public life. He had witnessed St. Louis grow from a French village of but little more than 4,000 inhabitants to nearly 200,000. New men had come upon the stage, and a new order of things had been established - and so retiring from active life he passed his later years pleasantly among his family circle. He leaves a family and a large circle of friends to mourn his loss."

Note: Laid to rest at Bellefontaine Cemetery - St. Louis, MO.

We regret to announce the death of Mr Augustine Kennerly, an old and respected citizen of St. Louis. Mr Kennerly was born in Virginia in 1794 , and moved to his city in 1828. He has at different times filled various offices of trust under the general government, and in the city. Those who knew him valued his many good qualities, his high character and scrupulous integrity. He died a christian by profession, and leaves an untarnished name.

Another Revolutionary Soldier Gone

Died at the residence of his son, Capt. George Hancock Kennerly, at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, on Feb. 3, 1840, after a short illness, Samuel Kennerly of Fincastle, Botetourt Co., Va., in the 86th year of his age.

Deceased was born in Augusta Co., Va., in 1755, and when the war commenced which secured our country it's freedom he joined the American army and fought under its standard until Victory crowned the triumph of our flag.

Mrs. Mary McIntosh, Liggett Heir, Dies

Mrs. Mary Lois Kilpatrick McIntosh, a former St. Louisan and the granddaughter of the late John Liggett, one of the founders of the Leggett & Myers Tobacco Co., died unexpectedly Saturday at her home in New York, it was learned here yesterday.

Mrs. McIntosh, who moved from St. Louis several years ago, was the wife of Russell L. McIntosh, a retired textile dealer. She was the daughter of the late Claude and dolly L. Kilpatrick. In 1928, Mrs. McIntosh inherited the $1,000,000 estate of her mother.

She had been married three times. The first time to Louis L. Hayes and the second time to L.K. Perry.

In addition to her husband, she is survived by a son, Eugene Kilpatrick Perry.

Private graveside services will held tomorrow in Bellefontaine Cemetery.

A Dublin paper of November 7, 1846, has the following of him: Born in 1781. At an early age he entered the British Navy, serving under Sir Sidney Smith.

In 1802 he returned to Dublin and commenced his studies.

In 1805 he was called to the bar, and practiced for a time.

In 1810 he passed over to France and entered the French service under his uncle Gen'l William Lawless. Appointed the military secretary of Gen'l Clark, Duc of Feltre, and promoted to Colonel.

On the return of Napoleon from Elba, he read the address of congratulation from his Regiment to the Emperor.

After the final defeat of Napoleon in 1815, he came to the United States and adopted his former profession of law, coming to St. Louis in 1816-17.

After the resignation of Judge William C. Carr from the bench of the Circuit Court, Luke E. Lawless was appointed to succeed him by Governor Dunklin, and took his seat at the March term, 1834.

Col. Lawless was married to the Baroness De Greuhm, the widow of the Baron De Greuhm, the Prussian Minister at Washington, at Georgetown, District of Columbia, in May, 1825, by whom he had an only child, a daughter who lived to become a young woman, and then died, I think at 17 or 18 years.

He died in St. Louis, Sept. 12, 1846, aged 65 years.

*Full news article appears in Reminiscences of the Bench and Bar of Missouri, by W.V.N. Bay, F.H. Thomas & Co., St. Louis, 1878.
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JOHN E. LIGGETT’S DAUGHTER DIES
Mrs. Ella L. Wiggins
Last Survivor of the Tobacco Family

Mrs. Ella Liggett Wiggins, 80, of 17 Portland place, last surviving daughter of the late John E. Liggett, multimillionaire St. Louis tobacco manufacturer and one f the founders of the Leggett & Myers Tobacco Company died Saturday night at Barnes Hospital after two days’ illness.

Mrs. Wiggins was one of the four original heirs to an estimated $6,000,000 estate left by her father when he died in 1897, leaving a will which established a trust fund with his three daughters as primary beneficiaries together with a grandson, John E. Liggett, Jr., son of Hiram Liggett. The grandson received a quarter of the estate in 1916. He died in California in 1939.

Liggett’s other two daughters, Mrs. Cora B. Fowler and Mrs. Dolly L. Kilpatrick, each died within a few months of each other in 1928.

The Liggett estate, which has been in litigation for years, consists in a large part of valuable realty holdings in St. Louis. These included large building sites on Washington avenue, Olive and Chestnut streets and considerable property on Skinker road. The Brown Shoe Company, Seventeenth street and Washington avenue, and the Frisco Building at Ninth and Olive streets are on property included in the estate.

Mrs. Wiggins is survived by her husband, Charles Wiggins, president of the Liggett Realty Company and a daughter, Mrs. Clarence Arnold, who resides in California.

John E. Liggett, the millionaire tobacconist of St. Louis, died there on Tuesday night, aged seventy years. He was the principal stockholder of the Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company.

Note: John E. Liggett was laid to rest at Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri.

DEATH OF ALVAH MANSUR
St. Louis Business Man Passed Away Yesterday at Westminster Hotel

Yesterday morning Alvah Mansur died at the Westminster Hotel of pneumonia. He was of the firm of Mansur & Tibbetts Implement Company of St. Louis, and vice-president of the American Exchange Bank of that place.

He had been in Los Angeles about ten days. His partner, Mr. Tibbetts*, was with him when he died. His remains will be taken back to his home in St. Louis for interment.

Correction* - Tebbetts.
Note: Alvah Mansur was laid to rest at Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri.

Mrs. Beulah Vosburgh Dies Sunday, Feb. 5

Mrs. Beulah Moore Vosburgh, widow of Roy D. Vosburgh, died Sunday morning, February 5, at the home of her sister, Mrs. S.E. Jones, 512 Clark avenue, with whom she had made her home for about 12 years. She was born in St. Louis and was 63 years old.

Also surviving are: two sons, Sheldon Vosburgh of Waukegan, Ill., and Winston Vosburgh of Cleveland, Ohio; a daughter, Mrs. William Foschetti of Hershey, Pa.; three grandchildren Marcelia and peter Foschetti, and Sandra Vosburgh, and another sister, Mrs. Mae Lane, all of whom were here several days prior to Mrs. Vosburgh’s death, and remained for the funeral. A niece, Mrs. Denise Armstead of Omaha, Neb., was also here.

Funeral service were held Tuesday morning, February 7, at 10 o’clock from the Parker chapel, 15 Wet Lockwood avenue, followed by interment in Bellefontaine cemetery. Services were conducted by Rev. Wilburn S. Yoder, minister of the First Methodist church.

Note: Beulah's name on her death certificate and at least one other family paper is listed as Mary Cecelia.

Entered into rest on Saturday, Nov. 2, at 10:30 a.m., James A. Moore, beloved husband of Lydia Moore (nee Harzmeier), and our dear son, brother, and brother-in-law, age 39 years.

Funeral from residence 2515 Emerson avenue, Monday, Nov. 4, at 2 p.m.

On Friday, March 12, at 3:30 p.m., of consumption, Joseph E. Moore, aged 82 years, 7 months and 7 days.

Funeral March 17, at 2 p.m. from the residence of his sister, Mrs. Henry Henze, No. 811 Mound Street, to Bellefontaine Cemetery. Friends invited.

521 Clark Ave., Webster Groves, Mo., Thurs., April 25, 1963, wife of the late Samuel E. Jones, mother of Elliott Jones of Webster Groves and Mrs. Eugene M. Armstead (Denise) of Omaha, Nebr., sister of Mrs. Mae Lane, grandmother of Gail Armstead.

Services from PARKER-ALDRICH RICH Chapel, 15 W. Lockwood Bl. Webster Groves, 10 a.m. Mon., April 29.  Interment Bellefontaine Cemetery.  Deceased was a member of Fortnightly club of Kirkwood, Group 9, Webster Groves Garden Club and Women's Society for Christian Services; First Methodist Church of Webster Groves.  In state after 2 p.m. Sat.

Entered into rest Wednesday, June 16, 1915, at 7:30 p.m., Thomas A. Moore, beloved husband of the late Clarissa V. Moore (nee Pilcher), and our dear father, father-in-law, grandfather and uncle, aged 77 years.

Funeral from the Leidner chapel 2223 St. Louis Avenue, Friday, June 18th at 2 p.m., thence to Bellefontaine Cemetery. Deceased was a member of Gen. Lyon Post No. 2, Department of Missour G.A.R.

IN MEMORIAM

Whereas it has pleased the Almighty Father to remove from this Earth and its associations another one of the Comrades of our Post, and we miss them more and more, as the numbers grows less. Comrade Thomas A. Moore, was born Oct. 31st, 1838, at Scio, Harrison County, Ohio. The family moved to Collinsville, Ill., in 1847, and later to St. Louis, where he received his education. Before the war, he was in the Livery and Ice Business, and afterwards became a builder and contractor.

He enlisted in the Union Army at St. Louis, Mo., on August 1st., 1862 in Co., K, 33rd Infantry Volunteers, Mo., and was in active service in the campaign in the South, at the Battle of Helena, Arkansas, was severely wounded by a Minnie Ball in his right temple and was left on the field for dead. This battle was fought on the 4th of July 1863 - celebrating our National Holiday. Comrade Moore was in the Hospital for many months, and was discharged at St. Louis, MO on the 14th of December 1863, on Surgeons Certificate of Disability.

He was mustered in the Gen. Lyon Post No. 2, Grand Army of the Republic, on July 10th, 1884. He was faithful to duty, having served the Post for many years as its Chaplain, and held this position at the time of his death. Comrade Moore died at the home of his Daughter, Mrs. S.E. Jones, No. 7 Parkland Place, Kirkwood, Mo, Wednesday, June 16, 1915, and was buried in Bellefontaine Cemetery, June 18th, 1915, with services by Gen. Lyon Post No. 2, GAR, with the ritualistic services of the Grand Army of the Republic.

Comrade Moore left one son and four daughters to mourn his death.

Therefore be it resolved that in the death of Comrade Thomas A Moore, this Post has lost a True, Faithful and Loyal Member, this community an Honest and Honrable Citizen, the Country a Patriotic Supporter, and his family a Kind, Loving and Dutiful Father. ... signed James P. Hesser, Commander | St. Louis, MO Sept. 20th 1915.

Moore - April 7, Clarissa V. Moore (nee Pilcher), wife of T.A. Moore, aged 44 yrs, at 4221 Lucky Street.

Due notice of funeral will be given.

Note: Laid to rest at Bellefontaine Cemetery

In the death of this high esteemed and worthy citizen, society has lost one of its best ornaments. But few men in the West were more intimately acquainted with our Indian relations, and had been more extensively employed in conducting negotiations with the different tribes. He was reformed out of office by the present national administration solely on political grounds, being an ardent and consistent Democrat; by one against whose public image and private life not a word of reproach could be uttered. His memory will be fondly cherished by the thousands in the West who have reaped the fruits of his labors, and whose prosperity is greatly owing to the efficient manner in which he discharged the arduous and delicate duties of his office for a long series of years. Even the red men of the forest and prairie will remember one, who whilst serving the American Government, was desirous of promoting their happiness and assuaging the miseries of their present unfortunate condition.

Note: Joshua's funeral procession was large and lavish. He was interred at Christ Church Cemetery on the 7th and had according the his will, a lot enclosed by a fifteen foot square stone wall. When Christ Church Cemetery was closed, however, his remains were removed to the Brooks plot in Bellefontaine Cemerty and had been authorized by Virginia C. Brooks, widow of Edward and daughter of Thomas F. Riddick (Burial Permit No. 755).

Sanford - On Wednesday, Jan. 18, at Bertholdmont, Doniphan, Mo., Benjamin Chouteau Sanford, in his 25th year, son of Louisa Berthold and the late Benjamin C. Sanford.

Funderal from family residence, 4218 West Pine Boulevard, St. Louis, to St. Louis Cathedral Chapel. Services at 9 A.M. Saturday. Interment private. New York papers please copy.

Note: Laid to rest in the Chouteau family plot in Calvary Cemetery.

Death of Dr. Ellsworth F. Smith, Sr.

News reached St. Louis Aug. 17 that Dr. Ellsworth F. Smith, Sr. , was fatally burned the preceding night at Missoula, Mont. , where he was visiting his daughter, Mrs. Crosby, wife of Dr. Crosby, United States Post Surgeon at Fort Missoula.

Dr. Smith left several weeks ago, accompanied by his wife, his son De Mun, and his daughter Minnie.

Several days ago the doctor's little grand-daughter was attacked with typhoid fever, and her condition was the cause of so much anxiety that some member of the family watched over her day and night. On the night of the accident Mrs. Smith was in the
sick room with her daughter, Mrs. Crosby. Dr. Smith slept on a lower floor. During the night he arose to lower a window, and carelessly left a lighted candle on the window-sill while he was pulling down the sash. The flame of the candle caught the doctor's night clothing and spread to the lace window curtains.

The doctor, unconscious of the fact that his own garments were ignited, tried to extinguish the burning curtains, which he succeeded in doing, but not before he himself had been frightfully burned.

His wife and daughter, who were aroused by his fight with the flames, rushed downstairs and found the unfortunate old man unconscious on the floor, with his garments still burning. Mrs. Smith was herself badly burned in smothering the flaming clothing of her husband.

The garrison was promptly roused, and the acting post physician rendered every possible aid, but the patient was beyond the reach of medical skill, and died Wednesday, Aug. 17.

Immediately upon receipt of the news, Dr. Smith's sons, Ellsworth and James Shepard, left at once for Montana, to join the other members of the bereaved family.

Dr. Ellsworth F. Smith was born in St. Louis seventy-three years ago and graduated from college in St. Charles County. He then returned to this city and entered St. Louis Medical College, from which he was graduated in 1848. Some months after receiving his diploma he went to Europe and spent four years there pursuing his medical studies.

After his return he began the practice of medicine in this city and soon became an honored and successful member of his profession. ln 1852 he was appointed health officer and discharged the duties of this position with distinguished success for a period of about four years.

In 1856 his recognized abilities and exalted moral character led to his appointment to the chair of physiology in his alma mater, the St. Louis Medical College, a chair which he filled with eminent ability until 1870.

In November, 1860, Dr. Smith was married to Mrs. Isabella Chenie, who survives him, and by whom he had six children, five of them now living: Dr. Ellsworth F. Smith, aged 33; De Mun Smith, 29; Mrs. Crosby, 27; James Shepard Smith, 25; and Miss Minnie Smith, 18.

Dr. Smith enjoyed the affection and esteem not only of his professional brethren, but was the subject of the confidence and respect of a wide clientele and an extensive circle of friends.

Funeral services over the remains of Dr. Ellsworth S. Smith were held August 22, at Fort Missoula, in Montana, beginning at 10 o'clock. Requiem high mass was celebrated, accompanied by elaborate choral services. A full battalion composed of the Twenty-fifth Infantry, United States Army, was present and gave the military honors. The remains of the deceased were given burial temporarily at Fort Missoula, where they will remain until members of the family will be prepared to accompany them to St. Louis, where they will receive permanent interment in the family burial lot.

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