Civil War:
Company F.
118th Regiment
Illinois Infantry
Company D.
44th Regiment
Illinois Infantry
John S. Gayer Dead
John S. Gayer died at his home in this city Saturday after a protracted siege with a number of ailments associated to old age. On account of children expected from out of town the funeral was not held till Tuesday, when services at the M.E. church and funeral sermon by Rev. Hestwood preceded interment at Walnut Hill.
Mr. Gayer was a veteran of the civil war, having been a member of Co. F., 118 Vol. Inf. He came to Kingman County in an early day, settling in Peters township, and in the late years, on account of feeble health, has been a resident of the city. He was a man who enjoyed the respect of all who knew him among friend and comrades, always seeking to be on the right side of questions involving the welfare of state and city. In his death Kingman loses another of its venerable citizens, whose work here in the early days, when privation and trial were the lot of the pioneer, will never be forgotten by the generation that succeeds them.
Kingman Journal
Dec 23, 1904
Note: Obit provided by Mike Murdock
Veteran J. S. Gayer Dead
Death has again invaded the ranks of the Grand Army of the Republic and claimed another of its members as its victim. Saturday afternoon, December 18, John S. Gayer, late a member of Co. F 118 Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and one of the pioneers of Kingman County, closed his eyes in death, at his home in the Fourth ward; after an illness extending over several months; in fact he had been in feeble health for a greater portion of the past either years.
Funeral services were held at the M. E. Church Tuesday, the 20th, conducted by Rev. C. D. Hestwood, and his body was laid to rest beside his comrades, who with him, in life marched to the music of the Union in the years from 1861 to 1865; being escorted there by members of the local post G.A.R.; the burial service of that noble order being observed.
The deceased had long been a resident of this county, having settled in Peters Township in an early day. Owing to the failing health he was compelled to give up farm life and a number of years ago came to this city where he has since resided. In all his residence here he has been held in esteem as a man of many noble qualities; and universally found on the right side of all questions of public interest.
Since his residence here he had filled very acceptably the office of Police Judge, and his conduct of that office and his rulings while sitting as such magistrate were satisfactory and universally sound and respected. Though being a man who toiled and labored among those in the humbler walks of life, being one of them, he was a man who was respected in his opinions, as it was conceded he was sincere, and that he had the interests and welfare of his fellow man at heart. The Leader-Courier tenders sympathy and words of condolence to his grief stricken widow and bereaved children. (The Leader-Courier ~ Dec. 22, 1904)
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Company F.
118th Regiment
Illinois Infantry
Company D.
44th Regiment
Illinois Infantry
John S. Gayer Dead
John S. Gayer died at his home in this city Saturday after a protracted siege with a number of ailments associated to old age. On account of children expected from out of town the funeral was not held till Tuesday, when services at the M.E. church and funeral sermon by Rev. Hestwood preceded interment at Walnut Hill.
Mr. Gayer was a veteran of the civil war, having been a member of Co. F., 118 Vol. Inf. He came to Kingman County in an early day, settling in Peters township, and in the late years, on account of feeble health, has been a resident of the city. He was a man who enjoyed the respect of all who knew him among friend and comrades, always seeking to be on the right side of questions involving the welfare of state and city. In his death Kingman loses another of its venerable citizens, whose work here in the early days, when privation and trial were the lot of the pioneer, will never be forgotten by the generation that succeeds them.
Kingman Journal
Dec 23, 1904
Note: Obit provided by Mike Murdock
Veteran J. S. Gayer Dead
Death has again invaded the ranks of the Grand Army of the Republic and claimed another of its members as its victim. Saturday afternoon, December 18, John S. Gayer, late a member of Co. F 118 Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and one of the pioneers of Kingman County, closed his eyes in death, at his home in the Fourth ward; after an illness extending over several months; in fact he had been in feeble health for a greater portion of the past either years.
Funeral services were held at the M. E. Church Tuesday, the 20th, conducted by Rev. C. D. Hestwood, and his body was laid to rest beside his comrades, who with him, in life marched to the music of the Union in the years from 1861 to 1865; being escorted there by members of the local post G.A.R.; the burial service of that noble order being observed.
The deceased had long been a resident of this county, having settled in Peters Township in an early day. Owing to the failing health he was compelled to give up farm life and a number of years ago came to this city where he has since resided. In all his residence here he has been held in esteem as a man of many noble qualities; and universally found on the right side of all questions of public interest.
Since his residence here he had filled very acceptably the office of Police Judge, and his conduct of that office and his rulings while sitting as such magistrate were satisfactory and universally sound and respected. Though being a man who toiled and labored among those in the humbler walks of life, being one of them, he was a man who was respected in his opinions, as it was conceded he was sincere, and that he had the interests and welfare of his fellow man at heart. The Leader-Courier tenders sympathy and words of condolence to his grief stricken widow and bereaved children. (The Leader-Courier ~ Dec. 22, 1904)
NOTE: bio info provided by Contributor: LJG (47852615)
Civil War:
Company F.
118th Regiment
Illinois Infantry
Company D.
44th Regiment
Illinois Infantry
John S. Gayer Dead
John S. Gayer died at his home in this city Saturday after a protracted siege with a number of ailments associated to old age. On account of children expected from out of town the funeral was not held till Tuesday, when services at the M.E. church and funeral sermon by Rev. Hestwood preceded interment at Walnut Hill.
Mr. Gayer was a veteran of the civil war, having been a member of Co. F., 118 Vol. Inf. He came to Kingman County in an early day, settling in Peters township, and in the late years, on account of feeble health, has been a resident of the city. He was a man who enjoyed the respect of all who knew him among friend and comrades, always seeking to be on the right side of questions involving the welfare of state and city. In his death Kingman loses another of its venerable citizens, whose work here in the early days, when privation and trial were the lot of the pioneer, will never be forgotten by the generation that succeeds them.
Kingman Journal
Dec 23, 1904
Note: Obit provided by Mike Murdock
Veteran J. S. Gayer Dead
Death has again invaded the ranks of the Grand Army of the Republic and claimed another of its members as its victim. Saturday afternoon, December 18, John S. Gayer, late a member of Co. F 118 Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and one of the pioneers of Kingman County, closed his eyes in death, at his home in the Fourth ward; after an illness extending over several months; in fact he had been in feeble health for a greater portion of the past either years.
Funeral services were held at the M. E. Church Tuesday, the 20th, conducted by Rev. C. D. Hestwood, and his body was laid to rest beside his comrades, who with him, in life marched to the music of the Union in the years from 1861 to 1865; being escorted there by members of the local post G.A.R.; the burial service of that noble order being observed.
The deceased had long been a resident of this county, having settled in Peters Township in an early day. Owing to the failing health he was compelled to give up farm life and a number of years ago came to this city where he has since resided. In all his residence here he has been held in esteem as a man of many noble qualities; and universally found on the right side of all questions of public interest.
Since his residence here he had filled very acceptably the office of Police Judge, and his conduct of that office and his rulings while sitting as such magistrate were satisfactory and universally sound and respected. Though being a man who toiled and labored among those in the humbler walks of life, being one of them, he was a man who was respected in his opinions, as it was conceded he was sincere, and that he had the interests and welfare of his fellow man at heart. The Leader-Courier tenders sympathy and words of condolence to his grief stricken widow and bereaved children. (The Leader-Courier ~ Dec. 22, 1904)
NOTE: bio info provided by Contributor: LJG (47852615)
Company F.
118th Regiment
Illinois Infantry
Company D.
44th Regiment
Illinois Infantry
John S. Gayer Dead
John S. Gayer died at his home in this city Saturday after a protracted siege with a number of ailments associated to old age. On account of children expected from out of town the funeral was not held till Tuesday, when services at the M.E. church and funeral sermon by Rev. Hestwood preceded interment at Walnut Hill.
Mr. Gayer was a veteran of the civil war, having been a member of Co. F., 118 Vol. Inf. He came to Kingman County in an early day, settling in Peters township, and in the late years, on account of feeble health, has been a resident of the city. He was a man who enjoyed the respect of all who knew him among friend and comrades, always seeking to be on the right side of questions involving the welfare of state and city. In his death Kingman loses another of its venerable citizens, whose work here in the early days, when privation and trial were the lot of the pioneer, will never be forgotten by the generation that succeeds them.
Kingman Journal
Dec 23, 1904
Note: Obit provided by Mike Murdock
Veteran J. S. Gayer Dead
Death has again invaded the ranks of the Grand Army of the Republic and claimed another of its members as its victim. Saturday afternoon, December 18, John S. Gayer, late a member of Co. F 118 Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and one of the pioneers of Kingman County, closed his eyes in death, at his home in the Fourth ward; after an illness extending over several months; in fact he had been in feeble health for a greater portion of the past either years.
Funeral services were held at the M. E. Church Tuesday, the 20th, conducted by Rev. C. D. Hestwood, and his body was laid to rest beside his comrades, who with him, in life marched to the music of the Union in the years from 1861 to 1865; being escorted there by members of the local post G.A.R.; the burial service of that noble order being observed.
The deceased had long been a resident of this county, having settled in Peters Township in an early day. Owing to the failing health he was compelled to give up farm life and a number of years ago came to this city where he has since resided. In all his residence here he has been held in esteem as a man of many noble qualities; and universally found on the right side of all questions of public interest.
Since his residence here he had filled very acceptably the office of Police Judge, and his conduct of that office and his rulings while sitting as such magistrate were satisfactory and universally sound and respected. Though being a man who toiled and labored among those in the humbler walks of life, being one of them, he was a man who was respected in his opinions, as it was conceded he was sincere, and that he had the interests and welfare of his fellow man at heart. The Leader-Courier tenders sympathy and words of condolence to his grief stricken widow and bereaved children. (The Leader-Courier ~ Dec. 22, 1904)
NOTE: bio info provided by Contributor: LJG (47852615)
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