The Beloit Daily Call, Wed 10 Mar 1915
M W Blackford Dead
Old Resident of Mitchell County Entered Into His Eternal Rest Last Nigh
A much respected old settler of Mitchell county, in the person of Matthew W Blackford, passed away at the home of his daughter, Mrs. W M Lukens, in this city, at 6:30 o'clock last night, after an illness of some weeks and a gradual failing of health of some few years' duration.
Mr. Blackford, who, during most of his long life, had followed the occupation of a farmer, was in the 75th year of his age at the time of his death, having been born in Ohio on July 10, 1840. He was married to Hannah Jane Ashton on April 15, 1862, to which union seven children were born, three of whom survive, in the persons of Mrs. S B Lukens of this city, R E Blackford of Turkey Creek township and A R Blackford of Hill City, Kas. [sic]
The deceased gentleman was a soldier in the Civil War, having at the time of that conflict enlisted for service in Company G, 170th regiment of the Ohio National Guard. After some months with the colors he was invalided home and had to go into a hospital as a result of the hardships he was called upon to endure.
He came to Kansas from Ohio in 1879 and homesteaded the farm in Turkey Creek township which he still owned at the close of his career, and on which he resided until the death of Mrs Blackford on November 12, 1904, since which time he has made his home with his daughter, Mrs Lukens.
Mr Blackford was a man very much respected in the community in which he lived for some 35 years. Of an unassuming and kindly nature and a God-fearing disposition, he maintained friendly relations with all his neighbors, and only expressions of regret are heard now that he has left them and the ties of long years of association and intercourse are severed forever.
A short funeral service over the remains of Mr Blackford will be held on Monday morning at 8 o'clock at the home of Mr and Mrs Lukens on North Lincoln avenue, after which they will be taken to the Hopewell church in Center township, where further services will be held at 1:30 o'clock. The Rev J P Finney, an old neighbor, friend, and pastor of the Blackford family, will officiate at the services at the house and the Rev J R Millen, pastor of the Hopewell United Presbyterian church, will officiate at the services to be held there and at the cemetery adjoining, not far form the homestead on which the deceased gentleman for so many years lived and labored.
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The people living along the road between Beloit and the Hopewell church did a good action yesterday when they got out with teams and wagons and broke the roads ahead of the Matthew W Blackford funeral cortège. It enabled the hearse carrying the remains of Mr Blackford to reach its destination an hour ahead of the time that those in charge had allowed for the journey. Without this aid, so freely given, much difficulty would have been experienced, as the snow was very deep in places and would have had to have been shoveled by those accompanying the remains of the deceased gentleman to their last resting place.
Contributor: CAPT Sharon Davis, USN (Ret) (46831367)
M W Blackford Dead
Old Resident of Mitchell County Entered Into His Eternal Rest Last Nigh
A much respected old settler of Mitchell county, in the person of Matthew W Blackford, passed away at the home of his daughter, Mrs. W M Lukens, in this city, at 6:30 o'clock last night, after an illness of some weeks and a gradual failing of health of some few years' duration.
Mr. Blackford, who, during most of his long life, had followed the occupation of a farmer, was in the 75th year of his age at the time of his death, having been born in Ohio on July 10, 1840. He was married to Hannah Jane Ashton on April 15, 1862, to which union seven children were born, three of whom survive, in the persons of Mrs. S B Lukens of this city, R E Blackford of Turkey Creek township and A R Blackford of Hill City, Kas. [sic]
The deceased gentleman was a soldier in the Civil War, having at the time of that conflict enlisted for service in Company G, 170th regiment of the Ohio National Guard. After some months with the colors he was invalided home and had to go into a hospital as a result of the hardships he was called upon to endure.
He came to Kansas from Ohio in 1879 and homesteaded the farm in Turkey Creek township which he still owned at the close of his career, and on which he resided until the death of Mrs Blackford on November 12, 1904, since which time he has made his home with his daughter, Mrs Lukens.
Mr Blackford was a man very much respected in the community in which he lived for some 35 years. Of an unassuming and kindly nature and a God-fearing disposition, he maintained friendly relations with all his neighbors, and only expressions of regret are heard now that he has left them and the ties of long years of association and intercourse are severed forever.
A short funeral service over the remains of Mr Blackford will be held on Monday morning at 8 o'clock at the home of Mr and Mrs Lukens on North Lincoln avenue, after which they will be taken to the Hopewell church in Center township, where further services will be held at 1:30 o'clock. The Rev J P Finney, an old neighbor, friend, and pastor of the Blackford family, will officiate at the services at the house and the Rev J R Millen, pastor of the Hopewell United Presbyterian church, will officiate at the services to be held there and at the cemetery adjoining, not far form the homestead on which the deceased gentleman for so many years lived and labored.
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The people living along the road between Beloit and the Hopewell church did a good action yesterday when they got out with teams and wagons and broke the roads ahead of the Matthew W Blackford funeral cortège. It enabled the hearse carrying the remains of Mr Blackford to reach its destination an hour ahead of the time that those in charge had allowed for the journey. Without this aid, so freely given, much difficulty would have been experienced, as the snow was very deep in places and would have had to have been shoveled by those accompanying the remains of the deceased gentleman to their last resting place.
Contributor: CAPT Sharon Davis, USN (Ret) (46831367)
The Beloit Daily Call, Wed 10 Mar 1915
M W Blackford Dead
Old Resident of Mitchell County Entered Into His Eternal Rest Last Nigh
A much respected old settler of Mitchell county, in the person of Matthew W Blackford, passed away at the home of his daughter, Mrs. W M Lukens, in this city, at 6:30 o'clock last night, after an illness of some weeks and a gradual failing of health of some few years' duration.
Mr. Blackford, who, during most of his long life, had followed the occupation of a farmer, was in the 75th year of his age at the time of his death, having been born in Ohio on July 10, 1840. He was married to Hannah Jane Ashton on April 15, 1862, to which union seven children were born, three of whom survive, in the persons of Mrs. S B Lukens of this city, R E Blackford of Turkey Creek township and A R Blackford of Hill City, Kas. [sic]
The deceased gentleman was a soldier in the Civil War, having at the time of that conflict enlisted for service in Company G, 170th regiment of the Ohio National Guard. After some months with the colors he was invalided home and had to go into a hospital as a result of the hardships he was called upon to endure.
He came to Kansas from Ohio in 1879 and homesteaded the farm in Turkey Creek township which he still owned at the close of his career, and on which he resided until the death of Mrs Blackford on November 12, 1904, since which time he has made his home with his daughter, Mrs Lukens.
Mr Blackford was a man very much respected in the community in which he lived for some 35 years. Of an unassuming and kindly nature and a God-fearing disposition, he maintained friendly relations with all his neighbors, and only expressions of regret are heard now that he has left them and the ties of long years of association and intercourse are severed forever.
A short funeral service over the remains of Mr Blackford will be held on Monday morning at 8 o'clock at the home of Mr and Mrs Lukens on North Lincoln avenue, after which they will be taken to the Hopewell church in Center township, where further services will be held at 1:30 o'clock. The Rev J P Finney, an old neighbor, friend, and pastor of the Blackford family, will officiate at the services at the house and the Rev J R Millen, pastor of the Hopewell United Presbyterian church, will officiate at the services to be held there and at the cemetery adjoining, not far form the homestead on which the deceased gentleman for so many years lived and labored.
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News and Comments
The people living along the road between Beloit and the Hopewell church did a good action yesterday when they got out with teams and wagons and broke the roads ahead of the Matthew W Blackford funeral cortège. It enabled the hearse carrying the remains of Mr Blackford to reach its destination an hour ahead of the time that those in charge had allowed for the journey. Without this aid, so freely given, much difficulty would have been experienced, as the snow was very deep in places and would have had to have been shoveled by those accompanying the remains of the deceased gentleman to their last resting place.
Contributor: CAPT Sharon Davis, USN (Ret) (46831367)
M W Blackford Dead
Old Resident of Mitchell County Entered Into His Eternal Rest Last Nigh
A much respected old settler of Mitchell county, in the person of Matthew W Blackford, passed away at the home of his daughter, Mrs. W M Lukens, in this city, at 6:30 o'clock last night, after an illness of some weeks and a gradual failing of health of some few years' duration.
Mr. Blackford, who, during most of his long life, had followed the occupation of a farmer, was in the 75th year of his age at the time of his death, having been born in Ohio on July 10, 1840. He was married to Hannah Jane Ashton on April 15, 1862, to which union seven children were born, three of whom survive, in the persons of Mrs. S B Lukens of this city, R E Blackford of Turkey Creek township and A R Blackford of Hill City, Kas. [sic]
The deceased gentleman was a soldier in the Civil War, having at the time of that conflict enlisted for service in Company G, 170th regiment of the Ohio National Guard. After some months with the colors he was invalided home and had to go into a hospital as a result of the hardships he was called upon to endure.
He came to Kansas from Ohio in 1879 and homesteaded the farm in Turkey Creek township which he still owned at the close of his career, and on which he resided until the death of Mrs Blackford on November 12, 1904, since which time he has made his home with his daughter, Mrs Lukens.
Mr Blackford was a man very much respected in the community in which he lived for some 35 years. Of an unassuming and kindly nature and a God-fearing disposition, he maintained friendly relations with all his neighbors, and only expressions of regret are heard now that he has left them and the ties of long years of association and intercourse are severed forever.
A short funeral service over the remains of Mr Blackford will be held on Monday morning at 8 o'clock at the home of Mr and Mrs Lukens on North Lincoln avenue, after which they will be taken to the Hopewell church in Center township, where further services will be held at 1:30 o'clock. The Rev J P Finney, an old neighbor, friend, and pastor of the Blackford family, will officiate at the services at the house and the Rev J R Millen, pastor of the Hopewell United Presbyterian church, will officiate at the services to be held there and at the cemetery adjoining, not far form the homestead on which the deceased gentleman for so many years lived and labored.
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News and Comments
The people living along the road between Beloit and the Hopewell church did a good action yesterday when they got out with teams and wagons and broke the roads ahead of the Matthew W Blackford funeral cortège. It enabled the hearse carrying the remains of Mr Blackford to reach its destination an hour ahead of the time that those in charge had allowed for the journey. Without this aid, so freely given, much difficulty would have been experienced, as the snow was very deep in places and would have had to have been shoveled by those accompanying the remains of the deceased gentleman to their last resting place.
Contributor: CAPT Sharon Davis, USN (Ret) (46831367)
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