Greenville Journal Obituaries, 1908
Greenville, Darke County, Ohio

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1908 Obituaries from the Greenville Journal, in Greenville, Darke County Ohio.

ABBOTT, General Ira C. Obituary

Gen. Ira C. Abbott, formerly collector of internal revenue in Michigan, and for several years clerk in the pension bureau, died in Washington. [The Greenville Journal, (Greenville, OH), October 15, 1908, P.2]

ASTOR, Mrs. William Obituary

Mrs. William Astor, who for 30 years had been regarded as the social loader of New York, died of heart disease at her home on Fifth avenue in New York. [The Greenville Journal, (Greenville, OH), November 5, 1908, P.2]

CONN, Pearson B. Obituary

Pearson B. Conn, dean of the newspaper publishers of eastern Ohio, died at Steubenville, aged 86 years. He was the founder of the St. Louis Post, and had published the Steubenville Herald for 25 years. [The Greenville Journal, (Greenville, OH), October 15, 1908, P.2]

COOKE, Rev. E. Jay Obituary

Rev. E. Jay Cooke, rector of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church at Schuylerville, N.Y., and nephew of Jay Cooke, the famous financier, dropped dead at Schnectady, N.Y. [The Greenville Journal, (Greenville, OH), November 5, 1908, P.2]

COULTER, Maj. Gen. Richard Obituary

Maj. Gen. Richard Coulter, 81 years old, a veteran of the Mexican and Civil wars, a lawyer and prominent business man, is dead at Greensburg, Pa. [The Greenville Journal, (Greenville, OH), October 22, 1908, P.2]

DRAPER, Mrs. L. D. Obituary

A woman, believed to have been Mrs. L. D. Draper of Saginaw, Mich., committed suicide by leaping over Niagara Falls. [The Greenville Journal, (Greenville, OH), October 15, 1908, P.2]

DOUGLAS, Stephen A. Obituary

Stephen A. Douglas, son of the famous Illinois senator and opponent of Lincoln, died of heart disease in Chicago. [The Greenville Journal, (Greenville, OH), October 15, 1908, P.2]

HALL, Dr. J. Edward Obituary

Dr. J. Edward Hall, a noted dentist, died of hydrophobia in Shanghai, China. [The Greenville Journal, (Greenville, OH), November 5, 1908, P.2]

HAYES, Richard Obituary

Richard Hayes, who as general foreman for the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railway built many of the famous tunnels and bridges along that road died in Butte, Mont. [The Greenville Journal, (Greenville, OH), October 29, 1908, P.2]

JEPHSON, Arthur, J. M. Obituary

Lieut. Arthur J. M. Jephson, king's messenger, is dead at London. He commanded a detachment in the Emin Pasha relief expedition under Henry M. Stanley in 1887-90. In 1904 he married Miss. Anna Head, the wealthy daughter of the late Addison T. Head of San Francisco. [The Greenville Journal, (Greenville, OH), October 29, 1908, P.2]

McKNIGHT, Dr. William Obituary

Dr. William McKnight, one of the best known physicians of Illinois and for 30 years a resident of Putnam county, died at his home in Bloomington, aged 85. [The Greenville Journal, (Greenville, OH), October 22, 1908, P.2]

SCRANTON, Joseph A. Obituary

Ex-Congressman Joseph A. Scranton died at Scranton, Pa. He had been editor of the Scranton Republican since 1867. [The Greenville Journal, (Greenville, OH), October 22, 1908, P.2]