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Audrain County, Missouri

Obituary of W.H. (Kern) White  - submitted by Tom Phillips

DEATH NOTICE IN THE MEXICO, AUDRAIN, MO. NEWSPAPER DATED 11-29 -1909:
"W. H. (KERN) WHITE DROPPED DEAD OPPOSITE THE CITY SCALES MONDAY MORNING AT 11:35 A.M.  THE CAUSE OF HIS DEATH IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN A STROKE OF APOPLEXY.  THE DECEASED SUFFERED A STROKE OF PARALYSIS SEVERAL MONTHS AGO.

 

HE HAD BEEN WORKING MONDAY MORNING FOR B. A. POWELL IN THE SEWER DITCH THAT HAD BEEN STARTED ON WHITLEY  STREET.  AT 11:30 A. M.  MR . WHITE TOLD MR. POWELL THAT HE WAS FEELING BAD AND HE BELIEVED HE WOULD QUIT UNTIL HE FELT BETTER.  NOT THINKING THAT ANYTHING SERIOUS WAS WRONG WITH MR. WHITE, MR. POWELL TOLD HIM HE MIGHT GO HOME AND WHEN HE FELT BETTER TO COME BACK TO WORK.  MR. WHITE STARTED HOME BUT HAD WALKED ONLY FEW BLOCKS WHEN HE DROPPED DEAD.  HE WAS CONVEYED TO HIS HOME TO BE PREPARED FOR BURIAL.

 

WILLIAM H. WHITE WAS BORN IN SALT RIVER TOWNSHIP SEPTEMBER 9 , 1838.  REARED ON HIS FATHER'S FARM, HE WAS EDUCATED IN THE SCHOOLS OF MEXICO AND EARLY EMBARKED IN FARMING FOR HIMSELF, THE OCCUPATION TO WHICH HE HAD BEEN BROUGHT UP.  AS A FARMER, HIS CAREER HAD BEEN ONE OF SUCCESS.

THE DECEASED HAD BEEN MARRIED TWICE.  TO HIS PRESENT WIFE HE WAS MARRIED NOV. 22, 1863.

MR. WHITE HAS HELD OFFICES OF TRUST, BOTH IN THE COUNTY AND THE CITY.  IN ABOUT 1869 WHEN THE OFFICES OF SHERIFF AND COLLECTOR WERE TOGETHER, HE SERVED IN THIS CAPACITY, AND IN RECENT YEARS HE HAS SERVED TWO TERMS AS CITY MARSHAL.

 

THE DECEASED IS SURVIVED BY THE FOLLOWING CHILDREN:  WM., CLAY AND DR. A. C. WHITE, MRS. THOMAS MATTHEW AND MISS FINNIE WHITE.

 

THE LEDGER JOINS OTHER FRIENDS IN EXTENDING DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO THE BEREAVED ONES IN THE SUDDEN DEATH OF THIS GOOD MAN."

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Biography of William Henry White

William Henry White, Wm. Merritt's father was married twice. See page 966 and 967 of "History of Audrain County" (Missouri):
                  "WILLIAM H. WHITE one of the principal farmers and stock raisers of Audrain County, and one of its prominent and influential citizens, is a native of the county, and come of one of the oldest and best families.  His parents, William White, and wife, nee Elizabeth Shugart, emigrated from Pennsylvania to this State in about 1834, and settled in Audrain County two years afterwards, where they lived long and useful lives and were followed to their graves by the regret and sorrow of all who knew them.  William White, Sr., was extensively engaged in farming in this county, and also followed merchandising at Mexico in an early day.  He became quite wealthy, and when he died left a large estate.  Of the family of children, three are now living,_ besides William H., Mary E., now the wife of Hon. James M. Proctor, of Boone County; and Martha E., the wife of John G. Strode, of Boone County.  William H. White, the subject of the present sketch, was born on his father's homestead in Salt River Township, September 9, 1838.  Reared on his father's farm, he was educated in the schools; of Mexico, and early embarked in farming for himself, the occupation to which he has been brought up.  As a farmer, Mr. White's career has been one of marked  success.  Left by his father with a comfortable start in life, he has shown himself to be worthy of it by the manner in which he has managed his affairs and the success which has crowned his industry and enterprise.  Mr. White has  increased his possessions in this county until now he has some 1,200 acres of fine land, the major part of which is improved and either in active cultivation, meadow or pasturage.  He raises over 300 acres of grain, principally  corn, and harvests annually about 250 acres of meadow.  Mr. White  is extensively engaged in stock raising and handling stock and ships to the wholesale markets yearly about 200 head of cattle and the same number of hogs.  A man of broad and liberal ideas, he is known to be one of the public spirited citizens of the county, and contributes freely by his efforts and, whenever necessary, of his means to all movements designed for the building up and best interests of the county.  Mr.  White has been married twice.  On the 7th of November,1858, he was married to Miss Julia Violet [Juliet Elizabeth Priscilla Violette], of Monroe County.  She died six years afterwards, June 13, 1864, leaving him two children: William M. and Clay Price,  the former a resident of this county, but the latter of Paris, Arkansas.  To his present wife, formerly Miss Mary C. Holliday, a daughter of William Holliday, of Bourbon County, Kentucky, he was married November 22,1866.  Mr. and Mrs. White have five children:  Lizzie Lee, Abner C., Louella, Charles H. and Marion:  One besides, the second child, Nannie, died in tender years. Mr. White is a member of the A. F. and A. M., being a brother in the Royal Arch Chapter.  He is also a member of the A. O. U. W."   

William attended school in Mexico, MO.  It is said that the White family was originally from Pennsylvania.

NOTE:  William and a brother went to Alaska in 1898 in search of gold.  They were in Alaska about one year.

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Man Who Served With Quantrell’s   Band in Civil War Had Lived Here Over Half Century

From The Intelligencer (w), June 1, 1933 p1 c1

R.F. WORSHAM,  94, DIED WED. AT HIS HOME

Richard Francis Worsham, 94-year-old Mexico resident, who served with Quantrell’s Band during the Civil War, died at his home on North Clark Street  about 1:30 o’clock Wednesday afternoon. Death, attributed to his advanced age and heart trouble, was  sudden, as Mr. Worsham had visited the business section of Mexico Tuesday.

Mr. Worsham, born April 6, 1839, in Lincoln County, was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Hines Worsham. From Lincoln he moved to Lafayette County where he was living when the war broke out. In 1869, four years after the war was over, he returned to Lincoln and was married to Miss Lydia L. Colvert. They moved to Audrain County in 1880 and Mr. Worsham has since made his home here.

Several years after the death of his first wife about 31 years ago, Mr.Worsham was married to Miss Mary Vaughn of Callaway County who survives him. He also leaves six children, Richard Carson Worsham, Mrs. Cora Bybee, Coleman Worsham, Mrs. Bessie Bickle, Christopher C. Worsham and Mrs. Nora Fox, and a number of grand-children and great grandchildren. He was the last of a family of seven sisters and brothers.

Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday at the Bickle home on North Clark with the Reverend Robin Gould, pastor of the Mexico Methodist Church, officiating. Interment will be made of Elmwood Cemetery.

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