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BIOGRAPHY: Pioneer Woman Dies at Age 104 by J.D.Dunham
Mrs. Hester (Dollie) Hughes, widow of James Fergusen Hughes, died Friday, June 8, at the age of 104 in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Sophia dodson, Raytown. She was born January 14, 1869, approximately 4-1/2 miles northeast of osborn at the farm now owned by Robert McDonough.
Her parents were Thompson G. and Margaret (Parrott) Smith. she is survived by her daughter; a stepson, ralph M. Hughes, Pasadena, CA; three grandchildren, nine great grandchildren and two great, great grandchildren.
Her father died when she was nine years of age and at that time the family moved into Osborn. In 1912 she became the wife of James F. Hughes, a grain dealer who operated the old Pixlee Mill and grain elevator located west of the highway in Osborn. He died in 1933.
Mrs. Hughes was the oldest patient served in the Visiting Nurses Association's 80 year history in greater Kansas City.
Funeral servies were Sunday afternoon at Hinton Chapel, Raytown, and graveside services were Monday afternoon at 2:00 at the Osborn evergreen Cemetery.
Mrs. Hughes was a descendant of the first people to come to western Missouri and also the Territory before it was admitted to the union as a state.
Her great grandfather, Anderson Smith, came with his family into DeKalb county, locating on Grindstone Creek, north of Cameron, in 1833.
He was listed in the 5th Federal Census (1830) as a resident of Clay County with a wife and nine children. clay County embraces an area at that time the width of the present county extending to the north boundary of the state.
At the time counties became organized as governing bodies, families became active in the political activites of the settlement. Her great, great uncle, thompson smith was the first sheriff of Clinton county in 1833. the first represetative of Clinton county in the State Assembly in 1836 and also the first representative of DeKalb county in 1846, one year following its organization.
Her grandfather, Elias Parrott, was a judge of the first court of dekalb County in 1845, and her father as a judge of the same court in 1874 and 1880. Her grandfather, John Smith, was married to Unity gilliam in clay County, August 6, 1829.
In 1818 and 1819 the land in the territory of Missouri, including the area of what now is Ray and Clay county was opened for entry.
There was no permanent settlement in what is now Clay county prior to 1819. In that year the Gilliam families and others came to the present vicinity of Liberty. However, the Gilliams never became established as permanent settlers in Missouri.
Several held county offices. Cornelius Gilliam was sheriff of Clay county in 1830 and 1842. Twenty one years after reaching Missouri, the country was becoming crowded to the Gilliams as Clay county had a population of 8,300, Jackson county 7,600, Ray County 6,500, Buchanan County 6,200, Clinton County 2,700, and Platte County 8,900.
Many people had moved into Platte County by 1840, after titles t the land held by the Fox, Sac and Iowa Indians had been extinguished by the Federal Government in 1836-7. In 1844, Cornelius Gilliam headed a wagon train to the Oregon Territory where seven gilliam families settled on Donated Land Claims.
Cornelius Gilliam was dead four years later as he left his Claim to fight the Cayuse Indians. In his liftime of 50 years he walked, and rode a horse from north Carolina to Tennessee, to Missouri, and had driven oxen and a wagon the length of the Oregon Trail.
The people who came to the frontiers of a new land were strong and hardy people, capable of enduring all the hardships without fear. The weak remained behind and the ones who settled were courageous, adventurous, some restless and impatient people.
They brought the axe to build a home where they settled and a rifle to provide and protect. The ancestors of Hester smith were frontier people.
DEATH: Cameron Observer - Nov 9, 1916
G. Wash Smith passed away a his home on North Walnut street at 2 o'clock thursday afternoon, aged 56 years, of brights desease from which he had long suffered. He was a life resident of Cameron and vicinity, and his death will be mourned by many relatives and friends. He is survived by his wife and one son. funeral services will be held at the home at 2 o'clock saturday afternoon, conducted by Rev. J.W. Kilborn, Interment in the McDaniel Cemetery.
George Washington Smith was a retired grocery salesman.
BIOGRAPHY: FOUND DEAD AT HOME
Aged Resident Had Expired Hours Before Neighbors Found Body Rigid in Chair
Mrs. Amelia M. Smith relict of G. W. Smith was found dead late Saturday afternoon at her home on North Walnut street. Death had evidently come hours before as the body was cold and rigid. That the end was peaceful is apparent from the position of the body which was in a sitting posture in a favorite rocking chair, the head inclined to one side. A quilt was wrapped about the lower part of the body, a light shawl about her shoulders and a magazine which she evidently had been reading was on the floor by her chair.
Mrs. Smith had been in poor health for some time suffering from dropsy and heart trouble, but was yet able to be up and around and attend to such duties as was neccessary to satisfy her personal wants, for she had been alone for the past six weeks. Her son, Loring B. (Babe) had gone to Colorado six weeks ago to work. He was devoted to his nother and went only when she insisted that he go, saying she would be all right.
Neighbors had called Friday afternoon and found Mrs. Smith as usual. She must have passed away shortly after this to judge from the condition of the body, which was cold and perfectly rigid. Seemingly she had taken her magazine and seating herself in the chair which for some tine had likewise been her bed, for she had been unable to recline owing to the nature of her affliction, she had composed herself to read.
Late Saturday afternoon a neighbor again called and found conditions as above stated.
It was known deceased had left instructions as to what to do in the event of her death, and she had told these would be found in her bible. The instructions asked that a former pastor, Rev. Ogle, would preach her funeral, provided it was convenient, but not to go to too much trouble. In case Rev. Ogle could not be had she requested the services be conducted by the local minister of the Christian Church. Pallbearers and undertakers were also named and certain favorite songs were indicated.
Funeral services were held at the Christian Church at 2 o'clock this afternoon, Rev. H. E. Keltner officiating. Interment was made in the McDaniel cemetery, by the side of her husband.
BIOGRAPHY: INSTANTLY KILLED - Jan 26 1904
Homer Smith of this City Killed by a Burlington Train this Morning
Homer Smith, aged about 21 years and son of Mr. & Mrs. G. W. Smith, north Walnut street, was instantly killed by Burlington passenger train No. 15, while working in the capacity of a bridge carpenter on a bridge over Salt River two miles this side of Hunnewell.
The bridge gang composed of fifteen men and the foreman, Thos Grimes, were at work ontop of the bridge when they were surprised at the approach of the train which was several hours late. some of the crew seeing they would not have time to make the end of the bridge ahead of the train threw themselves flat on the structure and escaped injury.
Smith was a new man on the works and lacked the experience possessed by the older ones which told them how to think and act quickly. He started to run to the end of the bridge and had just reached a point where he could have leaped to safety, when the enfine struck him throwing him a hundred feet down an embankment.
he was dead when picked up by his fellow workmen, his neck being broken and his body otherwise mutilated. His body was brought to Cameron on the nest train, reaching here at 3 o'clock this afternoon, and taken to G. R. Blood & Son's undertaking rooms where it was cared for. His father, who is working at Kansas city, was notified, and came home on the first train out of there.
The remains will be taken to his parents' home as soon as prepared by the undertakers.