? NOBLE COUNTY OBITUARIES
? > (Old newspaper clipping)
? >Mrs. Rebecca A. Fogle, wife of Peter Fogle, Democratic candidate for
? > recorder, was born in what is now Buffalo township, Noble county, Ohio,
? July 6, 1840, and died September 4, 1893, after a lingering illness of throat,
? > stomach and lung diseases.  She was married to Peter Fogle September 17,
? > 1871, and bore him two daughters, namely Parthenia, aged 20 and Irenia,
? aged 15 years.  Besides these, two step daughters and one step son are left,
? who keenly feel the loss of her, who to them was quite as much as mother, and
? > who share the deep emotions of them more dearly bound by deeper ties of
? > kinship. Besides the sundering of the tender ties of mother, remorseless
? > death has called away the wife, the helpmeet and the boon companion for
? more than a score of years of him who in this hour of poignant sorrow learns to know her fullest worth by having lost her.
? >    For more than five years Mrs. Fogle was a constant sufferer, yet show
? > bore her pain with no complaint and with a fortitude well worth of
? > emulation.  But in the darkest hours of deepest suffering Mrs. Fogle
? sought and found consolation in the book of books.  Her faith was simple, her
? hopes sublime.  Almost every hour of those long five years, when left alone she would be found again poring over the precious promises found in the bible
? > she prized above all others because it was a gift from her oldest step
? > daughter.  For 13 years Mrs. Fogle was a consistent member of the M. E.
? > church and her constant knowledge that her days were numbered served not
? to frighten her but to draw her closer to her faith, and when death finally
? > came to claim her, she was prepared for the summons.
? >    To the family robbed of the fostering care and gentle influences of the
? > wife and mother, the sympathy of a community always goes, and in this case
? > the double sadness of the event but serves to excite that sweetest impulse
? > of the soul to a higher degree.  To those bereft we humbly proffer the
? > fullest measure of that sympathy, because we cannot share their grief.

(from an undated newspaper clipping)
>Francis McKee, wife of Jos. McKee, died at her residence near Caldwell,
> Saturday, March 12th, after a lingering illness of Consumption, aged 32
> years.  She was born in Illinois, and came to Knox County, Ohio, and at
the age of seven years her parents died when she went to live with a sister in
> Iowa.  She crossed the plains and mountains to Oregon with some friends in
> 1864, and in June, 1865 was married to Mr. McKee, in Idaho, who was mining
> in that country.  They returned on horseback through a hostile Indiana
> country on their way to Ohio, where they have since resided.  She leaves
> three sons of tender years who with her husband mourns her loss.  She was
a woman of amiable spirit and was much loved by her friends and neighbors.

Elizabeth Clark, daughter of James and Pemelia Luke was born in Belmont
> county, Ohio, Nov. 6th, 1820, and died May 15th, 1903, ages 82 years, 5
> months and 15 days.  she with her parents moved to duck Creek, at the age
of 21 years.  She was married to William Clark June 3rd, 1841.  To this union
> were born six children, three sons and three daughters.  Two sons and one
> daughter have preceded them to the great beyond.  Her husband died Oct.
> 30th, 1899.  She united with the Christian church when 16 years of age,
> lived a christian life until her death.
>    She leaves two sons and one daughter, thirty-four grandchildren, one
> brother and three sisters, besides a host of sorrowing relatives to mourn
> her loss.  Since the death of her husband she has made her home with her
> son, s. C. Clark.  Funeral services conducted by Rev. W. W. O. Hawkins.
> Interment in Olive cemetery. - A Friend.

(from an undated newspaper clipping)
 David McKee, born in Olive near here, Sept. 14, 1820, died in
Hutchinson Kansas, at 3:15 a.m., Jan. 28th, 1906.  He, in early life, succeeded his father, Robert McKee, the pioneer merchant of this section of the country,
> and continued in business in Olive until 1859, when, with the first oil
> excitement caused by the Drake well, the first in Pennsylvania, he was
first to engage in leasing land and commenced operations at the old well near
> Olive, on Salt run, and at near where Dexter City now stands, living at
the latter place until about 1875, when he left for his later home,
Hutchinson, Kansas.  Mr. McKee was a public spirited, honest man, and left as many friends and as few enemies, and deservedly so as any man who ever did the
> same amount of business in this or any other community.  His mental
> faculties remained complete until the last few hours when he sank into
> unconsciousness. His last words were "Let us go home; they will be uneasy
> about us," and passed peacefully from life to the eternity beyond.
>
(from an undated newspaper clipping)
>In Memory of Mrs. Hallie Josephine Blake

The following was adopted by the Cambridge B. Y. P. U. Sunday evening,
May   24th, 1903:
>    Whereas, In the Providence of God, our beloved sister, Mrs. Hallie
> (McKee) Blake, was called from earth to heaven, her death occurring at her
> home in Hezron, Colo., May 11th, 1903,
>    We, her associates, and fellow workers in the Cambridge B. Y. P. U., of
> which she was so long and earnest, efficient, and zealous member, deplore
> her death and deeply sympathize with the bereaved husband and children and
> commit them to the care of Him, whose ways are past finding out, but who
> doeth all things well.
>    Resolved, That this memorial of our love and sympathy be entered upon
the minutes of the Union, a copy sent to the husband and children and
furnished for publication.
>           Respectfully submitted,
>               John M. Amos,
>               Mrs. Cora E. Clary,
>               Mrs. Bertha Wharton,

from an undated newspaper clipping)
>
>Catharine Campbell was born in Hardy county, Virginia, on the south
> branch of the Potomac river, close to Moorfield on March 30th, 1819.  Died
> near South Olive, Ohio, on May 17th, 1903.  In childhood she with her
> parents moved to West Virginia crossing the Cheat mountains in a wagon and
> settled in Upshire county near Buckhannon where she grew up to womanhood.
> She was united in marriage to John Johnson August 2nd, 1838, some years
> after they moved to Ohio settling in Noble county.  Her husband was a
> soldier of the war of 1812.  Died April 12th, 1873.  To this union were
born six children, one son and five daughters.  The son, Salathiel, a soldier
of  the civil war died at Fayettsville, West Va., March 15th, 1862.  Her
> daughters survive her.  Mary Wheeler and Martha McGlashan live in Brown
> county, Indiana, Annie E. Burcher at Crooked Tree, Emily and Sallie near
> South Olive.
>    She united with the M. E. church when quite young and at the time of
her death was a member of the South Olive M. P. church.  On account of
> infirmities she was deprived from attending church for several of the last
> years.
>    We mourn for a good, pious and indulgent mother but not without hope of
> meeting her in the Celestial City where all is happiness, peace and joy
for ever more.  We feel satisfied that she with wings is flitting through the
> ethereal regions of glory around the dazzling throne of Christ, where
death is a stranger and sickness never comes.

> Mrs. William C. Okey Dead.
>    The citizens of Caldwell were yesterday morning greatly grieved and
> pained to learn that the spirit of Mrs. Ruth Okey, wife of the venerable
> Judge William C. Okey, had at four o'clock that morning winged its way to
> its heavenly home.  For several years the deceased had been a great, but
> patient, sufferer from paralysis adjutans and for some time as the result
of the disease had been almost a helpless invalid.  But she bore her
sufferings silently and patiently and with such a spirit as only a noble christian
can. Miss Ruth Caldwell was born on the old home place in the southwestern
> part of Caldwell, July 25, 1832, and died October 16, 1905.  She was a
> daughter of the late Joseph Caldwell, and at this place had spent the
whole of her life, and while intimately known to practically everybody she
> possessed the friendship of all and had not an known enemy in the
slightest degree.  She was a noble woman, and her good traits as a wife and mother
> will last in loving remembrance. As a neighbor she was loved and respected
> by all and held the utmost confidence and esteem of all who knew her.
>    The deceased was united in marriage in 1861 to William C. Okey and to
> this union were born three sons and one daughter - one son, Milton, died
at  the age of two years, and the daughter, Josephine, died at the age of
> thirteen years.  The husband and father and two sons, J. A. and E. F., are
> left to mourn the departure of a loving companion and motherly mother.
>    Many years ago the deceased became a member of the Caldwell Baptist
> church and her life was always one of a pure and noble christian.  She was
> loved by all who had an intimate acquaintance and highly respected by
those who had formed with her a mere passing acquaintance.
>    Funeral services, to be conducted by her pastor, Rev. William J. Stith,
> will be held from the Baptist church at 10:00 o'clock Wednesday morning,
and will be followed by interment in the Olive cemetery.
>    To Judge Okey and to his two sons is extended the most sincere sympathy
> of their numerous Caldwell and Noble county friends in the loss of their
> dear companion and mother, and may their hour of sad bereavement be
> comforted with the assurance that while the loss to them is sad and most
> painful yet her soul is at peace and at rest with her God and saviour.
>