from The Westphalia (KS) Times, Thursday, March 22, 1917:
"The remains of John J. Smith arrived here last Saturday and were laid to rest in the Westphalia Cemetery, south of town. John J. Smith was born in Fulton County, Illinois, August 25, 1846, and died in College Mound, Missouri, Macon County, Missouri, March 4, 1917, aged 70 years, 6 months and 18 days. Mr. Smith was married to Sarah E. Sells, and to this union nine children were born, eight of whom are still living. His wife preceded him to the spirit land in April 1909. He was again married in the fall of 1910. In Spring of 1880, Mr. Smith moved to a farm southeast of Westphalia where he lived for 24 years. He also lived in Gas City for a brief time, and then he moved to College Mound, Missouri, where he passed away. He embraced religion when a boy and was sanctified in the fall of 1886 and lived a consistent Christian life, dying a victorious death. He had suffered from cancer of the stomach for about 15 months, which was the immediate cause of his death. Thus one by one we see the old settlers cross the great divide, but we can only honor and revere them who blazed the way to civilization and caused the west to blossom as the rose."
"The remains of John J. Smith arrived here last Saturday and were laid to rest in the Westphalia Cemetery, south of town. John J. Smith was born in Fulton County, Illinois, August 25, 1846, and died in College Mound, Missouri, Macon County, Missouri, March 4, 1917, aged 70 years, 6 months and 18 days. Mr. Smith was married to Sarah E. Sells, and to this union nine children were born, eight of whom are still living. His wife preceded him to the spirit land in April 1909. He was again married in the fall of 1910. In Spring of 1880, Mr. Smith moved to a farm southeast of Westphalia where he lived for 24 years. He also lived in Gas City for a brief time, and then he moved to College Mound, Missouri, where he passed away. He embraced religion when a boy and was sanctified in the fall of 1886 and lived a consistent Christian life, dying a victorious death. He had suffered from cancer of the stomach for about 15 months, which was the immediate cause of his death. Thus one by one we see the old settlers cross the great divide, but we can only honor and revere them who blazed the way to civilization and caused the west to blossom as the rose."
from The Westphalia (KS) Times, Thursday, March 22, 1917:
"The remains of John J. Smith arrived here last Saturday and were laid to rest in the Westphalia Cemetery, south of town. John J. Smith was born in Fulton County, Illinois, August 25, 1846, and died in College Mound, Missouri, Macon County, Missouri, March 4, 1917, aged 70 years, 6 months and 18 days. Mr. Smith was married to Sarah E. Sells, and to this union nine children were born, eight of whom are still living. His wife preceded him to the spirit land in April 1909. He was again married in the fall of 1910. In Spring of 1880, Mr. Smith moved to a farm southeast of Westphalia where he lived for 24 years. He also lived in Gas City for a brief time, and then he moved to College Mound, Missouri, where he passed away. He embraced religion when a boy and was sanctified in the fall of 1886 and lived a consistent Christian life, dying a victorious death. He had suffered from cancer of the stomach for about 15 months, which was the immediate cause of his death. Thus one by one we see the old settlers cross the great divide, but we can only honor and revere them who blazed the way to civilization and caused the west to blossom as the rose."
"The remains of John J. Smith arrived here last Saturday and were laid to rest in the Westphalia Cemetery, south of town. John J. Smith was born in Fulton County, Illinois, August 25, 1846, and died in College Mound, Missouri, Macon County, Missouri, March 4, 1917, aged 70 years, 6 months and 18 days. Mr. Smith was married to Sarah E. Sells, and to this union nine children were born, eight of whom are still living. His wife preceded him to the spirit land in April 1909. He was again married in the fall of 1910. In Spring of 1880, Mr. Smith moved to a farm southeast of Westphalia where he lived for 24 years. He also lived in Gas City for a brief time, and then he moved to College Mound, Missouri, where he passed away. He embraced religion when a boy and was sanctified in the fall of 1886 and lived a consistent Christian life, dying a victorious death. He had suffered from cancer of the stomach for about 15 months, which was the immediate cause of his death. Thus one by one we see the old settlers cross the great divide, but we can only honor and revere them who blazed the way to civilization and caused the west to blossom as the rose."
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