Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, February 15, 1930
William C. Herbert, Hopkins, Dies Friday Veteran Brick Mason Lived in Vicinity of Hopkins Before the Town Was Built
William Chauncey "Chet" Herbert, age 79, veteran brick mason of Hopkins, and a resident in that vicinity before the town was built, died at 4:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon at his home in Hopkins. He had been ill several weeks with complication of diseases.
Mr. Herbert had constructed many of the buildings now in Hopkins and had done some work in Maryville.
He was born October 11, 1850, at Cuba, Ill., and was married September 13, 1871 to Irma Miller. Practically all of Mr. Herbert's life was spent in Nodaway County.
Surviving is his wife, four daughters, Mrs. Byron Riche, Wichita, Kan.; Mrs. Charles Gray, Hutchinson, Kans.; Mrs. Luke Brown, Long Beach, Cal.; Mrs. Victor Windsor, Bedford, Iowa; three sons, J. E. Herbert, Muskogee, Okla.; Fred and William Herbert, Hopkins; a brother, Isaac Herbert, Bedford, Ia.
Funeral arrangements have not been made, pending word from relatives at a distance.
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Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, February 15, 1930
William C. Herbert, Hopkins, Dies Friday Veteran Brick Mason Lived in Vicinity of Hopkins Before the Town Was Built
William Chauncey "Chet" Herbert, age 79, veteran brick mason of Hopkins, and a resident in that vicinity before the town was built, died at 4:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon at his home in Hopkins. He had been ill several weeks with complication of diseases.
Mr. Herbert had constructed many of the buildings now in Hopkins and had done some work in Maryville.
He was born October 11, 1850, at Cuba, Ill., and was married September 13, 1871 to Irma Miller. Practically all of Mr. Herbert's life was spent in Nodaway County.
Surviving is his wife, four daughters, Mrs. Byron Riche, Wichita, Kan.; Mrs. Charles Gray, Hutchinson, Kans.; Mrs. Luke Brown, Long Beach, Cal.; Mrs. Victor Windsor, Bedford, Iowa; three sons, J. E. Herbert, Muskogee, Okla.; Fred and William Herbert, Hopkins; a brother, Isaac Herbert, Bedford, Ia.
Funeral arrangements have not been made, pending word from relatives at a distance.
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Bio from FindAGrave contributor #47176433
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