Married Bertha Schneider on 27 NOV 1879 in Adams County, Illinois. Married Susan Emily "Sue" Adams on 03 NOV 1892.
Occupation: Retired
MO d/c 1871
CHARLES LINVILLE, PROMINENT EDINA RESIDENT, IS DEAD
His Father, Phillip Linville, Was One of the Early Settlers.
Edina, Mo., Jan. 12 —Charles Bruce Linville, 79, oldest native born Edina citizen, died Friday at midnight at his home here. He had been ill a year and seriouly ill since last October.
Mr. Linvllle, son of Phillip B. and Mary C. Linville, was born March 31, 1856, at Edina. He was one of a family of seven children. His father came to Edina in 1844 and assisted materially in locating the county seat here. His father also hewed the logs for the first Catholic church to be built at Edina. He also built the first store building which occupied the present postoffice site.
Mr. Linvllle was educated in the Edina schools and attended Chaddock college in Quincy. After returning from school he worked in the bank of Edina, on which his father was president. He was also in grocery, furniture and other businesses at different times. He went back to banking and became cashier and when the bank was closed several years ago he was chairman of the board of directors. He had been in the banking business for forty-five years at the time the bank closed.
Mr. Llnville was married to Bertha Schneider. She was the mother of four children. They are Mrs. W. B. Simpson, Jefferson City, Mrs. J. H. Fisher, Edina, Mrs. P. E. Kaler Topeka, Kan. and Phillip B. Linville, LaJaunta, Colo. His wife died forty-four years ago.
Following the death of his first wife Mr. Linvllle married Sue Adams of Winona, Ill. One child, Louise, was born. She married Dr Hall of Clarence. She died twenty years ago.
Mr. Linville leaves his widow; his four children; eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
The funeral will be held Sundy: afternoon at 2:30 o clock in the Community church, in charge of the Rev. J. P. Ingerslew. Burial will be in Linville cemetery which was given to the Masons by his father, Phillip Linville, many years ago.
The Quincy Herald Whig, Quincy, Illinois, Sunday, January 12, 1936; Page: 2, Column 8
C. B. LINVILLE, OLDEST EDINA NATIVE, IS DEAD
Former President of Bank of Edina Dies Friday Night at Home Here, Aged 79 years.
EARLY MERCHANT HERE
Services Sunday—Buried in Cemetery Given by His Father.
Charles B. Linville, oldest native of Edina, a man identified during his lifetime with the business and social life of the community which he helped to build up, died at 10:45 o'clock Friday night at his home here. He was 79 years old.
He was very ill a year, following an attack of influenza in December, 1934. Mr. Linville was in a Quincy hospital for a while last February and was almost continuously bedfast at his home since October. He was cared for during his illness by Mrs. Bessie Wriedt of Kirksville, registered nurse. And Blanche Jones, colored,who has been with the family four years, had the care of Mr. Linville in the daytime since.
Mr. Linville, who was one of the early bankers of Edina, working many years in the banking firm of Linville & Wilson. Later the Bank of Edina, which was founded in 1864 by his father, P. B. Linville I, and Judge E. V. Wilson, was born in Edina March 31, 1856, one of the seven children of Philip Bruce and Mary C. Wilson Linville and was a young boy when the banking house was established.
In an interview with The Sentinel in August, 1925, when he had been a banker thirty-five years. C. B. Linville told how his father started in the banking business. The elder Mr. Linville was in the general store business and so many persons owed him, he closed the store and started collecting, taking the money collected to Quincy for deposit. Soon people began to bring him money to keep for them and later to bank it.
His father would hide the money until he got a large amount, Mr. Linville told The Sentinel, and then he would take it to Quincy. From that the ideas of a bank developed.
Charles Bruce Linville received his schooling in Edina public school. Later he spent a year in Chaddock College in Quincy, returning to enter his father's bank. Mr. Linville took pride in later years relating that he began as janitor of the bank and later became president.
After his apprenticeship as janitor, Mr. Linville became a teller, but after working there for some time, he left the bank and engaged in hardware, jewelry and furniture business several years. He then returned to the bank, was later elected cashier and still later its president.
He retired a few years ago from active business. Mr. Linville was a candidate for representative of the Knox County in 1927.
Mr. Linville married Bertha Schnider Nov. 27, 1879. To them were born four children who survive: Philip Bruce Linville II, LaJunta Colo.; Lorle, Mrs. Walter B. Simpson, Jefferson City, Mo.; Mary, Mrs. J. H. Fisher, Edina and Marguerite, Mrs. P. E. Kaler, Topeka, Kan. Mrs. Linville died April 10, 1892.
His second wife, who survives, was Sue Adam. They were married Nov. 3 1892. To them was born a daughter, Louise, Mrs. Stanley M. Hall, who dies April 17, 1915, at the age of 21 1/2 years.
Also surviving Mr. Linville are eight grandchildren and a great granddaughter, Marjorie Louise Linville, 3-year-old daughter of Mr and Mrs. C.B. Linville II of Los Angeles, Calif. Of the generation of C.B. Linville I, only he and his sister, Mrs. R. M. Ringer, reached maturity. She died March 8. 1913.
Mr. Linville's body was taken to the Community Church at 2 o'clock. Services were conducted by the Rev. J.P. Ingerslew, pastor of St. Joseph's Church, delivered an eulogy. Burial was in Linville cemetery, which was given many years ago for cemetery purposes by Mr. Linville's father to the Masonic Lodge.
Honory pallbeareres were: Judge C.R. Fowler, a schoolmate and boyhood chum of Mr. Linville; F.A. Wilson, Charles Franz, M.J. Stablein, J.P. Delany, W.T. Wilson, Alex Rimer, John McGraw, J.L. Cornelius and J.M. Kirk.
Active Pallbearers were: J.W. Hayes, W.F. Sandknop, William Krueger, Sr., L.C. McBride and F.J. Ruxlow of Edina and Lloyd Arnett of Kirksville. Grandchildren of Mr. Linville who were present and Elroy Schofield nore the rack of flowers.
Mr. Linville's daughters, Mrs Simpson and Mrs. Kaler, arrived Friday, as did the former's children Miss Caroline and Joe and John McElfresh. Mr. Linville's son, P. B. Linville, of LaJunta, Colo., was unable to come. He was last here last October. Dr. W.B. Simpson and Mr. and Mrs. John Walsh of Jefferson City came Sunday and returned there Monday, accompanied by Joe McElfresh.
Dr. Stanley Hall of Kansas City, son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Linville, and his niece, Miss Louise Hall, of Lancaster, Mo., were here Sunday for the services as were Mrs. D.R. Nelson, Mrs. Edward Morton and Mrs. Bertha Bowen of Quincy and Mr. and Mrs J.C. Duncan of Brookfield, Mo., all formerly of Edina, and Mrs Lloyd Arnett of Kirksville.
The Edina Sentinel, Edina, Missouri, January 16, 1936
CHARLES LINVILLE DIED IN EDINA
Former Banker and Grocer Succumbs After An Illness of Several Months' Duration.
Charles Bruce Linville, 79, one of the oldest and best known residents of Edina died at his home Friday night. He had been in failing health the past year and had been seriously ill since October. He was well known in business circles, having been engaged in the banking business for more than forty-five years, and also in the grocery business as well as other business enterprises in Edina.
Mr. Linville was the son of Philip and Mary C. Linville. He was born March 31, 1856. He was a member of a family of seven children, only two, he and a sister, Mrs. C. R. Ringer, reaching manhood and womanhood. Mrs. Ringer died a number of years ago.
He married to Bertha Schnider, and to his union five children were born. One daughter, Louise, Mrs. H. P. Hall, preceded her father in death. Those surviving are Bruce Linville, LaJunta, Colorado; Mrs. J. H. Fisher, of Edina; Mrs. Walter B. Simpson, Jefferson City; and Mrs. P. A. Kaler, Topeka, Kansas.
His first wife died a number of years ago, and then he was married to Sue Adams, of Illinois, who survives him. He also leaves eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
The La Belle Star, La Belle, Missouri, January 17, 1936
Occupation: Retired
MO d/c 1871
CHARLES LINVILLE, PROMINENT EDINA RESIDENT, IS DEAD
His Father, Phillip Linville, Was One of the Early Settlers.
Edina, Mo., Jan. 12 —Charles Bruce Linville, 79, oldest native born Edina citizen, died Friday at midnight at his home here. He had been ill a year and seriouly ill since last October.
Mr. Linvllle, son of Phillip B. and Mary C. Linville, was born March 31, 1856, at Edina. He was one of a family of seven children. His father came to Edina in 1844 and assisted materially in locating the county seat here. His father also hewed the logs for the first Catholic church to be built at Edina. He also built the first store building which occupied the present postoffice site.
Mr. Linvllle was educated in the Edina schools and attended Chaddock college in Quincy. After returning from school he worked in the bank of Edina, on which his father was president. He was also in grocery, furniture and other businesses at different times. He went back to banking and became cashier and when the bank was closed several years ago he was chairman of the board of directors. He had been in the banking business for forty-five years at the time the bank closed.
Mr. Llnville was married to Bertha Schneider. She was the mother of four children. They are Mrs. W. B. Simpson, Jefferson City, Mrs. J. H. Fisher, Edina, Mrs. P. E. Kaler Topeka, Kan. and Phillip B. Linville, LaJaunta, Colo. His wife died forty-four years ago.
Following the death of his first wife Mr. Linvllle married Sue Adams of Winona, Ill. One child, Louise, was born. She married Dr Hall of Clarence. She died twenty years ago.
Mr. Linville leaves his widow; his four children; eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
The funeral will be held Sundy: afternoon at 2:30 o clock in the Community church, in charge of the Rev. J. P. Ingerslew. Burial will be in Linville cemetery which was given to the Masons by his father, Phillip Linville, many years ago.
The Quincy Herald Whig, Quincy, Illinois, Sunday, January 12, 1936; Page: 2, Column 8
C. B. LINVILLE, OLDEST EDINA NATIVE, IS DEAD
Former President of Bank of Edina Dies Friday Night at Home Here, Aged 79 years.
EARLY MERCHANT HERE
Services Sunday—Buried in Cemetery Given by His Father.
Charles B. Linville, oldest native of Edina, a man identified during his lifetime with the business and social life of the community which he helped to build up, died at 10:45 o'clock Friday night at his home here. He was 79 years old.
He was very ill a year, following an attack of influenza in December, 1934. Mr. Linville was in a Quincy hospital for a while last February and was almost continuously bedfast at his home since October. He was cared for during his illness by Mrs. Bessie Wriedt of Kirksville, registered nurse. And Blanche Jones, colored,who has been with the family four years, had the care of Mr. Linville in the daytime since.
Mr. Linville, who was one of the early bankers of Edina, working many years in the banking firm of Linville & Wilson. Later the Bank of Edina, which was founded in 1864 by his father, P. B. Linville I, and Judge E. V. Wilson, was born in Edina March 31, 1856, one of the seven children of Philip Bruce and Mary C. Wilson Linville and was a young boy when the banking house was established.
In an interview with The Sentinel in August, 1925, when he had been a banker thirty-five years. C. B. Linville told how his father started in the banking business. The elder Mr. Linville was in the general store business and so many persons owed him, he closed the store and started collecting, taking the money collected to Quincy for deposit. Soon people began to bring him money to keep for them and later to bank it.
His father would hide the money until he got a large amount, Mr. Linville told The Sentinel, and then he would take it to Quincy. From that the ideas of a bank developed.
Charles Bruce Linville received his schooling in Edina public school. Later he spent a year in Chaddock College in Quincy, returning to enter his father's bank. Mr. Linville took pride in later years relating that he began as janitor of the bank and later became president.
After his apprenticeship as janitor, Mr. Linville became a teller, but after working there for some time, he left the bank and engaged in hardware, jewelry and furniture business several years. He then returned to the bank, was later elected cashier and still later its president.
He retired a few years ago from active business. Mr. Linville was a candidate for representative of the Knox County in 1927.
Mr. Linville married Bertha Schnider Nov. 27, 1879. To them were born four children who survive: Philip Bruce Linville II, LaJunta Colo.; Lorle, Mrs. Walter B. Simpson, Jefferson City, Mo.; Mary, Mrs. J. H. Fisher, Edina and Marguerite, Mrs. P. E. Kaler, Topeka, Kan. Mrs. Linville died April 10, 1892.
His second wife, who survives, was Sue Adam. They were married Nov. 3 1892. To them was born a daughter, Louise, Mrs. Stanley M. Hall, who dies April 17, 1915, at the age of 21 1/2 years.
Also surviving Mr. Linville are eight grandchildren and a great granddaughter, Marjorie Louise Linville, 3-year-old daughter of Mr and Mrs. C.B. Linville II of Los Angeles, Calif. Of the generation of C.B. Linville I, only he and his sister, Mrs. R. M. Ringer, reached maturity. She died March 8. 1913.
Mr. Linville's body was taken to the Community Church at 2 o'clock. Services were conducted by the Rev. J.P. Ingerslew, pastor of St. Joseph's Church, delivered an eulogy. Burial was in Linville cemetery, which was given many years ago for cemetery purposes by Mr. Linville's father to the Masonic Lodge.
Honory pallbeareres were: Judge C.R. Fowler, a schoolmate and boyhood chum of Mr. Linville; F.A. Wilson, Charles Franz, M.J. Stablein, J.P. Delany, W.T. Wilson, Alex Rimer, John McGraw, J.L. Cornelius and J.M. Kirk.
Active Pallbearers were: J.W. Hayes, W.F. Sandknop, William Krueger, Sr., L.C. McBride and F.J. Ruxlow of Edina and Lloyd Arnett of Kirksville. Grandchildren of Mr. Linville who were present and Elroy Schofield nore the rack of flowers.
Mr. Linville's daughters, Mrs Simpson and Mrs. Kaler, arrived Friday, as did the former's children Miss Caroline and Joe and John McElfresh. Mr. Linville's son, P. B. Linville, of LaJunta, Colo., was unable to come. He was last here last October. Dr. W.B. Simpson and Mr. and Mrs. John Walsh of Jefferson City came Sunday and returned there Monday, accompanied by Joe McElfresh.
Dr. Stanley Hall of Kansas City, son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Linville, and his niece, Miss Louise Hall, of Lancaster, Mo., were here Sunday for the services as were Mrs. D.R. Nelson, Mrs. Edward Morton and Mrs. Bertha Bowen of Quincy and Mr. and Mrs J.C. Duncan of Brookfield, Mo., all formerly of Edina, and Mrs Lloyd Arnett of Kirksville.
The Edina Sentinel, Edina, Missouri, January 16, 1936
CHARLES LINVILLE DIED IN EDINA
Former Banker and Grocer Succumbs After An Illness of Several Months' Duration.
Charles Bruce Linville, 79, one of the oldest and best known residents of Edina died at his home Friday night. He had been in failing health the past year and had been seriously ill since October. He was well known in business circles, having been engaged in the banking business for more than forty-five years, and also in the grocery business as well as other business enterprises in Edina.
Mr. Linville was the son of Philip and Mary C. Linville. He was born March 31, 1856. He was a member of a family of seven children, only two, he and a sister, Mrs. C. R. Ringer, reaching manhood and womanhood. Mrs. Ringer died a number of years ago.
He married to Bertha Schnider, and to his union five children were born. One daughter, Louise, Mrs. H. P. Hall, preceded her father in death. Those surviving are Bruce Linville, LaJunta, Colorado; Mrs. J. H. Fisher, of Edina; Mrs. Walter B. Simpson, Jefferson City; and Mrs. P. A. Kaler, Topeka, Kansas.
His first wife died a number of years ago, and then he was married to Sue Adams, of Illinois, who survives him. He also leaves eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
The La Belle Star, La Belle, Missouri, January 17, 1936
Married Bertha Schneider on 27 NOV 1879 in Adams County, Illinois. Married Susan Emily "Sue" Adams on 03 NOV 1892.
Occupation: Retired
MO d/c 1871
CHARLES LINVILLE, PROMINENT EDINA RESIDENT, IS DEAD
His Father, Phillip Linville, Was One of the Early Settlers.
Edina, Mo., Jan. 12 —Charles Bruce Linville, 79, oldest native born Edina citizen, died Friday at midnight at his home here. He had been ill a year and seriouly ill since last October.
Mr. Linvllle, son of Phillip B. and Mary C. Linville, was born March 31, 1856, at Edina. He was one of a family of seven children. His father came to Edina in 1844 and assisted materially in locating the county seat here. His father also hewed the logs for the first Catholic church to be built at Edina. He also built the first store building which occupied the present postoffice site.
Mr. Linvllle was educated in the Edina schools and attended Chaddock college in Quincy. After returning from school he worked in the bank of Edina, on which his father was president. He was also in grocery, furniture and other businesses at different times. He went back to banking and became cashier and when the bank was closed several years ago he was chairman of the board of directors. He had been in the banking business for forty-five years at the time the bank closed.
Mr. Llnville was married to Bertha Schneider. She was the mother of four children. They are Mrs. W. B. Simpson, Jefferson City, Mrs. J. H. Fisher, Edina, Mrs. P. E. Kaler Topeka, Kan. and Phillip B. Linville, LaJaunta, Colo. His wife died forty-four years ago.
Following the death of his first wife Mr. Linvllle married Sue Adams of Winona, Ill. One child, Louise, was born. She married Dr Hall of Clarence. She died twenty years ago.
Mr. Linville leaves his widow; his four children; eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
The funeral will be held Sundy: afternoon at 2:30 o clock in the Community church, in charge of the Rev. J. P. Ingerslew. Burial will be in Linville cemetery which was given to the Masons by his father, Phillip Linville, many years ago.
The Quincy Herald Whig, Quincy, Illinois, Sunday, January 12, 1936; Page: 2, Column 8
C. B. LINVILLE, OLDEST EDINA NATIVE, IS DEAD
Former President of Bank of Edina Dies Friday Night at Home Here, Aged 79 years.
EARLY MERCHANT HERE
Services Sunday—Buried in Cemetery Given by His Father.
Charles B. Linville, oldest native of Edina, a man identified during his lifetime with the business and social life of the community which he helped to build up, died at 10:45 o'clock Friday night at his home here. He was 79 years old.
He was very ill a year, following an attack of influenza in December, 1934. Mr. Linville was in a Quincy hospital for a while last February and was almost continuously bedfast at his home since October. He was cared for during his illness by Mrs. Bessie Wriedt of Kirksville, registered nurse. And Blanche Jones, colored,who has been with the family four years, had the care of Mr. Linville in the daytime since.
Mr. Linville, who was one of the early bankers of Edina, working many years in the banking firm of Linville & Wilson. Later the Bank of Edina, which was founded in 1864 by his father, P. B. Linville I, and Judge E. V. Wilson, was born in Edina March 31, 1856, one of the seven children of Philip Bruce and Mary C. Wilson Linville and was a young boy when the banking house was established.
In an interview with The Sentinel in August, 1925, when he had been a banker thirty-five years. C. B. Linville told how his father started in the banking business. The elder Mr. Linville was in the general store business and so many persons owed him, he closed the store and started collecting, taking the money collected to Quincy for deposit. Soon people began to bring him money to keep for them and later to bank it.
His father would hide the money until he got a large amount, Mr. Linville told The Sentinel, and then he would take it to Quincy. From that the ideas of a bank developed.
Charles Bruce Linville received his schooling in Edina public school. Later he spent a year in Chaddock College in Quincy, returning to enter his father's bank. Mr. Linville took pride in later years relating that he began as janitor of the bank and later became president.
After his apprenticeship as janitor, Mr. Linville became a teller, but after working there for some time, he left the bank and engaged in hardware, jewelry and furniture business several years. He then returned to the bank, was later elected cashier and still later its president.
He retired a few years ago from active business. Mr. Linville was a candidate for representative of the Knox County in 1927.
Mr. Linville married Bertha Schnider Nov. 27, 1879. To them were born four children who survive: Philip Bruce Linville II, LaJunta Colo.; Lorle, Mrs. Walter B. Simpson, Jefferson City, Mo.; Mary, Mrs. J. H. Fisher, Edina and Marguerite, Mrs. P. E. Kaler, Topeka, Kan. Mrs. Linville died April 10, 1892.
His second wife, who survives, was Sue Adam. They were married Nov. 3 1892. To them was born a daughter, Louise, Mrs. Stanley M. Hall, who dies April 17, 1915, at the age of 21 1/2 years.
Also surviving Mr. Linville are eight grandchildren and a great granddaughter, Marjorie Louise Linville, 3-year-old daughter of Mr and Mrs. C.B. Linville II of Los Angeles, Calif. Of the generation of C.B. Linville I, only he and his sister, Mrs. R. M. Ringer, reached maturity. She died March 8. 1913.
Mr. Linville's body was taken to the Community Church at 2 o'clock. Services were conducted by the Rev. J.P. Ingerslew, pastor of St. Joseph's Church, delivered an eulogy. Burial was in Linville cemetery, which was given many years ago for cemetery purposes by Mr. Linville's father to the Masonic Lodge.
Honory pallbeareres were: Judge C.R. Fowler, a schoolmate and boyhood chum of Mr. Linville; F.A. Wilson, Charles Franz, M.J. Stablein, J.P. Delany, W.T. Wilson, Alex Rimer, John McGraw, J.L. Cornelius and J.M. Kirk.
Active Pallbearers were: J.W. Hayes, W.F. Sandknop, William Krueger, Sr., L.C. McBride and F.J. Ruxlow of Edina and Lloyd Arnett of Kirksville. Grandchildren of Mr. Linville who were present and Elroy Schofield nore the rack of flowers.
Mr. Linville's daughters, Mrs Simpson and Mrs. Kaler, arrived Friday, as did the former's children Miss Caroline and Joe and John McElfresh. Mr. Linville's son, P. B. Linville, of LaJunta, Colo., was unable to come. He was last here last October. Dr. W.B. Simpson and Mr. and Mrs. John Walsh of Jefferson City came Sunday and returned there Monday, accompanied by Joe McElfresh.
Dr. Stanley Hall of Kansas City, son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Linville, and his niece, Miss Louise Hall, of Lancaster, Mo., were here Sunday for the services as were Mrs. D.R. Nelson, Mrs. Edward Morton and Mrs. Bertha Bowen of Quincy and Mr. and Mrs J.C. Duncan of Brookfield, Mo., all formerly of Edina, and Mrs Lloyd Arnett of Kirksville.
The Edina Sentinel, Edina, Missouri, January 16, 1936
CHARLES LINVILLE DIED IN EDINA
Former Banker and Grocer Succumbs After An Illness of Several Months' Duration.
Charles Bruce Linville, 79, one of the oldest and best known residents of Edina died at his home Friday night. He had been in failing health the past year and had been seriously ill since October. He was well known in business circles, having been engaged in the banking business for more than forty-five years, and also in the grocery business as well as other business enterprises in Edina.
Mr. Linville was the son of Philip and Mary C. Linville. He was born March 31, 1856. He was a member of a family of seven children, only two, he and a sister, Mrs. C. R. Ringer, reaching manhood and womanhood. Mrs. Ringer died a number of years ago.
He married to Bertha Schnider, and to his union five children were born. One daughter, Louise, Mrs. H. P. Hall, preceded her father in death. Those surviving are Bruce Linville, LaJunta, Colorado; Mrs. J. H. Fisher, of Edina; Mrs. Walter B. Simpson, Jefferson City; and Mrs. P. A. Kaler, Topeka, Kansas.
His first wife died a number of years ago, and then he was married to Sue Adams, of Illinois, who survives him. He also leaves eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
The La Belle Star, La Belle, Missouri, January 17, 1936
Occupation: Retired
MO d/c 1871
CHARLES LINVILLE, PROMINENT EDINA RESIDENT, IS DEAD
His Father, Phillip Linville, Was One of the Early Settlers.
Edina, Mo., Jan. 12 —Charles Bruce Linville, 79, oldest native born Edina citizen, died Friday at midnight at his home here. He had been ill a year and seriouly ill since last October.
Mr. Linvllle, son of Phillip B. and Mary C. Linville, was born March 31, 1856, at Edina. He was one of a family of seven children. His father came to Edina in 1844 and assisted materially in locating the county seat here. His father also hewed the logs for the first Catholic church to be built at Edina. He also built the first store building which occupied the present postoffice site.
Mr. Linvllle was educated in the Edina schools and attended Chaddock college in Quincy. After returning from school he worked in the bank of Edina, on which his father was president. He was also in grocery, furniture and other businesses at different times. He went back to banking and became cashier and when the bank was closed several years ago he was chairman of the board of directors. He had been in the banking business for forty-five years at the time the bank closed.
Mr. Llnville was married to Bertha Schneider. She was the mother of four children. They are Mrs. W. B. Simpson, Jefferson City, Mrs. J. H. Fisher, Edina, Mrs. P. E. Kaler Topeka, Kan. and Phillip B. Linville, LaJaunta, Colo. His wife died forty-four years ago.
Following the death of his first wife Mr. Linvllle married Sue Adams of Winona, Ill. One child, Louise, was born. She married Dr Hall of Clarence. She died twenty years ago.
Mr. Linville leaves his widow; his four children; eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
The funeral will be held Sundy: afternoon at 2:30 o clock in the Community church, in charge of the Rev. J. P. Ingerslew. Burial will be in Linville cemetery which was given to the Masons by his father, Phillip Linville, many years ago.
The Quincy Herald Whig, Quincy, Illinois, Sunday, January 12, 1936; Page: 2, Column 8
C. B. LINVILLE, OLDEST EDINA NATIVE, IS DEAD
Former President of Bank of Edina Dies Friday Night at Home Here, Aged 79 years.
EARLY MERCHANT HERE
Services Sunday—Buried in Cemetery Given by His Father.
Charles B. Linville, oldest native of Edina, a man identified during his lifetime with the business and social life of the community which he helped to build up, died at 10:45 o'clock Friday night at his home here. He was 79 years old.
He was very ill a year, following an attack of influenza in December, 1934. Mr. Linville was in a Quincy hospital for a while last February and was almost continuously bedfast at his home since October. He was cared for during his illness by Mrs. Bessie Wriedt of Kirksville, registered nurse. And Blanche Jones, colored,who has been with the family four years, had the care of Mr. Linville in the daytime since.
Mr. Linville, who was one of the early bankers of Edina, working many years in the banking firm of Linville & Wilson. Later the Bank of Edina, which was founded in 1864 by his father, P. B. Linville I, and Judge E. V. Wilson, was born in Edina March 31, 1856, one of the seven children of Philip Bruce and Mary C. Wilson Linville and was a young boy when the banking house was established.
In an interview with The Sentinel in August, 1925, when he had been a banker thirty-five years. C. B. Linville told how his father started in the banking business. The elder Mr. Linville was in the general store business and so many persons owed him, he closed the store and started collecting, taking the money collected to Quincy for deposit. Soon people began to bring him money to keep for them and later to bank it.
His father would hide the money until he got a large amount, Mr. Linville told The Sentinel, and then he would take it to Quincy. From that the ideas of a bank developed.
Charles Bruce Linville received his schooling in Edina public school. Later he spent a year in Chaddock College in Quincy, returning to enter his father's bank. Mr. Linville took pride in later years relating that he began as janitor of the bank and later became president.
After his apprenticeship as janitor, Mr. Linville became a teller, but after working there for some time, he left the bank and engaged in hardware, jewelry and furniture business several years. He then returned to the bank, was later elected cashier and still later its president.
He retired a few years ago from active business. Mr. Linville was a candidate for representative of the Knox County in 1927.
Mr. Linville married Bertha Schnider Nov. 27, 1879. To them were born four children who survive: Philip Bruce Linville II, LaJunta Colo.; Lorle, Mrs. Walter B. Simpson, Jefferson City, Mo.; Mary, Mrs. J. H. Fisher, Edina and Marguerite, Mrs. P. E. Kaler, Topeka, Kan. Mrs. Linville died April 10, 1892.
His second wife, who survives, was Sue Adam. They were married Nov. 3 1892. To them was born a daughter, Louise, Mrs. Stanley M. Hall, who dies April 17, 1915, at the age of 21 1/2 years.
Also surviving Mr. Linville are eight grandchildren and a great granddaughter, Marjorie Louise Linville, 3-year-old daughter of Mr and Mrs. C.B. Linville II of Los Angeles, Calif. Of the generation of C.B. Linville I, only he and his sister, Mrs. R. M. Ringer, reached maturity. She died March 8. 1913.
Mr. Linville's body was taken to the Community Church at 2 o'clock. Services were conducted by the Rev. J.P. Ingerslew, pastor of St. Joseph's Church, delivered an eulogy. Burial was in Linville cemetery, which was given many years ago for cemetery purposes by Mr. Linville's father to the Masonic Lodge.
Honory pallbeareres were: Judge C.R. Fowler, a schoolmate and boyhood chum of Mr. Linville; F.A. Wilson, Charles Franz, M.J. Stablein, J.P. Delany, W.T. Wilson, Alex Rimer, John McGraw, J.L. Cornelius and J.M. Kirk.
Active Pallbearers were: J.W. Hayes, W.F. Sandknop, William Krueger, Sr., L.C. McBride and F.J. Ruxlow of Edina and Lloyd Arnett of Kirksville. Grandchildren of Mr. Linville who were present and Elroy Schofield nore the rack of flowers.
Mr. Linville's daughters, Mrs Simpson and Mrs. Kaler, arrived Friday, as did the former's children Miss Caroline and Joe and John McElfresh. Mr. Linville's son, P. B. Linville, of LaJunta, Colo., was unable to come. He was last here last October. Dr. W.B. Simpson and Mr. and Mrs. John Walsh of Jefferson City came Sunday and returned there Monday, accompanied by Joe McElfresh.
Dr. Stanley Hall of Kansas City, son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Linville, and his niece, Miss Louise Hall, of Lancaster, Mo., were here Sunday for the services as were Mrs. D.R. Nelson, Mrs. Edward Morton and Mrs. Bertha Bowen of Quincy and Mr. and Mrs J.C. Duncan of Brookfield, Mo., all formerly of Edina, and Mrs Lloyd Arnett of Kirksville.
The Edina Sentinel, Edina, Missouri, January 16, 1936
CHARLES LINVILLE DIED IN EDINA
Former Banker and Grocer Succumbs After An Illness of Several Months' Duration.
Charles Bruce Linville, 79, one of the oldest and best known residents of Edina died at his home Friday night. He had been in failing health the past year and had been seriously ill since October. He was well known in business circles, having been engaged in the banking business for more than forty-five years, and also in the grocery business as well as other business enterprises in Edina.
Mr. Linville was the son of Philip and Mary C. Linville. He was born March 31, 1856. He was a member of a family of seven children, only two, he and a sister, Mrs. C. R. Ringer, reaching manhood and womanhood. Mrs. Ringer died a number of years ago.
He married to Bertha Schnider, and to his union five children were born. One daughter, Louise, Mrs. H. P. Hall, preceded her father in death. Those surviving are Bruce Linville, LaJunta, Colorado; Mrs. J. H. Fisher, of Edina; Mrs. Walter B. Simpson, Jefferson City; and Mrs. P. A. Kaler, Topeka, Kansas.
His first wife died a number of years ago, and then he was married to Sue Adams, of Illinois, who survives him. He also leaves eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
The La Belle Star, La Belle, Missouri, January 17, 1936
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