Called Home - Charles A. Galbraith, Promient Citizen and Farmer, Passes Away
The funeral services for the late Charles A. Galbraith, were conducted Monday at 11 o'clock from the M.E. Church of Pesotum by the local pastor, Rev. T. S. Mitchell. Interment was in the Davis Memorial Cemetery, Pesotum.
Music was furnished by a quartet consisting of C. L. Ricketts, J. Everett Lavis, G. L. Seitken, and P. E. Starkey, with Mrs. Harry Holl at the piano. The funeral was attended by a huge number of friends and relatives. Among those from a distance were Mrs. Lora Purvis and Charles Purvis of Odin; Mrs. Vern Farthing of Centralia; B. M. Maxey of Flora; Mrs. M. L. Smith and Miss Ruth Smith of Mt. Pulaski, and Mrs. Robert Griffin of Sidney.
Charles Ashley Galbraith ws born at Johnsonville, Illinois, June 6, 1856, and departed this life at 7 P.M. last Friday, February 11, 1921.
He was the son of Greenberry and Nancy Galbraith and his boyhood was spent at Johnsonville where his father conducted a general merchandise store. Later his father opened up a general wholesale and notion house at Odin and Charles entered actively this work having charge of a notion wagon in southern Illinois, but the call of the farm was more alluring to him than any other occupation, so in 1883, he came to Douglas County where he could follow his chosen work with better results. He continued to farm until incapacitated by lateral curvature of the spine when he moved to his present home, but his interests were ever for the farm and he kept well informed on all farm subjects to within two weeks of his death.
In his last illness, he was confined to his bed for sixteen weeks, the direct cause being a broken hip. He bore this trying afflication with patience but spoke often of the welcomed day when it would be over.
He was married to Miss Mattie O'Bryan at Tuscola, August 9, 1888. No children blessed this union, but a home for two nephews, Charlie and Harry Purvis of Odin and a niece, Mrs. Loren Knight of St. Louis, was their pleasure to give for a period of time.
He was a good man, a kind neighbor, fair and just in all his dealings, making it a rule of his life for every new year to find him with a clear financial record.
The Galbraith family was one of the pioneer families in southern Illinois and the deceased's father was active in the development of that section and was prominent in church work, in business affairs and in patriotic work during the Civil War. His children enjoyed the advantage of a Christian home where gatherings to further church work were frequently held.
He leaves three sisters and two brothers, Mrs. Lora Purvis of Odin, Illinois; Mrs. Randolph Cole; Mrs. Arthur Stamates and R. B. Galbraith of Los Angeles, California; J. M. Galbraith of Johnsonville, Illinois; a nephew, B. M. Maxey of Flora, Illinois; his wife Mattie, a dear and faithful companion to mourn his loss.
The funeral services for the late Charles A. Galbraith, were conducted Monday at 11 o'clock from the M.E. Church of Pesotum by the local pastor, Rev. T. S. Mitchell. Interment was in the Davis Memorial Cemetery, Pesotum.
Music was furnished by a quartet consisting of C. L. Ricketts, J. Everett Lavis, G. L. Seitken, and P. E. Starkey, with Mrs. Harry Holl at the piano. The funeral was attended by a huge number of friends and relatives. Among those from a distance were Mrs. Lora Purvis and Charles Purvis of Odin; Mrs. Vern Farthing of Centralia; B. M. Maxey of Flora; Mrs. M. L. Smith and Miss Ruth Smith of Mt. Pulaski, and Mrs. Robert Griffin of Sidney.
Charles Ashley Galbraith ws born at Johnsonville, Illinois, June 6, 1856, and departed this life at 7 P.M. last Friday, February 11, 1921.
He was the son of Greenberry and Nancy Galbraith and his boyhood was spent at Johnsonville where his father conducted a general merchandise store. Later his father opened up a general wholesale and notion house at Odin and Charles entered actively this work having charge of a notion wagon in southern Illinois, but the call of the farm was more alluring to him than any other occupation, so in 1883, he came to Douglas County where he could follow his chosen work with better results. He continued to farm until incapacitated by lateral curvature of the spine when he moved to his present home, but his interests were ever for the farm and he kept well informed on all farm subjects to within two weeks of his death.
In his last illness, he was confined to his bed for sixteen weeks, the direct cause being a broken hip. He bore this trying afflication with patience but spoke often of the welcomed day when it would be over.
He was married to Miss Mattie O'Bryan at Tuscola, August 9, 1888. No children blessed this union, but a home for two nephews, Charlie and Harry Purvis of Odin and a niece, Mrs. Loren Knight of St. Louis, was their pleasure to give for a period of time.
He was a good man, a kind neighbor, fair and just in all his dealings, making it a rule of his life for every new year to find him with a clear financial record.
The Galbraith family was one of the pioneer families in southern Illinois and the deceased's father was active in the development of that section and was prominent in church work, in business affairs and in patriotic work during the Civil War. His children enjoyed the advantage of a Christian home where gatherings to further church work were frequently held.
He leaves three sisters and two brothers, Mrs. Lora Purvis of Odin, Illinois; Mrs. Randolph Cole; Mrs. Arthur Stamates and R. B. Galbraith of Los Angeles, California; J. M. Galbraith of Johnsonville, Illinois; a nephew, B. M. Maxey of Flora, Illinois; his wife Mattie, a dear and faithful companion to mourn his loss.
Called Home - Charles A. Galbraith, Promient Citizen and Farmer, Passes Away
The funeral services for the late Charles A. Galbraith, were conducted Monday at 11 o'clock from the M.E. Church of Pesotum by the local pastor, Rev. T. S. Mitchell. Interment was in the Davis Memorial Cemetery, Pesotum.
Music was furnished by a quartet consisting of C. L. Ricketts, J. Everett Lavis, G. L. Seitken, and P. E. Starkey, with Mrs. Harry Holl at the piano. The funeral was attended by a huge number of friends and relatives. Among those from a distance were Mrs. Lora Purvis and Charles Purvis of Odin; Mrs. Vern Farthing of Centralia; B. M. Maxey of Flora; Mrs. M. L. Smith and Miss Ruth Smith of Mt. Pulaski, and Mrs. Robert Griffin of Sidney.
Charles Ashley Galbraith ws born at Johnsonville, Illinois, June 6, 1856, and departed this life at 7 P.M. last Friday, February 11, 1921.
He was the son of Greenberry and Nancy Galbraith and his boyhood was spent at Johnsonville where his father conducted a general merchandise store. Later his father opened up a general wholesale and notion house at Odin and Charles entered actively this work having charge of a notion wagon in southern Illinois, but the call of the farm was more alluring to him than any other occupation, so in 1883, he came to Douglas County where he could follow his chosen work with better results. He continued to farm until incapacitated by lateral curvature of the spine when he moved to his present home, but his interests were ever for the farm and he kept well informed on all farm subjects to within two weeks of his death.
In his last illness, he was confined to his bed for sixteen weeks, the direct cause being a broken hip. He bore this trying afflication with patience but spoke often of the welcomed day when it would be over.
He was married to Miss Mattie O'Bryan at Tuscola, August 9, 1888. No children blessed this union, but a home for two nephews, Charlie and Harry Purvis of Odin and a niece, Mrs. Loren Knight of St. Louis, was their pleasure to give for a period of time.
He was a good man, a kind neighbor, fair and just in all his dealings, making it a rule of his life for every new year to find him with a clear financial record.
The Galbraith family was one of the pioneer families in southern Illinois and the deceased's father was active in the development of that section and was prominent in church work, in business affairs and in patriotic work during the Civil War. His children enjoyed the advantage of a Christian home where gatherings to further church work were frequently held.
He leaves three sisters and two brothers, Mrs. Lora Purvis of Odin, Illinois; Mrs. Randolph Cole; Mrs. Arthur Stamates and R. B. Galbraith of Los Angeles, California; J. M. Galbraith of Johnsonville, Illinois; a nephew, B. M. Maxey of Flora, Illinois; his wife Mattie, a dear and faithful companion to mourn his loss.
The funeral services for the late Charles A. Galbraith, were conducted Monday at 11 o'clock from the M.E. Church of Pesotum by the local pastor, Rev. T. S. Mitchell. Interment was in the Davis Memorial Cemetery, Pesotum.
Music was furnished by a quartet consisting of C. L. Ricketts, J. Everett Lavis, G. L. Seitken, and P. E. Starkey, with Mrs. Harry Holl at the piano. The funeral was attended by a huge number of friends and relatives. Among those from a distance were Mrs. Lora Purvis and Charles Purvis of Odin; Mrs. Vern Farthing of Centralia; B. M. Maxey of Flora; Mrs. M. L. Smith and Miss Ruth Smith of Mt. Pulaski, and Mrs. Robert Griffin of Sidney.
Charles Ashley Galbraith ws born at Johnsonville, Illinois, June 6, 1856, and departed this life at 7 P.M. last Friday, February 11, 1921.
He was the son of Greenberry and Nancy Galbraith and his boyhood was spent at Johnsonville where his father conducted a general merchandise store. Later his father opened up a general wholesale and notion house at Odin and Charles entered actively this work having charge of a notion wagon in southern Illinois, but the call of the farm was more alluring to him than any other occupation, so in 1883, he came to Douglas County where he could follow his chosen work with better results. He continued to farm until incapacitated by lateral curvature of the spine when he moved to his present home, but his interests were ever for the farm and he kept well informed on all farm subjects to within two weeks of his death.
In his last illness, he was confined to his bed for sixteen weeks, the direct cause being a broken hip. He bore this trying afflication with patience but spoke often of the welcomed day when it would be over.
He was married to Miss Mattie O'Bryan at Tuscola, August 9, 1888. No children blessed this union, but a home for two nephews, Charlie and Harry Purvis of Odin and a niece, Mrs. Loren Knight of St. Louis, was their pleasure to give for a period of time.
He was a good man, a kind neighbor, fair and just in all his dealings, making it a rule of his life for every new year to find him with a clear financial record.
The Galbraith family was one of the pioneer families in southern Illinois and the deceased's father was active in the development of that section and was prominent in church work, in business affairs and in patriotic work during the Civil War. His children enjoyed the advantage of a Christian home where gatherings to further church work were frequently held.
He leaves three sisters and two brothers, Mrs. Lora Purvis of Odin, Illinois; Mrs. Randolph Cole; Mrs. Arthur Stamates and R. B. Galbraith of Los Angeles, California; J. M. Galbraith of Johnsonville, Illinois; a nephew, B. M. Maxey of Flora, Illinois; his wife Mattie, a dear and faithful companion to mourn his loss.
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