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O'CONNELL, WILLIAM/Source: Alton Evening Telegraph, October 28, 1921 William O'Connell, 74, died at 7:40 o'clock this morning at St. Joseph's hospital after a long illness. He had been at the hospital four weeks. Mr. O'Connell had been a resident of Alton for many years. He was born in Cork, Ireland. For several years he was janitor at St. Patrick's school. He is survived by his widow and seven daughters and a son. The son is Joseph O'Connell of Alton, and the daughters are: Mrs. L. D. Quintal of Alton; Mrs. L. R. Raymond of Flat River, Mo.; Mrs. Dan Harinelt of Alton; Mrs. Thomas Maguire of Alton; Mrs. Herman Kennedy of Kansas City; Mrs. Elmer Moorhead of St. Louis; and Mrs. William Smell of Alton. The body has been removed to the home of Mrs. Quintal, 1208 Central avenue, and the funeral will be from there, Monday. Requiem Mass will be sung at St. Patrick's church at 9 a.m. Monday. Interment will be in Greenwood Cemetery. ***********************************
ODDY, MRS. WILLIAM/Source: Alton Evening Telegraph, March 21, 1921 The death of Mrs. William Oddy occurred at the family home at 1113 Milnor Avenue Sunday morning at one o'clock. She was in her 85th year. Mrs. Oddy had been in fairly good health up until about two weeks ago when she became ill, although it was not until a week ago that her condition became serious. Mrs. Oddy was born in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, August 11, 1836, and came to America with her family in 1881 going to Canada. She came to Alton in 1896 and has made her home here since. Mrs. Oddy was an earnest Christian woman and has been for many years a member of the First Baptist Church. She is survived by four children, Mrs. L. S. Shaver, Mrs. J. B. Mawdsley Sr., Mr. Thomas Oddy, all of Alton; and Mr. Alfred Oddy of St. Louis; also ten grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. The funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock from the family home. Rev. M. W. Twing will officiate. ************************************
ODDY, WILLIAM/Source: Alton Telegraph, December 26, 1912 William Oddy, in his 75th year, died before noon today at his residence, 1113 Milnor avenue, after an illness of about one year. Mr. Oddy was taken down just before Christmas a year ago and his condition was thought to be hopeless at that time, but he regained some strength and was able to be up and down town, attending to his work in his shop on Market street where he did cabinet work that required skill in its execution. He was known as a skillful mechanic. On November 17, he suffered another severe illness, paralysis developed, and his death was looked for at any time since then. He leaves his wife, two sons, Thomas and Alfred Oddy, and two daughters, Mrs. J. B. Mawdsley and Mrs. Eleanor Shaver. Mr. Oddy was a native of Leeds, England. He came to America in 1881 and after living in Canada a while he went to Elgin, Ill., and from there to Minneapolis, thence to Alton. He had lived in Alton seventeen years. Four years ago Mr. and Mrs. William Oddy celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary. When Mrs. Oddy was one year old her mother went over to the Oddy home to see Mr. Oddy when he was a week old, and they grew up together as playmates and later were married. The funeral will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the home on Milnor avenue. ************************************
O'HEARN, WILLIAM/Source: Alton Telegraph, August 28, 1913 William O'Hearn, a councilman of Benbow City, died suddenly at 3 o'clock yesterday morning after a 6 hours' illness. O'Hearn has been tending bar in the Marsh saloon for several months and waited on customers in the saloon until 9 o'clock Tuesday night. When he became ill he was taken into the back part of the saloon where he was kept for several hours. Finally, John Brady and Jerome Ford, Benbow City marshals, took him to the village hall where Dr. E. D. Gottshalk was called. Despite all that could be done, he died at 3 o'clock. O'Hearn was known as the "handy man" of Benbow City. As Mayor A. E. Benbow was gone a great part of the time, he was often called upon to do the duties of mayor. At various times he served as marshal, village clerk, election judge, fire department volunteer and other similar village duties. Mr. O'Hearn was known for his generous and helping disposition and will be greatly missed. The councilman was 39 years of age. He came to Benbow City when it was a very small place and stayed with it as it grew and then began to decline owing to the destructive fires. O'Hearn fought at all of those fires and did such heroic service several times that he became ill afterwards. The last time a fire test was made in Benbow City, O'Hearn was slightly burned on the arm and has been ailing ever since, but this is not thought to be in any way responsible for his death. O'Hearn was not married and had no relatives except a grandmother in Fall River, Mass., who was said to be wealthy. O'Hearn used to be a St. Louis policeman and his mother died there a few years ago. His friends are making an investigation in St. louis today to find a cousin believed to be alive who could give some direction about the burial. If no relatives are found, Mayor Benbow and the councilmen are planning to hold a public funeral from the Benbow City village hall. The body is in charge of Undertaker c. N. Streeper. ***********************************
O'LEARY, LOUISE/Source: Alton Evening Telegraph, May 2, 1922 Mrs. Louise O'Leary, wife of Edward O'Leary, aged 39, died soon after midnight last night at St. Joseph's hospital, following a surgical operation performed for the relief of a malady which had been causing her much suffering. About a month ago Mrs. O'Leary gave birth to a child which died soon after birth, and her condition had been so bad ever since that it was decided to operate on her yesterday morning. She did not rally from the operation. The death of Mrs. O'Leary leaves a family of seven little children, six daughters and one son, motherless. The children are Julia, Margaret, Mary, Agnes, Louise, Mabel and Thomas. She leaves also her husband, Edward O'Leary and one sister, Mrs. H. A. Nigren of Hodson, Montana. The death of the young mother, leaving the large family of little children, was a great surprise to many of her friends who had no thought that her illness would turn out fatally. She was known in a large circle of friends and there is the deepest sympathy for the family in the death of the wife and mother. ***********************************
O'LEARY THOMAS (CAPTAIN)/Source: Alton Evening Telegraph, January 30, 1920 Many Years on Alton Police Force, Served As Night Captain - Served in Civil War Capt. Thomas O'Leary, in his eighty first year, died Thursday night at his home, 1509 Belle street, after being bedfast three days. Old age was the cause of his death. He had been failing in health for the past two years, but was not sick, and members of his family said that he suffered no pain. He passed out quietly and peacefully from a general wearing out of his physical machine. The death of Capt. O'Leary removes from Alton one of the best known of the old time residents of Alton. He had come to Alton in 1851, and lived here continuously since that time. He was born in Enniscarthy, Wexford, Ireland, May 1, 1839. He was married in Alton to Mary Jane Bell in June 1867, and she survives him. He served during the Civil war under Col. Mulligan and he rendered brave service to the cause of the Union. He was one of the first mail carriers in the city of Alton and served as mail carrier for a long time. He was a police officer for many years and during his service he was police captain for about twenty years. He was a brave courageous man, and had a high conception of duty. It mattered not to Capt. O'Leary who it was he was called up on to exercise official authority over, it was all the same. He had been unable for a number of years to perform any labor, and lived in retirement on his pension, and the results of his frugality and industry. He was a staunch Democrat and always was deeply interested in the welfare and work of that party. He leaves beside his wife, two daughters, Mrs. Edward Pendleton of Chicago; Mrs. Maggie H. Allison; and one son, Edward O'Leary of Alton. The funeral will be held Monday morning at 9 o'clock from SS. Peter and Paul's Cathedral. *********************************
OLIN, FRANKLIN W. JR./Source: Alton Evening Telegraph, February 5, 1921 Son of President of Western Cartridge Company Killed in Leap From 3rd Story Hospital Window Franklin W. Olin Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Olin of 1228 State street, was instantly killed when he leaped from the third story window of a hospital in New York, where he had been taking treatment. He had undergone some surgical operations since being taken to New York, a month ago. He had been in a bad state of health for several years and the past year had been taking treatment in a sanitarium. He returned home about the time of the Christmas holidays, and instead of returning to the sanitarium, he went East with his mother and brother, where he began taking treatment there. He has been mentally depressed, and owing to his condition, induced by worry over his physical health, he was being attended by three nurses. During the temporary absence of one of the nurses in charge last night, Franklin Olin leaped from the window and was found lifeless in the courtyard below. The tragic end of Franklin Olin Jr. is distressing to a very large number of friends who knew him and admired him intensely. His was a career that promised achievements, as he had a mind of a very high order, and had received great advantage in education. He was sympathetic with his fellow creatures. One of the ideas that he had for solving the never ending strife between capital and labor was that every man should be paid according to the nervous and physical energy he expends in doing his work, in theory that today is being advanced by students of sociology. Friends of the young man are recalling how he offered his services to his country during the war. He had been drafted by the local exemption board and like many other he had been granted an industrial exemption because of his employment at the Western Cartridge Co. plant. This did not suit him. He knew that he had a physical defect that would impair his chances of being accepted in the military service, so he resigned his job, went to New York, had an operation performed on his ears, then he was ready to be assigned to any contingent ready to be sent to training camp. However, he fell down on a subsequent examination by the doctors and could not be sent. Following that, he took a position as an instructor in chemistry in the University of Illinois. He was known as an intensely human man, interested in the welfare of his fellow creatures, and he was sincerely respected and loved by a very large number of people who knew him well. He was an expert golf player and also an expert at tennis, he having held the local championship at tennis. Franklin Olin's chief interest was ____red in the study of chemistry. He was a graduate of Cornell University, where he prepared himself by the study of chemistry to be of service in the plant of the Western Cartridge Co. He served both the Western and the Equitable Powder Company. Franklin Olin, until his breakdown, had an active part in the supervision of construction work in the plants and he had much to do with the additions that were made to the plant at East Alton and with work on the new plant at Springfield and Peoria. A New York dispatch to the Globe Democrat said the following: "New York, Feb. 4 - Franklin W. Olin, Jr., of 1128 State Street, Alton, a son of the president of the Western Cartridge Company, committed suicide tonight by jumping from the 3rd floor of St. Bartholomew's Hospital in East Forty-Second street. Olin, upon whom an abdominal operation had been performed six days ago, was killed instantly. He was 30 years old and an architectural engineer. Accompanied by his father and mother, who stayed at the Waldorf-Astoria to await his expected recovery, Olin came to New York and went in to the hospital two weeks ago. The operation was performed by Dr. John Draper, and Dr. F. H. Cotton, specialists in gastro-internal diseases, and was considered so successful that both surgeons left today to keep a professional engagement in Savannah, Ga. Olin, whose family is wealthy, had a private room in the hospital and was attended by three men nurses, one of whom was constantly in attendance. The nurse on duty tonight left the room momentarily, on a necessary task, and returned in time to see his patient climbing over the windowsill. The nurse jumped forward, but was too late to check Olin's fall to the hospital courtyard. J. W. Flake, superintendent of the hospital, and members of the staff found Olin apparently lifeless when they reached him. Unsuccessful efforts were made to resuscitate him. Olin Sr. said tonight that his son was depressed because of the operation. He added that all information would have to come from the hospital authorities." **************************************
OLIVER, REBECCA (nee SQUIRES)/Source: Alton Evening Telegraph, December 13, 1922 Victim of Fire Dies - 80 Years Old Mrs. Rebecca Oliver, the octogenarian, who was burned yesterday morning as she lay helplessly paralyzed in bed, when a coal oil stove set fire to her room, died last evening at 7:30 o'clock from the effects of her injuries. The death of Mrs. Oliver removes a life long resident of Madison county. She was eighty-two years of age. She was born May 3, 1842 in the Brushy Grove neighborhood, near the site of the village of Wood River. Her maiden name was Squires. She was twice married, her first husband being the father of A. L. Dolbow, the well known streetcar man. She had also a daughter, Mrs. Frank Ryan, by her first marriage, who died three years ago, and a son, Perry Oliver of Sulphur Springs, Ark., by her second marriage. Mrs. Oliver was married first to Meacon A. Dolbow, February 28, 1861. She had been a resident of Alton the past seventeen years and for the past two years had made her home with her son, A. L. Dolbow at 2700 Humbert street. She went to live with him when she began to be a victim of paralysis. The past four months she had been helpless and required almost constant attention. It was for that reason that she was being cared for by a nurse in the home of her son at the time the fatal accident occurred. She was horribly burned and soon after she was injured she became unconscious and she never rallied, dying about twelve hours after she was burned. The funeral will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the family home, and interment will be in Oakwood cemetery. The body may be seen at the Dolbow home Friday. The death of Mrs. Oliver resulted from a horrible accident in which the aged woman, paralyzed and helpless in her bed, was caught in a furnace of flames in her bedroom following an accident to a coal oil stove that was being used to warm her room yesterday morning. Hardly able to call loud enough to make the members of the family downstairs hear her, the old lady had to remain as she was in the bed and submit to the action of the fire that swept over her bed from another bed in the same room that was burning. *********************************
OLLER, DORIS THELMA/Source: Alton Evening Telegraph, April 20, 1923 Doris Thelma, the nine months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Oller, died this morning at the family home, 1324 Highland avenue, after an illness of thirty six hours. The child began with having a heavy cold which took on more serious aspects and death resulted from bronchial troubles. The funeral will be held tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock from the home, Rev. O. W. Heggemeier officiating. **********************************
OLSON, RAYFORD/Source: Alton Evening Telegraph, September 6, 1923 Developed Lockjaw After Stepping on Nail Lockjaw proved fatal this morning to Rayford, the fourteen year old son of Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Olson, of Broadway and Oak street. The lad had been suffering from tetanus since last Sunday. Just one week before he had stepped on a rusty nail and suffered a wound in his foot which quickly healed. Nothing was thought of it until Sunday, when the child began to suffer with pains that were suspiciously like those which attend a case of tetanus. Sunday morning the child awoke complaining of severe pains in his neck and shoulders. He had been doing some unusual lifting the day before, and nothing was thought of the pains, more than that they might be due to stiffness of the muscles from the lifting. Sunday night he was much worse with pains in his back and his jaws seemed to be stiffening. During the night a doctor was called and he arrived soon after the boy's jaws had become set. The child suffered intensely from pains in his spine and his neck, but those who were with him said that as the end approached he became much easier and that he died peacefully. He died at 3:35 o'clock this morning. He would have been fifteen years of age Oct. 8th. The funeral will be held at 2:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon from the family home. Rev. C. D. Shumard will have charge of the services. Anti-tetanic serum was used on the boy, but it did not do any good, and the agony that usually attends a lockjaw case was gone through by the boy up to a short time before the end came. ***********************************
O'NEIL, EDWARD/Source: Alton Evening Telegraph, Monday, June 19, 1899 Edward O'Neil, a well known character, locally, died this morning at his home. The funeral will be Wednesday morning and services will be in the Cathedral. O'Neil was a native of Ireland, but had lived in Alton most of his life. He was a laborer but had not been able to work for some years. *************************************
OSBORN, JAMES (REVEREND)/Source: Alton Telegraph, November 6, 1913 Rev. James Osborn, a prominent Baptist clergyman, pastor of the Troy Baptist Church for 23 years, died at his home in Upper Alton yesterday from kidney trouble after an illness of seven years. He had been seriously ill for the past week, and his death was expected. He was a native of England and was 75 years, 11 months and 5 days old. He came to America in 1866 and settled at Bridgeport, Ill. There he worked at his trade of shoe maker and became convinced he ought to engage in preaching, when he was in middle age. He began his studies and took up preaching in 1880. He graduated from Shurtleff College in 1885, when he was 48 years of age. He filled the position of the moderator of the Illinois Baptist Association at one time. He is survived by his wife and seven children, Clyde of Chicago, Ella Auwater of Troy, Carey, S., George H., of Alton, Mrs. Maud Stewart of Pleasant Plains, Iowa, Mrs. Bertha Richards of Batavin, Ill., and James Osborn of Oklahoma. *************************************
OSBORN, JOHN ALLEN/Source: Alton Evening Telegraph, December 1, 1922 John Allen Osborn, who died over Thanksgiving day, was supposed to be in such a bad condition from heart trouble that he was discharged from the army during the Civil War for heart disease. He was liable to die at any minute, the army surgeon thought, and he was released after serving three years in the union army, according to his brother, A. J. Osborn. But the soldier's heart was stronger than was counted on. He never did die from heart disease. He went through life nearly another sixty years, taking care of that crippled heart, and he finally died from old age. He was in his eighty-seventh year when he died at his home, 2215 Brown street. Another interesting fact is that he leaves his wife to whom he was married in the year 1856. The couple had been husband and wife for 66 years. He leaves also four sons and two daughters. Mr. Osborn was born in Monroe county, Ky., and he grew up to young manhood there. He enlisted in the 10th Kentucky and served three years in the Civil War until discharged for disability with the bad heart. Once during the war, it is related by his only brother, A. J. Osborn, a long time resident of Alton and old soldier, the two brothers met at Kenesaw Mountain and had their first reunion they had enjoyed in eleven years. About a dozen years ago, J. A. Osborn came to Alton to live. He had visited here, like the place, and wanted to be near his brother. All the rest of his life he spent here. He was granted an increase of pension from $50 to $72 a month about six months ago because of his helplessness and the necessity of giving him constant attention. The death of Mr. Osborn had been expected several days, but his final illness was a short one. During the last two or three years he was sick a good deal of the time but was able to get about practically all the time. On last election day, Nov. 5, he made a trip to the polls and cast his ballot. He had not been getting around much of late, but he never intended to miss voting and he told his family he was going to walk to the polls. They objected to this, and someone sent an automobile to his home which took him to the polls. The last two weeks his decline was rapid. He did not appear to have any particular illness other than the infirmities of age. His strength started to leave him and it continued to fail a little each day until the end came on Wednesday night. Mr. Osborn leaves a large number of descendants, very probably more than any one person whose death in Alton has occurred in many years. When asked this afternoon by a Telegraph reporter as to the exact number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren the aged man leaves, member of his family had no idea. After getting pencil and paper and discussing the matter for some time, they counted the grandchildren to be 42, and the great-grandchildren 44. The aged Civil War veteran also leaves his widow who was 81 last February and is as well and able to do her own house work as any of her age. The sons and daughters who survive Mr. Osborn are John A. Osborn Jr. of Clawson street, Upper Alton; William of Owensboro, Ky.; Michael C., James Alfred Osborn and Mrs. Annie Sebestian of Breckenridge County, Ky.; and Mrs. Nora Davis of Alton. These sons and daughters are the parents of 42 children and the grandparents of 44. The funeral will be Sunday afternoon from the family home on Brown street, at 2 o'clock. Services will be conducted by Rev. Dr. Magill of the College avenue Baptist church, in which Mr. Osborn held membership. He had been a near lifelong member of the Baptist church. *********************************
OSBORNE, UNKNOWN TODDLER/Source: Alton Evening Telegraph, March 23, 1922 A little toddling 16-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Osborne, residing south of Hartford, went forth in quest of adventure this noon and found it - life's most beautiful adventure. A short time after the two-year-old toddled forth to see the world, he was lying crushed and bloody and still, the victim of the giant wheels of a great passenger engine pulling a train that daily had dashed past his home amid roar and puffing of steam and clanging of bell. The little fellow got in the way of the big train. He did not know it did not have sense enough to stop for him. Everybody and everything else he had ever known had stopped and let him go by, and he perhaps thought the big choo-choo would do the same. He had evaded his mother's watchful care only a few minutes when the mother knew something had happened. There was the crunch of the brakes, the grinding of wheels, the big train stopped. The mother dashed out to find her little baby lifeless. Death apparently was instant. Then the big train, the Alton Limited, moved on its way with a heart sick load of passengers. The mother had left the baby asleep while she busied herself with her work, he had waked, and wandered out to the railroad track on his fatal adventure. *************************************
OSELAND, CHARLES/Source: Troy Call, Friday, March 1, 1918 Charles Oseland, one of the old and well known residents of Troy, was found dead in bed at his home Monday morning [Feb. 25] by his son William, who made his home with him. Mr. Oseland had been a sufferer for the past several years with asthma and for some months had been seriously ill. Monday morning when the son awoke he found his father cold and still. He immediately summoned a physician who, upon examination, found that life had been extinct for some hours, possibly since midnight. The funeral took place Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, services being held at the residence by Rev. G. W. Dame, pastor of the M. E. church, and interment was in the Troy cemetery. Those from out of town attending the funeral were: Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Loder and son, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Capelle and William Morgan of St. Louis. Deceased was a native of Staffordshire, England, and born May 31, 1835. He came to the United States in 1861 and was married in St. Louis to Miss Jennie Morgan on April 30, 1866. Eleven children were born to them - four sons and seven daughters - and of these only one son and three daughters survive. The family moved to Troy in 1890 and the wife and mother passed away here on December 31, 1900. The surviving children are Mrs. Sarah Loder, Mrs. Laura Taylor and Mrs. Iva Capelle of St. Louis, and William Oseland of Troy. There are also three grandchildren. Besides these Mr. Oseland is survived by five brothers and one sister who are: William, John and Richard Oseland of Taylorville; Rhome Oseland of Springfield; Thomas Oseland, who is at the soldiers' home, and Mrs. Mary Richardson of Alton. The latter is the eldest and is now in her 94th year. Mr. Oseland worked as a miner practically all of his life both here and in England, but was forced to retire some years ago on account of his advanced age. *********************************
OST, JOHN/Source: Alton Evening Telegraph, January 24, 1920 John Ost died Friday afternoon at the home of his brother, Charles Ost, at Fosterburg, at the age of 66 years. Ost had been sick for the past week with pneumonia, and from the first his condition was serious. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Louis Hannold of Brighton and Miss Edna Ost of St. Louis; also by two sons, Joseph and William Ost of Edwardsville. He also leaves two sisters and two brothers, Mrs. August Seiler, Upper Alton; Mrs. Tillie Mason, Brighton; Charles and Louis Ost, of Fosterburg. Ost was a well known Madison County politician, and served in various positions. He was a Democrat. From 1902 to 1903 he served as supervisor and at the present time was a central committeeman for his district. For several years he was a justice of the peace at Fosterburg, and for several years also served as manager of the Poor Farm at Edwardsville. He was a blacksmith by trade. He was the only Democrat in Fosterburg township who could be elected to office, as Fosterburg always goes Republican. The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Baptist church at Fosterburg. Ost was a member of the Woodman lodge and took an active part in lodge work. *********************************
OTEY, JOHN W. (REVEREND)/Source: Alton Evening Telegraph, June 6, 1922 Rev. John W. Otey, a colored preacher, well known in Alton and vicinity, died at his home on Johnson street at 5 o'clock Monday afternoon, after a lingering illness. He had been in failing health since December, but was confined to his bed the last three weeks of his life. He was well known to both colored and white people in Alton. He was a member of the Union Baptist church. His services were much in demand in conducting religious services, but his ?beey days were occupied at hard work. He was a man of giant size and strength. He came to Alton when very young. He was born March 16, 18??, at Huntville, Ala. He leaves his wife, one daughter, Florence Baird, and seven grandchildren. The funeral of Rev. Otey will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the home to the Union Baptist church. Services will be conducted by Rev. Griswold. ***********************************
OWENS, EDWARD/Source: Alton Evening
Telegraph, July 21, 1922
Killed In Explosion At Equitable Powder Company ********************************
OWENS, HARRY/Source: Alton Evening Telegraph, January 5, 1920
Harry, the four year old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Sidney Owens, died at the family home, 3rd and Penning avenue,
this morning at 10:30 o'clock. Death was due to pneumonia. The child
had been ill since last Friday, when the family returned from a
visit with relatives in Tennessee, but at no time was his illness
considered dangerous until a doctor who was called in this morning,
diagnosed the case as pneumonia. Besides his parents there are also
three brothers who survive him. The father, Sidney Owens, is
employed as a switchman on the Terminal railroad. Funeral
arrangements have not yet been completed.
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