Boyd, Telitha
Mrs. Boyd Dead
Mrs. Telitha Boyd, aged seventy eight years, wife of Levi Boyd, of the Hannah Trace, died at her home last Monday evening, after a lingering illness of dropsy*. The Boyd family came here from Kentucky several years ago. Mrs. Boyd leaves the following children, besides her husband and many friends and relatives: Curtis Boyd of Oklahoma City, Okla., Clinton, Walter and Elmer of Crown City and Mrs. J. E. Roberts of Columbus.
The funeral was held at the Bethel M. E. Church in Ohio Township, Tuesday evening conducted by Rev. Samuel Lewis. Burial was made in the church cemetery by J. W. Stevers.
[Note: Tombstone dates are 1843-1921]
Gallipolis paper
1921
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall
*Definition of Dropsy from Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary - http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dropsy
DROPSY: Edema
Origin of DROPSY
Middle English dropesie, short for ydropesie, from Anglo-French, from Latin hydropisis, modification of Greek hydrōps, from hydōr water.
First Known Use: 13th century.
Cause of Death - Myocardial Insufficiency. Burial - 5 Jul 1921.
Mrs. Boyd Dead
Mrs. Telitha Boyd, aged seventy eight years, wife of Levi Boyd, of the Hannah Trace, died at her home last Monday evening, after a lingering illness of dropsy*. The Boyd family came here from Kentucky several years ago. Mrs. Boyd leaves the following children, besides her husband and many friends and relatives: Curtis Boyd of Oklahoma City, Okla., Clinton, Walter and Elmer of Crown City and Mrs. J. E. Roberts of Columbus.
The funeral was held at the Bethel M. E. Church in Ohio Township, Tuesday evening conducted by Rev. Samuel Lewis. Burial was made in the church cemetery by J. W. Stevers.
[Note: Tombstone dates are 1843-1921]
Gallipolis paper
1921
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall
*Definition of Dropsy from Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary - http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dropsy
DROPSY: Edema
Origin of DROPSY
Middle English dropesie, short for ydropesie, from Anglo-French, from Latin hydropisis, modification of Greek hydrōps, from hydōr water.
First Known Use: 13th century.
Cause of Death - Myocardial Insufficiency. Burial - 5 Jul 1921.
Boyd, Telitha
Mrs. Boyd Dead
Mrs. Telitha Boyd, aged seventy eight years, wife of Levi Boyd, of the Hannah Trace, died at her home last Monday evening, after a lingering illness of dropsy*. The Boyd family came here from Kentucky several years ago. Mrs. Boyd leaves the following children, besides her husband and many friends and relatives: Curtis Boyd of Oklahoma City, Okla., Clinton, Walter and Elmer of Crown City and Mrs. J. E. Roberts of Columbus.
The funeral was held at the Bethel M. E. Church in Ohio Township, Tuesday evening conducted by Rev. Samuel Lewis. Burial was made in the church cemetery by J. W. Stevers.
[Note: Tombstone dates are 1843-1921]
Gallipolis paper
1921
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall
*Definition of Dropsy from Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary - http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dropsy
DROPSY: Edema
Origin of DROPSY
Middle English dropesie, short for ydropesie, from Anglo-French, from Latin hydropisis, modification of Greek hydrōps, from hydōr water.
First Known Use: 13th century.
Cause of Death - Myocardial Insufficiency. Burial - 5 Jul 1921.
Mrs. Boyd Dead
Mrs. Telitha Boyd, aged seventy eight years, wife of Levi Boyd, of the Hannah Trace, died at her home last Monday evening, after a lingering illness of dropsy*. The Boyd family came here from Kentucky several years ago. Mrs. Boyd leaves the following children, besides her husband and many friends and relatives: Curtis Boyd of Oklahoma City, Okla., Clinton, Walter and Elmer of Crown City and Mrs. J. E. Roberts of Columbus.
The funeral was held at the Bethel M. E. Church in Ohio Township, Tuesday evening conducted by Rev. Samuel Lewis. Burial was made in the church cemetery by J. W. Stevers.
[Note: Tombstone dates are 1843-1921]
Gallipolis paper
1921
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall
*Definition of Dropsy from Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary - http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dropsy
DROPSY: Edema
Origin of DROPSY
Middle English dropesie, short for ydropesie, from Anglo-French, from Latin hydropisis, modification of Greek hydrōps, from hydōr water.
First Known Use: 13th century.
Cause of Death - Myocardial Insufficiency. Burial - 5 Jul 1921.
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