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Joseph W. Ezell

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Joseph W. Ezell

Birth
Ohio County, Kentucky, USA
Death
12 Aug 1931 (aged 93)
Edina, Knox County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Edina, Knox County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
Plot
Row 16 from west side SWQ reading from south
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Son of Greenberry and Elizabeth Ann Earp Ezell.

Occupation: Grocery

MO d/c 28676

J. W. EZELL, 93, DEAD AT EDINA; BLIND 15 YEARS
Special to the Herald-Whig
Edina, Mo. Aug. 14—Joseph W Ezell a native Kentuckyan ninety-three years of age, died in the home of his daughter here Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock and was buried yesterday in Linville cemetery after funeral services conducted by the Rev. S. E. Botsford.
Mr. Ezell had been blind for fifteen years. His health had been falling but his serious illness was a short one.
First of nine children, he was born in Ohio county, Ky., the son of Greenbery and Elizabeth Ezell. He married Harriet Amanda Lynn Dec. 16 1858, in Monmouth, Ill., where they resided for some years, Mr. Ezell conducting a grocery business. Three children were born, a son dying in infancy. The family later moved to Jacksonville, Ill. and in 1907 came to the James Van Horn farm, three and one-half miles east of here, where Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Castle, a son-in-law and daughter, were residing. In 1911 they moved into Edina, and it was at the home of Mrs. Castle that Mr Ezell died.
Mrs. Ezell preceded her husband in death by nine months.
The Quincy Herald Whig, Quincy, Illinois, Friday, August 14, 1931; Page: 11
Son of Greenberry and Elizabeth Ann Earp Ezell.

Occupation: Grocery

MO d/c 28676

J. W. EZELL, 93, DEAD AT EDINA; BLIND 15 YEARS
Special to the Herald-Whig
Edina, Mo. Aug. 14—Joseph W Ezell a native Kentuckyan ninety-three years of age, died in the home of his daughter here Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock and was buried yesterday in Linville cemetery after funeral services conducted by the Rev. S. E. Botsford.
Mr. Ezell had been blind for fifteen years. His health had been falling but his serious illness was a short one.
First of nine children, he was born in Ohio county, Ky., the son of Greenbery and Elizabeth Ezell. He married Harriet Amanda Lynn Dec. 16 1858, in Monmouth, Ill., where they resided for some years, Mr. Ezell conducting a grocery business. Three children were born, a son dying in infancy. The family later moved to Jacksonville, Ill. and in 1907 came to the James Van Horn farm, three and one-half miles east of here, where Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Castle, a son-in-law and daughter, were residing. In 1911 they moved into Edina, and it was at the home of Mrs. Castle that Mr Ezell died.
Mrs. Ezell preceded her husband in death by nine months.
The Quincy Herald Whig, Quincy, Illinois, Friday, August 14, 1931; Page: 11


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