Fair Play–January 6, 1900 Born, on Saturday, December 30, 1899, to the wife of Mr. Henry Baumgartner of this city, a son. The six weeks’ old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Columbus Abernathy of this city died of heart failure on Friday morning, January 5, 1900, at 6:30 o’clock. Born, in St. Louis, on December 23, 1899, to the wife of Mr. Chas Haftey, triplets–two boys and a girl. Mrs. Haftey is a daughter of the late Joseph Flieg of this county. Mrs. Dotta Drury (colored) of Bloomsdale died of paralysis in this city on Wednesday morning, January 3, 1900, at the advanced age ofRead More →

Fair Play–January 7, 1899 Born, on Friday, December 30, 1898, to the wife of Mr. Sam Hart of this city, a son. Wm. B. Cox arrived here Monday from Platteville, Colorado, on a visit to his mother. Mr. Ed Shaw attended the funeral of Dr. J. B. Cox at Fredericktown last Monday. Mr. August Griffith, one of Ste. Genevieve county’s most respected citizens, died of the grip at the residence of Mr. R. G. Madison on Monday, January 2, 1899. Judge Miles A. Gilbert of St. Mary’s, celebrated 1st. Hon. Wm. B. and Miles F. Gilbert of Cairo, Ill, sons of the Judge, attended theRead More →

  Fair Play–January 1, 1898 Born, on Monday, December 27, 1897, to the wife of Mr. Louis Luk, Jr., on this city, a son.   Born, on Tuesday, December 28, 1897, to the wife of Mr. Thomas D. Godfrey of this city, a son.   Henry, son of Assessor Jos. Meyer, had the misfortune to cut his foot while splitting wood last Wednesday.   A telegram was received here Thursday morning from the officials of the Fulton Insane Asylum announcing the death of Mrs. Mary E. Bell of this city. Mrs. Bell was taken to the asylum from this place about two years ago.  Read More →

  Fair Play, January 2, 1897 Died, at Bloomsdale, on Friday, December 25, 1896, the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Amos Carron.   Philip Murphy, who lived about five miles east of Farmington, in Ste. Genevieve county, died Tuesday night, the 22nd, of pneumonia, aged about 22 years.–Times.   Mrs. John Drury died at her home at Bloomsdale last Sunday morning, December 26th, at the age of 71 years.   A telegram was received here Wednesday announcing the death of Mrs. Simon A. Guignon, who died in St. Louis Wednesday morning, December 30, at the age of 82 years. The remains were brought toRead More →

  Fair Play, January 4, 1896 Born, on Wednesday, January 1, 1896, to the wife of City Marshal Berry, a son.   A son was born to Mrs. Joseph Seysler of this city on Saturday, December 14th, 1895.   Born, on Wednesday, December 18, 1895, to the wife of Mr. Irving Byington, a son.   We are informed that Mr. Henry Wroth sustained a stroke of paralysis on Wednesday of this week.   The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Wroth died on Saturday, December 28th, aged four days.   The remains of Mr. Christian Luck, who died in this city on November 18,Read More →

  Fair Play, January 5, 1895 Miss Rachel L. Seysler of this city was married at Dallas, Texas, on Thursday, December 27, 1894, to Mr. G. M. Harris of Fort Sill, O. T.   Rev. Father L. Dufour of Freeport, Ill., spent last Saturday and Sunday in Ste. Genevieve visiting old friends and acquaintances. Father Dufour was born in Ste. Genevieve, but left here at the age of ten years and this was his first visit to his old home since that time.   Hypolite Derousse, of Prairie du Rocher, who wound up a drunken debauch Christmas morning by setting fire to his dwelling, leftRead More →

  Fair Play, January 5, 1894 Deaths. Landers Stayton, one of the oldest settlers in Jackson county, died the other night. For sixty years he had lived in the same house. William Moore, an old citizen of Jackson county, 83 years of age, died the other day. He had lived in the county sixty-two years.   Mrs. Mary A. Porter, for the past twenty years landlady of the Globe hotel at Centralia, died, aged 78. Mrs. Andrew Granger, aged 75, died at Warrensburg. She fell from a chair, and this caused her death.   Miss Elizabeth Holbrook, author of “Old Kaskaskia Days,” died at herRead More →

  Fair Play, January 7, 1893 Born, on Friday, December 30, 1892, to the wife of Mr. Andrew Wilder of this city, a son.   Born, on Thursday, January 5th, 1893, to the wife of Mr. Lawrence Govro of this city, a son.   Married, at the Catholic Church in this city on Wednesday, January 4, 1893, by Rev. Father C. L. van Tourenhout, Mr. Thomas Hauck and Miss Annie Linderer, both of Ste. Genevieve.   Died, in St. Louis, on Sunday, January 1, 1893, of typhoid fever, Mr. Charles Will aged 26 years and two months. Mr. Will was born and raised in Ste.Read More →

  Fair Play, January 2, 1892 Born, on Sunday, December 27, 1891, to the wife of Mr. Joseph Oberle, of this city, a son.   Mr. Martin Bahr purchased the house and lot of Mrs. Zavier Geiler on 4th street last Monday. Consideration $1,500.   Died, on Tuesday, December 29, 1891, Mr. John Rongey, aged 72 years. The remains were interred in the Catholic cemetery on Wednesday.   Wilder’s Minstrels.   Large and appreciative audiences attended the performances of Wilder’s Amateur Minstrels at Union Hall on Monday and Tuesday evenings of this week. First on the programme was the grand overture by the entire company,Read More →

  Fair Play-January 3, 1891 Mr. Jules Rozier and Miss Blanche Bogy were married at the Catholic Church at St. Mary last Tuesday, December 30, 1890, Rev. Father Wynne officiating.   Born, on Sunday, December 28, 1890, to the wife of Mr. Frank Herzog of this city, a daughter.   Fair Play-January 10, 1891 Born, on Thursday, January 1, 1891, to the wife of Mr. Joseph Flynn of DeSoto, a daughter.   The Oldest Town in the State. (Charleston Democrat) An exchange remarked that Ste. Genevieve is the oldest town in Missouri. The same paper remarked that it was settled in 1800. To this ColonelRead More →