Monthly archives: September, 2022

Drews, Henry

Birth: January 31, 1842 Death: May 3, 1903 Location: Lot 120, Section 4, Row 9, Old Cemetery – NE Grand Island (Nebraska) IndependentMonday, 4 May 1903, page 2 Henry Drew, residing southeast of the Wood River a few miles, died at his home this morning after an illness in which the grip and a complication …

Drews, Minnie

Birth: September 13, 1860 Death: November 19, 1919 Location: Lot 120, Section 1, Row 9, Old Cemetery NE Grand Island (Nebraska) Daily IndependentThursday, 20 November 1919 Mrs. Minnie Wilhelmi Drews of Wood River passed away at the General hospital in this city about 11:30 o’clock last evening at the age of 59 years 2 months …

Drake, Mary E. (Garwood)

Birth: 1827 Death: April 18, 1891 Location: Lot 134, Section 2, Row 10, Old Cemetery – SE ohn C Drake and Mary Elizabeth Garwood, daughter of Stephen and Elizabeth Garwood, married 13 Dec 1846 Lake County, Illinois.  They had 2 children: 1. Albion Porter Drake born October 10, 1847 Avon, Lake County, Illinois. He married Luvan …

Donaldson, John S.

Birth: November 20, 1838 Death: June 23, 1902 Location: Lot 162, Section 2, Row 12, Old Cemetery – SE Source:The Murders of John Donaldson and E.M. Fritz.Pocatello Idaho, June 2, 1902 ObituaryWood River InterestsJuly 4, 1902 DIED- Pocatello, Idaho from an assassin’s bullet, on June 23, 1902, John Donaldson of Wood River, aged 63 years. …