Monthly archives: February, 2023

Montgomery, Orin D.

Birth: September 15, 1828 Death: September 21, 1902 Location: Lot 85, Section 3, Row 7, Old Cemetery – SE Grand Island (Nebraska) IndependentTuesday, 30 September 1902, page 2 The remains of O. D. Montgomrey were interred in the Wood River cemetery. Thus another old pioneer and patriot has been taken from among us. He leaves …

Moffett, Richard W.

Birth: October 30, 1934 Death: April 8, 2016 Location: Lot 88, Section 6, Row 7, Old Cemetery – SE Richard Moffett, 81 died Friday April 8, 2016. Funeral Services will be Wednesday, April 13, 2016 at 10:30 AM at Cairo United Methodist Church in Cairo with Rev. Cathryn Love officiating. Interment will be in Wood …

Mitchell, William Wesley

Birth: May 2, 1846 Death: January 27, 1923 Location: Lot 36, Section 2, Row 3, Old Cemetery – NW No Gravestone I am entering William Mitchell here from information taken from his obituary.Grand Island (Nebraska) Daily IndependentMonday, 5 February 1923ObituaryWood River, Neb., Feb. 5 – William W. Mitchell was born May 2, 1846 at Muskingum …

Mitchell, Elizabeth E.

Birth: 1824 Death: 1915 Location: Lot 36, Section 1, Row 3, Old Cemetery – NW Wood River, published in Wood River, NebraskaFriday, 3 December 1915, page 1GRANDMA MITCHELL GOES TO HER REWARD One of Wood River’s finest old ladies, Elizabeth Mitchell, familiarly known to all as Grandma Mitchell, passed away at the home of her …