RUE, Josephine

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• Obituary: From the Neodesha Daily Sun: Funeral of Mrs Beers Tomorrow The remains of Mrs. D.B. Beers will arrive this afternoon from Grayton, Iowa, and will be taken direct to the home of Mrs. E.S. Jenkins, 712 Indiana. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon, Saturday, at 2 o'clock from the Christian Church conducted by Elder Wm. E. L. Shane, assisted by the Rev. I. B. Pulliam. The husband, two sons and two daughters will accompany the remains, one daughter, Mrs. Blanche Clark, being unable to stand the trip. Josephine Rue was born in Ohio December 17, 1856. She came with her parents to Johnson county, Kansas in 1865 and to Neodesha in 1868, locating on the farm now owned by N. M. Tanquary, which her father, G. C. Rue, purchased before the town of Neodesha was established, when there was nothing but a trading post at the foot of the Little Bear mound. She was united in marriage with Charles Leigan July 22, 1872. To that union was born 11 children, four boys and seven girls. Two children died in infancy and one son, Geo. A, died December 16, 1912 at Hollister, Calif. Those surviving her are W. J. C., of Bartlesville, Okla, C. T. of Atlantic, W.R. and Mrs. Alma Leigan, of Brayton, Mrs. Blanch Clark of Spaulding, Iowa, and Mrs. Estella Goodwin of Wyota, Iowa, Mrs. E. S. Jenkins and Mrs. Wm. Grimm of Neodesha. Mr. Leigan died July 31, 1900. Mr. Leigan was a farmer and they lived near Neodesha most of the time and in the city at intervals, and with the exception of two years spent in California shortly after their marriage, this vicinity was their home until Mr. Leigan's death. They reared a large family and eight children survive the mother. Mrs. Leigan was indeed a pioneer of this section and faced with courage and energy the conflicts and trials of early life in the new country, always faithful to the duties of a mother and was a true help-mate to her husband, ever ready to help however strenuous the task. She joined the Christian Church early in life and was a faithful and consistent woman and a kind and obliging neighbor and friend and will be sadly missed by her children and friends. December 24, 1902, Mrs. Leigan was married to D. B. Beers of Brayton, who with her mother, one brother and four sisters in California, eight children and sixteen grand-children, survive her.
• Census: 1859, Gardner, Johnson, KS, USA
• Census: 17 Jul 1865, Gardner, Johnson, KS, USA
• Census: 16 Jun 1870, Neodesha, Wilson, Kansas, United States

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Census:
Rue Garret C / Arrived April 1 1858 / 1 other adult in household / 3 children / 5 total

Census:
388 / 419 / Josephine Rue / 8 / F / / / / Ohio / S / 1-

Census:
J Rue | Age 13 | White | Female | At School | | Born in Ohio

Died:
Mrs. Beer, the wife of Uncle Davy Beer of Brayton died suddenly at her home in Brayton, November 2nd at 2:00 pm. Mrs. Beer was 58 years old and the mother of eight children, five of whom lived at home with her, two live in Kansas, and one in Oklahoma. Uncle Dave, who is 76 years old and the children has the sympathy of everyone in their bereavement. The funeral will be at the home in Brayton at one o’clock today, and the interment will be made at Neodesha, the county seat of Wilson, KS.

Buried:
PLOT Old Add, Block 1, Lot 401, Space 7

Josephine married LEIGAN, Charles on 22 Jul 1872 in Neodesha, Wilson, Kansas, United States. Charles was born on 2 Sep 1848 in Jefferson City, Cole, MO USA; died on 31 Jul 1900 in Neodesha, Wilson, Kansas, United States; was buried on 31 Jul 1900 in Neodesha Cemetery, Neodesha, Wilson, KS USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Military: 1904, Phillipines

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Died:
Mrs. E.S. Jenkins received a message Monday telling of the death of her brother, George A Leigan, at Hollister, Calif. Mr. Leigan formerly lived here. Mrs. Wm. Grimm of this city is also a sister.

George married BOWDEN, Elizabeth on 16 Aug 1905 in San Francisco, San Francisco Co, CA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Obituary: From Neodesha Free Press DROWNED: On Thursday afternoon two year old girl of Charley L.eigan fell in a well, twenty feet deep, and was drowned. The well had about four feet of water and the child was in there about twenty minutes before she was discovered.
• Cause of Death: Drowned in well