On Saturday morning, the five month old infant son of Mr. & Mrs. Wilhelm Baumann residing near Florida, Ohio, died. The tiny remains were buried Tuesday morning from the Reformed Church in Florida under the direction of Pastors Georg Engelmann and Albin Beer.
William [R] Grossenbacher
Consumption, which he had fought for many years, finally laid William Grossenbacher low. He died Monday morning about 9 o'clock in the residence of his parents, Fred. Grossenbacher and wife, in the countryside south of Defiance. The young man had returned home in May of last year, after having spent three years in New Mexico for the betterment of his health, hopelessly sick in the lungs, although he was never bedridden. He was only 26 years old and leaves behind a widow with a one year old child. The burial took place Wednesday afternoon from the Oakland Chapel.
[b 1882, d 1908, buried Taylor Cemetery] [mother Rosann Fridley; wife Sophia Mentley]
Abraham N. Brown
In his farmhouse on Baker Street on Saturday evening, the civil war veteran Abraham N. Brown after a lengthy illness at the age of 68 years, 5 months and 20 days. Born on the 10th of June 1839 in Ontario, Canada, he came to this area as a youth and has lived here ever since. He served in the Civil War as a member of Co. A of the 25th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. On the 1st of January 1867 he married Elisabethe Bremer, daughter of Peter Bremer, who survives him with eight out of twelve children. They are Mrs. Laura Tracy, Mrs. Nell Colwell, Mrs. Pearl Dean, Anna Kay, Maggie, Lillie, Clinton and Frank Brown.
The burial took place Tuesday afternoon, after Pastor F. A. Kiess held a funeral service in the former residence and the st. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church.
[d 30 NOV 1907]
Miss Grace Kibble
On Tuesday morning in Fostoria, O., Miss Grace Kibble, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. A. L. Kibble, died at the age of 19 years, from cancer. She had lived formerly with her parents in Highland Township and also here in Defiance. Her remains will be buried this afternoon at 1 o'clock from the United Brethren Church under the direction of Pastor Schupp in the Riverside Cemetery.
[d 16 Jul 1907]
Max Albert Horn
The Businessman M. A. Horn Seeks his Death in the Maumee River.
One of those incidents, for which one seeks in vain for an explanation, is the tragic death of the businessman M. A. Horn, which took place Tuesday morning shortly after 6 o'clock. Mr Horn, who with his family resided in the pretty domicile at 1002 Holgate Avenue, left his residence about the usual time in shirtsleeves and house shoes (?slippers), as he was often wont to do, with the remark to his wife that he was going to the river. His neighbor Kimball Rakestraw saw him in the light of dawn going through the yard, and a few minutes later drawn to attention by an unusual noise, [saw him] leap into the water from the 15 foot high bank of the Maumee behind his property. Rakestraw and his neighbor A. Finch rushed to the water with a post grabbed up on the way, but already the circling waves showed the spot where the unfortunate had sunk for the last time. About two hours later Levi Degler found the corpse just a short ways downstream in 15 foot deep water, which was then taken from the A. Martin and Co. Funeral Parlor to the family residence.
Concerning the motive, there is only one opinion, and that is, that M. A. Horn, as a result of hay fever and influenza (La Grippe), from which he had suffered very severely the last few days, had become temporarily insane. He had led an exemplary life, diligently conducted his haberdashery and spent his free time in the circle of his family, which consisted of his spouse, two sons and two daughters. For many years Mr. Horn has served on the city council and taken a lively interest in the affairs managed by this branch of the administration.
Max Albert Horn was born on the 7th of September 1859 in the city of Gardelegen in the Altmark, Saxony province, and came with his parents as a 13 year old youth to this country. The family settled in Napoleon, but Mr Horn moved to Defiance 24 years ago. The last 20 years he was proprietor of the haberdashery in the building on the southwest corner of Clinton and Second Streets. On the 19th of May 1886 he married Miss Emilie Dolke, who survives him with four children Arthur, Harry, Esther and Lillian. Besides these he leaves behind two sisters and three brothers, of whom the last two live in Napoleon. The burial will take place Thursday afternoon about 2 o'clock from the former residence. Pastor W. H. Bunge from the [?St. Paul's] Evangelical Lutheran Church [will officiate.]
[d 7 Jan 1908] [last line truncated, St. Paul's Lutheran assumed]