Decoration Day May 30, 1909 This was the day for honoring Civil War dead before Memorial Day was created as a national holiday. An Old Postcard Source: Photos of Old Postecards auctioned on eBay in December 2004 and January 2008, respectively. Top photo known to be dated 1909; bottom photo appears to be taken at same event. THE SULLIVAN REVIEW 1909 DEATHS
NAME	DATE OF OBITUARY	ACTUAL DEATH DATE
Airey, Cort	March 25, 1909	March 18, 1909
Bahr, Elsie	January 7, 1909	January 2, 1909
Bleiler, Loretta	November 25, 1909	November 18, 1909
Blemle, John	January 14, 1909	January 6, 1909
Blemle, Mary E.	October 28, 1909	October 25, 1909
Bonoire, Mrs. Herbert	April 1, 1909	March 27, 1909
Bowman, Mack H.	February 11, 1909	February 5, 1909
Burns, Patrick	October 28, 1909	October 14, 1909
Cahill, Mrs. John	March 25, 1909	March 18, 1909
Connor, Michael	April 15, 1909
Cook, Mrs. Henry	March 18, 1909	March 12, 1909
Coolbaugh, M.M	January 7, 1909
Coplis, John	November 18, 1909	November 15, 1909
Coyle, John T.	October 28, 1909
Crimmins, Dennis	February 11, 1909	February 5, 1909
Dieffenbach, Charles M.	March 4, 1909	February 27, 1909
Dohm, Frank	November 18, 1909
Donahue, Thomas	April 1, 1909	March 31, 1909
Edgar, Jerry	April 29, 1909	April 19, 1909
Farrell, Mary E.	December 23, 1909	December 14, 1909
Farrell, Mrs. James	December 2, 1909
Fawcett, William	January 21, 1909	January 9, 1909
Featherby, Frank	July 29, 1909
Fisher, Mrs. John	August 19, 1909	August 13, 1909
Fitzgerald, Elizabeth	March 11, 1909	March 7, 1909
Freed, Mrs. J.K.	April 1, 1909	March 30, 1909
Fries, Theresa	May 13, 1909	May 10, 1909
Fritz, Mrs. Gearhart	March 11, 1909	February 15, 1909
Frutchey, Belle C.	February 18, 1909	February 11, 1909
Gallagher, F.W.	January 7, 1909	December 26, 1908
Griffith, A.J.	June 24, 1909	June 18, 1909
Hess, Mrs. J.W.	September 23, 1909	September 14, 1909
Holcombe, Pierson A.	January 7, 1909	December 29, 1908
Holcombe, Sophia E.	May 6, 1909	April 26, 1909
Holmes, Elizabeth	January 7, 1909
Huffmaster, Henry G.	January 21, 1909
Huffmaster, Mrs. Levi	July 29, 1909	July 23, 1909
Hunsinger, Taper	July 15, 1909	February 24, 1909
Hunter Jas.	June 17, 1909
Keeler, Lizzie	October 28, 1909
Kleckner, Mrs. Philip	July 1, 1909	June 26, 1909
Kneller, Emma	January 21, 1909
Kobbe, Mrs. Christian	November 4, 1909
Lancaster, R. D.	January 7, 1909	January 4, 1909
Little, Fatih Almeda Grange	February 11, 1909	January 24, 1909
Little, Rachael D.	May 6, 1909
Logarre, Tony	April 1, 1909	April 1, 1909
Maben, Edith	February 11, 1909	January 28, 1909
May, Patrick	September 30, 1909	September 28, 1909
McCarty, Jesse R.	February 18, 1909	February 5, 1909
McClain, Annie Jane Henley	July 15, 1909	June 23, 1909
McHenry, Frank	February 4, 1909
McMahon, Elizabeth	January 7, 1909	January 3, 1909
McMahon, John F.	May 13, 1909	April 30, 1909
Mead, Electa	April 1, 1909	March 23, 1909
Mead, N.S.	March 25, 1909	March 23, 1909
Miller, Marion E.	July 22, 1909	July 2, 1909
Mingos, Edgar	December 2, 1909
Myers, Mary Margaret Killgore	January 21, 1909	January 20, 1909
Neibar, Ralph	November 18, 1909	November 13, 1909
O'Neil, Julia	March 18, 1909	March 12, 1909
Ortlieb, Dianna C.	November 25, 1909
Ott, Dr. C.H.	November 4, 1909	January 30, 1909
Otten, Ida	February 11, 1909	March 4, 1909
Pealer, Lodeska J.	March 11, 1909	September 26, 1909
Pendergast, Annatosia	September 30, 1909
Pennington, Jos	June 17, 1909
Pennington, Joseph C.	June 24, 1909	June 10, 1909
Pflaum, Charles	April 22, 1909
Post, Charity	March 11, 1909	March 4, 1909
Potter, Charley	May 27, 1909	May 20, 1909
Potter, M.D.L.	January 7, 1909
Redding, Jane	March 4, 1909	March 1, 1909
Reeser, Rebecca Dieffenbach	November 18, 1909	November 13, 1909
Rogers, Elizabeth	January 14, 1909	January 8, 1909
Rogers, Mary	December 2, 1909	November 21, 1909
Saxer, Gerald F.	December 13, 1909	December 8, 1909
Schock, Charles	May 20, 1909	May 12, 1909
Setzer, Anna	December 2, 1909	December 1, 1909
Soper, Bruce	May 6, 1909
Sterigere, Mary Elizabeth	December 23, 1909	December 13, 1909
Strevy, Eliza A.	May 6, 1909	April 9, 1909
Strohl, Rose Mable	September 2, 1909	August 29, 1909
Strope, William	May 20, 1909	May 16, 1909
Stroup, Child of Wm.	May 13, 1909	May 9, 1909
Swope, Mrs. G.C.	October 14, 1909
Sykes, Grant T.	September 2, 1909
Thall, Anna	April 1, 1909	April 5, 1909
Thomas, John	July 29, 1909
Thrasher, Joseph	May 27, 1909	May 19, 1909
Tomkins, James	November 25, 1909
Walls, Patrick	May 27, 1909	May 19, 1909
Weatley, Thomas	March 11, 1909	March 6, 1909
Webster, Marsden	December 6, 1909	November 10, 1909
Welles, George H.	June 3, 1909	May 25, 1909
Wheatley, Thomas	March 18, 1909	March 5, 1909
Wheeler, R.M.	May 27, 1909	May 17, 1909
Williams, John T.	May 27, 1909	May 17, 1909