Walters, Samuel Jay  Samuel Jay Walters lifetime resident of Morgan county, born March 11, 1884, died May 7, 1951 at age 67 years, 1 month, and 26 days.  He was the son of Reddick and Adeline Walters.  In January 1911 he married Fannie Hibdon.  They had 4 sons: Jesse, Dixon MO; Joe and George of Gravois Mills MO; and Everett of the US Navy.  Preceding him in death were his parents, 1 brother and 2 sisters.  He leaves his wife and 4 sons, 9 grandchildren, 1 brother: Jim Walters, Gravois Mills, MO.  Funeral services were in the Versailles Baptist Church with the Rev. L.V. Webb and the Rev. DR Alex Best, Versailles officiating.  He is buried in the Versailles cemetery. Funeral services handled by Kidwell's of Versailles, MO.
    Hibdon, Hiram Richard  Hiram Richard Hibdon died January 11.  He was the oldest son of the late G.W. and Emma Meyer Hibdon.  He was born in Camden county on May 21, 1886.  On July 7, 1907 he married Josephi8ne Allen who survives.  He also leaves a daughter: Mrs. Lemuel  (Eula) Cotton of Eldon MO; one son Dorsie Hibdon, Kansas City; 5 sisters: Mrs. Fannie Walters, Versailles MO; Mrs. Josephine May, Kansas City; Mrs. Kate Stevens, Green Ridge, MO; and the Misses Ada and Essie Hibdon,
Gravois Mills, MO; three brothers: Tom Hibdon, Versailles MO; Ed and Charlie Hibdon of Gravois Mills, MO; 9 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild.  Preceded in death by an infant son in 1926 and another son Leo who died Jan 1, 1939; one grandson and one great grandson.  Burial was in the Holst cemetery near Gravois Mills, Morgan county, MO.

June 3, 1920
Eldon Advertiser
OBITUARY OF THOMAS M. HIBDON
     Thomas M. Hibdon was born July 5, 1837 and departed this life May 25,  1920, being at the time of his death almost eighty three years old.  He was born in the state of Illinois, but at the age of four years he moved with his parents to Missouri.
     He was married to Martha P. Phillips, October 5, 1862, who preceded him to the better land June 29, 1890.  To this union were born 7 children, George W. Hibdon and Mrs. James Kennedy, of Gravois Mills, Mo., J. E. Hibdon of Harrison, Arkansas, Mrs. Jerusha McGorder, Eldon and Mrs. John Lee of Linn Creek, who survive him and were at his bedside at the last. Elijah A. died in childhood and William H. preceded him to the better land December 26, 1912.
    May 3, 1901 he was married to Pricilla Wilson, who also survives him. He was a kind father and considerate husband and was loved and respected  by all who knew him.  Besides his wife and children he leaves 34 grandchildren, 20 great grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends to  mourn their loss.
     He was one of the few Civil War veterans and a pioneer citizen of Morgan County, having resided for more than fifty years on the place where he  passed away.  It is this that the brave pioneers are going to their reward and leaving us only a rememberance and the work they have done for civilization as a last monument.
     He bore his suffering patiently, had professed faith in Christ and felt that  he was prepared to meet his loved ones "over there"  He told his children that he was not tired of living but if God saw fit to take him on he was prepared to go.
     Funeral services were conducted at the home of Rev. I Barber, who was a life long friend of the deceased, and the remains were laid to rest in the Rickinson Cemetery, May 26, 1920 in the presenced of a host of sorrowing relatives and friends.
                                 Carrie R. Phillips

Eldon Advertiser
March 31, 1945
JERUSHA HIBDON WAHLE
 Funeral services were conducted at 2 p. m. Thursday, May 24, in the Church of the Nazarene in Eldon for Mrs. Jerusha Louisa
Wahle, who died at the Schneider Home May 22, 1945, at the age of 72 years.  Rev. Glen Pace of St. Louis, assisted by Rev.
Tullie Tompkins, local pastor of the Church of the Nazarene,  officiated.  The church choir sang and friends were pall bearers.
She was buried in the Eldon Cemetery and interment was directed by Kays Funeral Service.
 Jerusha Louisa Wahle was born Feb. 19, 1873, in Morgan Co. near Gravois Mills, the daughter of Thomas M. and Martha Hibdon.  She was  married Feb. 17, 1897 to Mart McGorder, who died Dec. 23, 1918.  One son, Dillard, was born to them. He died in 1915 at the age of 18.  Mrs. McGorder married Joseph H. Barnhart in 1922.  He died January 7, 1926.  Several years later,
she married Frank Wahle.
 She is survived by one sister, Mrs. Vina Kennedy of Eldon, and one brother, J. E. Hibdon, of Harrison, Ark.; also a number of
nieces and nephews, and other relatives and friends.  When a young woman, she became a member of the Christian Church.
In later years she attended the Church of the Nazarene.

FUNERAL SERVICES FOR W. C. ALLEN
 Funeral services for Wesley C. Allen, 92, were held at the Phillips Funeral Home Monday afternoon, April 30, 1956. Rev. M. A. Younger conducted the service and burial was made in the Eldon Cemetery.
 Mr. Allen died Saturday evening, April 28, at the home of his son, George Allen, 414 West Court St. in Eldon.  He had been in failing  health and had been at the home of his son for the past two years.
 Wesley CorbinAllen, son of Nathan and Caroline Bond Allen, was born January 11, 1864, near Gravois Mills, Mo.
 On April 6, 1888, he was married to Alice Adeline PACE and to them seven children were born.  Two of them, William and Elizabeth, preceded him in death.  His wife died  Feb. 5, 1954.
 He is survived by three sons and two daughters;  George Allen of Eldon, Mrs. Delia McGraw of Independence, Mo., Mrs. Josephine  Hibdon of Versailles, Mo., Claude and John H. Allen of Kansas City, Mo.; fourteen grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren.
 He is also survived by one brother, Doll Allen, of Versailles, Mo., and two sisters, Mrs. Ann Sousley of Gravois Mills, Mo.  and Mrs. Sally Lanham of Kansas City, Mo.
 When a young man, Mr. Allen became a member of the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Morgan County.

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