Person:Melissa Carpenter (1)

Obituary

[RC transcribed from undated newspaper clipping]

MRS. MALLISSA LOUTH DIES EARLY WEDNESDAY.

Spencerville, Sept. 28 - Mrs. Mallissa Louth, 79, died at 1:15 a.m. today at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Lucy Driftmeyer, near here. Death was due to complication of diseases.

She is survived by eight children: Mrs. Luella Hagen, of Ottawa; Mrs. Samuel Savage, near Spencerville; Mrs. Driftmeyer, at whose home she died; Adam Louth of Lima; Mrs. Minnie Remer, St. Louis, Mo., Mrs. Harriet Patton, Fredonia, Kans., Mrs. Della Johnson, Roxanna, Ark., and Charles Louth, of Florence, Cal. Three brothers, Louis Carpenter, of Lima, Charles, of Hudson, Mich., and Edward, of Pittsford, Mich., and one sister, Mrs. Harriet Hempker, of Delphos, survive, as well as 25 grandchildren and 32 great grandchildren.

Funeral services are incomplete. Burial will be in West side cemetery, Delphos.

Completed Obituary, newspaper clipping in Delphos, Ohio paper

HOLD SERVICES FOR SISTER OF MRS. HEMKER

Funeral services for Mrs. Melissa Louth, sister of Mrs. Harriet Hemker, north of Delphos, were conducted at the West Union Church Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. E. E. Stouffer, pastor of the Christian Church of this city, officiated. Interment was made at the West Side cemetery in this city.

Mrs. Louth passed away Wednesday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Lucy Driftmeyer, at Spencerville. She was seventy-nine years of age. Surviving are six daughters and two sons: Mrs. Luella Hogan, Ottawa; Mrs. Samuel Savadge, of near Spencerville; Mrs. Lucy Driftmeyer, of Spencerville; Minnie Remer of St. Louis, Mo; Harriet Patton of Fredonia, Kan.; Della Johnson of Roxana, Tex.; Adam Louth, of Lima; and Charles, of Florence, Colo.

Gathering c 1907

"Mallissa" Louth's obituary

Melissa with great-grandchildren Alice Kill (b. 1924), Gail Reynolds (b. 1925) & LaDonna Savidge (b. 1926)

c. 1919. Melissa is top right. 4 generations of her relatives

Believed to be Melissa Carpenter Louth

1.   Ohio, United States. Ohio Births and Christenings, 1821-1962. (Online: Intellectual Reserve, Inc.).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Louth, Philip J., in Allen, Ohio, United States. 1900 U. S. Census Population Schedule
   p 9 fn 172.

   Melissa A. Louth, 47, is married to the head of the household, Philip J. Louth. B. May 1853 in Ohio; father b. in Virginia; mother b. in Ohio; married for 30 years/abt 1870, to Philip; m/o 10 children, 8 living; children in household: Adam L., Minnie F., Harriette E., Rosa D., & Charles E.

3. ↑ Johnson, Oscar H. & Della Louth, in Ohio, United States. Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016. (FamilySearch)
   cn 3803, 20 Oct 1906.

   Parents of the bride, Della Louth, listed as Philip Louth & Malissa Carpenter. Della married Oscar H. Johnson, s/o E. M. Johnson & Margaret Goodwin, in Allen County, Ohio.

4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4} Louth, Melissa, in State of Ohio, Bureau of Vital Statistics. Ohio Deaths 1908-1953. (Ohio, United States: Intellectual Reserve, Inc.)
   fn 51345, 28 Sep 1932.

   Melissa Louth, white, widowed, b. 02 May 1853 in Ohio, d/o John Carpenter b. in Virginia, and Margaret Ream, b. in Ohio; d. 28 Sep 1932 in Spencerville, Allen County, Ohio, 79y 4m 26d; buried 30 Sep 1932 in Delphos, Ohio, Westside Cemetery.

5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} Melissa A. Louth, in Find A Grave.

   Melissa A. Louth, 1853-1932, w/o Philip J. Louth, 1849-1919. Gone but not forgotten.

6. ↑ Louth, Philip J., in Allen, Ohio, United States. 1910 U. S. Census Population Schedule.

   Melissa A. Louth, 57, b. in Ohio; father b. in Ohio; mother b. in "Old Virginia;" w/o HOH Philip J. Louth, 61, b. in Germany; children at home: Hariett E. Louth, 24, & Charles E. Louth, 19.

7. ↑ ^7.0 7.1 Louth, Philip, in Van Wert, Ohio, United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

   Melissa Louth, 25, b. in Ohio; father b. in Virginia; mother b. in Ohio; w/o HOH Philip Louth, 31, b. in Germany; m/o Luela, Nety, John & Lucy; living in Jackson Township, Van Wert County, Ohio.

8. ↑ ^8.0 8.1 Louth, Millia A., in Allen, Ohio, United States. 1920 U.S. Census Population Schedule
   p 6.

   HOH: Millia A. Louth, 67, b. in Ohio; father b. in Virginia; mother b. in Ohio; married (but no husband in household); Walter Point, 14, in household (grandson?); Allen County, Ohio.

9. ↑ ^9.0 9.1 Johnson, Oscar Person: Oscar Johnson (12), in McPherson, Kansas, United States. 1930 U.S. Census Population Schedule
   HH# 196.

   Melissia Lauth, 75, b. abt 1855 in Ohio; father b. in Virginia; mother b. in Ohio; a widow; MIL of HOH: Oscar Johnson; m/o his wife, Della, 41; no others in household; living in McPherson, McPherson County, Kansas.

10.   Melissa's Last Days, in Ashton, Violet Reynolds. Ashton, Violet Reynolds - Recollections
    18 Apr 2013.

    VLA recalled that Melissa Carpenter Louth lived with various family members then came back to the Spencerville area during the end of life. She lived for a time in the home of Edward and Gladys Reynolds. Then a daughter returned to Spencerville & Melissa moved in with her.

11. ↑ ^11.0 11.1 Carpenter, E. C., in Van Wert, Ohio, United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    p 56, HH# 391, 1860.

    Washington Township, Van Wert County, Ohio. HOH: E.C. [J.C.] Carpenter, 53, b. abt 1807 in Vermont [Virginia]; Margaret, 34; MALISSA CARPENTER, 7, b. abt 1853 in [illegible], Lewis, 4, Arthur, 2.

12. ↑ ^12.0 12.1 Newspaper clipping, in Kill, Vernon R. - Collection.

    MRS. MALLISSA LOUTH dies early Wednesday...