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Albers, John 1834-1915
Center Republican, November, 1915
John Albers, born 23 Nov 1834; died 21 Nov 1915
When death early Sunday morning claimed John Albers of Hannover, Oliver County and Missouri Slope parted with one of its earliest, best known and most highly respected noble men. Men and women from both the adjoining counties of Morton and Mercer, as well as from every nook of Oliver, many of them white-haired and slow of step, but who more than a quarter of a century ago enjoyed the hospitality, shared the prosperity or adversity, partook of the charity of profited by the wise counsel of the deceased—were present to pay final tribute and look for the last time into the kindly old face of a tried and proved friend.
Pages could be written in testimony of the noble charity, the helpful neighborliness, the unwavering home devotion of the deceased, his assistance to other early day settlers and to many who came upon the scene later, but suffice it to say that his heart, his home and his purse were ever open to the needy. His body has been laid away, but in its stead is left a legacy of honor and respect that should prove a comfort to his survivors.
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