Information Sheet

 

 

R         Carthage (Mo.).

695                  Funeral home records, 1887-1938.

                                    Three folders, photocopies.

 

 

 

These are record books of what is now the Weng Mortuary in Carthage, Jasper County, Mis­souri.  Entries include genealogical data, the costs of caskets, clothing, and other funeral expenses, and payments on account.  There are records for 1887-1893, and 1915-1938.

 

The undertaking business represented by these records stems from the firm established at Carthage by Daniel Teeter and managed by his son, Charley Teeter, until 1948.

 

The record book in Folder 1 is not indexed.  The accounts are arranged chronologically, in most cases by name of the person making the funeral arrangements.  Entries begin in February 1887 and continue through February 1893.

 

Folders 2 and 3 contain record books for 1915-1938.  The entries include the names and dates of death of the deceased, as well as the name of the persons who made the funeral arrange­ments.  An index is at the front of each folder.  Miscellaneous notes and printed death notices are included at the end of both folders.

 

 

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