Patrick Lavelle died April 30th, at the home of his son, Edward C. He was born in Mayo County, Ireland, Mary 17, 1826. In 1847, came to America and located at Pottsville, PA, where he married in 1848, where he remained until 1876, when he moved to Lawrence County, in 1901 he moved to Monett. He was the father of ten children, 6 of whom survive him. He was a Christian gentlemen - it seems was always doing good.