I agree Jean, AZ Smile And The World Smiles Too -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Leroy Achee Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 4:42 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [IADECATU] PRATT -- SHINN MARRIAGE I love the part where it says the groom "not so much..." oh to be able to tell the truth these days would be so refreshing no more politically correct!!!! Jo from Lousiana ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ronald M McClure" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 4:38 PM Subject: Re: [IADECATU] PRATT -- SHINN MARRIAGE > sheesh, i love these........barely concealed insults, innuendos and > slurs......wish we could get away with stuff like that today....."have > them > married"........mac > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nancee Seifert" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 3:47 PM > Subject: [IADECATU] PRATT -- SHINN MARRIAGE > > >> The Journal >> Leon, Iowa >> August 30, 1883 >> >> MARRIED -- At the M.E. Parsonage in Leon, A.A. PRATT and Miss LEONA >> SHINN, >> both of Ord, Nebraska. >> >> A romance is connected with the above marriage. It was a runaway match, >> the >> bride being a cousin of MITCHELL, Esq., of Osceola, who received a >> dispatch >> to have them married. The bride is quite pretty and intelligent; the >> groom >> not so much........ >> ---------------------------------------------------- >> Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert >> January 7, 2010 >> [email protected] >> >> www.iagenweb.org/decatur >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > www.iagenweb.org/decatur > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.432 / Virus Database: 270.14.129/2605 - Release Date: 01/07/10 07:35:00 www.iagenweb.org/decatur ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I hear you Jan!! I, too, have ROBERTS, but know little about them EXCEPT that JESSE ROBERTS, father of my great-grandmother, was a cobbler in Van Wert. (Learned that from this list several years ago.) I don't think B.F. is related, but wonder if his initials are for "Benjamin Franklin". :-) -Sherry > [Original Message] > From: Janice Lund <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 1/8/2010 5:11:10 PM > Subject: Re: [IADECATU] 'A USEFUL INVENTION' --- ADJUSTABLE ANDPORTABLE SHELVING. > > Wish I was related to this "ROBERTS" ! ! ! > > Jan > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nancee Seifert" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: 2010-01-08 12:39 PM > Subject: [IADECATU] 'A USEFUL INVENTION' --- ADJUSTABLE AND PORTABLE > SHELVING. > > > > The Journal > > Leon, Iowa > > December 20, 1883 > > > > 'A USEFUL INVENTION' > > ----------------- > > > > So many patents are being granted nowadays that to keep track of them a > > man > > would be able to do nothing else but read up and investigate the many good > > points claimed by the ever ingenious and labor saving Yankee, who has > > succeeded in getting his invention before the public; but among the many > > useful articles invented for lessening labor and saving material, time and > > money, nothing has been brought to our notice which seems to fill a "long > > felt want" as the Adjustable and Portable Shelving recently patented by > > B.F. > > ROBERTS, the well known builder, of Leon. It will at sight commend itself > > to every architect and builder in the country, being cheaper, easier to > > put > > up, more durable and can be fitted to any size or height of room. For > > stores of all kinds and libraries, or in any place where shelves are > > needed > > it is just the thing and will eventually be in use by every mechanic. By > > the old plan of putting up shelves a great amount of labor and lumber has > > been used, and the shelves nailed to the wall, from which they are liable > > to > > break away by the nails pulling out, often causing great damage to goods > > and > > breaking show cases, glassware, &c., when falling. In case the shelves > > ever > > had to be taken down, the plaster was torn off, the wall left full of nail > > holes and the shelves generally of little or no use for another room or > > for > > any purpose. All this is done away with in Mr. ROBERTS' system. The > > shelves are kept in place by upright metal standards and brackets, not > > being > > fastened to the wall in any place, and can be raised or lowered at will to > > fit any goods of any size or shape. It can be taken down and cleaned or > > changed to fit any room in a few minutes. The material can be ordered > > complete to fit any store room or building at less than the cost of the > > old > > shelving. It is simple and can be put in by any carpenter. Leading > > architects and builders have examined it and pronounced it the best thing > > out, and Mr. ROBERTS has received flattering offers from large eastern > > manufacturing firms who wish to make, introduce and sell it for him on a > > royalty. There is no "blue sky" about this invention and we are glad to > > know that after so many years of hard work Mr. ROBERTS has finally struck > > something which will secure him a competency, besides giving to the > > country > > something that will be of general use. > > --------------------------------------------------------- > > Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert > > January 8, 2010 > > [email protected] > > > > www.iagenweb.org/decatur > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > www.iagenweb.org/decatur > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Wish I was related to this "ROBERTS" ! ! ! Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancee Seifert" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: 2010-01-08 12:39 PM Subject: [IADECATU] 'A USEFUL INVENTION' --- ADJUSTABLE AND PORTABLE SHELVING. > The Journal > Leon, Iowa > December 20, 1883 > > 'A USEFUL INVENTION' > ----------------- > > So many patents are being granted nowadays that to keep track of them a > man > would be able to do nothing else but read up and investigate the many good > points claimed by the ever ingenious and labor saving Yankee, who has > succeeded in getting his invention before the public; but among the many > useful articles invented for lessening labor and saving material, time and > money, nothing has been brought to our notice which seems to fill a "long > felt want" as the Adjustable and Portable Shelving recently patented by > B.F. > ROBERTS, the well known builder, of Leon. It will at sight commend itself > to every architect and builder in the country, being cheaper, easier to > put > up, more durable and can be fitted to any size or height of room. For > stores of all kinds and libraries, or in any place where shelves are > needed > it is just the thing and will eventually be in use by every mechanic. By > the old plan of putting up shelves a great amount of labor and lumber has > been used, and the shelves nailed to the wall, from which they are liable > to > break away by the nails pulling out, often causing great damage to goods > and > breaking show cases, glassware, &c., when falling. In case the shelves > ever > had to be taken down, the plaster was torn off, the wall left full of nail > holes and the shelves generally of little or no use for another room or > for > any purpose. All this is done away with in Mr. ROBERTS' system. The > shelves are kept in place by upright metal standards and brackets, not > being > fastened to the wall in any place, and can be raised or lowered at will to > fit any goods of any size or shape. It can be taken down and cleaned or > changed to fit any room in a few minutes. The material can be ordered > complete to fit any store room or building at less than the cost of the > old > shelving. It is simple and can be put in by any carpenter. Leading > architects and builders have examined it and pronounced it the best thing > out, and Mr. ROBERTS has received flattering offers from large eastern > manufacturing firms who wish to make, introduce and sell it for him on a > royalty. There is no "blue sky" about this invention and we are glad to > know that after so many years of hard work Mr. ROBERTS has finally struck > something which will secure him a competency, besides giving to the > country > something that will be of general use. > --------------------------------------------------------- > Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert > January 8, 2010 > [email protected] > > www.iagenweb.org/decatur > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I have various bits and pieces of material on my early ancestors. Because of the number of references to Highpoint I thought some of you might be interested in this note -- particularly the reference to the early name of "Paris." ... jack (excerpt from notes on the Sinco family) …They made their way to Jefferson county and entered land near Glasco (now-Glasgow), close to the Cedar river. It cost $1.25 an acre, and they paid $300 for 160 acres. It proved to be good land and is Sections 29-20. It is on record in the Jefferson county courthouse… …After the farm was sold they moved to Birmingham, Iowa, and purchased a new wagon… Later they decided to go farther west and Henry Sinco, with his son John, just a small lad, walked to Garden Grove in Decatur County. There he bought a farm near High Point. This farm is now known as the Lewis Sears farm. (this is an excerpt from a message written by a Sinco family member) …We just returned yesterday from our week in Carlsbad, CA. We went to their library which recently added county histories on fische. One of the two for Ringgold Co., IA had a short paragraph on Henry Sinco indicating that he was one of the first settlers in Riley Township. It said, "Henry Sinco settled in Section 2, Riley township in 1855. He was born in Virginia and died in 1874 at the age of 74 years. His family consisted of seven children. Before coming to Ringgold county he had laid out a town in Decatur county naming it Paris, but which is now called High Point." The paragraph was in a section of the history called, "First three settlers of townships." The other two for Riley twp. were Mr. Riley himself who came in 1853 and Wm. Hinckley who came in 1856.

"Annie Kendall", High Point, probably one of mine. Anyone have information/details of why there were Divisions A, B, C? Are the people listed students and teachers? Problem is that James S. Kendall and Elizabeth Kendall who resided in High Point did not have an "Annie" that I am aware of. They did however have an Olive Angeline, born in 1863 who married a Nelson Parsons. Could this be "Annie"? John Kendall -----Original Message----- From: Nancee Seifert <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, Jan 8, 2010 10:08 am Subject: [IADECATU] THE NORMAL -- DIVISION B. The Journal Leon, Iowa August 9, 1883 ~~THE NORMAL~~ DIVISION B: H.H. ALDEN, Pleasanton. NEVADA ALLEN, Lamoni. S. ELNORA BAILY, Lamoni. EVA M. BAILY, Lamoni. MOLLIE L. BAKER, Garden Grove. MARY BARRETT, Leon. ELLA B. BLAIR, Van Wert. W.F. BLAIR, Van Wert. CORMELIA I. BUCK, Leon. A.W. BOWMAN, Davis City. VIRA BURNETT, Decatur City. LOUIE BURNS, Leon. ELLA CAMPBELL, Leon. MAGGIE CAMPBELL, Leon. ELLA COMLEY, Leon. EDITH M. CRAGO, Leon. IUDA DAILY, Grand River. DOCIA GAMMON, Leon KATIE GATES, Leon. JENNIE HALDEMAN, Leon. SADIE HARDING, Lamoni. ANNA D. JACKSON, Leon. MATTIE JORDAN, Garden Grove. LAMA KELLEY, Van Wert. ANNIE KENDALL, High Point. NANCY LLOYD, Decatur City. OLIVE LOGAN, Lineville. HERMINA MADARAZ, Grand River. ELLEN MAHONEY, Leon. LIZZIE MARTIN, Leon. HANNA MILLSAP, Decatur. G.A. MEEK, Leon. ALICE E. METIER, Garden Grove. ELVA NOBLE, Davis City. MEDA NOBLE, Davis City. JULIA PECK, Decatur City. MATTIE PERDEW, Leon. M. JENNIE RUFFCORN, Garden Grove. JOHN SMITH, Crown. IDA SMITH, Crown. SABINA SMITH, High Point. POLLIE E. TWITCHELL, patriot. ALICE VAIL, Garden Grove. CLARA VARGA, Leon. HENRIETTA VOGT, Leon. CLARA D. WOODARD, De Kalb JENNIE WOOD, Garden Grove ADAH WORK, Pleasanton. ADDA A. WRIGHT, Grand River. MAY S. WRIGHT, Grand River. SUSAN YOUNG, Leon. To Be Continued . . . DIVISION C. ----------------------------------------------------- Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert January 8, 2010 [email protected] www.iagenweb.org/decatur ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message =

The Journal Leon, Iowa December 20, 1883 'A USEFUL INVENTION' ----------------- So many patents are being granted nowadays that to keep track of them a man would be able to do nothing else but read up and investigate the many good points claimed by the ever ingenious and labor saving Yankee, who has succeeded in getting his invention before the public; but among the many useful articles invented for lessening labor and saving material, time and money, nothing has been brought to our notice which seems to fill a "long felt want" as the Adjustable and Portable Shelving recently patented by B.F. ROBERTS, the well known builder, of Leon. It will at sight commend itself to every architect and builder in the country, being cheaper, easier to put up, more durable and can be fitted to any size or height of room. For stores of all kinds and libraries, or in any place where shelves are needed it is just the thing and will eventually be in use by every mechanic. By the old plan of putting up shelves a great amount of labor and lumber has been used, and the shelves nailed to the wall, from which they are liable to break away by the nails pulling out, often causing great damage to goods and breaking show cases, glassware, &c., when falling. In case the shelves ever had to be taken down, the plaster was torn off, the wall left full of nail holes and the shelves generally of little or no use for another room or for any purpose. All this is done away with in Mr. ROBERTS' system. The shelves are kept in place by upright metal standards and brackets, not being fastened to the wall in any place, and can be raised or lowered at will to fit any goods of any size or shape. It can be taken down and cleaned or changed to fit any room in a few minutes. The material can be ordered complete to fit any store room or building at less than the cost of the old shelving. It is simple and can be put in by any carpenter. Leading architects and builders have examined it and pronounced it the best thing out, and Mr. ROBERTS has received flattering offers from large eastern manufacturing firms who wish to make, introduce and sell it for him on a royalty. There is no "blue sky" about this invention and we are glad to know that after so many years of hard work Mr. ROBERTS has finally struck something which will secure him a competency, besides giving to the country something that will be of general use. --------------------------------------------------------- Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert January 8, 2010 [email protected]

The Journal Leon, Iowa December 20, 1883 Farmers are about all through gathering corn, Spelling School at West Eden Tuesday, the 11th, was a success. Literary at East Eden was a grand success JIMMIE HINES and NANNIE BROOKS were editor and editress of the paper. It was very good. The young folks of White Hall are taking an interesting part in the literary. GEORGE GAMMON is up and around again. We think there has been a fire because ELLSWORTH DYE has got a new suit of clothes. There is a young man who will get himself in trouble with the East Eden boys if he does not keep his tongue to himself. Girls, how did the taffy pulling go? JOE how did the dance go? We are sorry to hear of the misconduct of the West Eden girls. They had to be sent home from school. WALTER and LEANDER SHINN have come home to spend Holidays. -- BUSTED. ------------------------------------------------------------ Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert January 8, 2010 [email protected]

Boy, talk about a "sharp tongue".....I hope this writer is incognito because there might be a backlash from the girls and boys about this column. I just wonder who the "bad boys and girls" were. Hope they had fun!!!! This was before my Grandma and Grandpa were born so it wasn't them...Ha!! Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancee Seifert" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: 2010-01-08 12:23 PM Subject: [IADECATU] EAST AND WEST EDEN, No. 2; Dec. 17, 1883 > The Journal > Leon, Iowa > December 20, 1883 > > Farmers are about all through gathering corn, Spelling School at West Eden > Tuesday, the 11th, was a success. Literary at East Eden was a grand > success > JIMMIE HINES and NANNIE BROOKS were editor and editress of the paper. It > was very good. The young folks of White Hall are taking an interesting > part > in the literary. > > GEORGE GAMMON is up and around again. > > We think there has been a fire because ELLSWORTH DYE has got a new suit of > clothes. There is a young man who will get himself in trouble with the > East > Eden boys if he does not keep his tongue to himself. > > Girls, how did the taffy pulling go? JOE how did the dance go? > > We are sorry to hear of the misconduct of the West Eden girls. They had > to > be sent home from school. > > WALTER and LEANDER SHINN have come home to spend Holidays. > > -- BUSTED. > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert > January 8, 2010 > [email protected] > > www.iagenweb.org/decatur > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Lizzie McDaniel, Davis City - my great-aunt Conni McDaniel Hall TX -------Original Message------- From: Nancee Seifert Date: 1/8/2010 11:19:16 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [IADECATU] THE NORMAL The Journal Leon, Iowa August 9, 1883 ~~THE NORMAL~~ DIVISION C: MARY BRADLEY, Davis City. ROSA BRENEMAN, Weldon. NORA BATHE, Tuskeego. MELVINA L. BLACK, Lamoni. MATTIE BOYD, Grand River. ELLA BROOKE, Leon. EVA BELL, Leon. IDA BRIGHT, Leon. DORA BARRACKMAN, Van Wert. NETTIE M. CURRY, Weldon. LIZZIE CARTER, Leon. BELLE CAMPBELL, Decatur City. ANNA DILSAVER, Leon. Mrs. KATIE DANCER, lamoni. LIZZIE DUNBAR, Tuskeego. ELDORA DUNBAR, Tuskeego. SUSIE E. EURITT, Decatur City. MATTIE EATON, Leon. W.J. EDWARDS, Leon. MOLLIE E. FIERCE, De Kalb. ANISE FIERCE, De Kalb. JENNIE GROGAN, Leon. SALLIE HINDS, Spring Valley. MOLLIE HARROW, Leon. ALLENETTE M. HALL, Leon. KATE JAMES, Leon. ANNA L. JENKS, Leon. HATTIE KIRKPATRICK, Leon. MARCIA L. LOCKWOOD, Leon. EMME L. LOE, Leon. LIZZIE MCDANIELL, Davis City. NETTIE L. MOFFET, Pleasanton. JESSIE MARTIN, Leon. ELLA MILLER, Leon. BELLE G. METIER, Garden Grove. MATILDA PORTER, Leon. DORA PECK, Spring Valley. BELL RANDALL, Lamoni. LIZZIE REES, Spring Valley. EMMA SCOTT, Lamoni. AVISE STRONG, Leon. ANISE STRONG, Leon. EUGENIA SAUKEY, Leon. TENIE SEARS, Crown. IVA SEARS, Crown. LOUISA A. TREANOR, Grand River. SALLY VAN OSTRAND, Leon. RACHEL WOODMANSEE, Decatur City. JULIA WALLACE, Westerville. ALLIE WHITE, Van Wert. --------------------------------------------------------------- Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert January 8, 2010 [email protected] www.iagenweb.org/decatur ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

The Journal Leon, Iowa November 8, 1883 We often hear from weary pilgrims in the Far West through the columns of the Journal. But now we will write you from the Sunny South. We arrived at Appleton City last Sunday, coming by way of Albia, Centerville and Moberly. This is a nice country, crops good. Corn will make 45 to 50 bushels per acre. Fruit is not average crop. We visited the Monigan Springs yesterday. All the boarders have gone home and the springs are not in very good repair, and we think if a person could live in such a place three months he need not be afraid of dying, very soon at least. This seems to be a fit country for a hiding place for the Younger Boys. We did not visit the place where John Younger was killed, being about a mile East of the old town. We made some inquiries in regard to the character of the Youngers, but it was the same old story, they were driven to it. Judge, Jeff Younger, has served several terms in the Legislature, and also as Judge. We visited the large cave west of the Springs, in the Monigan Bluff. After going in several hundred feet our torches went out, and we had to come out. The cave has not been explored yet, and no one has ever found the terminus of it, though one old darkey here let his imagination get away with him, and said he had been through it; that it went under the Osage River. Last Summer the mouth was cleaned out for a dancing hall. We carved our name on the rocky walls so we could remember Monigan cave the next time we visited it. The people around the Springs are as hard citizens as they could get to be and keep out of the Infernal regions. We heard one of them swear till it raised a green skum on the Springs, and shook all of the hickory nuts down out of the trees. And some of them can lie till the rocks smoke. We had a social gathering at Mr. WOOD's last week. We are well entertained and formed a very favorable opinion of the young people, especially the girls. But in vain did gaze in their liquid orbs of vision for some trace of lo--. O I can't tell it. But I am doomed to return to rove among the hills and dales of Tennessee and meditate over my disappointment. -- WILLIE PALMER, Ohio, St. Clair Co., Mo , Nov. 3, 1883 ------------------------------------------------------- Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert January 8, 2010 [email protected]

The Journal Leon, Iowa November 8, 1883 More rain, more mud. Dance at Mr. J.B. MORRISON's to-night. JOHN SHIELDS and MURRY JONES are working on the railroad. Miss SADIE SHIELDS has quit school at Leon and is teaching at the Campbell School House. JAMES TREANOR is feeding a car load of hogs. F.F. BEDIER has bought two car loads of yearling steers. BARNEY AKER is plastering his house. There was a farewell party at Mr. BOORD's last Friday evening. They had a pleasant time. Miss LIZZIE MARTIN spent Sunday with her brother in Kellerton. J.E. TEALE and wife were out on the creek walnuting Sunday. Farmers have not commenced gathering corn in this neighborhood yet on account of wet weather and soft corn. Rev. B.F. MILLER preached his farewell at Elk Chapel Sunday. It is reported that we will not have any preacher next year. -- More anon, MAUD MULLER ---------------------------------------------------------- Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert January 8, 2010 [email protected]

The Journal Leon, Iowa August 9, 1883 ~~THE NORMAL~~ DIVISION C: MARY BRADLEY, Davis City. ROSA BRENEMAN, Weldon. NORA BATHE, Tuskeego. MELVINA L. BLACK, Lamoni. MATTIE BOYD, Grand River. ELLA BROOKE, Leon. EVA BELL, Leon. IDA BRIGHT, Leon. DORA BARRACKMAN, Van Wert. NETTIE M. CURRY, Weldon. LIZZIE CARTER, Leon. BELLE CAMPBELL, Decatur City. ANNA DILSAVER, Leon. Mrs. KATIE DANCER, lamoni. LIZZIE DUNBAR, Tuskeego. ELDORA DUNBAR, Tuskeego. SUSIE E. EURITT, Decatur City. MATTIE EATON, Leon. W.J. EDWARDS, Leon. MOLLIE E. FIERCE, De Kalb. ANISE FIERCE, De Kalb. JENNIE GROGAN, Leon. SALLIE HINDS, Spring Valley. MOLLIE HARROW, Leon. ALLENETTE M. HALL, Leon. KATE JAMES, Leon. ANNA L. JENKS, Leon. HATTIE KIRKPATRICK, Leon. MARCIA L. LOCKWOOD, Leon. EMME L. LOE, Leon. LIZZIE MCDANIELL, Davis City. NETTIE L. MOFFET, Pleasanton. JESSIE MARTIN, Leon. ELLA MILLER, Leon. BELLE G. METIER, Garden Grove. MATILDA PORTER, Leon. DORA PECK, Spring Valley. BELL RANDALL, Lamoni. LIZZIE REES, Spring Valley. EMMA SCOTT, Lamoni. AVISE STRONG, Leon. ANISE STRONG, Leon. EUGENIA SAUKEY, Leon. TENIE SEARS, Crown. IVA SEARS, Crown. LOUISA A. TREANOR, Grand River. SALLY VAN OSTRAND, Leon. RACHEL WOODMANSEE, Decatur City. JULIA WALLACE, Westerville. ALLIE WHITE, Van Wert. --------------------------------------------------------------- Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert January 8, 2010 [email protected]

"POLLIE E. TWITCHELL, patriot." Someday I'm going to get all of these people aligned with "collateral family". :-) Anyone out there have a link to Polly? I'd bet she's related to my 3rd greatgrandfather's 3rd wife, HARRIET TWITCHELL. -Sherry > [Original Message] > From: Nancee Seifert <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 1/8/2010 7:07:57 AM > Subject: [IADECATU] THE NORMAL -- DIVISION B. > > The Journal > Leon, Iowa > August 9, 1883 > > ~~THE NORMAL~~ > DIVISION B: > > H.H. ALDEN, Pleasanton. > NEVADA ALLEN, Lamoni. > S. ELNORA BAILY, Lamoni. > EVA M. BAILY, Lamoni. > MOLLIE L. BAKER, Garden Grove. > MARY BARRETT, Leon. > ELLA B. BLAIR, Van Wert. > W.F. BLAIR, Van Wert. > CORMELIA I. BUCK, Leon. > A.W. BOWMAN, Davis City. > VIRA BURNETT, Decatur City. > LOUIE BURNS, Leon. > ELLA CAMPBELL, Leon. > MAGGIE CAMPBELL, Leon. > ELLA COMLEY, Leon. > EDITH M. CRAGO, Leon. > IUDA DAILY, Grand River. > DOCIA GAMMON, Leon > KATIE GATES, Leon. > JENNIE HALDEMAN, Leon. > SADIE HARDING, Lamoni. > ANNA D. JACKSON, Leon. > MATTIE JORDAN, Garden Grove. > LAMA KELLEY, Van Wert. > ANNIE KENDALL, High Point. > NANCY LLOYD, Decatur City. > OLIVE LOGAN, Lineville. > HERMINA MADARAZ, Grand River. > ELLEN MAHONEY, Leon. > LIZZIE MARTIN, Leon. > HANNA MILLSAP, Decatur. > G.A. MEEK, Leon. > ALICE E. METIER, Garden Grove. > ELVA NOBLE, Davis City. > MEDA NOBLE, Davis City. > JULIA PECK, Decatur City. > MATTIE PERDEW, Leon. > M. JENNIE RUFFCORN, Garden Grove. > JOHN SMITH, Crown. > IDA SMITH, Crown. > SABINA SMITH, High Point. > POLLIE E. TWITCHELL, patriot. > ALICE VAIL, Garden Grove. > CLARA VARGA, Leon. > HENRIETTA VOGT, Leon. > CLARA D. WOODARD, De Kalb > JENNIE WOOD, Garden Grove > ADAH WORK, Pleasanton. > ADDA A. WRIGHT, Grand River. > MAY S. WRIGHT, Grand River. > SUSAN YOUNG, Leon. > > To Be Continued . . . DIVISION C. > ----------------------------------------------------- > Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert > January 8, 2010 > [email protected] > > www.iagenweb.org/decatur > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

"Patriot[Franklin] 28 Dec 1869 10 - Mar 1884 Albert Bullard", leads me to believe it would have been Van Wert, and maybe because Pat and I have had this conversation before and regarding Mary (Haskins) Bullard. -Sherry > [Original Message] > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 1/8/2010 6:32:24 AM > Subject: [IADECATU] Patriot > > This is from Bob Bixby. Patriot is listed in alphabetical order. It is also in the 1975 plat book. Old Post Offices and Ghost Town of Decatur County Post Office [Township] Date Est. Date Closed First Postmaster Blockly[Eden] 8 Jan 1885 31 Jan 1908 William M Hamilton Bracewell[Woodland] 30 Jan 1897 13 Feb 1904 Anson A Snow Burrell[Burrell] 11 Aug 1887 15 Aug 1903 William M Carroll Cora[Fayette] 8 Mar 1876 23 Jan 1905 William Francis Crown[Center] 11 Nov 1881 14 Jan 1905 Christian F Lewis Davis City{New Buda] 11 Nov 1868 In Service William F Craig Decatur[Decatur] 7 Oct 1852 In Service Horace Tucker DeKalb[Long Creek] 17 Nov 1881 Maggie DeKalb [formerly Long Creek] Elk Creek[Bloomington] 26 Jul 1864 31 Dec 1900 Christopher Osburn [opened and closed 4 times] Fierce[Long Creek] 2 Jan 1884 31 Mar 1899 William E Fierce Franklin[Center] 16 Jan 1854 18 Oct 1878 Elijah B Hale Funk���s Mill[Grand River] 7 May 1863 11 Feb 1875 Ezra P Soule [opened and closed 3 times] Garden Grove[Garden Grove] 16 Jan 1851 In Service Ozra N Kellogg Gould[Garden Grove] 8 Nov 1880 28 Apr 1881 Benjamin Kirby [Changed to Le Roy Grand River[Richland] 11 Nov 1881 In Service Harry Milligan Green Valley[Richland] 4 Mar 1870 4 Mar 1870 Elias J Smith [opened and closed twice] Highbrier[Eden] 19 Nov 1886 18 Aug 1888 John J Hall High Point[High Point] 30 Aug 1856 15 Nov 1902 Isaac Miller [Spelling changed to Highpoint on 27 Mar 1894] Lamoni[Fayette] 27 Oct 1879 In Service Samuel H Hurley [Formerly Sedgwick] Leon[Center] 4 Apr 1855 In Service Joshua M Davis [Formerly Independence and South Independence] Le Roy[Garden Grove] 28 Apr 1881 Closed Benjamin Kirby Little River[Eden] 17 Feb 1874 26 Apr 1886 Thomas Pitman [Open and closed 3 times] Long Creek[Long Creek] 4 Mar 1870 17 Nov 1881 Benjamin DeKalb [Changed to DeKalb] Morgan[Morgan] 13 Feb 1899 30 Apr 1902 George R Nash New Buda[New Buda] 31 Dec 1850 13 Apr 1880 Ladiclaus Ujhazi Nine Eagles[Hamilton] 5 Nov 1849 Closed Allen Scott [Changed to Pleasanton] Patriot[Franklin] 28 Dec 1869 10 Mar 1884 Albert Bullard Pleasanton[Hamilton] 21 Jun 1870 Closed William S Warnock Prairie Villa[Long Creek?] 26 Sep 1857 18 Jan 1867 James Irving Prairieville[Long Creek] 3 Jul 1876 11 Sep 1876 John Gemmill Sedgewick[Fayette] 9 Feb 1866 27 Oct 1879 John K Andrews South Independence[Center] 13 Dec 1853 4 Apr 1855 Thomas W East [Changed to Leon due to another Independence in Buchanan, Iowa] Spring Valley[Hamilton] 24 Jul 1856 31 Oct 1902 Robert Booth Terre Haute[Burrell] 18 May 1866 28 Jun 1883 Asa F Sullivan Tuskeego[Bloomington] 18 Jul 1873 15 Feb 1919 Simeon Lott Van Wert[Long Creek] 12 Mar 1880 In Service Adam J Johnson Wallaceton [??] 8 Jun 1888 [Never opened] Sir Wm Wallace Weldon[Franklin] 14 Feb. 1881 In Service Lewis G Jamison Westerville[Richland] 10 Mar 1860 15 Nov 1904 Thuron Westervill Woodland[Woodland] 2 Jul 1875 17 Jul 1882 James H Debush [Reestablished 8 Apr 1884 and closed 31 Dec 1918] Ghost Towns [other than the above closed post offices] 1. El Dorado[Eastern Hamilton Township, on 1885 Map] 2. Hungarian Settlement[ NE New Buda Township 1855-1857] 3. Milford[Section 28, Richland Township 1854 changed to Westerville] 4. Paris[Central High Point Township 1856 map] 5. Prairie City, Florence, Prairieville[now Van Wert] 6. Pleasant Plain[now Pleasanton] 7. Turkey Run[NE Center Township 1857 Map] www.iagenweb.org/decatur ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

This is from Bob Bixby. Patriot is listed in alphabetical order. It is also in the 1975 plat book. Old Post Offices and Ghost Town of Decatur County Post Office [Township] Date Est. Date Closed First Postmaster Blockly[Eden] 8 Jan 1885 31 Jan 1908 William M Hamilton Bracewell[Woodland] 30 Jan 1897 13 Feb 1904 Anson A Snow Burrell[Burrell] 11 Aug 1887 15 Aug 1903 William M Carroll Cora[Fayette] 8 Mar 1876 23 Jan 1905 William Francis Crown[Center] 11 Nov 1881 14 Jan 1905 Christian F Lewis Davis City{New Buda] 11 Nov 1868 In Service William F Craig Decatur[Decatur] 7 Oct 1852 In Service Horace Tucker DeKalb[Long Creek] 17 Nov 1881 Maggie DeKalb [formerly Long Creek] Elk Creek[Bloomington] 26 Jul 1864 31 Dec 1900 Christopher Osburn [opened and closed 4 times] Fierce[Long Creek] 2 Jan 1884 31 Mar 1899 William E Fierce Franklin[Center] 16 Jan 1854 18 Oct 1878 Elijah B Hale Funk’s Mill[Grand River] 7 May 1863 11 Feb 1875 Ezra P Soule [opened and closed 3 times] Garden Grove[Garden Grove] 16 Jan 1851 In Service Ozra N Kellogg Gould[Garden Grove] 8 Nov 1880 28 Apr 1881 Benjamin Kirby [Changed to Le Roy Grand River[Richland] 11 Nov 1881 In Service Harry Milligan Green Valley[Richland] 4 Mar 1870 4 Mar 1870 Elias J Smith [opened and closed twice] Highbrier[Eden] 19 Nov 1886 18 Aug 1888 John J Hall High Point[High Point] 30 Aug 1856 15 Nov 1902 Isaac Miller [Spelling changed to Highpoint on 27 Mar 1894] Lamoni[Fayette] 27 Oct 1879 In Service Samuel H Hurley [Formerly Sedgwick] Leon[Center] 4 Apr 1855 In Service Joshua M Davis [Formerly Independence and South Independence] Le Roy[Garden Grove] 28 Apr 1881 Closed Benjamin Kirby Little River[Eden] 17 Feb 1874 26 Apr 1886 Thomas Pitman [Open and closed 3 times] Long Creek[Long Creek] 4 Mar 1870 17 Nov 1881 Benjamin DeKalb [Changed to DeKalb] Morgan[Morgan] 13 Feb 1899 30 Apr 1902 George R Nash New Buda[New Buda] 31 Dec 1850 13 Apr 1880 Ladiclaus Ujhazi Nine Eagles[Hamilton] 5 Nov 1849 Closed Allen Scott [Changed to Pleasanton] Patriot[Franklin] 28 Dec 1869 10 Mar 1884 Albert Bullard Pleasanton[Hamilton] 21 Jun 1870 Closed William S Warnock Prairie Villa[Long Creek?] 26 Sep 1857 18 Jan 1867 James Irving Prairieville[Long Creek] 3 Jul 1876 11 Sep 1876 John Gemmill Sedgewick[Fayette] 9 Feb 1866 27 Oct 1879 John K Andrews South Independence[Center] 13 Dec 1853 4 Apr 1855 Thomas W East [Changed to Leon due to another Independence in Buchanan, Iowa] Spring Valley[Hamilton] 24 Jul 1856 31 Oct 1902 Robert Booth Terre Haute[Burrell] 18 May 1866 28 Jun 1883 Asa F Sullivan Tuskeego[Bloomington] 18 Jul 1873 15 Feb 1919 Simeon Lott Van Wert[Long Creek] 12 Mar 1880 In Service Adam J Johnson Wallaceton [??] 8 Jun 1888 [Never opened] Sir Wm Wallace Weldon[Franklin] 14 Feb. 1881 In Service Lewis G Jamison Westerville[Richland] 10 Mar 1860 15 Nov 1904 Thuron Westervill Woodland[Woodland] 2 Jul 1875 17 Jul 1882 James H Debush [Reestablished 8 Apr 1884 and closed 31 Dec 1918] Ghost Towns [other than the above closed post offices] 1. El Dorado[Eastern Hamilton Township, on 1885 Map] 2. Hungarian Settlement[ NE New Buda Township 1855-1857] 3. Milford[Section 28, Richland Township 1854 changed to Westerville] 4. Paris[Central High Point Township 1856 map] 5. Prairie City, Florence, Prairieville[now Van Wert] 6. Pleasant Plain[now Pleasanton] 7. Turkey Run[NE Center Township 1857 Map]

The Journal Leon, Iowa August 9, 1883 ~~THE NORMAL~~ DIVISION B: H.H. ALDEN, Pleasanton. NEVADA ALLEN, Lamoni. S. ELNORA BAILY, Lamoni. EVA M. BAILY, Lamoni. MOLLIE L. BAKER, Garden Grove. MARY BARRETT, Leon. ELLA B. BLAIR, Van Wert. W.F. BLAIR, Van Wert. CORMELIA I. BUCK, Leon. A.W. BOWMAN, Davis City. VIRA BURNETT, Decatur City. LOUIE BURNS, Leon. ELLA CAMPBELL, Leon. MAGGIE CAMPBELL, Leon. ELLA COMLEY, Leon. EDITH M. CRAGO, Leon. IUDA DAILY, Grand River. DOCIA GAMMON, Leon KATIE GATES, Leon. JENNIE HALDEMAN, Leon. SADIE HARDING, Lamoni. ANNA D. JACKSON, Leon. MATTIE JORDAN, Garden Grove. LAMA KELLEY, Van Wert. ANNIE KENDALL, High Point. NANCY LLOYD, Decatur City. OLIVE LOGAN, Lineville. HERMINA MADARAZ, Grand River. ELLEN MAHONEY, Leon. LIZZIE MARTIN, Leon. HANNA MILLSAP, Decatur. G.A. MEEK, Leon. ALICE E. METIER, Garden Grove. ELVA NOBLE, Davis City. MEDA NOBLE, Davis City. JULIA PECK, Decatur City. MATTIE PERDEW, Leon. M. JENNIE RUFFCORN, Garden Grove. JOHN SMITH, Crown. IDA SMITH, Crown. SABINA SMITH, High Point. POLLIE E. TWITCHELL, patriot. ALICE VAIL, Garden Grove. CLARA VARGA, Leon. HENRIETTA VOGT, Leon. CLARA D. WOODARD, De Kalb JENNIE WOOD, Garden Grove ADAH WORK, Pleasanton. ADDA A. WRIGHT, Grand River. MAY S. WRIGHT, Grand River. SUSAN YOUNG, Leon. To Be Continued . . . DIVISION C. ----------------------------------------------------- Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert January 8, 2010 [email protected]

I love going over every thing on the Decatur Co. Website; and was looking at the 'Town Histories' -- Leon. There are many great pictures of early businesses and interesting information... There is a picture of EVA RHEA... So, when the snow has you claiming 'cabin fever' give it a look over.... http://iagenweb.org/decatur/earlydecDocs/leon.html Of course, it goes without saying -- read all the other townships' information too.. There is ALWAYS something new to be gleaned from the Decatur co. Website.. Every post that is sent to the List has the URL at the bottom of the page -- so just click on it and 'explore' to your heart's content!! Nancee at [email protected]

I checked the Decatur Co. Website and couldn't find any reference to the town/area of PATRIOT.. Does anyone have any idea where it was in 1883? Perhaps a different county? >From The NORMAL -- MARY T. SAMSON, Patriot. Nancee at [email protected]

The Journal Leon, Iowa August 9, 1883 ~~THE NORMAL~~ Total Enrollment, 138 The Normal opened Monday with every prospect of success. Rev. Brown delivered the address of welcome to all the instructors and 123 pupils -- the largest ever known to be enrolled the first morning of any previous Normal. With Prof. W.J. SAMSON as conductor and A.B. CORNELL, G.F. DEGAN and T.J. HASTY as assistants, the pupils have a splendid chance for a good three weeks study. The following is a list of the pupils and the address of each that was enrolled up to Wednesday. DIVISION A: SARAH L. ALDEN, Pleasanton. LOU ARMEL, Leon. LIZZIE M. BONNETT, Davis City. MARY A. BUROS, Garden Grove. CORA BROOKS, Leon. M.A. CRITCHFIELD, Leon. DORA B. CARTWRIGHT, Davis City. ANNIE DAYKIN, Leon. NANNIE EURITT, Decatur City. EVA FRAZIER, Garden Grove. JENNIE FROST, Crown. H.H. FLANAGAN, Garden Grove. ALICE GARDNER, Leon. ANNIE GARDNER, Leon. SARAH JOHNSON, Leon. MERGE JORDAN, Leon. ELLA G. JACKSON, Leon. EVA KIRKPATRICK, Leon. ALICE MCDONOUGH, Leon. OLA L. PARR, Garden Grove. NELLIE PARRISH, Leon. HATTIE A. RIGGS, Lamoni. Mrs. EMMA ROY, Leon. A.A. ROY, Leon. JENNIE RANDALL, Lamoni. SADIE SHIELDS, Kellerton. MARY T. SAMSON, Patriot. EVA SHINN, Leon. ESTHER M. SANGER, Leon. MARY E. VANCE, Leon. EMMA F. WOODS, Leon. LIZZIE B. WILSON, Garden Grove. MAY WILSON, Leon. ANNA WHITTAKER, Leon. EVA WAYMIRE, Garden Grove. To Be Continued . . DIVISION B. ---------------------------------------------------- Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert January 8, 2010 [email protected]

Thanks Nancee - That would be mine and Sharon's Judah Young I believe. Stacey Dietiker In a message dated 1/7/2010 3:28:51 P.M. Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: The Journal Leon, Iowa December 13, 1883 DEATHS: LAURA HILL, age 23, consumption. JNO. E. WIGHELD, age 19, hemorrhage. AMANDA M. COX, age 15, typho-malarial fever. WESLEY BROWNING, 65, consumption. PETER BEERS, age 85, apoplexy. JUDAH YOUNG, 83, old age.