The Journal Leon, Iowa August 30, 1883 Marriages, Births and Deaths for the month of August, As Reported to the Circuit Clerk: MARRIAGES: HERBERT D. LEONARD -- LODORA A. WEABLE JAMES M. LILLARD -- ELLEN E. MILLER EUGENE STANLY -- CORALIS L. SHAW F.R. BULLOCK -- CLEMENTINE HEATH WM. H. HAZLETT -- MARY E. MCCUTCHAN REUBEN BULLARD -- MARTHA AUBRY I.G. BARKSDALE -- LYDIA A. WILSON WM. F. MARTIN -- LILLIAN JAMSON ULYSSES A. DEPUTY -- MAY A. REEDER A.A. PRATT -- LEONA SHINN EDWARD R. CARTER -- FLORA E. COMSTOCK WM. J. MARSH -- ADA A. GIBSON JOSEPH J. PETERS -- ZULU Z. WHARTON. BIRTHS: J. BERRY and wife -- Daughter REUBEN JONES and wife -- Daughter JAMES M. PAYTON and wife -- Son W.E. WILSON and wife -- son JOHN MERRITT and wife -- Son HENRY HARISON and wife -- Son CHRISTIAN JOHNSON and wife -- Son and Daughter FRANK PARSONS and wife -- Son GEO. KOGER and wife -- Daughter JOHN ROSS and wife -- Daughter J.S. DEVOSS and wife -- Son WM. STILES and wife -- Son C.F. BAHL and wife -- Son J. SCOTT and wife -- Son HORTON CARDER and wife -- Daughter L.E. ZICHEY and wife -- Daughter L.J. BARR and wife -- Daughter JOHN CLARK and wife -- Daughter R.J. MITCHELL and wife -- Daughter MORGAN THOMPSON and wife -- Son DEATHS: MAGGIE IMES -- Lung Fever LEWIS MORRILL -- Pulmonary Consumption. ------------------------------------------------------------- Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert January 4, 2010 [email protected]

Evidently the wife was not important enough to be given a name in this event. When did they start listing the mother's name. Just curious because I've found this in my English research....only the father's name. Emily > BIRTHS: > > J. BERRY and wife -- Daughter > REUBEN JONES and wife -- Daughter > JAMES M. PAYTON and wife -- Son > W.E. WILSON and wife -- son > JOHN MERRITT and wife -- Son > HENRY HARISON and wife -- Son > CHRISTIAN JOHNSON and wife -- Son and Daughter > FRANK PARSONS and wife -- Son > GEO. KOGER and wife -- Daughter > JOHN ROSS and wife -- Daughter > J.S. DEVOSS and wife -- Son > WM. STILES and wife -- Son > C.F. BAHL and wife -- Son > J. SCOTT and wife -- Son > HORTON CARDER and wife -- Daughter > L.E. ZICHEY and wife -- Daughter > L.J. BARR and wife -- Daughter > JOHN CLARK and wife -- Daughter > R.J. MITCHELL and wife -- Daughter > MORGAN THOMPSON and wife -- Son > > DEATHS: > > MAGGIE IMES -- Lung Fever > LEWIS MORRILL -- Pulmonary Consumption. > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert > January 4, 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 completely agree with you, Emily -- sad to say, but it's always been a man s world.. When I was posting these, I was gritting my teeth... The woman carries and gives birth to the child, but the man gets the credit... Something about "from his loins".... o.k., o.k., I apologize for that remark ... I copy these exactly as they are written. I suppose, if you want to know the wife's name, you could check the marriages that John Murray so kindly put on the Decatur website. Nancee -------Original Message------- From: Emily Date: 1/4/2010 2:58:39 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [IADECATU] MARRIAGES, BIRTHS AND DEATHS FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST Evidently the wife was not important enough to be given a name in this Event. When did they start listing the mother's name. Just curious because I've found this in my English research....only the father's name. Emily > BIRTHS: > > J. BERRY and wife -- Daughter > REUBEN JONES and wife -- Daughter > JAMES M. PAYTON and wife -- Son > W.E. WILSON and wife -- son > JOHN MERRITT and wife -- Son > HENRY HARISON and wife -- Son > CHRISTIAN JOHNSON and wife -- Son and Daughter > FRANK PARSONS and wife -- Son > GEO. KOGER and wife -- Daughter > JOHN ROSS and wife -- Daughter > J.S. DEVOSS and wife -- Son > WM. STILES and wife -- Son > C.F. BAHL and wife -- Son > J. SCOTT and wife -- Son > HORTON CARDER and wife -- Daughter > L.E. ZICHEY and wife -- Daughter > L.J. BARR and wife -- Daughter > JOHN CLARK and wife -- Daughter > R.J. MITCHELL and wife -- Daughter > MORGAN THOMPSON and wife -- Son > > DEATHS: > > MAGGIE IMES -- Lung Fever > LEWIS MORRILL -- Pulmonary Consumption. > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert > January 4, 2010 > [email protected]