This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Harrington Classification: Lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4271 Message Board Post: Searching for birth records for my Dad - born in Puyallup Washington June 6, 1893 to Michael and Anna B. Harrington (nee Thompson). If anyone can find this I will be so grateful. Thankyou.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Harrington/Gaylord/Sweeney? Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4270 Message Board Post: In my search for my grandfather's birth place I put one of his daughter's names in just to see what it brought me. Much to my surprise I came up with the same names as my Dad and one of his sisters and one of his brothers but they were not my Dad or his sister and brother (sounds odd but I'm getting to the point). The people are named as step children to a William and Elenor Gaylord. I'm thinking that these people could be brothers and sisters to my Dad's Dad - my grandfather and that perhaps he named his children after his own brothers and sisters. The step children in this family that are familiar to me are Bert, Clara and Mark Harrington and the step parents are William and Elenor Gaylord. My grandfather - if he was a part of this family would have been about 25yrs. old so it's not so unusual that he was not with them at the time. His name is Michael Harrington. We've been told that he was born in Ireland but that was about 1856 and I cannot find any trace of him. My Dad's family are all gone so I have no one to ask. Is there anyone out there who recognizes any of these family names. Could I be related to someone out there who has some information to share? Please write even if you have an inkling. Thanks so much

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hayes Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4269 Message Board Post: Source: The Malvern Leader, Feb. 16, 1928 FATHER EDMUND HAYES DIES IN OMAHA HOSPITAL Was Head of Catholic Church at Imogene Forty Years One of Iowa’s Richest Men; Funeral There Tuesday Father Edmund Hayes, probably the best known Catholic priest in Iowa, and for forty years head of the Parish at Imogene, passed away at St. Joseph’s hospital in Omaha Wednesday morning of last week, February 8. He had been in failing health for some time so that the end was not unlooked for. For the past two years he had been in the hospital the greater part of the time, gradually declining until the end came. The body was taken to the Heafy & Heafy mortuary in Omaha where it lay in state until Sunday. On Friday night services were held at the mortuary in Omaha where eighty-five former members of his parish, now residing in Omaha came to pay their last respects. They were brought together by Miss D.R. Cain another former parishoner of the deceased. Prayers were recited by Rev. J. W. Stenson of St Peter parish and Rev W. J. Coughlin of Holy Name parish. Friday afternoon prayers were said by Rev. P.J. Judge of Sacred Heart parish, near friend of Father Hayes. Sunday! morning the body was brought to Imogene where it lay in state in St. Patrick church until Tuesday morning when the funeral services were held. Funeral services here held from St. Patrick church, the church that represented so much of his life, Tuesday morning at ten o’clock. Preceding this the body lay in state and hundreds of his old friends and parishoners came in to pay their last respects to this many they had loved and delighted to honor. Twenty-two priests were in attendance at the service. Monseignior [sic] McManus had charge of the services and Rev. Father Hansen of Des Moines gave the funeral sermon. The large church was filled to overflowing, many coming from other towns and places to attend the last sad rites for this many they had known and honored. Father Hayes was probably the best known minister in all southwestern Iowa of any denomination. He came to Imogene in 1888 where he found a small parish and a little wooden church building. From this he built up one of the largest and strongest parishes in this part of the state and a few years ago built a handsome church, one of the most magnificent in the state, at a cost of $150,000.00. A beautiful marble altar, which he had imported from Italy, was a gift to the church from Father Hayes. It had quite a history. The marble and materials were ordered from Italy during the time of the World War and the first one was lost at sea, probably sunk by a German submarine. Another was ordered and arrived in safety wand was duly installed. The whole church is a place of beauty and the altar a real work of art. During all these years he has been active head of this church and a great force in his community. In 1904 a handsome rectory or pastor’s residence was built and in ! 1905 an academy costing $12,000.00, and in 1922, the Sisters’ home was built at a cost of $13,000.00. Father Hayes donated half the cost to each of these buildings. Many of the modern conveniences and advantages enjoyed by the people of that community are directly attributed to his generosity or to his influence. He was rated as one of the wealthiest men in Iowa and he owned a good deal of Iowa land among other things. He was a generous giver and a few years ago he endowed his Alma Mater, St. Mary College, in San Francisco with a gift of $250,000.00. He gave much to charity as well as education. He leaves but one relative, Father John Hayes, who is a nephew, and who is a chaplain in the British army. He visited here a few years ago. A sister, Miss Ellen Hayes, and a brother, William Hayes, preceded him in death and are buried in Imogene where a family monument has been erected. He was born in Ireland and came to America in his younger days, receiving his education in St. Mary college, San Francisco, Calif. He was quite noted as an orator and public speaker. He came to Imogene from the parish at Melrose forty years ago. World-Herald, Thursday, February 9, 1928 PRIEST OF IMOGENE, IOWA, DIES IN OMAHA HOSPITAL Father Edmund Hayes Had Long Record in Iowa Parish, and Had Given Large Sums to Schools. (It is apparent that the typeface setter scrambled the text; it is reproduced here exactly as recorded in the newspaper.) Rev. Edmund Hayes, 76, since church at Imogene, Ia., died at St. Morning after a long illness. He had been in the hospital nearly two years. His record of 38 years in active charge of one parish is said to be the longest in Iowa. He had college in India, paying for it himself. He made a gift to St. Mary’s at a quarter of a million dollars, about four years ago, according to friends in Omaha. He met a member of the order of Brothers of the Christion schools, which operates the college, on a train, enroute to seek endowment for enlargement, and without revealing his identity until later arranged for the gift. The body will lie in state at the Heafey & Heafey chapel, 2615 Farnam street, until Sunday afternoon when it will be removed to Imogene by motor. It will lie there in state in his church until the funeral at 10 a.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in the Catholic cemetery at Imogene. Father Hayes was born in Ireland in 1852, and came to this country when a youth. He received his education at St. Mary’s college, Oakland, and at the Grand seminary, Montreal. Bought Land for Parish. For a time he taught in a college at Dubuque, Ia., and in 1888, after a comparatively brief residence in Melrose, Ia., took charge of the parish at Imogene. His hecord [sic] of achievement there won fame for himself and the parish. When Father Hayes first arrived, there was a small fram [sic] church and a handful of scattered praishoners. To build up the parish, as well as the community, he acquired land, which was cheap and could be purchased on easy terms in the early days. As each piece of land was acquired, Father Hayes offered such attractive inducements to prospective parishoners that the farms were rented or sold without difficulty, and were in much demand. A purchaser or renter felt secure, as there was no pressure brought to bear when crops were bad. Started College in India. As the years when by, Father Hayes’ land holdings grew until he was reputed to be a very wealthy man. The parish now has a church valued at 150 thousand dollars, with a marble altar ordered by Father Hayes during a world tour in 1922. He never would tell the cost of the altar. While on his world tour, which was his last, Father Hayes established a college in India. He paid the cost of construction and got the school started, then presented it to the resident bishop. News of what he had done came in the form of a letter from a priest in India, long after Father Hayes had returned home. Aided in Parish Building. At Imogene, Father Hayes paid half the cost of a sisters’ home in 1903, and donated 12 thousand dollars toward the academy when it was built in 1906. His wealth enabled Father Hayes to realize his desire to travel and study abroad. He toured the world several times, and made many trips to Rome and the holy land. He was respected as a highly educated man and for his absolute fearlessness in expressing his views. Because of failing health, Father Hayes gave up active work in his parish in April, 1926. It was soon after this that he was brought to St. Joseph’s hospital in Omaha. The only surviving near relative is a nephew, Father John Hayes, a chaplain in the English army. A sister and a brother, Miss Ellen Hayes and William Hayes, former residents of Ely, Nev., are buried at Imogene. The brother died while returning from a trip to Europe. Clipping with byline of Imogene, July 2 (year that the voters ratified action of the School Board to construct a public school on Monday, July 11). That most beautiful piece of sculpturing, The White Marble Pieta Group, has been received by Father Hayes, having been placed in the front yard of the Catholic Church. It is one of the most beautiful pieces of statuary to be found anywhere round here. The expression on the faces is perfect and is the evidence of the work of the most skillful artist’s hand, every characteristic being depicteda [sic] as true and natural as it could be to human life. The material is of the finest cararro marble making a very costly group and is such a magnificent work of art that there is probably no other in the state equal to it. The statue itself weighs two ton and a half and at the top, it has engraved the Latin letters which mean Jesus of Nazereth [sic], King of the Jews. The piece of work is the product of the Pontifical Institute of Christian Art at Peltrasanta, Italy. It left the port of Livarno on the steamship, Calabria, May 7, arriving at the custom at New York City the 9th o! f June and was delivered in Imogene June 22. It will remain where it is located, at least for the time being.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bebout, Knox, Carter, Cassill, Christenson, Copeland, Coster, Bishop, Darst, Johnson, Hall, Barnard, Keys, Willman, Martin, Holloway, McAlexander, Ray Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4268 Message Board Post: --Mrs. Herman Bebout is the sister of Mrs. Robert Knox of Essex.......Herman Bebout is a brother-in-law of Don North.--Sidney Argus-Herald of Aug. 27, 1931 --Mrs. Glen Carter had a birthday Saturday.-- Sidney Argus - Herald of Aug. 27, 1931 --Thurman's superintendent Howard Cassill's parents live at Ash Grove in eastern Iowa.-- Sidney Argus-Herald of Aug. 27, 1931. --Chris Christenson and son Darward and family of Yankton, South Dakota are visiting Mrs. Christenson's sister Mrs. S. Copeland.-- Sidney Argus - Herald of Aug. 27, 1931. --Mrs. Coster is the mother of Mrs. Clarence Bishop of Lincoln.--Sidney Argus - Herald of Aug. 27, 1931. --Rose Mary Darst is the niece of the Elmer Johnson's of Unadilla, Nebraska.--Sidney Argus - Herald of Aug. 27, 1931. --Mrs. E. D. Hall of Sidney is the mother of Frank Barnard.--Sidney Argus-Herald of Aug. 27, 1931 --Mrs. Paul Keys is the daughter of Mrs. Willman of Nebraska City.--Sidney Argus - Herald of Aug. 27, 1931 --Mr. and Mrs. Walter Martin and children spent Sunday at their uncle, Fred Holloway near Randolph.--Sidney Argus-Herald of Aug. 27, 1931 --Fletcher and Lee McAlexander, father and son, attended the funeral of Fletcher's brother at Magnet, Nebraska.--Sidney Argus -Herald of Aug. 27, 1931. --John Ray's parents live at Mayetta, Kansas.--Sidney Argus-Herald of Aug. 27, 1931.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Abby, Anderson, Tweedy, Blair, Milligan, Hayes, Reeves, Hiatt, Herbert, Knappe, Juergens, Trudeau, Lutz, Mann, Lacy, Reeves Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4267 Message Board Post: -- L. K. Abby's twin brother Leroy, died at Willoughby, Ohio on Wednesday.--Fremont County Herald of Dec. 3, 1909 --Mrs. Elmer J. Anderson is the sister of Dr. Harry Tweedy of Lebannon, Kansas, and of Claud Tweedy of Tabor.-- "Local News", The Fremont County Herald of Mar. 12, 1910 --Mrs. William Blair died earlier in the week at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Perry Milligan of Colorado Spring; burial at Thurman.--Fremont County Herald of Novf. 26, 1909 --B. Hayes is the father of Mrs. Orval Reeves of Lamont.--"Local News", Fremont County Herald of Mar. 12, 1901 --Marion Hiatt's son J. Marvin Hiatt married Katherine Warnne Herbert on Nov. 24, 1909 in Omaha.--Fremont County Herald of Nov. 26, 1909 --W. F. Knappe of Washington township; Mrs. Minnie Juergens of Madison, Wisconsin; Mrs. A. J. Trudeau of Lexington, Nebraska; Mrs. John Lutz; Mrs. F. E.Mann -- all are siblings.-- "Local News", Fremont County Herald of Mar. 12, 1910 --T. M. Lacy now lives at Burden, Kansas.-- "Local News", Fremont County Herald of Mar. 12, 1910. --L. L. Reeves' 30th wedding anniversary was Nov. 13; they live 3 1/2 miles southwest of Randolph.-- Fremont County Herald of Nov. 26, 1909 --Mrs. U. S. Reeves lives at Woodbine, Iowa.--Fremont County Herald of Nov. 26, 1909

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Darby, Tarpenning, Duff, Hicks, Beason, Howard, Martin, Jennings, Penney, Reed, Rawlings, Secrist, Roliston, Ross, Savage, Taylor, Thorne, Wankel Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4266 Message Board Post: --D.D. Darby is the uncle of J. L. Tarpenning of Tabor.-- "Local News", Fremont County Herald of Nov. 20, 1908 --Frank Duff lives 2 miles north of Anderson.--"Local News", Fremont County Herald of Nov. 20, 1908 --Rev. George C. Hicks is the father of Mrs. Mary W. Beason of Hope, Nebraska.-- The Fremont County Herald of Nov. 13, 1908 --Mrs. Nancy Howard is the mother of Henry Martin of Oto, Iowa.--"Local News", Fremont County Herald of Nov. 20, 1908 --The daughter of Emmett Jennings who lives 2 miles west of Sidney, was born Nov. 16, 1908.--"Local News", Fremont County Herald of Nov. 20, 1908 --J. M. Penney is the father of Mrs. N. K. Reed.--"Local News", Fremont County Herald of Nov. 20, 1908 --George Rawlings of near Payne is the brother of Mrs. Joe Secrist.-- "Local News", Fremont County Herald of Nov. 20, 1908 --P. G. Roliston's brother, W. P. Roliston, has been a missionary for 9 years in Osaka, Japan.--"Local News", Fremont County Herald. of Nov. 20, 1908 --Henry Ross's new house in Walnut township is almost completed.-- Fremont County Herald of Nov. 20, 1908 --W. M. Savage lives 3 miles south of Sidney.--"Local News", Fremont County Herald of Nov. 20, 1908 --James, son of D. S. Taylor, lives at Fort Worth, Texas.--"Local News", Fremont County Herald of Nov. 20, 1908 --T. M. Thorne's mother, Mrs. S. A. Thorne, has died in Galesburg, Illinois.--"Local News", Fremont County Herald of Nov. 20, 1908 --L. Wankel's mother has died in Parchiem, Germany.--The Fremont County Herald of March 12, 1910.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Britton, Coleman, Branstine, Crozier, Maddox, Eskew, Gray, Jarman, Howard, Lindsay, Yost, Pippitt, McMullen, Runyon, Metz, Wright Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4265 Message Board Post: --Cliff Britton's son was born Nov. 9, 1909.-- "Local News", Fremont county Herald of Nov. 12, 1909. --Mrs. George C. Coleman is the nieces of Miss Eliza Branstine of Colorado Springs.......George Coleman's brother lives in Montana.--"Local News" , Fremont County Herald of Nov. 12, 1909 --Mrs. C. R. Crozier's brother W. L. Maddox of Ripley, Oklahoma, has died.--"Local News", Fremont County Herald of Nov. 12, 1909 --William Eskew of Riverton is the father of Mrs. John M. Gray.-- "Local News" , Fremont County Herald of Nov. 12, 1909 --Miss Bertha Jarman is a sister of Mrs. Glen Howard of Shenandoah.--"Local News", Fremont County Herald of Nov. 12, 1909. --R. P. Lindsay is the brother of Mrs. Yost of Creston, Iowa.--"Local News", Fremont County Herald of Nov. 12, 1909 --Bert Pippitt -- who lives 3 miles south of Sidney -- twin sons were born Sunday.-- "Local News", Fremont County Herald of Nov. 12, 1909 --John H. McMullen's infant daughter died Tuesday night.--"Local News", Fremont County Herald of Nov. 12, 1909 --Rev. H. Runyon's daughter Mrs. Pierce Metz lives in Atlantic, Iowa.--"Local News", Fremont County News of Nov. 12, 1909 --James Wright is the brother of Albert Wright of South Ryegate, Vermont.--"Local News", Fremont County Herald of Nov. 12, 1909

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Estes, Grape, Hiatt, Nix, Rickabaugh, Stiles, Thornton, Wood Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4264 Message Board Post: THE SIDNEY ARGUS - HERALD. August 27, 1931. "Pioneers Hold Reunion".-- Members of the Hiatt-Estes family, pioneers in Fremont county met in reunion Saturday and Sunday, August 22 and 23, at Glenwood park. They are descendants of Joseph and Martha Hiatt who came to Fremont county in 1851 when the land was wilderness and there were only three homes in the county, the nearest settlement being St.Joseph, Missouri. They homesteaded the land and had to clear the first eighty before they could establish a home. They put up a log cabin for temporary residence until they were able to build a more substantial home. They added to their holdings, buying land at $1.25 an acre. It was on this home place at Sidney that an unusually large family, seventeen in number, was born--fifteen of whom grew to maturity and reared families of their own. The descendants of Joseph and Martha Hiatt are widely scattered and include among their number nearly every occupation one could mention. They are descended from a sturdy and vigorous stock of patriots and pioneers--defenders of their country who fought in the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812 and Civil War, and frontiersmen who eagerly pressed forward to push the boundary lines of civilization westward, having to engage in Indian warfare oftentimes, to make the country safe for their families.One of these sturdy men accompanied Daniel Boone into Kentucky and fought side by side with him when he was waging warfare upon the Indians. The father of Martha Hiatt, whose memory was being commemorated, was Joel Estes, the man who discovered and homesteaded Estes Park in Colorado, and lived in this park for nine years. The female members of his family were the first white women in Colorado, and Joe Estes' flocks were the first to cross the plains into Colorado. Later the land was ! transferred to the government and converted into a national park. The family trekked to the west when the gold rush was at fever heat and traversed the vast plains in a prairie schooner. Leaving the family in Colorado, Joel and a son went on to California and struck gold, but disposed of the claim, because he wanted to return to his family. So, descended from a roving pioneer stock, we see the progeny of Joseph and Martha Hiatt scattered widely. However, once a year they meet in reunion doing honor to their forefathers and taking up their acquaintance where it was left off the year previous, for it is only upon rare occasions, and for the annual reunion, that they all get together. Upon this occasion there were 103 present. The states represented this year were Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri, Colorado and New York. There were thirty-seven families represented. Miss Vera Mintle, a granddaughter of Joseph Hiatt, came 1,300 miles from Columbia University where she was taking summer training. Members present from Sidney and vicinity: Mr. and Mrs. Jess Grape of Beatrice, Nebraska Miss Bessie Hiatt Miss Edna Hiatt of Des Moines Mr. and Mrs. George Hiatt of Sidney Mr. and Mrs. Mont Hiatt of Sidney Mr. and Mrs. Ribe HIatt and family of Sidney Mr.and Mrs. Sam Nix and family of Sidney Mr. and Mrs. Arch Rickabaugh of Silver City Brit Stiles, wife, and family of Sidney Mrs. Eugene Stiles,Sr., of Sidney Mr. and Mrs. Emer Thornton of Brooklyn, Iowa Irmil Thornton of Sidney (?) M. M. Thornton of Omaha Ralph Wood of Omaha and wife (nee Miss Vesta Thornton) After the dinner had been served, there was a short business meeting during which officers for the coming year were elected, and the business incident to the organization was taken care of. After the meeting adjourned, a good time was had by all in visiting. Along toward evening everybody repaired homeward, proclaiming it another successful reunion.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Brown - TO - Wiley Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4263 Message Board Post: THE SIDNEY ARGUS - HERALD. August 27, 1931. "The Forney Reunion".-- The sixth annual reunion of the Forney family was held Sunday, August 23, at Thurman. While the gathering was not quite so large as last year, it was a goodly assemblage numbering well over a hundred. A photographer from the Omaha World-Herald was present and made pictures of the group at the dinner table, as well as of some of the older Forneys. A barrel of lemonade was consumed during the day by the large family. C.W. Forney, a former county surveyor and well known to almost all of Fremont county, has recently published an autobiography of the family, a work on which he spent several years, and which traces its lineage back for generations. His mother was the first white girl born in Plum Hollow, long since known as Thurman. In this interesting history Mr. Forney sets out that direct descendents of his original forebears number into the thousands and are known in various sections by the names of Farney, Fahrne, Phorne, and a dozen other spellings, but all of the same bloodlines. Sunday's picnic was attended by dozens of relatives from all parts of the county, especially Bartlett, Thurman, McPaul, Tabor, Sidney and Anderson, the names of whom we have not room to publish, and in addition to these the following from distant points: Mr. and Mrs. Will Brown and children of Council Bluffs Miss Inez Burrows of Des Moines Mrs. Etta Cook of Chambers, Nebraska Mr.and Mrs. Frank Davis and daughter of Shenandoah Mrs. Delmar Davison of Council Bluffs Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dyke of Chambers, Nebraska Mrs. Mary C. Dyke of Chambers, Nebraska David Ettleman and wife of Dumphries, Iowa Mrs. Alice Forney of Shenandoah Wallace Forney of Omaha Wayne Forney and family of Hopkins, Missouri Mrs. Joy Holloway and daughter of West Point, Nebraska Mr. and Mrs. Don Keefer of Glenwood Mr. and Mrs. John Pope of Sloan, Iowa Charles Tarpenning of Lakefield, Minnesota Mrs. Charlie Stephenson of Council Bluffs Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Stewart and daughter of Waukon, Iowa Owen Wiley of Big Spring, Nebraska

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bobbitt, Brown, Martin, Sullivan, Milliken Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4262 Message Board Post: THE SIDNEY ARGUS - HERALD. August 27, 1931. "Fremont County Is Best".-- We started on our vacation about 4:00 o'clock in the afternoon of August 5 and drove to LeMars, Iowa. The next day we followed highway No. 75 up to Canby, Minnesota, where the filling stations were selling gas at 9 cents, tax included. From there we crossed over to Clear Lake, South Dakota and up to Watertown and on to the Bobbitt farm near Frankfort, South Dakota, Spink county. Next day we left and went through the grasshopper country we have been reading about. We saw fields of corn which were entirely stripped of all blades. Some places were just eaten around the edges. The leaves were all gone from the trees, and they claimed the bark was being eaten. Before we got there they said we would have to close all windows of our car and stop every few miles to clean the hoppers from our radiator, also that they would cause cars to skid, but we did not find them quite that bad. They tell a story of a man who turned his turkeys out to eat hoppers and they came home without any feathers. From there we went to Interior where we found the Bad Lands, which are a wonderful sight. Those who have been there know that words fail to describe them and that they have to be seen to know just what they are. Imagine a strip of perhaps three or four counties of high bluffs composed or rocks of different colors and formations, some probably 200 feet high. We spent our third night in the Bad Lands and drove to Deadwood the next morning, arriving at Sam Brown's home about 9:30, just a little before the big parade, which was very good. The days of '76, which frontier affair is quite like our rodeo, is celebrated there every year. We went that afternoon and certainly were well entertained. It costs $1.00 to $1.50 to get a ticket on the grounds and $1.00 for a seat. We went trout fishing in Spearfish Canyon and saw Bridal Veil falls, the trout hatchery at Spearfish, Rainbow Cliff in Boulder Canyon, also went over to Beulah, Wyming; drove up in low (gear)--to the top of Mt. Roosevelt, 5,650 feet high; saw Bear Butte, a mountain all alone out on the plains; went to Sylvan Lake; looked at Harney Peak, 7,240 feet high, the highest point east of the Rockies; went up to Lead, over a mile high, where the largest gold mine in the world is located; viewed Mt. Rushmore, the world's largest sculpture. The figures will be over 200 feet high, carved in white marble. This is the second year's work and they expect to work four more years before the work is complete. Came to Wind Cave and through the game preserve where buffalo, antelope, elk, and deer were grazing; meandered down to Hot Springs and on to Chadron, Nebraska, where we spent the night. Starting the next morning early we came through Gordon where several Fremont county families live, but as it was quite early we did not hunt them up but came on to Elgin where the Martins, Sullivans, and Milikens moved to from here. Frank V. Martin had moved to Oakdale, twelve miles away, so we went and had a good visit. The next day we drove on home. Fremont county certainly looked good to us, even the weeds, as crops were very poor overmost of our trip. Nebraska was poor, Minnesota poorer, and Dakota poorest. Some places they were making thistle hay, others were mowing small grain about ten or twelve inches high and feeding their stock. We counted eight windrows of wheat across one forty-acre field. Some places they did not have anything, will not even get their seed back. We noticed some strips which were good, especially the potatoes around Gordon. It was cold upon the mountains. Potatoes and most garden stuff were frozen to the ground Sunday night, August 9. They said the thermometer got down to four degress below freezing. Paid 19 cents for gas in one town in the sandhills of Nebraska. We noticed everything in the stores was higher in price compared with here--even flour, shorts and bran. Do not see how the people can live through the coming winter or keep their stock. We expect to hear of more suffering in that section next winter than there was last. Had a wonderful trip and think people are well off here where we have more crops than we know what to do with. Traveled over 1,800 mies and bought five quarts of oil but failed to keep track of the gas. No car trouble except flat tires. We got home in time for the Sidney rodeo.--W.W. ETTLEMAN.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Richards, Cornish, Dean, Davis Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4261 Message Board Post: THE SIDNEY ARGUS - HERALD. August 27, 1931. "Check Written in 1878".-- While doing some repair work one day this week C. E. Reynolds found an old check written on December 2, 1878. The check was written by A. D. Richards, payable to himself, in the sum of $125 and on the First National Bank. The check bore a two cent internal revenue stamp, printed on the check, and was made by the St. Joe Steam Printing Co. This was one of many various means of raising revenue to pay off the Civil War debt. The institution was known as the Col. Cornish bank and was located in the buiding now occupied by Mrs. G. H. Dean with her gift shop. A.D. Richards was a Frenchman, and for years traded among the Indians, later locating in Hamburg, conducting a hardware store. Later he took Frank Davis in as a partner, and upon selling his interest in the store moved to Nebraska City, where he died.--The HAMBURG REPORTER.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Copeland, Keeler, Reeves, Kooser, Jones Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4260 Message Board Post: THE SIDNEY ARGUS - HERALD. August 27, 1931. "Two Pioneers Called".-- Two of Sidney's aged residents were called by death within a very short time of each other Sunday, James H. Copeland and Hugh Reeves. Both had been in failing health for a considerable period of time. Mr. Copeland died at his home at 5:00 o'clock Sunday morning and Mr. Reeves died about 5:00 o'clock the afternoon of the same day. James Hiram Copeland was born in Fremont county August 6, 1855, being 76 years of age at the time of his death. On October 26, 1876, he was united in marriage to Ruth Keeler, who died November 9, 1918. Four children, three of whom are living, were born to them, Bert W. of Miami, Florida, Besie M. of Los Angeles and Dessa F. Kooser of Ames. On December 1, 1920 he was married to Mrs.Olive Jones, who survives. Mr. Copeland had spent practically his entire life in Fremont county. During the past few years he had been in poor health and had suffered one or two strokes that doubtless hastened his death. The funeral services were held at the Methodist church Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, conducted by the pastor, Rev. C. W. Howard, and burial was made in the Sidney cemetery.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Reeves, Judd, Laird, Burnham Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4259 Message Board Post: THE SIDNEY ARGUS - HERALD. August 27, 1931. "Two Pioneers Called".-- Two of Sidney's aged residents were called by death within a very short time of each other Sunday, James H. Copeland and Hugh Reeves........Mr. Copeland died at his home at 5:00 o'clock Sunday morning and Mr. Reeves died about 5:00 the afternoon of the same day...... Hugh Reeves was born in Knox county, Illinois, December 26, 1848, came to Fremont county with his parents in 1853 and had lived his entire life, save five years in Nebraska, in this county. He was 82 years old. He was united in marriage to Martha P. Judd September 5, 1877, and to them was born one daughter who died at the age of four years. Besides the wife he is survived by two sisters, Mrs. F. M. Laird of Tabor and Mrs. A. L. Burnham of Griswold, in addition to a large number of nieces and nephews. He first became a member of the Methodist church, uniting in 1878, but upon moving to Sidney he became a member of the Presbyterian church. The funeral services were held at that church here Tuesday afternoon at 3:00 o'clock, conducted by the pastor, Rev. C.A. Speagh, and burial was in the Sidney cemtery.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Reeves, Irwin, Hicks Classification: Lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4256.2 Message Board Post: Using pre-suppositional reasoning to put two-and-two together: 1.-- "Solomon Reeves, aged 2 years, born in Ohio, and resident of Iowa one year": He is shown in the household of John and Mariah Irwin in the 1856 census of Fremont county. 2. -- George T. Reeves married Anna Jane Irwin on August 25, 1859 in Fremont county. 3. -- 1870 Federal Census of Sidney twp., Fremont co., Iowa: ......Anna J. Reeves.....23.....born Ohio....School teacher... ......Solomon Reeves....17....born Ohio (He can't Anna's son or brother!) ......Theodore Reeves....10....born Iowa ......Ellen Reeves...........7.....born Iowa 4-- Anny Reeves married Silas H. Hicks on Nov. 3, 1870 in Fremont county. 5. -- 1880 Federal Census, Penn township, Jefferson county, Iowa; 76 - 16: ......Silas Hicks...............35 ......Annie.......................36 ......Theodore Reeves.......19........step-son ......Ella Reeves...............15.......step-daughter ......Robert S. Hicks..........6........son ......Arthur W. Hicks..........4........son ......Angel Theresa Hicks...4......daughter ......Eva E. Hicks..............1/2....daughter 6. --Births in Jefferson County, Iowa: ....(1) Lester S. Hicks, eighth child of Silas H. Hicks and Anna J. Irwin, b. July 7, 1881. ....(2) Bessie C., ninth child of Silas H.Hicks and Anna J. Irwin, b. Dec. 26, 1882 CONCLUSIONS: (1).--This Solomon Reeves is the brother spoken of, in Lewis Reeves' obituary, orphaned while emigrating to Fremont county from Meigs county, Ohio, in 1855. (2). Here we have a George T. Reeves who might have died during the Civil War years.--W.F.

Regarding Lucinda Irwin being the sister-in-law to Suzannah Irwin Reeves. From notes I have, she was Lucinda Douglas, b. 1819, and married James Irwin in Ohio. James was the brother of Suzannah Reeves, Hugh, John, Samuel, William, Joseph and Jane Howell. The news clipping is correct. Don't remember where I found all these notes, but I assume it's correct. Hope this helps. Doris ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 11:35 AM Subject: [IAFREMONT] Some Reeves, Irvin, relationships are pointed out. > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Reeves, Irvin, Thomas, Burnham, Sheldon, Laird > Classification: Birth > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4257.3 > > Message Board Post: > > THE FREMONT COUNTY SUN. August 13, 1903. "REACHED HER EIGHTIETH > MILESTONE".-- On Tuesday, August eleventh, Mrs. E. A. Reeves celebrated > her eightieth birthday. Forty four relatives were present. Four > generations were represented, Mr. and Mrs. Reeves having seventeen great > grandchildren of whom twelve were present--grand children of Mr. and Mrs. > Sam Reeves. Of the five living children of Mr. and Mrs. Reeves all were > present but one son, Josiah, who lives in Omaha. > > The daughter and daughters-in-law of Sam Reeves prepared the dinner and a > most delicious one it was. One of the many cakes bore the word "Grandma" > and the date of her birth "1823", in icing. Grandma was greatly pleased > and touched by their thoughtfulness, and praised them heartily. > > Mrs. E. A. Reeves' sister, Mrs. Sally Reeves and her daughter, Mrs. > Thomas, came in from Fremont, Neb., Monday and will visit relatives here > for a week or two. These two sisters are the only ones left of a family of > thirteen. Their husbands were cousins. Mrs. Sally Reeves is past > seventy-five. It is thirty-four years since she left here, and this is the > first time she has been back. She has three great grandchildren. > > Mrs. Lucinda Irvin of Cherry Grove, aged eighty three, sister-in-law of > Mr. E. A. Reeves, was the oldest person present. > > Those here from out of town were Mrs. Sally Reeves and Mrs. Thomas, > Fremont; Mrs. Burnham, mother of Mrs. Sam Reeves, A. L. Burnham, wife and > children, brother and sister of Sam Reeves and wife, from Griswold; > Charles Sheldon and wife of Percival, and F. M. Laird, wife and children > from Tabor. They had a photograph of the entire party taken. > > N.B.: According to my notes > 1.-- Susannah J. Irvin married Elza Armstrong Reeves of Aug. 28, 1845 in > Meigs county, Ohio. > 2.-- Sarah "Salley" Irvin married Ambrose Reeves on Aug. 8, 1844. > > S-O-O, according to this write - up, Ambrose (appears first on the 1852 > census) and Elza Armstrong Reeves (appears first on the 1854 census) were > cousins......(Another note which I have, says that Reverend James Irvin > was a brother of the two Irvin women.) > > 3. -- I can't figure out how Mrs. Lucinda Irvin of Cherry Grove, aged 83, > could be a sister-in-law of Mr. Elza Armstrong Reeves! Perhaps, a brother > (Rev. James Irvin?) of the two Irvin sisters married one Lucinda. Maybe, > it is just that I don't think that to be very relevant.......In the Middle > Ages, both a relationship by blood and an in-law relationship were cited > as impediments to many marriages; could this 1903 in-law reference have > been included just as a thought twister? MAYBE we have a "TREND" here, > where the science of genetics has now shown the world that there is no > reason why a brother should not marry the wife of a deceased brother -- > suggesting a relationship of little imprtance? (The such has happened many > times in recent history, correct?)--W.F. > > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors > at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Reeves, Irvin, Thomas, Burnham, Sheldon, Laird Classification: Birth Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4257.3 Message Board Post: THE FREMONT COUNTY SUN. August 13, 1903. "REACHED HER EIGHTIETH MILESTONE".-- On Tuesday, August eleventh, Mrs. E. A. Reeves celebrated her eightieth birthday. Forty four relatives were present. Four generations were represented, Mr. and Mrs. Reeves having seventeen great grandchildren of whom twelve were present--grand children of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Reeves. Of the five living children of Mr. and Mrs. Reeves all were present but one son, Josiah, who lives in Omaha. The daughter and daughters-in-law of Sam Reeves prepared the dinner and a most delicious one it was. One of the many cakes bore the word "Grandma" and the date of her birth "1823", in icing. Grandma was greatly pleased and touched by their thoughtfulness, and praised them heartily. Mrs. E. A. Reeves' sister, Mrs. Sally Reeves and her daughter, Mrs. Thomas, came in from Fremont, Neb., Monday and will visit relatives here for a week or two. These two sisters are the only ones left of a family of thirteen. Their husbands were cousins. Mrs. Sally Reeves is past seventy-five. It is thirty-four years since she left here, and this is the first time she has been back. She has three great grandchildren. Mrs. Lucinda Irvin of Cherry Grove, aged eighty three, sister-in-law of Mr. E. A. Reeves, was the oldest person present. Those here from out of town were Mrs. Sally Reeves and Mrs. Thomas, Fremont; Mrs. Burnham, mother of Mrs. Sam Reeves, A. L. Burnham, wife and children, brother and sister of Sam Reeves and wife, from Griswold; Charles Sheldon and wife of Percival, and F. M. Laird, wife and children from Tabor. They had a photograph of the entire party taken. N.B.: According to my notes 1.-- Susannah J. Irvin married Elza Armstrong Reeves of Aug. 28, 1845 in Meigs county, Ohio. 2.-- Sarah "Salley" Irvin married Ambrose Reeves on Aug. 8, 1844. S-O-O, according to this write - up, Ambrose (appears first on the 1852 census) and Elza Armstrong Reeves (appears first on the 1854 census) were cousins......(Another note which I have, says that Reverend James Irvin was a brother of the two Irvin women.) 3. -- I can't figure out how Mrs. Lucinda Irvin of Cherry Grove, aged 83, could be a sister-in-law of Mr. Elza Armstrong Reeves! Perhaps, a brother (Rev. James Irvin?) of the two Irvin sisters married one Lucinda. Maybe, it is just that I don't think that to be very relevant.......In the Middle Ages, both a relationship by blood and an in-law relationship were cited as impediments to many marriages; could this 1903 in-law reference have been included just as a thought twister? MAYBE we have a "TREND" here, where the science of genetics has now shown the world that there is no reason why a brother should not marry the wife of a deceased brother -- suggesting a relationship of little imprtance? (The such has happened many times in recent history, correct?)--W.F.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4256.1 Message Board Post: 1850 census Scipio twp. Meigs Co. OH 063 22 0468 0468 Reeves Noah 52 M Farming 600 Pa - - - - 063 23 0468 0468 Reeves Elizabeth (Woodgard) 38 F Md - - X - 063 24 0468 0468 Reeves Martin 7 M Ohio - - - - 063 25 0468 0468 Reeves Alexander 5 M Ohio - - - - 063 26 0468 0468 Reeves Henry 4 M Ohio - - - - 063 27 0468 0468 Reeves William 2 M Ohio - - - - 063 28 0468 0468 Reeves Lewis 5 mon M Ohio - - - - 063 29 0468 0468 Woogard George 9 M

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Reeves Classification: Census Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4257.2 Message Board Post: CORRECTION: In my note to the above posting, I made the statement that Elza Armstrong Reeves was shown in the 1852 census of Fremont county. THAT IS NOT TRUE. Ambrose, Stacy and William Reeves are the three families shown on the 1852!. As his obituary corroborates, E. A. (and Joseph Reeves) came to Fremont county on a date that makes it possible for him to be shown on the 1854 census.--W.F.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Irwin, Reeves, Laird, Burnham Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4257.1 Message Board Post: THE FREMONT COUNTY HERALD. March 18, 1910. "OBITUARY OF GRANDMA REEVES".-- Concerning the life and death of Mrs. Susannah Reeves we have gathered the following facts for publication, as promised in our last issue: Susannah Irwin was born in Meggs (sic) county, Ohio, August 11, 1823, and died at her home in Sidney March 6, 1910, aged 86 years 6 months and 23 days. She grew to young womanhood in her native state and was there married to Elza Armstrong Reeves August 31, 1845. To this union were born three sons, and two daughters, all of whom survive her: Samuel of Otis, Colo.; Hugh of Sidney; Josiah of South Omaha; Mrs. Phoebe Laird of Tabor; Mrs. Clara Burnham of Griswold. All these were present at the death and burial of their mother except Mrs. Burnham. The aged husband departed this life November 2 (sic) of last year at the age of 82. In June 1853 (sic), she came with her husband to Fremont county and has since lived here continuously. Mrs. Reeves was a saintly christian lady, for many years a devout worshipper in the faith of the Methodist church, under whose rites the funeral services were held. Her kindly deeds and cheerful assistance to afflicted ones in years gone by are the strongest testimony of her christian character and will cause her memory to be tenderly cherished for all time to come.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Emery, Dye Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4258 Message Board Post: THE FREMONT COUNTY HERALD. November 19, 1909. "NOTED WOMAN VISITS SIDNEY".-- Last Saturday morning Mrs. Eva Emery Dye came to Sidney to renew old acquaintances and meet her old friends. It is seldom, if ever, that our little city has been honored by a visit from so distinguished a person. It will be remembered that Mrs. Dye formerly lived in this place, and perhaps is the most eniment person who ever made her home in our midst. She is the wife of Charles H. Dye, who was at one time superintendent of high school and under whose direction the first class was graduated; Mrs. Dye was his assistant. Mr. and Mrs. Dye now live in Oregon City, Ore. Mr. Dye, her husband, is a successful lawyer of that place. They have four children, Emery, Trafton, Everett and Charlotte E. Emery is practicing law with his father; Trafton is completing his senior year in the law school of Columbia college, and has made a most enviable record as student. Mrs. Dye, as is well known here, is the author of three very delightful books: "McLaughlin and Old Oregon,", "The Conquest," and "McDonald of Oregon." Those who have read her books and are familiar with her style will testify to the merit of these works,and grant her a high place in literary circles in this and foreign countries. Mrs. Dye is a lady of rare attainments, a ripe scholar, a good wife, and excellent mother, and has all of the charm and beauty of refined womanhood. Her old friends and pupils certainly enjoyed her visit to this place, and her stay in our midst will be looked upon as one of the brightest and most delightful of reminiscences. The charm of her conversation and the fragrance of her presence will be cherished by all who had the pleasure of her delightful visit.