This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Reeves, Irwin, Burnham, Laird, Wilson, Baker, Rector, Guylee, Rust Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4257 Message Board Post: THE FREMONT COUNTY HERALD. November 19. 1909. "TRIED AND TRUSTY SOLDIER OF CIVIL WAR ANSWERS THE LAST ROLL CALL".-- At 8 o'clock last Saturday evening at his home on Filmore street occurred the death of Elza Armstrong Reeves--or Uncle Elza, as he had for years been termed by his friends and neighbors--at the ripe old age of 82 years 7 months and 5 days. Deceased was born in Meggs (sic) county, Ohio, April 8, 1827and there grew to manhood and on August 31, 1845 was united in marriage to Miss Susanna Irwin who survives him. To this union five children--three sons and two daughters--were born, all of whom are now living. They are Samuel of Otis, Colo.; Hugh of Sidney; Josiah of South Omaha; Mrs. Phoebe Laird of Tabor, and Mrs. Clara Burnham of Griswold. There are also numerous grandchildren and several great-grandchildren. In the fall of 1845, Mr. Reeves with his young wife loaded up his earthly possessions and set out for what was then the Far West, stopping in Knox county, Ill., where they remained until the spring of 1853 (sic) when they once more took up the trail of the homeseeker, this time in company with Samuel Wilson and Jacob Baker, and the party with a wagon train of seven or eight teams--mostly oxen--landed in Fremont county in June of that year, and since that time deceased has always called this his home. Arriving here he built a little log cabin beside an inviting grove wholly surrounded by the tall grass of the raw prairie, about four and a half miles north of Sidney on the old Tabor and Sidney road, and this tract of virgin soil was by his labors transformed into a farm of great productiveness. Here he continued to reside until 1894 when he removed to Sidney to pass his remaining days. When the nation's safety was endangered Mr. Reeves valiantly responded to the call to arms, enlisting in Company "A", 4th Iowa cavalry which was organized in Sidney in July 1861,and sworn into service August 10 of that year, with Benjamin Rector as Captain and John Guylee and J. Marshall Rust as lieutenants. Mr. Reeves was soon advanced to the rank of corporal and with this rank he was mustered out of the service after an active campaign of four years and a day. He fell wounded at the battle of Columbus, Ga., on Aprl 16, 1865, a terrific engagement in which the 4th Iowa suffered a loss of two killed and nine wounded, and the enemy lost 1500 men killed wounded and captured, together with 63 guns, a navy yard, a ram for sea service and great quantities of military property and supplies. However, he recovered from his injuries and remained with his company until honorably discharged. In recognition of the bravery and unfaltering loyalty of the company, on April 22, 1865, Brevet Brigadier General Winslow, then located at Macon Ga., sent them this message: "I congratulate you upon the success which has crowned your efforts. In one month you have marched 600 miles, engaged the enemy in force four times, completely routing him on each occasion. You have captured on the field of battle 3100 prisoners, 11 stands of colors, 33 guns, 25 caissons and 3500 small arms.You have aided in destroying vast arsenals, founderies, factories and workshops, with their contents. You have proven that cavalry can successfully assault fortified positions. Dismounted, you drove the enemy in greatly superior numbers from his strong works in front of Columbus. Mounted, you dashed through his lines, astounding him by your audacity and its results." And with the humane spirit of the true soldier General Winslow adds: "While we rejoice, let us not forget the fallen." Mr. Reeves united with the Methodist church when a young man in Ohio, placing his membership with the church on the Sidney circuit upon coming to Fremont county, and later with the Sidney Methodist church of which he remained a consistent member to the time of his death. He was a true christian gentleman, a strict adherent to the golden rule, one who regarded his obligations as sacred, and his word was as good as his bond--and to such a person "the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh when he shall say, I have no pleasure in them" His declining years, like those earlier in life, were filled with sunshine, brightened by his devotion to his friends, his family and those near and dear to him. Funeral services were held from the Methodist church Monday afternoon at 2:00 conducted by Rev. W.H. Shipman and the remains were interred in Sidney cemetery. Services at the tomb were under the direction of the local order of Oddfellows of which deceased was the oldest member in the county in point of membership, lacking but two months of being 50 years since he was initiated into the order. The pallbearers were Asa Mann and Joseph Wilson of Sidney, Smith Crane of Payne, Russell Laird of Tabor, Charles Smith of Shenandoah, Samuel Kelley of Villisca, all comrades of the deceased, during those strenuous days of war, in Company "A", 4th Iowa. N.B.: This obituary states that E. A. Reeves, arrived in Fremont county in June 1853. HOWEVER, he is shown on the 1852 Fremont county census! -- as are two other Reeves families.......What the obituary calls the Sidney - Tabor road was also known as the Council Bluffs - St. Joe stage coach road.--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/4300/ok.2ADE/3363.1.1.2 Message Board Post: Bernice Phillips was my cousin, Walker Phillips was a brother to my stepfather Kenneth Phillips. After the fire,Walker died 11 months later in the hospital. Her father, Cecil Lingerfelt died in 1957 Rock Port ,Mo her mother, Mrs Cecil (Mary Belle) Lingerfelt died 03-23-05 in Humansville, mo.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Reeves, McComb Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4256 Message Board Post: I have known for a long time, the story of how one Reeves family while emigrating to Fremont county from Ohio had suffered the loss of the father at St. Louis, of a sister after arriving in Fremont county near Hamburg, and of the mother shortly after moving on to Sidney. (SEARCH on this site "Reeves of Fremont co., Iowa"). WELL, finally, after too many years, my brain has managed to associate what were otherwise, isolated facts. Read this: 1880 History of Page County, Iowa, page 702; Lincoln township: "WILLIAM REEVES, merchant, P.O. Coin; born in Meigs county, Ohio, December 18, 1848, and resided in the county of his birth until seven years of age. In the spring of 1855 he came with his parents to Fremont county, Iowa. Sickness, and the death of his father near St. Louis, the death of his sister near Hamburg, and that of his mother soon after their arival at their destination, cast, not only a cloud over the life of young Reeves, but filled it with those experiences peculiar to orphan children. Nothing but the strongest will and greatest energy sufficed to make Mr. Reeves a successful man. He has triumphed where others would have failed, and gained where many lose. He was married to Miss Ida McComb, July 5, 1880. Has been in the mercantile business for many years." Now, SEARCH on this site (1).-- "William Reeves, Dec. 18, 1848 - April 17, 1906" -- and -- (2).-- "Lewis Reeves" Both of these postings tell the SAME STORY! Both of these postings say that each, William and Lewis Reeves, were the sons of Noah Reeves of Meigs county, Ohio......The Lewis-Reeves-posting states that the six names of these Reeve orphans were (a) Martin, (b) Alexander, (c) Henry, (d) William, (e) Lewis and (f) Solomon. The 1860 Federal Census for Fremont county, Iowa, shows the following six young Reeves boys, all living apart from their father's family: Solomon, aged 6 years; William, aged 9 years; Lewis, aged 10 years; William (sic), aged 11 years; Henry, aged 13 years; Abner, aged 16 years. These postings say that William Reeves married Ida Belle McComb at Manti, Iowa. These McCombs of Manti -- as I remember -- were the ones who moved to Shenandoah, where McCombs Park still exists, thanks to the McComb family. Does anyone have the 1850 Federal Census Record for Noah Reeves of Meigs county, Ohio? One would hope that at long last the Noah Reeves' family could again be back together!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4255 Message Board Post: If your ancestor lived in Green township prior to 1920, the following scissoring from the BEACON by the Malvern LEADER will probable pertain to you: THE MALVERN LEADER. May 13, 1920. "TABOR CARRIES CONSOLIDATION. Both Town and Country Districts Give Large Majority To Measure."-- The schools of Tabor independent district and of practically all of Green township will be united into one modern system with its center at Tabor, following the election held yesterday. The election passed without any exciting events, though quite a few were determined to register their notes for the proposition and if possible make the result sure. It was expected that probably some definite and perhaps organized opposition would develop on election day, but such was not the case and only twelve votes were cast against the propostion, of which four were in town and eight in the country. Sixty nine favorable votes were cast in town and forty seven in the country. The total number of ballots cast was 121. The result was more or less furthered by the address on Monday evening by Prof. Macy Campbell of the state teachers college. Mr. Campbell has a wonderful fund of information regarding consolidated schools, and a very successful way of presenting his facts. His stories of the marvelous progress of the consolidated schools in Iowa, and of the great satisfaction felt by the patrons were interesting and inspiring. He told in detail of the successful solutions which have been found for the transportation problem and other problems that have been the cause of doubt among some voters as to the practicability of the system. The question of whether the district might be made too large, he answered with the statement that some of the most successful districts are very much larger than the Tabor district, some of them containing fifty to one hundred twenty sections, while the proposed district here contains less than thirty six. Auto buses are the most successful method of transport! ation, as they keep the children on the road a much shorter length of time, and they are now serving continuously throughout the year in many such districts. There are now nearly four hundred consolidated schools in Iowa, and the number is growing rapidly every day. The district here will include all of Green township except sections 35 and 36 and the south half of sections 25, in the southeast corner of the township; and also excepting sections 20, 30, 31 and 32 and the west half of section 18 and 19 in the southwest corner of the township. It also includes all the independent district of Tabor, which includes some Mills county land, and the east half of sections 1 and 12 in Scott township. In the southeast corner of Green township it will take a part of a section which now belongs to Anderson consolidated district, and where the people prefer connection with Tabor.--Tabor BEACON. N.B.: (1). SOUTHEAST CORNER of Green township: This article says the south half of section 25, all of section 35, and of 36 are excepted from this Tabor consolidation. If one glances at a map of Fremont county, he sees that these sections are rather close to the old town of Anderson....Anderson had consolidated several years earlier. (2) SOUTHWEST CORNER of Green township: This article also says that all of sections, 20, 30, 31, 32 -- and -- the west half of sections 18 and 19 are excepted from this Tabor consolidation. Again, when consulting a map of Fremont county, one sees that these sections either lie on or along the Plum Creek Hollow Road, or, on the Dutch Hollow Road (i.e., the west half of sections 30 and 19, and the southern part of section 13). People living in these neighborhoods were strongly allied with Thurman -- and -- with the College Hill district school in section 31, or, with Dutch Hollow district school in Dutch Hollow., and perhaps with Seminary Ridge in section 19.......These first two country schools were among the very last country schools in Fremont county to shut their doors (in the 1940's?). 3. Districts probably INCLUDED in this Tabor consildation: a.-- Pleasant Hill in section 1. b.--Wildwood in section l. c.--Hunter in section 9. d.--Ross in section 17. e.--Lone Willow in section 26. f.--Fairfield in section 34. g.-- Dawsonburg in section 21. h.-- Dalton in section 23. 4. This leaves unexplained the Rhode District School in section 5. Since this school was very near Tabor in section 4, it is very possible that Rhode had closed, and had joined Tabor, before this date.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bobbitt, Ettleman, Cutler, Landrith, Piper, Reeves, Blackburn, Sjoberg, Sunderman Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4254 Message Board Post: --Mrs. Ben C.(Laura V.) Bobbitt died Feb. 10 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. W. Ettleman, aged 73y 3m 5d.--The Fremont County Herald of Feb. 12, 1925 --Orway Cutler is a brother of E. C.Cutler of Omaha.--The Fremont County Herald of Feb. 26, 1915. --Ora Landrith, farmer living near Anderson, passed away at his home Tuesday.-- The Fremont County Herald of February 12, 1925. --Henry Piper is the son of Mrs. Lillie Piper of Omaha.--The Fremont County Herald of Feb. 26, 1925 --Miss Ellen Reeves, teacher, married Charles Blackburn of Tabor in Council Bluffs Saturday.--The Fremont County Herald of Feb. 26, 1925 --William Sjoberg of Shenandoah married Miss Marie Sunderman (a niece of J. H. Sunderman) this week. She immigrated from Germany 18 months ago.--The Fremont County Herald of Feb. 26, 1915.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Addy, Rhodes, Graham, Gray, Hunter, Rucker, Loiler, McIntyre, Utterback, Phillips, Watts, Worcester Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4253 Message Board Post: --Mrs. C. J. Addy is a sister of Mrs. William Rhodes of Omaha.--The Fremont County Herald of Feb. 26, 1925. --Miss Gladys Graham teaches the Treat School.--The Fremont County Herald of Feb. 26, 1925 --Miss Gray is the teacher at West Grove district school.--THE FREMONT COUNTY HERALD of Dec. 22.1887 --Brooks Hunter (oldest son of D.Y. Hunter) married Marie Rucker (granddaughter of Mrs.Pryor Rucker) at Red Oak on April 7, 1935.--Sidney Argus - Herald of April 18, 1935. --LACY GROVE CHURCH: -- A Christmas tree at Salem Church promises to eclipse any thing ever seen there.--Fremont County Herald of Dec. 22, 1887. --Dr. Loiler is testing cattle south of Percival for 3 days a week, and then goes over the same herds the next three days.....So far less than 2 per cent have tested bad.-- The Fremont County Herald of February 26, 1925. (N.B.: For another angle of testing for TB in cattle, SEARCH "Cow War".--W.F. --SINGING CLASS: J. F. McIntyre has a singing class at Randolph of some 35 people. Tuition is $1.25 for 15 lessons; class meets Friday evenings.--Fremont County Herald of Dec. 29, 1887. --Sim Utterback of Shenandoah is the father-in-law of Claude Phillips of Farragut.--The Fremont County Herald of Feb. 26, 1925. --George Watts has a new baby girl.--West Grove News, Fremont county Herald of Dec. 22, 1887. --L.B. Worcester is teaching at Hoss Creek school (Hazel Dell).--Fremont County Herald of Dec. 29, 1887.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Landrith, Sitton Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4252 Message Board Post: THE FREMONT COUNTY HERALD. March 19, 1909. "Death of Mrs. Martha A. Landrith".-- Mrs. Martha A. Landrith, mother-in-law to John L. Sitton and Leander Landrith, died last Sunday March 14 at the home of the latter, having reached the ripe age of over 76 years. She leaves an aged husband, several children, grandchildren and some great grandchildren. At an early age she became a member of the Christian church and maintained that faith during a long lifetime. She was reared in Indiana, removing to this state many years ago. The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon at the home of Leander Landrith,where she had made her home for sometime. The services were conducted by Rev. Geo. C. Hicks. Interment was made in the Lacy Grove cemetery. A more complete biography may be given in our issue of next week.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Marvin, Morton, Jewett, Oviatt, Mitchell, Castle, Ingals Classification: Lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4251 Message Board Post: THE SIDNEY ARGUS - HERALD. April 8, 1927. "START OF RURAL MAIL DELIVERY IS RECALLED".-- C.N. Marvin, who after 50 years as editor of the Shenandoah Sentinel, is now writing serially his "recollections" of that span of a half century, tells interestingly of the beginning of rural mail service in this section: "In the later part of the last century some congressman introduced a bill for an experiment with rural free delivery of mail. It was generally considered visionary and preposterous and very few people gave it any thought. Very few newspapers even mentioned it, but the congressman succeeded in getting the bill through congress for an appropriation of a small sum, $5,000 I think, for the experiment, about enough to finance one route now. "But Maxy Jewett, Morton township farmer, a great reader, ran across an obscure notice of the proposed experiment, and concluded that it would be a good thing. So he drew up a petition to the postmaster general or congress asking that an experimental route be established at Shenandoah, passed it around among his neighbors and asked them to sign it, more as a favor to him than with any idea that route could be secured. "That was about the time I was appointed postmaster here. I think he showed the petition to me when he mailed it but l promptly forgot all about it. "During my second year as postmaster, one beautiful day in December, a stranger came into the postoffice, handed in his card, said he wanted to see the postmaster. "He explained to me that he had been sent here by the department to lay out a rural free delivery mail route. I hardly understood what he meant, but when he produced the Maxy Jewett petition, I sensed at once that it would be a good thing for Shenandoah. I hiked right over to Oviatt's livery stable and hired a rig and we drove out to the Jewett farm, found him at home and the three of us sat down at the table there and drew up a map of a route to reach the principal farmers of the community. It did not take long and then the man said: "Well, I was assigned two days here and I have nothing to do tomorrow; let's lay out another route. "I said, "Very well, we have one route laid out in Page county, so let's lay out the other in Fremont county." Next day we went across the river, called on farmers with the proposition. Charlie Mitchell and one or two others took to it right away, but most of them said they did not want it as they had all the taxes they could stand. The man explained that it would not cost them anything except for a box to hold the mail. "Oh, we have heard that story before," they said; "we never get anything for nothing." "G.M. Castle was selected as carrier for number one and N.H. Ingals as carrier for number two, and as soon as I could get the appointments okayed by the government the service was started. "These two were the first routes in southwest Iowa, and there were only a score or so in the whole United States. The carriers started in at a salary of $300 per year, had to furnish their own teams and conveyances, but before long the department raised the salary to $400 and granted the carriers privilege to carry packages and passengers for pay by the patrons. Farmers would send in orders for goods and the mail carriers would take the packages out the next morning. "Farmers soon overcame their objections to the service and looked upon the carrier as Santa Claus. They treated the carrier royally, farmers giving him oats and corn for his team and the farm women putting chicken, cakes and pies in the mail box for the carrier. But even at that they hardly were able to live, but year by year the government became more liberal in pay until now, they tell, me the carriers driving from the small towns get more pay than the postmasters. Of course in those first years there were no automobiles and the roads were all of dirt and often impassable, but the farmers always helped and would often meet the carriers half way or better and carry the mail on their backs across the fields." N.B.: Both of these mail routes out of Shenandoah serviced Fremont county. Although this account appears to say Morton township in Page county was accommodated, it fails to point out that a part of the route took in some of Fisher and Locust Grove townships in Fremont county. The second rural route was entirely in Fremont county: It took in the area northwest of Shenandoah, including the McIntyre neighborhood north of Farragut. The Mitchell's lived in the Singleton Grove neighborhood.....It was almost in the same year that entire range 40 in Fremont county was furnished rural mail delivery.--W.F.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Carter, Vanderventer,Chantry, Dunn, Farwell, McKean, Gaylord, Hiatt, Colbert, Hogsett, Murphy, Rosenbaum, Brandon, Pierson, Smith, Cowles, Stitt Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4250 Message Board Post: W. H. Carter's daughter, Mrs. Leo Vanderventer lives at Avoca.--The Fremont County Herald of Oct. 7, 1920. Wendell Chantry, electrician in the Navy, has been discharged.--The Fremont County Herald of Oct. 7, 1920. Miss Ora Dunn of Prairie township is attending school at Stewart, Iowa.-- The Fremont County Herald of Dec. 25, 1908. Clyde Farwell has been visiting his wife's parents in Scott City, Kansas; J. D. McKean who was also visiting there, rode home with them in their car; they returned Saturday.--The Fremont County Herald of Oct. 7, 1920. Lewis Gaylord who has lived about 4 miles south of Tabor will move to his farm near Lamoni in Decatur county.-- The Fremont County Herald of Dec. 25, 1908. Joseph Hiatt is the father of Mrs. Charles Colbert of Glenwood.--The Fremont County Herald of Dec. 25, 1908. D.S.F. Hogsett lives in Kit Carson County, Colorado; had lived at Riverton.--The Fremont County Herald of Dec. 25, 1908. E. S. Murphy's daughter Mrs. Ed Rosenbaum lives at Harvard, Nebraska.--The Fremont County Herald of Oct. 7, 1920. NEW HOUSE.-- Frank Brandon is building a new home two blocks east of the court house.-- The Fremont County Herald of March 19, 1909. J. K. Pierson, a resident of Fremont since 1865, who lived 3 miles northwest of Sidney , loaded a car at Percival and moved to near Yates Center, Kansas, this week.--The Fremont County Herald of Jan. 22, 1903. Kimber R. Smith, 22, married Rosa Cowles, 20, in Sidney on Monday.-- The Fremont County Herald of April 2, 1909. George O. Stitt of Farragut is the brother of Frank Stitt of Sidney.--The Fremont County Herald of Dec. 25, 1908.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Christensen, Wagoner, Hatten, Joy, Kelsey, Killion, Elliott, McMasters, Myers, Thornton, Wildberger, Williams Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4249 Message Board Post: Miss Helen Christensen of Riverton sailed the 24th for Denmark, the home of her parents.--The Fremont County Sun of Sept. 1, 1904. COVERED BRIDGE?--Mrs. Catherine Wagoner of Burr, Nebr., lived many years at the red bridge at the mouth of Militia Hollow.--The Fremont County Sun of Sept. 1, 1904. Charles Hatten's parents live at Fontanelle, Iowa; his brother W. O. Hatten lives at Red Oak.--The Fremont County Herald of Sept. 1, 1904. James Joy's 20 months-old son died July 26.--The Fremont County Herald of July 29, 1910. John Kelsey, an aged resident of Percival, passed away yesterday.--Sidney Argus-Herald of Oct. 25, 1934 Jacob Killion of Clay Center, Nebraska, is a brother-in-law of the Elliotts and the father of Mr. Killion who lives north of Sidney.--The Fremont County Sun of Sept. 1, 1904. Robert E. McMasters' daughter was born May 6, 1919.--The Fremont County Herald of May 8, 1919. A.E. Myers, formerly of Sidney but now of Los Angeles where his father-in-law, Mr. Cline, also lives.--The Fremont County Sun of Sept. 1, 1904. ORPHANS: About 15 orphan children, aged 2 to 14, will be distributed to those interested by Rev. J. W. Swan of Plattsmouth, Neb., on Sept. 23, 1904.--The Fremont County Sun of Sept. 15, 1904 T.C. Thornton of Junction City, Oregon is the son of T. C. Thornton who lives south of Sidney.-- The Fremont County Sun of Sept. 1, 1904. Mrs.Wildberger, mother of Herman Wildberger of Julian, Neb., lived many years in the Germany neighborhood four miles north of Hamburg.--The Fremont County Sun of Sept. 1, 1904. L. A. Williams, Riverton barber, was found dead Saturday morning. Has lived in Riverton since 1880.--The Fremont County Sun of Sept. 1, 1904.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Landreth Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4248 Message Board Post: No. 15 in "Darbys Outline" regarded the Landreth family of Lacy Grove as named by D. D. Darby in 1895 - 1896.....I have just received information that Eugene Landreth has compiled a Landreth genealogy in which appears this Lacy Grove branch of the family. He has worked on this family history since 1969, compiling at least 400 pages, taking the family back to the Middle Ages. (I am assuming that there is a connection with a royal family, somewhere, if it goes back that far; their reign, rule, depended upon keeping records in order to show heirs to the throne.) The price if $60, an amount a traveling researcher might pay for just one night in a motel. If you are interested, the author can be contacted at [email protected]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Reeves, Powers Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4247 Message Board Post: THE FREMONT COUNTY SUN. October 11, 1907. "BARZILLA REEVES. Died Monday After a Tedious Illness of Many Weeks".-- The deceased was born April 5th, 1841, and died Oct. 7, 1907. He was the son of William and Anna Reeves, being one of eight children. He had six brothers and one sister. He was united in marriage to Miss Rhoda Powers about the year 1865. This union was blessed with ten children, six of whom are living, five sons and one daughter: Andrew J., David M., Garrison B., Jennie B., Barzilla and Thomas J. Reeves. Mrs. Reeves passed away some twenty three years ago. Since his wife's death he still has made his home on his farm northwest of Sidney. His native worth and genial disposition has won him many friends. For some time he has been troubled with dropysy, but his death came as a surprise to many. He passed quietly away the afternoon of Monday, Oct. 7, at about half past twelve. The funeral services were held at the house by Rev. C. A. Marshall of the Presbyterian church. A large assemblage of relatives and friends were present to show their respect.The remains were laid to rest in Lacy Grove cemetery. N.B.: SEARCH "Darbys Outline" for more on Barzilla Reeves.--W.F.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Longinaker, Irwin, Gilbert, Dickey, Hiatt, Shober Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4246 Message Board Post: THE FREMONT COUNTY HERALD. March 14, 1918. "AN OLD RESIDENT DIED THURSDAY. Mrs. Chas. M. Longinaker Passed Away at Her Home Near Tabor After a Short Illness."-- Following an illness of but 10 days, which developed into a case of pneumonia after the first few days, Mrs. Chas.M. Longinaker passd away at the family home near Tabor at an early hour Thursday morning of last week. The funeral services were held from the Methodist church at Randolph Saturday afternoon, conducted by her pastor, Rev. Peter Jacobs. A quartet sang her favorite hymns in accordance with a request made by the family. Interment was in the Randolph cemetery. Rebecca Irwin was born in Fremont county, Iowa, June 3, 1865 and was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.Hugh Irwin, pioneers of southwest Iowa, they having come to this section in the 50's and made their home here till they passed away and went to that happy home where they were joined by their daughter last week, after having spent more than half a century of her life helping mold the history of this community. Born in this vicinity, it was also her privilege to close her earthy pilgrimage within a few miles of the place of her nativity. To her this region was sacred, because of the precious recollections of childhood and youth. In the atmosphere of those pioneer days she grew to womanhood. What marvelous changes have been wrought within that half century! The prairies have been transformed by the onward march of civilization. The vast stretches then uninhabited are now dotted with cities, villages and farm homes. To the loved ones this region will still be sacred. It was here that mother was born, it was here she dreamed the day dreams of life, it was here she was wooed, it was here she spent her last days, ministered to by loving hands and hearts. October 28, 1886, she and Chas. M. Longinaker were united in marriage and left at once for northwest Kansas, where they lived for nine years. There their children were born, there being five, Lawrence, a babe of but six months, having died there. The other children, two sons, Walter and Albert, and a daughter, Mrs. Ed. Gilbert, live near Tabor, and another daughter, Mrs.Pearl Dickey, lives at Upton, Wyoming. They were all present during the illnes of their mother and did all things possible in the way of ministering and giving comfort to their loved one. In the fall of 1895 Mr. and Mrs. Longinaker returned to this vicinity and made their home and have lived, loved and respected by friends and neighbors alike, whether their residence has been in town or country. The two years prior to last June were spent in Tabor, but in that month they returned to the farm, planning to enjoy the comforts of their new home and to spend the sunset of their lives in rest and happiness amid the delightful associations and memories of their youth and the days that were gone. Mrs. Longinaker was strictly a home loving woman and nothing gave her greater joy and comfort than ministering to her family and offering a comforting word and helping hand at every opportunity. A faithful and devoted member of the Methodist church, her last words commended those whom she was leaving to the care of her God with the words: "God be with you all." She held her membership in the Randolph church, and at all times took a deep interest in its activities. Mrs. Longinaker's influence as wife, mother, neighbor and friend will abide through the years. The high esteem in which she was held was indicated by the number of floral tributes and by the large number, who, in spite of the stormy day came a long way to attend the funeral. She leaves her husband, sons and daughters; two brothers, Robert Irwin of Sidney and Walter Irwin of Malvern; one sister, Mrs. Etta Hiatt of Crescent, Iowa; four half-brothers, F. H. Shober of Ennis, Montana, B. F. Shober of Sundance, Wyoming, G. W. Shober of Oklahoma, Darius Irwin of Sidney; and one half-sister Mrs. Josephine Dickey of Upton, Wyoming to mourn her death. Six grandchildren will also miss one who loved them much Those in attendance at the funeral from a distance are B. F. Shober of Sundance, Wyoming; Mrs. Josephine B. Dickey of Upton, Wyoming; Mrs. Etta Hiatt and three children of Crescent, Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. Seymour Sullivan of Elgin, Nebraska and Mrs.Pearl Dickey and son. Those of Sidney who attended the funeral, whose names we were able to learn, are Mr. and Mrs. W.H.Stubbs, Mrs. A.J. Focht, Mrs. C. E. Verbeck, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Verbeck, Miss Ethelyn Verbeck, Mr. and Mrs. Murl Otte, and Herman Reeves and family.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Greenwood Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4245 Message Board Post: THE FREMONT COUNTY HERALD. June 24, 1898. "WILLIAM THOMAS GREENWOOD".--The shadow of death has crossed the threshold of Mr.and Mrs. W.S.Greenwood, of Prairie township, and called from them their oldest son. It is with profound and heartfelt sorrow that the Herald chronicles the death of one who was born and raised in Fremont county. Some two years ago disease took hold of him and there were times of improvement and recuperation, which gave hope to relatives, physicians and friends of his recover; but after a relapse it was thought best for him to try the properties of the western climate, and for a time he seemed to be considerably improved, but that dread disease--consumption--had claimed him for its own and last Sunday a telegram dashed over the wires bearing the sad news of his death. During a protracted meeting held by Rev.Goodrich at Randolph some three years ago, he gave his heart to God and lived according to his convictions. "For a christian to die is gain." The large concourse of people who attended the burial gave attest that he left ineffaceable impressions upon the home of his adoption, and his memory will remain for years to come. At the grave was offered a song, prayer by Rev. Boyd, and ritual of the M. E. church. William Thomas Greenwood was born near Thurman, Iowa, May 5th, 1872 and died at Phoenix, Arizona, June 18th, and was buried in the Thurman cemetery June 22, 1898. The funeral sermon will be preached in Randolph next Sunday morning at 11 o'clock.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Poinsett Classification: Military Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4242.3 Message Board Post: MICROFILM SUPPLEMENT TO "Iowa Territorial Papers". M - 325. Roll 21.-- Washington, April 23, 1840. To Hon. J. P. Poinsett, Secretary of War. "....The Board of officers to whom so much of the resolution of the Senate of the United States of 2 March 1839, as relates to the military defences of the country were committed, have the honor to submit the following reports, namely -- ARSENALS: ".....4th Report on the armories, arsenals, magazines, and founderies, either constructed or deemed necessary: -- St. Louis arsenal is a large establishment of the 2d class, but, with very little expense, can be raised to the 1st class, with ther subsidiary depot at Liberty, on the Missouri, it will supply the posts on that river, the western border of the State, the posts on the Des Moines, and the Upper Mississippi...." ARMORIES:--"The two national armories at Springfiled, Massachusetts and Harper's Ferry, Virginia, are the only public establishments for the manufacture of small arms...." N.B.: The Council Bluffs road must have seen many supplies moving up it, to Fort Croghan. This road passed through Fremont county.--W.F.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Harden, Burgwin, Hoskins, McCrate, Carleton, Madison, Wilmot, Jombeaux, Frap, Wau-kee, Darling, Martel Classification: Military Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4242.2 Message Board Post: N.B.:--The government survey map of township 74 range 44 shows the house of Davis Harden as being in the northeast corner of the southeast quarter of section 15, and the community of Council Point as being in the southwest corner of the northeast quarter of section 15......Traders Point community is shown as being on the Missouri river bank in the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section 35, about three miles south of the Council Point steamboat landing (which was in the northeast corner of the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section 14.).--W.F. --ANNALS OF IOWA, Vol. 3, 1897 - 1899, page 353: "John Henry K. Burgwin, cadet 1826 - 1830; Bvt. 2d Lieut. 2d Infantry 1830; 2d Lieut. 1st Dragoons 1833; 1st Lieut. 1st Dragoons 1835; Capt. 1st Dragoons 1837; commanded in attack on Pueblo-de-Taos, New Mexico, and mortally wounded 4th Feb. 1847, died the 7th." --MICROFILM SUPPLEMENT to IOWA TERRITORIAL PAPERS. M - 325. A.--Roll 16: (1) Nov. 25, 1842.--Mack A. Earl, Office 115 South 6th Street, Philadelphia, inquires of John Hoskins "...if alive is about six feet high black hair and beard, and of much better education than the mass of privates in the army. His family is highly respectable and he joined the army through pique..."....Notation on outside: Pvt. Co. "G", 1st Dragoons. (2) Aug. 9, 1842: Camp Fenwick. Lt.Thomas McCrate requests leave of absence of 4 months "....to enable me to visit my connexions in Maine, and my friends in the East -- I have been for about 5 years on duty with my Regiment in the West, without a similar indulgence..." "Granted". B--Roll 17: (1). "Oct. 13, 1843: Fort Leavenworth. In compliance with orders dated Sept. 18th, 1843 from headquarters of the 3d Military department, Capt. Burgwin abandoned Fort Croghan on the 6th inst. and marched with the mounted men of his company to Fort Leavenworth where he arrived yesterday. "The dismounted men with the clothing and other company property under command of Lt.Carleton were embarked on board of a machinaw boat which "I caused to be constructed of materials which had been collected for the purpose of building quarters in the event of the maintenance of troops at Fort Croghan this winter. Lt.Carleton arrived day before yesterday." "On the 4th a sentinel at Fort Croghan received a severe wound by the accidental discharge of his carbine. Ass't Surgeon Madison and suitable attendance were ordered to remain there with him until he could travel to Fort Leavenworth. "Quartermaster stores were disposed of with a due regard to the public interest. About 40 bbls. of pork and a few canvas and beans which could not be sold except at great sacrifice were stored and left under charge of a non-commissioned officer to be later transported by the return of a steamboat now above Fort Croghan." IOWA TERRITORIAL PAPERS. Roll Number 12. "Report of Persons and Articles employed and hired at the post of Fort Croghan, I.T. during the months of April 1843": (Paid at $1.25 per trip.) J.HARDIN, Apr. 17, a two horse wagon belonging to Davis Hardin.--Paid $1.25 L. WILMOT, Apr. 17, a two horse wagon belonging to L. Wilmot.--Paid $1.25 M. WILMOT, Apr. 17 - 18, a two horse wagon belonging M. Wilmot.--Paid $6.25 L.JOMBEAUX, Apr. 17, a two horse wagon belonging to J. Jombeaux.--Paid $2.50 L. JOMBEAUX, Apr. 20, 21, a two horse cart.--Paid $5. FRAP, Apr. 17, a two horse wagon belonging to Frap.--Paid $2.50. DARLING, Apr. 17, a two horse wagon belonging to Darling.--Paid $1.25. L.R. DARLING, April 17, a two horse cart MARTEL, Apr. 17, 18, 19, a two horse wagon belonging to Martel.--Paid $7.50. WAU - KEE, Apr. 17, 18, 19, two and one - half days, paid $5. (1).--"For transporting public property from FortCroghan to the block and store house at Council Bluffs." (A note at the top.) (2).--"Pd. for transporting public property from Fort Croghan to block house on the Bluffs during sudden rise of the Missouri.--Capt. J.H. K. Baurgwin. (A note at the bottom.)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Earith Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ok.2ADE/4244 Message Board Post: Could any one Tell me anything about Lillian Earith the information I have Born April 2, 1887 below is her family Fremont County, Iowa Census 1905 Green Township Robert Earith Thurman Dora Earith Thurman Lillian Earith 1887 Edward N. 1888 Alice g. 1890 Ethel M. 1898 Ralph 1899 Harold 1901 Notes I have is she is bured in Sidney can anyone tell me if she died young or if she ever married thank you Linda

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Polk, Mason, Mc Cain, Foote, Focht, Abbey, VanEaton, McManus, Cloud, Burke, Howard, Braden, Stubbs Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4098.25 Message Board Post: 1.--POLK of Lacy Grove, Fremont county, Iowa: a.-- C. H. Polk thrashed Monday; he used David Mason's machine.-- SUN of Jan. 9, 1896. b.-- C.H. Polk is preparing to build a new barn.--SUN of Feb . 6, 1896. c.-- L. L. Abbey visited the Polk's on Sunday.-- SUN of Feb. 13, 1896. d.-- C. H. Polk is having his well repaired.--SUN of Apr. 30, 1896. 2.-- This family is written up in THUMBPRINTS, page 306. 3.-- Family of CHARLES HENRY POLK as far as known: CHARLES HENRY POLK, b. October 20, 1849 in Prussia/Germany - d. January 28, 1937; married MARIETTA McCAIN, b. March 4, 1851 - d. Oct. 4, 1920; married on Feb . 10, 1873. Buried at Sidney, Iowa. Son of Albert Polk of Germany....In 1858, he immigrated to the United States.....In 1870 he moved to Iowa......In 1880, he was living in Fremont township, Page county, Iowa; his mother - in- law, Elizabeth McKeen (sic) was living with the family. In 1886, bought his farm in Lacy Grove.....In 1932, he was one of the three living Civil War veterans in Sidney (Otis Foote and A. J. Focht were the other two).......Marietta McCain is shown living with her mother in 1860, in Dahlonenga township, Wappelo county, Iowa. Buried in the Daglonega Cemetery in Wappelo county is one "L. McCain". Perhaps this is Marietta's father. CHILDREN: a--Jessie E., born Nov. 1873; married Lucius J. "Lute" Abbey, b. Nov. 16, 1866 at Manchester, Iowa ; married on June 26, 1895 at Lacy Grove. Son of Lon H. and Elizabeth (McManus) Abbey.....In 1907 moved to Worland, Wyoming......In 1913, was living at Woodbine, Iowa......1932, 1952 was living at Sioux City, Iowa. b.--Jennie, b. June 1876 - d. 1967; married Thomas C. Van Eaton, b. 1880 - d. 1946. Buried at Sidney. Son of William and Mary E. (Cloud) VanEaton........Their daughter Gwendolyn (VanEaton) Burke, born near Sidney on Oct. 23, 1912 - died Jan. 9, 1989 at Maywood, CA c.--Wayne Warden, b. Sept. 20, 1889 - d. Dec. 2, 1952; married Naomi Merle Howard, b. June 13, 1890 - d. July 6, 1972. Daughter of John A. Howard......The NONPAREIL of July 1, 1953 contains an article on Wayne Polk of Fremont county. d.--Warren M. "Ted", b. Sept. 1895; married Carrie Bell Stubbs, daughter of William H. and Ida B. (Braden) Stubbs. 4.-- H. L. McCain of Reno county, Kansas, is a brother of Mrs. C. H. Polk; he spent over 6 months in Andersonville prison, as a prisoner during the Civil War.--SUN of Feb. 20, 1902. 5.-- Mrs. Charles Polk and her brother L. G. McCain of Kansas are visiting a second brother in Aurora, Nebraska.--Nov. 24, 1905. 6.-- A nephew, William L. McCain, also lived in Lacy Grove according to Darby's outline of those mentioned in his column of Lacy Grove news in 1895 - 1896.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Pearson, Pierson, McBee, Gordon, Jennings, Reed, Turner, Ball, Liggett Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4098.24 Message Board Post: 1.-- PEARSON of Lacy Grove, Fremont county, Iowa a.-- Willliam Pearson and family were in Hamburg Monday on business.--SUN of Dec. 19, 1895. b.-- William Pearson visited Nebraska City a few days ago.--SUN of Feb. 13, 1896 c.-- William Pearson is home from Missouri.--SUN of March 19, 1896 2. Family of WILLIAM J. PEARSON as far as known: WILLIAM J. PEARSON, b. Sept. 1852 in Missouri; married RACHEL ELIZABETH McBEE, b. June 1855 in Iowa; married on March 29, 1872 in Fremont county, Iowa......In 1880, they were living in Sidney township.....In 1885, they were living on the west half of the northeast quarter of Section 20 Range 42 Township 69 in Fremont county, Iowa......In 1895, 1900, they were living in Sidney township; a.-- William H., born Feb. 1873 in Fremont county. b.--Nellie, b. ca. 1876 - d. between 1885 and 1895 (?) c.-- Isabell, b. Mar. 1880 d.-- Grace, b. Feb. 1882 - d. 1960; married Frank Gordon, b. 1877 - d. 1956; married on March 1, 1902 at Sidney. Son of Robert and Martha (Jennings) Gordon. Buried at Sidney. e.-- Matty, b. ca. 1885 - died at a young age. f.--Bert, b. March 15, 1886 - d. June 12, 1926; married Inez P. Reed, b. Feb. 9, 1899. Buried at Mt. Olive. (N.B.: His obituary is NOT in the Sidney paper.--W.F.) g.-- Joseph, b. Jan. 18, 1888 - d. Sept. 9, 1945. Buried at Mt. Olive. (N.B.: His obituary is NOT in the Sidney paper.--W.F.) h.-- Eva, b. Feb. 1890. i.-- Lizzie, b. Feb. 1892 j.--Clarence, b. Jan. 10, 1895 - d. Sept. 19, 1967. Buried at Mt. Olive. (N.B.: His obituary is not in the Sidney paper.--W.F.) 3.--Rachel Elizabeth McBee was the daughter of John and Louisa McBee, who had moved from Claiborne county, Tennessee to Nebraska township, Page county, Iowa by 1860. Rachel's oldest sister Emily McBee, married Aaron Ball in Page county on June 25, 1860. During that decade, William Pearson's family moved to Fremont county where another sister, Amanda Pearson, married James Turner on Oct. 4, 1869; where Eve McBee married James K. P. Pearson on Feb. 5, 1871; and where Elizabeth McBee married William J. Pierson on Mar. 19, 1872........IF James McBee and William McBee were brothers, their children would have been double cousins. Also, Mrs. James (Ava Jane) McBee said she had been born near Nashville, Tennessee, but Elizabeth's census records say that she had been born in Iowa (This is the same information as shown in the 1860 census records for Page county.) 4.--Notes on James Knox P. Pearson have been posted on Rootsweb's Fremont county site.....My aunt, Gladys Pierson(Mrs. Forrest Liggett) was of this Pierson family.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: White Classification: Lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4243 Message Board Post: THE COUNCIL BLUFFS NONPAREIL. July 19, 1933. " 'Lotus Lake' in Full Bloom in River Bottoms on Iowa Side Near Nebraska City".-- Shenandoah, July 19.--A "lotus lake" in the Missouri river bottoms on the Iowa side near Nebraska City is in full bloom. The magnificent flowers of creamy white are from ten inches to a foot across, while the olive green leaves are twenty inches to a foot in diameter. The flowers are all above the water as they do not float like water lilies. Before the old Waubonsie lake was drained it was one of the largest lotus beds in America, 700 acares of lotus, one of the most beautiful of America's wild flowers. Artists and lovers of wild flowers would climb the high bluffs by the lake and sit for hours enraptured by the beauty before them. If one wants to see the lotus in full bloom, the trip must not be too early in the morning or too late in the afternoon as the flowers close for the night like the water lily. It is supposed that the flowers were transplanted by the early Indians, who used the seed pods for rattles for the papoose. The roots taste like the sweet potato. N.B.: Waubonsie Lake would have been in the old Half Breed Farm neighborhood, and north of present day Thurman, Iowa. And remember that all of the so-called Indian Mounds described in 1835 would have been there, also, during the residency of those early inhabitants of northwestern Fremont county........Of course, this particular reference would be to White's Lake, opposite Nebraska City.--W.F.