This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: farwellwalter Surnames: Mann, Hall Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.iowa.counties.fremont/7545/mb.ashx Message Board Post: FREMONT COUNTY HERALD. January 13, 1927. "Wilbur C. Mann".-- Wilbur C. Mann was born Nov. 14, 1868 and passed away Jan. 7, 1927 age 58 years 1 month and 24 days. He was the youngest son of Granville and Martha Mann, pioneers of Fremont county. He spent his entire life in his childhood home with the exception of one year at Cedar Rapids business college and one year at Mr. Vernon at Cornell College. Wilbur C. Mann was united in marriage to Miss Rose Hall Feb. 3, 1904. To this happy union three children were born: Eugene Irwin, Dorothy June and Carroll Emerson who with the mother survive him; also one brother, R. E. Mann of Tabor, Iowa. The deceased has been in poor health for three years. He became a member of the M. E. Church in early life. Funeral services were conducted from the home Sunday at 2:00 o'clock by the Rev. E. R. Streyfeler. Interment at Thurman cemetery. Those from out of town attending the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Will Adams and daughter of Fremont, Neb.; Mrs. A. I. McCord, Mr. and Mrs. Driscoll of Randolph; B. E. Mann and son and daughter of Tabor; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dean and W. E. Mann of Hamburg, Mr.and Mrs. Arthur Gill and Stuart Foster of Hamburg. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: farwellwalter Surnames: Irwin, Brown, Broughton, Barnes, McCluskey, Hopkins, Kusgen, Lehr, Markham, Milbern, Reeves, Shoemacker, Thompson Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.iowa.counties.fremont/7544/mb.ashx Message Board Post: THE SIDNEY ARGUS-HERALD. January 3, 1946. "Services Held For Mrs. A. A. Irwin". -- Jennie Lou Brown, daughter of Sarshell and Frances Jane Brown was born August 3, 1874 in Atchison county, MO. and passed away at the Hamburg hospital December 26, 1945 at the age of 71 years 3 months and 28 days. She was the eldest daughter of a family of seven children. She moved with her family to Fremont county when 14 years of age and attended high school at Hamburg. She united with the Church of Christ at Liberty School house near Farragut in March 1893, during the ministry of Claude E. Hill. She was a devoted Christian the remaining 52 years of her life. The family moved to Riverton in March 1895. There she was united in marriage to A. A. Irwin, Dec. 17, 1905. To this union one daughter, Bertha, was born. In 1937 they moved to Sidney here she resided at the time of her death. She was preceded in death by her parents, four brothers and one sister. She is survived by her husband, A. A. Irwin, of Sidney; her daughter and son-in-law Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Broughton of Shenandoah; three grandchildren, Mrs. Marjorie Barnes of Hamburg, Don and Mary Broughton of Shenandoah; and one great granddaughter, Shirley Barnes of Hamburg; one sister Mrs. H. W. McCluskey of Sidney and a host of other relatives and friends. Funeral services were held at the Crawford Funeral home in Sidney Friday, Dec. 28, at two o'clock conducted by Rev. O. B. Chastain of Omaha. Music was furnished by Mrs. Miriam Barbour, Mrs. Ralph Buttercase, Mrs. Lawrence Beedle and Mrs. O. B. Chastain with Mrs. W. C. Irwin accompanying at the piano. Pall bearers were Roy Cannon, Bill Perkins, Ferrin Evans, Ralph Buttercase, Tommy Snell and Ivan Reeves. Interment was made at Riverton. Out of town relatives attending the services were: Mr. and Mrs. Larry Barnes of Shirley of Hamburg Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Broughton, Mary and Tom, of Shenandoah Gratz Brown of Rockport, MO Nan Brown of Oklahoma City Mrs. Olive Brown of Council Bluffs Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hopkins and son of Hamburg Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Irwin of Nebraska City Mrs. Myrtle Kusgen of Council Bluffs Marvin Lehr of Council Bluffs Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd McCluskey of Pacific Junction Mrs. E. H. Markham of Nebraska City Mrs. Augusta Milbern of Council Bluffs Mrs. Tom Reeves and son of Nebraska City Mr. and Mrs. Ed Shoemacker of Council Bluffs Mr. and Mrs. Earl Thompson and daughters of Nebraska City. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

I have been searching for my G-Grandmothers 2nd husband, Isaac Conner b. 1837 Indiana. This has been a real puzzle for me. My G-Grandmother, Della Maria Reeves was a pretty religious Methodist woman who lived in Fremont County Iowa most all her life. She first married Burwell Irwin and after he died in 1878, she married Isaac Conner in 1886 at Rawlings, Kansas. This is the puzzle. It is hard for me to believe she went all the way to Kansas, BEFORE she got married. The following is an index of the marriage records of Rawlins County, Kansas. These records can be found at the county courthouse which is located in Atwood, Kansas 67730. CONNER, Isaac m. Irwin, Maria 1886 After Isaac died abt. 1891 she returned to Fremont. Corresponding with a Conner descendant, she can't figure out why Isaac would travel from Kansas to Fremont or how he met up with Maria. I am thinking that maybe Isaac Conner and the John Conner of Fremont might be related and that is how she met Isaac. Any help or comments appreciated. Dave

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: farwellwalter Surnames: Leeka, Forney, Benner, Clapper, Ettleman, Forney, Study, Surface, Grove, Bourbonnais, Waubonsie Classification: lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.iowa.counties.fremont/7543/mb.ashx Message Board Post: While 'thinking' about the above post (Biographical sketch of William Leeka), it occurred to me that I should check out "Forney's Five Family Records". This volume is a genealogy of the Benner, Clapper, Ettleman, Forney and Study families which I obtained from Thelma Surface, mother-in-law of my brother Bob. FIRST CONSIDERATION; Page 338 speaks of the family of Leonard Study and wife Sarah E. Grove. In 1846, his widowed mother accompanied the Mormons across Iowa to the Missouri river region. Here, her oldest son David joined the Mormon Battalion (other boys in the family were too young), and the remainder of the family started south from Traders Point. When they got to the Thurman area, they stopped there: "They were among the first settlers in that community and their first home was a log cabin, situated on land just south of Plum Creek and within the present limits of the town". They lived here for four years. READ THIS AS: This young family lived in an OLD LOG CABIN which they found on Plum Creek! SECOND CONSIDERATION: On page 29 of the "Forney's Five Family Record", we read that Christian Clapper left Trader's Point and traveled down river 12 miles "and bought out an old Pottawattamie chief in the fall of 1846". Since there are but three townships in Mills county, and since Traders Point is known as being in the northwestern corner of Mills county, this location puts Christian Clapper in the neighborhood just north of Calumet Point, and in the southwestern corner of Mills county. Now, bring up the post of November 29, 2003 entitled "Where The Half-Breed Farms neighborhood was. Northermost". After reading this it becomes apparent that Christian Clapper had bought out the well known Bourbonnais woodyard in the Egypt neighborhood of southwest Mills county. Bourbonnais was not really an Indian chief, but he was an outstanding member of Waubonsie's band. His 'place of public accommodation' was even white-washed, and must have been a most noticeable establishment. THIRD CONSIDERATION: In 1846, many of the Mormon families moved into old log cabins which the departing French families left behind when they emigrated to their new homes in Kansas with the Pottawattomies. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: farwellwalter Surnames: Leeka, Seward, Cooper, Hoecken Classification: biography Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.iowa.counties.fremont/7542/mb.ashx Message Board Post: FREMONT COUNTY HERALD. Oct. 2, 1902. "WILLIAM LEEKA". -- The familiar feature of the above portrait will be readily reognized by most of our readers as he is known to a large acquaintance in every part of the county and especially in the northern part where his name is associated with the pioneers who braved the hardships incident to pioneer life. He was born in Clinton county, Ohio, June 14, 1830 and is of German lineage. In the spring of 1839 the parents emigrated from Clinton county, Ohio, to Van Buren county, Iowa, making the journey down the Ohio river and up the Mississippi and Des Moines rivers. After spending a few years in this sparsely settled country, the family moved to Holt county, MO., and resided there about one year. In November 1848 another move was inaugurated which brought the family to Fremont county, Iowa, where the father, John Leeka, purchased 160 acres of land lying along Plum Creek about two miles east of where Thurman is now located, for $1.25 per acre. DURING THE WINTER OF '48 THE FAMILY RESIDED IN AN OLD LOG HOUSE WHICH STOOD A SHORT DISTANCE SOUTH OF THE PRESENT RESIDENCE but the winter months were improved by the father and two sons, David and William in cutting and hewing logs for the erection of a better house at the earliest convenience the spring weather would permit. In the meantime another tract of land comprising 240 acres had been added which now made the new possesion even 300 acres. At this place the mother died on June 30, 1880 at the age of about 82 years, and on January 10, 1892 the father departed this life at the advanced age of 90 years. August 28, 1873, Mr.Leeka was united in marriage to Miss Rachel S. Seward, of Van Buren county, Iowa. To this union six children were born and all are yet living. They have not forgotten the admonition of fond parents and neglected their educational advantages as two of the sons are graduates of a normal school at Lincoln, Neb., and Miss Lorena has taken special work in Drake University at Des Moines. The present residence, which was begun in October 1892 and finished the following spring so that the family took their abode therein, is one of the finest farm houses in the state; the building is attractive in architecture, neat in adornment, both on the exterior and interior. It is 46x40 feet in dimension and two stories high with ceilings 10 and 8 1/2/ feet high. The location is on a fine elevation against a bluff which services as a protection from atmospheric danger coming from the north or west and it also lends enchantment to the surrounding scene. Much might be said of this magnificent home but pen or brush is inadequate to do full justice. Mr. Leeka is quite liberal in his political views but was formerly a supporter of the republican party. He has held different offices--being the first clerk of Scott township, county commissioner and justice of the peace. He is a member and holds the position of elder in the reorganized church of Latter Day Saints. He is a liberal supporter of all worthy institutions; the community at large and indiviudals in particular could vouch for his spirit of benevolence and they do by their estimation and appreciation. His landed interest comprises 3,200 acres in Fremont county, 1,450 acres in Kansas and 320 acres in Oklahoma, making a practical aggregate of 5,000 acres which he has acquired through his own effort save, perhaps, the old homestead of 400 acres purchased by his father. N.B.: Read thoughtfully what Leeka was saying in the third paragraph where he says the Leeka family lived in an old log cabin during the winter of 1849 - 1849. (The capital letters are mine.) How can one explain his statement that there was and OLD LOG CABIN standing along Plum Creek in November 1848? It stood just a short distance south of the home built by the Leeka's in October 1892. Undoubtedly, he is referring to a cabin left behind when the Half Breed Farm neighborhood was vacated when the Pottawattomie Indians left Fremont county for their new homes in Kansas in 1846. Stephen Cooper said there were "half breeds" living in the present day Thurman area; and thanks to Father Hoecken's baptismal records we know some of the French families living there. Perhaps I should reiterate that William Leeka's picture accompanies the original article.-- W.F. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: dkwesley Surnames: NICHOLS, VAN NESS Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.iowa.counties.fremont/530.1.4.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hazel, are sure that Rachael Nichols Van Ness is buried at Nichols Cem@ Hendricks Co. IN. Email from Margaret Nichols Rothrock mnrothrock@mchsi.com Hi, I notice that you have listed Rachel Nichols Van Ness as buried at the Nichols Cemetery in Hendricks County Indiana. This is my family's ancestral cemetery located on land they moved to in the 1820's. We have no record of your Rachel in our data, how is she related. Also, the listed people in this cemetery are from the Hendricks County cemeteries records. She is not listed in this, are you sure she is buried there? Thank you, Margaret Nichols Rothrock Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Winter is nearly over and most of us are looking for something to help us get over cabin fever. How about becoming a county coordinator? IAGenWeb has some wonderful counties just waiting for someone to care for them. Those available are GREENE, LUCAS, MAHASKA, MONROE, MILLS & GUTHRIE counties. Take a tour of the counties at http://iagenweb.org/state/colist.php. Then let us know your choice and we will get the ball rolling! For more information about the requirements, go to: http://iagenweb.org/state/primer.htm. It's easier than it looks! If you have any questions, please just ask! We'll do our best to give good answers : ) Conni Mac & Mary IAGenWeb Welcome Hostesses welcome_to_iagenweb@iagenweb.org

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: farwellwalter Surnames: McKissick, Utterback, Dunn, Overstreet, McGargill, Gray, Pelster, Swanson, Robertson, Chase, Rima, Couche, McNutt, Sloop, Monson, Rasmussen, Kesterson, O'Neal, Stauffer, Ross, Scott, Moody, Ross, Farwell, Troxel, Varley, Blair Classification: biography Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.iowa.counties.fremont/7541/mb.ashx Message Board Post: William McKissick married Ruth Utterback: Their daughter Nellie May, born May 3, 1887 in Riverton - died May 12, 1976 in Omaha; married Fred Beam on July 16, 1905; buried at Riverton. Children: Merl of Omaha, Clyde of Omaha, Wayne of Omaha, Wilbur of Grove, OK Samuel Dunn married Matilda Overstreet: Their daughter (1) Wilma, b. Oct. 19, 1911 in Randolph died Jan. 12, 1982 in Imogene, IA; married Paul A. McGargill on Apr. 1, 1929 in Imogene; buried at Mt. Calvary cemetery in Imogene. CHILDREN of Paul and Wilma McGargill: --a. Mrs. Frances JeanGray of Imogene --b. Mrs.Harvey (Elizabeth) Pelster, Imogene --c. Mrs. Johanna Swanson, Imogene --d. Mrs. Anna Robertson, Redding, CA --e. Mrs. Don (Yvonne) Chase, Red Oak, IA --f. William McGargill of Shenandoah --g. Steve McGargill of Los Angeles --h. Charles McGargill of Los Angeles --i. James McGargill, deceased 2. Mrs. Esther Rima of Shenandoah 3. Mrs. Vern (Faye) Couche of Sabetha, KS Lucinda Evelyn McNutt married Paul Louis Sloop, b. Oct. 16, 1907 in Lancaster, MO - d. Mar. 10, 1981 at Sidney; married on Sept. 3, 1929; buried at Mt. Olive Cemetery. Children: --a. Robert Duane Sloop of Hamburg --b. Roland Dean Sloop of Hamburg --c. Keith Wilton Sloop of Hamburg --d. John Paul Sloop of Hamburg --e. Larry Francis Sloop of Hamburg A daughter was born to the Harry Monson's of Omaha. -- Farragut News. --Apr. 20, 1914. (N.B.: I believe this was Kathryn Monson; she became a doctor and moved to California. Harry Monson ran a gas station in Prairie township on the highway between Sidney and Shenandoah during the great depression.--W.F.) Mrs. John Rasmussen called Bryan Kesterson Thursday from Seatle, WA, telling him her husband had died May 5th. She will be remebered as Wanda Smith, who taught school here. He was an electrical engineer for 29 years in Seattle.--Beacon-Enterprise of May 24, 1984 Mary K. (O'Neal) Rasmussen of Gresham, OR, on Feb. 19, 1990 was buried near her husband, Clifford, in Wenatchee, Oregon. (A brother Richard O'Neal lives in Council Bluffs, Iowa.). She leaves sons Robert Rasmussen and James Rasmussen and a daughter Mrs. Gary (Debra) Buck. (N.B.: Clifford Rasmussen grew up on the west side of the Riverton - Randolph road, 1/2 miles south of the Hiway 2 intersection. Mary and Richard's father was foreman of a DeKalb corn detassling crew during the second World War. Richard, who attended the Council Bluffs school, had lost most of his hearing, but could hear the sound of his father's old car when it was revved up! This simple event delighted Richard so very much....During this same time, Mary and Clifford lived in Sidney. --W.F.) Rev. Stauffer and wife from Peoria, Ill., arrived at Farragut for a visit.-- Dec. 6, 1900. (N.B.: Rev. Stauffer married my grandparents in 1891; he, Cory (Ross) Scott, and my grandmother, Addie Ross Farwell, colaborated to make a colored pencil drawing of the prairie dogs on old man Moody's farm just north of Walnut creek in Walnut township. This prairie dog colony on the Farragut - Imogene road existed from the time the government surveyed the site in the 1850's up to just a few years after 1930.--W.F.) Jay Troxel of Seal Beach, CA, visited Bob Troxel's home and attended the 1933 Farragut class reunion. -- Aug. 5, 1982 (N.B.: J.J. Troxel's parents lived at the foot of Sycamore Hill where the South Tier road rose out of the valley of the East Nishnabotna. Sycamore Country School stood near the crest of this hill. -- W.F.) Lawrence D. Varley, 32, and Adah D.Blair, 28, obtained a marriage license. -- Jan. 12, 1906. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: farwellwalter Surnames: Longinaker, Reeves, Lord, Lovelady, Smith, Whitehill, Osstrem, Lucas, Baldwin, Groom, Lundy, Lybarger, Rhode, Lyon, Bishop, McCaffree, Kinney, McClain, McDaniels, Kinzie, McGaugh, Shull, McKissick Classification: biography Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.iowa.counties.fremont/7540/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Walter Longinaker of Northridge, CA: His children 1. Charles, 60, died Jan. 5, 1978 at Granada Hills, CA; was born in Tabor. Buried in Tabor. Widow Doris. 2. Randall of Northridge, CA. 3. Mrs. Verlin (Eileen) Reeves of Tabor. Elizabeth ___?___, mother of V. W. Lord, died May 10, 1899 and was buried Thursday. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Harrison. -- Percival. May 18, 1899. Mrs. Dr. Lovelady is a sister of Mrs. Coleman Smith. -- May 12, 1904. Mr. and Mrs. Herschel Whitehill returned Monday from a few days' trip to Cedar Rapids to visit Mike and Ann Whitehill and girls. Mike is employed as a director of Industrial Relations for Rockwell. They also visited the Carl Ostrems in Iowa City and Ted Ostrems and the John Ostrems of Elgin, IL, while in Iowa City.-- Oct. 20, 1988 Mrs. Mary Lucas, her daughter and husband Ed Baldwin's , and 2 sons will move to L.A., CA. -- Beacon of Feb. 13, 1913. Oliver Lucas died Friday and was buried at Thurman....Mrs. Sam Lucas of Anthon, Iowa; Mrs. Charles Groom are visiting at the Lucas home north of Thurman.--Nov. 26, 1914 E. E. Lundy died Apr. 13th last week.--Apr. 21, 1904...Mrs. Lunday will receive a $1000 insurance payment.-- May 24, 1904 Lillie Lybarger, 86, born in Fremont county - died Jan. 17, 1982 in Tabor; buried there; married Harrison Lybarger. A sister is Mrs. Laura Rhode of Toppenish, WA; Lyle Lybarger of Tabor is a son. Maud E. Lyon of near Percival: born Nov. 25, 1855 - died Oct. 23, 1904; she was orphaned when six years old and her aunt Mrs. C. L. Bishop took her in. Buried at Rector's. ____?___ McCaffree married F. Q. Kinney of Bloomfield,Nebr.; she was a sister-in-law of T. A. Kinney; she died Monday DEc. 25, 1902; was known in Sidney. Garrett S. McCaffree died DEc. 12, 1899 aged 22y 10m 10d; son of Simeon McCaffree; born and raised in Sidney; leaves 4 brothers and 6 sisters. Buried at Sidney. Mrs. Abraham McClain died Monday; was buried at Mt. Zion with her husband who died several months ago. --Aug. 6, 1903 Abram McClain died Monday; buried at Mt. Zion Cemetery. --Sept. 25, 1902 Mr. McDaniels lived many years near Pleasant Grove School House; he was found dead in Missouri on election day. Daughter Mrs. Kinzie (lives near Anderso) and a son south of Sidney survive. --Nov. 27, 1904 John Franklin McDaniel born Nov. 7, 1901 - died Dec. 5, 1901. George McGaugh died at his brother-in-laws, Lot Shull, on Wednesday. --Riverton, Jan. 14, 1904 Jacob McKissick of Reno, Nevada, died Sunday. --Hamburg, Sept. 20, 1900. Richard W. McKissick, born Oct. 27, 1885 - died July 1, 1900. -- Hamburg Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: farwellwalter Surnames: Lindsay, Dobbins, Pennington, Rupp, Simons, Williams. Livingston, Lockett, Nelson, Logan Classification: biography Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.iowa.counties.fremont/7539/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Elisha Lindsay, born in West Virginia - died Wed. at his daughters J C. Dobbins on March 27, 1901 aged 85y 3m 15d in Creston. Married Elizabeth Pennington in 1845. Had 3 sons and 4 daughter, the oldest son and daughter have died, so 5 are living. In 1854 came to Fulton county, and in 1887 to Sidney. Mrs. Lindsay died here in 1896. Sons Samuel and R. P. live at Sidney.--Mar. 28, 1901 Adelia E. Rupp, eldest daughter of D. A. and L. J. Rupp, born at Monmonth, Illinois Sept. 11, 1867 - died Oct. 31, 1902 at her sisters Mrs. A. B. Simons at Hamburg.Mrs. C. L. Williams of Manchester, OK is also a sister. Moved to Kansas with her parents. Married May 23, 1885 at Chanute, Kansas to Samuel Lindsay. 4 boys and 1 daughter, one of whom died in infancy. Came to Sidney in 1888. Loren Livingston died Jan. 23, 1964. George Lockett, an old resident of O'Possum Creek valley, died Sunday. --May 28, 1903. (SEE "Re.17. Mary (Nelson) Lockett per Darby's List of the Lacy Grove neighborhood".) Robert O. Logan, an insurance agent from Hamburg, fell from a window in Springfield, Ill.,and week ago last Saturday. -- Sept. 26, 1901. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: BDorcas8695 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.iowa.counties.fremont/3908.1.1.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I really have very little info about James and his lst wife Amanda Cones. I feel that your info must be correct. I do know that James J. remarried Eliza Jane Shannon McAdams and both are buried in Springfield, Greene Co, Mo. at the Hazelwood Cemetery. They had 4 children - Elizabeth 1866-1928, Reuben 1868, Eunice 1869-1927 and Fred b 1872. I know nothing about Laura and she isn't mentioned in her father's obit. Hope this help. Dorcas B. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: farwellwalter Surnames: Lawrence, Shelton, Jones, Kemp, Fischer, David, Watkins, Orr, Leffler, Cady, Lehr, Leitch, Venable, Nixon, Leslie, McElroy, Barrett, Stiles, Miller, Lewis, Lightfoot, Lighthizer, Likes Classification: biography Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.iowa.counties.fremont/7538/mb.ashx Message Board Post: William McKinley Lawrence married Leota ____?___, born July 11, 1905 at Nemaha, NE - died Jan. 21, 1982 at Sidney Health Center; married on Nov. 10, 1925. Burial at Grandview cemetery west of Sidney. 1. Bonnie Shelton, dec'd. 2. Herbert Lawrence of Omaha 3. Abe Lawrence of Omaha 4. Louis Jones (sic) of San Bernadino, CA 5. Ellen Kemp, Phoenix, AZ 6. Dollie Fischer,Cumming, Iowa 7. Grace David of Tofino, B. C., Canada She leaves two sisters, also: 1. Louise Watkins of Denver, CO 2. Fairy Orr of Shady Cove, OR Sturgis H. Leffler, 71, died Mar. 13, 1978; burial at Grandview at Knox. John Leffler who lived southwest of Knox died the first of the week and was buried at Rector's Tuesday. -- Nov. 19, 1903. (WPA records: "John W. Leffler, 12/6/1832 - 11/15/1903".) Eliza Cady, born Oct. 9, 1857 in Sullivan county, Missouri -- died Jan. 26, 1902 in Sidney; married John Lehr on Sept. 27, 1880; seven children, six living: 2 boys and 4 girls. Moved to Sidney last September. Alexander Leitch, born Iverness, Scotland on Oct. 25, 1825 - d. near Sidney on Mar. 24, 1902 aged 76 years 5 months 12 days. In 1837 came to Raleigh, NC with his father's family. To St. Louis, MO by 1840; in 1846 to Gallatin, Davies county, MO where he married Emily A Venable in 1850; she died several years ago (Jan. 6, 1825 - July 18, 1895) and since then he has lived with his son William. Three daughters and one son. Came to Sidney in 1854. Martha Isabelle, wife of Rev. W. Benjamin Nixon, daughter of A. Leitch, died May 28, 1899 aged 35 years. Myrtle Leslie, b. at Percival - d. at Episcopal Church Home (at Rochester, NY ?) on July 25, 1982 at age of 81 years. Moved with her parents to Huron SD in early childhood. A retired social worker. Buried Rose Hill in Shenandoah. Mrs. Clyde McElroy of Shenandoah, dec'd., was a sister. Surviving cousins include Lois Barrett of Percival, Ursel Stiles of Nebraska City and Ivan Miller, Kinross, Iowa. George Lewis, 70, a colored man, died Tuesday at Hamburg.--Nov. 12, 1903. (WPA records: George Lewis 10/12/1837 - 10/12/1903 -- sic: Does it look right to link this up with the following?). Mrs. George Lewis died Sunday in Locust Grove. Leaves husband and 5 small children. Buried at Locust Grove. -- Jan. 8, 1903 (WPA records: Mary C. Lewis 7/13/1871 - 1/4/1903). Marion Lightfoot who lived 2 miles south of Farragut died Sunday. -- Sept. 27, 1900. (WPA records: Marian Lightfoot 1844 - 1900) Grandfather Lighthizer's 86th birthday was Aug. 6, 1900. Miss Likes died in Nebraska; buried at Farragut on Sunday; a former resident. -- June 25, 1903 Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: farwellwalter Surnames: Kinney, Conrad, Kline, Knight, Kraschel, Drake, Laber, Lacy, Stone, Liggett, Lair, Smith, Dyrdahl, Wright, Lamb, Flemings, Laport, Layport, Roberts, Travis, Lavely Classification: biography Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.iowa.counties.fremont/7537/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Mrs.Kinney, an early settler of Monroe township, died Friday at home in Emerson. T. A. Kinny is her son. --Apr. 7, 1904 Elizabeth Anna (Conrad) Kline, born in Panora, Guthrie Co., Iowa on July 1, 1861 - died at her home in Glenwood on Jan. 22, 1900 aged 38 y. 5 m. 21 d.; married at Malvern Nov. 28, 1878 to L. F. Kline. Three years later moved to Randolph where they lived for 8 years; moved to Sidney when elected county recorder and lived here 8 years. Moved to Malvern 2 years ago. Eight children born, seven surviving: five boys and two girls. Her mother, four brothers and two sisters also survive. Buried at Sidney Samuel Knight died Thursday aged 68 years 5mo; his wife, Mary Ann, died Saturday aged 78 years. Buried at Farragut. --Mar. 24, 1904 (WPA records: "S. G. Knight died Mar. 17, 1904. Civil War veteran.") Pauline Kraschel married Leo Drake who died Apr. 27, 1975 at Tracy, CA. Buried there. Mrs. Euphelia Laber, an old soldier's widow, died Friday. --Buried Protestant Cem., Imogene. -- Jan. 11, 1900 Jeptha D. Lacy, born Christian county, KY on July 15, 1823 - d. Sidney Dec. 19, 1904; married Sarah A. Stone in Illinois in 1849. (1 and 2) Two children died in infancy; (3) Theodore (4) Emma (5) Mrs. M. E. Liggett. He was an old settler; buried at Sidney. (N.B.: The Lacy Grove neighborhood northwest of Sidney was named after his father, George Lacy. --W.F.) Eldon S. Lair married Mabel Smith: Their children - (1) Virgil Everett, b. July 28, 1918 near Hamburg - died FEb. 19, 1982 in Miami, Florida; married June 14, 1945 to Yoeman First Class Mildred Dyrdahl of Kenyon, Minn. (2) Delbert, deceased; (3) Martin, deceased; (4) Ross, deceased; (5) Mrs. Marjorie Wright, Miami, Florida; (6) Wade Lair of Hamburg. Mrs. Addie Lamb, daughter of Myron Flemings, died in Burlington last Saturday; buried at Riverton. Leaves husband and 3 small children. -- Aug. 28, 1902 Basil Laport, born and raised in Ohio, died Mar. 15, 1900 aged 82 years 1 month; married Miss Roberts; had 4 girls and 2 boys. Came to Fremont county in 1858; wife died about 5 years ago. He was one of 14 children. Buried at Sidney. (1) Macannis Laport of Bradshaw, Nebr.; (2) Mrs. E. A. Travis of Sidney; (3 - 6) Deceased. (WPA records: B. Layport 2/11/1818 - 3/22/1900; Nancy Layport 12/18/1818 - 3/21/1095.) Lester Lavely, 68, died June 28, 1958 Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: farwellwalter Surnames: Kelley, Kent, Montague, Bragg, Brigg, Gilmore, Kerschner, Story, Travis, Davidson, Keyser, King, Clark, Sterner, Schramm Classification: biography Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.iowa.counties.fremont/7536/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Edward Roy Kelley, 93, died July 31, 1941; was a Civil War veteran. --Farragut. (WPA records show "Emma J., wife of E. R. Kelley, 4/11/1856 - 7/15/1913".) William H. Kent died Feb. 11, 1904 aged 75 years 19 months 25 days; married Catherine W. Montague on Mar. 6, 1847 at 18 years. Buried at Rose Hill in Shenandoah. In 1854 went to Illinois; to Fremont county in 1876 - the year of the grasshoppers. Four of 12 children died in early life: 1. Floyd G., of Fremont county 2. George R., of Fremont county 3. Charles T., of Fremont county 4. Albert of Peoria,Ill. 5. William W. of Nebraska 6. Frank of Nebraska 7. Mrs. Sarah Bragg of Nebraska (Mrs. A. J. Bregg of Guide Rock, Neb.) 8. Robert (?) 9. J. J. (?) Michael Kent, father-in-law of John Gillmore of Imogene, died Friday morning aged 86 years; had come from Ireland in 1840. (WPA records "Michael Kent 5/2/1819 - 5/2/1899".)....."John Kent and wife of Wasington state, were with his father Michael Kent when he died at the St.Frances Hospital in Council Bluffs; he accompanied the remains here Friday evening." (I copied no dates or sources when I took these notes! --W.F.) - BUT - "Grandpa Kent will have requiem mass next MOnday. --June 22, 1899, Imogene". Mrs. Daniel (Alta) Kerschner died Friday; daughter of Mrs. Ren Story; leaves husband and 8 year old daughter; mother lives northwest of Riverton. Two brothers John and Ralph Story and a sister Mrs. Rufus Travis. Buried at Sidney. -- Farragut, Apr. 23, 1903. (WPA records: "Alta J. Kerschner 7/23/1867 - 4/17/1903, wife of D.K.".) John Davidson, son of Frank, died north of Percival, on July 23, 1904 aged 19 years 10 days. Buried at Rectors. Gilbert Keyser died Nov. 24, 1972 in Redwood Falls, Minn. (Percival news.) A.D. King, former Fremont county treasurer, left county 20 years ago: Mrs. King died last March and was buried at Blockton, Iowa. (1) Ancil of Indianapolis; (2) Lou teaches school at Beatrice, Nebr.; (3) Mint -- Mrs. Clark -- of Brooklyn, NY; (4) Charles of New York City (5 and 6) Pearl and Rufus who are with Mr. King at Springfield, MO. -- May 26, 1904 Marion King died Wednesday a week ago; buried at Farragut. -- Oct. 15, 1903 (WPA records show "Francis M. King died Oct. 7, 1903. Co. "A", 15th Ill Inf.") Frank C. King, 86, born in Fremont county - died Sept. 10, 1979 in Omaha; buried at Thurman. Children - 1. Margaret Sterner of Omaha 2. Julia Schramm of Syracuse, NY 3. John of Thnurman 4. Maurice of Thurman 5. Kenneth of Milo, Iowa. Edwin King, younger brother of Rev. Clyde King of Sidney, died June 30, 1972 Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: farwellwalter Surnames: Johnson, Harliss, Fox, Tackett, Bennett, Adams, Carr, Harris, Stephenson, Lacy, Johnston, Jones, Jordan, Judd, Kaster, Adams, Kayton, Kearns, Keeler Classification: biography Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.iowa.counties.fremont/7535/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Wilbur Johnson married Mae Harliss: Their children - 1. Waldo Sidney Johnson, born Jan. 23, 1894 in Magnolia, Iowa - died Mar. 1, 1977 in Grape Comm. Hosp; married Mabel Lillian Fox on Jan. 1, 1913. CHILDREN: Lois Tackett, Sybil Bennett, Ross, Kenneth, Edward 2. Grace Adams of Blair, Nebr. 3. A son, deceased. 4. A daughter, deceased. Lucien L. Johnson, b. Jan. l, 1858 near McPaul - d. last Monday (as of July 2, 1931), aged 73 years 5 months 28 days; married Dec. 11, 1879 to Viola Carr. His siblings were - 1. Mrs. Sadie Harris of Bartlett 2. Mrs. Talitha Stephenson of Selma, CA 3. Lee Johnson of Wann,Nebr. 4. Charles Johnson of Thurman 5. Henry Johnson of Thurman John R. Johnson died at Elgin, Oregon this week aged ca. 70 years; was raised around Sidney. was once in business in Thurman; married a sister of J.D. Lacy of Sidney. (No further data.) Grace Johnston, 13 years, died Wednesday at McPaul; was a daughter of Charles Johnston. Buried at Thurman.--Sept. 10, 1903 J.C.Jones, b. 1848 - d. Aug. 18, 1925; came to Farragut in 1877. (WPA records show "Farragut: John Chandler Jones, 1848 - 1925.") Nathaniel Jordan: His son William died Aug. 3, 1900 aged 22 years; had been born in Sidney. (WPA records show "William A. Jordan, June 9, 1878 - Aug. 3, 1900"). Ethel Judd, daughter of J. L. Judd of south of Thurman, died Monday aged 17 years; buried at Parsley Cem. north of Sidney.--Aug. 4,1904 Thomas Kaster, father of Mrs. Charles Adams of Riverton, died Tuesday at Crawford, Nebr.; buried at Shenandoah. -- June 26, 1902. (WPA records for Rose Hill in Shenandoah show "Thomas Kaster 1847 - 1902, husband of Agnes".) Mrs. Nellie Kayton, died Saturday; born Oct. 19, 1864 in Ripley county, Ohio; married Wilber Kayton on Sept. 21, 1892; one child. Buried at Malvern. -- Randolph, Feb. 22, 1900 Mrs. William Kearns of Bartlett died Friday; her one - week old baby died last week; leaves her husband and 3 small children.--July 30, 1903 Mrs. Riley Keeler, born March 9, 1838 in Wheeling, WV - died Dec. 23, 1900 in Sidney; in 1842 came to St. Joseph, MO and to Fremont county in 1854; married Riley Keeler who died Mar. 20, 1989. Buried at Sidney. Leaves 2 brothers and 2 sisters. (WPA records show "Margaret Keeler 3/9/1838 - 12/23/1900; Riley Keeler 11/17/1834 - 3/20/1898; Seth Keeler 12/22/1863 aged 51; Mrs. Seth Keeler, no dates".) Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: julllong Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.iowa.counties.fremont/4201.1.1.1.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi - Moses and his wife are my ancestors- could you please share w/ me where you found the documentation on Betsy's 1846 death and John's marriage record stating his parent's names - I have not been able to find these yet. Thank you!! Julie Long Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: farwellwalter Surnames: Ingram, James, Jeff, McCrory, Jenkins, Jensen, Koler, Jenks, Burneh, Kohler, Alford, Jinks, Jobe, Prather, Johnson, Gossard, Moore, Bachelor Classification: biography Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.iowa.counties.fremont/7534/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Welcome Ingram burned to death in a wagon, early Sunday morning. -- Riverton, Nov. 30, 1899 Mrs. James James of Locust Grove died Monday; buried at Farragut. -- FEb. 1, 1900 Mrs. Jeff, mother of Mrs. Frank McCrory, died FEb. 3, 1900; buried at Mt. Olive Baptist Church. Thomas Jenkins of Percival was buried last Wednesday; Mrs. Jenkins had died about 3 weeks before. --Feb. 21, 1901 Mrs. Swen Jensen, 66, died Feb. 15, 1982 at Tempe, AZ; husband is deceased; 3 sisters and 2 brothers survive; also two daughters. Word was received Monday that Frank Koler had been killed in a railroad wreck at Edgmont, S.D..-- Riverton, April 24, 1902 William O. Jenks, born May 25, 1827 in Fayette county, Ind - died Dec. 18, 1900 in Riverton; married Sarah Burneh near Liberty Mills, Ind., in 1855. No issue. To Shenandoah circa 1889 and to Riverton in 1891. Raised O. F. Kohler of Deadwood, S.D., and Margaret Alford of Edgmont, S.D.; leaves 2 brothers. Mrs. Jinks left for Deadwood, S.D. to live with Frank Kohler. -- Jan. 3, 1901 Mrs. Henrietta (Jobe) Prather died at Odgen, Utah on April. 29, 1902 aged 28 years 5 months 11 days; married O. H. Prather on Mar. 18, 1896; her father lives near Knox. Leaves 2 brothers and several sisters; also husband and little son. Buried at Rectors. Doctor Thomas P. Johnson married Lillian Irene Gossard, born Oct. 27, 1927 in Pickering, MO - died Apr. 24, 1975 at Grape Community Hosp.; married on July 14, 1956. Daughter of Benjamin E. and Myrtle Gossard; buried at Sidney. Leaves Bret Gossard (Johnson?), Benjamin Hugh (Johnson?) and Holly Drue (Johnson?). Benjamin JOhnson married Bessie Olson: (1) Oscar Lawrence, born near Glenwood on Jan. 5, 1907 - died Sept. 23, 1981; married on May 1, 1926 (1) Carrie Moore who died Aug. 22, 1952; married (2) Ruby Bachelor in 1954. (2 - 5). Sons, deceased (6 - 9). Daughters, deceased Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: farwellwalter Surnames: Jacobs, Myers, Hoskins, Borchers, Maxwell, Wadley, Harris, Hanna Classification: biography Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.iowa.counties.fremont/7533/mb.ashx Message Board Post: SAMUEL JACOBS, born March 7, 1821 in Harrisburg, PA -d. Sept. 4, 1903 in St. Joseph, MO; married ANNA MEYERS at Fairfield, Iowa in 1849; buried at Hamburg.....He was the maternal grandson of General John Andre and Mary (Harris) Hanna; she was the daughter of John Harris, founder of Harrisburg, PA......In 1847, Samuel Jacobs came west as a government civil engineer. In 1849 was surveying the Des Moines River. He published the "Jeffersonian" at Fairfield, Iowa; then he surveyed the route of the C. B. & Q. Railroad across Iowa; in 1865 came to Council Bluffs as real estate agent. Surveyed the Council Bluffs and St. Joseph Railroad. In 1869 moved to Hamburg, Iowa, where he sold lots. CHILDREN: 1. Mrs. S. F. Hoskins of Peoria, Illinois 2. Mrs. H. H. Borchers of Hamburg, Iowa 3. Mrs. A. L. Maxwell of Portland, Oregon 4. Mrs. J. V. Wadley of Chillicothe, MO 5. Miss Sarah Hanna (Jacobs?) 6. Miss Henrietta Hanna (Jacobs?) N.B.: I must have copied numbers 5 and 6 incorrectly: It seems their last name should have been "Jacobs". The Des Moines river surveying project was a dream of building the Des Moines river into an important commercial shipping lane. George Washington Lucas and Dr. William Dewey of Fremont county pushed through legislation in the Iowa State General Assembly which moved the capital from Iowa City to Des Moines; this change of location was based on the success of such a project which would result in Fort Des Moines becoming an important commercial center. The General Assembly did not count on the Interstate Commerce Commission's determination to make Chicago a center of an east-west railroad network wherein 40 per cent of all east-west railroad tracks would pass through Chicago. Back in 1855, the idea was for the main route for business coming from the Far West to turn southeast after reaching Fort Des Moines......BUT, thinking of Samuel Jacobs, note that Council Bluffs DID become the jumping off place of the continental railroad -- and -- the Council Bluffs to St. Joseph railroa! d is still in operation! -- W.F. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: farwellwalter Surnames: Hollliman, Nelson, Tooker, Hoon, Toliver, Hoop, Farlow, Horseley, Hills, Hackett, Hoop, Hosier, Greenlee, Smith, Howard, Hudson, Vanatta, Greenwood, Forney, Christian, Hunt, Hurst, Hutsell, Lewis, Scott Classification: biography Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.iowa.counties.fremont/7532/mb.ashx Message Board Post: David Holliman died in 1964; married Daphne Christine Nelson, born Sept. 14, 1903 near Jerome, Kansas - died Aug. 24,1981 in Denver, CO; daughter of Nels and Blanche Nelson; married at Russell, Kansas on Sept. 10, 1927; In 1934 moved to farm west of Riverton. Buried at Locust Grove Cem. C. Floyd Holliman, 86, (a WWI veteran) of Prescott, AZ - died June 3, 1981; buried at Mesa, AZ; widow Ruth. A son Fred lives at Baker, LA, and a daughter Helen Tooker at Roseville, CA. Mrs. Abigail Hoon nee Toliver, born in Tippiconoe county, Indiana 62 years ago - died Monday in Riverton. Married John Hoon 44 years ago; parents of four boys and four girls, six of whom are yet living. Have lived in Fremont county 15 years; buried at Rock Port, MO. -- Oct. 1, 1903 August 1, 1903: Riverton. -- John Hoon received word Wednesday morning of the severe illness of his son Albert at Rock Port, MO....Their son died before their arrival. His death was caused by appendicitis. Mrs. P. H. Hoop is a niece of Rev. Samuel Farlow of Milo, Iowa.-- FREMONT COUNTY SUN of May 15, 1902 Mrs. John Horsley, born at Soham, Cambridgeshire, England on Nov. 20, 1825 - died Oct. 17, 1902 at Percival; married John Horsley on Mar. 22, 1850; came to New York, U.S. in March 1852; lived in Kane co., IL for 8 years; to Sidney in 1858. Buried at Grandview Cemetery. Husband, two sisters (Mrs. David Hills and Mrs. Ann Hackett of Sidney); two brothers Richard and John Peacock of Whitewater, Wisconsin. FREMONT COUNTY SUN of Aug. 17, 1899: -- P. H. Hoop, adm'r. of the estate of Pearson Hosier, dec'd., plaintiff - VS - John Hosier, Elizabeth Greenlee, Wm. C. Smith, Pearson D. Smith, Harley Smith and Robert H. Smith, Hardin H. Smith, and Bessie E. Smith as minors.... Mrs. H. W. Howard died two miles south of Tabor on Saturday aged over 70 years. Leaves husband, 3 sons and a daughter. -- Tabor, Apr. 30, 1903 V. T. Hudson married Ida __?__: (1) a dau. Fannie Bell, born June 22, 1889 at Watson, MO - d. Apr. 6, 1981 at Grape Comm. Hosp.; buried at Tabor; married William Clyde Vanatta of Tabor, Iowa on Jan. 8, 1913; farmed southwest of Tabor; Doris Greenwood of Thurman and Merna Forney of Tabor are daughter; Darrell Vanatta of Tabor who married Dorothy is a son; (2) Leona Christian of Reed Spring, MO.; (3) Lee Hudson, dec'd.; (4) Henry Hudson, dec'd.; (5) Luther Hudson of Watson, MO; (6) Ernest Hudson of Farragut, Iowa. Mr. Hunt of Tabor fell from a tree and died of injuries last week.-- Aug. 29, 1901 The little nine-year old son of Robert Hurst died at the Glenwood Institute last Saturday with lung fever and was buried in the Randolph cemetery Sunday. --Randolph, March 8, 1900. Stella M. Hutsell, 64, died Nov. 13, 1981 at Hamburg; married Wilbur Lewis. Paul Hutsell of Rock Port is a brother; Herbert Lewis of Red Oak is a son; Mrs. Guy (Marilyn) Scott of Urbandale, Iowa is a daughter. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: farwellwalter Surnames: Hill, Ritchie Classification: death Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.iowa.counties.fremont/7531/mb.ashx Message Board Post: SIDNEY, March 1, 1900. -- John Hill, born in Alexandria, VA - died at his home in Sidney on Feb. 20, 1900, aged about 76 years. While a child his parents moved to Washigton, D.C. where they resided until the time of their deaths. There were 15 children in Mr. Hill's father's family, ten girls and five boys, the subject of this sketch being the youngest. There is one brother Francis, buried in Sidney. Four sisters and one brother are still living, all in Washington, D.C.The surviving brother is Richard; one brother died of Cholera in St. Louis. >From Washington, D.C., Mr.Hill went to St. Louis, and then to New Orleans, and then to St. Joseph, from which point he came to Sidney. His residence in Sidney covered a period of about 47 years. Married Eliza Ritchie of this county in 1862. To them were born six children, four boys and two girls, of whom three boys and one girl are living at present. During his residence in Sidney he built four business houses. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.