This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: farwellwalter Surnames: Keyser, Bobbitt, Copeland Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.iowa.counties.fremont/7469/mb.ashx Message Board Post: FREMONT COUNTY HERALD. January 18, 1923. "OLD SETTLER PASSES".-- John Berrener Keyser was born in West Virginia on May 26, 1840 and died at the home of his daughter, Mrs.Emmitt Bobbitt, near Knox on Sunday, January 14, 1928 at the ripe old age of 82 years 7 months and 19 days. Mr. Keyser was the youngest of six boys, the son of Henry and Abigail Keyser. In early manhood he answered his country's call and enlisted in the army in the spring of 1861 and served with honor through the entire period of the war. He was able to choose the best: God, Home and Country were in his progress in the proper place. He was converted and joined the M.E. Church and served in her ranks honorably until he was promoted by his Lord and King. He believed in God. He believed in the church. He was one of the men who stood by the church in Knox neighborhood and supported God's work for over half a century. All honor be to the memory of Brother Keyser and those with whom he cooperated in holding the best things before the young and old in the Knox community for over fifty years. He loved the church and worked for it. In young manhood he chose as his helper, companion and wife, Miss Asenath Copeland land they were married at Sidney, Iowa on March 14, 1866. To this union were born four children. A baby boy and girl dying in infancy and a son passed away at the age of twenty one years in July 1895. His wife and helpmate passed away on August 22, 1903 and after her passing he lived with his daughter, Mrs. Minnie Bobbitt, until he was called to his great reward. This daughter and her husband cared for him lovingly and patiently. He leaves to mourn his loss, the daughter, three grandchildren, two great grandchildren and a host of relatives and fiends. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon from the Knox church, conducted by Rev. D. B. S. Prather, pastor of the Methodist Church of Sidney. A quartet composed of J. T. Hodges, Mrs. D. H. S. Prather, Mrs. E. A. Engelke and Ben Davis with Mrs.J. T. Hodges at the organ, furnished the music. Interment was made in the Rector cemetery where he was laid to rest in the heart of the hils where he lived, labored and loved. Those from Sidney who attended the funeral were: Mrs. Mary Cook Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Copeland Mr. and Mrs. Ben Davis Mr. and Mrs. John Duncan Mrs. E. A. Engleke Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Focht Mr. and Mrs. Brice Goy Mrs. John Goy Mr. and Mrs. Frank Grimm Mrs. J. T. Hodges Lloyd McCain Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Meyer C. F. Morse Mrs. Sarah Perry C. H. Polk Mr. and Mrs. Tom VanEaton Mrs. Lulu Watson 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: Green, Nix, Drexel, Travis, Whisler, Johnston, Louie, Williams, Hiatt, Ettleman, Seater, Murchison, Elliott, Hammond, Bogue, Adamson, Marble, Cullen, Copeland, Mann Classification: biography Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.iowa.counties.fremont/7468/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Mrs. Ed Green of Pasadena, CA, is a daughter of Mrs. Mary Nix of Sidney.--Sidney Argus-Herald of Oct. 12, 1933. Mrs. Mollie Drexel of Omaha is the mother of Gared Travis of Sheridan, WY.--Sidney Argus-Herald of Oct. 12, 1933. Norman Whisler's 27th birthday was on Monday.--"Farragut News" in Sidney Argus-Herald of Oct. 12, 1933. W. C. Johnston of Randolph (He has lived there more than 50 years)died Monday, leaving a wife and eight children. --Fremont County Herald of Jan. 18,, 1923 A. M. Louie of Riverton, father of Mrs. R. E. Williams, died Tuesday. His wife had died last Sunday morning. His son George lives in Shenandoah. Burial in Riverton. -- Fremont County Herald of Jan. 18, 1923. Mrs. Frank Hiatt and Mrs. Hannah Ettleman of Sidney are sisters of of T. J. Seater of Omaha who celebrated 58 years of marriage Monday. He was married in Sidney in 1865 and moved to South Omaha in 1894, where he operates a feed store.-- Fremont County Herald of Jan. 18, 1923. Barbara Murchison has been elected to Phi Beta Kappa, national honorary scholastic fraternity, at Iowa City. Barbara was validictorian of her Sidney graduating class.-- Sidney Argus-Herald of Dec. 5, 1940. Helen Elliott, daughter of William Elliott's, married Howard Hammond, son of James Hammond of Thurman, Tuesday morning. They will live at Anderson.--Sidney Argus-Herald of November 5, 1931. Mrs. Bogue of Villisca is the mother of Mrs. M. R. Adamson.--Sidney Argus-Herald of Apr. 7, 1927. The road west of Riverton to the Sidney intersection, and, the road north of Farragut to the Sidney-Shenandoah highway, are both to be graveled; work to begin at the start of 1932. -- Sidney Argus-Herald of Nov. 5, 1931. "Word has been received by relatives in Percival of the safe arrival in Camp Dodge of Delos Marble from France. By long distance communication with his mother he stated he would never have any more use of his right arm, but if it had been amputated or not he did'nt say. Anyway, the splendor of another of our young men's strength is gone in saving you and me."-- Fremont County Herald of Apr. 3, 1919. Miss Emma Cullen received her appointment as postmistress in Percival last week, replacing Miss Clara Copeland.--Fremont County Herald of Apr. 3, 1919. Archie Mann's 17th birthday was honored on Sunday.-- Sidney Argus-Herald of Apr. 7, 1927. 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: Dover, Burnes, Buckham, Lovelady, Napper, Short, Furgason, Lambert, Wade, Jones, Barrett, Cook, Applegate, Ligget, Slusher, Hunsaker, Lownes, Wilkinson, Bell Classification: biography Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.iowa.counties.fremont/7467/mb.ashx Message Board Post: HOLT COUNTY, MISSOURI, CIRCUIT COURT CASE No. 409: "State of Missouri - VS - Mounts Dover for swearing a lie". I. -- STATE OF MISSOURI - to - CONSTABLE OF BLUFF TOWNSHIP, COUNTY OF HOLT, Greetings: WHEREAS a complaint has been made before me, one of the justices of the peace....upon the oath of James P. Burnes that one Mounts Dover....did on the 18th day of January 1845 at the house of T. L. Buckham, Esq., wilfully and knowingly swear a lie against said James P. Burnes... THEREFORE I command you to take said Mounts Dover...and have his body before me, or some justice to answer the said complaint and be further dealt with according to law. GIVEN under my hand and seal this 23rd day of January 1845.--(Signed) Thomas J. Lovelady, J.P. II. The first date pertinent to this trial begins in September 1837: It is deposition of Patrick Napper taken at the house of William Short in Cabell county, Virginia: "On Sept. 1837, I was on the road and in a jocular manner stated that I would like to fool somebody out of $5.00. Edmund Furgason and Sperry then disclosed to me secretly a plot to get Benches mare, and offered me that if I would go in I might share the profit of said trick. They told me that if I would write the instrument I might share a part of the profits. They told me that the instrument proposed to be written was to be a note that they would let on the Bench that it was a receipt to take a spell off a gun. He further states that this conversation transpired a few days before Benches mare was taken." -- Patrick Napper III. -- The next date this that of a transcript from the Lawrence County Circuit Court, July Term, 1840: (Edmund Furgason complains of William Lambert and accuses him of speaking slanderous words to wit: "Edmund Furgason is a horse thief and I can prove it." "Ned Furgason is a horse thief (there meaning Edmund Furgason)." " Ned Furgason is a rogue, he stole a horse". The plaintiff has been greatly damaged in his good name and reputation. However, the Lawrence county Court had requested a copy of the Napper testimony above, dated 1837! The charges were dismissed and the cost of the case was assessed against plaintiff Edmund Furgason. IV. Now we jump to August 6, 1844. The transcript outlined in III (above) has on the outside a note: "I assign the within transcript to James P. Burns for 'valise sum' this 6th day of August 1844. (Signed) WILLIAM LAMBERT." V. January 13, 1845: 1. -- "...Sayeth I was over at James Wades on last Monday (Jan. 13, 1845) it was a week ago, and saw Mr. Lambert and asked him if he had been to mill and he said he had. I was just starting home and Lambert asked me to ge in his wagon. He asked me (David Jones) and Mr. Barrett who was present, if either of us would see Mr. Burns. Shortly, Lambert stated if we did that he wanted me at the trial on Jan. 18, 1845 to let him know. That he would come to let him know. And then Lambert commenced telling the circumstances of the suit. As we went on to my (Jones) house, he told me that as Burns returned from Kentucky he told Mr. Furgason that he would take trade and give up the transcript and that Mr. Burns had sued Mr. Furgason on and that the said Furgason would not do it, but proposed giving his note and lift the transcript." -- DAVID JONES 2. -- "On last MOnday was week ago (Jan. 13, 1845) I went to the Cook's mill and met Mr. Lambert and Mr. Cook and I supposed he had been to mill..." -- James G. Applegate 3. -- "On 13th day of January 1845 I was at Cook's mill. I had crossed the bridge of The Lake. I had not gone far 'til I met Edmund Furgason and I believe too this young man Dover. As they met me I bid them good evening. I think they made answer the same. Furgason as he passed by the wagon asked me if I had been to mill. I told him "Yes". Nothing more was passed between us. QUESTION by the State: Did you ever say in the presence of Dover or any person else that the transcript was settled in whole or in part? ANSWER: I did not. QUESTION by the State: "Did you ever send word to Burns to give up the paper to Furgason? ANSWER: I did not. QUESTION by the State: Did not you say that Mr. Furgason had paid you up that transcriipt or near about it? ANSWER: I did not. QUESTION by the State: Did you not say it that you had sent word to Mr. Burns to give up that transcript? ANSWER: I did not. VI. Events of January 16, 1845: 1. "....I heard Mr. Furgason and Mr. Burnes trying to make compromise...Myself and Mr. Ligget and Mr. Dover were trying to make a compromise between them." -- Eli Slusher QUESTION: Did Mr. Furgason say if I would come by his house they could have settle it? ANSWER: Mr. Furgason said that he thought they could. QUESTION: Mr. Slusher, do you know what case that was they were trying to settle? ANSWER: I do not. 2. -- "On the 16th I heard Edmuond Furgason tell James P.Burns to come by his house on Sunday and they would try to settle...." -- JOHN LIGGET. VII. -- The trial at T. L. Buckham's house, January 18, 1845: 1. -- "Mr. J. P. Burns brought suit against Mr. Edmund Furgason on a transcript of a judgment from Lawrence County Circuit Court as assignee of William Lambert of 18th January 1845".--T. L. BURKHAM 2. Mounts Dover appeared as a witness and stated that last week (Jan. 13, 1845) he had seen "...Mr. Lambert as he went from mill and he said that Mr. Lambert told him that Mr. Furgason had paid him all or about all up, and that he had sent word to Mr. Burns to give up the papers...." 3. "...Sayeth that Mr.Dover stated that he had seen Mr. Lambert last week end. He told him that Mr. Furgason had nearly all up ...etc..etc..".--ISAAC HUNSAKER 4. (CALEB P. LOWNES gave the same testimony as Isaac Hunsaker.) 5. -- "Mounts Dover did on 18th January 1845 I understood testified that Mr. Lambert had received about all on a transcript from the Circuit Court from Lawrence County, Kentucky, by which he conveyed to me....". -- JAMES P. BURNS. VIII. "Mounts Dover and A. C. Dover gave bond before Thomas J. Lovelady and John C. Scott that Mounts Dover would appear before Holt County Circuit Court to answer charge of perjury and abide the judgement of the Court.". -- January 25, 1845 IX. -- Holt County, Missouri. Trial before Thomas J. Lovelady. January 27, 1845, which had been ordered on January 23, 1845: Nicholas Hunsaker delivered the following subpoenas: 1. Witness James Fowler (Not found in my township. Signed Henry H. Bruce, constable of Bluff township.) 2. Witness George W. Wilkinson (No notations.) 3. David Jones is to appear on January 27, 1847 at the house of Thomas J. Lovelady between the hours of 8 and 10 o'clock in the forenoon. 4. Witnesses Jacob Bell and A. C. Dover. 5. Witness T. L. Buckham is to bring with him a transcript from "your office from the Circuit Court of Lawrence county, Kenturcky which remains in your office". N.B.: Cook's Mill was located on Mill Creek, almost straight south of present day Riverton, Iowa....."The Lake" was the outlet for all the surface water which gathered on the Missouri bottom in townships 70 , 69 and 68. After moving slowly southeastward through numerous waterways in these three townships, the surface waters finally had formed a single channel called "The Lake" by the time they reached township 67. This single channel drained into the Nishnabotna river in southeast Hamburg.....William Lambert took over the McPherson woodyard located four miles north of Nebraska City after the latter had moved to Kansas with the Pottawatomie.....That part of Holt county, Missouri which included all of present Atchison county, Missosuri and the southern half of Fremont county, Iowa, was set off in early 1845. I wonder it this trail was continued at Linden!-- W.F. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. 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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: farwellwalter Surnames: Jones, Pullman, Adle, Butcher, Crawford, Fisher, Hiatt, Howe, Hume, Iiams, Payne, Rogers, Spratlen, White, Wyatt, Tate Classification: biography Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.iowa.counties.fremont/7466/mb.ashx Message Board Post: THE FREMONT COUNTY HERALD. February 1, l917. -- "SIDNEY BOOSTER BAND CONCERT A SUCCESSFUL AFFAIR. Boys of Organization More Than Meet Approval of Big Audience in Renditions Played." (The roster of the Sidney Booster Band:) CORWIN JONES, DIRECTOR COL PULLMAN, LEADER and solo cornet. Carl Adle, solo clarinet Charles Adle, first clarinet picolo Cyril Butcher, solo cornet Edwin Crawford, B-flat bass Thomas Fisher, solo alto Ivan Hiatt, first cornet Tom Howe, first trombone Wallace Hume, first alto Tom Iiams, E-flat bass L. D. Payne, baritone Tom Pullman, solo trombone Clyde Rogers, second cornet C.E. Spratlen, bass drum and traps Merrill White, second trombone Wallace Wyatt, second alto The band concert given at the opera house Tuesday night was a surprise to many people of Sidney who did not so much as know the city had a musical organization of this kind, and it was a great success from a financial point of interest. Mrs. R. S. Tate, proprietor of the opera house, gave the band instructor more than the amount agreed upon as there was a greater attendance than anticipated. This was the first public appearance of the band, and their accomplishment is considered nothing short of remarkable. The selections given at the opera house, in connection with the picture program, were entirely satisfactory, and good harmony was the notable feature of the music. The men have been instructed well, and soon have a band second to none in this part of the country. 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: Peoples Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.iowa.counties.fremont/7465/mb.ashx Message Board Post: THE FREMONT COUNTY HERALD. April 3, 1919. "Percival News".--Our little village was much shocked when it was learned Mrs. Ed. Peoples had passed away at the home of her parents in Rock Port, Missouri, on last Wednesday. Mr.Peoples had not been very well and went to Rock Port to consult his former physician there a few days previously. He was accompanied by his wife and children. In some way, Mrs.Peoples contracted a heavy cold and pneumonia resulted and though all was done loving hands and skill could do, she passed away. On Thursday afternoon the loved form was laid away in the family lot at Rock Port. Mrs. Peoples had been a resident of our town five or six years, coming here when her husband had taken charge of the railway section as foreman at this place. She has been a home loving and home making mother and respected woman of our community. Of her immediate family she leaves her loved and loving husband and two small children to miss her and services no one but a mother can ever give, and thus another little home is rendered most desolate. All our sympathies are extended to Mr. Peoples and little folks, as well as to the other relatives in this sad bereavement. (In another paragraph we read that Will Peoples had returned to Percival after attending the funeral of his sister-in-law at Rock Port.) 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: Hills, Whipple, Farwell Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.iowa.counties.fremont/7464/mb.ashx Message Board Post: SIDNEY ARGUS-HERALD. October 12, 1933. -- J. D. Hills made a business trip Thursday to Marshalltown, purchasing a furnace to install in the country home of Mr.and Mrs. John Whipple, northwest of Sidney. Mr. Hills states that this is the FIFTY-THIRD furnace he has installed in homes in Sidney and nearby. N.B.: When Jack Farwell built his new home 4.75 miles north of Farragut in 1918, a large furnace located in the basement under the dining room was a part of the original plan of construction.-- 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: Tolen, Magel Classification: lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.iowa.counties.fremont/7463.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: THE SIDNEY ARGUS-HERALD. September 5, 1929. "Paving Draws Nearer".-- Paving on No. 3 into Sidney is now 4.6 miles from town just 600 feet from the big curve opposite the Conrad Magel farm. A total of 3.3 miles of slab has been laid to date. Operations were halted all day yesterday because of rain. The J. A. Dunkel grading crew began work on the east half of the road Monday of this week and filling in the approaches to the bridge over the East Nishna river will be completed soon. The Koss Construction Company will start laying slab on the east half next week, it is believed now. N.B.: In the Nishna Valley neighborhood, the Conrad Magel curve was the south curve (where you turned south if going to Riverton) of the two big curves east of Sidney on the old highway between Sidney and Shenandoah. The north curve (where you continued going straight north if headed to Randolph) was called the Charles Magel curve. THE SIDNEY ARGUS-HERALD. September 5, 1929. "Water Main Moved".--Approximately 2,700 feet of the large water main which brings the town's water supply from Tolen Springs east of Sidney has been moved during the past three weeks. The work was completed on Tuesday of this week. The pipe which was moved embraces that portion from where the brick pavement ends on depot hill to a point even with the King fill east of the depot. The old main which was in the center of the street was taken up and new pipe laid south of it, so that the new paving being laid will not lie over the water main. 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: VanEaton, Chappell, Greenwood, Mann, Johnson, Simons, Bothwell, Sweeney, Cole, Opelt, Wightman, Liggett, Ligget, Sayre, Classification: deed Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.iowa.counties.fremont/7462/mb.ashx Message Board Post: THE SIDNEY ARGUS-HERALD. September 5, 1929. "LANDMARKS MOVE IN MARCH OF PROGRESS." -- A deal has been consumated whereby the Standard Oil Company will soon become owner of the VanEaton and Chappell property at the northwest corner of the square, embracing business buildings which are landmarks in the history of the town and one of which, the VanEaton building, has been built nearly seventy years..... It is interesting to note the early day value of this location as compared with the consideration involved in this most recent transaction. Records on the abstract will show that Thomas Greenwood, county judge of Fremont county and "agent" of the county, sold this lot for the first to Archilbald Mann for $35, Mann to pay for it in three payments if he so wished. That was in 1851. Mann sold it in 1854 to Isaac Johnson for $37.50, a profit of $2.50. J. J. VanEaton acquired the north half of the lot from Hannah Simons in 1892 for $600, and the southhalf in 1890 from L. Bothwell for $2,500, which price included the building and a stock of goods. That is some different than the sum paid to VanEaton by the oil company, $7,000 and to Chappell $4,000. The VanEaton building, as nearly as can be learned, was built in 1860 by Isaac Johnson or his heirs. Following Mr. VanEaton's acquiring the store it was conducted as a general store for many years, with an express office, headquarters for the Bell telephone company and a restaurant combined. For the past twenty years it has been a grocery store only, conducted by J. J. & W. W. VanEaton until the death of J. J. within the past year, and since that time by W. W. VanEaton and T. M. Wightman. The Chappell property was formerly the home of LeRoy Liggett, a civil war veteran, and his maiden sister, the latter conducting a millinery store therein for years upon years. It was here that Mr. Liggett compounded and obtained patent upon what he called "hoky-pokey" ice cream, which formula some believe to be the forerunner of that present day brick cream. Ask any of the old boys about this confection, which was widely sold at all public gatherings in this section a half century agone. Business firms which will have to seek new quarters when these buildings are torn down to make room for the new order of things are the VanEaton & Wightman grocery on the corner, Sweeney's meat market, David Cole cream and poultry sub-station, the Sidney tailor shop, Opelt's barber shop. The new oil station, which those in the know say is to be what the company calls its super-station, will occupy a strategic point at the intersection of Nos. 3 and 4..... N.B.: Leroy Liggett's "maiden sister" was my mother's great aunt Emoline Ligget (sic) who had operated a millinery store in Sidney every since her widowed mother, Mary (Sayre) Ligget, and one other unmarried sister, Rachel, had come to Sidney just after the Civil War. "Opelt" is the name I remember hearing in connection with the Liggett's. My mother stayed at "Aunt Em's" while attending high school in Sidney. George Biglow Ligget, the brother of Em's and Rachel's, married a daughter of Judge Thomas Greenwood. Thomas Greenwood was Fremont county's first County Judge, and as such in 1851 was probably fulfilling the job of the present County Recorder. The duties of a county judge were many, and in some counties this caused BIG problems, and that position in many ways was soon replaced by the County Board of Supervisors -- perhaps before the Civil War!--Walter Farwell 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: Jenkins, Crane Classification: lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.iowa.counties.fremont/7461/mb.ashx Message Board Post: THE FREMONT COUNTY HERALD. December 30, 1915. "THE OLD GRIST MILL". -- Recently while passing over the road just south of Knox we were reminded there once stood a grist mill of the old fashioned type where many people of Fremont county would assemble to get a supply of choice flour or meal. The process of manufacture was widely different then from now, as the stone burr and water power have been replaced by steel rollers driven by steam or electric power. This mill was known as the Jenkins mill, but for a period of time S. R. Crane, now residing at Hamburg, owned an interest in the enterprise and gave it is his personal supervision. Forty years have wrought many changes in the vicinity of Knox, and but few of that day remain to discuss the good old times when the flaky biscuit or the nutritious corn pone, products of the Jenkins mill, and baked by the fireplace, were heaped upon the festal board to appease the sharp appetite of the pioneers. 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: West, Hampton, Johnson, Rawlins, Wanamaker, Israel, Sheldon, Reeves, Otte, Adams, Thornell, Barnes, Corrie, Riggs, Engelke Classification: biography Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.iowa.counties.fremont/7460/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Nice roads these days, the mud is only about hub deep. (The Percival correspondent says the roads are almost impassable.)--Bartlett News, Fremont County Herald of March 30, 1906. Bert West of Phelps City, MO, is a brother of Mrs. James Hampton of Bartlett. -- Fremont County Herald of Mar. 30, 1906. L. F. JOhnson of Glenwood is a brother of Kenneth Johnson of Bartlett. -- Fremont County Herald of Mar. 30, 1906. A ten pound girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. George Rawlins Sunday morning. --"Percival News", Fremont County Herald of June 23, 1921. Mrs. Wanamaker of Chillicothe, MO, is the grandmother of W. A. Israel of Percival.-- "Percival New", Fremont County Herald of June 23, 1921 Mark Sheldon's birthday was Wednesday. -- "Percival News", Fremont County News of June 23, 1923 I. M. Reeves has a brother George Reeves who lives in Sidney.--Fremont County Sun of April 2, 1909. W. E. Otte has a brother Fred Otte who lives in Huron, South Dakota.-- Fremont County Sun of April 2, 1909. Mrs. Elizabeth Adams is the aunt of Barbara and John Thornell of Sidney, and of Maxfield Barnes of Shenandoah, all students at the University of Missouri at Columbia. -- Sidney Argus-Herald of Jan. 5, 1939. C.M. Corrie's daughter Ruth is a teacher at Stuart, Nebr. and his daughter Evelyn at Carlisle.--Sidney Argus-Herald of Jan. 5, 1939. Lee Riggs of Torrington, Wyo., is a brother of Bert Riggs of Sidney.--Sidney Argus-Herald of Jan. 5, 1939 Erma Engelke, teacher at Edward Rosewater school in Omaha, is the daughter of E. A. Engleke.--Sidney Argus-Herald of Jan. 5, 1939. 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: Sears, DeFreece, Love, Goodin, Shannon, McCormick, Jobe, Prather, Grove, Roberts, Wingert, Appleton, Hills Classification: biography Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.iowa.counties.fremont/7459/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Mrs. Julia Sears suffered a stroke of paralysis Tuesday afternoon and died this Thursday.--Fremont County Herald of May 1, 1902. A hunting and fishing party, composed of four of our local nimrods, made a trip to White Lake Tuesday where they spent the day making life burdensome for the fowls of the air and the fishes of the deep. They returned late last evening well laden, having caught two good strings of fish besides bagging eight ducks and four Jack Snipe. The personnel of the party was G. Talt DeFreece, Lindsay R. Defreece, Lew Love and Leander C. Goodin.--The Fremont County Herald of May 1, 1902. Felix Shannon celebrated his 37th birthday Saturday evening. Fifty relatives and intimate friends departed in the "wee sma' hours" leaving three rockers and woven willow setter.--Fremont County Herald of May 1, l902. Frank and Rozelle McCormick, of Knox, left this week for Oacoma, South Dakota, with a hundred head of stock, where they will start a cattle ranch.--Fremont County Herald of May 1, 1902. V. Jobe's daughter Mrs. O. H. Prather, has died at Ogden, Utah; she'll probably be buried at Rectors.--Fremont County Herald of May 1, 1902. Mrs. Moroni Grove and five other children ate Christmas dinner with their mother Mrs. Ellen Roberts, aged 83 years, at her home northeast of Thurman on Plum Creek. There are twelve children in all, and eating Christmas dinner at home is a custom.-- Fremont County Herald of Dec. 30, 1915. Mr. Wingert's father lives at Panama, Iowa. -- "Percival News", Fremont County Herald of Mar. 30, 1906. Mrs. Fred Appleton lives in North Dakota. -- "Pecival News", Fremont County Herald of Mar. 30, 1906. Lew Hills of Sidney is an uncle of Jesse Hills of Percival. -- Fremont County Herald of Mar. 30, 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: Rector, Potter Classification: biography Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.iowa.counties.fremont/7458/mb.ashx Message Board Post: TRENDS: Fred Rector has received the appointment of Rural Mail Carrier. D. O. Potter has been named as his substitute. The first mail on the new route will be taken out Monday April 2nd 1906.--The Fremont County Herald of March 30, 1906. Harrison County (Iowa) Democrat, 4/9/1923: "THE RURAL MAIL CARRIER." -- By H. C. FORT 1. From Maine to California, on country lane and pike, No matter where you find him, he's pretty much alike. Don't think because his pay is big his job is soft and funny; For there are times, I'll tell the world, he more than earns his money. 2. When roads are good and skies are blue, the weather warm and prime, Methinks I'd like to have his job--it surely must be fine! But when the mud is four feet deep, and drifting snows do fall I sometimes wonder how on earth he makes the trip at all. 3. On mornings cold he cranks his Ford until he is out of breath And hunts for pennies in the box when he's most froze to death. At Christmas time he's loaded down with more than he can haul; But usually he manages to somehow take it all. 4. We send off for our auto tires, to save a little dough; He brings them out by "Possum's Post" thru fourteen feet of snow. We send to Shears & Rubberneck for sugar, soap and pins; And if perchance there's something lost, we lay it unto him. 5. He answers foolish questions till he quite wears his jaw, And folks presume to ride with him tho' 'tis against the law. I 'low if I were in his shoes I'd lose my patience, quite, And would, e'er I'd gone half my route, be mad enough to fight. 6. But nothing seems to bother him so far as I can see, Tho how he keeps so cheerful is a mystery to me, He's ready to accommodate in many different ways, Although he knows it doesn't add a quarter to his pay. 7. His patrons love his pleasant words and cheery, smiling face; I doubt if any other man could ever fill his place. And so we hope as time goes on he'll keep on pulling through, For if he ever quits his job, I don't know what we'd do. 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: Rector, Potter Classification: biography Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.iowa.counties.fremont/7457/mb.ashx Message Board Post: TRENDS: Fred Rector has received the appointment of Rural Mail Carrier. D. O. Potter has been named as his substitute. The first mail on the new route will be taken out Monday April 2nd 1906.--The Fremont County Herald of March 30, 1906. Harrison County (Iowa) Democrat, 4/9/1923: "THE RURAL MAIL CARRIER." -- By H. C. FORT 1. From Maine to California, on country lane and pike, No matter where you find him, he's pretty much alike. Don't think because his pay is big his job is soft and funny; For there are times, I'll tell the world, he more than earns his money. 2. When roads are good and skies are blue, the weather warm and prime, Methinks I'd like to have his job--it surely must be fine! But when the mud is four feet deep, and drifting snows do fall I sometimes wonder how on earth he makes the trip at all. 3. On mornings cold he cranks his Ford until he is out of breath And hunts for pennies in the box when he's most froze to death. At Christmas time he's loaded down with more than he can haul; But usually he manages to somehow take it all. 4. We send off for our auto tires, to save a little dough; He brings them out by "Possum's Post" thru fourteen feet of snow. We send to Shears & Rubberneck for sugar, soap and pins; And if perchance there's something lost, we lay it unto him. 5. He answers foolish questions till he quite wears his jaw, And folks presume to ride with him tho' 'tis against the law. I 'low if I were in his shoes I'd lose my patience, quite, And would, e'er I'd gone half my route, be mad enough to fight. 6. But nothing seems to bother him so far as I can see, Tho how he keeps so cheerful is a mystery to me, He's ready to accommodate in many different ways, Although he knows it doesn't add a quarter to his pay. 7. His patrons love his pleasant words and cheery, smiling face; I doubt if any other man could ever fill his place. And so we hope as time goes on he'll keep on pulling through, For if he ever quits his job, I don't know what we'd do. 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: Beabout, Bergner, Coffey, Holmes, Hydinger, Iler, Parkhurst, Reynolds, Yates, Hatten, Ness, Williams, Hineline, McElroy, Williamson, Morgan, Cassity, Mustard, Stintson, McElroy, Sykes Classification: biography Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.iowa.counties.fremont/7456/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Mrs. Phoebe BEABOUT, aged 78 years, wife of Ellis, died March 31, 1905 at her home south of Percival; buried at Rector Cemetery. -- Fremont Count Herald of Apr. 14, 1905. COMMENCEMENT: The graduating class consists of Maud Bergner, Mollie Coffey, Marcia Holmes, Frank Hydinger, Leola Iler, Vera Parkhurst, Essie Reynolds, and William Yates.--"Hamburg News", Fremont County Herald of Apr. 14, 1905. CHARLES HATTENS's daughter, Mrs. Dora Ness of Kearney, Neb. died Tuesday. -- Fremont County Herald of Jan. 21, 1892 The brother of Mrs. Jerry WILLIAMS and Paul HINELINE of Percival is ill at Auburn, Nebr.--Fremont County Herald of Apr. 14, 1905 MATT McELROY of Percival is an uncle of Ed Williamson of Council Bluffs.--FRemont County Herald of Apr. 14, 1905. Huse N. MORGAN Comedy Co. all next week......Clell Cassity, wife and brother came in on Monday and the Huse N. Morgan Comedy Co.'s band and orchestra have been holding regular rehearsals ever since. They are great musicians and make no mistake......If we are not greatly mistaken in our guess Huse Morgan has called together a galaxy of stage and musical stars that will prove a drawing attraction wherever they go. We have heard them rehearse a number of times and they are all "in it" all the time.--"Sidney News", Fremont County Herald of Jan. 21, 1892. Charles MUSTARD of Thurman is a brother of Mrs. Crete Williams.--"Percival News", Fremont County Herald of Apr. 14, 1905. Mrs. Carl STINTSON of near Hamburg is a sister of Mrs. Matt McElroy of Percival.--Fremont County Herald of Apr. 14, 1905 Dr. SYKES of Creston attended the funeral of his brother C. S. Sykes.--"Hamburg News", Fremont County Herald of Apr. 14, 1905 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.

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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: farwellwalter Surnames: Mann, Lucas, Harris, Dean, Bishop, Craft, Palmer, Paul, Reynolds, Spurlock, Stephenson Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.iowa.counties.fremont/7455/mb.ashx Message Board Post: THE FREMONT COUNTY HERALD. Vol. 31, No. 37. August 24, 1916. 6-3. "News From Hamburg. DEATH OF JAMES MANN SATURDAY EVENING." -- The funeral of James Mann was held at the home Monday, August 21, 1916, at 10 a.m. A large number of friends and relatives were present to pay the last tribute of love and respect. All the business houses of the city were closed at the hour of the funeral. The services were conducted by Rev. A. C. Bonham, pastor of the M. E. church. James Mann was born in Hendricks county, Indiana, April 22, 1838 and died at his home in Hamburg August 19, 1916 after an illness of two weeks. In the spring of 1851 he came with his parents to Fremont county, Iowa, and located on the farm seven miles around the bluff from Hamburg. He was married October 9, 1862 to Hannah Lucas at Plum Hollow (now Thurman), Iowa. He farmed for two years and then went into the drug business at Plum Hollow for a couple of years, and then moved to Hamburg in the spring of 1867, where he went into the drug business with J. N. Harris, under the name of Harris & Mann, but in later years he conducted the business himself until the firm was changed to James Mann & Son, which it remained until the time of his death. Four children were born to this home: Two girls, Myrtle and Stella, who died in childhood; W. E. Mann and Mrs. Nellie Dean, both of this place. He leaves his wife, two children, son-in-law G. H. Dean, and two grandsons, James and George Dean; one brother, Abner Mann of Colorado; one sister, Mrs. Sue Bishop of Oklahoma; besides several nephews and nieces. He joined the M. E. church in early manhood and has always been a devoted member. Those who attended the funeral from out of town are W. E. Craft and family of Sidney B. E.Dean and family of Tabor C. W. Dean and wife of St. Joseph L.P. Dean and family of Rock Port Asa Mann of Thurman Charles Mann of Thurman J. M. Mann of Thurman Miss Lou Mann of Thurman W. W. Palmer of Nebraska City Charles Paul and wife of Tabor Miss Mary Reynolds of Shenandoah Miss Mattie Reynolds of Sidney Ezra Spurlock and wife Rock Port Mike Stephenson and wife of Thurman. N.B.: His one living brother, Abner Mann, lived in Grand Junction, Colorado, and was referred to in Hiram Reel's account (a post here on Rootsweb's Fremont county site) of the Reel emigration to that place in 1892. James Mann was raised in what was called "The Mann Settlement" in the early history of Fremont county. This neighborhood was located along the bluff road, northwest of Hamburg. This area can be seen by looking at the map printed on the inside cover of "Thumbprints". From the Mann Settlement, his brother Asahel Mann represented southwest Iowa in the general assembly held 1907-8. James Mann's wife was a granddaughter of Governor Robert Lucas, the first governor of Iowa. Her father, George Washington Lucas, who lived in Lacy Grove northwest of Sidney, introduced the bill which eventually would move the capitol of Iowa from Iowa City to Des Moines.--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: Mann, Scott, Craft, Holtzinger Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.iowa.counties.fremont/7454/mb.ashx Message Board Post: FREMONT COUNTY HERALD. Vol. 31 No. 48. Nov. 9, 1916. 1 - 6: "Mrs. ASAHEL MANN. Pioneer Mother Who has Lived in Fremont county for Sixty Years Called to Her Reward." -- The Herald of last week told of the death of Mrs. Jennie Mann, who passed away on Monday, October 30 at the hospital in Rochester, Minnesota, following an operation a short time before. Chloe Jane Scott was born July 1, 1845 in Dubuque county, Iowa. When she was 11 years of age the family moved to Fremont county and settled on a farm north of Hamburg. On December 11, 1866, she was united in marriage with Asahel Mann. To this union three children were born: Lawrence who now resides in Tremonton, Utah; Mrs. W. E. Craft, who died in 1900; and Miss Maude, who has lived at home. She also leaves her sister, Mrs. S. A. Hotzinger of Hamburg. Her husband, Hon. Asahel Mann, who represented Fremont county in the legislature in 1907-8, died a little over two years ago. This pioneer family established their home six miles northwest of Hamburg, where they have always lived. Mrs. Mann was one of the best of women. As a neighbor, a wife and mother she exhibited all the gentler qualities of her sex, combined with a strong personality that was a force of good throughout the circle of her acquaintance, and a wide circle of friends will always revere her memory. She leaves two granddaughters whose home is in Sidney, Misses Helen and Georgia Craft. The funeral services were held at the home last Thursday afternoon, conducted by Rev. A. C. Bonham of Hamburg assisted by Rev. C. M. Ward of Sidney. Interment was in the Sidney cemetery. 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: Mann, Scott, Kraft Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.iowa.counties.fremont/7453/mb.ashx Message Board Post: TABOR BEACON. February 20, 1913. "ASAHEL MANN".--Last week The Beacon briefly noted the death of Mr. Asahel Mann at Ogden, Utah on February 10th. He had gone west several months previous in hopes of benefitting his broken health. From the Hamburg Republican we take this brief history of his life. Asahel Mann was born in Andrews county, Indiana, December 4, 1842, and came to Fremont county with his parents when but 9 years of age. He grew to manhood with full knowledge of the privations of the early pioneers, entering upon a course of study at Tabor College at the age of 17. Before his 18th birthday the war broke out. Though young, the spirit of patriotism surged in his manly breast and he enlisted in "Sears Rangers" at Sidney and became a member of Company "A" of the 4th Iowa Cavalry. To his comrade and lifelong friend, S. R. Crane, we are indebted for a sketch of his soldier record. With his regiment he went south through Missouri and Arkansas, braving the perils of a great many battle fields, standing up through the greater perils of the seamy side of soldier life. At Jones Lane, Ark., he was taken prisoner in October 1862, but he was soon exchanged and again joined his regiment in December. The regiment was later sent to the other side of the Mississippi, where he was in the battles of Memphis, Mechanicsburg, and on to Vicksburg. His arm was raised to defend the flag till the foe was vanquished in '65, when he was mustered out with the rank of first lieutenant. Returning home, he was married a couple of years later to Miss Jennie Scott, the faithful and loving wife, whose loss now is greater than that of any other one dear to him. Three children, L. S. Mann, Mrs. Warren Kraft and MIss Maud Mann, are left to comfort their widowed mother. 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: King, Copeland, Powell, Snyder, Leonard, Humphrey, Nordman, JHerbert Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.iowa.counties.fremont/7452/mb.ashx Message Board Post: FREMONT COUNTY HERALD. April 3, 1919. Percival News.-- A sad shock came to our entire community last Wednesday when it became known Albert King had suddenly died at his home in Percival. He was about town as usual the previous Saturday, but seemed to have a hard cold. He became very ill and Dr. Wilson was summoned from Nebraska City to attend him. His malady was diagnosed as Spanish influenza. He was very ill from the first and grew worse until on Wednesday at 4 o'clock he passed away leaving his family fairly stunned by the rapidity of his decline and demise. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas King and was born at the farm home south of Percival on September 17, 1873, being at the time of his death 45 years 6 months old. He was married to Mary Elizabeth Copeland on January 23, 1896. Their union was blessed with three children: Ivan Earl, Bernice (deceased) and Lela Grace. His wife died September 16, 1912. In 1914 was married to Mrs. Ettie Powell, by whom he is survived, his two children, and the following brother and sisters: John King of Bartlett George King of Nebraska City Mrs. Charles Snyder fo Percival Mrs. Walter Leonard of Tabor. Funeral services were conducted at his late residence Friday afternoon by Rev. E. V. Goad, pastor of the Sidney Baptist church in the presence of a large company of sorrowing relatives and friends. The pastor used for a text Psalms 90:8: "We spend our years as a tale that is told". A quartet sang beautiful and appropriate selections. Then the body was laid away to await the dawn of the resurrection morning when the secrets of all hearts shall be made manifest and we shall be judged out of the things written in the Book of Life. Mr. King has many friends who sympathize with his loved ones in the heavy loss which has come to them. Every one in the community mourns the loss of a friend who always greeted every person in some jolly way and in the whole community, where he has lived all his life span he had no known enemy. Kind, pleasant, jolly, were his ever present qualitites, and we mourn him sincerely as a group of friends. At the funeral on Friday a quartet composed of Miss Dora Amos, Frank Heath, George Somes and Amos McElroy with Mrs. Stiles as accompanist, rendered the hymns. George Graham, Don Graham, Ray Winans, Clark Sheldon, Jr. Jess Rogers and Will Sheldon, Jr., were the pallbearers. Interment was made in the family lot in Grandview Cemetery. The perch on which the casket lay during the service was one mass of flowers, bearing mute testimony of the esteem in which he was held by so many. Immediate friends and relatives from a distance who were in attendance at the funeral were: John King family of Bartlett George King family of Nebraska City Walter Leonard and family of Tabor Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Humphrey of Auburn, Nebraska Mr. Nordman of Clearwater, Minnesota and Will Herbert of Atlantic, Iowa, relatives of Mrs. King. 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: McElroy, Coy, Williams, Binnie, Ettleman, Wise, Brindle, Stiles, Forrester, Strong, Stiles, Waterman, Mullen Classification: marriage Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.iowa.counties.fremont/7451/mb.ashx Message Board Post: THE FREMONT COUNTY HERALD. April 3, 1919. "Golden Wedding Anniversary Celebrated by Uncle Matt and Aunt Mary McElroy".-- Once only in a lifetime, and often but once in the life of a community, is such a rare privilege enjoyed as was celebrated here last Sunday, March 30, in the golden wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Mathew McElroy. Fifty years is a long time to travel life's pathway together, and to be in one community all that time is more unusual yet. In honor of this event Mr. and Mrs. McElroy gave a reception in their home from 2 until 6 o:clock, during which time over a hundred guests were present. Rev. H. M. Strong of Thurman pronounced the marriage ceremony, the bride and groom again renewing their promises to sustain each other through life. A very interesting feature of the ceremony was the fact the bridesmaid and best man of the day were the third son and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Ed. McElroy, who is acting as attendants were also celebrating their own 15th wedding anniversary. The bride was handsomely gowned in pearl gray satin trimmed with cut steel heads and wore orange blossoms in her hair. The bridesmaid also wore orange blossoms. Both groom and bestman were clad in conventional black. Many and pleasingly joyous were the congratulations showered upon them by all the guests. M. H. McElroy was born August 1, 1837 in Millersburg, Ohio. At the age of 7 years he came to Missouri with his parents. A relative has stated it took just 11 years for Uncle Matt to be shown how much better the state of Iowa is than Missouri, so when convinced of it he came to his present homestead location on the banks of the Missouri river and has resided here continuously, save the interim of a few years spent in the Civil War. He has lived on this one place 63 years and in this one house 59 years. Mary Coy was born August 4, 1848 at Anderson, Indiana, at an early age coming with her parents to Iowa, where she has since resided. March 30, 1869 Matthew McElroy and Mary Coy were united in marriage at the bride's home near Thurman, soon coming to their present home. The new home thus established has been noted for its wide-open doors of generous hospitality, everyone receiving always a welcome from Uncle Matt and Aunt Mary; its strong christianity, too, always having been felt as a factor for good in the community. The influence of this generous christian home cannot be measured, can only be told in the eons to come. It is always a noticeable fact that in the return of a former resident here no visit is complete until they have been out to "Uncle Matt's" for a little time, however brief their stay here. To the union so happily formed 50 years ago five sons and three daughters were born. One wee daughter died in infancy. The remaining sons and wives and daughters and husbands were all present on this happy reunion occasion. They are Mr. and Mrs. Will McElroy of Bingham, Nebraska Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Williams of Oktacha, Oklahoma Mr. and Mrs. Clair Binnie of Chester, Iowa Mr. and Mrs. Amos McElroy of Percival Mr. and Mrs. Ed. McElroy of Percival Mr. and Mrs. Clyde McElroy of Percival Mr. and Mrs. James McElroy of Percival. One most surprising feature of this grand reception, too, was the fact five of the guests who were present at the first marriage ceremony were also present at the second one. These five are Mrs. Hannah Ettleman of Sidney, Mrs. Wise of Thurman and Colton Brindle, Charles and Eugene Stiles. For the reception the house was a mass of beautiful flower decorations mainly in the pure gold of the yellow jonquils. Refreshments of silver and gold cake with the color scheme of gold predominating in the ice cream were daintily served by the daughters of the hostess. Many and most beautiful indeed were the tokens of esteem presented to the bridal couple, the main ones being a fine victrola and records presented by the children; a beautiful pin to Aunt Mary and gold-bow glasses to Uncle Matt, presented to them by their grandchildren. Boxes of luscious golden oranges accompanied by bouquets of real orange blossoms were sent to the bridal pair by Miss Clara Williams and her brother Richard of Upland, California. These orange blossoms were the ones honored by the happy matronly bride on this day. Among the guests from away aside from the daughters and their husbands, the son and their wives, were Aunt Lizzie Forrester of Tabor, Rev. and Mrs. Strong of Thurman, Mrs. Ettleman, Eugene Stiles and wife, G. M Waterman and wife of Sidney, and Mrs. Ada Mullen of Madelia, Minnesota. At 6 o'clock the guests all departed conceding this to be the one grandest, most wonderful occasion ever experienced here, and hoping this grand christian couple may be spared to us many more years. 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.