This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: farwellwalter Surnames: Antrim, Bedford, Betsinger, Birkby, Hume, Carlburg, Chambers, Chaney, Durette,, Fletcher, Ambler, McMujllen, Wilgus, Barnett, Penn, Taylor Classification: biography Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.iowa.counties.fremont/7436/mb.ashx Message Board Post: ANTRIM, J. L., has moved from Nevada, MO, to Orleans, Nebr. -- Fremont County Sun of May 2, 1895 BEDFORD, Jacob, died in 1880; married Dolly Betsinger, born Jan. 1, 1833 and was married at age 20 in Lena, Stephenson county, Illinois; mother of 10 children, five of whom preceded their mother in death. Buried at Sidney. -- Fremont County Sun of Sept. 7, 1906. BIRKBY, Frank, has bought the Knox store from Fount Hume. --Fremont County Sun of Mar. 6, 1902. CARLBURG, Mr. -- He lives 4 miles northeast of Riverton.--Riverton News in the Fremont County Herald of Sept. 4, 1906. (N.B.: The Carlburgs lived in the northwest quarter of section 10 range 41 township 68, Riverton township, at the foot of the bluffs, where the road steeply ascended northward up from the East Nishnabotna River valley. The hired man's house was at the top of these bluffs. The old Nishnabotna Trace which led up to the Raccoon River at Des Moines was just northwest of this spot, on top of the bluffs.--W.F.) CHAMBERS, Mrs. Polly.--Her friends and neighbors helped her celebrate her 92nd birthday on March 24, 1910 at Mrs. Rachel Carter's where she makes her home.--The Fremont County Herald of Apr. 1, 1910. CHANEY, Mrs. Art, was buried at Mt. Zion, at Riverton.-- Fremont County Sun of Sept. 14, 1906. DURETTE, C. W., was buried at Randolph; had died in Oregon; was a former superintendent of schools for this county.--Fremont County Sun of Mar. 6, 1902. FLETCHER, Dr. W. H., born Aug. 8, 1830 - died Sept. 9, 1906. Was from Thurman. -- Fremont County Herald of Sept. 14, 1906. McCORMICK, S. P., father of Mrs. Dr. Ambler, was buried Sunday; he had been a prisoner at Andersonville during the Civil War.-- Fremont County Sun of Sept. 4, 1906. McMULLEN, Mrs, is the mother of Warren Wilgus and the grandmother of Dr. Orville S. Barnett who was born in Sidney but now of Chicago. -- Fremont County Sun of Mar. 6, 1902. PENN, Mrs. A. N., died Thursday; of Randolph.-- Fremont County Herald of Sept. 14, 1906. TAYLOR, Robert, lives north of Riverton; his mother lives below Hamburg. -- Riverton News in the Fremont County Herald of Sept. 4, 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.