I have Nicholas Bates who married Rosetta Trembly in probably Decatur Co., Iowa. They are found in 1910 and 1920 census in Lucas Co., Iowa. I have no access to 1930 and have not yet sent in a look-up for them as of yet. Nicholas and Rosetta Trembly had 8 children known to me, Mildred, Eunice, Dora, Osie, Grant born about 1901, Nicholas born and died 1905, George born 1907 and died 1989, and Blanche. Nicholas born about May 1865 died?, and Rosetta born 10/1872 in Decatur Co., Iowa and died prior to 1920 census reading. Rosetta Trembly is the half sister to Rachel ( nee' Trembly ) Scott, wife of Charles Calvin Scott ( not related to Cyrus Scott or Aaron Salter Scott families of Lucas county. ) Rachel ( nee' Trembly ) Scott and half sister Rosetta ( nee' Trembly ) Bates both lived in Lincoln township, Lucas Co., Iowa. sincerly David

Hello again Gary, In re-reading my paragraph about Morford, below, it reads incorrectly. It was Morford that died May 15 1863, not his wife, Agnes. :-) At any rate, I've noticed in the Lucas Co. Marriages 1849-1918, that Agnes [Elder] Throckmorton [b. 1830], married a couple of more times after Morford's death. Wondered if you had that for your records: p. 13: 9 april 1866: Agnes Throckmorton, age 34 [b. abt 1832], m. Albert E. Griffin, age 36 [b. abt 1830]. p. 20: 12 nov 1871: Agnes Griffin, age 40, [b. abt 1831] m. Lambert Simpson, age 31 [b. abt 1840]. // So, if that's the case, was Albert E. Griffin gone by the 1870 census? Couldn't locate him in the Cemetery Records. I noticed that Agnes died at Higginsville, Vermillion Co., Illinois in 1874. I would assume she was Agnes Simpson then? Again, thanks for all the great info. It will take some time for me to catch up on that one ! :-) Mary Beth in Wisconsin Subject:Thank you - update - Re: Morford & Agnes {Elder} THROCKMORTON, II Date:10:19:48 05.09.2004 From:[email protected] To:Gary W. Tharp <[email protected]> Size:1.94 kb Show headers | View message source Hi Gary, Thank you so much for all the great info. With what you sent, I now understand who that A. is. I was just studying over the 1860 Census and re-reading the 1870 for Lucas Co for this particular family: " A. Throckmorton" ... or "Morford, II" report], it is my assumption that the A. Throckmorton in the 1870 Census is actually Agness [Elder] Throckmorton who d. in 22 Oct. 1874. Agness' husband, Morford Throckmorton, II, you've noted, died on May 15, 1863. In Lucas Co Cemetery Records, p. 213, there is a Morford Throckmorton who d. May 15, 1863 at ag 10y 2m 23d. He is buried at Derby Cemetery along with loads of other Throckmortons. Can I assume that this is actually Morford since if the 10 was replaced with 40, this Morford is the correct age? ?? I know there are errors in the cemetery book, so perhaps this is the case? [ I certainly understand it's a difficult job pulling together such a fantastic source as the cemetery book. Grave markers are very difficult to read.] We know that there are many incorrect notations in the census, so I would assume that "A." is "Agnes" , age 37, Female [not male], Farmer, b. Penn. The age is about right ...Agness was 30 in the 1860 census. Thanks for your help !! Mary Beth in Wisconsin

The Chariton Leader, Chariton, Iowa Thursday, September 28, 1905 MRS. ELIZA LAMBERTSON died at the home of her daughter, MELISSA LAMBERTSON, on Sunday morning, September 24, 1905, at 12:30 o'clock, after an illness of nine days with bowel trouble. Funeral services conducted by Rev. Webster Hakes, rector of St. Andrews Church, were held at the home on Tuesday morning at ten o'clock after which interment took place in the Chariton Cemetery. ELIZA ANN MCNEILL was born in Dibgy, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, on December 28, 1817. She was married there on June 9, 1841, to DAVID LAMBERTSON, who died in September, 1878. They were the prents of eight children, seven of whom are living. One daughter ELIZABETH, died when quite young. Those who survive are JOHN, J.W., C.A. of Arkansas; MRS. FRANCES CUSHMAN of Parsons, Kas.; MRS. MINNIE BAILEY, MELISSA and PETER of this city. Deceased with her family came to the United States in 1855, locating in Amboy, Ill., where she resided until 1867 when she came to Chariton which place has since been her home. She was a member of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church and from childhood had lived a devout, Christian life. She was a grand, good woman, and before the infirmities of age came upon her was ever lending a helping hand to those in need. The many excellencies of her character won for her innumberable friends who will learn of her death with deep regret and will extend heartfelt sympathy to those who mourn. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert September 4, 2004 [email protected]

The Chariton Leader, Chariton, Iowa Thursday, September 21, 1905 HARRY HARVEY, formerly of this city, and a brother to JAMES and ONA HARVEY, died at Tulsa, Indian Territory, on September 21, 1905, after an illness of two weeks with typhoid fever. He had been employed at that place as a cook and when he was taken ill he was removed to the hospital where he passed away. The remains were interred at Tulsa. Deceased was a son of the late MORRIS HARVEY and was held in high esteem here by many friends who will regret to learn of his death. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert September 4, 2004 [email protected]

The Chariton Leader, Chariton, Iowa Thursday, September 21, 1905 At a very pretty home wedding at the residence of MR. and MRS. D.M. DAVIS, three miles northwest of Chariton last Sunday at one o'clock, their daughter, MISS KATE DAVIS, was united in marriage to MR. O.E. BRILES, son of MR. and MRS. LEWIS BRILES of the same community. The officiating minister was C.F. Ward of the Chariton Christian Church. Only the immediate relatives and friends of the contracting parties witnessed the ceremony. An excellent wedding dinner was served and the young couple were the recipients of many splendid presents. Both bride and groom have been reared to young manhood and womanhood in this community, and are of excellent worth. They will live on a farm 3 l/2 miles north of Chariton. Their friends join in best wishes and expect for them a long and happy wedded life. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert September 4, 2004 [email protected]

The Chariton Leader, Chariton, Iowa Thursday, September 6, 1906 MRS. ELLA FOSTER, an inmate of the County House, died on Saturday. Her remains were taken to Zion Cemetery in Pleasant Township, Sunday for interment. She leaves two little boys, one with its grandparents, MR. and MRS. JOHN FOSTER at Russell, and another which is eight years old, in charge of Supt. Niswender. The County Board will try and secure it a suitable home. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert September 4, 2004 [email protected] *If this doesn't 'hurt your heart' -- nothing will...

The Chariton Leader, Chariton, Iowa Thursday, September 6, 1906 THOMAS HODSON, died at the home of his aunt, MRS. SARAH COLTER, in Burlington, Kansas, on Sept. 3rd. He had been sick for several months with Cancer of the stomach, and his death was daily expected. His remains were brought to the home of his sister, MRS. HENRY SCHILLING, of Liberty Township on Tuesday. Funeral services occurred at the Union Church, Wednesday, at 3 p.m., conducted by Rev. Hulbert. MR. HODSON was raised near Chariton. He leaves four sisters, three brothers and a large circle of friends to mourn his untimely death. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert September 4, 2004

Greetings David, Gary, et al, The 1978 History of Lucas Co., has lots of details about he various descendants of John & Nancy Throckmorton's kids/grandkids accomplishments! There were MANY prominent ! Medical Doctors that descended from John Throckmorton, b. abt 1824 and wife, Nancy Lazear, b. abt 1828, [both b. Penn] Noticed another Throckmorton line ... and my unfinished question: In the 1870 Lucas Co., IA census, Union Twp.: Was A. Throckmorton [b. abt. 1833] a possible brother to John, b. abt 1828 ?? There was no wife listed in the census. Do you know about that family ?? Thanks for the additional information. Mary Beth in Wisconsin On 04.09.2004 at 15:45:13, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Mary Beth, thank you.. That is same information i now have as > well. > Gary Tharp has shared some information with me. I am just getting > some things > back i lost when i reformated my computer over last weekend. Alot of > the new > infrmation i had typed in was lost. > > I can add a little bit to your Throckmorton line... To both you Mary > and > Gary. Here is some information you might not yet have. > > 1 ) Biography: > Tom Bentley Throckmorton attended the Jefferson Medical College in > > Philadelphia, receiving his doctorate in 1909. He was successively > house physician at > the Maplewood Sanatorium, resident physician at the Philadelphia > Orthopaedic > Hospital as well as at the Infirmary for Nervous diseases in > Philadelphia, and > assistant physician at the Cheroku State Hospital for the insane. > > He was for a period lecturer in clinical neurology in Des Moines, > Iowa, where > he settled. He was the governor of Iowa from 1927 to 1936. > > Throckmorton also gave a simple method for recognizing motor > paralysis of the > lower extremities, reported in the Journal of the American Medical > > Association, Chicago, 1923, 80: 1058. > > 2 ) Tom D. Throckmorton, M.D. > Northwest Iowa Surgeons > General Surgery > Spencer, Iowa > > > The Giant Killers > Tom D. Throckmorton, M.D. > When memory keeps me company, I sometimes see, through childhood's > eyes, Old > Beecher's iron-shod hooves striking sparks from the cold, hard > paving bricks > of Main Street. Henry Ward Beecher was grandfather's faithful > carriage horse. > As the short winter day deepened into night, grandfather locked his > roll-top > desk, banked the fire in the reception room stove and shrugged > himself into a > voluminous horsehide overcoat. He then topped him-self off with a > sealskin cap > and turned the big key in the front door of the office. The sign > said "Dr. Tom > Morford Throckmorton." Scooping me up under one arm, he mounted into > the > lurching buggy and tucked me close beside him under a large buffalo > robe. This robe > smelled not only of its original occupant, but also of horse and > dust, and > that marvelously complex smell or medicine. Old Beecher knew the way > home and > took the last corner at a brisk trot. His hoof beat rang out into > the frosty > air, and the sight of those rhythmically swaying haunches together > with the > scattering showers of sparks held me spellbound. > Grandfather was a regulation, iron-clad, copper-riveted, > old-fashioned > country doctor. He practiced in a county seat town and knew every > soul and most of > the animals within a radius of fifteen miles. And that radius just > about > encompassed his lifetime. His lifetime spanned the expansion of > surgery from > amputations to the invasion of the abdominal cavity and the skull. > He saw the > germ-theory developed and proved. He owned one of the first > microscopes in the state: > a wonderously glittering brass-barrelled instrument prominently > displayed > beneath a glass bell-jar and seldom moved for actual use. > He compounded his own medicines, and proved both the safety and > palatability > of each bottle by shaking it briskly and then licking the cork. He > was stern > but beloved by the community. I have watched him hitch up a rig by > lantern > light and drive from the shelter and wavering shadows of the barn > into the face of > a dark, cold March rain - without a grumble. He brought an almost > palpable > sense of equanimity with him into an anxious household, but little > else. His > tools were pitifully inadequate to the task. I have the old > gentleman's saddle > bags, for he rode horseback when the bottomless gumbo clay would not > tolerate a > buggy during the spring thaw. They contain a variety of powders, > pills and > potions, but only three curative drugs: quinine, digitalis and > mercury. > Nonetheless, he brought almost a thousand babies into the world; he > cut and sutured > when needed; he allayed symptoms and fears alike. He treated > patients, and God > healed them. Grandfather was a towering giant in his community. At > least > half-a-hundred little boys wanted to grow up and be like "old Doe" a > term of love and > respect, never used to his face. > In 1875 grandfather swung off the Rock Island and onto the station > platform. > Just graduated from medical school in Philadelphia, he came equipped > with a > sheepskin diploma, a set of amputating knives in a teakwood case, > and a full, > deep chestnut beard which he hoped would disguise his youth and > testify to his > wisdom. When he died in 1941, the Methodist church was filled and > his > pallbearers were all old patients. Later, when his will was probated > and apportioned by > law, my share came to less than twenty dollars. > His accounts, kept in a flowing Spencerian hand, reflected thousands > of > dollars in unpaid receivables; yet, mankind was his business and his > charities were > numerous. Grandfather must have valued his charities, because he > always kept > them well hidden. > I come from a family that has always believed in giants. Many is the > time I > have heard father and grandfather discussing their old professors: > the elder > Gross and the younger Gross, W. W. Keen and DeCosta. Their > admiration for their > own giants was obvious. But I had my giants to think about; for > there were > giants in those days - men like grandfather and father. Father was a > towering > figure. He used words like honor, fortitude, charity, integrity, > responsibility, > dedication and love: these and many other such terms, now rusty with > disuse, > seemed to carry very specific meanings for him. > Father was a tremendously capable physician: general practitioner, > scientist, > neurologist, professor, and finally one of the original diplomates > of the > American Board of Neurology and Psychiatry. > Father didn't have the horse and buggy problem, but on many a fine > brisk > sub-zero morning I have watched him pour a tea kettle of hot water > over the > manifold and carburetor of his Model T Ford car before old Tin > Lizzie would shake > herself into life. And father had some real tools with which to > work: clinical > laboratory tests were burgeoning, electro-cardiography was a new > fad, x-rays > were increasingly reliable, and truly potent drugs such as > arsphenamine and > salvarsan became available. He was chief-of-staff at his hospital, > was the > secretary of the Iowa State Medical Society for many years, and > declined an > opportunity to be vice-president of the A.M.A. He was an > establishment man - and he was > his own man. I worked in the same office with him for eighteen > years. We > never had a harsh word; we truly admired each other. When father > died, his funeral > cortege was enormous. The newspaper ran a lengthy editorial > captioned "The > Beloved Physician." His passing was swift. He had been a frugal man, > had > educated four sons, and his top income for any year had been less > than $20,000. > Giants like those two great men, father and grandfather, are now > seldom seen. > Somehow when the old giants left the stage and disappeared into the > wings of > obscurity, their places were taken by men of lesser caliber: men > frustrated by > their roles, men so enmeshed in details that the thread of the plot > seemed > lost, and men who seemed to take a lesser pleasure in their work. > Here and there > a delightful anachronism does still exist, but by and large the old > medical > giants have vanished from the scene. Let us see if the causes of > their > disappearance can be found. > > > I hope these 2 items bring some life into the family names, sincerly > David > Niswender >

Nancee )?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hi David, et al, This is what I have so far for an outline on the Throckmorton line in Lucas Co., Iowa [Reference: History of Lucas Co. Iowa, 1978 ed.] Question: Descendants of John Throckmorton 23 John Throckmorton 1824 - ... +Nancy Lazear 1828 - ..24 Francis Lazear "Frank" Throckmorton 1851 - ..24 Thomas Morford "Dr." Throckmorton, M.D. 1852 - ........ +Mary Ann Bentley 1858 - ...... 25 Charles Gross Throckmorton 1880 - ............ +Grace Luzela Griffith 1885 - 1960 ..........26 John Griffith Throckmorton 1909 - 1909 ..........26 Mary Elizabeth Throckmorton 1910 - ................ +William E. Hines .............. 27 William D. Hines .............. 27 Garth Hines .............. 27 Eric Hines .................... +Ann Young ..........26 Margaret Ann Throckmorton 1914 - ................ +Lee Snow, M.D. .............. 27 Jean Snow .............. 27 Joan Snow .............. 27 Ann Snow .............. 27 Nancy Snow .............. 27 Robert Snow .............. 27 Dorothy Snow .............. 27 James Snow ..........26 Dorothy Frances Throckmorton 1922 - ................ +Robert Riddle .............. 27 Charles Robert Riddle 1952 - .................... +Shirley Cramer .............. 27 William Frederick Riddle 1952 - .............. 27 Grace Louise Riddle 1955 - .................... +Donald Wymer ...... 25 Maude Morford Throckmorton 1881 - ............ +George Davis Eaton ..........26 Daughter Eaton 1915 - 1915 ..........26 Gretchen Annette Eaton 1916 - ................ +Gerhard H. Albers ...... 25 Jeanette Franc Throckmorton 1883 - ............ +Charles N. Dean, M.D. ...... 25 Tom Bentley Throckmorton, M.D. 1885 - ............ +Edna Jeniza Dudley 1886 - ..........26 Tom Dercum "Dr" Throckmorton 1913 - ................ +Grace Elziabeth Cleland - 1968 .......... *2nd Wife of Tom Dercum "Dr" Throckmorton: ................ +Jean B. Bolman .............. 27 Toni Joanne Throckmorton 1940 - .................... +James Walling ................... 28 Hobart Wilson Walling 1969 - ................... 28 Colin Throckmorton Walling 1976 - .............. 27 Terri Jean Throckmorton 1942 - .................... +John Cirksena ................... 28 [1] John Bentley Cirksena-Johnson 1964 - ................... 28 [2] Scott Campbell Cirksena-Johnson 1966 - .............. *2nd Husband of Terri Jean Throckmorton: .................... +Odel Johnson ................... 28 [1] John Bentley Cirksena-Johnson 1964 - ................... 28 [2] Scott Campbell Cirksena-Johnson 1966 - .............. 27 Hance Cleland Throckmorton 1946 - .................... +Elizabeth Brunk ................... 28 Hance Christian Throckmorton 1971 - ................... 28 Holly Elizabeth Throckmorton 1974 - ..........26 Robert Bentley Throckmorton 1915 - ................ +Frances Louise Turman .............. 27 Gail Throckmorton 1943 - .................... +Tony Leigh Lowenberg ................... 28 Kristen Leigh Lowenberg 1963 - ................... 28 Katherine Whitney Lowenberg 1967 - ................... 28 Karin Gail Lowenberg 1971 - .............. 27 Tom Dudley "Dr." Throckmorton 1945 - .................... +Nyla Jane Postma ................... 28 Thomas Ward Throckmorton 1975 - ................... 28 Courtney Jane Throckmorton 1977 - ..........26 Hobart Hare Throckmorton 1919 - 1943 ................ +Shirley Ann Ambrose .............. 27 Ann Hobart Throckmorton 1943 - .................... +Larry Von Feldt ..........26 James Priestley Throckmorton 1922 - ......25 Daisey Anne "Anne" Throckmorton 1887 - 1969 ............ +Ilya Mimovich ......25 Scott Lazear "Doc" Throckmorton, M.D. ............ +Alma Harreld .. 24 John Simpson Throckmorton 1852 - .. 24 Mary Frances Throckmorton .. 24 Charles Michael Throckmorton 1857 - .. 24 Lucy Florence Throckmorton 1860 - .. 24 Sarah "Sadie Fannie" Throckmorton 1862 - .. 24 Nancy Elizabeth "Lizzie" Throckmorton 1864 - .. 24 Jesse William Sherman "Willie" Throckmorton 1865 - .. 24 James Reed Throckmorton 1867 - .. 24 Robert Frederick "Dr. Fred" Throckmorton 1869 - 1955 ........ +Mayme Elizabeth Penniwell - 1958 ...... 25 Georgia Elizabeth Throckmorton - 1958 ............ +George D. Eaton - 1957 ...... 25 James Frederick "Dr. James" Throckmorton ...... 25 Barbara Naidine Throckmorton ............ +_____ Peterson ...... 25 Robert Lazear Throckmorton Thanks for any updates. Mary Beth in Wisconsin On 03.09.2004 at 11:10:48, <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you Nancee for this. 1st time i have seen anything on my > Throckmorton > connection. > Daisy Throckmorton's parents where, Doctor Thomas Throckmorton and > Mary Ann > Bentley. Mary Ann Bentley's mother was a SCOTT and connects her to > them as > well as making her a cusin to the Douglas(ss) families in Lucas Co., > Iowa. > >

LES M. REDLINGSHAFER.?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hello fellow researchers: I have a couple of distant relatives from this line :-) : Aquilla Jones Davis [grandson of John Davis & Sarah Jones] , a "half 1st cousin, 2 times removed" Sarah Minerva Chynoweth [granddaughter of William Chynowith, Sr. & Bridget "Biddy" Turner] is my "half 1st cousin, 3 times removed". :-) [see below 9 generations [partial] outline of what I has evolved thus far] Question: Who is William S. Pickett who m. Alice M. ?? Is he related to Viola Florence Pickett that m. James Virgil May, M.D. ?? James was son of James Madison May & Mary Evaline Werts [dau. of John Jackson Werts & Esther Ann " Nellie" Wymer]. Question: How do the married names match up to some of the married Redlingshafter females ? Would appreciate updates & corrections. Descendants of _____ Redlingshafer 23 _____ Redlingshafer ..24 George Redlingshafer, Sr. 1787 - 1860 ........ +_____ Wise .. *2nd Wife of George Redlingshafer, Sr.: ........ +Dorothy/Doritha Redlingshafer 1803 - 1881 ...... 25 Anna Margaret "Margaret" Redlingshafer 1825 - 1906 ............ +John W. Rosa, Sr. 1822 - 1867 .......... 26 John W. Rosa 1857 - 1949 ................ +Sarah Minerva Chynoweth 1864 - 1962 .......... 26 Lot Rosa .......... 26 Adam Rosa 1861 - .......... 26 Anna Rosa 1862 - ...... *2nd Husband of Anna Margaret "Margaret" Redlingshafer: ............ +Joseph/Joachine H. Wolf/Wulf 1822 - 1893 ...... 25 John-George Redlingshafer 1827 - 1913 ............ +Isabelle S. Greer 1830 - 1894 .......... 26 Cora J. Redlingshafer 1856 - ................ +Albert A. Maxwell 1853 - .......... 26 Mary G. Redlingshafer 1859 - ................ +Daniel Myers 1856 - .......... 26 John William Redlingshafer 1862 - ................ +Emma Bondurant .......... 26 Minnie Dorothy Redlingshafer 1864 - 1943 ................ +Aquilla Jones Davis 1865 - 1921 .......... 26 Ernest Greer Redlingshafer 1867 - ................ +Augusta Sophia "Fannie" Arnold 1872 - 1955 ...... 25 George William Redlingshafer, Jr. 1833 - 1905 ............ +Frances Caroline Lewis 1843 - 1893 .......... 26 George D. Redlingshafer III 1862 - 1931 ................ +Harriet Isabel Arnold 1866 - .......... 26 Nancy Redlingshafer 1863 - ................ +James F. Wilson 1861 - .......... 26 Alice M. Redlingshafer 1865 - 1922 ................ +William S. Pickett 1861 - 1939 .......... 26 Loulla A. Redlingshafer 1866 - .......... 26 Charles M. Redlingshafer 1869 - 1906 .......... 26 William L. Redlingshafer 1877 - 1964 .......... 26 Adelia O. Redlingshafer 1880 - 1894 ...... 25 Margaret Anne Redlingshafer 1835 - 1904 ............ +Aaron Hupp 1818 - 1910 .......... 26 Jacob Hupp 1856 - .......... 26 Elizabeth Hupp 1861 - .......... 26 Jariah Hupp 1862 - .......... 26 Lucinda Hupp 1863 - .......... 26 John Hupp 1867 - .......... 26 William Hupp 1868 - .......... 26 Hannah Hupp 1870 - ...... 25 John-Lot "JL"/"Lot" Redlingshafer 1845 - ...... 25 Anna Elizabeth "Elizabeth" Redlingshafer 1848 - ............ +William Banschbach 1837 - ..24 James Redlingshafer If anyone has additonal info or corrections, appreciate it. Thanks, Mary Beth in Wisconsin On 03.09.2004 at 22:17:21, "Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert" <[email protected]> wrote: > The Chariton Leader, Chariton, Iowa > Thursday, February 22, 1906 > > CHARLES M. REDLINGSHAFER, son of the late G.W. REDLINGSHAFER of Benton Township, died at the hospital in Clarinda on Friday morning, February 16, 1906, after an illness of several years with a complication of diseases. The remains were brought here Friday night and on Sunday morning at eleven o'clock, funeral services were held at Salem Church in Benton Township, conducted by Rev. Chas. Pickford of Russell, after which interment took place in the Salem > Cemetery. > > Deceased was born in Benton Township, this county, on Febeuary 9, 1869, and that vicinity has always been his home. He is survived by eight sisters and two brothers. They are: MRS. S.T. WILSON and GEO. D. REDLINGSHAFER of Des Moines; MRS. J.W. NORMAN of Lucas; MARY of Guthrie Center; MRS. W.S. PICKETT; MRS. ISHMAEL MYERS; MRS. IRENE WHITESIDE; LILLIE BELLE and NELLIE, all of Benton Township, and WILL > of Missouri. These sorrowing ones have the sympathy of many friends in their great grief. > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert > September 3, 2004 > [email protected] > >

Hi all, I was getting ready to post one of Nancee's postings at genealogy.com under the Mauk surname board and someone posted the message below. Are there any Mauk researchers that could rescue this picture!!!!!!! I posted a response to the message even though I have no connection to the surname, the person will send the link for ebay. Thanks Deborah There is right now on eBay a cabinet card identified as "The Mauk Family". The picture was taken in Chariton, Iowa. The auction ends September 4th. If anyone would like the link, email me and I'll send it to you. I have no connection to this auction or the Mauk family; I'd just like to see the photo go to a good home

The Chariton Leader, Chariton, Iowa Thursday, February 22, 1906 CHARLES M. REDLINGSHAFER, son of the late G.W. REDLINGSHAFER of Benton Township, died at the hospital in Clarinda on Friday morning, February 16, 1906, after an illness of several years with a complication of diseases. The remains were brought here Friday night and on Sunday morning at eleven o'clock, funeral services were held at Salem Church in Benton Township, conducted by Rev. Chas. Pickford of Russell, after which interment took place in the Salem Cemetery. Deceased was born in Benton Township, this county, on Febeuary 9, 1869, and that vicinity has always been his home. He is survived by eight sisters and two brothers. They are: MRS. S.T. WILSON and GEO. D. REDLINGSHAFER of Des Moines; MRS. J.W. NORMAN of Lucas; MARY of Guthrie Center; MRS. W.S. PICKETT; MRS. ISHMAEL MYERS; MRS. IRENE WHITESIDE; LILLIE BELLE and NELLIE, all of Benton Township, and WILL of Missouri. These sorrowing ones have the sympathy of many friends in their great grief. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert September 3, 2004 [email protected]

The Chariton Leader, Chariton, Iowa Thursday, September 21, 1905 With sadness the Leader chronicles the death of MRS. REBECCA L. NOLAN of this city, which occurred at her home on Wednesday night, Sept. 20, 1905 at 10:00 o'clock, after an illness of eight months' duration with malignant tumor. During her long illness she was tenderly cared for by her children and all that medical skill and loving hands could do was done to prolong her life and alleviate her sufferings. Funeral services conducted by Rev. B.F. Miller and Dr. Franklin were held at noon at 2:30 and were attended by a large concourse of sorrowing relatives and friends. Interment took place in the Chariton Cemetery. REBECCA L. MAUK, daughter of MR. and MRS. ANTHONY MAUK, was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, on January 5, 1831, and was the youngest of a family of eleven children. She was married to FRANCIS NOLAN on May 1, 1851, and they went from Ohio to Indiana, where they resided for three years and then came to Lucas County which has since been the family home. MRS. NOLAN was the mother of eight children, only three of whom are living. They are ROBERT of Brookfield, Mo.; EVERETT and MRS. T.I. WHISENAND of this city. MR. NOLAN passed away 39 years ago. The life of MRS. NOLAN was in complete harmony with her religious profession, she having been an active and zealous member of the M.E. Church for over 48 years. Her generous nature was ever giving itself out for the good of others, and she leaves in the city an influence for good which will be felt in the years to come. She had a host of loyal, devoted friends, who unite in mourning her death as a loss to the whole community and in extending heartfelt sympathy to the grief stricken relatives. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert September 3, 2004 [email protected]

Greetings Steven, It was wonderful to hear from you and learn that the research was somewhat helpful to you. I will keep an eye out for "all things "Oliver' . I truly enjoyed hearing from you and to learn more about your family. It offers comfort to know we came from the same region that our common ancestors walked, went to church, and tilled the soil. :-) If you have something you would like me to look up, throw out a name, era or township in Lucas Co., IA, and I will give it a go. God bless you and yours as well. Mary Beth in Wisconsin On 03.09.2004 at 18:57:10, Steven Oliver <[email protected]> wrote: > Mary Beth & Deborah, > > My many thanks for this information. You have allowed me to fill in a couple of blanks and also opened new lines of thought and investigation. > > To answer some questions: > > Sarah Jane Oliver Graves and William Oliver were sister and brother. They were born in Indiana to Joseph William Oliver and Rachel Neff. There were at least 5 other siblings of which 4 died in childhood. Another brother lived to adulthood, Jacob, but he died in the Civil War in 1864. > Sarah Jane and Alexander had 4 children. John and Joseph died in childhood, but Racheal Rebecca and Willis B. lived to adulthood. I have been in contact with Willis B's great grandson and his wife and have a complete family tree > of descendants. > > I do think that "W.R." is William, although I have no record of his middle name. His wife is Elizabeth, so "L.E." is probably her. Sheds > light on her > that she seems to have used her middle name rather than her first > name. I > have two last names as possibilities: Howard (most likely) or > Hanvard. > William was born 3/8/1839 in Indiana. Elmer Martin was one son that > I knew > of (he is my great grandfather). One record I have other children > were > Emma, b. 1863; Eva Mary, b. 1864; Joseph E, b 1865. I have no > record of > Elva or Eltie, but cannot rule them out either. > > I also have Sarah Jane and Alexander T as being buried in Newbern > Cemetery, > located on the Lucas/Warren County line in Liberty Township. When I > lived > in Waterloo, IA my wife and I drove to Lucas County and found the > cemetery > and located the grave sights. I hope that the information in the > book > "Lucas Co, IA Cemetery Records", published 1981 was a misprint. I > live in > Yuma, AZ now. I hope to be able to visit family in Iowa next year, > so I'll > have a chance to visit Lucas County again and go to Chariton for > some > searching of records. > > Mary Beth, again many, many thanks for your e-mail. It has jump > started my > search for ancestors. I can now concentrate on Lucas County (along > with > Marion and Warren). I had Elmer Martin Oliver as dying in Kansas - > thats > were his two sons, Voyle and Earl (my grandfather) were born and had > thought > that is were he was buried. But my 2nd cousin (Voyle's > granddaughter) and I > could not find his grave. Now we know why. > > Deborah, you're an angel!! I've visited the Lucas County Message > boards. > My have you been busy!! Many people owe you alot of thanks for the > amount > of information you have posted. Although you posted about William > twice and > now other Olivers, I keep an eye out for GRAVES, HOWARD, HANVARD, > and WHITE > surnames as they are part of the family tree. > > May God Bless both of you! > > Thanks, > Steve > > > > Parr - Wheeler Cemetery, Liberty Twp. > >p. 57 > >Row 14 N-S > > > >1. Graves, Alexander T., Nov. 26, 1834-Dec. 7, 1910 Father. > >p. 58 > > Sarah Jane Aug. 30 1836 - Sept 27, 1909 Mother. > >2. Graves, Rosa Feb 13, 1873-Mar. 3, 1900. > >3. Loan, Infant Sn of T. & R. [son of Thomas & Rosa Loan] > >4. h.s. John A. > >5. Graves, John S. Aug. 30, 1859 ag 1y 9m 19d. > > Our little twins died Apr. 16, 1867. > > Joseph A. Oct. 9, 1865 ag 3y 4m 16d > > Sons & Dau. of A.T. & S. J. // > >p. 58 > >Row 17 N-S > > > >2. Oliver, Elva Sn of Wm & E. Mar. 8, 1874 ag 1y 7m. > >3. Howard, Mary E., Dau. of R. & P. Jan 22, 1859, ag 8y 7m 6d. > >4. Oliver, Eltie Sn of Wm. & E. Apr. 16, 1874 ag 3y 11m. > >5. Oliver, William Sept. 22, 1874 ag 35y 6m 14d. > >6. Oliver, Elmer M. Sn of W.R. & L.E.* Oct. 19, 1890 ag 22y 6m > 28d. > > // > > * Are W.R. & L.E. same parents as Wm & E. ? Per Steven, they > did > >have an Elmer. > > > >Let me know if you have questons, corrections. > >Mary Beth in Wisconsin > > > >Not my line, just another "Random Act of Genealogical Kindness". > >:-) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >On 30.08.2004 at 13:49:57, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > Steven Oliver can be contact at: [email protected] Can > > > someone confirm > > > for him that this is a correct match? > > > Thank you Deborah > > > > > > Steven writes: > > > William Oliver was my grgrgrandfather. My reocrds show that he > was > >born March 8, 1839 in Indiana. He apparently moved to Iowa with > his > >sister, Sarah Jane Oliver Graves to Lucas County in the Newbern > area. > >He married Elizabeth Betty > > > Howard and had 4 children, Emma, Eva Mary, Joseph E, and Elmer > >Martin (my grgandfather). My records show that he died September > 22, > >1874. I had no idea where he died until now. > > > Thank you for this post. Do you have any other information on > >William Oliver? I have information on his sisters, brothers, and > >parents (along with uncles and cousins). > > > I am willing to share information if this is a correct match. > > > Thank you, > > > Steve > > > > > > The Chariton Leader, Chariton, Iowa > > > Saturday, September 26, l874 > > > > > > We are informed of the sad death of WM. OLIVER, of Newbern, > who > >has > > > for some > > > time past been lying very low with sickness. MR. OLIVER was a > >young > > > man of > > > prepossessing and agreeable manners, with many warm friends, > and > >for > > > some time > > > has been engaged in the drug and dry goods business at > Newbern. > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > -- > > > > > > Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert > > > November l6, 2003 > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ialucas > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== IALUCAS Mailing List ==== > > > David, [email protected]: Lucas County List Administrator, > > > Website Coordinator, Lucas County IA Genweb - > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ialucas/Main.htm > > > > > > ============================== > > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new > > > Immigration > > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. 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The Chariton Leader, Chariton, Iowa Thursday, September 21, 1905 SARAH EDNA ROBERTS, infant daughter of WALTER ROBERTS, died last Sunday at the age of one year, seven months and four days. The mother died last November and the little one was then adopted by her aunt, MRS. L.C. COLWELL. Three brothers and two sisters are living and with the other relatives have the sympathy of many friends. Funeral services conducted by Rev. Palmer were held at the Baptist Church Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert September 3, 2004 [email protected]

The Chariton Leader, Chariton, Iowa Thursday, September 21, 1905 'Outwitted the Court' - - - Sometimes it occurs that lawyers, with all their shrewdness, get outwitted by persons who are not lawyers -- and sometimes they outwit. Here is a case that happened in Chariton. A life insurance policy had been left to heirs but was not exempt from debts of deceased. The court ordered a certain lady, having the money in custody, to pay a specified amount over, but when she came into court her plea was that she had locked as she thought, the money safely in her bosom and lost it. No one accuses any of the attorneys interestd of having the combination to her safe -- not even judge Eichelberger in his goodness of heart attempted to break the lock and Lucas County's portly sheriff revolted at the mere thought, but what was to be done? She stoutly alleged that her till had been tapped -- but none dare open to see. If it was not as she represented then it was a clear case of contempt for disobeying the court's order, otherwise a deliberate perjury. While a portion of Charit! on's bar was evolving plans to induce her to unbosom, she slipped from this jurisdiction and took her safe with her and the whole court machinery is left to screak: "Judges and Jurors have their place -- And lawyers, too, before the bar -- But no court this side the throne of grace Dare spring that door ajar." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert September 3, 2004 [email protected] *This is hilarious -- sure would like to know HER name.

The Chariton Leader, Chariton, Iowa Thursday, September 21, 1905 The many friends of the family were greatly shocked to learn of the sudden death of WILL GRAHAM which occurred about 6:30 o'clock this morning at the home of his parents, MR. and MRS. W.F. GRAHAM, in this city. He has been employed at Red Oak on the telegraph lines and on Monday was taken ill with an acute attack of heart trouble. Last night he was brought to his home in this city by two friends, HARRY MILLS and PETE TUTTLE, and his death occurred a few hours later. As the time of going to press, the arrangements for the funeral have not been completed. WILLIAM JOHN GRAHAM was born near Winterset on April 5, 1885, and when but an infant came to Chariton with his parents where he has since resided. He possessed an unusually pleasant disposition, was upright and energetic, and was a general favorite, beloved by all who knew him. He is survived by his parents, five sisters and two brothers who have the deepest sympathy of the community in their bereavement. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CARD OF THANKS We tender our sincere thanks to the neighbors and friends who so generously assisted us and sympathized during our recent bereavement. Time alone can only lift the shadow and heal the aching heart and yet it is acts like these that console. -- W.F. GRAHAM and FAMILY. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert September 3, 2004 [email protected]

The Chariton Leader, Chariton, Iowa Thursday, September 21, 1905 WARREN TOWNSHIP NEWS: MISS NANNIE FIGHT is the teacher in the High Prairie (No. 9) district. MISS LIZZIE BARRON is the teacher in Hazel Dell district, No. 8. Pleasant Ridge district, No. 4, has but six persons of school age, and one of them is a student of Simpson College, Indianola, another at the Chariton Commercial College, another a student of the Derby Schools and another is a married lady. What that school district wants is a few families in which there are some children. IRWIN MATTHEWS, whose residence has been on the MATTHEWS' farm, will have a public sale on the 27th, inst., of his personal effects after which he will move with his family to Sheridan County, Kansas. His mother, MRS. CATHERINE MATTHEWS, is there now visiting. Good for Derby -- The items in the Leader last week were the best, most readable that we have seen in any paper for a long time. Doctor TOM MITCHELL of the city of Chicago, has bought the MATTHEWS' farm of one hundred and sixty acres in this township paying eight thousand dollars in cold cash. The doctor is not unknown here as almost all the days of his youth were spent in Derby and vicinity. From there he went to Chicago, entering the study of medicine; finally he was admitted to practice and has been wondrously successful, both as a practitioner and pecuniarily, accomplished only by close attention and most determined effort. We are glad the doctor has chosen one of the fair farms of Warren Township for his country home. FRED PARKER will have a public sale of his personal property on the 26th, inst., after which he will move to Chanute, Kansas. The high wind on Monday morning did considerable damage to the corn; the great amount of rain for a week or two past is somewhat discouraging to farmers. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert September 3, 2004 [email protected]

The Chariton Leader, Chariton, Iowa Thursday, September 21, 1905 RUSSELL NEWS: WINNIE Y. PORTER was born in Marion County, Ind., May 5, 1827 and died at her home in Wayne County, Sept. 13, 1905, at the age of 78 years and 4 months. She was married to PETER PRICE RUARK in 1848. They resided on a farm near Indianapolis until 1859 when they moved to Wayne County, Iowa, where they have since resided. In 1860 MR. and MRS. RUARK joined the Methodist Episcopal Church and have lived consistent Christian lives ever since. To this union were born nine children, all of which lived to reach the age of maturity, but three daughters, MARY, RACHEL and LIZZIE and one son, JOHN W., have already preceded her to the Heavenly home. Her husband, four sons, one daughter and 26 grandchildren still survive her and suffer the sad loss of one of God's noblest wives and loving mothers. Funeral services were held at the Baptist Church in Confidence and interment was made in Confidence Cemetery. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A.F. JENKINS and family attended the funeral of MRS. JENKINS' mother, MRS. WINNIE RUARK, at Confidence, Thursday. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert September 3, 2004 [email protected]

The Chariton Leader, Chariton, Iowa Thursday, September 20, 1906 'This is a Romance in Real Life By People Whom We Know.' ------------------------------- As in the Blydenburgh case, liquor is said to have been the means used by a married man to achieve the destruction of a young girl, so liquor is charged to have been the means by which a single man near Chariton tempted a married woman into an elopement to California. At least D.H. CLARK of Benton Township in Lucas County has secured the arrest in Los Angeles of his wife and D.C. STOKESBERRY on a charge of adultery, and alleges that after STOKESBERRY began to tote beer to the CLARK home in the absence of the husband, the wife became nonresponsive to his affection, but favored STOKESBERRY and went with him to California. CLARK, who is 45 years of age, married MISS CARRIE FREEL Feb. 4, 1905. In his statement to the office of the Governor in support of an application for the warrant of requisition for the return of STOKESBERRY and MRS. CLARK to Iowa, CLARK declares that she was a good and loving wife up to Dec. 1, 1905. Then, he says, STOKESBERRY and trouble appeared on the scene, hand in hand. A little more than a month ago the wife took her husband's 5-year-old daughter to Chariton and sent her home by others, and disappeared. An affidavit is attached to the papers furnished to the executive office, in which a nephew of STOKESBERRY says that he was directed by him to buy two tickets to Indianola, and check STOKESBERRY's trunks. The young man claimed that he wanted to go over to get some beer, which is a joke because Indianola is a temperance town. From Indianola it is easy to quickly come to Des Moines and thence to the west. Another affidavit declares that STOKESBERRY had boasted to people that he had acquired complete influence over MRS. CLARK and that he proposed to steal MRS. CLARK and go west with her. But he denied intimacy with her. At the time that she disappeared at Chariton, STOKESBERRY also was gone. Immediately theretofore he had disposed of the ten acres of land that he owned adjoining the 160 acre farm of MR. CLARK in which the woman owned her wife's share. This land was disposed of at a ridiculously small price, and in a great hurry. Several affidavits have been filed with the executive office relative to the liquor incidents. STOKESBERRY seems by them to have been carrying beer to the CLARK home all of the time. CLARK says that he never knew of the woman drinking anything of the kind until STOKESBERRY began coming to his home when the husband was absent. The children of CLARK testify to the liquor incidents and it appears that empty beer bottles usually decorated the CLARK domicile after a visit by the fascinating Romeo. JOHN CLARK testified that he had heard STOKESBERY speak of the woman as "(?) Spot," and had heard him boast of his power over her. A telegram from Los Angeles yesterday stated that the two were under arrest in Los Angeles, on the warrant secured by the husband in Iowa, but that they would appeal to the Governor of California not to recognize the warrant of requisition issued by Governor Cummins. The defense is not known here, except that it is said that a denial of the charge of adultery, in toto, will be made. The couple were not living at Los Angeles as man and wife and the arrest was delayed because there was no evidence to show elopement or that the two had gone together, except that as to the tickets. Affidavits filed by the husband state that STOKESBERRY never boasted of intimacy with the woman, but always said that he had none. ---------------------------------------------------------- (In another column of the same date:) 'To Return Elopers' E.S. Wells, county attorney, armed with a requisition from Gov. Cummins, and in company with DAVID CLARK, of Benton Township, started on Friday night for Los Angeles, California, to secure the elopers, D.C. STOKESBERRY and MRS. DAVID CLARK who are held there in custody. It will be remembered that they were missing and it was supposed they had eloped, which proved to be the case. STOKESBERRY and MRS. CLARK will be brought back to Lucas County and proceedings against them instituted but it is understood that MR. CLARK only desires a divorce from his wife and a settlement of property interests and will not file criminal charges against her. It is likely STOKESBERRY will have to suffer more seriously for his part in Cupid's game. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert September 3, 2004 [email protected] *Would this be anyone's Stokesberry ancestor?? I will post the results of their escapade as the news evolves.