This is absolutely one of the best things I have ever read in my entire life! Thank you for sharing this with the list! Also, your Boswell caught my eye. We recently discovered that a formerly unknown maiden name of an ancestor is Bozell. We have been told that the name was originally Boswell. Not a Lucas County connection so I won't go into it here. I believe it was in Indiana. She married a Merrill. Thanks again for posting your wonderful article. Sure did take me back. Grandma called it Decoration Day 'til the day she died. I haven't made my cemetery rounds yet. Guess I'd better get in gear. Jayne Mundell

I should have done my phone listing look up first. I found them in the White pages. Raymond Johnson, (641) 774-2926, Rr 5, Chariton, IA 50049 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Fox" <echslfox@pldi.net> To: <> Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2005 1:55 PM Subject: [IALUCAS] Fw: Raymond and nora johnson > Susan sent this to me......Can anyone help her? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: susan mccuen > > > Subject: Raymond and nora johnson > > > Hi > > I am doing some genealogy work. I have ran across the following names RAYMOND AND MAXINE JOHNSON.... > > Maxine's maiden name is Welch. She would be my great aunt. I am tracing information on my dad's side. His last name is Salyers. His grandmother was nora salyers welch. Maxine is her daughter and she was born in 1919 in chariton. > Maxine married a Raymond Johnson. I think they may still be living in the Chariton Iowa area..Can you help? Thanks so much.... > > Susan Salyers-McCuen Altoona Iowa > > > ==== IALUCAS Mailing List ==== > David, railrider503@aol.com: Lucas County List Administrator, > Website Coordinator, Lucas County IA Genweb - http://www.rootsweb.com/~ialucas/Main.htm > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > >

Susan sent this to me......Can anyone help her? ----- Original Message ----- From: susan mccuen Subject: Raymond and nora johnson Hi I am doing some genealogy work. I have ran across the following names RAYMOND AND MAXINE JOHNSON.... Maxine's maiden name is Welch. She would be my great aunt. I am tracing information on my dad's side. His last name is Salyers. His grandmother was nora salyers welch. Maxine is her daughter and she was born in 1919 in chariton. Maxine married a Raymond Johnson. I think they may still be living in the Chariton Iowa area..Can you help? Thanks so much.... Susan Salyers-McCuen Altoona Iowa

Houston, Baughman, Hopkins, Howland, Wells families of Chariton Family Bible is on Ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6534400865&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1 Dick Kinkead Lantana, FL

From: Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert Date: 05/22/05 10:47:38 To: IALUCAS-L@rootsweb.com; Richard Kinkead Subject: Re: [IALUCAS] Houston, Baughman, Hopkins, Howland, Wells families of Chariton It's nice, that you let us all know.. Thanks, Dick. Don't know about you, but I get a real 'pain' in my heart when I see these family Bibles auctioned off. I'd give anything to have some of my own! We're off on the motorcycle -- so have a great day. Best Regards Always, Nancee -------Original Message------- From: Richard Kinkead Date: 05/22/05 10:27:39 To: IALUCAS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [IALUCAS] Houston, Baughman, Hopkins, Howland, Wells families of Chariton Houston, Baughman, Hopkins, Howland, Wells families of Chariton Family Bible is on Ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI dll?ViewItem&item=6534400865&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1 Dick Kinkead Lantana, FL

I always enjoy all your 'wonderful' articles, Frank. This is especially neat... How in the world do you remember everybody? Your outstanding writing ability is appreciated so much.. Thanks again, Nancee -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Well, I know all of these people. It's a mixed blessing for genealogists: Sometimes you know the dead better than you know the living; occasionally you like them better. I like to think of each and every one as a living, breathing soul as I poke a sprig of silk alongside his or her tombstone. We are, you know, the sum total of all who came before us, in more ways than one. It never hurts to pay homage to those from whom we've sprung.

SE Iowa?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Greetings Roberta, Looked in the 1978 History of Lucas Co. IA [LCGS] .for a few more Native American history clues. There were a couple of more references about the various Indian Nations in Iowa in the 1820's to 1850's time period in the Michigan>Wisconsin>Iowa Territory, then Iowa state. Some Native Americans of various Nations remained to live along the rivers in the area. This would fit with the earlier discussion via the Lucas CO. , IA Listers, regarding Indians who would gather at the river near Chariton to honor their dead. Had you noticed that dialogue going one? Let me know if you want that info. What surnames might you be looking for? Lee County is a couple of counties away from Lucas Co. and on the westward migration along the "Red Rock Line" to OK, NE, Kansas [see article below] where Native Americans were removed to in separation from the settlers. But as written, many stayed and hid in the country side and along the rivers befriending the pioneer settlers. Note also the segment from the time line regardin the Mesqaukie. Also, you will find additonal explanatory info and a great time line of events as relates to Indian land & removals in Wisconsin>Iowa at: http://www.iowahistory.org/education/heritage_curriculum/timeline/iowa__timeline_page2.html "1824: A treaty signed in St. Louis with the "Sac and Fox tribe" relinquished their claim to 119.000 acres in what would be Lee County. The land was set aside for the children of racially-mixed parentage and was known as the "Half Breed Tract". Guardians of these children were also allowed to move into the area, and many white settlers took advantage of the situation and made claims to land. A United States Supreme Court decision in 1850 held that the legal claims to land rested with the descendants of the children of racially-mixed parentage. More information can be found in an article by Jacob Van der Zee, "The Half-breed Tract", The Iowa Journal of History and Politics, 13:2 (April 1915), pp. 151-164. and The Goldfinch, Volume 13, # 4 (February 1993)." . . . "1840: The land that became Iowa was counted in the 1836 and 1838 Wisconsin territorial censuses. Iowa had 10,531 people in 1836 and 22,859 in 1838. Doubling population every two years..." "1842: Additional land was opened to white settlement, and Native American Indians were forced farther and farther west. "1843: Additional land was opened to white settlement, and Native American Indians were forced farther and farther west. With this purchase a line of demarcation was established between Indian land and land open for white settlement. It was call the "Red Rock Line" and extended from the Neutral Ground to the Missouri border running through Marion, Lucas, and Wayne counties." . . . 1856: Many Mesquakie (now sometimes spelled Meskwaki) never left Iowa when they were ordered to do so in 1845, and those that did move were unhappy on their Kansas reservation. In January 1856 the General Assembly passed an act permitting the Native American Indians still in the state to remain here, particularly in Tama County. A census was to be taken and the exemption applied only to them. More came back from Kansas that year, and they attempted to purchase land. Because they wished to own the land as a tribal group, rather than as individuals, they petitioned Governor James W. Grimes to act as their trustee for this purpose. He agreed, and in 1857 they purchased their first 80 acres. Over the next few decades they acquired about 3,800 acres along the Iowa River in Tama County, creating a "Settlement", not a reservation. Several hundred descendants of these Mesquakies and others live on the Settlement near Tama today, and are famous for their Pow Wow and their casino. For more information see The Palimpsest, 48:7 (July 1967), pp. 289-320." . . . I hope some of the excerpts are useful and offer some clues as to where some of your ancestors came and went to over their years in Iowa. If you feel any may be in Lucas Co., I have some resources to check for you. Also, you wish to visit the Lucas Co. website and it's links: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ialucas/Main.htm Happy hunting, Mary Beth in Wisconsin On 21.05.2005 at 20:00:31, Roberta Hammer <kdhx6@swbell.net> wrote: > Thank you very much for your information on the 'half breed tract' in Iowa. I had a great great grandfather and great great uncle born in the tract and could never find anyone who could tell me where it was. This is a great detail to add to my story of my ancestors. Thank you again. Roberta Hammer >

Back when my folks were growing up, let's say 1915-1933 or so, it was Decoration Day, not Memorial Day, and although set aside to honor the nation's war dead it had become a day to visit and place fresh flowers at the graves of any loved ones within convenient reach. A good many cemeteries weren't maintained back in those days, so it also was a day to clean up the family lots before decoration commenced. My mother used to talk of her parents arising at dawn and after chores, sweeping through the flower beds to cut all blooms (peony, iris and more) that looked fresh, gathering up the gardening tools, rounding up the kids, then hitching up the old spring wagon, loading flowers, tools and children therein and heading for Columbia Cemetery, where the Browns and Clairs reposed. Granddad Miller didn't always approve of change (and never spent what little money he had during those early years without careful thought: the internal combustion engine might be a passing fancy), so he still was traveling by horse and buggy during the mid-1920s, much to the embarrassment of my Aunt Mary I've been told. I still have my grandparents' wonderful account books from the date of their marriage during 1904 forward: Every penny and every purchase, no matter how small, accounted for. By the time I was growing up, we'd lurched into the 20th century and were driving cars. Cemeteries generally were maintained, but the prodedure remained roughly the same. Up at dawn, fill gravel-weighted Hi-C orange juice cans hoarded during the year with water and fresh flowers from the garden, pack the bouquets in boxes, load same into every available free space in the car and head for Salem, Oxford, Columbia and beyond sloshing water all the way. The trek to Columbia involved stopping at Granddad Miller's (now driving cars himself and a hazard to everyone else on the road because he still followed horse-and-buggy rules) to form a Columbia-bound caravan. And it goes on still, although now that nearly everyone has disconcertingly died I generally carry on by myself with anyone else interested tagging along, in competition with cousin Esther Belle (Miller) Steinbach to see who can get to the most graves first. Silk has replaced garden-fresh, I'm afraid, but my mother was a gardener on a grand scale and I'm not. I'd like to be, but time is lacking. Over to Salem first (where my parents, alas, have joined the ancestors): Grandma and Grandpa, Irwin and Ethel (Dent) Myers and Aunt Flora Myers, bless her heart; Great-grandparents Daniel and Mary Belle (Redlingshafer) Myers; Great-great-grandparents, Jacob and Harriet (Dick) Myers; Great-great-great-grandmother, Doratha Redlingshafer; and an infinite variety of great-aunts, uncles and cousins. Flowers for everyone there, unless I run out. A sidetrip to Waynick, where Great-great-grandmother Eliza Jane (Brown/Dent) Chynoweth reposes along with a few other kin. Into Chariton to visit John G. and Isabelle (Greer) Redlingshafer, more of my great-great-grandparents, and others from a dizzying number of family lines. This year there will be side trips to the graves of Demming J. Thayer and little Louise, reflecting a current Mallory obsession. Then out to Oxford northeast of Chariton: Great-grandparents Joseph Cyrus and Mary Elizabeth (Clair) Miller, Great-great-grandparents Jeremiah and Elizabeth (McMulin) Miller, and more. Now the longer drive down to Columbia: Grandparents William Ambrose and Jessie (Brown) Miller, Uncle Richard Miller, the much-loved Verna Brown, Great-uncle Joe Brown, Great-grandparents Joseph and Chloe (Boswell/Prentiss) Brown, Aunt Emma Prentiss, Aunt Laura (Prentiss) and Uncle Alpheus E. "Al" Love and their daughter, Alma; Great-great-great-grandmother Mary (Saunders) Clair and two lost Clair boys, Jasper Sylvester and William Richard. A Confederate flag for Nathan Love, Uncle Alepheus' father. And finally, down a twisting gravel road southeast to Great-great-great-grandfather William Clair, who died during 1852 before there was a Columbia Cemetery and thereby ended up all by himself in a hayfield alongside the road (I'm badly behind if Esther Belle has gotten here first). Generally, I get to Corydon: Great-great-grandparents Peachy Gilmer and Caroline (McDaniel) Boswell and assorted Boswell kin. That usually means side trips out to Hogue (pretty place down a long lane above a big pond): Thomas and Jane (Boswell) Ratcliffe and George and America "Aunt Mec" (Boswell) Cox; a swing through Clio (cousin Dorothy Rosa Elson and her family plus a few Calbreath kin) and down across the state line to Cleopatra, Missouri, where all the rest of the Calbreaths and a couple of Browns rest at Wilder. On a really good year, I'll get to Monroe County: Great-great-great-grandparents William and Miriam (Trescott) Miller and Joseph and Mary (Young) McMulin and many more; then down to Cincinnati in Appanoose County for more Browns and Boswells, although reaching the Boswell Cemetery there requires a long trek on foot across pasture land and through a creek, so that doesn't get done very often --- especially if the water's high. Of It's a really good year, I'll cross the line into Missouri to the ghost town of Mendota, find the almost-hidden entrace to the cemetery lane, twist up the hill and visit the DeMacks, going through eternity holding on for dear life on that precipitous hillside to avoid sliding into the creek. Whew! Why? Well, I know all of these people. It's a mixed blessing for genealogists: Sometimes you know the dead better than you know the living; occasionally you like them better. I like to think of each and every one as a living, breathing soul as I poke a sprig of silk alongside his or her tombstone. We are, you know, the sum total of all who came before us, in more ways than one. It never hurts to pay homage to those from whom we've sprung. Besides, I like to think I'm single-handedly supporting for a brief shining moment as Memorial Day nears the silk flower sweatshops spread across the Orient. "You know, there are children starving in China," Grandma used to say when I was pushing food around the plate rather than eating it --- and I believed. Frank D. Myers 22 May 2005

"No Man Knows My History, The Life of Joseph Smith" by Fawn M. Brodie A Definitive Biography... NY Alfred A. Knopf 1945. First Edition: p. 249 In a discussion about the Native Americans who were given land in Iowa by the Government, and as this relates to the Mormons looking for settlements [source & based upon the 1879 History of Lee Co., IA, pp 164-5] : " Despite this hospitality, it was clear to everyone that Quincy [Illinois residents] could absorb but a fraction of the destitute people. The Mormons were faced with the choice of either scattering widely or purchasing as a group several thousand acres on credit. The whole frontier tradition encouraged the former. But Joseph's [Smith] priesthood had become a cohesive power that could not be dissolved by a word. Moreover, suffering had made these people kin. Real-estate speculators in Illlinois looked upon the Mormons as the fairest game that had ever come into the state. Long before all the fugitives had crossed the river, proposals were pouring in. Isaac Galland offered a twenty-thousand-acre tract lying between the Mississippi and Des Moines rivers in the Iowa Territory at two dollars an acres, the sum to be paid in twenty annual installments without intererst. This wa a part of the Half-Breed Tract, which had been set aside by the federal government for the offspring of the mixed "marriages" common in that area. the half-breeds, with a calculating insouciance, had sold and resold their claims for guns and horses, frequently selling the same claim to a half-dozen different bidders by using forged deeds. The worth of Galland's title to any part of the tract was extremely dubious.* [History of Lee County, Iowa [1879], pp. 164-5] But the Mormons were as ignorant of this as of Galland's checkered past. His home county in Illinois, Hancock, knew him as a horse-thief and counterfeiter. When he had campaigned for the legislature in 1834, he had openly admitted his association with the notorious Massa criminals, and many voters had been so amused by his honest admission of his dishonest past that they had come very near to electing him. " . . . [story returns to the jailing of Joseph Smith in Illinois] // end Enjoy the additional tidbit from the earlier discussion this month. Mary Beth in Wisconsin

I drive often along what now is Lucas County S23 as it sweeps, curves and rolls northward from Oakley in Liberty Township down through the White Breast Creek valley then up, over and down again, finally to Lacona tucked among the hills just across the line in Warren County. Cousin Paul Johnson, a U.S. Marine home on leave, lost control of his car southbound on that curving approach to the White Breast Creek bridge April 11, 1973, slammed into its rail and died beside the creek's waters. I think of him at each crossing, then climb gradually to the highest point and glance west up a short lane to the abandoned house above a pond that once was home to the family of Ferman and Chloe (West) Nussbaum and their five children, Etha, Wilma, Norma, Corwin and Loren. Loren was born there 24 September 1920, on his mother's side part of my Grandmother Jessie's vast and complex family. Loren's grandmother, Eva (Prentiss) West, and Jessie were half-sisters, although that "half" was never considered significant and all the Wests had a special place in Grandmother's heart. Loren grew up on that farm, graduated from Lacona High School and continued his education at the Chillicothe (Missouri) Business College before accepting a job at the munitions plant near Burlington as World War II loomed. Then, as hundreds of thousands of young men did, he enlisted: On 18 January 1942 in the U.S. Marine Corps. After completing basic training at Camp Elliott, San Diego, Loren spent 20 months on Pago Pago, British Samoa and in the Wallis Islands. His unit returned to Hawaii for six weeks during late 1943, then joined the great effort to wrest the central Pacific Marshall Islands from Japanese control. The week-long battle to capture Enewetak Atol, some 44 islets around a central lagoon at the northern end of the Marshalls and site of a Japanese airfield, began during mid-February 1944. It was there on 20 February that Loren died in combat. His family was told much later that he had been wounded in the right forearm, but refused to be evacuated. As the battle continued, his company commander was wounded and while Loren was attempting to aid in his rescue, he was caught in crossfire and died instantly. Of course Loren's family knew none of this as they waited in Lucas County for news. It was not until late March, more than a month later, that the Nussbaums learned of Loren's death. The Chariton Leader reported on 4 April 1944, "Priv. (f.c.) Loren E. Nussbaum of the United States Marine Corps 'was killed in action in performance of his duty and services to his country,' his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ferman E. Nussbaum of Route 2, Lacona, were informed last week by Lt. Gen. A. A. Vandgrift. "Private Nussbaum was serving in the Pacific theater. His parents were asked not to reveal the place of his death, or his unit. "The message that Private Nussbaum had died in action was the first news his parents had of him in three months." We are accustomed now, after the dawn of the 21st century, to the prompt return of the bodies of our war dead, allowing at least some degree of closure. But that was not the case during World War II, and Loren and his comrades were buried in temporary graves on Japtan, one of the Enewetak islets. Brownie Coldiron, now of Oregon, served on Enewetak after it was firmly in U.S. control and recalled in an online account of his World War II service visting the temporary cemetery. Visitors were not encouraged, so Coldiron swam to Japtan from the islet where he was stationed, then walked through lush jungle vegetation into a clearing and "there before me was row upon row of head markers on graves. There were literally acre after acre of rows of graves ...." After the war ended, the United States began the work of gathering the remains of its dead from temporary resting places in obscure locations around the globe and bringing them home. Loren's body, sealed in a brown steel coffin, was among the first returned to the United States, arriving in San Francisco with 2,038 others from the Pacific theater aboard the transport ship Honda Knot during late October 1947. After considerable ceremony in San Francisco, Loren's remains were shipped to a distribution center in Kansas City, then arrived in Chariton by train at midnight on 7 November 1947. He was the first of Lucas County's war dead to come home. Funeral services were held on Sunday afternoon, 9 November, at the Methodist Church. Veterans of the great war, now returned to civilian life, rallied to honor Loren and support his family. The Rev. J.T. Bloom, a former army chaplain who had been called to serve First Christian Church, officiated, along with the Rev. W.E. Samp, the Methodist pastor. Music was provided by a quartet of veterans: Don Fuller, Bob Elgin, George Dunshee and William Dunshee. Former Marines served as pall bearers: Rex Benway, Raymond Logue, Waldo Brown, Vernard Oxenreider, Orval Arnold and Leck Young. At Chariton Cemetery, atop a gentle rise in its southwest quadrant, American Legionaires Leo Hoegh (later governor of Iowa), W.L. Frank and Victor Lindquist assisted in the graveside rites as a color guard and firing squad stood by. And in that manner, Loren came home. My dad remembered attending Loren's funeral along with other family members, but as often happens, it was the odd detail that stood out after 50 years had passed. Entering the church behind the distinguished county judge of that day (whose name I've forgotten), Dad watched as the judge took off his hat and began to reach across Loren's coffin to hang it on a rack. The judge immediately found his wrist in the steel grip of a member of the Marine honor guard and was told to show some respect, hold onto his hat and move along. Frank D. Myers 18 May 2005 photos of Loren's tombstone and Loren himself may be found at http://lucascountyan.blogspot.com

Greetings Listers. How might the below outlined Kendall family relate to those in the recently posted Aaron & John Kendell article. Are Aaron and John descendants of Margaret Runner and Baily Anderson Kendall ? Descendants of Baily Anderson Kendall 23 Baily Anderson Kendall - 1844 ... +Margaret Runner * .. 24 Catherine Isabella Kendall ........ +Matthew T. Rogers .. 24 Maria Luiza Kendall ........ +Cyrus Thompson .. 24 John Bailey Kendall 1816 - .. 24 Charles Kendall 1827 - .. 24 Lewis Noel Kendall 1830 - .. 24 William Henry Kendall 1832 - .. 24 Sarah Elizabeth Kendall 1836 - ........ +Thomas D. Anderson // See if anyone might follow some thinking on a possible connection to the Werts line: Margaret Runner* descends from Wilhelm/William Wurtz/Verts/Werts, b. 1703 Tauberbischofsheim, Baden area of Germany. [ Laufer surname was translated to Runner in America.Have seen Shaffer with that line as well.] Margaret's brother, Nathan Coleman Runner m. Patsey Kendall, likely a sister to Bailey Anderson Kendall. Margaret Runner's mother, Maria Eliz/sabeth Werts/Virtz is sister to Phillipp Peter Werts, of lovettsville, Loudon Co., VA. PHillipp's descendants migrated to Lucas Co., IA in the mid to late 1800's. Phillip's son Peter [George Peter] Werts/Wurtz d. at Adamsville, Salem Township, Muskingum Co., Ohio in 1855. Phillip's daughter, Christina Werts m. George Adams, b. Feb 12, 1788, VA. Their granddaughter is Mrs. Joseph A. Gookin, aka LuLu Blanche Adams, b. 1869, d. 1964 [prob. Chariton, Lucas Co, IA] -- if I have followed this correctly. Christina and George's son, Martin Van Buren Adams, b. 1837 b. Muskingum Co., OH, d. prob. Lucas Co.IA, m. Zelpha Anne Bagley-Nims, b. 1839, d. 1921, prob Lucas Co., IA Peter's wife was Susanah Hoff/Huff, b. 1775 - both born at Frederick Co., Maryland. It was many of their children that removed from Muskingum Co., Ohio to Russell, Lucas Co., IA. You will recognize several surnames. Would appreciate input: Descendants of George Peter Werts/Virts, Jr. 23 George Peter Werts/Virts, Jr. 1801 - 1866 ... +Margaret Catherine Maple 1808 - 1851 .. 24 Julia Ann Werts 1828 - 1854 ........ +[1] Quincy Adam Shirer 1827 - 1907 ...... 25 Susannah Shirer 1850 - 1926 ............ +Henry Zimmer ...... *2nd Husband of Susannah Shirer: ............ +Joshua Wright ...... 25 Etta Shirer 1852 - 1853 ...... 25 Isaac Shirer 1854 - 1854 .. 24 William Washington Werts 1829 - 1857 ........ +Louisa Bookless ...... 25 Mary Angeline Wertz ............ +William Henry Amore .. 24 Susannah Werts 1832 - 1912 ........ +Phillip Sunkel .. *2nd Husband of Susannah Werts: ........ +[1] Quincy Adam Shirer 1827 - 1907 ...... 25 Mary Elizabeth Shirer 1857 - 1927 ...... 25 Homer Andrew Shirer 1859 - 1950 ............ +Margaret J. "Maggie" Larimer 1862 - 1945 ...... 25 Wilbur Brough Shirer 1864 - 1905 ............ +Louella I. Graham 1867 - 1894 ...... *2nd Wife of Wilbur Brough Shirer: ............ +Hannah Mirgan 1872 - 1921 ...... 25 Alice Carrier Shirer 1866 - ............ +Charles K. Watts ...... 25 John Henry Shirer 1871 - ...... 25 Etta Jane Shirer 1872 - 1873 ...... 25 Harvey Clarence Shirer 1875 - 1888 ...... 25 Charles Howard Shirer, Sr. 1878 - 1933 ............ +Charlotte May Milleson .. 24 Mary Jane Werts 1834 - 1917 ........ +Jacob Kerns Vinsel - 1897 .. 24 Jacob Henry Werts 1835 - 1919 ........ +Sophia Ann Nims 1836 - 1899 ...... 25 Eliza Caroline Werts 1858 - 1937 ............ +Marcus Asbury Evans 1854 - 1944 ...... 25 William Leonard Werts 1860 - 1943 ............ +Cora E. Allen 1862 - 1928 ...... 25 Lily Ann Werts 1861 - 1862 ...... 25 Mary Catherine Werts 1863 - 1865 ...... 25 Matilda "Tillie" Werts 1867 - 1943 ............ +Lewis Marian Johnson 1868 - ...... 25 Albert Werts 1869 - 1917 ............ +Rose C. Cameron - 1943 ...... 25 Ada Werts 1871 - 1950 ............ +James Horace Drake 1865 - 1955 ...... 25 Asa(twin) Werts 1876 - 1955 ............ +Myrtle Grace McCoy 1879 - 1952 ...... 25 George(twin) Werts 1876 - 1959 ............ +Amy Lillian Petteys 1883 - 1974 ...... 25 Leila Werts 1882 - 1939 ............ +Oliver E. Spooner 1888 - 1949 .. 24 Catherine Shroyer Werts 1838 - 1939 .. 24 George Peter Wesley Werts 1841 - ........ +Mary Elizabeth DECKER 1837 - .. *2nd Wife of George Peter Wesley Werts: ........ +Lois ____ 1838 - 1888 ...... 25 Jackie D. Werts 1879 - 1882 .. *3rd Wife of George Peter Wesley Werts: ........ +Janetta ____ 1856 - 1926 .. 24 John Jackson Werts 1831 - 1901 ........ +Esther Ann " Nellie" Wymer 1837 - 1912 ...... 25 John Quincy Werts 1855 - 1953 ............ +Melvina Davis 1855 - 1906 ...... *2nd Wife of John Quincy Werts: ............ +Mary C. McClelland 1857 - 1936 ...... 25 George Newton Werts 1856 - 1856 ...... 25 Mary Evaline Werts 1857 - 1932 ............ +James Madison May 1849 - 1912 ...... 25 Lydia Jane "Jennie"/"Janey" Werts 1859 - 1906 ............ +Philip A. Rockey 1857 - 1943 ...... 25 Alfred Riley "Riley" Werts 1860 - 1935 ............ +Ida Goble 1867 - 1942 ...... 25 Jacob Leonard "Jake" Werts 1862 - 1944 ............ +Margaret Jane "Maggie" Robinson 1868 - 1943 ...... 25 William Clement Werts 1863 - 1865 ...... 25 Flora Ann Werts 1866 - 1871 ...... 25 Clifton Elmer Werts 1868 - 1943 ............ +Clara Mae McCoy 1869 - 1950 ...... 25 Susan Margaret Werts 1871 - 1951 ............ +Sherman Emmet McCoy 1866 - 1938 ...... 25 Mabel Werts 1875 - 1973 ............ +Aylmer Jay Allen 1873 - 1961 ...... 25 Charles Martel Werts, M.D. 1876 - 1946 ............ +Mary Grace [Margaret "Mame"] Clark 1879 - ...... 25 Oliver Osmond Werts 1878 - 1956 ............ +Grace Imogene Prather 1881 - 1957 *2nd Wife of George Peter Werts/Virts, Jr.: ... +Willimina Shrank WFT Est. 1818 - *3rd Wife of George Peter Werts/Virts, Jr.: ... +Mary Shrigley WFT Est. 1818 - Thanks much ahead of time for entertaining the possible relationships. Mary Beth in Wisconsin Based upon ... On 16.05.2005 at 19:50:02, "Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert" <iggy29@rnetinc.net> wrote: > The Chariton Leader, Chariton, Iowa > Thursday, February 25, 1909 > > In the good old days, when the states were new and little was known of the great Mississippi Valley, deeds to real estate did not read as .."

The Chariton Leader, Chariton, Iowa Thursday, February 25, 1909 MADALINE ELLEN, the infant daughter of MR. and MRS. FRANK PLEW, was born Dec 7, 1908 and died at their home in Des Moines, Iowa, Feb. 13, 1909, aged 2 months and six days. The remains were brought to Russell, Monday evening, Feb. 15th. The funeral services were conducted Feb. 16 by Rev. Shenton of the M.E. Church at the home of the grandparents, MR. and MRS. J.M. GOOKIN. The interment was in Bethel Cemetery. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert May 17, 2005 iggy29@rnetinc.net

The Chariton Leader, Chariton, Iowa Thursday, February 25, 1909 MRS. DANIEL MUSSELMAN died at her home in Lacona, Friday morning, after an extended illness with a complication of diseases. The funeral services were held at Mt. Zion Church, Sunday at eleven o'clock and interment in Mt. Zion Cemetery, near Oakley. She was the mother of MRS. S.A. THRELKELD, of Lincoln Township, who has been with her the greater part of the time during her illness. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert May 17, 2005 iggy29@rnetinc.net

The Chariton Leader, Chariton, Iowa Thursday, February 25, 1909 MRS. MARTHA LISA SANDELL was born March 14, 1822, in Christdala, Sweden. She came to America in 1869, and settled near Belinda. Her husband, HANS ANDERSON SANDELL, died 22 years ago. Her daughter, MRS. FRANCES MILLER of Belinda, and son, C.E. SANDELL, and nephew, CHESTER MILLER, of Red Oak, were with her in her last illness and death. She died Feby 21, 1909, aged 86 years, 11 months and 7 days. Funeral services were held at Belinda, Monday, at eleven o'clock a.m., conducted by Rev. O.A. Elmquist, of Chariton, and the remains taken to Red Oak for interment beside her husband. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert May 17, 2005 iggy29@rnetinc.net

The Chariton Leader, Chariton, Iowa Thursday, February 25, 1909 After a year and a half's waiting, the long looked for day is near at hand. On next Sunday the new house of worship is to be thrown open for service and dedicated to the sacred cause. For many months has the work been in hand -- Precept upon precept, here a little and there a little, until the perfect building stands forth. That is, as near perfect as it is possible for human architects to build. It is a shadow of the great and flawless structure not built by hands, with foundations as broad as the universe and as enduring as the eternal years. The Leader is not going into long details but suffice it to say almost two years ago it was decided by the Presbyterian class here that the good of the church demanded a more commodious house of worship, one which would fill the modern demand. Later the old edifice was torn down and more than a year ago the foundation walls were laid. Then came discouragements and doubt; later the horizon clearified and the work was renewed until on next Sunday the builders, Messrs. Johnson & Best, will turn it over as completed. The days of rejoicing have come. The ground plan of the building is 48x90 feet, stone foundation and the superstructure is of brick with pressed cement block veneering, one of the most handsome and enduring building materials in existence. The architectural style is on the dome plan, and shaded lights and makes an imposing appearance. The front is full hight, dropping down at the back, thus breaking the monotony of contour. The construction cost in round numbers was $20,000.00. The interior decorations are superb and the arrangement pleasing to the vision. The pulpit and choir loft are placed at the northeast corner of the auditorium easy range of the entire floor space. The main auditorium is 48x48 feet, pew seated, with hardwood floor and covered with cork carpet. The Sunday school room covers a space 32x44 feet, seated with chairs, ceilings lofty and the ventilation good. Off the Sunday school room opens two classrooms and a ladies parlor. The basement ceilings are 9 feet high, well lighted and airy. The entertainment room is directly under auditorium, covering same space and kitchen is beneath the Sunday school room. This department is furnished with closets, cupboards, drawers, sink, drain boards for dish washing, pie and cake shelves and ample table room, cold and hot water. Next to this on the east is the furnace and coal room. One of the equipments of the kitchen is a Buck range presented by Blanchard & Beem and the Buck Stove and Range Co., of St. Louis. The building throughout is heated by double pipe system. The dining room is supplied with large tables 3x14 feet, 28 inches high and between the kitchen and dining room are two large serving windows. The floors are cement and perfectly dry. Thus, it is a well appointed structure from earth-line to altitude and from center to circumference, in which all take a pardonable pride and certainly commend the church people in their enterprise. To be admired it needs only to be seen and when once seen, entered, to be fully appreciated. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 'Presbyterian Church Dedication' Sunday, Feb. 28, '09, 10:45 a.m. Next Sabbath will be a great day for Presbyterians in Chariton for then they will open their new church. Over a year ago work was begun on the new building but was interrupted by the failure of the bank. If "hope deferred makes lean" surely hope realized makes fat. It is true the Presbyterians will be glad to get back home. To the opening of their new building they invite the citizens of Chariton, who have kindly helped in the erection. To all we acknowledge our gratitude and bid you a hearty welcome. The church will be formally opened by Prof. Willis G. Craig, D.D., L.L.D., of McCormick Theological Seminary. Dr. Craig is a southerner with the southern gift of eloquence and a man well qualified for the work. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert May 17, 2005 iggy29@rnetinc.net

The Chariton Leader, Chariton, Iowa Thursday, February 25, 1909 In the good old days, when the states were new and little was known of the great Mississippi Valley, deeds to real estate did not read as we are accustomed in this territory, where lines can be run straight with the world In fact the descriptions there now are what might be called quaint. Below we print an old deed of one of the KENDALLS, which was recently found among the family archives by N.W. KENDALL, of Washington Township. The names of AARON M. KENDALL and JOHN KENDALL must have been earlier members of the family tree than among the emigrants to Iowa as the editor of the Leader remembers AARON KENDALL, one of the pioneers of Lucas County, who served in the war of 1812, but who would have been too young in 1808 to have received real estate in fee simple, but we are not certain as to that. The AARON KENDALL, remembered by the writer was the grandfather of N.W. KENDALL, of Russell, and the great grandfather of Congressman N.E. KENDALL, of the sixth district. It was drawn, it is supposed, in Adams County, Ohio, although the deed does not state specifically, yet that was the home of the KENDALLS at that time. It is presumed they concluded that the buckeyes and dogwoods would be sufficient to locate the state by: The 22 day of June 1808. Surveyed for ARON M. KENDALL, 103 l/2 acres of land on the waters of the west fork of Bush Creek it being part of a survey of 1,000 acres entered and surveyed in the name of FRANCIS TAYLOR and a part of sayd survey sold and conveyed to JAMES KENDALL SR., of which this is a part and beginning for the same at a Buckeye White Walnut and a Ded Dogwood, S.W. corner to said JAMES KENDALL's survey running thence with JOHN KENDALL's line S. 67 deg E. 99 pole to a White Walnut and two Ironwoods in said line, thence N. 23 deg thence E. 90 pole to two dogwoods and a black gun, thence N. 67 deg W. 14 pole to a Red Bud and hycory tree; thence N. 23 deg E. 95 pole to two dogwoods and a sugar tree in the old line of the Original survey thence with said line N. 67 deg W. 41 pole to a sugar tree and two dogwoods N.W. corner to the original survey thence with A Nother of the old lines of the original survey S. 23 deg W. 185 pole to the Beginning. -- N. BEASLEY S.A.C. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert May 16, 2005 iggy29@rnetinc.net *I enjoyed the spelling of some of the words..

The Chariton Leader, Chariton, Iowa Thursday, February 18, 1909 WALTER RICHARD REDNALL died at the home of his sister, MRS. C.W. MAUK, on Saturday, after a brief illness, never being of rugged health. Funeral services were held at the home on Tuesday, conducted by Rev. W.S. McCullagh, of the Presbyterian Church. Deceased was born at Galvia, Ill., April 18, 1863, and attended school at Jacksonville until 14 years of age, when he removed with his parents to Lucas County. Since the death of his father in 1897, he has resided with the family of his sister, MRS. ROSA MAUK. He was the fourth child of seven - only a mother and two sisters surviving, MRS. ROSA MAUK and MRS. CLARA GAY who resides at Exeter, Nebraska. His mother also resides there but was physically unable to attend the funeral. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert May 16, 2005 iggy29@rnetinc.net

The Chariton Leader, Chariton, Iowa Thursday, February 18, 1909 ALVAH MCCULLAGH, of Dallas, Ia., and MILLIE FORTUNE, of Medora, were united in marriage at the Methodist Parsonage, Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock, Rev Lathrop officiating. They will reside on a farm near Dallas. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert May 16, 2005 iggy29@rnetinc.net

The Chariton Leader, Chariton, Iowa Thursday, February 18, 1909 GEORGE MORRISON and bride, who were joined in the holy bonds, Sunday last, are spending a week with relatives in Ottumwa and Kansas City. After they return they will settle down to farm life, he having already arranged to take charge of his father's farm in Lincoln Township. They are both industrious and matter-of-fact young people and with good health will succeed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert May 16, 2005 iggy29@rnetinc.net

The Chariton Leader, Chariton, Iowa Thursday, February 18, 1909 Word has just been received by Chariton friends of the marriage of MISS MAY WAYNICK at Bisbee, Arizona, to MR. JOHN JOSEPH MCNULTY. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert May 16, 2005 iggy29@rnetinc.net