Couldn't help sharing this obit. with you that I just transcribed for the Obit. Boards. FATHER OF THIRTY-ONE CHILDREN Death of an Iowa Man Who Leaves a Large Family. OTTUMWA, Iowa, Oct. 3. -- Sanford Doud, fifty years as settler of Iowa, died at Eldon yesterday at the age of eighty-seven. He was the father of thirty-one children -- five by the first wife, ten by the second and sixteen by the third. He was born in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, and moved in 1842 to Van Buren County. He was made a mason sixty years ago and was buried to-day with masonic honors. He has been a former surveyor, cabinetmaker and stonecutter, and at one time had considerable property. Twenty-eight of his children survive him. Source: Entler Scrapbook, vol. 6, Iowa Historical Library, Iowa City, IA ___________________________________________________________ «¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»¥«¤»§«¤» Rich Lowe richlowe@web-iowa.com Van Buren Co. IA GenWeb Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~iavanbur/ IAVANBUR-L Mail List http://www.rootsweb.com/~iavanbur/how-to-subscribe.html Villages of Van Buren http://www.800-tourvbc.com