I noticed mention of a "burial permit" Is it possible there is a STATEWIDE location where burial permits are located, and would be available for genie research? Just a silly question, probably, but wouldn't it be truly helpful? ----- Original Message ----- From: iowa-request@rootsweb.com To: iowa@rootsweb.com Subject: IOWA Digest, Vol 4, Issue 70 Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 01:00:35 -0600 >This is the IOWA list in digest form. For additional >information concerning how the list works, how to sub and >unsub and list rules, visit >http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richard/ialist/ > >Today's Topics: > > 1. Bio of Henry E. Samspon Part 3 of 3 parts >(Bare67deb@aol.com) > 2. Re: Iowa cemetery records (Lisa Lepore) > 3. Michigan death Certs 1897 - 1920 (Julie) > > >----------------------------------------------------------- >----------- > >Message: 1 >Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 06:10:38 EDT >From: Bare67deb@aol.com >Subject: [IOWA] Bio of Henry E. Samspon Part 3 of 3 parts >To: IOWA@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <d10.478b2fd8.36f6171e@aol.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > >A Narrative History >of >The People of Iowa >with >SPECIAL TREATMENT OF THEIR CHIEF ENTERPRISES IN >EDUCATION, RELIGION, VALOR, INDUSTRY, >BUSINESS, ETC. >by >EDGAR RUBEY HARLAN, LL. B., A. M. >Curator of the >Historical, Memorial and Art Department of Iowa >Volume IV >THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Inc. >Chicago and New York >1931 > >Part 3 - Bio of Henry E. Sampson > >Mr. Sampson is the author of several booklets and monograms >, among which are: One Year Under the Des Moines Plow >(1908), Workmen's Compensation (1914), Road Legislation >(1915), Temperance Legislation in Iowa (1916), >Responsibilities of the Physician (1927), Symposition of >Taxation Material (1929). > >As general counsel for the Professional Insurance >Corporation which insures physicians and other >professional men, Mr. Sampson has been asked to >contribute several articles for medical magazines upon >medico-legal subjects. > >Mr. Sampson was candidate for attorney general of Iowa in >1916 but was defeated in the State Convention. >On the 18th of October, 1905, was solemnized the marriage >of Mr. Sampson and Miss Mary Luella Stubbs, musician and >clubwoman, who was born in Hardin County, Iowa, and who is >a daughter of Rev. Enos P. and Mary (Hunt) Stubbs. Rev. >Enos Stubbs was born at Elkton, Ohio, received a liberal >education, and was a young man when he gained pioneer >honors in Iowa, where he became a leader in educational >work in Hardin County, being its fifth county >superintendent. His was the honor and distinction of >having established, in 1870, the firs normal school in >this state; and there came in June, 1928, a significant >and consistent tribute to this sterling man and his >service in behalf of education when the site of his school >in Hardin County was marked by a fitting entablature that >shows it to be the site of the first normal school in >Iowa. He was a great-grandson of John Townsend, Sr., who >came to America on the ship Welcome with William Penn, >also grandson of John Townsend, Fr., a Revolutionary >soldier under General Green. Mr. Stubbs was a birthright >member of the Society of Friends, but he eventually >became a clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in >the ministry of which he continued until his death in >1904. > >Mrs. Sampson was reared in a home of distinctive culture >and refinement, received excellent educational advantages >, and she is a gracious and popular figure in social, >cultural and church circles in the capital city of her >native state. At the time of her marriage she was a >teacher in New Providence Academy. She is a past >president of the Current History Club (1926-1927); also a >past president of G. A. Circle of P. E. O. Sisterhood >(1927-1928); also member of the reciprocity board >(1928-1930); she is registrar of Abigail Adams Chapter, >D. A. R. (1928-1930); chairman of the Music Committee Des >Moines Federation (1929-1930); she is also a member of the >Des Moines Women's Club. > >Mr. Sampson has ever been a staunch supporter of the cause >of the Republican party. He and his wife are zealous >members of the First Methodist Church in their home city, >he being a member of its board of stewards and having been >for the past twelve years the superintendent of its Adult >Church School. He has membership in the American Bar >Association, the Iowa State Bar Association, and the Polk >County Bar Association. He is affiliated with both York >and Scottish Rite bodies of the Masonic fraternity, >besides being a noble of the Mystic Shrine, and he is a >member of the Delta Chi legal fraternity of the >University of Chicago, while in his home community he is a >member of the Des Moines Club and the Iowa State >Historical Society. > > >Debbie Clough Gerischer >Iowa History Project >_http://iagenweb.org/history/_ >(http://iagenweb.org/history/) Scott County, Iowa >_http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm_ >(http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm) > >**************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See >yours in just 2 easy steps! >(http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1220863691x1201421 >954/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fwww.freecreditreport.com%2Fpm%2Fde >fault.aspx%3Fsc%3D668072%26hmpgID >%3D62%26bcd%3DMarchfooterNO62) > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 2 >Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 10:47:20 -0400 >From: "Lisa Lepore" <llepore@comcast.net> >Subject: Re: [IOWA] Iowa cemetery records >To: "Don" <dwdwrks2@omnitelcom.com>, <IOWA@rootsweb.com> >Message-ID: ><8BB3EB8872D5481FBB839B5B728E7407@lisa186de69d53> >Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; >charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > >Maybe you can find the funeral home or a burial permit. > >I think your guy is buried at Shell Rock. > >The family may not have wanted to mention the medical >research bit in the obit, and he was probably buried there >eventually, after the Hospital was done with him. > >Also possible is that they intended to donate his body >for research, but the Hospital didn't need him at that time >, so a funeral with burial at Shell Rock went on. > >Lisa > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Don" <dwdwrks2@omnitelcom.com> > > >>I looked up the Death Record for an individual the other >>day. It stated that >> the man had died at U of Iowa Hospital and the body had >> been donated for research. His obit has him buried in >> Shell Rock, where I found his grave. The grave stone has >>his name on it. What do suppose is under that stone? >> Don Woodley >> > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 3 >Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 19:49:45 -0700 (PDT) >From: Julie <juls92627@yahoo.com> >Subject: [IOWA] Michigan death Certs 1897 - 1920 >To: VA_Fred <OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA-request@rootsweb.com>, >VA_Shen > <SHENANDOAH@rootsweb.com>, I_Iowa <IOWA@rootsweb.com>, > IA_Linn > <ialinn@rootsweb.com> >Message-ID: <885461.89985.qm@web62308.mail.re1.yahoo.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > >from another llist > >--- On Thu, 3/19/09, Rena wrote: > >http://seekingmichigan.org/discover-collection?collection=p129401coll7 > > > > >------------------------------ > >To contact the IOWA list administrator, send an email to >IOWA-admin@rootsweb.com. > >To post a message to the IOWA mailing list, send an email >to IOWA@rootsweb.com. > >__________________________________________________________ >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >IOWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email >with no additional text. > > >End of IOWA Digest, Vol 4, Issue 70 >***********************************