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Bedford Times-Press
Thursday March 14, 1940 p. 5
James Greenway Dies Here Tuesday
James Greenway died at his home in Bedford Tuesday, March 12, following an illness of several weeks. The funeral services were held at the Wetmore Funeral Home this Thursday afternoon and burial will be in the Guss cemetery. The body was placed in the Bedford Mausoleum until the roads to the Guss cemetery are passable.
James Greenway, eldest child of A. [lexander] H. [amilton] and Jane L. [ucinda Jenkins Bean] Greenway, was born August 27, 1864, being aged 76 years, 6 months and 12 days at the time of his death. He moved with his parents to Warren County, Ill., and when nine years of age came to Iowa having been a resident of Taylor County over 50 years.
He was united in marriage to Anna May Gill. To them four children were born. One son, Ora James, preceded him in death. He leaves to mourn his death his two daughters, Mrs. Leslie Slack of Gravity, Mrs. Everett Buck of Collins, Iowa, and one son Jack Wayne Greenway of Detroit, Mich.; and three granddaughters.
Mr. Greenway is also survived by a sister, Mrs. L. [ouis] O. [scar] Hess [Lucinda Jane] of Guss; one brother, Harve Greenway of Pueblo, Colo.; two half brothers, Charley Bean of Gravity and Jule [Julius] Bean of Villisca, nieces, nephews and many friends. Two brothers, Alexander H. [amilton] Greenway and Joseph W.[alter] Greenway, preceded him in death.
[Greenway, James]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday March 28, 1940 p. 2
GUSS
The body of Jim Greenway of Bedford was brought to the Guss cemetery for burial Wednesday.
[Greenway, James]
Funeral services were held this afternoon from the Wetmore Funeral Home for James Greenway, 76, who died Tuesday at his home here.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs Les Slac of Gravity and Mrs Everett Buck of Collins, and one son, Jack W. Greenway of Detroit. He is also survived by several granddaughters, brothers and sisters.
Interment will be in the Guss cemetery. Clarinda Herald-Journal, Clarinda, Iowa.
[Greenway, Joseph Walter, Sr.]
Gravity Independent
Thursday December 17, 1936 [p. 1]
Greenway Funeral Tuesday
Joe Greenway, of Bedford, injured in an automobile wreck last week near Mt. Ayr when the car in which he was riding collided with a truck, died Sunday in the Maryville hospital where he was immediately taken for treatment. He never regained consciousness as a result of the skull fracture.
The body was brought here for the funeral which was held in the Christian church, conducted by the pastor, Rev. Max Buck, and interment in the Guss cemetery.
[Greenway, Joseph Walter, Sr.]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday December 17, 1936 [p. 1]
J. W. Greenway, 67, Dies In Hospital
J. W. Greenway, 67, who received injuries in an automobile accident Wednesday, Dec. 9, died at the St. Francis hospital in Maryville Sunday, Dec. 13.
The funeral services were held at the Church of Christ in Gravity Tuesday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Robert Boshen of Bedford and assisted by Rev. C.
Max Buck. Burial was in the Guss cemetery.
Joseph W. [alter] Greenway was born March 14, 1869 in Warren County, Ill. He moved with his family to Iowa when he was four years old and came to Taylor County when he was 18 years old and had lived in this county from that time to this with the exception of one year. During the last eleven years he had made his home with his son, Walter Greenway, east of Bedford.
In 1894 he was married to Anna White of Bedford. She preceded him in death on March 28, 1913.
Mr. Greenway is survived by his brothers Jim of Bedford, and Harve of Pueblo, Colo., and a sister, Mrs. Cinda Hess of near Guss; also two half brothers, Charley Bean of Gravity and Jule [Julius] Bean of Villisca, and by his sons, [Joseph] Walter Greenway of Bedford, George Greenway and Fred Greenway of Cedar Rapids, and four grandchildren.
His memory is sacred to his loved ones and neighbors as a kind brother and father and a good friend to all.
[GREENWAY, JOSEPH WALTER, SR.]
Blockton News (Blockton, Iowa), Thursday, December 24, 1936
Joe Greenway Dead
Joe Greenway of Bedford died in a Maryville hospital Dec. 13 from injuries received Dec. 9 in an auto accident near Mount Ayr. The accident occurred when a truck pulled out to pass a mail carrier's car which had stopped at a mail box, the truck driver seeing when it was too late that he could not get by before meeting the Greenway car, used his brakes and skidded on the ice and snow directly into the path of the Greenway car.
[Greenway, Joseph Walter, Jr.]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday June 21, 1956 [p. 1]
Walter Greenway Dies Unexpectedly
Walter Greenway of Gravity, died unexpectedly about seven o'clock Sunday evening, June 17 at the home of his son and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene "Chub"
Greenway in Bedford. Mr. and Mrs. Greenway, both of whom were employed in Glenwood, drove to Bedford after their work was finished Sunday, planning to spend their two days' vacation in Bedford and at their home in Gravity.
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the Christian church in Gravity, conducted by Rev. Clyde Kelley, pastor of the church. Burial in the Gravity cemetery.
Joseph Walter Greenway, Jr., son of Joseph Walter and Anna White Greenway, was born at Guss, Iowa, July 26, 1899 and died at the age of 56 years, 10 months, 21 days.
On Jan. 9, 1918 he was married to Miss Mabel F. Cooper and to them were born two children, Gwendolyn and Walter Eugene.
He is survived by his wife; his daughter, Mrs. Vern L. [owell] Trumbo and husband of Clinton, Iowa; his son, Eugene and wife of Bedford; four grandchildren, Joyce and David Trumbo, Janet and Mark [Eugene] Greenway. Also by two brothers, Fred Greenway of Marengo, Iowa, George Greenway of Cheyenne, Wyoming.
He was a member of Taylor lodge, No. 156, A.F.&A.M, which order was in charge of the services at the grave.
Mr. Greenway was a farmer for many years and later was in the business of buying livestock until his health failed.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday May 5, 1960 [p. 1]
Mrs. Mabel Greenway Rites Were At Gravity
Mabel F. Greenway of Gravity passed away Sunday, May 1, 1960, at the Jane Lamb hospital in Clinton, Iowa, after a long illness. She had been in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Vern L. Trumbo and family at Clinton, since January and was admitted to the hospital on April 24.
Funeral services were held at the Christian church in Gravity Wednesday afternoon, May 4, with Rev. I. E. Stickelman of Clarinda officiating. Burial in Gravity cemetery.
Mabel, daughter of J. [ohn] P. [elsor] and [Harriet] Emma [Emaline] Drennen Cooper, was born October 4, 1896, near New Market, Iowa. After the death of her mother she was reared in the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Salyards in the Gravity vicinity. At an early age she became a member of the Gravity Christian church.
On January 9, 1918, she was married to J. [oseph] W. [alter] Greenway. To this union were born two children, Gwendolyn Trumbo of Clinton, Iowa, and W.[alter] E. [ugene] Greenway of Bedford.
She was preceded in death by her husband in 1956. Since the death of her husband, she had been employed at the Glenwood State School as an attendant until her last illness, when she came to Bedford to the home of her son and family, later being taken to Clinton.
Surviving with the daughter and son are the son-in-law, Vern L. [owell] Trumbo and the daughter-in-law, Mrs. W. [alter] E. [ugene] Greenway; four grandchildren, Joyce and David Trumbo, Janet and Mark [Eugene] Greenway; her father, J.[ohn] P. [elsor] Cooper of New Market; two brothers, Gail Cooper of Knoxville, Iowa, L.[ora] E. Cooper of Wadsworth, Kansas; half brothers and sisters, Darold Cooper of Gravity; Rex Cooper and Jack Cooper of Denver, Colo; Mrs. Bonnie Eichelberger of Philadelphia, Mrs. Lorene Poley of Seattle, Washington.
Mrs. Greenway was a member of Bedford chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star and the Gravity Rebekah Lodge.
[Greenway, Lillian "Lillie" Pace]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday May 25, 1967 p. 5
Mrs. Greenway Rites May 19
Funeral services for Mrs. George (Lillie) Greenway, 68, of Cedar Rapids, were held May 19 In Manchester, Iowa. Mrs. Greenway died at a hospital in Cedar Rapids on May 17. Interment was at the Manchester Cemetery.
Mrs. Greenway was born in New Market, the daughter of Basil and Alice [Nash] Pace.
She was married to George Greenway, who was reared in Gravity. Her husband died in 1959.
Mrs. Greenway is survived by a son, George of Des Moines; two grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Fannie Palmer of Cheyenne, Wyo. and Mrs. Nancy Rayborn of
Cedar Rapids; brother, Oliver Pace of Oakland, Calif.; nieces and nephews including Mrs. Harvey Young of New Market, W. [alter] E. [ugene] Greenway of Bedford and Mrs. Vern Trumbo [Gwendolyn Greenway] of Fort Dodge.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Young, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. (Chub) Greenway and Mrs. Vern Trumbo and David attended the services.
[Greenway, Alexander Hamilton, 1866-1904]]
Bedford Times-Republican
Thursday March 31, 1904 p. 3
A. [lexander] H. [amilton] Greenway, a prominent citizen of Corning and a former resident of Guss, died at his home in Corning yesterday from consumption. Mr. Greenway has many friends in Taylor County who will regret to hear of his death.
[Greenway, Alexander Hamilton, 1866-1904]
Adams County Free Press (Corning, Iowa)
Wednesday March 30, 1904 p. 8
Died
Alexander H. [amilton] Greenway died at his residence in Corning Friday, March 26, at about 10 a. m. He was born Nov. 26, 1866, in Illinois. He united with the M. E. church when a boy and again about 14 years ago. He was class leader and Sunday school superintendent at Wesley Chapel south of Guss in which neighborhood he resided for some time. He was married December 30, 1891 to Miss Jennie Gill and two boys were born to them, Ray, aged 9, and Abel aged 4. In addition to his wife and children he leaves his mother, three brothers and one sister, and four half brothers and one half sister, besides Mr. and Mrs. Abel Gill, his wifeÕs parents, who, through all his long battle for life with the terrible disease that finally took his life, helped care for him as tenderly as if he had been their own son. He was first taken sick August 16,1901, with typhoid fever. He never fully recovered from that attack, and before his strength was restored he had an attack of lung fever in January 1903, that ended in consumption. For two years and more he has been fighting a brave battle for life against the most deadly disease known to man. His end was peaceful and remarkably triumphant. About 2 oÕclock Friday morning he was compelled to arouse his family because of difficulty of breathing. The doctor was summoned but he was past human help. About 4:30 he was able to speak with his friends. When asked, ÒEck is it all right, are you going to rest?Ó he replied, ÒYes, it is all right. I have suffered so long and I am going to rest.Ó He lifted his arms and clapped his hands with all his remaining strength and said, ÒI am going to heaven, I am going to heaven.Ó He spoke of his boys and called for them and spoke to them; he laid his hand on little Abel and said ÒGod bless the boy.Ó Thus he bade his friends goodbye and passed into eternity. He will be most sincerely mourned. He was a man of modest and retiring disposition so that his real depth and strength of character did not appear on the surface. But he was a true man, faithful in all the relations of life, a devoted husband, a tender father, and a worthy and affectionate son. His Christian testimony before his death will comfort many beyond the circle of his own friends. He was buried Sunday at 2 p. m. from the M. E. church of which he was a member, the pastor, Rev. W. H. Shipman, conducting the services. A large audience filled the church, including the Woodmen and the Fire Brigade of which organizations he was a member. The Woodmen buried him according to their ritual in the Walnut Grove cemetery.
[GREENWAY, ALEXANDER HAMILTON, 1866-1904]
Adams County Free Press (Corning, Iowa), Wednesday, March 30, 1904, p. 6
Alexander H. [amilton] Greenway died at his residence in Corning Friday, March 26, at about 10 a. m. He was born Nov. 26, 1866, in Illinois. He united with the M. E. church when a boy and again about 14 years ago. He was class leader and Sunday school superintendent at Wesley Chapel south of Guss in which neighborhood he resided for some time. He was married December 30, 1891, to Miss Jennie Gill and two boys were born to them, Ray aged 9, and Abel aged 4. In addition to his wife and children he leaves his mother, three brothers and one half sister, besides Mr. and Mrs. Abel Gill, his wife's parents, who, through all his long battle for life with the terrible disease that finally took his life, helped care for him as tenderly as if he had been their own son. He was first taken sick August 16, 1901, with typhoid fever. He never fully recovered from that attack and before his strength was restored he had an attack of lung fever in January 1902 that ended in consumption. For two years and more he has been fighting a brave battle for life against the most deadly disease known to man. His end was peaceful and remarkably triumphant. About 2 o'clock Friday morning he was compelled to arouse his family because of difficulty of breathing. The doctor was summoned but he was past human help. About 4:30 he was able to speak with his friends. When asked "Eck is it all right, are you going to rest?" he replied, "Yes, it is all right. I have suffered so long and I am going to rest." He lifted his arms and clapped his hands with all his remaining strength and said, "I am going to heaven, I am going to heaven." He spoke of his boys and called for them and spoke to them; he laid his hand on little Abel and said "God bless the boy." Thus he bade his friends goodbye and passed into eternity. He will be most sincerely mourned. He was a man of modest and retiring disposition so that his real depth and strength of character did not appear on the surface. But he was a true man, faithful in all the relations of life, a devoted husband, a tender father and a worthy and affectionate son. His Christian testimony before his death will comfort many beyond the circle of his own friends. He was buried Sunday at 2 p. m. from the M. E. church of which he was a member, the pastor, Rev. W. H. Shipman, conducting the services. A large audience filled the church, including the Woodmen and the Fire Brigade of which organizations he was a member. The Woodmen buried him according to their ritual in the Walnut Grove cemetery.
[GREENWAY, ALEXANDER HAMILTON, 1866-1904]
Villisca Review (Villisca, Iowa), Friday, April 8, 1904, p. 6
Joe and Harve Greenway went to Corning Sunday to attend the funeral of their brother, Alex Greenway.
Alex Greenway died at his home in Corning last Friday, after an illness of several months. Mr. Greenway was a storekeeper at Guss before moving to Corning.
Bedford Free Press
April 8, 1913 p. 7
This community was saddened Friday morning by the news of the death of Mrs. Joe [Joseph Walter] Greenway [Anna White] near Ladoga after a lingering illness of some months. This is twice death has entered this home. The husband and three sons are left to mourn her departure and a number of other relatives and friends. She was a good wife and mother and loved by all who knew her. The bereaved family have the sympathy of the entire neighborhood. The funeral was held at Guss Sunday at eleven oÕclock, conducted by Rev. Koser. Interment took place in the Guss cemetery. —New Market Herald.
[Greenway, Jane Lucinda Jenkins Bean]
Bedford Free Press
March 18, 1913 p. 3
Mrs. Jane L. [ucinda Jenkins Bean] Greenway mother of the Greenway brothers, formerly merchants in Guss, died March 10th at the home of her son Joseph [Walter], near Ladoga. The funeral was held in the church at Guss last Monday afternoon. Interment was in the Guss cemetery.
[GREENWAY, JANE LUCINDA JENKINS BEAN]
Villisca Review (Villisca, Iowa), Thursday, March 13, 1913, p. 12
Mrs. Hamilton Greenway died at the home of her son Joseph near Gravity Sunday, March 9, 1913, at the age of seventy-six years. She had been in poor health for some time. Interment was in the Guss cemetery Monday. The deceased was the mother of Mrs. Lewis Hess near Guss and the grandmother of Mrs. C.[yrus] Murphy, living south of Villisca.
Bedford Times-Republican
Thursday July 9, 1931 p. 2
GUSS
Ora [Orie James] Greenway, son of Jim Greenway, once a resident of this vicinity, passed away at a Sanitarium at Colorado Springs, June 26. Funeral services were held at Corning, Ia., June 30. He was one of the soldiers of the World War, and leaves a wife and one child, besides his parents and a host of relatives to mourn their loss. His death was caused from tuberculosis contracted while in the war.
Adams County Free Press (Corning, Iowa)
Thursday July 2, 1931 p. 2
Obituary
The news of the death of Orie J. [ames] Greenway brought sorrow to many friends in this vicinity who had known the young man and the brave fight he had made for health since he returned from the war in 1919. He succumbed to death at an early hour Friday morning, June 26th, and the body was brought to the Boyd Roland Funeral Home Monday. Funeral services were held at the Methodist Episcopal church Tuesday afternoon at two oÕclock p. m. and interment was made in Walnut Grove cemetery, where the body was laid to rest with military honors. Rev. Arthur M. Eastman conducted the services.
Orie J. [ames] Greenway, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Greenway, was born October 18, 1897, in Adams County, and died Friday, June 26th, at his home in Colorado Springs, after an illness which covered a long period following the World War. He had spent three years at Oakdale recuperating from lung trouble as a result of gas. He was married in 1925 to Miss Hazel Scott and they moved to Colorado Springs hoping the change of climate might give him lasting benefit. One week ago last Saturday he took a turn for the worse and died Thursday, at the age of 33 years, 8 months and 8 days.
Mr. Greenway enlisted with the Rainbow Division, Company ÒKÓ, at the beginning of the war, and was discharged in the spring of 1919, and mustered out of service at Camp Dodge. He was engaged in every major engagement in which the Rainbow Division took part, but was not wounded. He was a member of the Methodist church and of the Masonic Lodge. He is survived by his parents and his wife and little daughter, Beulah May, who is four and one-half years old. He is also survived by one brother and two sisters, Jack Greenway of Gravity, Vivian Slack of Gravity, and Pauline, of Des Moines.
[Greenway, Alexander Hamilton, 1815-1903] [Bean, Joseph, Infant of]
Bedford Free Press
Thursday March 19, 1903 [p. 1]
Several Deaths at Guss.
The New Market Herald of last week contained the news of the death of J. Guss, the man for whom the town was named. Also, that on the same day Mr. [Alexander Hamilton] Greenway, an aged citizen, and his grandchild, the infant of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bean, passed away.
[Note: Alexander Hamilton Greenway was born May 29, 1815 and died March 11, 1903 near New Market, Iowa. He is buried in Guss Cemetery, Nodaway Township, Taylor County, Iowa. Source: WPA Iowa Graves Registration Survey]
[GREENWAY, ALEXANDER HAMILTON, 1816-1903]
Villisca Review (Villisca, Iowa), Wednesday, March 18, 1903, [p. 1]
Dropped Dead
A. [lexander] H. [amilton] Greenway died of heart trouble at his home in Guss last Wednesday and was buried in Prairie Rose cemetery Thursday, the funeral services being from the M. E. church of Guss, Rev. Carpenter officiating. Mr. Greenway arose on the morning of his death feeling as well apparently as usual, and was sitting in a rocking chair, when he suddenly died. Although he had been in rather poor health for some months past, it was thought that his indisposition was due to old age, and his sudden demise came as a severe shock to the family. The deceased was born in Lanore [Lenoir], North Carolina, May 29, 1816, being eighty-six years, nine months and twelve days old when he passed away. He had lived in the community of Guss for twenty-eight years past being an honored and respected citizen and a worthy member of the M. E. church. Those who most keenly mourn his death are the wife and seven children: James, A. H., Joseph, Harvey, Mrs. Lucinda Hess, and Mrs. Caroline Scott, all of Villisca and vicinity, and William of Nebraska.
[Note: His headstone gives his birth date as May 29, 1815. He is buried in Guss Cemetery, Taylor County, Iowa, not Prairie Rose Cemetery as stated in the obituary.]
[Bullock, Jane "Jennie" Gill Greenway]
Adams County Free Press (Corning, Iowa)
Thursday December 3, 1959 p. 4
Jane Bullock
Jane Bullock, daughter of Abel and Sarah [Elizabeth] Chappell Gill, was born October 29, 1870, in the state of Wisconsin, and departed from this life Thursday, November 26, 1959, at the age of 80 years, 27 days. She had resided at the Clarinda Rest Home for over four years and had been in very poor health for the past two years.
Her childhood was spent in Iveyville in Adams County and on December 30, 1891, she was united in marriage to Alex Greenway. To this union two sons were born: Raymond, who passed away in 1934 and Abel [sentence missing] Corning, Iowa, where her husband died March 25, 1904.
On August 31, 1908, she was married to Carl [Carlisle] Bullock who preceded her in death in September of 1934.
She was well known and respected for her untiring work in the Methodist church, Order of the Eastern Star, of which she was a fifty year member, Social Welfare, American Legion Auxiliary, and various community projects, until her health made it impossible to continue.
She leaves to mourn her loss her remaining son, Abel; two step-daughters, Alma (Mrs. Russell) Kelly of Nevada, Iowa and Lulu Frazier of Eagle Grove, Iowa; one stepson, Ralph Bullock of Los Angeles, California, six sisters, Lydia Asquith, Ollie Gibson, Sarah Engstrom, all of whom live in Corning, Iowa; Emma Hardin of Pasadena, California; Violet (Mrs. Pat] Ryan of Milford, Iowa and [Anna] May McLean, Taylor County; four grandchildren; 10 great grandchildren and a number of other relatives and friends.
The funeral service was held at the Williams-Foster Mortuary at 1:30 p. m. Saturday, November 28, 1959, the Rev. David Ash, pastor of the First Methodist church, officiated. Dennis Holbrook was the organist. Pallbearers were Abel Greenway, Jr., Kenneth Eiecher, Claude Adams, Arlo Hawley, Glenn Davison, and Raymond Adams. Eastern Star services were given at the graveside. Interment was in Walnut Grove cemetery at Corning, Iowa.
Lydia Asquith, Ollie Gibson and Sarah Engstrom attended the funeral services.
Adams County Free Press (Corning, Iowa)
Thursday May 24, 1934 p. 4
Obituary
The community was deeply saddened Monday to learn of the death of Raymond Greenway, who was born and reared in this vicinity and who has a host of friends who grieve with the sorrowing family because of the untimely death of this young man who was climbing so steadily in professional lines. He has, for seven years, been a teacher in the Dubuque schools and was teaching in the daytime and taking special work at night working for a degree, when he was stricken with influenza. This soon developed into pneumonia, and two weeks ago last Sunday his mother, Mrs. C. [arl] C. [arlisle] Bullock of Clarinda, was sent for by wire. Since that time he has battled for life but it proved to be a losing fight, and Monday morning, at 6:00 oÕclock he succumbed. Funeral services were held at Dubuque Tuesday afternoon at 4:00 oÕclock and the body was brought to the Ralph Roland Funeral Home Wednesday morning, where funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon, May 24, at 2:30, conducted by Rev. Arthur M. Eastman. Interment will be in charge of the Masonic order at Walnut Grove cemetery.
Raymond Greenway, son of Alex and Jennie Gill Greenway, was born in Taylor County, July 5, 1894, and died May 21, 1934 at the age of 39 years, 10 months and 13 days. His high school and university work has been supplemented by special courses and his education was mostly acquired while earning a living. His great ambition was to make of himself a superior teacher. The fact that he was well on his way was indicated by the long term he has served in that capacity in the Dubuque schools. He is survived by his wife, Irene; two children, Warren, aged 11, and Patty Rae, one and one-half years old; his mother, Mrs. C. [arl] C. [arlisle] Bullock and his step-father, C. [arl] C.[arlisle] Bullock of Clarinda; one brother, Abel Gill Greenway, also of Clarinda; and his aunts, Mrs. Ben Asquith, Mrs. Bart Gibson, and Mrs. Jack Engstrom of Corning, Mrs. Pat Ryan of Newell, Iowa, Mrs. [Anna] May McLane [McLean] of Coburg, Iowa, Mrs. Emma Hardin of Los Angeles, Calif., and one uncle, Robert Gill of Corning. Mr. Gill and Abel Greenway left for Dubuque Monday to accompany the body and the sorrowing family back to Corning.
The young man had served 19 months overseas and had always taken a great interest in American Legion activities. He was ambitious and hard working and devoted to his family. He was a member of the Masonic lodge and of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
[Gill, Sarah Elizabeth Chappell]
Adams County Free Press (Corning, Iowa)
Wednesday February 6, 1907 p. 6
IVEYVILLE
The death of Mrs. Abel Gill [Sarah Elizabeth Chappell] was a great shock to this community where she was so well known, loved and respected. All who have known the family here will extend to them their deepest sympathy in this, their great bereavement.
[Gill, Sarah Elizabeth Chappell]
Adams County Free Press (Corning, Iowa)
Wednesday February 6, 1907 p. 8
Mrs. Abel Gill died at her home in this city on Saturday evening, February 2, 1907, at 12 oÕclock, aged 53 years and 25 days.
Sarah Elizabeth Chappell was born in Greencastle, Pennsylvania, January 7, 1849. When a child she moved with her parents to Elk Grove, Wisconsin. Here she grew to womanhood and on July 4, 1868, was united in marriage with Abel Gill. In 1872 they moved to Iowa and settled in the northern part of Taylor County, near Iveyville. Eleven years ago they moved to Corning and have resided here ever since. To Abel and Sarah Gill were born nine children, all of whom are living, with the exception of Pearl, who died in infancy. Their names are as follows: Mrs. Lida Brown, Mrs. Jane Greenway, Robert, Mrs. [Anna] May Greenway, Mrs. Olive Gibson, and the Misses Sadie, Emma and Violet. Mrs. Gill united with the Methodist Episcopal Church when a girl, in fact grew up in the church. She lived a consistent Christian life, and few have answered the summons of the Master as calmly and as peacefully as she did. Her only sister, Mrs. B. F. Ivey, of Hutchinson, Kansas, came in answer to the summons but arrived after her death. The funeral will be conducted by Rev. Jay Kirkendall, pastor of the Methodist church, at the home at 2 oÕclock this afternoon.
[Bean, Charles David "Charley"]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday January 10, 1952 p. 5
GRAVITY
Obituary - Charley David Bean
Charley David Bean was born in North Carolina, Feb. 19, 1859 and died at the home of Mrs. Floyd Murphy at Centralia, Kan., Jan. 4, l952 at the age of 92 years, 10 months, 16 days.
His father lost his life in the Civil War and his mother moved with her family westward into Illinois and then to Iowa. He spent his life as a farmer.
He was married to Maude Mae Kile at Decatur, Nebr., Oct. 18, 1899. To them twin daughters were born, Helen and Ruth. His wife died March 19, 1915.
He left the state of Iowa a number of times to make his home but always came back to his home state. For a number of years Gravity has been his home.
His health became worse and Nov. 31, he was taken to the homes of his daughters to be cared for. His condition gradually grew worse because of age.
He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Floyd Murphy and Mrs. Duane Ice; three grandchildren, Byron Raymond Murphy in the Navy, Ella Mae (Ice) Cooper, Marvin Duane Ice of Centralia, Kans.; three great grandsons.
Funeral services were held Jan. 7, at 1:30 p.m. at the Methodist church in Gravity, Rev. Evan Routh of Bedford officiating. Burial was in the Clarinda cemetery.