Anderson, Narinna Jennie Mitchell –
Narinna Jennie Mitchell, youngest daughter of J. B. and Martha Mitchell, was born near
Monmouth, Illinois, Sept. 28, 1863, and died at her home in
Des Moines, Iowa, Jan. 6,
1935, at 5:20 a. m.
In 1866 she moved with her parents to Cedar County, Iowa;
then in 1878 to Adams County; and in 1916 to Taylor county.
Her residence has been in Des
Moines since 1920.
March 26, 1884, she was married to William Howard Anderson,
who died October 1, 1929. They were the parents of four children. One daughter
died in
childhood,
Laura Blanch. The three surviving children are Etta Floy Riley, Lula Mae Huffman, and George Mitchell Anderson.
She is also survived by one sister, Mrs. Sarah Harper, of
College Corner, Ohio; five grandchildren, Laverne and Letha Riley, Dorothy
Huffman, Mary and Alice Anderson.
A faithful Christian mother Mrs. Anderson at the time of her
death was a devoted and valuable member of Westminster United Presbyterian
church of Des Moines, Iowa.
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Many dear friends mourn the death of Mrs. Howard Anderson
who on the morning of January the sixth, 1935 passed to her heavenly reward. A
score of
years ago and more she was a familiar and favorite figure in the Lenox community
where her many loving acquaintances and friends knew her as Mrs. Jennie
Anderson. She was a beautiful type of that worthy woman so
well described in the last chapter of the Book of Proverbs. "Her husband is
known in the gates when he sitteth among the elders
of the land. Her children
rise up and call her blessed; her husband also and he praiseth her. A woman that feareth the Lord she shall be
praised."
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Anderson were honored members for years
in the Lenox United Presbyterian church. There their children, Etta, Lulu and
George
were born an baptized and received into the fellowship of the church. Dec. 18, 1915
Mr. and Mrs. Anderson were certified to the Clearfield United Presbyterian
church. In the bounds of that congregation they lived for some years until they
moved to Des Moines. There Mr. Anderson lived until his death. His funeral
services were held in the Lenox United Presbyterian
church Oct. 3, 1929. Since that time Mrs. Anderson has been making her home with her
daughter and family, Mrs. W. Huffman of Des Moines. Mrs.
Anderson has left her friends on earth to join those who
have preceded her to heaven. It means happiness in the reunion of those who
have gone on before her, but it spells sorrow for those who are left behind.
She is not for God took her. "None knew her but to love her. None named
her but to praise."
A. L. Davidson
Lenox
Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday January 17, 1935
Bailey, William Edward –
William
Edward Bailey was born June 1st, 1847 in Johnson County, Iowa and
died in the Methodist hospital in St. Joe, Mo. December 5, 1934, aged 87 years,
6 months and 4 days. He was one of a
family of twelve children, five whom survive him. On January 19th, 1874 he married Miss
Sarah Cordelia Overholser,
and in 1877 they came to Ringgold county locating on a
farm northeast of Clearfield where they resided for forty-two years, coming to
Clearfield in 1917 and have since made their home here. Mrs. Bailey died several years ago, and a
granddaughter, Miss Edna Bailey has kept house for Mr. Bailey and cared for him
since then. His son Roy also made his
home with him. Three children were born
to Mr. and Mrs. Bailey, Lola who died several years ago and Roy and Walter. Mr. Bailey was a member of the Clearfield
Methodist church and lived his religion in his everyday life, was a kind of
loving husband and father, a true friend, quiet and unassumed,
but always ready to do good whenever he could. He leaves to mourn his loss, two sons, Roy and Walter, both of
Clearfield, nine grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren; four brothers,
M. Z. and John of Clearfield, Joseph of Riverside, Iowa, and Asa of Diagonal; one sister, Mrs. Anna Hall of Hill, Iowa;
nieces, nephews and many friends. Funeral services were held in the Methodist church Friday afternoon,
December 7, her pastor Rev. John C. Turner, officiating. Lyle McKelvey, Mrs.
Arthur Conaway, Mrs. A J Abarr, and E C Heaton sang,
with Mrs. Belle Anderson, accompanist. His pallbearers were his six grandsons, Clifford Forrest, Gail and Cecil
Bailey, Loren and Clyde Nevill. Interment was in Clearfield cemetery.
Lenox
Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday December 13, 1934
Brown, Sarah Verlinda -
Sarah Verlinda Brown, daughter of
William Henry and Katherine Appleby Brown, was born in Washington, D. C. September
13, 1862 and passed away
Saturday, December 29, 1934, aged 72 years, 3 months, 16
days.
Her parents died when she was five years old, and an only
brother preceded her in death 12 years ago. Among relatives who survive her is Mrs. D. L. Bare
of Lenox, whom she raised, and with whom she has made her home the past ten years,
also one nephew.
Brief funeral services were held at the Arnold Funeral Home Monday
afternoon, December 31 in charge of Rev. F. L. Shepherd. Music was furnished by
Mrs. Les Copeland and Mrs John Porter with Mrs. A. H
Peacock at the piano. Mrs. D Bare accompanied the body to Washington D. C.
where interment
will be made Thursday, January 3, 1935.
Lenox
Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday January 3, 1935
Clayton,
Harry Dell -
Harry Dell
Clayton, son of B.H. and Emma Clayton was born in Warren county,
Illinois, June 4, 1883, and passed away at the Greater Community Hospital at
Creston,
Iowa, January 12, 1935, aged 51 years, 7 months, 8 days. He came with the family to Iowa where they
located near Kent, residing there several years before moving to Lenox.
On March 7,
1906 he was united in marriage to May B. Lang of Lenox and to this union seven
children were born. A son, Myrl and an infant
daughter, Bernita proceeded him in death. Besides his
wife he is survived by three daughters, Mrs. J. B. Hosford of Los Angeles, Calif., Mrs. Dorothy McKay, Lois Clayton of Lenox, and two sons
Wilbur who is in the naval service at San
Diego, Calif., and Carrol at home, also
two grandchildren Diane Hosford and Norman McKay.
His parents,
Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Clayton, two brothers, George R. and Roy, and one sister,
Mrs. Herman Holben, all of Lenox, also survive him.
Mr. and Mrs.
Clayton have lived in this vicinity since their marriage with the exception of one
year, 1918, when they moved to Los Angeles, later returning to Lenox. Harry was
of a sunny disposition and had a host of friends.
The funeral
services were held at the Arnold Funeral home on Monday, Jan. 15, in charge of
Rev. F. L. Shepherd, pastor of the local Methodist church.
Burial was
in Fairview cemetery.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday January
27, 1935
Dey Ermand, Lucinda Ellen Ables Hadley-
Lucinda Ellen Abies was born June
10, 1860 at Ft. Wayne, Ind., and died Nov. 30, 1934 at Lenox, Iowa, aged 74
years, 5 months and 20 clays.
With her parents she moved to Maryville, Mo., where her
early childhood was spent. In 1876 she was united in marriage at St. Joseph,
Mo., to G. N. Hadley of Bedford, Iowa. They were the parents of seven children
all of whom were born at Bedford, la. The children are: Anna Jane, M. May, Nelle C.; Paul; George N; Eva M.; and A. Bonna Hadley.
In 1907 Mr. and Mrs. Hadley and the two youngest children
moved to Oklahoma, where they resided until 1911, when Mr. Hadley passed away.
Mrs. Hadley and the two children then returned to their former home in Bedford,
Iowa.
On August 25, 1920, she was married at Lenox, Iowa to Dr. W.
J. Dey Ermand of that city,
where she resided until her death. She passed away peacefully
on the morning of Friday, November 30th, leaving to survive
her, her husband, Dr. W. J. Dey Ermand;
her children: Mrs. Jane Kemper of Aurora, Nebraska; Mrs. Nelle Cole of Toledo, Ohio; Mr. Paul Hadley of Hollis, Oklahoma; Mr. George Hadley of
Bedford, Iowa; Mrs. Bonner Miller of St. Louis, Mo., and Miss Bonna Hadley of Chicago, Illinois. Mrs. Dey Ermand is also survived by four
sisters, Mrs. Rebecca Schier of
Rock Island, Illinois; Mrs. Mary Cook of Kansas City, Mo., Mrs. Alice Elliott
of Los Angeles, California; and Mrs. W. W. Sinclair
of Kansas City, Mo.,; also Richard Abies of Santa Rosa,
California, besides 17 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren.
The funeral services were held on Sabbath afternoon, Dec. 2,
1934 at the Arnold Funeral Home, Lenox, Iowa, with the Rev. W. A. Thompson
officiating. Following the service the remains were taken to the Mt. Washing
ton cemetery in Kansas City, Mo., for burial, Dec. 3, 1934.
Lenox
Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday December 6, 1934
Dunn,
Uriah -
Mrs. Uriah
Dunn, who at, 82 routed two bandits from her farm home with a shotgun and the
help of her dog, "Boy", died late Sunday, a victim of double
pneumonia.
She was 84. Mrs. Dunn was an Adams county pioneer having lived 56 years on the
same farm six miles northwest of Corning. A widow, she had lived many years
with Mrs. Frances Neal, whose husband also was dead.
In June of
1933, two men came to her home and asked for a "Mrs. Jones". Mrs.
Dunn though suspecting they planned a robbery, simply took her shotgun,
made in 1872,
and sat up nights waiting for them to return.
Two nights
later they did. When one of them broke
into the house, Mrs. Dunn set the dog on him and exchanged shots with the
second bandit outside the house, wounding him.
The robbers
fled to their car and escaped. Mrs. Dunn calmly waited until
the next day to
inform officials.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday December
17, 1934
Graham, William -
Rev. William Graham, United Presbyterian pastor in Allerton, Iowa was killed Friday by an auto driven by Frank Garton of Humeston, while
walking on
Highway No. 3. Rev. Graham lad many friends in this part of
Iowa, having preached here several times, and not very long ago was a guest in
the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Steward
of Clearfield. He leaves his wife and six children.
Lenox
Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday November 29, 1934
Kirkendall, Jay -
Word was
received here this morning of the death in Las Animas, Colo., of the Rev. Jay Kirkendall, formerly pastor at Corning and for six years
Superintendent of the Creston District of the Methodist church. He was pastor at Corning from 1904 to1911 and
again in 1920 and 1921. During his superintendency of
the Creston District he was a frequent visitor to Lenox in an official
capacity.
Funeral services are being held at Red Oak Friday, December 28th at the
Methodist church.
Lenox
Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday December 27, 1934
McDonald,
James -
Mrs. Harry
Jones received word Friday of the death of her brother-in-law, James McDonald,
of Alliance, Nebr. Mr. McDonald formerly resided in the
vicinity of Blue Grove, moving to Alliance in 1918, where he has since resided,
Funeral
services were held in Alliance Monday morning. Mr. McDonald had
many friends
here, who will regret to hear of his death.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday December
6, 1934
Moffett, Margaret Amelia Gelvin -
Funeral
services for Mrs. Warren Moffett were held last Thursday afternoon, December
6th at 2:00 o'clock in the United Presbyterian church, her pastor, Rev. H. B. Hutchman officiating. A quartet composed of Guy Henderson, Mrs. J. M. Stephenson, Mrs. Marta Young and E. C.
Heaton sang, with Miss Mary Young, accompanying on the piano. Margaret Amelia Gelvin was born in Crawford county, Pennsylvania June 21,
1858, and died at her home in Clearfield, Iowa December 3, 1934, aged 76 years,
5 months and 12 days. She moved to
Illinois with her parents in 1865 and the next year to Washington County, Iowa. In 1874 they came to Taylor county and located on a farm north of Clearfield, and Mrs.
Moffett has since resided here. On
October 2, 1879 she was married to Warren Moffett and they resided until 1881
on a farm near by, moving then into Clearfield. She early gave her life to Christ and united with the Platte Valley
united Presbyterian church, later transferring her
membership to Clearfield church of which she was a charter member. She greatly enjoyed the celebration of the
church bicentennial celebration. Mrs.
Moffett was a true Christian, always ready to do a kind deed, or speak a kind
word whenever opportunity offered, a loving wife and mother, and a neighbor who
will be greatly missed in the community. Her influence will always live for good in lives of those with whom she
was associated. She leaves to mourn her
passing, her husband, her daughter, Faye, a teacher in the schools of
Harrisonburg, Illinois her son Ross of Provincetown, Massachusetts, two
grandchildren, two sisters, Mrs. Jennie Young of Coin, la.,
and Mrs. Nan Davis of Beaver City, Nebraska and two brothers, Hugh and James Gelvin of Clearfield, several nieces and nephews and many
friends. Interment
was in
Clearfield cemetery.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday December
13, 1934
Singer, Nella Fidelia Willey -
Mrs. Nella Singer died at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Allie Cowell here early Saturday morning, after a long
illness. She had been to Colorado to
endeavor a degree of health there but it was of no avail and so came on back
east.
Her son
Harry arrived here last Wednesday from Washington, D C. to be with her. Nella Willey was born in Davenport, Iowa June 23 1865 and
died in
Clearfield,
December 5 1934, aged 69 years, 6 months and 22 days. She united with the Methodist church when
nine years of age and for over twenty-one years was prominent in Sunday school
and choir in the Clearfield church. She was married September 2nd, 1886, to Dr.
L U Singer of Clearfield, Clearfield's
oldest doctor, who came to his cousin’s home southeast of Clearfield in 1881, and when
the town was laid out in the fall of that year, built his office and drug
store, one of the first buildings built here. Mrs. Singer was prominent in the activities of the town, especially in
the music and any educational work, having been one of its early teachers. Wherever she found a chance for a kind deed
or word Mrs. Singer was read give it. After the death of Dr. Singer
in 1907 the
family remained here but a few years, later going to Washington D. C., but she
never neglected to send cards back to the old friends, remembering especially
the aged and the sick. Three. children were born to
them, the
daughter dying in infancy, and the two sons, Harry and Orville, who survive
their mother, also one sister, Mrs Bird Ells of Los
Angeles, Calif.,
several nieces and nephews and many friends. Funeral services were held in the
Methodist church, Pastor John C. Turner officiating and using as a basis for
his sermon “God Is Love” as the deceased had asked him to do in an interview a
few days before her passing on. A
quartette: Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Crew, Mrs. Belle Anderson, and E C Heaton sang
with Mrs. Frank Ewalt at the piano. The church was filled with the old friends
and neighbors. Interment was in
Clearfield cemetery.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday January
10, 1935
Slattery, Phil –
Phil
Slattery died at his home in Lenox Sunday December 23, after an illness of
about six weeks. Mr. Slattery was born
in Canada and would have been 72 years old March 17.
Funeral services
were held Wednesday morning at St. Patrick’s church and burial was in the
Catholic cemetery.
Mr. Slattery
had lived in Lenox 67 years. During the
greater part of this time he was engaged in the horse business, but for the
past several years has been operating a gasoline station.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday December
27, 1934
Van Houten, Selina Abigail Jenks –
Selina Abigail Jenks, daughter of Oliver C. and Louisa Cornell Jenks, was born in Crawford county, Pennsylvania December 17, 1849 and died at the
home of her son W. C. Van Houten in Lenox, Iowa
November 29, 1934 aged 84 years, 11 months and 12 days.
Her family,
with a band of emigrants left the Keystone State, sailed along Lake Erie, crossed
Ohio in covered wagons, went down the Ohio and up the Mississippi Rivers to St.
Louis, thence by wagon road to Kansas City, Kansas, where the women and
children remained in camp while the men located their Iowa pre-emptions. The
Jenks family settled about eight miles south of the present site of Lenox on
what is now the northwest part of the H. M. Buchanan
farm in Grant (then part of Platte) township. Oliver Jenks and his nephew Edwin
Baker hauled white oak and black walnut lumber from the saw mills
at Ottumwa and Ft. Des Moines fording rivers and doubling up grades, bringing
their heavy loads to the new homestead where the home was built.
The family arrived in Taylor county December 10, 1854; and
had she lived eleven clays more, Selina would have
been a resident of Taylor county eighty
years.
The little immigrant, not yet five years old, related incidents of the pioneer
journey, and older members of the family verified her accounts of things that happened
at Toledo, Ohio, on the steamboats, and in the old Mormon camp at Kansas City,
which she remembered so long as she lived.
When Selina was eight years old
her mother passed away, and she was mothered by her school teacher who later
became her step-mother.
Her father was well known in Taylor county.
He was the carpenter who did the wood work in the old stone court house at
Bedford, was a member of the board of supervisors, and made many of the
estimates and plans for bridges and other pioneer road construction. Seiina received most of her education in the Bedford public
schools, staying part of the time with her oldest sister, Mrs. Squire Robinson.
It was not uncommon for her to ride a horse from her homo to Bedford, a
distance of fifteen miles, sometimes to return the same day. Twice, 1882-1883
and 1884-1885, she lived with her family in northwest
Bedford. Her husband published the Bedford newspapers,
Industrial Record, and Argus, and by appointment filled the unexpired term of
P. C. King as
county treasurer.
In the beginning of the War of the Rebellion her father
enlisted, but was rejected, and became a member of the home guard known as the
Southern
Border Brigade; two of her brothers and her step-brother
left her home to defend the Union, to return no more; and when cavalry men were
badly needed her youthful lover took his favorite horse and saw more than
eighteen months of active warfare.
December 23, 1866, she was married to George H. Van Houten, and they built a log cabin for their first home, three
and one half miles north from the maiden's home, near the north banks of the
102 river. Later they purchased and improved still nearer the cite of the
future Lenox the west part of the
Griffin farm; then purchased and improved what is known as
the Hoover farm. Five sons and seven daughters were born and raised to
maturity, and that
sympathetic couple partially reared in their home eight orphans, her youngest brother, two
sisters, a niece, a nephew and three grandchildren .
Born and reared in the religious faith of her broad-minded
and gentle father, Selina was always a Universalist,
but for lack of a church of her faith, and to
harmonize with her husband's life, she became a Methodist. She disliked intolerance and
her motto was: "Judge not, lest ye be judged". She helped to organize
the first Sunday school in Lenox, which was held in the Burlington and Missouri
River Railway Passenger Station; and the first Sunday school in the old Orange
Hall neighborhood, which was held in school houses. She was one of the
organizers of Excelsior Grange, the Chautauqua-Reading Circle, various literary
organizations and Lenox lodges, among them being the
Woman's Relief Corps. For many years her health has been frail, and she has had little active
interest in educational, religious or social affairs.
Hers was the sympathetic disposition of the pioneer. No
weary traveler was ever turned away from her door. No beggar was ever allowed
to go away hungry. She was noted for her hospitality to strangers, and
especially to young mothers.
Her husband in 1930, son O. C. in 1928, daughter Darthula Buckner in 1914; and daughter Bertha M. Peak in
1910, departed this life. One niece, Lulu
Stoner who was for years a member of the family, and her children, are the only
relatives, besides descendants living in this vicinity. Four sons: M. B., Bellingham, Washington; V.
Sedro Woolley, Washington; A.W., Davenport, Iowa; and W C, Lenox, Iowa; five
daughters: Marge Barrans, Lenox; Abi Dawson, Veradale, Washington; Bessie McElheren,
Marysville, California;
Myrtle Boyer, Creston; and Mary D. Bell, Bellingham,
Washington; one brother; Ark C. Jenks, Yakima, Washington, one sister; Emma
Donner Burwell,
Nebraska; 24 grandchildren and 24 great grandchildren
survive her.
At the time of her death she was the oldest living member of the Lenox Methodist church. She joined with the church with her husband in 1886, during
the pastorate of Rev. Geo. C. Campbell.
Funeral services were held at the Methodist church Sunday
afternoon, Dec. 2, conducted by the Rev. F. L. Shepherd. Music was furnished by
a quartet composed of Marvin Fleming, Earl Beadel,
Mrs. Donald Dunbar and Mrs. F. L. Shepherd. Burial was made in Fairview
cemetery at Lenox.
Lenox
Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday December 6, 1934
Walter,
Pauline Margaret Notz -
Mrs. Homer
Walter died at her home northwest of Lenox about 6:30 Wednesday evening after a
serious illness of about eight weeks.. Previous to
this she had been in poor health for a long time. She was 30 years of age.
Funeral
services will be held at the Presbyterian church Saturday, Dec. 29 at 1:30 and will be conducted by the Rev. Homer Caskey.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday December
27, 1934
Walter,
Pauline Margaret Notz -
Pauline
Margaret Notz, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Notz, was born June 7, 1904 near Lenox, Iowa and passed
away December 26, 1934, aged 30 years 6 months and 19 days.
She was
united in marriage September 1, 1926 to Homer Walter, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. A.
Walter. They were blessed with one son, Vernon Eugene, now six years old. They have lived on a farm four miles
northwest of Lenox.
She became a
member of the Presbyterian church when 14 years of
age. She has been a faithful member, a loyal Christian.
Mrs. Walter
had failed in health since September 11. On October 9th she was taken to the
Community hospital in Creston, and from there she was removed
to the General
Hospital in Des Moines on November 11 where she remained three weeks All felt
much encouraged upon her return home but she failed
rapidly and, in spite of all loving hands could do, slept peacefully away.
She is
survived by her husband and son Vernon, her parents, two brothers, Harold and
Paul, two sisters, Mrs. Anna Casey and Mrs. Bertha Walter
both of Lenox,
many relatives, and a host of friends.
She
possessed a most pleasing disposition which won for her many friends. She
seemed to feel her passing was soon as she requested Rev. Homer Caskey to preside in the funeral service and the songs to
be used. These requests were made before leaving the home for the hospital.
Services
were held in the Lenox Presbyterian church Saturday afternoon, December 29,
conducted by Rev. Homer Caskey of Council Bluffs,
assisted by Rev. F. L. Shepherd of Lenox. Music was furnished by a quartette composed of Mrs. Alice Preston, Mrs.
Helen Leckliter, Mr. Walter Lewis and Mr. O. P.
Arnold with Miss Linnie Heath at the piano. Interment
was in Fairview cemetery, Lenox.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday January 3,
1935
Williams, Lee –
Lee
Williams, 59, died Tuesday, Jan. 15, at the hospital in Iowa City where he had
been for the past five weeks. Mr. Williams was the father of Mrs. Ed Hurley and
Mrs. Earl Wilson, both of Lenox.
Mr. Williams
lived for about 15 years in Creston but for the past year he has been living at Arispe where he was a barber. Burial will be Friday
at New
Virginia,
Iowa.
In addition
to Mrs. Hurley and Mrs. Wilson, Mr. Williams is survived by other children, as
follows: Don Williams, Creston; Mrs. Ray Jones, Maryville, Mo.;
Mrs. Walter
Liston and Miss Margie Williams of Clay Center, Nebr.; Mrs. Kenneth Kilkerson, Mitchellville, Iowa; and one sister, Mrs. Martha
Liston of Hillsboro, Ill.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday January
17, 1935
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