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Davis, Sarah Jane Combs -
Mrs. A. C.
Davis of Gravity, mother of Mrs. C. C. Mills of Lenox, died at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. F. S. Peterson of Omaha, Monday evening, Jan. 21, at the age of
76. Funeral services will be held today, Thursday, at the Methodist
church at Gravity at 2 o'clock. Rev. F. L.
Shepherd of the Lenox Methodist church will have charge of the service. Burial
will be made at Guss [Gravity].
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday January
24, 1935
Davis, Sarah
Jane Combs –
Sarah Jane
Combs was born December the 28th, 1858 near Peoria, Illinois. When 14 years of
age she moved with her parents to a farm northwest of Gravity and one mile
south of Guss where she grew to womanhood.
She was
married to Abednego Cass Davis September 19, 1877. To them six children were
born; five of whom, with her husband survive her, Ida Mae McFarland of Omaha,
Aurora Ellen Mills of Lenox, Abednego Davis who died
when two years
of age, Winnie Dorcas Peterson of Omaha, Francis
Elmer of Gravity and Dorte Love of Weslace, Texas.
She with her
husband reared her family on a farm near Guss with
occasional moves to Gravity and Clarinda for convenience of educating her
family. After
all were
married but the youngest Dorte, she moved to a farm
west of Gravity. Here and in her cottage in Gravity she remained until his
education was almost completed.
In 1918 they
moved to Weslaco, Texas. Here she resided until the summer of her fiftieth
wedding anniversary in 1927, when she took up her temporary residence at
Gravity to be near her children. Since then she has divided her time with her
children on account of failing health.
In August of
this year she suffered a stroke of paralysis from which she was recovering when
pneumonia developed. After two days of suffering she passed away at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. S. F. Peterson in Omaha, on January 21, 1935.
She was a
faithful wife, and a kind and loving mother and a devoted friend to
everyone. Hers was a life of sacrifice
and of good Christian faith having united with the Methodist church when her
children were small.
Beside the
husband, A. C. Davis and five children, one brother, Francis Marion Combs of
Fleming, Colorado; she is survived by a nephew, Joseph Thomas
Lower of
Gravity, who is almost like her own child; five nieces, eight grand children;
James, Waldo, Cecelia and Muriel McFarland, Mable Mae Palmberg,
Mildred and Melva Davis and Frances Jeanne Winifred Peterson and four
great grandchildren, Darrell, Terry Mae and Charles McFarland and Rowinna Mae Preston, besides the relatives of her husband
who had grown as dear to her as her own, and a host of friends.
Funeral
services, were held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at the Methodist church at
Gravity conducted by the Rev. Floyd L. Shepherd of the Methodist
church at Lenox, assisted by the Rev. Nixon of the Gravity Methodist church.
Three
favorite hymns of the deceased were selected by the family and sung by a
quartette composed of J. S. Francis and daughter, Georgaina,
Mrs. Nixon
and George
Roberts. By special request of the family, Miss Francis also sang as a solo,
"The Old Rugged Cross."
After the
arrival of the family from Omaha, the plans, originally made to bury at Guss, were changed and it was decided that interment should
be made in the Gravity cemetery.
Relatives
from a distance who attended the funeral were: Mrs. Al Pullen and Mrs, Laura Combs of New Market, Mrs. Lizzy Thompson and son, Marion Thompson and wife; Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Mills, Alice
Madden and Mrs. Jennie Preston, all of Lenox; Mrs. Ida McFarland and children,
Waldo, Muriel and Cecelia; Frank Peterson, wife and daughter, Frances Jeanne;
Miss Mildred Davis and Mrs. Elizabeth Butke, all of
Omaha; and Mrs. Mable Palmberg and daughter Rowinna Mae Preston, of Nortonvllle,
Kansas; and Rev. and Mrs. Shepherd of Lenox.
Pall bearers
were: N. B. Morrison, Tom Morrison, Green Moore, Frank Morris, Will Wagner and Alph Williams.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday January 31,
1935
Mrs. W. D.
Franklin, 64, sister of Mrs. John Slattery of Lenox died at Seattle, Wash.,
Dec. 29, following a heart attack. Funeral services were held Jan. 2. Mrs.
Franklin, who was a graduate of the Lenox school, left
here 40 years ago. She is survived by her husband, her sister, Mrs. Slattery
and one brother, Chas. Finn of Los Angeles
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday January
10, 1934
John Gold,
son of James and Catherine Gold, was born in Franklin Co., Indiana, October 14,
1852, and died January 23, 1935, at the age of 82 years, 3 months, and nine
days. He grew to manhood In the state of Indiana and
was married to Emeline Jacobs on November 14, 1872.
She preceded him to death on February 23, 1934. To them eight children were
born: Johnie of Albert Lee, Minn., Charles of
Sharpsburg, Walter of Des Moines, Anson of Conway, Vernon of Gravity, one
daughter Mrs Earl Beadle of Lenox, and Orval of Conway, and Clarence who preceded Mr. Gold in
death several years ago. He is also survived by 17 grand children and 15 great
grand children.
Mr. Gold was
a member of the Christian Church and lived an honest life. He had been in poor
health for several years. He had been
making his home
with his
children, and it was while visiting at the home of his son Charles and family
he suffered a stroke, while at the supper table, and died suddenly.
He was very
appreciative of all that was done for him, never forgetting to say thank you
for any small favors. He remarked many times he was ready to go
when called.
Besides his
immediate family, he is survived by one sis.ter, Mrs. Eva Bronnenberg of Chesterfield Ind., all that is living of a large
family.
Funeral
services were held from the home of J. H. Barber, conducted by his pastor Rev. Edward
Garrett of Conway at 2 o'clock on January 25th. The
singing consisted of a quartette, Mr. and Mrs. Horace Fleming, Marvin Fleming and Mrs.
Barber. Pianist was Mrs. Bert Peacock. Pall bearers were his five sons and son in law as one son Johnie, did not arrive in time for the funeral. Burial was
made in Lenox, in Fairview Cemetery.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday January
31, 1935
The bodies
of Chas. Hughes, 45, and Miss Kate Oehler, 27, a
rural school teacher, were found near Worth, Mo., Sunday evening after a two
weeks search. Both had been killed in an
automobile accident on Sunday evening,
two weeks
before. Discovery of the bodies was made by two small boys.
Mr. Hughes
is a cousin of Wm. Hughes of Lenox and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Hughes went to Worth
Monday to attend the funeral. Funeral services for Mr. Hughes were held Tuesday
morning and for Miss Oehler that afternoon.
Mr. Hughes,
who lived near Worth, had driven to Grant City Sunday evening to get Miss Oehler, who boarded at his home, so she would be there
ready for school the next morning. From the time they left her home at Grant
City until
their bodies were
found in the wrecked car, Sunday night, nothing had been heard of them.
The car had run
off the road and missed the bridge over the middle fork of Grand river on U. S. Highway No. 69 and had plunged down a 15 foot
embankment. Mrs. Wm. Hughes said Wednesday, that it was thought that Mr.
Hughes' lights went out and the car ran off the road before it could be
stopped.
Examination
of the bodies showed that both Mr. Hughes and Miss Oehler had broken necks and that the girls' arms and legs were broken.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday February 14, 1935
Fred A.
Childs received the following clipping from a Chicago newspaper last week, sent
by Carey M. Jones, former Lenox man. It is from a paper of
January 24.
"Mrs.
Alma Lee Jones, 54 years old, died of pneumonia yesterday at her home, 819
Washington boulevard, Oak Park. Mrs. Jones was the
wife of Carey M.
Jones,
veteran live stock auctioneer She was the daughter of
the late Dr. J. A. McKinney, an army surgeon who served under Gen. Custer.
Surviving Mrs. Jones are her husband and two daughters. Funeral services will
be held tomorrow afternoon at 423 Lake street, Oak
Park.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday February
14, 1935
William
Wilson Mercer, youngest son of the late John Cochran Mercer and Mary Ann Murfin and brother of Mrs. Mary Leekliter of Lenox, passed away at
Mercy hospital, Denver, Colo., Saturday morning, Jan. 26, 1935 of
pneumonia. He had been
in declining health for several years and becoming seriously ill two weeks ago.
He was born Oct 10, 1876, at Chariton, Lucas county Iowa. At the age of 4½
years, and after the death of his mother in 1880, he went with his father to
Highland county, Ohio, to visit his grand parents, where he remained for 8
years. Many pleasing stories and anecdotes he has often told of his life spent
there at an impressionable age.
After the
death of his grandfather Jeremiah Mercer, in 1886—of whom he had become a great
favorite—he came back to Iowa, joining his parents in Adams
county,
where they had moved from Lucas county in 1882. Here he resided until 1896, then followed his brother, D. N. Mercer, to
Cripple Creek, Colo., both being among the pioneers in this famous gold mining
camp. Success attended them for a few
years, then came the decline and the rush to leave.
Will and D. N. decided to try their luck at ranch life, both having been reared
on farms. They purchased land and settled in Routt county,
Colo. Will remained 2 years, going from there to Denver where he resided until
his
death.
He was
united in marriage, Dec. 24, 1910, to Miss Stella Purcell of Detroit, Mich. who
survives him.
He united
with the Methodist Episcopal church at Prescott la.,
in 1894, under the pastorate of the late Charles L. Baxter, continuing in this
faith.
Accompanying
the widow to Corning were D. N. Mercer and sisters, Mrs. Horace R. Carpenter
and Mrs. Chas. A. Baker, all of Colorado; Mr. and Mrs
Brightwell of Omaha. Other sisters are Mrs. Mary M. Leckliter of Lenox, Mrs. Fred C. Stranad of Alhambra, Calif., and Mrs. Jno. L. McCarty of
Culver City, California.
Brief
services were held from the Olinger Mortuary at
Denver Sunday afternoon by the Reverends Schlessman and Hart, friends of the deceased whose quotations and prayer exemplified his
fine character.
Final
services were held from the Hilliard funeral home at Corning Tuesday afternoon
conducted by the Rev. Shepherd of Lenox whose meditations were
highly comforting. His favorite hymns "Face to Face", The Old Rugged
Cross" and "Have Thine Own Way Lord"
were beautifully sung by Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lewis of Lenox.
Pall bearers
were schoolmates and old friends Thurman and Charles Chapman, George and Frank
McGregor all of Prescott Charles Darrah and Dudly Gaddis of Corning. Interment was made in the Mercer
Family Plot
in Walnut
Grove cemetery Corning, Iowa.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday January
31, 1935
Fred
Moeller, 58, died suddenly at his home 3½ miles northwest of Kent Tuesday
morning. He was standing in the barnyard watching some men working when he
suddenly fell over and died instantly. He is survived
by his wife, a
son, Carl, and two daughters, Alma and Mrs. Swartz of Durant, Iowa.
Funeral
services will be held at Trinity Lutheran church in Creston, Thursday, and burial
will be made at Creston.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday February
14, 1935
The bodies
of Chas. Hughes, 45, and Miss Kate Oehler, 27, a
rural school teacher, were found near Worth, Mo., Sunday evening after a two
weeks search. Both had been killed in an
automobile accident on Sunday evening,
two weeks
before. Discovery of the bodies was made by two small boys.
Mr. Hughes
is a cousin of Wm. Hughes of Lenox and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Hughes went to Worth
Monday to attend the funeral. Funeral services for Mr. Hughes were held Tuesday
morning and for Miss Oehler that afternoon.
Mr. Hughes,
who lived near Worth, had driven to Grant City Sunday evening to get Miss Oehler, who boarded at his home, so she would be there
ready for school the next morning. From the time they left her home at Grant
City until
their bodies were
found in the wrecked car, Sunday night, nothing had been heard of them.
The car had
run off the road and missed the bridge over the middle fork of Grand river on U. S. Highway No. 69 and had plunged down a 15 foot
embankment. Mrs. Wm. Hughes said Wednesday, that it was thought that Mr.
Hughes' lights went out and the car ran off the road before it could be
stopped.
Examination
of the bodies showed that both Mr. Hughes and Miss Oehler had broken necks and that the girls' arms and legs were broken.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday February 14, 1935
Joe
Saunders, 55, who lived a short distance up the county line road from the Houchin oil station at the intersection of No. 25 and No.
34, was probably instantly killed Sunday evening when a car, driven by Dr.
Marvin Theile of Prescott, crashed into the back end
of the wagon on which he was riding. His
son, John, 7
years old, who was riding with him, was thrown clear of the wreck and was
uninjured. He ran home, crying "An accident, and daddy's killed."
The accident
occurred about a quarter of a mile west of the intersection of the two
highways, about 6:15 o'clock. Dr. Theile received a severe cut on the arm.
Raymond
Miller and O. H. Rost of Lenox came along just after
the accident happened and Dr. Theile was loaded into
their car and taken to the hospital at
Creston.
The Creston
News Advertiser tells of the accident, as follows: Dr. Marvin Theile, veterinarian of Prescott, driver of the automobile
which crashed into
the wagon,
suffered a gash on the left wrist which severed three tendons. Brought to the
Greater Community hospital in Creston for treatment, he will be confined here
for a short time. Complete use of the
arm however, will not be regained for several weeks, according to a statement
this morning from the
attending physician.
A second
automobile, driven by a Mr. Fisher of Des Moines, crashed into the rear of the Theile automobile with the driver suffering a sprained
wrist. Four vehicles figured in the accident with a third automobile driven by
Miss Helen Liljeqinst of Creston, being forced to the
ditch at the side of the road to avoid striking the wreckage of the wagon and
the two cars. The Liljequist vehicle was undamaged
and its occupants unhurt.
Was in Early Evening
Shortly
after dusk Sunday evening, darkness was considered a contributing factor to the
accident Saunders was driving east on Highway 34, but a few rods west of
the Union-Adams county line, when his wagon was struck from
the rear. He
had driven to a neighbor's home to bring his son home and on his return trip
was but a short distance from the corner where he would have
turned from the pavement to go to the farm home, on the west side of the road which
divides Union and Adams counties.
Joe
Saunders, 55, was killed instantly it was believed, with the son's escape being
considered miraculous. The wagon was
demolished and one of the horses crippled. The Theile automobile was extensively damaged with the Fisher vehicle being but little
damaged.
Coroner Delays Verdict
Dr. Boyd
Roland of Corning, coroner of Adams county,
investigated the accident but has not as yet announced a verdict. The question
as to whether a light was displayed on the wagon unquestionably will enter into
the
consideration.
Born Feb. 17,1880, in Cumberland, la., Joseph P. Saunders moved four
years ago to the present home in Adams county. He was married in 1917 to Miss
Audrey Anstey.
Leaves Five Children
Members of
the immediate family are: His wife: three daughters, Margaret, 16, Mary Alice,
14, and Jean, 13; and two sons Joseph 11 and John, 7. There are four sisters and a brother: Mrs.
John Sweeney of Creston, Mrs. Wm. Sweeney of Creston, Sister Flavia of Creston, Mrs. John McLaughlin, Baltimore, Md.,
and John Saunders of Atlantic, la.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday February
7, 1935
Katie Ellen Athey, daughter of Thomas and Arminda Athey, was born at Petersburg, Menard co., Ill., on
February 19, 1857 and passed away at her home in Lenox, Iowa January 16, 1935,
aged 77 years, 10 months and 27
days.
While still
a child she moved with her parents to Logan Co., Ill., and was married in Mason
City, Ill., to Geo. Seibert, February 14, 1875 to which union
were born five
daughters. In October, 1880, they moved
to Iowa, in 1906 going to Blackwell, Okla., where they resided until November
11, 1924 when
they returned to
Lenox.
Her
daughters who survive her are Mrs. Eva Grubb of Gravity, Mrs. Minnie Wilson of
Lenox and Mrs. Mamie Jackson of Des Moines, Mrs. Hettie Mendenhall of Omaha, Nebr and Mrs. Wadie Manroe of Sweetwater,
Texas,
besides other relatives and friends. Her husband
passed away in 1925.
She united
with the Lenox Methodist church during the pastorate of Dr. E. M. Holmes and
remained a faithful member of the same. Ill health the past few years made it
impossible for her to attend regularly, but she was always interested in the
work of the church. She was a great lover of the hymns and
herself composed several.
Funeral
services were held at the Methodist church in Lenox on Sunday afternoon, Jan.
20, conducted by her pastor, Rev F. L. Shepherd. A quartette composed of Mrs. Irba Huff, Mrs. Edna Madden, Mr. O. P. Arnold and Mr. Will
Bryant sang
"Rock of Ages" and "Abide with Me" and Mrs. Huff sang
"What a Friend We Have in Jesus" as a solo. Following the services
burial took place in the Lenox cemetery where she was laid to rest beside her
husband.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday January
25, 1935
Bertha Mary
Nelson was born August 12th, 1856 in Sylling, Lier, Norway and died Saturday morning, January 12th, 1935,
at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Nellie Herring in Clearfield, at the age of
78 years, 5 months.
She came
with her younger brother Henry to the United States at the age of twenty,
coming to Philadelphia, then on by train to Chicago. From Chicago
they came to
Essex, Iowa and after several years there, to Gravity. In 1881 she came to
Clearfield and spent two years and returned to Gravity where she was married in
1884 to Thorwald Soma, also a native of Norway. To
this union were born, seven children, three of whom survive the parents. They
moved to Clearfield in 1887 and here the husband died in March 1923. Since 1887
Mrs. Soma has resided in her home in Clearfield and has never been out of her
home town over night since coming here to reside. The house was moved from west
to east Clearfield in 1889. She was a good, kind mother, always ready to do for
others in any way opportunity offered. She was a member of the Lutheran church in Norway, and united with the
Clearfield Methodist church, attending faithfully its services while health
permitted. She was fond of the Foreign
Missionary society and the oldest member of the American Legion Auxiliary unit
here.
She is
survived by Mrs. Nellie Herring of Clearfield, two sons, John of Quincy
Illinois, and Fred of Bedford, Iowa; fourteen grandchildren, one brother,
Henry Nelson of Irvington, Alabama, other relatives and many
friends.
Funeral
services were held in the Methodist church Monday afternoon at two o'clock, her
pastor, Rev. John C. Turner officiating and a quartette: Lyle
McKelvey, Mesdames
Arthur Conaway and Ed Vogel and E. C. Heaton with Mrs. Belle Anderson at the
piano, furnishing music. Interment in Clearfield cemetery.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday January
17, 1935
Rev. W. A. Thompson of the United Presbyterian church, drove to Du Quoin, Ill., last Tuesday to preach the
sermon at the funeral of his grandmother,
Mrs. W. R. Thompson. The funeral was held Wednesday and Rev. Thompson returned to Lenox
Saturday night. Rev. Thompson had considerably difficulty in getting to his
destination because of the icy conditions of the roads.
Lenox
Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday January 24, 1935
Little
Robert Dean, infant son of Archie and Treva Waugh was
born January 16, 1935. He was only permitted to remain 10 short days to gladden
the hearts of his parents, one sister and four brothers, his heavenly father
calling him home Saturday morning, January 26.
He leaves
besides his parents, his sister, his brothers, two grandmothers, two
grandfathers, and many other relatives.
Brief
services were conducted at the home Sunday p.m. by Rev. F. L. Shepherd. Mrs. F. L. Shepherd and Mrs. Horace Fleming
sang two numbers. Burial was at Grant
City, Mo.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday Januar 31, 1935
James G.
Wilson son of John and Ellen Wilson, was born in
Washington County, Iowa, Jan. 23rd, 1866 and died at his home northwest of
Clearfield, Friday, January 25th, at the age of 69 years and 2 days. He came to
this vicinity when young and on March 2nd, 1892 was married to Miss Elda
Wilcox, and to them three children were born, one
passing away in 1914. He became a member of the United Presbyterian church in
Lenox, later transferring his membership to the Methodist church in Clearfield,
of which he has long been a faithful member. He was a good neighbor and friend,
a loving, indulgent husband and father, and was a good citizen who will be
missed in the community.
He leaves to
mourn, his faithful wife, his son Leo, who is at home; his daughter, Mrs. Velma
Grant of Guthrie Center Iowa; three grand children, Elbanks Wilson, Cleone and Betty Jean Grant; five brothers,
David D. of Lenox; Harvey, Edward, Tom, and Robert of this vicinity; one
sister, Mrs. John Wilcox, of near Clearfield; one sister, Mrs. Lizzie
McClintock, died 20 years ago.
Funeral services were held in the Clearfield
Methodist church, on Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock, with his pastor John C.
Turner, officiating. A quartette of girls, Misses Helen Abarr,
Margaret Swan, Miriam Wood and Mary Swan with Mrs. Belle Anderson at the piano
sang. The pallbearers were Cecil, Marvin, and Randall Wilson, Dwight Wilcox,
Homer McClintock, nephews of the deceased, and Roy Archibald. Interment was in
the Lenox Cemetery.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday January
31, 1935
S. L. Wynn
received word yesterday of the death of his brother, Eslie Wynn, 64, at his home at Borego, Calif., which
occurred Jan. 19. Mr. Wynn, who never married operated a store and postoffice at Borego. Mr. Wynn did not learn of his brother's death
in time to go to attend the funeral but he plans to leave next week to take
charge of his brother's affairs.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday January
24, 1935
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