b. 31 Oct 1813, Lexington, Rockbridge Co, VA
child of: William & Mary (RALSTON) ADAIR
d. 4 Sep 1879 (on tombstone), Smith Center, Smith Co, KS (3 Sep 1879*)
Buried: Smith Center, Smith Co, KS Go to Tombstones
The Family of George Washington and Elizabeth Ellen (SMITH) ADAIR
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28__George Washington ADAIR
b. 31 Oct 1813, Lexington, Rockbridge Co, VA
child of: William & Mary (RALSTON) ADAIR
d. 4 Sep 1879 (on tombstone), Smith Center,
Smith Co, KS (3 Sep 1879*)
Buried: Smith Center, Smith Co, KS
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m. 17 Jan 1841, Muscatine,
Muscatine Co, IA
(17 Jan 1840, Cedar
Rapids, Linn Co, IA*)
29__Elizabeth Ellen SMITH
b. 24 Mar 1824, Marion, Linn Co, IA (b.
MI* IA** OH***)
child of: John Huffman and Susannah (WALTERS)
SMITH
d. 27 May 1902 (on tombstone), Shell Rock, Butler
Co, IA (1912**)
Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Shell Rock, Butler
Co, IA Go to Tombstones
* Information in the Butler Co History
** Information in the "Adair Books," MO State Historical Library,
Columbia, MO
*** Information in the Ohio Census
Original saw mill built and run by George Washington Adair
and his brother, William
Other Marriages:
Children:
28.1 Mary Jane ADAIR b. 6 Oct
1841, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA d 29 Jun 1895 (1893**)
28.2 John ADAIR b. 13 Jun 1844
(1843**), Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA
d. 26 Feb 1931, Hennepin
Co, MN
28.3 Lucy Ann ADAIR b. 3 Feb
1845, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA
d. 1 Feb 1945, Los
Angeles, Los Angeles Co, CA
28.4 George Washington ADAIR, Jr. b. 21 Jan 1847,
Marion, Linn Co, IA
d. 1 Dec 1934, Shell
Rock, Butler Co, IA
28.5 William Walter ADAIR b. 4 Mar
1849, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA
d. 8 Jan 1933, Osceola,
Polk Co, NE (See #14/15)
28.6 Henry ADAIR b. 3 Apr 1852
d. 1853
28.7 Charles ADAIR b. 10 Apr
1853 d. 1854
28.8 Elizabeth Ellen ADAIR
b. 27 Oct 1855, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA
d. 10 Jun 1941 (23 Jun
1937**), Sioux City, Clay Co, IA
Original home of either George or William Adair
28.9 Sarah (Sadie) Marie ADAIR
b. 23 Jan 1858 (Jun**), IA
d. 10 Jun 1941,
Wakefield, Dixon Co, NE
28.10 Blanche Julia ADAIR
b. 26 Feb 1862 (25 Dec 1861**), Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA
d. 25 Mar 1949,
Wakefield, Dixon Co, NE
28.11 Annette (Nettie) A. ADAIR b. 29 Jul
1864, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA d. 29 Sep 1947
Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA
m.
26 Feb 1885, Woodbury Co, IA George E. MEAD,
of Shell Rock
b. 23 Nov 1853, Plymouth, Sheboygan
Co, WI d. 8
May 1932, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA
Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Shell Rock,
Butler Co, IA (Plot: 252-OC)
child of: John H. (1827-1902) & Sarah A. (1833-1934) (ALBRIGHT)
MEAD
Synopsis:
Occupations: Farmer, Sawmill (1853-1869) and Gristmill owner, founder of Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA, Hotel owner (1867-1878)
Elizabeth Ellen (SMITH) ADAIR was listed as a hotelkeeper in the 1880 IA Census
G.W. was visiting his son, William Walter, in Smith Center, Smith Co, KS, when he died. It was winter and he was buried in Smith Center with the intention of moving his body to Shell Rock at a later time. The family never had the money to move him, so he's still in Smith Center. There is a monument to him which, to all appearances, is a grave stone, in the Riverside Cemetery, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA. This compiler located and photographed his actual grave in the cemetery of Smith Center, KS, near his daughter, Lucy and her husband, Ralph Bowen.
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GEORGE WASHINGTON/ELIZABETH ELLEN RESEARCH RECORD
BIRTH/BAPTISM/PARENTS/CHILDREN RECORDS
Religion: Methodist-Episcopal George Washington ADAIR Baptized: 31 Oct 1813
Elizabeth Ellen SMITH's birth has been reported in OH, IA and MI. It stands to reason that she knew best where she was born, and gave the information for the census as OH.
DEATH/OBITUARY/CEMETERY RECORDS
George Washington ADAIR died in Smith Center, Smith Co, KS in 1879 and is buried there.
Elizabeth Ellen (SMITH) ADAIR died in Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA in 1902 and is buried in Riverside Cemetery, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA
MARRIAGE/DIVORCE RECORDS
Marriage Licenses: Muscatine, Muscatine Co, IA* or Cedar Rapids, Linn Co, IA**
FAMILY BIBLE/RELIGION AFFILIATIONS RECORDS
Methodist-Episcopal. George Washington ADAIR was one of the founders of the Methodist- Episcopal Church in Shell Rock, the first incorporated church in Butler Co, IA.
EMPLOYMENT/MILITARY/ORGANIZATIONS RECORDS
George Washington ADAIR was a member of the Independent Order of Good Templars, an organization dedicated to temperance.
WILL/ESTATE/DEEDS/COURT RECORDS
CENSUS/CITY DIRECTORIES/TAX LIST RECORDS
1880 Butler Co, IA, U.S.
Census: Shell Rock Twp:
Mrs. E.E. ADAIR, age 55, white, female,
hotelkeeper, b. OH
her father, b. VA; her
mother, B. OH
Sarah ADAIR, age 22, at home, b.
IA her father, b. VA; mother, b. OH
Blanche, age 18, school teacher, b.
IA her father, b. VA; mother, b. OH
Nettie, age 15, in school, b.
IA
her father, b. VA; mother, b. OH
1870 Butler Co, IA, U.S.
Census: Shellrock Twp.
Adair, George W, age 56 Hotel
Keeper b. VA
Elizabeth E, age 46 Landlady in Hotel
b. OH
George, age 23 Works in
sawmill b. IA
William W, age 21
Farmer
b. IA
Elizabeth, age 14 Attends
school b. IA
Sarah, age 12
Attends school b. IA
Blanche, age 8
Attends school b. IA
Annette, age 5
Attends school b. IA
Swertzer, Charles, age 41
Farmer
b. OH
Hays, Patrick, age
40 Stone
Mason b.
Ireland
1860 Butler Co, IA, U.S.
Census: Shellrock Twp.
Washington ADAIR age 46, farmer b.
VA
wife: E.E., age 36, b. OH
Mary J., age 18, b. IA (1842)
John, age 16, b. IA (1844)
Lucy, age 15, b. IA (1845)
George, age 13, b. IA (1847)
William W., age 11, b. IA (1849)
Elizabeth E., age 4, b. IA (1856)
Sarah M., age 2, b. IA (1858)
Lucy A Merritt, age 24, b. PA
1850 U.S. Census, Iowa
Genealogical Society, 1850 Federal Census for Iowa, Linn Co, Des
Moines, IA, Dwelling 541/Family 558:
Adair, Washington M
36 b. VA Farmer
Elizabeth E. F 24 b. OH
Mary J.
F 9 b. IA
John
M 7 b. IA
Lucy A.
F 6 b. IA
George
M 4 b. IA
William
M 3 b. IA
MIGRATION/CHRONOLOGY/MAP REFERENCE RECORDS
George Washington ADAIR:
1813 Born
in Lexington, Rockbridge Co, VA, 31 Oct 1813
1830 Migrated with his family to LaGrange Co, IN
where they were farmers
1837 Migrated to Muscatine Co, IA, east of West
Liberty
1841 m. Elizabeth Ellen SMITH, 17 Jan at
Muscatine, Muscatine Co, IA
1840-1853 Lived in Cedar Rapids, Linn Co, IA
1849-1851 G.W. drove ox team to CA for gold rush and
returned two years later
1851 Purchased land in Butler Co, IA
1853 Moved his family to Shell Rock, IA and, damming
the river, built a sawmill
1855 Filed the plat for Shell Rock, IA
1867 Started the Shell Rock House Hotel
1879 Died in Smith Center, Smith Co, KS, 4 Sep
1879, while
visiting William Walter ADAIR, his son
and
is buried in Smith Center, Smith Co, KS
Elizabeth Ellen SMITH:
1824 Born
in OH, 24 Mar 1824
1837 Migrated with her father to vicinity of
Muscatine, Muscatine Co, IA
1841 m. George Washington ADAIR, 17 Jan
at Muscatine, Muscatine Co, IA
1902 Died in Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA, 27 May
1902 and
is buried in Riverside Cemetery,
Shell
Rock, Butler Co, IA
INTERVIEW/ARTIFACTS RECORDS
WRITINGS/HISTORIES/NEWSPAPERS/MAGAZINE RECORDS
Text from page 315 of the History of Butler Co in a section on his son, George: George Washington ADAIR was born near Lexington, VA, 31 October 1813, and the mother's birth occurred in MI, 24 Mar 1824 [Note: she probably was born in OH, not MI]. Coming to Iowa, he settled in Muscatine Co, east of West Liberty in 1837. He was accompanied by his younger brother, William. In the same year Elizabeth SMITH arrived in company with her father and settled in the same locality. They were married at Cedar Rapids in 1840 and there resided until 1853. In 1849, attracted by the discovery of gold in California, Mr. ADAIR drove an ox team across the country to the Pacific coast, being absent from home for two years. He was in hopes that the trip would benefit his health and found that it did. He spent some time in the mines, returning in in 1851, and the following year, in 1852, came to Butler Co. Here he purchased forty acres of land of Alex GLENN, and the following year purchased more land from Aaron MOORE. Twelve blocks of the city of Shell Rock have been laid out on the forty acre tract which he purchased in 1852. The plat was recorded in 1855. It was in the spring of 1853 that he moved his family here, and that year he built a sawmill and dam across the Shell Rock River. He operated the mill, sawing for settlers, and he also rafted timber down to Waterloo. He continued in the mill until 1869. However, in the meantime, in 1867, he opened a hotel known as the Shell Rock House, and conducted it until 1878, when he went to Kansas to visit a son and daughter. He died at Smith Center, that state, on the 3rd of September, 1879. He was most prominently identified with industrial activity in this Co at an early day. He built, between 1855 and 1857, the west side flouring mill in connection with his brother William, and soon after they sold their grist-mill to John F. WRIGHT. In 1867, in company with E.W. METZGAR, he built the east side flouring mill, which he operated for a number of years. He was thus closely associated with the business development of the community, and his enterprises were of untold value to the early settlers, who depended upon his operations for breadstuffs and for lumber. He was one of the incorporators of the first Methodist Episcopal church and erected the first house of worship in Shell Rock, it being the first church organized in the Co. He took an active and helpful part in the church work throughout the remainder of his life and his wife was equally earnest in her cooperation with all that pertained to the moral development of the community. He was earnest in his support of the temperance cause and in politics he was a democrat but never took an active part in politics aside from casting his ballot. He labored untiringly, however, to check the use of alcoholic beverages and was a member of the Independent Order of Good Templars, the meetings of which were held in his house. His life was indeed one of usefulness to the community and his worth was acknowledged by all who knew him. His wife survived him for almost a quarter of a century and died in Shell Rock in 1902. She shared with him in all his good work for the benefit of his fellowmen and many have reason to bless their memory.
Text from History of Butler Co, p. 695: In the spring of 1853, George W. ADAIR came looking for a home. He stopped at Mr. GLENN's, and the latter gentleman sold him forty acres on the east side of the river on section 11, where the town of Shell Rock now is, which was all heavy timber, except that taken up by the bed of the river. George W. ADAIR was born in Lexington, Virginia, October 31st, 1813. Shortly after his birth, his parents moved to Ohio and in that State his early life was passed. When he was seventeen years of age, the family moved to La Grange Co, Indiana. Here he continued his education in the common schools, and helped his father work their farm. At the age of twenty-six, he moved to Iowa and settled near Muscatine. At that place he was married, January 17th, 1841, to Miss Elizabeth SMITH, who was a native of Ohio. In 1853, as before stated, they came to Shell Rock, being the first settlers on the town plat, and moved into their log cabin on the first day of June. Soon after their settlement here, Mr. ADAIR began the erection of a saw mill, and in the fall of 1854, laid out the village of Shell Rock, he having entered the land upon which it now stands. He was of the democratic party, and although not caring for office, he always took an active part in his country's politics. Mr. ADAIR, in the company with others, built both grist mills of the town and his great aim in life was the building up of a village of which he was the founder and pioneer settler. He died while on a visit to Kansas, on the 4th day of September, 1879. His wife still survives him and is the oldest living settler of the village. Nine children were born to them - Mary Jane, now the wife of Ephraim TOWN; John, now living in Winnipeg; Lucy A., now the wife of R.D. BOWEN, of Kansas; George, living at Shell Rock; Walter, living in Clarinda, Iowa; Elizabeth, now the wife of Allen ALLBURN, of Sioux City; Sadie; Blanche; and Nettie.
Posted (on the web) by Diane (DWilson50@aol.com), 2/3/2002: George W. Adair was born in Lexington, Virginia, October 31st, 1813. Shortly after his birth, his parents moved to Ohio and in that State his early life was passed. When he was seventeen years of age, the family moved to La Grange Co, Indiana. Here he continued his education in the common schools, and helped his father work their farm. At the age of twenty-six, he moved to Iowa and settled near Muscatine. At that place he was married, January 17th, 1841, to Miss Elizabeth Smith, who was a native of Ohio. In 1853, as before stated, they came to Shell Rock, being the first settlers on the town plat, and moved into their log cabin on the first day of June. Soon after their settlement here, Mr. Adair began the erection of a saw mill, and in the fall of 1854, laid out the village of Shell Rock, he having entered the land upon which it now stands. He was of the democratic party, and although not caring for office, he always took an active part in his country's politics. Mr Adair, in company with others, built both grist mills of the town and his great aim in life was the building up of a village of which he was the founder and pioneer settler. He died while on a visit to Kansas, on the 4th day of September, 1879. His wife still survives him and is the oldest living settler of the village. Nine children were born to them - Mary Jane, now the wife of Ephraim Town; John, now living in Winnipeg; Lucy A., now the wife of R.D. Bowen, of Kansas; George, living at Shell Rock; Walter, living in Clarinda, Iowa; Elizabeth, now the wife of Allen Allburn, of Sioux City; Sadie, Blanche and Nettie. Source: History of Butler and Bremer Counties, Iowa; Union Publishing Co., Springfield, Il, 1883, page 695.
from The Andrew RALSTON Annals. ADAIR Number. November 10, 1933. See also #114/115, Andrew RALSTON. Chief Yellow Thunder. It was a fine historical gesture to have Chief Albert Yellow Thunder, of Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, as a distinguished guest at the Shell Rock Reunion together with his 13-year-old son, Chadwick Yellow Thunder. The Chief is a veteran of the Spanish-American War, and had previously been in the government service for a considerable period. he is a grandson of the famous Chief Yellow Thunder, of the Winnebagoes, who died in 1974, and who travelled up and down the trail along the Shell Rock River, no doubt, in 1853, when George Washington ADAIR and William Andrew ADAIR laid out the Town of Shell Rock. For the past ten years the Chief has been lecturing before churches, high schools, the Y.M.C.A. and the Boy Scouts, and he is at present clerk of the First American Indian Baptist Church of Wisconsin Dells, Wis. The historical contrast is that as the tomahawk of a Delaware Indian almost wiped out the family of John RALSTON, our presumed ancestor, somewhere in the Lehigh or Susquehanna Valley in colonial Pennsylvania, leaving only our Andrew RALSTON, and his brother, Joseph RALSTON, of Kings Creek Valley, Virginia, to survive, Chief Yellow Thunder can now come to us some 175 years afterwards, mingle with us as a Christian gentleman, and deliver a fine address in the First Baptist Church of Shell Rock, at the religious services in connection with the reunion. The Delaware Indians were originally known as the Leni-Lanape, migrating from the Western Mississippi Valley to the Delaware and the Hudson prior to the colonization of Pennsylvania. They took the name of Delaware from the river after their migration. Following the iniquitous "Walking Purchase" perpetrated upon them, they retired to the Ohio Valley, built their towns and kept up an intermittent warfare against the settlements of Pennsylvania. It was in one of these raids that the family of John RALSTON was almost wiped out. These historical facts are more detailed in the history. We enjoyed Chief Yelow [sic] Thunder's visit greatly, and he should visit us also when we dedicate the monument. If the reunioners decide to go to Utah for the 1935 reunion, there should also be a representative there of some of the Indian tribes with whom that fine pioneering and courageous woman, Hannah HUNTSMAN DAVIS, contacted in establishing her Western home.
from The Andrew RALSTON Annals. ADAIR Number. November 10, 1933. See also #114/115, Andrew RALSTON. We have met the ADAIRS and we were theirs. The Holding of the fourth annual reunion at Shell Rock, Iowa, was a fine family gesture, and afforded a very large group of the RALSTON clan a chance to meet each other. Henry E. RALSTON, of Tipton, Iowa, thus expresses it: "I had never met but two of my RALSTON relatives, Andrew J. RALSTON and D.C. RALSTON (Arctic pioneers), sons of Uncle Lewis WALTEMYER RALSTON, and then I was but a boy of eight years. I did not vision that there was a tree of which I was a small twig that had so many sturdy branches from the towering trunk that gave the name its real significance, until I met at the reunion you folks and learned of the others who were not there. Then it was that I became proud of the fact that I was of the RALSTON clan, and I wished that you all might be as proud of the fact as I am." Mary RALSTON was the third child of Andrew and Sophia WALTEMYER RALSTON, born in York Co, Penn'a., August 26, 1790. She married William ADAIR, September 8, 1908, living first at Carlisle. They pioneered into the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, near Staunton, where the first three children: Benjamin Franklin ADAIR, John Newton ADAIR and George Washington ADAIR were born. In a few years, we find them neighbors to the parents at Bloomfield, Ohio, whence in 1829 they pioneered into LaGrange Co, Indiana. Mary ADAIR died there in 1831, and William ADAIR further pioneered out to Muscatine and Cedar Rapids, Iowa. History records that they lived where Cedar Rapids now stands, when there was but a log house there. He died in that community and is buried near Wilton Junction. Benjamin Franklin ADAIR died without issue. John Newton ADAIR remained in Ohio, settling in the Leesville community where his family became quite prominent, three of them being lawyers, and William ADAIR, serving two terms in the Ohio legislature. George Washington ADAIR went on up the Cedar and Shell Rock Rivers, and located the new town of Shell Rock in 1855, in company with his brother William Andrew ADAIR, after having built the dam and flour mill in 1853. George Washington ADAIR was a "Forty-niner" to California, but soon returned back East. The Reunion. August 18th was a beautiful day and George ADAIR's woods never looked prettier. The younger RALSTONs explored the river up and down and gathered specimens of the peculiar shell rock, and thus gathered appetites for the fine noon meal, while the older ones visited. The meal was up to the RALSTON standard, and was greatly enjoyed by all. After taking the group picture, Hon. Ada ADAIR GARNER, only woman member of the Iowa Legislature, called the meeting to order. her older brother Claude ADAIR delivered the following address of welcome: "Friends and Relatives: We of this community feel a particular pleasure in welcoming our relatives from the east, the west, the north and the south. Family pride is a virtue when it inspires virtue. When one knows that he is born of good stock, he has the right to a feeling of self-respect due to just that single fact. he may properly congratulate himself on having as forbears men and women of a wholesome sort, possessed of intelligence, industry and integrity. Whatever may be the disputes of the learned as to the extent of the influence of heredity on the human mind and character, we know for a certainty that qualities are definitely transmitted in families and that ability and merit run with the blood, just as surely as do form and features for the body, to equal, even to surpass his own person, the virtues of those from whom he derived his being. For ourselves we have reason doubly to rejoice. Our family in the past has accomplished much to make it respected and distinguished among men, and those of this generation have not been found wanting. on the contrary, our men and women of t-day in their various fields of activity are demonstrating anew those sterling qualities of our race that have made it honorable in the past. All honor to our tribe, and may we and those to follow us be worthy. May our deeds and lives add to its renown. hail to the name of RALSTON. And now, on behalf of our venerable President, who has seen years and many changes pass before him, I welcome you to the State of Iowa, where the West begins and where the tall corn grows, and to each and all who are present here to-day. i welcome you to this beautiful spot by the Shell Rock River, which from childhood I have known as home, and may you each and all have a pleasant day." The Historian responded to this admirable address of welcome and gave a sketch of RALSTON history. Forest ADAIR and Vernon GARNER sang a pretty duet: "When It's Lamplighting Time in the Valley," and the reunioners joined lustily in the Iowa corn song. At the business session the plan of Dr. Cora RALSTON, of Steubenville, Ohio, that each RALSTON send in as many pennies as they are years old for the 1934 monument fund, was unanimously approved. It was voted to hold the Fifth Annual Reunion, August 18, 1934, at Beech Spring Presbyterian Church, Hopedale, Ohio, to dedicate the monument.
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28.1__Mary Jane ADAIR
b. 6 Oct
1841, Linn Co, IA
child of George Washington & Elizabeth Ellen (SMITH)
ADAIR
d. 29 Jun 1895 (1893**), Shell Rock, Butler Co,
IA
Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Shell Rock, Butler
Co, IA (Plot: 209-OC) Go to Tombstones
m. 22 Nov 1860, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA
28.1s__Ephraim TOWN Jr.
b. 15 Apr 1832, Franklin, Franklin Co, VT
child of: Ephraim (1791-1864) & Jane
(1801-1884) (WILLIS) TOWN
Sr.
d. 2 Feb 1914, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA
Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Shell Rock, Butler
Co, IA (Plot: 209-OC) Go to Tombstones
Other Marriages:
Children:
28.1a Juliet TOWN b. 1860,
Infant, not surviving
28.1b Charles O. TOWN b.
28 Dec 1862, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA d. 31 May 1940, Dumont,
Butler Co, IA
Buried:
Riverside Cemetery, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA Go to Tombstones
m. 15 May
1889, Janesville, Bremer Co, IA by Rev. George ISRAEL
Margaret L. STEVENSON b.
1862, Dubuque, Dubuque Co, IA d. 1945
Buried:
Riverside Cemetery, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA Go to Tombstones
child of: Robert & Anna (SOASH) STEVENSON
Children:
Gail TOWN b. c1891
Burr C. TOWN Veteran's Affairs:
b. 21 Sep 1896 d. 7 Feb 1972 (Enlisted
Navy 24 Jun 1918, Discharged 6 Jan 1919)
Social Security: b. 12 Nov 1896, IA
d. 21 Apr 1965
m. Adella H. ? b. 1900
28.1c Ella L. TOWN b.
1868 d. Nov 1950 Buried:
Riverside Cemetery, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA Go to Tombstones
m. 29 Jan
1890, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA
Arthur Elisha AUSTIN b.
7 Jul 1866, PA d. 1 Jun 1948, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA
Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Shell Rock,
Butler Co, IA Go to Tombstones
child of: Charles (1839-1927) & Delana "Lany" (1839-1917) (BABCOCK)
AUSTIN
Children:
Martha Blanche AUSTIN b. 4 May 1891, Shell
Rock, Butler Co, IA
m. 9 Aug 1921, Polk Co, IA A. Kenneth HALL b. 14 Jun 1895,
Wabash Co, IN d. 1 Jan 1971, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA
child of: Daniel N. (1859-1941) & Ruth W. (1860-1943) (WEIMER)
HALL
Children: Beverly Virginia HALL b. 9 Apr 1928,
Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA d. 2 Dec 2009, Shell
Rock, Butler Co, IA
Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA (Plot:
312-FA) Go to Tombstones
m. 20 Oct 1946, United Methodist Church, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA
Travis MOFFIT b. 26 Dec 1922,
Black Hawk Co, IA d.
20 Apr 1985, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA
U.S. Army Air Corps, WWII (12 Dec 1942 - 27 Feb 1946) Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Shell Rock, Butler Co,
IA Go to Tombstones
child of: Grover Clifford & Alta Mia (BRIETSKE) MOFFIT
Children: Linda MOFFIT m. 1st ? BINGHAM;
2d ? DAER
Sue Ann MOFFIT m. Dan HRUZA
Kenneth MOFFIT m. Doty ?
Thomas MOFFIT m. Lisa ?
Ruth Ella HALL b. 1931
Sadie E. AUSTIN b. 2 Aug
1890 d. Nov 1975, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA
(Source: SS Death Index)
Thomas I. AUSTIN b. 16 Mar
1895 d. 28 Nov 1989, Shell Rock, Butler Co,
IA (Source: SS Death Index)
U.S. Navy WW I Buried: Riverside Cemetery,
Shell Rock, Butler Co., IA Go to Tombstones
m.
2 Jan 1923, Jefferson, Greene Co, IA
Jennie V. LAHR b.
c1904, Parkersburg, Butler Co, IA d. 30 Mar 1990
child of: Val A. & Hattie (BRONSEMA) LAHR
Children: Luella Jane AUSTIN b. 1 Mar 1924,
Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA d. 4 Jan 2015,
Waterloo, Black Hawk Co, IA (see obituary)
Buried: St. Mary's of Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Waterloo, Black Hawk Co, IA
m.
28 May 1946, Waterloo, Black Hawk Co, IA Alfred "Al" SCHNEIDER
b. 18 Jun 1913, Black Hawk Co, IA
d. 11 Mar 2002, Waterloo, Black Hawk Co, IA
Buried: St. Mary's of Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Waterloo, Black Hawk Co, IA
child of: William & Gertrude (SCHAEFER) SCHNEIDER
Children: Thomas SCHNEIDER Resided
Waterloo, Black Hawk Co, IA 2015
m. Luanne ?
Children: Brook SCHNEIDER
m. Martin VIERTEL
Peter SCHNEIDER
m. Heather ?
Jane
SCHNEIDER
Resided Marion, Linn Co, IA 2015
m. ? SUITER
Children: Jeremy SUITER
m. Jamie ?
Jon SUITER
m. Bonnie HAHN
Ila Mae AUSTIN b. 3 Apr 1925
Resided Cedar Falls, Linn Co, IA 2015
m. Thomas A. DOEDEN b. 13 Jan
1924
Marian E. AUSTIN b. 1926
Resided Apache Junction, Maricopa/Pinal Co, AZ 2015
m. James C. DOEDEN b. 11 Sep 1918
d. 13 Jan 2006
Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA
Children: 2 sons, 1 daughter (b. c1927)
Doris Jean AUSTIN b. 25 Jul 1929
Resided Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA 2015
m. ? THOMPSON
28.1d Della L. TOWN b. 1868
d. 14 Nov 1869 Buried: Riverside Cemetery,
Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA (with E & M.J.)
28.1e Willis Watson TOWN b. 17 Nov
1876, IA
d. Apr 1964
Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Waterloo, Black Hawk Co, IA
(Plot: Sec 2, Lot 144)
m. 10 Jun 1906, Hampton, Franklin Co, IA by Frank Oviatt,
M.G. Charlotte E. NICHOLS
b. 5 Sep 1886 d. Sep 1982
Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Waterloo, Black Hawk Co, IA (Plot:
Sec 2, Lot 144) child of: George & Della (JAMISON) NICHOLS
Children:
Willis Ralph TOWNE b. 28 May 1911, Dumont,
Butler Co, IA d. 5 Aug 1982, Evansdale, Black Hawk Co,
IA
m. Lois Irene ERWIN b. 21 Jan 1914, MN
d. 13 Sep 2002, Evansdale, Black Hawk Co, IA
child of: Rolland Herbert (1879-1957) & Grace May (1892-1914) (BROSSARD)
ERWIN
Children: Willis Clark TOWNE b. 14
Feb 1933, IA d. 31 Jan 2004, Waterloo, Black Hawk Co, IA
m. 1958, Nashua, Chickasaw Co, IA ? ?
Dora Laverne TOWNE b. 1914, Dumont, Butler
Co, IA
m. 1 Jun 1935, Cedar Rapids, Linn Co, IA Frank
Joseph PETERS b. 1912, Buffalo, Erie Co, NY
child of: Joseph J. & Lena May (ALBIEZ) PETERS
George E. TOWNE b. c1918
Allison Dana TOWNE b. c1920
28.1f Dana Ephraim TOWN b. 13 Sep
1878, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA d. Feb 1946
Buried: Crown Hill Cemetery, Wheat Ridge, Jefferson Co, CO
m. 18 Jun
1911, Eldon, Wapello Co, IA Mary Georgia CASEY
b. 28 Jan 1880 d. 25 Nov 1947
Buried: Crown Hill Cemetery, Wheat Ridge, Jefferson Co, CO
(Plot: Block 49, Lot 282, Grave 8) child of: Patrick & Jennie (HANAWALT) CASEY
Children:
Dana Ephraim TOWNE, II b. c1914
m. 1 Sep 1934, Price, Carbon Co, UT Rose Mary
POZUN b. c1914
Children: Dana Ephraim TOWNE, III b. 22 May
1936, Helper, Carbon Co, UT
Madeline Elaine TOWNE b. c1915
28.1g Flora E. TOWN b. 28 Jul
1881, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA d. 27 Feb 1962, Alhambra, Los
Angeles Co, CA Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA
m. 16 Oct
1906, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA Fred Grant McINROY
b. 1878, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA
d. May 1960 Buried: Riverside Cemetery,
Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA child of: James & Laura (WHITNEY) McINROY
28.1h Alzina TOWN b. 1870, Infant, not surviving
Synopsis:
Ephraim was a farmer in VT until 1855 when he
migrated to Shell Rock where he worked in the old saw mill through the first
winter. In the spring, he began working as a millwright in the
gristmill.
In 1873, he began a hardware business for 3 years
In 1876, he began a lumber and grain business for 3 years
He held offices of mayor and justice of the peace in Shell Rock
Ephraim TOWN at Find A Grave. The name of Ephraim TOWN is closely associated with the history of Shell Rock, where he established the first hardware store in 1873. He has since been identified with the other lines of business and at all times has been a progressive citizen, his labors contributing to general prosperity and advancement as well as to individual success. Born in Franklin, Vermont, April 15, 1832, he is a son of Ephraim and Jane (WILLIS) TOWN, the former a native of the Green Mountain state, while the latter was born near Queenstown, Canada, just across the Vermont border. Both died in Franklin, Mr. TOWN on the 13th of March, 1864, at the age of seventy-three years, nine months and twenty-two days and Mrs. TOWN March 18, 1884, at the age of eighty-three years, one month and twenty-nine days. The TOWN and WILLIS families are both of English origin. Ephraim TOWN, Sr., was a soldier in the War of 1812 and in the days of peace followed agricultural pursuits. He was twice married and by the first union had three daughters, while the children of the second marriage were eleven in number, two daughters and nine sons. Ephraim TOWN, whose name introduces this review, pursued his education in the schools of Vermont and remained in that state until twenty-two years of age. He spent the winter of 1854 in Chicago, hauling grain to the boats, and in the spring of 1855 he arrived in Shell Rock. The following year he began work at the carpenter's trade in connection with the construction of mills here. He followed carpentering for a number of years and with Hiram Ross operated a planning mill and made the first coffin used for an interment in the Shell Rock cemetery. Later, Mr. TOWN became actively connected with merchandising as one of the proprietors of the first hardware store of Shell Rock, being in partnership with J.D. POWERS. The business was established in 1873 and was conducted for three years when the firm became Town & Murray. Mr. TOWN next engaged in the lumber and grain business as a member of the firm of Phillips, Town & Company, continuing in that line for three years and subsequently he spent a number of years in the creamery business. He has always manifested enterprise, energy and determination in carrying on his business affairs and has ever been found thoroughly reliable as well as progressive. He always enjoyed good health until 1912, when he suffered a slight stroke of apoplexy. He is a man of splendid physique, being six feet and two inches in height and weighing usually two hundred pounds. Mr. TOWN has some valuable land holdings, consisting of considerable town property and three hundred and sixty acres of valuable farming land. In 1895 he retired from active business, having sold out his creamery and now lives a retired life in his beautiful home on the banks of the Shell Rock River. He is a fine type of highly successful business man, entirely self-made, coming here without a dollar and now one of the most prosperous men in the country. In 1860 in Shell Rock, Mr. TOWN was united in marriage to Miss Mary Jane ADAIR, who was born in Linn County, Iowa, October 6, 1841, and came to this county with her parents, George W. and Elizabeth ADAIR. She died in Shell Rock, June 19, 1895, leaving five children; Charles, who is engaged in the hardware business with his brother, Willis, at Dumont, this county; Ella L., the wife of Arthur AUSTIN, of Shell Rock; Willis, of Dumont; Dana E., a resident farmer of Shell Rock township; and Flora E., the wife of Fred G. McINROY. Since the mother's death, Mr. and Mrs. McINROY have resided with Mr. TOWN. In fact she has acted as her father's housekeeper from the age of thirteen. In politics Mr. TOWN has been a lifelong democrat. He was elected the first mayor of Shell Rock and has served for three terms since then. His administration has been characterized by needed reforms and improvements and his public record is a most creditable one. For many years he was justice of the peace and his decisions have ever been strictly fair and impartial. He has also been a member of the school board for many years and for twenty years served as its president and was a member of the building committee at the time of the erection of the new school. He has been identified with the school board altogether for thirty years and the cause of education finds in him a stalwart champion, whose labors in its behalf have been effective and far-reaching. Since the organization of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Shell Rock his name has been on its membership roll. In fact he was a member of the official board when the church was organized and he was a member of the building committee at the time of the erection of the present house of worship. He belongs to Escallop Lodge, No. 261, A.F. & A.M., of which he has been treasurer for many years; Methro Chapter, R.A.M., of Waverly; Baldwin Commandery, K.T., of Cedar Falls; and El Kahir Temple, A.A.O.N.M.S., of Cedar Rapids. He has also attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite and belongs to the Eastern Star. His life exemplifies the beneficent spirit of the craft and throughout his entire career he has closely followed the principles which he has adopted. He is now a venerable citizen of eighty-one years and receives the respect and honor which should ever be accorded one of his years whose life has been well spent. Everyone in Shell Rock knows Ephraim TOWN and none speak of him except in terms of praise.
Obituary. Find-a-Grave. Luella J. SCHNEIDER, 90, of Waterloo, died Sun., Jan. 4 at Unity Point Health - Allen Hospital. She was born March 1, 1924 in Shell Rock, daughter of Thomas and Jenny LAHR AUSTIN. She married Alfred "Al" SCHNEIDER May 28, 1946 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Waterloo. He died in 2002. Luella graduated from Shell Rock High School and then went to school to become and LPN. She was employed with Schoitz Memorial Hospital as an LPN for 10 years and then was a school bus driver for Waterloo Community Schools. Survivors include a son, Tom (Luanne) SCHNEIDER of Waterloo; a daughter, Jane SUITER of Marion; four grandchildren, Jeremy (Jamie) SUITER, Jon (Bonnie HAHN) SUITER, Brooke (Martin) VIERTEL and Peter (Heather) SCHNEIDER; three great-grandchildren, Brayden, Taylor and Hailey SUITER; three sisters, Ila Mae (Thomas) DOEDEN of Cedar Falls, Marion DOEDEN of Apache Junction, Ariz. and Doris Jean THOMPSON of Shell Rock. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, January 10 at St. Mary of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church with burial in St. Mary Cemetery, both in Eagle Center. Public visitation will be from 4 until 7 p.m. Friday at Hagarty-Waychoff-Grarup Funeral Service on West Ridgeway, where there will be a 4 pm rosary. Visitation will continue for one hour before services at the church on Saturday.
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28.2__John ADAIR
b. 13 Jun 1844
(1843**), Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA
child of: George Washington & Elizabeth Ellen
(SMITH) ADAIR
d. 26 Feb 1931, Hennepin Co, MN
Buried: Logan Park Cemetery, Sioux City, Woodbury
Co, IA (Plot: Sect 11, Plot 46)
m. 1870
28.2s__Clarissa Laverne VanDYKE
b. 16 Aug 1851, PA
child of: Edward & Emeline (?) VanDYKE
d. 24 Jun 1918, Sioux City, Woodbury Co, IA
Buried: Logan Park Cemetery, Sioux City, Woodbury
Co, IA (Plot: Sec 11, Plot 46)
Other Marriages:
Children:
28.2a Nena Aurel ADAIR b. 6 Aug 1871,
NE Resided Chicago, Cook Co, IL 1918
m. ?
WOODRUFF
28.2b Mary Ellen ADAIR b. 22 Mar
1875, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA d. 31 Jul
1876, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA
Buried:
Riverside Cemetery, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA Go to Tombstones
28.2c George Guiton ADAIR b. 7 Jan 1877,
Ashtabula, Ashtabula Co, OH d. 25 Apr 1935,
Spokane, Spokane Co, WA
28.2d Harry Howard ADAIR b. 1 Feb
1880 d. 25 Jan 1940
28.2e Hazel Laverne ADAIR b. 28 Jan
1892, Sioux City, Woodbury Co, IA d. 27 Nov 1955, Sioux
City, Woodbury Co, IA
Buried: Logan
Park Cemetery, Sioux City, Woodbury Co, IA (Plot: Sec 11, Plot 46)
m. Lisle
Seymour COOPER b. 9 Jan 1889, Mt. Pleasant,
Racine Co, WI d. 8 Jan 1957
Buried: Logan Park Cemetery, Sioux City, Woodbury Co, IA (Plot:
Sec 11, Plot 46)
child of: William F. & Lora May (LEWIS) COOPER
Children: None
listed in any census
28.2f John Delbert ADAIR b. 3 Dec
1881, Ashtabula, Ashtabula Co, OH d. 23 Nov 1951,
Sacramento Co, CA [CA Death Index]
Buried: St. Mary's
Catholic Cemetery, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA
m. 27 Nov 1907,
Sioux City, Woodbury Co, IA Joyce WATSON
b. 1881, Wall Lake, Sac Co, IA
child of: Carl C. & Nellie (PALMER) WATSON
Synopsis:
Text from the History of Butler Co, page 316: John, of Sioux City, IA, enlisted in June, 1861, as a member of Company B, Seventh Iowa Volunteer Infantry and after veteranizing served until July 1865. He participated in many battles, his first engagement being at Belmont, Missouri. He was a member of what was called the Hornet's Nest Brigade and took part in the battles of Shiloh and Lookout Mountain and the Atlanta Campaign. He also went on the campaign through the Carolinas and participated in the grand review in Washington, D.C.
Will of Clarissa
Laverne ADAIR. No. 5116 Probate. Woodbury County, Iowa.
Page 571. Last Will and Testament of Clarissa Laverne ADAIR.
Late a Resident of Woodbury County, Iowa, Deceased, Together with a
Certificate of Probate Thereto Attached. Will. I, Clarissa
Laverne ADAIR of Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa, being of sound
and disposing mind, do make, publish and declare this to be my last will and
testament, hereby revoking all wills by me at any time heretofore made:
Item 1. I direct that my just debts and funeral expenses be first paid
out of my estate. Item 2. All the rest, residue and remainder of
my estate, real, personal and mixed of which I may die seized or possessed
or to which I be entitled, I will, devise and bequeath as follows:
First. To my husband John ADAIR I will, devise and bequeath the
sum of One Dollar ($1.00) My said husband is now drawing from the
United States a pension as a soldier which he regards as possibly sufficient
to make provision for his care and it is at his suggestion that I make no
larger bequest to him in my will. Second. To my daughter Nena
Aurel WOODRUFF of Chicago, Illinois, I will, devise and bequeath the
sum of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00). Third. To my son George
Guiton ADAIR I will, devise and bequeath the sum of One Dollar
($1.00). Fourth. To my son Harry Howard ADAIR of Sioux
City, Iowa I will, devise and bequeath the sum of Twenty-five Dollars
($25.00). Fifth. To my son John Delbert ADAIR of Sioux
City, Iowa, I will, devise and bequeath the sum of Twenty-five Dollars
($25.00). Sixth. To my daughter, Hazel Laverne ADAIR, of
Sioux City, Iowa I will, devise and bequeath Lot Four (4) in Block Forty
(40) in Sioux City Iowa together with the house and all other improvements
thereon and to my said daughter Hazel Laverne ADAIR I also will
devise and bequeath all the rest, residue and remainder of my estate,
personal and mixed of which I may die seized. Item 3. I hereby
appoint my said daughter Hazel Laverne ADAIR executrix of this my
last will and testament, and it is my will that she be not required to give
bond as such executrix. In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand this
29th day of April, 1918. Clarissa Laverne ADAIR.
Witnesses: Blanche AUSTIN of Shell Rock, Iowa Robert
HUNTER of Sioux City, Iowa.
On this the 29th day of April, 1918, the foregoing instrument was in our
presence signed and executed by Clarissa Laverne ADAIR and by her
declared to us to be her last will and testament and at her request and in
her presence and in the presence of each other we have subscribed our names
as witnesses thereto. Blanche AUSTIN of Shell Rock, Iowa
Robert HUNTER of Sioux City, Iowa
State of Iowa, Woodbury County. as: Will opened, read and filed
July 2nd, A.D. 1918 and Thurs. Aug 8th, 1918, fixed for probate.
Notice by pub. in The Sioux City Stylus. J.A. JOHNSON, Clerk
D.C. By Jno. G. FAML, Deputy.
State of Iowa, Woodbury County, as: IN DISTRICT COURT. I, J.A.
JOHNSON, Clerk of the District Court within and for said County and
State, do hereby certify that the foregoing instrument in writing,
purporting to be the LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT of Clarissa Laverne ADAIR,
deceased, late of Woodbury County, Iowa, was presented, read and filed on
the 2nd day of July, A.D. 1918; that on the 5th day of October, A.D. 1918,
the execution of the will was duly proved by the subscribing witnesses
thereto, who at the time proved that the testator at the time of the
execution was of full age and of sound mind and memory and free to act.
IT WAS< THEREFORE< ORDERED AND ADJUDGED BY THE COURT that the aforesaid
instrument was duly executed, and it was therefore probated as the LAST WILL
AND TESTAMENT of Clarissa Laverne ADAIR, deceased, and ordered
recorded in the Will Records of the Court, and the same has been so recorded
in Will Record "g" page 571. IN TESTIMONY THEREOF, I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of said court, at my office in Sioux City, this
9th day of October, A.D. 1918. {Seal of the District Court Woodbury
Co., Iowa} Recorded October 15th, 1918. J.A. JOHNSON, Clerk
District Court. By A.H. HOYT, Deputy.
1920 Census, John ADAIR, age 76 was in the Battle Mountain Sanitarium, Hot Springs, Fall River Co, SD. Admitted 1910.
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28.2d__Harry Howard ADAIR
b. 1 Feb 1880, Sioux City, Woodbury Co, IA
child of: John & Clarissa Laverne (VanDYKE)
ADAIR
d. 25 Jan 1940, Sioux City, Woodbury Co,
IA
Buried: Logan Park Cemetery, Sioux City, Woodbury
Co, IA (Plot: Sec 6, Plot 78)
m. 22 Oct 1903, Sioux City, Woodbury Co, IA by F. NewhallWHITE, Pastor
28.2ds__Edna Myrtle BOUGHTON
b. 12 Apr 1881, Grant Co, WI
child of: Henry W. (1849-?) & Mary Elizabeth
(1854-1920) (HAVELAND) BOUGHTON
d. 14 Aug 1965,
Sioux City, Woodbury Co, IA
Buried: Logan Park Cemetery, Sioux City, Woodbury
Co, IA (Plot: Sec 6, Plot 78)
Other Marriages:
Children:
28.2d1 Joyce ADAIR
b. 23 May 1905, Sioux City, Woodbury
Co, IA d. 19 Feb 1980
Buried:
Ft. Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin Co, MN (Plot:
Sec M, Site 4199)
m. 22
Oct 1928, Sioux City, Woodbury Co, IA by A.L. DEMAUS, Clergyman
Harold Claude NICHOLS
b. 26 Jan 1905, La Porte, Harris Co, TX d. 27 Jun
1969, St. Paul, Ramsey Co, MN
Buried: Ft. Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin Co, MN
(Plot: Sec M, Site 4199) Inscription: COL US ARMY WWII
child of: Raymond & Martha (BARE) NICHOLS
Children: Navonne Adair NICHOLS b. 7
Jan 1933, Grand Island, NE d. 6 Jul 2003, St.
Paul, Ramsey Co, MN (see obituary)
m. James Coleman ANDRE b. 18 Sep
1932, Hennepin Co, MN
child of: Russell E. & Josephine (HILGER) ANDRE
Children: James ANDRE
m. Lyly ?
Robert ANDRE
m. Rose ?
Roger ANDRE
m. Alicia ?
Elizabeth ANDRE
m. Mark ?
Lee ANDRE
m. Brian ?
Noelyn J. NICHOLS b. 1936
m. Truman White PORTER b. 4 Nov
1935,Ramsey Co, MN d. 28 Jun 1958
child of: Charles E. & Marjorie D. (WHITE) PORTER
Nedra NICHOLS b. c1937 (never
married)
28.2d2 John Henry ADAIR, Esq.
b. 11 Dec 1907, Sioux City, Woodbury Co, IA d. 19
Jun 1980, Huntington Park, Los Angeles Co, CA
Buried:
Los Angeles National Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co, CA (MAJOR, US
ARMY, WWII/KOREA) (Plot: 407K Row B Site 27)
m1.
22 Oct 1932, Texas City, TX Thelma Laurine UTER b. 20 Jan
1911, Fairbury, Jefferson Co, NE d. 6 Mar 1973,
Los Angeles Co, CA
Buried: Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, Los Angeles Co, CA
child of: Thomas Leonidas (1870-?) & Cora M. (1875-?) (PARRISH)
UTER Jr.
Children: Harry Thomas ADAIR b. 23 Jun 1938, Coshocton, Coshocton Co, OH d.
29 Jan 2003, IA (Source: SS Death Index)
John Howard ADAIR b. 4 Dec 1941, Chicago,
Cook Co, IL
m2.
Frances Mary ? b. 9 Aug 1918
d. 25 Apr 1986
Buried: Los Angeles National
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co, CA (Plot: 407K Row B Site 27)
Synopsis:
from The Andrew RALSTON Annals, The ADAIR Number, 10 Nov 1933. We used to think that all of the tall-timber RALSTONs were raised around Bloomfield, Ohio, but there are quite a lot of them in the middle West. Here is one of them, Harry H. ADAIR, of Sioux City, Iowa, an outstanding business man of that progressive western town. He is a son of John ADAIR, who lived to be our oldest RALSTON, reaching the advanced age of 87 years, 9 months and 4 days. Lewis Waltemyer RALSTON, the historian's grandfather lived 87 years, 2 months and 28 days. Our grand old man, George ADAIR is fast approaching these records. All three of these grew to be six feet tall, plus. John ADAIR marched with Sherman's army to the sea, along with John Carter RALSTON, and James A. GRAHAM, and perhaps they never knew each other as buddies in the army. But they gave their best to win the conflict, along with fourteen other Civil War soldiers of the clan which the history will record.
Obituary. Pioneer Express, 8 Jul 2003. ANDRE, Navonne-NICHOLLS Of North Oaks Age 70 Passed away at home on July 6, 2003 of renal failure. Survived by husband James C. ANDRE, M.D.; sons James (Lyly), Robert (Rose), Roger (Alicia); daughters Elizabeth (Mark), Lee (Brian); sisters Noelyn PORTER (Truman), Nedra NICHOLLS; 8 grandchildren; nieces, nephews; and many friends. A graduate of the University of Minnesota, a teacher, a gardener, a traveler and a bridge life master. Memorial service 1:30PM Sunday, July 20 at HOLCOMB-HENRY-BLOOM CHAPEL, 515 Hwy 96 Shoreview, Minnesota (651)583-7606. Memorial preferred to YMCA Camp Widgiwagon or Planned Parenthood of Minnesota - 1965 Ford Pkwy St. Paul, MN 55116.
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28.3__Lucy Ann ADAIR
b. 3 Feb 1845, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA
child of: George Washington & Elizabeth Ellen (SMITH)
ADAIR
d. 1 Feb 1945, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co, CA
Buried: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, 1712 S. Glendale
Ave, Glendale, Los Angeles Co, CA
(Great Mausoleum,
Dahlia Terrace, Columbarium of Love, Niche #6301) Go to Tombstones
m. 6 Sep 1866, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA
28.3s__Ralph DeWilton BOWEN
b. 5 Apr 1840, Trumbull, Ashtabula Co, OH
child of: Peleg (1805-1879) & Rachel (1804-1883)
(BURNETTE) BOWEN III
d. 20 Apr 1904, Washington, DC
Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Smith Center, Smith Co,
KS Go to Tombstones
Other Marriages:
Children:
28.3a Herbert Herldon (Bert) BOWEN b.
22 Jun 1867, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA
(living St. Cloud, Osceola, FL 1920)
d. 4 Dec
1935, Mt. Zion, Carroll Co, GA Buried: Mt.
Zion United Methodist Cemetery, Mt. Zion, Carroll Co, GA
m1. 9 Apr
1893, Rooks Co, KS Ella Leona COAN
b. 10 Oct 1873, Tonica, LaSalle Co, IL d. 24 Nov 1914,
Daytona Beach, Volusia Co, FL
(see obituary)
Buried: Pinewood Cemetery, Daytona Beach, Volusia Co, FL child of: John & Betsy (HUMPHRIES) COAN
m2. 29 Dec 1920, Atlanta, DeKalb Co, GA Marion
Antoinette NORDABY b. 21 Nov 1878,
Germantown, Columbia Co, NY
d. 23 Aug 1932, Mt. Zion, Carroll Co, GA Buried:
Mt. Zion United Methodist Cemetery, Mt. Zion, Carroll Co, GA
Children (with
Ella):
Paul Humphries BOWEN b. 15 Dec 1893, Shell
Rock, Butler Co, IA d. 2 Jul 1895, Smith Center,
Smith Co, KS
Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Smith Center, Smith Co, KS Go to Tombstones
Olga Ruth BOWEN b. 30 Nov 1895, Webster, Smith Co,
KS 26 Oct 1980, Deland, Volusia Co, FL
Buried: Pinewood Cemetery, Daytona Beach, Volusia Co, VL
Herbert Herldon BOWEN Jr b. 21 Jan 1898,
Phillips Co, KS d. 31 Mar 1966, Evanston, Cook Co,
IL
m. 28 Jun 1928, Joliet, Will Co, IL Clara Mary
WEEKS b. c1905
Joyce Ralph BOWEN b. 1 Sep 1900, Glen Elder,
Mitchell Co, KS d. 31 Aug 1995, Deland, Volusia
Co, FL
m. 19 Sep 1926, Kissimmee, Osceola Co, FL Vivien
Estelle FLOYD b. 5 Apr 1906, FL
d. 12 Nov 1993, Deland, Volusia Co, FL
Helen Mary BOWEN b. 30 Oct 1902, Beloit, Mitchell
Co, KS d. 20 Jan 1986, Wichita, Sedgwick Co, KS
m. 12 Jul 1928, Beckley, Raleigh Co, WV Bernard
William McCLUNG, Sr. b. 10 Jan 1899, Ansted,
Fayette Co, WV
d. 2 Jan 1986, Wichita, Sedgwick Co, KS
Children: William Bernard McCLUNG, Jr. b.
31 Dec 1931
Mary Alice McCLUNG b. 24 Nov 1933,
Cincinnati, Hamilton/Clermont/Boone Co, OH
Grace Brunett BOWEN b. 10 Nov1904, Kirwin,
Phillips Co, KS d. 25 Oct 1998, Chattanooga,
Hamilton Co, TN
m. 29 May 1943, Chattanooga, Hamilton Co, TN Mario
Ciaglia CHARLES b. 31 Jan 1901, L'Aquila, Abruzzo,
Italy
d. 2 Jul 1991, Chattanooga, Hamilton Co, TN
Thomas Francis BOWEN b. 16 Sep 1906, Ellis, Ellis Co,
KS d. 26 Sep 1993, Ft. Pierce, St. Lucie Co, FL
m. 22 Dec 1924, Daytona Beach, Volusia Co, FL (div. 1949, Volusia
Co, FL) Lallie Lucille MELTON b. 26
Sep 1906, Daytona Beach, Volusia Co, FL
d. 1 Sep 1992, Orange Park, Clay Co, FL
Buried: Peoria Cemetery, Orange Park, Clay Co, FL
child of: Wiley (1866-1946) & Frances Lula (1871-1959) (ARNETT)
MELTON
Children: Norma Frances BOWEN b. 12 Jan
1926, Daytona Beach, Volusia Co, FL d. 22 Dec
1997, Orange Park, Clay Co, FL
Buried: Peoria Cemetery, Orange Park, Clay Co, FL
m. 25 May 1947, Jacksonville, Duval Co, FL Raymond
Henry WILFORD Jr. b. 29 Apr 1916, Doctors Inlet,
Clay Co, FL
d. 19 Apr1989, Orange Park, Clay Co, FL child of:
Raymond Henry (1894-1972) & Mary Idella (1898-1985) (HOUSTON) WILFORD
Children: Bonnie Lynn WILFORD b. 24
Nov 1950, Orange Park, Clay Co, FL d. 3 Dec 1974,
Orangeburg, Orangeburg Co, SC
Buried: Skyview Memorial Cemetery, San Mateo, CA
m. ? ?
Children: 1 son
2 other daughters, 4 sons
Lyle Ellis BOWEN b. 10 Mar 1909, Ellis, Ellis
Co, KS d. 23 Jul 1989, Austell, Cobb Co, GA
Buried: Austell, Cobb Co, GA
m. 11 May 1934, Canton, Cherokee Co, GA Alice Belle WATSON
b. 7 Mar 1909, Canton, Cherokee Co, GA d. 16 Dec 1943,
Austell, Cobb Co, GA
Buried: Canton, Cherokee Co, GA
28.3b Amelia "Millie" Blanche BOWEN b. 18 Dec
1871, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA d. 12 Jul 1935, Pleasantville, Venango Co,
PA
Buried: Maultby
Cemetery, Grand Valley, Warren Co, PA
m. 30 Aug
1893, Cook Co, IL Almon Tyrone THOMPSON
b. 11 Dec 1857, Eldred, Warren Co, PA d. 13
Feb 1946, Eldred, Warren Co, PA
Buried: Maultby Cemetery, Grand Valley, Warren Co, PA
child of: Enos W. (1827-1908) & Adaline (1829-1912) (BRAUN)
THOMPSON
Children:
Ralph Burnett THOMPSON b. 6 Nov 1894,
Goodwill Hill, Warren Co, PA d. 20 Mar 1981,
Centerville, Crawford Co, PA
Buried: Sanford Cemetery, Grand Valley, Warren Co, PA
m1. 20 Jun 1922 Eva BURKHEAD
b. 29 Oct 1888, Baltimore Co, MD d. 14 Aug
1984, Titusville, Crawford Co, PA
Buried: Sanford Cemetery, Grand Valley, Warren Co, PA
Children: Mary E. THOMPSON b. c1923
Virginia THOMPSON b. c1925
Ralph B. THOMPSON b. c1926
John Paul THOMPSON b. 8 Apr 1930, PA
d. 10 Aug 2012, Shippensburg, Cumberland Co, PA
m2. Martha F. ? (div. Apr 1969, Pinellas Co, FL)
1 d, 3 s
m3. 18 Apr 1981, Pinellas Co, FL Elizabeth Ann
COOK
(Not verified in online marriages in Florida - no records returned in
search)
m4. Margaret ? (div. 7 Jul 1993, Pinellas Co,
FL) 1 d.
m5. ?
Samuel Enos THOMPSON b. Nov 1896
Olive Ruth THOMPSON b. 1899
d. 24 Apr 1928 Buried: Maultby Cemetery,
Grand Valley, Warren Co, PA
m. Wendell Charles HAEHN b. 15 Feb
1898, Grand Valley, Warren Co, PA d. Mar 1970,
Titusville, Crawford Co, PA
Buried: St. Catharine's Roman Catholic Cemetery, Titusville, Crawford Co,
PA
child of: Frank J. (1857-1935) & Lillie E. (1862-1937) (McNEVIN)
HAEHN
m2. Barbara BELKNAP b. 12 Jun 1896, Warren
Co, PA d. 29 Dec 1943 Buried:
Excelcior Cemetery, Excelcior Corner, Warren Co, PA
Children (Olive and Wendell): Lois Benita HAEHN
b. 4 May 1918, Warren Co, PA d. 8 Feb 1929,
PA
Buried: Maultby Cemetery, Grand Valley, Warren Co, PA
Max A. THOMPSON b. c1902
Rex A. THOMPSON b. c1902
28.3c Carrie Nena BOWEN b. 18 May 1874,
Smith Center, Smith Co, KS (graduated 1893) d. 4 Aug 1956,
Lebanon, Smith Co, KS
Buried: North Oak Creek Cemetery, Lebanon, Smith Co, KS
m1. 8 Jun
1896, Smith Center, Smith Co, KS Clarence Ernest HOLMES b.
4 Aug 1871, MO d.
21 Mar 1898
(8 Jun 1896?), KS
Buried: Crystal Plains Cemetery, Smith Center, Smith Co, KS
child of: John Wesley (1850-1912) & Mary Jane (1852-1889) (HERRIMAN)
HOLMES
Children:
Vena Eulalia HOLMES b. 16 Mar 1897, KS
d. Jan 1990
m. Charles Henry ALLAN b. 4 May 1893, KS
d. Sep 1969, Towanda, Butler Co, KS
Children: Gale Clare "Chipper" ALLAN b. 27
Jan 1923, KS d. 17 Jan 1996, Wichita, Sedgwick Co, KS
(see obituary)
Buried: Lakeview Cemetery & Mausoleum, Wichita, Sedgwick Co, KS
m. Dorothy Russella LUDEWICK b. 7 Nov 1924,
OK d. 6 Feb 2000, Wichita, Sedgwick Co, KS
(see obituary)
Buried: Lakeview Cemetery & Mausoleum, Wichita, Sedgwick Co, KS
child of: Russell Tracey (1899-?) & Bernice (1903-1984) (?)
LUDEWICK
Children: James ALLAN Resided
Wichita, Sedgwick Co, KS 2000
Gaila ALLAN Resided Wichita, Sedgwick Co,
KS 2000
m. ? CRABBS
Children: Dustin CRABBS
Vera Jean ALLAN b. 15 Jan 1927, KS d. 4 Dec
2007, Valley Center, Sedgwick Co, KS
Buried: Towanda Cemetery, Sedgwick Co, KS
m1. William Arnold EATHERTON b. 2 Apr
1922, MO d. 30 Jan 2008, Valley Center Sedgwick, KS
Buried: Towanda Cemetery, Sedgwick Co, KS
m2. Earl L. EASLEY b. 6 Oct 1923
d. 22 Jul 1976 Buried: Towanda Cemetery, Sedgwick Co, KS
Children: 2d
Gordon L. ALLAN b. c1919 (1940 Census) or
1922 (1930 Census) Resided Wichita,
Sedgwick Co, KS 1996
m2. 25
Jul 1900 Fleming Stockton WILLIAMS b.
21 Dec 1847, Washington Court House, Fayette Co, OH d. 4 Oct
1918, Lebanon, Smith Co, KS
Buried: North Oak Creek Cemetery, Lebanon, Smith Co, KS
child of: James L. (1825-1899) & Nancy S. (1826-1902) (STOCKTON)
WILLIAMS
m1. Sarah Isabel
HINDS b. 23 Sep 1873, Edgar Co, IL
child of: Jacob & Susan (MARKLAND)
HINDS
Children
(Fleming and Sarah):
Olive Isabelle "Ollie Belle" WILLIAMS b. 14
Jul 1874, Edgar Co, IL d. 1923, Smith Co, KS
Buried: North Oak Creek Cemetery, Lebanon, Smith Co, KS
m. John Alexander FERGUSON b. 3 Mar
1869, Guernsey Co, OH d. 10 Feb 1942, Manhatten,
Riley Co, KS
Buried: North Oak Creek Cemetery, Lebanon, Smith Co, KS
Children: Jay Auburt FERGUSON b. 24
Jan 1900, Edgar Co, IL d. 9 Apr 1998, KS
Buried: North Oak Creek Cemetery, Lebanon, Smith Co, KS
Inscription: PVT US ARMY WW II
m1. 28 Apr 1926 Faye Mabel WOODS
b. 16 Aug 1905, Lebanon, Smith Co, KS d. 20
Feb 1942, Lebanon, Smith Co, KS
Buried: North Oak Creek Cemetery, Lebanon, Smith Co, KS
child of: John Seth (1865-1925) & Almeda Edna (1877-1941) (CHARLES)
WOODS
m2. 16 Apr 1957, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Co, IA
Mabel Genevieve WING b. 5 Nov 1902,
Formosa, Jewell Co, KS
d. 27 Feb 1987, Smith Center, Smith Co, KS
m1. 17 Feb 1921, Lebanon, Smith Co, KS Ferdinand Huxtel
MULLER b. 28 Dec 1902, Lebanon, Smith Co, KS
d. 3 Dec 1951, Council, Adams Co, ID Buried:
Wiser, Washington Co, ID
child of: Thomas Armor (1874-1960) & Maud A. (1875-1953) (WEAVER)
MULLER
Children: Ross Dale MULLER b. 2 Mar
1922, Lebanon, Smith Co, KS d. 21 May 2002, Nampa,
Canyon Co, ID
Buried: Hillcrest Memorial Gardens, Caldwell, Canyon Co, ID
[The following are marriages listed in ID Marriages for Ross D. MULLER]:
m1. 6 Oct 1940 Faye BUCHANAN
m2. 10 Apr 1959, Fayette Co, ID Jean Marie
BEARDSLEY WESTFALL
m3. 17 Nov 1960, New Meadows, Adams Co, ID by Orval R. MANLY, J.P.
Mary Ellen WALLACE (both divorced)
m4. 22 May 1961, Washington Co, ID Virginia
EDWARDS
m5. 9 Feb 1962, Washington Co, ID Lois Eileen
DREYER
m6. 10 Jul 1963 Betty Pearl NEWELL
b. 1923 d. 2001 Buried:
Hillcrest Memorial Gardens, Caldwell, Canyon Co, ID
Pearl Dean MULLER b. 4 Apr 1924, Lebanon,
Smith Co, KS d. 26 Jul 2010, Caldwell, Canyon Co,
ID (see obituary)
Buried: Memorial Park Cemetery, Oroville, Butte Co, CA
m1. Paul R. HOFF b. Drand, Shiawassee
Co, MI
d. <1993
Children: Daughter HOFF b. 27 May 1945, Salt Lake City,
Salt Lake Co, UT d. 27 May 1945, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co, UT
Gary HOFF Resided Pocatello, Bannock Co, ID 2010
m. Shirley ?
Children: Janille HOFF Resided Creswell,
Lane Co, OR 2010
Karen Kay HOFF Resided Paradise, Butte Co, CA
2010
m1. ? MADSEN
Children: Donald MADSEN Resided El Dorado
Hills, El Dorado Co, CA 2010
m. Diana ?
James MADSEN Resided Spanish Fork, Utah Co,
UT 2010
m. Debbie ?
Scot MADSEN Resided Sonora, Tuolumne
Co, CA 2010
m. Amy ?
m2. Curtis SMITH
m2. c1993 Glenn WARD
Resided Caldwell, Canyon Co, ID 2010
Ferdinand Huxtel MULLER, Jr. b. 12 Dec 1927,
Lebanon, Smith Co, KS d. 13 Mar 2002, Adams Co, ID
Buried: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Council, Adams Co, ID Inscription:
US NAVY WW II
m. 5 Dec 1945, Adams Co, ID Stella Mae DANIELS
b. 10 Feb 1927, Irwin, Bonneville Co, ID
d. 25 Jan 1991, Council, Adams Co, ID Buried: Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Council, Adams Co, ID
child of: Lewis Henry (1896-1987) & Hazel Florence (1898-1966) (HATFIELD)
DANIELS
Frances Pauline FERGUSON b. 15 Sep 1908, IL
d. 12 Oct 1998, Osborne, Osborne Co, KS
Buried: Custer Cemetery, Bellaire, Smith Co, KS
m. 15 Jan 1933, Lebanon, Smith Co, KS Joseph Dale
ALDRICH b. 4 Sep 1910, KS
d. 31 Jan 1997, Osborne, Osborne Co, KS
Buried: Custer Cemetery, Bellaire, Smith Co, KS child of: Fred Rufus (1880-?) & Lena Belle (1884-1953) (VINSONHALER)
ALDRICH
Children: Vernon Dale ALDRICH b. 15
Oct 1935, KS d. 21 Apr 1936, KS
Charles D. ALDRICH b. c1940
Frederick O. ALDRICH b. c1944
John A. ALDRICH b. c1945
Larry Lee ALDRICH b. c1950
Harry Hinds WILLIAMS b. 23 Oct 1876,
Newman, Douglas Co, IL d. 1964, Akron, Washington
Co, CO
Buried: Cope Cemetery, Cope, Washington Co, CO
Rose Elinor WILLIAMS b. 16 Jan 1879,
Newman, Douglas
Co, IL d. 15 Apr 1965, Lebanon, Smith Co, KS
Buried: North Oak Creek Cemetery, Lebanon, Smith Co, KS
m. 15 Apr 1908, Oak Creek, Lebanon, Smith Co, KS Charles Burton SWALLOW b. 26 May 1876, IA
d. 2 Nov 1970, Lebanon, Smith Co, KS
Buried: North Oak Creek Cemetery,
Lebanon, Smith Co, KS child of: William W. (1845-1899) &
Mary Jane (1849-1944) (GRAY) SWALLOW
Children: Kenneth William SWALLOW b. 15 Nov
1910, KS d. 1 Jul 2001, Las Vegas, Clark Co, NV
Buried: South Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Boulder City, Clark Co,
NV
m. Marjorie Annette HOLMAN b. 17 May 1913,
Twin Falls, Twin Falls Co, ID d. 24 Nov 1994, Boulder
City, Clark Co, NV
Buried: South Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Boulder City, Clark Co,
NV
child of: Frank (1870-1947) & Beatrice Lydia (1872-1944) (DAVIES)
HOLMAN
Evelyn "Ellen" M. SWALLOW b. 9 Feb 1914, WY
d. 9 Jun 1997, Osborne, Osborne Co, KS
Madeline Elinor SWALLOW b. 11 Oct 1909, Webster,
Smith Co, KS d. 17 May 2006
m. 16 Feb 1930, Gooding Co, ID James Herbert "Herb"
SILBAUGH Jr. b. 15 Oct 1907, Pittsburgh, Allegheny
Co, PA
d. 15 Oct 1959, Jerome, Jerome Co, ID Buried:
Jerome Cemetery, Jerome, Jerome Co, ID
child of: James Herbert (1885-1974) & Suzzane (1882-1962) (HAGART)
SILBAUGH Sr.
Children: Beverly SILBAUGH b. 22 May 1931,
Jerome, Jerome Co, ID d. 21 Apr 2004
m1. 6 Jul 1952 Robert E. Strong b.
Twin Falls Co, ID
m2. 4 Aug 1961, Lemhi Co, ID Charles M. DAHLE
Sue Elizabeth WILLIAMS b. 1 Jul 1881,
Newman, Douglas Co, IL 31 Aug 1971, Red Cloud, Webster Co,
NE (see obituary)
Buried: North Oak Creek Cemetery, Lebanon, Smith Co, KS
m. 1903 Pearl Ezekiel HENDRICKSON
b. 19 Dec 1880, IA d. 10 May 1954, Lebanon,
Smith Co, KS
Buried: North Oak Creek Cemetery, Lebanon, Smith Co, KS child of: Charles Tivis
(1851-1913) & Rhoda (1855-1917) (ARNOLD) HENDRICKSON
Children: Floy Lee HENDRICKSON b. 15
Feb 1904, KS d. 23 Apr 1988, Ft. Scott, Bourbon Co, KS
Buried: North Oak Creek Cemetery, Lebanon, Smith Co, KS
m. Walter Ellis CRABB b. 25 Jun 1903
d. 11 Jan 1992 Buried: North Oak Creek Cemetery,
Lebanon, Smith Co, KS
child of: Oliver Marshall (1871-1957) & Jennie Catherine (1875-1971) (ELLIS)
CRABB
Children: Laurel Sue CRABB b. 24 Jan 1926,
Russell Co, KS d. Feb 1988
m. 7 Sep 1948, Jackson Co, MO Robert Matthies NALL
Jr. b. 30 Jan 1926
Donald Fleming HENDRICKSON b. 21 Jul 1907,
Lebanon, Smith Co, KS d.
16 Jan 1972, Red Cloud, Webster Co, NE
Buried: Price Cemetery, Lebanon, Smith Co, KS
[Past Master of Oak Masonic Lodge 287; Past Worthy Patron of Order of the
Eastern Star,
Willomenia Chapter 101, Lebanon]
m. 22 Nov 1930 Ada Belle COLHOUR b.
21 Feb 1907, KS
d. 29 Sep 2003, Smith Center, Smith Co, KS
Buried: Price Cemetery, Lebanon, Smith Co,
KS child of: James Leroy (1883-1945) & Katharine (1882-1980) (McCARTY)
COLHOUR
Children: Hugh F. HENDRICKSON b. 12
Aug 1933, Smith Center, Smith Co, KS
Avis M. HENDRICKSON b. 17 Mar 1905, KS
d. Jul 1981, Topeka, Shawnee Co, KS Buried: Smith
Co, KS
m. Wade HIBBS b. 1903, Lebanon, Smith Co,
KS d. 3 Sep 1926, Russell Co, KS
Buried: Smith Co, KS
child of: Melvin J. (1872-?) & Nellie E. (1880-?) (?) HIBBS
Children: Juniel HIBBS b. 6 Dec 1925,
Russell, KS d. 6 Jun 2005, Shawnee Mission, Johnson Co,
KS
m. 31 Jul 1948, Jackson Co, MO by James Clark BROWN, Minister
Roy Wroughton PARMENTER b. 30 May 1918
d. 13 Jan 1997, Kansas City, Jackson Co, MO
Charles Thomas WILLIAMS b. 24 Feb 1884,
Quincy, Adams Co, IL
d. 30 Mar 1923, Cope, Washington Co, CO
Buried: Cope Cemetery, Cope,
Washington Co, CO
m. 24 Feb 1914, Akron, Washington Co, CO Meta
Leona GALBREATH b. 10 Aug 1893, Fox, Yuma, CO
(was Kirk, Arapahoe Co, CO)
d. 5 Mar 1989, Akron, Washington Co, CO Buried:
Cope Cemetery, Cope, Washington Co, CO
child of: Joseph Clinton (1858-1934) & Flora Mable (1874-1958) (BACON)
GALBREATH
m2. 26 Apr 1926, Wray, Yuma Co, CO Jacob Wesley
SMITH b. 17 Jun 1881, Perry, Dallas Co, IA
d. 18 Jun 1971, Yuma, Yuma Co, CO
Buried: Cope Cemetery, Cope, Washington Co, CO child of:
Henry (1854-1939) & Mary Ann (1857-1917) (ZARING) SMITH
Children (Meta & Jacob): Ina Mary SMITH
b. 22 Jul 1931, Yuma, Yuma Co, CO d. 14 Sep 1993,
Greeley, Weld Co, CO
Buried: Cope Cemetery, Cope, Washington Co, CO
m. 5 Mar 1977, Yuma, Yuma Co, CO ? ?
Children: Thelma Rose WILLIAMS b. 23
Oct 1914, Cope, Washington Co, CO d. 25 Mar 1917
Buried: Cope Cemetery, Cope, Washington Co, CO
Melvin Harry WILLIAMS b. 14
Dec 1916, Cope, Washington Co, CO d. 20 Oct 1967,
Akron, Washington Co, CO
Buried:
Cope Cemetery, Cope, Washington Co, CO
m1. 29 Nov 1945, Nashville, Davidson Co, TN (div.)
Antonao Fleydada FARUCCI b. 29 Aug 1924, NJ
d. CA
child of: Floyd (?-1940) & Lulabell (COX) COOK
Children: 1 d
m2. Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co, UT ? ?
Children: 1d
m2. ? ?
Children: 1d 5s
Cecil
"Cec" Charles WILLIAMS b. 10 Jul 1918,
Cope, Washington Co, CO d. 27 Jul 1992, Yuma, Yuma Co,
CO
Buried: Cope Cemetery, Cope, Washington Co, CO
m. 8 Jun 1952, Cope, Washington Co, CO ? ?
Children: Kevin Cecil WILLIAMS b. 22
Mar 1956, Akron, Washington Co, CO d. 2 Sep 1993
Buried: Cope Cemetery, Cope, Washington Co, CO
m. ? ?
Children: 1d 2s
James "Jimmie" Edgar WILLIAMS b. 8 Oct 1921,
Cope, Washington Co, CO d. 8 Aug 1971, Cope, Washington
Co, CO
Buried: Cope Cemetery, Cope, Washington Co, CO
m. 22 Jan 1948, Sterling, Logan Co, CO (div) ?
?
Children: 2d
Children
(Fleming and Carrie):
Velma Arleen WILLIAMS b. 20 Apr 1901,
KS
m. Eugene Clayton JACKSON b. 21 Jan
1900, KS d. 29 Apr 1961
child of: Walter Irving & Cora Cynthia (1876-?) (SLATER)
JACKSON
Children: 1s 3d
Elizabeth Carol WILLIAMS b. 26 Mar 1906,
Lebanon, Smith Co, KS d. 14 Nov 1990, Smith
Center, Smith Co, KS
Buried: North Oak Creek Cemetery, Lebanon, Smith Co, KS
m1. 23 Dec 1924 Forrest Jack BOCK (or BACK)
b. 1899 d. 1953, Smith Co, KS
Buried: North Oak Creek Cemetery, Lebanon, Smith Co, KS
child of: Jacob (1845-1926) & Mary Angeline (1875-1944) (HAPPAS)
BOCK
Children: Marjorie Yvonne BOCK b.
7 Nov 1925 d. >12 Aug 2006, Lebanon, Smith Co, KS
m. 28 Apr 1946 Ivan LORANCE
Children: 2s 2d
Forrest Jack BOCK Jr b. 3 Jan 1927, KS
d. 12 Aug 2006, Smith Center, KS Buried: North Oak
Creek Cemetery, Lebanon, Smith Co, KS
m1. 4 Jun 1949 Lanetta GILBERT
Children: 3d
m2. 20 Aug 1977 Evelyn Mary LORENCE
b. 17 Jun 1929 d. ?12 Aug 2006
child of: Edward Antone (1896-?) & Mary Elizabeth (?-1934) (HAJNY)
LORENCE
m1. Don OHMSTEDE d. <20 Aug 1977,
Guide Rock, Webster Co, NE
Children: 1d 3s
Neil Max BOCK b. 19 Jan 1934
d. >12 Aug 2006
m1. 20 Nov 1952 Donna Rae LLOYD
b. 22 May 1934 d. 6 Jan 1983
Children:
James Allan BOCK b. 9 Oct 1954
d. 10 Oct 1954
2s
m2. >30 Jun 1983 ? ?
m2. Francis Vern KENNEDY b. 31 Dec
1902 d. 16 Dec 1989
Buried: North Oak Creek Cemetery, Lebanon, Smith Co, KS
Children: Sue KENNEDY
m. Claude McMILLEN of Lansing, Eaton/Ingham Cos, MI
Wilbur WILLIAMS
Resided Rock Springs, Sweetwater Co, WY 1971
28.3d Estelle "Stella" Annette BOWEN b.
5 Nov 1876, Grand Valley, Warren Co, PA d. 21 Jan 1949, Wasco, Kern
Co, CA
(see obituary)
Buried:
Greenlawn Memorial Park, Bakersfield, Kern Co, CA
m1. 12 Aug 1903
(div <1930 Census when Orley is listed as divorced) Orley M. CULP
b. 29 Jul 1871, MI d. 3 May 1935, Haakon Co, SD
Buried: Constantine Cemetery, St. Joseph Co, MI
child of: Dr. Samuel C. (1836-1910) & Anna H. (1841-1923) (LANDIS)
CULP
m2. 1930
James Harley "Harl" TENER [Lenea in 1940 Census] b. 7 Jan 1878,
Adams Co, OH d. 16 Jul 1954, Wasco, Kern Co, CA
child of: Jacob M. (1828-1907) & Hannah Jane (1835-1893) (REES)
TENER
m1. 26 Jul 1904 (1905?), Miami Co, OH Lelah Orissa
PENCE b. 20 Aug 1881, OH d.
26 Dec 1950, Fresno Co, CA
child of: Alfred & Ella Dora (STOKER) PENCE
Children: (James & Lelah):
Joseph Ora TENER b. 11 Sep 1911,
Sanger, Fresno Co, CA d. 29 Sep 2003, Bakersfield, Kern
Co, CA
Buried: Greenlawn Memorial Park, Bakersfield, Kern Co, CA
m. c1935 Louise Henry THEILE b.
17 Jan 1908, Emmetsburg, Palo Alto Co, IA d. 1 Oct 1985, Kern
Co, CA
child of: A.R. & Lena E. (HENRY) THEILE
Children: Nancy Joel TENER b. c1940
1s
Loretta Elizabeth TENER b. 19 May 1919, CA
d. 25 Nov 1994, Fresno, Fresno Co, CA
m. Morris L. MONTGOMERY b. 31 Jan 1915,
OK d. 25 Aug 1997, Fresno Co, CA
child of: Robert (1886-?) & Elizabeth "Lizzie" (STEWART)
MONTGOMERY
Children: Bonnie Mae MONTGOMERY b. 14
Sep 1939, Fresno Co, CA
m. 5 Mar 1960, Fresno Co, CA Dorwin D. ANDERSON
b. 1938
28.3e George Walter BOWEN b. 15
Jan 1879, Smith Center, Smith Co, KS d. 18 Feb 1943,
Concordia, Cloud Co., KS
Buried:
Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Concordia, Cloud Co, KS (Plot: 1-7-97-4-1)
m. 13 Jun
1900 Chloe Maud STARBUCK b. 6 Sep 1879,
Indianola, Warren Co, IA
d. 21 Aug 1952, Smith Center, Smith Co, KS Buried:
Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Concordia, Cloud Co, KS (Plot: 1-7-97-4-1)
child of: Lee & Olive (MORRIS) STARBUCK
Children:
Naomi BOWEN b. 21 Apr 1901, Washington, DC
d. 31 Mar 1965
m1. 8 Mar 1923 Judge Tom KENNETT d. 3
Sep 1940
Children: Tom KENNETT Jr b.
1924 d. 1986
Buried: Paradise Memorial Gardens, Scottsdale, Maricopa Co, AZ
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m2. G.E. (Ern) WINEINGER b. 16 May
1896
d. 1 Dec 1959, Smith Center, Smith Co, KS
Irene Ruth BOWEN b. 22 Nov 1905, Smith Center,
Smith Co, KS d. 25 Dec 1983, Coronado, San Diego
Co, CA
m. Clarence Lloyd BLEW, M.D. b. 5 Apr
1898, IN d. 15 Jun 1993, Yolo Co, CA
child of: John Edward (1867-1947) & Verna B. "Vitna" or "Vermina"
(1877-1949) (SWAN) BLEW
Children: Nancy C. BLEW b. 1931
James Michael "Mike" BLEW b. 29 Jan 1932,
Chaleston, Charleston Co, SC d. 30 Sep 1992, Solebury,
Bucks Co, PA
(graduated 1953, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Anne Arundel Co, MD)
m. Janet Moore FEASTER b. 27 Sep 1934
child of: Richard Carnwath & ? (?) FEASTER
Children: Margaret Bowen BLEW
Jennifer Carnwath BLEW
28.3f Grace Maude BOWEN b.
10 Jan 1883, KS (graduated 1902) d. Los Angeles
Co, CA
Buried: Forest Lawn
Memorial Park, 1712 S. Glendale Ave, Glendale, Los Angeles Co, CA
(Great Mausoleum,
Dahlia Terrace, Columbarium of Love, Niche #6301) Go to Tombstones
m1. ? (?)
m2. Emil
WEBER b, 18 Nov 1886, Omaha, Douglas Co, NE
d. 31 Mar 1951, Los Angeles Co, CA
Buried:
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, 1712 S. Glendale Ave, Glendale, Los Angeles Co,
CA
(Great Mausoleum,
Dahlia Terrace, Columbarium of Love, Niche #6301) Go to Tombstones
28.3g Mabel Adair BOWEN b. 18 Nov 1884,
Grand Valley, Warren Co, PA
(graduated 1904) d. 9 Jul 1962, Pine Bluff, Park
Co., CO
m. 1911
Ralph Benjamin "Ben" BEDELL b. 28 Feb 1888,
Grafton, Fillmore Co, NE d. 15 Nov 1978, Omaha, Douglas Co, NE
child of: Horton Wallace (1865-?) & Nedia Belle (1867-?) (CULBERTSON)
BEDELL
Children:
Dr. Margaret Bess BEDELL b. 26 Jun 1915, Peru,
Nemaha Co, NE d. 11 Mar 2006, West Chester, Chester Co,
PA
m. 1941, Nutley, Essex Co, NJ William Orville Alfred WYSS,
Ph.D. b. 10 Sep 1912, Medford, Taylor Co, WI
d. 11 Nov
1993, Pinecliffe, Boulder Co, CO
(see obituary) child of: John (1879-?) & Gertrude Helen (1887-1967) (WALTHER)
WYSS
Children: 1d
Jane WYSS
Patty WYSS
Alice "Ally" Ann BEDELL b. 28 Oct 1918, Peru,
Nemaha Co, NE d. 11 Sep 2001, Albuquerque, Bernalillo
Co, NM
(see obituary)
Buried: Cremated, Location of Ashes Unknown
m. c1939 Wallace Reed CLEAVELAND b. 7 Dec 1918,
Omaha, Douglas Co, NE d. 8 Sep 1999, Albuquerque,
Bernalillo Co, NM
(see obituary)
Buried: Cremated, Location of Ashes Unknown child
of: Herbert Benson (1879-1922) & Anna L. (1883-1960) (REED)
CLEAVELAND
Children: Kathryn CLEAVELAND Resided
Albuquerque, Bernalillo Co, NM 2001
m1. ? TRACY
Children: Allison TRACY
m2. Suzanne BLANCHET
Wallace R. CLEAVELAND Jr. Resided Santa
Fe, Santa Fe Co, NM 2001
m. Patricia ?
Children: Stephanie CLEAVELAND
Resided Phoenix, Maricopa Co, AZ 1999
m. Croft ELSAESSER
Children: Armin Caven ELSAESSER b.
Aug 2001
Stacey CLEAVELAND
Resided Santa Fe, Santa Fe Co, NM 2001
m. Steven SNOWDEN
28.3h Sadie Ruth BOWEN b. 30 Sep
1886, Smith Center, Smith Co, KS (graduated 1905) d.
1 Dec 1922, Casper, Natrona Co, WY (see obituary)
Buried:
Highland Cemetery, Casper, Natrona Co, WY (Plot: Block 53, Grave 42)
m. 1 May 1906,
Hopkins, Nodaway Co, MO
Harry Elmer GLADMAN b. 1 May 1885, Nodaway
Co, MO d. 24 Aug 1974, Amarillo, Randall Co, TX
Buried: Llano Cemetery, Amarillo, Randall Co, TX (Plot:
Sec 2A, Lot 511, Sp 1)
child of: Richard Morris (1861-1940) & Sarah (1866-1943) (CONANT)
GLADMAN
Children:
Katherine Irene GLADMAN b. 24 Jun 1913,
Fairbury, Jefferson Co, NE d. 13 Apr 1984, Amarillo,
Randall Co, TX
Buried: Llano Cemetery, Amarillo, Randall Co, TX (Plot: Sec
2A, Lot 385, Sp 7)
m1. 4 Jun 1932, Fairbury, Jefferson Co, NE Harry Edwin SMITH
b. 14 Apr 1908, Belton, Bell Co, TX d. 22 Jul
1969, Amarillo, Potter Co, TX
Buried: Llano Cemetery, Amarillo, Randall Co, TX (Plot: Sec
2A, Lot 385, Sp 8)
child of: Ernest E. (1871-1955) & Mattie L (1883-1965) (MORRIS)
SMITH
m2. 13 Mar 1970, Randall Co, TX (div 23 Aug 1973, Potter Co, TX)
Chelsea P. MELVIN b. 8 Mar 1898, MO d. 20 Sep 1982, Amarillo,
Potter Co, TX
child of: Horace & Nannie P. (HOOPER) MELVIN
m2. Dora NICKENS b. 1897
d. 1982 Buried: Llano Cemetery, Amarillo, Randall
Co, TX (Plot: Sec 2A, Lot 511, Sp 2 - With Harry Elmer GLADMAN)
child of: Henry J. & Lena Amelia (BONHOFF) NICKENS
Synopsis:
p. 486, Smith Co, KS 1880 Census: Mr. and Mrs. Ralph D. BOWEN were pioneer residents of Smith Center, having come to this city in the spring of 1875 after living on their homestead in Lane township for nearly three years. Their claim, on which they filed in 1872, was five miles west of here or a mile east of where later the village of Athol was located. Mr. BOWEN was born in Trumbull, Ohio, in 1840. He enlisted in the Civil war July 11, 1861, in the Second Infantry Cavalry and participated in all the battles of his command. He was wounded in a skirmish in the second battle at Corinth and was mustered out in the fall of 1864. In 1866 he and Lucy Ann Adair were united in marriage in Iowa. All the many years the Bowens lived in this city, their home was on North Grant, about where Mrs. J.C. Behnke lives at the present time. Mr. Bowen was a blacksmith by trade and his shop was on Court street, directly across the street north from Community Hall. He followed this business all the time, except about two years when he bought and published the Pioneer. He changed the political trend of the paper to that of the Democratic party and those two years has been the only time in eighty years that it has not been a republican newspaper. For years Mr. Bowen started the celebration of Independence Day at four o'clock in the morning by firing salutes for an hour or so, using the anvil in his shop. He never missed one fourth of July morning for many years or until his last illness came upon him. Children used to remind their parents to awaken them early so they could hear the loud noises. Mr. and Mrs. Bowen were the parents of eight children, the oldest, Herbert H. (Bert), became a Methodist minister, although he others of the family were members of the Christian church and Mrs. Bowen was a charter member of that denomination when it was organized in Smith Center. The second child, a daughter, Millie, married Almond Thompson, a brother of Mrs. W.H. Nelson and they soon moved to Pennsylvania; Carrie first married Clare Holmes, then a few years after his death she married Fleming \Williams of the Stuart vicinity. She graduated with the third class of the city high school, in 1893; Stella married Harl Turner and moved out west. She was a graduate of 1895; Walter, a graduate of 1897, married Chole Starbuck; Grace married Emil Weber, she was a 1902 graduate; Mabel, graduate of 1904, married Ben Bedell. The youngest of the family, Ruth, graduate of 1905, married Harry Gladman. Mabel is the only one of the children now living. She resides in Pine Bluff, Colorado. The father died in the early twenties and is buried in Fairview cemetery. After his passing, Mrs. BOWEN went to California to live with the daughter, Grace, and died there in 1925. Members of this BOWEN family, now living in Smith Co are three grandaughters: the two sisters, Naomi, Mrs. Ern Wineinger and Irene, Mrs. C.L. Blew, daughters of Walter BOWEN and now proprietors of the Style Shop in this city. Carol, the third one, is Mrs. Vern KENNEDY, a daughter of the late Carrie BOWEN WILLIAMS. Carol and her husband live on the home farm in Webster township.
p.39: CENTER TOWNSHIP HOMESTEADERS: Mitchel HAYS. Mitchell HAYS came to Smith Co in July 1877 and lived on his homestead in Center township for the rest of the years of his life. The home was just one mile south of town, the southeast 160 acres in section 28. His wife was Harriet E. BOWEN HAYS, a sister of the once well known R. D. BOWEN of this city.
p. 176 (from the article on Lee STARBUCK): Chloe was born in Indianola, Iowa, in 1879. She came here from Nebraska with her parents in 1890 and grew to young womanhood in this city. On June 13, 1900, she was united in marriage with G. Walter BOWEN, a Smith Center native. They lived here for several years, then moved to Concordia where they made their home until Walter's death in 1943. Chloe then moved back to this city where lived her two daughters, Naomi and Irene. Naomi was first married to Judge Tom KENNETT of Concordia and they had one son, Tom Jr., now living in Phoenix, Arizona. A few years after the death of Judge KENNETT, Naomi became the wife of G.E. WINEINGER of Smith Center. He died in 1959 and she still lives here. For several years she and Irene owned and operated the Style Shop. Irene and her husband, C.L. BLEW are now living at Jacksonville, Florida. Mr. BLEW, who was a Captain in the U.S. Navy and a Chief Medical Officer, is now retired. Their children are Nancy and Michael. Chloe died August 21, 1952.
Ralph D. BOWEN enlisted at age 21 on 4 Sep 1861 as a Private in Co. M, IA 2d Cavalry Regiment on 28 Sep 28 Sep 1861. Promoted to full Farrier on 1 Aug 1862 and mustered out on 3 Oct 1864 at Davenport IA.
Listed as Charter member of First Church of North Madison: Lucy A. BOWEN.
Obituary. 1914. Obituary - Mrs. H.H. BOWEN Ella Leona BOWEN, wife of Rev. H.H. BOWEN, was born at Tonica, Illinois, Oct. 10, 1873, and died at Daytona Beach, Fla., Nov 24, 1914, age 41 years 1 month and 14 days. Death was caused by ptomaine poisoning, complicated with mercurial poisoning, Her suffering was very great, but she was patient through it all. The firs three years of her life was [sic] spent at and near Tonica. Then her parents moved to Ringgold county Ia. and lived for 8 years four miles south of Mt. Ayr. Then they moved to Rooks county, Kansas and lived on a farm in Alcona township until their daughter was married, April 9th, 1893. She married a Methodist Preacher with the intention of being a Methodist Preacher's wife. With her husband they served the church at Webster, Kansas one year, then Bristow one year then Webster another year, then Marvin three years until 1899, when they were appointed to Glen Elder where they served three years, then Beloit Circuit two years, Kirwin two years and Ellis five years. All these charges were in the Northwest Kansas Conference. Four years ago Nov. 17, 1910, they were sent to serve the Daytona Beach charge, where the deceased was active in all lines of church work. Of their children, Paul Humphries died in infancy. The others, Olga Ruth, Herbert Herldon, Joyce Ralph, Helen Mary, Grace Brunett, Thomas Francis and Lyle Ellis, remain to comfort their father. A brother and two sisters, Roy W. COAN of Des Moines, Iowa, Mrs. Mary FRANCIS of Gravity, Iowa, and Mrs. Ivy FRANKLIN of Red Oak Iowa were unable to attend the funeral because of the distance. The deceased was converted in her 18th year. She had been a member of the church all her life. Her life has been a constant growth in grace, usefulness, and consecrated service and devotion to her family. She was trained for her life's work in the Congregational Academy at Stockton, Kansas, and in the Kansas Wesleyan University at Salina, Kansas. She was very highly constituted, and of sensitive, musical and poetical temperament. She loved the beautiful everywhere. Her dying wish was to get well and be with and serve her family and her church. Her last words were: "I am going to my savior." During her last illness she repeatedly recited and sang the hymn: It is well with my soul. Mrs. BOWEN had been in the usual health, and was pursuing the usual activities of life, when, Nov. 13, 1914, she was suddenly seized with a severe attack of ptomaine poisoning, probably complicated by a course of calomel she had taken earlier in the week. In about 30 minutes she suffered an almost total collapse of all the functions of the body. After four days she rallied somewhat and the doctors and nurse thought she would recover. Then great prostration and other complications ensued, and she sank slowly until death relieved her. The funeral was held at Seabreeze Avenue M.E. church, where she worked so faithfully and effectually in the Master's cause. The service was in charge of Rev. R.A. CARNINE, D.D., Superintendent of the Jacksonville District. He was assisted by Rev. J.N. ELDER, of Daytona, Rev. J.J. TREADWELL, of New Smyrna, and Rev. D.H. RUTTER of St. Augustine. Many floral tributes were sent by the various church societies and sympathizing friends. The body was laid to rest in Pinewood cemetery, Daytona Beach, Florida. TO REV. H.H. BOWEN AND FAMILY Weep not for her who so calmly is sleeping--/She is at rest, her suffering is o'er./She has gone to the land/Where no sorrow can enter./To meet there the ones/Who have gone on before.//Hard it will be to part with your loved one,--/She upon whom you could always depend;/But think of the rest/Which her Savior hath given,/Rest, sweet rest,/Which shall ne'er have an end.//God will be with you this hour of sorrow;/Trust in His infinite mercy and love;/And the tears which now fall/Here on earth for your loved one,/Will be all wiped away,/"In the mansion above."//Submit to God's will tho' your heart's filled with sadness;/He is your friend; He will with you remain./And oh, it will turn/Even sorrow to gladness,/To know that in Heaven/You shall have her again.//So weep not for her who has gone to the homeland;/Some day you shall see her--clasp her dear hand,/Rejoice in the hope/Of the Heavenly meeting!/That which now seemeth hard/You shall then understand. Yours with sympathy, Mrs. Fred STEWART, Seabreeze, Fla.
Obituary. 3 Dec 1922, ICasper Daily Tribune. Mrs. H.E. GLADMAN Dies Sunday Night; Sorrow visited the house of Harry E. GLADMAN at 1137 South Chestnut when his wife Ruth GLADMAN, 36 years of age, died at 10:45 last night. The funeral will be from the Christian church at 2:30 tomorrow. Burial will be under the direction of the Moose. The body is now being held at the Shaffer-Gay chapel. Mrs. GLADMAN had lived in Casper since 1918. She was a member of the Christian church. There are no other relatives in Caspter. Obituary. 3 Dec 1922, Casper Herald. GLADMAN Funeral. The funeral of Ruth GLADMAN, age 36, who died Friday at her home, 1137 South Chestnut street, will be held this afternoon at 2:30 from the Christian church. The GLADMAN's came here in 1918. Mrs. GLADMAN is survived by her husband, Harry E. GLADMAN, and a 10-year-old daughter, Catherine.
Obituary, Smith Co Review, 12 Dec 1935, p. 5, column 1: Rev. H.H. BOWEN dead. Former Smith Center Resident Died at Mount Zion, Georgia. Word was received here of the death of Rev. Herbert H. BOWEN at the home of his youngest son at Mt. Zion, Georgia. He suffered a paralytic stroke and passed away two days following, on Tuesday, December 3, at the age of 68 years. Bert, as he was more familiarly known here where he grew to manhood, was the oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. R.D. BOWEN, pioneer settlers of this community who died many years ago. He was born at Shellrock, Iowa, and came here with his parents when he was aged five years. He attended the Smith Center schools and continued his studies for the ministry. Rev. BOWEN preached at churches of the Methodist Episcopal faith at various paces [sic] in Kansas and later was transferred to the south and had charges in Florida both as pastor and later as presiding elder in that state and Georgia. For the past three hears he had been on a retired ministers salary. His wife died about five years ago and seven children are left to mourn the passing of a kind and loving father. They are Herbert H. BOWEN, Cincinnatti [sic], Ohio; Olga and Joyce of DeLand, Fla; Grace of Chattanooga, Tenn; Tom of Daytona Beach, Fla; Helen living in Virginia, and Lyle of Mount Zion, Georgia. Rev. BOWEN is also survived by four sisters, Stella and Grace, living in California, Mabel of Omaha, Nebr., and Mrs. Carrie WILLIAMS, who lives in the Stuart Community in Smith Co and one brother, Walter BOWEN of Concordia. Mrs. C.C. BURR and Elmer HAYS of this city are cousins of the deceased.
Obituary, Smith Co Pioneer: Death of Rev. Bert BOWEN. End Came at The Home of a Son In Georgia. There are still a good many people in Smith Center and vicinity who will remember Bert BOWEN, who grew to manhood in this city, and regret to learn of his death. He passed away December 3, at the home of his youngest son, Lyle, near Mt. Zion, Ga., and his body was laid to rest in the cemetery at that place. The deceased, who was a retired Methodist minister after many years of active service, and at one time in Florida, a district superintendent, was reared in Smith Center, coming here when a small boy with his parents the late R.D. BOWEN and wife. He received his common school education at this place, and took to the ministry about forty years ago. He was one of a family of seven children, only one of whom, Mrs. Carrie WILLIAMS of Webster township, continues to make her home in this Co, Grace and Stella live at some point in California; Mabel in Omaha, Nebr., and Walter in Concordia, this state. The BOWEN family, whose head was a blacksmith and at one time owner and publisher of The Pioneer, that he run as a Democratic sheet, was highly respected during the residence here, and the old timers remaining hereabouts remember its members most kindly. Bert, whose age was 68 years at death, was twice married and father of seven surviving children as follows: Herbert H., of Cincinnati, Ohio; Olga of DeLand, Fla; Grace of Chattanooga, Tenn; Joyce of DeLand, Fla; Tom of Dayton, Fla; Helen at some point in Virginia, and Lyle at whose home he died.
Obituary, Smith Co Pioneer, 18 July 1935: Died in Pennsylvania. Mrs. W.H. NELSON of this place received word a few days ago of the death of her sister-in-law, Mrs. Millie BOWEN THOMPSON, last Friday in a Pennsylvania town where she had resided for many years. Her age was in the early sixties, and we are told she had taught school up to within a year of her death. She was the second child of R.D. BOWEN and wife, early Smith Center pioneers, and left our town more than 40 years ago. Her father long since deceased, was owner and editor of The Pioneer close to fifty years ago, running it as a Democratic sheet. As we remember Millie, she was a bright, winsome girl while in this city, and quite popular with all classes when she grew up. She is survived, we believe, by two brothers and four sisters. Of these, only one, Mrs. Carrie WILLIAMS of Webster township, remains in Smith Co. One of the brothers, Walter, resides in Concordia, as he has for many years, and the other, Rev. Bert BOWEN has been a Methodist minister in Florida for about fifteen years.
Obituary. Bakersfield Californian, Saturday, 22 Jan 1949. Estella BOWEN TENER. Funeral services for Mrs. Estella BOWEN TENER, 72, Wasco, who died at her home on Friday after a long illness, will be held at 10 a.m. Monday in the Jones Wayside chapel at Wasco. The service will be conducted by a Christian Science reader. The graveside service will follow immediately at Greenlawn memorial Park, and will be conduced by the P.E.O. Sisterhood. The Robert L. Jones Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. The deceased was born in Smith Center, Kansas, and came to California in 1926. She was a rural supervisor in Kings, Tuolumne and Fresno Counties. In 1930 she was married to J. Harl TENER, assistant superintendent of Kern county schools, and in 1939 moved to Wasco. She was president of the Bakersfield Women's Club prior to 1939 and has also been prominent in P.E.O. and Eastern Star circles. She is survived by her husband and her two sisters, Mrs. Carrie WILLIAMS of Lebanon, Kansas, and Mrs. Mabel BIDELL of Pinecliff. Pallbearers for the funeral will be Fred FRY, R.R. CARTER, Clarence CAMPBELL, Lester R. SMITH, P.D. SPILSBURY and Sterling GIDDINGS.
Obituary. Topeka State Journal, Thursday, 2 Sep 1971, p23. LEBANON - Mrs. Sue Elizabeth HENDRICKSON, 90, Lebanon, died Tuesday in a Red Cloud, Neb., hospital. She was born July 1, 1881, in Newman, Ill., the daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Fleming WILLIAMS. She was a member of OES, Lebanon. Her husband, Pearl HENDRICKSON, preceded her in death. Survivors include 2 daughters, Mrs. Walter CRABB and Mrs. Avis HIBBS, both of Lebanon; a son, Donald HENDRICKSON, Lebanon; 2 sisters, Mrs. Ve.ma [sic] JACKSON, Boulder, Colo., and Mrs. Carol KENNEDY, Lebanon; a brother, Wilbur WILLIAMS, Rock Springs, Wyo.; 3 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren. Services will be Friday at the the Lebanon Christian Church with Burial in Oak Creek Cemetery, south of Lebanon. Simmons Mortuary, Smith Center, is in charge.
Memorial. Orville WYSS. Nov 1993. Transcript Number 29006 documents minutes of the general faculty report on the Memorial resolution committee for Orville WYSS. Special committee of the general faculty to prepare Memorial resolution for Orville WYSS, Prof. emeritus, Department of microbiology, as filed with the secretary of the general factory the following port. H. Paul KELLEY, Secretary The General Faculty In memoriam Orville WYSS. Doctor Orville WYSS, professor emeritus of microbiology, died November 11, 1993, in Brush, Colorado. He was born in Medford, Wisconsin on September 10, 1912, and attained his early education there. In 1937, the University of Wisconsin Madison awarded him the B.S. in bacteriology and the M.S. and PhD in 1938 and 1941, respectively, also in bacteriology. His doctoral supervisor was Dr. WILSON, a pioneer in research on nitrogen fixation in the bacteria of the genus Azobacter. The interest he developed while under Dr. WILSON's tuteledge brought Dr. WYSS national attention in the physiology of nitrogen fixation in the organisms concerned with this process in nature. In 1941, Orville accepted a research position with Wallace Tiernan, Inc., a pharmaceutical concern, and the same year married Margaret BEDELL in Nutley, New Jersey. His work with antifungal substances at Tiernan led to the development of Desenex, the commercially successful products so widely marketed after 50 years. In 1945, Dr. WYSS, joined the faculty of the University of Texas as associate professor of bacteriology, in 1950 was promoted to professor, the rank he held until his retirement and subsequent death. On the death of professor and chairman O.B. WILLIAMS, in 1959, WYSS became chairman of the department, now renamed microbiology, and certainly (?) capacity until 1969. He returned to the chairmanship for the 1975-1976 school year and afterward served full-time teaching duties until his retirement in 1983. During Orville's years as chairman, the department grew from the faculty of 7 to 15; the expansion included nationally prominent individuals who were attracted to Texas by his presence. Orville WYSS supervised the work of some 70 graduate students, 10 of whom became chairmen of their own departments, five became Deans, and one the Provost of a major university. Students went from Austin to many of the great universities of the world, to important positions in industry, and to government laboratories. WYSS' total contribution to American science must include the influence that the teaching had not only had on the students but also on the students of the students. The notion of intellectual progeny of a gifted teacher applies well to professor WYSS. #20997 WYSS' research contributions included important discoveries on the mutational effects of ultraviolet radiation. He and his students found that irradiating complex bacterial growth media led to the production of peroxides which were mutagenic and lethal cells, and this work in turn contributed to our understanding of the mechanisms of action of ultraviolet radiation. His studies on Azobacter cysts served as the fulcrum for understanding the nature of these chemically - and physically - resistant structures. His laboratory also characterized viruses which parasitize azobacters. Dr. WYSS published the first paper on non-nif mutants of azobacter including one which required adenine for growth. While his contribution to the knowledge of the azobacter is of major importance, his work is not limited to those bacteria. He also made vital contributions to the study of transformation competence, of the capsule of hydrocarbon - utilizing bacteria and event symptoms enzymes which hydrolyze bacterial capsules. Together with Prof. Marie MOREAU, he helped describe the fungal spores which circulated in the Southwestern air and the role in allergies. His work in Antarctica led to the identification of much of the microbiota flora of that land, and recognition of this the board of geographic names designated a 9400 foot peak in the Queen Elizabeth range in Antarctica as Mount WYSS. Dr. WYSS published some hundred and fifteen research articles, several monographs, and two textbooks entitled "Microorganisms" and "Man in Elementary Microbiology." He serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology as well as reader for many other journals. He also served on the review panels of the National Science Foundation (NSF), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Research Corporation and other granting agencies. WYSS was a member of various scientific societies and held various offices including the presidency of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) in 1964, Texas chapters of Sigma XI and Phi Kappa Phi, and the board of governors of the development of the Texas branch of ASM, for which he received the distinguished service award. He served as consultant to the NSP Antarctica research program, the chemical-biological-radiological agency and also various industrial concerns. Perhaps his most cherished honor was the endowment made to the University of Texas by a group of his former students and friends for the creation of the Orville WYSS Scholarship. Dr. WYSS' work was well supported by a succession of research grants from the major granting agencies as well as several travel grants which made his teaching and research available to scientists in Australia, several European countries, the Soviet Union, Nepal, and Antarctica. Finally, Orville WYSS' effect on science must be viewed in personal terms He taught his students the place of microbiology and science and the difference between science and life. He nurtured the search for knowledge, for self-respect, and for personal honor. His ? remember also that Orville's former students remember him as a friend and colleague. He was a philosopher, teacher, mentor, and much more. Prof. WYSS is survived by his wife, Dr. Margaret WYSS, three daughters, ? and Jane and Patty, and two granddaughters. This Memorial resolution was prepared by a special committee consisting of James R. WALKER (Chair), Drs. Leodocia M. POPE and Alice G. REINARZ, with the assistance of G. Roland VELA, professor of microbiology at the University of Texas, and Delbert M. SHANKEL, professor of microbiology and special counselor to the Chancellor, the University of Kansas at Lawrence. Distributed to voting emirs members and faculty of the Department of microbiology, the Dean of the College of natural sciences, the Executive Vice President and Provost, and the president on August 31, 1995.
Obituary. Wichita Eagle, Friday, 19 Jan 1996. ALLAN, Gale "Chipper," 72 retired Coastal Derby Refinery operator, died Wednesday, Jan. 17, 1996. Service 1 p.m. Saturday, Lakeview Funeral Home. Survivors, wife, Russella; sons, James and Dustin CRABBS, daughter, Gaila CRABBS, brother Gordon, all of Witchita; sister, Vera EATHERTON of Valley Center. Memorial has been established with Hospice, Inc. Lakeview Funeral Home.
Obituary. Monday, 13 Sep 1999, Albuquerque Journal. Wallace R. CLEAVELAND, 80, a resident of Albuquerque since 1954, died Wednesday, September 8, 1999. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Alice Ann CLEAVELAND of Albuquerque: daughter, Kathryn M. CLEAVELAND-TRACY of Albuquerque; son, Wallace R. CLEAVELAND and wife, Pat of Santa Fe; and grandchildren, Stephanie ELSAESSER of Phoenix, AZ, Stacey CLEAVELAND of Santa Fe and Allison TRACY of New Iberia, LA. Mr. CLEAVELAND was the band and orchestra director at Highland High School from 1954-1984. Cremation has taken place. French Mortuary, 1111 University Blvd. NE.
Obituary. Find-a-Grave. ALLAN, D. Russella, 75, Avon representative, died Sunday, Feb 6, 2000, Service 1 p.m. Thursday, Lakeview Funeral Home. Survivors: son, James ALLAN, daughter, Gaila CRABBS, both of Wichita; brother, Harold LUDEWICK of Tulsa; sisters, Wilma ARMSTRONG of Wichita, Jean WILSON of Fort Smith, Ark.; grandson, DustinCRABBS of Wichita. memorials have been established with American Cancer Society and Hospice, Inc.
Obituary. Thursday, 13 Sep 2001, Alburquerque Journal. Alice Ann CLEAVELAND, Ally as she is fondly called by her friends and family, died Tuesday, September 11, 201 at Albuquerque Care Center where she had been for the last two years. She was the widow of Wallace R. CLEAVELAND who preceded her in death two years and three days ago. Mrs. CLEAVELAND was a wonderful wife, mother, teacher and friend. She taught in the Albuquerque Public School system and wrote two text books with workbooks. She is survived by her daughter, Kathryn CLEAVELAND-TRACY and her partner, Suzanne BLANCHET; son, Wallace R. CLEAVELAND, Jr. and his wife, Patricia CLEAVELAND; and three beautiful grandchildren, Stephanie CLEAVELAND-ELSAESSER and her husband, Croft and their six week old son, Armin Caven ELSAESSER, Allison TRACY, and Stacey CLEAVELAND-SNOWDEN and her husband, Steven. Cremation has taken place and a memorial gathering will be held at the family home Saturday, 3:00 p.m. Should friends desire, memorial contributions may be made to Gilpin COunty Library, c/o Pat CLEAVELAND, 30 Mimosa Rd., Santa Fe, 87508. French Mortuary, 1111 University Blvd. NE.
Obituary. July 2010. Online. Pearl Dean Hoff-Ward (April 4, 1924-July 26, 2010) Pearl D. "HOFF" WARD, 86, of Caldwell, died on July 26th, 2010 at a local hospital of natural causes. She was born April 4, 1924 at Lebanon, Kansas to Ferdinand and Mabel MULLER. The family later moved to Idaho around 1931. Pearl met and married Paul R. HOFF and was blessed with two children, Gary and Karen. After her husband Paul passed away, Pearl later married Glenn WARD and they have enjoyed 17 years together. Pearl loved life and wanted the best for everyone. She was an avid reader and worked on crafts. She and Glenn enjoyed RV camping in their 5th wheel trailer. Pearl is survived by her husband Glenn WARD of Caldwell, her son Gary HOFF (Shirley) of Pocatello, ID, her daughter Karen Kay SMITH (Curtis) of Paradise, CA. She is also survived by 4 grandchildren, Donald MADSEN (Diana) of El Dorado Hills, CA, James MADSEN (Debbie) of Spanish Fork, UT, Scot MADSEN (Amy) of Sonora, CA and Janille HOFF of Creswell, OR, as well as 8 great grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her first husband Paul R. HOFF. A viewing will be held Monday August 2, 2010 at Scheer Memorial Chapel, Oroville, CA from 4:00 to 8:00 PM. A graveside service will be held on Tuesday, August 3rd at 9:30 AM at Memorial Park Cemetery, Oroville, CA. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.flahiffuneralchappel.com.
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28.4__George Washington ADAIR, Jr.
b. 21 Jan 1847, Marion, Linn Co, IA
child of: George Washington & Elizabeth Ellen
(SMITH) ADAIR
d. 1 Dec 1934, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA,
aged 87y10 m10d
Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Shell Rock, Butler
Co, IA Go to Tombstones
m. 25 Dec 1872
28.4s__Ella MASON
b. 5 Jul 1853, Northampton, Hampshire Co,
Massachusetts
child of: William & Amelia (MURGATROYD)
MASON
d. 4 Feb 1916, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA
Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Shell Rock, Butler
Co, IA Go to Tombstones
Other Marriages:
Children:
28.4a Claude Duvall ADAIR
b. 5 Feb 1874, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA d. 7 Aug 1949,
Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA
28.4b Alson Gerald ADAIR b. 12 Apr
1875 (14 May**), Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA d. 2 Mar 1878,
Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA
Buried:
Riverside Cemetery, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA
Go to Tombstones
Aged 2y 10m 18d (Little Alta)
28.4c Allen Lester ADAIR b. 31 Aug
1879, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA d. 12 Apr 1948,
Salem, Marion Co, OR (obituary)
Buried:
Cremated, Salem, Marion Co, OR. Ashes scattered Nov 2014, home farm Shell
Rock, Butler Co, IA.
Plaque on father's tombstone in Riverside Cemetery, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA
m. 14 Feb
1903, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA (div. <1930) Hilda Etilia BENSON
b. 28 Oct 1878, Sweden d. 7 Dec 1953, San
Francisco, San Francisco Co, CA
Buried: Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo Co, CA (Plot:
Garden/Section: Spruce/Lot 219)
child of: Benjamin & Caroline (SWANSON) BENSON
Children:
Ella May ADAIR b. 1910,
ID
m1. Joseph A. WAITE b. c1901, CA
Children: Edris Anita WAITE b. 9 Oct 1928,
Alameda Co, CA
m. ? KOLSCH
Children: Claudia KOLSCH
Bruce Arden WAITE b. 25 Feb 1930, Oakland,
Alameda Co, CA d. 17 Dec 2001, Pt. Reyes Station, Marin
Co, CA
m2. 13 Aug 1953, San Francisco, San Francisco Co, CA
John Edward HOLLAND b. 4 Jun 1913, Great
Falls, Cascade Co, MT
d. 21 Jul 1963, Ft. Miley, San Francisco, San Francisco Co, CA
Buried: Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo Co, CA
WWII/Korea
child of: Edgar I. & Mary V. (CONRAD) HOLLAND
Esther Estelle ADAIR b. 29 Apr 1912, Eagle, Ada
Co, ID
m. George DAWE b.
c1913, NY d. 25 Nov 2003, Chesapeake, Chesapeake
City, VA
child of: Daniel Edward (1891-1960) & Jessie Gertrude (1896-1960)
(?) DAWE
Children: Michael M. DAWE b. 2 Feb
1946
m. 22 Apr 1967, Sherrill M. ROSS
Mason George ADAIR b. 16 Oct 1914, IA
d. 23 Mar 1995, Apache Junction, Pinal Co, AZ
Buried: Hillcrest Memorial Park, Medford, Jackson Co, OR (Plot:
Crown Point-875-D-2)
m1. Lois Muriel GARNER MOORE b. 12 Feb 1923, Uhota
Busmar, SD (Watertown, Codington Co, SD) d. 28 Oct 1982, Medford,
Jackson Co, OR
Buried: Hillcrest Memorial Park, Medford, Jackson Co, OR (Plot:
Crown Point-875-D-1)
child of: Donald ORE (1894-1969) & Ethel Alena (1899-1973) (SHEWALTER)
GARNER
Children: Patricia ADAIR
m2. 23 Apr 1983, Clark Co, NV Clarice Mable
CHITTICK b.29 Feb 1920 d.
1 Dec 1992 Buried: Riddle Cemetery, Riddle,
Douglas Co, OR
child of: Robert J. (1866-1952) & Elsie A. (1886-1968) (?)
CHITTICK
Children: Artha Darlene ADAIR b. 7
Sep 1938 d. 29 Jun 2008 Buried;
Riddle Cemetery, Riddle, Douglas Co, OR
28.4d Ada Lucille ADAIR b. 6 Feb
1882, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA d. 16 Jun 1963,
Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA
Buried:
Riverside Cemetery, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA (Plot: 255) Go to Tombstones
m. 1 Jan
1904, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA Allen Franklin GARNER b.
27 May 1879, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA d. 1958
Buried: Riverside
Cemetery, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA (Plot: 255) Go to
Tombstones
child of: George Mathias & Agnes (?) GARNER
Children:
George Mathias GARNER b. 29 Dec 1904, Shell
Rock, Butler Co, IA d. 22 Sep 1979, Itasca Co, MN
m. 3 Nov 1930, Waterloo, Black Hawk Co, IA Anna
BERGMAN b. 1910, Grundy Center, Grundy Co, IA
d. 2012
child of: Frank & Tress (CORDES) GARNER
Children: William Frank GARNER b. 8
Apr 1932, Waterloo, Black Hawk Co, IA
Ronald Lee GARNER b. 4 Feb 1936
1 son
Vernon Adair GARNER b. 14 Aug
1909, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA d. 25 Mar 2003,
Green Valley, Pima Co, AZ
28.4e William Mason ADAIR b. 12
May 1887 (1889**), Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA d. 25 Jun 1943,
Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA
Buried:
Riverside Cemetery, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA Go to Tombstones
m1. ?, Maude
Irma GOODSELL
m2. 19 Oct 1932, Clara
M. BURIS** b. 17 Jan 1897
d. Feb 1987, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA (Source: SS
Death Index)
Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA
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Note: Sgt,
34th Infantry Regular Army; employed as butter maker in the Shell Rock
Creamery c 1913
Synopsis:
Text from History of Butler Co, p. 316: George ADAIR was a little lad of six summers when brought by his parents to Butler Co, where he has resided continuously since, covering a period of sixty years. There is no resident of Shell Rock whose connection with the district antedates his and as a pioneer settler he has witnessed almost the entire growth and development of this part of the Co. On the 14th of May, 1864, when a young man of seventeen years, he enlisted as a member of Company E., Forty-fourth Iowa Volunteer Infantry and served for one hundred days. He has always been actuated by a spirit of patriotism and has ever taken a helpful part in upholding the interests of Co, state and nation. His reminiscences concerning this Co are most interesting. He recalls the first Fourth of July celebration which he ever witnessed. In fact it was the first held in this Co, the celebration taking place at Shell Rock in 1855. The people came in ox teams and on that occasion nearly every man, woman and child in the Co was here. Through his boyhood, George ADAIR attended the district schools and worked in his father's sawmill. Since 1869 he has been identified with agricultural pursuits and is now the owner of three hundred and sixty acres of valuable land two miles southeast of Shell Rock. He still gives supervision to the place, although his son is actively operating it. The farm is splendidly improved and has upon it an immense barn fifty-two by ninety feet, also two concrete silos and every modern improvement. The place is known as the Oakley Stock Farm and Mr. ADAIR was the first breeder of Holstein cattle in this locality, continuing the breeding business for thirty years. While he is not active in the operation of the farm, he keeps in touch with every feature of the business and, moreover, he has for the past sixteen years been president of the Shell Rock Creamery Company, a cooperative creamery business which is incorporated. For fourteen years he was president of the Butler Co Farms Institute and he is a life member of the Co Fair Association, of which he has been a director and treasurer. His association with the last two organizations indicates his deep interest in all that pertains to the development and improvement of the Co along agricultural lines. In 1872, Mr. ADAIR was united in marriage to Miss Ella MASON, who was born in Northampton, Massachusetts, July 5, 1853, and in 1856 was brought to Iowa by her parents, who located in Madison township, this Co, but afterward removed to Cedar Falls and later came to Shell Rock. Her father, William MASON, was a native of England and was a woolen manufacturer. After coming to Iowa he purchased a half interest in a woolen mill in Shell Rock. While in Massachusetts, he married Amelia MURGATROYD, also a native of England. Mr. and Mrs. ADAIR became the parents of five children.
From the Andrew RALSTON Annals, 1932. Meet the President. Out at Shell Rock, Iowa, dwells our new President, George ADAIR, almost 85 years young, and gracious host for the coming Fourth Annual Reunion, to be held on his farm, adjoining Shell Rock, Saturday, August 19, 1933. He was a lad of six summers when he came with his father, George Washington ADAIR, in 1853, to establish the town. The father asked a Sioux Indian where would be the best location for a new town, and the Indian told him he would never be disturbed by winds or floods at the present site. The prediction has come true, for in 80 years Shell Rock has been safe from any of these forces of nature. He is the last survivor of the Civil War soldiers in Butler Co, and stands six feet tall, every inch a RALSTON soldier, with eyes upward and on. It will be worth any RALSTON's while to drive across several states to meet him, for he extends the glad hand of welcome out to all of us. "SEE YOU AT SHELL ROCK," is the new RALSTON slogan for the coming year. Already word comes of many who are starting to put small coins away in the old pewter teapot back in the top shelf of the corner cupboard, so that they may not miss the fine things in store for them next August 19th.
Obituary. Find-A-Grave. Allen Lester ADAIR. Allen's cremated remains were not initially taken after his death and were available at the Oregon State Hospital to anyone who is related. They were claimed by his grand niece in 2014 and in November 2014 they were scattered on the farm where Allen was born in the area where the house was before it was taken down. His name and birth and death dates are on a plaque attached to the back of his father's tombstone in Riverview Cemetery in Shell Rock, Iowa. According to family records Allen's first name is spell ALLEN, although he signed his name "ALLAN" on the WWI and WWII draft registration forms. Those forms also indicated his birthdate is 8/31/1879 in Iowa. He is the son of Ella MASON and George ADAIR. His siblings include: Claude Duval, Alson G. (who died at the age of 2), Ada Lucille, and William. At the time of the 1880 census, Allen was an infant living with his parents and 6 year old brother Claude in Shell Rock, Butler County, Iowa, where his father was a farmer. Allen attended elementary school, but did not go on to High School. His siblings were given portions of the family farm to start their own farms. Allen was given a horse. He became a hired hand for a farmer. From letters it appears e wanted to return home to work on the farm, but that wasn't allowed. Allen was considered the "black sheep" of the family. About 1903 Allen married Hilda Etilia BENSON a Swedish immigrant who had come to the US in 1899. They had three children: Ella May (born in 1909) and Esther (in 1912) and George "Mason" (born about 1915). During the 1910 census Allen and his family were living in Union, Ada County, Idaho where Allen was a "dry farmer." During the 1920 census the growing family lived in Boise, Idaho and Allen was an auto mechanic. By the time of the 1930 census Allen and Hilda had divorced and Allen was living in Riddle, Douglas County in rural southern Oregon with his 15 year old son Mason. Allen did odd jobs. In 1930 Hilda and Esther were living in Oakland, California. Hilda managed apartments and Esther was a waitress. Daughter Ella was also living in Oakland with her husband Joseph WAITE. In 1940 Hilda was living in San Francisco with Ella. In 1942 Allen was living in Vale in eastern Oregon. Before entering the state hospital he was living with his son Mason in Medford, Oregon. This was the same as his son Mason's address. On March 26, 1948 Allen was admitted to the Oregon State Hospital, a residential facility in Salem, Oregon for the treatment of people with mental illness. He was diagnosed with "psychosis due to arteriosclerosis." Just 16 days later he died at the state hospital of hypertensive cardiovascular renal disease which he had had for about 8 years. Son Mason was notified that the hospital had the ashes and that they could be sent to him C.O.D. if he would request them. It is very possible that the son did not have the money to handle this. More information on unclaimed cremains is available at http://www.oregon.gov/oha/amh/osh/pages/cremains.aspx. A book by David MAISEL and a documentary by Ondi TIMONER and Robert JAMES both entitled Library of Dust also provide more information.
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28.4a Claude Duvall ADAIR
b. 5 Feb 1874, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA
child of: George & Ella (MASON) ADAIR
d. 9 Aug 1949, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA
Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Shell Rock, Butler
Co, IA Go to Tombstones
m. 30 Aug 1898, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA
28.4as Inez Idella TEMPLE
b. 20 Apr 1875, Butler Co, IA
child of: Theresa Elizabeth TEMPLE
(1840-1899) (not married)
d. 21 Apr 1949, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA
Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Shell Rock, Butler
Co, IA Go to Tombstones
Other Marriages:
Children:
28.4a1 Rex George ADAIR b. 6 Jan 1900,
Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA
d. 13 Mar 1988, AZ (13 Dec 1987, Fort Dodge, Webster Co, IA (Source: SS
Death Index))
m. 20 Jun 1923, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA Mabel
Adaline ZIMMERMAN b. 9
Mar 1899, Butler Co, IA
d. 7 Nov 1996, Fort Dodge, Webster Co,
IA (Source: SS Death Index)
child of: Edward & Flora (CRITZMAN) ZIMMERMAN
Children: Jalond Lorraine ADAIR b. 25 Apr 1924,
Waterloo, Black Hawk Co, IA d. 26 Apr 2002,
Chester, Middlesex Co, CT
m. John EVANS d. 1977, FL?
Children: Denis EVANS
Betsy EVANS
28.4a2 Zella Leone ADAIR b. 19 May
1903, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA d. 28 Sep 1992,
Waverly, Bremer Co, IA
(22 Jan 1996, Creston, Union Co, IA
(Source: SS Death Index) Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA
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m. 14 Jul 1940, Jeremiah Joseph DWYER b.
8 Nov 1898, Providence, Providence Co, RI d. 18 Jun 1966, Waverly, Bremer Co,
IA (Source: SS Death Index)
Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA Go to Tombstones
child of: Michael & Mary (DELANEY) DWYER
28.4a3 Keith Clyde ADAIR b. 29 Sep
1907, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA d. 17 Dec 2002, Cedar Falls, Black Hawk Co,
IA (Source: SS Death Index)
m.
18 Aug 1935, Dallys DIXON GILSON b.
8 Feb 1908, Rochester, Olmstead Co, MN d. 23 Apr
2003, Cedar Falls, Black Hawk Co, IA
child of: Harvey Mann (?-1908) & Grayce Estella (MERTZ) DIXON
(Dallys was adopted when her mother m. Charles GILSON)
28.4a4 Forest Claude ADAIR b. 29 Sep
1907, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA d. 23 Jul 1995, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA
(Source: SS Death Index)
Buried:
Lowell (Lowtown) Town Cemetery, Lowell, Butler Co, IA
m. 3 Jun 1934, Nashua Co, IA Mariana A. BOWEN b.
14 Jan 1913, Hamilton Co, IA
d. 21 Mar 2002, Decorah, Winneshiek Co, IA
child of: Adrian & Elsie (?) REGER
Children: Roma Leone ADAIR b. 14 Aug
1936
m1. 21 Sep 1954, Duane SHANNON
Children: Jennifer SHANNON
Rollis SHANNON (twin to Robert)
Robert SHANNON (twin to Rollis)
Ricky SHANNON
m2.
?, Rollis SCHUTTE
m3. ?, Rex BURNS
Terry Forest ADAIR b. 26 Mar 1939, Waverly,
Bremer Co, IA d. 7 Dec 1998, TX
Buried: Lowell Cemetery, Butler Co, IA
m. Judy Neal COOPER b. 10 Dec 1939,
Kansas City, Jackson Co, MO d. 6 Dec 2014, TX
Buried: Lowell Cemetery, Butler Co, IA
Children: 1s 1d
28.4a5 Victor Bruce ADAIR b. 31 Jul
1911, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA d. 14 Mar 1999, Waverly, Bremer Co, IA
(Source: SS Death Index)
Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA Go to Tombstones
m. 6 Jun 1936, Marshalltown, Iowa Co, IA Sylvia L. STILES b. 18 Nov
1911, Henry Co, IA d. 3 Feb 2004, Waverly, Bremer Co, IA
(Source: SS Death Index)
Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Shell Rock, Butler Co,
IA Go to Tombstones
child of: Amos William (1867-1932) & Mary Alice (1875-1965) (SAGE)
STILES
Children: Sandra Jeanne ADAIR b. 28
Jan 1938
m. 23 Sep 1956, Dean SOASH
Betty Lucille ADAIR b. 10 Oct 1942,
Waverly, Bremer Co, IA d. 10 Feb 2015, Waverly, Bremer
Co, IA (obituary)
Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA
m. 25 Jun 1967, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA Tom NEAL
Children: Jason NEAL
m. Arin BERKSON
Children: Henry NEAL
Amy NEAL
m. Jonathan DAVIS
Children: Olivia DAVIS
Bruce Claude ADAIR b. 11 Aug ?
m. ?, Jamie WITTENBURG
Synopsis:
Obituary. Find-A-Grave. Betty Lucille NEAL, age 72, of Shell Rock and formerly of Sioux Rapids, died Tuesday, February 10, 2015, at Bartels Lutheran Retirement Community in Waverly. Betty was born on October 10, 1942, in Waverly, Iowa, the daughter of Victor and Sylvia (STILES) ADAIR. She was raised in the Shell Rock area where she was baptized and confirmed at United Methodist Church in Shell Rock and graduated from Waverly-Shell Rock High School in 1961. Betty then attended Wartburg College, graduating in 1965. On June 25, 1967, Betty was united in marriage to Tom NEAL at United Methodist Church in Shell Rock. During her life Betty worked for Spirit Lake Methodist church as Education Director, as a Secretary at Iowa State University, Ames, Secretary at United Methodist Church in Sioux Rapids, and as a Teacher's Aide in Sioux Rapids. After retiring the couple moved back to rural Shell Rock. Betty was a faithful and devoted member of United Methodist Church in Shell Rock, church pianist for the United Methodist Church in Sioux Rapids, P.E.O., Music Boosters, and Cub Scout Den Mother in Sioux Rapids. Betty had a genuine thoughtfulness about her, often volunteering and looking after others in need. Betty deeply loved her husband and was a devoted mother and grandmother. This was her greatest enjoyment in life. Other things she enjoyed included gardening, canning, bird watching, crafts, sewing, and music. Betty's memory is honored by: her husband, Tom NEAL of Shell Rock; two children, Jason (Arin BERKSON) NEAL of Albuquerque, New Mexico and Amy (Jonathan) NEAL DAVIS of Denver, Colorado; two grandchildren, Henry NEAL and Olivia DAVIS; a brother, Bruce (Jamie) ADAIR of Decorah; a sister, Sandra (DEAN) SOASH of Waverly; a brother-inn-law, Richard (Karlene) NEAL of Clarksville; and a sister-in-law, Rita (Hank) WILSON of Shell Rock. She was preceded in death by her parents. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, February 13, at United Methodist Church in Shell Rock with Pastor Dan Fernandez officiating. Burial will follow at Riverside Cemetery in Shell Rock. Visitation will be held on Friday, February 13, at United Methodist Church in Shell Rock where the family will greet friends from 10:00 a.m. until time of service.
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28.8__Elizabeth Ellen ADAIR
b. 27 Oct 1855, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA
child of: George Washington & Elizabeth Ellen
(SMITH) ADAIR
d. 10 Jun 1941 (Cemetery records indicated
interment 25 Jun 1937) (23 Jun 1937**), Sioux City,
Clay Co, IA
Buried: Logan Park Cemetery, Sioux City, Woodbury
Co, IA (Plot: Sec 2, Lot 50)
m. 25 Dec 1879, Sioux City, Woodbury Co, IA
28.8s__Allen A. ALLBURN
b. 14 Jan 1857, Columbus City, Louisa Co, IA
child of: Charles & Susan (?) ALLBURN
d. 25 Jan 1928, Sioux City, Woodbury Co, IA
(apparently interred in Graceland Cemetery until after Elizabeth's death)
Buried: Logan Park Cemetery, Sioux City, Woodbury
Co, IA (Plot: Sec 2, Lot 50, Interred: 7 Jul 1937)
Other Marriages:
Children:
28.8a James Meade ALLBURN b. c1881,
Woodbury Co, IA
m. 26 Dec
1909, Manilla, Woodbury Co, IA by A.R. GRANT, ME Minister
Ada Mae SIMPSON b. c1891, Manilla, Woodbury
Co, IA
child of: A.M. & Mary (NURRY) SIMPSON
28.8b Grace Adair ALLBURN b. 4 Jan
1885, Woodbury Co, IA
d. 2 Oct 1972
m1. 16
Nov 1904, Sioux City, Woodbury Co, IA by R.T. CHIPPERFIELD, Pastor
Fred Raymond SCHAAF b. 1 Jan 1882,
Clarence, Cedar Co, IA
child of: Fred & Nora (CARSON) SCHAAF
Children: Elizabeth Margaret SCHAAF b. 11
Nov 1906, Sioux City, Woodbury Co, IA d. 19 Sep 2001,
Omaha, Douglas Co, NE
m. 28 Jul 1927, Sioux City, Woodbury Co, IA Melvin
Fredrik COLLINS b. 31 Aug 1902, Wakefield,
Dixon/Wayne Co, NE
Feb 1982, Hastings, Adams Co, NE child of:
H.A. & Sophia (JOHNSON) COLLINS
Children: Constance Virginia COLLINS b.
12 Sep 1928
Fredrik Lawrence COLLINS b. 30 Jul 1933,
Hastings, Adams Co, NE
Richard Adair COLLINS b. 3 Apr 1937
Virginia Grace SCHAAF b. 29 Apr 1913,
Sioux City, Woodbury Co, IA d. 2 Apr 1993, Ventura Co,
CA
m. 12 Oct 1939, Los Angeles Co, CA William Kerr
DUNKLE b. 28 Mar 1906, WA d.
11 Nov 1993, Ventura, Ventura Co, CA
child of: Gifford Lindley & Anna (?) DUNKLE
Children: William Andrew DUNKLE b. 13
Apr 1941
Elizabeth Ann DUNKLE b. 10 Oct 1943
m2. 10
Jul 1955 Ray J. TRANER b. 31 Jan
1887, Carroll, Carr Co, IA d. 30 Oct 1971
child of: James Noah (1864-1932) & Lillie Dell (1868-1955) (HART)
TRANER
Synopsis:
Allen ALLBURN was from Sioux City, IA
Fred SCHAAF was a Chief Dispatcher with the Chicago Northwestern Railroad, based in Sioux City, Woodbury Co, IA.
Biography from the Past and Present of Woodbury County, beginning page 386: Mrs. Elizabeth E. ALLBURN. Mrs. Elizabeth E. ALLBURN, of Sioux City, was born at Shell Rock, Butler county, Iowa, October 27, 1855. Her father, George W. ADAIR, was a native of West Virginia and died in 1879 at the age of sixty-seven years. He was a farmer and mill owner and became one of the pioneer residents of Iowa, arriving this state in 1837. Here he founded the town of Shell Rock in 1853 and made his home there from that time until his demise. He took a very active and influential part in public progress and improvement and he was one of the leading members of the Methodist Episcopal church, assisting in the building of that church and contributing generously to its support. He voted with the Democratic party. His wife, who in her maidenhood was Elizabeth E SMITH, was born in Ohio and died in May, 1902, at the age of seventy-nine years. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and in her daily life exemplified her Christian faith. Unto Mr. and Mrs. ADAIR were born nine children: Mary J., the deceased wife of Ephriam TOWN; John, of Sioux City, who served throughout the Civil war as a member of Company B, Seventh Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and was wounded at the battle of Belmont, in which he was taken prisoner; Lucy A., the wife of Ralph D. BOWEN, of Smith Center, Kansas; George, a retired farmer of Shell Rock, Iowa, who served for one hundred days in the Civil war as a musician; Walter W., who is a business man of Auburn, Nebraska; Mrs. ALLBURN; Sarah M., the wife of Thomas RAWLINGS, who is living in Wakefield, Nebraska; Blanche, who is the widow of Charles HERRINGTON and resides in Wakefield, Nebraska; and Nettie E., who is the wife of George E. MEADE, of Shell Rock, Iowa. Mrs. ALLBURN acquired her early education in the public schools of Shell Rock, Iowa, and afterward attended Cornell College at Mount Vernon, Iowa. She came to Sioux City in 1876 and was here engaged in teaching vocal and instrumental music until 1879. On Christmas evening of that year she gave her hand in marriage to Allen A. ALLBURN, who was born in Columbus City, Iowa, January 14, 1857, and was a son of Charles and Susan ALLBURN, both of whom were natives of Pennsylvania. His father was a contractor and brick mason in former years and is now deceased. At the age of twelve years Mr. ALLBURN began work in a printing office at Columbus City and was later employed in Burlington, Iowa, and Washington, D.C., working on the Chronicle in the latter city. In the spring of 1878 he came to Sioux City and has since been in the employ of the Journal off and on for twenty-six years, though at times he has been with other companies. He has held the positions of compositor, foreman and telegraphic editor and is at present linotype man. Fraternally he is a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen and the Degree of Honor, and politically he is a Republican. Unto Mr. and Mrs. ALLBURN have been born two children, James M. and Grace A. For the past five years Mrs. ALLBURN has been superior recorder of the Degree of Honor of the Ancient Order of United Workmen and thus has charge of twenty-two grand lodges and one hundred lodges, all of which are under her direct supervision. She has been a member of the order since it was organized in Sioux City and was elected chief of honor in 1894. She represented Prosperity Lodge at the organization of the grand lodge of Iowa at Cedar Rapids in May, 1896, and was there elected past grand chief of honor and was made a representative of the grand lodge of Iowa to the first session of the superior lodge, which met in Buffalo, New York, in June, 1896. At the latter place she was made a member of the finance committee and performed her work so acceptably that at the session of the superior lodge in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was made chairman of the committee. A year later, at Asbury Park, New Jersey, she was re-appointed to the position and elected superior recorder of the Sioux Falls session in 1900. In the year 1901 at Buffalo, New York, in 1902, at Portland, Oregon, in 1903 at St Paul, Minnesota, and 1905 at Chattanooga, Tennessee, she was re-elected to the office, each time without opposition,. From the supreme lodge at Buffalo in 1902 she received the highest commendation because of her most capable service. She has created a new system of cards and records by which the classification of ages is reached and thus an idea of the workings of the lodge is easily obtained. The headquarters of the Women's Auxiliary of the fraternity are at Sioux City, Iowa. Mrs. ALLBURN was one of the organizers of the Beethoven Club and has probably done more for it than any other member. She was president of the club for four years and resigned to give her whole attention to her present position. In her younger days Mrs. ALLBURN produced a number of operas with home talent, giving very successful entertainments. She has great ability and is a tireless worker, and beside being a musician she is an art critic and has been employed as musical editor in connection with the daily papers of Sioux City. A lady of superior culture and refinement, added to which are excellent executive ability and earnest zeal in her work, Mrs. ALLBURN has become widely known in the fraternity of the Ancient Order of United Workmen throughout this country and has won many warm friends among its leading representatives.
Source: Past and Present of Woodbury County, p. 386, Chicago, 1904.
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28.9__Sarah (Sadie) Marie ADAIR
b. 23 Jan 1858 (Jun**), IA
child of: George Washington & Elizabeth Ellen
(SMITH) ADAIR
d. 10 Jun 1941, Wakefield, Dixon Co, NE
Buried: Wakefield Cemetery, Wakefield,
Dixon Co, NE (N 1/2 Blk 59) Go to Tombstones
m.
28.9s__Thomas O. RAWLINGS
b. 4 Jul 1856, KY
child of: Dr. Henry Sanders (1820-1864) &
Caroline Margaret (1832-1863) (HAZELRIGG) RAWLINGS
d. 24 Feb 1944, Wakefield, Dixon/Wayne Co, NE
Buried: Wakefield Cemetery, Wakefield,
Dixon/Wayne Co, NE (N 1/2 Blk 59) Go to Tombstones
Other Marriages:
None
Children: None (see synopsis below)
Synopsis:
Left estate to sisters-in-law Blanche HERRINGTON of Torrington, WY and Nettie MEAD of Shell Rock, IA and to children of H. H. RAWLINGS of Spokane, WA who had died 30 Aug 1937: Hazel RAWLINGS BAMBER, 2003 N. Jefferson, Spokane, WA; Milton H. RAWLINGS; Margaret E. RAWLINGS. Executor: Sarah M. HERRINGTON.
Thomas was in the hardware business (1900 Census) in Wakefield and later in the real estate business (1910-1940 Censuses). No indication in any census, or the will (see bullet above) that they had children).
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28.10__Blanche Julia ADAIR
b. 26 Feb 1862 (25 Dec 1861**), Shell Rock,
Butler Co, IA
child of: George Washington & Elizabeth Ellen
(SMITH) ADAIR
d. 25 Mar 1949, Wakefield, Dixon/Wayne Co, NE
Buried: Wakefield Cemetery, Wakefield, Dixon Co, NE (N 1/2 Lot 1 Blk 9) (Not carved on the stone)
m. 28 May 1885
28.10s__Charles Lincoln HERRINGTON
b. 25 Jul 1860, Rochelle, Ogle Co, IL
child of: Jesse (1820-?) & Mary W. (1826-?) (?)
HERRINGTON
d. 3 Sep 1898, Wakefield, Dixon/Wayne Co, NE
Buried: Wakefield Cemetery, Wakefield,
Dixon/Wayne Co, NE (N 1/2 Lot 1 Blk 9) Go to Tombstones
Other Marriages:
Children: Elwin Jesse HERRINGTON
b. 26 Aug 1889, Wakefield, Dixon/Wayne Co, NE d. 21 Jun 1890,
Wakefield, Dixon/Wayne Co, NE
Buried: Wakefield Cemetery, Wakefield, Dixon/Wayne Co, NE with
parents Go to Tombstones
Sarah M. HERRINGTON b. 28 Jul
1886, Wakefield, Dixon/Wayne Co, NE d. 27 Jul
1974, Torrington, Goshen Co, WY
Buried: Valley View Cemetery, Torrington, Goshen Co, WY
(Source: SS Death Index)
m. 19 Jun 1913, Casper, Natrona Co, WY Erwin
Algot FROYD,
age 27 b. 29 Apr 1886, Paxton, Ford Co, IL
d. 29 Sep 1974, Torrington, Goshen Co, WY
Buried: Valley View Cemetery, Torrington, Goshen Co, WY (Source: SS
Death Index) child of: John A. & Ella M. (COLLINS) FROYD
Children: John Herrington FROYD b. 19
Oct 1923, Midwest, Natrona Co, WY d. 2 Feb 1979,
Worland, Washakie Co, WY
m. Dorothy Casswell CATE 14 Jul 1922, CA
d. 25 Jan 2004, Worland, Washakie Co, WY
child of: Theodore Webster (1896-1971) & Marion Hulda (1891-1983) (PARTRIDGE)
CATE
Children: 2d
Synopsis:
Living in Torrington, WY in 1944 (estate papers of Thomas O. RAWLINGS indicate leaving his estate to Blanche in Torrington)
Blanche is indicated as being interred in the cemetery but is not carved on the stone. She may possibly be actually buried in Torrington, where she was living with her daughter at the time of her death. I see a trip to WY in my future....
Blanche and Sarah were living with Thomas and Sarah RAWLINGS in the 1910 Census (but not in 1900 or 1920). Presumably after Sara married Erwin, Blanche went to live with them.
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