Mrs. Martha C. Mobley died 1874

MOBLEY, LITTLETON

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Date: 12/9/2018 at 13:49:24

Daily Times Dubuque Iowa March 8, 1874

Funeral services, commemorative of the late Mrs. Martha C. Mobley, and Harry A. Littleton, will be held in the Congregational church this (Sunday) afternoon at 2 o’clock. Sermon by the Rev. David Walk, of Memphis, Tennessee. The remains will not be taken to the church, but will be held in readiness in the immediate vicinity - when, upon the conclusion of the religious exercises, they will be conveyed to the cemetery for interment. Friends are respectfully invited without further notice.

Major Mobley, and (sic) early settler of Dubuque, whom we all know, arrived from Washington yesterday morning, together with his daughter, Mrs. H. A. Littleton, and her children. Their immediate errand will be seen by a notice, to be found elsewhere, of funeral services to be held today at the Christian church. The Major and his family have many warm friends in Dubuque, who will always sympathise with them, whether in joy or sorrow.

Monticello Express July 7, 1887

News was received in Dubuque a few days ago of the death of Major Mordecai Mobley in Washington. Mr. Mobley was the oldest official in Washington. He was born in Virginia August 29, 1800, and removed to Illinois in 1823, where he became acquainted with President Lincoln and was his warm personal friend. He removed to Dubuque in 1844 and became a banker and business man, but went down in the crash of 1857. He was appointed a clerk in the Pension-office in 1861 and later was pension agent for Iowa. He had been a clerk in Washington since the close of the war. He was buried in Dubuque.

source: Newspaper Archive - Academic Edition

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