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CEMETERY OBITUARIES
CLAY GROVE CEMETERY
Mrs. I. C. BELL 1878-1951
BELL, DAUGHDRILL, DIMMITT, HEMPY, HOUGH, KING, NEWBY, POWELL, TAYLOR,
WEBSTER,
WILLEY
Fort Madison Evening Democrat
Tues., July 17, 1951
Bell Funeral to Be Wednesday
Funeral services for Mrs. Anna (Laura) NEWBY Bell, 72, of Mount Hamill, who died Sunday, will be held Wednesday
at 10 a.m.
in the Clay Grove M.E. church. She died at her home, the Bell Pioneer
Homestead, of a heart attack.
A lifelong resident of Lee county, she was the daughter of the late
Mathew and
Martha Serena POWELL Newby, born Sept. 28, 1878, in the Newby home
called
Sunnyside which formerly stood northwest from where she died. On Oct.
19, 1904,
she married I.C. (Clyde) BELL at a ceremony held at Sunnyside.
She was a member of the Clay Grove M.E. church and an accomplished
nurse
assisting the injured soldiers from WWI and many patients in the Fort
Madison
and Burlington area.
Surviving are two sons and one daughter: Fletcher Clyde BELL, at home;
Robert
M. BELL, Dayton Ohio; Mrs. Forrest (Helen) DAUGHDRILL Fort Wayne,
Indiana. Also
surviving are two sisters and two brothers: Mrs. Ada Newby WILLEY,
Burlington;
Mrs. Alta Newby WEBSTER, Modesto, California; George Edward NEWBY,
LaGrange,
Wyoming; Dr. J.M. NEWBY, Mount Hamill and
three
grandchildren.
Besides her parents she was preceded in death by one daughter, Louise,
on April
6, 1916; one sister, Mrs. Mary Cyrena
Newby TAYLOR
and three step-sisters, Mrs. Ella Mae (HEMPY) KING, Mrs. Ida Belle
(HEMPY)
HOUGH and Mrs. Nancy Olive (HEMPY) DIMMITT.
The body is at Millers Home for Funerals, Donnellson. It will be
removed
to the Clay Grove church at 8 a.m. Wednesday to lie in state until the
services. The casket will not be opened after the services. Interment
will be
at Clay Grove cemetery. Pallbearers will be nephews Harold NEWBY, Mt. Hamill; Ralph NEWBY, Fort Madison and Kenneth
NEWBY, Mount
Pleasant; Gilbert BELL, Donnellson and Fred TAYLOR, Hillsboro.
[This was transcribed for Lee county Iowa genealogy purposes, the news
clipping
was found among other family scrapbook items gathered by Mrs. J.M.
Newby,
1882-1964.]
LOUISE BELL 1913-1916
BELL, DAUGHDRILL, DODSWORTH, NEWBY, POWELL
The Donnellson Review
Thurs., April 13, 1916
Deaths--Bell
On last Thursday morning at 3 oclock, death entered the home of Mr.
and
Mrs. I.C. Bell at Mount Hamill, removing
from their
fond embrace the form of their dear little daughter, Louise, aged 2
years 10
months and 30 days.
She was never a stout child and was ever watched with tenderness and
care, in
hopes she would regain her health, and be left to them to bless their
happy
home.
All medical aid given her by Dr. Wilson, Dr. Thompson and all loving
hands
could not keep her from passing to the happy beyond, her last words
being,
What will baby do?
In the words of her father and mother; her brother Fletcher and sister
Helen:
We will miss her little prattle,
we will miss her loving face,
And life will be so dreary
without her fond embrace.
Those beautiful arms around mothers neck,
Whispering the angels plea:
Dear ones come leave this sorrowing world
And pass over the Jordan with me.
I have stayed with you dear ones
Through all my short life.
Till spring time budded the trees.
I bid you farewell for my home in the skies, Good bye, God takes your
baby
Louise.
O beautiful treasure in heaven,
Nothing on earth to compare
With the beautiful flaxen-haired baby
Awaiting us over there.
[This was transcribed for Lee county Iowa genealogy purposes, the news
clipping
was found among other family scrapbook items gathered by Mrs. J.M.
Newby,
1882-1964.]
I.C. BELL 1879-1953
BELL, DAUGHDRILL, DODSWORTH, NEWBY, RANDELL
Fort Madison Evening Democrat
Mon.,Sept. 28, 1953
Isaac Bell, 74, Dies In Local Hospital
Isaac Clyde BELL, 74-year-old retired farmer living on Pioneer
Homestead, north
of Donnellson, died in Mercy Hospital, Burlington, Friday, Sept. 25, at
7:40
p.m.
A life resident of Lee county, Bell was born on Pioneer Homestead on
Feb. 7,
1879, son of Robert E. and Charlotte (DODSWORTH) BELL. He married Anna
Laura
NEWBY at Sunnyside the Newby
Homestead near Mount Hamill
on Oct. 19, 1904. She preceded him in death on July
15, 1951.
BELL was a member of Clay Grove M.E. church, George Washington Masonic
lodge
618, the Scottish Rite Valley and Kaaba
Shrine of
Davenport, the Lions club, the IOOF and the MWA.
He was responsible for the founding of the endowment fund of the Clay
Grove
Cemetery and also served in an official capacity on the following
boards: Clay
Grove Church, Lee County Board of Education, Lee County Appraisal
Board, Iowa
State Fair, Fort Madison Chamber of Commerce, Federal Loan Association,
Iowa
State Realtors Association, Lee County Realtors Association, and the
Lee County
Fair, the latter serving as president for many years.
Surviving are two sons and one daughter: Fletcher Clyde BELL, at home;
Robert
M. BELL, Dayton Ohio; Mrs. Forrest (Helen) DAUGHDRILL, Fort Wayne,
Indiana.
Also surviving are two sisters: Mrs. Earle (Harriet) Bell RANDELL, Fort
Madison; Mrs. J.M. (Anna) Bell NEWBY, Mount Hamill;
and four granddaughters and one great-granddaughter.
Besides his parents and wife, he was preceded in death by one daughter,
Louise
and two brothers, John Stephen and Robert Edward BELL also from Lee county.
The body is at Millers Home for Funerals, Donnellson and will be taken
to
Clay Grove church at 12 p.m. on Tuesday. At 2 p.m. a prayer service
will be
held at Millers prior to the 2:30 p.m. public service held in Clay
Grove
church. Burial will be in the Clay Grove cemetery.
[This was transcribed for Lee county Iowa genealogy purposes, the news
clipping
was found among other family scrapbook items gathered by Mrs. J.M.
Newby,
1882-1964.]
Jane Bell
BELL,EMMERSON,SANDERSON,SMITH
Fort Madison Weekly Democrat- February 1905
Jane Emerson-Bell was born near Scarborough in Scalby
Parish, Yorkshire,
England, on April 14, 1814. She was the fourth daughter of William and Nanney
Smyth/Smith EMMERSON in a family of eight children, three brothers and
four
sisters.
Miss Jane Emerson was married to John Bell in Hunmanby
Parish, south of
Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, on May 1, 1837, and on the 24th of the
same
month embarked on a sailing vessel which had just been launched and was
bound
for Quebec, Canada; they landed at Buffalo, N.Y., and thence proceeded
to
Portsmouth, Ohio, and from there to Morgan county, Illinois. After
spending
three years in Morgan county they crossed
the Mississippi
and purchased a
tract of land upon which she has lived until her death at 2 a.m.,
February 3,
1905.
Two brothers and one sister who also immigrated to the United States
have
preceded her in death William EMMERSON of Macoupin county, Illinois;
Michael
EMMERSON, Marion township and Eleanor SANDERSON, Pleasant Ridge
township of
this county. Besides her parents and siblings, she was preceded in
death by
one son, Michael, who died at 4 years of age in 1846.
Mrs. Bell leaves a family of three sons; William Emmerson
of Springfield,
Illinois; Isaac Clyde and Robert Edward of this county; nineteen
grandchildren
and eighteen great-grandchildren, together with innumerable friends who
will
mourn the loss of one who has been a devoted mother, grandmother and
friend to
the last.
She enjoyed reasonably good health up until about one week before her
death.
Grandma Bell has made her home with her son Robert for the last fifteen
years,
since the death of her husband, John on April 8, 1889.
For a day or two previous to her death she talked a great deal about
going
home and often spoke of her husband coming for her and seemed satisfied
at
last that he had come and in this satisfied state of mind seemed to
sleep away
and died with the slightest struggle at the age of 90 years, 9 months
and 20
days.
Early in life she accepted Christ and has been a devoted Christian ever
since.
At the time of her death she was a member of the Christian church at
Big
Mound. Funeral services were held at the Methodist Episcopal church at
Clay
Grove Sunday at 11 o'clock, conducted by Rev. C. W. Cochran of West
Point, he
using as his text, "Jesus saith unto her,
I am
the resurrection and the life;
he that believeth I me, though he were dead, yet shall he live." She
was
laid
to rest in the cemetery at Clay Grove.
[This was transcribed for Lee county Iowa genealogy purposes, the news
clipping was found among other family scrapbook items gathered by Mrs.
J.M.
Newby, 1882-1964.] Contributed byL.
K. Newby
John Bell
BELL,EMMERSON
Fort Madison Weekly Democrat- April 1889
John Milner BELL, an old and respected farmer of Marion township, died
at his
home-Pioneer Homestead-at 11 o'clock on Monday morning April 8, of
heart
disease.
Mr. Bell-a native of Yorkshire, England-was born on June 21, 1815. He
came to
Lee county in 1840 from Morgan county,
Illinois. On
May 1st 1837, he was
married to Miss Jane EMMERSON and on the 24th of the same month
embarked on
their emigration to the United States.
Mr. Bell and his wife endured many of the hardships of pioneer life and
commenced with a small beginning. At the present time his acreage is
something
over 1,000, which he leaves to his three children; William, Isaac, and
Robert
all residents of this county.
Mr. Bell has ever been prominent in the improvement of his township and
county. He assisted in building the first school-house in Marion township and
has ever worked for the county's interest.
While originally a Whig, Mr. Bell has for many years been a Democrat in
politics.
His death will be much deplored by his endless number of friends.
[This was transcribed for Lee county Iowa genealogy purposes, the news
clipping was found among other family scrapbook items gathered by Mrs.
J.M.
Newby, 1882-1964.] Contributed by L.K. Newby
Mrs. J.M. NEWBY 1882-1964
BELL, DODSWORTH, NEWBY, PERRENOUD, RANDELL, SHORT, TRUEBLOOD, VANWINKLE
Donnellson Review --
Mrs. J.M. NEWBY
Mrs. J.M. (Anna) NEWBY, 82, of Mount Hamill
died in
Memorial hospital, Mount Pleasant, Friday, Dec. 11, at 12:30 p.m. after
a
lengthy illness. She had been a hospital patient for two weeks.
The daughter of the late Robert and Lottie DODSWORTH BELL, she was born
Sept.
4, 1882, near Mount Hamill, and spent her
life in
that community. She was a member of the Mount Hamill
Presbyterian church and a faithful member of the Ladies Aid Society of
that church.
On Aug. 24, 1904, in the Bell Homestead east of Mount Hamill,
she married Dr. J.M. NEWBY who preceded her in death.
Surviving are three sons and three daughters: Ralph NEWBY, Ft. Madison;
Kenneth
NEWBY, Hillsboro; Harold NEWBY, Mount Hamill;
Mrs.
James (Edith) SHORT, Fairfield; Mrs. Clarence (Mary) TRUEBLOOD, Salem
and Mrs.
Keith (Martha) PERRENOUD, Donnellson; one sister, Mrs. Earle (Harriet)
RANDELL,
Fort Madison; ten grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Besides her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by one
daughter,
Dorothy and three brothers, John Stephen, Robert Edward Jr., and Isaac
Clyde
BELL.
Funeral services were held in Millers Home for Funerals on Monday at
2:00
p.m. with Rev. Ernest Gutha officiating.
Mrs. Guy
Harris Jr. sang The Old Rugged Cross and Beyond the Sunset,
accompanied by Mrs. Robert Yoder.
Interment was in the Clay Grove cemetery with the following serving as
bearers:
Willard RANDELL, Wilmer OVERTON, Roy BELL, Aulden
VAN
WINKLE, Gilbert BELL and Arthur OVERTON.
[Posted to the Henry and Lee county Obituary boards] This was
transcribed for
Lee county Iowa genealogy purposes.
J.M. NEWBY 1882-1956
BELL, HEMPY, NEWBY, PERRENOUD, POWELL, SHORT, TRUEBLOOD, WEBSTER, WILLEY
Mount Pleasant News
Wed., Aug. 1, 1956
DR. J.M. NEWBY
MOUNT HAMILL Dr. J.M. NEWBY, 73,
who practiced veterinary medicine at Mount Hamill
for
46 years, died in Memorial hospital, Mount Pleasant, at 3:30 p.m. July
31.
Death was due to a stroke suffered nine weeks ago.
A native of Mount Hamill, NEWBY was the
son of Mathew
and Martha Serena POWELL Newby, and was born Aug. 13, 1882. On Aug. 24,
1904,
he was married to Mary Anna BELL, who survives as do three sons and
three
daughters: Ralph NEWBY, Ft. Madison; Kenneth NEWBY, Donnellson; Harold
NEWBY,
at home; Mrs. Edith SHORT, Fairfield; Mrs. Mary TRUEBLOOD and Mrs.
Martha
PERRENOUD, both of Salem.
Also surviving are a brother and two sisters: George Edward NEWBY,
LaGrange,
Wyoming; Mrs. Alta WEBSTER, Modesto, California; and Mrs. Ada WILLEY,
Burlington and nine grandchildren.
He is preceded in death by one daughter, Dorothy; two sisters, Mrs.
Mary Cyrena TAYLOR and Mrs. Anna Laura
BELL; and three
step-sisters Mrs. Ella Mae (HEMPY) KING, Mrs. Ida Belle (HEMPY) HOUGH
and Mrs.
Nancy Olive (HEMPY) DIMMITT.
Last rites will be held at the Clay Grove Methodist church at 2:30 p.m.
Friday.
Officiating will be the Rev. Edward D. Byrd, pastor of New London
Presbyterian
church, who will be assisted by the pastor of the Clay Grove church,
the Rev.
James King.
Burial will be in the Clay Grove cemetery.
The body is at the Crane funeral home in Mount Pleasant.
[Posted to the Henry and Lee county Obituary boards
for
Genealogy purposes.]