WILSON CEMETERY
Obituaries
GRISWOLD,WILLIAM HENRYNames: Griswold, Oberly, Glancy,
"Democrat" Wed, February 15, 1899
WILLIAM HENRY GRISWOLD, farmer of Jefferson Twp., Lee co,IA, died Tuesday morning Feb 14, 1899. He would have been 70 yrs old next August 6. He came to Lee co,IA in the spring of 1851 from Nauvoo, Ill. He was born in the Empire State, Wayne co, on Aug 6, 1829. In Nov. 1854, he married in Jefferson Twp, Lee co,IA, Miss Sybilia Oberly, who died June 2, 1873 and on May 6, 1884, he married -2nd- Miss Lizzie Glancy. From the 1st marriage, 3 children survive- Willard, Sallie, Oberly.
Of the 2nd marriage, 1 child was born.
Funeral Thursday 10 am . Buried Wilson Cemetery.
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SKYLES, BENJAMIN (Benjamin Franklin Skyles)
Names: Skyles, Peak, Conlee, Griswold, South, Siveley, Kent
'Fort Madison Weekly Democrat, pg 10, col 5 Dec 25, 1901
SKYLES--At his residence in Jefferson township, Lee county, Iowa, Monday, December 23, 1901, at 1 o'clock a.m., Benjamin Skyles, aged 91 years, 3 months and 29 days.
The deceased was born in West Tennessee, (Jackson County) August 24, 1810, and in 1818 came west with his parents to Missouri and from that state to Illinois, where he remained ten years, and while there was united in marriage with Miss Hannah Peak in 1833. Mr. Skyles came to lee county five years later, where the wife died. In 1864 he married Miss Elizabeth Conlee, who survives him. Ten children were born of the first marriage.
Mr. Skyles was a prosperous farmer of Jefferson township, respected by all.
Funeral on Christmas Day. Interment in the Wilson cemetery.
The surviving children are: Thomas A., F.J., G.W., Mr.R., John, Mrs. W.H. South of Charleston township, Mrs. Nancy Sniveley of West Point township and Mrs. James Griswold of near Macuta Station in Jefferson township. Mrs. F.B. (Fannie) Kent, another daughter, died a few years ago.
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