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Bedford Free Press Thursday August 31, 1899 [p. 8] Has Joined the Angels Died, at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Osborn [sic] [Osburn] [Anna Linard Miles], in Benton Township, August 19, 1899, little Jimmie [James E.] Osburn, aged 6 years, 8 months and 19 days. Little Jimmie had entwined himself very closely about the hearts of the home circle. His parents were looking forward to his manhood with a feeling of pride, but God, who doeth all things well, took this unfolding bud to bloom in fairer climes. How hard it always is for us to say the will of the Lord be done, but when we reflect that these chastisements are from a loving heavenly Father, we bow submissively. The cup of sorrow pressed to the lips of this afflicted family has been drained almost to the dregs, still they sorrow not as those without hope. As we stood by his bedside and felt that death was silently but surely doing his work, and saw the sweet spirit of resignation amidst his suffering, and the apparent joy that beamed from his calm sweet face, we knew that in the crucible of suffering his soul was fitted for a more beautiful home beyond. He is not dead, the child of our affection, But gone unto that school Where he no longer needs our protection, And Christ himself doth rule. Not as a child shall we again behold Him, For when, with raptures wild, In our embrace we again enfold him, He will not be a child. But a fair angel in his Father's mansion, Clothed with celestial grace, And beautiful with the soul's expression, Shall we behold his face. ----Maggie Bubb. Times-Republican Thursday July 3, 1919 [p. 1] B. S. Sanborn Dead Father of Mrs. R. W. Thompson Passes Away in New York. Word was received here Sunday that B. [enjamin] S. Sanborn, the father of Mrs. R. [alph] W. Thompson [Elizabeth Delight Sanborn], had passed away Saturday evening [June 28th] at 8 o'clock at his home in Brooklyn, N. Y. He was about 73 years of age. Services were held at the home and the body was brought to his old home, Chicago, for interment there in the Rose Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Thompson was with him at the time of his death, being called there a few weeks ago by his severe illness. Bedford Free Press Wednesday March 6, 1918 [p. 1] Mrs. Wm. Long Dead. Mrs. H. [iram] M. Long [Mary Mattice] and W. [illiam] H. Kemery went to Omaha Tuesday, called by the death of Mrs. William Long [Mary Elizabeth Kemery]. The body will be brought to Bedford for burial. No other arrangements have been made at the time of this writing. [LONG, MARY ELIZABETH KEMERY]
Bedford Free Press Wednesday July 17, 1918 [p. 1] King Funeral Held Sunday Old Pioneer Died July 10 At Home In Geneva, Nebr. Former Postmaster of Bedford----Also Known As the "Boy Sheriff"----Two Terms County Treasurer----Interment In Bedford Cemetery Mart King, pioneer of Taylor County and well known to the old residents of Bedford, died at his home in Geneva, Nebr., Wednesday, Jul 10. His body was brought to Bedford Saturday and the funeral services held from the home of H. [iram] M. Long Sunday afternoon conducted by the Rev. L. P. Goodwin of the Methodist Church. Interment was made in the Bedford cemetery. While holding the office of sheriff in Taylor County he was known as the "boy sheriff." Martin V. King was born in Farmington, Iowa, January 1, 1844 and departed this life at Geneva, Nebr., July 10, 1918. He came to Taylor County in 1855. At the age of 18 years he enlisted in Co. F of the 29th Iowa and was in active service three years. In 1879 he was detailed by the Department of Iowa G. A. R. to act as escort to General U. S. Grant on his tour thru the state, after his trip around the world. He also served as postmaster at Bedford during the two terms of the administration of President Grant. At the age of 22 years, he was elected sheriff of Taylor County and was called the "boy sheriff." At a later period he was elected treasurer of the county. In 1883 he removed to Geneva, Nebraska, where he established a real estate office, abstracting the first books of Fillmore County. For a period of several years, he was editor of the Fillmore County Republican. He served as postmaster of Geneva under William McKinley. After the relinquishment of his duties as postmaster, he served several years as deputy county treasurer. Afterward he was appointed to the office of County Judge by the Board of Supervisors. His knowledge of law, obtained while a young man during his residence in Iowa, enabled him to fill the position of County Judge in a creditable manner. In 1912 he was commander of the G. A. R. Department of Nebraska. From early manhood he was a member of the Methodist Church. He was also a member of Wilson Post No. 22, of the G. A. R. at Geneva and of the Masonic Order and the Eastern Star. He is survived by his wife [Sarah "Tude" Long] and four children: Oran, of Jackson, California; Roy, of Carroll, Nebraska; Mrs. Ethel Bradford of Lincoln and Carrie King of Geneva, Nebraska. The funeral services were held from the home in Geneva and the body brought to Bedford where services were held at the home of H. [iram] M. Long and interment made in the Bedford Cemetery. [KING, MARTIN VAN BUREN] [William Roberts] [A. E. McKay] Bedford Free Press Thursday August 16, 1923 [p. 1] Two Funerals At Gravity Tuesday The body of William Roberts was brought in on the noon train Tuesday from St. Joseph where he had died Sunday at the home of his son-in-law, Elmer Shaw. He was an old soldier and many of his comrades of Gravity and vicinity were in the large delegation that met the train here Tuesday. He died in St. Joe after a prolonged illness from paralysis at the home of his daughter where he had been living for several months but Gravity had been his home for years. The body was taken there for burial that afternoon. Another funeral at Gravity the same afternoon was that of A. E. McKay who had died Sunday in the hospital at Iowa City. He had gone there from his home in Gravity for treatment. Bedford Free Press Thursday May 11, 1905 [p. 1] Death of Mrs. Smalley. Died, at her home in Bedford, Sunday, May 7, 1905, at 2 o'clock p.m., Mrs. Sarah S. Smalley, aged 76 years, 2 months, 18 days. Mrs. Sarah S. Smalley, whose maiden name was Asher, was born February 19, 1829, in Ross County, Ohio. She was married to Geo. W. Smalley in the same county, October 22, 1857. In the spring of 1860 they moved to Taylor County, Iowa, settling first at Platteville and removing a little later to the farm in the vicinity, which was her home for so many years. Here they resided when her husband died June 23, 1875. Here Mrs. Smalley continued to reside until about ten years since, when she removed to Bedford, living here until the time of her death. To Mr. and Mrs. Smalley were born five children, three sons and two daughters, the youngest of the former dying in infancy, and the latter after she had grown to womanhood. Early in life she made a profession of religion and united with the Methodist Episcopal Church, and was a member of that church in Bedford at the time of her death. While unable, because of failing health, to attend frequently the public services of the church, she yet maintained an increasing interest in religious matters and has, especially of late, spoken of her hope in God. For nearly two years she has been an invalid, yet has recently been in her usual health until the day before her death. We believe the hope she cherished for so many years of a happy immortality, she has already begun to realize. A brief service was held at her late residence Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. by her pastor, Rev. W. B. Thompson, who also preached the funeral sermon at Platteville cemetery. [SMALLEY, SARAH SARAFINA ASHER] |