[Freeman,
Mary Catherine Flowers]
Bedford Free
Press
Thursday June 20, 1907 p. 4
Grandma Freeman [Mary Catherine Flowers Freeman] died about 2:30 Monday
afternoon,
at her home in Gravity.
[Freeman,
Mary Catherine Flowers]
Times-Republican
Thursday July 4, 1907 p. 8
Grandma Freeman Passes Away
Mary
Catherine Freeman, (nee Flowers),
was born near Zanesville, Ohio, September 2, 1829, and passed peacefully
away at her home in Gravity, Iowa, June 17, 1907, aged 77 years, 9 months
and 15 days. In 1850 she
was united in marriage with S. [amuel Williamson] C. [ampbell] Freeman. To
this union were born 14 children, six of whom preceded the mother into
the silent land; 8 children survive as follows: N. [William] J. [ames]
Freeman, Norfolk, Neb.; V.[alentine] W.[ilson] Freeman of Shenandoah; L. [ee] B. [ird] and B.[enjamin] C. [ampbell] Freeman of Clarinda; Mrs. S. [imon] Johnson [Martha Jane],
of Gravity; Mrs. J. [oseph] M. Keasling [Sarah Caroline] of
Conway; Mrs. E.[verett] D. [ennis] Farnham [Mary Emma] of Gravity;
and Mrs. J. [ames] M.[adison] Hoskinson [Arminta Flowers] of Corning, Iowa, all of whom mourn the going away
of this Godly mother. In
1855 the family moved from Ohio and came to Henry County, this state,
where they lived until 1873 when they came to Taylor County. Eleven years ago, on account of old age and failing health,
they left the old home place and came to Gravity, there to spend the
balance of their days.
Sister
Freeman was converted
when very young, and united with the M. E. church in Columbus, Ohio;
18 years ago she, with her husband, united with the M. E. church in
Gravity. Grandma Freeman's work on earth is done. She was a pious Christian mother, she loved and was loved by
all who knew her; she was a kind neighbor and was always ready to lend
a helping hand to those who were in need. She has gone to the city of the Great
King; there they need not the light of moon or stars by night, nor the
sun by day. God is the
light of that city; there will be no night there.
An
afflicted husband, with eight children, one brother, who lives in Stanberry,
Missouri, who could not attend the funeral, deeply mourn the passing
of an affectionate wife, sister and mother.
Her
remains were laid to rest in the Gravity cemetery, where they will wait
for the trumpet call of God in the great eternal morning when the dead
in Christ shall rise. Funeral
services were conducted from the Presbyterian Church Wednesday at 2
p. m., by J. H. Freedline, pastor of First M. E. church.
[Valentine,
Elizabeth]
Bedford Free
Press
Thursday June 4, 1925
Gravity Items
Ward
Valentine's lost their
baby [Elizabeth], and the funeral was held Monday.
[Hunter,
John Payton]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday November 12, 1936 p. 8
John Hunter, 25, Died Last Evening
John
[Payton] Hunter, 25, died
in Grand Island, Nebr. Wednesday evening, Nov. 11, following an illness
of a short time.
He
is survived by his wife and one daughter, Eula Jean. Also
by his mother, Mrs. Paul Hunter [Perthena Ann Payton] of Bedford, and one sister, Mrs. Emmett Osburn
[Opal], also of Bedford.
The
particulars in regard to his death and the funeral arrangements are
not known at this time.
[Hunter,
John Payton]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday November 19, 1938 p. 8
John Hunter Dies At Grand Island
John
Payton Hunter was born
near Bedford, Iowa, July 23, 1912 and passed away after a short illness
at his home in Grand Island, Nebr., Wednesday, Nov. 11, 1936, at the
age of 24 years, 3 months and 18 days.
He
was married May 27, 1934 to Miss Erma Harpes of Grand Island, who, with the 10 months old daughter, Eula Jean, survives.
He
attended Bedford High School, graduating with the class of 1929, after
which he and his mother moved to Grand Island, where he completed a
commercial course in the Grand Island Business College. He was employed in Grand Island, Duluth, Minn., and again in
Grand Island at the time of his death. So suddenly did the end come that none of his immediate family,
except his wife, were with him at the time.
He
is survived by his widow, one daughter, Eula Jean, his mother, Mrs. Paul Hunter [Perthena Ann Payton],
one sister, Mrs. Emmett Osburn [Opal],
three nieces and three nephews, many other relatives and a host of friends.
Those
attending the funeral services, which were held in Grand Island Sunday,
were Mrs. P. [erthena] A. [nn Payton] Hunter, Mr. and Mrs. E. [mmett]
L. [loyd] Osburn [Opal Hunter], Frank Longfellow and Jean, and HK
Russell. Also, Mr. and Mrs. Lou Livingston of Blockton.
[Wallace,
Esther Surber]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday November 19, 1936 p. 8
Former Resident
Succumbs
Mrs.
Esther [Surber] Wallace,
a former resident of Bedford, died at the home of her daughter and husband, Rev. and Mrs. J. [ohn] C. Harris [Mabel] at Worthington, Minn., Sunday, Nov. 15, following
a week's illness. The funeral
services were held Wednesday and burial made at Rock Rapids, Iowa.
[Hunter,
Cora Belle]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday July 15, 1937 [p. 1]
Cora Hunter Dies
Miss
Cora [Belle] Hunter, 65,
a former resident of this community, died at her home in Washington,
D. C., at 5 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, July 14.
Miss
Hunter had been in failing
health for several years and about three weeks ago suffered a stroke
from which she never recovered. Her sister, Mrs. Livingston [Lillie Pearl] and
her niece, Mrs. E. [mmett] L. [loyd] Osburn [Opal Hunter], both of east of Bedford, visited her two weeks
ago. At that time she knew
them but was unable to talk. Mrs.
Livingston is the only
member of the immediate family to survive.
Miss
Hunter taught in the rural
schools of Taylor County for many years and also in the public schools
at Blockton. She moved
to Washington, D. C. twenty years ago. The funeral arrangements are not known at this time.
[HUNTER, CORA BELLE]
Bedford Times-Press, Thursday, July 22, 1937, [p. 1]
Miss Cora Hunter Buried Here Monday
Funeral services for Miss Cora Hunter, 65, who died at her home
in Washington, D. C. Wednesday, July 14, were held in that city Friday, July 16
and the body sent to Bedford for burial. Short services were held at the
Wetmore Funeral Home Monday forenoon and burial was made in the Fairview
cemetery.
[HUNTER, CORA BELLE]
Blockton News (Blockton, Iowa), Thursday, July 22, 1937
Miss Cora Hunter Dead
Miss Cora Hunter passed away at an emergency hospital in Washington, D. C., Wednesday afternoon of last week.
Miss Hunter had been in failing health for several years and spent several months in Florida at different times during the past few years.
Some three weeks ago she suffered a stroke. On the day of her death when a Blockton party in Washington at the time inquired at the hospital as to her condition, was informed that Miss Hunter had suffered another stroke, was unconscious and that it was only a matter of a few hours.
Her sister, Mrs. A. L. Livingston, and a niece, Mrs. E. I. Osburn, visited her after the first stroke for several days, arriving home on Friday.
Miss Hunter taught in the rural schools of this county, in the Blockton schools and in schools in western states for a number of years and located in Washington, D. C. about twenty years ago.
The body arrived in Bedford Sunday and funeral services were held in that city Monday morning, conducted by Rev. W. H. Warrior, and interment was mad in the Bedford cemetery.
A number of Blockton people attended the services.
[Chandler,
William Leslie]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday July 15, 1937 [p. 1]
W. L. Chandler Dies
W.
[illiam] L. [eslie] Chandler of Gravity died at his home at 8 o'clock this morning, Thursday, July
15, after a short illness. The funeral services will be held at 2:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon
in Gravity.
He
is survived by his wife and two daughters, Mrs. Kent Wallace of Gravity and Mrs. Toby Carson of Shenandoah. There are also 3 grandchildren and a brother, Frank Chandler of Gravity.
[Hunter,
Mildred Edith Payne]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday June 17, 1937 p. 8
Mrs. Lloyd
Hunter, Former Resident, Dies
Mrs.
Lloyd Hunter of Torrington,
Wyo., died at a hospital in Scottsbluff, Nebr., Sunday, June 13, following
a Caesarian operation. Funeral
services were held at Torrington and burial also made there.
Mrs.
Hunter was the former Miss Mildred [Edith] Payne,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. [homas] F. [ranklin] Payne of west of Bedford. A brother, Coburn Payne, and a sister and her husband attended the funeral services.
[Hunter,
Frank M.]
Bedford Free
Press
Thursday January 18, 1906 [p. 1]
Death of Frank
Hunter
Paul
Hunter received a telegram
Tuesday conveying the sad news of the death of his brother, Frank, at Gifford, Idaho.
Deceased
had been sick for some time, and his death was not unlooked for, although
it was a great shock to his relatives and friends here. Mr. Hunter was forty-one years old, having been born in Christian
County, Ill. He moved with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Hunter [Mary Jane Weir], to Taylor County in 1873, locating in Gay Township.
He
was married to Miss Mary Burks December 17, 1891, and to their union was born three boys---Clyde,
Ray and Elra, all of which survive him.
Deceased
left here with his family November 29 for their new home in the west,
where he had purchased a transfer business. He had been there but a short time when he was taken with pneumonia,
and never rallied from that time until his death.
Mr.
Hunter was well known
in Taylor County and has many relatives and friends living here. He was a good citizen and a good husband
and father and had the respect of all who knew him.
Interment
took place at Gifford yesterday at 8 o'clock, it being impossible to
bring him to Bedford on account of Mrs. Hunter's health. She was unable to make the trip.
[Hunter,
Charles Henry]
Bedford Free
Press
Thursday June 12, 1924
Chas. Hunter Dead
Chas.
Hunter of Gay Township
died very suddenly at his home last evening between 11 and 12 o'clock
from neuritis of the heart. He
had worked in the fields yesterday and felt as well as ever last evening
on retiring. Later he woke up and complained of a burning
sensation in his chest and a tingling in his arms. The doctor was summoned but death came
before he arrived.
He
leaves to mourn their loss, his wife, one brother, Paul Hunter of near Bedford, a sister, Mrs. Lou Livingston [Lillie Pearl] of Blockton and another sister, Cora Hunter, of Washington, D. C. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.
[Hunter,
Charles Henry]
Bedford Free
Press
Thursday June 19, 1924
Obituary----Chas.
Hunter
Charles
Henry, son of John
and Mary [Jane Weir] Hunter,
was born in Christian County, Illinois, August 10, 1873. During the month of November of the year of his birth, the
family emigrated to Taylor County, Iowa, and settled in Gay Township,
where Charles was a continuous resident until his sudden departure to
the great beyond, which took place June 11, 1924.
August
31, 1904, Charles was united in marriage with Miss Maggie B. Frost at Bedford, Iowa.
The
deceased was a member of a family of eight children, four sons and four
daughters. The father and
mother, two brothers, Frank M.,
the eldest and Hepburn,
the youngest members of the family and two sisters, Eunice and Jennie (Mrs. Howard Payton), have preceded him in death. There remain of the immediate family to
mourn his going, the remaining brother, Paul of Bedford, Iowa; Mrs. Mary Hunter, Clyde Hunter,
Ray Hunter and Elra
Hunter of Moscow, Idaho,
widow and sons of F. [rank] M. Hunter,
deceased; W. [illiam] H. [oward] Payton, of Fort Morgan, Colo.; Mrs. R. [oy] R. Brourink [Edith Payton] of Bedford, Iowa; Mrs. Clyde Barton [Edna Lee Payton] of Hastings, Nebr., husband and daughters of Mrs.
W. [illiam] H. [oward] Payton,
deceased; Mrs. Edna Longfellow, Mrs. Opal Osburn and John Hunter of Bedford, together with the beloved wife ,who,
with him for a score of years, was devoted faithfully to each other
in building and maintaining a beautiful farm home.
The
call to leave friends and earth occurred at a time when nature in blooming
bud and fragrant flower was out in all her loveliness. Like the primitive man placed in the midst of the garden, he,
as its faithful keeper, was devoted to the last day. No noxious weeds were permitted to grow
and fruits and flowers revealed the master caretaker. Physically handicapped he toiled, magnifying the rewards of
patient industry above any hours of leisure. Neighbors, friends and relatives are encouraged by his faithfulness
and fortitude. His memory
is precious.
He
was identified in membership with the Order of the Knights of Pythias,
whose representatives rendered appropriate selections of music for the
funeral services, which were conducted from the residence Saturday afternoon,
June 14th, by the Rev. Carl Brown of Shannon City, Iowa,
a former pastor and long time friend of the family, assisted by the
Rev. J. L. Brownlee of Blockton, Iowa. Interment took place at the Platteville cemetery.
[Davidson,
William Thomas]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday July 29, 1937 p. 5
Obituary
W. T. Davidson
W.
T. Davidson, editor and
publisher of the Allison, Iowa, Tribune,
died at the Lutheran Hospital at Hampton Thursday, July 15. He appeared to be making satisfactory
recovery from an operation performed July 1 but his heart proved unequal
to the strain.
William
Thomas Davidson was born
near Washington, Iowa, March 1, 1867. After graduating from Iowa State Teachers College in 1895 he
served as superintendent of Dickinson County.
For
a number of years he had harbored a desire to enter the newspaper field
and left the teaching profession to publish successively the Milford
Mail, the Spirit Lake Herald and the Hamburg Reporter, all in Iowa. In 1922 he went to Clarinda as secretary of the Commercial
Club. He remained there
for five years before going to Ames to occupy a similar position, which
he held until 1928, when he purchased the Allison Tribune.
He
is survived by his wife, two daughters, Letha and Margaret; one brother, A. [rchibald] B. [oyd] Davidson of Bedford; two sisters, Mrs. Martha F. [lorence]
Hoover of Albia, Iowa,
and Mrs. Lillian Alcott of Salt Lake City, Utah.
Funeral
services in charge of the Allison Masonic Lodge were held at the home
Saturday afternoon, June 17, and burial was at Ames.
[Frost,
William Brainard]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday October 5, 1961 p. 8
W. B. Frost Dies At Maloy
William
B. [rainard] Frost, 85,
was found dead in the farm home where he lived alone, 2 ½ miles
northwest of Maloy, Friday, Sept. 15. His body was found in the house by Pat Carr, a rural mail carrier.
Funeral
services were held in Mount Ayr Sunday. Rev. W. P. Gauer officiated. Burial in the Maloy cemetery.
He
is survived by two brothers, Lee Frost of Maloy and Frank Frost of Woodward, Okla.
[Payton,
Nannie Shafer]
Bedford Free
Press
Thursday March 27, 1924
Mrs. Will
Payton Buried Today
Mrs.
Will Payton died at her
home here last Sunday after a year or more of failing health, at the
age of about 71 years. The
funeral service was held this afternoon at 2:30 at the home and burial
made in the Fairview cemetery. Rev. Talley of the Methodist church had charge of the service
and read the obituary as it appears below:
Nannie
Shafer, daughter of William
and Harriett [Pawling] Shafer,
was born near Muncie, Delaware County, Ind., August 15, 1853 and died
in Bedford, Iowa March 23, 1924.
She
was one of a family of twelve children, all of whom have passed away
except one brother and two sisters.
She
was married to W. [illiam] F. [indley] Payton on January 1, 1873. On the first of January last year they celebrated their fiftieth
wedding anniversary. Seven
children were born to them, four of whom have preceded their mother
in death, three daughters, Laura, Lena and Fannie, surviving.
Very
early in life sister Payton united with the Methodist Episcopal church
at Gilead. She united with
the Bedford Methodist church in 1907, and was a faithful member until
death.
When
about six years of age she moved from Indiana to Jersey Co., Illinois
with her parents. Her father
died there when she was eleven years of age. She came to Iowa with her husband in October 1875. They first lived on a farm east of Bedford,
then on a farm south of town and later moved to a farm northwest of
town where they resided until December 1914. At that time they moved to Bedford where they have since resided.
The
life of sister Payton abounded in the things that go to make a good
Christian. Her children
rise up and call her blessed. Her universal kindness, her sympathy, her fine training of her
children, leave with them a legacy in memory that is priceless. She had a large circle of friends who appreciated her worth
of character, and who loved her as a neighbor and friend.
She
had been a sufferer for a number of months but bore her suffering with
the fortitude of a Christian and was uncomplaining through it all and
expressed herself as being ready to go.
[Payton, Nannie Shafer]
Bedford Times-Republican
Monday March 24, 1924 p. 3
Mrs. W. F. Payton Dies
Just before going to press we learn of the death of Mrs. W. [illiam] F. [indley] Payton of
this city. Mrs. Payton had been in
poor health for some time, and died about 1:00 o’clock this afternoon. We have
no particulars of her death, and at the time of writing, the funeral
arrangements had not been made.
[Payton, Nannie Shafer]
Bedford Times-Republican
Thursday March 27,
1924 p. 8
Mrs. W. F. Payton’s Funeral Held Today
The funeral of Mrs. W. [illiam]
F. [indley] Payton was held this afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at the home,
conducted by Rev. Talley of the M. E. church. Interment in
Fairview. The obituary will be published next week.
[Payton, Nannie Shafer]
Bedford Times-Republican
Monday March 31,
1924 p. 3
Mrs. Carrie [Lee Payton]
Wright, formerly of Bedford, returned to Indianola Friday noon, where she
is chaperon of the Pi Beta Phi house. She had been here attending the funeral
of Mrs. W. [illiam] F. [indley] Payton.
Bedford Times-Republican
Monday March 31,
1924 p. 4
Obituary
Hannie [Nannie] Shafer, daughter of William [Piatt] and Harriet [Pawling]
Shafer, was born near Nunsey [Muncie], Delaware
County, Ind., Aug. 15, 1853, and died in Bedford, Iowa, March 23, 1924.
She was one of a family of twelve children all of whom have
passed away except one brother and two sisters.
She was married to W. [illiam]
F. [indley] Payton on January 1, 1873.On the first of January last year
they celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary. Seven children were born to
them, four of whom have preceded their mother in death. Three daughters, Laura, Lena and Fannie, survive their
mother. A granddaughter lives in Denver.
Very early in life Sister Payton united with the Cumberland
Presbyterian church. In 1896 she united with the Methodist Episcopal Church at
Gilead. She united with the Bedford Methodist Church in 1907, and was a
faithful member until death.
When about six years of age she moved from Indiana to Jersey
County, Ill., with her parents. Her father died here when she was 11 years of
age. She came to Iowa with her husband in October, 1873. They first lived on a farm south of town and later moved to a farm
northwest of town where they resided until December, 1914. At that time they moved to Bedford where they have since made their home.
The life of Sister
Payton abounded in the things that go to make a good Christian. Her
children rise up and call her blessed. Her universal kindness,
her sympathy, leave with them a legacy in memory that is priceless. She
had a large circle of friends who appreciated her worth of character, and who
loved her as a neighbor and friend.
She has been a sufferer for a number of months but bore her
suffering with the fortitude of a Christian and was uncomplaining through it
all and expressed herself as being ready and willing to go.
[Payton,
Cony Taylor]
Los Angeles
Times
Friday September 14, 1951 p. A6
Deaths, Funeral
Announcements
Payton,
Cony Taylor, of Ontario,
Cal., beloved husband of Nell Kennedy Payton, loving father of Cony Taylor Payton, Jr.
Services
10 a.m. Saturday at Richardson Mortuary, Ontario.
[Payton,
Cony Taylor]
Los Angeles
Times
Friday September 14, 1951 p. 12
Cony T. Payton
Funeral
services for Cony Taylor Payton,
54, of Ontario, will be conducted at 10 a.m., tomorrow at Richardson
Mortuary, Ontario. Mr.
Payton came to Los Angeles in 1924 and pioneered in the margarine business,
heading the Vegetable Oil Products Co. until a year ago, when he retired. He leaves his widow, Nell, and a son, Cony Taylor Payton, Jr. Interment
will be in Bellevue Mausoleum, Ontario.
[Anderson,
Glocile McAlpin]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday July 29, 1937 p. 3
Obituary
Mrs. Harvey
Anderson
Funeral
services for Mrs. Harvey Anderson were held Sunday afternoon July 25, at the Christian church, conducted
by Rev. C. K. Shackleford. Burial
was in Memory cemetery.
Glocile
McAlpin, daughter of Will
and Amanda [Weaver] McAlpin,
was born March 27, 1903 and died July 20, 1937. When she was four years old, the home was left motherless and
for a number of years she was cared for by her grandmother McAlpin,
later returning to the parental home, from which she attended the rural
school. Later, she became a pupil of the New Market
high school.
In
June of 1921 she was married to Harvey Anderson. Four
children were born to them: Deloris, Harold, Lois Arlene, and Donna Lea, who, with her husband, are bereft of a devoted
wife and mother.
Her
church preference and associations were with the Christian church at
New Market, and she was a faithful member of the Loyal Sisters class.
Her
first consideration always was her family and her home, which was made
attractive by her efforts and handiwork. She was of a quiet and unassuming nature, and only those who
knew her best could appreciate the finer qualities of character molded
into a life that made her the true wife and mother she was.
Besides
her husband and children, previously mentioned, she is survived by three
brothers: Earl McAlpin and Dennis McAlpin of New Market, Russell McAlpin of Villisca and a half brother, Eugene McAlpin of Pomona, Calif.; three sisters, Mrs. Orville
Slaight, Mrs. Worthy Werts and Mrs. Albert Holland and two half sisters, Mrs. Floyd Daugherty and Norma Jean McAlpin,
and her step-mother, Mrs. Effie McAlpin,
all of New Market and vicinity.
[Anderson,
Glocile McAlpin]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday July 29, 1937 p. 3
Attend Anderson Funeral
Among
those from a distance who attended the funeral services of Mrs. Harvey
Anderson were Mr. and
Mrs. Erskine Ellis, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Anderson and Nide Harris of
Woodward, Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. Will Brooks of Smithfield, Ill.; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Anderson of St. Joseph; Mr. and Mrs. Willis Anderson of Blockton; Mrs. Lois McDaniel and daughter Maxine of Pocatello, Idaho; Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Wheller and daughters, Lois and Lorene, of Avon, Ill.
Mr.
and Mrs. Eugene McAlpin of Pomona, Calif.; Mrs. Russell Alexander and mother of Boone, Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Alexander of Coin; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Anderson of Pueblo, Colo.; James Alexander of Boone; Mrs. John Zimmerman of Red Oak; Mr. and Mrs. T. A. McAlpin and Mrs. Western of Villisca; Bert McClain of Clarinda.
[Fordyce,
Frances Moore Dale]
Bedford Free
Press
Thursday February 7, 1924
Obituary----Mrs.
Fordyce
Mrs.
Benson Fordyce, 90 years
of age, died at the home of her son, Jere Dale here last Saturday evening after a lingering illness of several weeks. The funeral services were held at the Jere Dale home Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock by Rev. Lumbar and Rev. Talley and
interment made in the mausoleum in Fairview cemetery.
Frances
A. Moore was born in London,
Madison County, Ohio, December 28, 1834. She united with the Methodist church when sixteen years of age
and remained true to her faith until the end. She came to Bedford with her parents in 1856 and was married
to John Dale April
25, 1858. To this union four children were born: F. [Thomas] P. Dale,
deceased; Ella D. Carson,
Hastings, Nebr.; Jeanette McGinley,
Denver, Colo., and J. [ere] M. Dale of Bedford. The husband, John Dale, died May 1st, 1870, and she married Benson Fordyce in 1873.
[Dale,
John]
Page
County Democrat (Clarinda,
Iowa)
Saturday May 7 1870
Dale, John, of Taylor Co, died at 11 o'clock Monday night the 2nd instant at
his home. Buried the 4th on the farm on which he resided under the supervision
of the Masonic fraternity. Born in the State of Illinois, but moved
with his father to Taylor Co., Ia. in 1855 and married in spring of
1858 to Francis A. Moore (sister of our townsman, Judge Moore). In June of 1858 he moved into a log cabin on Platte River in Ringgold
County. His father had given him five hundred acres of raw land and
he had rented the cabin adjoining to his land and here he commenced
battling the realities of life. He owned a pair of gray ponies, a cow,
and had two dollars and fifty cents in money. He was the king among
stock dealers in southwestern Iowa, and the name of John Dale was familiar to every stockman west of the Allegany's and was to
some extent known in New York. Two years ago Mr. Dale sold his farm
on Platte River and bought the farm adjoining Bedford on which his father
settled when he moved to Taylor County. He soon entered into a banking
business with E.T. Smith and two other parties. He was attacked with
consumption and leaves a wife and 4 children in his 35th year. His body
rests beneath the sod in the graveyard near his late residence. The
cemetery was laid off under his own direction, a lot for his own family
and for several friends.
[Marshall,
Harriet Maxine]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday July 21, 1977 p. 9
Last Rites Held
Here July 14 For Maxine Marshall
Funeral
services for Harriet Maxine Marshall, 56, of Washington, D. C., a native of Taylor County, were held July
14 in Shum-Novinger Funeral Home here with Carl Cummings officiating. Miss Marshall died July 10, 1977,
at the Northern Virginia Doctors Hospital in Arlington, Virginia. Interment was at Fairview Cemetery, Bedford.
Harriet
Maxine Marshall, daughter
of Leon and Mary Chilcote Marshall,
was born near Bedford, Iowa, September 12, 1920.
She
moved with her parents to Conway, Iowa when a small child, where she
attended the Conway Consolidated School and the Conway Methodist Church
where she was a member.
The
family moved to Bedford in 1937 and she graduated from the Bedford High
School in the class of 1938.
She
worked in the office at school following her graduation for a time and
went to Washington, D. C. in 1940 where she was employed under Civil
Service with the Department of the Army, and she remained with the Department
of the Army until her death.
She
had been in ill health since January 1976 following surgery for cancer,
but she returned to work until about three weeks ago, when hospitalization
was necessary until her death.
Maxine is survived by her parents of the home at Bedford,
five brothers and three sisters: Francis Marshall of Kansas City, MO., Merine (Mrs. Roy Bettencourt) of Livermore, California; Don Marshall of Fort Smith, Arkansas; Charles Marshall of Delmont, Pennsylvania; Mary Etta (Mrs. Dale
Hanson) of New Market,
Iowa; David Earl Marshall of Hume, Virginia; and Frank Merle Marshall of Granada Hills, California. Nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends.
Her
family and friends will always cherish her memory as she placed them
first in her thoughts and remembered them on their special days with
her love and gifts. She
was a kind and loving daughter, sister, aunt and friend and she will
be sadly missed by all who knew and loved her. |