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Times-Republican
Thursday August 28, 1913
Joel Pierson, aged 81 years, 2 months and 22 days, after a lingering illness, died at his home in west Bedford Monday afternoon at five oÕclock. Funeral services will be held this afternoon at the home at 4 oÕclock, conducted by Rev. Mart Gary Smith, of the Christian church. Interment to be made at Fairview.
Joel Adelbert Pierson was born in Genoa, N. Y., June 3, 1822 of poor parentage and was a self made man. At an early age he taught school for a number of terms in Minnesota and was county superintendent of schools in Minnesota for a number of years. Also was democratic nominee for state superintendent of schools in Minnesota at one time. In 1872 he came to Bedford and was admitted to the practice of law. Mr. Pierson was married to Emma Jackson of Maryville in 1878, who was a teacher of music there. To this union two children were born, Albert Joel, who died in infancy and Day H., who now survives his fatherÕs death.
Mr. Pierson was choir director and organist at the Bedford Presbyterian church for 11 years and in that capacity showed great musical ability.
During the Civil War he was unable to enlist on account of his disability. He also leaves to mourn his death, two half sisters, Mrs. Dave Rogers and Mrs. Elizabeth Beauchamp of Ross Township.
[Note: The same obituary was published in the Bedford Free Press, August 26, 1913.]
[PIERSON, JOEL ADELBERT]
Bedford Free Press (Bedford, Iowa), Tuesday, September 2, 1913
Mrs. S. E. Beauchamp, who was here attending the funeral of her brother, Joel A. Pierson, returned to her home near Hopkins Wednesday.
Bedford Free Press
Tuesday June 20, 1916 p. 4
Mrs. [Hattie E. Franklin] Schoonover, 32 years of age, the wife of Tom [James Thomas] Schoonover, died at the home near Pickering last week [June 11th]. Her death being the result of poison caused by eating canned sweet potatoes. The funeral services were held at the home Tuesday, conducted by Rev. W. H. Robb and interment was made in the Shearer cemetery.
Bedford Free Press
Tuesday June 20, 1916 p. 4
Mrs. Wallace Pistole [Jennie E. Smith] died at her home in Hopkins Monday night of last week [June 12th], after an illness of nearly a year with BrightÕs disease. The funeral services were held at the Baptist church Wednesday afternoon, conducted by Rev. D. W. Griffith. Interment was made in the White Oak Cemetery, south of Hopkins.
Bedford Free Press
Tuesday August 19, 1913
Gravity
J. [ames] N. Marble, an old soldier, living here most of the time of late years, died in Elliott Wednesday evening. He had spent the most of the summer here, and had gone to Elliott for a few days visit with friends. The remains were shipped back to Gravity Friday and funeral services were held from the Christian church Friday afternoon at 1:30 oÕclock, conducted by Rev. I. E. Wade. Interment was made in the Gravity cemetery.
[Marble, James N.]
Times-Republican
Thursday August 28, 1913
Gravity
James Marble died very suddenly at Elliott, Ia., Wednesday. Mr. Marble had spent most of the summer here and had only left on Monday evening for Elliott. The remains were brought back here Friday and the funeral services were held at the Christian church at 1:30 p. m., by Rev. W. L. Dunlavy. Interment was at Gravity cemetery by the side of his mother, by his request.
[MARBLE, JAMES N.]
Bedford Free Press (Bedford, Iowa), Tuesday, August 26, 1913
Dead When Morning Came.
Elliott, Ia. – Mr. Marbel of Gravity came here last Wednesday afternoon to visit old friends, having formerly lived here. He stopped at Hotel Brooks and called on a few of his friends in the evening. Thursday morning, when he was called for breakfast there was no answer from his room, so Mr. Brooks tried to open the door, but it was locked. He went out on the porch and got in through a window and found Mr. Marbel dead in bed, he having died during the night.
The coroner was called but decided there was no need of an inquest as Mr. Marbel had died from a natural cause. He was perhaps 85 years old or more. There was money and checks found in his clothing enough for burial expenses. He was an old soldier, getting $30 a month pension. The remains were shipped to Gravity Friday for burial. – Creston Advertiser Gazette.
Mr. Marbel was an old soldier who came to Gravity with his aged mother 12 years ago. The mother died ten years ago, since which Mr. Marbel has been alone. His body was met at the station by his old army comrades and escorted to the Christian church where the funeral services were conducted by Rev. Wade assisted by Rev. Dunlavy. Interment was in the Gravity cemetery.
[Note: The same article appeared in the Villisca Review, August 21, 1913. The last name is spelled Marble on his Civil War headstone.]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday December 17, 1964 p. 3
Mrs. Paul Norton Dies In Calif.
Mrs. Belle Norton of Conway, accompanied by her son, Robert [Edwin] Norton, and grandson, P. D. Hayworth, left Saturday morning for El Monte, Calif. They were called to California by the death of Mrs. Paul Norton [Marjorie Driscoll], 42, her son PaulÕs wife.
Services and burial were held at El Monte Monday.
Times-Republican
Thursday December 1, 1910 [p. 1]
Harriet T. Robbins
The funeral of Mrs. Harriett T. [P.] Robbins, who died Sunday, Nov. 27, at the home of her son, Elmer Robbins, was held Tuesday, Nov. 29, at 2:30 at her sonÕs home. The services were conducted by Rev. Fred N. Willis of the Methodist church, assisted by Rev. Jackson and interment at Fairview.
Harriett T. [P.] Barrett was born in Kingsville, Ashtabula County, Ohio, April 10, 1829, and died at the home of her son, Elmer L. [eroy] Robbins, in south Bedford, Nov. 27, 1910. In 1839 she came with her parents to Rock County, Wisconsin, where on Feb. 19, 1849, she was united in marriage with Norman A. Robbins. In 1870 they came to Taylor County, settling on a farm near Sharpsburg, her home having been in Taylor County since that time. Three children were born to them, Clara [Belle], Emma [Octavia], and Elmer [Leroy]. Mr. Robbins died April 22, 1897, and one daughter, Mrs. Clara Williams, died Dec. 31, 1906. There remained of this family the son, Elmer L. [eroy] Robbins of this city and one daughter, Mrs. Emma Huston of Jefferson, Iowa.
There are seven grandchildren living, Mrs. Bertha Young, Floyd and Clara Robbins of Bedford, Jesse Williams and Mrs. Myrtle [Belle] Farr of Sugar City, Colo., and [Raymond] Butis and Nellie Huston of Jefferson, Ia. Besides these there are eight great grandchildren living.
Mrs. Robbins was converted when thirteen years old and united at that time with the Baptist church of which she remained a member until her marriage when she united with the Methodist Episcopal church with her husband and has been an honored and faithful member of the same for over fifty years.
[ROBBINS, HARRIETT BARRETT]
Bedford Free Press (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, December 1, 1910
Mr. and Mrs. I. G. Huston arrived from Jefferson, Iowa, Tuesday to attend the funeral of Mrs. Huston's mother, Mrs. Harriett Robbins.
Jesse Williams arrived from Sugar City, Colorado, Tuesday evening to attend the funeral of his grandmother, Mrs. Harriett Robbins.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday December 14, 1939 p. 8
Edgar H. Wooldridge Dies
Edgar H. Wooldridge, a former resident and businessman in Hopkins, died last week at Hugo, Colo. The body was accompanied to Maryville by a son, Donald Wooldridge and wife, where funeral services were held and burial was made.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday October 18, 1934 [p. 1]
Dr. MaloyÕs Sister Dies At Redding
Mrs. N. [ewton] Rich, 71, of Redding, a sister of the late J. [ohn] T. [hompson] Maloy, died Friday afternoon Oct. 12. The funeral was held at the Methodist church in Redding Monday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Edgar Thompson of Mason City, a former minister at Maloy, who had been her pastor for twenty years. Burial was in the Forest Home Cemetery north of Redding.
Mrs. [Eva A.] Rich is survived by her husband, a daughter, Mrs. Ed Harries [Emma] of New Orleans, La., a sister, Mrs. W. [illiam] B. [uckwith] Rothwell [Mayme] of Long Beach, Calif., two brothers, L. C. Maloy [Clarence Lincoln] of Redding and A.[lfred] D. [avid] Maloy of Omaha. She was a member of the Order of Eastern Star at Blockton.
Mrs. J. [ohn] T. [hompson] Maloy [Amy Warden] of Bedford, accompanied by Dr. and Mrs. Wayland Maloy [Jean Thompson] of Shenandoah, A. [lfred] D.[avid] Maloy and L. W. Maloy of Omaha, attended the funeral services.
[RICH, EVA MALOY]
Blockton News (Blockton, Iowa), Thursday, October 18, 1934
Mrs. N. [ewton] Rich, who has been in failing health for several months, passed away at a hospital in Clarinda Friday. Funeral services were held at the Methodist church at Redding Monday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Edgar Thompson of Mason City, a former Baptist minister at Maloy, some twenty years ago. Burial was made in the Forest Home cemetery north of Redding.
A number of the ladies of the Order of the Eastern Star here attended the funeral.
[RICH, EVA MALOY]
Blockton News (Blockton, Iowa), Thursday, October 18, 1934
Mrs. Edwin Harries left Tuesday morning for her home in New Orleans, having been called here by the death of her mother, Mrs. N. [ewton] Rich. Mr. Harries is not enjoying the best of health at present, hence her immediate return to her home in New Orleans.
[RICH, EVA MALOY]
Blockton News (Blockton, Iowa), Thursday, October 25, 1934
Eva Maloy, daughter of David and Elva Jane Maloy, was born in Clinton township, Ringgold county, Iowa, a few miles north of Redding, Nov. 12, 1863 and passed away Oct. 12, 1934, aged 70 years and 11 months.
Feb. 26, 1882, she was united in marriage to N. [ewton] Rich, to which union two daughters were born—Gladys who died in 1906 and Emma Gail Harries of New Orleans, Louisiana.
Besides her husband and daughter she leaves two brothers and one sister, C. [larence] L.[incoln] Maloy of Redding, Mrs. W. [illiam] B. Rothwell of Long Beach, California and A.[lfred] D. [avid] Maloy of Omaha. Two brothers preceded her in death—P. D. Maloy and Dr. J. [ohn] T. [hompson] Maloy.
Mrs. Rich, with her husband, has made this community her home all her life and will be greatly missed by her many friends.
Funeral services were held Oct. 15 at the Redding Methodist church, conducted by Rev. Thompson a Baptist minister from Lorimor, and interment was made in Forest Home cemetery.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday January 23, 1958 [p. 1]
Miss Mae Bowen Of Sheridan Dies
Miss Mae Pauline Bowen of Sheridan, Mo., died at St. Francis hospital in Maryville, Monday, Jan. 20. She had been a resident of Sheridan most of her life.
Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Blanche Hanson, Cherryvale, Kans., and Mrs. Maude Naill, Sheridan.
Services were Tuesday at 2 p. m. at the Sheridan Methodist church. Rev. R. D. Ezell officiated. Burial in Sheridan cemetery.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday March 4, 1965 p. 5
Smalley Youth Dies Feb. 26
Christine Ann Smalley, age 14, died Friday morning, Feb. 26, at the Clarinda Municipal Hospital, where she had been hospitalized since Feb. 8.
Christine was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph T. [heodore] Smalley of 722 West State Street, Clarinda. Christine had lived in Taylor County for the first two years of her life, then the family moved to Clarinda in 1952 and the home has been there since.
She is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Smalley of Clarinda; two grandmothers, Mrs. Ralph W. [ilson] Smalley [Leona Weir] of Gravity and Mrs. Glade Moore of Clarinda.
She was preceded in death by a brother, Robert Thomas Smalley, on Dec. 16, 1958.
The funeral service was held Monday, March 1, at the Williams Memorial Chapel in Clarinda with Rev. Donald Tyler, pastor of the Open Bible church officiating. Interment was in the Fairview Cemetery at Bedford. Memorials have been given to the retarded childrenÕs fund.
Times-Republican
Thursday July 9, 1925
John Ulrich
John Ulrich died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Fred Herbert in Hopkins, Mo., at 8:35 oÕclock Wednesday evening, July 1, 1925. The funeral services were held Friday morning, July 3, at 10 oÕclock, at the home of his sister, Mrs. Moser, conducted by Rev. C. W. Fletcher, assisted by Rev. Paul G. Luce. Interment was made in the Lexington cemetery.
John Ulrich, son of Jacob and Fannie Farner Ulrich, was born in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, May 30,1857. He was one of a family of 12 children. In 1875, when 18 years of age, and after the death of his parents, he moved to Bedford with his sister and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. C. [hristian] H. Moser, and has resided here ever since. In 1878, he was united in marriage to Irene [Woodhull] Widener at Hopkins, Mo. To this union were born 4 children, all of whom survive. They are Mrs. Fred Herbert [Mary Frances] of Hopkins, Mo.; John H.[enry] Ulrich of Centerville, Iowa; Elmer E. [llsworth] Ulrich of Humboldt, Iowa, and Mrs. Thos. Hosman [Rosa] of Bedford. He is also survived by his sister, Mrs. Moser [Barbara Ann Ulrich], a niece, Mrs. Enoch Larison [Sarah Elizabeth Ulrich] of Bedford, 21 grandchildren, a great grandson, and a number of nieces and nephews in Ohio.
When he was a young man he united with the Baptist church. Mr. Ulrich was a hard working man and had been employed by W. F. Evans for about 30 years. He had been in failing health for the past year.
[Note: The same obituary was published in the Bedford Free Press, July 9, 1925.]
[Ledgerwood, Nellie May Sharp]
Times-Republican
Thursday July 9, 1925
Nellie May Ledgerwood
Nellie May Sharp, daughter of William G. [eorge] and Maria C. [hristine Nelson] Sharp, was born in Mercer County, Illinois, May 19, 1877. She died at her home in Blockton, June 23rd, 1925, aged 48 years, 1 month and 4 days. When five months of age she came with her parents to Taylor County. She grew to womanhood near Gay Center, and taught school for a number of years. She was united in marriage to Pearl P. [ress] Ledgerwood on July 11, 1899. To this union two sons were born---Denzel Raymond and Ernest Anvern. They resided near Gay Center until they moved to Blockton 18 years ago. Mrs. Ledgerwood joined the M. E. church at Gay Center when a young lady and later became a member of the Christian church at Blockton where she spent the best years of her life as a faithful and active Christian, serving as a Sunday school teacher until her illness. Mrs. Ledgerwood was justly proud that she had been instrumental in keeping her two boys in Sunday school for more than twelve successive years without missing a Sunday. She was an active member of the Eastern Star and Rebekah lodges. Her father died Dec. 31, 1910. Two brothers and one sister also preceded her in death. Together with her husband and sons, the mother and seven brothers and sisters--Clinton Sharp, Mrs. Cora Livingston, all of Blockton; Claud Sharp, of Sheridan; Miss Zelda Sharp, of Moline, Ill.; and Mrs. Addie Brown, of Ideal, So. Dak., and other friends and relatives are left to cherish her memory.
Funeral services were held at the Methodist church Thursday afternoon at 3 oÕclock and were largely attended. The service was conducted by H. V. Reeves, pastor of the Christian church, assisted by J. A. Brownlee, pastor of the Methodist church, and interment was made in Rose Hill cemetery.
Times-Republican
Thursday July 9, 1925
John G. Spring
John Gottlieb Spring was born in October, 1842, at Reutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland, and passed away at his home in Brooks, Iowa, July 4, 1925, aged 82 years and 9 months. He came to America in the year of 1868, locating in the state of Ohio. Two years later he moved to Iowa, locating on a farm near Nodaway. Later he moved to Brooks, his late home. He leaves to mourn his passing, his widow, two sons and two daughters by a former marriage, and one son by his last marriage; also one sister near Nodaway and two sisters and one brother in Switzerland, a number of grandchildren and a large host of friends. He was one of the early settlers of this county, coming in 1870. He united with the Evangelical church early in life, later uniting with the Presbyterian Church. He was a man noted for his uprightness and lived and died with his faith in God.
Funeral services were held at the Mt. Zion Presbyterian church conducted by a former pastor, Rev. S. R. Overholser of Hamburg, Iowa, assisted by Rev. Fansnaugh of Mt. Zion and Rev. Jackson of Brooks. He was laid to rest in the Methodist Grove cemetery.
Taylor County Herald
Thursday September 1, 1932 p. 8
Obituary---Anna Spring
Anna Minnie Ritter Spring, daughter of [John] Simon and [Anna] Eva [Dengler] Ritter, was born in Bayern, Germany, Feb. 10, 1879, and departed this life Aug. 8, 1932, at 11 oÕclock p. m., at the Greater Community Hospital, Creston, Ia., at the age of 53 years, 5 months and 28 days.
She came with her parents to Iowa at four years of age and made her home near Prescott, Ia., until l908.
Sept. 30th, 1908, she was united in marriage to John Henry Spring. To this union were born four children: Ernest Harold, Ruth Elizabeth, Harry Melvin and Carl Floyd, all of whom were with her in her last illness, except Ernest, who was in Grand Island, Nebraska.
She became a member of the United Presbyterian Church at Stringtown in November, 1896, at the age of 17 years. She united with the Methodist church at Mercer Center in August, 1915, and in 1923 transferred her membership to the Lenox Methodist church where she remained a faithful member until her death.
She leaves to mourn her departure, her husband and four children, one half sister, Mrs. D. [avid] R. [inehart] Moser [Margaret Douglas Ritter] of near Sharpsburg, and a host of loving friends and relatives. Her parents and one half brother preceded her in death.
She was a kind, loving wife and mother.
Funeral services were held at the Methodist church in Lenox Wednesday, Aug. 10, at 2:30 oÕclock p. m., and were conducted by the Rev. Ivan R. Mills of Adair, Ia., former pastor. Burial was made in the Lenox cemetery.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday April 18, 1935 p. 5
Give Life Sketch of Mrs. C. Moser
A sketch of the life of Mrs. Cornelia Moser, 71, who died at the home of Mrs. J. Fred Besco, in Bedford, April 4, follows:
Cornelia Allyn was born near Sheridan, Mo., Sept. 10, 1863 and died April 4, at Bedford, Iowa. She was the third daughter of Austin and Huldah Voris Allyn, pioneers of Akron, O.
Her early education was obtained in the home schools. She graduated from the high school in Akron in 1883. She taught one year in Bedford. She was married to Elmer Ellsworth Moser, Aug. 20, 1884. They lived in Bedford for a few months and then moved to western Kansas, residing near Oberlin until the spring of 1909, when they moved to Omaha, where the sons could have educational advantages.
Mr. Moser died in October 1930 and in July 1931 she moved to Parnell, Mo., to make her home with her sister, Mrs. Julia Jones. She resided there two years, later going to Chicago, Akron, O. and California, moving to Bedford a few months ago.
Surviving relatives are five sons, Dr. Allyn Moser, Elmer Ellsworth Moser, Edwin L. Moser, all of Omaha; Louis Moser of Chicago, and Voris Moser of Colusa, Calif.; three sisters, Mrs. Nettie Dowell of Bedford, Miss Anna Allyn of Sheridan, Mo., Mrs. Julia Allyn Jones of Parnell. Two other sisters preceded her in death, Mrs. Lucy Engle and Miss May Allyn.
She was a member of the Eastern Star, of the Daughters of the American Revolution, of the Society of Mayflower Descendants, and of the Presbyterian Church.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday April 18, 1935 p. 5
Enoch Meadows, 79, Hopkins, Died Apr 13
Enoch [P.] Meadows, 79, for many years a resident of Hopkins, died Saturday, April 13 at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Harley Blanchard [Lois] near Wilcox, Mo.
Surviving relatives are the wife [Amanda Ellen Cate] and nine children and twenty-two grandchildren. The children are H. [arley] L. Meadows, and Mrs. Essie Cook, Guernsey, Wyo.; Mrs. Robert Pence [Lulu], College Springs; William [Eli] Meadows, Hopkins; Charles [Columbus] Meadows, Maryville; Mrs. Rollie Bancroft [Dollie], Skidmore; Mrs. Harley Blanchard [Lois], near Wilcox; Byron Meadows, Custer, S. D.; Paul Meadows, Longmont, Colo.
The funeral services were held in Maryville Monday and burial made at Wilcox.
Maryville Daily Forum
Saturday November 16, 1940 p. 1
MeadowsÕ Funeral Rites Will Be Held Monday
Funeral services will be held at 2 oÕclock Monday afternoon at the Price Funeral Home for Charles Columbus Meadows, who died suddenly Thursday afternoon at his home in Hopkins. Burial will be in the Wilcox cemetery.
Mr. Meadows was born February 21, 1885, in Nodaway County and had lived here all of his life. He was engaged as a barber until recently.
Surviving are a son, Gerald Meadows, and a daughter, Laberta Piveral, Des Moines, Wash.; four brothers, Harley L. Meadows, Guernsey, Wyo.; W. [illiam] E. [li] Meadows, Hopkins; Byron Meadows, Lance Creek, Wyo., and Paul Meadows, Jamestown, Colo.; and four sisters, Mrs. Essie L. Cook, Guernsey, Wyo.; Mrs. Lulu Pence and Mrs. Raleigh Bancroft [Dollie], Clarinda, and Mrs. Harley Blanchard [Lois], Maryville.
Maryville Daily Forum
Saturday November 16, 1940 p. 1
Joe Hayworth, Resident of County For 71 Years, Dies At Bedford, Ia.
Joe [Joseph] Hayworth, age 91 years, a resident of Nodaway County for seventy-one years, died Thursday morning at the home of a son, Fred Hayworth, at Bedford. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 oÕclock Sunday afternoon at the Parnell Methodist church with Rev. C. C. Pritchard in charge and burial will be at Parnell.
Mr. Hayworth was born July 17, 1849, near Centerville, in Appanoose County, Iowa. He moved to Nodaway County in 1869, settling near Graham, where he lived one year, returning to his home where he was married to Harriett Elizabeth Daughtery, February 3, 1870. They returned to near Graham where they lived on a farm for 12 years. The return trip to Graham was made in a covered wagon.
The Hayworths moved to Independence Township, living on a farm five miles from Parnell, where they lived for forty-nine years, and from there moved to a small farm two miles west of Sheridan where Mrs. Hayworth died February 21, 1933. Since then Mr. Hayworth had made his home with his children, being at Bedford the last two months.
He had suffered erysipelas.
He is survived by six children, Mrs. Effie [Jane] Dowis, Sheridan; J. [ames] W.[illiam] Hayworth, Carlisle, Wyo.; E. [arl] A. Hayworth, Diagonal, Ia.; Alf Hayworth, Conway, Ia.; Fred Hayworth, Bedford, and Mrs. Nelle [Mae] Lyle, Parnell; one sister, Mrs. Mary Walker, Stillwater, Okla.; and Sam Hayworth, Barnard, and by 28 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren.
E. [arl] A. and Alf Hayworth are twins. Four of the children are deceased. Sam Hayworth is 94 years old and Mrs. Walker is 78 years old.