MASSINGHAM, James B. 1851-1928

MASSINGHAM, FLOHARDY, CLOUKEY, SNYDER

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 12/24/2013 at 02:04:55

[Waterloo Evening Courier, Thursday, September 7, 1928]

James B. Masslngham, 77, former resident of Waterloo, died yesterday in Albert Lea. Minn., where he had made his home the last year with his daughter, Mrs. Lillian Cloukey. Paralyses was the cause of death.

The body will be brought to Waterloo and funeral services will be Friday at 1:30 p. m. in the O'Keefe & Towne chapel. Rev. Joseph J. Yate, pastor of Linden Methodist Eplscopal Church, will officiate. Burial will be at Rowley, Iowa, beside his wife who died Nov. 18, 1920.

Mr. Massingham was born Jan. 22, 1851, in Virginia. At an early age he moved to ohio, later coming to Jones County, Iowa, in 1865. For a number of years he operated a farm near Rowley, then removed to Waterloo, where he resided for 18 years.

He married Nancy Flohardy in 1878.

Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. W. M. Cloukey, Albert Lea, and Mrs. H. R. Snyder, Los Angeles, Cal.