Anson Albee

ALBEE

Posted By: Clay County IAGenWeb Coordinator (email)
Date: 10/19/2010 at 19:44:50

ALBEE, Anson

Farmer, PO Peterson, is a native of New York, having been born in Erie county, April 15th, 1839. He served his country in the late war, and in 1869 became a resident of Clay county. He is one of the old settlers who have been prominently identified with the county's interests.

Source: A History of Clay County, Iowa, by W. C. Gilbreath, 1889, p. 263.

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Anson Allbee was one of the venerable and highly respected citizens of Clay county, who, after a long and successful career as a general farmer, lived in honorable retirement from business in his comfortable home in Peterson, to the time of his death November 6, 1926. He also had the distinction f being of that patriotic host who in the dark days of the early '60s laid aside all personal considerations and served in their country's defense on the bloody fields of the Southland. Mr. Allbee was born in Erie county, New York, on the 15th of April, 1839, and was a son of Adolphus and Margaret (Shout) Allbee, the former a native of Vermont and the latter of New York. They were the parents of four children, namely: Anson; Viletta, deceased; Armitta, who is the widow of John C. Barry, of Des Moines, Iowa; and Vandoe, who died in infancy.
At the age of six years, Anson Allbee went to Wisconsin with his mother and lived there until 1869. In February, 1865, he enlisted in Company D, Fiftieth Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, with which he served until after the close of the war, being discharged at Madison, Wisconsin, in June, 1866. In 1869 Mr. Albee went to Clay county, Iowa, where he homesteaded a tract of government land, on which he carried on farming for many years, when he retired from active labor, after which he lived at Peterson, Clay county, enjoying the evening of life as only those can who have lived well and honorably. He was untiring in his industry, developed a good farm and was numbered among the enterprising and progressive agriculturists of his county.
On January 2, 1867, Mr. Allbee was united in marriage to Miss Helen Barry, daughter of Don Carlos and Eliza (Spoor) Barry, the father a native of Vermont and the mother of New York. To Mr. and Mrs. Barry were born the following children: Almira, John C. and Lucy L., all of whom are deceased; Helen, now Mrs. Allbee; Alice and Agnes, twins, the former of whom is living in Spencer, Iowa, while the latter is deceased; Edgar and Edwin, twins, the former living in Des Moines, Iowa, while the latter is living in O'Brien county, Iowa. To Mr. and Mrs. Allbee were born four children, namely: Ina, deceased; Edith, the wife of George Allbee, of Nebraska; Mattie, the wife of Charles Wood, of Los Angeles, California; and Cora A., who is a school teacher and lives at home. Politically Mr. Allbee always maintained an independant attitude, voting according to his judgement. He was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, while his religious belief was that of the Adventist church. He was true to his principles in all the relations of life, always commanded the fullest measure of respect on the part of all and was numbered among the grand old me of northwestern Iowa.

Source: IOWA ITS HISTORY AND TRADITION, VOLUME II, 1804-1926

Interment in Oakland cemetery
 

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