Anson Allbee, 1839-1926
ALLBEE, BARRY, SEARLE, AVERY, WOOD
Posted By: Clay County IAGenWeb Coordinator (email)
Date: 3/15/2014 at 08:11:07
ANSON ALLBEE IS CALLED BY DEATH HERE
Pioneer Who Came to Iowa in 1869 and Settled Near Peterson Dies at Age of 67
WAS VETERAN OF CIVIL WAR
One of the Four Remaining Veterans in this Section Dies at Home in Peterson Saturday Night
Anson Allbee, pioneer resident of Clay County and one of the few remaining old soldiers of this section, died at his home here, Saturday night following a lingering illness of some time. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at the Methodist church and interment will bed at the cemetery here.
Mr. Allbee's history and that of his family is an interesting one and we are able to give a brief sketch of it as follows:
In the year of 1637 Bishop Wren of England ordered any dissentees of the Church of England to leave teh country of be hanged. Benjamin Allbee of Norwick sailed for Boston, Mass.
His descendants settled in the colonies. In 1702 John Allbee married Abigail Searle and settled in Townsend, Mass. His youngest son Ebenezer in 1756 married Racheal Avery and later moved to Bellows Falls, Vermont. His son Benjamin was born there in 1770. Benjamin's son was born in 1791 and named Gustavus Aldolphus. In 1811, Benjamin Allbee moved by ox team across New York State and settled at Collins Center, Erie County.
Anson Allbee, son of Margaret and Adolphus was born at Collins Center, Erie Co., New York, April 15, 1839. When about seven years old he with his mother moved to Wisconsin. Later, when his mother died he went to make his home with an uncle at Hillsboro, Wisconsin.
At the beginning of the Civil War he offered himself twice for enlistment, but each time was rejected because of physical ailments until February 10, 1865 when he was accepted and served until June 12, 1866 in the fiftieth Wisconsin.
At the close of the war he returned to Hillsboro. He was married to Helen E. Barry of Hillsboro on January 2, 1867, the ceremony taking place at Wonewac, Wisc. To this union were born four daughters, the eldest, Ina, dying in childhood.
They made their home for a time near Hillsboro, until in 1869, when they with their infant daughter in company with John Barry and wife moved to Iowa, making the trip in a covered wagon. During the first summer they worked on the Illinois Central railway near Aurelia, but in the fall moved into the sod shanty on their homestead on Sec. 30 of Clay township Caly [sic] County, where they lived most of the time until the fall of 1909 when they moved to Peterson. They lived in Peterson until the time of his death, November 6, 1926.
In early manhood he was converted and united with the Second Advent church to which faith he remained true till the end. He was a wonderful husband and father and a faithful friend. He leaves to mourn his loss his wife and three daughters, Mrs. G.W. Allbee of Magnet, Nebr., Mrs. Chas Wood of Compton, Calif., and Cora Allbee of Peterson, besides one sister, Mrs. J.C. Barry and a niece Genevieve Barry of Des Moines and a nephew Frank Barry residing north of Peterson.
Source: The Peterson Patriot, Peterson, Clay County, Iowa; November 11, 1926.
Interment in Oakland cemetery
Clay Obituaries maintained by Kris Meyer.
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