HAMPSON, Joseph W. abt. 1874 - 1909

HAMPSON

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 5/16/2006 at 12:59:09

"The Fairfield Ledger"
Wednesday, December 29, 1909

Died in California.

Joseph, a son of Mr. and Mrs. John W. HAMPSON, died at Los Angeles, Cal., the 7th inst. He had been in ill health for some time. Mr. HAMPSON spent the earlier years of his childhood in this city, although he had not been here for many years. The body has been placed in a receiving vault in Los Angeles and will be brought to this city, where other members of the family lie, for burial in the future.

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"The Fairfield Daily Journal"
Monday, January 14, 1910
Page 2, Column 3

WILL BE LAID TO REST IN FAIRFIELD.

Mr. and Mrs. John W. HAMPSON of Kansas City, Mo., are in Fairfield awaiting the arrival of the remains of their son Joseph whose death was noted a few days ago as having occurred recently in Los Angeles, Cal.

The body is expected to arrive in Fairfield within a day or two and will be taken immediately to Evergreen cemetery for interrment in the HAMPSON family lot. The young man, as noted previously in The Journal, was born in Albia, but most of his boyhood and young manhood was passed in Fairfield with his grandmother, Mrs. Rachel HAMPSON who is also here at this time to pay her last token of affectionate care and concern.

The father and mother and grandmother have the kindly rememberance and sincere sympathy of a wide circle of friends in this city during these days of their sojourn in Fairfield. This circle of friends includes all of John W. HAMPSON's surviving comrades of the Third Iowa Cavalry.

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"The Fairfield Daily Journal"
Monday, January 17, 1910
Page 3, Column 1

LOCAL NEWS BRIEFS.

... --The remains of Joseph HAMPSON arrived last night -from Los Angeles, Cal., and were interred in Evergreen Cemetery this afternoon at two o'clock. ...

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"The Fairfield Ledger"
Wednesday, January 19, 1910

Called Here on Sad Errand.

Mr. and Mrs. J. W. HAMPSON of Kansas City, Mo., have been in this city for several days. They came here to bury the body of their son, Joseph W., in the Evergreen cemetery, where bodies of other members of the HAMPSON family lie. The young man died at Los angeles, Cal., December 7th, 1909. He was thirty-seven years of age and was born at Albia, this state. The funeral was held Monday afternoon.

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"The Fairfield Tribune"
Wednesday, January 19, 1910
Page 2, Column 2

The body of Joseph HAMPSEN (sic), who recently died in Los Angeles,, was brought to this city Sunday and laid to rest in Evergreen Cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. HAMPSEN, father and mother of the young man, were in the city to take charge of the body of their son. The deceased was a former Fairfield boy and many friends here will extend sympathy to the bereaved parents and mourn his early death. ...

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Note: Buried in Lot SDof25-002; he does not have a gravestone. He appears to be in his 30s; the 1880 Federal Census in Albia, Monroe Co., IA, shows him as a 6-year-old in the home of his McConnell grandparents.