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Nancy Jane (Gowin) Gordon (1915)

ANDREWS, CLAMPITT, GORDON, GOWIN, HAXTON, PETTITT, ROMESHA

Posted By: Pat Hochstetler
Date: 3/6/2006 at 10:36:17

Adair County Free Press
Greenfield, Iowa
June 1915

Death of Mrs. S. A. Gordon

Mrs. S. A. Gordon passed away on Tuesday morning at 9:00 o'clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. H. T. Clampitt of Monteith, Iowa. The cause of her death was hemorrage of the bowels. She had been in very poor health for about ten weeks and suffered a very serious attack of pneumonia before her death.

Nancy Jane Gowin was born in Rifly county, Ind., February 20, 1835 and departed this life June 15, 1915 aged 80 years, 3 months and 23 days. She was married to Saml. A. Gordon, September 12, 1850. They came to Madison county, Iowa in 1852. She was the mother of thirteen children ten of whom lived to reach man and woman's estate. There are living 43 grandchildren; 28 great grandchildren and 2 great great grand children. Her husband departed this life March 9, 1911.

The funeral was held Friday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. in the Presbyterian church. B. S. Denny of Des Moines had charge of the services. Interment made in the Greenfield cemetery.
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The Winterset News
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, June 24, 1915
Page 3, Column 2

MRS. S. A. GORDON DIES AT MONTIETH

Former Resident of Madison County Passes Away Tuesday at the Home of Her Daughter

Mrs. Nancy Jane Gowin, born in Ripley county, Indiana, February 1835, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Eva D. Clampitt, near Montieth, Guthrie County, Tuesday morning, June 15, 1915. Death was not unexpected by herself nor members of the family. She had lived the allotted time, had done her work well as wife, mother, neighbor and citizen, and passed to the life beyond leaving service to those with whom she lived. She was quiet and unassuming in life, but her everyday life is a record for memory to her immediate family and friends.

Mrs. Gordon was united in marriage to Samuel A. Gordon September 12, 1850. In the summer of 1852 this young couple left their home in Indiana and on October 15th settled on a farm in Madison county, Iowa, three and one-half miles west of Winterset, where for twenty-five years they made their home. In 1878 they moved to Adair county, nine miles southeast of Greenfield in 1902, where Mr. Gordon passed away March 9, 1911. Since then Mrs. Gordon has made her home with her children.

To this union were born thirteen children, two of whom died in infancy, one died at the age of 14, John M., a son died at Dexter, Iowa, Tuesday, February 9, 1915. Nine children are yet living: Mrs. S. M. Haxton, Orient; Mrs. Oline Pettitt, Silver City, Iowa; Mrs. Eva D. Clampitt, Montieth, Iowa; Mrs. Mattie Andrews, Council Bluffs, Iowa; Mrs. Ida Romesha, Greenfield; I. W. Gordon, Des Moines; U. S. Gordon, Orient; L. H. Gordon, Greenfield.

The body was brought to Greenfield yesterday. Funeral services will be held at the Presbyterian church Friday at 2:00 p.m. with burial in the Greenfield cemetery beside her husband. Rev. B. S. Denny, of Des Moines, will have charge of the services who delivered the funeral services of the husband in 1911. He will use the text selected for the occasion by the deceased, before death.

Mrs. Gordon was a member of the Christian church during her life, and was a faithful member, doing her part of the church work while in health. Owing to the infirmities of age her latter days could not be spent in the house of God. For the reason that the Christian church building at this place is undergoing repairs, it is necessary to hold the funeral service in another building.
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Transcriber’s note: Transcribed as printed in The Winterset News.

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