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COUNSELL, Ernest Ammond 1876-1961

COUNSELL, HARRISON, CARVER

Posted By: Marilyn O'Connor (email)
Date: 7/28/2011 at 09:48:57

Item #1:
E. A. Counsell rites at Osage set for Friday
OSAGE, IOWA — Funeral rites for E. A. Counsell, 85, will be Friday, at 1:30 p.m. at the First Methodist Church with the Rev. E. E. Pencock, officiating. Burial will be in the Osage Cemetery.
Champion Funeral Home is in charge. He died Tuesday morning at the Riceville Hospital.
[Mason City Globe-Gazette - Wednesday, December 20, 1961]
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#2:
The Osage Cemetery listing on IaGenWeb shows:
COUNSELL, ERNEST AMMOND (bur. loc) 1106 11 (Date) 19 DEC 1961
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#3: (Biographical sketch)
COUNSELL, ERNEST A. FAMILY
Ernest A. Counsell, son of Harry and Lucretia Counsell, married Clara Carver from Spencer, Iowa. They bought land from his father, moved a house there and built farm buildings. Later they moved the house farther east for a tenant house and built a larger home.
They were parents of two children: Ernest J. and Grace. Grace Counsell married Ernest Harrison and they were parents of our children: Dorothy Walters, Delbert (now deceased), Merlin (Bill) and Sherman (now deceased).
When Mr. and Mrs. Ernest A. Counsell moved to Osage in 1945, their son Ernest J. and family moved from the tenant house into the larger home. Later the Carlin Counsell family completed four generations of Counsell's that had lived in the little house.
[By Mrs. E. J. Counsell, Mitchell County History, 1989]
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E. A. Counsell, 85,
Longtime Resident
of County Dies
Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at the Methodist church in Osage for Earnest A. Counsell, 85, who died at the Riceville City hospital last Tuesday after several weeks illness.
The Rev. E. E. Pencook, pastor of the church was in charge of the services and burial was in the Osage cemetery.
Earnest Ammond Counsell was born in a log cabin near New Haven, Iowa, on March 1, 1876, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Counsell. He spent his boyhood on the farm of his parents in Burr Oak township, attended the country school there and later enrolled in Cedar Valley seminary in Osage.
During the time he was employed as a furniture salesman in Spencer he met and married Clarissa Carver, June 29, 1899. He later farmed at Hancock, Minnesota, before returning to Mitchell county. He farmed in Douglas township until his retirement to Osage in 1944.
He was a member of the Methodist church in Osage and was affilated with the Modern Woodmen of America.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Clarissa, his parents, one son who died in infancy, four brothers and three sisters.
Survivors include one son, Ernest James of Osage, one daughter, Mrs. E. L. Harrison of Riceville, seven grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
Dec. 28, 1961
(MO)
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Photo of Ernest Counsell, from STANDARD HIST. ATLAS OF MITCHELL COUNTY, 1911. See photo of
the whole family on link below.

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Obituary: Item #1: E. A. Counsell rites at Osage set for Friday OSAGE, IOWA — Funeral rites for E. A. Counsell, 85, will be Friday, at 1:30 p.m. at the First Methodist Church with the Rev. E. E. Pencock, officiating. Burial will be in the Osage Cemetery. Champion Funeral Home is in charge. He died Tuesday morning at the Riceville Hospital. [Mason City Globe-Gazette - Wednesday, December 20, 1961] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #2: The Osage Cemetery listing on IaGenWeb shows: COUNSELL, ERNEST AMMOND (bur. loc) 1106 11 (Date) 19 DEC 1961 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #3: (Biographical sketch) COUNSELL, ERNEST A. FAMILY Ernest A. Counsell, son of Harry and Lucretia Counsell, married Clara Carver from Spencer, Iowa. They bought land from his father, moved a house there and built farm buildings. Later they moved the house farther east for a tenant house and built a larger home. They were parents of two children: Ernest J. and Grace. Grace Counsell married Ernest Harrison and they were parents of our children: Dorothy Walters, Delbert (now deceased), Merlin (Bill) and Sherman (now deceased). When Mr. and Mrs. Ernest A. Counsell moved to Osage in 1945, their son Ernest J. and family moved from the tenant house into the larger home. Later the Carlin Counsell family completed four generations of Counsell's that had lived in the little house. [By Mrs. E. J. Counsell, Mitchell County History, 1989] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E. A. Counsell, 85, Longtime Resident of County Dies Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at the Methodist church in Osage for Earnest A. Counsell, 85, who died at the Riceville City hospital last Tuesday after several weeks illness. The Rev. E. E. Pencook, pastor of the church was in charge of the services and burial was in the Osage cemetery. Earnest Ammond Counsell was born in a log cabin near New Haven, Iowa, on March 1, 1876, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Counsell. He spent his boyhood on the farm of his parents in Burr Oak township, attended the country school there and later enrolled in Cedar Valley seminary in Osage. During the time he was employed as a furniture salesman in Spencer he met and married Clarissa Carver, June 29, 1899. He later farmed at Hancock, Minnesota, before returning to Mitchell county. He farmed in Douglas township until his retirement to Osage in 1944. He was a member of the Methodist church in Osage and was affilated with the Modern Woodmen of America. He was preceded in death by his wife, Clarissa, his parents, one son who died in infancy, four brothers and three sisters. Survivors include one son, Ernest James of Osage, one daughter, Mrs. E. L. Harrison of Riceville, seven grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. Dec. 28, 1961 (MO) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Photo of Ernest Counsell, from STANDARD HIST. ATLAS OF MITCHELL COUNTY, 1911. See photo of the whole family on link below.
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