MOTLEY, Alfred 1858-1941

MOTLEY, HANCOCK, MARSHALL, ZILK

Posted By: Diane M Scott (email)
Date: 1/5/2011 at 09:50:48

Alfred Motley 1858-1941

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ALFRED MOTLEY, 83, DIES SUDDENLY AT SON’S HOME IN OSAGE

Osage – Alfred Motley, 83, died suddenly at the home of his son, George Motley, Tuesday evening.

Funeral services will be conducted at the Shelledy Funeral home at 1:30 Friday afternoon with the Rev. H. M. Grant officiating and at 2:30 at the Methodist church at Riceville with the Rev. Mr. Bell officiating.
Burial will be in the Riceville Cemetery.

Surviving are Mrs. Robert Marshall, Osage; George Motley, Osage; Mrs. Ethel Zilk, Riceville.

Mason City Globe Gazette, Thursday May 29, 1941

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Alfred Motley was the son of Joseph and Mary Motley (1925 Iowa Census). He married Edith Hancock.
1900 US Census: Jenkins, Mitehell, Iowa
Alfred Motley 41 born August 1858 Wisconsin
Edith A 34 born December 1862 Wisconsin
George 16 born December 1883 Wisconsin
Ethel 12 born November 1887 Iowa

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A couple family trees on Ancestry have his birth date as August 19, 1857 in Union Grove, Racine, Wisconsin.