Jeffers, Margaret 1840-1925

JEFFERS, RUBLE

Posted By: Viv Reeves (email)
Date: 1/18/2006 at 16:04:52

From the LeMars Sentinel, Friday, February 6, 1925, Page 1, Column 5:

PIONEER WOMAN DIES IN WEST
MRS. MARGARET JEFFERS WAS HOMESTEADER IN WEST PART OF THE COUNTY

John Ruble, of this city, was notified this week of the death of his sister, Mrs. B. A. Jeffers, which occurred at her home near Phoenix, Arizona, on January 31, at the age of 84 years and three months. She passed away while seated in a rocking chair. She had been in failing health for a few weeks, but declined to take to her bed.

Mr. Jeffers was a pioneer of Plymouth county and homesteaded land near Akron and is well known to the older settlers. About twenty-five years ago she went to make her home in the west. She is survived by two sons, John and Benjamin, and a daughter, Mrs. Melissa Fulton, of Phoenix, and a large number of grandchildren.

She was a sister of John Ruble, and a half sister of James and Henry Ruble, of this city. A son, Geo. A. Jeffers, former county attorney here, preceded her in death.

Mrs. Margaret Jeffers was born in Nuffin (sic--Mifflin) county, Pennsylvania, and came to Plymouth county from Illinois, where the family first located after leaving Pennsylvania. Funeral services were held at Phoenix, Arizona, Tuesday. The remains will be shipped here later for burial at Akron, where her husband and other relatives are interred.

From the LeMars Sentinel, Friday, May 29, 1925, Page 3, Column 3:

Mr. and Mrs. John Rubel (sic--Ruble) went to Akron yesterday to attend funeral services for Mrs. B. Jeffers a former Plymouth county resident. Mrs. Jeffers died in Wyoming several months ago and the body was kept in a mausoleum at Caspar (sic--Casper) until this time.

From the LeMars Sentinel, Tuesday, June 9, 1925, Page 4, Columns 4-5:

MRS. B. A. JEFFERS
Deceased Was One of the Pioneers in West Part of County

Mention was made last week of the bringing to Akron from Phoenix, Arizona, the remains of Mrs. B. A. Jeffers for interment in Riverside cemetery beside her husband and son, Geo. A. Jeffers. A funeral and burial service in charge of Vesper chapter, Eastern Star, was held last Thursday afternoon.

Margaret Ruble was born in Mifflin county, Pa., October 30, 1840, and departed this life January 31, 1925, at her home near Phoenix, Arizona, aged 84 years and 3 months. When a young woman she left her native state and came with her brothers to Jo Daviess county, Illonois. On December 24, 1867, she was united in marriage with Benjamin A. Jeffers of Beloit, Wisconsin, who preceded her to the Great Beyond about thirty years ago. To them were born one daughter, and three sons George, John, and Ben. George departed this life December 4, 1923. Besides her three chldren, there are left three brothers John, Henry and James Ruble, of LeMars, Iowa; ten grandchildren and many relatives and friends to mourn her loss. In the winter of 1871-2 the family came to Plymouth county, Iowa, and were among the early pioneers. In the fall of 1883 they moved to Akron, which remained their home until after the death of the husband and father. Mrs. Jeffers took a prominent part in Akron's social affairs while a resident, her kindly and sympathetic nature prompting her to offer aid and assistance in any worthy cause, while the Jeffers home was known far and wide for its hospitality. She was an active member of the Baptist church and a charter member of the Vesper chapter, O. E. S. Since 1909 she had made her home with her children in Arizona.