Adeline Saylor

SAYLOR, MATHIS, ENTERLINE, BLACKMAN, FISHER, NEGLE

Posted By: Lynn McCleary (email)
Date: 5/20/2012 at 10:11:05

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Pioneer County Woman Dead

Funeral of Mrs. Adeline Saylor Will Be held Sunday.
Mrs. Adeline F. Saylor, oldest settler of Polk-co, and one of the founders of the Saylorville M.E. Church, died at her home on the Saylor farm, three miles north of Des Moines, of cancer, Thursday, at the age of 66.

Funeral services are to be held Sunday at 10 a.m. at Saylorville M.E. church, and burial will be in Pine Hill Cemetery, north of Des Moines.
Aside from the distinction of being the oldest settler in the county, Mrs. Saylor was one of the first girls in Polk-co to be married here, and from the time she was married, lived on the homestead, which she and her husband purchased at that time, continually.

In Ill health for Some Time.
During the days of the Civil War, Mrs. Saylor helped keep up the Saylorville church, and walked one mile to church, with four children, every Sunday except three during the war period.
Mrs. Saylor had been in ill health for some time, and her death was not unexpected. Her five living children were at the bedside when she died, as the end was expected the last few weeks. Four children have died.

The Saylor Children,
The children are: J. F. Saylor, Spokane, Wash.; Mrs. Lillian May Mathis of Cheyenne, Wyo.; Mrs. Mattie E. Enterline, who lived with her mother; Mrs. Effie Belle Blackman, of Grimes, In., and Mrs. Ione F. Fisher, 1067 W. 21st-st, Des Moines.

Mrs. Saylor was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Negle, of Ohio, and was born Oct. 6, 1882, Her parents moved to Polk –co and took up residence nine miles north of Des Moines, in 1846.

On Feb. 16, 1851 she was married to Thomas Jefferson Saylor. The homestead was purchased immediately by the couple, from the government, and has never changed hands. The land cost 87 1-2 cents an acre, and is now worth more than $450 an acre.

Veteran of Civil War
When the Saylorville church was built in 1858, Mr. and Mrs. Saylor were among the donors and throughout their life, supported it financially and by work an teachers in Sunday School.

The husband, who, died several years ago, was a member of the border brigade, organized by Governor Kirkwood, as defense against the Indians, and also a veteran of the Civil War. He was also prominent in political affairs and was the nephew of John Saylor, who platted the original town of Saylorville.