Kilgore, John Samuel 1873-1944

KILGORE, ATKIN

Posted By: Lorelei Rusco (email)
Date: 5/7/2011 at 13:39:15

Kilgore, John Samuel –
From Mrs. Fred Stoaks of Clearfield comes the following obituary of her brother-in-law, J. S. Kilgore, with the added information:

“He was well known by the older settlers and his grandfather, John Kilgore, was one of first settlers in Taylor County, a few miles east of Lenox. I know there are a lot of people yet who remember him. His wife, a daughter of the late C. B. Atkins, was raised in Lenox and vicinity. She passed away in 1929.”

John Samuel Kilgore, son of Zachary Taylor and Elizabeth Matilda Kilgore, was born near Lenox, Taylor County, Iowa, August 3, 1873, the oldest of four children, and departed this life November 19, 1944, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Ralph Beede, of Kellerton, Iowa, after an illness of eight days.

He was married to Rachel Jane Atkins March 23, 1899. To this union nine children were born. He was preceded in death by his wife, one son, Harry Wayne, and one daughter, Mrs. Lois N. Brown. Five sons and two daughters survive: Zenas R. Kilgore and Charles J. Kilgore of Diagonal, Marl V. Kilgore of Mansfield, Mo.; Paul Randall Kilgore of Buffalo, Mo., Eunice V. Hartvigson of Salmon, Idaho, Mildred L. Beede of Kellerton, and Harold Marvin Kilgore of Kellerton.

Only one sister, Mrs. Anna Davenport of Shannon City, survives him, as one sister and brother preceded him in death. Twenty-six grandchildren are left to mourn his loss.

When a child he united with the Christian church and lived a devoted and true Christian life.

With the exception of about two years he spent in Oklahoma, his entire like was spent in Taylor, Union, Adams and Ringgold counties.

For the past seven years he had not been able to actively follow his life’s work of farming, because of failing health, but had made his home with some of his children. Enough cannot be said of his devotion for his children and friends.

Funeral services were held Tuesday, November 21, at 1:30 p.m. at the Christian church at Diagonal, with the Rev. Kenneth Hunt, pastor of the Kellerton Christian church, in charge. Interment was in the family lot in Harmony cemetery, in Union county.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, November 30, 1944