John Saar Sr. 1835-1913
SAAR, SOPHNHEIMER, SPOHNHEIMER, ROBERTS, STONEBRAKER, SMITH, SWANK, BENNETT, DELANEY, CASADY
Posted By: Karen DaPra (email)
Date: 4/17/2003 at 03:16:14
OBITUARY OF JNO. SAAR, SR.
John Saar, Sr. was born on a farm near the village of Ellerstadt, Bavaria, Oct. 15, 1835, being at the time of his death 78 years, 6 mo. and 5 da. of age.
When he was about the age of twelve years his father and family embarked at Manheim on the Rhine, for United State of America, going by the way of Amsterdam and Havre, France. After being on the ocean for sixty-three days they landed at New Orleans about July 1, of the year of 1847.
From there they came up the Mississippi river to Keokuk, they entered some land in Lee County near Charleston, Iowa. It was here that his father died in 1863. His mother died at his home in Cantril in 1883 being at her death 84 years of age.
On Jan. 29, 1861, Jno. Saar was marrid [sic] to Anna Marie Sophnheimer [sic] daughter of Henry and Marguerite Spohnheimer who had come to this country when Marie was only four years old. There were bora [sic] to John and Marie Saar eight children--Martin, Mary, John, Rosa, Anna, Lizzie, Emma, Katie. Lizzie and Anna died in infancy.
In the year 1868 they moved to Van Buren county and settled on a farm near Niles, just east of Cantril it is now, and here they made their home until 1891 when they moved into Cantril, where they lived ever since. The children are living in or near Cantril except Martin and Rosa. Martin lives at Henderson, Iowa, and Mrs. Rosa Roberts lives at West Plaines, Mo. The children are all married. Martin married Lola Stonebraker, Mary married Harve Smith, and after his death was married to Lee Swank, John married Estella Bennett, Rosa married Frank Roberts, Emma married W. H. DeLaney, Katie married George Casady. There are in all twenty-give grand children and three great grand children.
(Photocopy of this obit found on page 154 of Obit Book "A" of the Van Buren County Genealogical Society's collection at the Keosauqua Public Library in Dec 2000. Name of newspaper and date of obit not given.)
[Original Post 2 Jan 2001]
Wife Anna Marie Spohnheimer Saar's Obituary
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