Margrete Wollam 1822-1911

WOLLAM, BLACKLEDGE, CARNS

Posted By: Betty Jo Scott (email)
Date: 1/9/2002 at 13:53:29

MARGRETE WOLLAM DIES AT AGE OF 88
DIED AT THE HOME OF HER DAUGHTER, MRS. VIOLA CARNS, FRIDAY FEB., 3, 1911

CAME TO THIS COUNTY IN 1845
FUNERAL WAS HELD AT MT. STERLING ON SUNDAY FEBRUARY 5, 1911, CONDUCTED BY ELDER McQUEEN

Grandmother Wollam passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Viola Carns, in this place on Friday night February 3, 1911, at 10:20 oçlock, she being taken with her last sickness on January 19. 1911. Her three children were at the bedside during her sickness and death. She was 88 years, 7 months and 10 days old.

Short services were held from the home Sunday morning February 5, 1911 at 8:30 a.m. conducted by Rev. Tennant, and at 9.am. the funeral procession started for Mt. Sterling, where the funeral sermon was preched at 11 oçlock by Elder McQueen of the Christian church. Interment was made in the Blackledge cemetery.

The past few weeks have been extremely sad ones for the Wollam family. On January 22, 1911 Mrs. Clifford Wollam, a granddaughter of the deceased, passed away and on January 29, 1911 Mrs. Josiah Wollam a dughter-in-law, died. The large circle of friends extends their sympathy in this series of bereavements.

OBITUARY
Margrete Blackledge was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, on June 23, 1822, and was married to John Wollam, on December 20, 1839, in the above named county and state, and lived there until April 1, 1845. Then she and husband emigrated to Iowa, along with her parents and brothers and sisters, down the Ohio river to its mouth, then up the Mississipi, to Alexandria, Missouri, by boat, where they unloaded their household goods and their teams and wagons. Then after loading their goods on the wagon they started for her brothers Samuel Blackledge's cabin, just east of Mt. Sterling, where they arrived on the evening of April 5, 1845, and rented one year the farm now owned by Louis Mize, on Vernon Prairie.
During that fall and winter her husband entered the land and built a cabin on it and moved into the cabin on March 4, 1846, where she and husband lived until December 12, 1905. On this day they left the old home to visit with their only daughter, Viola Carns, now of Cantril, Iowa.

Shortly afterwards her husband took sick and continued sick until May 5, 1906 when he died and was burried in the Blackledge cemetary. Since the death of her husband Mother Wollam has made her home alternately with her daughter Viola Carns, of Cantril, Iowa, and her son Jacob Wollam, of Medill, MO. Mother Wollam was taken with her last sickness on January 19, 1911, at the home of her daughter, Viola, and gradually grew worse until February 3, 1911, and at 10:20 P. M. of this date she died, leaving two sons and one daughter who were at her bedside during her last sickness and death, Josiah Wollam, the oldest son who lives at Keosauqua, Iowa, Jacob Wollam, next oldest son who lives at Medill, MO., and Viola Carns, her only daughter, who lives at Cantril, Iowa.

Grandma Wollam had four sisters and six brothers all dead but two brothers, Harrison Blackledge of Keosauqua and Frank Blackledge of Springfield, MO. are the ones left out of a family of 11 children.

"Aunt Pagie" and Uncle John, as they were commonly called, united with the Christian church at Frederickstown, Ohio, in 1841 and on coming to Iowa became charter members of the Christian church at what was formerly known at the Cavitt school house, but later at Mt. Sterling. In early days their home was always the home for the ministers.

Note: Copied verbatim from newspaper article found in an old family bible belonging to my mother, Dora Piper Gibson. Margrete Blackledge was her great-grandmother.
The name of the newspaper unknown
by Betty Jo Gibson Scott, 1990

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