HALES, Mrs. Margaret: Died 1934

HALES, WATKINS, PAYNE, MIZE, CHADWICK, COURTNEY, ARMSTRONG

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Date: 7/25/2014 at 11:50:18

**Handwritten: KEO REP 7 JUN 1934

Mrs. John P.D. Hales

Margaret Watkins, eldest child of John and Ann Watkins, was born at Beaconshire, South Wales, on Nov. 18, 1861, at the age of 19 she came to America with her parents and brothers and sisters and located near Keosauqua, Iowa.

On Oct. 1, 1884, she was married to John P.D. Hale and together they lived on the farm where she passed.

There were born three children, Mrs. Eunice Payne of Excelsior Springs, Mo., Mrs. Willa Mize and Ralph Hales of Vernon Prairie.

In the spring of 1924 they moved to Bonaparte where Mr. Hales passed away on August 23, 1928. She continued her home in Bonaparte but when ill health overtook her she was desirous of being out on the farm "at home" where she was tenderly cared for by the son and wife until she passed peacefully away on May 23, 1934, aged 72 years, 6 months and 5 days.

She leaves to mourn her passing, the three children and their companions and four grandchildren. She also leaves four sisters and three brothers: John E. Watkins and Mrs. Mary Chadwick of Bonner Springs, Kansas; Jesse and David Watkins of Bonaparte, Mrs. Kezia Courtney of Backus, Minn., and Mrs. Gwen Armstrong and Mrs. Rose Sheets of Mt. Sterling.

She and her husband were pioneer members of Story Chapel but transferred their membership to Bonaparte after moving there.

Mrs. Hales was a home loving wife, a devoted mother, a kind neighbor and will be missed by all.

Funeral services were conducted at Center Chapel on Friday, May 25, by the Rev. Harvey E. Butler, a former pastor, after which the body was laid to rest beside that of her husband in the Center Chapel cemetery.

Source: Van Buren Co. Genealogical Society Obituary Book D, Page 52, Keosauqua Public Library, Keosauqua, IA