Anceline Delilah (Fisher) Lazenby 1849-1928

LAZENBY, FISHER, VANCE

Posted By: Karen DaPra (email)
Date: 5/16/2004 at 01:51:37

MRS. D. M. LAZENBY

Anceline Delilah Fisher was born Sept. 10, 1849, in Clinton county, Ohio, where she grew to young womanhoood [sic]. June 15, 1868, she was married to David M. Lazenby and that fall they came to Iowa, making the trip in a covered wagon.

For more than forty years they have lived in Keosauqua and vicinity. Her husband passed away May 29, 1926. After a short illness she departed this life at her home in Keosauqua July 3, 1928, aged 78 years, 10 months and 23 days.

Nine children, 7 daughters and 2 sons, came into this home to call her mother. One daughter, Etta, preceeded her in death Oct. 20, 1902. All the rest were with her during her last illness except Mrs. Dora Vance of Colorado.

In early life she became a christian and came into the Christian church of Keosauqua by letter in 1903 and has kept her faith through the years. In the early days when the lumber wagon was their only mode of travel they thought nothing of a five mile trip with their little family to church.

It can be truly said of her than she was a homemaker for she took great pride in her home and family.

Besides her children, she leaves [rest of obit missing]

(Photocopy of this obit found on page 229 of Obit Book "A" of the Van Buren County, Iowa, Genealogical Society's collection at the Keosauqua Public Library as of May 2001. Name and date of newspaper not given.)

(Originally posted 9 May 2001)

NOTE: I have discovered that Anceline is the mother of Bertha Lazenby who married Stephen Fellows, a distant cousin of mine. I would like to know who the children of David & Anceline were. Thanks, Karen.