Hartley Obit
HARTLEY, SIBLEY, NEWNHAM, LAWRENCE, WRIGHT, WEBBER
Posted By: Kristi Bruner (email)
Date: 7/23/2005 at 13:58:06
One of our "brick" walls starts in Van Buren County, Iowa in a place that no longer exits - Upton, Iowa.
I have been looking for the parents of John Hartley for a while now. I cannot find John on the 1880 US Census but I do find a possible brother James, about 8 years old, living with the William & Emma Webber family in Union township, Van Buren County.
Obit from "The Free Press", Kahoka, Missouri, Tuesday, January 1, 1929
FATHER LAID TO REST
John Hartley was born March 17, 1863 near Upton, Iowa. Early in life he became an orphan and was raised by friends in Scotland County, Missouri. (He died Dec. 22, 1928, at Fort Madison, Iowa, aged 65 years, 9 months and 5 days.
March 5, 1893, he was married to Julia Sibley of Arbela, Mo, near which place they started their married life on a farm. For a long time Mr. Hartley farmed near Kahoka, then went to Iowa to work. His sudden death came as the result of a stroke that reached the heart. As there was no warning sickness, he did not suffer.
Besides his companion; the following children survive him: Mrs. Earl Newnham, Ft. Madison, Iowa; Mrs. Otho Wright, Kahoka, Mo; Robert, of Ft. Madison, Iowa; John of LaHarpe, Ill.; Mrs. George Lawrence, Ft. Collins, Colo.; Minah and Harold at home. There are also nineteen grandchildren who survive.
Mr. Hartley had been a member of the Modern Woodmen lodge for years and was active in doing deeds of charity for friends and neighbors. Such activities will be greatly missed by his circle of friends.
The burial took place in the Kahoka cemetery Wednesday after a funeral service at the Baptist church, conducted by Rev. D.F. Bartine, paster of the Baptist church, assisted by E.H. Farmer of the M.E. church South.
Any help on any of these lines would be appreciated. Thank you!
Dave & Kristi Bruner
Van Buren Queries maintained by Rich Lowe.
WebBBS 4.33 Genealogy Modification Package by WebJourneymen