THE FREMONT COUNTY SUN
September 2, 1897
A Family Reunion
The reunion of soldier boys brings together not only old war
comrades but many a family looks forward to this annual occasion
when the children make an extra effort to gather about the family
tree.
Last Tuesday Mrs. George a.Smith had the pleasure of seeing
gathered about her her seven children. They are pretty widely
scattered. Mrs. G. C. Reeves, of Joplin, Missouri; Mrs. J. H.
Christy of Vilas, Colorado; and George H. Smith of Almena,
Kansas. This is the first time that the children have all
been at home at the same time in twenty years. It was a great
pleasure to the mother to have her children with her if but for a
short time.
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THE FREMONT COUNTY HERALD
September 9, 1897.
Thurman News
Miss Josie Moore, of Butler County, Neb., has been visiting with
her uncle and aunt, Chas. Hiatt and wife, for the past few days.
Mrs. Ada Simpson, of Central City , Neb., arrived in our city
Tuesday morning for a visit with her brother, E. L. Warner and
family.
Elmer Forney and Miss Annie Woolen were married at the home of
the bride's parents Thursday night.
O. E. and Roy McCartney will leave Monday morning for school at
Iowa City. Orman will take a course in dentistry while Roy
intends to study stenography.
Died, at his home between Thurman and Percival, Aug. 31, 1897, at
4 p.m., William Blair, aged 76 years, 3 months and 1 day. Mr.
Blair was born May 30, 1821, in Mason County, Ky., and moved with
his parents to Brown County, Ohio, in 1836. Sept. 28, 1853, he
was married to Martha Brown, who survives him. To this union was
born four children, two of whom are still living. They moved to
Illinois in 1865 and in 1867 to Iowa, and has been a resident of
Fremont county ever since. He joined the M. E. church in 1850 and
remained an earnest, consistent member through life. Served in
the Mexican war at the age of 18 as a volunteer, was chairman of
our county board of supervisors for a number of years and a
member of the
Masonic lodge. The funeral was conducted by Rev. Boyd Thursday
and the interment was in the
Thurman cemetery, whither the remains were followed by a large
concourse of mourning friends and sorrowing neighbors. One by one
the old settlers are dropping off and paying the debt of nature;
have ripened for eternity and been garnered with their fathers in
the sweet by and by. In Father Blair's
death the community sustains a grievious loss and mourns the
departure of this brother and friend.