Austin Halliwill
Born: August 16, 1833 in Medina Co., Ohio
Died: November 14, 1915 Mitchellville, Polk Co., Iowa
Buried: Lot 57
Lot Owner: Austin Halliwill, purchased in 1892
Married: Rebecca Sims on June 10, 1860 in Jasper County, Iowa4
Children: James, George,
Henry, Nathaniel, Mary Watt, and Rebecca Brothers1
Parents: David and Catherine Weston Hallowell2
Family Group Sheet
Mr. Halliwill of Mitchellville Died Last Evening
Mrs. W. T. Kennedy was called to Mitchellville this morning on account of the death of her brother-in-law, Mr. Halliwill who died at his home in that place. Interment will be made in the Metz cemetery.
Mr. Halliwill is quite well known here, having lived in this vicinity before moving to Mitchellville. ~ The Newton Daily News, November 16, 1915.
Rebecca Ellen (Sims) Halliwill
Born: April 13, 1844 near Greencastle, Putnam Co., Indiana3
Died: April 21, 1934 in Colfax, Jasper Co., Iowa
Buried: Lot 57
Lot Owner: Austin Halliwill, purchased in 1892
Married: Austin Halliwill on June 10, 1860 in Jasper County, Iowa4
Children: James, George, Henry, Nathaniel, Mary Watt, and Rebecca Brothers1
Parents: Squire S. H. and Elza Jane (Christy) Sims
Mrs. Austin Halliwill Aged 90
Died Saturday
Had Been Resident of Jasper County For 83 Years
Mrs. Austin Halliwill, one of the oldest residents of Jasper county, passed away at her home in this city Saturday morning, following a short illness at the advanced age of 90 years.
Mrs. Halliwill had been a resident of Jasper county for eighty-three years and has seen many changes since coming to Iowa at the age of seven years.
Rebecca Ellen Sims was born near Greencastle, Indiana, April 13, 1844, and departed this life April 21, 1934, at the age of 90 years and 8 days.
She moved with her parents to Jasper county, Iowa, in 1851, when she was seven years old.
She was united in marriage with Austin Halliwill June 10, 1860 and commenced house keeping on their farm near Baxter, where they lived until 1865, when they moved to the home five miles east of Colfax, where they lived until retiring from the farm in 1907. First moving to Mitchellville, where Mr. Halliwill passed away Nov. 14, 1915. Mrs. Halliwill then moved to Colfax, where she has since resided.
She was the mother of six children, three of whom survive her, George H. of Colfax, James W. of Merna, Neb., and Henry A. of Boise, Idaho. One son, Nathaniel and two daughters, Rebecca J. and Mary Effie, preceded her in death.
During her reclining years she has been tenderly cared for by her son George, who together with his brother Henry, were at her bedside when she quietly slipped away Saturday morning to be with her Maker and her departed loved ones.
A precious one from us is gone,
A voice we loved is stilled,
A place is vacant in our home,
Which never can be filled.
Funeral services were conducted Monday forenoon from the Christian church with Dr. Theodore Morning, her neighbor and friend, officiating at the service. Burial was had in the Metz cemetery.
Music was furnished by Mrs. Earl Plummer and Mrs. George Robinson.
Pall bearers were John Mead, Dick Bond, Archie Engle, Charley Decker, Harry Baker and Robert Spering.
Cards of Thanks
We wish to thank those friends who so kindly assisted us in so many ways during the illness and after the death of our beloved mother.
George Halliwill, Henry Halliwill, James Halliwill.
~ The Colfax Tribune, Colfax, Iowa, April 26, 1934.
James Halliwill
James is not buried here
He [JAMES W. HALLIWILL] was born in Jasper county, Iowa, October 26, 1862, next to the oldest of six children born to Austin and Rebecca (Sims) Halliwill. He has one sister in Long Beach, California, and two brothers in Iowa, and two of the children are deceased. The father was born in Medina, Guilford, Ohio, August 16, 1833, and the mother in Indiana, April 13, 1844, and they now reside in Mitchellville, Iowa.
Mr. Halliwill grew to manhood on an Iowa farm, received his education in the public schools, and its a young man engaged in farming on his own account. In the fall of 1884 he decided to seek the larger opportunities offered for advancement in the west and pre-empted one hundred and sixty acres of land and took up a tree claim of like size about twenty miles west of Broken Bow, Custer county. After proving up his claims to these properties he took another one hundred find sixty acres of land as a homestead and another tree claim adjoining. On June 1, 1898, Mr. Halliwill married Miss Julia M. Klump, of Custer county, a native of Jo Daviess county, Illinois, and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Klump, who were among the early settlers on West Table, Custer county, and became prominent in local affairs. Two children have blessed the union of Mr. and Mrs. Halliwill: Everett Lee, and Rebecca Jane.
In 1903 Mr. Halliwill purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land on section fifteen, township seventeen, range twenty-three, to which the family moved. He has in this place a well improved and equipped farm, well adapted for raising grain and stock, and very productive. He has been identified with the best interests of his county and state and is always ready to advance any movement for the general welfare and progress. For some years past he has served on the board of school district number one hundred fifty-one. He and his wife are well known in various circles and have many friends.
Compendium of History Reminiscence and Biography of Nebraska, page 615
1. Austin and Rebecca listed as parents in marriage record of Rebecca to Charles Brothers.
2. Courtesy of Carl B.
3. Jasper Co., Iowa Death Record, Book 2, Page 101.
4. Jasper County Iowa Marriage Record, Book 1, page 61