William Hodgins, husband of Katie Scott
William L. Scott
Born: August 4, 1861 in Jasper Co., Iowa
Died: January 2, 1940 in Roseburg, Douglas Co., Oregon
Buried: Wilbur Cemetery in Roseburg, Oregon
Married: Cora May Cross1
Children: Edith1 b. June 1893, Theodore S.1 January 1895 and Lloyd G.1 May 1897
Married: Anna M. Hill in 1916
Parents: James and Mary (Logan) Scott
William L. Scott
Word has been received here of the death, Jan. 2, of William Lincoln Scott, 78, of Roseburg, Ore., a former resident of Jasper county.
Funeral services for Mr. Scott were conducted at Roseburg, Ore., on Jan. 4, 1940, by Dr. M. H. Roach, interment was in the Wilbur cemetery.
Born Aug 4, 1861, in Jasper county, he was the son of James and Mary Logan Scott, who were both born in Pittsburgh, Pa., settling in Sherman township. Both are buried in Metz cemetery.
He went to Wallace county, Kan., in 1887 where he homesteaded on government land. After the death of his first wife in 1910, he was married to Anna M. Hill of Newton, Ia., in 1916.
From 1907 to 1915, he served as register of deeds of Wallace county, Kan., resigning to serve as postmaster of Sharon Springs, Kan., for two years.
In 1924, he and Mrs. Scott moved to Roseburg, Ore., where they have since resided.
Surviving relatives are his widow, and a sister, Mrs. Anna J. Bradway, a former Jasper county teacher, both of Roseburg, Ore. Among the nieces and nephews now living in Iowa are Scott Hodgins of Newton, Clarence, Tom and Albert Holmes of Kellogg, Harry Holmes of Grinnell and Mrs. Porter Winters of Brooklyn, Ia. ~ Jasper County Recorder, January 11, 1940, page 9, column 4.
1. 1900 Census, Sharon Springs Township, Wallace Co., Kansas, On-line Images, Image 10.
Cora's mother's name was Belle Cross. She was born Feb. 26, 1872 in Illinois. She died December 13, 1910 in Sharon Springs, Kansas and is buried in the Sharon Springs Cemetery. Source: Wallace Co., Kan GenWeb Pages
William Scott Hodgins
William Hodgins, Former Newton Resident, Dies
Funeral services for William S. Hodgins, 89, of 4325 N.E. 29th, Des Moines, a former longtime resident of Newton, and a Jasper County highway department employee for 29 years, were held today at the Frist United Methodist Church.
The Rev. Gregory Caldwell, associate pastor of the First United Methodist Church conducted the services. Burial was in the Newton Union Cemetery.
Survivors are his wife, Gertrude; a granddaughter and three great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, a son, Lester, during World War II and a brother and sister.
Mr. Hodgins was a member of the Christian Church and the Woodman of the World.
The son of William and Katie Hodgins, he was born May 1, 1885 at Kellogg.
He was married to Gertrude Keil Nov. 12, 1930 in Grinnell.
He died Friday evening at the Iowa Lutheran Hospital in Des Moines. ~ Newton Daily News, February 17, 1975.
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Services for William S. Hodgins, 89, of 4325 N. E. Twenty-ninth St. who died Saturday at Iowa Lutheran Hospital, will be 2 p.m. Monday at the First United Methodist Church at Newton.
Mr. Hodgins was a Newton resident before moving to Des Moines in 1973. Survivors include his wife, Gertrude. ~ Des Moines Register, February 16, 1975, Section A, page 11, column 6.
Gertrude Hodgins
NEWTON, IA. -- Services for Gertrude Hodgins, 89, of 4325 N. E. Twenty-ninth St. in Des Moines, who died of hart failure Friday at Iowa Lutheran Hospital in Des Moines, will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the Wallace Funeral Home here. Burial will be at Union Cemetery here.
Mrs. Hodgins was a long-time resident of Newton and moved to Des Moines in 1973.
Survivors include three sisters, Josephine Koenigsberger, Iona Lyons and Iowa Welker, all of Des Moines. ~ Des Moines Register, December 26, 1981, Section C, page 2, column 1.
Robert Hodgins
Former Jasper Man Is Killed
In Des Moines
Robert J. Hodgins of Des Moines, former Jasper county resident living near Galesburg, was killed early Saturday and four other persons were injured in a head-on collision of two automobiles at 6th and Holcomb avenues, according to an Associated Press dispatch received here.
Mr. Hodgins, reports coming to relatives here, was killed almost instantly. Mrs. Hodgins, the former Grace Carpenter of this community, was reported to be seriously injured.
Mr. Hodgins lived some years ago near Galesburg, raised by Jannes Butin, now of Grinnell. He is survived by a brother Scott Hodgins of Newton, and Mrs. Porter Winter of Grinnell. Mr. Butin stays with Mrs. Porter
Lowell Carpenter of between Galesburg and Reasnor, a brother-in-law, left Saturday for Des Moines, as did other relatives from Newton. ~ Jasper County Record, June 4, 1936.
Mrs. Grace Hodgins
Services for Mrs. Grace Hodgins, 87, of 814 Twenty-fifth St. will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Hamilton's Funeral Home, with burial in Glendale Cemetery.
Mrs. Hodgins died Monday of complications following a broken hip at Des Moines General Hospital.
Mrs. Hodgins was born in Galesburg and lived in Des Moines for 50 years.
Survivors include a sister, Faye Kent of Newton; a grandchild and three great-grandchildren. ~ Des Moines Tribune, February 1, 1979, page 17, column 3,