Jefferson County, Iowa The Fairfield Ledger

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Fairfield, Iowa "WEEKLY LEDGER"
Jefferson County
Transcribed by Joey Stark

MARRIAGES.
  --March 11, 1869, at the residence of the bride’s father in Round Prairie township, by Rev. W. H. PHILLIPS, Mr. Geo. W. OVERHOLSER and Miss Ellen CARTER.
  --Feb. 28, 1869, at the house of Mrs. Magdalena MANN, in Walnut township, by Rev. J. Adam MULLER, Mr. John KEMLER and Mrs. Magdalena WENDLING.
  --April 15, 1869, at the house of the bride’s mother, in Liberty township, by Rev. John HAYDEN, Mr. Peter W. S. SLIMMER and Miss Mary E. FALKNER.

DIED.--Feb. 5th, 1869, Samuel ASHMEAD, of Jefferson county, Iowa, in the 69th year of his age.
  He was born in the State of Maryland, removed when eight years old to Washington County, Pennsylvania, where he, in the 24th year of his age, was joined in marriage to Mrs. CARVER, a young widow with three children. Remained there until 1855, when he emigrated to this place. He was a man of excellent character, sound judgment, industrious habits, and kind disposition. He was a good, loyal citizen, a scientific farmer, and a fine neighbor. He was a faithful husband, a tender father, and a first-class householder. He was much esteemed by all his acquaintances, and will be greatly missed by his family and neighbors.
  He made no public profession of religion until shortly before his death, yet we have good reason to believe that the germ was for many years deeply rooted in his heart, though not fully developed until late in life, when he testified to the goodness of God and fully realized the saving power of Divine grace by faith in Christ, and thus fell asleep in Jesus.
  A large concourse of stricken neighbors and fellow citizens attended his funeral.-- The services were conducted by the writer. Text-- Eccl., 7:1.
  He leaves his aged companion, two sons, three daughters, two step-sons, one step-daughter, with their families; also a widowed daughter-in-law and her children to mourn their loss,-- but not as those who have no hope. May God sustain, and finally save them all through Jesus Christ.
    "The pains of death are past,
      Labor and sorrow past;
    And life’s long warfare closed at last,
      His soul is found in peace."
             S. RIDENOUR.

Proof of Will.
STATE OF IOWA, }
Jefferson County,   } SS:
To all whom it may concern :
  Know ye: That on the 15th day of April, 1869, a paper purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of Jacob MYERS, late of said county, was produced in open court and publicly read, and the first day of the next term of the Circuit Court in and for said county, set for the proof and final hearing of the same, notice is therefore hereby given to all concerned that the proof of said Will will be heard on the 1st day of the next term of the Circuit Court of said county, to be held in the Court House, in Fairfield, on the 4th Monday of May, 1869.

      Witness, George H. CASE, Clerk, and the [SEAL] seal of said Court this 27th day of April, 1869. GEO. H. CASE,
  n17.2w            Clerk of the Circuit Court.

Proof of Will.
STATE OF IOWA, }
Jefferson County,   } SS:
To whom it may concern :

  Know ye:  That on the 9th day of February 1869. it being the 2d day of the February term, 1869. of the Circuit Court of said county, a paper purporting to be the LastWill [sic] and Testament of Samuel ASHMEAD, late of said county, deceased, was produced in open Court and publicly read, and the 1st day of the next term of the Circuit Court of said county, set for the proof and final hearing of the same, notice is therefore hereby given to all concerned that the proof of said Will will be heard on the 1st day of the next term of Circuit Court, for said county, to be held in the Court-House, in Fairfield, on the 4th Monday of May, 1869.
      Witness, Geo. H. CASE, Clerk, and the [SEAL] seal of said Court, this 27th day of April, 1869. GEO. H. CASE,
  n17.2w.            Clerk of the Circuit Court.

Proof of Will.
STATE OF IOWA, }
Jefferson County,   } SS:
To whom it may concern :

  Know ye: That on the 26th day of April, 1869, a paper purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of Daniel J. TRAVIS, late of said county, deceased, was produced in open court and publicly read, and the 1st day of the next term of the Circuit Court, in and for said county, set for the proof and the final hearing of the same, notice is therefore hereby given to all concerned that the proof of said Will will be heard on the 1st day of the next term of the Circuit Court for said couety [sic], to be held in the Court House, in Fairfield, on the 4th Monday of May, 1869.
      Witness, Geo. H. CASE, Clerk, and the [SEAL] seal of said Court, this 27th day of April, 1869. GEO. H. CASE,
  2t17            Clerk of the Circuit Court.

Proof of Will.
STATE OF IOWA, }
Jefferson County,   } SS:
To whom it may concern :

  Know ye: That on the 22d day of March 1869, a sealed envelope, said to contain the Last Will and Testament of John S. JOHNSON deceased, late of said county, was filed in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court, and afterwards, to-wit: on the 21st day of April 1869, said sealed envelope was opened, and its contents, a paper purporting to be said Last Will and Testament of said deceased, publicly read in open Court, and the first day of the next term of the Circuit Court of said County set for the proof and final hearing of the same. Notice is therefore hereby given to all concerned that the proof of said Will will be heard on the first day of the next term of the Circuit Court for said County, to be held in the Court-House in Fairfield on the 4th Monday of May 1869
      Witness, Geo. H. CASE, Clerk, and the [SEAL] seal of said Court, this 27th day of April, 1869. GEO. H. CASE,
2t17            Clerk of the Circuit Court.

Real Estate Transfers.--The following deeds to lands and town lots in Jefferson county, have been placed on record at the Recorder’s office for three weeks, ending April 26, 1869.
W. D. EDWARDS from Elizabeth WILSON, lots 4 and 5, in block 8, in the town of Pleasant Plain. Deed dated April 7, 1869.
250 00
Christian TURNER from Peter WESTLING and wife, undivided one-half of lot 3 of block 10, old plat of the city of Fairfield. Deed dated April 3, 1869. 400 00
Jane McCOID from John McKINNIE and wife, lot 28 in Whitwood’s addition to the village of Batavia. Deed dated Oct. 15, 1868. 90 00
Jane BROWN from Jane McCOID and husband, lot 28, in Whitwood’s addition to the village of Batavia.-- Deed dated April 8, 1869. 110 00
Wm. R. BLOSS from Eccleston F. SMITH and wife, lots 5 and 6, block 18, in Williams, Henn & Co.’s addition to the city of Fairfield. Deed dated Oct. 26, 1865. 150 00
John BRYSON from Wm. R. BLOSS and wife, lots 6 and 6, black 18,[sic] in Williams, Henn & Co., addition to Fairfield. Deed dated April 18, 1869. 300 00
A. G. WOLOARD [sic] from Wm. L. McLEAN and wife, lot 4, block 28, new plat of the city of Fairfield. Deed dated March 29, 1869. 2,000 00
Solomon ALLISON from O. E. STEWART, lot 49, in Whitwood’s addition to the town of Batavia. Deed dated Dec. 2, 1868. 65 00
Sarah HUNTZINGER from Andrew W. LINABERRY, and wife, part of lot 5, block 7, of the new plot [sic] of the city of Fairfield. Deed dated April 12, 1869. 5,500 09
David R. PARAMORE from Thomas SMITH and wife, part of lot 9 in Huey’s addition to the town of Fairfield. Deed dated Feb. 13, 1869. 33 35
William BARTHOLOMEW from William SPRAGUE and wife, lot 72, in Whitwood’s addition to the town of Batavia. Deed dated March 17, 1869. 50 00
John H. YOUNG from Joseph GOODRICH and wife, lots 5 and 6, in block 16, new plat, and the middle third of lot 5, in block 8, in the old plat of the city of Fairfield. Deed dated April 7, 1869. 2,600 00
Thomas D. EVANS from George W. WOODS and wife, lot 8, in block 8, new plat of the city of Fairfield.--- Deed dated March 30, 1869. 120 00
Geo. A. WELLS from Elizabeth POULTON and husband, lot 3, block 14, in Henn, Williams & Co.’s addition to the city of Fairfield. Deed dated March 30, 1869. 650 00
Wm. PATRICK from Jefferson county, lot 4, in block 26, new plat of the city of Fairfield. Deed dated Sept. 23, 1868. 15 00
B. GILTNER from R. E. JONES and husband, lots 4 and 5, in block 26, new plat of the city of Fairfield.-- Deed dated Oct. 4, 1868. 700 00
Peter WESTLING from B. GILTNER and wife, lots 4 and 5, in block 26, new plat of the city of Fairfield. Deed dated April 3, 1869. 800 00
John W. POULTON from George A. WELLS and wife, lots 7 and 8, in block 23, old plat of the city of Fairfield.-- Deed dated March 30, 1869. 1,250 00
Isaac D. JONES from Joseph YOUNG and wife, lots 4 and 5, in block 16, new plat of the city of Fairfield. Deed dated April 2, 1869. 300 00

SHERIFF’S SALE.
      By virtue of an Execution to me directed from the Clerk of the District Court of Henry County, Iowa, I will offer for saie [sic] on
    THURSDAY, the 20th day of May, 1869,
at the front door of the Court House in the city of Fairfield, Iowa, between the hours of 9 o’clock A.M. & 4 o’clock P.M., sale to commence at 1 o’clock P.M. of said day, for cash to the highest bidder, the following Real Estate, to wit: Lots Nos one and two (1 and 2) in block No. ten (10) in the town of Parsonville, formerly Lockridge, in the County and State aforesaid. Said property was taken in execution and levied upon as the property of Elizabeth GIBSON and Wilson LARISON to satisfy a judgment in favor of W. P. BRAZLETON, assigned to P. N. BOWMAN, rendered on the 19th day of August, 1858.             J. S. GANTZ,
  3w17pr$6         Sheriff of Jefferson co. Iowa.

Proof of Will.
STATE OF IOWA, }
Jefferson County,   } SS:
To whom it may concern :
  Know ye:  That on the 28th day of April, 1869, a paper purporting to be the last Will and Testament of Alonzo B. HUTCHINSON, late of said county, deceased, was produced in open court and publicly read, and the 1st day of the next term of the Circuit Court, in and for said county, set for the proof and the final hearing of the same, notice is therefore hereby given to all concerned that the proof of said Will will be heard on the 1st day of the next term of the Circuit Court for said county, to be held in the Court House, in Fairfield, on the 4th Monday of May, 1869.
        Witness, Geo. H. CASE, Clerk, and the [SEAL] seal of said Court, this 28th day of April, 1869. GEO. H. CASE,
2t17            Clerk of the Circuit Court.

Ice Cream Saloon.--The ice cream fixtures that were burned up in JORDAN’s building belonged to J. C. BLACK and Theodore VANDEVERT. They have opened another saloon, on Washington street, under RATCLIFF & GILTNER’s law office. They cannot make ice-cream enough to assuage fire, but they hope to make enough to alleviate the heat that the citizens of Fairfield will experience this summer. Cakes, candies, and other confectionery will be supplied. The. (sic) will run the institution. Call and taste.

Fine Horse..--On the farm of J. P. ROBERDS, 1½ miles west of town, may be seen the finest English draft stallion in the county. To be admired he has only to be seen. An advertisement may be found elsewhere.

Local Affairs.
Real Estate Transfers..--The following deeds to lands and town lots in Jefferson county, have been placed on record at the Recorder’s office for three weeks, ending April 19, 1869.
Abigal R. PIERCE from A. G. REGISTER and wife, 320 acres in Lockridge township. Deed dated April 8, 1869. 8,000 00
Thomas MORGAN from Robert E. JENKINS, 80 acres in Cedar township.-- Deed dated April 6, 1869. 300 00
David SENS from S. H. BROWN and wife, 40 acres in Des Moines township. Deed dated April 2, 1869. 370 00
Major McMULLEN from John SINGHOUS, 168.64 acres in Blackhawk township. Deed dated March 19, 1869. 2,180 00
Samuel H. MITCHELL from James YOUNG and wife lot of land in and adjoining Grimes’ addition to the city of Fairfield. Deed dated April 9, 1869. 500 00
Ocean NELSON and John M. PETERSON from Mary J. HENN, 160 acres in Des Moines township. Deed dated April 6, 1869.
800 00
Luther W. PRINGLE from John WASSON and wife, --- acres in Penn township. Deed dated March 3, 1869. 450 00
Agrippi HENDERSON from Elijah DEAN and wife, 13 acres in Locust Grove township. Deed dated March 19, 1869. 300 00
Elijah BILLINGSLEY from Wm. J. McCULLOUGH and wife, 80 acres in Round Prairie township. Deed dated March 30, 1869.
2,200 00
Elizabeth C. HOSKINS, from George C. CRANE and wife, one acre in Round Prairie township. Deed dated March 4, 1869. 10 00
John Peter STERNSTROM from George POLLOCK and wife, 20 acres in Fairfield township. Deed dated March 21, 1869. 300 00
Charles CLARK from Frederick SCHNERINGER, 40 acres in Round Prairie township. Deed dated April 12, 1869. 300 00
Joshua WILDMAN from Hiram WILDMAN, 80 acres in Round Prairie township. Deed dated Sept. 19, 1865. 500 00
Israel SNOOK from F. J. DEMARCH, 5 acres in Cedar township. Deed dated March 3, 1866. 50 00
David W. TEMPLETON from Conrad BLOSS and wife, lot of land in Henn Williams & Co.’s addition to the city of Fairfield. Deed dated April 9, 1869. 3,500 00
Tinley M. BROOKE from N. D. WILLIAMS and wife, lots 2, 3, 4 and 5, in half-block 4, in Brookville, and six acres in Locust Grove township. Deed dated March 30, 1869. 500 00
Tinley M. BROOKE from C. ABRAHAM and wife, lots 2. 3. and 4, in half-block 3, in Brookville and a parcel of land adjoining. Deed dated March 30, 1869. 350 00
Parry Brown HULSE from William W. COTTLE, and wife, 120 acres in Round Prairie township. Deed dated Nov. 28, 1869. 3,600 00
Wm. H. BARTHOLOMEW from Joseph McINTIRE and wife, one-half acre in Locust Grove township. Deed dated Dec. 31, 1868.
10 00
Geo. P. BARTOW from Eli SAWYERS and wife, 40 acres in Blackhawk township. Deed dated March 13, 1869. 1,010 00
Elisha CLARK from John D. STEWART et. al., 160 acres in Blackhawk township. Deed dated March 27, ’69. 2,400 00
Henry S. RIGGS from Myers HUDDLESTON and wife, 131 acres in Polk township. Deed dated January 11, 1869. 3,500 00
John J. CAMPBELL from Alex. ATEN and wife, 20 acres in Penn township. Deed dated April 1, 1869. 3,277 50
Milton W. WILLIAMS from Joseph H. BURGESS and wife, 10 acres in Penn township. Deed dated January 19, 1867. 160 00
Robert A. YOUNG from Samuel C. McCUNE and wife, 185 acres in Buchanan township. Deed dated Sept. 18, 1869 [sic]. 4,625 00
M. M. ALDEN from M. GLOTFELTY and wife, 40 acres in Locust Grove township. Deed dated March 24, 1869. 250 00
Stacy BALDWIN from Thomas J. CARR and wife, 40 acres in Liberty township. Deed dated Aug. 29, 1869 [sic]. 1,000 00
Alonzo J. GREEN from Greenburg HOWARD and wife, 50 acre sin Buchanan township. Deed dated March 27, 1869. 1,800 00
John J. CAMPBELL from George W. WOODS and wife, 90 acres in Cedar township. Deed dated April 1, 1869. 3,400 00
John B. McGUIRE from James M. McGUIRE and wife, 155 acres in Liberty township. Deed dated March 16, 1869. 1,650 00
Albert COX from Noah WRIGHT and wife, 50 acres in Cedar township.-- Deed dated March 20, 1869. 1,000 00
W. T. LONG from S. A BRADSHAW and wife, 16 acres in Des Moines township. Deed dated April 1, 1869. 320 00
Lewis SPIELMAN from E. E. FIECHTNER and husband, 40 acres in Walnut township. Deed dated April 10, ’69. 90 00
Andrew A. HOLMES from David J. GOOD and wife, 30 acres in Locust Grove township. Deed dated April 3, 1869. 450 00
George H. HULSE from Vanmeter L. CHESTER and wife, 70 acres in Buchanan township. Deed dated April 14, 1869. 2,051 00
Jonah NEIS from E. L. MATHEWS and wife, 77 acres in Blackhawk township. Deed dated Nov. 13, 1868. 1,150 00
John REGISTER from David HUDGEL and [rest of article cut off.]