Jefferson County, Iowa The Fairfield Ledger

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

Teachers for the Union School.-- At a meeting of the Board of Education of the Independent School District of Fairfield, held July 21st, the teachers were selected :
  Principal--- Mr. M. THRASHER.
  1st Assistant Teacher--- W. C. DAVIS.
  2nd Assistant Teacher--- C. S. McCLAIN.
  Teachers--- Miss Hannah RAMSAY, Kate F. ROWLAND, Emma RUSSELL, Martha S. SHAFFER, Hester BUCKINGHAM, Maggie SHRINER, Mrs. Marion E. WELLS.
  The first term of the coming school year, will commence on the first Monday of September next.

Marriages
HILL--ROBINSON.--July 13, 1869, at the bride’s mother, in Buchanan township, by Rev. A. ORR, Mr. Theodore W. HILL and Miss Angeline ROBINSON.

MONTGOMERY--PHEASANT.--May 6, ’69, at the house of the bride, in Walnut township, by Ref. Alfred WILSON, Mr. James MONTGOMERY and Miss Louisa PHEASANT.

VOSS--MESSER.--July 11, 1869, at the house of the bride’s father, in Walnut township, by Rev. H. REHWOLDT, Mr. Deitrick VOSS and Miss Sarah MESSER.

DIED--Suddenly, on the 29th of June, Liza, wife of David ORR, hear Hurd’s grove, in Penn township.
  She eat her breakfast [sic] as hearty as usual, and was sitting in her chair smoking, when she fell over expired. Her death was occasioned by disease of the heart.

DIED--In Fairfield, on the 15th inst., Mrs. Jane. B. PARKINSON, wife of Thos. A. PARKINSON, aged 38 years, a christian wife and mother, whose loss will always be felt by an affectionate husband and three orphan children.

Ah, sister sweet, the world is dark about us,
  Gone from our sky a bright and shining star.
And we would fold the mourning robes around us,
  Did we not know thou art happier far---

Safely at rest, beyond life’s heaving billow,
  Beyond this crowd of weary, aching feet,
And hungry hearts.  No cypress, and no willow
  Should mark thy grave, but clust’ring roses sweet.

For thy whole life was full of thought for others;
  An incense falls on many hearts to-night,
Almost despairing ones, the Sisters, Brothers,
  Thy Christ-like life hath turned toward the light.

And we could weep such tears, so those in heaven
  Even might pity our heart-breaking grief;
Could agonize o’er cords so quickly riven,
  Thy life cut off ere sear and yellow leaf

Had marked its course; and folding to our bosom
  Those little orphans, questions even God
Why has he taken one so pure and winsome,
  And left so many stricken ‘neath the rod.

Did we not know the blessed Lord hath crowned thee
  And thou dost sit beneath the heavenly palms;
That clinging, loving angel arms are round thee,
  While in thy ears are sounding glorious psalms;

That by the jasper walls, and domes of crystal,
  Through golden streets thy gentle feet have trod,
Thy every heart throb now is music blissful;
  Safe, safe at last in paradise of God.

And more, did we not know that we may meet thee,
  And clasp thy spirit hands, as once on earth;
That it is ours in the Beyond to greet thee,
  When we have known the joyous angel birth.

Oh, soul so radiant here, what must thy angel
  With all earth’s clogging weights removed now be;
Where thou canst know the holy, the evangel,
  The truth in Christ in all its purity.

Oh, with what rapture must thy active spirit
  Enter upon those scenes so pure and bright.
The mansions glorious which thou must inherit,
  For thou art heaven’s, heaven thine to-night.

And so we wear no gloom, or dark hued cypress,
  Our chastened hearts all sign with one accord,
Praises unto the God, whose rod doth smite us,
  For sister sweet, thou hast died in the Lord.
        E.

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 one week, ending July 20, 1869.
A. W. LAUGHLIN from D. B. MILLER and wife, 66 feet in width off the west end of lots 1 and 2, in Block 11, in H. W. & Co’s addition to the city of Fairfield. Deed dated Jan. 12, 1869. 150 00
Ashbury W. HURST from Jesse BYRKIT and wife, lot 4 block 20, old plat of Fairfield. Deed dated June 14, 1869. 2,400 00
Jesse BYRKIT from A. W. HURST and wife, lot 6 block 29, new plat of Fairfield. Deed dated June 14, 1869. 1,500 00
Geo. W. ROBINSON and Wilkins WARWICK from Ed. J. HALE, lot 81 in Whitwood’s addition to the town of Batavia. Deed dated March 30, 1869. 120 00
Ellen M. TOWNE from Evin FLEENOR and wife, lot 1 block 1, original plat of Abingdon. Deed dated Sept. 10, 1868. 300 00
Sabina E. HARDING from John M. TOWNE and wife, lot 1 block 1, original plat of Abingdon. Deed dated June 14, 1869. 400 00
Nancy GOSSMAN from Daniel THOMAS and wife, lot 3 block 18, old plat of the city of Fairfield. Deed dated Aug. 3, 1868.
2,000 00
C. A. JONES from W. W. UTTZ, lots 4 and 5, block 25, new plat of the city of Fairfield. Deed dated Oct. 12, 1868. 50 00
I. D. JONES from C. A. JONES and wife, lots 4 and 5, block 25, new plat of the city of Fairfield. Deed dated June 21, 1869. 150 00
Sarah J. WHITTAKER from I. D. JONES and wife, lots 4 and 5, new plat of the city of Fairfield. Deed dated June 25, 1869. 165 00
Wm. L. DAGGETT from W. W. JUNKIN and wife, lot 10, block 27, new plat of the city of Fairfield. Deed dated March 8, 1869. 500 00
John SHAFFER from John MINER and wife, lot 1 block 24, new plat of the City of Fairfield. Deed dated July 7, 1869. 580 00
John SHAFFER from C. NEGUS and wife, lot 7, block 2, H. W. & Co’s addition to the city of Fairfield. Deed dated June 16, 1869. 115 00