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MONTROSE, IOWA JOURNAL

Transcribed by Connie (Dobson) Putthoff

6 January 1927

Mr. and Mrs. W.H. METZINGER, a daughter, born 3 January 1927

Mr. and Mrs. Simon BARGTHOLD, a daughter, born 2 January 1927.

Mrs. Margaret C. ADAMS died 22 December 1926 at her home. Margaret Catherine LAMBERT, daughter of Robert LAMBERT and Elizabeth SCOTT LAMBERT, was born in Lee Co. Iowa, 12 October 1862. On 8 March 1887, she married C.H. ADAMS and had six children, only one of whom survives her mother. Survived by husband, Clarence, one son, Herbert, one brother, Andrew LAMBERT, of Pretty Prairie, Kansas, one aunt, Mrs. Catherine HENDRON of Revere, Missouri. Buried Montrose cemetery.

13 January 1927

Miss Alice Rosalie BINDEWALD, daughter of Mrs. Alice BINDEWALD of our city, married Louis H. ARNS, of Ft. Madison, 10 January 1927.

Thomas N. BASSETT, son of Wm. M. and Eliza CHANTRY? BASSETT, was born near Keosauqua, Iowa, 28 April 1848 and died 7 January 1927. He married Eliza PHILLIPS at Charleston in April of 1867.

She and several children preceded him in death many years ago. Leaves two daughters; Mrs. Ann GURWELL, Cadwel, Id., and Mrs. Ida Anto? Of Escondido, Ca., a sister, Mrs. H.H. CROSS of Wilder, Id., and three brother; Howard of Arcdadia, Ca. George M., of Camas, Wa. and L.A. of Charleston. Buried Charleston cemetery

20 January 1927

Mrs. Jesse W. FRUEHLING, who lived near Montrose, died Thursday. Pearl Lucille FOWLER was born 19 July 1899 ? in Sandusky, Iowa. She married Jesse W. FRUEHLING 13 July 1918. He survives with four small children, Eugene W. Ivor F., Cora M., and one tiny daughter, Lo?, her mother, Mrs. FOWLER, three sisters, Mrs. Chas METTERNICH, Mrs. J.W. PETERSEN of Sandusky, Mrs. J. W. BOYD  of Carthage, Illinois, three brothers; Jesse R. of Moline, Illinois, Wm. E. of Montrose, and James E. of Sandusky. Buried Montrose.

Rev. Elisha? RHODES was born in Bonaparte, Iowa 4 March 1872 and died in Ft. Madison, 10 January 1927. Moved to Sandusky when seven. In May 1893, he married Nellie May HAWKES of Keokuk and had six children, Orien, George, Esther, and Russell, with two infant daughters deceased. Leaves; wife, children, Orien, George, and Russell of Keokuk,one daughter, Mrs. Fred B? EUKANDER of Oskaloosa, mother, Mrs. Francis RHODES of Sycamore, Illinois, three brothers and one sister of Chicago, and little Earl, an adopted son at home. Buried Sandusky.

27 January 1927

Miss Elsie COOPER, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. COOPER, and Chalmer L. SHIREY, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry SHIREY of Burlington, were married in Ft .Madison, Wednesday.

24 February 1927

Mrs. Joseph CLOUD is helping care for her daughter, Mrs. Chris CHRISTENSEN and little son who arrived 18 February 1927. Mrs. CHRISTENSEN has the measles as does little Doris

17 March 1927

Mrs. Elizabeth HORTON, an old settler of Montrose, died at the family home, 14 March 1927. Elizabeth Jane BROWN was born 22 May 1845 in Montgomery Co. Missouri and came to Iowa in 1851. Married William HORTON 22 January 1861 and had six children, one son Edward and one daughter, Clara, died in infancy. Two other daughters preceded their mother in death within the last five years. Her husband also preceded her. Leaves one son Fred of Ft .Madison, one daughter, Mrs. Vallie CARR of Montrose. Buried Montrose.

Henry F. REICHMANN, 70, died 8 March, at his home in Keokuk.

24 March 1927

The paper sold again, hope he is better than the last two.

Miss Olatha Martha MILLER married Robert James TWEEDY in the Methodist church at Montrose, 11 March 1927. Bride is the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.H. MILLER of Montrose. Groom is the oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh TWEEDY whose home is five miles South of Montrose. Will live near Mt. Pleasant.

Tom REED of Ft. Madison married Miss Lulu BROWN of Keokuk, at the First M. E. Church of Ft. Madison, 19 March 1927. Will live in Ft.Madison.

Mr. and Mrs Gentry KOCH, a son, David Gentry KOCH, born 22 March 1927.

31 March 1927

Ralph W. RAGSDALE, 28, traveling salesman for the Burlington Creamery Co., was found dead in the Mississippi near the Burlington tracks just below Montrose. He had been shot between the eyes.

Elizabeth SEELEGER, wife of R.B. KENNEDY, died Saturday. Funeral was held at the home in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Lucinda Mahla MESSINGER was born at Keokuk 31 December 1855, the oldest daughter of William and Elizabeth MESSINGER. On 6 October 1885, she married Alexandra PHILP at Keokuk. They had five children; three sons and two daughters; Albert M. died at age 3, Elizabeth A., Everett A. , Mary E., and Harry J. Her husband preceded her in death, 2 November 1906. Also leaves two grandchildren; Marion and Delphia PHILP; two sisters, Mrs. Mary ANDERSON, Keokuk, and Mrs. Ellen KORNDER of Armour, S.D. and two brothers, Albert of Keokuk, and Harry of Armour. S.D.

7 April 1927

Mrs. Alice Geneva HOWES married Clarence LEMATTY last week at Palmyra, Missouri. Will live in Montrose.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert KNOBBS, a son born at St. Joseph hospital.

14 April 1927

Mr. Wm. Francis ELLIS was born in Montrose and died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Laura CHILDS, 6 March 1927 at age 78. Mrs. Julia Ray ELLIS, his wife, preceded him in death in the year 1923. Had four children, two sons, Charlie and Everett, preceding their father in death. Leaves; two daughters; Laura and Emma, one sister, Mrs. Wm. CASSIDY of Ft. Madison. Buried Jacksonville, Illinois by the side of his wife and two sons.

Dr. YOUNG of Manson, Iowa, had the misfortune to fall from a ladder at his home and break his hip. He died shortly after and was buried in Manson, Iowa. His wife was Miss Etta LEAVENSWORTH, formerly of Montrose.

Mr. and Mrs. HUFFMAN, a daughter born 7 April 1927.

Mr. and Mrs. Stuart WAIDER, a son born 8 April 1927.

28 April 1927

The young baby of Mr. and Mrs. Otto HUFFMAN, died at the family home Thursday. Buried Montrose.

5 May 1927

Miss Helen SCOFIELD, oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. V.A. SCOFIELD of Muscatine, married Harold THON, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred THON of Montrose. Miss SCOFIELD has just completed a successful year as teacher at the Galland school. Will live with grooms parents on a farm north of Montrose.

19 May 1927

John W. FORTNER, 53, died at his home between Galland and Montrose, 12 May 1927. He was born in Illinois, 17 February 1874, but for a number of years had made his home near Montrose. He married Viola TICE, who survives together with two daughters, Mrs. Bertha CHASE of Mossville, Illinois, and Mrs. Emily LAKEY of Quincy, Illinois. Mr. FORTNER is remembered as having saved the lives of six prominent business men on 9 September 1906.

2 June 1927

Word has been received of the death of Nelson J. CHPAMAN well known to many of the older residents of the town, who passed away in Ca. 17 May 1927. He came here to work on our big saw mill about 1897. He married Eva KENNEDY, who preceded him many years ago. Leaves three children; George, Fred, and Helen.

9 June 1927

Miss Leila KIRKPATRICK, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C.A. KIRKPATRICK, married George WHITMARSH, son of Mr. and Mrs. John WHITMARSH of Denmark. Held at the home of the bride’s parents, three miles south of Montrose. She is a Montrose teacher.

Mr. and Mrs. Roy MORGAN a girl, born 31 May 1927, named Elizabeth Rose.

Mr. and Mrs. Edwin MOHART, a girl born 7 June 1927, named Geraldine June.

16 June 1927

Miss Emily BUCK, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. E.M. BUCK, married Harold W. PRICE, oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. PRICE, 11 May 1927 at Keokuk.

23 June 1927

Miss Vera Mae CURRIER and Mr. Raymond L. WORSTER married 18 June 1927 at Quincy, Illinois.

Groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. R.E. WORSTER, bride is the daughter of Mr. G.L. CURRIER of Anita, Iowa. Will live in Keokuk.

Mr. and Mrs. Albert ALLEN have a new daughter, 16 June 1927.

30 June 1927

Mr. and Mrs. Charles DERR, a girl, born Saturday.

7 July 1927

Miss Katharyn Olive COCHRAN of New Boston, Iowa, married Victor Emmanual CHARON, traveling salesman of Chicago, 19 June 1927, at the parsonage of the First Methodist Episcopal church, Ottumwa.

14 July 1927

Lorena Margarite NICKELL, was born 26 February 1881 at Centerville, Iowa. On 8 November 1905, she married Roy M. HOPP and had three children, all of them boys; Reece Howard, Dee Lawrence, and Homer Winston. Soon after their marriage, they moved to the Black Hills for 12 years, for the past nine years, they have lived on a farm near Charleston. She is survived by her husband, sons, all of Charleston, one sister, Mrs. P.E. DORAN, of Hollywood, Ca. one brother, W.J. NIEKELL of Centerville, Iowa. Buried Montrose.

21 July 1927

Miss Mildred SMITH married Wesley VANAUSDALL at the First Baptist church in Ft. Madison. Bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. SMITH of Dallas City. Groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. VANAUSDALL of this city. Will live in Ft. Madison.

28 July 1927

Miss Helen Betty PRICE who is a student nurse at the Graham hospital at Keokuk and is spending her vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. T. PRICE, is the first one that has successfully swum the river from Lingerlonger beach this year. The distance is 2.2 miles and she made this distance in one hour and thirty-three minutes.

Chicago, July 28. Two hundred and fifty-thousand dollars donated for a concrete road, that will serve as a permanent memorial, is Alexander COLEMAN’S gift to Lee and Henry counties, Iowa. The highway is to be 10.5 miles long leading past the old Coleman homestead. Alexander COLEMAN, the 88 year old doner of the road, migrated to Iowa in 1847 with his father and settled on the homestead which he still owns. There will be much of romance in the gift, should the road be completed during his life time. A romance that is bred of time and change this pioneer who came by ox-cart and barge to Iowa can ride down a hard surfaced road at almost any speed he pleases. It runs from the old Mt. Pleasant- Ft. Madison trail, now Federal Road No. 161, due east seven miles to the old Coleman homestead and then north three and one-half miles to Hillsboro, Iowa.

4 August 1927

Miss Ethel STILES married Charles C. RUCKER. Bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T.A. STILES of this city. Wedding was Ft. Madison.

John Edward MARTIN died at the University hospital at Iowa City, 1 August 1927, at the age of 23. He married on the 26th February 1927 to Miss Grace ALBERTS of Keokuk. His mother preceded him in death in March 1919. Leaves, wife, father, John K. MAR TIN, stepmother, Mrs. Doris MARTIN, three brother, Charles, Philip and Joseph, all of Keokuk, one sister, Mrs. Thelma WAIDER of Montrose, one grandmother, Mrs. Clara RUDD.

The home of Mrs. Wilson NOLES and occupied by Mrs. Fred CALE and her four children, burned to the ground.

25 August 1927

Miss Margaret KUNKLE of Burlington, married Dr. Henry F. SCHMIDT of Beaumont, Texas, 3 August 1927 at the home of Rev. and Mrs. N. SNIVELY. Rev. SNIVELY is the bride’s uncle. Grooms parents are Mr. and Mrs. John SCHMIDT of Red Oak, Iowa. Will live in Texas.

1 September 1927

Miss Hazel HOLMES married Charles ROE, one day last week. (under Charleston news)

Frank WILLIAMSON, living near Montrose, died Sunday in a Keokuk hospital. He was a pioneer resident of Sandusky and was 70 years old. He was born in Columbus, Iowa 9 October 1857. Lived in West Point, Iowa for a short time. Survived by wife, two sons, and three daughters. One son lives in Winnepeg. One of the daughters lives in Pasadena, Ca.

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth VANOSDALL a new girl born 26 August 1927

8 September 1927

Russell FRY was killed in a boating accident on the Mississippi. Funeral held in Keokuk.

15 September 1927

Mr. and Mrs. Roy REED, a girl born 7 September 1927.

22 September 1927

William MILLER died 18 September 1927at the home of friends, Mr. and Mrs. William GILMAN. He was born in Oakville, Louisa county, Iowa 7 March 1867, the son of Jonas and Subina MILLER. Married 26 February 1890 to Miss Anna STOAKS in Oakville where the couple lived until 1919, when they moved to Montrose. Leaves wife, five children; F.E. MILLER of Oakville, Orville MILLER of Montrose, Glenn MILLER of Nelvin, Iowa, Mrs. Irwin WEBER of New Boston and Mrs. James TWEEDY of Mt. Pleasant, three brothers, Adam of Muskegon, Michigan, Henry and Ed, of Wapello, one sister Lettie, Mn. One daughter, Dalma, preceded him. Buried Montrose.

Mr. and Mrs. John Robert WABEL, celebrated their 50th at their home near Montrose. They were married 18 September 1877 and had 11 children, all are living except one daughter. Miss Eliza Ann BUTCHER married John Robert WABEL at the home of her parents, Thomas and Esther BUTCHER in Lestant, Illinois, 13 September 1877. Mr. WABEL was born in Pa. 18 March 1857, of Scotch parentage. He moved to Illinois in 1867. This is a very interesting article, long, tells about each of the children and gives grandchildren’s names, if any one is interested, go to the library and look at the film.

29 September 1927

Mr. and Mrs. Ed JOHNSON, a new girl, born 20 September 1927. Named her Dorothy Marion.

6 October 1927

Miss Bernice Edna HANCOCK married Burl Edson KELLAR at Kansas City, Missouri, 17 September 1927. Bride is the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward HANCOCK of Montrose. Will live in Lancaster, Missouri.

Mr. and Mrs. Quincy BALDWIN celebrate their 61st wedding anniv. In Boise, Id. They were married in Montrose.

Mr. and Mrs. Irwin MOEN of Inwood, a new girl born 24 September 1927. Marjory Ann.

13 October 1927

J.E. LAMB received a message that his sister, Mrs. Henry SCHROEDER, had died 3 October 1927, at her home in Davenport. She was formerly Anna LAMB, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Smith LAMB of Charleston.

27 October 1927

Miss Mildred O. SMITH, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Perry G. SMITH, married Carl Henry ELGIN, only son of Mr. and Mrs. John M. ELGIN, 17 October 1927.

Miss Lillian Adolphine BERTACH of Keokuk married Ernest C. CARR of Montrose on Saturday. Bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. BERTSCH Sr. of Keokuk. Groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred CARR of Montrose. Will live with grooms parents.

3 November 1927

Louise WAHRER was born in Charleston Twp., 2 March 1854 to Jacob and Mary WAHRER. She spent her entire life in Charleston until her death, 28 October 1927. On 10 December 1874, she married George RENZ. Leaves husband, nine children, John of Fargo, N. D., Jacob, Donnellson, Mrs. Louise STERTZ, Keokuk, Charles, Edgeley, N.D., Geo, Oaks, N.D., Edwin, Charleston, Herbert, Macomb, Illinois, Mrs. Roy CHANCE, Argyle, and Theodore on the home farm near Charleston, two brothers; Jacob WAHRER, Donnellson and Joseph, Charleston, two sisters, Mrs. Fred BALL, Charleston, and Mrs. Arthur INGERSOLL, Syracuse, Ne. Buried Charleston.

Mr. Ellis AMES received the sad news that his sister, Mrs. Marjorie PRATT had died at her home in Santa Barbara, Ca.

Mrs. Ray or Roy BAUTER received word that her father, David HAINES, had died in Henry, Illinois.

17 November 1927

Mrs. George SILVERS died at her home Thursday. Funeral at the home. Buried Montrose.

Mr. and Mrs. Jacob KIRCHNER received word of the death of their son-in-law, John PEZLEY of Ft.Madison.

24 November 1927

Frank Butler BARNES died at his home Saturday at age 67. He was born 21 July 1860, the son of Seth F. and Elizabeth Wolf BARNES. Married 24 September 1885 at Canton, Illinois to Miss Alice BARRY and had three children, the oldest died in infancy, Ruth, wife of Thomas KNOBBS of Montrose, Raymond E. of Keokuk. Three grandchildren, Thomas Glenn, Mary Margaret, and William KNOBBS. One sister, Mrs. Emma ROHRER of Galesburg, Illinois, two brothers, Thomas and Charles of Canton, Illinois. Buried Montrose.

1 December 1927

Mrs. Allie YOUNG, who lived near Montrose, died this morning at the hospital. She was born in Montrose in 1867, the daughter of Price and Jenny CROWSON HOLT.

Miss Minnie M. MCGUIRE of Iowa Falls married Woodford FISHER of Ackley, 22 November 1927.

8 December 1927

Mrs. Nelle KENNEY was called to Nebraska by the death of her cousin, Miss Clara SMOUT, age 57, who died in a hospital in Omaha. She was a former resident of Montrose.

15 December 1927

E.C. MAY and Mrs. Lucretia WILHELM were called to Fargo, N.D. by the death of their sister, Mrs. Florence AABERG. She is survived by a nine year old daughter, who will make her home with her aunt, Mrs. WILHELM. Mrs. AABERG was brought and buried in Clay Grove cemetery.

29 December 1927

Mr. and Mrs. Frank SWINDERMAN have a new girl, born 21 December 1927.

Miss Unice THOMPSON married Loren R. BINDEWALD, 24 December 1927 at Ft. Madison. Will live in Montrose.

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