Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Primghar

 

Renton Powers
Born: May 10, 1845 in Petersburg, Rensselaer County, New York
Died: September 27, 1920 in Primghar, O'Brien County, Iowa
Note: Full obituary & Will can be seen on Rootsweb.


Emily Hubbell Jones Powers
Born: March 8, 1944 in Newport, Montgomery County, New York
Died: December 22, 1915 in Hartley, O'Brien County, Iowa
Note: Wife of Renton Powers
Alice Jones
Born: 1871
Died: 1944
Note: Daughter of Emily Hubbell Jones Powers and Step-daughter of Renton Powers
Ira George Eddington
Born: March 29, 1881 in Bunker Hill, Illinois
Died: December 28, 1928
Bertha Abbe Powers Eddington
Born: December 4, 1880 in O'Brien County, Iowa
Died: August 29, 1966 in Primghar, O'Brien County, Iowa
Note: Wife of Ira George Eddington. Daughter of Renton and Emily Powers.
Edwin Thornton Shepard
Born: April 7, 1840 in Thornton, Cook County, Illinois
Died: April 3, 1897 in Primghar, O'Brien County, Iowa
Notes: Civil War Veteran -- 10th Wisconsin Battery.
Bio. appears in "Old Soldiers of O'Brien County, Iowa."
Son of Thompson and Lucretia Shepard who are buried in Waterman Cemetery, O'Brien County, Iowa.
Full obituary can be seen on Rootsweb.
Ruth Ellen Long Shepard
Born: December 1, 1837
Died: June 28, 1930 in McGee, Saskatchewan, Canada
Note: Wife of Edwin Thornton Shepard
James Edmond Shepard
Born: 1869
Died: September 2, 1898 in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota
Note: Son of Edwin and Ruth Shepard
Thomas Chester Shepard
Born: February 14, 1872 in Albert Lea, Freeborn County, Minnesota
Died: April 22, 1960 in Seattle, King County, Washington
Note: Son of Edwin and Ruth Shepard
Mable Inez Shepard
Born: December 20, 1877 in Grant Township, O'Brien County, Iowa
Died: July 11, 1905 in LeMars, Plymouth County, Iowa
Note: Daughter of Edwin and Ruth Shepard

Submitted by: Colleen Boose



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