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submitted by: Julia Johnson - juliajoh@usc.edu
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Times-Republican Thursday December 10, 1925 [p. 2] Louisa Hutson
Boatman Louisa, daughter of Isaiah and Fanny Hutson, was born August 4, 1845 at Knoxville, Ill., and
died Dec. 4, 1925, at her home west of Conway, aged 80 years and four
months. She
was united in marriage to Aaron Boatman, Oct. 27, 1869. To this
union were born three children. With her husband she came to Iowa in
1874 and settled near Conway and in 1883 she moved to the house where
she died. She leaves to mourn her demise, one daughter,
two sons, three grandchildren and one great grandchild, one sister and
two brothers, besides other relatives and friends. The funeral services were held at the
home Sunday afternoon by Rev. Cunningham.
Burial was made in the Conway cemetery. Times-Republican Thursday December 10, 1925 [p. 2] Elizabeth
Carrigan Miss
Elizabeth Carrigan died
Wednesday, Dec. 9, 1925, at 9:15 p.m. at the home of her brother-in-law
and sister, Mr. and Mrs. J. [ohn] M. [McAllister] Haddock [Margaret], of Bedford. Miss
Carrigan will be remembered by many people of Bedford, as she was instructor
of English Literature in the high school from 1900 to 1907. The
past five years she has made her home with her brother, Lewis, in Redding, Calif. For several years she has been in failing health. In September last she returned east to
visit her sister, Mrs. Pennington,
of Hoisington, Kans., and her sisters in Iowa, hoping that a change
of climate would benefit her, but it was of no avail. Mrs.
Haddock went to Kansas the latter part of October, and brought Miss
Carrigan home with her on November 2nd, where she has been
tenderly cared for by Mrs. Haddock, and another sister, Mrs. Frances
Shaw, of Grandview, Iowa. It
was a great sorrow to Miss Carrigan that her weakened condition prevented
her receiving her many friends.
The funeral will be held at the Haddock home, on Friday, December
11th, 1925, at 2:00 o'clock in the afternoon. Interment
will be in the Fairview cemetery at Bedford. The friends are requested not to send flowers. Times-Republican Thursday January 14, 1926 William Friend Death
came to William Thomas Friend
at the farm home one mile south of Hopkins, Jan. 7th, 1926,
at 12:40 p.m. He was aged 59 years.
Funeral services were conducted at the M. E. church at Hopkins
on January 9, by Rev. Harper, pastor of that church.
Interment was given in the family lot in Hopkins cemetery. Times-Republican Thursday January 14, 1926 Etta J. Barton Etta
J. [Hollis] Barton, wife
of Curtis [Wilbur] Barton,
departed this life at 4:20 p.m., January 8th, after an illness
of several months. The family home is seven miles northwest
of Gravity, where the funeral services were held Sunday, Jan. 10, at
11:00 a.m. The service
was conducted by Rev. Warrior, pastor of the Gravity M. E. church. Interment was given in Gravity cemetery. Times-Republican Thursday January 14, 1926 Mrs. G. A.
Davidson Sarah
Rebecca, daughter of Jacob
and Nancy Cox, was born
in Randolph County, North Carolina, Feb. 27, 1852; died at her home
near Bedford, Iowa, January 8, 1926, aged 73 years, 10 months and 12
days. Her father died when she was quite young.
In 1871 she moved with her mother to Iowa, locating in Taylor
County. April 29, 1875, she was united in marriage to Gilbert A.
[twood] Davidson, who
survives her. They lived
for five years in Worth County, Mo., after which they located in Taylor
County, having owned the present home for 43 years.
To this union, four children were born, all of whom are living. They are Lewis J., and Cora of Bedford, William Arthur of Shenandoah, Ia., and Nettie Mae Wilson of Santa Ana, California. Besides her immediate family there are
surviving her, two brothers, J. L. Cox, Gravity, Ia., and R. R. Cox of Arcadia, Kans., also eight grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
Early in life she united with the M. E. church, later uniting
with the Church of Christ, with which body she retained membership. Funeral
services were held at the home Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock, conducted
by L. R. Cobb. Interment
was made in Fairview cemetery. [Mary
Angeline Chilcote McCracken] Times-Republican Thursday December 29, 1927 [p. 4] Mary Angeline
McCracken Mary
Angeline Chilcote, "Aunt Mellie"
as she was called by all her friends, was born in Perry County, Ohio,
Sept. 7, 1852, and departed this life, after a year of illness, at her
home in Conway, Ia., on Dec. 18, 1927.
She was the daughter of Israel and Susan [Coleman] Chilcote. They
came to Taylor County in a covered wagon in 1864, and the deceased has
been a continuous resident here, excepting 27 years which she spent
in South Dakota. She was
married to James McCracken
in 1884, at Rapid City, So. Dak.
Mr. McCracken passed away on Jan. 6th, 1904, at their
home near Manila, So. Dak. She leaves to mourn her demise, one stepdaughter,
Mrs. Jennie Elshire
of Milesville, So. Dak.; two sisters, Mrs. Eva Litteer and Mrs. Hester Mattice; and 4 brothers, Dave and Charles Chilcote of Conway, and John and Emery Chilcote of Bedford; besides nieces and nephews and a host
of friends. She was a member
of the M. E. church at Conway and a faithful attendant as long as her
health permitted. Funeral
services were held last Tuesday, December 20, at Conway, and interment
was made in the family burial grounds at Old Lexington cemetery. |