[Elizabeth Louisa Reeves Tamerius]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday    March 5, 1953    p. 6

Obituary - Elizabeth Tamerius

Elizabeth Louisa Reeves, daughter of James and Isabel Reeves, was born Jan. 28, 1881, at Bedford, Iowa, and died at the home of her daughter, Florence Kemery, Blockton, Feb. 26, 1953 at the age of 72 years, 20 days.

She was married to James Henry Tamerius, June 8, 1906 and to them were born eight children, Florence Kemery of Blockton, Carl Tamerius of Clearfield, Luvern of Durbin, N. D., Mrs. Josephine Duttinlinger of Iowa City, Andrew of the home, Mrs. Pauline Kehrer of Palo Alto, Calif.  Two died in infancy.

Her husband preceded her in death May 11, 1927.

Mrs. Tamerius has been an invalid for the past two years and had made her home with her daughter, Florence and son Andrew.

She became a member of the Methodist church at Platteville, when a young girl.  She had lived all her life in Taylor County except two years in Missouri.

[Elizabeth Kemery Russell]

Bedford Free Press

Thursday    December 2, 1909    p. 5

Mrs. Elizabeth Russell

Miss Elizabeth Kemery was born in Union County, Pa., April 10, 1844, and died at her home in Taylor County, Iowa, November 29, 1909, aged 65 years, 7 months and 19 days.  She was baptized in infancy in the Lutheran church.  In 1846, when two years of age, she moved with her parents to Lee County, Iowa, and in 1854 moved with them to Taylor County, which has since been her home.  On June 4, 1875, she was married to Wm. H. Russell.  To this union four children were born, three girls and one boy, who were with their mother at the time of her death.  Mr. Russell died in January 1905.  She also had six sisters and five brothers, all of whom are dead excepting two sisters, Mrs. Gartside [Maria] and Mrs. Brown [Margaret], who were also with her at the time of her death.

Mrs. Russell was an old settler, having lived in this county 55 years, and knew all the privations and hardships incident to home building in a new country.  Her last days were full of pain and yet through it all she was ever patient.  Truly death's touch seems not so cruel when there comes release from great suffering.  However much we hate death and shrink from the shadow, yet God's good Providence has robbed it of its sting.

Funeral services were held December 1 at Forest Grove church, conducted by Rev. Fred N. Willis, pastor of the M. E. church at Bedford, and interment was in Forest Grove cemetery.

[Cornelius Philip Kimpton]

Bedford Free Press

Thursday    December 2, 1909    p. 5

C. P. Kimpton.

Cornelius P. [hilip] Kimpton was born in Georgia, Vermont, January 21^st, 1833, moved with his parents to St. Lawrence, New York when a boy, thence in 1876 he moved to Iowa and settled on the farm three miles southeast of Guss, where he resided 33 years or until the time of his death, which occurred Nov. 21^st, 1909, after being in declining health for several weeks, at the mature age of 76 years and 10 months.

On March 13^th, 1855, he was married to Augustus Woodard and to this union were given 12 children, 7 girls and 5 boys; 4 boys and 2 girls having preceded him to the better land, 5 girls and one boy living and all at the funeral, except one girl and she was at the bed side of her father four weeks before his death.

His first companion died Nov. 18^th, 1896.  He was remarried to Emma Vandenberg June 10^th, 1877 [1897] and to this union were given 7 children, 5 boys and 2 girls, one having died in infancy, 4 boys and 2 girls are living and were all present at his bedside during his sickness and at the funeral.

He was an honorable citizen of no bad habits, kind hearted and sympathetic, intelligent and industrious.  Through his good management and energy he reared a large and highly respected family of children, meanwhile leaving a good home for his companion, who survives him in her declining years.

It was his dying request that the writer preach his funeral in the Guss church which was complied with Tuesday at 2 o'clock, following his death.  Though the roads were very bad a very large audience was in attendance, showing the esteem in which he was held in the community where he resided so long.

                                                                                                            W. L. Dunlavy.