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[Blakemore, Clara]

Blockton News

Thursday      October 27, 1921    [p. 1]

Obituary

Clara Blakemore, oldest child of W. [yatt [D. [eKalb] and Mary [Flick] Blakemore, was born on the Blakemore farm near Platteville, Iowa, Oct. 12, 1869. There she resided until the spring of 1892 when she moved with her parents to Blockton, Iowa, later she moved to Bedford, Iowa, which remained her home until September, 1920, when, due to failing health she came to make her home with her sister, Mrs. N. [athan] O. [scar] Hickenlooper, at Blockton, Iowa, where she died Oct. 20, 1921.

She attended the public schools and Highland Park College, being a member of the first class to enter the college after its opening, and taught school until her health failed and it was necessary for her to give up a profession she had planned to make her life work.

She united with the M. E. church in 1892 and was a regular attendant at Sunday school and church as long as her health would permit, and during the remaining years her faith never wavered. Her life was one of great devotion and sacrifice for those she loved.

She leaves surviving her aged father, W. [yatt] D. [eKalb] Blakemore, of Washington C. [ourt] H. [ouse], Ohio; two brothers, J. [ohn] F. [lick] Blakemore of Seattle, Washington, and W. H. Blakemore of Bedford, Iowa; one sister; Mrs. N. [athan] O. [scar] Hickenlooper [Margaret] of Blockton, Iowa; two nephews, Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper of Blockton Iowa, and Wyatt D. Blakemore of Bedford, Iowa, and one niece Maxine Blakemore of Seattle, Washington.

Funeral services were held at the Blockton M. E. church Sunday, Oct. 23, conducted by Rev. Cable of Bedford, interment in Platteville cemetery.

[Note: The same obituary was printed in the Bedford Free Press, October 27, 1921, page 1.]

[Blakemore, Clara]

Bedford Times-Republican

Monday     October 24, 1921    [p. 1]

Clara Blakemore Dies

Clara Blakemore, sister of Wyatt Blakemore of this place, passed away Thursday evening at Blockton at the home of her sister, Mrs. N. [athan] O. [scar] Hickenlooper.

Miss Blakemore was 52 years old on October 12, 1921. She was born near Platteville and has been a resident of this county most of her life. She has been an invalid for many years and was a patient sufferer to the last.

Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the M. E. church in Blockton, conducted by Rev. M. A. Gable of Bedford. Interment was at Platteville.

[Blakemore, Francis Lee “Frank”]

Blockton News

Thursday      October 30, 1913     [p. 1]

Death of Frank L. Blakemore

The death of Frank Lee Blakemore, which took place Tuesday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Geo. T. Hickenlooper, in Blockton, removes from time to eternity another of the early settlers of this section.

Mr. Blakemore was born at Washington C.  [ourt] H. [ouse], Fayette County, Ohio, December 25th,1842,  and died at the age of 70 years, 10 months and 3 days.

At the beginning of the Civil War he enlisted in the 22d Ohio infantry and at the expiration of the term of his enlistment he enlisted in the 54th Ohio infantry. After the battle of Shiloh, in 1862, he was discharged on account of disability. Recovering his health he enlisted in company A, 1st Ohio cavalry, in which regiment he served until after the close of the war and when discharged had been in the service almost three years.

He came to Iowa, November 5th, 1867, and settled in the vicinity of Platteville. July 3d, 1872, he was married to Miss Joanna Rebecca Dodge and to them were born three children—Mrs. Fanny D. Morris and Mrs. Amy P. [reston] Hickenlooper, of Blockton, and Dr. William Harvey Blakemore, of Sheridan, Missouri. Besides his children there survives a sister, Mrs. Clara Maynard of Washington C. [ourt] H. [ouse], Ohio, and a brother, W. [yatt] D. [eKalb] Blakemore, of Bedford, and other relatives to regret his departure.

The deceased, though never affiliating with any church organization, was a regular attender of church services as long as his health permitted. He was a [?] fraternity for the past forty-eight years; also a member of the G. A. R. Abe Flick post at this place. In his passing away this community, in which he resided for the past eighteen years, parts with an honest, upright citizen who had the respect of all and enmity of none.

The funeral took place at the Methodist church yesterday afternoon at 1 o'clock. The funeral sermon was preached by Rev. Wm. Mercer and interment was made in Platteville cemetery where the remains were laid to rest by those of his wife, who died many years ago. The funeral was largely attended; the remains were taken to the cemetery in a funeral auto car and the funeral cortege was made up of autos.

[Note: The same obituary was printed in the Bedford Free Press, November 4, 1913, page 5.]

 

[Blakemore, Francis Lee “Frank”]

Bedford Times-Republican

Thursday    November 6, 1913    p. 8

BLOCKTON

Frank L. [ee] Blakemore died at his home in Blockton Tuesday, October 28. The funeral services were held in the Methodist church Wednesday conducted by Rev. Mercer. Interment was made in the Platteville cemetery. Mr. Blakemore leaves to mourn his loss two daughters, Mrs. Fannie Morris and Mrs. George Hickenlooper [Amy] of Blockton and one son, Dr. [William] Harvey Blakemore of Sheridan, Mo. He also leaves a brother, W. [yatt] D. [eKalb] Blakemore of Bedford and a sister, Mrs. Clara Maynard, of Washington C. [ourt] H. [ouse], Ohio.

 

[Blakemore, Hope Nelson]

Wednesday     February 6, 1991     p. 3

HOPE BLAKEMORE

Funeral services for Hope Blakemore, Boulder, Colo., former resident of Bedford, will be held Friday, Feb. 8, at the Crist Mortuary Chapel, Boulder, Colo. with Rev. John Hess of the First Presbyterian Church of Boulder officiating. Services will conclude at the Fairview Cemetery in Bedford, Iowa.

Hope Blakemore was born May 26, 1894 in Bedford, Iowa to Charles N. Nelson and Gloe Pierce. She died February 1, 1991 at Boulder Manor Health Care Center.

She married Wyatt [Harold] Blakemore on October 12, 1920 in Bedford. She was preceded in death by her husband Wyatt in 1966.

She was a homemaker. She has been a resident of Boulder, Colo, since 1974, coming from Iowa. She was a former resident of Presbyterian Manor for 16 years, and the Atrium in Boulder, Colo, for one year.

She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Bedford, Iowa and served on the Bedford Library Board for 30 years. She was also a volunteer at the Boulder Community Hospital. She was also a member of the Fortnightly Club in Bedford and the R.S.V.P. of Boulder, Colo.

Left to cherish her memory are two sons: Wyatt D. Blakemore of Denver, Colo, and Charles N. [elson] Blakemore of Mexico City, Mexico; one daughter, Mary Ann Farrington of Boulder, Colo.; 12 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.

[Note: Social Security Death Index gives birth date as May 27, 1894.]

[Blakemore, John Flick]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday      February 14, 1952     p. 4

Former Resident Dies In West

John [Flick] Blakemore, brother of W. [yatt] H. [arold] Blakemore of Bedford, died recently in Seattle, Wash., where he had made his home for many years. Burial was made there.

Mr. Blakemore is a former resident of Blockton and Taylor County.

[Blakemore, John Flick]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday    June 19, 1952    [p. 1]

Inter Blakemore Ashes At Platteville

The ashes of the late John F. [lick] Blakemore of the Blockton community were interred in Platteville cemetery at 5 p.m. Tuesday, June 17. Rev. Walter E. Schiel of the Bedford Presbyterian Church officiated.

Mr. Blakemore was born near Platteville, Dec. 10, 1875 and died in Seattle, Wash., Jan 28, 1952. He was a brother of W. [yatt] H. [arold] Blakemore of Bedford.

[Note: His World War I Draft Registration Card gives his birth date as Dec. 10, 1874. His gravestone gives the birth year as 1875.]

 

[Blakemore, Mary Flick]

Bedford Free Press

Thursday    August 8, 1912     p. 4

Mrs. W. D. Blakemore Dead

After many years of patient suffering the light of life flickered out from the frail body of Mrs. W. [yatt] D. [eKalb] Blakemore at 2:30 p. m., Tuesday, August 6, and she was at rest. Mrs. Blakemore has been suffering for a number of years from tuberculosis, and all that could be done was done to stop the dread disease. When at length this was found impossible, everything known to man was done to alleviate her suffering, with the result that the final end was deferred for some time and her family was privileged to have her company for a longer time than otherwise could have been possible.

Mrs. Blakemore was a woman whose love for her home and family was one of her strongest characteristics. Fondly and with a mother's care she reared a fine family of children, all but one of whom have grown to maturity. One child died in infancy and lies buried in Platteville cemetery. Coming to Iowa with her parents, Capt. and Mrs. John Flick [Margaret Patton], when but three years of age, she grew up as a pioneer of this community. She was born in Wapello County, Iowa, August 15, 1853, and in 1856 she came to Platteville. There she grew to young womanhood, and on October 31, 1868, was united in marriage to Wyatt D. [eKalb] Blakemore. After marriage they commenced farming for themselves on a farm near Platteville, and she saw the barren prairies of that vicinity of the early days, blossom into fertile fields, producing great harvests. While passing through the inconveniences of the early pioneer, she never lost sight of the great duty she felt toward rearing her children and giving them all the advantages that it was possible to give. She labored only with that thought in mind.

After gaining a competence they left the harder work of the farm for more ease and greater educational advantages of town, and moved to Blockton, where, after several years residence, they moved to Bedford. This has since been her home with the exception of one year spent in Colorado. Since living in Bedford her health has not been good and this has prevented her from being active in social life, but her home was always open to her friends and no one was of a more sociable disposition. As she passes to the Great Unknown the remaining members of the family can find solace and comfort in the thought that she has well filled her sphere in life and never shirked duty, teaching her children by precept the rewards of right living, and inculcating daily those noble traits that make up the best type of humanity, honor, love, virtue and truth. While living in Blockton she united with the M. E. church and was also an honorary member of the W. R. C.

Mrs. Blakemore was the mother of six children, one of whom, as stated, died in infancy. The remaining ones are Clara and Wyatt, living in Bedford; John and Milo, living in Seattle, Wash.; Mrs. Margaret Hickenlooper of Blockton. She leaves also a fond husband, two brothers, James P. [atton] Flick, of Bedford and William H. [erron] Flick, of Jefferson Township; and a sister, Mrs. Sarah [Elizabeth] Johnston, of Oswego, Kas. All have the deepest sympathy of a host of friends.

The funeral is to be held this, Thursday, afternoon at one o'clock, conducted by Rev. Wm. B. Thompson and the remains will be taken to Platteville for burial.

[BLAKEMORE, MARY FLICK]
Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, August 8, 1912
Mrs. W. D. Blakemore – Mrs. W. D. Blakemore died at her home in this city Tuesday morning, after a lingering illness and failing health of several years. Funeral services will be held at the residence at 1 o'clock Thursday afternoon, conducted by Rev. W. B. Thompson, pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal church. After the service the funeral cortege proceeds to Platteville, where the interment takes place. Mrs. Blakemore would have been 59 years of age, August 15.
Mary Flick was born in Wapello county, Iowa, August 15, 1853. When she was three years of age the family moved to Platteville, in this county, and, with the exception of a year spent in Colorado for the benefit of her health, the remainder of her life, or half a century, was spent in Taylor county. October 31, 1868, she was united in marriage with Hon. W. D. Blakemore. When they left Platteville they resided a few years in Blockton and later came to Bedford.
Mr. and Mrs. Blakemore were the parents of six children, five of whom with the husband, survive. They are Mrs. N. O. Hickenlooper of Blockton, John F. Blakemore and Milo Blakemore of Seattle, Wash. and Miss Clara Blakemore and Wyatt D. Blakemore at home.

[Blakemore, Milo D.]

Bedford Free Press

Wednesday     August 15, 1917      [p. 1]

MILO BLAKEMORE DROWNS IN ALASKA

 BROTHER RECEIVES WORD OF HIS DEATH

Was on Honeymoon Trip with Friend-Circumstances Point Also To Death of Friend—Body to be Brought Here for Burial.

Wyatt Blakemore received a telegram this morning from his brother John, telling of the death of his other brother, Milo, at Craig, Alaska, August 7, by drowning. He was the son of W. [yatt] [D. [eKalb] Blakemore who is now at Washington Court House, Ohio, and has a sister, Clara, and a brother, Wyatt, in Bedford, and a sister, Mrs. N. [athan] O. [scar] Hickenlooper [Margaret] at Des Moines.

Milo met his death while on his honeymoon, having been married about two months ago and going to Alaska with a friend and his wife, in a launch belonging to the latter. The women had tired of the trip and returned home just a short while before the drowning. No particulars as to the circumstances of drowning is known, but from the fact that Milo Blakemore had been buried at Craig and the length of time word was received leads Wyatt Blakemore to believe that both were drowned. The friend knew intimately concerning the relatives of Milo and would have sent word at once to them and never have permitted the body to have been buried.

The body will be removed and brought here for burial beside his mother in the Platteville cemetery. It is not expected that it will reach here before two weeks.

 

[Blakemore, Milo D.] Bedford Free Press

Wednesday      October 31, 1917      [p. 1]

blakemore burial made last sunday

INTERMENT MADE IN THE PLATTEVILLE CEMETERY.

Was Drowned In Alaska Last August While Deep Sea Fishing—Brother and Wife Accompany BodyFuneral of Mrs. Guthrie Held Friday.

The remains of Milo Blakemore, who was drowned while deep sea fishing near Craig, Alaska, last August, were brought to Blockton last Sunday. Short services were conducted at the grave by Rev. U. E. Burroughs and burial made in the Platteville cemetery beside his mother. The remains were accompanied by the deceased wife and brother.

Milo. D. Blakemore was born on the farm of his parents, Wyatt D. [eKalb] and Mary Flick Blakemore, just east of Platteville, on January 22, 1886, where he continued to reside until the removal of his parents to Blockton when he was seven years of age. At the age of twelve he moved with his parents to Bedford, and entering the school here he continued to pursue his studies here until he reached the sophomore year in high school.

Deciding on a business education at this time he entered and completed a business course at the Gem City Business College at Quincy, Ill., and accepted a position with the Citizens Bank of Bedford, where he remained for almost a year.

In 1906 he moved to Loveland, Colo., where he entered business for himself and where he gained many loyal and true friends. In 1910 he went to Calgary, Canada for a short time, then to Seattle, Washington, where he continued to reside until his trip to Alaska, in the summer of 1917.

On April 5, 1917, he was married to Mrs. Hazel [Albine Patterson] Wickam at Victoria, B. C. In company with his wife and some friends, he took a launch trip to Alaska and here while engaged in deep sea fishing, alone on the launch, he accidentally fell overboard and when help reached him, life was extinct, probably due to shock occasioned by the coldness of the water into which he had fallen. Before he met his death his wife had returned to Seattle and was to return when her husband had found a location.

He was an energetic and capable young businessman. Success for him had he lived was assured. His disposition was sweet and lovable; his character noble and honorable. He was cut down in the full bloom of beautiful young manhood and leaves to mourn his untimely death his wife, Hazel Blakemore, of Seattle, Wash., his father, W. [yatt] D. [eKalb] Blakemore, of Washington Court House, Ohio, two sisters, Clara Blakemore, of Bedford; Margaret Hickenlooper, of Des Moines, two brothers, John F. [lick] of Seattle, Washington and Wyatt H. [arold] of Bedford, and many other distant relatives and a host of friends.

[BLAKEMORE, MILO D.]
Blockton News (Blockton, Iowa), Thursday, November 1, 1917
The body of Milo Blakemore, son of Hon. W. D. Blakemore, who was accidentally drowned near Craig, Alaska, several weeks ago, was brought to Blockton Sunday morning and taken to Platteville where they were interred in the Platteville cemetery in the family burial ground. Short services were held at the grave conducted by Rev. Burroughs. The body was accompanied by the wife of the deceased and his brother, John, both of Seattle, Washington. They were joined at Des Moines by N. O. Hickenlooper, wife and son, Bourke, and were met here by the father, W. D. Blakemore; brother and sister, Wyatt and Miss Clara of Bedford, and a large number of friends.

 

[Blakemore, William Harvey]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday     May 31, 1956     p. 7

Dr. W. H. Blakemore Died In Montana

Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon, May 12 from the Masonic Temple at Baker, Montana, with Sandstone Lodge No. 84, A. F. &A. M. in charge for Dr. W. H. Blakemore. Burial was in Bonnievale cemetery there.

William Harvey Blakemore, M. D., son of Mr. and Mrs. Francis L. [ee] Blakemore, was born May 23, 1885 at Platteville, Iowa, and died at Holy Rosary hospital, Miles City, Mont., May 8.

The family moved to Blockton, Iowa where he grew to young manhood. There he worked for Dr. John Maloy, driving him on calls and helping him in the office. During this time he found that this was the profession he wanted to make his life work.

He entered medical school in St. Joseph, Mo., completing his course in 1910. He hung out his shingle at Atlanta, Nebr., for one year and then moved to Sheridan, Mo., where he practiced four years. He then moved to Ingomar, Mont., where he and his wife homesteaded.

In 1918 the Montana State Board of Health ordered the doctor to Plevna, where the influenza epidemic was the worst in the state. He became so attached to the people of that community he wanted to remain in that part of the country. He went to Baker, Mont., in 1920 taking as a partner Dr. A. D. Brewer. The partnership was dissolved four years later due to economic conditions but Dr. Blakemore remained with the people and the country he loved so well.

In 1935 the doctor was stricken with sleeping sickness and was forced to retire.

He is survived by his wife Susie [Dew], whom he married Dec. 15, 1910; one sister, Mrs. O. [riel] R. Morris [Fannie], Crawford, Nebr.; one niece, Mrs. Betty Gott, New Haven, Conn.; two nephews, Seldon Hickenlooper, Las Vegas, Nev., and Francis Harvey Morris, Germany.

He had been a Mason 50 years.

[Blakemore, Wyatt DeKalb “Chip”]

Bedford Times-Republican

Thursday    March 4, 1924    p. 3

Hon. W. D. Blakemore Dead

A telegram was received in Bedford last week announcing the death of the Hon. W. [yatt] D. [eKalb] Blakemore, at his home in Washington Court House, Ohio. The body was shipped to Blockton, arriving there Saturday, and the funeral took place at Platteville where the remains were laid to rest in the family lot. Mr. Blakemore was one of the old time residents of the county, and had been honored by the people in various public offices, having represented this county in the state legislature for 4 years. He had many friends in all parts of the county whose sympathy will go out to the relatives.

[Blakemore, Wyatt DeKalb “Chip”]

Blockton News

Thursday    March 6, 1924    [p. 1]

Obituary

Wyatt D. [eKalb] Blakemore was born near Washington C. [ourt] H. [ouse], Ohio, on Nov. 5, 1844, and died, in Washington C. [ourt] H. [ouse], on Feb. 28, 1924.

 At the age of 16 years he enlisted in Co. A, First Ohio Cavalry and reenlisted in the same organization on Aug. 9, 1863, serving until the close of the war.

At the close of the war he went by ox team train by way of St. Louis to Walla Walla, Washington. From there he went to Utah where he was engaged in the transportation of grain to the west.

Later he came to Iowa, settling on a farm near Platteville, and was there married to Mary Flick Oct. 31, 1869 [1868], who died Aug. 6, 1912. Six children were born to them, three of whom survive him---Mrs. N. [athan] O. [scar] Hickenlooper [Margaret], of Blockton; John F. [lick], of Spokane, Washington, and Wyatt H.[arold], of Bedford. Four grandchildren also survive him.

As a pioneer of Taylor County he did much toward its development and progress, always taking an active part in all public enterprises. He served two terms in the state legislature of Iowa and held various other offices of trust. In 1912 he was commissioned Aide de Camp of the G. A. R Department of Iowa.

He moved to Washington C. [ourt] H. [ouse], Ohio, in 1914, where he lived until his death. Jan. 9, 1916, he was married to Mrs. Elizabeth Bryant who survives him.

Short funeral services were conducted at the home in Ohio. The pallbearers were from the Elk's Lodge of which order he was a member.

Funeral services in Iowa were held in the M. E. church at Blockton Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock March 2, conducted by Rev. J. A. Brownlee. The pallbearers were soldiers of World war and members of the G. A. R. were honorary members. Interment was made in the family lot in the Platteville cemetery.

[Note: Correct marriage date is October 31, 1868.   Source: Marriage records, Taylor County Courthouse, Bedford, Iowa.]

[Blakemore, Wyatt DeKalb “Chip”]

Blockton News

Thursday    March 6, 1924    p. 4

Bourke B. [lakemore] Hickenlooper, of Cedar Rapids, came Saturday to attend the funeral of his grandfather, Hon. W. [yatt] D. [eKalb] Blakemore.

[Blakemore, Wyatt DeKalb “Chip”]

Bedford Free Press

Thursday    March 6, 1924    [p 1]

W. D. BLAKEMORE DIED LAST THURSDAY, FEB. 28TH

Funeral at Blockton Sunday Afternoon and Burial at Platteville

W. D. Blakemore, one of the pioneer men of the county, died last Thursday, February 28th, 1924, at his home in Washington Court House, Ohio, at the age of a little over 79 years. The body was brought to Blockton, Iowa, and funeral services held there last Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock from the Methodist church, and burial made in the cemetery at Platteville.

The condition of the roads at the time of the services made it impossible for many from here to attend.

Wyatt D. [eKalb] Blakemore was born near Washington Court House, Ohio, November 5th, 1844. On August 9, 1861, at the age of 16 years, he enlisted in Company A 1st Ohio Cavalry, reenlisted August 9th, 1863 and served until the close of the war. He was in thirty-two active engagements during the Civil War, the most notable one being Gettysburg. He was discharged from the service at St. Louis in 1866 and made a trip from there to Washington State with an ox team. He remained in the west about a year and then came back to Iowa and Taylor County where he made his home for a number of years, taking a very active part in the improvement and development of the county. He served two terms in the state legislature of Iowa and held other positions of trust in the county.

He was married to Miss Mary Flick October 31, 1869 [1868], at Platteville, Iowa, and to this union six children were born, three of whom survive him. They are Mrs. H. C. Hickenlooper of Blockton, Iowa; John F. [lick] of Spokane, Washington, and W. [yatt] D. of Bedford. There are also four grandchildren. Mrs. Blakemore died August 6th, 1912, and he married Mrs. Elizabeth Bryant January 9, 1916.

He lived in Taylor County until 1914 when he moved to Washington Court House, Ohio, where he spent the remainder of his life.

“Chip” Blakemore, as he was generally called here, was a very likeable, jolly, straightforward man and a man of more than ordinary ability as a public speaker. He was often called upon for speeches on patriotic occasions and his response was always well received. He liked to tell a good story or joke and this friendly, good-natured characteristic of his made him many friends wherever he was.

[Note: Correct marriage date is October 31, 1868. Source: Marriage records, Taylor County Courthouse, Bedford, Iowa.]

 

[Blakemore, Wyatt Harold “Chip”]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday      April 7, 1966      [p. 1]

W. H. Blakemore Final Rites Here Wed, April 6

Funeral services for Wyatt (Chip) Blakemore, 75, well known Bedford resident, were held here Wednesday, following his death at his home Sunday morning. Included in the service held at the Shum-Novinger mortuary on Madison Street was the following obituary.

Wyatt Harold Blakemore was born on May 13, 1890 at Blockton, Iowa. He was the youngest of six children born to Wyatt D. [eKalb] and Mary Flick Blakemore.

When he was five years old he moved with his parents to Bedford.

He attended school in Bedford and graduated from Bedford High School in 1910.

After attending both Drake University in Des Moines and Coe College in Cedar Rapids for a short while, he lived for two years in Seattle, Washington.

He returned to Bedford in 1913 where he lived the rest of his life.

For forty years he was engaged in business, first as an automobile dealer and then as an oil dealer. He was also a proprietor of farmland in Taylor County.

On October 12, 1920 he was married to Hope Nelson of Bedford and they had three children: Wyatt D. Blakemore of Denver, Colo., Mrs. John (Mary Ann) Farrington of Boulder, Colo.; and Charles N. [elson] Blakemore of Riverside, Conn.

All of his life he was an avid sportsman and was especially well known for his ability as a fisherman.

His father, mother, and all his brothers and sisters preceded him in death.

Besides his wife and children, he is survived by 10 grandchildren, three nieces and three nephews.

Those who knew him well will remember him as a remarkable storyteller and an honest man.

[Wright, Mary Hultz]

Bedford Free Press

Thursday     January 19, 1899     p. 5

Mrs. J. [ohn] F. Denser [Jane Elizabeth Wright] returned Sunday from attending the funeral of her mother at Johnstown, Ohio