[Eighmey,
Cyrus]
Iowa South-West
Saturday September 7, 1878 p. 3
Cyrus
Eighmey, residing some
nine miles from Bedford, died suddenly on Wednesday last. The sad news of his death will strike our people with great
surprise, as he was apparently enjoying the best of health till within
a few days of his death.
[Mahan,
William Newton]
Bedford Free
Press
Thursday January 2, 1902 [p. 8]
Died At Hopkins.
Monday
night a telegram was sent from Hopkins conveying the sad intelligence
of the death of W. [illiam] N. [ewton] Mahan, father of T. [homas] S. Mahan, of Bedford. Mr. and
Mrs. Mahan [Luvira
Titus] left as soon as they could for Hopkins. The funeral will be held at Hazel Dell
at 10 o'clock this morning. Interment
in Titus [Graceland] cemetery. The bereaved ones have the sympathy of all in their affliction.
[Mahan,
William Newton]
Bedford Free
Press
Thursday January 9, 1902 [p. 1]
Obituary
Died,
at his home in Hopkins, Mo., December 31, 1901, at 2:45 a. m., William
Newton Mahan, aged 69
years, 7 months and 18 days. Deceased
was born in Orange County, Indiana, May 13, 1832. In the spring of 1853 he came to Taylor County. Returning in 1854 to the home of his boyhood,
he remained one year, then came back to Taylor County. On January 16, 1861, he was united in
marriage to Miss Caroline C. Harris. Eleven children were born to them, of
whom 3 sons and 1 daughter have preceded him to the spirit land. In March 1899 he moved form Taylor County
to Hopkins, Mo., where he resided until his death. Though not a member of any church, he
had an abiding faith in God, believed in salvation through Jesus, and
exemplified his faith by his life.
He was a kind, loving husband and an indulgent father. He leaves a wife and seven children to
mourn his death. The children
are Samuel, William, Joseph, Harry, T. [homas] S. Mahan, Mrs. Richard
Hanna [Jennie] and Mrs. James Allen [Ella]. The
Free Press joins their
many friends in extending heart-felt sympathy.
[Mahan,
Thomas S.]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday October 19, 1933 p. 8
Thomas S.
Mahan Dies In Hopkins
Thomas
S. Mahan, 69, a resident
of Bedford for many years but for the past twenty-five years a resident
of California, died at the home of his sister, Mrs. Jennie Hanna, in Hopkins, Friday, Oct. 13. The funeral services were held at the
Walker & Shum Funeral Home Sunday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Clark
M. Crowell. Burial
was in the Graceland cemetery.
Six nephews served as pallbearers.
He
was born near Bedford, Dec. 22, 1863, his parents being pioneer settlers
of Taylor County, their first home being a log cabin west of Bedford. As a boy he attended the country school
of that day. When a young
man he came to Bedford as an employee of the late G. N. Hadley.
In
January 1890, he was married to Luvira Titus. To
them were born two sons, Bruce E. Mahan of Iowa City and Frank T. Mahan of St. Joseph, Mo. He
engaged in farming for a time then moved into Bedford, where he purchased
a grocery business, which he conducted until he moved to California
in 1908. In 1918 he was married to Therese Montgomery
of Los Angeles, who survives him.
[Higgins,
Mathew James]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday October 19, 1933 p. 8
Boy, 12, Dies
Of Scarlet Fever
Mathew
James Higgins, 12, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Higgins
of Bedford, died at the home of scarlet fever, Tuesday, Oct. 17. Burial was made in the Platteville cemetery that afternoon.
He had been ill for several weeks.
[Ford,
David Francis]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday September 28, 1933 p. 4
D. F. Ford Succumbs
Had Been A Resident
of Taylor County More Than 50 Years
David
Francis Ford, 87, died
at the home of his son, Ernest Ford,
Sunday, Sept. 24. The funeral
services were held at the Ernest Ford home Monday afternoon, conducted by Rev. W. H. Warrior. Burial was in the Rose Hill cemetery.
He
was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Amos Ford [Margaret Bastrus]
and was born Dec. 28, 1845, in Lycoming County, Penn., near Jersey Shore.
He
moved with his parents to Ashland County, O. [hio], at the age of 8
months and there grew to manhood.
He enlisted in Company I, Ohio, 196th infantry, and
served until the end of the civil war.
Then he moved to Fulton County, Ill., and on June 9, 1868, was
married to Eliza Brown. To
this union five children were born, Mrs. Florence Raper and Ernest Ford, both of Blockton, Mrs. Nellie Severns of Palisade, Nebr., Mrs. Effie Sharp, deceased, and Tom Ford of Blockton.
In
the spring of 1881 he moved to Taylor County, Iowa, where he lived on
the farm until 1892 when he moved to Blockton.
He resided in Blockton until the death of his wife, Dec. 22,
1932. Since that time he has lived with his
children. He leaves to
mourn his death his four children, twelve grandchildren, eleven great
grandchildren and one great great grandchild.
There is also one brother, M. [ilton] S. Ford of Smithville, Mo.
He
united with the Methodist Episcopal church in early life.
[Ford,
David Francis]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday September 28, 1933 p. 4
Everett
Ford came from Grand Junction,
Iowa, Monday, to attend the funeral of his grandfather, D. [avid]
F. [rancis] Ford.
[Carlton,
Fred F.]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday September 28, 1933 p. 4
Buried At Lenox
Funeral
services were held Sunday afternoon in Clearfield for Fred Carlton, who died Friday. Burial was made in the Lenox cemetery. Mr. Carlton was a former resident of Lenox
and was well known here.
[Wilson,
Mary Burr]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday September 28, 1933 p. 4
Mrs. Wilson Dies
Mrs.
Mary [Burr] Wilson, 90,
died Sunday at the home her daughter, Mrs. Sherman Wynn [Edna]. Mrs.
Wilson fell several weeks ago and broke her hip.
[Payton,
Melchor Addison]
Times-Republican
Thursday September 16, 1915 [p. 1]
Payton Child Dies
Melchor A. [ddison] Payton, the little son of Mr. and Mrs. [Samuel] Lloyd
Payton [Inez Parrish],
who had his hand badly lacerated in a pulley a few weeks ago, died of
lockjaw this morning about 4 o'clock.
The funeral services will be held Saturday.
The time and place have not been arranged.
[Payton, Melchor Addison]
Bedford Free Press
Tuesday September
21, 1915
Melchor A. Payton
Melchor A. [ddison] Payton was born July 29, 1910, died Sept 16, 1915, at the home
of his parents, age 5 years. He
was the youngest child of Mr. and Mrs. S. [amuel] L. [loyd] Payton
[Inez Parrish].
Besides his mother and father he leaves three brothers and two sisters,
all of whom were at his bedside during his illness and last moments
except his two brothers in Canada.
Melchor was conscious to the last and called each of the family
by name.
The sympathizing families of the community know that the saddened
parents did all that was in their power to save the life of the child
and spared no medical skill to relieve the little sufferer, but in spite
of all their efforts death came.
He met death from lockjaw, which was caused by an injury received
in both hands. While playing
at the pulley at the hay barn his hands were drawn in by the rope. The friends and entire community were
shocked at the sad accident, and all hoped that he might recover but
the unseen foe had done its deadly work before any one was aware of
its presence.
The funereal services were held at the parents' home and a very large
host of friends and loved ones of the community were then and are now
sympathizing with them in their great loss.
Rev. William Mercer, pastor of the Methodist church of Blockton,
conducted the service, assisted by Rev. U. Burroughs, assistant pastor
of the First Baptist Church of Bedford.
The little body was laid to rest in the Bedford cemetery by tender
and loving hands.
[Ford, Milton Ernest]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday July 7, 1955 p. 4
Obituary - M.
E. Ford
Milton
Ernest Ford, son of David
and Eliza B. [rown] Ford,
was born near Lewistown, Ill., Jan. 7, 1871 and died at his home near
Blockton, at the age of 84 years, five months, 20 days.
On
November 8, 1894, he was married to Clara [Ophelia] Gartside of Bedford.
To them four children were born.
He
was preceded in death by his parents; one sister, Mrs. Effie [Eula]
Sharp; one brother, Thomas [Lloyd] Ford; one daughter, [Beulah] Marie; two grandchildren, Mable and Earl Fluke.
He
is survived by his wife Clara;
two daughters, Gladys
[Clara] of the home and Mrs. Georgia Fluke of Blockton; one son, Orville [Perry] at home. Also, by two
sisters, Mrs. Flora [Mary Florence] Raper of Blockton, Mrs. Nellie [May] Severns of Palisade, Nebr.; four grandchildren, Naomi
Johnson of Brayton, Iowa,
Eldon Fordyce of Aurelia,
Iowa, Francis Fordyce, Glen Fluke
of Blockton; four great grandchildren.
Funeral
services were conducted at the Methodist church in Blockton, Thursday,
June 30 at two p. m., conducted by Rev. F. H. Cowles of Bedford. Burial was in Blockton cemetery.
[Kennedy,
Mary Cathrine Severns]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday July 7, 1955 p. 4
Obituary -
Mrs. J. S. Kennedy
Mary
Cathrine Severns, youngest
child of Nathaniel and Rose Ann Severns,
was born in Taylor County, near Blockton, July 20, 1862 and died July
2, 1955 at the age of 92 years, 11 months, 12 days. She spent her entire life in and around Blockton with the exception
of one year when she moved with her parents to David City, Nebraska.
She
was married to John Scott Kennedy
on Dec. 5, 1889. To
them were born six children. Her
husband and an infant daughter, Flossie, preceded her in death.
She
is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Sara Carlson of Des Moines, Mrs. Ethel Gruber of Shenandoah, Mrs. Eunice Hamilton of Blockton; two sons, George Kennedy of Hood River, Oregon, Clifford Kennedy of Cedar Rapids; eight grandchildren, twelve great
grandchildren.
Mrs.
Kennedy had been an invalid the past 15 years. The past two and a half years she spent in bed. Her earlier years were spent in loving
care and devotion to her family and home as well as a willing worker
in her community.
Those
from out-of-town who attended the last rites for Mrs. Kennedy were Mr.
and Mrs. Oren Bates of
Lincoln, Nebr.; Mr. and Mrs. Joe Minor,
New Virginia; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Zollman, Lenox; Mrs. Icie Jenkins, Sheridan; Mr. and Mrs. Ray Kennedy, Bedford; Mrs. Agnes Zollman, Grant City, Mo.
[Barnes,
Anna Willard]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday October 19, 1933 p. 4
Hopkins
Former Resident
Buried Here
Funeral
services were held at the Methodist church Thursday afternoon for Mrs.
Anna Barnes who died Friday,
Oct. 6, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Clifford McCoy, at Santa Ana, Calif.
She
was eighty-three years old and was born in Ohio. She was a resident of Hopkins for many years before moving
to California thirty years ago.
She is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Walter Calkins of Gooding, Ida., Mrs. Clyde Todd of La Junta, Colo., Mrs. Clifford McCoy, Santa Ana, Calif., Mrs. William Curry of Kansas City, Kans., Mrs. Harry Badger, Phoenix, Ariz., two sons, S. E. Barnes of Bayfield, Colo., and F. A. Barnes of Hopkins; three brothers, Ed Willard, Olathe, Kan., David Willard, Ft. Benton, Mont.; and Asberry Willard, Corvallis, Ore. Burial was in the Hopkins cemetery.
[Payton,
Cony Taylor]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday September 27, 1951 [p. 1]
C. T. Payton, 74, Dies In California
Ontario,
Cal.---C. T. Payton, 74, former Bedford resident, died at his home in
Ontario, Cal., Sept. 12, according to word received here by his sister,
Mrs. Paul Hunter [Perthena Ann Payton].
Funeral
services were conducted Sept. 15, at the Richardson chapel in Ontario,
with Rev. E. C. Smith of the First Methodist Church officiating. Entombment followed at Bellevue mausoleum.
Cony
Taylor Payton, retired
official of the Vegetable Oil Products Company with headquarters at
Wilmington, Cal., was a native of Bedford, a son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. John [Lewis] Payton [Hattie Townsend Burgess].
He
was a member of Polar Star lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, St. Louis,
Mo., and 32nd-degree Mason, affiliated with Al Malaikah temple,
Los Angeles.
He
is survived by his wife, a son, Cony, Jr., of Ontario, and by his sister in Bedford.
[Payton,
Jesse Adolph]
Times-Republican
January 22, 1914 p. 8
Obituary
Jesse A. Payton
Jesse
A.[dolph] Payton died
at his home south of Bedford Tuesday, January 20.
The funeral services were held at the Methodist Episcopal church
Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock, conducted by Rev. J. W. Goodsell. Interment was made in the Fairview cemetery.
Mr.
Payton had been failing in health the past year. He leaves to mourn his death his wife and one daughter, and
also his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Payton, and other relatives.
[Payton,
Jesse A.]
Bedford Free
Press
Tuesday January 27, 1914
Jesse A.[dolph] Payton, who for many months has suffered from tuberculosis, died at his
home south of town last Tuesday morning.
Deceased was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. William Payton (William
Findley) and
was born in this county April 6, 1879, and has spent his entire life
in the county, where he commands the love and esteem of all who knew
him. He was married January 30, 1907, to Miss
Nellie Arnold
of Rio, Ill, who with their only child, a daughter, survives him. He is also survived by his parents and
four sisters, Laura, Gertrude, Lena and Fannie Payton. Funeral services were
held at the Methodist Episcopal church here, conducted by the pastor,
Rev. J. W. Goodsell. Interment
was in the Fairview cemetery.
[Waterman,
Joseph Manley]
Times-Republican
May 22, 1906 p. 4
An Old Settler
Gone
Death Claims
Joseph Waterman
At 2 P.M. Today
Jos.
Waterman, one of the old
settlers of Gay Township, died at his home at 2 o'clock this afternoon
of Brights disease.
Mr.
Waterman was taken sick several months ago and for a long time was in
a very critical condition. Finally,
however, he rallied somewhat and in order to be more convenient to medical
aid, he was brought to Bedford and for some months he seemed to be better.
A
few weeks ago, it was decided to again take him home. While his friends have recognized the fact for a long time
that he could never be a well man, it was not thought his condition
was critical, until a few days ago, when he was taken suddenly worse,
and declining rapidly until today when he passed away.
Mrs.
Waterman [Margaret
Ann Van Reenen] has also
been sick a long time and the shock of her husband's death, coming to
her in her weakened condition, will be hard indeed for her to bear.
The
deceased has been a resident of Gay Township for a great many years,
and he was known and highly respected by nearly everyone in the east
part of the county.
His
wife and seven children, all grown to maturity, survive him. Five children, four boys and one girl,
live at home; one son is married and resides in Gay Township, and one
daughter, Mrs. [Sarah] Elizabeth Fluharty,
lives in Oklahoma. A message
was sent to Mrs. Fluharty yesterday morning, but she will not be able
to reach here before tonight at the earliest.
Until she arrives no definite funeral arrangements can be made.
[Waterman,
Joseph Manley]
Times-Republican
May 24, 1906 [p. 1]
Obituary
Death of One
of Taylor County's Old Settlers
Joseph
Manley Waterman was born
September 16th, 1845, at Hanover, Vermont, and died at his
home in Gay Township on Tuesday, May 22, 1906 at 2 p. m. of Bright's
disease.
On
March 5, 1869, deceased was married at Round Grove, Scott County, Iowa,
to Miss Maggie [Margaret Ann] Van Reenan,
who still survives him. To
this union was born seven children, five boys and two girls, all of
whom are still living and all with the exception of the daughter, Mrs.
C. [harles] W. [illiam] Fluharty,
whose home is in Oklahoma, reside in Gay township.
The children are: Sarah E. [lizabeth], John M. [erenus], William
S., Mary A. [nn], Franklin M., Clifford C.,
and Clarence A.
When
the war of the Rebellion broke over our fair land, and the call came
for brave men to defend the flag, Joseph Waterman was one of the many to offer his bosom as a target for rebel lead.
He enlisted Aug. 14th, 1862, in Company A, 35th
Iowa Infantry, and served with his company during the remainder of the
war. The 35th
Iowa saw much hard service and participated in many bloody battles.
Through it all young Waterman never faltered.
In the long marches where the endurance of men met the supreme
test, he never faltered or fell behind; in the bloody battles where
hearts of the most brave might well have quaked with fear, he stood
shoulder to shoulder with his comrades, and after it all was over he
came home bringing with him the record of a good and faithful soldier.
And
now for him the greater battle of life is ended; his long service on
earth has come to an end, and across his discharge the Great Captain
has written, as did his army captain, "Service faithful, honorably
discharged."
In
1869, the same year of his marriage, the deceased, with his young bride,
moved to Taylor County, and this was his home ever after. He was not a rolling stone, and the moss he gathered was of
that kind that thieves cannot steal nor moths destroy. A careful, hard-working man, he acquired,
of earthly wealth, a competency, and gave to his family a comfortable
living, but he also acquired treasures more priceless---a good name,
and an unsullied reputation.
For
thirty years he lived on the farm where death found him, and among those
neighbors who had known him so long, there was none to say ought against
his name. He was honorable, upright, honest, a good
neighbor, a kind and loving husband and father.
The
funeral will occur tomorrow (Friday) at 11 a. m., at his late home in
Gay Township, conducted by Revs. Thompson and Jones. Interment at Fairview cemetery.
[Fluharty,
Charles William]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday October 22, 1936 [p. 1]
C. W. Fluharty, 75, Died In Kansas Oct. 15
C.
W. Fluharty, 75, a resident
of the Bedford community for many years, died at the home of his son,
Wayne Fluharty, at
Leavenworth, Kans., Thursday, Oct. 15.
The
funeral services were held at the Wetmore Funeral Home in Bedford Sunday
afternoon, conducted by Rev. Robert Boshen. Burial was in the Fairview cemetery.
Charles
William Fluharty, son
of Alex and Rhoda [Tabb] Fluharty,
was born near Galesburg, Ill., Jan. 18, 1861.
When about thirteen years of age he moved with his parents to
a farm near Bedford, Iowa, where he grew to manhood.
March
4, 1890, he was married to Miss [Sarah] Elizabeth Waterman, also of Bedford. To them were born two children, Nelle and Wayne.
In
1900 he moved with his family to Anadarko, Okla., where he was actively
engaged in farming and later in the grocery business. In 1917 he returned to the vicinity of Bedford, where he had
since made his home.
Sept.
30, 1936, he went to Leavenworth, Kans., to spend the winter with his
son, at whose home he became ill.
Although in failing health for a number of years, his illness
did not become serious until two weeks previous to his death.
He died Thursday, Oct. 15, at 10:55 p. m., at the age of 75 years,
9 months and 28 days.
Surviving
are the widow, Mrs. [Sarah] Elizabeth Fluharty of Bedford; daughter, Nelle Fluharty, of Shenandoah; the son, Wayne Fluharty and one granddaughter, Carol Elaine Fluharty, of Leavenworth, Kans.; one sister, Mrs. George
Wilkinson [Virginia] of San Diego, Calif.; three brothers, Frank
Fluharty and Mell Fluharty of Boise, Idaho, and George Fluharty of Fort Pierre, S. Dak.
Two
brothers, Alonzo Fluharty
and Henry Fluharty,
preceded him in death.
[Fluharty,
Sarah Elizabeth Waterman]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday October 9, 1958 p. 10
Mrs. Fluharty Rites Held Here Monday
Sarah
Elizabeth Fluharty, daughter
of Joseph M. [anley] Waterman and Margaret Van Reenen Waterman, was born April 18, 1870, in Taylor County, Iowa.
Funeral
services were held from the Wetmore Funeral home, Monday, October 6,
1958, conducted by Rev. Clement Loehr.
Burial in the Fairview cemetery.
On
March 5, 1889, she was married to Charles W. [illiam] Fluharty in the same family home in which she passed away.
They
moved to Anadarko, Oklahoma in 1900, where they operated a farm and
later a grocery business until 1917, when they returned to Bedford. Mr. Fluharty passed away October 15, 1936.
She
is survived by her daughter, Nelle Fluharty, of the home, her sister, Mary Waterman, two brothers, Cliff Waterman of the home and John Waterman of Bedford, and her granddaughter, Carol Simpson
of Topeka, Kansas. One son, Wayne Fluharty, preceded her in death March 1950.
She
was a member of the Presbyterian church of Bedford.
[Wilkinson,
Virginia Fluharty]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday February 9, 1939 p. 5
Mrs. G. P.
Wilkinson Former
Resident Dies
Mrs.
Virginia B. Wilkinson,
wife of George P. Wilkinson,
both former residents of Bedford, died at her home in San Diego, Calif.,
Wednesday, Feb. 1.
The
funeral services were held at the Merkley's Mortuary in that city, Friday
afternoon, Feb. 3, conducted by Rev. Howard B. Bard. Entombment was in the Greenwood Mausoleum.
Mrs.
Wilkinson is survived
by her husband; one son, Kirby K. Wilkinson of San Diego; and three brothers, Lon M. Fluharty and Frank Fluharty of Boise, Idaho and George Fluharty of Fort Pierre, S. Dak.