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Bedford Free Press
Thursday May 27, 1909 p. 7
Michael N. Hart
Michael
N. Hart departed this life on the
18th day of May 1909.
He was born in Bombay, Franklin County, New York, February 22,
1847. He was the oldest son of Richard
and Mary [Theresa] (OÕConnell) Hart,
who were both natives of the county of Cork, Ireland. In the year of 1868 he with his parents and other members of
their family emigrated from the state of New York and settled in Lake County,
Illinois, near the town of Lake Forest, but a year later moved to Louisa
County, Iowa, remaining in that county one year.
In
the spring of 1871 he with his fatherÕs family settled in Grant Township,
Taylor County, Iowa, on section 21, a few miles east of the present town of
Conway and a few miles to the southwest of Clearfield. Here he remained engaged in the
pursuits of farming until 1875 when he was married to Margaret E. [llen]
Shay, a daughter of Luke and
Julia [Whelan] Shay, pioneer
residents of Ringgold County, and shortly after his marriage he with his bride
took up their residence on section 18, Benton Township, Ringgold County, where
they resided until 1888, when he engaged in the hardware and implement business
in the then new town of Maloy; still however retaining his farm from which he
had just moved and which he later exchanged for the farm immediately north and
adjacent to the town of Maloy and known as the Bazil Turner farm. Here he resided until his death. His death was very sudden and a shock
to his relatives and friends. He
was employed about his farm as usual on Monday, May 17, 1909 and was to all
appearances in the best of health.
Upon returning to the house, on the evening of that day, he was seized
with a violent pain in the region of the bowels. Dr. King was called but he grew no better and it was decided
to remove him to St. JosephÕs Hospital, St. Joseph, Mo., in the hope that an
operation might save his life. The
sufferer was taken to St. Joseph on Tuesday morning, May 18, his wife, pastor
and a large number of relatives and friends accompanying him. Upon reaching St. Joseph he was removed
to the hospital where an operation was performed by Dr. Porter, of St. Joseph
but the operation was not successful and death relieved his sufferings at about
9:30 p. m., Tuesday, May 18, 1909.
He
was industrious and prosperous, a kind and affectionate husband, a loving and
indulgent father and his family is among the most highly respected in the
community in which they live. He
leaves surviving him, a devoted wife, three daughters and five sons, as
follows: Julia M. [ary] Nolan, of Maloy, Iowa; Mary M.[ercedes] Shiel, of Enid, Okla.; Luke E. [dward] and Richard C. [leveland], of St. Louis, Mo.; Leona, Michael, OÕConnell and Herbert [Malcolm], the latter four still being members of the
parental home. All of the children
were present at the funeral, which was one of the largest ever held in the
county. Besides the immediate
family he leaves to mourn him three sisters and one brother: Elizabeth [Ellen] Jordan, of Mooreland, Okla., Mary E. [llen] Lambert and Anna M. [argaret] Shay, of Maloy, Iowa and W. [illiam] R. [ichard]
Hart, of Iowa City, Iowa. Besides these a multitude of friends
and no enemies, because his life was such that he made no enemies, performing
his duties and transacting his business with his fellow men on a basis of
honesty and manliness. Those who
knew him best loved him most. When
a duty was to be performed he knew no personal danger and no man can say that
anything ever deterred him when he believed his duty called him. He was a man among the best of
men. He despised hypocrisy and
abhorred greed and avarice. The
measure of value he used in estimating was Worth and worth to him, as he
interpreted it, did not mean Òhow much money have youÓ but what are you worth
as a man, as a citizen, as a neighbor.
He did his duty, as he believed a citizen should. He reared his children in the faith of
his father, teaching them their duty to their neighbor, their country, their
God and he died with a full knowledge that his teachings had not been in
vain. He died as he had lived, a
fervent and faithful member of the Catholic church, comforted and solaced by
its last rites and sacraments administered by a priest of that church, Rev. J.
C. White of Maloy, who was not only his pastor but his most dear and honored
friend. He faced death without
fear of punishment because he had lived a life of honesty, integrity, purity
and charity and his soul was replete with happiness, entitled to receive the
reward of a life well spent---an eternity with God. Requiescant in pace.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday March 24, 1949 [p. 1]
Services For Frank
Jared Held Monday
Frank
Jared, a native of Bedford,
Taylor County, died Tuesday, March 15 in Pendleton, Oregon. The body was returned to Bedford and
the funeral services were held at the Shum Funeral Home at 2 oÕclock, Monday
afternoon, March 21, conducted by Rev. Gordon F. MacLean. Burial was in the Fairview Cemetery.
Frank
Marshall Jared, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Bruce Jared [Emily Josephine Scrivner], was born in Bedford on March 20, 1884 and passed away only a few
days before his sixty-fifth birthday.
On
January 20, 1907 he was married to Miss Elba Trumbo of Bedford, who preceded him in death on May 28,
1923.
He
is survived by two sons and two daughters: Harley Jared of Prescott, Arizona; Harry Jared of Fresno, California; Mrs. Garland J. Blair of Kansas City, Mo., and Mrs. Hazel J. Isaacs of Hiawatha, Kansas. Also by one brother and two sisters, John Jared and Mrs. Will Robinson [Viola] of Bedford and Mrs. E.[dward] J. Hartman [Mabel] of Tama, Iowa.
Bedford Free Press
Thursday May 31, 1923
Obituary - Mrs.
Frank Jared
Mrs.
Frank Jared, wife of Mr. Frank
Jared, passed away after a long
illness at her home in Ross township on Monday night, May 28.
Mrs.
[Mary] Elba Jared, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. T. [homas] A. [ndrew]
Trumbo was born Dec. 4th,
1888, in Pottawattamie County, Iowa.
On
January 30, 1907, she was married to Frank Jared of Bedford, Iowa. Four children came to bless this home, two boys and two
girls.
Mrs.
Jared was of a cheerful and sunny
disposition and although she was a sufferer the last few years she remained
cheerful to the last.
Her
going leaves a home without a faithful wife and a loving motherÕs care. Those who are left to mourn are her
husband and four children, Harley, Harvey, Garland [Eula]
and Hazel [Maxine]. Her mother, Mrs. Nancy [Ellen Power]
Trumbo; four brothers: William Trumbo of Princeton, Kansas; Claud Trumbo of Bedford; Frank Trumbo of Bedford; Alva Trumbo of Greenview, Ill. Three sisters:
Mrs. Anna Payne of
Barnesville, Colo.; Mrs. Ella Hindman and Mrs. Grant Davis
of Bedford. Her husbandÕs father
and mother, Mr. and Mrs. R. [obert] B. [ruce] Jared of Bedford.
His two brothers, Ora Jared
of Creston and John Jared of
Bedford. His two sisters, Mrs.
Viola Robinson and Mrs. Mable
Hartman of Bedford. Besides many other relatives and a host
of friends.
Mrs.
Jared was a member of the Baptist
church of Bedford. Funeral
services were held Thursday morning at eleven oÕclock. Burial in the Bedford cemetery.
Times-Republican
Thursday May 23, 1918
Mrs. Delbert Jared
Lucinda
McMurtry was born in Knox County,
Ill., Nov. 22, 1862, and moved with her parents to Bedford, Iowa, in 1875,
where she lived until her death, which occurred May 10, 1918 at Ensworth
Hospital, St. Joseph, Mo., aged 75 years, 5 months and 18 days.
She
was married to Delbert Jared
July 3, 1881 and to this union three children were born, Edna May, Nettie
Ruth and one daughter who died in
infancy.
She
united with the Church of Christ in 1885, of which she was faithful member.
She
leaves to mourn her loss her husband, two daughters, and two grandsons, two
sisters and five brothers, Mrs. Jane Pickett of [word unreadable], Mo., Mrs. Cynthia
McMahill of Osborn, Neb., R.
[euben] F. McMurtry of Seneca,
Neb., Bert McMurtry of
Sutherland, Neb., F. R. McMurtry
of Anselmo, Neb., Lon McMurtry
of Calaway, Neb., and J. [ames] L. McMurtry of Lusk, Wyo., of whom all were present except
three brothers.
Funeral
services were held at the Berea church Monday at 2 oÕclock p. m., conducted by
Brother Floyd Edwards.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday April 30, 1964 p. 4
Mrs. Geo. Jared Services Tues.
Funeral services for Hattie
Grace [Bothel] Jared, 70, were
held Tues. (April 28) at 708 State Street Shum-Novinger Funeral Home. Mrs. Jared died last Sunday at her home
north of Bedford. Interment was at
Fairview Cemetery, Bedford.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday November 23, 1950 [p. 1]
Emmet Jared Died Oct. 27 In California
[Jesse]
Emmet Jared, 74, a former
resident of Bedford died at his home in Los Angeles, Cal., Oct. 24. The last rites were held there and
burial made in the Forest Lawn cemetery.
He
is survived by his wife, the former Miss Grace Golding of Bedford; a daughter and two
grandchildren. Also by two
sisters, Mrs. Frank Townsend
of Bedford, and Mrs. Maude Van Camp
of Los Angeles. The Jareds moved
from Bedford 30 years ago.
[Jared, Ruth Lou Hurt
Branson]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday October 22, 1981 p. 4
Lou Ruth Jared, 85, Final Rites Were Held October 16
Funeral
services for Mrs. George W. [illiam] Jared, 85, of Gravity, held October 16 in the Gravity Christian Church,
were officiated by Rev. Roger Charley.
Mrs. Jared died October
13 in Rosary Hospital, Corning, Ia.
Golden Rule Rebekah Lodge No. 134 of Bedford conducted Fraternal Honors
with interment at Fairview Cemetery, Bedford.
Ruth
Lou Jared, daughter of George
W. [ashington] Hurt and Murtru Alice [Early] Hurt, was born in Greenville, Tennessee on July 31,
1896.
At
the age of four years RuthÕs family moved to Taylor County, where she grew to
maturity and attended the public schools.
On
February 2, 1916, she was united in marriage to Locklin Branson, at Platteville, Iowa. Ruth loved
the farm and there she spent most of her life.
She
was preceded in death by her husband, Locklin Branson, on June 13, 1952.
In
August 1965 she was married to George W. [illiam] Jared who preceded her in death on January 24, 1966;
also by her parents, three sisters and a brother.
Ruth was a member of the Christian Church of Gravity
and 37 year member of the Golden Rule Rebekah Lodge No. 134 in Bedford.
Left
to cherish her memory are sister Trula M. Braun, Naperville, Ill.; brother, Lowell H. (Bud)
Hurt, and wife, Ethel, of Cheyenne, Wyo.; step-son, Eugene Jared, and wife, Irene, of Bloomington, Minnesota; a number of nieces
and nephews, and a host of friends.
Her
family and friends will remember her as a kind and considerate loved one, and
she will be missed by those who loved her.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday June 25, 1970 p. 9
Glenn Taylor, 61, Rites Held Mon.
Funeral
services for Glenn O. Taylor,
61, former Bedford resident, were held Mon., June 22, at Shum-Novinger Funeral
Home in Bedford with Mr. Carl Cummings officiating. Mr. Taylor
died at the Gentry County Hospital in Albany, Mo., on June 19, 1970. Interment was at Fairview Cemetery,
Bedford.
Glenn
Osburn Taylor, son of W.
[illiam] F. (Col.) Taylor and [El] Vira [Mable] Randall Taylor, was born May 28, 1909 at Spokane,
Washington. When a small lad he
came with his parents to the Bedford community, where he grew to adulthood and
attended the rural school and the Bedford High School.
He
worked for the Cudahy Packing Co., for a good number of years and he had lived
in Sheridan, Mo., where he was engaged in business in recent years.
He
was united in marriage to Audrel Jeffers on July 28, 1955.
He
was preceded in death by his parents and an infant brother, Ivan.
Left
to cherish memories are his wife, Audrel, of Des Moines, Iowa; a daughter, Glenna Mason; a stepson, Dennis Underwood; three grandchildren; three sisters, Dorothy
Williams of Omaha, Nebr., Edna
Bumgardner of Las Vegas, Fern
Stowell of Portland, Oreg., two
brothers, Donald Taylor of
Pasco, Wash., and Marvin Taylor
of Yellville, Arkansas; nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends.
Glenn was a kind and considerate husband, father,
brother, friend and neighbor, and he will be sadly missed by those who knew and
loved him.
Bedford Free Press
Tuesday February 16, 1915 p. 5
J. J. Knox
John
Jasper Knox was born March 22, 1843
in Mexico, Juniata County, Pennsylvania, and died February 3, 1915 at
Clearfield, Iowa, after a short illness lasting but four days. When 13 years of age he moved with his
parents to Lacon, Ill. The
following year he moved to Tiskilwa, [Bureau County] Ill.
In
1862 he enlisted in Company I, Ninety-third Illinois volunteers and served
until the close of the war. Among
the battles in which he fought were Vicksburg, Altoona Pass and Corinth and he
marched in ShermanÕs army to the sea.
In
the spring of 1868 he came with his parents [Thomas Lyon Knox and Sophia Hester Leonard] to Clearfield, Iowa, and settled on the farm
three miles west of town, which was his home until his death. With one exception he has resided
longer in Grant Township than any other person now living there.
On
December 31, 1879 he was married to Lucy Etta Sargent, who departed this life March 14, 1905. To this union were born seven
children. Three sons, Bert
[Elbert], Howard [Leonard] and John [Cleveland] and four daughters, Mrs. Dan Bruner [Mary
Blanche], Mrs. Granville Harvey [Dora Eva], Mrs. Clyde Owens [Nellie Alice] and Miss Clara [Eugenia] Knox, all of whom reside within less than two miles of
the paternal home. Besides these
there remain to mourn his death one sister, Mrs. John Schuler [Mary Almira] of Creston, a brother, Alva L.[eonard] Knox of Kansas City, seventeen grandchildren and a
host of friends and neighbors.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday February 11, 1954 p. 3
Obituary - Mrs.
Abbie Hunter
Mrs.
Abbie Hunter of New Market died
at Municipal Hospital, Clarinda, Jan. 24, after a lingering illness.
Funeral
services were held at the Methodist Church in New Market, Tuesday afternoon,
Jan. 26, conducted by Rev. Earl Streyffeler. Burial was in Dallas Center cemetery.
Abbie
McAlpin, daughter of Robert
[H.] and [Martha] Susan [Harris] McAlpin, was born Nov. 11, 1866, near Hawleyville, Iowa, and died at the age
of 87 years, two months, 13 days.
She spent her childhood near the place of her birth and all of her
married life on a farm near New Market.
She was married to Frank U.[lysses] Hunter on June 23, 1889. They had no children of their own but reared a niece, Dorothy
Owen, who is now Mrs. Elmer
Roberts of Bedford.
She
is survived by Mrs. Roberts and
her husband; also by a half-brother, Worthy Werts of New Market; several nieces and nephews. Mr. Hunter died April 21, 1951.
Mrs.
Hunter was a member of the New
Market Methodist church and of the Rebekah lodge at New Market.
[Longfellow, Ruth Opal
Snyder]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday February 11, 1954 p. 3
Obituary - Ruth
Opal Longfellow
Mrs.
Ruth Opal Longfellow, daughter of
Glen [Weaver] and Cassie [A. Ervin] Snyder, was born July 28, 1922 at Bedford and died Saturday, Jan. 23, near
her home at Lenox.
She
was one of four children of Glen and Cassie Snyder, sister of Donald and Paul Snyder and Lucille McCandliss.
Ruth
Opal was married to Carl A.
[exander] Longfellow, son of Henry
[Wadsworth] and Alta [Nash] Longfellow,
on April 28, 1938 at Maryville.
They have always resided on the farm in Taylor County.
To
them five children were born, two sons and three daughters, Jerry Dale, Paul
Dean, Linda Louise, Julia and Alice
Ann.
Her
mother died April 4, 1926.
Surviving
with her husband and children, are her father and step mother; four half
sisters, and three half-brothers, Ferne Lois Mingus, Harold Dean, Leo Louis,
Eddie Glenn, Elinor Jean, Donna May, Betty June.
Funeral
services were held at the Christian Church in Clearfield Wednesday afternoon
Jan. 27 with interment at Bedford.
Rev. Howes officiated.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday March 2, 1972 p. 6
Last Rites Held Feb.
25 For Carl Longfellow
Funeral
services for Carl A. [lexander] Longfellow, 59, of Lenox, held February 25 at Shum-Novinger Funeral Home in
Bedford, were conducted by Carl Cummings.
Mr. Longfellow died
February 23, 1972 at Greater Community Hospital in Creston. Interment was at Fairview Cemetery.
Carl
A. [lexander] Longfellow, son of Henry
W. [adsworth] and Alta Nash Longfellow,
was born September 5, 1912 near Clearfield, Iowa in Taylor County.
He
attended the public schools of Taylor County and the Conway High School.
On
April 26, 1938 he was united in marriage to Ruth Opal Snyder and to them were born two sons and three
daughters to bless their home and to share their love.
Carl had lived his entire life in Taylor County, Iowa
where he had been engaged in farming.
He
was preceded in death by his wife, Ruth Opal Longfellow in 1954, his father, Henry W. [adsworth]
Longfellow, in 1964.
Left
to cherish memories are his mother, Alta; his children: Jerry and his wife Jeannette; Paul; Linda and her husband, Rolland Grindstaff; Julia and her husband, Dean Day; Alice and her husband, Steve Schieffer; ten grandchildren, Joan, Jeffery, John,
Craig, Kyle, Jesse Warren, Danny, Dawn Michelle, Angela and Christa; a sister, Mary C. [harlotte] Hunter; two brothers, Wilson and Ivan Longfellow; uncles, aunts, other relatives and many friends.
Carl was a kind and considerate, son, brother, father
and friend, and he will be sadly missed by all who knew and loved him.
[Longfellow, Lemuel
Alexander]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday September 14, 1967 p. 6
Final Rites Held
September 9 For L. A. Longfellow
Funeral
services for Lemuel A. [lexander] Longfellow, 89, long time Taylor County resident, were held
September 9 at the State Street Shum-Novinger Funeral Home, conducted by Rev.
J. Milton Kinney and Mr. Carl Cummings.
Mr. Longfellow died
September 6, 1967, at Clarinda Municipal Hospital. Interment was at Conway Cemetery, Conway.
Lemuel
Longfellow, son of Mary
[Josephine] Elder and Joseph [Purcell] Longfellow, was born at Muscatine, Iowa, July 19, 1878.
He
was united in marriage to Fonta [Lee] Smith on March 5, 1903. To this union one daughter, Ruby Dale, was born.
He
was the eldest of seven children.
His parents, a sister, Lucy,
and a brother, Henry, preceded
him in death. He is survived by
his wife; daughter; four brothers, Frank and Charley of
Bedford; Joe of Perry, Iowa, Tom of Newberg, Oregon; and a host of relatives and
friends.
As
a young man, Lemuel joined the
Conway, Iowa Methodist Church, and in his later years, after moving to Bedford,
he had his membership moved to the Bedford Methodist Church.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday July 2, 1981 p. 5
Fonta Lee
Longfellow Final Rites
Were Held June 29
Graveside
services for Mrs. Lemuel A. (Fonta) Longfellow, 97, of Bedford, held June 29 in the Conway (Ia.)
Cemetery, were conducted by Rev. Carl Cummings. Mrs. Longfellow
died June 26, 1981 in Rosary Hospital in Corning, Iowa.
Fonta
Lee Smith, daughter of Oscar
E. [ldridge] Smith and Minnie Williams Smith, was born near Albany, Missouri, September 27, 1883.
She
grew to maturity in the area where she was born and moved with her parents to
the Blockton area when she was a young lady.
On
March 5, 1903 she was united in marriage to Lemuel A. [lexander] Longfellow at Bedford, Iowa, and they lived in various
places in Taylor County where he was engaged in the blacksmith business and
farming. Later, they resided in
Omaha, Nebraska, and upon retirement they returned to Bedford, where she has
continued to reside the past several years at Bedford Manor. Her husband died September 6, 1967.
She
was a member of the Bedford United Methodist Church.
One
daughter, Ruby, was born to
bless their home.
She
was preceded in death by her parents [and] her husband. She was the last member of her family
of ten children.
Left
to cherish her memory are her daughter, Ruby Dougherty of Bedford, Iowa; nieces, nephews; other
relatives and friends.
She
will be sadly missed by all those who knew and loved her.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday December 10, 1970 p. 3
Last Rites Held Here
Tuesday For Joe Longfellow
Funeral
services for Joseph Freeman Longfellow, 83, of Perry, Ia., formerly of Bedford, were held Tuesday at 2:30
p. m. at Shum-Novinger Funeral Home in Bedford with Carl Cummings
officiating. Services were held at
9:30 a. m. Tuesday at Fouch Funeral Home in Perry. Mr. Longfellow
died in Perry Sunday. Interment
was at Fairview Cemetery, Bedford.
Mr.
Longfellow was associated with
the Bedford National Bank for 48 years.
Included
among his survivors are his wife, Orpha; son, Howard, of Rockwell
City; daughter, Helen (Mrs. LaVern Utterback) of Perry, four grandchildren; three brothers, Charles and Frank of Bedford and Thomas N. [elson] of Newberg, Oregon.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday December 17, 1970 p. 3
Last Rites Held Dec. 8
For Joe Longfellow
Funeral
services for Joseph Freeman Longfellow, 83, of Perry, Ia., former Bedford banker, held December 8 at
Shum-Novinger Funeral Home in Bedford, were conducted by Carl Cummings. Services were held Tuesday morning at
Fouch Funeral Home in Perry. Mr.
Longfellow died at his home
December 6, 1970. Interment was at
Fairview Cemetery, Bedford.
Joseph
Freeman Longfellow, son of Joseph
P. [urcell] and Mary [Josephine Elder] Longfellow, was born October 9, 1887 at Platteville in
Taylor County, Iowa. He grew to
adulthood in the community east of Bedford where he attended the public school
and was active in the various community affairs.
He
attended Business College in Omaha, Nebr., and was employed by the Bedford National
Bank, Bedford, from 1909 until his retirement in 1956, being vice-president at
that time. He did continue as
director until 1968 and was listed by the Iowa Banker Association among the
over 59 year bankers of the State.
On
September 10, 1913 he was united in marriage to Orpha Holmes at New Sharon, Iowa. To them were born two children: Helen and Howard.
He
was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers and one sister.
Left
to cherish memories are his wife, Orpha of Perry, Iowa; Mrs. L. A. (Helen) Utterback and her husband, Dr. LaVern Utterback of Perry, Iowa; Howard Dean and his wife, Pauline of Rockwell City, Iowa; four grandchildren, Minette
Longfellow Hendricks, Joseph and DeAnn
Longfellow and David Utterback; three brothers, Charles E. [lder]
and Frank T. [ennyson] Longfellow
of Bedford and Thomas N. [elson] Longfellow of Newberg, Oregon.
He
was a member of the First Methodist Church of Perry, Iowa. He was a kind and loving husband,
brother, friend and neighbor and will be missed by all who knew and loved him.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday January 8, 1981 p. 6
Mrs. Don Longfellow Dies In Georgia
Graveside
services for Mrs. Don (Uryth Sparks) Longfellow of Powder Springs, Georgia, former resident of
Hopkins, Missouri were held at the Hopkins Cemetery Wed., Jan. 7, at 4 p.
m. Services were held in Powder
Springs January 6. Mrs. [Donald
Jay] Longfellow died January 4 in
an Atlanta (Ga.) hospital.
Mrs.
Longfellow was the
daughter-in-law of Frank Longfellow
and sister-in-law of Mrs. Merle Stewart [Jean Frances Longfellow]
of Bedford.
[Longfellow, Salome
Ophia Marshall]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday November 6, 1947 [p. 1]
Former Resident Buried
Here Wed.
Mrs.
A. [lfred] N. [elson] Longfellow [Salome Ophia Marshall], 87, a resident of the Bedford community for many
years, died in Clarinda Monday, November 3. She made her home there with her two daughters, Mrs. Edna
Hendrix and Mrs. Opha Greenlee.
The
funeral services were held at the Walker Funeral Home in Clarinda Wednesday
afternoon and burial was in the Fairview Cemetery at Bedford.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday April 18, 1935 p. 5
W. E. McAlpin, 73, County Pioneer, Dies
W.
E. McAlpin, 73, a resident of the
New Market community all of his life, died at his home in Dallas Township
Friday, April 12, following a weekÕs illness with pneumonia. The funeral services were held at the
home Sunday afternoon, conducted by Rev. C. K. Shackelford of the New Market
Baptist church. Burial was in the
Memory cemetery.
William
Eugene, second son of [David] Russell and Susan Anna Swift McAlpin, was born March 28, 1862, on a farm north of New
Market, and spent his entire life of seventy-three years in the same community.
December
27, 1885, he was married to Amanda Weaver. To them were born
seven children. Mrs. McAlpin died in 1905. April 13, 1910, he was married to Effie Hancher. To
them were born three children. Had
he lived one day longer, he and his surviving companion would have passed their
twenty-fifth wedding anniversary.
Mr.
McAlpin was typical of the older
generation in his life work:
industrious and thrifty, always busy, and a firm believer that a man
should live by the sweat of his brow.
He had few associations outside of his home, only as work or business
demanded, rather preferring to live a quiet life and enjoying the companionship
of his own family, where he will be greatly missed. A man of few words, seldom expressing himself, only those
nearest him knew his real convictions were for the better things of life.
Surviving
relatives are the wife and ten children, seventeen grandchildren, four great
grandchildren, two brothers, Dr. D. [avid] E. [lford] McAlpin of Long Beach, Calif., and S. [tephen] A.
McAlpin of Des Moines, Iowa.
The
children are Mrs. Worthy Werts [Nettie], Earl McAlpin, Mrs. Orville Slaight
[Agatha], Dennis McAlpin, Mrs. Harvey Anderson [Glocile], Mrs. Albert Holland [Ruby]
and Eugene [Austin] McAlpin,
all of New Market; Russell McAlpin
of Villisca; Mrs. Floyd Dougherty
[Susanna] of Trenton, Mo.; and
Norma Jean, still at
home. Two nephews, Les
Alexander of Coin and Russell
Alexander of Boone, Iowa, are
also claimed as members of the family circle.