Bent,
Luther]
Iowa
South-west
Saturday August 3, 1878 p. 3
DIED.—At his residence in Bedford, Aug. 1st, 1878, of
congestion of the stomach and liver, Dr. L.[uther] Bent, aged 58 years, 11 mouths, and 7
days.
Dr.
[Luther] Bent was born in Washington Co., Ohio, Aug. 8th, 1819. Attended medical lectures at
St. Louis in 1850-51; commenced the practice of medicine at Maryville Mo., in
1852. He removed to Taylor county in the fall of 1853, married a daughter of Judge
Lowe [Elizabeth],
and removed to Bedford about the year 1856, where he continued the practice of
his profession up to the time of his death.
As a
physician Dr. Bent ranked among the first in the county. Has especially met with marked success in
those fevers peculiar to our western country. As a citizen he was highly
esteemed for his honesty, frankness and noble generosity. As a husband and
father he was ever kind and loving. All who knew him will mourn his death, and
extend their sympathy to his bereaved family.
[Bent,
Luther]
Taylor
County Republican
Thursday August 8, 1878
Death
of Doctor Luther Bent
On last Thursday, Dr. Luther Bent, an old resident of Taylor
County, died of congestion of the stomach and liver, in the fifty-ninth year of
his age. For several years his
health had been much impaired. Last winter and spring he went down to the very verge of the grave, but
rallied again and for a brief period enjoyed excellent health. He presently experienced a violent
relapse, which in one week carried him to the tomb.
Dr. Bent was born in Ohio on the 8th day of August
1819, and died August 1st, 1878, lacking at the time of his death,
but one week of being fifty-nine years of age. He began the practice of medicine at Maryville, Mo., where
he remained a few years, when he removed to Taylor County in 1856. Here he has since remained and here his
life has been spent in doing good to others. A successful physician, a good citizen, a beloved husband
and father—all miss him. In
every relation in life his loss is felt.
For a number of years Dr. Bent had been a man of deep religious
convictions, and preached many sermons to his children, inciting them to lives
of honor and piety. A short time
before his death he said, “I would rather go than stay,” and his last words
were, “I am at perfect peace with my Maker.” If ever a man gave evidence of a thorough change of heart
and a firm hold upon Christ by faith, Dr. Bent did. May the God of all comfort pour consolation into the hearts
of his bereaved widow [Elizabeth Lowe] and children.
The funeral took place from his residence on Saturday,
August 3d. It was one of the largest
that has ever taken place in Bedford. Rev. R. A. McKinley conducted the services, Rev. G. W. Robey making the
concluding prayer. There was no
funeral sermon---only a scripture lesson, a few Gospel hymns, a few brief words
of exhortation and comfort, and the body of Dr. Bent was carried to the cemetery and
laid away to rest until the last trump shall sound. A.
[Parks,
Lucinda Nausler]
Bedford
Argus
Thursday October 9, 1879
Obituary
Lucinda Nauslar [Nausler] was born February 22nd, 1820 in East
Tennessee, removed to Indiana in 1833, married Moses Parks June 9th, 1840,
united with the Christian Church in the same year. Removed with her family to Wisconsin in the spring of 1848,
and from there to Clayton County, Iowa, in 1849, and from there to Taylor
County, Iowa, in the spring of 1863. She was the mother of 13 children all of whom survive her. She assisted her husband in raising 9
children by a former wife.
[Campbell,
Allen M. “Al”]
Iowa
South-west
Saturday November 2, 1878 p. 3
Uncle John Campbell received a telegram Thursday, informing him of
the death of his son, in Kansas, Al [len] M. Campbell.
[Campbell,
Allen M. “Al”]
Taylor
County Republican
Thursday November 7, 1878
—Mr. A. [llen] M. Campbell, eldest son of Mr. John Campbell, of this city, died at Elk City, Kansas, last Wednesday of
fever.
[Campbell,
Allen M. “Al”]
Taylor
County Republican
Thursday December 12, 1878
The
Death of A. M. Campbell
The Masonic fraternity of this city have received the
following communication from Carson Lodge No. 132, A. F. & A. M., relative
to the death of Brother A. [llen] M. Campbell, member of Taylor Lodge, No.
156, of Bedford;
ELK CITY, KAN„ Nov. 7, 1878
Worshipful Master, Wardens and Brethren of Bedford Lodge,
No. ------Iowa:
Wednesday, October 30th 1878, Brother A. [llen] M.
Campbell, a
Master Mason and a member of your Lodge, died at his residence, eight miles
south of Elk City.
At the request of friends and in obedience to the tie
that cannot be broken, Carson Lodge No. 132, A. F & A. M„ assembled at the
residence of our deceased brother and took charge of the remains, which were
buried with full Masonic honors.
His family is now sick and in very destitute
circumstances, and they need help very much. It is the wish of Mrs. Campbell that we make her situation known
to your Lodge and to her friends that are with you. We have relieved her wants
for the present and will continue to do so until relief comes.
Our
committee have passed resolutions which we forward to you for publication, with
the assurance that they will be before the friends of our deceased brother. As
you will wish to forward the resolutions to the afflicted wife after you shall
have adopted them, together with such as you may draft, we give you her address,
which is as follows: Mrs. A. [llen] M. Campbell, Elk City, Montgomery county,
Kansas.
Yours Fraternally,
J. W. Denton
Secretary Carson Lodge No. 132, A. F. & A. M., Elk City, Kas.
The following are the resolutions adopted by Carson Lodge
:
Elk City, Kas., Oct .
31, 1878.
Died, at his residence within the
jurisdiction of Carson Lodge, No. 132, A. F & A. M., a Master Mason and a
member of Bedford Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Iowa.
Realizing the verity of the command that the body shall
return to the dust whence it was taken, and the spirit to God who gave it, and
that the scythe of Time is mowing us down, wheresoever dispersed, and since our
Brother, filled with zeal and vigor, and animated with the hope of a long life
and bright prospects for the future, has been cut down in the prime of manhood
and divested of all earthly hope by being called from labor to rest, let us
prepare for that great change which awaits all the living; for we realize that it
is written, "it is appointed unto man, once to die and then the
judgment," but with the evergreen in our hands, emblematic of the
immortality of the soul, we are enabled to exclaim as did one of old,
"though the skin worms devour this flesh, yet with these eyes shall I see
God." Therefore be it
Resolved, That we tender our
sincere sympathy to the afflicted family and friends of our deceased Brother,
and to Bedford Lodge.
Resolved,
That these resolutions be forwarded to Bedford Lodge for publication, requesting
said Lodge to publish the same, and to forward a copy thereof to the family of
our deceased Brother.
J. P. Swartzell,}
J. W. Woodring} Com
Upon receipt of the intelligence of the death of Bro.
Campbell and of
the foregoing resolutions, Taylor Lodge met in this city on the 4th inst., and
passed the following resolutions:
HALL OF TAYLOR LODGE No. 156}
BEDFORD,
IOWA, Dec. 4th 1878}
WHEREAS, It has pleased the All-wise Ruler of the
Universe to remove from our midst Bro. A.[llen] M. Campbell, a worthy member of this Lodge.
Resolved, That we tender to the bereaved widow of Brother
Campbell and to
his aged father our heartfelt sympathy and condolence, and that we hereby
testify our appreciation of the eminent Masonic virtues and manly qualities of
our deceased worthy brother.
Resolved, That a copy of these
resolutions be furnished the county papers for publication.
M. C. CONNETT,}
W. F. RANDOLPH, } Com.
R. B. ROCKWELL}
Taylor county papers please copy.
[Randolph,
Alfred Fitz]
Taylor
County Republican
Thursday November 7, 1878
---Died, on Friday, Nov. 1st, Mr. A. [lfred] F. [itz]
Randolph, aged
seventy years, of cancer. The funeral services were held at the residence of
his son, Dr. [Walter Fitz] Randolph, on Saturday afternoon at three o’clock.
[Derrickson,
Chloe]
Taylor
County Republican
Thursday November 7, 1878
Rev. R.
A. McKinley preached the
funeral sermon of Chloe
Derrickson, aged
six years, four miles south of Bedford, on Sunday last at two o’clock p.m. The little girl had
been burned on
Thursday previous, and died on Saturday evening.
[Roby,
Thornton William]
Taylor
County Republican
Thursday April 27, 1882
---Mr.
T. [hornton] W. Roby,
of Washington township, died on last Friday night about twelve o’clock, of congestion
of the lungs. The deceased was
about fifty years of age and leaves a wife and six children to mourn his loss.
[Pennock,
J. M.]
Taylor
County Republican
Thursday April 27, 1882
---Died, on Wednesday of last week, of congestion of the
brain, J. M. Pennock, of Memory, aged about sixty years. The deceased was an old and much esteemed citizen of Dallas
Township and had been ill only about eight days. He leaves a wife surviving him.
[Fitch,
Sarah Elizabeth Hawley]
Taylor
County Republican
Thursday December 20, 1883
In
Memoriam
One
Life—Mrs. Sarah H. Fitch
A life which had its beginnings in the atmosphere of a
house where God was recognized; whose earliest and most impressionable years
were watched over and guided by earnest Christian parents; a life devoted in
early girlhood to God’s service, and through almost half a century of more than
ordinarily eventful years, honoring Him as very few lives do.
Though left motherless when about nine years old, she
grew up under loving care to early womanhood, when she bravely left her
childhood’s home for work in the west. After teaching for some time in Ohio, she returned home and was soon
after married [March 17, 1857] to the son of a life-time friend of her father---Mr.
J. [abez] H. [untington] Fitch. When their
eldest child was five years old they moved to Belvedere, Illinois, leaving
behind them all the dear associations of their old home and friends. After six
years residence in Belvedere, during which time they buried a little daughter,
reverses in business prompted them to seek to try to better their circumstances
by removal to Iowa. Leaving their
comfortable home, they came to Taylor County when as yet it was but thinly
settled, and when materials for a house must be brought a distance of forty miles. For years many of the hardships and
privations of frontier life were theirs, but through them all her life was one
of gentle and uncomplaining sweetness yet withal remarkably energetic and
helpful.
Through nearly a score of years, the writer has enjoyed
the friendship of this Christian woman, “whom to know was to love” and voices
the feeling of all who knew her, in saying that hers was one of the most
perfect, most complete lives with which the world is blessed. A gentle, helpful wifehood a wise, Christian
motherhood, whose children do and have for years called “blessed;” a loving
friend and neighbor whose ready sympathy reached out to such a host of friends
as few win in a lifetime.
Crowned with the love of friends, with the companionship
of him her heart had chosen, with God fearing children, and above all, with the
“peace which passeth understanding,” hers was an ideal life, and hers also an
ideal death, for, realizing that she might never recover from the effects of
the painful surgical operation which she must undergo, and which hastened the
end, she quieted all the natural struggles of the heart with the confidence of
one who “knew in whom she had trusted,” and committing to Him whose love had
never failed her, her little seven-year-old boy, her daughter in her young
girlhood, her two sons grown to manhood, and her husband, her closest and
dearest earthly friend, her soul “put on the beautiful garments” and fearlessly
stepped into the mystical river which separates her from our earthly vision.
“We cannot mourn for her,” said he who stood near to
comfort those who were left when the mortal part of this dear one was to be
committed to the dust, “but rather give thanks that such a life was given to
influence so many others.” Aye! For “all life” shall be
“purer and stronger thereby,” and the “gates” through which she has passed are
left wider “ajar” for those who follow after.
[Fitch,
Lyman Hawley]
Times-Republican
Thursday December 6, 1923
The remains of Lyman [Hawley] Fitch were brought from Lincoln, Neb.,
Saturday and the funeral was held at the Gilead church at 3:00 o’clock. The bereaved family have the sympathy
of the entire community.
[FITCH, LYMAN HAWLEY]
Nebraska State Journal (Lincoln, Nebraska), Friday, November 30, 1923
Fitch – Lyman H. Fitch, sixty-five years old, of Bedford, Ia., died at the home of his son, Ezra Fitch, 2334 Lynn street, at 1:15 p. m. Thursday. He is survived by his wife and father, J. H. Fitch of Bedford, three daughters, Ruth and Delepine of Portland, Ore., and Mrs. Elizabeth Carter of Somerset, Penn., and three sons, Ezra, Robbin and Lyman, jr., of Lincoln. The body is being held at the Henry Brown chapel pending funeral arrangements.
[Mahan,
Myra Graffis]
Taylor
County Herald
Thursday July 10, 1941 [p. 1]
Mrs. Myrna [Myra Graffis] Mahan, widow of the late J. [ohn]
S. [amuel] Mahan,
former Bedford resident, died June 30 in Butler, Mo.
A sister of Mrs. Lula Griffith of Bedford, Mrs. Mahan was for years a schoolteacher
and lived in this vicinity about 1880.
Surviving are four sons, Claude W. [illiam] of Butler, Harris [Samuel] of St. Joseph, Glen C.[larence] of Norborne, Mo., and Guy E. [lmer] of King City.
Rites were July 2 from the Adrian (Mo.) Christian church
conducted by Elder Ralph A. Fox. Interment was in Crescent Hill cemetery near Adrian.
[Glover,
Ruth Ellen Thompson]
Taylor
County Herald
Thursday July 10, 1941 [p. 1]
Former
Bedford Resident Dies
Mrs. John Orville Glover [Ruth Ellen Thompson], mother of two small (?)
children and a former Bedford resident died Saturday at her home in Yakima, Wash.
The Glover family have been residents of Yakima for the past three
years. Funeral services were Monday in Yakima with interment in a Yakima
cemetery.
Surviving are her husband; her two small children, a
boy and a girl, and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Riley Thompson of Hopkins.
[Mohler,
Martha Lurene]
Taylor
County Republican
Thursday May 27, 1880
—Died, on Tuesday morning, at one o'clock, Martha
[Lurene] Mohler,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. [John] L. [eonard] Mohler [Lucinda Pletcher], aged about fourteen years. The
deceased had been in ill health for some months, but it was not apprehended
that the end was so near. On Monday she rode down street to a photograph
gallery and sat for some pictures and in the evening, after returning home,
played the organ for a short time. Shortly after she retired to bed and in a
few hours the summons came which called her home. The funeral service took
place at the residence of her parents on West Main Street on Tuesday evening at
half past six o'clock.
[Mohler,
Martha Lurene]
Taylor
County Republican
Thursday June 3, 1880 p. 3
The
Death of Miss Martha Mohler
Miss
Martha [Lurene] Mohler died May 25th, 1880, aged 14 years, 3 months and 11 days. She gave her heart early to her Savior
and joined the Presbyterian Church, of which she remained a member until her
death. She was taken away in the bloom of youth, but left bright evidence that
she had gone to dwell with Christ above. She called the family to her bedside
one by one, and bid them farewell, and saying, “I am going home,” sweetly fell asleep in Jesus.
Weep not for me, for my spirit
has fled
To it’s beautiful home far away.
Away from all sorrow and care I
am freed.
On Christ’s precious bosom I lay.
Oh wish me not back to the
sorrows of earth,
I am happy in Jesus’ kind love,
Oh, what a Redeemer, in Christ’s
lovely birth
To bring us from earth to this
heaven above.
Oh think not I’m dead---only gone
before,
I’ll meet you at the heavenly
gate.
I’m singing with angels on this
beautiful shore,
You have only to watch and to
wait.
Oh think of your darling on the
beautiful plain,
Safe across the dark river of
death;
Oh think of the blessed reunion
again
When free from the troubles of
earth.
Mrs.
R. W. Young
[Sanders,
Mary, Mrs.]
Taylor
County Republican
Thursday May 11, 1882 [p. 1]
Death
of Aged Colored Woman.
Died, on
Tuesday, the 2d inst., near Clarinda, Page county, Iowa, Mary Sanders, aged about sixty years, of
apoplexy. Mrs. Sanders, familiarly known as aunt Mary, was one of the oldest settlers of Bedford,
having lived in this city about twenty years ago. She was born in Kentucky, and was a slave for more than half
her life. She came to Bedford with her six children from Savannah, Mo. The remains were brought to
Bedford and interred in the cemetery. The funeral services were
held in
the Baptist church, on Thursday afternoon, the 4th inst., and were attended by
a large number of both colored and white citizens. She was baptized into
membership with that church by Elder J. M. Smith many years ago, and had lived
a faithful and consistent Christian life. The funeral services were conducted
by Rev. C. E. Taylor, the text of the sermon being John 14: 1, 3. Thus one by
one the old settlers are being called away. Aunt Mary's lot was an humble one,
yet her
consistent, Christian life, her faithfulness and warm-heartedness made her
universally respected and beloved, and as the choir touchingly sang the
familiar hymn, “Asleep in Jesus,"
many
eyes filled with tears. She rests from her labors. C.
[Roberts,
Lorena Margaret]
Taylor
County Republican
Thursday April 27, 1882 p. 4
We find
in the Beloit Gazette the following notice of the death of a former resident of Bedford:
ROBERTS.---In Beloit, at the residence of her parents, Sunday,
April 9, 1882, of malarial fever, Lorena Margaret, only child of Mr. and Mrs.
J. H. Roberts;
aged 17 years and 5 days.
The deceased was a kind and loving daughter, who bore her
last severe illness and suffering patiently, and was content to go, secure in
her trust in her Heavenly Father. She had been an invalid for the past year or
two, and her parents had done everything in their power, trying the soft
breezes of Florida and the life giving atmosphere of the mountains; but all was
of no avail, and they are now heart-broken in their great loss, the mother
having been confined to a bed of sickness since the last sad rites were
performed.
The funeral took place from the family residence, at 10
o'clock Tuesday morning, the services being conducted by Dr. Davidson, of the
M, E. church; Dr. Pinkerton, of the Presbyterian church; and Rev. Leavitt, of
the Baptist church. The public schools were adjourned for the morning session, Mr.
Roberts being a
member of the board, and because the deceased was known and loved by all the
scholars, who attended in a body, bringing beautiful floral tributes to the
memory of their departed associate.
The services were very impressive, and the line of
carriages to the grave, headed by Iron Cross Lodge, K. of P., of which Mr.
Roberts is a
member, showed the high regard in which the family is held by our people.
[King,
Sarah Cannon]
Taylor
County Republican
Thursday May 27, 1880 p. 3
OBITUARY.
King.--- Died May 7th, at her residence near Bedford, Taylor
County, Iowa, Sarah King, aged 57 years of heart disease.
Sarah [Cannon] King was born May 9th, 1823, in Highland
County, Ohio. In the fall of 1838
she removed with her parents to Abingdon, Knox County, Ills. About the year 1840 she became a member of the Methodist Protestant
church in which connection she always remained, ever ready to discharge the
duties of a Christian and honor the cause she had espoused. On the 8th of
September 1842, she was united in marriage with John King, which relation she filled with
honor to herself and family. On the 9th of May, with her husband and family,
she removed to Taylor county, Iowa, where she remained until her death.
Although she has left a vacant place in her earthly home, and those who are
left behind mourn the loss of a devoted companion and an affectionate mother,
she has only gone to fill a higher place in Heaven.
The funeral services were conducted by the writer,
assisted by Rev. J. Hanshaw. The attendance of the friends and relatives of the
deceased was very large. T.
L. FAUCETT
[Dale,
Samuel]
Taylor
County Republican
Thursday February 14, 1878
Samuel
Dale, an old
resident of Taylor County, who used to own what is known as the Lemly farm,
died on Monday morning at seven o’clock in Cass County, Mo. The deceased was a father to Mr.
Tighlman Dale of
this city and is well known to most of the old citizens of the county.
[Morton,
Emmeline]
Taylor
County Republican
Thursday July 18, 1878
—Died, on the night of the 13th inst., at the
residence of her parents, two miles north of Bedford, Emaline [Emmeline] J., daughter of E. [dgar] H. [orace] and M. [ary] A. [nn
Greedy] Morton,
aged about four months. The funeral took place from the residence of the
parents on Sunday last.
[Morton,
Emmeline]
Taylor
County Republican
Thursday July 18, 1878
---Died,
on Saturday, July 13th, Em [m] eline, infant daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. E. [dgar] H. [orace] Moore [Morton], aged three months. The funeral services took place from the residence of the bereaved
parents on Sunday afternoon and were largely attended.
“Asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep
From which none ever wake to
weep;
A calm and undisturbed repose,
Unbroken by the last of foes.”
[Morton,
Frank Edgar]
Times-Republican
Thursday November 21, 1918 p. 5
Obituary
Frank Edgar Morton, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. [dgar] H. [orace]
Morton [Mary Ann Greedy], was born in Bedford, Iowa, March 11, 1877, and died at Clarinda,
Iowa, November 10, 1918, aged 41 years, 8 months and 5 days.
His early life was spent in Bedford, Iowa, where he
attended the Bedford public schools, and grew to manhood, later graduating from
Highland Park College.
On Christmas day, 1900, in Bedford, he was united in
marriage to Miss Etta L. Van Reenan. Together,
they have walked the pathway of life, very happily through the sunshine and
also when trials and affliction came, Mr. Morton proving a tower of strength and
devotion to his afflicted wife.
After their marriage they spent three years on his
father’s farm, near Bedford; the rest of his life has been spent in Clarinda,
with the exception of two years spent in Creston and Muscatine.
For a number of years he was a traveling salesman, but
for the past eight years, he has been associated with the Keeney Produce
Company.
In 1899 he united with the Methodist Episcopal church at
Bedford. He was also a member of
the Modern Woodmen of America.
Mr. Morton was a man who commanded the respect of all who knew him,
and will be greatly missed in the home circle, as well as in the great circle
of acquaintance which was his.
He leaves to mourn his loss, a wife, a father, mother and
one sister, Miss [Mary] Luella Morton of Bedford, and many friends.
The body was taken to Bedford for burial, Wednesday,
November 20th, where brief services were conducted by Rev. M. McCabe
and all that is mortal of this friend and brother awaits the Resurrection Morn.
Frank Edgar Morton, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Morton, was born in Bedford. Iowa, March 11, 1877, and died in Clarinda, Nov. 16, 1918, at the age of 41 years, 8 months and 5 days.
His early days were spent around Bedford, where he was student in the public schocls. He was married on Christmas Day to Miss Etta L. Van Reenen. After marriage, they spent three years on his father's farm near Bedford, and the remainder of the time they have lived in Clarinda, except two years at Creston and Muscatine. For a number of years, he was a traveling salesman, but for the past eight years he has been associated with the Keeney Produce Co.
He became a member of the M. E. chureh in 1899, and was also a member of the Modern Woodmen of America.
The funeral was held at Bedford, conducted by Rev. M. M. Cable, and interment was at that place. PAGE COUNTY DEMOCRAT, Clarinda, Iowa, Nov 21, 1918
Frank Edgar Morton, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Morton, was born in Bedford, la., March 11, 1877, and died at Clarinda, la., Nov. 16, 1918., aged 41 yrs., 8 months and 5 days.
His early life was spent in Bedford, Iowa where he attended the Bedford public schools, and grew to manhood's estate. Later, graduating from Highland Park College at Des Moines.
On Christmas Day, 1900, in Bedford, he was united in marriage to Miss Etta L. Van Reenen.
After Mr. Morton's marriage he spent three years on his father's farm, near Bedford, the rest of his life has been spent in Clarinda, with the exception of two years spent in Creston and Muscatine.
For a number of years he was a traveling salesman, but for past eight years, he has been associated with the Keeney Produce Co. In 1899, at Bedford, la., he united with the Methodist Episcopal Church, being also a member of the Modern Woodmen of America.
Mr. Morton was a man who commanded the respect of all who com- [?] him, and will be greatly missed in the home circle, as well as in the great circle.of acquaintance which was his. He leaves to mourn his loss, a wife, father and mother, and one sister, Miss Luella Morton, of Bedford, and many friends.
The body was taken to Bedford for burial Wednesday Nov. 20, where brief services were held, conducted by Rev. M, M. Cable. CLARINDA HERALD, Clarinda, Iowa, Nov 21, 1918
[Morton,
Mary Ann Greedy]
Times-Republican
Thursday August 8, 1929
Mrs.
Mary Morton
Mary Ann Greedy, daughter of Frank and Jane Greedy, was born Oct. 12, 1846 at
Wiveliscombe, Somersetshire, England, being the eldest of a family of six sons
and four daughters. On July 4th,
1871, she sailed for America with her sister, Mrs. Harvey Parrish [Maria], to visit a brother at Isadora,
Mo. She was married to Edgar
Horace Morton on
Feb. 10, 1876, at Isadora and they came to a farm north of Bedford where they
made their home for a number of years. To this union three children were born, Frank, Emmeline and [Mary]
Luella. Emmeline died in infancy and Frank died Nov. 10th,
1918. On January 10, 1922, her
loving husband departed this life at Bedford, Iowa. The following October, she was stricken with paralysis and
has been a patient invalid since that time, waiting to meet her loved
ones. She was baptized when a
child in the Episcopal faith and her life has been spent in loving deeds and
kindness to her friends and loved ones. She is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Eliza Burrows of Wiveliscombe, England; Mrs.
Harvey Parrish [Maria]
of Bedford, Ia., and Mrs. Jane Perlman of Shenandoah, Ia., a large number of nieces and
nephews, and one daughter, [Mary] Luella, who cared for her during her years of
affliction.
Funeral services were held at the family home in Bedford
Sunday afternoon at 2:30 and the body laid to rest in Bedford cemetery.
[Morton,
Edgar Horace]
Times-Republican
Thursday January 12, 1922 p. 2
Obituary
Edgar
Horace Morton,
son of Horace and Emmeline Morton was born Nov. 18, 1834, at Circleville, Ohio. He was a
grandson of Alexander Morton who fought in the Revolution. When he was six years of
age the family moved to Kensington, Conn., where his boyhood was spent and
education received. When he was twenty-one he came west and settled in
Illinois. Later he came to Iowa and settled on a farm north of Bedford, where
he spent many years as one of the dependable and loyal citizens of the early
growth and development of the county.
Owing to failing health and advancing age he came to
Bedford in the year 1901 and has been a resident of this city since that time.
Mr. Morton was married Feb. 10, 1876 to Mary A. [nn] Greedy at Isadora, Mo. To this union
three children were born: Frank, Emmeline and [Mary] Luella. Emmeline died in infancy, and Frank was one of the victims of the
Flu scourge in 1918.
Brother Morton has been failing rapidly for the last
three years but has always been a patient sufferer but at last the burden of
years became too heavy and the broken body liberated the immortal soul that he
might return to his Maker and his God. He has always been a God fearing man and
religious by nature. In early life he attended the Congregational church and
later joined the Methodist church at Bedford. He was always interested in
public and political affairs, was an honest upright citizen, and a great lover
of home and family. After a useful life longer than the average he passed
quietly beyond Jan. 10, 1922, at the advanced age of 87 years, 1 month and 22
days.
Funeral services were held at 10:30 o'clock this morning
at the home, conducted by Rev. Gable. Interment in the Bedford cemetery.
[Shaeffer,
Durward]
Taylor
County Republican
Thursday July 18, 1878
—Died,
on Thursday, July 11th, Durward, infant son of Charles and Sarah J. Shaeffer, aged three months and ten days.
A brief funeral service was held at the grave.
"Forever with the Lord!
Amen, so let it be;
Life from the dead is in that
word
“Tis immortality."
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