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[Bowman, Dorothy
“Dora” Jane]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday October 18,
1962 p. 4
FORMER ATHELSTAN
RESIDENT DIES
Mrs. W. N. Jenkins received word of the death of her aunt, Mrs.
Dora [Jane] Bouman [Bowman] 86,
of Perry, Kansas. Mrs. Bouman [Bowman] was the daughter of the late John [Morris] and Martha [Elizabeth
Sleeth] Ailshie and she was born
near Athelstan, Iowa. She leaves three daughters and one sister.
[Bowman, John Samuel]
Bedford Free Press
Wednesday February 19,
1919 p. 7
Athelstan
The
body of John [Samuel] Bowman,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Ren [Samuel Lorenzo] Bowman [Dora Jane Ailshie] of St. Marys, Kansas was brought to the home of
his grandfather, Mr. John Ailshie Tuesday and was buried Wednesday in the Athelstan Cemetery. Mr. Bowman was attending an automobile school in Kansas City
at the time of his death.
[BOWMAN, JOHN SAMUEL]
St. Mary's Star (St. Marys, Kansas), Thursday, February 20, 1919
John S. Bowman Dead
Died at General Hospital in Kansas City, Mo.
John S. [amuel] Bowman was born July 17, 1896 and departed this life at the General Hospital in Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 9, 1919, aged 22 years. He leaves to mourn his death a father and mother, one brother and three sisters. In 1905 one sister and one brother passed away, Coral, aged three years, and Harland, aged one year and 6 months. His father, mother and brother were present at the funeral. The sisters, who are at St. Marys, Kansas, were unable to attend.
He joined the M. E. Church in Emmett, Kansas in 1914 and since that time he has been a faithful member.
The remains were brought to Athelstan, Iowa, Feb. 10, 1919 and taken to the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Ailshie. The funeral services were conducted from the Baptist church in Athelstan, Feb. 11, 1919, by Challie E. Graham, Christian minister of Isadora, Mo., after which the remains were laid to rest in the Athelstan cemetery.
The pall bearers were as follows: Glenn Stroberg, Frank Sickels, William Jenkins, Lloyd Stroberg, Roy Black Perry Fields.
The bereaved family have the sympathy of their many friends. May the heavenly Father comfort and strengthen their hearts.
Mr. and Mrs. Wren Bowman and family desire to express their thanks to all the friends who assisted them during the sickness and burial of their son and brother.
[BOWMAN, JOHN SAMUEL]
Blockton News (Blockton, Iowa), Thursday, February 20, 1919
John S. [amuel] Bowman was born July 17, 1896 and departed this life at the General hospital in Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 9, 1919, aged 22 years, 6 months and 22 days.
He leaves to mourn his death, a father and mother, one brother and three sisters. In 1905 one sister and one brother passed away, Coral, aged 3 years and Harland, aged 1 year and 6 months. His father, mother and brother were present at the funeral. The sisters, who are at St. Marys, Kansas, were unable to attend.
He confessed Christ at the M. E. church at Emmett, Kansas, in 1914 and since that time has been faithful to his God and his fellow man.
The remains were brought to Athelstan Feb. 10 and taken to the home of his grandparents, John Ailshie and wife. The funeral services were conducted from the Baptist church at Athelstan, Feb. 11 by Challie E. Graham, Christian minister of Isadora, after which the remains were laid to rest in the Athelstan cemetery.
The pall bearers were Glenn Stroburg, Frank Sickels, William Jenkins, Lloyd Stroburg, Roy Black and Perry Field.
The bereaved family have the sympathy of their friends. May the kind heavenly Father comfort and strengthen their hearts and guide them unto the home of all those who fall asleep in Jesus.
[Branson, Fred]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday July 26, 1945 [p. 1]
Fred Branson Dies At Home Wednesday
Fred
Branson, who had been in failing
health for several years, died at his home in Bedford early Wednesday morning.
The
funeral services will be held at the Wetmore Funeral Home at 2 o'clock Friday
afternoon, conducted by Rev. W. A. Purdy. Burial will be in the Fairview
cemetery.
He
is survived by his wife, one daughter, Mrs. Lillian Johnson; and two sons, William J. [ennings] Branson and Lock D. [rexel] Branson.
[Branson, Fred]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday August 2, 1945 p. 8
Obituary
Fred Branson
Funeral
services for Fred Branson, who
died at his home in Bedford Wednesday, July 25, were held at the Wetmore
Funeral Home Friday afternoon, conducted by Rev. W. A. Purdy. Burial was in the
Fairview cemetery.
Fred
Branson, son of John and Ann
[a] [Husband] Branson, was born March 29, 1862 in Park county, Indiana,
near Clinton Lock, and was aged 83 years, 3 months and 27 days at the time of
his death.
On
September 9, 1890 he was married to Mary M. [alinda] Bailie. To them three children were born: Mrs. Lillie
[Leota] Johnson of Bedford, Lock
D. [rexel] Branson of Gravity and Wm. J. [ennings] Branson of
Knoxville. He is survived by his wife and children; three brothers, Frank
Branson of Omaha, John Branson of Orange, California, and Charlie
Branson of Los Angeles; two
sisters, Mrs. L.[uella Anna] Abbott of Pine Bluff, Ark., and Mrs. Iva Berry of Eureka Springs, Ark.; two granddaughters, Mrs. Pauline Sharp of Conway and Mrs. Helen Sharp of Lenox; and by six great grandchildren.
One
sister, Mrs. Anna Weininger died
a number of years ago.
He
united with the Christian church when a young man and lived a Christian life.
He was a kind husband and father and will be missed by all.
[Branson, Mary Malinda
Bailie]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday July 12, 1956 p. [1]
Mrs. Fred Branson Died Wed. Morning
Mrs.
Fred Branson, 96, of Bedford died
early Wednesday morning, July 11 at the home of her daughter and husband, Mr.
and Mrs. Olen Collar at Gravity.
Funeral arrangements have not been made as we go to press. The body is at the
Wetmore Funeral Home.
[Branson, Mary Malinda
Bailie]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday July 19, 1956 p. 4
Mrs. Branson Rites Held Here Friday
Mrs.
Fred Branson, a resident of
Taylor County since she was a small child, died July 11 in Gravity at the home
of her daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Clem Collar.
Funeral
services were held at the Wetmore Funeral Home Friday afternoon, conducted by
Wilbur G. Travis of the Christian church. Burial in Fairview cemetery.
Mary
M. [alinda] Bailie, daughter of Joseph
and Sarah [Umbarger] Bailie, was
born near Peoria, Ill., Sept. 7, 1861 and died at the age of 95 years, 10
months, four days.
She
was one of seven sisters. At the age of seven she moved with her family to
Taylor County and had made her home here since. When a young woman she became a
member of the Christian church at Siam and later transferred her membership to
the Christian church in Bedford.
On
Sept. 9, 1890 she was married to Fred Branson. To them three children were born: Lillie L.
[eota] Collar of Gravity with
whom she made her home the past 31/2 years; Wm. J. [ennings] Branson of Knoxville, Iowa; Lock D. [rexel] Branson, who with her husband, preceded her in death.
Mrs.
Branson is survived by the
daughter and one son; two granddaughters, Mrs. Edward Sharp of Gravity; Mrs. Oscar Sharp of Conway; seven great grandchildren, one great
great grandson, two sons-in-law.
[Branson, William
Jennings]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday September 5,
1968 p. 5
William Branson Rites August 30
Funeral
services for William J. [ennings] Branson, 73, lifetime Taylor County resident, were held August 30 at
Shum-Novinger Funeral Home in Bedford. Mr. Branson died August
28 at Veterans Hospital in Knoxville, Iowa. He had been ill for a number of
years. Interment was at Fairview Cemetery.
William
J. [ennings] Branson, son of Mary
M. [alinda Bailie] Branson and Fred
Branson, was born July 1, 1895 at
Siam, Iowa. He resided in this community and farmed with his father until he
was called into the service in 1918.
Upon
returning from service he continued farming until his health failed.
He
became a member of the Christian Church at an early age.
He
was preceded in death by his father, mother and a brother, Lock.
He
is survived by his sister, Mrs. Olen Collar [Lillie Leota] and husband of Gravity; two nieces, Mrs.
Edward Sharp of Gravity and Mrs.
Oscar Sharp of Conway; also
cousins and friends.
[Byington, Frae E.]
Bedford Free Press
Thursday December 31,
1908 p. 4
The angel of death
visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. [illiam] R.[ansom] Byington [Georgia Elizabeth Bradley] on Christmas day and took to that eternal home
the spirit of their infant daughter, Frae E., aged, just one month. Congestion of the brain was
the cause of death. The funeral was held at the home, just north of town, on
Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock, and burial was had in the Titus cemetery. Rev.
McMasters officiated and spoke words of comfort to the bereaved parents. Their
friends extend to them their sympathy.
[Note: The infant daughter is buried in her
parents’ plot in Bedford Fairview not Titus (Graceland as it is now known) as
stated in the obituary. It is possible that she was re-interred there either
before or after her parents’ deaths. The gravestone says that it is an infant son, not daughter.]
[Byington, Georgia
Elizabeth Bradley]
Bedford Free Press
Wednesday March 26,
1919 [p.
1]
Obituary—Mrs.
W. R. Byington
Georgia
Elizabeth Bradley was born in
Ford County, Kansas Sept. 13th 1888 and entered into rest from her home in
Bedford, Iowa March 21, 1919 at the age of 30 years, 6 months and 8 days.
She
came with her parents to Taylor County at the age of six years. On February 18,
1908 she became the wife of William R. [ansom] Byington. This union was blest with six children. One, Frae
E. died in infancy. The other
five children Merrill R., Franz B., Dale V., Garland E., and Wade R. [obert], survive their mother.
Mrs.
Byington accepted Christ as her
Savior at the age of twelve years and united with the Gilead Methodist Church
in Benton Township of which she has remained a true member. Besides her husband
and children, she leaves behind her the sorrowing parents, one brother and
three sisters.
She
was a true and worthy woman, a loyal wife and devoted mother. Her life was a
life of self-sacrifice and consecration to her family. She has gone to be at
rest with her Lord.
The
sympathy of the community goes out to this stricken family, to the five little
ones bereaved of a mother's love and care.
The funeral was held in
Fairview Cemetery Sunday afternoon at 2:30 in charge of Rev. Levi P. Goodwin,
of the Methodist church.
[Note:
The same obituary was printed in the Bedford Times-Republican March 27, 1919, page 1.]
[Byington, Robert L.]
Bedford Free Press
Wednesday April 3, 1918 [p. 1]
RECEIVE WORD OF
BROTHER'S DEATH
Will
Byington, of Bedford, received
word this week that his brother, Capt. Robert L. Byington, died at Dallas, Texas. The message stated that he
died week ago Monday and that burial was made the following Wednesday. This
came as a sudden blow, as the last report which he had received from his
brother was that he was in good health.
Death
resulted from a ruptured artery, the message stated. Capt. Byington has been in the army for many years and when last
heard from was at Houston, Texas. No reason was given as to the delay on the part
of the government not notifying the relatives sooner.
[Byington, Robert L.]
Bedford
Times-Republican
Thursday April 4,
1918 [p.
1]
CAPT. R. L.
BYINGTON DEAD
Brother of W. R.
Byington of Bedford
Word
was received Saturday by W. [illiam] R. [ansom] Byington of the death of his brother, Robert L.
Byington, of Dallas, Texas. Mr.
Byington was captain of the 37th
Infantry. The cause of his death was ruptured artery. Mr. Byington had been in the regular service about nine years.
[Clayton, Ralph
Richard]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday September 18,
1980 p. 6
Ralph Clayton, 87, Services Sept. 14
Funeral
services for Ralph Richard Clayton,
87, of Bedford were held September 14 in the First Baptist Church in Bedford
with Rev. James Nelson in charge. Mr. Clayton died September 11, 1980 at the Clarinda Municipal
Hospital. Interment was in Fairview Cemetery, Bedford.
Ralph
Richard Clayton, son of Ora G.
[riffith] and Annie Fry Clayton,
was born June 4, 1893 on a farm near Siam. He grew to manhood on the farm where
he was born and received his schooling at the Siam Public School.
In
September, 1916, he was married to Montie Holland. They had one daughter Virginia.
Except
for nine years as a county supervisor, most of his life was spent on farms in
the Bedford vicinity. He retired in 1974 and moved to Bedford.
His
wife, Montie, died in 1961,
and in 1969, he married Helen Rutledge Shum, who survives him.
He
was preceded in death by his wife, Montie, a brother, Floyd,
and a sister, Dessie Redenbaugh.
He
is survived by his wife, Helen;
a daughter and son-in-law, Virginia and Lowell Caskey of Sikeston, Mo. and their three children, Richard of Los Angeles, Cal., Dianne of Kansas City, Mo. and Debbie, a student at the University of Kansas; his
step-mother, Phoebe Clayton of
Clarinda; a sister, Nannie Young,
Milwaukee , Ore.; two half sisters, Frances Cogdell of Atlanta, Ga. and Ruth Wasson of Council Bluffs, Ia.; a sister-in-law, Vera
Clayton of New Market and many
nieces, nephews and cousins.
He
was a member of the Bedford Baptist Church.
[Cook, Cyrus Oran]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday September 29,
1966 [p. 1]
Cyrus
O. Cook Rites TO BE HELD FRIDAY
Funeral
service for Cyrus O. [ran] Cook of Bedford will be held Friday (tomorrow) at Madison street Shum-Novinger
Funeral Home. Mr. Cook died
Tuesday at Clarinda Municipal Hospital. Interment will be at Fairview Cemetery,
Bedford.
[Cook, Cyrus Oran]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday October
6, 1966 p.
6
Cyrus O. Cook Rites Sept. 30
Funeral
services for Cyrus O. [ran] Cook, 86, of Bedford were held Sept. 30 at the
Madison Street Shum-Novinger Funeral Home conducted by Carl Cummings. Mr. Cook
died Sept 27, 1966 at Clarinda Municipal Hospital. Interment was at Fairview
Cemetery.
Cyrus
O. [ran] Cook, son of Ray D. [allas]
and Amy Carpenter Cook, was born
in Taylor county Iowa, August 21, 1880.
His
early life was spent on the farm west of Bedford where he enjoyed being a part
of the community activities and of the public school and the home.
On
Feb. 8, 1905 he was united in marriage to Ola M. [aude] Phelps and to them one son, Donald, was born.
They
continued their farming operation in the Blockton area for two years and then
moved to a farm at Durango, Colo., where they lived for some time before moving
to Denver, Colo. where he was employed by the Denver Coal and Ice Co. for 25
years.
Mr.
Cook was from one of the early
Taylor county families. His father came from New York State to Hardin County,
Iowa when he was a young man and located near Steamboat Rock. His parents were married at Eldora, Iowa, on Dec.
24, 1872 and they moved soon after to Taylor county to a farm about three miles
west of Bedford.
He
was preceded in death by his parents, his son, Donald, who died March 13, 1960 and by his wife Ola who passed away June 13, 1963, and a sister, Mrs.
Mina Johnson.
Surviving
are his nephew, Rev. Ray Johnson of Ames, Iowa, and nieces and nephew, Anzel Gillette, Neta Griffith and Chester Phelps.
Following
the death of his wife, he moved back to Bedford where he has since
resided---renewing the acquaintances of former years and making many new
friends---all of whom will cherish memories of a kind, considerate and cheerful
loved one and friend.
[Eckels, Lafayette]
Bedford
Times-Republican
Thursday March 7, 1907 p. 5
Lafayette
Eckels, who has for many years
resided a short distance north of Lenox, and who was one of the best known
farmers and stock raisers of that vicinity, died yesterday morning. Mr.
Eckels had been ill some lime
ago, but his health had improved and he seemed in a fair way to become as
rugged and strong us ever, but recently he took a back set, and grew gradually
worse until death resulted.
[Edmundson, Alice
Caroline Straight]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday October
19, 1944 [p. 1]
Mrs. Alice
Edmundson
Alice
Caroline Straight, third daughter
of Truman and Mary Kemery Straight,
was born near Bedford, Iowa, October 4, 1857 and died at her home in Bedford
October 14, 1944, at the age of 87 years and 10 days.
Her
parents were one of the early pioneer families of Jackson township, where her
father was prominent as a schoolteacher, active in church affairs; also a
progressive farmer.
She
spent most of her early life in Jackson Township and except for about four
years spent in New Market, where her husband was engaged in the hardware
business, her residence has always been in Bedford.
When
just a young woman she joined the Methodist church during a series of meetings
held at the Straight schoolhouse, later transferring her membership to the
Methodist church in Bedford, whose services she faithfully attended until her
sickness prevented.
On
March 8, 187 [6] she was married to Harve B. [Gamble] Edmundson at Bedford. To them were born six children, one
daughter and one son having preceded her in death while in infancy. Her husband
died in 1907.
Those
left to mourn are her daughters, Mrs. Jessie Pointer of Sheridan, Wyo., Mrs. Mary [Martha]
Plieninger of Bloomfield, Nebr., Mrs.
Georgia Jones of Bedford, and Edna of the home. She also leaves one brother, Seymour
Straight of Bedford, together
with seven grandchildren, eight great grandchildren and one sister-in-law.
Mrs.
Edmundson was a lover of nature,
flowers and the great out-of-doors, a pleasant neighbor and a loving mother,
bearing her long illness in a cheerful and uncomplaining manner.
The funeral services were
held at the Wetmore Funeral Home Monday. Burial was in the Fairview cemetery.
[Note:
The same obituary was printed in the Taylor County Herald, October 19, 1944, page 4.]
[Edmundson, Harvey
Gamble]
Bedford Free Press
Thursday March 7,
1907 p. 8
Harvey G. Edmundson.
Harvey
G. [amble] Edmundson was born in
Alleghany County, Pennsylvania, March 17, 1853, and died at Bedford, Ia., March
4, 1907. In 1864 he moved to Peoria County, Ill., and later went to
Independence, Kas. After a short time he returned to Illinois for a brief
residence and then came to Taylor county, Iowa, about 1875, settling first in
Jackson township. In 1888 he moved to New Market, where he engaged in the
hardware trade, but disposing of his interests there he came to Bedford in
1892, making this his home until the time of his death.
On
the 8th of March 1877, he was married to Miss Alice Caroline Straight, who with four children are left to mourn the death
of a fond husband and father. Two children died in infancy. The names of the
surviving children are Mrs. O. [ley] H. Pointer [Jessie], Sheridan, Wyo., Mrs. C. [urt] C. Thompson
[Mary], Akron, Colo., Misses
Edna E. and Georgia F. [ay], the two latter still in the parental home.
Mr.
Edmundson was a well-known
businessman of Bedford for many years, in later life being engaged in the real
estate business. Many friends will miss his familiar face and will kindly
remember their social and business relations with him.
The funeral was held at
the M. E. church, Wednesday, March 6, at 2 p. m., the sermon being preached by
Rev. Wm. B. Thompson. Interment was in Fairview cemetery. The deceased also
leaves a sister and two brothers. The sister, from Farmington, Ill., and one
brother, P. S., of Kansas
City, attending the funeral.
[Note:
The same obituary was printed in the Bedford Times-Republican, March 7, 1907, page 4.]
[EDMUNDSON, HARVEY GAMBLE]
Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, March 14 1907
Mr. and Mrs. C. [urt] C. Thompson who were called here by the illness and death of Mrs. Thompson's father, Harvey Edmundson, left Sunday for their home at Akron, Colorado. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson formerly resided here, having moved to Colorado only a little over a year ago.
[Ernst, Nan Maxine
Jones]
Bedford Times-Press
Wednesday May
23, 1990 p. 5
NAN J. ERNST
Services
for Nan Maxine Jones Ernst,
73, were held at Shum-Novinger Funeral Home May 21 officiated by Rev. Carl
Cummings. Burial was at Fairview Cemetery, Bedford, Iowa. Mrs. Ernest [Ernst] died May 18, 1990 at St. Francis Hospital in Maryville, Mo.
Nan
J. Ernst, daughter of Clarence
D. [ell] and Georgia E. [lizabeth Bradley] Jones was born at Bedford, Iowa on October 22, 1916.
Nan attended Ross No. 1 grade school
and graduated from the Bedford High School. She attended business college and
Midwest Stenotype Institute, Kansas City, Mo. Her professional was a Court
Reporter. She was the official reporter for the Second Judicial District in
Atchison, Kan. For 13 years. She was an official reporter for the Denver, Colo.
District Court and the El Paso County District Court, Colorado Springs, Colo.,
until her retirement.
She
was a member of the National Shorthand Reporter's Association and the Kansas
and Colorado Shorthand Reporters Associations. She was a member of the Colorado
Order of Eastern Star and the Methodist Church.
Her
interests were with her profession attending seminars and National Conventions
for Court Reporters, traveling, reading, antiques and flowers.
She
was preceded in death by her parents and a brother Eugene. She is survived by a daughter Nancy and a brother Richard. Memorials may be made to the Cancer Fund.
[Jones, Eugene Lee "Gene"]
Bedford Times-Press
Wednesday January 25, 1989 p. 4
EUGENE LEE JONES
Memorial
services for Eugene Lee Jones were held at the Masonic Temple in Bedford January 23,1989. Interment will be
at a later date.
Eugene
Lee Jones was born April 7, 1929
at the home south of Bedford to Clarence D. [ell] and Georgia [Fay] E.
[dmundson] Jones. He passed away
in early January 1989 at the age of 59 years.
Gene
attended Ross No. 1 grade school, graduating in 1943, and the Bedford High
School where he graduated in 1947.
He
was honorably discharged from the U.S. Air Force in 1952, having served a
three-year enlistment at Lackland Air Base, Sheppard Air Base and Ladd Field in
Fairbanks, Alaska. In February 1951, he crossed the Arctic Circle and became an
Honorary Prince of the Royal Arctic Realm.
He
also served a tour of duty on the Distant Early Warning (DEW) line on Barter
Island north of Alaska and in 1957 voted for Alaskan statehood. After returning
home, he engaged in farming until retirement.
Gene was a voracious reader, was interested in
woodworking, black powder target shooting, photography, steam powered machinery
and did some traveling.
He
was invited to join the Taylor Lodge 156 AF and AM in 1974. On January 8, 1989,
he was installed as Worshipful Master, having served one and a half terms
previously. He was a member of the ZA GA ZIG Temple of the AAONMS in Des
Moines, Iowa.
Gene is survived by a sister, Nan, a brother, Richard, and a niece, Nancy.
He
was always pleasant, cooperative, and easy-going and will be greatly missed by
all who knew him.
Memorials
may be made to the Masonic Temple, Bedford, Iowa or to the Methodist Church,
Bedford.
[Jones, Georgia Fay
Edmundson]
Bedford Times-Press
Wednesday May 4, 1988 p. 6
GEORGIA E. JONES
Services
for Georgia E. Jones, 92, were
held Monday, May 2, 1988 at the Shum-Novinger Funeral Home, Bedford, Ia.
Interment was at Fairview Cemetery. Carl Cummings officiated. Mrs. Jones passed away April 28, 1988 at the Bedford Manor,
Bedford.
Georgia
Fay Edmundson, youngest child of Alice
C. [aroline] Straight and Harvey
G. [amble] Edmundson, was born in
northeast Bedford on December 19, 1895. She attended schools in Bedford where
her interest was music and she sang in the Glee Club while at school and the
church choir for many years. She became a member of the Methodist Church at the
age of 12.
On
November 30, 1915, Georgia and Clarence D. [ell] Jones were
married in Bedford by the Rev. J.W. Goodsell. Except for a brief period spent
in Missouri, their home was on the farm south of town or in Bedford.
She
was preceded in death by her parents, four sisters and one brother. Mr.
Jones passed away in August,
1973.
Georgia's
great loves were music, flowers, antiques, making quilts, ceramics and books.
She
is survived by her daughter, Nan [Maxine]; sons, Richard and Eugene
[Lee]; one granddaughter, Nancy; as well as nieces, nephews and a host of
friends.
[Lovell, Jeannette
Vanderpool]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday September 3,
1964 [p.
1]
JEANNETTE LOVELL SERVICES HERE FrI.
A
committal service for Mrs. Jeannette Lovell of Waco, Texas, former Bedford resident, will be
held tomorrow (Friday) at 3:00 p.m. at the Bedford Mausoleum. Funeral services
were held in Waco on Wednesday. Mrs. Lovell died Tuesday (Sept. l) at the home of her niece, Mrs.
Dan E. Mayfield.
Mrs.
Lovell is also survived by a
sister, Mrs. H. S. Kerfoot,
San Diego, Calif. and a brother, Wade Vanderpool, Springfield; Oregon.
[Lovell, Marselete
Dodson]
Bedford Free Press
Thursday July 18, 1912 p. 4
J.
[ames] E. [mery] Lovell returned
Saturday night from a months visit to his old home near Bowling Green,
Kentucky, and was much surprised to see it so dry here. From June 27th until
the day of his leaving there it rained every day in the vicinity of Bowling
Green, and on the 4th it was a steady down pour all day. Mr. Lovell was called back to his old home on account of the
serious illness of his mother [Marselete Dodson], who died July 1st, after a lingering illness.
[LOVELL, MARSHALETE DODSON]
Courier-Journal (Louisville, Kentucky), Friday, July 5, 1912
Mrs. James Lovell
Bowling Green, Ky., July 4. – (Special). – Mrs. James Lovell, 60, passed away Wednesday in her home near Pope of dropsy. She is survived by her husband and two sons, Bion and Emory Lovell.
[Sheley, Silas]
Bedford
Times-Republican
Thursday December
30, 1909 p. 5
Silas Sheley.
Silas
Sheley, one of the best-known
residents of Polk Township, died at his home at 11 o'clock Tuesday night. He was
72 years of age. The funeral was held at noon today at the residence. Mr.
Sheley was an old settler of
Taylor County, having come here in 1865. In this time he and his wife have
reared a family of seven children, he has been prosperous as a farmer and stock
buyer and prominent as a citizen. In his more active days he took much interest
in politics and all matters of public benefit in his locality. His seven
children and his numerous grandchildren were all at the home when he died. He
had been failing during the last three weeks.
[Sheley, Silas]
Bedford
Times-Republican
Thursday December
30, 1909 p. 4
Mrs.
[Lemuel] Brance Cantner [Elsie
Decker] went down to Hopkins this
morning to attend the funeral of her cousin, Silas Sheley.
[SHELEY, SILAS]
Bedford Free Press (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, December 30, 1909
Silas Sheley – Silas Sheley, a pioneer of Polk township, passed away Tuesday night after an illness of a short time.
While he was a resident of this county, he was so much closer to Hopkins than Bedford that most of his business was transacted there. There is hardly a person in the county, however, who is not acquainted with Silas Sheley. His name spoke for sturdy honest dealings with all mankind and was closely associated with all the pioneer movements in the south part of the county. The Hopkins Journal this morning speaks as follows:
The news of the death of Silas Sheley Wednesday morning came as a surprise and a shock to his many friends in this city, he having passed away at his home north of town at 11 Tuesday night. He had been sick for several weeks, but his condition was not considered serious until the day of his death when he took much worse and despite the effort of all the physicians of our city, he had to succumb to the Grim Reaper.
"Si" Sheley as he was familiarly called, was one of the best known and best liked men in this vicinity. He came here forty-four years ago and bought stock on the Hopkins market for more than a quarter of a century. He owns a farm of five or six hundred acres and kept it well stocked. He was a member of the Masonic lodge at Siam and prominent in that order. The funeral services will take place at his late residence today, Thursday, at noon. Rev. Foster will have charge of the services and the Masonic order will take charge of the services at the grave. Burial will take place in the Hopkins cemetery.
Mr. Sheley was 67 years of age.
[Swinford, Epha May
Drumm]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday March 26, 1936 [p. 1]
Former Resident Dies
In Maryville
Mrs.
W. [illiam] H. Swinford, 56, a
former resident of Bedford, died at her home in Maryville Tuesday March 24,
about four hours after she had been seized with a stroke of apoplexy.
Previously Mrs. Swinford had
been in the best of health.
The
funeral services were held this afternoon at the Price Funeral Home in
Maryville and burial was made in the Fairview cemetery at Bedford.
Mrs.
Swinford's maiden name was Epha
May Drumm. She was born near
Galesburg, in Knox County, Ill., Oct. 23, 1879, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Daniel Drum [Louisa White]. The
family resided in the Bedford community many years. She moved to Maryville in
1918 and after the death of her father in 1919, she went to Marshall, Mo., and
lived there with a sister, Mrs. L. [evi] B.[ert] Tracy [Nelle].
She
was married to W. [illiam] Swinford Oct. 11, 1931, the ceremony having been performed at Nevada, Mo.
Besides
the husband and sister, she is survived by three brothers, W. [illiam]
S.[ilvester] Drumm, Frederick,
Okla.; E. [mry] L. [oring] Drumm,
Stillwater, Okla.; and E.[dwin] R. [ay] Drumm, Conway, Iowa.
Mrs. Swinford was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church
and the Wesleyan class of the M. E. Sunday school.
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