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[Clayton, Aldred Bert]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday December 15,
1983 p. 4
Aldred B. Clayton Last Rites Were Held in Blockton
Funeral
services for Aldred B. [ert] Clayton, 89, of Blockton, were held December 9 in Blockton United Methodist
Church with Rev. Milton Henderson conducting. Mr. Clayton died December 6, 1983 in the Ringgold County
Hospital, Mount Ayr, Iowa. Interment was at Rose Hill Cemetery, Blockton.
Aldred
B. [ert] Clayton, son of Columbus
[Bufford] Clayton and Lucy Ann
Taylor was born in Sweetwater
County Wyoming March 9, 1894. At the age of six he moved to Nebraska where he
grew to maturity.
On
June 28, 1915 he was united in marriage to Emma Johanna Larsen at Creighton, Nebraska and they lived on farms
around Creighton for a number of years.
To
this union two children were born: a son, Louis, and a daughter, Frances Helen.
In
1933 they moved to Omaha, Ne., where Aldred worked as a mechanic. In 1947 they moved to a farm
near Blockton. On June 28, 1965 Aldred and Emma celebrated
their golden wedding anniversary. He moved to Blockton in the fall of 1971
where he resided the remainder of his years.
He
was baptized in 1916 and became a member of the First Methodist Church of
Creighton, Nebraska. In later years he transferred his membership to the
Methodist Church in Blockton where he was the church treasurer.
He
was preceded in death by his wife, Emma, his daughter-in-law, Faye, a granddaughter, Jean,
a grandson Ronald, eight
brothers and five sisters.
Left
to cherish his memory are son, Louis, of Blockton; a daughter, Frances, of Papillion, Ne.; four grandchildren; seven
great grandchildren; a brother, Silas, of Borger, Texas; other relatives and many friends.
His
family and friends will remember him as a kind and considerate person and he will
be sadly missed by all those who knew and loved him.
[Clayton, Alva
Jefferson]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday October 15,
1959 p. 4
Alva J. Clayton Rites Held October 7th
Alva
Jefferson Clayton, son of David
and Harriet Griffith Clayton, was
born Feb. 23, 1874 on the old Clayton homestead northeast of Siam and passed
away Oct. 5, 1959, aged 85 years, 7 months, 12 days.
He
received his education in the school at Siam.
On
August 24, 1898 he was married to Syddena Duncan, a schoolmate and near neighbor. To this union
were born three children, Harry of Fairfield, Calif., Opal (Mrs. Glen Stewart) of Hopkins and Eldon of Hopkins.
Mr.
and Mrs. Clayton observed their
61st wedding anniversary on August 1959. He united with the Methodist church in
Siam and remained a faithful worker for the church. He was a helper to the
carpenter when they remodeled the church several years ago.
He
leaves to mourn his passing his daughter, Opal and his sons, Harry and Eldon; two daughters-in-law, Mrs. Harry Clayton [Eula] Fairfield, Calif., Mrs. Eldon Clayton (Lorena), Hopkins; three grandsons, Glen Eldon Stewart, Pekin, IlI., Harry David Clayton, Fairfield, Calif., Richard Clayton, Hopkins; a granddaughter, Alice Kae Clayton, Hopkins; a great granddaughter, Lynda Ann
Stewart, Pekin, Ill.
His
wife, mother, father, sister, Mrs. Ora Scrivner (Mary), three brothers Ora, Elzy and an infant brother preceded him in death.
One
of Mr. Clayton's pleasures in life was his association with children, being
friends with all the children in the community.
Funeral
services were held Wednesday, Oct. 7, 1959 at the Methodist church in Siam. The
Rev. Lacy Thompson, pastor of the church, was the officiating clergyman.
Swanson
Funeral Home made the arrangements for the funeral.
[Clayton, Anna Fry]
Bedford Free Press
Thursday September 28,
1905 [p.
1]
Gone to Her Reward
Mrs.
Anna Clayton, wife of Ora G.
[Griffith] Clayton, died at her
home near Siam Tuesday, September 26, aged about thirty-eight years. Mrs.
Clayton had been a sufferer for many months and had been attended by the best
physicians the country affords, and all was done for her that medical science
and the loving care of husband and friends could do, but all to no avail. The
Master called and she must obey. She was the daughter of Mrs. Wm. Fry, and although born in Ohio, she moved with her
parents to Siam when a little girl and lived in that vicinity the remainder of
her life. She was a member of the Methodist church, and was a true,
conscientious Christian. Deceased was loved and respected by all who knew her,
and her life was one devoted to her family and her God. She leaves a husband
and four children, two girls and two boys, to mourn her death.
Funeral
services were held at the Methodist church in Siam Wednesday at 2 o’clock and
interment in Siam cemetery.
[Clayton, Anna Fry]
Bedford
Times-Republican
Tuesday September 26,
1905 p. 6
Mrs.
Ora G. [riffith] Clayton [Anna Fry],
living near Siam, died today at 12 o'clock. As the news was received at a late
hour we were unable to get further particulars than that Mrs. Clayton had been sick some time, but will secure them
more fully for Friday's edition.
[Clayton, Charles
Thomas]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday August 24,
1967 p. 7
CHARLES T. CLAYTON RITES IN CLEARFIELD
Funeral
services for Charles T. [homas] Clayton, 82, long resident of the Clearfield community, August 15 at the
Clearfield Methodist Church with Rev. David Shaeffer officiating. Mr.
Clayton died August 13, 1967 at
Greater Community Hospital in Creston. Interment was at the Clearfield cemetery.
He
is survived by two brothers, John of Akron, O., and Arthur of
Diagonal; four sisters, Ethel Porter, of Des Moines, Myrtle Palmer of Akron, Ohio, Marie Reed of Indianola, Nell Loughead of Leon; several nieces and nephews and a host of friends.
[Clayton, Charles
Thomas]
Clearfield
Chronicle
Thursday August 17, 1967 [p. 1]
Charles Clayton, Clearfield, Dies
Charles
T. [homas] Clayton, 82, passed
away early Sunday morning, August 13th at the Greater Community Hospital in
Creston where he had been a patient only a short time. He had undergone surgery
Saturday for the amputation of a part of his leg. He was a patient in the Clear
View Nursing Home in Clearfield since he fell last winter, breaking his hip.
He
is survived by two brothers, Arthur of Diagonal and John of
Akron, Ohio; four sisters, Ethel Porter of Des Moines; Myrtle Palmer of Akron, Ohio; Marie Reed of Indianola and Nell Loughead of Leon, nieces and nephews.
Final
rites were Tuesday from the Methodist Church in Clearfield with burial in the
Clearfield cemetery.
[Clayton, Daniel
Harrison]
Bedford
Times-Republican
Thursday July 23,
1908 p. 8
Old Settler Dead
[Daniel]
Harrison Clayton, one of the old
settlers of Polk Township, died Tuesday, and the funeral is to be held at Siam
today at 11 o'clock. Deceased was 65 years of age, and was the father of
several children, all grown to maturity. He was a man of strict integrity and
high standing in the community, and his death is the cause of sincere sorrow
wherever he was known.
[Clayton, Daniel
Harrison]
Bedford Times-Republican
Thursday August 6, 1908 p. 3
Obituary.
Daniel
Harrison Clayton was born in
Washington County, Ohio March 3, 1827, and died at the home of his son D.
[avid] S. [tanton] Clayton in
Clearmont, Missouri, July 21, 1908, aged 81 years, 4 months and 18 days.
During
his boyhood he removed to Hardin County, Ohio, where on June 3, 1847, he was
married to Mariah Looker. In
the spring of 1857 they came to Taylor county, where were born to them a family
of three boys and seven daughters. Of these three sons and two daughters
survive, as follows: J. [ohn] R. [andolph] Clayton, New Market, Iowa; V. [inton] W. [Benton]
Clayton, Wisner, Nebraska; D.
[avid] S. [tanton] Clayton,
Clearmont, Missouri; Mrs. Mary J. Toll, Omaha, Nebraska, and Mrs. Alta Miller, Clarinda, Iowa. His wife, Mariah J., died Jan. 30, 1890.
In
September 1896, he removed to Clarinda, Iowa, and later, in 1903, to Clearmont,
Missouri, where his declining years were spent at the home of his son, D.
[avid] S. [tanton] Clayton.
At
his death there were living of his descendants, 5 children, 27 grand children
and 12 great grandchildren. His funeral was held in Siam M. E. church, of which
he was a member, Thursday, July 23d, conducted by Rev. J. B. Bartley. Interment
was in Siam cemetery, where by the side of his life companion, close to his
father and mother, and in the company of many relatives gone before, he lies at
rest.
Uncle Hamilton [Harrison] was the last of his generation, a type of the
early pioneer who first possessed this land. His family came to this section in
an early day and the town of Buchanan was laid out and named by his father, David
Clayton, who also donated land
for school and church purposes here and in various ways built up a community
and a trading point.
[Note:
The same obituary was printed in the Bedford Free Press, July 30, 1908, page 5.]
[Clayton, Roy Eldon]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday February 14,
1985 p. 5
Clayton services in Hopkins
Services
for Roy Eldon Clayton, 72,
were held Feb. 9 at Hopkins First Christian Church with Pastor Tom Lawing
officiating. Interment was at Hopkins Cemetery, Hopkins, Mo. Mr. Clayton died at his home Feb. 6, 1985.
Roy
Eldon Clayton, son of Alva
Jefferson Clayton and Syddena
Duncan Clayton was born in the
Siam community of Taylor County, Iowa on January 9, 1913. He grew up in the
Siam community where he attended public school and, as a young man, became a
member of the Siam Methodist Church.
On
May 18, 1940, he was united in marriage to Lorena Baldwin at Wall Lake, Iowa. They lived in Taylor County
all their married life except for a short while when they lived in San Diego,
Calif. To this marriage, two children were born, Alice Kae Sorensen of New Market; and Richard Eldon Clayton of Lemoore, Calif.
He
was engaged in farming most of his adult life until poor health forced his
retirement.
He
was preceded in death by his parents and his brother, Harry.
Left
to cherish his memory are his wife, his two children, his daughter-in-law, Ann
Clayton, a sister, Mrs. Opal
Stewart and her husband, Glenn, five grandchildren, Allen Sorensen of China Lake, Calif., Kathy Sorensen, a student at Northwest Missouri State University
at Maryville, Sarah, David, and Christopher Clayton of Lemoore.
He
was a member of the Board of Trustees and the ASCS Committee of Polk Township
in Taylor County.
He
was a kind and considerate husband, father and grandfather. He had so many
friends and relatives and will be missed by all who and knew loved him.
[Dougherty, Donald
Lee]
Donald Dougherty
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Wednesday February 6, 2002
Funeral
services for Donald Dougherty,
age 62, of Bedford, formerly of Osceola, who died January 29, 2002 were held
Saturday, February 2, 2002 at 1:30 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Bedford
with Pastor Jamie Mogler officiating. Interment was in the Graceland Cemetery
in Bedford. Memorials can be directed to the Huntington Disease Society of
America. Arrangements were entrusted to the Ritchie Funeral Home of Bedford
Donald
Lee Dougherty was born April 26,
1939 in Bedford, Iowa to Marion Dougherty and Helen Ruth Hatfield Dougherty. He grew up attending school in Bedford,
graduating in 1957. He attended Northwest Missouri State University in
Maryville, Missouri, graduating in 1961 and obtained his Masters Degree at
Drake University in Des Moines. Don was united in marriage to Julia K. Meikle in Bedford on August 20, 1961. Don started teaching at Osceola High School that fall
where he taught American History, Physical Education and Government, along with
coaching everything he could. He served there as Athletic Director for many
years. In 1988, his health failed and he retired from teaching. Soon after he
was diagnosed with Huntington's disease. He then moved to Bedford to be closer
to his family and help his parents. He was a member of the First Baptist Church
in Bedford and various high school coaches associations.
Don thoroughly enjoyed coaching in the 'Dougherty
Baseball Tournaments' in the mid 1980's where he competed against his three
brothers, Bob, Jerry and Max.
He enjoyed the outdoors, hunting pheasant and quail and always had a good bird
dog. He was a well-read man, especially in United States History. He was a
staunch Democrat, having a keen interest in politics. He had written a paper on
Governor Turner from Corning and it is still used at Drake University in the
Library. He enjoyed traveling and old time country music, especially George
Jones and Johnny Cash. He was a huge St. Louis Cardinal baseball fan and had a
passion for life. Whether he was teaching, coaching, hunting or involved in
politics, Don gave it his all.
He was the true 'giver' of the family. Spending time with them was always most
important.
Don is survived by his three children, Kelly
Munger and husband Leonard of Charlotte, North Carolina; Douglas Dougherty and wife Beth of Washington, D.C.; and Scott Dougherty and wife Tina of Central, South Carolina and their children Kylar and Payton; three brothers, Max Dougherty and wife Donna of
Bedford; Bob Dougherty and
wife Suzanne of Bedford; and Jerry
Dougherty and wife Ellen of Forsyth, Missouri; a sister, Karen Brown and husband Bill of Clarinda; along with many other family members
and friends.
Preceding Don in death are his parents.
[Johnston, Edward O.]
Bedford Free Press
Thursday July 12, 1906 [p. 1]
E. O. Johnston Dead
After
a short illness E. [dward] O. Johnston, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. [ames] T. Johnston [Anna Long] of this city, died Sunday evening at the hospital in Kansas City,
from paralysis.
The
deceased was born and raised on a farm near Bedford, January 22, 1859. On
September 9, 1880 [1884], he was united in marriage to Miss Cora E. [llen]
Parmenter. Soon after their
marriage they moved to Colby, Kas., where they lived for ten years and then
moved to Kansas City, living there at the time of his death.
Aside
from his parents and wife he leaves four brothers and a sister to mourn his
demise. They are Mrs. Jas. Gilchrist [Grace], Bedford; J. [ames] E. [lza]
of Hinton, Okl; W.[illis] L.,
of Hydro, Okl; O. [Charles] M.
[ilton], of Geary, Okl.; H.
[enry] P. [earl], of Hopkins, Mo. One sister, Mrs. Mary Turner, died January 2, 1901.
The remains were brought
here Monday and on Tuesday, at 10:30 a. m., the funeral was held from the
Johnston home, conducted by Rev. Thompson. Interment in Bedford cemetery.
Friends of the family extend their sympathy to the bereaved.
[Note:
Marriage certificate gives the date as September 9, 1884.]
[Johnston, Edward O.]
Bedford
Times-Republican
Tuesday July 10, 1906 [p. 1]
Died in Kansas City.
Edward
O. Johnston died at his home in
Kansas City, at 6:40 o'clock, Sunday evening, age 47 years, 5 months, and 16
days.
The
deceased had been in poor health for a long time, but his condition did not
become critical until a few days ago. On Friday he suffered from a stroke of
paralysis, and became unconscious. His relatives here were notified and his
father and brother-in-law went to Kansas City Saturday. When they arrived he
was still living but unconscious, and continued in that state until Sunday
evening when he passed away.
The
deceased is the son of J. [ames] T. Johnston of Bedford, and this was his home for many years.
Nearly twenty years ago, however, he left here and went to Kansas and later
moved to Kansas City where for several years he has been engaged in business.
His
wife was formerly Miss [Cora Ellen] Parmenter, daughter of K. [irk] K.[endrick] Parmenter who still resides here.
The
body was brought to Bedford for interment, arriving here at 9:20 last night.
The
funeral services were held today at 10:30 a. m. at the home of the parents of
the deceased, Mr. and Mrs. James T. Johnston, conducted by Rev. W. B. Thompson. Interment was
made at the Bedford cemetery.
[Maxwell, Logan]
Bedford
Times-Republican
Thursday June 16, 1904 [p. 1]
WAS THE OLDEST RESIDENT
Logan Maxwell Dies at the Age of Ninety-One—Was Among
First Settlers of Buchanan County, Missouri
Logan
Maxwell, pioneer settler of
Buchanan County, died yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock at his home north of the
city, near Krug Park.
Mr.
Maxwell had lived continuously on
the homestead where he died, for a period of sixty-seven years, and was
probably the oldest resident of the county. He was a native of Kentucky, born
in the region of the Cumberland River, and was ninety-one years, two months and
nineteen days old when he passed away, after an illness of one month. The
immediate cause of death was blood poisoning.
Logan
Maxwell was one of the
venturesome band who made first settlement of the Platte Purchase. In the
summer of 1837, accompanied by his wife and one child, he drove with an ox team
from the early home in Kentucky, settling upon arrival here on the homestead a
few miles north of Robidoux's Landing. Without means, he began the work of
building a home and cultivating a wilderness. His first cabin, built by his own
hands, was ready for occupancy before the storms of the winter of 1837 came. In
later years a more pretentious dwelling adorned the homestead, but until the
close of life the aged pioneer recalled with a spirit of exultation the days of
toil and triumph, when, with his wife by his side, they improved the farm where
they lived together until five years ago, when the companion of more than sixty
years was called to her reward.
Five
children survive. A daughter, Emerine Maxwell, lives at the family homestead. John Maxwell and Mrs. Anna Armstrong, wife of the Rev. C. C. Armstrong, live on portions of the Maxwell farm; Chas.
Maxwell resides in St. Joseph,
and Julia, the youngest
daughter, wife of the Rev. A. M. Reynolds, lives in Topeka, Kan. Two brothers, Edward and James, who have lived on farms adjoining that of Logan Maxwell almost since his first settlement here, survive,
together with grandchildren and great-grandchildren who venerate the memory of
a good man.
Logan
Maxwell had been a member of the
Presbyterian Church since youth, was for many years a communicant with the
Westminster congregation in this city and at the organization of the Oak Grove
church near his home he became a charter member and a deacon of the
congregation, toward the support of which he was generous in donations of time
and means, until the close of life.
The funeral was at Oak
Grove Church at 4 o'clock this afternoon conducted by the Rev. John F. Curtis
the pastor. The funeral sermon and eulogy was by Dr. Henry Bullard, pastor of
the Westminster Presbyterian Church of this city. Burial was at Maxwell
cemetery, near Oak Grove Church, which occupies a portion of the homestead
where the pioneer had led an uneventful, exemplary and useful life during two
generations, in the development of a region to which he came when the cabins of
the aborigines yet stood in the vicinity of old Sparta and on the river a few
miles north of his home.
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The
above is taken from the St. Joseph Daily News. Logan Maxwell was the uncle of our fellow townsman, S.
[amuel] D. [avid] Maxwell, his
father being a brother of the deceased.
[Smith, Kenneth
William]
Bedford Times-Press
Wednesday December 28,
1994 p. 3
KENNETH WILLIAM
SMITH
Kenneth
William Smith, son of William
Stephen Smith and Blanche
Laverne Smith, was born at Siam,
Iowa on May 16, 1916 and departed this life December 18, 1994 at the Bedford
Manor Nursing Home, at the age of 78 years, seven months, and two days.
He
lived in the Bedford vicinity all his life where he attended the public school,
and when health permitted, the First Baptist Church.
On
March 18, 1939 he was united in marriage to Esther Hamblin of Gravity, Iowa and they lived in Bedford. Esther passed away in November of 1994 [1944]. No
children were born to this union. On May 18, 1946 Kenneth was married to Nellie Marie Heatherington
McGee. No children were born to
this couple.
Kenneth was employed by Cudahy Packing Company and Lucas
Products, both Bedford businesses, for many years, as a very reliable truck
driver.
Kenneth was preceded in death by his first wife, Esther, his parents, a sister, Pauline Hooper, brother-in-law Claude Hooper, and brother Delmar Smith.
Left
to cherish his memory are his wife Nellie, brother Marvin,
sister-in-law Martha,
sister-in-law Betty June Smith;
two nieces, two nephews, and a few cousins. Also surviving is a stepson, Larry
A. McGee and family.
He
was a member of the First Baptist Church and of the American Legion, having
served World War II in the Pacific Theatre in the Army.
He
was a kind and considerate family person and will be missed by all who knew and
loved him.
Services
were held at the Novinger-Taylor Funeral Home December 21 at 2 p.m. with Pastor
Jamie Mogler officiating. Burial was at the Fairview Cemetery in Bedford, with
military honors by the American Legion.
[Smith, Kenneth
William]
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Wednesday December 28, 1994
William W. Smith
William
W. Smith [Kenneth William],
Bedford, died Dec. 18,1994 at Bedford Manor. Services were Dec. 21 in Bedford
with burial in the Fairview Cemetery, Bedford. Pastor Jamie Mogler officiated.
Smith was born May 16, 1916 in Siam, the son of William
and Blanche Smith. On May 8,
1946, he married Nell Heatherington McGee in Troy, Ks.
Smith was employed at Cudahy Packing Company and Lucas
Products, both of Bedford.
He
was a member of the John F. Hardin American Legion Post #164, Bedford. The post
assisted with part of the services. Smith was in the Army and served in the South Pacific during World War II.
Smith is survived by his wife, Nell, of the home, step son Larry A. McGee and wife Judy, Omaha, Ne., two step grandchildren, brother, Marvin
Smith, Bedford, nieces, nephews
and cousins.
He
was preceded in death by his first wife, Esther Hamblin, in 1944, his parents, brother, Delmar, and sister, Pauline Hooper.
Memorials
are suggested to the First Baptist Church in Bedford.
[Underwood, Lydia
Louisa “Lulu” Baker Bixler]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday November 8, 1956 [p. 1]
Hold Last Rites For Mrs.
Lulu Underwood
Funeral
services for Mrs. Lulu Underwood,
76, were held at the Methodist church in Bedford Saturday afternoon at 2
o'clock, Nov. 3. Burial was in the Lexington cemetery, with Rev. Carl Stiefel,
minister, in charge.
Mrs.
Underwood died in the St. Francis
hospital in Maryville, Mo. Wednesday, October 31, just a day after being taken
there for care. For the past 17 years she had been keeping house for John
Kernen at the farm home north of
the Lake of Three Fires park entrance.
Born Lulu Baker, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Samuel Baker [Mary E.
Mitchell] at Woodruff, Kansas,
August 28, 1878, she is survived by two brothers Ben Baker of Nodaway, Iowa and Tom Baker of Lincoln, Nebr. Her late husband, Charles
[Franklin] Underwood and their
two sons preceded her in death.
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