Mary Elizabeth Mardis was born in Holladresburg, Penn., June 11, 1845, and came to Muscatine, Iowa, with her parents when five years old.

She was married in 1866 to James W. Allen at Dewitt, Iowa.  To this union were born five children, son, William, and Mrs. Maggie Bergman proceeding their mother in death. Those surviving are her husband, and three children,

Mrs. T. W. Ford of Lenox; John Allen of Portland, Ore. and Chas. Allen, of Omaha, and many grand children.

Since March, Mr. and Mrs. Allen have lived with their daughter on account of failing- health. Mrs. Allen was kind and loving and noted for her Christian character. 

Funeral services were held at St. Patrick's Catholic church Monday morning, June 20, at 9 o'clock. Interment was made in Corning, cemetery.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday June 30, 1921

Andrews, Iowa Fern –

This young girl, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Andrews nine miles east of Lenox, was born May 4, 1919 and died in the Lutheran hospital in Des

Moines, March 16, 1921. Funeral service was conducted in the home by Dr. Davidson Friday afternoon at two o'clock.  The burial was made in the

Lenox cemetery. The service was very largely attended. Iowa will be much missed not only in the home where she was a general favorite but by all her associates as well.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday March 24, 1921

Baum, Margaret Lockwood –

The following is an obituary of Mrs. M. Baum who was a resident of this vicinity for 25 years. There are many of our readers who will, no doubt, remember her.

Mrs. Baum, whose home was on 601 Broadway, died Tuesday morning at eleven o'clock. Mrs. Baum has been confined to her home for some time and at times has suffered very much, but she had been in an unconscious condition

since last Thursday. The  Baum's were early settlers of this country, coming to this place in 1901. Margaret Lockwood Baum was born at Olean, New York, March 26, 1834, and died March 13, 1921, lacking only 13 days of living 87 years. She was the daughter of Thomas and Fannie Lockwood. She was married to Henry Baum in Sheffield, Iowa in 1867. Previous to her marriage

to H. Baum she was a teacher in the public schools of Bureau County, Illinois. She also made her home in Taylor County, Iowa, for 25 years. She leaves, besides a husband, two sons to mourn her death, Shirley Baum of Anadarko,

and Frank of Des Moines, la. Mrs. Baum united with the Methodist Episcopal church at an early age in life and at the time of her death was a member of the

church at Anadarko, having transferred her membership a little more than 18 years a ago. The funeral services will be held from the family residence Thursday afternoon, W. K. Robinson, pastor of the church in charge, with Rev. S. V. Fait of the Presbyterian church, assisting. Burial will be made in the Anadarko cemetery—Exchange

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday May 12, 1921

Beatty, Sarah Nelson –

Thursday, April 7, at the family home in Clearfield occurred the death of Mrs. John Beatty, pioneer settler of Ringgold county. Deceased was 78 years and

2 months of age.

Her husband, John Beatty. Preceded her in death exactly two months, he having passed away at Clearfield on February 7, at the age of 83 years.

Deceased before her marriage to Mr. Beatty was Miss Sarah Nelson of Morgan county, Ohio.  She was married to John Beatty on August 11, 1864.  To this union were born five children, all of whom survive.  In the fall of 1864 Mr. and Mrs. Beatty moved to LaSalle, Illinois, and came to Ringgold  county, Iowa, in the spring of 1870, and with the exception of five years resided in Ringgold and Taylor counties.

She leaves to mourn her death five children, Addie M. Beatty, S. E. Beatty, Clyde Beatty, and Mrs. Belle Smith, all residents of Iowa, and Will Beatty of Ingomar, Montana.  She leaves eighteen grandchildren.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday April 14, 1921

Brokaw, Jane –

Mrs Jane Brokaw died Monday, May23rd, at her home north of Lenox. She had been suffering with a cancer for a number of years. She was 75 years and 3

days old.

Funeral services were held at her late home Wednesday, May 25th, at 2 p. in., conducted by Rev. Barlow. Interment in Fairview cemetery.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday May 26, 1921

Davidson, Margret Craig –

Margret Craig was born August 31, 1858, in the state of Tennessee and died at Omaha on May 18, 1921. Her family moved to Washington, Iowa, during her

early life and there she grew to womanhood.

She was married October 30, 1879 to Mr. N. C. Davidson. For about three years Mr. and Mrs. Davidson made their home in Washington, after which they moved into this neighborhood where their home has since been located. To Mr. and Mrs. Davidson were born six sons and one daughter. She is survived by her husband and five sons all of whom were able to be present at the funeral service.

Early in her youth, Mrs. Davidson joined the United Presbyterian church and throughout her life has led an earnest Christian life. In Lenox she was a member of the Presbyterian church, to whose interests she was ardently

devoted. Her warm heartedness won for her a wide circle of friends both in the church and in the community. Her life was full of good deeds and she was ever ready to help and serve. Her passing leaves behind her a rich memory

of a life spent in doing good.

The funeral service was held at the home on Friday, May 20. It was largely attended. Dr. A. L. Davidson and Rev. W. Barlow conducted the services. Interment at Fairview cemetery.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday May 26, 1921

Dean, W .W.

Mrs. Sam Bartrum went to Creston Saturday to attend the funeral of her father, W. W. Dean,  which was held at that place last Sunday. Mr. Dean died of heart trouble.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday May 5, 1921

Hanna, William “Billy” –

Saturday evening "Billy" Hanna, while on the way home from Creston, died in the bob sled in which were two companions. All three men were sitting in the bottom of the sled when Mr. Hanna lay down on the robes. They covered him up and thought they would let him sleep until they reached home. When they reached home he was dead, due to heart trouble.

Deceased was 63 years of age.  He was a pioneer of Adams county, and removed to this county only two years ago. He leaves a wife and six children, four married daughters, two sons and one daughter at home.  All of the married children live in Dakota, and all of them are expected to arrive in the city Wednesday.

Mr. Hanna was a well thought of man both in his old home  community

in Adams county and in the community in which he has resided for the past two years. He was a thrifty and prosperous farmer. He was a man who made friends with all who knew him, and his sudden and unexpected death is deeply regretted by all.

The funeral will be held Thursday morning at 11 o'clock at Grove Chapel church in Platte township and burial will be made in the cemetery in connection with that sanctuary. — Morning American, (Creston).

Few men are better known to the people of this vicinity than “Billy” Hanna,  He owned a farm northwest of Lenox on which he lived for a number of years, moving  there from the old H. Cade farm south west of town which he owned at one time.  Mr Hanna spent a year in Dakota where he has several children. After his return from the west he purchased a farm east of Kent where he resided at the time of his death. Mr Hanna has many friends in this vicinity who were shocked by his sudden death.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday January 18, 1912

Hans, Genevieve Leone Shoemaker –

Mrs. Genevieve Leone Hans, beloved wife of Fred M. Hans, Jr. and formerly Miss Geneveive Shoemaker, was born in Lenox June 2, 1902, and died in Omaha N«b., March 25. 1921, following a two weeks sickness from peritonitis.

She was the youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs N R Shoemaker who formerly lived in Lenox, where they have many friends and relatives. They moved to

Omaha about ten years ago. Genevieve was a member of the first cradle roll of the M.E. Church and united with the church at the early age of seven years. She

was married Dec. 9,1919 to Mr. Fred Hans.

She leaves to mourn her loss her husband, father, mother three sisters, four brothers and many relatives and friends in both Omaha and Lenox.

Funeral services were held in Omaha, conducted by their pastor, Rev. Lowe. A short service was held at Fairview cemetery conducted by Rev. Nayle. The

four brothers were the pall-bearers.

Those who came to Lenox with the body were Mr. and Mrs. N. R. Shoemaker of Omaha, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Shoemaker of Boulder Junction, Wisconsin, Mr. and Mrs. Hal Shoemaker of Omaha, Fred Shoemaker of Minneapolis, Minn., Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Uhe of Charles City, la., Miss Hazel Shoemaker of Omaha, Roy Shoemaker of Omaha, Hal Henzie of Omaha and Fred Hans of Omaha.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday March 31, 1921

Johnston, Frank -

Frank Johnston, for many years a resident of Kent, this forenoon committed suicide by hanging himself with a rope tied to one of the rafters in a coal shed  at the home of Mrs. E. I. Davis where he was rooming and boarding.

About 11:15 o'clock this forenoon Mrs. Davis went to the coal shed for a bucket of coal and found the lifeless body hanging by a rope. She at once notified a neighbor, who went at once to the scene and cut down the body.

Coroner Jas McKee of this city was called but after arriving at Kent and making an examination he announced that an inquest would not be necessary, as it was plainly a case of suicide.

Mr. Johnston has been ailing in health for some time past. He in  January went to Excelsior Springs, Mo., for treatment, and about ten days ago came to the

Greater Community hospital in this city. He returned to his home in Kent on Thursday or Friday of last week, and it is believed by those who know him

that his illness had affected his mind.

He was a man well liked by everyone and has always been a great worker in church circles in Kent. He never married. He has been night man at the Burlington depot in Kent for about fifteen years, and his many friends were greatly shocked today to learn of his death.

Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Christian church in Kent, and interment made in Morgan's cemetery. — Creston Advertiser, May 4, 1921

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday May 12, 1921

Kirkwood, Jane Clark  –

Iowa City, la., April 27—Mrs. Jane Kirkwood,.widow of Samuel J. Kirkwood, Iowa's civil war governor, died at her home shortly after midnight  Wednesday night.

She was 99 years of age and would have celebrated her 100^th birthday next September.  Her husband also was a member of the United States senate,

being a member of the foreign relations committee and was secretary of the interior during President Garfield's administration.

She was married to Samuel J. Kirkwood in Ohio and came west with her husband, locating at Iowa City. Kirkwood became state senator then governor, then senator, then secretary of the interior. Mrs. Kirkwood accompanied him in all his different movements. When he was governor, during the civil war, she was active in war work. Governor Kirkwood was elected again in 1876 before he became senator, and Mrs. Kirkwood renewed her acquaintances

at the state capitol.

The Kirkwoods had no children. Mrs. Kirkwood was blessed with strong character and mind, and her mental faculties were retained to the last. Persons who called on her within the past year found her memory to be perfect.  Had she lived until September she would have been 100 years old.

She was universally loved at Iowa City, and by all those who knew her anywhere. Had she lived until September people of the state were planning a gigantic observance of her birthday. Her life covered all the events of the past 100 years, and her life after her marriage covered the trying years of the great republic.

Mrs. Kirkwood has been ill for the past four weeks of chronic kidney trouble but remained conscious until a few hours before her death.

She was born September 1, 1821, in Richland county, Ohio, and prior to her marriage to Kirkwood, was Miss Jane Clark.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday May 12, 1921

Leeper, Grace Pearl Stull –

Grace Pearl Stull, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Stull of Grant City, Mo., was born in Worth county, Mo., August 23, 1884, where she grew to womanhood.

She died at her home in Lenox, Iowa, May 16, 1921, at the age of 36 years, 9 months and 16 days.

She was married to Mr. Clinton Leeper, September 30, 1902 at .Allendale, Mo. To this union four children were born, Clyde, age 17; Deva Fern, age 14; Ralph

Erney, age 10, and an infant daughter who died at the age of two weeks.

Besides her husband and three children, she leaves her father, mother, 2 sisters, three brothers and a host of friends. Services were held at the home Monday, conducted by Rev. J. A. Nayle.  Mrs. Ethington and Mrs. Madden

sang. The body was taken to Missouri  for burial.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday May 19, 1921

McIlravy, Mabel L. –

Mrs. J. D. McIlravy, who lived near Stringtown, died Friday evening at the Greater Community Hospital in Creston. Death followed an operation which was performed Wednesday. The deceased was 33 years old.  She was born in Corning in 1888. She leaves a husband, two small sons, two and four years

old, and other relatives to mourn her loss.

Funeral services were held at the late home Sunday. Interment in Corning Cemetery

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday April 14, 1921

Meadows, C. –

The death of C. Meadows on last Saturday morning marks the passing of another of the Civil War veterans in this vicinity. He was born at Ashland, Indiana, on October 27, 1846, residing there until the beginning of the Civil

War when he enlisted first in the 8th Ind. Inf. and later transferred to the i4th Artillery from Indiana in which organization he served over three years. He saw much hard service and took part in the engagements at Vicksburg, Shiloh and Chicamaugua. In 1869 he was united in marriage to Miss Mary Wiley, of Wabash, Ind. at which place they continued to reside for the next 25 years. To

his union were born five children, four girls and one boy: Annie Becktol of York, Neb.; Mattie M. Nelson, of Lenox, Iowa; Nora Eveline who died in childhood; Delia Hardinger, of Kent, Iowa; and Charlie Meadows, of Creston,

Iowa.

In 1890 Mr. Meadows moved to Lenox and resided on what is known as the Wiley farm from which place they later moved to Kent where they resided for the next seven years. Then a residence of seven years followed in Creston.

Fifteen years ago he united with the Church of Christ and at the time of his death his membership was with the church at .Kent. The illness which caused his death had been drawn out over a period of years. Death came at the home

if his daughter, Mrs. Mattie Nelson, on November 15, 1919. He leaves to mourn his departure his immediate family, one sister, two brothers and six grand children.

Funeral services were held on Tuesday afternoon at the Church of Christ, the services being in charge of the G. A. R.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday November 20, 1919

Nelson, Lee B. –

Lee B. Nelson, son of John and Mattie Nelson, was born in Lenox, Iowa, August 27, 1893. He spent his whole young life in and near the place of his birth. At the age of eleven he became a Christian, uniting with the Church of Christ at Kent, and was a faithful and regular attendant at Bible school and church services during his boyhood and young manhood days. He was a member of the Bedford church at the time of his death.

July 2, 1918, he was married to Grace M. Parmenter, of Bedford. To this union two daughters were born, Dorothy Leemay and Ruth Ilene. Dorothy Leemay

fell asleep January 6, 1921.

 July 25, 1918, Lee answered the call of his country and enlisted from Bedford. He left for overseas in the 10th C. A. R. D., Camp Pike, Ark., September 17, 1918.  He saw active service in France serving in the Medical Corps a greater part of the time and was in the trenches looking after the dead and wounded when firing ceased, indicating the close of the war. He then came back to the

United States securing an honorable discharge September 6, 1919, and entered at once into the duties and privileges of civil life.

Being compelled to undergo a surgical operation he was taken to a Maryville hospital Monday, May 23. After the operation he lingered until Thursday morning at 11:15, when he fell asleep. His physical condition doubtless

weakened by his war experiences compiled with disease, he was unable to rally. Thus at the age of almost 28 years, he goes to try the realities of the life that is to be.

Those of his loved ones who remain are his wife and daughter Ruth Eline, father and mother, one brother and grandmother Meadows, besides numerous other relatives and friends. He was a member of the American Legion.  He placed his membership with the Church of Christ here at Bedford just before going to war.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday June 9, 1921

Parkinson, Floyd E. -

The largest funeral ever held in this city, and in all probability the largest for some time to come, was that of Floyd Parkinson, held in Highland Park, Sunday June 6, 1921, in memory of the local American Legion Post, of which this body of patriotic men adopted his name for their Post.  The American Legion was in charge of the funeral and gave their namesake a military burial

with the highest honors and respect.

The Lenox Saxophone Band under the direction of Lee Griffin, band director, furnished music of a patriotic nature that was surprisingly good to many who

had never heard them together, with the male quartette from the Church of Christ. Mrs. McCallon sang a solo and Rev. P. C McCallon of the Church of Christ delivered a sermon to be long remembered for his lost brother who was a member of his church.

There were people in Lenox on that day from various other towns surrounding us and among them were a great many American Legion men from other Posts.  It has been estimated that during the ceremony and burial two thousand people crowded Highland Park and cars were parked on all four sides, and on both sides of the roads around the park, as well as the cars in the park. .

Interment was made in Fairview, the old cemetery. The pall bearers were made up of Legionmen. About one hundred and fifty Legion men were present

After lowering of the casket 3 vollies were fired by the firing .squad as their parting salute, then taps were blown by the bugler.

OBITUARY OF FLOYD A. PARKINSON

Corporal Floyd E. Parkinson was barn in Taylor county, August 7, 1895, son of Mary A. and John H. Parkinson. They moved to Lenox in 1908 where he lived

until his enlistment. His mother died Jan. 9, 1900. His sister Sarah, died Sept. 7, 1910. He enlisted in the army April 24, 1917, in Company H, 168th infantry,

and sailed for France in Nov. 1917. It was there he contracted scarlet fever while in the trenches, He was moved to Hospital 98 A, April 11, 1918, Bacharett, France, where he fell asleep on April 14, 1918.

Floyd E. Parkinson united with the Church of Christ at Lenox, Iowa, in 1914. The immediate family to mourn his departure are:

Father—John H. Parkinson, Portsmouth, Iowa.

Sister—Mrs. Lynn Armstrong, Blair, Neb.

Sister — Kathryn Parkinson, Portsmouth, Iowa.

Brother—Will Parkinson, Tisco, Neb.

Brother— Glenn Parkinson, Adair, Iowa.

Brother — Quinn Parkinson, Portsmouth, Iowa.

Brother — Ray Parkinson, Portsmouth, Iowa

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday. June 9, 1921

Ryan, William L. –

William Ryan, son of Mr and Mrs Ryan passed away at their home at 11 a.m. Tuesday.  He has been in poor health for some years.  The funeral services will be held Friday morning at 10 a.m. from St. Patrick’s church.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday May 19, 1921

Ryan, William L. –

William L. Ryan, aged 30, was born October29, 1890 and died May 17, 1921.  He was born about four miles southeast of Lenox and grew to manhood in that community.  He had been in poor health about fifteen years, about three years ago was sent to Iowa City to the Oakdale Sanitarium where he did not seem to get any better and in July 1920 he came home  and for a while seemed to be improving but in December took worse.  From that time on he became weaker and finally bedfast and later on was called to the final resting place. 

He leaves to mourn his death, a father, mother, five brothers and two sisters.  His parents Mr and Mrs D J Ryan of Lenox, John of Casper, Wyoming, Eugene Ryan of Lenox,  a sister, Lela Ryan of Lenox, Leo Ryan of Lenox, a sister, Reva Birch of Lenox, Iowa, Daniel Ryan of Lenox, and Lawrence Ryan, Lenox, Iowa.

Other relatives who attended the funeral were W L Miller, wife and daughter of Mt Ayr, Iowa; W T Moore, wife and daughter of Lenox, Mrs Orr Allen of Kellerton, Iowa, his grandmother, Mrs Marguerite Ryan of Fairfield, Iowa and Uncle Dennis Ryan and family of Corning; an uncle Ernest Skinner and family of Clarinda, Iowa. 

The pallbearers were four brothers, a brother-in-law, and cousin.  The funeral was conducted in St Patrick’s church by Father Troy.  Interment was made in Fairview cemetery.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday June 2, 1921

Saunders, Mary Rebecca Fleming –

Mary Rebecca Fleming, daughter of William and Eliza Ellis Fleming, was born September 30. 1845, in Miffen county Pa.

When 18 years of age she moved to Mercer county, Ill. She was married to John Saunders in February, 1870. They moved to Adams county, Iowa, in 1875. To this union was born eight children: William F., deceased; Mrs.

Margret E. Harmon, Bancroft, S. D., J. Elmer of Dinsdale, Iowa; M. Adella, deceased; D. Stewart of Des Moines, Iowa; Charles R. of Lenox; Dora A. Crow of Lenox, and Anna B. Wright of Fairfield, Iowa. Her husband passed away in February, 1900.

She has one living sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Ellis of Nevada, Iowa. In 1905 she moved to Lenox and after a short residence here moved to Corning where she lived until November, 1919,  when, because of failing health, she went to make her home with her daughter, Mrs. Forest Wright at Fairfield, Iowa.

She united with the Presbyterian church in her girlhood. She was a member of the Adams county U. P. Church while on the farm and of the Presbyterian

church while in Corning. She was a teacher in the Sunday School and a good church worker.

After a long sickness, she was taken to the hospital at Fairfield where she  died May 15, of apoplexy, aged 75 years, 7 months  and 15 days. The body was brought ba.ck to the old home farm now the residence of her daughter, Mrs..Wm. Crow.

The funeral services were held at Stringtown church Wednesday, May 18, at 10:00 a. m., conducted by Rev. Walter Barlow. Burial was made in Fairview cemetery.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday Mary 19, 1921

Seamans, Mary Ann Taylor –

Mary Ann Taylor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Taylor, was born Nov.4, 1844 in Devonshire, England and at the time of her death, April 5, was aged 76 years 5 months and 1 day.

She came to America with her parents when she was six years of age. The family settled in the western part of New York state,  and here she grew to womanhood

On November12,1870 she was married to Marvin A. Seamans at Batavia. To this union four children were born, three daughters and one son. In 1879 the

family moved to Kansas where they lived for two years when they came to Iowa, locating in Creston where o they lived five years. In the autumn of 1886,

they moved to the farm south of Lenox, living there until 1903. They again returned to the vicinity of Creston where they remained until the death of their son Asa in 1910. Mr. and Mrs. Seamans retired from the farm and came to Lenox where the husband passed away October 29, 1914.

Since the death of her husband, Mrs. Seamans has made her home with her oldest daughter, Mrs. Milo Fleming. Of her four sisters and one brother but two survive her, Mrs. Victor Pratt and Mrs.. Hayden Hicks of Batavia, New York. Besides these she is survived by her three daughters, Mrs. Milo Fleming and Mrs. John Short both of Lenox, and Mrs. Harry Drorbaugh of Kent, Iowa,

eleven grand-children and one  great-grandson.

All her life has been spent doing for others, no day too long no burden too hard if she could be doing something for her loved ones. In her early married life she, with her husband, became a member of the First Baptist Church of Batavia, New York..

Here is a tribute to her memory from a life long friend, Mr. George Brotherton of Creston: "She  was a good woman and nobly did her part in the battle of life. She has gone to her reward for she was always loyal and faithful to her Lord. My only wish for her children is that in this respect they may be as faithful as she."

Funeral services were held from the Methodist church, Thursday, April 7, conducted by Rev. Nayle assisted by Rev. Davidson. Interment in .Fairview cemetery.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday April 14, 1921

Smith, Cynthia Hackett -

Mrs. William Smith died at her home near Lenox, Saturday, April 16, 1921, at about 1 o'clock in the morning. Funeral services were held Tuesday of last week at 11 o'clock in the morning at Stringtown church, conducted by Rev.

F. C. McCallon, pastor of the Christian church of Lenox. Interment was made in the Cromwell cemetery.  Six nephews of the deceased lady acted as pallbearers

Mrs. Smith, nee Miss Cynthia Hackett, was born in Illinois in July, 1867. She came to Iowa with her father and his family in 1876 and located in Adams county.  Her mother passed from this life while the family was still in Illinois. The home of the Hackett family was on the farm now occupied by Dale Harrison. Miss Hackett was married to William Smith November 13, 1913, and for a time they lived near Kent, later on moving to Lenox vicinity. The deceased lady was aged 53 years, 9 months and 15 days.  Her death came suddenly and unexpectedly,  being caused by the bursting of a blood vessel on the brain.

Mrs. Smith is survived by her husband; one sister, Mrs. Mart Miller, of Corning vicinity; one brother, John Hackett, residing in South Dakota; a half sister and half brother, Mrs. John Huff, of' Conway, and Scott Hackett, of Creston. Mrs. Smith united with the M. E. Church in 1890 and lived a faithful life. She was

preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, Ed and Frank Hackett, and one sister, Eliza.  Many friends will mourn the loss of Mrs. Smith and extend sympathy to the bereaved relatives.

Lenox Time Table,  Lenox, Iowa Thursday April 28, 1921

Thompson, Charles N. -

Charles N. Thompson, a prominent citizen of Cumberland and former citizen of Lenox, died Monday, March 14 in an Iowa City hospital. He was aged 71 years. He had undergone an operation for the removal of an infected eye, pneumonia subsequently set in which with the surgical shock  caused death.

He leaves a widow and two children.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday March 24, 1921

Titus, John A. -

Chillicothe, Illinois, reports the death of John A. Titus. President of the Village of North Chillicothe, former president of the high school board, ex postmaster

and in his younger days a successful teacher who passed to his reward, on Thursday March 3.

Mr. Titus came to Lenox in 1878, moved away and came again about 1897. At different times he farmed near Lenox, taught school, ran a hotel and a wagon shop. Later he was proprietor of a hotel in Conway and still later in Bedford.

The older citizens of Lenox will remember him well.

The funeral services were held at the Congregational church, Chillicothe, Saturday afternoon March 5, conducted by the pastor, Rev. A. H. Ford. The remains were laid to rest in the Blue Ridge cemetery. Services at the grave were in charge of George Washington Lodge 22, A. F. & A. M., of which he was a member.

On going to North Chillicothe in 1908, Mr. Titus became prominently connected with the life of the town. He entered mercantile life as a coal dealer and built a number of houses to accommodate the growing population.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday March 24,1921

Watts, Mabel Warnetta Westbrook –

Mabel Warnetta Westbrook was born December 16, 1892.and died June 4, 1921, at the age of 29 years, 5 months and 4 days.  October 2, 1910, she was married to Allie Westy Watts. To this union was born two children, Theodora and William.

Mrs. Watts has been in poor health for several years. Then taken with “flu” complications, she was moved to her parents October 10, her husband working there.  All was done that could be done, to no avail.

She was a Christian girl saying to the last she thought her soul was with God.

Mrs. Watts knew all till the last, and her last request was for her mother to keep the boys.

She leaves to mourn her loss her husband, A. W. Watts, two sons, Theodora and William, one sister, Edna Neely, her parents, grandmother and other relatives and a host of friends.

The funeral service was held at the Church of Christ Monday, June 6, conducted by Rev. F. C.McCallon.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday June 9, 1921

Wiand, Volentine –

The Lenox community lost an aged and respected citizen in the death of Mr Volentine Wiand which occurred in his home April 7, 1921. The end came somewhat unexpectedly although  he was [?] for years, and on account of his failing health he left the farm southwest of Lenox and moved into town the first of March, 1903.  He was born in Carroll county, Ohio, April 12, 1846 and would therefore have been 75 years old his next birthday.  December 9, 1876  he was united in marriage to Miss Martha Stocker and they moved the same year to Taylor county, Iowa.  He was the father of five children, the oldest of whom passed away in early childhood, and the youngest, Mrs Ida Beck, died five years ago, just a few weeks before the death of Mrs Wiand.  Besides his five sisters and two brothers he is survived by three children: Mrs Hoyt Dill, and Mr Frank Wiand of Lenox and Miss Daisy Wiand of Denver, Colorado, and nine grandchildren.

The funeral service was largely attended by old neighbors and friends and was conducted by Dr. Davidson in the United Presbyterian Church, Sabbath afternoon at 2:30 o’clock.  The text of the sermon was “man goeth to his long home and the mourners go about the street.”

Mr. Wiand was a member for years of the Lenox United Presbyterian church. The burial was made in the city cemetery.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday April 14, 1921