Jones County, Iowa Obituaries Charles Atwood Charles Porter Atwood, 81, RFD 1, Hebron (Lake Eliza) died unexpectedly at 10:30 AM today at his home. He was born in Jones County, Ia., the son of Charles Phillip and Sarah Jane (Porter) Atwood, on April 13 1905 in Grand Junction, Ia., he married Edith LaGrace Morgan, who survives. A retired farmer, Atwood moved to Porter County six years ago. Surviving besides the widow are one daughter, Mrs Leona Walters, and one son, Donald M. Atwood, both of RFD 1, Hebron; nine grandchildren and six great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by an infant son, seven brothers, and two sisters. Service arrangements are incomplete. The Bartholomew Funeral homes in in charge [The Vidette Messenger, Published July 24, 1957,page 6, submitted by Erica Beatty] Homer Upton Bowman Homer Upton Bowman, the son of Henry and Adrian Bowman was born in Maquoketa, Iowa, May 30, 1872. In 1892 the family moved to a farm near Oxford Junction, Jones county, and the next year became permanently located on a farm near Hale, Jones county. Homer was converted to God in 1895 and joined the Methodist Episcopal Church in Hale, remaining a faithful member to the last. His mother died in October, 1896, and in February, 1899, his father followed her to the better land. After this the young man worked in different places spending the last year with his brother, H. S. Bowman working for him on the farm west of the Fairview Church. The first of March last he went to Eleanor to learn telegraphy of his brother who is agent for the C. & N. W. railway at that place. Last Saturday he came back for a short visit with relatives and the lady who was to have been his wife. On Thursday last while spending the afternoon fishing in the Cedar River at Kelsey’s Bend he went into the water for a swim and was taken with cramps and was drowned. The body remained in the water from 3 o’clock in the afternoon till midnight when it was recovered. The funeral service was held at the Fairview Church on Saturday afternoon at 1 o’clock, the services being in charge of the pastor, S. C. Bretnall and the remains were taken to Hale, Iowa, and interred in the family lot under the charge of the Modern Woodman of America of which order Mr. Bowman was a member. Four brothers and one sister remain to mourn for him. Howard E. and Anna of Iowa City, Hamilton W. of Hale, Hubert S. of Fairview near this city, and Heber C. of Eleanor. [Cedar Rapids Republican, reprinted in the Maquoketa Excelsior, Maquoketa, Iowa, Published June 28, 1901, submitted by Ken Wright] Craig Donald Chase Craig Donald "Rocky" Chase, 42, of Oxford Junction, died Friday January 16, 1998, at his home in Oxford Junction. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, January 20 at the Carson & Son Funeral Home in Maquoketa, with Rev. Clair O'Dell of the First United Methodist Church in Maquoketa officiating. Burial will be in the Pence Cemetery, rural Baldwin, Iowa. Visitation will be held from 5 to 8 p.m., Monday January 19, at the funeral home. Mr. Chase was born June 20, 1955 at Maquoketa to Ira Edward Chase and Carolyn Clark Chase. He married Lori Watson in Kentucky. He worked as a master carpenter, with his brother, Gene, in a carpentry business, and loved fishing, boating and rafting/tubing. He is survived by one daughter, Mesheria Chase of Manchester, one son, Nathan Chase of Manchester, his mother, Carolyn Chase of Baldwin, two brothers, Gene (and Janet) Chase, and Everett (and Kathryn) Chase, both of Oxford Junction, two sisters, Janice Axton of Baldwin, and Linda Arnold of Maquoketa, and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his father and one brother. A memorial fund has been established. See News Article "Son Charged in Slaying" [Jackson Sentinel, Published January 21, 1998, submitted by Ken Wright] William George Died - At Monticello, Jones Co., Iowa, May 4th, 1862, William George, son of George and Ann George, aged 17 years, S months, and 17 days. [The True Latter Day Saints Herald, Cincinnati, Published October 1862] Submitted by Cathy Danielson William H. Holmes William H. Holmes who died in Neligh, Nebraska, on the 13th of December, was for many years a prominent state official in Iowa. He was a native of the state of New York where he was born in 1828. He came to Iowa in 1851, settling on a farm near Wyoming, Jones County. In 1861 he was elected to the State Senate for the full term of four years. Upon the organization of the Senate, in 1862, he was made chairman of the committee of Ways and Means. At the next election he was chosen State Treasurer, and re-elected, serving four years. In 1865 he was one of the Trustees of the State Agricultural College, and President of the Board. He removed to Nebraska many years ago. [Annals of Iowa, 1895, submitted by Cathy Danielson] James Elijah Hutton James Elijah Hutton was born near Monticello, Jones county, Iowa, May 18, 1862. He was a son of William Washington Hutton and Martha Jane Ennis Hutton. The Hutton family, who were of Scotch descent, and the Ennis family of Irish descent, moved from Ohio and Pennsylvania in a very early day. James E. Hutton and Martha Jane Ennis both removed to Iowa at this time with their parents. When Mr. Hutton was 17 years of age, he moved from Iowa with his sister, Almira Hutton Newman to Sullivan county, Missouri. Here he spent two years. He then moved to Decatur county, Iowa, where he lived for two more years among the Mormons. He helped in the hauling of the rocks for the construction of the Mormon temple. Mr. Hutton then moved to Bennet, Nebraska where he met Margaret Anna Livingston whom he had known in early childhood. On November 5, 1885, they were united in marriage at Lincoln, Nebraska. To this union were born three children, Elmer of Pueblo, Colorado; Mrs. Beulah Montgomery of Howard, and Daniel Harrison or "Harry" Hutton, who passed away in 1921. Mrs. Hutton preceded him in death August 14, 1939. Mr. and Mrs Hutton came to Kansas soon after their marriage and Mr. Hutton was employed in railroad construction, after which he went to work in the coal fields near Frontenac, Kansas. After five years in the coal mining inductry he moved to a farm in the Frontenac community. He farmed in southeastern Kansas until 1896, when the family moved to Elk county and purchased a farm near Moline. In 1910 Mr Hutton again went to the state of Nebraska where he worked on a 1000 acre stock ranch near Atkinson. In 1917 he returned to his farm in Elk county. The Huttons moved to Howard, Kansas, February 28, 1935. Mr. Hutton was received into the Howard Methodist church by Dr. T. R. Heath through confession of faith and baptism December 21, 1941. Being unable to come to the church he was baptized and received the vows in his home. He was also a member of the Grange lodge. Mr. Hutton was honest in his business dealings, clean in his habits of speech and expressed his faith in God and Christ long before he made his decision to unite with the church. Mr. Hutton was very fond of playing games and enjoyed so much having his close friends and neighbors come and play croquet with him. He is survived by two brothers, Chas. D. Hutton of Gentry, Arkansas and LeRoy W. of Bennet, Nebraska; by a son, Elmer Hutton of Pueblo, Colorado, and the daughter, Mrs. Beulah Montgomery, of the home. He is also survived by four grandchildren, two great grandchildren, a number of nieces and nephews and many friends. He departed this life Wednesday, March 31, 1948, at the age of 85 years, 10 months, and 13 days. Funeral services were held at the Moon Chapel in Howard at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, April 3rd, conducted by Rev. P.L. Mitchell, pastor of the Howard Methodist church. The pall bearers were Walter Stgreet, Frank Street, Dan Street, Fred Street, Jess Sallee and Carl Sallee. Burial was in Green Lawn cemetery at Grenola, Kansas. [Taken from the Howard Courant-Citizen, April 8, 1948 Submitted by L. Morgan] John Murray John Murray, a well known citizen of Washington township, died at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Carr at Anthon, Woodbury county, Iowa, on Friday, Sept. 1, and was buried Saturday. Mr. Murry was 85 years old and was born in Ireland in 1814. About 1849 he came to the United states and settled in Dubuque. In 1859 he settled in Washington township, Jones county, and engaged in farming, but for many years he and his wife had made their home with their daughter, Mrs. M. E. Carr, and when the latter and her husband removed to Anthon three years ago the aged couple went with them. Mrs. Murray died about one year ago. Mrs. Carr is the only surviving member of the Immediate family, but deceased was an uncle of James B. Skahill, of Washington township, Jones county, and Mrs John Mullen, of Dubuque. Mr. Murray had many old friends in this community where he lived so long. [Taken from the Dubuque Sunday Herald - Submitted by Suzanne Folk] M. T. J. Peak FIRST MAN MARRIED IN JONES COUNTY DIES M. T. J. Peak, who had been a resident of Jones County for sixty-one years, died at his home in Monticello Tuesday. Mr. Peak had been ill about a week with pneumonia but was recovering. His death was due to heart trouble. Mr. Peak was over 86 years of age. On Christmas Day he and the widow who survives him celebrated the sixtieth anniversary of their marriage. They enjoyed the distinction of being the first couple married in Jones County, Iowa. [Jackson Sentinel, Maquoketa, Iowa, Published February 18, 1900, submitted by Ken Wright] Mary Jane Potter POTTER - Mrs. Mary Jane Potter was born in Lorraine County, Ohio, June 16, 1842, and died at her home in Monmouth, Iowa, March 26, 1889. About 36 years ago deceased came to Iowa and on August 13, 1862, married James Potter. After the close of the Civil War they moved on their farm in Jones County, Iowa, where they lived until a few months ago, when they moved to Monmouth, Iowa. Of the four children born to them, two are now living, and two are gone on before. The aged parents and one sister in Clay county, and a brother and sister in Dallas county., with the husband, two children and a host of friends are left to mourn their loss. On March 27, the funeral services were held in the M. E. church in Monmouth, Rev. J. R. A. Hanner preaching the sermon. The church was crowded, thus showing the esteem in which she was held by the community. In June, 1879, the deceased joined the Lutheran church, of which she was a member at the time of her death. During her long and severe sickness she spoke a great many times of her readiness to leave this world. Thus another home is broken, but may there be a reunion, by and by, on the other shore. [Jackson Sentinel, Maquoketa, Iowa, Published April 4, 1889, submitted by Ken Wright] Dr. Nathan G. Sales Dr. Nathan G. Sales, who recently died at his home in Anamosa, Jones county, was a notable pioneer law-maker, politician and physician. He was born October 18th, 1813, in Ohio; came to Iowa in 1845, and located at Iowa City. He was an active Democratic politician, and in 1848 was elected to the lower house of the Second General Assembly. Upon the expiration of his term he was elected to the Senate from the district comprising the counties of Jones and Jackson. At the expiration of his senatorial term he was appointed Receiver of the U. S. Land Office at Chariton. Dr. Sales was a leader in the Democratic party for many years, and was personally acquainted with nearly all of the public men who administered the State government as long as the Democratic party remained in control. [Annals of Iowa, April 1893, submitted by Cathy Danielson] Colonel Fred Scarborough Col. Fred Scarborough, a old and well known citizen of this county, died in Monticello last Friday, at the residence of his son-in-law, Carey Munger, and was brought to this city on Saturday for interment. Paralysis was the immediate cause of his death, although he had been almost helpless for several years. Mr. Scarborough was one of the first settlers of this county, and held the office of Clerk of Courts for a number of years. He was about 70 years of age. Jackson Sentinel, Maquoketa, Iowa, February 10, 1876 Submitted by Ken Wright Mr. Geo. M. Tourtellot Died, August 16, at the residence of his parents, Wyoming, Jones county, Iowa, Mr. Geo. M. Tourtellot, late principal of the city high school. During his residence among us, Mr. Tourtellot had gained many friends. He was a young gentleman of excellent education and superior moral worth. Illinois State Democrat, Aug. 29, 1860 Candi Horton BACK Copyright © Genealogy Trails All data on this website is Copyright by Genealogy Trails with full rights reserved for original submitters.