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Van Buren County ObitsSquire Ayers We regret to learn that Squire Ayers, one of the present members of the House of Representatives from Van Buren county, died suddenly at his residence in Harrisburg township on Monday last. This intelligence will be received with deep regret by the many persons to whom Mr. Ayers was known in his public and private relations. He was an active and useful citizen, a sterling Democrat, and possessed a strength of mind and soundness of judgement which ever commanded the respect and confidence of his fellow citizens. His loss will be deeply lamented. - Keosauqua News. Independence Conservative (3 Mar. 1859) transcribed by FoFG MZ Calvin Daughters Calvin Daughters, a Baptist preacher of Milton, was found dead in his garden. Heart disease is the supposed cause. [Adams County Free Press, April 27, 1893, pg 5, submitted by Terry Dicken] Richard A. Doty Died at Farmington, Iowa, December 24th, 1875, Br. Richard A. Doty, aged 78 years, 11 months, and 14 days. He united with the Church first in 1836, and with the Reorganization in 1860. Funeral sermon by Elder John H. Lake. [The True Latter Day Saints Herald, 1876, Volume 23, submitted by Cathy Danielson] Verda Carmine Hervey Grimes Duke Verda C. Duke, 1913-2003 GALLATIN, Mo. - Verda Carmine Duke, 89, Gallatin, died Saturday, May 24, 2003, at a St. Joseph hospital. Service: 1 p.m. Tuesday, May 27, at the McWilliams Family Funeral Home, Gallatin. Visitation: one hour prior to service, at the funeral home, where friends may call after 11 a.m. Monday.Graveside service and burial: 1 p.m. Wednesday, Douds, Iowa. Verda was born Nov. 3, 1913, to John Willard and Grace Della (Sell) Hervey, near Bentonsport, Iowa. She attended school in the Bentonsport and Keosauqua area. Verda married Herbert V. Duke on Jan. 8, 1950, in Memphis, Mo. They lived and farmed in Corona, S.D., until Herbert?s death in 1965. In 1970, she moved to Gallatin to be close to her children. Verda was a homemaker and worked for many years at the glove factory in Fairfield, Iowa. She was a member of the Gallatin Seventh-day Adventist Church. Preceded in death by three sisters, Gladys Beggs, Florence Mellen, Valera Koonts; and two brothers, Willard and Robert Hervey. Survivors: three sons, Charles Grimes, St. Joseph, John Grimes, Pueblo, Colo., Raymond Grimes, Brandon, S.D.; two daughters, Donna Cole, Gallatin, Joyce Brown, Gower; sister, Wanda Kirkland, Seattle, Wash.; eight grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren. St. Joseph News-Press OnLine, May 25, 2003 Jonathan W. Nelson Jonathan W. Nelson died at his home near Iowaville, in this county, on the 9, day of February, 1888 of paralysis. He was a native of Virginia, where he lived until some years after his marriage, when he came to Iowa as early as 1836, first settling in Lee county, and in a few years moving to Iowaville, where he settled on a farm bordering on the beautiful prairie on which the town was situated and there lived until his death. His wife died some eight or ten years ago. Had he lived until the 26 of next July, he would have been four-score. They had twelve children in all, six sons, Perry, Isaac, John, Joseph, Jesse, and Frank, and six daughters, Mary, Jane, Lucinda, Kate, Amanda, and Lizzie, all of whom are living except Mary and Lizzie. He was one of the pioneers of this county, and was widely known among the old settlers, by whom he was held in high esteem. Indeed there are few men who at his great age have maintained a more active interest in public affairs in the county. His kindly nature went out to all with whom he came in contact, and rendered him one of the most genial and companionable of men, and whatever interested those around him was sure to meet with active sympathy and it need be friendly and wise counsel, his generous nature and companionable spirit was constantly winning for him new friends among the young and old and Uncle Jonathan was ever a welcome guest. In the best sense of the word he was a good man. Sadly the news came to his neighbors of his death and from far and near they came to pay the last tribute of affection and bear him to his long home. They knew his worth, and the genuine nobility of his character, and will miss him. But to his household, to his children, the loss is irreparable. Only those who have looked for the last time on father and mother can understand the depth of their bereavement. While it had been apparent for a year or more that the end was not far distant, yet there was no immediate fear, until the Sabbath preceding his death, when he had a stroke of paralysis, though not severe and they could scarcely realize the danger, until it was all over, and he was at rest. On the day of his death, his pastor visited him, and together they joined in prayer and praise, his own voice joining in the melody. His children gathered at his bedside, for the last and parting and in a little while he was at rest. He had been for many years an active and zealous christian, a member of the Protestant Methodist church, but his religious sympathies were not bound in by denominational walls, but were as broad as the brotherhood of Christ. Religion cast not a gloomy vail over his life, but brightened his spirit, and gladdened his heart, and when the summons came he was ready. The funeral services were conducted by his pastor, the Rev. Bolton, who paid a warm tribute to the life and character of his deceased brother, entreating all so to live that their lives might have as peaceful a close. [No newspaper or date given, submitted by Kathleen M. Bone] Silas Saulsbury Silas Saulsbury, aged 87, and said to have been the oldest Mason in the State died at his home in Van Buren County a few days since. Sioux City Journal (15 Oct. 1874) transcribed by FoFG MZ Oliver Weld OLIVER WELD, Esq., a legal gentlemen and formerly a member of the Iowa House of Representatives, died at his residence in Keosauqua, on the 31st ult. Davenport Gazette, Davenport, Iowa Territory, November 14, 1843 | |
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