Area Obituaries

William French, son of William, Sr., and Mary French, was born in New York City October 18, 1852. Born of emigrant parents he knew and endured all the hardships usual to people of pioneer environment. When a lad of 12 he moved with his parents to the prairie land near Monmouth, IL., and a few…

James S. Carson, son of John and Sarah Carson, was born at Cherry Tree, PA, on September 4, 1862 and passed away at his home in Mount Ayr on March 4, 1943, at the age of 80 years and six months. He came to Iowa as a young man and was engaged in the work…

PHIETTA WILDERMUTH, DAUGHTER OF JOHN AND SARAH WILDERMUTH, WAS BORN IN FAIRFIELD, OHIO, ON JANUARY 23, 1855 AND PASSED AWAY FEBRUARY 24, 1943, AT THE AGE OF 88 YEARS, ONE MONTH AND ONE DAY. SHE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE ON JANUARY 26, 1873, TO HENRY DEFENBAUGH, WHO PRECEDED HER IN DEATH. TO THIS UNION WERE…

FRANK MILO, SON OF MALITUS AND MARTHA WAUGH, WAS BORN JANUARY 21, 1873, IN  HENRY COUNTY, MO., AND PASSED AWAY WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 24, 1943, EAST OF REDDING AT THE AGE OF 70 YEARS, ONE MONTH AND THREE DAYS. HE CAME IN WITH HIS FAMILY TO IOWA WHEN BUT A SMALL BOY. ON MARCH 17,…

JOHN WESLEY, SON OF ISAAC AND JANE HIGHTSHOE, WAS BORN IN PRAIRIE COUNTY, OHIO, JANUARY 17, 1867, AND DEPARTED THIS LIFE FEBRUARY 25, 1943 AT THE AGE OF 76 YEARS, ONE MONTH AND EIGHT DAYS. IN 1907 HE ACCOMPANIED HIS BROTHER, CHRIS AND FAMILY TO RINGGOLD COUNTY, IOWA, WHERE HE HAS SINCE RESIDED, MAKING HIS…

FRANCIS ASHBURY MIDDLETON, SON OF JOSIAH  AND MARY ANN MIDDLETON, WAS BORN IN FAIRFIELD COUNTY, OHIO, SEPTEMBER 18, 1853 AND DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT HOME IN MOUNT AYR, IOWA, FEBRUARY 20, 1930. AGED 76 YEARS, FIVE MONTHS AND TWO DAYS. IN THE SPRING OF 1881 HE CAME TO RINGGOLD COUNTY, IOWA, WITH HIS FATHER’S FAMILY…

MARGARET DICKSON WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 18, 1841, IN CRAWFORD COUNTY OHIO, AND DIED FEBRUARY 12, 1930, AT HER HOME NEAR ELLSTON, AGED 88 YEARS, FOUR MONTHS AND 24 DAYS. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF GEORGE AND AGNES DICKSON AND WAS THE LAST OF A FAMILY OF NINE CHILDREN TO PASS AWAY. SHE GREW TO WOMANHOOD…

DUSKY T. CREVELING PASSED AWAY LAST EVENING AT THE HOME OF HIS PARENTS IN POE TOWNSHIP OF HEART FAILURE AFTER AN ILLNESS OF ONLY TWO DAYS DURATION. MR. CREVELING WAS BORN AT LAMONI, IOWA, NOVEMBER 25, 1891, AND CAME WITH HIS PARENTS TO THIS COUNTY ABOUT A YEAR AGO. HE WAS CALLED TO MILITARY SERVICE…

WILLIAM MILLER, SON OF KINDEL AND JENNIE MILLERWAS BORN ON JULY 25, 1873 IN WORTH COUNTY, MISSOURI, AND PASSED AWAY FEBRUARY 9, 1930, AT THE HOSPITAL AT IOWA CITY, WHERE HE HAD BEEN FOR THE PAST MONTH UNDERGOING TREATMENTS, AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH BEING 56 YEARS, SIX MONTHS AND 15 DAYS OLD. IN…

SAMUEL FRENCH NEELY WAS BORN 61 YEARS AGO NEAR CLAYSVILLE, WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, WHERE HE GREW TO YOUNG MANHOOD, MOVING TO IOWA IN LATER YEARS, RECEIVING HIS EDUCATION, HE WENT EAST AND ENGAGED IN RAILROAD EMPLOY. HE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO MISS LILLIE BARBER OF PLAIN GROVE, PENNSYLVANIA, DECEMBER 30, 1902. THREE DAUGHTERS WERE…

CYNTHIA MARIE ROBY, DAUGHTER OF NANCY DAVIS AND HARMON ROBY, WAS BORN AT BROWNSVILLE, INDIANA, AUGUST 31, 1848 AND PASSED AWAY IN BUFFALO, NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 3, 1930, BEING 81 YEARS, SIX MONTHS AND TWO DAYS. WHEN A CHILD THE FAMILY MOVED TO CORYDON, IOWA, WHERE THE FATHER DIED AND WAS BURIED. LATER THE FAMILY…

(part of this obituary was missing from this edition due to water damage) DONALD SPENCER PASSED AWAY IN FEBRUARY OF 1930, AT AGE 11 YEARS. HE LEAVES TO MOURN HIS ABSENCE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER, HIS SISTER MARY VIRGINIA, AGED 6; HIS GRANPARENTS, MR. AND MRS. A. L. SPENCER OF MOUNT AYR AND MR. AND…