Area Obituaries

Clara M. Sullivan was born June 21, 1882, and departed this life May 3, 1924 at the home of her sister, Mrs. G. L. Dickinson, Kellerton, IA, aged 41 years, 10 months and 12 days.  She was united in marriage to James H. Jackson June 16, 1901 and to this union were born three children,…

Thomas Jefferson Williams, the second son of John T. and Jane Williams, pioneer resident of Ringgold County, was born in Jefferson Township, October 17, 1857 and passed away at Mount Ayr on April 29, 1924, at the age of 66 years 6 months and 11 days. He resided in Ringgold County the entire period of…

Peter T. Claton was born March 22, 1832, in Clark County Ohio and died May 3, 1924, aged 92 years.  He removed to Shelby county, Ohio, in 1839, where he grew to manhood.  In 1855 he removed to Beauro County, Illinois, where he engaged in farming.  He was married to Elizabeth Martin November 1, 1860,…

HENRY CLAY SHELDON WAS THE THIRD SON OF EDGAR AND MATILDA SHELDON, AND WAS BORN ON THE OLD SHELDON HOMESTEAD IN TINGLEY TOWNSHIP ON FEBRUARY 25, 1860, BEING 64 YEARS, ONE MONTH AND 26 DAYS OLD ON THE DAY OF HIS DEATH. HIS FATHER, EDGAR SHELDON, CAME TO RINGGOLD COUNTY IN THE SPRING OF 1854…

MATILDA AGNES NASH WAS BORN JANUARY 15, 1866, AT MARSHALLTOWN, IOWA. SHE MARRIED DECEMBER 25, 1884, TO NEWTON JONES AND DIED AT THEIR HOME IN KELLERTON APRIL 16, 1924, AGED 58 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AND ONE DAY.  TEN CHILDREN WERE BORN TO MR. AND MRS. JONES. SINCE 1901 THE FAMILY HAS LIVED IN THE VICINITY…

WILLIAM UDOLPH GROVES, SON OF PETER B. AND SARAH A. GROVES, WAS BORN FEBRUARY 14, 1862, IN MARION COUNTY IOWA AND MOVED WITH HIS PARENTS TO RINGGOLD COUNTY IN 1879, WHERE HE RESIDED UNITL HE DEPARTED THIS LIFE APRIL 6, 1924, AGE 62 YEARS, ONE MONTH AND 23 DAYS, AT THE ST JOSEPH HOSPITAL, ST…

DAVID BECK WAS BORN IN OHIO MAY 31, 1856, AND DIED IN CLARINDA, IOWA, APRIL 11, 1924, AGED 67 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AND 10 DAYS.  ON JANUARY 2, 1887, HE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE WITH AMANDA DIKE, OF MARTINSVILLE, MO.  OF THIS UNION THERE WAS BORN ONE DAUGHTER AND ONE SON, BOTH OF WHOM SURVIVE…

MR. LEW TAYLOR WAS BORN IN VIRGINIA AND WAS 70 YEARS OF AGE AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH.  HE CAME TO THIS VICINITY YEARS AGO AND HAD LIVED NEAR HOPEVILLE MANY YEARS AND WAS MARRIED AT THAT PLACE, AFTERWARDS MOVED TO PLEASANT TOWNSHIP, WHERE DEATH CAME MONDAY, MARCH 24, 1924, AFTER A LINGERING ILLNESS. …

NINA MARIE, LITTLE DAUGHTER O MR. AND MRS. RAY STEWARD, WAS BORN OCTOBER 9, 1923 AND DIED MARCH 25, 1924, AGED 5 MONTHS AND 16 DAYS. SHE HAD BEEN ILL FOR SIX WEEKS WITH WHOOPING COUGH AND PNEUMONIA AND THOUGH EVERYTHING WAS DONE WHICH MEDICAL SKILL AND CAREFUL NURSING COULD DO THE LITTLE LIFE WENT…

THOMAS JEFFERSON SILVERS WAS BORN AUGUST 1, 1852, IN HIGH POINT TOWNSHIP, IOWA, AND PASSED AWAY AT HIS HOME IN HUMESTON SUNDAY, MARCH 9, 1924.  HE WAS MARRIED TO MISS MINNIE A. DAVIS APRIL 24, 1874, AT MOUNT AYR, WHERE HE ALSO UNITED WITH THE CHURCH OF CHRIST. MR. SILVERS WAS WELL KNOWN THROUGHOUT DECATUR,…

JOHN WALL WAS BORN IN BEAVER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, OCTORER 15, 1843, AND DIED AT HIS HOME IN MOUNT AYR, IOWA, MARCH 24, 1924, AGED 80 YEARS, FIVE MONTHS AND NINE DAYS.  AT AN EARLY AGE HE MOVED WITH HIS PARENTS TO KNOXVILLE, IOWA, WHERE HE ENLISTED IN COMPANY K 3RD IOWA CAVALRY SEPTEMBER 3, 1861.…

MARY EMALINE SEEVERS WAS BORN IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, INDIANA, MAY 20, 1856, AND PASSED AWAY AT HER HOME IN MOUNT AYR, IOWA, MARCH 12, 1924 AGED 67 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AND 22 DAYS.  ON SEPTEMBER 22, 1872, SHE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE WITH HOSEA N. RUSK AND THE HOME WAS ESTABLISHED IN INDIANA. NINE CHILDREN…