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Louisa-Des Moines County IA Archives Obituaries.....Klenk, Russell Ray November 16, 2000
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The Wapello Republican - Nov 23, 2000
Russell Ray Klenk, 85, of Burlington, Iowa, died at 7:55 pm Thursday, Nov 16,
2000, at the Great River Medical Center in West Burlington.
Born September 13, 1915, in Chelsea, Iowa, he was the son of John Christian and
Elizabeth Villars Klenk. On July 16, 1937, he married Floreine C. Cover in
Burlington.
Mr. Klenk served in the Civil Conservation Corp in Oakville. He was a dragline
operator and plant engineer for the Des Moines County Drainage District No 7
for more than 40 years, retiring in 1984.
He collected American Indian relics and was an avid gardener, hunter and
fisherman. He loved to travel, go camping, watch and play baseball, and
spending time with his family.
Survivors include his wife, Floreine, two sons, Kenneth Ray and wife Judy Klenk
of Oakville and Richard Lee and wife Janet Klenk of Burlington; one daughter,
Janice Rose and her husband Bill Brown of New London; 13 grandchildren; 22
great-grandchildren; two sisters, Cora LeMaster and Helen Klenk, both of
Charles City; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, one son, Gary (Cindy) Klenk, and two
brothers.
Open visitation was Sunday at the Hass Funeral Home, where the family met with
friends in the evening.
The funeral service for Mr. Klenk was at 11 am Monday at the funeral home.
Interment was in the Burlington Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Greene-Guthrie-Jones County IA Archives Obituaries.....Hawley, Merle George December 5, 1974
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Scranton Journal (12/12/1974)
Obituary from THE SCRANTON JOURNAL Thursday, December 12, 1974: MERLE HAWLEY
DIES IN MONTICELLO
Merle Hawley, well-known resident of Olin, passed away at the John McDonald
Hospital in Monticello, Thursday evening, December 5, following a lingering
illness.
Merle George Hawley was born at Scranton, IA August 30, 1892. He grew up and
attended school at Scranton. On August 30, 1922, he was married to Alice
Underwood at Bagley, IA. Mr. and Mrs. Hawley resided around Bagley and
Scranton until 1930, when they moved to Mt. Vernon, where they lived for two
years before coming to the Olin vacinity in 1932.
Merle was a member of the Olin First United Methodist Church. He was a member
of the Masonic Order, having just this past year been awarded his fifty-year
pin. He was a former member of the Eastern Star.
Surviving are his wife, Alice; four daughters, Ruth Clark of Springville;
Laura Lee Thumma of Stanwood; Wilma DeLancey of Anamosa; and Linda Gravert of
Davenport; two sons, Dr. M.Dale Hawley of Manhattan, KS; Charles M. Hawley of
Panora. A daughter Irene and a son, Wayne, preceded their father in death.
Two brothers survive: Roy, of Rippey, IA; Walter, of Hawthorn, CA; a sister,
Nell, of Boone, IA; also 21 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted in the Olin First Methodist Church Monday
afternoon, December 9, with Rev. Ralph Grote, pastor, officiating. Mrs.
Kenneth Zimmerman served as organist. Two congregational hymns, "How Great
Thou Art" and "The Old Rugged Cross" were used.
Pallbearers were grandsons Paul, Mark and Marlin Clark, and Gary, Geoffrey and
Bruce Thumma. Funeral arrangements were in charge of Hayden's Funeral Home.
Burial was in the Olin Cemetery.
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Greene-Guthrie County IA Archives Obituaries.....Sailer, Ruth Ellen Dally December 12, 1916
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Bagley Gazette 12/21/1916
Newspaper Obituary, Bagley Gazette, Guthrie Co, IA, Thursday Dec 21, 1916
Ruth Ellen Dally was born in Putnam Co, Illinois, Feb. 17, 1846, and departed
this life in a hospital at Des Moines, Dec. 12, 1916, aged 70 years, 9 months
and 25 days.
Her childhood was spent in Illinois. When ten years of age she moved with her
parents to central Minnesota, where she grew to young womanhood, being the
eldest of eight living children.
On April 16, 1868, she was united in marriage to Ambrose Sailer. To this
union three children were born: Charles P., and Mrs. Sadie L. Underwood, both
of Bagley, and Arthur Joseph, deceased. Her husband died seven years ago, at
their home in Greene County, near Bagley, where they had lived many years. A
few years ago she moved to Bagley, where she was living at the time of her
death.
She is survived by one sister and six brothers: Mrs. J.L. Rogers of Ohio; Mell
of Iowa; Nathan, Charles, Elmore and John Dally, of Minnesota, and Wherry of
North Dakota.
She was converted and united with the Methodist Episcopal church when fourteen
years of age, and remained a faithful member until the time of her death. She
was true as a friend, kind as a neighbor, and devoted as a mother. She leaves
a large circle of friends who join with her loved ones in mourning their loss.
The funeral services were held in the Methodist Episcopal church, Bagley,
Iowa, December 15, and were conducted by the pastor, Rev. Roy W. Thomas. The
remains were interred in the family burial lot in Greenbrier cemetery.
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Card of Thanks
To all the friends whose sympathy and services were so kindly tendered in our
time of bereavement, we desire to extend our sincere thanks.
Mr. And Mrs. Chas. Sailer
Mr. And Mrs. H.M. Underwood
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Greene-Guthrie-Dallas County IA Archives Obituaries.....Sailer, Charles Phillip April 3, 1943
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Jefferson Bee 5/11/1943
Obituary: Jefferson Bee, Tuesday 5/11/1943
Chas. Sailer Rites
The funeral service for Charles Phillip Sailer, who died Monday May 3, 1943,
at his home in Dawson, Dallas County, was conducted at 2pm Wednesday, May 5,
from the United Brethren church at Dawson, with the Rev. Earl Rabuck
officiating.
Mrs. Fred ? accompanied by Mrs. A.J. Ludwig, san Beautiful Isle and It is
Well With My Soul during the service at the church. Pallbearers were Dr.
Earl Sailer of Grand Junction, Herbert Sailer of Jefferson, Ira Thaler of
Bagley, Fred Thaler of Bagley, Clint Hall of Bagley and Howard Witter.
Interment was made in the Greenbrier township cemetery.
The son of the late Ruth Ellen Dalley and Ambrose Sailer, he was born Jan. 6,
1874, in Greenbrier township and made this his home all his life with the
exception of the last four years, which he had spent at Dawson, Dallas county.
He graduated from the Bagley high school and continued his education at Iowa
State college at Ames, where he took a short course in animal husbandry.
He and Anna Bicker were married June 6, 1900, at the Nissie Bicker home west
of Bagley, and started housekeeping, three miles north of Bagley. The lived
in that vicinity until March 1, 1939 when they moved to Dawson.
He was a member of the Methodist church at Bagley.
Surviving are his wife; a son, Edwin of Scranton, four daughters: Muriel Bryan
of Scranton, Dorothy Merriam of Osego, Oregon, Margaret Gelsinger of El Reno,
Oklahoma, Lieut. Lillian Sailer of Camp Barkeley, TX and 14 grandchildren. A
daughter, Nessie Belle, died in infancy, and his father and mother, a brother,
Joseph Sailer, and a sister, Mrs. Sadie Underwood, preceded him in death.
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Greene-Guthrie County IA Archives Obituaries.....Sailer, Arthur "Joseph" September 9, 1909
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Journal Newspaper (Montana)
Death of Arthur Joseph Sailer (Journal Newspaper, 9/9/1909) Montana
Arthur Joseph Sailer died at the home of Mrs. Hart at 2 a.m. Wednesday, from
typhoid fever ending in perforation of the bowels. He was married to Miss
Pearl Hart, May 5, 1909 and he and his wife were both stricken with typhoid
about the middle of July, from contaminated water, which they drank while on a
picnic.
Mrs. Sailer has been considered out of danger for the past week.
Deceased was twenty-six years of age and is survived by his wife, a mother, a
brother, Charles Sailer, and a sister, Mrs. Sadie Underwood, all of Bagley,
Iowa. The funeral was held from the Springhill church today at twelve
o'clock. Rev. Davis Wilson and Rev. Lee of Bozeman officiating. Undertaker
Davis of Bozeman had charge of the body.
The Odd Fellows, of which he was a member, attend the funeral in a body and
took charge of the body at the grave.
The devotion of the lodge to the deceased, throughout his long siege of
illness has been remarkable. His death was untimely, this ambitious young
husband of four months. Mr. Sailer was a contractor and had a home in
construction on the South side for the use of his family. All Belgrade and
the surrounding community offer heartfelt sympathy to the young wife, the
mother, and other relatives and friends of the deceased. At his request, the
internment was in Springhill cemetery. The brother and sister were expected
to arrive from Iowa to-day. The mother, who was here a short time ago
returned to Iowa hoping her son would recover.
He was a young man of many sterling qualities, excellent habits, strong
convictions for the right, conscientious and God-fearing, one whose place will
be hard to fill.
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Greene-Guthrie County IA Archives Obituaries.....Sailer, Ambrose May 28, 1909
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Bagley Gazette 6/3/1909
Bagley Gazette, Bagley, Guthrie County, IA Thursday, June 3, 1909, obituary
Ambrose Sailer
On Friday, May 28, at his home in Bagley, occurred the death of Ambrose
Sailer, the cause being diabetes, with which he had been afflicted some time.
The funeral services were held at the M.E. church last Sunday afternoon,
conducted by Rev. Crandall, and were attended by a large number of the friends
of the deceased and bereaved. The remains now rest in Greenbrier cemetery.
Ambrose Sailer was born in Baden, Germany, Dec. 6, 1841, and died May 28,
1909, aged 67 years, 6 months, 22 days. He came to Canada in 1856, living
there until 1865, when he came to the United States, settling in Minnesota in
1867.
On April 16, 1868, he was united in marriage with Ruth E. Dally. To this
union were born three children - Charles P., Sadie L. and A. Joseph. They
made their home in Minnesota until spring of 1873, when they moved to Iowa
settling in Greene Co, which was their home until 1904, when they removed to
Bagley. His widow and three children survive him and were all at funeral as
were also his brothers Floren Sailer of Scranton and Hamond Sailer of Kansas.
The deceased was one of the old settlers who helped to lay the foundation for
the comforts the younger generations enjoy. During his long life here he has
made many friends who sorrow with the bereaved.
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Greene-Guthrie County IA Archives Obituaries.....Underwood, Sadie Lee Sailer November 13, 1941
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Jefferson Herald (11/20/1941)
Obituary, Jefferson Herald, Thursday, November 20, 1941 p.4
Greenbrier Rites for Mrs. Underwood
Services were held at the Greenbrier church Sunday afternoon at 2 oclock for
Sadie Lee Sailer Underwood, 63, who died Thursday evening, Nov. 13, at the
home of her daughter in Olin. The Rev. C. E. McPherson of Churdan and the
Rev. Mr. Jackson of Greenbrier were in charge. Short services had been held
previously at the Campbell funeral home at Olin, Saturday afternoon at 2
oclock, and burial was made in the Greenbrier cemetery.
Pallbearers were Will Evelsizer, Sr, Howard H. Witter, Fred Morton, Albert
Leek, Sol Ummel, all of Greenbrier, and Chet Nolte of Jefferson, all former
neighbors. Grace Chesebro, Violet Miller, Ada Duncan and Mrs. Delmar Compton,
accompanied by Mrs. Ada Naylor, sang Face to Face, Saved by Grace,
and Well Be Going Down the Valley during the services at Greenbrier.
Mrs. Underwood, born Nov. 26, 1877, in Greenbrier township, was the daughter
of Ambrose and Ruth Sailer. Aug 2, 1896, she was married in Greenbrier to
H.M. Underwood, who preceded her in death Aug. 10, 1924. She was the mother
of five children, of whom three survive her. Alta died in infancy and Paul
Gardner died in 1935. The other children are Mrs. Alice Hawley of Olin,
Charles Lowell of Oskaloosa, and Elton E. of Scranton. In addition, she
leaves a brother Charles Sailer of Dawson, and eight grandchildren. One
brother, Joseph, preceded her in death. At the time of her death she was 63
years, 11 months and 18 days.
She had been in ill health for some time, and had been confined to her bed
about three months; nevertheless, her death came suddenly of heart trouble.
After her marriage, she lived at Ruthven, Brayton, Rolfe, Grand Junction, and
then returned to Greenbrier township in 1907, where she remained until about
12 years ago when she went to California. About ten years ago she returned to
Iowa, going to the eastern part of the state.
In her more active days, she was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star,
and was a faithful member of the Methodist church. She was affiliated with
the Olin church at the time of her death.
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Greene-Guthrie County IA Archives Obituaries.....Underwood, Henry "Mason" August 10, 1924
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Jefferson Bee (edition after 8/10/1924)
Henry M. Underwood, of Greenbrier, Victim of Maddened Animal
Henry M. Underwood, of Greenbrier township, was killed by a bull in his home
barn last Saturday night. Mr. Underwood was tying the animal in a stall at
about six o'clock in the evening when he was attacked. He was struck in the
chest and crushed. His son-in-law, Merle Hawley, was milking in the building
at the time. Hearing the attacked man groan, he went immediately to the
rescue, but found immediately to the rescue, but found his father-in-law lying
in a semi-conscious condition from which he could not be reclaimed, death
occurring at about 5 o'clock Sunday morning. Mr. Underwood was one of the
most prominent and highly respected citizens of Greene county and his death is
sincerely mourned by very many friends. His daughter, Mrs. Hawley, was a
popular teacher in the Scranton schools a few years ago. Mr. And Mrs.
Underwood had planned an extended western trip for the coming fall and
winter. His obituary follows:
Henry Mason Underwood was born at Topeka, Mason County, Illinois, February 9,
1869, and passed away as the result of an injury August 10, 1924, at the age
of 55 years, 6 months and one day.
He was brought in infancy by his parents, James and Malissa Underwood, to
Grundy County, Iowa. In 1883, he went to Grand Junction, Iowa, where he grew
to young manhood and graduated from the High School of that place.
He was united in marriage to Miss Sadie Sailor August 2, 1896. Five children
came to this home, Elton, Alta Lee, who passed away in infancy, Paul Gardner,
Mrs. Alice Hawley, and Charles Lowell.
For several years before coming to this community he was engaged in the grain
and lumber business, residing at Ruthven, Brayton, Rolfe and Grand Junction,
Iowa. In 1907 he moved to the farm north of Bagley in Greene County where he
has since made his home.
Mr. Underwood has been an exemplary citizen, always interested in the welfare
of the community in which he lived and willing to take his part in any
community enterprise. He served as township clerk for 12 years and two years
as president of the Greene County Farm Bureau. He was of a progressive spirit
and wanted everything done according to the most approved modern methods.
He was baptized in infancy by Peter Cartwright and when eighteen years of age
united with the United Presbyterian church of Grand Junction. He has never
allowed sectarian lines to keep him from living an active Christian life, but
united with and worked whole-heartedly in the church of the community
regardless of denominational lines. When he moved to this community in 1907
he united with the Methodist Episcopal church, to which he was ever loyal. At
the time of his departure he was serving his second year as superintendent of
the Greenbrier Sunday school, to the interests of which he was untiringly
devoted. His passing is more than merely that of an exemplary citizen, it is
that of a thoughtful companion, a considerate father and a staunch Christian
character.
The suddenness and the nature of this going is a shock to the entire
community. In the few conscious moments after the injury, he expressed the
realization that the end was near at hand. The loss will be deeply felt in
the community where he was so widely known and highly respected. The church
likewise suffers the loss of a faithful worker and one whose counsel was
always helpful.
Mr. Underwood's going leaves a faithful companion, four children, three
grandchildren, one brother and three sisters, who are in the west, and a
community of friends to bear an inexpressible sense of loss.
The funeral service was held at the Greenbrier church Tuesday afternoon,
August 12th, at 2 o'clock, conducted by Rev. Arthur M. Eastman. Interment was
made in the Greenbrier cemetery.
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Greene-Black Hawk County IA Archives Biographies.....Underwood, James October 25, 1830 - November 22, 1901
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Author: THE UNITED STATES BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY AND PORTRAIT GALLERY OF EMINENT AND SELF-MADE MEN IOWA VOLUME (pg 80-82)
HON. JAMES UNDERWOOD
ELDORA
At an early day in the history of our country, three brothers by the name of
Underwood emigrated from England. Of these, one settled in Massachusetts, and
was the ancestor of many of the Underwoods of New England and the west; a
second settled in Virginia, and from him sprang many of the name in the south
and west. The history of the third is not known with any degree of
certainty. David Underwood, a major at the battle of Bunker Hill, engaged in
farming after the close of the war. He had a son, Jonas, who also was a
farmer, and lived to an old age. He, too, had a son Jonas, who married Mary
Vorse, and became the father of six sons and five daughters, of whom four sons
and one daughter are now living. Of these, Henry Underwood married Almira
Cooley, and has four children, and is a farmer and stockdealer near Marengo,
Illinois; Malinda is the wife of Harry McIntyre, trackmaster of the upper
branch of the Des Moines Valley railroad; Dr. Myron Underwood, a physician at
Eldora, Iowa, is a graduate of Rush Medical College, Chicago; he was a surgeon
in the 12th Iowa regiment during the civil war; he married Sophia Ellis, and
has four children living; David Underwood is a farmer and stockdealer at
Steamboat Rock, Hardin county, Iowa; he married Ann Harnard, and has one son.
James Underwood, our subject, a native of Montville, Geauga County, Ohio, was
born on the 25th of October 1830. His maternal great-grandmother was a
relative of John Adams; his paternal grandmothers name was Boydon. His
maternal grandfather, Henry Vorse, a millwright by occupation, was a man of
superior intellect; being too young to enter the army, he served as page to an
officer during the revolutionary war. He had a family of five sons and three
daughters, of whom four are now (1877) living. Henry Vorse, about eighty-
three years of age, is a resident of Kalamazoo, Michigan; one of the daughters
is living at Binghamton, New York; the younger brother, William Vorse, a
mechanic, lives near St. Paul, Minnesota. The mother of our subject, now
eighty years old, is living with him. His only paternal uncle, Asa B.
Underwood, a resident of Grundy county, Iowa, is now over eighty years of age,
and a man of unusual activity and intelligence.
Mr. Underwood passed his early life amid the scenes of what was then the far
west. He endured many hardships, and at the age of twelve years was able to
do a mans work chopping. Although he labored under many disadvantages in
acquiring an education, he studiously improved his opportunities and gained a
fair knowledge of the ordinary English branches.
In the fall of 1843, his father moved, with a herd of cattle, to Riley,
McHenry County, Illinois, where he purchased and improved a farm. Here our
subject was engaged in such work as is incident to the pioneers of a new
country, and received some educational advantages. He was accustomed to drive
to Chicago with produce, and it is worthy of note, as showing the difference
between prices then and now, that his hotel bill, for supper, lodging and
breakfast for himself and hay for his horses, and two drinks of whisky, was
fifty cents. He remained on the farm until his nineteenth year, when he
commenced to learn the carpenter and joiners trade, but only continued at it
a few months. He was next engaged in carrying goods and passengers westward
from Elgin. During the winter of his twentieth year, he taught
school,boarding around, and receiving a compensation of ten dollars per
month. Purchasing his time of his father in the following spring, he bought a
yoke of oxen and put in fifty acres of wheat and seven acres of oats. He then
entered school and studied until July and afterward harvested his grain,
expending but five dollars for help. During the next winter he taught the
same school for sixteen and two-thirds dollars per month, and in the spring,
buying two yokes of steers and a yoke of oxen broke prairie for one dollar and
fifty cents per acre. He next taught a school at twenty dollars per month,
having sixty-four pupils, of whom fifty became teachers. After the close of
his school, he cut the timber and erected a barn, twenty-six by thirty-six
feet and twenty feet high for his father for fifty dollars, it being the last
payment on eighty acres of land which he had purchased of him. He spent ten
weeks in school at Mount Morris, Illinois, in the following fall, studying
grammar, rhetoric, algebra and geometry, and also taking an active part in
debating societies. During the following winter he taught at Mount Morris for
twenty-six dollars per month. In the spring of 1854, in connection with his
brother, he purchased the homestead, making a farm of three hundred and fifty
acres. He continued farming, teaching winters, until 1861, when, through
embarrassment caused by becoming surety for a friend, he sold his farm, paid
off his indebtedness, and removed to Steamboat Rock, Hardin county, Iowa.
Here he engaged in general work and in farming until the 11th of August, 1862,
when he enlisted as a private in company F, 32nd regiment Iowa volunteers.
Going to Camp Franklin, Dubuque, he was appointed first duty sergeant in
October, and on the 17th of November started for the south. At St. Louis the
regiment was divided, his company, with four others, going to Cape Girardeau.
In the following July, with a lieutenants commissions, he recruited a company
of colored troops. In August, being taken violently ill, he was obliged to
remain behind for a time, his company going south. He afterward recruited
some twenty-five more men, and joined the regiment at Helena, Arkansas. It
was very sickly, and they buried three hundred and eighty-three of their men
between the 1st of September and the 1st of December.
Mr. Underwood was in very poor health, often having to be brought in from
picket duty, but kept up until the following July, when he was stricken down
with fever and obtained a leave of absence of nineteen days, and went north to
Marengo, Illinois. Returning to his regiment, he was sent north on a
surgeons certificate. Finding that there was little prospect of his
recovery, he on the 16th of December, sent in his resignation.
Being in a poor state of health, he worked at various things during the next
few years, and in 1871 removed to Grundy County and engaged in farming,
continuing that occupation until the present time.
In politics, Mr. Underwood is a thorough republican. He was a strong
abolitionist, and cast his first ballot for John P. Hale, being the only man
in his town who voted that ticket. At the next election all but thirteen
persons in the town voted with him. In the fall of 1860 he was captain of a
company of wideawakes and in 1868, captain of a company of tanners.
>From November 1, 1851, until 1861, he was treasurer of the school fund at
Riley, McHenry County, Illinois, and during that time was several times town
clerk. In 1872 he was elected town trustee at Melrose, Iowa and during the
past three years has been serving as assessor. In October 1875, he was
elected to the state legislature for a term of two years.
Mr. Underwoods sympathies have always been with the laboring classes, and he
has taken an active part in the grange movement. He has been a leader in the
local organizations, and is now (1877) a member of the executive committee of
the state grange. He has for many years been actively connected with
agricultural societies, and has given much attention to raising fine stock.
Himself a man of cultivated mind, he has always advocated that the farmer
should be a man of the highest type of intellectual and moral worth.
Since June, 1850, he has been an active member of the Methodist church, and
during much of that period has been superintendent of the Sabbath-school. He
has also been leader, trustee and steward, and in the autumn of 1857 was
licensed as a local preacher. In the fall of 1870 he was ordained a deacon.
Mr. Underwood was married on the 31st of March 1854, to Miss Melissa Gardner,
eldest daughter of N.C. Gardner, postmaster at Union, McHenry County,
Illinois. He was formerly a farmer, and is an only son of his father, who
also was an only son. The family descended from the family who
owned Gardners Island. Mrs. Underwoods mother was Susan Ann nee Sanders.
Of her family two sons and four daughters are now living.
Mr. Underwood has had six children: Olin Clark, born November 27, 1855, who
is now studying medicine; Osman Watson, born December 22, 1857, who died May
7, 1862; James Myron, born October 22, 1859, now at home; Milton Ferrel, born
July 29, 1866, who died July 11, 1868; Henry Mason, born February 9, 1869, and
Luella, born November 9, 1871.
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Greene-Guthrie County IA Archives News.....James Underwood Obituary November 28, 1901
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Marengo Republican News (McHenry Co, Illinois) November 28, 1901
MARENGO REPUBLICAN NEWS (sometime after Nov 22, 1901)
Death of James Underwood
Mrs. J.M. Marks received a telegram Saturday morning announcing the death of
her uncle, James Underwood, on Friday evening at Grand Junction, Iowa. It
seems from letters received that Mr. Underwood had been running a milk route,
and while thus engaged, he was crossing the railroad track, when he was struck
by an engine and instantly killed.
Mr. Underwood made a very pleasant visit here less than an year ago. He was a
brother of the late Henry Underwood and an uncle of Mrs. J. M. Marks. He
formerly lived in Riley, his father owning the farm now owned by A. Worf. His
first wife was Miss Melissa Gardner, a sister of our S.B. Gardner. There were
four children by his first wife, Olin, Myron, Mason and a daughter, who is
living in California with her aunt, Miss Bettie Gardner. Myron died some
years ago. The other two sons are living in Iowa. His present wife was an
Iowa lady. His age was about 71 years.
Mr. Underwood was one of the best of men. He had represented his district in
the State Legislature, and filled various offices of trust and emolument. He
was a soldier in the Civil War, and served with honor and distinction. He was
an earnest, sincere Christian, and was for many years a local preacher of the
M.E. church, and very successful in evangelistic work.
It is somewhat a striking coincidence as to the manner of his death, that his
father who was visiting in Michigan in the summer of 1852 or 1853, was run
down by the cars and instantly killed. His body was brought home and placed
in Riley Center Cemetery. (Note: Jonas Underwood, his father, was killed in
Kalamazoo, MI on 5/5/1856)
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Linn County IA Archives Photo Person.....Mann, Pvt. Ivan L.
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Source: Honor Roll, Linn County, Iowa. An Illustrated Biography - Page 380
Name: Pvt. Ivan L. Mann
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Pvt. Ivon (sic.) L. Mann
Marion, Iowa
Born Paralta, Iowa, 1895. Son of Anna and G. H. Mann. Entered Army September 5,
1918. Co. C, Troop Transport Train, Motor Corps.
Additional Comments:
Index reads, "Ivan Lou Mann," which conflicts with the text on page 380. He is
called Ivan Lee Mann in his obituary.
Ivan's headstone:
Springville Cemetery, Linn County, Iowa.
Ivan L. Mann, 1895-1951
Irene H. Mann, 1902-1994
>From a photo posted on IAGenWeb, IowaGravestones.org, on their Iowa gravestone
photo project.
An obituary for Ivan Lee Mann was published in the Cedar Rapids Gazette, Monday
June 11, 1951, page 16. Ivan Lee Mann was born November 25, 1895, near
Springville and died in Cedar Rapids, Saturday June 9, 1951 of a heart attack.
His obituary says he was a veteran of World War I. It also says he married
Irene Campbell, Feb. 29, 1923 in Iowa City. Also named are a son, a sister and
3 step-siblings who I assume are still living. Burial was in Springville
cemetery.
An obituary for George H. Mann was published in The Cedar Rapids Gazette,
Tuesday May 29, 1951, page 12. George H. Mann was born June 21, 1869 and died
Tuesday morning, May 29, 1951. He was buried in Paralta Cemetery. The obituary
mentions his late wife, the former Anna Mclntyre who died in 1943, his son Ivan
L. Mann. Also named were a daughter and 3 step-children who I assume are still
living.
An Obituary for Ivan's widow, Irene H. (Campbell) Mann was published in the
Gazette (Cedar Rapids - Iowa City), April 18, 1994, page 2B. She died April 16,
1994.
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Buena Vista-Pocahontas County IA Archives Biographies.....Kennedy, John Francis December 12, 1856 - August 26, 1915
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Author: C. H. Wegerslev and Thomas Walpole. (History Book - Past & Present of Buena Vista County Iowa 1909
John F. Kennedy, who is extensively and successfully engaged in agricultural
pursuits in Lincoln Township, where he owns a highly improved and productive
tract of land of two hundred and fourteen acres, was born in Kentucky, December
12, 1855. His parents, P.F. and Johanna (Egan) Kennedy, both of whom were
natives of Ireland, are now deceased. The father, who emigrated to the United
States in early manhood, took up his abode in Kentucky, where he followed his
trade as a mechanic. His children were but two in number, namely: John F., of
this review; and Mary, who has passed away. Both Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy were
devoted member of the Catholic church. The former died when his son, John F.,
was but a year old and Mrs. Kennedy subsequently became the wife of P. Maloy,
who came to Iowa and here purchased a farm.
John F. Kennedy acquired his education in this state but was only able to attend
school for a few months each year, as his labors were needed on the home farm.
When fourteen years of age, he put aside his text-books and devoted his entire
attention to the work of the fields, this assisting his father until he was
twenty years of age. He then started out in business life on his own account as
a farm hand and later was employed at railroad construction, his unremitting
industry and careful expenditure at length bringing him sufficient capital to
purchase his present fine farm of two hundred and fourteen acres in Lincoln
Township, on which he has resided since 1904. Depending entirely upon his own
resources for the success which he hoped to attain, he labored earnestly,
persistently and energetically and eventually gained the prosperity, which now
entitles him to recognition as one of the representative and progressive
agriculturalists of Buena Vista county.
Mr. Kennedy was united in marriage to Miss Celia Waldron, whose parents were
farming people, but are now deceased. Unto this union have been born the
following children: Mary C., the wife of P. Brown; Josie, who is the wife of
Richard Smith; Patrick, at home; Burdith, who is the wife of William Krout, an
agriculturalist of Buena Vista county; Alice, who became the wife of Elia Krout;
and Veronica, John J., Gertrude, Winnifred and Leo, who are at home.
In his political views Mr. Kennedy is a stalwart republican, while in religious
faith he is a Catholic. He is a man of charitable disposition and broad viewd,
whose honorable life commends him to the confidence and esteem of his fellowmen,
gaining him warm admiration and many friends.
Additional Comments:
There is a discrepancy in John F. Kennedy's birth date. The date on his tomb
stone is 1856, whereas the biography lists it as 1855. John F. Kennedy and
Celia Waldron Kennedy are my grandparents. They are both buried in Mt. Zion
Catholic Cemetery in Pocahontas County, where JFK and his family later moved.
The P. Maloy who was his stepfather, was Patrick Maloy (also spelled Molloy).
He and Johanna are buried in St. John's Cemetery in Emmetsburg, Iowa. John F.
Kennedy was born in Maysville, Kentucky.
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