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8451. “Obituaries,” William G Gatlin, The Anniston Star, Anniston, Calhoun County, AL, February 10, 1965, 9.
TALLADEGA—Funeral services for William G. Galtin, who died Tuesday at his home at Munford, Rt. 2, will be held Thursday at 2 p.m., at Coldwater Baptist Church with the Rev. W. T. Muncher officiating.
Burial will be in the adjacent cemetery with Ursey Funeral Home in charge.
He is survived by the widow, Mrs. Bessie Gatlin; one daughter, Mrs. Gracie May Lockridge of Munford; three sons, William, Jr., of Anniston, Ernest of Munford and Wallace J. of Oxford, Rt. 2, and eight grandchildren
TALLADEGA—Funeral services for William G. Galtin, who died Tuesday at his home at Munford, Rt. 2, will be held Thursday at 2 p.m., at Coldwater Baptist Church with the Rev. W. T. Muncher officiating.
Burial will be in the adjacent cemetery with Ursey Funeral Home in charge.
He is survived by the widow, Mrs. Bessie Gatlin; one daughter, Mrs. Gracie May Lockridge of Munford; three sons, William, Jr., of Anniston, Ernest of Munford and Wallace J. of Oxford, Rt. 2, and eight grandchildren
8452. “Bessie C Gatlin,” Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5198460, 5198460.
8453. “Gatlin Will Arrive Today,” Robert M Gatlin, The Knoxville Journal, Knoxville, TN, October 15, 1952, 10.
The body of Robert M Gatlin who had been associated with a Cincinnati foundry for years will arrive in Kn&xville this morning Mr Gatlin died Sunday in a Cincinnati hospital His wife the former Miss Cal-Iie Compton is a cousin of Sam Compton wholesale produce dealer at Forest Avenue Market The body will be removed to the home of another cousin Mrs Henry Lee 223 Lenland Avenue at 10 a m today Funeral will be 2 p m Thursday at the heme with the Rev Luther C Rule officiating Interment will be Shiloh Cemetery at Hendersons Chapel Sevier County Mrs Gatlin who is 61 is ill at her home in Cincinnati and will not be able to attend the funeral Mr Gatlin 75 was not a native of Knoxville but he had visited here He and Mrs Gatlin came here some time ago and visited the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
The body of Robert M Gatlin who had been associated with a Cincinnati foundry for years will arrive in Kn&xville this morning Mr Gatlin died Sunday in a Cincinnati hospital His wife the former Miss Cal-Iie Compton is a cousin of Sam Compton wholesale produce dealer at Forest Avenue Market The body will be removed to the home of another cousin Mrs Henry Lee 223 Lenland Avenue at 10 a m today Funeral will be 2 p m Thursday at the heme with the Rev Luther C Rule officiating Interment will be Shiloh Cemetery at Hendersons Chapel Sevier County Mrs Gatlin who is 61 is ill at her home in Cincinnati and will not be able to attend the funeral Mr Gatlin 75 was not a native of Knoxville but he had visited here He and Mrs Gatlin came here some time ago and visited the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
8454. Rufus Norwood and Berta G Gatlin, “Alabama, County Marriages, 1809-1950,” April 20, 1902, Gatlin Residence, Morgan County, AL, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRVC-L6H.
File: RufusNorwood_BertaGGatlin_MarriageCert
File: RufusNorwood_BertaGGatlin_MarriageCert
8455. Will Wilson and Berta Gatlin, “Alabama, County Marriages, 1809-1950,” January 23, 1910, Gatlin Residence, Morgan County, AL, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRVC-587.
Second marriage for both. Very different ages:
Will Wilson, age 54
Berta Gatlin, age 26
License obtained by Sam Gatlin for his daughter.
File: WillWilson_BertaGatlin_MarriageLic
Second marriage for both. Very different ages:
Will Wilson, age 54
Berta Gatlin, age 26
License obtained by Sam Gatlin for his daughter.
File: WillWilson_BertaGatlin_MarriageLic
8456. Infant Lee, “Tennessee Deaths and Burials, 1874-1955,” March 17, 1915, Adams, Robertson County, TN, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSW8-T38, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSW8-T3X.
Files (2): InfantLee_1_DeathCert, InfantLee_2_DeathCert
Files (2): InfantLee_1_DeathCert, InfantLee_2_DeathCert
8457. William G Gatlin and Helen Dean, “Alabama, County Marriages, 1809-1950,” August 3, 1945, Anniston, AL, but recorded in Etowah County, AL, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKMB-LY1Z.
File: WilliamGGatlin_HelenDean_MarriageLic
File: WilliamGGatlin_HelenDean_MarriageLic
8458. “Obituaries,” William G Gatlin, JR., The Anniston Star, Anniston, Calhoun County, AL, March 4, 1997, 7.
BLUE MOUNTAIN—Services for William G. “Bill” Gatlin Jr., 72, of 205 Rice St., Blue Mountain, will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Chapel Hill Funeral Home, Anniston, with Rev. Ken Ballard officiating. Burial will be in Eulaton First Baptist Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6 to 9 tonight.
Mr. Gatlin died Monday at Regional Medical Center.
Survivors include his wife, Helen D. Gatlin of Blue Mountain; two daughters, Pat Gatline of Anniston and Carol Richards of Arab; a son, Barry Gatlin of Weaver; a sister, Gracie Mae Lockridge of Munford; two brothers, Earnest Gatlin of Oxford and Wallace Gatlin of Coldwater, three grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
Pallbearers will be Glenn Robinson, John Perry, Terry Smith, Robert Brady, Ratemond Parker, Earl Huddleston and Howard Faulkner. Honorary pallbearers will be members of Former Stewardship Sunday School Class at Northside Baptist Church in Anniston, coworkers and radio shop employees at Anniston Army Depot.
A Sycamore native, Mr. Gatlin had lived in Calhoun county most of his life. He was a World War II Army veteran, where he served in the 3rd Infantry Division. He retired from Anniston Army Depot after 37 years of service, and he was a member of the Church of Cross in Anniston.
BLUE MOUNTAIN—Services for William G. “Bill” Gatlin Jr., 72, of 205 Rice St., Blue Mountain, will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Chapel Hill Funeral Home, Anniston, with Rev. Ken Ballard officiating. Burial will be in Eulaton First Baptist Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6 to 9 tonight.
Mr. Gatlin died Monday at Regional Medical Center.
Survivors include his wife, Helen D. Gatlin of Blue Mountain; two daughters, Pat Gatline of Anniston and Carol Richards of Arab; a son, Barry Gatlin of Weaver; a sister, Gracie Mae Lockridge of Munford; two brothers, Earnest Gatlin of Oxford and Wallace Gatlin of Coldwater, three grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
Pallbearers will be Glenn Robinson, John Perry, Terry Smith, Robert Brady, Ratemond Parker, Earl Huddleston and Howard Faulkner. Honorary pallbearers will be members of Former Stewardship Sunday School Class at Northside Baptist Church in Anniston, coworkers and radio shop employees at Anniston Army Depot.
A Sycamore native, Mr. Gatlin had lived in Calhoun county most of his life. He was a World War II Army veteran, where he served in the 3rd Infantry Division. He retired from Anniston Army Depot after 37 years of service, and he was a member of the Church of Cross in Anniston.
8459. “William G Gatlin, Jr.,,” Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81085587, 81085587.
8460. William G Gatlin and Helen Dean, “Alabama, County Marriages, 1809-1950,” August 3, 1945, Anniston, AL, but recorded in Etowah County, AL, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKMB-LY1Z, Says June 24, 1925.
File: WilliamGGatlin_HelenDean_MarriageLic
File: WilliamGGatlin_HelenDean_MarriageLic
8461. “Helen Dean Gatlin,” Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81085588, 81085588, Says June 22, 1926.
8462. “Helen Dean Gatlin,” Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81085588, 81085588.
8463. “Obituaries,” Helen Gatlin, The Anniston Star, Anniston, Calhoun County, AL, April 13, 1998, 6.
BLUE MOUNTAIN Services for Helen D. Gatlin, 71, of 20S Rice Street, Blue Mountain, will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Chapel Hill Funeral Home with Revs. Ken Ballard and Talmadge Clayton officiating. Burial will follow in Eulaton First Baptist Cemetery. The family will-receive friends tonight from 6 to 9.
Mrs. Gatlin died Saturday at her residence.
Survivors include two daughters, Pat Gatlin of Anniston and Carol Richards of Arab; a son, Barry Gatlin of Blue Mountain; her mother, Lela Watts Dean of Blue Mountain; a sister, Hazel Moore of Eulaton; and four grandchildren, Beth Phillips, Emily Richards, Leiah Gatlin and Erin Phillips.
Pallbearers are John Perry, Glen Robinson, John Hayden, Jerry Goble, Randy Moore, Carl Moore, Ernest Brady and Gil Turner.
Mrs. Gatlin was a native of Talladega County and a resident of Calhoun County most of her life. She retired from Optical Warehouse after several years of service and was a substitute teacher for 12 years in Calhoun County School system. She served two terms on the Calhoun County Democratic Executive Committee. She taught Sunday School for 35 years at Northside Baptist Church and was a member of Church of the Cross.
BLUE MOUNTAIN Services for Helen D. Gatlin, 71, of 20S Rice Street, Blue Mountain, will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Chapel Hill Funeral Home with Revs. Ken Ballard and Talmadge Clayton officiating. Burial will follow in Eulaton First Baptist Cemetery. The family will-receive friends tonight from 6 to 9.
Mrs. Gatlin died Saturday at her residence.
Survivors include two daughters, Pat Gatlin of Anniston and Carol Richards of Arab; a son, Barry Gatlin of Blue Mountain; her mother, Lela Watts Dean of Blue Mountain; a sister, Hazel Moore of Eulaton; and four grandchildren, Beth Phillips, Emily Richards, Leiah Gatlin and Erin Phillips.
Pallbearers are John Perry, Glen Robinson, John Hayden, Jerry Goble, Randy Moore, Carl Moore, Ernest Brady and Gil Turner.
Mrs. Gatlin was a native of Talladega County and a resident of Calhoun County most of her life. She retired from Optical Warehouse after several years of service and was a substitute teacher for 12 years in Calhoun County School system. She served two terms on the Calhoun County Democratic Executive Committee. She taught Sunday School for 35 years at Northside Baptist Church and was a member of Church of the Cross.
8464. “Earnest Paul Gatlin,” Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83795327, 83795327.
8465. “Nell P. Gatlin,” Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83795202, 83795202.
8466. “Obituaries,” Albert R Norwood, Calhoun Times, Calhoun County, AL, November 20, 1990, 2, https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=375&dat...37,1957058&hl=en.
MR. A.R. NORWOOD
Mr. Albert R Norwood, 87, of 630 Peters St., died Monday evening (Nov. 12) at 7:55 in the Erlanger Medical Center from injuries received in an automobile accident on Oct. 5, 1990.
Mr. Norwood was born in Morgan County, Ala., July 16, 1903, a son of Rufus and Berta Gatlin Norwood. He was a retired employee of the Crane Company of Chattanooga, Tenn., and was a member of Eastgate Baptist Church.
Survivors include, his widow, Avis Elizabeth Reed Norwood of Calhoun; a daughter, Mrs. Alberta N. Webb of Chattanooga; stepdaughter, Mrs. Jane J. Pride of Florence, Ala.; three step-grandchildren and three step-great-grandchildren.
Funeral was at 11 a.m. Wednesday (Nov. 14, 1990) from the Eastgate Baptist Church with Rev. Clinton Green conducting the services. Music was arranged by Kathy Tippens, Sherry Chapman, Gina Daniel and Nancy Luckett.
Pallbearers included, Rev. Jimmy Faith, A.B. Sutherland, Billy Lackey, Gene Johnson, Dale Hice and Lum Lackey. Honorary pallbearers were members of the Men’s Bible Class of Eastgate Baptist Church.
Interment was in Chattanooga Memorial Park at 1 p.m. Wednesday with Max Brannon & Sons Funeral Home in Calhoun in charge of arrangements.
Files (2): AlbertRNorwood_Obit_1, AlbertRNorwood_Obit_2
MR. A.R. NORWOOD
Mr. Albert R Norwood, 87, of 630 Peters St., died Monday evening (Nov. 12) at 7:55 in the Erlanger Medical Center from injuries received in an automobile accident on Oct. 5, 1990.
Mr. Norwood was born in Morgan County, Ala., July 16, 1903, a son of Rufus and Berta Gatlin Norwood. He was a retired employee of the Crane Company of Chattanooga, Tenn., and was a member of Eastgate Baptist Church.
Survivors include, his widow, Avis Elizabeth Reed Norwood of Calhoun; a daughter, Mrs. Alberta N. Webb of Chattanooga; stepdaughter, Mrs. Jane J. Pride of Florence, Ala.; three step-grandchildren and three step-great-grandchildren.
Funeral was at 11 a.m. Wednesday (Nov. 14, 1990) from the Eastgate Baptist Church with Rev. Clinton Green conducting the services. Music was arranged by Kathy Tippens, Sherry Chapman, Gina Daniel and Nancy Luckett.
Pallbearers included, Rev. Jimmy Faith, A.B. Sutherland, Billy Lackey, Gene Johnson, Dale Hice and Lum Lackey. Honorary pallbearers were members of the Men’s Bible Class of Eastgate Baptist Church.
Interment was in Chattanooga Memorial Park at 1 p.m. Wednesday with Max Brannon & Sons Funeral Home in Calhoun in charge of arrangements.
Files (2): AlbertRNorwood_Obit_1, AlbertRNorwood_Obit_2
8467. “Albert R Norwood,” Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125548996, 125548996.
8468. “Death Notices,” Diane Lynn Say, Yakima Herald-Republic, Yakima, WA, April 19, 2011.
Diane Lynn Say, 59, of Grandview died Friday.
Mrs. Say was born in Lincoln, Neb.
Survivors include her parents, Joe and Dot Marple; a daughter, Elizabeth Alba; companion, Dave Sandberg; and two grandchildren.
Diane Lynn Say, 59, of Grandview died Friday.
Mrs. Say was born in Lincoln, Neb.
Survivors include her parents, Joe and Dot Marple; a daughter, Elizabeth Alba; companion, Dave Sandberg; and two grandchildren.
8469. “Lucinda May Cavin Alexander,” Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75635005, 75635005.
8470. “William Harvy Alexander,” Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75635021, 75635021.
8471. “Margarette Ann Cavin Sturdivant,” Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35788518, 35788518.
8472. “R J Sturdivant,” Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141504519, 141504519.
8473. “William Henry Page,” Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58320180, 58320180.
8474. “James Herrington,” Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101090042, 101090042.
8475. “Josephine July Sturdevant Page,” Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58320192, 58320192.
8476. “Irene Caven Leffler,” Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/160645929, 160645929.
8477. “United States Census,” 1860, IA, Van Buren, Harrisburg, Bentonsport, 318, M653, 342, 572, Bureau of the Census, US Dept. of Commerce, United States of America, August 1, 1860, Geo C Gebhardt.
File: 1860 IA Van Buren County Harrisburg p318
File: 1860 IA Van Buren County Harrisburg p318
8478. Monsuet Leffler and Irene Caven, “Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934,” July 3, 1839, Van Buren County, IA, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJ4R-X8V.
8479. http://iagenweb.org/boards/vanburen/obituaries/index.cgi?read=6605.
At his home in Harrisburg on Saturday, March 30, 1895, Monsuit Leffler Esq. In his 92nd year. The funeral was held at his late residence on Tuesday, April 2, 1895, at 10 a.m., being conducted by Rev. Coonie of the Harrisburg Baptist Church, after which his remains were laid away in the Bentonsport cemetery, attended by a large concourse of sympathizing friends and neighbors.
Mr. Leffler was born in Baden, Germany, Jan. 15, 1803, and was 92 years, 2 months and 15 days old at the time of his demise. He served as a soldier in the German army, and after the term of service had expired he came to this country, landing at New Orleans in 1833. Here his young wife whom he had brought with him from the fatherland, soon sickened and died, and was buried on the banks of the great rushing river. He now came north and stopped at Quincy, Ill., where he hired out as a farm hand. Living frugally, he saved sufficient money to enter eighty acres of land. In 1839 he came to Iowa, and pre-empted eighty acres of land in Van Buren County, some three miles north of Bonaparte, but this he soon exchanged for eighty acres, which became the nucleus around which he gathered the broad acres that constituted his late home farm. Here he built his cabin and here he brought his wife, Miss Irena Caven, whom he wedded July 3, 1839. Here his family of children were born, eleven in number, five boys and six girls, and here they grew to manhood and womanhood. From this place, the remains of his wife, who died Jan. 5, 1881, were followed to its last resting place in the Bentonsport cemetery, and from this place, fourteen years later his remains were taken to the cemetery and laid by her side. He lived on this farm nearly sixty years, almost ten years more than a half century.
His children are named as follows: John, Jacob, James, Andrew J. and George, boys, and Elizabeth, Malinda, Julia, Mary and two who died in infancy, girls. The youngest child, George, died at his brother John’s who is a practicing physician in California, in 1881, of pulmonary consumption. Eight children and 18 grandchildren remain to mourn their loss. After the death of his wife two of Mr. Leffler’s daughters kept house for him and kindly watched over and cared for him in his declining years.
Thus a pioneer of our county whose life was full of years and replete with success has passed away. He lacked but a little more than seven years of being a full century old, and was a connecting link with past that seems so long ago.
While he was growing into manhood, the great Napoleon was fulfilling his destiny in Europe. He was 13 years old when the great French soldier met his Waterloo and was a young man when he died a prisoner at St. Helena. He left a legacy the proudest monarch of earth might well envy, a life replete with honest toil and full of years-a comfortable home surrounded by broad acres teeming with cultivation, a family of sons and daughters, all honorable and respected citizens, and a name hones and true, which will always be remembered in the annals of his neighborhood.
At his home in Harrisburg on Saturday, March 30, 1895, Monsuit Leffler Esq. In his 92nd year. The funeral was held at his late residence on Tuesday, April 2, 1895, at 10 a.m., being conducted by Rev. Coonie of the Harrisburg Baptist Church, after which his remains were laid away in the Bentonsport cemetery, attended by a large concourse of sympathizing friends and neighbors.
Mr. Leffler was born in Baden, Germany, Jan. 15, 1803, and was 92 years, 2 months and 15 days old at the time of his demise. He served as a soldier in the German army, and after the term of service had expired he came to this country, landing at New Orleans in 1833. Here his young wife whom he had brought with him from the fatherland, soon sickened and died, and was buried on the banks of the great rushing river. He now came north and stopped at Quincy, Ill., where he hired out as a farm hand. Living frugally, he saved sufficient money to enter eighty acres of land. In 1839 he came to Iowa, and pre-empted eighty acres of land in Van Buren County, some three miles north of Bonaparte, but this he soon exchanged for eighty acres, which became the nucleus around which he gathered the broad acres that constituted his late home farm. Here he built his cabin and here he brought his wife, Miss Irena Caven, whom he wedded July 3, 1839. Here his family of children were born, eleven in number, five boys and six girls, and here they grew to manhood and womanhood. From this place, the remains of his wife, who died Jan. 5, 1881, were followed to its last resting place in the Bentonsport cemetery, and from this place, fourteen years later his remains were taken to the cemetery and laid by her side. He lived on this farm nearly sixty years, almost ten years more than a half century.
His children are named as follows: John, Jacob, James, Andrew J. and George, boys, and Elizabeth, Malinda, Julia, Mary and two who died in infancy, girls. The youngest child, George, died at his brother John’s who is a practicing physician in California, in 1881, of pulmonary consumption. Eight children and 18 grandchildren remain to mourn their loss. After the death of his wife two of Mr. Leffler’s daughters kept house for him and kindly watched over and cared for him in his declining years.
Thus a pioneer of our county whose life was full of years and replete with success has passed away. He lacked but a little more than seven years of being a full century old, and was a connecting link with past that seems so long ago.
While he was growing into manhood, the great Napoleon was fulfilling his destiny in Europe. He was 13 years old when the great French soldier met his Waterloo and was a young man when he died a prisoner at St. Helena. He left a legacy the proudest monarch of earth might well envy, a life replete with honest toil and full of years-a comfortable home surrounded by broad acres teeming with cultivation, a family of sons and daughters, all honorable and respected citizens, and a name hones and true, which will always be remembered in the annals of his neighborhood.
8480. Beth, “Branches and Roots,” http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op...family&id=I23207, June 4, 2016.
8481. “Mansuit Leffler,” Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51327336, 51327336.
8482. http://iagenweb.org/boards/vanburen/obituaries/index.cgi?read=6605.
At his home in Harrisburg on Saturday, March 30, 1895, Monsuit Leffler Esq. In his 92nd year. The funeral was held at his late residence on Tuesday, April 2, 1895, at 10 a.m., being conducted by Rev. Coonie of the Harrisburg Baptist Church, after which his remains were laid away in the Bentonsport cemetery, attended by a large concourse of sympathizing friends and neighbors.
Mr. Leffler was born in Baden, Germany, Jan. 15, 1803, and was 92 years, 2 months and 15 days old at the time of his demise. He served as a soldier in the German army, and after the term of service had expired he came to this country, landing at New Orleans in 1833. Here his young wife whom he had brought with him from the fatherland, soon sickened and died, and was buried on the banks of the great rushing river. He now came north and stopped at Quincy, Ill., where he hired out as a farm hand. Living frugally, he saved sufficient money to enter eighty acres of land. In 1839 he came to Iowa, and pre-empted eighty acres of land in Van Buren County, some three miles north of Bonaparte, but this he soon exchanged for eighty acres, which became the nucleus around which he gathered the broad acres that constituted his late home farm. Here he built his cabin and here he brought his wife, Miss Irena Caven, whom he wedded July 3, 1839. Here his family of children were born, eleven in number, five boys and six girls, and here they grew to manhood and womanhood. From this place, the remains of his wife, who died Jan. 5, 1881, were followed to its last resting place in the Bentonsport cemetery, and from this place, fourteen years later his remains were taken to the cemetery and laid by her side. He lived on this farm nearly sixty years, almost ten years more than a half century.
His children are named as follows: John, Jacob, James, Andrew J. and George, boys, and Elizabeth, Malinda, Julia, Mary and two who died in infancy, girls. The youngest child, George, died at his brother John’s who is a practicing physician in California, in 1881, of pulmonary consumption. Eight children and 18 grandchildren remain to mourn their loss. After the death of his wife two of Mr. Leffler’s daughters kept house for him and kindly watched over and cared for him in his declining years.
Thus a pioneer of our county whose life was full of years and replete with success has passed away. He lacked but a little more than seven years of being a full century old, and was a connecting link with past that seems so long ago.
While he was growing into manhood, the great Napoleon was fulfilling his destiny in Europe. He was 13 years old when the great French soldier met his Waterloo and was a young man when he died a prisoner at St. Helena. He left a legacy the proudest monarch of earth might well envy, a life replete with honest toil and full of years-a comfortable home surrounded by broad acres teeming with cultivation, a family of sons and daughters, all honorable and respected citizens, and a name hones and true, which will always be remembered in the annals of his neighborhood. Says died on March 30, 1895.
At his home in Harrisburg on Saturday, March 30, 1895, Monsuit Leffler Esq. In his 92nd year. The funeral was held at his late residence on Tuesday, April 2, 1895, at 10 a.m., being conducted by Rev. Coonie of the Harrisburg Baptist Church, after which his remains were laid away in the Bentonsport cemetery, attended by a large concourse of sympathizing friends and neighbors.
Mr. Leffler was born in Baden, Germany, Jan. 15, 1803, and was 92 years, 2 months and 15 days old at the time of his demise. He served as a soldier in the German army, and after the term of service had expired he came to this country, landing at New Orleans in 1833. Here his young wife whom he had brought with him from the fatherland, soon sickened and died, and was buried on the banks of the great rushing river. He now came north and stopped at Quincy, Ill., where he hired out as a farm hand. Living frugally, he saved sufficient money to enter eighty acres of land. In 1839 he came to Iowa, and pre-empted eighty acres of land in Van Buren County, some three miles north of Bonaparte, but this he soon exchanged for eighty acres, which became the nucleus around which he gathered the broad acres that constituted his late home farm. Here he built his cabin and here he brought his wife, Miss Irena Caven, whom he wedded July 3, 1839. Here his family of children were born, eleven in number, five boys and six girls, and here they grew to manhood and womanhood. From this place, the remains of his wife, who died Jan. 5, 1881, were followed to its last resting place in the Bentonsport cemetery, and from this place, fourteen years later his remains were taken to the cemetery and laid by her side. He lived on this farm nearly sixty years, almost ten years more than a half century.
His children are named as follows: John, Jacob, James, Andrew J. and George, boys, and Elizabeth, Malinda, Julia, Mary and two who died in infancy, girls. The youngest child, George, died at his brother John’s who is a practicing physician in California, in 1881, of pulmonary consumption. Eight children and 18 grandchildren remain to mourn their loss. After the death of his wife two of Mr. Leffler’s daughters kept house for him and kindly watched over and cared for him in his declining years.
Thus a pioneer of our county whose life was full of years and replete with success has passed away. He lacked but a little more than seven years of being a full century old, and was a connecting link with past that seems so long ago.
While he was growing into manhood, the great Napoleon was fulfilling his destiny in Europe. He was 13 years old when the great French soldier met his Waterloo and was a young man when he died a prisoner at St. Helena. He left a legacy the proudest monarch of earth might well envy, a life replete with honest toil and full of years-a comfortable home surrounded by broad acres teeming with cultivation, a family of sons and daughters, all honorable and respected citizens, and a name hones and true, which will always be remembered in the annals of his neighborhood. Says died on March 30, 1895.
8483. Monsuit Leffler, “Iowa Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990,” March 20, 1895, Harrisburg, Van Buren County, IA, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XV4Z-7YS, Says March 20 rather than March 30.
8484. “Mansuit Leffler,” Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51327336, 51327336, Says March 31.
8485. Monsuit Leffler, “Iowa Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990,” March 20, 1895, Harrisburg, Van Buren County, IA, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XV4Z-7YS.
8486. “Elizabeth Leffler,” Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/160645661, 160645661.
8487. Elizabeth Leffler, “Iowa, County Death Records, 1880-1992,” August 30, 1910, Mount Sterling, Van Buren County, IA, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVMF-1KQ7.
8488. “Malinda J Leffler Story,” Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51326983, 51326983.
8489. “John Story,” Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51326865, 51326865.
8490. “Dr John Leffler,” Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21926407, 21926407.
8491. “Jacob Leffler,” Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53834473, 53834473.
8492. Jacob Leffler, “Iowa, County Death Records, 1880-1992,” October 9, 1906, Vernon, Van Buren County, IA, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVMF-1VJK.
8493. “Henrietta Woods Leffler,” Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32946132, 32946132.
8494. “James Leffler,” Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/160645477, 160645477.
8495. “Julia Anne Leffler Perkins,” Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/160677745, 160677745.
8496. Julia A Perkins, “Iowa, County Death Records, 1880-1992,” October 26, 1908, Bentonsport, Van Buren County, IA, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVMF-1TY4.
8497. Stephen Perkins and Julian Lefler, “Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934,” January 3, 1901, Harrisburg, Van Buren County, IA, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJXD-NT7.
8498. “Andrew Jackson Leffler,” Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63825529, 63825529.
8499. “George M Leffler,” Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21926406, 21926406.
8500. http://iagenweb.org/boards/vanburen/obituaries/index.cgi?read=6605.
At his home in Harrisburg on Saturday, March 30, 1895, Monsuit Leffler Esq. In his 92nd year. The funeral was held at his late residence on Tuesday, April 2, 1895, at 10 a.m., being conducted by Rev. Coonie of the Harrisburg Baptist Church, after which his remains were laid away in the Bentonsport cemetery, attended by a large concourse of sympathizing friends and neighbors.
Mr. Leffler was born in Baden, Germany, Jan. 15, 1803, and was 92 years, 2 months and 15 days old at the time of his demise. He served as a soldier in the German army, and after the term of service had expired he came to this country, landing at New Orleans in 1833. Here his young wife whom he had brought with him from the fatherland, soon sickened and died, and was buried on the banks of the great rushing river. He now came north and stopped at Quincy, Ill., where he hired out as a farm hand. Living frugally, he saved sufficient money to enter eighty acres of land. In 1839 he came to Iowa, and pre-empted eighty acres of land in Van Buren County, some three miles north of Bonaparte, but this he soon exchanged for eighty acres, which became the nucleus around which he gathered the broad acres that constituted his late home farm. Here he built his cabin and here he brought his wife, Miss Irena Caven, whom he wedded July 3, 1839. Here his family of children were born, eleven in number, five boys and six girls, and here they grew to manhood and womanhood. From this place, the remains of his wife, who died Jan. 5, 1881, were followed to its last resting place in the Bentonsport cemetery, and from this place, fourteen years later his remains were taken to the cemetery and laid by her side. He lived on this farm nearly sixty years, almost ten years more than a half century.
His children are named as follows: John, Jacob, James, Andrew J. and George, boys, and Elizabeth, Malinda, Julia, Mary and two who died in infancy, girls. The youngest child, George, died at his brother John’s who is a practicing physician in California, in 1881, of pulmonary consumption. Eight children and 18 grandchildren remain to mourn their loss. After the death of his wife two of Mr. Leffler’s daughters kept house for him and kindly watched over and cared for him in his declining years.
Thus a pioneer of our county whose life was full of years and replete with success has passed away. He lacked but a little more than seven years of being a full century old, and was a connecting link with past that seems so long ago.
While he was growing into manhood, the great Napoleon was fulfilling his destiny in Europe. He was 13 years old when the great French soldier met his Waterloo and was a young man when he died a prisoner at St. Helena. He left a legacy the proudest monarch of earth might well envy, a life replete with honest toil and full of years-a comfortable home surrounded by broad acres teeming with cultivation, a family of sons and daughters, all honorable and respected citizens, and a name hones and true, which will always be remembered in the annals of his neighborhood. Says 1881.
At his home in Harrisburg on Saturday, March 30, 1895, Monsuit Leffler Esq. In his 92nd year. The funeral was held at his late residence on Tuesday, April 2, 1895, at 10 a.m., being conducted by Rev. Coonie of the Harrisburg Baptist Church, after which his remains were laid away in the Bentonsport cemetery, attended by a large concourse of sympathizing friends and neighbors.
Mr. Leffler was born in Baden, Germany, Jan. 15, 1803, and was 92 years, 2 months and 15 days old at the time of his demise. He served as a soldier in the German army, and after the term of service had expired he came to this country, landing at New Orleans in 1833. Here his young wife whom he had brought with him from the fatherland, soon sickened and died, and was buried on the banks of the great rushing river. He now came north and stopped at Quincy, Ill., where he hired out as a farm hand. Living frugally, he saved sufficient money to enter eighty acres of land. In 1839 he came to Iowa, and pre-empted eighty acres of land in Van Buren County, some three miles north of Bonaparte, but this he soon exchanged for eighty acres, which became the nucleus around which he gathered the broad acres that constituted his late home farm. Here he built his cabin and here he brought his wife, Miss Irena Caven, whom he wedded July 3, 1839. Here his family of children were born, eleven in number, five boys and six girls, and here they grew to manhood and womanhood. From this place, the remains of his wife, who died Jan. 5, 1881, were followed to its last resting place in the Bentonsport cemetery, and from this place, fourteen years later his remains were taken to the cemetery and laid by her side. He lived on this farm nearly sixty years, almost ten years more than a half century.
His children are named as follows: John, Jacob, James, Andrew J. and George, boys, and Elizabeth, Malinda, Julia, Mary and two who died in infancy, girls. The youngest child, George, died at his brother John’s who is a practicing physician in California, in 1881, of pulmonary consumption. Eight children and 18 grandchildren remain to mourn their loss. After the death of his wife two of Mr. Leffler’s daughters kept house for him and kindly watched over and cared for him in his declining years.
Thus a pioneer of our county whose life was full of years and replete with success has passed away. He lacked but a little more than seven years of being a full century old, and was a connecting link with past that seems so long ago.
While he was growing into manhood, the great Napoleon was fulfilling his destiny in Europe. He was 13 years old when the great French soldier met his Waterloo and was a young man when he died a prisoner at St. Helena. He left a legacy the proudest monarch of earth might well envy, a life replete with honest toil and full of years-a comfortable home surrounded by broad acres teeming with cultivation, a family of sons and daughters, all honorable and respected citizens, and a name hones and true, which will always be remembered in the annals of his neighborhood. Says 1881.
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