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The patriotic ardor of the two young boys was not uenched, however. and in August, 1863 they both re-enlisted in Company G , 8th Iowa Cavalry, and thus completed their army service as volunteers instead of regulars. and in a "critter company" instead of as trampers. The Atlanta campaign and McCork's and Wilson's raids demonstrated that horsemen had no sott snap either, but they both returned at the close of the war. Comrade Marikle removed to South Dakota in the la'e 60's and owned a farm one and a half miles from the city of Sioux Falls. This he sold in 1889 and took
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up his residence at Escondido, Cal. He was prominent in Grand Army circles there, having served as Post Commander and his funeral was con- ducted by Post and Relief Corps with every mark of sorrow and esteem.
10. And now it becomes my sad duty to record the passing from us of one who had served the Association as an official, and was endeared to all of us by his sterilog qualities of character and wholesome comradeship. Lieut. Michael Malony of Bellevue, was elected our Quartermaster in 1902, our color Sergeant in 1904, and our Senior Vice Commander in 1905. It was the writer's privilege to enjoy several social hours with him at the Depart- ment Encampment in Dubuque, June 12th to 14th. He seemed well and happy, and greatly enjoyed meeting the large number of comrades gather- ed there. Only a few days after his return home, however, he suffered a stroke of paralysis, and sank gradually until on the morning of July 9, 1907, death came to relieve his suffering. He was borne to the tomb by six veterans of the civil war as pall bearers amid a throng of sorrowing neighbors and friends that far exceeded the capacity of the Congregational church in which the funeral services were held.
Comrade Maloney was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, August 10, 1842. His parents both died when he was only five years old, when he was adopted by an uncle and aunt by whom he was taken to Bellevue in 1851. His first military service, which began early in 1861, involves a bit of history that has received little or no attention in Iowa print. When the first war alarm was sounded after the attack on Sumter, many Bellevue boys were eager to enlist and a company was promptly organized with John P. Foley as Captain. lowa's quota was filled, however, with the First Infantry, and the Bellevue company was not accepted. Foley and a large proportion of the company finally, in June, went into Company I of the Fifth Infantry of which regiment Foley became Adjutant. In the meantime some of the boys sought another channel for their martial ardor. Illinois was recruit- ing actively. A company had been raised in Galena which Captain Ulys- ses S. Grant of the old army had drilled, and it had been assinged to the 12th Infantry. B. B. Howard, who had been commissioned Captain, was trying to raise another but enlistments lagged. M. V. Foley and Howard Beardsley of Bellevue had gone to Dubuque expecting employment but the places were filled so they concluded to go to Galena and enlist. They en- rolled in Capt. Howard's company and told him about the stranded com- pany in Bellevue. The captain immediately sent Sergt. French down there and he recruited enough boys to fill the Galena company.
In the enrollment some mistake or chicanery came about by which lowa was deprived of the credit due this state for more than half of these enlist- ments. The company became Co. I Nineteenth Illinois Infantry, aud our Adjutant General's Reports show as credited to lowa in that company, Isaac S. Allison, Howard F. Beardsley, Harrison Cowden, William Frost, Peter M. Fowler, Michael V. Foley, William Galloway, Lyman M. Jones and Charles II. Rhea, nine men. But there also enlisted in that company. and shown upon its rolls as residing in Galena, the following Jackson coun- ty boys: Louis M. and Lawrence Caroll and Joseph Smith from Higgins- port, Michael Maloney and William C. Smith from near Cottonville and
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Lamotte, John M. Michael from near Zwingle, John Morrissey from Smith's Ferry, and Milton Wintersteen from Fulton. The facts in regard to this 19th Illinois squad are given me by Howard F. Beardsley who was one of the Bellevue contingent and now lives in Chicago Comrade Beardsley includes in his list as from Jackson county, three brothers, Abram, Richard and Henry M. Walker, who, he thinks. came from Iron Hill or in the forks of the Maquoketa somewhere, and that they cime to the company with Milt. Wintersteen, but I have made pe sistent inquiries of those who were residents of that section before the war and have as yet found no one who knew the Walker boys. It is possible that their being credited to Illinois was not incorrect.
The 19th received marching orders in July, campaigned for a few weeks in Missouri and then was ordered transferred to the Army of the Potomac. They took cars on the Illinois Central at Cairo and changed at Sandoral. Ill., to the Ohio and Mississippi. This was on the 17th day of September, 1861, about noon. The train ran in sections, Co. I as in one of the last, together with Col. Turchin and staff and stragglers from other companies, left when preceding trains had pulled out. About 9:30 that night a bridge crossing a small stream in western Indiana gave way beneath the switfiv moving train, the cars were crushed in an awful wreck, and more young American soldiers gave up their lives or were maimed and hurt than ever met the casualties of war in a single company on any battle field during the civil war. Of the more than ninety members of Co. I who answered rol! call at Sandoral less than a dozen escaped uninjured. Captain Howard and twenty-four men were killed, and one hundred and five were more or less badly hurt Among the killed were Lawrence Carroll, Joseph Smith, William Frost and P. M. Fowler of the Jackson county coating- ent, and Michael Maloney, M. V. Foley, Howard Beardsley, Harrison Cowden and Charlie Rhea were seriously injured. . Maloney and Foley were confined in a hospital at Cincinnati for several months and finally discharged from the regiment. Milt. Wintersteen was discharged for dis- ability in November, 1861 The other Jackson county boys served their time out with the 19th, and it is a somewhat singular fact that, notwith- standing the severe fighting and heavy losses of the regiment at Stone Riv- er, Chickamauga and elsewhere, none of them suffered any serious casualties after the railroad wreck.
Comrade Maloney bore through life a permanent reminder of his narrow escape with life from the wreck. We all remember that he was always com- pelled to carry his head a little to one side. But the sterling character of his patriotism was evinced when he again responded to the call for "600. 000 more" in the summer of 1862 and enlisted in the company formed at Beile- vue which became K of the 31st. His former comrade, M. V. Foley, who had shared the peril of the wreck, joined in the new enlistment and they were both appointed sergeants in the company. Comrade Maloney's effic- iency as a drill sergeant was marked, and attracted the attention of officers in other companies It is mentioned by Capt. Milo. Smith and Major Far. well in letters published in Bellevue papers. "And it gained him promotion first as Sergeant major of the regiment, and afterwards, May 15, 1864, a> First Lieutenant of his old company, K.
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Comrade Maloney after the war, was engaged for a time as steamboat captain on the river, and then for more than twenty years was engineer in the saw mill at Bellevue. For the past nine years he had charge of the school building in his home city. He was ever a friend of the school inter- ests of his town and served on the school board and as its president for sev- eral years.
11. From far distant California agaion comes tidings that a Jackson county veteran has passed away, and he one of the oldest native born of our county. George W. Pate was born near Maquoketa, May 8, 1837, one of the very first white children born within the limits of Jackson county. His enlistment in Company F. 31st lowa Infantry is recorded as from Bridgeport, lowa. He removed to California in 1889, and died at Rio Dell near Humboldt, July 22, 1907. He never married but made his home in California with a sister. Mrs. R. Tyler. He never registered at any of our reunions. having left the state the year after the organization of this Asso- ciation at Bellevue in 1888.
12. John A. Wright of Nashville, born November 16. 1843, in Addison county, Vermont, died July 27, 1907, in Mercy Hospital, Clinton. He enter- ed army service October 5, 186 , as a volunteer substitute during the draft period and was assigned to Company F 11th Iowa Infantry. He joined his regiment in the field and was mustered out with them in Louisville, July 15 1865 Comrade Wright was an invalid for several years previous to his death being unable for eight or nine years to leave his home, conse- quently we did not meet him at our reunions
13. George Prussia was an Iowa pioneer. He came to Jackson county in 1840 with an older brother when he was only twelve years old. He was born in Ann Arbor, Mich., April 14. 1828. His parents followed in 1841 and took up land in Van Buren township George was one of the early California gold seekers, having crossed the piains in 1849. He returned in 1851, but made the long journey again in 1853, and spent another two years in gold mining and in lumbering. He was a farmer in Van Buren township when the war began, with a young wife married in the spring of 1861. But he deemed the calims of his country paramount, and when Company A of the Twenty-fourth was recruited among his friends and neighbors he went with them, being entrusted with the position of Corporal.
At the close of the war he returned to his farm which engaged his attention during the ensuing years except that he made his home for sev- eral years in Maquoketa. He died in Van Buren, August 13, 1907, and was laid to rest with the Grand Army service rendered by Alf Schofield Post of Miles He was a frequent participant in our reunions and though of a quiet nature was much respected as a comrade.
14. Among those lost this year was one whose military service ante- dated that of any other of us. Andrew Clark was a soldier in the Mexican War. He was a native of Ohio and enlisted at Columbus, the capital of that state, in Co. E, 4th Ohio Infantry in 1846 and served to the end of the war. His regiment went down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers to New Orleans. and thence by ship to Matamoras. He served first under General Taylor
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and then under General Scott. His regiment was left at Pueblo, garrison duty until the fall of Mexico. He was an early settler in Brandon township in this county where he passed away August. 1907. He attended our reun- ions several times and registered with full recognition of his claims as a comrade
15. It is due a careful record of the military history of Jackson county that we also mention the death during the year in the state of Washington of Samuel S. Scott, better known among his old comrades as "Sim Scott. I have not learned the exact date of his death nor place of residence. Com- rade Scott was one of the first enlistments in Capt. Drips (company A) of the Ninth Iowa Infantry under date of July 9, 1861. and when the company was mustered in September 2, he received the appointment of 4th Corporal. He re-enlisted as a veteran in 1864 and when the regiment was discharged he was mustered out as a Sergeant. He was wounded in the Vicksburg cam- paign, June 7, 1863, but did not leave the command. He was born in wes- tern Pennsylvania and with his father's family, was one of the early settlers in Perry township. near Andrew, to which place he returned after the war. He removed soon after the war to Stuart, lowa, and from there recently to the State of Washington. I regret that I obtained these data too late to secure complete details in time for this report.
The very efficient and sacrificing aid ever given our Association by the county Society of Patriotic Women and by the Relief Corps organizations of the county calls for recognition and appreciation in every possible way. Our duty would not be complete, therefore, if we d d not in this manner express the sorrow and regret which we share with A. W. Drips Corps W. R. C. of Maquoketa in the loss of Mrs. Anna L Allen Allison, who was for two years the very ecfliient President of that Corps She was born in Otter Creek township, this county, January 24, 1857, and died at her home in Ma- quoketa, August 29, 1906. She passed away while our reunion was being held last year at Miles, a gathering which she had anticipated with eager zest, taking a part in as a member of the Society of Patriotic Women. But she was called to higher duties, and our great loss is her eternal gain. Her husband. Delos M. Allison, served a term of enlistment in Company F. First United States Infantry, but it was since the civil war.
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REGISTRATION OF PIONEERS AND OLD SETTLERS.
More pioneers and old settlers of Jackson county registered and became members of the association at the September, 1907, meeting than ever be- fore at any annual gathering. A few of the home-comers by error were reg- istered in this list, but are in pretty good company and are not finding much fault with the misake. The list as kept by Secretary-Trearurer, Jas. W. Ellis is as follows ;
Name and date of birth
Place
Came to Iowa
Jas W Ellis, November 25, 1848.
Indiana
,1852
Celia Hobert Kidder, Sept. 12, 1849.
Pennsylvania .1852
J E Shirk, March 28, 1828 Lancaster, Pa 1850
C E Duffin, Aug 29, 1849
New York 1873
I E Benjamin, Feb 10, 1850.
New York 1856
A S Hershburger, March 5, 1846 Illinois 1846
George Gehro
New York 1858
Caddie Germond Hubbell, Jan 27, 1862
Maquoketa 1862
Lutie Belden Crane, Feb 28, 1864
Canton. 1864
France Little-Butlerworth, Aug 7, 1858 Maquoketa 1858
W P Dunlap, July 7, 1833. Virginia 1858
Mrs. W P Dunlap, May 16, 1830
New York 1841
Benj A Spencer, March 5, 1843.
Canada 1854
Francis A Spencer, Jan 19, 1856
New York 1869
O McCaffrey, March 6, 1853.
Buffalo, N Y 1856
Mrs Agnes McCaffrey, Nov 5, 1865 Iowa. 1865
Elizabeth Williams, Dec 9, 1838
Pennsylvania 1858
Carrie Williams Fitch, Sept 2, 1874
Maquoketa 1874
N E Busterworth, April 18, 1856.
Andrew 1856
Allie P Butterworth, June 23, 1854. Maquoketa. 1854
Ellia Williams Rodgers, Feb 15, 1867
Maquoketa 1867
Ames Rodger, October 1, 1866
Maquoketa. 1866
L H Bilto, July 16, 1843 Illinois. 1869
Emma Morey, 1828.
New York 1846
J W Scott, July 25, 1826
Pennsylvania 1850
J N Nims, July 23, 1846
Jackson Co., Iowa 1846
Mrs J N Nims, 1863
Jackson Co., Iowa 1863
Ella LeDoit Sears, 1856 Iowa
1856
Nettie Buchanan Montgomery, 1817
1855
Wm G Swigart, 1859.
Maquoketa 1859
Carrie Sears Fischer, 1859
. Maquoketa 1859
Frank McNear, 1814.
1844
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Name and date of birth
Place
Came to Iowa
Betsey
1844
1844
M N Trumbo, 1842
Virginia. 1856
Mrs Trumbo, 1844.
1856
E M Ballingee, 1836
Michigan. .1868
Frank Fonderlin, 1846 Ohio .1866
Julia A Bramer, June 26, 1857
Illinois 1857
Miles Eaton, April 17, 1827
New York 1839
Mrs A P Simpson, July 28
New York 1867
Dug Watson, Feb 28, 1844
Pennsylvania 1865
E F Weeman, Sept 15, 1826
Michigan 1854
Jos Jerman, March 6, 1845.
Iowa.
845
JA Wright, 1852
England 1855
Mrs J A Wright, 1853.
. Iowa. 1853
J W Nims, 1840.
Iowa 1840
W C Gregory, 1844
Wisconsin 1861
E laubman, October 24, 1832 Isle of Man 1853
W Ingalls. Maquoketa 66
Mrs W Ingalls
J Ostert ..
Germany 1859
J S Billups, 1837.
Iowa 1837
O Edwards, Feb 26, 1857
1857
Lucy Foster
Mrs Ella Snoddy
Ireland 1853
Math Snoddy, 1865
Iowa
1865
Mrs J M Swigart, 1852
1865
Mrs Kate Snoddy
Iowa
Marjorie Snoddy
Mrs Ella Edleman
Ida Snoddy
..
Mrs N E Holland
Nettie Swigart Shannon Iowa
1879
Mrs Charles Bowman
Mrs Luella Whitemore, 1864
J B Gibson
66
L Anderson, January 19, 1854 Iowa 1854
Mrs M Goodrish, 1847
Maine. 1865
N Goodrich, 1839. .New York .1865
Mrs A B Eaton, 1858
1858
Mrs Dr Belden, 1844
Pennsylvania.
1867
J DeGraw, 1833.
1859
D H Wade. 1871
Scott Barker, 1861
M K Miller, 1860 near Maq. 1861
Mrs M K Mi ler, 1863
1863
A B Bowen, 1812.
New Hampshire. . . 1869
Mrs A L Little, 1843 near Maq 1812
Mrs C C Young, 1844.
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Name and date of birth
Place
Came to Iowa
Levi Wagoner, 1830
Pennsylvania 1850
Wm Wagoner, 1860.
Jackson Co. 1860
Mrs Wm Gibson, 1852.
. Maquoketa
1868
Peter German, 1849
1849
Mattie Rolf Miller. 1860
1860
Ana Patterson, 1867
1867
Matilda Gibson, 1863.
1863
Will R Miller, 1863
Iowa.
1863
Sarah McCarron, 1837
1854
Flora Maskrev, 1857
Iowa
1857
M H Tubbs, 1844,
Indiana 1854
Rebecca Lockwood Tubbs, 1844
New York 1849
J Fairbrother, Feb 14, 1847 Jackson Co 1847
Wm Reel, 1842. 1857
Nettie Correll Orcutt, 1851
Iowa 1857
Mrs Howard Thompson, 1852
1852
Mark Stanley
1874
Albert Bentley, Oct 16, 1837 New York 1839
Jennie Sanborn, 1862
1866
Al Reynolds, 1859.
Iowa
1859
Mis Al Reynolds, 1861
1861
M S Dunn, 1854.
66
1854
Mrs M S Dunn, 1855.
1855
Mrs Julia Callway
M Cullins. 1838. 1849
A G Bertlesen, Jan 27. 1822
Germany 1853
Mrs G Bertlesen, Oct 4, 1831
Germany 1854
E A Coverdale, 1857
Iowa 1857
Mrs E. A Coverdale, 1864
1864
CL Nims, 1859
.,
1859
Mrs A E Elthorp, 1846.
1846
BF Bowman, 1857.
1857
Mrs Hattie Nims, 1869.
1869
Mrs Charles Wendel, 1838
Ohio. 1841
JH Waugh, 1831
Ireland 1854
J A Carson, May 13, 1844
Ohio 1868
Elizabeth Beesley, Dec 1833
Canada 1848
Phehe LeDoit. 1828.
New York
1856
Mrs Frank Kelley, 1839
Indiana 1853
Sallie Swigart, 1828. Ohio 1840
Me'vin Goodenow, 1844
New York 1814
D T Craven, 1847 1870
Ben Green, 1859.
Iowa 1859
Mrs Ben Green, 1867
1869
Sarah Green, 1869
..
1869
W M Lane 1865.
1865
Mrs M Lane. 1866 Iowa .1860
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Name and date of birth
Place
Came to Iowa
R L Goodenow, July 29, 1820.
New York 1845
John Anderson, 1849
Iowa.
1849
Mrs Anderson, 1850.
Iowa 1850
Wm Eaton, 1864.
1864
Mrs I K Crane, June 5, 1836.
Pennsylvania.
1848
Mrs M Reigel
A A Deene. Dec 26 1842.
New York 1854
H Reid, March 30, 1842.
New York 1863
A J York, 1843.
Ind.
1873
Mary Davis, 1873
Jackson Co 1873
Wallace York, 1870.
Jackson Co 1873
Mrs Ida Woods 1878
Maquoketa. 1878
H Collins, Aug 20, 1867
Iowa
1867
O W Joiner, 1839.
New York. 1870
Mrs O W Joiner, 1850.
Iowa. 1850
Miss Mary Joiner, 1883
1883
Mrs L A Reid
Michigan. 1851
Mr C Small. 1845
New York 1861
Mrs C Small, 1846
Iowa
1869
Mrs John Wilson, 1873
Mary E Luse.
J J Gregory, 1890.
1898
R E Beard, 1838
1888
Mrs M Sagers
1851
J C Harrington, 1863
1863
E Hogg
Miss Dolly Hogg
Miss Edwards
Wm S Keeley, March 29, 1850
Indiana 1852
R N Woods, 1842.
Indiana
1856
Dorothy Palmer, 1851
Iowa 1851
Miss M Woods 1892
Iowa 1892
Mrs B. Smalley, 1872
lowa.
1872
Mrs W Keeley, 1847.
Iowa
1847
Hazel Bentley
Hannah Lowy
Henry Ward.
Iowa
Mrs Gertie Ward, 1870 Iowa
Pennsylvania 1855
Levi Keck, 1832
Mrs Jno Seeley
Pennsylvania 1856
Mr N Current
Iowa .. 1850
Mrs N Current, 1861
West Virginia 1870
Mrs Skelly, 1870.
Iowa.
Miss Maggie Woods, 1876.
Iowa 1876
Mrs M Woods, 1850 Iowa 1850
Frank Maskrey, 1852
Pennsylvania 1855
1840
John Wilson, 1869.
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Name and date of birth
Place
Came to Iowa
Mrs M Roach, 1837.
Indiana
1850
Frank Woods, 1869.
Iowa
1869
Mrs Frank Woods, 1873.
Iowa
1873
CC Woods. 1872.
Iowa
.1872
Mrs S Nickerson, 1838.
1855
Mrs Ella Phillips, 1887.
Iowa 1887
Dr Skelly, 1870 ...
Indiana
.1881
Mrs M Current, 1838
Illinois
1848
Mr M Current, 1837
.Canada
1854
W B Swigart, 1857
Maquoketa 1857
Mrs W B Swigart, 1859
Miles, Iowa 1859
Mrs James Hayes, 1863.
Iowa 1863
Mrs Ed Chipman, 1876
Iowa 1873
Ed Chipman, 1863
Kentucky 1871
Mrs R Codling, 1831
England 1842
TJ Houston, 1839
Ohio 1848
A Struble, 1847.
Ohio.
1854
Mrs Crane, 1836
Pennsylvania 1848
Mrs Kelley, 1846
Pennsylvania I846
Ida A Carr, 1883
LaPort City 1883
Claud W Carr, 1886.
LaPort City 1886
Mrs A J Riggs, 1844.
Ohio
1852
Geo W Sackrider, 1849
· Ohio
1857
Mrs Royal Oakes, 1846
England
1853
R M Gibson, 1837 ..
Pennsylvania 1852
Mrs R M Gibson, 1843
Pennsylvania 1851
Will Cundill, 1855.
Maquoketa .1855
Mrs Will Cundill, 1864
Maquoketa 1864
Emeline Taylor,
Mrs E A Carson, 1854 Ohio. 1855
J F Nicholson, 1841
Bellevue .1855
David Miller, 1846
Pennsylvania. 1854
V Wilson, 1850
Maquoketa 1850
Mrs R Shattuck, 1823
. Virginia. .. 1853
B R Reynolds, 1856. Maquoketa 1856
Mrs G Jenkins, 1864,
Pennsylvania 1869
H M Tracy, 1858
Iowa
1858
Mrs M E McDonald, 1839
Indiana
1848
Mrs T HI Berkley, 1858
Wisconsin
1865
O W Nims, 1842
Maquoketa 1842
Z M Ho'comb, 1852
Ohio
1863
Mrs Holcomb, 1854
New York 1860
Melvin Haven, 1840
New York
1865
Arminda Gehro, 1861
186
J C Murray, 1854
Pennsylvania
1855
Wright Bentley, November 28, 1833
New York
1811
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Name and date of birth
Place
Came to Iowa
Freeman W Dell, March, 1859
Canada
1865
Mrs Freeman W Dell, 1855
Maquoketa
1855
Mrs True Chapman, 1849
New York
1863
Mr True Chapman, 1848
Clinton 1859
Elijah Tracy, 1836
Ohio
1850
Mrs Chauncy Ripple, 1848
Pennsylvania 1854
Mrs Laura Taubman, 1840
Maquoketa
1840
Emma A Morey, 1828
New York
1846
N M Balch, 1835
New York
1865
Catherine Brady, 1847
Maquoketa 1847
G K Miller, 1832.
Pennsylvania 1856
A J Phillips, 1832
Michigan.
1837
F H Storm, 1861.
1862
Ferd C Fiske, Dec 1, 1856
New York.
1860
W A Davis, February 25, 1856.
Napoleon, Ind. 1856
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IN MEMORIAM.
MRS. MARY M. FORBES-ELLIS.
The following obituary, resolutions of condolence, and words of eulogy were read and delivered by W. C. Gregory at the Old Settlers annual meet- ing, Sept. 3, 1907:
Mary M. Forbes was born at Baraboo, Wisconsin, Sept. 28, 1853, and came to Iowa with her parents, Henry Clay and Orpha Ann ( Waldo) Forbes, the same year. Her mother died in 1857 and she was raised by her grand- mother Forbes. On the 16th day of October, 1870, she was united in mar- riage with J. W. Ellis at Iron Hills. Iowa, with whom she lived happy and contented for more than 36 years. She was the mother of nine children, five of whom survive her, viz: Chas. F , Frank E., Belle. Jessie and Nel- lie. All at home except the first named. Also five grand children and three sisters and a brother in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was a great favor- ite with all who knew her from childhood up. She was socially a member of the U. V. U. club. W. R. C., O. E. S, the Pioneers of America and the National Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She was the daughter as well as the wife of a veteran. She was a pioneer of Jack- son county, as was her father and grandfather. Her father was born on the lands that are now a part of Chicago, in 1833, and came with his parents to Jackson county in 1836. Mrs Ellis was a faithful, loving help- mate to her husband, a kind and indulgent mother to her children and made her home so attractive that the members of the family felt there was "No place like home." She was a good neighbor as all of her neigh- bors will testify. When sickness came to her neighbors she was always ready with a helping hand and seemed to always know just what to do. An old neighbor of more than 20 years, said of her: "I know of no one in this community who would be missed as much as Mary Ellis, and my children loved her almost as much as their own mother." She was taken very suddenly and seriously ill last Friday morning, March 1, at 4 a. m. A physician was summoned who pronounced her ailment pleuro-pneumonia. All was done for her that medical skill and good nursing could suggest, but she grew rapidly worse until Sunday morning, March 3rd. when she ceased to breathe at 8 a. m. The poor, pain racked body was laid with her "little ones who preceded her, in the Esgate cemetery, Wednesday afternoon, March 6th, Rev. Boomershine officiating.
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To the Sisters of the U. V. U. club and brothers of the order:
At your last regular meeting, the undersigned were appointed as a com- mittee of condolence on the death of sister Mary Ellis, a member of this organization. We feel our inability to properly perform the duty required of us, as Sister Ellis was so well and favorably known to all the members of our order. As a member of our society she will be missed, perhaps as much if not more, than any other members, by always being present to assist in the work. Her generous donations and happy disposition, and kindness to all, added much to the pleasure of our meetings. Not alone will our order miss our sister and mourn for her. She was a member of the W. R. C., of the Eastern Star, Pioneers of America, Daughters of Pocahon- tas. and National Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and no doubt she had dear friends in all those orders who will sadly miss her kindly presence.
While we, as an order, will miss her from our social gatherings there is one, an honored member of our order, will miss her far more than all the rest The ties are severed forever that made his home a happy one, not only for him and their children, but for their many friends and neighbors who visited that home. Therefore be it
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