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JAMES KNOX PIERSON, b. December 26, 1848 at Filmore, Missouri -d. June
5, l925; md. AVA JANE McBEE, b. July 7, l852 near Nashville, Tenn. -d.
Sept. 15, l951; md. on Feb. 5, l871. Their pictures appear in the 1910
Atlas of Fremont county, Iowa. Ava Jane was the daughter of John and Louisa
McBee. Burial at Sid
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Surname: Brown, Witty
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FREMONT COUNTY HERALD. Dec. 19, l918. "Center New".--Lelia Witty, who is
staying with her grandparents J.J. Brown, is sick and cannot attend school.
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Thomas, Peeler
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I have copies of the obituaries of John Monroe Peeler, who died May 11,
1949. I also have William Hood Peeler, who died Aug. 10, 1945. I do not
know which paper these came from. I would like to post them in the obits
on this site. I would also like to see the obit for Mary Helen Isom Peeler(d.
D
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Surname: McCarthy, Laughlin, Kammerer, Scheibeler, Bussard, Maher, Saner
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"DAN McCARTHY RE-VISITS IMOGENE".--Dan McCarthy, a fine looking, elderly
man, with an Irish twang to his speech as well as name, stopped off here
on his way from his Florida plantation to his Nebraska farm. He was here
thirty-three years ago; helped build the first house in Imogene, and soon
after went to Ne
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Surname: Chaney, Parmer, Aitken, Gillespie, Keran, Waltenberry
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SAMUEL CHANEY, of Irish ancestry, died 1853 in Montgomery county, Missouri;
married Ellen Parmer, b. in Germany and died 1855 in Scott county, Iowa.
Their son-----
Charles Henry Chaney, b. Oct. 12, l845 in Montgomery county, Missouri.
During the Civil War, served in Co. "I", 4th Iowa Vol. Inf.--and--in Co.
"C", 8th I
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Surname: Catlett, Chaney, White, Morgan, Simmons, Iler, Skidmore
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1. John Catlett md. Sarah E. Chaney on 12/28/1854 in Fremont county, Iowa.
2. James M. White md. Mary Chaney on 1/11/1851 in Fremont county, Iowa.
3. Thomas O. Morgan md. Mary Simmons in Linden, Missouri, at Mr. Reddick's
on 3/11/1857. (N.B.: Her mother was a Chaney).
4. John C. Chaney md. Sarah E. Iler at the resid
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THE FREMONT COUNTY HERALD. April 10, l906. MEMORIES OF UNCLE JOHN COOPER.
"Brief History of a Man Who Has "Trod Life's Dusty Highway for Nigh on
90 Years".--"......He was born in Mason county, Kentucky, October 13, l820,
raised on a farm, and attended the district school until he entered the
Washington academy, but before graduation at that institution, his parent
Some of you have probably already visited the new "Our Corner"
web site:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~moatchis/ourcorner.htm
Coordinated by Pat O'Dell it will be a gathering place for
records from the southwestern Iowa Counties of Fremont, Page and
Taylor, in Iowa, and the northwestern counties of Atchison and
Nodaway in Missouri with possible additions later.
In the past few days I have posted many obituaries from the Tabor
Beacon on this web site. Those from 1895 and 1896 with a few from
1887 are already onl
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THE SIDNEY ARGUS-HERALD. March 11, l943. "Sidney Woman Has Five Sons In
Service."--Mrs. Sylvia Pierson, Sidney, has five sons in the armed forces.
They are:
Frank, USN, who was in Hawaii at the outbreak of the war and is now somewhere
in the Pacific.
Sgt.Harold A., with the commmandos in the British Isles.
Dick, stationed at the Presidio, San Francisco.
Willard "
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Need help locating the families of my great-grandparents, Sarah Elizabeth
STEVENS (maybe STEPHENS?) and Peter KRYGER (born Pieter KRIJGER) who were
married on 08 Feb 1873 in FREMONT CO. Iowa. I think their children were
Geneva Ann, Rosetta May, Mary Katrina (Trina), Lowessia Viola and William
Adolphus, although I have not been able to
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WALTER RAY PIERSON, b. May 1892 in Fremont county, Iowa -d. January 19,
l949 in Marysville, California; md. Sylvia Alice Gray, b. April 29, l891
at Lacona/or/Griswold, Iowa -d. January 25, l968. Daughter of Thomas D.
and Elizabeth (Alley) Gray. In 1942 lived in Sidney, but before that had
lived in Prairie Township, Fre
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BRAVE MEN by Ernie Pyle. "In Solemn Salute To Those Thousands of Our Comrades--Great,
Brave Men That They Were--For Whom There will Be No Homecoming, Ever."
Page 186.--Some of the remarks the men made in fun were pathetically revealing.
There was the thing Sergeant Jack Pierson said one day in battle.
Jack was a wonderful guy, almost a Sergeant Quirt
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Clapper, Sheldon, Porter
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I would be interested in hearing about the Peeler family. The descendents
of James and Mary Helen Isom Peeler still live in Fremont Co. I would be
interested in the Obit for Mary Helen and any others. I have those for
John, son of James and Mary Helen. Also, I have one for William Hoo
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Surname: Shaver, Nuckolls
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THE FREMONT COUNTY HERALD. April 10, l906.--FRANK SHAVER'S MILITARY CAREER.
"Old Soldier From Hamburg Tells of the Part He Played in the National Struggle."--It
was an interesting topic that Frank Shaver, of Hamburg, discussed Saturday
morning while sitting in the Herald office..and only time prevented him
from giving a more extended account of his stewa
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THE FREMONT COUNTY HERALD. August 4, l905. SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION.--The
Sunday school convention and picnic at Knox last Tuesday was attended by
a large crowd and was a success in every way.
Four Sunday schools were represented, each sending good delegations. The
schools were Knox, Grand View, 'Possum
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GEORGE CHENEY, b. ca. 1826 in England; md. Jane ______, b. ca. 1824 in
England. Probably were married circa 1848 in England. This family is found
in the 1860 Federal Census of Madison township, Fremont county, Iowa--but--in
no subsequent census of the county.
Children from the 1860 census:
1. William, b. ca. 1850 in England.
2. George, b. ca. 1851 in England.
3.
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I just saw the posting about Elizabeth Vaughan being the mother of Jim
and Neal Shoemake. I am tracing my fathers family, his father was Cornelius
"Neil" Shoemake and his grandmother I believe is Ida Mae Simpson.
I am trying to find out more. This is all I have.
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FREMONT COUNTY HERALD. January 29, l925. "Sixty-Third Anniversary".--From
the Omaha World-Herald we clip the following report of the sixty-third
wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. James K. Chaney. The Chaneys have a
number of relatives in this section, Mr. Chaney being a brother of Mrs.
H.C. Byars of this city:
"Fremont, Nebr., Jan. 23.--Mr. and
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THE FREMONT COUNTY HERALD. September 6, l904.--J.T. Harris and wife, who
live in the western part of Sidney township, are very cordial and accommodating
people. Not long since two carriage loads of Sidney people drove by their
beatuiful fruit farm and asked for a certain kind of fruit. The fruit was
not ripe but instead Mr. Harris took a large basket that would ho
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1. Mrs. Jane Chaney married William Beeten on 10/5/1902. She died Aug.
3, 1934 in Beatrice, Nebraska.
2. John Clark Chaney md. Sarah E. Iler/
.....a. Their son William H. Chaney married Ida Ellen Ligget (12/18/1864
- 4/6/1963) on 2/5/1884 in Fremont county. She
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THE FREMONT COUNTY HERALD. June 1, l906.--S.W.S. Rowe purchased the row
of frame buildings just east of Switzer's restaurant to the City Telephone
office at the southeast corner of the square, and is tearing them down
for the purpose of using the material in repairing other property of his
about town. These buildings have stood there for the past forty year
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FREMONT COUNTY HERALD. December 1912. "Freaks From the Cornfield".--When
Dame Nature tires of the task of producing in Fremont county cornfields
enough of the golden ears to feed the multitude, she occasionally steps
from the beaten path and tries her hand at inventing something on the freakish
order. Many such specimens have been found during th
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F(or) Y(our) I(nformation):
(1) Delos W. md. Alice V. (Frost) Brown; their daughter Julia G., 19, born
at Hamburg, Iowa, married Albert S. Kelley (sic; probably should read S-k-e-l-l-y),24,
born Anamosa, Iowa, son of James D. and Rosa (Todd) Kelley; married at
Sidney on 4/18/1894 by W.F. Barthol
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THE FREMONT COUNTY HERALD. May 29, l906. "WAR TIMES DISCUSSED".--On Saturday
afternoon J.T. Harris who resides two miles west of Sidney called at the
Herald office and in the course of conversation the topic of the civil
war was brought up incidentally and discussed at some length.
He was then a young man living in Virginia and as the slavery question
became the
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The Platte Purchase reached northward until it included all of township
67; the top row of sections in township 68 are missing in Fremont county
because the surveyors reached the north line of the Platte Purchase before
going six miles above (north of) township 67. These township lines were
surveyed in 1845 and 1846 by the State of Missouri, whic