The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-01-04
COUNTY NEWS
NE0SH0 VALLEY.
O. L. ARNOLD Reporter.

D'p'Si "hN hlOillO dOlOls vi buultT
county, have been visiting with the
families of G and Jensen and ] p
Maxwell. They returned home Sun
day.
AS part of the Christmas program
at Union, on Wednesday evening of
last week, contest was held and by
decision of the judges Butler Christy
and Maud Strawderman we're chosen
to represent the school in the township
contest to be held at Neosho Valley on
Wednesday evening of this week.
Hays has been visiting friends in
Neosho county for some time.
j w Garner attended Adventist
conference at Topeka last week.
James Snyder spent the holidays
with his folks at Pontiac.
John Vancil went to Toronto Satur-
day.
+ Eyler came up from Oklahoma
| Tuesday for short stay.
Robert Thornton is again in the
neighborhood after a lengthy absence.
w j Crook came over from Fort
Scott on Wednesday last week and re-
manned here until after the funeral of
o a Carnahan on Sunday.
James Barr came over from Missouri
on business Saturday.
Rev r Brown returned from New
Albany recently where he had been
helping in protracted meeting which
resulted in much good.
John Crook was in the neighbor-
hood several days recently.
Willie Bolin is now able to be up
most of the time. This is the first time
that some member of the family has
not been in bed since about the middle
of July.
Bert Schuster has had a very sore
thumb for several weeks caused by a
bruise.
a f Arnold went down to Logan
township Tuesday to visit his sister,
Mrs b f Clark.
William ] sPreston of whose death
brief mention was made in our last
items, was born May II, 1920, in Floyd
county, Virginia and died December
%, 1900 about II o'clock, noon, aged
80 years, months and day. When
he was but ten years old his father
died leaving his mother and large
family OF children to he supported by
him and an older brother. In con-
sequence of his fathers death he was
permitted to attend school but six
weeks. He with his family moved to
Hancock county, Illinois, in the year
lS49. About this time he received
hope in Christ, united with the Print
tive Baptist church and began to speak
as minister in 1852. In 1854.
February ID he was. married to Mrs.
Mary Smith whose maiden name was
Miss Mary Gibson. This gave him
the supervision over two little boys to
whom he showed great attachment UNI
I'll they grew to manhood. Six children
were, born to this union, two of them
having died when quite young. In
1870 he moved to Allen county, Kan
sas:and settled on farm four and
one-half miles west of lola, where on
January s, 1887 his wife died. With
sickness and agecame mental derange-
ment. but his daughter Sarah staid
with him on the farm until his in
iirmities made it impossible for her to
take care of him alone. So they re-
moved to his sons, Mr. NJ j Preston.
where he died. Funeral services were
held at the residence by Elder Charles
BiXley on Thursday of last week, and
notwithstanding the stormy weather "a
large crowd followed his remains to
their resting place in the cemetery,
that he had in former years beautifed
by the labor of his own hands, on his
farm. He was man who sought to
do deeds of justice, strongly defended
what ne thought was right and was
not easily moved by other mems argu-
ments. In his death the community
has lost venerable citizen.
This vicinity has again been called
upon to mourn the death of one of its
staunchest citizens. After an illness of
about three weeks Mr. A Carnahan died
last Saturday morning about5 o'clock.
The funeral services were held in the
Salem church Sunday morning at IL
o'clock. Rev William Hawkins con-
Quoted the services. A large number
of his friends and neighbors followed
his body to its last resting place.
Oliver A Carnahan was born March 5,
1865 In McDough county, Illinois. He
came to Kansas in the early eighties,
settling in this vicinity. He was mar
ried to Miss Jennie Cleaver October Is,
1891. TO them were born three chill
dren, one having died while in infancy.
He was very sympathetic man, al