The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-01-02
Births, Deaths, Marriages.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
MARRIAGE LICENSES

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MARRIAGE LICENSES.
Following Is the list of marriage H.
censes issued by the clerk since our
last report:
NO. NAME. RESIDENCE. AGE.
sseo Rutledge Sloan, Keosauqua- S5
0OoO Alice Johnson, Des Molnes..- 81
aes, E. E Bunting, Taintor 81
49, Hattie Newport, Taintor...,.. II
esso T. j. Van der Beck Leighton "a
OOO- Hattie Members, Leighton. %
HART.-Born, to Mr.. and Mrs J. B.
Hart, of Jefferson township, Satur-
day, December %, 1901, an S-pound
girl.
STANLEY. Died, at the home of
the parents in Spring Greek township,
the 2-weeks old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Joe Stanley. Funeral Monday,
Dec. 80, 1901, and interment in Mad
ison township.
SEVIENS. The daughter of Mrs.
Ida Seviens died at her home, sos
South 18th street, Monday, Dec 80,
1901, aged days. Funeral from the
residence at 10 A. NJ, Wednesday,
Jan. 1, 1902, and interment in the Old
cemetery.
JOHNSON. Died, of cancer, at his
home, 504 South Market street, at
$3.50 P. NJ Saturday, Dec. %, 1901,
THOMAS O. JOHNSON, aged 70 years,9
months and 81 days.
The funeral was held at Eddyville
Monday afternoon, Dec. 30, with in
terment in Eddyville cemetery. The
deceased was the father of Mrs. w.
P. Snow, Mrs. B. P. Andrews and T.
P. Johnson. The family has the SYM
PATTY of many frieLd DIS in their be-
reavement.
CARD OF THANKS.
We wish to express our thanks to
the many friends who kindly assisted
US in the sad hours of our bereave-
ment by the death of onr father,
Thos. @. Johnson.
w. P. SNOW AND FAMILY.
MOURN THEIR DEAD.
U. M. W. of America, Local Union
No. s31, Evans, Iowa.
To whom it may concern:
We, the members of the above Lo-
cal, having lost by death Bro. John
James (colored(, in the No. 5 mine Of
the American Goal Company, by a
fall OF slate, on Friday, December 81,
1901, we desire to express our sympa
thy and respect towards the widow
and family of our deceased brother,
who was an Industrious and peace
able citizen and respected by the
community in which he resided.
ReSOtced, That copy of above reeo-
luton be published in the United Mine
Workers Journal, in the Oskaloosa
HERALD and the Oskaloosa Journal,
and copy be sent to the widow and
family, and also copy be spread on
the records of this Local and that the
charter be draped for the space of
thirty days.
(EDwARD HUME,
Committee HARVEY TAYLOR,
ENEL WREN. \
EDWARD HUME, r, 8. Pro tenn.
JOSEPH GRACCER, President.
December 30, 1901.
OBITUARY.
Ruth Ann Johnson, daughter of
Thomas and Hannah johnson, was
born on the 2sth day of February,
1911, in the state of Virginia. She was
the second youngest child of a family
of ten, there being three brothers and
seven sisters. In 1925 the family en-
igrated to Indiana, settling near the
town of Greencastle, where Ruth was
married to Samuel Knight. From
this union two daughters were born,
Arabella r. and Louisa Ann. The
former now lives in Atwood, Kansas,
and Louisa Ann Brown is resident
of Mabaska county. In 1887 six of
the johnson family, including Ruth,
who had been widowed, again moved
west to Illinois, living near the pres
emit town of LaHarpe. Here in l84l
she married Isaac N. Sewers and for
the third time turned her face west
ward and settled in Mahaska county,
Iowa, in 1912. From this union a
daughter, Sarah Ann, and one son,
Thomas, were born. The deceased
has resided in Mahaska county to the
present time, spending the past SO
years in the home of her son Thomas,
where she died from pneumonis at
one O'Clock p. M, December rs, 1901,
after short illness of five days, being
80 years, 9 months and % days old,
The greater part of her life was that
of a pioneer in the then vast wilder
ness of the west, Drawing danger, en-
during hardships and priVations in
building up homes that we of to. day
enjoy. She had a hopeful and cheer
full disposition and was kind and
generous mother. She was mem
Der of the Presbyterian church, hay
ing joined in 1874.
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