Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-08-25
of applause and approval from
friends and acquaintance.
john p. Reese,s Address

lGSL IuduueI duu maze q most Gn0CtlV6
address. He has been a resident OF
Iowa for thirty-eight years and is one
OF the younger generation of old set
tiers. He enjoys one distinction from
most of the early settlers of Wapello
county and of Iowa in that he came
from the west, riding on horseback for
over 1900 miles across the mountains
landing at what is now Council Bluffs
and coming from there by stage coach
to Eddyville where he struck the ri.
oneer railroad of the state.
Mr.. Waterman has been prominently
identified with the growth of Wapello
county since his advent and he is in
great demand as a speaker at all old
settler and pioneer meetings.
The Death Roll.
The death roll of the Blakesburg
Old Settlers and Old Soldiers associa--
ton for the past year includes thir.
teen names. All the deaths excepting
one were of Blakesburg residents OF
of people receiving mail upon the
roll is as follows:
Judge Thomas Fowler.
Henry Weidman.
s. G. Finney.
Joseph Angel
Noah w. Smith.
Daniel Carl.
Mrs. John Lober.
Mrs Fred Lober
John w. Shields. ,Ottumwa,
Mrs. John w. Denton.
John Denton.
Joseph Yenger.
John Riddle
A Notable Catherine.
1t is doubtful if ever at one single
gathering held in Wapello county
there was in attendance atathe same
time as many genuine old settlers as
were in attendance at the meeting yes
terday afternoon. The names of one
hundred and five of the pioneers of
Wapello county who listened to the
speeches of the forenoon program were
secured directly after the exercises of
the day were closed.
The Pioneers List.
The list which follows gives the
name of the old settlers and the date
of settling in this vicinity and their
present postofice address. Where no
address is given it is understood that
mail is received at Blakesburg or upon
one of the rural routes from that point.
The list is as follows:
1881. D. Hitchcock.
1S43-William Dorothy, Ute.
Mrs H. w. Rogers.
DR.. r. R. Arnold.
Mrs. r. r. Arnold.
1S44-Paris Smith.
Caleb Cloyd.
l.. G. Byron.
NJ B. Van Cleve.
Mrs. N. B. Van CIew
Mrs. S. P. Heacock.
1845-Mrs. Thomas Fowler.
Fletcher Blake.
Mrs. Jerry Thompson.
1S46-William Draper.
A. Stuber, Dudley.
F. M Tinsley.
Charles Reading.
w. H. Rodgers.
Mrs. A Stuber, Dudley
William Worrell.
Mrs. Emma Naylor.
lS47-Mrs. James Angel.
Dennis Ball.
William Day.
ALL w dlSH I1SllGF.
1848-George Pierce.
Benjamin Abegg.
Warren Peck.
Eben Peck. Ottumwa.
Mrs. Jacob Abegg.
John Day.
1Si9-Mrs. Paris Smith.
John Denton.
Mrs. John Denton.
Mrs. William Dorothy, Ute.
John Bachman.
Scot Huff.
1850-B. F. Chisman, Dudley.
Mrs. John Lafayette.
D. c. Rybolt, Alba.
Mrs. Fletcher Blake
Newton Patterson, Moravia.
Mrs. Charles Reading.
John Peppers, Ottumwa.
1S51-James McAlister.
S. l.. Cohaggen.
VIM. Cottrell, Dudley.
NJ. A. Overturf, Sutton, Neb.
Levi West.
Mrs. VIM: Peck.
John T. Riddle.
1S52-Frank Williamson.
Mrs. James Selby.
Mrs. Warren Peck.
Samuel Burton, Ottumwa.
]. o. Dorothy.
Mrs. Wright Barnes.
1S5S-William Angel.
James Angel
Mrs. VIM. Miller, Abba.
Mrs. Arthusa Harrow.
Mrs. John CLOSER, Ashgrove.
John CLOSER, Ashgrove.
Mrs. Elizabeth Schwartz.
lS54-Joseph Johnston.
William Johnston s
Mrs. Joseph p. Jay.
Mrs. Eliza Snow. a1ga.iSi,
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