Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-17

address, Fremont, Iowa, and Cedar,
Iowa.
O.. G. Cochran, born in Licken coun-
ty, Ohio, November 20, 1850. Moved
with his parents to Wisconsin in 1851.
Came to White Oak township, Mahas-
ka county, Iowa, in 1856. Lived in the
county since. Moved to Cedar town
ship in 1873 Was raised on a farm.
Farming is his occupation. Address,
Wright, Iowa.
Mrs. c. D. Randell, nee Sarah G.
Moore, born March IL, 1S47, in Harri-
son township, Mahaska county, Iowa.
Lived in the county since. Moved to
Cedar township in 1871. Was raised
on a farm. Address, Wright, Iowa.
Lee Stout, born in Indiana in 1880.
Moved to Iowa in 1S49. Came to Cedar
township, Mahaska county, Iowa, in
1850. Has lived here since. Was
raised on farm. Occupation, farm
ing and fruit raising. Address, FIRE.
mont Iowa, r. F. D. No. 2.
Mrs. Lee Stout, nee Emaline Cum
minis, born in Illinois in 1888, moved
with her parents to Cedar township,
Mahasl1a county, Iowa, in 1871. Has
lived in the township since. Was
raised on farm. Address, Fremont,
Iowa, R. F. D.. No. 2.
Mrs. S. s. Cook nee Sarah A. East
burn, born December Is, 1884, in Tip
pecanoe county, Indiana. came with
her parents to Cedar township, Mahas-
ka county, Iowa, in 1858. Has lived
here since except about three years
when she lived in Richland, Keokuk
has been a widow some forty odd
years. Address Fremont, Iowa, Z. F.
D. No. 1.
Mrs. Lazarus Knott nee Sarah
Moore, born June q, 1928, il Warren
county, Kentucky, some time after
moved to Boone county, Ind. In the
fall Of 1866 moved to Davis county,
Iowa. In the spring of 1856 moved to
Mahaska county. Game to Cedar
township about six years ago. Was
raised on farm. Is widow. Address
Cedar, Iowa.
Mrs. Laben Moore nee Nancy Balm
da Mitchell. Born February %, 1910,
in Bowlingreen, Warren county, Ken
lucky. Mr.. and Mrs. Moore were mar
ried in Kentucky in 1926. They lived
together for SO years. Some years af-
ter their marriage they moved to I'm
ica county, Indiana, and later moved
TO Boone county in the same state.
Here they remained until 1858. In the
fall of that year. they moved to Davis
county. Iowa. In the spring of 1856
they moved to East Harrison town.
ship, Mahaska county. She came to
Cedar township about six years ago.
Has lived in the county since 1856.
Has been widow for sixteen years.
She was raised on a farm. She had
thirteen children, six Of whom are
now living. ALL live in Mahaska coun-
ty except one, who, lives in Pawnee,
Mo. Has forty-one grand children, one
hundred and twenty-five great grand
childrel, Is great-great grand chill
dren. she enjoys tolerable good health
considering her age, being over SO
years old. She can not get around
very well, being totally blind. Mr..
Moore died the 26th of November,
1889. Since the death of her husband
Grandma Moore has made her home
with her children. She is now living
with her daughter, Mrs. Sarah Knott,
of Cedar, Iowa.
John Yenney, born in Maryland In
1874, came with his parents to Cedar
township, Mahaska county, Iowa, in
April, 1855. Has resided here since.
Was raised on farm. Occupation,
farming. Address Cedar, Iowa.
Christian Vile, born June %, 1880,
went to Mt. Pleasant, Henry county.
New Bedford, Mass, in 1852 Came to
Fremont, Mahaska county, Iowa, July
8, 1854. Has lived here since. Was
raised in town. Occupation, retired
cabinet maker and carpenter In the
fifties and sixties cabinet makers used
to make the collins instead of buying
them. The first metallic burial case
used in Cedar township was for Ben
jamin Eastburn, who died March 10,
1873. Mr.. Vile was the undertaken.
Address Fremont, Iowa.
Mrs. Christian Vile nee Mary B.
Goehring, born April %, 1881, in Be-
varia, Germany. Immigrated to New
Bedford, Mass, in 1858. Came to Ere
mont, Mahaska county, Iowa, July 8,
1854. Has lived here since. Was
raised in town. In Germany all the
people live in villages, towns or cities.
Address Fremont, Iowa.
Mrs. William R. King nee Sarah
Elizabeth McFall. Born near Column
bus, in Bartholomew county, Indiana,
August Is, 1884. Came to Cedar town
ship, Mahaska county, Iowa, May 10,
184S. Has lived here since. Was rails
ed on farm. Is widow and at pres
ent resides in Fremont, Iowa.
Mrs. Frank Roquet nee Rachel E..
White, born in Cedar township, Ma
haska county. Iowa, August IL, 1850.
At the age of three years her parents
moved to Fremont At the age of
eleven her parents moved to their
farm again. Was partly raised on the
farm and partly in town. Address
Fremont, Iowa.
Mrs. c. A. Eastburn nee Florence
White. Born November 10, 1855, in
Fremont, Iowa. Has always lived in
Cedar township. At the age of six her
parents moved on their farm and she
has lived on farm since. She Is the
third Oldest person living in the town
ship that was born in Fremont. Ad-
dress Fremont, Iowa.