The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-10-31
.EDDYv|LLEETCH|NGs
MRS, g. w STEVENS DIED SUN
DAY AND WILLIAM A. Brown
DIED MONDAY - BOTH WERE
PIONEER RESIDENTS.

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New York, secretary of Indian Work
in the Reformed church, and Mrs. De
Bryum, of Winnebago, Nebraska, q
worker among the Indian tribes, were
in EddyvIlle Saturday and spoke at
a meeting at the Dutch Reformed
church. D., ..... .,. ..r...
T., Cox, Of Drakesville, was calling
on friends in Eddyville Saturday.
Mrs. Neva Garfield came up from
Eldon and spent Sunday with rela.
tives in Eddyville. .,...,.......
Arthur Ward, OF Van Vert, Iowa,
spent Sunday at the parental j. T..
Ward home west of Eddyyille.
Friends; in, Eddyville have received
cards announcing the marriage of
Gertrude Marie Oldham to John Rus.
sell Kagg, on Wednesday, Oct. 26,
1912, at Van Buren,, Arkansas. The
bride was born and grew to woman
hood in Eddyville and has a host of
friends who wish this .estimable coll-
pie the greatest happiness. They
Twill be at home after Dec. LIST at
Van Buren,. ..t -.. .. ~.
Frank Shane, candidate for county
representative, came up from Eldon
Saturday and spent the day with
friends in Eddyville.
Geo. Shields, of Frederic, spent Sun
day in Eddyville visiting his brother,
Ed Shields. -... ...
Mrs. |. Fish, of Abba, was the guest
: of friends in Eddyvllle Sunday.
Mrs. Thos. Martin and children,
who have been visiting Mrs. Mar
tins parents for the past month, re-
turned to their home at Belle PLANE
Monday. ,,.. 49,.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Miller stopped
OF in Eddyville Sunday on their way
home from six weeks visit in Cali
tornia and Oregon, and spent the day
with their daughter, Mrs. Ed Worrall.
| Mrs. Anna Worth has returned to
her home at Burlington after visit
ing the past two weeks with her sis
ter, Mrs. Chris Johnson.
! Mrs. Ellen Biggs, of Queen City,
Mo-, and Mrs. Willis Moss, of Ottum-
wa, are in Eddyville this week, call
ed by the illness and death of their
brother, w. A. Brown
! Mrs. G. w. Stevens died at II
o'clock Sunday evening at her home
in Eddyville. Mrs. Stevens has been
a patient sufferer for some time with
stomach trouble and her death was
not unexpected. The deceased was
born in Pike Co., Ohio, in 1S41 and
died at her home in Eddyville, Oct.
q, 1912. She came to Wapello coun-
ty with her parents in 1916 and since
her marriage to Mr.. G. w. Stevens in
1859 has lived the greater part OF
her life on farm near Dudley, com.
ing to Eddyville In March, 1910, where
she resided up to the time of her
death. Mrs. Stevens was the mother
of eight children, one of whom,
James, preceded the mother in death.
Mrs. Catherine Elizabeth Rapp and
Mrs. Ida Garfield, of Ottumwa; Phil.
lip, of Knoxville; William, of near
Dudley; Lawrence, of Des Moines !;
Charles, of Denver, together with the
father are left to mourn their loss.
Mrs. Stevens will be greatly missed
in this community, for her life was
an example Of love and righteousness.
She had a kind word and o pleasant
smile for all and was ever ready to
give assistance 10 those in need. II
church and social circles she was
prominent and a host of friends are
grievd to learn of her death. Short
funeral services were held from the
house Tuesday morning at IL o'clock
after which the funeral will be held
from the NJ. L. church at Chillicothe
and interment made in the family lot
at Chillicothc.
William A. Brown, highly respect.
ed farmer of this community, died
Monday morning at II o'clock, at his
home southeast of Eddyyille. Mr..
Brown had been i'll for some time,
suffering with stomach trouble. He
was Ga years old at the time of his
death. His family with the exception
of one son were at his bedside when
death came. He leaves to mourn
their loss besides his wife, five chill.
dren: Mrs. Frank Templeton OF Ed.
dyville, Mrs. Earl McEIroy of Eddy.
vile, Mrs. Sherm lehman of Kan.
sas, Bert Brown of EqlyvillA. and
VIM. Brown OF Colorado He is also
survived by four sisters: Mrs. Ellen
Biggs OF Queen City, NO.; Mrs. Willis
Moss, of Ottumwa; Mrs. Arnold John.
son, of Eddyville, and Mrs. A. ]. La.
mis- of Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
The deceased was born June II, 1S4S,
on a farm southeast OF Eddyville,
and has spent the greater part OF his
life in Wapello county. He was mar
ried in Ottumwa, June II, 1878, 10
Marietta Chapman, and with his bride
moved to farm near Eddyville
where the family has since resided.
The death of Mr.. Brown comes as a
personal sorrow, to all who knew
him, for he was an example OF wor-
thiness in every walk in life. The
sympathy Of the whole community
is extended TO the bereayed family.