The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-09-12

Walter Neil Rogers, Des Moines %
1915 and
Lottie Broerman, Des Moines. :. "a
George Cheetem, Oskaloosa. go. AS
1916 and
Matte Gray, Oskaloosa. Az
John Jones, Buxton ...........46
1917 and
Matte Goodin, Oskaloosa ...... IA
ADLON.-Born, to Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Adlon, No. SI2 Third avenue
West. Sunday evening, September s.,
1872, an eleven pound son. Mother
and boy doing nicely.
| JONES-GOODIN. Married, at
the Office of the officiating justice o.
c. G. Phillips, Monday, Sept. 9, 1912,
John Jones of Buxton to Matte Good
! in of this city. The couple went
, from here to Buxton where they will
make their future home.
! MARTlN.-Funeral services for the
late Mrs. Mary Martin, who died at
Marshalltown at the Soldiers Home,
Sunday, Sept. s, 1912, will be held at
the residence of George Ries, No. $40
A avenue west, at ten o'clock a. m,
"Wednesday, Sept. II, 1912. Inter
mpnt in Forest. pamotory
ENOS. - Margaret Jackson Enos
was born March 81, 1919, in western
Pennsylvania The family moved
some years later to RiChland county,
Ohio, and settled in the heavy timber
which was menaced by bears, wolves
and other wild animals. A hewed
| log cabin with puncheOn floors and a
stick and clay chimney was counted
good comfort and the same kind of
structure for the neighborhood
school house, which the children at
tended following blazed pathway
through the woods. She recalled the
dreary nightly bowling of these hun
CRY timber wolves about the cabin
home, especially in the late fall when
food supplies became scarce. The
windows would rattle with their pier
icing bowls. She lost her mother
when she was nine years old and al
ways spoke with pathetic feeling of
Its meaning to her in after years. The
chief care of the home fell on her
ling of a two-year-old brother. One
fall her reSolute mother made a trip
of eighty miles through the primeval
forests on horseback, carrying a child.
This trip was made necessary by the
death of a relative whose child was
left in her care. Starting at early
dawn she completed the journey in
one day, travelling into the night. Her
father was in the war of 1912. He was
cousin OF StoneWall Jackson, OF con-
federate fame. Miss Jackson was mar
iried to John Enos in Ohio, April Is,
1910. They came west in 1855, stop
ping two years at McComb, Ill. In
1857 they came with the western tide
OF emigration to Iowa and settled in
Oskaloosa, since which time they
have been identified with the growth
and development of this city. OF the
Jackson family of eight children one
remains, Mr.. James Jackson, of Pres
colt, Iowa, a man of ample means
and staple character, now S5 years
old. They belonged to a family of
Scotch Irish. descent, of great endur
ance and strong will power. In friend
ship true as the Scottish clan, and
,unbending in the right as they saw it,
Mrs. Enos joined the Christian church
in early life and was ever afterward
a faithful disciple of Christ. An only
son was a soldier in the war of the
rebellion and sleeps in soldiers
grave. Mrs. Ida Souter, of South
Bend, Washington. is the only sur
.viving member of the EnoS family of
three children, For year she had
been making her home with Mrs.
Souter. At the time of her death she
was on visit to her grand daughter,
Mrs. Cada clifford, of Tacoma, Wash.
IL was her habit to get some Joy out
of every day. Sublime confidence in
Christs promises made her last days
her happiest days. She loved the
scriptures and knew their teachings.
Even in her last darkening moments
her mental faculties never failed her
and the crossing of the river had no
terrors. Mrs. Enos memory of events
in the 93B years of life was quite &C
curate and clear. This sketch might
be extended almost indefinitely with
pioneer incidents. She witnessed the
marvellous meteoric shower of 1888,
and never tired relating the gradual
growth of the western world. Agree
able to her request her remains were
laid to rest in Forest cemetery. S.
H. zendt, ber, former beloved pastor,
preached the, funeral TO q good com.
pany of friends and neighbors.
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Burned by Lightning.