The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-07-03
|lYNNV|LLE LOCALS.
DEATH or MRS. NANCY ELLEN
SPARKS WHO CAME TO JASPER
COUNTY IN 1845--MRS. POTTER
BUYS TREAsE PROPERTY.
lLynnville Star Inne 26.

/ Wy Quar- June 90.
Last Sunday afternoon a party of
young people drove out to Sugar
Greek to, attend the children's day ex-
lercises From there they went to
the old underground railway sta
ton and partook of a three course
supper which all enjoyed. In the ev.
ening they all attended church at
Bethel. The party consisted of the
Misses Beulah, Nellie and Ethel Re-
maud. Neva Russell, Hazel Dennan,
lVelma Ladd, Mary Ratliff, Irene, Jes-
sic and Abbie Ratliff, and the Messrs.
Doc Byers, Raymond Renaud Lind
say Briggs, Burrell Armstrong, Willie
RUSSELL Arthur Lincoln, Charlie Ladd,
Rayford Ratcliff, Leo Davis and Dole
Macy. All report very pleasant
| time. "
Mrs. David Meredith and Mrs. o. J.
Meredith entertained Saturday after
noon in honor of Mrs. B. L. Miller and
Miss Roberta Meredith. Those pres
ent were the Misses Audry James,
Irene Ratcliff and the Mesdames Nc
Neil of Searsboro, Anna and Julia
Macy, Winemia Johnson, DeVern
johnson, George Remand, Will Cum
bingham and Sidney King.
Mrs. Angeline Potter has bought
the jeff Trease property and moved
In the first part of last week.
4 MI and Mrs. J. H, Shaw, Mr.. and
Mrs. 7. ]. Shaw and Mrs. Edgar John.
Ison autoed to Oskaloosa Friday
Misses Tracy and Irene Ratcliff
went to Oskaloosa Tuesday to visit
with friends. Miss Tracy will take
the teachers examination while there
| SPARKS. = Nancy Ellen Mathews
Twas born near Jacksonville, Morgan
lcounty, Illinois, July 20, 1871, and de.
parted this life June 10, 1918, being
III years, IL months and 19 days old
In 1S45 she. with her parents, came
/ to Jasper county. Iowa. and settled
on what is known as the Twin Men
denhall farm" There she endured
all the hardships of early pioneer life
struggling and toiling on what was
then the outskirts of civilization. In
this immediate neighborhood she
spent the remainder of her life April
20, 1866. she was united in marriage
to John H. Sparks (deceased). To
this union were born nine children
Mrs. Lucy Miller, Perry of Carnduff
Sask., Canada, Ruth, Jerry, Richard
Moses. Raymond Robert and Guy, all
of whom are living and today mourn
the loss of true mother and friend
She was one of the oldest settlers in
the neighborhood and always loved to
attend the "Old Settlers Meetings" OF
Lynn Grove township and was never
known to miss one of them. She
leaves nine children, Ia grandchildren
and one great grandchild, two sisters
Mrs. Susan Trease of Lynnville and
Miss Jane Mathews. and other rela
tives and a wide circle of friends Il
mourn her departure. Four sisters
Mary, Amanda, Ollie and Fannie. and
two brothers. William and Richard
having gone on before her
William Sparks, for almost hall
century a resident of Lynn Grove
township, died at the home of his son
Stevy Sparks, at Lynnville Junction
last Sunday morning. William Sparks
was one of the oldest settlers of the
county. He owned a farm in Powe.
shiek county beyond Lynnville which
he worked in his younger days. Since
his wife died few years ago he has
been making his home with his chill
dren. A large family of sixteen sons
and daughters we're born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Sparks, most of whom still live
In the vicinity of their old home, neal
Lynnville. Mr.. Sparks was about SO
years Of age.