Atchison Daily Globe
November 17, 1945George Franklin Stirton, a member of one of Atchison county's pioneer families, died last evening in a Kansas City hospital. Death was due to a tumor. Funeral arrangements are pending word from a son Alfred Stirton of Los Angeles, Calif.
Born May 7, 1876 in the Brush Creek neighborhood. Mr. Stirton was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Stirton Sr. In 1900 he married Edna M. Greer (sic). After residing a few years in the home neighborhood they moved to Barton county, later to Franklin county, returning to Atchison county where they resided until moving to Kansas City, Mo. 15 years ago. Mr. Stirton, during his residence in Kansas City, was employed at the National Belias-Hess.
Besides his wife, he is survived by four sons, Frank Stirton, Fred Stirton and Ben Stirton all of Kansas City, Mo. and Alfred Stirton, Los Angeles Calif.: eight grandchildren and one brother, Joseph Stirton, Horton.
Marriage Notes for Nellie May Geer and William Henry Ellis
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Atchison Daily Globe
January 11, 1956Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Ellis 516 East Colorado avenue, Colorado Springs, formerly of Atchison, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary Sunday with open house at their home.
They were married at Horton and lived in Atchison county until they moved to Colorado Springs Aug 28, 1945 Mrs. Ellis is the former Nellie Geer.
She was born June 1, 1885, on a farm near Atchison county lake. Mr. Ellis was born Dec. 16, 1879, in the Brush Creek community.
They farmed in the Brush Creek community until 1914, when they moved to Atchison. He worked as a switchman for the Burlington railroads until it discontinued its switch engine here.
From 1917 to 1935, he worked for the American Railway Express Co. He was employed at the Pillsbury Milling Co. from 1935 until 1942, and worked for Wilson & Co., from 1942 until 1945.
Me. and Mrs. Ellis have five children including Capt. Richard Ellis of the Atchison fire department, Mrs. Robert "Luleen" Gibson, Kansas City, Bill Ellis, Atchison. Edna Ellis, Colorado Springs, and Mrs. Clifford "Emma" Carter of Atchison. They also have five grandchildren.
The Kansas City Star (MO)
June 18, 1998Luleen Frances Gibson, 89, Rogers, AR, died Monday, June 15, 1998, at a medical facility in Rogers.
Burial with military services in LaMonte Cemetery.
Iowa Civil War Soldier Burial Records
Name: Edwin Haskell
Rank: 2 Lieutenant
Unit: IA 7 Inf B
Birth Information: MA
Cemetery: Orchard Mesa (Masonic)
Cemetery Location: Grand Junction Mesa CO
Comments: served first IA 7 Inf B enl 08 Jul 1861 age 34 res Bradford trans as 2 Lieut IA 4 Cav 08 Jul 1861 pmtd 3rd Battalion Quartermaster 19 May 1862 disch disabil 07 Sep 1862 Helena AR
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U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles
Name: Edwin A Haskell
Residence: Bradford, Iowa
Age at enlistment: 35
Enlistment Date: 7 Aug 1861
Rank at enlistment: 2nd Lieut
State Served: Iowa
Survived the War?: Yes
Service Record: Enlisted in .
Promoted to Full 3rd Battn Quartermaster on 19 May 1862.
Commissioned an officer in Company H, Iowa 4th Cavalry Regiment on 01 Jan 1862.
Mustered out on 07 Sep 1862 at Helena, AR.
Birth Date: abt 1826
Sources: Roster & Record of Iowa Soldiers in the War of Rebellion
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Civil War Pension File
Widows pension application # 351117, cert # 268755
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Grand Junction News
June 21, 1884.Edwin A. Haskel was born at Greenfield,Mass., March 31st, 1828. He was one of the first settlers in the state of Iowa, where he was well known. Served during the war as a member of the 7th Iowa Infantry and the 4th Iowa Cavalry. He was a Knight Templar, an Odd Fellow, and a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. He has been sick for the past six months and came to Colorado hoping the change would be beneficial. He came with his family to Grand Junction about two months ago, since which time he has gradually grown worse, and died on Tuesday, June 17th, of Bright's disease of the kidneys.
He leaves a wife and five sons to mourn his death; Mr. C. W. Haskell, editor of the Democrat, we believe was the only son here at the time of his death. The bereaved family have the sympathy of the entire community in their loss.
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U.S., Appointments of U. S. Postmasters
Name: Edwin A Haskell
Post Office Location: Bradford, Chickasaw, Iowa
Appointment Date:19 Feb 1855
Appointment Date:13 Sep 1861
U.S. Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2019
Name: Charles W Haskell
Death Date: 22 Nov 1918
Cemetery: Los Angeles National Cemetery
Notes: SGT US Army
The Nashua Reporter
April 30, 1903Mary Cudwith (sic) wasa born in Chesterfield, Mass., Sept 13, 1834 and died at her home near Bassett, Iowa, April 24, 1903, at the age of 68 years, 6 months and 10 days. She was married to C. P. Warner Oct. 17, 1852, and in March 1855 they moved to Illinois and in the fall of that year to Iowa, where she resided to her death.
She is survived by a husband and seven children, two sons having predeceased her, and two brothers and several grandchildren.
The Nashua Reporter
April 20, 1911C. P. Warner, one of the early residents of this county, died at his home in Bassett last Friday, April 14, after an extended illness, death being due to general debility at the ripe age of 78 years. Mr. Warner had been a resident of Bassett for many years and was held in high esteem especially among the older residents of that community who knew him in his years of activity.
The funeral was held Sunday and intermant was in Mt. Carroll cemetery.
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New Hampton Tribune
April 25, 1911Choral Porter Warner was born in Savoy, Berkshire County, Mass. Mar 15, 1832 and died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Anna Frazee, in Bassett, April 14, 1911 at the age of 79 years and 5 months. He was married to Miss Mary H. Cudworth, Oct. 17, 1852 in Savoy, Mass. She preceeded him to the better land April 29, 1903. Seven children came to bless this union of which two, Frank C and Edward A., preceeded them in death.
The surviving children are; C. H. Warner of Seattle, Ella E. Young of Newell So. Dakota; Charles S. Warner of Bassett; U. J. Warner of Draper, So. Dakota; Mrs. Anna B. Frazee of Bassett and one aged sister,
Mrs. Rexa Brown of Ashfield, Mass, besides twenty six grandchildren an fifteen great grandchildren are left to mourn his loss. He was a good citizen, a kind neighbor and always ready to assist needy ones. He moved from Mass. to Pickford, Illinois in March of 1855 and moved to old Chickasaw July 17 of the say year.
For many years he was a member of the Goodwill Lodge of Masons at Chickasaw which later located at Bassett. He was on of the first assessors of Chickasaw County and filled many a prominent place in the township history. He leaves a noble memory to both his family and community he has lived in so long.
The funeral was held in the Methodist Church Sunday April 16, and the remains were laid to rest at the Rowley Hill Cemetery by the side of his loving compainion.
The Nashua Reporter
September 22, 1937Charles Sumner Warner, son of C. P, and Mary Warner, was born in Bassett, Iowa, May 9, 1867, and died at his home in Bassett, September 12, 1937.
Having secured the highest education the local community offered at that time he had made plans to continue his education in the higher institutions of learning, when in the summer of 1884 he suffered a sunstroke which left him totally blind. However, undaunted by his very great handicap, about 20 years later he entered the school for the blind at Vinton, where he mastered the trade of broom making which occupation he followed in his home community for a number in his home.
In August 1908 at Nora Springs he was united in marriage to Anna G. Kenyon, who precede him in death June 12, 1929. He is survived by one sister, Mrs. Owen Frazee, Bassett, and two brothers L. H. Warner of Seattle, Wash., and Will J. Warner, Omar, Wash. Two brothers and one sister preceded him in death.
The Nashua Reporter
June 26, 1929Anna G. Kenyon was born May 19, 1869, at Neeleyville, Ill,, and passed away Sunday morning, June 16, at the age of 60 years and 28 days, at her home in Bassett. Although she had been in failing health for the past five years, her death was a shock to the relatives, neighbors and friends. Her early life was spent with her parents, brothers and sisters on a farm in Neeleyville, Ill., and she became an employee of the Civil Service, seven years being spent in the School for the Blind in Jacksonville, and two years in the School for the Blind at Vinton, Iowa.
She was united in marriage to Mr. Charles S. Warner, at Nora Springs, Iowa, on August 1, 1890, and came to Bassett where they have since resided. In April, 1918, when the "call to arms" came to our country, she accepted an appointment as postmistress of the Bassett postpffice, continuing in that service for six and a half years. She served her people well and faithfully until failing health made it necessary for her to retire to private life. She with her husnand then planned and built a comfortable home and it was her one desire to make life comfortable for her companion and herself in their declining years. She loved the trees and flowers and took much interest in them, even to visit them all and seemed to say good-bye only a few days before her death.
In her early womanhood she became a member of the Christian church in Chapin, Ill., and recently placed her letter for membership in the Christian church of Charles City.
She is survived by her husband, Charles S. Warner, and five sisters, Mrs. J. H. Vortman, of Neeleyville, Ill.; Mrs. David Foster, Jacksonville, Ill.; Mrs. Julius Ochler, Winchester, Ill.; and Jane and Marion, of Chapin, Ill. Her parents, one brother, John Kenyon, and two sisters, Mrs. John Aitkin, of Parsons, Kan., and Mrs. David Taylor, of Jacksonville, Ill., preceded her in death.
15124. Charles Lemuel Cudworth
Family moved from Ionia, Chickasaw, Iowa to Seattle, King, Washington in 1880. Moved on to Bellingham, Whatcom, Washington in 1882.
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Charles received injuries in a train accident that resulted in his death in 1907.
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Bellingham Herald
June 20, 1907The injuries Charles Cudworth recieved Tuesday evening proved fatal. He died last evening, barely twenty four hours after the accident in the Bellingham Bay Lumber company's yards, where he was crushed between an engine and a pile of lumber. Until a very few minutes before his death, his nurses thouhgt hin resting easily, and the change was very sudden. His doctor's anticipated a speedy recovery for him also during the entire day.
He is survived by two children, a son, Hugh Cudworth, and a daughter, Miss Grace Cudworth. The daughter had been an invalid for the past year and the father was greatly devoted to her. His wife died two years ago, and he has since spent time and money and great care upon the daughter in an effort to have her restored to health.
Mr. Cudworth came to this city about 25 years ago and is well known as a pioneer. As a janitor in the many county courthouse for six years he made a long list of friends. He was a brother of former County Commisioner William Cudworth.
The Bellingham Herald
March 2, 1911Mrs. Mary Westing, of Elizabeth street, has recieved word of the death of her niece, Grace Lily Cudworth, February 27, at her home in Santa Anna, Cal. The immediate cause of death was due to quinay, although Miss Cudworth has been an invalid for for a number of years.
15125. Edward Manning Cudworth
Family settled In Snoqualmie Falls, King, Washington. From there they went to Lynden, Whatcom, Washington. In 1895 they moved to Sidley, British Columbia, Canada, where he acquired a large far. In 1904 he returned to the United States.Edward became County commissioner of Whatcom county Washington. He laid the cornerstone of the County Courthouse.
Lynden Pioneer PressOn August 29, 1889, to the wife of Manning Cudworth, a boy and girl. The lucky parents are both joyful and the fathers's smiling face can be heard a long distance.