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1 HAWKEYE HERITAGE A PUBLICATION OF THE IOWA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY Volume 43, Issue 2 Winter, 2009 Five-generation picture Grandma Amos is seated front left. Her daughter Ora Conner is seated next to Grandma Amos. Ora s daughter, Ina Hollingswor is standing back left, Ina s daughter, Eel Whitlow, is holding her son Dwight.

2 HAWKEYE HERITAGE WINTER, 2009 VOLUME 43, NUMBER 2 PRICE MEMBERS $5.00 NON-MEMBERS $9.00 PLUS $3.00 POSTAGE FOR BOTH Editor Barbara L. Hug Editorial Committee Diane Densmore Carl Nollen Susan Claman IGS Staff Librarian Billie Murano Administrative Assistant Debra Chase Assistant Librarians Susan Claman IGS Executive Board President, Barbara Hug Hawkeye Heritage Contents Research Assistance... 6 Feature Article: Grandma Amos... 7 United Spanish War Veterans Library Acquisitions Iowa Genealogical Society Queries Name Index IGS Membership $35.00 for a single membership $45.00 for a family membership Send dues by mail or electronically using our website Iowa Genealogical Society 628 East Grand Avenue Des Moines IA (515) Phone (515) FAX igs@iowagenealogy.org 1st Vice President, Carla Anders 2nd Vice President, Kay Gourley Secretary, Diane Densmore Treasurer, LaWanda Nepstad Hawkeye Heritage is published by e Iowa Genealogical Society (IGS). Copyright 2009 Iowa Genealogical Society 4

3 Feature Article Grandma Amos Mary Stephens Amos (and James Amos) in Warren County, Iowa by Marieta A. Grissom, CG The year was 1831, a pivotal year in United States history, even ough e events are not memorized in school. The year also marked e bir of a child, Mary Emily Stephens, who became a remarkable woman. Newspapers were numerous in 1831, spreading news of current events to e masses. On 12 February an eclipse of e sun was visible along e eastern seaboard, an event so heralded by e newspapers beforehand, at e eclipse itself seemed anti-climatic. 1 Nat Turner, a Virginia slave, led a group of slaves on a murdering rampage. 2 Congress and e Supreme Court considered e removal of e Cherokee Nation from Georgia, 3 The feud between President Andrew Jackson and Vice President John C. Calhoun was fodder for newspapers. The two differed on e role of e Union and e states. Then a scandal erupted involving Jackson s personal life, undermining his effectiveness. To regain control Jackson was forced to ask his cabinet to resign. 4 Oer items in 1831 probably didn t make newspaper headlines across e country, but e events no less impacted history. On 4 July 1831, honoring e country s fifty-fif anniversary a choir in Boston sang My country, tis of ee for e first time. 5 Cyrus McCormick, Virginia farmer, tested his mechanical reaper. 6 In Philadelphia, a steam-powered railroad car made its inaugural trip, one and a quarter miles. 7 John James Audubon toured eastern states from New York to Florida, studying and drawing birds. 8 And, protracted camp meetings fired religious revivalism. 9 On 4 July, James Monroe, former President, died in poverty. 10 And, before year s end, a cholera epidemic entered United States from Europe. 11 Natural phenomena, politics, religion, industry, currency, mass media, racial struggles, transportation, and disease were all part of e lives of Americans in Into is world, Mary Emily Stephens was born on 13 September in Virginia , Marieta A. Grissom, Certified Genealogist; 505 West Jackson Avenue, Indianola, IA , Marieta.Grissom@msn.com. Ms. Grissom has actively researched her many Iowa pioneer ancestors since She was awarded certificate no. 990 in March 2009 by e Board for Certification of Genealogists Masur, Louis P., 1831 Year of Eclipse, New York: Hill and Wang, 2001, Ibid., Ibid., Ibid., Ibid., Ibid., Ibid., Ibid., Ibid., Ibid., Ibid., Warren County, Iowa, Dea Book 4:16, Mary Emily Amos died 18 February 1933, age 101 years, 5 mons and 5 days old, bir date calculates 13 September 1831.

4 Mary lived to be 101, an awesome wonderment for a pioneer woman. As she approached centenarian status, e local newspapers duly noted her birdays wi an interview, likely a relished assignment for e reporter. Grandma Amos, as everyone called her, related her stories in straightforward manner. But e life events she described probably awed e listener. Today her stories are still amazing. The family s struggles, assiduous work eic, perseverance rough hardship, resolve in adversity, and unique patriotism emerge. Because ese stories were printed in e newspapers, readers today know many details about her life. None of Mary s remembrances mention any of e national events at took place during her lifetime, let alone e ones at took place during her bir year, but ere is no doubt at consequences of many of e 1831 events affected her life. Perhaps e first one took place when she was a mere infant. She was born in Rockingham County, Virginia. When she was about one year old, her parents moved to Madison County, Ohio, where she grew up. Wheer her family fled Virginia in response to growing racial tensions is not known, but ey moved to a non-slave state. When she was about eighteen, her family moved furer west to Knox County, Illinois. 13 Her early life en became symbolic of e westward, anti-slavery movement. Mary Emily Stephens and James Monroe Amos married on 27 August For four years, ey lived on a rented farm in Knox County, worked hard, and accumulated nearly $ James Amos knew land in Iowa was cheaper an in Illinois. 16 He wanted to take a look, en return for his family if he liked it, 17 but Mary was spunky and wouldn t hear of it. I told him just to wait two or ree weeks until we got e spinning and weaving done and could get our cloes ready and we would all come togeer and make one trip do it. Thus, in e fall of 1854, e husband, wife and two small girls, journeyed westward to Warren County, Iowa. 18 Mary continued, We started for Iowa in a covered wagon drawn by horses. A great many oers drove oxen, but my husband always had horses. We arrived in Warren County in early November and entered ree forties 19 and preempted forty acres of timber. By preemption we were given first right to enter e land at a later date. 20 They selected a site in e timber, built a 12x14 foot log cabin wi grass growing on e dirt floor, and lived ere e first winter. By living in e timber, James was close by as he spent e winter cutting logs for a house and splitting rails for fences. Their two little girls, Orra and Laura, were joined by a ird daughter, Ida. In e spring ey built a house on eir ree forties farm and sold eir rights to e timber forty for $ She spoke on, Money was scarce. I remember at Amos bought a spade from Mose Barker and Mose inquired if he had e money to pay for it. One time he was worried over getting his corn planted. We had no money to hire hands. I told him to put e cover on e wagon and put e cradle in it. I put a couple of comforts in e wagon and we went to e field. The two little girls and e baby staying in e wagon and I dropped corn. They got along just fine. [Mr.] Amos would mark out e rows, I d drop e corn, and en he would come along and 13. Will Celebrate 100 Birday, Sunday, Sept 13, The Indianola Tribune, Indianola, Iowa, September 8, 1931, p. 1, col. 4 and p. 7, col Rev. W. C. Martin, D.D., History of Warren County, Iowa (Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1908), 425, James Amos. 15. Will Celebrate 100 Birday, The Indianola Tribune, September 8, Martin, History of Warren County, Iowa, 425. Mr. Amos. decided to come to Warren county, Iowa, as land was much cheaper here an in Illinois at at time. 17. Will Celebrate 100 Birday, The Indianola Tribune, September 8, Ibid. 19. James Amos (Warren County, Iowa), patent no. 9788; Land Patent Search, digital images, General Land Office Records, ( : accessed 8 October 2009) dated 1 June 1855 for 80 acres. Also, Henry Wayman, (Pvt, Capt. Johnson s Co. 4 Reg. Virginia Militia, 1812), bounty land warrant (Act of 1850); Land Patent Search, digital images, General Land Office Records, ( : accessed 8 October 2009), assigned to James Amos, dated 1 June 1855 for 40 acres. 20. Will Celebrate 100 Birday, The Indianola Tribune, September 8, Ibid. 8

5 cover it wi his plow. I could drop as fast as he could mark and cover and we got e crop planted in good shape wiout paying out anying for hired labor. 22 During e national struggle between e Nor and e Sou, James and Mary struggled on eir farm. And, like eir country, ey experienced bo life and dea. Five children were born: Nancy, John, James Liberty, Mary, and Lourena. 23 Then, in June 1863 a severe epidemic of dipheria tragically took e lives of Ida, 8, Nancy, 6, and John, 4, in less an two weeks. 24 The local epidemic continued into e fall. A few miles away, between 22 September and 8 October, tragedy struck six children in e Eberman family. The faer cut native timber to make e six coffins. No funerals were held. 25 After several years, James and Mary sold is farm west of Indianola 26 and James journeyed back to his native Baltimore, Maryland. One story of his you is at his faer died when he was a small boy. His moer, unsure of raising her sons in a city, found a good family moving to Ohio. The boys lived ere until able to fend for emselves. 27 James and Mary s granddaughter, Mary Amos Smi heard a different story. My faer [Sherman] told us at his faer said he was descended from French Royalty. Also[,] at one time he went to see his sister in Maryland who had been adopted by wealy aristocrats and she wouldn t have anying to do wi him. He also told my faer at a wealy couple wanted to adopt him, but he told em he was older and could make his own way, and asked em to adopt his younger broer, John. So ey did and gave him e education to be a minister. 28 In 1867 James traded for land on Otter Creek sou and east of Indianola. 29 They built a red house on e Hammondsburg road where Grant, Sherman, and Alice were born. 30 George Hutt owned a farm just a short distance away and was not doing well. He was also a road supervisor and was unhappy wi at, as well. One day he made a remark in e presence of James Amos at if he could get $30 an acre for e place, he would sell out and leave e d n country. Well, James had $100 in his pocket. He handed e money to Hutt and said, Hutt, your place is sold, and George Pearson is a witness at I ve paid you $100 to bind e bargain. We will go to town tomorrow and fix up e papers. By e next day Hutt regretted his comment, but a deal was a deal to James Amos. 31 James and Mary took possession, built a large new house, and lived ere until James died. This house was located at a crossroads. Many people in 2009 still know is as e Amos Corner since members of e Amos family eventually owned e land on all four corners. Wheer James owned one of Cyrus McCormick s reapers is not known. But, he most likely purchased a similar machine as his farming operation expanded. 22. Ibid. 23 Also, Lourena was known in later years as Lorena. 24. Cemetery and Dea Records of Warren County, Iowa, Indianola Cemetery, 132. Ida V. Amos died June 7, 1863, Nancy E. died June 11, 1863, John died June 24, Also, Indianola IOOF Cemetery (Indianola, Iowa on e sou edge of Indianola on Highways 65 & 69), gravestones for Ida, Nancy and John, as photographed by e auor 28 May Cemetery and Dea Records of Warren County, Iowa, Hewitt Cemetery, Mary B. Eberman died Sep. 22, 1863; Jane A. died Sep. 29, 1863; Kate died Oct 1, 1863; Orion died Oct. 2, 1863; George E., died Oct 5, 1863; William J., died Oct. 8, Warren County, Iowa, Deed Book Q: , James Amos and Mary E. Amos to Francis Cass, 6 January Also, Deed Book S: 429, James Amos and Mary E. Amos to James R. Reddish, 28 August It is unknown which of ese land transactions Mary was referring to in her story. 27. Will Celebrate 100 Birday, The Indianola Tribune, September 8, Letter written by Mary Amos Smi, to Our dear Relatives and Friends, March 1, 1988, photocopy obtained by Thelma Butler Pehrson probably in mid-1990s and a copy given to e auor, approximately Also, John A. Amos obituary, Courier-Democrat, Seneca, Kansas, 28 September 1888, microfilm #S854 (7 October August 1890), Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, Kansas. John s obituary does not verify e letter, except to say he was raised in Ohio and became a Meodist minister. 29. Warren County, Iowa, Deed Book U: 353, James Amos and Mary E. Amos to James C. Graham, 17 January Also, Deed Book 8: , Daniel Palmer and Abigal Palmer to James Amos, 11 April Martin, History of Warren County, Iowa, Will Celebrate 100 Birday, The Indianola Tribune, September 8, Also, Warren County, Iowa, Deed Book 34: 222, George H. Hutt and Julia A. Hutt, to James Amos, 7 September

6 James Amos sitting on e front step of his house and it appears some of his women folk are peering out of e second-story windows. James Amos was a self-made man. A Meodist, a Republican, a member of e Masonic Lodge and e Independent Order of Odd Fellows, treasurer of e county school funds, and a township assessor, Mr. Amos was a highly respected member of e community. 32 After we were married in 1850, Mary continued, Amos had 95 cents in his pocket. That was all he had in e world; but God was good to us and seemed to help us get ings togeer. When he came from Ohio to Illinois as a young man, he had saved a hundred dollars, which he had in his pocket. While he was asleep on a steamboat somebody picked his pocket and he arrived in Illinois wi almost noing. Many a day he worked ere, bo before and after we were married, for 50 cents a day, splitting rails. 33 One time a neighbor who lived a half mile away wanted to go back to Indiana to visit e home folks, so Mary walked e half mile morning and evening to milk e cows and look after everying. She churned e cream and sold e butter and wi is money bought a set of dishes English ironstone, Tea Leaf pattern, at was popular in ose days. 34 Mary also made trips back to see her folks in Illinois, 35 and her most likely means of transportation was e steam-powered train. James Monroe Amos was born on 4 July 36 when James Monroe was President of e United States; is may have started a patriot naming pattern for e Amos males. Son, James Liberty, known as Liberty was also born on 4 July. 37 Sons George Grant Amos and William Sherman Amos, known roughout eir lives as Grant and Sherman, respectively, undoubtedly were named for e famous Union generals. James Liberty died 22 May, Mr. Amos died May 8, For a time, Mary lived wi her son Sherman and her daughter Ora, bo in e Milo area. However, for e last 12 to 14 years of her life, she lived in Indianola, wi her daughter Lorena Butler Martin, History of Warren County, Iowa, Will Celebrate 100 Birday, The Indianola Tribune, September 8, Thelma Butler Pehrson s memories of her great-grandmoer, probably written in e 1990s. A photocopy of is handwritten, unpaginated document is in e possession of e auor, Thelma s daughter. 35. Browns Chapel, Advocate-Tribune, Indianola, Iowa, 29 April 1909, p. 2, col. 2, Grandma Amos has gone to Illinois for a visit. It seems at furer newspaper research would probably find oer similar items. 36. Martin, History of Warren County, Iowa, Indianola IOOF Cemetery, James L. Amos grave marker, photographed by auor on 28 May Warren County, Iowa, Dea Book 2: 3, James M. Amos, died 8 May 1898, Recorder s Office, Indianola. 40. Mrs. Mary E. Amos, (obituary), The Indianola Herald, Indianola, Iowa, March 2, 1933, p. 3, col

7 Grandma Amos smoked a pipe! One time her great-granddaughter, Thelma Butler Pehrson, asked her why she smoked. The answer was at when she and her husband finished wi eir day s work and relaxed after supper, ey sat on e back step or back porch and each smoked a pipe and ey reviewed e day or planned e next day or year s work, and it became a habit. 41 Apparently, e evenings on e back step were time well spent. When James died after nearly 48 years of marriage, ey owned 708 acres, held nearly $10,000 in cash and notes, and owned more an $6,000 in household goods, livestock, machinery, and crops. 42 Grandma Amos lost her sight at about 76 years of age, and she suffered a fall at about age 93, after which she was confined to her bed. 43 During her life, she saw ings at were once uninkable or unheard of become luxuries and conveniences, en become so common place as to become necessities. Indoor plumbing and electricity are examples. The world of transportation moved from e railroad at tested its steam engine during her bir year to automobiles. During her later years, while bedridden, she enjoyed hours of listening to radio stations KFNF and KMA. 44 Grandma Amos 1921 KFNF, started by Henry Fields, transmitted out of Shenandoah, Iowa, and KMA was also a souwest Iowa station; bo stations had programming of interest to rural women. Thelma also remembered, Grandma s room was on e soueast corner of e second floor and was e nicest bedroom in e large house. Her room was adjacent to e baroom, ough she could not use it. I can still remember hearing Grandma Amos yell for her daughter, Ree-nee! [short for Lorena] to come tend to whatever was her need at at time. Her sons Sherman and Grant would come periodically to lift eir moer out of e bed so Lorena could change e bedding. 45 As children, Thelma and her broer always dreaded having to trudge up e stairs to visit Grandma Amos. However, Thelma said at she is sure Grandma Amos enjoyed having visitors, especially children. 46 Thelma remembers at Grandma Amos still smoked after dinner and supper and Lorena could hardly wait until her moer was finished smoking to come up to e room, open e windows wide, and air out e room! 47 Mary s surviving children apparently tried to visit eir moer for her birday or for e holidays. Ora lived in Artesian, Sou Dakota, Laura in Council Grove, Kansas, Mary in Marquis, Saskatchewan, Canada, and Alice in Omaha, Nebraska. Lorena, Grant, and Sherman all remained in e Indianola area. 48 Among e 150 or so visitors at her one hundred birday was B. F. Lucas. He was a lad, who had helped drive a herd of 1100 sheep from Pennsylvania. The journey had been twelve weeks and ree days. Upon arriving here, e owners of e sheep purchased Mr. Amos s crop, made arrangements for e sheep to remain ere for e winter, left Ben Lucas to look after em, and boarded him wi e Amos family. Ben wrote of his experience wi Grandma Amos. I presume at I am as well, or perhaps better acquainted wi Grandma Amos an any oer man in Warren county, having met her for e first time in e mon of September, At at time I was a boy of but fourteen years of age and alough my own moer was almost a 41. Thelma Butler Pehrson s memories. 42. Warren County, Iowa, James Amos probate file, Box 3, Packet #1663, Clerk of Court, Indianola. 43. Mrs. Mary E. Amos, The Indianola Herald, March 2, Thelma Butler Pehrson s memories. 45. Ibid. 46. Ibid. 47. Thelma Butler Pehrson s memories. 48. Grandmoer Amos Is 100 Years Old, The Indianola Herald, Indianola, Iowa, September 17, 1931, p. 1, col. 4. Also, Mrs. Mary E. Amos, The Indianola Herald, Indianola, Iowa, March 2, 1933, p. 3, col

8 ousand miles away, at deficiency could hardly be felt, or at least e situation was materially relieved, as long as Mrs. Amos had charge of e boy s welfare. I was e recipient of ree well-cooked meals each day for six days in e week wi someing extra for e seven. My cloes were kept clean, always mended and buttons well sewed on. All done cheerfully and wi a moerly spirit, and when I dropped e washpan in e well, ere was no display of bad temper. Moer Amos just appointed J. Garlow a committee of one to go down and get it. I have enjoyed many interesting visits wi Moer Amos since she has been confined to her bed, each of which was an inspiration, and after I had visited her on her last birday I came away impressed wi e ought at Moer Amos really is not old, but has just simply lived a hundred years. 49 Grandma Amos died February 18, 1933, at e age of 101 years, 5 mons and 6 days. Being born in 1831, e year of e eclipse and many oer significant national struggles, her long life reflected simpler concerns: family and hard work. Back row: Grant Amos, Alice Barnes, Orra Conner, Sherman Amos. Front row: Ellen Bacon, Mary Emily Stephens Amos, Lorena Butler. Biographical Summary 1 James Monroe Amos was born 4 July 1823 in Baltimore, Maryland50 and died on 8 May 1898 in Otter Township, Warren County, Iowa.51 On 27 August 1850 he married Mary Emily Stephens at Knox County, Illinois. Mary Stephens was born 13 September 1831 in Rockingham County, Virginia, e daughter of Lewis Stephens and Elizabe Adler. She died on 18 February 1933 in Indianola, Iowa,52 bo are buried at e Indianola IOOF Cemetery.53 James Monroe Amos and Mary Emily Stephens were e parents of eleven children. 49. Grandma Amos Rounds Out Her Hundred Years, The Indianola Tribune, Indianola, Iowa, September 15, 1931, p. 1, col. 1 and p. 8, col Martin, History of Warren County, Iowa, Warren County, Iowa, Dea Book 2: 3, James M. Amos, died 8 May 1898, Recorder s Office, Indianola. 52. Warren County, Iowa, Dea Book 4:16, Mary Emily Amos, died 18 February Indianola IOOF Cemetery, James M. Amos and Mary E. Amos grave marker. 12

9 2 i. ORRA [aka ORA] ANN AMOS was born 3 July at Knox County, Illinois55 and died 11 December at Artesian, Sou Dakota.57 Orra was buried at Hammondsburg Cemetery, Otter Township, Warren County, Iowa.58 On 10 September 1871 she married A. J. Andy Conner in Warren County.59 Andy, as he was known, was born eier 29 April 1842 or 22 November He died 29 April Andrew J. Conner was buried at e Hammondsburg Cemetery.62 3 ii. LAURA ELLEN AMOS was born 10 September at Knox County, Illinois,64 and died 14 April On 27 April 1876 she married R. M. Bacon at e James Amos residence.66 Robert was born 9 September 1837 and died 29 September They lived near Council Grove, Kansas, and are buried at Greenwood Cemetery in Council Grove.67 4 iii. IDA AMOS was born 6 March in a 12x14 log cabin on a timber forty e first winter e family lived in Warren County, Iowa69 and died 7 June of dipheria.71 Ida is buried at e Indianola IOOF Cemetery.72 5 iv. NANCY E. AMOS was born 15 February in Jefferson Township, Warren County74 and died 11 June of dipheria.76 Nancy is buried at e Indianola IOOF Cemetery.77 6 v. JOHN G. AMOS was born 22 April in Jefferson Township, Warren County79 and died 24 June of dipheria.81 John is buried at e Indianola IOOF Cemetery Will Celebrate 100 Birday, The Indianola Tribune, September 8, Hammondsburg Cemetery, (Otter Township, Warren County, Iowa; SE ¼ SW ¼ Section 11, Township 75N, Range 23W; 2 miles west and 1 ½ miles nor of Milo), Orra A. Conner grave marker. 57. Indianola Herald, Indianola, Iowa, 21 December 1933, p. 4, col. 3, brief dea notice. 58. Corinne Butler scrapbook, unknown newspaper, 20 December 1933, Orra A. Conner obituary. Original in possession of e auor. 59. Warren County, Iowa, Marriage Book B: 172, A. J. Connor, 25, and Orra A. Amos, 20, 10 September Warren County, Iowa, Dea Book 3: 153, Andrew Connor, died 28 April 1909, born 29 April 1842, age 64. Also, Andy Connor obituary, photocopy of a newspaper clipping found in Thelma Pehrson s Amos family genealogy notebook, unknown newspaper, unknown date, gives a bir date of 22 November Also, Hammondsburg Cemetery, Andrew J. Conner gravestone lists died Apr 29, 1909, age 63y 5m 7d, which calculates to be a bir date of 22 November Thus, Andy s bir date needs furer research. 61. Warren County, Iowa, Dea Book 3: 153, Andrew Connor, died 28 April Hammondsburg Cemetery, Andrew J. Conner grave marker Will Celebrate 100 Birday, The Indianola Tribune, September 8, Letter Dear Cousin Eser from Frank & Luella Bacon dated 17 December Moer died April 14, Eser was Eser Butler Henry. Frank Bacon was a son of Laura Bacon. Eser and Frank were first cousins. 66. Warren County, Iowa, Marriage Book C: 225, R. M. Bacon, 37, and Laura E. Amos, 23, 27 April Greenwood Cemetery, Council Grove, Kansas, Laura E. and Robert M. Bacon gravestone, photographed by auor on 16 October Cemetery is located on e western edge of Council Grove Mrs. Mary E. Amos The Indianola Herald, 2 March, Also, Will Celebrate 100 Birday, The Indianola Tribune, September 8, Will Celebrate 100 Birday, The Indianola Tribune, September 8, Indianola IOOF Cemetery, Idevond Amos grave marker Will Celebrate 100 Birday, The Indianola Tribune, September 8, Will Celebrate 100 Birday, The Indianola Tribune, September 8, Indianola IOOF Cemetery, Nancy E. Amos grave marker Will Celebrate 100 Birday, The Indianola Tribune, September 8, Will Celebrate 100 Birday, The Indianola Tribune, September 8, Indianola IOOF Cemetery, John G. Amos grave marker. 13

10 7 vi. JAMES LIBERTY AMOS was born 4 July in Jefferson township, Warren County84 and died 22 May of typhoid fever at home in Otter township, Warren County.86 Liberty was buried at Indianola IOOF Cemetery.87 On 11 September 1888 he married Mary Baugh.88 She was born 11 September in Iowa,90 apparently e daughter of James F. Baugh and Margaret J. --?--.91 She died 30 December 1890 and is buried at Christian Neck Cemetery.92 On 5 January 1893 he married Eva Pope in Warren County.93 8 vii. MARY NEVA AMOS was born 10 January in Warren County95 and died 11 April 1952 at Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada.96 On 13 March 1888 or 25 March she married Herbert Worley98 He was born 15 March 1860 at Henry County, Illinois.99 He died 20 July 1945 at Marquis, Saskatchewan, Canada viii. LOURENA (aka LORENA) AMOS was born 28 March norwest of Indianola102 and died 31 July 1961, Indianola, Iowa.103 Lorena is buried at e Indianola IOOF Cemetery.104 On 11 January 83. Will Celebrate 100 Birday, The Indianola Tribune, September 8, Indianola IOOF Cemetery, James L. Amos grave marker. 86. Advocate-Tribune, Indianola, Iowa, 25 May 1893, p. 3, col Indianola IOOF Cemetery, James L.. Amos grave marker Christian Neck Cemetery (aka Otter Creek Cemetery, NW corner of NW ¼, SE ¼ Section 28, Township 74N, Range 23W, Warren County, Iowa), Mollie A. Amos grave marker. Bir date has been derived from age given on grave marker. Died 30 December 1890, age 25 years, 3 mons, 19 days U.S. census, population schedule, Warren County, Iowa, White Oak Township, p. 6 [handwritten], dwelling 43, family 43, James Baugh household, Ancestry.com digital image ( : accessed 23 March 2009) citing NARA microfilm publication M593, Roll 519. Also, 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Warren County, Iowa, Liberty Township, p. 455 [stamped], p. 5 [handwritten], ED 236, dwelling 40, family 49, James Baugh household, Ancestry.com digital image ( : accessed 23 March 2009), citing NARA microfilm publication T9, Roll 368; also FHL microfilm 1,254,368. Bo census records indicate Mary was born in Iowa U.S. census, pop. sch., Warren Co., Iowa, White Oak Twp., p. 6, dwell. 43, fam. 43, James Baugh. Also, 1880 U.S. census, pop. sch., Warren Co., Iowa, Liberty Twp, p. 455, dwell. 40, fam. 49, James Baugh. Also, 1885 Iowa state census, population schedule, Warren County, Iowa, Lacona, p. 737 [stamped], dwelling 75, family 75, James Baugh household, Ancestry.com digital image ( : accessed 28 March 2009), citing microfilm of Iowa State Censuses obtained from e State Historical Society of Iowa via Heritage Quest, roll IA While none of ese census records give relationships, it appears at Mary Baugh is likely e daughter of James Baugh and Margaret Baugh. In addition, she is buried next to James F. Baugh and Margaret J. Baugh in e Christian Neck Cemetery. 92. Christian Neck Cemetery, Mollie A. Amos grave marker. No dea record has been located for Mary, us, e only available record is her grave marker. 93. Warren County, Iowa, Marriage Book H:16, J. L. Amos, 31, and Eva Pope, 18, 5 January Will Celebrate 100 Birday, The Indianola Tribune, September 8, Letter Dear Eser from Alma dated 14 November 1965, Moer died April in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada. Eser was Eser Butler Henry, a first cousin of Alma, Mary Worley s daughter. Auor has a photocopy of e letter. Also, dea notice Former Resident Dies in Canada, Record-Herald and Indianola Tribune, Indianola, Iowa, 15 April 1952, p. 1, col Martin, History of Warren County, Iowa, 802. This says In 1888 was celebrated e marriage of Herbert Worley and Miss Mary N. Amos, however, e marriage of Herbert Worley and Mary N. Worley was recorded as taking place on 25 March 1898, Warren County, Iowa, Marriage Book I: 280 Recorder s Office, Indianola. In e interim several children were born. 98. Martin, History of Warren County, Iowa, 426, Ibid., Photocopy of a newspaper clipping, unknown newspaper, unknown date, in Thelma Pehrson s Amos family genealogy notebook Hub Worley Dies in Canada Record-Herald and Indianola Tribune, Indianola, Iowa, 17 August 1961, p. 6, col. 5. Lorena Butler obituary Warren County, Iowa, Dea Book 5:470, Lourena Butler, died 31 July Indianola IOOF Cemetery, Lorena Butler grave marker

11 1887 she married William T. Butler in Warren County, Iowa.105 He was born 28 December 1865 in Otter Township, Warren County, Iowa, e son of William H. Butler106 and Sarepta E. Truitt.107 He died 18 April Will is buried in e Indianola IOOF Cemetery.109 After her husband died, Lorena took care of her moer for many years. Then, Lorena lived to be 95 years old herself. 10 ix. GEORGE GRANT AMOS was born 5 May near Milo in Otter Township111 Grant lived his entire life wiin five miles of his bir place.112 He died 21 May 1946 in rural Indianola, Iowa.113 Grant is buried at e Indianola IOOF Cemetery.114 On 18 August 1896 he married Mary Ellen Chumbley in Warren County, Iowa.115 She was born November She died 27 October 1966, Indianola, Iowa.117 Mary is buried beside her husband at Indianola IOOF Cemetery x. WILLIAM SHERMAN AMOS was born 7 December 1871 in Otter Township, Warren County119 and died 13 October 1958, Indianola, Iowa.120 Sherman is buried in e Indianola IOOF Cemetery.121 On 21 August 1895 he married Lillian M. Woods at Indianola, Iowa.122 She was born 2 April She died 17 November Lillian is buried in e Indianola IOOF Cemetery xi. ALICE V. AMOS was born 22 June and died 31 July On 21 August 1895 she married Harry L. Barnes at Indianola, Iowa.127 Prior to 1920 she married William H. Middleton.128 Alice is buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Omaha, Nebraska Warren County, Iowa, Marriage Register : 80, Wm. T. Butler, 22, and Lurena Amos, 21, 11 January Advocate-Tribune, Indianola, Iowa, 24 April 1919, p. 2, col William T. Butler obituary Martin, History of Warren County, Iowa, Advocate-Tribune, Indianola, Iowa, 24 April 1919, p. 2, col William T. Butler obituary Indianola IOOF Cemetery, William T. Butler grave marker George Grant Amos obituary, The Record-Herald and Indianola Tribune, Indianola, Iowa, 30 May 1946, p. 5, col George Grant Amos obituary, The Record-Herald and Indianola Tribune, Indianola, Iowa, 30 May 1946, p. 5, col Warren County, Iowa, Dea Book 5:111, George Grant Amos, died 21 May Indianola IOOF Cemetery, Grant G. Amos grave marker [note name is different an on dea record; apparently is because he was generally known as Grant Amos ] Warren County, Iowa, Marriage Book I:12, Geo. G. Amos, 27, and Mary E. Chumbley, 19, 18 August Mary Amos obituary, The Record-Herald and Indianola Tribune, Indianola, Iowa, 29 December 1966, p. 3, col Warren County, Iowa, Dea Book 6:133, Mary Ellen Amos, died 27 October Indianola IOOF Cemetery, Mary E. Amos grave marker, same stone as Grant G. Amos Martin, History of Warren County, Iowa, Warren County, Iowa, Dea Book 5:385, William Sherman Amos, died 13 October Indianola IOOF Cemetery, Sherman Amos grave marker Warren County, Iowa, Marriage Book H: 439, W. S. Amos, 26, and Lillie M. Woods, 22, 21 August Note: is is e same date at Sherman s sister, Alice, married Harry L. Barnes Mrs. Sherman Amos obituary, Indianola Herald, Indianola, Iowa, 24 November 1921, p. 4, col., Indianola IOOF Cemetery, Lillian M. Amos grave marker Martin, History of Warren County, Iowa, Deas and Funerals, World Herald, Omaha, Nebraska, 3 August The same dea notice appeared on 1 August and 2 August, but did not appear on 31 July. Therefore, it is believed at she probably died on 31 July. Furer research is needed for her exact dea date Warren County, Iowa, Marriage Book H:438, Harry L. Barnes, 26, and Alice V. Amos, 21, 21 August Note: is is e same date Alice s broer Sherman married Lillie M. Woods U.S. census, Douglas County, Nebraska, population schedule, Omaha Ward 11, p. 244 (stamped),p. 13A (penned), enumeration district (ED) 121, dwelling 320, family 336, William H. Middleton; Ancestry.com ( : accessed 25 September 2009), citing NARA publication T625, roll Forest Lawn Cemetery, Omaha, Nebraska, Internment #55463, Section 24, Lot #64, Grave #1; burial date 4 August 1969 from