Paul Bartlett Van Buren Genealogy
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Ervin Paul Van Buren
M, #2, b. 23 September 1897, d. 10 July 1968
Parents
| Father | Adam Emile Van Buren (b. 1 November 1851, d. 28 May 1904) |
| Mother | Ane Marie Poulsen (b. 28 April 1866, d. 5 July 1943) |
| Pedigree Link |
Family: Mae Shepard Bartlett (b. 5 April 1903, d. 10 November 1979)
| Son | Paul Bartlett Van Buren+ |
Van Buren, Ervin P. 1923 UofM
Biography
Ervin was born on 23 September 1897 in 215 South Second Street, Wahpeton, Richland County, North Dakota.1,2,3
Ervin Paul Van Buren married Mae Shepard Bartlett, daughter of Clarence Emery Bartlett and Ethel Margie Shepard, on 26 June 1934 in 422 Third Street NW, Madison, Lake County, South Dakota.4
Ervin Paul Van Buren died of a massive heart attack on 10 July 1968 in the golf course, Dell Rapids, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, at age 70.2 He was buried on 13 July 1968 in Hills of Rest Memorial Park, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota.5
Ervin Paul Van Buren married Mae Shepard Bartlett, daughter of Clarence Emery Bartlett and Ethel Margie Shepard, on 26 June 1934 in 422 Third Street NW, Madison, Lake County, South Dakota.4
Ervin Paul Van Buren died of a massive heart attack on 10 July 1968 in the golf course, Dell Rapids, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, at age 70.2 He was buried on 13 July 1968 in Hills of Rest Memorial Park, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota.5
Ervin Paul Van Buren was listed as a resident in Adam Emile Van Buren and Ane Marie Van Buren's household in the census report in 1900 in Wahpeton, Richland County, North Dakota.6 Ervin Paul Van Buren was listed as a resident in Ane Marie Van Buren's household in the census report in 1910 in 215 South Second Street, Wahpeton, Richland County, North Dakota.7 He was graduated circa 1914 in Wahpeton High School, Wahpeton, Richland County, North Dakota. He appeared on the census of 1915 in the household of Ane Marie Van Buren in Wahpeton, Richland County, North Dakota, Also living in the household were her widowed brother Dusenius Paulson, his young daughter Henrieta [Pearl] and four lodgers.
Household Members in 1915 ND State Census:
Anna Vanburen
Phillip Vanburen
Edwin [Ervin] Vanburen
Sadie [Sada] Vanburen
Dasimus [Dusenius] Paulson
Henrietta Paulson.8 He moved with Ane Marie Poulsen from Wahpeton, Richland County, North Dakota, to Minneapolis where her son Ervin had enrolled at the University of Minnesota circa 1915. He lived with Ane Marie Poulsen in 1916 in 3813 Chicago Ave, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota.9 He was a bellboy at the Vendome Hotel in Minneapolis and a student at the University of Minnesota in 1916.9
He was a Marine in World War I on 4 May 1917.10
He was in the United States Marine Corps in World War I between 4 May 1917 and 26 February 1919. He was discharged as a corporal.
U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls, 1798-1940
Name: Ervin P Van Buren
Enlistment Date: 4 May 1917
Muster Date: May 1917 - Rank: Private - Station: Company "D", Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Mare Island, Cal
Muster Date: Jun 1917 - Rank: Private - Station: Company "D", Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Mare Island, Cal
Muster Date: Jul 1917 - Rank: Private - Station: Company "D", Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Mare Island, Cal
Muster Date: Jul 1917 - Rank: Private - Station: Recruit Depot Detachment, Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Mare Island, Cal
Muster Date: Aug 1917 - Rank: Private - Station: Recruit Depot Detachment, Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Mare Island, Cal
Muster Date: Oct 1917 - Rank: Private - Station: 102nd Company
Muster Date: Nov 1917- Rank: Private - Station: 102nd Company
Muster Date: Dec 1917 - Rank: Private - Station: 61st Company, Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, New York, NY
Muster Date: Jan 1918 - Rank: Private - Station: 102nd Company
Muster Date: Feb 1918 - Rank: Private Station: 102nd Company, Mb, Naval Ammuition Depot, Iona Island, New York
Muster Date: Mar 1918- Rank: Private - Station: 102nd Company, Naval Ammunition Depot, Iona Island, New York
Muster Date: Apr 1918 - Rank: Private Station: Mb, Naval Ammunition Depot, Iona, Isld, New York
Muster Date: Jun 1918 - Rank: Private - Station: Mb, Naval Ammunition Depot, Iona Island, NY
Muster Date: Jul 1918 - Rank: Corporal Station: 102nd Company, Naval Ammunition Depot, Iona Island, New York
Muster Date: Oct 1918 - Rank: Corporal Station: 102nd Company, Naval Ammunition Depot, Iona Island, N Y ,
Muster Date: Jan 1919 - Rank: Corporal Station: Mb, Naval Ammunition Depot, Iona Island, New York
Muster Date: Jan 1919 - Rank: Corporal - Station: 102nd Company, Frederiksted, St Croix, Virgin Islands of United States
Muster Date: Feb 1919 - Rank: Corporal - Station: Bd, Mb; Naval Ammunition Depot, Iona Island, New York
. He lived with Ane Marie Van Buren in 1918 in 1900 3rd Ave South, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota.11 He lived with Ane Marie Van Buren in 1919 in 1820 Clinton Ave, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota.12 He lived with Ane Marie Van Buren in 1920 in 1820 Clinton Ave, Apt. 1, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota.13 He appeared on the census of 1920 in the household of Ane Marie Van Buren in 1820 Clinton Ave, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, which lists Anna M. Van Buren, 53, and her children, Ervin P. Van Buren, 22, and Sada M. Van Buren, 18. Ervin was attending the University of Minnesota Law School.
Household Members in 1920 US Census:
(Name) Age Relationship
Anna M Van Buren 53 Head
Ewin P Van Buren 22 Son
Sada M Van Buren 18 Daughter.14 He lived with Ane Marie Poulsen in 1921 in 1820 Clinton Ave, Apt. 1, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota.15 He was graduated in 1923 in University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. He lived between 1923 and 1968 in Dell Rapids, Minnehaha County, South Dakota. He was an attorney with the law firm of Krause & Van Buren, later Van Buren & Vogt, in in Dell Rapids, Minnehaha County, South Dakota.
Ervin Paul Van Buren appeared on the census of 1925 in Dell Rapids, Minnehaha County, South Dakota.16
From the 13 September 1926 Aberdeen [SD] Evening News, page 3:
Madison Woman Passes State Bar Examination
Pierre, S.D., Sept. 11 [1926] - (AP )- One woman was successful in passing the July 1926 state bar examination. She was Anna C. Goos of Madison. Four men likewise succeeded: Ervin P. Van Buren, Dell Rapids; Theodore E. Uhlir, Kimball; A.F. Schlerer, Redfield; and M.C. Neilson, Woonsocket.
Note: After graduating from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1923l, he took and passed the Minnesota Bar Exam with the second highest score, just missing the $50 prize for the highest score. He apparently had to meet South Dakota residency requirements before taking the South Dakota Bar exam in 1926.
Ervin Paul Van Buren appeared on the census of 1930 in 402 Fifth Street, Dell Rapids, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, which shows Ervin P. Van Buren, 34, single, a lawyer, born in North Dakota, father born in Holland [sic, actually Switzerland], mother born in Denmark, living as a border in the home of his law partner Gustavus R. Krause and his wife Deliha.17 He was a witness at and 's wedding 20 August 1931 in Saint Luke Church, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota.18
Ervin Paul Van Buren and Mae Shepard Van Buren appeared on the census of 1935 in Dell Rapids, Minnehaha County, South Dakota.19
Ervin Paul Van Buren and Mae Shepard Van Buren appeared on the census of 1945 in Dell Rapids, Minnehaha County, South Dakota.20
The Dell Rapids [SD] Tribune carried the following obituary:
Prominent citizen dies here
A heart attack, which occurred while he was playing golf with friends on the Dell Rapids golf course Wednesday last week, claimed the life of a prominent Dell Rapids citizen. Ervin P. Van Buren, retired attorney, died at the age of 70. Private services for the family were held Saturday morning and interment took place in the Hills of Rest Memorial Park in Sioux Falls. The Rev. Donald Greenough officiated. Pallbearers were Duane Crisp, Raymond Crisp, Henry Booker, Clauss Bokker, Harvey Pederson and Weert Kampmeyer. Memorial services took place in the afternoon in the Dell Rapids United Methodist Church.
Ervin Paul Van Buren was born Sept. 23, 1897 in Wahpeton, N.D. the son of A.E. Van Buren and Anna Paulson Van Buren. He graduated from Wahpeton High School in 1913 and served in the US Marine Corps in WWI from 1916 – 1918.
Upon his discharge from the service he returned to the University of Minnesota where he was graduated second in the class of 1923 in the College of Law and earned high distinctions of being selected Note Editor of the Minnesota Law Review and elevated to the Order of the Coif. He received the Bachelor of Laws and Juris Doctor degrees also. On graduating he came to Dell Rapids and was associated with the firm of Krause and Krause. After the death of Homer Krause in 1924 the firm was known as Krause and Van Buren until 1948 when it assumed the present name of Van Buren and Vogt. During his years of practice he made many significant contributions to the statutory and decisional law of South Dakota and the nation include participation in several leading cases such as Adron V. Evan which are uniformly cited by legal writers. Active professionally, he was a member of the State Bars of Minnesota and South Dakota, the American Bar Association, and the Mitchell Chapter of Phi Alpha Delta law fraternity.
On June 26, 1934 he married Mae Shepard Bartlett in Madison. They had one son, Paul Bartlett, now an attorney with General Electric's Nuclear Energy Division in California.
Mr. Van Buren took an active part in the affairs of his town and county as served as City Attorney for Dell Rapids and was Minnehaha County Republican Central Committeeman for some time. He was former president of the Hills of Rest Memorial Park. He served as Commander for the Geo. A. Fitzgerald Post 65 American Legion, was past Grand Master of Lodge No. 40 AF&AM, and past Chef de Guerre of the 40 et8. He was a member of the El Riad Shrine Temple, the Lions club and Commercial Club and served as president of the latter two.
As president of the Park Board for many years he was instrumental in the landscaping and development of the Dell Rapids Park, including designing the outdoor theater and old bathhouse and the construction of the new pavilion after the original building was destroyed by fire. He also served as president of the Dell Rapids Board of Education, chairman of the Boy Scout Troop and was a member of the IOOF. A member of the United Methodist church, he served on the Board and was active in church affairs.
His widow, son Paul Bartlett and bother Phillip Van Buren of Fergus Falls, Minn., survive. A sister Sada and two infant sisters preceded him in death.
Household Members in 1915 ND State Census:
Anna Vanburen
Phillip Vanburen
Edwin [Ervin] Vanburen
Sadie [Sada] Vanburen
Dasimus [Dusenius] Paulson
Henrietta Paulson.8 He moved with Ane Marie Poulsen from Wahpeton, Richland County, North Dakota, to Minneapolis where her son Ervin had enrolled at the University of Minnesota circa 1915. He lived with Ane Marie Poulsen in 1916 in 3813 Chicago Ave, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota.9 He was a bellboy at the Vendome Hotel in Minneapolis and a student at the University of Minnesota in 1916.9
He was a Marine in World War I on 4 May 1917.10
He was in the United States Marine Corps in World War I between 4 May 1917 and 26 February 1919. He was discharged as a corporal.
U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls, 1798-1940
Name: Ervin P Van Buren
Enlistment Date: 4 May 1917
Muster Date: May 1917 - Rank: Private - Station: Company "D", Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Mare Island, Cal
Muster Date: Jun 1917 - Rank: Private - Station: Company "D", Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Mare Island, Cal
Muster Date: Jul 1917 - Rank: Private - Station: Company "D", Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Mare Island, Cal
Muster Date: Jul 1917 - Rank: Private - Station: Recruit Depot Detachment, Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Mare Island, Cal
Muster Date: Aug 1917 - Rank: Private - Station: Recruit Depot Detachment, Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Mare Island, Cal
Muster Date: Oct 1917 - Rank: Private - Station: 102nd Company
Muster Date: Nov 1917- Rank: Private - Station: 102nd Company
Muster Date: Dec 1917 - Rank: Private - Station: 61st Company, Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, New York, NY
Muster Date: Jan 1918 - Rank: Private - Station: 102nd Company
Muster Date: Feb 1918 - Rank: Private Station: 102nd Company, Mb, Naval Ammuition Depot, Iona Island, New York
Muster Date: Mar 1918- Rank: Private - Station: 102nd Company, Naval Ammunition Depot, Iona Island, New York
Muster Date: Apr 1918 - Rank: Private Station: Mb, Naval Ammunition Depot, Iona, Isld, New York
Muster Date: Jun 1918 - Rank: Private - Station: Mb, Naval Ammunition Depot, Iona Island, NY
Muster Date: Jul 1918 - Rank: Corporal Station: 102nd Company, Naval Ammunition Depot, Iona Island, New York
Muster Date: Oct 1918 - Rank: Corporal Station: 102nd Company, Naval Ammunition Depot, Iona Island, N Y ,
Muster Date: Jan 1919 - Rank: Corporal Station: Mb, Naval Ammunition Depot, Iona Island, New York
Muster Date: Jan 1919 - Rank: Corporal - Station: 102nd Company, Frederiksted, St Croix, Virgin Islands of United States
Muster Date: Feb 1919 - Rank: Corporal - Station: Bd, Mb; Naval Ammunition Depot, Iona Island, New York
. He lived with Ane Marie Van Buren in 1918 in 1900 3rd Ave South, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota.11 He lived with Ane Marie Van Buren in 1919 in 1820 Clinton Ave, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota.12 He lived with Ane Marie Van Buren in 1920 in 1820 Clinton Ave, Apt. 1, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota.13 He appeared on the census of 1920 in the household of Ane Marie Van Buren in 1820 Clinton Ave, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, which lists Anna M. Van Buren, 53, and her children, Ervin P. Van Buren, 22, and Sada M. Van Buren, 18. Ervin was attending the University of Minnesota Law School.
Household Members in 1920 US Census:
(Name) Age Relationship
Anna M Van Buren 53 Head
Ewin P Van Buren 22 Son
Sada M Van Buren 18 Daughter.14 He lived with Ane Marie Poulsen in 1921 in 1820 Clinton Ave, Apt. 1, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota.15 He was graduated in 1923 in University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. He lived between 1923 and 1968 in Dell Rapids, Minnehaha County, South Dakota. He was an attorney with the law firm of Krause & Van Buren, later Van Buren & Vogt, in in Dell Rapids, Minnehaha County, South Dakota.
Ervin Paul Van Buren appeared on the census of 1925 in Dell Rapids, Minnehaha County, South Dakota.16
From the 13 September 1926 Aberdeen [SD] Evening News, page 3:
Madison Woman Passes State Bar Examination
Pierre, S.D., Sept. 11 [1926] - (AP )- One woman was successful in passing the July 1926 state bar examination. She was Anna C. Goos of Madison. Four men likewise succeeded: Ervin P. Van Buren, Dell Rapids; Theodore E. Uhlir, Kimball; A.F. Schlerer, Redfield; and M.C. Neilson, Woonsocket.
Note: After graduating from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1923l, he took and passed the Minnesota Bar Exam with the second highest score, just missing the $50 prize for the highest score. He apparently had to meet South Dakota residency requirements before taking the South Dakota Bar exam in 1926.
Ervin Paul Van Buren appeared on the census of 1930 in 402 Fifth Street, Dell Rapids, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, which shows Ervin P. Van Buren, 34, single, a lawyer, born in North Dakota, father born in Holland [sic, actually Switzerland], mother born in Denmark, living as a border in the home of his law partner Gustavus R. Krause and his wife Deliha.17 He was a witness at and 's wedding 20 August 1931 in Saint Luke Church, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota.18
Ervin Paul Van Buren and Mae Shepard Van Buren appeared on the census of 1935 in Dell Rapids, Minnehaha County, South Dakota.19
Ervin Paul Van Buren and Mae Shepard Van Buren appeared on the census of 1945 in Dell Rapids, Minnehaha County, South Dakota.20
The Dell Rapids [SD] Tribune carried the following obituary:
Prominent citizen dies here
A heart attack, which occurred while he was playing golf with friends on the Dell Rapids golf course Wednesday last week, claimed the life of a prominent Dell Rapids citizen. Ervin P. Van Buren, retired attorney, died at the age of 70. Private services for the family were held Saturday morning and interment took place in the Hills of Rest Memorial Park in Sioux Falls. The Rev. Donald Greenough officiated. Pallbearers were Duane Crisp, Raymond Crisp, Henry Booker, Clauss Bokker, Harvey Pederson and Weert Kampmeyer. Memorial services took place in the afternoon in the Dell Rapids United Methodist Church.
Ervin Paul Van Buren was born Sept. 23, 1897 in Wahpeton, N.D. the son of A.E. Van Buren and Anna Paulson Van Buren. He graduated from Wahpeton High School in 1913 and served in the US Marine Corps in WWI from 1916 – 1918.
Upon his discharge from the service he returned to the University of Minnesota where he was graduated second in the class of 1923 in the College of Law and earned high distinctions of being selected Note Editor of the Minnesota Law Review and elevated to the Order of the Coif. He received the Bachelor of Laws and Juris Doctor degrees also. On graduating he came to Dell Rapids and was associated with the firm of Krause and Krause. After the death of Homer Krause in 1924 the firm was known as Krause and Van Buren until 1948 when it assumed the present name of Van Buren and Vogt. During his years of practice he made many significant contributions to the statutory and decisional law of South Dakota and the nation include participation in several leading cases such as Adron V. Evan which are uniformly cited by legal writers. Active professionally, he was a member of the State Bars of Minnesota and South Dakota, the American Bar Association, and the Mitchell Chapter of Phi Alpha Delta law fraternity.
On June 26, 1934 he married Mae Shepard Bartlett in Madison. They had one son, Paul Bartlett, now an attorney with General Electric's Nuclear Energy Division in California.
Mr. Van Buren took an active part in the affairs of his town and county as served as City Attorney for Dell Rapids and was Minnehaha County Republican Central Committeeman for some time. He was former president of the Hills of Rest Memorial Park. He served as Commander for the Geo. A. Fitzgerald Post 65 American Legion, was past Grand Master of Lodge No. 40 AF&AM, and past Chef de Guerre of the 40 et8. He was a member of the El Riad Shrine Temple, the Lions club and Commercial Club and served as president of the latter two.
As president of the Park Board for many years he was instrumental in the landscaping and development of the Dell Rapids Park, including designing the outdoor theater and old bathhouse and the construction of the new pavilion after the original building was destroyed by fire. He also served as president of the Dell Rapids Board of Education, chairman of the Boy Scout Troop and was a member of the IOOF. A member of the United Methodist church, he served on the Board and was active in church affairs.
His widow, son Paul Bartlett and bother Phillip Van Buren of Fergus Falls, Minn., survive. A sister Sada and two infant sisters preceded him in death.
| Last Edited | 7 April 2025 |
Citations
- [S167] Adam E. & Anna (Paulson) Van Buren Family Bible, Bibelen [The Bible in Danish] (Copenhagen, Denmark: 1891); Paul B. Van Buren, Los Altos, California. Hereinafter cited as Van Buren Family Bible.
- [S189] Social Security Death Index.
- [S580] Ervin Paul Van Buren, State of North Dakota, Certificate of Birth No. 97-022176 (8 February 1933 [Delayed Registration]), Hereinafter cited as Birth Certificate - Ervin Paul Van Buren.
- [S803] South Dakota Marriages, 1905-2013, online www.ancestry.com, South Dakota, Marriages, 1905-2013
Name: Mae S Bartlett
Gender: Female
Age: 30
Birth Year: abt 1904
Residence Post Office: Madison
Residence Place: Lake
Marriage Date: 26 Jun 1934
Marriage Place: Lake, South Dakota
Certificate: 167467
Registration Number: 16/286
Spouse: Ervin P Van Buren
Source Information: Ancestry.com. South Dakota, Marriages, 1905-2013 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
Original data: South Dakota Department of Health. South Dakota Marriage Index, 1905-1914, 1950-2013 and South Dakota Marriage Certificates, 1905-1949. Pierre, SD, USA: South Dakota Department of Health. Hereinafter cited as South Dakota Marriages, 1905- 2013. - [S451] Cemetery Gravestone viewed by Paul B. Van Buren.
- [S703] 1900 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Adam Van Buren
Age: 47
Birth Date: Nov 1852 [sic, 1851]
Birthplace: Switzerland
Home in 1900: Wahpeton, Richland, North Dakota
Race: White
Gender: Male
Immigration Year: 1870 [sic, 1871]
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Ane M Van Buren
Marriage Year: 1896 [sic, 1895]
Years married: 4
Father's Birthplace: Holland [sic, Switzerland]
Mother's Birthplace: France [sic, Switzerland]
Occupation: Painter & decorator
Household Members:
Adam Van Buren 47
Ane M Van Buren 34
Phillip M Van Buren 3
Erving [sic, Ervin] P Van Buren 2
Anna C Van Buren 7/12. - [S691] Anna Van Buren Household, 1910 U.S. Census, Wahpeton, Richland County, North Dakota, www.ancestry.com Series T623, Roll 1139, Part 1, page 289A, 1910 United States Federal Census
Name Anna Van Buren
Age in 1910 43
Birth Date 1867
Birthplace Denmark
Home in 1910 Wahpeton Ward 3, Richland, North Dakota, USA
Sheet Number 11a
Street Iowa Avenue
Race White
Gender Female
Immigration Year 1893
Relation to Head of House Head
Marital Status Widowed
Father's Birthplace Denmark
Mother's Birthplace Denmark
Native Tongue English
Attended School Yes
Able to read Yes
Able to Write Yes
Enumeration District Number 0191
Enumerated Year 1910
Household Members in 1910 US Census:
(Name) Age Relationship
Anna Van Buren 43 Head
Phillip M Van Buren 13 Son
Edwin [Ervin] Van Buren 12 Son
Sada Van Buren 8 Daughter
Anton Paulson 41 Brother
Thomas Thompson 28 Nephew
Frank Sanborn 18 Boarder
John Olson 35 Border
Christine Olson 46 Boarder. - [S1463] 1915 North Dakota State Census, online www.ancestry.com, 1915 North Dakota State Census
Name Anna Van Buren
County Richland
Town/City Wahpeton
State/Territory North Dakota, USA
Census Date 1915
Gender Female
Line 8
Family Number 65
Household Members in 1915 ND State Census:
Anna Vanburen
Phillip Vanburen
Edwin [Ervin] Vanburen
Sadie [Sada] Vanburen
Dasimus [Dusenius] Paulson
Henrietta Paulson. Hereinafter cited as 1915 North Dakota State Census. - [S1070] U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989, online www.ancestry.com, U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Name: Anna M Vanburen
Gender: Female
Residence Year: 1916
Street Address: 3M3 Chicago av
Residence Place: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Publication Title: Minneapolis, Minnesota, City Directory, 1916
Page 2158: Van Buren, Anna M. (wid Adam E.)
Van Buren, Ervin, bellboy, Vendome Hotel
3813 Chicago av. Hereinafter cited as U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989. - [S1677] Minnesota, World War I Records, 1918-1941, online www.myheritage.com, Minnesota, World War I Records, 1918-1941
Name Ervin Paul Van Buren
Birth Date 23 September 1897
Birthplace Wahpeton, Richland, North Dakota
Enlistment Date 4 May 1917
Military Rank Private
Military Service Branch Marine Corps
Military Unit 102nd Co 9th Regt
Father's Sex Male
Father's Birthplace Switzerland
Mother's Name Anna Van Buren
Mother's Sex Female
Mother's Birthplace Denmark
Event Type Military Service
Event Place Colorado, United States
Event Place (Original) Mare Island, Colorado
Cite This Record: "Minnesota, World War I Records, 1918-1941", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:73KH-TLZM : Sat Mar 09 00:19:19 UTC 2024), Entry for Ervin Paul Van Buren and . Hereinafter cited as Minnesota, World War I Records, 1918-1941. - [S1070] U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989, online www.ancestry.com, U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Name: Anna M Vanburen
Gender: Female
Residence Year: 1918
Residence Place: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Widow of: Adam E Vanburen
Publication Title: Minneapolis, Minnesota, City Directory, 1918
Page 1771: Van Buren, Anna (widow of Adam E.)
Van Buren, Irvin [sic] P.
1900 3d av S. - [S1070] U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989, online www.ancestry.com, U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Name: Anna M Vanburen
Gender: Female
Residence Year: 1919
Street Address:
1820 Clinton av
Residence Place: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Widow of: Adam E Vanburen
Publication Title: Minneapolis, Minnesota, City Directory, 1919
Page 1827: Van Buren, Anna M. (widow of Adam E.)
Van Buren, Ervin P, student
1820 Clinton av. - [S1070] U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989, online www.ancestry.com, U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Name: Anna M Vanburen
Gender: Female
Residence Year: 1920
Street Address: 1820 Clinton av
Residence Place: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Widow of: Adam E Vanburen
Publication Title: Minneapolis, Minnesota, City Directory, 1920
Page 2026: Van buren, Anna M. (wid. Adam E.)
Van Buren, Ervin P., student
Van Buren, Sada M., teacher
Apt. 1, 1820 Clinton av. - [S149] 1920 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census
Name Anna M Van Buren
Age 53
Birth Year abt 1867
Birthplace Denmark
Home in 1920 Minneapolis Ward 5, Hennepin, Minnesota
House Number 1820
Residence Date 1920
Race White
Gender Female
Immigration Year 1893
Relation to Head of House Head
Marital Status Widowed
Father's Birthplace Denmark
Mother's Birthplace Denmark
Native Tongue Danish
Able to Speak English Yes
Occupation None
Home Owned or Rented Rented
Naturalization Status Naturalized
Able to read Yes
Able to Write Yes
Household Members in 1920 US Census:
(Name) Age Relationship
Anna M Van Buren 53 Head
Ewin P Van Buren 22 Son
Sada M Van Buren 18 Daughter. - [S1070] U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989, online www.ancestry.com, U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Name: Anna M Vanburen
Gender: Female
Residence Year: 1921
Street Address: 1820 Clinton av
Residence Place: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Widow of: Adam E Vanburen
Publication Title: Minneapolis, Minnesota, City Directory, 1921
Page 2026: Van buren, Anna M. (wid. Adam E.)
Van Buren, Ervin P., student
Van Buren, Sada M., teacher
Apt. 1, 1820 Clinton av. - [S1487] 1925 South Dakota State Census, online www.ancestry.com, Census • South Dakota State Census, 1925
Name Ervin P Van Buren
Sex Male
Age 27 years
Birth Year (Estimated) 1898
Birthplace North Dakota
Occupation: Lawyer
Ancestry: Danish - Swiss
Marital Status Single
Race W
Religion Presbyterian
Father's Birthplace Switzerland
Mother's Birthplace Switzerland [sic, Denmark]
Event Date 1925
Event Place South Dakota, United States
Event Place (Original) South Dakota
Sheet Number 321
Cite This Record: "South Dakota State Census, 1925", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MM4F-2KV : Thu Oct 05 02:27:12 UTC 2023), Entry for Ervin P Van Buren, 1925. Hereinafter cited as 1925 South Dakota State Census. - [S702] 1930 U.S. Census, online www.ancestry.com, Gustavus R. Krause Household, Dell Rapids, Minnehaha County, South Dakota
Name: Ervin Paul Van Buren
Birth Year: abt 1896 [actually 1897]
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: North Dakota
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Roomer
Home in 1930: Dell Rapids, Minnehaha, South Dakota
Street address: Fifth
House Number: 402
Family Number: 39
Attended School: No
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: Holland [sic, actually Switzerland]
Mother's Birthplace: Denmark
Occupation: Lawyer
Industry: General Practice
Class of Worker: Working on own account
Employment: Yes
Household Members:
Gustavas R Krause, 71
Delia Krause, 71
Ervin P Van Buren, 34. Hereinafter cited as 1930 U.S. Census. - [S1348] U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records, 1826-1945, online www.ancestry.com, U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records, 1826-1945
Name: Soda [sic] M Van Buren
Gender: Female
Event Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: 20 Aug 1931
Marriage Place: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Spouse: Fred W Rasholt [sic]
Church Name: St Luke
Church Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota. Hereinafter cited as U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records, 1826-1945. - [S1624] 1926 South Dakota State Census, online www.FamilySearch.org, Census • South Dakota State Census, 1935
Name Ervin P Van Buren
Sex Male
Age 37 years
Occupation: Lawyer
Residence Date 1935
Residence Place [Dell Rapids] Ward 4, Minnehaha, South Dakota
Birth Date 1898
Birthplace North Dakota
Marital Status Married
Race White
Father's Birthplace Switzerland
Mother's Birthplace Denmark
Marriage Date 1934
Event Type Census
Event Date 1935
Sheet Number 103
Ervin P Van Buren's Spouses and Children
Spouse [Mae] Bartlett
Church Affliation: Presbyterian
Cite This Record: "South Dakota State Census, 1935", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MV4P-K9Y : Wed Oct 04 14:57:18 UTC 2023), Entry for Ervin P Van Buren and Bartlett, 1935. Hereinafter cited as 1925 South Dakota State Cemnsus. - [S1625] 1945 South Dakota State Census, online www.FamilySearch.org, Census • South Dakota State Census, 1945
Name Ervin P Van Buren
Age 47 years
Post Office Dell Rapids,, South Dakota
Birth Date 1898
Birthplace North Dakota
Occupation: Lawyer
Ancestry: Dutch [sic], Swiss, Danish
Marital Status Married
Race White
Father's Birthplace Switzerland
Mother's Birthplace Denmark
Marriage Date 1934
Event Type Census
Event Place Dell Rapids Township, Minnehaha, South Dakota, United States
Ervin P Van Buren's Spouses and Children
Spouse Mae Bartlet
tReligious Afficliation: Attend Baptist Church, but member of Presbyterian
Cite This Record: "South Dakota State Census, 1945", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6PZV-VMM : Fri Oct 06 15:41:39 UTC 2023), Entry for Ervin P Van Buren and Mae Bartlett. Hereinafter cited as 1945 South Dakota State Census.
Mae Shepard Bartlett
F, #3, b. 5 April 1903, d. 10 November 1979
Parents
| Father | Clarence Emery Bartlett (b. 23 January 1881, d. 4 September 1956) |
| Mother | Ethel Margie Shepard (b. 7 March 1881, d. 21 August 1962) |
| Pedigree Link |
Family: Ervin Paul Van Buren (b. 23 September 1897, d. 10 July 1968)
| Son | Paul Bartlett Van Buren+ |
1932 Mae Bartlett Van Buren
Biography
Mae Shepard Bartlett was born on 5 April 1903 in Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota, where her parents and grandfather, James S. Bartlett, operated the Archer House hotel.
Mae Shepard Bartlett married Ervin Paul Van Buren, son of Adam Emile Van Buren and Ane Marie Poulsen, on 26 June 1934 in 422 Third Street NW, Madison, Lake County, South Dakota.1
Mae Shepard Bartlett died on 10 November 1979 in 532 North Janss Way, Anaheim, Orange County, California, at age 76.2,3
Mae Shepard Bartlett was buried on 15 November 1979 in Hills of Rest Memorial Park, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota.4
Mae Shepard Bartlett married Ervin Paul Van Buren, son of Adam Emile Van Buren and Ane Marie Poulsen, on 26 June 1934 in 422 Third Street NW, Madison, Lake County, South Dakota.1
Mae Shepard Bartlett died on 10 November 1979 in 532 North Janss Way, Anaheim, Orange County, California, at age 76.2,3
Mae Shepard Bartlett was buried on 15 November 1979 in Hills of Rest Memorial Park, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota.4
Mae Shepard Bartlett moved with Clarence Emery Bartlett and Ethel Margie Bartlett from Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota, to to Sioux City, Iowa in 1903. From the 28 August 1903 edition of The Madison Daily Leader (page 3): Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Bartlett and the baby [Mae], who have been visiting the family of L.D. Shepard, departed for Sioux City [Iowa] where, with his father [James S. Bartlett], Mr. [Clarence] Bartlett will take th management of th Oxford hotel. The Messrs. Bartlett will be remembered as formerly having charge of the Madison house [hotel] in this city [Madison, SD]. Mae Shepard Bartlett moved with Clarence Emery Bartlett and Ethel Margie Bartlett from Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa, to to Minneota, MN, where they operated the Pacific Hotel. in 1904. Their second daughter Margaret was born there in 1904.
Mae Shepard Bartlett is a direct descendant of Pilgrim passenger(s) John Howland & Elizabeth Tilley on the Mayflower.
Mae Shepard Bartlett is a direct descendant of Pilgrim passenger(s) John Howland & Elizabeth Tilley on the Mayflower. She appeared on the census of 6 June 1905 in the household of Clarence Emery Bartlett and Ethel Margie Shepard in Minneota, Lyon County, Minnesota.5 Mae Shepard Bartlett moved with Clarence Emery Bartlett and Ethel Margie Bartlett from Minneota, Lyon County, Minnesota, to to Hancock, MN, where they operated the Hotel Columbia. Mae Shepard Bartlett moved with Clarence Emery Bartlett and Ethel Margie Bartlett from Hancock, Stevens County, Minnesota, to to Tracy, MN, where they operated the Exchange Hotel and sold real estate. Their third daughter Marian was born there in 1917. From about 1907 to 1918, the Bartlett family lived in Tracy, Lyon County, Minnesota. Mae Shepard Bartlett appeared on the census of 1910 in the household of Clarence Emery Bartlett and Ethel Margie Bartlett in Third Street North, Tracy, Lyon County, Minnesota, which lists Clarence Bartlett, 29; his wife Ethel, also 29; and their daughters Mae, 7, and Margaret, 4. Clarence's father, James Spellman Bartlett, 62, is living with the family. James is listed as being born in New York, and his father [Elisha W. Bartlett] as being born in Massachusetts, and his mother [Margaret Corcoran] as "Irish-English".
Household Members in 1910 Census
Name Age Relationship
Clarence E Bartlett 29 Head
Ethel S Bartlett 29 Wife
Mary [sic, Mae] S Bartlett 7 Daughter
Margaret E Bartlett 4 Daughter
James S Bartlett 62 Father
They lived in a two-story house on a corner at 301 3rd Street, Tracy, Minnesota. They were in the real estate business and also managed the Exchange Hotel, located at 144 4th Street, but the hotel building no longer exists. Clarence and Ethel Bartlett's third daughter, Marian Eleanor Bartlett, was born in Tracy on 1 June 1917.6 Mae Shepard Bartlett moved with Clarence Emery Bartlett and Ethel Margie Bartlett from Tracy, Lyon County, Minnesota, to to Browns Valley, MN, where they operated the Pacific Hotel circa 1918. Mae Shepard Bartlett moved with Clarence Emery Bartlett and Ethel Margie Bartlett from Browns Valley, Traverse County, Minnesota, to to Dell Rapids, SD, where Clarence's older sister Cora lived with her husband Sam Carroll and son Glenn circa 1918. Mae Shepard Bartlett appeared on the census of 1920 in the household of Clarence Emery Bartlett and Ethel Margie Bartlett in Dell Rapids, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, which lists Clarence E. Bartlett, 38, a real estate agent with his own business; his wife Ethel M. Bartlett, 38; and their three daughters, Mae B., 16, Margaret E., 14, and Marian E., 2 1/2. They were living in a rented house on Fremont Street, which may now be Fifth Street. Clarence Bartlett was the census taker.
Household Members in 1920 Census
Name Age Relationship
Clarence E Bartlett 38 Head
Ethel M Bartlett 38 Wife
Mae B Bartlett 16 Daughter
Margaret E Bartlett 14 Daughter
Marian E Bartlett 2 Daughter.7
Mae Shepard Bartlett was graduated in 1921 in Dell Rapids High School, Dell Rapids, Minnehaha County, South Dakota. She moved with Clarence Emery Bartlett and Ethel Margie Bartlett from Dell Rapids, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, to Madison, SD, circa 1922. Clarence and Ethel Bartlett returned to Madison, Lake County, South Dakota, which would prove to be their final move. They were back to where they had first met and been married in 1901. Clarence and Ethel lived the rest of their lives at 422 Northwest Third Street. Clarence continued in the real estate business and acquired several farms in Lake and Miner Counties. Ethel loved her Entre Nous club and was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution (as a direct descendant of Captain John Shepard). Clarence was a member of the Elks Lodge and a pheasant hunter. They were active members of the Presbyterian Church.
Mae Shepard Bartlett was a school teacher for 10 years in Wentworth, Orland, Artesian and Emery, South Dakota. between 1924 and 1934.
Mae Shepard Bartlett was graduated in 1927 in Eastern State Teachers College (now Dakota State University), Madison, Lake County, South Dakota, with a B.S. degree in Education.
She appeared on the census of 1930 in the household of Clarence Emery Bartlett and Ethel Margie Bartlett in Madison, Lake County, South Dakota, which lists Clarence E. Bartlett, age 49, born in Wisconsin, in the real estate and insurance business, his wife Ethel M. Bartlett, age 49, born in South Dakota [actually, Dakota Territory], and their daughters Mae S. Bartlett, age 27, a public shool teacher, and Marion [sic, Marian] E. Bartlett, age 12. Their sister Margaret Bartlett is found in the 1930 Census in Proctor (suburb of Duluth), Minnesota, where she was teaching school.
Household Members in 1930 Census
Name Age Relationship
Clarence E Bartlett 49 Head
Ethel M Bartlett 49 Wife
Mae S Bartlett 27 Daughter
Marion E Bartlett 12 Daughter.8
Mae Shepard Bartlett lived between 1934 and 1979 in Dell Rapids, Minnehaha County, South Dakota.
Mae Shepard Van Buren and Ervin Paul Van Buren appeared on the census of 1935 in Dell Rapids, Minnehaha County, South Dakota.9
Mae Shepard Van Buren and Ervin Paul Van Buren appeared on the census of 1945 in Dell Rapids, Minnehaha County, South Dakota.10
Her Social Security Number was 564-52-4747, issued before 1951 in South Dakota. Her husband, Ervin, died on 10 July 1968 of a massive heart attack in the golf course, Dell Rapids, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, at age 70, leaving her a widow.2
The following obituary was used for the 15 November 1979 funeral of Mae Shepard Bartlett Van Buren:
MRS. ERVIN P. VAN BUREN
Mae Shepard Bartlett was born April 5, 1903, in Northfield, Minnesota. She was the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence E. Bartlett. She attended schools in Tracy and Browns Valley, Minnesota, and graduated from Dell Rapids High School in 1921. She received her B.A. degree from Eastern State College (now Dakota State College) and taught school at Wentworth, Orland, Emery and Artesian, South Dakota.
On June 26, 1934, she married Dell Rapids attorney Ervin P. Van Buren in Madison. They had one son, Paul Bartlett Van Buren, now an attorney with Pacific Telephone Co. in San Francisco.
Mrs. Van Buren took an active part in the affairs of her community. She was a member of the Dell Rapids Women's Club, P.E.O., Daughters of the Nile, American Legion Auxiliary, Daughters of the American Revolution and the Dell Rapids United Methodist Church.
Besides her son, Paul, she is survived by her two sisters, Miss Margaret Bartlett and Mrs. Rodney T. (Marian) Parsons, both of Anaheim, California; and two nephews, James and Kenneth Parson, also of California.
The pallbearers were John Hermanson, Frank Greening, Allen Brown, William Vogt, Tom Garry, and Dr. Paul K. Aspaas.
Mae Shepard Bartlett is a direct descendant of Pilgrim passenger(s) John Howland & Elizabeth Tilley on the Mayflower.
Mae Shepard Bartlett is a direct descendant of Pilgrim passenger(s) John Howland & Elizabeth Tilley on the Mayflower. She appeared on the census of 6 June 1905 in the household of Clarence Emery Bartlett and Ethel Margie Shepard in Minneota, Lyon County, Minnesota.5 Mae Shepard Bartlett moved with Clarence Emery Bartlett and Ethel Margie Bartlett from Minneota, Lyon County, Minnesota, to to Hancock, MN, where they operated the Hotel Columbia. Mae Shepard Bartlett moved with Clarence Emery Bartlett and Ethel Margie Bartlett from Hancock, Stevens County, Minnesota, to to Tracy, MN, where they operated the Exchange Hotel and sold real estate. Their third daughter Marian was born there in 1917. From about 1907 to 1918, the Bartlett family lived in Tracy, Lyon County, Minnesota. Mae Shepard Bartlett appeared on the census of 1910 in the household of Clarence Emery Bartlett and Ethel Margie Bartlett in Third Street North, Tracy, Lyon County, Minnesota, which lists Clarence Bartlett, 29; his wife Ethel, also 29; and their daughters Mae, 7, and Margaret, 4. Clarence's father, James Spellman Bartlett, 62, is living with the family. James is listed as being born in New York, and his father [Elisha W. Bartlett] as being born in Massachusetts, and his mother [Margaret Corcoran] as "Irish-English".
Household Members in 1910 Census
Name Age Relationship
Clarence E Bartlett 29 Head
Ethel S Bartlett 29 Wife
Mary [sic, Mae] S Bartlett 7 Daughter
Margaret E Bartlett 4 Daughter
James S Bartlett 62 Father
They lived in a two-story house on a corner at 301 3rd Street, Tracy, Minnesota. They were in the real estate business and also managed the Exchange Hotel, located at 144 4th Street, but the hotel building no longer exists. Clarence and Ethel Bartlett's third daughter, Marian Eleanor Bartlett, was born in Tracy on 1 June 1917.6 Mae Shepard Bartlett moved with Clarence Emery Bartlett and Ethel Margie Bartlett from Tracy, Lyon County, Minnesota, to to Browns Valley, MN, where they operated the Pacific Hotel circa 1918. Mae Shepard Bartlett moved with Clarence Emery Bartlett and Ethel Margie Bartlett from Browns Valley, Traverse County, Minnesota, to to Dell Rapids, SD, where Clarence's older sister Cora lived with her husband Sam Carroll and son Glenn circa 1918. Mae Shepard Bartlett appeared on the census of 1920 in the household of Clarence Emery Bartlett and Ethel Margie Bartlett in Dell Rapids, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, which lists Clarence E. Bartlett, 38, a real estate agent with his own business; his wife Ethel M. Bartlett, 38; and their three daughters, Mae B., 16, Margaret E., 14, and Marian E., 2 1/2. They were living in a rented house on Fremont Street, which may now be Fifth Street. Clarence Bartlett was the census taker.
Household Members in 1920 Census
Name Age Relationship
Clarence E Bartlett 38 Head
Ethel M Bartlett 38 Wife
Mae B Bartlett 16 Daughter
Margaret E Bartlett 14 Daughter
Marian E Bartlett 2 Daughter.7
Mae Shepard Bartlett was graduated in 1921 in Dell Rapids High School, Dell Rapids, Minnehaha County, South Dakota. She moved with Clarence Emery Bartlett and Ethel Margie Bartlett from Dell Rapids, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, to Madison, SD, circa 1922. Clarence and Ethel Bartlett returned to Madison, Lake County, South Dakota, which would prove to be their final move. They were back to where they had first met and been married in 1901. Clarence and Ethel lived the rest of their lives at 422 Northwest Third Street. Clarence continued in the real estate business and acquired several farms in Lake and Miner Counties. Ethel loved her Entre Nous club and was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution (as a direct descendant of Captain John Shepard). Clarence was a member of the Elks Lodge and a pheasant hunter. They were active members of the Presbyterian Church.
Mae Shepard Bartlett was a school teacher for 10 years in Wentworth, Orland, Artesian and Emery, South Dakota. between 1924 and 1934.
Mae Shepard Bartlett was graduated in 1927 in Eastern State Teachers College (now Dakota State University), Madison, Lake County, South Dakota, with a B.S. degree in Education.
She appeared on the census of 1930 in the household of Clarence Emery Bartlett and Ethel Margie Bartlett in Madison, Lake County, South Dakota, which lists Clarence E. Bartlett, age 49, born in Wisconsin, in the real estate and insurance business, his wife Ethel M. Bartlett, age 49, born in South Dakota [actually, Dakota Territory], and their daughters Mae S. Bartlett, age 27, a public shool teacher, and Marion [sic, Marian] E. Bartlett, age 12. Their sister Margaret Bartlett is found in the 1930 Census in Proctor (suburb of Duluth), Minnesota, where she was teaching school.
Household Members in 1930 Census
Name Age Relationship
Clarence E Bartlett 49 Head
Ethel M Bartlett 49 Wife
Mae S Bartlett 27 Daughter
Marion E Bartlett 12 Daughter.8
Mae Shepard Bartlett lived between 1934 and 1979 in Dell Rapids, Minnehaha County, South Dakota.
Mae Shepard Van Buren and Ervin Paul Van Buren appeared on the census of 1935 in Dell Rapids, Minnehaha County, South Dakota.9
Mae Shepard Van Buren and Ervin Paul Van Buren appeared on the census of 1945 in Dell Rapids, Minnehaha County, South Dakota.10
Her Social Security Number was 564-52-4747, issued before 1951 in South Dakota. Her husband, Ervin, died on 10 July 1968 of a massive heart attack in the golf course, Dell Rapids, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, at age 70, leaving her a widow.2
The following obituary was used for the 15 November 1979 funeral of Mae Shepard Bartlett Van Buren:
MRS. ERVIN P. VAN BUREN
Mae Shepard Bartlett was born April 5, 1903, in Northfield, Minnesota. She was the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence E. Bartlett. She attended schools in Tracy and Browns Valley, Minnesota, and graduated from Dell Rapids High School in 1921. She received her B.A. degree from Eastern State College (now Dakota State College) and taught school at Wentworth, Orland, Emery and Artesian, South Dakota.
On June 26, 1934, she married Dell Rapids attorney Ervin P. Van Buren in Madison. They had one son, Paul Bartlett Van Buren, now an attorney with Pacific Telephone Co. in San Francisco.
Mrs. Van Buren took an active part in the affairs of her community. She was a member of the Dell Rapids Women's Club, P.E.O., Daughters of the Nile, American Legion Auxiliary, Daughters of the American Revolution and the Dell Rapids United Methodist Church.
Besides her son, Paul, she is survived by her two sisters, Miss Margaret Bartlett and Mrs. Rodney T. (Marian) Parsons, both of Anaheim, California; and two nephews, James and Kenneth Parson, also of California.
The pallbearers were John Hermanson, Frank Greening, Allen Brown, William Vogt, Tom Garry, and Dr. Paul K. Aspaas.
| Last Edited | 20 January 2026 |
Citations
- [S803] South Dakota Marriages, 1905-2013, online www.ancestry.com, South Dakota, Marriages, 1905-2013
Name: Mae S Bartlett
Gender: Female
Age: 30
Birth Year: abt 1904
Residence Post Office: Madison
Residence Place: Lake
Marriage Date: 26 Jun 1934
Marriage Place: Lake, South Dakota
Certificate: 167467
Registration Number: 16/286
Spouse: Ervin P Van Buren
Source Information: Ancestry.com. South Dakota, Marriages, 1905-2013 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
Original data: South Dakota Department of Health. South Dakota Marriage Index, 1905-1914, 1950-2013 and South Dakota Marriage Certificates, 1905-1949. Pierre, SD, USA: South Dakota Department of Health. Hereinafter cited as South Dakota Marriages, 1905- 2013. - [S189] Social Security Death Index.
- [S366] California Death Index, 1940-97, online www.ancestry.com.
- [S451] Cemetery Gravestone viewed by Paul B. Van Buren.
- [S1268] Minnesota, Territorial and State Censuses, 1849-1905, online www.ancestry.com, Minnesota, U.S., Territorial and State Censuses, 1849-1905
Name: Ethel Bertlett [sic, Bartlett]
Age: 24
Census Date: 6 Jun 1905
County: Lyon
Locality: Minneota
Birth Location: South Dakota
Gender: Female
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1881
Race: White
Father's Birth Location: Iowa
Mother's Birth Location: Iowa
Line: 34
Roll: MNSC_133. Hereinafter cited as Minnesota, Territorial and State Censuses, 1849-1905. - [S704] 1910 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Clarence E Bartlett
Age in 1910: 29
Birth Year: abt 1881
Birthplace: Wisconsin
Home in 1910: Tracy Ward 2, Lyon, Minnesota
Street: Third Street North
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Ethel S Bartlett
Father's Name: James S Bartlett
Father's Birthplace: New York
Mother's Birthplace: Wisconsin
Native Tongue: English
Occupation: Agent
Industry: Real Estate
Employer, Employee or Other: Own Account
Home Owned or Rented: Own
Home Free or Mortgaged: Mortgaged
Farm or House: House
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Years Married: 8
Household Members Age Relationship
Clarence E Bartlett 29 Head
Ethel S Bartlett 29 Wife
Mary [sic, Mae] S Bartlett 7 Daughter
Margaret E Bartlett 4 Daughter
James S Bartlett 62 Father. - [S149] 1920 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census
Name: Clarence E Bartlett
Age: 38
Birth Year: abt 1882
Birthplace: Wisconsin
Home in 1920: Dell Rapids, Minnehaha, South Dakota
Street: Fremont
Residence Date: 1920
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Ethel M Bartlett
Father's Birthplace: New York
Mother's Birthplace: Wisconsin
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Agent
Industry: Real Estate
Employment Field: Own Account
Home Owned or Rented: Rented
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members in 1920 Census
Name Age Relationship
Clarence E Bartlett 38 Head
Ethel M Bartlett 38 Wife
Mae B Bartlett 16 Daughter
Margaret E Bartlett 14 Daughter
Marian E Bartlett 2 Daughter. - [S702] 1930 U.S. Census, online www.ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Clarence E Bartlett
Birth Year: abt 1881
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age in 1930: 49
Birthplace: Wisconsin
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1930: Madison, Lake, South Dakota, USA
Street Address: 3th Av
Ward of City: Second
Block: 3F 43-32
House Number: 422
Dwelling Number: 158
Family Number: 188
Home Owned or Rented: Owned
Home Value: 3000
Radio Set: Yes
Lives on Farm: No
Age at First Marriage: 20
Attended School: No
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: New York
Mother's Birthplace: Wisconsin
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Solicitor
Industry: Real Estate and Insurance Co
Class of Worker: Working on own account
Employment: Yes
Household Members
Name Age Relationship
Clarence E Bartlett 49 Head
Ethel M Bartlett 49 Wife
Mae S Bartlett 27 Daughter
Marion E Bartlett 12 Daughter. Hereinafter cited as 1930 U.S. Census. - [S1624] 1926 South Dakota State Census, online www.FamilySearch.org, Census • South Dakota State Census, 1935
Name Ervin P Van Buren
Sex Male
Age 37 years
Occupation: Lawyer
Residence Date 1935
Residence Place [Dell Rapids] Ward 4, Minnehaha, South Dakota
Birth Date 1898
Birthplace North Dakota
Marital Status Married
Race White
Father's Birthplace Switzerland
Mother's Birthplace Denmark
Marriage Date 1934
Event Type Census
Event Date 1935
Sheet Number 103
Ervin P Van Buren's Spouses and Children
Spouse [Mae] Bartlett
Church Affliation: Presbyterian
Cite This Record: "South Dakota State Census, 1935", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MV4P-K9Y : Wed Oct 04 14:57:18 UTC 2023), Entry for Ervin P Van Buren and Bartlett, 1935. Hereinafter cited as 1925 South Dakota State Cemnsus. - [S1625] 1945 South Dakota State Census, online www.FamilySearch.org, Census • South Dakota State Census, 1945
Name Ervin P Van Buren
Age 47 years
Post Office Dell Rapids,, South Dakota
Birth Date 1898
Birthplace North Dakota
Occupation: Lawyer
Ancestry: Dutch [sic], Swiss, Danish
Marital Status Married
Race White
Father's Birthplace Switzerland
Mother's Birthplace Denmark
Marriage Date 1934
Event Type Census
Event Place Dell Rapids Township, Minnehaha, South Dakota, United States
Ervin P Van Buren's Spouses and Children
Spouse Mae Bartlet
tReligious Afficliation: Attend Baptist Church, but member of Presbyterian
Cite This Record: "South Dakota State Census, 1945", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6PZV-VMM : Fri Oct 06 15:41:39 UTC 2023), Entry for Ervin P Van Buren and Mae Bartlett. Hereinafter cited as 1945 South Dakota State Census.
Merub Dowd1
F, #7
| Pedigree Link |
Family 1:
| Son | James E. Barnes, Sr.+ (b. 9 March 1700, d. 1771) |
Family 2: Ephrraim Botsford, Jr., (b. after 1758)
| Daughter | Dulina Botsford (b. 21 February 1773) |
Biography
| Last Edited | 14 September 2024 |
Citations
- [S785] Lucious Barnes Barbour, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vols. 1-55 (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002), Sharon, CT, Vital Records, page 195. Hereinafter cited as The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vols. 1-55.
Luther David Shepard
M, #8, b. 24 November 1832, d. 15 June 1918
Parents
| Father | David Edsall Shepard (b. 19 July 1789, d. 16 October 1845) |
| Mother | Margaret Almira Chapman (b. 8 April 1793, d. 27 February 1860) |
| Pedigree Link |
Family: Margaret Jane Dykins (b. 1 June 1843, d. 22 May 1925)
| Son | Herbert Arthur (Burt) Shepard+ (b. 25 May 1859, d. 3 March 1892) |
| Daughter | Eleanor Eudora Shepard+ (b. 8 October 1861, d. 12 December 1939) |
| Son | Edson Charles Shepard (b. 11 July 1864, d. 22 November 1928) |
| Daughter | Jessie Emily Shepard+ (b. 31 January 1870, d. 12 November 1957) |
| Daughter | Myrtle Sophia Shepard (b. 13 March 1874, d. 31 December 1948) |
| Son | William Luther Shepard+ (b. 20 November 1875) |
| Daughter | Mae B. Shepard+ (b. 19 February 1879, d. 21 August 1934) |
| Daughter | Sada (Sarah) B. Shepard (b. 19 February 1879, d. 16 December 1954) |
Biography
Luther was born on 24 November 1832 in Brewerton, Onondaga County, New York.1,2,3 He married Margaret Jane Dykins on 1 July 1858 in Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa. [Fayette County, Iowa, Marriages, Book 1, page 259] They were married by Rev. George Murphy, a Methodist minister, at home, in the presence of father, mother, brothers and sisters and one hundred invited guests.
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Luther David Shepard died on 15 June 1918 in Watertown, Codington County, South Dakota, at age 85. Note: I did not find a death certificate for Luther David Shepard in Coddington County, South Dakota. He was buried on 16 June 1918 in Mount Hope Cemetery, Watertown, Codington County, South Dakota. (Section R, Lot 22, Grave 4). The family purchased the lot on 15 June 1918 for $25. Mount Hope Cemetery is located at 11th Street East and 14th Avenue North in Watertown, South Dakota.
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Luther David Shepard died on 15 June 1918 in Watertown, Codington County, South Dakota, at age 85. Note: I did not find a death certificate for Luther David Shepard in Coddington County, South Dakota. He was buried on 16 June 1918 in Mount Hope Cemetery, Watertown, Codington County, South Dakota. (Section R, Lot 22, Grave 4). The family purchased the lot on 15 June 1918 for $25. Mount Hope Cemetery is located at 11th Street East and 14th Avenue North in Watertown, South Dakota.
Luther David Shepard appeared on the census of 1850 in the household of Margaret Almira Shepard in Cicero, Onondaga County, New York, which lists Margaret A. Shepard [mis-indexed as Sheperd], 56, born in Massachusetts, owning real estate valued at $3,600; her children (all born in New York) Sophia, 26, Martha M., 25, Eleanor, 21, Sarah, 18, Luther, 17, and Calvin, 15; and a Lucy Talcott, 83, born in Connecticut. This latter person is Lucy Tracy Talcott who is buried in the Shepard Family Cemetery; she died on 13 July 1857 at age 90 years, so she was born in about 1767. She might be the grandmother of Jonathan Talcott, the husband of Lucy Ann Shepard.5
Luther David Shepard and Margaret Jane Shepard appeared on the census of 1860 in Osage Township, Mitchell County, Iowa, which lists the Shepard family (Luther, 26, Margaret, 18, and son Herbert, 1).6 He was a farmer, owning real property worth $1,800 and personal property worth $500. in 1860. He was a teamster, owning $500 of real property and $100 of personal property. in 1870.
Luther David Shepard and Margaret Jane Shepard appeared on the census of 1870 in Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa.
Luther David Shepard moved from Fayette County, Iowa, to Lake County, Dakota Territory, in August 1878. Luther Shepard apparently came to Dakota Territory alone in August 1878 because his wife Margaret Jane gave birth to twin girls, Sada and Mae, in Fayette County, Iowa, on 19 February 1879. The 1880 census of Fayette County, Iowa, taken on 4 & 5 June 1880 lists Luther and Margaret Jane and seven of their eight children. It is possible that Luther might have temporarily returned from Dakota Territory to Iowa when the census was taken there. The other child, oldest son Hebert and his wife Abbie McDuffee, were not listed in the 1880 Iowa census because they apparently had come to Dakota Territory by 15 May 1880. Curiously, the 1880 census of Lake County, Dakota Territory, taken on 15 June 1800 (ten days after the Iowa census), also lists Luther and Margaret Jane and their seven children. Hebert and his wife Addie (who last names are erroneously give as Allen) are also listed in that 1880 Dakota Territory census. In any event, the entire Shepard family was evidently in Dakota Territory by the summer of 1880. He was a farmer in 1880.7
Luther David Shepard and Margaret Jane Shepard appeared on the census of 4 June 1880 in Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa.7
Luther David Shepard and Margaret Jane Shepard appeared on the census of 15 June 1880 in Farmington Township, Lake County, Dakota Territory, which shows Luther Shepard, 45, Margaret, 38, and their children (all born in Iowa) Ellenor [Eleanor], 18, Edson, 15, Jessie, 9, Myrtle, 6, Willie [William], 5, Sarah B. [Sada], 1, and Mary B. [Mae], 1. Luther's occupation is listed as a farmer and Margaret's as keeping house. Following the foregoing 1880 census listing for Luther and Margaret Shepard and seven of their eight children, the same census records also show Herbert, 21, and Addie, 20, "Allen" [sic; should be "Shepard"], with Herbert listed as being a farmer and Addie as keeping house. Following that listing is Luther's sister, Sophia S. [Shepard] Cushing, 57, a widow.8
[:CR:]Homestead Act: To claim 160 acres of land under the Homestead Act of 1863:
Be a U.S. citizen
Male or female
At least 21 years old
Single or the head of a household
Never have borne arms against the United States
They had to:
Build a dwelling at least 12 x 24 feet
Cultivate at least 10 acres
Take up residency on the land within 6 months, not be absent from the claim for more than 6 months out of the year, and not establish legal residence anywhere else.
Live on the claim for 5 years.
Two neighbors or friends had to attest to the government that the applicant had fulfilled the foregoing requirements.
To make a claim, homesteaders paid a filing fee of $18: a $10 fee to make a temporary claim on the land, $2 for commission to the land agent and an additional $6 final payment to receive an official patent on the land.
Upon payment of a small registration fee, the claimant owned the property free and clear. They could also pay $1.25 per acre and own the land after on it for only 6 months.
Tree Claims: The 1873 Timber Culture Act allowed settlers to claim an additional 160 acres by planting trees. Ten acres of trees needed to be planted and 975 trees per acre had to survive ten years to prove up the tree claim.
From Luther D. Shepard's Pre-emption Proof for Homesteading the SE1/4, Section 9, Township 107, Range53 (consisting of 160 acres) in Lake County, Dakota Territory, dated June 6, 1881: I am 48 years old and the head of a family consisting of a wife and eight children. My post office address is Madison, Dakota Territory. I settled on the land on August 28, 1878, and commenced to break soil. I improved the land by constructing a 24 x 30 feet frame, one story, shingled-roof house, a 14 x 50 feet sod and hay stable,valued at $500, and broke ten acres of land. I established our residence on the land on September 5, 1878. I have broken and cultivated ten acres of land. On June 18, 1881, he paid $200 ($1.25 per acre) to purchase the land.
By Certificate No. 4909, dated 30 June1882, Luther D. Shepard obtained 160 acres of government land (legally described as the Southeast Quarter of Section 9, Township 107 North, Range 53 West ) in Lake County, Dakota Territory. He would later (21 May 1895) acquire the Northwest Quarter of Section 9 by a Timber Culture, his son Herbert A. Shephard [sic] by Homestead the NW1/4 (30 June 1886), and his son Edson C. Shepard by Homestead the SW1/4 (7 March 1890) , so together they owned all 640 acres of Section 9.9
Tree Claims: The 1873 Timber Culture Act allowed settlers to claim an additional 160 acres by planting trees. Ten acres of trees needed to be planted, and 975 trees per acre had to survive ten years to prove up the tree claim. By Timber Culture Certificate No. 2044, dated 21 May 1895, Luther D. Shepard obtained 160 acres of government land (legally described as the Northeast Quarter of Section 9, Township 107 North, Range 53 West ) in Lake County, South Dakota.10
Luther David Shepard and Margaret Jane Shepard appeared on the census of 1900 in 1323 Seventh St, Madison, Lake County, South Dakota, which lists Luther D. Shepard, 66, born November 1833 [sic, apparently 1832?] in New York, father born in Connecticut, mother born in New York [sic, apparently Massachusetts]; his wife Margaret J., 56, born June 1843 in Illinois, both parents born in New York, married 42 years [since about 1858], 8 children, 7 still living (Herbert Shepard had died in 1892); their children (all born in Iowa) Edson C., 35, born July 1864; Myrtle S., 27, born March 1873; William L., 24, born November 1875; Sarah [Sada] B., 21, born February 1879; and Mary [sic, Mae] B., 21, born February 1879; their daughter-in-law Addie A. Shepard (an invalid, widow of Herbert Shepard), 39, born September 1860; their granddaughter, Ethel M. Shepard, 19, born March 1881 in South Dakota [actually Dakota Territory], and five male boarders. They lived on Seventh Street, on what may have been a farm.
Household Members in 1900 Census
Luther D Shepard 66 Head
Margaret J Shepard 56 Wife
Edson C Shepard 35 Son
Myrtle S Shepard 27 Daughter
William L Shepard 24 Son
Sarah B Shepard 21 Daughter
Mary B Shepard 21 Daughter
Addie A Shepard 39 Daughter in Law
Ethel M Shepard 19 Granddaughter
Dion Pearce 21 Boarder.11 He was a farmer in 1900.12
Luther David Shepard appeared on the census of 1905 in South Dakota South Dakota, U.S., State Census, 1905
Name: Luther D Shepard
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital status: Married
Age: 65
Birth Date: 1840
Birth Place: New York
Years in State: 28
Arrival Year in State (Estimated): 1877
Residence Place: South Dakota, United States
FHL Film Number: 2281874.13
Luther David Shepard and Margaret Jane Shepard appeared on the census of 1910 in Madison, Lake County, South Dakota, which lists Luther D. Shepard, 77, born in New York, father born in Connecticut, mother born in New York; his wife Margaret J., 67, born in Illinois, both parents born in New York; and a male lodger.
The Watertown, Codington County, South Dakota, City Directories include the following entries:
1914-15:
Myrtle Shepard, 607 S. Maple St. [no occupation given]
Sadie [sic] B. Shepard, chief operator, Telephone Co., 607 S. Maple
L.D. Shepard, retired, 607 S. Maple
1916-17:
Luther L. [sic] Shepard (Margaret J.), 607 S. Maple
Myrtle S. Shepard, bkpr [bookkeeper], Towslee & Towslee [a hardware store in Watertown], 607 S. Maple
Sadie [sic] B. Shepard, inf opr [information operator], Dakota Central Tel. Co., 607 S. Maple.
He and Margaret Jane Dykins lived in 1916 in 607 South Maple, Watertown, Codington County, South Dakota.14
The 15 June 1918, edition of the Watertown, Codington County, South Dakota, Daily Public Opinion carried the following obituary for Luther David Shepard:
PIONEER FARMER
DIES AT AGE OF 86
L.D. Shepard, Retired, Dies
At Home On Maple St. S.
Funeral Sunday
L. D. Shepard, a retired farmer residing at 607 Maple Street S. [Watertown, SD], a pioneer settler of South Dakota, died at his home this morning [15 June 1918] at 1:20 o'clock at the age of 86 years. He has made his home in this city for the last few years since retiring from his farm in Lake County [South Dakota], on which he originally settled.
Mr. Shepard was born November 24, 1832. He was married July 1, 1858, to Miss Margaret J. Dykins, and with her came to South Dakota [actually, Dakota Territory in 1878] to build a home. His wife and seven children are left. The children are: E. C. Shepard, Mrs. F.R. Anderson [sic, should be Andersen] and Myrtle and Sadie [sic, should be Sada] Shepard of this city [Watertown, South Dakota]; Mrs. G. A. Sweet of Edmunds [sic, should be Edmonds], Washington; Mrs. Ethan [sic, should be Edward] Price of Halbright, Saskatchewan, Canada; and W. L. Shepard of Huron [South Dakota].
The funeral service will be held from the residence Sunday afternoon [16 June 1918] at 2 o'clock, Rev. Gay C. White, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church officiating.
The Shepard Family
Luther David Shepard was born in Brewerton, New York, on November 24, 1832, the son of David Edsall Shepard (born July 19, 1789, at Stamford, Connecticut; died October 16, 1845, at Brewerton, New York) and Margaret Almira Chapman Shepard (born April [or March] 8, 1792; died February 27, 1860, at Brewerton). Luther's grandfather, the Rev. John Shepard (born May 25, 1757, at Amity in Warwick Township, Orange County, New York; died January 29, 1822, at Cicero, New York) had been a Captain in the Revolutionary War, who was known as "the fighting parson."
Margaret Jane Dykins was born in Freeport, Illinois, on June 1, 1843, to Elias Satterly Dykins (born August 24, 1804, in New York) and Emily Bennett Dykins (born April 15, 1807, in New York). Elias, who was a gunsmith and a farmer, and Emily Dykins had six children: Caroline M. Dykins (born January 24, 1831, in New York; died in 1889), Charles C. Dykins (born July 2, 1833, in Steuben County, New York; died December 18, 1915; buried at West Union, Iowa, cemetery), Amelia M. Dykins [Nimbs Herriman] (born November 10, 1836; died February 1, 1895; buried at Oakridge Cemetery, Auburn, Iowa), Mary Ann Dykins (born August 13, 1839, at Freeport, Illinois), William Henry Harrison Dykins (born November 1, 1841, at Freeport, Illinois; a triplet, but the other two babies died), and Margaret Jane Dykins (born July 1, 1843, at Freeport, Illinois). In the 1840 census records, the Dykins family with one man 30-40 [Elias], one woman 30-40 [Emily], one girl 10-15 [Caroline], one boy 5-10 [Charles] and two girls under 5 [Amelia and Mary Ann] is listed as living in Freeport, Freeport Township, Stephenson County, Illinois.
Margaret Dykins came to Iowa in 1849 as a child with her parents from Illinois. In the 1850 census records, the Dykins family (Elias, 44, Emily, 41, Mary, 11, William H., 9, and Margaret, 7) is shown as living in Winneshiek County, Iowa. Elias' occupation is given as a farmer. Apparently the three oldest Dykins children (Caroline M., Charles C. and Amelia M.) had left home by 1850.
Luther Shepard probably came to Iowa from New York in the 1850s. He was about 26 years old and Margaret Dykins only about 15 when they were wed in 1858. In their marriage license, issued at West Union, Iowa, and dated June 26, 1858, Margaret's age is given as 17. By the time they left Iowa for Dakota Territory in 1879, three boys and five girls were born to Luther and Margaret Shepard: Herbert Arthur Shepard (born May 25, 1859, probably in Osage Township, Mitchell County, Iowa), Eleanor Shepard (born about 1862), Edson Charles Shepard (born July 11, 1867, in Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa), Jessie Emily Shepard (born January 31, 1870, in Auburn Township), Myrtle Shepard (born March 13, 1874 [or 1873], in Auburn Township), William Luther Shepard (born about 1875 in Auburn Township), and twin daughters, Mae B. and Sada B. Shepard (born February 19, 1879, in Auburn Township).
In the 1860 census records, the Shepard family (Luther, 26, Margaret, 18, and son Herbert, 1) is listed as living in Osage Township, Mitchell County, Iowa, with Luther's occupation as a farmer, owning real property worth $1,800 and personal property worth $500. The 1860 census records apparently do not list the Dykins family, but an 1868 map of Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa, shows Elias Dykins as owning the N 1/2 SW 1/4 of Section 16, Township 95N, Range 9W, consisting of about 80 acres.
In the 1870 census records, the Shepard family (Luther, 37, Margaret, 25, and children Herbert 11, Ella [Eleanor], 8, Eddie [Edson], 6, and Jessie, 6 months) is shown to have moved to Douglass (the official name of Auburn), Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa. Luther is listed as being a teamster, owning $500 of real property and $100 of personal property. Margaret's widowed father, Elias Dykins, a retired farmer, age 63, was living with them in 1870. Elias' wife Emily had died two years earlier on August 27, 1868, at 60. Elias was to die on August 13, 1871, at 66. They are buried at Oakridge Cemetery, Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa. The 1878 History of Fayette County lists a Lewis D. Shepherd [sic] of Auburn as a well driller.
The 1850 census records for Douglass, Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa, show a McDuffy [apparently should be McDuffee] family consisting of a husband Daniel, 33, wife Laura, 33, and children George, 2 and Georgiana, 5 months. Daniel's occupation is listed as a farmer owning $400 of real property, apparently the N 1/2 NW 1/4, Section 34, Township 95N, Range 9W, consisting of about 80 acres. According to the 1878 History of Fayette County, Daniel McDuffie also served at the first postmaster of Douglas from May 28, 1850, to December 3, 1857.
In the 1860 census records, the McDuff [sic] family is shown as husband Daniel, 43 (born in Vermont), wife Laura, 43 (also born in Vermont), and children George J., 12 (born in Wisconsin), Jane [probably the same person as Georgiana], 10, Marcellia, 8, Medora, 5 and Delos [apparently should be Harris], 2 (all born in Iowa). Daniel McDuff's occupation is listed as a farmer.
In the 1870 census records, the McDuff [sic] family is listed as husband Daniel, 53 (born in Vermont), wife Laura, 54 (also born in Vermont), and children (all born in Iowa) Jane, 18, Medora, 15, Harris, 11, and Adalaide, 9. Daniel McDuff is listed as a farmer, owning $1,200 of real property and $325 of personal property. Both of his parents are shown as foreign born (probably in Scotland), and one of Laura's parents is indicated as foreign born. For the 1870-71 school year, Harris McDuffee, age 12, is listed as a student in the West Auburn School. The 1878 History of Fayette County lists Daniel M. McDuffe of Auburn as a butcher.
On July 28, 1878, Luther and Margaret Shepard's oldest son, Herbert Arthur Shepard [photo], a 19 year old farmer, married Adalaide McDuffee [photo], also 19, at West Union, Iowa. Both their marriage license, dated July 20, 1878, and certificate of marriage give their names as Burt Shepard and Addie McDuffee. The next year, 1879, Margaret Dykins Shepard gave birth to her twins, and both Shepard families journeyed to Dakota Territory.
In 1879 Luther David Shepard, 46, and his wife Margaret Jane Dykins Shepard, 35, with their eight children and new daughter-in-law, set out by covered wagon from Auburn Township in Fayette County, Iowa, to seek their new home on raw prairie land near the present site of Ramona, in Farmington Township, Lake County, Dakota Territory. The lure of fertile farmland was strong to these early settlers.
The 1880 census records for Farmington Township, Lake County, Dakota Territory, show Luther Shepard, 45, Margaret, 38, and their children (all born in Iowa) Ellenor [Eleanor], 18, Edson, 15, Jessie, 9, Myrtle, 6, Willie [William], 5, Sarah B. [Sada], 1, and Mary B. [Mae], 1. Luther's occupation is listed as a farmer and Margaret's as keeping house. Following the foregoing 1880 census listing for Luther and Margaret Shepard and seven of their eight children, the same census records also show Herbert, 21, and Addie, 20, "Allen" [sic; should be "Shepard"], with Herbert listed as being a farmer and Addie as keeping house.
The Shepard families at one time owned all of Section 9, Township 107 North, Range 53 West, a square mile consisting of 640 acres, southeast of Ramona. Luther Shepard purchased the Southeast Quarter of Section 9; the Patent was issued on June 30, 1882, under "An Act Making Further Provision for the Sale of the Public Lands." On December 27, 1893, Luther paid $4.00 as "the balance of payment required by law for the Timber Culture Entry of the North East" Quarter of Section 9. The Patent on the Northeast Quarter was issued to Luther on May 21, 1895, under an act "To Encourage the Growth of Timber in the Western Prairies". Apparently under the tree claim law, if a person planted 15 acres of trees on a quarter section, eight feet apart and keep them growing for ten years, the person received the entire 160 acres free and clear. On September 3, 1886, Luther and Margaret Shepard had granted a right of way across the Eastern Half of Section 9 to the Dakota and Great Southern Railway Company for $130.00. Although the tracks have been removed, the railroad right of way can still be seen. On February 10, 1887, Edson Charles Shepard paid $200 ($1.25 per acre) under a "Pre-emption" receipt for the Southwest Quarter of Section 9. On May 26, 1885, Herbert A. Shephard [sic] paid $5.00 under a "Homestead" receipt for the Northwest Quarter of Section 9. The Patent was issued to Herbert on June 30, 1886, under an act "To Secure Homesteads to Actual Settlers on the Public Domain."
Herbert and Addie Shepard had only one child, Ethel Margie Shepard, born on their homestead near the present site of Ramona on March 7, 1881. Not long after Ethel was born, her mother, Addie, developed severe inflammatory rheumatism. She suffered from this arthritis for nearly 20 years and spent most of the last 8 years of her life as an invalid in bed before she died in at Luther and Margaret Shepard's home in Madison on July 26, 1901, at 42. Because of her mother's illness, Ethel was raised from infancy by her grandparents, Luther and Margaret Shepard. Four days short of Ethel's eleventh birthday, her father Bert died suddenly at their farm home from "rheumatism of the heart" on March 3, 1892, at the age of 32. He is buried at Madison. The Madison Sentinel described Bert Shepard as "a robust man of powerful physique, the very picture of health" and "one of the leading young farmers" of the area. The Final Decree in Bert's Estate was filed on October 17, 1892. He died intestate, so his widow Ada [sic] and daughter Ethel inherited in equal shares the Northwest Quarter of Section 9, "all household furniture, 3 head of horses, 2 cows, 1 heifer two years old, 1 steer 1 year old, 1 calf, 1 hapgood sulky plow, 1 harrow, 1 wagon, half interest in one seeder, 1 Deering binder, 1 set double harness, 1 Champion mower [and] $150.00 in money." On April 3, 1894, Daniel J. O'Connell, who lived nearby on the Northwest Quarter of Section 10, Township 107 North, was appointed guardian of the person and estate of "Ethel Shepard [then 13] of the City of Madison." On May 9, 1894, the court entered an order giving the guardian the authority to mortgage Ethel's interest in the Northwest Quarter of Section 9 to be used by the guardian to pay off the existing mortgage and "to clothe, feed and educate said Ethel Shepard . . . during her minority." On March 9, 1899, Ada [sic] Shepard and Ethel Shepard deeded the Northwest Quarter of Section 9 to D. A. Ferguson for $1,000; the purchaser also agreed to assume and pay a mortgage of $900 at 9%.
On June 10, 1890, Edson Shepard deeded the Southwest Quarter of Section 9 to John L. Janes; the purchaser assumed a $575 mortgage to Franklin J. Blair, dated February 10, 1887. On February 26, 1894, Luther and Margaret Shepard deeded the Southeast Quarter of Section 9 to Claus Hexom for $2,500; the deed "reserve the old house on said land." On November 21, 1905, they deeded the Northeast Quarter of Section 9 to D. J. O'Connell, who had served as the guardian of their granddaughter Ethel, for $4,835.25; the purchaser also agreed to assume and pay a $950 mortgage. Earlier, Luther and Margaret had moved to Madison, South Dakota. They would subsequently move to Watertown, South Dakota, where they lived at 607 Maple Street South. Luther died on June 15, 1918, at the age of 85. Margaret passed away on May 22, 1925, at 81. They are buried at Mount Hope Cemetery in Watertown.
The other seven of Luther and Margaret Shepard's eight children all eventually moved on from their homestead near Ramona. The eldest daughter, Eleanor Shepard, married G. A. Sweet from Waucoma, Iowa, on January 2, 1882, at her parents' farm home. The Sweets moved to Edmonds, Washington, and may have had five children.
Jessie Emily Shepard, 18, married Edward Thomas Price, 24 (born September 13, 1863, at South Bend, Blue Earth County, Minnesota), on April 26, 1888, near Ramona. Edward was a railroad station agent and telegrapher. When his brother-in-law Herbert Shepard died four years later in 1892, Edward Price was named the Administrator of his Estate. On March 25, 1889, a son Rowland Shepard Price was born to Edward and Jessie at Ramona; on June 2, 1892, a second son Leon Bennett Price was born at Lake Preston, South Dakota, and on July 12, 1904, a third son Eldon Thomas Price was born at Harlan, Iowa. Jessie and Edward Price and their oldest son Rowland Shepard Price eventually moved to Waldron, Saskatchewan, Canada. Leon Price lived in O'Neill, Nebraska.
Edson Charles Shepard, who married Lena Walker, lived in Sioux Falls and Watertown where he died on November 22, 1928, at 61 and is buried in Mount Hope Cemetery. For many years following the death of his wife Lena in about 1918, Edson was in ill health and made his home in Watertown with his unmarried sister, Sada, at 505 Maple Street South. He had no children.
In 1920, Myrtle Shepard, 46, married a widower, Andrew E. Lee, 73 (born March 18, 1847, in Bergen, Norway), a prominent Vermillion, South Dakota, businessman and politician who was the third governor of South Dakota from 1897-1901. They lived at 224 Court Street in Vermillion, a large house on the bluffs overlooking the Missouri River. Governor Lee died at Vermillion on March 19, 1934, at 87. Myrtle died at Vermillion on December 31, 1948, at 75 and is buried at Vermillion beside Governor Lee; she had no children.
William Luther Shepard, married Ida Mae Caulkins (born January 2, 1885, in Wyalusing, Wisconsin; died in 1975 at 90 in Watsonville, California) and had a daughter, Virginia Lee Shepard (born on February 20, 1915, at Minneapolis, Minnesota). They lived at Huron, South Dakota, where William died in 1931 at about age 56. He is buried at Huron. His daughter Virginia married Vernon Fridley on December 1, 1976, at Watsonville, California. Virginia died childless on September 10, 1985, at 70 at Watsonville.
In June of 1906, Mae B. Shepard married Fritz R. Andersen (born in Norway) at Madison, South Dakota. They had one daughter, Burl A. Andersen (born June 24, 1910, at Mitchell, South Dakota). Mae and Friz lived at 719 Maple Street South in Watertown and at 124 Court Street, Vermillion, near her sister, Myrtle. Mae died on August 21, 1934, at age 55 and is buried in Vermillion. On April 28, 1938, her daughter Burl Andersen, 27, married John Henry ("Jack") Litzelman, 41 (born April 28, 1897); they lived all of their married lives in Vermillion where Burl died on August 5, 1981, at 71 without any children. Jack died on November 17, 1988, at Vermillion at 91. Burl and Jack Litzelman are buried at Vermillion.
Mae's twin sister Sada B. Shepard never married. She worked for the telephone company and was a legal secretary. From 1913 until 1933, Sada owned a house at 505 South Maple in Watertown. Sada spent the last years of her life in nursing homes in Vermillion (where her sister Myrtle Shepard Lee lived) and Sioux Falls, South Dakota, where she died on December 16, 1954, at age 75. Sada is buried at Mount Hope Cemetery in Watertown next to her parents Luther and Margaret Shepard and her brother Edson.
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Watertown, Codington County, South Dakota, City Directories:
1914-15:
Myrtle Shepard, 607 S. Maple St. [no occupation given]
Sadie [sic] B. Shepard, chief operator, Telephone Co., 607 S. Maple
L. D. Shepard, retired, 607 S. Maple
1916-17:
Luther L. [sic] Shepard (Margaret J.), 607 S. Maple
Myrtle S. Shepard, bkpr [bookeeper], Towslee & Towslee [a hardware store in Watertown], 607 S. Maple
Sadie [sic] B. Shepard, inf opr [information operator], Dakota Central Tel. Co., 607 S. Maple
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Luther David Shepard and Margaret Jane Shepard appeared on the census of 1860 in Osage Township, Mitchell County, Iowa, which lists the Shepard family (Luther, 26, Margaret, 18, and son Herbert, 1).6 He was a farmer, owning real property worth $1,800 and personal property worth $500. in 1860. He was a teamster, owning $500 of real property and $100 of personal property. in 1870.
Luther David Shepard and Margaret Jane Shepard appeared on the census of 1870 in Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa.
Luther David Shepard moved from Fayette County, Iowa, to Lake County, Dakota Territory, in August 1878. Luther Shepard apparently came to Dakota Territory alone in August 1878 because his wife Margaret Jane gave birth to twin girls, Sada and Mae, in Fayette County, Iowa, on 19 February 1879. The 1880 census of Fayette County, Iowa, taken on 4 & 5 June 1880 lists Luther and Margaret Jane and seven of their eight children. It is possible that Luther might have temporarily returned from Dakota Territory to Iowa when the census was taken there. The other child, oldest son Hebert and his wife Abbie McDuffee, were not listed in the 1880 Iowa census because they apparently had come to Dakota Territory by 15 May 1880. Curiously, the 1880 census of Lake County, Dakota Territory, taken on 15 June 1800 (ten days after the Iowa census), also lists Luther and Margaret Jane and their seven children. Hebert and his wife Addie (who last names are erroneously give as Allen) are also listed in that 1880 Dakota Territory census. In any event, the entire Shepard family was evidently in Dakota Territory by the summer of 1880. He was a farmer in 1880.7
Luther David Shepard and Margaret Jane Shepard appeared on the census of 4 June 1880 in Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa.7
Luther David Shepard and Margaret Jane Shepard appeared on the census of 15 June 1880 in Farmington Township, Lake County, Dakota Territory, which shows Luther Shepard, 45, Margaret, 38, and their children (all born in Iowa) Ellenor [Eleanor], 18, Edson, 15, Jessie, 9, Myrtle, 6, Willie [William], 5, Sarah B. [Sada], 1, and Mary B. [Mae], 1. Luther's occupation is listed as a farmer and Margaret's as keeping house. Following the foregoing 1880 census listing for Luther and Margaret Shepard and seven of their eight children, the same census records also show Herbert, 21, and Addie, 20, "Allen" [sic; should be "Shepard"], with Herbert listed as being a farmer and Addie as keeping house. Following that listing is Luther's sister, Sophia S. [Shepard] Cushing, 57, a widow.8
[:CR:]Homestead Act: To claim 160 acres of land under the Homestead Act of 1863:
Be a U.S. citizen
Male or female
At least 21 years old
Single or the head of a household
Never have borne arms against the United States
They had to:
Build a dwelling at least 12 x 24 feet
Cultivate at least 10 acres
Take up residency on the land within 6 months, not be absent from the claim for more than 6 months out of the year, and not establish legal residence anywhere else.
Live on the claim for 5 years.
Two neighbors or friends had to attest to the government that the applicant had fulfilled the foregoing requirements.
To make a claim, homesteaders paid a filing fee of $18: a $10 fee to make a temporary claim on the land, $2 for commission to the land agent and an additional $6 final payment to receive an official patent on the land.
Upon payment of a small registration fee, the claimant owned the property free and clear. They could also pay $1.25 per acre and own the land after on it for only 6 months.
Tree Claims: The 1873 Timber Culture Act allowed settlers to claim an additional 160 acres by planting trees. Ten acres of trees needed to be planted and 975 trees per acre had to survive ten years to prove up the tree claim.
From Luther D. Shepard's Pre-emption Proof for Homesteading the SE1/4, Section 9, Township 107, Range53 (consisting of 160 acres) in Lake County, Dakota Territory, dated June 6, 1881: I am 48 years old and the head of a family consisting of a wife and eight children. My post office address is Madison, Dakota Territory. I settled on the land on August 28, 1878, and commenced to break soil. I improved the land by constructing a 24 x 30 feet frame, one story, shingled-roof house, a 14 x 50 feet sod and hay stable,valued at $500, and broke ten acres of land. I established our residence on the land on September 5, 1878. I have broken and cultivated ten acres of land. On June 18, 1881, he paid $200 ($1.25 per acre) to purchase the land.
By Certificate No. 4909, dated 30 June1882, Luther D. Shepard obtained 160 acres of government land (legally described as the Southeast Quarter of Section 9, Township 107 North, Range 53 West ) in Lake County, Dakota Territory. He would later (21 May 1895) acquire the Northwest Quarter of Section 9 by a Timber Culture, his son Herbert A. Shephard [sic] by Homestead the NW1/4 (30 June 1886), and his son Edson C. Shepard by Homestead the SW1/4 (7 March 1890) , so together they owned all 640 acres of Section 9.9
Tree Claims: The 1873 Timber Culture Act allowed settlers to claim an additional 160 acres by planting trees. Ten acres of trees needed to be planted, and 975 trees per acre had to survive ten years to prove up the tree claim. By Timber Culture Certificate No. 2044, dated 21 May 1895, Luther D. Shepard obtained 160 acres of government land (legally described as the Northeast Quarter of Section 9, Township 107 North, Range 53 West ) in Lake County, South Dakota.10
Luther David Shepard and Margaret Jane Shepard appeared on the census of 1900 in 1323 Seventh St, Madison, Lake County, South Dakota, which lists Luther D. Shepard, 66, born November 1833 [sic, apparently 1832?] in New York, father born in Connecticut, mother born in New York [sic, apparently Massachusetts]; his wife Margaret J., 56, born June 1843 in Illinois, both parents born in New York, married 42 years [since about 1858], 8 children, 7 still living (Herbert Shepard had died in 1892); their children (all born in Iowa) Edson C., 35, born July 1864; Myrtle S., 27, born March 1873; William L., 24, born November 1875; Sarah [Sada] B., 21, born February 1879; and Mary [sic, Mae] B., 21, born February 1879; their daughter-in-law Addie A. Shepard (an invalid, widow of Herbert Shepard), 39, born September 1860; their granddaughter, Ethel M. Shepard, 19, born March 1881 in South Dakota [actually Dakota Territory], and five male boarders. They lived on Seventh Street, on what may have been a farm.
Household Members in 1900 Census
Luther D Shepard 66 Head
Margaret J Shepard 56 Wife
Edson C Shepard 35 Son
Myrtle S Shepard 27 Daughter
William L Shepard 24 Son
Sarah B Shepard 21 Daughter
Mary B Shepard 21 Daughter
Addie A Shepard 39 Daughter in Law
Ethel M Shepard 19 Granddaughter
Dion Pearce 21 Boarder.11 He was a farmer in 1900.12
Luther David Shepard appeared on the census of 1905 in South Dakota South Dakota, U.S., State Census, 1905
Name: Luther D Shepard
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital status: Married
Age: 65
Birth Date: 1840
Birth Place: New York
Years in State: 28
Arrival Year in State (Estimated): 1877
Residence Place: South Dakota, United States
FHL Film Number: 2281874.13
Luther David Shepard and Margaret Jane Shepard appeared on the census of 1910 in Madison, Lake County, South Dakota, which lists Luther D. Shepard, 77, born in New York, father born in Connecticut, mother born in New York; his wife Margaret J., 67, born in Illinois, both parents born in New York; and a male lodger.
The Watertown, Codington County, South Dakota, City Directories include the following entries:
1914-15:
Myrtle Shepard, 607 S. Maple St. [no occupation given]
Sadie [sic] B. Shepard, chief operator, Telephone Co., 607 S. Maple
L.D. Shepard, retired, 607 S. Maple
1916-17:
Luther L. [sic] Shepard (Margaret J.), 607 S. Maple
Myrtle S. Shepard, bkpr [bookkeeper], Towslee & Towslee [a hardware store in Watertown], 607 S. Maple
Sadie [sic] B. Shepard, inf opr [information operator], Dakota Central Tel. Co., 607 S. Maple.
He and Margaret Jane Dykins lived in 1916 in 607 South Maple, Watertown, Codington County, South Dakota.14
The 15 June 1918, edition of the Watertown, Codington County, South Dakota, Daily Public Opinion carried the following obituary for Luther David Shepard:
PIONEER FARMER
DIES AT AGE OF 86
L.D. Shepard, Retired, Dies
At Home On Maple St. S.
Funeral Sunday
L. D. Shepard, a retired farmer residing at 607 Maple Street S. [Watertown, SD], a pioneer settler of South Dakota, died at his home this morning [15 June 1918] at 1:20 o'clock at the age of 86 years. He has made his home in this city for the last few years since retiring from his farm in Lake County [South Dakota], on which he originally settled.
Mr. Shepard was born November 24, 1832. He was married July 1, 1858, to Miss Margaret J. Dykins, and with her came to South Dakota [actually, Dakota Territory in 1878] to build a home. His wife and seven children are left. The children are: E. C. Shepard, Mrs. F.R. Anderson [sic, should be Andersen] and Myrtle and Sadie [sic, should be Sada] Shepard of this city [Watertown, South Dakota]; Mrs. G. A. Sweet of Edmunds [sic, should be Edmonds], Washington; Mrs. Ethan [sic, should be Edward] Price of Halbright, Saskatchewan, Canada; and W. L. Shepard of Huron [South Dakota].
The funeral service will be held from the residence Sunday afternoon [16 June 1918] at 2 o'clock, Rev. Gay C. White, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church officiating.
The Shepard Family
Luther David Shepard was born in Brewerton, New York, on November 24, 1832, the son of David Edsall Shepard (born July 19, 1789, at Stamford, Connecticut; died October 16, 1845, at Brewerton, New York) and Margaret Almira Chapman Shepard (born April [or March] 8, 1792; died February 27, 1860, at Brewerton). Luther's grandfather, the Rev. John Shepard (born May 25, 1757, at Amity in Warwick Township, Orange County, New York; died January 29, 1822, at Cicero, New York) had been a Captain in the Revolutionary War, who was known as "the fighting parson."
Margaret Jane Dykins was born in Freeport, Illinois, on June 1, 1843, to Elias Satterly Dykins (born August 24, 1804, in New York) and Emily Bennett Dykins (born April 15, 1807, in New York). Elias, who was a gunsmith and a farmer, and Emily Dykins had six children: Caroline M. Dykins (born January 24, 1831, in New York; died in 1889), Charles C. Dykins (born July 2, 1833, in Steuben County, New York; died December 18, 1915; buried at West Union, Iowa, cemetery), Amelia M. Dykins [Nimbs Herriman] (born November 10, 1836; died February 1, 1895; buried at Oakridge Cemetery, Auburn, Iowa), Mary Ann Dykins (born August 13, 1839, at Freeport, Illinois), William Henry Harrison Dykins (born November 1, 1841, at Freeport, Illinois; a triplet, but the other two babies died), and Margaret Jane Dykins (born July 1, 1843, at Freeport, Illinois). In the 1840 census records, the Dykins family with one man 30-40 [Elias], one woman 30-40 [Emily], one girl 10-15 [Caroline], one boy 5-10 [Charles] and two girls under 5 [Amelia and Mary Ann] is listed as living in Freeport, Freeport Township, Stephenson County, Illinois.
Margaret Dykins came to Iowa in 1849 as a child with her parents from Illinois. In the 1850 census records, the Dykins family (Elias, 44, Emily, 41, Mary, 11, William H., 9, and Margaret, 7) is shown as living in Winneshiek County, Iowa. Elias' occupation is given as a farmer. Apparently the three oldest Dykins children (Caroline M., Charles C. and Amelia M.) had left home by 1850.
Luther Shepard probably came to Iowa from New York in the 1850s. He was about 26 years old and Margaret Dykins only about 15 when they were wed in 1858. In their marriage license, issued at West Union, Iowa, and dated June 26, 1858, Margaret's age is given as 17. By the time they left Iowa for Dakota Territory in 1879, three boys and five girls were born to Luther and Margaret Shepard: Herbert Arthur Shepard (born May 25, 1859, probably in Osage Township, Mitchell County, Iowa), Eleanor Shepard (born about 1862), Edson Charles Shepard (born July 11, 1867, in Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa), Jessie Emily Shepard (born January 31, 1870, in Auburn Township), Myrtle Shepard (born March 13, 1874 [or 1873], in Auburn Township), William Luther Shepard (born about 1875 in Auburn Township), and twin daughters, Mae B. and Sada B. Shepard (born February 19, 1879, in Auburn Township).
In the 1860 census records, the Shepard family (Luther, 26, Margaret, 18, and son Herbert, 1) is listed as living in Osage Township, Mitchell County, Iowa, with Luther's occupation as a farmer, owning real property worth $1,800 and personal property worth $500. The 1860 census records apparently do not list the Dykins family, but an 1868 map of Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa, shows Elias Dykins as owning the N 1/2 SW 1/4 of Section 16, Township 95N, Range 9W, consisting of about 80 acres.
In the 1870 census records, the Shepard family (Luther, 37, Margaret, 25, and children Herbert 11, Ella [Eleanor], 8, Eddie [Edson], 6, and Jessie, 6 months) is shown to have moved to Douglass (the official name of Auburn), Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa. Luther is listed as being a teamster, owning $500 of real property and $100 of personal property. Margaret's widowed father, Elias Dykins, a retired farmer, age 63, was living with them in 1870. Elias' wife Emily had died two years earlier on August 27, 1868, at 60. Elias was to die on August 13, 1871, at 66. They are buried at Oakridge Cemetery, Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa. The 1878 History of Fayette County lists a Lewis D. Shepherd [sic] of Auburn as a well driller.
The 1850 census records for Douglass, Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa, show a McDuffy [apparently should be McDuffee] family consisting of a husband Daniel, 33, wife Laura, 33, and children George, 2 and Georgiana, 5 months. Daniel's occupation is listed as a farmer owning $400 of real property, apparently the N 1/2 NW 1/4, Section 34, Township 95N, Range 9W, consisting of about 80 acres. According to the 1878 History of Fayette County, Daniel McDuffie also served at the first postmaster of Douglas from May 28, 1850, to December 3, 1857.
In the 1860 census records, the McDuff [sic] family is shown as husband Daniel, 43 (born in Vermont), wife Laura, 43 (also born in Vermont), and children George J., 12 (born in Wisconsin), Jane [probably the same person as Georgiana], 10, Marcellia, 8, Medora, 5 and Delos [apparently should be Harris], 2 (all born in Iowa). Daniel McDuff's occupation is listed as a farmer.
In the 1870 census records, the McDuff [sic] family is listed as husband Daniel, 53 (born in Vermont), wife Laura, 54 (also born in Vermont), and children (all born in Iowa) Jane, 18, Medora, 15, Harris, 11, and Adalaide, 9. Daniel McDuff is listed as a farmer, owning $1,200 of real property and $325 of personal property. Both of his parents are shown as foreign born (probably in Scotland), and one of Laura's parents is indicated as foreign born. For the 1870-71 school year, Harris McDuffee, age 12, is listed as a student in the West Auburn School. The 1878 History of Fayette County lists Daniel M. McDuffe of Auburn as a butcher.
On July 28, 1878, Luther and Margaret Shepard's oldest son, Herbert Arthur Shepard [photo], a 19 year old farmer, married Adalaide McDuffee [photo], also 19, at West Union, Iowa. Both their marriage license, dated July 20, 1878, and certificate of marriage give their names as Burt Shepard and Addie McDuffee. The next year, 1879, Margaret Dykins Shepard gave birth to her twins, and both Shepard families journeyed to Dakota Territory.
In 1879 Luther David Shepard, 46, and his wife Margaret Jane Dykins Shepard, 35, with their eight children and new daughter-in-law, set out by covered wagon from Auburn Township in Fayette County, Iowa, to seek their new home on raw prairie land near the present site of Ramona, in Farmington Township, Lake County, Dakota Territory. The lure of fertile farmland was strong to these early settlers.
The 1880 census records for Farmington Township, Lake County, Dakota Territory, show Luther Shepard, 45, Margaret, 38, and their children (all born in Iowa) Ellenor [Eleanor], 18, Edson, 15, Jessie, 9, Myrtle, 6, Willie [William], 5, Sarah B. [Sada], 1, and Mary B. [Mae], 1. Luther's occupation is listed as a farmer and Margaret's as keeping house. Following the foregoing 1880 census listing for Luther and Margaret Shepard and seven of their eight children, the same census records also show Herbert, 21, and Addie, 20, "Allen" [sic; should be "Shepard"], with Herbert listed as being a farmer and Addie as keeping house.
The Shepard families at one time owned all of Section 9, Township 107 North, Range 53 West, a square mile consisting of 640 acres, southeast of Ramona. Luther Shepard purchased the Southeast Quarter of Section 9; the Patent was issued on June 30, 1882, under "An Act Making Further Provision for the Sale of the Public Lands." On December 27, 1893, Luther paid $4.00 as "the balance of payment required by law for the Timber Culture Entry of the North East" Quarter of Section 9. The Patent on the Northeast Quarter was issued to Luther on May 21, 1895, under an act "To Encourage the Growth of Timber in the Western Prairies". Apparently under the tree claim law, if a person planted 15 acres of trees on a quarter section, eight feet apart and keep them growing for ten years, the person received the entire 160 acres free and clear. On September 3, 1886, Luther and Margaret Shepard had granted a right of way across the Eastern Half of Section 9 to the Dakota and Great Southern Railway Company for $130.00. Although the tracks have been removed, the railroad right of way can still be seen. On February 10, 1887, Edson Charles Shepard paid $200 ($1.25 per acre) under a "Pre-emption" receipt for the Southwest Quarter of Section 9. On May 26, 1885, Herbert A. Shephard [sic] paid $5.00 under a "Homestead" receipt for the Northwest Quarter of Section 9. The Patent was issued to Herbert on June 30, 1886, under an act "To Secure Homesteads to Actual Settlers on the Public Domain."
Herbert and Addie Shepard had only one child, Ethel Margie Shepard, born on their homestead near the present site of Ramona on March 7, 1881. Not long after Ethel was born, her mother, Addie, developed severe inflammatory rheumatism. She suffered from this arthritis for nearly 20 years and spent most of the last 8 years of her life as an invalid in bed before she died in at Luther and Margaret Shepard's home in Madison on July 26, 1901, at 42. Because of her mother's illness, Ethel was raised from infancy by her grandparents, Luther and Margaret Shepard. Four days short of Ethel's eleventh birthday, her father Bert died suddenly at their farm home from "rheumatism of the heart" on March 3, 1892, at the age of 32. He is buried at Madison. The Madison Sentinel described Bert Shepard as "a robust man of powerful physique, the very picture of health" and "one of the leading young farmers" of the area. The Final Decree in Bert's Estate was filed on October 17, 1892. He died intestate, so his widow Ada [sic] and daughter Ethel inherited in equal shares the Northwest Quarter of Section 9, "all household furniture, 3 head of horses, 2 cows, 1 heifer two years old, 1 steer 1 year old, 1 calf, 1 hapgood sulky plow, 1 harrow, 1 wagon, half interest in one seeder, 1 Deering binder, 1 set double harness, 1 Champion mower [and] $150.00 in money." On April 3, 1894, Daniel J. O'Connell, who lived nearby on the Northwest Quarter of Section 10, Township 107 North, was appointed guardian of the person and estate of "Ethel Shepard [then 13] of the City of Madison." On May 9, 1894, the court entered an order giving the guardian the authority to mortgage Ethel's interest in the Northwest Quarter of Section 9 to be used by the guardian to pay off the existing mortgage and "to clothe, feed and educate said Ethel Shepard . . . during her minority." On March 9, 1899, Ada [sic] Shepard and Ethel Shepard deeded the Northwest Quarter of Section 9 to D. A. Ferguson for $1,000; the purchaser also agreed to assume and pay a mortgage of $900 at 9%.
On June 10, 1890, Edson Shepard deeded the Southwest Quarter of Section 9 to John L. Janes; the purchaser assumed a $575 mortgage to Franklin J. Blair, dated February 10, 1887. On February 26, 1894, Luther and Margaret Shepard deeded the Southeast Quarter of Section 9 to Claus Hexom for $2,500; the deed "reserve the old house on said land." On November 21, 1905, they deeded the Northeast Quarter of Section 9 to D. J. O'Connell, who had served as the guardian of their granddaughter Ethel, for $4,835.25; the purchaser also agreed to assume and pay a $950 mortgage. Earlier, Luther and Margaret had moved to Madison, South Dakota. They would subsequently move to Watertown, South Dakota, where they lived at 607 Maple Street South. Luther died on June 15, 1918, at the age of 85. Margaret passed away on May 22, 1925, at 81. They are buried at Mount Hope Cemetery in Watertown.
The other seven of Luther and Margaret Shepard's eight children all eventually moved on from their homestead near Ramona. The eldest daughter, Eleanor Shepard, married G. A. Sweet from Waucoma, Iowa, on January 2, 1882, at her parents' farm home. The Sweets moved to Edmonds, Washington, and may have had five children.
Jessie Emily Shepard, 18, married Edward Thomas Price, 24 (born September 13, 1863, at South Bend, Blue Earth County, Minnesota), on April 26, 1888, near Ramona. Edward was a railroad station agent and telegrapher. When his brother-in-law Herbert Shepard died four years later in 1892, Edward Price was named the Administrator of his Estate. On March 25, 1889, a son Rowland Shepard Price was born to Edward and Jessie at Ramona; on June 2, 1892, a second son Leon Bennett Price was born at Lake Preston, South Dakota, and on July 12, 1904, a third son Eldon Thomas Price was born at Harlan, Iowa. Jessie and Edward Price and their oldest son Rowland Shepard Price eventually moved to Waldron, Saskatchewan, Canada. Leon Price lived in O'Neill, Nebraska.
Edson Charles Shepard, who married Lena Walker, lived in Sioux Falls and Watertown where he died on November 22, 1928, at 61 and is buried in Mount Hope Cemetery. For many years following the death of his wife Lena in about 1918, Edson was in ill health and made his home in Watertown with his unmarried sister, Sada, at 505 Maple Street South. He had no children.
In 1920, Myrtle Shepard, 46, married a widower, Andrew E. Lee, 73 (born March 18, 1847, in Bergen, Norway), a prominent Vermillion, South Dakota, businessman and politician who was the third governor of South Dakota from 1897-1901. They lived at 224 Court Street in Vermillion, a large house on the bluffs overlooking the Missouri River. Governor Lee died at Vermillion on March 19, 1934, at 87. Myrtle died at Vermillion on December 31, 1948, at 75 and is buried at Vermillion beside Governor Lee; she had no children.
William Luther Shepard, married Ida Mae Caulkins (born January 2, 1885, in Wyalusing, Wisconsin; died in 1975 at 90 in Watsonville, California) and had a daughter, Virginia Lee Shepard (born on February 20, 1915, at Minneapolis, Minnesota). They lived at Huron, South Dakota, where William died in 1931 at about age 56. He is buried at Huron. His daughter Virginia married Vernon Fridley on December 1, 1976, at Watsonville, California. Virginia died childless on September 10, 1985, at 70 at Watsonville.
In June of 1906, Mae B. Shepard married Fritz R. Andersen (born in Norway) at Madison, South Dakota. They had one daughter, Burl A. Andersen (born June 24, 1910, at Mitchell, South Dakota). Mae and Friz lived at 719 Maple Street South in Watertown and at 124 Court Street, Vermillion, near her sister, Myrtle. Mae died on August 21, 1934, at age 55 and is buried in Vermillion. On April 28, 1938, her daughter Burl Andersen, 27, married John Henry ("Jack") Litzelman, 41 (born April 28, 1897); they lived all of their married lives in Vermillion where Burl died on August 5, 1981, at 71 without any children. Jack died on November 17, 1988, at Vermillion at 91. Burl and Jack Litzelman are buried at Vermillion.
Mae's twin sister Sada B. Shepard never married. She worked for the telephone company and was a legal secretary. From 1913 until 1933, Sada owned a house at 505 South Maple in Watertown. Sada spent the last years of her life in nursing homes in Vermillion (where her sister Myrtle Shepard Lee lived) and Sioux Falls, South Dakota, where she died on December 16, 1954, at age 75. Sada is buried at Mount Hope Cemetery in Watertown next to her parents Luther and Margaret Shepard and her brother Edson.
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Watertown, Codington County, South Dakota, City Directories:
1914-15:
Myrtle Shepard, 607 S. Maple St. [no occupation given]
Sadie [sic] B. Shepard, chief operator, Telephone Co., 607 S. Maple
L. D. Shepard, retired, 607 S. Maple
1916-17:
Luther L. [sic] Shepard (Margaret J.), 607 S. Maple
Myrtle S. Shepard, bkpr [bookeeper], Towslee & Towslee [a hardware store in Watertown], 607 S. Maple
Sadie [sic] B. Shepard, inf opr [information operator], Dakota Central Tel. Co., 607 S. Maple
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| Last Edited | 12 July 2025 |
Citations
- [S370] Gerald Faulkner Shepard The Shepard Families of New England, Volume III (New Haven, Connecticut: The New Haven Colony Historical Society, 1973), page 471. Hereinafter cited as Shepard Families of New England.
- [S699] 1850 U.S. Census, Cicero, Onondaga County, New York, www.ancestry.com, Margaret A. Shepard household.
- [S1494] New York, Cemetery Abstracts, 1800-1965, Shepard Cemetery Records, online https//familysearch.org. Hereinafter cited as New York, Cemetery Abstracts, Shepard Cemetery Records.
- [S1260] Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934, online https://familysearch.org, Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934
Name: Luther D Shepard
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 26 Jun 1858
Event Place: Fayette, Iowa, United States
Gender: Male
Spouse's Name: Margaret Jane Dykins
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 17
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1841
Spouse's Father's Name: Elias S Dykins
Citing this Record: "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KLW2-2CW : 8 March 2016), Luther D Shepard and Margaret Jane Dykins, 1858.
Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934
GS Film Number: 001018348
Digital Folder Number: 004707861
Image Number: 00190. Hereinafter cited as Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934. - [S699] 1850 U.S. Census, Cicero, Onondaga County, New York, Margaret A. Shepard [mis-indexed as Sheperd] household.
- [S9] 1860 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, 60 United States Federal Census
Name: Luther D Shepard
Age: 26
Birth Year: abt 1834
Gender: Male
Birth Place: New York
Home in 1860: Osage, Mitchell, Iowa
Post Office: Osage
Dwelling Number: 430
Family Number: 350
Occupation: Farmer
Real Estate Value: 1800
Personal Estate Value: 500
Household Members Age
Luther D Shepard 26
Margaret Shepard 18
Herbert Shepard 1. - [S6] 1880 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, 1880 United States Federal Census
Name: L. D. Shepard
Age: 47
Birth Date: Abt 1833
Birthplace: New York
Home in 1880: Auburn, Fayette, Iowa, USA
Dwelling Number: 51
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Mararet Shepard
Father's Birthplace: New York
Mother's Birthplace: New York
Occupation: Works On Farm
Household Members Age Relationship
L. D. Shepard 47 Self (Head)
Mararet Shepard 37 Wife
Eleanor Shepard 18 Daughter
Edson Shepard 16 Son
Jessie Shepard 10 Daughter
Mirtle Shepard 7 Daughter
William Shepard 4 Son
Sarah Shepard 1 Daughter
Mary Shepard 1 Daughter. - [S6] 1880 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, 1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Luther D. Shepard
Age: 45
Birth Date: Abt 1835
Birthplace: New York
Home in 1880: Lake, Dakota Territory, USA
Dwelling Number: 46
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Margaret J. Shepard
Father's Birthplace: New York
Mother's Birthplace: New York
Occupation: Farmer
Cannot Write: Yes
Household Members Age Relationship
Luther D. Shepard 45 Self (Head)
Margaret J. Shepard 38 Wife
Ellenor Shepard 18 Daughter
Edson Shepard 15 Son
Jessie Shepard 9 Daughter
Myrtle Shepard 6 Daughter
Willie Shepard 5 Son
Sarah B. Shepard 1 Daughter
Mary B. Shepard 1 Daughter. - [S1595] U.S., General Land Office Records, 1776-2015, online www.ancestry.com, U.S., General Land Office Records, 1776-2015
Name: Luther D Shepard
Issue Date: 30 Jun 1882
Place: Lake, South Dakota, USA
Meridian: 5th PM
Township: 107n
Range: 053W
Aliquots: SE¼
Section: 9
Accession Number: SDMTAA 092192
Document Number: 4909
Original URL: http://glorecords.blm.gov/details/patent/default.aspx?accession=SDMTAA%20092192&docClass=SER&sid=5mrya4k5.54s
Save. Hereinafter cited as U.S., General Land Office Records, 1776-2015. - [S1595] U.S., General Land Office Records, 1776-2015, online www.ancestry.com, U.S., General Land Office Records, 1776-2015
Name: Luther D Shepard
Issue Date: 21 May 1895
Place: Lake, South Dakota, USA
Meridian: 5th PM
Township: 107n
Range: 053W
Aliquots: NE¼
Section: 9
Accession Number: TC-0166-162
Document Number: 2044
Original URL: http://glorecords.blm.gov/details/patent/default.aspx?accession=0166-162&docClass=TC&sid=5mrya4k5.54s
U.S., General Land Office Records, 1776-2015
Name: Luther D Shepard
Issue Date: 21 May 1895
Place: Lake, South Dakota, USA
Meridian: 5th Pm
Township: 107.0n
Range: 053.0W
Aliquots: NE
Section: 009
Record Type: Patent
Original URL: http://glorecords.blm.gov/details/cdi/default.aspx?doc_id=988201&sid=ykzfswul.r4d. - [S703] 1900 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Addie A Shepard [sic, Addia Shepard]
Age: 39
Birth Date: Sep 1860
Birthplace: Iowa, USA
Home in 1900: Madison, Lake, South Dakota
Ward of City: 1
Street: Seventh Street
House Number: 1323
Sheet Number: 4
Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation: 62
Family Number: 70
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter in Law (Daughter-in-law)
Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Birthplace: Vermont, USA
Mother's Birthplace: Vermont, USA
Mother: number of living children: 1
Mother: How many children: 1
Occupation: School
Months Not Employed: 12
Can Read: Yes
Can Write: Yes
Can Speak English: Yes
Household Members Age Relationship
Luther D Shepard 66 Head
Margaret J Shepard 56 Wife
Edson C Shepard 35 Son
Myrtle S Shepard 27 Daughter
William L Shepard 24 Son
Sarah B Shepard 21 Daughter
Mary B Shepard 21 Daughter
Addie A Shepard 39 Daughter in Law (Daughter-in-law)
Ethel M Shepard 19 Granddaughter
Dion Pearce 21 Boarder. - [S703] 1900 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, Luther D. Shepard, Madison, Lake County, South Dakota.
- [S1492] 1905 South Dakota State Census, online www.ancestry.com, South Dakota, U.S., State Census, 1905
Name: Luther D Shepard
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital status: Married
Age: 65
Birth Date: 1840
Birth Place: New York
Years in State: 28
Arrival Year in State (Estimated): 1877
Residence Place: South Dakota, United States
FHL Film Number: 2281874. Hereinafter cited as 1905 South Dakota State Census. - [S1379] U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, online www.ancestry.com, U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995
Name: Luther L Shepard
Gender: Male
Residence Year: 1916
Street Address: 607 S Maple
Residence Place: Watertown, South Dakota, USA
Spouse: Margaret J Shepard
Publication Title: Watertown, South Dakota, City Directory, 1916. Hereinafter cited as U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995.
Margaret Jane Dykins
F, #9, b. 1 June 1843, d. 22 May 1925
Parents
| Father | Elias Satterly Dykins (b. 24 August 1804, d. 12 August 1871) |
| Mother | Emily Bennett (b. 15 April 1807, d. 27 August 1868) |
| Pedigree Link |
Family: Luther David Shepard (b. 24 November 1832, d. 15 June 1918)
| Son | Herbert Arthur (Burt) Shepard+ (b. 25 May 1859, d. 3 March 1892) |
| Daughter | Eleanor Eudora Shepard+ (b. 8 October 1861, d. 12 December 1939) |
| Son | Edson Charles Shepard (b. 11 July 1864, d. 22 November 1928) |
| Daughter | Jessie Emily Shepard+ (b. 31 January 1870, d. 12 November 1957) |
| Daughter | Myrtle Sophia Shepard (b. 13 March 1874, d. 31 December 1948) |
| Son | William Luther Shepard+ (b. 20 November 1875) |
| Daughter | Mae B. Shepard+ (b. 19 February 1879, d. 21 August 1934) |
| Daughter | Sada (Sarah) B. Shepard (b. 19 February 1879, d. 16 December 1954) |
Biography
Margaret was born on 1 June 1843 in Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois. She married Luther David Shepard on 1 July 1858 in Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa. [Fayette County, Iowa, Marriages, Book 1, page 259] They were married by Rev. George Murphy, a Methodist minister, at home, in the presence of father, mother, brothers and sisters and one hundred invited guests.
.1 Margaret died on 22 May 1925, in Watertown, Codington County, South Dakota, at age 81. Her death certificate incorrectly spells her last name as "Shepherd" and lists her mother as Emma [sic; should be Emily] Bennett, born in Illinois [actually, apparently New York].
South Dakota Death Index, 1905-1955
Name: Margaret Shepard
Certificate Number: 97803
Death Day: 22
Death Month: May
Death Year: 1925
County: Codington
Page Number: 865.2 She was buried on 24 May 1925 in Mount Hope Cemetery, Watertown, Codington County, South Dakota. (Section R, Lot 22, Grave 3). In 2000, I placed a gravestone on her grave.
.1 Margaret died on 22 May 1925, in Watertown, Codington County, South Dakota, at age 81. Her death certificate incorrectly spells her last name as "Shepherd" and lists her mother as Emma [sic; should be Emily] Bennett, born in Illinois [actually, apparently New York].
South Dakota Death Index, 1905-1955
Name: Margaret Shepard
Certificate Number: 97803
Death Day: 22
Death Month: May
Death Year: 1925
County: Codington
Page Number: 865.2 She was buried on 24 May 1925 in Mount Hope Cemetery, Watertown, Codington County, South Dakota. (Section R, Lot 22, Grave 3). In 2000, I placed a gravestone on her grave.
Margaret Jane Dykins appeared on the census of 1850 in the household of Elias Satterly Dykins and Emily Dykins in Winneshiek County, Iowa.3
Margaret Jane Shepard and Luther David Shepard appeared on the census of 1860 in Osage Township, Mitchell County, Iowa, which lists the Shepard family (Luther, 26, Margaret, 18, and son Herbert, 1).4
Margaret Jane Shepard and Luther David Shepard appeared on the census of 1870 in Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa.
Margaret Jane Shepard and Luther David Shepard appeared on the census of 4 June 1880 in Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa.5
Margaret Jane Shepard and Luther David Shepard appeared on the census of 15 June 1880 in Farmington Township, Lake County, Dakota Territory, which shows Luther Shepard, 45, Margaret, 38, and their children (all born in Iowa) Ellenor [Eleanor], 18, Edson, 15, Jessie, 9, Myrtle, 6, Willie [William], 5, Sarah B. [Sada], 1, and Mary B. [Mae], 1. Luther's occupation is listed as a farmer and Margaret's as keeping house. Following the foregoing 1880 census listing for Luther and Margaret Shepard and seven of their eight children, the same census records also show Herbert, 21, and Addie, 20, "Allen" [sic; should be "Shepard"], with Herbert listed as being a farmer and Addie as keeping house. Following that listing is Luther's sister, Sophia S. [Shepard] Cushing, 57, a widow.6
Margaret Jane Shepard and Luther David Shepard appeared on the census of 1900 in 1323 Seventh St, Madison, Lake County, South Dakota, which lists Luther D. Shepard, 66, born November 1833 [sic, apparently 1832?] in New York, father born in Connecticut, mother born in New York [sic, apparently Massachusetts]; his wife Margaret J., 56, born June 1843 in Illinois, both parents born in New York, married 42 years [since about 1858], 8 children, 7 still living (Herbert Shepard had died in 1892); their children (all born in Iowa) Edson C., 35, born July 1864; Myrtle S., 27, born March 1873; William L., 24, born November 1875; Sarah [Sada] B., 21, born February 1879; and Mary [sic, Mae] B., 21, born February 1879; their daughter-in-law Addie A. Shepard (an invalid, widow of Herbert Shepard), 39, born September 1860; their granddaughter, Ethel M. Shepard, 19, born March 1881 in South Dakota [actually Dakota Territory], and five male boarders. They lived on Seventh Street, on what may have been a farm.
Household Members in 1900 Census
Luther D Shepard 66 Head
Margaret J Shepard 56 Wife
Edson C Shepard 35 Son
Myrtle S Shepard 27 Daughter
William L Shepard 24 Son
Sarah B Shepard 21 Daughter
Mary B Shepard 21 Daughter
Addie A Shepard 39 Daughter in Law
Ethel M Shepard 19 Granddaughter
Dion Pearce 21 Boarder.7
Margaret Jane Shepard and Luther David Shepard appeared on the census of 1910 in Madison, Lake County, South Dakota, which lists Luther D. Shepard, 77, born in New York, father born in Connecticut, mother born in New York; his wife Margaret J., 67, born in Illinois, both parents born in New York; and a male lodger.
The Watertown, Codington County, South Dakota, City Directories include the following entries:
1914-15:
Myrtle Shepard, 607 S. Maple St. [no occupation given]
Sadie [sic] B. Shepard, chief operator, Telephone Co., 607 S. Maple
L.D. Shepard, retired, 607 S. Maple
1916-17:
Luther L. [sic] Shepard (Margaret J.), 607 S. Maple
Myrtle S. Shepard, bkpr [bookkeeper], Towslee & Towslee [a hardware store in Watertown], 607 S. Maple
Sadie [sic] B. Shepard, inf opr [information operator], Dakota Central Tel. Co., 607 S. Maple.
She and Luther David Shepard lived in 1916 in 607 South Maple, Watertown, Codington County, South Dakota.8 She lived in 1919 in 607 South Maple, Watertown, Codington County, South Dakota.9
Margaret Jane Shepard appeared on the census of 1920 in Watertown, Codington County, South Dakota.10
The Friday, 22 May 1925, edition of the Watertown, Codington County, South Dakota, Daily Public Opinion, carried the following obituary for Margaret Jane Dykins Shepard:
MRS. MARGARET J.
SHEPARD DIES, 81
End Comes This Forenoon
After Long Illness --
Funeral Sunday
Mrs. Margaret J. Shepard, 607 Maple Street S., died at her home this morning [22 May 1925] at 10 o'clock following a prolonged illness from which she has been in a serious condition for the last several days. She would have observed her eighty-second birthday had she lived until June 1.
Mrs. Shepard is survived by five daughters and two sons, Mrs. Eleanor Sweet of Edwards [sic; should be Edmonds], Washington, Mrs. Jessie Price of Waldron, Sask., William Shepard of Huron, Mrs. Mae Anderson [sic; should be Andersen] of Vermillion [South Dakota], Mrs. Myrtle Lee of Vermillion, Miss Sada Shepard of Watertown and E.C. Shepard of Watertown.
The funeral service will be held Sunday afternoon [24 May 1925] from the residence. Rev. G.M. Calhoun, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church will officiate.
Margaret Jane Shepard and Luther David Shepard appeared on the census of 1860 in Osage Township, Mitchell County, Iowa, which lists the Shepard family (Luther, 26, Margaret, 18, and son Herbert, 1).4
Margaret Jane Shepard and Luther David Shepard appeared on the census of 1870 in Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa.
Margaret Jane Shepard and Luther David Shepard appeared on the census of 4 June 1880 in Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa.5
Margaret Jane Shepard and Luther David Shepard appeared on the census of 15 June 1880 in Farmington Township, Lake County, Dakota Territory, which shows Luther Shepard, 45, Margaret, 38, and their children (all born in Iowa) Ellenor [Eleanor], 18, Edson, 15, Jessie, 9, Myrtle, 6, Willie [William], 5, Sarah B. [Sada], 1, and Mary B. [Mae], 1. Luther's occupation is listed as a farmer and Margaret's as keeping house. Following the foregoing 1880 census listing for Luther and Margaret Shepard and seven of their eight children, the same census records also show Herbert, 21, and Addie, 20, "Allen" [sic; should be "Shepard"], with Herbert listed as being a farmer and Addie as keeping house. Following that listing is Luther's sister, Sophia S. [Shepard] Cushing, 57, a widow.6
Margaret Jane Shepard and Luther David Shepard appeared on the census of 1900 in 1323 Seventh St, Madison, Lake County, South Dakota, which lists Luther D. Shepard, 66, born November 1833 [sic, apparently 1832?] in New York, father born in Connecticut, mother born in New York [sic, apparently Massachusetts]; his wife Margaret J., 56, born June 1843 in Illinois, both parents born in New York, married 42 years [since about 1858], 8 children, 7 still living (Herbert Shepard had died in 1892); their children (all born in Iowa) Edson C., 35, born July 1864; Myrtle S., 27, born March 1873; William L., 24, born November 1875; Sarah [Sada] B., 21, born February 1879; and Mary [sic, Mae] B., 21, born February 1879; their daughter-in-law Addie A. Shepard (an invalid, widow of Herbert Shepard), 39, born September 1860; their granddaughter, Ethel M. Shepard, 19, born March 1881 in South Dakota [actually Dakota Territory], and five male boarders. They lived on Seventh Street, on what may have been a farm.
Household Members in 1900 Census
Luther D Shepard 66 Head
Margaret J Shepard 56 Wife
Edson C Shepard 35 Son
Myrtle S Shepard 27 Daughter
William L Shepard 24 Son
Sarah B Shepard 21 Daughter
Mary B Shepard 21 Daughter
Addie A Shepard 39 Daughter in Law
Ethel M Shepard 19 Granddaughter
Dion Pearce 21 Boarder.7
Margaret Jane Shepard and Luther David Shepard appeared on the census of 1910 in Madison, Lake County, South Dakota, which lists Luther D. Shepard, 77, born in New York, father born in Connecticut, mother born in New York; his wife Margaret J., 67, born in Illinois, both parents born in New York; and a male lodger.
The Watertown, Codington County, South Dakota, City Directories include the following entries:
1914-15:
Myrtle Shepard, 607 S. Maple St. [no occupation given]
Sadie [sic] B. Shepard, chief operator, Telephone Co., 607 S. Maple
L.D. Shepard, retired, 607 S. Maple
1916-17:
Luther L. [sic] Shepard (Margaret J.), 607 S. Maple
Myrtle S. Shepard, bkpr [bookkeeper], Towslee & Towslee [a hardware store in Watertown], 607 S. Maple
Sadie [sic] B. Shepard, inf opr [information operator], Dakota Central Tel. Co., 607 S. Maple.
She and Luther David Shepard lived in 1916 in 607 South Maple, Watertown, Codington County, South Dakota.8 She lived in 1919 in 607 South Maple, Watertown, Codington County, South Dakota.9
Margaret Jane Shepard appeared on the census of 1920 in Watertown, Codington County, South Dakota.10
The Friday, 22 May 1925, edition of the Watertown, Codington County, South Dakota, Daily Public Opinion, carried the following obituary for Margaret Jane Dykins Shepard:
MRS. MARGARET J.
SHEPARD DIES, 81
End Comes This Forenoon
After Long Illness --
Funeral Sunday
Mrs. Margaret J. Shepard, 607 Maple Street S., died at her home this morning [22 May 1925] at 10 o'clock following a prolonged illness from which she has been in a serious condition for the last several days. She would have observed her eighty-second birthday had she lived until June 1.
Mrs. Shepard is survived by five daughters and two sons, Mrs. Eleanor Sweet of Edwards [sic; should be Edmonds], Washington, Mrs. Jessie Price of Waldron, Sask., William Shepard of Huron, Mrs. Mae Anderson [sic; should be Andersen] of Vermillion [South Dakota], Mrs. Myrtle Lee of Vermillion, Miss Sada Shepard of Watertown and E.C. Shepard of Watertown.
The funeral service will be held Sunday afternoon [24 May 1925] from the residence. Rev. G.M. Calhoun, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church will officiate.
| Last Edited | 12 July 2025 |
Citations
- [S1260] Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934, online https://familysearch.org, Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934
Name: Luther D Shepard
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 26 Jun 1858
Event Place: Fayette, Iowa, United States
Gender: Male
Spouse's Name: Margaret Jane Dykins
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 17
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1841
Spouse's Father's Name: Elias S Dykins
Citing this Record: "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KLW2-2CW : 8 March 2016), Luther D Shepard and Margaret Jane Dykins, 1858.
Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934
GS Film Number: 001018348
Digital Folder Number: 004707861
Image Number: 00190. Hereinafter cited as Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934. - [S823] South Dakota Death Index, 1905-55, online www.ancestery.com. Hereinafter cited as South Dakota Death Index, 1905-55.
- [S14] 1850 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census
Name Elias S Dykins
Gender Male
Race White
Residence Age 44
Birth Date abt 1806
Birthplace New York
Residence Date 1850
Home in 1850 Winneshiek, Iowa, USA
Occupation Farmer
Industry Agriculture
Line Number 1
Dwelling Number 44
Family Number 44
Household Members Age
Elias S Dykins 44
Emily Dykins 41
Mary Dykins 11
William H Dykins 9
Morgoret J Dykins 7. - [S9] 1860 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, 60 United States Federal Census
Name: Luther D Shepard
Age: 26
Birth Year: abt 1834
Gender: Male
Birth Place: New York
Home in 1860: Osage, Mitchell, Iowa
Post Office: Osage
Dwelling Number: 430
Family Number: 350
Occupation: Farmer
Real Estate Value: 1800
Personal Estate Value: 500
Household Members Age
Luther D Shepard 26
Margaret Shepard 18
Herbert Shepard 1. - [S6] 1880 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, 1880 United States Federal Census
Name: L. D. Shepard
Age: 47
Birth Date: Abt 1833
Birthplace: New York
Home in 1880: Auburn, Fayette, Iowa, USA
Dwelling Number: 51
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Mararet Shepard
Father's Birthplace: New York
Mother's Birthplace: New York
Occupation: Works On Farm
Household Members Age Relationship
L. D. Shepard 47 Self (Head)
Mararet Shepard 37 Wife
Eleanor Shepard 18 Daughter
Edson Shepard 16 Son
Jessie Shepard 10 Daughter
Mirtle Shepard 7 Daughter
William Shepard 4 Son
Sarah Shepard 1 Daughter
Mary Shepard 1 Daughter. - [S6] 1880 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, 1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Luther D. Shepard
Age: 45
Birth Date: Abt 1835
Birthplace: New York
Home in 1880: Lake, Dakota Territory, USA
Dwelling Number: 46
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Margaret J. Shepard
Father's Birthplace: New York
Mother's Birthplace: New York
Occupation: Farmer
Cannot Write: Yes
Household Members Age Relationship
Luther D. Shepard 45 Self (Head)
Margaret J. Shepard 38 Wife
Ellenor Shepard 18 Daughter
Edson Shepard 15 Son
Jessie Shepard 9 Daughter
Myrtle Shepard 6 Daughter
Willie Shepard 5 Son
Sarah B. Shepard 1 Daughter
Mary B. Shepard 1 Daughter. - [S703] 1900 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Addie A Shepard [sic, Addia Shepard]
Age: 39
Birth Date: Sep 1860
Birthplace: Iowa, USA
Home in 1900: Madison, Lake, South Dakota
Ward of City: 1
Street: Seventh Street
House Number: 1323
Sheet Number: 4
Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation: 62
Family Number: 70
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter in Law (Daughter-in-law)
Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Birthplace: Vermont, USA
Mother's Birthplace: Vermont, USA
Mother: number of living children: 1
Mother: How many children: 1
Occupation: School
Months Not Employed: 12
Can Read: Yes
Can Write: Yes
Can Speak English: Yes
Household Members Age Relationship
Luther D Shepard 66 Head
Margaret J Shepard 56 Wife
Edson C Shepard 35 Son
Myrtle S Shepard 27 Daughter
William L Shepard 24 Son
Sarah B Shepard 21 Daughter
Mary B Shepard 21 Daughter
Addie A Shepard 39 Daughter in Law (Daughter-in-law)
Ethel M Shepard 19 Granddaughter
Dion Pearce 21 Boarder. - [S1379] U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, online www.ancestry.com, U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995
Name: Luther L Shepard
Gender: Male
Residence Year: 1916
Street Address: 607 S Maple
Residence Place: Watertown, South Dakota, USA
Spouse: Margaret J Shepard
Publication Title: Watertown, South Dakota, City Directory, 1916. Hereinafter cited as U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995. - [S1173] Watertown City & Coddington County Directory, 1919-1920 (Watertown, SD: Watertown Printing & Binding Co., 1919), Shepard, Margaret J. (widow Luther D.), r. 607 S. Maple. Hereinafter cited as Watertown City & Coddington County Directory, 1919-1920.
- [S149] 1920 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com.
Fritz Robert Andersen
M, #10, b. 3 March 1880, d. 15 June 1963
Parents
| Father | Lars Andersen (b. 1841, d. 1913) |
| Mother | Anette Nilsdatter (b. 1846, d. 1919) |
| Pedigree Link |
Family: Mae B. Shepard (b. 19 February 1879, d. 21 August 1934)
| Daughter | Burl Bennett Andersen (b. 24 June 1910, d. 5 August 1981) |
Biography
Fritz was born on 3 March 1880 in Oslo, Norway.1,2,3,4,5 He married Mae B. Shepard on 12 June 1906 in Madison, Lake County, South Dakota.1,6
Fritz Robert Andersen married Ethel???.7,8
Fritz Robert Andersen died on 15 June 1963 in Multnomah County, Oregon, at age 83.9,3,4 He was buried on 20 June 1963 in Willamette National Cemetery, Multnomah County, Oregon, in Section B, Site 458.4,10
Fritz Robert Andersen married Ethel???.7,8
Fritz Robert Andersen died on 15 June 1963 in Multnomah County, Oregon, at age 83.9,3,4 He was buried on 20 June 1963 in Willamette National Cemetery, Multnomah County, Oregon, in Section B, Site 458.4,10
Fritz Robert Andersen was baptized on 27 June 1880 in Trefoldighet Parish, Oslo, Norway. ].5
Fritz Robert Andersen emigrated in 1882 from Norway to the United States.11,12 He lived in 1885 in Albert Lee, Freeborn County, Minnesota.13 He lived in 1895 in Albert Lee, Freeborn County, Minnesota.13 He began military service on 6 May 1898 as a Private in the Spanish American War.4
Fritz Robert Andersen appeared on the census of 1900 in 123 East 12th Street, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, which lists Fritz Anderson [sic], 20, born March 1880 in Norway, single, a boarder living in a rooming house.11 He was a bookkeeper in 1900.11
Fritz Robert Andersen and Mae B. Andersen appeared on the census of 1910 in Mitchell, Davison County, South Dakota, which lists Fritz R. Andersen, 30, born in Norway; and his wife Mae, 25, born in Iowa, father born in New York, mother born in Illinois. They had been married for three years with no children.14 He was a commercial traveler for a wholesale business in 1910.14 He was a traveling salesman for the Warfield-Pratt-Howell Company, a wholesale grocer, of Sioux City, Iowa in 1918.2 He lived on 12 September 1918 in 607 South Maple, Watertown, Codington County, South Dakota.2 Fritz and Mae (Shepard) Andersen lived at 719 Maple Street South in Watertown, South Dakota, just down the street from the homes of Mae's parents Luther and Margaret Shepard and her twin sister, Sada Shepard. Following the marriage in 1920 of Mae's sister Myrtle Shepard to Andrew E. Lee of Vermillion, South Dakota, Fritz and Mae moved to Vermillion, where they lived at 124 [142?] Court Street, just a few doors from Myrtle's new home.
Fritz Robert Andersen and Mae B. Andersen appeared on the census of 1920 in 719 South Maple Street, Watertown, Codington County, South Dakota, which lists Fritz R. Anderson [sic], 39, born in Norway, both parents also born in Norway; his wife Mae, 34, born in Iowa, father born in New York, mother born in Illinois; and their daughter Burl, 9, born in South Dakota.12 He was a traveling salesman for a grocery company in 1920.12
Fritz Robert Andersen and Mae B. Andersen appeared on the census of 1930 in 142 Court Street, Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota, which lists F.R. Anderson [sic], 50, born in Norway; this wife May [sic], 43; their daughter Burl, 19; and Ignetta Johnston, 43, a lodger.15 He was a salesman for a grocery company in 1930.15
His wife, Mae, died on 21 August 1934 in Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa, at age 55, leaving him a widower.16,1
After Mae's death, Fritz Andersen remairried and lived in Minnesota and Oregon.
Fritz Robert Andersen and Ethel Andersen appeared on the census of 1940 in Jackson, Jackson County, Minnesota, which lists Fritz Anderson [sic], 60, born in Norway, and his wife Mrs. Fritz Anderson, 31, born in North Dakota. [Note: This is presumably the Edith Andersen who is later the widow of Fritz Andersen.].8 He was apparently unemployed at the time of the 1940 census. He had worked only 2 weeks in 1939 and earned $52. He had completed the 8th grade. in 1940.
Fritz Robert Andersen and Ethel Andersen appeared on the census of 1950 in 1729 NE 17th St, Apt. 32, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon,
Household Members in 1950 United States Federal Census
Name Age
Fritz R Andersen 70
Ethel A Andersen 41.17 His Social Security Number was 469-20-6967, issued before 1951 in Minnesota.3
Brief Life History
Fritz Robert Andersen was born on 3 March 1880 at Oslo, Norway. He emigrated in 1882 from Norway to the United States with his parents. He began military service on 6 May 1898 as a Private in the Spanish American War.
He appeared on the census of 1900 at 123 East 12th Street, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, which lists Fritz Anderson [sic], 20, born March 1880 in Norway, single, a boarder living in a rooming house. He was a bookkeeper in 1900.
He married Mae B. Shepard on 12 June 1906 at Madison, Lake County, South Dakota. He and Mae B. Andersen appeared on the census of 1910 at Mitchell, Davison County, South Dakota, which lists Fritz R. Andersen, 30, born in Norway, and his wife Mae, 25, born in Iowa. They had been married for three years with no children. He was a commercial traveler for a wholesale business in 1910. In 1918, he was a traveling salesman for the Warfield-Pratt-Howell Company, a wholesale grocer, of Sioux City, Iowa, and lived at 607 South Maple, Watertown, Codington County, South Dakota.
He and Mae B. Andersen appeared on the census of 1920 at 719 South Maple Street, Watertown, Codington County, South Dakota, which lists Fritz R. Anderson [sic], 39, born in Norway; his wife Mae, 34, born in Iowa; and their daughter Burl, 9, born in South Dakota. He was a traveling salesman for a grocery company in 1920.
Sometime after the marriage in 1920 of Mae's sister Myrtle Shepard to former Governor of South Dakota Andrew E. Lee of Vermillion, South Dakota, Fritz and Mae moved to Vermillion, where they lived at 142 Court Street, just a few doors from Myrtle's new home.
He and Mae B. Andersen appeared on the census of 1930 at 142 Court Street, Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota, which lists F.R. Anderson [sic], 50, born in Norway; his wife May [sic], 43; and their daughter Burl, 19. He was a salesman for a grocery company in 1930.
His wife Mae died on 21 August 1934 at Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa. After Mae's death, Fritz Andersen married Ethel (last name not yet known). He and Ethel Andersen appeared on the census of 1940 at Jackson, Jackson County, Minnesota, which lists Fritz Anderson [sic], 60, born in Norway, and his wife Mrs. Fritz Anderson, 31, born in North Dakota. They were living in a hotel. They later moved to Oregon.
He died on 15 June 1963 at Multnomah County, Oregon, at age 83. He was buried on 20 June 1963 at Willamette National Cemetery in Oregon.18
Fritz Robert Andersen emigrated in 1882 from Norway to the United States.11,12 He lived in 1885 in Albert Lee, Freeborn County, Minnesota.13 He lived in 1895 in Albert Lee, Freeborn County, Minnesota.13 He began military service on 6 May 1898 as a Private in the Spanish American War.4
Fritz Robert Andersen appeared on the census of 1900 in 123 East 12th Street, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, which lists Fritz Anderson [sic], 20, born March 1880 in Norway, single, a boarder living in a rooming house.11 He was a bookkeeper in 1900.11
Fritz Robert Andersen and Mae B. Andersen appeared on the census of 1910 in Mitchell, Davison County, South Dakota, which lists Fritz R. Andersen, 30, born in Norway; and his wife Mae, 25, born in Iowa, father born in New York, mother born in Illinois. They had been married for three years with no children.14 He was a commercial traveler for a wholesale business in 1910.14 He was a traveling salesman for the Warfield-Pratt-Howell Company, a wholesale grocer, of Sioux City, Iowa in 1918.2 He lived on 12 September 1918 in 607 South Maple, Watertown, Codington County, South Dakota.2 Fritz and Mae (Shepard) Andersen lived at 719 Maple Street South in Watertown, South Dakota, just down the street from the homes of Mae's parents Luther and Margaret Shepard and her twin sister, Sada Shepard. Following the marriage in 1920 of Mae's sister Myrtle Shepard to Andrew E. Lee of Vermillion, South Dakota, Fritz and Mae moved to Vermillion, where they lived at 124 [142?] Court Street, just a few doors from Myrtle's new home.
Fritz Robert Andersen and Mae B. Andersen appeared on the census of 1920 in 719 South Maple Street, Watertown, Codington County, South Dakota, which lists Fritz R. Anderson [sic], 39, born in Norway, both parents also born in Norway; his wife Mae, 34, born in Iowa, father born in New York, mother born in Illinois; and their daughter Burl, 9, born in South Dakota.12 He was a traveling salesman for a grocery company in 1920.12
Fritz Robert Andersen and Mae B. Andersen appeared on the census of 1930 in 142 Court Street, Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota, which lists F.R. Anderson [sic], 50, born in Norway; this wife May [sic], 43; their daughter Burl, 19; and Ignetta Johnston, 43, a lodger.15 He was a salesman for a grocery company in 1930.15
His wife, Mae, died on 21 August 1934 in Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa, at age 55, leaving him a widower.16,1
After Mae's death, Fritz Andersen remairried and lived in Minnesota and Oregon.
Fritz Robert Andersen and Ethel Andersen appeared on the census of 1940 in Jackson, Jackson County, Minnesota, which lists Fritz Anderson [sic], 60, born in Norway, and his wife Mrs. Fritz Anderson, 31, born in North Dakota. [Note: This is presumably the Edith Andersen who is later the widow of Fritz Andersen.].8 He was apparently unemployed at the time of the 1940 census. He had worked only 2 weeks in 1939 and earned $52. He had completed the 8th grade. in 1940.
Fritz Robert Andersen and Ethel Andersen appeared on the census of 1950 in 1729 NE 17th St, Apt. 32, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon,
Household Members in 1950 United States Federal Census
Name Age
Fritz R Andersen 70
Ethel A Andersen 41.17 His Social Security Number was 469-20-6967, issued before 1951 in Minnesota.3
Brief Life History
Fritz Robert Andersen was born on 3 March 1880 at Oslo, Norway. He emigrated in 1882 from Norway to the United States with his parents. He began military service on 6 May 1898 as a Private in the Spanish American War.
He appeared on the census of 1900 at 123 East 12th Street, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, which lists Fritz Anderson [sic], 20, born March 1880 in Norway, single, a boarder living in a rooming house. He was a bookkeeper in 1900.
He married Mae B. Shepard on 12 June 1906 at Madison, Lake County, South Dakota. He and Mae B. Andersen appeared on the census of 1910 at Mitchell, Davison County, South Dakota, which lists Fritz R. Andersen, 30, born in Norway, and his wife Mae, 25, born in Iowa. They had been married for three years with no children. He was a commercial traveler for a wholesale business in 1910. In 1918, he was a traveling salesman for the Warfield-Pratt-Howell Company, a wholesale grocer, of Sioux City, Iowa, and lived at 607 South Maple, Watertown, Codington County, South Dakota.
He and Mae B. Andersen appeared on the census of 1920 at 719 South Maple Street, Watertown, Codington County, South Dakota, which lists Fritz R. Anderson [sic], 39, born in Norway; his wife Mae, 34, born in Iowa; and their daughter Burl, 9, born in South Dakota. He was a traveling salesman for a grocery company in 1920.
Sometime after the marriage in 1920 of Mae's sister Myrtle Shepard to former Governor of South Dakota Andrew E. Lee of Vermillion, South Dakota, Fritz and Mae moved to Vermillion, where they lived at 142 Court Street, just a few doors from Myrtle's new home.
He and Mae B. Andersen appeared on the census of 1930 at 142 Court Street, Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota, which lists F.R. Anderson [sic], 50, born in Norway; his wife May [sic], 43; and their daughter Burl, 19. He was a salesman for a grocery company in 1930.
His wife Mae died on 21 August 1934 at Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa. After Mae's death, Fritz Andersen married Ethel (last name not yet known). He and Ethel Andersen appeared on the census of 1940 at Jackson, Jackson County, Minnesota, which lists Fritz Anderson [sic], 60, born in Norway, and his wife Mrs. Fritz Anderson, 31, born in North Dakota. They were living in a hotel. They later moved to Oregon.
He died on 15 June 1963 at Multnomah County, Oregon, at age 83. He was buried on 20 June 1963 at Willamette National Cemetery in Oregon.18
| Last Edited | 24 June 2025 |
Citations
- [S793] DAR Application - Burl Andersen Litzelman - No. 416995, Ancestor No. A103002 (John Shepard). Hereinafter cited as DAR Application - Burl Andersen Litzelman - No. 416995.
- [S765] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, online www.ancestry.com, Fritz Robert Andersen. Hereinafter cited as World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.
- [S189] Social Security Death Index.
- [S835] U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca. 1775-2006, online www.ancestry.com, Fritz R. Andersen. Hereinafter cited as U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca. 1775-2006.
- [S1613] Norway Church Records, online MyHeritage.com, Norway Church Records, 1815-1938
Name Fritz Robart
Record type Birth/Baptism
Birth Mar 3 1880
Baptism June 27 1880, Trefoldighet, Oslo, Norge
Gender Male
Father
Name: Lars Andersen
Birth: 1841
Mother
Name: Anette Nilsdatter
Birth: 1846
Residence: Maridator 8
Source
Sequence # 1090 Reference # SAO/A-10882/F/Fa/L0004
Year Range 1876-1880 Description Church book from Trefoldighet parish 1876-1880 (0301M22)
Page # 214 Entry # 151. Hereinafter cited as Norway Church Records. - [S803] South Dakota Marriages, 1905-2013, online www.ancestry.com, Fritz R. Anderson [sic] & Mae B. Shepard. Hereinafter cited as South Dakota Marriages, 1905- 2013.
- [S583] Oregon Death Index, 1903-2008, online www.ancestry.com, Oregon, Death Index, 1898-2008
Name: Fritz R Andersen
Age: 83
Birth Date: abt 1880
Death Date: 15 Jun 1963
Death Place: Multnomah
Spouse: Ethel
Certificate: 8587
Source Citation: Oregon State Library; Oregon Death Index 1931-1941; Reel Title: Oregon Death Index A-Z; Year Range: 1961-1965.
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Oregon, Death Index, 1898-2008 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
Original data: State of Oregon. Oregon Death Index, 1903-1998. Salem, OR, USA: Oregon State Archives and Records Center.
. Hereinafter cited as Oregon Death Index, 1903-2008. - [S1051] 1940 U.S. Census (Ancestry), online www.ancestry.com, Patrick H. Shay household (a rooming house), Jackson, Jackson County, Minnesota. Hereinafter cited as 1940 U.S. Census (Ancestry.)
- [S583] Oregon Death Index, 1903-2008, online www.ancestry.com, Oregon, Death Index, 1898-2008
Name: Fritz R Andersen
Age: 83
Birth Date: abt 1880
Death Date: 15 Jun 1963
Death Place: Multnomah
Spouse: Ethel
Certificate: 8587
Source Citation: Oregon State Library; Oregon Death Index 1931-1941; Reel Title: Oregon Death Index A-Z; Year Range: 1961-1965.
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Oregon, Death Index, 1898-2008 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
Original data: State of Oregon. Oregon Death Index, 1903-1998. Salem, OR, USA: Oregon State Archives and Records Center. - [S908] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, Fritz R. Andersen. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
- [S703] 1900 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com.
- [S149] 1920 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, Fritz R. Andersen household, Watertown, Coddington County, South Dakota.
- [S141] FamilySearch Family Tree, online www.familysearch.org. Hereinafter cited as FamilySearch Family Tree.
- [S704] 1910 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, Fritz R. Andersen household, Mitchell, Davison County, South Dakota.
- [S702] 1930 U.S. Census, online www.ancestry.com, Fritz R. Andersen household, Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota. Hereinafter cited as 1930 U.S. Census.
- [S451] Cemetery Gravestone viewed by Paul B. Van Buren.
- [S1610] 1950 U.S. Census, online www.ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census
Name Fritz R Andersen
Age 70
Birth Date 1880
Gender Male
Race White
Birth Place Norway
Marital Status Married
Relation to Head of House Head
Residence Date 1950
Home in 1950 Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA
Street Name NE 17th
House Number 1729
Apartment Number Apt 32
Dwelling Number 27
Farm No
Acres No
Inferred Previous Residence Place Portland, Multnomah, Oregon
Father Birth Place Norway
Mother Birth Place Norway
Citizenship Yes
Occupation Category Unable to Work
Same House Yes
School Completed S11
Grade Completed No
Weeks Seeking Work 42
Weeks Worked None
Income 0
Other Income 50
Supplemental Income 1380
Relative Income 260
Relative Other Income None
World War II Veteran Yes
Institution Name -, Mary
Institution Type -, James
Household Members
Name Age
Fritz R Andersen 70
Ethel A Andersen 41
Ancestry.com. 1950 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2022. Hereinafter cited as 1950 U.S. Census. - [S1350] Family Search, online www.familysearch.org. Hereinafter cited as Family Search.
Mae B. Shepard
F, #11, b. 19 February 1879, d. 21 August 1934
Parents
| Father | Luther David Shepard (b. 24 November 1832, d. 15 June 1918) |
| Mother | Margaret Jane Dykins (b. 1 June 1843, d. 22 May 1925) |
| Pedigree Link |
Family: Fritz Robert Andersen (b. 3 March 1880, d. 15 June 1963)
| Daughter | Burl Bennett Andersen (b. 24 June 1910, d. 5 August 1981) |
Biography
Mae was born on 19 February 1879 in Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa.1,2 She married Fritz Robert Andersen on 12 June 1906 in Madison, Lake County, South Dakota.2,3 Mae died on 21 August 1934, in Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa, at age 55.1,2 She was buried on 24 August 1934 in Bluff View Cemetery, Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota.1
Mae B. Shepard appeared on the census of 4 June 1880 in the household of Luther David Shepard and Margaret Jane Shepard in Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa.4 Mae B. Shepard appeared on the census of 15 June 1880 in the household of Luther David Shepard and Margaret Jane Shepard in Farmington Township, Lake County, Dakota Territory, which shows Luther Shepard, 45, Margaret, 38, and their children (all born in Iowa) Ellenor [Eleanor], 18, Edson, 15, Jessie, 9, Myrtle, 6, Willie [William], 5, Sarah B. [Sada], 1, and Mary B. [Mae], 1. Luther's occupation is listed as a farmer and Margaret's as keeping house. Following the foregoing 1880 census listing for Luther and Margaret Shepard and seven of their eight children, the same census records also show Herbert, 21, and Addie, 20, "Allen" [sic; should be "Shepard"], with Herbert listed as being a farmer and Addie as keeping house. Following that listing is Luther's sister, Sophia S. [Shepard] Cushing, 57, a widow.5 Mae B. Shepard appeared on the census of 1900 in the household of Luther David Shepard and Margaret Jane Shepard in 1323 Seventh St, Madison, Lake County, South Dakota, which lists Luther D. Shepard, 66, born November 1833 [sic, apparently 1832?] in New York, father born in Connecticut, mother born in New York [sic, apparently Massachusetts]; his wife Margaret J., 56, born June 1843 in Illinois, both parents born in New York, married 42 years [since about 1858], 8 children, 7 still living (Herbert Shepard had died in 1892); their children (all born in Iowa) Edson C., 35, born July 1864; Myrtle S., 27, born March 1873; William L., 24, born November 1875; Sarah [Sada] B., 21, born February 1879; and Mary [sic, Mae] B., 21, born February 1879; their daughter-in-law Addie A. Shepard (an invalid, widow of Herbert Shepard), 39, born September 1860; their granddaughter, Ethel M. Shepard, 19, born March 1881 in South Dakota [actually Dakota Territory], and five male boarders. They lived on Seventh Street, on what may have been a farm.
Household Members in 1900 Census
Luther D Shepard 66 Head
Margaret J Shepard 56 Wife
Edson C Shepard 35 Son
Myrtle S Shepard 27 Daughter
William L Shepard 24 Son
Sarah B Shepard 21 Daughter
Mary B Shepard 21 Daughter
Addie A Shepard 39 Daughter in Law
Ethel M Shepard 19 Granddaughter
Dion Pearce 21 Boarder.6 Mae B. Shepard was a post office clerk in 1900.7
Mae B. Andersen and Fritz Robert Andersen appeared on the census of 1910 in Mitchell, Davison County, South Dakota, which lists Fritz R. Andersen, 30, born in Norway; and his wife Mae, 25, born in Iowa, father born in New York, mother born in Illinois. They had been married for three years with no children.8
Mae B. Andersen and Fritz Robert Andersen appeared on the census of 1920 in 719 South Maple Street, Watertown, Codington County, South Dakota, which lists Fritz R. Anderson [sic], 39, born in Norway, both parents also born in Norway; his wife Mae, 34, born in Iowa, father born in New York, mother born in Illinois; and their daughter Burl, 9, born in South Dakota.9 Fritz and Mae (Shepard) Andersen lived at 719 Maple Street South in Watertown, South Dakota, just down the street from the homes of Mae's parents Luther and Margaret Shepard and her twin sister, Sada Shepard. Following the marriage in 1920 of Mae's sister Myrtle Shepard to Andrew E. Lee of Vermillion, South Dakota, Fritz and Mae moved to Vermillion, where they lived at 124 [142?] Court Street, just a few doors from Myrtle's new home.
Mae B. Andersen and Fritz Robert Andersen appeared on the census of 1930 in 142 Court Street, Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota, which lists F.R. Anderson [sic], 50, born in Norway; this wife May [sic], 43; their daughter Burl, 19; and Ignetta Johnston, 43, a lodger.10
The August 23, 1934, issue of the Vermillion (S.D.) Plain Talk contained the following obituary:
MRS. ANDERSON [sic] RITES FRIDAY
Well-Known Vermillion Woman
Succumbs Tuesday in Sioux City Hospital
Mrs. Fritz R. Anderson [sic, actually Andersen], 48 [sic; actually, 55], who had been critically ill in St. Vincent's hospital in Sioux City [Iowa] for more than a week following a major operation, passed away in the hospital late Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Anderson was critically ill when she was rushed to the Sioux City hospital last week to undergo an emergency operation. Her failing health was not sufficient to combat the complications that set in following the operation, and her death followed this week.
For more than a decade Mrs. Anderson has been a prominent club woman in Vermillion and in addition to her immediate family leaves a multitude of friends to mourn her early passing.
Mrs. Anderson was born February 19, 1886 [sic; actually 1879], and was married to F. R. Anderson June 24, 1906. She was born in Lake County, South Dakota [sic; actually Fayette County, Iowa], and spent the earlier years of her life there [sic, actually Madison and Watertown, SD] before coming to Vermillion 11 years ago with her husband and only daughter, Burl.
In Vermillion, Mrs. Anderson took an active part in the affairs of th Eastern Star and Daughters of the American Revolution, as well as the Episcopal Church. She was a member of the guild of her church and was looked to with respect and admiration by all who knew her.
Shortly after her mother was taken to the Sioux City hospital, Miss Burl Anderson was rushed to the same hospital to under an emergency operation for appendicitis and it was some time before she could be informed of the critical condition of her mother.
Mrs. Anderson was always looked upon as a generous neighbor by her immediate friends and was extreme in her consideration of others. Her unselfishness and constant efforts to improve her own home had gained her the respect of the entire community.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2:00 o'clock from the Mrs. A. E. Lee home under the direction of the Rev. Donald Henning. Interment will be in Bluff View Cemetery.
In addition to her husband and daughter, Mrs. Anderson is survived by four sisters, Mrs. Myrtle F. Lee, of Vermillion; a twin sister, Miss Sada Shepard, of Watertown; Mrs. Eleanor Sweet, of Edmunds, Wash., and Mrs. Jessie Price, of Waldron, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Frank Olds will care for funeral arrangements.
After Mae's death, Fritz Andersen remairried and lived in Minnesota and Oregon.
The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 16, page 13:
Mrs. Mae Shepard Anderson [sic].
DAR ID Number: 155045
Born in Auburn, Iowa.
Wife of Fritz Robert Anderson.
Descendant of Capt. John Shepard, as follows:
1. Luther David Shepard (1832-1918) m. 1858 Margaret Jane [Dykins] Shepard (b. 1843).
2. David Edsall Shepard (1789-1845) m. Margaret Almira Chapman (1792-1860) (parents of Luther).
3. John Shepard m. Millicent Edsall (d. 1805).
John Shepard (1757-1822) commanded a company in Col. Elisha Porter's regiment of Massachusetts militia [sic]. He was born in Massachusetts [sic]; died in Brewerton, N. Y.
Also No. 84893.
Household Members in 1900 Census
Luther D Shepard 66 Head
Margaret J Shepard 56 Wife
Edson C Shepard 35 Son
Myrtle S Shepard 27 Daughter
William L Shepard 24 Son
Sarah B Shepard 21 Daughter
Mary B Shepard 21 Daughter
Addie A Shepard 39 Daughter in Law
Ethel M Shepard 19 Granddaughter
Dion Pearce 21 Boarder.6 Mae B. Shepard was a post office clerk in 1900.7
Mae B. Andersen and Fritz Robert Andersen appeared on the census of 1910 in Mitchell, Davison County, South Dakota, which lists Fritz R. Andersen, 30, born in Norway; and his wife Mae, 25, born in Iowa, father born in New York, mother born in Illinois. They had been married for three years with no children.8
Mae B. Andersen and Fritz Robert Andersen appeared on the census of 1920 in 719 South Maple Street, Watertown, Codington County, South Dakota, which lists Fritz R. Anderson [sic], 39, born in Norway, both parents also born in Norway; his wife Mae, 34, born in Iowa, father born in New York, mother born in Illinois; and their daughter Burl, 9, born in South Dakota.9 Fritz and Mae (Shepard) Andersen lived at 719 Maple Street South in Watertown, South Dakota, just down the street from the homes of Mae's parents Luther and Margaret Shepard and her twin sister, Sada Shepard. Following the marriage in 1920 of Mae's sister Myrtle Shepard to Andrew E. Lee of Vermillion, South Dakota, Fritz and Mae moved to Vermillion, where they lived at 124 [142?] Court Street, just a few doors from Myrtle's new home.
Mae B. Andersen and Fritz Robert Andersen appeared on the census of 1930 in 142 Court Street, Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota, which lists F.R. Anderson [sic], 50, born in Norway; this wife May [sic], 43; their daughter Burl, 19; and Ignetta Johnston, 43, a lodger.10
The August 23, 1934, issue of the Vermillion (S.D.) Plain Talk contained the following obituary:
MRS. ANDERSON [sic] RITES FRIDAY
Well-Known Vermillion Woman
Succumbs Tuesday in Sioux City Hospital
Mrs. Fritz R. Anderson [sic, actually Andersen], 48 [sic; actually, 55], who had been critically ill in St. Vincent's hospital in Sioux City [Iowa] for more than a week following a major operation, passed away in the hospital late Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Anderson was critically ill when she was rushed to the Sioux City hospital last week to undergo an emergency operation. Her failing health was not sufficient to combat the complications that set in following the operation, and her death followed this week.
For more than a decade Mrs. Anderson has been a prominent club woman in Vermillion and in addition to her immediate family leaves a multitude of friends to mourn her early passing.
Mrs. Anderson was born February 19, 1886 [sic; actually 1879], and was married to F. R. Anderson June 24, 1906. She was born in Lake County, South Dakota [sic; actually Fayette County, Iowa], and spent the earlier years of her life there [sic, actually Madison and Watertown, SD] before coming to Vermillion 11 years ago with her husband and only daughter, Burl.
In Vermillion, Mrs. Anderson took an active part in the affairs of th Eastern Star and Daughters of the American Revolution, as well as the Episcopal Church. She was a member of the guild of her church and was looked to with respect and admiration by all who knew her.
Shortly after her mother was taken to the Sioux City hospital, Miss Burl Anderson was rushed to the same hospital to under an emergency operation for appendicitis and it was some time before she could be informed of the critical condition of her mother.
Mrs. Anderson was always looked upon as a generous neighbor by her immediate friends and was extreme in her consideration of others. Her unselfishness and constant efforts to improve her own home had gained her the respect of the entire community.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2:00 o'clock from the Mrs. A. E. Lee home under the direction of the Rev. Donald Henning. Interment will be in Bluff View Cemetery.
In addition to her husband and daughter, Mrs. Anderson is survived by four sisters, Mrs. Myrtle F. Lee, of Vermillion; a twin sister, Miss Sada Shepard, of Watertown; Mrs. Eleanor Sweet, of Edmunds, Wash., and Mrs. Jessie Price, of Waldron, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Frank Olds will care for funeral arrangements.
After Mae's death, Fritz Andersen remairried and lived in Minnesota and Oregon.
The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 16, page 13:
Mrs. Mae Shepard Anderson [sic].
DAR ID Number: 155045
Born in Auburn, Iowa.
Wife of Fritz Robert Anderson.
Descendant of Capt. John Shepard, as follows:
1. Luther David Shepard (1832-1918) m. 1858 Margaret Jane [Dykins] Shepard (b. 1843).
2. David Edsall Shepard (1789-1845) m. Margaret Almira Chapman (1792-1860) (parents of Luther).
3. John Shepard m. Millicent Edsall (d. 1805).
John Shepard (1757-1822) commanded a company in Col. Elisha Porter's regiment of Massachusetts militia [sic]. He was born in Massachusetts [sic]; died in Brewerton, N. Y.
Also No. 84893.
| Last Edited | 24 June 2025 |
Citations
- [S451] Cemetery Gravestone viewed by Paul B. Van Buren.
- [S793] DAR Application - Burl Andersen Litzelman - No. 416995, Ancestor No. A103002 (John Shepard). Hereinafter cited as DAR Application - Burl Andersen Litzelman - No. 416995.
- [S803] South Dakota Marriages, 1905-2013, online www.ancestry.com, Fritz R. Anderson [sic] & Mae B. Shepard. Hereinafter cited as South Dakota Marriages, 1905- 2013.
- [S6] 1880 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, 1880 United States Federal Census
Name: L. D. Shepard
Age: 47
Birth Date: Abt 1833
Birthplace: New York
Home in 1880: Auburn, Fayette, Iowa, USA
Dwelling Number: 51
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Mararet Shepard
Father's Birthplace: New York
Mother's Birthplace: New York
Occupation: Works On Farm
Household Members Age Relationship
L. D. Shepard 47 Self (Head)
Mararet Shepard 37 Wife
Eleanor Shepard 18 Daughter
Edson Shepard 16 Son
Jessie Shepard 10 Daughter
Mirtle Shepard 7 Daughter
William Shepard 4 Son
Sarah Shepard 1 Daughter
Mary Shepard 1 Daughter. - [S6] 1880 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, 1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Luther D. Shepard
Age: 45
Birth Date: Abt 1835
Birthplace: New York
Home in 1880: Lake, Dakota Territory, USA
Dwelling Number: 46
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Margaret J. Shepard
Father's Birthplace: New York
Mother's Birthplace: New York
Occupation: Farmer
Cannot Write: Yes
Household Members Age Relationship
Luther D. Shepard 45 Self (Head)
Margaret J. Shepard 38 Wife
Ellenor Shepard 18 Daughter
Edson Shepard 15 Son
Jessie Shepard 9 Daughter
Myrtle Shepard 6 Daughter
Willie Shepard 5 Son
Sarah B. Shepard 1 Daughter
Mary B. Shepard 1 Daughter. - [S703] 1900 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Addie A Shepard [sic, Addia Shepard]
Age: 39
Birth Date: Sep 1860
Birthplace: Iowa, USA
Home in 1900: Madison, Lake, South Dakota
Ward of City: 1
Street: Seventh Street
House Number: 1323
Sheet Number: 4
Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation: 62
Family Number: 70
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter in Law (Daughter-in-law)
Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Birthplace: Vermont, USA
Mother's Birthplace: Vermont, USA
Mother: number of living children: 1
Mother: How many children: 1
Occupation: School
Months Not Employed: 12
Can Read: Yes
Can Write: Yes
Can Speak English: Yes
Household Members Age Relationship
Luther D Shepard 66 Head
Margaret J Shepard 56 Wife
Edson C Shepard 35 Son
Myrtle S Shepard 27 Daughter
William L Shepard 24 Son
Sarah B Shepard 21 Daughter
Mary B Shepard 21 Daughter
Addie A Shepard 39 Daughter in Law (Daughter-in-law)
Ethel M Shepard 19 Granddaughter
Dion Pearce 21 Boarder. - [S703] 1900 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, Luther D. Shepard household, Madison, Lake County, South Dakota.
- [S704] 1910 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, Fritz R. Andersen household, Mitchell, Davison County, South Dakota.
- [S149] 1920 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, Fritz R. Andersen household, Watertown, Coddington County, South Dakota.
- [S702] 1930 U.S. Census, online www.ancestry.com, Fritz R. Andersen household, Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota. Hereinafter cited as 1930 U.S. Census.
Burl Bennett Andersen
F, #12, b. 24 June 1910, d. 5 August 1981
Parents
| Father | Fritz Robert Andersen (b. 3 March 1880, d. 15 June 1963) |
| Mother | Mae B. Shepard (b. 19 February 1879, d. 21 August 1934) |
| Pedigree Link |
Biography
Burl was born on 24 June 1910 in Mitchell, Davison County, South Dakota. She married John Henry Litzelman, son of Howard J. Litzelman and Cecelia A. McCarty, on 28 April 1938 in Washington, D.C.. They did not have any children. Burl died on 5 August 1981, in Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota, at age 71. Her body was interred on 8 August 1981 at in Bluff View Cemetery, Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota.
Burl Bennett Andersen appeared on the census of 1920 in the household of Fritz Robert Andersen and Mae B. Andersen in 719 South Maple Street, Watertown, Codington County, South Dakota, which lists Fritz R. Anderson [sic], 39, born in Norway, both parents also born in Norway; his wife Mae, 34, born in Iowa, father born in New York, mother born in Illinois; and their daughter Burl, 9, born in South Dakota.1 Burl Bennett Andersen appeared on the census of 1930 in the household of Fritz Robert Andersen and Mae B. Andersen in 142 Court Street, Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota, which lists F.R. Anderson [sic], 50, born in Norway; this wife May [sic], 43; their daughter Burl, 19; and Ignetta Johnston, 43, a lodger.2
From The Sunday Evening Star, Washington, DC, of 20 March 1938:
Miss Burl Andersen Engaged to Wed.
The announcement of the engagement of Miss Burl Andersen to Mr. John Henry Litzelman was made by Mrs. Andrew E. Lee at a dinner given Tuesday evening at the Shoreham
Hotel. The bride-elect is the niece of Mrs. Lee, widow of the late Governor of South Dakota, and a graduate of the
University of South Dakota. Mr. Litzelman is the son of Mr. Howard J. Litzelman of Ulster, Pa.; a graduate of law from George Washington University,
and a captain in the Officers Reserve Corps, C.A.C., 3d Corps Area. The wedding will take place in April.
The guests at the dinner were Mrs. Donald V. Hunter of Chevy Chase, Md., sister of Mr. Litzelman: Mrs. W. J. Bulow. wife of Senator Bulow of
South Dakota; Mrs. W. J. Bulow, Jr.; Miss Katherine Bulow, Mrs. Peter Norbeck, widow of the late Senator Norbeck; Mrs. Daniel Anderson, Mrs.
Vernon Clark and her mother, Mrs. Manwarring; Mrs. William Coverdale, Mrs. Marion Schaussler. Mrs. John Barto, Miss Eleanor Schneider, Miss
Edith Harrison, all of South Dakota; Mrs. Benjamin Manchester, Miss Thelma Livingston, Mrs. T. Vincent Griffith and Mrs. John A. Bresnahan of
Washington; Mrs. Arthur Shea, Mrs. John Overholt, Mrs. William J. Buckley, Miss Margaret Buckley, Miss Edith Thompson and Mrs. S. B. Fuller of
Chevy Chase, Md.
The August 11, 1981, issue of the Vermillion (S.D.) Plain Talk contained the following obituary for Burl Andersen Litzelman:
Mrs. John L. Litzelman, 71, passed away on August 5, 1981, at the Dakota Hospital [in Vermillion] following a long illness.
Funeral services were at 10 a.m. on August 8 in the St. Agnes Catholic Church. Monsignor Richard Mahowald officiated with Rev. Ronald Campbell of St. Paul's Episcopal Church assisting. Burial was in the Bluff View Cemetery under the direction of the Iverson Funeral Home.
Burl A. Andersen was born June 24, 1910, at Mitchell [Davidson County, South Dakota] to Fritz and Mae Shepherd [sic] Andersen. She married John L. "Jack" Litzelman, April 28, 1938, in Washington, D.C. She graduated from Vermillion High School and the University of South Dakota. She spent most of her life in the Vermillion area.
Mrs. Litzelman was a member of the St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Alpha Phi Sorority, Daughters of the American Revolution, USD Foundation and the Wasesa Club. She held offices in local and national chapters of Alpha Phi and was active in community affairs and agricultural programs.
Casket bearers were James Johnson [attorney], Joseph Mueting, Jack Doyle [USD Director of Athletics], William Rasmussen [automobile dealer], Ardell Hatch [furniture store owner] and Vern Holter [banker]. Honorary bearers were Everett Bogue [attorney], Arthur Winter, Dean Swisher, Leslie Zeller, R. L. Vennard, Harvey Hanson, Dale Clement [Dean of USD School of Business], Howard Morse, Dr. Charles Lien [President of USD] and Carl Miller [Director of Athletics, USD].
She is survived by the widower.
From The Sunday Evening Star, Washington, DC, of 20 March 1938:
Miss Burl Andersen Engaged to Wed.
The announcement of the engagement of Miss Burl Andersen to Mr. John Henry Litzelman was made by Mrs. Andrew E. Lee at a dinner given Tuesday evening at the Shoreham
Hotel. The bride-elect is the niece of Mrs. Lee, widow of the late Governor of South Dakota, and a graduate of the
University of South Dakota. Mr. Litzelman is the son of Mr. Howard J. Litzelman of Ulster, Pa.; a graduate of law from George Washington University,
and a captain in the Officers Reserve Corps, C.A.C., 3d Corps Area. The wedding will take place in April.
The guests at the dinner were Mrs. Donald V. Hunter of Chevy Chase, Md., sister of Mr. Litzelman: Mrs. W. J. Bulow. wife of Senator Bulow of
South Dakota; Mrs. W. J. Bulow, Jr.; Miss Katherine Bulow, Mrs. Peter Norbeck, widow of the late Senator Norbeck; Mrs. Daniel Anderson, Mrs.
Vernon Clark and her mother, Mrs. Manwarring; Mrs. William Coverdale, Mrs. Marion Schaussler. Mrs. John Barto, Miss Eleanor Schneider, Miss
Edith Harrison, all of South Dakota; Mrs. Benjamin Manchester, Miss Thelma Livingston, Mrs. T. Vincent Griffith and Mrs. John A. Bresnahan of
Washington; Mrs. Arthur Shea, Mrs. John Overholt, Mrs. William J. Buckley, Miss Margaret Buckley, Miss Edith Thompson and Mrs. S. B. Fuller of
Chevy Chase, Md.
The August 11, 1981, issue of the Vermillion (S.D.) Plain Talk contained the following obituary for Burl Andersen Litzelman:
Mrs. John L. Litzelman, 71, passed away on August 5, 1981, at the Dakota Hospital [in Vermillion] following a long illness.
Funeral services were at 10 a.m. on August 8 in the St. Agnes Catholic Church. Monsignor Richard Mahowald officiated with Rev. Ronald Campbell of St. Paul's Episcopal Church assisting. Burial was in the Bluff View Cemetery under the direction of the Iverson Funeral Home.
Burl A. Andersen was born June 24, 1910, at Mitchell [Davidson County, South Dakota] to Fritz and Mae Shepherd [sic] Andersen. She married John L. "Jack" Litzelman, April 28, 1938, in Washington, D.C. She graduated from Vermillion High School and the University of South Dakota. She spent most of her life in the Vermillion area.
Mrs. Litzelman was a member of the St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Alpha Phi Sorority, Daughters of the American Revolution, USD Foundation and the Wasesa Club. She held offices in local and national chapters of Alpha Phi and was active in community affairs and agricultural programs.
Casket bearers were James Johnson [attorney], Joseph Mueting, Jack Doyle [USD Director of Athletics], William Rasmussen [automobile dealer], Ardell Hatch [furniture store owner] and Vern Holter [banker]. Honorary bearers were Everett Bogue [attorney], Arthur Winter, Dean Swisher, Leslie Zeller, R. L. Vennard, Harvey Hanson, Dale Clement [Dean of USD School of Business], Howard Morse, Dr. Charles Lien [President of USD] and Carl Miller [Director of Athletics, USD].
She is survived by the widower.
| Last Edited | 19 August 2023 |
Citations
John Henry Litzelman
M, #13, b. 28 April 1897, d. 17 November 1988
Parents
| Father | Howard J. Litzelman (b. June 1867) |
| Mother | Cecelia A. McCarty (b. August 1865) |
| Pedigree Link |
Biography
John was born on 28 April 1897 in Ulster, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.1,2 He married Burl Bennett Andersen on 28 April 1938 in Washington, D.C.. They did not have any children. John died on 17 November 1988, in Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota, at age 91.1 His body was interred on at in Bluff View Cemetery, Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota.3
John Henry Litzelman lived between 1947 and 1998 in Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota. His Social Security Number was 503-42-3784, issued before 1951 in South Dakota.
His wife, Burl, died on 5 August 1981 in Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota, at age 71, leaving him a widower.
The November 24, 1988, issue of the Vermillion (S.D.) Plain Talk contained the following obituary for Jack Litzelman:
John H. "Jack" Litzelman, 91, died November 17, 1988, in his home.
Mr. Litzelman was born April 28, 1897, in Ulster, Pennsylvania, and was graduated from George Washington University, where he received his LLB degree in 1925 and his LLM degree in 1926. While in college, he was member of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity.
On April 28, 1938, he married Burl Anderson [sic] in Washington, D.C. He was a member of the Bars of Washington, D.C. and Maryland and served on the advisory board of the FCC in Washington, D.C. from 1938 to 1941.
In 1947 he moved to Vermillion and was a rancher, cattle feeder and farm manager. He was president of the National Livestock Feeders Association from 1960 to 1962. He served on many organizations.
His wife preceded him in death August 5, 1981.
Survivors include: one son, David DeRouchey, Vermillion; three nephews and one niece.
Funeral mass was held November 19 in St. Agnes Catholic Church, Vermillion. Burial was in Bluff View Cemetery, Vermillion, with military rites by th VFW Caly Post 3061 of Vermillion.
Inverson-Siecke Funeral Home of Vermillion was in charge of arrangements.
His wife, Burl, died on 5 August 1981 in Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota, at age 71, leaving him a widower.
The November 24, 1988, issue of the Vermillion (S.D.) Plain Talk contained the following obituary for Jack Litzelman:
John H. "Jack" Litzelman, 91, died November 17, 1988, in his home.
Mr. Litzelman was born April 28, 1897, in Ulster, Pennsylvania, and was graduated from George Washington University, where he received his LLB degree in 1925 and his LLM degree in 1926. While in college, he was member of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity.
On April 28, 1938, he married Burl Anderson [sic] in Washington, D.C. He was a member of the Bars of Washington, D.C. and Maryland and served on the advisory board of the FCC in Washington, D.C. from 1938 to 1941.
In 1947 he moved to Vermillion and was a rancher, cattle feeder and farm manager. He was president of the National Livestock Feeders Association from 1960 to 1962. He served on many organizations.
His wife preceded him in death August 5, 1981.
Survivors include: one son, David DeRouchey, Vermillion; three nephews and one niece.
Funeral mass was held November 19 in St. Agnes Catholic Church, Vermillion. Burial was in Bluff View Cemetery, Vermillion, with military rites by th VFW Caly Post 3061 of Vermillion.
Inverson-Siecke Funeral Home of Vermillion was in charge of arrangements.
| Last Edited | 19 August 2023 |
Citations
Clyde Henry Belknap
M, #14, b. 24 December 1878, d. 12 May 1968
Parents
| Father | George William Belknap (b. 21 November 1843, d. 24 April 1931) |
| Mother | Mary Ann Dykins (b. 13 August 1839, d. 13 January 1925) |
| Pedigree Link |
Family: Arta Belle Edginton (b. 19 November 1882, d. 2 November 1969)
| Daughter | Marian Eva Belknap (b. 15 August 1906, d. 21 August 1906) |
| Son | Burton Oliver Belknap+ (b. 27 May 1908, d. 17 May 1994) |
| Daughter | Marjorie Ellen Belknap+ (b. 27 September 1911, d. 31 July 2004) |
Biography
Clyde was born on 24 December 1878 in Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa.1,2,3,4
Clyde Henry Belknap died on 12 May 1968 in Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, at age 89.3,5
Clyde Henry Belknap was buried on 14 May 1968 in Fairmount Memorial Park, Spokane, Spokane County, Washington.3
Clyde Henry Belknap died on 12 May 1968 in Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, at age 89.3,5
Clyde Henry Belknap was buried on 14 May 1968 in Fairmount Memorial Park, Spokane, Spokane County, Washington.3
Clyde Henry Belknap appeared on the census of 1880 in the household of George William Belknap and Mary Ann Belknap in Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa, which lists George Belknapp [sic], 37, born in New York; his wife Mary, 40, born in Illinois; their children Jennie, 12, Cora, 7, Mary [sic, actually May], 4, and Clyde, 1, all born in Iowa; and Mary's children by her marriage to Alfred Murphy: Eva Murphy, 21, and George Murphy, 17, both born in Iowa.6
Clyde Henry Belknap married Arta Belle Edginton, daughter of Alberet W. Edginton and Ketura E. Williams, on 30 December 1903 in Akron, Plymouth County, Iowa.4,7 Clyde Henry Belknap was an attorney.8
Clyde Henry Belknap appeared on the census of 1910 in 1208 Knox St., Spokane, Spokane County, Washington,
Household Members in 1910 U.S. Census
Name Age
Clyde H Belnap 31
Arta B Belnap 28
Burton Belnap 1.9 He lived on 12 September 1918 in 1208 Knox, Spokane, Spokane County, Washington.8
Clyde Henry Belknap and Arta Belle Belknap appeared on the census of 1920 in Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, which lists Clyde H. Belknap, age 41, his wife Arta B. Belknap, age 38, and their children, Burton O. Belknap, age 11, and Marjorie Belknap, age 8; they lived at E231 25th Avenue, Spokane, Washington. Clyde's occupation is listed as a lawyer, and Burton's as "carries newspapers."10
Clyde Henry Belknap and Arta Belle Belknap appeared on the census of 1930 in Spokane, Spokane County, Washington.11 He was an attorney, with an office at 917 Paulsen Building, Spokane, Washington in 1941.2 He lived in 1942 in E. 231 25th Ave., Spokane, Spokane County, Washington.2 His Social Security Number was 532-38-4708, issued in 1956 in Washington.
From theTuesday, May, 14, 1968, Spokesman-Review, Skokane, WA (page 6):
Funeral services set today for Clyde H. Bellknap, 89
Services for Clyde H. Bellknap, 89, E231 25th, who died Saturday [May 11, 1968] at a local [Spokane, WA] hospital will be held today at 1:00 PM at Hazen and Jaeger Funeral Home, the Rev. Dr. Raymond W. Moody officiating. Burial services will be at Fairmont Memorial Park. He was a resident here for 63 years and was an attorney. He was one of the charter tenants in the Paulsen Building, a graduate of Yankton College, S.D. He received a Master's degree from the University of Wisconsin and a law degree at the University of South Dakota. He was a member of the Manito Presbyterian Church, Spokane Bar Association, Washington State Bar Association, Lawyers Who's Who.
Survivors include his wife Arta, at the home; a daughter, Mrs. Howard Barlow, Lake Oswego, OR; a son Burton O., of Spokane; five grandchildren and six great grandchildren.12
Clyde Henry Belknap married Arta Belle Edginton, daughter of Alberet W. Edginton and Ketura E. Williams, on 30 December 1903 in Akron, Plymouth County, Iowa.4,7 Clyde Henry Belknap was an attorney.8
Clyde Henry Belknap appeared on the census of 1910 in 1208 Knox St., Spokane, Spokane County, Washington,
Household Members in 1910 U.S. Census
Name Age
Clyde H Belnap 31
Arta B Belnap 28
Burton Belnap 1.9 He lived on 12 September 1918 in 1208 Knox, Spokane, Spokane County, Washington.8
Clyde Henry Belknap and Arta Belle Belknap appeared on the census of 1920 in Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, which lists Clyde H. Belknap, age 41, his wife Arta B. Belknap, age 38, and their children, Burton O. Belknap, age 11, and Marjorie Belknap, age 8; they lived at E231 25th Avenue, Spokane, Washington. Clyde's occupation is listed as a lawyer, and Burton's as "carries newspapers."10
Clyde Henry Belknap and Arta Belle Belknap appeared on the census of 1930 in Spokane, Spokane County, Washington.11 He was an attorney, with an office at 917 Paulsen Building, Spokane, Washington in 1941.2 He lived in 1942 in E. 231 25th Ave., Spokane, Spokane County, Washington.2 His Social Security Number was 532-38-4708, issued in 1956 in Washington.
From theTuesday, May, 14, 1968, Spokesman-Review, Skokane, WA (page 6):
Funeral services set today for Clyde H. Bellknap, 89
Services for Clyde H. Bellknap, 89, E231 25th, who died Saturday [May 11, 1968] at a local [Spokane, WA] hospital will be held today at 1:00 PM at Hazen and Jaeger Funeral Home, the Rev. Dr. Raymond W. Moody officiating. Burial services will be at Fairmont Memorial Park. He was a resident here for 63 years and was an attorney. He was one of the charter tenants in the Paulsen Building, a graduate of Yankton College, S.D. He received a Master's degree from the University of Wisconsin and a law degree at the University of South Dakota. He was a member of the Manito Presbyterian Church, Spokane Bar Association, Washington State Bar Association, Lawyers Who's Who.
Survivors include his wife Arta, at the home; a daughter, Mrs. Howard Barlow, Lake Oswego, OR; a son Burton O., of Spokane; five grandchildren and six great grandchildren.12
| Last Edited | 31 August 2024 |
Citations
- [S765] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, online www.ancestry.com, Clyde Henery [sic] Belknap. Hereinafter cited as World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.
- [S780] Funeral Bulletin for unknown subject . Hereinafter cited as World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942-47 Funeral Bulletin, Clyde Henry Belknap.
- [S908] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, Clyde Henry Belknap
Birth: Dec. 24, 1878
Douglass, Fayette County, Iowa
Death: May 12, 1968
Spokane County, Washington
Family links:
Parents:
George William Belknap (1843 - 1931)
Mary Ann Dykins Belknap (1839 - 1925)
Spouse:
Arta Belle Edgington Belknap (1882 - 1969)
Children:
Burton Oliver Belknap (1908 - 1994)*
Marjorie E Belknap Barlow (1911 - 2004)*
Siblings:
Eva Eudora Murphy Salisbury (1859 - 1927)**
Jennie E. Belknap Northrop (1868 - 1954)*
Cora Belknap Plowman (1872 - 1956)*
May Rosella Belknap Regan (1876 - 1954)*
Clyde Henry Belknap (1878 - 1968)
*Calculated relationship
**Half-sibling
Burial: Fairmount Memorial Park
Spokane; Spokane County, Washington
Plot: 7-7E-71, Hazen-Jaeger
Created by: Jody McGinnis
Record added: Nov 06, 2013
Find A Grave Memorial# 119897978. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave. - [S1199] Iowa, Select Marriages Index, 1809-1992, online www.ancestry.com, Iowa, Select Marriages Index, 1809-1992
Name: Clyde Henry Belknap
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Birth Place: Auburn, Iowa
Marriage Date: 30 Dec 1903
Marriage Place: Akron, Iowa
Father: George W. Belknap
Mother: Mary Ann Dykins
Spouse: Arta Belle Edgington
FHL Film Number: 1404991
Reference ID: 2:3QZQNJD
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Iowa, Select Marriages Index, 1809-1992 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2014.
Original data: Iowa, Marriages, 1809-1992. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013. Hereinafter cited as Iowa, Select Marriages Index, 1809-1992. - [S1510] Washington Newspapers, 1855-2009, online www.MyHeritage.com, Spokane [WA] Chronicle, 3 November 1969, page 5. Hereinafter cited as Washington Newspapers, 1855-2009.
- [S6] 1880 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, George Belknapp [sic] household, Auburn, Fayette County, Iowa.
- [S1260] Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934, online https://familysearch.org, Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934
Name: Clyde Henry Belknap
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 30 Dec 1903
Event Place: Akron, Plymouth, Iowa, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 26
Marital Status: S
Birth Year (Estimated): 1877
Father's Name: George W. Belknap
Mother's Name: Mary Ann Dykins
Spouse's Name: Arta Belle Edgington
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 23
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1880
Spouse's Father's Name: Albert W. Edgington
Spouse's Mother's Name: Ketura E. Williams
Citing this Record: "I", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJ8L-MRS : 8 March 2016), Clyde Henry Belknap and Arta Belle Edgington, 1903. Hereinafter cited as Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934. - [S765] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, online www.ancestry.com, Clyde Henry Belknap.
- [S704] 1910 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census
Name Clyde H Belnap
Age in 1910 31
Birth Date 1879
Birthplace Iowa
Home in 1910 Spokane Ward 4, Spokane, Washington, USA
Sheet Number 2b
Street Knox Av
House Number 1208
Race White
Gender Male
Relation to Head of House Head
Marital Status Married
Father's Birthplace New York
Mother's Birthplace Illinois
Native Tongue English
Occupation Lawyer
Industry General Practice
Farm or House House
Able to read Yes
Able to Write Yes
Enumeration District Number 0191
Years Married 6
Enumerated Year 1910
Household Members
Name Age
Clyde H Belnap 31
Arta B Belnap 28
Burton Belnap 1
Provided in association with National Archives and Records Administration
Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. - [S149] 1920 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census
Name Clyde H Belknap
Age 41
Birth Year 1879
Birthplace Iowa
Home in 1920 Spokane, Spokane, Washington
Street 25th Ave
House Number E291
Residence Date 1920
Race White
Gender Male
Relation to Head of House Head
Marital Status Married
Spouse's Name Arta B Belknap
Father's Birthplace New York
Mother's Birthplace Illinois
Able to Speak English Yes
Occupation Lawyer
Home Owned or Rented Owned
Home Free or Mortgaged Free
Able to read Yes
Able to Write Yes
Household Members
Name Age
Clyde H Belknap 41
Arta B Belknap 38
Burton O Belknap 11
Marjorie Belknap 8
Provided in association with National Archives and Records Administration
Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. - [S702] 1930 U.S. Census, online www.ancestry.com. Hereinafter cited as 1930 U.S. Census.
- [S1666] Funeral Services Set Today For Clyde H. Belknap, 89, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA, 14 May 1968, page 6. Hereinafter cited as Clyde H. Belknap Obituary.
George William Belknap
M, #15, b. 21 November 1843, d. 24 April 1931
Parents
| Father | Hiram Belknap (b. 3 September 1808, d. 14 December 1873) |
| Mother | Sarah Rosella Eastman (b. 1810, d. 1892) |
| Pedigree Link |
Family: Mary Ann Dykins (b. 13 August 1839, d. 13 January 1925)
| Daughter | Jennie E. Belknap+ (b. 24 March 1868, d. 7 September 1954) |
| Daughter | Cora Belknap+ (b. 2 December 1872, d. 21 January 1956) |
| Daughter | May Rosella Belknap+ (b. 7 February 1876, d. 20 June 1954) |
| Son | Clyde Henry Belknap+ (b. 24 December 1878, d. 12 May 1968) |
Biography
George William Belknap was born on 21 November 1843 in Saint Lawrence County, New York.1,2
George William Belknap married Mary Ann Dykins, daughter of Elias Satterly Dykins and Emily Bennett, on 24 December 1867 in Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa.
George William Belknap died on 24 April 1931 in Battle Mountain Sanitarium, Hot Springs, Fall River County, South Dakota, at age 87.2,1 He was buried on 26 April 1931 in Graceland Cemetery, Madison, Lake County, South Dakota, (Block 7, Lot 11, Grave 11).3,1
George William Belknap married Mary Ann Dykins, daughter of Elias Satterly Dykins and Emily Bennett, on 24 December 1867 in Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa.
George William Belknap died on 24 April 1931 in Battle Mountain Sanitarium, Hot Springs, Fall River County, South Dakota, at age 87.2,1 He was buried on 26 April 1931 in Graceland Cemetery, Madison, Lake County, South Dakota, (Block 7, Lot 11, Grave 11).3,1
George William Belknap has also been reported to have been born Lyons, Wayne County, New York.4 He has also been reported to have been born New York.5 He was a farmer in 1861.4 He lived in 1861 in Richmond, McHenry County, Illinois.4
He was a Private in Company F of the 15th Illinois Infantry in the Civil War between 6 July 1861 and 13 May 1862. He was discharged for disability at Monterey, Tennessee.4 He lived in 1862 in Hebron, McHenry County, Illinois.6 He was a Private in Company H of the 95th Illinois Infantry in the Civil War between 5 August 1862 and 21 August 1863. He was discharged at Saint Louis, Missouri, after being wounded at Vicksburg, Mississippi, on 19 May 1863. In July 1864 he was allowed a pension of $8 per month for a wound to his right elbow.1,6,7
He was a Private in Company H of the 95th Illinois Infantry in the Civil War between 23 September 1864 and 17 August 1865. He was mustered out at Camp Butler, Illinois.8 He and Mary Ann Dykins were also been reported to have been married on 4 July 1866.1
George William Belknap and Mary Ann Belknap appeared on the census of 1870 in Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa, which lists George Bellknapp [sic], 27, born in New York; his wife Mary, 30, born in Illinois; and their children E.M. [Eva Murphy], 11, Geo. M.[George Murphy], 7, and Jennie, 2, all born in Iowa.9 He was a farm laborer in 1870.9
George William Belknap and Mary Ann Belknap appeared on the census of 1880 in Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa, which lists George Belknapp [sic], 37, born in New York; his wife Mary, 40, born in Illinois; their children Jennie, 12, Cora, 7, Mary [sic, actually May], 4, and Clyde, 1, all born in Iowa; and Mary's children by her marriage to Alfred Murphy: Eva Murphy, 21, and George Murphy, 17, both born in Iowa.10 He and Mary Ann Belknap lived between 1882 and 1890 in Concord Township, Lake County, Dakota Territory.1
On 10 March 1887, George W.Bellknao [sic] was granted a Patent to 160 acres in Section 5,Township 108N, Range 54W. [http://files.usgwarchives.net/sd/lake/land/lake-af.txt: BELLKNAPP GEORGE W 05 108 N 054 W 032 160 272002 PA 10454 03/10/1887]. He lived between 1890 and 1931 in Madison, Lake County, South Dakota.1
George William Belknap and Mary Ann Belknap appeared on the census of 1920 in Madison, Lake County, South Dakota.
His wife, Mary, died on 13 January 1925 of a lingering illness in at her home, Madison, Lake County, South Dakota, at age 85, leaving him a widower.
George William Belknap appeared on the census of 1930 in Madison, Lake County, South Dakota.11
The following obituary appeared in the Friday, April 24, 1931, edition of the Madison [South Dakota] Sentinel, on page 3:
Geo. W. Belknap Died at Hot Springs Early This Morning
Taps Sounded for Comrade Belknap at 5 A.M Today
Comrade George W. Belknap returned last fall [1930] to the Soldiers’ Home at Hot Springs [South Dakota], where he had spent previous winters, in the hope that his failing health would be benefitted. He was taking treatment during the winter in the Battle Mountain Sanitarium for a heart that was giving him considerable trouble. His condition varied. At times he showed some improvement, and like a brave soldier he battled on, and lived in hope that he might again this summer [1931] visit his home and relatives in Madison, but the end came this morning.
Comrade Belknap was one of the early pioneers of this [Lake] county [South Dakota], having homesteaded in Concord township in the spring of 1882, where he was postmaster of Gillman [Dakota Territory] for several years. He was a veteran of the civil war and had the distinction of having enlisted three times during the war after being mustered out for disability.
Being of a sunny, cheerful disposition, a natural optimist, the deceased has a host of pioneer friends who will learn of his demise with deep regret.
His was a long and useful life.
Obituary
George William Belknap was born November 21st, 1843, in St. Lawrence County, N.Y. When a small boy, his parents moved to Illinois. On July 6, 1861, he enlisted in Company I [sic, apparently Company F], of the 15th Illinois [Infantry] regiment, being discharged from that company on May 13, 1862, due to sickness from typhoid fever. On July 5, 1862, he r-enlisted in Co. H, 95th Illinois, and was discharged August 2st [sic], 1863 on account of severe wounds. On September 24, 1864, he re-enlisted in the same company and served a year until mustered out August 17, 1865, at Camp Butler, Illinois. He saw four years of Civil war action, being in the western campaign and participated in the well-known historic battles of Shiloh and Corinth, and being severely wounded in the siege of Vicksburg.
On July 4, 1866, he was married to Mary Ann Dykins-Murphy, who died in 1925. They settled in Auburn, Iowa. There were four children from this union, Mrs. Arthur Northrup, Plummer, Idaho; Mrs. Harry Plowman, De Smet, S.D.; Mrs. J.V. Regan Madison, S.D., Clyde H. Belknap, Spokane, Idaho [sic, actually Washington]. He and his family moved to Dakota Territory in March 1882, and homesteaded 6 miles southwest of the present site of Ramona [South Dakota] in Concord township, Lake County. He was postmaster of the inland post-office of Gillman, the first post office in the vicinity, which was maintained until the town of Ramona was located.
In 1890, he moved with his family to Madison [South Dakota], and has resided here ever since. He was an active member of the I.O.O.F. Lodge for 57 years, and an active member of General Shield G.A.R. Post of Madison.
In the late fall [of 1930], confident that his health would improve, he went to the State Soldiers’ Home at Hot Springs for the winter, to secure medical aid, where he passed away peacefully at 5 a.m. today.
Besides the children who survive him, there are eleven grandchildren and five great grandchildren.1
He was a Private in Company F of the 15th Illinois Infantry in the Civil War between 6 July 1861 and 13 May 1862. He was discharged for disability at Monterey, Tennessee.4 He lived in 1862 in Hebron, McHenry County, Illinois.6 He was a Private in Company H of the 95th Illinois Infantry in the Civil War between 5 August 1862 and 21 August 1863. He was discharged at Saint Louis, Missouri, after being wounded at Vicksburg, Mississippi, on 19 May 1863. In July 1864 he was allowed a pension of $8 per month for a wound to his right elbow.1,6,7
He was a Private in Company H of the 95th Illinois Infantry in the Civil War between 23 September 1864 and 17 August 1865. He was mustered out at Camp Butler, Illinois.8 He and Mary Ann Dykins were also been reported to have been married on 4 July 1866.1
George William Belknap and Mary Ann Belknap appeared on the census of 1870 in Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa, which lists George Bellknapp [sic], 27, born in New York; his wife Mary, 30, born in Illinois; and their children E.M. [Eva Murphy], 11, Geo. M.[George Murphy], 7, and Jennie, 2, all born in Iowa.9 He was a farm laborer in 1870.9
George William Belknap and Mary Ann Belknap appeared on the census of 1880 in Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa, which lists George Belknapp [sic], 37, born in New York; his wife Mary, 40, born in Illinois; their children Jennie, 12, Cora, 7, Mary [sic, actually May], 4, and Clyde, 1, all born in Iowa; and Mary's children by her marriage to Alfred Murphy: Eva Murphy, 21, and George Murphy, 17, both born in Iowa.10 He and Mary Ann Belknap lived between 1882 and 1890 in Concord Township, Lake County, Dakota Territory.1
On 10 March 1887, George W.Bellknao [sic] was granted a Patent to 160 acres in Section 5,Township 108N, Range 54W. [http://files.usgwarchives.net/sd/lake/land/lake-af.txt: BELLKNAPP GEORGE W 05 108 N 054 W 032 160 272002 PA 10454 03/10/1887]. He lived between 1890 and 1931 in Madison, Lake County, South Dakota.1
George William Belknap and Mary Ann Belknap appeared on the census of 1920 in Madison, Lake County, South Dakota.
His wife, Mary, died on 13 January 1925 of a lingering illness in at her home, Madison, Lake County, South Dakota, at age 85, leaving him a widower.
George William Belknap appeared on the census of 1930 in Madison, Lake County, South Dakota.11
The following obituary appeared in the Friday, April 24, 1931, edition of the Madison [South Dakota] Sentinel, on page 3:
Geo. W. Belknap Died at Hot Springs Early This Morning
Taps Sounded for Comrade Belknap at 5 A.M Today
Comrade George W. Belknap returned last fall [1930] to the Soldiers’ Home at Hot Springs [South Dakota], where he had spent previous winters, in the hope that his failing health would be benefitted. He was taking treatment during the winter in the Battle Mountain Sanitarium for a heart that was giving him considerable trouble. His condition varied. At times he showed some improvement, and like a brave soldier he battled on, and lived in hope that he might again this summer [1931] visit his home and relatives in Madison, but the end came this morning.
Comrade Belknap was one of the early pioneers of this [Lake] county [South Dakota], having homesteaded in Concord township in the spring of 1882, where he was postmaster of Gillman [Dakota Territory] for several years. He was a veteran of the civil war and had the distinction of having enlisted three times during the war after being mustered out for disability.
Being of a sunny, cheerful disposition, a natural optimist, the deceased has a host of pioneer friends who will learn of his demise with deep regret.
His was a long and useful life.
Obituary
George William Belknap was born November 21st, 1843, in St. Lawrence County, N.Y. When a small boy, his parents moved to Illinois. On July 6, 1861, he enlisted in Company I [sic, apparently Company F], of the 15th Illinois [Infantry] regiment, being discharged from that company on May 13, 1862, due to sickness from typhoid fever. On July 5, 1862, he r-enlisted in Co. H, 95th Illinois, and was discharged August 2st [sic], 1863 on account of severe wounds. On September 24, 1864, he re-enlisted in the same company and served a year until mustered out August 17, 1865, at Camp Butler, Illinois. He saw four years of Civil war action, being in the western campaign and participated in the well-known historic battles of Shiloh and Corinth, and being severely wounded in the siege of Vicksburg.
On July 4, 1866, he was married to Mary Ann Dykins-Murphy, who died in 1925. They settled in Auburn, Iowa. There were four children from this union, Mrs. Arthur Northrup, Plummer, Idaho; Mrs. Harry Plowman, De Smet, S.D.; Mrs. J.V. Regan Madison, S.D., Clyde H. Belknap, Spokane, Idaho [sic, actually Washington]. He and his family moved to Dakota Territory in March 1882, and homesteaded 6 miles southwest of the present site of Ramona [South Dakota] in Concord township, Lake County. He was postmaster of the inland post-office of Gillman, the first post office in the vicinity, which was maintained until the town of Ramona was located.
In 1890, he moved with his family to Madison [South Dakota], and has resided here ever since. He was an active member of the I.O.O.F. Lodge for 57 years, and an active member of General Shield G.A.R. Post of Madison.
In the late fall [of 1930], confident that his health would improve, he went to the State Soldiers’ Home at Hot Springs for the winter, to secure medical aid, where he passed away peacefully at 5 a.m. today.
Besides the children who survive him, there are eleven grandchildren and five great grandchildren.1
| Last Edited | 31 August 2024 |
Citations
- [S1149] George W. Belknap Obituary, Madison Sentinel, Madison, South Dakota, 24 April 1931, page 3. Hereinafter cited as George W. Belknap Obituary.
- [S451] Cemetery Gravestone viewed by Paul B. Van Buren.
- [S451] Cemetery Gravestone viewed by Paul B. Van Buren, Paul B. Van Buren.
- [S1244] Illinois State Archives - Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls, online http://www.ilsos.gov/isaveterans/civilmustersrch.jsp, ILLINOIS STATE ARCHIVES
Illinois Civil War Detail Report
Name: BELKNAP, GEORGE W
Rank: PVT
Company: F
Unit: 15 IL US INF
Personal Characteristics
Residence: RICHMOND, MCHENRY CO, IL
Age: 18
Height: 5' 8 1/2
Hair: LIGHT
Eyes: LIGHT
Complexion: LIGHT
Marital Status: SINGLE
Occupation: FARMER
Nativity: LYONS, WAYNE CO, NY
Service Record
Joined When: JUL 6, 1861
Joined Where:
Joined By Whom:
Period: 3 YRS
Remarks: DISCHARGED FOR DISABILITY MAY 13, 1862 AT MONTEREY TENN
. Hereinafter cited as Illinois State Archives - Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls. - [S1245] Past & Present of Fayette County, Iowa (Indianapolis, Indiana: B.F. Bowen & Company, 1910), page 1170. Hereinafter cited as Past & Present of Fayette County, Iowa.
- [S1244] Illinois State Archives - Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls, online http://www.ilsos.gov/isaveterans/civilmustersrch.jsp, ILLINOIS STATE ARCHIVES
Illinois Civil War Detail Report
Name: BELLKNAPP [sic], GEORGE W
Rank: PVT
Company: H
Unit: 95 IL US INF
Personal Characteristics
Residence: HEBRON, MCHENRY CO, IL
Age: 19
Height: 5' 9
Hair: LIGHT
Eyes: BLUE
Complexion: LIGHT
Marital Status: SINGLE
Occupation: FARMER
Nativity: LYNNE [sic, perhaps Lyons, Wayne County], NY
Service Record
Joined When: AUG 5, 1862
Joined Where: RICHMOND, IL
Joined By Whom: CHAS H TRYON
Period: 3 YRS
Muster In: SEP 4, 1862
Muster In Where: ROCKFORD, IL
Remarks: DISCHARGED FOR WOUND PVTD AT VICKSBURG MISS MAY 19, 1863, AUG 21, 1863 AT ST LOUIS MO. - [S1596] Lake County, Dakota Territory 1883 List of Pensioners on the Roll
Contributed by Kenneth Thomas, Warrensburg, MO, February 1998, online http://files.usgwarchives.net/sd/lake/military/1883pens.txt, Certificate. No. 25,473, Belknap, Geo. W., wd. r. elbow, $8.00 per month, Allowed Mar., 1864. Hereinafter cited as Lake County, Dakota Territory 1883 List of Pensioners on the Roll. - [S1244] Illinois State Archives - Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls, online http://www.ilsos.gov/isaveterans/civilmustersrch.jsp, ILLINOIS STATE ARCHIVES
Illinois Civil War Detail Report
Name: BELLKNAPP [sic], GEORGE W
Rank: PVT
Company: H
Unit: 95 IL US INF
Personal Characteristics
Residence: HEBRON, MCHENRY CO, IL
Age: 20
Height: 5' 10
Hair: BROWN
Eyes: BLUE
Complexion: LIGHT
Marital Status:
Occupation: FARMER
Nativity: NY
Service Record
Joined When: SEP 23, 1864
Joined Where: MARENGO, IL
Joined By Whom: CPT COON
Period: 1 YR
Muster In: SEP 23, 1864
Muster In Where: MARENGO, IL
Muster Out: AUG 17, 1865
Muster Out Where: CAMP BUTLER, IL
Muster Out By Whom: CPT HALL. - [S8] 1870 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, George Bellknapp [sic] household, Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa.
- [S6] 1880 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, George Belknapp [sic] household, Auburn, Fayette County, Iowa.
- [S702] 1930 U.S. Census, online www.ancestry.com. Hereinafter cited as 1930 U.S. Census.
Mary Ann Dykins
F, #16, b. 13 August 1839, d. 13 January 1925
Parents
| Father | Elias Satterly Dykins (b. 24 August 1804, d. 12 August 1871) |
| Mother | Emily Bennett (b. 15 April 1807, d. 27 August 1868) |
| Pedigree Link |
Family 1: Alfred Murphy (b. circa 1838, d. circa 1866)
| Daughter | Eva Eudora Murphy+ (b. 26 January 1859, d. 28 April 1927) |
| Son | George Elias Murphy+ (b. 21 September 1862, d. 18 February 1946) |
Family 2: George William Belknap (b. 21 November 1843, d. 24 April 1931)
| Daughter | Jennie E. Belknap+ (b. 24 March 1868, d. 7 September 1954) |
| Daughter | Cora Belknap+ (b. 2 December 1872, d. 21 January 1956) |
| Daughter | May Rosella Belknap+ (b. 7 February 1876, d. 20 June 1954) |
| Son | Clyde Henry Belknap+ (b. 24 December 1878, d. 12 May 1968) |
Biography
Mary was born on 13 August 1839 in Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois. She married Alfred Murphy on 24 December 1857 in Fayette County, Iowa. [Fayette County, Iowa, Marriages, Book 1, page 190].1 She married George William Belknap on 24 December 1867 in Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa.
Mary Ann Dykins died on 13 January 1925 in at her home, Madison, Lake County, South Dakota, at age 85. She was buried on 17 January 1925 in Graceland Cemetery, Madison, Lake County, South Dakota. (Block 7, Lot 11, Grave 12).
Mary Ann Dykins died on 13 January 1925 in at her home, Madison, Lake County, South Dakota, at age 85. She was buried on 17 January 1925 in Graceland Cemetery, Madison, Lake County, South Dakota. (Block 7, Lot 11, Grave 12).
Mary Ann Dykins appeared on the census of 1840 in the household of Elias Satterly Dykins and Emily Dykins in Silver Creek Precinct, Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois.2 Mary Ann Dykins appeared on the census of 1850 in the household of Elias Satterly Dykins and Emily Dykins in Winneshiek County, Iowa.3 Mary Ann Dykins appeared on the census of 1860 in the household of Elias Satterly Dykins and Emily Dykins in Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa.4 Mary Ann Dykins and George William Belknap were also been reported to have been married on 4 July 1866.5
Mary Ann Belknap and George William Belknap appeared on the census of 1870 in Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa, which lists George Bellknapp [sic], 27, born in New York; his wife Mary, 30, born in Illinois; and their children E.M. [Eva Murphy], 11, Geo. M.[George Murphy], 7, and Jennie, 2, all born in Iowa.6
Mary Ann Belknap and George William Belknap appeared on the census of 1880 in Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa, which lists George Belknapp [sic], 37, born in New York; his wife Mary, 40, born in Illinois; their children Jennie, 12, Cora, 7, Mary [sic, actually May], 4, and Clyde, 1, all born in Iowa; and Mary's children by her marriage to Alfred Murphy: Eva Murphy, 21, and George Murphy, 17, both born in Iowa.7 She was a farm worker in 1880.7 She and George William Belknap lived between 1882 and 1890 in Concord Township, Lake County, Dakota Territory.5
Mary Ann Belknap and George William Belknap appeared on the census of 1920 in Madison, Lake County, South Dakota.
The Thursday, 15 January 1925, edition of the Madison [Lake County, South Dakota] Daily Leader carried the following obituary (page 4, column 3):
MRS. GEORGE BELKNAP DIES AT HER HOME
PIONEER RESIDENT OF MADISON PASSES AWAY AFTER LONG ILLNESS
Mrs. George Belknap, 85 years old, a pioneer resident of Madison and vicinity, died at her home in [Madison] about 6 o'clock yesterday [14 January 1925] evening following a lingering illness of several months.
Mrs. Belknap was born near Freeport, Illinois, August 13, 1839. When 10 years old [1849?], she moved with her parents to Fayette County, Iowa, where they settled on government land. Her first husband, Alfred Murphy, lost his life in the Civil War [actually, fighting Indians near Fort Pierre], and in 1867 she married George Belknap who survives her decease.
In addition to her husband, Mrs, Belknap is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Jennie Northrup of Plummer, Idaho; Mrs. Eva Salisbury of Hazelton, Iowa; Mrs. Cora Plowman of De Smet [SD]; Mrs. J.V. Regan of [Madison]; and two sons, George Murphy of Redlands, California, and Clyde Belknap of Spokane, Washington.
Mrs. Belknap has lived in Madison more than 34 years. She was a member of the First Baptist church, a charter member of the local W.R.C. chapter and the oldest member of the local Rebekah lodge. The two latter organizations will attend the funeral in a body.
Funeral services will be held at the First Baptist church at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon, the Rev. Fred White officiating. Burial will be at Graceland cemetery. Only nearby relatives will attend.
The Belknap Family
Mary Ann Dykins had first been married to Alfred Murphy. Their marriage license, dated December 24, 1857, was issued at West Union, Iowa. Alfred enlisted in the cavalry during the Civil War and was killed in a battle with Sioux Indians near Fort Pierre in Dakota Territory in about 1866. He is apparently buried at Ft. Pierre, South Dakota. Alfred and Mary Ann Murphy had two children: Eva E. Murphy [Salisbury] (born January 26, 1859) and George E. Murphy (born September 21, 1862).
Following the death of her first husband Alfred, on July 4, 1866, Mary Ann, 26, married George William Belknap, 22 (born November 21, 1843, in St. Lawrence County, New York), at Fayette County, Iowa. George, described as 5' 9", with blue eyes, medium brown hair, fine teeth and an aristocratic look, had served three enlistments in the Civil War from 1861-65. When a small boy, his parents had moved from New York to Illinois. On July 6, 1861, George Belknap, 17, enlisted in Company I of the 15th Illinois regiment and was discharged from that company on May 13, 1862, because of illness from typhoid fever. On July 5, 1862, he re-enlisted in Company H of the 95th Illinois regiment and was discharged on August 2, 1863, on account of severe wounds. On September 23, 1864, he re-enlisted in the same company and served until mustered out on August 17, 1865, at Camp Butler, Illinois. George saw four years of Civil War action in the western campaign and participated in the battles of Shiloh and Corinth and the siege of Vicksburg where he was severely wounded. His gravestone indicates that he served in Company H of the 95th Illinois Infantry.
Four children were born to Mary Ann and George Belknap in Fayette Country, Iowa: Jennie Belknap (born March 24, 1868), Cora Belknap (born September 2, 1872), May Rosella Belknap (born February 7, 1876) and Clyde H. Belknap (born December 24, 1878). In the 1870 census records for Douglass, Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa, the Belknap family is shown as George, 24, Mary, 30, her children by her first marriage a girl E. M. [Eva Murphy], 11, and a boy George M. [George Murphy], and their daughter Jennie, 2. In those 1870 census records, George Belknap is listed as being a farm laborer, apparently living with or adjacent to Luther and Margaret Shepard, and owning no real property and personal property worth $500.
Luther and Margaret (Dykins) Shepard's family was not the only family that traveled from Fayette County, Iowa, to Dakota Territory. Also drawn by tales of rich farmland, in March of 1882 Margaret Dykins Shepard's older sister, Mary Ann Dykins Murphy Belknap, and her family came to Lake County where they homesteaded in Concord Township, six miles southwest of the present site of Ramona.
After his family's arrival in Dakota Territory in 1882, George Belknap served as postmaster of the inland post office of Gillman, the first post office in the vicinity which was maintained until the town of Ramona was established. George Belknap purchased the Southeast Quarter of Section 32 in Township 108 North, Range 54 West, northwest of Ramona. The Patent was issued to George on March 10, 1887, under "An Act Making Further Provision for the Sale of the Public Lands." On February 4, 1890, George and Mary Ann executed a Quit Claim Deed for the Southeast Quarter to W. W. Janes of Lake County for $100. Like Luther and Margaret Shepard, in 1890 George and Mary Ann Belknap moved from their farm near Ramona to Madison, South Dakota. Mary Ann Belknap died at 85 on January 13, 1925, at Madison, and George Belknap died on April 24, 1931, at 87 at the Hot Springs, South Dakota, Soldiers' Home (Battle Mountain Sanitarium), where he had gone for the winter to seek treatment for heart trouble.
Eva E. Murphy married Henry Salisbury.
George E. Murphy married a woman named Cora.
On December 27, 1888, Jennie Belknap, 20, married Arthur N. Northrup, 26, at Madison, South Dakota. The Northrups moved to Plummer, Idaho.
On January 15, 1893, Cora Belknap, 20, married Harry Plowman. They lived at DeSmet, South Dakota, and Cora died at Sioux Falls. They had a son, Lester Plowman, who in 1962 lived at Rapid City, South Dakota.
On December 30, 1904, Clyde Belknap, 26, married Arta Edginton. In 1931, they were living in Spokane, Washington. Clyde Belknap was an attorney.
On September 14, 1896, May Rosella Belknap, 20, married James Vincent Regan, 26 (born September 14, 1869, at Orilla, Ontario, Canada), at Madison, South Dakota. They lived their entire married lives in Madison and had four children: Ruth Regan (born December 29, 1899), George Belknap Regan (born October 27, 1902), James J. Regan and May Ellen Regan. James V. Regan died at Madison in 1938, and May Regan died on June 20, 1954, at age 78. They are buried at Madison.
Ruth Regan, 23, married Arthur James Boyce, who was to become a successful Sioux Falls contractor, on April 26, 1923, at Madison. They had two daughters: Mary Ann Boyce (born October 18, 1926, at Sioux Falls) and Barbara Boyce (born July 22, 1932, at Sioux Falls). Mary Ann married William Lenker (now deceased) and lived in Sioux Falls. Barbara married William Benz and lived in Mill Valley, California.
George B. Regan, 27, married Darlene Grace Wiles, 22 (born August 29, 1907, at Gowrie, Iowa) at Des Moines, Iowa, on August 20, 1930. He spent most of his life in Lake County where for many years he owned and operated Regan Cleaners, which had been started by his father, James V. Regan. George died on January 8, 1981, at 79. George and Darlene had two children, George William Regan (born May 4, 1933), who married Judith Pulcher (born February 21, 1941) and lives in Sioux Falls, and Patrick Wiles Regan (born March 30, 1937), who lives in Madison.
James J. Regan, now deceased, lived in Sioux Falls with his wife Bernice ("Bunny").
May Ellen Regan married Alva ("Tiny") Bostic and lived in Canby, Minnesota.
Mary Ann Belknap and George William Belknap appeared on the census of 1870 in Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa, which lists George Bellknapp [sic], 27, born in New York; his wife Mary, 30, born in Illinois; and their children E.M. [Eva Murphy], 11, Geo. M.[George Murphy], 7, and Jennie, 2, all born in Iowa.6
Mary Ann Belknap and George William Belknap appeared on the census of 1880 in Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa, which lists George Belknapp [sic], 37, born in New York; his wife Mary, 40, born in Illinois; their children Jennie, 12, Cora, 7, Mary [sic, actually May], 4, and Clyde, 1, all born in Iowa; and Mary's children by her marriage to Alfred Murphy: Eva Murphy, 21, and George Murphy, 17, both born in Iowa.7 She was a farm worker in 1880.7 She and George William Belknap lived between 1882 and 1890 in Concord Township, Lake County, Dakota Territory.5
Mary Ann Belknap and George William Belknap appeared on the census of 1920 in Madison, Lake County, South Dakota.
The Thursday, 15 January 1925, edition of the Madison [Lake County, South Dakota] Daily Leader carried the following obituary (page 4, column 3):
MRS. GEORGE BELKNAP DIES AT HER HOME
PIONEER RESIDENT OF MADISON PASSES AWAY AFTER LONG ILLNESS
Mrs. George Belknap, 85 years old, a pioneer resident of Madison and vicinity, died at her home in [Madison] about 6 o'clock yesterday [14 January 1925] evening following a lingering illness of several months.
Mrs. Belknap was born near Freeport, Illinois, August 13, 1839. When 10 years old [1849?], she moved with her parents to Fayette County, Iowa, where they settled on government land. Her first husband, Alfred Murphy, lost his life in the Civil War [actually, fighting Indians near Fort Pierre], and in 1867 she married George Belknap who survives her decease.
In addition to her husband, Mrs, Belknap is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Jennie Northrup of Plummer, Idaho; Mrs. Eva Salisbury of Hazelton, Iowa; Mrs. Cora Plowman of De Smet [SD]; Mrs. J.V. Regan of [Madison]; and two sons, George Murphy of Redlands, California, and Clyde Belknap of Spokane, Washington.
Mrs. Belknap has lived in Madison more than 34 years. She was a member of the First Baptist church, a charter member of the local W.R.C. chapter and the oldest member of the local Rebekah lodge. The two latter organizations will attend the funeral in a body.
Funeral services will be held at the First Baptist church at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon, the Rev. Fred White officiating. Burial will be at Graceland cemetery. Only nearby relatives will attend.
The Belknap Family
Mary Ann Dykins had first been married to Alfred Murphy. Their marriage license, dated December 24, 1857, was issued at West Union, Iowa. Alfred enlisted in the cavalry during the Civil War and was killed in a battle with Sioux Indians near Fort Pierre in Dakota Territory in about 1866. He is apparently buried at Ft. Pierre, South Dakota. Alfred and Mary Ann Murphy had two children: Eva E. Murphy [Salisbury] (born January 26, 1859) and George E. Murphy (born September 21, 1862).
Following the death of her first husband Alfred, on July 4, 1866, Mary Ann, 26, married George William Belknap, 22 (born November 21, 1843, in St. Lawrence County, New York), at Fayette County, Iowa. George, described as 5' 9", with blue eyes, medium brown hair, fine teeth and an aristocratic look, had served three enlistments in the Civil War from 1861-65. When a small boy, his parents had moved from New York to Illinois. On July 6, 1861, George Belknap, 17, enlisted in Company I of the 15th Illinois regiment and was discharged from that company on May 13, 1862, because of illness from typhoid fever. On July 5, 1862, he re-enlisted in Company H of the 95th Illinois regiment and was discharged on August 2, 1863, on account of severe wounds. On September 23, 1864, he re-enlisted in the same company and served until mustered out on August 17, 1865, at Camp Butler, Illinois. George saw four years of Civil War action in the western campaign and participated in the battles of Shiloh and Corinth and the siege of Vicksburg where he was severely wounded. His gravestone indicates that he served in Company H of the 95th Illinois Infantry.
Four children were born to Mary Ann and George Belknap in Fayette Country, Iowa: Jennie Belknap (born March 24, 1868), Cora Belknap (born September 2, 1872), May Rosella Belknap (born February 7, 1876) and Clyde H. Belknap (born December 24, 1878). In the 1870 census records for Douglass, Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa, the Belknap family is shown as George, 24, Mary, 30, her children by her first marriage a girl E. M. [Eva Murphy], 11, and a boy George M. [George Murphy], and their daughter Jennie, 2. In those 1870 census records, George Belknap is listed as being a farm laborer, apparently living with or adjacent to Luther and Margaret Shepard, and owning no real property and personal property worth $500.
Luther and Margaret (Dykins) Shepard's family was not the only family that traveled from Fayette County, Iowa, to Dakota Territory. Also drawn by tales of rich farmland, in March of 1882 Margaret Dykins Shepard's older sister, Mary Ann Dykins Murphy Belknap, and her family came to Lake County where they homesteaded in Concord Township, six miles southwest of the present site of Ramona.
After his family's arrival in Dakota Territory in 1882, George Belknap served as postmaster of the inland post office of Gillman, the first post office in the vicinity which was maintained until the town of Ramona was established. George Belknap purchased the Southeast Quarter of Section 32 in Township 108 North, Range 54 West, northwest of Ramona. The Patent was issued to George on March 10, 1887, under "An Act Making Further Provision for the Sale of the Public Lands." On February 4, 1890, George and Mary Ann executed a Quit Claim Deed for the Southeast Quarter to W. W. Janes of Lake County for $100. Like Luther and Margaret Shepard, in 1890 George and Mary Ann Belknap moved from their farm near Ramona to Madison, South Dakota. Mary Ann Belknap died at 85 on January 13, 1925, at Madison, and George Belknap died on April 24, 1931, at 87 at the Hot Springs, South Dakota, Soldiers' Home (Battle Mountain Sanitarium), where he had gone for the winter to seek treatment for heart trouble.
Eva E. Murphy married Henry Salisbury.
George E. Murphy married a woman named Cora.
On December 27, 1888, Jennie Belknap, 20, married Arthur N. Northrup, 26, at Madison, South Dakota. The Northrups moved to Plummer, Idaho.
On January 15, 1893, Cora Belknap, 20, married Harry Plowman. They lived at DeSmet, South Dakota, and Cora died at Sioux Falls. They had a son, Lester Plowman, who in 1962 lived at Rapid City, South Dakota.
On December 30, 1904, Clyde Belknap, 26, married Arta Edginton. In 1931, they were living in Spokane, Washington. Clyde Belknap was an attorney.
On September 14, 1896, May Rosella Belknap, 20, married James Vincent Regan, 26 (born September 14, 1869, at Orilla, Ontario, Canada), at Madison, South Dakota. They lived their entire married lives in Madison and had four children: Ruth Regan (born December 29, 1899), George Belknap Regan (born October 27, 1902), James J. Regan and May Ellen Regan. James V. Regan died at Madison in 1938, and May Regan died on June 20, 1954, at age 78. They are buried at Madison.
Ruth Regan, 23, married Arthur James Boyce, who was to become a successful Sioux Falls contractor, on April 26, 1923, at Madison. They had two daughters: Mary Ann Boyce (born October 18, 1926, at Sioux Falls) and Barbara Boyce (born July 22, 1932, at Sioux Falls). Mary Ann married William Lenker (now deceased) and lived in Sioux Falls. Barbara married William Benz and lived in Mill Valley, California.
George B. Regan, 27, married Darlene Grace Wiles, 22 (born August 29, 1907, at Gowrie, Iowa) at Des Moines, Iowa, on August 20, 1930. He spent most of his life in Lake County where for many years he owned and operated Regan Cleaners, which had been started by his father, James V. Regan. George died on January 8, 1981, at 79. George and Darlene had two children, George William Regan (born May 4, 1933), who married Judith Pulcher (born February 21, 1941) and lives in Sioux Falls, and Patrick Wiles Regan (born March 30, 1937), who lives in Madison.
James J. Regan, now deceased, lived in Sioux Falls with his wife Bernice ("Bunny").
May Ellen Regan married Alva ("Tiny") Bostic and lived in Canby, Minnesota.
| Last Edited | 19 May 2023 |
Citations
- [S1260] Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934, online https://familysearch.org, Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934
Name: Alfred Murphy
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 24 Dec 1857
Event Place: , Fayette, Iowa, United States
Gender: Male
Father's Name: George Murphy
Spouse's Name: M D [sic] Dykins
Spouse's Gender: Female
Citing this Record: "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KLW2-KH1 : 8 March 2016), Alfred Murphy and M D Dykins, 1857.
Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934
GS Film Number 001018348
Digital Folder Number 004707861
Image Number 00173. Hereinafter cited as Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934. - [S710] 1840 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, 1840 United States Federal Census
Name: C S Dykins [sic, Elias Satterly Dykins]
Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Silver Creek Precinct, Stephenson, Illinois
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1 [Charles, 7]
Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1 [Elias, 36]
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 2 [Amelia, 4 & Mary Ann, 1]
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1 [Caroline, 9]
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1 [Emily, 33]
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1 [Elias]
Free White Persons - Under 20: 4
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 6
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 6
Source Citation: Year: 1840; Census Place: Silver Creek Precinct, Stephenson, Illinois; Roll: 70; Page: 228; Image: 467; Family History Library Film: 0007644
Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1840 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Original data: Sixth Census of the United States, 1840. (NARA microfilm publication M704, 580 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. - [S14] 1850 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census
Name Elias S Dykins
Gender Male
Race White
Residence Age 44
Birth Date abt 1806
Birthplace New York
Residence Date 1850
Home in 1850 Winneshiek, Iowa, USA
Occupation Farmer
Industry Agriculture
Line Number 1
Dwelling Number 44
Family Number 44
Household Members Age
Elias S Dykins 44
Emily Dykins 41
Mary Dykins 11
William H Dykins 9
Morgoret J Dykins 7. - [S698] 1860 U.S. Census, Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa, www.ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census
Name G S Dickens
[Elias Satterly Dykins]
Age 53
Birth Year abt 1807
Gender Male
Race White
Birth Place New York
Home in 1860 Auburn, Fayette, Iowa
Post Office Douglass
Dwelling Number 245
Family Number 245
Occupation Farmer
Real Estate Value 3060
Personal Estate Value 300
Household Members (Name) Age
G S Dickens, 53
Emily Dickens, 52
Mary A Dickens, 20
Abigal Jacobs, 75
Wm L Nims, 29
Amelia Nims, 23
Henry Nims, 5
Eva Murphy, 1
Alfred Murphy, 22
Wm Dickens, 20. - [S1149] George W. Belknap Obituary, Madison Sentinel, Madison, South Dakota, 24 April 1931, page 3. Hereinafter cited as George W. Belknap Obituary.
- [S8] 1870 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, George Bellknapp [sic] household, Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa.
- [S6] 1880 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, George Belknapp [sic] household, Auburn, Fayette County, Iowa.
Arta Belle Edginton1
F, #17, b. 19 November 1882, d. 2 November 1969
Parents
| Father | Alberet W. Edginton |
| Mother | Ketura E. Williams |
| Pedigree Link |
Family: Clyde Henry Belknap (b. 24 December 1878, d. 12 May 1968)
| Daughter | Marian Eva Belknap (b. 15 August 1906, d. 21 August 1906) |
| Son | Burton Oliver Belknap+ (b. 27 May 1908, d. 17 May 1994) |
| Daughter | Marjorie Ellen Belknap+ (b. 27 September 1911, d. 31 July 2004) |
Biography
Arta was born on 19 November 1882 in Dakota Territory.2
Arta Belle Edginton married Clyde Henry Belknap, son of George William Belknap and Mary Ann Dykins, on 30 December 1903 in Akron, Plymouth County, Iowa.3,4 Arta died on 2 November 1969, in Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, at age 86.5,2,6 She was buried on 4 November 1969 in Fairmount Memorial Park, Spokane, Spokane County, Washington.2,6
Arta Belle Edginton married Clyde Henry Belknap, son of George William Belknap and Mary Ann Dykins, on 30 December 1903 in Akron, Plymouth County, Iowa.3,4 Arta died on 2 November 1969, in Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, at age 86.5,2,6 She was buried on 4 November 1969 in Fairmount Memorial Park, Spokane, Spokane County, Washington.2,6
Arta Belle Edginton was graduated circa 1903 from the University of South Dakota with a major in music. She was a pianist.6
Arta Belle Belknap and Clyde Henry Belknap appeared on the census of 1920 in Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, which lists Clyde H. Belknap, age 41, his wife Arta B. Belknap, age 38, and their children, Burton O. Belknap, age 11, and Marjorie Belknap, age 8; they lived at E231 25th Avenue, Spokane, Washington. Clyde's occupation is listed as a lawyer, and Burton's as "carries newspapers."7
Arta Belle Belknap and Clyde Henry Belknap appeared on the census of 1930 in Spokane, Spokane County, Washington.8 Arta died on 12 May 1968, in Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, at age 85.9,10,11
Her husband, Clyde, died on 12 May 1968 in Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, at age 89, leaving her a widow.11,6
She lived in 1969 in Spokane, Spokane County, Washington.5 From the Spokane [WA] Chronicle, 3 November 1969, page 5:
Mrs. Clyde H. Belkap
Funeral services for Mrs. Arta Belle Belknap, 88, a resident of Spokane for 63 years and widow of longtime Spokane attorney Clyde H. Belknap, will be held at 10 am tomorrow at Hazen & Jaeger’s. The Rev. Dr. Raymond W. Moody of Manito Presbyterian Church wiil officiate. Burial will be in Fairmount.
Mr. Belknap died here May 12,1968.
Born in Iowa, Mrs. Belknap suffered a stroke and died yesterday [2 November 1969] at Rockwood Manor where she had lived since May. Her home earlier was at East 231 Twenty-fifth. She was a member of Manito Presbyterian Church.
They were married in Akron, Ohio [sic, actually Iowa], in 1903, and marked their 60th wedding anniversary here in December 1963. Mrs. Belknap was a graduate of the University of South Dakota with a major in music. She was a pianist.
Mrs. Belknap is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Howard (Marjorie) Barlow, Canby, Ore.; a son, Burton O., Spokane, five grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.6
Arta Belle Belknap and Clyde Henry Belknap appeared on the census of 1920 in Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, which lists Clyde H. Belknap, age 41, his wife Arta B. Belknap, age 38, and their children, Burton O. Belknap, age 11, and Marjorie Belknap, age 8; they lived at E231 25th Avenue, Spokane, Washington. Clyde's occupation is listed as a lawyer, and Burton's as "carries newspapers."7
Arta Belle Belknap and Clyde Henry Belknap appeared on the census of 1930 in Spokane, Spokane County, Washington.8 Arta died on 12 May 1968, in Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, at age 85.9,10,11
Her husband, Clyde, died on 12 May 1968 in Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, at age 89, leaving her a widow.11,6
She lived in 1969 in Spokane, Spokane County, Washington.5 From the Spokane [WA] Chronicle, 3 November 1969, page 5:
Mrs. Clyde H. Belkap
Funeral services for Mrs. Arta Belle Belknap, 88, a resident of Spokane for 63 years and widow of longtime Spokane attorney Clyde H. Belknap, will be held at 10 am tomorrow at Hazen & Jaeger’s. The Rev. Dr. Raymond W. Moody of Manito Presbyterian Church wiil officiate. Burial will be in Fairmount.
Mr. Belknap died here May 12,1968.
Born in Iowa, Mrs. Belknap suffered a stroke and died yesterday [2 November 1969] at Rockwood Manor where she had lived since May. Her home earlier was at East 231 Twenty-fifth. She was a member of Manito Presbyterian Church.
They were married in Akron, Ohio [sic, actually Iowa], in 1903, and marked their 60th wedding anniversary here in December 1963. Mrs. Belknap was a graduate of the University of South Dakota with a major in music. She was a pianist.
Mrs. Belknap is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Howard (Marjorie) Barlow, Canby, Ore.; a son, Burton O., Spokane, five grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.6
| Last Edited | 6 September 2024 |
Citations
- [S765] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, online www.ancestry.com, Clyde Henry Belknap. Hereinafter cited as World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.
- [S908] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, Arta Belle Edgington Belknap
Birth: Nov. 19, 1882
Death: Nov. 2, 1969
Spokane County, Washington
Family links:
Spouse:
Clyde, Henry, Belknap (1878 - 1968)*
Children:
Burton Oliver Belknap (1908 - 1994)*
Marjorie E Belknap Barlow (1911 - 2004)*
Burial:Fairmount Memorial Park
Spokane, Spokane County, Washington
Plot: 7-7E-81, Hazen-Jaeger
Created by: Jody McGinnis
Record added: Nov 06, 2013
Find A Grave Memorial# 119898149. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave. - [S1199] Iowa, Select Marriages Index, 1809-1992, online www.ancestry.com, Iowa, Select Marriages Index, 1809-1992
Name: Clyde Henry Belknap
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Birth Place: Auburn, Iowa
Marriage Date: 30 Dec 1903
Marriage Place: Akron, Iowa
Father: George W. Belknap
Mother: Mary Ann Dykins
Spouse: Arta Belle Edgington
FHL Film Number: 1404991
Reference ID: 2:3QZQNJD
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Iowa, Select Marriages Index, 1809-1992 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2014.
Original data: Iowa, Marriages, 1809-1992. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013. Hereinafter cited as Iowa, Select Marriages Index, 1809-1992. - [S1260] Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934, online https://familysearch.org, Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934
Name: Clyde Henry Belknap
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 30 Dec 1903
Event Place: Akron, Plymouth, Iowa, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 26
Marital Status: S
Birth Year (Estimated): 1877
Father's Name: George W. Belknap
Mother's Name: Mary Ann Dykins
Spouse's Name: Arta Belle Edgington
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 23
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1880
Spouse's Father's Name: Albert W. Edgington
Spouse's Mother's Name: Ketura E. Williams
Citing this Record: "I", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJ8L-MRS : 8 March 2016), Clyde Henry Belknap and Arta Belle Edgington, 1903. Hereinafter cited as Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934. - [S611] Washington State Death Index, 1940-1996 , online www.ancestry.com, Certificate No. 027144. Hereinafter cited as Washington State Death Index, 1940-1996.
- [S1510] Washington Newspapers, 1855-2009, online www.MyHeritage.com, Spokane [WA] Chronicle, 3 November 1969, page 5. Hereinafter cited as Washington Newspapers, 1855-2009.
- [S149] 1920 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census
Name Clyde H Belknap
Age 41
Birth Year 1879
Birthplace Iowa
Home in 1920 Spokane, Spokane, Washington
Street 25th Ave
House Number E291
Residence Date 1920
Race White
Gender Male
Relation to Head of House Head
Marital Status Married
Spouse's Name Arta B Belknap
Father's Birthplace New York
Mother's Birthplace Illinois
Able to Speak English Yes
Occupation Lawyer
Home Owned or Rented Owned
Home Free or Mortgaged Free
Able to read Yes
Able to Write Yes
Household Members
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Clyde H Belknap 41
Arta B Belknap 38
Burton O Belknap 11
Marjorie Belknap 8
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- [S189] Social Security Death Index.
- [S611] Washington State Death Index, 1940-1996 , online www.ancestry.com, No. 012327.
- [S908] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, Clyde Henry Belknap
Birth: Dec. 24, 1878
Douglass, Fayette County, Iowa
Death: May 12, 1968
Spokane County, Washington
Family links:
Parents:
George William Belknap (1843 - 1931)
Mary Ann Dykins Belknap (1839 - 1925)
Spouse:
Arta Belle Edgington Belknap (1882 - 1969)
Children:
Burton Oliver Belknap (1908 - 1994)*
Marjorie E Belknap Barlow (1911 - 2004)*
Siblings:
Eva Eudora Murphy Salisbury (1859 - 1927)**
Jennie E. Belknap Northrop (1868 - 1954)*
Cora Belknap Plowman (1872 - 1956)*
May Rosella Belknap Regan (1876 - 1954)*
Clyde Henry Belknap (1878 - 1968)
*Calculated relationship
**Half-sibling
Burial: Fairmount Memorial Park
Spokane; Spokane County, Washington
Plot: 7-7E-71, Hazen-Jaeger
Created by: Jody McGinnis
Record added: Nov 06, 2013
Find A Grave Memorial# 119897978.
Elias Satterly Dykins
M, #18, b. 24 August 1804, d. 12 August 1871
Parents
| Father | David Dykins, Sr. (b. 1777) |
| Mother | Margaret Jane Satterly |
| Pedigree Link |
Family: Emily Bennett (b. 15 April 1807, d. 27 August 1868)
| Daughter | Caroline M. Dykins+ (b. 24 January 1831, d. 1889) |
| Son | Charles C. Dykins+ (b. 2 July 1833, d. 18 December 1915) |
| Daughter | Amelia M. Dykins+ (b. 10 November 1836, d. 1 February 1895) |
| Daughter | Mary Ann Dykins+ (b. 13 August 1839, d. 13 January 1925) |
| Son | Stillborn Dykins (Triplet) (b. 1 November 1841, d. 1 November 1841) |
| Son | William Henry Harrison Dykins+ (b. 1 November 1841, d. 18 October 1905) |
| Son | Stillborn Dykins (Triplet) (b. 1 November 1841, d. 1 November 1841) |
| Daughter | Margaret Jane Dykins+ (b. 1 June 1843, d. 22 May 1925) |
Biography
Elias was born on 24 August 1804 in Elmira, Chemung County, New York.1,2,3
Elias Satterly Dykins married Emily Bennett, daughter of Joseph Bennett and Abigail Arnold, on 13 January 1830 in Bath, Steuben County, New York.4 Elias died on 12 August 1871, in Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa, at age 66.5 He was buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa, His gravestone was missing, but he is apparently buried between his wife, Emily Bennett Dykins, and daughter Amelia Dykins [Nims] Herriman. In 1997, Grant Price, Paul B. Van Buren, Frank and Charles Dykins and Chuck Taylor paid for a new gravestone.6,3
Elias Satterly Dykins married Emily Bennett, daughter of Joseph Bennett and Abigail Arnold, on 13 January 1830 in Bath, Steuben County, New York.4 Elias died on 12 August 1871, in Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa, at age 66.5 He was buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa, His gravestone was missing, but he is apparently buried between his wife, Emily Bennett Dykins, and daughter Amelia Dykins [Nims] Herriman. In 1997, Grant Price, Paul B. Van Buren, Frank and Charles Dykins and Chuck Taylor paid for a new gravestone.6,3
Elias Satterly Dykins appeared on the census of 1810 in the household of David Dykins, Sr., in Genoa, Cayuga County, New York, In the 1810 Census of Genoa, NY, there are 2 girls and 2 boys in the household and a younger female, presumably his wife and an older woman (45+). Elias Satterly Dykins would be the younger boy, about 6 years old in the category 0-10 yrs old. Query: Who were the other 3 children?7
In 1810 Elias (he is a six year old boy) is granted some land in Steuben County, NY, by a Lewis Biles (a person existing as well on familysearch, from the same town, living in the area in 1810). The peculiar thing is that this Lewis Biles is himself only 14 at the time (his ID on familysearch is KCT5-85R).8
Elias Satterly Dykins was a gunsmith in June 1823 in Bath, Steuben County, New York, From the June 11, 1823, issue of the Farmer's Advocate, Bath, NY:
APPRENTICE WANTED
An active lad of 16 or 17 years, habituated to industry and morality, is wanted at the
GUNSMITH'S BUSINESS,
immediately. Such a young man is offered a good trade and kind treatment upon reasonable terms The several wants of highly-finished works in the various metals, besides the manufacture of arms, render this business very inviting to lads of ingenuity.
ELIAS S. DYKINS.
Bath, July 9, 1832.
Elias Satterly Dykins and Emily Dykins appeared on the census of 1830 in Bath, Steuben County, New York, which lists Elias S. Dykins, age 20 to 30 [he would have been about 26], and a female (probably Emily Bennett Dykins), also age 20 to 30 [she would have been about 23].9,10
In 1831, Lewis Biles deeded land in Steuben County, NY, to Elias S. Dykins.11
In1836 Elias S. Dykins obtained a mortgage from a James French, Jr. on land in Steuben County, NY.12
Elias Satterly Dykins and Emily Dykins appeared on the census of 1840 in Silver Creek Precinct, Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois, In the 1840 census records, the E.S. Dykins family with one man, age 30-40 (Elias, who would have been about 36), one woman 30-40 (Emily, who would have been about 33), one girl 10-15 (Caroline, who would have been about 9), one boy 5-10 (Charles, who would have been about 7) and two girls under 5 (Amelia, who would have been about 4, and Mary Ann, who would have been about 1) is listed as living in Freeport, Freeport Township, Stephenson County, Illinois. Note: Elias Satterly Dykins is mis-indexed in this 1840 census as "C.S. Dykins."13
On 2 December 1841, Elias S. Dykins obtained 47.54 acres of land for $59.43, $1.25 per acre, (the SW fractional quarter of the SE fractional quarter and the SE fractional quarter of the SW fractional quarter of Section 27, Township 27, Range 8 East) in Stephenson County, Illinois, under the 1820 Act making further provision of the sale of Public Lands" (Premption Certificate No.12478).14
Elias Satterly Dykins and Emily Dykins appeared on the census of 1850 in Winneshiek County, Iowa, In the 1850 census records, the Dykins family (Elias, 44, Emily, 41, Mary 11, William H., 9 and Margaret, 7) is shown as living in Winnesheik County, Iowa (the county just north of Fayette County). Elias' occupation is given as a farmer. Apparently the three oldest Dykins children (Caroline M., Charles C. and Amelia M.) did not accompany the rest of the family in the move from Cook County, Illinois to Iowa in the 1840s. According to the 1850 census for Lyons, Cook County, Illinois, Charles and Amelia were living with Caroline who had married a James Thayre and had a son, Alford S. Thayre.
Household Members in the 1850 Census:
Elias S Dykins 44
Emily Dykins 41
Mary Dykins 11
William H Dykins 9
Morgoret J Dykins 7.15
Elias Satterly Dykins and Emily Bennett appeared on the census of 1856 in Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa,
Household Members in the 1856 Iowa State Cenus:
E S Dyckins, 49
Emley Dyckins, 48
Mary Dyckins, 16
William Dyckins, 15
Margrett Dyckins, 14.16
Elias Satterly Dykins and Emily Dykins appeared on the census of 1860 in Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa, This census lists G.S. Dickens [sic, should be E.S. Dykins], 53, born in New York, a farmer with real property valued at $3,000 and personal property valued at $300; his wife Emily, 52, born in New York; their daughter Mary A. [Dykins Murphy], 20, born in Illinois; an Abigail [mis-indexed as Abigal] Jacobs (?), 75, born in New York (who is apparently Abigail Arnold Bennett, the mother of Emily Bennett Dykins); William Nims, 29, born in New York, a farmer; Amelia [Dykins] Nims, 23, born in Illinois; their son [William] Henry Nims, 5. born in Iowa; Eva Murphy, 1, born in Iowa; Alfred Murphy [husband of Mary A. Dykins], 22, born in New York, a farmer; and William [Henry Harrison] Dickens [sic], 20, born in Illinois, a farmer.
Household Members in the 1860 Census:
G S Dickens, 53
Emily Dickens, 52
Mary A Dickens, 20
Abigal Jacobs, 75
Wm L Nims, 29
Amelia Nims, 23
Henry Nims, 5
Eva Murphy, 1
Alfred Murphy, 22
Wm Dickens, 20.17 He lived in 1868 in Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa.
His wife, Emily, died on 27 August 1868 in Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa, at age 61, leaving him a widower.18,19
He appeared on the census of 1870 in the household of Luther David Shepard and Margaret Jane Shepard in Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa.
Elias Satterly Dykins
Elias Satterly Dykins was born in New York on 24 August 1804. Elias was a gunsmith and a farmer. He married Emily Bennet, who was born 15 April 1807 in New York.
They apparently had six children who survived infancy: Caroline M. Dykins (born 24 January 1831 in New York; died in 1889), Charles C. Dykins (born 2 July 1833 in Steuben County, New York; died 18 December 1915; buried at West Union, Iowa, cemetery), Amelia M. Dykins [Nims Herriman] (born 10 November 1836; died 1 February 1895; buried at Oakridge Cemetery, Auburn, Iowa), Mary Ann Dykins (born 13 August 1839 at Freeport, Illinois, William Henry Harrison Dykins (born November 1, 1841, at Freeport, Illinois; a triplet, but the other two babies died), and Margaret Jane Dykins (born 1 July 1843, at Freeport, Illinois).
In 1835, Elias S. Dykins purchased 160 acres of land (NE1/4, Section 17, Township 39N, Range 3) in Cook County, Illinois.
In the 1840 census records, the Dykins family with one man, age 30-40 (Elias, who would have been about 36), one woman 30-40 (Emily, who would have been about 33), one girl 10-15 (Caroline, who would have been about 9), one boy 5-10 (Charles, who would have been about 7) and two girls under 5 (Amelia, who would have been about 4, and Mary Ann, who would have been about 1) is listed as living in freeport, Freeport Township, Stephenson County, Illinois.
In 1841, Elias S. Dykins purchased about 125 acres of land (in Sections 3 and 27, Township 27N, Range 4) in Stephenson County, Illinois.
In the 1850 census records, the Dykins family (Elias, 44, Emily, 41, Mary 11, William H., 9 and Margaret, 7) is shown as living in Winnesheik County, Iowa (the county just north of Fayette County). Elias' occupation is given as a farmer. Apparently the three oldest Dykins children (Caroline M., Charles C. and Amelia M.) had left home by 1850.
The 1860 census records for Iowa list the Dykins family [spelled as Dickens] in Auburn Township, Fayette County, and an 1868 map of Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa, shows Elias Dykins as owning the N 1/2 SW 1/4 of Section 16, Township 95N, Range 9W, consisting of about 80 acres.
Emily Bennett Dykins died on 27 August 1868, at age 60.
In the 1870 census records, Elias Dykins, a widower, is listed as living with the family of his daughter Margaret Jane Dykins and her husband Luther David Shepard in Douglass (the official name of Auburn), Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa. Elias was to die on 13 August 1871, at age 66.
The August 18, 1871, issue of the West Union (Fayette County, Iowa) Gazette contained the following obituary:
Mr. Elias S. Dykins, of Auburn, in this county, died at his residence on Saturday, [August] 12th inst. [1871], aged 66 years.
Rev. E. Fathergill preached the funeral discourse to a large congregation.
Mr. Dykins was one of the early settlers of this county, having resided here 21 years [i.e., since about 1850]. He settled in the north part of Auburn Township; but for several years past has resided in the village of Auburn.
But one house was built in West Union when Mr. Dykins removed to this county, which was built, and occupied, by the senior of this paper, who formed an early personal and business acquaintance with the deceased.
Elias Satterly Dykins is buried next to his wife Emily Bennett Dykins and daughter Amelia M. Dykins Nims Herriman in Oakridge Cemetery, Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa.
In 1810 Elias (he is a six year old boy) is granted some land in Steuben County, NY, by a Lewis Biles (a person existing as well on familysearch, from the same town, living in the area in 1810). The peculiar thing is that this Lewis Biles is himself only 14 at the time (his ID on familysearch is KCT5-85R).8
Elias Satterly Dykins was a gunsmith in June 1823 in Bath, Steuben County, New York, From the June 11, 1823, issue of the Farmer's Advocate, Bath, NY:
APPRENTICE WANTED
An active lad of 16 or 17 years, habituated to industry and morality, is wanted at the
GUNSMITH'S BUSINESS,
immediately. Such a young man is offered a good trade and kind treatment upon reasonable terms The several wants of highly-finished works in the various metals, besides the manufacture of arms, render this business very inviting to lads of ingenuity.
ELIAS S. DYKINS.
Bath, July 9, 1832.
Elias Satterly Dykins and Emily Dykins appeared on the census of 1830 in Bath, Steuben County, New York, which lists Elias S. Dykins, age 20 to 30 [he would have been about 26], and a female (probably Emily Bennett Dykins), also age 20 to 30 [she would have been about 23].9,10
In 1831, Lewis Biles deeded land in Steuben County, NY, to Elias S. Dykins.11
In1836 Elias S. Dykins obtained a mortgage from a James French, Jr. on land in Steuben County, NY.12
Elias Satterly Dykins and Emily Dykins appeared on the census of 1840 in Silver Creek Precinct, Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois, In the 1840 census records, the E.S. Dykins family with one man, age 30-40 (Elias, who would have been about 36), one woman 30-40 (Emily, who would have been about 33), one girl 10-15 (Caroline, who would have been about 9), one boy 5-10 (Charles, who would have been about 7) and two girls under 5 (Amelia, who would have been about 4, and Mary Ann, who would have been about 1) is listed as living in Freeport, Freeport Township, Stephenson County, Illinois. Note: Elias Satterly Dykins is mis-indexed in this 1840 census as "C.S. Dykins."13
On 2 December 1841, Elias S. Dykins obtained 47.54 acres of land for $59.43, $1.25 per acre, (the SW fractional quarter of the SE fractional quarter and the SE fractional quarter of the SW fractional quarter of Section 27, Township 27, Range 8 East) in Stephenson County, Illinois, under the 1820 Act making further provision of the sale of Public Lands" (Premption Certificate No.12478).14
Elias Satterly Dykins and Emily Dykins appeared on the census of 1850 in Winneshiek County, Iowa, In the 1850 census records, the Dykins family (Elias, 44, Emily, 41, Mary 11, William H., 9 and Margaret, 7) is shown as living in Winnesheik County, Iowa (the county just north of Fayette County). Elias' occupation is given as a farmer. Apparently the three oldest Dykins children (Caroline M., Charles C. and Amelia M.) did not accompany the rest of the family in the move from Cook County, Illinois to Iowa in the 1840s. According to the 1850 census for Lyons, Cook County, Illinois, Charles and Amelia were living with Caroline who had married a James Thayre and had a son, Alford S. Thayre.
Household Members in the 1850 Census:
Elias S Dykins 44
Emily Dykins 41
Mary Dykins 11
William H Dykins 9
Morgoret J Dykins 7.15
Elias Satterly Dykins and Emily Bennett appeared on the census of 1856 in Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa,
Household Members in the 1856 Iowa State Cenus:
E S Dyckins, 49
Emley Dyckins, 48
Mary Dyckins, 16
William Dyckins, 15
Margrett Dyckins, 14.16
Elias Satterly Dykins and Emily Dykins appeared on the census of 1860 in Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa, This census lists G.S. Dickens [sic, should be E.S. Dykins], 53, born in New York, a farmer with real property valued at $3,000 and personal property valued at $300; his wife Emily, 52, born in New York; their daughter Mary A. [Dykins Murphy], 20, born in Illinois; an Abigail [mis-indexed as Abigal] Jacobs (?), 75, born in New York (who is apparently Abigail Arnold Bennett, the mother of Emily Bennett Dykins); William Nims, 29, born in New York, a farmer; Amelia [Dykins] Nims, 23, born in Illinois; their son [William] Henry Nims, 5. born in Iowa; Eva Murphy, 1, born in Iowa; Alfred Murphy [husband of Mary A. Dykins], 22, born in New York, a farmer; and William [Henry Harrison] Dickens [sic], 20, born in Illinois, a farmer.
Household Members in the 1860 Census:
G S Dickens, 53
Emily Dickens, 52
Mary A Dickens, 20
Abigal Jacobs, 75
Wm L Nims, 29
Amelia Nims, 23
Henry Nims, 5
Eva Murphy, 1
Alfred Murphy, 22
Wm Dickens, 20.17 He lived in 1868 in Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa.
His wife, Emily, died on 27 August 1868 in Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa, at age 61, leaving him a widower.18,19
He appeared on the census of 1870 in the household of Luther David Shepard and Margaret Jane Shepard in Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa.
Elias Satterly Dykins
Elias Satterly Dykins was born in New York on 24 August 1804. Elias was a gunsmith and a farmer. He married Emily Bennet, who was born 15 April 1807 in New York.
They apparently had six children who survived infancy: Caroline M. Dykins (born 24 January 1831 in New York; died in 1889), Charles C. Dykins (born 2 July 1833 in Steuben County, New York; died 18 December 1915; buried at West Union, Iowa, cemetery), Amelia M. Dykins [Nims Herriman] (born 10 November 1836; died 1 February 1895; buried at Oakridge Cemetery, Auburn, Iowa), Mary Ann Dykins (born 13 August 1839 at Freeport, Illinois, William Henry Harrison Dykins (born November 1, 1841, at Freeport, Illinois; a triplet, but the other two babies died), and Margaret Jane Dykins (born 1 July 1843, at Freeport, Illinois).
In 1835, Elias S. Dykins purchased 160 acres of land (NE1/4, Section 17, Township 39N, Range 3) in Cook County, Illinois.
In the 1840 census records, the Dykins family with one man, age 30-40 (Elias, who would have been about 36), one woman 30-40 (Emily, who would have been about 33), one girl 10-15 (Caroline, who would have been about 9), one boy 5-10 (Charles, who would have been about 7) and two girls under 5 (Amelia, who would have been about 4, and Mary Ann, who would have been about 1) is listed as living in freeport, Freeport Township, Stephenson County, Illinois.
In 1841, Elias S. Dykins purchased about 125 acres of land (in Sections 3 and 27, Township 27N, Range 4) in Stephenson County, Illinois.
In the 1850 census records, the Dykins family (Elias, 44, Emily, 41, Mary 11, William H., 9 and Margaret, 7) is shown as living in Winnesheik County, Iowa (the county just north of Fayette County). Elias' occupation is given as a farmer. Apparently the three oldest Dykins children (Caroline M., Charles C. and Amelia M.) had left home by 1850.
The 1860 census records for Iowa list the Dykins family [spelled as Dickens] in Auburn Township, Fayette County, and an 1868 map of Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa, shows Elias Dykins as owning the N 1/2 SW 1/4 of Section 16, Township 95N, Range 9W, consisting of about 80 acres.
Emily Bennett Dykins died on 27 August 1868, at age 60.
In the 1870 census records, Elias Dykins, a widower, is listed as living with the family of his daughter Margaret Jane Dykins and her husband Luther David Shepard in Douglass (the official name of Auburn), Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa. Elias was to die on 13 August 1871, at age 66.
The August 18, 1871, issue of the West Union (Fayette County, Iowa) Gazette contained the following obituary:
Mr. Elias S. Dykins, of Auburn, in this county, died at his residence on Saturday, [August] 12th inst. [1871], aged 66 years.
Rev. E. Fathergill preached the funeral discourse to a large congregation.
Mr. Dykins was one of the early settlers of this county, having resided here 21 years [i.e., since about 1850]. He settled in the north part of Auburn Township; but for several years past has resided in the village of Auburn.
But one house was built in West Union when Mr. Dykins removed to this county, which was built, and occupied, by the senior of this paper, who formed an early personal and business acquaintance with the deceased.
Elias Satterly Dykins is buried next to his wife Emily Bennett Dykins and daughter Amelia M. Dykins Nims Herriman in Oakridge Cemetery, Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa.
| Last Edited | 20 January 2026 |
Citations
- [S14] 1850 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, Elias Dykins household, Winnesheik County, Iowa.
- [S6] 1880 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, G.S. Dickens [sic, should be E.S. Dykins] household, Auburn, Fayette County, Iowa.
- [S1050] Oak Ridge Cemetery, Fayette County, Iowa, online http://iowagravestones.org/cemetery_list.php?CID=33&cName=Oak Ridge. Hereinafter cited as Oak Ridge Cemetery, Fayette County, Iowa.
- [S843] Fred Q. Bowman, compiler, 10,000 Vital Records of Western New York, 1809-1850 (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1985), 10,000 Vital Records of Western New York, 1809-1850
Name Elias S Dykins
Event Type Marriage
Marriage Place Bath, New York, USA
Spouse Emily Bennet
Ancestry.com. 10,000 Vital Records of Western New York, 1809-1850 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2016.
Page 73, no. 2768 (www.ancestry.com)
#2768 Dykins, Elias S. m Emily Bennet in Bath (3-1/13/[18]30). Hereinafter cited as 10,000 Vital Records of Western New York. - [S833] Iowa Cemetery Records, online www.ancestry.com, Elias S. Dykins. Hereinafter cited as Iowa Cemetery Records.
- [S833] Iowa Cemetery Records, online www.ancestry.com, Iowa Cemetery Records
Name: Elias S. Dykins
Death Date: 12 Aug 1871
Page #: 50
Cemetery: Oak Ridge
Town: Auburn
Level Info: Grave Records of Fayette County, Iowa. - [S707] 1810 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, 1810 United States Federal Census
Name: David Dykins
Home in 1810 (City, County, State): Genoa, Cayuga, New York
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 1 [Apparently Elias Satterly Dykins who would have been about 6]
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44 : 1 [If he were born in 1777, David Dykins would have been about 33 in 1810.]
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1 [Perhaps Davd's' younger wife?]
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over : 1 [Perhaps a mother or mother-in-law?]
Number of Household Members Under 16: 4
Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
Number of Household Members: 7
Source Citation: Year: 1810; Census Place: Genoa, Cayuga, New York; Roll: 31; Page: 1254; Image: 00085; Family History Library Film: 0181385
Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1810 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Original data: Third Census of the United States, 1810. (NARA microfilm publication M252, 71 rolls). Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. - [S1505] New York Land Records, 1630-1975: New York, Land Records, 1630-1975
Name Elias S Dykins
Grantor's Name Lewis Biles
Event Type Land Assessment [Deed]
Event Date 1810
Event Place Steuben, New York, United States
Entry Number 18
Page Number 113
Other People on This Record: Lewis Biles
Cite This Record: New York, Land Records, 1630-1975", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:66P6-9TYC : Tue Dec 17 22:18:21 UTC 2024), Entry for Elias S Dykins and Lewis Biles, 1810., www.FamilySearch.org, unknown publisher address. Hereinafter cited as New York Land Records, 1630-1975. - [S709] 1830 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, Elias S. Dykins household, Bath, Steuben County, New York
1830 United States Federal Census
Name: Elius J Hurkins [Elias S Dykins]
Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Bath, Steuben, New York
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1 [Elias, 26]
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1 [??? - perhaps this child died before 1840?]
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1 [Emily]
Free White Persons - Under 20: 1
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 3
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 3
Source Citation: 1830; Census Place: Bath, Steuben, New York; Series: M19; Roll: 107; Page: 262; Family History Library Film: 0017167
Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1830 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Original data: Fifth Census of the United States, 1830. (NARA microfilm publication M19, 201 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. - [S1350] Family Search, online www.familysearch.org, Elias S Dykins
United States Census, 1830
Name: Elias S Dykins
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1830
Event Place: Bath, Steuben, New York, United States
Page: 262
Citing this Record: "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHP5-C7F : 19 August 2017), Elias S Dykins, Bath, Steuben, New York, United States; citing 262, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 107; FHL microfilm 17,167. Hereinafter cited as Family Search. - [S1505] New York Land Records, 1630-1975: New York Land Records, 1630-1975
Grantor's Name: Lewis Biles
Grantee's Name: Elias S Dykins
Event Type: Land Assessment [Deed]
Event Date: 1831
Event Place: Steuben, New York
Page Number: 113. - [S1505] New York Land Records, 1630-1975: New York, Land Records, 1630-1975
Name Elias S Dykins [Mortgagor]
Sex U
Other People on This Record: James French, Jr.
Event Type LAND ASSESSMENT [Mortgage]
Event Date 1836
Event Place Steuben, New York, United States
Entry Number 8
Page Number 375
Cite This Record: "New York, Land Records, 1630-1975", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6KRG-6H3J : 29 December 2023), Elias S Dykins in entry for MM9.1.1/6KRL-N3ZD:, 1836. - [S710] 1840 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, 1840 United States Federal Census
Name: C S Dykins [sic, Elias Satterly Dykins]
Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Silver Creek Precinct, Stephenson, Illinois
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1 [Charles, 7]
Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1 [Elias, 36]
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 2 [Amelia, 4 & Mary Ann, 1]
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1 [Caroline, 9]
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1 [Emily, 33]
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1 [Elias]
Free White Persons - Under 20: 4
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 6
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 6
Source Citation: Year: 1840; Census Place: Silver Creek Precinct, Stephenson, Illinois; Roll: 70; Page: 228; Image: 467; Family History Library Film: 0007644
Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1840 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Original data: Sixth Census of the United States, 1840. (NARA microfilm publication M704, 580 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. - [S1645] United States Bureau of Land Management Tract Books, 1800-c. 1955, online www.ancestry.com, United States, Bureau of Land Management Tract Books, 1800-c. 1955
Name Elias S Dykins [Purchaser]
Event Type Land Assessment
Event Date 2 December 1841
Event Place Illinois, United States
Cite This Record: "United States, Bureau of Land Management Tract Books, 1800-c. 1955", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6VTG-KWLQ : Sun Mar 10 12:45:45 UTC 2024), Entry for Elias S Dykins, 2 Dec 1841. Hereinafter cited as United States Bureau of Land Management Tract Books, 1800-c. 1955. - [S14] 1850 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census
Name Elias S Dykins
Gender Male
Race White
Residence Age 44
Birth Date abt 1806
Birthplace New York
Residence Date 1850
Home in 1850 Winneshiek, Iowa, USA
Occupation Farmer
Industry Agriculture
Line Number 1
Dwelling Number 44
Family Number 44
Household Members Age
Elias S Dykins 44
Emily Dykins 41
Mary Dykins 11
William H Dykins 9
Morgoret J Dykins 7. - [S773] www.ancestery.com, Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925 (Provo, UT: The Generations Network), Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925
Name: E S Dyckins
Birth Year: abt 1807
Birth Place: New York
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Census Date: 1856
Residence State: Iowa
Residence County: Fayette
Locality: Auburn
Roll: IA_55; Line: 1; Family Number: 113
Household Members:
E S Dyckins, 49
Emley Dyckins, 48
Mary Dyckins, 16
William Dyckins, 15
Margrett Dyckins, 14. Hereinafter cited as Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925. - [S698] 1860 U.S. Census, Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa, www.ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census
Name G S Dickens
[Elias Satterly Dykins]
Age 53
Birth Year abt 1807
Gender Male
Race White
Birth Place New York
Home in 1860 Auburn, Fayette, Iowa
Post Office Douglass
Dwelling Number 245
Family Number 245
Occupation Farmer
Real Estate Value 3060
Personal Estate Value 300
Household Members (Name) Age
G S Dickens, 53
Emily Dickens, 52
Mary A Dickens, 20
Abigal Jacobs, 75
Wm L Nims, 29
Amelia Nims, 23
Henry Nims, 5
Eva Murphy, 1
Alfred Murphy, 22
Wm Dickens, 20. - [S833] Iowa Cemetery Records, online www.ancestry.com, Emily Dykins.
- [S1050] Oak Ridge Cemetery, Fayette County, Iowa, online http://iowagravestones.org/cemetery_list.php?CID=33&cName=Oak Ridge, Emily Dykins
Wife of E. S. Dykins
DIED
Aug. 27, 1868
AGED
60y 11m 12d.
Emily Bennett
F, #19, b. 15 April 1807, d. 27 August 1868
Parents
| Father | Joseph Bennett (b. circa 1786) |
| Mother | Abigail Arnold (b. 5 May 1785, d. 22 February 1862) |
| Pedigree Link |
Family: Elias Satterly Dykins (b. 24 August 1804, d. 12 August 1871)
| Daughter | Caroline M. Dykins+ (b. 24 January 1831, d. 1889) |
| Son | Charles C. Dykins+ (b. 2 July 1833, d. 18 December 1915) |
| Daughter | Amelia M. Dykins+ (b. 10 November 1836, d. 1 February 1895) |
| Daughter | Mary Ann Dykins+ (b. 13 August 1839, d. 13 January 1925) |
| Son | Stillborn Dykins (Triplet) (b. 1 November 1841, d. 1 November 1841) |
| Son | William Henry Harrison Dykins+ (b. 1 November 1841, d. 18 October 1905) |
| Son | Stillborn Dykins (Triplet) (b. 1 November 1841, d. 1 November 1841) |
| Daughter | Margaret Jane Dykins+ (b. 1 June 1843, d. 22 May 1925) |
Biography
Emily was born on 15 April 1807 in Elmira, Chemung County, New York.1
Emily Bennett married Elias Satterly Dykins, son of David Dykins, Sr., and Margaret Jane Satterly, on 13 January 1830 in Bath, Steuben County, New York.2
Emily Bennett died on 27 August 1868 in Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa, at age 61.3,1 She was buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery (Lot 49), Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa. Her gravestone at the Oak Ridge Cemetery reads: Emily, Wife of E.S. Dykins, Died Aug. 27, 1868, Aged 60 years, 11 months & 12 days. Illegible words follow.3,4
Emily Bennett married Elias Satterly Dykins, son of David Dykins, Sr., and Margaret Jane Satterly, on 13 January 1830 in Bath, Steuben County, New York.2
Emily Bennett died on 27 August 1868 in Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa, at age 61.3,1 She was buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery (Lot 49), Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa. Her gravestone at the Oak Ridge Cemetery reads: Emily, Wife of E.S. Dykins, Died Aug. 27, 1868, Aged 60 years, 11 months & 12 days. Illegible words follow.3,4
Emily Dykins and Elias Satterly Dykins appeared on the census of 1830 in Bath, Steuben County, New York, which lists Elias S. Dykins, age 20 to 30 [he would have been about 26], and a female (probably Emily Bennett Dykins), also age 20 to 30 [she would have been about 23].5,6
Emily Dykins and Elias Satterly Dykins appeared on the census of 1840 in Silver Creek Precinct, Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois, In the 1840 census records, the E.S. Dykins family with one man, age 30-40 (Elias, who would have been about 36), one woman 30-40 (Emily, who would have been about 33), one girl 10-15 (Caroline, who would have been about 9), one boy 5-10 (Charles, who would have been about 7) and two girls under 5 (Amelia, who would have been about 4, and Mary Ann, who would have been about 1) is listed as living in Freeport, Freeport Township, Stephenson County, Illinois. Note: Elias Satterly Dykins is mis-indexed in this 1840 census as "C.S. Dykins."7
Emily Dykins and Elias Satterly Dykins appeared on the census of 1850 in Winneshiek County, Iowa, In the 1850 census records, the Dykins family (Elias, 44, Emily, 41, Mary 11, William H., 9 and Margaret, 7) is shown as living in Winnesheik County, Iowa (the county just north of Fayette County). Elias' occupation is given as a farmer. Apparently the three oldest Dykins children (Caroline M., Charles C. and Amelia M.) did not accompany the rest of the family in the move from Cook County, Illinois to Iowa in the 1840s. According to the 1850 census for Lyons, Cook County, Illinois, Charles and Amelia were living with Caroline who had married a James Thayre and had a son, Alford S. Thayre.
Household Members in the 1850 Census:
Elias S Dykins 44
Emily Dykins 41
Mary Dykins 11
William H Dykins 9
Morgoret J Dykins 7.8
Emily Bennett and Elias Satterly Dykins appeared on the census of 1856 in Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa,
Household Members in the 1856 Iowa State Cenus:
E S Dyckins, 49
Emley Dyckins, 48
Mary Dyckins, 16
William Dyckins, 15
Margrett Dyckins, 14.9
Emily Dykins and Elias Satterly Dykins appeared on the census of 1860 in Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa, This census lists G.S. Dickens [sic, should be E.S. Dykins], 53, born in New York, a farmer with real property valued at $3,000 and personal property valued at $300; his wife Emily, 52, born in New York; their daughter Mary A. [Dykins Murphy], 20, born in Illinois; an Abigail [mis-indexed as Abigal] Jacobs (?), 75, born in New York (who is apparently Abigail Arnold Bennett, the mother of Emily Bennett Dykins); William Nims, 29, born in New York, a farmer; Amelia [Dykins] Nims, 23, born in Illinois; their son [William] Henry Nims, 5. born in Iowa; Eva Murphy, 1, born in Iowa; Alfred Murphy [husband of Mary A. Dykins], 22, born in New York, a farmer; and William [Henry Harrison] Dickens [sic], 20, born in Illinois, a farmer.
Household Members in the 1860 Census:
G S Dickens, 53
Emily Dickens, 52
Mary A Dickens, 20
Abigal Jacobs, 75
Wm L Nims, 29
Amelia Nims, 23
Henry Nims, 5
Eva Murphy, 1
Alfred Murphy, 22
Wm Dickens, 20.10
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Citations
- [S1050] Oak Ridge Cemetery, Fayette County, Iowa, online http://iowagravestones.org/cemetery_list.php?CID=33&cName=Oak Ridge, Emily Dykins
Wife of E. S. Dykins
DIED
Aug. 27, 1868
AGED
60y 11m 12d. Hereinafter cited as Oak Ridge Cemetery, Fayette County, Iowa. - [S843] Fred Q. Bowman, compiler, 10,000 Vital Records of Western New York, 1809-1850 (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1985), 10,000 Vital Records of Western New York, 1809-1850
Name Elias S Dykins
Event Type Marriage
Marriage Place Bath, New York, USA
Spouse Emily Bennet
Ancestry.com. 10,000 Vital Records of Western New York, 1809-1850 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2016.
Page 73, no. 2768 (www.ancestry.com)
#2768 Dykins, Elias S. m Emily Bennet in Bath (3-1/13/[18]30). Hereinafter cited as 10,000 Vital Records of Western New York. - [S833] Iowa Cemetery Records, online www.ancestry.com, Emily Dykins. Hereinafter cited as Iowa Cemetery Records.
- [S1050] Oak Ridge Cemetery, Fayette County, Iowa, online http://iowagravestones.org/cemetery_list.php?CID=33&cName=Oak Ridge.
- [S709] 1830 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, Elias S. Dykins household, Bath, Steuben County, New York
1830 United States Federal Census
Name: Elius J Hurkins [Elias S Dykins]
Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Bath, Steuben, New York
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1 [Elias, 26]
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1 [??? - perhaps this child died before 1840?]
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1 [Emily]
Free White Persons - Under 20: 1
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 3
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 3
Source Citation: 1830; Census Place: Bath, Steuben, New York; Series: M19; Roll: 107; Page: 262; Family History Library Film: 0017167
Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1830 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Original data: Fifth Census of the United States, 1830. (NARA microfilm publication M19, 201 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. - [S1350] Family Search, online www.familysearch.org, Elias S Dykins
United States Census, 1830
Name: Elias S Dykins
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1830
Event Place: Bath, Steuben, New York, United States
Page: 262
Citing this Record: "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHP5-C7F : 19 August 2017), Elias S Dykins, Bath, Steuben, New York, United States; citing 262, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 107; FHL microfilm 17,167. Hereinafter cited as Family Search. - [S710] 1840 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, 1840 United States Federal Census
Name: C S Dykins [sic, Elias Satterly Dykins]
Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Silver Creek Precinct, Stephenson, Illinois
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1 [Charles, 7]
Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1 [Elias, 36]
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 2 [Amelia, 4 & Mary Ann, 1]
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1 [Caroline, 9]
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1 [Emily, 33]
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1 [Elias]
Free White Persons - Under 20: 4
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 6
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 6
Source Citation: Year: 1840; Census Place: Silver Creek Precinct, Stephenson, Illinois; Roll: 70; Page: 228; Image: 467; Family History Library Film: 0007644
Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1840 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Original data: Sixth Census of the United States, 1840. (NARA microfilm publication M704, 580 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. - [S14] 1850 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census
Name Elias S Dykins
Gender Male
Race White
Residence Age 44
Birth Date abt 1806
Birthplace New York
Residence Date 1850
Home in 1850 Winneshiek, Iowa, USA
Occupation Farmer
Industry Agriculture
Line Number 1
Dwelling Number 44
Family Number 44
Household Members Age
Elias S Dykins 44
Emily Dykins 41
Mary Dykins 11
William H Dykins 9
Morgoret J Dykins 7. - [S773] www.ancestery.com, Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925 (Provo, UT: The Generations Network), Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925
Name: E S Dyckins
Birth Year: abt 1807
Birth Place: New York
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Census Date: 1856
Residence State: Iowa
Residence County: Fayette
Locality: Auburn
Roll: IA_55; Line: 1; Family Number: 113
Household Members:
E S Dyckins, 49
Emley Dyckins, 48
Mary Dyckins, 16
William Dyckins, 15
Margrett Dyckins, 14. Hereinafter cited as Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925. - [S698] 1860 U.S. Census, Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa, www.ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census
Name G S Dickens
[Elias Satterly Dykins]
Age 53
Birth Year abt 1807
Gender Male
Race White
Birth Place New York
Home in 1860 Auburn, Fayette, Iowa
Post Office Douglass
Dwelling Number 245
Family Number 245
Occupation Farmer
Real Estate Value 3060
Personal Estate Value 300
Household Members (Name) Age
G S Dickens, 53
Emily Dickens, 52
Mary A Dickens, 20
Abigal Jacobs, 75
Wm L Nims, 29
Amelia Nims, 23
Henry Nims, 5
Eva Murphy, 1
Alfred Murphy, 22
Wm Dickens, 20.
Caroline M. Dykins
F, #20, b. 24 January 1831, d. 1889
Parents
| Father | Elias Satterly Dykins (b. 24 August 1804, d. 12 August 1871) |
| Mother | Emily Bennett (b. 15 April 1807, d. 27 August 1868) |
| Pedigree Link |
Family: James Thayre (b. circa 1819)
| Son | Alford S Thayre (b. circa 1848) |
Biography
Caroline was born on 24 January 1831 in New York.
Caroline M. Dykins married James Thayre before 1848.
Caroline M. Dykins married??? Hill. Caroline died on 1889, at age ~58.
Caroline M. Dykins married James Thayre before 1848.
Caroline M. Dykins married??? Hill. Caroline died on 1889, at age ~58.
Caroline M. Dykins appeared on the census of 1840 in the household of Elias Satterly Dykins and Emily Dykins in Silver Creek Precinct, Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois.1 Caroline M. Thayre and James Thayre appeared on the census of 1850 in Lyons, Cook County, Illinois, which lists James Thayre, 30, a farmer, owning real property with a value of $800, born in Connecticut; his wife Caroline, 20, born in Connecticut [sic, she was born in New York]; and their son, Alford S. Thayre, 1, born in Illinois. Also in the household were Caroline's siblings, Charles, 17, and Amelia, 15, Dykins, whose parents had recently left Cook County, Illinois, for northeastern Iowa.
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Citations
- [S710] 1840 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, 1840 United States Federal Census
Name: C S Dykins [sic, Elias Satterly Dykins]
Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Silver Creek Precinct, Stephenson, Illinois
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1 [Charles, 7]
Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1 [Elias, 36]
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 2 [Amelia, 4 & Mary Ann, 1]
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1 [Caroline, 9]
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1 [Emily, 33]
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1 [Elias]
Free White Persons - Under 20: 4
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 6
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 6
Source Citation: Year: 1840; Census Place: Silver Creek Precinct, Stephenson, Illinois; Roll: 70; Page: 228; Image: 467; Family History Library Film: 0007644
Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1840 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Original data: Sixth Census of the United States, 1840. (NARA microfilm publication M704, 580 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. - [S14] 1850 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census
Name: James Thayre
Age: 30
Birth Year: abt 1820
Birthplace: Connecticut
Home in 1850: Lyons, Cook, Illinois, USA
Race: White
Gender: Male
Family Number: 729
Household Members:
James Thayre, 30
Carline Thayre, 20
Alford S Thayre, 1
Amelia Dykins, 15
Chas Dykins, 17
Andrew Ashander, 17
Patrick Oconn, 30
John King, 30
Henry Hains, 29
James Young, 22
Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Lyons, Cook, Illinois; Roll: M432_103; Page: 56B; Image: 121
Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
Charles C. Dykins
M, #21, b. 2 July 1833, d. 18 December 1915
Parents
| Father | Elias Satterly Dykins (b. 24 August 1804, d. 12 August 1871) |
| Mother | Emily Bennett (b. 15 April 1807, d. 27 August 1868) |
| Pedigree Link |
Family: Mary Strang (b. 1838, d. 3 February 1918)
| Son | Albert W. Dykins+ (b. 27 August 1856, d. 9 August 1939) |
| Son | Joseph O. Dykins (b. 27 October 1858, d. 27 December 1859) |
| Daughter | Jennie S. Dykins (b. 8 May 1864, d. 25 September 1865) |
| Daughter | Nora E. Dykins (b. 2 February 1871, d. 12 April 1938) |
| Son | Charles William Dykins+ (b. 8 November 1873, d. 5 June 1952) |
Biography
Charles was born on 2 July 1833 in Steuben County, New York.1,2 He married Mary Strang on 30 September 1855 in Old Mission, Winneshiek County, Iowa.3 Charles died on 18 December 1915, in West Union, Fayette County, Iowa, at age 82.1 His body was interred on at in West Union Cemetery (Lot 3), West Union, Fayette County, Iowa.1
Charles C. Dykins appeared on the census of 1840 in the household of Elias Satterly Dykins and Emily Dykins in Silver Creek Precinct, Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois.4 Charles C. Dykins appeared on the census of 1850 in the household of James Thayre and Caroline M. Thayre in Lyons, Cook County, Illinois, which lists James Thayre, 30, a farmer, owning real property with a value of $800, born in Connecticut; his wife Caroline, 20, born in Connecticut [sic, she was born in New York]; and their son, Alford S. Thayre, 1, born in Illinois. Also in the household were Caroline's siblings, Charles, 17, and Amelia, 15, Dykins, whose parents had recently left Cook County, Illinois, for northeastern Iowa.5
Charles C. Dykins and Mary Dykins appeared on the census of 1860 in Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa, which lists Charles Dickens [sic], 26, born in New York, a shoemaker with real property valued at $750 and personal property valued at $200; his wife Mary, 22, born on the Isle of Man; and their son Albert, 3, born in Iowa. They apparently lived next door to the Walter R. Whitbeck family.6
He was a shoemaker in 1860. He was a hotel keeper on 1 July 1863 in Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa.2
Charles C. Dykins and Mary Dykins appeared on the census of 1870 in Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa, which lists C.C. Dykins, 34, a grocer; his wife Mary, 29 [the census index incorrectly says 39]; and their son Albert, 12. He was a grocer in West Union, Fayette County, Iowa.
Charles C. Dykins
The 1910 History of Fayette County, Iowa, contains the following (at page 148):
Charles C. and Mary [Strang] Dykins were among the early pioneers of Auburn and Eden townships. Charles C. Dykins was one of the first merchants of West Union, also a leading man of affairs during the formative period of this part of the state, but having accumulated a competency, he discontinued business some years ago and is now living a life of retirement in [West Union].
An October 1905 edition of the West Union, Fayette County, Iowa, newspaper contained the following article:
Golden Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. C.C. Dykins, two of our most honored citizens, on last Saturday, September 30th [1905], celebrated their golden wedding anniversary at their home in this city. The bride and groom of this occasion were married at the Old Mission, in Winneshiek county, fifty years ago last Saturday, and the whole of their married life has been spent in Fayette county. To them have been been born five children, three of whom are living, and were here to take part in the doings Saturday. They are Albert of Ramona, South Dakota, and Charles W. and Miss Nora of this city. Others present were Mrs. E. [Edith] Belknap of Madison, South Dakota, C.C. Herriman, Orchard, Iowa; Henry Nims and wife [Harriette D. Finch], Waucoma [Iowa], H. Salisbury and wife, from near Fayette [Iowa], Dr. Stafford and wife, Sumner [Iowa] and a number from town. Many very appropriate and useful presents were left by the guests as a remembrance of the occasion, not the least of which was $50 in yellow gold. May Mr. and Mrs. Dykins live many more years of life is is the wish of their many friends.
A December 1915 issue of the West Union, Iowa, newspaper contained the following obituary:
PIONEER OF FAYETTE COUNTY DIES SATURDAY AT SON'S HOME IN WEST UNION, AGED EIGHTY-TWO
C.C. Dykins died at 11 o'clock Saturday forenoon [18 December 1915] at the home of his son, C.W. Dykins, in West Union, aged eighty-two years. Mr. and Mrs. Dykins had gone in November to New York City, expecting to spend the winter with their daughter, Mrs. D.B. Duncan, but he, oppressed in his old age and feebleness by the turmoil of city life, returned November 24 to his son's home here, and speedily sank in strength till the end came. Mrs. Dykins, who remained in New York City, was unable to come to the funeral, as she has been in declining health for the past two or three years, and is now weaker and suffering more from asthma than at any time previously. Mr. Dykins, though at a very advanced age, had given his wife unremitting care during her recent years of poor health, and while he was a man of marked vigor and activity for one of his age, the responsibility no doubt shortened his life. He was a man of clean life, pleasant and kind to all, a consistent member of the Methodist Church and remarkably faithful to its services, a man who by industry and thrift had made more than an ordinary success in life. He was a devoted member of the Masonic order, West Union lodge having charge of the funeral services, which were held at 10 o'clock yesterday from the Methodist Church, conducted by Rev. H.C. Culver.
C.C. Dykins was born in Steuben County, N.Y., July 2, 1833, and died at the home of his son in West Union, Fayette County, Iowa, December 18, 1915. He came to Cook County, Illinois, with his parents in 1836 and was a resident of that county and of Freeport, Illinois, until 1853, when he came to Fayette County, locating at what was then the leading town, Auburn. He was early identified with the industries of that place and vicinity until 1871, when he moved to Alpha, in the same county, where he was engaged in various enterprises, until his retirement from business in 1900. Later he lived in Sumner and Hawkeye, and has resided in West Union for the past ten years.
He was married to Mary Strang, at what was known as the Old Mission, September 30, 1855, and they lived to celebrate at the home of their son in West Union, their sixtieth wedding anniversary during the present year.
He is survived by his widow, Mary Dykins, now temporarily in New York City, and his children, Albert W. [Dykins] of Ramona, S.D., Mrs. D.B. Duncan of New York City, and Charles W. [Dykins] of West Union.
He was a pioneer in every sense of the word, enduring the hardships and privations of the early residents of this county, as they sought to develop the country and build homes, establish schools and churches, that they might enjoy these privileges in the community. Such environments tended develop character and integrity, which is the heritage of our early pioneers. To such as he are we indebted for many of our public institutions, for he gave freely of his time and talents for the upbuilding of the communities in which he lived and for the benefit of his fellows.7
Charles C. Dykins and Mary Dykins appeared on the census of 1910, which lists Charles C. Dykins, 76, born in New York, both parents born in New York, and his wife Mary Dykins, 72, born "Canada English" as were both of her parents.8
Charles C. Dykins and Mary Dykins appeared on the census of 1860 in Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa, which lists Charles Dickens [sic], 26, born in New York, a shoemaker with real property valued at $750 and personal property valued at $200; his wife Mary, 22, born on the Isle of Man; and their son Albert, 3, born in Iowa. They apparently lived next door to the Walter R. Whitbeck family.6
He was a shoemaker in 1860. He was a hotel keeper on 1 July 1863 in Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa.2
Charles C. Dykins and Mary Dykins appeared on the census of 1870 in Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa, which lists C.C. Dykins, 34, a grocer; his wife Mary, 29 [the census index incorrectly says 39]; and their son Albert, 12. He was a grocer in West Union, Fayette County, Iowa.
Charles C. Dykins
The 1910 History of Fayette County, Iowa, contains the following (at page 148):
Charles C. and Mary [Strang] Dykins were among the early pioneers of Auburn and Eden townships. Charles C. Dykins was one of the first merchants of West Union, also a leading man of affairs during the formative period of this part of the state, but having accumulated a competency, he discontinued business some years ago and is now living a life of retirement in [West Union].
An October 1905 edition of the West Union, Fayette County, Iowa, newspaper contained the following article:
Golden Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. C.C. Dykins, two of our most honored citizens, on last Saturday, September 30th [1905], celebrated their golden wedding anniversary at their home in this city. The bride and groom of this occasion were married at the Old Mission, in Winneshiek county, fifty years ago last Saturday, and the whole of their married life has been spent in Fayette county. To them have been been born five children, three of whom are living, and were here to take part in the doings Saturday. They are Albert of Ramona, South Dakota, and Charles W. and Miss Nora of this city. Others present were Mrs. E. [Edith] Belknap of Madison, South Dakota, C.C. Herriman, Orchard, Iowa; Henry Nims and wife [Harriette D. Finch], Waucoma [Iowa], H. Salisbury and wife, from near Fayette [Iowa], Dr. Stafford and wife, Sumner [Iowa] and a number from town. Many very appropriate and useful presents were left by the guests as a remembrance of the occasion, not the least of which was $50 in yellow gold. May Mr. and Mrs. Dykins live many more years of life is is the wish of their many friends.
A December 1915 issue of the West Union, Iowa, newspaper contained the following obituary:
PIONEER OF FAYETTE COUNTY DIES SATURDAY AT SON'S HOME IN WEST UNION, AGED EIGHTY-TWO
C.C. Dykins died at 11 o'clock Saturday forenoon [18 December 1915] at the home of his son, C.W. Dykins, in West Union, aged eighty-two years. Mr. and Mrs. Dykins had gone in November to New York City, expecting to spend the winter with their daughter, Mrs. D.B. Duncan, but he, oppressed in his old age and feebleness by the turmoil of city life, returned November 24 to his son's home here, and speedily sank in strength till the end came. Mrs. Dykins, who remained in New York City, was unable to come to the funeral, as she has been in declining health for the past two or three years, and is now weaker and suffering more from asthma than at any time previously. Mr. Dykins, though at a very advanced age, had given his wife unremitting care during her recent years of poor health, and while he was a man of marked vigor and activity for one of his age, the responsibility no doubt shortened his life. He was a man of clean life, pleasant and kind to all, a consistent member of the Methodist Church and remarkably faithful to its services, a man who by industry and thrift had made more than an ordinary success in life. He was a devoted member of the Masonic order, West Union lodge having charge of the funeral services, which were held at 10 o'clock yesterday from the Methodist Church, conducted by Rev. H.C. Culver.
C.C. Dykins was born in Steuben County, N.Y., July 2, 1833, and died at the home of his son in West Union, Fayette County, Iowa, December 18, 1915. He came to Cook County, Illinois, with his parents in 1836 and was a resident of that county and of Freeport, Illinois, until 1853, when he came to Fayette County, locating at what was then the leading town, Auburn. He was early identified with the industries of that place and vicinity until 1871, when he moved to Alpha, in the same county, where he was engaged in various enterprises, until his retirement from business in 1900. Later he lived in Sumner and Hawkeye, and has resided in West Union for the past ten years.
He was married to Mary Strang, at what was known as the Old Mission, September 30, 1855, and they lived to celebrate at the home of their son in West Union, their sixtieth wedding anniversary during the present year.
He is survived by his widow, Mary Dykins, now temporarily in New York City, and his children, Albert W. [Dykins] of Ramona, S.D., Mrs. D.B. Duncan of New York City, and Charles W. [Dykins] of West Union.
He was a pioneer in every sense of the word, enduring the hardships and privations of the early residents of this county, as they sought to develop the country and build homes, establish schools and churches, that they might enjoy these privileges in the community. Such environments tended develop character and integrity, which is the heritage of our early pioneers. To such as he are we indebted for many of our public institutions, for he gave freely of his time and talents for the upbuilding of the communities in which he lived and for the benefit of his fellows.7
Charles C. Dykins and Mary Dykins appeared on the census of 1910, which lists Charles C. Dykins, 76, born in New York, both parents born in New York, and his wife Mary Dykins, 72, born "Canada English" as were both of her parents.8
| Last Edited | 16 April 2022 |
Citations
- [S833] Iowa Cemetery Records, online www.ancestry.com, Chas. C. Dykins. Hereinafter cited as Iowa Cemetery Records.
- [S1261] U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865, online www.ancestry.com, U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865
Name: Charles Dykins
Birth Year: abt 1833
Place of Birth: New York
Age on 1 July 1863: 30
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Residence: Auburn, Fayette, Iowa
Congressional District: 3rd
Class: 1
Source Citation: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865); Record Group: 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War); Collection Name: Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records); NAI: 4213514; Archive Volume Number: 1 of 3
Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
Original data: Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registrations, 1863-1865. NM-65, entry 172, 620 volumes. NAI: 4213514. Records of the Provost Marshal General’s Bureau (Civil War), Record Group 110. National Archives at Washington D.C. Hereinafter cited as U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865. - [S1260] Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934, online https://familysearch.org, Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934
Name: Chas. E. Dykins
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 30 Sep 1855
Event Place: Winneshiek County, Iowa, United States
Gender: Male
Spouse's Name: Mary Strang
Spouse's Gender: Female
Citing this Record: "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCHQ-2VP : 8 March 2016), Chas. E. Dykins and Mary Strang, 1855.
Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934
Reference ID: Vol.1 p.11
GS Film Number: 001026659
Digital Folder Number: 005512139
Image Number: 00065. Hereinafter cited as Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934. - [S710] 1840 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, 1840 United States Federal Census
Name: C S Dykins [sic, Elias Satterly Dykins]
Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Silver Creek Precinct, Stephenson, Illinois
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1 [Charles, 7]
Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1 [Elias, 36]
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 2 [Amelia, 4 & Mary Ann, 1]
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1 [Caroline, 9]
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1 [Emily, 33]
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1 [Elias]
Free White Persons - Under 20: 4
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 6
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 6
Source Citation: Year: 1840; Census Place: Silver Creek Precinct, Stephenson, Illinois; Roll: 70; Page: 228; Image: 467; Family History Library Film: 0007644
Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1840 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Original data: Sixth Census of the United States, 1840. (NARA microfilm publication M704, 580 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. - [S14] 1850 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census
Name: James Thayre
Age: 30
Birth Year: abt 1820
Birthplace: Connecticut
Home in 1850: Lyons, Cook, Illinois, USA
Race: White
Gender: Male
Family Number: 729
Household Members:
James Thayre, 30
Carline Thayre, 20
Alford S Thayre, 1
Amelia Dykins, 15
Chas Dykins, 17
Andrew Ashander, 17
Patrick Oconn, 30
John King, 30
Henry Hains, 29
James Young, 22
Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Lyons, Cook, Illinois; Roll: M432_103; Page: 56B; Image: 121
Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C. - [S698] 1860 U.S. Census, Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa, www.ancestry.com, Charles Dikens [sic] household.
- [S1245] Past & Present of Fayette County, Iowa (Indianapolis, Indiana: B.F. Bowen & Company, 1910), page 148. Hereinafter cited as Past & Present of Fayette County, Iowa.
- [S704] 1910 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, Charles C. Dykins household, West Union, Fayette County, Iowa.
Amelia M. Dykins
F, #22, b. 10 November 1836, d. 1 February 1895
Parents
| Father | Elias Satterly Dykins (b. 24 August 1804, d. 12 August 1871) |
| Mother | Emily Bennett (b. 15 April 1807, d. 27 August 1868) |
| Pedigree Link |
Family: William L. Nims (b. 23 June 1832, d. 5 September 1863)
| Daughter | Hellen M. (Elen) Nims (b. 1851, d. between 1856 and 1860) |
| Son | William Henry Nims, Sr.+ (b. 26 November 1854, d. 26 July 1913) |
Biography
Amelia was born on 10 November 1836 in Cook County, Illinois.1 She married William L. Nims on 15 September 1853 in Fayette County, Iowa. (Fayette County Records, Marriage Record Book A, p. 67: 13 Sept 1853 - Application was this day made for a marriage license between Wm Nimbs [sic] and A. M. Dikins [sic] and proof being made by Chaunrey Severich as to the competency of such alliance and license was granted.)
.2 She married Charles "Calvin" Herriman on 21 January 1869. Amelia died on 1 February 1895, in Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa, at age 58.1 She was buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery (Lot 49), Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa. Her gravestone at the Oak Ridge Cemetery reads: Amelia Herriman, Born Nov. 10, 1836, Died Feb. 1, 1895, HERRIMAN.1
.2 She married Charles "Calvin" Herriman on 21 January 1869. Amelia died on 1 February 1895, in Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa, at age 58.1 She was buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery (Lot 49), Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa. Her gravestone at the Oak Ridge Cemetery reads: Amelia Herriman, Born Nov. 10, 1836, Died Feb. 1, 1895, HERRIMAN.1
Amelia M. Dykins appeared on the census of 1840 in the household of Elias Satterly Dykins and Emily Dykins in Silver Creek Precinct, Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois.3 Amelia M. Dykins appeared on the census of 1850 in the household of James Thayre and Caroline M. Thayre in Lyons, Cook County, Illinois, which lists James Thayre, 30, a farmer, owning real property with a value of $800, born in Connecticut; his wife Caroline, 20, born in Connecticut [sic, she was born in New York]; and their son, Alford S. Thayre, 1, born in Illinois. Also in the household were Caroline's siblings, Charles, 17, and Amelia, 15, Dykins, whose parents had recently left Cook County, Illinois, for northeastern Iowa.4
Amelia M. Dykins appeared on the census of 1860 in the household of Elias Satterly Dykins and Emily Dykins in Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa.5
Amelia M. Dykins and Charles "Calvin" Herriman appeared on the census of 1879 in Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa, In the 1879 census, C.C. Herriman, age 34, his wife Amelia, age 33, and Amelia's son Henry [Nims, from her first marriage], age 15, lived in Douglas, Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa. C.C. is a teamster, owning no real property and personal property worth $500.
Amelia M. Herriman and Charles "Calvin" Herriman appeared on the census of 1880 in Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa, which lists C.C. Herriman, 34, a teamster born in Pennsylvania, his wife Amelia, 33, born in Illinois, and her son, Henry, 15, born in Iowa.
The 13 February 1895, issue of the West Union [Fayette County, Iowa] Argo contained the following obituary:
Mrs. C.C. Herriman died February 1 [1895] after a long and severe illness. She was born in Cook County, Illinois, in 1835 [sic; apparently actually 10 November 1936], and has been a resident of this place since 1852. She was a kind and good friend and neighbor, and leaves a large circle of friends to mourn her loss.
Amelia Dykins Nims Herriman
Amelia Dykins was apparently born in Cook County, Illinois on 10 November 1836. She married William L. Nims, evidently on 15 September 1853, perhaps in Illinois, where their daughter Hellen (Elen) was born in about 1852. In about 1854 they moved to Fayette County, Iowa, where their son William Henry Nims was born on 26 November 1854.
Their daughter Hellen evidently died sometime between 1856 and 1860, because she is listed in the 1850 Iowa census, but not in the 1860 Federal census.
William L. Nims enlisted in the Union Army in the Civil War in 1862, and died of disease in 1863, in Memphis, Tennessee. After her husband's death, Amelia apparently put her son William Henry Nims in an orphanage. Later he apparently ran away from a foster home where he had been abused.
On 21 January 1869, Amelia Dykins Nims married Charles "Calvin" Herriman. They took her son William Henry Nims to live with them.
*****
Subject: Amelia M Dykins Descendents
Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002
From: Lyn Martin Lyn1590@aol.com
Dear Paul,
You can find Amelia's descendents at: familytreemaker.com/users/m/ar/Veralyn-Martin-Memphis/index.html
I visited the Oakridge Cemetery again December 12, 2001. I found Elias and Emily's monuments beside Amelia's. The man (Robert Ruroden) at the sporting goods store had the cemetery list. Along with Amelia's name was Charles C. Herriman, born 1840, died Februarty 28, 1922, buried Lot 49. Evidently he (Calvin) was buried beside Amelia, but there was no monument. Elias and Emily's names were not on the list, nor Amelia's granddaughter, Jessie Nims, who is buried there also but on a different lot. I am sending the birth and death information from your genealogy on RootsWeb.com along with Jessie Nims to Robert Ruroden to add to his written list of people interred in Oakridge Cemetery. He had had a group of people help him clean on the cemetery this fall. It looked better than in May. I believe there are a lot of missing monuments and records for that cemetery.
In your Descendancy on the internet, Amelia's son was William Henry Nims, not Henry Herriman. He was the only living son of Amelia. Amelia and William
Nims also had a daughter who died before 1860. She was listed in the 1856 census of Auburn but not in the Fayette County 1860 Federal census.
I appreciated the information you had on RootsWeb.com as it filled in more pieces to my genealogy of Amelia. Amelia was my great-great-grandmother.
*****
Subject: Dykins
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2003
From: Lyn1590@aol.com
Hi Paul,
I see you just updated some info on Amelia Dykins. I just returned from Iowa and had an opportunity to visit Historical Society and Fayette Court House. one of the Nims cousins had done some research in Nims file and had a copy of Amelia's Civil War Pension application. It said she and Wm L. Nims were married Sept. 13, 1853, in Fayette County. I went to the courthouse and found the following:
Fayette County Records, Marriage Record Book A, p. 67:
13 Sept 1853 Application was this day made for a marriage license between Wm Nimbs and A. M. Dikins and proof being made by Chaunrey Severich as to the competency of such alliance and license was granted.
I don't know where this leaves the daughter Hellen that was listed on 1856 Auburn census that Nims family member gave me - guess I will have to keep searching.
Lyn Martin
Thank You,
Lyn Martin.
Amelia M. Dykins appeared on the census of 1860 in the household of Elias Satterly Dykins and Emily Dykins in Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa.5
Amelia M. Dykins and Charles "Calvin" Herriman appeared on the census of 1879 in Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa, In the 1879 census, C.C. Herriman, age 34, his wife Amelia, age 33, and Amelia's son Henry [Nims, from her first marriage], age 15, lived in Douglas, Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa. C.C. is a teamster, owning no real property and personal property worth $500.
Amelia M. Herriman and Charles "Calvin" Herriman appeared on the census of 1880 in Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa, which lists C.C. Herriman, 34, a teamster born in Pennsylvania, his wife Amelia, 33, born in Illinois, and her son, Henry, 15, born in Iowa.
The 13 February 1895, issue of the West Union [Fayette County, Iowa] Argo contained the following obituary:
Mrs. C.C. Herriman died February 1 [1895] after a long and severe illness. She was born in Cook County, Illinois, in 1835 [sic; apparently actually 10 November 1936], and has been a resident of this place since 1852. She was a kind and good friend and neighbor, and leaves a large circle of friends to mourn her loss.
Amelia Dykins Nims Herriman
Amelia Dykins was apparently born in Cook County, Illinois on 10 November 1836. She married William L. Nims, evidently on 15 September 1853, perhaps in Illinois, where their daughter Hellen (Elen) was born in about 1852. In about 1854 they moved to Fayette County, Iowa, where their son William Henry Nims was born on 26 November 1854.
Their daughter Hellen evidently died sometime between 1856 and 1860, because she is listed in the 1850 Iowa census, but not in the 1860 Federal census.
William L. Nims enlisted in the Union Army in the Civil War in 1862, and died of disease in 1863, in Memphis, Tennessee. After her husband's death, Amelia apparently put her son William Henry Nims in an orphanage. Later he apparently ran away from a foster home where he had been abused.
On 21 January 1869, Amelia Dykins Nims married Charles "Calvin" Herriman. They took her son William Henry Nims to live with them.
*****
Subject: Amelia M Dykins Descendents
Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002
From: Lyn Martin Lyn1590@aol.com
Dear Paul,
You can find Amelia's descendents at: familytreemaker.com/users/m/ar/Veralyn-Martin-Memphis/index.html
I visited the Oakridge Cemetery again December 12, 2001. I found Elias and Emily's monuments beside Amelia's. The man (Robert Ruroden) at the sporting goods store had the cemetery list. Along with Amelia's name was Charles C. Herriman, born 1840, died Februarty 28, 1922, buried Lot 49. Evidently he (Calvin) was buried beside Amelia, but there was no monument. Elias and Emily's names were not on the list, nor Amelia's granddaughter, Jessie Nims, who is buried there also but on a different lot. I am sending the birth and death information from your genealogy on RootsWeb.com along with Jessie Nims to Robert Ruroden to add to his written list of people interred in Oakridge Cemetery. He had had a group of people help him clean on the cemetery this fall. It looked better than in May. I believe there are a lot of missing monuments and records for that cemetery.
In your Descendancy on the internet, Amelia's son was William Henry Nims, not Henry Herriman. He was the only living son of Amelia. Amelia and William
Nims also had a daughter who died before 1860. She was listed in the 1856 census of Auburn but not in the Fayette County 1860 Federal census.
I appreciated the information you had on RootsWeb.com as it filled in more pieces to my genealogy of Amelia. Amelia was my great-great-grandmother.
*****
Subject: Dykins
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2003
From: Lyn1590@aol.com
Hi Paul,
I see you just updated some info on Amelia Dykins. I just returned from Iowa and had an opportunity to visit Historical Society and Fayette Court House. one of the Nims cousins had done some research in Nims file and had a copy of Amelia's Civil War Pension application. It said she and Wm L. Nims were married Sept. 13, 1853, in Fayette County. I went to the courthouse and found the following:
Fayette County Records, Marriage Record Book A, p. 67:
13 Sept 1853 Application was this day made for a marriage license between Wm Nimbs and A. M. Dikins and proof being made by Chaunrey Severich as to the competency of such alliance and license was granted.
I don't know where this leaves the daughter Hellen that was listed on 1856 Auburn census that Nims family member gave me - guess I will have to keep searching.
Lyn Martin
Thank You,
Lyn Martin.
| Last Edited | 11 June 2020 |
Citations
- [S1050] Oak Ridge Cemetery, Fayette County, Iowa, online http://iowagravestones.org/cemetery_list.php?CID=33&cName=Oak Ridge. Hereinafter cited as Oak Ridge Cemetery, Fayette County, Iowa.
- [S584] e-mail message from Lyn Martin (email address) to Paul B. Van Buren. Hereinafter cited as "Lyn Martin e-mail". 4 September 2003.
- [S710] 1840 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, 1840 United States Federal Census
Name: C S Dykins [sic, Elias Satterly Dykins]
Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Silver Creek Precinct, Stephenson, Illinois
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1 [Charles, 7]
Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1 [Elias, 36]
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 2 [Amelia, 4 & Mary Ann, 1]
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1 [Caroline, 9]
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1 [Emily, 33]
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1 [Elias]
Free White Persons - Under 20: 4
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 6
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 6
Source Citation: Year: 1840; Census Place: Silver Creek Precinct, Stephenson, Illinois; Roll: 70; Page: 228; Image: 467; Family History Library Film: 0007644
Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1840 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Original data: Sixth Census of the United States, 1840. (NARA microfilm publication M704, 580 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. - [S14] 1850 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census
Name: James Thayre
Age: 30
Birth Year: abt 1820
Birthplace: Connecticut
Home in 1850: Lyons, Cook, Illinois, USA
Race: White
Gender: Male
Family Number: 729
Household Members:
James Thayre, 30
Carline Thayre, 20
Alford S Thayre, 1
Amelia Dykins, 15
Chas Dykins, 17
Andrew Ashander, 17
Patrick Oconn, 30
John King, 30
Henry Hains, 29
James Young, 22
Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Lyons, Cook, Illinois; Roll: M432_103; Page: 56B; Image: 121
Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C. - [S698] 1860 U.S. Census, Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa, www.ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census
Name G S Dickens
[Elias Satterly Dykins]
Age 53
Birth Year abt 1807
Gender Male
Race White
Birth Place New York
Home in 1860 Auburn, Fayette, Iowa
Post Office Douglass
Dwelling Number 245
Family Number 245
Occupation Farmer
Real Estate Value 3060
Personal Estate Value 300
Household Members (Name) Age
G S Dickens, 53
Emily Dickens, 52
Mary A Dickens, 20
Abigal Jacobs, 75
Wm L Nims, 29
Amelia Nims, 23
Henry Nims, 5
Eva Murphy, 1
Alfred Murphy, 22
Wm Dickens, 20.
Stillborn Dykins (Triplet)
M, #24, b. 1 November 1841, d. 1 November 1841
Parents
| Father | Elias Satterly Dykins (b. 24 August 1804, d. 12 August 1871) |
| Mother | Emily Bennett (b. 15 April 1807, d. 27 August 1868) |
| Pedigree Link |
Biography
Stillborn was born on 1 November 1841 in Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois. Stillborn died on 1 November 1841, in Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois, at age 0.
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William Henry Harrison Dykins
M, #25, b. 1 November 1841, d. 18 October 1905
Parents
| Father | Elias Satterly Dykins (b. 24 August 1804, d. 12 August 1871) |
| Mother | Emily Bennett (b. 15 April 1807, d. 27 August 1868) |
| Pedigree Link |
Family: Rachel Whitbeck (b. December 1844, d. 16 December 1926)
| Daughter | Emma Dykins (b. September 1865, d. 10 August 1943) |
| Son | Vernon D. Dykins (b. July 1870, d. 21 March 1951) |
| Son | William (Will) Ray Dykins+ (b. 31 August 1879, d. 31 October 1948) |
Biography
William was born on 1 November 1841 in Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois. Note: The 1900 census gives his birth as November 1840.1 He married Rachel Whitbeck before 1863. (In 1863, William and Rachel Dykins executed deeds in Fayette County, Iowa, so they were apparently married before then.). William died on 18 October 1905, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, at age 63. The cause of his death was consumption of the stomach. At the time of his death he was 65 [sic] years old and married. William Henry Harrison Dykins was buried in Lot 36, Block 10 of Fairlawn Cemetery, 2700 North Shartel Avenue, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, by Street & Harper Funeral Home. [Fairlawn Cemetery Statistic No. 186]
The Oklahoma Genealogical Society did not find an obituary for him. He was buried in Fairlawn Lawn Cemetery (Lot 36, Block 10), Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma.
The Oklahoma Genealogical Society did not find an obituary for him. He was buried in Fairlawn Lawn Cemetery (Lot 36, Block 10), Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma.
William Henry Harrison Dykins appeared on the census of 1850 in the household of Elias Satterly Dykins and Emily Dykins in Winneshiek County, Iowa.2 William Henry Harrison Dykins appeared on the census of 1860 in the household of Elias Satterly Dykins and Emily Dykins in Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa.3
William Henry Harrison Dykins and Rachel Dykins appeared on the census of 1870 in Douglas, Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa, which lists William Dykins, 29, his wife Rachel [Whitbeck], 24, and their daughter Emma, 4. William is listed as a farm laborer, owning real property worth $5,000 and personal property worth $600. Betsy Whitbeck, who was Rachel's younger sister, age 19, lived with the family. Betsy, who was attending school, owned real property worth $6,000, perhaps an inheritance from deceased parents.4
William Henry Harrison Dykins and Rachel Dykins appeared on the census of 1880 in Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa, which lists W.H. Dykins, 39, his wife Rachel, 34, their daughter Emma, 15, and sons Vernon, 9 and Willie R., 9 months. W.H. Dykins is listed as "works on farm", Rachel as "keeping house" and Emma as "at school". Both W.H. and Rachel are listed as being born in Illinois, and all four of their parents are listed as being born in New York. Their children are all listed as being born in Iowa.5
William Henry Harrison Dykins appeared on the census of 1880 in Lake County, Dakota Territory.
William Henry Harrison Dykins and Rachel Dykins appeared on the census of 1900 in 621 Union Avenue, Madison, Lake County, South Dakota, which lists William H. Dykins, 59 born November 1840 [sic, probably 1841] in Illinois; his wife Rachel, 55, born December 1844 in Illinois; and their children (all born in Iowa) Emma M., 34, born September 1865, Vernon D., 29, born July 1870, and Willie R., 20, born August 1879. They apparently lived very close to the James V. Regan family.1 He was a retired farmer in 1900.1
William Henry Harrison Dykins
William Henry Harrison Dykins was a triplet, but the other two babies were stillborn. Born on 1 November 1841, he was apparently named after President William Henry Harrison who had died on 4 April 1841. In the late 1840s, as a child he moved with his parents Elias and Emily [Bennett] Dykins from his birthplace, Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois, to Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa.
He probably married Rachel Whitbeck around 1963. They had three children, Emma (born in about 1866), Vernon (born in about 1871) and Will R. (born in about 1879).
In 1868, William H. Dykins, then 27 years old, apparently owned land in the E 1/2 of Sections 16 and 22 of Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa.
In the 1870 census, William Dykins, age 29, his wife Rachel [Whitbeck], age 24, and their daughter Emma, age 4, lived in Douglas, Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa. William is listed as a farm laborer, owning real property worth $5,000 and personal property worth $600. Betsy Whitbeck, who was probably Rachel's younger sister, age 19, lived with the family. Betsy, who was attending school, owned real property worth $6,000, perhaps an inheritance from deceased parents.
In the 1878 History of Fayette County, Iowa, W.H. Dykins is listed (at page 752) as proprietor of a mill in Auburn. A brief history of Fayette County mills states that in 1873 C. W. [sic; should be William H.] Dykins bought the East Auburn Mill and called it the Acme Mill. The dam needed repairing. A Mr. Patterson shared ownership with Dykins in 1878. They later sold the mill, and it burned down on 26 May 1884.
In the 1880 census, W.H. Dykins, age 39, his wife Rachel, age 34, their daughter Emma, age 15, and sons Vernon, age 9 and Willie R., age 9 months, lived in Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa. W.H. Dykins is listed as "works on farm", Rachel as "keeping house" and Emma as "at school". Both W.H. and Rachel are listed as being born in Illinois, and all four of their parents are listed as being born in New York. Their children are all listed as being born in Iowa.
William H. (age 40) and Rachel Dykins and their three children left Fayette County, Iowa, and on 3 May 1880 homesteaded the SE 1/4 of Section 18, Township 108, Range 53, in Lake County, Dakota Territory, northwest of Madison and near the present site of Ramona, South Dakota. They described their property as: House of lumber, 16' x 20', 1 1/2 stories high, well, stable and 35 acres cultivated, having a value of $400.
William H. and Rachel Dykins and their three children, Emma, Vernon and Will R., apparently sold their farmland in Lake County, South Dakota. By a deed dated 20 May 1891, William H. and Rachel Dykins sold the W 1/2 of Section 17 and the E 1/2 of Section 18, Township 108, Range 53, containing 640 acres. By a deed dated 8 February 1895, Emma Dykins sold the NE 1/4 of Section 1, Township 108, Range 54, containing about 147 acres. By a deed dated 2 April 1895, Vernon Dykins, a single man, sold the NE 1/4 of Section 2, Township 108 North, Range 54 West, containing about 145 acres. By a deed dated 1 November 1899, William H. and Rachel Dykins sold the NE 1/4 of Section 9, Township 108 North, Range 53 West, containing about 160 acres. They apparently first moved into Madison, Lake County, South Dakota (where they are listed in the 1900 census) and then to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
William H. Dykins died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on 18 October 1905, at age 63. He was survived by his wife Rachel [Whitbeck] and their three children, Emma, Vernon and Will R.
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The Dykins Family
Margaret Jane Dykins Shepard and Mary Ann Dykins Belknap's brother William H. Dykins and nephew Albert W. Dykins (son of their brother Charles C. Dykins), all natives of Fayette County, Iowa, were also early settlers of Badus Township, Lake County, Dakota Territory.
William H. Dykins married Rachel Whitbeck of Fayette County, Iowa. He operated the East Auburn mill in Fayette County, Iowa. When it burned down in the early 1880s, he came to Dakota Territory. On August 13, 1881, William Dykins paid $200 ($1.25 per acre) for the SE 1/4 of Section 18, Township 108, Range 53. William Dykins also acquired title to other land in Badus Township.
Albert W. Dykins was born on August 27, 1856, in Fayette County, Iowa. On August 13, 1881, Albert paid $196 ($1.25 per acre) for the SW 1/4 of Section 18, Township 108, Range 53. The Patent on the NW 1/4 of Section 18 in Township 108 North, Range 53 West was issued to him on April 5, 1890, under an act "To secure homesteads to actual settlers on the Public Domain." On October 23, 1984, Albert paid $4.00 as "the balance of payment required by law the Timber Culture Entry of the NE 1/4 of Section 19, Township 108 North, Range 53 West. The 1891 History of Fayette Country, Iowa, refers to "Albert [Dykins] who is married and resides in Dakota." The 1910 History of Fayette County describes Albert W. Dykins as "a prosperous farmer and stock raiser residing southwest of Ramona [South Dakota]." Albert Dykins died on August 9, 1939, at age 82, He is buried at Ramona, South Dakota, beside his wife Mable Palmer Dykins (1860-1950). Albert and Mable Dykins had two children, Frank A. Dykins (born May 19, 1885) and Edna Dykins (born November 17, 1886).
Frank A. Dykins married Mable Lorraine Sells, and they had six children: Frank Dykins, Jr., Justin E. Dykins, Charles A. Dykins, Keith Dykins, Lorraine E. Dykins [Christiansen], and Joyce E. Dykins [Nelson]. Frank died on April 22, 1961, at Beach, North Dakota, at age 75.
On June 25, 1913, Edna Dykins married Clarence E. Holiday of Crown, Pennsylvania, where she died shortly thereafter on January 29, 1914, at age 27, without any children. Edna Dykins Holiday is buried beside her parents at Ramona.
William Henry Harrison Dykins and Rachel Dykins appeared on the census of 1870 in Douglas, Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa, which lists William Dykins, 29, his wife Rachel [Whitbeck], 24, and their daughter Emma, 4. William is listed as a farm laborer, owning real property worth $5,000 and personal property worth $600. Betsy Whitbeck, who was Rachel's younger sister, age 19, lived with the family. Betsy, who was attending school, owned real property worth $6,000, perhaps an inheritance from deceased parents.4
William Henry Harrison Dykins and Rachel Dykins appeared on the census of 1880 in Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa, which lists W.H. Dykins, 39, his wife Rachel, 34, their daughter Emma, 15, and sons Vernon, 9 and Willie R., 9 months. W.H. Dykins is listed as "works on farm", Rachel as "keeping house" and Emma as "at school". Both W.H. and Rachel are listed as being born in Illinois, and all four of their parents are listed as being born in New York. Their children are all listed as being born in Iowa.5
William Henry Harrison Dykins appeared on the census of 1880 in Lake County, Dakota Territory.
William Henry Harrison Dykins and Rachel Dykins appeared on the census of 1900 in 621 Union Avenue, Madison, Lake County, South Dakota, which lists William H. Dykins, 59 born November 1840 [sic, probably 1841] in Illinois; his wife Rachel, 55, born December 1844 in Illinois; and their children (all born in Iowa) Emma M., 34, born September 1865, Vernon D., 29, born July 1870, and Willie R., 20, born August 1879. They apparently lived very close to the James V. Regan family.1 He was a retired farmer in 1900.1
William Henry Harrison Dykins
William Henry Harrison Dykins was a triplet, but the other two babies were stillborn. Born on 1 November 1841, he was apparently named after President William Henry Harrison who had died on 4 April 1841. In the late 1840s, as a child he moved with his parents Elias and Emily [Bennett] Dykins from his birthplace, Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois, to Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa.
He probably married Rachel Whitbeck around 1963. They had three children, Emma (born in about 1866), Vernon (born in about 1871) and Will R. (born in about 1879).
In 1868, William H. Dykins, then 27 years old, apparently owned land in the E 1/2 of Sections 16 and 22 of Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa.
In the 1870 census, William Dykins, age 29, his wife Rachel [Whitbeck], age 24, and their daughter Emma, age 4, lived in Douglas, Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa. William is listed as a farm laborer, owning real property worth $5,000 and personal property worth $600. Betsy Whitbeck, who was probably Rachel's younger sister, age 19, lived with the family. Betsy, who was attending school, owned real property worth $6,000, perhaps an inheritance from deceased parents.
In the 1878 History of Fayette County, Iowa, W.H. Dykins is listed (at page 752) as proprietor of a mill in Auburn. A brief history of Fayette County mills states that in 1873 C. W. [sic; should be William H.] Dykins bought the East Auburn Mill and called it the Acme Mill. The dam needed repairing. A Mr. Patterson shared ownership with Dykins in 1878. They later sold the mill, and it burned down on 26 May 1884.
In the 1880 census, W.H. Dykins, age 39, his wife Rachel, age 34, their daughter Emma, age 15, and sons Vernon, age 9 and Willie R., age 9 months, lived in Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa. W.H. Dykins is listed as "works on farm", Rachel as "keeping house" and Emma as "at school". Both W.H. and Rachel are listed as being born in Illinois, and all four of their parents are listed as being born in New York. Their children are all listed as being born in Iowa.
William H. (age 40) and Rachel Dykins and their three children left Fayette County, Iowa, and on 3 May 1880 homesteaded the SE 1/4 of Section 18, Township 108, Range 53, in Lake County, Dakota Territory, northwest of Madison and near the present site of Ramona, South Dakota. They described their property as: House of lumber, 16' x 20', 1 1/2 stories high, well, stable and 35 acres cultivated, having a value of $400.
William H. and Rachel Dykins and their three children, Emma, Vernon and Will R., apparently sold their farmland in Lake County, South Dakota. By a deed dated 20 May 1891, William H. and Rachel Dykins sold the W 1/2 of Section 17 and the E 1/2 of Section 18, Township 108, Range 53, containing 640 acres. By a deed dated 8 February 1895, Emma Dykins sold the NE 1/4 of Section 1, Township 108, Range 54, containing about 147 acres. By a deed dated 2 April 1895, Vernon Dykins, a single man, sold the NE 1/4 of Section 2, Township 108 North, Range 54 West, containing about 145 acres. By a deed dated 1 November 1899, William H. and Rachel Dykins sold the NE 1/4 of Section 9, Township 108 North, Range 53 West, containing about 160 acres. They apparently first moved into Madison, Lake County, South Dakota (where they are listed in the 1900 census) and then to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
William H. Dykins died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on 18 October 1905, at age 63. He was survived by his wife Rachel [Whitbeck] and their three children, Emma, Vernon and Will R.
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The Dykins Family
Margaret Jane Dykins Shepard and Mary Ann Dykins Belknap's brother William H. Dykins and nephew Albert W. Dykins (son of their brother Charles C. Dykins), all natives of Fayette County, Iowa, were also early settlers of Badus Township, Lake County, Dakota Territory.
William H. Dykins married Rachel Whitbeck of Fayette County, Iowa. He operated the East Auburn mill in Fayette County, Iowa. When it burned down in the early 1880s, he came to Dakota Territory. On August 13, 1881, William Dykins paid $200 ($1.25 per acre) for the SE 1/4 of Section 18, Township 108, Range 53. William Dykins also acquired title to other land in Badus Township.
Albert W. Dykins was born on August 27, 1856, in Fayette County, Iowa. On August 13, 1881, Albert paid $196 ($1.25 per acre) for the SW 1/4 of Section 18, Township 108, Range 53. The Patent on the NW 1/4 of Section 18 in Township 108 North, Range 53 West was issued to him on April 5, 1890, under an act "To secure homesteads to actual settlers on the Public Domain." On October 23, 1984, Albert paid $4.00 as "the balance of payment required by law the Timber Culture Entry of the NE 1/4 of Section 19, Township 108 North, Range 53 West. The 1891 History of Fayette Country, Iowa, refers to "Albert [Dykins] who is married and resides in Dakota." The 1910 History of Fayette County describes Albert W. Dykins as "a prosperous farmer and stock raiser residing southwest of Ramona [South Dakota]." Albert Dykins died on August 9, 1939, at age 82, He is buried at Ramona, South Dakota, beside his wife Mable Palmer Dykins (1860-1950). Albert and Mable Dykins had two children, Frank A. Dykins (born May 19, 1885) and Edna Dykins (born November 17, 1886).
Frank A. Dykins married Mable Lorraine Sells, and they had six children: Frank Dykins, Jr., Justin E. Dykins, Charles A. Dykins, Keith Dykins, Lorraine E. Dykins [Christiansen], and Joyce E. Dykins [Nelson]. Frank died on April 22, 1961, at Beach, North Dakota, at age 75.
On June 25, 1913, Edna Dykins married Clarence E. Holiday of Crown, Pennsylvania, where she died shortly thereafter on January 29, 1914, at age 27, without any children. Edna Dykins Holiday is buried beside her parents at Ramona.
| Last Edited | 9 April 2014 |
Citations
- [S703] 1900 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, William H. Dykins household, Madison, Lake County, South Dakota.
- [S14] 1850 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census
Name Elias S Dykins
Gender Male
Race White
Residence Age 44
Birth Date abt 1806
Birthplace New York
Residence Date 1850
Home in 1850 Winneshiek, Iowa, USA
Occupation Farmer
Industry Agriculture
Line Number 1
Dwelling Number 44
Family Number 44
Household Members Age
Elias S Dykins 44
Emily Dykins 41
Mary Dykins 11
William H Dykins 9
Morgoret J Dykins 7. - [S698] 1860 U.S. Census, Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa, www.ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census
Name G S Dickens
[Elias Satterly Dykins]
Age 53
Birth Year abt 1807
Gender Male
Race White
Birth Place New York
Home in 1860 Auburn, Fayette, Iowa
Post Office Douglass
Dwelling Number 245
Family Number 245
Occupation Farmer
Real Estate Value 3060
Personal Estate Value 300
Household Members (Name) Age
G S Dickens, 53
Emily Dickens, 52
Mary A Dickens, 20
Abigal Jacobs, 75
Wm L Nims, 29
Amelia Nims, 23
Henry Nims, 5
Eva Murphy, 1
Alfred Murphy, 22
Wm Dickens, 20. - [S695] William H. Dykins Household, 1880 U.S. Census, Auburn, Fayette County, Iowa, www.ancestry.com (Image 3 of 27.)
- [S6] 1880 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com.