Joshua Winfield SEWELL [Parents] was born on 29 Dec 1856 in Lyons, Clinton, Iowa. He died on 23 Jul 1919 in Burwell, Garfield, Nebraska. He was buried on 24 Jul 1919 in Burwell, Garfield, Nebraska. He married Matilda Magdalena MOHR on 4 Jul 1890 in Burwell, Garfield, Nebraska.
Death & Burial Information -- Certificate of Death, Lincoln, Nebraska
Death Certificate states was born in Lyons, Clinton, Iowa -- Informant Julius F.Sewell.
Clinton, Iowa is birthplace given by daughter Clara JaneBURIAL: Cottonwood Cemetery
Matilda Magdalena MOHR [Parents] was born on 21 Nov 1870 in Germany. She died on 12 Mar 1926 in Grand Island, Hall, Nebraska. She was buried on 12 Mar 1926 in Burwell, Garfield, Nebraska. She married Joshua Winfield SEWELL on 4 Jul 1890 in Burwell, Garfield, Nebraska.
Death & Burial Information -- Certificate of Death, Lincoln, Nebraska in possession of J. Rod Rood
They had the following children:
M i Julius Franklin SEWELL was born on 17 Apr 1891 in Burwell, Garfield, Nebraska. He died on 7 Aug 1963 in Burwell, Garfield, Nebraska. F ii Eva Mae SEWELL F iii Clara Jane SEWELL M iv Joseph Ernest SEWELL
Albert Roscoe EMERSON [Parents] was born in May 1885 in , , Iowa. He died on 4 Oct 1956 in Lorimor, Union, Iowa. He was buried on 7 Oct 1956 in Peru, Madison, Iowa. He married Sadie Mae NELSON on 4 Oct 1909 in Afton, , Iowa.
CENSUS: 1900 US Federal, Iowa, Union, New Hope; E.D. 140; 9 Jun 1900; Sheet 7; "Emerson, Albert R.; Son; White; Male; b. May 1885; Age 15; Single; born: Iowa; Father born: Iowa; Mother born: Ohio; Occupation: Farm Hand"
CENSUS: 1910 US Federal, Iowa, Union, New Hope; E.D. 154; 30 Apr 1910; Sheet 10; "Emerson, Albert R.; Head; White; Male; Age 24; Married, 0 years; Born: Iowa; Father born: Ohio; Mother born: England; Occupation: Farmer"
CENSUS: Iowa State 1925, Union, New Hope: "Emerson, Albert R.; Head; White; Male; Age 39; Married"
CENSUS: 1930 US Federal, Iowa, Union, New Hope, E.D. 88-16, Sheet 5B, 23-24 April 1930: "Emerson, Albert; Head; White; Male; Age 45; Married; Age at 1st Marriage: 20; born: Iowa; Father born: Iowa; Mother born: Iowa; Occupation: Farmer"
OBIT: Winterset Madisonian - October 17, 1956, ALBERT EMERSON OF LORIMOR DIES, Albert Emerson, a long-time resident of the Lorimor community, died Oct. 4 at his farm home northwest of Lorimor. He was 71 years of age. He was found dead that evening in the barn on his farm by neighbors, and is thought to have been fatally stricken while doing the chores that morning. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Sadie Emerson; and eight children. Funeral services were held Oct. 7 from the Lorimor Christian church conducted by the Rev. Ray Wilson. Burial was made in the Peru cemetery.
BURIAL: Peru Cemetery
Sadie Mae NELSON was born on 19 Sep 1891 in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa. She died on 15 May 1983 in Albuquerque, Bernalillo, New Mexico. She was buried on 20 May 1983 in Lorimor, Union, Iowa. She married Albert Roscoe EMERSON on 4 Oct 1909 in Afton, , Iowa.
CENSUS: 1910 US Federal, Iowa, Union, New Hope; E.D. 154; 30 Apr 1910; Sheet 10; "Emerson, Sadie M.; Wife; White;Female; Age 18; Married; Born: Iowa; Father born: Sweden; Mother born: Iowa"
CENSUS: Iowa State 1925, Union, New Hope: "Emerson, Sadie M.; Wife; White; Female; Age 32; Married"
OBIT: Sadie Emerson Dies - Lorimor
Sadie Emerson, 91, of rural Lorimor, passed away Sunday, May 15, 1983, at St. Joseph Hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Mrs. Emerson was born Sept. 19, 1891, the daughter of Henry and Margaret (Filson) Nelson in Iowa. She was married to Albert Emerson who preceded her in death on Oct. 4, 1956. She is survived by several sons and daughters. Watts-Lindsay Funeral Home is in charge of the funeral arrangements, with burial in the Peru Cemetery at Peru, Iowa.
Source: Afton Star-Enterprise, Afton, Iowa, May 19, 1983OBIT: Sadie Mae Emerson, Lorimor
Services for Sadie Mae Emerson, 91, rural Lorimor, who died May 15 at St. Joseph Hospital at Albuquerque, N.M., were held at the Watts-Lindsay Funeral Home in Lorimor on Friday, May 20. Burial was at the Evergreen Cemetery at the Jerusalem Church. Born Sept. 19, 1891 in Des Moines, she was the daughter of Henry and Margaret Filson Nelson. She was married Oct. 4, 1909 in Afton to Albert Emerson. She lived most of her life in the Lorimor area and was a homemaker. She was a member of the First Christian Church. Survivors include daughters, Mrs. Opal Emerson, Lorimor; Mrs. Wilma Clancy, Waterloo; Mrs. Darline Pickerd, Inglewood, Calif.; and Mrs. Golda LaFollette, El Cerrito, Calif.; sons, Verne, Lorimor; Charles, Clinton, Mo.; Everett, Inglewood, Calif.; and Lloyd, Milpitas, Calif.; 13 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren; and a sister Mrs. Edna Manner, Des Moines. She was preceded in death by her parents and husband.
Source: The Winterset Madisonian, May 25, 1983OBIT: Sadie Emerson Dies - Lorimor
Sadie Mae Emerson, 91, of rural Lorimor, passed away Sunday, May 15, 1983 at an Albuquerque, N.M. hospital. Sadie Mae Nelson was born Sept. 19, 1891, in Des Moines, the daughter of Henry and Margaret (Filson) Nelson. On Oct. 4, 1909, she married Albert Emerson in Afton. He preceded her in death on Oct. 4, 1956. She had lived in the Lorimor area most of her life. She was a homemaker and a member of the Lorimor First Christian Church, to which a memorial has been established. She is survived by four daughters, Opal Emerson of Lorimor, Mrs. Wilma Clancy of Waterloo, Mrs. Darline Pickerd of Inglewood, Calif. and Mrs. Golda LaFollette of El Cerrito, Calif.; four sons, Verne Emerson of Lorimor, Charles of Clinton, Mo., Everett of Inglewood and Lloyd of Milpitas, Calif.; 13 grandchildren; 15 great grandchildren; 2 great-great grandchildren; and a sister, Mrs. Edna Manner of Des Moines. Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at Watts-Lindsay Funeral Home in Lorimor with burial at the Evergreen Cemetery at the Jerusalem Church.
Source: Afton Star-Enterprise, Afton, Iowa, May 26, 1983BURIAL: Evergreen Cemetery
They had the following children:
F i Golda L. EMERSON F ii Opal I. EMERSON was born on 10 Sep 1913 in Dodge Twp, Union, Iowa. She died on 30 Dec 1985 in Winterset, Madison, Iowa. She was buried on 3 Jan 1986 in Peru, Madison, Iowa.
BURIAL: Peru Cemetery
CENSUS: Iowa State 1925, Union, New Hope: "Emerson, Opal I.; Daughter; White; Female; Age 11; Single"
CENSUS: Age 16, born in Iowa, 1930 Federal Census, Lorimor, New Hope Twp., Union County, Iowa
OBIT: Opal I. Emerson, rural Lorimor
Services for Opal I. Emerson, 72, rural Lorimor, who died Dec. 30 at the Winterset Care Center South where she resided, were held Jan. 3 at the Watts-Lindsay Funeral Home in Lorimor with the Rev. Dorothy Petersen officiating. Burial was at the Peru Cemetery. Born in Dodge township at Union County on Sept. 10, 1913, she was the daughter of Albert and Sadie Nelson Emerson. She lived in Lorimor most of her life and was a member of the Lorimor Christian Church and the American Legion Auxiliary at Lorimor. Survivors include brothers, Charles of Clinton, Mo., Verne of Lorimor and Lloyd and Everett, both of California; and sisters, Golda LaFollett, Darlene Pickerd and Wilma Clancy, all of California.
Source: The Winterset Madisonian, January 8, 1986F iii Wilma M. EMERSON M iv Verne Henry EMERSON F v Hazel Darlene EMERSON M vi Charles E. EMERSON M vii Everett EMERSON M viii Lloyd EMERSON
John Jacob MOHR was born on 28 Jan 1835 in Germany. He died on 25 Sep 1924. He married Matilda Magdalina HANSON.
Matilda Magdalina HANSON was born on 7 Nov 1827 in , , Germany. She died on 22 Jan 1910 in , Garfield, Nebraska. She married John Jacob MOHR.
They had the following children:
F i Marguerite MOHR M ii John J. MOHR M iii Peter H. MOHR F iv Matilda Magdalena MOHR F v Lena MOHR F vi Mary MOHR
Eva Mae SEWELL [Parents] was born on 17 Nov 1896 in Burwell, Garfield, Nebraska. She died . She married Charles CONNER on 10 Apr 1921.
They had the following children:
F i Irene CONNER M ii Delvin Morris CONNER F iii Aletha CONNER F iv Betty Mae CONNER
Joseph Ernest SEWELL [Parents] was born on 29 Aug 1901 in Burwell, Garfield, Nebraska. He died in Burwell, Garfield, Nebraska. He married Alethea BEEM on 4 Nov 1939 in Marshalltown, Marshall, Iowa.
Alethea BEEM was born on 7 May in Tama, Tama, Iowa. She died in Burwell, Garfield, Nebraska. She married Joseph Ernest SEWELL on 4 Nov 1939 in Marshalltown, Marshall, Iowa.
Elisha Morgan ROOD [Parents] was born on 19 Feb 1829. He died on 1 Jun 1901 in N Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut. He was buried in East Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut. He married Sarah Maria HAWES on 3 Dec 1850 in Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut.
Sarah Maria HAWES [Parents] was born on 21 Feb 1832 in East Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut. She died on 11 Jun 1901 in Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut. She married Elisha Morgan ROOD on 3 Dec 1850 in Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut.
They had the following children:
M i George Hawes ROOD M ii Rollin M. ROOD M iii Frank K. ROOD M iv Charles Lewis ROOD M v Frederick ROOD
Thomas E. HEATON was born in Huddersfield, , , England. He died in Ashley Falls, Berkshire, Massachusetts. He married Augusta A. DOOLITTLE on 10 Oct 1860.
Augusta A. DOOLITTLE [Parents] was born on 13 Oct 1844 in Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut. She died on 18 Apr 1918 in Ashley Falls, Berkshrire, Massachusetts. She married Thomas E. HEATON on 10 Oct 1860.
They had the following children:
F i Hettie Nichols HEATON F ii Katherine Elizabeth HEATON was born on 15 Mar 1869 in Ashley Falls, Berkshire, Massachusetts. She died on 16 May 1951 in Great Barrington, Berkshire, Massachusetts. M iii Alfred Henry HEATON was born in , , Massachusetts. He died .
Howard Lewis ROOD [Parents] [scrapbook] was born on 10 Feb 1889 in Clayton, Berkshire, Massachusetts. He died on 8 Mar 1956 in Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut. He married Olive Celeste HUMPHREY on 27 Dec 1910.
CENSUS: 1900 US Federal, Connecticut; Litchfield; North Canaan; E.D. 247; Sheet 6; 11 June 1900: "Rood, Howard; Son; White; Male; born: Feb 1889; Age 11; Single; born: Connecticut; Father born: Connecticut; Mother born: Massachusetts"
CENSUS: 1910 US Federal, Connecticut; Litchfield; Winchester; E.D. 289; Sheet 11B; 21 April 1910: "Rood, Howard; Boarder; White; Male; Age 21; Single; born: Connecticut; Father born: Connecticut; Mother born: Connecticut; Occupation: Salesman -- Dry Goods"
CENSUS: 1920 US Federal, Massachusetts, Berkshire, Precinct A.; Great Barrington Town; E.D. 17; Sheet 6; 8 January 1920: "Rood, Howard L.; Head; White; Male; Age 30; Married; born: Connecticut; Father born: Connecticut; Mother born: Massachusetts; Occupation: Merchant"
CENSUS: 1930 US Federal, Connecticut; New Haven; Guilford; E.D. 135; Sheet 9B; 18 April 1930: "Rood, Howard L.; Head; White; Male; Age 41; Married 21 years; born: Connecticut; Father born: Connecticut; Mother born: Connecticut; Occupation: Painter -- House Painting"
Olive Celeste HUMPHREY was born on 30 Nov 1888 in , , Connecticut. She died on 15 Jul 1968 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut. She married Howard Lewis ROOD on 27 Dec 1910.
CENSUS: 1920 US Federal, Massachusetts, Berkshire, Precinct A.; Great Barrington Town; E.D. 17; Sheet 7; 8&9 January 1920: "Rood, Olive C.; Wife; White;Female; Age 31; Married; born: Connecticut; Father born: Connecticut; Mother born: New York"
CENSUS: 1930 US Federal, Connecticut; New Haven; Guilford; E.D. 135; Sheet 9B; 18 April 1930: "Rood, Olive C.; Wife; White; Female; Age 41; Married 21 years; born: Connecticut; Father born: Connecticut; Mother born: New York"
They had the following children:
Alfred Heaton ROOD [Parents] was born on 20 May 1894 in Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut. He died on 25 Apr 1949 in Manchester, Connecticut. He married Nina WEST on 15 Sep 1917.
CENSUS: 1900 US Federal, Connecticut; Litchfield; North Canaan; E.D. 247; Sheet 6; 11 June 1900: "Rood, Alfred; Son; White; Male; born: May 1894; Age 6; Single; born: Connecticut; Father born: Connecticut; Mother born: Massachusetts"
CENSUS: 1910 US Federal, Connecticut; Litchfield; North Canaan; E.D. 266; Sheet 21A; 20 May 1910: "Rood, Alfred H.; Son; White; Male; Age 15; Single; born: Connecticut; Father born: Connecticut; Mother born: Massachusetts"
Nina WEST was born on 15 Sep 1895. She died on 6 Aug 1979. She married Alfred Heaton ROOD on 15 Sep 1917.
They had the following children:
F i Evelyn Alice ROOD F ii Shirley Louis ROOD
George TELLERDAY was born on 25 Aug 1889. He died on 16 Jun 1962. He married Olive Mabel ROOD on 13 Jun 1931.
Olive Mabel ROOD [Parents] was born on 23 Apr 1896 in Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut. She died on 1 Jun 1970. She married George TELLERDAY on 13 Jun 1931.
CENSUS: 1900 US Federal, Connecticut; Litchfield; North Canaan; E.D. 247; Sheet 6; 11 June 1900: "Rood, Olive; Daughter; White; Female; born: Apr 1896; Age 4; Single; born: Connecticut; Father born: Connecticut; Mother born: Massachusetts"
CENSUS: 1910 US Federal, Connecticut; Litchfield; North Canaan; E.D. 266; Sheet 21A; 20 May 1910: "Rood, Olive M.; Daughter; White; Female; Age 14; Single; born: Connecticut; Father born: Connecticut; Mother born: Massachusetts"
They had the following children:
F i Anne TELLERDAY was born on 28 Jan 1934. She died on 18 Jul 1960.