Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa), Tuesday, February 5, 1924
Obituary - Malinda [Melinda] Elizabeth Wise was born March 6th, 1834, in Crawford County, Ohio, near Bucyrus. She came with her parents, Henry and Sofia [Sophia] Wise, to Cedar County, Iowa, in 1839, where she grew to womanhood. She was united in marriage to John V. Dawson, March 14th, 1852. To this union were born five children, three boys and two girls, William D. [Henry] Dawson, of Bedford, Ia.; Irene S. [ophia] Keith, of South Dakota; Charles Dawson, deceased; F. [rancis] E. [dgar] Dawson, of Bedford, and Celia A.[ugusta] Priest, of Portland, Ore. She had eight brothers and three sisters. Three brothers survive her. She had eleven grandchildren living and two dead; seventeen great grandchildren living and one dead; six great great grandchildren living and one dead. The oldest great great grandchild is nearly four years old.
She was converted at the age of 16, was baptized, and united with the Newlight church at Moscow, and resided there until 1861; then moved to Clinton County, where they resided until 1878, when they moved to Missouri, near Hopkins, where they resided until 1880, when they moved to their home near Bedford. She united with the Christian church at Siam in 1887.
She passed away at the home of her son, F. [rancis] E. [dgar] Dawson, in north Bedford on Wednesday afternoon at 4:00 o'clock, Jan. 30th. Funeral services were held at the Christian church Friday, February 1st, at 10:30 a. m., conducted by Rev. Price, and the body laid to rest in Graceland cemetery west of Bedford.
Obituary - Malinda [Melinda] Elizabeth Wise was born March 6th, 1834, in Crawford County, Ohio, near Bucyrus. She came with her parents, Henry and Sofia [Sophia] Wise, to Cedar County, Iowa, in 1839, where she grew to womanhood. She was united in marriage to John V. Dawson, March 14th, 1852. To this union were born five children, three boys and two girls, William D. [Henry] Dawson, of Bedford, Ia.; Irene S. [ophia] Keith, of South Dakota; Charles Dawson, deceased; F. [rancis] E. [dgar] Dawson, of Bedford, and Celia A.[ugusta] Priest, of Portland, Ore. She had eight brothers and three sisters. Three brothers survive her. She had eleven grandchildren living and two dead; seventeen great grandchildren living and one dead; six great great grandchildren living and one dead. The oldest great great grandchild is nearly four years old.
She was converted at the age of 16, was baptized, and united with the Newlight church at Moscow, and resided there until 1861; then moved to Clinton County, where they resided until 1878, when they moved to Missouri, near Hopkins, where they resided until 1880, when they moved to their home near Bedford. She united with the Christian church at Siam in 1887.
She passed away at the home of her son, F. [rancis] E. [dgar] Dawson, in north Bedford on Wednesday afternoon at 4:00 o'clock, Jan. 30th. Funeral services were held at the Christian church Friday, February 1st, at 10:30 a. m., conducted by Rev. Price, and the body laid to rest in Graceland cemetery west of Bedford.
Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa), Tuesday, February 5, 1924
Obituary - Malinda [Melinda] Elizabeth Wise was born March 6th, 1834, in Crawford County, Ohio, near Bucyrus. She came with her parents, Henry and Sofia [Sophia] Wise, to Cedar County, Iowa, in 1839, where she grew to womanhood. She was united in marriage to John V. Dawson, March 14th, 1852. To this union were born five children, three boys and two girls, William D. [Henry] Dawson, of Bedford, Ia.; Irene S. [ophia] Keith, of South Dakota; Charles Dawson, deceased; F. [rancis] E. [dgar] Dawson, of Bedford, and Celia A.[ugusta] Priest, of Portland, Ore. She had eight brothers and three sisters. Three brothers survive her. She had eleven grandchildren living and two dead; seventeen great grandchildren living and one dead; six great great grandchildren living and one dead. The oldest great great grandchild is nearly four years old.
She was converted at the age of 16, was baptized, and united with the Newlight church at Moscow, and resided there until 1861; then moved to Clinton County, where they resided until 1878, when they moved to Missouri, near Hopkins, where they resided until 1880, when they moved to their home near Bedford. She united with the Christian church at Siam in 1887.
She passed away at the home of her son, F. [rancis] E. [dgar] Dawson, in north Bedford on Wednesday afternoon at 4:00 o'clock, Jan. 30th. Funeral services were held at the Christian church Friday, February 1st, at 10:30 a. m., conducted by Rev. Price, and the body laid to rest in Graceland cemetery west of Bedford.
Obituary - Malinda [Melinda] Elizabeth Wise was born March 6th, 1834, in Crawford County, Ohio, near Bucyrus. She came with her parents, Henry and Sofia [Sophia] Wise, to Cedar County, Iowa, in 1839, where she grew to womanhood. She was united in marriage to John V. Dawson, March 14th, 1852. To this union were born five children, three boys and two girls, William D. [Henry] Dawson, of Bedford, Ia.; Irene S. [ophia] Keith, of South Dakota; Charles Dawson, deceased; F. [rancis] E. [dgar] Dawson, of Bedford, and Celia A.[ugusta] Priest, of Portland, Ore. She had eight brothers and three sisters. Three brothers survive her. She had eleven grandchildren living and two dead; seventeen great grandchildren living and one dead; six great great grandchildren living and one dead. The oldest great great grandchild is nearly four years old.
She was converted at the age of 16, was baptized, and united with the Newlight church at Moscow, and resided there until 1861; then moved to Clinton County, where they resided until 1878, when they moved to Missouri, near Hopkins, where they resided until 1880, when they moved to their home near Bedford. She united with the Christian church at Siam in 1887.
She passed away at the home of her son, F. [rancis] E. [dgar] Dawson, in north Bedford on Wednesday afternoon at 4:00 o'clock, Jan. 30th. Funeral services were held at the Christian church Friday, February 1st, at 10:30 a. m., conducted by Rev. Price, and the body laid to rest in Graceland cemetery west of Bedford.
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