Married: Carolyn Reynolds
August 16, 1887
Children:
Icle Rakes
Olive FraThomas Denismore Astleford
March 9,
1945 Atkinson Graphic
People in the Phoenix neighborhood northeast of here,
will continue their search today for T.D. Astelford, 90 years of age or over,
who it is feared has perished from exhaustion or exposure somewhere in the
rugged country between the Phoenix store and his home on Spring Creek 7 miles
north of Phoenix.
Mr. Astelford, a resident of that vicinity for 40 years or
more, has been missing for 11 days. People of the neighborhood conducted an
extensive search for him last Saturday and Sunday afternoons, but could find no
trace of the missing man. A searching party last Friday afternoon was broken up
by a severe snow storm.
Mr. Astelford lived with his son, Walter and family,
who last week were getting ready to move to a farm in Boyd County. On Monday of
last week the old gentleman, very active, in spite of his advanced age, left
home afoot to visit Rex Coburn at Phoenix. U.E. Owens, a resident of that
vicinity, came across him and took him back home.
The aged man evidently was
determined to have a visit with friends near Phoenix before his family moved
across the Niobrara River into Boyd County, because the next day he started out
again. He was last seen that day at the mailbox near his home by a neighbor, Mr.
Miller.
Members of the Astelford family were not alarmed about his safety
because they thought he was visiting with friends near Phoenix. His former home
was 3 miles north of the Phoenix store. It was not until Friday that they
learned he was
lost.
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March
23, 1945 Atkinson Graphic MISSING MAN IS FOUND DEAD ON OBERMIRE
PLACE
Apparantly dead from exposure and exhaustion, the body of T.D. Astelford,
aged farm resident of north Holt County who had been missing since February
27th, was found Saturday evening in the shallow water of a spring on the banks
of Brush Creek on the Obermire place about 23 miles northeast of Atkinson on
Highway No 11.
John Obermire, at work near the spot, discovered the body and
the information was telephoned to Sheriff A.B. Hubbard who that afternoon
directed a searching party of more than a hundred men and boys from ONeill,
Butte and the Phoenix community. Mr. Obermire was not a member of the searching
party. At least three organized searching parties had failed to find any trace
of Mr. Astelford, who was last seen near the mail box at the home of his son,
Walter, about 7 miles north of Phoenix.
The location in which the body was
found is several miles outside the area in which it was thought the aged man
could have traveled afoot. Cash in the amount of $642.31 was found on the body,
nearly all in currency placed in billfolds and handkerchiefs, and scattered in
the many pockets of his clothing.
Sheriff Hubbard said that apparently Mr.
Astelfords death was caused by exposure and indicated an inquest would not be
necessary. The body was taken to Butte and prepared for burial.
Searching
parties had concentrated their efforts on an eight mile square area north of the
Phoenix store, where it was thought most likely the body would be found. The
aged man formerly lived three miles north of Phoenix and it was thought that he
had left the home of his son to visit friends in the Phoenix neighborhood.
For
him to get to the Obermire place, where evidently he died of exposure, he would
have had to traveled some very rough hilly and thickly wooded country, or gone
in a roundabout way many miles by road.
Funeral rites were conducted in the
Free Methodist Church in Butte Tuesday afternoon. The services were in charge
of the Rev. Harold Timm, assisted by the Rev. G.M. Hubby of Spencer. Hymns were
sung by a mixed quartet. Pallbearers were Wilber Kirkland, Harold Kirkland, Rex
Coburn, Ralph Coburn, George Syfie and Orval Hartland, all of the Phoenix
community. Burial was in the Butte Cemetery.
Thomas Denismore Astelford, better
known as T.D. was born in Governor, New York on Feb 24, 1860, and died on or
about Feb 28, 1945 at the age of 85 years and 4 days in rural Holt County,
Nebraska.
Traveling by railroad, at the age of 8 years he moved to Niobrara, NE
with his father, William A. Astleford and family, his mother being recently
deceased. Following the death of his father, who was killed while working in
the timber, T.D. grew to manhood in the Niobrara community. For some time, he
drove the stage and carried mail from Yankton, SD to Niobrara. Later he
homesteaded near Meek, in Holt County.
On Aug 16, 1887, in Paddock in Holt
County, T.D. Astleford was married to Carolyn *Caroline or Carolina* Reynolds.
To this union were born three children, Icle Ruth born Sept 25th, 1888; Olive
Irene, born July 27th, 1890 and son Walter Everett, born April 7th 1891 in Meek
of Holt County.
In 1894 he moved his family to Boone, Iowa due to the drought,
but returned to northeastern Nebraska after three years, to a farm two miles
from Niobrara. In 1910, he then homesteaded again in Holt County, three miles
north of Phoenix, where he lived until nearly three years ago when he left that
place to live with his children.
In his early married life he was converted and
shortly after moving to Phoenix he became a member of the Free Methodist Church
of Butte, of which he remained a loyal member. After the death of his wife, TD
who lived alone on his farm for many years, milked his cows and kept his home
neat and tidy to the end. On Sundays his team and buggy was a familiar sight as
the old man drove to church.
TDs wife Carolyn and one daughter Icle, Mrs. Kent
Rakes, preceded him in death.
Surviving relatives are his son Walter of the
Phoenix area, his daughter Olive, Mrs. George Francis of Spencer, NE; a sister,
Mrs. Emma Kelley of Los Angeles, California; 14 grandchildren, 22 great
grandchildren, and a large number of more distant
relatives.
ncis
Walter
Lele
Emma Kelley
_______________________
August 16, 1887
Children:
Icle Rakes
Olive FraThomas Denismore Astleford
March 9,
1945 Atkinson Graphic
People in the Phoenix neighborhood northeast of here,
will continue their search today for T.D. Astelford, 90 years of age or over,
who it is feared has perished from exhaustion or exposure somewhere in the
rugged country between the Phoenix store and his home on Spring Creek 7 miles
north of Phoenix.
Mr. Astelford, a resident of that vicinity for 40 years or
more, has been missing for 11 days. People of the neighborhood conducted an
extensive search for him last Saturday and Sunday afternoons, but could find no
trace of the missing man. A searching party last Friday afternoon was broken up
by a severe snow storm.
Mr. Astelford lived with his son, Walter and family,
who last week were getting ready to move to a farm in Boyd County. On Monday of
last week the old gentleman, very active, in spite of his advanced age, left
home afoot to visit Rex Coburn at Phoenix. U.E. Owens, a resident of that
vicinity, came across him and took him back home.
The aged man evidently was
determined to have a visit with friends near Phoenix before his family moved
across the Niobrara River into Boyd County, because the next day he started out
again. He was last seen that day at the mailbox near his home by a neighbor, Mr.
Miller.
Members of the Astelford family were not alarmed about his safety
because they thought he was visiting with friends near Phoenix. His former home
was 3 miles north of the Phoenix store. It was not until Friday that they
learned he was
lost.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
March
23, 1945 Atkinson Graphic MISSING MAN IS FOUND DEAD ON OBERMIRE
PLACE
Apparantly dead from exposure and exhaustion, the body of T.D. Astelford,
aged farm resident of north Holt County who had been missing since February
27th, was found Saturday evening in the shallow water of a spring on the banks
of Brush Creek on the Obermire place about 23 miles northeast of Atkinson on
Highway No 11.
John Obermire, at work near the spot, discovered the body and
the information was telephoned to Sheriff A.B. Hubbard who that afternoon
directed a searching party of more than a hundred men and boys from ONeill,
Butte and the Phoenix community. Mr. Obermire was not a member of the searching
party. At least three organized searching parties had failed to find any trace
of Mr. Astelford, who was last seen near the mail box at the home of his son,
Walter, about 7 miles north of Phoenix.
The location in which the body was
found is several miles outside the area in which it was thought the aged man
could have traveled afoot. Cash in the amount of $642.31 was found on the body,
nearly all in currency placed in billfolds and handkerchiefs, and scattered in
the many pockets of his clothing.
Sheriff Hubbard said that apparently Mr.
Astelfords death was caused by exposure and indicated an inquest would not be
necessary. The body was taken to Butte and prepared for burial.
Searching
parties had concentrated their efforts on an eight mile square area north of the
Phoenix store, where it was thought most likely the body would be found. The
aged man formerly lived three miles north of Phoenix and it was thought that he
had left the home of his son to visit friends in the Phoenix neighborhood.
For
him to get to the Obermire place, where evidently he died of exposure, he would
have had to traveled some very rough hilly and thickly wooded country, or gone
in a roundabout way many miles by road.
Funeral rites were conducted in the
Free Methodist Church in Butte Tuesday afternoon. The services were in charge
of the Rev. Harold Timm, assisted by the Rev. G.M. Hubby of Spencer. Hymns were
sung by a mixed quartet. Pallbearers were Wilber Kirkland, Harold Kirkland, Rex
Coburn, Ralph Coburn, George Syfie and Orval Hartland, all of the Phoenix
community. Burial was in the Butte Cemetery.
Thomas Denismore Astelford, better
known as T.D. was born in Governor, New York on Feb 24, 1860, and died on or
about Feb 28, 1945 at the age of 85 years and 4 days in rural Holt County,
Nebraska.
Traveling by railroad, at the age of 8 years he moved to Niobrara, NE
with his father, William A. Astleford and family, his mother being recently
deceased. Following the death of his father, who was killed while working in
the timber, T.D. grew to manhood in the Niobrara community. For some time, he
drove the stage and carried mail from Yankton, SD to Niobrara. Later he
homesteaded near Meek, in Holt County.
On Aug 16, 1887, in Paddock in Holt
County, T.D. Astleford was married to Carolyn *Caroline or Carolina* Reynolds.
To this union were born three children, Icle Ruth born Sept 25th, 1888; Olive
Irene, born July 27th, 1890 and son Walter Everett, born April 7th 1891 in Meek
of Holt County.
In 1894 he moved his family to Boone, Iowa due to the drought,
but returned to northeastern Nebraska after three years, to a farm two miles
from Niobrara. In 1910, he then homesteaded again in Holt County, three miles
north of Phoenix, where he lived until nearly three years ago when he left that
place to live with his children.
In his early married life he was converted and
shortly after moving to Phoenix he became a member of the Free Methodist Church
of Butte, of which he remained a loyal member. After the death of his wife, TD
who lived alone on his farm for many years, milked his cows and kept his home
neat and tidy to the end. On Sundays his team and buggy was a familiar sight as
the old man drove to church.
TDs wife Carolyn and one daughter Icle, Mrs. Kent
Rakes, preceded him in death.
Surviving relatives are his son Walter of the
Phoenix area, his daughter Olive, Mrs. George Francis of Spencer, NE; a sister,
Mrs. Emma Kelley of Los Angeles, California; 14 grandchildren, 22 great
grandchildren, and a large number of more distant
relatives.
ncis
Walter
Lele
Emma Kelley
_______________________
Married: Carolyn Reynolds
August 16, 1887
Children:
Icle Rakes
Olive FraThomas Denismore Astleford
March 9,
1945 Atkinson Graphic
People in the Phoenix neighborhood northeast of here,
will continue their search today for T.D. Astelford, 90 years of age or over,
who it is feared has perished from exhaustion or exposure somewhere in the
rugged country between the Phoenix store and his home on Spring Creek 7 miles
north of Phoenix.
Mr. Astelford, a resident of that vicinity for 40 years or
more, has been missing for 11 days. People of the neighborhood conducted an
extensive search for him last Saturday and Sunday afternoons, but could find no
trace of the missing man. A searching party last Friday afternoon was broken up
by a severe snow storm.
Mr. Astelford lived with his son, Walter and family,
who last week were getting ready to move to a farm in Boyd County. On Monday of
last week the old gentleman, very active, in spite of his advanced age, left
home afoot to visit Rex Coburn at Phoenix. U.E. Owens, a resident of that
vicinity, came across him and took him back home.
The aged man evidently was
determined to have a visit with friends near Phoenix before his family moved
across the Niobrara River into Boyd County, because the next day he started out
again. He was last seen that day at the mailbox near his home by a neighbor, Mr.
Miller.
Members of the Astelford family were not alarmed about his safety
because they thought he was visiting with friends near Phoenix. His former home
was 3 miles north of the Phoenix store. It was not until Friday that they
learned he was
lost.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
March
23, 1945 Atkinson Graphic MISSING MAN IS FOUND DEAD ON OBERMIRE
PLACE
Apparantly dead from exposure and exhaustion, the body of T.D. Astelford,
aged farm resident of north Holt County who had been missing since February
27th, was found Saturday evening in the shallow water of a spring on the banks
of Brush Creek on the Obermire place about 23 miles northeast of Atkinson on
Highway No 11.
John Obermire, at work near the spot, discovered the body and
the information was telephoned to Sheriff A.B. Hubbard who that afternoon
directed a searching party of more than a hundred men and boys from ONeill,
Butte and the Phoenix community. Mr. Obermire was not a member of the searching
party. At least three organized searching parties had failed to find any trace
of Mr. Astelford, who was last seen near the mail box at the home of his son,
Walter, about 7 miles north of Phoenix.
The location in which the body was
found is several miles outside the area in which it was thought the aged man
could have traveled afoot. Cash in the amount of $642.31 was found on the body,
nearly all in currency placed in billfolds and handkerchiefs, and scattered in
the many pockets of his clothing.
Sheriff Hubbard said that apparently Mr.
Astelfords death was caused by exposure and indicated an inquest would not be
necessary. The body was taken to Butte and prepared for burial.
Searching
parties had concentrated their efforts on an eight mile square area north of the
Phoenix store, where it was thought most likely the body would be found. The
aged man formerly lived three miles north of Phoenix and it was thought that he
had left the home of his son to visit friends in the Phoenix neighborhood.
For
him to get to the Obermire place, where evidently he died of exposure, he would
have had to traveled some very rough hilly and thickly wooded country, or gone
in a roundabout way many miles by road.
Funeral rites were conducted in the
Free Methodist Church in Butte Tuesday afternoon. The services were in charge
of the Rev. Harold Timm, assisted by the Rev. G.M. Hubby of Spencer. Hymns were
sung by a mixed quartet. Pallbearers were Wilber Kirkland, Harold Kirkland, Rex
Coburn, Ralph Coburn, George Syfie and Orval Hartland, all of the Phoenix
community. Burial was in the Butte Cemetery.
Thomas Denismore Astelford, better
known as T.D. was born in Governor, New York on Feb 24, 1860, and died on or
about Feb 28, 1945 at the age of 85 years and 4 days in rural Holt County,
Nebraska.
Traveling by railroad, at the age of 8 years he moved to Niobrara, NE
with his father, William A. Astleford and family, his mother being recently
deceased. Following the death of his father, who was killed while working in
the timber, T.D. grew to manhood in the Niobrara community. For some time, he
drove the stage and carried mail from Yankton, SD to Niobrara. Later he
homesteaded near Meek, in Holt County.
On Aug 16, 1887, in Paddock in Holt
County, T.D. Astleford was married to Carolyn *Caroline or Carolina* Reynolds.
To this union were born three children, Icle Ruth born Sept 25th, 1888; Olive
Irene, born July 27th, 1890 and son Walter Everett, born April 7th 1891 in Meek
of Holt County.
In 1894 he moved his family to Boone, Iowa due to the drought,
but returned to northeastern Nebraska after three years, to a farm two miles
from Niobrara. In 1910, he then homesteaded again in Holt County, three miles
north of Phoenix, where he lived until nearly three years ago when he left that
place to live with his children.
In his early married life he was converted and
shortly after moving to Phoenix he became a member of the Free Methodist Church
of Butte, of which he remained a loyal member. After the death of his wife, TD
who lived alone on his farm for many years, milked his cows and kept his home
neat and tidy to the end. On Sundays his team and buggy was a familiar sight as
the old man drove to church.
TDs wife Carolyn and one daughter Icle, Mrs. Kent
Rakes, preceded him in death.
Surviving relatives are his son Walter of the
Phoenix area, his daughter Olive, Mrs. George Francis of Spencer, NE; a sister,
Mrs. Emma Kelley of Los Angeles, California; 14 grandchildren, 22 great
grandchildren, and a large number of more distant
relatives.
ncis
Walter
Lele
Emma Kelley
_______________________
August 16, 1887
Children:
Icle Rakes
Olive FraThomas Denismore Astleford
March 9,
1945 Atkinson Graphic
People in the Phoenix neighborhood northeast of here,
will continue their search today for T.D. Astelford, 90 years of age or over,
who it is feared has perished from exhaustion or exposure somewhere in the
rugged country between the Phoenix store and his home on Spring Creek 7 miles
north of Phoenix.
Mr. Astelford, a resident of that vicinity for 40 years or
more, has been missing for 11 days. People of the neighborhood conducted an
extensive search for him last Saturday and Sunday afternoons, but could find no
trace of the missing man. A searching party last Friday afternoon was broken up
by a severe snow storm.
Mr. Astelford lived with his son, Walter and family,
who last week were getting ready to move to a farm in Boyd County. On Monday of
last week the old gentleman, very active, in spite of his advanced age, left
home afoot to visit Rex Coburn at Phoenix. U.E. Owens, a resident of that
vicinity, came across him and took him back home.
The aged man evidently was
determined to have a visit with friends near Phoenix before his family moved
across the Niobrara River into Boyd County, because the next day he started out
again. He was last seen that day at the mailbox near his home by a neighbor, Mr.
Miller.
Members of the Astelford family were not alarmed about his safety
because they thought he was visiting with friends near Phoenix. His former home
was 3 miles north of the Phoenix store. It was not until Friday that they
learned he was
lost.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
March
23, 1945 Atkinson Graphic MISSING MAN IS FOUND DEAD ON OBERMIRE
PLACE
Apparantly dead from exposure and exhaustion, the body of T.D. Astelford,
aged farm resident of north Holt County who had been missing since February
27th, was found Saturday evening in the shallow water of a spring on the banks
of Brush Creek on the Obermire place about 23 miles northeast of Atkinson on
Highway No 11.
John Obermire, at work near the spot, discovered the body and
the information was telephoned to Sheriff A.B. Hubbard who that afternoon
directed a searching party of more than a hundred men and boys from ONeill,
Butte and the Phoenix community. Mr. Obermire was not a member of the searching
party. At least three organized searching parties had failed to find any trace
of Mr. Astelford, who was last seen near the mail box at the home of his son,
Walter, about 7 miles north of Phoenix.
The location in which the body was
found is several miles outside the area in which it was thought the aged man
could have traveled afoot. Cash in the amount of $642.31 was found on the body,
nearly all in currency placed in billfolds and handkerchiefs, and scattered in
the many pockets of his clothing.
Sheriff Hubbard said that apparently Mr.
Astelfords death was caused by exposure and indicated an inquest would not be
necessary. The body was taken to Butte and prepared for burial.
Searching
parties had concentrated their efforts on an eight mile square area north of the
Phoenix store, where it was thought most likely the body would be found. The
aged man formerly lived three miles north of Phoenix and it was thought that he
had left the home of his son to visit friends in the Phoenix neighborhood.
For
him to get to the Obermire place, where evidently he died of exposure, he would
have had to traveled some very rough hilly and thickly wooded country, or gone
in a roundabout way many miles by road.
Funeral rites were conducted in the
Free Methodist Church in Butte Tuesday afternoon. The services were in charge
of the Rev. Harold Timm, assisted by the Rev. G.M. Hubby of Spencer. Hymns were
sung by a mixed quartet. Pallbearers were Wilber Kirkland, Harold Kirkland, Rex
Coburn, Ralph Coburn, George Syfie and Orval Hartland, all of the Phoenix
community. Burial was in the Butte Cemetery.
Thomas Denismore Astelford, better
known as T.D. was born in Governor, New York on Feb 24, 1860, and died on or
about Feb 28, 1945 at the age of 85 years and 4 days in rural Holt County,
Nebraska.
Traveling by railroad, at the age of 8 years he moved to Niobrara, NE
with his father, William A. Astleford and family, his mother being recently
deceased. Following the death of his father, who was killed while working in
the timber, T.D. grew to manhood in the Niobrara community. For some time, he
drove the stage and carried mail from Yankton, SD to Niobrara. Later he
homesteaded near Meek, in Holt County.
On Aug 16, 1887, in Paddock in Holt
County, T.D. Astleford was married to Carolyn *Caroline or Carolina* Reynolds.
To this union were born three children, Icle Ruth born Sept 25th, 1888; Olive
Irene, born July 27th, 1890 and son Walter Everett, born April 7th 1891 in Meek
of Holt County.
In 1894 he moved his family to Boone, Iowa due to the drought,
but returned to northeastern Nebraska after three years, to a farm two miles
from Niobrara. In 1910, he then homesteaded again in Holt County, three miles
north of Phoenix, where he lived until nearly three years ago when he left that
place to live with his children.
In his early married life he was converted and
shortly after moving to Phoenix he became a member of the Free Methodist Church
of Butte, of which he remained a loyal member. After the death of his wife, TD
who lived alone on his farm for many years, milked his cows and kept his home
neat and tidy to the end. On Sundays his team and buggy was a familiar sight as
the old man drove to church.
TDs wife Carolyn and one daughter Icle, Mrs. Kent
Rakes, preceded him in death.
Surviving relatives are his son Walter of the
Phoenix area, his daughter Olive, Mrs. George Francis of Spencer, NE; a sister,
Mrs. Emma Kelley of Los Angeles, California; 14 grandchildren, 22 great
grandchildren, and a large number of more distant
relatives.
ncis
Walter
Lele
Emma Kelley
_______________________
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