Clinton-Jackson County IA Archives Obituaries.....Myatt, Edward August 31, 1939
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Lost Nation Press, Sep. 7, 1939
Lost Nation Press, September 7, 1939 

OBITUARY 

Edward Myatt, Sr. died Thursday at his home in Lost Nation. Funeral services 
were held in the home at 1:30 p.m. and at the Union Presbyterian church at 2 
p.m. Saturday. The Rev. B. J. Swede conducted the services. Burial was in the 
Lost Nation Cemetery. 

Edward Myatt, son of Thomas and Anna Myatt, was born in Sharon Township, 
Clinton County, on February 17, 1864, on a farm north of Lost Nation. He spent 
his boyhood amid scenes of rapid development in the middle west, attended 
country school and worked the farm with his parents. He was baptised in the 
Methodist church in Lost Nation. 

On August 26, 1886, he was united in marriage to Anna Kiel and they continued 
to be tillers of the soil on a farm northeast of Lost Nation. To this union 
six children were born. On October 1, 1912, Anna passed away. Mr. Myatt 
continued farming until 1913, after which he moved to Lost Nation. On 
September 24, 1924, he was married to Mrs. Mary Langhurst. He served on the 
town council and was a respected member of the community. 

Mr. Myatt suffered a lingering illness until his release August 31. He was 
preceded in death by three sisters and one brother. He is survived by his 
wife, six children: Tom, Ralph and Edward of Maquoketa, and Frank, Fred and 
Leitha Grundmeier of Lost Nation; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Nichols and Mrs. 
Laura Brown of Denver, Colorado and sixteen grandchildren and one great 
grandson. 



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