Napoleon Bonaparte Spurrier and his wife, Mary Louise Spurrier Obituaries, Henry County, Iowa These obits were cut from newspapers by my great grandmother Mary Louise (Davis) Spurrier, so the names of the newspapers and the dates of publication are unknown. Judging by their contents I can give you the town the newspaper was in however. Mary Louise was the eldest child of Daniel T. Davis and Rebecca Lee Davis m. 1854 in Salem, Henry, Iowa. ---------------------------------------------------- from North Platte, Nebraska newspaper 1932 N. B. Spurrier (Napolean Bonaparte Spurrier) N. B. Spurrier was born at Salem, Iowa, January 14 1860, and passed away at Long Beach, California, October 15, 1932. He settled in Lincoln County on a farm west of North Platte and for more than thirty years was a leader in every movement for the development of the finer things in the community. He was a successful farmer and stockman and when he retired in 1920 he moved to California where he has lived since. On March 29 1931, he and Mrs. Spurrier celebrated their golden wedding at Long Beach. Three children, nine grand-children and three great-grandchildren were present and over a hundred friends, many of them former Lincoln County residents helped in the celebration. Until a year ago, Mr. Spurrier never failed to make one trip at least every year to Lincoln County. During the past two years his health has not been good and last year he did not come here. About three weeks before his death he became ill and was sent to his bed from which he did not arise. Rev. George Taubman, teacher of the largest men's Bible class in the world conducted the services and burial was in Oakwood cemetery at Chatsworth, California, beside his grandson. He leaves his wife and three sons, Roy R. Spurrier and Fred L. Spurrier of California and William D. Spurrier of Lincoln County, besides a number of other relatives. His passing will be noted by many old friends and former acquaintances in Lincoln County who admired his fine character and loved him as a friend. ---------------------------- Mary Louise Spurrier died 7 Sep 1942 and is buried with her husband and son Fred in Chatsworth. William d.1952 North Platte, Ne. Roy d. 15 Aug 1955 Bremerton, Wa. ************************************************************************ ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor, or the legal representative of the contributor, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Contributed by: Doug Lind =====================================================================