Jackson-Pottawattamie County IA Archives Obituaries.....Jonas, George  December 29, 1877
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Bellevue Leader, Jan. 31, 1877
Bellevue Leader, Bellevue, Iowa, January 31, 1877

Obituary

Died- At Council Bluffs, Iowa, December 29, 1876, Mr. George Jonas, formerly 
of Bellevue, aged 63 years. Mr. Jonas was born in Somerset County, 
Pennsylvania, and emigrated to Iowa when it was a territory. When California 
fever broke out, he and several others started for that land of Ophir, where 
he remained until 1866 or 1867; he then returned to Bellevue on a visit to his 
daughters, Mrs. Shepler, Mrs. Beardsley and Mrs. Ben Williams; they tried to 
prevail on him to remain with them, but no persuasion could induce him to 
stay. He then left for the West again and stopped at Council Bluffs until the 
day of his death. He had been ailing for sometime owing to a paralytic stroke. 
Many who knew him well then were aware that he could not live long, but few 
thought he would die so soon.


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