"K" Obituraries, Truro, Ohio Twp., Madison Co, Iowa ------------------------------------------------------------------------ See complete listing of obituaries and explaination in the Index linked to the main page. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Kalaher, Mary Aggie, died at the residence of her grandmother, Mrs. Porter, Feb 29, 1892, aged 14 years, four months and thirteen days. It was at an early hour Monday morning when Aggie murmured good bye to her grandma Porter and aunties, then her beautiful spirit went out of the frail little body, that was so emaciated and weak. Aggie had lived with her Grandma Porter since the death of her mother eleven years ago. Her father died soon after. No one can tell the void this dainty christian's absence will produce. The romping children as they pass the window may almost forget and offer to share their fruit and flowers, before they remember the quiet passing away of their dear young friend. Then will come the little invalid's life lesson of patience and sweetness. The child had known for months that she was not to recover, and was not burdened by contemplating the separating from her body. The funeral services were held yesterday morning, at the M. E. church. Rev. Johnson spoke from Mathew 9:14. Afterwards Rev. McAulay spoke a short time. Mrs. Cooling, Miss Ida Davis, Messrs. Cha's Bacon and B. F. Tufts furnished the music. Rush Woodhouse, K. Allen, Delle Kelly, Harry Ludlow, Ed Ruff and Arthur Cooling acted as pall bearers. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Horne, Rock Island; Mr and Mrs. G. H. ..iles, Muscatine; Mrs. Mary McQuerry and Al Porter, Davenport; Mr. and Mrs. M. Kalaher and Miss Maggie Kalaher, Washington; Mr. Wm. Hanlin, Muscatine; came to attend the funeral of their little relative, Aggie Kalaher. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Keller, Ellen Jane McIntosh, was born Dec. 15, 1828, in what was then Harrison county, Virginia, now Taylor county, West Virginia, and was married to Franklin Keller of Barber county, Va., on January 16, 1851. They lived in Virginia until March 13, 1854, when they located on the present farm in Warren county, which they entered as government land and on which she lived until death. They were among the first settlers in Warren county. She was the mother of twelve children, two of whom were born in Virginia, the rest in Warren county, Iowa. Their names are Lucinda and Ai, who died in early childhood and were buried at Bonaparte, Van Buren county, John, Rebecca, Bollovia, Harriet, McClellan, Rosa J., Charles B., Lee F., Cyrena and Ida; Harriet and McClellan dying in childhood, John and Rebecca died after reaching maturity, leaving families. These four are buried in the cemetery at New Virginia. The other six are married and have families of their own. She had thirty grand- children and five great grandchildren. These six, Bollovia, Rosa J., Charles, Lee, Cyrena and Ida, helped care for her and were present at the death of their mother. She leaves behind to mourn her loss, husband, children, grandchildren, four brothers, B. S. McIntosh, of West Va., Wm. F. McIntosh, of Oregon, A. D. McIntosh, of New Mexico and A. B. McIntosh, New Virginia and one sister, Hannah Freeman of New Virginia. Sister Jane Keller was converted in her father's home in her 13th year and joined the M. E. church at Pleasant Creek, Va., in 1841. When she came to Warren county she carried her letter and helped organize Mt. Tabor society in the spring of 1855 at Wm. Forman's sr. She has been identified with all of the church and Sunday school work for 65 years. Was in poor health for twenty years, but was always willing to work for the best interests of Christ and his kingdom. She bore her afflictions with christian fortitude and left a glorious hope of a brighter home and departed this life at 2:30 a. m. Feb. 20, 1907, aged 78 years, 2 months and 5 days. Funeral services were conducted at the house by Rev. Carpenter at 10 a.m. by reading the 14th chapter of St. John; after prayer the body was taken to Mt. Tabor church and the first scripture lesson, the ?0 Psalm was read by the pastor, Rev. George. The second scripture lesson was read by Rev. Carpenter from 1 Cor. 15:44-56, after which Rev. Dr. Holmes took charge of the services and used St. John 14:2-3 as a text. The opening song was "How Firm a Foundation", second, "Will There Be Any Stars in my Crown" third,"Jesus is Mine; fourth, "Asleep in Jesus," fifth, "Safe in the Arms of Jesus," sixth, "Home of the Soul" The church and casket were beautifully decorated with flowers. After the services at the church the body was laid to rest in Mr. Tabor cemetery. The pall-bearers were her six grandaughters, Pearl and Reba Stickel............ ----------------------------------------------------------- Kelley, Angeline Sechrist Mann, was born in Morgan county, Indiana, January 14, 1851. Moved with her parents to this county in 1853 where she has continually resided until her death, Oct. 23, 1909. In 1868 she was united in marriage to Z. T. Mann. To this union was born one child, William A. Mann, who was present, his father dying when he was only three months old. In 1871 Mrs. Mann was united in marriage to William Kelley. To this union was born three children, two having died in infancy. Maggie M. Farley, the surviving daughter with whom she made her home until called away to her permanent home. There to enjoy everlasting peace with her father, brother, sister and dear relatives who had preceeded her. She was united with the Methodist Episcopal church in 1880 in Washington township. Having lived a christian life enjoying the privileges of the church which was a great comfort to her in her many trials. There never lived a truer christian woman than Angeline, always kind and generous, ever strewing the choicest of flowers in the paths of the weak, lending encouragement to all. such a life is worth the living. She leaves a mother, three sisters, one brother, son and daughter to mourn her loss. ----------------------------------------------------------- Kennedy, Rev. Benjamin Brownfield, was born Jan. 17, 1824 near Uniontown, Pa. and died June 6, 1892 at Ogden, Utah. He was converted and joined the M. E. Church at Millsboro, Washington county, Pa., in 1840. After the death of his parents in 1841, he moved to Ohio, where in 1847 he married Patience Rose French, whose parents resided near Marietta. >From 1852 to 1858 he was an exhorter and local preacher in Athens county, Ohio. In 1859 he moved to Illinois and joined the Central Illinois Conference. In Illinois his charges were; Colchester, 1859; Tennessee, 1860; Blandinville, 1861-62; Bushnell, 1863-64; Carthage, 1865; from the latter point he was transferred to the Des Moines Conference, and was assigned to the following charges: Chariton circuit, 1866-67; Ottowa, 1868-69 Palmyra, 1870-71; Chariton circuit, 1872-73. In 1873 on account of failing health he was obliged to retire from the active ministry and engaged in farming near Lucas, Iowa. In 1878 he removed to Indianola, the location of Simpson College, of which school his three children are graduates. The same year he returned to active ministry, occupying circuits at Norwalk, 1878; St. Charles, 1879; Liberty Center, 1880; Milo 1881-82; Villisca, 1883-84. In the winter of 1883 and 1884 he was engaged in successful revival work for ten weeks. The excessive strain, together with exposure to stormy weather, resulted a few months later in a partial failure of his voice which developed into a disease of the lungs and compelled him to retire from the ministry again. In search of health he spent a winter in West Point, Miss., and at Odessa, Texas and finally came to Utah in November 1890. The mountain air was seemingly beneficial, but a severe cold which settled on his lungs baffled the skill of the physicians and was the immediate cause of his death. His last moments were peaceful and apparently free from pain. To the inquiry of the physician whether there was anything he wished to say or have done, he replied: "No, everything is ready." The funeral services were held in the First M. E. Church at Ogden, Utah. Rev. J. Wesley Hill officiating. The deceased is survived by his wife and three of seven children. In his early manhood he was connected with the abolition movement and was an active worker for prohibition in Iowa. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kent, Absalom Jackson, was born in Harrison county, Ohio, March 11, 1819, died at his home in Madison county, Iowa, Feb. 7, 1892, aged 72 years 10 months and 26 days. He was married to Rebecca Hickman Arnold, March 29, 1842, to which union were born eight sons and two daughters. His aged companion, five sons and one daughter survive him and remain to mourn the loss of a devoted husband and father. Father Kent made a profession of religion in Harrison county, Ohio, in 1846 and united with the M. E. church. In 1864 He united with the United Brethren in Christ in Polk county, Iowa, and remained an acceptable member for twenty-six years. Removing to Madison county, his present home, he united with the class at North River, U. B.church, Dec. 22, 1890. Since that time he has given expressions of a deep interest in the success of the work of the church at this place. The writer conducted the funeral exercises at the U. B. church on Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 9th discoursing to a large and appreciative audience. May the mantle of his goodness and love fall in double portion upon those who feel most keenly his loss. W. F. Cronk ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Kirk, Clyde, Monday morning, Clyde Krik, the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kirk, met with a serious accident. Clyde was stopping with his brother, Ed., who was preparing to move to another farm, and was hauling corn. They had a crib made of logs up by the side of a barn, and as fast as the corn was lowered sufficiently he would knock down part of the crib to be out of the way of his work; and it is supposed that in stepping from the wagon to the crib he stepped on one of these logs which rolled and threw him under the horses heels, the horses kicked and mashed his head in one or two places and then ran. There was no one at the house but two women and no one saw the accident except a little boy, who ran to the house to inform his mother that Clyde had been kicked. The women at the house having caught the team, assistance was procured and the wounded boy was placed in a bed and Dr. Griffith summoned. The boy lay unconscious for four days; in the meantime Dr. Griffith had counsel from St. Charles, Dr. Sayre. Death came to relieve the poor boy of his sufferings Thursday evening at 8 o'clock and Sunday at 2:00 in the Methodist church his funeral occured. It was a sad affair and a closing of a life of much suffering, as he lay the most of the time unconscious; and we learn that his neck and throat were so paralyzed that he could not even take nourishment. It is likewise a sad and painful blow to the aged parents who have the heartfelt sympathy of us all East Peru Mail ---------------------------------------------------------------- Kirk, Nelly, Died at Peru, January 3, 1901, Nelly the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kirk. If she had lived three days longer she would have been eighteen years of age. Her funeral was held at the Christian church, East Peru on Friday, January 4. The services were conducted by Rev. Follansbee of Winterset assisted by Revs. Thomas and Creger of Peru. Nelly was a great favorite in the community as shown by the large congregation attending the funeral. Six of her young lady associates were pallbearers, the church where she had been chorister of the Sunday school and organist of the preaching serices, was appropriately draped and decorated and her casket was properly covered with beautiful floral trimmings placed there by her loving friends. The sorrowing family have the sympathy of the entire community. ----------------------------------------------------------- Kirk, Walter, It is with feelings of sadness I detail the death of one of our neighbor boys. On last Sunday, the 18th inst., the pale ferryman with his snowy sails spread, came about 3 o'clock in the afternoon and knocked at the door of the house of T. Kirk and family, and many tears said "Stay out," and loving hearts said, "Oh, do not come in," but all was of no avail, for he came in and in his icy arms bore away over the mystic river all that was mortal of Walter Kirk, the oldest son of Thomas Kirk and wife. He was born in 1872 and was in the 19th year of his life. The writer has known him from a child. He was always a kind, affectionate and dutiful child, and when he came to more mature years he lost none of his respect for father and mother, brother and sisters. He was a model young man. He was sunshine and pleasure to his companions and associates in life, and it was hard to see him cut down just as he was entering upon a career of a prosperous, happy and useful life. But so it is. Death is an unfeeling monster, and has no respect for rank or station in life. And now that your dear boy is gone, let your tears cease to flow. Oh, could you see him now as he is clad in garments of purest white, you would not wish him back, but you would say, "Stay, dear son, in your peaceful and eternal dwelling and in God's good time we will all greet you again far beyond the sting of death and pain and sorrow." Let this hope then bear you up and may the thought give you great comfort; that sweeter will be the cup of immortal joy in that it was once dashed with the bitter drops of pain and sorrow and brighter by far will roll the everlasting ages for the dark shadows that cloud our earthly life. With this prospect before us, bright and full of hope, we bow in submission to our heavenly affliction and can say............. (poem follows, illegible) J. H. Creger ---------------------------------------------------------- Knepper, Mrs. Linnie Messinger, was born Dec. 8, 1866 near Durand, Winnebago Co., Ill. She was the daughter of Pete and Rebecca Messinger. She died in Monroe, Jasper county, Iowa, on the morning of Sept. 2nd 1897. She was married at her home on Dec. 28, 1882 to Rev. A. V. Knepper. Three children were born to this union, two boys and one girl. She joined church at the age of 16 under the ministry of the man who afterwards became her husband. She was of a retiring, modest, unassuming disposition. When it was known that Mrs. Knepper was dead a wave of sorrow passed over many a heart, and surrounded many homes where tears of sympathy were shed for the bereaved family, whose loving wife and mother had been taken away by the unrelenting destroyer, death. She was in Monroe what she has been elsewhere, a universal favorite among the people who knew her. Less than one year she has been with us, yet in that short time all seemed to know and love her. She was so kind, so cheerful and obliging so devoted to her family and her home, so thoroughly cultured and accomplished in all womanly graces, and the sincerity of her soul so shone in her countenance that one could but feel and know that she was one of God's noblest women. She was a consistent wife and made her home her Heaven on earth, and did all she could to make it like Heaven to all who came within her influence. If we should estimate the duration of life by the good influence and kind impression we have upon others, hers would be a long one. It looks strange to our human understanding that she should be taken away, but the Master wanted her for purposes beyond our vision. Some weeks before her death she said that she had been failing in health for a long time, that it was no use to try to recover, for she felt that she could not. Yet it was all right, she had entered confidence in the goodness and justness of ................ (A second obituary clipping contains no further genealogical information) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Knotts, Gordon B., was born, April 2, 1872. He was kicked by a horse on Sept. 13, 1897, and died the following day. He was a member of our Church in Labette, Kans. Six brothers and one sister are the near relations still living. 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