Payette County ID Archives Obituaries.....Warden, Jeptha Smith 1915 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/id/idfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Cheryl Hanson ihansonb@fmtc.com December 7, 2005, 11:17 pm Payette Enterprise 12-23-1915 Payette Enterprise Payette, Idaho Thursday, December 23, 1915 OBITUARY Jeptha Smith Warden was born at Deer Ridge, Mo., Aug. 8th, 1848 and died at Payette, Idaho, Dec. 17, 1915. He was a soldier of the Union army in the Civil War having joined the 55th Missouri in 1865, under recruiting officer Captain Jentry. Sept. 8, 1891 he was married to Sarah Jane Dare. Three children of this union have gone on before to that other land, and three children with the wife remain to mourn the loss of a beloved husband and father. In addition to these there are still living, of the immediate family, two sisters and three brothers. During the last few years Mr. Warden has been in very poor health and has traveled about a great deal in seach of a climate that would be helpful to him. About three years ago he came to Payette where he lived to the time of his death. It was in Payette that he became a Christian and was received as a member into the fellowship of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The funeral service was held from the church on Sunday afternoon, Dec. 19, 1915, the pastor, G. W. Barnes, officiating. Additional Comments: Note: Burial at Riverside Cemetery. ch File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/id/payette/obits/w/warden377nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/idfiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb