Descendants of STEPHEN ABRAHAMS
Generation No. 1
1. STEPHEN1
ABRAHAMS was born June 16, 1794 in Virginia, and died March 27, 1877 in Madison
County, Iowa. He married SARAH JANE
KELSO October 03, 1823 in Licking County, Ohio. She was born March 25, 1806, and died July 11, 1884 in Madison
County, Iowa.
Notes for STEPHEN ABRAHAMS:
Information taken from
Ohio marriage records and Madison County, Iowa cemetery records.
More About STEPHEN
ABRAHAMS:
Burial: March 28,
1877, Winterset Cemetery, Winterset, Madison, Iowa
Notes for SARAH JANE
KELSO:
Winterset Madisonian
July 17, 1884
"Mrs. Abrahams of
Douglas township, one of the first settlers in the county, died last Friday,
aged 78 years. The funeral occurred
last Sunday."
More About SARAH JANE
KELSO:
Burial: July 12, 1884,
Winterset Cemetery, Winterset, Madison, Iowa
Children of STEPHEN
ABRAHAMS and SARAH KELSO are:
2. i. POLLY2 ABRAHAMS, b. March 16,
1832, Guernsey County, Ohio; d. March 11, 1904, Madison County, Iowa.
3. ii. JOSEPH KELSO ABRAHAMS, b. June 02, 1834,
Delaware, Delaware, Ohio; d. May 23, 1915, Gatesville, Coryell, Texas.
4. iii. ELLEN C. ABRAHAMS, b. February 21, 1836,
Delaware, Delaware, Ohio; d. October 10, 1891, Madison County, Iowa.
5. iv. BUANCY ABRAHAMS, b. September 10, 1839, Indiana;
d. January 07, 1913, Macksburg, Grand River Township, Madison, Iowa.
6. v. JAMES S. ABRAHAMS, b. June 05, 1846,
Hanley, Madison, Iowa / Peru, Miami, Indiana; d. March 18, 1936, Madison
County, Iowa.
Generation No. 2
2. POLLY2
ABRAHAMS (STEPHEN1) was born March 16, 1832 in
Guernsey County, Ohio, and died March 11, 1904 in Madison County, Iowa. She married JOHN THOMAS March 05, 1854 in
Peru County, Indiana. He was born 1832
in Preble County, Ohio, and died July 18, 1892 in Madison County, Iowa.
More About POLLY
ABRAHAMS:
Burial: March 12,
1904, Moon Cemetery, Grand River Township, Madison, Iowa
Notes for JOHN THOMAS:
John Thomas, Grand River twp., farmer,
Sec. 22; P.O. Macksburg; born in Preble county, Ohio, in 1823, and in 1837
emigrated to Indiana, and came to this county in 1854; owns 124 acres of land;
he married Miss Polly Abrahams in March, 1854; has seven children: Anna C.,
William A., Sarah E., Amanda J., May E., Stephen and James.
Taken from the book,
"The History of Madison County, Iowa, 1879"
More About JOHN
THOMAS:
Burial: July 19, 1892,
Moon Cemetery, Grand River Township, Madison, Iowa
Children of POLLY
ABRAHAMS and JOHN THOMAS are:
i. ANNA E.3 THOMAS, b.
Abt. 1856.
7. ii. WILLIAM ALEXANDER THOMAS, b. May 08,
1858, Iowa; d. January 27, 1938, Madison County, Iowa.
iii. SARAH ELIZABETH THOMAS, b. May 1860.
iv. MARY E. THOMAS, b. Abt. 1866.
8. v. STEPHEN THOMAS, b. February 14, 1868,
Macksburg, Grand River Township, Madison, Iowa; d. December 02, 1942, Cedar
Falls, Black Hawk, Iowa.
9. vi. JAMES THOMAS, b. May 25, 1871, Grand
River Township, Madison, Iowa; d. October 24, 1949, Madison County, Iowa.
10. vii. AMANDA JANE THOMAS, b. February 1862,
Iowa; d. July 15, 1919.
3. JOSEPH KELSO2
ABRAHAMS (STEPHEN1) was born June 02, 1834 in
Delaware, Delaware, Ohio, and died May 23, 1915 in Gatesville, Coryell,
Texas. He married REBECCA ANN ALLISON
August 26, 1858 in Madison County, Iowa, daughter of EDWARD ALLISON and REBECCA
SNYDER. She was born Abt. 1838.
Notes for JOSEPH KELSO
ABRAHAMS:
Information taken from
marriage records for Madison County, Iowa.
Child of JOSEPH
ABRAHAMS and REBECCA ALLISON is:
i. FAMMY3 ABRAHAMS, m. MR. RANKIN.
4. ELLEN C.2 ABRAHAMS (STEPHEN1) was born
February 21, 1836 in Delaware, Delaware, Ohio, and died October 10, 1891 in
Madison County, Iowa. She married
WILLIAM BRADSHAW September 08, 1859 in Madison County, Iowa. He was born January 25, 1828 in Ohio, and
died April 10, 1904 in Madison County, Iowa.
More About ELLEN C. ABRAHAMS:
Burial: October 11,
1891, St. Charles Cemetery, South Township, Madison, Iowa
More About WILLIAM
BRADSHAW:
Burial: April 11,
1904, St. Charles Cemetery, South Township, Madison, Iowa
Children of ELLEN
ABRAHAMS and WILLIAM BRADSHAW are:
11. i. NANCY A. (NANNIE)3 BRADSHAW, b. August 16, 1860, St. Charles, South
Township, Madison, Iowa; d. October 04, 1943, St. Charles, South Township,
Madison, Iowa.
12. ii. STEPHEN A. BRADSHAW, b. July 23, 1863, St.
Charles, South Township, Madison, Iowa; d. May 08, 1949, Madison County, Iowa.
5. BUANCY2
ABRAHAMS (STEPHEN1) was born September 10, 1839 in
Indiana, and died January 07, 1913 in Macksburg, Grand River Township, Madison,
Iowa. She married DAVID BONHAM August
09, 1859 in Madison County, Iowa, son of ALEXANDER BONHAM and SUSAN
YARNELL. He was born September 11, 1834
in Harrison County, Ohio, and died April 08, 1907 in Macksburg, Grand River
Township, Madison, Iowa.
More About BUANCY
ABRAHAMS:
Burial: January 09,
1913, Moon Cemetery, Grand River Township, Madison, Iowa
Notes for DAVID
BONHAM:
David Bonham, Grand
River twp.; farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Macksburg; was born in Harrison county,
Ohio, in September 1833, and came to this county in 1857; owns 122 acres of
land; has held office of school director; he married Miss B. Abrahams in 1859;
she was born in Indiana; has six children: Alexander, Adaline A., Rebecca,
Jennie, Fred, and Bessie E.
Taken from the book,
"The History of Madison County, Iowa, 1879"
More About DAVID
BONHAM:
Burial: April 10,
1907, Moon Cemetery, Grand River Township, Madison, Iowa
Children of BUANCY
ABRAHAMS and DAVID BONHAM are:
i. ALBERTA E. (BERTIE)3 BONHAM, b. November 28, 1865, Macksburg, Grand River
Township, Madison, Iowa; m. MARTIN ROWE; b. April 19, 1838, Washington County,
Pennsylvania; d. December 30, 1917, Macksburg, Grand River Township, Madison,
Iowa.
Notes for MARTIN ROWE:
Martin Rowe is honored as an old soldier,
who also has the distinction of being one of the early settlers of this county
and for many years was an active and progressive farmer. He was born in
Washington county, Pennsylvania, on the 19th of April, 1838, a son of Andrew
and Elizabeth (Glassburner) Rowe, further mention of whom occurs in the sketch
of Henry Rowe.
Martin Rowe gave his parents the benefit
of his work until he was twenty-one years of age and then became a hired hand,
thus beginning his independent business career. In 1863 he came to Madison
county, Iowa, and in that same year enlisted at Davenport in Company L, Seventh
Iowa Volunteer Infantry under Captain Rittan and Colonel John Sully. He served
for two years and eight months and proved an excellent soldier, being mustered
out at Sioux City. After the close of hostilities he went to Davis county,
Iowa, and a year afterward again came to Madison county and bought eighty acres
of improved land on section 15, Grand River township. He continued to reside
there until January, 1914, when he retired and removed to Macksburg. He was
very successful as an agriculturist and accumulated a competence which enables
him to enjoy not only the comforts but also such of the luxuries of life as he
desires. He has one of the finest homes in Macksburg and is vice president of
the Macksburg National Bank. He added to his original holdings and acquired
title to over a half section of excellent land, all of which he has sold or
given to his sons. He was the first man to make a business of feeding cattle in
Grand River township and his success in that line was instrumental in inducing
many others to turn their attention to that business.
Mr. Rowe married Miss Becky Gray, a native
of Ohio, who passed away about three years ago. To them were born five
children: William, who is living in Macksburg; Elizabeth, the wife of W. P.
Love, of Macksburg; A. H., who is residing on the home farm; Delia, the wife of
George Bodyguard, of Denver, Colorado; and Delia, who married Harry Glenn, a
veterinary surgeon of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Mr. Rowe's present wife was Miss
Bertha Bonham, a daughter of David Bonham.
Mr. Rowe is a republican and has taken
considerable part in the direction of public affairs. For many years he was
township trustee; for twelve years served on the city council of Macksburg; and
for nine years was school director. He has always discharged his official
duties with ability and conscientiousness, and his record is a distinctly
creditable one. His wife belonged to the Methodist Episcopal church and was
much interested in everything relating to its welfare. Mr. Rowe has at all
times manifested a keen sense of his community obligations and his public
spirit is one of his most marked characteristics. He has contributed liberally
to the support of the church, and when the railroad was built to Macksburg made
generous contributions toward the fund for securing it. He has done all within
his power to further the welfare of the public schools and there is no good
cause which he has refused to aid. His life has been a successful one, as he
has not only gained a large measure of material prosperity but has also at all
times proved himself a man of honor and integrity, and the respect and goodwill
of his associates are freely accorded him.
Taken from the book,
"The History of Madison County, Iowa, 1915"
More About MARTIN ROWE:
Burial: January 02,
1918, Moon Cemetery Grand River Township, Madison, Iowa
ii. JENNIE BONHAM.
iii. REBECCA BONHAM.
iv. ALEXANDER A. BONHAM, b. August 16, 1862; d.
September 24, 1927, Madison County, Iowa.
Notes for ALEXANDER A. BONHAM:
Information taken from
cemetery records for Madison County, Iowa.
More About ALEXANDER A. BONHAM:
Burial: September 26,
1927, Moon Cemetery, Grand River Township, Madison, Iowa
v. ADELINE ALBERTA BONHAM, b. November 1865.
vi. BESSIE E. BONHAM, b. Abt. 1872, Madison
County, Iowa; d. 1880, Madison County, Iowa.
Notes for BESSIE E. BONHAM:
Information taken from
cemeteryn records for Madison County, Iowa.
More About BESSIE E. BONHAM:
Burial: 1880, Moon
Cemetery, Grand River Township, Madison, Iowa
vii. STEPHEN A. FRED BONHAM, b. May 05, 1876,
Madison County, Iowa.
6. JAMES S.2 ABRAHAMS (STEPHEN1) was born
June 05, 1846 in Hanley, Madison, Iowa / Peru, Miami, Indiana, and died March
18, 1936 in Madison County, Iowa. He
married CLARA E. (CARRIE) SARGENT July 22, 1879 in Madison County, Iowa,
daughter of LEVI SARGENT and REBECCA BEEDLE.
She was born April 05, 1860 in Kankeekee, Momence, Illinois, and died
January 05, 1930 in Madison County, Iowa.
Notes for JAMES S. ABRAHAMS:
Information taken from
marriage and cemetery records for Madison County, Iowa.
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James Abrahams is successfully operating a
fine farm which he owns on section 24, Douglas township, and is recognized as a
good citizen and able agriculturist. He was born in Miami, Indiana, June 5,
1845, a son of Stephen and Sarah (Kelso) Abrahams. The father was born in
Virginia on the 7th of June, 1794, and having removed to Indiana as a young
man, he followed agricultural pursuits there, cultivating land which he owned.
On the 7th of August, 1854, he came overland to Madison county, Iowa, and
bought land for a dollar and a quarter per acre. However, the land which he
bought for his home place was improved to some extent as there was a cabin upon
it, considerable fencing had been done and some of the land was broken, and for
this tract he pa-id fifteen dollars an acre. At that time there were only three
houses between his home and Winterset and the prairies still stretched unbroken
as far as the eye could see. He was married in Ohio to Miss Sarah Kelso, who
was born in that state in 1806, and there were eleven children in the family
when removal was made to this state in 1854. It required four wagons to bring
them and their household belongings and the journey was a long and tedious one.
After the home had been established here there were many privations to be
endured and the big snow storms of the first few years were noteworthy, as they
were so heavy that it was necessary to tunnel a way from the house to the
barn. Mr. Abrahams owned four hundred
and forty acres in Grand River township besides the home farm in Douglas
township and the care of his property required his undivided attention. He gave
the district the use of land near his home as long as it was occupied by a
schoolhouse. At that time oxen were used exclusively in farm work and some idea
of the extent of his operations may be obtained from the fact that he used from
ten to fifteen yoke. Only two of the eleven children born to him and his wife
are now living, the brother of our subject being a resident of Texas.
James Abrahams, who was the ninth child in
order of birth, pursued his studies in a log schoolhouse in Indiana and
attended the early district schools in Douglas township, this county. He
remained at home with his parents and cared for them during their declining
years, his father passing away in March, 1877, and his mother July n, 1884.
Following their deaths he came into possession of the homestead and has
continued to operate it until the present time. It comprises one hundred and twelve acres of land and is in a
high state of cultivation, as he has always followed approved-methods of
farming and has spared neither time nor energy in developing and improving it.
He engages in general farming and stock-raising and the gratifying measure of
prosperity which he is enjoying is well deserved. As a young man he was
compelled to haul provisions from and drive stock to Keokuk or Eddyville, as
there were no railroads in this county.
In 1879 Mr. Abrahams married Miss Carrie
Sargent, who was born in Momence, Kankakee county, Illinois, a daughter of Levi
and Rebecca (Beedle) Sargent. Her uncle, John R. Sargent, was one of the early
settlers of this county. Both her
father and mother were born in Fountain county, Indiana, the formers birth
occurring in December, 1829, and the latter's natal day being the 8th of
October, 1831. Levi Sargent was a farmer, carpenter and wagon-maker, having
learned his two trades from his father, and while living in Illinois he worked
at carpentering and wagon-making. In the late '6os he came west to Iowa,
settling in Union township, Madison county, and continued to follow his trades,
being connected with Gould & Howell, who were in the implement business in
Winterset. His eyesight partially failed as the result of a wound sustained in
the Civil war and he was compelled to give up that work. He enlisted in the
Union army from Momence, Illinois, in 1862, as a member of Company K, One
Hundred and Thirteenth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and became first
lieutenant. He participated in many engagements, including those of the siege
of Vicksburg, and his record was in all respects one of which he had just cause
to be proud. He was honorably discharged in 1864. In 1883 he removed to the
state of Washington, where his death occurred in 1901, and his widow is still
living at Aberdeen, that state.
To Mr. and Mrs. Abrahams have been born
four children: William B., owning and operating a farm in Douglas township,
married Miss Grace Wescott, by whom he has two children, Clyde and James;
Walter, a farmer of Jackson township, married Miss Vergie Eldridge, by whom he
has a son, Dean; Laura is keeping house for her father; Leonard is attending
school at Winterset. The wife and mother has been an invalid for ten years but
her courage and cheerfulness have equaled the devotion with which the family
have ministered to her. Although she is a member of the United Brethren church
she has reared her children in the Baptist faith and has taught them to live
lives of uprightness and consideration for others.
Mr. Abrahams has never been active in
political affairs but has served as school director, thus expressing his
interest in the public-school system. He has so ordered his life that it has
contributed to the moral advancement and material prosperity of his community,
and the name of Abrahams is an honored one in his locality.
Taken from the book,
"The History of Madison County, Iowa, 1915"
More About JAMES S. ABRAHAMS:
Burial: March 20,
1936, Winterset Cemetery, Winterset, Madison, Iowa
More About CLARA E. (CARRIE) SARGENT:
Burial: January 07,
1930, Winterset Cemetery, Winterset, Madison, Iowa
Children of JAMES
ABRAHAMS and CLARA SARGENT are:
13. i. WILLIAM BRADSHAW3 ABRAHAMS, b.
April 12, 1880, Winterset, Madison, Iowa; d. September 10, 1955, Madison
County, Iowa.
14. ii. WALTER LEVI ABRAHAMS, b. May 16, 1887,
Winterset, Madison, Iowa; d. April 17, 1951, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa.
iii. LAURA MAY ABRAHAMS, b. September 16,
1891, Winterset, Madison County, Iowa; d. May 11, 1975, Madison County, Iowa.
More About LAURA MAY
ABRAHAMS:
Burial: May 14, 1975,
Winterset Cemetery, Winterset, Madison, Iowa
15. iv. LEONARD SYLVESTER ABRAHAMS, b. May 17,
1897, Madison County, Iowa; d. August 21, 1979, Madison County, Iowa.
Generation No. 3
7. WILLIAM
ALEXANDER3 THOMAS (POLLY2 ABRAHAMS, STEPHEN1)
was born May 08, 1858 in Iowa, and died January 27, 1938 in Madison County,
Iowa. He married OLIVE RUTH HARRISON
November 20, 1892 in Madison County, Iowa, daughter of IRA HARRISON and ELLA
DAVIS. She was born March 10, 1866 in
Iowa, and died July 22, 1917 in Madison County, Iowa.
Notes for WILLIAM
ALEXANDER THOMAS:
Information taken from
marriage and cemetery records of Madison County, Iowa.
More About WILLIAM
ALEXANDER THOMAS:
Burial: January 30,
1938, Moon Cemetery, Grand River Township, Madison, Iowa
Notes for OLIVE RUTH
HARRISON:
Information taken from
marriage and cemetery records of Madison County, Iowa.
More About OLIVE RUTH
HARRISON:
Burial: July 24, 1917,
Moon Cemetery, Grand River Township, Madison, Iowa
Children of WILLIAM
THOMAS and OLIVE HARRISON are:
i. INFANT4 THOMAS, b. September
03, 1893, Macksburg, Grand River Township, Madison, Iowa; d. September 18,
1893, Madison County, Iowa.
Notes for INFANT
THOMAS:
Information taken from
birth and cemetery records of Madison County, Iowa.
More About INFANT
THOMAS:
Burial: September 19,
1893, Moon Cemetery, Grand River Township, Madison, Iowa
ii. WALTER W. THOMAS, b. August 11, 1894.
iii. LAURA MADGE THOMAS, b. August 31, 1896,
Grand River Township, Madison, Iowa; m. FORREST LIVINGSTON, February 21, 1917,
Grand River Township, Madison, Iowa; b. Abt. 1895, Union County, Iowa.
Notes for LAURA MADGE
THOMAS:
Information taken from
birth records of Madison County, Iowa.
Notes for FORREST
LIVINGSTON:
Information taken from
marriage records for Madison County, Iowa.
16. iv. MAMIE RUTH THOMAS, b. August 10, 1898,
Grand River Township, Madison, Iowa; d. May 29, 1944, Madison County, Iowa.
v. EARL EVERETT THOMAS, b. January 04, 1901,
Grand River Township, Madison, Iowa; d. 1974, Madison County, Iowa; m. HILDA P.; b. 1900; d.
1973, Madison County, Iowa.
Notes for EARL EVERETT
THOMAS:
Information taken from
birth and cemetery records of Madison County, Iowa.
More About EARL EVERETT
THOMAS:
Burial: 1974, Moon
Cemetery, Grand River Township, Madison, Iowa
Notes for HILDA P.:
Information taken from
cemetery records for Madison County, Iowa.
More About HILDA P.:
Burial: 1973, Moon
Cemetery, Grand River Township, Madison, Iowa
vi. MYRON LEONARD THOMAS, b. July 09, 1903,
Grand River Township, Madison, Iowa; m. RUTH KINGERY.
Notes for MYRON LEONARD
THOMAS:
Information taken from
birth records of Madison County, Iowa.
8. STEPHEN3
THOMAS (POLLY2 ABRAHAMS, STEPHEN1)
was born February 14, 1868 in Macksburg, Grand River Township, Madison, Iowa,
and died December 02, 1942 in Cedar Falls, Black Hawk, Iowa. He married RACHEL JANE (JENNIE) JESSUP March
20, 1892 in Madison County, Iowa, daughter of LEWIS JESSUP and LUCY
PIERCE. She was born November 16, 1869
in Madison County, Iowa, and died 1948 in Madison County, Iowa.
More About STEPHEN
THOMAS:
Burial: December 04,
1942, Moon Cemetery, Grand River Township, Madison, Iowa
More About RACHEL JANE (JENNIE) JESSUP:
Burial: 1948, Moon
Cemetery, Grand River Township, Madison, Iowa
Children of STEPHEN
THOMAS and RACHEL JESSUP are:
i. WAYNE E.4 THOMAS, b. January 1893, Madison County, Iowa; d.
March 27, 1949, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa; m. GOLDIE WALLACE, March 14, 1916,
Winterset, Madison, Iowa; b. Abt. 1896, Gravity, Taylor, Iowa.
Notes for WAYNE E. THOMAS:
Information taken from
marriage records for Madison County, Iowa.
Notes for GOLDIE
WALLACE:
Goldie is the daughter
of G. F. and Myrtle (Shaver) Wallace.
ii. RUBY E. THOMAS, b. June 1898, Madison County, Iowa.
9. JAMES3
THOMAS (POLLY2 ABRAHAMS, STEPHEN1)
was born May 25, 1871 in Grand River Township, Madison, Iowa, and died October
24, 1949 in Madison County, Iowa. He
married EVA P. WHITWORTH May 25, 1904 in Madison County, Iowa,
daughter of THOMAS WHITWORTH and HULDA JOHNSON. She was born February 1877 in Madison County, Iowa, and died 1963
in Madison County, Iowa.
Notes for JAMES
THOMAS:
Information taken from
marriage and cemetery records for Madison County, Iowa.
More About JAMES
THOMAS:
Burial: October 26,
1949, Moon Cemetery, Grand River Township, Madison, Iowa
More About EVA P. WHITWORTH:
Burial: 1963, Moon
Cemetery, Grand River Township, Madison, Iowa
Children of JAMES
THOMAS and EVA WHITWORTH are:
17. i. HAZEL ANITA4 THOMAS, b. March
31, 1905, Macksburg, Grand River Township, Madison, Iowa; d. November 24, 1999,
Linn County, Iowa.
ii. DALE E. THOMAS, b. February 21, 1909; d. March 28, 1992,
Madison County, Iowa; m. THELMA JORGENSEN.
More About DALE E. THOMAS:
Burial: March 31, 1992,
Moon Cemetery, Grand River Township, Madison, Iowa
10. AMANDA JANE3
THOMAS (POLLY2 ABRAHAMS, STEPHEN1)
was born February 1862 in Iowa, and died July 15, 1919. She married LEWIS JACKSON JESSUP May 15,
1889, son of LEWIS JESSUP and LUCY PIERCE.
He was born April 23, 1859 in Iowa, and died March 29, 1934.
Children of AMANDA
THOMAS and LEWIS JESSUP are:
i. DONALD4 JESSUP, b. August
1894.
ii. DOLLY C. JESSUP, b. June 1896.
iii. DEWEY L. JESSUP, b. November 1898.
11. NANCY A. (NANNIE)3 BRADSHAW (ELLEN C.2 ABRAHAMS, STEPHEN1) was born August 16, 1860 in St. Charles, South
Township, Madison, Iowa, and died October 04, 1943 in St. Charles, South
Township, Madison, Iowa. She married
ROBERT W. PHIPPS October 24, 1894 in Madison County, Iowa, son of JAMES PHIPPS
and ELVINA VINEY. He was born March 28,
1863 in Iowa, and died September 29, 1915 in Madison County, Iowa.
More About NANCY A. (NANNIE) BRADSHAW:
Burial: October 06,
1943, St. Charles Cemetery, South Township, Madison, Iowa
More About ROBERT W. PHIPPS:
Burial: October 01,
1915, St. Charles Cemetery, South Township, Madison, Iowa
Children of NANCY
BRADSHAW and ROBERT PHIPPS are:
i. ELLEN C.4 PHIPPS, b. October 1896.
ii. MADGE I. PHIPPS, b. December 1899.
12. STEPHEN A.3 BRADSHAW (ELLEN C.2 ABRAHAMS, STEPHEN1) was born July 23, 1863 in St. Charles, South
Township, Madison, Iowa, and died May 08, 1949 in Madison County, Iowa. He married (1) MARGARET L. (MAGGIE) POMEROY June
28, 1885 in Madison County, Iowa, daughter of NEAL POMEROY and SARAH
COLLINS. She was born March 01, 1863 in
St. Charles, South Township, Madison, Iowa, and died February 23, 1912 in
Madison County, Iowa. He married (2)
EMILY JANE MC CLOSKEY September 20, 1913 in Winterset, Madison,
Iowa, daughter of JAMES MC CLOSKEY and ELIZABETH YOUNG. She was born May 27, 1871 in St. Charles, South Township,
Madison, Iowa, and died August 08, 1951 in Madison County, Iowa.
Notes for STEPHEN A. BRADSHAW:
Information taken from
birth, marriage and cemetery records for Madison County, Iowa.
More About STEPHEN A. BRADSHAW:
Burial: May 11, 1949,
St. Charles Cemetery, South Township, Madison, Iowa
More About MARGARET L. (MAGGIE) POMEROY:
Burial: February 25,
1912, St. Charles Cemetery, South Township, Madison, Iowa
More About EMILY JANE
MC CLOSKEY:
Burial: August 10,
1951, St. Charles Cemetery, South Township, Madison, Iowa
Child of STEPHEN
BRADSHAW and MARGARET POMEROY is:
18. i. WILLIAM FRANKLIN4 BRADSHAW, b.
November 25, 1885, South Township, Madison, Iowa; d. December 16, 1958, Madison
County, Iowa.
13. WILLIAM
BRADSHAW3 ABRAHAMS (JAMES S.2, STEPHEN1) was born
April 12, 1880 in Winterset, Madison, Iowa, and died September 10, 1955 in
Madison County, Iowa. He married GRACE
ELIZABETH WESCOTT February 20, 1907 in Winterset, Madison, Iowa. She was born October 06, 1887 in Rockford,
Illinois, and died May 08, 1960 in Madison County, Iowa.
More About WILLIAM
BRADSHAW ABRAHAMS:
Burial: September 12,
1955, Winterset Cemetery, Winterset, Madison, Iowa
More About GRACE
ELIZABETH WESCOTT:
Burial: May 11, 1960,
Winterset Cemetery, Winterset, Madison, Iowa
Children of WILLIAM
ABRAHAMS and GRACE WESCOTT are:
i. HARRY4 ABRAHAMS, b. November
26, 1907, Douglas Township, Madison, Iowa.
Notes for HARRY
ABRAHAMS:
Information taken from
birth records for Madison County, Iowa.
ii. CLYDE CARROLL ABRAHAMS, b. December 21,
1908, Douglas Township, Madison, Iowa.
Notes for CLYDE CARROLL
ABRAHAMS:
Information taken from
birth records for Madison County, Iowa.
19. iii. JAMES WESCOTT ABRAHAMS, b. August 01,
1912, Winterset, Madison, Iowa; d. January 10, 1954, Madison County, Iowa.
iv. GEORGE FREDERICK ABRAHAMS, b. May 19,
1915, Douglas Township, Madison, Iowa.
Notes for GEORGE
FREDERICK ABRAHAMS:
Information taken from birth
records for Madison County, Iowa.
v. MARY ABRAHAMS, b. June 14, 1918, Douglas
Township, Madison, Iowa.
Notes for MARY
ABRAHAMS:
Information taken from
birth records for Madison County, Iowa.
14. WALTER LEVI3
ABRAHAMS (JAMES S.2,
STEPHEN1) was born
May 16, 1887 in Winterset, Madison, Iowa, and died April 17, 1951 in Des
Moines, Polk, Iowa. He married VIRGIE D. ELDRIDGE
February 26, 1913 in Winterset, Madison, Iowa, daughter of JOHN ELDRIDGE and
JULIA DOWLER. She was born March 09,
1889 in St. Charles, South Township, Madison, Iowa, and died May 22, 1969 in
Des Moines, Polk, Iowa.
Notes for WALTER LEVI
ABRAHAMS:
Information taken from
marriage records for Madison County, Iowa.
More About WALTER LEVI
ABRAHAMS:
Burial: April 19,
1951, Winterset Cemetery, Winterset, Madison, Iowa
More About VIRGIE D. ELDRIDGE:
Burial: May 25, 1969,
Winterset Cemetery, Winterset, Madison, Iowa
Children of WALTER
ABRAHAMS and VIRGIE ELDRIDGE are:
i. DONALD4 ABRAHAMS.
20. ii. WILLIAM DEAN ABRAHAMS, b. February 17,
1914, Jackson Township, Madison, Iowa; d. January 27, 2002.
iii. MURIEL RUTH ABRAHAMS, b. December 24,
1920, Douglas Township, Madison, Iowa; m. CARL PORTER.
Notes for MURIEL RUTH
ABRAHAMS:
Information taken from
birth records for Madison County, Iowa.
iv. ANNICE ABRAHAMS, b. January 10, 1926,
Jackson Township, Madison, Iowa.
Notes for ANNICE
ABRAHAMS:
Information taken from
birth records for Madison County, Iowa.
15. LEONARD
SYLVESTER3 ABRAHAMS (JAMES S.2, STEPHEN1) was born
May 17, 1897 in Madison County, Iowa, and died August 21, 1979 in Madison
County, Iowa. He married BLANCHE ANNE
ROGERS November 06, 1921 in Madison County, Iowa, daughter of MICHAEL ROGERS
and MARCHE COAKLEY. She was born
December 27, 1898 in Madison County, Iowa, and died August 04, 1989 in Madison
County, Iowa.
More About LEONARD
SYLVESTER ABRAHAMS:
Burial: August 24,
1979, Winterset Cemetery, Winterset,
Madison, Iowa
More About BLANCHE
ANNE ROGERS:
Burial: August 07,
1989, Winterset Cemetery, Winterset,
Madison, Iowa
Child of LEONARD
ABRAHAMS and BLANCHE ROGERS is:
i. NAOMI HELENE4 ABRAHAMS, b.
June 04, 1925, Douglas Township, Madison, Iowa.
Notes for NAOMI HELENE
ABRAHAMS:
Information taken from
birth records for Madison County, Iowa.
Generation No. 4
16. MAMIE RUTH4
THOMAS (WILLIAM ALEXANDER3, POLLY2
ABRAHAMS, STEPHEN1) was born August 10, 1898 in Grand
River Township, Madison, Iowa, and died May 29, 1944 in Madison County,
Iowa. She married CHARLES LEON BLAIR
November 25, 1920 in Winterset, Madison, Iowa, son of ALEXANDER BLAIR and MARY
GENTRY. He was born November 11, 1895
in Grand River Township, Madison, Iowa, and died April 29, 1955 in Macksburg,
Grand River Township, Madison, Iowa.
Notes for MAMIE RUTH
THOMAS:
Information taken from
birth, marriage and cemetery records of Madison County, Iowa.
More About MAMIE RUTH
THOMAS:
Burial: May 31, 1944,
Moon Cemetery, Grand River Township, Madison, Iowa
Notes for CHARLES LEON
BLAIR:
" Charles L.
Blair, whose death occured April 29 at his home south of Macksburg, had lived
on that farm since his marriage in 1920.
He was born near
Macksburg November 11, 1895, a son of Alexander and Mary Blair. When he was five years old he moved with his
parents to near Afton, where his early life was spent.
He entered the United
States army service on March 18, 1917, serving two years in World War I as a
member of Co. A. 334th Battalion.
After receiving his
discharge, he returned to Macksburg where he was employed on a farm until his
marriage on November 25, 1920, to Mamie R. Thomas. They moved to a farm south of Macksburg where the remainder of
his life was spent.
His wife died in
1944. His is survived by three sons,
Merle Blair of Adel; Charles Blair Jr. of Macksburg and Lee Blair at home;
three grandchildren; three sisters, Lillie of Adel, Eva of Creston and Lula of
San Antonio, Texas; two brothers, Clyde Blair of Creston and Frank Blair of
Afton.
Funeral services were
held May 3, from the Macksburg Methodist church, conducted by the Rev. Mr.
Rowe. Burial was at the Moon
Cemetery."
Information taken from
birth, marriage and cemetery records for Madison County, Iowa and from an
obituary published in the Winterset Madisonian newspaper, May 13, 1955.
More About CHARLES
LEON BLAIR:
Burial: May 03, 1955,
Moon Cemetery, Grand River Township, Madison, Iowa
Children of MAMIE
THOMAS and CHARLES BLAIR are:
21. i. MERLE ALEXANDER5 BLAIR, b.
February 24, 1921, Grand River Township, Madison, Iowa; d. October 14, 1967,
Madison County, Iowa.
22. ii. CHARLES BLAIR, b. October 14, 1927, Grand
River Township, Madison, Iowa.
23. iii. LEE WILBUR BLAIR, b. January 26, 1932,
Grand River Township, Madison, Iowa; d. March 11, 1998, Winterset, Madison,
Iowa.
17. HAZEL ANITA4
THOMAS (JAMES3, POLLY2 ABRAHAMS, STEPHEN1)
was born March 31, 1905 in Macksburg, Grand River Township, Madison, Iowa, and
died November 24, 1999 in Linn County, Iowa.
She married RAY GEORGE EIVINS October 22, 1924 in Madison County, Iowa,
son of WELSEY EIVINS and EDITH FINNEY.
He was born May 11, 1904 in Webster Township, Madison, Iowa, and died
December 27, 1975 in Madison County, Iowa.
More About HAZEL ANITA
THOMAS:
Burial: November 27,
1999, Pleasantview Cemetery, Webster Township, Madison, Iowa
Notes for RAY GEORGE
EIVINS:
Information taken from
cemetery records for Madison County, Iowa.
More About RAY GEORGE
EIVINS:
Burial: December 30,
1975, Pleasantview Cemetery, Webster Township, Madison, Iowa
Children of HAZEL
THOMAS and RAY EIVINS are:
i. JOHN PAUL5 EIVINS, b. February
01, 1924; m. LYNNE E.; b. July 29, 1941.
24. ii. JAMES WESLEY EIVINS, b. September 22,
1925.
25. iii. EARL E. EIVINS, b. March 17, 1928, Webster Township, Madison,
Iowa.
iv. DONNA ELAINE EIVINS, b. October 25, 1942.
18. WILLIAM
FRANKLIN4 BRADSHAW (STEPHEN A.3, ELLEN C.2
ABRAHAMS, STEPHEN1) was born
November 25, 1885 in South Township, Madison, Iowa, and died December 16, 1958
in Madison County, Iowa. He married
EDITH ALMETTA VANSCOY January 24, 1905 in St. Charles, South Township, Madison,
Iowa, daughter of JOHN VANSCOY and ARAH O'NEAL. She was
born 1881 in Iowa, and died 1944 in Madison County, Iowa.
Notes for WILLIAM
FRANKLIN BRADSHAW:
Information taken from
birth, marriage and cemetery records for Madison County, Iowa.
More About WILLIAM
FRANKLIN BRADSHAW:
Burial: December 19,
1958, St. Charles Cemetery, South Township, Madison, Iowa
More About EDITH
ALMETTA VANSCOY:
Burial: 1944, St.
Charles Cemetery, South Township, Madison, Iowa
Children of WILLIAM
BRADSHAW and EDITH VANSCOY are:
i. CLARENCE N.5 BRADSHAW, b. Abt. 1907.
ii. LOLA M. BRADSHAW, b. Abt. 1908.
26. iii. JOSEPH ELLYSON (JOE) BRADSHAW, b.
June 01, 1909, South Township, Madison, Iowa; d. 1970, Madison County, Iowa.
27. iv. STEPHEN ROY BRADSHAW, b. October 29,
1911, South Township, Madison, Iowa; d. September 09, 1988, Madison County,
Iowa.
v. WENDELL BRADSHAW, b. September 23, 1913,
South Township, Madison, Iowa.
Notes for WENDELL
BRADSHAW:
Information taken from
birth records for Madison County, Iowa.
19. JAMES WESCOTT4
ABRAHAMS (WILLIAM BRADSHAW3, JAMES S.2, STEPHEN1) was born
August 01, 1912 in Winterset, Madison, Iowa, and died January 10, 1954 in
Madison County, Iowa. He married ELIZA
MARIE SAGE August 01, 1931 in Madison County, Iowa. She was born February 21, 1912, and died June 07, 1982 in Madison
County, Iowa.
Notes for JAMES
WESCOTT ABRAHAMS:
Information taken from
birth, marriage and cemetery records for Madison County, Iowa.
More About JAMES
WESCOTT ABRAHAMS:
Burial: January 12,
1954, Winterset Cemetery, Winterset, Madison, Iowa
More About ELIZA MARIE
SAGE:
Burial: June 10, 1982,
Winterset Cemetery, Winterset, Madison, Iowa
Children of JAMES
ABRAHAMS and ELIZA SAGE are:
i. WANDA ANN5 ABRAHAMS, b.
November 03, 1934, Winterset, Madison, Iowa.
Notes for WANDA ANN
ABRAHAMS:
Information taken from
birth records for Madison County, Iowa.
ii. PHYLLIS JEAN ABRAHAMS, b. July 22, 1939,
Winterset, Madison, Iowa.
Notes for PHYLLIS JEAN
ABRAHAMS:
Information taken from
birth records for Madison County, Iowa.
iii. VIRGINIA ABRAHAMS.
20. WILLIAM DEAN4
ABRAHAMS (WALTER LEVI3, JAMES S.2, STEPHEN1) was born
February 17, 1914 in Jackson Township, Madison, Iowa, and died January 27,
2002. He married OPAL LUCILLE MC BRIDE February
26, 1935 in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, daughter of CHARLES MC BRIDE and IDA
CLEMENTS. She was born October 27, 1914
in Madison Township, Madison, Iowa, and died October 26, 1999 in San Diego, San
Diego, California.
Notes for WILLIAM DEAN
ABRAHAMS:
Information taken from
birth and cemetery records for Madison County, Iowa.
More About WILLIAM
DEAN ABRAHAMS:
Burial: January 30,
2002, Worthington Cemetery, Madison Township, Madison, Iowa
Notes for OPAL LUCILLE
MC BRIDE:
Information taken from
birth records for Madison County, Iowa.
More About OPAL
LUCILLE MC BRIDE:
Burial: October 30,
1999, Worthington Cemetery, Madison Township, Madison, Iowa
Children of WILLIAM
ABRAHAMS and OPAL MC BRIDE are:
i. WILLIAM L. (ROY)5 ABRAHAMS.
ii. CHALMERS L. ABRAHAMS, b. 1943; d. July 26,
1943, Madison County, Iowa.
Notes for CHALMERS L. ABRAHAMS:
Information taken from
cemetery records for Madison County, Iowa.
More About CHALMERS L. ABRAHAMS:
Burial: July 28, 1943,
Worthington Cemetery, Madison Township, Madison, Iowa
iii. CHARLES W. ABRAHAMS, b. 1943; d. July 26,
1943, Madison County, Iowa.
Notes for CHARLES W. ABRAHAMS:
Information taken from
cemetery records for Madison County, Iowa.
More About CHARLES W. ABRAHAMS:
Burial: July 28, 1943,
Worthington Cemetery, Madison Township, Madison, Iowa
Generation No. 5
21. MERLE
ALEXANDER5 BLAIR (MAMIE RUTH4 THOMAS, WILLIAM
ALEXANDER3, POLLY2 ABRAHAMS, STEPHEN1)
was born February 24, 1921 in Grand River Township, Madison, Iowa, and died
October 14, 1967 in Madison County, Iowa.
He married ORA K. CAMERON, daughter of CHARLES CAMERON and NELLIE PATTON.
Notes for MERLE
ALEXANDER BLAIR:
Information taken from
birth records for Madison County, Iowa.
More About MERLE
ALEXANDER BLAIR:
Burial: October 17,
1967, Winterset Cemetery, Winterset, Madison, Iowa
Child of MERLE BLAIR
and ORA CAMERON is:
i. SHARON K.6 BLAIR.
22. CHARLES5
BLAIR (MAMIE RUTH4 THOMAS, WILLIAM ALEXANDER3,
POLLY2 ABRAHAMS, STEPHEN1) was born
October 14, 1927 in Grand River Township, Madison, Iowa. He married MARGARET AIKIN September 19, 1948
in Webster Township, Madison, Iowa, daughter of RAY AIKIN and EDNA
TRESTER. She was born September 16,
1930 in Winterset, Madison, Iowa.
Notes for CHARLES
BLAIR:
Information taken from
birth records for Madison County, Iowa.
Notes for MARGARET
AIKIN:
Information taken from
birth and marriage records for Madison County, Iowa.
Children of CHARLES
BLAIR and MARGARET AIKIN are:
i. RICKY DUANE6 BLAIR, b. October
04, 1953.
ii. CHRISTINE KAY. BLAIR, b.
February 27, 1954.
23. LEE WILBUR5
BLAIR (MAMIE RUTH4 THOMAS, WILLIAM ALEXANDER3,
POLLY2 ABRAHAMS, STEPHEN1) was born
January 26, 1932 in Grand River Township, Madison, Iowa, and died March 11,
1998 in Winterset, Madison, Iowa. He
married ALICE ANN CAMERON November 25, 1956 in Patterson, Madison, Iowa,
daughter of ALVIN CAMERON and ALTA BROWN.
She was born July 26, 1935 in Bayard, Guthrie, Iowa.
Notes for LEE WILBUR
BLAIR:
Information taken from
birth records for Madison County, Iowa and from an obituary publilshed in the
"Winterset City Limits" newspaper on March 13, 1998.
More About LEE WILBUR
BLAIR:
Burial: March 14,
1998, Moon Cemetery, Grand River Township, Madison, Iowa
Children of LEE BLAIR
and ALICE CAMERON are:
i. DARRELL6 BLAIR, m. CAROLYN.
ii. KEVIN BLAIR, m. DONNA.
iii. BARBARA BLAIR.
24. JAMES WESLEY5
EIVINS (HAZEL ANITA4 THOMAS, JAMES3,
POLLY2 ABRAHAMS, STEPHEN1) was born
September 22, 1925. He married CORINNE
AIKIN, daughter of RAY AIKIN and EDNA TRESTER.
She was born January 12, 1926.
Children of JAMES
EIVINS and CORINNE AIKIN are:
i. LARRY RAY6 EIVINS.
ii. GARY LINN EIVINS.
iii. PAMELA GAY EIVINS.
25. EARL E.5 EIVINS (HAZEL ANITA4 THOMAS,
JAMES3, POLLY2 ABRAHAMS, STEPHEN1)
was born March 17, 1928 in Webster Township, Madison, Iowa. He married DOROTHY DARLENE YOUNG September
06, 1946, daughter of CHESTER YOUNG and DOROTHY KIRKLAND. She was born August 14, 1928 in Lincoln
Township, Madison, Iowa.
Children of EARL
EIVINS and DOROTHY YOUNG are:
i. STEVEN CRAIG6 EIVINS, b.
January 16, 1949; m. GEORGIA LEE DOUTHIT, March 22, 1970.
ii. SUSAN KAYE EIVINS, b. July 14, 1951; m.
JOHN SPEARS, June 01, 1974.
26. JOSEPH
ELLYSON (JOE)5 BRADSHAW
(WILLIAM FRANKLIN4, STEPHEN A.3, ELLEN C.2
ABRAHAMS, STEPHEN1) was born
June 01, 1909 in South Township, Madison, Iowa, and died 1970 in Madison
County, Iowa. He married THELMA ARLENE
ALLEN.
Notes for JOSEPH
ELLYSON (JOE) BRADSHAW:
Information taken from
birth records for Madison County, Iowa.
Children of JOSEPH
BRADSHAW and THELMA ALLEN are:
i. ERMA MAY6 BRADSHAW, b.
December 28, 1936, St. Charles, South Township, Madison, Iowa; d. January 03,
1937, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa.
More About ERMA MAY
BRADSHAW:
Burial: January 05,
1937, St. Charles Cemetery, South Township, Madison, Iowa
ii. ALMETA LEONA BRADSHAW, b. April 13, 1934,
Madison County, Iowa; d. June 24, 1934, Madison County, Iowa.
More About ALMETA LEONA
BRADSHAW:
Burial: June 25, 1934,
St. Charles Cemetery, South Township, Madison, Iowa
iii. BILLY B. BRADSHAW, b. 1942, Madison
County, Iowa; d. 1942, Madison County, Iowa.
More About BILLY B. BRADSHAW:
Burial: 1942, St.
Charles Cemetery, South Township, Madison, Iowa
27. STEPHEN ROY5
BRADSHAW (WILLIAM FRANKLIN4, STEPHEN A.3, ELLEN C.2
ABRAHAMS, STEPHEN1) was born
October 29, 1911 in South Township, Madison, Iowa, and died September 09, 1988
in Madison County, Iowa. He married
ALICE A. THRAILKILL, daughter of JOHN THRAILKILL and CAROLINE HOLDERBAUM. She was born April 10, 1910 in Madison
County, Iowa, and died February 15, 1984 in Madison County, Iowa.
Notes for STEPHEN ROY
BRADSHAW:
Information taken from
birth records for Madison County, Iowa.
More About STEPHEN ROY
BRADSHAW:
Burial: September 12,
1988, Penn Center Cemetery, Penn Township, Madison, Iowa
More About ALICE A. THRAILKILL:
Burial: February 18,
1984, Penn Center Cemetery, Penn Township, Madison, Iowa
Child of STEPHEN
BRADSHAW and ALICE THRAILKILL is:
i. CAROL ANN6 BRADSHAW, b. August
08, 1939, Douglas Township, Madison, Iowa.
Notes for CAROL ANN
BRADSHAW:
Information taken from
birth records for Madison County, Iowa.
