William Hardesty of Van Buren County Iowa in the “Annals of Iowa”
Annals of Iowa Volume 1 No. 9 January 1865 History of Davis County, Iowa by Capt. Hosea B. Horn of Bloomfield Chapter II In the year 1838, Mr. William Hardesty came to this county and settled on the disputed territory near the line of Van Buren county. He was from Fountain county, Indiana, and came [...]
1922 March 30th, Fowlers in the Jasper News
FOREST GROVE AND BOSTON Mrs.Geo. Fowler C. W. Jackson and family moved to Webb City last week. Mrs. Joe Ihms spent Wednesday at the home of her parents. Mrs. Boyd called on Mrs. F. A. Martin Wednesday. J. W. Rakestraw sawed wood for Charles Tabler Wednesday. Mrs. Sue Mitchell spent Thursay with her daughter, Mrs. [...]
Letter from DAVID NATHANIEL BREWER to JIM BREWER
Letter from DAVID NATHANIEL BREWER to JIM BREWER. David, born 1850 in Pleasant, Steuben, Indiana, married to Delana Jane Fowler, is a direct line ancestor, son of Daniel Levi Brewer and Catherine Hedden. More on the family can be read here. Jim, an elder brother by a year, was James Daniel Brewer. He married first [...]
Fowler Family News in “The Jasper News” , Sept 20 1920
Link The Mrs. George Fowler who was writing the Forest Grove and Boston news sketches would have been Bessie, b. 1889, wife of George C. Fowler. He was the son of Robert William “Will” Fowler, a brother of Delana Louise Jane Fowler who married Ray Noyes. “Will” was married to Lucinda Workman. In 1920 George [...]
Betty Brewer Sings “California (The Golden State)”
Betty Brewer sings in “California (The Golden State) – (A Musical Narrative)”, song by Lee Sweetland, Betty Brewer, Art Gentry, Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and Chorus on Timeless Stories. Listen at Grooveshark (no account needed) Here are the notes from the back of the Decca release: CALIFORNIA It may seem far-fetched to compare “California” [...]
Betty Brewer Sings “Don’t Cry Joe”
Betty Brewer sings Gordon Jenkins’ “Don’t Cry Joe (Let Her Go, Let Her Go, Let Her Go)” from the 1949 Hit Parade. Listen at Grooveshark Betty Brewer was a great granddaughter of David Nathaniel Brewer and Delana Fowler Brewer. For more on Betty Brewer’s family click here. Also, use the tag below for more posts [...]
Beaver Herald 1896 Report on Walser’s Conversion to the Presbyterian Faith
The Beaver Herald, Oklahoma Territory, December 10, 1896 Nevada, MO Dec 4 — The report that George A. Walser, the millionaire founder of Liberal, the noted spiritualist town, and president of the Western Spiritualist Association, has united with the Presbyterian faith at Lincoln, Neb., has caused much surprise among his followers. Link
News Brief on the Suicide of G. H. Walser’s Wife of Liberal
The Scott County Kicker was located in Benton, Missouri. Scott County Kicker, July 26, 1902 Walser’s Wife a suicide Mrs. G. H. Walser of Liberal, committed suicide at Webb City by taking strychnine. She was the wife of the founder of Liberal who was a “free thinker,” and for several years would not allow any [...]
News Mention of the Spiritual Institute at Liberal
The below news article would seem to do with the Spiritual Science Association at Liberal and what was later known as “Spook Hall”, though J. P. Moore had given it as being built in 1890. San Saba County News, November 3, 1893 The new Spiritual Institute and home at Liberal, Missouri, has been opened.
Ad for George H. Walser as attorney in Illinois
In the Illinois state gazetteer and business directory for 1858 and 1859 we find an ad for George H. Walser, founder of Liberal, Missouri, as an attorney. MIDDLEPORT A thriving post village, capital of Iroquois county, on the Iroquois river, at the junction of Sugar creek, 150 miles east-north-east from Springfield and about 90 south [...]
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