Margaret Goffe Nobile, 1907-1990 ------------------- Louis Nobile, 1902-1992

Ad-Express Iowegian

17 September 1990

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  Margaret Nobile, age 83, formerly of Numa, Iowa died Saturday afternoon, Sept. 15, 1990, at the Long Term Care Unit in St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital.She was born April 22, 1907 in Jerome, Iowa to Michael and Seconda Goffe.  She was united in marriage to Louie Nobile in Centerville. He survives.

  She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Centerville.  Survivors include her husband Louie; one daughter, Mary Susin of Numa; a son, Joe Nobile of Des Moines; eight grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and one brother, Pete Goffe of the Quad Cities.

  She was preceded in death by a son, Louis Nobile, and two infant brothers.

  Funeral services will be held at 9 a.m. Tuesday morning, Sept. 18, at St. Mary's Catholic Church with Father Al Ebach officiating. Interment will be in the Jerome Cemetery in Jerome.

  A rosary service will be held Monday evening at 7 p.m. at the Johnson-Lange Funeral Home. A memorial has been established to the St. Mary's Catholic Church or to Long Term Care Center at St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital and may be left at the funeral home.

Gravestone in Jerome Cemetery for

Louie and Margaret Goffe Nobile

Row 9, Block 33, Lot 1
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Ad-Express/Iowegian – 6 July 1992

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  Louis Nobile, 90, of Numa, died Saturday, July 4, 1992, at St. Joseph’s Mercy Hospital  in Centerville.

  He was born Mary (sic) 15, 1902, in Bengammo, Italy, to Ambrosio and Louisa (Rossi) Nobile.  He married Margaret Goffo at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Centerville, on Sept. 29, 1923.  She preceded him in death on Sept. 15, 1990.

  Also preceding him in death were his parents; three brothers, Pete, Leo and Joe; one sister, Leah Ponsetto; a son, Louis, Jr.; and one great-granddaughter.

  Survivors are one son, Joe Nobile of Des Moines; one daughter, Mary Susin of Numa; eight grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

  He was a coal miner and belonged to St. Mary’s Catholic Church.

  Funeral services will be held Tuesday, July 7, 1992, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church at 10 a.m. with Father Vince Hoying officiating.  Burial will be in the Jerome Cemetery.  Rosary service will be tonight at 7:30 at the Lange Funeral Home.

  A memorial has been established to St. Mary’s and may be left at Lange Funeral Home.

Second Anniversary of The Jerome Journal

  Today marks the second anniversary of The Jerome Journal!  Over the past two years we've made over 700 posts to it covering a wide variety of information about the community, its organizations and its families.  Since starting the Journal, I've expanded into several other related projects.  As I look to the future, the Jerome/Lincoln Township Area Historical Project will have several components:
  (1) A continuation of The Jerome Journal though which folks can share information, documents, pictures about the Jerome/Lincoln Township area, its schools, churches, organizations, businesses and families.
  (2) A Jerome Cemetery Database with information about those buried in Jerome based on the cemetery records, gravestones, death records and obituaries.  Also, to a lesser extent databases of those buried in Miller, Farmer and Stewart Cemeteries in Lincoln Township; plus information on those Jerome/Lincoln Township folks buried in Oakland Cemetery in Centerville, Felkner and Numa Cemeteries in Bellair Township, and Southlawn and Jones Cemeteries in Wayne County.  John Glenn has shared with me the plat map of the Jerome Cemetery which identifies to whom each of the lots were sold; I've taken pictures of all of the gravestones in the Jerome Cemetery; and I'm searching the death records of Appanoose County which identify Jerome as the place of burial.
  (3) A Jerome-Lincoln Township Community Tree database, similar to the new "community trees" on FamilySearch.org, using AncestralQuest software which will be compatible with the newFamilySearch website when it is opened to non-LDS members. It provides he means to include photographs, audio clips and documents, as well as full documentation of sources. To achieve any significant success, this will require the participation and contribution of others of individual family trees which can be combine through GEDCOM files.  I am seeking volunteers who could give leadership on collecting the information on major "family founders" who have left many descendants in the Jerome area. Gale Norris of Unionville MO is already gathering and contributing information on the descendants of Jacob Norris.  I am working on the descendants of John Criswell, David Hawkins, James Hagan and Reuben Alexander who form a family cluster, since David Hawkins, James Hagan and Reuben Alexander were the first of their families in Appanoose county and they each married a daughter of John Criswell.  Other early key family founders are A. W. Adamson, William Arrison, W. N. Bollman, William H. Bradley, James Buck, P. T. Butler, John G. Crist, Joseph M. Crouch, Milo Darrah, E. S. Denoon, H. C. Dukes, William W. Elliott, James Handlin, E.W. Inman, Calvin R. Jackson, Jacob Kinney, D. S. Larimer, Robert S. Lowry, John Manning, W. D. McElvain, John Moore, Henry Morlan, T. A. Murphy, Thomas Owen, Samuel Pendergast, Jonathan Rinker, S. R. Sedgwick, Jacob Shontz, Peter Sidles, Noah Stoner, Henry Thomas, A. S. Vandorn, S. C. Vanness, Samuel P. Wailes, William W. Ware, Henry Wilson, Zebida W. Wright, and many more. 
  (4) An Annotated Bibliography for Local and Family History Research in Appanoose County, Iowa, which will identify primary resources for research for folks interested in the local and family history of Appanoose County.
  (5) Landowners Maps for each of the 24 sections in Lincoln Township which identifies the original land owner (i.e. the person who purchased it from the government) of each 40-acre section, their certificate and patent numbers, date they were issued, land office which issued them, and the statute under which they purchased the land.  Later, I hope to identify the original owners of each of the lots in Jerome who purchased them from those who subdivided Jerome, i.e. Sidles, Wilson, Stevens or Buck, along with the date of purchase and recorded deed. 
  Everyone is invited to participate in these projects.  Please contribute your ideas and suggestions for making it possible. 

Jerome Cemetery Marker

JEROME By Miss Susie Sidles

Seymour Herald - 17 April 1952

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  Mrs. S. J. Owen and daughter, Dorothy, of Centerville, are spending some time at the Kenneth Owen home. Mrs. Owen is just reasonably well after being in failing health for several months.

  Miss Coleen Hefner of Des Moines spent the long week end at the parental W. R. Hefner home.

  Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Hawkins of Davenport were guests Friday night at the J. W. Workman home. They sent their household goods to Davenport Friday where they have purchased a home and are employed.

  Mrs. Bert Murphy returned home from the Centerville hospital Wednesdy where she had been a patent for several days. Patty Murphy of Davenport spent the week end at home.

  Miss Leona Griffin of Muscatine came Saturday to spend the Easter vacation at the home of the Rev. Mr. Gonzalez in Mystic.

  Mr. and Mrs. George Jones and family and Mrs. Kenneth Moore and children of Moline, Ill., spent the week end at the parental Carl Hamm home.

  Mr. and Mrs. Steve Zemo have returned to make their home here after spending the winter in Davenport. 

  There was a large attendance at the Easter service Sunday and a very fine program given by the Sunday school at the close of the preaching service.

  Mrs. Ruth Inman and Richard and Jerry of Centerville attended the Easter service here Sunday and Richard and Jerry took part in the program.

  Mrs. Cecile McElvain of Centerville and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Inman of Denver, Colo., attended services here Sunday. The Inmans are being transferred from Denver to Oak Ridge, Tenn., and will be employed there.

  The regular meeting of the Jerome cemetery association is the last Monday in March but it was not called at that time this year because of the absence of Miss Kathryn Hawkins, who for many years has been secretary and treasurer and has spent much time in the interest of the association. She is now living in Davenport. 

  However, the meeting was called April 11 and the attendance as small but a number of items of business were taken care of and officers were elected. I. E. Fry, who has been president the past year, asked to be released from further duty and Charley McGavran was elected president, Mrs. Susie R. Sidles secretary and treasurer and K. E. Owen was reelected trustee for a term of three years. The other trustees are Merle Loofburrow and Joe Beer. 

  A lily was provided by Mrs. Effie Houx of Cedar Rapids for the altar of the church Sunday in memory of her parents, the J. G. Kinneys, and a plant was furnished by Mrs. Guy Streepy of Udell.

  Mr. and Mrs. Donald Owen of Iowa City spent this week end with the Bert F. Murphys and at the K. E. Owen home.

  The MYF will meet at the Carl Hamm home Wednesday evening.

  Mary Hawkins of Seymour and Joan McCord, who is home from Iowa State College at Ames for Easter vacation, attended services here Sunday.

  Mr. and Mrs. Robert Felkner and family and Mr. and Mrs. Junior Carey of Moline were week end visitors at the parental Gail Felkner home. Mrs. Felkner is much improved after her recent illness.

JEROME by Susie Sidles - 9 April 1953

  Mr. and Mrs. Scott McDonald, who spent the winter in Brownsville, Texas, returned to their home here March 29. They report the weather there extremely warm for so early in the season.

  Mr. John Hickie, who spent several days in the St. Joseph's hospital in Centerville and submitted to surgery, returned home Friday and is recovering.

  The Tony Rotisky family, who sold their home here last fall and spent the winter in Arizona, returned several days ago and have purchased the A. F. Hawkins property and are living in it.

  The Jerome Cemetery association met March 30. The following officers were elected: Mrs. Charles McGavran, president; Charles McGavran, vice president, and Susie R. Sidles, secretary-treasurer. There is one trustee elected each year and Joe Beer was reelected for a term of three years. The other trustees are K. E. Owen and Merle Loofburrow. The sexton will be hired by the trustees.

  Pete Sidles of Iowa State College, Ames, spent the week end at the parental Peter Sidles home.

  Mr. and Mrs. Alfred McWilliams of Aredale spent the week end with the Paul Felkners.

  Mr. and Mrs. Mervin Burkett and sons, Miss Colleen Hefner and William Henderson of Des Moines, Miss Bonadene Wilson of Centerville, Mrs. Maude Forsythe and son, Montelle, of Mystic and William Hefner were Sunday dinner guests at the W. R. Hefner home.

  Mrs. Guy Streepy of Udell spent the past week with her sister, Miss Susie Sidles, and Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Wilson of Joliet, Ill., and Allison John of Elgin, Ill., were overnight guests Wednesday. They were here attending the funeral of their brother, W. H. John, at Centerville.

  The Owen family, Hobert of Crown Point, Ind., Tommy of Louisville, Ky., Richard of Glenwood, and Mr. and Mrs. Donald Owen Ft. Wayne, Ind., spent the Easter vacation with the K. E. Owen family and other relatives here.

  Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Leaming and son, of Liberal, Kans., Mrs. John Kline and two children of Satanta, Kans., and Mary Lou Morris of Ottumwa spent Easter vacation at the parental J. G. Morris home. On Sunday after service they with other members of the Morris family were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Darl Long west of Mystic.

  The Easter service was well attended with an interesting program given at the Sunday School hour. The attendance at Sunday School was 120.

  Mrs. Peter Sidles and son, Jim, spent last Wednesday with the Howard Sidles family in Ames.

  J. W. Workman has been in St. Joseph's hospital in Centerville for several days. It is his second trip to the hospital with heart attacks. He is now improving and hopes to return home soon.

  Mr. and Mrs. Lester King of Davenport spent Sunday at their home here with her brother, Emmett Stiles, who occupies the home. They report their son, Howard, who is a patient in the Veteran's Hospital at Iowa City is only holding his own. His condition is still serious.

  Mrs. Leotia Griffin of Muscatine spent the week end with the Rev. M. R. Gonzalez and attended service here.

  Mrs. Louise Hunt and Mary Louise of Centerville attended service here Sunday and visited their aunt, Miss Susie Sidles.

  Mr. and Mrs. Junior Cary and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Felkner of Moline spent the week end at the parental Gail Felkner home.

  Mr. and Mrs. Burdette Workman and daughter, Julie, spent several days last week with the Forrest Workmans and visited his father in the hospital.

  Mr. and Mrs. Paul McElvain and three children spent Sunday with her parents, the Ralph Shorts, in Centerville.

  The Rev. Roy H. Mills family of Des Moines spent Monday with Mrs. Janice Sidles in Seymour and with George and Peter Sidles families here. Mrs. Mills was the former Mary Sidles.

  Mrs. Charles Orcutt of Russell and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pawelson of Des Moines, were Monday visitors with Miss Susie Sidles.

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  Transcribed from The Seymour Herald of Thursday, 9 April 1953.

Soldiers Buried in Appanoose County

Centerville Daily Iowegian & Citizen - 27 May 1941

Appanoose County Soldiers of All Wars 

Buried in Cemeteries of the County or Adjoining Ones

Compiled by WPA Workers as a Federal Aid Project

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BELLAIR TOWNSHIP - APPANOOSE COUNTY, IOWA

Brazil Cemetery

Cooper, Samuel, Co. B 5th Kan. Cav.

Stearns, Gary, World War Veteran, 

Private Salvage Co. Headquartermaster Corps.

Felkner Cemetery

Kingsbury, Robert, 184th Ohio Inf.

Livingood Cemetery

Moss, G. R., Co. I, 36th Ia. Inf.

Motto-Cooley Cemetery

Cooley, Samuel Cooper, Civil War

Numa Cemetery

Athy, Geo. W., Co. I, 36th Ia. Inf., died Nov. 20, 1902

Bailey, Alex, U.S. Mounted Riflemen, Civil War

Bradley, Benj. A., Co. I, 3rd Ia. Cav., died May 1, 1929

Brown, Perry, Co. E. 2nd and 3rd Ia. Cav., Consolidated

Hockman, Henry P., Co. C 3rd Ia. Cav.

McCannon, James, Civil War, died July 28, 1905

Murphy, Fred, World War Veteran, 

Co. M,  349th Infantry, 88th Div.

Warnick, John M., Co. E, 18th Mo. Inf.

Vrooman, Henry, Co. I, 89th Ill.

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LINCOLN TOWNSHIP - APPANOOSE COUNTY, IOWA

Jerome Cemetery

Crist, John C., Co. D, 87th Ind. Inf. Cav., 

killed in action 1862, died Oct. 3, 1904

(One of these must be an error.  OJK)

Dooley, Charles, Co. D, 45th Ia. Inf., died Dec. 17, 1906

Fisher, James M., Civil War, died Dec. 16, 1928

Jackson, C. R., Co. B, 6th Kan. Cav., died Aug. 24, 1906

Jennings, Edward T., Co. B, 6th Kan. Cav.

Jennings, Ned, Civil War

Kinney, Jesse G., Co. A, 3rd Ia. Cav., died June 2, 1920

Moore, James L., Civil War, died 1879

Pendergast, Addison, Co. B, 6th Kansas, died March 11, 1898

Ross, Geo. W., Civil War, died 1912

Sidles, Peter W., Co. B, 6th Kans. Cav.

Miller Cemetery

Davis, Samuel, Co. I, 36th Ia. Inf., died July 10, 1883

Manning, Harvey, 30th Ia. Inf.

Miller, John M., Co. B, 6th Kas. Cav.

Rinker, Geo. W., Co. B, 6th Kan. Cav., died July 28, 1864

Teter, John R., Co. I, 36th Ia. Cav.

Wilson, Andrew J., Co. B, 6th Kan. Cav.

(1941 edition says killed in action, 1862)

Wilson, R. P., Ill. Mtd. Vol.

Farmer Cemetery

[Listed under Pleasant Township]

Alexander, Jones, Co. -, 36th Ia Inf. and Mexican War, 

died Dec. 9, 1887. (Was this name reversed??)

Farmer, Enoch, Co. L, 36th Ia. Inf., died Jan. 13, 1892.

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WAYNE COUNTY, IOWA

Appanoose County Soldiers

Seymour Cemetery

Bower, Jacob A., Co. I, 36th Ia. Inf.

Conger, Lieut. Charles A., Co. B, 47th Ia. Inf.

Condra, I. A., Co. B, 47th Ia. Inf.

Elloitt (sic), Wm., Co. H, 8th Ia. Cav.

Harvey, Wallace M., Co. I, 36th Ia. Inf.

Jennings, N. L., or E. T., Co. B, 6th Kan. Cav.

Lowry, Corp. Robert S., Co. I, 36th Ia. Inf.

Manning, Wm., Co. B, 6th Kan. Cav.

Murphy, Steven R., Ill. Cav. died June 6, 1906

Pendergast, John, Co. B, 6th Kan. Cav.

Rinker, Frank, 6th Kan. Cav.

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 Transcribed from Soldiers Buried in Appanoose County, Iowa Before World War II compiled by Osee Johnson Knouf [S.I. Daughters of the American Revolution, La-Grange-Illinois Society, 1977] on FHLFilm #1703828, Item #3 [Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1990].

Memories of Jerome, Iowa - Part V - Cemetery

  At the same time the school site was purchased, a plot of ground, three-fourths of an acre, near the school property and owned by Jacob Stoner was set aside for a grave yard.  There was no deed recorded of this property until 1900 when Harve Andrews, G. B. Van Dorn and E. L. Shontz trustees of Lincoln township, deeded the property to the Jerome Cemetery Association which had been founded in 1898.

  In the interim a larger tract adjoining the original cemetery plot had been purchased from B. F. Sedgwick.  First officers of the Cemetery Association were D. D. Wilson, president; Peter Wilson, secretary; and Wm. Hagan, treasurer; Lincoln Moore, James Barton and George Sidles, Se. were the first trustees.  Each of these officers took an active part in the Association until his death.

  The first grave in the cemetery plot was that of Willie Moore, eldest son of John and Mary Moore, buried in 1850.  This child was a brother of Mrs. George Wailes. 
  [From Memories of Jerome, Iowa, 1989 published for the 1989 Jerome Reunion.]