Daniel S. Larimers Celebrate Golden Anniversary

The Semi-Weekly Iowegian - 15 December 1908

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GOLDEN WEDDING

Of Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Larimer

Former Jerome Residents

  The following was taken from The Daily Independent Times of Streator, Ill.

  Mr. and Mrs. Larimer were residents of Jerome for more than 15 years and have many friends who extend congratulations and wish them many more years of married life. While most of their older friends have passed to the life beyond, there are many of the younger generation who remember Mrs. Larimar as a kind Christian woman. She was an enthusiastic worker and always took great interest in the children.

  Half a century ago back in Mercer county, Pa. Amanda C. McCormick and Daniel S. Larimer pledged love and constancy to the marriage vows and Monday afternoon Nov. 30 at the home on North Wasson street, in the presence of relatives and friends those vows were renewed during the celebration in honor of the 50th anniversary of their wedding.

  The home was filled all day with relatives and friends who called to extend congratulations to the aged couple and it was indeed a merry gathering.

  All of the children were at home with the exception of the eldest son, James, who is living in Oklahoma and could not get away at this time.

  Among the children present were three sons and a daughter, together with their families as follows:  Joseph M., wife and two children of Oskaloosa, Ia.; Mrs. Mollie Moore, husband and son, Jerome, Ia.; George and children, Galesburg, Ill.; John Larimer and wife of this city; Mrs. S. M. McCormick of Mercer Co., Pa.; mother of J. D. McCaughtry, who is a cousin of Mrs. Larimer; Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Larimer, Muncie, Ind.; Wm. Shonts and wife, South Bend, Ind.; John Shonts and family, Streator, and Mrs. Reese and Mrs. Snedeker of Grand Ridge, were the other out-of-town guests.

  At noon there was a joyous gathering of relatives around the festive board and again at supper time.

BORN IN PENNSYLVANIA

  Both Mr. and Mrs. Larimer are natives of Pennsylvania, the former having been born at Sheakleyville, Nov. 15, 1833, and is now 75 years of age. His wife was born Oct. 23, 1841, at New Vernon and is now 67 years old.

  On Nov. 30, 1858, they were married and continued to reside in Mercer county until the spring of 1870 when they moved with their family to Jerome, Iowa.

  On Oct. 21, 1885, Mr. and Mrs. Larimer moved to Streator and have since made this city their home. All four of their sons are employed on the railroad and are well known here, having identified with the Three-I road for many years. At present John of this city is the only one connected with this road, he being conductor on the passenger.

OVER ONE HUNDRED CALL

  Mr. and Mrs. Larimer received their friends during the afternoon and evening and over one hundred took advantage of the opportunity to call and pay their respects. During the afternoon the W.C.T.U. ladies called in a body to extend congratulations.  Mrs. Larimer has long been an earnest worker and her charitable activities are well known and appreciated.  The ladies presented her with a dress pattern and a rocker.

  A feature of the afternoon was the re-marriage of the couple, Rev. J. D. McCaughtry officiating.

  In the evening Mrs. Larimer entertained the boys of her Sunday school class from Park church, and two of the boys, Frank English and John Koff rendered a violin selection which was much enjoyed. The boys presented their teacher with a handsome gold watch chain.

  Mr. and Mrs. Larimer were the recipients of many beautiful gifts of gold aside from those already mentioned, and also a purse of money.

CALLED HOME

   The only unpleasant event which occurred to mar the day's pleasure, was a message which summoned the daughter Mrs. Mollie and her husband, to their home in Jerome, Ia., as their eldest son had met with an accident. The young man is a driver in a mine at that place and in some manner had broken his leg. Mr. and Mrs. Moore departed at midnight for their home.

Mrs. Larimer's Remains Here For Interment

Centerville Daily Citizen - 27 August 1913

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 It is probable that many of the older residents of Centerville will remember Mrs. Sarah Luce Larimer, a sister of Mrs. Jacob Shouts, former residents, although the Larimers were not residents of this city, but had made many visits here in the past.  Mrs. Larimer died last Saturday in Ft. Worth, Texas, where she had made her home for the last twenty years, her death being sudden from heart trouble, she being 77 years of age. The remains arrived here last night, and will be interred at Oakland cemetery according to her wishes. The late W. J. Larimer, her husband, and their only son, Mr. F. E. Larimer, are buried here. Accompanying the remains were Mrs. Larimer's sister, Mrs. G. F. Albright of Albuquerque, New Mexico, her brother, Mr. R. G. Luce of Ft. Worth, and her neice, Mrs. H. M. Price also of Ft. Worth.

  The party was met at the Rock Island Depot last night by Undertaker B. F. Gordon and taken to the Shaw undertaking parlors where they may be viewed by friends. The relatives accompanying the casket are at the Continental hotel and will be in the city for a few days while looking after the construction of cement and granite vault, so the time of the funeral cannot be announced as yet.

Death of Peter Sidles Removes Staunch Patriot

Centerville Newspaper Clipping - December 1905

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Was Public Spirited Citizen--His Demise Sudden on Friday

  A. Root, Robert Wright and Isaac Lane, representing John L. Bashore Post, G.A.R., of this city, attended at Jerome on Saturday the funeral of Peter Sidles who died suddenly last Friday [1 December 1905] morning at his home a mile north of Jerome. On the morning of his death, it is said that Mr. Sidles seemed to be feeling as usual. He ate his breakfast in the basement kitchen and retired to the sitting room above where members of the household found him a few hours later in a sinking condition in his armed chair. They immediately carried him to the bed and summoned a physician but death ensued before the doctor arrived. His wife, his stepdaughter, Miss Anna Sharp, and his son-in-law, William Laumer [Larimer], were present.

  The funeral was held Saturday afternoon at 1:00 o'clock conducted by Rev. George Blagg of the M.E. church at Mystic and interment was made in the Jerome cemetery.

  Peter Sidles, Jr., was born in Chariton [Clinton] county, Ohio, in 1823 and was therefore 82 years of age. His great grandfather, a native German, served in the War of the Revolution, and the patriotic spirit of this ancestor seems to have been inherited by the subject of this sketch who in his life served his country well in war and in peace, and was withal a kind husband and father. He was a lifelong member of the M.E. church in which he was class leader. He was a Mason of many years standing and also a voter and worker in the Republican party. At various times he was honored by election to civil offices including those of township trustee and assessor.

  Mr. Sidles was one of the survivors of Company D [B], Sixth Kansas Cavalry and had an excellent record in the War of the Rebellion. He enlisted in August 1861 in the Fifth Kansas Cavalry but was transferred to the Sixth. He was taken prisoner at Mazzard Prairie and held at Tyler, Texas, for seven months until he made his escape and succeeded in reaching the company of Thirty-sixth Iowa Infantry under command of Captain Gedney, which he accompanied to Cairo, Ill., being mustered out at Leavenworth, Kansas, April 18, 1865. During his incarceration in the rebel prison he was sick for five weeks with fever, but was fortunate in having one of his comrades, James Asher, to care for him.

  Mr. Sidles married Miss Susan Crossman [Crosson] in Clinton county, Ohio, in 1824, and soon after bought 100 acres of wild land in that vicinity which he farmed for seven years, but finding the labor of clearing too severe for his health, he sold out and came to Appanoose county in 1850, settling where he resided until the time of his death. Mrs. Sidles died several years ago, being the mother of six children of whom four are now living. They are Mrs. Pendergast, Mrs. Larimer and George and John Sidles. Mr. Sidles later was married to a Mrs. Sharp who survives him.

Lincoln Moore, 1860-1946

Obituary from Unidentified Newspaper Clipping

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  Lincoln Moore, son of James and Amy Moore, was born near Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 14, 1860; and died at his home one mile east of Jerome, Iowa, Wednesday, May 1, 1946, at the advanced age of 85 years, 5 months and 17 days.

  As an infant he came to Iowa with his parents who settled on a farm near Walnut City, and about a year and a half later the family moved to the present home on a farm east of Jerome, where Lincoln Moore spent almost his entire life--to be exact about 82 years. Obviously farming was his life-time occupation, which he pursued with signal success and perseverance.

  On Oct. 2, 1884, he was joined in holy matrimony to Mary Larimer. This devoted couple was blessed with five children: Mrs. Essie McKin now of Casper, Wyo., Harry M. of Moline, Ill., James L. who passed away July 23, 1905; Daniel E. of Des Moines, Iowa, and Byron L. of Barberton, Ohio, who was not able to attend his father's funeral.

  During his long residence in this community he became one of its most helpful and respectable citizens, serving for many years in the capacity of Treasurer of the Murphy School Board, and being quite active in other civic enterprises, particularly on the election board.

  He was preceded in death by two brothrs and four sisters.

  Surviving him, besides his children and widow are: two brothers, Jake of Fresno, California, and Knapp of Tacoma, Washington; also seven grandchildren, five great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

  Although he never identified himself with any religious faith, 11 days before his death, having at his own request summoned the Rev. M. R. Gonzalez to his beside, he gave evidence of having experienced a change of heart and made peace with his Lord. 

  He was very industrious and scrupulously honest. He was an avid reader, a deep thinker, who like to keep posted on current events and watched with interest the many changes that took place during his long and fruitful lifetime.

  He was a loyal, home-loving husband and father who religiously watched over the welfare of his loved ones, and even up to the last days of his life he manifested this great concern for the welfare of others.

  He was endowed with the gift of making friends, both among the old and young, and today with his bereaved widow and children, this large circle of friends join in profoundly mourning his passing.

  Funeral services were conducted at the Jerome Methodist Church by the pastor, the Rev. M. R. Gonzalea (sic), Saturday, May 4 at 3 p.m. Mrs. Genevieve Mincks and Mrs. Bollman, with Mrs. Zelda Workman at the piano sang, "Have Thine Own Way," "He is the One," and "God Will Take Care of You." He was laid to rest in the Jerome cemetery.

Card of Thanks

  May we take this method of thanking our neighbors and friends for their kind expressions of sympathy in our recent bereavement. These expressions have been deeply appreciated.

Mrs. Lincoln Moore and Children

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  The above obituary was transcribed from the Appanoose County Message Board on RootsWeb.com.  It was posted 25 November 2004 by Leah McKin of California - a great granddaughter of Lincoln Moore. 

Joseph Marshall Larimer, 1862-1937

The Democrat - 12 October 1937

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  J. L. Larimer, Washington, Dead, Ages 75

Retired Railroad Engineer Succumbs 

Funeral Services Thursday

  Special to The Democrat -- Washington, Ia., Oct. 12.--Joseph Marshall Larimer, 75, retired railroad engineer, resident of Washington four years, died in the home of his daughter, Mrs. L. A. Jones, at 4 a.m. Tuesday after several months illness. He had been bedfast since last December.

  He was born in Mercer county, Pennsylvania, April 9, 1862, the family moving to Jerome, Iowa seven years later. He began his career as a railroad man in 1883, in Illinois and later worked on Iowa lines. He had seen 50 years active service before his retirement.

  His marriage to Miss Esther Dodds took place June 22, 1892, and the family home was in Oskaloosa a few years. Late he moved to Peoria, Ill., where his wife died in 1926.

  Surviving are five children; Mrs. Jones, Washington; Esther B. Larimer, Anaheim, Calif.; Floyd C., Kenosha, Wis.; Mrs. J. A. Bowers, Los Angeles; and James, Peoria, Ill.; a sister, Mrs. Lincoln Moore, Jerome, Iowa; and a brother, George, Dwight, Ill. He had been chief engineer of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers in Oskaloosa, and was a member of the Masonic and Pythian orders.

  Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Jones funeral home with the Rev. Arthur Atack officiating. Burial will be in Elm Grove Cemetery.

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  Transcribed from a 25 November 2004 post by lmckin7884@aol.com to the IAWASHIN-L Message Board on RootsWeb.com.

James Larimer Moore, 1891-1905

Semi-Weekly Iowegian - July 1905

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  JAMES LARIMER MOORE

Death of Fourteen Year Old Boy Brings Sadness to Home

  Well a week before, James Larimer Moore, aged 14 years, 23 days, died Sunday, July 23, at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln Moore, near Jerome, of peritonitis.  He was taken sick on Monday, after getting chilled, and grew worse till it was seen he could not recover. Though stricken down at such a promising time of life, and so unexpectedly, he fully realized his condition and his last moments will ever linger in the memory of the bereaved family as a consolation to them, so brave and resigned was he.  He had been a member of the Methodist Sunday school at Jerome, was a boy popular with school mates, and a comfort in the home.  He leaves a sister and three brothers, Essie, Harry, Danny and Byron. The funeral was conducted by Rev. Geo. Blagg, of the M. E. church, Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. John Larimer and Mrs. D. S. Larimer of Chillicothe, Ill., attended the funeral. 

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  James Larimer Moore was born 30 June 1891 in Jerome, Appanoose County, Iowa, son of Lincoln Moore and Mary Larimer, and died at home on 23 July 1905.  Burial was in the Jerome Cemetery.

Daniel Shawhan Larimer, 1833-1919

Streator Daily Free Press [IL] - 28 October 1919

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  Death Takes Octogenarian

  D. S. Larimer, father of John Larimer, well known conductor on the New York Central R. R., passed away at Ryburn hospital, Ottawa, at one o'clock this morning.  Death was caused by a stroke of apoplexy which the aged man suffered two days ago.  He never regained consciousness after the stroke and expired during the past night.

  Mr. Larimer was born in Shakleyville, Pa., Nov. 15, 1833.  He came to Streator thirty-five years ago and has lived here ever since.  His wife, Amanda [McCormick] Larimer, died tow and a half years ago.  The descendant is survived by the following children:  Four sons, all of whom are railroad men, Joseph of Kankakee; George of Dwight; James of Oskaloosa, Iowa; and John of Streator.  One daughter, Mrs. Lincoln Moore lives at Jerome, Ia. where the father will be interred beside his wife.

  Mr. Larimer, was for many years bagman for the C. I. & S. and was a well known figure on the streets of this city where he was well liked by everyone.  The body will be shipped directly from Ottawa to Jerome, Iowa, for burial.  Mr. and Mrs. John Larimer will accompany the remains.

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  Transcribed from a post of Leah_M on 25 November 2004 to the Ancestry.com Message Board for LaSalle County, Illinois, with note:  Daniel Shawn Larimer (15 Nov 1833, Sheakleyville, Mercer Co., Pennsylvania - 28 Oct 1919, Ottawa, La Salle Co., Illinois).

Amanda Conway McCormick Larimer, 1841-1917

Streator Daily Free Press - 10 May 1917

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  Mrs. D. S. Larimer

Noble Christian Woman, Answers Death Summons

  Mrs. D. S. Larimer is dead.  This short sentence will cause many Streator residents to shed a tear, for Grandma Larimer was truly and dearly beloved by all who knew her.  Following several months of patient suffering at St. Mary's hospital, she was called to her reward yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock.

  Mrs. Larimer was a woman greatly loved, a Christian in every sense of the word, an ideal mother and neighbor, always seeking a way to assist others. Her taking away will be deeply mourned by hundreds of sorrowing friends.

Lived a Beautiful Life

  Amanda Conway McCormick was born October 23, 1841, at New Vernon, Mercer county, Pennsylvania.  She was married to D. S. Larimer Nov. 30, 1858, and moved to Jerome, Iowa, in 1869.  In 1885, as her three sons were employed by the Three-I railroad, Mr. and Mrs. Larimer came to Streator, which has since been her home.

  She leaves her husband, four sons, and one daughter:  James M. Larimer, Kankakee; Joseph M. Larimer, Oskaloosa, Iowa; John A. Larimer, Streator; George W. Larimer, Dwight; Mrs. L. Moore, Jerome, Iowa.

  Early in life Mrs. Larimer united with the Covenanter Presbyterian church, but after coming to Streator she joined the United Brethren church and was a consistent, faithful working member until that church disbanded.  To much cannot be said of her life and Christian character.  She was an ideal wife and mother, being known throughout the city as a faithful Christian, living the life she professed before the community.  She truly as her Master did, "went about doing good" and the influence of her many Christ-like acts will be felt for years to come.

She Will Be Missed

  The W.C.T.U. [Women's Christian Temperance Union] will miss her.  As superintendent of Prison and Jail Work many an erring man and woman was touched and led to a better life by her earnest pleading and fervent prayer.  A short service was held at the home of her son John, 313 South Vermillion street, this afternoon.  The body will be shipped tomorrow morning to Jerome, Iowa, where the funeral will be held in the old church, attended by old neighbors and friends.

  The casket will be open this evening from 7 to 9 o'clock, in order that the many friends may have an opportunity to view the remains.

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  Transcribed from the post of "teri" on 4 May 2004 to RootsWeb's PAMERER-L mailing list.

Mary "Mollie" Larimer Moore, 1867-1950

The Rock Island Argus - 20 May 1950

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  Mrs. Mary L. Moore, 86, formerly of Jerome, Iowa, and who has been making her home with her son, Harry Moore, at 174 Fifteenth Avenue, East Moline, the last four years, died in Moline Public Hospital about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon.  She had been in the hospital little more than two weeks.

  Mrs. Moore, the former Mary L. Larimer, was born in Shearlyville, Pa., Nov. 19, 1867, the daughter of Daniel and Amanda Larimer.  She was married to Lincoln Moore, Oct. 2, 1884, in Jerome, Iowa.  He died May 1, 1946, since which time she had made her home in East Moline.

 She was a member of the Methodist church in Jerome and the Order of the Eastern Star in Seymour, Iowa.

  Surviving beside her son, Harry, in East Moline are two other sons, Daniel of Des Moines and Byron of Barberton, Ohio; eight grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren and a brother, George Larimer of Dwight, Ill.  A son, a daughter and three brothers preceded her in death.

  The body was removed to the Wendt funeral home in East Moline where friends may call tomorrow evening.  Funeral services will be held in the Jerome Methodist church at 1:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon.  Burial will be in the Jerome cemetery.

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  Transcribed from RootWeb's PAMERCER-L Archives where it had been forwarded from the PA-Roots Obituary Board on 4 May 2004.

Memories of Jerome, Iowa - Part I

  The village of Jerome is located in Lincoln township, Appanoose County, Iowa.

  The names of the scattered settlers who came into the Jerome vicinity during the territorial days of Iowa have been for the most part long since forgot, but by the time Iowa became a state families establishing homes here had handed down names familiar to many residents of the area today.  Among the settlers who came in the late 40s and the early 50s to make this their home were John Moore, William Becknal, David Hawkins, John Criswell, Noah Stoner, C. R. Jackson, Henry Wilson, John F. Fuqua, S. C. Vanness, Peter Sidles and James Hagan.

  At this time much of the land was still government-owned and came into the hands of the early settlers by government patent.  Others bought from previous individual owners, even at this early date.  Parts of the farm owned by Peter Sidles is recorded as having been transferred from Robert C. Thorn to Joseph Delay to Peter Sidles, grandfather of the present owner.  Similar early transfers of property are recorded on land now owned by Kenneth Owen, earlier known as the Moore farm. This is true in other instances.

  One interesting case in Lincoln township shows land came into ownership by purchase at Chariton of soldier's grants, called bounty land, areas given by the government to the soldiers engaged in the military service of the United States.  Documents still available show sales of land from Mary Fisher, widow of Thomas Fisher, private in the War of 1812, Conrad Pinckard, private in the War of 1812, Henry Whitehead, private in the Seminole War, and David Cooney, private in a Florida War, all to Noah Stoner.  The purchase amounted to 320 acres, bought in 1856 through papers signed by Franklin Pierce, President of the United States.

  Men who came in the 60s were James Moore, Samuel Pendergast, D. S. Larimer, Henry Entzinger, Thomas Owen, Jacob Kinney, John Pendergast, Wm. D. McElvain, Wm. G. Crow, L. D. Dudley, James L. Buck and W. W. Bollman.  In 1870 Jesse G. Kinney established his home here. Ora, his son, now living in Seymour, recalls early memories of the time when there were only four homes in Jerome, those of Henry Wilson, Daniel Larimer, Calvin Jackson and James Hagan.

  As soon as the early settlers constructed their houses they began to establish a school and a church, thus starting a small village.  Horace W. Lyon was an early merchant, his place of business being in the home later occupied by the Larimers, a building that sat east of the present Carl Hamm home.  Mr. Lyon was said not be have been popular in the community for many objected because he sold liquor.  However, he had a blind son named Jerome who was very popular.  The town was named for this son.

  [From Memories of Jerome, Iowa, 1989 published for the 1989 Jerome Reunion.]