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i ri lieles-ordtheMrstedlig-Hl-H.;terretwoeldwn,5.atC. h e rssin. ion ere oo nliesf)W-las-R.[en,Fo-Mi.st a, ofJASTER—KEHN.—At the home of the officiating clergyman, Rev. A. C. Snively, In West Point township, Lee county, Iowa, on Sunday, February 6, 19910, Mr. John W. Jaster and Miss Anna Kehn, toth of la»e county, Iowa.8:t VKARS lt;)LI» WITH AROOK Ft XL OF HISTORY.Historical Reminiscence* of the IJfe of Richard Everingham ofKansas City.A recent issue of the Kansas City Post devotes a full page, with a number of illustrations, reproductions of photographs at various ages of the subject, to a life history of Richard Everingham, who for fifty-three years has been a resident of Kansas City. He is now in his 85th year of age and is the elder brother of M. E. Everingham of lt)23 Third street, Fort Madison.The Post gives the following summary of Mr. Everingham’s history:“Richard Everingham, bom 1826.“Saw Queen Victoria’^ coronation procession.“Saw Queen Victoria's- weddingprocession.“Saw General Taylor come back from the Mexican war.“Saw Confederate flag raised in Kansas City.“Attended first cross-continentrailroad meeting.“Lived in Iowa before it was a state.“Came to Kansas City when it had only 1,000 inhabitants“Paid taxes on his present office for 53 years.”The Everingham family came to America from England in 1840, landing in Fort Madison on July 16, going to West Point, where they settled, Richard leaving then- In 1846 and travelling over a great deal ofour country before settling in Kansas City fifty-three years ago, also making a trip to England in 1851. He is still hale and hearty.
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Fort Madison Weekly Democrat
Fort Madison, Iowa, US
Wed, Feb 09, 1910
Page 8
Full Page
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