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Obituary and local notices from Newton Iowa era
The notice chronicles the death of Joseph Whittaker aged eighty one at his Newton area home with family details, birth in 1817 in England, migration to the United States, and burial in Newton cemetery. It also mentions a child’s heart condition, a Sunday school outreach, upcoming meetings, and several local names and travel notes along with advertisements and short notices about medicines, directories, and community events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father Whittaker
Joseph Whittaker
Middleton
Lancashire
England
Hannah Kinnely
Cheshire
Eng
United States
Clarkville
Pennsylvania
Jasper County
Whittaker
Old Wesleyan Methodist Church
America
John
Joseph
George
Frank Whittaker
Wm. Snook
Mis
Henry Ailland
Newton
Wm. Clark
Walsenburg
Col
Clark
C. V. Cowan
Lettie Earley
Grace Allen
Jesse A. Winger
Ralph F. Graham
Newton Cemetery
Ralph Foreman
Zach Foreman
United Presbyterian Sabbath School of
Sugar Grove
Sherman Township
Wm. Hill
Ferguson
Mabel Livingston
Wing