Old People's Day Dinner at Grace M E Church
The Epworth League hosts its seventh annual Old People’s Day chicken pie dinner at Grace M E Church. Elderly guests, led by Rev Elias Skinner 82, enjoy a program, rides, and a reception with memories of longtime members and golden anniversaries.
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Epworth League of Grace M. B
Epworth League
Epworth Stacue Pernakis
League
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C. W. Cotton
B. A. Moore
T. W. Eaton
F. C. Sage
W. B. Small
Eaton
Ferguson
Watters
F. J. Highmer
Epworth Leaguers
Elias Skinner
Parthenia Sage
W. C. Lawton
Charles Gibbs
Troy
Pioneer Presiding Elder Came to Iowa 70 Years Ago
Rev. Elias Skinner an early Methodist pastor and presiding elder in Iowa born May 12 1827 in Ohio celebrated his 82nd birthday after a life in ministry. He served as presiding elder from age 29 and 12 years total across Marion Cedar Falls Anamosa and Dubuque. He fought in the Civil War with the 24th Iowa Infantry and retired in 1890 settling in Waterloo with his wife Mrs. Skinner born in Grandville Ohio.
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Elias Skinner
Wm. Starr
E. D. Hull
B. M. Bate
Elizabeth B. Hubbard
LaFayette Street
Ohio
Black Hawk County
Chicago
John Hubbard
Waterloo
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Methodist Church
Mr. Cotton
England
Hat
New Brunswick
Grace Church
Cotton
C. W. Cotton
John Cotton
J. H. Peek
Walter Hewitt
PD. G. Ellis
D. G. Ellis
Elis
Elk Run
Ellis
Old Settlers’ Association
Bilis
Jerusha Meade
B. D. Higgins
Ccounty
Iowa
van Buren County
Des Moines
Union
Howe
Mt Pleasart
Brandon
Otter Creek
Marion
Cedar Falls
Anamosa
Dubuque
Mr. Skinner
24Th Iowa Infantry
Skinner
Initiated U S Vice President into I O O F History
Grace M B church member L J Brown 85, of Davenport and Waterloo, recalls initiating a former U S vice president into the Ancient Order of Odd Fellows. Born June 10, 1824, in Lyons New York, he moved to Indiana in 1841 and later Iowa, living in Des Moines and Davenport before settling with his daughter in Clarksville. He helped found Rebekah lodges with Schuyler Colfax. He remains active in Methodism and travels ten miles at times.
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Grace M. B. Church
L. J. Brown
F. W. Warren
Walnut Street
Brown
United States
Order of Odd Fellows
Schuyler Colfax
Rebekah Lodge
Colfax
Mr. Brown
Lyons
Wayne County
New York
Indiana
Rochester
Ind
U. S. Grant
Iowa
Des Moines
Davenport
Clarksville
Waterloo
St Mary's Kirmesse Week Opens At Elks Hall
The fifth annual Kirmesse by St Marys parish begins Monday Sept 27 at Elks hall and runs all week. Ladies prepare many articles for booths while Myers orchestra provides music each evening for dancing. Additional attractions are promised for a lively royal week.
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St. Mary's Parish
Elks’ Hall
Ble
Myers
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Wm. Weatherill
Andrew Thompson
Azra Brown
H. D. Lamb
Grandma” Kennedy
Becky" Avery
Elizabeth Hubbard
Mary. Hankinson
Mary J. Hankinson
Rockford
Hattie Hanklinson
Lves
Esther Peek
Esther Lynn Peek
Ireland
America
Utica
George Peek
Mrs
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MARS
Ervilla Blenis
Mary J. Hankison
U. S
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Cedar Rapids
Union Depot
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ST. Mary’s
Kirmesse
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