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William C. Jarvis

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William C. Jarvis Veteran

Birth
Buckinghamshire, England
Death
23 Jan 1909 (aged 69)
Corning, Adams County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Corning, Adams County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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WILLIAM JARVIS OBITUARY

WILLIAM JARVIS DIED AT THE HOME OF HIS DAUGHTER MRS. F. T. MCKINLEY, IN CORNING, SATURDAY, JANUARY 23 (1909), OF HEART TROUBLE AND A COMPLICATION OF DISEASE, AGED 69 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AND 13 DAYS. MR. JARVIS WAS BORN IN BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, ENGLAND, AUGUST 10, 1839 AND AND CAME TO AMERICA WITH HIS PARENTS WHEN A CHILD, LOCATING IN NEW YORK CITY, FROM WHICH PLACE THEY MOVED TO WISCONSIN AND THERE HE GREW TO MANHOOD. FROM WISCONSIN HE CAME TO GROVE CITY, IOWA, WHERE HE WAS MARRIED IN 1860 TO MISS MARY C. MORRIS AND TO THIS UNION WERE BORN 13 CHILDREN, 6 OF WHOM DIED IN INFANCY; ONE, MRS. MARION HARTSOCK, GREW TO WOMANHOOD AND PASSED TO THE BEYOND ABOUT EIGHT YEARS AGO. THE LIVING ARE MRS. SARAH MCKINLEY, OF CORNING; MRS. JENNIE FRANKLIN OF CARBON; CHARLES C. JARVIS OF CARBON; DAVID ALLEN JARVIS OF CLARINDA; MRS. FANNIE COZAD OF NEAR CARBON; MRS. MAUD BOHAM OF CARBON, ALL OF WHOM WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MRS. F. WERE WITH THEIR FATHER AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH. MR. JARVIS WAS A SOLDIER, HAVING SERVED IN CO. I OF THE 23 RD IOWA REGIMENT, ENLISTED IN GROVE CITY IN 1862 AND SERVING TILL THE CLOSE OF THE WAR. AFTER THE WAR HE RETURNED TO HIS HOME IN GROVE CITY. SEVERAL YEARS LATER THE FAMILY MOVED TO KANSAS, LOCATING AT ELDORA AND LATER IN WICHITA, WHERE THEY REMAINED NINE YEARS, THEN CAME TO ADAMS COUNTY, IOWA, LOCATING IN QUINCY, WHICH WAS HIS HOME FROM 1880 UNTIL LAST FALL, WHEN HE AND MRS. JARVIS CAME TO CORNING, LOCATING IN THE NORTH PART OF TOWN. MR. JARVIS UNITED WITH THE UNITED BRETHERAN CHURCH AT QUINCY IN 1886 AND LATER PLACED HIS MEMBERSHIP IN THE CHURCH IN CORNING, REMAING A FAITHFUL MEMBER TO THE TIME OF HIS DEATH. THE FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD AT THE QUINCY CHURCH MONDAY AT 1 O'CLOCK, CONDUCTED BY REV. A. Y. CUPP, AND INTERMENT WAS MADE IN QUINCY CEMETERY. BESIDES HIS WIFE AND THE SIX CHILDREN NAMED ABOVE MR. JARVIS LEAVES ONE BROTHER AND ONE SISTER, BOTH IN WEST MOUNTAIN VALLEY, COLORADO. THE BEREAVED RELATIVES HAVE THE SYMPATHY OF MANY FRIENDS.
WILLIAM JARVIS OBITUARY

WILLIAM JARVIS DIED AT THE HOME OF HIS DAUGHTER MRS. F. T. MCKINLEY, IN CORNING, SATURDAY, JANUARY 23 (1909), OF HEART TROUBLE AND A COMPLICATION OF DISEASE, AGED 69 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AND 13 DAYS. MR. JARVIS WAS BORN IN BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, ENGLAND, AUGUST 10, 1839 AND AND CAME TO AMERICA WITH HIS PARENTS WHEN A CHILD, LOCATING IN NEW YORK CITY, FROM WHICH PLACE THEY MOVED TO WISCONSIN AND THERE HE GREW TO MANHOOD. FROM WISCONSIN HE CAME TO GROVE CITY, IOWA, WHERE HE WAS MARRIED IN 1860 TO MISS MARY C. MORRIS AND TO THIS UNION WERE BORN 13 CHILDREN, 6 OF WHOM DIED IN INFANCY; ONE, MRS. MARION HARTSOCK, GREW TO WOMANHOOD AND PASSED TO THE BEYOND ABOUT EIGHT YEARS AGO. THE LIVING ARE MRS. SARAH MCKINLEY, OF CORNING; MRS. JENNIE FRANKLIN OF CARBON; CHARLES C. JARVIS OF CARBON; DAVID ALLEN JARVIS OF CLARINDA; MRS. FANNIE COZAD OF NEAR CARBON; MRS. MAUD BOHAM OF CARBON, ALL OF WHOM WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MRS. F. WERE WITH THEIR FATHER AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH. MR. JARVIS WAS A SOLDIER, HAVING SERVED IN CO. I OF THE 23 RD IOWA REGIMENT, ENLISTED IN GROVE CITY IN 1862 AND SERVING TILL THE CLOSE OF THE WAR. AFTER THE WAR HE RETURNED TO HIS HOME IN GROVE CITY. SEVERAL YEARS LATER THE FAMILY MOVED TO KANSAS, LOCATING AT ELDORA AND LATER IN WICHITA, WHERE THEY REMAINED NINE YEARS, THEN CAME TO ADAMS COUNTY, IOWA, LOCATING IN QUINCY, WHICH WAS HIS HOME FROM 1880 UNTIL LAST FALL, WHEN HE AND MRS. JARVIS CAME TO CORNING, LOCATING IN THE NORTH PART OF TOWN. MR. JARVIS UNITED WITH THE UNITED BRETHERAN CHURCH AT QUINCY IN 1886 AND LATER PLACED HIS MEMBERSHIP IN THE CHURCH IN CORNING, REMAING A FAITHFUL MEMBER TO THE TIME OF HIS DEATH. THE FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD AT THE QUINCY CHURCH MONDAY AT 1 O'CLOCK, CONDUCTED BY REV. A. Y. CUPP, AND INTERMENT WAS MADE IN QUINCY CEMETERY. BESIDES HIS WIFE AND THE SIX CHILDREN NAMED ABOVE MR. JARVIS LEAVES ONE BROTHER AND ONE SISTER, BOTH IN WEST MOUNTAIN VALLEY, COLORADO. THE BEREAVED RELATIVES HAVE THE SYMPATHY OF MANY FRIENDS.


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