Re: Silas W and Alice E (Thompson) Calfee family
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In reply to:
Re: Silas W and Alice E (Thompson) Calfee family
Jerry Calfee 5/13/06
Dear Jerry Calfee,
You were kind to send me some helpful information on the Silas W. and Alice E. (Thompson) CALFEE family earlier. Below is some additional information I am sharing. Some you already have, but some is additional or refined.
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Censuses for Silas Calfee Family
Ringgold County, Iowa 1880
Liberty township
CALFEE
Silas W. 25 farmer Ind. Ind. Ind.
Alice E. 23 house wife Ill. Pa. Ohio
Claudia 2 months daughter Iowa
Ringgold County, Iowa 1900
Mount Ayr
CALFEE
Silas W. 45 city marshall
Alice E. 42 wife
Claudia E. 20 daughter--teacher(Born April 1880)
Howard F. 14 son (Born August 1885)
John W. 12 son (Born ?)
Mary K. 7 dau (Born December 1893)
Mercy I. B. 9 months dau. (Born September 1899)
Ringgold County, Iowa Birth Records
Children of Silas W. and Alice E. Calfee
1. Calfee female 2nd child March 1, 1883
---Book 1, page 55
[This female probably died in infancy or early childhood.LATER NOTE:
See copy of obituary for Edna Calfee below.]
2. Calfee male [Howard] 3rd child August 18, 1885
---Book 1, page 109
3. [John W. Calfee] [4th child---not recorded in Birth records]
4. Mary Kathryn Calfee 5th child December 25, 1892
---Book 1, page 234
5. Irena M. [Mercy] Calfee September 11, 1899
---Book 3, page 55
Edna Calfee---obituary
Edna Calfee, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Calfee was born March 2, 1883 and
died at the home of her parents in east Mt. Ayr Friday morning January 1, 1897. She had
been sick about two years of consumption, and last spring her life had been despaired of,
but she had been much better during the summer and fall, and her friends had hoped for
her complete recovery. She took a severe cold about two weeks ago, and her physical
condition was such that she could not rally from the attack. She was uncomplaining and
patient during her sickness, and bore her suffering with Christian fortitutde.
The funeral services were conducted Saturday afternoon at two o’clock at the
residence by Rev. H. T. Jackson, after which the remains were laid to rest in the Rose Hill
cemetery. The famly has the sympathy of many friends in their bereavement.
---Twice-a-Week News, Mount Ayr, Iowa, Tuesday, January 5, 1897,
page 1
Extract from Edna Calfee obituary in Ringgold Record ?
from an obituary scrapbook at Mount Ayr, Iowa Public Library
“ . . .She was nearly fourteen years of age, and an unusually bright and interesting
child. . . . The funeral services were conducted Saturday at 2 o’clock p.m. from the house
by Rev. H. T. Jackson, and were attended by many friends of the deceased. The interment
was made in the Rose Hill cemetery. . .”
NOTE: There is no readable gravestone record of her burial.