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Lura (not Laura) SCHLEGEL was born 22 Mar 1893 in Davenport, Scott, Iowa. She attended Davenport schools and married Eugene GATES HAYWARD on 1 Mar 1917 at Davenport's Outing Club on Brady St.

Eugene was born 21 Nov 1892 in Eagle Mills, Ouachita, Arkansas, son of Cassius Daniel and Emma Louise WYMAN HAYWARD. He graduated from Iowa State College (now Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa) with a B.S. in Agriculture. They made their home on a ranch in Great Falls, Cascade, Montana where Eugene was employed as a ranch superintendent.

In 1920, the family moved to Cimarron, Colfax, New Mexico where Eugene ws the manager of the 300,000 acre Phillips Ranch which became Philmont, the National Boy Scout Ranch. The HAYWARDS purchased the H & H Ranch near Cimarron where they made their home until 1969, when they sold the ranch and retired from the cattle business. Both Lura and Eugene took active leadership in agricultural organizations which helped improve the lives of ranchers and the cattle business in northern New Mexico.

Lura died 10 May 1970 in Honolulu, Hawaii, Eugene died 20 Nov 1981 at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California; their ashes were scattered in the Pacific Ocean. They had 7 children:

1. Eugene Junior (middle name, Jr. or nickname??) born 9 Nov 1917 in Great Falls,Montana, graduated from Iowa State University in Ames and was working for Armour & Co. in St. Louis, Missouri, when he disappeared in 1945. An extensive search was made by the family but no trace of him was discovered.
2. Albert WYMAN born 21 Apr 1919 in Great Falls, Montana, died 13 July 1999 in Honolulu. (no burial info)
3. Mary born 25 Aug 1920 in Great Falls, Montana
4. Suzanne born 19 Jun 1922 in Cimarron, New Mexico
5. Lura born 16 Dec 1923 in Cimarron, New Mexico
6. Carl Edward born 10 Oct 1925 in Cimarron, New Mexico, did not marry and lives (1986) on a ranch near Ft Sumner, Colfax, New Mexico where he raises horses. (no access to SSDI)

Claire SCHLEGEL, the 2nd child of Carl Edward and Minnie ELDRIDGE SCHLEGEL, born 21 Aug 1889 in Davenport, Scott, Iowa. She married John Andrew ROSS at the Outing Club on Brady St. on her parents' 30th anniversary.

John was born 3 Apr 1888 in Davenport, son of John W. and Carrie Louisa SCARLETT ROSS. He attended local schools and graduated form Davenport High School. John was the manager of the architectural department of Gordon-Van Tine Company of Davenport where he worked for 33 years. He was a member of the American Institute of Architects. The family were members of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral on Brady St.

John died 10 May 1942 at their Davenport home on Ridgewood Avenue. Clair died 11 Oct 1985 in Davenport. They are buried in Davenport's Oakdale Cemetery. They had 2 children.

1. John Andrew Ross, Jr. born 9 Oct 1909 in Davenport, died 3 May 1921 in Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa. He is buried in Oakdale Cemetery.
2. Mary Elizabeth born 3 Feb 1922 in Davenport.

Claire was the neighborhood "Aunt", neighborhood gathering place for coffee or cocktails and her door was always open. She gave all the neighborhood children a college dictionary for high school graduation. I still have mine. Claire's mother Minnie was a sister of my g-grandmother Jennie ELDRIDGE.

Charles William was born 23 June 1889 in Missouri (no location), middle child of Lewis Micajah and Agnes NOBLE. He returned to Davenport with mother Agnes who filed for divorce for Lewis' dissertion. Charles attended public schools until age 17 when he began working for the Arthur J. WILEY Grocery Store as a clerk.

Charles married Martha NITSCHMANN on 3 June 1913 in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota. Martha was the dtr of Herman August and Wilhelmina GREUSCH NITSCHMANN, born 15 Apr 1893 in Elgin, Kane, Illinois. At age 20, Martha went to Sioux Falls to work at the Sherman Hotel where she met Charles ASHER.

The ASHERS returned to Davenport where Charles worked as a waiter in the Hill Cafe until 1915. They moved to Michigan where they owned restaurants in several cities in the Detroit area.

During WWII, Charles worked for the Ford Motor Company in the bomber plant at Ypsilanti, Michigan in the executive dining room. After the war, he transferred to the Ford Rouge Plant executive dining room at Dearborn, Michigan where he was employed until his retirement in 1954.

The ASHERS also owned a small hotel in Wayne, Michigan for several years. They were members of the Methodist church. They had 6 children.

Charles died 1 Nov 1958 in Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin while watching his grandson play football. Martha died 12 May 1975 at Garden City, Wayne, Michigan. They are buried in Roseland Park Cemetery at Berkley, Oakland, Michigan.

1. Charles William, Jr. born 2 Jun 1918 in Washington, D.C.
2. Robert Burdette born 13 Aug 1919 in Highland Park, Michigan
3. LeRoy Lewis born 22 Nov 1921 in Detroit, Michigan
4. Daughter, born 18 Feb 1923 in Detroit, buried 20 Feb 1923 in Evergreen Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan
5. Twin sons, born prematurely after 1923, died at birth
6. Howard Henry born 22 Apr 1926 in Fordson, Michigan.

Information given by Mrs. Willadene STOLDT ASHER of Garden City, Michigan, Dec 1985

Gertrude May ASHER was born 26 Mar 1887 in Davenport, Scott, Iowa. She attended Davenport public schools and worked as a bookkeeper for the Arthur J. WILEY grocery store on Brady St.

She married Frederick Bird COX of East Moline, Rock Island, Illinois on 25 Nov 1910 in her mother and stepfather's home on East Locust St. in Davenport. (Agnes divorced Lewis for dissertion and married Fayette M. JONES). Frederick was born 26 Nov 1883 in Jasper County, Iowa (no city) son of Jason J. and Hattie ARCULARINS COX. He worked on the railroad. After their marriage, they lived in Moline, Rock Island, Illinois.

She and Frederick seperated in about 1922 (no date). Gertie worked as a clerk or salesperson for various Davenport and Rock Island businesses.

She died from cancer 2 Oct 1932 in Davenport and is buried in Oakdale Memorial Gardens in Davenport. She was a member of St. John's Methodist Church. They had 2 sons:

In the 1930 federal census, J. Reed and dad Fred lived at 1522 15th St. Moline, Illinois.

1. Robert Burdette COX b 10 Sept 1911 in Moline, Rock Island, Ilinois, d 10 Jan 1998 in Carson, Los Angeles, California
2. Jason Reed COX b 14 May 1914 in Moline, Illinois. 1920 and 1930 census as J. Reed Cox d. 28 Mar 1995 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.

References are on page 81, rather than 61 - typo.

Irad was born 28 Dec 1891 in Waukesha, Waukesha, Wisconsin. Agnes brought Irad to Davenport as an infant and he attended Davenport schools. Irad worked at various labor jobs while living in his mother's home.

On 24 Aug 1918 in St. John's Methodist Church at Davenport, Irad married Flora Martha BLANKENFELD of Geneseo, Henry, Illinois. Flora was the dtr of August and Albertina GLAWE BLANKENFELD, born 4 Feb 1896 on a farm near Geneseo.

At various tmes the family lived in Davenport and Geneseo. In 1946, when the family was living at Davenport, Flora and her daughter moved permanently to Geneseo; Irad remained in Davenport where he helped care for his mother Agnes, who was blind. Flora BLANKENFELD ASHER died 8 Dec 1958 in Geneseo, Illinois; Irad ASHER died 29 Sept 1966 in Geneseo. They are buried on the BLANKENFELD lot in North Cemetery in Geneseo.

They had 2 dtrs:
May Elizabeth born 21 Sept 1919 in Geneseo died when she was a freshman (9th grade) in Geneseo High School of pneumonia on 15 Oct 1934 and is buried in North Cemetery.
Marian Louise born 29 Oct 1929 in Davenport. (see blog page)

Elizabeth ELDRIDGE was born 3 Apr 1852 in Davenport, Scott, Iowa, called "Lizzie" by family.

She graduated from Davenport High School (7th & Iowa - not current campus at 10th and Main)and attended 4 years of college (no name), after which she was known as Dr. ELDRIDGE, a medical doctor. She worked for her father, Jacob, in his real estate office for 2 years. On 4 December 1871, Lizzie married William I. JOY (no BMD) in her family home on Farnam. The 1880 Iowa Federal Census shows Elizabeth JOY as divorced living with her parents.

About 1882 (no date), she married Dr. Reuben F. ELDRIDGE...no relation. He was born March 1858 (no date) in Pennsylvania (no city), son of Joseph G. and Lucinda ARNOLD ELDRIDGE. Reuben graduated from (my source says) State University Medical College in 1881. (prevaling location University of Iowa, Iowa City).

The family moved to Dawson, Dallas, Iowa, a small railroad town west of Des Moines. Reuben practiced medicine, successfully operated a brick manufacturing company and was the leader of the Dawson Cornet Band. He would not allow his wife to practice as a doctor because, according to family tradition, her training did not agree with his medical philosophy.She was a "pill doctor".

Reuben and Elizabeth ELDRIDGE were divorced before 1910 (no date). By 1917, Reuben married Sarah Alma CUMMNGS, a registered nurse. Sarah CUMMINGS was born 18 Aug 1877 and died 15 May 1964 at Britt, Iowa. She and Reuben are buried in Perry, Iowa's Violet Hill Cemetery. Reuben died in an automobile accident north of Adel, Iowa on 3 Jan 1926.

Elizabeth moved with their children, Madge, Joseph M., Waldo E. and Minnie to Ames, Iowa where she lived for 20 years before her death from diabetes on 2 Sept 1923. She was a member of the Christian Science Church.

Lizzie and Wm JOY's children:
Roy/Ray JOY born 1873 (no date in Davenport, d 17 Feb 1875 in Valley City, (no Pleasant Valley), Iowa

Maynard JOY b (my source) July 1874, SSDI says 5 Feb 1880 in Davenport. Maynard was living in New York City at his mother's death. He died Mar 1968 (no date, SSDI) in Bedford, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Buried Shawsheen Cemetery, Bedford.

Lizzie and Dr. Reuben ELDRIDGE's children:
Madge (nickname - not found in SSDI) born 2 July 1887 in Iowa (Davenport or Dawson?), married Leroy "Roy"
Wesley BROADIE who was born (my source) 28 Oct 1882 (SSDI says 8 Apr 1891) No BMD. They lived in Mason City, Cerro Gordo, Iowa where he worked as warehouseman for the Northern Sugar Company until 1931.

Joseph M. born 9 Oct 1889 in Iowa (Davenport or Dawson?). He graduated from Ames High School and from Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa with a degree in Chemistry. During WWI, he worked in Madison, Dane, Wisconsin for the Department of War in the Chemical Warfare Service. He died of pneumonia on 4 Dec 1918 in Madison several weeks before he was to marry Miss Laura JONES, an instructor at the university. Joseph was a member of the Christian ?Science Church and is buried in the Ames Municipal Cemetery with his mother and niece, 3-year-old Betty Jean Thomas.

Waldo E. born 21 Aug 1891 in Iowa (Davenport or Dawson). He graduated from college and gave his occupation to the census taker in 1915 as an unemployed button maker (sense of humor?? or true?). At his father's death in 1926, he as living in Amarillo, Randall, Texas. He died 18 Mar 1965. (no burial info). He was a cook in the Army during WWI.

Minnie born Oct 1894 (no date) in Iowa (Davenport or Dawson). She and husband Dr. Elbert B. THOMAS, a veterinarian, lived in Ames, Iowa in 1921, and in Marengo, Iowa, Iowa at her father's death. Elbert was possibly born 14 Mar 1886 (no place) and died in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa Nov 1974 (SSDI). (no date). They had only a daughter, Elizabeth "Betty" - marker says - Jean THOMAS, born 1921 (no date), died 18 Dec 1924 and is buried in the Ames Iowa Municipal Cemetery next to her grandmother, Dr. Elizabeth ELDRIDGE.

There are many stories about Jacob who never let grass grow and saw many business and personal opportunites to better life in Davenport, Scott, Iowa. Jacob is this writer's legacy through his daughter, Jennie, who married George Washington BAWDEN.

JACOB MULLEN ELDRIDGE (Duncan Campbell and Rachel BROWN3, Josiah2, William1) was born 20 November 1824 in Haddonfield, Camden, New Jersey, the only surviving child of Duncan and Rachel BROWN ELDRIDGE (no BMD). There were 2 others born in Rochester, NY who died shortly after birth.

The History of Scott County, IA 1882 p. 827 is the most accurate account of Jacob because he was 58 yo, and it can be assumed the info was given by Jacob.
?His mother died when he was four years old and he went to live with his grandmother [Rebecca LIPPINCOTT ELDRIDGE who was widowed]. He became self-supporting at the age of 13 and followed teaming until he was 19, when he sold his team and traveled one winter, visiting Washington and called on President John TYLER. He engaged in the grain business in Camden, New York one year, then started for the West and landed at Rock Island, IL Dec 23, 1845, after a journey of 2 mos hard travel from Philadelphia. The next day he came to Davenport, Scott, IA, then a city of 500 inhabitants where his father had resided since 1838. He concluded to make this city his home, and entered land three mi. northeast of Davenport paying $1.25/A and sold it for $125 in 1872 realizing 10,000 per cent on the investment. On 12 Feb 1846, he returned to Philadelphia, settled up his business there and came back to Davenport on Nov 20 [1846]?.

His land purchase was on Jersey Ridge Road, so named by him because it reminded him of his home in Haddonfield. He was one of the first land agents and continued to make land and railroad development his business for the rest of his life. He owned 1000s of acres in undeveloped land in Iowa, Nebraska, and the Dakota Territory, and an interest in a 3,000A farm near Eldridge, ND which was called ?Davenport Farm?. [Dtr Kate and husband Circuit Judge Samuel LYTER GLASPELL].

On 2 July 1871, the plat of Eldridge Junction (now the town of Eldridge, Scott, IA) was filed in the Scott County Court House by Jacob M. ELDRIDGE. The town lay in Sheridan Township at the junction of the Maquoketa and Milwaukee/St. Paul RRs intersected. There was a large element of speculation on the city?s growth. Many predicted Rockingham Twnshp (sw Davenport along the river) and even Buffalo further down the river. There was much rivalry between LeClaire and Davenport as river posts so it was not strange that Jacob should choose a site north, with a bit of advanced information, which was being opened by the Davenport and St. Paul Railroad. He understood that the division point and roundhouses were to be located here. He purchased a farm, planned and built a village which he named Eldridge and hoped to make a fortune. Overnight the roundhouses were moved farther north, the bubble burst and the rapid growth of the town ceased. Davenport Democrat 31 May 1936.

He was prominent in attracting a number of railroads to cross the Mississippi River at Davenport as they headed west through Iowa. He was a member of the company that built the second railroad bridge across the Mississippi, and the Davenport Street Car lines were established largely through his efforts.

He was a Republican and was present at Iowa City, Johnson County, in 1856 when the party was organized. In 1872 he was a delegate to the liberal Republican convention at Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, where Horace GREELEY was nominated for US president. Jacob was reputed to have put the words ?Go West young Man? into the mouth of Horace GREELEY.

Jacob was a leading member of the Christian Church which his father and the band of pioneers had instituted in Davenport. At his death he was the oldest member of the Sons of Temperance in Iowa, an organization he joined in 1847.

Jacob first married Mary Louise WOODWARD on 1 June 1848 in Davenport, dtr of Joseph SMITH and Mary FORMAN WOODWARD. She was born 31 Aug 1822 in Burlington, Burlington, NJ. She died after 18 mo in December 1849 in Davenport and is buried in Davenport?s Oakdale Memorial Gardens on the Woodward-Morgan lot. Mary Louise(a) WOODWARD is the sister of Benjamin BECKWITH WOODWARD, father of Stephen Douglas BAWDEN?s wife, Mary Ella WOODWARD.

He married Mary HIGH WILLIAMS on 25 June 1851 in Davenport, dtr of Charles CLARK and Eliza MILLER WILLIAMS born in Newark, Essex, NJ. The WILLIAMS came to Davenport in 1844 and were among the early members of the Presbyterian Church.

Jacob and Mary?s Jersey Ridge fruit farm was where all 9 children were born. Distance to Davenport and poor enterprise [filed for bankrupcy] necessitated the move into the city in a house at 1530 Farnam. The children could get to school easily, Jacob could run his real estate and insurance business office on Brady St. The family lived here until after Jacob?s death. Mary suffered ill health for many years. According to dtr Jennie, her mother became an invalid because of ?nervous prostration?. Mary died 10 June 1885 and is buried in Oakdale Memorial Gardens.

Jacob married third on 28 September 1886 in Davenport, Miss Agnes SMITH, dtr of Robert and Margaret (maiden?) SMITH. Agnes was born 4 Feb 1840 in Perth. Quebec, Canada. The SMITHs came to Scott County in 1854 settling on a farm near Long Grove. In 1864 they moved to Davenport where they were members of the Christian Church.

Jacob died of ?exhaustion? 8 Jun 1902 in his Farnam St. home. Agnes died 26 Jan 1937 in her sister?s home 1614 LeClaire St. They are buried in Oakdale.

All born in Davenport, Scott, IA: 6 of 9 have seperate pages**.
1. Elizabeth b 3 Apr 1852**
2. Charles b. 1854, d 26 Apr 1854, buried Oakdale
3. Katherine ?Kate? b. 9 Mar 1855**
4. Frank W. b 29 July 1858**
5. William V. b14 Feb 1860, d 19 Mar 1866 of typhoid
6. Minnie b 20 July 1862**
7. Jennie b 15 Jul 1865. This is my heritage**
8. George Wallace b 16 Jan 1868**
9. Emily M. b 23 Jan 1870, d. 23 Oct 1876 of diphtheria buried Oakdale

MARY TERRILL BAWDEN; born 9 May 1851 in Norristown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Stephen and Mary TERRILL BAWDEN.

She moved to Rockingham Township (Davenport) with her parents when she was 9 yo. She attended Davenport schools. She married John Lowery ILES on 7 February 1871 in Davenport, Scott County, IA. In the 1880 federal census, they share their home with 18 yo servant Sophia RUNGE, born in Holstein, Germany of Holstein, German parents. John was born 15 September 1848 in Midway, KY to Thomas Jefferson and Maria Louisa NUCKOLS ILES.

Dr. Thomas Jefferson ILES moved to Davenport to be near his sons during the Civil War. He decided being a doctor would put him near the action and was assigned to the Rock Island Arsenal. He was born 17 March 1811 in Jessamine, KY. and died 27 November 1889 in Davenport. He is buried in Oakdale with Maria.

The 1880 census says 32 yo John is a painter. John was treasurer and manager until 1908 of Riverside Milling Co. at 804 E. Front St (now River Drive ? a Wonder Bread factory closed for bankruptcy in 2005). Then he became president of Valley Place Investment Co. He lived in the family home at 614 E. 13th St. (still exists) until 1917 when he moved to Magnolia Springs, Baldwin County, Alabama, where he died 17 December 1939.

Mary cared for her mother after her father?s death. Mary 43 yo died on 6 February 1894. She and John are buried in Oakdale Memorial Gardens. They were members of the Methodist Church. John and Mary TERRILL ILES had 3 children all in Davenport:
a. Mary Louise ILES b 25 November 1871 (Mamie in 1880 census.)(seperate blog)
b. Alice GANSERT ILES b. 28 March 1876, died 21 February 1881 of diptheria. Buried in Oakdale in the Gansert plot
c. John Thomas ILES b. 9 June 1882. He worked as a clerk for his father at the Riverside Milling Company until 1906 when he listed his occupation as a student. In 1918, John was living with sister Mary ILES GANSERT in Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL again listing his occupation as student. He married 1907ish Edna Ophelia MANGUN born 24 March 1882 in Memphis Junction, Kentucky. She died 1 February 1949 of diabetes and hypertensive myocarditis. They lived at 2728 S. 4th in Louisville. (her father David MANGUN and mother Rufina nln)
John died 25 February 1951 in the Old Mason's Home in Veachland, Shelby, Kentucky fo cirrhosis of the liver and enlarged heart. Death records said he moved there 9 mos before from Louisville. Occupation listed as mechanic. In his WWI draft record, it lists his father, John Lowery/Lowry ILES, as next of kin, not Edna, probably because his father was a widower and could use any pension/survivor benefits.

Edward was born 25 Jun 1860 in Davenport, Scott, Iowa.
At his step-mother Rebecca THOMPSON ELDRIDGE's death in 1871, he and his 2 sisters, "Carrie" Caroline Lincoln and "Nettie" Marie Antoinette, were sent by Edward to live with family. Edward was sent to his grandfather Duncan Campbell ELDRIDGE's home where he lived for 1 year, and after that with a cousin, Aaron MIDDLETON, in Mahaska County, Iowa (no city).

In 1878, Edward returned to Davenport to begin a printing career as compositor for the "Times" newspaper, a publication his uncle, Micajah ELDRIDGE, founded in 1874.

Edward married Mary Ellis WAUGH on 27 June 1883 in Rock Island, Rock Island, Illinois. Mary was born 1 Dec 1859 in Cable, Mercer, Illinois to John Madison and Mary Ann BROWNING ELLIS WAUGH. Edward and Mary lived in Davenport where he worked as a newspaper printer.

Mary WAUGH ELDRIDGE died of tuberculosis on 11 Feb 1899 at her sister Sarah LAWHEAD's home in Rock Island. She was buried in her sister's lot in Chippiannock Cemetery in Rock Island. Her obit in the Davenport Democrat indicates she and Edward were parents of 5 children, who were cared for after her death by John and Sarah Lawhead in their Rock Island home.

Edward contracted smallpox. He died 23 Mar 1905 in Rock Island from causes connected to alcoholism and was buried by the Tri-City Typographical Union in a lone grave in Chippiannock. His obit states he is survived by 2 children and that he was a member of the Baptist Church.

Children:
1. Edna Waugh b 27 Aug 1884 in Davenport, Iowa and in 1900 lived with John and Sarah
2. Bessie born 12 Feb 1887 in Davenport
3. Nina Waugh b 27 Feb 1890 in Davenport; d July 1964 in Michigan (no location) brought up in the Rock Island home of Mr. and Mrs. Reuben BOLLMAN and used the last name of BOLLMAN.
She married Thos. Johnathan STRICKLAND
4, Edward Waugh b 27 Apr 1893 (or 27 July 1890) probably in Davenport and lived with John and Sarah Lawhead in Rock Island. In 1910, "Waugh" was working as a top builder for the Velie Automobile Co. in Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois and was boarding alone in Rock Island.
5. Nina Waugh b 27 Feb 1890 was born in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, son of Silas and Eliza STEELE STRICKLAND. Thos was a machinist at the Rock Island Arsenal and Nina was employed by Modern Woodmen Co. They lived in Rock Island.