0 HEAD 1 SOUR FTW 2 VERS 7.5 2 NAME Family Tree Maker for Windows 2 CORP Genealogy.com 3 ADDR 39500 Stevenson Pl. #204 4 CONT Fremont, CA 95439 3 PHON (510) 794-6850 1 DEST PAF 1 DATE 24 MAR 2003 1 CHAR ANSI 1 SUBM @SUBM@ 1 FILE C:\Larrett Home Page\rettinger\zip\Sommerville.GED 1 GEDC 2 VERS 5.5 0 @SUBM@ SUBM 1 NAME Lawrence J Rettinger 1 ADDR 218 Poco Vista 2 CONT Kerrville, TX 78028 2 PHON 830-895-3129 0 @I0001@ INDI 1 NAME Lawrence John /Rettinger/, Jr 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE Private 1 FAMS @F01@ 1 FAMS @F02@ 1 FAMC @F03@ 0 @I0002@ INDI 1 NAME Jennifer Lea /Mulholland/ 1 SEX F 1 BIRT 2 DATE Private 1 FAMS @F04@ 1 FAMC @F05@ 0 @I0003@ INDI 1 NAME Walter W /Dorothy/ 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE 15 JUL 1883 1 DEAT 2 DATE 9 AUG 1939 2 PLAC Keosauqua, Van Buren Co, IA 1 FAMS @F06@ 0 @I0014@ INDI 1 NAME John Wesley /Shaffer/ 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE 5 FEB 1869 2 PLAC Keokuk, Lee Co, IA 1 DEAT 2 DATE 22 JUN 1938 2 PLAC Keokuk, Lee Co, IA 1 FAMS @F07@ 0 @I0113@ INDI 1 NAME David Dickinson /Mulholland/ 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE Private 1 FAMS @F08@ 1 FAMC @F05@ 0 @I0224@ INDI 1 NAME Donald Gray /Jefferson/ 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE Private 1 FAMS @F09@ 0 @I0335@ INDI 1 NAME Kimberly Ann /Jefferson/ 1 SEX F 1 BIRT 2 DATE Private 1 FAMS @F10@ 1 FAMC @F09@ 0 @I0446@ INDI 1 NAME Kevin Gray /Jefferson/ 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE Private 1 FAMS @F11@ 1 FAMC @F09@ 0 @I0557@ INDI 1 NAME Clyde Asahel /Pickett/ 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE 5 APR 1882 2 PLAC Keosauqua, Van Buren Co, IA 1 DEAT 2 DATE 26 AUG 1962 2 PLAC Winston Salem, Forsyth Co, NC 1 BURI 2 DATE 2 PLAC Ottumwa Cemetery 1 FAMS @F12@ 1 NOTE @NI0557@ 0 @NI0557@ NOTE 1 CONC Clyde was listed in the 1900 US Census as a common laborer. However in 1 CONC later life we know he became a carpenter. He had 3 wives. He outlived 1 CONC all but the last one. Betty said that Clyde worked on the Market Street 1 CONC Bridge and the Vine Street Bridge. These were important jobs for him. 1 CONC They must have meant not only money, but must also have given him a sense 1 CONC of satisfaction. She said that he and Mildred liked to party down at the 1 CONC Moose lodge. Church was not a large part of their lives. The are both 1 CONC buried in Ottumwa. Other marriages: 1936 Virgie M Hoffman and about 1952 1 CONC Ethel unknown 0 @NI0557@ NOTE 1 CONC Social Security Number: 481-05-9822 The state listed in the birth 1 CONC locality field is where the Social Security Number was issued. The state 1 CONC listed in the death locality field is the last place of residence. 0 @I0668@ INDI 1 NAME Mildred Belle /Sommerville/ 1 SEX F 1 BIRT 2 DATE 14 JAN 1888 2 PLAC Keosauqua, Van Buren Co, IA 1 DEAT 2 DATE 11 FEB 1936 2 PLAC Ottumwa, Wapello Co, IA 1 FAMS @F12@ 1 FAMC @F13@ 1 NOTE @NI0668@ 0 @NI0668@ NOTE 1 CONC Birthdate from family bible deathdate from family bible. Betty said that 1 CONC Mildred's favorite saying was "Didn't you know that all Sommerville girls 1 CONC are good looking, and good cooks". 0 @NI0668@ NOTE 1 CONC Clyde Asahel Pickett and Mildred Sommerville Pickett moved to Ottumwa 1 CONC shortly after they were married where Clyde worked as a house carpenter 1 CONC and common laborer. They lived their married life together at 243 North 1 CONC Davis St where a daughter was born to them named Virginia Harriet Pickett 1 CONC on Aug 15, 1917. The house on Davis street still stands but is not much 1 CONC to look at. Although they were a relatively poor family, somehow they 1 CONC managed to survive. Carpentry is a seasonal profession and the during 1 CONC the Winter, jobs were sparse. However, Clyde and Mildred were people who 1 CONC didn't let the fact that they had very little, get them down. They 1 CONC enjoyed having fun and liked to party. Most of their partying was done 1 CONC down at the local Moose Lodge in Ottumwa. Church was not a large part of 1 CONC their lives. 0 @NI0668@ NOTE 1 CONC Betty Schwengles , remembers that Clyde worked on a couple of 1 CONC construction projects in Ottumwa, which not only were prestigious and 1 CONC must have given Clyde a great deal of satisfaction, but must have 1 CONC benefited him financially. She remembers that She and Virginia would 1 CONC spend the night together occasionally when they were girls. When they 1 CONC would stay with Clyde and Mildred, Mildred would give them some money and 1 CONC they would go to the local grocery and buy some things to eat for 1 CONC dinner. Betty thought this was great. When they would stay with Frank 1 CONC and Adeline, Adeline would always cook meat and vegetables and Virginia 1 CONC always loved Adeline's home cooking. Betty could not remember there 1 CONC being a bath or shower in Clyde and Mildred's house. She said that 1 CONC Mildred was fond of giving spit baths to Virginia and to Betty when she 1 CONC was there. This art was not lost on Virginia. Betty also said that 1 CONC Mildred had a favorite saying which was, "Didn't you know that all 1 CONC Sommerville girls are good looking, and good cooks". On Feb 11, 1936, 1 CONC Mildred died after a long and painful illness of some form of cancer. 1 CONC Betty remembers being taken in to see Mildred one last time before she 1 CONC died in order to say good by. She remembers that Mildred was in a great 1 CONC deal of pain and it being a very sad occasion. 0 @NI0668@ NOTE 1 CONC Clyde remarried some time in 1936 to Virgie M Hoffman. Virgie had lived 1 CONC with her husband before they were married and it caused quite a scandal. 1 CONC However, Clyde married her anyway and they lived happily until Virgies 1 CONC death in 1952. Clyde again remarried about 1955 to a woman named Ethel. 1 CONC He did not outlive her. 0 @NI0668@ NOTE 1 CONC From an obit on Millie in Bettys SB. Died at home 243 North Davis St, 1 CONC Ottumwa, IA 1 CONT Surviving are daugh. Virginia Pickett 1 CONT sister Blanche Morrow of Ames, IA. 1 CONT sister Edith Shaffer of Keokuk, IA. 1 CONT broth George Sommerville of Keosauqua, IA. 1 CONT broth P. K. Sommerville of Detroit, MI. 1 CONT broth Seth Sommerville of Detroit, MI. 1 CONT sister Cleo Dorothy of Keosauqua, IA. 0 @I1011@ INDI 1 NAME Harriet /Sommerville/ 1 SEX F 1 BIRT 2 DATE Private 1 FAMC @F14@ 0 @I1021@ INDI 1 NAME Linda Louise /Greene/ 1 SEX F 1 BIRT 2 DATE Private 1 FAMS @F01@ 0 @I1025@ INDI 1 NAME Io A /Morrow/ 1 SEX F 1 BIRT 2 DATE 28 NOV 1897 2 PLAC Keosauqua, Van Buren Co, IA 2 SOUR @S01839@ 1 DEAT 2 DATE 30 JUN 1984 2 PLAC Enid, OK 1 FAMC @F15@ 0 @I1026@ INDI 1 NAME Cyrene /Morrow/ 1 SEX F 1 BIRT 2 DATE 9 FEB 1903 2 PLAC Keosauqua, Van Buren Co, IA 1 DEAT 2 DATE 22 APR 1922 2 PLAC Enid, OK 1 FAMS @F16@ 1 FAMC @F15@ 0 @I1027@ INDI 1 NAME John V D /Sommerville/ 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE 18 JUN 1846 2 PLAC Brooklyn, Ny 1 DEAT 2 DATE 1 FEB 1882 2 PLAC Keosauqua, Van Buren Co, IA 1 FAMS @F17@ 1 FAMC @F18@ 1 NOTE @NI1027@ 0 @NI1027@ NOTE 1 CONC 1880 census indicates that John was born in MD. 0 @I1028@ INDI 1 NAME Jennie /King/ 1 SEX F 1 DEAT 2 DATE 1 FAMS @F17@ 0 @I1029@ INDI 1 NAME Margaret V /Sommerville/ 1 SEX F 1 BIRT 2 DATE 11 APR 1843 1 DEAT 2 DATE 20 AUG 1844 2 PLAC Frankfort, Ny 1 FAMC @F18@ 1 NOTE @NI1029@ 0 @NI1029@ NOTE 1 CONC Sommerville Bible says Margaret was born at a 1 CONT German Settlement in WV. Died at 1 year and 6 months. 0 @I1030@ INDI 1 NAME Ceyrus E /Sommerville/ 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE 11 JAN 1853 2 PLAC Baltimore, MD 1 DEAT 2 DATE 16 JUL 1853 2 PLAC Baltimore, MD 1 FAMC @F18@ 0 @I1099@ INDI 1 NAME William Sanford /Sommerville/ 2 SOUR @S01904@ 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE 19 JUL 1841 2 PLAC Evansville, Preston Co, WV 1 DEAT 2 DATE 23 NOV 1912 2 PLAC Keosauqua, Van Buren Co, IA 1 FAMS @F19@ 1 FAMS @F13@ 1 FAMC @F18@ 1 NOTE @NI1099@ 0 @NI1099@ NOTE 1 CONC William Sanford Sommerville oldest son of George W and Ann Athey 1 CONC Sommerville, was born at Evansville, West Virginia. When William 1 CONC Sommerville became eligible for the Civil War draft, he was working in 1 CONC Monona, IA and it was here he decided to inlist in the Union ranks. So 1 CONC on Mar 22, 1862 he enlisted in the 17th Iowa Infantry and was assigned to 1 CONC Co K. He was mustered in at Keokuk, IA and served until he was honorably 1 CONC discharged at the close of the war. William was wounded at the battle of 1 CONC Champion Hill, MS. After the War, William became a charter member of W C 1 CONC Harper Post G A R and was always a familiar figure at the reunions and 1 CONC gatherings of the G A R. 0 @NI1099@ NOTE 1 CONC Like his father George, after the War, William Sommerville moved to 1 CONC Keosauqua IA. In Keosauqua he met and married his first wife who was a 1 CONC woman named Nellie. Then in Nov, 1865 they had a son named Edward who 1 CONC died in infancy. At the time of the 1870 US Census, William Sommerville 1 CONC age 29, is shown living with Nellie Sommerville age 23 and William is 1 CONC listed as a farmer. Nellie then seems to have disappeared. Since Edward 1 CONC is buried alone in Purdom Cemetery, it is likely that Nellie ran off with 1 CONC somebody. Or as I found out recently, there is also the possibility that 1 CONC Nellie and Edward are buried in adjoining graves with only one marker. 1 CONC The existing grave marker indicates only that Edward is buried there. 1 CONC This is a long shot, but this area could use some further research. 0 @NI1099@ NOTE 1 CONC But whatever happened on Oct 4, 1876, William married Harriet Lavina 1 CONC (Hattie) Campbell, daughter of Lucy A and Issac S Campbell. At the time 1 CONC of the 1880 Census, William is shown married to Hattie Sommerville and 1 CONC they have two children, Blanche Ann age 2 and Edith M age 7 months. The 1 CONC 1890 US Census was destroyed in a fire, so we have no information for 1 CONC that decade. But in 1900, William and Hattie are still in Keosauqua and 1 CONC the children living with them are George, Cleo, Mildred, Phillip, and 1 CONC Seth. These five plus Edith and Blanche who have already left home, make 1 CONC seven, but we know that there were nine children from the Sommerville 1 CONC family bible. Ruth Sommerville died before her 5th birthday in 1888 and 1 CONC Crete Sommerville died at age two in 1899. 0 @NI1099@ NOTE 1 CONC In the 1910 Iowa Census, William age 68 and Hattie age 53 are still 1 CONC living and their three sons are still living at home. William will die 1 CONC Nov 23, 1912 and Hattie on Aug 18, 1923. The Sommerville's lived in a 1 CONC gray cement block house in Keosauqua. It had one door on the side which 1 CONC opened into the kitchen. The house had two bedrooms and the only 1 CONC facilities were a pump in the kitchen sink. 0 @NI1099@ NOTE 1 CONC As William Sommerville aged, he became a total invalid and could do 1 CONC nothing for himself. During the three years before his father’s death, 1 CONC his son George took almost total responsibility for his care. William 1 CONC died Nov 23, 1912 and Hattie on Aug 18, 1923. In the 1910 Iowa Census, 1 CONC William age 68 and Hattie age 53 are still living in Keosauqua and their 1 CONC three sons are still living with them. Hattie and William were members 1 CONC of the Keosauqua Congregational church. 0 @I1105@ INDI 1 NAME Lettie Simmons A /Lawson/ 1 SEX F 1 BIRT 2 DATE 1882 1 DEAT 2 DATE 1958 1 FAMS @F20@ 0 @I1106@ INDI 1 NAME Weltha /Dowell/ 1 SEX F 1 BIRT 2 DATE 11 JUN 1898 2 PLAC Mt Zion, IA 1 DEAT 2 DATE 16 NOV 1974 2 PLAC Keosauqua, Van Buren Co, IA 1 FAMS @F21@ 0 @I1107@ INDI 1 NAME Nellie /Sommerville/, (nee?) 1 SEX F 1 DEAT 2 DATE 1 FAMS @F19@ 1 NOTE @NI1107@ 0 @NI1107@ NOTE 1 CONC Married to William in 1870 census and had child in 1865. But disappeared 1 CONC after 1870 and William shows up married to Hattie in 1880. 0 @I1108@ INDI 1 NAME Edward A /Sommerville/ 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE 5 NOV 1865 2 PLAC Keosauqua, Van Buren Co, IA 2 SOUR Purdom cemetery grave marker 1 DEAT 2 DATE 19 APR 1866 2 PLAC Keosauqua, Van Buren Co, IA 1 FAMC @F19@ 0 @I1110@ INDI 1 NAME Harriet L /Campbell/ 1 SEX F 1 BIRT 2 DATE 15 MAR 1857 2 PLAC Camden, Preble Co, OH 1 DEAT 2 DATE 18 AUG 1923 2 PLAC Keosauqua, Van Buren Co, IA 1 FAMS @F13@ 1 NOTE @NI1110@ 0 @NI1110@ NOTE 1 CONC The 1880 US Census lists Hattie's birthplace and that of her parents as 1 CONC Ohio. At this time she has 2 children (Blancheand Edith).In the next 1 CONC dwelling or adjoining dwelling Lucy A. Campbell her mother is living. 0 @I1112@ INDI 1 NAME Janet /Sommerville/ 1 SEX F 1 BIRT 2 DATE Private 1 FAMS @F22@ 1 FAMC @F21@ 0 @I1113@ INDI 1 NAME (unknown) /Miller/ 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE Private 1 FAMS @F22@ 0 @I1121@ INDI 1 NAME Blanche Ann /Sommerville/ 1 SEX F 1 BIRT 2 DATE 10 SEP 1877 2 PLAC Keosauqua, Van Buren Co, IA 1 DEAT 2 DATE 17 OCT 1959 2 PLAC Enid, OK 1 FAMS @F15@ 1 FAMC @F13@ 1 NOTE @NI1121@ 0 @NI1121@ NOTE 1 CONC They were living in Oskaloosa, IA in 1917. 1 CONT Died in 1942 in Enid, Oklahoma at 82. 0 @I1132@ INDI 1 NAME Joseph Brett /Rettinger/ 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE Private 1 FAMS @F23@ 1 FAMC @F01@ 0 @I1133@ INDI 1 NAME Edith Marie /Sommerville/ 1 SEX F 1 BIRT 2 DATE 4 NOV 1879 2 PLAC Keosauqua, Van Buren Co, IA 1 DEAT 2 DATE 3 JUN 1942 2 PLAC Keokuk, Lee Co, IA 1 FAMS @F07@ 1 FAMC @F13@ 1 NOTE @NI1133@ 0 @NI1133@ NOTE 1 CONC Wesley and Edith were living in Keokuk, IA in 1915. 0 @I1144@ INDI 1 NAME George F /Sommerville/ 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE 4 DEC 1881 2 PLAC Keosauqua, Van Buren Co, IA 1 DEAT 2 DATE 10 AUG 1977 2 PLAC Keosauqua, Van Buren Co, IA 1 FAMS @F20@ 1 FAMC @F13@ 1 NOTE @NI1144@ 0 @NI1144@ NOTE 1 CONC There are 2 newspaper clippings on George as an old codger. Once was a 1 CONC partner in the old Opera House in Keosauqua and in the early days spent 1 CONC 3 years with the circus as a bill poster, traveling over much of the 1 CONC Southwest. The 1900 US Census lists him as a common laborer. He also 1 CONC played football. When George died, Cleo and Seth of Atlanta GA, still 1 CONC survived. George was also a Vol. fireman in Keosauqua. 0 @NI1144@ NOTE 1 CONC Social Security Number: 478-36-9593 0 @NI1144@ NOTE 1 CONC George F Sommerville worked in a bar and restaurant which was owned and 1 CONC operated by Dowd Lawson and his wife Lettie Lawson. After the death of 1 CONC her husband, Lettie Lawson and George Sommerville apparently lived 1 CONC together and then eventually got married. George was a hard drinking all 1 CONC round nice guy who was well liked by everyone in the town of Keosauqua. 1 CONC He played football as a boy and had a number of occupations such as bill 1 CONC poster with a Circus, house painter, waiter, and bartender. He was also 1 CONC heavily involved in the local theatrical society. He supposedly could 1 CONC handle any job in the theater group from scenery hanging to acting. In 1 CONC addition to all this, when Seth and Bonnie were having troubles with 1 CONC their marriage, George acted as nurse maid and practically raised 1 CONC Josephine, Seth’s second daughter, when she was a girl. 0 @NI1144@ NOTE 1 CONC The following article appeared in the Keosauqua Democrat in February, 1 CONC 1975 which describes the remembrances of George Sommerville. 1 CONT -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 CONC -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 CONC ------------------------------------------------------- 1 CONT RECALLING THE PAST - Keosauqua's George Sommerville, 93, who has an 1 CONC amazing memory about past events and places in his hometown, enjoys 1 CONC looking over the guest register for an old hotel, Sommerville House, 1 CONC operated by his grandfather. The register has been donated to the Van 1 CONC Buren County Historical Society by William Kerr, formerly of Bonaparte. 1 CONT George F. Sommerville of Keosauqua was once a partner in the old Opera 1 CONC House in Keosauqua and in his early days spent three years with a circus 1 CONC as a bill poster, traveling over much of the southwest.. 1 CONT Today at 93, Sommerville lives with his sister, Cleo Dorothy, 89, and 1 CONC enjoys reminiscing about the way his hometown used to be. 1 CONT "I can just shut my eyes and go up and down the streets remembering where 1 CONC the houses were and who lived in them," Sommerville says. 1 CONT "People say Keosauqua doesn't change, but I can tell you it's changed 1 CONC plenty since I was a boy," he adds. Sommerville, who was a house painter 1 CONC for many years, is able to read even though he lost his right eye years 1 CONC ago, and his keen memory helps him remain interested in the town. 1 CONT In recalling his days as an opera house partner with Joe Price, 1 CONC Sommerville says he often appeared in the home talent productions along 1 CONC with Io Therme, former resident, and the late Ethel Price. Sarah Garrett, 1 CONC who now lives at the Good Samaritan Home in Keosauqua, also appeared in 1 CONC some shows with two sisters, and Sommerville has a picture to prove it. 1 CONT Where did they get the scripts? 1 CONT "We stole them," chuckles Sommerville. "We didn't have any operating 1 CONC budget to speak of, so we'd send off for some plays to read over. Paul 1 CONC Roberts, who was also active in the Opera House, was a 'bear cat' on the 1 CONC typewriter. He would type off those scripts and we'd send them back 1 CONC saying we couldn't use them. Then we'd rename the shows and put them on. 1 CONT "We should have been put in jail, I guess," he concludes his story. 1 CONT The Opera House stood next to the present location of the United 1 CONC Methodist parsonage and the cement steps leading up to the old brick 1 CONC building is still there. 1 CONT Chautauqua was also popular in those days, with shows put on in the Van 1 CONC Buren County courthouse lawn. 1 CONT Sommerville has a picture of his classmates taken when he was in first 1 CONC grade. There were 63 primary students in the group, all taught by Ione 1 CONC Snyder, who was a teacher in Keosauqua for 50 years. 1 CONT "Any teacher who had that many students today would fall over dead," 1 CONC Sommerville comments. "And I expect she should," he adds. 1 CONT One of the classmates is Bess Overman, 90 of Keosauqua. "That's Bessie 1 CONC right there, I think," Sommerville points out. He believes that he and 1 CONC his sister along with Miss Overman and her cousin, Dr. Frank McChurg, a 1 CONC Keosauqua dentist, are the oldest native residents of the community. Cleo 1 CONC Dorothy worked as the first telephone operator for the Farmers Exchange 1 CONC when she was 16. 1 CONT All eight of the Sommerville brothers and sisters with the exception of 1 CONC the oldest daughter were born in a small brick dwelling near downtown 1 CONC Keosauqua. Earlier the building had been used as a school known as the 1 CONC Dimon institute. The Arnold Barker residence stands there today. 1 CONT The population of Keosauqua has remained about constant over the years, 1 CONC never varying much from slightly over the one thousand mark. In early 1 CONC days, however, a third of the residents were black. There were two Negro 1 CONC churches, one of which was demolished in Keosauqua's tornado of 1967, and 1 CONC the other stood near the Des Moines River south of the business district. 1 CONT Most of the laboring population worked either for the Manning family or 1 CONC for W. A. Duckworth, Sommerville says. 1 CONT There were no less than three newspapers in town, along with several 1 CONC groceries, two hotels, two or three photographers and two banks. 1 CONT Doctors? "There were more doctors than patients," he laughs, adding, "Oh, 1 CONC gosh, what memories." A few early medical doctors he names quickly are 1 CONC Dr. Eno, Dr. McKibbin, Dr. Harris, Dr. Strickling and Dr. Duckworth. "It 1 CONC only took them two or three years to go through medical school at 1 CONC Keokuk," he explains. 1 CONT A founder of the town, Edwin Manning, built his first home on the block 1 CONC now occupied by Pedrick's Funeral Home and the Art Ovrom home. 1 CONT "Mrs. Manning had an elm tree planted there the day Lincoln was 1 CONC assassinated, and later a carpenter cut it down and oh, how she did 1 CONC grieve. She had the stump dug out and saved for a long time," Sommerville 1 CONC says. 1 CONT Hotel Manning in early days was a general store and faced the Des Moines 1 CONC River. Sommerville remembers the owner, Edwin Manning well and describes 1 CONC him as a big, impressive man. 1 CONT "Heck, they say the hotel is so old, but a third of the houses in town 1 CONC are older than it is," Sommerville says. Many of the houses were moved to 1 CONC different locations over the years. 1 CONT "I helped paint your house and helped with the cistern, too," he tells a 1 CONC visitor, whose house was built in 1906. "I remember being down in the 1 CONC cistern handing bricks to the mason. An assistant at the top dropped a 1 CONC brick right on my head." He laughingly remembers the event, gently 1 CONC rubbing that long-age sore spot on his head. 1 CONT Sommerville recently enjoyed looking over an old register for the 1 CONC Sommerville House in Keosauqua. The guest book has been donated to the 1 CONC Van Buren County Historical Society by William Kerr, former publisher of 1 CONC the Bonaparte Record - Republican. 1 CONT The early hotel, which stood where the Beer TV store is today was 1 CONC operated by Sommerville's grandfather, George W. Sommerville, for several 1 CONC years. Entries in the old register are dated from 1872 to 1876. 1 CONT Occasionally a touring group of actors stayed at the hotel. One such 1 CONC group registered Dec. 27 1873 and left word to be called at half-past 1 CONC five in the morning. Their show was called "Leavitt's Swiss Ringers, a 1 CONC Variety & Sensational Troupe." 1 CONT Most of the hotel guests were from very nearby towns, reminding us that 1 CONC travel of a few miles per day was the rule in those times. A few towns 1 CONC mentioned such as Pierceville and Utica no longer exist. 1 CONT William Sanford Sommerville, the father of George F. Sommerville and Mrs. 1 CONC Dorothy, was a harness maker with a shop near Hotel Manning. Their 1 CONC grandfather in addition to running the Sommerville House, was a trunk 1 CONC maker and also served as county sheriff. He had been a captain in the 1 CONC 19th infantry volunteers during the Civil War. 1 CONT Sommerville remembers that 1903 was a bad year for Keosauqua. The boiler 1 CONC at the grist mill exploded on Feb. 27, killing Aton Neece, Sr. and his 1 CONC son, George. Then on June 5, the worst flood ever occurred on the Des 1 CONC Moines River. The entire downtown was flooded and the water got up to the 1 CONC Dr. Frank McClurg residence. 1 CONT In these days there was a board Fence all around the three-story school 1 CONC and students were not supposed to go out of the yard. "A lot of bad boys 1 CONC did anyway," according to Sommerville. 1 CONT Among his other early recollections are the first movies uptown, three 1 CONC livery stables, three barber shops (where a shave and haircut cost 35 1 CONC cents) and a moonshine still operating at Pittsburg. Ed Irish owned the 1 CONC first automobile in town. "Every time it went by we left the table to see 1 CONC it," Sommerville chuckles. 1 CONT He also remembers an old log jail located about where the McGrath law 1 CONC office is today and a main street often so muddy people could hardly get 1 CONC up and down it by horse. There were board sidewalks all over town. 1 CONT "I can remember plain as anything when the Duckworth building went up, 1 CONC the same year as the Christian Church, in 1891. The county fair was held 1 CONC this side of Oak Lawn cemetery then, and there was an old engine house 1 CONC where the coal yards are. A coach and a baggage car would make two or 1 CONC three trips a day to Mt. Zion and back. 1 CONT "They had lots of revival meetings back then, with lots of shouting. The 1 CONC Methodists were the best at it. And they used to ring the church bell the 1 CONC number of years the deceased had lived. We used to count up for someone 1 CONC we weren't sure about. 1 CONT "I can remember 300 or 400 people on flatboats coming down the Des Moines 1 CONC River with "Kelly's Army of the Unemployed." This was during Cleveland's 1 CONC last term (1894) and they were part of Coxey's Army. They got off at 1 CONC Keosauqua and were fed by people of the community. 1 CONT "Word had come on ahead of them that it was a good idea to feed them, 1 CONC since some of the men had gotten pretty frisky up at Oskaloosa. They had 1 CONC to build a chute for the flatboats down at the woolen mills in Bonaparte. 1 CONT "Jack London was with them," Sommerville adds almost as an afterthought, 1 CONC calling up still another fact from his amazing memory. 1 CONT "Oh, the old place has changed. Now that I can't do much of anything else 1 CONC I just sit here and go up and down all the streets in my mind," says 1 CONC Sommerville. 1 CONT -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 CONC -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 CONC ---------------------------------------------- 0 @I1155@ INDI 1 NAME Ruth /Sommerville/ 1 SEX F 1 BIRT 2 DATE 24 FEB 1884 2 PLAC Keosauqua, Van Buren Co, IA 1 DEAT 2 DATE 4 DEC 1888 2 PLAC Keosauqua, Van Buren Co, IA 1 FAMC @F13@ 0 @I1166@ INDI 1 NAME Cleo Onaira /Sommerville/ 1 SEX F 1 BIRT 2 DATE 3 MAR 1886 2 PLAC Keosauqua, Van Buren Co, IA 1 DEAT 2 DATE 27 FEB 1980 2 PLAC Keosauqua, Van Buren Co, IA 1 FAMS @F06@ 1 FAMC @F13@ 1 NOTE @NI1166@ 0 @NI1166@ NOTE 1 CONC Cleo Sommerville married Walter Dorothy on Aug 11, 1908 in Keokuk, IA. 1 CONC Walter died sometime during the fortys or fifties and she went to live 1 CONC with her brother George, who was also a widower at this time. They both 1 CONC lived out their lives together there in Keosauqua, with George dying in 1 CONC 1977 at age 96 and Cleo dying in 1980 at age 94. George and Cleo were the 1 CONC last of the Sommerville children. 0 @NI1166@ NOTE 1 CONC Buried in Birmingham Cemetery which is between Fairfield and Keosauqua. 1 CONC Her Social Security Number: 481-36-8378 0 @NI1166@ NOTE 1 CONC Family members mentioned in obit were: nieces: Lenore Cagle of Keokul; 1 CONC Cyrene Ash and Io A. Morrow, both of Enid, Okla. and Margaret Morris of 1 CONC Buffalo, NY. brother-in-law: Arthur Dorothy sister-in-law: Bertha Barker 0 @NI1166@ NOTE 1 CONC Buried in Maple Hill Cemetery at Birmingham, IA. 0 @I1177@ INDI 1 NAME Philip K /Sommerville/ 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE 7 JUL 1891 2 PLAC Keosauqua, Van Buren Co, IA 1 DEAT 2 DATE 18 MAR 1942 2 PLAC Detroit, MI 1 FAMS @F21@ 1 FAMC @F13@ 1 NOTE @NI1177@ 0 @NI1177@ NOTE 1 CONC Philip K Sommerville married Weltha Dowell and they moved to Detroit, 1 CONC MI. They had one daughter named Janet who married a man whose last name 1 CONC was Miller. Philip was a veteran of World War I and worked most of his 1 CONC life for the local street car company in Detroit. Both Philip and Weltha 1 CONC died in Detroit but are buried in Keosauqua in the Sommerville family 1 CONC plot. 0 @NI1177@ NOTE 1 CONC Philip worked for Ford Motor Co. 0 @I1188@ INDI 1 NAME Seth Athey /Sommerville/ 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE 22 JUN 1893 2 PLAC Keosauqua, Van Buren Co, IA 1 DEAT 2 DATE 1987 2 PLAC Atlanta, Ga 1 FAMS @F24@ 1 FAMS @F25@ 1 FAMS @F14@ 1 FAMC @F13@ 1 NOTE @NI1188@ 0 @NI1188@ NOTE 1 CONC Seth married Rose Bonnie Fultz on Jun 22, 1915 and they had three 1 CONC children Beatrice (b. Nov 19, 1915), Josephine (b. Nov 29, 1917), and 1 CONC Leona (b. 1919). I have talked to Josephine and Leona and their nephews 1 CONC Ralph Frank and Carolyn Phillips. It seems that after Rose and Seth were 1 CONC married, they moved to Ottumwa and later Keokuk. Seth and Bonnie were 1 CONC divorced about six years later and Josephine went to live with her uncle 1 CONC George F Sommerville in Keosauqua. During this time Seth worked as a 1 CONC barker for Barium and Baileys circus. He also took up bootlegging for a 1 CONC living and because of this ended up in jail a couple of times. Bonnie 1 CONC was also living the wild and dangerous life in Chicago. She was the girl 1 CONC friend of a Chicago gangland mobster. When Josephine was about 9 years 1 CONC old, the two oldest children went to live with their father in Detroit 1 CONC for a year. By this time Seth had temporarily cleaned up his act. A year 1 CONC later the girls ended up back with their mother in Detroit. During the 1 CONC time Josephine was being cared for by George Sommerville, Josephine and 1 CONC Virginia Pickett, who were cousins, used to play together and spend the 1 CONC night together when they were girls. 0 @NI1188@ NOTE 1 CONC Seth attended Geo. Sommerville's funeral in 1977 and was living in 1 CONC Atlanta GA at the time. He was living in Marshalltown in 1917 and living 1 CONC in Des Moines in 1918. He moved to Atlanta after the death of Claira in 1 CONC 1935 and married Mertis in 1936. 0 @I1199@ INDI 1 NAME Crete /Sommerville/ 1 SEX F 1 BIRT 2 DATE 27 MAY 1897 2 PLAC Keosauqua, Van Buren Co, IA 2 SOUR Both dates from newspaper dated 9/14/1899 1 DEAT 2 DATE 10 SEP 1899 2 PLAC Keosauqua, Van Buren Co, IA 1 FAMC @F13@ 1 NOTE @NI1199@ 0 @NI1199@ NOTE 1 CONC Her grave marker dates are May 1897 - Sep 1899. 0 @I1202@ INDI 1 NAME Glenn /Sommerville/ 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE 1877 1 DEAT 2 DATE 1 FAMC @F17@ 0 @I1220@ INDI 1 NAME Rose Marie /Fultz/ 1 SEX F 1 BIRT 2 DATE 24 JUL 1898 2 PLAC Brooklyn, IA 1 DEAT 2 DATE 1 FAMS @F25@ 1 NOTE @NI1220@ 0 @NI1220@ NOTE 1 CONC Known as Bonnie. 1 CONT Could have been born in Harpers Ferry. 0 @I1235@ INDI 1 NAME Claira /Sommerville/, (nee?) 1 SEX F 1 DEAT 2 DATE 1935 1 FAMS @F24@ 0 @I1236@ INDI 1 NAME Myrtis /Sommerville/, (nee?) 1 SEX F 1 BIRT 2 DATE Private 1 FAMS @F14@ 0 @I1237@ INDI 1 NAME Larry /Sommerville/ 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE Private 1 FAMC @F14@ 0 @I1238@ INDI 1 NAME Beatrice /Sommerville/ 1 SEX F 1 BIRT 2 DATE 9 NOV 1915 2 PLAC Keokuk, IA 1 DEAT 2 DATE 1963 1 FAMS @F26@ 1 FAMC @F25@ 0 @I1239@ INDI 1 NAME Josephine /Sommerville/ 1 SEX F 1 BIRT 2 DATE Private 1 FAMS @F27@ 1 FAMS @F28@ 1 FAMC @F25@ 0 @I1240@ INDI 1 NAME Leona /Sommerville/ 1 SEX F 1 BIRT 2 DATE Private 1 FAMS @F29@ 1 FAMC @F25@ 0 @I1241@ INDI 1 NAME Herbert /Frank/ 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE Private 1 FAMS @F26@ 0 @I1242@ INDI 1 NAME Ralph /Frank/ 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE Private 1 FAMC @F26@ 0 @I1243@ INDI 1 NAME Carissa Dawn /Rettinger/ 1 SEX F 1 BIRT 2 DATE Private 1 FAMS @F30@ 1 FAMC @F01@ 0 @I1245@ INDI 1 NAME Carolyn /Frank/ 1 SEX F 1 BIRT 2 DATE Private 1 FAMS @F31@ 1 FAMC @F26@ 0 @I1246@ INDI 1 NAME Roy Karl /Werner/ 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE Private 1 FAMS @F27@ 0 @I1265@ INDI 1 NAME (unknown) /Groper/ 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE Private 1 FAMS @F29@ 0 @I1267@ INDI 1 NAME (unknown) /Phillips/ 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE Private 1 FAMS @F31@ 0 @I1270@ INDI 1 NAME Roy Karl /Werner/, Jr 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE Private 1 FAMS @F32@ 1 FAMC @F27@ 0 @I1271@ INDI 1 NAME Robert Louis /Werner/ 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE Private 1 FAMS @F33@ 1 FAMC @F27@ 0 @I1272@ INDI 1 NAME Janice /Miller/ 1 SEX F 1 BIRT 2 DATE Private 1 FAMC @F22@ 0 @I1273@ INDI 1 NAME Sue /Brown/ 1 SEX F 1 BIRT 2 DATE Private 1 FAMS @F32@ 0 @I1274@ INDI 1 NAME Barbara /Cieslinski/ 1 SEX F 1 BIRT 2 DATE Private 1 FAMS @F33@ 0 @I1275@ INDI 1 NAME Hurbert /Thunberg/ 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE Private 1 FAMS @F28@ 0 @I1277@ INDI 1 NAME Ann /Athey/ 1 SEX F 1 BIRT 2 DATE 11 FEB 1826 2 PLAC Hardy Co, WV 2 SOUR Sommerville family bible 1 DEAT 2 DATE 8 MAY 1879 2 PLAC Keosauqua, Van Buren Co, IA 2 SOUR Purdom cemetery grave marker 1 FAMS @F18@ 1 NOTE @NI1277@ 0 @NI1277@ NOTE 1 CONC Dates came from Sommerville family bible. 1 CONT "Rest dear wife in peace - Husband" written on tomb stone in Prudom 1 CONC Cemetery, Keosauqua, IA. 0 @I1299@ INDI 1 NAME George Washington /Sommerville/ 2 SOUR @S01933@ 2 SOUR @S01904@ 2 SOUR @S01745@ 2 SOUR @S01883@ 3 PAGE 40 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE 9 SEP 1819 2 PLAC Winchester, Va 2 SOUR @S01933@ 1 DEAT 2 DATE 9 SEP 1896 2 PLAC Keosauqua, Van Buren Co, IA 2 SOUR Purdom cemetery grave marker 1 FAMS @F18@ 1 FAMS @F34@ 1 NOTE @NI1299@ 0 @NI1299@ NOTE 1 CONC George W Sommerville was born in 1819 in either Winchester, VA or 1 CONC possibly someplace in Maryland. Ann Athey was born in 1826 in Hardy Co, 1 CONC WV and the two were married in Allegheny Co, MD on Sep 19, 1840. At the 1 CONC time of their marriage Ann was age 14 and George was 21. His occupation 1 CONC at the time was that of trunk and harness maker. The Sommerville’s must 1 CONC have moved around quite a bit between the states of New York, West 1 CONC Virginia, and Maryland before moving to Iowa in 1857. George and Ann had 1 CONC four children the oldest of which was William Sommerville born in 1841, 1 CONC Margaret V Sommerville born in 1843, John V D Sommerville born in 1846, 1 CONC and Ceyrus E Sommerville born in 1853. Margaret V and Ceyrus E both died 1 CONC as infants. 0 @NI1299@ NOTE 1 CONC When the Sommerville’s moved West to Iowa in 1857, they settled in the 1 CONC western part of the state probably around Council Bluffs, IA. In 1861 1 CONC George and Ann moved to Keosauqua where George set up a harness and trumk 1 CONC making shop. Then in Aug of 1862 volunteered to fight in the Great War of 1 CONC the Rebellion. He signed up with the 19th Iowa Infantry which was a 1 CONC Company being recruited at Keosauqua, IA and was assigned to Company H. 1 CONC He was mustered in as a fourth sergeant in his company, but because of 1 CONC his merit and gallantry, he was quickly promoted up through the ranks 1 CONC making Captain in September of 1863. The Iowa 19th was involved in the 1 CONC Battle of Prarie Grove on Dec. 7, 1862, the Battle of Sterling Farm in 1 CONC June of 1863, and took part in the siege of Spanish Fort. An obituary of 1 CONC Captain Sommerville indicated that not only was he brave and heroic, but 1 CONC that he was very well liked by the men in his regiment. He mustered out 1 CONC of the army at the end of the Civil War in July of 1865 at Mobile, AL. 0 @NI1299@ NOTE 1 CONC After the War, George returned to Keosauqua went back to work as a 1 CONC harness and trunk maker. George also worked for a time managing a hotel 1 CONC in Keosauqua called the Sommerville House. This would have been before 1 CONC the Hotel Manning was established. He also worked to establish a chapter 1 CONC of the W. C. Harper Post of the G. A. R. The Post was established on May 1 CONC 29, 1880 and George became one of its early commanders. 0 @NI1299@ NOTE 1 CONC Then in 1869 he ran as an independent candidate for sheriff of Van Buren 1 CONC County and was elected. George, who was a Democrat, ran for this office 1 CONC at a time when there was a 500 Republican majority in the county. Two 1 CONC years later he was again a candidate, but was defeated by John W. Shane. 1 CONC He afterwards served two terms as deputy sheriff under Mr Frank Johnston. 0 @NI1299@ NOTE 1 CONC Ann Athey Sommerville died in 1879 and on Feb 5, 1881 George Sommerville 1 CONC married Elizabeth A Burns in Ottumwa, IA. This marriage was recorded in 1 CONC the Sommerville family Bible. In 1884 George and Elizabeth Sommerville 1 CONC moved to Ottumwa, where George worked as a pension agent and as resident 1 CONC agent for the Union Pacific Railroad Company. Later he either wrote or 1 CONC helped to write a published book giving the history of the 19th Iowa 1 CONC Infantry in the Civil War. This book was originally called “History of 1 CONC Company H 19th Iowa Infantry” and later in 1966 it was reissued and 1 CONC called “Immortal Blue” as a project of the Van Buren Co Historical 1 CONC Society. 0 @NI1299@ NOTE 1 CONC According to the Sommerville family Bible, the marriage of Elizabeth and 1 CONC George lasted up until April of 1896. At that time, the message says, 1 CONC Elizabeth deserted her husband George. George died in September of that 1 CONC year at age 77. 0 @I1354@ INDI 1 NAME Lawrence John /Rettinger/ 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE 17 JUN 1911 2 PLAC Centralia, Marion Co, IL 1 DEAT 2 DATE 22 OCT 1991 2 PLAC Winston Salem, Forsyth Co, NC 1 ADDR 1620 Lancelot Ln 2 CONT Winston Salem 2 CONT NC 1 FAMS @F03@ 1 NOTE @NI1354@ 0 @NI1354@ NOTE 1 CONC Larry was born in Centralia, IL but grew up in Chicago, IL. He attended 1 CONC and graduated from the Tilden Technical High School in Chicago in 1929. 1 CONC Lawrence Sr. attended the University of Illinois and graduated in 1933 1 CONC with a BS Degree in Electrical Engineering. However, because jobs were 1 CONC hard to find at this time, Lawrence ended up in Ottumwa, IA working for 1 CONC Swift and Co. at a plant that made ice cream. Here he was force to do 1 CONC something other than engineering work. It was in Ottumwa that he met 1 CONC Virginia Harriet Pickett daughter of Clyde and Mildred Pickett. Lawrence 1 CONC and Virginia were married in Ottumwa on Oct 14, 1939 which was the same 1 CONC date Lawrence's parents were married 31 years earlier. 0 @NI1354@ NOTE 1 CONC Not long after marriage, Lawrence was offered an engineering position 1 CONC with the Western Electric Co in Chicago, IL. To a small town girl like 1 CONC Virginia, this was rather traumatic. She had never been out of Iowa and 1 CONC now to have to leave all her friends and go live in the big city of 1 CONC Chicago was going to be tough. But she knew it was necessary for 1 CONC Lawrence's career so she cried a few tears and left without a fight. 0 @NI1354@ NOTE 1 CONC On Sep 6, 1940 Lawrence and Virginia's first child Lawrence Jr (Lonny) 1 CONC was born. About a year latter they moved into a house at 3729 W 65th 1 CONC St. Then two years later on Dec 14, 1943 Mary Sue was born and three 1 CONC years after that on Aug 2, 1946 Mildred Ann came along. The Rettinger's 1 CONC lived there in Chicago until Jun 1954 at which time Lawrence asked for 1 CONC and received a transfer with Western Electric to Winston Salem, NC. So 1 CONC the family pulled up stakes and made the move to the South. Kind of 1 CONC traumatic for their children at the time but in retrospect it was a good 1 CONC move for all concerned. 0 @NI1354@ NOTE 1 CONC Lawrence worked for Western Electric in Winston Salem first as a 1 CONC planning engineer and latter as a manufacturing engineer, until his 1 CONC retirement on Dec 31, 1973 after 34 years of service. He was a Past 1 CONC Master and Past Secretary of South Gate Lodge #968 at Chicago, Illinois 1 CONC (now defunct) and was a member and a past treasurer of Pioneer Lodge 1 CONC #685. He was also a member of the White Shrine of Jerusalem Camel Shrine 1 CONC #5 and past treasurer of Winston Salem Lodge #449 B.P.O. Elks. He was a 1 CONC member of St. John's Lutheran Church. In all he was a 50 year member of 1 CONC the Masonic Lodge. He and Virginia were members of St. Johns Missouri 1 CONC Senod Lutheran Church in Winston Salem, NC and both held various offices 1 CONC with that church. 0 @NI1354@ NOTE 1 CONC In 1966 Lawrence ran for alderman from the Southwest Ward of the city of 1 CONC Winston Salem. He lost but ran a clean campaign. 1 CONT [Brøderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 2, Ed. 4, Social Security Death 1 CONC Index: U.S., Social Security Death Index, Surnames from M through Z, Date 1 CONC of Import: Aug 7, 1997, Internal Ref. #1.112.4.53599.170] 0 @NI1354@ NOTE 1 CONC Individual: Rettinger, Lawrence 1 CONT Birth date: Jun 17, 1911 1 CONT Death date: Oct 22, 1991 1 CONT Social Security #: 709-01-4035 1 CONT State of issue: RR 0 @I1465@ INDI 1 NAME Virginia Harriet /Pickett/ 1 SEX F 1 BIRT 2 DATE 15 AUG 1917 2 PLAC Ottumwa, Wapello Co, IA 1 DEAT 2 DATE 13 FEB 1983 2 PLAC Winston Salem, Forsyth Co, NC 1 FAMS @F03@ 1 FAMC @F12@ 1 NOTE @NI1465@ 0 @NI1465@ NOTE 1 CONC Virginia obviously missed her mother and often said that she wished her 1 CONC mother had lived to see her family. Virginia grew up an only child and 1 CONC always wished she had a brother or sister. She never got one one and so 1 CONC she became closer to her parents than most children. So when her mother 1 CONC died, it was especially hard on Virginia. 0 @NI1465@ NOTE 1 CONC A prenuptial shower was held for Virginia in September where she was 1 CONC showered with miscellaneous gifts at a dinner Miss Elizabeth Peden and 1 CONC Miss Mildred McClure gave in the Bule room of the Ballingall hotel. 0 @NI1465@ NOTE 1 CONC On Sept 25, Mrs. Paul Tinsley and Miss Hazel Hill entertained at a 1 CONC miscellaneous shower and bridge party in the Hill home at 1510 Locust 1 CONC street for Miss Pickett. In the bridge game, played at four tables, 1 CONC honors went to Miss Pickett, Miss Mary Murphy, Miss Mildred McClure and 1 CONC Miss Maxine Dille, and the traveling prize to Miss Elizabeth Peden. 0 @NI1465@ NOTE 1 CONC On October 14, 1939 Lawrence and Virginia were married in an evening 1 CONC service in the First Methodist chruch. Virginia was attended by Miss 1 CONC Mildred McClure and her cousin Paul Pickett served Lawrence, as best man. 1 CONC A wedding dinner was served in the Ballingall hotel following the 1 CONC service. Only immediate members of the fwo families were present at the 1 CONC ceremony. The minister was Harold Lancaster. 0 @NI1465@ NOTE 1 CONC They were married on Saturday in Ottumwa and then drove to Conneaut, Ohio 1 CONC and visited Lawrence's parents, Mr and Mrs R.J. Rettinger at 171 Mill St. 1 CONC The stayed there a few days and then left on a honey moon trip through 1 CONC the mountains of Pennsylvania. 0 @NI1465@ NOTE 1 CONC Virginia was a member of White Shrine of Jerusalem, Camel Shrine #5. 1 CONC Buried at Westlawn Gardens of Memory mausoleum. 0 @I1507@ INDI 1 NAME Edward J /Ash/ 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE Private 1 FAMC @F16@ 0 @I1576@ INDI 1 NAME Mary Sue /Rettinger/ 1 SEX F 1 BIRT 2 DATE Private 1 FAMS @F05@ 1 FAMC @F03@ 0 @I1687@ INDI 1 NAME Mildred Ann /Rettinger/ 1 SEX F 1 BIRT 2 DATE Private 1 FAMS @F09@ 1 FAMC @F03@ 0 @I1712@ INDI 1 NAME Robert Neil /Reedy/ 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE Private 1 FAMS @F30@ 0 @I1798@ INDI 1 NAME James Willard /Mulholland/ 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE Private 1 FAMS @F05@ 0 @I1887@ INDI 1 NAME Elizabeth A /Miller/ 1 SEX F 1 BIRT 2 DATE 26 SEP 1834 2 PLAC Springfield, OH 1 DEAT 2 DATE 6 MAR 1898 2 PLAC Ottumwa, Wapello Co, IA 1 BURI 2 DATE 2 PLAC Ottumwa Cemetery 1 FAMS @F34@ 1 NOTE @NI1887@ 0 @NI1887@ NOTE 1 CONC According to the Sommerville family Bible, Elizabeth 1 CONT deserted her husband George on April 18, 1896. 0 @I1898@ INDI 1 NAME George E /Morrow/ 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE 29 OCT 1876 2 PLAC Douds, IA 1 DEAT 2 DATE 31 AUG 1962 2 PLAC Enid, OK 1 FAMS @F15@ 0 @I1979@ INDI 1 NAME Margaret /Morrow/ 1 SEX F 1 BIRT 2 DATE JUL 1896 2 PLAC Keosauqua, Van Buren Co, IA 1 DEAT 2 DATE 2 PLAC Buffalo, NY 1 FAMS @F35@ 1 FAMC @F15@ 1 NOTE @NI1979@ 0 @NI1979@ NOTE 1 CONC Lived in Buffalo, NY 0 @I1992@ INDI 1 NAME Richard T /Morris/ 1 SEX M 1 DEAT 2 DATE 1 FAMS @F35@ 0 @I2030@ INDI 1 NAME Thomas Kent /Brown/ 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE Private 1 FAMS @F10@ 0 @I2048@ INDI 1 NAME Virginia /Ash/ 1 SEX F 1 BIRT 2 DATE Private 1 FAMS @F37@ 1 FAMC @F16@ 0 @I2049@ INDI 1 NAME Joel M /Ash/ 1 SEX M 1 DEAT 2 DATE 1 JUN 1971 2 PLAC Enid, OK 1 FAMS @F16@ 0 @I2050@ INDI 1 NAME Kaela /Rettinger/ 1 SEX F 1 BIRT 2 DATE Private 1 FAMC @F23@ 0 @I2077@ INDI 1 NAME Van F /Morrow/ 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE 19 NOV 1899 2 SOUR @S01839@ 1 DEAT 2 DATE 1 FAMC @F15@ 0 @I2078@ INDI 1 NAME Thom /Whitaker/ 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE Private 1 FAMS @F37@ 0 @I2157@ INDI 1 NAME Mitzi /McDowell/ 1 SEX F 1 BIRT 2 DATE Private 1 FAMS @F36@ 1 FAMS @F23@ 0 @I2176@ INDI 1 NAME Suzanne Glazbrook /Garrett/ 1 SEX F 1 BIRT 2 DATE Private 1 FAMS @F02@ 0 @I3888@ INDI 1 NAME Robert /Werner/ 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE Private 1 FAMC @F32@ 0 @I3889@ INDI 1 NAME Jose /Werner/ 1 SEX F 1 BIRT 2 DATE Private 1 FAMC @F32@ 0 @I3890@ INDI 1 NAME Chris /Werner/ 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE Private 1 FAMC @F32@ 0 @I3891@ INDI 1 NAME Roy Karl /Werner/, Jr 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE Private 1 FAMC @F33@ 0 @I3892@ INDI 1 NAME Robert Louis /Werner/ 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE Private 1 FAMC @F33@ 0 @I3893@ INDI 1 NAME Michael Charles /Werner/ 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE Private 1 FAMC @F33@ 0 @I3901@ INDI 1 NAME Lenora /Shaffer/ 1 SEX F 1 BIRT 2 DATE 16 NOV 1899 2 SOUR @S01839@ 1 DEAT 2 DATE 1 FAMS @F38@ 1 FAMC @F07@ 0 @I3902@ INDI 1 NAME Florene E /Shaffer/ 1 SEX F 1 BIRT 2 DATE 1911 1 DEAT 2 DATE 1974 1 FAMS @F39@ 1 FAMC @F07@ 0 @I3903@ INDI 1 NAME (unknown) /Shaffer/ 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE Private 1 FAMC @F07@ 0 @I3904@ INDI 1 NAME Ruth /Shaffer/ 1 SEX F 1 BIRT 2 DATE 1903 1 DEAT 2 DATE 1928 1 FAMC @F07@ 0 @I3905@ INDI 1 NAME C D /Cagle/ 1 SEX M 1 DEAT 2 DATE 1 FAMS @F38@ 0 @I3906@ INDI 1 NAME Harley L /Printy/ 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE 1907 1 DEAT 2 DATE 1981 1 FAMS @F39@ 0 @I3907@ INDI 1 NAME Palma /Printy/ 1 SEX F 1 BIRT 2 DATE Private 1 FAMS @F40@ 1 FAMC @F39@ 0 @I3908@ INDI 1 NAME Barbara /Printy/ 1 SEX F 1 BIRT 2 DATE Private 1 FAMC @F39@ 0 @I3909@ INDI 1 NAME Billy /Printy/ 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE Private 1 FAMC @F39@ 0 @I3910@ INDI 1 NAME Harvey /West/ 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE Private 1 FAMS @F40@ 0 @I4499@ INDI 1 NAME Melonie Hope /Mayes/ 1 SEX F 1 BIRT 2 DATE Private 1 FAMS @F11@ 0 @I4583@ INDI 1 NAME Camryn Rhea /Rettinger/ 1 SEX F 1 BIRT 2 DATE Private 1 FAMC @F23@ 0 @I6135@ INDI 1 NAME Darren Gray /Jefferson/ 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE Private 1 FAMC @F11@ 0 @I6421@ INDI 1 NAME Matthew Lee /Douglas/ 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE Private 1 FAMS @F04@ 0 @I6424@ INDI 1 NAME Camille /Cooper/ 1 SEX F 1 BIRT 2 DATE Private 1 FAMS @F08@ 0 @I6429@ INDI 1 NAME Jordan Carolena /Reedy/ 1 SEX F 1 BIRT 2 DATE Private 1 FAMC @F30@ 0 @F01@ FAM 1 HUSB @I0001@ 1 WIFE @I1021@ 1 CHIL @I1132@ 1 CHIL @I1243@ 1 EVEN 2 TYPE Private-Begin 2 DATE Private 0 @F02@ FAM 1 HUSB @I0001@ 1 WIFE @I2176@ 1 EVEN 2 TYPE Private-Begin 2 DATE Private 0 @F03@ FAM 1 HUSB @I1354@ 1 WIFE @I1465@ 1 CHIL @I0001@ 1 CHIL @I1576@ 1 CHIL @I1687@ 1 MARR 2 DATE 14 OCT 1939 2 PLAC Ottumwa, Wapello Co, IA 0 @F04@ FAM 1 HUSB @I6421@ 1 WIFE @I0002@ 1 EVEN 2 TYPE Private-Begin 2 DATE Private 0 @F05@ FAM 1 HUSB @I1798@ 1 WIFE @I1576@ 1 CHIL @I0002@ 1 CHIL @I0113@ 1 EVEN 2 TYPE Private-Begin 2 DATE Private 0 @F06@ FAM 1 HUSB @I0003@ 1 WIFE @I1166@ 1 MARR 2 DATE 11 AUG 1908 2 PLAC Keokuk, Lee Co, IA 0 @F07@ FAM 1 HUSB @I0014@ 1 WIFE @I1133@ 1 CHIL @I3901@ 1 CHIL @I3902@ 1 CHIL @I3903@ 1 CHIL @I3904@ 1 MARR 2 DATE 5 FEB 1895 2 PLAC Keosauqua, Van Buren Co, IA 0 @F08@ FAM 1 HUSB @I0113@ 1 WIFE @I6424@ 1 EVEN 2 TYPE Private-Begin 2 DATE Private 0 @F09@ FAM 1 HUSB @I0224@ 1 WIFE @I1687@ 1 CHIL @I0335@ 1 CHIL @I0446@ 1 EVEN 2 TYPE Private-Begin 2 DATE Private 0 @F10@ FAM 1 HUSB @I2030@ 1 WIFE @I0335@ 1 EVEN 2 TYPE Private-Begin 2 DATE Private 0 @F11@ FAM 1 HUSB @I0446@ 1 WIFE @I4499@ 1 CHIL @I6135@ 1 EVEN 2 TYPE Private-Begin 2 DATE Private 0 @F12@ FAM 1 HUSB @I0557@ 1 WIFE @I0668@ 1 CHIL @I1465@ 1 MARR 2 DATE 24 MAR 1909 2 PLAC Keosauqua, Van Buren Co, IA 0 @F13@ FAM 1 HUSB @I1099@ 1 WIFE @I1110@ 1 CHIL @I1121@ 1 CHIL @I1133@ 1 CHIL @I1144@ 1 CHIL @I1155@ 1 CHIL @I1166@ 1 CHIL @I0668@ 1 CHIL @I1177@ 1 CHIL @I1188@ 1 CHIL @I1199@ 1 MARR 2 DATE 4 OCT 1876 2 PLAC Keosauqua, Van Buren Co, IA 0 @F14@ FAM 1 HUSB @I1188@ 1 WIFE @I1236@ 1 CHIL @I1011@ 1 CHIL @I1237@ 1 EVEN 2 TYPE Private-Begin 2 DATE Private 0 @F15@ FAM 1 HUSB @I1898@ 1 WIFE @I1121@ 1 CHIL @I1979@ 1 CHIL @I1025@ 1 CHIL @I2077@ 1 CHIL @I1026@ 1 MARR 2 DATE 3 JUN 1896 2 PLAC Keosauqua, Van Buren Co, IA 0 @F16@ FAM 1 HUSB @I2049@ 1 WIFE @I1026@ 1 CHIL @I2048@ 1 CHIL @I1507@ 0 @F17@ FAM 1 HUSB @I1027@ 1 WIFE @I1028@ 1 CHIL @I1202@ 1 MARR 2 DATE 28 NOV 1873 2 PLAC Keosauqua, Van Buren Co, IA 0 @F18@ FAM 1 HUSB @I1299@ 1 WIFE @I1277@ 1 CHIL @I1099@ 1 CHIL @I1029@ 1 CHIL @I1027@ 1 CHIL @I1030@ 1 MARR 2 DATE 19 SEP 1840 2 PLAC Allegany Co, MD 2 SOUR IGI marriage record for Geo. Sommerville and Nancy Athy 0 @F19@ FAM 1 HUSB @I1099@ 1 WIFE @I1107@ 1 CHIL @I1108@ 0 @F20@ FAM 1 HUSB @I1144@ 1 WIFE @I1105@ 0 @F21@ FAM 1 HUSB @I1177@ 1 WIFE @I1106@ 1 CHIL @I1112@ 0 @F22@ FAM 1 HUSB @I1113@ 1 WIFE @I1112@ 1 CHIL @I1272@ 1 EVEN 2 TYPE Private-Begin 2 DATE Private 0 @F23@ FAM 1 HUSB @I1132@ 1 WIFE @I2157@ 1 CHIL @I2050@ 1 CHIL @I4583@ 1 EVEN 2 TYPE Private-Begin 2 DATE Private 0 @F24@ FAM 1 HUSB @I1188@ 1 WIFE @I1235@ 1 DIV 0 @F25@ FAM 1 HUSB @I1188@ 1 WIFE @I1220@ 1 CHIL @I1238@ 1 CHIL @I1239@ 1 CHIL @I1240@ 1 MARR 2 DATE 22 JUN 1915 2 PLAC Keosauqua, Van Buren Co, IA 1 DIV 0 @F26@ FAM 1 HUSB @I1241@ 1 WIFE @I1238@ 1 CHIL @I1242@ 1 CHIL @I1245@ 1 EVEN 2 TYPE Private-Begin 2 DATE Private 0 @F27@ FAM 1 HUSB @I1246@ 1 WIFE @I1239@ 1 CHIL @I1270@ 1 CHIL @I1271@ 1 EVEN 2 TYPE Private-Begin 2 DATE Private 0 @F28@ FAM 1 HUSB @I1275@ 1 WIFE @I1239@ 1 EVEN 2 TYPE Private-Begin 2 DATE Private 0 @F29@ FAM 1 HUSB @I1265@ 1 WIFE @I1240@ 1 EVEN 2 TYPE Private-Begin 2 DATE Private 0 @F30@ FAM 1 HUSB @I1712@ 1 WIFE @I1243@ 1 CHIL @I6429@ 1 EVEN 2 TYPE Private-Begin 2 DATE Private 0 @F31@ FAM 1 HUSB @I1267@ 1 WIFE @I1245@ 1 EVEN 2 TYPE Private-Begin 2 DATE Private 0 @F32@ FAM 1 HUSB @I1270@ 1 WIFE @I1273@ 1 CHIL @I3888@ 1 CHIL @I3889@ 1 CHIL @I3890@ 1 EVEN 2 TYPE Private-Begin 2 DATE Private 0 @F33@ FAM 1 HUSB @I1271@ 1 WIFE @I1274@ 1 CHIL @I3891@ 1 CHIL @I3892@ 1 CHIL @I3893@ 1 EVEN 2 TYPE Private-Begin 2 DATE Private 0 @F34@ FAM 1 HUSB @I1299@ 1 WIFE @I1887@ 1 MARR 2 DATE 5 FEB 1881 2 PLAC Ottumwa, Wapello Co, IA 0 @F35@ FAM 1 HUSB @I1992@ 1 WIFE @I1979@ 0 @F36@ FAM 1 WIFE @I2157@ 1 EVEN 2 TYPE Private-Begin 2 DATE Private 0 @F37@ FAM 1 HUSB @I2078@ 1 WIFE @I2048@ 1 EVEN 2 TYPE Private-Begin 2 DATE Private 0 @F38@ FAM 1 HUSB @I3905@ 1 WIFE @I3901@ 0 @F39@ FAM 1 HUSB @I3906@ 1 WIFE @I3902@ 1 CHIL @I3907@ 1 CHIL @I3908@ 1 CHIL @I3909@ 0 @F40@ FAM 1 HUSB @I3910@ 1 WIFE @I3907@ 1 EVEN 2 TYPE Private-Begin 2 DATE Private 0 @S01839@ SOUR 1 TITL Journal of Hattie Sommerville 1901 1 AUTH Hattie Campbell Sommerville 1 PUBL not published 1 NOTE @NS18391@ 1 NOTE @NS18392@ 1 REPO 2 NOTE @NS18393@ 2 CALN 3 MEDI Manuscript 0 @NS18391@ NOTE Transcribed by Rettinger 0 @NS18392@ NOTE good 0 @NS18393@ NOTE Larry Rettinger 0 @S01904@ SOUR 1 TITL Roster and Record of Iowa soldiers in the War of the Rebellion 1 NOTE @NS19041@ 1 REPO 2 NOTE @NS19043@ 2 CALN 3 MEDI Book 0 @NS19041@ NOTE There is personal information on Iowa soldiers in these volumes. I have made copies of Historical sketches of units of interest and they are saved under either Pickett or Sommerville. 0 @NS19043@ NOTE Texas State Library and Ottumwa Iowa Public Library 0 @S01745@ SOUR 1 TITL George W Sommerville Obit 1 PUBL not published 1 NOTE @NS17451@ 1 REPO 2 NOTE @NS17453@ 2 CALN 3 MEDI Book 0 @NS17451@ NOTE Obit copy is in my notes and has been transcribed by me. 0 @NS17453@ NOTE Keosauqua and Ottumwa Iowa newspapers 0 @S01933@ SOUR 1 TITL Sommerville Family Bible 1 AUTH unknown 1 NOTE @NS19331@ 1 REPO 2 NOTE @NS19333@ 2 CALN 3 MEDI Book 0 @NS19331@ NOTE I have a copy of the handwritten part in my notes. 0 @NS19333@ NOTE Mary Sue Rettinger Mulholland has this Bible. 0 @S01883@ SOUR 1 TITL Ottumwa 1 NOTE @NS18831@ 1 REPO 2 NOTE @NS18833@ 2 CALN 977.7931 AA 023 960 3 MEDI Book 0 @NS18831@ NOTE Copy in notes 0 @NS18833@ NOTE Ottumwa Iowa Public Library 0 TRLR