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Facts and Events
| Name[1][2] |
John Nebeker Massey |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[3][4][2] |
30 Nov 1820 |
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware |
| Residence? |
Bef 1838 |
Family moved to Fountain Co, IN probably before 1838; he went to Peoria Co, IL for a year, then returned to Fountain Co; moved to IA 1844. [undated news clipping, probably from Albia] |
| Residence? |
1839 |
Peoria County, Illinois |
| Marriage |
30 Nov 1841 |
Covington, Fountain County, Indiana(his 1st wife)
to Matilda Rosella Rowles |
| Census[10] |
1850 |
Monroe County, Iowa |
| Census[11] |
1856 |
Troy Twp, Monroe County, Iowa |
| Census[12] |
1860 |
Troy Twp, Monroe County, Iowa |
| Census[13] |
1870 |
Troy Twp, Monroe County, Iowa |
| Census[15] |
1880 |
Troy Twp, Monroe County, Iowa |
| Census[16] |
1895 |
Troy Twp, Monroe County, Iowa |
| Marriage |
30 Nov 1899 |
Monroe County, Iowa(his 2nd wife, her 2nd husband)
to Eleanor Kimble |
| Death[5][2][6] |
14 Nov 1906 |
Monroe County, Iowa |
| Burial[7][2] |
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Oakview Cemetery, Albia, Monroe County, Iowa |
References
- ↑ William T. A. Rowles Bible (Monroe Co, IA)..
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Find A Grave.
- ↑ Monroe, Iowa, United States. Albia Union. (Albia, Iowa)
(Biographical Sketches of Some Members of the Mutual Club of 1820), 11 Sep 1894.
Moved from Fountain Co, Indiana, to Monroe Co, Iowa, with David Rowles.
- ↑ Monroe, Iowa, United States. 1856 Iowa State Census
p. 1038.
- ↑ Obituary (undated) from unknown newspaper.
Old Settlers meeting news story, 1906.
- ↑ Iowa. Iowa Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990. (FamilySearch Record Search).
- ↑ Oak View Cemetery (Albia, Monroe County, Iowa)
Old part north of the road, Lot 230.
- Historical Sketch Book of Albia and Monroe County, 1859-1959: Prepared for the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Incorporation of the City of Albia. (Albia, Iowa: Albia Centennial Corporation, 1959)
p. 43.
John N. Massey and his wife [Matilda Rowles] were early settlers in Monroe county and it was Massey who made the orignal survey for the town site of Princeton in the fall of 1845. Massey's father-in-law [David H. Rowles] was a contractor and Massey had dug canals in Indiana before he came to Albia and Monroe County. He kept books for his father-in-law before he married. The original Massey farm was on the land later known as the Albia Airport. It was in 1855 that Massey built the brick house which still stands east of the road parallel to the airport. Massey was also a brick maker and made the brick for this home. In the possession of his grandson, Albert Rouse, Rte. 2, is the surveying instrument used in making the survey of Princeton. It was made by Hugo Harttmann in Philadelphia. Massey was also Monroe County Surveyor. [who supplied all this info is not mentioned, but was probably Albert Rouse]
- Hickenlooper, Frank. An illustrated history of Monroe County, Iowa: a complete civil, political, and military history of the county, from its earliest period of organization down to 1896: including sketches of pioneer life, anecdotes, biography, and long-drawn reminiscences spun out by the "oldest inhabitant". (The Author, 1896).
Lived about 1.25 mi south of Albia.
- ↑ Monroe County, Iowa. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule
p. 314B, dwelling/family 194/194.
Massey, John 30 yrs b. Delaware Farmer (real estate = $1,000)
Massey, Matilda 32 yrs b. New York
Massey, Rachel 8 yrs b. Iowa
Massey, George 3 yrs b. Iowa
- ↑ Monroe, Iowa, United States. 1856 Iowa State Census
p.1038, dwelling/family 112/112.
Massey,John 35 yrs (12 yrs in state) b. Delaware Farmer
Massey,Matilda 36 yrs (12 yrs in state) b. New York
Massey,Almira 13 yrs (12 yrs in state) b. Indiana
Massey,Orestia [m] 3 yrs (3 yrs in state) b. Iowa
Massey,Rosella 1 yr (1 yr in state) b. Iowa
McLament(?), Damen 18 yrs (2 yrs in state) b. Ohio Laborer
Ninghal(?), Wm. P. 18 yrs (3 yrs in state) b. Virginia Laborer
Nelson, Andrew 21 yrs (1 yr in state) b. Pennsylvania Laborer
- ↑ Monroe County, Iowa. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule
p. 249, dwelling/family 189/163.
Massey,John N. 39 yrs b. Delaware Farmer (real estate = $3,000; personal estate = $1,000)
Massey,Matilda 41 yrs b. New York Domestic Work
Massey,Rachael 17 yrs b. Indiana Domestic Work
Massey,Orestia H. 7 yrs b. Iowa
Massey,Rosella 5 yrs b. Iowa
Miller, Cornellius 15 yrs b. New York Farm Labor
Temple, Daniel H. 21 yrs b. Maine Farm Labor (personal estate = $60)
- ↑ Monroe, Iowa, United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule
p. 403, dwelling/family 6/6.
Massey,John N. 49 yrs b. Delaware Farmer(real estate = $10,000; personal estate = $3,848)
Massey,___bella(?) 50 yrs b. New York Keeping House
Massey,Orestus H. 17 yrs b. Iowa Farm Laborer
Massey,Rebecca R. 14 yrs b. Iowa
Webb, George 14 yrs b. Iowa
- Hickenlooper, Frank. An illustrated history of Monroe County, Iowa: a complete civil, political, and military history of the county, from its earliest period of organization down to 1896: including sketches of pioneer life, anecdotes, biography, and long-drawn reminiscences spun out by the "oldest inhabitant". (The Author, 1896)
p. 194, abt 1870.
[speaking of early farming techniques] "Then came the long-beamed break-plow, . . . which every person who has passed the residence of John Massey, south of Albia, during the last twenty-five years, has noticed leaning against the front-yard fence. Some months ago the writer, in passing, had the pleasure of seeing Mr. Massey's son, Ressie, plowing with this relic of a past generation. He was scouring it along the right-of-way of the railroad by way of preparing it for farming purposes."
- ↑ Monroe, Iowa, United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule
ED 139, p. 211, dwelling/family 38/39.
Massey, John N. 59 yrs Farming b. Delaware (parents, b. Maryland/Delaware)
Massey, Matilda 61 yrs Wife Keeping House b. New York (parents, b. Maryland/New York)
Massey, Orestes H. 27 yrs Son Working on Farm b. Iowa (parents, b. Delaware/New York)
- ↑ Monroe County, Iowa. 1895 Iowa State Census
[no page no.], dwelling/family 42/42.
Massay, John N. 74 yrs b. Delaware Farmer Methodist
Massay, Matilda R. 76 yrs b. New York Methodist
Massay, O. H. 42 yrs b. Monroe County Farmer Methodist
Massay, Catharine 37 yrs b. Ohio Methodist
Massay, Edith 7 yrs b. Monroe County
Massay, Ruth M. 5 yrs b. Monroe County
Massay, Blanch 3 yrs b. Monroe County
Massay, John 0 yrs b. Monroe County "twins"
Massay, Edna 0 yrs b. Monroe County "twins"
Halgren, C. V.[?] 21 yrs (f) b. Sweden [no occupation]
- Hickenlooper, Frank. An illustrated history of Monroe County, Iowa: a complete civil, political, and military history of the county, from its earliest period of organization down to 1896: including sketches of pioneer life, anecdotes, biography, and long-drawn reminiscences spun out by the "oldest inhabitant". (The Author, 1896)
p. 154.
Elected County Surveyor, 1845.
Elected County Judge, 1855, but was declared ineligible as he also held the office of School-Fund Commission.
- Lucas Nebeker. Letter from Lucas Nebeker (Battle Ground, IN) to John Nebeker Massey (Monroe County, IA), 9 Apr 1888.. (Apr 1888).
[Letter]Battle Ground [Tippecanoe Co, IN]April 9 1888
My Dear Coz. John N.
Yours of the 3d inst. is recd. Always glad to hear from you though sometimes neglectful in answering promtly
I am not sure as to who wrote last, any way whenever the spirit of writing strikes you why write. I am always glad too hear from the Rowles family. I was down to Covington the forepart of March and wandered over some of the old 'stomping grounds' where I roamed in lifes early day. Among others the grave yard where Matilda's grandmother [Rebecca Clark's mother?] was buried when I was a smal child though I remember it very well [i.e., c1830 or before?]. A number of persons were afterward buried there though none now for a long time and the young timber has grown up and the under brush gives it quite a wid and neglected appearance.
Oliver and Anson [Rowles] I take it live in the vicinity where you do. Well we are all growing old. I would not know either of them or Matilda, I presume, and they would not know me. I am now 69 past [i.e., born c1819], Oliver is some two or three years younger and Anson several years our junior.
My health this past winter and Spring so far has not been very firm and I am not as strong as I usually have been. Wife and youngest child, Anna, constitute our family now at home. They are in fair health. Nelson lives in the Bend [of the Wabash River, in Fountain County?] not far from the old Rowles homestead owns a part of the east 80 [acre section] of the Isaac Shelby place and is farming -- married and has one child.
Clara, next oldest living, is married to a methodist preacher now of the Ill. Con. [Illinois Convention] (William Crapp) they have two children living.
Asbury C. is also married and is a telegrapher and working for the I.D.&S. Ry at Decatur Ill. now. They have one child living two dead. Mattie J. Married a man by the name of Brugh and became the mother of three children 2 living; her husband died the first day of last May. She now lives near us in B.G. [Battle Ground]. J. Lucas is the next, and is also a telegrapher, married has one child and is in Chicago and works for the CB&O Ry. Well that is a pretty good resume of the family history.
Our winter was cold and but little snow and the wheat will be almost a failur. The corn crop last year was very short on account of the drouth.
As to a visit out there I can promise nothing now.
I have been wondering whether the Springer in Congress from Ill. was not the young man that visited John Steham at the Bend then just out of college. Do you know? He was a relation from Delaware--
We my self and family are trying to live for a grand reunion with friends on the other shore.
Very kind regards to yourself and wife as also to Oliver & Anson.
Fraternally Yours
L. Nebeker
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