Iowa Old Press

LeMars Sentinel, Monday, July 1, 1895, Page 4, Column 4:

Death of Wm. Lancaster, Sr.

From Thursday's daily.

Wm. Lancaster, Sr., of Seney, died Tuesday night at ten o'clock of
paralysis following a stroke of apoplexy. He was 88 years of age nearly and
had been a resident of Plymouth county for many years. Several sons live
near Seney and are prominent citizens. The funeral was held at Seney this
afternoon at 2 o'clock.
(Transcriber Note: Wm's date of death was Tuesday, 25 Jun 1895; his burial
was Thursday, 27 Jun 1895.)

LeMars Sentinel
LeMars, Plymouth co. Iowa
July 4, 1895

Dr. C.J. HACKETT MARRIED: HE BRINGS HOMES A CHARMING BRIDE FROM KANSAS CITY. STYLISH WEDDING IN THAT MISSOURI METROPOLIS

Dr. C.J. Hackett and wife is the inscription on the register at the Windsor
which told the secret to the LeMars people who had not read the society news
pages of the Kansas City and St. Joe daily papers. As explained by the
papers and corroborated by the groom, the wedding of Dr. Hackett and Miss
May Martin took place in Kansas City on Wednesday evening, June 26, at the
residence of Dr. John Lewis, an uncle of the groom. The ceremony being
performed by Rev. C.M. Hawkins, pastor of Central Methodist church of Kansas
City. There were the usual accompaniments of a fashionable city wedding.

The groomsman was Mr. John Kelly and the bridesmaid Miss Marie Lewis,
Professor Perry played the wedding march. After the wedding, refreshments
were served and then the bride and groom went to St. Joe where they visited
friends for two or three days before coming to LeMars.

The relatives of the bride live ten or fifteen miles southeast of LeMars.
Miss Martin has been attending school at Western College at Oxford, Ohio,
until within the past few months during which time she has been studying
music in Kansas City. Dr. Hackett and wife will remain at the Windsor for a
time until they can make arrangements to begin housekeeping. Many friends
will wish the happy couple a long and prosperous life.

Funeral of D. M. *Ralyea.
From Monday's daily.

One of the old settlers of Plymouth county, D. M. *Ralyea, died last night
at his home in Akron. Mr. *Ralyea had many dear friends in LeMars as he
lived here ten or fifteen years ago and previous to that time he lived in
Lincoln township where he took up a homestead. He was a prominent member of
the Methodist church when in LeMars and Rev. Joel A. Smith of LeMars goes
over to Akron to conduct the funeral services which will be held at Akron
tomorrow at 1 o'clock. The corpse will be brought to LeMars for burial.
The interment will take place at 6 o'clock tomorrow evening and the bell of
the Methodist church will be tolled when the procession reaches LeMars.
There will be no services here except the short burial service at the grave.
The deceased was 81 years of age at the time of his death.

(*Note--this surname is correctly spelled "Relyea".)

LeMars Sentinel, LeMars, (Plymouth), Iowa, Monday, July 8, 1895,
Page 3, Column 3:

News From Wm. Dockey's Family.

Friends living near O'Leary have had correspondence with the wife of
William Dockey who was killed by Conrad Kohl this spring. It will be
remembered that none of Dockey's relatives could be located at once after
the shooting, but by continued correspondences his father was located in
Chickasaw county, this state, and his wife at Silver Leaf, S. D. Mrs.
Dockey writes that though she has a quarter section of land she is in poor
circumstances on account of its lying idle. She states that Dockey was a
hard working man, but considerable of a drinker and that it was on this
account that he went away from home. When he went, he took with him the
horse and cart that he had at O'Leary. Mrs. Dockey has two small children
and she says that her husband has a brother living about twenty miles from
where she does. The post office records at O'Leary show that Dockey sent
her money at different times during his residence in this county.