Anna Ethel Blake

Joseph Harrison Bagenstos Sr. was born September 7, 1865, in Belle Plaine, Benton Co., IA, and died July 15, 1941, in Alva, Woods Co., OK, at age 75. Buried in Alva Municipal Cemetery, Alva, Woods Co., OK. He is the son of Henry Lee Bagenstos of Jackson, Franklin Co., PA, and Lydia K. "Liddie" Kent of Portland Mills, Putnam Co., IN.

Jemima Jane Stoneking was born November 22, 1870, near Cedar Rapids, Linn Co., IA, and died December 15, 1889, in Ida Co., IA, at age 19. Buried in Battle Center Cemetery, Ida Co., IA. She is the daughter of James B. Stoneking of Dunkard Twp., Greene Co., PA, and Sarah Ellen Scott of Linn Co., IA. She is buried in Battle Center Cemetery, Ida Co., Ia.

Joseph Harrison Bagenstos Sr. and Jemima Jane Stoneking were married December 22, 1888, in Holstein, Ida Co., IA.

Joseph Harrison Bagenstos Sr. and Jemima Jane (Stoneking) Bagenstos had one child:

  1. Joseph Harrison "Joe" Bagenstos Jr.: Born December 11, 1889, in Battle Twp., Ida Co., IA; Died May 13, 1974, in Alva, Woods Co., OK (age 84). Married (1) December 28, 1921, in Coldwater, Comanche Co., KS,, to Georgia Faye Searecy: Born January 11, 1900, in Weatherby, DeKalb Co., MO; Died November 1, 1932, in Alva, Woods Co., OK (age 32). Buried in Alva Municipal Cemetery, Alva, Woods Co., OK. Married (2) September 24, 1941, in Sacred Heart Church, to Katherine Melvina Harrington: Born January 13,1903, in Fritzlen, Woods Co., OK ; Died October, 1980, in Alva, Woods Co., OK (age 77).

Jemima Jane (Stoneking) Bagenstos died December 15, 1889, in Ida Co., IA, at age 19.

Joseph Harrison Bagenstos Sr. then married (2) Anna Ethel "Annie" Blake.

Anna Ethel "Annie" Blake was born December 17, 1872, in Warren, Jo Daviess Co., IL, and died July 13, 1922, at the family home, Alva, Woods Co., OK, at age 49. Buried in Alva Municipal Cemetery, Alva, Woods Co., OK. She is the daughter of Thomas Monroe Blake of Martinsburg, Bedford (Blair) Co., PA, and Mary Ella Barkman of near Hagerstown, Washington  Co., MD.

Joseph Harrison Bagenstos Sr. and Anna Ethel "Annie" Blake were married January 27, 1892, in Ida Grove, Ida Co., IA.

Joseph Harrison Bagenstos Sr. and Anna Ethel "Annie" (Blake) Bagenstos had four children:

  1. Ethel Gertrude Bagenstos: Born February 1, 1893, in Holstein, Ida Co., IA; Died July 5, 1983, Alva, Woods Co., OK (age 90). Buried in Alva Municipal Cemetery, Alva, Woods Co., OK. Married March 24, 1910, in Alva, Woods Co., OK, to William Blackburn Fullerton: Born March 5, 1891, in Pleasant Hope, Polk Co., MO; Died April 13, 1964, in Unknown (age 73). Buried in Alva Municipal Cemetery, Alva, Woods Co., OK.
  2. Daisy Lione Bagenstos: Born April 23, 1894, in Holstein, Ida Co., IA; Died April 18, 1970, in Alva, Woods Co., OK (age 75). Buried in Alva Municipal Cemetery, Alva, Woods Co., OK. Married January 7, 1912, in Alva, Woods Co., OK, to Orville D. Shirley: Born December 14, 1891, in Cheney, Sedgwick Co., KS; Died December 15, 1973, in Medicine Lodge, Barber Co., KS (age 82). Buried in Alva Municipal Cemetery, Alva, Woods Co., OK.
  3. Edna Myrtle Bagenstos: Born October 9, 1897, in Holstein, Ida Co., IA; Died February 25, 1988, in Alva, Woods Co., OK (age 90). Buried in Alva Municipal Cemetery, Alva, Woods Co., OK. Married August 4, 1920, in Alva, Woods Co., OK, to Frances Marion Woodson: Born October 31, 1891, in Unknown; Died July 23, 1988, in Alva, Woods Co., OK (age 96). Buried in Alva Municipal Cemetery, Alva, Woods Co., OK.
  4. Ruth Mary Bagenstos: Born July 26, 1900, in Silver Twp., Cherokee Co., IA; Died June 1, 1975, in Alva, Woods Co., OK (age 74). Buried in Alva Municipal Cemetery, Alva, Woods Co., OK. Married to Ben Franklin Vickers: Born December 18, 1898, in Jet, Alfalfa Co., OK; Died April 16, 1963 , at Wesley Hospital, Wichita, KS (age 64). Buried in Old Mission Cemetery, Wichita, Sedgwick Co., KS. Divorced. Ben Franklin Vickers then married (2) December 28, 1948, in Sebastian Co., AR, to Neva Alberta (Klien) (Wichmann) Hiatt: Born July 6, 1894, in Camp Point, IL; Died July 17, 1962, in Kansas (age 68). Buried in Old Mission Cemetery, Wichita, Sedgwick Co., KS.

Joseph Harrison Bagenstos Sr. then married (3) November 26, 1924, in Sioux City, Woodbury Co., IA, to Aurilla "Rilla" (Randolph) Dunbar: Born June 22, 1878, in Canandaigua, Ontario Co., NY; Died September 25, 1940, in Correctionville, IA (age 62). Buried in Alva Municipal Cemetery, Alva, Woods Co., OK.

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Joseph Harrison Bagenstos Sr. was born September 7, 1865, in Belle Plaine, Benton Co., IA.

The 1870 U. S. Census taken on July 18, 1870 shows Thomas Blake (age 39) born in Pennsylvania with real estate of $2,500 and personal estate of $350 is a Carpenter living in Warren, Jo Daviess Co., IL. Living with him is Mary E. Blake (age 29) born in Maryland, who Keeps House. Also there are four children, all born in Illinois: Hubert Blake (age 11); Orval Blake (age 6); Fannie Blake (age 5); and Frederick Blake (age 1).

Anna Ethel "Annie" Blake was born December 17, 1872, in Warren, Jo Daviess Co., IL.

The 1880 U. S. Census taken on June 8, 1880 shows Thomas M. Blake (age 48) born in Pennsylvania to Maryland-born parents is a Store Clerk and is living in Warren, Jo Daviess Co., IL. Living with him is his wife, Mary E. Blake (age 37) born in Maryland to Maryland-born parents, who is a House Keeper. Also there are his five children: Hubert L. Blake (age 22) born in Wisconsin to Pennsylvania and New York-born parents, who is At Work on Farm; Orren E. Blake (age 15) born in Illinois to Pennsylvania and Maryland-born parents; Fannie G. Blake (age 14) born in Illinois to Pennsylvania and Maryland-born parents; Verne Blake (age 10) born in Illinois to Pennsylvania and Maryland-born parents; and Anna G. Blake (age 8) born in Illinois to Pennsylvania and Maryland-born parents.

The 1885 Iowa State Census taken on January 1, 1885 shows Thomas Blake (age 52) born in Pennsylvania is a Farmer living in Section 3, SW NW in Griggs Twp., Ida Co., IA. Living with him is Mary Blake (age 42) born in Maryland, who is Keeping House. Also living there are four unmarried Blakes, all born in Illinois: Oran Blake (age 20); Fannie Blake (age 18); Vernon Blake (age 15); and Annie Blake (age 13).

Joseph Harrison Bagenstos Sr. and Anna Ethel "Annie" Blake were married January 27, 1892, in Ida Grove, Ida Co., IA.

Joseph Harrison Bagenstos Sr. and Anna Ethel "Annie" Blake Marriage Record.

The 1895 Iowa State Census shows Thomas M. Blake (age 63) born in Pennsylvania is living in Ida Co., IA. Also living there is Mary E. Blake (age 54) born in Maryland.

The 1895 Iowa State Census shows Oren E. Blake (age 31) born in Illinois is living in Silver Twp., Cherokee Co., IA.

The 1895 Iowa State Census shows Vern Blake (age 25) born in Illinois is living in Ida Co., IA. Living with him is M. A. Blake (age 18) born in Ohio.

The 1900 U. S. Census taken on June 6, 1900, shows Hubert L. Blake (age 43) born May 1857 in Illinois to Pennsylvania-born parents is a Railroad Watchman renting his home at 146 Joneson, 1st Ward, City of Dubuque, Julien Twp., Dubuque Co., IA. Living with him is his wife of 12 years, Anna Blake (age 33) born May 1867 in Minnesota to Iowa-born parents, a House Wife, with both of the children born to her still alive. Also living there are his two children, both born in Iowa to Illinois and Minnesota-born parents: Mary Blake (age 10) born September 1889; and Anna Blake (age 8) born November 1891.

The 1905 Iowa State Census shows Orrin E. Blake living at 2700 Cleveland, Sioux City, Woodbury Co., IA. Living with him are Clara F. Blake and Mildred Blake.

Seventh edition of the Dubuque and Dubuque County directory, 1909, containing an alphabetically-arranged list of business firms and private citizens, a street directory, street and avenue guide, a strictly up-to-date map of the city, miscellaneous directory, city and county officers, churches, colleges, public and private schools, buildings, banks, railroads, secret and benevolent societies, etc., and a complete classified business directory

Dubuque and Dubuque County directory, 1909, Cooley, Boardman. Telegraph-Herald Co. (Dubuque, Iowa), 7th ed., Dubuque, Iowa

   

Thomas Monroe Blake died October 6, 1912 in Colfax, Washington Twp., Jasper Co., IA at age 81.

Anna Ethel "Annie" (Blake) Bagenstos died July 13, 1922, at the family home, 423 Center Street, Alva, Woods Co., OK, at age 49. Buried in Alva Municipal Cemetery, Alva, Woods Co., OK.

The Alva Weekly Record, Alva, Woods Co., OK, Friday, July 14, 1922

MRS. J. H. BAGENSTOS

Mrs. J. H. Bagenstos, 423 Center Street, passed away very suddenly Tuesday evening. She suffered a stroke of paralysis Monday, July 3rd, but was thot to be recovering nicely, however, Tuesday afternoon she suf­fered another bad attack and another in the evening, which resulted in her death. Anna Ethel Blake was born in Illinois, December 17, 1872, and died at the family home in Alva, Oklahoma, July 11, 1922, about 10 p. m. She was yet a young girl when she moved with her parents to northwestern Iowa, where she grew up to young womanhood. On January 27, 1892, she was united in marriage to Joseph H. Bagenstos, of Holstein. Iowa. To this union four children were born, all of whom were present during' her late sickness. Mrs. Bagenstos is survived by her husband, four daughters, Mrs. Ethel G. Fullerton, Mrs. D. Lione Shirley, Mrs. Edna M. Woodson and Ruth M. all of Alva, also a stepson and an adopted daughter, both of Alva. two brothers, Mr. Hubert L. Blake of Dubukue, Iowa, C. V. Blake of Omaha, Neb., and a sister. Mrs. Frances Unger, of Coon Rapids, Iowa. Funeral services will be held at the Christian church this afternoon at two p. m., after which she will be laid to rest in the A. O. U. W. cemetery.

Joseph Harrison Bagenstos died July 15, 1941, at the family home, 423 Center Street, Alva, Woods Co., OK, at age 75.

The Alva Review-Courier, Alva, Woods Co., OK, Thursday, July 17, 1941

Obituary

Joseph Harrison Bagenstos was born near Belleplain, Iowa, Sept. 7, 1865, and departed this life at his home i Alva on July 15, 1941. Mr. Bagenstos was a true pioneer being the oldest son of a large family, that lost their father when he was only 10 years of age. The family moved to western Iowa near Holstein when that country was still raw prairie. He has always worked hard to help take care of a large family. After the family had grown up he was married and resided on a farm in Cherokee county, Iowa, later moving to Lynn county, Missouri, with his family, where he lived for five years, then located in Woods county, Oklahoma, in 1908, where he spent the remainder of his life. He retired from the farm in 1921, residing at 423 Center street, Alva, until the time of his death. He leaves to mourn his passing, five children: One son, Joe, of Alva, and four daughters, Mrs. W. B. Fullerton of Burlington, Okla., Mrs. Orville Shirley, Mrs. F. M. Woodson, and Mrs. Wilbur Snyder all of Alva, and 17 grand-children and three great grand-children; also two sisters living in Iowa, and a host of friends.