There was considerable excitement in the Womer vicinity last Saturday afternoon when a neighbor calling at the Ans Pounds home found Mr. Pounds lying dead in his barn. He had taken his wife the day before to visit a neighbor and was alone on the farm. Everything tended to show that he had fallen from a horse after he had ridden it into the barn the day before, and probably died instantly of heart failure as there were no signs that he had moved after striking the ground. By his side when found was his faithful dog, and it was some time before the animal would permit anyone to approach the body. The horse that had carried its master into the barn was also still inside, having been kept there evidently by the watchful dog. Funeral services were held on Tuesday at Womer, the sermon being delivered by Rev. Grimes.
..Anderson Pounds, the eldest son of W. H. and Martha R. Pounds, was born in Morgan county, Ind., February 23, 1845, and died at Womer, Kans., April 23, 1915, aged 70 years and 2 months. At the beginning of the Civil War he enlisted in company M, first Indiana heavy artillery and served gallantly for three and a half years. At the close of the war he joined his parents, who had come to Iowa while their son was in the service of his country.
..His marriage to Miss Katherine A. Hughes occurred March 21, 1866, and to them were born six sons and three daughters, the eldest daughter dying in infancy. Left to mourn his loss are the wife and eight children and numerous other relatives. The names of the children and their addresses: W. H., of Womer; Jay of Waitsburg, Oregon; Dott of Hermiston, Oregon; Fred of Yuma, Colo; Lee and Lewis of Womer, and the two daughters, Mesdames Will and Lewis Overmiller, also of Womer. Besides these he is survived by his aged mother of this city, nineteen grandchildren, four brothers and one sister.
..It was in the year of 1874 that Mr. Pounds came to Smith county and filed on a homestead in Beaver township and he had been a continuous resident there from that time until his death, except eighteen months when he was in Colorado. Everybody for miles around knew Ans Pounds, and loved him for his big-hearted ways. He never posed as a saint, but treated everybody on the square. He lived up to his promises and expected everybody to do the same. In this city he was known to all, and many have been the good visits his acquaintances have had him in the last thirty years. Yes, Ans Pounds will be missed. He was brave, cheerful and true as you ever find them.
source: Smith County Pioneer, Apr. 29, 1915
Provided by: Ronald McCartney (#47515388)
..Anderson Pounds, the eldest son of W. H. and Martha R. Pounds, was born in Morgan county, Ind., February 23, 1845, and died at Womer, Kans., April 23, 1915, aged 70 years and 2 months. At the beginning of the Civil War he enlisted in company M, first Indiana heavy artillery and served gallantly for three and a half years. At the close of the war he joined his parents, who had come to Iowa while their son was in the service of his country.
..His marriage to Miss Katherine A. Hughes occurred March 21, 1866, and to them were born six sons and three daughters, the eldest daughter dying in infancy. Left to mourn his loss are the wife and eight children and numerous other relatives. The names of the children and their addresses: W. H., of Womer; Jay of Waitsburg, Oregon; Dott of Hermiston, Oregon; Fred of Yuma, Colo; Lee and Lewis of Womer, and the two daughters, Mesdames Will and Lewis Overmiller, also of Womer. Besides these he is survived by his aged mother of this city, nineteen grandchildren, four brothers and one sister.
..It was in the year of 1874 that Mr. Pounds came to Smith county and filed on a homestead in Beaver township and he had been a continuous resident there from that time until his death, except eighteen months when he was in Colorado. Everybody for miles around knew Ans Pounds, and loved him for his big-hearted ways. He never posed as a saint, but treated everybody on the square. He lived up to his promises and expected everybody to do the same. In this city he was known to all, and many have been the good visits his acquaintances have had him in the last thirty years. Yes, Ans Pounds will be missed. He was brave, cheerful and true as you ever find them.
source: Smith County Pioneer, Apr. 29, 1915
Provided by: Ronald McCartney (#47515388)
There was considerable excitement in the Womer vicinity last Saturday afternoon when a neighbor calling at the Ans Pounds home found Mr. Pounds lying dead in his barn. He had taken his wife the day before to visit a neighbor and was alone on the farm. Everything tended to show that he had fallen from a horse after he had ridden it into the barn the day before, and probably died instantly of heart failure as there were no signs that he had moved after striking the ground. By his side when found was his faithful dog, and it was some time before the animal would permit anyone to approach the body. The horse that had carried its master into the barn was also still inside, having been kept there evidently by the watchful dog. Funeral services were held on Tuesday at Womer, the sermon being delivered by Rev. Grimes.
..Anderson Pounds, the eldest son of W. H. and Martha R. Pounds, was born in Morgan county, Ind., February 23, 1845, and died at Womer, Kans., April 23, 1915, aged 70 years and 2 months. At the beginning of the Civil War he enlisted in company M, first Indiana heavy artillery and served gallantly for three and a half years. At the close of the war he joined his parents, who had come to Iowa while their son was in the service of his country.
..His marriage to Miss Katherine A. Hughes occurred March 21, 1866, and to them were born six sons and three daughters, the eldest daughter dying in infancy. Left to mourn his loss are the wife and eight children and numerous other relatives. The names of the children and their addresses: W. H., of Womer; Jay of Waitsburg, Oregon; Dott of Hermiston, Oregon; Fred of Yuma, Colo; Lee and Lewis of Womer, and the two daughters, Mesdames Will and Lewis Overmiller, also of Womer. Besides these he is survived by his aged mother of this city, nineteen grandchildren, four brothers and one sister.
..It was in the year of 1874 that Mr. Pounds came to Smith county and filed on a homestead in Beaver township and he had been a continuous resident there from that time until his death, except eighteen months when he was in Colorado. Everybody for miles around knew Ans Pounds, and loved him for his big-hearted ways. He never posed as a saint, but treated everybody on the square. He lived up to his promises and expected everybody to do the same. In this city he was known to all, and many have been the good visits his acquaintances have had him in the last thirty years. Yes, Ans Pounds will be missed. He was brave, cheerful and true as you ever find them.
source: Smith County Pioneer, Apr. 29, 1915
Provided by: Ronald McCartney (#47515388)
..Anderson Pounds, the eldest son of W. H. and Martha R. Pounds, was born in Morgan county, Ind., February 23, 1845, and died at Womer, Kans., April 23, 1915, aged 70 years and 2 months. At the beginning of the Civil War he enlisted in company M, first Indiana heavy artillery and served gallantly for three and a half years. At the close of the war he joined his parents, who had come to Iowa while their son was in the service of his country.
..His marriage to Miss Katherine A. Hughes occurred March 21, 1866, and to them were born six sons and three daughters, the eldest daughter dying in infancy. Left to mourn his loss are the wife and eight children and numerous other relatives. The names of the children and their addresses: W. H., of Womer; Jay of Waitsburg, Oregon; Dott of Hermiston, Oregon; Fred of Yuma, Colo; Lee and Lewis of Womer, and the two daughters, Mesdames Will and Lewis Overmiller, also of Womer. Besides these he is survived by his aged mother of this city, nineteen grandchildren, four brothers and one sister.
..It was in the year of 1874 that Mr. Pounds came to Smith county and filed on a homestead in Beaver township and he had been a continuous resident there from that time until his death, except eighteen months when he was in Colorado. Everybody for miles around knew Ans Pounds, and loved him for his big-hearted ways. He never posed as a saint, but treated everybody on the square. He lived up to his promises and expected everybody to do the same. In this city he was known to all, and many have been the good visits his acquaintances have had him in the last thirty years. Yes, Ans Pounds will be missed. He was brave, cheerful and true as you ever find them.
source: Smith County Pioneer, Apr. 29, 1915
Provided by: Ronald McCartney (#47515388)
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