Joel Dayton "Date" Pounds.

Son of William Henderson Pounds and Martha Ruth Anderson.

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JOEL DAYTON "DATE" POUNDS

FUNERAL SERVICE WAS HELD SUNDAY

Funeral service was held Sunday at the Methodist church for Joel Dayton Pounds, aged resident of this community who died Thursday, September 18. Mrs. Pounds and his family came to Yuma County about 4 years ago and made their home southwest of Yuma. He was born Nov. 27, 1859. He was preceded in death by his wife May 4, 1942 (1941). [Children are named, illegible here, however they are listed in his wife, Elizabeth's obituary: Mrs. Beckie (Pounds) Burgess, Smith Center, Kansas; Lewis Earl Pounds, Douglas, Wyoming; Joe Leonard Pounds, Roseburg, Oregon; Mrs. Flossie (Pounds) Briggs, Lyman, Nebraska; Charles Henry Pounds, Yuma. Preceded in death by one daughter, Sarah Ann Pounds.

Yuma Pioneer
September 25, 1947
Transcribed by Carol Moore.
My copy of his obituary is very poor and mostly illegible.
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MARRIAGE:

Joel Pounds married Elizabeth Bruce on October 2, 1881 at Thornburgh, Smith County, Kansas.

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1880

1880 Beaver, Smith, Kansas
June 15, 1880
William is a Post Master

William Pounds, head, 54, Ohio
Martha R. Pounds, wife,52, Ohio
Charley F. Pounds, son, 22, Indiana
Joel D. Pounds, son, 20, Indiana
Effie Trevett, servant, 24, NY

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1900

1900 Smith Center, Kansas

Joel Dayton Pounds and wife Elizabeth are living at Smith Center, Kansas with their children, six daughters and six sons ranging in age from 17 years old to baby Florence, age 9 months.

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1910

1910 Smith Center, Kansas,
April 15, 1880

Joel D Pounds Head 50 Ind
Elizabeth PoundsWife 46 Ind
Earle Pounds Son 22 Kansas
Charley Pounds Son 17 Kansas
Leonard Pounds Son 13 Kansas
Florence Pounds Daughter 10 Kansas

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1920

1920 Colorado

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1930

1930 Colorado

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Joe Pounds is back to Smith Center again.

He had been out with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Date Pounds, in Yuma county, Colorado, and later at Riverton, Nebraska.

He will stay here for a while, until after harvest is over anyway.

Pioneer
Smith Center, Kansas
June 27, 1913
Transcribed by Carol Moore.

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Earl Pounds came home, last Friday from a two weeks visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Date Pounds, near Cope, Colorado. He says the Yumaites are all feeling fine and
have prospects for bumper crops the coming season.

Pioneer
Smith County, Kansas
March 13, 1914
Transcribed by Carol Moore.

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"Date Pounds" homesteaded near Cope Township 4 South, 48 West in 1916.

His nephews, Fred, Jay, and Lewis also homesteaded in Yuma County, Colorado. They are sons of Date's brother, Ans who stayed in Smith County, Kansas.

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Joel Dayton Pounds and Elizabeth Pounds' children include:

Sarah Ann Pounds

Beckie Faye "Nelsie" Pounds

Lewis Earl Pounds

Charles Henry Pounds

Joseph L. (Joel "Doc" Leonard) Pounds

Florence Elizabeth "Flossie" (Pounds) Briggs

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Some of Joel Dayton Pounds' siblings and approx. birth years:

Anderson Pounds, b.1845
Thatcher M Pounds, b.1845
Alonzo Pounds, b.1852
Charles Fremont Pounds, b. 1857
John Harvey Pounds, b. 1861
Willie Pounds, b. 1866
Lemuel Pounds, b. 1868
Amy Pounds

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Joel's son, Earl Pounds homesteaded in 4S, 48W in Yuma County, Colorado

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