Married Abraham Dawson Linville January 1, 1868. They had three children: Manford Delavan Linville, Ivory Orial Linville, and Charles Edward Linville; and many grandchildren and further descendants to remember them.
[Obituary provided by Mike Delavan]
Mrs. A. D. Linville, Pioneer Mother, Is Laid To Rest
Came to Mills County 76 Years Ago When Girl of 15. Lived Remainder of Life in This Community. Services Held Sunday.
Funeral services for Mrs. A. D. Linville, 91, were held in the Myers Funeral Home in Glenwood Sunday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Dow Crewdson, pastor of the Glenwood Christian Church. Those who served as flower girls were three granddaughters and one great granddaughter, Mrs. Wanda Peterson, Mrs. Milo Finazzo, Mrs. Dale Linville and Frances Plumb. Music was furnished by a quartette composed of Velma Osborne, Martha Schneckloth, Shirley Mayberry and Gerald Baker, with Miss Ruth Miller at the piano. Thos who served as pallbearers were Wade Delavan, Ralph McPherron Sr., Richard Delavan, Walter Briley, C. C. Ward and H. I. Kier.
The body was laid to rest in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Rawles Township.
Samantha E. Delavan, daughter of Alfred M. and Olive V. Delavan, was born August 27, 1847, in Morgan County, Indiana, and died at the home of her son, Ivory Linville, October 14, 1938, at the age of 91 years, one month and 17 days.
When she was but 10 years of age, her family moved to Cass County, Missouri, where they resided for five years, coming on to Iowa and locating in Rawles township in this county in 1863. At that time the county was sparsely populated and roving bands of Indians from adjoining western states were frequent visitors. The transcontinental railways had not been built. She was one of the few remaining pioneers who crossed the plains in covered wagons drawn by yokes of oxen.
Locating with her family here when a girl of 15, she continued her residence in the same community for the remaining 76 years of her life. She, like those of her generation, whose life span extended beyond the psalmist's allotment of three score years and ten, was privileged to see the greatest transformation and development ever witnessed by any generation in the history of the life of man. She saw the virgin prairie sod turned under and fields of grain transform the vast unfenced stretches of waving prairie grass. She saw the coming of the railroad, later the automobile, the surfaced highways and in these later years of her life the transcontinental mail planes have traversed the airways daily over her home. She lived in an era of great advancement and her life was a worthy contribution to her time. She was the last of the Delavan family, all of her brothers and sisters having preceded her in death.
At the age of 16 she joined the Christian Church at Pleasant Hill and ever lived a good and faithful life. She was a member of the Christian Church of Rawles township where her father was a pioneer minister. At the time this church was torn down and moved to Glenwood a bronze plate was erected in the Glenwood Christian Church in honor of the only living charter members. Her name was one of the few on the plate.
On January 1, 1868, at the age of 21, she was married to Abraham D. Linville, who was a soldier in the Civil War and who preceded her in death in 1877, 61 years ago, leaving her with three small sons, the youngest being two years of age. In the years immediately following she bravely battled against the hardships of rural pioneer life keeping the little family together at the farm in Rawles township, where the three sons grew to manhood and in which community they have taken their places as respected citizens. In her passing the life story of another valiant soul whose life was dedicated to self-sacrificing service for family and friends comes to an end, but the influence of her life lives on in the memory of those whose lives she blessed. It is to such pioneer mothers as she that this nation is indebted for all that is best in its modern life today.
The sons are Manford D., Ivory O., and Charles E. Linville. There are also 14 grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren, and two great great grandchildren surviving. During the past 20 years she divided her time with her three sons.
Those attending the funeral services from out of the city were Mrs. Dale Linville, Los Angeles, Calif.; Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Delavan, Mr. and Mrs. Milo Finazzo of Omaha; Mr. and Mrs. Einer Peterson, Mrs. Mildred Davis, Florence Gallagher, and Phil Minner and daughter, Marylin of Council Bluffs, and Mr. and Mrs. Vern Young of Creston.
[Obituary provided by Mike Delavan]
Mrs. A. D. Linville, Pioneer Mother, Is Laid To Rest
Came to Mills County 76 Years Ago When Girl of 15. Lived Remainder of Life in This Community. Services Held Sunday.
Funeral services for Mrs. A. D. Linville, 91, were held in the Myers Funeral Home in Glenwood Sunday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Dow Crewdson, pastor of the Glenwood Christian Church. Those who served as flower girls were three granddaughters and one great granddaughter, Mrs. Wanda Peterson, Mrs. Milo Finazzo, Mrs. Dale Linville and Frances Plumb. Music was furnished by a quartette composed of Velma Osborne, Martha Schneckloth, Shirley Mayberry and Gerald Baker, with Miss Ruth Miller at the piano. Thos who served as pallbearers were Wade Delavan, Ralph McPherron Sr., Richard Delavan, Walter Briley, C. C. Ward and H. I. Kier.
The body was laid to rest in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Rawles Township.
Samantha E. Delavan, daughter of Alfred M. and Olive V. Delavan, was born August 27, 1847, in Morgan County, Indiana, and died at the home of her son, Ivory Linville, October 14, 1938, at the age of 91 years, one month and 17 days.
When she was but 10 years of age, her family moved to Cass County, Missouri, where they resided for five years, coming on to Iowa and locating in Rawles township in this county in 1863. At that time the county was sparsely populated and roving bands of Indians from adjoining western states were frequent visitors. The transcontinental railways had not been built. She was one of the few remaining pioneers who crossed the plains in covered wagons drawn by yokes of oxen.
Locating with her family here when a girl of 15, she continued her residence in the same community for the remaining 76 years of her life. She, like those of her generation, whose life span extended beyond the psalmist's allotment of three score years and ten, was privileged to see the greatest transformation and development ever witnessed by any generation in the history of the life of man. She saw the virgin prairie sod turned under and fields of grain transform the vast unfenced stretches of waving prairie grass. She saw the coming of the railroad, later the automobile, the surfaced highways and in these later years of her life the transcontinental mail planes have traversed the airways daily over her home. She lived in an era of great advancement and her life was a worthy contribution to her time. She was the last of the Delavan family, all of her brothers and sisters having preceded her in death.
At the age of 16 she joined the Christian Church at Pleasant Hill and ever lived a good and faithful life. She was a member of the Christian Church of Rawles township where her father was a pioneer minister. At the time this church was torn down and moved to Glenwood a bronze plate was erected in the Glenwood Christian Church in honor of the only living charter members. Her name was one of the few on the plate.
On January 1, 1868, at the age of 21, she was married to Abraham D. Linville, who was a soldier in the Civil War and who preceded her in death in 1877, 61 years ago, leaving her with three small sons, the youngest being two years of age. In the years immediately following she bravely battled against the hardships of rural pioneer life keeping the little family together at the farm in Rawles township, where the three sons grew to manhood and in which community they have taken their places as respected citizens. In her passing the life story of another valiant soul whose life was dedicated to self-sacrificing service for family and friends comes to an end, but the influence of her life lives on in the memory of those whose lives she blessed. It is to such pioneer mothers as she that this nation is indebted for all that is best in its modern life today.
The sons are Manford D., Ivory O., and Charles E. Linville. There are also 14 grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren, and two great great grandchildren surviving. During the past 20 years she divided her time with her three sons.
Those attending the funeral services from out of the city were Mrs. Dale Linville, Los Angeles, Calif.; Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Delavan, Mr. and Mrs. Milo Finazzo of Omaha; Mr. and Mrs. Einer Peterson, Mrs. Mildred Davis, Florence Gallagher, and Phil Minner and daughter, Marylin of Council Bluffs, and Mr. and Mrs. Vern Young of Creston.
Married Abraham Dawson Linville January 1, 1868. They had three children: Manford Delavan Linville, Ivory Orial Linville, and Charles Edward Linville; and many grandchildren and further descendants to remember them.
[Obituary provided by Mike Delavan]
Mrs. A. D. Linville, Pioneer Mother, Is Laid To Rest
Came to Mills County 76 Years Ago When Girl of 15. Lived Remainder of Life in This Community. Services Held Sunday.
Funeral services for Mrs. A. D. Linville, 91, were held in the Myers Funeral Home in Glenwood Sunday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Dow Crewdson, pastor of the Glenwood Christian Church. Those who served as flower girls were three granddaughters and one great granddaughter, Mrs. Wanda Peterson, Mrs. Milo Finazzo, Mrs. Dale Linville and Frances Plumb. Music was furnished by a quartette composed of Velma Osborne, Martha Schneckloth, Shirley Mayberry and Gerald Baker, with Miss Ruth Miller at the piano. Thos who served as pallbearers were Wade Delavan, Ralph McPherron Sr., Richard Delavan, Walter Briley, C. C. Ward and H. I. Kier.
The body was laid to rest in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Rawles Township.
Samantha E. Delavan, daughter of Alfred M. and Olive V. Delavan, was born August 27, 1847, in Morgan County, Indiana, and died at the home of her son, Ivory Linville, October 14, 1938, at the age of 91 years, one month and 17 days.
When she was but 10 years of age, her family moved to Cass County, Missouri, where they resided for five years, coming on to Iowa and locating in Rawles township in this county in 1863. At that time the county was sparsely populated and roving bands of Indians from adjoining western states were frequent visitors. The transcontinental railways had not been built. She was one of the few remaining pioneers who crossed the plains in covered wagons drawn by yokes of oxen.
Locating with her family here when a girl of 15, she continued her residence in the same community for the remaining 76 years of her life. She, like those of her generation, whose life span extended beyond the psalmist's allotment of three score years and ten, was privileged to see the greatest transformation and development ever witnessed by any generation in the history of the life of man. She saw the virgin prairie sod turned under and fields of grain transform the vast unfenced stretches of waving prairie grass. She saw the coming of the railroad, later the automobile, the surfaced highways and in these later years of her life the transcontinental mail planes have traversed the airways daily over her home. She lived in an era of great advancement and her life was a worthy contribution to her time. She was the last of the Delavan family, all of her brothers and sisters having preceded her in death.
At the age of 16 she joined the Christian Church at Pleasant Hill and ever lived a good and faithful life. She was a member of the Christian Church of Rawles township where her father was a pioneer minister. At the time this church was torn down and moved to Glenwood a bronze plate was erected in the Glenwood Christian Church in honor of the only living charter members. Her name was one of the few on the plate.
On January 1, 1868, at the age of 21, she was married to Abraham D. Linville, who was a soldier in the Civil War and who preceded her in death in 1877, 61 years ago, leaving her with three small sons, the youngest being two years of age. In the years immediately following she bravely battled against the hardships of rural pioneer life keeping the little family together at the farm in Rawles township, where the three sons grew to manhood and in which community they have taken their places as respected citizens. In her passing the life story of another valiant soul whose life was dedicated to self-sacrificing service for family and friends comes to an end, but the influence of her life lives on in the memory of those whose lives she blessed. It is to such pioneer mothers as she that this nation is indebted for all that is best in its modern life today.
The sons are Manford D., Ivory O., and Charles E. Linville. There are also 14 grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren, and two great great grandchildren surviving. During the past 20 years she divided her time with her three sons.
Those attending the funeral services from out of the city were Mrs. Dale Linville, Los Angeles, Calif.; Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Delavan, Mr. and Mrs. Milo Finazzo of Omaha; Mr. and Mrs. Einer Peterson, Mrs. Mildred Davis, Florence Gallagher, and Phil Minner and daughter, Marylin of Council Bluffs, and Mr. and Mrs. Vern Young of Creston.
[Obituary provided by Mike Delavan]
Mrs. A. D. Linville, Pioneer Mother, Is Laid To Rest
Came to Mills County 76 Years Ago When Girl of 15. Lived Remainder of Life in This Community. Services Held Sunday.
Funeral services for Mrs. A. D. Linville, 91, were held in the Myers Funeral Home in Glenwood Sunday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Dow Crewdson, pastor of the Glenwood Christian Church. Those who served as flower girls were three granddaughters and one great granddaughter, Mrs. Wanda Peterson, Mrs. Milo Finazzo, Mrs. Dale Linville and Frances Plumb. Music was furnished by a quartette composed of Velma Osborne, Martha Schneckloth, Shirley Mayberry and Gerald Baker, with Miss Ruth Miller at the piano. Thos who served as pallbearers were Wade Delavan, Ralph McPherron Sr., Richard Delavan, Walter Briley, C. C. Ward and H. I. Kier.
The body was laid to rest in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Rawles Township.
Samantha E. Delavan, daughter of Alfred M. and Olive V. Delavan, was born August 27, 1847, in Morgan County, Indiana, and died at the home of her son, Ivory Linville, October 14, 1938, at the age of 91 years, one month and 17 days.
When she was but 10 years of age, her family moved to Cass County, Missouri, where they resided for five years, coming on to Iowa and locating in Rawles township in this county in 1863. At that time the county was sparsely populated and roving bands of Indians from adjoining western states were frequent visitors. The transcontinental railways had not been built. She was one of the few remaining pioneers who crossed the plains in covered wagons drawn by yokes of oxen.
Locating with her family here when a girl of 15, she continued her residence in the same community for the remaining 76 years of her life. She, like those of her generation, whose life span extended beyond the psalmist's allotment of three score years and ten, was privileged to see the greatest transformation and development ever witnessed by any generation in the history of the life of man. She saw the virgin prairie sod turned under and fields of grain transform the vast unfenced stretches of waving prairie grass. She saw the coming of the railroad, later the automobile, the surfaced highways and in these later years of her life the transcontinental mail planes have traversed the airways daily over her home. She lived in an era of great advancement and her life was a worthy contribution to her time. She was the last of the Delavan family, all of her brothers and sisters having preceded her in death.
At the age of 16 she joined the Christian Church at Pleasant Hill and ever lived a good and faithful life. She was a member of the Christian Church of Rawles township where her father was a pioneer minister. At the time this church was torn down and moved to Glenwood a bronze plate was erected in the Glenwood Christian Church in honor of the only living charter members. Her name was one of the few on the plate.
On January 1, 1868, at the age of 21, she was married to Abraham D. Linville, who was a soldier in the Civil War and who preceded her in death in 1877, 61 years ago, leaving her with three small sons, the youngest being two years of age. In the years immediately following she bravely battled against the hardships of rural pioneer life keeping the little family together at the farm in Rawles township, where the three sons grew to manhood and in which community they have taken their places as respected citizens. In her passing the life story of another valiant soul whose life was dedicated to self-sacrificing service for family and friends comes to an end, but the influence of her life lives on in the memory of those whose lives she blessed. It is to such pioneer mothers as she that this nation is indebted for all that is best in its modern life today.
The sons are Manford D., Ivory O., and Charles E. Linville. There are also 14 grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren, and two great great grandchildren surviving. During the past 20 years she divided her time with her three sons.
Those attending the funeral services from out of the city were Mrs. Dale Linville, Los Angeles, Calif.; Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Delavan, Mr. and Mrs. Milo Finazzo of Omaha; Mr. and Mrs. Einer Peterson, Mrs. Mildred Davis, Florence Gallagher, and Phil Minner and daughter, Marylin of Council Bluffs, and Mr. and Mrs. Vern Young of Creston.
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Samantha's marker cannot be found, but it is presumed she is buried next to Abraham Dawson Linville.
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