The Shemwell Family

Nancy A Troutman (nee Cox, Morrison) Obituary and Family Listing They had 7 children: Peter, John Logan, Elmer, Charles S., Roy N., Jacob Howard, Asa Burton, Bertie A. After his death she married Charles E. Morrison, son of Joel and Mary Ann Morrison, on January 29, 1889 in Macon County, Illinois. BURIAL OF MRS. MORRISON // Funeral Services Held Thursday at the Sharon Church The remains of Mrs. Nancy A. Morrison, who died at her home in Woolstock, Ia., last Sunday, Feb. 23, were interred at Wyckles cemetery yesterday. The funeral services were held at Sharon church and were conducted by Rev. H. C. Gibbs, pastor of the First M. E. Church. The music was by a quartet, consisting of Miss Lida Sawyer, Miss Bessie Sawyer, Mr. Benjamin Park and Mr. Jesse Whittmer. The services were impressive and a very large congregation of old friends and neighbors were present. The floral offerings were very beautiful and numerous. Mrs. Morrison was born and raised in the neighborhood where her remains now repose. She was born Aug. 13, 1850, the daughter of the late Samuel Cox and was married to Joseph W. Troutman March 1, 1866. To them were born seven children, two of whom, a son and daughter, died in fancy. The children who survive her are: Elmer, Charles S., Roy N., Howard and Bertie A., all of whom reside in Macon county. The husband Joseph W. Troutman, died in 1884 near Wyckles, where the family resided. In 1889 Mrs. Troutman married Charles E. Morrison, who at the time was also a resident of this county. In March 1899, Mrs. Morrison and her husband left Macon county and took up their residence in Woolstock, Ia., where they made many friend Both were prominent in church work and in Odd Fellowship in their new home. Mrs. Morrison died suddenly. She had retired for the night and shortly after rising to a sitting posture in the bed she said to her husband she had a sensation of smothering. He arose at once to get her some water, when she said "Good bye, I am going this time," and was dead. As soon as her death was announced the local lodge of the Rebekah degree, of which she was a member, at once took charge of the body, and with the Odd Fellows, cared for it until it was removed. Charles S. Troutman who resides a few miles west of this city, as soon as he heard of his mother's death, at once went to Woolstock and brought the body home to be buried where her children live. Mr. Troutman speaks in the highest praise of the respect shown his mother by the people of Woolstock. He says that on the day of the services there over the body the banks and stores were closed and the people of the town with the Odd Fellows, turned out to pay their last tribute of respects to his dead mother. The kindness of the people, he says, could not have been excelled and he shall always remember them kindly for their beautiful conduct. Decatur Herald (Decatur, Illinois), February 28, 1902, pg5 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24411856/nancy_a_troutman

Asa-Inez-Barbara Troutman Obituary and Family Listing DECATUR HERALD 1/15/1931 A. C. BURTON TROUTMAN,21 WAS THE SON OF MR. AND MRS.ELMER TROUTMAN, 1535 E PRAIRIE STREET. HE DIED IN ST. MARYS HOSPITAL AT 8:40 OCLOCK THURSDAY MORNING. HE WAS BORN IN OXFORD, KAN, JULY 26, 1909. HE CAME TO DECATUR WITH HIS PARENTS IN 1911 AND HAD LIVED HERE SINCE THAT TIME. HE ATTENDED SCHOOL IN DECATUR IN BOTH DENNIS AND DURFEE SCHOOLS. HE ENLISED IN THE NAVY IN 1927 AND SERVED A FULL TWO YEARS ENLISTMENT PERIOD. HE WAS MARRIED TO IEZ LOWRY A YEAR AND A HALF AGO. HE LEAVES HIS PARENTS, TWO BROTHER AND THREE SISTERS, FRANCIS C. TROUTMAN AND CHARLES EDWARD TROUTMAN, DECATUR, MRS. FAY SCOTT, MRS. ELOISE BUTLER AND GLENDORA TROUTMAN, ALL OF DECATUR. THE BODY WAS TAKEN TO J. J. MORAN & SONS FUNERAL HOME. OBITUARY FURNISHED BY JANET DONNER DECATUR HERALD 1/16/1931 HUNDREDS FILED PAST THE THREE CASKETS IN WHICH THE FOUR EAST DECATUR STREET FIRE VICTIMS LAY FRIDAY MORNING IN THE J. J. MORAN & SONS CHAPEL. THERE WAS A. C. BURTON TROUTMANS BODY, SHROUDED IN THE AMERICAN FLAG IN RECOGNITION OF HIS SERVICES IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY. THERE WAS MRS. TROUTMAN AND BESIDE HER N THE CASKET, THE SIX MONTHS OLD BABY BARBARA JEAN, FOR WHOM SHE AND HER HUSBAND HAD GIVEN THEIR LIVES WHEN FIRE ENVELOPED THE ROOM IN WHICH THE BABY WAS SLEEPING. AND THE THIRD CASKET WAS THAT OF FRANCIS LOWRY, 16 YEARS OLD BROTHER OF THE MOTHER, WHO WAS FATALLY BURNED WHEN HE BECAME LOST IN THE BURNING HOUSE WHILE VISITING HIS SISTER. WINDOWS IN THE MORAN CHAPEL WERE REMOVED SO THAT THE OVERFLOW FROM THE CHAPEL MIGHT SIT IN THE CORRIDORS AND HEAR AND SEE THE SERVICES WHICH WERE CONDUCTED FRIDAY AFTERNOON AT 2 OLCOCK. EVERY AVAILABLE SPACE WAS FILLED AS REV. STANLEY A MACDONELL AND REV. VERNE OGLESBY OPENED THE SERVICES. FOR THE FATHER THERE WERE MILITARY BEARERS, IN THE UNIFORM OF THEIR SERVICE AND AN HONORARY GROUP, COMPOSED OF THE SIX MEN WHO HAD BEEN PALS SINCE BOYHOOD. THEY HAD ALWAYS WORKED TOGETHER, PLAYED TOGETHER. FOR THE MOTHER, BABY AND BOY THERE WERE UNIFORMED POLICE IN HONOR OF W. ROSE ADAMS, POLICE PATROLMAN WHO WAS THE GRANDFATHER OF THE MOTHER. TWENTY UNIFORMED POLICE ATTENDED IN A BODY AND A FULL CORPS OF MOTORCYCLE POLICE ESCORTED THE FUNERAL PARTY. SONS IN THE SERVICES WERE SUNG BY A QUARTET COMPOSED OF MRS. C. C. NICHOLS, MRS. W. R. ESSICK, ELMER LYONS AND ELDON GEIGER. HONORARY BEARERS, FRIENDS OF THE FATHER WERE: MAC AND LEM RAY, JOHN MCMAHON, HOMER ETCHINSON, JESS HOLT AND ARNOLD CLINE. OBITUARY FURNISHED BY JANET DONNER https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16382072/ace-burton-troutman

Charles Stephen Troutman Obituary and Family Listing Charles S. Troutman, 71, of rural route 3, died in his home at 4:30 a. m. yesterday. He was born in Harristown township on Oct. 2, 1873, the son of. Joseph W. and Nancy Ann Cox Troutman. Mr. Troutman was a farmer and auctioneer. He was a member of the Sharon Methodist church. On Oct. 20, 1908 he married Miss Bertha H. Goodrich. He leaves his wife; two sons. Earl B., Madison, Wis, Howard, rural route 3. Decatur; one daughter, Mrs. Mary E. Perry, Chicago, Ill., a granddaughter. Helen T. Landacre and a niece, Helen Goodrich, both of whom live at the Troutman home. Two brothers, Elmer and J. H. Troutman, both of rural route 3. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p. m. tomorrow in the Dawson & Wikoff funeral home. Burial will be in Harristown cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 12 p. m. today. Published in the Herald and Review (Decatur, IL) on Monday, September 10, 1945. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38306778/charles_stephen_troutman

Roy Nelson Troutman Obituary and Family Listing Roy Troutman, Harristown farmer for more than 40 years, died in the home of L. F. Emerick, Harristown township, Saturday morning. Mr. Troutman was born in Harristown on Feb. 7, 1875. He had passed his entire life in and near that town and had always been a farm laborer. He leaves three brothers, Elmer and C. S. Troutman, Decatur; and Howard Troutman, Harristown. He had been working for Mr. Emrick since September. The body was taken to the Dawson & Wikoff funeral home where funeral services will be Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Burial will be in Harristown cemetery. Decatur Evening Herald (Decatur, Illinois), February 15, 1930, pg3 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40310894/roy-n-troutman