Lehigh Dakan

Leigh Dakan

PARENTS: Ebenezer Dakan and Elizabeth Sheffer

OBITUARY:
DAKAN - Lehigh DAKAN, a farmer located on section 17, Union Township, moved to the farm on which he now lives in the spring of 1876. His farm consists of one hundred and twenty acres, paying $8.65 per acre. He built a house 22 x 28 feet, with a wing 12 x 16 feet; dug a well, erected out buildings, put up a windmill, and set out an orchard of one hundred trees. He has added to his farm until it now contains two hundred and eighty acres.

Our subject was born March 17, 1840, in Ohio. He is a son of Ebenezer and Elizabeth (SHAFFER) DAKAN, who had five children.

Our subject lived at home, until about twenty years of age, when he enlisted in Company E, Thirty-eight Ohio Infantry, and was in the Army of the Cumberland, under Gen. Thomas, and remained in the army until May, 1864. He was in the battles of Mill Spring, Murfreesboro, the siege of Vicksburg and other engagements. He served under his original enlistment until April 4, 1863, and was discharged at St. Louis, Mo., and was then appointed captain of Company K, Mississippi Marine Brigade, by Edwin M. Stanton, then Secretary of War. He served in this capacity until May, 1874, when he was discharged at Vicksburg, Miss.

Upon his return home he went to farming, coming to Harrison County [Iowa] in 1876.

Politically Mr. DAKAN is a Republican, "first, last and all the time."

He was married March 29, 1868 to Adaline LINCOLN, daughter of Thomas and Rachel (KAY) LINCOLN, natives of Ohio, who had seven children.

Mr. and Mrs. Dakan are the parents of four children -- William L., born April 29, 1869; Nellie A., December 22, 1870; Harry L., July 22, 1874, and Pearl, September 27, 1885.
(Source: 1891 Harrison County Iowa History, page 364, 365)
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DEATH: 15 Feb 1909, Logan, Harrison Co., IA, buried in Logan Cemetery.

FINDAGRAVE: Memorial# 39537107
25 February 2016

Friend Richmond

Friend Richmond

PARENTS: Nelson Richmond and Mary Abigail Siburt

SPOUSE: Julia Jane Dakan

OCCUPATION: Worked for Fostoria Glass in Moundsville, WV.

MARRIAGE: 13 Feb 1909 at New Martinsville, WV by Adam Siburt.

OBITUARY:
Friend Richmond died in Glendale hospital [Glen Dale, Marshall Co., WV] at 6:05 this Saturday morning after a long illness. He was born in [Halls Mills] Wetzel county, July 6, 1877, the son of Nelson and Abbie Siburt Richmond.

Surviving are his wife, Janie Dakan Richmond; four sons, James Floyd, Oren and Robert, all of Wheeling, RD 2 and Elmer at home; one daughter, Mrs. Bertha Hill of eastern Fourth street; 14 grandchildren; one sister Mrs. Rachel Batton of Paden City; and many nieces and nephews.

He was a member of the Ash Avenue Church of God.

The body is at the Riggs funeral home. It will be taken Monday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock to the Ash Avenue Church of God, where service will be held at 2:30. Rev Wyatt Weeks, church pastor, will officiate, and interment will be in Greenlawn Memorial Park, New Martinsville.
(Source: "Moundsville Daily Echo", 6 APR 1957 - Furnished by T. Vernon Anderson)

COMMENT: Not found in the SSDI

FINDAGRAVE: Memorial# 126575076

24 February 2016

Julia Jane (Dakan) Richmond

Julia Jane (Dakan) Richmond

PARENTS: Peter Dakan and Jemina Lemasters

AKA: Julia Jane Dakan; Janie Dakan in the obituary of her husband; Julia Jane Dakon.

HISTORY:
Daughter of Peter Dakan and Jemima Lemasters. Julia married Friend Richmond in 1909 in Wetzel Co., WV. He predeceased her. Julia was a member of the Ash Avenue Church of God, Moundsville. Surviving are four sons, one daughter, one brother, three sisters, fifteen grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
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OBITUARY:
Mrs. Julia Jane Dakan Richmond, 75, of 16 Drummond St, Moundsville, died Saturday evening [1 Jan 1966] at Reynolds Memorial Hospital. She was born July 9, 1890, in Wileyville, [Wetzel Co.,] WV, the daughter of the late Peter and Jimima Lemasters Dakan. She was a member of the Ash Avenue Church of God, Moundsville.

Her husband, Friend Richmond, died in 1957.

Surviving are four sons, Rev. James F. of Moundsville, Oren F. and Robert D. both of Glendale Heights, and Elmer , at home; one daughter, Mrs Bertha Hill of Grandview Heights, Moundsville; one brother, James L. of Sonoma, CA, three sisters, Mrs. Edith Harlan of Steelton, WV; and Miss Mary C. Dakan and Mrs. Maude Cacioppo, both of Akron; 15 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Friends will be received at the Kirby Funeral Home, 118 Grant avenue 7-9 pm this Monday evening.

On Tuesday at 1 pm the remains will be taken to the Ash Avenue Church of God where services will be held at 2 pm with Rev Howard W Rush officiating. Burial will be in Greenlawn Memorial Cemetery, New Martinsville.
(Source: "Moundsville Daily Echo", 3 JAN 1966 - Furnished by T. Vernon Anderson)

SSN:
Individual: Richmond, Julia
Issued in: West Virginia or North Carolina
Birth date: Jul 9, 1890
Death date: Jan 1966
Residence code: West Virginia
[Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 2 L-Z, Ed. 7, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Date of Import: Dec 15, 2000, Internal Ref. #1.112.7.76501.15]

FINDAGRAVE: Memorial# 126575176
23 February 2016

John Fremont Dakan

John Fremont Dakan

PARENTS: William Dakan and Angeline Texas Ashley

RESIDENCES: Harris Grove, IA; Mitchell Co., KS; Norton Co., KS; Chase Co., NE; Beaver City, NE.

MARRIAGE: Married to Amanda Elizabeth Sorey [prior to Feb 1890] and to Amanda Ellen (Moore) Sorey [17 Sep 1899]

RELATIONSHIP: Amanda Ellen Moore was the widow of William A. Sorey.  William was the brother of Amanda Elizabeth Sorey.  Amanda Elizabeth Sorey was the first wife of John Fremont Dakan. John Fremont Dakan married, second, the widow, Amanda Ellen (Moore) Sorey.
(Furnished by Richard E. Henthorn)

MARRIAGE:
John F. Dakan and Amanda [Ellen (Moore)] Sorey
License number 110. Issue date 9/14/1899; Marriage date 9/19/1899.
(Source: The Norton Co, KS Marriage Registration (Book D pg 110))
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CHILDREN: John Fremont Dakan and Amanda Elizabeth Sorey had six children.  Three died in infancy.  [From his obituary]
(Furnished by Richard E. Henthorn)

OBITUARY:
John Fremont Daken, son of William and Angeline Dakan was born at Harris Grove, [Harrison Co.,] IA., May 31, 1856 and passed away at the Oxford Hospital [Oxford, Furnas Co., NE] October 2, 1950 at the age of 94 years, four months and two days.

He lived in Iowa until the spring of 1879 when he went to Mitchell county Kansas. Living there a year he returned to Iowa where he lived until April 1886, when he moved to Norton county, Kansas.

He was united in marriage to Miss Amanda Elizabeth Sorey at Blair, Nebr. To this union six children were born. Everett S. living at Baldwin Park, Calif., and Elsie Verna and Homer G. who with three children who died in infancy, preceded him in death.

After living in Norton county for two years Mr. Dakan moved to Chase county, Nebr., where the family lived until Aug. 1893, when he and the family moved to Beaver City, Nebr., which has since been his home.

His first wife passed to the Great Beyond Oct., 2, 1898.

On Sept., 17, 1899 he was united in marriage to Mrs. Amanda Ellen Sorey, formerly Miss Amanda Ellen Moore. To this union six children were born; Thelma Copeland of North Platte; Blanche Irdine Leitner of Traer, Kans., William L. Dakan of Kansas City; Veda Guffy of Fort Morgan, Colo.; Nellie Uehlin of Caldwell, Ida. and Wayne D. Dakan of Sacramento, Calif.
[Note: After the death of his first wife he married the widow (Amanda Ellen Moore Sorey) of his first wife's brother.]

His second wife passed away Sept. 27, 1949 at the family home in Beaver City.

Mr. Dakan united with the Methodist church late in life and was a faithful witness for his Lord to the last. He was a loving father and loved by every one who knew him.

Funeral services were held Wednesday, October 4 at the Methodist church with Rev. T.E. Smith and Rev. George Goodwin officiating. Mrs. Gene Shafer and Mrs. Irma Fleming sang My Glory on the Cross, Asleep in Jesus and Rock of Ages, accompanied by George Shafer, Jr. Pall bearers were Mearl Shellenbarger, William Boop, C.O. Lamb, Carl Smith, Henry Allen and Byron Courtright. Honorary pallbearers were S.J. Price, W.S. Fleming, O.J. Carr and Will Smith. Interment was made in Mt. Hope Cemetery.
(Source: Times-Tribune, Beaver City, Furnas Co., NE dtd Oct 12, 1950 - shared on FindAGrave by James Moore)
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BURIAL: Block 7, Lot 14, Space 2
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FINDAGRAVE: Memorial# 108985780
21 February 2016