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Rozeltha Barstow

Female 1856 - Aft 1940  (> 85 years)


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  • Name Rozeltha Barstow 
    Born 1856  , Mills, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died Aft 1940  of Sterling, Jackson, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I351  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Family Joseph Jehiel Stoker,   b. 26 Apr 1846, near Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Nov 1921, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Married 22 Dec 1871  , Sarpy, Nebraska, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F296  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. Reviewed Rootsweb.com Worldconnect 5 Jun 2002.

      2. Three names appear in Ordinance Index 1.02: Rozeltha, Roseltha, and Rosetthe. I use Rozeltha because of the quote below from the Doris Lewis book in which she quotes the genealogy of all the descendants of the Rozeltha from a booklet prepared in 1971 by Rozeltha's daughter Blanche in which she uses the name "Rozeltha."

      3. Reviewed LDS Ancestral File 30 Nov 2002. Appears to have several errors including showing a death date for her on exact same day as the verified death date for her husband. Also 7 children listed, three of which show birth in Utah interspersed with children born in Iowa:
      Clara Eunice, b. 24 Jul 1872 and d. 27 Jul 1872 at Trader's Point, Pott., IA.
      Ethel Rebecca, b. 25 Oct 1873 at Wallsburgh, Wasatch, UT and d. 8 Jan 1874.
      Ada, b. 6 Nov 1875 at Trader's Point and d. 17 Mar 1876.
      Emma Blanche, b. 7 Dec 1878 at Lehi, Utah, UT and d. 19 Dec 1942.
      Joseph Clyde, b. 30 Jun 1881 at Cache Co., UT.
      Michael Ray, b. 2 Dec 1885 at Calhoun, Harrison, IA and d. 3 Jul 1896 at Persia,, IA.
      Ina Rozeltha, b. 1 Jan 1887 at Calhoun, Harrison, IA.

      4. Censuses:
      1860 US: St. Mary's Township, Mills, IA, p. 37, dwelling 204, family 155 (neighbors include Martin Ford, A.H. Bowen, and Samuel Barstow - father of Roseltha):
      Samuel Barstow, 30, farmer, $300 real estate, $200 personal property, OH.
      Ellanor, 28, IL.
      Jas. H. 5, IL
      Rosealtha, 4, IA.
      Alice J., 2, IA.
      Edgar Sheppard, 30, laborer, ??.

      1870 US: Pacific P.O., St. Mary's Township, Mills, IA, p. 107a, dwelling 36, family 35 (next door neighbors to Moroni Stoker):
      Samuel Barstow, 42 works on farm, $890, OH.
      Eleanor, 38, keeping house, IL
      James, 15, IL.
      Roselta, 14, IA.
      Alice, 12, IA.
      Hepsiba, 4, IA.
      Andrew Peterson, 24, works on farm, Prussia.

      1895 Iowa State: Hazel Dell, Pottawattamie, IA:
      Joseph J. Stoker, 48, IL.
      Rozeltel, 38, Mills Co. [IA].
      Blance, 16, UT.
      Clyde, 14, UT.
      Ray, 9, Harrison Co. [IA].
      Ina, 8, Harrison Co.
      Michael Stoker, 54, IL.

      1910 US: Council Bluffs Ward 4, Pottawattamie, Iowa, 1/1:
      James M. Barstow, 55, md. 25 years, IL OH IL, general practice physician.
      Caroline, wife, 46, md. 25 years, 4 total children 3 living, OH OH OH.
      James M., 18, son, IA IL OH
      Richard S., 14, son, IA IL OH.
      Robert W., 12, son, IA IL OH
      Eleanor, mother, 79, widowed, 5 total children all living, IL English NY
      Roseltha B. Birchard, 54, sister, widowed, 6 total children with 3 living, IA OH IL, seamstress dry goods store.

      1930 US: Medford, Jackson, Oregon:
      Edgar Bingham, 50, single, NE NY NY.
      Lucy Bingham, mother, 79, widowed, NY NY NY.
      Roseltha Burchard, servant, 74, widowed, IA OH IL.

      5. The book "The Howard Leytham Stoker Von Dollen Family Histories, "FHL 929.273 H833a, by Doris Lewis, 2017 So. 80th Ave., Omaha, Nebraska, 68124, pp. 93-98: "The wife of Joseph Jehiel Stoker was named Rozeltha. The births and deaths of their children leave a record of sadness and grief which often existed among families a hundred years ago. Twice they moved to Utah and twice they moved back to Iowa. Joseph m. Rozeltha at Trader's Point and d. Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 24, 1921 at Council Bluffs. [Children:]
      a. Clara Eunice Stoker, born 24 Jul 1872 at Trader's Point. Clara died three days later and Joseph's mother died the following Feb. Soon after Joseph and Rozeltha left for Utah.
      b. Ethel Rebecca Stoker, born 25 Oct 1873 at Wallsburgh, Wasatch Co., Utah. Ethel died the following January 8, and they then moved back to Trader's Point.
      c. Ada Stoker, born 6 Nov 1875 at Trader's Point, died in an accident the following March 17, 1876. Joseph and Rozeltha moved to Utah for the second time.
      d. Emma Blanche Stoker, b. 7 Dec 1878 at Lehi, UT, d. 1974, m. Clause Henry Ronfeldt. [The author notes that in 1971 with the help of her family, Blanche sent the author a booklet they had made listing the names and dates of her entire family from 1805-1971. This downline information of hundreds of names from Joseph Jehiel Stoker down is in this book.]
      e. Joseph Clyde Stoker, b. 30 Jun 1881 at Cache Co., UT, m. Pauline Bauerkemper.
      f. Michael Ray Stoker, b. 2 Dec 1885 at Calhoun, Harrison Co., IA, d. 3 Jul 1896 at Persia, IA.
      g. Ina Rozeltha Stoker, b. 1 Jan 1887 at Calhoun, IA, m. Nelson Pursel who was b. 3 Jan 1884 and d. 4 Mar 1964."

      6. Biographies found on the Internet at the Iagenweb site. One is of Rozeltha's brother and the other of her father:
      a. "J.M. Barstow is one of the leading physicians and surgeons of the city. He was born in Fulton Co, Illinois, September 10, 1854, son of Samuel and Eleanor (Coulson) Barstow. The latter is of English descent and a native of Illinois. Samuel Barstow was born in Muskingum Co, Ohio. He and his wife came to Mills Co, Iowa, October 1855 and settled on a farm 20 miles south of Council Bluffs and in 1871 came to Pottawattamie Co, Iowa, purchasing their present farm six miles south of Council Bluffs, where they still reside. They had three sons and two daughters, all living: James M., our subject; Rozeltha, wife of Joseph Stoker farmer of Mills Co, Iowa; Alice J., wife of Edward McIntyre farmer of Harrison Co, Iowa; Miss Ena H, Teacher in Bloomer School at Council Bluffs; Guy E, resides with is brother, Dr. Barstow. Dr. Barstow was but a year old when his parents came to Mills County, Iowa. He first attended a subscription school in a slab house in Mills, afterward the district and public schools. He also attended the Bellevue High School, of Bellevue, Nebraska, two terms; then taught during the summers and attended school during the winters; also attended college at the Methodist Seminary at Glenwood, Mills County. He then taught four years and accumulated money sufficient to take his first course of lectures at Keokuk College of Physicians and Surgeons. He continued to earn the money during vacations to pay for his tuition and expenss at the college, from which he graduated in March 1880. While a student at the Medical College, he was a very hard worker, pursuing not only the regular course of studies, but also taking private instruction from eminent members of the faculty in diseases of the eye and ear, and also in obstetrics. After his graduation he immediately began the practice of medicine in Council Bluffs, but being very ambitious of taking a high place in his profession, he took the first opportunity of going to Bellevue Medical College, New York City, where he had the advantage of the instruction, both theoretical and practical, of the most eminent physicians and surgeons of the day, and also the immense advantages of hospital practice. He graduated from this college in March 1884, having taken special instructions in practice, surgery, obstetrics and diseases of women and Children, aside from the rgular course of lectures and hospital processes. After his graduation at Bellevue, he again resumed his practice at Council Bluffs. Dr. Barstow is a member of the Presybterian church, is one of the staff of the Pottawattamie Co. Asylum for the Insane, both visiting and consulting; also of St. Bernard's Hospital. He enjoys the confidence and respect of all who know him. The doctor has been very successful in his practice, and by reason of his kindly manners and painstaking care he is well liked by his patients. Both he and his wife are popular socially. Dr. Barstow belongs to the State Medical Society, is a member of the Medical Society of the Missouri Valley and also of the Council Bluffs Medical Society and has been president of this latter society. He is in vigorous, robust health, capable of a great deal of hard work and study; honest, frank, and manly in his character and demeanor, imbued with a generous ambition and possessed of the advantages of a strong mind and thorough, practical education and training. He was united in marriage to Miss CARRIE M. Shepard, October 29, 1884. She was born in Ohio and is a daughter of Nathaniel and RUTH (Foutz) Shepard. Dr. and Mrs. Barstow have one child, Ruth." Source: Biographical History of Pottawattamie County Iowa, by The Lewis Publishing Company, 1891; page 583.
      b. "Samuel Barstow is a native of Muskingum Co, Ohio, born August 18, 1829, five miles north of Zanesville, the son of Samuel and Alvira (Woodruff) Barstow, natives of Maine and Ohio respectively. The mother died May 5, 1840 and the father died at Farmington, Illinois, in 1867. They had a family of 7 children of whom only 5 still survive; Warren H., deceased in Illinois; George W. of Licking Co, Ohio; Willis of Cleveland, Ohio; Samuel, our subject; Anthony H, deceased; Martha, wife of M.W. Spaulding, residing in Tecumseh, Nebraska; Stephen of Farmington, Illinois; and Sarah A., deceased in infancy. Mr. Barstow was again married, this time ot Mary L. Jet, of Ohio, who died in 1889, at Farmington, Illinois. By this marriage there were 7 children: Judson, who died in Andersonville prison after having been wounded at the battle of Chickahominy Swamps. He was first taken to Libby prison, thence to Andersonville, where he died of abuse and neglect; Elvira, deceased, wife of M.W. Spaulding of Tecumseh, Nebraska; Henry, deceased in Illinois; Eliza, a resident of Farmington, Illinois; Ann, deceased; Milton, deceased; Ross, a resident of Farmington. Samuel Barstow Jr. our subject, was reared in his native county and remained at home until he had attained his majority. He was brought up to farm life and received his education in the old log schoolhouse of those days. Sept 19, 1853, he removed to Fulton Co., Illinois, where he remained a short time and then removed to Peoria Co., working at whatever presented itself, farming being his principal occupation. He was married Nov 24, 1853, to Eleanor A. Caulson, daughter of William S. and Hephzibah (Eno) Caulson, natives of England and New York. The mother, born in Michigan in 1804, still resides in the state of Washington, near Olympia. The father died in 1844 at age 43 years. They had a family of 10 children, of whom 7 still survive: Hannah T., wife of Ambrose Clark, of Union County Oregon; Sarah Ann, widow of J.W. Clark, residing in Mills County, Iowa; William P., deceased in Mexico; Mary O., deceased, was the wife of Charles Davis of Exeter, Nebraska; Eleanor A., wife of the subject of this sketch; Jakie, a resident of California; Imle E., of Cordelan Mines, Idaho; Emeline, widow of J.S. Sherwood, of the state of Washington; Henry S., also of Washington. Eleanor, wife of our subject, was born in Peoria Co., Illinois, near Peoria city, January 29, 1832, where she was reared and married. In the fall of 1855 they came to Iowa and located in Mills County, where Mr. Barstow purchased a pre-emption right of raw prairie, with no improvements whatever. Here they made their home for 8 years and improved 80 acres. In 1863 they returned to Illinois, where they spent one year, and then returned to Iowa, spending four years in Mills Co.; returned to Peoria and spent one year, and again returned to Mills Co. In April 1872 they located on their present farm of 40 acres on the southwest quarter of section 31, Lewis township, Pottawattamie Co. Here they at once commenced improvements, erected a small residence, 16 X 21, and one and a half stories high. They made their home here for several years, when they removed to their present residence. Mr. Barstow has added to his first purchase until he now has 160 acres of finely improved land, the most of which he has done himself. When they landed in Iowa they had nothing but pluck and energy, but by close application they have secured for themselves a comfortable home. He devotes himself principally to farming and stock-raising. Politically he is a stanch Republican, taking an active part in all of the political work of the county. He has held the office of Justice of the peace and Road Supervisor, and while in Mills Co. he was chosen as Supervisor of the county two terms. Mr. and Mrs. Barstow are members of the Christian Church, of which he is an ordained elder. They have five children: James M., born Sept 1854, a practicing physician of Council Bluffs; Roseltha, wife of Joseph Stoker, residing at Mills Co.; Alice J., born January 20, 1858, wife of Edward P. McIntyre, of Harrison Co., Iowa; Hepsie E., born Sept 15, 1865, is a teacher in the public schools of Council Bluffs; Elvira, deceased; Guy E., born July 28, 1873, is at home." Source: Biographical History of Pottawattamie County Iowa, by The Lewis Publishing Company, 1891; page 245.

      BIRTH:
      1. Online Ordinance Index gives about 1850 of Trader's Point, Pottawattamie, Iowa; however, interpolating from father's 1891 biography, it appears more likely that birth was about 1856 in Mills Co., IA. 1870 census confirms age 14 in 1870 with birth in Iowa.

      MARRIAGE:
      1. Online Ordinance Index provides the date of 22 Dec 1871 and location as Sarpy Co. in Nebraska. The Doris Lewis book cited in biography above gives no date and marriage place as Trader's Point, IA, which is same place, just on the Iowa side of the Missouri River. Directly opposite across the river from Trader's Point is Sarpy's Ferry. Lewis' book shows that by 1912, the Missouri River had changed course moving east putting Trader's Point onto the Nebraska side.

      2. She remarried to Newell C. Birchard 2 January 1904 Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa.

      DEATH:
      1. Based on the 1930 census.