Smith Nelson Vosseller

1834 - 1920  (85 years)

• Name	Smith Nelson Vosseller
  Born	7 Aug 1834	Montgomery Co, New York, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	10 Feb 1920	Horton, Bremer Co, Iowa, USA   [1, 2]
  Buried	Willow Lawn Cemetery, Plainfield, Bremer Co, Iowa, USA
  Person ID	I4551	Blum Genealogy
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2019

  
  

  Father	George Vosseller,   b. 10 Jul 1811,   d. 14 May 1892  (Age 80 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Olive Cook Smith,   b. 4 Oct 1812,   d. 9 Jan 1874  (Age 61 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F1586	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Emma F. Raymor,   b. 5 Aug 1850, Wayne Co, Indiana, USA ,   d. 30 Jun 1926, Horton, Bremer Co, Iowa, USA  (Age 75 years)
  Married	25 Nov 1868	Victory, Cayuga Co., NY   [2]
  Children	1. Della May Vosseller,   b. 1870,   d. 4 Feb 1965, Montana, USA  (Age 95 years)  [natural]   2. Olive M Vosseller,   b. 25 Sep 1873, Plainfield, Bremer, Iowa, USA ,   d. 28 Feb 1953, Cedar Valley Hospital, Charles City  (Age 79 years)  [natural]   3. Lula Belle Vosseller,   b. 18 Nov 1876, Maple Grove Farm, Polk Township, Bremer Co, Iowa, USA ,   d. 30 Aug 1922  (Age 45 years)  [natural]   4. J.A. Vosseller
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2019
  Family ID	F1589	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Smith Nelson Vosseller, the subject of this sketch was born in Montgomery county, New York, August the 7th 1834, and departed this life February 10, 1920 being aged 85 years, 6 months and 3 days. He was the eldest of a family of eleven children, four of whom survive, one brother of Garnet, Kan., and three sisters who reside in the state of New York. On Novetnber 25, 1868, Smith Nelson Vosseller was united in marriage, to Emma F. Raynor of Cayuga County. In 1869, this couple moved to Iowa and settled on farms near Plainfield, where they lived until 1889, when they moved to Plainfield, where they have since made their home. To this union were born four daughters, who, survive him, Della M. Taylor, of Plainfield; Ollie M. Boyd of Horton; Lulu B. Vosseller of Oakdale, Iowa; and Jessie A. Stanley of Charles City. He was a soldier in the Civil war of these United States and had suffered the affliction of the loss of his left lower limb since the year 1872. He was a devoted husband and a loving father and his character is reflected in his surviving family. Funeral services were held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Boyd in Horton at 2:00 o'clock on the afternoon of February 13th, 1920, where Mr. Vosseller had died; Rev. Arthur Woods, of the Baptist church in Horton being the officiating clergyman. Interment of the remains was made in the Willow Grove Cemetery, in Plainfield, in the locality of which Mr. Vosseller has lived all these years. Only immediate relatives and friends were in attendance at the funeral, and many floral offerings marked the passing of his long life. Obituary supplied by Richard Creger.

  
  

• Sources

  [S35] Headstone/Gravestone (year only). [S79] Obituary.