Monday, January 26, 2009

Ira Melzine Patrick [1869-1942]

  Ira Melzine Patrick was born in Poweshiek County, Iowa, 9 November 1869, son of William Moderal Patrick and Elizabeth Jane Hardin, died at his home in Seymour, Wayne County, Iowa, 9 September 1942 (his fifty-first wedding anniversary), and was buried in Eaton Cemetery, Unionville, Appanoose County, IA, following funeral services from the Miller Funeral Home in Centerville conducted by the Rev. J. A. Wilson and graveside services conducted by Willis Scott for the Unionville Masonic Lodge.
  He married at the home of her parents in Unionville, Appanoose County, Iowa, 9 September 1891, Jennie Iantha Hunt, who was born near Unionville, Appanoose County, Iowa, 18 December 1870, daughter of Amblin Wyman Hunt and Lydia Martha Dukes, died 28 April 1944 in Centerville, Appanoose County, Iowa and was buried in the Eaton Cemetery, Unionville, Appanoose County, Iowa. 
  He came with his parents to Appanoose County at the age of six years. Most of his life was spent in Appanoose and Wayne counties, except two years he lived in Colorado. He resided on a farm near Seymour (west of Jerome) for twenty-two years (1916-1938), after which he moved to Seymour.
Their Farmhouse Near Seymour in Later Years
  He was a member of the U. B. church and the A. F. & A. M. Lodge of Unionville, Iowa, and the Eastern Star Chapter of Seymour, Iowa.
  Six children were born of this union:
  01.  Rhoda Estella Patrick was born in Appanoose County, IA, 25 July 1892, died in Unionville, Appanoose County, IA, 16 August 1893, and was buried in the Eaton Cemetery in Unionville following funeral services conducted by the Rev. Ireland of the Methodist Church.
  02.  Martha Jane Patrick was born in Appanoose County, IA, 24 August 1893, died at the Golden Age Manor in Centerville, Appanoose County, IA, 2 December 1972, and was buried in the Unionville Cemetery, Appanoose County, IA, following funeral services from the Unionville Baptist Church with the Rev. Paul Lobb officiating.  She married in Seymour, Wayne County, IA, 8 October 1917, to Perry Cross who was born in Appanoose County, IA, 26 April 1891, son of John Clinton "Jack" Cross and Julia Ann Wood, died in Appanoose County, IA, 3 December 1961, and was buried in the Unionville Cemetery, Appanoose County, IA.  Six children were born of this union: Arthur Burdette Cross (2 June 1918), Dolly Agnes Cross (25 June 1921), Robert Patrick Cross (19 January 1923), Donald LeRoy Cross (9 August 1924), Lois Arlene Cross (20 June 1926), and John Melzine Cross (10 June 1928).
  03.  Clyde Minten Patrick was born in Unionville, Appanoose County, IA, 3 March 1895, and died in Perry, Dallas County, IA, 18 September 1982.  He was married in Bagley, Guthrie County, IA, 5 October 1920, to Maude Evelyn Brain who was born in Bagley, Guthrie County, IA, 16 October 1895, daughter of George Brain and Rose Day, died in Perry, Dallas County, IA, 13 June 1974, and was buried in the Dodge Cemetery, Bagley, Guthrie County, IA, following services at the Fouch Funeral Home in Perry, IA, with Dallas Moody officiating.  One child was born to this union: Illa R. Patrick (26 February 1922).
  04.  Lora Geneva Patrick was born in Unionville, Appanoose County, IA, 6 November 1896.
  05.  Ward Taylor Patrick was born 9 June 1900, died 10 November 1906, and was buried in the Eaton Cemetery, Unionville, Appanoose County, IA, following funeral services at the home of his parents conducted by Rev. J. W. Carson of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
  06.  Florence Ruth Patrick was born 10 January 1911, died in Unionville, Appanoose County, IA, 26 March 1911, and was buried in the Eaton Cemetery, Unionville, Appanoose County, IA, following services conducted by Rev. Hamilton, pastor of the Baptist Church.
Children's Gravestone
in Eaton Cemetery, Unionville, Iowa
Gravestone in Eaton Cemetery
Unionville, Appanoose County, Iowa
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Additional Sources
--Marriage Records, Appanoose County, Iowa, Book 10, Page 571: Iantha Hunt, 20, to I. M. Patrick, 21, September 9, 1891, by H. H. McNair, at the brides residence; app. by F. H. Buckmaster. 
--Iowa Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990: Florence R. Patrick, female, single, born 19 Jan 1911 in Iowa, died 26 Mar 1911 in Unionville, Udell Township, Appanoose County, IA, buried 27 Mar 1911, father: I. M. Patrick, mother: Iantha Hunt; FamilySearch.org: Indexing Project Number: B75146-8, System Origin: Iowa-EASy, Source Film Number: 1673930.

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