A Wilson Family Tree
Notes for Nathan Rounsley
Smith County Pioneer, 30 Mar 1922, p. 2 (obtained from Newspapers.com):
Nathan Rounsley is Dead.
Washington township lost one of its sturdiest, wealthiest citizens in the death, Saturday, of Nathan Rounsley. He had been ill for some time with a complications of troubles. Funeral services were held, Monday afternoon, in the Free Methodist church near his home, Rev. C. M. Arthur being in charge. Burial was in Fairview cemetery.
Nathan Rounsley was born in Tavistock, England, January 31, 1856 and died near Smith Center, Kans., March 25, 1922 at the age of 66 years, 1 month and 24 days. At the age of sixteen he came to America and made his home in Bloomburg [sic], Pa. In 1877 he was married to Mary Tippette, who departed this life two years after, leaving him with two children, Ralph and Charlotte, the latter dying in infancy. October 17, 1882 he married Agnes Roat and to them were born nine children, five of whom, with the wife and mother survive. The children are Will of Oberlin, Kans; Mrs. Mae Byers of Omaha, Nebr; and Fred, Harry and Alma still at home. He is also survived by four sisters and one brother, the latter, F. J. Rounsley of Birmingham, being here during the last hours of his brother. There are also six grandchildren to mourn his loss.
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