Obituary

  Edwin Northup, Sr., died at his home south of Nodaway at 1:25 o'clock on Friday afternoon, November 24, 1933, at the age of 77 years. He had been in failing health for the past year and a half as the result of a stroke. Mr. Northup was born on October 1, 1856, at Kinney Grove, near Victor, Iowa. He was one of the 15 children that came to bless the home of Nathaniel and Harriet Sherlock Northup. Mr. Northup was married on November 6, 1883, to Miss Hester Coglin, at Oxford, Iowa. Six children were born to this union, all of them still living.
  Mr. Northup and his wife went to farming in Douglas township in Audubon county, living there until March, 1901, at which time they moved to a farm south of Nodaway. They lived there for seven years and then moved to a farm near Villisca, staying there until March of 1925, moving back to a farm on the old home place south of Nodaway where he resided until his death. Mrs. Northup preceded him in death on August 28, 1930, in the present home. He was also preceded in death by eight brothers and sisters, five of the eight dying in infancy.
  Mr. Northup leaves to mourn his death, five sons, Ralph, Tim, Roy and Arthur, all of Nodaway; Edwin, Jr., of Lamoni, Iowa; one daughter, Mrs. J. W. Kerf, of Iowa City, Iowa; five brothers, Dick, of Ross, Iowa; George and Harry, of Audubon, Iowa, Homer of New Ramer, Colorado; Jase, of Denver, Colorado; and three sisters, Mrs. Frank Hockum, of Opportunity, Wash.; Mrs. Martha Oxer, of Franklin, Nebr.; Mrs. Brenton Sharp, of Dow City, Ia.; and 22 grandchildren, four great-grandchildren and a host of relatives and friends.
  Mr. Northup will be remembered for his fair and honest dealing in every business transaction which he performed, his devotion to the highest ideals of public welfare and his living regard and care for his home and his children who finally cared for him in his last days.
  Funeral service were held from the home Monday, November 27th at 2:00 p. m. and interment made in the Calvary cemetery beside his wife.
(Adams County Free Press, Thursday, November 30, 1933)

Notes: Should be Coglan, not Coglin. Victor is in Iowa County, Iowa and Oxford is in Johnson County, Iowa.