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Asel Frederick Heath is a son of Sidney Heath
In 1860 Asel is living with his family in Clover, Henry County, IL.
In 1861 Asel is listed in a city directory as living in Davenport, IO and working as a book keeper.
In 1870 Asel is listed in the census as living in Bannock, Beaverhead, MT.
His wife and children are listed as living in Fond du Lac, WI.
In 1880 Asel is listed in the census as living in Lynn, Sioux, IO with his wife and family.
Asel was appointed Postmaster of Spirit Lake, Dickinson County, IA 22 Sep 1885.
In 1885 a census was taken in Iowa and at that time Asel F. Heath was living in section 8 of Center Grove Township, Dickinson
County, Iowa. Center Grove Township is highlighted in red in the Dickinson County IO map below.
On the Center Grove map you can see section 8, a one square mile area comprising 640 acres, below the name "Spirit Lake",
and near "Center Lake". This is where Asel was living in 1880.
The book "History of Emmet and Dickinson County, Iowa; a record of settlement
organization, progress and achievement" contains the following which shows that Asel was Postmaster
of the city of Spirit Lake in 1880:
"The first attempt
at instituting another paper after the Beacon was established was in 1880, when Carl Eastwood started the Dickinson County
Journal. It was a republican sheet. In 1884 the Eastwood brothers, then proprietors, sold the plant to J. 0. Stewart. Mr.
Stewart made the paper an editorial success, but a financial failure, and in 1885 the paper went into the hands of C. H. Ayers
and A. F. Heath, who changed its name and politics, entitling
it the Spirit Lake Democrat. Heath was at that time postmaster. The paper, notwithstanding the fact that it had the support
of the administration, soon became heavily in debt and was sold at sheriff's sale."
Asel and his wife Frances have the following four
children:
1. De Forrest Weal Heath
Born 3 May 1854 Lousiana
Died 29 Jan
1936 St. Petersburg, Pinellas, FL
Married Agnes Collier 21 Jul 1898 in Chicago IL - Born
about 1855 in England
- Married H. A. Cox 25 Mar 1874 Chicago, Cook County, IL (He died abt 1897)
- Died 18 Sep 1926 in Chicago, Cook County, IL
- Buried Rose Hll Cemetery
Agnes Collier apparently
was a stay-at-home wife when the Chicago census was taken in 1880. She was living with her husband H. A. Cox and her
mother, Sarah Collier, age 50. Her husband was 30 and she was 25. This census record proves that her maiden name
was Collier and she was first married to H. A. Cox before marrying De Forrest Heath at age 38.
However, by 1885, as the below history of music in the Chicago public school system tells us, she was named
"Assistant to the special teacher of vocal music", Mrs. Orlando Blackman who was in charge of the High, Grammar, and Primary
schools of Chicago.
Agnes went on to lead the music education
program for all Chicago schools until she died in 1926. I've highlighted in yellow her name that appears frequently
in the below history.
The History and Development... by Larry Feldhaus
2. Edward (Ned Francis) Heath
- Born 23 Mar 1855 Woodhull, Henry County, IL
- Died 20 Jun 1918 Josephine County, OR
- Buried Forest View Cemetery, Forest Grove, Washington County, OR
- Married Frances Smith Aug 1885 Denver CO
- Born 4 Oct 1835 Ireby, Cumberland, England
- Died 26 May 1900
Holton, Jackson, KS
Washington County News Times, 4 Jul 1918 Ned Heath, aged 62 years, died last Sunday near Grants Pass where he was an employee
of a mining company. Born in Woodhull, Ill. in 1856 and in
1885 married at Galva, Ill. to Miss Frances Smith who survives. With his wife he came to Forest Grove about seven years ago.
Mr. Heath leaves two brothers, DeForest and Fred Heath of Ill.
Forest Grove Express, 4 Jul 1918.
Ned Francis Heath died Sunday morning while on the way to his work as a civil engineer at Crome Mines near Grants Pass.
Born in Woodhull, Ill. March 23, 1856. He was sent to Australia and New Zealand where he introduced Walter A. Wood machinery.
About 16 years ago to Eastern Oregon where he followed mining for about five years, then to Nevada spending about five years
there and then to Forest Grove about six years ago in 1912.
Mr. Heath was a member of the Mason Lodge. He married Frances Smith at Denver, Colo. In August 1885 by whom he is survived.
He had no children. Mrs. Heath's brother, Mack Smith, worked for the same company at Grants Pass. (Long story of his live).
3. Asel Frederick Heath, Jr. Born 8 Jan
1858 NE Died 30 Apr 1936 Sheldon, O'Brien County, IA Married Edith M. Colton 27
Jul 1907 in Sheldon, O'Brien County, IA
Asel's occupation is listed as Printer in the 1885 Iowa census.
Asel and
his wife Edith May Colton have the following two children:
1. Ada Frances Heath - Born 23 Mar 1884 Spirit Lake, Dickinson, IA
- Died 22 Sep 1977
- Buried East Lawn Cemetery, Sheldon, O'Brien County, IA
- Married Carl
Orson Button
- Born 29 Oct 1885
- Died 30 Mar 1961
- Buried East Lawn Cemetery, Sheldon,
O'Brien County, IA
Ada and her husband Carl have
the following children:
1. Robert Orson Button
- Born 5 Jul 1908 Sheldon, O'Brien, IA
- Died 7 Dec 1997 Marshalltown, Marshall, IA
- Married
Caroline Lockwood 8 Jun 1938 in Baltimore MD
- Born 29 Sep
1910 Rock Rapids, Lyon County, IA
- Died 5 May 2005 Marshalltown,
Marshall County, IA
Robert and Caroline
have three children. 2. Richard Edward Button
Born 28 Aug 1912 Sheldon, O'Brien, IA Died 22 Oct 2004 Port Angeles, Clallam, WA Married Grace Alexina Campbell 17 Sep 1937
3. Barbara Ada Button
- Born 11 Mar 1914 Sheldon, O'Brien, IA
- Died 28 Feb 2016 St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
- Married
George Roy Patterson
- Born 26 Sep 1938 Fredericton, York,
New Brunswick, Canada
- Died 28 Dec 2003, Ontario, Canada
Obituaries from St. Catharines, Ontario,
Canada
PATTERSON,
George Roy, B.A., B.Acc. C.A. _ Peacefully,
after a brief illness, at the St. Catharines General Hospital on Sunday, December 28, 2003, in his 92nd year. George. loving husband of Barbara. George was born in Regina, Saskatchewan and is pre
deceased by his parents George E. and Edith Harris Patterson and his brother Lewis. Cremation has taken place. A Memorial Service will be held
at St. Paul St. United Church, 366 St. Paul St. on Friday, January 2, 2004 at 11:00 a.m. Remembrances to St . Paul St. United Church would be appreciated
by the family. Arrangements entrusted to PASSFIELD MORTUARY SERVICES,
905-682-0474 Barbara Bunton Patterson
Barbara Button Patterson was born in Sheldon, Iowa on March 11, 1914 and died
on February 28, 2016, surrounded by friends, at West Park Health Centre in St. Catharines.
Wife of the late George R. Patterson (2003), a well known Canadian artist. Predeceased by her parents Ada and Carl
Orson Button, and her brothers Dick and Bob Button.
Beloved
friend, mentor, teacher, aunt and great aunt, she is survived by her nieces Linda Button (Port Angeles, WA), and Judy Oswood
(Jay) (Marshalltown, IA), and nephews Rick Button (Anna) (Anchorage, AK), Jim Button (Linda) (Effingham, IL), and Bob Button
Jr. (Nancy) (Charlottesville, VA).
Barbara was a gifted
musician, athlete, and social service leader. She was a professional singer in Canada and the United States, and a much loved
music teacher in the Ontario Conservatory of Music in St. Catharines, ON.
She was a talented curler at St. Catharines Golf and Curling Club and at St. George's Curling Club, Westmount, QC,
and an award winning golfer at Kanawaki Golf Club in Montreal. Barbara was a founder of the Senior Ladies International Curling
Club (1967) and the Canadian Women's Senior Golf Association. She was also an Elder at Dominion Douglas Church in Montreal.
Barbara touched many lives through her social service
and camp work especially as Executive Director of Camp Amy Molson (administrative office in Montreal).
A celebration of Barbara's life will be held at Silver Spire United Church,
366 St. Paul Street, St. Catharines on April 22, 2016 at 11:00 a.m.
For those wishing to honour Barbara donations to the charity of your choice would be appreciated.
2. Jenna
"Jane" Grace Heath Born
28 Nov 1885 Spirit Lake, Dickinson County, IA Died
20 Jan 1942 San Diego, San Diego County, CA Married
Lennox Duffus 22 Feb 1931 Cleveland, Cuyahoga, OH - Born
8 May 1879 Iowa
- Died 6 Mar 1963 San Diego, San Diego, CA
The marriage license lists
Lennox as an artist and Mary as a secretary. There is no record of children or where they were buried.
4. Grace Heath Born 19 Sep 1866 Woodhull IL Died 2 Oct 1954 Los Angeles
CA Married George Arnold Baker, Jr. 1893 according to 1900 census.
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