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Howard Flanigan |
Howard Flanigan -- also alternatively spelled over the years "Flannigan" and "Flanagan" -- was born on Jan. 13, 1852 (or 1855 or 1857) in Henry Clay Township, Fayette County, PA, the son of Job and Mary (Ream) Flanigan.
He relocated to Iowa by the age of 28 in 1880, establishing a new life and home nearthe town of Albia, Monroe County.
On Oct. 31, 1881, in a ceremony held in Monroe County, the 29-year-old Howard married 23-year-old Martha A. Evans (1858-1895), the daughter of Thomas J. and Martha (Hughes) Evans.
The couple went on to produce two children -- Grace Barnett and Irvin T. Flanagan.
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Albia, Iowa, looking northeast, where Howard Flanigan moved prior to 1880. |
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| W.B. Cousins Drug Store, Albia, Iowa |
Howard survived his wife by some 23 years. His and the children's home in 1900, as shown in the United States Census, was on a farm in Guilford Township, Monroe County, IA, southeast of the county seat of Albia. He was named in the obituary of his sister Missouri McNear in 1913 and was reported as living in Albia.
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Howard's world again came crashing down in March 1903 -- but in a different way -- when his 18-year-old daughter accused him of incest. The Ottumwa (IA) Daily Courier reported that she alleged that her father "has borne illicit relations with her for some time, but through fear it is stated that she has been compelled to keep silent." He was arrested and indicted by a grand jury and jailed in Monroe County. "News of criminal accusations came to the many friends of Mr. Flanagan with a great shock," said the Daily Courier, "as he has always been highly steemed by all who knew him." Another of the newspapers reporting the story was the Davenport Daily Leader. The outcome of the trial is unknown.
In the late 1910s, he lived alone in Albia and was considered "one of Albia's oldest residents." At the age of about 66, on Jan. 22, 1918, Howard died in his sleep from heart problems. Funeral services were held in the local United Presbyterian Church, officiated by Rev. C.C. Crawford of the Christian Church. An obituary was printed in the Ottumwa (IA) Semi-Weekly Courier. [Find-a-Grave]
~ Daughter Frace E. (Flanigan) Barnett ~
Daughter Grace E. Flanigan (1885-1932) was born in March 1885 in Iowa.
On June 19, 1911, when she was 26 years of age, Grace was joined in wedlock with 36-year-old Charles E. Barnett (1875- ? ), son of Hannibal and Perni (Kelly) Barnett. The ceremony took place in Albia, and the bride was about a decade younger than the groom.
The Barnetts produced six known offspring, born in rapid fire succession between 1914 and 1923 -- Charles Barnett, Edward Barnett, Byron Cecil Barnett, Francis L. Barnett, Nellie M. Barnett and William Barnett, likely all born in Monroe County.
In 1918, she dwelled in Oskaloosa, Mahaska County. IA. By 1920, according to federal census enumeration records, the family was back in Albia with a home on Third Avenue. In 1930, now residing in Troy, Monroe County, Charles and his son Charles earned a living working as laborers in odd jobs.
Grace passed into eternity in 1932 at the age of 47. She was laid to rest in the Oakview Cemetery in Albia.
Charles only lived for another three years and joined her in death in 1935. [Find-a-Grave]
Son Charles Barnett (1914- ? ) was born in about 1914.
Son Edward H. Barnett (1915- ? ) was born in about 1915.
Son Byron Cecil Barnett (1916- ? ) was born in about 1916.
Son Francis L. Barnett (1917- ? ) was born in about 1917.
Daughter Nellie M. Barnett (1918- ? ) was born in about 1918.
Son William Barnett (1923- ? ) was born in about 1923.
~ Son Irvin Thomas Flanigan ~
Son Irvin Thomas Flanigan (1890-1985) was born in June 1890 in Foster, IA.
When he was 23 years of age, on Oct. 7, 1913, Irvin was united in matrimony with 18-year-old Laurena Lane "Rena" Landin (1895-1950), daughter of Frank A. and Selma Charlotta (Aborg) Landin.
They made their home in Albia and produced one known son, Robert Irvin Flanigan.
Rena died in 1950, with burial in Oakview Cemetery in Albia.
Irvin survived her by 35 years. He passed in 1985. [Find-a-Grave]
Son Robert Irvin Flanigan (1914-1984) was born on Nov. 12, 1914. He served as a major in the U.S. Army during World War II, including service in the Army Air Corps. He was wedded to Dorothy Love (March 31, 1921-1990).
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