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Adelbert Josiah “Bo” Wearin

Birth	:	7 Nov 1850 Porter County, Indiana, USA
Death	:	30 Jun 1941
Burial	:	Malvern Cemetery, Malvern, Mills County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.9886017, -95.5785980
Plot	:	section 11. lot # 628
Description	:	ADELBERT J. WEARIN This gentleman is entitled to distinction as one of the most progressive and enterprising men of southwestern Iowa, and has for many years been identified with the interest of Mills county. Upon the commercial activity of a community depends its prosperity and the men who are recognized as leading citizens are those who control extensive business enterprises. Mr. Wearin is a man of broad capabilities who carries forward to successful completion whatever he undertakes. He was born in... Read More	ADELBERT J. WEARIN This gentleman is entitled to distinction as one of the most progressive and enterprising men of southwestern Iowa, and has for many years been identified with the interest of Mills county. Upon the commercial activity of a community depends its prosperity and the men who are recognized as leading citizens are those who control extensive business enterprises. Mr. Wearin is a man of broad capabilities who carries forward to successful completion whatever he undertakes. He was born in Porter county, Indiana, about forty-five miles southeast of Chicago, and is a son of Josiah C. and Olive Wearin, who are represented on another page of this volume. As he never left the parental roof our subject affirms that he still resides at home. He is the only son in a family of seven children, and is practically self-educated, though he attended the district schools to some extent, at the same time herding cattle on the prairie and bringing them home at night. His first business experience aside from farming was in a bank at Hastings, which he and H. B. Gray established in 1890 and conducted about five years. He then came to Malvern and opened a bank at this place, which he carried on until July 1, 1900, when he sold out. Although practically retired from business, he still looks after his large estate, landed interests, live stock, etc., and is exceedingly busy for a retired man, being like P. T. Barnum, too progressive and up-to-date to cast aside all business cares. On the 18th of September, 1885, Mr. Wearin was united in marriage to Miss Mary L. Foster, a native of southern Illinois, and a daughter of William W. and Ruth (Marion) Foster, the former a native of Illinois and the latter of Kentucky. The Fosters were of Scotch-Irish descent, and William W. Foster was an uncompromising Democrat. He died in Illinois in December, 1899, and his wife passed away in that state at the age of forty-two years. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Wearin were born two children, but one died in infancy. The living is Josiah F., a very bright young man, who was born on the 30th of September, 1887, on the old Wearin homestead in Indian Creek township, Mills county, near the village of Hastings. For the purpose of giving his son the benefit of the excellent schools of Malvern, Mr. Wearin removed to that place, and has erected there a handsome residence only three or four miles from the old homestead where his mother still lives and which he still regards as home. He is a man of strong convictions and many sterling qualities, and in short is a man among men. Since casting his first vote for Horatio Seymour in 1868 he has affiliated with the Democratic party and has done all in his power to advance its interests and insure its success. He and his family hold membership in the Presbyterian church, and occupy an enviable position in the best social circles of the community. source of portrait and biographical sketch: “A Biographical History of Fremont & Mills Counties, Iowa,” 1901, biographical sketch on pages 450 - 451, portrait on opposite page 450 ********************************************************************************************* Death Takes A. J. Wearin Pioneer Resident Passed Away Monday at Home Here One of the few remaining pioneer residents of this community passed away here Monday morning when A. J. Wearin succumbed to the infirmities of age at his home here. Mr. Wearin was more than 90 years of age and his two sisters, Mrs. Francis Benton and Mrs. Ida Fickel, and his son were at his bedside when death came. Funeral services will be held this morning at 10 o’clock at the Mansfield Funeral Home, with Dr. Henry Dale White of Omaha, former pastor, conducting them. The following life sketch, which was written by Otha D. Wearin, will be read at the services: “Adelbert Josiah Wearin was born near Valpariso, Ind., Nov. 7, 1850, the son of Josiah and Olive Wearin. “He came to Mills county, Ia., with his parents during the year of l854. They settled in the valley of the West Nishna river and there he made his home until he departed this life on June 30, 1941, at the age of 90 years, seven months and 23 days. “Early in life Adelbert Josiah acquired the nick-name “Bo.” It became so firmly attached and so widely used that many of his close relatives and friends scarcely knew him by any other title. “He was married Sept. 8, 1885 to Mary Louise Foster Robb who preceded him in death April 9, 1934. There remains of his immediate family to mourn him his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Josiah Foster Wearin of Malvern; his grandson and grand daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Josiah F. Wearin of Hastings; his great granddaughter, Marie Louise, of Hastings; his grandson, Edward of Malvern; his sisters, Francis Wearin Benton and Ida Wearin Fickel both of Malvern, and innumerable other relatives and friends. “Bo Wearin was one of the few remaining pioneer citizens of Iowa. He knew the country when it was a broad expanse of waving prairie grass. We are indebted to him and others like him for the labor of his mind and hands that created and made possible of possession by the masses the conveniences of modern life that we cherish. He knew first-hand the hardships and sacrifices of pioneer living. He was familiar with the price in physical effort because he helped to pay it, at which the luxuries that are ours have been brought. Long hours of labor, a completely strenuous life, were a tonic to his being. Let us remember it was hands like these that are still today that built for us in this land of the free the thing we love. “Bo Wearin was a successful farmer, an energetic citizen, a kind husband and father. Justly and quietly he wrapped the cloak of a useful pioneer life around him and lay down to sleep.” source of obituary: The Malvern Leader (Malvern, Iowa), July 3, 1941, page 1, columns 2, 3 & 4

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Longitude: -95.5785980

Family Members:

Parent

Josiah Wearin

(1824 - 1879)

Olive Smith Wearin

(1828 - 1907)

Spouse

Mary Louise Foster Wearin

(1861 - 1941)

Siblings

Frances Marion Wearin Benton

(1849 - 1945)

Coloma Jane Wearin Hyde

(1855 - 1927)

Olive Nevada Wearin

(1856 - 1858)

Flora R Harover

(1858 - 1887)

India Arizona Wearin Coffman

(1860 - 1914)

Ida May Wearin Fickel

(1862 - 1945)

Children

infant son Wearin

(unknow - 1891)

Josiah Foster Wearin Sr.

(1886 - 1971)

Flowers:

Nearby Cemetories:

1. Malvern Cemetery
Malvern, Mills County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9886017, -95.5785980

2. Parker Cemetery
White Cloud, Mills County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9737649, -95.5184363

3. Hillsdale Cemetery
Glenwood, Mills County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0097008, -95.6427994

4. Wearin Cemetery
Malvern, Mills County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0395000, -95.5313000

5. Hastings Cemetery
Hastings, Mills County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0097008, -95.4993973

6. South Grove Cemetery
Mills County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9775009, -95.4931030

7. East Liberty Cemetery
Malvern, Mills County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0592346, -95.6005020

8. Fairview Cemetery
Tabor, Mills County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9453011, -95.6716995

9. Mills County Farm Cemetery
Glenwood, Mills County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0417930, -95.6756530

10. North Grove Cemetery
Hastings, Mills County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0161018, -95.4618988

11. Bomar Family Cemetery
Mills County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0369400, -95.6941700

12. Cotten Cemetery
Mills County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0845000, -95.5167000

13. Estes Cemetery
Tabor, Mills County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9425011, -95.7080994

14. Randolph Cemetery
Randolph, Fremont County, USA
Coordinate: 40.8769493, -95.5695038

15. Tabor Cemetery
Tabor, Mills County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9035260, -95.6799460

16. Riverside Cemetery
Randolph, Fremont County, USA
Coordinate: 40.8806000, -95.5269012

17. Pottawattamie Chief Waubonsie Burial Site
Mills County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9236100, -95.7086100

18. Waubonsie Cemetery
Mills County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9451370, -95.7310791

19. Silver City Cemetery
Silver City, Mills County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1042442, -95.6380005

20. Glenwood Resource Center Cemetery
Glenwood, Mills County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0361720, -95.7338590

21. Wesley Chapel Cemetery
Henderson, Mills County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1019249, -95.4987793

22. Rhodes Cemetery
Tabor, Fremont County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9011002, -95.7097015

23. Saylers Farm Cemetery
Henderson, Mills County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1083300, -95.4919440

24. Emerson Cemetery
Emerson, Mills County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0325012, -95.4021988