Cora J. Arnold1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 18980, (1880 - 1909)
FatherFrancis Marion Arnold4,5 (Mar 1844 - )
MotherMary Lavina Smalley6,7 (28 Jul 1855 - 10 Jun 1904)

Key Events:

Birth: 2 Feb 1880, Essex, Page Co., Iowa8,9,10
Marriage: 10 Sep 1897, Imogene, Fremont Co., Iowa, Wilmer A. Shurtz (2 Mar 1876 - 2 Sep 1906)11,12,13
Death: 25 Jan 1909, Shenandoah, Page Co., Iowa14,15
Burial: 27 Jan 1909, Rose Hill Cemetery, Shenandoah, Page Co., Iowa16,17
ChartsDescendants of Jacob K. and Christiana Ohl Riegel

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Narrative:

     Cora J. Arnold was born on 2 Feb 1880 near Essex, Page Co., Iowa.8,9,10 Cora appeared with her parents, Francis Marion Arnold and Mary Lavina Smalley, on the 1880 Federal Census of Independence Twp., Montgomery Co., Kansas, in the household of Russell Arnold and Jemina [surname unknown], her grandparents.18
     Cora returned to Iowa by 1895.
     Cora appeared on the 1895 State Census of Shenandoah, Page Co., Iowa, in the household of Lewis Blackman, his wife and son, as a domestic.19
     Cora married Wilmer A. Shurtz, son of Frederick J. Shurtz and Sarah Elizabeth Riegel, on 10 Sep 1897 in Imogene, Fremont Co., Iowa.11,12,13
     Cora and Wilmer appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Shenandoah, Page Co., Iowa, enumerated 7 Jun 1900, reporting that they owned their home, free of mortgage.20
     Cora and Wilmer sold out and moved to Oklahoma City about 1902, where they remained for about a year.21,22 They then moved to Wewoka, Indian Territory.23,24
     By 1905 they were well enough established that their comings and goings were reported in the local newspaper. In December of that year it reported they had gone to Kansas (but apparently it was actually Iowa) for a holiday visit. In Jan 1906 the paper reported he had returned from a visit to Shenandoah and was having the house painted and rooms papered before she returned. The following week it reported that Cora and her sister Ethel had returned, and on 23 Mar that Ethel had entertained a party of her friends at Cora's home.25,26,27,28
     On 24 Aug 1906, a week before his death, the local paper reported that Dr. VanZandt said that Wilmer was "prostrated with an attack of typhoid fever." The same issue reported that Cora's father, Francis Marion Arnold, was visiting them.29
     Her husband died on 2 Sep 1906 in Wewoka, Indian Territory.30,31,32 Cora, her father and her sister accompanied her husband's remains when they were returned to Shenandoah. The doctor went with them to attend her because she was "almost prostrated by the death."33
     Cora returned to Shenandoah after her husband's death, where she was soon after stricken with tuberculosis. Not responding to treatment, she went to California in hopes that the change in climate would help. It did not, and she returned to her sister's home, where she died.34
     Cora died on 25 Jan 1909 in Shenandoah, Page Co., Iowa, at age 28, at the home of her sister, Mrs. William Gowing.14,15 She was buried on 27 Jan 1909 in Rose Hill Cemetery, Shenandoah, Page Co., Iowa.16,17

Children:
     There were no children with Wilmer A. Shurtz

Citations

  1. [S6020] "Funeral of Mrs. Shurtz," Shenandoah World, 29 Jan 1909, shows name as Mrs. Cora Shurtz, and as Cora J. Arnold.
  2. [S6018] "Death of Wilmer Shurtz," Shenandoah World, 4 Sep 1906, shows name as Miss Cora Arnold.
  3. [S4760] Wilmer A. Shurtz household, 1900 U.S. Census, Page Co., Iowa, shows name as Cora J. Shurtz.
  4. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 135822835, Pvt Francis M. Arnold.
  5. [S4804] Russell Arnold household, 1880 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Kansas, shows them apparently living as parent and child although the child is shown as daughter of his father.
  6. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 135823487, Mary L. Smalley Arnold.
  7. [S4804] Russell Arnold household, 1880 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Kansas, shows them apparently living as parent and child although the child is shown as daughter of Mary's husband's father.
  8. [S6020] "Funeral of Mrs. Shurtz," Shenandoah World, 29 Jan 1909, shows date, with year as 1880, and town.
  9. [S4804] Russell Arnold household, 1880 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Kansas, shows age 1 and state, as Iowa.
  10. [S4760] Wilmer A. Shurtz household, 1900 U.S. Census, Page Co., Iowa, shows month, year, as 1879, age 21, and state, as Ohio.
  11. [S6018] "Death of Wilmer Shurtz," Shenandoah World, 4 Sep 1906, shows married "nine years ago the 10th of this month."
  12. [S6020] "Funeral of Mrs. Shurtz," Shenandoah World, 29 Jan 1909, shows month and year, as Oct 1898.
  13. [S4760] Wilmer A. Shurtz household, 1900 U.S. Census, Page Co., Iowa, shows married 2 years.
  14. [S6020] "Funeral of Mrs. Shurtz," Shenandoah World, 29 Jan 1909, shows she died Monday, at sister's home.
  15. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 64865889, Cora Arnold Shurtz, shows year, and includes tombstone photos showing same.
  16. [S6020] "Funeral of Mrs. Shurtz," Shenandoah World, 29 Jan 1909, shows funeral Wednesday, cemetery.
  17. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 64865889, Cora Arnold Shurtz, includes tombstone photos.
  18. [S4804] Russell Arnold household, 1880 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Kansas.
  19. [S5073] Lewis Blackman household, 1895 Iowa State Census, Page Co., Iowa, Shenandoah ward 1.
  20. [S4760] Wilmer A. Shurtz household, 1900 U.S. Census, Page Co., Iowa.
  21. [S6018] "Death of Wilmer Shurtz," Shenandoah World, 4 Sep 1906, shows they moved to Oklahoma City four years ago, stayed a little over a year.
  22. [S6020] "Funeral of Mrs. Shurtz," Shenandoah World, 29 Jan 1909, shows they moved to Oklahoma City and stayed several months.
  23. [S6018] "Death of Wilmer Shurtz," Shenandoah World, 4 Sep 1906.
  24. [S5237] W. A. Shurtz obituary, The Seminole Capital, shows they moved to Wewoka "some three years ago" from Shananhoah.
  25. [S4796] Social column, The Wewoka Herald, 22 Dec 1905.
  26. [S4800] "Local Personal," The Wewoka Herald, 19 Jan 1906.
  27. [S4797] "Local Personal," The Wewoka Herald, 26 Jan 1906.
  28. [S4798] "Local Personal," The Wewoka Herald, 23 Mar 1906.
  29. [S4799] "Local News Notes and Personals," The Wewoka Herald, 24 Aug 1906.
  30. [S6018] "Death of Wilmer Shurtz," Shenandoah World, 4 Sep 1906, shows date, at his home, town, territory, and cause.
  31. [S5237] W. A. Shurtz obituary, The Seminole Capital, shows he died "last Sunday" and cause.
  32. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 64865930, Wilmer A. Shurtz, shows date, town, county, as Seminole, and state, as Oklahoma, and includes tombstone photo showing year.
  33. [S5237] W. A. Shurtz obituary, The Seminole Capital.
  34. [S6020] "Funeral of Mrs. Shurtz," Shenandoah World, 29 Jan 1909.