Delilah Ann Stambaugh and William Harrison Hooker

WILLIAM HARRISON HOOKER was born June 22, 1844 in Jennings County, Indiana,¹⁸⁵² and died April 28, 1905 in Ashland, Saunders, Nebraska.¹⁸⁵² He is buried in Carr Cemetery, Saunders County, Nebraska.^{456, 1852}

He married DELILAH ANN STAMBAUGH on October 14, 1867 in Rocks Bluff, Cass, Nebraska,¹⁸⁵¹ daughter of CATHERINE ZIMMERMAN and JOSEPH H. STAMBAUGH. She was born August 31, 1851 in Berrien, Michigan, and died October 6, 1924 in Lord Lister Hospital, Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska.¹⁸⁵¹ She is buried in Clear Creek Cemetery, Saunders County, Nebraska.^{456, 1851}

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Children of DELILAH ANN STAMBAUGH and WILLIAM HARRISON HOOKER:

1. EMMA JANE HOOKER, b. June 23, 1868, Saunders County, Nebraska;⁷⁷⁹⁶ m. JAMES LINCOLN RUSSELL on April 11, 1893 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa³⁴³⁴; d. January 12, 1942, Prague, Saunders, Nebraska.^{456, 7796}
2. ELIZABETH HOOKER, b. 1872, Nebraska; m. (1) LOUIS G. PETERSON on May 4, 1896 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa⁴³⁴⁶, m. (2) CALOGERO CHARLES GIARRATANO on May 2, 1936 in Columbus, Platte, Nebraska¹⁰⁸⁷³; d. October 9, 1936, Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska.⁴³³⁹
3. JOSEPHINE HOOKER, b. June 27, 1876, Ashland, Nebraska; m. (1) GEORGE SHERMAN OSBORNE on March 28, 1895 in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska⁷⁶⁵⁷, m. (2) DANIEL N. BEVINS on August 26, 1926 in Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska⁶⁴⁶⁸; d. June 6, 1953, Omaha, Nebraska.
4. JOSEPH R. HOOKER, b. April 26, 1881, Saunders County, Nebraska;⁸⁰⁹⁷ m. (1) EVA HARRIS, m. (2) LEONA MAE MARTENS; d. June 27, 1965.^{456, 4337}
5. MABEL IRENE HOOKER, b. March, 1884, Nebraska; m. (1) WILLIAM F. ROCKFORD on November 5, 1903 in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska⁷⁶⁵⁷, m. (2) CHARLES A. POPE on October 15, 1906 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa³⁴³⁴, m. (3) WALTER J. FOULDS on June 22, 1911 in Denver, Denver, Colorado⁹⁴⁰⁹, m. (4) GEORGE ARTHUR ANDERSON on August 4, 1926 in Columbus, Platte, Nebraska²²⁸⁴; d. May 21, 1956, Lancaster County, Nebraska.⁸⁷⁷³
6. BOYD W. HOOKER, b. July, 1891, Nebraska.
7. GEORGE MCKINLEY HOOKER, b. April 30, 1895, Springfield, Sarpy, Nebraska;⁸ m. MAY ROBERTSON; d. March, 1983.⁵⁶

Ashland Gazette, May 5, 1905¹⁸⁵²

DEATH ROLL

MR. WILLIAM HARRISON HOOKER

William Harrison Hooker was born June 22nd, 1844 in Jennings county, Indiana, and died at his home north of Ashland, April 28th, 1905, at 2 o'clock a.m.

Mr. Hooker moved with his parents from Indiana to Iowa, and in 1865 he moved from there to Nebraska, where he located in Saunders county, where he spent the rest of his life except ten year, which he spent in Sarpy county. He was married to Miss Delilah Ann Stambaugh October 14th , 1867 at Rock Bluffs, Cass county, Neb.

He was the father of ten children, (three of them dying in infancy), seven of whom are living namely: Mrs. J. L. Russell of Springfield, Neb; Mrs. G. S. Osburn of Omaha, Mrs. W. F. Rockford of Benson, Neb., and Mrs. L. G. Peterson and Messrs. Boyd W. Hooker, George McKinley Hooker and Joseph R. Hooker of Ashland, all but the latter of whom were at the funeral. He leaves to mourn his loss, besides his widow and children, three grandchildren, five brothers and six sisters.

The funeral services were held at his home on Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock, conducted by the Rev. G. F. Babbit of the Immanuel Baptist church. The burial was in the Clear Creek cemetery.

Ashland Gazette, October 16, 1924¹⁸⁵¹

FUNERAL FOR MRS. HOOKER THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9th

The funeral for Mrs. Hooker was held Thursday afternoon, October 9, at the Christian church, Rev. E. R. King officiating. The pall bearers were friends of early days and were Messrs. Sam Rhoden, Alec Vallier, J. A. Sanders, T. C. Carey, William Tarpening and John Granger. Burial was in Carr cemetery by the side of her husband.

Mrs. Delilah Ann Hooker was born August 30, 1851, in Bering county, Michigan and departed this life October 6, 1924, at the Lord Lister hospital in Omaha, Nebr.

When but a child Mrs. Hooker moved with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Stambaugh, to Ashland, Nebr. In those days the country was new and called for the pioneering spirit. Mrs. Hooker caught the spirit, grew up in it and her splendid life of sacrifice and courageousness only speaks of the beautiful lives of those early days.

In early womanhood Mrs. Hooker united with the United Brethren church and continued in that denomination until her death.

Mrs. Hooker was united in the holy bonds of matrimony to William Harrison Hooker on October 14, 1867, at Rock Bluffs, Nebr. To this union ten children were born, seven of whom are living, they are: Mrs. Emma Russell, Ashland, Mrs. Lizzie Gartano, Omaha, Mrs. Joseph Osborne, Omaha, Mrs. Mable Rockford, Omaha, Joseph Hooker, Walthill, Boyd Hooker, address unknown and George Hooker, Ashland.

Aside from her children she leaves to mourn her death three brothers and five sisters. They are Mr. John Stambaugh, Lorenzo Stambaugh, Randolph Stambaugh, Mrs. Robert J. Doom and Mrs. Silas Welden, Mrs. Albert Waybright and Mrs. Del Stanley of Ashland, and Mrs. Emma Foster of Pennsylvania. Also nine grandchildren.

The out of town people who were here to attend the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Peterson and family and Odom Osborn and family of Omaha.