Martin J. Barwarth

Birth date and also year is in question: 1870 Census has @ 1838, 1880 Census has @ 1839, 1900 Census has Nov 1837, 1910 Census has 1844, 1920 Census has @ 1839, the grave marker has the birth year as 1837, the obits have birthdate as November 1, 1838 and death certificate has birthdate as May 20, 1840. Going with 01 Nov 1837, which makes his age 86, obits say age is 85.

Occupation: Stone Mason

MO d/c 36677

AGED STONE MASON DEAD
Martin Barwarth, 85, and Blind for Thirty-Two Years, Died of Dropsy And Old Age Monday.
Martin Barwarth, 85 years old, a native of Austria but for more than fifty years a resident of Edina, died about 9 o'clock Monday morning at his home here in the northwest part of town of dropsy and old age. He had been blind for thirty-two years and an invalid for the last year, unable to leave his chair, at times suffered keenly, but ever patient and unusually cheerful for one so sorely afflicted.
Funeral services were held at 9:30 o'clock yesterday morning at St. Joseph's Church by Rev. D. J. Donovan, the pastor. Interment was in the new Catholic cemetery by the side of the grave of his wife, who died seven years ago.
Three children survive, Mrs. F. J. Bockenfeld of Davenport, Ia., Jonas Barwarth of St. Joseph, Mo., and Mrs. H. P. Hogan of Kansas City, all of whom have taken turns about in remaining here and caring for their father since the death of their mother. Five grandchildren also survive.
Mr. Barwarth was born in County Felkirk, Austria, November [sic] 1 [sic], 1838 [sic], and came to the United States in October, 1865, first stopping in the eastern states, where he lived until 1870. In 1872 he came to Edina, which has since been his home and where he was married in the old Catholic Church, which has been gone for many years, by Reverend Stempker in 1874 to Miss Mary Ritz. To them were born the three children who survive.
Before becoming blind Mr. Barwarth was a stone mason, and for many of the older buildings all over Knox County still have foundations and other rock work done by his hands.
Mrs. Hogan and Mr. and Mrs. Bockenfeld were here for the funeral.'
The Edina Sentinel, Edina, Missouri, 20 Dec 1923, Thu; Page 1, Column 1

CITIZEN FIFTY-ONE YEARS
Martin Barwarth Died Monday After Many Years of Affliction.
Martin Barwarth, one of the aged citizens of Edina, died at the home here Monday. Funeral services were held from St. Joseph's Church yesterday morning, the solemn mass being said and the sermon delivered by Rev. D. J. Donovan.
Martin Barwarth was born Nov. [sic] 1 [sic], 1838 [sic], County Felkirk, Austria. He came to the United States in October, 1865, and for a number of years made his home in the Eastern States. He came to Missouri in 1870 and two years later moved to Edina. Since that time he had been a citizen of this place, for fifty-one years being a highly respected man. In 1874, he married Miss Mary Ritz. He is survived by three children: Mrs. F. J. Brockenfeld of Davenport, Jonas of St. Joseph and Mrs. H. P. Hogan of Kansas City.
For the past thirty-two years he was blind, and for the past year was confined to his room.
Knox County Democrat, Edina, Missouri, December 20, 1923; Page 1, Column 6

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1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Martin Barwarth
[Martha Barwarth]
Age: 62
Birth Date: Nov 1837
Birthplace: Germany
Home in 1900: Center, Knox, Missouri
Race: White
Gender: Male
Immigration Year: 1870
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Mary C Barwarth
Marriage Year: 1875
Years Married: 25
Father's Birthplace: Germany
Mother's Birthplace: Germany
Household Members: Name Age
Martin Barwarth 62
Mary C Barwarth 41
Jonas Barwarth 19
Tessa Barwarth 17

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