SODEN In Memoriam

SODEN 

In Memoriam

This is the most touching memoriam I have ever seen.  

Danielle Elizabeth Soden Fielding

Peter Soden

    Peter Soden was born in Beaghey, County Cavan, Ireland, on 24 June 1830, and came to the United States of America at the age of 18, he settled in the area of New York in 1848.  In 1852 he moved to Jackson County, Missouri and for a short time was a resident of Independence.  Later he moved on to Liberty, Missouri and was employed at the arsenal of the United States government for about three years.  In 1855 he became a resident of Kansas City.  He began business for himself as a contractor, associating himself with the building interests of the area for fifty three years.  He opened some of the first streets to be laid out in Kansas City, which have proven to be among the most important thoroughfares of that metropolis,  including Main,  Delaware and Wyandotte Streets.  In 1860 he entered upon a contract to construct that portion of the Missouri Pacific Railway extending through Jackson County.  He was one of the pioneer railroad contractors in Kansas.  He was also involved in many important constructions such as Cameron Road,  the Missouri River Railroad,  the Missouri Pacific Railway and its branches.  In 1861. when railroad building was suspended owing to the progress of the Civil War,  Peter Soden engaged in freighting between Kansas City and Colorado, continuing this endeavor until the spring of 1864, when he resumed construction of the Missouri Pacific Railroad.  In 1870. he riprapped the Missouri River from the mouth of the Kaw to the old Lykins warehouse at the foot of Third Street. In his latter years, Peter Soden devoted his time almost exclusively to real-estate investments, and as a speculative builder,  changing many unsightly vacancies into attractive residence districts.    

    In 1863, Peter Soden was elected and served as first lieutenant of Company H of the Seventy-seventh Regiment of  Missouri State Militia and from Governor Gamble received his commission,  which he retained as a souvenir of that time.  This regiment held itself in readiness for active duty to protect home interests during the Civil War, and when the war ended,  he resumed his building operations.  

    Prior to his death,  Peter Soden owned property at the northwest corner of Walnut Street and Missouri Avenue,  owned the Commercial Hotel  block at Walnut and Eleventh Streets,  owned the Barnaby building on Main Street between Eleventh and Twelfth Streets,  owned number 912 and number 914 on Main Street at the Junction,  along with his home, which had been build in 1907.

    Peter Soden married Miss Delia Lackett of Kansas City in 1865.  He had a son,  James, who was the eldest, take ill while in Philadelphia pursuing his education.  James died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and is buried ___.  His other son, John W. superintended his father's business interests, and was married to Miss Walsh, who bore one child Kathleen Irene Soden.  His daughter,  Elizabeth, married John Hackett of Kansas City, bearing one child, Verneta Rose Hackett.  

    Peter Soden was a member of the Cathedral, but on his moving to Kansas City transferred his membership to the Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help.  He was considered one of Kansas City's pioneers.

Photo taken in Mount St. Mary's Cemetery, Kansas City, Missouri, by Brad Finch, whose home page is
Patrick H. Soden Crypt. 

 

William John Soden

    William John Soden, who died in Durand, Pepin County, Wisconsin on 31 July, 1916, was for many years one of the best known and respected citizens of Canton Township, Buffalo County.  He was born in Highland, Michigan, on 25 April, 1848 (Tombstone shows 25 Apr 1849), the son of James and Hannah (nee Ostrander) Soden, both natives of Michigan, who never came further west.  The father was a farmer by occupation.  William John Soden was reared in his native state and there attended school.  After reaching the age of 12 years, he earned his own living, working for others, and was thus occupied until after the breaking out of the Civil War.  He enlisted as a private in a Michigan regiment and served three years as a soldier.  Returning home sound in body, he resumed industrial life in Michigan.  In 1870 he came to Buffalo County, Wisconsin, where for a while he worked for others.  Then taking a homestead in Section 18, Canton Township, Buffalo County,  he devoted himself to farming on his own account,  and in time added to his original acreage until he owned 280 acres of land.  There he resided for thirty-seven years, or until three years prior to his death,  these last three years being spent in Durand.  He was a stockholder in the Tarrant Creamery and the Inter-County Telephone Company, and through his own industry had acquired a fair competency.  He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, also of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Grand Army Post of Durand, and in politics was a Republican.  Mr. Soden was married on 2 July, 1876 to Cornelia B. Chase, who was born at Ravenna, Ohio, the daughter of Timothy C. and Harriet L. (nee McCreary) Chase.  Her father was a native of Massachusetts, who was born 25 July, 1829.  Her mother was born in New York state on 11 October, 1829.  Mr. Chase was in early life a carpenter, but after he came with his family to Durand, Wisconsin in 1876,  he bought land and engaged in farming.  Later, Mr. Chase moved to Eau Claire, where he died in May of 1916, his wife having passed away in November of 1910.  Mr. Chase served through the entire Civil War as a private in an Ohio regiment and was never wounded.

    Mrs. Soden (Cornelia), who was the second born of four children, was educated in Durand, where she now resides.  She and her husband William had seven children:  Lula C., Mary E., William J., George M., Maggie L., John L., and Victor.  Of these children,  Lula is the wife of A. W. Rand of Mondovi, a carpenter;  Mary is the wife of James Thompson of Waubeek, a farmer and they have one child named Warren;  William resides in Cornell, Wisconsin, being connected with the paper mill industry, he married Mrs. Eva (nee Isham) Howland of which union there is one child, William Jr., also by her former marriage to Harry Howland,  Eva has four children namely Harold, Lyman, Frank, and Alice;  George, who is a mason residing in Durand, married Hazel Cowels and they have one child, Maggie L. who is the wife of Owen Thompson, a farmer of Eau Claire and has two children named Marion and Elwyn;  John, who married Millie Isham, is a farmer of Canton Township, Buffalo County, and has two children named Milo and Ezra;  Victor, who resides on his mother's farm, married Muriel Throne and they have one child named John L.

         


In Memory of James Bowden Soden

Private 28674

16th Bn., Canadian Infantry, Manitoba Reg't. 

who died on

Tuesday, 18th May 1915 at age 26.

Son of John H. and Anna Soden, of 62 Rensselaer Avenue, Cohoes, New York, U.S.A.

Commemorative Information

VIMY MEMORIAL.  Pas de Calais, France

Canada's most impressive tribute overseas to those Canadians who fought and gave their lives in the First World War is the majestic and inspiring Vimy Memorial,  which overlooks the Douai Plain from the highest point of Vimy Ridge, about eight kilometres northeast of Arras on the N17 towards Lens.  The Memorial is signposted from this road to the left, just before you enter the village of Vimy from the south.  The Memorial itself is someway inside the memorial park, but again it is well signposted.  The Memorial does more than mark the site of the engagement which Canadians were to remember with more pride than any other operation of the First World War.  It stands as a tribute to all who served their country in battle in that four-year struggle, and particularly to those who gave their lives.  At the base of the memorial, these words appear in French and in English:  TO THE VALOUR OF THEIR COUNTRYMENT IN THE GREAT WAR AND IN MEMORY OF THEIR SIXTY THOUSAND DEAD THIS MONUMENT IS RAISED BY THE PEOPLE OF CANADA.  Inscribed in ramparts of the Memorial are the names of over 11,000 Canadian soldiers who were posted as "missing, presumed dead" in France.  The land for the battlefield park, 91.18 hectares in extent, was (as stated on a plaque at the entrance to the Memorial) "the free gift in perpetuity of the French nation to the people of Canada".  Eleven thousand tonnes of concrete and masonry were required for the base of the Memorial, and 5,500 tonnes of "trau" stone were brought from Yugoslavia for the pylons and the sculptured figures.  Construction of the massive work began in 1925 and 11 years later, on July 26, 1936,  the monument was unveiled by King Edward VIII.  The park surrounding the Memorial was created by horticultural experts.  Canadian trees and shrubs were planted in great masses to resemble the woods and forests of Canada.  Around the Memorial, beyond the grassy slopes of the approaches,  are wooded parklands.  Trenches and tunnels have been restored and preserved and the visitor can picture the magnitude of the task that faced the Canadian Corps on that distant dawn when history was made.

    James Bowden Soden

            Robert Bowden Soden

                       

            Albert Soden

                               

              David D. Soden 

There will be more located at the WWI 

 

    Charles E. Soden

More files of this nature located in the Civil War Pension Files


1878 Biographies of Canton Township,
Benton County, Iowa

SODEN, CHARLES E., farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Shellsburg; born in Ontario Co., N. Y., Jan.17, 1841; came to this county in 1867. Married Mary King; she was born in Michigan June 3, 1849; mother of three children -- Ellen N., born Nov. 27, 1870; Wells E., Aug. 18, 1872; Annie L., Jan. 22, 1875. Enlisted in the 5th N.Y. Eng. Corps; was in the service three years and two months; his business was building pontoon bridges and throwing up breastworks; was in the first battle of the Wilderness, also the Seven Days' fight and at Antietam; was at Petersburg; was one who helped undermine the Fort.

SODEN, GEORGE, retired farmer, P. O. Shellsburg; born in England April 1, 1822; came to this county in 1856; has eighty acres of land valued at $2,400. Politics, Republican; member of the Baptist Church. Married Martha Cline; born in Indiana February 29, 1840; mother of four living children -- Ella M., born May 8, 1859; Nettie, Aug. 29, 1863; Washington, Jan. 25, 1873; Freddie H., Sept. 30, 1876. He came from England when a child to Seneca Co., N. Y., where he was bound out until he was 21, and remained there five years afterward; then went to California by water; was two months making the trip; lived there about five years; it cost him $500 to make the trip; returned to New York State in 1856; stayed there a short time, and then came to this county. When Mrs. Soden came to this county, in 1851, she was 10 years old; there were then only three log houses in Vinton.


 

WHO'S WHO in NEBRASKA, published by Nebraska Press Association. Lincoln, Nebraska 1940.

SODEN, GEORGE W: Manager Processing Plant; b Wisner, Neb Feb 3, 1903; s of James M Soden-Susan Galbraith; ed Wisner HS 1920; Sioux City Natl Bus Training Sch 1924; m Winifred Kuyper June 19, 1929 Sioux City Ia; s Dale; d Shirley; 1920-23 held farm ints, Wayne; 1925-30 with Swift & Co, Sioux City Ia; 1931-34 mgr Swift & Co, Columbus; 1935-36 mgr Swift & Co at Buenos Aires S Amer, 1937- mgr in Columbus; C of C, dir & VP; Rotary, dir; YMCA, dir; KP; Federated Ch; Rep; hobbies, fishing, hunting, sports; off Swift & Co; res 3104 17th, Columbus.

BEARD, ROBERT NEWHALL: President Wallpaper & Paint Co; b Omaha, Neb Apr 22, 1872; s of Thomas J Beard-Sarah De Soden; ed Omaha; 1884-1905 emp by father in retail wallpaper & decorating bus, estab 1866; 1890-1905 learned paint & paper trade; 1905-17 mgr after co entered whol bus; 1917- owner & opr, pres, Beard Wallpaper & Paint Co Inc Omaha; Missouri River Whol Wallpaper Assn; past mbr Izaak Walton; C of C; past mbr Kiwanis; BPOE; Dem; hobbies, hunting, fishing; off 1209-11 Harney; res 608 S 57th, Omaha.

 

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