Elmer Elsworth Delk
11 Feb 1861 to 4 Sep 1941

Birth: Chariton, Lucas County, Iowa

Died: Weldon, Decatur County, Iowa

Burial: 6 Sep 1941 Hebron Cemetery

Married: Martha Lutecia Maitlen

Date of Marriage: 11 Jun 1892 Dunkirk, Jay County, Indiana

Children: Franklin Elsworth (1893-1967) Charles Wesley (1894-1967) Russell Leland (1895-1971) Ira Leslie (1896-1962) Lillie Lutecia (1897-1898) Mabel Alice (1899-1899) Sarah Hazel (1900-1901) Violet (1903-1903) Chester Roosevelt (1904-1925) Mary May (1905-1994) George Henry (1909-1919)

Resources

  • Photos
  • Letters
  • Documents
    • D00008
      Obituary for Elmer Elsworth Delk
    • Document 51
      Egg Dealer's License for Delk Brothers, Weldon, Iowa. Issued 3-1-1920 to Elmer E. Delk.
    • Document 52
      Egg Dealer's License for Delk Brothers, Weldon, Iowa. Issued 3-1-1919 to Elmer E. Delk.
    • Document 53
      Sanitary License for Delk Brothers, Weldon, Iowa. Issued 11-23-1920 to Elmer E. Delk.
    • Document 54
      Sanitary License for Delk Brothers, Weldon, Iowa. Issued 11-10-1919 to E.E. Delk and Sons
    • Document 55
      License from United States Food Administration for E.E. Delk and Sons Weldon, Iowa. Issued 8/3/1918
    • Document 56
      Sanitary License for Delk Brothers, Weldon, Iowa. Issued 11-10-1918 to E.E. Delk and Sons
    • Document 57
      License to operate a Meat Market for E.E. Delk and Sons, Weldon, Iowa. Issued 11/10/1917.
    • Document 58
      License to operate a Slaughter House for E.E. Delk and Sons, Weldon, Iowa. Issued 11/10/1916.
    • Document 59
      License to operate a Meat Market for E.E. Delk and Sons, Weldon, Iowa. Issued 11/10/1916
    • Document 60
      Reward of Merit issued to Elmer E. Delk. Name of teacher not legible.
    • D00068
      Business card for Elmer E. Delk for upholstering and repairing. On reverse side are the names of his chldren, wife and himself. Circa 1897 or 1898.
    • D00068
      Business card for Elmer E. Delk for upholstering and repairing. On reverse side are the names of his chldren, wife and himself. Circa 1897 or 1898.
    • D00092
      Envelope from Delk Brothers market and grocery.
    • D00102
      Note to Mr. and Mrs. Delk & Family from Flye Gage. Two sides. Probably written after the death of either sons George Henry or Chester Roosevelt.
    • D000116
      Certificate of Membership for Elmer Elsworth Delk into the Grand Lodge I.O.O.F, dated August 21, 1916
    • D000117
      Ribbon for Elmer Elsworth Delk from District 93 Annual Convention Grand Lodge I.O.O.F, dated October 04, 1923, Corydon, Iowa
    • D000118
      Ribbon for Elmer Elsworth Delk from the Ringgold and Decatur County Convention Grand Lodge I.O.O.F, dated November 06, 1925, Mount Ayr, Iowa
     
  • 03 Elmer and Martha Delk
    Taken on Wedding Day
  • 04 Elmer Elsworth Delk
    Taken on Wedding Day
  • Second Hand Store
  • 33 Theo And Elmer Delk
    Joseph Theodore and Elmer Delk, Tin Type photo from album given to Elmer's Daughter, Mary Delk.
  • Elmer Delk
    Elmer Delk taken in front of his grocery and meat market in Weldon, Iowa
  • Photo 92
    Al Davis (L), grocer, Weldon, Iowa, Unidentified man (C), Elmer E. Delk (R), meat market, Weldon, Iowa
  • P000103
    Elmer E. Delk (L) and Joe Coffee. Probably taken in 1917.
  • P000104
    E.E. Delk & Brothers Market and Grocery. Probably taken in 1918.
  • P000107a
    Elmer E. Delk and Martha L. (Maitlen) Delk. May 26, 1940.
  • Back of P000107b
    Elmer E. Delk and Martha L. (Maitlen) Delk. May 26, 1940. (Back)
  • P000107c
    Elmer E. Delk and Martha L. (Maitlen) Delk. May 26, 1940.
  • Back of P000107d
    Elmer E. Delk and Martha L. (Maitlen) Delk. May 26, 1940. (Back)
  • P000111
    Elmer E. Delk. Date unknown.
  • P000112
    Elmer E. Delk. July 5, 1941.
  • P000113
    Photo of Elmer E. Delk's home, Weldon, Iowa. Front view.
  • P000114
    Photo of Elmer E. Delk's home, Weldon, Iowa. Back view.
  • P00155
    Elmer Ellsworth Delk and Martha Luticia (Maitlen) Delk with children. Frank (L) then Charles, Russell and Ira. Lillie Luticia is the baby on the right. Taken in 1898 before the September death of Lillie.
  • P00156
    Back view of home in Weldon, Iowa of Elmer and Martha (Maitlen) Delk
  • P00161
    L-R Bart Davis (husband of Lillie May Delk) John (?) Russell Leland Delk, Elmer Elsworth Delk, Chester Roosevelt Delk, Franklin Elsworth Delk, 1921
  • P00164
    The four people on the left are not identified. Martha Luticiea (Maitlen) Delk, with face smudged. Dr. James W. Delk, Mary May Delk, Elmer Elsworth Delk, Russell Leland Delk, unidentified. April 1923.
  • P00165
    Elmer caught taking a siesta.
  • P00168
    Clyde Garton Furniture on left, E.E. Delk Produce on the right. Clyde Garton standing in front. Weldon, Iowa
  • P00177
    Elmer Delk holding cow