Pioneer Child And Former County Auditor Succumbs At Age of 90 Years.
He was a farmer and a pioneer. He was born May 1, 1845, near Troy, Davis county, four miles northeast of Troy, when 4 years old, where he lived in a one room log cabin with his parents. The cabin was equipped with a ladder to the loft.
He recalled the use of oxen for tilling the soil and the fireplace for cooking in this county.
It is worth while to note the extensive observation of the growth of Iowa, and which this individual has been permitted to observe. Iowa was still a territory when he was born and he has seen the growth of Iowa from pioneer times to our present condition.
His observation includes the change from ox-teams on the farm to tractors; the change from mere paths as roads to pavements; from messengers to telephones; from candle light to electric lights; from knife and saw to anesthetics and x-rays, and many other articles of advancement and improvement that might be mentioned.
He attended school in what is now the Hissem district. During the Civil war he was a corporal in the home guards at Selma, though he was not old enough to go to war.
Burial will be in Sunnyside cemetery at Milton.
He was a farmer and a pioneer. He was born May 1, 1845, near Troy, Davis county, four miles northeast of Troy, when 4 years old, where he lived in a one room log cabin with his parents. The cabin was equipped with a ladder to the loft.
He recalled the use of oxen for tilling the soil and the fireplace for cooking in this county.
It is worth while to note the extensive observation of the growth of Iowa, and which this individual has been permitted to observe. Iowa was still a territory when he was born and he has seen the growth of Iowa from pioneer times to our present condition.
His observation includes the change from ox-teams on the farm to tractors; the change from mere paths as roads to pavements; from messengers to telephones; from candle light to electric lights; from knife and saw to anesthetics and x-rays, and many other articles of advancement and improvement that might be mentioned.
He attended school in what is now the Hissem district. During the Civil war he was a corporal in the home guards at Selma, though he was not old enough to go to war.
Burial will be in Sunnyside cemetery at Milton.
Pioneer Child And Former County Auditor Succumbs At Age of 90 Years.
He was a farmer and a pioneer. He was born May 1, 1845, near Troy, Davis county, four miles northeast of Troy, when 4 years old, where he lived in a one room log cabin with his parents. The cabin was equipped with a ladder to the loft.
He recalled the use of oxen for tilling the soil and the fireplace for cooking in this county.
It is worth while to note the extensive observation of the growth of Iowa, and which this individual has been permitted to observe. Iowa was still a territory when he was born and he has seen the growth of Iowa from pioneer times to our present condition.
His observation includes the change from ox-teams on the farm to tractors; the change from mere paths as roads to pavements; from messengers to telephones; from candle light to electric lights; from knife and saw to anesthetics and x-rays, and many other articles of advancement and improvement that might be mentioned.
He attended school in what is now the Hissem district. During the Civil war he was a corporal in the home guards at Selma, though he was not old enough to go to war.
Burial will be in Sunnyside cemetery at Milton.
He was a farmer and a pioneer. He was born May 1, 1845, near Troy, Davis county, four miles northeast of Troy, when 4 years old, where he lived in a one room log cabin with his parents. The cabin was equipped with a ladder to the loft.
He recalled the use of oxen for tilling the soil and the fireplace for cooking in this county.
It is worth while to note the extensive observation of the growth of Iowa, and which this individual has been permitted to observe. Iowa was still a territory when he was born and he has seen the growth of Iowa from pioneer times to our present condition.
His observation includes the change from ox-teams on the farm to tractors; the change from mere paths as roads to pavements; from messengers to telephones; from candle light to electric lights; from knife and saw to anesthetics and x-rays, and many other articles of advancement and improvement that might be mentioned.
He attended school in what is now the Hissem district. During the Civil war he was a corporal in the home guards at Selma, though he was not old enough to go to war.
Burial will be in Sunnyside cemetery at Milton.
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