Henry is the son of Milton Dally and Margaret Fisher.
Webster City Freeman, Webster City, Iowa, 30 Oct 1906:
OLD SETTLER CALLED TO HIS REWARD.
H. E. DALLY Died at 1:20 P. M. Wednesday After Illness of Some Weeks-Well Known in County.
MEMBER OF SPIRIT LAKE PARTY
Went From Webster City in 1957 to Protect Helpless settlers From the Indians.
H. E. Dally, one of the well known and oldest pioneers in Hamilton county, passed away at 1:30 o'clock Wednesday p.m. at his home on Bank street. He has been ill for some time and for days his demise has not been unexpected. The family were called home last week and have been with him since.
There are few older settlers living in this county than H. E. Dally. He was one of the party of volunteers which went from this city in March, 1857, to Spirit Lake after the terrible Indian massacre to protect the settlers from the bands of Indians roaming Iowa. Of the men who took their lives in their hands upon this expedition, he was one of the very few still surviving. The march to the lake was a most hazardous one, having been made in the deep snow. One man was frozen to death enroute. Mr. Dally was but nineteen years of age when he went on this most perilous expedition and lived to reach the age of 68 years.
Mr. Dally's death will be widely mourned over Hamilton county. During his illness his condition was watched from day to day by interested friends who had hoped against hope that the grim messenger might pass him by. But his once sturdy and strong body had succumbed to the inroads of disease to such an extent that it could not be, and the spirit of a loyal man and soldier has gone to its eternal reward. The sympathy of a wide circle of friends goes out to the family in the sad blow that has fallen upon them.
The funeral over the remains of the late H. E. Dally was held from the home on Bank street Saturday morning at ten o'clock conducted by Rev. R. M. Dungan.
Mr. Dally was 69 years of age at the time of his death, having been born at Findlay, Ohio, March, 26, 1937. He and Mrs. Dally were married 26 years ago. Besides his wife, eight children survive as follows:
Geo. Dally, Duluth, Minn.
Ira Dally, Marshall, Minnesota.
Henry Dally, Algona, Iowa
Isaac Dally, Nelson, British Columbia.
Mrs. W. H. Halsey, Fremont, Nebraska.
Mrs. Jesse Bunker, Laurens, Iowa.
The Misses Ethel and Ora, who reside at home with their mother.
Mr. Dally came to Hamilton county prior to the Spirit Lake Indian massacre and beside being a member of the expedition which went from this city, also saw service in the Civil war, having enlisted with the Third Kansas Infantry.
Until thirteen years ago the family resided on a farm near Homer.
Mr. Dally died peacefully at 1:20 p.m. Wednesday afternoon. At nine o'clock on the evening before, when the nurse gave the last hypodermic injection, he was rational and knowing full well the end was near offered a most ernest prayer, which gave every assurance to the grief-stricken family that he was ready to come into the presence of his Maker. The end came as peacefully as one dropping into a pleasant dose.
Henry is the son of Milton Dally and Margaret Fisher.
Webster City Freeman, Webster City, Iowa, 30 Oct 1906:
OLD SETTLER CALLED TO HIS REWARD.
H. E. DALLY Died at 1:20 P. M. Wednesday After Illness of Some Weeks-Well Known in County.
MEMBER OF SPIRIT LAKE PARTY
Went From Webster City in 1957 to Protect Helpless settlers From the Indians.
H. E. Dally, one of the well known and oldest pioneers in Hamilton county, passed away at 1:30 o'clock Wednesday p.m. at his home on Bank street. He has been ill for some time and for days his demise has not been unexpected. The family were called home last week and have been with him since.
There are few older settlers living in this county than H. E. Dally. He was one of the party of volunteers which went from this city in March, 1857, to Spirit Lake after the terrible Indian massacre to protect the settlers from the bands of Indians roaming Iowa. Of the men who took their lives in their hands upon this expedition, he was one of the very few still surviving. The march to the lake was a most hazardous one, having been made in the deep snow. One man was frozen to death enroute. Mr. Dally was but nineteen years of age when he went on this most perilous expedition and lived to reach the age of 68 years.
Mr. Dally's death will be widely mourned over Hamilton county. During his illness his condition was watched from day to day by interested friends who had hoped against hope that the grim messenger might pass him by. But his once sturdy and strong body had succumbed to the inroads of disease to such an extent that it could not be, and the spirit of a loyal man and soldier has gone to its eternal reward. The sympathy of a wide circle of friends goes out to the family in the sad blow that has fallen upon them.
The funeral over the remains of the late H. E. Dally was held from the home on Bank street Saturday morning at ten o'clock conducted by Rev. R. M. Dungan.
Mr. Dally was 69 years of age at the time of his death, having been born at Findlay, Ohio, March, 26, 1937. He and Mrs. Dally were married 26 years ago. Besides his wife, eight children survive as follows:
Geo. Dally, Duluth, Minn.
Ira Dally, Marshall, Minnesota.
Henry Dally, Algona, Iowa
Isaac Dally, Nelson, British Columbia.
Mrs. W. H. Halsey, Fremont, Nebraska.
Mrs. Jesse Bunker, Laurens, Iowa.
The Misses Ethel and Ora, who reside at home with their mother.
Mr. Dally came to Hamilton county prior to the Spirit Lake Indian massacre and beside being a member of the expedition which went from this city, also saw service in the Civil war, having enlisted with the Third Kansas Infantry.
Until thirteen years ago the family resided on a farm near Homer.
Mr. Dally died peacefully at 1:20 p.m. Wednesday afternoon. At nine o'clock on the evening before, when the nurse gave the last hypodermic injection, he was rational and knowing full well the end was near offered a most ernest prayer, which gave every assurance to the grief-stricken family that he was ready to come into the presence of his Maker. The end came as peacefully as one dropping into a pleasant dose.
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