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George D. Lyon, a prominent citizen and merchant, died of typhoid pneumonia, March 8th, aged thirty-eight years. He leaves a wife and little son, George.
In the county seat contest Maquoketa presented a petition of eleven hundred names and Andrew a petition of eight hundred names to the court for the removal of the county seat from Bellevue to those respective towns but the judge declined to grant an election.
Death of Czar Nicholas of Russia in the midst of war causes a sensation in Europe.
APRIL, 1855.
A "citizen" asks that some attention be given Mount Hope Cemetery where cattle trample over the graves for want of a new fence to keep live stock out. The ladies are appealed to as always foremost in such matters.
The Iowa election (held in April) has gone knownothing and whig, and the prohibitory liquor law is carried by a large majority.
The markets remain firm and as Maquoketa is without a railroad it is interest- ing to notice the wide difference in market prices comparing Maquoketa, Chi- cago, New York, and St. Louis, as follows :
Maquoketa. Chicago. St. Louis. New York.
Wheat
$0.80
$1.80
$2.00
$2.75
Corn
.30
.65
.75
.98
Oats
.20
.42
.55
Butter
.15
Beef on foot
4.50
Dressed pork
3.00
5.25
MAY, 1855.
The new academy building is nearly completed. The first state editorial convention was held at Muscatine, May Ist. Dr. O. von Schrader adver- tises `his chattel property, and one thousand, two hundred acres of land for sale, as he intends moving to Fort Des Moines very soon. Editorial of May 17th : "But three numbers more are wanting to complete the first year's exist- ence of the Sentinel. We think we have done much for the growth and pros- perity of Maquoketa and this region of country as any man or set of men ; and what we ask is a continuance of those favors so liberally extended to us during the past year. We design making many improvements for the second volume and with the aid of our generous patrons we hope to make the Sentinel what it has always been, an advocate of home interests and the exponent of our political faith as founded by the immortal Jefferson." Postmaster General James Campbell notifies the public that a new system will be adopted for the
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registration of alleged valuable letters for a fee of five cents over and above postage.
Commendable-We notice that our worthy mayor has completed a fine stone culvert on Main street, near Mr. Fellows' drug store. This improve- ment has been much needed, as this spot was well and long known as the worst mud hole between Davenport and Dubuque.
BUSINESS MEN OF MAQUOKETA IN 1857. (By J. W. Ellis.)
In writing of early days and recalling men and incidents of the past, we have thought it might be of interest to the remaining pioneers of Maquoketa and vicintiy to be reminded of those who were prominent in business and the professions in Maquoketa fifty-five years ago. In 1857 the principal business blocks were the Union and Excelsior blocks. At that time Maquoketa was quite a business center, and had great expectations through the contemplated railroad and navigable river running through the town.
Joseph McCloy and Fred S. Dunham were engaged in general merchan- dise business, on the northwest corner of Platt and Main streets.
D. W. Graves was an attorney, office third story Union block.
Shollenberger & Gebert, or later Shattuck, Gebert & Company, were in general merchandise at No. 4 Union block.
Dimmitt & McGregor, wholesale and retail dealers in groceries, etc., spe- cial reference to Stimson flour, No. 5 Excelsior block.
W. S. Belden had a drug stock in No. 3 Union block, and Dr. J. H. Allen was associated with him.
S. F. Brown and D. H. Chase were architects and builders at that time. Chase had a shop on West Platt street.
J. Hollister, M. D., had an office in the Excelsior block.
D. A. Fletcher was an attorney and counselor at law; could be found in No. 3 Excelsior block, third story, afterwards associated with Chas. Rich.
Dr. George Murray was a practicing physician ; office at his residence on West Platt street.
Dr. G. S. Martin, botanic physician and surgeon, office in residence, three doors north of brick church.
W. P. Montgomery was an attorney at law and fire insurance agent ; office upstairs in Union block.
J. Berry, attorney and land agent, office over Mitchell's store.
S. D. and T. Lyman ran a general store on the east side of North Main street.
E. Baldwin & Company had a hardware store at No. 2 Union block.
A. Fellows had a drug and book store at No. 2 Excelsior block.
Matthews & Reeve had a general store, including hardware, and sold hardwood, building lumber for Sartwell & Son.
Jonas Clark had a bank on the southeast corner of Main and Platt streets. S. Parker sold pianofortes and melodeons.
John Elfrick made boots and shoes, on West Platt street.
J. P. Eddie was a hustling real estate man.
Thomas Wright & Company had a woolen mill on North Main street.
F. Bricker was a tailor, with office at his residence, near the woolen factory. Catlin & Company had a hardware store at No. 4 Excelsior block.
Taubman & Mole, merchant tailors, were on South Main street.
Thomas & Shed conducted the New York Store at No. I Excelsior block.
The Decker House was conducted by G. Brainard, late of New York.
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R. B. Clancy had a grocery and provision store opposite the Decker House. M. Murphy was making ambrotypes at his daguerrean gallery, for fifty cents.
H. C. Jewell was making melanotypes, ambrotypes and ambrographs.
P. Mitchell was conducting the Pioneer store, selling almost everything, on the northeast corner of Main and Platt streets.
J. A. Bryan was selling watches, clocks, etc., at No. 3 Excelsior block.
Dr. George Stanley was the first homeopathic to come to our town, his office was on South Main street.
Drs. George and Mrs. S. J. Moyers, hygio therapeutic physicians and sur- geons, had their office in their residence on Prospect street.
Farr & Brown were in the grocery business on West Platt street.
R. S. Williams was a brick and stone mason.
Edward Sterling had pine lumber and shingles to sell or trade for country produce.
The Chicago, Iowa and Nebraska Railroad was running trains to Ames Creek, seventeen miles west of Clinton; made a trip every day from Clinton to Ames Creek and return, one hour and forty minutes each way.
In 1857, petitions were circulated for a vote by the county to take the county seat from Bellevue to Fulton, and a courthouse was actually built in Fulton, and that flourishing town was beat out of the county seat by treachery. It was claimed that Fulton was the most central town in the county, was high and dry, that the North Fork of the Maquoketa River passed within one quarter mile of its plat. That it was three quarters of a mile from the finest body of timber in Iowa, that around it was the most densely populated and fertile land in the county.
That while the town was only a year and a half old, it had a population of two hundred inhabitants, and that in an average distance of one and one half miles there were ten mills in operation. The Fulton people also claimed that within three fourths of a mile were a number of good stone quarries, and buildings could be built twenty per cent cheaper here than any place else in the county. They said good drinkable water could be reached by digging from ten to twenty feet, and that the houses were all frame and of more respectable dimensions than could be found elsewhere in a town of its age. That there was a flouring mill, a Methodist church, and a potter shop in contemplation, that they had a common schoolhouse, two stores, two wagon shops, two blacksmith shops, one tin shop, one grocery and one steam turning lathe and was about to have a public house.
Governor J. W. Grimes, General Ralph, P. Lowe and Henry O'Connor were stumping the state for Lowe for governor. John McGregor, of Maquo- keta, was nominated by the democrats for district senator for Jackson and Jones counties, and Bradley, of Andrew, and Millsap, of Otter Creek, for rep- resentatives. Captain Marsh, of Van Buren township, and Geo. McDowell, of Lamotte, were after the republican nomination for the office of representa- tive.
There were other business and professional men in Maquoketa in 1857, besides those named above. Charles M. Dunbar was a young lawyer, and Dr. P. H. Griffin was a popular physician. But I believe I have named fully as many business and professional men as there are in our town today. I am not sure whether Dr. Holt was here in 1857, but know that he was here in 1859. Probably some of the readers will recall others who were engaged in business here in 1859. Of those prominent in business here in 1857, Colonel J. W. Jenkins and Captains Gebert and Belden, and Major J. H. Allen gained fame in the great Civil war. Henry Jewell was a member of Company B, Twenty-sixth Iowa.
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RECOLLECTIONS OF EARLY DAYS.
(By J. W. Ellis.)
My letter on "Business men of Maquoketa in 1857," has been the subject of severe criticisms from various old settlers.
First, Mr. J. W. Gates claims that the Chicago, Iowa and Nebraska Rail- road was running trains to Wheatland in the winter of 1856 and 1857. To show that I had good grounds for my statement, that the road was only com- pleted seventeen miles west of the river, I copy a paid advertisement of the road which appeared in No. 29 of Volume 2 of the Weekly Maquoketa Excel- sior, date of September 29, 1857.
Under a fairly good cut of the quaint looking trains of fifty years ago was the following :
Chicago, Iowa and Nebraska Railroad open to Ames Creek, seventeen miles west of the Mississippi River. On and after Monday, April 27th, and until further notice, passenger trains will run as follows: Leave Clinton at 9 o'clock a. m., arrive at Ames Creek, 10:40 a. m. Leave Ames Creek at 4 p. m., arrive Clinton 5:40 p. m.
Passengers taking the 9 a. m. train connect direct with stages for Dewitt, Maquoketa, Davenport, Tipton and Toronto.
Passengers wishing to go to DeWitt on business, can have three hours at De Witt and return the same day.
All baggage destined for Clinton over the road will be received at Fulton, and delivered free of charge. Freight trains run daily. M. Smith, engineer and superintendent. Clinton, April 27, 1857.
Others say there were other business men in Maquoketa in 1857. Well, that is why we wrote the article. We want to know who was in business, and will appreciate the information.
THE MAQUOKETA VALLEY PIONEER AND OLD SETTLERS' SOCIETY.
This society was organized in 1888 and its first meeting was attended by the following persons: J. E. Goodenow, H. B. Griffin, Samuel Wright, Calvin Northup, B. F. Bowman, Hiram Lockwood, Jacob Staman, George Sackrider, J. J. Ogden, Miles Wright, Luke Taylor, Isaac Bolton, W. H. Paris, William Current, Riley Reynolds, O. J. Hinckley, and D. T. Farr. Of the seventeen men who met in the Centennial hall, September 22, 1888, to organize this society, but three are now living. And of the twelve who met at the next call, when officers were elected, but four are left. The first officers of the associa- tion were: J. E. Goodenow, president; Mrs. Ira Stimpson, first vice president ; C. M. Dunbar, second vice president; William Current, secretary; Miles Wright, treasurer. Of the officers first elected, all are now dead. William Burleson was secretary of the society from 1890 to 1897, when he was suc- ceeded by J. W. Ellis, who has held the office of secretary and treasurer up to the present time. Notwithstanding the many deaths, the society has grown in interest and membership, and its annual meetings are attended by from one thousand to one thousand, two hundred people, and its finances are in a healthy condition. For eligibility to membership as an old settler, one must have been in the state thirty years, and pioneers are those who came here prior to Decem- ber 31, 1852. The present officers are: J. A. Buchner, president ; J. N. Nims, vice president ; J. W. Ellis, secretary and treasurer.
OBITUARIES OF MEMBERS OF THE MAQUOKETA VALLEY PIONEER SOCIETY.
1892-Samuel S. Wright, died February 26th, aged eighty-five; Hosea Goode- now, died March 4th, aged sixty-three; Mrs. E. Fanning, died March 4th, aged seventy-one; Mrs. John Wilcox, died March 7th, aged seventy-nine; John Durant, died March 4th, aged sixty-nine; J. R. Twiss, died March 4th, aged
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eighty-one; I. K. Millard, died December 7th, aged ninety; S. O. H. Trumbo, died June 24th, aged eighty-two; Hon. L. B. Dunham, died January Ist, aged eighty-six; Alfred Wright, died January 3rd, aged eighty-eight ; Matilda Crevlyn, died January 4th, aged seventy-two; Mrs. Bagley, died January 4th, aged eighty- six ; P. L. Lake, died 1902, month not given, aged seventy-nine ; Mathiew Snody, died August 3rd, aged eighty-one; H. G. Mallard, died May, 1884, aged eighty years, nine months; William Vosburgh, died August 3, 1891, aged seventy-six ; A. Livermore, died February 8, 1892, aged eighty-one; S. L. Eddy, died Novem- ber 22, 1892, aged seventy-six; Mr. Wilson, died April, 1893; T. K. Nickerson, died October 18, 1842, aged seventy. 1895 and 1896-Daniel T. Farr, died Octo- ber 31, 1895, aged sixty-nine years; Mrs. Wm. Mason, died November 29, 1895, aged eighty-three; Mrs. Anna E. Hinckley, died November 29, 1895, aged sev- enty-nine ; Isaac Bolton, died January 29, 1895, no age given ; George H. House, died February 14, 1895, no age given ; Mrs. Loucina Moulton, died February 17, 1895, no age given; Hon. B. Spencer, died April 21, 1895, no age given; Mrs. William Strubble, died April 22, 1895, no age given ; Jonathan Carter, died April 26, 1895, no age given; Mrs. Louisa Waite, died May 15, 1895, no age given ; Charles Van Ostrand, died May 17, 1895, no age given; Major J. W. O. Evans, of Bellevue, died May 21, no age given; Mrs. F. P. Mitchell, died May 27, 1895, no age given ; Mrs. Elizabeth Shinkle, died June 10, 1895, no age given ; Char- lotte Calamer, died June 20, 1895, no age given ; J. P. Eaton, died June 21, 1895, no age given; Mrs. J. R. Van Evra, died July 6, 1895, no age given ; Mrs. Eliza- beth Jones, died July 14, 1895, no age given ; R. N. Hunter, died August 8, 1895, no age given ; Thos. B. Harrison, in Chicago, died August 13, 1895, no age given ; Mott Watson, died August 26, 1895, no age given; Wm. A. Head, died August 28, 1895, no age given; S. F. Brown, died September 18, 1895, no age given ; Warren S. Clark, died September 30, 1895, no age given ; mother of D. A. Wyn- koop, died October 4, 1895, no age given; Mrs. E. P. Morey, died October 26, 1895, no age given; Mrs. R. N. Hunter, died December 14, 1895, no age given ; Mrs. Julius Raymond, died December 19, 1895, no age given; Mrs. Rachael Strayer, died January 2, 1896, aged eighty-seven; Mrs. Alvira Hunt, died Jan- uary 3, 1896, aged eighty-six, died in Minnesota, remains brought to Maquoketa ; Hon. W. A. Maginnis, of Bellevue, died December 10, 1896, aged sixty-eight; Colonel R. B. Wyckoff, died January 25, 1896, aged eighty ; Mrs. Dunlap, mother of Wm. Dunlap, and Mrs. Harvey Anderson, daughter of Mrs. Dunlap, both died on the 26th of January, 1896, both being pioneers; Henry Morehead, died February 15, 1896, aged. forty-five; George Heath, died February 18, 1896, aged sixty-eight ; H. R. Connell, died February 24, 1896, aged eighty-five; B. N. Tozer, died February 23, 1896, aged eighty-one; Mrs. T. Wilbur, died March I, 1896, aged sixty-seven; Mrs. Mary B. Dunham, wife of the late Hon. L. B. Dunham, aged eighty; April 3rd, George W. Tubbs, one of our old pioneers, aged eighty-six years, eight months and twelve days; June 22nd, Eli Hatfield, another old pioneer, aged seventy-eight years, settled in Iowa October 1, 1845; July 14th, C. D. Gregory, pioneer, aged sixty-two years, came to Iowa in 1849; July 23rd, Redmond Summers, aged almost eighty years, pioneer, came to Iowa in 1840, to Jackson county in 1843; July 30th, W. N. Cunningham, aged eighty-four years, another one of the old pioneers; April Ist, E. H. Turner, aged sixty-two, settled in Jackson county in 1855; August 6th, Luther Teeple, aged seventy-nine years, settled in Iowa in 1845; October 23rd, Dr. G. S. Martin, aged sixty-eight years, nine months, pioneer, settled in Jackson county in 1848; November 10th, P. H. Laird, aged sixty-three years, came to Iowa in 1865, old settler; November IIth, Mrs. Margaret Teeple, aged seventy- two years, pioneer; November IIth, Mrs. Angelia Wilcox, sixty-four years, pioneer ; December 5th, James Gordon, aged sixty-five years, pioneer ; December 8th, John Q. Jenkins, aged seventy-eight years, resident of Iowa for fifty years ; December 25th, Emory R. Northup, aged about seventy-six years, came to Iowa in 1849, pioneer; January 14, 1897, Mrs. C. P. Crane, aged forty-three years,
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born in Iowa; old settler; February 2Ist, Mary Ann Wendell, aged eighty-seven years, eleven months, twenty-one days, came to Iowa in 1843, pioneer ; February 22nd, Mary Ann Watson, aged eighty-one, came to Iowa in 1865, old settler; March 5th, Chas. Bradway, Sr., aged seventy-three, old settler; March Ioth, Miss Susan Spaulding, aged nearly eighty-seven years, came to Iowa in 1844, pioneer; March 28th, Mrs. I. S. Hinckley, aged fifty-one years, came to Iowa in 1850, pioneer; March 3Ist, Mrs. R. N. Livermore, aged eighty years, pioneer; April 21st, E. C. Gordon, aged seventy years, came to Iowa in 1842, pioneer ; Mrs. Ellen Battles, died April 20, 1897, aged about sixty years, pioneer; May 16, 1897, J. C. Guilfoil, aged fifty-four, came to Iowa in 1847, Jackson county pioneer; June 12, 1897, Mrs. Lavina Wright, aged seventy-five years, came to Iowa in 1844, pioneer; July 6, 1897, Captain G. B. Henstis, aged seventy-four years, settled in Maquoketa in 1865, old settler; July 28, 1897, Mrs. Henry Currant, aged forty years, native of Jackson county, pioneer ; July 30, 1897, Mrs. Lewis M. Wood, aged eighty-two years, settled near Maquo- keta in 1855, pioneer; Thomas W. Casson, died September 15, 1894, came to Iowa in 1854, no age given; George Dyas, died November, 1897, aged seventy- three, came to Bellevue in 1853; Mrs. Mary Lockwood, died November 11, 1897, aged fifty-six years, came to Iowa in 1853; R. N. Blesh, died November 2, 1897, aged fifty-five years, came here in 1845; Rev. Thos. Hilhock, died May 8, 1897, aged seventy-nine years; Samuel Shepherd, died November 7, 1897; William Moulton, died November 14, 1897, was a pioneer of 1844; Mrs. Harriet L. Whitney, died December 6, 1897, aged seventy-seven years, old settler; H. H. Mitchell, died in Maquoketa November 28, 1897, aged seventy-seven years, old settler ; Eli Metheny, died November 23, 1897, aged seventy-eight years, was pioneer of 1840; William Green, died in Maquoketa December 2, 1897, aged seventy-four years, was a pioneer and a member of a vigilance committee of 1857 ; Milton Goddard, died December 14, 1897, aged eighty-three years, pioneer of 1843; Mrs. Mary Woods, died January 5, 1898, aged eighty-nine years, pioneer of 1836; G. C. Abbey, died January 18, 1898, aged seventy-eight years, pioneer of 1850; P. A. Truax, died January 18, 1898, aged sixty-five years, pioneer of 1849; Samuel Battles, died January 15, 1898, aged seventy-five years, pioneer ; Alva Brown, died January 18, 1898, aged thirty-five years; John Hay- ward, died January 28, 1898, aged about eighty years, pioneer ; Wilmer J. Fitch, died April 15, 1898, aged seventy-nine years; Mrs. Mahala Cunningham, died April 16, 1898, aged eighty-four years, was a pioneer; S. D. Lyman, died April 14, 1898, aged eighty-three years, was old settler; Isaac McCarty, died April 23, 1898, aged seventy-two years, a veteran of Rebellion ; Daniel S. Haight, died May 9, 1898, aged seventy-six years, pioneer ; Charles H. Patterson, died June 28, 1898, aged seventy-three years, a pioneer ; Mrs. Matilda Littell, came to Iowa in 1844, died August 22, 1898, aged sixty-six years ; Mrs. Helen Wright Billips, died October 21, 1898, was a Jackson county pioneer of 1840; Orlando Bailey, died October 24, 1898, aged seventy-eight years, old settler; William A. Rice, died October 25, 1898, came to Jackson county in 1855, aged sixty-three years, Levi H. Isbell, died in Maquoketa November 27, 1898, aged seventy-eight years; Elizabeth Worden, died November 26, 1898, aged ninety-two years; Colonel George W. Kelsal, died in Canton November 18, 1898, was a pioneer of 1850, aged sixty-one years ; Mrs. Hannah Lineman, died December 3, 1898, in Maquo- keta township, aged seventy-seven years; Ferro Reynolds, died December 12, 1898, aged eighty-four years, pioneer; Samantha M. Livermore, died December 15, 1898, aged eighty-six years, pioneer of 1842 ; Israel Van Gorder, died Decem- ber 13, 1898, aged seventy-six years, pioneer of 1850; William Grat, died December 12, 1898, aged seventy years, pioneer of 1850; Jane Struble Morgan, died January 15, 1899, aged fifty-five years, old settler; Elizabeth E. Betzen- derfer, died January 15, 1899, aged seventy-five years, old settler ; John Tridel, died January 30, 1899, aged seventy-six years, old settler ; Alea Potter Clark, died January 13, 1899, aged eighty-four years, pioneer of 1845; Hattie Gordon
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Reed, died January 22, 1899, pioneer of Jackson county ; Chas. T. Tubbs, died January 27, 1899, aged forty-one years, old settler ; Wilson Barnes, died January 29, 1899, aged sixty-nine years, old settler; Joseph McCloy, died February 9, 1899, aged ninety-five years, pioneer of 1840; John C. Harris, died February 5, 1899, aged sixty-four years, old settler; Samuel Ross, died February 3, 1899, aged fifty-three years, old settler; Elizabeth King-McConnell, died April 22, 1899, aged seventy-two years, pioneer of 1846; John Meinke, died December 24, 1898, aged eighty-four years, pioneer of 1852; Albert Cort, died December 26, 1898, aged seventy-six years, old settler of 1854; Keziah Tracy Burkey, died February 1, 1899, aged seventy-eight years, old settler; A. E. Wray, died in Maquoketa February 4, 1899, aged seventy-one years, old settler of 1854; Captain A. G. Henderson, died February 16, 1899, aged seventy-six years, old settler and war veteran; Mrs. Sarah O'Brien, died February 18, 1899, age not given, old settler; John H. Summers, died February 19, 1899, old settler; Mrs. Ellen Lamb Hutchins, died February 24, 1899, aged sixty-six years, old settler ; Mrs. Lucy Northup, died February 23, 1899, aged seventy-one years, old settler ; Mrs. Alma Crowell Riggs, died March 8, 1899, aged ninety-two years, pioneer ; Richard Teeple, died March II, 1899, aged eighty-six years, old settler; Henry M. Arnold, died May 2, 1899, aged eighty-two years, old settler of 1854; Mrs. Joan O'Conner-Gibson, died May 7, 1899, aged seventy-eight years, pioneer 1846; John Garlough, died May 4, 1899, aged sixty years, pioneer of county ; Stephen J. Palmer, died May 4, 1899, aged seventy-one years, pioneer 1839; George P. Ryel, died June 14, 1899, aged seventy-six years, old settler ; Calvin Teeple, died August 30, 1899, aged eighty-four years, pioneer of 1837; Sheldon Summers, died September 12, 1899, aged eighty-one years, pioneer of 1844; Mrs. A. N. Dean Smith, died September 29, 1899, old settler; Mrs. Mary Lane, died March 21, 1899, aged sixty-eight years, old settler; Henry Taubman, died March, 1899, pioneer; John Wilcox, died January 22, 1899, aged ninety-one years, pioneer ; Mrs. Eliza A. Palmer, died March 10, 1899, aged seventy years, pioneer ; Polly Elizabeth Strong Snodgrass, died March 16, 1899, aged sixty-two years, pioneer ; John Straub, died April 26, 1899, aged seventy-one years, old settler ; Rhoda O. Breeden Reeve, died May 22, 1899, aged forty years, old set- tler; Timothy O'Conner, died May 19, 1899, aged sixty-nine years, pioneer ; Hon. John Manderschied, died May 21, 1899, aged sixty-six years, old settler ; Mrs. Anna Ballard Chappin, died May 30, 1899, aged seventy-six years, old settler ; Mrs. Mary Listin-Campbell, died May 30, 1899, aged eighty-two years, pioneer ; Justice Spencer, died July 11, 1899, aged seventy-six years, old settler ; Barbara Ann Wesner-Scholl, died August 21, 1899, aged sixty-nine years, old settler ; Mrs. A. N. Smith, died September 29, 1899, aged sixty-six years, old settler; Mrs. J. P. Eaton, died October 5, 1899, aged seventy-nine years, old settler; Marcelia H. Day, died October 28, 1899, aged sixty-one years, old settler ; Frederic C. Miller, died October 28, 1899, aged fifty-eight years, old settler ; Mrs. Laura Goodenow Coffin, died October, 1900, aged eighty-two years, old settler; Mrs. Nancy Carter, died November 4, 1899, aged eighty-seven years, old settler; Calvin Breeden, died October 31, 1899, aged sixty-nine years, Mrs. F. W. Crane, died November 2, 1899, aged sixty-five, old settler ; James Dunne, died December 5, 1899, aged seventy-six years, old settler ; J. L. Taylor, died December, 1899, aged eighty years, pioneer ; Mrs. John Ast, died December 15, 1899, aged seventy-three years, old settler ; John Altfilsch, died February, 1900, aged seventy-three years, old settler; Sarah Risinger, died February, 1900, aged seventy-one years, old settler; John Teeple, died March 15, 1900, aged fifty-nine years, pioneer; Mrs. Sarah Amelia Crane, died Feb- ruary 13, 1900, aged seventy-seven years, pioneer; W. C. Swigert, died May 6, 1900, aged seventy-six years, old settler; August Elsner, died May II, 1900, aged seventy-one years, old settler; Mrs. Elizabeth Scott, died May 16, 1900, aged seventy-one years, old settler; John Orcutt, died June 9, 1900, aged eighty- one years, old settler; Wm. Bowling, died April 30, 1900, aged sixty-eight years,
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