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?(tt· ·J. ~ltcnncy, 1 _protnl uent an<l nc: tlve ln this eommuntty tor.. mnny years, nnd t>ne ot Columbus Junctton's most rct~pect~d and best known :citizens. -dictJ ut his home in this ·clty at 12:3G P• m. Sundny, Augu"t. 31-tl, f611owJnt~· .. nn UJncru~ of mm·c .thnn" two year11, nltl1ou"h he hns been bedfast but n ~hot t tlmc. · Robert Jotln neeney was born In

County 1'y~:one, Irclnnd, J uly 21, 1866. His pntonts. were Joseph und Jo~ lf1.ubcth ('l'urktn·gton) · Rcnncy, .born In Jrelund · Qf. Scutch pnr<mt(\I:J'~· ' ··, ·'l'ltc fnmlly cnmo to Arne rica·· . Jn 1862 nnd cstabllnhetl n home at Chcs·. ter, Pcnnsylvnnln whcrt! they lived. tintll 1871 when they onmc to Louisn county nn<l mo'\o·ed on u farm in Concord townshlJ).

Mr. Ucanny ottcnde<l the Jocn l schools, nsststcd his fnthcr on the

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' ' . Mrs. , s. w. : carrlck., 79, died nt c

her home, 1 one mttc north or Wy· 11 u1nn nt, two o'clocJt Snturduy mor· fz

nln~ nfter on Illness ot sovcrnl ycora. t· Mrs. Cnrrlclt hnd Uved, on the s

tm·m on which she died, nil her llfc With the CXQCptlon Of. two ycnrs l which she ~J>cn~ In Sterling, J{.nur.;n~. She would aov() been kO ycnrs. old, P SunCtn)'l, Au~uKt :J, · . . ,

0 · Mrrry Cowie wns horn Att$.tt11(t 3, h 1861, rt dnughtcr of Mr. lUHI Mrs. 'l l'homus Cowie. Her pnrcnts hnd set· f • tlc<l in Louisa county In 1850. In 1 1808 she mnrrlcd S. \V. Cnrriek or ) Albin nnt~ they se ttled on her fnlh- u cr's rnrm. Mrs. Carrlclt wns n nu.•m· bcr of the Hcformcd Pn~Shytcrlnn nt· Wymnn until it was discontinued, wh:!n ~he hcr.mnc a member of the r. United Presbytcrlnn church of Crnw· i fordsvllle. ~ nzet~.. Is indebted to ' the, Survivin" nrc ltcr husbnncl nncl 1

t• t · ,1ocrnf for the pictures· two sisters, Mrs. 'l'illl~J Cherry- l m tuJ~ png~: of .Junior Smith, holmes of. Eldorn·, J<nnsns nncl Mrs. !ity. who ;wns . fcnturcd In ~ W. W. 'I"wtnnm of Crnwfords\·illr; · ~ ·ticlc fn the ·_·Democrnt. Jun~· one son, ·l<'Tnncls nnd; danr.thtcr, Isn· !tut•Ctl hero !with two of his~ belle pn~ecded 1tcr !n tlcnth. tcrcst01ig hobbles, rnlslng_ Funeral services were held Mon- < md marshalling · leaden sot-· day nftcrnoon nt two o'clocl< nt the J Tho soldiers.~vcrc cast trom United Presbytcrin'n church nt Crnw- < 1d in -'the ·basement of the· fordsvllle conducted by the Hev. ~ rnlth home on Wnlnnt street: McCracken nssistcd by the Rev. Pnt· utles. un armY. ol 7'50 lead sol· tcrson of Morning Sun nnd the Rev. ' h u: CuJl cqull>mtmt of tanlts:,·: Daugherty of Sharon; ·

guns, planes ntid other Music wns f urnished by n mixed nt. In addition Junior haB · qunrtette composed of Jnne Mnx-a renthllc · air pinna crash wclJ, Mnrlon Wntcrs, John 'Vhlte

1rrcd home where it str~lt,·· · nnd Frnnk Gnult. }>nllbcnrcrs were · bearers, nurses nnd the de·. '1'. Dewey Dnvis, Merle Twinnm, ! plane. . ' · , 1 Jnmes Dunn, Nell Krnr.nw, Lyle Be Exhibited At Fair · ·,.':. • Chcrryholmcs und Mr. Harbison . . ch interest -hns .been aroused Those nttcnding the funcrnl sen·· remlll'kt-tble eo'llt'ction that lees f.rom n distance were Mrs. th nnd .Junior huve nrran~eo 1 Frnnccs Blair of Glenwood, Mlnnc-lY it in · the' Flol'nl hnll next 1 sotn; Mr. nnd Mrs. Coulter and, t wo the l .. ~>Uisa County Fnlr. dnughters nf Atlnntn, Missouri; Mr. ' Collects Turtles Too .. ' ntHi Mrs. Hnrblson nnd son nnd

;:litlon to this hobby Junior wife of Alb in; Mr. and Mrs. Lee Car· ects turtles· and now has·: ap~ rick of Bcnrdtown, Illinois; Mr. nnd tcly : 95, of a ll sites nnd .. y_a~,j

1 Mrs. Lyle Chcrryholmcs and 1\frs.

ors. They .lnduue snapp~rs.r : · I Charles Leathers of Elu.orn, I\nnsns: Jd: 1 dry lnml · turtles. He. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Courtney. of em ~rap raw meat. He. also Brighton rmd Mrs. Schooley nnd ake, . scveraJ...cra\vfisb, snails, : . , .. . Margaret Cnrrick of Albin. e:.' interesting cnllectlons. n. ;r, REANEl · ll . of the . . turt,lcs have laid J h n · o· d A tich nre batehil'l.~ in wnrm ~=--=-~~ and then l<•nrnccl the carpent<'r 0 n uawson le t In tue ·past Junior hns col· trade which he followed for thlr-~ ·

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J itamp~ coins nnd other ur· · teen years. Three 0 es J•ch• Bft He is. eleven years old nnd Hewn~ unlt<'d in mnrrln~c to Miss t l!tUA •r-r thl' ...... , ... ,.,ft, ,, .. .,.~,.. "'"··~


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cs. H£ is eleven years {)1<1 and 1 enter the seventh grade next . '

lccu ycurs. TL o k M• b • I He was united in mnrringc to Miss uree ~. ~·~s, IC tgan

Belle Eliason, Jnnuury lG, 1887 nnd the following vcar formnd n pnrtncr- Mrs. H. L. MCI\oberb. received n .ship with hia hl·othcr, Snmucl RcRn· telophono nwNstlge thlH k)\Othlng uH·

~ d . . wen•t ey and established a clothin~ store nounclng the dmlth Wednosdoy CVC• r n . rs . I I ln Columbus Junction. He followed n lng of her br~tbcr-tn-law, • John • . '_:... . • . .. : this business un til 1891, · when he Dnwson~.ut hls . .' hoirte · ln .Three

II ' · •ell · ·· · .. ·¥· · . sbld hls intcr~st nnd purchased the Onkcs, mlch\gGp. · airffl ·, . .... a~r" lumber yard. or Eckmnu & Bnldwin • Mr. Dnw~on WAS' l1l 'Sometime n~o · · a ll' · ·: ' ·'\·: ·~ll'cJ)" tn· thls ~cuy ,i net·. ··soon ..... af.terwnrd litit" s:tt~lried ·1o ·'ne '•steadily tinprov-

------ ' tfr. and Mrs. Thomas Willet .will :erve their fift ie th wedding anni:sary at their home in Col umbus y, Saturday, August 9th. irs. Wlllct has not been so well some time and they regret it wlll impossible for them to hold open \SC, lowcver u family d inner will be oyed at the noon hour and cards 1 letters will be highly appreciat-

rrs. Willet was 80 yenrs old Wed· day, August 6th. ·

for med a pm-tncrship wHh his b ro· lng and his death was entirely un· · ther-in-law, Charles Eliason, which ex~ccted. under the fi rm nnme of Reaney & Mrs. Dawson , formerly Mlss Len~ Eliason, soon became one of the mn- Hanft of t his city , . has also been jor business !nstltutions of this com· qui te ill for sometime vnd is now .1 munlty. In 1916 the business wn~ patient at the Niles hospltnl nt sold to the Eclipse r~urnbcr Com· Niles, Michigan, nnd wns not in-r;<Any and Messrs. Reaney ond Ella· formed of her husband's death until son both rctirerl from activo busl- th ls afternoon. ness al though Mr. · Reaney contin- Funeral ~ervices will be held at ued his business. nfflliatlons with the the home ~-tt' Three Oakes nt two community hy conductir.g nn insur- o'clock Satur day aftern oon. · ance business in t he office of · h is ~--o----son, Attorney J . E. Renncy until A' d just R short lime before his death. Mistake By Grand ad · l n addition to his successfni busi-

ness <:nterpriscs Mr. Reaney wns a man of unusual public spirit and for more than llfty years exerted a pro·

1 (O\llld influence on th':' li~e of this community.

In reporting the weight of his new ~rnndson, Marshall Davidson, son of Mr. andt Mrs. M. A. Davidson·, of Sioux City, J.ast week J. M. Marshall says he must hnve been too excited r

because the ·y.oung mnn weighed sev- .i

ounty Chairman Matthews rc-ts T .ouisa county contributed tO · nds uf nluminum in the rc" t d.t _.e. This was more than ~c t he average per person report:hu.s fnr., which is one pound for persons. otter collected 40 pounds cr nl" t one pound per person.

~RECIATION FROM CHAIRMAN OF ALUMINUM DRIV£

sincerely t hank the many people over t he county who pnrticipnl· n the aluminum drive, or contn~d in any wny to its succc~s.

S. B. Matlhe·ws, Chtllrman.

t~mer Resident Seriously Injured

/ord has been received from ·le J. Bell at St. Paris, Ohio, of serious injuries sutfcred by his

!, formerly Miss ~uth Ha~mon, ·his city and thetr two children ;n auto accident the fi rst of last k. I he following is tn~cn from t ~e rc-: of · c &ccident m the Ptqua, ), 1 • spa per. Y GIRL INJURED IN CRASH

' MONDAY 1ildren of Mrs. Mecle Bell, St. ds, Hurt When She Loses Con·

trol of Car

His first in terest, . next to his home, was hi:; church: He was n lifeJon!! member 11nd attendant of t he Methodist church . He c.;ervcd in every capacity open to u Jnymnn nnd at the t ime of his <lt>n th was a member ~f the ho?.rd (•f ste·wards. He also took :m nctivc intet·cst in tile Sunday School. He wus one of the first sup~rintcndents nnc1. until failing henlth compelled him to rclfn.

en pounds and eight ounces in· stead of ten · pounds.

---.-J--' n----Mrs. John Lundquist

Died At Sioux City quish some of his work. he tnught Mrs. John Ltmdquist, n former the men's Bible< class. He was un- resident of Columbus Junction nnd a c falli ng Jn his devot ion nna until member or the 0. E. s. in this city just n f.cw W<'eks before his dcnth, died at her ho;nc in Sioux City, wns a regular attendant at nil serv- Iown, Sunday CYcn lng, following nu ices. illness of scvcril l months.

Mr. Reaney wns ·also n sincere She suffered n paralylic stroke r friend of education and served for a th ree months ngo, soon nf.tcr rt:turn- ' number of vears ns n member of ing from n Sioux City hospltnJ. She t the lncnl school hoard. was agai.l tal~cn to the hospit~J and 1

No m:m took more interc~t in th<' spent the pn3t three months nt lH·r ' wclfa1·c of tllc entire community home ·and in the hospit:.l, returning than H. J. Henney nnd in nddition horne About six weeks u~o. to his interests outlined nhovc he She was !>2 YcHrs of nge and is surwns elected mayor of Columbm: vivecl by her htt~bnnd, John Ll.tnd-Junction at tw0 diffcrcnl perio(ls. qulst. who operated for n time the I served various times ns n member electric light plant in this cltv. of the town council; wns one of the Funeral services were held Tucs- €: founders of the Columbus Chnu.lnu- day. afternoon with · interment at qua and served os president or AS :1 Omnhn, Nebraska. director during the entire Ch:llltau- ----o- d qua p~rlod; he also hncl a pnrt in t hl' Elt"ason Btlt.ldt·ng Is p estnbl 1shment of the Columbus June- 1. tion f~ir, and served for mnny ye.nrs I Completely Remodeled J, as a d1rcctor. He olso· look n len<lmg pnrt in securing the location of the . ---button factorv in Colt1mbus Jur • .:- The Ehason building on Mnin e tlon llnd serVCO Until U fe\V years ngo street haS been compJetcJy TC?modef· h as th::! representative of the com- ed the past few weeks ttnd wlll soon C munity in its connection with th<' be, rc.ndy for occupancy. . factory. · Mr. Heaney was also for The carp~nter wo_rJi wh1ch in- "

(Turn to pngc 10 colwnn ~) eludes the. mstallat~o~ of the late..~t .vo St. Paris ch ildren suff~red 1f:1l i11juries when the car driven I their mother in w~tich th<',. nnd I,..., ..

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tiit th~~~y~~~ t:;~~ c~t~~n:-::~. d ~;: w~j;i.born: fi~o ;·l~lidcrn, nU ::r '~ i eratlon or nJl who · ;on aM to olCV&.\h) ll~rv~vc ,.,. tc.Uows: M rr.. f ,. tlh1 mor416 tntt!llet'tuul · tmd sptrltual 'l'Ofl!.l!,. !Jbtth.\~tlU, North Ua!H>in: SltOltdards· of this C()mmunlt~- ». MC\'lhld~. Columbus Ju~ctl

It would ac"hl .the'~ ,'fpulCl ·Sm. Ut• . ·~)Its. ~ntt~ .~o,mon, \Vupallo., l\1 .·tte tlnie .,,r ilthor :pur1~1ta, bttt 'Mr~ ·.. ber ·otdur•·ond Mrs. J~.nni•~ f, Reaney curufu·Uy .plonntd "'n hto 1:0 Is of j{C)T.ilinU sun. 'two r;tst' work nnd while h()~ :;Oldnnt fnth~~ to• .Mh. ·.d. u. , ~~n~rd nnct M\M Ah nttend ia 11\(!"Unt~ or cn\'rt.n.part. of ) Mcwltl~tor. nft~ldt two er"'

~liB~~~~ the.lond in nll bls Q(ltiVIUos, he also doughtct~ • rlf. Frnrtco! ~~t · 1•1 fOltlld .. thnc to . r~ad ·aood.btulka• ·p"'"· ·~lJl~UQj .,,. ,P,~,.,.tP ~too;, Mr~. Ell:

~~:·~~·~~i!':::J .. · · ttculnrly -hJstory, both lllblleal and ·~Ut Dunun~ ·· ·'COlumbus Junctl ,... ..... ooi.: ..... .,...,.:..o.. ..... \ . ~cutar. . , , · .. , .' foul' dr~Jt.daQ.ns ! ~rol.cl Mawhlrt ·

. .., . ·:,.He!' also .foun&.thne.:. to ·C:n}oy;a .trlt). Codt~m.ti4l;Ub.JJ':ti£lloii;"tRoWrt, Rlc rtow nnd then· "to variou-s · .. pln~s ot. or nn ~ogcn•,. Reeu Bozman, W t hlstorJc tnteror;l· • .. · . . '. , , ·. ' .. , ello~ two _gre~t~: granddaUghters,, ~ · · He I$· survived by hts:wtte aitd ohe Ban .Ann .:wnlette, t~uerto . Rleo tt sonj 'Jonae.s ·E. · ll~Anoy, ··of. tJrts· c)ty' Jackie'· LOu .D~rican; Columbus Ju, &~a· ~wo d1ittllitors,- · · l\1rH. R. .- L. , tlon besides, -.several nieces and " '

.Clark ~ ot~ LCMnra~ . Iowd .. nnd: .,•toutsa . hews. tttao surtlvc. · . , dt ho1~1~ ond-By one !lstei\, Mrs. ·M~ .Mr.• Mewlt~te!' .was Ll m~mbcr r.J, .. Blankenhorn of. Let~.: and one Ute ~klan~. ·:}l'r.~sbytcrian . chUl

· brotlter,'\,,' J·.'J ·. ti.' lJ,ennc};··: · of," Water';.: · ,and·· an.; El~(~1bv'c-r 1lf.ty·two . yc: loo. Also· by·>sQyc.m ,iu~dchlldre~ arid smd aer~ed; a, Sundny school super · one. srent:l&rru~a..-nna •. ·One 'daua~to.r,, !Yt1~9«:9.t :M·r·YtltJQUs· pcr1od3 thru t and. one:. sort. J)reaed~.d 'him •In ·:.der.th,. ~~drs. ·:·"~-''..:_·~ ·~~::"alr.~r ; . · . · ·

"Ai'S6 ~verat IJro\ll~n l\UU two· I Bls- .,. He w~~ · ni_;vJl)'~ lnterP.sted In ll tcrs. ", . ., ._ . .,... ,.: ""· 1'" • ••• ,. ·:·~:.' ... •· ftf\V~ . w~olebe~rt~d tmpport to. tb r

• fil'\lcral services w~re held at· ·the- tiUuns whl"Jt::_make' for n better co Methodist chut·ch ut· twO.thirl)' mt:tpltf,:. and :the~·welfare of utbe' Q'cloclt TuesdaY afternoon. ana W~l'! · $Cfflllg•Oi\. Uuf~lro school board

. conduct~d . by the R~v. J,. w .. PoQJe .tt~~urer:i' tor. ~ byer forty ,years a o! Burlington and .th.e. ~e:. v; q~:· ,~,. sev~r~~ -~~i4.-91l township tru~tee.

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wko 'j~·· ''ftffERE .·.4 J CHICACO.: ~~ · ~~. ~- . . ::,. ,. -~,..,s ~ : .. Gww~A .. ·:·; HUier. . . . . :······ · , . . ., . "·~· . Wll$ a;1,~ ,. ~i~Vt.ng. ., husband u

A qunrtette the ruembcrs·· <'f which· father,. .. Q. ' ·~ ~ighbor and c were Mrs. s. A. Dwinell, Mrs. G: whose wot; ~ ~l ·as good as his bor W. Weber, Ht · Lee .Huston arid ·L •. ·' . H~s ·educa.tlO'.ir was obtnjned· in l

·C~ lttll, accornpanied by Mrs, 11. district schot>ts ·and he ~gan far I,..ec Huston sang, f'Oh .Master Let tng for himself at the , ·age· of ~ Me·.·Walk With · Thee" · nnd! "Ncar~r renting·. hls .' tether'S' filrm for · 1

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greater.·comfom .... ~· •. onditicming ••• much features~ plus smooth r travel io ~ ~erent

·;: My God To··Thec". · · years. Later -~ he moved to the fn The flowers which were profuse known as . the':Churchmun farm n

were. in ·charge of Misses· ·Helen Orr nt <the ··end of\ three yenrs purchm and Arfnn L<lwu, Mrs. J. H.· W:r-- the home 'Yh~re he has lived f

he U. S. A. for they are ah.:..:~ ·third the si1.e of. onrs, and t he )mobiles dr ive on tb~ wrong side he street. Ne have a swell uniform and I with the Eagle Squadron. There aJ: 100 officers from the U. 1er ..... 10w nnd a a reat many from ~r parts of the world." He menIS meeting officers from Canada, r Zealand, South America, Chile, tralla af\d~many other places. esides havnig a lfttlc trouble 11 the English money every~hing

gotna swell with Bud, "Every-. :

kert and Mrs. B. H • . Shearer. past flfty ,yenrs. · Palll>carerE were:. E4 · C; and H; S. Durlug hls\ iJJness he hns be

Turkington · 6f ' Letts; Sam Turklng. tenderly cnreti. for by his d1H1ghtt ton of Burlington;. Roscoe Eliason Mrs •. Ogler,. Mr. C. S. Crawford and J. · J... Hildebrand of Letts and Morning Stm 't\nd Mr. lsnac Stone Haria~ Eliason of Columbus June- Columbus .Junction and nothing I· tion, , . been lcf.t UDOOI\C Which WOtlld

Burial was in the Frn<lonl:l ccmc- · for his comfott. tei.'y in the fnmlly lot with the com- A change was noticed in hls con mltal se>.rvica ut the grave conducted tlon on. Monday' and he p~ncefu by special request of. Mr. Reaney by and qtrletly slept a\vay Tuesday C' Wayne Peterson of Olds, ning being nt tbe time of his de~

Among those at n distance In· at- 88 . years, 1 · inonth and 11 dnys tendance at the service were:. Mr. age. · . i!•. · and Mrs. R . L. Clark And Charle'i Funeral servl~s were conducl nnd Mrs. Margaret Wslker and at the Oakland Presbyterian chut Joan, of LeMcrs,. Iowa; J. L. Thursd::y afternoon ut three o'cl<' ReaneY and daughter, Miss Edith by the Rev. O~ ' :L. Byrns and t Reaney of Waterloo; Mr. and Mrs. Rev. L. B. Deedrick. Orville Huston, Waterloo; Mr. and Mr. and Mrs., A. F. Hall and M Mrs. Wayne l.>eterson and family of and Mrs: Harry Grim sang "Rock Olds; Rev. J. ,V, Poole and dnugh- Ages" and "The Land Of T he Un<:( ter, Genevieve of Burlington, Dr. tlng Sun" t\ccompanied by Mrs. :B, and Mr . . J. \V. Potter of Mt. Ph!as- sie Wykert. ., . ant, bcstdes mony from Letts, Wap- The floral trlb~tcs which we ello, Washington and other p~aces. ma,ny an~t..~uffCnl were itL char

'; .. , · .._.._ of Mrs: Lydia.,MA!t:onahay, Mrs. L fn)\ lA_r' l['.dtn'!lr.t..n~ Q"" Jl retn GnrrisonrJ!~rs. Pearl Enrnes: lit\. IOhr. fJ lfJ. iti'oC'JI" tJU~ ~~~ , Mr~. Phronln McConahay sn'l cl :\h


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wert! hoth bom in Indiana, and emigrat.ed lt) LoJuisa

County, Iowa, in 18G8. settling at Clifton. "h~:rc

Mr. Carr engage{\ in the lumber business until IIi

d eath, which occurred Nov. 3, 1814. His wif,. ::11:.

\'ives him,athl i:; a resi rlent of Columbus .Ju ncti•Jil,

Iowa. Mr. Cnn was a Repu blican in politics, :111ol a

member of the I. 0. 0. F. He was nlsoa l'•Jto"i:-tv ll l. mem bcr of the Re fo rm Church, and a worthy :wd

highly respectt'd citizen. His wife also lil·IOJtl_:.!, L•J

that church, :wei is he ld in hig h esteem for hc t· tu:tn.'·

exce llend es of c: ltaracter . They were the pnn· tl l>.

of three children : Frederick. the e ldest, di<·ol :tt

tlH! age of three years; Willillm A .• the snhj<'•' L qf

thts sketch; and Thomas Ira. who i ~ em pk•.\'l·cl as

salesruan in the store of his elder brother.

Our subject received a common -sehoul edueati•m. :mrl in 1877 eng:~gerl :IS c lerk with Loui• Bi,·oll'

man. a well-knowu merehant of Culumhus .J lllll'tio •n . and after a srrvicc of six ye:~.rs with that gl' tll l,•m:ttt.

es tnhlishccl his present business in 188:3. whieh lh·

hns carrierl on successfu lly since. He is an (•utcr

prisi ng, cnergotic young business man.ancl i, duing

tile large!'t exclusive c lothing business in the county.

M r. Carr is independent in politics, an1l is a mem

bet• of Columbus City Lodge X o. l Oi, A. F. & A.

l\1. , of Columbns Ju twtion. On the 6th o f Septemhcr. 18x8. Mr. C. 1\'a ~ unit~:<!

in marriage, at Columbus .Junction, with ~I i~s May

Jennings. o f that city.

m:u'l'iage. in Muscatine County, Iowa, with 1\l iss

Uelle El iason, a rlanghter of Levi Eli:\son. who is a

resiclent of tll~t cou nty. Mr. R.eaney fo rmed the

existing partnersllip with his hrother S:lrnuel in

April. 1888. lie is a Repuhlic:m in politics, strongly

in fav o r of high tariff, nnrl at present makes his

i•·•me upon tbe far m in Concord T ownship.

'FiRANCIS MARI(JN BALDWIN, of thoft,·m .~ of E c h:mnn & U:lldwin, dealers .in lumber, ·

~ C•>al, •·tc., was born Feb. 6, 1839, near Cr:~.wforcl svi lle , Ind. His paren ts were William C.

anti Cyrena (Dolton) Baldwin. The father, ho rn

i11 llamilton County, Ohio, o f ~cotch and English

descent, followerl tue vocation of farming , and is

now living a retired life at Vircien, Il l., at the age

of seventy-eigbt. Tbe mother was born and re:ucd

in Kentucky, though cles<:emled from an old Vir

ginian family, and her death occurred July 3. 1 ~80.

Our subject removed with h is parents to Greene County, Il l.. when thirteen years o r age, anrl there

g rew to manhood on his father's farm, recei ving

s uch education as the cfistrict schools afforded. On

tile 16th o f February, 1864. in Macoupin County,

Jll.. he wns united in marriage with Miss Amanda . 'cuith. who wn:; a rlaughter of Thomas ~mith, nnrl

was born nenr Rood honse, Greene Co. , Ill. One child g t·acP.S tlleir union, E•lwin H., now twenty-one

years of age. 1\Ir. Baldwin was engaged tn farm

ing in G reene Cou nLy. ill. , untill87:i, when be en

gaged in the> li ve-St<~ck bus iness, buying, feeding

~ ' >IJERT J. REAi\EY, 'Jf the firm oi .Reutw~· and shtpping. ~ ubsecpt .. ntly he formerl a partner-

Bros.,clothie rs. uf Coluwbus Junction.lo"·:, , ~hip witl1 W. W. E ckman in ti.Je grain an1l lumber

w:~s horn in County Tyrone. Ireland . ,Jul.\· business, which was carrier\ on in the two towns of

~2 1 , 1856, nnd is a son of .J oseph :1111! E liza- Atwater an1l ' Tirdelt, 111., Mr. Baldwin having

beth Henney. His parents were born iu l r.·l:uul. •Ji l·h:1rge of tbat of tbc formet• and Mr. Eckman of

'cotch parentage, were married ,July l!~". I:".', ~. :ouol thr latter place. Until MRy, 1884, they conti nued

omigrated to AmeriC:\ in 18G3. T hey aro now n·~t - lolP· iness in I llinois. bnt at that time sold out ~nd

rlents of Concord Township. L ouisa Co .. l uwa. ro.!moved to Columbus .Junction. Iowa, buying out

Our subji!Ct reccivecl a common-school edu,·a • inu. the lumber business of \Vilcox & Son, and contin-

nn•l came witl.t his parents to this county in I:--; I . ued business under their former firm name of Eck-

H e was rearerl t.o farm labor, and al~o learned the man & Baldwin. (See sk~tcb o f business elsewhere

carpenter's tr:ulc, at wllicb l.te worked fr•Jill his in tl.tis work.)

t! ightcenth year until 1884, and at interval:; s ince. Mr. l3alciwin is a. Republican in polit.ics, but not

I, On the t i!tll of Deccmhcr, 1887, uc was united in an n.spirantfor the honors o f public office, one t.erm "J ~~~~::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::~~~~~~~--

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Event(s) Birth: 21 Jul1856

County Tyrone, Ireland Death: 3 Aug 1941

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Marriage( s) Spouse: Belle Eliason Disc #1 34 Pin #3503423

Marriage: 12 Jan 1887

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