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Passed Away This Morning in British Columbia on Pleasure Trip With Eastmans——***!■ nw n —i ■■ mmmi**Isaiah Cooper McConnell, president « of the s u. k r. c, MoConnull Co of t Rtirlingfon, and a prominent citizen, die*! suddenly In (Jlacler house, 'British Columbia, this morning, ac- p cording to a telegram received in Pur- ^ Mneton thin Hftcrnoon. 1 riMr McConnell was born July b1*47, in Hartford county. Maryland, and whs 72 ycrra old at the time of ■Ida death. He waa the son of James | ^Mlt; Connell and Anna Cooper McCon-tiellWhen he wag only a boy his pa rent a r moved to Salem, Ohio, where Mr Me- n Connell rpont hi« earlier days, and In tthe late sixties, after the civil war, 'I he came to Burlington, where he en- rtered the business established hv his ‘*father.The first place of business wag on S j Main street and later on Valley and Fourth streets, Mr. James McConnell . \vas the founder of the present 8. R.£ I. c McConnell Co., manufacturers of wholesale leather, saddlery andraddlery hardwareMr McConnell wag united in mar- r riago tlt;» Miss Willie J Horner, and one daughter, Anna Cooper McConnell, was born to the happy union. J j Phe ditd very suddenly on July 15. ,She was 18 years old nt the time of death and so dear to the heart of her father that it is thought the shock of her death caused the ill ( health to which he succumbed this * rorninc ,He served as vice-president of the » ompany for many years and upon the f death of his brother, Samuel I? Me- a Connell, ilute years agn.*he became the president, which position he held until his death. HFor four years he was president of fthe f’.urllngton lt;«nlf club and was an 1active member of the Commercial Ex- Ichance Mr. McConnell has a multi- ctude of friends in Burlington who j,mourn his passing with sincere sor- \ row. !Two sisters. Mrs. Elmer C. Priro { and Mrs. William Eastman, and two j brothers, Webster McConnell, a cap-! tain in the civil war. and Samuel K r Mlt; Connell, preceded him in death tMr. McConnell is survived by his;wife. He had been in ill health for v the last ten years and the first of ^this month he left Burlington with j Mr and Mrs. E P. Eastman for an ^ extensive trip. The remains will be ^brought to Burlington Friday. f
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Burlington Gazette
Burlington, Iowa, US
Mon, Aug 25, 1919
Page 5
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