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Lni ■•:G.y.DP:S-il.of15G*16- P' ■* jtyi-;b,itrera)Pj■ij!ifdi-:i- '■ -Til-*i s• . *. , ■ ,BEK-.JA.MIH:':J: ■ CBISWEXiL,, ■ ‘WHO CAME. TO LINCOLN [ TOWS- , SHIP IS leSS,' DEAD,' i r . ■ ■.... . p ■ .■I ■i (a i ^ iON ONE FARM FOR 52 YEARSFuneral to Ids Held Suxutay-'-Cap tainBi Jester Dies at Mus-■ I T ■ ■• . catine.■ j■ pilit■i.1-'ITelr;oo;eL-,ehBenjamin Criswell, one, of .the, oldest and jnost respected pioneers of SCbit county,-died at his home in Lincolnj ■ ■,township. after an ilines, of two weeks: 1 ■ • ■ V- W t*' ‘ -of pneumonia, Thursday,'Jstnr '26/ atm.\ :aged-8tj .yVjars, 7 months and 13 ditys- ■ ' ' .The r funeral will' be held - Sunday, -Jam 29* at .10 o'clock a. from: his late home, .services and,burial being: at ■ Sunidit.ciiiU:ch. ,,* Benjamim Criswell ■ was a .1 native ■, of Lewis town,, Pa,, where, he'was born June 13, 1819. He moved to Iowa jii lS52f; settling in what Js noW; Lincoln township. -His-father, the late-Robert Criswell, had preceded ;bim to Scott county* settling herein 1844. After:-arriving-in this vicinity Benjamin-found -no govern men t, J and,, and was thinking 'seriously of. going back to ■ Pennsylvania, .but finally said that If .his father would 'sell him laud -he would remain.Accordingly his father-sold him the v fine farm upon which he lived so ■ long * and where his death occurred Thursday. ' _Mrj Criswell was happily married, but suffered the io*ss? of his wife twentyyears ago. .He leaves liirec sons, 0* B. Criswell, at home; A* S- Criswell and O. M. Criswell,. the two, latter residing in Crawford county, Iowa. - .',.
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Davenport Morning Star
Davenport, Iowa, US
Fri, Jan 27, 1905
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