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JOHN H. WHITING.his sufferings al! that was in mortalual-Iso* wr LtWhen we uhall clearly know and understand, 1 think that we will say, God knew the best.”power to effect. The Kev. W. P.Nicholas was assisted in the funeralJohn H. Whiting was born at hr- services by I)r. J. C. McClintock ofs;eatfdrIwin, Steuben county, New York,Dec. Burlington,who,from a long and inti1834. In his boyhood, he attend- j tn ate friendship,was able to teach a need Genesee college, Lima, New \ ork, bJe lesson from the life of his friend.irBireedndiy)8«toand afterward entered the Wesleyan ; \H we stood at the grave, and theUniversity at Middletown, Conn., light of the setting sun cast its raysfrom which he was graduated in over the hillside, we felt the prophet1855, with the well earned reputa- jc truth of the hymn, as the sweettion of a bright and thorough student. In 1857 he came west to Mt.Pleasant and entered the bankingsounds died away on the evening air.epadhopse of W. I*. Brazelton Co. Afe-hoe-hte-k.i-terward, his father, the late TimothyWhiting, bought an interest in the“Earth has many a cool ret reat, Many a spot to memory dear;Oft we Mud our weary feet Lingering by some fountain clear; Yet tlie purest waters flow,In thlt;yandto which we go.”Ibank, the firm becoming Brazelton Whiting. Through different changesFUNERAL OF CHARLES GILLIS.The funeral of Mr. Charles iiMr. Whiting retained his connectionh with the bank, until in 1865, it wasy chartered as the National State Bank,it !with Timothy Whiting president,andGillie was held from the family residence, on West Clay street, at fouro’clock on Saturday afternoon, andwas attended by a large coneourse ofJohn II. Whiting cashier, which position he held until elected vice president in 1886. On the death of hissympathizing neighbors and friends.The services were conducted by Rev.J. (J, Lee, of Galesburg, HI., a warmifi.father in 1887, he was elected presipersonal friend of the deceased, as-dent, but was soon compelled to retire on account of ill health. Hesisted by Iiev. Keyes, pastor of theUniversalist church. The musicwas united to Miss Julia May, ofBath, N. September 22, 1858.The family thus founded, has beenfor thirty-seven years, a center, fromwhich emanated peace, love and thebest influences of a cultured home.Three children grew up in this idealwas furnished by the Universalistchoir with Mr. L, A. Palmer at theorgan. Kev. Lee, in his short address paid, a most eloquent andbeautiful tribute the life andcharacter of the deceased. Id hishome, James Timothy, who still resides with his mother; May, low Mrs.G. W. S. Allen and Dr. Harry C.quiet, gentle way he spoke words ofcomfort and hope, which, coming asthey did from a heart filled withsympathy and touched with grief,t i, i• . t 1QU- could not fail to strengthen and\V biting, of Burlington. In 18Ho 6Mr. Whiting found, creeping uponcheer every mourning heart. Thehim, the obscure disease known toexercises at the house closed with abeautiful solo by Kev. Keyes, enti-medieal men as paralysis agitans. J .For ten years he endured the paintied “Some Sweet Day.” A longand increasing disabilities of the dis-procession followed the remains toi i ,u i; i uir.. Forest Home, and there, on the greenease, when death relieved him at four ' ’ 6• 4 - ft M ft, , , t c hillside, iu9t as the western sky waso clock on the morning of September ’ J J18. The strong personality of Mr. louch8d wltb aM lbc ISl®rioU8 tioU ofmi , . 4 _ 1aa AotlliB sunset, all that wasW biting s character, was so marked ; *ai a i a * i ^ , u, ..a ii... mortal of Chas. Gilhs was genththat he impressed those about him, © -in every department of life, where low,,rd to iu l88t ™l,D* Pl8tc- Tb#hi. dutie. called him. In ba.ineu l°g ®°d journey ended,circles, in the church or ameng hishe rests at last, amid the scenes offriends socially, be was fearless inhis childhoods home, leaving behindasserting hi. conviction., e»rn..t to bim tbe ricbe8t leKac' lbat “an canpromote the welfare of ethers, pur-leave, the record of asuing his plans, with the force ofblameless life. Of hipureitamimightan intelligent, original mind. The el‘ ** ,a,d: “,l ev«- to.. .. , „ r v whom he spoke a kindly word, or foractivity and success of the YoungMen’s Christian Association, thirtyyears ago, were largely duo to hislabors and aid. He was the presidentof the History Club for many years,leading it to its best work through hisscholarly tastes and extended reading. His genial wit, and clear cutcriticisms of people and epochs, wereepigrammatic gems, still quoted bythe members of the class But hisheart was in his church, the Presbyterian, of which he was a rulingeider, and his deep, religious fervorwas an impetus to his co workers.whi«i he did a kindly deed, wouldWring a blossom to his grave, he wouldsleep to-night beneath a wildernessof flowers.ftDEATH OF Mi-8. SOPER.Mrs. Maria Soper died at the homeof her daughter, Mrs. W. S. Dey, atBlakesburg, la., Sept. 18th. Thebody was brought to Mt. Pleasantfor interment at Trent.in cemeteryon Friday. The funeral was conducted bv Kev. Howler of Danville.Maria lngersol was born in NewHe was for twenty years superintendent of the Sunday School, combining the duties of father andYork, November 26th 1812 and wasthe youngett of eleven children.She removed to Hamilton County.Ohio with her parents when she wasteacher to rnauy who profited by hisinliuenoe. When the physicians anuounued to him, the life which wasbefore him, probably for years, tieproved the worth »f his religion andthe strength of his faith. The suocessful business man laid aside hisledgers; the church worker foldedhis hands and left his beloved Sunday School to others; the scholargave up his studies, except as helearned with the aid of faithful homefriends, he bowed to a Higher decree, and set himself “to suffer andbe strong.The silent but heroicbattle has been fought before us,with a cheerfulness and patience almost divine. The grim, slow, relentless disease has, step by stepconquered the body, which was its8 years old. She grew up in ilarnilton, and married James B. Gaineron: at his death she removed withher live children to Henry County,Iowa in 1845, settling six milesnorth of Mt. Pleasant. Later shemarried William Soper of HenryCounty, Iowa. To them was bcrnmione child, Mrs, W. S. Dey, withwhom she has lived since Mr. Soperstleath in 1883. In 1890 she had astroke of paralysis and had been ahelpless invalid until her death, Sept.18th, 1895. She was eighty-twoyears, nine months and twenty-twodays old. Her mother had been deadseventy-five years on Friday, thedav she was buried.Mrs. Soper was a member of thecertain prey, from the first. But iuno instance has it wrested from thebrave spirit, a murmur of impatiencePresbyterian Church and was notedfor her self-sacrificing efforts for herneighbors and friends, She rests inor complaint. Sustained by spiritGreen Mound Cemetery west ofTrenton.ual strength, this Christian soldier jhas yearly taught us, lessons of fortDEATH OF LEVI CAMMACK.itude, courage and grace, the lnlluMr. Levi Cum mack, one of theenee of which, will not die, with Inspioneers lt;*f Suit m, died very sudgeneration. His many friends havetlenly I tst evening about 7:30. Hehonored aud loved him, and Imv*had resided iu Salem township sincemourned over the loon season of1836 and was nearly 80 years ofpain and wtariuessr*itis meet,age. iie had eaten a hearty sup.that they should now rejoice, thatper and after he retired the familywhen they again see him, it will Inheard h.m groaning and went to hisin the Beautiful City of the K dt 'Oct illbedside only lo find him dead, lited, iu the sacred company of those,It id been a great sufferer from rheu-of whom it bus been written, “Thee*mutism and it is supposed it wentare they, wno have.come up out oflo ill.*, heultgreat tribulations.” There are left The standard old drama of Unclebehind the loving,faithful wife, clol Tom's Cabin will be rendered at thedren and friends, whose constant, Grand on Friday evening Septembertender ministrations have alleviated 27th.
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Atlas Henry County Iowa
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