Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-02-23

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Shelves the sixt 6scosd year Of es
'ses. Tr1n IN ely period Of her 70
to The dak Of ~ deaab, she was q D.
staA and. llevojed member OF the Pre-
byterian Church always fervent and
esrnsst in the discharge Of ell her re-
ligious duties.
Mr.. David Buckwaltsr was born in
the county OF berk, in the State Of Pa,
in the year 1899, He was . German
by descent, aud belonged to . religious
society called dunksrds /; the male por-
ton Of which used to have very long
besrds, when they were not 20 fashion
able - they are Il this day. He emf
grated from Pennsvlvanis to the county
Of Scott in the month Of June, 1910.
tie settled on farm about four miles
vest Of Davenport, which he purchased
Of Mr.. A. Ii. llavenp ,rt, and be resided
upon it until the day Of bis death, which
occurred on the 28th day OF May, lSoo.
He was . man OF modest and unassum-
ing demesnor; . farmer by education
aud habits he never allowed himself to
wonder from the beaten path OF his ear
" pursuits. He loved to be indepcnd-
ent. Ills industry made him so.
Mrs. MahaIa Craig was the daughter OF
Henry Thorpe, who was soldier under
Jackson. at Pensacola and New Orleans
She was born near Nashv'lIe,in the State
OF Tennessee, on the 3lst Of Angus,
1914. Her family emigrated frem Nash
vile to Jacksonville, in the State OF In
diana in 1915 or 1915, whe nee they re-
moved to Cincinnati IN 1929, where she
was married to Mr.. Richard Craig in
1891. She was the mother Of eight child
rem, two sons and one daughter born in
C ncinnati, and four daughters and one
son born in Iowa. In company With her
husband she emigrated from Cincinnati
to Davenport in 1889. She died in this
place on the 10th ofJune last. She was
a woman ofgreat modesty and prudence;
the religious element gave tone to be'
whole character; her piety'was rnpreten-
dius and unobtrusive, but sincere. Her
whole life vas an example to her children
to her church, to society,
Mr.. Alfred ID. Thorington was born IN
Alabama, at Cahawbs, then the Capital
ofthe State,on the 10th Of July, 1881; he
Va the son Of John II. Thorlngton and
Mary ThorDe ton. His father was mem
Der Of the bar OF Alabama, and had .
name not unknown to fame in that State.
When first saw his father in this Terri
tory, bis voice was very much impaired by
paraIy sis, aud he was prevented from pur-
sung his vocation from that cause.
He was the compeer OF many OF the
ablest attorneys Of Alatams, and not
wanting in that shrewdness' for the abuse
of which, the legal profession endures, at
all times no enviable reputation.
In Mr.. Ii. Thorington's life, this talent
was exerted for protection, not abuse, and
am informed that when contest arose
between him and the late Mr.. Bel
ser, they invariably lett the Court
House together, neither being willing
to trust the other alone in that sanctuary,
in the absence OF the Judge.
When the seat Of government Of Al
ALBANIA was removed to Tuscalns, MIR.
John THORN ton removed to Mont
gomery with his family, and he remained
there until 1886. The deceased, Mr..
Alfred Thorlngton, with his mother and
her other children, in 1851, returned to
North Carolina, her native land, for the
purpose of improving her health and
educating her children. She remained
in Fayetteville, North Carolina. until her
death in 1882. The deceased, with her
other children, returned to Montgomery,
from which place, iu 1886, the father Of
Mr.. A. d. Tholin.tnn removed to st.
Louis, with his family, where they re-
manned unit 1899; when they removed
to Davenport, IN this county, aed the
deceased became entitled to membership
in your association.
Mr.. Alfred u. Thorington received
the chief par, OF his education at the
St. Louis College, under the charge of
the Jesu,ts. His education, from cir
cumstances beyond his control, was not
completed Through college course, but
was snfficien. to qualify him for the
principal business OF his life, that OF u
school teacher.
lie remained but short period Of
time in this county. He was employed
first after he left school as a clerk in the
large Wholesale house Of Chouteau &
Vale, of 81. Louis. He had brother
in-law, }. w. Bradley, who was engaged
in business in Columbia, South Carolina.
Mr.. A. d. Thorington, accompanied
this brother-in Law 10 South Carolina,
and taught school a. Camden, a place
famous il revolutionary history where
the laurele Of a military chief, won at
Saratoga, withcrcd into Southern will
lows.
After teaching school in various
places in South Carolina, NJ. Thoring-
ton, about l84l or 1912, visited Little
Rock, in Arkansas, where his father had
gone to avail himself Of she benefits Of
the Hot Springs in that vicinity. 10 the
vain hope Of renovating his health.
Alfred accompanied his father to New
Orleans, ministe,inQ to his last sickness,
prior to hts death, which occurred in
that city in ls43. From New Orleans,
after his fathers death, Mr.. Thorington
returned to Arkansas, where he married
and resided in Benton county for a
few years. In ls49, he again visited
Davenport aad joined the family Of his
brother, Mr.. James Thorington, the
present Sheriff Of this county. In 1850,