The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1875-01-28
Died.

At his home in Dayton township. on Tues
day evening. January lSth. 1875, Mr.. John
Robinson, In the S5th year Of his age
The deceased was born In Lancaster, Eng
land, came TO America in 1881. and to Iowa
In 1855, Arst settling in springdale town
ship, this county. He lived In the cstcem
and respect Of all who knew him, and has
gone from earth at the ripe old age Of four
score and Eve years.
In West Las Animas. Colorado, on Friday,
January s2nd, 1875, Of consumption, Mrs.
FLORA A., wife Of Rev. R. D. Parsons.
Fearing the effect Of the severe and chang
able weather Of Iowa upon the already en-
feebled health Of his wife, Mr.. Parsons last
fall left relatives and friends here and Ned to
. milder and more equable zone, and this 10
the sad ana unexpected news now brought
by telegram from his far of home. The
deceased was lady Of rare culture and
loneliness Of character, and many warm
friends in different parts Of Iowa will sym
pathixe with husband and little children in
their most sad and complete bereavement.
At his residence, in Linn township, Ce-
dar county, Iowa, Dec. 2Sth, 1874, Of absess
OF the liver, George Park, aged 81 years II
months and % days. His illness was Of
about six weeks duration.
To the above notice the Mechanicsyille
Press appends q more extended orbituary,
from which We extract IS follows: .About
forty years ago, when quite young, Mr. Park
came to this State, whore, with bare excep-
tion, be remained to the time Of his death.
1t can be said that he was among the first
who broke prairie IN Cedar county. His
early history notes the time when he, in
connection with others, loaded . nat boat,
and pulled 1t from Cedar Bluffs to New Or
leans, where market was found. Six chill
dren have proceeded him through the val
ley of death, while wife and three children
live to mourn SO sad loss, and pay revcr
ence at the mound OF the dead father. The
community silently mourn the demise Of =
valued citizen, and condole with those up
on whom the affiiction falls with such crush.
ing weight"
At his residesce in Upton, on Saturday
evening, January 23rd, 1875, Mr. SOLOMON
KNOTT. aged eighty years and one day.
The deceased was born In old Bedford
county, Pennsylvania, January %, 1895. In
lsl7 he was united in marriage to Miss Per
melia McCauley, and the next year removed
to Ohio. In 1885 he came with his family to
Indiana, and 1886 brought him to Iowa
where he at once selected as his home the
handsome location half mile west Of Tip
ton which has now for nearly forty years
been known far and near as the Knott
place." And so another, and one Of the
very earliest pioneers Of Cedar has gone.
For a number of years heavily laden with
the inhrmities of age, and for the last year
entirely broken down, death has ANAL
whore the passing years bring with them
no added burdens. The wife OF his youth sur
wives him after fifty seven years Of married
life--her eightieth birthday occurring the
day after her husbands death, she being
forty eight hours his junior.
or pneumonia, at Upton, Iowa, January
2lst, 1875, Mrs. SARAH w. YATES, in the 4lst
year Of her age.
Mrs. Yates was born in Carroll county,
Ohio, in June 1884, and was united in mar
rage with Hon. syvanus Yates In 1889. In
the same year she migrated with her hus-
band to Upton, Iowa, where she has since
resided and occupied prominent and In
fuential position in the community. Pos
sessed of finely cultivated mind and a
heart largely imbued with the spirit Of her
Lord and Master, she was indeed a help
meet to her husband, a blessing to her fam
lily, an ornament In society and q shining
light in the church militant.
At an early age she united with the Pres
byteran chu rch, OF which her aged parents,
who survive to mourn their loss, have been
exemplary members for more than half a
century. Some ten years ago, Mrs Yates
connected herself with the Evg. Lutheran
church of Upton, and manifested in all
these years an undying interest In the pros
perity Of Christ's kingdom on earth.
It Is worthy Of remark, that SO much had
she endeared herself to friends and acquaint-
ances that during her painful illness, friends
and neighbors with loving hearts and gen
tie hands Wed with each other in minister
ing to her sufferings day and night; and
when at last her sainted spirit fed to hap
pier climes and there remained naught but
her lifeess form still beautiful in death.
the tears that embalmed her reehins, the
ccncourse of people gathered in the Luthe-
ran church to attend her funeral, and the
deep sorrow that peryaded the hearts Of the
entire audience as they followed her to the
grave, proved the high esteem in which she
was held by all. Three OF her children pre-
coded her to the better land, while one son
and two daughters, all of tender years, re-
main to mingle their tears with the hus-
band and father, as they cherish in their
hearts the sweet memory Of one dearcr than
life to them May the Great Comforter con-
sole an d sooth their bcreaved and troubled
hearts and wipe away their tears with the
blest assurance that blessed are the dead
that die in the Lord" J. r. B.