The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1877-02-22
at the funeral service ut Bethel church
Oh Monday, and are now saying,
dearest sister, thou hast left Us,
But thy loss We deeply feel;
But tits God that has bereft us,
Ia nan all nnr snrrnNxa heal y
II. G.. BARNES.


Ii. G. BARNES.
At his residence at Shiloh. in Red Oak. Co.
dar county. on Friday. February I'd. 1877, Mr..
JOHN 6ooDRIeH, aged et.hty-one years, SIX
months and one day
In attempting short sketch Of the
life of this pioneer citizen, we are sure
we can do no better than to append,
rerbafiBG, the characteristic biography
which he prepared of himself two
years ago for the use of the Old Set
Tiers Association, and which is placed
at our disposal through the kindness
of the Secretary, Judge Tuthill:
|, John Goodrich. was born at Horringer,
near Bury St Edmunds, IN the county of
suffolk, England on the first day OF August,
1895. Lived with my parents III | was y
years old then went to ngatcstone, Essex.
Managed farm for VIM. Havers, Esq. Ave
years: then went as steward for Lord Petre,
where siaid ~ years. or tili me sun OF sep
Arrived In New York December the Sth.
1892: went to Connecticut, worked In paper
factory till some time In October, ls3ts then
went 10 English Prairie, Lagrange Co. ludi-
ana: worked for Mr.. Thomas Burneft. farmer,
at farming wsrk AT II dol!afs month for i've
months. In the spring OF 1887 went to Wis
consin TO place then called Prairie Village,
now Waukesha, worked aud made claim
of half a section OF land about two and half
miles from that place. Worked for farmer
mt Prairie Village in the winter OF 1887
threshed his grain with the fail for which he
paid me in the spring of 1855 over 20 dollars
in what they called then Wild cat money
Michigan banks. The banks failed after he
had paid me and LOST il ALI, SO could not inn
prove my claim as intended Worked some
land ON shares that summer but made but
little. started 10 Iowa in the fall OF ISIS with
my gun and carpet bag and - dollars, arrived
in Red oak grove some time in November,
lS3s; worked at gathering corn for q bushel a
day for Charles Dallas: in the winter made
5000 rails for him nj dollar "A hundred and
paid three dollars a week for my board. |
bought q aim OF Robert Wilson OF half a
section in kcd Oak grove for which agreed
to pay him $50; paid him 500 down money
| had received from England. left me by my
grandmother. commenced farming for my
self the spring OF 1881; bached IL. lived and
Jared hard till married Duraney Richard,
Feb. 18th, ls45 | then began to live COM
Portable: got IN well in the world. We have
had eight children; only four are nov living;
lost by death two boys and two girls, but that
was the will OF God and say Gods will be
done. / am now. thank God well to do: can
live without working myself. and ii Is well 1
can for can do but little now being in my
Snth year: but sun enjoy life and hope shall
as long rs please God 10 let me 1--we.
The bluff genial, hearty and hardy
character of the deceased is strongly
Swallowed In the foregoing wonderful
condensation of the experience of four
score years He was one of family of
thirteen, five of whom survive him.
His energy and industry in earlier
life must have been rs proverbial as
were his good spirits and POPULARITY in
after years when age and corpulency
made ii difficult for him even to enter
tain the Old Settlers with the old-timc
dance which became a feature of their
annual programme. In the death of
Mr.. Goodrich a land mark has passed
away, and the circle of Red Oak pio-
neers, 50 eminently favored by Time,
is once more broken by the loss Of an
honored citizen. The funeral services,
on Sabbath, 4th inst, were very large
ly attended-eight Of the pioneer
associates of the deceased, Messrs.
Saml. lule, w. A. Rigby, VIM. Dali
las, J. w. Brown, John Chappell,
Ely Carl. John Ferguson and VIM.
coutts. officiating as pail bearers.