The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-02-28
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a1h. hnnre In which now Nv
was purchased by my maternal sf,ai
grandfather Iii les L, has runtln.
uea In this family trom ihat time.
nearly onr hundred and my senr-,
have hsen AN rye Witness IL ssrtn
generations III thr sanr dwelling.
have l,~sn Il fireman In Grrnwish
sixty.tisr years. have been absent
from the rlma. III voting shnr iinr't.
going "a and from m. polls ~ nii.~.
making "a miles, ~ deposit my vote.
Twenty four different governors hays'
presided over the state. have lived
mn,lrr the administration II every
president from Washington IL tiian,
/ was tlnaricrmastrf general OF thu
NH regiment militia I'm thr war III
lsl?, serving under three Colonies,
and have been nm uifl.rr In tha
church FOR more ihan fcrty years.
Deacon Obadiah had In his pie.
session the jacket which his moth.
er's brother Obadiah had OH al In.
time h. WIS shot by the british dur,
Ing the Revolutionary war. Tho bull
passed through the LIFT arm about
half way between tho elbow and
shoulder, aud 30 into his aide. The
vpot whore this took place, whicl,
| wAa but stones throw from tho
house, Is now pointed out by RAJ.
dents In the ncighborhooi.
The next brother 10 Jonas was
Rcv. Solomon Mead, or Ms he was
more frequently called, "rnr.ol,
Solomon" He WINS graduate III
Yale College, class " It's. and utter.
wards was pastor of IN. presbyt.li.
an society at South SALEM, nearly
NIFTY years. until by reason III the IN.
ilrlniti.. of age h. was compelled u
give up. Snlcn invited tho Fairfield,
ministers May III, l152, u ordnii
him.
He married for hiS first wife Ham
nah strong. daughter ~ HEY. nr
benjamin Strong, " Stanwirh. nnd
after l..r death. Hannah Clark II
Waterbury. THIS tim. his wedding
tour consisted vi a horseback rid,
With hia bride on Il pillion from Na.
terLury ~ South Salem.
Tho Declaration VI independents,
MAS nlndc July 1. ITO. Hc preach
.a the Sunday followin. from Prov
cribs XIV. ~. lie Was the intina,,
friend ot Draineid, the linlinl
Preacher.
His family WIS remarkably small
only nv. children and one ~ thsS.
died III infancy. Many curious s.oric,
are told III this mnn. One, vonchr,
for Peter purlcy. Il 40 characteristic,
III wha. the writer has hcnrd ffnn
various sources III this man TINT ".
,.ivc II from Peter pnrley's Auto
biography. II must be- remembered
that Peter rnrley's father was ras
tor " the Presbyterian society Il
ki,lRcticld, Conn, only a few nilr'
from South salem.
In the contiguous town OF Lowe
Salem. dwclt III aged minister, y.
thc name III Mead. H. was all iii
ltfe marked with eerchtric,y, ane
about those days Of which l speak
Ills mind was rendered yet more cr
rattle by II touch ~ paralysis. II,
Mns. however. still Abl. 10 preach
and OH n certain Sunday, having tx
changed With my father, he was Il
J tn. pulpit md engaged In making hi
opening prayer. He Ind already H.
| gun Ills Invocation. when David
who wns the Jchu OF TINT generation
, dashed by the front door upon ,
|, horse, IL clever animal, ri which Ii,
/ was hut too proud In u full ronnt
trol. The echo OF the clnttcrinl
huofs filled shc church, which, being
| uf wood, Was ~onorous rs u drum
md arrested the attention. III we'll 4
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/ lrvrn before thu rider hnd reached |,
. The minister wnr fond ~ horses, III
. most 10 frnil,y, anh, from tho iir-l
, Ills prncti~e,l cur perceived that TN
!, sounds cnnlc from Il beHst of bottom
, When the animal shot by the .lool
/, he could not restrain Ills admiration
which wins accordingly thrust Int
. the very marrow ii his prayer
.Wcpra tho, 4 Lord, In pnrttrnln
. and peculiar manner ,hdts n 80
/ smart syifier to forgive ny n.l
, manifold tf.spasscs, IN - pnrtie''l''
\ manner, Al.
Ills tombstone II To be- secn In III
| bnrying ground In South Snlcn
/. where many other ~ III. Mcads II
buried. mud itr inscription will It'll
!. CLOSE this paper. The tomb itself
In the southwest corner.
MEMORY ~ THF
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