Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1895-12-27
Death Of James ]. Caward.

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threshold of happy home and it is
with feelings Of sincere regret that we
make the announcement that James |.
Caward is no more. His death &C.
Cured at his home at Hampton, Iowa,
Friday, December 20, at 1890 p. m.
The immediate cause of his death was
blood poisoning, resulting from sur.
gical operation some weeks previous.
The body was brought to Cresco for
burial in beautiful Oaklawn. Funeral
services were held Sunday at 2 p. M,
al the residence of his brother, ]. B.
Caward, conducted by Rev. Taylor of
the NJ. E. church, assisted by mem.
bers of the Congregational church
choir. How true it Is that sorrow is
the dominant chord of nature, and yet
how equally true is 1t that the sorrows
that visit mankind are often the means
of leading the sorrowing to closer
conception of their duty to others and
their God, was the theme Rev. lay
lor impressed upon his hearers.
The heart broken wife and the sor.
rowing daughters, his brother George
of Owatonna, Mimi, and son in. law,
T.. F. Thorpe, of S.. Paul, besides the
Cresco relatives we're present at the
funeral His brother William, of
Milwaukee, started, but got only as far
as Pralrle du Chen, there being no
tram up Sunday morning.
The large number present at the
funeral and the profuse floral offerings
of friends attested the high esteem III
which Mr. Caward was held by his old
neighbors and associates. Memorial
Post, G. A. r., attended the funeral
in body and conducted the services
at the cemetery.
Mr.. Caward was a man of strong
convictions, but generous to fault.
He was universally admired and re-
spected by all who knew him. In the
mellow sunset of an honoled life he
passed into the valley of the shadow
and fell asleep at the sound of the
taps of Death.
! Deceased was born at Halls Corners,
New York, March, 1887, and moved
with his parents to Whitewater, Wis, !,
when mere boy. He came to Cresco
in 1873. Was united in marriage 20
Ella Crossman in the fall of 1871. To
them we're born four children-three
CT whom are llving-Jennie, now Mrs.
Thorpe Of St. Panl, and Emma and
Ella Caward.
Mr.. Caward was resident of Cres.
CO for several years and engaged with
his brothers in the mercantile trade.
l In r1 IL
aud Fayette, and resided few years
at Redfeld, S. d. The family moved
to ST. Paul about seye,nq!a,,vears ago.
where they have a pleasant :. i
where Mr.. Caward was employed witd
a large wholesale grocery firm. Last
April he went to Hampton, Iowa,
where lie was engaged in the mercan.
tile business at the time Of his death.
At the breaking out of the War of
the Rebellion, in 1861, Mr.. Caward at
the tender age of fourteen years, went
INTO camp with the 4th Wisconsin,
but when the regiment was ordered to
the front he was sent home OH account
Of his extreme youth. Again, he at.
tempted to enlist i'll the 18th and 10th
REGIMENTS, and spent few weeks in
camp will: each regiment. But, as in
the first instance, he was sent home
when the regiments started south.
When the 2Sth Wisconsin regiment
was being organized lie Joined Capt
Grey's company, but the officers would
not enlist him and lie served in the
capacity of ''marker" for the regiment
j aud orderly to the Colonel until he
was nearly sixteen years of age. when
he enlisted. AT the end of little over
three years enlisted service he was
honorably discharged at the close OF
the war.