Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-05-10
FUNERAL OF REV. LYMAN.
A Pioneer of Poweshiek counr is Laid
! to Rest.

~ TIOneer OF foWeSnIek COuutsi 10 6o'G
! to Rest.
Special to Times Republican.
Grinnell, May 10.-Had Rev. Addison
Lyman, whose funeral oco cred yester-
day morning at the famil. Sssidence on
Third avenue, lived till 8 Sd of De-
cember he would have Snpleted his
S9th year. His death oc ~red Wednes-
day morning at / o'clock and was not
preceded by any protracted illness.
Mr. Lyman was born in East Hamp-
ton, Mass, Dec. g. 1913. He was
brought up on farm and worked his
way thru college by teaching school. He
completed full college course at Will
Jams College with the class of 1889,
afterward taking the theological course
at the seminary in Auburn, N. Y. He
completed this course in 1874 and the
next year came west with his bride, a
second cousin, to enter the service OF
the Home Missionary Society at Gene
SEQ, Ill. His labors as preacher con-
tinued for two years in this field, after
which he taught in the Home Mission
ary Academy at Sheffield, ILL.,, for seven
years.
Mrs. Lyman lived but two years and
an interesting bit Of romance is con-
rected with his second marriage. When
the young missionary and his bride
came west they met anyother newly
married couple on the river steamer,
who were also to enter the service OF
the Home Missionary Society and had
chosen the field at Delevan, Wis. The
quartet became fast friends during the
course of their westward journey ana
after they had reached their new fields
kept up regular correspondence.
After they had each labored about two
wears Mrs. Lyman died and at almost
the same time the missionary, Rev. f.
III. Pitkin, at Delevan, also died, leaving
his bride entirely alone on the western
frontier. Letters informing each other
of the death of their companions
crossed on the way. Rev. Lyman and
Mrs. Pitkin soon after met and decided
to cast their lots together. Mrs. Plt-
kin, formerly Miss Katherine A. Por-
ter. was a graduate Of Mount Holyoke
Seminary of the class of 1S40. This
wife survives him.
Following his service in the Home
missionary Academy Mr.. Lyman
preached for fourteen years at Shef-
field, ILL.,, moving to Kellogg, Iowa, IN
1868.
In 1894 Rev. Lyman moved to Grin
nell with his family. Each of the
seven children in the family have at
tended Iowa College and of these four
are graduates. Three grandchildren
have also attended the college and
three Of these have graduated, one be-
ing at present in the college.
The names of his children are Rev
Henry NJ. Lyman, Iowa College, 's4
pastor of an institutional church at
jamestown, N. Y: Addison F. Ly-
man, class Of 1895, now surveyor in
Boston; Mrs Anna L. Ashman. now of
Weiser Idaho: Mrs. Katherine Camp,
School Of Music, 1884, now residing
at Risbe, Iowa; Mrs. Theresa M. Hill,
Of Grinnell; j. Frederick Lyman, of
Rockland City, Iowa; and Mrs. Mary L..
Harvey of Denver, Colo. OF these.
Rev. Henry M. Lyman, Mrs. Theresa
Hill, J. Frederick Lyman and Mrs.
Mary l.. Harvey attended the funeral.
The funeral services were held yes
terday morning at S:45 o'clock, the
funeral party accompanying the body
to Kellogg. Rev. E. M. Vittum con-
Quoted the services.