Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-17
WAS LAID TO REST
Funeral Services of w. w. Brunt
Held From Residence.
DEATH CAME SUDDENLY JULY 9

DEATH CAME SUDDENLY JULY 9
Services Conducted by Rev. John
Brown of Batavia-Remains Taken
to Highland Center for Interment-
Was a Veteran of Thirteenth Iowa.
Eddyville, July 15.-The funeral SER
vices of the late lamented w. w. Brunt
were held from his late residence
about six miles west of Eddyville Sat
urday, July -, at 1880 o'clock, Rev,
John Brown of Batavia pastor of the
Bethel Chapel, conducting impressive
| services. After the remains had been
viewed by large concourse Of perhaps
500 sympathizing friends they were
conveyed to Coalfield and taken on
board the Iowa Central passenger
train which arrives here at 1:57 p. m.
The remains were removed from the
train here, and interment made in
Highland cemetery. This was neces-
sary owing to the water in the bottoms
/ between the Brunt residence and Ed
4 dyville being so high that it was i'm
possible to drive directly to Eddyville.
William Wright Brunt was born Feb
ruary 1, 1S43, in Madison county, In
diana. He was married three times,
being first married in January, 1864, to
Miss Miriana Benedict. To this union
was born one son, the late DR.. w. w.
Brunt, Of this place, who died suddenly
on April a. 1901. His first wife died
in the spring of 1865. He then mar
| ried Miss Margaret Walker in Febru-
airy, 1868. To this union were born
born three children. Two died in in
fancy and one, Mrs. Snyder, of Illinois,
still lives. This wife died in August
, 1875. He was married to Miss Martha
Ann Walker on March Is, 1877. To
; this union were born seven children
| of which all, together with the wife
survive him. The children are: Debbie
; John, James, Leonard, Floyd, Susan
and another little boy or girl whose
| name has not been secured. All of the
children reside on the home farm. MI
: Brunt was soldier of the Civil war
: enlisting in the Thirteenth Iowa In
: fantry, Company G, and was given an
honorable discharge July 81, 1865, at
Louisville, Kentucky. He was sue
! cessfu farmer, the family homestead
/ alone consisting of 500 acres, aside
5 from which he owned other farms. He
4 located on the present homestead in
| West Des Moines township. Mahaska
3 county, near Lakonta about twenty
: five years ago. He was connected with
r no church or fraternal society, but is
spoken of as a man who ranked high
g among men for his integrity and up
i. rightness. He frequently attended
church at Bethel Chapel, about two
d miles west of his home. He died at
/ p. M, Wednesday. July 8, 1902, after
n only few hours illness, from stomach
trouble, being SO years, 5 months ant
J. 8 days old. Aside from his wife ant
n children, quite number of other more
: distant relatives and many warn
8 friends remain to mourn his suddel
O demise.
Mrs Robert A. Logue of Sand Ridg,
# went to Floris to visit her parents, Mr.
e and Mrs. Houston, for week, but was
s. taken sick and will not return before
next Saturday.
e Mrs. Robert Clark and two children
It of South Fifth street. were over Sun
e day visitors with the formers parents
t. Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Hawke, ST., north O
e Ottumwa, and with friends in Ottum
a wa. Mrs. Clark'S brother, Ed. Hawke
= Jr., of this place, intended to also g
e down and spend Sunday with his pal
e ents.
v Miss Vina Barnett, from near Han
e ilton, has been visiting her cousin
Miss Mary Logue, on Sand Ridge.
d Misses Cora and Pearl Whitema
" and Ethel Emanuel Of the south par
W of town, are making an extended visi
e with friends at Lovilia.
If Three children by the name of Erit
s. son, from Marshalltown, have been VII
iting their uncle, Hiram McKim, an
family of Sand Ridge
" Mrs. Lena Singer has arrived fror
n Wyoming to make her future HON
III here She is at present residing wit
ed Chris Johnson. west of town.
at Several catches of large fish are b.
s. ing made since the high water.
e. Mrs. M. LutZ and sister, Miss Dotti
Owings, of Centerville. were receI
,y visitors with their cousin, Mrs. w.
10 Berry, on Third street.
n Harry Taylor of near Lakonta +
turned home Sunday from Oskaloos
is where he had been since Thursday.
rs. L. e. Hayes has moved his famil
81 consisting of his wife and baby, fro
Bluff Creek back to Eddyville. The
ia have been residing with j. l.. Myric
N, and family for the past few month
he assisting on the farm.
if The new B. B. Heki building he
of been in the hands of the plasterers.
de
N Rchland.
~ - Richland, July ia fearful ra
se Sunday night flooded everythin
III There was a hard electric storm wit
bu it.
~ Misses Elma Schener and Yer
~ Wade leave tonight for a visit vii
- Washington friends.
H. Mrs. G. S. Sargent and daughters
Smith Center, Kansas, are the CUES
= of of Bert Sargent's Of this village.
w Gilbert Evans was Sunday visit