The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-04-01
FUNERAL OF REV. LOCKWOOD
Impressive Ceremonies Held at Gar
den City Yesterday.
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From Mondays Daily.

From Mondays Daily.
With dignifed solemnity and earnest
ness BETTING the close of long and use
full earthly career, the remains of the
late Rev. j. E. lockwood were consigned
to their final resting place yesterday af
ternoon at Garden City. A life devoted
to the cause of Christianity had been
yielded up to its Maker. The labors of
one servant were over and he had gone
to his reward.
Joseph lockwood was born Feb 10,
1928, in Newfane, Vermont. He was the
son of David and Joanna lockwood. He
was one of family of six brothers and
two sisters. Two brothers and one sis
ter still survive.
Joseph studied for the ministry at
Townsend, Vermont, but was obliged
by impaired health to alter his plans He
engaged in agriculture at Bennington,
taking the farm on which Mrs. Rock
woods family settled before the Revolu-
tionary War. He was married on Oct.
80, 1851, to Miss Rhoda Hurd of Ben
nington In 1869 he removed with his
family to Minnesota and engaged in
farming at Garden City, having purchas-
ed the farm adjoining the railroad sta
ton grounds on the west. This farm is
now owned by his daughter Mrs. Chap
man and her husband.
In 1870, at the age of forty seven he
was ordained to the ministry at Garden
City. For twenty-seven years he preach
ed in the Baptist pulpits at Garden City,
Lake Crystal, Good Thunder, Vernon
Center, Lincoln, Winnebago City, Fair
mont, Norwood, New Auburn, Candy,
Minnesota and LIE Sueur. He often serv-
ed two OF three churches at the same
time and for very small nominal sal
airy.
He was school director at Garden City
in the early seventies. He helped to or
ganize the first graded school and high
school and to secure the erection of the
present school building.
His death occurred at his home at Gar
den City last Friday. Three sons and
two daughters survive him: Eli Hurd
lockwood of Madelia; Chelsea ]. Rock
wood of Minneapolis; Mrs. Julia R.
Mccormick of Roswell, Idaho; Mrs. Hat
tie R. Chapman of Garden City, and
Adoniram j. lockwood of Roswell,
Idaho. There have been twenty four
grandchildren of whom twenty-five are
now living.
The funeral services were conducted at
the Baptist church yesterday afternoon
by Rev. F. E. R. Miller of Mankato, as
sisted by Rev. Black and Rev. Chuck.
Mr.. Miller preached a sermon from the
text, Job l4:l4: Tz man die shall he
live again?" His closing remarks were
as follows:
"This removal has not been unexpect-
ed. The preparations for the journey
have been many and varied. We have
all heard the warning of the occupant of
this house that he was going to leave
it for new and larger mansion. How
fitting that he should do so quickly,
peacefully, and painlessly.
"And now our chief concern is to see
the Christ who has done so much for
him; to reproduce the virtues of that
life which he called, the best; to live the
Christian immortal life which he was
living so that at the last we may hear as
he heard the invitation: "Come, ye bless
ed of my Father, inherit the kingdom
prepared for you from before the foun
dation of the world; for was hungry
and we gave me meat, thirsty and ye
gave me drink, naked and We clothed
me-"
'And the truer life draws higher
Every year,
And it's morning star grows brighter
Every year;
Earth's hold on us grows slighter
And the heavy burden lighter
And the dawn immortal brighter
Every year."