Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-10
HIS BOOM DEATH OF PIONEER
CHARLES w. DERBY, VETERAN OF
FAMOUS REGIMENT,
PASSES AWAY.
Was one of the Earliest Settlers Of
Wapslo County - Funeral Conduct.
ed From Baptist Church at BIakes.
burg Friday.

Charles w. Derby one OF the honor
ed pioneers of Wapello county and a
veteran of the famous Graybeard reg
iment, died at his home in Blakesburg
Thursday afternoon at 1890 O'Clock.
Mr.. Derby was 81 years of age and had
been a resident of Wapello county for
fifty-nine years.
Mr.. Derby was we'll known in Ottum-
wa and throughout the county and was
highly esteemed byiall. He was one of
the earliest. settlers of Wapelo county
and was for many years successfully
engaged in farming but retired several
years ago. He was the grandfather Of
w. A. Derby of this city and his son G.
w. Derby resides. south Of the city. The
other surviving children are: Mrs. Ann
Commons of Peabody, Kan, Mrs. Nan.
cy Peck of Blakesburg, Nelson Derby
of Wapello county; William Clark
Derby of Peabody, Kans; and Mrs. Ina
| Vancleve Of Blakesburg. The funeral
services were conducted from the Bap.
| fist church at Blakesburg Friday after
noon at 2 O'Clock, Rev. Howe ofiiciat-
| ing.
Sketch Of His Life.
| Charles w. Derby was born in Addi-
| son county, Vermont, June %, 1916. He
| emigrated with his parents to Ohio,
when mere child and received his ed
| ucation in the pioneer log school house.
He was united in marriage with Miss
! Jane Longwell, August 80, 1888. In
| 1S45 Mr.. Derby came with his family
to Iowa, making the trip overland with
teams, cooking by the wayside and
sleeping in the wagon at night. He en-
tered claim in Adams township. Dur.
| ing the first seasons in which he raised
crops he was obliged to haul his grain
to Keokuk and the nearest mill was
sixty miles away.
Member of Graybeard Regiment.
Before the outbreak of the civil war
Mr.. Derby was strongly opposed to
slavery and after the first call for arms
| he enlisted in the Thirty-seventh Iowa
| infantry, known as the Graybeard reg
| iment. He served until the close of the
war in courageous masSer. This reg
iment was composed Of zen of 45 years
and over and the object OF it was to do
garrison duty and let the young men
go to the front. The regiment was as
signed to duty at Memphis, Tenn, and
4 during the attack on that place several
| WSlC hlliCu tIlu WoultlGQs +S|oIipdlly "
was from Wapello and Mahaska coun-
| ties. q,
Death of Mrs, McGinnis.
Mrs. Joanna McGinnis, well known
woman of South Ottumwa, died this
morning at 2:45 o'clock at the home Of
her sister, Mrs. Benjamfn Mason, 30
Williams street. Mrs; 1McGinnis was
1 70 years of age. "
The funeral services will be con-
Quoted from the residence Sunday af-
ternoon at o'clock, Rev. ]. HOLSTER
(, Lynch, rector Of the Trinity Episcopal
church, officiating. Interment will be
made in the Qttumwa cemetery. 4.
/ Death of Child. i. ,s,
j Mamie Golden, the 5-year-oId daugh-
i ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Golden, COS
East Second street, died this morning
! at 1910 o'clock. Mr.. Golden is a well
known Burlington engineer. The fun
eral cortege will leave the residence
Sunday afternoon at 1880 o'clock and
services will be conducted from the
Sacred Heart Catholic church at
4 O'Clock, Rev. Father James Foley off.
4 ciating. Interment will be made in
!! Calvary cemetery.
Funeral of Mrs. WEIGH.
The remains of the late Mrs Thomas
/ WEIGH, a former resident of Ottumwa
who died at her home in Ran
dolph, Missouri, on Wednesday after
noon, were brought to this city OF
the Wabash this morning at z o'clock
and taken to the residence of Mr..
i Welchs father, Michael WEIGH, 50a
West Main street. Funeral services
were conducted from St., Marys Cath
olic church this afternoon at o'clock
Dean f. w. Hoppman officiating. In
terment was made in Calvary GENE
terry.
Mrs. r. Williams at Rest.
The funeral services of the late Mrs
Richard Williams, who died at hel
home in Keb Thursday morning, wer,
conducted today at noon from the resi-
dence. Interment was made in the
4 Ottumwa cemetery
j Funeral Of Mrs. Baker.
4 The funeral services Of the late Mrs
4 Louisa w. Baker, wife of Nicholas
4 Baker, who died at her home, 632 East
Second street, Thursday afternoon
were conducted from the residence
this afternoon at $3.50 o'clock, Rev. J
HOLSTER Lynch, rector of the Trinity
| Episcopal church, officiating. Inter
ment was made in the Ottumwa GENE
!; terry
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