The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-11-11
MET DEATH IN A FIRE
Home of Samuel Farquhar Damaged
by Fire, and Mr.. Farquhar is
Found Dead in Mis- Room.

Last FRIDAY AFTERNOON lew MIN
utes before four o'clock smoke was
discovered pouring from the resi-
dence of Samuel Farquhar on south
Main street, and an alarm was
phoned to the light plant. Everyone
rushed to the fire and when they
reached the scene were Mortified to
learn that the body of Mr.. Farquhar
was In the room where the flames
were like furnace. Everybody
worked with desperation and in a
few minutes had the fire under con-
troll so that persons could enter the
room and tenderly removed the
charred body of Mr.. Farquhar, which
was found sitting in chair at the
foot of his bed, with his left arm
over the rail.
For nearly year Mr.. Farquhar
has been in feeble health and has
scarcely left his room. He was an
inveterate smoker and on Friday
morning while lighting his pipe he
dropped match on the floor and
ignited some papers, but Mrs. Far
quhar noticed it at once and put it
out. Friday afternoon Mrs. Far
quhar went across the street to Mr..
Sigler's home and had only been
there short time when she was
notified that the house was on fire.
Just before she left home Mr.. Far
quhar requested her to pull down
one of the window shades as he
said the sun came in too hot for him.
This she did and also opened the
front door little and placed a
screen in front of it. Mr.. Farquhar
was then sitting in his chair by the
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lighting his pipe he either dropped
match on the papers on the floor,
or he dropped to sleep and let his
big pipe fall and started the fire,
and physicians who examined his
he was burned, and he may have
been stricken with death when he
dropped his pipe.
Samuel Farquhar, was one of a
family of ten children, being the
seventh child of David and Judith
Farquhar. He was born in Ulster
June ,22 1887. died at his home in
Leon, Iowa, Nov. 5, 1909, aged 72
years, months, and 13 days He
immigrated to America in 1854 when
he was lad of II years and re-
NAMED in New York state for a
time, and then came west, settling at
Garden Grove in 1858, where he
was united in marriage to Miss Mary
F. Marshall, who with their two
sons, Horace and George Farquhar,
both of Leon, are left to mourn his
death.
The deceased learned the timers S
trade when he was a youth, and fol-
lowed it after locating at Garden
Grove for several years. In 1862 he
came to Leon and engaged in the tin
ware and hardware business, in
which he remained until 1887, when
he retired from active business life,
the business being taken over by his
two sons. Since that time he has
lived a retired life. He was asso-
ciated with the early history of Leon
and Decatur county, and was one OF
the few men remaining who were
in business in Leon during the six
ties. His was jovial disposition
and his long residence in Decatur
county had made him many warm
friends.
The funeral services were held
from the residence of his son, Hor-
ace Farquhar, on Saturday after.
noon, being conducted by the Ma.
sonic lodge, of Leon, of which he
had been member since 1865, the
interment being in the Leon cemetery
with full Masonic honors. A large
concourse of sorrowing friends fol
lowed the remains to their resting
place, and the sympathy of the en-.
tire community is extended to the
bereaved ones