The Falls City tribune. (Falls City, Neb.) 1904-191?, 1910-06-10
old Soldier MUSTERD OUT
STEPHEN PRIOR PASSES TO HIS
FINAL REWARD.
Funeral Services at G. A. r. Hall
Wednesday Afternoon. Rev.
r. E. Day Officiating.

Stephen Prior, another of our old
soldiers boys quietly passed away
his residence in this city on Mon
day morning, June 9th, after very
short illness. He had been in his
usual health the day before and re-
tired at night feeling as well as
usual. About four o'clock in the
morning he woke up. suffering from
severe attack of his old trouble,
the asthma, and died in about fif-
teen minutes.
Mr.. Prior was born near Marietta,
in Washington county, Ohio, March
4, 1885. His faher was a farmer, who
owned his farm. When he was about
ten years old his father moved to
Parkersburgh, West Virginia, where
he purchased a farm. He lived there
about three years and then they all
moved to Adams county, Ohio, and
from there to Brown county in the
same state.
When he was about nineteen years
old> his father and family moved to
Jackson County, Iowa.
lie lived in Iowa some six or
seven years, hiring out as a farm
hand by the month. and then he
moved to Doniphan county, Kansas,
where he worked in saw mill.
November l, 1861 he. enlisted in
Company X. so Illinois Infantry This
regiment was then in Kansas City
Mo-, and he soldiered during the win
ter of 1861 in Missouri scouting.
1t being reported a company of
rebel soldiers was being organized
at Whiteville, his company went out
there after them Had lively skir-
mish, captured thirty two prisoners
and took them back to st. Joe.
This raid was made at night, and
as a result he was taken sick with
pneumonia, and was laid up in a
hospital at ST. Joseph for two months,
meanwhile his regiment being order
ed south, he being left behind in
the hospital
When conyalescent he started to
join his regiment at Corinth, Mis-
sissippi While enroute on the cars,
there was bridge washed out in Mis-
souri,, making it necessary to cross
river on a ferry boat. 1t was rain
ing hard at the time, and he was in
the rain nearly all day. This gave
him relapse, and he was taken to
hospital at Quincy, Illinois, where
he remained about two months, and
was then transferred to st. Louis
and discharged in June, 1862.
He returned to Daniphan county,
Kansas, where he purchased eighty
acres of farm land, but his health be-
ing too poor to work on the farm he
rented the same.
AT White Cloud, Kansas, Dec 6,
1857 he married Margaret Woodward
There are five children living from
this marriage: Mrs. Ellen Colhour,
o1tSOll, NlO.J hlo. MIDI y mail
Craig, Mo-; Pearl Prior, Fairfax, Mo-;
Stephen Prior, Falls City and Mrs
Annie Gregory, Independence, Mo.
His wife died near White Cloud,
Kas., June 2, 1880.
He was married the second time to
Elizabeth Colhour at Highland, Kas.
They went to housekeeping at Iowa
Point on a farm his boys doing the
farm work He moved to Caig, Mo-,
and from there to Falls City, Neb.,
where he has since made his home.
He has three children by the second
marriage: Mrs Carol Oberland of
Concordia, Kas., and Miss Irene and
Elmer Prior of this city.
He joined the Grand Army of the
Republic when living at White Cloud,
Kas., and united with Veteran Post
No S4 of Falls City soon after NOV
ing here.
Mr.. Prior on coming to Falls City
went into the draying business, which
he followed until year or so ago
when he gave it up on account of fail
ing health. He was Industrious, care
full and honest in all his dealings with
his fellow citizens, with a genial
good nature, that endeared him to
his acquaintances and made him a
general favorite with his comrades of
the Grand Army of the Republic.
The funeral was held at the Grand
Army hall Wednesday afternoon, Rev.
F. Ellsworth Day officiating, and his
body laid to rest in Steele cemetery.