Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-06-24
NONAGENARiAN, FOR SEVEN
YEARS RESIDENT THIS CITY,
PASSES AWAY.
LIVED I'M TAMA COUNTY
FOR FORTY-SEVEN YEARS
n ad Recently Finished Visit to Old
Home in Pennsylvania, and Since
Sunday Has Been Suffering From
Pneumonia - Funeral and Burial
Monday at Montour.

Death came Friday night to one Of
the carly settlers OF Tama county,
Jacob Korns, aged 81, for seven years
past resident Of this city, but for
forty-scven years preceding Of High
land township. Tama county.
Until very recently Mr.. Korns, ac-
companied by his wife and stepdaugh-
ter, Mrs John Van Buskirk, of Elgin,
Ill. had been on a visit to Mr.. Korns'
old home at WelIersburg, Somerset
county, Pennsylvania, where he had
visited many relatives, including nieces
and nepheWs. both in Pennsylvania
and Maryland. shortly after his re-
turn home Mir. korns was stricken
With pneumonia. ana an abscess that
developed on the lungs caused his
death at 11:j5 Friday night.
Born on Washngton's Birthday.
Just eighty-tive years after the first
president of the United States saw the
light OF day Jacob Korns was born in
Somerset county, Pennsylvania, Feb.
90, 1917. He lived IN mis- native state
during the years of his young man
hood. and was married Jan. Il. 1912.
TO Elizabeth Beisecker. The couple
came west in 1857. and settled IN
Highland township. Tama county. on a
farm four miles east OF Gilman. and
SIX miles south Of Alontour The fam
lily came west by railroad. hut Mr..
korns sent his livestock overland as
far as Carnforth in POWeshick county
which was as far as the public road
was then broken. The first twenty
acres OF the virgin prairie that com
prised the 32O-acre KOrns place. We're
broken by this sturdy pioneer farmer
the first year he was on the place.
Helped Others Get Start.
Like many another pioneer Mr..
Korns extended the hospitality Of his
home to other newcomers. and was IN
strumental in bringing to the new
country many friends and acuuaint-
ances back east" The late D. W.
Norris. Of Crinnell, was one Of the
early settlers Of that section Of Tama
county whom Mr.. Horns heIned In es-
tablishing q home in the new country.
Mr. Norris made his home with Mr..
Korns while the Norris home was be-
ing built. and Mr.. Ko~ns helped NJ.
Norris put up the house. rs he did
several other Of the earlier Tanla set
tiers
Mrs Korns, who had borne to her
husband six children, died Nov. q.
1887, and on July 81. 1883 Mr. Korns
took as his wife Mrs Mary II Cold
smith. o. Chicago. the wedding taking
place in Chicago. This wife survives
Mr.. Korns as does also one Of Mr.
korns' children b. his first wife, Mrs
T. A Mooers who lives on the old
Horns homestead
Short funeral services will he held at
the home al 5 - O'Clock Monday morn
ing. Rev. James RaVbUrn officiating
The body VIII leave for Gilman al $50
and from there II will be taken % the
home Of thu daughter, Mrs. T A.
NoOers. northeast Of Gilman. where tho
service Will be held ut l o'clock in the
afternoon. Burial will be in the Gene
terry near there. besides the bodies OF
the first Mrs. korns and her five chill
dren.
Mr. Van Buskirk arrived from Elgin
this morning 70 attend the funeral. Mrs
Van Buskirk having been here for a
few DAYS.