The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-18
PIONEERS LIVING
OVER OLD DAYS
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". wv. MdLCcTu rs chairman Oh tue
reception committee extended many
courtesies to the arriving guests Of
Donnellson.
| A novel feature to the latter-day
generation was the team of oxen driv
en- through the streets of Donnellsor
and around the fair ground race track
1t Is owned by Hiram Seth OF Croton
Iowa.
The game OF ball played between
the West Point and Donnellson mines
resulted in score Of to in favor
of West Point. A large number Of
spectators witnessed the close and in
teresting contest.
! The mortuary report published In
yesterdays issue, shows that seven
ty members OF the association died
during the year ending with August
of 1911.
Donnellson was prettily decorated
In honor Of the occasion In fact
the decorations we're rather preten
tious.
Ample provision had been made te
feed the large crowd. The entertain
ment in this regard was all that could
be expected.
The Oldest settler on the grounds
was Mrs. Susan l. Drollinger, who
lives on farm three miles distant
from Fort Madison. She is rs years
OF age and became resident of lowe
| in 1884. She was born In the state
and has lived her whole life On the
farm where she now lives.
The log cabin erected on the
grounds attracted much attention from
visitors. There was also exhibited {
collection of relics and utensils such
as were used by the pioneers in theil
domestic economy. There was the
spinning wheel and other utilities Of
old settlers days.
| All the visitors entitled to them
were provided with badges. Those
who came to Iowa prior to 1850 re
ceived red badges as their distinguish
ing mark of honor, and those who
came prior to 1865 received blue rib
bon badges
The Lowell band proved itself to BIZ
we'll drilled and competent musica
organization.
Senator G. H. Van Law of Marshall
| town, who delivered an address in The
| afternoon, Is a standpatter. He thinks
the political situation at the present
time is decidedly mixed.
| Races are in progress at Mt. Pleas
ant. The special train that carried
the Keokuk crowd to Donnellson con
tinued on to Mt Pleasant, returning
to Donnellson on the return trip al
o'clock in the evening. The Henry
county fair is being we'll patronized
Senator McManus. who was on the
grounds, has been resident of Keo
kuk since 1859, in which year hs
was born.
| Eugene Charter Of Keokuk wa.
there. He has been a resident o.
Keokuk and Lee county for seventy
years, having come to this city direc
from Paris, France.
Hon. D. F. Miller has been a resi-
dent Of Keokuk since 1859, in which
year he removed here with his pa
rents from Fort Madison.
e. L. Boud became member O
the old settlers association. He has
been resident of Keokuk and tht
county since 1854
]. F. Daugherty has been a residen
of Keokuk and the county since 1S41
having been six years old when h,
came here with his parents from In
diana. He had an uncle named Lem
uel Daugherty. blacksmith, living il
/ Keokuk at that time, he OCCUPYING ;
| cabin at the corner of Second ant
Johnson streets. The noble red mar
! of the forest was still much in evi
dence when Mr.. Daugherty came tt
this new country
The oldest pioneer who died durin.
the last year was A. w. Harlan, VIII,
was SO years old. The mortuary re
port shows that Adam Foggy was thu
oldest in point Of residence in tn,
! county, dating from 1899 Olive
Tennady, who was IA years of age
settled here in 1889. William M. May
another deceased pioneer, became 1
resident in 1897. Mary Fahey, wht
died December %, was aged 90 year,
and had been resident since 1889
I Mary Oberman was SO years old ant
has lived in the county since 1886.
! Wiley B. Ray came to Keokuk will
his parents on April 10. 1843, ant
has resided here since that date. II,
came with six other families from
Knoxville, Tenn. who left the stat,
to get in free soil territory. VIM
Ray, the father of Wiley, gave hi
slaves their freedom. The band o
emigrants that he was with floate,
down the Tennessee river from Knox
vile. and came up the Mississippi
revler by steamboat. George Grigsb,
and Noah Bailey were numbere,
among this party.