Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-13
WILLIAM f. CULVER, ALBION
FARMER, STRICKEN WITH
HEART FAILURE, BROWNS.
BODY ONLY GOES DOWN
ONCE; FOUND HOUR LATER
Mr., Culver, Father Of Mrs. Ross W..
Hubbard, of This City, and We'll
Known in Albion Nsishborhood-
hastsns to Son. Who Gets Into Deep
Water, and Carries Him Ashore.

deep water while wading in the Iowa
! river, William F. Culver, aged IS, a
| well-known farmer living two miles
west of Albion, was stricken with heart
| failure upon bringing his boy safely to
shore and drowned in five feet Of
water at $3.50 Friday afternoon. The
body sank from beneath the weight Of
the boy in time for the latter to real
ize that he must help himself reach
the bank, but before the lad knew that
his father was in any danger. Culver's
body did not rise to the surface after
disappearing the first time.
Family to Woods for Afternoon.
The Culver home is a short distance
west of Stanley's mill, and In the aft
ernoon, in order to escape the heat, Mr..
and Mrs. Culver, their daughters, Mrs.
Ross W. Hubbard, Of this city, Shan,
| and Gladys, and son Robert, went to
the woods, along the river, about mile
upstream from the mill.
Father and Son Go For Plunge.
Mr.. Culver and his son decided to go
for plunge, and went down the riv-
er 200 or 300 yards from where the
| family had stopped Mr.. Culver was
good swimmer, but his son Robert was
only learning, altho able to swim some.
The lad was wading and padding
about and, the first thing he knew, got
| into a hole, and beyond his depth. He
called for his father, who fastened to
the lad and got him on his back. Gull
yer swan toward shore with his son.
and when almost within reach Of land
the boy felt his fathers body sinking
beneath him. The lad scrambled for
shallow water, turned, and saw his
fathers body sinking beneath the sur
face. The body never came up after
! disappearing the first time.
Help Summoned From Albion.
| The boy Robert, as soon as he real
| tied what had happened. started for
the point where he had left his moth
er and sisters, and informed them Of
his fathers fate, Word was got to AL
| bion by telephone, and DR.. II. II. Mich
| OILS, Of this city, was summoned. DR.
Nichols hurried to the scene as fast as
his automobile could take him, and
several men from Albion reached the
spot where Culver went down as soon
as they could. After a half hours
search Glen Durham, Of Albion, found
the body, brought 1t ashore, and the
men removed it to the Culver home.
The body had been in the water about
an hour. DR.. Nichols made an examina-
ton and, in his opinion. death was
primarily due to heart failure caused
by the excitement Of his sons peril
and the exhaustion Of bringing the boy
out Of danger. Whether the attack
would have proved fatal had not Mr..
1
tell. DR.. F. H. Boucher, coroner. who
| was also summoned from this city,
concurred in the belief held by DR..
Nichols No inquest was held.
Culver Civil War Veteran.
William Foster Culver was a native
Of Maysville, Dodge county, Wisconsin,
where he was born April II, 1s47, a
son OF Joel and Amanda Culver Altho
a mere youngster when the civil war
broke out he enlisted later in the serv-
Wisconsin infantry, which was a mem
Der of the celebrated Iron brigade"
Mr.. Culver's marriage took place on
Christmas day, 1871. when he took Miss
Florence Lillian Harwood as his bride
In 1875 the couple moved to Iowa, and
for several years lived on farm In
Wright county, north Of Clarion. In
1903 Mr.. and Mrs. Culver moved tc
their large farm near Albion.
Eight children were born to Mr. and
Mrs. Culver, and several Of them arc
living-four sons and three daughters
The sons are Joel, who lives at homa:
Irving. Of Wewoka, Okla: Oliver. al
Washington, D. c.; and Master Robert
Oliver Culver, who is private secretary
to Postoffice Inspector Sharpe, wa.
home only last week on his vacation
and left for Oklahoma last Monday
morning. The daughters are Mrs. Hub.
bard. OF this city; Florence Shan, who
, lives at home, and Gladys, who make!
| her home with Mrs. Hubbard. TIL,
, child who died was a daughter, Edit
B., who passed away in 1909. Mr.. Cul
, yer is also survived by one sister
Miss Adelaide Culver, Of Eleroy, III
! and two brothers, Harvey Culver, O
Eleroy, and Thomas Culver, Of Lenora
Kan
Funeral Monday Forenoon.
Mr.. Culvers funeral will be hel,
. from the residence at 10 o'clock Mon
day morning, Rev. Thomas p Potte,
pastor Of the Albion Methodist church
officiating. Burial will be in the Albio,
cemetery.
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