The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-03-20

known among men. Deceased leaves
a widow, Mrs. Nora Moore, and son,
Albert, and is also survived by three
brothers and four sisters. 1t is a
rather remarkable circumstance that
all the surviving children of this fam
| lily should have settled in the immedi-
ate neighborhood of their BIRTH None
have removed to any great distance,
only one daughter, Mrs Maggie Burch,
residing few miles away at Hedrick.
| The other sisters of the deceased are
Mrs. Mary Keister, Mrs. Myrtle Hall
and Mrs. Ella Perkey, all of Delta.
The brothers, Henry c., David e., and
Benjamin +. Moore, all of Delta, and
lall residing within few miles of
each other. Illness that resulted in
death first appeared with the patient
about ten years ago. He was recently
able to get around and to attend to
the work of his farm and to all APP
Ipearances was much better. The last
severe illness was of about ten days
duration and one week ago he came
to Oskaloosa for attention. The death
| Is a surprise and shock to family
and friends alike. Mr.. Moore was a
man highly esteemed in the locality
OF his home and he will be missed.
The bereaved family has the sympathy
of great host of personal friends and
associates.
SHAW.-What Cheer Patriot: Mr.
and Mrs. Eli Shaw were residents of
/ Ohio. They moved to Mahaska cou.
ty, Iowa, in 1857. They lived upon a
farm and remained in the county the
rest of their days. Their children
were Henry, Elizabeth Summers, Mir
lam Brinser, James, William and John
lE. The latter is the only surviving
one of the family. 1t is in regard to
the fourth brother that these words
ARE written. James, the second son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Eli Shaw, was born
Il Ohio. the 27In day of February.
$40. He accompanied his parents to
Mahaska county, Iowa, and as a
young man and spent a number of
years therein. 1t was there that he
WAS united in marriage to Ruth Am
Mechanics in 1860. After making
their home for a time in the same To-
cality they sojourned in Kansas for
three years, and then returned to Ma
haska county. The last 2S years OF
his life he spent largely in the coun-
Ity in which he died. He united with
the Christian church at Thornburg
over twenty years ago. The children
of his household were Rachel E. Sears
deceased; Lucy ]. Woods, deceased;
John E., of Gibson, Ia; Charles A., of
Oskaloosa; Alice Pool, of Grinlell;
Amanda Coglan, of What Cheer; Jos.
decreased; Cora Gallagher, of Valley
Junction, Ia; Arthur s., of Oskaloo-
Isa; Robert NJ, of What Cheer, and
Laura Head, of Thornburg. He was a
man of good health during the larger
portion of his days. The weakness of
age affected his last three years. In
early winter he went to the home OF
his son Robert and about the first of
February was stricken with pneumo-
mia. His daughter, Rachel Z. Sears,
was soon in Roberts home, giving
careful attention to her afflicted faith
er. This daughter died at her post OF
duty, but the father fingered eighteen
day longer, oppressed with disease
and the weight of declining years.
On the night of March 8th he sudden.
ly grew worse and about twelve hours
later he became unconscious. While
attended by son and daughter, as
a new day was dawning on earth, he
entered quietly upon his last sleep
and his spirit departed to the home
of the soul. Thus, leaving behind a
feeble companion three weeks to the
hour after the death of his daughter
Rachel in the same house, he de-
parted from this life at five o'clock
a. m. March 10, 1918. aged 73 years
and 13 days. The funeral services
were conducted at the What Cheer
Christian church by Rev. w. r..
Houghton, the pastor, the designated
hour being 10 a. M, March II, 1913.
Following the services the remains,
attended by the children, by the only
'ances and friends, were laid to rest i'll
No. 16 burying ground.
PRICE-John II. Price was born in
IBreaconshire, South Wales, Septem-
Der 16, 1928, and died at his home in
Turon, Kansas, Monday, February
"a, 1913, in his eighty-fifth year. In
terment in Forest cemetery, Oska-
loosa, Iowa, by the side of the wife,
Mrs Margaret Price, who died at
Beacon during the residence of the
family at Beacon, in 1873. Mr.. Price
was an able, active man almost to the
day of his death, and was one of the
most prominent men in Reno county,
where he made his home in the de-
Ginning years of his life. His was
busy life and his career bordered up
on the remarkable. Born of fam
/ lily of contractors he was possessed OF
an mate ability for doing things. In
the great work he has accomplished
in the direction of development OF the
great southwest has builded a monu-
ment more lasting than the memory
of man for he has written his name
on the pages of history.
Concerning this really great man,
the Hutchinson Daily Gazette and the
Hutchinson News have the following
sketches of his exhaustive labor and
accomplishments:
John r. Price came of a family OF
bridge builders and contractors, a
bridge built by the Price family two
hundred years ago still spans the
River Meath in Wales. While boy
he served an apprenticeship as a
stone mason and ne did part Of the
lconstruction work on the castle of