The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-01-29
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AFTER OPERATION
Mr.. Fred Davis, Well Known Citizen
of Charter Oak, Dies in Hospital
at Sioux City.
GALL STONES CAUSE HIS DEATH
Came to Crawford When Five Years
of Age and Resided In This
County Ever Since.

Fred Davis Passes Away at Sioux City
Fred II. Davis succumbed to the in
evitable last Tuesday morning. after
an operation at one of the hospitals
in Sioux City, his heart failing to hold
to it's work while the body overcame
the shock He had been sick for sew
eral weeks, in fact for number of
years he has not been we'll, having
been constant sufferer from gall
stones. The trouble kept getting
worse and worse, the attacks severer
and closer together, yet he feared
an operation for his relief, SO put it
off. When the work was done he was
found to be in such condition that it
was pronounced wonder that he had
lived as long as he did. The inflam
nation had destroyed the lubricating
juices and permitted the gall bladder
and the surrounding parts to become
closely knitted together, until it was
hard job to separate them.
He went to Sioux City Sunday at
ternoon, and the operation was per-
formed Monday by the best surgeon in
the city. He seemed to have rallied
nicely from this, andaall the reports
from him We're good until Tuesday
morning, when his heart gave way,
and the end came in short time Mrs
Davis and Ben were with him in the
city, but the son was down town for
Fred II. Davis was born in Henry
him in time to be present at the last.
county, H., Sept. 25, 1860, and died at
the German Lutheran hospital in
Sioux City Jan. 81, 1913, following an
operation.
At the age of five years he moved
with his parents, William and Caro-
lima Davis, to Crawford county.
His immediate relatives living are
two sisters and one brother: Mrs. w.
H. Bennett, of Sioux City; Mrs. Jas.
A. Bingham, of St. Louis, and Geo. w.
Davis, of Arcadia, Neb.
In 1881 he was united in marriage to
Miss Minnie Soper. TO this union
We're born nine children six boys and
three girls, who, with the exception
of the one who died in infancy, are
left with the mother to mourn the loss
of a kind husband and indulgent faith
er. The names of the children liv.
ing are: Walter, James, Clara, Ben
jamin, William, Wesley, Hazel and
Alice.
Mr.. Davis was prominent in the
Odd Fellows, Masonic and Woodmen
of the World societies.
The number and beauty of the flor
al offerings were very noticeable
There were lodge emblems, pillows
and bouquets of the richest arrange
ments, all given by his friends. One
of the prettiest was sent from Coun
Gil Bluffs by his company.
A., r.,,;, ,,,o. !, l,.oo ,x,o,> 1,o4l,
body and heart, with smile as big
as both. He was general favorite
with the Harvester company, for
whom he worked, and only day or
two before he passed away he re-
ceived letter from his manager tell
ing him .iat the place would be left
open for him, as he was one of the
best men they had. TO his nerve is
due the credit of new line of work
that the harvester company have at
tackled. When man at DenisOn want
ed to clear piece of scrub land Fred
said his engines would do the work,
and he was so positive that the en-
pertinent was tried. Now the engines
and plows are being exploited for this
work and it opens new field to them.
That was very indicative of his meth
DDS of working. He knew his goods
and had faith in them. That and the
smile and the glad hand which was
always in evidence, gave him string
of friends reaching from the presi-
dent of the company to the fellow
who had broken down and needed
help in the field.
Fred was always alive, although in
the last years of his life he was never
entirely free from pain, as he once
confessed to the writer. He used to
tell with laugh that he had the
champion heavy weight record when
he was q young man, for he had
fought three fights in one hour in Vail,
lost two Of them and came out good
natured. Then he would say it was
all part of the game in Vail in those
days-not the settling of enmities. He
was one of the boys and as one of the
boys he was met with the custo-
mary greeting. 1t is said that Mr..
Davis could have better time with
out going wrong than any other man
on the road.
When we came to Charter Oak Mr..
Davis was running a dray, doing his
share of the business. The work was