Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-26
Mrs. Barbara Kina kitterman.

Mrs. Barbara King kitterman.
1t was glad day in the home Of the
Rev. EnoX and Barbara King when
the youngest Of their eleven children
came to make the home in Somerset,
Pennsylvania joyous with her childish
laughter and glee But destiny did
not leave the subject of this sketch
long in her native state for q, call came
to her father to try the fortunes of a
new and wild land in the great north.
west. AS she was born on the eleventh
of February, 1874. and her father
brought his family to Iowa in 1S47, it
was in her third year that she first
saw the state that was to be her life
time home.
| Settling on government farm just
east of Agency, Mr., King continued in
the employment Of the government
and a missionary to the Indians for
several years and then moved his fam.
to farm northwest of Agency. Here
the King family lived till the wal
when they moved to Dahlonega.
In 1866 Mrs. Kitterman moved to a
farm close to Mt Taber Methodist
church in Wapello county and lived
there until coming to Ottumwa In 1884
which city has been her home evel
since.
Among the early settlers in the
southeastern part Of Iowa there was
a family by the name Of Kitterman
and in this family was youth christ
ened George Washington. The King
children and the Kitterman children
were intimate, and peculiar liking
came between George and Barbara
early in life. However, there was nc
definite courtship until after the
struggle OF the civil war was over, Tor
George, being true patriot, felt that
| first of all his loyalty was due the ma
ton. But after be had barred his breast
in behalf of his nation he then felt
free to make for himself home. Ma
turally he turned to the one he had
seen develop from a little girl to a
charming young lady He wooed her
won her and received her hand in mar
riage on the twentieth day of August
1866.
To them were born nine children;
three of whom have preceded the
mother to the long resting place
Those remaining are Mrs. D. w. Park
err, Mrs. Hattie Z. Schmidt, Mrs. Lydia
Kirkpatrick and Miss Edna, of Ottum
wa, and Mrs. Lillian Lyon, San Fran
cisco, Cal, and Cassius of Charlton
Iowa.
Mrs Kitterman was religious char
acter. The teachings of her father
were, not forgotten by her She was
never demonstrative but believed in
setting forth the beauties of the Chris
tan life in living her profession in the
common walks of life. She was the
Martha of the household and surely
she was rewarded for her care in the
noble family God permitted her ia
raise. She professed conversion when
a child and unite with the Methodist
Episcopal church. TO this fellowship
she was always true. And in that faith
she went into the great beyond. At the
time of departure she held her mem
bership in the Main Street church, OF
tumwa One example of her devotion
to the family is the fact that she was
never away from home over night I'M
less she was accompanied by her hus'
! band, in the forty eight years Of he1
married life.
The closing years of Mrs. Hitter
mans life were filed with suffering
Disease wrought heavily upon her, but
in it the beauty of her Christian
graces showed itself. Patiently she
bore the suffering and in it pointed
her dear ones to the land beyond
where she found the source OF
| strength. And it seems as though
her prayers were rewarded in time fol-
a glimpse of heaven to slip past the
veil into our comprehension, for as the
day was breaking on the holy Sabbath
her soul was freed from the suffering
casket and she was at rest. The end
of the long and good life came March
18th, 1914, having spent seventy years
one month, and four days in this earth
ly pilgrimage. ...
The funeral sedvices were held in
the late home Tuesday, March II, 1914
Rev. c. A. Field Of the Main Street
Methodist Episcopal church was in
j charge, Rev. B. F. Patt assisting. The
remains were laid to rest in the Nc
Cormick cemetery, Six grandsons
were pallbearers.-Cont
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