The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-03-12

tile forties and was well known. He
is survived by a widow and eight
children, Mrs. Elizabeth Taylor OF
Oskaloesa, Mrs. Mary Hadley of Os-
kaloosa, John p: Summers of AIber-
querque, New Mexico, Mrs. Ora A..
Sopher OF Given. Henry N. Summers
of Oskaloosa, Mrs. Alice Algood, Os.
kaloosa, Mrs. Clara Sopher, Oskaloo-
sa, and William |. Summers. Oska.
loosa.
KRAMER.-Died, of arterial seller.
osis, at his home in Beacon, after an
Illness covering period OF more than
a year, at $3.50 o'clock a. M, Sunday,
March 8, 1914, Jacob Kramer aged 70
years, months and days. Funeral
service at the late, residence at Bea-
con at 2:30 O'Clock Tuesday, March
no, 1914. The body will be taken to
Coal Valley, Illinois, the former home
for final service. Interment will be
made at Calona cemetery near Coal
Valley. Deceased is survived by the
widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Kramer. seven
daughters and four sons, Mrs. Sylvia
Madison, of Havre Montana; Mrs.
Alice Trevia, Eldon; Mrs. Grace Rink,
Galesbnrg, H.; Miss Myrtle Kramer,
Beacon; George G., in New Mexico;
Mrs. Carrie Thompson, Buxton; Anna,
wife Of Elmer Mendenhall, Beacon
Road; Edward c., residence unknown,
Susie, wife OF Harry Cashier, Beacon,
and Sam Kramer, OF Beacon. Mr..
Kramer came 10 Beacon along in the
days Of the coal industry. He was
a mine worker and has been men,
her of the labor organizations connect.
ed Herewith for q continuous period
Of sixty years. He dates his Mahas-
lka residence from 1881. He has been
retired for several years but was ac-
| tive about his home and has enjoyed
excellent health until the in6rmities
| Of advanced years grew upon him.
| He was a member OF the Odd Fellows
lodge. Deceased was one Of the best
known OF the residents Of the south
west part of the country. His steady
| employment in the mines of the vi
entity had given him wide acquaint.
ance and the regret al his passing
! will be far reaching.
! GRAHAM.-Samuel Henry Graham
aged G7 years, months and ~ days,
! died instantly at his homo, No. 1922
South Fourth street, at six o'clock
Sunday morning, March 8, 1914, the
result of heart trouble. The gentle,
man had left his bed and was engag'
ed in dressing and was seated on a
chair when he pitched forward upon
the floor. dead. A son was at his side
almost instantly but he was then
unconscious and life had fed within
Il couple Of minutes. Although Mr.
Graham had been somewhat annoyed
OF late by difficulty with the heart
following case OF blood poisoning
! last season that rendered him very
! i'll for number OF weeks, he was
| in rugged health, with the exception
| OF little difficulty experienced now
and then in breathing. He had been
in good spirits and was feeling bet
ter than usual Saturday when he
Was about town with friends and ac'
Qtaintances. Funeral will be held
Thursday, March IL, 1914. ut the Cen
trail Methodist church, of which he
was an old member lntermeni
in Forest cemetery
Deceased was Il blacksmith by
trade. one Of the bes1. known in the
county by reason of the numerOu!
places in which he had worked. Ht
was pioneer resident of county anC
town and the sympathy OF a host o.
friends and acQuaintances goes on
to the bereaved family in their sor
row. Samuel Graham, as n lad, came
to Iowa and Mahaska county soon af
ter the close Of the civil war. He
learned the blacksmith trade at Union
Mills. OF Frank Watson, who operat
ed we'll known pioneer smithy al
THAT place Mr.. Graham then had a
shop Of his own ut this place. Under
Ben Whitman he was mine black
smith at old Excelsior, filling the pc
sition through u service OF about SIX
years. He then went with w. A
, Mcneil TO Evans and worked fOl
him seven years or more. He also
operated shop in Beacon and later
opened a place in OskalOosa on
street, south of the present location
of the Oskaloosa Saddlery company
buildings. He was also engaged sew
eral years with the Levi Cook ma
chine shop on South First street
When the Iowa Manufacturing com
pany was started he went with that
institution and rendered acceptable
service through a term of eleven
years He went to Centerville for Q
short while and with this exception
his residence in Mahaska county has
been continuous.
Deceased was a member of the old
Simpson Methodist Episcopal church
and dated his membership back tC
1869. Mr.. Graham was born in Ken
lucky, at ShelbyvilIe. October 18th
| 1876. He was son and one of eleV
en- children OF George Shelby Ora
ham and Elizabeth (Wells) Graham
OF which family but one son, John
w. Graham, OF OskaloOsa, brother OF
/ the deceased, survives. The Shelby
and Graham families are of the old
pioneer Kentucky stock. They with
Daniel Boone and others were among
the 'Ipathiinders, the first Corners
to the new land The grandfather OF
! the deceased became a wealthy land
owner and planter in Kentucky. Sam
mel Graham's father went to Indiana
and the family later came west to
| Illinois and was at Hamilton up to
1868 OF 1869, when they moved to Ma.
haska county. Deceased was twice
married In 1870 with Hanna A. South
wick and in 1873 with Mrs. Hulda
Worden. Surviving members OF the
family are Mrs. r. c. Stewart, Oska-