Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-06-09

: in the Sixth Vermont Infantry, nea
the beginning of the war. He wa
shot through the body at the battl
of Savage Station, and lay all nigh
on the battlefield, falling into tn
hands of the enemy. He was taker
to Libby prison, but soon after ex
changed, and under skilful treat
ment at the hospital in Philadelphia
/ finally recovered so far as to be able
to rejoin his regiment in the field
In the terrible battles in the Wilder.
ness he lost an arm. He was pro-
noted to lieutenant in a colored reg
iment and served CALAMITY to the
close of the war. He settled at Web
ster City in 1868, and held many
important offices in the city, county
and district, serving with the ut
most fidelity. He was an active and
honored member of the Grand Army
of the Republic from the time Of its
Organization to the day Of his
DEATH"
J. D. Sells died February 6, 1892.
He was born in Ohio in 1918 and
came to Hamilton county in 1857.
He purchased land in both Hamil-
ton and Wright counties and added
to it until he owned about eleven
hundred acres at the time of his
death. Mr.. Sells was the father of
thirteen children-six by his first
wife and seven by his second. He
was one of the strong men of this
part of the state.
Horace Segar died February 8, 1892.
He was born in New York in 1916.
Moved to Hamilton county in 1855.
He located in Cass township and con-
tinued to reside there until his
death. He left wife and five chill
dren.
John R. Clark died in Haukinson,
South Dakota, March %, 1892, at
the age of sixty-siX. He was born
in New York in 1916 and moved to
Hamilton county in 1857 and settled
on farm in Cass township and liv-
ed there until 1881. He was the
father of Will L. Clark, at one time
editor of the Argus.
o. C. Donaldson, pioneer shoe
dealer, died April 8, 1892, aged six
ty-two. He was born in Maryland
in 1880, and came to Hamilton coun-
ty in 1878. He was the father of
Oscar F. Donaldson. He was man
of rare intelligence and unflinching
integrity.
John Rhodes died in June, 1892.
He came to Hamilton county in
1851, and built the first brick store
building in Webster City. He NOV
ed to Indiana in 1867 and finally
settled at Anamosa, where he died.
Allen Brock died at his home in
Webster township December %,
1898. He was born in Indiana in
1913. Moved to Hamilton county in
1856, settled on farm near Sarato-
ga and resided there until his death.
A. Haswell died in Webster City
February 10, 1895. He was born in
Ohio in 1882, moved to Hamilton
county in 1856. His first wife was
Julia A. Cunning who died in 1861.
His second wife was Maggie Sim,
clare who survived him. He enlist
ed in the Twenty-eighth Iowa In
fantry August II, 1862, was captur-
ed by the confederates in 1864 and
was confined in Tyler prison in Tex
as for about fourteen months. He,
was honorably discharged from the
Union army July 7, 1865. He was
a man of good education, religiously
inclined and often filled the pulpit
of his home church. He was also a
graphic writer.
Albert Cook died in February,
1895. He was born in Vermont in
1908. Came to Iowa in 1856 and
moved to Hamilton county in 1865.
He was a constant resident of Web
ster City until the time of his death.
Mrs. Wilson Brewer died Friday,
March %, 1896. She came to where
Webster City is now located in 1850
and was one of the first white wom-
en- to live in Hamilton county. Her
husband died in 1857. She survived
him almost forty years and was
eighty years old at the time of her
death. She was born in Virginia in
1916.
B. F. Miller died May 81, 1896.
He was born in Virginia, February
II, 1888 and came to Webster City
in 1857 and established the first