The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-09
|OR, +, N, TATE DIED
MONDAY MORNING
A. cIarlnda, Iowa. Where He Was
Visiting for Time
With Rela-
tives.
lAPoPLEXY THE CAUSE
The Remains Were Brought Here
Last Night for Burial. Ac-
companied by
Nephew.
lAPoPLExY THE CAUSE

"A leGInS on SADNESS VIII pe ieiI NY
the people of Keokuk at the an
'nouncement of the death Of DIR. F. NJ.
Tate, another of the old and popular
physicians of Keokuk, who died of
apoplexy at Clarinda, Iowa, at one
O'Clock Monday morning, at the age
of eighty-three years.
The remains arrived here last night
by way of the X. & W. railroad, &C
|companied by Mr.. r. S. Tate, a
nephew.
DIR. F. NJ. Tate was native Of In
diana, where he was born December
81, 1880, the son of James and Sarah
(Duryea) Tate, natives OF Harrison
and Mason counties, Kentucky, re-
spectively, removing from their ma
tive state to Indiana in 1880, engas-
ing in agricultural pursuits until 1S49.
when they crossed the Mississippi
river and came into Iowa, locating on
farm in Monroe county, near Abba.
-Four years later. the family moved in
to the town where the father en-
gagged in a general mercantile bust
ness which he continued until his
death which occurred in 1856.
Dr. Tate was reared on his sather's
farm and received his education in
the common schools and as prepare
tory to the study of medicine, pursued
course of study in select school
| at Abba In 1855 he commenced the
study OF medicine under the instruc-
ton of DR.. Sherwood, Of Cincinnati,
land pursued his studies in the Elec-
tic Medical Institute Of Cincinnati.
During these two years, he received
clinical instruction at the CONNER
cial Hospital of Cincinnati
At the completion OF his college
course, DR.. Tate entered into partner
ship with DR.. William Sherwood.
which relation continued for one year
when he returned to Iowa and To-
Gated at Pennington, Van Buren, coun-
i ty, where he engaged continuously In
1.-THE practice Of his profession for the
following thirteen years. In 1872 he
came to Keokuk, where he had since
i been located and where he became
an honored member of the profession.
/ DR.. Tate was married in February
1853 to Miss Eliza s. Carthartt, the
L
sephine E. (Simmons) Carhartt Of
Roscoe, Ohio. Two children were
born to them. Thomas c., and Fred
erick F., both promising lads, who
grew into young manhood in Keokuk
and were stricken down, bringing
great sorrow into the family home.
| Not many months ago, Mrs. Tate
! passed away, leaving DR.. Tate as the
only surviving member of a once hap
ipy household.
| 1t was easy to perceive that these
sorrows bore heavily upon the heart
and mind of DR.. Tate. He acted the
man of many sorrows. He was never
known as an indiscriminate mixer
with the crowd, but among his friends
! and intimate associates, he was warm
{! hearted and cordial. He loved his
books and priced them as friends and
he was a man of much reading and OF
excellent literary taste. He did not
| feed upon the trashy, trivial literature
+ of the day, but admired more the
| classic or standard works where in
| formation and instruction could be
added to the pleasure of reading.
DR.. Tate will be greatly missed in
/ the quiet circle in which he was
| found and where his quiet, gentleman
lily ways and appreciated conversation
was enjoyed. There was no flippancy
| In his character, plain, practical,
good h earted. and marked by honest
! sincerity. he was a safe counselor for
| the young man and genial compan-
I ion for the older. He never coun.
| selei to offend nor talked to show his
| wealth of learning. He was a true
friend, learned and sympathetic
/ physician and a man who was an hon
or to any community in which he re-
sided.