The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-08
ORGANIZING or
OLD SETTLERS.
pioneers of Lee County Formed AS
ISOLATION Forty Years Ago at
Meeting Held In Fort
Madison.
MANY REUNIONS SINCE
Annual Meeting on July 4, 1871 Was
Attended by Crowd Esti-
mated at Five
Thousand.
MANY REUNIONS SINCE

| In, the winter of 1871, few Of the
| pioneer settlers, according to history,
actuated by the motives suggested by
congeniality and the memories OF
| Aud Lang Syne, determined to call {.
meeting of the pioneers for the pur-
i pose Of organizing an Old Settlers
association. An informal meeting was
! held at the court house on the even
ing of January 5, 1871, at which the
venerable Phillip Viele presided, and
R. w. Pitman acted as secretary. AIT
er some discussion and free inter
change of opinion, the following reso-
lutions were adopted:
Resolved, That this meeting be ad-
journed to meet at this place on the
18th day of April next, for the pur-
pose Of perfecting said organization.
Resolved, That all old settlers pres
ent who were Inhabitants of the coun-
ity on the first day Of July, 1910, be
! invited to sign their names, and the
| time Of their coming into the county,
| to a roll which was done as follows;
1s30-James w. Campbell, October.
1S34AAlexander Cruickshank, Mar.
IL; j. G. Parrot, September.
| 1S35-R. w. Pitman and Lewis G..
Pitman. April 2; James Cruickshank,
! born May Z; Samuel Paschal, Sep
| TENDER
I 1s3s-Jol1n G. Kennedy April Il;
e. S. Mccullough, May: Silas D. HUI
stead, June; John H. Douglass, (born>
June 20; J. A. Casey, July 6; Elias
Overton, August 1S; Peter Miller,
September %; Jacob Abel, October
is.
/ 1ss7-Jacob vandyke, January %;
/ Cromwell Wilson, February: James
Caldwell. May a; Philip viele, June
2; Hazel Wilson, July; Enoch G VIII
| son, November; James T. Blair, No
vember 20.
1s3S-Philolus Crowles, May 8.
1s3a-Daniel F. Miller, April Is;
Robert A.. Russell, April: J. =. Mar
shall. May: Robert Mcfarland, No
vember; James r. Blan, November
| 16.
1S4O-Ferdinand Kiel,. March IS;
George Leidy. May; Elkanah Peraew.
June 49,; R. McHenry, (date not civ
/ en1
At the April meeting, the 18th, on
motion Of Judge Russell, one vice
i president was appointed from each
township, as follows:
.Jackson-Guy Wells.
Jefferson-Willia Skinner.
: Des Moines-N. Sargent
Franklin-Alexander CruicksheAk.
Mcntrose-G Hamilton.
Pleasant Ridge-J. A. Casey
| Van Buren-Joiln Heron.
Harrison-A Anderson.
T. Cedar-D. s. Boil.
/ Marion-B Holtcamp.
Washington-D. McCready.
West Point-R. w. Pitman.
/ Charleston-John Cassidy.
Denmark-Curtis Shedd.
Green Bay-John Morgan.
Madison-Peter Miller
! D. F. Miller, r. Mcfarland and f.
McCu!lough were appointed com
mittee to prepare constitution and
bylaws for the government of the as
soriation.
The Fourth of July, 1871. was Sc
! Iected for, the annual celebration OF
the association, and. on motion OF D.
r. Miller. Judge Viele was selected as
orator Of the day.
John Van Va!kenburg. R. A. Russell
( J. c. Walker, John G.. Kernedy, and
Peter Miller were appointed com
mittee "to make all necessary ar
rangements for good celebration"
On motion of Alexander Cruick-
shank. Hon A. G. Dodge Of Burlington
was invited to he present at the cele.
bration on the 4th day of July, 1871.