The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-08-12

4 JONI SUCK, OF f1aTfiSOn township,
Sunday, August 8, 1915, a girl. Moth
er and daughter doing nicely.
CH1VERS-John Chivers was born
in Wilmington, Durham county, Eng
land, Aug. 26 1877 and died at Flagler
Iowa, July q, 1915 He came to Flag
j Ter in October, 1887 ana has lived
there most of the time since coming
to this country He leaves to mourn
his departure a devoted mother, three
brothers and two sisters. He was a
member of the Oskaloosa lodge OF
Odd Fellows, also the United Mine
! Workers of America
He was a devoted son, honest and
upright in all. his dealings, faithful to
any trust committed to him, and of
, Kindly disposition. He will be miss,
ed by his loved ones and friends.
The funeral services were held at
Flagler at ! o'clock, Thursday, con-
Quoted by Rev. George Filmer.
MATT1SON.-James Madison OF
College avenue has received q dis.
patch telling him OF the death Of his
brother, Thomas Madison Death
occurred at his home in Tacoma,
Wash, at 1920 o'clock Sunday morn
ing, August s, 1915.
Deceased was we'll known to many
in OskaloUsa, having resided here a
number of years in an early day He
enlisted as a recruit in the Fourth
I iowa Cavalry in the winter of 1868,
at the age of eighteen, and was dis
charged after the war, about Sept. !,
1865. Having a desire for a higher
education, he attended Oskaloosa col
lege and the State university. He
taught school and went to school al
teTnately and graduated at the uni
versity in 1873. He was superintend-
ent OF schools at Marble Rock, Floyd
county, Iowa, and for several years
at Wilton Junction, finally going back
to school and graduating from the
law department. He commenced the
practice OF law at Pahora, Guthrie
county, Iowa. He went to Tacoma
about twenty-five years ago and was
successful in his business. He was
municipal Judge for several terms.
He never enjoyed good health after
coming out of the army. He suffered
bad and continued spells of sickness
but was very ambitious and would
not give up as long as he managed to
go about. Many old time friends will
regret to learn OF his death.
ROSBOROUGH-Of the death of a
former well known citizen of this
county the Aline (Okla.) Chronoscope
says:
A. G. Rosborough was born in
Indiana and would have been 70
years of age had he lived until Au-
gust Is, of this year. He died at the
home OF his son, s. A. Rosborough,
east of Aline. July %. Funeral ser
vices were held at the house Sunday
afternoon ana interment at Square
Cedar cemetery. ~: '.
He was born in Indiana and later
moved to Iowa, at Oskaloosa, In
which state he was married TO Mary
E. Starting To this union two child
rem we're born, Emma, wife of w. c..
Peak, living west OF Aline, and 5. A.
who resides east. -
The call of Kansas came to him
and he removed to that state from
Iowa, becoming prominent in all
movements for the reclamation OF
Pratt county from native grass and
the Wild beast to its present posi-.
ton on the Kansas map, with schools,
churches, railroads and resultant
prosperity, serving the people OF that
county as district court clerk, and al
ways prominent in all movements for
the good of all.
When the prairies of Oklahoma in
yited he turned his face toward the
south and with the experience gath
cred In Kansas be became a wise
counsellor among those who settled
the Aline neighborhood, the town not
then thought of. He aided church
work and assisted in the building of
the first church erected in the new
country. AS the country expanded
and new people came in he saw the
wisdom of building q town for the
convenience OF the farming commun-
lity and an inviting place for mercan-
tile enterprise, and became actively
Interested as a director In the town
site company that located and devel-
opel Aline, retaining there until the
time OF his death personal holdings in
rental property.
The community has lost one OF its
best citizens. and with The Chrono-
scope extends sympathy to surviving
relatives and friends