The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-04-21
GONE TO THE
GREAT BEYOND
George W. Huntington, OF Western
Crawford County, Dies at the
Home Of His Son, Harry.
HAp an uNusUAL WAR RECORD
Funeral Held at Dow City Tuesday,
and Was Very Largely Attend
ed by Relatives and Friends.

Dow City, April 2O-(Special to the
Review A gloom was cast over the
entire community yesterday when it
was learned that Mr.. George'W. Hunt
ington, one of the pioneer residents
OF Dow City and highly respected
citizen. had passed away at the home
.of his son, Harry, near this place. 1t
had been generally known that he
was in very poor health for several
months, so the news of his death did
not come as shock to his many
friends and admirers here. For the
past four weeks his suffering was in
tense yet 1t. was borne with much
patience. y
George w. Huntington was born in
McHenry county, Illinois, on the 2Sth
day Of March. 1889. thus being at the
time Of his death rs years and % days
/ old All of his boyhood days 'and
those of his early manhood were spent
in his native county and state. 1t
was there that he enlisted as a yotun-
teer in the service of his country and
served throughout the war of the re-
hellion. A little more than year af-
ter his return from the civil war lie
was married to Miss Jane Roth, the
wedding taking place Dec. 5, 1866.
This union was. blessed with three
children, two daughters and one son,
one daughter dying in infancy, and
the other, Mrs. Ida Fishel. departing
fc oh Wa
His devoted wife passed away at the
family home in 1910.
In 1869 Mr.. and Mrs. Huntington
came to Crawford county. settling near
Dow City on the old Morris McHenry
farm. He has made the vicinity OF
Dow City his home since coming to
the county, although for time he
was homesteading in Kansas.
Mr., Huntington was pioneer in
the true sense of the word. He came
to Crawford county. when the country
was new and. endured the, hardships
Of such pioneers, but lived to see the
wonderful development of this great
mid-western empire Ito its renowned
garden paradise for the farmer.
As a citizen he was held in high
esteem. He. was answering in his at
.titude toward things moral. Though
not a professor Of religion he was un.
compromising toward the evils OF in
Temperance, and while not member
of any church. he was always con-
slant attendant andSupported the
various denominatiois 81 the vicinity
in which he lived, and as expressive
of his good will for things religious,
showed his appreciation by many little
courtesies toward the church and
probably more especially toward the
minister. i
There is to his credit an unusual
war record. In April, very soon after
1T. Sumter was fired upon, he enlisted
in Company d., 18th Illinois VOlun-
teer Infantry, and served continuous
~ from that date until October, 1865,
practically four and half years. He
was spared to see over fifty years of
national peace and prosperity as the
fruits of his service to his country,
forty-six years of this time having
been spent in Crawford county. His
home life was fatherly and consider
ate, ever having in mind the comforts
duu cuJOylucUI anu CUuSIueTdllOV OI
those of his household as he was able
to render.
Since the death of his wife he has
made his home with his son, Harry.
who resides about ten miles south of
Dow City, where he was tenderly |
cared for during his long illness. Fun
eral services were held at the Meth |
odist church here at II o'clock this
morning, Pastor A. B. Adams having
charge. The funeral sermon was CIV
en- by Rev. J. l.. Boyd. pastor of thu
Denison Methodist church. Just a
few days prior to Mr.. Huntington's |
death he requested that Rev. Boyd
officiate at his funeral on account of |
old friendship of twenty years ago
when Rev. Boyd was pastor at Dow
City and Mr. Huntington lived as a |
neighbor across the street. The fun
eral was largely attended, members
Of the G. A. r. order of Dow City and
Denison being present in a body. In
torment was made in the Dow City
cemetery beside the grave OF the de-
parted companion.