Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-13

! On the eve of his departure for his
home in this city, after having been
away for winters visit, Rev. S. r.
Millikan, pioneer Congregational
minister of Iowa, and father of Mrs.
! George NJ. Johnson, 400 North Fourth
street, died suddenly this morning at
/ Rochester, N. Y.
| Rev. Mr.. Millikan's death was due to
| heart failure, induced, it is presumed,
by arteriaI sclerosis brought on by his
advanced years. Mr.. Millikan was so
years old last September, and had seen
: forty-six years of active service in the
ministry Most of his work was done
! in this state.
Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Millikan had been
spending the winter in Waterbury,
| Conn.,, with their daughter, Mrs. Robert
! E. Brown, wife of the pastor of the
First Congregational church of that
city They were on their way home.
and had stopped at Rochester to visit
their nieces, Mrs. William Hale and
Miss Kate Andrews. Mr.. and Mrs.
Millikan reached Rochester Saturday.
and expected to leave there this even
! ing for Chicago. where two sons re-
side, and where they expected to visit
for a week before coming on to this
city. They have made their home
for four years with their daughters
family.
Well Known Turnout Iowa.
| Rev. Mr.. Millikan was widely known
thruout Iowa Congregational circles
| owing to his long service in the minis
try. His first pastoral work was done
as supply at Lyons, where he re-
manned for a short time Immediately
| following his ordination. in 1860. His
! first regular pastorate was at Wheaton,
! ILL.,, and then he was stationed t Nor
rison, III.
In 1872 Mr.. Millikan began his first
work as a pastor in Iowa, at McGregor.
He remained there three years, and
then went to Maquoketa, where he was
pastor from 1875 until 1888. He then
spent three years In Kansas, only to
return to this state and become pastor
at Mason City, where he remained Two
years. From 1898 until 1902 he was
pastor at Anamosa, and 1925 at
Kingsley. 1t was at the close of his
| Kingsley pastorate, at the age or IL,
that Mr.. Millikan retired lacking only
four years of rounding out half CEN
fury of active work.
Was Native Of Ohio.
! Silas Franklin MilIikan was a. native
Of Freedom, o., where he was born
Sept. s, 1884. While yet a child his
parents came west and settled at Lin
den, Whiteside county, Illinois, which
remained the family home for many
years, and where young Millikan was
reared and attended school. AS young
man he attended Knox College, Gales
burg, ILL.,, for two years, and then en-
tered Oberlin College, Oberlin, O., from
which he was graduated in 1855. Mr..
Millikan also took his theology at
Oberlin, was again graduated in 1853.
and was ordained the following year.
Gold Wedding Last Fall.
It was while he was attending school
at Oberlin that Nj. Millikan met Mary
Jane Andrews, also a student at Ober-
! lin, whom he made his wife Sept. 10,
1854. An unusual coincident lies in
the fact that it was at Rochester,
where Mr.. Millikan died. that his we'd
ding was celebrated. On Sept. -. 1914,
Rev. Mr.. and Mrs. Millikan observed
the fiftieth anniversary OF their mar
rage at the home Of their son, Allan
F. Millikan, at River Forest, Ill.
Had Many Friends in City.
Mr.. Millikan had made many friends
IN this city during his residence here
For his age Mr.. Millikan was a man of
youthful spirit, and until very recent
years was unusually active. even to