Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-09-07
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Hiram Mendenhall passed away at
his home In this city yesterday after
noon at 2:30 o'clock, following an ILL
ness of several weeks. Let Us crown
his grave and memory withgarlands,
few of US will live as long or Is Welf,
and fewer vet win Tho Aagef Of
Death greet with. SUI hga loving touch.
But he o.. gone! jAaothev name Il
stricken from. the ever fastening roll
Of our old settlers, and q - solitary
woman in the sunset of life, and a
lonely Rome ere sAeft to ATTEST how
sadly the& viii miss him. 1t must be
$50; these .Aen4et human ties cannot
be severed without a bang. Yetsin
such q death thNreafN no $500 fbf
grief, His NE YerkSwas aons and
well dong. Wearted.with life's auAies
and cares, weary of suffering and
waiting he lay down to restArssssSxgKss
Mr.. Mendenhall was a genioGs and
of an inventive turn of mind. He was
the inventor of the One Minute
Washing Machine. which has brought
him a large royalty from the manu-
facturers for many years. Recently he
invented the Perfect Ironing Board,
recently been put on the market and
which Is being made in a factory To-
Gated near the Northwestern dpot.
Hiram Mendenhall was born in
Randolph county, Indiana, August 2,
1S4S, and departed this life at Aud
ubon, Iowa, September 6, 1915, aged
sixty-eight years, one month and four
days. He was the son of Nathan and
Mary (Beach) Mendenhali, natives
respectively of Clinton county, Ohio,
and New York state. They were un-
tied in marriage in Ohio, and moved
from that state to Indiana, where
they passed the remainder Of their
lives. Nathan Mendenhall was far
mer and a miller. and died on April
81, 1861, aged fifty-two years. His
first wife was accidently killed in
1858, whereupon he married again.
His first marriage was blessed with
ten children. and one by the second
marriage. The children of his first
marriage were Thomas, Hannah, Am
anada. Elizabeth, Benjamin. Nathan,
John, Hiram. George and Timothy,
of whom Thomas, Hannah, Amanda,
George and Timothy. are deceased.
The child by the second marriage was
Rebecca.
Hiram Mendenhall was educated in
the common schools of Indiana and
Iowa. He began working out by the
month when he was thirteen years
old, and has been an industrious and
aggressive worker ever since. He took
up farming early in life, and has
been actively engaged during the en-
tire period of his life. He came to
Audubon county in 1877, and has
been a resident here ever since. An
incident Mr.. Mendenhall often relat-
ed concerning his first experience in
farming In Audubon county, was that
he cOmb leted the planting Of his tnfn
on the 18th day of May, In 1877, and
on that date six inches Of snow fell.
On October ct. 1872, Mr.. Menden-
hall was. married to Angeline John
son, who was born in Indiana, her
parents being natives of Ohio. Mr..
and Mrs. Mendenhall were blessed
with five. children as follows: Mrs.
VIM. Brockway, Mrs. Thomas Swezey
Aida B.. and Hiram George, and Mrs.
Albert Killinger, all of Audubon,
Iowa. All of the children with the
widowed mother survive to mourn
the passing of their beloved father
and husband.
The funeral services will be held
tomorrow afternoon at 900 O'Clock
from the Presbyterian church, being
cooducted by Rev. T. B. Greenlee.
Interment will be made in Arlington
flights cemetery.