The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-10-11

to Marshalltown late that same year,
and this has been the family home
ever since. Mr.. Willard was united
in marriage in Marshalltown, Nov
%, 1886. with Miss Jennie Wagner
Mrs. Willard survives her husband,
together with her five daughters.
They are Mrs. c. NJ Kirk, of Bis
marck, N. D.; Mrs. H. W. Household
er, Misses Alice, May and Helen VIII
lard, all of Marshalltown. Miss AL
ice Willard is student in the Chi
cago Academy of Fine Arts; Miss
May attends ST. Mary'sI School ] at {
Faribault, Mimi; and Miss Helen is
student in the University of Wis
consin.
In addition to his immediate fam
lily Mr. Willard is survived by his
aged mother, Mrs. Matilda Willard;
a brother, Frank H. Willard; and a
sister, Mrs. Charles H. Hull, all Of
Marshalltown.
Mr.. Willard was member of the
Congregational church, the Masonic
bodies, and Marshall Lodge No. 312,
B. p. o. E. He also was a member
of the Marshalltown Club, the Chiea-
go Automobile Club, and the Twenti
eth Century and Souvenir Clubs.
GAUSE.-James Johnson Cause,
son of Enoch and Mary Ann Cause,
was born in Mercer Co., Ohio, Nov.
| 10, 1889. He, died at his home three
miles east of Lovilia, Iowa, Monday
morning, Oct /, 1917, aged n years,
10 months and IL days.
When only four years of age. ow-
ing to the death of his father, he lived
for time with his grandfather John.
son, Baptist minister in Ohio. Mr..
/ Johnson was an uncle of Andrew
Johnson, former president of the
United States. During this time the
foundation Of his religious life was
laid. When quite young he was
converted and united with the Bap-
| fist church. At the time of his
death he held membership in the
Christian Union church. Upon the
second marriage of his mother, he
moved with the family to Indiana,
then to Trenton, Mo-, and later to
Lucas Co.. Iowa, and finally to Mar
ion Co., Iowa, in 1862, where he lived
continuously until March, 1912. when
he moved to his present home in
Monroe Co., near Lovilia.
On Jan. 81, 1854, he was united in
marriage to Miss Marinda Davis of
Bussey, who passed to her reward on
the recent date of May 2, 1917. To
this union were born ten children,
nine girls and one boy. three of
whom preceded their father and
mother in death. The,surviving chill
dren are: Mrs. Matilda c. Pruitt of
Des Moines, Mrs. Celestia A. King Of
Hamilton; Mrs. Selby A. Gustin of
Charlton; Mrs. Sarepta e. Spafford
of Hiawatha, Kans.; Mrs. Orpha s.
Jamison of Oskaloosa; Nancy J. and
Asa E., at home. The deceased also
leaves sixteen grandchildren, rine
teen great-grandchildren three half
siters, Mrs. Elizabeth Davis OF Knox
vile, Mrs. Josephine Jones OF Steam
boat Springs, Colo; MrJ. Dora Lee
of LeMar, Mo-; also two half broth
ers, Austin c. -'aarp of Piedmont.
Okla, and Hartley E. Tharp of
Springfield, Mo, besides several otn.
er relatives and host of friends to
mourn his departure.
His illness lasted only six days,
paralysis being the immediate cause
of his death. During most of his
illness he was unable to speak. His
condition was marked by gradual
weakness, until Monday morning at
1915 o'clock when he quietly breath
ed his last, with all of the children
at the bedside, save one, Mrs. Spaf-
ford. Mr.. Cause was true hus-
band, loving father, a faithful
friend and loyal citizen. Kind and
gentle in disposition, he made friends
wherever he went.
| The funeral was held in the M. f.
church at Hamilton, Thursday after
noon, October 4, 1917, conducted by
Rev. IT. J. Petit of Tracy Inter
ment was made in the Hamilton Gem
etery